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1. Total Time outstanding this period = 206 hours
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1. Thesis - Reading / Writing (Total Hours = 83.5)
   • "Biggar (Nigel) - Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning" (Write, 1.25 hours)
   • "Biggar (Nigel) - Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt" (Write, 1.75 hours)
   • "Edwards (Dave) - The concept of race is a social construct" (Read / Write, 5.25 hours)
   • "Evin (Allowen), Etc - The emergence and diversification of dog morphology" (Write, 0.25 hours)
   • "Ferner (Adam) - Metaphysics and biology: a critique of David Wiggins’ account of personal identity" (Read / Write, 8.75 hours)
   • "Gill (Victoria), BBC - Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age" (Read / Write, 0.75 hours)
   • "Han (Byung-Chul) - The copy is the original" (Read / Write, 1.5 hours)
   • "Lechthaler (Manuel) - Composition and Identities" (Read / Write, 9.5 hours)
   • "McBain (Sophie) - Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?" (Read / Write, 1.75 hours)
   • "Nwaubani (Adaobi Tricia) - My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader" (Read / Write, 1.25 hours)
   • "Peckham (Jeremy) - Living virtuously with AI chatbots" (Read, 1 hour)
   • "RIP - The Royal Institute of Philosophy - Podcasts" (Write, 0.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Anil Seth, Louise Antony, Maja Spener, Philip Goff: Can Consciousness be Explained? (Read / Write, 3 hours)
   • "Rowlands (Mark) - Beauty and the Beast" (Read, 0.75 hours)
   • "Rowlands (Mark) - Brotherwolf" (Read, 0.5 hours)
   • "Rowlands (Mark) - Distinctly Uncivilised" (Read / Write, 3.5 hours)
   • "Todman (Theo) - Thesis - Consciousness" (Write, 2.75 hours)
   • "Todman (Theo) - Thesis - Personal Identity" (Write, 24 hours)
   • "Wikipedia - Slavery in Africa" (Read / Write, 4.5 hours)
   • "Yong (Ed) - An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us" (Read, 11 hours)
2. Thesis - Research Repositioning (Total Hours = 6)
   • "Admin - Birkbeck - Socialising / Discussions" (0.25 hours)
   • "Admin - Thesis Planning+Admin (Oct - Dec)" (5.75 hours)

1. Thesis Background - Reading / Writing (Total Hours = 23)
   • "Dennett (Daniel) - I've Been Thinking" (Read, 1 hour)
   • RIP: Heisook Kim - Individual Freedom in the Post Pandemic Era (Read, 1.25 hours)
   • RIP: Jesse Norman - The Wisdom of Mentor (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: Joseph Chan and Brian Wong - Treating legal transgressions as a response to state injustice (Read, 1.25 hours)
   • RIP: Lea Ypi - Amnesty For Immigrants (Read, 1.75 hours)
   • RIP: Myisha Cherry - Anti-Racism Training (Read, 1.75 hours)
   • RIP: Rajeev Bhargava - For State-Funded Multi-Religious Education (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Axel Honneth: Work – A Short History of a Modern Concept (Read, 2 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Heather Douglas: Differentiating Scientific Inquiry and Politics (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Is 'Ethical AI' a Fantasy? (Read, 2 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Kwame Anthony Appiah: Why do Religions Divide Us? What Can We Do About it? (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Linda Martín Alcoff: The Return of Cultural Racism (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Sally Haslanger: What is a Social Practice? (Read, 1.5 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Thaddeus Metz - For Reconciliatory Sentencing (Read, 1.25 hours)
   • RIP: YouTube - Thi Nguyen: Value Collapse (Read, 1.5 hours)
     → See "RIP - The Royal Institute of Philosophy - Podcasts" (21.75 hours)
   • "Williams (John) - Stoner" (Write, 0.25 hours)
2. Thesis Background - Status
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (3.75 hours)
     → See "Admin - Thesis Planning+Admin (Oct - Dec)" (3.75 hours)

1. Website - Bridge Development
   • Software Development - Bridge Database - Improve efficiency of NGS & Results Hyperlink calculation for Results Export (3.25 hours)
     → See "Software Development - Website - Development" (3.25 hours)
2. Website - Bridge Maintenance (Total Hours = 8)
   • Bridge - Website - Theo Todman's Bridge Page¹⁰ Maintenance (1 hour)
   • Bridge - Website - Results Database Maintenance (7 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Admin" (8 hours)
3. Website - Development (Total Hours = 8.75)
   • Move Historic Actuals from to [Status: Personal Identity]++518 (1.5 hours)
   • Website - Generator - Timeline software¹¹: Coxes Farm - Old Photos (3.25 hours)
   • Website - Generator - Compress Ling Pages for Kobo (2.5 hours)
   • Website - Generator - Include Thesis Tasks Appendix in Status: Priority Task List¹² (1.25 hours)
   • Website - Generator - Reinstate Daily Task Reporting in Status: Priority Summary Task List¹³ (0.25 hours)
     → See "Software Development - Website - Development" (8.75 hours)
4. Website - Education
   • "PC Pro - Computing in the Real World" (4.75 hours)
5. Website - Infrastructure (Total Hours = 9.25)
   • Commissioning Scanner on Epson Printer (0.25 hours)
   • Cross-checking Windows Defender (0.25 hours)
   • Develop procedures for junking US Healthcare spam (0.25 hours)
   • Epson ET-2850: iPhone Epson Smart Panel App to check Ink Levels (0.5 hours)
   • Fitbit Watch - Comissioning (1 hour)
   • Installing GIMP Image Manipulation Program on new Laptop (0.25 hours)
   • Investigating, Purchasing & Commissioning New Wondershare PDF Element (3.25 hours)
   • Julie's Laptop - Sundry troubleshooting (0.25 hours)
   • Microsoft Windows & MS Office - Releases, Bugs & Periodic Re-boots (3 hours)
   • Namesco Renewals: Plan to move to Hostinger? (0.25 hours)
     → See "Admin - Website - Admin & Maintenance" (9.25 hours)
6. Website - Maintenance (Total Hours = 2.25)
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (1.25 hours)
   • Website - Periodic Full Regeneration (1 hour)
     → See "Admin - Website - Admin & Maintenance" (2.25 hours)

1. Website Others - A1WaspsAndBees
   • Software Development - a1waspsandbees - Website Maintenance (1.25 hours)
     → See "Software Development - a1WaspsAndBees - Website Investigation & Maintenance" (1.25 hours)
2. Website Others - Enigma Ensemble (Total Hours = 3.25)
   • "Admin - Enigma Ensemble Website - Creation, Admin & Maintenance" (0.25 hours)
   • Admin - Enigma Ensemble Website - Development, Admin & Maintenance (3 hours)
3. Website Others - Mayflower DBC Maintenance (Total Hours = 6.75)
   • "Admin - Mayflower Website - Admin & Maintenance" (1 hour)
   • Mayflower Scoring Laptop - Windows Updates (5.75 hours)
4. Website Others - Small Bridge Sites
   • "Software Development - Small Bridge Sites - Development & Maintenance" (1.25 hours)

• Below is a table showing the progress on my project to read the OT, LXX & NT in the original Hebrew and Greek.
• As of the beginning of August 2025, this project is in abeyance (again). I've decided to enhance my grammatical knowledge of Greek and Hebrew before proceding further.
• The table below has been corrected to reflect the second intermission. The Revised End Date is calculated as 'today' plus the amount of time needed to complete the tasks at the rate achieved during the second period of activity. Hence, it will advance by one day a day until I restart.
• The explanation after the first intermission is as below.
  1. I'm on my first pass through the OT & LXX and my second pass through the NT.
  2. I intermitted this project between August 2023 and April 2024 (inclusive; ie. 9 months); as well as deferring completion by 9 months, this has thrown out my completion-date algorithms somewhat. For now, I've amended the Completion Aims to reflect the intermission.
  3. I've calculated and used the daily rate of progress achieved prior to intermission to calculate the estimated completion date.
  4. I don't now have as much time to spare, so - as expected - this rate has fallen since the restart.
  5. I've therefore also calculated and used the daily rate of progress achieved since intermission to calculate the revised completion date.
• I've also read through the Koran, but mostly in English. One day I'll try to read the Koran in Arabic, maybe. Progress on this, and on my first run-through of the NT, is recorded in versions of this report prior to 25Q3.
  

  Testament	Total Verses	Start Date	Intermission	Restart Date	Restart at	Elapsed	Read	V / D	Since Restart	Last Verse Read	Aim	Estimate	Ahead / Behind	Revised
  OT	23,143	13/05/2021	30/07/2023	05/05/2024	1 Samuel 9:25	808	7,469	9.2	4.2	1 Kings 10:22	31/12/2028	05/01/2030	370 Days Behind	01/12/2034
  LXX	28,986	13/05/2021	30/07/2023	05/05/2024	2 Esdras 5:3	808	12,596	15.6	5.9	2 Maccabees 10:5	31/03/2027	06/05/2028	402 Days Behind	10/05/2032
  NT2	7,956	26/12/2022	30/07/2023	05/05/2024	John 8:22	216	3,258	15.1	6.2	2 Corinthians 12:6	31/03/2025	12/04/2026	377 Days Behind	12/10/2026

  
  
• No activity this period

1. Religion Background - Reading / Writing (Total Hours = 14.75)
   • "Flood (Gavin D.) - An Introduction to Hinduism" (Write, 0.75 hours)
   • "FT, Borkataky-Varma (Sravana) - Five Books - The Best Books on Hinduism" (Read / Write, 3.5 hours)
   • "Kandiah (Krish) - Faitheism: Why Christians and Atheists have more in common than you think" (Read / Write, 2.5 hours)
   • "Mascaro (Juan) - Bhagavad Gita" (Write, 0.5 hours)
   • "Muller (Max) - The Upanishads - Part I" (Write, 1 hour)
   • "Muller (Max) - The Upanishads - Part II" (Write, 1 hour)
   • "Narayanan (Vasudha) - Understanding Hinduism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Places" (Read / Write, 2 hours)
   • "Parrinder (Geoffrey) - Upanishads Gita and Bible: A comparitive study of Hindu and Christian Scriptures" (Write, 1 hour)
   • "Sivaraman (Krishna), Ed. - Hindu Spirituality I - Vedas Through Vedanta" (Write, 0.75 hours)
   • "Sundararajan (K.R.) & Mukerji (Bithika), Eds. - Hindu Spirituality II - Postclassical and Modern" (Write, 0.75 hours)
   • Walker - The Anglican Church's split: When the culture wins over Scripture (Read / Write, 1 hour)
     → See "BBC - Miscellaneous iPlayer and Podcasts" (1 hour)
2. Religion Background - Admin (Total Hours = 2)
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (1.75 hours)
     → See "Admin - Religion - Admin" (1.75 hours)
   • Admin - St John's Notice Sheets (0.25 hours)
     → See "Admin - Catalogue Papers and Books (including Abstract improvements)" (0.25 hours)
3. Religion Background - Discussions (Total Hours = 6.75)
   • Interaction - Discussions with Mike, Sylvia & Julie (6.25 hours)
     → See "Interaction - Discussion with Mike" (6.25 hours)
   • Sylvia re Sumerian Brian Bilston (0.5 hours)
     → See "Interaction - Religion - Discussions" (0.5 hours)

1. Music - Administration (Total Hours = 58)
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (2.25 hours)
   • Enigma Ensemble - Admin (35 hours)
   • Enigma Ensemble - Admin - Musescore Renewal (0.25 hours)
   • Enigma Ensemble - Admin - Musescore Upgrades (0.25 hours)
   • Enigma Ensemble - Concert Planning (3 hours)
   • Enigma Ensemble: Travel, Lunch, Interaction (4.75 hours)
   • Fixing Julie's Violin pegs (0.25 hours)
   • Flyers for Offshoots (0.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Music - Administration" (46.25 hours)
   • MuseScore - Binge - Watermill (0.5 hours)
   • MuseScore - Gounod - Marionette - Oboe Score Adjustment (1 hour)
   • MuseScore - John Ireland - Downland Suite - Minuet (0.5 hours)
   • MuseScore - Various New Items (1 hour)
   • MuseScore - Warlock - Capriol - Pavane (Tenor Sax) (0.5 hours)
     → See "Todman (Theo) - Music Score OCR & Editing Software - Selection & Use" (3.5 hours)
   • Music Copying / Filing (7.75 hours)
   • Music Copying / Filing - Offshoots (0.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Music - Administration" (8.25 hours)
2. Music - Aural
   • "Earmaster - Ear Training & Sight-singing" (1.25 hours)
3. Music - Oboe (Total Hours = 23)
   • Mower (Mike) - The Good Tempered Oboe - 'Dop Dop Doobah' (0.5 hours)
   • Mower (Mike) - The Good Tempered Oboe - 'Enlightenment' (0.25 hours)
     → See "Mower (Mike) - The Good Tempered Oboe" (0.75 hours)
   • Oboe - Enigma Ensemble (6 hours)
   • Oboe - Enigma Ensemble - Practice (16 hours)
   • Oboe - Enigma Ensemble - Practice - Bach Organ Sonata No. 4.II (Andante) (0.25 hours)
     → See "Practice - Oboe - Enigma Ensemble - Playing & Practice" (22.25 hours)
4. Music - Piano (Total Hours = 1)
   • "Faber (Nancey) & Faber (Randall) - Faber Piano Adventures: Adult Piano Adventures All-in-One Lesson Book 1: Spiral Bound" (0.5 hours)
   • Piano (0.5 hours)
     → See "Practice - Piano" (0.5 hours)
5. Music - Recorder
   • "Practice - Recorder - General Practice" (1.75 hours)

1. Bridge - Reading / Writing
   • "Reading - Bridge - Magazines" (Read, 2.25 hours)
2. Bridge - Admin (Total Hours = 57.25)
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (7.75 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Admin" (7.75 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - EBUScore Training (1.25 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - ECATS SIMS Preparation (0.75 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - Lunch with DP & AK (3.25 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - NICKO Organisation (6.5 hours)
   • Admin - Mayflower DBC - Planning Zoom Meetings (0.5 hours)
   • "Admin - Mayflower DBC - Secretarial & Signatory Duties" (24 hours)
   • Admin - Mid Essex - Fletcher Organisation (0.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Emails / Calls to Colin (0.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Emails / Calls to David P (1 hour)
   • Bridge - Emails / Calls to Tim C (0.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Emails to / Discussions with Albert (0.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Emails to / Discussions with Dave T (2 hours)
   • Bridge - MK Payments (0.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Planning EBU Sessions with David P (2.25 hours)
   • DP Bridge Party - Meal & Socialising (2 hours)
   • Tony French's Funeral + Wake (4.25 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Admin" (25.5 hours)
3. Bridge - Play (Total Hours = 105.25)
   • Bridge - Chelmsford (Albert) (3 hours)
   • Bridge - Cumbria - RealBridge (David P) (2.5 hours)
   • Bridge - DP Bridge Party (7 hours)
   • Bridge - EBU OODGP Swiss Pairs - RealBridge (Dave T) (6.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Leighton Buzzard - RealBridge (Colin) (2.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Leighton Buzzard - RealBridge (David P) (3 hours)
   • Bridge - Mayflower (Colin) (6.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Mayflower (David P) (19.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Mayflower (Tim C) (3.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Milton Keynes - RealBridge (Dave T) (38.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Milton Keynes - RealBridge (David P) (10.75 hours)
   • Bridge - NICKO Round 1 (Mayflower vs Deva BC E) (3 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Playing" (105.25 hours)
4. Bridge - Study (Total Hours = 85.75)
   • "Bridge - Handle" (19.5 hours)
   • Bridge - NICKO Round 1 (Mayflower vs Deva BC E) - Setup, Socialising & Session Reviews (0.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Mayflower DBC - Secretarial & Signatory Duties" (0.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - Albert (1 hour)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - Colin (3.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - Dave T (20.25 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - David P (17.75 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - DP Bridge Party (0.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Session Reviews - Tim C (1.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Albert (0.5 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Colin (2.75 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Dave T (7 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - David P (7.75 hours)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Robert (1 hour)
   • Bridge - Systems Review - Tim C (1 hour)
   • Bridge - Systems Reviews - DP Bridge Party (0.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Bridge - Study" (64.75 hours)
   • "Chawner (Marc) - Defense" (0.25 hours)
   • "Chawner (Marc) - Know Your Percentages" (0.25 hours)
   • "Chawner (Marc) - No Trump Declarer Play" (0.25 hours)
   • "Chawner (Marc) - Playing in a Suit Contract as Declarer" (0.25 hours)

• 25Q3 Status Reports (1.5 hours)
  → See "Admin - General Culture - Admin" (1.5 hours)
• BBC - Miscellaneous Programmes (Journey to MIke & Sylvia's) (Read, 1.5 hours)
• BBC - 'Outrageous' (Mitford sisters) (Read, 1.25 hours)
  → See "BBC - Miscellaneous iPlayer and Podcasts" (2.75 hours)
• Downton Abbey Film (2.5 hours)
  → See "Admin - General Culture - Admin" (2.5 hours)
• "FT - Five Books - Various Subjects not covered elsewhere" (Read, 0.5 hours)
• "Harris (Robert) - Dictator" (Read / Write, 0.75 hours)
• "Harris (Robert) - Fatherland" (Read / Write, 10.75 hours)
• "Harris (Robert) - Imperium" (Read / Write, 0.75 hours)
• "Harris (Robert) - Lustrum" (Read / Write, 0.75 hours)
• Interaction - Discussions with Mike, Sylvia & Julie (1 hour)
  → See "Interaction - Discussion with Mike" (1 hour)
• Investigations into treatment of injured foxes (0.5 hours)
  → See "Admin - General Culture - Admin" (0.5 hours)
• "LPOC - Listed Heritage: The Listed Property Owners' Club Magazine" (Read, 1.25 hours)
• "LRB - London Review of Books" (Read, 1 hour)
• "Mann (Thomas), Lowe-Porter (H.T.) - Lotte In Weimar" (Write, 0.25 hours)
• "Mann (Thomas), Lowe-Porter (H.T.) - The Holy Sinner" (Write, 0.25 hours)
• "Ryback (Timoth W.) - Takeover" (Read, 1.5 hours)
• St John's Quiz (3 hours)
  → See "Admin - General Culture - Admin" (3 hours)
• "Todman (Theo) - Investigating Housing Developments near Coxes Farm" (Read / Write, 30.5 hours)

1. Languages - Admin
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (1.5 hours)
     → See "Admin - Languages - Admin" (1.5 hours)
2. Languages - Chinese
   • "Lamping (Alwena) & Yu (Feixia) - Talk Mandarin Chinese Pack" (2.75 hours)
3. Languages - French
   • "Ling - Learn French" (0.25 hours)
4. Languages - Hebrew (Classical)
   • "Lambdin (Thomas) - Introduction to Biblical Hebrew" (2.5 hours)
5. Languages - Italian
   • "Ling - Learn Italian" (0.25 hours)
6. Languages - Portuguese
   • "Ling - Learn Portuguese" (0.25 hours)
7. Languages - Spanish
   • "Ling - Learn Spanish" (0.25 hours)
8. Languages - Thai
   • "Ling - Learn Thai" (0.25 hours)

• 25Q3 Status Reports (1.5 hours)
  → See "Chess - Admin" (1.5 hours)

1. Mathematics - Reading / Writing (Total Hours = 6.5)
   • Inheritance Tax Planning & Calculation (0.5 hours)
   • Mortgage Refinancing Calculations (6 hours)
     → See "Admin - Mathematics - Admin" (6.5 hours)
2. Mathematics - Admin
   • 25Q3 Status Reports (1.75 hours)
     → See "Admin - Mathematics - Admin" (1.75 hours)

• 25Q3 Status Reports (1.5 hours)
• Admin - HiQ Societies - ISPE - Joining Goodreads Group (0.5 hours)
• Admin - HiQ Societies - ISPE - Membership Dues (0.25 hours)
• Communication from new President (0.25 hours)
  → See "ISPE - HiQ Societies - ISPE" (2.5 hours)
• "Wiener (Norbert) - Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth" (0.5 hours)

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