It was an eight-day clock; it rang on the half-hour, and hour. Grandpa would wind it up every so often, no one else dared to touch it. The Old Russia Bear, had it there ever since I can remember; my grandmother, whom had never seen us boys, my brother and I, died in 1933, died at the age of 33, died of double-pneumonia, her picture was next to the clock, on the right-hand side of it, to the south.

Also there was a cigar box full of coins nearby the clock, mostly pennies, but other coins as well —and I liked to check them out for the dates, I saved pennies, old pennies back then. I always wished I could find the 1909 S VDB penny, boy what a prize it would had been, but I would have to wait 45-years, and then buy one for $800-dollars. One time I got a 1914 penny, and someone said the ‘D’ had been cut off it, so it was not worth even a penny; my luck. I never had much luck to speak of, only a lot of good breaks in life, so I didn’t count on luck for much, if anything. But my grandfather would allow me to check the pennies out, off and on during my formative years, and when I got older too, I’d end up buying a black mantel clock (like that penny), and I would eventually send my son a black mantel clock who lived several states from me (Cody, in Columbus, Ohio). It is funny how we absorb life’s little idiosyncrasies; more often than not we pick up and live our childhood perhaps sideways—after our childhood is long gone that is; what we couldn’t do then, we fix it up now (not a bad thing, or good thing, just something we do). But it was nice he thought of me; all because of a clock and a box of pennies, we both found something to talk about, and he didn’t talk much.

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However these are relatively minor distractions. The script is excellent and also believable. Something which is often lacking in Science fiction. Tom Baker as the Doctor is excellent but the real highlight of the show is the evil Davros who conveys a genuine menace and evil, his voice is particularly striking and eerily threatening. There is no doubt that the writer Terry Nation had in mind the Nazi regime and Nazi ideology when creating the daleks. Their instinctive nature to exterminate all beings who are not perfect clearly modelled on the Nazi racial purity theory. What the series does is give a realistic and believable course for the creation of such a creature. Rather being an “abstract” monster you realise how such creatures can in theory come about. There is also a nice irony at the end of the series when Davros himself comes to realise the effects of the creature he has created.

When watching richardpettinger.com/blog/archive/2006/09/15/the-best-doctor-who-series-ever Doctor Who you often feel it is good but is let down by certain things; like unbelievable scripts, or a James Bond tendency to save the world at the last moment. But this series avoids many of the clichés. It is interesting, for example, to see the Doctor wrestle with his conscience about whether to exterminate the infant Daleks, even though the embionic daleks try to strangle him. However it would be very good to see a modern remake of a similar script and idea. With the vastly improved special effects apparent in the new series you wouldn’t have to keep deal with the poor quality of the objects and special effects.

The Genesis of the Daleks was first screened on 8th March 1975 and was directed by David Maloney. The Doctor was played by Tom Baker. His assistants Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sulivan were played by Elisabeth Sladen and Ian Marter.

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Well, quite simply, the English language is the most commonly spoken language in the world. Therefore, the need to learn foreign languages for native speakers of English is much less than a non native speaker who wants to get on in the world. I don’t know the exact figures, but there is something in the region of 400 million people who speak English as their first language, and almost 2 billion who have at least a basic proficiency of it. So, as you can see, English is the most widely taught and understood language in the world today.

All this said however, doesn′t mean that native and non native speakers of English are not seeking to learn foreign languages other than English. Being bi-lingual, or multi-lingual even, is not only a great asset, but is simply a joy to be able to communicate in other tongues.

Obviously, the best time to learn foreign languages is at an early age, but that doesn’t mean it’s mission impossible for adults of all ages to master a new language. In fact, my grandmother studied French after she retired and became a fluent speaker in just 2 years of part time study. Mind you, she did spend her winter months in the South of France so she got plenty of practice. But the point is that anyone can learn foreign languages if they really put their mind to it, but you have to really want it to succeed.

Most foreign languages can actually be easier to learn than English, as the English language has lots of weird rules that are not found in other tongues. Obviously native speakers are somewhat oblivious to these rules, but non-native speakers will soon tell you that say Thai was easier to lean than English for example.

Remember, the most difficult thing regarding leaning a foreign language is getting started. Once you make a start, be it in school, online, or a home study course, all you need to do is adopt a little patience and persistence, and you’ll be amazed before you’re half way through. Keeping it simple is also imperative. It’s far too easy to stray away from what’s in front of you and go off on tangents in a bid to research things outside of your immediate lesson.

To learn foreign languages can be great fun. It doesn’t matter what language it is, there are some basic things that all languages have in common. I’ll put them below for your reference, and maybe they will help you to keep things uncomplicated when starting your new course.

In every language we do these 3 things:

1. Ask questions

2. give answers

3. Make statements

In every language we talk about 3 things:

1. People

2. Places

3. Things

In every language we refer to these 3 times:

1. Past

2. present

3. future

Yes, there’s a lot of filling-in to do, but I’ve always used the above as my foundation, and as a consequence I’m fluent in 3 languages and have a basic knowledge of a forth. Good luck!

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Meaning literally “a sensitivity to things,” mono no aware is a concept describing the essence of Japanese culture, invented by the Japanese literary and linguistic scholar scholar Motoori Norinaga in the eighteenth century, and remains the central artistic imperative in Japan to this day. The phrase is derived from the word *aware*, which in Heian Japan meant sensitivity or sadness, and the word mono, meaning things, and describes beauty as an awareness of the transience of all things, and a gentle sadness at their passing. It can also be translated as the “ah-ness” of things, of life, and love.

Mono no aware gave name to an aesthetic that already existed in Japanese art, music and poetry, the source of which can be traced directly to the introduction of Zen Buddhism in the twelfth century, a spiritual philosophy and practise which profoundly influenced all aspects of Japanese culture, but especially art and religion. The fleeting nature of beauty described by mono no aware derives from the three states of existence in Buddhist philosophy: unsatisfactoriness, impersonality, and most importantly in this context, impermanence.

According to mono no aware, a falling or wilting autumn flower is more beautiful than one in full bloom a fading sound more beautiful than one clearly heard; the moon partially clouded more appealing than full. The sakura or cherry blossom tree is the epitome of this conception of beauty the flowers of the most famous variety, somei yoshino, nearly pure white tinged with a subtle pale pink, bloom and then fall within a single week. The subject of a thousand poems and a national icon, the cherry blossom tree embodies beauty as a transient experience.

Mono no aware states that beauty is a subjective rather than objective experience, a state of being ultimately internal rather than external. Based largely upon classical Greek ideals, beauty in the West is sought in the ultimate perfection of an external object: a sublime painting, perfect sculpture or intricate musical composition a beauty that could be said to be only skin deep. The Japanese ideal sees beauty instead as an experience of the heart and soul, a feeling for and appreciation of objects or artwork—most commonly nature or the depiction of—in a pristine, untouched state.

An appreciation of beauty as a state which does not last and cannot be grasped is not the same as nihilism, and can better be understood in relation to Zen Buddhism’s philosophy of earthly transcendence: a spiritual longing for that which is infinite and eternal—the source of all worldly beauty. As the monk Sotoba wrote in *Zenrin Kush&amp#363;* (Poetry of the Zenrin Temple), Zen does not regard nothingness as a state of absence, but rather the affirmation of an unseen that exists behind empty space: “Everything exists in emptiness: flowers, the moon in the sky, beautiful scenery.”

With its roots in Zen Buddhism, *mono no aware* is bears some relation to the non-dualism of Indian philosophy, as related in the following story about Swami Vivekananda by Sri Chinmoy:

*”Beauty,” says [Vivekananda], “is not external, but already in the mind.” Here we are reminded of what his spiritual daughter Nivedita wrote about her Master. “It was dark when we approached Sicily, and against the sunset sky, Etna was in slight eruption. As we entered the straits of Messina, the moon rose, and I walked up and down the deck beside the Swami, while he dwelt on the fact that beauty is not external, but already in the mind. On one side frowned the dark crags of the Italian coast, on the other, the island was touched with silver light. ‘Messina must thank me,’ he said; ‘it is I who give her all her beauty.’” Truly, in the absence of appreciation, beauty is not beauty at all. And beauty is worthy of its name only when it has been appreciated.*

The founder of *mono no aware*, Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801), was the pre-eminent scholar of the Kokugakushu movement, a nationalist movement which sought to remove all outside influences from Japanese culture. Kokugakushu was enormously influential in art, poetry, music and philosophy, and responsible for the revival during the Tokugawa period of the Shinto religion. Contradictorily, the influence of Buddhist ideas and practises upon art and even Shintoism itself was so great that, although Buddhism is technically an outside influence, it was by this point unable to be extricated.

Meaning literally “a sensitivity to things,” mono no aware is a concept describing the essence of Japanese culture, invented by the Japanese literary and linguistic scholar scholar Motoori Norinaga in the eighteenth century, and remains the central artistic imperative in Japan to this day. The phrase is derived from the word aware, which in Heian Japan meant sensitivity or sadness, and the word mono, meaning things, and describes beauty as an awareness of the transience of all things, and a gentle sadness at their passing. It can also be translated as the “ah-ness″ of things, of life, and love.

Mono no aware gave name to an aesthetic that already existed in Japanese art, music and poetry, the source of which can be traced directly to the introduction of Zen Buddhism in the twelfth century, a spiritual philosophy and practise which profoundly influenced all aspects of Japanese culture, but especially art and religion. The fleeting nature of beauty described by mono no aware derives from the three states of existence in Buddhist philosophy: unsatisfactoriness, impersonality, and most importantly in this context, impermanence.

According to mono no aware, a falling or wilting autumn flower is more beautiful than one in full bloom; a fading sound more beautiful than one clearly heard; the moon partially clouded more appealing than full. The sakura or cherry blossom tree is the epitome of this conception of beauty the flowers of the most famous variety, somei yoshino, nearly pure white tinged with a subtle pale pink, bloom and then fall within a single week. The subject of a thousand poems and a national icon, the cherry blossom tree embodies beauty as a transient experience.

Mono no aware states that beauty is a subjective rather than objective experience, a state of being ultimately internal rather than external. Based largely upon classical Greek ideals, beauty in the West is sought in the ultimate perfection of an external object: a sublime painting, perfect sculpture or intricate musical composition; a beauty that could be said to be only skin deep. The Japanese ideal sees beauty instead as an experience of the heart and soul, a feeling for and appreciation of objects or artwork—most commonly nature or the depiction of—in a pristine, untouched state.

An appreciation of beauty as a state which does not last and cannot be grasped is not the same as nihilism, and can better be understood in relation to Zen Buddhism’s philosophy of earthly transcendence: a spiritual longing for that which is infinite and eternal—the source of all worldly beauty. As the monk Sotoba wrote in Zenrin Kush&amp#363; (Poetry of the Zenrin Temple), Zen does not regard nothingness as a state of absence, but rather the affirmation of an unseen that exists behind empty space: “Everything exists in emptiness: flowers, the moon in the sky, beautiful scenery.”

With its roots in Zen Buddhism, mono no aware is bears some relation to the non-dualism of Indian philosophy, as related in the following story about Swami Vivekananda by Sri Chinmoy:

“Beauty,” says [Vivekananda], “is not external, but already in the mind.” Here we are reminded of what his spiritual daughter Nivedita wrote about her Master. “It was dark when we approached Sicily, and against the sunset sky, Etna was in slight eruption. As we entered the straits of Messina, the moon rose, and I walked up and down the deck beside the Swami, while he dwelt on the fact that beauty is not external, but already in the mind. On one side frowned the dark crags of the Italian coast, on the other, the island was touched with silver light. ‘Messina must thank me,’ he said; ‘it is I who give her all her beauty.’” Truly, in the absence of appreciation, beauty is not beauty at all. And beauty is worthy of its name only when it has been appreciated.

The founder of mono no aware, Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801), was the pre-eminent scholar of the Kokugakushu movement, a nationalist movement which sought to remove all outside influences from Japanese culture. Kokugakushu was enormously influential in art, poetry, music and philosophy, and responsible for the revival during the Tokugawa period of the Shinto religion. Contradictorily, the influence of Buddhist ideas and practises upon art and even Shintoism itself was so great that, although Buddhism is technically an outside influence, it was by this point unable to be extricated.

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He did it because of what he saw and learned in the King’s Chamber - we blanche because we have to listen to these nauseating and transparent fluff artists like ‘Amazing′ Randi. Hawass is a spokesperson for Cayce who was a Mason like his father. The list goes on and on. Is there any better evidence of a total disregard for honest scholarship? It certainly is a confusing array of nefarious intent, as we see it. No we can′t possibly do justice to this monument and library in stone, left as a legacy by adepts who saw what man would become? Then they left these monuments so that modern man could see he isn′t so all-fired important. Time portal and energy vortex, energy plant, and connection of the World Mind with cosmic life: there is so much to address.

Dunn and Davidovits are not simpletons and they aren’t selling any particular ideology. We have given you a lot of names and books to follow if you want some answers.

Science is only now able to comprehend how much more there is to life and creativity or intelligent design. We look forward to seeing how long the fools on the hill can maintain their lofty perch.

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I know tons of players who just give the guitar a rudimentary tune, and don′t even bother to get it up to pitch. Just as long as the strings are roughly in tune with each oher, they don′t seem to mind.

The easiest way is, of course to use a tuner. An electronic tuner is good, or try an online tuner.

So which gives the best results? An electronic tuner, where it’s all visual, or an online one, where you can hear the note that you’re tuning to? It’s hard to say really, and a lot depends on the individual player using it. One thing thats for certain though, is this: when you use a tuner like the one above, you’re using your ears!! I can’t believe that staring at the flickering gauge on an electronic tuner does anything to benefit your musicality.

But what about stage tuning? At a gig? I don’t know, but if you go to hear an orchestra, someone usually gives our a ‘C’ and everyone else tunes to it. I remember seeing the CBSO orchestra rehearse once. Sir Simon Rattle asked one of the Clarinets for a ‘C’. The clarinetist had a really wide vibrato. When he’d finished the note, Sir Simon said ‘Gentlemen, take your pick..’

What Not To Do

The most common mistake I see when watching people tune is this: tuning the ‘A’ string to the ‘E′, then tuning the ‘D’ string to the ‘A’. This is terrible!! What happens here is that minor mistakes in tuning are passed on and amplified. By the time you get to tune the low ‘E′, it’s so far away from the high ‘E′ as to be ridiculous.You’ve heard of ‘Chinese Whispers’…

Here’s My Method.

First of all, take a look at this ‘tab’ of the guitar neck. Just to clarify, when we say ‘top’, we mean the thinest string. farthest away from you s you hold the guitar in the playing position. Ergo ‘lowest’ is the thickest string, closest to you. Looks like this:

E——- THINNEST STRING ——-
B————————————–
G————————————–
D————————————–
A————————————–
E——- THICKEST STRING ——-

Find a point of referance. By that, i mean one note that you can tune to. Like what? Well, my doorbell is C sharp. (Telephones used to ring at C sharp too. It’s considered an ‘annoying′ note thats hard to ignore). Maybe you have something on your mobile phone you can tune your high ‘E′ to. If you can’t find anything, just guess. Here’s the method:

1. Get the top ‘E’ to pitch.

2. Fret the ‘B’ string at the 5th fret, and tune it to the open ‘E’.

3. Fret the high ‘E’ at the third fret, and tune the ‘G’ string to this.

4. On the ‘D’ string, play the note at the 2nd fret, and tune to the open ‘E’.

5. On the ‘A’ string, play the note at the 7th fret*, and tune this to the open ‘E’.

6. On the low ‘E’ string, play the harmonic at the 12th fret, and tune this to the high ‘E’.

*(Carefull here: don’t use the 7th fret harmonic: The harmonic at the 7th is a Pythagorean 5th, whereas the note at the 7th is an equal tempered 5th. Use the harmonic, and you’ll be practically guaranteed to put the guitar out of tune.)

So, you can see what’s going on here. Each individual string is being tunes to the high ‘E’, so that any imperfections aren’t being passed from string to string. It works!

Iain James. february, 2007

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Hispanic cultures from Spain and Mexico have greatly influenced the development of Filipino music. These cultures have introduced musical forms like the Harana the Kundiman and Rondalla. Most of these music forms developed as a result of the fusion between tribal music styles and traditional Spanish and Mexican music. Today the influence of Spain and Mexico is still present in modern Filipino music. Modern popular music in the Philippines still has a Hispanic flavor.

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Unfortunately, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Morning Dance. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

Morning Dance has a pleasantly varied, mix of 9 tracks that are very well put together songs.

The nice thing about a CD like this is with this level of talent even if Smooth Jazz isn’t your favorite style you still can’t help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.

Listen to this CD and I believe you’ll find there’s not much to dis-like about it. The songs are inspired and the production is simply outstanding. If you′re even mildly into Smooth Jazz music you′ll enjoy this CD.

While the entire CD is outstanding some of my favorites are track 1, Morning Dance, track 7, It Doesn’t Matter, and track 9, End Of Romanticism.

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 4, Song For Lorraine. Outstanding!

Morning Dance Release Notes:

Spyro Gyra originally released Morning Dance on Jun 07, 1994 on the Amherst Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Morning Dance
2. Jubilee
3. Rasul
4. Song For Lorraine
5. Starburst
6. Heliopolis
7. It Doesn’t Matter
8. Little Linda
9. End Of Romanticism

This is a live recording.

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how to get your free bets without having to risk your money on qualifying bets

how to use these free bets to guarantee a good return.

This guide will assume that you already have at least one betting account open.

Step 1 - Getting The Free Bets

This step is very simple. To get your free bets you will normally have to stake a certain amount of money. We will work on the premise that you will get rewarded with a free £25 bet for staking £25 on a single event.

First find an event with only 2 outcomes; I like to use baseball for my bets.

Simply stake £25 on the favorite for the game to qualify for your free bet. Then stake the relevant amount with your current bookmaker, for the opponent to win, to cover the £25.

Example:

LA Dodgers to win at 1.68 with the bookmaker offering the free bet.
Franciscoisco Giants to win at 2.4 with your current bookmaker.

Bet £25 on LA
Bet 25/1.4 = £17.86 on SF

Possible outcomes:

LA win:

profit from LA bet = 25 * 0.68 = £17
loss from SF bet = £17.86
total loss to get free bet = £0.86

SF win:

profit from SF bet = 17.86 * 1.4 = £25
loss from La bet = £25
total loss to get free bet = £0.00

Betting the £25 on the favorite allows you to bet the least amount in total to receive your free bet.

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