Health problems with his liver forced him to leave India in 1846 for a cooler climate. Calling at Singapore and Batavia, he landed in Australia, spending eleven months in Sydney and finding an outlet for his musical talents with the Sydney Metropolitan Choir. Hearing that the Bishop of Adelaide was looking for a priest for the German Catholics in his diocese, Backhaus decided to fill the post. Leaving Sydney on 20 October 1847, he endured demanding conditions in Adelaide for more than four years.
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The Italian government came to be more interested in the emigration phenomenon in Ecuador because of the necessity of finding an outlet for the large number of immigrants who traditionally went to the United States but who could no longer enter this country because of the new measures that imposed restrictions in the 1920s. Most of these communities and their descendants are located in the Guayas region of the country. In recent years, Ecuador has grown in popularity among North American expatriates. Another perk that draws many expats to Ecuador is its low cost of living.
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The Wind of Change is a 1961 British drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Donald Pleasence, Johnny Briggs and Ann Lynn. Taking its title from the famous "Wind of Change" speech given by British prime minister Harold Macmillan in South Africa in February 1960, it is one of the earliest British films to tackle race as an issue, focussing on disenchanted working-class white youth finding an outlet for their frustrations in racial hatred. The film is set around the coffee bars and homes of the Notting Hill district of West London, scene of the notorious 1958 Notting Hill race riots.
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In 1654, Oliver Cromwell and his Council of State planned a surprise attack on Spanish America. There were a number of reasons for this, including the Commonwealth's weak economic position, and finding an outlet for large numbers of disgruntled veterans from the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The expedition left England in December 1654, comprising a fleet of 17 warships and 20 transports, carrying 325 cannons, 1,145 seamen, and 1,830 troops (later reinforced by contingents from other English West Indian colonies to 8,000 strong). Command was jointly held by Admiral William Penn, and Robert Venables, an experienced soldier recently returned from Ireland.
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Characters from the first two parts are united in a little (fictional) town on the River Moselle during the last months of World War I, with many new characters introduced. The now elderly Major von Pasenow is the military commandant of the town, striving to maintain order and dignity as the population succumbs to starvation and disease. A military hospital is full of victims of the war in various stages of mental and physical decay. Esch has moved there with his wife to run the modest local newspaper, finding an outlet for his restless search for meaning in an informal religious sect, which von Pasenow joins.
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With his last record, Home at Last (2003), Mseleku, "a self-confessed 'Citizen of the World'", explored "home" as being "a spiritual construct made up of special people and relationships, those that came along on the long hard road, those that were left behind to be re-visited later." Mseleku was diabetic and at one time had been diagnosed as bipolar. A father of 9 children: Sizwe Mseleku, Duma Mseleku, Maria Mbalentle Mseleku, Victoria Nokuwela Ogunsaya (maiden name Mseleku), Teresa Milewski, Brenda Mseleku, Michael Mseleku, Noel Goldenbaum and Nirvana Nokwe-Mseleku being the youngest, his departure left a devastating mark on his survived family. He died in his London flat, having spent most of his last years back in South Africa, but without finding an outlet for his skills there;Edward Tsumele, "Jazz giant Mseleku dies a 'lonely' death", Sowetan, 11 September 2008.
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