And she will be staying in the lovely Hotel Lawrence in Amritsar city of the Golden Temple which is only 32 miles east of Lahore, Pakistan. This is interesting. I’ve been twice to Lahore, so close to the Indian border. And in fact tourists make the trip to the border to watch the changing of the guards at the India Pakistan border every day. Apparently it is quite a spectacle. I heard a CBC Podcast on it (or was it NPR?) some time back.
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Cellphone user shocked by charges of $85K
I had a large Compuserve bill back in 1993 when living in Colombia but it is nothing compared to this guy in Calgary getting an $85,000 bill. My high Compuserve bill was due to me not seeing a bill for about 6 months and the charges accumulating. Still it was under $1000 for me, nothing compared to this!
Cellphone user shocked by charges of $85K
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Rooster and Islam and waking me up at night
There is a rooster in the house across the road and another one nearby. It crows at ridiculous times of night, like 1:00 am or 3:00 am. It is piercing and wakes us all up often. I wear ear plugs now at night. Even Wikipedia claims that “In a recent USDA study, researchers decided that the crow of the rooster in the morning may have long-term effects on the hearing of infants, whose ears are not yet accustomed to such sounds.”
I was mentioning this to a Kuwaiti, and he said that Muslims believe that roosters can see the good angels whereas donkeys and wolves see the bad angels. Roosters are also not monogamous.
This site claims that “In Islam, the rooster enjoys a particular veneration. The Prophet himself asserts that the white rooster is his friend because it announces the presence of the Angel. Moreover, the Prophet is said to prohibit cursing the rooster, which calls to prayer.”
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Western Digital network drives crippled — no serving any multimedia files – Boing Boing
I agree with the first commentor, “don’t buy anything from Western Digital for the next 20 years!”
Western Digital network drives crippled — no serving any multimedia files – Boing Boing
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Simone Dinnerstein – Bach Goldberg Variations
I downloaded Simone Dinnerstein’s version from EMusic today to listen to. I never liked Glenn Gould’s version.
If you want to be a concert pianist when you grow up, there are certain rules. You do start playing as a young child. You don’t drop out of Juilliard. You do win competitions and get the attention of managers at a young age. You don’t end up at 30 with no management and no bookings, raising the money yourself for your first recording. And you definitely don’t make your New York recital debut with Bach’s demanding “Goldberg†Variations, which are supposed to reflect the wisdom of long experience, and Baroque style.