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Favourite classical albums of 2015By Stephen J. Nereffid. Posted in Classical | No Comments »
This has been another excellent year in classical recordings for me. I remain amazed at how much fine music of the past there is for me to discover, not to mention the brand-new delights that are increasingly catching my ear. This process of exploration means that, as usual, my list tends to avoid the standard classical repertoire but nevertheless covers plenty of ground.
David Lang: The Difficulty of Crossing a Field
Beverly O'Regan Thiele; Jay O. Sanders; Harlem String Quartet; Douglas Kinney Frost
David Lang's signature dark beauties are on full display in this 2002 opera. Ambrose Bierce's short-short story is essentially a piece of reportage describing the unexplained disappearance of an Alabama plantation owner as he walked across a pasture; Mac Wellman's libretto ingeniously expands on the tale, still providing no answers but adding great depth and humanity.
Field Recordings
Bang On A Can All-Stars
Twelve new pieces (plus an extract from Steve Reich's The Cave) in which the composer makes use of a piece of previously recorded material: from John Cage speaking (Florent Ghys) to Chicago street musicians (Anna Clyne) to blades being sharpened (David Lang). Despite the varied nature of the fare on offer, it all comes together wonderfully to make a proper album.
Roomful of Teeth
[New Amsterdam]
Back in the height of the avant-garde, people like Berio, Ligeti and Stockhausen were writing weird pieces that explored the possibilities of what could be done with the human voice. If, like me, you admired the cleverness and occasional wit of it all but wished they could, you know, write a good tune, then this compelling new music in thrilling performances is just what you need.
Nikolai Peyko: Piano music, volume 2
Dmitry Korostelyov
Nikolay Peyko (1916-1995) was an important figure in Russian musical life, though I'd not heard of him before this album. The music here ranges from 1942 to 1992 and is what you might expect (indeed, hope for) from someone who was once Shostakovich's teaching assistant. Unfortunately little of Peyko's music is available in recordings, but he might deserve a Weinberg-style revival.
Lauren Karpman: Ask Your Mama
various; San Francisco Ballet Orchestra/George Manahan
When Langston Hughes published his epic Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz in 1961, he included in the margins instructions for musical accompaniment. In her equally epic setting that fuses jazz, hip-hop and classical with a bit of sound collage thrown in, Lauren Karpman follows his lead – though sometimes more as guideline than as gospel – to inspired effect.
If the Owl Calls Again
Christianne Stotijn
One of my favourite mezzos here presents a recital inspired by her fascination with owls as a source of wisdom and what she calls "philosophical recognition of nature". It's a diverse set of music – from Mussorgsky through Bridge and Ravel to the present-day, with texts in seven languages – but Stotijn's committed performances bind it all into a coherent whole.
JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (arr Sitkovetsky)
Britten Sinfonia/Thomas Gould
[Harmonia Mundi]
I've remarked before that Bach's music lends itself to arrangement for pretty much any instrument, and here we are again… Dmitri Sitkovetsky created a string trio version in 1985, then expanded it for string orchestra as heard here. The timbre has a lovely warm glow – none of the clotted excesses of the "big band" Bach of yore.
Haydn & Mozart: Concertos
Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen
Speaking of "big band" music, when this release came out I realised that my only recordings of Mozart's oboe and bassoon concertos were the 40-year-old ones from Karl Böhm and the Vienna Philharmonic. We live in a different world now! Arcangelo has become a real go-to group for 18th-century music – this year's recording of Mozart violin concertos with Vilde Frang is also a keeper.
Julie Fuchs
[Deutsche Grammophon]
As might be anticipated from its affirmative title, this French soprano's collection of arias and songs from the early 20th century is a mostly cheerful affair. There are some old favourites – Lehár's Vilja-Lied, Weill's Morität von Mackie Messer, and Youmans's Tea for two (all en Français) – but plenty of charming discoveries from the likes of Messager, Hahn, and Honegger.
Lois V Vierk: Words Fail Me
[New World]
A notable figure in the downtown New York scene of the 80s and 90s, Vierk hasn't composed much since then because of a long-term illness. Her music's minimalist, but greatly influenced by the courtly gagaku music of Japan. Three of the four pieces here are from 1991-6; the title work from 2005 is a response to 9/11, 7 minutes of melancholy followed by 12 of a relentlessly driving climax.
Julia Wolfe: Anthracite Fields
Trinity Wall Street Choir; Bang On A Can All-Stars
The Pulitzer Prize for Music has been on a roll lately, the last three winners being Caroline Shaw, John Luther Adams, and now – hurrah! – Julia Wolfe. Anthracite Fields is an oratorio paying tribute to the coal miners of Pennsylvania and their families; in its mix of folk materials, Glass-like minimalism and much else besides, it builds on Wolfe's achievements in Steel Hammer.
Philip Glass: Complete Etudes
Nicolas Horvath
[Grand Piano]
2015 was the year Philip Glass became one of my favourite composers again. I first fell in love with his late-70s/early-80s works (such as the "trilogy operas") but wasn't so impressed with his subsequent work. More recently, though, he seems to have found new focus (or perhaps it's just me), and the two sets of etudes from 1995 and 2012 add a dash of romanticism to his familiar style.
Postcard from Heaven
Susan Allen
[New World]
An album of music mostly for solo harp should not under normal circumstances make my end-of-year list. But bookended by two John Cage pieces – In a Landscape and the title work – Susan Allen's recital has little hint of the drawing-room about it. Gloria Coates's Goethe-inspired Perchance to Dream for harp and vibraphone is the haunting highlight.
Time Present and Time Past
Mahan Esfahani; Concerto Köln
[Deutsche Grammophon]
Harpsichordist-of-the-moment Mahan Esfahani's major-label debut doesn't play it safe. Yes, we've got works from Geminiani, a Scarlatti, and a couple of Bachs, but there's also Gorécki's 1980 harpsichord concerto and – what? – an arrangement of Steve Reich's Piano Phase. An ingenious addition that works so well it elevates the rest of the album onto this list.
Concert Celeste
Ensemble Obsidienne/Emmanuel Bonnardot
Ensemble Obsidienne have been artists in residence at Sens cathedral, France, for several years, and they take the 850th anniversary of the cathedral's construction as the inspiration for this "musical adventure" . The program's centered around four specific feasts of the church year, but it covers enough ground, geographically and chronologically, to function as a handy introduction to medieval music generally.
Olivier Messiaen: L'Amour et la Foi
Danish National Vocal Ensemble & Chamber Choir/Marcus Creed
I wouldn't usually expect Messiaen to show up on one of these lists either, because I've never really warmed to his particular brand of mystic modernism. But sometimes you take a chance and it works out splendidly, and such is this case here. Perhaps it's that the three works here are early ones; anyway, I was hooked by the varied colours and occasional weirdnesses on display.
The Tempest
La Tempête/Simon-Pierre Bestion
The songs in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" have been set many times, and here the appropriately named La Tempête places Frank Martin's a cappella Songs of Ariel in among the incidental music composed by Matthew Locke and others for a 1674 production of the play, along with some other unconnected old and new works. The contrasting styles work surprisingly well together.
John Adams: Absolute Jest; Grand Pianola Music
St. Lawrence String Quartet; San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas
[SFS Media]
John Adams called the creation of Absolute Jest, for the odd combination of string quartet and orchestra, a "lesson in counterpoint, in thematic transformation and formal design", which makes it sound a lot less fun that what it is: a joyful play on various Beethoven scherzos. It's a worthy companion to the older Grand Pianola Music, which shocked modernists with its use of a big tune in the finale.
JS Bach: Harpsichord concertos
Andreas Staier; Freiburger Barockorchester
[Harmonia Mundi]
Bach, Staier, Freiburg… pretty much a no-brainer really. The orchestra has a lovely rich texture when called for, and Staier's harpsichord blends well. I'm not one to ever talk about benchmark performances, but there's no reason why these vivacious ones can't be considered as such.
Vaughan Williams, MacMillan: Oboe concertos
Nicholas Daniel; Britten Sinfonia/James MacMillan
[Harmonia Mundi]
A welcome outing for Vaughan Williams's gorgeous wartime concerto, accompanied by a new one from James MacMillan that should easily enter the repertoire. Nicholas Daniel, for whom the work was written, sparkles in the lively outer movements and consoles in the powerful lamenting middle movement. As a substantial filler we get Britten's late folk suite A Time There Was.
Michael Gordon: Dystopia; Rewriting Beethoven's Seventh Symphony
Los Angeles Philharmonic/David Robertson; Bamberg Symphony/Jonathan Nott
I guess Dystopia in all its brash chaos is intended as the main attraction here – and it's quite a workout for the orchestra – but its shorter companion is the one that most caught my ear. Rewriting Beethoven's Seventh Symphony does exactly that: brief segments of each movement of that iconic work are subjected to various shenanigans to create something truly spellbinding.
Bryce Dessner: Music for Wood and Strings
So Percussion
When I heard this work for specially built dulcimer-like instruments in concert back in March, I said "It's a bitty sort of piece but falls easy on the ear." I suspected it would grow on me with further listens, and the recording that soon followed has confirmed its pleasures. Without the benefit of seeing the performers, it's even harder to believe that they're percussionists.
Arvo Pärt: Tintinnabuli
Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
It's rare that the Tallis Scholars go near post-Renaissance music, but Pärt and his use of diatonic melody makes an obvious fit. The choir also stick to their usual style, with two voices to a part, which reinforces the connection. The results are as fine as you might want, even if you bought the album thinking it had something to do with a certain boy reporter and his dog.
Philip Glass: Partita for solo violin
Tim Fain
[Orange Mountain Music]
If the title alone sounds like a summoning of the ghost of Bach, wait till you hear the music. But my first encounter with Glass – the "Opening" of Glassworks – made me think of Bach, so all these years later I find I'm not so surprised. A version of "Knee 2" from Einstein on the Beach shows how Glass's music both has and hasn't changed over the intervening three decades.
Johan Wagenaar: Sinfonietta & symphonic poems
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie/Antony Hermus
The Dutch composer's Sinfonietta was composed in 1917 when he was in his mid-fifties, and it sounds to me for all the world like a very light-hearted Mahler. I know Wagneaar at some point in his life conducted Mahler's music, but I have no idea if this piece is a deliberate homage. Either way, it's a wonderful surprise. The other works provide more Straussian pleasures.
1865 – Songs of Hope and Home
Anonymous 4; Bruce Molsky
[Harmonia Mundi]
This is, alas, the final album from the fantastic four. It's the third in their series of recordings of American folk music, and here their distinctive vocal blend is accompanied/enhanced by Bruce Molsky's fiddle, banjo, guitar and voice. As the title indicates, it's Civil War-era music, including several still-popular tunes.
Johann Hermann Schein: Musica Boscareccia
United Continuo Ensemble/Thor-Harald Johnsen
In my ongoing explorations, I've yet to get a firm handle on the music of the 17th century (with some obvious exceptions like Monteverdi and Purcell). Schein's 1621 collection of secular songs for 1-3 voices, which loosely translates as "Forest Music", helps fill a gap; he was one of the first German composers to make use of the new Italian style of the early Baroque, and these performances certainly feel fresh.
The vocal sextet Amarcord was founded by former members of the St. Thomas Boys Choir in Leipzig, and this release celebrates the rich heritage of musical manuscripts housed at St. Thomas's, an armarium being a book cabinet. Bach was of course the most famous cantor there, but the music here precedes his tenure by a century and more.
Félicien David: Le Désert
Accentus; Orchestre de Chambre de Paris/Laurence Equilbey
Le Désert was a big success when it first appeared in 1844, counting Berlioz among its fans, but it's been mostly forgotten for some time. This "ode-symphonie" depicting a caravan's journey helped usher in a fad for Orientalism, though in fairness to David his inspiration came from an actual trip to the Middle East. Maybe not a major (re)discovery, but most entertaining nonetheless.
Douglas Lilburn: Chamber music for strings
New Zealand String Quartet
New Zealand's best-known composer, Lilburn would have been 100 in 2015 (he died 14 years ago). Vaughan Williams was his composition tutor when he studied in London, and I think it's fair to say that if you enjoy VW you'll probably like these pieces from the 1940s and 50s. As an introduction to an unknown composer, this is superb.
Stephen J. Nereffid
Stephen J. Nereffid lives near Dublin, Ireland, and spends far too much time listening to classical music.
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Exxon to take over as operator of Kazakh Kashagan field
Exxon Mobil is in line to take over as operator of the supergiant Kashagan field in a major breakthrough for the beleaguered $50 billion project offshore Kazakhstan, Caspian oil industry sources tell Nefte Compass.
Discussions with the US supermajor and other partners in the international consortium, the North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC), are continuing, but Exxon could be appointed as soon as the end of June, one senior Kazakh official said on the sidelines of this week's Caspian Oil and Gas Conference in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
Italy's Eni was given the job of operating the vast project in 2001. As the unique technical and environmental challenges in developing the field in the shallow waters of the northern Caspian, which has high reservoir pressures and high concentrations of the deadly hydrogen sulfide gas, became apparent, the top companies in NCOC each took a share of the main operating responsibilities in 2008.
However, there has been a long history of missed deadlines and budget overruns, culminating in late 2013 with a botched start at commercial production when, only days after finally coming on stream, the field had to be shut down.
Problems with leaky gas pipes mean the entire pipeline system will have to be replaced, leading to a further delay of at least two years, Oil and Gas Minister Uzakbai Karabalin confirmed last month. Kazakh officials say the new target date for first oil is end-2015, though other sources say mid-2016 is more realistic. It could take another two-three years for the field to reach the targeted Phase 1 plateau of 370,00 barrels per day.
The original contract to build the pipelines was awarded to Eni affiliate Saipem in 2005. NCOC maintains the leaks were the result of "stress cracking" caused by a high concentration of H2S mixed with water.
Kazakhstan has made clear its frustrations with the lack of progress at the supergiant field, which was initially due to have started production nearly 10 years ago and gradually ramp up to 1 million b/d in Phase Two. The government does not want to cover any of the additional costs and has hired Western consultants to work out what kind of compensation it should be entitled to for the latest in the long series of delays.
The senior Kazakh official said: "It is now not a massive problem, just with the pipelines. But it needs to be dealt with." The official said it had all added up to a disaster for Kazakhstan in terms of lost revenues.
The Kashagan shareholders are Eni, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, France's Total and Kazakh state oil company Kazmunaigas (KMG), each with 16.8 percent, and Japan's Inpex and China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) as junior partners.
In NCOC, Eni arm Agip KCO was responsible for delivery of Phase One, with Shell handling planning and development of Phase Two and Exxon taking care of drilling for Phase Two.
As the latest search for a new operator got under way, it became clear that the task would not be entrusted any more to Eni. The Italian company is said to have been a compromise choice for operator over a decade ago because traditional rivalries between the other large stakeholders blocked them from allowing each other to take the job.
One Western government source attending the Baku conference confirmed that Exxon would take over as operator and said the international consortium was likely in the future to become dominated by four companies -- Exxon, Shell, CNPC and KMG.
The list of shareholders has changed several times since the field was discovered in 2000, the world's largest find in more than 30 years, with recoverable oil reserves estimated at 13 billion barrels.
UK major BP and Norway's Statoil left the international consortium in 2001, followed two years later by the UK's BG. Last year, ConocoPhillips sold its stake to CNPC.

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Monthly Archives: January 2013
A Sign of Change?
It "Depends" on who voters "Luv" and give the equivalent of "Huggies" at the ballot box.
Although this photo was proven to be not real, Senator Al Franken is no joke. Minnesota voters will have an opportunity to change him in 2014. Maybe this time it won't require three recounts and 1099 felons votes in a race decided by 324 votes to do so.
Applications of Orwellian Politics
At This Point, What Difference Does It Make?
After having four months after the terror attack on the U.S. Embassy annex in Benghazi, Libya which killed Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans, Obama's Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was prepared for battle with somewhat combative Congressional questioning.
In an infamous exchange between Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and the outgoing Secretary of State, Ms. Clinton was pressed about whether the Benghazi situation was precipitated by a spontaneous protest over an obscure internet video as the Obama Administration had maintained for several weeks. The Secretary of State had an angry retort "At this point, what difference does it make?"
This was a strange response from a person who assumed responsibility for the the debacle. Claim to take the wrap and then stop anyone from probing the situation.
Perhaps what counts is the political science adage "Where you stand is where you sit." Or maybe it's where you stand that counts.


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Based in Cork, Ireland, Independent 4-piece Pop Rock band The Elation is made up of Chris (Vocals) Declan (Bass/Keys) Billy (Guitar/Vocals) and Luke (Drums). Releasing their first two tracks 'XO' and 'Catch' earlier in the year the guys really caught my attention. The two tracks are filled with funky dancefloor synths and extremely catchy Pop Rock hooks. They will have your foot tapping and your head bobbing after one listen of these two contagious songs that and left me dying to see what's next for this promising band.
After teaming up to write and record with multi-platinum selling record producer Andy Whitmore out of a London based studio the guys took their band back to their hometown to play a tour to support their single 'XO'
If you haven't heard of 'The Elation' yet then I can assure you that you will over the coming years.
I caught up With Chris from the band in the following interview.
Q: So how did you guys meet?
A: we are based in Cork, Ireland and met through friends in the local live music scene. Cork is quite a small place but always seemed to have quite a good buzz about it when it comes to live gigs. 3 of the members also studied in the Cork School of Music and had played in a couple of bands together through college.
Q: Who are your biggest influences?
A: As a group I think we have quite diverse tastes in music which leads to many drawn out conversations in the van over what is good and what is not😄.As a youngster I was always into the pop/rock thing and to this day claim that blink 182 got me into music. I have always enjoyed listening to wide varieties of music and discovering new stuff in the rock, metal and hip-hop worlds.
These days I am definitely enjoying listening to some old disco and funk. A couple of artists the band can all agree that we love is the likes of Prince,Stevie Wonder, Micheal Jackson and Queen.
Our guitarist Billy won't let me live it down if I don't give his favourite Toto an honourable mention😄. The 1975 are also on all our playlists at the moment.
Q: Tell us more about the song 'Catch'
A: When the band first got together in the summer of 2016. We demoed a bunch of songs and one that kept standing out of that list at the time was 'Catch'.
Catch was an idea Billy(guitar) came to us with, he had a few chords a rhythm and a chorus melody which we all really liked.
We chopped and changed the structure for a couple of months. A funny story actually is I had a USB key with about 40 versions of the original demo of catch on it. I somehow managed to lose the USB on a ferry while we were on tour. The lads told me I should have put the USB in my sock🤣.
Luckily we had a few of the demos backed up and we could salvage a chunk of the ideas. This forced us to demo it even further and create new ideas which I think benefited the song in the long run! At least that's what I tell the lads in the band😊
Lyrically billy and myself co wrote the idea for catch. Billy had the idea for the verses and chorus and I took the pre chorus.
It's a song about relationships but what I always found interesting is we wrote about different aspects of the same topic and merged them together. The part I wrote about can be summed up quite well with a Taylor Swift track titled 'I knew you were trouble when you walked in' and Billy's is about being stuck in a relationship and wondering if it's going in the right direction and are we just prolonging the inevitable break up. Some of the meanings to our songs can be a bit of a downer so lads do a good job of making them sound happy😄
Q: What is your song writing process?
A: We wrote Catch and all our songs in our little studio space that we have on the suburbs of the city. A process that we like to try when we write is get a demo down in our studio and then road test it at a gig. Play it live and see how it feels and see what kind of a reaction it gets we find it can be a honest gauge of the song. We usually do this for a month or so and make changes in between before we record it.
Q: What is next for The Elation?
A: We have just finished a bunch of brand new demos and we are heading back to London at the end of April to start recording them plus do a few shows and try and record a video for an upcoming single in the process.
After that we are planning to release our third single at the start of the summer which will lead us into our summer tour of Ireland. We have some cool festivals and venues lined up for this tour like Townlands Carnival and Indiependence festival which are going to be a lot of fun! Our plan for 2017 is to try and release as much music as possible and to gig like crazy.
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/theelationmusic/
Instagram – http://instagram.com/theelation
Video for 'Catch' – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMQz3_q3k5k


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From: Save The Children
Thousands of families have arrived in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, after fleeing new attacks on Christian villages between Wednesday and Thursday night, according to Save the Children. The families, many of them with small children, are sheltering in youth centers, schools and churches in the city of Erbil.
Save the Children is also warning that over the next 24 hours, humanitarian organizations will see thousands more families arriving, seeking sanctuary from Karakosh, Ba'akshiqa and other villages. Most people are arriving with almost nothing and need emergency supplies of food, water and shelter.
Save the Children has built a safe space for children in one of the local youth centres in Erbil, and is distributing mattresses, blankets and food supplies for families packed five to a classroom in local schools.
Families from the town of Karakosh, approximately 50 miles from Erbil, said they dropped everything and ran early Wednesday evening, when they heard shooting and explosions on the outskirts of the town.
Efil, a 14 year-old school boy, said: "I heard the shooting and explosions not far from my house last night, and we saw smoke rising behind the buildings. I was a little scared, but my parents were really frightened for me and my brother and sister. We fled in a hurry and couldn't bring anything. At least it's safe here, but now I don't know where we will stay."
"This is only the latest development in the massive humanitarian crisis which has engulfed Iraq, with hundreds of thousands of children forced to flee with their families to escape the violence in the north and west of the country, " said Tina Yu, Save the Children's country director in Iraq. "We also should not forget that there are already a quarter of a million Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan region of Iraq."
"Save the Children is working across the region to reach the huge number of families who need our help, but an increase in funding for the relief effort from the international community is urgently needed. We are seeking $10m to continue to provide emergency food, water and shelter, as well as long term support and education for children."


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Washington might be Hollywood for ugly people, but every once in a while Hollywood pretties the place up. That was certainly the case when the cast of "Queer Eye" came to the Capitol to advocate for the Equality Act, to the delight of many staffers, members and tourists. Jennifer Shutt discusses how the celebrity advocates used their powers for policy purposes.
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See How Star Wars Looks In LEGO Form
Never underestimate the fun you can have with LEGOs. For Finnish artist Vesa "Avanaut" Lehtimäki, the toy blocks pair rather well with another iconic brand: Star Wars . Avanaut put the two together to recreate scenes from of The Empire Strikes Back — and did a perfect rendition if you ask us. Check out the play-by-play in the above gallery.


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So let's talk about Joseph. After I read the reading for today I just kept thinking Joseph is better than a lot of us. Like, honestly his brothers left him for dead… in a well. I mean he could have easily been furious! He could have easily sent them to their deaths or cursed them or just not been open to them. Yet, he forgave them and he realized that God ordered his steps. If it weren't for them leaving him in that well he wouldn't have the opportunity to work with the Pharaoh and then become a king. In today's society we would say, everything happens for a reason but in when we think about it God sent us. Just like Joseph God sent us so that we could be a blessing to someone or because that is simply where he needed us to be at the time.
I met my husband at 18 years old in college. We didn't date then and we were just friends but 8 years later we reconnected and we're now entering into our third year of marriage. Prior to us dating God lead me to Kansas which was nowhere near family but God needed me here and that is where I reconnected with my husband. Allow God to send you where you need to be and although it may not be a fun process always trust God anyway.
I encourage you to look at the events in your life and see how God has sent you to learn, grow, and live the way he planned. Think back on a time that you questioned why you were doing something and see how that led you to where you are today.
All the Best on this Monday!


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So I am in my early 40's, prime of my life. When I was in my 30's a nasty little thing called kidney disease tried to stop me in my tracks !
I live in Sheffield, UK with my wife Jo and soon to depart No.1 step son.
I lead a very busy and active life which includes being a managing director of a refrigeration company, chair of SAKA (Sheffield Area Kidney Association), chair of the NKF (National Kidney Federation) also I assist my wife in her business activities as a florist called Valerie of Dore.
I was very fortunate that in December 2009 I received the gift of life from my wife Jo. She donated me a kidney which has transformed our life's back to normality.
My main aim in writing this blog is to try and raise awareness of kidney diseases, organ donation and to ensure kidney patients get the best care possible as well as opportunities to receive a gift of life. Too many people die in this world needing a transplant and its time this stopped.
I know what you are all saying, what is this jelly fish picture all about ? Well this will no doubt change but until I get suitable pictures of my task ahead it reminds me of a fabulous holiday we had in California. I met this most amazing creature in Monterrey and I cant't get them out of my head !


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C: Medieval
January 30th, 2010
by Alex Austin
C:Medieval is an amazingly ambitious take on the 100 Things theme. Probably because up to 100 people can play this game at once! Destroy your opponents in Zelda style combat, and upgrade your character at the end of the round.
Seriously though, you guys need to try this game out, because fighting the computer alone is HARD (I'm pretty sure it cheats!).
From the Artist
C:Medieval is a 100 player online arcade game based on medieval combat. Up to 4 players can play on one PC whether it is a server or client. The combat is similar to Zelda or Gauntlet, at the end of each round players can buy new titles, armor and weapons.
It probably took more than 7 days full-time to complete, multiplayer games are frickin hard to make.
It follows the theme because there is 100 things, and the things are (possibly) made of people!
Download and play: HERE
Nice work. :) Too bad not more people are playing but the levelling is pretty balanced and it is impressive to see a game with 100 things that are fully developed like that.
I enjoyed seeing the ATASCII extended character set graphics for the first time in ages.
I love the progression and the even playing fiend between bot and player. It can be very hard fighting one on one, and when the tides clash, strategy can even come into play. The graphics, being simple, are very unique. If this game saw some more development, I'd be willing to pay for a fleshed-out version.
Definitely worth money, and being free, you really must get it.
good job. nice use of theme. keep it up.
Wow! That looks difficult!
Thanks for info, GBIT! Looks like a must have!


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In working with others—teammates, clients, vendors—the most successful relationships I've had have been those that have evolved beyond responsibilities and outputs and reach down deeper into a friendship based on mutual trust and respect. These are my go-to people. What differentiates these relationships from those that sustain themselves at a healthy functional level (that is, relationships that don't go beyond surface conversations)? The relationships that have taken a life of their own and move beyond the basics demonstrate a common theme: effective communication.
I cannot say whether these partners exist on a different wavelength and effective communication therefore comes naturally to our engagements or if we simply caught each other at the right time and in the right place. I can say that these partnerships revolve around deep mutual respect and as a result a willingness to listen, reflect, and engage in conversations at a new level. These conversations move from functioning to creating. Living in the world of creation requires more than hearing; it requires listening which takes the physical experience of sound to a place that is able to forge new territories in work and in partnership.
My curiosity about what does and does not work in communication and in determining how to more quickly move all client, vendor, and teammate relationships into the world of partnership has led me to examine all kinds of materials on effective communication. Over time, I'll cover various aspects of communication that together will distinguish how functional relationships can more quickly be moved into a world of creative partnership.
In People Skills, by Robert Bolton, the author covers a list of Dirty Dozen communication roadblocks that many of us employ when we converse with others. Aside from demonstrating genuine interest in body language and by making eye contact, how we facilitate conversations with our listening largely depends on how fluidly we place ourselves in the other person's shoes. If we can sit in the world of the speaker, we can engage in the kind of conversation that produces partnership and unexpected positive results (vs. functional relationships). The 12 tendencies that are most powerful in blocking a relationship from developing into partnership run the gamut and are likely part of every person's repertoire. If you're having a hard time imagining these blocks in action, imagine a high stakes or highly emotional situation and how each would be ineffective in moving the relationship towards partnership.
- Criticizing (negative evaluation)
- Name calling
- Diagnosing or analyzing
- Evaluative praise
Sending Solutions
- Ordering
- Threatening
- Moralizing (preaching the "shoulds" and "oughts" as defined by the listener)
- Excessive questioning
- Advising
Avoiding Other's Concerns
- Diverting
- Providing a logical argument
- Reassuring (stopping the speaker from experiencing the emotions associated with their words)
For the next two weeks watch how you listen and when you employ any of the Dirty Dozen. In my self-examination, I noticed I lean heavily on two particular road blocks: providing a logical argument and reassuring others. By eliminating these temporarily from my conversational vocabulary, I've noticed others sharing more information and ideas with me when typically these conversations would have ended (albeit happily and in good graces) with little shift or transformation from relationship to partnership.
As the Buddha so beautifully described, "[Listening] is very simple. You only have to be mindful of two things: Listen attentively to others when they are talking and even more attentively to yourself when you are talking."


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九巴的70號巴士停駛了。這也可以說是我的童年回憶隨著都市的步伐加快而停止。其實在我讀中學的八十年代,70號的影響力已經開始放慢。那時吐露港公路剛剛啟用,快線的巴士服務漸漸搶走乘客,但是最主要的原因是火車的電氣化計劃。從1983開始,火車慢慢把新界與九龍的距離拉近。從前花一個多小時的車程縮短為三十六分鐘左右。見新聞報道 和 背景資料 或另一個寫得很詳細的博客。 So a bus route that sort of grew up with me, or vice versa is no more. Blame it on the increasing fast pace of city life in Hong Kong. The trip on No. 70 has a lot of personal spin to it. In the past my family, more often my father and I would ride from terminus to terminus (Jordan Road in Kowloon and Sheung Shui in the New Territories). Withchanging pace in Hong Kong at lightning speed, it is actually quite amazing the No. 70 bus survived so long. When I was studying in Mong Kok and living in Sheung Shui from 1984 to 1987, I took the bus sometimes, just for the fun of it, even though the train would get me home in like 40 minutes. In the very old days, early 1980s in Sheung Shui, buses arriving would have to turned onto the opposite lane and back into the "parking lot" which looked more like just a dirt pit, as it wasn't even paved with cement.
I guess the bus route witness the changing of population density, neighbourhoods, sceneries, etc. I always thought it was the longest bus route in Hong Kong, the trip itself was something, not quite a pilgrimage, but long, taking at times one and a half hours with traffic LOL. Now that it had served it purpose, like many aspects of life Hong Kong, exists only in our memories and contributes to the ever growing nostalgia. Some blog pictures on the buses are here.
Le Jardin des plantes de Taichung
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The first thing that you might want to consider is the main function of the screen in your porch. If you are using the screen for the safety from the bugs, then you can simply pick the standard screen with the clothing material. However, if you are looking for the safety from the human too, then the metal screen will be better. The second is the shade of the screen. This is one thing that some people regret after they have installed the screen for their porch. That is because some people love to have the shady feeling from their porch. However, they accidentally choose the transparent screen porch that will let the light of the sun comes through the screen.
Screen porch can be considered as one nice safety feature that you can have for your porch. That is because the screen can protect you from many things starting from the small insects to the worst, robbery. As an addition to that, you will not need to worry about anything if you have covered your porch with screen. If you are thinking about adding the screen for your porch, then you might want to start considering some of these things first.
The next consideration is the durability of the screen. Basically, for the durable screen you just need to pick the best material for example, some type of metals just cannot endure the heavy rain and will easily get rust under the rain. However, some others are not. The similar thing happens to the clothing material for the screen. Therefore, you will need to choose it carefully. For your information, this one last consideration is closely related with the budget that you need to spend for the screen. If you have a lot of money, then it will be better for you to pick the nice quality screen.
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The recipes of the week, Chocolate Chicken Mole [1] and Mexican Red Rice [2] are full of bold and robust flavors and can stand up to a full bodied wine but Gary, our wine expert says to steer clear of any tannic red wines because the heat from the chipotle pepper and chili powder will likely make any tannic red wine unpleasantly spicy.
Instead try a lighter red wine with low tannins and higher acidity to cleanse the plate and cut some of the spiciness. A wine such as Capcanes Peraj Petita [3] (that's a GKC fav!), Ovadia Estates Morellino Di Scansano [4] (Can't wait to try that one), or Israel's Domaine Netofa Red [5] pair nicely with these dishes.


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Merrieweathers Stables and Hayloft are on the East Sussex/Kent boundary in an area of outstanding natural beauty and within easy reach of London, Heathrow and Gatwick.
Approached by a half mile wood lined drive with stunning views of the Sussex countryside Merrieweathers is in an idyllic setting, surrounded by fields and woodlands situated on the edge of the historic charming village, Mayfield.
Mayfield is generally accepted to be one of the finest villages in East Sussex with its elegant main street full of attractive medieval buildings. It is a village bustling with activity with its wide variety of shops, a delicatessen selling local produce, butchers, fine wines, tea rooms and two pubs.
The spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells (10.5 miles) has the delightful Pantiles, famous for its grand architecture and cobbled streets; the perfect place to stop for a coffee or a light lunch at one of its delightful coffee shops or restaurants. Battle (15 miles), the site of the 1066 Battle of Hastings, is steeped in history with a multitude of castles and historic sites to visit.
The large seaside towns of Eastbourne (22 miles) and Brighton (28 miles) are within easy reach. The pretty seaside town of Rye (27 miles) has a rich selection of specialist and antique shops, and to the East of Rye you will find Camber Sands; a popular sandy beach with picturesque dunes.
Transport links are easily accessible with the nearest mainline railway station at Wadhurst (6.5 miles, Charing Cross one hour)) together with the A22 and A26 providing fast connections to the M25 link to central London, Gatwick (30 miles) and Heathrow (65 miles).
Merrieweathers Stables
Local Produce
The region is rich in local produce and is of the highest quality. East Sussex is renowned for its apple juice, sparkling wine, beer and beef as well as cheese. There are a number of farmers selling produce straight from the farm and also markets. Heathfield famers market (5 miles) runs on the 3rd Saturday of every month. In Mayfield village is a delicatessen which stocks local cheese and wine and the butcher supplies local meat, perfect for barbecues.


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The Benefits of Offshore Outsourcing
The Benefits of Offshore Outsourcing The New IT Job Scene Adobe CEO on Open-Source Software and Competition
- The Benefits of Offshore Outsourcing
- the new it job scene
- adobe ceo on open-source software and competition
the new it job scene
all the emphasis on offshore jobs is obscuring an important trend: information technology jobs are changing dramatically. though many it jobs are still out there, you won't find the huge demandor the huge salaries and generous optionsthat we saw in the dot-com era. during that period, many companies had trouble filling open positions, which led to higher wages. now that we're back to normal, wages have retreated too.
increased productivity also plays a key role in the new it job scene: it support requires fewer people than it once did. windows 2000, windows xp, and mac os x are far from perfect, but there's no question that they are more stable than windows 95 or 98, or mac os 8 or 9. as a result, companies need fewer people to support them. (and if we can ever get spam and viruses under control, we'll need even fewer support personnel.)
meanwhile, server consolidation and better desktop management have been significant trends for a long time, resulting in the need for fewer it jobs. these trends are also reflected in job statistics. it jobs won't disappear altogether, but we may need fewer of them.
perhaps the biggest transformation taking place is in programming. the number of computer science majors has dropped significantly, a big concern because these are the people who would have their names on the next great innovations in software. in many cases, the best computer science graduate students are going into finance or biotechnology, because programming has now reached many industries outside traditional it.
more important, programming has gotten much easier. although a limited number of people can program in c, a lot more people can program in javascript, perl, or visual basic.
in large businesses, the nature of programming is on the verge of change. given the emergence of reusable objects and web services, programming is often a matter of linking things together. we still need experts to build the underlying components and the basic infrastructure, but i suspect that managers will be able to take these components and create applications that match their business processes without going through the traditional it process.
this new way of working changes it. for an extreme example, consider what happened to typists and keypunch operators three decades ago. their jobs disappeared as everyone adopted their skills. the same thing won't happen in it, because we still need component creation, management, and innovation. but it won't surprise me if the future holds fewer traditional it jobs and a lot more jobs in other fields that require it and programming skills.


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An experimental cannabis-based drug has successfully treated children with a rare form of severe epilepsy in a keenly anticipated clinical trial, more than doubling the value of its maker GW Pharmaceuticals.
The study of GW's Epidiolex in Dravet syndrome is the first of four final-stage Phase III epilepsy trials, with results expected this year, that the drugmaker hopes will confirm the therapeutic benefits of cannabinoids, the active ingredients found in marijuana.
GW said on Monday the 120-patient trial showed patients taking Epidiolex achieved a median reduction in monthly convulsive seizures of 39 percent compared with a reduction on placebo of 13 percent.
The difference was highly statistically significant and optimism about the drug's future sales sent shares in GW up 125 percent by 1230 GMT.


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One of the reasons I decided to start blogging is I would see certain news items and feel a need to respond in some way. What better way to blow off that steam then to write down some of my thoughts. I suppose I could instead write down some stuff on a piece of paper, roll it up, stick it in a bottle and toss it in the river. They say that can be cathartic. But, maybe this way a few people will actually read what I have to say, and might even comment.
One issue I feel strongly about is abortion. The coverage on the news is one-sided and generally never gets to the core question of the debate. The pro-life movement is depicted by images of radical protesters, bombed abortion clinics, and murdered doctors, while on the pro-choice side they present emotional stories of poor, unfortunate woman who are fighting for their rights to decide what they can do with their own bodies.
And then there is Neal Boortz. I like Neal. I'd enjoy sitting down over a beer and chatting with him. It would be a hoot, and we'd probably agree more than we disagree. One thing we don't agree on, though, is abortion. He usually avoids the subject, which is a good thing, because he will not take any calls about it on his show. He and his staff call it the "Big A". Sometimes, though, he can't help himself and violates his own rule. He'll make a crazy, inflammatory statement and then not allow for rebuttal. It sure seems cowardly to me.
Something he said on the air about six months ago got me riled enough to take the time to figure out how to load WordPress and get this blog thing going. Okay, so it may look like it took a while for me to get motivated, but in fairness to myself, I did send in a letter to the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC)–actually, twice. Neither time was my letter published. Now that I think about it, that was kind of like throwing them in the river, and it didn't make me feel any better.
So, I figured I would publish the text of my letter here. Thanks, Neal, for giving me the final push to get started blogging. I feel better already.
To the editor:
Neal Boortz is usually fearless when it comes to defending his opinions, and much of the time I agree with him. There is one topic, though, in which he will not engage, and that is abortion (or as he and his staff call it, the big "A"). Since he is happy to make his opinion known on air, but will not allow responses, I hope the paper will run an opposing viewpoint.
A few weeks ago Neal was complaining about a story that referred to a person's stance against abortion as "pro-life". He said those against abortion should instead be called "anti-choice". He further said that the government should not be able to force a woman "at gun point" to have a baby she doesn't want to have. Since he will not take phone calls, emails, or even "tweets" on the subject, I can only assume that he either knows he cannot defend his position against a logical argument, or he thinks those he would interact with would be religious fanatics, and therefore not worth his time.
The fact is, anyone who is presented with the facts and gives it some thought will eventually agree that abortion should be illegal. It all comes down to one simple question – what is the unborn? There is no reason to complicate that. At the moment of conception, a new human life is formed, with its own unique DNA, and its own intrinsic value. All that changes over time is the level of development. Like any human person, we all start as a single cell, and we progress through a variety of developmental stages throughout our lives. We don't value toddlers intrinsically more than babies, or teenagers more than toddlers. This is a case where size or ability doesn't matter.
Furthermore, Neal is a lawyer and fan of the Constitution, so I would like to hear him defend why the Constitution should grant a woman the ability to take the life of her unborn child based on a contrived decision around the "right to privacy" in the fourteenth amendment. I also hope he would agree that the government should not allow a mother to kill her newly born baby simply because she decides she doesn't want it. If we don't permit that, why then should we let her kill her unborn child, at any point. A newly conceived life is an innocent human being that is intrinsically valuable just as a new born baby is. We grant the government the power to protect the weak and helpless, and who fits that description more so than the unborn.
Tell me what you think. Blow off some steam in the comment section below. It's way better than a bottle and a river–or even an unpublished letter to the AJC.


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Deciphering an HIN
How to read your boat's "birth certificate" by Don Launer
Unless you have a really old boat, you probably have a set of 12 characters embedded on the upper starboard side of your boat's transom. This is your boat's birth certificate, the Hull Identification Number (HIN). It shows the parent-age and date of birth of your vessel. This identification is similar to the 17-character automobile identification number that's on the lower left side of any auto dashboard close to the windshield -- the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). All boats that were either manufactured or imported after November 1, 1972, are required by law to have an HIN and -- just as you would have a duplicate of your own birth certificate -- it's a good idea to record your HIN or a rubbing of it in your records.
The HIN on my schooner, Delphinus. THB represents the builder, Ted Hermann Boats. It is hull #31, and uses the pre-1984 straight-year format, with 08 representing August and 80 for 1980.
In addition to manufactured boats, this regulation also applies to backyard boatbuilders. Even though an individual plans to build a boat for his own use, he must obtain the 12-character HIN number from his state's boating agency. In the case of a home-built boat, the first three characters in the HIN, which are the Manufacturer's Identification Code, are composed of the 2-character state identification followed by "Z" -- indicating a home-built boat. Thus, for a home-built boat in Minnesota, the first three characters in the HIN would be "MNZ."
The 12-character HIN bears no relationship to your state boat registration number, the number you apply to the port and starboard sides of your bow (unless your boat is documented). Instead, the HIN is federally mandated. In spite of the fact that it is a federal number, it must be shown on the state boat-registration certificate.
To read your boat's birth certificate, you have to be able to decipher the format of those 12 characters on the stern. There have been several formats for the HIN over the years, and it's probable that new formats will emerge in the future. From its inception on November 1, 1972, the HIN was designated by one of two formats.
The manufacturer had a choice of using either the model-year format or the straight-year format, both of which identified the month and year of production.
• Characters 1, 2, and 3 of the HIN are the Manufacturer's Identification Code, and are assigned by the federal government.
• Characters 4 through 8 are the alpha-numeric serial number, which is assigned at the discretion of the manufacturer (I, O, or Q cannot be used in this serial number).
• In the model-year format, the 9th character will always be M, indicating the manufacturer is using the model year format. Then characters 10 and 11 indicate the year, and character 12 is a letter indicating a month, starting with August. Thus, if characters 9 through 12 of the HIN were "M80B," the boat was built in September of 1980. Why the lettering of the months in the model year system began with August is incomprehensible.
• In the numerical straight-year format, characters 9 through 12 are simply the month and year of production. Thus, 0879 would indicate August 1979.
This Hunter sailboat shows the manufacturer's code, HUN, and since the hull is pre-1984, the model-year format was selected. Many manufacturers add additional, optional information to the goverment'mandated HIN. In this case, the -27 included after the 12-character HIN shows that this boat is their 27-foot model.
Optional, as of January 1, 1984, was a new-format version, simply called new format. This format became mandatory August 1, 1984, replacing the two previous formats.
• In the new format, characters 1, 2, and 3 of the HIN are still the Manufacturer's Identification Code. Sometimes the letters of this manufacturer's code easily identify the manufacturer. In other cases they bear no relationship to the manufacturer's name.
• Characters 4 through 8 are still the alpha-numeric serial number assigned at the discretion of the manufacturer. Some of these manufacturer-assigned characters are laid out very logically, and some defy logic. On a 37-footer, which is hull #51, the number might be 37051; but it also might be a set of characters that only makes sense to the builder.
• Character 9 indicates the month of manufacture or certification. A designates January, B February, and so on through December (a big improvement over the original lettering system that started in August).
• Character 10 is a numeral that indicates the last digit of the year of manufacture or certification.
• Characters 11 and 12 indicate the model year. Thus, 82 would indicate the boat's model year was 1982.
• Some manufacturers also add additional information after the HIN, such as -27, which might indicate that this is their 27-foot model.
After August 1, l984, boat manufacturers were required to display two identical Hull Identification Numbers, one on the outside starboard side of the transom, within two inches of the top of the transom, gunwale, or hull-to-deck joint, whichever is lowest. On boats where this is impossible, such as double-enders, the HIN must be on the starboard side of the hull, within one foot of the stern and within two inches from the top of the hull, gunwale, or deck joint.
The second HIN must be inside the hull in an unexposed location or beneath a fitting or item of hardware.
The HIN characters, both inside and outside the hull, must be no smaller than ¼-inch high, but many manufacturers make them much larger. It is illegal for anyone to alter or remove one of these numbers without written permission of the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
Although the HIN provides a great birth certificate for your boat, there are a few hitches in the system:
• One problem is that foreign manufacturers might use a Manufacturer's Code that is not listed in the United States or might use the same letters as an unrelated U.S. manufacturer. Some United States builders have taken it on their own to add "US" to their HIN to establish the country of origin and solve this problem.
• The present 12-character HIN is becoming obsolete and outdated in today's global marketplace. For years the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators has been recommending that the HIN be increased to 17 characters -- the same number of characters as your automobile's VIN. This expanded HIN would allow additional important information, such as the country of origin, type of vessel, hull material, length of vessel, propulsion, and fuel type.
For now, the 12-character HIN system will serve you as you trace the lineage of the boat you own or the boat you plan to buy . . . until the next format change comes along, of course.
Author's bio
Don Launer is a Good Old Boat contributing editor. He has held a USCG captain's license for more than 20 years. He built his two-masted schooner, Delphinus , from a bare hull and sails it on the East Coast from his home on Barnegat Bay in New Jersey.


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Photographer's Note
Last Friday Lello Di Segni died. Surely this name is not known abroad. He was the last survivor of deportation from the Jewish ghetto of Rome on October 16, 1943. He was born on November 4, 1926: he was therefore 17 years old when he was arrested along with his father, mother and two little sisters. He was taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau where he was tattooed the registration number 157722. And what you see is the entrance to an old Jewish library in the Krakow ghetto. Another witness is gone, but books will forever keep our memory fresh.
Lo scorso Venerdi è morto Lello Di Segni. Sicuramente questo nome non è conosciuto all'estero. Era l'ultimo sopravvissuto alla deportazione dal ghetto ebraico di Roma del 16 ottobre 1943. Era nato il 4 novembre del 1926: aveva dunque 17 anni quando fu arrestato insieme a padre, madre e due sorelline. Fu portato ad Auschwitz-Birkenau dove gli fu tatuato il numero di matricola 157722. E quella che vedete è l'entrata di una vecchia libreria ebraica del ghetto di Cracovia. Un altro testimone se n'è andato, ma resteranno per sempre i libri a rinfrescarci la memoria.
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pierrefonds (93625) 2018-10-27 16:59
Bonsoir Luciano,
C,est vrai, les gens partent mais les écrits restent. La prise de vue permet de voir les détails des panneaux publicitaires. La lumière a un bel effet sur les couleurs de l'image. Bonne soirée.
jimmyjimmy (4242) 2018-10-27 17:51
Hello Luciano
An almost dark image in feeling and subject. Very well placed POV on this buiolding facade. A perfect note to give an idea of what we were looking at.
pajaran (92238) 2018-10-27 23:27
Dobar dan.
Lep pogled, dobar tekst, lepo secanje na Lello Di Segni ...
Lepo pokazano, dobar kontrast, lepe boje.
Lepa stara fasada sa gvozdenim vratima i resetkama na prozorima.
Lepa stara jevrejska biblioteka.
Zelim vam lep dan za odmor, sve najbolje.
emka (139302) 2018-10-27 23:38
Ciao Luciano,
With your note, said photo. interesting old library with Jewish books, maybe also the exhibition place. Excellent composition, excellent sharpness, looks like a HDR picture.
KInd regards Malgo
jemaflor (125791) 2018-10-28 0:01
Salut Luciano,
Intéressante photo au sujet de cette ancienne librairie, c'est bien cadré et le rendu est excellent entre luminosité et netteté, bonne contribution dans la catégorie histoire.
ifege (20993) 2018-10-28 0:04
Hi Luciano
Yes - not somone I've ever heard of. The building is a beautiful old one with lots of history showing.
Well spotted.
papagolf21 (145160) 2018-10-28 0:12
Bonjour, cher Luciano,
Merci de rendre hommage (justifié) à cet homme à travers cette prise de vue.
L'image nous parle.
alvaraalto (38696) 2018-10-28 0:45
Hello Luciano,
A beautiful, powerful presentation, so that we will not forget.
Performed with this beautiful moody photo.
Excellent work
Have a good Sunday, groet Rob
Fis2 (142753) 2018-10-28 1:12
Witaj Luciano!
Interesting old facade, curious gate and windows.
Good framing, colors and light.
Photo has atmosphere.
Well done.
Nice subday.
Tue (71978) 2018-10-28 1:16
Hello Luciano,
A very good photo of this old bookshop. I really like the play of light and shadow touching the façade and showing the many details and textures perfectly. Great work.
kasianowak (14043) 2018-10-28 1:54
Ciao Luciano
Well chosen photo for the tribute to the last living survivor of this tragedy in Rome, taken in another place where the same atrocities were happening.
Well spotted and captured image.
Have a nice Sunday
ChrisJ (152474) 2018-10-28 2:07
Hello Luciano
I like the minimalist colour and sepia like tones. Perfect sharpness and nice textural details in the crumbling walls & exposed red bricks plastered here and there. The bookshop sign in several languages adds a focal point. Tfs!
holmertz (83376) 2018-10-28 2:30
Hello Luciano,
If it wasn't for the signs reminding us of the dark past, this wall could almost have qualified for a collection os "street art". What must have been a fine wall is now very dilapidated, similarly to walls that often attract graffiti painters. I rather enjoy this blend of fine architectural details and cracked plaster where the bricks are seen. But the message sent by this wall is very different from most such buildings. It's a very interesting and original composition.
Kind regards,
Bonjour Luciano
J'aime bien ces façades décrépies et l'affiche et le nom de la librairie, on dirait que celà a été pris il y a longtemps, comme une vielle carte postale
bon dimanche
jmdias (92039) 2018-10-28 2:46
very nice the damaged structure with rich details of architecture and the portrait telling the history. nice job.
take care
Nicou (188540) 2018-10-28 2:48
Quel rendu sur cette facade de librairie avec ces deux affiches entre la fenêtre grillagée quel rendu ancien sur la pierre sueprbe compo on voit des livres au travers de la fenêtre superbe
Bravo et beau dimanche
Royaldevon (64382) 2018-10-28 3:08
Ciao Caro Luciano,
I like how you have been able to link this to your previous series.
It was widely reported in the U.K. about the death of this last survivor.
I'm astonished that in 1943, he was already no. 157,722! What an inhumane tragedy!
This building does not resemble what we would imagine to be a bookshop but wow, I would love to explore it! It oozes character and history! As you say, the words are written for all to read and remember!
Thanks for this,
Bev :-)
snunney (130965) 2018-10-28 3:33
Hello Luciano,
At least he lived to tell the tale; countless others did not of course. An interesting study in tone and texture, very well realised under a sympathetic ambient light.
dale54 (16072) 2018-10-28 4:03
luciano my friend hello and good morning to you..this shot has a wonderful feel to it,wonderful texture to this too! tfs dale
Silvio1953 (191323) 2018-10-28 5:47
Ciao Luciano, bella la foto con ottimi dettagli, ma bella soprattutto la nota, i libri son la nostra memoria, non a caso inquisizione e nazisti ne hanno fatto roghi, gran fascino la vecchia libreria e bella commemorazione per l'ultimo sopravvissuto dalla deportazione del ghetto ebraico, bravo, ciao Silvio Berlusconi
Cricri (176) 2018-10-28 9:27
Ciao Luciano
Un bel hommage a ce jeune homme Lello Di Segni, bonne présentation de cette vielle librairie, intéressante note , présentation
Bonne soirée
adramad (62750) 2018-10-28 9:38
Hi Luciano.
Sad and good biographical note about this recently deceased man, certainly the books do not forget anything and everything is written, a very old facade of this Jewish bookstore, which has undoubtedly lived the whole history developed in the city, great realism and textures
A good photo, with nice natural colors, very good lighting and excellent sharpness.
Well done. I love.
Enjoy, Sunday.
Very best regards.
jhm (191443) 2018-10-28 10:42
Ciao Luciano,
We get a picture out of the reality during WW II.
A very difficult time for the Jewish people, a stain in the history about Europe
Splendid old architecture
Composition and presentation are pleasant to look at.
Very well done, TFS.
Best regards,
boa (8039) 2018-10-28 12:07
Hi Luciano,
I like the facade of this building very much, much better this way than restored probably. The dark history of mankind is terrible and it's important that we are aware of it and hopefully will learn. (which I doubt) Excellent note, tfs!
Have a nice evening/
jean113 (16127) 2018-10-28 13:02
Hello Luciano, interesting notes to accompany this picture.
It is an old and dilapidated building and yet full of character.
I expect that there are some treasures inside; I love books!
Thanks for sharing, regards Jean.
mcmtanyel (54649) 2018-10-28 13:37
Hello Luciano,
And how quickly we forget, especially with the latest shootings in Pittsburgh, this is a fact we need to remind ourselves over and over again. 👍👍
carlo62 (81029) 2018-10-28 16:06
Ciao Luciano
difficile commentare la foto, soprattutto se accompagnata da questa nota.
Non ci sono parole, o si tratta l'argomento da tecnici, per cui con distacco, raccontando solo i fatti, oppure è veramente difficile descrivere pensieri e sensazioni che sconvolgono la vita di un intero popolo utilizzando metodi simili.
Bella foto, ottimo effetto hdr.
rychem (68021) 2018-10-28 21:41
This is a special place, the old library should keep the memory of old and sad times, very well captured
regards ryszard
mkamionka (53844) 2018-10-29 1:37
Ciao Luciano,
sad story and a wonderful dedication and also a way to keep the memory alive.
On one hand the books are there with the knowledge available but witnesses of course speak with a stronger voice than books and it is such a loss to not have them around anymore.
Interesting spot photographed here, It was rather grey I see so your processing emphasized it a bit.
Great documentary,
tyro (29026) 2018-10-29 2:04
Ciao caro Luciano,
You have told us a poignant and distressing story about Lello Di Segni (of whom I must confess I had never heard) and the tone of this photograph also has a certain poignancy too with the dark crumbling façade of this old bookshop standing in shade while the welcoming doorway on the left is more brightly lit.
A superb presentation with fine composition and subtle lighting - and the poster next to the doorway certainly reminds us of the sufferings. Fine colours, perfect exposure and exquisite details and sharpness.
Thank you for this potent reminder.
Kind Regards,
abmdsudi (81652) 2018-10-29 3:20
Hi Luciano
The crop focuses the eye right into the pic which emphasises the aged rustic walls which carry enough interest to make it an effective photograph. An interesting piece well grabbed,
Best regards
sacimar (36907) 2018-10-29 5:18
Ciao Luciano,
good title and good note, books will forever keep our memory fresh... interesting image of this old library facade, I like it, well done,
Best regards,
ikeharel (98856) 2018-10-29 9:47
Interesting note to read, Luciano, something I never knew about Krakow (even as my late mother-in-law told us about her childhood there).
Hope the premises will be best kept, because books not always survive horrors...
Thanks for uploadng this one.
Buona serata,
claudeD (47754) 2018-10-29 10:32
Hello Luciano,
wow! what an amazing picture you are sharing here with us on TE. Excellent composition, fine sharpness and clarity. Very good note.TFS.
With regards deom Luxembourg
peterpap (2863) 2018-10-29 19:44
Hello Luciano beautiful picture. I like the colors and the old building. Besides that, the underlying topic of Jewish deportation is no longer a topic of mine, time has passed and the victim named David has grown into Goliath committing himself the same crimes today what he has suffered back then. I just cannot sympathize any more regarding his behaviour occupying Palestinian land, claiming to negotiate peace but upholding and even expanding the multi decade landgrab while its army snipers are shooting dead Palestinien children who have a stone in their hands far away on the other side of the ghetto fence. And the world is looking the other way because it is reminded what they have done during the Nazi time. Perfectly played mechanism of guilt by being reminded all the time, I just dont want to leave this uncommented.
gervaso (27399) 2018-10-30 8:29
Hello, Luciano!
Another great photo on this theme, with interesting light and very good textures of the old walls, which makes the scene very attractive! Wonderful composition! Well done!
macjake (92637) 2018-10-30 14:47
Hi Luciano
wow, great post here my friend. what a tribute. i'm actually lost for words on this one. a very cool HDR effect but i'm sure there will be others who will not like it. fine TE tribute. cheers
BennyV (30466) 2018-10-31 3:45
Being a big reader myself, I could not miss out on this one. A great shot to share, Luciano. Thanks & keep reading.
PaulVDV (49024) 2018-11-02 2:59
Hello Luciano,
No, books don't die but unfortunately there are people who deny the history and atrocities. This despite the many testimonies.
A good clear and sharp picture to remind us of the horrors of the Holocaust.
Best regards, Paul
Ciao Luciano
foto storica e piena di memoria di una bruta epoca
ottimo quadro e interesante nota
cari saluti e buona serata
worldcitizen (12762) 2018-11-02 16:57
Ciao Luciano,
I didn't know the name of Lello Di Segni, but it was good to learn about him, and know that he survived. This old facade has a lot of character. If only walls could talk, who knows the stories they would also tell. I also like the bookshop sign, written in several different languages.
aliabazari (17242) 2018-12-20 11:54
Hi dear friend Luciano
I like this view from the library. Exposure is good and the colors are excellent. Thanks for sharing
PiotrF (42764) 2019-10-04 14:49
Hello Luciano,
Interesting view of old library .
I like nice composition, beautiful colours and good quality.
Thank you for interesting notes.
Fine presentation.
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- Copyright: Luciano Gollini (lousat) (121085)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2018-08-18
- Categories: Event
- Camera: Sony DSC HX200v
- Exposure: 30 seconds
- Map: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2018-10-27 16:30


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The Petite Ceinture is a 17 mile railway circumscribing central Paris. It was built in 1852 to connect the Gares of Paris, became one of the world's first suburban transit systems, and fell into disuse during the 1930's as the Paris Metro succeeded it in efficiency. Today it is abandoned and little known, preserved by indecision over its future. It is a retreat from the city, and a home for underground culture. In places raised up, depressed or underground, it is an exceptional place to look back upon the city of Paris.
This is a rough journal of what I've found on the P.C. as well as during walks around Paris.
This is a rough journal of what I've found on the P.C. as well as during walks around Paris.
jeudi 29 mai 2008
First glimpses of the Ceinture! - Walking form Porte de Clignancourt (N) to Porte de la Villette (NE)
The day was typically overcast, and I walked north from my apartment in Chateau Rouge along Rue Barbes to Porte Clignancourt (18me Arrondisement). I had found the Petite Ceinture! Porte de Clignancourt is especially busy - one of the main intersections between a major N-S Parisian Rue (Barbes) and the Peripherique. The P.C. runs in a trench at this point, and roads are laid over it with broad bridges. I had to look for a while before I found it.
I couldn't gain access (high green fences are the trademark P.C. obstacle), and was grateful for it - it felt exposed with all the looming apartment and office blocks around it, and I was nervous about trespassing, especially without speaking any French. Fortunately there's a major road that runs parallel to the P.C. - Blvd. Ney, which turns into Blvd. MacDonald heading east (I learned later that these Blvd.s are named after Napoleon I's generals). I followed the sidewalk and took photos as I went. The Blvd. Ney-MacDonald dips, and the P.C. runs at grade for at least 1.5km. It was easy to see onto the track, and it was along this stretch that I noticed the tunnel that clearly connected the P.C. to Gare du Nord (there was a maintenance train sitting in it).
Around Rue de la Chapelle the P.C. forks away from the Boulevard, and the standard 6-10 floor office/apartment blocks sit between the Blvd. and track. I had lost the track. At Rue D'Aubervilliers I found the track again - running under the large bridge bridge connecting inner and outer Paris. By this point, several other train tracks had merged with the Petite Ceinture - it was becoming a railyard, possibly a shunting yard. The view from the bridge was impressive - derelict railway furniture against a backdrop of relentless apartment towers that reminded me of the Hot Fuss album cover. Without hopping down onto the track, I could no longer follow it. Another day.
I turned back into Central Paris along Rue d'Aubervilliers and tried to get lost in the 19me. I found a great bookshop, and spent some time trying to find a book on the Petite Ceinture with the patient book keeper - Armand. Success! It's called Petite Ceinture - a collection of short stories by 27 authors about their experience with the railroad. Unfortunately it's in French. I was surprised that there's a literary circle that has evolved from the P.C.
I spent some more time wondering, and eventually headed into the center of Paris, in search of the Ecole de Beaux Arts. My guide book described it as the first Parisian example of correctly applied classic orders - a notable facade. It was the only building along that stretch of the Seine covered in scaffolding. And it was closed. But there was an art festival taking place behind it, and I stayed until it got dark - in spite of the fact my North Face sweater and tatty jeans were way out of place amongst the dapper Parisians - this is the Rive Gauche today!
Publié par Simon David à 11:15
Libellés : clignancourt, first glimpses, petite ceinture, villette
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"STUDENTS OUT OF BED DOWN THE CHARMS CORRIDOR!" -- Peeves"
The Charms corridor, which contain the Professor Flitwick's Charms Classroom, is located on the third floor of Hogwarts. The forbidden corridor housing Fluffy in PS is nearby.
"Ducking under Peeves they ran for their lives, right to the end of the corridor, where they slammed into a door - and it was locked" (PS9).
"He followed Cedric at a distance, and saw that he was heading towards the Charms corridors" (GF20).