THAT the so-called SPECIAL • RELATIONSHIP twixt the USA

and the UK IS in[DEED] manifesting [IT]self in a revealing •

manner  which reflects on ALL OUT WAR twixt THE PEOPLE

and the ELITIST • anti-democratic • …

               WILL [BE] a WIN for Leavers and Remainers alike

        WILL [BE] a WIN for Leavers and Remainers alike

The probably greatest political misconception of our time is that the

public is insurmountably divided over Brexit. How is this a misconception

when the two sides are constantly at each other’s throats? Because when

surrounded by negotiation and campaign dust [IT] IS EASY to forget that

both sides are fighting for the same things: international trade, political

moderation and an intact democracy.…

  Dick Whittington and His Cat is the name of English folklore surrounding

  the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and

  thrice Lord Mayor of London, alleging he escaped his poverty-stricken

  childhood and made his fortune thanks to the ratting abilities of his cat.

  However, the real Whittington did not come from a poor family of common

  stock, and there is no compelling evidence that he owned a cat.

  Another element considered essential to the legend^[2] is that Dick attempted

  to flee his service as a scullion one night, but was dissuaded by the tone of

  the church bells, that promised he would become mayor of London one day. 



  [IT] WAS in the school attached to Charles Barry's, Grade II listed, St. John's…

   Fritjof Capra wrote in his The Tao of Physics 25th Anniversary Edition

   Epilogue .... "I believe that the world view implied by modern physics is

   inconsistent with our present society, which does NOT reflect the 

   HARMONIOUS INTERRELATEDNESS we observe in nature. To achieve

   such a state of…

  and SO began the rest of my journey of life

.

  this landscape design book explores the ingenuity and  

  range of Japanese landscaping, from the self-imposed  

  confines of courtyard designs to the open expanses of

  the stroll garden.



  No two Japanese gardens are ever the same. The Japanese ZEN garden

   is a work of art equivalent in scale to an installation, but it is also an

   urban refuge, a setting where we can attain composure and equipoise.

   It is a place to collect our thoughts, examine deeper feelings, and

   ponder our responses to managed nature. ZEN gardens comprise a

   sensory as much as a cultural experience. They are multifaceted,…

after centuries of development in China and with that coming of Buddhism,

Japan was introduced to a concept of systems, routines and regulations.

Buddhism channelled silent and spontaneous interaction with spirits

into an organised programme of ritual observance, and explained the

mysteries of life by the Law of Cause and Effect.



The new theology, with its inexorable focus on the after-life, must have both

disturbed and inspired followers of Shinto, who suddenly found previously

vague sentiments now clearly articulated and vigorously systemised. The Aryan

mind of India had been absorbed in metaphysical subtleties for centuries and

had learned to analyse phenomena and control consciousness even before the

birth of Gautama (567-488 BC), the historical Buddha.

After attaining total enlightenment the Buddha explained that…

WE ARE making [RE]newed contact with Japanese culture. Once we have

understood one form, we may readily appreciate a.n.other. In appropriating

different elements of Japanese culture, the Japanese garden prepares us

for an examination of other arts and practices.



Japanese aesthetics, the fine-tuning of taste, the development of

connoisseurship through the appreciation of beauty, came later than the

proto-gardens of the pre-Shinto era, but the transition from divine nature

to art was relatively seamless. And yet, the revisualisation of nature that

takes place through the filtration of art in the Japanese garden is often

quite different from what we are accustomed to. Disarmed, for example,

by THE vision of compositions purporting to be landscape works but made…

The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol was first mooted in 1960 when The Eurocontrol Convention was signed and subsequently ratified in 1963. Before the Convention entered into force that year, there were already indications that the matter of national sovereignty would complicate the full implementation of the organisation’s founding mission.



The first European plan for a harmonised air traffic control (ATC) system, proposed in 1962, was beset by the refusal of both France and Britain to comply, largely due to reasons closely linked with their national military airspace control. The other four original members (the Federal…