This sounds quite interesting! I just saw it in an Anglotopia newsletter.
Here is the link to Anglotopia itself.
#Anglophile #Anglotopia #British #Britishbutcher #Britishfood #BritishfoodinAmerica #England #food #meat #meats #UnitedKingdom #UK
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My favorite Big Island #coffee grower is gearing up for their regular Black Friday/Holiday sale of Kona coffee and Macadamia nuts. Looking at the website I don't think the pricing reflects the sale yet, but probably will soon.
You can order roasted coffee, but if – like me – you roast your own you can order green coffee and get 10% off with the 'GreenXMAS' coupon code through Wednesday.
(I'm not affilliated with Lions Gate; just a satisfied customer.)
Lions Gate Farms Kona Coffee and Macadamia Nuts - Buy Farm Direct!
Buy Kona coffee and macadamia nuts direct from our Kona family farm. Expertly roasted daily. Green Kona coffee beans and bulk wholesale pricing available % .Lions Gate Farms
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All emergency services should be free for everyone. They aren't.
In February, Amie was hit while biking. The good samaritan who stopped asked her who she should call; Amie said the police (to file a report) and not an ambulance (they charge 2k-5K for a ride).
A fire truck came instead. I arrived at the same time. They checked her blood pressure, tried to convince her to take the 2-5K ride. she declined. I drove her.
The FT bill? $800!
She declined their services and still has to pay.
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Rescued Cockatoo Is So Attached to Her Adoptive Human That She Won't Leave Him Alone
A rescued naked cockatoo named Coco has fallen so deeply in love with her adoptive father Brad that she won't leave him alone.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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“growing demand for #sustainable #coffee, as well as the increasing need to safeguard the supply chain against the threat of #climatechange”
“Without clarification and transparency, it can be easy to conflate these concepts, especially for consumers. Among the many issues this confusion can cause, #greenwashing is one of the most prominent”
Regenerative #agriculture, permaculture, #organic: What do these terms really mean in #coffee? perfectdailygrind.com/2024/11/…
Regenerative agriculture, permaculture, organic: What do these terms really mean in coffee?
Permaculture, organic, and regenerative farming are not new concepts for many coffee producers, but they have recently become more prominent in consumer marketing.Melina Devoney (Perfect Daily Grind)
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I love folding, portable furniture, and the Regency, so this is perfect! This site has all sorts of marvellous articles, recipes, etc.
Windsor Castle on Watch After Burglary Near Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Home
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Windsor Castle on Watch After Burglary Near Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Home
Shaw Farm, a Windsor Castle farm near Prince William and Kate Middleton's Adelaide Cottage home, was burglarized on October 13. Learn more details here.Starr Bowenbank (InStyle)
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Stunning Footage of a Newly Discovered Bioluminescent Swimming Slug in the Midnight Zone of Monterey Bay
MBARI captured stunning ROV footage of a new species of a swimming sea slug who uses bioluminescence to hide from predators in plain sight.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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You can fit lots of modern hardware inside—and prop your monitor on top.
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Accessibility resources for Mastodon and compatible software (DRAFT)
DRAFT! Suggestions and feedback welcome on infosec.exchange lemmy.world, or discussions.thenexus.today "As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos.Jon (The Nexus Of Privacy)
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NASA satellites reveal abrupt drop in global freshwater levels…
An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since... phys.org #earthsciences #freshwater #NASA
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NASA satellites reveal abrupt drop in global freshwater levels…
An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth’s total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remaine…for much deliberation
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Burglars Broke Into Windsor Castle While Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Their Children Were ‘Tucked in Bed’
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Burglars Broke Into Windsor Castle While Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Their Children Were ‘Tucked in Bed’
While Prince William and Kate Middleton slept, thieves were scouting nearby Shaw Farm before smashing the family's regular entrance to Adelaide Cottage.Ben Jureidini (Glamour)
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#Backroads on #DididahtTerritory.
This is part of the #SanJuanRiver & forests in the valley. The #watershed area is under ongoing #ecological threats by industrial #clearcut #logging. This is near #CarmannahWalbran #BritishColumbia provincial park.
The forests here are longtime foraging, mating & birthing grounds for the #CowichanValley Roosevelt elk herd. The San Juan is an important salmon bearing river. The old growth forests here are home to several #SpeciesAtRisk & #EndangeredSpecies.
There is ongoing eco activism work to try & protect more of the forests & #waterways in this #wilderness valley on Southern #VancouverIsland.
#SilentSunday #monochrome #Nature #WildFirst #landscape #photography #WorldInMyEyes #VanIsle #UncededNativeLand #Cascadia #environmental #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #BCForestryReform #forests #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #Conservation #PacificNorthwest #PNW #SaveOurForests #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #WaterIsLife #ProtectWatersheds #NatureFirst #Degrowth #ClimateChange #CarbonSinks
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Interesting: "Denmark will convert 15% of its farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage, which has resulted in severe oxygen depletion in Danish waters as well as the loss of marine life, lawmakers said on Monday.
Denmark, among the most intensively cultivated countries in the world with almost two-thirds of its territory farmed, set aside 43 billion Danish crowns ($6.1 billion) to acquire land from farmers over the next two decades." - reuters.com/sustainability/lan…
#farming #rewilding #environment #nature #denmark #europe #ecology
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A Spherical Luxury Treehouse for Elevated Glamping
The Cocoon Tree is a spherical suspended treehouse tent that features a wooden floor for an elevated luxury glamping experience.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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Someone just told me that she didn't wished to be tagged in a discussion. I edited my replies in which I had (automatically) tagged her. I hope that solves the problem. If not, how do I remove someone from a discussion? And while we're at it, why am I seeing posts from two weeks ago near the top of my feed?
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#Astronomers discover how #Energy escapes the #GalacticCenter : Medium
Global #WaterCrisis leaves half of world #Food production at risk in next 25 years : Guardian
#Astronauts could mine #Asteroids for food someday, scientists say : Live Sci
Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks
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E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots sickens people in 18 states
Grimmway Farms recalled an array of its organic whole and baby carrots over concerns of an E. coli outbreak. Recalled carrots were sold at retailers such as Walmart, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Men an Tol, Cornwall
A monument consisting of a central standing stone with a manmade hole through its centre positioned between two upright standing stones.
The current arrangement is not its original state and was thought to have originally been a stone circle. The purpose of the holed stone is unclear, but if you pass through it folklore says it will cure ills such as rickets and help get you pregnant.
#StandingStoneSunday #History #Nature #Folklore #Cornwall #SilentSunday
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One dead and dozens infected in E coli outbreak linked to organic carrots in US
California-based Grimmway Farms recalls carrots amid 39 reported illnesses in 18 states, including 15 hospitalizationsMaya Yang (The Guardian)
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I am a huge supporter of gay rights, and not just because my parents are lesbians. I was that way even before they told me at sixteen. It's the one thing that would make me put someone else's life before mine, and that would make me get involved in any sort of activism. I say this, both as an introduction to myself, and because I want to make it clear that I post this video out of genuine interest and fascination, not to insult anyone. I have noticed the same things mentioned there, but I wasn't sure if it was a modern phenomenon or not. When I listen to people such as Ivor novello, Noel Coward, Clifton Webb, Fred Astair, etc. I don't hear any traces of "gayness" in their voices. There may be some visually, but being blind, I can't say one way or the other. Obviously, they lived in times in which they had to hide their sexual preferences, but just hearing them speak, I would never suspect anything by their voices, tones, or pronunciation. Yet I can almost always tell with modern men. Coward might possibly give something away, if I listened hard enough. It's true that they were men of the theatre, not common men on the street, but one good thing about their time is that elocution, grammar, etc. were still taught in school, so even streight men sounded wonderful then! Today, almost everyone's speech, except that of gay men and seniors, annoys me, but that's another topic for another time.
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#gay #gaymen #homosexuals #pronunciation #science #speaking #speech #voices
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Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Cush Jumbo, Giles Terera, More Celebrate Noël Coward in London Benefit November 17
Daniel Evans directs A Marvellous Party at the Prince of Wales Theatre.Playbill
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Treekeepers The Race for a Forested Future by Lauren E. Oakes, 2024
“A frank, probing, but ultimately hopeful book” (Elizabeth Kolbert) that shows how the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world’s forests.
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#forests
#reforestation
#trees
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A painting by Arthur Rackham (1867--1937) for a 1906 edition of The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
I also made the border available as a separate image.
#arthurRackham #watercolour #waterColourArt #watercolor #fantasyArt #fantasy #painting #fromOldBooks #barefoot #ogre
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This is something I wrote on Dreamwidth in September. I think some of you may find it interesting. I myself am beginning to study all of this, as I am fascinated by the singing methods and knowledge of the time. It is a bit difficult doing it being blind and unable to read music, but fortunately, there are ways around that. My perfect pitch and good memory for lyrics also helps.
Below, you will find various links related to theory, harmony and counterpoint, and a comparison of older and modern methods of teaching and singing. While this relates to choirs and opera, it also relates to the theatre, particularly operettas and such.
Studying Music: Part I
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My one criterion was that the methods and books used had to be from the time of Ivor Novello, preferably from his youth (born 1893). If I were to start in the early nineteenth century, which is where most of my preferred non-musical educational material is from, I would miss extremely important developments in classical music. Starting at the birth of his mother, Clara Novello Davies, in 1861, would be fine. However, since her own book, which I am using as my main text and guide, was written in 1928, I went with that of her son. In the following sections, you will find the books I am using. One thing I have not included, though it was a huge influence in Ivor's own writing style, was theatrical music, such as that found in operettas and Edwardian musical comedies. That is such a large topic for discussion that I feel it deserves its own separate post, as does Ivor's music, since it's an interesting blend of all of the above. But this is well outside the scope of traditional musical study.
In the next entry, we will delve into vocal training and why the singers of Novello's time sound so wonderful.
Studying Music: Part II
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Finally, since I mentioned the exercises, here they are, for anyone who wants to try them. Note that these are the Preliminaries and Breathlock Physicals, not the vocal exercises. But I have provided the link to her book as well, for those who may wish to go further.
Clara's Exercises
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#books #choir #ClaraNovelloDavies #counterpoint #exercises #harmony #history #IvorNovello #music #musictheory #opera #operetta #singing #studying #vocaltraining #voicetraining #theater #theatre
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Twins Otto and Bruno Bell are drawing attention to some of Australia's tiny threatened invertebrates
Otto and Bruno Bell have always loved the natural world. They have become experts on some of the tiniest snails and weevils, and now a species of weevil is set to be named after them.Alison Costelloe (ABC News)
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😿 Illegally logged wood from Cambodia likely ending up in U.S. homes
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Illegally logged wood from Cambodia likely ending up in U.S. homes - Conservation news
U.S. consumers risk using flooring products made of wood illegally logged from Cambodia’s rainforests, a recent Mongabay investigation suggests.Conservation news
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Flying Foxes With Night Vision Cameras on Their Backs Offer a Rarely Seen View of Their Nocturnal Life
A clip from the series "Animals With Cameras" provides a rare nocturnal view of flying foxes heading off into the Adelaide, Australia night.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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#theatre #culture
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The Juilliard School Ushers in Its First Class of Tuition-Free Drama Students
With the 2024-25 school year, The Juilliard School has welcomed its first-ever tuition-free class of MFA acting students. Juilliard trustee and theater producer Stephanie …Broadway.com Staff (Broadway.com)
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"It is not a bad thing to be lonely...Being lonely, after all, says that we are alive, that we have felt the warmth of the sun, and that we have been close enough to others - and they to us - to know the mystery of longing for each other. We have made a difference to someone, and they to us. Loneliness is a sign that we have been touched by love, that we are undefeated by the terrors of death and that we are open to the world beyond ourselves."
--from Living with Loneliness, by Eugene Kennedy
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Red squirrels to vanish from England unless vaccine against squirrelpox funded
Conservation group warns species threatened by exploding populations of grey squirrels who carry lethal virusDonna Ferguson (The Guardian)
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🐘 Beehive fences prove effective against elephant raids in Kenya
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#elephants #nature #conservation #africa #kenya #bees #goodnews
Beehive fences prove effective against elephant raids in Kenya
A groundbreaking, nine-year study has revealed that elephants approaching small-scale farms in Kenya avoid beehive fences housing live honey bees up to 86% of the time during peak crop seasons, helping to reduce human-elephant conflict for local farm…University of Oxford (Phys.org)
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Now, it's time to enjoy a cup of Earl Grey Cream from my favourite tea company, a piece of lemon cake, and Die Fledermaus! This is from 1973 and is in English, so it should be a good production. It's one of the most famous operettas that I've often seen mentioned in my research, so naturally, i'm extremely curious!
Act 1
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Act 2
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Act 3
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#DieFledermaus #English #operetta #operettas #PluckTeas #Strauss #theater #theatre
Vastness Of All-Time
Mysterious spirit of the butterfly
that descends from glow of the wordless sun
fills me with visions of ten billion Earths
teeming with countless variations of me,
each one thinking about the rest of us,
our brains
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#Poetry #Poem #Pastoral #Necropastoral #MetaModernism #Romanticism #MetaRomanticism #NewRomanticism #AmericanDream #Cinemism #Existentialism #Surrealism #NegativeCapability #NewGnosticism #MetaRealism #NewTranscendentalism #Astarism
Vastness Of All-Time
Vastness Of All-Time © Surazeus 2024 11 16 Mysterious spirit of the butterfly that descends from glow of the wordless sun fills me with...surazeus.blogspot.com
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🌳 Peter Wohlleben, the world’s most famous forester: ‘In cities, trees are treated like street furniture’
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Peter Wohlleben, the world’s most famous forester: ‘In cities, trees are treated like street furniture’
The author of ‘The Hidden Life of Trees,’ a bestseller that is now being republished in an illustrated format, affirms that these plants have the ability to communicate with each otherLola Galán (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
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"Today I have 12 acres of land – all cat-fenced – for over 1,000 felines. I have about 700 permanent resident cats and 300 kittens, some of which get adopted out. I also have 45 employees. We are probably the largest cat sanctuary in the world. We have rescue cats from China and the Middle East"
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Fedicats #Caturday #Mastocats
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‘I shared my house with 150 cats – and was told to get rid of them in two weeks’
Animal rescuer Lynea Lattanzio has been taking in cats since 1992 – and so many that she ended up having to vacate her five-bedroom California home. Now aged 76, she tells Charlotte Cripps that she’s finally ready to reclaim her lifeCharlotte Cripps (The Independent)
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12 fascinating book machines before the Kindle
For many years people were struggling to improve the book. Here are the finest ideas: Book Wheel, Fiske’s Portable Reading Tool, Microfilm Book Reader, Enciclopedia Mecánica, and more.Ebook Friendly
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