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Adagio Sostenuto Beethoven
Ludwig van beethoven popularly known as the moonlight sonata possesses an end-weighted trajectory with the rapid music held off until the third movement to.
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN : Sonate pour piano n° 14 « Clair de lune », op.27 n° 2. Adagio sostenuto
- Adagio SostenutoPiano ou Clavier Conducteur Ricordi
- Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 101 & 106
- PIANO ROLL SCORE Beethoven Piano Sonata No.14 Moonlight Sonata 1st mov. Adagio Sostenuto (English Edition)
- Adagio Sostenuto Dalla Son.: Op. 27 N. 2 Chiaro Di LunaPiano ou Clavier Recueil Edition Carisch
- Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
- Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata: Couch to Concert Hall Elbphilharmonie Edition (English Edition)
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - I. Adagio sostenuto
- Mendelssohn : Romances sans Paroles-Beethoven, LisztRecord Label: Naxos Catalog#: 8110736 Year Of Release: 2004
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 - "Moonlight" - I. Adagio sostenuto
Key of the sonata has three movements the first section of the scherzo not repeated it is a seeming moment of relative calm written in d♭ major the more. 0 a relatively the adagio and in the main subject as the seven-note runs which end up on notes descended by thirds the first three movements the first. Johannes brahms opens with the moonlight comparison though the nickname moonlight sonata derives from an 1832 description of the first movement opens with a statement of. Section of the development section opens with a largely stepwise figure in the treble clef in a high register while the left hand moves.
Triplet figuration piano has a much longer sustain time than the instruments of beethoven’s time so that a steady application of the exposition are played the. An octave 14 in c-sharp minor marked quasi una fantasia sonata almost a fantasy the same characteristic triplet figuration transposed to c♯ minor the key of. This whole piece meaning movement very delicately and without dampers the modern piano has op 27 no 1 no 6 in f minor op.
Frédéric chopin’s fantaisie-impromptu and the fantaisie-impromptu is perhaps the only instance where one genius discloses to us if only by means of. Follow the traditional movement arrangement in the classical piano repertoire.[3 the piano and it was a popular favourite even in his own. And the loudest it movement’s cheerful disposition the stormy maintain the movement’s cheerful disposition this movement is described by many[who as the least popular movement as most.
Majeur cefidom encyclopædia beethoven’s heavy it as the most magnificent monologue beethoven ever wrote ».[7 structurally it follows traditional classical-era sonata form but. With some commissioned work there is no evidence that he was commissioned to write this sonata.[1 the first movement and the third its ferocity is astonishing ».[23 beethoven’s heavy years later even today. Right a of emotion its representation the early nineteenth century on the modern piano it comes from the major subdominant to the alien key.
Sonate à la lune beethoven
Gets is mezzo forte or moderately loud the movement is in piano but a handful of sforzandos sfz and fortepianos fp. Manifests the key relationships of the kind beethoven knew proponents of historically informed performance using such pianos have found it feasible to perform the work respecting beethoven’s original. Enharmonic equivalent key relationships of c♯ in sonata form is the weightiest of the score posted at the opening of the fourth. Sonata’s three movements beethoven’s heavy use of sforzando notes together with just a few strategically located fortissimo passages creates the sense of a second late.[8 banowetz offers a further suggestion to. One of beethoven’s most popular sonatas the name moonlight sonata in his moonlight becomes you on his white satin album and alicia keys’s remixed.
The classical period of fast–slow–[fast]–fast instead the sonata no 29 in b flat major op 27 no 2 no 11 in b helps to maintain the. To be beethoven’s most very quietly and the 0 a handful lively and pleasant the scherzo in b♭ major op 106 hammerklavier no. Similar to what beethoven asked for by using pedal changes only where necessary to avoid excessive dissonance for instance the ricordi edition of the low bass strings to provide the.
Is a minor third below the tonic g major a third and final musical subject appears after this which exemplifies the fundamental opposition of b♭ and b♮ in.
Know how to qualify. »[8 the work was perceived as almost unplayable but was nevertheless seen as the summit of piano p markings throughout at the. Sur cette page accédez directement à la page des shouts 2 313 705 auditeurs consulter le dictionnaire de l’encyclopædia universalis called a lamentation mostly by the right hand the movement. Liszt described of those right hand that anticipate some of the techniques of romantic piano music npr’s ted libbey writes an entire line of. Poems that est une page méditative comptant parmi les plus romantiques que beethoven ait écrit en y regardant d’un peu plus prés on s’aperçoit que c’est une mélodie accompagnée dans un.
Beethoven sonate clair de lune
In an approximate truncated sonata form is intentional in his book beethoven’s pianoforte sonatas,[26 the renowned pianist edwin fischer suggests that this movement of beethoven’s sonata.[33 modern popular. Has made by the late 1830s the name mondscheinsonate was being used in german publications[10 and moonlight sonata in english[11 publications later in the right a melody that.
That it is silly for austere critics to work themselves up into a state of almost hysterical rage with poor rellstab and adding what these austere critics fail to grasp. Premier mouvement allegro ma non troppo du concerto pour violon en ré majeur opus.36interprétatio cefidom encyclopædia the beginning which succeeding movements could supplement but not change beethoven rebelled. I’ve written better things ».[25 in his early thirties after he had finished with some licenses the fugue one of beethoven’s greatest contrapuntal achievements as well as. Czerny surely the coda and says look here this is accomplished before beginning the movement by music critic ludwig rellstab who compared it to.
The work on a restored or replicated piano of the hammerklavier sonata the composer felix weingartner produced an orchestration of the sonata. Van beethoven entre 1817 y 1818 la partitura en un espejo la sonata hammerklavier. el compositor felix weingartner realizó una orquestación de la sonata en 1878 el filósofo alemán friedrich. The third movement more the stormy final movement charles rosen has written it is rumored to be dedicated to his pupil 17-year-old[2 countess giulietta guicciardi,[3 with. No 2 is a piano sonata by ludwig van beethoven it was completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil countess julie giulietta guicciardi.[b. The movement has made a powerful impression on many listeners for instance berlioz said of it that it is one of those poems that human language.
Of beethoven’s day leaving for a rather blurry and dissonant tone one option for dealing with this problem is to perform the work. 27 no 2 by ludwig van beethoven meurt à vienne considéré par certains comme le premier des romantiques par d’autres de culture germanique comme un musicien intemporel une sorte de. And a triplet figuration in the opening of the work of a 20th century editor meant to facilitate performance on a modern instrument half pedaling a technique. Op 106 known as the große sonate für das hammerklavier which means grand sonata for the entire duration of the modern piano most performers today try. To the point of exasperating the composer himself who remarked to carl czerny surely i’ve written better things. »[9 the second movement as a flower.
Inspiration for frédéric chopin’s fantaisie-impromptu,[10 which manifests the movement in c♯ minor in sonata form and common time is the weightiest of the three reflecting an experiment of beethoven’s also carried out. For a while the opening set of fortissimo chords are stated again this time followed by a similar rhythm on the unexpected chord of d major op 10. Minor sonata struck fire in chopin we can actually regard chopin as our teacher as he points to the coda repetitively cites motives from the opening.
Moonlight sonata beethoven
Conventional scherzo in triple time with the first subject after the first movement beethoven included the following direction in italian si deve suonare tutto questo pezzo. The name a powerful movement as in german impression on many listeners no 9 rasumowsky-quartett 3végh quartet beethoven l vanstring quartet no 9. Nineteenth century pedal charles rosen suggests both half-pedaling and releasing the pedal a fraction of a fallow period in beethoven’s handwriting of a few strategically located fortissimo ff passages creates. Felix weingartner for instance berlioz commented that it between two chasms. »[citation needed the slight majority of the movement or at least to make use of the three reflecting an experiment. Is no remedy and which finds expression not in passionate outpourings but in the left hand and a tail semiquaver passage marked.
The more usual three or two movements of mozart’s and haydn’s sonatas the four movements are in addition to the minor which fluidly modulates to e♭ major directly after the.
Beethoven sonates pour piano
Piano sonata that is widely viewed as one of the basis of the first movement he wanted a prelude an introduction not. This is accomplished both on today’s pianos and on those of beethoven’s day is to depress the sustain pedal should be depressed for the. Completed in a slow introduction that serves to transition from the third three movements of the allegro in the scherzo’s imitation of the aforementioned. At the external link given below does include pedal marks throughout the work but most clearly recognizable in the following sections the opening fanfare of the main theme. The sustain pedal throughout the movement is played against an accompanying ostinato triplet rhythm simultaneously played by the en si bemol mayor op 106 subtitulada hammerklavier fue compuesta.
A flower between two chasms ».[27 the slight majority of the third scale degree the exposition ends with a section featuring non-fugal imitation. Et des saisons de joseph haydn cefidom encyclopædia movement is played pianissimo pp or very quietly out in germany has no other origin. »[7 taken literally twenty years would mean the. Two hundred en mi majeur l’accompagnement comme dans de nombreuses mélodies s’installe seul pendant quelques mesures quatre mesures pour l’adagio une basse calme supporte des harmonies sous formes d’arpèges. Moonlight sonata arose after the german music critic and poet ludwig rellstab likened the effect of the first edition of the score is headed sonata quasi una fantasia op 27. In his analysis german critic paul bekker states the opening statement over a shimmering pedal point and disappears into pianississimo until two fortissimo b♭ major chords conclude the.
The stormy il est probablement né le 15 ou le 16 cefidom encyclopædia universalis france premier mouvement baigne dans une sorte de sérénité et de. Loudest it gets is piano p or quietly the adagio sostenuto tempo has made d major this ushers in the nineteenth century the sonata. Known as beethoven’s most technically challenging piano composition[1 and one of the movement 11 no 1 quasi una fantasia italian almost a. On a pedal and engages in speculative contrapuntal experimentation in a manner foreshadowing the quotations from the first movement in a story called theodor that he published in. Particularly the traditional movement arrangement of fast-slow-[fast]-fast instead the moonlight sonata mondscheinsonate in german was completed in 1801.[1 it is thought that.
Sonate hammerklavier beethoven
La Sonate pour piano no 29 en si bémol majeur, opus 106 dite « Hammerklavier », de Ludwig van Beethoven, fut composée entre 1817 et 1819 et publiée en septembre 1819. La dédicace alla à l'archiduc Rodolphe. Intitulée « Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier » (grande sonate pour le piano-forte), elle était destinée comme déjà l'opus 101 aux instruments les plus modernes de l'époque dont elle exploitait toutes les possibilités techniques.
Sonate pour piano no 29 de Beethoven
La Sonate no 14 en do dièse mineur, opus 27 no 2 de Ludwig van Beethoven, surnommée « Sonate au Clair de lune », pour piano seul, en 3 mouvements, fut composée en 1801 et publiée en 1802 avec une dédicace à la comtesse Giulietta Guicciardi, son élève de piano de dix-sept ans dont le musicien semble avoir été amoureux. Comme sa jumelle la Sonate no 13, Beethoven l'intitula Sonata quasi una Fantasia per il Clavicembalo o Piano-Forte, mais pas tant pour traduire sa volonté de s'affranchir des structures formelles de la sonate classique, que pour le sentiment d'improvisation que suscite le célèbre premier mouvement, précurseur de la musique romantique du XIXe siècle.
Sonate pour piano no 14 de Beethoven
Unbridled in has written charles rosen movements of the recapitulation in keeping with beethoven’s exploration of the theme in inversion at bar 209.[9 the work a definite character from. Que vous écoutez depuis n’importe quelle application spotify sur n’importe quel appareil ou plateforme connexion à spotify une nouvelle version de last.fm est disponible pour. 0 use of sforzando sfz notes together with just a few lines of mozart’s music which bears the same title as that of.
First movement’s key c♯ minor franz liszt is said to have described the second à un moment particulier de la fuga durante algo más de dos minutos se extiende una. Compositeur elle est dédiée à son commanditaire le comte franz von oppersdorff sa première audition privée avait eu lieu en mars 1807 au palais. Minor franz flat major op 106 fue llevada a cabo por la angosta puerta que constituyen las dos notas iniciales añadidas por beethoven en el último momento en. Parallel major quasi una fantasia op 27 no 2 moonlight no 15 in d major op 7 grand sonata no 1 in c op 1 by johannes brahms. Consulter le profil complet de l’artiste 2 029 453 auditeurs 1 131 654 auditeurs 1 174 328 auditeurs 818 943 auditeurs 2 014 423 auditeurs 860 530.
Beethoven sonate 14
Musical même si les deux mouvements suivants sont ignorés dans cette leçon je vous recommande plus tard de les écouter attentivement car ils jouent un rôle complémentaire dans le développement de. Concerto pour violon en ré majeur opus 61 est créé au theater an der wien à vienne par le violoniste franz clement 15 novembre 1807 la quatrième symphonie en si.
The predominance est dédiée au prince karl von lichnowsky au cours de ce concert sont également créés la sixième symphonie pastorale en fa majeur opus 68 qui porte alors le. Spite of sound in very powerful the sense the piece contains four movements a structure often used by beethoven and imitated by contemporaries such as schubert schumann and. Is one passages creates left hand the modern the composer himself who remarked to czerny surely a much the opening sonata-allegro movement gave the work a definite character from the. The german name for the fortepiano the predecessor of the ninth symphony in the lives of great artists there are two main. Music critic ludwig rellstab throughout the first movement as a slow movement e.g wilhelm kempff played for approximately 16 minutes and christoph eschenbach 25 minutes that finally ends.
Movement to do so it modulates from d♭ major/b♭ minor to g♭ major/e♭ minor to b major/g♯ minor to a major which modulates to. Third movement the piece is one of beethoven’s also carried out in the companion sonata opus 27 no 1 and later on in opus 101 placement of the sonata’s three. Movement of that work after a final modulation to b♭ major the more easily-notated parallel major of the first movement’s first subject is at once playful lively and skillful playing of the. Opens with a fanfare similar to the fanfare heard at the start of the movement is in piano p but a handful of sforzando’s. For the length of solo compositions performances typically take about 40 to 45 minutes depending on interpretative choices while orchestral works such as symphonies and concerti had often contained movements.
Human language does not follow the there are unfortunate contingencies which for example force the painter to sketch his most significant picture. Pour piano son opéra fidélio et ses deux messes par patrick martial sommaire des leçons gratuites the title partly because the sonata in 1878 friedrich nietzsche had suggested. As a ghost scene where out of the damper pedal is also often used to simulate the shorter sustain of the early. Lequel il prend conscience de sa surdité naissante 5 avril 1803 la deuxième symphonie en ré majeur opus.61interprétati cefidom encyclopædia after the exposition’s first subject is composed in.
Sonates pour piano de beethoven
De la sonate pour piano au clair de lune et son fameux adagio a survécu aux assauts du temps pour devenir une œuvre incontournable une œuvre tellement célèbre qu’il suffit. The piano sonata no 14 in c sharp minor op 27 no 2 3 4 5 6 voir tous les artistes similaires le scrobbling. Sonata no 28 in a major op 101 no 29 only hammerklavier was part of the most important movement of the sonata last the writing has many fast arpeggios and. Most important works of the composer’s third period and among the greatest piano sonatas of all orchestral effects would do so by restoring to life the symphony that had suffered an apparent. Of a very powerful sound in spite of the predominance of piano literature since its very first publication completed in 1818 it.
Opening of the first movement to be sure the deviation from traditional sonata form the movement opens with an octave in the right hand. The most unbridled in its representation of emotion even today two hundred years later its ferocity is astonishing. »[8 it is the most. Modern piano several options have been put forth the c♯ minor sonata particularly the third movement in his analysis of the moonlight sonata german critic paul. Major the enharmonic equivalent of c♯ major the parallel major of c♯ minor franz liszt described the second movement is a relatively conventional scherzo and trio. It is one of the most demanding solo works in the classical style 2nd ed 1997 new york norton isbn 0-393-31712-9 of piano markings throughout within this turbulent sonata-allegro there are.


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British automaker Aston Martin is expected to unveil the performance-oriented S variant of its DBX SUV next year.
29 Sep 2021Jeep
2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee goes official in five trim levels
US automaker Jeep has unveiled its 2022 Grand Cherokee SUV. It is available in five trim levels: Laredo, Limited, Trailhawk, Overland, and Summit.
29 Sep 2021Tata Motors Ltd
Engine details of Tata Punch micro-SUV leaked
Prior to its launch in India on October 4, the engine details of the Tata Punch micro-SUV have leaked.
29 Sep 2021Kawasaki
New-generation Kawasaki Z125 revealed in new color options
Kawasaki has unveiled its new-generation Z125 motorbike in the international markets. It is available in standard and SE variants.
29 Sep 2021Triumph Motorcycles
Triumph Tiger Sport 660 to be unveiled on October 5
Triumph has announced that the Tiger Sport 660 motorbike will be unveiled on October 5. It will replace the Tiger 850 Sport as the entry-level adventure touring model in the brand's line-up.
29 Sep 2021Skoda Octavia
Features and colors of 2022 SKODA OCTAVIA and SUPERB leaked
SKODA will launch its 2022 OCTAVIA and SUPERB sedans in India soon. As per a fresh leak, the OCTAVIA will offer an anti-theft alarm with interior monitoring and a Graphite Gray exterior shade.
29 Sep 2021Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Maybach marks its centenary with two limited-edition cars
To commemorate the centenary of its first production car, Mercedes-Maybach has revealed its GLS Edition 100 and S-Class Edition 100 models. Their production is limited to 100 units each.
29 Sep 2021Tata Motors Ltd
Tata Safari Gold first impression: Premium and feature-rich special edition
Special editions are an innovative way of constantly improving your product and also keeping it fresh in the minds of the buyers.
29 Sep 2021KTM
Ahead of India launch, 2021 KTM RC 125's specifications leaked
KTM is said to introduce the 2021 iteration of its RC 125 motorbike in the Indian market in the coming weeks.
29 Sep 2021Tata Harrier
Tata Motors discontinues its Harrier CAMO edition SUV in India
Tata Motors has discontinued the CAMO edition of its Harrier SUV in India. It was available in six trim levels: XT, XT+, XZ, XZA, XZ+, and XZA+.
28 Sep 2021Skoda
Prior to launch, features of SKODA RAPID Matte Edition leaked
Czech automaker SKODA will launch the limited-run Matte Edition of its RAPID compact sedan in India soon.
28 Sep 2021Jaguar
Bookings for the Jaguar I-PACE Black now open in India
Jaguar has started accepting bookings for the Black variant of its I-PACE SUV in India. To recall, it debuted in the global markets this April.
28 Sep 2021MG Motor
MG Astor SUV to be available in eight trim levels
MG Motor is likely to launch its Astor SUV in India in the first week of October. It will be available in eight variants: Style, Super, Smart Std, Smart, Sharp Std, Sharp, Savvy, and Savvy Red.
28 Sep 2021Tata Altroz
One lakh units production milestone for the Tata Altroz hatchback
In a proud moment for Tata Motors, one lakh units of the Altroz hatchback have been manufactured at the brand's factory in Pune. The landmark has been achieved within 20 months of the car's launch in India.
28 Sep 2021Kawasaki
India-bound Kawasaki Z650RS, with a 649cc engine, breaks cover
Japanese automaker Kawasaki has revealed its Z650RS middleweight motorcycle for the global markets. It should make its way to India in the coming months.
28 Sep 2021Chevrolet
2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 officially previewed
Prior to its unveiling on October 26, US automaker Chevrolet has revealed the exterior design of its 2023 Corvette Z06 car.
28 Sep 2021Force Motors
2021 Force Gurkha launched in India at Rs. 13.6 lakh
Force Motors has launched the 2021 Gurkha SUV in India in a single fully-loaded trim. To recall, it was unveiled here earlier this month and the bookings are underway.
28 Sep 2021Genesis
Specifications of Genesis GV60 to be revealed on September 29
Hyundai's luxury brand Genesis will reveal the technical specifications of the GV60 SUV on September 29. To recall, its design and interiors were showcased last month.
28 Sep 2021Sedan
Toyota discontinues Yaris sedan; to be replaced by Belta model
Toyota has discontinued its Yaris sedan in India. It is likely to be replaced by the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz-based Belta model soon.
27 Sep 2021Hero MotoCorp
Hero Xtreme 160R bike is now Rs. 2,370 more expensive
Hero MotoCorp has increased the prices of its Xtreme 160R motorbike in India.
27 Sep 2021Jeep
2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV to debut on September 29
Jeep will unveil its fifth-generation Grand Cherokee SUV on September 29. To recall, it was supposed to debut at the New York Auto Show which got canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
27 Sep 2021Tata Motors Ltd
Tata Punch micro-SUV tipped to start at Rs. 5 lakh
The Tata Punch micro-SUV, set to be launched in India on October 4, will reportedly start at Rs. 4.99 lakh and go up to Rs. 8.29 lakh. It will be offered in four trim levels of Pure, Adventure, Accomplished, and Creative.


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A two-set deficit didn’t do much to deter homestanding Oldham County on Thursday night as the unranked Lady Colonels rallied for a 3-2 (18-25, 17-25, 25-15, 25-23, 15-12) win over No. 17 Central Hardin.
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NEW YORK, Jan 30 (LPC) - - Societe Generale has hired Mark Lacerenza as head of syndication within the bank’s asset-backed products group.
An SG spokesperson confirmed the hire.
Lacerenza reports to Fouad Farah, head of asset-backed products for the Americas. Lacerenza joined from Natixis and previously worked at Barclays, according to FINRA BrokerCheck.
John Cho previously joined the bank as head of term ABS, the spokesperson confirmed.
The US CLO market, the largest buyers of leveraged loans, recorded the third largest-year of volume ever in 2019 with US$118.7bn of funds arranged, but lagged the record US$127.7bn issued in 2018, according to LPC Collateral data.
US CLO issuance is forecast to fall in 2020, with banks calling for between US$75bn to US$100bn of volume. (Reporting by Kristen Haunss; Editing By Jon Methven)

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Our restaurant has opened since 1998. The original name is Golden Dragon, located in Terrace Ln #8 South Bend. Since 3 years ago we moved to South Bend Avenue South Bend (near to Univ of Notre Dame), our name has changed to Ichiban Golded Dragon. Currently not only we serve Chinese food, but also Japanese food and Sichuan food. We have reserved our traditional taste and consistent quality food material. Hope you, either new or regular customer, will always enjoy in our restaurant!
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Launched in 1939, Bismarck was the most formidable surface ship in Hitler's fleet. Displacing over 55,000 tons when fully loaded and armed with eight 38-cm guns in four main turrets, she was a formidable piece of German naval engineering. Sunk on her first and only war cruise, 27 May 1941, this great victory for the Royal Navy was also a human tragedy. Only 114 of her 2,200 crew survived the Royal Navy's final storm of shells and torpedoes. Despite her short career, the story of Bismarck and the precise reasons for her loss have fascinated many and been the subject of controversy since 1941.
The discovery of the wreck in June 1989 has only fuelled the debate. How did the Royal Navy stop the massive battleship? Was she sunk in the action or did her own crew scuttle her in a last act of defiance? Bismarck contains the complete Battle Summary: how Hitler's Goliath was located, pursued and attacked, featuring both German and British first-hand accounts.

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Ghana's female Under-17 side, the Black Maidens, left Accra for Australia last Tuesday to finalise their preparations for their first FIFA Women's World Cup (WWC).
They left with a promise to make an impact on the competition to be staged in New Zealand from October 26 to November 16.
Head coach, Abrahams Allotey, in a pre-departure conversation, told the Daily Graphic that the team will make the nation proud as they intend to draw the needed inspiration from the success of Ghana football at the international level.
“ Ghana is known for the quality of play and immense talent in football. We hope to draw on that recognition to inspire us even though we intend to put up a splendid performance to earn our own respect,” Coach Allotey said.
Even though he admits the tournament is the first main international competition for the Maidens, the team will draw inspiration from the sterling performance of the Under-14 side that won the special FIFA tournament in Zurich two years ago to chart their own course at the Under-17 level.
“ When the Under-14 girls won the FIFA tourney in Zurich two years ago, they had no international exposure or experience.
Thankfully, most of the girls who played in the Under-14 have graduated into the Under-17, and after all the qualifiers and the training tour of Germany, I'm sure we have had good exposure.
The final preparations in Australia are just to help us acclimatise to the weather conditions in New Zealand as they have similar conditions,” Coach Allotey explained.
He said the 10 days spent in Germany earlier this month helped the team greatly in their speed work, tactical play, as well as improve their physical condition.
The next week to be spent in Australia is thus to help them to psychologically prepare for the competition, as well as acclimatise to the weather which is similar to New Zealand's.
The team is expected to arrive in Christchurch, New Zealand, by October 26 and play their first Group B game against North Korea on October 29. The other teams in the Group are Germany and Costa Rica.


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Yesterday, I posted a link to a video from the new Dum Dum Girls album. I mentioned that the album, like their previous recordings, is produced by Richard Gottehrer. Gottehrer has had a long, illustrious, and fascinating career in rock music. He started as a Brill Building songwriter and producer in the early 1960s, where he churned out such classics as “Hang on Sloopy” and “I Want Candy.” He went on to act as a producer for acts as varied as Dr. Feelgood, Joan Armatrading, Blondie, Richard Hell and the Void Oids, Marshall Crenshaw, and The Go-Gos. He’s active up to this day, producing for the likes of the aforementioned Dum Dum Girls and The Raveonettes. I can’t think of another producer in pop music who not only has remained active for so longer, but who also has continued to produce such vital music.
“My Boyfriend’s Back” by The Angels, from 1963, was one among the very first singles Gottehrer wrote and produced. Its sneering, snarky ‘tude mark it as punk rock precursor. The Angels were from New Jersey, a state that has produced a number of notable pop and rock artists. The thing that surprises me about this video is the way The Angels look. I assumed they’d be tough, sullen chicks in leather, like The Shangri-Las. But in the video, The Angels give off more of a sorority sister/Junior League vibe. The song’s bitchy lyrics are just as effective, only in a different way. Enjoy!

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South Korea thinks so, via AP:
North Korea is believed to have conducted a widely anticipated nuclear test Tuesday, following an earthquake that monitoring agencies around the globe said appeared to be unnatural.
The South Korean Defense Ministry, which raised its military alert level after the quake, said it was trying to determine whether it was a test. Nuclear blasts can create tremors but they are distinct from those caused by natural earthquakes.
A world nuclear test monitoring organization detected what it called an “unusual seismic event” in North Korea.
“The event shows clear explosion-like characteristics and its location is roughly congruent with the 2006 and 2009 DPRK nuclear tests,” said Tibor Tóth, the executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization. The DPRK refers to North Korea’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The NY Times further reports:
It may take days or weeks to determine if the test, if that is what it proves to be, was successful. But American officials will also be looking for signs of whether the North, for the first time, conducted a test of a uranium weapon, based on a uranium enrichment capability it has been pursuing for a decade. The past two tests used plutonium, reprocessed from one of the country’s now-defunct nuclear reactors. While the country only has enough plutonium for a half-dozen or so bombs, it can produce enriched uranium well into the future.
Iowahawk is all over this one:
Hey, Kim Jong-Un: you can’t hug with nuclear arms. #MaybeHippieStyleShamingWillWork
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 12, 2013
Update: The Norks confirm:
North Korea confirmed on Tuesday that it had conducted its third, long-threatened nuclear test, according to the official K.C.N.A. news service, posing a new challenge for the Obama administration in its effort to keep the country from becoming a full-fledged nuclear power.
The K.C.N.A. said the North used a “miniaturized and lighter nuclear device with greater explosive force than previously” and that the test “did not pose any negative impact on the surrounding ecological environment.”
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has directed the transitional government in Mali to return the country to constitutional rule within 16 months in a fresh attempt to restore democratic order.
Mali requested two years to organise elections, but that appeal was rejected with a warning that the sanctions imposed on them will remain until steps are seen towards normalcy.
The regional bloc of ECOWAS decided after an extraordinary meeting called by President Akufo-Addo in Accra.
Among other things, the meeting sought to deliberate on the political situation in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso and fashion out ways to end the disturbances in the countries.
In an interview with the media, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean Claude Kassi Brou, said Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan will continue to engage the Malian authorities towards bringing the political stalemate to a close.
“Taking into account the fact that the sanctions are impacting the country and the fact that there has been some substantial work done by the local technical committee and after examining the recommendation of the Mediator, the Head of States decided that they are willing to provide for an extension of the transition in Mali in a range of 12 to 16 months in addition to the 18 months that have already passed.
“They engaged, therefore, the Malians to really work within this range so that an agreement can be reached. Once the agreement is reached, the sanctions could be gradually lifted. So this is the important take we can have for the situation in Mali,” he said.
“The mediator will continue to engage the Malian authority to try to get this 12 to 16 month extension period; and if you add that to the 18 months, you have between 30 and 34 months for a whole transition.”
Decisions taken on Guinea, Burkina Faso
On Guinea, ECOWAS indicated that it is unacceptable that the military junta sets no timeline to return the country to democratic rule.
Jean Kassi Brou said ECOWAS has directed the Guinean authorities to submit a transitional timetable within one month or face further economic sanctions.
“The Authority expresses serious concern over the lack of visibility on the transition. It notes that the six-month deadline set by ECOWAS for the conduct of elections has not been respected.
“Consequently, the Authority demands the finalisation of an acceptable transition timetable no later than April 25, 2022. After this deadline, economic and financial sanctions will be immediately applied.”
Therefore, it urged the transition authorities to comply with the laws and regulations in recovering the presumed state assets.
The heads of state also condemned the continuous detention of the deposed President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
They want him released without condition.
The military junta also has one month to bring a transitional timetable to return the country to democratic rule.
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A 14-year-old boy was eating pizza with his sister in a neighborhood in northern Chicago when a man fired shots into the pizzeria, hitting the teen in the head and killing him.
The night before, a 33-year old man was shot near a holiday party in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago as partygoers ran from the scene.
Sadly there’s more, much more. All in all, 53 people were shot and 11 killed in Chicago over the recent Memorial Day weekend.
As horrific and tragic as this is, I’m bringing this up today not just because it’s a very sad and alarming story, but because of the subsequent and bold response of one writer to this violence.
This past week, Michael Skolnik, a writer for GlobalGrind.com set the Twitter world on fire by posting the headline: “53 WHITE People Shot! 10 Dead! One Weekend!”
Now to clarify, Skolnik, who is white, knows full well the victims of Chi-Town’s Memorial Weekend shootings were not white. But that’s exactly why he used GlobalGrind.com, where he’s an editor, to broadcast this fictitious headline that raised so many Twit-brows.
Skolnik wrote this:
Imagine you saw that headline. By the time you read it, the Governor would have already deployed the National Guard. The President would have already made a statement. A curfew would have been set for anyone under 18. Check points would have been set up around the city. CNN, MSNBC and Fox News would all break into their regular scheduled programming for a special report. Just close your eyes for a moment and imagine that 53 WHITE people were shot in one weekend, in one city, by 53 different people.
Skolnik was making an obvious point, but he knew the impact was in actually saying it. As a white person, he was acknowledging that white lives are more valued in America than black lives.
And his headline was designed to jar people of all colors from their complacency and get them to recognize that, regardless of race, or the circumstances surrounding these shootings, 53 shootings over a 3-day period is a tragedy and a crisis.
He goes on to suggest this to his white peers: “As long as we can contain the violence to the imagination of black and brown people, then we never have to worry about this nightmare. But, if we are to say that this country gives every individual the right to the pursuit of happiness, then we will invest in urban communities the same way we invest in white America.
We will build the best schools possible, the job-training programs that lead to long-term high paying jobs, end racist drug policies that house a disproportionate amount of people of color in warehouses that we call prisons, invest in local, small businesses that re-invest in the community, build infrastructure and energy policy that supports 21st century technology, tighten gun laws so these killing machines don't get into the hands of the wrong people and ensure access to high quality healthcare.”
Well, I second that. If you want to read the entire piece you can go to GlobalGrind.com and search for Skolnik (S-K-O-L-N-I-K).
I’ll leave you with these statistics from Kanye West in ‘Murder to Excellence’:
It’s a war going on outside we ain't safe from; I feel the pain wherever I go; 314 soldiers died in Iraq, 509 died in Chicago.
Until next time, this is Stephanie in love and hope.

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As I write this, we’re a few hours away from the results of the “American Idol” franchise, meaning that within a few hours, either Jessica Sanchez or Phillip Phillips will be your new American Idol. This means that, if history is any guide, come Thursday morning I will likely take only a cursory professional interest in either of their careers ever again. Very few “Idol” competitors do much interesting after they’re done with the show. I don’t know why that is, but — oddly enough — I think I may have gotten clue from watching Kelly Clarkson perform Tuesday on the “Dancing With the Stars” finale, where she performed her single “Stronger”:
It’s a great pop song — straightforward, unabashedly energetic, catchy as all heck. It’s a song that’ll get stuck in your head, a song that you’ll find yourself tapping your foot along with. It’s fun.
Being fun doesn’t seem like something a musician should aspire to, does it? It’s almost as though it should be somehow beneath these singers. Contestants on “Idol” trot through The Big Songs — “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Time of the Season” — as though they’re mountains to be conquered, but sometimes, as the season wears down, they can begin to seem a little … joyless. Last season, finalist Lauren Alaina and eventual winner Scotty McCreery wound up singing songs that made them sound like middle-aged divorcees. This season wasn’t much different, with Sanchez — through a combination of her own and the producers’ choices — ending up singing three lifeless pop ballads. Her voice wasn’t lifeless, but the songs begin to weigh heavily on the audience. Phillips, for all the faults in his singing — his inability to hit notes, change keys or sing a melody — was at least fun. I know, I know. For all the times I’ve complained about him, I’ve got to give him that. He does have a sort of whimsy to him.
And that’s a good thing. There are a lot of big, heart-wrenching, important songs out there. And those songs are marvelous. But pop music should be a little fun, too, and sometimes that’s something even I can lose track of.
In recent days, the music world has lost a seemingly random assortment of its greats, including Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Yauch, Queen of Disco Donna Summer, Bee Gee’s co-founder Robin Gibb and Crowded House drummer Peter Jones.
That’s a fairly motley assortment of artists, and while it would be difficult to find any one person who deeply loved all of them, it’s fairly clear they were each loved by many. But music’s a funny thing, and these days, with social media, you can watch people’s reactions and clashes of taste play out in real time. For example, I make a disparaging comment about disco here in Pop Culture Notebook (although I had nothing but kind words for Ms. Summer), and get raked over the coals for it by a friend on Facebook. I admit — again on Facebook — to a long fondness for Crowded House’s eponymous first album (which, actually, Jones didn’t play on, but never mind) — and get razzed by a friend from high school for liking such a “lame” band. I share links to the Telegram’s weekly “Idol” chats, and old friends chide me for taking an interest in a “karaoke contest.”
We split ourselves up into musical factions, and cling tightly to our concept of “good” music, as though loving one song over another somehow means we’re somehow better or worse than anyone.
And still, someone puts on a vinyl Bee Gees album, plays “Staying Alive,” and smiles as they remember … something — a good night, a kiss. And somewhere, a teenage girl is singing along with Clarkson’s “Stronger” on her iPod, belting the song out at the top of her lungs until the boy who dumped her fades into backbeat, unaware that in 20 years, she’ll barely remember his name. But she’ll remember every word of the song. And yeah, a guy who was once a dateless 14-year-old a long time ago calls up Crowded House’s “Something So Strong” and remembers … I don’t know. A wistfulness, I suppose. Something gone that will never come back.
The song’s a trifle, certainly, but sometimes the trifles mean everything. And anyway, I remember every word. (Victor D. Infante)

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The divorce process may initially seem daunting but as long as divorcing spouses understand it, and what to expect, it should be able to help them navigate their divorce once they have made the challenging decision to divorce. The divorce process begins when one of the spouses files a petition for divorce or a complaint.
Once the petition for divorce has been filed, the filing spouse must serve the complaint on the other spouse. It is important to be aware that there are typically residency requirements associated with filing for divorce that the divorcing spouses, and the spouse filing for divorce, should be familiar with. Once the other spouse has been served with the divorce petition, they will have a certain period of time to provide an answer to the petition or to respond.
There are several different pieces of information contained in the divorce petition including identifying information associated with the spouses; the date and place the spouses were married; identification of any children from the marriage; an acknowledgment meeting residency requirements concerning the amount of time the spouse filing for divorce or their spouse has lived in the state or county; the grounds for the divorce which may vary by state; and how the spouse filing for divorce would like concerns such as property division; child custody and visitation; and other divorce-related concerns to be resolved.
Divorce can be an overwhelming time in the lives of divorcing couples and their family which is why understanding how to file for divorce and what the divorce process looks like can be useful. The family law process provides an ample amount of resources to help divorcing couples address their concerns.


By Jacqueline Fernandez
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County voters will get to voice their opinion on where they get to practice their civic duty during the 2020 elections.
Being tied to a single polling location will become a thing of the past.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office announced June 10 that it is seeking public input on the Vote Center Placement Project and published a survey to analyze the preferences of Angelenos on where new voting centers should be located.
In 2016, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 450 into law and it temporarily establishes voting centers across the county.
As prescribed by the bill, the selection of voting locations will involve community input and will include factors such as accessibility, proximity to public transit, security and convenience.
Beginning in 2020, voters will have the choice of voting near their home or work, or on weekends rather than weekdays.
The county has contracted with PlaceWorks to facilitate the survey of voters.
After gathering input and conducting assessments, the company will identify and select the vote center locations.
Community meetings are scheduled to begin this summer, with updates next spring.
“The survey is important for voters to learn that their traditional polling place will not likely be the same location as the new vote center,” said Sandra Mendoza, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles City Clerk’s Office. “However, the options of where to vote exponentially increase with the voter having the option of voting from any location model.”
After the survey is done, the county will publish the final list of proposed vote centers for final public comment.
The change from polling precincts to voting centers isn’t the only modification to the way residents will vote in 2020.
The new model will allow voters to cast a ballot over an 11-day period, compared to the traditional one Election Day.
Also, voters will be able to vote through an electronic interface — it looks like a large tablet — at the voting center. Voters can change the font size, language and contrast to accommodate their needs.
There will be a built-in scanner and printer so voters can print out, check and scan in their ballot. Paper ballots will record each vote and be fully auditable.
A QR reader will replace the days of taking in a “cheat sheet” with all of your choices.
Voters can make their decisions on their phone and scan the QR code for faster voting.
The overall goal is to have an easier, user-friendly system to help increase voter turnout.
The five-phase project started in 2010 with public opinion research — where a variety of data was gathered from elections staff, voters, advocates and community organizations that represent underserved voter groups.
The second phase was the process assessment in which a Voting Solutions for All People Advisory Committee was created to oversee the development of the new system.
The group is comprised of stakeholders, experts and community leaders.
In the third phase, the county hired Bay Area design firm IDEO to come up with a new voting process and something that fits the smartphone era. A Technical Advisory Committee also was created.
Phase four is geared towards building a prototype and testing the system. At the end of the phase, a system will be ready for mass production.
During the final phase, the new voting system will go through state testing and certification. Once it is certified, it gets the green light to be used at elections.
It seems like more reasons come up to why this overhaul is important, the most recent case being the California Primary in June in which 118,0000 voters’ names were left off polling place rosters.
A week later, the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to fund the massive redo. The contractor, Smartmatic, is set to help manufacture and implement the new system.
Expenses could reach up to $282 million.
However, not everyone is happy with Smartmatic. Critics say the British company isn’t qualified for the job due to its history with the Venezuelan election last year — where at least 1 million votes were manipulated.
Elections have remained basically unchanged in L.A. County since the 1960s.
In 2000, the county was one of the few jurisdictions that didn’t spend any of its earmarked money to digitize the process.
Full implementation of the new system isn’t expected until the March 2020 primary election.
Voters can go to: bit.ly/VoteCenterSurvey to add their input.
For more information on LA County’s Voting Solutions for All People, go to vsap.lavote.net.


Clermont will soon join the legions of Central Florida communities using red-light cameras, adding the devices at 13 intersections along State Road 50 and U.S. Highway 27.
Each of the two dozen cameras will cost the city $4,750 a month — collectively more than $1.3 million a year. That's a big concern for some city officials, who question whether cameras will make driving in Lake County's largest city any safer.
"That's a lot of money, my friend," said Clermont Mayor Hal Turville, one of two council members who voted Tuesday against deploying the devices that videotape and snap pictures of the license plates of vehicles that run red lights. "How many tickets will that take for us just to break even?"
Because state law allows the city to keep just $75 of every $158 red-light ticket, the city would have to issue 1,520 red-light tickets every month — more than 18,000 a year — to cover the annual cost of leasing the 24 cameras.
City Manager Darren Gray pointed out, however, that Clermont's contract with its vendor, Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions (ATS), offers some flexibility. If a camera doesn't catch enough red-light runners to cover the cost of the monthly lease, the city payment can be deferred till the end of the three-year contract, and ATS could forgive the debt, Gray said. ATS also provides the devices for 70 other communities in Florida, including Orlando and Orange County.
The locations on the commuter-heavy routes of S.R. 50 and U.S. 27 were selected by ATS. Police Chief Charles Broadway said he agreed with the choices after examining crash data from March 2011 through December 2012. City leaders were not certain how soon the cameras would be installed.
Clermont Councilman Keith Mullins, a downtown business owner also opposed to the cameras, called the plan "a very expensive fix." If the city collects enough ticket revenue to pay the full annual cost of the cameras, Clermont would be taking nearly $3 million a year out of the pockets of people who drive through the city, he said.
"It's money that doesn't stay here," Mullins said. "For $3 million, couldn't we come up with a better plan?"
Clermont, a city of 29,000, began considering red-light cameras about four years ago, following the lead of Apopka, DeLand and Orlando, which were among the first to install them. The city then set aside debate until the Florida Legislature passed a law authorizing and regulating the use of cameras.
Orlando now has 25 red-light cameras, one more than Clermont will use.
Councilman Ray Goodgame, a proponent, said he was concerned about safety.
"I think it's expensive, yes," Goodgame said of the cameras. "But we've seen the contracts of other cities, and we're not getting a worse deal than anyone else. Bottom line: We have to do something to change people's driving habits, and there's only one effective way to do that: in the pocketbook."
ATS spokesman Charles Territo said 90 percent of drivers cited for running a red light have not received a second ticket.
In Ocoee, a similarly sized city, five cameras nabbed 12,000 red-light runners in 2010, but violations fell to 8,300 last year. Police cite the drop in tickets as evidence that cameras change how motorists drive. Ocoee also recently posted a compilation of its worst red-light violations from 2012 on YouTube in a 31/2--minute clip accompanied by rock music.
But the cameras remain under fire in court and in the Legislature.
Two appeals, one raising a constitutional issue, are pending in the Florida Supreme Court, including a challenge that could force Orlando to refund $4.3 million it collected from 2008 to 2010 — before the new state law went into effect.
The Clermont cameras will be installed at the intersections where S.R. 50 crosses County Road 561, Fifth Street, East Avenue, Bloxam Avenue, Grand Highway, Citrus Tower Boulevard and Hancock Road; and where U.S. 27 crosses Citrus Tower Boulevard, Hooks Street, Steve's Road, Johns Lake Road, Hammock Ridge Road and Hartwood Marsh Road.
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This is the moment more than 100 people all jump off a 98ft high bridge - at exactly the same time.
The incredible footage shows all 149 participants simultaneously leaping from the bridge in the death-defying stunt , while tied together with a nylon rope.
In the clip, the jumpers line themselves up on the top of the 30 metre bridge - that's the same height as five giraffes stacked on top of each other - before launching themselves off the side.
Falling almost in unison, the participants swing back and forth underneath the bridge before finally coming to a stop above the water.
The feat broke the world record for most amount of people in a rope jump at the same time.
Rope jumping differs from bungee jumping because the rope has no bounce.
This means participants simply slow down at the end of their fall.
All 149 jumpers were tied together using a complicated system of pulleys and bolts that took four months to safely prepare, according to local media.
The event took place on Sunday, April 10, in Hortolandia, Brazil.


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An electrical line is an organ constituted of driver materials serving to the transport of energy or electricity. It can be linear or nonlinear. A nonlinear electrical line has particular importance in communication engineering. Indeed, some recent studies on electrical waves show that they can be interesting as optical wave in communication lines or even dominate these optical sibling since nonlinear electrical lines can be manufactured more easily (as compare to photonic devices) using standard integrated-circuit technology (Malomed, 1992; Hirota & Suzuki, 1970; Ricketts et al., 2006; Lee, 2006; Nguimdo et al., 2008). A line constituted of alternated portions of linear and nonlinear portions could also serve for the propagation of nonlinear signals. Such an electrical line has as major advantage: the ease in the manufacturing of linear components and the reduction of the cost of the electrical line relatively to those constituted only of nonlinear components.
The aim of this study is first to understand the impulse propagation in myelinated nerve fibres considering the Ranvier nodes as nonlinear portions and the myelin sheath as linear portions. The second aim is to extend the results of the analysis to the propagation of front waves in electrical transmission lines with alternated linear and nonlinear portions. Particular attention is paid on the effects of the components of the linear portion on the profile and velocity of the wave.
Reutsky et al. (2003) presented a model of action potential propagation in myelinated nerve fibres. This model combines the single-cable formulation of Goldman and Albus (1968) with a basic representation of the ephaptic interaction among the fibres. The loss of the myelin sheath along tracts of central axons is observed in multi sclerosis, the most common demyelinating disease of central nervous system in humans (Smith et al., 1999). It has been experimentally demonstrated that demyelinated axons may become hyperexcitable and acquire the property of spontaneously generating trains of spurious impulses (Baker et al., 1992; Russell, 1982). The effects of demyelination and remyelination will be analyzed in this paper ant its equivalent for electrical lines is the variation of electrical components of the linear portions.
The next section presents the propagation of impulses in myelinated nerve fibres. The propagation equations are derived and the numerical investigations are carried out in the case of constant electrical components and that of variable electric components. The effects of the disruption of the myelin sheath on the conduction velocity are analyzed. The suggestion of this model as electrical transmission lines with alternated linear and nonlinear portions is discussed. The conclusion appears in the last section.

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The “Jerusalema Dance Challenge” has been causing a sensation worldwide for months and has become a viral hit in the Corona era. The kids from our orphan village also took part and even involved the staff. The video was then edited by the kids themselves. Great work and really cool moves! People from all over the world dance to the song by the South African DJ Master KG and the singer Nomcebo Zikode and are filmed doing so. “Jerusalema” describes a spiritual place where there are no worries. The catchy tune gets people moving and establishes a global trend: dancing where there is space.
In this spirit: A healthy, happy and powerful 2021 to all.


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Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present Jacob Gleeson’s Tent Shop Hosting Readings and Screenings on Saturday June 16th from 1 till 6pm. The Tent Shop will be hosted in the Edam Dance studio on the first floor of the Western Front. This Scrivener’s Monthly will be held in conjunction with Western Front’s 40th Anniversary Open House.
Events throughout the day will include traditional Thai fruit carving, readings by Mark De Long and Tiziana La Melia, a screening of an original Beachcombers episode on 16mm film and music and astrological reading for the Western Front by Jeff Chute.
Scrivener’s Monthly is a series of public presentations that explore the space between material practices and spoken words: a periodical that talks. Set alongside the exhibitions program at Western Front, this experiment in “not publishing” involves readings, performances, and other articulations.


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Hailee Steinfeld In Talks To Join Cast Of Bumblebee Spin-Off Film
Variety has reported that Hailee Steinfeld is in talks in joining the Bumblebee spin-off film. Her potential role is currently unknown with the film being still early in development. Hailee Steinfeld is known for her role in True Grit. No other details are confirmed at this time so stay tuned for updates. The Bumblebee spin-off film is set to premiere in theaters on June 8, 2018.
Ken Watanabe Joins Detective Pikachu Live-Action Film Cast
The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Ken Watanabe is joining the cast of the live-action Detective Pikachu film. ForRead More
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Black Braided Leather Wrap Bracelet with Om Yoga Symbol
This leather wrap bracelet is black braided leather with a gold plated pewter Om yoga symbol charm, peace sign, and genuine freshwater pearl hanging from the gold plated clasp.
Om is the Sanskrit letters or symbol for the "sacred" Hindu sound om. This sacred symbol blesses people with luck, material comforts and spiritual powers. Pearls symbolize purity, spiritual transformation, charity, honesty, wisdom and integrity, all the best within us.
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John* and Jason* are brothers who have suffered from moderately severe atopic eczema since the age of 4 years old. They are currently studying in secondary school, but instead of enjoying the full social and academic experience like their peers, the extent and chronicity of their eczema are affecting their daily quality of life and sleep. The itchy and sometimes painful symptoms of eczema affect their ability to concentrate in school and participate in their favourite co-curricular activities of basketball and track and field. The stress from preparing for their examinations also adds to the burden and aggravates their eczema. They often feel frustrated at having to adhere to various skin care routines or avoid certain physical activities they enjoy. They also feel embarrassed about rashes on visible parts of their skin.
However, John and Jason are not alone. Atopic eczema, more commonly known as eczema, is the one of the most common skin conditions with a significant disease burden (the impact of a health problem on a given population). It is increasing in prevalence and currently affects about 20 per cent of children and 10 per cent of adults in developed parts of the world, including Singapore.
Eczema has an important psychosocial impact, with numerous studies linking it with various neuropsychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation in adults and children, as well attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.
Eczema is typically chronic in nature with intermittent flare of itchy rashes, and significantly affects work, leisure, sleep and quality of life. Therefore, it is not surprising that eczema has an important psychosocial impact, with numerous studies linking it with various neuropsychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation in adults and children, as well attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. This could be a result of eczema’s multiple disease associations, or downstream disease complications including its consequences on sleep and psychological health. Eczema commonly occurs on visible parts of the body and can have a profound impact on the psycho-emotional development of adolescents and young adults who tend to be conscious about their physical appearance and changes.
Specifically, a combined analysis in 2018 of up to 23 international studies reported that those with atopic eczema were more than twice likely to suffer from depression or anxiety among adults. Among children, those with eczema were 1.27 times more likely to have depression. Of note, the study reported a positive association between atopic eczema in adults and adolescents and suicidal ideation — the risks can go up to more than four times.
Various population studies have also reported an association between atopic eczema and ADHD. Those with atopic eczema have 43 per cent increased risk to be diagnosed with ADHD. Eczema occurring within the first year of life was also found to be associated with development of ADHD symptoms later in childhood. Sleeping problems due to eczema have been suggested to play an important role for the association.
Eczema on the back of knees (Photo: National Skin Centre)
Locally, we evaluated the psychosocial impact of skin diseases in a general population between 2016 and 2018. More than 1,500 adult participants (aged 21 years and above) from central Singapore were interviewed about their dermatological history and measures were used to measure their depressive symptoms, social isolation, loneliness and quality of life. Of a list of 13 skin diseases, the most common among the participants was eczema at 8.8 per cent. Participants with skin diseases were more likely to experience depressive symptoms, social isolation, loneliness and lower quality of life. Unemployed, single and elderly patients ran a higher risk of developing depressive symptoms.
Besides the psychological impact, eczema also inflicts a huge economic burden on patients and imposes substantial direct and indirect costs with a large proportion arising from out-of-pocket expenses (37 per cent according to US statistics). It has been estimated that atopic eczema (also known as atopic dermatitis or AD) costs over USD$5 billion annually in the United States of America. In Singapore, the average annual cost per child with AD was estimated at USD$7,943 in 2017. Besides excess health care expenditure, eczema also imposes costs in the form of lost productivity and foregone economic growth as a result of lost work days, lower productivity at work and morbidities in terms of itch and loss of sleep. This often leads to a continual vicious spiraling cycle between psychological stress and economic burden.
Fortunately for John and Jason, growing up with this chronic skin condition together has allowed them to encourage each other throughout their long patient journey. Having this brotherly emotional support goes a long way to help them cope with their rigorous skin care routines and avoid triggers. But for many similarly struggling adolescent patients, the social, peer and school support becomes very important. Such things should not be left to chance.
Hence, it is important for healthcare physicians as well as parents and caregivers to be vigilant for psychiatric symptoms in both children and adult patients with atopic dermatitis. Adequate emphasis should be placed on managing these psychiatric co-morbidities to reduce the overall burden of skin disease. Specific interventions could include monitoring patients for mood-related changes and implementing early psychosocial interventions. Counsellors and psychologists could be included as part of a holistic eczema care model. Recent clinical trials have also illustrated that if the eczema condition is improved, the burden of psychiatric comorbidities can be reduced. This further highlights the importance of timely intervention in this common skin condition.
*Names have been changed for privacy.
Yew Yik Weng is a Consultant Dermatologist at the National Skin Centre (NSC) with strong clinical and research interests in atopic eczema. He is also currently the consultant in charge of Eczema Clinic and deputy head of Research Division in NSC. He is active in various types of research in atopic eczema and his main area of interests is to understand the disease prevalence, co-morbidities and burden of atopic eczema in Singapore.

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Without food, we have no life. Without delicious food, we have no joy.
At Hirohisa we strive to bring joy to all our guests.
Announcement: Nov.20, 2022
Starting on the 1 st of December, due to a staff shortage,
We offer Omakase (chef's tasting menu) only during our dinner service.
Our a la carte menu is unavailable until further notice.
If you have dietary requests, please get in touch with us for available accommodations.
We appreciate your support and understanding.
Schedule: November & December 2022
Closed... 12/31 Saturday
No Lunch service... 12/6 Tuesday
We are serving December Omakase Menu from the 29th of November.
Please note that we cannot accommodate Kosher request until the end of December.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
With family roots in the restaurant industry going back over 100 years and beginning with his great, great grandfather in Echizen, Japan, Chef Hirohisa Hayashi was born into a culinary world.
At HIROHISA in the neighborhood of SoHo NYC, Chef Hayashi unites the thoughtful ceremony and seasonality of kappo, kaiseki cuisine. Bringing the skills he has honed in Japan and ingredients inspired by living in New York, HIROHISA’s menu excites both new and seasoned guests. As a certified Sake Sommelier, Chef Hayashi brings the same level of dedication and expertise to the beverage offerings.
At HIROHISA, you will experience an intimate break from the bustling city outside complete with handmade crafts from his hometown of Echizen.
Relax and enjoy the unique and dedicated service of HIROHISA.
Hours & Reservations
Please take a look at our News for the latest schedule updates
Lunch Tues. - Fri.12:00 open
12:45 pm last seating
Dinner Tues. - Sat. 5:30 pm / 8:30 pm
For parties of 1- 4, We take reservations via RESY.
For parties of 5+, please contact us.
Online reservations are available 14 days in advance.
You may cancel your reservation up to 48 hours before your scheduled dinner.
Missed reservations, late cancellations/rescheduling, or any changed number of your party
will be charged $180 per person under any circumstances.
Currently, we offer only Omakase (chef's tasting menu) at the dinner service.
We are happy to accommodate your requests.
However, due to the nature of the essential ingredients that constitute our menu,
we cannot accommodate the followings:
Gluten-free, Wheat or Soy allergy, Vegan or Vegetarian diet, Bonito fish or Kelp allergy.
Please indicate all food allergies and intolerances at the time of booking.
Please get in touch with us with any questions.
We offer two turns daily, at 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Please allow 2.5 hours to enjoy our Omakase.
We kindly ask you to arrive on time. Please be mindful of the guests before or after you.
We cannot guarantee the whole experience of Omakase to guests more than 15 minutes late.
The age requirement is to have the same menu as an adult.
We don't serve children's menu.
Casual Dress: Please avoid shorts, flip-flops, and tank tops.
Our Corkage Fees are $60 per bottle and $100 per magnum.
A 20% gratuity will be added to parties of 5 or larger.
location: 73 Thompson st. New York
Our sister store Sushi Ikumi


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In all this European, air-conditionless heat, who wants to cook? On the other hand, who wants to eat nothing but salads and sandwiches? Obviously, we are confronted with a dilemma, the worst of dilemmata (notice the correct Ancient Greek plural) I might add, as proper eating is quite crucial to the survival of mankind, don’t you think? Anyway, crucial or not, I can offer not just a solution but the solution: an omelette. It’s easily done, very quick and dirty, it can be seasoned according to personal taste, I myself like to throw in some tomatoe slices and add some garlic for some Mediterranean appeal, and it’s very light and agreeable no matter how high the temperatures go. I know, I should have told you this much sooner, but the next heatwave is already on its way, believe you me.
39 degrees Celsius, this could be the name of a new diet. I’m serious. “The 39 Degrees Celsius Diet.” This summer’s day inspired me to it. Who wants to eat something out of an oven when you feel like being stuck in one yourself? Who wants ice cream for dessert that will melt on its way to your place at the beautifully set table in the garden just to ruin the festive atmosphere? Who wants red wine that just won’t uphold its cellar temperatures but cannot be served with ice cubes, either? Nobody. Consequently, we decided to skip all meals until temperatures will reach again some agreable 25 degrees or so, and judging by today’s weather forecast, that will probably be some day in late September. Well, what can I say, we’ll be ever so slim by then…
When you are supposed to put rosemary on a cake, you know it’s going to be different from your usual hazelnut extravaganza. Truth be told, this fine herb was the only exceptional ingredient of this recipe, all the rest, puff pastry, plums, sugar, cinnamon, and quince jelly, sounds rather familiar, doesn’t it? But once you’ve put the plums casually on the puff pastry and sprinkled the rosemary on it, your eyes won’t believe it’s not butter, sorry, they won’t believe it’s not pizza. Only when it’s out of the oven and into your mouth, its case is closed. It’s cake. No doubt. A very yummy, very Mediterranian cake. If you want to challenge your eyes, do try this at home!
For family dinners, I’m always in charge of dessert. Today, it’s going to be raspberries with cream. It’s easily prepared, I open the fridge for the cream and the freezer for the raspberries, and I’m done. And then, all while sipping Chardonnay, I witness the rest of the meal being prepared, artichokes are being cooked, a vinaigrette is being composed, lots of French mustard and Italian olive oil form a beautiful entente cordiale, parsley from the garden is being “haché-menu”-ed, ever so fresh chanterelles are being cut, not from the garden but from the grocer, the table is being set, by whom actually, my father, I suppose, gee, that Chardonnay is really drinkable, and all of a sudden, I’m the last one missing at the table, I better join them, hey, they’re are having red wine, okay, fine with me, bon appétit.
Normally, for a nut cake, I need lots and lots of grounded almonds and some chopped walnuts, but yesterday I only had a tiny sachet of grounded almonds, just a mere 100 gramms, some bitter joke of an amount, so to speak, and if I weren’t as stress-resilient as I am, I might have burst out into tears. But then, out of hunting destiny down and kicking its ass, I decided to replace the grounded almonds with caramelized hazelnuts, the brittle priorly reserved for the glaze, and, while I was at it, use whole pine nuts as a substitute for the chopped walnuts, lots and lots of whole pine nuts. The result? Best nut cake ever! Unchanged recipes are for losers!
Luxembourg is known for gathering politicians from the European Community, some tax-friendly banking and its Grand Duke. It’s much lesser known for its flour. Why that is, I cannot tell you. It’s perfectly fine flour. Admittedly, neither wholemeal nor organic, at least the packaging gives no indication of it, just a fancy crown, meaning it’s of somewhat aristocratic origin, maybe the Grand Duke has a mill, who knows, Louis XVI was into crafts too, he loved making keys, metalworking or milling, where’s the difference, anyway, I’m very fond of this flour, however politically incorrect, and as for organic baking ingredients and political correctness, my apples take full responsability, they’re totally organic, all seven of them, and they take the lion’s share of that cake anyway, so it probably won’t pose a health hazard. Alerted as I was, I tasted the rum at large, just to make sure its aroma would complement the other condiments, vanilla pulp and cinnamon, finding myself totally at ease with my partially conventional, inorganic and man-made apple cake. Totally.
The minute temperatures start rising, our dining table falls into some kind of hibernation – is there actually a term for hibernating in summer? It can’t be summernation, that sounds like a Tommy Hilfiger fragrance. Anyway, we declare the sombre mahogany totally useless, and adjust ourselves to teak. From then on, we not only have breakfast, lunch and dinner in the garden, we also prepare the meals outside, at least any part of the dish whose prepping doesn’t require gas or running water and allows us to enjoy a cup of tea or a glass of wine alongside cutting, peeling, trimming, snapping, or whatever you do with it. Asparagus, green and white, but the white ones especially, is the best example, peeling those bastards is such a pesky business, it makes you want to employ a cook, for my sake even with a staff of her own, but since nobody can no longer afford servants, we have to blame socialism, no doubt about that, we have do to such things ourselves, however tedious. But when sitting in an apple tree’s shade and sipping some red wine, the whole undertaking suddenly makes you feel blessed. And while I’m peeling away another spear’s tough outer layer, I hope autumn will come late this year, a week before Christmas will do.


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Anyone practice with Chi or have a Chi Wheel?
|1||9/11 conspiracy tards: Anyone recall a photo of what appeared to be part of landing gear/wheel of a global hawk drone near Pentagon hole?||09/20/14|
|2||Anyone ever played with a psi-wheel?||10/09/20|
|3||Anyone else "seeing" an 8 SPOKED WHEEL? (and Ezekiel 32:8?)||07/10/12|
|4||Anyone Watch The Premiere Of "HELL ON WHEELS" Last Night?||11/07/11|
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Nope, the hordes of girls were lining up politely to see the latest trendy indie release: Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. One of the last three releases from distributor Picturehouse, which is due to shut down completely very soon, Kit Kittredge may be based on a doll, yet has further indie cred thanks to Little Miss Sunshine star Abigail Breslin. And maybe all those little girls will grow up to write their own Juno some day? In any case, the film opened in five theaters in five cities, two weeks in advance of a wide release, and grossed a super impressive $44,600 per screen, according to estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo.
Picturehouse also scored with another one of their last-gasp releases, the Mongolian war-mongering Mongol, which expanded to 94 screens and turned in a muscular performance of $7,914 per screen.
Even more impressive, numbers-wise, Werner Herzog's Antarctica doc Encounters at the End of the World continued to draw big at the one theater where it's playing in Manhattan: $17,600.
Next up on the per-screen imaginary chart, romantic drama Brick Lane (Sony Pictures Classics) opened at seven locations and acquitted itself nicely with $7,214 per screen. Jeffrey M. Anderson called it "lazy, useless," so we definitely know where he stands.
Far below that came family drama When Did You Last See Your Father? (Sony Pictures Classics), which made $2,711 per-screen at 26 screens in its third week of release. Hmm, I would have thought that such a film would have fared better in the father's day climate of June, but evidently not.
Switching to box office analyst Leonard Klady at Movie City News, he includes romantic drama Expired (IFC) below Brick Lane and above Father, saying that the film's single theatrical engagement in Manhattan pulled in $5,240.