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Exceptional Places: Zimbabwe
Written by Jenman African Safaris
If you're deciding what to add to your bucket list for 2020, why not consider an old favourite that's recently returned to the travel radar? Boasting true wilderness, epic scenery and amazing people, Zimbabwe is the next big thing on the African travel horizon. Although it was once one of the most popular safari and holiday destinations in southern Africa, it sadly fell out of favour from 2000 onwards. Now, though, it's ready for its big comeback.
Boasting natural attractions aplenty, the following destinations are arguably Zimbabwe's 'must-see' attractions. However, they represent just a small portion of the country's fantastic wilderness, and with Prince Harry's African Parks organisation signing a 20-year management agreement for Matusadona National Park, there is so much more on the horizon. It's easy to see why Zimbabwe one of the most exceptional places to visit in 2020.
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Where else can you find the widest and best views of the thundering cascade that is the mighty Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, than in Zimbabwe? It's a must-see destination that travellers can't miss when venturing to southern Africa. Business in Victoria Falls town is booming, with new lodges and hotels popping up monthly in addition to a plethora of ways to experience the river and the falls.
Adrenaline junkies can bungee jump off the bridge that spans across the deep chasm of the gorge, while history and engineering buffs can even enjoy a tour of the very same bridge, gaining access to an area that tourists don't usually venture to. Foodies can learn to make a potjie (popular local dish) in the morning before embarking on an afternoon canoe safari, returning to fruits of their labour to dine on the banks of the Zambezi.
Or visitors can just enjoy sublime barefoot luxury on an authentic East African dhow cruise, sailing along the river during the golden hours of sunset and sunrise with refreshing drinks and delightful nibbles on board.
This is undoubtedly one of southern Africa's best-kept secrets. The park is particularly known for its massive elephant population, with exceptionally large herds numbering up to the hundreds, as well as being an important sanctuary for rare and endangered African wild dogs (also known as painted dogs). Hwange is far less crowded than more well-known names such as Kruger and Chobe, providing a more exclusive safari.
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One of Zimbabwe's most remote and beautiful game reserves, Mana Pools is hidden up in the far north corner of the country on the southern banks of the Zambezi River. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is another special haven for painted dogs and the park has the highest population of the species in Zimbabwe. In fact, this is where David Attenborough and his BBC wildlife series, Dynasties, followed a pack of the painted wolves allowing for a more intimate understanding of these wildly misunderstood and endangered creatures.
Known for its balancing round granite boulders and magnificent sunsets, Matobo National Park is also the final resting place of the visionary Cecil John Rhodes. The Matobos are rich in cultural history, with numerous caves and cave paintings that have special significance to the local people. It is also one of the only places where you can find the incredibly endangered rhino, and it's even possible to track them on foot and observe their surprisingly gentle nature.
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This wildly remote national park is a superior safari secret for those in the know. The landscape here is absolutely breathtaking with steep cliffs, thick forests, winding rivers and flat floodplains. It's possible to explore the park and not come across another vehicle for days, allowing travellers to feel like earlier explorers.
Jenman African Safaris specialises in small guided group, tailor-made and private guided lodge safaris in southern Africa, east Africa and Madagascar. When it comes to the captivating continent of Africa, the team at Jenman African Safaris expertly offer a variety of exciting, high quality, diverse and interesting safaris.
We also truly believe that is our responsibility to maintain and nurture the natural environment, wildlife and people that make Africa such a remarkable destination. We confidently utilise a wealth of expertise and knowledge gained from over 20 years of experience on the ground to provide the adventure of a lifetime.

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Nadalia, Bride of Ash
Dark Souls II » Characters » Nadalia, Bride of Ash
Nadalia is a child of dark, one of the abyss spawn, a compounded quintessence of Manus and his Dark Soul. Like her sisters; Nashandra, Elana and Alsanna, Nadalia is a fragment of Manus' emotions. She represents solitude and loneliness. Also like her sisters, Nadalia travelled from a foreign land in search of a King. She came to the land of the Old Iron King, but arrived too late, the King had already been killed and his castle subsumed by flame.
Nadalia entered the Old Iron King's tower, the seat of his power and wandered its halls seeking her King. She came to the bottom of the tower, shaped like a gigantic kiln. She found the Old Iron King's crown and his death was confirmed to her. Upon finding the land kingless, it is said Nadalia renounced her flesh. In the act of dancing, Nadalia was transfigured as smoke. It seems that her physical body was burnt up and that her actual being became smoke, fog and ash that infused the tower. Upon defeating the Fume Knight the remnants of her body can be found at the base of the Brume Tower, hunched over and ash-like. From this we can take it that she burned herself to death, in the act of dancing, the Bride of Ash was transfigured as smoke. The act of dancing is a metaphor for being burned alive. The same metaphor is used for the Pyromancy Dance of Fire where it says: "The fire seems to dance, and makes its victims dance with it." So we can guess that she was burned alive in the chair we find her in, clutching the crown of the old iron king (note the theories section on why Nadalia might have done this - taken from Pariahdigm Shift's youtube channel)
Having forsaken her flesh, Nadalia's smoke enticed people to the Tower and it became known as Brume Tower which means "mist or fog". Perhaps opportunists saw the tower's smoke and presumed it was burning or had fallen, making it a beacon to the brave adventurers seeking to tap the replete stores of iron. But upon arriving at Brume Tower, all but the most steadfast were defeated, and their corpses were reanimated by the black fog, or left as ashen husks. The black fog of the tower brought the tower to life. Its statues became possessed and attacked any intruder, the soldiers of the Old Iron King were resurrected as defenders and the Ashen Idols began to appear.
The Ashen Idols were statues made of ash. Nadalia, having renounced her flesh, entrusted her soul to these statues and it was through them that she was able to defend the tower. Approach of these statues yields different results, some fill the area with pillars of black fire, enhance the strength of the defenders and some heal the defenders. The Idols resemble Nadalia, but often have 4 or more arms. They can only be destroyed by driving a smelter wedge into the heart, a process that splits the Soul of Nadalia from the Ashen Idol. It is interesting to note that the wedges are made of smeltered iron, as if the only means to the Bride of Ash's heart was found in the iron the Old Iron King was so notorious for.
After some time it seems, a knight of Drangleic called Raime came to the tower. Raime was one of King Vendrick's most trusted and powerful knights. He is described as an agile swordsman, who after his defeat at the hands of Velstadt, resigned his post and was considered a traitor. Raime came to Brume Tower in search of greater strength. When he arrived at the tower, he became infatuated with Nadalia, the Bride of Ash. Instead of choosing to expunge her from the tower as he could have done (most likely by destroying her Ashen Idols as we do), Raime chose to live alongside Nadalia and support her efforts. He became her champion of the Dark. It may have been that when he left Vendrick, Raime sought greater strength in which to defeat Velstadt, but upon becoming infatuated with Nadalia, he found a new purpose in life.
What Nadalia's purpose is in the tower is unclear. It seems that the Sisters of Dark all seek power, and try to gather as many souls as possible. Alsanna may be an exception to this, but we know that both Nashandra and Elana seek power. Nashandra seeks the great soul that is strong enough to power the Throne of Want and Elana gathers souls in anticipation of revenge. Nadalia too may have transfigured herself for the purpose of drawing those with powerful souls to the tower, in hopes of collecting those souls. Alternatively, Nadalia is known as the augur of solitude, and perhaps she simply sought to be alone, which is a theory that does not account for the presence of Raime. Or perhaps Nadalia awaits her King and more specifically the Old Iron King. When we first destroy an Ashen Idol we hear some dialogue from Nadalia indicating that she may have us confused with the Old Iron King. To gain access to Brume Tower, one must defeat the Old Iron King so it may be that Nadalia senses that soul upon us or that we have gained it at some point and believes us to be the Old Iron King. But whatever the case, we are told that Nadalia condemned herself to a fate most wretched.
Nadalia burned herself to link the flame.
(taken and edited from https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wEgaPMhot3TsPwuEbrHvXPNeEanPUAWFZ2Hau8RwIOQ/edit?pli=1):
Why would Nadalia choose such a painful method of self destruction. Surely there would be an easier way. I do not believe that she burned herself alive with the intention of becoming the black fog and haunting Brume Tower. By doing so, she
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A Pyromancy of Nadalia, Bride of Ash. Spouts multiple Dark Flames.
This Child of Dark, bearing inconceivable strength, found herself in a kingless land devoid of souls.
And in journeying there, has all but condemned herself to a fate most wretched.
It makes little sense that she would purposefully condemn herself to a fate much worse than her solitude, unless of course there was a greater purpose behind it all. There are two reasons why Nadalia burned herself alive, and you may find that Nadalia's suicide was much more selfless than originally thought. Firstly, it was an attempt to ease her pain and suffering in solitude, and secondly, to link the fire and advance the decaying land into the next age of prosperity.
This may sound like a stretch no? Well tell me, what is required to link the flame. A great many souls, a kiln, a curse ridden land and as Vendrick implies perhaps even the crowns of kings long ago. I have already established that Nadalia possessed inconceivable strength? When we find her, is she not sitting on a throne surrounded by ash in what is very similar in appearance to the kiln under Drangleic castle. Does she not grasp the crown of the old iron king? Is it not about time for the age to turn since the land is devoid of souls? There are too many common factors to discard the possibility my friend.
After taking the place of an undead and linking the flame she became a bride to no king, but ash. For once, instead of iron, souls flowed from the top of Brume tower, re-invigourating the world with life and starting a new cycle, founded on the sacrifice of an unknown saint whom no-one would ever love or acknowledge.
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Welcome darling,
You've come!
Come to me!
Come quickly!
Let me surround you,
Please don't go.
I waited so long for you
It was unbearable, my dear.
Where were you?
Oh, it doesn't matter. As long as you're here.
Do not be fooled.
I have a champion of the Dark.
It's you who have lost.
You've ruined us!
My dear sisters will come.
I require thy strength.
I require thy ear.
After all that!
You fool!
You are mine now.
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Blackphone unveils a new phone and tablet running secure, encrypted Android
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Mar 2, 2015, 2:05 PM UTC |
Today at Mobile World Congress, the encrypted phone system Blackphone announced a new phone and tablet, along with a new business focus on enterprise. The phone is called the Blackphone 2, a successor to the first Blackphone shown at MWC last year, but adds a new processor, better screen, and a larger profile overall. The tablet, called the Blackphone+, is slated for release in the fall. Both run Blackphone's secure OS, forked off of Android, which is designed to protect metadata and provide end-to-end encryption throughout.
"It's a dramatically changed world from when Blackberry was the big player."
Based on the Silent Circle suite of software tools, the Blackphone focuses on secure calling and texts, offering no built-in email product after the shuttering of Silent Mail in 2013. (The company is working on an encrypted mail protocol called DarkMail, but there's no word on when it might be ready.) Despite the lack of email, Blackphone is hoping the new devices will appeal more to businesses, newly conscious of data security in the wake of the Sony Pictures hack. The company has added new conference calling feature to its software, and is preparing a new push for growth after a funding round and an acquisition. Notably, the Blackphone system is designed to run all communications as app data, which allows for ephemeral messaging and could potentially protect against the SIM-based attacks made possible by the recently revealed Gemalto attack.
In part, the shift is inspired by changes in the marketplace for enterprise security. As the market has shifted to app-based phones, many of the major players have scrambled to restore enterprise security features. In November, Samsung partnered with BlackBerry to beef up its Knox encryption systems. "I'm looking at what enterprises need in the next five years, not what they need in the last five years," Silent Circle CTO Jon Callas told TechCrunch. "It's a dramatically changed world from when Blackberry was the big player. And that's part of why they're having problems now."
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Officials: North Dakota murderer kills himself in prison
By JAMES MacPHERSON The Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A man who was serving life sentences for killing four people at a North Dakota business in what authorities say was one of the state's most gruesome crimes has killed himself in prison, authorities said.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol said a trooper was called to the state prison in Bismarck at around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday "regarding a resident who had caused self-harm." The trooper was told that Chad Isaak,48, had been taken by ambulance to a Bismarck hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m.
Authorities didn't immediately give a cause of death.
Prison spokeswoman Kayli Richards said in a statement Monday that state confidentiality laws prevent her from disclosing whether Isaak had been considered a suicide risk or held under any special conditions at the prison.
She said Isaac shared a cell but that "his roommate was not present at the time of the incident."
Richards said Isaak had "one minor pending disciplinary report" but had no others since being locked up. She didn't elaborate.
Isaak was serving four life sentences without the possibility of parole for the April 2019 killings of RJR Maintenance and Management co-owner Robert Fakler, 52; and employees Adam Fuehrer, 42; Bill Cobb, 50; and Lois Cobb, 45. The Cobbs were married. No motive was given at the trial.
The four were shot and stabbed inside the property management company's building in Mandan.
Isaak, a chiropractor and Navy veteran, lived at a Washburn property that the company managed, but authorities never established a motive for the killings.
Isaak was appealing his convictions.
Jesse Walstad, one of Isaak's trial attorneys, said Monday that he didn't know any details about his former client's death.
"We concluded our representation after trial and sentencing," he said. "We are very sympathetic to his family, of course. We have no comment beyond that."
During the trial, defense attorneys argued that investigators didn't seriously consider other possible suspects, including people who had either been evicted, sued or fired by RJR.
Prosecutors showed security camera footage from numerous businesses that authorities said tracked Isaak's white pickup truck from Mandan to Washburn on the day of the killings, along with footage from a week earlier that they said indicated the killer had planned the attack in advance.
Forensic experts testified that fibers on the clothing of the slain workers matched fibers taken from Isaak's clothing, and that DNA evidence found in Isaak's truck was linked to Fakler and possibly Lois Cobb.
Prosecutors presented the case as a puzzle in which all of the pieces pointed to Isaak, including a knife found in his washing machine and gun parts found in his freezer.
At Isaak's sentencing in December, Jamie Binstock, a daughter of Robert Fakler, told the court that Isaak is a "heinous individual" who should spend the rest of his life in prison and experience a "lifetime of suffering" and nightmares.
"I do not want your life to end. Your family does not need to suffer the same way we did," Binstock told Isaak in court.
In a statement to The Associated Press on Monday, Binstock said, "My thoughts and prayers are with his family."


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Butler is leaving the Horizon League and joining the Atlantic 10 sooner than expected.
Late Tuesday afternoon, the school announced that it would begin playing in the A-10 this fall, one year sooner than originally planned.
School officials say the two leagues were able to accommodate a quicker move.
Bulldogs athletic director Barry Collier says the school is grateful that things could be worked out this quickly and that it was in the school's best interest to reach an agreement with the Horizon League to leave immediately.
The Atlantic 10 will compete as a 16-team league in 2012-13.


Kobe Bryant was supposed to be the main attraction for the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, but Larry Nance Jr. may have taken away some of his spotlight before halftime.
With less than a minute left before Bryants' number retirement was slated to start, Nance got the home fans on their feet with a ferocious dunk over Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant.
The Lakers managed to catch the Warriors with a 4-on-2 advantage. Nance received the pass from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, went straight at Durant and the rest is history. He delivered a vicious dunk right in Durant's face. It's the type of dunk made for a poster.
As you might expect, the Lakers bench reacted in the appropriate way. There was disbelief. There was yelling. There was unbalanced strutting. We even saw some arm windmills in there.
Nance's dunk helped the Lakers close the gap. They trailed 57-53 before Bryant's ceremony at halftime.
Lakers fans were already going to be riled up for that, but Nance gave them a little extra incentive to get on their feet and start screaming a few minutes early.


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Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (Montbrison, 26 maart 1925 - Baden-Baden, 5 januari 2016) was een Franse componist en dirigent. Hij geldt als een der invloedrijkste denkers over klassieke muziek uit de 20e eeuw.

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Aanvankelijk bereidde Boulez zich in Lyon voor op een studie tot ingenieur, maar in 1942 ging hij naar Parijs om er aan het Conservatoire national supérieur de musique te studeren bij onder anderen Olivier Messiaen voor compositie, Andrée Vaurabourg (echtgenote van Arthur Honegger) voor contrapunt en René Leibowitz voor muziektheorie. In 1946 werd hij muzikaal directeur van de Compagnie Renaud-Barrault van Jean-Louis Barrault in het Théâtre Marigny. Hij begon toen ook te componeren. Zijn vroege composities waren uitgesproken serieel van karakter, met een belangrijke invloed van Messiaen en Webern.

De dodecafonie van Schönberg, zoals die door Leibowitz werd onderwezen, ging Boulez niet ver genoeg. Zijn artikel Schoenberg Is Dead uit 1952 was niet zozeer een necrologie van de kort daarvoor overleden componist, maar een afrekening met diens systeem. Hij werd een overtuigd voorstander van meer abstractie en experiment in de muziek, en hij werd een boegbeeld van de experimentele muziek. Hij zette zijn visie uiteen in verschillende publicaties zoals Penser la musique aujourd'hui (1963) en Relevés d'apprenti (1966). Hij was een pionier van het gebruik van elektronica in de muziek en experimenteerde met aleatorische muziek (waarin het toeval een rol speelt). Hij ging daarbij niet zo ver als Amerikaanse componisten zoals John Cage.

In 1970 nam president Georges Pompidou het initiatief tot de oprichting van het IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique) te Parijs, een onderzoeksinstituut voor eigentijdse klassieke muziek. Boulez was tot 1992 de eerste directeur. Ook daarna bleef hij aan het instituut verbonden. Door zijn invloed en statuur had hij later een belangrijk aandeel in de totstandkoming van de Cité de la Musique in Parijs.

Door zijn functies, maar ook door de invloed van zijn denkbeelden, nam Boulez in de internationale muziekwereld een machtige positie in. Hij verkondigde dat een componist overbodig was als hij niet voelde dat seriële muziek noodzakelijk was. Voor hen die niet atonaal konden of wilden componeren werd het daardoor moeilijk om nog serieus genomen te worden. In de jaren zestig had Boulez zelf heftig geprotesteerd tegen de gevestigde orde in de muziek. Zijn metaforische uitspraak uit die tijd dat "de operahuizen moesten worden opgeblazen" werd veertig jaar later nog steeds letterlijk genomen door de Canadese douane die hem korte tijd arresteerde toen hij dat land binnenkwam. Aan het eind van de 20e eeuw sprak hij zijn ergernis uit over de terugkeer van veel componisten naar de tonaliteit en de stijgende populariteit van componisten die de muziekgeschiedenis in zijn ogen niet vooruit hadden geholpen: "We hebben binnenkort een eeuw achter ons die is begonnen met Schönbergs Erwartung en Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps - twee werken uit een heel rijke componeerfase. Die eeuw loopt ten einde nu mensen in extase raken van bijvoorbeeld de vijfde symfonie van Sjostakovitsj, of Brittens War Requiem. Dan kunnen we gevoeglijk constateren dat deze eeuw veelbelovender begon dan zij nu is". Ook de vanaf 1970 in opkomst zijnde minimal music van componisten als Philip Glass en Steve Reich wees hij af.

Zijn eigen werk kenmerkt zich door een doordachte structuur waarbij alle aspecten melodie, harmonie, interval, ritme, accent, timbre en dynamiek helder en precies zijn gedefinieerd. Elk gevoelselement is zorgvuldig gemeden (emotie is een zaak van elke individuele toehoorder), maar ook elke voorspelbaarheid. Boulez bewerkte vaak zijn eigen composities, vanuit de gedachte dat elke uitvoering van een muziekstuk slechts één is uit talloze mogelijkheden. Zijn derde pianosonate is zelfs altijd onvoltooid gebleven (slechts twee van de vijf delen zijn gepubliceerd) en geldt als een "open compositie". Zijn oeuvre van ongeveer 30 voltooide werken is gering gebleven, maar de blijvende waarde ervan wordt door de muziekwereld algemeen erkend. Boulez vormde met Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Luigi Nono, György Ligeti en Karlheinz Stockhausen de avant-garde in het componeren van na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Van hen was hij de laatste die overleed.

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Vanaf de jaren 60 werd hij meer en meer actief als dirigent en liep zijn productie van composities stilaan terug. Hij dirigeerde de Franse première van de opera Wozzeck van Alban Berg in 1963. Hij was chef-dirigent van zowel het BBC Symphony Orchestra (1971-1975) als de New York Philharmonic (1971-1977). In 1976 dirigeerde hij Der Ring des Nibelungen van Richard Wagner bij het eeuwfeest van de Bayreuther Festspiele onder regie van Patrice Chéreau.

Ook in 1976 richtte hij het Ensemble InterContemporain op, een ensemble voor het uitvoeren van moderne muziek, waarvan de bezetting sterk varieert, afhankelijk van het uit te voeren werk. Daardoor beschikte hij over een flexibele groep musici die in staat was zijn eigen gecompliceerde partituren, maar ook veel andere eigentijdse muziek, geheel naar zijn inzichten te realiseren. Tot 1978, toen hij de leiding overdroeg aan Michel Tabachnik, was hij de vaste dirigent, maar ook daarna bleef hij er sterk bij betrokken. Boulez voerde met het Ensemble InterContemporain ook werk uit van de popmuzikant Frank Zappa. Het album The Perfect Stranger (1984) bevat opnamen van The Perfect Stranger, Naval Aviation in Art? en Dupree's Paradise.

Bij zijn concerten en plaatopnamen met symfonieorkesten programmeerde hij bij voorkeur de grote muzikale vernieuwers uit de twintigste eeuw zoals Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Arnold Schönberg, Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Alban Berg, Anton Webern en Edgar Varèse. Ook nam hij orkestwerken van Aleksandr Skrjabin en alle negen symfonieën van Gustav Mahler op. Bij het 19e-eeuwse repertoire richtte hij zich vooral op Beethoven, Berlioz en Schumann en maakte hij een opname van de Achtste symfonie van Bruckner. Zijn opnames maakte hij met toporkesten zoals de Wiener Philharmoniker, het Chicago Symphony Orchestra, het Cleveland Orchestra, de Berliner Philharmoniker, het Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest en de New York Philharmonic.

Boulez' dirigeerstijl, altijd zonder dirigeerstok, kenmerkte zich net als zijn componeren door een sterke nadruk op structuur, samenhang en helderheid. Sommige luisteraars beschouwden deze analytische stijl als "ijzig", maar hij meed emoties vanuit de gedachte dat die niet aan het publiek mogen worden opgedrongen door de uitvoerende musici. Voor hem stond het pure muzikale bouwwerk centraal. De waardering voor zijn interpretaties blijkt onder meer uit vele prijzen die aan zijn opnamen werden toegekend, waaronder 26 Grammy Awards.

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Hij dirigeerde tot in 2012. Zijn laatste optreden in Nederland vond plaats op 24 september 2011 in het Amsterdamse Concertgebouw, toen hij met het Ensemble InterContemporain en Barbara Hannigan zijn Pli selon pli uitvoerde. Concerten die hij op 3 en 4 mei 2012 zou dirigeren in het Brusselse BOZAR moest hij afzeggen wegens gezichtsproblemen. Door ziekte kon hij in 2015 niet meer deelnemen aan de festiviteiten die op veel plaatsen werden gewijd aan zijn 90e verjaardag. Pierre Boulez stierf begin 2016 in zijn woonplaats Baden-Baden.

Composities (selectie)

 Pianosonate nr. 1 (1946)
 Pianosonate nr. 2 (1947-1948)
 Le soleil des eaux, cantate (1948, herzien 1957)
 Polyphonie X (1951)
 Structures (1952)
 Le marteau sans maître voor alt en zes instrumenten, (1953-1955, herzien 1957)
 Pianosonate nr. 3 (1955-...); "open" werk
 Figures, doubles, prismes voor orkest (1958-1964, herzien 1968)
 Pli selon pli voor sopraan en orkest (1957-1962)
 Domaines voor klarinetsolo of voor klarinet en ensemble (1968-1969)
 cummings ist der dichter voor koor en ensemble (1970)
 Rituel: in memoriam Bruno Maderna voor orkest (1974-1975)
 Notations versie voor piano (1945); versie voor orkest (1978-...)
 Répons voor ensemble en elektronica (1980-1984); gecomponeerd bij het IRCAM
 Le visage nuptial voor sopraan, alt, vrouwenkoor en orkest (1951-1989)
 ...explosante-fixe... voor ensemble en elektronica (1972-1974, tweede versie 1991-1993); ook een product van IRCAM
 Initiale voor koperseptet (1987)
 Dialogue de l'ombre double (1985), transcriptie voor blokfluit, Erik Bosgraaf (2015)
 Incises voor solopiano (1994/2001)
 Sur Incises voor 3 piano's, 3 harpen en 3 slaginstrumenten, (1996/1998), gebaseerd op Incises

Publicaties (selectie)
  Penser la musique aujourd'hui, Paris, Gonthier, 1963.
  Relevés d'apprenti, Paris, Seuil, 1966.
  Orientations: Collected Writings, red. Jean-Jacques Nattiez, Martin Cooper, Harvard University Press, 1990.

Literatuur (selectie)
  Maarten Brandt, Wegen naar Boulez. De meester in dialoog met de traditie. Deventer, Ankh-Hermes, 1995. Ongewijzigde herdruk, Arnhem, Nieuwe Druk, 2015. 240 p.
  Antoine Goléa, Rencontres avec Pierre Boulez, Paris, Julliard, 1959.
  Dominique Jameux, Pierre Boulez, Paris, Fayard, 1984.
  Dominique Jameux, Pierre Boulez, vert. Susan Bradshaw, London, Faber and Faber, 1991.
  Jean Vermeil, Conversations de Pierre Boulez sur la direction d'orchestre, Plume, 1989.
  Jésus Aguila, Le Domaine musical : Pierre Boulez et vingt ans de création contemporaine, Paris, Fayard, 1992.
  Olivier Meston, Eclat de Pierre Boulez, Michel de Maule, 2001.
  Etty Mulder, Pierre Boulez Paul Klee; The fertile land; Identifications, Muiden, Stichting Pierre Boulez, 2015.
  Emanuel Overbeeke: Een meester zonder hamer - Pierre Boulez [1925-2016], In de walvis / Vantilt,
  Joan Peyser, Boulez: Composer, Conductor, Enigma, New York, Macmillan, 1976.
  Paul Griffiths, Boulez, Oxford University Press, 1978.
  William Glock (red.): Pierre Boulez: a Symposium, London, Eulenburg, 1986.
  Jonathan Goldman, The Musical Language of Pierre Boulez, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  Theo Hirschbrunner, Pierre Boulez und sein Werk, Laaber, Laaber Verlag, 1985.
  Catherine Steinegger, Pierre Boulez et le théâtre, de la Compagnie Renaud-Barrault à Patrice Chéreau, Mardaga, Wavre, 2012.

Externe links
 Pierre Boulez dirigeert Mahler, Nachtmusik II uit Symfonie nr. 7 met het Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, januari 2011.
 Pierre Boulez dirigeert Pli selon pli met Barbara Hannigan (sopraan) en het Ensemble InterContemporain, september 2011.
 Hans Haffmans in gesprek met Pierre Boulez, november 2011.
 Stichting Pierre Boulez

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Considering the pace of additions and editions done to the social networking platform it seems the Facebook development team has been very busy for the last couple of months. The incorporation of new algorithms was followed by 'Call-To-Action' followed by the 'Buy' button and now the 'facebook save button' option. As of July 2014, Facebook has officially added this new facebook save button feature to the news feed – now users can bookmark posts, photos, URL's, pages and more for later.
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Today's guest(s): Mother Maureen, Sr. Evelyn, Sr. Katy, Sr. Janice, and Sr. Pamela of Mount Saint Mary Abbey, Wrentham, Mass.
Summary of today's show: They say it's the best kept secret in New England and along a quiet, tree-lined road in the rural town of Wrentham sits an unassuming monastery of contemplative women who make chocolate beloved around the world. Scot Landry goes on location to Mount Saint Mary's Abbey, where the Trappist nuns support their way of life by making and selling Trappistine Quality Candy (perfect for Christmas gifts!) and practice the Cistercian life of liturgy, labor, and lectio divina. Join us on a rare behind-the-scenes look at life in a place where life moves at a different pace.
Mother Maureen, Sister Katy and Sister Evelyn join us today. Scot asked Mother Maureen about the origins of the Cistercians. The order was founded in 1098 by Benedictines living in a culture that didn't allow for the full expression of the Benedictine way of life. These monks missed the manual labor as well as the solitude and prayer that comes with less involvement in secular affairs. So they went off into the thick woods of France with the Church's blessing to work the land and find a purer balance of the Benedictine way of life: Liturgy, labor, and lectio divina. This way of life took off like wildfire.
Scot said at some point the Cistercians underwent a reform which resulted in the Trappists, formally called the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. Mother Maureen said the order looked back to its roots which helped it to survive difficult times, including the French revolution.
Scot said there are other Cistercians abbeys in the US, including 12 for women. Sr. Katy said there is usually a monastery of nuns located near a monastery of women. The Abbey in Spencer, Mass., was already here and then Cardinal Cushing in 1949 asked for the sisters to come from Ireland to found this monastery. The numbers grew very quickly and they began to make foundations elsewhere. The first was in Iowa and the second in Arizona and third in West Virginia.
Scot said they take a vow of stability. They promise to stay in the abbey for the rest of their life. Sr. Katy said the exception is if they make a new foundation, but if they come it's their intention to stay in the community until death. It's a blessing to have that continuation. It's a little bit of heaven because we believe after death we will be together forever. She said they never get bored with one another because they're always changing.
Scot said there are 45 nuns in this monastery. Sr. Katy said they're starting to see young women come to visit again. They don't like to take them too young because the life is quite radical and so they would like them to have some maturity.
Mother Maureen said about 1/4 of the nuns are from New England and 1/4 from the rest of the United States and since the 1990s they've had many more from overseas, so about 1/4 are from 10 different countries. And if they count the ones in the cemetery, about 1/4 are from New York state.
She said there are more monasteries of men than women and there are some countries with Cistercian monasteries for men, but not women, so women who are interested in the monastic spirituality in the life will seek out the community. Scot said when they make a vow of stability to this community, they are leaving behind their country and they are discerning God's will that this community is where they will stay the rest of their days.
She said when you have people from a number of cultures living together, it relativizes the culture and brings you to the essence of religious life. Scot asked how the diversity of background adds to the life. Sr. Katy said they are gifted and blessed to have so many cultures involved here. God has a wonderful sense of humor and a wonderful treasure he gives to us not just in accepting the other, but in being accepted and being able to live together. You come for one reason: to live for God. Other reasons can include the life of prayer, the life of work, the life of community, but in the end when everything else falls away, the one thing you have left is God. That is proven when you have so many people from so many cultures.
Scot said when you live a life of stability with a very regimented schedule, that might not appeal to someone coming from a busy life. He asked Sr. Evelyn as the novice mistress how she helps seekers to adjust to the life of the abbey. She said when someone does come, most of the time they're very grateful for the simple life and they say to themselves they don't know how they dealt with the old way. Most who come have already started to live a prayer life outside and have had to give up a lot of their activities so when they come they plunge in.
After a while, when you have a routine, you start to live within and the adventure is really within. You realize that God is really the adventure, because he's speaking to you in this quiet life.
Scot asked Mother Maureen how she discerned her vocation. She said her father gave her the book the "Seven Storey Mountain" by Thomas Merton when she was 15. Her dad loved Dorothy Day, who played a big part in Merton's life. When she finished the book, she realized that it was a mirror of a desire she didn't know she'd had. When she told her dad, he said it wasn't why he gave her the book, but it was too late. It was a seed that grew in her.
Scot asked Sr. Katy about her vocation. Her parents were very supportive of what she wanted to do in her life. She'd been in an another order for a number of years before coming to the Trappistines. As a little girl she'd wanted to be a sister, but that got put on the shelf during high school. As she came to graduation she felt God pulling her in this direction. She also tried nursing and entered the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and was with them for years. That community would often go to a nearby men's monastery for Mass and prayers and felt a growing call for the solitude that was there and the vocation came from deep within and there was nothing to do but follow it. She loved the Daughters of Charity, this was the right move to make. She's never regretted it.
Sr. Evelyn is Scottish and came to Canada with no intention of entering a monastery. She got the call as she left Scotland. She desired to love God as much as she could and she went around to all kinds of other active orders, but she had a desire for the contemplative life. The person helping her thought she was too extroverted for contemplative life. The book that really struck her was the book "The Man Who Got Even with God." She was told that she should go to America rather than stay in Canada because she didn't speak French.
She finally came to the abbey and the day she walked in the door,she knew she was home.
Scot asked her how an extrovert can live a life of silence every day. She said the silence was what attracted her because the silence helps her to pray. She's a talker, but what she really loves most is the silence.
2nd segment: Scot said life in the abbey is about Liturgy, Lectio Divina, and Labor. The liturgical life includes seven times of prayer each day. Mother Maureen said St. Benedict loved the phrase from the Psalm, seven times a day I have praised you. The figurative meaning is giving the life wholly in praise. They rise before dawn, at 3:20am, to begin the day with prayer. This is key to Cistercian spirituality, rising in the night to meet with God. All the activities of the community revolve around those hours of prayer, so each part of the day is blessed by liturgical praise.
Scot asked the other times during the day they pray the Divine Office. Mother Maureen said Morning Prayer is a 6:30, followed by Mass. They have three little hours and then a solemn evening hour of Vespers and then Compline at 7:15 at which time they go to sleep.
All the prayers are in the chapel in community, except the Ninth Hour, at noon, which is prayed wherever they are working.
Scot asked Sr. Katy about Lectio. She said Lectio Divina is one of the most important aspects of their life. It includes Scripture reading. It feeds the heart and soul. It's different from reading a book to study or for pleasure. It goes to the heart and it's never finished and can never be replaced by anything else. You carry the word or phrase you receive throughout the day and comes back to you as they day goes on. Some sisters use the readings from daily Mass for Lectio. Not everyone uses the same readings. Scot said his sense is that it's deep, slow, and short reading. Not a chapter in a book, but a paragraph or sentence.
Sr. Katy said it's important to read it slowly and several times. A word might catch you or a phrase and it's important to stay with that. Sometimes nothing comes and that's okay too. God can speak in the silence.
Scot asked for what they could tell listeners to integrate it into their own prayer lives. She suggested setting aside a particular time of day, perhaps in the morning. Don't feel you need to read something in its entirety, take it slow. Read it over and over again. Try to carry it with you throughout the day.
Scot asked Sr. Evelyn why Labor is such important part of the life of a Cistercian nun. She said part of their life is to live by the labor of their hands. They've chosen that they want to live by their labor and take care of their own needs. Different aspects of life have different labors. There is a prayer in work that reveals what's going on in your heart. You are in prayer, you are in one place. When you're in work, it reveals the depth of character, especially when things don't go well.
Being able to see work as a gift and to offer your whole heart in your work can amplify the prayer before or after that.
Scot asked what forms of labor there are at the abbey. In addition to candy making, there is the office work they do. They have a flock of sheep to care for and groundskeeping and building maintenance. There is plenty of cooking, housework, and taking care of the sick in the infirmary. They have a bindery and a shoe shop as well.
Scot asked Mother Maureen if the sisters rotate among the jobs or stay at one job. She said they do try to have a balance of detachment and using people's gifts. Some of the work is more technical so a person who has work like that, like actually cooking or treasurer has to have certain skills. It varies, some keep their jobs longer than others. There is a common good and a personal good and they try their best to balance those.
Scot asked Sr. Katy how a woman might want to discern whether this is the way of life for them. Sr. Katy would invite them to a monastic weekend, which they offer twice per year. It gives them an overview and closeup view of the way they live. If the woman and the community feel it might be prudent for them, they invite them back to live in the guest house for about a week. The next step is for them to come inside and live with them for up to six weeks. After that would be acceptance into the order as a postulant. She said she makes clear that their number one work is prayer. They don't work in schools or hospitals.
3rd segment: Scot welcomed Sr. Janice, who oversees the business operations of Trappistine Candy. He said we've learned that labor is one of the ways the nuns grow in their faith. He asked her about the candy business here.
She said they make a variety of candy and offer them in various combination. Their bestseller is butternut munch in milk chocolate and dark chocolate. They also make several kinds of fudge. They also make milk and ark chocolate squares.
Scot asked what makes it unique. Sr. Janice it's made with love and prayers and when they make it they remember those who supply them with the goods to make it or support them by purchasing it because it supports their life and vocations.
People can buy it at the gift store, but they can also purchase it online. Sr. Janice said their candy has gone to every continent, but Antarctica. The bulk of their business is domestic and have many customers who use their candy for gift-giving. Some people from far away have heard about them and found them online and just buy the candy.
If people wanted to order the candy, they can go to TrappistineCandy.com or call 1-866-549-8929. They sell well more than 1,000 orders at Christmas. Scot said it's obviously well more than 1,000 by the humble look on Sr. Janice's face.
Scot asked her what the one thing about she wanted to share about their candy. She said the sisters have a contest to see which state purchases the most candy: It's usually Massachusetts or New York. New York won once, but Massachusetts has carried the pennant for the past 40 years.
4th segment: Scot welcomed Sr. Pamela and she is the new media expert in the abbey. He asked how embracing new media is part of their work. She handles the website and Facebook page for the abbey. She also troubleshoots anything in the monastery as well. They had their first website back in the 1990s, as soon as it was possible.
It's been important for their work, not just for vocations, but also for supporting the general Catholic population. They have visitors from all over the world and there's a general hunger among people to find the authentic Christian life. It has helped with vocations. If the website wasn't there they would think the sisters out of touch.
She said, if used properly and with discretion, Facebook is a way to evangelize. They use it to reach not just family and friends, but all people interested in their life. She often posts about events and photos. She posts prayer requests, summaries of homilies, and the like. People sometimes submit prayer requests through the Facebook page and through a form on their website.
Scot said they also have a Flickr.com page and there are a lot of photos from recent events at the Abbey. Sr. Pamela said they just opened it this summer. As a Mac user she had been using a .Mac account, but since that is closing, she's moved to Flickr.
Scot said being able to communicate with the outside world connects what they do here in the community with the universal Church. She said when people do come here to visit they often comment on that connection.
Mother Maureen finished by saying that every Christian has a call to reflect the life of Jesus in some way, but no person or group can exhaust the mystery of Jesus. They are called to express the love of Christ in their life of community. Each person's journey in their prayer life is uncharted, but it is all about entering into the heart of Christ and his prayer.


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I like the idea of Dolly Parton, but don't really know enough to call myself a fan. I'm from a small, fairly backward southern town which I hated and couldn't wait to leave, and have only visited once since my parents moved. (We were driving past it on the interstate and my husband had to pee. It was legitimately the most disgusting gas station I've ever been in. I held it for 80 more miles.) I had a small coming-of-age experience relating back to drag queens, but it wasn't as personal and definitely not as drawn-out as whats going on here.
Is this an age thing? A weird, backward homesickness thing? A deep understanding of how every moment is fleeting, thanks to yoga teacher training, etc.? Or the only side-effect of monthly hormone fluctuations that Mirena can't hide from me?
I'm not sure it matters. I'm bawling away to a Dolly Parton soundtrack and Jennifer Aniston's regrettable Texas accent.
Do you have a flavor of self-flagellation in film?


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Perry prayer event hopes to pray away the malaise
CNN's Jim Acosta and Erika Dimmler
Houston, Texas (CNN) - Rick Perry seems to believe in the power of mixing prayer and politics.
The Texas governor has called on both Christians and politicians to attend his religious gathering, dubbed "The Response," in Houston this weekend.
In a video posted on "The Response" web site, Perry said he hopes worshipers at the event will help kick-start the nation's sluggish economy. In other words: pray away the malaise.
"With the economy in trouble, communities in crisis, and people adrift in a sea of moral relativism, we need God's help. That's why I'm calling on Americans to pray and fast like Jesus did," Perry said on the web video.
With Perry, the script often comes with an extra helping of scripture.
Last month, Perry told the Des Moines Register he feels "called" to run for president.
Back in April, he declared days of prayer for rain to combat the state's oppressive drought.
In May, Perry told a televangelist he believed the Great Recession served a higher purpose. "I think we are going through those difficult economic times for a purpose to bring us back to those Biblical principles," he said on Pastor James Robison's program, "Life Today."
Each time Perry has blended the political with the spiritual he has made no apologies.
"I am a man of faith," Perry said at a news conference last month.
In the weeks leading up to "The Response," critics have accused the governor of tearing down the wall separating church and state.
Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, argues nobody elected Perry state pastor.
"Many people down here love the slogan called 'Don't Mess with Texas.' It's a very effective campaign. I'd say to the governor don't mess with the Constitution," Lynn said.
None of this criticism has dimmed Perry's potent star power in the GOP where he is considered a potential game changer in the race for the Republican nomination.
Bill Martin, a professor of politics and religion at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, says Perry's spiritual messaging certainly helps him in Republican primaries. But after that, it's a leap of faith.
Martin says Americans like their presidents to be religious, just not too religious.
"Having an event like this will be brought up again and again by his opponents to say Governor Perry does not represent an example of the separation of church and state," Martin said.
Perry is expected to speak at "The Response." But his aides are tight-lipped about what he might say. Will he just pray? What exactly will he pontificate?
The governor has seen his public appeals for prayer fall short before. Four months after his days of prayer for rain, the state is still reeling from one of its worst droughts.
Then there's the response for "The Response." Roughly 8000 people have registered on-line to attend the event, far short of the venue's seating capacity of over 70,000.
Despite his calls for governors across the country to join him at the gathering, Kansas Republican Sam Brownback is Perry's only gubernatorial colleague to signal he would come to Houston.
On Friday, organizers were unsure whether Brownback would indeed attend.
Filed under: 2012 • Religion • Rick Perry • Texas
GOP = Greed Over People
I am sure that butch "husband" of Botox Bachmann will be there to hold hands with Princess Perry and "pray away the gay"!
August 5, 2011 09:11 pm at 9:11 pm |
Absolutely, PRAY the economy back into recovery! You and your party have no CLUE as to what to do with this economy and are being obstructionist to the extreme at the expense of the nation! Are you insane??? Pray you win the lottery Perry, that would be a bit more realistic!
I pray too. I pray that GOD smites these moronic idiots of the far right, the tea baggers. I pray you are defeated in November of 2012 by such a wide margin, the gop actually morphs into what was once a proud and sensable GOP.
Woe unto you , Perry and the rest of the neo GOP Pharisees, hypocrites, Chalartans!" If Jesus comes back today, he will condemned and illustrate your rapaciousness, selfishness, the inward spiritual emptiness, and the Gop emphasis on "scruple" while neglecting the "weightier" matters of justice, mercy, and faith. Wake up America!!!
BeverlyNC
No one is going to show up....the end to Rick Perry's Presidential run! All governors invited have backed out and the 71.000 seat stadium is expected to have 68.000+ seats EMPTY. No one wants to listen to lunatic Republican "Christians" who believe the Statue of Liberty is a "Satanic idol" or that "Hitler used gay men as soldiers because they are more evil". This is your Republican Party!
When it comes to being elected in 2012, Perry doesn't have a prayer.
Jeff in Illinois
I can't abide someone who puts his party above his country and cites a religious reason to run for POLITICAL office.
August 5, 2011 10:02 pm at 10:02 pm |
Ken in NC
I hope those IDIOTS pray away the Republican Party and the Tea Party. They have done their dam damage so now they can crawl back under their rocks.
Jess C.
Please spare us of yet another nutcake running for office!
mukiha
With Michele Bachman and some republican candidates having declared that they were chosen by God,Perry prayer event is another indication that they are running for "the holiest president" or whoever has his or her face deep in Jesus Christ butt.The silent by Romney over the debt crisis is an example of what to expect.Is all about cultural and religion warfare and the economy is for the private sector.
Any Perry supporters that think this cowboy clown will carry the northeast and win a national election are kidding themselves. He's a dumber version of GW Bush. Mr. Minimum Wage – the master of low paying job. He'll be lucky to carry TX.
Good luck wih that Ricky. Wait till they find out about your little Log Cabin secret.
sue p
Keep your religion to yourself.....I don't care if you worship the devil, just get this economy back on solid ground. For you Tea Partiers, congratulations on making things worse. If you don't need Social Security or Medicare, which apparently you don't or you would not be voting to cut funding, at least let people who need it, collect it.
Is "The Response" like "The Decision" only instead of a sports hero transforming himself into a pariah, a governor is transfroming himself into a tele-evangelist? Yes, this man is presidential timber, but the type appropriate for a third world theocracy.
beevee
Please stay in Texas and don't try to get into national politics. No religious nuts in national politics. They iwll ruin the country.
AmFem
When Fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag, and carrying a cross. Sinclair Lewis could see the future, and it is here.
republicansareputas
The Republicans and their religious allays trying to meld religion into politics reminds me of the time when my mother used to pray she always interlace it with curse and bad words, it goes like this; Our Father who are in heaven...where have been you mother fuckers ...holy be your name thy kingdom.. look what you made me do son of a bitch. Just because they invoke the name of the Christian God it doesn't mean they are holy and blessed. or that their prayer will be answered. If you are a person full of political malice and you try to influence your congregation to follow you blindly Both you and them are condemn just the same. Politics is a messy situation if you contaminate your pristine spiritual belief with it then what is then sacred to you as a PERSON.
Rumors in Austin say Perry likes the way one of his state chefs serves up his "hot dog"!
Since Dallas is in the 34th day of Hell on earth, your "pray for rain" days seems to have backfired.
An elected official should never need to hear "God's" or any other tiny little voice inside his head before he solves a problem or asks for directions on how to solve a problem(altho, after seeing your college transcript, you may want to check with a mortal with an IQ greater than s #2 pencil) before making ANY decisions.
This roasting oven we are now in Texass, could that be payback for evoking God's name in vain for Perry's petty pandering?
IRobertson said God condemned gays with AIDS, surely, turning 14 states into a tinder box is no hill for a stepper!
Next time you feel the need to pray and only allow "christians" to attend, keep it simple, like praying for the name of the GOP fund raising bundlers, do not involve all of us innocent "heathens" in your "chrsitian" prayers!
billwill
Simpletons! We are a nation of idiots.
As an Evangelical Christian, I firmly believe in the power of prayer, however I do not believe in trying to use it for political gain as Rick Perry is doing. Prayer is meant to be a personal conversation with our Heavenly Father, not a spectacle in the marketplaces. It is time we Christians realize that the republican party is using us, and that our values are not at the center of their agenda, money is!
Robert Cloosdoosch
All we need is another fake cowboy who claims God told him to run for the presidency.
They need to change their slogan to "Texas is a mess"
NamCbtVet
I hope to pray away Perry, Palin, Paul, Pawlenty, the AFA and their fellow travelers. They are a clear and present danger to the country.
August 6, 2011 12:12 am at 12:12 am |
Hey, Rick, God called and asked me to tell you to stop trying to speak for him.
Maybe now the republican't are getting their wish with the downgrade of our credit rating. Oh Yes, I do rightfully lay blame at the
Tea Party Terrorist group. Destroying our country from within, just "to get" Obama. It won't work. Two words- You Lose.
August 6, 2011 01:09 am at 1:09 am |


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Mollywood's Youth Sensations And Their Best Performances
By Anikait Nair
The Malayalam film industry is home to several extraordinarily talented artists. Since the time cinema as a concept had been invented, we have seen different individuals create magic in front of the camera with their acting prowess. Mollywood has been lucky enough to witness legends such as Nazir, Jayan, Madhu, Sheela, Sathyam, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Mohanlal, Mammootty and many others. Off late, we have seen new entrants into the fraternity, who have grabbed the attention of the audience with their spectacular performances. Mollywood's youth sensations have amassed a massive fan following in Kerala.
In no particular order, here are 10 of Mollywood's youth sensations and their career-best performances, according to me.
Dulquer Salmaan
Being the son of legendary actor Mammootty, Dulquer was always looked up to as the one who would carry the legacy of Mammootty forward. However, after a disastrous debut, things looked different. He did rise up and made an empire of his own, however, his career-best performance would undoubtedly be his role of Krishnan in Kammatipaadam. The character required a mature and layered performance, which Dulquer did with ease. Unfortunatly, he didn't win accolades for it.
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Nivin Pauly
After having made a smashing debut with Malarvaadi Arts Club, Nivin grew to become a household name with several innocent and chocolate boy roles. However, after a point, he started starring in films that were commercial as well as critical failures. After being in a low phase in his career, he took up the role of Akbar in Moothon that changed the game for him. The painful transformation of Akbar, both mentally and physically, is depicted so brilliantly by Nivin. He rightfully won a Special Mention at the Kerala State Film Awards 2019. Akbar is undoubtedly Nivin's most mature and nuanced acting performance, which has served as a benchmark for his future acting ventures.
Also read: Mollywood Films That Defined The Decade
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Though he made his debut in 2012, he became a noticeable artist only after his performance in Appu in Ennu Ninte Moideen. The role was a turning point in his career as an actor, and he played it with such efficiency. I personally feel that Tovino's performance as Appu is his career's finest, though many may argue it to be Shaji from Kala or Mathan from Mayaanadhi. The role of Appu required a touch of selflessness and intensity, which Tovino lends aptly.
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Fahadh Faasil
We all know Fahadh as the actor who acts with his eyes. He is an artist who has the special ability to completely transform into the character he is assigned. The one time I was absolutely mind blown by his mental transformation into a character was while watching Trance. The film is an out and out display of Fahadh Faasil. He was so bloody brilliant in each and every scene that this performance of his is undoubtedly one of the finest acting performances I have seen in my entire life.
Also Read: What Trance Teaches Us About Kerala's Cult Following
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If there is any actor who has built a huge fan following because of his talent and his relatable script selections, it is none other than Asif Ali. He is an artist who has done roles that are relatable to today's youth. However, in 2019, he decided to step out of his comfort zone. He performs the role of Sleevachan in Kettiyolaanu Ente Malakha, which also happens to become his career-best acting performance. The matured manner of displaying expressions, apt voice modulations and brilliant transformation into the character makes Sleevachan Asif's amazing.
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Rajisha Vijayan
Winning a State Award for Best Actress is a major feat and winning it for your debut film just tells us how much talent an individual possesses. Rajisha Vijayan is one such artist to achieve this feat. She's definitely one of Mollywood's youth sensations. If I have to pick one performance of hers, which could be stated as her career-best, it would be June Sara Joy in June. Playing a character, which travels through a timeframe of teenage to young adult is a difficult task. However, with the raw talent and skills Rajisha possess, she made the process look easy and delivered a stunning performance.
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Sunny Wayne
After making his debut alongside Dulquer Salmaan, Sunny found his journey to prominence a bit tough. He carefully selected films and roles that could enhance his position in the industry. Known for his sidekick and comical lead roles, Sunny's career-best performance came from his only villain role in Kayamkulam Kochunni, as Keshava Kurup. The body transformation, mannerisms, looks, intensity and dialogue delivery of Sunny Wayne in the film was spot-on. Would you agree that he is one of Mollywood's youth sensations?
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Srinda
Who can ever forget the naive Susheela from the Nivin Pauly starrer1983? Though Srinda was in the industry for quite some time, she became a noticeable face after the portrayal of Susheela. With each of her performances, she proved to the viewers that she is a talented and capable artist who can pull off any role assigned to her, be it comedy, emotional or a role that demands her to be extremely immersed into the character. With her performance as Suma in Kuruthi, she stunned all viewers. I personally feel that Suma is Srinda's career-best performance. The role requires her to lend a sense of subtlety and nuance. She was efficient in doing the same, thereby giving a convincing and effective performance.
Also Read: Underrated Mollywood Actors Who Have Great Potential
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Aishwarya Lekshmi
Touted to be a lucky charm for superhit films, Aishwarya Lekshmi had quite a dream run for her first five projects. Following that, her acting mojo went downhill. From her performances so far, if I have to pick her career-best, I would say her performance in Varathan as Priya. Sure, she did justice to Aparna in Mayaanadhi, but for me, it was definitely Priya. It isn't an easy task to portray emotional transitions, but Aishwarya does it with utmost ease and makes the viewers connect with her feelings. Also, her role of Sneha in Kaanekkaane is possibly a starter for the great comeback.
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Nimisha Sajayan
After making a stunning debut in Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum, Nimisha became an artist who tasted success with each of her ventures. She rose to become one of the most sought after and highly talented actresses the Malayalam film industry currently has. Just like Fahadh, she too has given splendid performances in each of her films and picking one performance of hers which could be her career-best is a difficult task.
Her role as Roselyn in Malik stunned me as a viewer. She had to perform an aged and young character through her mannerisms and dialogue delivery. Nimisha does exactly what is needed for the role. The one scene in the climax where she cries her heart out is possibly the most hard-hitting scene I have ever witnessed in a film.
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There are several other actors and actresses, who are currently in their prime form and have delivered memorable performances in the past. Stay tuned for part 2 of this article. Till then, mention below your favourite performances of these artists, which you believe is their career-best performances.
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Philip R. Zimmermann (* 12. února 1954, Camden, New Jersey, USA) je americký programátor, který v roce 1991 napsal šifrovací program Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), který se stal de facto standardem v oblasti soukromého šifrování e-mailů a později byl na jeho základě postaven skutečný standard OpenPGP. Zimmermann je spoluzakladatel v současné době i prezident nadnárodní firmy specializované na šifrovaní komunikace, Silent Circle.

Pozadí
Narodil se v Camdenu v New Jersey. Jeho otec byl řidič míchačky na beton. Zimmerman získal v roce 1978 titul bakaláře v oboru informační technologie na Florida Atlantic University v Boca Raton na Floridě. Později se odstěhoval do San Franciska.

PGP
V roce 1991 napsal populární program s názvem Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) a zveřejnil ho spolu se zdrojovými kódy na veřejně dostupném FTP serveru volně ke stažení. Byl to první široce dostupný program implementující asymetrickou kryptografii. Během velice krátké doby se stal program díky internetu dostupný i mimo území Spojených států amerických. Zimmerman prohlásil, že nemá nic společného s onou veřejnou distribucí.

Úplně první verze programu PGP obsahovala algoritmus BassOmatic vytvořený samotným Zimmermannem.

Kriminální vyšetřování
Po zprávě z firmy RSA Data Security, Inc., která byla v licenčním sporu kvůli použití algoritmu RSA v PGP. Agentura United States Customs Service zahájila s Zimmermanem kriminální vyšetřování, za údajné porušení Arms Export Control Act. Vláda Spojených států již dlouho považovala kryptografický software jako munici a tím pádem podléhající Arms Export Control Act. V té době byla hranice mezi kryptografií přípustnou ("low-strength") a nepřípustnou ("high-strength") pro export ze Spojených států nastavena tak, že PGP spadalo do kategorie příliš silné pro export. Hranice byla od té doby posunuta a nyní je PGP dovoleno exportovat. Vyšetřování trvalo tři roky, ale nakonec byly všechny žaloby staženy bez jakýchkoliv postihů.

Potom co stáhla vláda žalobu na začátku roku 1996, Zimmerman založil PGP Inc. a vypustil aktualizovanou verzi PGP a pár dalších produktů. Společnost byla nakonec přebrána firmou Network Associates (NAI) v prosinci roku 1997, a Zimmermann zůstal tři roky jako starší společník. Společnost NAI se rozhodla v roce 2002 opustit vývoj PGP a od NAI ho přebrala společnost PGP Corporation. Zimmerman sloužil pro firmu jako speciální poradce a konzultant, dokud PGP Corporation nebyla převzata společností Symantec v roce 2010. Zimmerman je také společníkem v Centru pro Internet a Společnost (Stanford Center for Internet and Society) na Stanfordské katedře práva. Byl hlavním návrhářem kryptografického protokolu domluvy na klíči ("asociační model") pro standard bezdrátového USB.

Spolu s Mike Janke založil společnost Silent Circle.

Zimmermanův zákon
Článek o "Zimermanově zákoně" z roku 2013 uvádí citát: "Přirozený technologický pokrok směřuje k tomu, aby bylo čím dál tím jednodušší nás sledovat." a "Schopnost počítačů nás sledovat se každých 18 měsíců zdvojnásobuje." (Jde o odkaz na Moorův zákon, který mluví o počtu tranzistorů.)

Důležitá ocenění
Zimmermann obdržel mnoho technologických a humanitárních ocenění za průkopnickou práci v oboru kryptografie:
 V roce 2012, byl Zimmerman uveden do Internetové síně slávy (Internet Hall of Fame) Internetovou společností (Internet Society).
 V roce 2008, PC World jmenoval Zimmermana jednoho z "50 nej technologických vizionářů" za posledních 50 let.
 V roce 2006, eWeek magazín umístil PGP na devátém místě "25 nejvlivnějších a nejinovativnějších produktů představených od uvedení PC roku 1981".
 V roce 2003, ho časopis Reason jmenoval "Hrdinou svobody (Hero of Freedom)"
 V roce 2001, byl uveden do Průmyslové síně slávy CRN (CRN Industry Hall of Fame).
 V roce 2000, ho časopis InfoWorld jmenoval v "Top 10 inovátorů v E-obchodě".
 V roce 1999, obdržel Cenu Louise Brandeise od Privacy International.
 V roce 1998, obdržel cenu za celoživotní přínos od časopisu Secure Computing Magazine.
 V roce 1996, obdržel Cenu Norberta Wienera za společenskou a profesionální zodpovědnost kvůli svému prosazovaní zodpovědného používání technologie.
 V roce 1995, obdržel Chrysler Design Award za inovaci a Pioneer Award od Electronic Frontier Foundation.
 V roce 1995, ho Newsweek jmenoval jedním z "Net 50" nejvlivnějších osobností internetu.

Autor Simon Singh věnoval v knize The Code Book celou kapitolu Zimmermanovi a PGP.

Publikace
 The Official PGP User's Guide, MIT Press, 1995
 PGP Source Code and Internals, MIT Press, 1995

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy

 www.philzimmermann.com – Oficiální stránka (Anglicky)
 Why I wrote PGP Proč jsem napsal PGP (Anglicky)
 Konverzace s Philem Zimmermanem, Mikael Pawlo, GrepLaw, 6. červen, 2003. (Anglicky)
 E-mailový bezpečnostní hrdina se vrhá na VoIP, Declan McCullagh, C|net, 15. srpen 2006. (Anglicky)
 VON Pioneers: Philip Zimmermann šifruje VoIP, VON Magazine, Leden 2007. (Anglicky)
 Silent Circle – Globálně šifrovaná komunikace Oficiální stránka společnosti Silent Circle (Anglicky)

Američtí programátoři
Narození 12. února
Narození v roce 1954
Narození v Camdenu (New Jersey)
Muži
Moderní kryptografové
Žijící lidé
Američtí aktivisté
Američtí kryptografové


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Thelma Wright (Thelma Sonia Wright, geb. Fynn; * 9. Oktober 1951 in Eastbourne, Vereinigtes Königreich) ist eine ehemalige kanadische Mittel- und Langstreckenläuferin.

1970 gewann sie bei den British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh Bronze über 1500 m und scheiterte über 800 m im Vorlauf.

Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1972 in München schied sie über 1500 m in der ersten Runde aus. Über dieselbe Distanz holte sie bei den Pacific Conference Games 1973 und bei den British Commonwealth Games 1974 jeweils Bronze. 1975 folgten Silbermedaillen bei der Universiade über 3000 m und bei den Panamerikanischen Spielen in Mexiko-Stadt über 1500 m.

Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1976 in Montreal kam sie über 1500 m erneut nicht über den Vorlauf hinaus.

1977 belegte sie bei den Crosslauf-Weltmeisterschaften in Düsseldorf den 21. Platz.

Dreimal wurde sie Kanadische Meisterin über 1500 m (1971, 1974, 1975), einmal über 3000 m (1974) und viermal im Crosslauf (1967, 1968, 1973, 1974).

Sie ist mit dem Hockeyspieler Lee Wright verheiratet. Auch der gemeinsame Sohn Anthony Wright ist Hockeyspieler.

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 1500 m: 4:10,5 min, 10. Juli 1974, Athen
 1 Meile: 4:36,42 min, 14. September 1973, London
 3000 m: 8:54,94 min, 18. September 1975, Rom

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