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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Liszt, Franz
LISZT, FRANZ (1811–1886), Hungarian pianist and composer, was born on the 22nd of October 1811, at Raiding, in Hungary. His appeal to musicians was made in a threefold capacity, and we have, therefore, to deal with Liszt the unrivalled pianoforte virtuoso (1830–1848); Liszt the conductor of the “music of the future” at Weimar, the teacher of Tausig, Bülow and a host of lesser pianists, the eloquent writer on music and musicians, the champion of Berlioz and Wagner (1848–1861); and Liszt the prolific composer, who for some five-and-thirty years continued to put forth pianoforte pieces, songs, symphonic orchestral pieces, cantatas, masses, psalms and oratorios (1847–1882). As virtuoso he held his own for the entire period during which he chose to appear in public; but the militant conductor and prophet of Wagner had a hard time of it, and the composer’s place is still in dispute. Liszt’s father, a clerk to the agent of the Esterhazy estates and an amateur musician of some attainment, was Hungarian by birth and ancestry, his mother an Austrian-German. The boy’s gifts attracted the attention of certain Hungarian magnates, who furnished 600 gulden annually for some years to enable him to study music at Vienna and Paris. At Vienna he had lessons in pianoforte playing from Carl Czerny of “Velocity” fame, and from Salieri in harmony and analysis of scores. In his eleventh year he began to play in public there, and Beethoven came to his second concert in April 1823. During the three years following he played in Paris, the French provinces and Switzerland, and paid three visits to England. In Paris he had composition lessons from Paër, and a six months’ course of lessons in counterpoint from Reicha. In the autumn of 1825 the handsome and fascinating enfant gâté of the salons and ateliers—“La Neuvième Merveille du monde”—had the luck to get an operetta (Don Sancho) performed three times at the Académie Royale. The score was accidentally destroyed by fire, but a set of studies à la Czerny and Cramer, belonging to 1826 and published at Marseilles as 12 Études, op. i., is extant, and shows remarkable precocity. After the death of his father in 1828 young Liszt led the life of a teacher of the pianoforte in Paris, got through a good deal of miscellaneous reading, and felt the influence of the religious, literary and political aspirations of the time. He attended the meetings of the Saint-Simonists, lent an ear to the romantic mysticism of Père Enfantin and later to the teaching of Abbé Lamennais. He also played Beethoven and Weber in public—a very courageous thing in those days. The appearance of the violinist Paganini in Paris, 1831, marks the starting-point of the supreme eminence Liszt ultimately attained as a virtuoso. Paganini’s marvellous technique inspired him to practise as no pianist had ever practised before. He tried to find equivalents for Paganini’s effects, transcribed his violin caprices for the piano, and perfected his own technique to an extraordinary degree. After Paganini he received a fresh impulse from the playing and the compositions of Chopin, who arrived in 1831, and yet another impulse of equal force from a performance of Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique, épisode de la vie d’un artiste,” in 1832. Liszt transcribed this work, and its influence ultimately led him to the composition of his “Poèmes symphoniques” and other examples of orchestral programme-music.
From 1833 to 1848—when he gave up playing in public—he was greeted with frantic applause as the prince of pianists. Five years (1835–1840) were spent in Switzerland and Italy, in semi-retirement in the company of Madame la comtesse d’Agoult (George Sand’s friend and would-be rival, known in literary circles as “Daniel Stern,” by whom Liszt had three children, one of them afterwards Frau Cosima Wagner): these years were devoted to further study in playing and composition, and were interrupted only by occasional appearances at Geneva, Milan, Florence and Rome, and by annual visits to Paris, when a famous contest with Thalberg took place in 1837. The enthusiasm aroused by Liszt’s playing and his personality—the two are inseparable—reached a climax at Vienna and Budapest in 1839–1840, when he received a patent of nobility from the emperor of Austria, and a sword of honour from the magnates of Hungary in the name of the nation. During the eight years following he was heard at all the principal centres—including London, Leipzig, Berlin, Copenhagen, St Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, Constantinople, Lisbon and Madrid. He gained much money, and gave large sums in charity. His munificence with regard to the Beethoven statue at Bonn made a great stir. The subscriptions having come in but sparsely, Liszt took the matter in hand, and the monument was completed at his expense, and unveiled at a musical festival conducted by Spohr and himself in 1845. In 1848 he settled at Weimar with Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein (d. 1887), and remained there till 1861. During this period he acted as conductor at court concerts and on special occasions at the theatre, gave lessons to a number of pianists, wrote articles of permanent value on certain works of Berlioz and the early operas of Wagner, and produced those orchestral and choral pieces upon which his reputation as a composer mainly depends. His ambition to found a school of composers as well as a school of pianists met with complete success on the one hand and partial failure on the other. His efforts on behalf of Wagner, who was then an exile in Switzerland, culminated in the first performance of Lohengrin on the 28th of August 1850, before a special audience assembled from far and near. Among the works produced for the first time or rehearsed with a view to the furtherance of musical art were Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer, Das Liebesmahl der Apostel, and Eine Faust Overtüre, Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, the Symphonie Fantastique, Harold en Italie, Roméo et Juliette, La Damnation de Faust, and L’Enfance du Christ—the last two conducted by the composer—Schumann’s Genoveva, Paradise and the Peri, the music to Manfred and to Faust, Weber’s Euryanthe, Schubert’s Alfonso und Estrella, Raff’s König Alfred, Cornelius’s Der Barbier von Baghdad and many more. It was Liszt’s habit to recommend novelties to the public by explanatory articles or essays, which were written in French (some for the Journal des débats and the Gazette musicale of Paris) and translated for the journals of Weimar and Leipzig—thus his two masterpieces of sympathetic criticism, the essays Lohengrin et Tannhäuser à Weimar and Harold en Italie, found many readers and proved very effective. They are now included, together with articles on Schumann and Schubert, and the elaborate and rather high-flown essays on Chopin and Des Bohémiens et de leur musique en Hongrie (the latter certainly, and the former probably, written in collaboration with Madame de Wittgenstein), in his Gesammelte Schriften (6 vols., Leipzig). The compositions belonging to the period of his residence at Weimar comprise two pianoforte concertos, in E flat and in A, the “Todtentanz,” the “Concerto pathétique” for two pianos, the solo sonata “An Robert Schumann,” sundry “Études,” fifteen “Rhapsodies Hongroises,” twelve orchestral “Poèmes symphoniques,” “Eine Faust Symphonie,” and “Eine Symphonie zu Dante’s ‘Divina Commedia,’ ” the “13th Psalm” for tenor solo, chorus and orchestra, the choruses to Herder’s dramatic scenes “Prometheus,” and the “Missa solennis” known as the “Graner Fest Messe.” Liszt retired to Rome in 1861, and joined the Franciscan order in 1865. From 1869 onwards Abbé Liszt divided his time between Rome and Weimar, where during the summer months he received pupils—gratis as formerly—and, from 1876 up to his death at Bayreuth on the 31st of July 1886, he also taught for several months every year at the Hungarian Conservatoire of Budapest.
About Liszt’s pianoforte technique in general it may be said that it derives its efficiency from the teaching of Czerny, who brought up his pupil on Mozart, a little Bach and Beethoven, a good deal of Clementi and Hummel, and a good deal of his (Czerny’s) own work. Classicism in the shape of solid, respectable Hummel on the one hand, and Carl Czerny, a trifle flippant, perhaps, and inclined to appeal to the gallery, on the other, these gave the musical parentage of young Liszt. Then appears the Parisian Incroyable and grand seigneur—“Monsieur Lits,” as the Parisians called him. Later, we find him imitating Paganini and Chopin, and at the same time making a really passionate and deep study of Beethoven, Weber, Schubert, Berlioz. Thus gradually was formed the master of style—whose command of the instrument was supreme, and who played like an inspired poet. Liszt’s strange musical nature was long in maturing its fruits. At the pianoforte his achievements culminate in the two books of studies, twice rewritten, and finally published in 1852 as Études d’exécution transcendante, the Études de concert and the Paganini Studies; the two concertos and the Todtentanz, the Sonata in B minor, the Hungarian Rhapsodies and the fine transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies (the 9th for two pianofortes as well as solo), and of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, and the symphony, Harold en Italie. In his orchestral pieces of Liszt appears—next to Berlioz—as the most conspicuous and most thorough-going representative of programme music, i.e. instrumental music expressly contrived to illustrate in detail some poem or some succession of ideas or pictures. It was Liszt’s aim to bring about a direct alliance or amalgamation of instrumental music with poetry. To effect this he made use of the means of musical expression for purposes of illustration, and relied on points of support outside the pale of music proper. There is always danger of failure when an attempt is thus made to connect instrumental music with conceptions not in themselves musical, for the order of the ideas that serve as a programme is apt to interfere with the order which the musical exposition naturally assumes—and the result in most cases is but an amalgam of irreconcilable materials. In pieces such as Liszt’s “Poèmes symphoniques,” Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne (1848–1856), after a poem by Victor Hugo, and Die Ideale (1853–1857), after a poem by Schiller, the hearer is bewildered by a series of startling orchestral effects which succeed one another apparently without rhyme or reason. The music does not conform to any sufficiently definite musical plan—it is hardly intelligible as music without reference to the programme. Liszt’s masterpiece in orchestral music is the Dante Symphony (1847–1855), the subject of which was particularly well suited to his temperament, and offered good chances for the display of his peculiar powers as a master of instrumental effect. By the side of it ranks the Faust Symphony (1854–1857), in which the moods of Goethe’s characters—Faust, Gretchen and Mephistopheles—are depicted in three instrumental movements, with a chorus of male voices, supplying a kind of comment, by way of close. The method of presentation in both symphonies is by means of representative themes (Leitmotif), and their combination and interaction. Incidents of the poem or the play are illustrated or alluded to as may be convenient, and the exigencies of musical form are not unfrequently disregarded for the sake of special effects. Of the twelve Poèmes symphoniques, Orphée is the most consistent from a musical point of view, and is exquisitely scored. Melodious, effective, readily intelligible, with a dash of the commonplace, Les Préludes, Tasso, Mazeppa and Fest-Klänge bid for popularity. In these pieces, as in almost every production of his, in lieu of melody Liszt offers fragments of melody—touching and beautiful, it may be, or passionate, or tinged with triviality; in lieu of a rational distribution of centres of harmony in accordance with some definite plan, he presents clever combinations of chords and ingenious modulations from point to point; in lieu of musical logic and consistency of design, he is content with rhapsodical improvisation. The power of persistence seems wanting. The musical growth is spoilt, the development of the themes is stopped, or prevented, by some reference to extraneous ideas. Everywhere the programme stands in the way. In much of Liszt’s vocal music, particularly in the songs and choral pieces written to German words, an annoying discrepancy is felt to exist between the true sound of the words and the musical accents. The music is generally emotional, the expression direct and passionate; there is no lack of melodic charm and originality, yet the total effect is frequently disappointing. In the choral numbers of the five masses, and in the oratorios Die Heilige Elisabeth and Christus, the rarity of fugal polyphony acts as a drawback. Its almost complete absence in some of these works makes for monotony and produces a sense of dullness, which may not be inherent in all the details of the music, but is none the less distinctly present.
Omitting trifles and all publications that have been cancelled, the following list of compositions may be taken as fairly comprehensive:—
Pianoforte Pieces.—Études d’exécution transcendante; Études de concert; Zwei Etuden, Waldesrauschen, Gnomentanz; Ab Irato; Paganini Studies; Années de Pélerinage, 3 sets; Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, 1-10; Consolations, 1-6; Ave Maria in E; Sonata in B minor; Konzert-Solo in E minor; Scherzo und Marsch; Ballades, I. II.; Polonaises, I. II.; Apparitions, 1-3; Berceuse; Valse impromptu; Mazurka brillant; 3 Caprices Valses; Galop chromatique; Mephisto-Walzer, I., II., III. and Polka; Zwei Legenden, “Die Vogelpredigt,” “Der heilige Franciscus auf den Wogen schreitend”; “Der Weihnachtsbaum,” 1-12; Sarabande und Chaconne (“Almira”); Elegies, I., II. and III.; La lugubre Gondola; Dem Andenken Petöfi’s; Mosonyi’s Grabgeleit; Romance oubliée; Valses oubliées, 1-3; Liebesträume, 1-3 (originally songs); Hexameron; Rhapsodies Hongroises, 1-18.
Pieces for Two Pianos.—Concerto pathétique (identical with the Konzert-Solo in E minor); Dante symphony; Faust symphony; Poèmes symphoniques, 1-12; Beethoven’s 9th symphony.
Pianoforte with Orchestra.—Concertos I. in E flat, II. in A; Todtentanz; Fantasie ueber Motif aus Beethoven’s “Ruinen von Athen”; Fantasie ueber Ungarische National Melodien; Schubert’s Fantasia in C; Weber’s Polacca in E.
Fantaisies de Concert for Piano Solo.—Don Juan; Norma; Sonnambula; I Puritani; Lucia, I., II.; Lucrezia, I., II.; La Juive; Robert le Diable; Les Huguenots; Le Prophète, 1-4. Paraphrases, Auber, Tarantella di bravura (Masaniello); Verdi, Rigoletto, Ernani, Il Trovatore; Mendelssohn, “Hochzeitsmarsch und Elfenreigen”; Gounod, Valse de Faust, Les Adieux de Roméo et Juliette; Tschaikowsky, Polonaise; Dargomiyski, Tarantelle; Cui, Tarantella; Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre; Schubert, Soirées de Vienne, Valses caprices, 1-9.
Transcriptions.—Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies; Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique,” “Harold en Italie”; Bénédiction et Serment (Benvenuto Cellini); Danse des Sylphes (Damnation de Faust); Weber’s overtures, Der Freischütz, Euryanthe, Oberon, Jubilee; Beethoven’s and Hummel’s Septets; Schubert’s Divertissement à la Hongroise; Beethoven’s Concertos in C minor, G and E flat (orchestra for a second piano); Wagner’s Tannhäuser overture, march, romance, chorus of pilgrims; Lohengrin, Festzug und Brautlied, Elsa’s Brautgang, Elsa’s Traum, Lohengrin’s Verweiss an Elsa; Fliegender Holländer, Spinnlied; Rienzi, Gebet; Rheingold, Walhall; Meistersinger, “Am stillen Herd”; Tristan, Isolde’s Liebestod; Chopin’s six Chants Polonais; Meyerbeer’s Schillermarsch; Bach’s six organ Preludes and Fugues; Prelude and Fugue in G minor; Beethoven, Adelaide; 6 miscellaneous and 6 Geistliche Lieder; Liederkreis; Rossini’s Les Soirées musicales; Schubert, 59 songs; Schumann, 13 songs; Mendelssohn, 8 songs; Robert Franz, 13 songs.
Organ Pieces.—Missa pro organo; Fantasia and Fugue, “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam”; B-A-C-H Fugue; Variations on Bach’s Basso continuo, “Weinen, Klagen”; Bach’s Introduction and Fugue, “Ich hatte viel Bekümmerniss”; Bach’s Choral Fugue, “Lob und Ehre”; Nicolai’s Kirchliche Festouvertüre, “Ein feste Burg”; Allegri’s Miserere; Mozart’s Ave Verum; Arcadelt’s Ave Maria; Lasso’s Regina Coeli.
Orchestral Pieces.—Eine Symphonie zu Dante’s “Divina Commedia”; Eine Faust Symphonie; Poèmes symphoniques: 1. “Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne”; 2. Tasso; 3. Les Préludes; 4. Orphée; 5. Prométhée; 6. Mazeppa; 7. Fest-Klänge; 8. Héroïde funèbre; 9. Hungaria; 10. Hamlet; 11. Hunnenschlacht; 12. Die Ideale; Zwei Episoden aus Lenau’s Faust: I. Der nächtliche Zug, II. Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke; Marches, Rakoczy, Goethe, Huldigung, “Vom Fels zum Meer” (for a military band); Ungarischer, Heroischer and Sturmmarsch; Le Triomphe funèbre du Tasse; “Von der Wiege bis zum Grab”; six Hungarian rhapsodies; four marches; four songs, and Die Allmacht, by Schubert.
Vocal Music.—Oratorios: “Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth,” “Christus,” “Stanislaus” (unfinished). Masses: Missa solennis for the inauguration of the cathedral at Gran; Ungarische Krönungs-messe; Missa choralis (with organ); Missa and Requiem for male voices (with organ); Psalms, 13, 137, 23 and 18; 12 Kirchen-Chor-Gesänge (with organ). Cantatas: Prometheus-chöre; “Beethoven Cantata”; “An die Künstler”; Die Glocken des Strassburger Münsters; 12 Chöre für Männergesang; Songs, 8 books; Scena, Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher.
Melodramatic Pieces for Declamation, with Pianoforte Accompaniment.—Leonore (Bürger); Der traurige Mönch (Lenau); Des todten Dichter’s Liebe (Jokai); Der blinde Sänger (Tolstoy).
Editions, Text and Variants.—Beethoven’s Sonatas; Weber’s Concertstück and Sonatas; Schubert Fantasia, 4 Sonatas, Impromptus, Valses and Moments musicaux.
See also L. Ramaun, Fr. Liszt als Künstler und Mensch (1880–1894); E. Dannreuther, Oxford Hist. of Music, vol. vi. (1905). (E. Da.)
- It is understood that, in point of fact, the Princess Wittgenstein was determined to marry Liszt; and as neither he nor her family wished their connexion to take this form, Cardinal Hohenlohe quietly had him ordained.—[Ed. E.B.].


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Barry University Student Health Services believes the entire Barry community is best served when every student is immunized. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, most vaccine-preventable diseases are spread from person to person. If one person in a community gets an infectious disease, he or she can spread it to others who are not immunized or who have lower immunity. The more people who are immunized, the fewer opportunities a disease has to spread and the healthier the community. Therefore beginning with the incoming class of the fall 2018, all undergraduates (excluding online programs) and all international (F-1 & J-1 visa including ) students are required to provide medical documentation of the following immunizations.
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All students are strongly encouraged to provide a statement of good health and proof of: Hepatitis A, Varicella (if no documented case of chicken pox), Meningitis B and an annual influenza vaccinations. PPD (tuberculosis) screenings prior to attending Barry University and a yearly screening is also strongly advised. All required and recommended vaccinations are available at SHS.
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Displays in the cab on an iPad (Android coming) in real-time.
Average increases in Q4 2019 were anywhere from 3-6 more bushels per acre depending on crop based on adjustments made by operator(s)
Works for corn and soy in 2020 with cotton, wheat, and other small grains coming in 2021
Machinery integrations in planning stages now
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Farmwave Partners with USDA and Cotton Inc. for Artificial Intelligence in Cotton Spraying and Harvesting.
This season, 2020, we’re going to begin collecting harvester data and imagery on cotton thanks to a few farmers in South Georgia. Our goal is to have trained models for cotton harvesters by the 2021 harvest season. However, it won’t stop with harvesting. Farmwave has begun working with Cotton Inc. and the USDA ARS division scientists on identifying and automatically diagnosing pest and diseases using Farmwave’s vision compute power. This will enhance our sprayers as well.

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“I’m glad that I’m going to be able to support them and do my utmost to help elect Biden-Harris, and help them govern when the time comes,” she said.
Rice, who served as President Barack Obama’s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Council chief, had reportedly surged in recent weeks to the top tier of candidates under consideration to be named as Biden’s vice presidential nominee.
Rice’s prospects were bolstered by her decades of executive branch experience, fluency in foreign affairs and personal rapport with Biden forged during their time as Obama administration colleagues.
But President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign reportedly favored Rice’s potential selection, hoping to exploit her role in crafting certain Obama-era policies and alleged involvement in a “deep state” conspiracy Trump has claimed the previous administration perpetrated against him.
Biden ultimately named Harris as his running mate Tuesday, elevating a rising star of the Democratic Party with a law enforcement background and a track record of successive statewide wins in California.
In her interview Wednesday morning, Rice insisted she was not disappointed by Biden’s decision. “I am happy to have been part of this process. I’m honored and humbled to be among an extraordinary group of women who were considered,” she said.
Rice added that she will “do everything I possibly can to help Joe Biden become the next president of the United States and to help him succeed in governing, in whatever form or fashion he wants. So, I’m ready to serve.”
But pressed on whether she and the former vice president discussed her serving in another capacity in a potential Biden administration, Rice demurred. “I’ll let Joe Biden answer that question, but let me say I’m proud to serve him in any way he’d like,” she said.


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Blockchain Working On Thunder
The company Blockchain, realizing that the Bitcoin settlement process is agonizingly slow, and thus limiting the adoption rate of the digital currency, has been working on a project called Thunder.
This program will set up a network of nodes designed to process transactions many times faster than current credit card networks. It will then settle the transactions against the blockchain records in the background.
Blockchain, the company behind the world’s most popular bitcoin wallet, has been quietly working on an interesting project called Thunder. The Thunder network is an alternative network of nodes that lets you make off-chain bitcoin payments in seconds and settle back to the bitcoin blockchain every now and then. This sounds complicated but it’s quite neat and could be a powerful innovation for bitcoin transactions.
Blockchain’s project was inspired by a paper written concerning the scalability and speed issues while suggesting a solution.
Last year, Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja wrote a paper about bitcoin’s scalability and speed issues, and defined Lightning networks. These alternative networks would run independently from the main bitcoin blockchain and would be able to register transactions in just a second. It uses smart contracts so that all nodes in a Lightning network don’t need to be aware of all transactions.
Thunder Still in Alpha Phase
While it adds huge potential for Bitcoin going mainstream in the future, it is still only in its Alpha testing phase at this point.
While Blockchain isn’t going to use Thunder for Blockchain wallet users just yet, the startup is already thinking about real life advantages of a solution like Thunder.
With Thunder, a transaction is so fast that the network can process 100,000 transactions per second. On average, Visa handles 2,000 transactions per second and the Visa network is capable of processing 56,000 transactions per second.
Thunder is an exciting project and something that could drastically change some bitcoin use cases. Many have turned to alternative cryptocurrencies such as Ether due to bitcoin’s limitations. Slowly but surely, the bitcoin community is catching up and making bitcoin payments more attractive.
Thunder Getting Attention
It is getting attention among startup crowds.
Bitcoin startup Blockchain has released the first version of a payments channel prototype that finds it moving its research efforts into how transactions on the bitcoin network can be made faster and more effective into the public eye. The startup, which has raised $30m in one public round of funding, announced the alpha release of the ThunderNetwork today. Best described as a Blockchain-led effort into the implementation of payment channels, the technology seeks to allow bitcoin users a way to conduct off-blockchain transactions that settle against the bitcoin blockchain at a later date.
As mentioned before, one of the major downsides to the use of Bitcoin has been the cumbersome settlement process requiring labor-intensive verification against a minimum of 6 of the distributed blockchain databases.
Is Thunder The Solution?
While the blockchain database concept has been a game-changer in the maintenance of secure record-keeping, it has run up against the need for near-instant settlement for financial transactions. If and when this new concept of rapid transaction approval is perfect and placed into the mainstream, it will once again change the dynamic in the financial world.
The Thunder network has the potential to completely remove the third party (bank settlement networks) from the transactions between two parties. And, the transactions would be settled virtually instantaneously. Through the use of “smart contracts” and/or “escrows,” two individuals can negotiate and transact business from anywhere in the world with security, even with unknown parties.
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Brad Geiger, author of the groundbreaking work Suggestions For Automatics, is releasing a musical album titled Tom Rawling’s Old Ladies Peep Show.
Brad Geiger is a musical artist that draws inspiration from a wide variety of influences. Rock & Roll, Hip Hop, Dance, Classical and Jazz music all provide depth to his tone repertoire. A product of the Los Angeles Indie / DIY music scene, Brad has focused his talents for the lightning quick release of an album showcasing his many styles of songs. This album is inspired by a book Brad is writing (this will be his fourth!), which is An Encyclopedia Of Time Traveling Criminals, and features, as song titles, the names of people that are ancestors of the main individuals who are the subjects of that work.
Rock Music Society is releasing this album for general distribution starting summer 2018.
“An exciting musical exploration that knows no creative limits and refuses to be bound to genre definitions.”
-The Band Camp Diaries
“Fully rhythmic, hypnotic musical journeys”
-Rebecca Cullen, Stereo Stickman
“Brad Geiger has echoed much farther than one might expect.”
The album covers vast musical ground, carrying influences towards an ultra-modern interpretation of classical themes – this is the new definition of the modern symphony!
Fans are encouraged to stream the album using their favorite streaming service, prior to its arrival in stores. They can also reach out to the artist on social media portals, such as Facebook and Tumblr.
Honed through years of musical study, Brad’s craft has reached stratospheric heights and enabled him to produce phenomenal work in extremely short amounts of time.
Brad grew up living in 7 towns in The US, and went to high school at Reno High School in Reno, Nevada. He is a counselor alumnus of the famous Tumbleweed Day Camp in Los Angeles, California. Brad spent many years traveling in America, Europe, and Australia. After living overseas for 3 years, Brad Geiger is back in The United States, and very excited to continue his musical career stateside.
He now lives in Le Claire, Iowa, near Antique Archeology, home of the American Pickers.
Look for Tom Rawling’s Old Ladies Peep Show at major retailers soon!
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FBI: Cell Phones Triggered Bombs
A few years back I remember reports going out warning people about a new “mobile phone gun”, which was a gun disguised as a mobile phone. The story said that people were trying to sneak them on airplanes (this was well before September 11th). Well, now apparently, you have to watch out for mobile phone bombs as well. The evidence from one of the recent bombings in Saudi Arabia suggests that it may have been set off by a mobile phone bomb. The FBI report doesn’t say specifically that it was set off by such a bomb, but that they found mobile phone bombs on the scene. The bomb is apparently built into the phone, and is detonated when the phone receives a phone call.


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BitLicense Tramples Another New York Bitcoin CompanyWe build and support bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging our insights, network, and access to capital. May 23. Bitcoin Scaling Agreement at Consensus 2017.
New York subpoenas Bitcoin companies - InsideCounselBitcoin is a new currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. A Time Warner Company.Bitcoin Price Analysis: How Rumblings From China Play Into Wyckoff Distributions.Fredrik Voss is overseeing work at Nasdaq to use the technology behind Bitcoin to make trading faster and cheaper.Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York Department of Financial Services have officially announced.New York unveils Bitcoin license rules. A Time Warner Company.
Depending on the size and nature of the business, the total cost required to become licensed in New York and to be fully compliant with BitLicense varies.In certain circumstances, securities with respect to which the.
One uncertainty prior to the release of the rules was the impact on companies that already work with bitcoin and other.
Chain | Enterprise Blockchain InfrastructureNew business rules for Bitcoin licenses show that New York is trying to help.The biggest stories in bitcoin delivered weekly to your inbox.
Trust Companies Cornering New York Bitcoin Market » BraveQualified Custodian means a bank, trust company, national bank,.
Since launching the NYC Bitcoin Center in 2013, BTC has grown to become one of the leading companies in the blockchain space, with offices in multiple.
The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014) - IMDb
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Poloniex and others Leave New York Due To BitLicense | BuyList of bitcoin companies This is a list of for-profit companies.
Gemini is a next generation bitcoin exchange based in New York City.A computer programmer becomes fascinated with the digital currency Bitcoin, and through his involvement in the Bitcoin community, we learn about the impending global.
Then, in March 2014, Fortress executives doubled-down on bitcoin companies,. in March, New York City-based Digital Asset Holdings LLC,.
56 Bitcoin Companies Approve Segwit-2Mb Combined Fork Plan
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Categories: Bitcoin companies Lists of companies by industry Hidden categories: Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages Commons category without a link on Wikidata.Digital Currency Group (DCG) revealed a scaling agreement with a letter of intent backed by 55 Bitcoin-centric companies towards recent Segwit-2Mb plan.
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Blockchain Technologies Corp. – Blockchain SoftwareDiscover Company Info on New York Bitcoin LLC in New York, such as Contacts, Addresses, Reviews, and Registered Agent.This is a list of for-profit companies with notable commercial activities related to bitcoins and Cryptocurrency.
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Circle (company) - WikipediaWhile Other Companies Leave NY, Coinbase Submits BitLicense Application. he told Bitcoin.
Bitcoin, the digital currency, has been growing in popularity over the past few months -- and a lot of major companies and organizations have been taking.Other services include mining pools, cloud mining, peer-to-peer lending, exchange-traded funds, over-the-counter trading, gambling, micropayments, affiliates and prediction markets.Gemini Trust Company, LLC. gemini. including daily two-sided bitcoin auctions.Up until December 2016, Circle Pay also operated as a bitcoin wallet service to buy and sell bitcoins.
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Nasdaq bets on bitcoin's blockchain as the future of
Mainly a Euro and US Dollar exchange for Bitcoin and Litecoin, but also offers markets for several other cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies.While the BitLicense has caused many companies to leave New York,.Feedback from the Bitcoin industry was responsible for many of the changes and improvements made to the initial drafts of the BitLicense.If you recall, New York Superintendent of Financial Services.Even without a Bank BBNY is the safe and secure place to buy or sell Bitcoin in the state of New York.


Remember the Galpin Fisker Rocket? Brandished to the world as the “ultimate American muscle car”, the Rocket is the brainchild of Henrik Fisker, the man responsible for penning cars like the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9, and, of course, the Fisker Karma. Built in association with Galpin Auto Sports, the Rocket killed able bodied enthusiasts with its appearance alone.
Enter its topless partner in crime, the Rocket Speedster, which made its debut on the Concept Lawn at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance. The rear seats are covered by a stylised, carbon-fiber tonneau cover, which can be removed to make the retractable top go up. The new cover is contoured to channel airflow through the mesh-covered exposed carbon air outlets to effectively cut turbulence. Like on the Rocket coupe, those air inlets on the rear fender cool the 15-in Brembo Gran Turismo brakes.
On the inside, the Speedster gets body-color dashboard trim and two-piece seatbacks, as compared to carbon-fiber trimming and Recaros seats on the coupe. Under the hood, just like the Rocket, the Speedster employs a 5.0-liter, 725 HP, V8 with a Whipple supercharger which will be paired to a six-speed manual gearbox. The first Speedster is draped with a rich metallic red hue and rides on 21-in five-spoke alloy wheels. Pricing is yet to be announced, although it is expected to retail for a shade over $100,000.
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Is there more turbulence on ships on the NY-Canada route than in the caribbean? I have two elderly parents and I'm concerned about this issue. Also, is it a good or bad idea to go on a maiden voyage of a new ship?
Normally the Atlantic Ocean is more turbulent than the Caribbean - but you can get Atlantic sailings that are as smooth as glass, and Caribbean voyages that are choppy(usually means a storm). The Atlantic is usually at its best in summer. As for maiden voyages, personally i don't like them, i like to travel on a ship that has "proved itself" so to speak - worked the bugs outs with crew, schedules and things like that.
Ships sailing out of NYC are in the Atlantic Ocean. Historically, these seas can be higher and rougher than the smooth Caribbean. This is the reason ships primarily sail these waters in the Summer months when they are smoother. The increase of these newer larger vessels sailing out of NYC and Boston indicate they are good cruises and this is a good time of year with nice new itineraries. I would stay with the prime months of June, July and August (less chance of hurricanes or storms at sea), but you never know what climatic changes will take place. As far as an Inaugural season cruise, you may have some "snaffu's" like staff not being well trained, but these are to be expected. Usually they are a good value. If you don't expect perfection, your folks will have a nice voyage.
I signed up for the inaugural on the Coral Princess last December, but the shipyard didn't finish on time, so the inaugural didn't happen until early January. Princess gave me money back plus $500 credit towards my next cruise. Booked it for April and was happy with it.
The Island Princess (sister ship to the Coral) was scheduled in May (I believe) but is now enroute to its inaugural for the Alaska voyage (about July 12).
I've seen other posters that say inaugurals can be cancelled or that they have problems with things not being finished.
Depends on what month you're travelling. The posters above are right about the Atlantic and its seas.
I cruise the Emerald Princess, Eastern Caribbean on April 16, 2012

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Dr. Reed Paulson, MD is a Doctor primarily located in Wilsonville, OR, with another office in Lebanon, OR. He has 32 years of experience. His specialties include Sports Medicine and Family Medicine. Dr. Paulson is affiliated with Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital. He speaks English.
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Defining the Children's Hospital Role in Child Maltreatment, Second Edition
communicates the collective intent on the part of children's hospitals to counter child maltreatment, empower community partners in this regard, and help more children grow up without the threat of abuse or the pain of neglect. These guidelines do not describe clinical parameters, provide assistance in medical decision-making or provide criteria for accreditation. They outline what a child protection team at a children's hospital should offer in way of infrastructure, staffing, functions and systems to be considered a basic program, advanced program or center of excellence.
The three levels are not a ranking for competitive evaluation; they are a framework for self assessment to set goals for growth and development within the context of each community's needs.
Second Edition Highlights
- New subspecialty: The first cohort of 191 child abuse pediatricians was certified in October 2009. The second edition recommends that all advanced programs and centers of excellence have a board certified child abuse pediatrician, with few exceptions.
- Community benefit: Most children's hospitals are classified as not-for-profit because the community services they provide might otherwise become a public responsibility. Since the publication of the first edition, there has been increased scrutiny of hospitals' qualifications for tax exemption. The second edition outlines hospital activities related to child abuse treatment, education and prevention that can be quantified as community benefit.
- Prevention: Echoing a national focus on preventative health care, the second edition outlines how the child protection team contributes to prevention activities in the hospital and community.
- Now a subspecialty, child abuse pediatricians should be utilized when their medical expertise is needed. The role of the general pediatrician remains the same: treat and refer, and take ownership when appropriate.
- The opinions rendered by child abuse experts in discerning the manner of injury are essential for the entire response system to work and to determine the next steps taken by protective and criminal justice agencies and the medical community.
The Association urges other national organizations to likewise pursue and define their roles within the complicated and interdependent system of child abuse response and prevention.
- All acute care children's hospitals should, at a minimum, meet the recommendations for a basic program.
- All advanced programs and centers of excellence should be medically directed, in most cases by a certified child abuse pediatrician.
- All acute care children’s hospitals that meet one or more of the following criteria should have a medically directed child protection team that is at either the advanced or center of excellence level.
- Have a trauma center designated by the state and/or verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level I or II adult or pediatric trauma center
- House an intensive care unit
- Have an academic residency
- House a burn unit
This resource was produced prior to the merger of NACHRI, N.A.C.H. and CHCA, which became the Children's Hospital Association.


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A decision has been reached in a Canadian case on outing anonymous commenters. Dan Michaluk writes:
Yesterday the Divisional Court held that a motions judge erred in requiring the owner/operator of a right-wing internet message board to disclose the identities of eight John Doe defendants who had posted commentary about lawyer Richard Warman.
The case is about whether and when civil rules can be used to identify anonymous internet users without restrictions that are based on countervailing Charter-protected interests such as privacy and freedom of expression. The need to balance interests has been recognized in the test for production of identifying information from non-parties. In this case, the party in custody of the identifying records was a named defendant and subject to a routine duty to produce “all documents relevant to any matter in issue in the action.”
Read more on All About Information.
Decision: Warman v. Fournier et al, 2010 ONSC 2126.
LifeSiteNews.com also covers the decision.

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text: Body composition (BC) assessment is indispensable to evaluate nutritional status and thus health, both at the population and individual level, and to assess the efficacy of primary and secondary preventive nutritional strategies. Changes in BC, including the regional distribution of body fat, largely occur during pubertal transition, with marked differences between genders. They may, however, also occur in the elderly, who experience significant changes in the ratio between body fat and muscle with aging. The development and implementation of more sophisticated techniques (e.g. BC assessment at the molecular and atomic levels) could provide a major contribution to determining BC at different levels. This review discusses the application of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) on BC determination, given that DXA has the potential to provide overall and regional assessment of BC in terms of fat, lean mass and bone. DXA is widely used in many clinical settings primarily diagnosis osteoporosis. This article describes the use of whole-body DXA in assessing BC in patients with chronic diseases (e.g. metabolic syndrome) as well as in different sport activities to evaluate the effects of exercise.

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Rock Garden Lino Lakes Is the Best Landscape Supplier : Small Rock Garden Lino Lakes
Uploaded by FERNANDESS YEHEZKIEL.P in Fort Collins at Wednesday, October 30, 2013. The Glamorous Outdoor Ideas images on this page are the Glamorous photograph that we chosen for you with a dimension of 800 x 600 pixels. Small Rock Garden Lino Lakes above are the same as what I saw when I visited my cousinís house in Birmingham, US. Donít forget; you can also get the entire article in the Rock Garden Lino Lakes Is the Best Landscape Supplier which contains photograph that I took during a traveling to various states such as Netherlands, Hungary, and Guyana.
Feel free to use the decorative rocks for garden photograph that I gave even though you are in tropical or desert states like Philippines, Azerbaijan, and Central African Republic. Download by right clicking your mouse right on the Glamorous photograph, then give this large photograph to your home adviser to be put on soon.
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These flower party poppers can be used at weddings, garden parties, anniversaries… Pretty much any spring celebration! Make them all to look a like, or spice it up with a variety of colors and petal shapes. Your guests will love wearing these fun and festive poppers as brooches & boutonnières.
Make them by cutting tissue paper to fit a purchased confetti party popper. Make the inside of your flower a little shorter than the outside tissue paper. Also make sure not to cover the opening for the confetti. Then trim the tissue paper to have the petal like edges. Using double-sided tape secure the end of the first color for the inside “petals” and wrap the tissue paper around the popper. Do the same with the second color tissue paper for the outside “petals”.
Cut a length of floral tape and wrap the bottom part of the popper. Fluff the petals out. Add small magnets with a dab of strong glue to make them boutonnieres or brooches.
Project design by Kersey Campbell.


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Internet dating has never been very popular. We could see this in TV and motion pictures â many people are swiping, flirting and matching consistently. But, just how can guys fare for the modern world of online dating? We looked at a number of all of our considerable information studies to discover the web internet dating data regarding the psychological and practical fact of men dating online.
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Ian North is an Adjunct Professor of Visual Arts at both the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. He is a photographer, painter and writer, and was the founding curator of photography at the National Gallery of Australia 1980-1984. North brings to his practice as an artist a keen sensibility and theoretical awareness of photography and art history. Throughout his career, he has been concerned with colonial narratives, established visual conventions and their impact on the representation of the landscape.
‘Haven 3’ is one of ten photographs comprising a series North created on a residency at Bundanon, Arthur Boyd’s former rural estate on the Shoalhaven River, New South Wales. W Channelling pictorial images made in the 1930s by Australian farmer-photographer John B Eaton, also in our collection, North proposes the series as a ‘celebration of pastoral beauty and as a provocation.’1 Produced in 2001, North’s photographs of Bundanon depict a true haven amongst the real and fictional horrors of the year; the events of September 11 and the imagined world in Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: a space odyssey’. The security, safety and splendour of ‘Haven 3’ is magnified, not only by cultural notions of sanctuary, but by comparison to the events taking place elsewhere. The trace of human intervention in the ‘Haven’ landscape is more subtle than in his previous series such as ‘Canberra suite’. The lack of human figures heightens the sense of isolation and refuge while the dark and ominous clouds hint at forces from the outside world that continually threaten the protection of such places.
1.Ian North, ‘Ian North: Haven 2001’, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 31 July – 20 August 2013 (exhibition brochure) unpaginated
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali said that the rejection of Christian values is having a damaging effect on the country.
Speaking at his farewell service, he expressed particular concern at the breakdown of the family and at growing calls for the legalisation of assisted suicide.
Although he is stepping down as bishop, he vowed to continue to speak out on important issues and to fight for a return to Christian principles.
“I believe that the Christian faith is necessary for the life of our country,” he said.
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“We need to get away from the constant making of moral decisions by opinion poll.
“We are facing a crisis about affirming the dignity of human purpose.
“It may be at the earliest stage of life or as we are hearing more and more, at the later stages of life.”
He added: “It is obvious to many people that the weakening of family life is responsible for what we face on our streets, in our classrooms and in homes.
This article was posted: Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 6:03 am


The Redbird Sidekick that goes on sale soon is a technological marvel. Designed primarily for use by flight schools, the notebook-size device can be tossed in the back seat of an airplane to record an incredible amount of data, including engine start and shutdown times, rpm, number of landings, route of flight and more. RFID tags assigned to instructors and students let the Sidekick automatically log who boarded the airplane and for how long. An internal GPS records route of flight data, speed and altitude, and an internal G meter can be programmed to send a text message to the school’s mechanic in the event of a hard landing. The Sidekick can even help flight schools squeeze extra life from their engines by analyzing rpm and deducting time on the ground from overall TBO calculations. But wait, how does a unit that isn’t physically connected to the airplane know when the engine is started and what the rpm settings were used throughout a flight? The Sidekick listens for the telltale electronic pulse signals given off by the spark plugs, does the math automatically, and spits out the numbers. Pretty neat, huh?


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This is NOT a medical post and does not reflect any medical or pharmacological details – these are my opinions based upon reading and my professional learning.
A few weeks ago a newsletter I subscribe to, called Stop the Thyroid Madness shared the details of a medical study, which had been conducted in Italy. You can download the study HERE, but it was published in the Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology journal.
The Study was essentially about the potential link between Levothyroxine (T4) and lung cancer. There were several reasons why I read the article several times before writing this post.
- I am a patient taking levothyroxine (T4) & have done so since 1992
- I have a keen interest in all matters around the subject of hypothyroidism & hyperthyroidism
- I have to, for the day job conduct CPD, so this fits the criteria, albeit rather loosely
- The study was conducted in 18 Italian regions. I am half Italian and Sicily was one of the regions used.
- Question – what is, if there is one, the genetic link?
There was quite a lot of detail in the study and I am not going to bore readers who do not have an interest in this particular issue, but if you do, read the webpage and the study.It is informative and has made me ponder, question and debate the issue of genetics again.
The thread on the webpage had a few responses from those thyroid patients in the US, and the site is written by an American author, which is worth bearing in mind as in the UK things and thinking are a little different, although not necessarily correct.
There has always been this debate that T4 alone does not work. The reality is that in the UK we rarely prescribe T3 in addition to T4, although I was prescribed it from 1999 to 2008 when I stopped, on the basis that another study revealed that there was a potential link to heart disease.
Taking T4 is a hormone and as any women will know our hormone levels adjust on a fairly regular basis. Blood tests for T4 levels are should be done at least twice a year, and certainly within 8 weeks of any changes to T4 doses, as it takes 6 weeks for the levels to adjust.
I would like to see if this study is going to be done in the UK; perhaps at Bristol, who in the past have taken part in a number of studies. I am also going to write to the authors and ask the question around genetics.
As I said above, this is not a medical or professional post. This was merely reading which I undertook for my personal use and I know that I shared various thoughts and pondering’s about Thyroid and genetics before and I have several thyroid patients among my readership.
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Thanks for your comments. I am always a little concerned about studies. Would those people have simply developed cancer anyway? is one question.
I think we live in such modern times that it is important we question what is happening to our bodies, after all, we only get one body and one chance at life. SO for me, it always paramount to ask questions and challenge reluctance to answer from those professionals who feel that patients should not ask questions.
Julie, thank you so much for sharing this interesting article. I have been lackadaisical about the whole thyroid issue (members of my family have been taking it since the 1970's) but reading about your experience has opened some serious questions.


Less than two weeks after adding the new Willow filters and other tweaks, Instagram for iPhone has added yet another filter called Mayfair. This update was actually available last night caused a bit of an uproar with a misleading privacy toggle. It appeared that private accounts were switched to public, but it turns out that was only a bug and private accounts were actually still private, and a new update, today, fixes that bug.
The new Mayfair filter has a warm pink town, subtle vignetting that brightens the center of the photo and includes an optional thin black border. Instagram claims it works great with evenly and well-lit scene in combination with the Lux feature. It also worked great on a picture of my daughter (see above) and a Christmas tree ornament. I see Mayfair becoming one of my new favorite filters, actually, as it has a clean, natural feel.
Instagram 3.4 also now supports 25 languages, brings back the ability to share photos from any album on your iPhone, and includes Facebook iOS 6 integration.
Instagram users, what do you think of the new filter?
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January 24, 2017
Lithuanian student designer Agota Rimsaite has created the ‘Panama Banana’, an outdoor furniture piece that is a rocker/hammock combination, but can also be used as a soccer/football goal for beach sports.
The design of the piece has been inspired by the shape of a surfboard, and as it is lightweight, it can easily be moved.
When you want to use it as a soccer/football goal, you simply tilt it 90 degrees and it’s ready for action.
When you want to pack it away, you simply remove the supports and it folds flat.


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Legendary Dodgers announcer Vin Scully dies at 94.
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On 29 November 1927, he was born in The Bronx, New York City, US. On 2 August 2022, he died in Hidden Hills, US. He was 94 years old.
Vin Scully had four children:
Kevin Scully, Erin Scully, Michael A. Scully, and Cat Scully.
Vin Scully Children
Vin Scully Wife
He married two times. In 1958, he married Joan Crawford. In 1972, Joan Crawford died at the age of 35. In 1973, Vin Scully married Sandra Hunt. On 3 January 2021, she died.
He achieved the following awards in his life:
Sports Lifetime Achievement Award
ESPY Icon Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Vin Scully Awards
Vin Scully's Net Worth
The net worth of Vin Scully was
at the time of his death.

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I am currently reading “Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate” by Greg Lukianoff.
I have read numerous books and articles about the quelling of politically “incorrect” , i.e., conservative and libertarian, views at universities for many years now and the reports seem to be getting worse over time. But this book has a difference – while the other books and articles I’ve read on this topic were written by people on the “right”, this one is written by a fellow on the “left”, with plenty of lefty credentials, who is just as concerned about the destruction of intellectual debate and rational rigor as the writers on the right have been (for two or three decades now). He recognizes that universities are *supposed* to foster such debate in an atmosphere that does not punish challenges to the “PC” views, but rather encourages such challenges. He recognizes that freedom of speech is in dire danger and that both high school and university students have been and are being trained to accept a certain point of view without critical examination, and without an appreciation for the necessity of free discourse among thinkers of all points of view.
I am only on the second chapter and I already consider this book to be must reading for everyone. I mean EVERYONE – no matter what country you’re in, no matter what political alliegiance or religious views. High school kids, college kids, parents, grandparents, childless people and orphans – EVERYONE.
Even if people only read as far as I’ve read so far, it would be worthwhile. Even if the rest of the book turns out to be crap.
Here are a few excerpts (I had to type these out because you can’t copy and paste from a Kindle. So any type-os or spelling errors are mine.):
EXCERPT: “You can’t fully understand what lessons colleges are teaching students about living in a free society without knowing what students have learned before they even step foot on campus. The news isn’t good. By the time they graduate from high school, American students already harbor negative attitudes about free speech….”
EXCERPT: “…Lessons taught by example are most powerful, and high school administrators have offered students some of the worst examples of censorship…”
EXCERPT: “Take, for example, this quote from a high school principal explaining his decision to confiscate an edition of the student newspaper because of an editorial supporting marijuana legalization: ‘I feel like censorship is very important.’ He elaborated, ‘Court cases support school censorship of articles. And we feel like that’s necessary for us to censor editorials in the best interest of our program and community.’ I believe this statement reflects the opinion of many other high school administrators: not only may a high school censor opinions, but it *should* do so for reasons ranging from harmony, to patriotism, to convenience.”
EXCERPT: “With high school administrative censors claiming the high ground, it should be no surprise that the Knight study also found that high school students were far more likely than adults to think that citizens should not be allowed to express unpopular opinions and that government should have a role in approving newspaper stories. After all, if protecting everyone from hurt and difficulty of free speech is a laudable goal, shouldn’t the government be empowered to do that?”
“Meanwhile, there is precious little education in the philosophical principles that undergird our basic liberties, which might otherwise counteract these bad examples. Civics has not been stressed in high schools in recent years, and ignorance of the basics of American governance is widespread.”
EXCERPT: “So what’s the big deal? What’s really at stake? Everything.”

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Spot of early morning reading, checking the emails and this blog and the Smashwords blog trumpeted the news, Apple iBookstore in the UK and Ireland (my local iBookstore) is pushing the Breakout Books, 39 of the top 50 Breakout titles are from Smashwords and the titles are listed in the post.
Hang on a minute here, what are you doing plugging someone else's book? Well, yes, why not. Putting a book together and getting it out there takes a lot of effort and determination, and not everyone who starts the journey finishes. Making that step from "One day I'm going to," to sitting down and mining the typeface, then cutting and polishing the jewels hidden within the prose is a huge one. Being able to pick a book with your name on it, whether off the shelf in a bricks and mortar bookshop or the electronic shelves of an ebookstore is a fantastic feeling. I understand the drive that keeps you working and appreciate when it doesn't, the words dry up and stuff gets in the way.
So what if your storyline is faltering, make tea, coffee, have a beer, walk the dog, have an hour or two in the garden, take a week off, a month, and come back to it. The characters may tell you a different story when you sit down with them again, but go with it and stay the course. When that stack of paper, the manuscript; lies on the desk with an unmistakable, "and now what are you going to do?" air about it, leave it for a few weeks again.
What you do next is an interesting question, the landscape is changing almost daily, Apple are pushing the Breakout Books and other sites are working to promote their writers. the old idea that only one way was the right way is crumbling and the Indie Author is making a mark. Traditional is fine, but true tradition is never static, it changes, because to work it has to mean something; it has to convey a significant message, and if the message is unintelligible it must change or be left behind. Tradition and storytelling go hand in hand, changing constantly; centuries ago troubadours and balladeers wandered the countryside telling their tales. Now we stay in one place post our comments and stories on the net and they do the travelling, - I like the shaded map of the world in the Stats for this blog that shows where the page views came from, for its journey through the internet and I wonder if there will be anywhere new, a different place where it breaks out on to a new screen for the first time. (Hi there, nice to meet you.).
Yes, I'm giving the other chap a pat on the back, blame it on the rugby football and it's traditions. After ninety minutes of scrummage, ruck and maul, tackles, mud and blood; the defeated side form a tunnel for the victors to walk through and are applauded for the way they played the game, and the victors would return the compliment. Then it is time to get cleaned up and go for a drink together. So here I am, a Newbie Indie Author applauding the writers who have made it to the Breakout Books, and one day...

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The Meaning Behind The Song: “Finale” by Idina Menzel
“Finale” is a powerful and emotionally charged song from the Broadway musical “Rent.” This iconic song is performed by the talented Idina Menzel, who originated the role of Maureen Johnson in the original Broadway production. With its captivating melody and poignant lyrics, “Finale” holds a profound meaning that resonates with the audience. In this article, we will delve into the depths of this song, exploring its themes, symbolism, and the impact it has had on both the musical and its fans.
The Context of “Finale”
“Rent” is a rock musical that premiered on Broadway in 1996. It was written by Jonathan Larson and is loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème.” The musical tells the story of a group of struggling artists living in New York City’s East Village during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
“Finale” serves as the culmination of the show’s narrative. It is performed at the end of the musical, bringing the various plotlines to a conclusion. The song highlights the themes of love, loss, and the importance of living in the face of mortality.
The Meaning and Symbolism
1. Celebration of life: “Finale” is a celebration of life in the face of death. It emphasizes the importance of cherishing every moment, especially in the midst of tragedy and uncertainty.
2. Resilience and hope: The song showcases the characters’ resilience and their ability to find hope even in the darkest times. It symbolizes their strength to carry on in the face of the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS.
3. Unity and community: “Finale” underscores the importance of unity and community support. The characters come together to affirm their love and compassion for one another, showcasing the power of human connection during challenging times.
The Impact of “Finale”
“Finale” has left an indelible mark both on the musical “Rent” and its fans. Its emotional depth and powerful message have resonated with audiences worldwide. The song has become a symbol of the resilience of the human spirit and a testament to the power of art in times of adversity.
1. Critical acclaim: Idina Menzel’s performance of “Finale” has received widespread critical acclaim. Her powerful vocals and emotional delivery have made the song one of the most memorable moments in the show.
2. Cultural significance: “Rent” as a whole, including the song “Finale,” has played a crucial role in raising awareness about the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It has sparked important conversations and contributed to the destigmatization of the disease.
3. Fan devotion: Fans of “Rent” have embraced “Finale” as a beloved anthem of hope and resilience. The song has been performed at countless concerts, gatherings, and even protests, cementing its place in popular culture.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1: Who wrote the song “Finale” in “Rent”?
A1: “Finale” was written by Jonathan Larson, the creator of “Rent.”
Q2: Is “Finale” the only iconic song from “Rent”?
A2: While “Finale” is considered iconic, “Rent” also features other famous songs like “Seasons of Love” and “La Vie Boheme.”
Q3: How does Idina Menzel’s rendition of “Finale” differ from others?
A3: Idina Menzel’s powerful and emotional performance adds a unique depth to the song, making it particularly memorable.
Q4: How has “Rent” contributed to HIV/AIDS awareness?
A4: “Rent” raised significant awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic through its depiction of characters grappling with the disease and its impact on their lives.
Q5: Has “Rent” had a lasting impact on the theater industry?
A5: Yes, “Rent” revolutionized the genre of musical theater with its rock-inspired score and honest depictions of contemporary issues.
Q6: Is there a film adaptation of “Rent”?
A6: Yes, “Rent” was adapted into a film in 2005, starring many of the original Broadway cast members, including Idina Menzel.
Q7: Are there any notable performances of “Finale” by other artists?
A7: Many artists have covered “Finale,” but Idina Menzel’s rendition remains one of the most iconic and beloved.
Q8: What is the legacy of “Rent” in the Broadway community?
A8: “Rent” is considered a groundbreaking musical that brought a fresh perspective to the Broadway stage and paved the way for more diverse and socially conscious productions.
Q9: Does “Finale” provide a sense of closure for the characters in “Rent”?
A9: Yes, “Finale” serves as a powerful conclusion, giving the characters closure and portraying their growth and resilience.
Q10: What emotions does “Finale” evoke in the audience?
A10: “Finale” evokes a range of emotions, including sadness, hope, and inspiration, leaving the audience deeply moved.
Q11: Have there been any notable adaptations or reinterpretations of “Finale”?
A11: While there have been various interpretations of “Finale” throughout different productions of “Rent,” the original version remains the most well-known and impactful.
Q12: How has “Rent” influenced subsequent Broadway musicals?
A12: “Rent” paved the way for more socially and politically conscious musicals, encouraging artists to tackle important issues through their work.
“Finale” is a song that encapsulates the core themes of “Rent” and leaves a lasting impact on anyone who hears it. Its powerful lyrics and the impassioned performance by Idina Menzel make it an anthem of hope, resilience, and the celebration of life. As audiences continue to be moved by the message of “Finale,” the song remains a testament to the enduring power of theater and its ability to foster empathy and understanding.


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Gonzalo Escobar Mora's short film (a Bosnian/Colombian co-production) POOL VERSION screens this week in South America's oldest film festival, FICCI, in Cartagena Colombia.
Info and screenings: https://tinyurl.com/zr4ycur
The festival is also paying tribute to one of our film.factory teachers/mentors, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (http://www.kickthemachine.com): http://ficcifestival.com/pelicula.php?p=XG3C6fwmZmJn9egB1nwASvgCXG3C6fwm
Emma Rozanski's Papagajka will screen in November at the Bridge Film festival in Kosovo. A great festival with a goal of bridging the communities, and fostering better understanding and communication amongst diverse cultures in Mitrovica.
PILAR PALOMERO received a Special Mention for her short film Noc (Night) at the Sarajevo Film Festival
A few of us @Bistrik7 have film premieres at the upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival (@22ndSFF - Aug 12th-20th).
Tickets and screening details are now online so here's a guide to seek out and see our films there.
Many of us will be attending so come and say hi if you go see our films...goes without saying we thoroughly recommend them all!


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- 2 lbs pork loin roast
- 4 T soy sauce
- 1/3 cup koch'ujang (hot red pepper paste)
- 1/4 cup rice wine
- Koch'u karu (red pepper paste) to taste (I use 1 T)
- 3 T sugar
- 2 oz fresh ginger, grated
- 6 cloves crushed garlic
- 4 green onions, white and light green parts, chopped
- 2 walnuts, chopped
- 2 T sesame oil
- 1 T sesame seeds
Mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Cut the pork into 1 inch strips and marinate for at least 30 minutes. Place the pork, in batches, on a cast iron pan or grill and cook until done. Serve with sticky rice and kimchi wrapped up in leaves of red lettuce or simply on top of a bowl of sticky rice.
This is a wonderfully spicy dish to enjoy at any time of the year. It is especially good on the grill if you decide to cut the pork in larger sections. The key for this dish is to find a good koch'ujang. My favorite brand is Taeyangjo, but you can head on down to any good Korean market and ask the grocer for what he/she thinks is best.
This dish is especially tasty with a side dish of sesame spinach. Take a pound of frozen leaf spinach, heat it up, squeeze out as much water as possible and add 2 T soy sauce, 1 T sesame oil, 1 t sesame seeds, and 2 green onions, white and light green parts, chopped.
If you really want to go whole-hog, I suggest getting some good iced tea for this meal. I am especially fond of the Classic Iced Tea blend from the Tea Source.

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Minneapolis: Community confronts government regulators about foundry polluting the air
Minneapolis, MN – On the evening of February 7, residents of East Phillips confronted the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) at a community meeting and then held a press conference regarding the Smith Foundry.
East Phillips is a primarily oppressed nationality neighborhood and home to the Little Earth indigenous community. East Phillips has the highest rates of asthma in all of Minnesota, with many residents suffering from COPD among other respiratory health issues.
The double-dealing of the MPCA was on clear display by trying to break the community meeting up into smaller, fragmented groups at “answer” tables. The East Phillips community and their supporters refused to cooperate, ignoring the “answer” tables and demanding that the MPCA address the community as a whole.
This was a follow-up meeting after the federal Environmental Protection Agency found, in a surprise inspection, that Smith Foundry was polluting the neighborhood and it required an outside agency to come to test the facility again.
The Smith Foundry has been releasing lead and other pollutants into the air on a permit they received in 1992. This permit does not monitor for lead. On Tuesday this week, the MPCA went out of their way to announce via Twitter that they found “The Smith Foundry is meeting their permit requirements. The facility emits low levels of lead.” The MPCA proudly shared this information, despite the fact there is no safe level of lead.
At the meeting on Wednesday night, residents pointed out that Smith has been poisoning the neighborhood for 120 years, while MPCA denies this and claims the foundry is in compliance with its permits. Brian Dickens, an Environmental Protection Agency employee named on Wednesday night, said that last year the Smith Foundry was in complete violation of their permits, but he states that “things have improved a lot.” 20-year Phillips resident Steff Yorek responded, “How can we trust you to maintain that they’re in compliance with the permit after you’ve allowed them to poison our air for decades?”
The MPCA is aware that this residential neighborhood is flooded with polluters and did not express any interest in changing that. As stated by MPCA representative Frank Kohlasch, “Bituminous Roadways is next door to Smith Foundry. Considering all sources of pollution around Smith Foundry is critical to the process for meeting permit requirements, we have to consider all the polluters. What are all of the other sources of air pollution that can be quantified?” Kohlasch did not respond when a neighbor pointed out that this is a residential neighborhood, not an industrial wasteland. The attendees of the neighborhood made their point clear: Smith Foundry does not belong in a residential neighborhood.
At the press conference called by the Climate Justice Committee, the MPCA was exposed for protecting the polluters like Smith Foundry, and not the community of East Phillips. A question-and-answer chant showed the community’s understanding of the role of the MPCA. The question to the community was, “Who keeps us safe?” The answer by the community was, “We keep us safe!” and “What do we want? Shut it down!”


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Terra Botanica welcomes students from the horticultural sector
Since November 2017, the park has been welcoming students in horticulture training who participate in the maintenance of the plants. Terra Botanica is thus becoming a place for knowledge transmission, training and experimentation. In total, nearly 430 students from 11 horticulture schools will come to work in the park. The nature of the work carried out is defined in advance with each teaching team, which allows the trainers to approach the subject beforehand and to carry out a concrete case study in the park.
Students from the MFR in Chalonnes-sur-Loire and the Lycée Le Fresne were able to participate in the planting of 42,000 tulip bulbs and 14,000 biennials among the 150,000 bulbs that you will be able to see in the spring.
The ESA students will be able to participate in the wintering of the plants and in the development of the motor home area. The MFRs of Champigné and Beaupréau will work on preparing the beds and pruning the plants.
The park will receive students on specific days until June 2018, allowing them to improve their skills alongside our landscapers and to follow the evolution of the plants over several seasons.
See you at the Printemps de Terra on April1st and 2nd to admire their work!


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What Is MLM Anyway?
MLM stands for multi-level marketing. This type of home business opportunity is based on the very powerful idea of building a strong network of customers and product distributors and earning commissions on the buying and selling activity of everyone in this network.
For example you will find customers to buy your products, and distributors to help you sell your products. Obviously you will profit when your own customers buy, but you’ll also get paid when the distributors you refer make sales!
This business model relies on interpersonal network building to move product from the manufacturer to the end user. For this reason MLM is also referred to as network marketing, and these terms will be interchanged within this report.
MLM can be traced back to the 1940’s, when a company called Nutrilite began distributing vitamin products and health supplements via network building. It is worth mentioning that the founders of the original Nutrilite company were also involved in the founding of the vitamin/health supplement industry in the 1920s. It is therefore far from coincidence that so many networking opportunities focus on wellness products.
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Update: Wednesday morning Mike Pettine confirmed Johnny Manziel will start for the Browns on Thursday night against the Bengals.
McCown is dealing with a right shoulder injury in addition to injured ribs that could be enough to keep him sidelined on a short week. In the meantime, the Browns are getting set for second-year man Johnny Manziel to start Thursday, according to Rand Getlin of the NFL Network.
#Browns McCown said it will take longer than a few days or weeks for ribs to heal— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 3, 2015
This would be a huge loss for the Browns as McCown is quietly having a good season for Cleveland. He's completing 65-percent of his passes for 1,897 yards with 11 touchdowns vs just four interceptions and has a 95.2 passer rating.
If Manziel does play, it would be just his fourth regular-season start with his first coming in Week 15 last year in Cleveland against the Bengals. It was a disastrous game for Manziel, who completed just 10 of 18 passes (55.6-percent) for 80 yards with two interceptions while taking three sacks and rushing for just 13 yards on five carries.
In five regular-season games, Manziel has completed 46 of 85 passes (54.1-percent) for 568 yards with three touchdowns, three interceptions and five fumbles. He's also run the ball 19 times for 71 yards (3.7 yards per carry) and one score.
There was fun to be had for everyone the last time Manziel played against the Bengals. Well, except for Manziel, that is.

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Candy Lamb Adventure: Bite Size is a simple auto-run platformer with only one control: tap to jump. Challenging levels contrast the games simplistic art style and happy go-lucky characters. Across 60 levels, the player must deal with sharp candy spikes, bouncy donuts, revers-able gravity, and more.
I created the proof of concept that initially launched this game into production. I wrote the core flash engine, designed all 60 levels, and implemented UI and character animation. I created an in-game level editor where the player can create and play their own custom levels. I made Scaleform plugins for in-app purchasing, Xplode cross-promotion, and Everyplay video recording.


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Necklace is approximately 50cm in length end to end.
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