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Another very varied week, and another very varied newsletter. I am not even going to start to describe the wide variety of topics that Safreans deal with today, but you can rest assured that they are never boring! Enjoy.
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What to watch this week: Fargo, the FX TV series
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The 1996 film Fargo was nominated for six Oscars and won two, it has also been entered into the cinematic Hall of Fame for seminal movies. But the critics are now saying that the television series Fargo (FX, Amazon Prime) is even better.
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Despite the legend at the beginning, that Fargo is a true story, it is not. It is so outrageous it could not possibly be true, and the director gets round this by saying that it 'could be true'.
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But, true or not, it is a rivetting piece of dark comedy, with elements of both classic tragedy and classic farce.
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Each season (there are four) deal with different characters, different time spans, and different places, with sly references to other times, places and characters in other series. One could almost call it genre-bending, and one could look for parallels in other classic works. Or one could simply enjoy it as a kick-ass piece of entertainment.
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Remaking Nature - A Preposterous Notion.
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The remaking or repairing is intended to be done in cities and urban areas across the world, and by way of stopping the deforestation that has been and still is being performed. Besides this being a massive task to be taken up by many international conservation and scientific institutions, my opinion is that it is practically impossible to repair or remake nature to any semblance of its original state
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Where Words Take Us - Miombo
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The Miombo Woodlands is spread across southern-central Africa like a green sash. It has a truly special way in which to herald the start of the rainy season. With thanks to Meg Coates Palgrave who kindly provided the feature photograph.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/person-display.php?person_id=14
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The Beauty of the Lyrics and the Music of ‘Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of’ by U2
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Bono, Paul David Hewson, of U2 fame wrote the lyrics to this song in response to his heart-felt misery for his friend Michael Hutchence, singer of INXS music group, who died in 1997.
The music for the song ‘Stuck in a Moment and You Can’t Get Out Of ’, was composed by the U2 band members Adam Clayton, Dave Evans, Larry Mullen, and Paul Hewson (Bono). The music of the song is beautiful, and it enhances the mood and the emotional feeling expressed by the lyrics.
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Moments in Movies - that changed my life
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Have you experienced that one moment in a movie that changed your life? I have. And have you lived by what you learnt? I have. If you have never experienced such a "Bingo!" moment, this scene might inspire you to be on the lookout for your lightbulb moments. They are everywhere – grab them before they slip away.
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Turning an insect into an insight
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Don't write off those 'classics' that you were forced to study at school. Try reading them again, and see what all the fuss is about.
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It is not only the Free State that is burning. The fires started this week, whether by accident or design, are leaving far more in ashes than just the veld.
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How to drive down your insurance premiums
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Apps that monitor your driving behaviour force you to be more aware of your habits and can help reduce your premiums.
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Teach your children the value of being savvy with their money
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In a country with one of the lowest savings rates in the world, it has never been more important to foster a money savvy culture for your children.
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All eyeballs stop at numbers
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I’m a words person, not a numbers person, and yet I’ve seen how the strategic inclusion of numbers makes the copy that I write and the training that I offer that much more powerful.
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Raising Beautiful Children in an Often Ugly World
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A review on a book from another South African author. For all parents and even those working with children, this would be a valuable read.
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Never let a good crisis go to waste
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While many South African companies embarked on unique campaigns during hard lockdown and the subsequent levels of Covid-19 in South Africa, some went to creative and extraordinary measures to assist communities affected by the invisible novel virus.
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Carbon could be the new currency
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Carbon could be the new currency “To reach economic stability, emerging markets in Asia, including Thailand, need to concentrate on consumer-led growth by increasing domestic demand and investment while fixing income inequality and the imbalance in resource distribution, according to academics and economists,” an African newspaper commented recently. Cut and paste, replace Asia with Africa and it sounds like a …
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