When an election scandal rocked Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets of Kyiv in peaceful protest, in what became known as The Orange Revolution. After an election rerun in December, opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko was inaugurated the new president in January, and the country now looks ahead with hope.
In 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in an escalation of the war that began in 2014. Russia’s motivations for launching the largest military campaign in Europe since the Second World War remain fiercely…
Surbiton Symphony Orchestra. 359 likes · 4 talking about this. Surbiton's own invitational, high-quality orchestra. Performances in Surbiton and Kingston.
Strings Attached Supporting high quality Chamber Music in Brighton and Hove Working with Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival to ensure the future of top quality chamber music concerts. We represent the audience and encourage everyone to share our enjoyment. We also encourage and support local concerts and amateur players. About us Strings Attached is a … Continue reading Home
Spring arrived earlier this week. Time to take a break from your week@work and venture out beyond the confines of your work space. Cited by the Guardian as one of the ten best about spring, The Fri…
Helsinki Chamber Music Festival - Finland Festivals
Finnish and international artists will bring memorable chamber music experiences to the Finnish capital, delighting all friends of urban summer events at a wide variety of venues in the historic surroundings and downtown districts of the city, and focusing particularly on its unique art nouveau concert halls. A fascinating programme, audience-friendliness and reasonable ticket prices are integral aspects of this annual event.
The video compares the features of Joplin and Obsidian note-taking tools to determine which one is better suited for specific needs, with Joplin being more user-friendly and accessible, while Obsidian offers more customization options and interconnectedness with advanced backlinking and graph view.
Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified eith...
The joy of Haydn's string quartets – here are the best recordings
As Joseph Haydn was getting out of bed on the morning of 10 May 1809, a cannonball landed in his back garden. Napoleon’s armies were closing on Vienna, and Haydn’s suburban home was in the line of fire. His valet recorded that the bedroom door blew open and every window in the house rattled. Shaking
Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. We endeavor to stimulate public debate about the price paid for a reality in which young soldiers face a civilian population on a daily basis, and are engaged in the control of that population’s everyday life. Our work aims to bring an end to the occupation.
Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. We endeavor to stimulate public debate about the price paid for a reality in which young soldiers face a civilian population on a daily basis, and are engaged in the control of that population’s everyday life. Our work aims to bring an end to the occupation.
It's slow, expensive, the engineering is mostly port-a-potty chemistry, and the best-case outcome is that thirty years from now we’ll get to watch someone remotely operate a soil scoop from Mars instead of Pasadena