[LUTE] Re: End of democracy in Great Britain?
Since I am otherwise writhing in maximum discomfort (many in the American lute world wil be pleased to know), I'll add a few words to this off-topic but important subject. To those of us who still have an informed perspective on global affairs, it has become embarrassingly evident that the very powerful alignment of business interests and political elite in the US has successfully managed to export its brand of democracy to every integrative corner of the globe. This means that power interests in the US consider the UK something of a quaint theme park and, yes, GCHQ receives its marching orders from the NSA. A functioning democracy in the UK that runs smoothly without experiencing a dose of fear and the threat of constant surveillance amounts to a threat to the constant monitoring systems now being implemented in the US. The NSA thinks of the UK as a test case, and they are actively fomenting fear and promoting justifications for increased police presence in other European states with functioning social welfare programs. Maybe it's just my fever and pain talking, Or maybe I'm experiencing Hildegard-like visions of clarity. You are welcome to choose and ignore as you wish. RA Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:14:41 + To: rainer.aus-dem-spr...@gmx.de CC: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu From: mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: End of democracy in Great Britain? Subject: [LUTE] End of democracy in Great Britain? OT, but really terrifying: Can anybody tell we what is going on in the UK? http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/gchq-intercepted-emails- journalists-ny-times-bbc-guardian-le-monde-reuters-nbc-washington-post? CMP=twt_gu Rainer adS Not much - the Guardian just likes to scare us all. I though FBI read all our e-mails anyway. Democracy - what democracy? As many lute-nettrs may know I am hopelessly Anglophile ;( So am I. Monica To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
[LUTE] Re: End of democracy in Great Britain?
On Jan 19, 2015, at 3:56 PM, Ron Andrico wrote: Since I am otherwise writhing in maximum discomfort (many in the American lute world wil be pleased to know), Pleased? I hereby renounce any real, feigned or imagined membership in that (hopefully small-to-nonexistant) group! Best wishes for a speedy recovery - and hurry up, your clamcakes are getting cold! Sean To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Avoiding cracks and lute parts getting unglued - dry weather
After nearly four years in the Phoenix, Arizona area, my sense is that winter just about anywhere is worse on instruments than summer in the desert. So, don't knock the desert. Maybe the best place to take the instruments in winter would be South America or Australia. A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer EMail: [1]john.mardi...@asu.edu Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs) Titan Lab: [3]480-727-5651 NION UltraSTEM Lab: [4]480-727-5652 JEOL ARM 200 Lab: [5]480-727-5653 2010F Lab: [6]480-727-5654 Office: [7]480-965-7946 John Cowley Center for HREM, LE-CSSS B134B Bateman Physical Sciences Building Arizona State University [8]PO Box 871704 [9]Tempe, AZ 85287-1704 On Jan 12, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Leonard Williams [10]arc...@verizon.net wrote: I've been using the smaller of the two case humidifiers made by Planet Waves, purchased online. It come with a small humidifier that gets charged with distilled water and fastens to the case lining via velcro (adhesive dots supplied). It also has a separate electronic humidistat so you can see what the conditions are in the case. Both are slim ellipsoid devices that fit in the case well. I keep the humidifier in the peg head end of the case, not touching the instrument. It seems to work pretty well, though I have had occasional slipping pegs in the winter. Then again, I have very dry, central hot air heating and it must be like a desert in my house this time of year. Regards and good luck! Leonard Williams On 1/11/15, 9:52 AM, Susanne Herre [11]mandolinens...@web.de wrote: Dear lute friends, It's winter time, so e.g. in Central Europe here it can be quite dry outside. As a result of a train trip on one of those dry days the table of my baroque mandolin loosened from the body although I avoided to put my instrument next to heatings and put some water inside the case. What might be the reasons of those things happening? Is it about the changing from the train to the outside e.g.? Is it the dryness inside the (often too strongly) heated train? Can it happen in a few seconds/minutes having laid the instrument next to a hidden heating? What are you doing to avoid those miseries? Is it better to loosen the strings? How much water and in which way do you put it into the case? Many thanks for helpful hints! Susanne To get on or off this list see list information at [12]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:john.mardi...@asu.edu 2. tel:408-921-3253 3. tel:480-727-5651 4. tel:480-727-5652 5. tel:480-727-5653 6. tel:480-727-5654 7. tel:480-965-7946 8. x-apple-data-detectors://6/ 9. x-apple-data-detectors://6/ 10. mailto:arc...@verizon.net 11. mailto:mandolinens...@web.de 12. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] End of democracy in Great Britain?
OT, but really terrifying: Can anybody tell we what is going on in the UK? http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/gchq-intercepted-emails-journalists-ny-times-bbc-guardian-le-monde-reuters-nbc-washington-post?CMP=twt_gu Rainer adS As many lute-nettrs may know I am hopelessly Anglophile ;( To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: End of democracy in Great Britain?
Subject: [LUTE] End of democracy in Great Britain? OT, but really terrifying: Can anybody tell we what is going on in the UK? http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/gchq-intercepted-emails-journalists-ny-times-bbc-guardian-le-monde-reuters-nbc-washington-post?CMP=twt_gu Rainer adS Not much - the Guardian just likes to scare us all. I though FBI read all our e-mails anyway. Democracy - what democracy? As many lute-nettrs may know I am hopelessly Anglophile ;( So am I. Monica To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: End of democracy in Great Britain?
Subject: [LUTE] Re: End of democracy in Great Britain? I wouldn't worry too muchabout it, unless Snowden has already sold the contents to the Russians. Well - the Russians have already bought the whole of London so what's to stop them?. Monica [Place holder for the obligatory lute content] Cheers, RT On 1/19/2015 2:48 PM, adS wrote: OT, but really terrifying: Can anybody tell we what is going on in the UK? http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/gchq-intercepted-emails-journalists-ny-times-bbc-guardian-le-monde-reuters-nbc-washington-post?CMP=twt_gu Rainer adS As many lute-nettrs may know I am hopelessly Anglophile ;( To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: End of democracy in Great Britain?
I wouldn't worry too muchabout it, unless Snowden has already sold the contents to the Russians. [Place holder for the obligatory lute content] Cheers, RT On 1/19/2015 2:48 PM, adS wrote: OT, but really terrifying: Can anybody tell we what is going on in the UK? http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/gchq-intercepted-emails-journalists-ny-times-bbc-guardian-le-monde-reuters-nbc-washington-post?CMP=twt_gu Rainer adS As many lute-nettrs may know I am hopelessly Anglophile ;( To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
