It doesn't seem right to read the second half of psalm 19 about the goodness of God's law without having read the beginning of the psalm that declares "The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork." The beauty, harmony and order we see in the stars is found in God's ordering of human life by the Torah/teaching/"law" given to Israel: "The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul… making wise the simple… rejoicing the heart… enlightening the eyes… enduring forever." God's commands to live faithfulness and mercy are "sweeter also than honey" and more desirable than gold.
Into the chaos of this last week, and the wrenching trauma of sexual assault, raging anger, and bitter partisanship, comes this sweet word about God's gracious ordering of the world.
Where Joshua would seek to control and limit God's work; Moses wants to see it spread. And so then we hear Jesus with disciples who also want to control and limit God's work: "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us." He wasn't on our team. He wasn't one of us. We can't allow him to succeed – even though he was freeing people from demons.
We are living in the sorrows of partisanship. And Christians have been brutally successful at tribalism through the ages. Pretty disgraceful given that our Lord welcomed all. Pretty disgraceful given that our Lord said it was better to have a millstone tied around your neck and be cast into the sea rather than cause anyone to waver in their allegiance to Jesus. And it is better to cut off your hand or tear out your eye – the punishment for lawbreakers still in some parts of the world – than betray God's reign of mercy and life.
Moses was right. Would that God's Spirit were upon all of us.
"Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders." – Moses cries out to God about the burden of caring for this rebellious people, and God puts his Spirit upon seventy elders to share the leadership. Two of the elders, Eldad and Medad, are not present with the others on Mount Sinai and begin prophesying in the camp. Moses' aid, Joshua, wants Moses to silence them. Moses wants all God's people to possess the Spirit.
"The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul." – The psalm sings of God's wondrous ordering of the world, beginning with the majesty of creation, and then the gift of God's law.
"Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them." – The author urges the Christian community to mutual care and absolution.
Mark 9:2-9: Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!" Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus.
As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
I found myself struggling to find a story to tell this morning, something that could pull out the drama of this text, something with which we could connect. The problem is that the Gospel story itself is so unreal to us. We are not a people who have visions – or, if we do, we tend not to talk about them. They aren't considered normal. If we told someone we saw things like this they might think we are a little crazy.
Other cultures put great importance on visions. We know, for example, that certain indigenous societies had a rite of passage sometimes referred to as a vision quest. Such visions provided profound guidance for their lives. But we don't do visions. We don't listen to dreams. We don't hear God's voice. Our spiritual lives are often neglected and impoverished.
I am not suggesting that you go on a vision quest. There is a rich spirituality within the Christian tradition, and I would invite you to see what is to be seen: To see Christ in the water, washing you with grace. To see Christ in the bread, joining his life to yours. To see Christ in the cross that walks in our midst. To see Christ in the glory of the flowers that decorate our space. To experience Christ in the beauty of the music. To see Christ in your neighbor, to feel Christ's hand in yours at the passing of the peace, and to feel your hand become Christ's hand as you extend peace to others.
But to go back to our text: This is a strange story to us because it speaks in a language we don't really understand. And because we don't understand the language, it's easy for us to get it wrong.
This is my story about imagining Jesus to be kind of like Superman. When I heard this story as a child, I imagined that this event showed us the real Jesus, that the story gave us a glimpse inside the phone booth. Clark Kent pulls back his shirt and there we see the bright red S. Jesus is God and the disciples are getting a glimpse of it.
But that's not what's happening here. Jesus is not Superman. Jesus is not God masquerading as a human being; he is a human being just as we are. He doesn't know things we don't know – he just sees more clearly than we see. He hears the voice of God better than we hear. He feels the breath of the Spirit more profoundly than we feel it. He sees into the human heart more honestly and courageously than we see.
We are not seeing the true Jesus on the mountain; we see the true Jesus on the cross. We see the true Jesus protecting his disciples when the mob comes with torches and weapons. We see the true Jesus extending the hand of compassion to the leper, and to the synagogue ruler whose daughter has died. We see the true Jesus invite himself to the home of Zacchaeus and call Matthew, the tax gatherer, to be a disciple. We see the true Jesus driving out deceit and falsehood and all those spirits that corrode and debilitate human life. We see the true Jesus in the outrage at what's happening in the name of God at the temple, and in the tears at the death of his friend Lazarus.
The real Jesus is the human being.
But Peter, James and John are given a vision. They see for a moment beyond the ordinary reality of everyday life into deep and profound things of God. For a moment that bread in their hands radiates with an overpowering grace. For a moment the word of forgiveness at the beginning of the service seems to thunder. For a moment they are grasped by an infinite truth.
The nature of visions, however, is that they not only give, they also take. They give us truth, but they also take away falsehood. They grant us a new vision of God and ourselves, but that means that old ideas get left behind.
We have all had these moments when we think that a person or a situation is one thing, and then we have one of those "Oh, my goodness" moments when we see everything differently. Once your perception has changed, there is no going back.
Sometimes that process is sudden and dramatic. More often it takes time. The vision is granted and then the person must ponder the vision to understand what it means.
So these followers of Jesus are granted this vision of Jesus made radiant by the presence of God. They see all the glory of God shining upon him. Jesus is the perfect mirror of God.
And they see Jesus on par with Moses and Elijah, the great heavenly figures that are the pillars of Israel's faith and life: Moses the giver of God's law and Elijah the prophet, empowered by God's Spirit, working wonders, the living voice of God.
They see, but they don't yet understand. And so Peter says, "Let us build three dwellings".
I used to think that Peter was a doofus who put his foot in his mouth by saying the first thing that came to mind. That he couldn't think straight because he was so terrified at what he saw. But Peter wasn't babbling. His suggestion was based upon what he thought he was seeing.
He has seen Jesus destroying the citadels of Satan's power. He has seen Jesus casting out demons, cleansing lepers, healing the sick and raising the dead. He has seen Jesus commanding the wind and the waves and walking on the sea, the remnant of the primordial chaos.
Now here are Moses and Elijah. Now here are the heavenly figures who fought God's battles in ancient times and who disappeared into the heavens without anyone ever finding their bodies. Here is Moses who stood on the mountain and held up his hands and – when his hands were raised, the Israelites triumphed over their enemy. Here is Elijah who stood on the mountain and won victory over all the priest and prophets of Baal. I don't think Peter is terrified at the presence of God as much as he is terrified by the moment: the heavenly armies are about to appear. The battle of good and evil is beginning, the cosmic battle that will overthrow all tyranny and oppression and bring God's new creation. It's happening now!
And Peter is proposing that they set up three tents by which these three commanding generals can witness the battle when all evil is overthrown.
But Peter didn't know what he was talking about. Peter wasn't seeing what was there to be seen. The vision wasn't over. The cloud of God's presence envelops them and God speaks: "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!" And then Moses and Elijah disappear and Jesus alone remains.
The rebirth of the world isn't coming with the battle of heavenly armies; it is coming with Jesus crucified. It is not by victorious conquest, but by deeds of love and mercy. It is not by strength and power but by service. It is not by judgment but by grace. It is not by purifying the world of the faithless but by gathering the outcast. It is not by gaining the world but by remaining faithful to Jesus even at the cost of one's life.
"This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!" says the voice from heaven. And then Moses and Elijah disappear and Jesus alone remains.
Elijah is taken up in the whirlwind this Sunday. The psalm sings of God as a devouring fire. Paul refers to the glory of God in the face of Jesus. And Mark speaks of shining white garments "as no fuller on earth could bleach them" (Mark 9:3RSV).
We don't know what fullers are anymore, so our current translation will say "his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them," but I like that old word. There are people whose job it was to cleanse fabric. The Wikipedia article linked above says: "In Roman times, fulling was conducted by slaves working the cloth while ankle deep in tubs of human urine." It's valuable for us to take the scriptures down from their pious mountains and remember the reality in which they speak: No amount of the ammonia in human urine could get Jesus' clothes as white as they became in the cloud of God's presence.
Sunday speaks of the event known as the Transfiguration. This is the festival that brings this season of the Sundays after Epiphany to its conclusion. Once again we hear a voice from heaven testify to Jesus. As we heard at Jesus' baptism at the beginning of this season, so again we hear: "This is my Son, the Beloved." Unfortunately, most of us have become so used to them that they will not make us quake.
Pick an empire ruling in majesty and might over vast domains and then imagine you, a mere peasant, hear the shout: "Behold the king's son!" We would fall on our faces. We would tremble with awe at the radiance of royal majesty. But we will likely hear Sunday's text without terror and awe.
Perhaps that's appropriate. The one who has come has come to save. He has shown himself our healer and redeemer. He has declared the Father's love. But the divine command ought not be neglected: "Listen to him." There is a radiance here that comes from no fuller on earth.
and to see your glory in his outstretched arms.
"Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal." – As Elijah heads toward his end in the whirlwind, Elisha seeks a "double share" of Elijah's spirit, an expression drawn from the inheritance that goes to the eldest son.
"Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, and a mighty tempest all around him." – With the imagery of a storm over Jerusalem the poet speaks of the majesty of God who comes to speak to his people.
"It is the God who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." – Paul expounds on the story of Moses, whose face radiated with the glory of God after God spoke to him in the tent of meeting.
"He was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them." – Peter, James and John serve as witnesses when God appears to Jesus (and, like Moses, his appearance is transformed) and testifies that he is God's beloved son to whom we should listen.
As you read through the collection of thoughts in the Gospel reading for this coming Sunday they begin to tumble together leaving us a little dazed and confused. It seems to make sense – however troubling the statements of Jesus might be – but pretty soon Jesus is talking about having "salt in yourselves" and you are not sure what he's talking about anymore. But Mark isn't just throwing together some leftover sermon bits; he (and his community) understands how all these apothegms connect.
Jesus is talking to us about what it means to live in the community of disciples, to be citizens of the dawning reign of God. The language of salt and millstones and the unquenchable fire is meant to alert us to the dramatic significance of what is happening in Jesus.
God has come to reign. God has come to drive out the power of evil and bring that day when all things are made new. That's why Jesus will not silence someone who has co-opted the name of Jesus for use in exorcism. The demonic is being driven out. And those who use the name of Jesus in such a way will find themselves unable and unwilling to later turn against him.
The thoughts are continuing from last week when the disciples argued about who was most important. Jesus upset the applecart by placing a child in their midst. What is happening is not modeled on the kingdoms of this world; God is transforming the world. Greatness is in service. Honor is accorded to the least. The power present in the world through the name of Jesus isn't the possession of a few but is rippling out to touch all lives.
So those who show the simplest kindness – even a cup of cold water – shall inherit their just share of the kingdom. And if any would block someone's participation in the reign of God, it would be better for them to tie a millstone to their neck and perish at the bottom of the sea. Indeed, if your words or deeds inhibit you from participating in God's dawning reign, be bold. Act decisively. Better to enter the dawning age of life maimed than to celebrate your wholeness on the smoldering dump of cursed idols.
And so we come to salt. Sharing salt is like sharing bread. It is the symbol of a common bond, of friendship, of covenant, of mutual aid and protection, of peace with one another. When salt has lost its saltiness – when the ties of our mutual participation in the reign of God, our fellowship in the covenant of peace – when those ties are ruptured, what good remains? Be at peace with one another. Inhabit the realm of peace. Inhabit the realm of God that is come to us in Christ. Inhabit the realm that is defined by the cross and resurrection.
This Sunday we will hear Moses, like Jesus, reject the attempt to control the Holy Spirit, sighing: "If only all God's people were possessed of God's spirit." The psalmist will sing of the goodness of God's Torah – God's teaching for life. And James will urge us to care for one another in a mutual ministry of prayer and healing. But it is the word of Jesus that will linger, setting before us the urgency of complete allegiance to the mission of Jesus.
"Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders." – Moses cries out to God about the burden of caring for this rebellious people, and God puts his Spirit upon seventy elders to share the leadership. But two, Eldad and Medad, are not present with the others and begin prophesying in the camp. When word comes, Joshua would have Moses silence them.
This word 'welcome' represents much more than a smile at the door should they show up at church. It means to extend hospitality, to take someone under your protection.
It is used especially with respect to travelers. It is dangerous business being in a place where you are a stranger. Ties of family and kinship are the guarantees of safety. If a member of your clan hurts me, my family will avenge. They will come hurt a member of your clan.
It's why there are enforcers on ice hockey teams. You come after our star player and there will be consequences beyond two minutes in the box. It keeps the game relatively even. And a big hurt will be remembered even from one season to the next. Ask any veteran Red Wings fan about the war with the Colorado Avalanche over the cheap shot that broke Kris Draper's jaw.
It's hard for the fans when former enemies become members of your team, but once they join, they come under the team's protection.
To 'welcome' is to extend the circle of your clan's protection around a vulnerable person. And in an honor-based society, the payoff for the one who extends such hospitality is that the recipient will sing your praises wherever he goes. To show hospitality increases your own honor and standing in the community.
But what is to be gained by showing hospitality to a child? It doesn't really make sense in the quid pro quo world.
Unless the child belongs to someone important.
I would prefer to stop right there and let you recognize the crucial conclusion. But, sometimes we need it spelled out for us: the child belongs to someone important. The child, the weak, the vulnerable, those on the bottom of the social hierarchy, those without power or influence – these are members of Jesus' household. To receive even the least, is to receive Jesus. To fail to extend your care and protection for the lowliest slave in the king's household is to betray your king.
We can argue about our relative importance in the pecking order all we want – as the disciples were doing – but the least member of the royal house is to be honored above us all.
It's hard to convey the magnitude of this action of Jesus. Maybe it would have some of the correct emotional power if we saw Jesus take a homeless drunk in his arms, look his followers in the eye, and say, "Whoever welcomes him welcomes me." Or perhaps if Jesus had taken that large, swaggering and apparently thieving young black man from Ferguson into his arms. Or the drowned child lying in the surf in Turkey with the red shirt and blue pants.
When we think of this child in Jesus' arms, he or she is inevitably sweet and innocent. But that is not the point Jesus is making. In the realm of God, greatness is in showing regard for the least. It's not that children aren't loved in the ancient world; it's that they have no status.
Jesus is trying to talk clearly and plainly to his followers about what awaits him in Jerusalem. Jesus is not talking in parables here. There is no hidden meaning. He will be rejected and crucified. And on the third day be raised. But this has no meaning to his hearers. They know no narrative of a messiah who dies. Messiahs reign. Messiahs reestablish the Davidic monarchy and deliver the nation from all its enemies. Messiahs purify the temple. Messiahs bring justice and righteousness. Messiahs lead heavenly armies and even cosmic battles against evil. But they do not die. There is nothing in their previous experience to comprehend Jesus dying.
And resurrection – this is something that happens at the climax of human history not in the middle. It happens to all, not to one. The dead are raised. The books are opened. The wicked are judged. The oppressed are vindicated. All things are set right. No, this word of Jesus doesn't make any sense to his followers. So they go back to what they know. We are headed to Jerusalem. Jesus will deliver us from Rome. We will sit at his right and left hand. Who is the top dog? How does the pecking order go? Someone gets to sit at the high table, who will it be?
And then there is Jesus with this darn child as if the child gets to sit at the high table.
Image: Carl Heinrich Bloch, Christ and Child, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
Jesus is fully human. This is a very bold declaration of the Christian tradition. What he is able to do he does by the power of God working through him – not by his own power. What he is able to see in the hearts of others he sees by the power of God working in him – not by his own power. What he is able to see in the future he sees by the power of God working in him – not by his own power. The sins he forgives, the bread he breaks, the water upon which he walks – it is all the power of God working in and through him. Jesus is not a fundamentally different creature than we are. He is just better at it. He is a better human being. He is a human being in whom the link between God and himself is never broken. His trust in God does not fail.
The Transfiguration of Jesus doesn't belie what is to come; it sustains us through it. Jesus is not Superman, letting Peter, James and John peek behind his Clark Kent suit. He is not revealing himself as the Lord of Glory as though the suffering that is to come were but a minor detour. We look at Jesus through the lens of the centuries and the doctrine of the Trinity and we tend to think that Jesus was God in a way that denies his full humanity.
But Jesus is not a divine being hiding in human form. He is not omniscient and omnipotent pretending to be limited by time and space. He is fully human. And the works that we see in him are done by faith, by his perfect trust in God. Jesus mediates the blessing and wonders of God. Technically, Jesus is not healing the sick and casting our demons, he is bringing into these places the healing power of God. He is God's anointed, God's Christ, God's agent to dispense the gifts of God, to bring God's reign of grace and life.
What happens on the mountain is not a sign of Jesus' divinity, but a witness to Jesus' authority – that Jesus is, in fact, God's beloved son.
Peter, James and John need to hear God make this declaration because Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem. And ignoble end is coming. A rejection. A suffering. An accursedness. The apparent failure of the promise. The apparent triumph of Rome.
The customary response to the crucifixion of a hoped for Messiah (assuming any followers survive the purge) is to go home disillusioned. We were wrong. We hoped, but we must have been mistaken. This is what the disciples on the road to Emmaus say: "We thought he was the one." … Apparently not.
In the face of those moments in life that seem to belie the grace and power and love of God, we need to remember that God spoke with Jesus face to face. We need to remember that God has designated Jesus as the beloved son. We need to remember that Moses and Elijah came and bore witness that in Jesus the reign of God is dawning. Even when we lose sight of it.
The Transfiguration stands as a beacon in a dark world. It is one in a chain of lighthouses that mark the coastline and sustain us in the storms: the voice from heaven and the descent of the Spirit at Jesus' baptism; the voice from heaven and the heavenly visitors at the Transfiguration; the angelic witness at the empty tomb. Again and again God bears witness that Jesus is the one in whom earth and heaven are reconciled, in whom the new world is born, in whom we are born of God.
For a long time I didn't understand or appreciate the importance of this story. I kept thinking it was Jesus who shines when, in fact, it is God who shines upon Jesus. Jesus is radiant because he is the perfect mirror of God.
Would that there were more in the world who glowed with the radiance that comes from true faithfulness to God and one another. Would that there were more in the world who were clothed in Christ as a daily garment.


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The Digital Antiquarian
A history of computer entertainment and digital culture by Jimmy Maher
A Few Questions for Lance Micklus
I recently was able to pass along a few questions to Lance Micklus, author of Dog Star Adventure, and I thought some of you might find his replies interesting.
Jimmy: Scott Adams mentioned in a couple of places that you convinced him he should recode his adventure engine using assembly language rather than BASIC. Do you happen to remember how this transpired?
Lance: I don't recall talking with Scott about this but it was good advice. BASIC would have made these programs very portable – meaning they could easily be ported over from one system to another. But assembly language gave these programs speed and efficiency – and a better overall experience.
Jimmy: Anything at all you can tell me about the creation of Dog Star Adventure would be hugely helpful. As one of the first text adventures to appear after Scott Adams showed it was possible on the TRS-80 and the very first to have its source published in a magazine, Dog Star is quite historically significant, you see. As such, I just played through it yesterday, and I'm just starting to write a little piece about it for my blog.
Lance: In the mid 1970s I worked for Vermont's public television station as a studio engineer. I also did some computer programming for our station. Since our station was part of the University of Vermont, we used their computers when we needed to. One of those computers had the original text adventure game installed on it. I believe this game was known as Get Lamp [actually, Adventure, of course] and that it was written in Fortran around 1972 [make that 1976 for Crowther's original experiment, 1977 for the completed game]. It was very popular with the students. I began to play it when I had time, although I never really got into the game too deep.
Eventually, when the University upgraded their computer systems, we lost access to Get Lamp. It was about this time that I got my first personal computer – the TRS-80. I began writing programs to replace the ones I once played on the University of Vermont computers. Dog Star was my attempt to replace Get Lamp.
The story line for Dog Star was influenced by Star Wars. My story takes place on something similar to the Death Star. Star Wars had a Princess Leia. In Dog Star there was a Princess Leya.
One of the influences from Get Lamp that I carried over to Dog Star was the use of a common story telling device known as "the ticking bomb." In Get Lamp the batteries in the flashlight go dead after a certain amount of game play. After that happens it is impossible to complete the adventure. In Dog Star it was a cheeseburger that got cold.
One of the techniques I used to write Dog Star was to give objects properties. There were actions and there were objects to perform actions on. Eating a cheeseburger was one action that caused something to happen – there was no more cheeseburger after you ate it. Talking to the cheeseburger was another possibility but it didn't do anything.
Jimmy: This is even more open-ended, but: I wonder if you could talk a bit about what led you to buy a microcomputer at such an early date, and (especially) how you immediately started cranking out such a huge quantity of software. I understand from your web page that you worked in radio and television prior to the TRS-80. What kind of background (if any) did you have with computers?
Lance: I first became interested in computers in 1953 when I was 8 years old. One of my favorite TV programs was Superman starring George Reeves. One of the episodes from season 2 was called "The Machine That Could Plot Crimes." It was about a machine named Mr. Kelso that was tricked by a bad guy to plot perfect bank robberies. I was fascinated by this machine. After watching the episode, I asked my mother if there really were such machines. When she told me that there were, I decided I had to have one.
Mr. Kelso's computer from "The Machine That Could Plot Crimes"
In 1964 I got a summer job as a computer operator at IBM in Poughkeepsie. This gave me an opportunity to toy around with a 1401 computer in assembly language. Although computers fascinated me – and still do – I also wanted to pursue a career in broadcasting. Much of my life has been spent going back and forth between these two careers.
Purchasing the TRS-80 in the fall of 1977 was the fulfillment of the dream I had when I was 8 years old – which was to have my own computer. I enjoyed writing computer programs and did it just for fun. I got into publishing my work as a way to share my creations.
As seems to keep happening on this blog, this interview puts the lie to a couple of assertions I made in my previous post. Namely, Lance did have some exposure to the original Adventure, albeit apparently quite briefly given the very limited window of time between Adventure's widespread distribution in the spring of 1977 and the release of the TRS-80 that fall. Still, Dog Star is also markedly similar to Scott Adams's early efforts, such that I can't believe the similarity is coincidental. Also, Lance's background with computers was a bit more extensive than I had described it. Ah, well, living and learning is part of what this blogging thing is all about, right?
Just for fun, here's a picture of Lance from the glory days of the TRS-80:
And here's him and his lovely wife Dianne today:
These days Lance is hoping to produce a Christian-themed movie based on the legend of Santa Claus. He's a very, very nice man.
Next time I really will get back to Scott Adams, and talk about (among other things) that switch to assembly language I asked Lance about.
Posted by Jimmy Maher on July 1, 2011 in Digital Antiquaria, Interactive Fiction
Tags: dog star adventure, trs-80
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Do you have a workshop in your garage? Maybe that's the place where you repair small appliances, build models or do woodworking. Not surprisingly, having a well-equipped workshop helps make any project more enjoyable. Look at three essentials for any well-equipped garage workshop.
When you're sitting at your workbench focusing on a project, you need to have excellent lighting, so you can see exactly what you're doing. For instance, maybe you're adding important details to a model ship you plan to display in your office. In order to do your best work, you need to see all parts of the model ship. Excellent lighting can come in the form of overhead lighting or a light you can move to wherever you need it.
Comfortable seating is just as important as excellent lighting in a garage workshop. Whether you have a stool or a chair, make sure it's the appropriate height, so you don't have to lean over or hunch while working on a project. Trying several types of seats before making a decision can help you find the most comfortable option.


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Today we recap Why Reading Is important with a review of past book lists dedicated to this subject.
Reading is recognized as giving you so many benefits. With the rise of technology and outsourcing of our brain to smartphones; those who can read and write effectively will succeed greater than those who cannot.
But being able to read and write effectively is not a preset destiny. You can change your brain by learning new things. So it stands to reason that you can learn to read. Learn to write. Learn to communicate much more effectively.


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Mobile video RTB doesn't require the marketer or agency to reformat ad units. It's really simple: If advertisers have a 15 or 30 second spot created for TV, they can use that same spot on a programmatic buying platform.
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Dr. Parsons was awarded a BA from Kirkland College and a Master of Regional Planning degree (MRP) at Cornell University. Following professional experience in health economics and planning, she attended Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons where she received a medical degree. Dr. Parsons completed her residency training in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston and fellowship training in pediatric hematology/oncology at the Children's Hospital Boston/ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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"The Genius After Hours" – Ray Charles (p); Dave 'Fathead' Newman (as, ts); Emmott Dennis (bs); Joseph Bridgewater, John Hunt (tp); Roosevelt Sheffield, Oscar Pettiford (b); Joe Harris, William Peebles (dr)
No ifs and buts! Ray Charles belongs in every jazz collection. Friends of pure jazz tend to forget this in the light of his numerous hits in categories such as gentle ballads, and even country and western songs, and rhythm'n'blues during the more than 60 years of Charles' extremely successful (also financially speaking) career.
The producer Neshui Ertegun gathered together a star-studded cast for this Atlantic Records studio recording. There was David Newman on the tenor sax, Joe Harris on the drums, and even Oscar Pettiford on the bass. Not forgetting Ray Charles himself who was an excellent jazz pianist.
The studio was saturated with the blues! A relaxed mood prevailed, just as one might imagine it. The musicians came to the studio after a concert, they were completely drained, worn out, exhausted: they had the blues and then they played the blues.
Even a standard work such as Gershwin's "The Man I Love" was turned into an elegy. Only "Ain't Misbehavin'", which reminds one more of Earl Hines than Fats Waller, and "Charlesville" – a fast blues number – were treated to a change of tempo.
"The Genius After Hours" is a self-portrait that exhibits the less well-known talents of this exceptional artist during the second half of the last century. It makes great listening for all lovers of jazz, soul, blues, rhythm'n'blues, country and western, pop, funk … You name it, Charles has got it!
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.
Recording: April 1956 and September 1957 in New York City in mono
Production: Nesuhi Ertegun & Jerry Wexler
Ray Charles: The Genius After Hours
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On this 10-hour trip you'll depart from Santiago de Compostela with an official tour guide for Cape Finisterre and Muxia. Explore the Coast of Death, one of the most popular areas of Galicia, so-named for the amount of shipwrecks along its rocky shore. Marvel at the coast's spectacular natural landscapes and take in the sites and attractions of its villages along the way.


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Cultural Heritage and the City
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Urbanisation and globalisation
The process of urbanisation is part and parcel of the process of globalisation.
Globalisation "refers to the widening, deepening and speeding up of global interconnectedness" and includes four socio-spatial dimensions
the stretching of social, political, and economic activities across borders;
the intensification of interconnectedness and of patterns of interaction and flows;
the speeding up of global interactions and processes;
the intertwining of the local and global in ways that local events may affect distant lands.
Interconnectedness is fuelled by the advances in information and communication technology of the past couple of decades. Transnational flows (of capital, goods, services, people, media images, ideas, or pollution) are key-indicators of globalisation. Transnational networks (of corporations, markets, governments, NGOs, criminal organisations, cultural communities) are its key-organising structures, and information and communication technologies its key-tools
Over the last 50 years, as globalisation has accelerated and intensified, cities have become privileged loci of economic activity, political power, and also of cultural policy and governance. Cities offer the necessary socio-spatial dimension that economic and cultural globalisation requires.
They bring together people, products, services, expertise, consumption, information, and communication into an intense and dense network.
Cities epitomise the double potential of globalisation: for both homogenisation (through the diffusion and prevalence of 'Western' lifestyles and a global culture of consumerism) and for diversity, for instance by exacerbating identity-related conflicts or local grievances, or through the opening up of new opportunities for cultural expression.
Cities allow for manifestations of the glocal-hybrid forms, styles, and patterns bringing together local and global elements and processes.
The combined effects of globalisation and urbanisation also favour the emergence of a new type of 'city nationalism' – a creation of city-imagined communities of people who feel they form a cultural and political community, who feel that they belong together.
Summing up:
Contemporary globalisation is a process of combined and uneven development. Combined because it draws together people, goods, and capital almost cancelling distance of time and space while ignoring existing disparities and inequalities. Uneven because it creates greater disparities and inequalities in resources, income, health, and cultural power than those that it initially brought together. Metropolitan areas – both of the type of megacities but also the simply large and diverse metropolises of the world become the privilege 'theatres' where globalisation plays out. Particularly in the cultural field, the size of the cities and their being 'nodal points' where people, capital, and goods cross make them the new protagonists of the cultural scene and thus propel them as protagonists into the governance of cultural issues, including of cultural heritage.
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The world of art is on a continuous insurgency, shaping itself in a totally unfamiliar and exclusive manner. The global art market is on boom and artworks are getting sold in millions. Every art auction, exhibition, convention, etc is setting record sales beating the previous best and raising the bar a step ahead.
Even in past, i.e. in the last 100 years, artworks were sold at staggering prices, but those were more or less isolated sales that used to hold the benchmark for decades. Today, it is happening at every art exhibition where you can see contemporary art for sale getting picked for a good million dollars. Technology and globalization have converged the individual art markets into one comprehensive global sector. And this industry is quite strong.
The mindset of the artists and the art aficionados has also been impacted by new ideologies and modern set of values. Art collectors, curators, and experts have now started collecting paintings for investment purpose. The equalization of art with investment portfolios is a concept that brings more to the table for the art lovers.
Well, art conventions by the big cats like Christie's or Sotheby's are not new to the million dollars sales. Pulverisation of previous records at every next auction has become a trending appeal for the artists and art collectors. Along with this, amplification of the art sector's territory has also contributed to the rocketing prices of artworks.
Even though only a chunk of artists are able to join and sustain the million dollar club, the lavish pricing of paintings is quite good for the entire sector. I mean, if it wouldn't have been for the £44.5m sale of Leonardo's 'Salvator Mundi' or an astonishing £147.7m sale of Cézanne's 'The Card Players', our art world would have been extremely different.
The global art market reached an impressive mark of $ 63.7 Billion in the year 2017, which are quite strong numbers. This colossal value of art sector reflects positively on the art sector and the professionals associated with it. For example, because the art market is getting stronger day by day, more and more artists are now gathering the courage to put an abstract, modern or contemporary art for sale. Apart from this, limitless opportunities, a superior stature, and a positive outlook are available for the art lovers and artists in the society that is digressing away from conventional beliefs.
Even though a strong and elite lobby of top-notch artists and art collectors leverage on the premium pricing artworks, there is a massive part of the art sector where all genres of paintings are available at moderate prices. For instance, in India itself, a number of online and offline art galleries are now offering paintings at considerable rates, attracting more customers.
Global exposure is one of the critical elements that has extended the reach of artists in today's world. More than 100 premium art events are conducted annually in different countries across the world at peak seasons.
So, high prices are good for both art lovers and the talented people who make such exquisite pieces.
There is no iota of doubt that the rising prices for the artworks are beneficial for the art sectors and people around it. However, what may be good for the entire art industry may be disastrous for the art itself.
We need to comprehend the basic idea of "How does art affects our culture" and "What art really signifies". Unlike other fields, possessing an artwork is not a necessary factor to hold an opinion about art. Hence, the importance of the price of paintings doesn't matter really. The cultural prominence of a contemporary art for sale or an abstract painting for a holistic community is bigger than the price what an individual is willing to pay.
Think like this; A Hollywood movie is not applauded by the people because of the money that is invested into it but because of the opinion of people. Similarly, art's cultural significance can never be replicated by the amount a puny group of rich people is paying for it.
This idea is, unfortunately, transforming into a much money-centric belief, signifying the change of mind-set art lovers and collectors are experiencing. An artwork with high price is considered of a greater cultural reference. The limelight that should be on the artwork that wealthy ones are willing to buy is actually shifted to the rich individuals purchasing that piece of art.
So, instead of the beauty and aesthetics that lie in a contemporary art for sale, the credibility is dependent on the taste and preference of the riches. Sadly, quite a few powerful and well-heeled art collectors have shown a below-average taste for art buying ordinary pieces for millions. This is actually diluting the meaning of art in our society.
Artists too, instead of relying on their imagination and fantasies are now creating artworks that echo the preferences of the wealthy lot that buy them. A lot of art critics have hence come up pointing out the hypocrisy that is being infused in the artworld because of the involvement of money as a major factor.
Instead of being a slave to the buyers' demand, artists should come out of the shackles and use their fresh and ingenious flair to create something really artistic. Art is, was, and will be all about insubordination, creativity, and heresy.


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Take a scenic ride through the Catskills on a 200-year-old railroad
This vintage train runs year round and is themed for each new season
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Just north of New York City, the charming Catskill Mountain Railroad runs family-friendly train tours along a historic 200-year-old track system in the wooded mountains of the Hudson Valley.
Loading up passengers in Kingston, NY, these vintage train cars rush through the trees up to Hurley Mountain on an hour-long, round-trip ride. The cars themselves, sourced from all over the Northeast, date as far back as the 1920s and are operated by a crew of more than 120 volunteers.
Although most autumn activities are beginning to close for the season, these scenic train rides operate year-round, with events to fit every season. Up next is the 2017 Polar Express, a special winter event inspired by the holiday movie—hot chocolate, pajamas, and sing-alongs included.
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Article: Higher remuneration key to better board?
Higher remuneration key to better board?
The revised guidelines as per the new Companies Act such as maximum number of Board positions per director have reduced the pool of available individuals who are willing to serve as a director. As with all things impacted by supply and demand, the total compensation provided to directors will need to keep pace.
Director compensation has hardly received any attention over the years as investors, regulators and the public have mainly focused on soaring executive compensation. Interestingly in the same period the demands on directors have become much greater, the new Companies Act and SEBI guidelines have increased the liabilities, the amount of work and effort and risk has gone up a lot. The role of the board has been under close scrutiny, and directors have faced greater challenges than ever before. Concern over possible personal liability for directors has grown.
Arguably, the revised guidelines as per the new Companies Act such as maximum number of Board positions per director have reduced the pool of available individuals who are willing to serve as a director. As with all things impacted by supply and demand, the total compensation provided to directors will need to keep pace.
The core principle of good governance in director compensation remains unchanged, Corporate directors should be paid fair and reasonable compensation, in a mix of cash and equity (as appropriate), to a level that will attract high-quality candidates to the board, but not in such forms or amounts as to impair director independence or raise questions of self-dealing.
And just as the form of executive compensation has shifted over recent years, the form of director pay has followed suit. Over the past 7 years, as per the data from India Board Report, total director remuneration has indeed increased significantly.
Given that directors now are expected to devote more time to their individual directorships and that individual directors tend to serve on a smaller number of boards, the increase in overall compensation is not surprising. While compensation remains composed of both cash and equity, the mechanisms for compensating directors, and the forms of compensation, are gradually changing, however only as permitted by Companies Act.
Boards should minimize the complexity of director compensation structures.
Directors should consider periodically seeking approval for directors' compensation from shareholders.
The traditional directors' compensation includes both a sitting fee for attending Board and Committee meetings and annual commission. The presence of a meeting fee supposedly encourages meeting attendance and automatically adjusts for workload as measured by the number of Board and Committee meetings.
However meeting attendance is becoming less of an issue today and the attendance data also gets reflected in the annual Board evaluation that has now become mandatory. In recent years, most large companies and more mid-sized and small companies have simplified their approach to delivering cash compensation by providing a larger single cash retainer. The rationale for this change is to ease the administrative burden associated with paying a director a fee for each meeting attended and to communicate that meeting attendance is expected with less emphasis on actual time spent and more emphasis on the annual service provided to shareholders. The commission component is also gaining traction where a percentage of the profits are allocated annually towards the Director compensation.
The comparison of CEO pay with Director Compensation is quite interesting between USA and India. The average pay package for a CEO in USA for the S&P 500 company in 2014 was $12.2 million, and according to Equilar research, the median pay of directors was $233,600. Similarly in India, data showed that in 2011, the average remuneration of Managing Directors of 30 BSE Sensex companies stood at INR 10.9 crore, while for BSE 100 and 500 companies it stood at INR 6.2 crore and INR 3.6 crore respectively. At the same time the data from India Board Report 2011 gives the average Independent Director compensation as INR 9.9 Lacs.
The risk and liability exposure has made it harder to get the right kinds of people for boards, as top executives prefer to concentrate on their day jobs. In their pursuit of good director nominees, some companies in USA are now even paying directors a cut of their profits, an arrangement known as a golden leash. Golden leashes have been used by activist hedge funds in proxy contests, the compensation was meant in part to attract the best candidates.
Interestingly a few well known companies pay their directors little or nothing. In 2014, in Berkshire Hathaway no director received more than $6,700 for the year. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has warned that directors dependent on board fees aren't truly independent. "None took the job for the money," he wrote. "They receive their rewards instead through ownership of Berkshire shares and the satisfaction that comes from being good stewards of an important enterprise." Similarly Amazon also does not pay its Directors very little retainer, almost negligible.
However overseeing a large, complex company may not be a part-time job, as spending four hours a week is enough to understand the complexities of a large or even a midsized organization. The aggregate cost to have high calibre Directors supporting the CEO and management team is not much when you're thinking about a large business.
Arguably director compensation is quite difficult to justify as often it becomes difficult to support. In many cases it is not directly proportional to the experience brought to the table. In other cases, directors may be too beholden to the nice pay check and unwilling to challenge the management.
There not enough evidence that paying directors more actually improves company performance. Some have argued that director pay should also be based on pay for performance. But then it may give directors incentive to encourage a company to take outsized risks and stop being the counterweight to the Executive team. At the same time a CEO who has his/her whole career and reputation staked in the company, will not be willing to take such risks.
In summary, the organization should really want to pay enough to make sure the Directors feel happy with the payout that is enough, but not too much and hence be able to attract the most suitable and capable individuals to the Board. In some cases it is too much pay, in others it is too little, and no one can agree what is the right amount.
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A panel discussion on "The Future of Israeli-Palestinian Relations" on March 26, which follows the recent national elections in Israel, is part of an expansion of activities at UConn intended to help understand issues in the Middle East.
The event will begin at 7 p.m. in Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Jeremy Pressman, associate professor of political science and director of the University's Middle East Studies program, will serve as moderator for the discussion, which includes three political scientists with expertise in various aspects of the region's issues: Nadya Hajj of Wellesley College, Peter Krause of Boston College and Ora Szekely of Clark University.
Last fall UConn's Center for Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies in Stamford hosted a conference on the region's issues that included leading experts on al-Qaida and Iran; and in early March noted author and humorist Sayed Kashua visited Storrs to discuss his life as a Palestinian citizen of Israel. On May 1, the Middle East Studies program will be a co-sponsor of a workshop on the region for Connecticut teachers at the Hartford Seminary.
The Center for Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies at UConn's Stamford campus has been organizing full day conferences on Middle Eastern affairs since the early 1980s, where keynote speakers have been world-renowned political scientists and policy analysts.
"We were able to attract both our students and the community at large because our mission was always to hear all sides of the debate and regard every point of view with respect and understanding," says Nehama Aschkenasy, professor-in-residence of comparative literary and cultural studies and director of the Center for Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies in Stamford.
UConn students are participating in these academic programs but are also working to better understand Middle East issues using their own form of diplomacy – getting together to talk and socialize.
While dialogue at UConn among students with Middle East heritage – whether through religion or nationality – has occurred for many years, the killing in February of three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and remarks earlier this month about the qualifications of a student affiliated with Jewish groups for a judicial board position at UCLA have added to the dialogue.
Just prior to those two events, UConn Hillel invited members of other student organizations, including the Muslim Student Association (MSA), to its annual Avi Shabbat dinner. The event is a communal meal that serves as a catalyst to discuss awareness of issues related to Israel on college campuses that honors the memory of Avi Schaefer, a former Israeli soldier who worked to pursue peace in the Middle East while enrolled as a student at Brown University, where he was killed by a drunk driver.
Samir Chaudhry '16 (CLAS), a biology major and president of MSA, says students from both organizations have continued to get together socially at Hillel or the Islamic Center, which hosts a weekly social gathering known as Halaqah, where guests can learn more about Islam.
Daniel Weiner, vice provost for global affairs, says Hillel, MSA, and students in other organizations on campus are realizing the kind of "healthy dialogue" intended by the existing and planned academic programs developed by the University that are focused on global concerns.
Gary Wolff, executive director of Hillel, says he hopes students leave UConn with a greater understanding of how to live and work in an increasingly diverse world.
Reda A. Ammar, professor of computer science and engineering, is the faculty advisor to MSA, was a member of the committee that developed the minor in Middle East Studies, and serves as director of global engagement in the School of Engineering. He continues to work on developing exchange programs that bring faculty as well as students from the Middle East to Storrs, helping to deepen understanding of issues in the region.
Ammar says UConn recently hosted the vice rector for development at Umm Al-Qura University in Mecca, one of the most prestigious universities in Saudi Arabia, to discuss establishing a training program for students in Storrs; and is working with Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University, an all-female university in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, to set up a summer program for students to gain field experience and learn English through UConn's English as a Second Language program.
Chaudhry relates a story that illustrates how students are finding their own way to better understand issues in the Middle East. He recently called another MSA leader to find out where to meet before they had to attend a meeting, expecting the location would be the Islamic Center.


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Eakerita (1969-019) 09.CG.05
Earlandita (A: 1936) 10.AC.10
Earlshannonita (1983-010) 08.DC.15
Eastonita (A: 1925, 1998 p.e. Rd) 09.EC.20
Ecandrewsita (1978-082) 04.CB.05
Ecdemita (A: 1877) 03.DC.65
Eckerita (2014-063)
Eckermannita (A: 1942, 2012 p.e. Rd, 2013-136) 09.DE.25
Eckhardita (2012-085) 04.??.
Eclarita (1982-092) 02.HB.10c
Ecrinsita (2015-099)
Eddavidita (2018-010)
Edenharterita (1987-026) 02.HD.35
Edenita (A: 2006, 2012 p.e. Rd) 09.DE.15
Edgarbaileyita (1988-028) 09.BC.25
Edgarita (1995-017) 02.DB.25
Edgrewita (2011-058) 09.??
Edingtonita (A: 1825) 09.GA.15
Edoylerita (1987-008) 07.FB.25
Edscottita (2018-086a)
Edtollita (2016-010)
Edwardsita (2009-048) 07.DD.30
Efesita (A: 1851, 1998 p.e.) 09.EC.20
Effenbergerita (1993-036) 09.EA.05
Efremovita (1987-033a) 07.AC.10
Egirina 09.DA.25
Eggletonita (1982-059) 09.EG.30
Eglestonita (A: 1904) 03.DD.05
Ehrleïta (1983-039) 08.CA.10
Eifelita (1980-097) 09.CM.05
Eirikita (2007-017) 09.EH.25
Eitelita (A: 1955) 05.AC.05
Ekanita (A: 1961, 1967 p.e.) 09.EA.10
Ekaterinita (1979-067) 06.H0.40
Ekatita (1998-024) 04.JB.75
Ekebergita (2018-088)
Ekplexita (2011-082) 02.??
Elaliïta (2022-087)
Elasmocloïta (2018-015)
Elbaïta (A: 1913) 09.CK.05
Elbrusita (2009-051, 2012 p.e.) 09.A?
Eldfellita (2007-051) 07.AC.15
Eldragonita (2010-077) 02.??
Eleomelanita (2015-118)
Eleonorita (2015-003)
Elgoresyita (2020-086)
Eliopoulosita (2019-096)
Eliseevita (2010-031) 09.DB.17
Elkinstantonita (2022-088)
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Ellinaïta (2019-091)
Ellingsenita (2009-041) 09.E?
Elliottita (2021-113)
El·lisita (1977-041) 02.JC.05
Elpasolita (A: 1883) 03.CB.15
Elpidita (A: 1894) 09.DG.65
Eltyubyuïta (2011-022) 09.?
Elyita (1971-043) 07.DF.65
Embreyita (1971-048) 07.FC.20
Emeleusita (1977-021) 09.DN.05
Emilita (2001-015) 02.HB.05a
Emmerichita (2013-064) 09.BE.??
Emmonsita (A: 1885) 04.JM.10
Emplectita (A: 1855) 02.HA.05
Empressita (A: 1914, 1964 p.e. Rd) 02.CB.80
Enargita (A: 1850) 02.KA.05
Eneasartorita (2015-074)
Engelhauptita (2013-009) 08.??
Englishita (A: 1930) 08.DH.55
Enigmatita (A: 1865, 1967 s.p.) 09.DH.40
Enstatita (A: 1855, 1988 p.e.) 09.DA.05
Eosforita (A: 1878) 08.DD.20
Epididimita (A: 1893) 09.DG.55
Epidota (A: 1801) 09.BG.05a
Epidota-(Sr) (2006-055) 09.BG.05
Epifanovita (2016-063)
Epistilbita (A: 1826, 1997 p.e.) 09.GD.45
Epistolita (A: 1901) 09.BE.30
Epsomita (A: 1721) 07.CB.40
Erazoïta (2014-061)
Ercitita (1999-036) 08.DJ.35
Erdita (1977-048) 02.FD.20
Ericaïta (A: 1950) 06.GA.05
Ericlaxmanita (2013-022) 08.??
Ericssonita (1966-013 Rd) 09.BE.25
Erikapohlita (2010-090) 08.??
Erikjonssonita (2018-058)
Eringaïta (2009-054) 09.A?
Eriocalcita (A: 1870) 03.BB.05
Erionita-Ca (1997 p.e.) 09.GD.20
Erionita-K (1997 p.e.) 09.GD.20
Erionita-Na (A: 1898, 1997 p.e.) 09.GD.20
Eritrita (A: 1832) 08.CE.40
Eritrosiderita (A: 1872) 03.CJ.10
Erlianita (1985-042) 09.HC.05
Erlichmanita (1970-048) 02.EB.05a
Ermakovita (2020-054)
Ermeloïta (2021-017a)
Ernienickelita (1993-002) 04.FL.20
Erniggliïta (1987-025) 02.GA.45
Ernstburkeïta (2010-059) 07.??
Ernstita (1970-012) 08.DD.20
Erssonita (2021-016)
Ertixiïta (1983-042) 09.HA.05
Erugita (A: 1858, 1965 p.e. Rd) 08.BC.15
Erzwiesita (2012-082) 02.??
Escandiobabingtonita (1993-012) 09.DK.05
Escandiowinchita (2022-009)
Escheïta (2018-099)
Esdanaïta-(Ce) (2018-112)
Esfalerita (A: 1847, 1980 s.p.) 02.CB.05a
Esfeniscidita (1977-029) 08.DH.10
Esferobertrandita (A: 1957, 2003 p.e. Rd) 09.AE.50
Esferobismoïta (1993-009) 04.CB.65
Esferocobaltita (A: 1877, 1962 p.e. Rd) 05.AB.05
Eskebornita (A: 1950) 02.CB.10a
Eskimoïta (1976-005) 02.JB.40b
Eskolaïta (A: 1958) 04.CB.05
Espadaïta (2018-089)
Esperanzaïta (1998-025) 08.DM.05
Esperita (1964-027) 09.AB.15
Espinel·la (A: 1546?/ 1797) 04.BB.05
Espodumena (A: 1800, 1962 s.p.) 09.DA.30
Esquinita-(Ce) (A: 1830, 1987 s.p.) 04.DF.05
Esquinita-(Nd) (A: 1982, 1987 s.p.) 04.DF.05
Esquinita-(Y) (A: 1906, 1987 s.p.) 04.DF.05
Esquireïta (2014-066)
Esseneïta (1985-048) 09.DA.15
Estannita (A: 1832) 02.CB.15a
Estannoidita (1968-004a) 02.CB.15c
Estannopal·ladinita (A: 1947) 01.AG.25
Estany (A: old) 01.AC.10
Estaurolita (A: 1792) 09.AF.30
Estercorita (A: 1850) 08.CJ.05
Estibarseni (A: 1941, 1982 s.p.) 01.CA.05
EstibiconitaQ (A: 1837, 2010 s.p., 2013 s.p.) 04.DH.20
Estibina (A: 1832) 02.DB.05
Estibioclaudetita (2007-028) 04.CB.45
Estibiocolumbita (A: 1915) 04.DE.30
Estibiocolusita (1991-043) 02.CB.30
Estibiogoldfieldita (2020-104)
Estibiopal·ladinita (A: 1927, 1980 s.p.) 02.AC.20a
Estibiotantalita (A: 1893) 04.DE.30
Estibioustalečita (2021-071)
Estibivanita (1980-020) 04.JA.55
Estilbita-Ca (A: 1801, 1997 s.p.) 09.GE.10
Estilbita-Na (A: 1997, 1997 s.p.) 09.GE.10
Estilpnomelana (A: 1827, 1971 s.p.) 09.EG.40
Estronadelfita (2008-009) 08.BN.05
Estronalsita (1983-016) 09.FA.60
Estroncioborita (2020-017)
EstronciochevkinitaQ (1983-009) 09.BE.70
Estronciodresserita (1977-005) 05.DB.10
Estronciofarmacosiderita (2013-101) 08.DK.??
Estronciofluorita (2009-014) 03.AB.25
Estroncioginorita (A: 1960) 06.FC.15
Estronciohurlbutita (2012-032) 08.AA.15 (9 ed)
Estronciojoaquinita (1979-080 Rd) 09.CE.25
Estronciomelana (1995-005) 04.DK.10
Estroncioortojoaquinita (1979-081a, IMA 2000-D Rd) 09.CE.25
Estroncioperloffita (2015-023)
Estroncioruizita (2017-045)
Estronciowhitlockita (1989-040) 08.AC.45
Ettringita (A: 1874, 1962 p.e.) 07.DG.15
Eucairita (A: 1818) 02.BA.50
Euclasa (A: 1792) 09.AE.10
Euclorina (A: 1884) 07.BC.30
Eucriptita (A: 1880) 09.AA.05
Eucroïta (A: 1823) 08.DC.07
Eudialita (A: 1819, 2003 p.e.) 09.CO.10
Eudidimita (A: 1887) 09.DG.60
Eugenita (1981-037) 01.AD.15c
Eugsterita (1980-008) 07.CD.25
Eulitina (A: 1827) 09.AD.40
Eurekadumpita (2009-072) 04.??
Euxenita-(Y) (A: 1840, 1987 p.e.) 04.DG.05
Evanichita (2022-033)
Evansita? (A: 1864) 08.DF.10
Evdokimovita (2013-041) 07.??
Eveïta (1966-047) 08.BB.30
Evenkita (A: 1953) 10.BA.50
Eveslogita (2001-023) 09.DG.97
Evseevita (2019-064)
Ewaldita (1969-013) 05.CC.05
Ewingita (2016-012)
Eylettersita (1969-035) 08.BL.10
Eyselita (2003-052) 04.DM.20
Ezcurrita (A: 1957) 06.EB.10
Ezochiïta (2022-101)
Eztlita (1980-072) 04.JN.20

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"Nameste, I honour the Place in you in which the entire universe dwells." I honour the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light and of peace. When you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, we are one.
Sliced onions mixed with chickpea flour then deep fried.
Cashew nuts, potatoes and peas seasoned with spices wrapped in a crisp pastry.
Lamb mince sautéed in ginger and garlic combined with lightly spiced tableland potatoes enclosed in a light pastry.
Lamb mince gently spiced with cumin, hand-rolled then skewered & grilled in tandoor.
Chicken on the bone marinated in a mouth-watering blend of spices with yoghurt and baked in the tandoor.
Diced chicken fillet marinated in ginger, garlic, immersed overnight in yoghurt and baked in the tandoor.
Fish fillets marinated with mixed Indian spices and then deep fried or roasted in the tandoor.
Samosa, Onion Bhaji, Lamb Sheek, Chicken tikka, pappadum and housemade tamarind & mint chutney.
A southern Indian favourite fillet of fish in a wonderful southern sauce with fresh coriander leaves.
Tender prawns in a rich onion & garlic sauce with green herbs.
Fish or Prawn sautéed with freshly chopped tomato and onion masala finished with fresh coriander and ginger.
Fish or Prawn cooked with mustard seeds & coconut cream, South Indian style served with coriander.
Your selection of succulent meat in a southern sauce with a delicate blend of authentic spices and coconut.
You preferred tender meat tossed with tandoori roasted garlic, fresh tomato, onion and capsicum with coriander.
Our much-loved dish with the meat of your choice with potatoes cooked in a coconut & tomato based sauce.
A slice of southern India. Your selection of meat simmered in a sauce of coconut cream, mustard seeds & coriander.
Your choice of succulent meat slowly braised in a tomato and onion based sauce with fresh ginger and coriander.
Your preferred meat in a lavish sauce of spinach with garam masala and finished with fresh ginger and cream.
Your choice of meat in a rich creamy cashew gravy. Served with cream and coriander leaves.
Chicken tikka folded, through a creamy tomato sauce enriched with cashew nut paste and sundried fenugreek leaves.
Pieces of diced chicken cooked in freshly chopped onions, tomatoes, ginger & coriander.
Your pick, paneer, potato or mushroom cooked with peas in an onion & tomato sauce, fresh coriander and ginger.
Your selection of paneer, veg or mushroom cooked with pieces of fresh with coriander & cream.
Cottage cheese cooked in a tomato and creamy cashew nut sauce finished with coriander & cream.
Your selection from above cooked with fresh onions, tomato gravy and ginger, coriander & Indian spices.
Cottage cheese cooked in a fresh onion & tomato gravy. Garnished with ginger & coriander.
Tableland potatoes, cauliflower and chunks of tomatoes flavoured with turmeric & coriander.
Ground spinach cooked with cottage cheese in fresh ginger and garlic, garnish with cream.
Mixed vegetables tossed in spiced butter/veg oil and cooked in a homemade cashew nut sauce.
Black lentils slowly cooked overnight into a thick consistency. Served with coriander & cream.
A creamy yellow lentil flavour with fried ginger, garlic and fresh coriander.
A ginger flavoured preparation of tangy eggplant.
Dumpling potatoes mixed with cottage cheese and dry fruit cooked with creamy cashew gravy.
Your selection of veg or meat in a full-bodied spiced rice dish with flavours of cumin, clove, cardamom and saffron.
Mixed veg/peas tossed through basmati rice flavoured with saffron and cumin.
Basmati rice cooked with toasted mustard seeds and coconut cream.
Cumin seeds sautéed in butter tossed through basmati rice.
Refined plain flour bread with butter.
A soft and multi-layered short Indian flatbread.
Plain flour bread with garlic flavouring.
Plain Flour stuffed with mozzarella cheese & topped with garlic or baby spinach.
Naan bread filled with cottage cheese lightly spiced/mixed veg/chopped red onions.
Naan bread filled with nuts and dry fruit.
Naan bread filled with cooked lamb mince.
Paneer and milk ball cooked in light sugar syrup.
House-made paneer sautéed with diced onions and capsicum in a soy sauce.
Mixed veg or cauliflower in an Indian Chinese fusion Pakoras cooked in a soy sauce and lemon juice.
Succulent pieces of chicken fillet cooked with chunks of onion and capsicum in a chilli paste sauce.
Choose any 3 vegetarian curries, 3 rice, 2 naans and pappadums.
Choose any 3 non-veg curries, 3 rice, 2 naans and pappadums.


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Our Country's Good - Timberlake Wertenbaker
RATING * * *
Directed by Max Stafford-Clark, Out of Joint
Until 8th November 2014
Our Country's Good unravels the story of a group of English convicts being sent to Australia in 1789 where young, ambitious lieutenant Ralph has managed to convince his officers that putting on a play, The Recruiting Officer, may be an effective form of rehabilitating his convicts.
The set instantly transports the audience into the hot Australian landscape. From the bright lighting replicating the scorching Australian sun, to the diverse use of a pair of sails hanging down from wooden beams, changing into makeshift tents. The use of a large wooden crate is placed centre stage, remaining throughout the performance. It adapts to form a boat, stage or simply to create levels between the cast to show varying degrees of importance. However, perhaps the decision to keep the box as a fixed piece of the set, meant that it could have found more uses during the course of the play.
Multi-roling also plays a key part in Stafford-Clark's adaptation, with David Newman, in particular, managing to successfully switch between various roles. There were also very comedic moments, rather farcical humour which was threaded through the play.
I was able to read the script before my visit. I do not normally do this before I see a new theatre production as I do not want to have a tainted view of the play. The script came across to me as vibrant, however after watching the first act, I felt that it was perhaps a little drawn out, taking time to pick up momentum. I also envisaged certain characters having various characteristics, however a couple of those which were presented on stage, were somewhat different to the perception that I had. For example, Liz Morden is far more boisterous than imagined. This is not a direct criticism, as there are certainly multiple ways of interpreting a character.
Act II picks up the intended moving, thought-provoking nature of Wertenbaker's script, the climax of the play reaching a touching ending, with the convict's realisation that they have been given a new purpose, but more importantly, hope.


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This phonostage needs to look like a box of Black Magic, because that's what it is.
£1375 certainly isn't cheap, but the Axia S is one hell of a musical player, not sheepish in trying to extrapolate the best from the music, and more than justifies it price when comparing with others at this price point.
Yes, our reference system (also using class D amps incidentally,but with a valve pre in place) gives me more of everything but then for the cost of my speakers alone you could have the whole kit and caboodle from Devialet gracing your living room and not wanting to take over your space completely.
The I32 will take all your musical tastes and run wild with them. It's not coloured or warm, it's rich and vibrant, it's not sterile or analytical, it's clean and accurate.
So transparent is the Tisbury that it has very little influence that I can detect in my system.
It is a raw hard edged recording and with the Etalon it really was stripped out to the bare bones with nowhere to hide away from it.
The sound field is wide and open spreading way beyond their tiny dimensions.
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This clever machine meant that a new technology was backward-compatible so you didn't need to eject (permanently) your old recordings of Des O'Conner, and you could now listen with good signal to noise without missing some of the tops, as Dolby B did.
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Never content to rest on my laurels, upgrade after upgrade followed and when I got a full time job the floodgates were opened to many new adventures in quality equipment.
Please grow up and have an educated conversation with your fellow audiophiles and you might learn a few things…in the meantime us women have better things to do, like listening to music on, rather than showing off about, our hifi.
I even recall one very animated presenter smearing jam, or was it marmalade, over one of the discs, wiping it off and then playing the disc…revolutionary to say the least, particularly given the number of breakfast time vinyl incidents reported in the eighties.
Of course finding consensus amongst the gathered throng as to which bun is best is a challenge, but it's also really interesting (and often contentious) when Whitesnake or Beethoven is cooking the air at 90dB+.
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We base the show around our own strengths. It might be that for one section Danny's more the kind of wizardy guitar and I'm more the bottom-end stuff.
Friedman is a fine songwriter and I was looking forward to hearing his songs in a live context but I'm sorry to say that this evening's performance didn't really work for me.
Lee's lyrics are abstract but turn into an apoplectic, apocalyptic vision where bathtubs run with blood.
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