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William Shield by George Dance

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William Shield was an English composer, violinist and violist.

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Opening my Mouth

As hard for me as it is to say, I need to learn to accept other people’s views. Recently my girlfriend told me about the 1st amendment; a part of the US constitution that grants freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. It was a glorious step forward that provided a legal framework and protection for me and other people to say what we believed in without fear of legal reprisal.…

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The selfie culture in China

The selfie culture in China!

There is a thriving ‘selfie’ culture in China. It’s beyond anything we could imagine in the west. It is truly mind blowing to sit and look around at the shameless amount of ‘selfies’ taken every few seconds. Considering a lot of people don’t have Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or anything remotely entertaining on the internet; it’s quite fascinating. What we consider sickeningly vain in the west,…

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Hanghzou - My favorite cafe

Hanghzou - My favorite cafe. The final installment in the much anticipated Hanghzou series.

So as the title denotes we went to an amazing cafe in Hangzhou. After visiting the west lake and Confucius temple we decided to spend the rest of the day relaxing. Rather than ramble on about it; I’ve added photos below… I can’t tell you the name of this cafe only that it’s near the exit to the Confucius temple in Hangzhou, China. This is the entrance, it caught our eye straight away. The…

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Working out in China

I’ve spent the last month or two sitting around feeling sorry for myself; not too long ago I kicked a large padded column in the schools soft play area doing some pretty serious damage to my big toe. Not too long later I crashed our scooter giving myself a pretty wild sprain on the same foot. I thought the toe had healed so when the ankle got better I got straight into 6 mile runs, this turned…

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A trip to Wuyi, near Yiwu Part 2

We took a trip to Wuyi, near Yiwu in China not too long ago. There was nothing remotely significant about Wuyi, it had little to offer the universe. What was interesting was what surrounded Wuyi itself; China’s largest red cliff and a very impressive hot springs.  A carving board in one of the temples, for a small donation your name is inscribed China is amazing at paving paradise and putting up…

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