positioned on the second recording layer 412 by controlling the position of an objective lens 30. In this case, convergent light 31 during the course of being focused by the objective lens is transmitted through the first semitransparent recording layer 411. However, the beam diameter of the convergent light 31 on the first recording layer is sufficiently large as compared with the diameter of the optical spot 32 on the second recording layer 412, and hence the recorded information on the first semitransparent recording layer 411 cannot be decomposed and reproduced. The beam diameter is large on the first semitransparent recording layer 411, and hence the light intensity per unit area is relatively small. Therefore, there is no possibility that the information on the first recording layer 411Friday, 3 February 2017

A grief

I
feel as though I have lost England.

All
my life long I have loved England, really and deeply, as though England were a
person as well as a place. The sheep and cows on the hillsides, the woods and
heaths, the fields of barley and beans, the rivers and ocean bounds, the craggy
moors. And I have loved the stolid English people, cautious and quiet, their
dry humour and conservative ways.

I
have loved our Queen, sustaining and championing the work of so many artists
and artisans, growing her beautiful organic garden with its bees, right in the
heart of London, speaking out for the Christian faith and the importance of
family life. I have loved Prince Charles, advocating for tribal peoples, for
wilderness, for traditional crafts and architecture, and Earth-friendly
farming.

But
something has changed in me since