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LondonPeacock Theatre
Ready to thrill you with fun and naughty moments, Richard O'Brien's legendary rock 'n' roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show comes to the Peacock Theatre as part of its sell-out tour, having been seen by over 30 million theatregoers.
The Rocky Horror Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids – Brad and his fiancée Janet. When by a twist of fate, their car breaks down outside a creepy mansion whilst on their way to visit their former college professor, they meet the charismatic Dr Frank'n'Furter. It is an adventure they'll never forget, filled with fun, frolics, frocks, and frivolity.
Directed by Christopher Luscombe, The Rocky Horror show is the biggest party and features timeless classics, including Sweet Transvestite, Damn it Janet, and of course, the pelvic thrusting show stopping Time Warp.
Running Time - 2 hours, including interval
Captioned performances on Saturday 13 May 4pm & 8.30*
Audio described performance on Sunday 21 May 2.30pm - Touch Tour at 5pm
British Sign Language Interpreted performance on Saturday 3 June 4pm
Press Night - Wed 3 May
* For Captions - best for the audience to be in the stalls rows J-M in seats 5-12 and 20-27 (if they are any further out to the edge the unit may be obscured by the boxes.
Peacock Theatre
Portugal St, Holborn, London WC2A 2HT
For accessibility information please contact the box office 020 7863 8000
Age Guidance: 12+ recommended. The show contains mature adult themes and partial nudity.
No refunds or exchanges after purchase
Portugal St, London WC2A 2HT


This French-language university in Winnipeg has degree programs and technical training. Speak and learn in French every day, right here.
Université de Saint-Boniface (USB) is the only French-language university west of Montreal, and was the first post-secondary educational institution to be established in Western Canada. USB delivers a range of general and specialized university degree programs, as well as a slate of college-level technical and professional programs, all intended for students who wish to pursue their studies in French in an intimate setting and their career of choice in both official languages -- whatever their first language might be. Located in Saint-Boniface, the francophone heart of Winnipeg, USB develops young, bilingual leaders who strengthen and transform Manitoba, Canada and the world.
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Anita Bay Bundegaard (* 31. Oktober 1963 in Tejn) ist eine dänische Journalistin und Politikerin der linksliberalen Partei Radikale Venstre. Von Dezember 2000 bis November 2001 war sie die Entwicklungsministerin ihres Landes. Seit 2013 ist sie bei Save the Children tätig.

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Bundegaard studierte Englisch und Spanisch an der Universität Kopenhagen. Von 1994 bis 1996 arbeitete sie als Programmmitarbeiterin bei Danmarks Radio (DR) in Rønne, anschließend war sie bis 1998 als Redakteurin bei der Zeitschrift Højskolebladet tätig. In der Zeit zwischen 1998 und 2000 war sie Redakteurin bei der Tageszeitung Politiken. Des Weiteren übersetzte sie Belletristik von englischer auf dänische Sprache. Sie trat 1994 und 1998 als Kandidatin bei der Wahl zum Folketing und 1994 zur Wahl des EU-Parlaments für ihre Partei Radikale Venstre an. Am 21. Dezember 2000 wurde Bundegaard zur Entwicklungsministerin in der Regierung Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV ernannt. Im Februar 2001 legte sie ein Gesetz vor, das die Asylkriterien auch auf Personen ausgeweitet hätte, die vor Armut flüchten. Ihr Vorschlag wurde im dänischen Parlament jedoch sowohl von der Opposition wie auch von der eigenen Partei nicht mitgetragen. Ihr Ministeramt übte sie bis zum Abtritt der Regierung am 27. November 2001 aus.

Daraufhin war Bundegaard zwischen 2002 und 2006 war als Beraterin beim UNHCR in Genf tätig. Danach ging sie zurück zur dänischen Zeitung Politiken, wo sie Kulturredakteurin wurde. Im Jahr 2010 wurde sie Vorsitzende von Red Barnet, dem dänischen Zweig von Save the Children. 2013 erhielt sie den Posten als International Advocacy Director in der Mutterorganisation Save the Children in Genf. Später wurde Bundegaard die Direktorin des Europa-Zweigs von Save the Children.

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 Anita Bay Bundegaard in Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (dänisch)

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Education is acclaimed as the light of life by one and all throughout the world. Then, it goes without saying that textbooks are the oil for the eternal Lamp of Light. This is so because textbook is still the only practical tool available to both the students and teachers. Can anybody imagine a classroom without textbooks?
When the textbooks were printed and published by private publishers, there was no discipline in the distribution of textbooks in time and artificial scarcities were created to sell the textbooks at unfair prices. Further these textbooks lacked uniformity in content.
With the objective of overcoming these drawbacks, Tamilnadu Textbook Society was established on 05.08.1969 as autonomous body and registered on the 4th of March 1970 as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1850 which was renamed as Tamilnadu Textbook Corporation in the year 1993. According to the announcement of The Hon'ble Chief Minister it was once again renamed as "Tamilnadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation" as per the G.O.(Ms)No.178 dated:06.09.2013.
The Corporation is functioning under the Governance of the Board of Governors constituted by the Government of Tamilnadu. Tmt.B.Valarmathi.,B.A. is the Chairman of the Tamilnadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation. The Executive Head Dr. D.Jagannathan, I.A.S., is the Present Managing Director of Tamilnadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation.


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Schools Respond to Terrorist Attacks
After September 11, 2001, business schools acted quickly to offer help to the residents and businesses of New York City and Washington, D.C.
WHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK New York City last September, among the institutions acting quickly to offer help were business schools in the affected cities of New York and Washington, D.C., as well as schools in other parts of the country.
At Baruch College—The City University of New York, the way to help was immediate and obvious: offer the virtual trading floor at Subotnick Center for Financial Services as an actual trading floor for about 30 displaced Wall Street commodities brokers.
Bruce Weber, director of the Subotnick Center, arranged to have 20 additional phone lines installed. "We also had to get permission to turn this place from a simulated trading environment to an actual trading room," he says. Permission was granted by Reuters, which supplies the center with live data feeds from exchanges all over the world. "Not only did Reuters agree to let us trade, they arranged immediate access to the London International Financial Futures Exchange Chicago Board of Trade, which we previously lacked," says Weber.
In more normal times, the Subotnick Financial Services Center and the Bert and Sandra Wasserman Trading Floor are used to give students experience with instant financial decision-making in actual trading situations. Some of the students have stayed around to watch the traders in action, says Weber. He adds, "They learned a lot."
Other schools, both in New York and elsewhere, responded to the terrorist attacks with fund-raising efforts, memorial gifts, and other actions:
■ Students at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., raised thousands of dollars for the Red Cross and sponsored blood drives on campus, noted Julie Green Bataille from the school's office of communications. "Our medical students volunteered their services at ground zero in New York, and our law students offered assistance to victims and families in need of legal services," she says.
The school also learned that a recent alum, Daniel Walker McNeal, had been killed in the WTC attacks while in his office at Sandler O'Neill. Students, alumni, and school officials have banded together to create an award that will be handed out in McNeal's name. Although details are still being finalized, friend and fellow alum Tobin Richardson says it will be a service award that will go to a second-year student who best exemplifies McNeal's traits of selflessness, high ethical standards, and great personal energy. The school also is considering naming an auditorium after McNeal.
■ The Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University in Columbus created a September 11 Memorial Endowment to support student programs at the college. The endowment was established in memory of alumni who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and in the plane crash in western Pennsylvania.
"At this time, we have been informed of one alumnus, Peter Mardikian, who died in this tragic event," said Joseph A. Alutto, dean of the college. Mardikian's family requested that any memorials sent on his behalf be given to the college, Alutto said. The college allocated $25,000 from its current resources to establish this endowment. Should the college learn of other alumni who died in the terrorist attacks, their names will be added to the fund.
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana prepared a list of faculty members who might provide help to governmental and financial institutions, as well as reporters looking for commentary on the issues of terrorism and war. Among those on the list were professors with expertise in international peace studies, Arabic and Islamic studies, religious issues, international relations, international law, international finance, and civil engineering.
New York University Stern School of Business and a partnership of New York City financial institutions hosted a "Back to Business" forum in November to help more than 10,000 small businesses rebuild in the wake of the disaster. The forum offered small businesses a full range of federal, state, city, and private financial and technical sources of assistance. It was sponsored by Stern, Bank of New York, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Fleet Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, and New York City Economic Development Corporation. Also on hand were representatives from other organizations, such as insurance claims agents, the U.S. Department of Labor, and New York State Small Business Development Centers.
Businesses who need long-term help have been linked to Stern Rebuilds, a free consulting group comprising NYU Stern MBA students, faculty, bank, and legal representatives. Stern Rebuilds is a cross-functional, multilingual program that offers practical, customized business solutions to small and medium New York City businesses affected by the September 11 tragedy. Stern Rebuilds teams help business owners in shortand long-term business plan development; marketing planning; financial strategy such as identifying funding needs; and SBA loan applications.
New York's Pace University also responded by hosting two events focused on the future of business. Academics and business leaders attended "The Future of Financial Markets in New York," which was sponsored by JP Morgan Chase and featured panelists from the Federal Reserve Board and Goldman Sachs.
The second event—a planned conference called "Will the Securities Industry Meet Its ACID Test?"—was revamped to provide a forum for discussing the impact of the disaster on the New York economy. Among the featured guests were the president of the New York Stock Exchange and the CEO of the National Association of Securities Dealers.
"In addition, our Small Business Development Center has been assisting businesses affected by the tragedy in securing recovery loan funds, management and technical assistance, and free one-on-one counseling," says Barbara Rose Aglietti, director of Pace's office of communications and external relations. "Since the attacks, the center has assisted more than 30 small businesses."
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Are US Airways' promises worth anything anymore?
By Christopher Elliott | December 23, 2014 November 27, 2014
What is an airline's promise worth? Katherine and Matthew Ostroff would like to know after a recent US Airways flight they took to their honeymoon cruise.
I would, too.
They were flying from Philadelphia to Rome on US Airways flight 718, where they would catch a cruise that was scheduled to cast off nine hours after their scheduled landing.
"There was a power outage in our terminal at Philadelphia International Airport," remembers Katherine Ostroff. "Most flights in the same terminal had been moved to other terminals and took off with a slight delay."
But not theirs. The Rome flight was delayed, and then delayed again.
"After several hours, we realized something else must be wrong," she adds. "Many passengers, including ourselves, had asked why we had a longer delay, but many US Air representatives would evade the question or remind us of the power outage. As the hours passed we learned we were no longer delayed because of the power outage, but rather for lack of flight crew."
There are two possible scenarios here: First, the power outage could be a smokescreen for the unavailable flight crew. Or second — and more likely — the flight crew timed out while waiting for the power outage to be resolved, meaning they were not allowed to work because they'd been on the clock too many hours or wouldn't have enough hours left to complete the flight.
None of this really mattered to the honeymooners. They just wanted to get to their cruise.
But a US Airways representative had some good news:
We then spoke with a US Airways manager on duty that night in Philadelphia. She said US Airways would take care of getting us to our next cruise port destination, which was Santorini, Greece.
She said US Airways would book us a hotel in Santorini. She told us to save all of our receipts for any additional expenses, including transportation and meals, and US Airways would reimburse all of our expenses.
We decided to take the trip and waited several more hours for our flight to leave for Rome.
But when the couple arrived in Rome, things didn't go as promised.
When we got to Rome, our flight to Athens wasn't purchased, only reserved, and the same happened when we got to Athens.
In duress, with no means of contacting a US Airways representative, we purchased both the flights, from Rome to Athens and from Athens to Santorini.
In Santorini, there was no hotel booked nor a representative to consult. We were forced again to pay out of pocket for a hotel.
Within the first couple days we had spent nearly $2,000 in flights, food, water, hotels, transportation, and ATM transaction fees when we ran out of cash.
US Airways refunded $93 "to offset hotel and taxi expenses."
That's right, $93 — enough to cover a nice dinner in Rome.
"Some representatives said our flights will definitely be reimbursed and more with proper documentation," she says. "We would provide the documentation and then we would be told that they weren't responsible for the delays. It was a cycle of promises and then let downs… over and over again."
I sent the Ostroff's case to US Airways, hoping that it would at least clarify what the $93 was for. An airline representative got back to me right away and promised to investigate.
That was in early August.
To date, neither of us have heard back from the airline.
Unfortunately, I have no choice but to close this case. I don't want to. I'd like to get US Airways' side of this story. I'd like to know why they didn't reimburse the their other expenses. But mostly, I'd like to know why a supervisor made her a promise that the airline didn't keep.
It also serves as a warning to the rest of us. When a company promises something, get it in writing. Especially if it's an airline.
Did US Airways offer Katherine and Matthew Ostroff enough compensation?
Posted in Is This Enough Compensation? Tagged CONNECTION, CRUISE, US AIRWAYS


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Recently, one of our clothiers was asked by her boyfriend what she might like as a gift for this holiday season. Now, we know that men and women are different and think differently, but this should never be rocket science. Men can get really deep and creative about what to gift her, especially with Christmas around the corner. But the "classics" any woman will appreciate are always there. Don't over-think it!
Designer handbags or wallets, cashmere gloves or scarves and designer shoes are just some of the amazing gifts that any girl will love. One of our favorites (and definitely that of some women out there), is Christian Louboutin shoes… Want to earn some bonus points for next year? Louboutin himself comes to Bergdorf Goodman in New York a number of times per year. Track him down when he's there so he can autograph those beautiful red soles for her.
Don't want to go the designer route? Women also love high-tech stuff. Perhaps not as much as men do across the board, but there are ways to make those gadgets "Hers," too. You can make an iPad really special by engraving it with something personal. Check out their engraving gallery to spur some cool ideas.
Are these ideas still not for your girl? There's always spa treatments. There isn't a woman out there who wouldn't like a day of pampering! You can even go a step further and buy a couples massage.
to put it mildly! Or get really fancy and find out about the latest facial oxygen booth, or some such.
Of course, if these gifts are not in your holiday budget, one cannot go wrong with a thoughtful gift from the heart. Try framing one of your favorite pictures of the two of you together, or plan a "surprise" excursion for just the two of you. What woman would not enjoy a planned romantic picnic in Central Park? Or you can always have her open an array of small gifts. Chocolates, jewelry and even lingerie are always fun to unwrap!
So, whether that special woman in your life is the type to swoon over a new pair of shoes or the sort to gush over a poem written by the man she loves, or maybe even the kind of lady who will whip out their Cheesehead or Terrible Towel and watch the game with you, the one thing we will always recommend is to NEVER ask her what she wants. The element of surprise and the idea that you've already thought out what to give her based on all the things you've shared together makes the gift, whether lavish or not, that much more special. Simple math!


" Unbelievably the end of the year is fast approaching and Christmas Sundowners is on our doorstep. Tickets are selling fast and we encourage members to confirm their attendance asap. Long standing AustCham member, Bob Coombes from Food Glorious Food, is kindly sponsoring Christmas Sundowners and is pulling out all stops to bring in the best available produce from Australia. If you haven't sampled food from Bob's shop you are missing out. He makes by far the best sausages in Bangkok.
News from the Board of Directors is that Leigh Scott-Kemmis, former President, has stepped down from the Board as the transfer of responsibilities to Brenton Mauriello is now complete.
The Board of Directors thank Leigh for his years of leadership and tireless advocacy of AustCham and its membership and wish him the best of luck. The Board of Directors have been particularly busy through the month of November and in today's Chamber News we provide a snapshot of some of the events where AustCham has been represented.
Recently the Board of Directors also met to decide, amongst other things, on the distribution of CSR fundraising efforts in 2015. The distribution will be announced at the Christmas Sundowners and reported on in the December issue of eAdvance.
Finally, the Chamber Office have been working on the Chamber's communication platforms and a new look website for AustCham and Australian Alumni will be launched in the New Year. In the more immediate future, the results of the 2015 Business survey are about to be published in booklet form and expect to see your copy in the mailbox soon and on the new look and feel website shortly thereafter.
We hope to see you all at Christmas Sundowners next week and in breaking news . . .at the AustCham Ball at the Grand Hyatt Erawan on Friday 29 January 2016. "
AustCham is delighted to invite members and guests to participate in a boardroom breakfast briefing to discuss the latest Australian Tax and Superannuation matters for Australians living in Thailand. Australian based AustCham members MMT Financial Services are specialists on taxation, economic and investment advice for Australian expatriates.
AustCham is delighted to invite members and friends of all foreign chambers and business associations in Thailand to join Eastern Seaboard Sundowners organised by BeLuThai held in conjunction with all chambers at Amari Pattaya who will be hosting a spectacular evening for All Chambers Eastern Seaboard Networking event featuring all your favourites from the festive season. It will be a great opportunity for members of all chambers to meet, network and exchange views in a social environment.
This is the 10th year we have published our annual focus on the Thai economy from the Grant Thornton International Business Report. So what has the last 10 years brought us in Thailand?
ASEAN is an important region for Australian businesses, second only to China in the ranking of Australia's leading trading partners, although the diversity of economic systems and levels of development in the region means that analysis of ASEAN' s relationship with Australia is not always as insightful as analysis of Australia's individual relationships with the member countries of ASEAN.
THAILAND'S TOTAL investments are expected to grow by 8-9 per cent next year, compared to 2-3 per cent on average during the past several years, because of government initiatives, especially in the high-technology sector, resulting in an economic expansion of 5 per cent next year.
The DFAT South East Asia Regional Aid Program is pleased to announce that the new Business Partnerships Platform (BPP) is now open.
The platform is a mechanism for business to formally partner with DFAT on investments that deliver a combined social and commercial return. DFAT will co-invest between $100,000 and $500,000 with organisations who wish to explore opportunities that also create development impact. Funds must be matched at least 1:1 by business and align with regional and bilateral aid investment priority areas, as outlined in the online grants system website.
With an ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Community expected to take shape by the end of this year, Thailand will benefit from further economic integration especially with the planned ASEAN connectivity that will link the North-South and East-West corridors, a Thai academic commented.
Vice President Josh Hyland attended the Mining and Women in Lao PDR and Thailand forum on Wednesday 21 October at the Sukosol Bangkok Hotel.
On Tuesday 27 October AustCham President Brenton Mauriello and AustCham Treasurer Mr Peter Emblin met with the Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce and representatives from Austrade to discuss the Northern Territories outward looking business mind set, engagement with existing chambers in the region and support for Thai investors into the NT.
On Wednesday 11 November, the Board of Investment (BOI), Ministry of Commerce and Department of Employment met with the Joint Foreign Chambers for a consultative session at the Sheraton Grand Sukhumvit. AustCham Vice President, Josh Hyland attended on behalf our Chamber.
AustCham Director Wayne Williams attended the Brisbane – Thai Festival on Sunday 15 November at Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane. In its third year the festival received a number of visitors throughout the day and provided an opportunity to showcase and celebrate Thai culture, cuisine and traditions.
You're invited to join Bangkok's top chefs for a 'rescued' lunch THINK.EAT.SAVE 2015 - BANGKOK - Thursday, 3 December 12PM until 2PM, Parc Paragon, Siam Paragon.
To support the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which aims to halve global food waste and reduce food losses along the production and supply chains by 2030, UNEP & Australian food rescue charity OzHarvest have partnered with some of Bangkok's most recognised chefs and will serve 2,030 people a delicious lunch prepared using saved ingredients otherwise destined for landfill.
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For the first time since her film debut in 2010's camp-tastic Burlesque, Christina Aguilera is getting back in the acting saddle with a recurring role on Nashville. Aguilera tweeted out a sneak peak of her debut episode, which will air April 15, and it's got everything: Xtina's killer runs, Xtina with Katy-Perry-meets-Jem-and-the-Holograms hair and make-up and Xtina doling out major 'tude to a man who's clearly wronged her.
Aguilera will play Jade St. John, a pop starlet whose label keeps extinguishing her dream of recording a country album. Speaking of which, a real-life country album by Aguilera isn't the worst idea that's ever spawned from a fictional TV storyline. She's already ventured into country-pop territory with fellow The Voice coach Blake Shelton, but a full-on country revamp may be just the right career move for the real-life Jade St. John.


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by Pamela Gough • June 15, 2010 March 19, 2019
The phenomenal spring of 2010 will go down in Fancy Free annals as being the warmest in living memory. We opened the cottage on the Victoria Day holiday weekend of the 24th of May. Normally opening weekend is a bit on the chilly side, especially if the north wind is blowing: we will often have the wood stove on in the kitchen to keep the cottage cozy as we do the many chores, inside and out, that are necessary. Walking around the island and taking long breaths of the aromatic smell of wood smoke drifting in the clean country air is actually one of my favourite things about opening the cottage. It means comfort, warmth and the promise of a pleasant corner to hover over with hands spread wide after coming in from the brisk winds and sparkling blue water of Big Rideau Lake. The ice in the lake usually melts by mid-April so the water's often not much above freezing temperatures by the time opening weekend arrives. Gloves are sometimes handy, and not just for gardening.
Well, the wood stove never warmed up as it wasn't needed this year. The weather was actually better in our part of Ontario than in California. With the sun bright in a cloudless sky, and temperatures at 30 degrees Celsius, we were running on par with Hawaii for balmy weather. We were amazed to see that the swimming and sunbathing season had already started. Some of the children from other cottages on the lake, having not brought their bathing suits, were swimming in their pyjamas!
The third week of May is the height of the spring bird migration in eastern Ontario, and on Victoria Day weekend Fancy Free Island was filled with bird song as the newly arrived spring migrants started to establish their breeding territories. Migration will continue for another few weeks but already many of the earlier birds have started nest building and egg-laying. Robins, some of the earliest arrivals, have often fledged their first brood by early May. We have a red-eyed vireo this year, singing madly by the boathouse trees, and flitting around the island. They are very small birds with very big voices, and their song is like a mad robin that repeats a few short, melodic notes constantly.
Throughout opening weekend, flocks of Canada geese pass overhead from time to time, often with about 60-70 birds flying together in a loosely formed, skirling V-pattern. You can hear them coming long before you can see them at times, since they honk to each other constantly as they fly.
The first sign of them is usually a faintly musical commotion in the air, high up and far away, sometimes above the clouds on cloudy days. Then the sound becomes louder, turns into multi-tonal honking, and becomes more insistent as the flock comes closer. Finally the honks reach a crescendo and you see the flock overhead, with one bird flying as the leader for a while and all the others strung out behind and beside as they minimize the expenditure of energy by flying just behind and beside one another. It's like watching the peloton of a magnificent cycle race, with all the riders bunched together for aerodynamic efficiency, with spectators blaring trumpets and horns. Then the sounds gradually fade away and they disappear into the distance, bound for some unknown destination- maybe the shores of James Bay or the Arctic, who knows? In the middle of the May night, when I wake up and listen to the peaceful stillness on the island, sometimes I hear them faintly as they fly high overhead in the dark, navigating by the stars and bound for a distant shore in the northern wilderness. It never ceases to move me- the urgency of spring in Canada.
The loons have also arrived back on Big Rideau Lake, and we often hear them calling to one another with their long, eerie wails. Heather, one of our daughters, paddled close to a pair of loons last weekend in our kayak. Loons don't seem to pay much attention to people in kayaks for some reason, and as Heather drifted over they calmly swam along beside her. Then another loon called far out on the lake, and the male of Heather's nearby loon pair let loose with his answering call, literally under the nose of our mesmerized kayaker. It was a truly iconic Canadian moment, straight out of Hinterland Who's Who.
One of our favourite new books this spring is Bird Detective: Investigating the Secret Lives of Birds, by Canadian biology professor Dr. Bridget Stutchbury. The author's earlier book, Silence of the Songbirds, was a finalist for the Governor General's Award two years ago. Bird Detective is about the social lives of birds, and is especially fun on bird reproduction biology. Do you know that with some songbirds, almost every egg in the nest has a different father? That the males of some species are routinely cuckolded by their seemingly faithful mates flying off the nest for fast, surreptitious copulations with males from other territories that can sing well or display colourful feathers? The inside cover says it all: Sex, adultery, betrayal, divorce- right in your own backyard! It's great summer cottage reading, especially lying in the Fancy Free hammock with the birds singing all around. You can order it from http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/Bird-Detective-Bridget-Stutchbury/?isbn=9781554683475.
by Pamela Gough • December 15, 2009 March 19, 2019
"Laughter is an instant vacation." – Milton Berle
Winter is here and we send seasonal greetings to all our readers from the Gough family. The weather may be chilly now, but already we are eagerly looking forward to a new cottage season. In spring, Fancy Free Island will once again turn a lush green, buds will swell, the tiny, iridescent hummingbirds will return to the porch feeder, winds will chase themselves among the gardens and laughter will once again ring out over the water as another season of cottage fun begins at Fancy Free.
Why is an island location so eternally popular for a holiday? It's the water, of course. Sparkling water all around, everywhere you look. The Swiss Family Robinson-like thrill of having a private island to roam, fish and swim in, a place separate from the mainland and just for you, is an indescribable delight.
It's also the privacy: peace and quiet, with the rush and roar of the city quickly forgotten, to be replaced by birdsong, lapping waves, the splash of paddles in the water, and a thrumming boat engine every now and then. An island is "a place away," a perfect spot for a retreat with friends and family.
It's fascinating to live in a cottage, such as Fancy Free, that was built in the 19th century, since the contrast between the way that people lived in times past and the way that we live now in the 21st century is so easy to discern. Fancy Free was built in the late 1870's and was one of the first cottages on Big Rideau Lake. Historians tell us that it's the oldest cottage still standing on the lake, and probably the oldest in the area. Aside from the fireplace and chimney, the entire cottage infrastructure is made of wood, as are almost all of the furnishings. This wood was sourced from local trees, cut and planed in Smiths Falls or a nearby community, put together by hand or with simple tools, and brought by barge from Smiths Falls. Even the floors are made of planks that our carpenters tell us were sawn, cut and assembled in a way peculiar to the local district. Is it possible to build so locally or with such a low carbon footprint today?
With global warming being in the forefront of major issues, we thought you would like to hear about the environmental initiatives that we have undertaken at Fancy Free. It's one of the things that make Fancy Free is so unique.
Fancy Free Island is in Big Rideau Lake, a large, healthy, clear lake. Big Rideau Lake has an abundance of fish, birds, and other forms of animal life because the area is densely forested and the water is clean. On one of the other islands in Big Rideau Lake, we have a resident population of ospreys, which are a very rare kind of hawk that dive for fish. They often soar over the channel that separates Fancy Free from the mainland, and if we are standing on the dock it's not unusual to see an osprey overhead suddenly close its wings in mid-air, and plunge into the channel to catch a fish. The splash it makes is as loud as a human's dive would be. It's always a thrill to see the ospreys flying over the island since they remind us that we are in a pristine area with the kind of unspoiled habitat that enables these rare birds to thrive. It's not exactly wilderness, since there are towns and villages nearby, but pretty close.
Fancy Free Island, Christmas, 1904. Note people sitting on the dock and windmill visible in the right upper corner.
Although the island has electricity now, this is a relatively new development, historically speaking. For the first half-century of its existence, up until some point in the mid-1900s, Fancy Free was lit by oil lamps, some of which still survive and are in the cottage to this day. The water used for cooking and washing was originally pumped from the lake by a windmill on the island. Wind power is making a comeback now, but the resourceful people of eastern Ontario made good use of the wind long before the current era of "peak oil." We have photos of the island from Christmas of 1904, showing the windmill on the north side of the cottage. Although this windmill no longer remains, the cottage still runs on renewable energy. It is powered from low- impact sources of electrical generation produced by a company called Bullfrog Power (see http://www.bullfrogpower.com/). When we say that Fancy Free is "bullfrog-powered," people laugh at the phrase, but in fact it's true!
The boats that were so plentiful in the early days of Fancy Free were all canoes, rowboats, or sailboats. Before the gasoline engine was widespread, wind and human muscle-power helped cottagers get about, not fossil fuel. We still continue the tradition of low-impact boating at Fancy Free with our fleet of three canoes, the sailboat and the new kayak. We encourage our guests to go out in the hand-powered boats as much as they feel comfortable with, since they are so much more fun than motorized boats and far quieter and easier on the lake's nesting loon pairs.
In 2001, we replaced the original septic system, which was built to outdated standards, with a new system especially designed for islands and other areas where space for septic beds is at a minimum. The new system is inspected and maintained regularly to ensure that the lake is not impacted by any waste water seeping off the island.
We also use no fertilizer or pesticides on the island's lawns and maintain the trees and the littoral area near the water carefully so as to maximize habitat for fish and other wildlife. Fancy Free island is home to many breeding birds as well as to a family of red squirrels, which entertain us as they run about the lawns and chatter in the trees. We often spot great blue herons and kingfishers fishing in the channel between Fancy Free Island and the mainland, and minks and frogs are found at the water's edge. People ask us how terrestrial animals such as the squirrels came to be on the island. The answer is simple- they swam, just like the minks and frogs. It's not far from the mainland and with all the oak trees on Fancy Free Island, the squirrels knew paradise when they saw it.
Guests have told us on many occasions how much they enjoyed the feeling of happiness and serenity that they experience at Fancy Free. Some have commented on how they feel that a sense of pervading kindness, love of the outdoors, and enjoyment of the pleasure of being together with loved ones seems to have been passed down from one generation to another. This sixth sense of serenity is one of the intangibles that cast a spell over people that visit. We invite you to come and experience for yourselves the peaceful atmosphere of this very special "place away" amidst the unspoiled beauty of Big Rideau Lake. You will agree with the squirrels: it's the best of all worlds.
Pamela and Tom Gough
by Pamela Gough • July 10, 2009 March 19, 2019
Rideau Canal Lockstation, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Photo courtesy of UNESCO
Welcome to a new website for Fancy Free! We have been working with a very talented young website designer, Anshudeep Mathur, to revamp the previous website. Anshu has done a fabulous job and we hope you enjoy the result. Feedback is most welcome: please email comments to Pamela at pgough@sympatico.ca
Through our newly expanded website, we are now able to offer information on the fascinating history of Fancy Free Island, which as the oldest cottage on Big Rideau Lake is a renowned local landmark. Generations of people have told us how much they appreciate the fact that Fancy Free has been kept with so many of its original architectural features intact, just the way they remembered it from years ago. The people who live on Big Rideau Lake and other communities along the Rideau Canal waterway system in eastern Ontario have long memories!
Significantly, though, it's not just the local people who appreciate the beauty and history of Big Rideau Lake and the Rideau Canal system- the entire world shares in this appreciation. The Rideau Canal, including Big Rideau Lake, is a world-class cultural destination, recently recognized with designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
This puts the Rideau Canal system in the company of some of the most wonderful sights in the world, such as the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza , the Great Barrier Reef off Australia, and the Taj Mahal in India. In Canada, other places on the World Heritage List include the historic district of Old Quebec, L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site in Newfoundland, and Old Town Lunenburg in Nova Scotia. All in all, there are 890 properties on the list, selected by an international committee as having outstanding universal value. We invite you to view the World Heritage List to see all the sites that have been given recognition by designation as World Heritage Sites. Click here to see a stunning slideshow of the Rideau Canal from the UNESCO site, photographed by Geoff Stevens of New Zealand.
We invite you to come and see the many fascinating historical places along the canal that are close to Fancy Free. Many of these are accessible by way of a short boat trip from the island; those that are a bit farther away are easily reached by car. One of our favourites is the nearby village of Merrickville, since not only is there a set of working locks but there is also a well preserved wooden blockhouse-style fort built by the military to oversee defence of the Canal, which now houses a museum run by the local Historical Society. Running around a real fort is great fun for the whole family. Enjoy!
Pamela Gough
by Pamela Gough • May 16, 2009 March 19, 2019
October morning view of Long Island from Fancy Free Island. Photo by Pamela Gough
As the largest lake in the 175-year-old Rideau Canal system, Big Rideau Lake has been recently recognized as a world-class destination of historical significance. On June 28, 2007, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named the Rideau Canal a World Heritage Site, confirming it as an international cultural treasure:
"It is the only canal dating from the great North Amercan canal-building era of the early 19th century to remain operational along its original line with most of its structures intact."
As one of the original cottages on the Rideau system, Fancy Free is a significant historical structure. Entering Fancy Free is like stepping back in time. If you look at the old photos on the cottage walls of the Victorians who once enjoyed their summers on the island, you can easily imagine that you are in another era- a time when life unfolded at a slower pace.
by Pamela Gough • May 1, 2009 March 19, 2019
Posted Friday, 1 May, 2009 18:11 by Pamela Gough
Recently, when reading a traveler's guide, I hit upon the phrase that describes perfectly what I look for when I travel: the 'search for lovable authenticity'.
I think that the people who come to stay on Fancy Free Island are, like our family when we travel, looking for a very special sort of place with lovable authenticity: a place off the beaten track, in the midst of stunning natural scenery, with beautiful buildings- a place that is full of character, comfortable and slightly eccentric. A retreat that is a true escape from the hurly-burly of day to day life. A place where dreams can be dreamt in peace.
Fancy Free is just such a place-it is magical. The island is as perfect as an island can get- full of trees, with a low rock wall and a little beach, close to the mainland but far enough away for true privacy. The cottage is an authentic Victorian summer home, with a wraparound porch that is twelve feet deep, overseeing the lake. It is a dignified and charming structure that has been lovingly restored and enjoyed by the same family for over 100 years.
Big Rideau Lake is incredibly beautiful. The lake is clean and deep, full of lake trout and bass, unspoiled, with air so fresh and pure that just breathing is a pleasure.
As a private island getaway, Fancy Free Island combines adventure, stewardship, natural beauty and history. It is totally unique. Every year, we welcome a number of families, some with a tradition of returning year after year, others who have come from as far away as Australia for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We invite you, too, to come and enjoy a week or two of island life.
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Q: iOS App - license per device we have mobile application for Android and iOS. The app has two versions Free and Full. For using Full version you have to buy a license. The license is linked with device and you can use the license at only one device. The Full app purchase you can make in our e-shop, in the app and in one more other app. We manage licenses ourselves and everything was fine today.
We released new iOS version today and the version was rejected because of possibility of purchasing app with other than the in-app purchase API. We can't use in-app purchase API, because the purchased app is linked with apple ID, so the user can use app at every device, but we need to link the app with only one device.
Is there any possibility how to make it? Thanks.

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Your career in the medical field can start in high school
Elicia Garcia, Staff Writer
Englewood High School Students are developing their understanding of the human body and conducting their very own medical research inside classrooms. Within these classrooms, students are being taught different kinds of biological sciences like physiology, human and animal medicine, microbiology, genetics, and public health.
It's all under the umbrella of Biomedical Sciences. A program started here at Englewood last year.
Elicia Garcia
Senior Kayden McCaskey and sophomore Julian Stell work out a problem during bio-med class.
Junior Jocelyn Leal Garcia is part of the Principles of Biomed class, "Biomed is basically sciences that apply natural science to health care. I started Biomed the start of junior year. It's a year-long course."
Garcia and other students have taken valuable information from this class that they can later apply to their lives and careers, "By taking this course, I've learned a lot about certain diseases like diabetes and sickle cell disease," said Garcia.
Students at EHS get the benefit of having numerous hospitals and medical facilities nearby so students can take part in internships and other opportunities before they graduate from high school.
Sophomore Alexa Lujan has aspirations to become a Registered Nurse, "I've been taking the class since the beginning of this year, and I really enjoy it so far it's pretty interesting."
Lujan says she is learning a lot about human anatomy, "Biomedical science is a science that helps us. In the class, we see how organs, cells, and different parts function in the human body. In the class, we learn about things like diseases in people and animals, how to treat them, and stuff like that."
Autumn Hatcher (10) is using beans to try to figure out prototypes for DNA.
Campbell, a science teacher here at Englewood, has been teaching Biomedical Science for ten years, "The class is really going to look at healthcare as a whole so we're going to look at healthcare challenges that are actually out there, and diseases and kind of different issues that people actually deal with and we're going to look at how do we treat that how do you diagnose it, and looking at the challenges that we still face and how can we fix those challenges."
Principles of Biomed is a fast-pace college-level course. Students are faced with challenges in class that will later help them in life even after graduation, "It's going to be a really good class to take if you've kind of thought about any career in healthcare because it's going to expose them to kind of the rigor the level of work that you'll have to do to go into healthcare but it's also going to give them huge exposure to the different types of healthcare careers there are and a hands-on lab," Campell said.
Health sciences like this can forward and evolve the world and how we understand the anatomy of ourselves and other organisms, "Everybody gets sick, and people are always going to need health care so it is a career, it is a job that you're never going to be out of. People will always need you and there's always challenges and change to what there is so we need new people to take on those challenges that we're seeing," Campbell said.
Caelin Gentilcore (10) takes part in an experiment in the bio-med class.
Students who take the Biomed courses can also join HOSA. It is an international student organization that promotes career opportunities in the health care industry. Anyone who would like to know more about the class can talk with any of the counselors or Amy Campbell.
Elicia Garcia, Pirateer Staff
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Alexander Nevsky (1938, Sergei Eisenstein)
December 10, 2008 by Brandon·Comments Off on Alexander Nevsky (1938, Sergei Eisenstein)
This will sound awfully disrespectful, but you'd think the renowned master of montage Eisenstein, he who reinvented movie editing, could pick up the pace a little. This movie drags. Each shot has a wonderful composition, and each shot is held for a second or two too long. And to be more disrespectful still, I beg to differ with E. Von Mueller calling Prokofiev's score the best in history. But maybe he's kicking back at home with an LP of the full orchestral arrangement, not the weak bits on the film itself (Criterion essay on the director/composer collaboration calls the soundtrack on the film "like a chamber ensemble recorded over a telephone"). I've still got to hear the re-recorded score sometime. And I intended to… but after the movie and the DVD commentary, I didn't feel like going through it a third time.
The bloodless battle on the ice wasn't exactly choreographed by Sammo Hung… buncha overarmored guys clumsily smacking into each other with weapons. But I've made fun of the acclaimed classic film enough now. Composition-wise it is beyond reproach… some of the most amazing-looking shots of the 30's. A beautiful movie and a swell piece of anti-German propaganda (which is why it was celebrated, then banned, then celebrated).
How you know the Germans are Bad Men: they toss naked babies into fire:
Russia is under Mongol rule, but this is mostly ignored. Nevsky kicked the asses of the Swedes or some other country previously, so he's called on to protect Russia from the invading Germans, who have already conquered one major town and killed everyone in it, including babies. Meanwhile in another town, two tough guys are competing for the only pretty girl. She says she'll marry whichever fights the most bravely. So off they go with Nevsky, the town armorer (who dies from being too generous, giving away his best armor and saving the leftovers for himself) and a hot warrior woman. Battle on the ice lasts some 30 minutes. Crowd scenes outdo most of your Braveheart / Lord of the Rings epic battles with lovely, artistic shots of actual masses of people (outdone later in Ivan The Terrible), but close-ups of battle are a little lame. After, one guy is dying, other guy generously tosses the pretty girl at him and goes after the hot warrior chick. The glory of Russia is restored (well, they're still under Mongol rule) and Nevsky goes back to his humble fishing life, after issuing a stern warning to the Germans which is screamed across the screen in giant bold text!
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Q: Homogeneous Integral Equations In Arfken (3rd ed) ex. 16.5.1 he derives the integral equation for a one dimensional linear oscillator that includes the Green function (eq. 16.148). This equation is a homogeneous integral equation. I know how to solve analytically the differential equation and I know what the solution is [the eigenvalue is $n^2π^2$ while $y = \sin(nπx)$]. My question is that how to I solve analytically the integral equation:
$$ y(x) = λ\left[ \int_0^x G_2(x,t)y(t)dt + \int_x^1 G_1(x,t)y(t)dt\right]$$
where $G_2(x,t) = t(1-x)$ whereas $G_1(x,t) =x(1-t)$.

A: $y(x)=\lambda\left(\int_0^xt(1-x)y(t)~dt+\int_x^1x(1-t)y(t)~dt\right)$
$y(x)=\lambda\left((1-x)\int_0^xty(t)~dt-x\int_1^x(1-t)y(t)~dt\right)$
$y'(x)=\lambda\left((1-x)xy(x)-\int_0^xty(t)~dt-x(1-x)y(x)-\int_1^x(1-t)y(t)~dt\right)$
$y'(x)=-\lambda\left(\int_0^xty(t)~dt+\int_1^x(1-t)y(t)~dt\right)$
$y''(x)=-\lambda(xy(x)+(1-x)y(x))$
$y''(x)=-\lambda y(x)$
$y''(x)+\lambda y(x)=0$
$y(x)=C_1\sin\sqrt\lambda x+C_2\cos\sqrt\lambda x$
$y(0)=0$ :
$C_2=0$
$\therefore y(x)=C_1\sin\sqrt\lambda x$
$y(1)=0$ :
$C_1=0$
$\therefore y(x)=0$


In late July I led a week-long course about crowdsourcing and data visualization at the Digital Humanities Oxford Summer School. I taught the crowdsourcing part, while my friend and collaborator, Sarah, from Google, lead the data visualization part. We had six participants from fields as diverse as history, archeology, botany and literature, to museum and library curation. Everyone brought a small batch of images, and used the new Zooniverse Project Builder ("Panoptes") to create their own projects. We asked participants what were their most pressing research questions? If the dataset were larger, why would crowdsourcing be an appropriate methodology, instead of doing the tasks themselves? What would interest the crowd most? What string of questions or tasks might render the best data to work with later in the week?
Within two days everyone had a project up and running. We experienced some teething problems along the way (Panoptes is still in active development) but we got there in the end! Everyone's project looked swish, if you ask me.
Participants had to 'sell' their projects in person and on social media to attract a crowd. The rates of participation were pretty impressive for a 24-hour sprint. Several hundred classifications were contributed, which gave each project owner enough data to work with.
But of course, a good looking website and good participation rates do not equate to easy-to-use or even good data! Several of us found that overly complex marking tasks rendered very convoluted data and clearly lost people's attention. After working at the Zooniverse for over a year I knew this by rote, but I'd never really had the experience of setting up a workflow and seeing what came out in such a tangible way.
Despite the variable data, everyone was able to do something interesting with their results. The archeologist working on pottery shards investigated whether there was a correlation between clay color and decoration. Clay is regional, but are decorative fashions regional or do they travel? He found, to his surprise, that they were widespread.
In the end, everyone agreed that they would create simpler projects next time around. Our urge to catalogue and describe everything about an object—a natural result of our training in the humanities and GLAM sectors—has to be reined in when designing a crowdsourcing project. On the other hand, our ability to tell stories, and this particular group's willingness to get to grips with quantitative results, points to a future where humanities specialists use crowdsourcing and quantitative methods to open up their research in new and exciting ways.


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Mounir El Hamdaoui (født 14. juli 1984) er en hollandsk-marokkansk fodboldspiller, der spiller for FC Twente og det marokanske fodboldlandshold, som angriber. El Hamdaoui har tidligere i sin karriere spillet for bl.a. Tottenham Hotspurs, AZ Alkmaar og Ajax Amsterdam.

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) announced the launch of the SHTM+ICON Consultancy to offer professional hospitality-related consultancy services to the industry worldwide. The brand-new Consultancy demonstrates a successful combination of the research prowess of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of PolyU with the practical experience and endeavour of Hotel ICON.
The Consultancy is the SHTM's another novel endeavour to achieve its mission in engineering knowledge transfer to the hospitality industry and other education institutes. Knowledge transfer includes management know-how, creative solutions, and experiences in a practical setting, which can help organisations maintain sustainable growth.
4) "Higher Education in Hospitality" refers to services in designing academic programmes, certification, and quality assurance.
The SHTM has a long history of offering high-level consultancy and professional advisory services to both private and public organisations. Its consultants have worked on many successful consultancy projects worldwide with clients from around the world, including Chengdu Polytechnic, China National Travel Service, the Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners, Greaton Ribbon Australia, Haima Automobile Group, the Hong Kong Tourism Board, King Abdulaziz University, the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education in Indonesia and the Ministry of Tourism in Jamaica.
Mr Richard Hatter, General Manager of Hotel ICON and SHTM Adjunct Associate Professor, said, "Touted as a 'Hong Kong tourism success', and sought-after in the industry as a hospitality-related consultant, Hotel ICON is thrilled to be launching the SHTM+ICON consultancy services together with the School. Hotel ICON currently ranked third among Hong Kong hotels on TripAdvisor, and among the best places to stay in Hong Kong. In addition to being a highly respected teaching facility, the home-grown Hotel ICON is also a test bed for hospitality innovation." Mr Hatter was awarded the General Manager of the Year at the recent BMW Hotelier Awards Greater China 2018. An active member of the hospitality industry, he is always invited to present the innovation strategies of Hotel ICON at numerous leading trade events and conferences.
Hotel ICON has clinched the prestigious Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) award – the Silver Award for Excellence in Training and Development 2018 in the Skills Training category, fortifying its emphasis on people development and elevating guest service levels for the industry. With education being the core to the ICON brand, the team has developed a series of public conferences and knowledge-sharing forums. These events not only help enhance service excellence of the industry, but also complement the SHTM in mentoring and offering experiential learning to students and associates in the hospitality industry.


Bringing up Bella: Overcoming "Obstacles"
It has been so amazing to see her confidence grow. Agility is such an amazing sport, not just because it's fun to watch, but because it can be so powerful. Thank you for sharing Bella's agility journey with us!
Your patience just amazes me! I don't think I could do it! I have to say, both my boys had no issues learning agility at all, but they both turn into quivering heaps at the vet! And all the agility in the world (he's 1/2 way to his MACH) won't help Jimmy's thunder and fireworks fear! I've lost more than one run to an untimely rumble of loud thunder.
It's so cool how fast she has conquered her fears. I could stand to learn a lot from Bella.
Agility is great for that, I think. It gives dogs these big rewards for trying something new and teaches them that things may not be as scary as they once seemed. It shows them they are capable and strong. It gives them markers of success, something our crazy rescues may not have had in their lives before. There are just so many reasons I love the sport, so many reasons that have nothing to do with competition. I can't wait to read about Bella conquering the teeter next!
It's wonderful to read this - about Bella's incredible progress and your amazing patience. It sounds like agility is just wonderful for all of you.
My departed dog, K, was "cautious", and she was absolutely terrified of the teeter-totter (the dog walk was another very tough one). We built a mini-agility course on our property, including a teeter. She was so scared of the teeter that she wouldn't go near the entire agility course.
To make a very long story short, we used Susan Garrett's technique for teaching her the teeter. We propped both ends so that it didn't teeter at all, and we finally convinced K to jump on and off it... baby steps until she'd walk across it. Then, we made it so that it teetered by 1"... and very gradually we worked her up to doing a normal teeter-totter.
The interesting thing was that she was just like Bella. After she mastered that teeter-totter (literally years after we started trying), she was so proud that she did it every time she had the chance and did it with SUCH enthusiasm. It sounds as if you've had similar victories with other agility obstacles, and I hope that it happens with the teeter-totter!
I felt, with K, that agility helped her find her confidence in this world. She was nowhere near as fearful as Shyla. If I had to rate them, K was a 2 out of 10 (10 being maximally fearful) and Shyla is a 9 - a whole new world for me... In the spring, I hope to start teaching Shyla agility (when our course melts out).
I loved this post! It truly shows how much you care and know your girl. It obvious that she trusts and loves you both very much!
Nothing is quite like watching your dog succeed...being able to see them have that "ah ha!" moment when they realize they can do it is truly priceless!! great post!!
This took me back to starting Honey on agility equipment as a step toward getting aboard a sailboat.
I wish I had this post to read then. I definitely spent too much time luring when I should have been using touch to get her comfortable.
But it's amazing how dogs, like people, don't all fear the same things to the same degree. We have to respect their individuality and listen to them. Like you're listening to Bella.
The teeter is a tough obstacle, in my opinion one of the toughest because it moves. Which to me is scary to begin with. Sometimes it comes down with a loud bang, another scary.
You are doing amazing with her and I have no doubt that yes, one day you will be writing about her conquer of the fearsome totter.
Your last sentence really resonated for me, "watching her transformation has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life." I feel the same about Delilah. While not a fearful dog she was very unruly, whenever anyone tells me what a good girl she is, it makes me beam with pride.
You've come a long way!! Great job!
It's wonderful to hear that Bella is blossoming and gaining in confidence - what a joy for you both! It will be fun to see how her new skills affect the rest of her life and relationships. Thanks so much for sharing.


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La Feliz, continuidades de la violencia  es una película documental de Argentina filmada en colores en Mar del Plata, General Pueyrredón. Es dirigida por Valentín Javier Diment con la investigación periodística de Felipe Celesia, Pablo Waisberg, Federico Desántolo y Valentín Javier Diment que se estrenó el 21 de marzo de 2019.

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El filme contiene entrevistas con integrantes de instituciones, investigadores de organizaciones, abogados, fiscales, figuras de movimientos sociales o partidos políticos, víctimas y victimarios en general, y también  imágenes que acompañan los dichos de los entrevistados,  material de archivo proveniente de noticieros o juicios orales. Lo más valioso es la investigación periodística a cargo de Felipe Celesia, Pablo Waisberg y Federico Desántolo, quienes consiguieron fuentes significativas de ambas partes, con declaraciones trascendentes.

Sinopsis
En el escenario de Mar del Plata, llamada "La ciudad feliz", gran centro de veraneo argentino, el documental retrata hechos de violencia política de distintas épocas: en 1971, el asesinato de una estudiante por miembros de la CNU Concentración Nacional Universitaria; en 1977 el de varios abogados en La noche de las corbatas; y en 2017, atentados de odio por militantes nacionalistas, de marcada simpatía nazi. Asimismo, analiza si entre ellos se puede trazar una continuidad que los vincule.

Entrevistados
Entre los entrevistados se encuentran:
 Javier Moreno Iglesias
 Marta García de Candeloro

Premios y nominaciones
El documental fue nominado al Premio Sur 2019 al mejor montaje y al Premio Cóndor de Plata 2020 al mejor documental.

Comentarios
Sami Shuster en el sitio wew cinefiloserial.com.ar escribió:

Mex Falero en el sitio web  opinó:

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Información sobre La Feliz, continuidades de la violencia en Internet Movie Data Base
 Información sobre La Feliz, continuidades de la violencia en el sitio del cine nacional
 Información sobre La Feliz, continuidades de la violencia' en el sitio Filmaffinity

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We met Orlan Holmes, who is based in Fort Wayne, IN, at the AARC Congress conference in Indianapolis, IN. There he explained just a portion of his story and we were intrigued. Lucky for us, he was excited and willing to share his story more extensively with us, as he speaks at several events about his story. We were fortunate that once we reconnected he made time to speak with us.
15 years ago, he was an assistant manager for a Dollar Tree, and one day became ill with pneumonia, and was sent to the hospital where he was diagnosed with COPD. A year later, he had a followup meeting with his doctor, the doctor seemed shocked to see him as if he didn't believe he would have lived that long. He only had about 16% lung compatibility and the doctor prescribed him to be on oxygen 24/7.
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The 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
The 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje
Shamar Rinpoche
Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche
Lama Jigme Rinpoche
Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche
Lama Ole Nydahl
Hannah Nydahl
Diamond Way Meditation Practices
EUROPE CENTER
Bouddhisme Aujourd'hui n° 6
Bouddhisme aujourd'hui n°8
Lama Ole Nydahl is one of the few Westerners fully qualified as a lama and meditation teacher in the Karma Kagyu Buddhist tradition. In 1969, Ole Nydahl and his wife Hannah became the first Western students of H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. After completing three years of Buddhist philosophy studies and intensive meditation training – including the transmission for a unique Diamond Way Buddhist practice called Conscious Dying (in Tibetan, "Phowa") – Ole Nydahl began teaching Buddhism in Europe at the request of the 16th Karmapa. Lama Ole has since transmitted the blessing of the lineage in a different city nearly every day, traveling and teaching worldwide. His depth of knowledge and dynamic teachings inspire thousands of people at his lectures and meditation retreats.
Over the last 40 years Lama Ole Nydahl has established more than 650 centers of the Diamond Way Karma Kagyu tradition across the world. In these centers, his students encounter in a modern and fresh style these ancient teachings and meditate together.
People often think of meditation and Buddhism as ways to relieve stress and to live more calmly. But to a meditation master such as Lama Ole Nydahl, this is only the beginning of what this 2,500 year old science of the mind has to offer.
The Buddhist methods he teaches aim to fearlessly transform daily life by releasing one from "stiff ideas and disturbing emotions." Once the mind is freed of these self-imposed limits, it naturally expresses itself as powerful joy and compassionate activity for others. People often think of meditation and Buddhism as ways to relieve stress and to live more calmly. But to a meditation master this is only the beginning of what this 2,500 year old science of the mind has to offer.
Lama Ole has been a major driving force in bringing Buddhism to the West, and to date has established over 600 Diamond Way Buddhist centersin 44 countries around the world. His unique synthesis of modern style and ancient wisdom helped create the largest body of students practicing Diamond Way Buddhist methods in the West.
Lama Ole is the author of several books including The Way Things Are; Entering the Diamond Way; Mahamudra; Riding the Tiger (all from Blue Dolphin Publishing, USA); and The Great Seal (Fire Wheel Publishing, USA).
While Lama Ole visited the UK accompanying the 16th Karmapa on his tours in the West, it was not until 1994 that he was first invited to teach here and establish a Diamond Way Buddhist centre. Since then, Lama Ole has visited the UK once or twice every year. So far he has given lectures and courses in Cambridge, London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Reading, Exeter and Brighton. He has also given two Phowa courses – in Cambridge (1996) and Shrewsbury (2004). See our events timeline.
Shamar Rinpoche has said:
"In 1973 the 16th Karmapa ordered Ole and Hannah to teach and predicted that they would be very successful in spreading the Buddha's teachings in the West. The 16th Karmapa taught them their main practices, the Guru Yogas on the 8th and 16th Karmapas. They kept their samaya without any doubt, following and fulfilling Karmapa's wish. Ole is carrying out the activity of the 16th Karmapa."
Lama Oles' website:http://www.lama-ole-nydahl.org/
04 - 06Feb2022
Lectures and meditations with Dilia Navarro
Programme d'Enseignements de Lama Ole Nydahl
Lama Ole Nydahl donne de nombreuses conférences et de nombreux cours sur le bouddhisme dans le monde entier. Veuillez consulter son programme d'enseignements pour en savoir plus.
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Maria Theresia Paradis (ou von Paradies), née le  à Vienne et morte le  dans la même ville, est une pianiste, chanteuse et compositrice autrichienne aveugle de naissance et pour qui Mozart a vraisemblablement écrit son dix-huitième concerto pour piano, K456 en si bémol majeur.

Biographie

Jeunesse
Elle était la fille de Joseph Anton Paradis, secrétaire impérial au Commerce et conseiller à la Cour de l'impératrice Marie-Thérèse (1717-1780) et reçut les prénoms de cette souveraine, quoique celle-ci n'ait pas été sa marraine comme on l'a souvent cru. Elle commença à perdre progressivement la vue à partir de l'âge de 2 ans. De la fin de l'année 1776 jusqu'au milieu de 1777, elle fut traitée par le célèbre magnétiseur Anton Mesmer, qui  réussit à stabiliser provisoirement son état. Elle fut cependant privée de ses soins au bout de quelques mois en raison d'une part de la possibilité d'un scandale, et d'autre part du risque de perdre sa pension d'invalidité. La cécité s'installa définitivement après que la jeune patiente eût quitté Mesmer. Elle reçut une éducation musicale étendue de maîtres tels que Carl Friberth (théorie musicale et composition), Leopold Anton Kozeluch (piano), Vincenzo Righini (chant), Antonio Salieri (chant et composition) et l'abbé Vogler (théorie musicale et composition).

Débuts d'interprète
Dès 1775, Maria Theresia von Paradis se produisait comme chanteuse et pianiste dans divers salons viennois et en concert. Elle commanda plusieurs œuvres pour son usage, notamment :
 un concerto pour orgue de Salieri en 1773 (auquel manque le deuxième mouvement) ;
 un concerto pour piano (probablement le n° 18, K.456) de Mozart en 1784 ;
 un concerto pour piano de Haydn (HXVIII: 4), qui fut peut-être créé à Paris en 1784, mais semble avoir été composé dans les années 1770, et dont le manuscrit original est aujourd'hui perdu.
À propos du concerto pour piano K.456, il convient de noter que, bien que considéré comme dédié à Maria Theresia von Paradis, des doutes persistent à ce sujet. Dans le livre de  Ruth Halliwell La famille Mozart : quatre vies dans un contexte social (The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context), on peut lire :

« On ignore de quel concerto il s'agissait. Leopold [dans une lettre de Vienne] le décrit simplement à Nannerl comme un « glorieux concerto » et dit qu'il a été écrit pour Maria Theresia von Paradis « pour Paris ». Sa description laisse entendre que ni lui, ni Nannerl ne le connaissaient déjà. S'il en est ainsi, ce doit avoir été un concerto postérieur au K.456, car celui-ci était déjà connu à Salzbourg à cette date. »
La jeune musicienne était douée d'une excellente mémoire et d'une oreille exceptionnellement précise. On a abondamment cité le fait qu'elle avait appris par cœur plus de 60 concertos, ainsi qu'un vaste répertoire d'œuvres pour solistes et de musique religieuse.

Tournées européennes
La jeune femme ne reste pas confinée à Vienne. En 1783, elle entreprend une longue tournée vers Paris et Londres, en compagnie de sa mère et de son librettiste Johann Riedinger qui invente pour elle un tableau pour la composition. En août ils rendent visite aux Mozart à Salzbourg et sans doute y reçoivent-ils du père et du fils des conseils à propos de la vie à Paris. Le journal de Nannerl situe cependant cette rencontre au mois de septembre. La musicienne se produit à Francfort et dans d'autres villes allemandes, puis en Suisse. Elle arrive finalement à Paris en . Elle y donne son premier concert en avril au Concert Spirituel et l'on soupçonne W. A. Mozart d'avoir envoyé une lettre de recommandation pour y faciliter ses débuts. Le compte rendu de ce premier concert dans le Journal de Paris fait observer qu'«  il faut l'avoir entendue pour se faire une idée du toucher, de la précision, de l'aisance et de la vivacité de son jeu. » Elle fait en tout 14 apparitions à Paris et obtient d'excellentes critiques et éloges. Elle aide aussi Valentin Haüy (« le père et apôtre des aveugles ») à fonder la première école pour aveugles, qui ouvre en 1785.

Elle va à Londres à la fin de 1784, et joue dans les mois suivants à la cour, à Carlton Hall (le domicile du Prince de Galles), et aux Professional Concerts à Hanover Square, entre autres lieux. Elle interprète des fugues de Haendel à George III et plus tard accompagne le Prince de Galles, jouant au violoncelle. Cependant, ses concerts ont été moins bien reçus à Londres qu'à Paris. Elle a continué sa tournée en Europe de l'Ouest, (y compris Hambourg, où elle a rencontré Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach), et après être passée par Berlin et Prague, elle a fini par revenir à Vienne en 1786. D'autres projets ont été élaborés pour donner des concerts dans les états italiens et la Russie, mais ces projets ne se sont pas concrétisés. Elle est retournée à Prague en 1797 pour la production de son opéra Rinaldo und Alcina.

Compositions et fin de vie
Pendant sa tournée en Europe, Paradis a commencé à composer de la musique pour le piano ainsi que des pièces pour voix et piano. La première composition qui lui est attribuée est un ensemble de quatre sonates pour piano datant environ de 1777, mais celles-ci sont vraisemblablement de Pietro Domenico Paradisi, dont une grande partie de la musique est souvent attribuée à tort à d'autres personnes. Son premier travail majeur est la collection des Zwölf Lieder auf ihrer Reise in Musik gesetzt, composée entre 1784 à 1786. Son œuvre la plus célèbre, la Sicilienne en mi bémol majeur pour quatuor avec piano, lui est faussement attribuée, car elle est dérivée d'une sonate pour violon de Carl Maria von Weber (Op. 10 ) que l'on croit avoir été arrangée par son découvreur présumé, Samuel Dushkin.

À partir de 1789, Paradis a passé plus de temps à composer qu'à jouer en concert. En effet, de 1789 à 1797, elle a composé cinq opéras et trois cantates. Après l'échec de l'opéra Rinaldo und Alcina en 1797, elle a consacré son énergie de plus en plus à l'enseignement. En 1808, elle fonde sa propre école de musique à Vienne, où elle enseigne le chant, le piano et la théorie aux jeunes filles. Une série de concerts le dimanche à cette école met en vedette le travail de ses élèves. Elle continue à enseigner jusqu'à sa mort en 1824.

Quand elle composait, elle utilisait le tableau pour la composition inventé par Riedinger, son partenaire et librettiste, et pour la correspondance une  machine à imprimer à la main inventée par Wolfgang von Kempelen.

Ses airs sont très représentatifs du style de l'opéra de l'époque.

Œuvre

Musique de scène
 Ariadne und Bacchus, mélodrame,  (perdu)
 Der Schulkandidat, , une partie de l'acte 2 et tout l'acte 3 sont perdus
 Rinaldo und Alcina, Zauberoper,  (perdu)
 Große militärische Oper 1805 (perdu)
 Zwei ländliche Opern (perdu)

Cantates
 Trauerkantate auf den Tod Leopolds II, 1792 (perdue)
 Deutsches Monument Ludwigs des Unglücklichen, 1793
 Kantate auf die Wiedergenesung meines Vaters (perdue)

Musique instrumentale
 Concerto pour pianoforte en sol (perdu)
 Concerto pour pianoforte en do (perdu)
 12 Sonates pour pianoforte, 1792 (perdues)
 Trio avec pianoforte, 1800 (perdu)
 Fantaisie en sol, pour pianoforte, 1807
 Fantaisie en do, pour pianoforte, 1811
 Variations pour clavier (perdues)
 An meine entfernten Lieben, pianoforte (perdu)
 Chansons diverses et lieder représentant au total 18 pièces, dont deux sont perdues.

Sicilienne en mi bémol majeur
Cette œuvre est la seule attribuée à Maria Theresia von Paradis à avoir fait l'objet de plusieurs enregistrements. Il se pourrait toutefois qu'elle ait été en réalité composée par le violoniste Samuel Dushkin qui prétendit l'avoir découverte et qui se serait inspiré d'un thème de la sonate pour violon (opus 10 n°1) de Carl Maria von Weber.

Partitions
 , dont la célèbre Sicilienne en mi bémol majeur pour violon et piano.

Hommage
 Un cratère vénusien, von Paradis, est nommé en son honneur.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
Michèle Halberstadt, L'incroyable histoire de Mademoiselle Paradis, éditions Albin Michel, 2008.
Rudolph Angermüller, Antonio Salieri. Dokumente seines Lebens., 3 vol., Bock, Bad Honnef, 2002.
Marion Fürst, Maria Theresia Paradis – Mozarts berühmte Zeitgenossin., Böhlau, Cologne, 2005.
Stanley Sadie (dir.), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.,  édition, Grove Dictionaries, New York, 2000.
Ruth Halliwell, The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context., Claredon Press, Oxford, 1998.
Alexander Mell, Encyklopädisches Handbuch des Blindenwesens, A. Pichlers Witwe und Sohn, Vienne, Leipzig, 1900, pp. 576-578.
BBI (coll.), 200 Jahre Blindenbildung im deutschen Sprachraum., Vienne, 2004, p. 56.

Alissa Walser, Au commencement la nuit était musique, Actes Sud, 2011, roman traduit de l'allemand par Juliette Aubert, 256 pages,

Filmographie
 Mademoiselle Paradis, film réalisé par Barbara Albert, 2017, Autriche.

Article connexe

Liens externes

 YouTube La Sicilienne par la violoncelliste Jacqueline du Pré et Gerald Moore au piano.

Compositrice autrichienne de musique classique
Compositeur autrichien de la période classique
Compositeur autrichien d'opéra
Aveugle autrichien
Naissance en mai 1759
Naissance à Vienne (Autriche)
Décès en février 1824
Décès à Vienne (Autriche)
Décès à 64 ans


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