Cruelty to animals even in isolated cases is nauseating and animal cruelty on an industrial scale is simply abhorrent. Have mercy on these poor creatures.
The unfortunate thing is the consumers are totally shielded from these horrors by the colorful and clever packaging. I am sure some of you will be moved by what you see. Don't you think it is totally unacceptable?
The turkeys you see are slaughtered in the most merciless way you can imagine. Imagine yourself to be one of those turkeys.
Whatever the reason, this killing should stop, especially calling it for 'Scientific Purposes'. They should study the whales without the need to kill wholesale. I am all for the starting of a sanctuary for the whales.
It is true that people like meat, fish, poultry and in some places even dogs and horses. But all killing should stop. Animals have a right although they have no power to secure.
Every year, come Halloween people buy sweets; lots of it, in fact in large packets. This year thinking about the future I came to the conclusion, that this should stop.
In order to fight diabetes and obesity, it is imperative we draw a line when it comes to bringing poison (it literally is) to our children.
I am skipping this practice and I am still the best friend of children as I have their best interest always.
Puccini's La Bohème was performed at the Blaisdel Concert Hall by the Honolulu Opera Theatre on October 14th, 16th, 18th of 2016. We attended the event on 16th and the Opera played to a packed house. I am sure it was the same the other days as well. There was a Opera Ball as well at Sheraton, Waikiki which we skipped.
Puccini's La Bohème is set in Paris of 1830's. It is a tragic love story of Mimi played by Elizabeth Caballero and Rodolfo played by Mackenzie Whitney in the present rendition.
This was second of Puccini's Opera for me. Here are some details from the handout at Blaisdel.
File History saves copies of your files and in case anything is lost or damaged, you can get them back. File History keeps copies of files from Libraries, Desktop, Contacts and Favorites.
How do you save files?
You will find File History in Control Panel's System and Security node as shown.
When you click on File History the following window opens.
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You need to have an external storage media. In the above, I have 2 TB (Western Digital) hard drive connected to the USB drive.
If the drive has been removed for some time, I can always run and get the latest on to my external hard disc. I could also turn off. In the case of lost items I could go back to Control Panel and restore.
The election is barely a little more than two weeks away. There are lots of undecided voters. Even those who might have decided earlier may be vacillating. It is really a predicament. I have not decided but definitely it will not be the front runners.
I think it is time for a break up in the parties, both Democratic and Republican. The followers of Trump could form a splintered Republican party with a more appropriate name. The followers of Bernie Sanders, although Bernie himself gave up the dream, should make another party that believes in some of the causes that Bernie Sanders espoused, a splinter from the existing Democratic party.
I hope this year we will move away from this two party monopoly of American Politics.
Long live multi-party democracy, the only true form.
Here is a sampling of Bob Dylan's works on YouTube:
He was a prolific creator. Just look at the list of his Albums:
Bob Dylan (1962)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)
Another Side Of Bob Dylan (1964)
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Blonde On Blonde (1966)
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967)
John Wesley Harding (1968)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Self Portrait (1970)
New Morning (1970)
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1971)
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973)
Dylan (1973)
Planet Waves (1974)
Before The Flood (1974)
Blood On The Tracks (1975)
The Basement Tapes (1975)
Desire (1976)
Hard Rain (1976)
Street Legal (1978)
Bob Dylan At Budokan (1978)
Slow Train Coming (1979)
Saved (1980)
Shot Of Love (1981)
Infidels (1983)
Real Live (1984)
Empire Burlesque (1985)
Biograph (1985)
Knocked Out Loaded (1986)
Down In The Groove (1988)
Dylan & The Dead (1989)
Oh Mercy (1989)
Under The Red Sky (1990)
The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased 1961-1991 (1991)
Good As I Been to You (1992)
World Gone Wrong (1993)
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (1994)
MTV Unplugged (1995)
The Best Of Bob Dylan (1997)
The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute (1997)
Time Out Of Mind (1997)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966: The ’Royal Albert Hall’ Concert (1998)
The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)
”Love And Theft” (2001)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5: Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue (2002)
Masked And Anonymous: The Soundtrack (2003)
Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan (2003)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Live 1964: Concert At Philharmonic Hall (2004)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (2005)
Live At The Gaslight 1962 (2005)
Live At Carnegie Hall 1963 (2005)
Modern Times (2006)
The Traveling Wilburys Collection (2007)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased, 1989-2006 (2008)
Together Through Life (2009)
Christmas In The Heart (2009)
The Original Mono Recordings (2010)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (2010)
Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun (2011)
Timeless (2011)
Tempest (2012)
The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams (2011)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (2013)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete (2014)
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (2015)
Shadows In The Night (2015)
Fallen Angels (2016)
The splendid city of Mysore in India got its name from the main deity of Mysore, who decimated the evil demon Mahishasura and gained the name Mahishasura Mardini (the goddess Durga who killed the demon). The evil demon was destroyed during a fight that lasted 10 days.
The festival is 10 days long and the city gets illuminated. In the past, only the Mysore Palace and certain of the palaces on the Chamundi Hills were illuminated by thousands and thousands of incandescent bulbs on the surface of the palace and its environs. Things have changed now and the recent pictures of the illuminated city may steal the name 'City of Lights' from Paris.
The burning of the 5-6 storey tall effigy of Ravana (of Ramayana) on the last day of Dussehra or Dasara (as it is called in Mysore) has left an indelible visual in my memory. It used to take place year after year on a street right behind my high school (D.Banumiah's High School) and not too far from where we lived at the time, Krishna Vilas Aghrahar (the quarter of the city where mostly followers of Ramanuja the great philosopher lived).
Things have changed and more demons to be burned are added to the list. See this lavish burning of Ravana and his henchman in Bengaluru organized by ISKON. ISKON somehow gives Hindu rituals an 'Holloywoodian' touch.
In the somewhat chilly nights of October the warmth of the burning had a very welcome & comforting feeling.
Folks in India and Nepal (Hinduism is the major religion) celebrate the festival, all ten days of it.
The last day of Dasara was also when the Maharaja went out in great style, sitting on the golden howdah on the royal elephant to pay his respects to the family Gods at Banni Mantap.
Oliver Hart (born in London, UK 1948) of Harvard University and Bengst Holmström (born in Helsinki, Finland 1948) of MIT shared the 2016 Noble Prize, 'for thier contributions to contract theory'
All businesses and stake holders are bound by contracts and the theory developed by Hart and Holmström provides the framework for analysing the complicated contract design that can deliver: Performance-based pay for top executives Deductibles and co-pays in insurance Privitization of public-sector activities
Video of announcement:
Announcement of the 2016 Prize in Economic Sciences by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 10 October 2016.
I often watch the FujiSankei channel on the TV. I always watch a segment called Wanko (dog); a daily feature of dogs from Japan. Fuji Sankei has a nice format and many serious items are also discussed.
I recently saw this item which was very interesting. I beleive the originals were from France. The discussion was about what you see depends very much on what you are. Especially children see things differently from adults.
OK. I have already given out the hint. What do you see pictured on the bottle here?
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Take your time and watch this video (also from the TV) as to what primary school students will see.
Jean-Pierre Sauvage of University of Strasbourg, Sir J.Fraser Stoddart of Northwestern University and Bernard L.Feringa of University of Groningen, The Netherlands share the 2016 Noble Prize for Chemistry.
The citation reads, "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines"
They developed machines of molecular dimensions that can perform.
Jean-Pierre Sauvage 1983 linked two ring shaped molecules with the help of a copper ion to form a chain called Catnane. This was a mechanical bond unlike a molecular bond.
Sir J.Fraser Stoddart was able to develop a rotaxane in 1991. He created an axle and a ring that can rotate around the axle. He demonstrated a molecular lift, a molecular muscle and a computer chip using molecules.
Bernard L.Feringa was the first to develop and demonstrate a fully functional molecular-motor in 1999. He also designed a nanocar.
Japanese Cell biologist from Fukuoka working at the Tokyo Institute of Technology the Noble Prize for his work on cell recycling.
The prize was for his 1990's ground breaking brilliant experiments on cell 'autophagy', a process by which damaged cells are eaten up to provide the necessary elements for cell renewal.
Here is the You Tube Video:
More Noble Prizes to be announced:
Physics 10/4 2016 Chemistry 10/5/2016 Peace 10/6/2016 Literature 10/29/2016
The breakfast was good at the Radisson Beke hotel.
We left around 8:00 AM for the city tour and we had a good city guide. Our main more detailed tour consisted of visiting the Castle District; the Fisherman's Bastion; the Matthias Church and the Parliament. After this some of opted to visit the City Market and have lunch their and take our bus back to the hotel.
The rest of what we saw was from inside the bus. We could have spent some time near the Hero's square.
