Classic Experience

This boxset of classical music contributed in defining my taste in music and who I am today. When in periods of poor health or bad mood, these songs give me strength and remind me of my past and my values. God bless the curator of these melodies and God bless my father who bought me "Classic Experience I" record. I was always very excited whenever I got hold of each new part of this collection.

Classic Experience I

Handel - Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
Sibelius - Intermezzo From "Karelia Suite"
Ravel - Bolero
J. S. Bach - Air
Kachaturian - Adagio From Spartacus
Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue
Tchaikovsky - Dance Of The Reed Flutes
Tchaikovsky - Sugar Plum Fairy, Coda & Pas De Deux
Grieg - Morning, From "Peer Gynt"
Vivaldi - Spring
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
Dvořák - Largo, From "The New World"
Elgar - Nimrod, From "Enigma Variations"
Massenet - Meditation, From "Thaos"
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia On "Greensleeves"
Pachelbel - Canon
Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man
Rossini - William Tell Overture
Wagner - Ride Of The Valkyries
Prokofiev - Montagues And Capulets
Mussorgsky - Night On The Bare Mountain
Holst - Mars From "The Planets", Op.32
Strauss - Radetzky March, Op.228
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture, Op.49
Prokofiev - Symphonic Suite, Op.60 From 'Lieutenant Kije'
Strauss - The Blue Danube Waltz, Op.314
Boccherini - Minuet From String Quintet In E Major, Op.13 No.5
Mozart - Piano Sonata No.11 In A Major, K.331
Offenbach - Barcarolle From 'The Tales Of Hoffmann'
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Ballet, Op.66 - Waltz
Mascagni - Intermezzo From 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Ballet, Op.20 - Dance Of The Little Swans
Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance March In D Major, Op.39 No.1

Classic Experience II

Orff - O Fortuna From "Carmina Burana"
Tchaikovsky - Scène From "Swan Lake"
Delibes - Flower Duet From "Lakmé"
Grieg - In The Hall Of The Mountain King From "Peer Gynt"
Bizet - Overture From "Carmen"
Bizet - Chanson Bohéme From "Carmen"
Mozart - Rondo From "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Rossini - Largo Al Factotum From "The Barber Of Seville"
Mozart - Rondo From Horn Concerto No.4
Albinoni - Adagio
Tchaikovsky - Waltz Of The Flowers From "The Nutcracker"
Beethoven - Für Elise
Elgar - Cello Concerto First Movement
Fauré - Pavane
Delibes - Pizzicati From "Sylvia"
Satie - Gymnopédie No.3
Puccini - Nessun Dorma From "Turandot"
Barber - Adagio For Strings
Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro From "Gianni Schicchi"
Handel - Alla Hornpipe From The "Water Music"
Vivaldi - Summer From "The Four Seasons"
Bach - Sleepers 'Wake
Beethoven - Shepherds Hymn From The Pastoral Symphony
Waldteufel - "The Skaters' Waltz"
Bach - Badinerie From Suite No.2
Verdi - La Donna È Mobile From "Rigoletto"
Mozart - Rondo From "A Musical Joke"
Ravel - Daybreak From "Daphnis And Chloe"
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.6 First Movement
Strauss - Sunrise From "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
Wagner - Prelude To Act III Of "Lohengrin"
Holst - Jupiter From "The Planets"
Tchaikovsky - Romeo And Juliet
Rossini - The Thieving Magpie
Tchaikovsky - Pathétique And Manfred Symphonies (Excerpts)
Sibelius - Finlandia

Classic Experience III

Dvorak - New World Symphony
Smetana - Vitava
Rossini - The Barber Of Seville
Verdi - Brindisi
Strauss - Overture From Die Fledermaus
Mendelssohn - Italian Symphony
Tchaikovsky - Chinese Dance
Chopin - Minute Waltz
Mozart - Symphony No. 40
Elgar - Chanson De Matin
Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez
Elgar - Symphony No. 1
Villa-Lobos - Cantilena From Bachianas Brasileiras
Bizet - In The Depth Of The Temple From The Pearl Fishers
Debussy - Clair De Lune
Leoncavallo - Vesti La Giubba From Pagliacci
Verdi - Slaves Chorus From Nabucco
Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
Beethoven - Emperor Concerto
Mendelssohn - The Hebrides
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Prokofiev - Peter And The Wolf
Bizet - Farandole From L'Ariesienne
Tchaikovsky - Russian Dance
Luigini - Ballet Egyptian
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight Of The Bumble Bee
Ponchielli - Dance Of The Hours
Khachaturian - Sabre Dance
Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Stravinsky - The Rite Of Spring
Chabrier - Espana
Tchaikovsky - Italian Caprice
Beethoven - Choral Symphony

Classic Experience IV

Glinka - Russlan And Ludmilla
Grieg - Holberg Suite - Prelude
Di Capua - O Sole Mio
Saint-Saëns - The Aquarium From 'Carnival Of The Animals'
Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre
Verdi - Triumphal March From 'Aida'
Fauré - Lullaby (Berceuse) From 'Dolly'
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
Suppé - Light Cavalry - Overture
Saint-Saëns - The Swan From 'Carnival Of The Animals'
Borodin - Nocturne From 'String Quartet No. 2'
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Canteloube - Bailero (Lullaby) From 'Songs Of The Auvergne'
Puccini - The Stars Shone Brightly (E Lucevan Le Stelle) From 'Tosca (Act III)'
Tárrega - Recuerdos De La Alhambra (Memories Of The Alhambra)
Ravel - String Quartet
Puccini - Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen) From 'La Boheme (Act One)'
Holst - Neptune, The Mystic From 'The Planets'
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto
Sibelius - March (Alla Marcia) From 'Karelia Suite'
Verdi - Anvil Chorus
Berlioz - Hungarian March From 'The Damnation Of Faust'
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony - Finale
Delibes - Waltz From 'Coppelia'
Catalani - Ebben? Ne Andro Lantano (I Shall Go Far Away) From 'La Wally (Act One)'
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Beethoven - Turkish March From 'The Ruins Of Athens'
Wagner - The Flying Dutchman (Overture)
Smetana - Dance Of The Comedians From 'The Bartered Bride'
Verdi - Force Of Destiny
Britten - Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
Mussorgsky - Promenade And The Great Gate Of Kiev From 'Pictures At An Exhibition'

Engine coolant expiration date

My car's coolant is below MIN mark and I have coolant in the opened but sealed original plastic bottle. There is an expiration date but can coolant go off and how quickly? Can I use it?

Does engine coolant have an expiration date?

Source: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080121093927AArx0Dc

Antifreeze, premixed has an expiration date of 1 to 5 years when kept in the original container. Check the bottle carefully for a date, or shelf life.

Antifreeze, concentrate has an Indefinite expiration date when stored in the original container.

Once you put it in the car it does lose the ability to keep the water from overheating or from freezing in the engine when it gets old. Your owners manual should have the schedule when they suggest it be changed. I don't remember the interval that you need to change it. Ok I just checked and every two years is when you normally change the antifreeze in most cars. The antifreeze gets acidic when it gets old so it is important to change it so your engine and coolant parts don't rust and deteriorate. They do make a 5 year antifreeze so the changing interval would be longer. But in very severe climates changing it in three years might be wise even with a 5 year antifreeze.

NO, but I have noticed that some of the additives settle to the bottom if it sits for extended periods. When I use a bottle of old oil, I pour half into the engine and then shake it up to make sure everything comes out.

It doesn't expire, but it does lose its effectiveness and need changed about every 50K.
who gave me a thumbs down? It doesn't "expire" if it's just sitting around in a jug.


Source: http://www.insightcentral.net/forums/problems-troubleshooting/37225-does-opened-but-unused-coolant-go-bad.html

does unused coolant, in a bottle that has been opened, go bad?

It should be fine. In the engine its got all those metals and moisture to deal with, but not in a sealed bottle.

Google consensus is that unused antifreeze doesn't go bad as long as stored in a clean, sealed container.

I wanted to follow-up on this thread. I decided to not use the old, opened coolant, afterall. Two reasons:

1. I had questions. The fact that I was questioning it, meant that I was worried about it. Decided it wasn't worth the stress.
2. I found the following link on Prestone's website: Prestone Antifreeze/Coolant - Choose your region | Prestone®

It appears that opened coolant that is mixed with water has a shorter shelf life. Granted, I'm using Honda's coolant, and not Prestone. But, given that Honda's coolant is already 50/50 mixed, I decided to go with what Prestone says and assume that I should get a new bottle.

Source: http://prestone.com/learn_more/frequently_asked_questions?select_region=1#faq-row-465

:What is the shelf life of Prestone® Antifreeze/Coolant?A:
If the product is still in the original sealed container or has not been diluted with water then it has a shelf life of many years.

Source: http://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/11972/how-long-does-coolant-last-in-storage

The coolant should not expire any time soon. If it is not in an automobile being used, it is not degrading. With the cap on it, there is nothing contaminating it. From what I was just reading, there is no practical expiration if kept in the original container.

I was seeing sources which said they used coolant over a decade old without issue. When you consider they can recycle this stuff over and over again (assume by cleaning), it will last for a very long time if left alone.

I would have thought in a sealed plastic bottle it would last for ever, certainly a lot longer than 2 years.

Provided the bottle has remained tightly shut and the bottle is nearly full and the a/f is not diluted then the shelf life is way way in excess of five years. I once asked this question of my engine colleagues at Land Rover and they said "10 years probably, if not more"

Neat antifreeze will last forever, even if the container has been opened and partially used...presumably you replaced the cap :p It will be fine to use when ever you want.

ISA Account Facts

• It is possible to hold multiple Cash ISA accounts but each of them has to be opened in different financial year

• Interest earned (and added to the account) does not contribute to the annual allowance

Sources:
moneysupermarket.com
telegraph.co.uk
moneysavingexpert.com

How to make Hudl faster

(1) Clear the cache partition (instructions)
(2) Settings -> Storage -> Cached Data -> clear the cache

I am forgiving any bee that has ever and will ever stung me

Seriously, what does it have to happen in order people to realize how serious this problem is?!

Bournemouth and Jurassic Coast

Bournemouth

1406 - The very first mention of La Bournemowthe in  Christchurch cartulary. Bournemowthe was purely a geographic reference to the uninhabited area around the mouth of the small river which, in turn, drained the heathland between the towns of Poole and Christchurch.

1810 - Captain in the Dorset Yeomanry Lewis Tregonwell and his wife visit Bourne during their holiday; they liked that area of heathland with nice sea views so much that they decided to build a house next to the mouth of the River Bourne (which runs through the Lower Gardens today). That was called The Mansion and was the first house in Bournemouth and it survives to this day as a wing of the Royal Exeter Hotel.

1831 -  A travel guide published in this year calls the place "Bourne Cliffe" or "Tregonwell's Bourne"

1832 - Lewis Tregonwell dies. Statue of Captain Lewis Tregonwell can be seen outside Bournemouth International Centre on Exeter Road.

1841 - The Spas of England, published in this year, mentions town as "Bourne"

1844 - Start of works on building St.Peter's church - the founding mother church of Bournemouth. 

1851 - Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, dies and is buried in the churchyard of  St.Peter's church

1856 - The first version of the Bournemouth Pier - just a wooden jetty

1870 - After getting a spa and railway connections, Bournemouth is recognized as town

1879 - St.Peter's church completed. Remains of Lewis Tregonwell are in its vault.

1881 - built Built as the Mont Dore Hotel, today Bournemouth Town Hall

1889 - Boscombe Pier opened

1893 - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra formed (it is based in Poole nowadays)

1895 -  The Boscombe Grand Theatre opened (O2 Academy today)

1901 - East Cliff Hall completed. It was built by Merton Russell-Cotes, then the owner of the Royal Bath Hotel, as a birthday present for his wife Annie. It was built in the northeast section of his hotel's garden.

1902 - The Boscombe Grand Theatre made a concert hall and renamed to Boscombe Hippodrome

1908 - The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum established in East Cliff Hall

1911 -  Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation synagogue built

1929 - Pavilion Theatre opened

1960s -  Boscombe Hippodrome renamed to Starkers Royal Arcade Ballrooms, which was visited by acts such as Pink Floyd, Status Quo, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Hawkwind, The Faces and David Bowie.

1973 - Tolkien dies in September at his home in Bournemouth

1982 - Starkers Royal Arcade Ballrooms renamed to Academy Nightclub

1984 - The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) completed. It is a national conference and music venue.

2007 - In survey by First Direct, Bournemouth was found to be the happiest place in the UK, with 82% of people questioned saying they were happy with their lives

2009 - Academy Nightclub becomes O2 Academy


Hotel Miramar - writer J. R. R. Tolkien, spent 30 years taking holidays in Bournemouth, staying in the same room at this hotel


Poole Bay is a bay in the English Channel, on the coast of Dorset in southern England, which runs from the mouth of Poole Harbour in the west, to Hengistbury Head in the east.

Hengistbury Head - a narrow peninsula that forms the southern shore of Christchurch Harbour. It is a local nature reserve and the site of a Bronze Age settlement

Jurassic Coast

- 96 miles (155 km) of coastline designated a World Heritage Site

Swanage

877 - The town is first mentioned in historical texts in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

- fishing and quarrying (Purbeck marble, Purbeck stone)

1833 -  Princess Victoria, later to become queen visits luxury hotel opened by MP William Morton Pitt in the early 19th century; The building was later renamed the Royal Victoria Hotel, now the building has been converted into flats and a bar and nightclub in the left and right wings respectively.


Old Harry Rocks
Peveril Point with National Coastwatch Institution Lookout
Durlston Country Park

The rest of Jurassic coast 

Lulworth Cove
Stair Hole

Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournemouth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanage

Stop poaching now!

Some grim facts:

- since 2010, official figures show that on average almost 35000 elephants a year have been killed across Africa
- in the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania, numbers have plummeted from as many as 55000 to just 13000 in four years
- kilogram of ivory is now worth more than a kilogram of gold
- some terrorist organizations kill elephants to help pay for the weapons it needs to conduct atrocities - Africa's elephants could soon be extinct
- animal that has existed for four million years could be gone in the wild in a few decades

(source: Evening Standard)

Giants Club: President lights the fire that puts Kenya at forefront of Africa’s battle against ivory poachers

It was discovered that chimpanzee meat was on sale in the Midlands as part of a black market in exotic meats. Chimp meat can fetch more than £20 per kilogram.

(Evening Standard, 25/06/2015)