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Apr. 30th, 2020 09:22 am
Apr. 30th, 2020
Captain Tom
Apr. 30th, 2020 10:12 amMy very best wishes go to Captain Tom (now an honorary Colonel of the Yorkshire Regiment) on the occasion of your 100th birthday. You are an inspiration to us all with your fund raising effort of £30 million + for our NHS.
Closing pubs is unprecedented in Britain, never before in the history of our nation have pubs been closed outright. During the two world wars most remained open. Sometimes there was a shortage of beer, and pubs would close for that reason.
Pub culture is an integral part of British life, they are a place to go to socialise, relax and have a drink. But as easy as it is to lament the loss of having a pint with friends and family, pub closures are being acutely felt by business owners and employees across Britain. There are around 49,000 pubs who employ 450,000 people. Surviving the lockdown is one thing, but owners are concerned at what the industry will look like when they’re able to reopen.
According to a YouGov poll last week, 63 percent of people would feel uncomfortable going to a pub or bar when the lockdown is relaxed. How do you feel about this? That puts a big question mark over the number of staff that will be needed. Casualties look inevitable. A survey by KAM Media of pubs and restaurants found that two thirds do not think they can survive a further three months of lockdown.
The biggest threat identified was rent, one of the biggest costs to pubs. Many are in negotiations with landlords, but some property owners are refusing to provide support. Pigheaded and stupid... The industry wants formal legislation to protect tenants with a nine-month period where pubs are freed from rent.
We’ve spent decades supporting pubs in our communities, we can’t just turn out backs now. The government MUST act.
Pub culture is an integral part of British life, they are a place to go to socialise, relax and have a drink. But as easy as it is to lament the loss of having a pint with friends and family, pub closures are being acutely felt by business owners and employees across Britain. There are around 49,000 pubs who employ 450,000 people. Surviving the lockdown is one thing, but owners are concerned at what the industry will look like when they’re able to reopen.
According to a YouGov poll last week, 63 percent of people would feel uncomfortable going to a pub or bar when the lockdown is relaxed. How do you feel about this? That puts a big question mark over the number of staff that will be needed. Casualties look inevitable. A survey by KAM Media of pubs and restaurants found that two thirds do not think they can survive a further three months of lockdown.
The biggest threat identified was rent, one of the biggest costs to pubs. Many are in negotiations with landlords, but some property owners are refusing to provide support. Pigheaded and stupid... The industry wants formal legislation to protect tenants with a nine-month period where pubs are freed from rent.
We’ve spent decades supporting pubs in our communities, we can’t just turn out backs now. The government MUST act.
Karol Szymanowski
Apr. 30th, 2020 10:35 amA piece of classical fr the morning
Karol Szymanowski - Symphony No. 4 "Symphonie concertante", Op. 60 (1932)
Symphony No. 4 "Symphonie concertante", Op. 60, for piano and orchestra (1932)
I. Moderato [0:00]
II. Andante molto sostenuto - [10:19]
III. Allegro non troppo [18:40]
The fourth and final symphony by Polish composer and pianist Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), a work where the piano plays a prominent role. The bright first movement is in a loose sonata form. The second features solos for violin and flute with piano accompaniment, followed by a restatement of the main theme from the previous movement. This leads directly into the last movement, an oberek, a traditional Polish round-dance similar to the rondeau in form. In the middle of the movement, there is an episode for the piano that resembles a mazurka. Overall, the composer described this work as something in between a symphony and a concerto for piano.
Pianist: Tadeusz Żmudziński
Conductor: Karol Stryja
Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice
Karol Szymanowski - Symphony No. 4 "Symphonie concertante", Op. 60 (1932)
Symphony No. 4 "Symphonie concertante", Op. 60, for piano and orchestra (1932)
I. Moderato [0:00]
II. Andante molto sostenuto - [10:19]
III. Allegro non troppo [18:40]
The fourth and final symphony by Polish composer and pianist Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), a work where the piano plays a prominent role. The bright first movement is in a loose sonata form. The second features solos for violin and flute with piano accompaniment, followed by a restatement of the main theme from the previous movement. This leads directly into the last movement, an oberek, a traditional Polish round-dance similar to the rondeau in form. In the middle of the movement, there is an episode for the piano that resembles a mazurka. Overall, the composer described this work as something in between a symphony and a concerto for piano.
Pianist: Tadeusz Żmudziński
Conductor: Karol Stryja
Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice
Here is a simple game anybody can play and it helps science.
https://fold.it/portal/info/about
The Science Behind Foldit
Foldit is a revolutionary crowdsourcing computer game enabling you to contribute to important scientific research. This page describes the science behind Foldit and how your playing can help.
Page Contents:
What is protein folding?
Why is this game important?
Foldit Scientific Publications
News Articles about Foldit
Rosetta@Home Screensaver
Community Rules
Let's Foldit Podcast
Instructions for Educators
Terms of Service and Consent
Credits
What is protein folding?
Folded up Streptococcal Protein Puzzle (+) Enlarge This Image
What is a protein? Proteins are the workhorses in every cell of every living thing. Your body is made up of trillions of cells, of all different kinds: muscle cells, brain cells, blood cells, and more. Inside those cells, proteins are allowing your body to do what it does: break down food to power your muscles, send signals through your brain that control the body, and transport nutrients through your blood. Proteins come in thousands of different varieties, but they all have a lot in common. For instance, they're made of the same stuff: every protein consists of a long chain of joined-together amino acids.
( More info here )
Time to play.
https://fold.it/portal/info/about
The Science Behind Foldit
Foldit is a revolutionary crowdsourcing computer game enabling you to contribute to important scientific research. This page describes the science behind Foldit and how your playing can help.
Page Contents:
What is protein folding?
Why is this game important?
Foldit Scientific Publications
News Articles about Foldit
Rosetta@Home Screensaver
Community Rules
Let's Foldit Podcast
Instructions for Educators
Terms of Service and Consent
Credits
What is protein folding?
Folded up Streptococcal Protein Puzzle (+) Enlarge This Image
What is a protein? Proteins are the workhorses in every cell of every living thing. Your body is made up of trillions of cells, of all different kinds: muscle cells, brain cells, blood cells, and more. Inside those cells, proteins are allowing your body to do what it does: break down food to power your muscles, send signals through your brain that control the body, and transport nutrients through your blood. Proteins come in thousands of different varieties, but they all have a lot in common. For instance, they're made of the same stuff: every protein consists of a long chain of joined-together amino acids.
( More info here )
Time to play.
Zooniverse
Apr. 30th, 2020 06:26 pmAnother great science activity website is -
Zooniverse.org
For the curious I highly recommend it.
Zooniverse.org
For the curious I highly recommend it.
Should we let Virgin Atlantic go bust?
Apr. 30th, 2020 08:29 pmDespite public backlash, Virgin Atlantic confirmed it is still in talks with the government about a coronavirus-related bailout. Richard Branson published an open letter to staff last week in which he said “we will do everything we can to keep the airline going – but we will need government support to achieve that”.
Branson has a short memory, in 2009 he was very much against a government bailout of British Airways. In-fact, Branson wanted the government to let British Airways go bust to let others feast on their remains.
“The government shouldn’t step in to bail them (British Airways) out. They should let them go bust. And the likes of Virgin Atlantic and others should be able to step into the shoes, take over their slots and offer a much more cost effective, in our opinion, better airline.” Richard Branson, 22 June 2009
British Airways posted a record loss of £230 million in 2009. The tables have very much turned since then. British Airways announced a £1.95 billion profit last year while Virgin Atlantic has suffered a decade of losses. Branson has asked the government for a £500 million commercial loan. Yet many doubt whether it could be repaid given the losses his airline has accumulated.
“This is Branson’s second go at trying to fleece the British taxpayer for state aid,” Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary told Sky News. He said Branson is “sitting in the Virgin Islands as a tax exile.”
Branson believes a government bailout is in the public interest because Virgin Atlantic creates competition for British Airways. But the options are not simply to help Virgin Atlantic, or watch the airline go bust and give British Airways a monopoly.
Existing regulations limit slots at Britain’s busiest airports. Heathrow and Gatwick slots, where British Airways and Virgin Atlantic operate, are priority allocated to ‘new entrant’ airlines. In the most dramatic scenario of Virgin Atlantic going bust, history shows that demand will be filled.
There could be new start-ups, or existing airlines such as JetBlue could enter the Heathrow market and stimulate fares as it did in America. JetBlue have previously announced their intention to run services from New York and Boston to London, a key Virgin Atlantic route.
The government must now follow Branson’s own guidance for struggling airlines: let Virgin Atlantic go bust and allow others to emerge.
Branson has a short memory, in 2009 he was very much against a government bailout of British Airways. In-fact, Branson wanted the government to let British Airways go bust to let others feast on their remains.
“The government shouldn’t step in to bail them (British Airways) out. They should let them go bust. And the likes of Virgin Atlantic and others should be able to step into the shoes, take over their slots and offer a much more cost effective, in our opinion, better airline.” Richard Branson, 22 June 2009
British Airways posted a record loss of £230 million in 2009. The tables have very much turned since then. British Airways announced a £1.95 billion profit last year while Virgin Atlantic has suffered a decade of losses. Branson has asked the government for a £500 million commercial loan. Yet many doubt whether it could be repaid given the losses his airline has accumulated.
“This is Branson’s second go at trying to fleece the British taxpayer for state aid,” Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary told Sky News. He said Branson is “sitting in the Virgin Islands as a tax exile.”
Branson believes a government bailout is in the public interest because Virgin Atlantic creates competition for British Airways. But the options are not simply to help Virgin Atlantic, or watch the airline go bust and give British Airways a monopoly.
Existing regulations limit slots at Britain’s busiest airports. Heathrow and Gatwick slots, where British Airways and Virgin Atlantic operate, are priority allocated to ‘new entrant’ airlines. In the most dramatic scenario of Virgin Atlantic going bust, history shows that demand will be filled.
There could be new start-ups, or existing airlines such as JetBlue could enter the Heathrow market and stimulate fares as it did in America. JetBlue have previously announced their intention to run services from New York and Boston to London, a key Virgin Atlantic route.
The government must now follow Branson’s own guidance for struggling airlines: let Virgin Atlantic go bust and allow others to emerge.
Jazzy's Thursday Mix
Apr. 30th, 2020 08:55 pmTime for some quality music - as always from me lol -
Chick Corea & Return To Forever - 500 Miles High
from his album, Light As a Feather. Written by Chick.
Chick Corea(elp)
Joe Farrell(ts)
Stanley Clarke(b)
Airto Moreira(ds,perc)
Floa Purim(vo,perc)
Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Incorporated
McCoy Tyner - Passion Dance
Johnny Griffin - Bush Dance
Johnny Griffin (Tenor Sax, Chant), Cedar Walton (Piano), George Freeman (Guitar), Sam Jones (Bass), Albert Heath (Drums), Kenneth Nash (Percussion).
Enjoy.
Chick Corea & Return To Forever - 500 Miles High
from his album, Light As a Feather. Written by Chick.
Chick Corea(elp)
Joe Farrell(ts)
Stanley Clarke(b)
Airto Moreira(ds,perc)
Floa Purim(vo,perc)
Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Incorporated
McCoy Tyner - Passion Dance
Johnny Griffin - Bush Dance
Johnny Griffin (Tenor Sax, Chant), Cedar Walton (Piano), George Freeman (Guitar), Sam Jones (Bass), Albert Heath (Drums), Kenneth Nash (Percussion).
Enjoy.
Some music by this German-born chanteuse.
Nico - One More Chance(Rare & Unreleased)
Nico - Secret Side
An audio recording of Nico performing 'Secret Side' on The Old Grey Whistle Test. BBC UK TV 7th February 1975.
Nico - Afraid
Nico Afraid Desertshore album 1970
Cease to know or to tell
Or to see or to be your own
Cease to know or to tell
Or to see or to be your own
Have someone else's will as your own
Have someone else's will as your own
You are beautiful and you are alone
You are beautiful and you are alone
Offend the adolescent play
Reward your grace
Offend the adolescent play
Reward your grace
Confuse your hunger capture the fate
Confuse your hunger capture the fate
Banish the faceless reward your grace
Banish the faceless reward your grace
By Nico
Enjoy
Nico - One More Chance(Rare & Unreleased)
Nico - Secret Side
An audio recording of Nico performing 'Secret Side' on The Old Grey Whistle Test. BBC UK TV 7th February 1975.
Nico - Afraid
Nico Afraid Desertshore album 1970
Cease to know or to tell
Or to see or to be your own
Cease to know or to tell
Or to see or to be your own
Have someone else's will as your own
Have someone else's will as your own
You are beautiful and you are alone
You are beautiful and you are alone
Offend the adolescent play
Reward your grace
Offend the adolescent play
Reward your grace
Confuse your hunger capture the fate
Confuse your hunger capture the fate
Banish the faceless reward your grace
Banish the faceless reward your grace
By Nico
Enjoy
Just Wondering
Apr. 30th, 2020 10:59 pmHow often during the day do you comb/brush your hair?
Do you have a special place for your keys (and still misplace them)?
What sort of welcome mat do you have?
Do you have a special place for your keys (and still misplace them)?
What sort of welcome mat do you have?
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