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Man dies after being 'administered anaesthesia' at Govt Dental College
Amritsar, April 29
A patient suffering from some dental ailment today died after he was allegedly administered anaesthesia at the Government Dental College here. The family members of the patient, Rajesh (37), a resident of Mustafabad, blocked traffic outside the college alleging negligence on the part of the doctors.
Family members of the deceased protest outside the Govt Dental College in Amritsar on Monday. Photo: Sameer Sehgal
Woman held for driving husband to suicide
The police arrested a woman for allegedly driving her 22-year-old husband to suicide who ended his life by hanging himself in the wee hours yesterday at his house in the Faizpura area of the city. The deceased, identified as Bikramjit Singh, worked as a porter at the railway station.
Now, MC plans to widen Bhandari Bridge with help of Railways
Wall disappearing from 'walled city'
Elementary schools operate from dilapidated buildings
2 GNDU employees dismissed for allowing gambling in library
GNDH becoming a favourite escape route for jail inmates
Couple in live-in relationship ends life in New Tehsilpura
Man held with 500 intoxicant capsules
Mystery shrouds girl's death
Development projects all set to be sent for UMTA nod
Amritsar Improvement Trust's housing schemes come a cropper
Samples of food items collected from eateries
The Health Department today collected 26 food samples from some eateries on the Lawrence Road here. The shops from which these samples were collected include Novelty Sweet Shop, Pizza Hut, Mahajan Sweet Shop and Pizza Italia.
Health officials during an inspection drive in Amritsar on Monday. A tribune photograph
Court bans holding of protest within 100-m radius of GNDU VC's office
The District Court's decision to ban staging of a protest within 100-metre radius of the Vice Chancellor's office on the Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) campus has raised a furore among the teaching staff of the varsity.
Minister asks officials to deploy guards at Amrit-Anand Park to prevent theft
The district administration's ambitious Amrit-Anand Park in Ranjit Avenue has run into rough weather with anti-social elements decamping with costly bulbs, fancy lights and electrical fittings.
Industry Minister Anil Joshi, accompanied by Improvement Trust officials, takes stock of the ongoing work at the Amritanand Park in Ranjit Avenue in Amritsar on Monday. Photo: Sameer Sehgal
Tourism Ministry to set up Sikh circuit
The Union Tourism Ministry has announced to set up a Sikh tourism circuit, with a provision of Rs 250 crore investment, in the 12th five-year plan, said Tourism Secretary Geetika Kalha today, as she held a review meeting for various heritage projects undergoing in Amritsar.
Tourism Secretary Geetika Kalha (right) holds a meeting with SGPC Chief Avtar Singh at the Circuit House in Amritsar on Monday. Photo: Sameer Sehgal
Open art spaces: A new way to promote art in the city
What is the best idea to sell art? Easy, make it visible. At least the artists in the city might resort to this simple marketing strategy for the benefit of art. Amritsar has always found respect for its art and culture, but the respect never really prompted any big buys or sell outs in the art shows, the reason being the lack of attention towards art.
Wall of Art at Alpha One Mall has a space dedicated to the famous actors and celebrities from Amritsar; and (right) it displays a collection of works by city-based artists. Photos: Sameer Sehgal
Joshi announces Rs 40 cr for Sports Complex
Punjab Industry Minister Anil Joshi announced Rs 40 crore for the sports complex, proposed to be set up on 16.5 acres at Ranjit Avenue locality of the city. After visiting the site, he directed the Improvement Trust officials to level the ground before the beginning of summer vacations so that children could use it to play.
Cuttack delegation meets Mayor
A 16-member delegation from Cuttack, Orissa, led by its Deputy Mayor Sarojini Sahoo, today met the civic authorities here. City Mayor Bakshi Ram Arora said the delegates were quite curious to know the projects underway here.
2.5 kg heroin, Rs 24 lakh in cash recovered from rape accused
Jalandhar, April 29
The rural police today recovered 2.5 kg of heroin, Rs 24 lakh unaccounted cash and a new Innova car from a proclaimed offender (PO), who was arrested four days back.
Women should raise voice against female foeticide: Chawla
The Health Department organised a district-level workshop at Art gallery auditorium to create awareness about female foeticide. The workshop was attended by senior BJP leader Laxmi Kanta Chawla and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu.
Taking a close look: BJP national vice-president Laxmi Kanta Chawla during a district-level workshop organised by the Health Department in Amritsar on Monday. Photo: sameer sehgal
Students participate in a poster-making competition during the district-level workshop organised by the Health Department in Amritsar on Monday. Photo: Sameer Sehgal
Kin stage protest, say body was abandoned at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital without informing them
A man shows Rakesh's photograph. Photo: Sameer Sehgal
"Instead of informing us about the death, they sent his body to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital and abandoned it there," said Rakesh, the deceased's elder brother.
Rakesh said as the GNDH staff did not agree to take the body it was left there. Rajesh had gone to the dental college today to get a tooth removed at 9:30 am. The family came to know about his death at 1.30 pm when somebody called the family.
"Now we have been told that he died of cardiac arrest. We do not understand as to why his body was abandoned in such an apathetic way," Rakesh said.
The staff at the Government Dental College denied the allegations.
Reports suggested that instead of examining the patients themselves senior doctors entrust the duty upon postgraduate students in most of the cases. The college is also facing around 70 per cent staff shortage.
Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry, and officiating principal of the college, Dr Renu Saroa, denied any negligence on part of the hospital staff.
"The patient collapsed even before he was administered anaesthesia. The hospital staff made arrangements to shift him to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital," Dr Saroa claimed.
She said two senior doctors of the college had accompanied the patient to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. "The patient was still alive and had revived a bit when he was taken from the hospital," she said.
As to why the victim's body, as alleged by the deceased's family, was abandoned and they were not informed, Dr Renu said she would investigate further to know the truth.
"College principal Dr Vimal Sikri will be joining back tomorrow and we will conduct a thorough probe into the matter. It was in the Conservative Dentistry Department that the incident occurred," she added.
The case
Rajesh (37), a resident of Mustafabad, suffered from some dental ailment
He went to the Government Dental College where he was allegedly administered anaesthesia following which he died
From there, he was taken to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital and his body was allegedly abandoned there
The family members of thedeceased blocked traffic outside the college alleging negligence on the part of the doctors
Crying foul
Instead of informing us about the death, they sent his body to GNDH and abandoned it there. Now we have been told that he died of cardiac arrest. We do not understand as to why his body was abandoned in such a way. Rajesh had gone to the dental college today to get a tooth removed at 9:30 am. The family came to know about his death at 1.30 pm
— Rakesh, deceased's brother
Hospital denies negligence
The patient collapsed even before he was administered anaesthesia. We made arrangements to shift him to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. College principal Dr Vimal Sikri will be joining tomorrow and we will conduct a thorough probe into the matter
— Dr Renu Saroa, officiating principal, Govt Dental College
The mother of the deceased, Amarjit Kaur of Chheharta, cried foul and blamed her daughter-in-law for his death. Bikramjit reportedly committed suicide at about 4 am on the intervening night of April 27-28 by hanging himself with the help of a rope tied to the roof.
On the basis of the complaint filed by the deceased's mother, Amarjit Kaur, the police today arrested his wife Satti (32).
The complainant told the police that Satti had concealed her earlier marriage to her son which put her son under severe depression.
The police has registered case under Section 306/201 of the IPC against Mesi, Amrik Singh and Joginder Kaur, all Satti's relatives, for hatching a conspiracy to eliminate Bikramjit. They are still at large.
In her complaint, Kaur alleged that Satti got the body of her son cremated in connivance with her relatives in her absence.
"Satti had married my son deceptively and never told him about her earlier marriage and her four children from it. My son came to know of the secret some months ago. This caused regular quarrels between them. She conspired to kill my son while giving it a shape of a suicide," Kaur said. "Moreover, even before we reached there, they cremated the body in order to wipe out all the evidences," she said.
Investigating officer Satpal Singh of Faizpura police station said the matter was under investigation.
"The allegations are being probed. We have arrested the deceased's wife and are on a lookout for other relatives named in the FIR," he said.
Case file
The deceased, Bikramjit, reportedly committed suicide at about 4 am on the intervening night of April 27-28 by hanging himself
The mother of the deceased, Amarjit Kaur, said Satti got her son's body cremated in connivance with her relatives even before they reached there
She further alleged that her daughter-in-law Satti (32) concealed her earlier marriage from her son which had put him under severe depression
District Health Officer Dr Shivkaran Singh Kahlon, who led the inspection team, said samples of food items such as cheese, ice cream, butter, sausages, halwa, laddu, namkeen, kanji and others were collected.
Dr Kahlon said five samples were collected from grocery shops. He said all the samples had been sent to food testing laboratory in Chandigarh.
"The reason why these shops were selected for today's inspection is that everybody should know that law is above all," he said.
Kahlon said strict action would be taken against the shopkeepers whose samples failed on quality parameters. "We have planned a vigorous drive in the next few days and the entire city would be covered," he said, adding that the department would not tolerate any compromise on quality as issue concerns the general public health. — TNS
The GNDU authorities had earlier moved the court seeking the ban. The teachers, however, have unanimously decided to move the upper court against this verdict.
Even as the copy of court's judgement has still not been received by either side, the GNDU authorities claimed that the court has ordered against holding any protest within 100 metre-radius from the boundary wall of the VC's office.
The varsity authorities, however, had sought ban on any kind of protest within 500-metre radius of the VC's office.
The GNDU authorities had moved application in the court while naming Prof Davinder Singh, Prof Lakhwinder Singh, Prof Nareshpal Saini and Prof Balwinder Singh who hold posts of president, general secretary, joint secretary and executive members of Guru Nanak Dev University Teachers Association (GNDUTA), in that order.
Confirming the development, GNDU Registrar Dr Inderjit Singh said, "I have not yet gone through the court's order yet but it is confirmed that the court has barred holding of any kind of protest within a radius of 100 meters of the VC's office."
The varsity authorities had pleaded in the court that protests on the campus hampered the studies of students, normal functioning of the university besides causing damage to property.
They had further prayed before the court that the said four staffers should be directed not to hold any protest within 500 metre-radius of the VC's office.
GNDUTA secretary Prof Lakhwinder Singh said teachers had unanimously decided to move the upper court against the verdict.
"With due respect to the court, I am compelled to say that it was an undemocratic way adopted by the GNDU authorities seeking court's intervention while stopping us from raising our voice against their autocratic attitude. GNDUTA is a statutory body and it was the nefarious design of the authorities to defeat teachers' genuine cause. We will move the upper court to challenge this decision, if need arises," he said.
GNDUTA president Prof Davinder Singh said the GNDUTA was a statutory body consisting 11-office-bearers chosen through teachers' mandate every year through elections.
"In a way, this case never held any grounds because the application was moved in the court against four employees, including me. Does it refer that the court orders will be applicable to only four of us and that others will be exempted from it," he added. .
"The GNDU authorities' argument about hampering university's working or causing damage to university property too was on frivolous grounds, as nothing of the sort has ever happened in the past whenever a protest was held," he added.
This prompted Industry Minister Anil Joshi to direct the Improvement Trust officials to deploy guards at the unguarded 30-acre park. He paid a visit to the park and suggested various measures to upgrade the park. The proposed measures take care of the requests of the residents of the area.
Setting up of the park was initiated in September 2009 as a rose garden-cum-environmental park- cum-recreational centre has seen only establishment of the park while its other aspects are yet to be channelised. Originally, separated in two parts Amrit (spread in 14 acres) and Anand parks (spread in 16 acres), a portion of the park is dedicated for meditation purposes while it also consists of a children park and a Haat Bazaar for temporary vendors to sell eatables. But all these aspects are yet to be operationalised.
More than 100 varieties of plants, including six types of roses and trees, were planted in the park.
The Industry Minister also suggested construction of an eight-foot wide path along the boundary wall of the park for walkers. About 4,000 more saplings would be planted in the park.
Improvement Trust Chairman Sandeep Rishi said about six guards would be hired to round the clock policing of the park. He said a communiqué to the Punjab Ex-servicemen Corporation would be forwarded to recruit ex-servicemen for the purpose.
He said trees offering plenty of shade would be planted along the path in the park besides planting more ornamental trees. He anticipated that it would require nearly Rs 50 lakh to complete the task.
Land of the park falls under the Improvement Trust's 97-acre Ranjit Avenue scheme. It is located along the GT Road and as per the directions of the High Court, it's prohibited to raise any structure within 100 metres of the highway. The district administration and the Improvement Trust had decided to set up a rose garden and it was duly included in the vision paper released in 2009.
Rs 250 cr project aims at restoring Sikh heritage buildings, architecture to showcase history to tourists
She said the Sikh circuit would be developed by linking Sri Ber Sahib Gurdwara, Sultanpur Lodhi, in Kapurthala district, Damdama Sahib in Bathinda, Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district and Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan with Amritsar.
She added that historic religious places associated with the Sikh religion would be developed and beautified to showcase different aspects of history to the tourists visiting the state. Under this project, tourism information centre and multi-media museums would be set up.
Later, she held a meeting with SGPC Chief Avtar Singh Makkar and sought cooperation to efficiently set up the Sikh circuit. She also sought a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the SGPC before initiating restoration and beautification of the historic Gurdwaras, which fall in the circuit.
She said the lion's share of the entire cost of the Sikh circuit would be invested in Amritsar. She elaborated that on the lines of Lucknow's Hazarat Ganj, approaching and exit roads to the Golden Temple would be painted with single colour and similar, attractive and equal size signboards would be put up to streamline the exterior of buildings and shops falling on the path. Mumbai-based Darashaw Consultancy Private Limited has been hired to prepare a detail project report (DPR) regarding the route.
Being a mixed-use project, she said storm water drain, open plazas, facade cleaning and hanging cables would be placed underground and conservation of heritage structures on the route to the Golden temple would also be undertaken. Besides, walkways on either side of the road would be raised for pedestrians.
Kalha said the buildings displaying Sikh architecture would be restored. Similarly, Ram Bagh gate, Ram Bagh palace, summer palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Ram Bagh would be upgraded. A museum would be set up in Gobindgarh fort, which was under the restoration project, she added.
At Attari border, Kalha said a tourist reception centre, a park and a multi-level parking would also be set up.
Handicraft centre, a convention and an auditorium would be established in the heritage village, which was being set up in Guru Nanak Dev University. Amusement park and laser show would be set up at Chahli Khoo area.
She said tenders for majority of the works in Amritsar would be called by August. She directed Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal and Municipal Commissioner Bhupinder Singh to get the NOCs from owners of heritage buildings and concerned departments.
Neha Saini
What is the best idea to sell art? Easy, make it visible. At least the artists in the city might resort to this simple marketing strategy for the benefit of art. Amritsar has always found respect for its art and culture, but the respect never really prompted any big buys or sell outs in the art shows, the reason being the lack of attention towards art. But that is about to change, if some artists have their way.
Moving on from the usual art galleries, artists are reaching out to people through open art spaces. The first-of-its-kind open art space at Alpha One Mall, called the Wall of Art, is attracting more than just eyeballs for the artists.
"The Wall of Art was the first such art space for city's home-grown artists and is an attempt to amalgamate art with our lifestyle. A shopping mall where one goes to enjoy and indulge could easily become a place to catch up some contemporary and traditional art," shares Brijesh Jolly, director of KT Kala Art Gallery, who conceived the idea of Wall of Art.
The space created just where one enters the atrium of the mall displays paintings by city-based artists. From paintings to pictures and even graphics, the collection of 20 art pieces is limited but has become a highlight for the visitors. It also has a biographical display of five legends born in Amritsar - Dara Singh, Rajesh Khanna, Mohd Rafi, Shaheed Udham Singh and Madan Lal Dhingra. Punjab Natshala too lends its space to the artists, occasionally by transforming its hallway into a live art space.
This is not the only such attempt as artists have independently been arranging live shows and open exhibitions at lifestyle shopping festivals and exhibitions every now and then. "The CII festive exhibitions and some known designer shows have become a haven for independent artists as most of the organisers give space to artists to fill in the creative space," says paper artists Gurpreet Singh. "Its purpose is to attract attention. While most people laze out on the idea of spending a Sunday afternoon at an art show as visiting a shopping mall sounds better, bringing the art to the shopping mall itself is effective promotion," he adds.
Agrees Jolly, "The exhibitions at art galleries attract a limited audience, only those who understand or are associated with art. With open spaces and live audience 24/7 such as these, the scope of getting noticed increases. Globally, street art forms like grafitis and murals follow the same principle. Chandigarh too has lot of open space for such art forms. Its time Amritsar too follows."
"At malls or lifestyle exhibitions, people already come prepared to spend money. And so, buying a piece of art does not seem like indulgence to them," says Gurpreet.
Jolly says he has planning to increase the number of paintings displayed at the Wall of Art. "We are planning to add more artists on a recurring basis to the collection. It will give artists from the city more visibility. But more such open art spaces are needed since we have lots of free open spaces available like the Company Bagh et al. A city needs to know and respect its art for others to follow."
He said the SAD-BJP coalition government was committed to encourage sports culture in the state in general and Amritsar in particular. He said it was a potent weapon to check the menace of drugs.
He directed the Improvement Trust to fast track the calling of tender to at least level the land. The sports complex would have indoor and outdoor sports complex.
The outdoor sports stadium would have grounds for different games, including an international-level cricket ground, three lawn tennis courts, three kabaddi courts and two volleyball courts.
The indoor stadium would have three badminton courts, three table tennis, two wrestling/boxing units, two squash courts and a swimming pool and a skating court each.
Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) Chairman Sandeep Rishi said the trust had forwarded the approved design for a slight change to its Panchkula-based architect. He added that the changed design and its revised cost estimates would be submitted to the AIT, which would put it again in the house meeting and eventually it would be sent to the government for approval.
He said the trust would try to level the ground before the onset of the summer vacations and the construction of the stadium would be taken up thereafter.
Earlier, a five-member committee of the AIT approved a design, out of the three submitted by architects, for raising a modern indoor and outdoor sports complex at Ranjit Avenue in November.
Design of the Panchkula-based architect Renu Khanna was approved under technical bid category by the committee and the same would be put up before the next trust meeting to take a final call on the financial bid. Her design got a prize of Rs 1 lakh.
As per the selected design, total play field area would be 55.90 per cent of the total 5,95,624.24 square feet. Besides, the rest of the area would include ground coverage in 16.77 per cent, green area, including semi-paved pathways, in 17.13 per cent, road area would include 10.20 per cent and ground coverage will include 16.77 per cent of the total area.
Besides, outside campus would have a provision for the parking of 270 cars while parking of 45 cars would be made inside the campus. Additional facilities like guest rooms with attached toilets, sports mall, lecture hall, food courts, exhibition halls, gymnasium, billiards and card rooms would be added. Apart from public utility, features like spectator gallery in each stadium would include drinking water, separate toilets for males, females, VIPs and physically challenged, change room for players, lockers, food court, sports mall, exhibition centre could be incorporated. The design proposed four entry and exit gates.
The foundation stone of the sports complex was laid by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal before the assembly election in November 2011.
"They were fascinated to know about projects like magnetic pods to be introduced in the city. They were apprised about the JAICA project of augmentation and revamping of sewerage system here", he said.
Meanwhile, the Mayor, MC Commissioner Bhupinder Singh and other civil officers reviewed the ongoing work of covering the Ganda nullah and desilting of water drainage passage. "The idea was to review the Rs 11-crore project, starting from Hall Bazar to Lahore Gate, adjacent to Durgiana Mandir, Bhadarkali and till Bhagtanwala Gate," he said. — TNS
The SSP (Rural), Yurinder Singh Hayre, said the recovery had been made from Chuheki village resident Sarjit Singh (23), who had been on the run in a rape case since August, 2012. There had been a tip-off regarding his involvement in heroin smuggling, to which he confessed during his interrogation.
Stating that police remand of Sarjit had been sought for three more days from the court, the SSP said during his interrogation he had revealed that he had been storing the narcotics in specially created chambers of the dashboard of his car, which was actually found to be so.
Speaking on the occasion, Chawla said women should come forward to save female child. "Women have to raise their voice against the cruelty," she said adding that unless women were awakened, no change was possible.
A short play to raise awareness among the participants and nursing students was staged by The Theatre Persons group. A poster-making competition was also organised for the nursing students.
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'Man Friday!' found in the pages of an old copy of Lancashire Life
The 2014 Blu-ray of 'Swallows & Amazons' (c) StudioCanal
This shot of Virginia McKenna valiantly playing Man Friday, was taken as she rowed away from what I had decided was a desert island. It was 1973 and we were filming on Coniston Water in the Lake District. She was playing my mother, concerned about leaving a small girl alone as the evening drew in. I've been set a copy of Lancashire Life, published in 1974, which describes the filming at length. Quite fun. You can see a still of Man Friday and I cooking Pemmican cakes for supper on the camp fire, top right.
Being awarded an OBE in 2004 for services to wildlife and the arts, Virginia has since become a national treasure. She will quickly deny this but you will find photographs of her at the National Gallery, along with Suzanna Hamilton, who played her daughter – and my sister, Susan in Swallows & Amazons (1974).
'Stars of the British Screen' by Norman Parkinson. Virginia McKenna sits bottom centre, Suzanna Hamilton bottom right, either side of Susannah York.
Having just celebrated her 84th birthday Virginia has also been heralded as one who inspires others. I concur. 'Do one thing at a time,' was her advice to me, 'Otherwise you can't do anything well.'
Virginia has appeared in over thirty feature films, numerous television dramas and many fascinating documentaries. She won a BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in 'A Town Like Alice' and was nominated Best Actress by BAFTA for playing Violette Szabo in the WWII story 'Carve Her Name With Pride.'. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Joy Adamson in 'Born Free' , which won the composer John Barry two Academy awards. She is still happy to work as an actress, soon to appear in 'Golden Years' with Simon Callow and her granddaughter, Lily Travers.
Virginia McKenna with 'Born Free' composer John Barry
If you interview her now, Virginia is more likely to talk about wildlife than acting. She uses her name to promote kindness. And to stop the slaughter of elephants. One of her latest missions is to urge schools to teach children about conservation. She has recently become patron of Shropshire Cat Rescue's Purr project. Arthur Ransome helped finance a similar project himself.
2015 marks the thirty-first anniversary of the Born Free Foundation, which Virginia established with her son Will Travers to help big cats and other large mammals held in captivity. She still travels the world to raise awareness and alleviate suffering, drawing on all she learned from George Adamson whilst filming Born Free in Kenya back in 1966, and An Elephant Called Slowly in 1970. You can read more about her work by clicking here.
Virginia has written about her career and conservation work in a number of books including Into the Blue and an autobiography entitled The Life in My Years available online from the Born Free shop.
Sophie Neville with Virginia McKenna in about 2001
42 years ago we were filming with Virginia McKenna at Bank Ground Farm in the Lake District.
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4th April marks the Anniversary of the release of 'Swallows & Amazons' (1974)
Premier ticket for the Gala of 'Swallows and Amazons'
The premier of the feature film Swallows & Amazons was held on 4th April 1974 in Shaftesbury Avenue, in London's West End. Those who watch it on television today, or have the DVD, are amazed to hear it was first released more than forty seven years ago. Please forgive me if you have seen this photos before but it seems quite a date to celebrate.
The ABC in Shaftesbury Avenue in 1974. It is now the Odeon Cinema.
The Royal Gala Matinee was held in aid of the charity KIDS, which works with disabled children, young people and their families. The society is still going strong and has been celebrating its own 40th anniversary recently.
Arriving by taxi ~ Sister Allyne with Daphne Neville, Tamzin Neville and Sophie Neville
We arrived by taxi with my house mistress, Sister Allyne, and head mistress Sister Ann-Julian, who had travelled up from Wantage in Oxfordshire for the occassion.
Sophie Neville with Daphne Neville outside the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue in 1974
Of all films, they found The Exorcist was showing at the same cinema. I gazed up at the billing outside the entrance, more interested in seeing the names of Virginia McKenna and Ronald Fraser with the romantic design of the graphics spelling out Swallows & Amazons.
The first thing that happened was that I was whisked off for lunch with the five other children in the cast by Claude Whatham, the director. He chose a bistro where I chose hamburgers and chips. I'm not sure what the rest of my family did, but can only presume they found something to eat.
Sophie Neville, Suzanna Hamilton in Laura Ashley and her mother
We arrived at the ABC cinema to find they had already taken their seats in the audience. We met up with Ronald Fraser and Richard Pilbrow, the film producer, who introduced us to Princess Helena Moutafian, Patron of KIDS, who the Earl and Countess of Compton had brought to celebrate the film's release and help raise funds for the charity. Mummy had instead I made a curtsey to each person I was introduced to. Did this include members of the Press?
Jane Grendon braving the crowds outside the cinema
We also met a number of Ladies: Lady Bridport, Lady Onslow, Lady Nelson of Stafford, Lady Harford and others listed below who must have arrived with their children. It was all quite something.
Please note that Simon West, (to the right in the top photo) was wearing a tie that matched exactly with the floral print of his shirt. This was the height of fashion in 1974, something I have yet to see revived or replicated. Suzanna and I both wore pinafore dresses. These have not experienced a revival either, although Suzanna's Laura Ashley print would be considered a treasured vintage piece. My mother was horrified that Ronald Fraser had his collar button undone, but I think that was a nod to trendy-ness. He also wore a badge in support of the charity pinned to his lapel. Badges were all the rage at the time and collected by all.
The premier of Arthur Ransome's story 'Swallows & Amazons' – reported by Cinema TV Today in 1974
As you can see, we met Bobby Moore, the Hollywood actress Patricia Neal, the Norwegian Bond Girl Julie Ege and Spike Milligans' family. Will Travers, now the CEO of the charity Born Free, came to represent his mother, Virginia McKenna who sadly couldn't be with us.
A commemorative programme was being sold with a sepia version of the film poster on the cover:
Inside there were several pages about those who appeared in the film. I still have a copy:
Virginia McKenna, Lesley Bennett, Suzanna Hamilton, Sophie Neville, Sten Grendon and Ronald Fraser appearing in the centre pages of the film premier programme
The opposite page:
Simon West, Kit Seymour, Ronald Fraser, with Sophie Neville, Suzanna Hamilton and Lesley Bennett also appearing in the action photo onboard the houseboat.
It wasn't until years later that I was shown copies of the stills used to advertise the film inside cinemas.
Sophie Neville holding the original publicity photograph found on eBay ~ photo: Kitty Faulkner
The original film posters, which once hung in the London Underground, have become collector's items, valued at about £240 each on eBay. Studiocanal, who now own the film rights, have a selection of posters available as framed prints if you click here.
This was the version used as an advertisement in the Sunday Times forty years ago.
Kit Seymour, Lesley Bennett, Simon West, Sophie Neville, Sten Grendon, Ronald Fraser and Virginia McKenna on the newspaper advertisement for 'Swallows and Amazons'
'The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons' is available as an ebook on Amazon Kindle and for other e-readers via Smashwords. It has been described by one reviewer on Amazon as the equivalent of DVD Extras, as it explains how we made the movie in the Lake District, back in the summer of 1973, as well as how the film was promoted and received in the UK.
While the paperback includes a number of illustrations, but this ebook is unique in that it gives links to behind-the-scenes footage shot on location by my parents.
Author Sophie NevillePosted on March 26, 2014 May 1, 2022 Categories Acting, Arthur Ransome, Autobiography, British Film, Cinema, Claude Whatham, Emi film, Entertainment news, family Entertainment, Film, Film Cast, Film History, Filmaking, filmography, Lake District, Memoir, Movie, Movie stories, News, Richard Pilbrow, sailing film, Sophie Neville, Suzanna Hamilton, Swallows & Amazons, Swallows and Amazons, Titty in Swallows and Amazons, truelife story, Uncategorized, Vintage Film, Virginia McKenna, Zanna HamiltonTags #1974, arthur ransome, Bobby Moore, Cineam Today, Cinema History, Claude Whatham, Cumbria, Daphne Neville, Earl Compton, EMI, film poster, Film Premier, Filmmaking, floral shirt, Jane Grendon, Kit Seymour, Lady Bridport, Lady Nelson, Lady Onslow, Laura Ashley dress, Lesley Bennett, Matching shirt and tie, nuns, Odeon Shaftesbury Avenue, On this day 4th April, OTD 4th April, Princess Helena Mountafian, Programme for a film premier, Richard Pilbrow, Ronald Fraser, Simon West, sophie neville, Stephen Grendon, Suzanna Hamilton, swallows and amazons, Swallows and Amazons film 1974, Swallows and Amazons movie 1974, the Exorcist, Ticket for a film premier, tv and film, Virginia McKenna18 Comments on 4th April marks the Anniversary of the release of 'Swallows & Amazons' (1974)
'Don't all child actors get into drink and drugs?'
Outside the ABC in Shaftesbury Avenue at the premier of 'Swallows & Amazons' in 1974. The nuns were amused to find 'The Exorcist' was on at the same time.
An editor at the Sunday Telegraph magazine asked me recently,
Not I, said the fly. I'm afraid I was far too Swallows and Amazons-ish and sensible. And I lived deep in the countryside, out of the reach of dealers looking for kids with a little bit of money.
Simon West working with Claude Whatham in 1973
Simon West told me that spent the money he earned from appearing in films and television on sailing dinghies. It was a good investment. At the age of about fifteen he won the British Championships in what must have been the new fibreglass model of Optimist. Until that time they had been constructed of plywood.
Suzanna Hamilton looking at her scar while sailing Swallow with Simon West
I remember that Suzanna Hamilton spent the extra cash she was given from being brave about swimming in Coniston Water on a Swiss Army penknife. I had never seen one before. She cut her finger so badly making arrows from hazel saplings with the Property Master that the director banned her from using it. I was rather envious of her scar.
Suzanna wrote to tell me:
'I wasn't allowed to spend much of my money until I bought an extremely good oboe. A few pounds (were spent) on some budgies (one lovely male named Ransome and one named Rio – a flighty female). She was a bad influence and they both flew out the window in the end. Ransome used to sit on my head very happily when I only had him.'
Sten Grendon aged eight, as Roger Walker
We really didn't earn that much back in 1973, but all children dream of what they could do if they had a little bit of cash. Sten Grendon told me that he spent some of his first BBC fee on a bike. All he wanted to do with his earning from appearing in Swallows & Amazons was to buy the biggest Lego set in the world. His father found one for £20 and put the rest into a savings account.
Any money I made from being in films was immediately locked up in Barclay's Unicorn Unit Trusts. My riding teacher tried to persuade Mum to let me buy a decent horse I could use to compete with. A very beautiful Palamino was offered. This wasn't a bad idea, as I would have gained skills and confidence, although I couldn't see myself as a British Champion.
'The real Queen Bess didn't grow up on Sydney Harbour'
Instead I eventually spent my savings on a ticket to Australia where I took a boat up Sydney Harbour and I learnt to dive on the Great Barrier Reef.
Sophie Neville (right) diving off the east coast of Australia
I had just finished directing a drama-documentary that featured children at a west London school. Whilst we were busy filming in the art room a teacher rushed in to tell us not to let anyone go outside. Drug addicts had been mugging kids crossing the playing fields for their dinner money. I was obliged to pay the eleven-year-olds who took the lead roles by sending their parents a decent set of professional photographs. Paying them in cash was too risky.
Sophie Neville directing a sequence with BBC cameraman Lorraine Smith
You can read more about what it was like to find ourselves in such extraordinary circumstances in The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons, available as an ebook from all the online retailers or in the paperback entitled, 'The Making of Swallows and Amazons'.
Author Sophie NevillePosted on December 16, 2013 September 8, 2022 Categories 1973, Acting, Autobiography, Claude Whatham, Film Cast, Film crew, Film History, Filmaking, Lake District, Memoir, Movie stories, Sophie Neville, Suzanna Hamilton, Swallows and Amazons, truelife story, Uncategorized, Zanna HamiltonTags #1974, British Championships, budgies, Child actors, Daphne Neville, film crew, Filming, Filmmaking, Lego, Lorraine Smith, Optimist sailing dinghy, Simon West, sophie neville, Sten Grendon, Stephen Grendon, swallows and amazons, Swiss Army penknife, Sydney Harbour, the biggest Lego set in the world, tv and film, Zanna Hamilton9 Comments on 'Don't all child actors get into drink and drugs?'
Questions about making the classic film Swallows and Amazons (1974)
Behind-the-scenes while filming 'Swallows & Amazons' in 1973
The classic movie of Swallows & Amazons is often broadcast on BBC TV. If you would like to know more about how the film was made you can find the details on this site or leave any questions in the comments box below.
To read about our first day's filming at Haverthwaite Railway Station click here and keep reading.
Sophie Neville having her hair cut on location for the part of Titty Walker in 1973
Do you know what lake we were on in the photograph below? We were busy loading urns of tea into a run-around boat to take out to the film crew who might have been on Cormorant Island. If you click on the photo you will get to the page of my diary, kept in June 1973, which describes this day.
Wardrobe Master Terry Smith and Sophie Neville in her costume to play Titty. But what is the name of the boatman? Does anybody know?
There are still many questions about the making of the movie that remain unanswered.
Does anyone know the name of this journalist who visited us on Peel Island?
This shot was taken while setting up the scene at Peel Island when Captain Flint brings Sammy the Policeman to question the Swallows. If you click on the photo you will find the photograph that the journalist ended up with. Titty's hand is still on Captain Flint's arm.
Making a movie is very different from watching one. Here is a record of Titty rehearsing the shot when she moves the camping equipment for fear of a tidal wave. It was a cold day on Coniston Water. The jersey came off when they went for a take.
Here you can see Lesley Bennett, playing Peggy Blackett, careening Amazon at Beckfoot. The same 35mm Panavision camera was focused on Kit Seymour, playing Captain Nancy.
Lesley Bennett as Peggy: Claude Whatham directing the scene with Kit Seymour
The location used for Beckfoot and the Amazon boathouse can be found at Brown Howe on the western bank of Coniston Water. If you click on the photograph of Peggy you can read more about what happened that day.
Kit Seymour playing Nancy Blackett and Lesley Bennett playing Peggy Blackett
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You can read the full story about the making of Swallows and Amazons here:
Author Sophie NevillePosted on September 14, 2013 May 22, 2022 Categories 1973, Acting, Arthur Ransome, Autobiography, Biography, British Film, Cinema, Claude Whatham, Cumbria, David Wood, Diary, Dinghy sailing, Film, Film Cast, Film crew, Film History, Film production, Filmaking, Lake District, Memoir, Movie, Movie stories, questions about filmmaking, Richard Pilbrow, sailing film, Sophie Neville, Steam train Haverthwaite Railway Station, Suzanna Hamilton, Swallows & Amazons, Swallows and Amazons, Titty from Swallows and Amazons, Titty in Swallows and Amazons, truelife story, Uncategorized, Zanna HamiltonTags #1974, 1973, Actor, Actress, Amazon boathouse, arthur ransome, Boathouse, Brown Howe, Cat Bells, Child actors, childhood memories, Claude Whatham, Coniston, Coniston Water, Cumbria, Derwent Water, Derwentwater, EMI, Family, Familyfilm, familymovie, Film, film cast, film crew, Filmmaking, Girl receiving haircut, Haircut, ITV3, Kit Seymour, lake district, Lesley Bennett, movie, Nancy Blackett, outdoor haircut, outdoor pursuits, Panavision Camera, Peel Island, Peggy Blackett, Richard Pilbrow, Ronald Fraser, Ronnie Cogan, Simon West, Stephen Grendon, Suzanna Hamilton, swallows and amazons, Swallows and Amazons film 1974, Titty Walker, tv and film, Westmorland, Zanna Hamilton10 Comments on Questions about making the classic film Swallows and Amazons (1974)
Rowing down a lake with a parrot on my shoulder: the film that replaced the test card.
When I was about thirteen, we were given a green parrot from South America called Chico. A shot of me, rowing down a lake with the parrot on my shoulder, was used to replace the test card image of Carol Hersey playing tic tac toe with a hideous clown.
Robin Hellier (in yellow) working with a 16mm film camera and his crew from BBC Bristol. I am sitting at the head of the table. Tamzin has our parrot on her shoulder.
Chico was wonderfully tame and came everywhere, chatting away in Spanish. He was much more affectionate – and less of a treat – than Beauty, the parrot with a Lancastrian accent who played Polly in Captain Flint's cabin. One minute he'd be sitting on Tamzin's shoulder, the next, he'd be on mine.
Sophie, Perry and Tamzin Neville appearing in short film shot on 16mm for 'Animal Magic' being produced for the BBC NHU by Robin Hellier (in yellow sweater).
We didn't always have tea with a parrot, but once the film of Swallows and Amazons was on general release I was often invited to appear on radio or television. This usually entailed going to a studio to appear on a magazine programme such as Points West or Nationwide. However, Robin Hellier, who had just begun working for the BBC on Animal Magic, was thrilled to hear that I really did have a green parrot and brought a film crew from Bristol to our house. We didn't know at the time that some of the footage taken would end up filling endless small gaps in the schedules.
Robin Hellier directing a sequence featuring Sophie Neville, her parrot Chico and Lucy and Leonard the donkeys with Daphne Neville and Tamzin Neville
Although the focus of the item was a profile of my role in Swallows and Amazons, the aim must have been to get as many animals on the programme as possible since they also featured our donkeys having their feet trimmed. The faithful parrot was still on my shoulder. I don't know what the blacksmith thought.
Leonard and Lucy the donkeys, Tamzin, Daphne and Sophie (in green) with Chico the parrot, standing-by for Robin Hellier who was speaking to our farrier Graham Williams. You can see how much taller I had grown in a year.
I thought Robin Hellier was a brilliant director, far better than Claude Whatham at letting us know what he wanted to achieve. I was able to tell Robin this when I found myself working with him in South Africa twenty-two years later. He laughed, admitting that it was the very first film he ever directed. Being conscientious, he took the trouble to write to let me know when it was to be broadcast, although I can't remember ever seeing it go out.
Children's television was watched by everyone I knew in the 1970s. Letters poured in. My mother loved getting them. The volume was such that I think she had to answer some of them for me.
And over the years the letters have kept coming.
These came from a girl I corresponded with for years. My friends at university were amazed to find letters arriving addressed to Titty, but they were always charming. I appreciated them more and more as the years went by.
My mother only wrote me one proper letter while I was away at boarding school. It was to tell me that Chico had died. He spent so much time flying free that he caught a virus off wild birds and could not be saved. I was utterly inconsolable.
Animal Magic continued to featured through our childhood until 1982, when I started working at BBC Television myself. Johnny Morris, who presented the series, became a legend in his own time and is remembered with great affection.
A WildFilm History interview of Robin Hellier can be viewed on this link:
http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/oh/44/clip/975/section/357/Robin+Hellier%3A+Reflections+on+a+career+at+the+BBC+Natural+History+Unit.html
Author Sophie NevillePosted on November 30, 2012 December 1, 2022 Categories animal stories, Autobiography, Biography, Claude Whatham, Film Cast, Film crew, Film History, Filmaking, Letters, Memoir, Movie stories, Sophie Neville, Suzanna Hamilton, Swallows and Amazons, truelife storyTags #1974, #Correspondence, 16mm movie camera 1974, animal magic, Animal Magic theme tune, BBC Children's TV of the 'seventies, BBC history of the test card, Daphne Neville, Donkeys, fan letters, fan mail, film crew, Filmmaking, Green Parrot, History of the BBC test card, Johnny Morris, Kit Seymour, letters, photos of a BBC documentary crew, Robin Hellier, Robin Hellier director, sophie neville, Suzanna Hamilton, swallows and amazons, Tamzin Neville, Titty Walker, tv and film2 Comments on Rowing down a lake with a parrot on my shoulder: the film that replaced the test card.
How children responded to the film of 'Swallows and Amazons' in 1974
The last thing that I had expected was to receive fan letters! They came pouring in. My mother kept them all. Because most of them were written to me by children I have cut out the names and addresses on the letters copied here, but since we are all thirty-eight years older, I am sure everyone can cope with seeing their own handwriting. This letter cames from someone who, despite living half way across the world, now happens to be a friend of mine on Facebook.
EMI sent me these photographs of myself to sign and send on. I'm afraid I didn't like them one bit. They had been taken as publicity shots and it still shows. The staged pose was exactly what Claude Whatham had been working hard to avoid. Sadly he hadn't been around to direct this shot. I look like a Woodetop and Spot the Dog rolled into one.
Sophie Neville swinging on a gate at Bank Ground Farm above Coniston Water in 1973
However, sending a photograph was not aways enough. I had the hard work of replying to the letters.
There were so many questions to answer.
And I felt beholden to reply immediately.
And once I replied, yet more letters arrived:
This was a good question, of course.
Fiona was 10. Everyone wanted to know if a sequel was coming out. I have a letter from Kit –
Kit Seymour, who seemed to know about Richard Pilbrow's plans to adapt Arthur Ransome's book 'Great Northern?' set in the Outer Hebrides. She must have sent me this second letter in about January 1974 – between Christmas and the premiere.
I wish we had made 'Great Northern?' It was my favorite Arthur Ransome book. Dramatising it would have been such fun. I don't know why I was so negative, but I remember writing to Richard Pilbrow and telling him that Ransome was mistaken and had his facts about Great Northern Divers quite wrong. I had looked up information in an ancient bird book belonging to my father and wrote the most facetious letter about their geographical distribution. I hope it didn't put him off. I should had used my time to persuade my fans to write enthusiastic letters to EMI Films. I'm sure this viewer would have convinced Nat Cohen.
It was clear that what children wanted was more of the same. I think it is true today. Parents tell me that even though the movie of 'Swallows and Amazons' has no really terrifying moments or spectacular visual effects, children tend to snuggle down peacefully and identify with the characters. The outcome, especially if they are taken to the real locations, is that they often take on our names for themselves, enjoying the fun of camping and swimming, fishing and sailing in the Lake District.
If you can read about how we made the film and what happened as a result here
Author Sophie NevillePosted on November 26, 2012 August 19, 2022 Categories 1973, Acting, Arthur Ransome, Autobiography, Cinema, Claude Whatham, Cumbria, Film, Film Cast, Film History, Humor, Humour, Lake District, Letters, Memoir, Movie, Movie stories, Richard Pilbrow, Sophie Neville, Suzanna Hamilton, Swallows and Amazons, truelife storyTags #1974, #Correspondence, 'Great Northern?', 'Nationwide', 1973, arthur ransome, Bank Ground Farm, Children's letters, Claude Whatham, Coniston, EMI, fan letters, Fan letters about a movie, Kit Seymour, lake district, movie sequel, sophie neville, Titty Walker5 Comments on How children responded to the film of 'Swallows and Amazons' in 1974

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Dlhá Ves – wieś (obec) na Słowacji położona w kraju koszyckim, w powiecie Rożniawa. Miejscowość znajduje się w mezoregionie Kras Słowacki (Slovenský kras). Przepływa przez nią Ardovský potok.

Opis miejscowości
Pierwsze wzmianki o miejscowości pochodzą z roku 1332.

Według danych z dnia 31 grudnia 2012, wieś zamieszkiwało 569 osób, w tym 296 kobiet i 273 mężczyzn.

W 2001 roku rozkład populacji względem narodowości i przynależności etnicznej wyglądał następująco:
 Słowacy – 13,15%
 Czesi – 0,16%
 Węgrzy – 86,7%

Ze względu na wyznawaną religię struktura mieszkańców kształtowała się w 2001 roku następująco:
 Katolicy rzymscy – 14,71%
 Grekokatolicy – 0,31%
 Ewangelicy – 54,93%
 Ateiści – 16,9%
 Nie podano – 3,76%

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Q: LINQ generates unexpected SQL I'm new in .NET Core and probably don't understand nature of LINQ well.
Trying to filter Oracle table using LINQ
var rows = TableLoan.Where(x => x.OfficeId == 10
                                && x.IssueDate >= IssueDateFrom
                                && x.IssueDate <= IssueDateTo
                                && x.DueDate >= DueDateFrom
                                && x.DueDate <= DueDateTo);
rows = rows.Skip(PerPage * (Page-1)).Take(PerPage);
result = rows.ToList();

When I check the SQL in the database, it looks a bit strange for me and logic is different
SELECT
       "x"."DUE_DATE",
       "x"."ISSUE_DATE",
       "x"."OFFICE_ID"
FROM "LOAN" "x"
WHERE (((("x"."OFFICE_ID" = 10) AND ("x"."ISSUE_DATE" >= :issueDateFrom_0)) AND
        ("x"."ISSUE_DATE" <= :issueDateTo_1)) AND ("x"."DUE_DATE" >= :dueDateFrom_2))
  AND ("x"."DUE_DATE" <= :dueDateTo_3)
OFFSET :p_4 ROWS FETCH NEXT :p_5 ROWS ONLY;

Expected WHERE section
SELECT
       "x"."DUE_DATE",
       "x"."ISSUE_DATE",
       "x"."OFFICE_ID"
FROM "LOAN" "x"
WHERE "x"."OFFICE_ID" = 10
  AND "x"."ISSUE_DATE" >= :issueDateFrom_0
  AND "x"."ISSUE_DATE" <= :issueDateTo_1
  AND "x"."DUE_DATE" >= :dueDateFrom_2
  AND "x"."DUE_DATE" <= :dueDateTo_3
OFFSET :p_4 ROWS FETCH NEXT :p_5 ROWS ONLY;

How should I change LINQ to stop generate useless parentheses?
Thanks!

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At the heart of endless plains of Vojvodina, stands Fruška gora Mountain. Mountain which once represented the island in the Pannonian Sea, today extends above the Danube river, occupying northern part of Srem region all the way to the Croatian border in the West. Mountain is covered with dense deciduous forests, and its importance is immeasurable for mountaineers, hikers and for all of us who love to spend free time in the nature.
Someone who visits this mountain for the first time will probably notice the markings on trees in the form of heart. This is a certain sign that you are on one of the 19 marked paths, particularly marked for purpose of ''Fruškogorski Marathon'', which takes place in late April each year. Organizers of the marathon claim that solely to sincere love for the nature and thanking to friendship of good people this marathon survived over the years. One of those marathons made Fruška gora my second home backyard.
To see all of its beauty, I suggest that you find a comfortable shoes and to step on one of the many hiking trails. In addition to comfortable footwear (ideally get trekking shoes, but if you don't have those, firm sneakers would do just fine), it would be good to pack sandwiches and water for the day in a backpack, as well as a jacket in case of wind. Special mountaineer equipment is not required. Fruška gora is a mountain with mild configuration of terrain and as such is not difficult for hiking.
Hikes on Fruška gora can be very diverse. Paths lead through pastures and orchards spread around the slopes, some of those take turn to medieval monasteries hidden all over the mountain, others can take you to forgotten villages and through old forests of beech and lindens to one of the many picnic areas on the mountain.
My favorite trail starts from the central part (Iriški venac, Kraljeva stolica) and through the forest takes down to the Ethnic village Vrdnička kula. There is no better place for rest! Ideal opportunity to make coffee break is on the terrace of a restaurant located at the very edge of the forest with a beautiful view towards the village! The same restaurant offers very delicious homemade strudel with cherries (order two, believe me!). It is easy to get carried away here, but I manage to resist the temptation every time and the hike continues through Vrdnik, eventually re-entering old forest.
The forest here is something special! Tall trees are leaning over the valley where stream is running quietly. While walking the trail above the stream, the silence is disturbed only by the sound of leaves under the shoes, while the whole ambience irresistibly reminds of a place that could be visited by elves. At the moment when you hear remote roars of traffic from the road above, you'll realize that you have reached the end of this magic route.
There is a special place on the slopes of Fruška gora known to very small number of people, and which is worth of being found. On the west side, away from the beaten marked trails, is the best-kept secret of Fruška gora: Kišelez meadow where shepherds still tend their sheep! That kind of scene is almost forgotten in this part of Vojvodina, while the entire landscape looks significantly different from the rest of the mountain. Kišelez consists of several glades, edged by forest, where grass is not higher than few centimeters. The only problem may represent shepherd dogs and because of them you should be careful when choosing the point of access to the meadow, nevertheless it is really worth to come here and spend the day.
There are many more places which deserve their own section in this story. Starting from Andrevlje, Letenka, Zmajevac, Stražilovo with mountain hut and Villa Ravne that once was visited by ex-Yugoslavia president Tito even, through the Valley of chestnuts and finally Iriški venac. There are so many of those places, but I'm sure you'll find your own special place where you'll be returning gladly each time.
Equally beautiful in all seasons, Fruška gora is the ideal location for a break from city life, a place for spending time with friends and a place to re-establish contact with nature. Although Fruška gora has much to offer, perhaps the most valuable is peacefulness which can be sensed during the stay in forest, which, after all, cannot be described with words.
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Teresa Clotilde del Riego (Londres, Anglaterra, 7 d'abril de 1876 – Londres, Anglaterra, 23 de gener de 1968) fou una compositora amb parentiu espanyol que va escriure música per a piano, música de cambra i també per a orquestra, però és reconeguda per les més de 300 obres de gènere vocal que va fer al llarg de la seva vida. A més de ser compositora, també fou violinista, pianista i cantant.

Biografia
La seva educació gira al voltant del convent de Sacred Heart i el West Central College of Music de Londres, amb els professors Paolo Tosti i Marie Withrow. Escrivia la seva primera cançó als 12 anys.

Un cop casada amb Francis Graham Leadbitter, que moriria a la Primera Guerra Mundial, es va instal·lar al palauet Sycamore, Mundesley Road, a Norfolk. Teresa Del Riego, malgrat les guerres mundials, no va abandonar la música. Fou organitzadora i cantant en diversos concerts benèfics i en acabar la guerra va compondre The Unknown Warrior.

Teresa Clotilde del Riego morí a Londres a l'edat de 91 anys i està enterrada al cementiri de Norfolkt, al costat de les tombes dels seus germans John Anthony i Agnes.

Obra
Del Riego va publicar més de 300 cançons i balades, moltes de les quals es convertirien ràpidament en temes populars del moment, com Homing (1917) o O Dry Those Tears (1901), que va vendre 33.000 còpies al llarg de sis setmanes, i altres melodies com Happy Song, To Phyllida, Sink Red Sun, Slave Song i Thank God for a Garden, que es feren molt populars a l'Anglaterra de començaments de segle XX.

Grans cantants de l'època, com ara Emma Albani, Nellie Melba, Gervase Elwes, Clara Butt o Maggie Teyte, varen cantar cançons seves que van esdevenir tot un èxit. A més dels enregistraments discogràfics que va fer en vida, sobre tot per al segell Victor-Parlofhone, les seves obres s'han anat reeditant al llarg del segle XX en el món anglosaxó.

Obra vocal
La majoria de les peces de gènere vocal de Teresa del Riego estan pensades per ser acompanyades amb el piano.

Obra instrumental i vocal
A la següent taula hi trobem altres composicions de Teresa del Riego. Es diferencia de la taula anterior per la instrumentació. En aquest cas també hi trobem obres on predomina la veu però l'acompanyament no es limita únicament al piano.

Referències

Enllaços externs
 https://www.europeana.eu/portal/es/record/9200474/BibliographicResource_3000149434887.html?q=Teresa+del+Riego
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We love to highlight the inspiring work with refugees and immigrants undertaken by churches across the nation. This story of St. Isabel's Lutheran Church in New Jersey comes to you from our monthly newsletter, Rebuilding Hope.
Pastor Collazo and his congregation at St. Isabel's have a vibrant ministry visiting immigrants in the local detention center. Almost 80 church members are serving and helping immigrants in this way, whether offering the emotional support and friendship detainees need or even helping detainees get access to necessities like glasses.
Pastor Collazo himself holds a regular Bible study for detainees, helps provide English classes, and uses the Know Your Rights booklet to help detainees understand their rights. And the church has a lawyer available to meet with detainees and answer questions.
"All the people who come through the church contribute in one way or another and they are a great resource," says Pastor Collazo. "We prioritize direct contact with the detainees, and talking to them directly. Sometimes they don't even know that we're coming to visit them, but when they see us they feel happy and feel like someone is looking after them. They have hope, and no longer feel alone. Seeing their faces and smiles is the best thing you can encounter," Pastor Collazo says.
With approximately 34,000 immigrants in detention centers all across the nation, there is a great need for more people and churches to come alongside and be a support and encouragement to immigrants in detention. Please pray about how your church can get involved in this vital work.


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Update: Friday, April 1. Lumpia World cancelled for today.
What are you in the mood for this week for lunch? The options abound if you make your way to the Thornton Place area, where street food trucks will be parked at 9706 Fourth Ave.
The soup is on Tuesday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with Got Soup? serving Shrimp Etouffee; Chicken Makhani; and two vegan selections, Orange and Cumin Sweet Potato; and Wild Mushroom.
On Thursday, Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream will finish the month off serving its frozen delights from noon to 1:30 p.m., followed by a visit from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday by Lumpia World.


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Home Law Things You Should Know About Credit Card Frauds?
In this era, it is crucial for average consumers to be wary of possible credit card fraud that may affect them. It will be financially problematic if our credit card is used by criminals. We should be aware that no credit card provider that can assure 100 percent protection. Unauthorized parties don't need to actually steal our credit card, they can gain information to make purchase through our credit card account. When it happens, we can't expect that card issuers will refund all the money that we lose and it takes some effort to get our account corrected. After being inflicted with identity theft, we could get additional debts that worth a few thousands of dollars. For every gain that criminal gets will always mean a loss on the consumers' side. Merchants will also lose out, because they can't guarantee consumer safety.
The most common credit card fraud is when specific information is stolen and an online order for specific product is placed. The merchant has no way of knowing that the transaction is fraudulent and the product is shipped to the thief's location. Consumer often the first one who find out about this condition and the incident is reported to the credit card issuer, to cancel the transaction and issue new credit card information for the consumer. Things may go smoothly for the consumers, but the merchant still loses his item. This happens because credit card issuer doesn't want to lose their consumers and they need to maintain their reputation. However, the card issuer can also become the one that loses money, if the money has been paid to the merchant after the item is shipped. In this case, they may seek to get their money back and merchant may still lose the money that they recently received.
In this case, merchants will receive the retrieval notice from the credit card issuer during the fraud investigation process. Because it is quite likely that the merchant has unknowingly delivered the item to the criminal, they will be issued a chargeback. Not only that merchant will need to repay, they could also be charged the administration fee for the chargeback. So, it's not uncommon for merchants to become the actual victims of credit card frauds. Of course, it will be practical to recover the already shipped product and there's no one who will help the merchant to get their item back. In this case, merchants can only take steps to fully protect themselves against any kind of credit card fraud and prevention is always be the best remedy.
In this case, it is important for merchants to insulate themselves from potential problems. In this case, merchants should find a way to check and validate the identification of the virtual buyers. AVS or Address Verification Service is a technology that can help merchants to access essential information about the billing address of credit cards. It means that the registered address of the card's holder can be compared with the address used by the potential fraudster.


The Pope pointed to the paradox of Jesus's prayer, asking for glory when His "passion is at the gates". He explained that this Biblical glory is the revelation of God, the distinctive and definitive manifestation of His presence and salvation among men. And Jesus is this manifestation, which He does at Easter, glorified as He is lifted up on the cross.
Thus God reveals His glory, removing the last veil and surprising us as never before. We discover that the glory of God is all love: pure, unbridled and unthinkable love, beyond all limits and measures.
The Pope urged Christians to pray like Jesus asking the Father that they be able to accept that "God is love". Many times, he said, we imagine God as master and not as Father, a severe judge and not as a merciful Saviour.
At Easter, the Pope said, God closes distances, revealing Himself in the humility of a love that demands our love. And when we live everything with love and from the heart, we give Him glory, because "true glory is the glory of love". Only love gives life to the world.
The Pope pointed out that this glory is the opposite of worldly glory, in which one is admired, praised, acclaimed and becomes the centre of attention. Paradoxically, God's glory is without applause, without an audience. At Easter, the Pope said, we see the Father glorifying the Son and the Son glorifying the Father – none of them glorifies Himself. The Pope asked Christians to examine themselves whether they live God's or their glory; whether they want to receive or also give.
The Pope then spoke about Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane after His Last Supper. While His disciples are asleep and Judas is coming with the soldiers, Jesus feels the "fear and anguish" of the betrayal, contempt, suffering and failure that await Him. In the abyss of his sadness and desolation, He addresses the Father with the "most tender and sweet word: 'Abba'", that is, Father.
In His trials, Jesus teaches us to embrace the Father in prayer in order to find the strength to go through pain. "Amidst trials," the Pope said, "prayer brings relief, trust and comfort." In His abandonment and interior desolation, Jesus is not alone, He is with the Father.
On the other hand, in "our Gethsemane" we often choose to remain alone instead of crying out to the "Father" and entrusting ourselves to Him, like Jesus. By remaining closed in ourselves we dig a tunnel within, a painful introverted path that only goes deeper and deeper into ourselves.
The Pope noted that our biggest problem is not pain, but how to deal with it. He said it is prayer and not solitude that offers a way out because prayer is relationship and trust. Jesus entrusts everything to the Father, bringing Him His feelings and counting on Him totally in His struggle. Recalling that each of us has his or her own Gethsemane, he urged Christians to pray to the Father.
Finally, the Holy Father drew attention to the third prayer of Jesus: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing." (Luke 23,34). At the moment of His crucifixion, Jesus prays for those who were wicked to Him and His killers. It is at that moment of most acute pain, when His wrists and feet are pierced with nails and when pain reaches its peak, love reaches its climax. Forgiveness, the gift of immense power, then arrives breaking the circle of evil.
In conclusion, the Holy Father exhorted Christians to pray for the grace to live their days with love for the glory of God; to know how to entrust ourselves to the Father amid trials calling him "Father", and in encountering Him to find forgiveness and the courage to forgive. "The Father forgives us and He gives us the courage to be able to forgive," the Pope added.


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In anticipation of EA's recently released Star Wars Battlefront II, the publisher decided to reactivate the servers for the old school Star Wars Battlefront II back in October 2017 to increase hype for the game. Unfortunately, with the whole loot box controversy that plummeted gamers interest in the title brought many players sticking to the revived shooter from 2005.
Now Disney has thrown a little patch update to the game to fix some issues with the multiplayer servers, of which you can see down below.
Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) Patch Notes
Minor bug fixes and optimized performance, the most important fixes are:
Lobby functionality has been improved.
Steam usernames should now display correctly.
Ping calculations are more accurate.
The classic shooter of the same name as Electronic Art's reboot was originally developed by Pandemic Studios, and came out in 2005 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows and Xbox. Since then it faded away as the new generation of consoles took over since then many fans have still praised it as the best star wars title to have ever released. (That, and Republic Comando, obviously).
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Arraial do Cabo is a little town 160km away from Rio de Janeiro with some of the best beaches in the area - and possibly all of Brazil.
While in Rio, I had time for only 1 dayrtip (unfortunately), so I chose Arraial do Cabo. I decided to leave Paraty and Ilha Grande for next time, simply because they require more than 1 day to properly enjoy them.
With Arraial, I thought it would be easy... One hour bus ride there in the morning, spend the whole day, one hour bus ride back. Two hours if there's traffic.
Well... I was wrong. It took exactly 3 hours to get there. The last 45 minutes were spent in a huge traffic jam, all going into the small town of Arraial. I guess it was the peak of Brazilian summer, right after New Year, and everyone was on holiday and going to the beach.
Oh well, there was nothing I could do to avoid the crowds.
When I finally got to Arraial, it was 11am. I had a quick Acaì for breakfast, then headed for my first beach: Praia do Forno!
This beach required a quick hike up a hill. The 40-degree heat made it a bit more difficult than I thought, but I was rewarded with the views!
The beach was absolutely packed. I managed to find a spot with relatively few people in the water. The water was crystal clear and amazing to swim in.
After about an hour here, I decided I had enough of the crowds. and was ready to move on.
I hiked back over the hill and did a quick lunch break in town for pastel de camarao and coconut water. Then I walked to the other side of town (it's very small) and started the hike to the next beach - As Prainhas do Pontal do Atalaia.
Those are actually two small beaches, divided by a cliff in the middle. During low tide they become one beach. People usually come here by boat, by car or by pick-up truck (there are a few of those that drive the touristts around). However, I decided to hike.
This was the view when I got off the pick-up truck.
All those beautiful shades of blue! I couldn't wait to get in that water.
Yes it was crowded, not as much as the previous beach. Again I managed to find some spots without many people. I hid my things between the rocks and went swimming! I spent the entire day here, playing in the small waves.
When it was time to leave, I tried to do a different hike back, and pass by a small hidden beach - Praia Brava. Unfortunately, the trail was closed off. I did see some nice views from the cliffs though.
Soon I was back in town, just in time to have another acaì and a coffee before getting on the bus back to Rio.
The journey back was even worse than the first one - it took exactly 4 hours. The first 2 hours were spent in traffic jams, just to get out of the area! To top it off, the driver had the bus AC at 18 degrees and was not willing to raise the temperature. I spent 4 hours shivering in my beach dress! I've never been happier to get off at a hot and humid bus station than that day.


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Ezekiel 25
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Hengstenberg's Commentary
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The last division of the prophecy deals with the subject of the ultimate restoration of the chosen nation. It falls into three sections. The first has to do with the nations, the second with the nation, and the last describes the restored order.
The prophecies concerning the nations fall into three groups. The fist pronounced the doom of four, the second the doom of two, and the third the doom of one.
The doom of four dealt with Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia. The children of Ammon had exulted over the destruction of the sanctuary and mocked Israel in the days of her desolation, and Judah when she went into captivity. Therefore Ammon was to be overcome by the children of the East. Moab and Seir had witnessed the degradation of Judah, and rejoiced therein, and judgment was determined against them. Edom had been brutal in her treatment of Judah, taking vengeance on her. Therefore the land of Edom was to be made desolate and her people cut off. Philistia had taken vengeance with perpetual enmity, and therefore vengeance was determined against her.
It is to be especially and particularly noticed that each of these dooms ends with the same thought. By judgment on the people who have failed to recognize Jehovah through the government of His own people, He will make them know that He is Jehovah.
Morgan, G. Campbell. "Commentary on Ezekiel 25". "Morgan's Exposition on the Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gcm/ezekiel-25.html. 1857-84.


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Has anyone ever mastered the cross between a smirk and a scowl better than Jack Nicholson?
It really doesn't matter which of his movies I watch, I always half-expect him to show us his gnashers and whisper: "Here's Johnny."
Of course, The Passenger is not as famous as The Shining or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest but it still has a place in a catalogue of work which has spanned five decades.
Nicholson retired from acting in 2010 and it has been speculated that memory loss has been a key factor.
Therefore, it is worth reminding ourselves of one of the greatest examples of screen presence in cinema history.
During Michelangelo Antonioni's film, Nicholson plays journalist David Locke who finds himself at a story's dead end in a bleak desert hotel in Chad.
While there he comes across the mysterious Mr Robertson (Charles Mulvehill) with whom he shares a drink before finding him dead of a heart attack.
What was Robertson doing in the desert and is he the key to Locke's story?
The latter decides to try to answer these questions by swapping identities with a dead man.
What he goes on to discover could have made headlines but his daring move also opens other opportunities.
Meanwhile, his wife (Jenny Runacre) and friend (Ian Hendry) refuse to believe he is dead and go in pursuit so he seeks help from a young tourist (Maria Schneider).
The Passenger's backdrop is so hot and sweaty I could feel beads down the back of my neck even though I watched it in January.
And Nicholson is splendidly enigmatic as Locke never entirely reveals to those around him the purpose of his actions which take him across Africa and Europe.
Indeed, The Passenger isn't a straightforward film, demanding attention from its viewer to keep up with plot nuances despite being rather slow in parts.
It also has a rather unsatisfying finale.
Nevertheless, an opportunity to see Nicholson in his prime is always worth taking and Antonioni brings out the best in him.
Reasons to watch: Jack Nicholson at his peak
Reasons to avoid: Slow to get going
Nudity: Bare bums
Did you know? In newly independent Chad, Muslim dissatisfaction with its first president, Ngarta Tombalbaye – a Christian southerner – developed into a guerrilla war. This, combined with a severe drought, undermined his rule. In 1975 he was murdered in a coup.
The final word - Michelangelo Antonioni: "In The Passenger I have not tampered with reality. I looked at it with the same eye with which the hero, a reporter, looks at the events he is reporting on. Objectivity is one of the themes of the film. If you look closely, there are two documentaries in the film, Locke's documentary on Africa and mine on him."
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We have a curious issue where certain dynamic map services (10.6 Server, SQL Server 2016) from the same database take an extra long time to start up and use about 30% cpu each. Once these services do start up and the CPU levels off, they perform well and as expected. Other services with data in other databases don't give us these issues.
The user experience is similar. 1st thing in the morning when the app/services are 1st accessed, they take a minute or 2 to come alive. Once they do, they are fast for that user and all others as well.
We have run all possible maintenance tasks on the db (Compress, indexes, stats). Run perfQanalyzer on the map docs (the data draws quickly in ArcMap). Everything looks like it should be working perfectly in AGS (and does after the initial load). It's just the slow start up.
Any ideas on how we could troubleshoot this, or ideas on where to look next? I have a band-aid script in place that put's get requests in to each service 1st thing in the morning to "wake them up." This keeps the 1st users in the office happier. I have also adjusted the recyling to happen right before work starts to see if that helps.


I've always loved books. One of my earliest memories from moving to C-Town is sitting in my little green rocking chair, surrounded by my books, and wishing Mom would stop what she was doing (unpacking) and read to me.
Most children think the world started when they were born, but I was a little different. I thought a love for the written word started with me. After all, about the only time I saw one of my parents read, it was them reading a book to me or one of my sibs. Why would I believe otherwise?
As soon as my brother or sisters learned to read, I loved to take them downtown to get their first library card.
So this weekend, while cleaning out a file cabinet in my office, I rediscovered something I found when I lived in Grandmother's house. First, I found this.
I took it to Dad and asked who it had belonged to, and he said it had been his. I don't know if you can read in the picture, but it says, BOOK TWO, (The First Reader). BTW: The copyright is 1925.
Dad's first grade book! And probably a school book, not from church.
It has stories with names such as, "Jesus Growing Up," and "God Speaking to a Little Boy." Try putting that in a public school reader today!
Not long later, I found two more books.
This edition was published in 1942, when Dad was 12 years old. I have to think he read it when he was in 6th grade. How do I know they're his?
Because he wasn't shy about writing his name in his books. I don't know if he bought and read them because he just like reading or if they were class assignments. I'll try to remember to ask him.
WEE WILLIE WINKIE, by Rudyard Kipling, has some interesting story titles.
Not long ago, Sister Cindy boxed up Dad's books and sent them to the office. I knew they were coming and figured they'd be about geology. Some were. Some were religious books, and some were books he just enjoyed reading.
The boxes, stacked full of books, lined the hallway for about twenty feet.
Where are they now? Going into my office, of course!.
I love having things my dad has enjoyed.
I love knowing a book I read (and cried over) when I was a kid is one he read, too.
And I love knowing I come by my love for reading from my dad as well as my mom.
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All these cyber threats are real and need to be addressed — but there's a threat closer to home that too often gets ignored and that continually drives information security experts to distraction.
That threat comes from your managers, employees, and business partners.
For years, surveys that track vulnerability concerns among information security professionals have ranked "insider" threats at the top of the list. "Insiders" in this context include everyone who has permission to operate "inside" your network perimeter — and thus have a legitimate presence in your network. In the modern managed services world, they might not actually work for you directly, but they need to have at least some access to your systems and data in order to do work on your behalf.
Even so, "employees" rank highest among the groups causing concern (probably because non-employees are more likely to have restricted and controlled access to critical information), and the evidence suggests that they mostly go undetected, their misbehavior being discovered by forensic analysis only after they have left.
Interestingly, although financial gain remains the top motivation for bad behavior, "convenience" ranks a close second — employees ignore the rules because they see them as inconvenient and don't understand the consequences of their actions. Because these threats arise inside the network perimeter, intrusion prevention and detection systems, designed to counter unauthorized access attempts from outside, aren't much use against them. We need something extra.
Retrospective review: Watch everything that goes on and record every event. Then analyze the record of events (usually a set of "log" files) to discover who did what, when. This "Security Information and Event Management" (SIEM) approach can be a powerful forensic tool, but it generally catches problems and the people that caused them only after the fact. Important, but useful for prosecution rather than prevention.
User Behavior Analysis (UBA): We are all to some degree creatures of habit, and when we decide to behave badly, our patterns of behavior almost always change in detectable ways. If you watch what people do on a routine basis and see unexpected changes (which often show up quickly), you can often intervene before or just as a bad action occurs. This approach can be especially useful for individuals who are in situations known to correlate strongly with bad behavior: recently quit; passed over for a promotion or bonus; about to be disciplined or fired, and so on. You can also pay close attention to anyone in a position of trust — anyone who has privileges that could lead to bad outcomes if abused.
Of course, watching what everyone does all the time can be an expensive proposition in a large business where there may be tens or hundreds of thousands of credentialed users. You need to address two aspects of the problem: what constitutes a "bad" behavior pattern, and what constitutes a meaningful change in behavior.
We can use a combination of machine learning and predictive analytics to attack both aspects of the insider threat. Historical analysis of the SIEM data (and there will generally be a lot of it) can discover the patterns that identify bad behavior. User-specific risk profile scores provide a baseline against which to evaluate possible deviations from normal behavior. Alerts trigger additional focused monitoring and prevention activities.
Not all bad behavior is directly malicious. You might be surprised at how many other factors — curiosity, boredom, and jealousy, for example — can lead employees to behave outside of what's necessary or permitted for their roles, even if the results don't cause additional direct harm. Yet abuse of privilege is an underlying pathology of many bad outcomes, and weeding it out early can save embarrassment and possible disaster later.
Supporting both SIEM and UBA approaches are technologies that restrict or prevent the "exfiltration" of data. As portable devices have become more capacious and network connections faster, the need to respond quickly and effectively has grown. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools monitor network traffic for patterns (in terms of content, volume, or timing) that should not be present and block outbound routes. That's important, but so are policies and processes that prevent employees from using USB drives to carry out data in a pocket or purse.
No approach to information security can guarantee you'll never have a problem — the price of safety is constant vigilance — but the tools and practices of SIEM, UBA, and DLP can help. And there's no longer an excuse for not using them.
Do you know who's about to go rogue in your business?


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