behind facade
Chinese officials had promised a new era of openness in the wake of the earthquake and in the months before the Olympic Games, which begin in August. But the pressure on parents is one sign that officials here are determined to create a facade of public harmony rather than undertake any real inquiry into accusations that corruption or negligence contributed to the high death toll in the quake.Tibet protests force Beijing into IOC talks
Protesters disrupt Olympic relay in parisThe Mayor of Paris has cancelled a ceremony to mark the passage of
the Beijing Olympic torch, as officials draped a Tibetan flag over
the city hall facade. The Olympic torch relay was interrupted at
least twice on its journey through Paris. Security officials
extinguished the flame and moved the torch to a bus on two occasions
following protests by Pro-Tibet demonstrators. The flame had
travelled only 200 meters from its starting point at the Eiffel
tower before it had to be put out and transferred to a bus. On the
second occasion, an athlete in a wheelchair was carrying the flame
out of a Paris traffic tunnel when protesters stopped it. At least
five protestors have been arrested so far.
2009.8
What Happened to the Web Series?
Two
years ago, the Internet was aflutter with the potential of Web video.
That exuberance has since dissipated. How the popular series "The Guild"
stays afloat? Home mailing parties and payments in bagels.
aflutter
(ə-flŭt'ər)
adj.
- Being in a flutter; fluttering: with flags aflutter.
- Nervous and excited.
aeolian (ee-O-lee-uhn)
adjective: Relating to or caused by the wind.
Etymology
After Aeolus, god of the winds in Greek mythology. As keeper of the winds, he gave a bag containing winds to help with Odysseus's sailing.
Usage
"It would not be surprising if a few features -- even very large ones -- were sculpted by aeolian processes into the pyramidal forms we see." — Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark; Random House; 1995. amazon.com/o/asin/0345409469/
noun
1 [C] (ALSO façade) the front of a building, especially a large or attractive building:
the gallery's elegant 18th century facade
2 [S] a false appearance that is more pleasant than the reality:
Behind that amiable facade, he's a deeply unpleasant man.
We are fed up with this facade of democracy.
fa・cade, fa・cade
［F.］ n. （建物の）正面; 見かけ.
drape Show phonetics
verb
1 drape sth across/on/over, etc. to put something such as cloth or a piece of clothing loosely over something:
He draped his jacket over the back of the chair and sat down to eat.
She draped the scarf loosely around her shoulders.
2 be draped in/with sth to be loosely covered with a cloth:
The coffins were all draped with the national flag.
drape
noun [C or U]
the way in which cloth folds or hangs as it covers something:
She liked the heavy drape of velvet.
See also drapes.
draper Show phonetics
noun [C] UK OLD-FASHIONED
someone who, in the past, owned a shop selling cloth, curtains, etc.
drapery Show phonetics
noun [U]
1 cloth hanging or arranged in folds
2 UK (US dry goods) OLD-FASHIONED cloth, pins, thread, etc. used for sewing
Façade
An Entertainment
for reciter and six instruments
General Information – Performing Forces – Manuscript – Publication – Arrangements – Adaptations – Recordings – Index
General Information:
Composition:
Begun in late November and December 1921. An initial version was ready for performance in January 1922, but Walton continued to add, revise, and discard numbers for many years. All of the numbers had been composed by 1927, though revisions still continued. Walton established a definitive version in 1942. Further revisions followed in 1947–8 in preparation for publication.
First Performances:
First private performance:
Tuesday, 24 January 1922. Edith Sitwell reciter, Robert Murchie flute, Haydn Draper clarinet, Herbert Barr trumpet, Charles Bender percussion, Ambrose Gauntlett cello, William Walton conductor. The Sitwell home, 2 Carlyle Square, London
First public performance:
Tuesday, 12 June 1923. Edith Sitwell reciter, Robert Murchie flute, Haydn Draper clarinet, F. Moss saxophone, Herbert Barr trumpet, Charles Bender percussion, Ambrose Gauntlett cello, William Walton conductor. Aeolian Hall, London.
First performance, definitive version:
Friday, 29 May 1942. Constant Lambert reciter, William Walton conductor. Aeolian Hall, London.
Duration:
About 35 minutes
Text:
Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
Complete text can be found on the page which is allotted for each movement of the work.
Movements: [including first lines, when different from title]
| Fanfare | instrumental | |
| 1. | Hornpipe | [Sailors come] |
| 2. | En famille | [In the early springtime, after their tea] |
| 3. | Mariner Man | [What are you staring at, mariner man?] |
| 4. | Long Steel Grass | |
| 5. | Through Gilded Trellises | |
| 6. | Tango-Pasodoblé | [When Don Pasquito arrived at the seaside] |
| 7. | Lullaby for Jumbo | [Jumbo asleep!] |
| 8. | Black Mrs. Behemoth | [In a room of the palace] |
| 9. | Tarantella | [Where the satyrs are chattering] |
| 10. | The Man from a Far Countree | [Rose and Alice] |
| 11. | By the Lake | [Across the flat and the pastel snow] |
| 12. | Country Dance | [That hodnailed goblin, the bob-tailed Hob] |
| 13. | Polka | ['Tra la la la la la la la la!'] |
| 14. | Four in the Morning | [Cried the navy-blue ghost] |
| 15. | Something Lies beyond the Scene | |
| 16. | Valse | [Daisy and Lily] |
| 17. | Jodelling Song | [We bear velvet cream] |
| 18. | Scotch Rhapsody | [Do not take a bath in Jordan, Gordon] |
| 19. | Popular Song | [Lily O'Grady] |
| 20. | Fox-trot | [Old Sir Faulk] |
| 21. | Sir Beelzebub | [When Sir Beelzebub] |
"to Constant Lambert"
- Libretto languages: English
- Time: 61:07
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