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Generation is an independent, private, employee-owned partnership established in 2004. With offices in London and Washington, DC, we invest in public global equities with a concentrated portfolio of 30-50 companies. We aim to buy high quality companies at attractive prices that will deliver superior investment returns. Sustainability research plays an important role in forming our views on the quality of the business, the quality of management and valuation. All partners and employees at Generation are invested on the same basis as clients and we prefer to use performance based fees.
Generation is an independent, private, employee-owned partnership established in 2004. With offices in London and Washington, DC, we invest in public global equities with a concentrated portfolio of 30-50 companies. We aim to buy high quality companies at attractive prices that will deliver superior investment returns. Sustainability research plays an important role in forming our views on the quality of the business, the quality of management and valuation. All partners and employees at Generation are invested on the same basis as clients and we prefer to use performance based fees.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Sophia Lee
(1750-1824)
Born in London, Sophia Lee was the daughter of the actor John Lee, and sister of the novelist Harriet Lee. Her father had worked under Garrick at Drury Lane from 1747 to 1749 when he moved to Covent Garden. As Sophia’s mother died early, the girl had to look after her younger siblings. When still young she wrote a three-act opera, The Chapter of Accidents, which was rejected by the manager of Covent Garden but was eventually accepted by Colman the Elder, the manager of the Haymarket Theatre, who also asked Lee to extend it into a five-act comedy.
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(1750-1824)
Born in London, Sophia Lee was the daughter of the actor John Lee, and sister of the novelist Harriet Lee. Her father had worked under Garrick at Drury Lane from 1747 to 1749 when he moved to Covent Garden. As Sophia’s mother died early, the girl had to look after her younger siblings. When still young she wrote a three-act opera, The Chapter of Accidents, which was rejected by the manager of Covent Garden but was eventually accepted by Colman the Elder, the manager of the Haymarket Theatre, who also asked Lee to extend it into a five-act comedy.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Nana is the oldest Orixá. She was the first wife of Oxalá. Those who are led by Nana are calm and benevolent, always acting with dignity and gentility.
Goa in brief
Variously known as "Pearl of the Orient" and a "Tourist Paradise", the state of Goa is located on the western coast of India in the coastal belt known as Konkan.
The magnificent scenic beauty and the architectural splendours of its temples, churches and old houses have made Goa a firm favourite with travellers around the world.
But then, Goa is much more than just beaches and sea. It has a soul which goes deep into unique history, rich culture and some of the prettiest natural scenery that India has to offer.
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MATRIX MOTHER -NANA SOPHIA STEWART
By: I. Jabulani Tafari
I have been a life-long fan of so-called science fiction; books and movies and even TV shows like Star Trek. Obviously therefore, I am also a big fan of the Matrix and Terminator series of movies, but some people thought I was crazy for saying that there is more, a lot more reality than meets the naked eye, in both films, especially in the Matrix trilogy. And despite the leading roles allocated to White actors/actresses in the Matrix, the number of Blacks in key supporting roles and many of the sub themes used in that film especially, implied that the adventure was really happening in a Black world or context. Well, it turns out that I was right after all. There is! …a lot more reality than meets the naked eye.
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SOPHIA
"Know Thyself" is the threshold to Sophia. In the Gnostic Gospel of Saint Thomas, Sophia is called "The silence beyond comprehension." Sophia means wisdom, "to know" in Greek.
In early Christianity, Sophia was, like the Shekinah of Judaism, considered the female aspect of God. Churches were dedicated to Her, among them the great Basilica of Aya Sophia in Istanbul. Gnostic mystics believed the divine could not be realized with the mind, but only accessed through ecstatic inner experience - personal gnosis.
SOPHIA SPEAKS
Lyrics by Margarita Kovats
I am Sophia, hear me:
I will take you where you've never been.
I will curl around you, like a snake in love.
I will be your sacrifice.
You will lust for my heat of life,
I will satisfy your every need.
I will pull you out from inside yourself.
I will be the soul you can't resist.
Never again will I leave the Earth.
Never again will the false god lead -
He has shown the way to a dreadful ruin.
He has raised the temples that drip in blood.
He has brought the sword in his own name.
No longer can my tongue be stayed.
From this day forth
you have my vow, my everlasting troth:
I will bring my flesh to you
You will live inside my hope.
Take my symbol from this day forth
of my never ending promise.
I will be where your eyes look
I will be there when they're resting
I will be your shade in the wasteland.
None but me will fill your chalice.
I will be your light and air and water.
Come with me, and begin again.
I am Sophia: know Me.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Timbuktu Chronicles
"A view of Africa and Africans with a focus on entrepreneurship,innovation,technology,practical remedies and other self sustaining activities.".....Emeka Okafor
"A view of Africa and Africans with a focus on entrepreneurship,innovation,technology,practical remedies and other self sustaining activities.".....Emeka Okafor
Monday, April 03, 2006
