Remembering Lorin Maazel
![Internationally renowned composer, violinist and conductor, Maazel dies at [mm] 84](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1502201416072014_5.jpg)
Internationally renowned composer, violinist and conductor, Maazel dies at [mm] 84
That’s definitely Harrison Birtwistle I hear
Composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle turns 80
Canadian invasion at Wimbledon
![Canadian tennis players: Eugenie Bouchard, [womens' finalist], Milos Raonic, [ mens' semi-finalist], and Vasek Popisil, [doubles Champion] stormed the All-England Club with record-setting results.](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1502201406072014_2.jpg)
Canadian tennis players: Eugenie Bouchard, [women’s finalist], Milos Raonic, [ men’s semi-finalist], and Vasek Pospisil, [doubles Champion] stormed the All-England Club with record-setting results.
Charlsey Gardiner
In “Being There” Chauncey Gardiner, relying on his humble gardening experience, transforms into a powerful and influential politician. Perhaps Prince Charles is hoping for a similar path? Highgrove Garden has been a life-long project and passion for the Heir to the British Throne.
Vince: Ready, willing but unable
Veteran mediator Vince Ready, the first choice of the BCTF to negotiate a settlement with the BC Government, has declined the job saying he is “too busy”
Benched for poor judgement!
Canadian Justice Minister Peter MacKay came under fire for comments he made to the Ontario Bar Association when asked why so few women are appointed as Federal Court Judges. He replied that women don’t apply because they fear the job will take them away from their children and that “women have a greater bond with their children”.
Spoiler Brat!
![C "it's [not] my Tea-Party and I'll cry if I want to" House Leader goes down to defeat](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1502201411062014_2.jpg)
Eric Cantor “it’s [not] my Tea-Party and I’ll cry if I want to”
Republican House Majority Leader is soundly beaten in US primary by an obscure Tea-Party candidate Dave Brat
Obama and Putin: Friends to Foes
Normandy: “Fancy meeting you here. To think 70 years ago we were Allies!”
Et Tu Tutu?
![Archbishop Desmond Tutu, travelled to Fort McMurray and added his voice to the growing international opposition to Alberta oilsands development, calling the industry "filth". [but he didn't cycle there from South Africa]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1502201404062014.jpg)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu travelled to Fort McMurray and added his voice to the growing international opposition to Alberta oilsands development, calling the industry “filth”.
[but he didn’t cycle there from South Africa!]
Wherefore art thou Roméo?
Roméo Dallaire, Lieutenant General, humanitarian, author and retired general who, while serving as Force Commander of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Rwanda, tried to stop the genocide; and who has been described as the “conscience of Canada” retires from the Canadian Senate
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