FILMS – DECEMBER 2016
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on December 31, 2016
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(Enright 1941) The Wagons Roll at Night
(Anderson 2003) The Simpsons: Ep.298 ― Special Edna
(Maloney 1975) Doctor Who: Ep.406 ― Planet of Evil, Part 1
(Maloney 1975) Doctor Who: Ep.407 ― Planet of Evil, Part 2
(Lewis 2003) The First World War: Ep.7 ― Blockade
(Maloney 1975) Doctor Who: Ep.408 ― Planet of Evil, Part 3
(Maloney 1975) Doctor Who: Ep.409 ― Planet of Evil, Part 4
(Scheerer 1990) Star Trek, the Next Generation: Ep.80 ― Legacy
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First-time listening for December 2016
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24062. (anon.) Personal Message from a Grandfather to his Grandchild [1894 wax cylinder]
24063. (Dan W. Quinn) “Down in Poverty Row” [1997 wax cylinder]
24064. (Will F. Denny) “Change Will Do You Good” [1897 wax cylinder]
24065. (John Philip Sousa Band) “Darkies Temptation” [1897 wax cylinder]
24066. (Len Spencer) “Sleigh Ride Party” [1897 wax cylinder]
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READING — DECEMBER 2016
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23430. (Bliss Carman) Far Horizons
23431. (Evangelos Kyriakidis) Some Aspects of the Role of Scribes in Pylian Palace
. . . . . Administration [article]
23432. (Vong Sotheara) The Role of Khmer Monks during 16th-19th Centuries [article]
23433. (Tsering Shakya) Making of the Great Game Players ― Tibetan Students in Britain
. . . . . Between 1913 and 1917 [article]
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FILMS – NOVEMBER 2016
Posted by Phil Paine
on November 30, 2016
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(Zacarías 1978) The Bees
(Martin 2010) Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Ep.64 ― Murder on the Orient Express
(Bennett 1975) Doctor Who: Ep.386 ― The Ark in Space, Part 1
(Kramer 2002) The Simpsons: Ep.282 ― The Old Man and the Key
(Anderson 2002) The Simpsons: Ep.283 ― Tales from the Public Domain
(Mulcahy 2005) Mysterious Island
(Palmer 2011) Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Ep.65 ― The Clocks
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First-time listening for November 2016
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23999. (Duke Ellington) After All
(Anonymous 4) Darkness into Light: The Bridegroom & other works by John Tavener:
. . . . 24000. (John Tavener) Vespers hymn: O lux beata trinitas
. . . . 24001. (John Tavener) Jube domine/Lection: In principio erat verbum
. . . . 24002. (John Tavener) Come and do Your will in me [arr. Tavener]
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READING — NOVEMBER 2016
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23399. (Benedict de Spinoza) A Theologico-Political Treatise [tr. R. H. M. Elwes]
23400. (Benedict de Spinoza) A Political Treatise [tr. R. H. M. Elwes]
23401. (Mehmet Özdoğan) In Quest of a Missing Era in Eastern Thrace ― Dilemma of the
. . . . . 4th Millenium [article]
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Monday, November 28, 2016 — A Letter to my Member of Parliament, Bill Morneau
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on November 28, 2016
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To: Bill Morneau, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0A6
Re: Prime Minister Trudeau praising Castro
I voted for the present government. I voted for you. I had viscerally despised Harper, and I fell for your party’s hokum about “sunny days” and restoring Canada’s democratic values after the grim repressiveness of the Conservative administration. Naive me.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 — Fucking American Morons, part 2
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on November 9, 2016
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Gmail was down for an astonishing 24 hours. It will, no doubt, cost Google a lot of money, as they have contractual obligations to their commercial customers which will incur penalties. The outage effected much of the world, and most intensely North America and the U.K. It started around when the U.S. election polls closed, and continued for the better part of a day. Now, I don’t know for certain the cause of this unprecedented outage, with its unlikely coincident timing, but I could venture a guess. Read more »