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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War

--We Will Not be Moved--

Phnom Penh is a city with big ideas. The Cambodian capital is being shaped as an assertive, bold centerpiece of national growth and modernization, and for that Phnom Penh needs elbow room and plenty of it. The Boeung Kak Lake is a ten minute drive from the city center and one of the thousands of neighborhoods around the country taken by the authorities for development.

In recent years almost half unwilling residents have been forcibly evicted, nationally. The authorities were so violent that some women had miscarriages. The evictees claim that the society is full of darkness and no justice. One elderly woman was being bundled into a police van. Four policemen came to drag her out, she tried to resist but they pushed her and they carried her by her arms and legs.

Two women from a brave band of 13 have come to symbolize the struggle against ramped evictions by a government favoring developers and cronies. A company owned by a ruling party senator is planning a $90 million development of Boeung Kak Lake. The BK13 refuse to go They have been to hell and back in a battle to save their homes. Much of their neighborhood may have been raised, the lake filled in, but there is still plenty of fight.

In the development of Boeung Kak Lake, many people lost their houses and their businesses. They once lived in a safety but now they have no security, no happiness and no future. More than 3,000 families were forced to move because of fear, so they feel they have failed in life. There are 794 families remaining and they’re not going anywhere.

The evictions bring back painful memories of Cambodia’s darkest days. People have been forced from home before, when the Khmer Rouge controlled the country. The current drama over land ownership has its origins in that period of Pol Pot’s rule. His Khmer Rouge killed millions of Cambodians and in pursuit of their Year Zero doctrine, they also eradicated the notion of private property, and land title was extinguished. It’s been a test to Cambodian leadership since, to restore a viable system of ownership.
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~http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/we-will-not-be-moved/

--Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550--

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550, in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony," to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony," No. 25. The two are the only minor key symphonies Mozart wrote. The 40th Symphony was completed on 25 July 1788. The composition occupied an exceptionally productive period of just a few weeks in 1788, during which time he also completed the 39th and 41st symphonies (26 June and 10 August, respectively). The symphony is scored (in its revised version) for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings. Notably missing are trumpets and timpani.
The work is in four movements, in the usual arrangement (fast movement, slow movement, minuet, fast movement) for a classical-style symphony:
1. Molto allegro, 2/2
2. Andante, 6/8
3. Menuetto. Allegretto -- Trio, 3/4
4. Finale. Allegro assai, 2/2.
Every movement but the third is in sonata form; the minuet and trio are in the usual ternary form. This work has elicited varying interpretations from critics. Robert Schumann regarded it as possessing "Grecian lightness and grace". Donald Francis Tovey saw in it the character of opera buffa. Almost certainly, however, the most common perception today is that the symphony is tragic in tone and intensely emotional; for example, Charles Rosen (in The Classical Style) has called the symphony "a work of passion, violence, and grief."
Although interpretations differ, the symphony is unquestionably one of Mozart's most greatly admired works, and it is frequently performed and recorded. Ludwig van Beethoven knew the symphony well, copying out 29 measures from the score in one of his sketchbooks. It is thought that the opening theme of the last movement may have inspired Beethoven in composing the third movement of his Fifth Symphony.
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