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Some data about myself: my name is Ronny
Ramoudt, 52 years, married with two sons (21& 26 yr), living in Ostend; (at
the coast in Belgium, Western-Europe) and after working in electronics (Philips Industries Colour Television
Production),
outsourcing, telecom (Belgacom) I now work for the Flemish Parliament taking
care of pc's, printers, software and that kind of stuff.
My interests
Classical
music & opera: some masterpieces
Military fortifications in and around Ostend
Roman glassmaking at Velzeke
photoalbums
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Classical
music & opera
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Chorale Prelude 'Wachtet auf'
BWV 140 by pianist Wilhelm Kempff, recorded in 1935 (mp3,128kb/s, 5min20),
a ray of sun in
grim nazi Germany.
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'Heaven Earth Mankind' Song of
Peace by Tan Dun, specially composed for the return of Hongkong to China (1997,
mp3, 192kbs, 8min33)
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Adagio for Strings by the American
composer Barber (composed in 1936, recorded in 1976, mp3, 192kbs, 7min41)
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Belgian composer and
conductor Dirk Brossé TBA
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Belgian composer Wim
Mertens 'Proximus' tune (mp3,
192kbs, 1min17)
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Belgian conductor Philippe
Herreweghe:
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Mozart: Serenade 'Gran
Partita' adagio (Orchestre
des Champs Elysées, mp3, 192kbps, 5min14) |
"Mozart,
Mozart, immer nur mozart!" from whom is
this quote?
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Bach: Et
in unum Dominum (mass in b minor, Johannette Zomer, Andreas
Scholl, Collegium Vocale, mp3, 192kbps, 4min45) |
Philip Glass 'Floe',
recording of 1982 (mp3, 192kbs, 6min00)
Caruso: "O Paradiso"
L'Africaine de Meyerbeer, original recording of 1898 (state-of-the
art then, mp3 128kbs, 3min43).
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Roman glassmaking at Velzeke |
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Photoalbums & selfmade documentaries
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Forts in and around Ostend (Belgium)
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Fort Nieuwedamme
('new dam'), made by the (catholic) Spanish troops in 1600
to protect Nieuwpoort ('new port') from the protestant rebel
attackers from Ostend (Oostende: 'at the east end' of a
disappeared island). The grounds were reused in the first Wold
war by German troops as a lookout and artillery post. You can
clearly distinguish the walls of the Spanish fort and the grey
square buildings, bomb shelters (bunkers), build in WWO 1. The blue ponds are shell
holes, filled by the rain.
Early May of this year (2007), I went to the site to take
some pictures of its present state: the fort in the
landscape
foto1,
foto2,
foto3. A
distant view of the
'bunkers' and the
North wall
with some sheep;
the entrance
and some views of inside;
an old shell hole
and the
West wall.
Pillbox 1
outside,
inside, a
shell fragment
and a
shrapnell
near the entrance. Image that piece of steel flying around!
Pillbox 2
outside,
entrance,
inside, and
a curious cow.
The south wall with
bunker 3 and
Billie the Bull.
Back to the entrance
I found a surprice outside the fort,
near the north wall: some unexploded shells from the first World War:
shell1,
shell 2
and
shell3. These are still very dangerous and must be left
alone. A little bit further in the field:
human bones?
As some afters: my bike,
in april
2007.
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