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It's astonishing to think that anatomically modern humans walked on this planet for nearly two hundred millennia before they realized that it was moving.
Then again, you can't really blame us. Even though the equator is spinning at more than a thousand miles per hour, even though our planet is hurtling around our sun at about 66,000 miles per hour, even though our solar system and everything in it is careening around our galaxy at nearly half a million miles per hour, and even though our galaxy is whirling through space at a mind-blowing 1.2 million miles an hour, the very fact that you're not currently clinging to the ground for dear life makes it only natural to think of the Earth as 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe did, as a "hulking, lazy body, unfit for motion."
Nicolaus Copernicus's book, titled "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres," was published the year the Polish astronomer died, in 1543. It marked the beginning of an eclipse of a worldview dominated by the ideas of Aristotle, who believed that the Earth remained at rest while the sun, moon, other planets, and all the stars, which were made of an unchanging substance called aether, revolved around it in perfect circles.
Of course nothing is ever that simple. Our prehistoric ancestors observed five celestial bodies moving independently from the rest of the lights in the sky. These bodies would move slowly across the sky, loop backward for a few months, and then loop forward again. The ancient Greeks called them astēr planētēs, or "wandering stars," and thought them to be living beings.
The looping behavior of these wanderers – whom today we know as the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – presented a problem for ancient astronomers, many of whom would have loved nothing more than to have observed them circling above in a simple, orderly fashion, just as Aristotle said they did. But the heavens demanded a more nuanced explanation.
That explanation was provided by the Alexandrian astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who in the 2nd century AD marshaled more than 800 years of detailed astronomical descriptions to produce a model of the cosmos. In Ptolemy's model, the Earth lay at the center of a series of eight concentric crystalline spheres, each of which had celestial bodies attached to them. Nearest was the sphere holding the moon, followed by Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and finally the sphere of fixed stars.
As for those very inconvenient loop-de-loops, Ptolemy's system had the planets moving not just in large circles, but along smaller circular "epicycles" that were attached to the larger circles. As a result each planet moved not in a circle, but in a clover-shaped path called an epitrochoid.
Ptolemy also noted that the planets failed to appear to move at a uniform speed. So he postulated a place called the equant point, located some distance from the Earth. A hypothetical observer stationed at the equant point, according to Ptolemy, would see the planets moving at a steady pace.
Ptolemy's model was convoluted, but it could accurately predict the positions of the planets a few years out. His model was also backed by the church, who found it consonant with scripture (after all, Joshua's command was that the sun stand still in the sky, not that the Earth stop rotating).
Overall, Ptolemy's system was popular, precise, and plausible, and, in the words of astronomer Carl Sagan it "effectively prevented the advance of astronomy for 1,500 years."
Until Copernicus came along, that is. The Polish polymath was far from being a secular iconoclast who set out to undermine scriptural authority. Indeed, as the Monitor's Steph Solis points out, Copernicus, who took holy orders, remained in good standing with the Catholic church throughout his life. What bothered Copernicus the most about Ptolemy's theory was its ad hoc addition of the equant point, and, most of all, its failure to have every planet moving in an Aristotelean uniform circular motion.
In a short manuscript he distributed in 1514, Copernicus called Ptolemy's system "neither sufficiently absolute nor sufficiently pleasing to the mind."
Copernicus's alternative system proposed that the Earth was a planet, and that all planets moved in perfect circles around the sun, which was close to the center of the universe. The Earth also rotates daily, which accounts for the apparent motion of the sun. He correctly noted that the apparent loop-de-loop of the other planets occurs when our planet overtakes another one on its trip around the sun.
But Copernicus's theory was no simpler than Ptolemy's. Indeed, in his quest to remove the equant point and to restore those perfect Aristotelean circles, Copernicus was forced to have every planet moving along two additional epicycles. What's more, his system was no more accurate than Ptolemy's, in part because Copernicus relied on Ptolemy's 1,500-year-old dataset.
But despite these shortcomings, evidence gradually mounted for a sun-centered universe. In 1609, just as Galileo was pointing his new device, the telescope, at the sky, the German mathematician Johannes Kepler published his first two laws of planetary motion.
Kepler's first law did away with those perfect Aristotelean circles, replacing them with seemingly messy ellipses. But Kepler's second law uncovered a mathematical regularity that was far more sublime than anything Aristotle had imagined. Observing that planets move faster when they are closer to the sun, and slower when they are farther away, Kepler determined that a planet sweeps out an equal area over an equal time. Kepler's discovery was among the first of what would come to be known as laws of physics.
By 1687, when Isaac Newton reformulated Kepler's laws in his "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica," science was ready to abandon the Aristotelean notion that the stars and planets consisted of a unique substance that followed its own rules, and the quasi-religious idea that the universe must always act in harmony with human aesthetics. By uniting the motions of heaven and earth under the principles of gravity and inertia, Newton brought the Copernican Revolution full circle.


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NRO's Prager: New Yorker's Bert And Ernie Cover Robs Children's Innocence
July 03, 2013 9:47 am ET by Luke Brinker
Dennis Prager is not happy about The New Yorker's latest cover.
The syndicated columnist and radio talk show host took to National Review Online on July 2 to blast The New Yorker for featuring "Sesame Street" characters Bert and Ernie snuggling on a couch, watching a TV that shows the nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court. The New Yorker released its cover following the Court's decisions to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and dismiss California's Proposition 8 case.
According to Prager, the cover indicates that "the Left has an agenda to deprive children of their innocence":
But for the Left, Bert and Ernie (and whatever else the Left can get its ideological hands on) are transformed into vehicles for a left-wing cause. And no cause animates the Left these days more than the social advancement of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and the transgendered (LGBTs).
One consequence has been the robbing of children's innocence by prematurely sexualizing them. Rendering Bert and Ernie as gay is only the most recent example.
Prager then draws up a list of horribles that result from the LGBT rights movement, including sex education programs, an increased focus on sexual harassment committed by schoolchildren, and a California law that promotes the inclusion of historically significant LGBT figures in school textbooks.
Prager - who previously defended discrimination against LGBT couples seeking to adopt children - insists that the move toward greater equality for LGBT Americans - as reflected in The New Yorker cover - isn't really about promoting acceptance and basic rights. It's all a part of something much more sinister. He intones:
All these policies have been enacted in the name of tolerance, protecting girls, and promoting health. But the Left always has a noble reason for its damaging policies, even when they involve something that when taken away can never be returned: children's sexual innocence.
On CNN, NRO's Ed Whelan Defends Boy Scouts' Anti-Gay Ban
Dennis Prager: It's Not Anti-Gay To Prefer Straight Couples In Adoption Services
NRO's Shaffer: Chick-Fil-A's Anti-Gay Donations Are No Big Deal


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In his career of 54 years, Reinhard Bonnke has encountered jealous rivals, angry witch doctors, violent thunderstorms, corrupt heads of state, and rioting Muslims.
But this fall the global evangelist journeyed on uncharted ground—his first revival in the United States. In shifting his schedule to include U.S. audiences, he must overcome a major obstacle: In 2000, Reinhard Bonnke preached to 1.6 million people attending a single meeting in Lagos, Nigeria. But as he steps on U.S. shores few Americans have even heard of him.
Bonnke is up for the challenge. The 73-year-old evangelist has preached in many places with low expectations and emerged with massive attendance and conversion numbers. In fact, Bonnke's ministry, Christ for all Nations (CfaN), claims 72 million people have filled out decision cards in response to Bonnke's salvation invitations since the 1970s.
Most of those conversions—55 million, according to CfaN—have occurred in Africa. The harvest appears especially bountiful in Nigeria, where Bonnke has focused his ministry for the past decade. While Bonnke plans to keep preaching in Africa, he is devising a still-unspecified revival circuit in the United States.
"We will go from city to city, from state to state, from coast to coast," Bonnke told Christianity Today.
For the past 30 years, CfaN has relied heavily on funds from American donors. In 1995, Bonnke told CT he had no interest in preaching in a land with around-the-clock Christian television. Yet Bonnke says the Lord made the need for an evangelism shift evident to him last year.
"God told me that he had not sent me to America just to be the offering plate for Africa," Bonnke says. "I've seen ...1


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When The Catholic Gene premiered last month, I promoted the site by describing us authors as friends who share a love for both genealogical research and the Roman Catholic faith. Then I remembered – didn't I once hear about a book on both topics? If there was ever a book that was perfectly suited for this blog, it would be My Cousin the Saint by Justin Catanoso. Published in 2008, it was neglected on my "to be read" list ever since. Fortunately, I remedied that by reading it to review here – and I'm sorry it took me so long to get to it because it's an inspiring story for anyone interested in either the church, family history, or both topics.
In learning about his family's Italian Catholic heritage, the author discovered a rather interesting fact – his grandfather's cousin was on the road to bona fide sainthood in the Catholic Church. What is it like to have a saint in your family? Catanoso digs deeper to learn more about this saintly relation, and in the process he learns about family, faith, and miracles.
A miracle maker? In our family? Could this really be possible? How come I had never heard of this person before? And even if I had, my Catholic moorings were so tenuous that I had little means to make sense of something so incredible.
Catanoso's grandfather's story is one that many genealogists can relate to no matter their country of origin. At age sixteen, Carmelo Catanoso arrived at Ellis Island in 1903 in an effort to find a better life than the harsh conditions in his homeland – in his case, southern Italy (Calabria). Once here, he never looked back. Carmelo's story is the typical American success story – and, like so many of our grandparents and great-grandparents, he became an American and spoke little of his humble roots or the family he left behind.
One of the family members back in Italy was Gaetano Catanoso, Carmelo's first cousin. Gaetano's life led down a different path – he became a priest. Rather than escaping the poverty and suffering like so many emigrants, Padre Gaetano saw his mission in life as an opportunity to help those who were suffering. The author describes the Padre's call as a simple yet radical idea: "Through trust and prayer you can build your faith and soon life your own life above the muck of despair." In a land and time where "trust no one" was a more apropos motto, the young priest slowly changed hearts, minds, and souls. In sixty years as a priest he became a humble example of faith and piety, founded an order of nuns, and was remembered years after his death for his love for God and others.
My Cousin the Saint explores several different themes. First is the family story and uncovering the mysteries of ancestors. Where did they come from? Why did they leave their homeland? What was it like? Genealogists are well familiar with these questions. While this isn't a book about research methods or sources, Catanoso's story to learn more about his grandfather's roots and his journey to meet his previously unknown cousins is one that most family researchers will find familiar.
A second theme is the process of sainthood – what is a saint anyway? And how does one become a saint? Why do we even need saints? Catanoso explores the meaning of sainthood and the church's process to formally recognize individuals who have led saintly lives through canonization. The topics of miracles and intercessory prayer become personal when tragedy befalls Catanoso's family.
Finally, the book is about the saint. St. Gaetano Catanoso may be the author's cousin and he may have inspired the author to reconnect to his own Catholic faith, but the Padre's story is one that will inspire all of us. Catanoso feels a personal connection to his cousin and calls him "a new prism through which to view life, a model of goodness to strive for, a rock to stand upon in times of sorrow." Personally, I was struck by the Padre's catchphrase of "in domino" – in God, always in God. His trust in God and his desire to help others in need motivates me and reminds me to place my trust in God more than I do.
In a small way, Catanoso's family story reminded me of the parallel path of two cousins in my Polish Catholic family. My great-grandfather emigrated to the U.S. in 1907 and labored in the textile factories of Philadelphia. His first cousin stayed in Poland and became a soldier, a painter, and ultimately a resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. He was imprisoned for his resistance work and died at Auschwitz in 19 42 while his wife and son were put to death in two other camps. I don't know if the cousin was a saint or led a saintly life, but I do know that he was a hero – and his story is one that the American cousins were never told.
My Cousin the Saint is about one man's journey and how both family and faith affect him on his way. We all have different families, we come from different cultures, and we may even have different faiths. But traveling along with Justin Catanoso on his journey will delight and inspire you – and perhaps even teach you something about faith, family, and miracles.
St. Gaetano Catanoso, pray for us!
For more information:
My Cousin the Saint by Justin Catanoso. HarperCollins Publishers. 2008. Hardcover 978-0-06-123102-5; Paperback 978-0-06-172932-4.
Biography of St. Gaetano Catanoso – Vatican web site
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Now Willem Dafoe has to defend the fact that he is playing a character younger than himself? Good lord. It's called acting.
11 months agoburnie
Now Willem Dafoe has to defend the fact that he is playing a character younger than himself? Good lord. It's called acting.
11 months agoburnie
I think I spent too much money on the new Call of Duty. I suck at this game. Someone come carry me through some zombie matches.
11 months agoburnie
The new iOS has a comprehensive screen time analysis that tells you a ton of metrics about your phone usage. It's fucking horrifying. I opened my phone 85 times in one day.
11 months agoburnie
Went to buy new AC this weekend and holy shit there's like ten versions of this game. Is it worth $120 for the Deluxe Edition? WTF are Helix credits? This is too confusing. Is this game worth it?
11 months agoburnie
I was at lunch with Teddy and Ashley at a cafe in France when I got a small but shocking indication of how much the world has changed during my life.
Teddy held up something from the table and said "what's this?"
I replied "haha. You know what that is, put it down."
He swore to me he had never seen one before. And then I realized that he might really never have.
It was an ashtray.
1 year agoburnie
I went to add the new wireless adapter for Vive to my cart and then I just didn't buy it. Can't justify any more money on VR. Am I alone in this? Is this round of VR over?
1 year agoburnie
Thanks everyone for the great ideas about the RT Podcast. Tons of feedback on that post.
Heading into a super hot weekend here in Texas. Looks like 108 on Monday. Yikes.
Parker-L Big Coffin Hunters
11 months ago
I recently heard of Marble It Up, which is a spiritual successor to Marble Blast Ultra. I was wondering if you've heard of it.
1 year ago
I would like to purchase all of your tiki mugs. When might i be able to do so?
1 year ago
Hey Burnie, I was watching the latest RT Podcast and overheard you mention lightweight trailers that aren't a part of current culture anymore. It made me think of Scamp trailers: https://www.scamptrailers.com/
My family and I have found a few of these for sale in the outskirts of Texas, and I have to say, if you are looking for an awesome family bonding project/investment, these things are so much fun to customize and take on vacations. You can easily pull it with a V6 engine or less and they are a blast for weekend getaways.
1 year ago
1. Can we get a tour of the bus?
2. What Fraternity were you in at UT?
3. Favorite book of all time?
1 year ago
For The AMA:
What are the biggest misconceptions about the behind the scenes of Rooster Teeth as a company?
1 year ago
For the AMA:
Based on how large the company has gotten, and how many areas of entertainment Rooster Teeth now covers, Is there a job or task at the company that you no longer do, but miss doing? Things like machinima work, writing, merch. design, etc
1 year ago
For the AMA: How have you dealt with being the boss when your employees and team are some of your closest friends? When a friend falls behind on a work deadline, or you have to negatively critique something they've done, how've you dealt with it? With so many people looking to embark on creative careers with their friends, what are some pros and cons that you've found along the way, Best of luck post blog mate
Fate-117 XShird
1 year ago
TLDR version: You're awesome, keep being you. I'm trying, keep moving forward.
So, a new year is coming and I plan on making it a new one. It's a scary time to try and do what I want to do with my career and amateur company between this whole Net Neutrality debate and the Ad-Pocalyspe on YouTube. It really is scary to have a dream since you were a child, one that you recently have made so many sacrifices for but still have the odds ever stacked against you and it's ever changing. But it's hard to build something solid with just sticks.
I don't have a reliable staff or crew, I have no noteworthy skill with computers, I barely have any real experience or formal education besides what I experienced in school and what I have taught myself. It's a process, one that gets both harder and easier to try and shoulder over time. I've been writing tens of thousands of words on different projects, lore, history, and things of that nature almost by myself, or managing the few that signed up to help and just waiting for them to contribute. I can't make them do anything until I can pay, nor do I have the right to try until then. I can't pay much of anything right now, so I can only rely on myself. I have plenty of doubts, plenty of reasons to stop, and plenty of reasons of just giving up and trying to live my life with no real goal or dream. That's not living to me, that's just existing.
With that being said, I know that this is a hard thing. But, I will give it my all, as I have done all year, as I will do. Keep Moving Forward may had been Monty's words, but the mindset has always been there before I ever watched RWBY or really anything Rooster Teeth related. But I can say it's been people like you, Monty, and Jessica Nigri, which is ironic because I do not cosplay or have the intent to do so, that inspired me to not just let things be a 'in the future', or 'one day' when I could try and make them happen.
The latest Vlog episode -'Inspiration', to date this post-, and the Vlog itself showed me why you're one of my personal biggest role models and I always try and remember the advice you give in whatever you're in whenever I'm trying to produce a story or series idea or how I deal with it not working out.
So, thanks for being inspiring is what I am getting at, I'll miss the Vlogs, but I will still watch whatever this company makes in support from one dreamer to another, even if it doesn't appeal to me as much as something else.
Izayer Keeper of Stories
1 year ago
On behalf of those who just shit on your opinion in your recent post about TJL, I apologize. Their rude behavior is appalling and downright ignorant. I'm sorry that you have to deal with that on your own site.
1 year ago
After the latest podcast, everyone thinks Joe the Cat is dead
BricBrac Eagle Scout and Explorer
1 year ago
Hey Burnie, is there a secret santa again this year?
1 year ago
Hey Burnie, I'm watching the old podcasts on youtube and you all were talking about registering domains for websites, I got curious and tried to see if rwby. com was taken and it says its for sale, idk if you'll see this but i figured id try and pass it along if you weren't aware (idk where else to put this comment, so I apologize if this isn't the best place for it). Keep being you!
FredHudson Join The Discord
1 year ago
Hey Burnie a while back you mentioned that you didn't understand the Kekistan thing ... this this an explanation of it from Carl Benjamin, one of if not the creator(s) of the "movement" ... TLDW ... its all a joke. Everything we do is a joke sometimes; those jokes are motivated by legitimate causes and sometimes its just to have fun.
1 year ago
Hey Burnie,
I'm a massively long time fan, with a couple of questions.
Firstly, how are you able to make time for video games with all of the company things you deal with?
Secondly, what is the RT video you are most proud of? I love going back through old RvB vids, it gives me nostalgia like you wouldn't believe! But what video/s are you most proud of RT for producing?
1 year ago
Hey Burnie,
Longtime fan from up north here- I know you're probably busy as hell, but if you get a chance at some point, my production team just finished its first short film and if you have the time, I'd really appreciate any feedback you could give us. I think your more honed comedic sensibilities could be a big help in giving us a sense of what works & what doesn't in the film. Runtime is 11min (fair warning), but it plugs along at a good pace.
Have a great day man, hope to hear from ya.
2 years ago
I don't know where else to post this, sorry.
Can you try and get rid of the new banner ads that pop up at the bottom of the screen? If you want us to use the RT site than please don't make the site even more annoying to use. I already cancelled my First membership because of the constant problems and annoyances with the site/ app. I try and watch as much Rooster Teeth content on YouTube as possible which defeats the purpose of having a First membership.
A really long time ago on a podcast you and Gus were talking about a customer support line that starting trying to sell Gus something when he was already annoyed and irate (I think it was Sirius support). I feel like this is similar. We've been complaining about problems with the RT site for years (slow loading, the video player, lack of HTTPS, terrible search, so on) but we just get more annoying ads and limited improvements to the site.
I would love to renew my membership to first if the site worked better and was less annoying.
2 years ago
Hello Burnie,
I am a composer based out of Denton, Tx. If you have the time, I would appreciate any feedback on my website and work. Thank you for your time. Josephdelao.com
2 years ago
Hey Joseph. I just checked out ya website. It's really cool, right to the point. Though, I'm not an expert at web design, I do have a bit of a comment on the "Works" page. I use Wix so I don't know if this would be possible, but could you possibly make the list of your music wider, or lower it down a bit more?
2 years ago
Hey Burnie,
Wanted to leave a comment about podcast 445 a few days ago but I hadn't verified my email yet after creating my new account. Side note: used to have one then kind of fell out of the rooster teeth orbit for like 4 years. But now I'm back and frankly very much liking the more thoughtful viewpoints I see and consideration for other peoples lived experiences. When I originally left I fell rather put out; I'm a trans woman and many of your jokes in content back around 2013 were hurtful and felt aimed at marginalized populations. That has changed for a large part now, though not entirely.
To paraphrase my deleted comment: I love the consideration given (around the hour mark) about the current issues wrt trans people and how the current administration is working against our rights and progress that has been made through the blood sweat and tears of some of the most vulnerable members of society - Black Trans Women. I want to agree that drag and trans-ness are not the same but also not mutually exclusive.
As for a question that popped up at the 1:10 mark or so, I wanted to give some perspective. I'm white so I'll keep my commentary about race to a relative minimum because my opinion won't be very nuanced or informed. As for LGBT rights, I have more experience to speak from. I believe that the reason that social movements and their victories in recent years haven't had much momentum or engendered sweeping change of policies and viewpoints is that fundamentally the changes that were made were helpful but superficial. That is not to downplay the tremendous effects of legalizing gay marriage and repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell had on the LGBT community. Unfortunately, for trans and nonbinary people, that progress didn't change the basic danger in our lives of discrimination and violence. What those two victories in specific did was to allow people to assimilate into an oppressive structure and society without examining or changing that structure. I don't think it's right to lay blame for that focus so I won't; many people have priorities for many reasons and I don't want to talk your ear off about all that argument lol. However, I did want to add that because it felt like a question made in good faith and I wanted to meet you there and encourage the changes you have made and further change to happen.
I'm a newly back on the bandwagon fan, and seeing your progress through the years about being more socially aware is really re-invigorating my passion for your content. I hope you have a great day!
PS. If you'd like to get in contact about anything I said here feel free! I'd love to talk to you further <3
2 years ago
Please stay off the bandwagon, we have too many SJW here already. Your safe space at Starbucks is waiting for you....
2 years ago
Cancelled membership: Hi Burnie...just can't support giving you guys $ anymore. The constant Trump bashing is getting just too frequent (just finished your 2 man podcast with Gavin) and you have NO dissenting opinions anywhere in your company. While there are many salient talking points involving this administration, you, like so many members of Hollywood offer no alternative thoughts that do not meet your narrative, I have not even heard them discussed by any member of RT. 50% of this country voted for him, and we are getting so weary of the demonization and myopic viewpoints that offer no other alternative.
Get rid of the Thor's hammer I gave you at RTX, I don't think you or Gavin are worthy of it anymore.
2 years ago
If you're going to make boring jokes about safe spaces and attempt to downplay a teachable moment I'm gonna have to tell you that you need to go back to your 4chan safe space if you don't want to hear that what trump is doing hurts and kills people
2 years ago
How did 50% of the country vote for him if only 58% of the country voted? That's one hell of a landslide victory.
FredHudson Join The Discord
1 year ago
This comment is for all the dummies that are on this site and yet have never used the internet ... obvious troll is obvious +1 funny
Clues as to this being fake AF; claims to have canceled membership on an account less than a year old that has made no posts and that is called MAGA4Life... I mean c'mon people.
FredHudson Join The Discord
2 years ago
Hi Burnie;
Huge fan of RT I think my favorite joke of all time was you in podcast 22 - wich company has the most storage ... Tupperware.
Anywho I just "finished" setting up a discord server for the RT Community, and was wondering if we could get a shout out from you. As of right now there are only 14 of us in it but I endeavor to see our little server grow to be a place where RT fans can hangout and chat with each other, watch rt shows together or make a party and play some games with fellow fans.
mitzt Boop!
2 years ago
I asked you on Reddit but I'm really curious to know the answer so I'm asking you here too. What goes through your mind when someone comes up to you with a legitimate first edition season 1 RvB DVD?
But otherwise, thank you so much for creating the funniest content that I've been able to enjoy for 14 years straight.
2 years ago
Hey, so the site has these pop-up banner ads now. Currently I'm staring at the Cow Chop gold squiggly cup.
Wasn't a benefit of being a sponsor no ads on the site?
FredHudson Join The Discord
1 year ago
I'm assuming that the RT store is exempt from that rule because ya know it's the rt store
2 years ago
Thanks for taking a photo with me and my girlfriend earlier. Sorry I didn't word things very well as we were discussing what RT might be up to at E3 and then we saw you standing by the E3 south hall cafe just steps from where we were having lunch. I was very surprised to say the least and wanted to keep things quick as I was worried I was interrupting your lunch time. You handled my babbling well, hope the rest of E3 goes well for you guys.
peetey Am I cool yet?
2 years ago
Hi burnie, I just wanted to thank you for continuing too use the site and responding to comments, more often in the past few months. I know it's a weird think to thank you for but I feel like to me and a lot of people who still use the community side of the site, it's nice to see staff to fan interaction by some of the cast and crew on the site <3
2 years ago
I was listening to DR Podcast Ep #426 and you mentioned hearing about people getting married through the site. It made me realize that I had a pretty unique event because of Rooster Teeth. I met Kittiegirl on RVB when I was going to school in New York in 2008. 6 years later she became interested in joining the military and in 2015 i was proud to commission in her into the US Army as a Second Lieutenant.
2 years ago
With regulations of Net Neutrality being brought back up, do you think the time spent advocating for an open internet is best sought in our local governments to set up there own competitive ISP rather than relying on the FCC to do the same?
Kiamaki2010 The champion of Earth...
2 years ago
Im sure i can speak for majority of the UK/Europe fans when i say, "Thank You". thank you for bringing RTX to London. i can't wait to be there and meet you. i would like to ask and hope you are able to answer a question. I am going to be there hopefully in a full Lazer Team (singular) Cosplay and was wandering if there is any advice you could give me based on the bodysuit you wore or about the pieces of the suit (gauntlet, laser/cannon, boots, helmet) Like what material was used in the making. And thank you Burnie for everything you've done for and with RT. im filled with joy to ee how far you all have come as a company and as a family of colleagues.
- Jackson Hall
2 years ago
you sir are an awesome person. i'm just curious but what is your's and the company including achievement hunters stance on autism and autism awareness, i am a man who does have autism and asperger's syndrome and am constantly discriminated against and targeted for having it, and rooster teeth and achievement hunter staff and community make me feel safe because i know there is understanding people like you, i don't know if i will get a reply but it would be nice to know what the company thinks of people like me. thank you and have a nice day
2 years ago
Hey Burnie I was listening to podcast #147 earlier and you said that if anyone could find the Mystic Cat video to send it to you since it was taken off of YouTube and I found it so if you wanted to see it 6 years later here you go
FredHudson Join The Discord
1 year ago
This video does not exist. ;p nice try though
2 years ago
I have the Surface Mouse as well and had the same issue you did where it never turned off in my bag. Turns out though. The Bluetooth button on the bottom is also an ON/OFF switch. No where is that ever documented. Just figured that out 2 days ago when I accidentally hit it before taking out the batteries yet again.
2 years ago
Burnie, could you please unblock me from twitter. I really want to know what you are talking about in a daily basis.
You blocked me because a long time ago I sent you the video of you and Gus discussing an iphone rumor
Pretty please
2 years ago
I know you hate the TSA like any person.
You've probably seen this video going around by now but I was hoping you could maybe tweet or talk about it on the podcast maybe get some more attention to the sickos in the TSA
Basically an older male TSA 'officer' molests a boy in front of his parents, they filmed the whole thing.
2 years ago
hey what was the thing that you and Gavin were going to announce on the vlog but had to wait a week
2 years ago
Hey Burnie, I know you're almost certainly way too busy to read this but I just wanted to say this anyway: thank you so much for all the inspiration and motivation you and your content has given me. I spent over a week working on a video and I put it up and I made three cents on it, and even though it's basically nothing to me it's made me the proudest I've ever been to know I can make anything from my own work, to make my first couple cents by creating my own value without being on somebody else's pay roll. I'm a long ways away from making my first dollar, but I owe you a big thank you for being one of my biggest role models. Can't thank you enough for all you do.
2 years ago
How many Burnies could Burnie Burns burn if Burnie Burns could burn Burnies?
2 years ago
Hey Burnie, I'm doubtful this will reach you, but I have to try. I'm part of a podcast called the Fandom Flux Podcast. Our 'leader', Casey, started up a show with a fellow cast member Zero, introducing him to the show of RWBY. It's called Zero Interest, a name we all giggled at like children and patted ourselves on the back for. This is done by them watching the episode, and then having a discussion about the show's themes, characters, tones, etc. The show is set up like a VLOG, with both Casey and Zero being recorded in a face-cam style, their discussion broken up by bits and pieces of relevant parts from the episode they happen to be talking about.
The reason I'm writing this comment, is because one of our episodes was recently hit with a take down notice. We naturally appealed under fair use, our show is all about using the show of RWBY as a vehicle to share our opinions of your company's work, we are absolutely not re-uploading full episodes or stealing your hard work. Unfortunately, that appeal was flat out denied with no reason as to why.
We aren't a huge group, but we love what we do and we have a few dozen fans that we wouldn't trade for anything in the world. Please, if you have a few minutes, can you look into the matter, or get someone to give even a cursory glance at our work so you know we're not thieves, just fans.
Our Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrK71UzTdgkSuIEv-oMjAgw
The show in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRvFTIaUstU
2 years ago
Burnie, you are the reason I'm buying that Mavic. Thank you for justifying my purchase with your beautiful drone shots from the vlogs.
2 years ago
Burnie, I just listen to the latest podcast and was wondering if you could unblock me in twitter.
My username is @pitpsdchz
I tweeted you once the video someone made about the argument you had with Gus about the rumors of the iphone 5 or 6.
2 years ago
Hay Burnie can you unblock me ton twitter please
My username is @mattmactimpson
Jakobaker Jakobaker
2 years ago
Hey Burnie,
I just starting watching the old Sponsor Blogs and wanted to tell you that they are amazing! The drone shots look great and your timing, with the bullet train and Barbara's leaf of faith it top. Looking forward to this new year of blogs and I'm excited everyone will get to see them to. Keep up the awesome content!
2 years ago
Were you in a WealthSimple ad??? It looked a lot like you played the crazed guy behind the desk! if you did it was a good ad (:
Blutonian Tech Guardian
2 years ago
I've been looking into the whole "How many senses are there, really" question.
Some of it you're right about, where under certain definitions they can all be sub-divisions of the sense of touch, but neuro-scientists have started to re-define touch and separate the individual somatic sensations and define them individually such as pressure, heat and pain. This is mostly because there are conditions in which people can feel one, or more but not the other, (someone who can feel pressure and cold, but not pain) so that means that they are independent of each other.
They have also now included what they call interoceptive senses into the definition. These are senses that are internal in your body and don't necessarily rely on external stimuli, such as balance (the sense of your body's alignment), proprioception (the spacial awareness of your extremities) and organic sense (i.e hunger, thirst, nausea).
Proprioception is actually very interesting in and of itself. Reduction of your sense of proprioception is the reason for the walk the line and finger to nose sobriety tests. Complete loss of proprioception is the cause of what most people describe as an "out of body" experience.
The bottom line is that most scientists agree that there are at least nine senses, but there are arguments for as many as 21. It's all in how you define things and scientists currently disagree on this issue, just like back when they were debating what defines a planet. R.I.P. Pluto
DrunkenPirates Tony
2 years ago
Hey Burnie. I heard you say in the #407 post show that you were insulted about not being asked to participate in the Sparrow Racing against Bungie. Well, I work at Bungie, and even though it's not the same, I'd be happy to
beat you take you on in Sparrow Racing before the event is over!
X0DragonRage0X Double Goldfinger
2 years ago
i thought sparrow racing was now permanently available
DrunkenPirates Tony
2 years ago
Unfortunately, it ends January 3rd at 1 am PST
Desayjin RTX Guardian Emeritus
2 years ago
Hi Burnie. I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate the effort in posting regularly on the website. For someone who's been around for a while, it's a nice reminder of the old days amid all the great and crazy things going for RT today.
Thanks Burnie!
Blutonian Tech Guardian
2 years ago
You never take the time to thank me for posting on the site anymore...
2 years ago
Something you may be interested in between your preference of glasses and your interest in random tech: "smart glasses" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vue/vue-your-everyday-smart-glasses
GermanHerring1900 41 years old
2 years ago
Hi Burnie, Greetings from Finland and an old fart a few years younger than you (1976) :) Discovered RVB in 2003 and have been watching RT content ever since, should have Firsted way earlier but I am here now , thanks for all the great content!!
RegrettableDeed Movin' On
2 years ago
Hey Burnie,
A few months ago in the podcast you mentioned a viral video that I've been looking for for a really long time. The 'Kitty is a Very Bad Mystic' video. I don't know how, but it seems to be one of the very few pieces of media that has truly completely disappeared from the internet. I've opened a challenge on /r/GoForGold in hopes of finding it. When I do, I'll shoot you a link, if you're still interested in seeing it.
2 years ago
Yo Burnie, a while ago on the podcast you talked about how when you were a kid your family went to Asheville in North Carolina and that you want to go back one day. It's genuinely only gotten better, so you should definitely take a trip out this way someday!
2 years ago
When is the schedule trailer happening?
Has Rooster Teeth looked into using drones for filming? I feel like they'd capture great footage in Immersion.
| Asked by: ElPineappleKing 3 years ago
I know this question is older but I have been using a drone in lots of the vlogs.
Hi! I was wondering, how often are you recognized by a fan in public?
| Asked by: Grifshot117 3 years ago
About 3-5 times a week, depending on if I travel that week.
Is there any intention of bringing back downloads with the new video player?
| Asked by: fabsz 3 years ago
I have not seen that on any roadmap.
In your opinion, do you think RWBY has the potential to exceed or outlast Red Vs Blue
| Asked by: Anubism 3 years ago
Exceed definitely. Outlast is a different animal. Fifteen+ seasons is very, very rare territory in any medium.
Do you ever get lazy or lose motivation while writing something? If so, how do you power through it?
| Asked by: LaSole 3 years ago
Going to answer this with a quote from a fitness magazine. I think it's a great way to look at motivation, which is not something you can control:
"Fuck motivation. it's a fickle and and unreliable little dickfuck and isn't worth your time.
Better to cultivate discipline than to rely on motivation. force yourself to do things. force yourself to get up out of bed and practice. Force yourself to work. Motivation is fleeting and it's easy to rely on because it requires no concentrated effort to get. Motivation comes to you, and you don't have to chase after it.
Discipline is reliable, motivation is fleeting. The question isn't how to keep yourself motivated. It's how to train yourself to work without it."
Why are you the best and how can I be like you?
| Asked by: HereComeGiants 3 years ago
Thanks, Gus. Just keep pluggin' away. You'll get there.
Will there be a Lazer team soundtrack?
| Asked by: TomOneil 3 years ago
Burnie, what do you do at the end of the day to wind down?
| Asked by: doomtroop83 3 years ago
I'm usually racing to hit my calorie move goal by the end of the day. I don't drink really. So I basically just browse the web. The say you aren't meant to look at screens right before falling asleep but I do it a lot.
Do you hope that the new question feature will help reduce the amount of redundant questions at conventions?
| Asked by: EvilPun 3 years ago
Nah. Part of the Q&A sessions at live events are about the interaction. I know people outside the events will often criticize the question askers, but it's not their job to be entertaining. That's our responsibility. If questions get too bland, we'll just talk for 15 minutes before taking the next one.
The only thing I hate is the fake "oh is it my turn?" "is that what my voice sounds like?" performance garbage that some people do. I have warned audiences many times that once you get to that mic you are part of the show. I have no problem blasting you in front of 5000 people the same way I do to Gavin or Joel or Gus. It's how we show love. Basically, if you do something to slow down the energy in the room we will quickly move to get it back.
what makes you get up in the morning?
| Asked by: mokko12 3 years ago
Ashley's cat Nutmeg loves me, but she wakes me up every single day and yells at me. We get in an argument every morning. Somehow, Ash sleeps through it.
I love the way you describe working at RT where there's not a day that goes by where you don't end up laughing, are there any stand out moments where you haven't been able to control your laughter?
| Asked by: CrateUp 3 years ago
The single hardest I have ever laughed was when I interviewed Kara for the What Do You Know show about guy movies. Her Back To The Future answers were so funny and when she said which way the car travels through time, I lost it. I literally could not stop laughing for ten minutes. They cut all of that out because my host character is meant to be supportive and deadpan, but that was just too much for me.
Any plans for more RT Vines any time soon?
| Asked by: sawah_x 3 years ago
Nope. Vines are hard. I have lots of respect for Vine artists.
Hey Burnie. Dan from RT Ireland. You have my Flash Drive. Can I have it back? I will not disclose the reasons.
| Asked by: Sarronix 3 years ago
This might sound rude, but I've been trying to find a way to say this for a long time: I never open the flash drives people hand me. It's not that I don't like to review people's work, it's that I don't trust a flash drive I don't know in any of my computers. It's far better to have an online repository and just send that to me in a link. Sorry.
I also don't eat baked goods that people give us at conventions. But I do appreciate them. And Blaine eats it all.
Hi Burnie! Two questions. Will there be any chance for a Lazer Team Spoilercast in the future? And do you think you will ever be cast for a more important character in RWBY than the cop?
| Asked by: MogarVGC 3 years ago
Sure, but that's really the commentary on the DVD.
I would never spoil anything in RWBY, even if I knew.
Will you be hiring people for rooster teeth games in the next couple of years or no
| Asked by: theMIAgod 3 years ago
Games is our fastest growing division. Follow Michael Hadwin on the site and/or Twitter.
You say you're rarely on The Patch due to not playing many games, will we ever still see you on now and then? It's been a pretty long time.
| Asked by: TheAdmiester 3 years ago
Sure, I will be the guy talking about Tharsis non-stop and not knowing what The Witness is.
I am at Torchy's right now, what taco should I order?
| Asked by: Thatguynamedjlo 3 years ago
Crossroads, trashy style
What shows are you watching these days?
| Asked by: RenzG 3 years ago
Walking Dead, Jessica Jones, Mr Robot
I have been working through a huge backlog of movies as well. Just watched John Wick. It was great.
Have you looked at any of the reviews for laser team? Or do you not particularly care about it because they do not know the RT style?
| Asked by: CrazyOrange 3 years ago
Sure. Reviews don't scare me. I think I said this on a podcast after our festival run, but it's inevitable to get some bad reviews. People are brutal when talking about movies. A videogame can have parts that are broken or missing on day one and still get a 9/10. Movies don't get that same pass. I am just very happy the audience likes it. It may seem like a forgone conclusion that the RT audience would like it, but that's not at all the case. There's been plenty of shows our existing audience hated. If that had happened with Lazer Team, we would have had a big problem on our hands.
Ever see an RT cooking show happening since it seems like so many employees know a decent amount about the culinary world. Maybe the winner gets a bar tab paid or something RT related like a pax trip
| Asked by: Jayylexx 3 years ago
We have tested cooking in a couple of different formats. I think the people who enjoy cooking most don't really have time to pilot a new show that far off the beaten path.
Pancake podcast is this week and I am super excited.
I'm moving to Texas from the UK soon (to San Antonio specifically). Don't suppose Achievement Hunter are hiring? :3
| Asked by: Jumpers 3 years ago
They are hiring an editor right now.
Just a simple one here: what can we do, as a community, to help you to continue making this the best place to be at on the internet?
| Asked by: dizzyblinker 3 years ago
Just keep using the site and posting awesome stuff. I saw that Awesome On Its Own was making a return and that made me very happy.
What, presently, is your favourite production to work on, in any position? (Actor, Director, Writer, etc.)
| Asked by: Joee 3 years ago
Actor -- narrative shorts and our featured productions like LT and Crunch Time
Director -- not really directing much these days, but as a Producer I will say Immersion
Writer -- Featured Productions and developing new series
I know it was mainly Ashley who did it, but any chance of streaming from home again? Or Ashley streaming again? I enjoyed the game club streams. I watch the Limbo ones you did, they were great.
| Asked by: turtles730 3 years ago
Sure. We moved in the middle of last year so we had to change our setup, but I can tell her you would like to start again. I'm a little reluctant to admit that I don't play that many games anymore. In the last six months I have played FO4, some Just Cause 3 and a smattering of smaller Steam games. It's one the reasons I'm not ever on The Patch. I don't have much to talk about.
What do you find more enjoying, being an actor in a RT production or directing a RT production?
| Asked by: KennyCargill 3 years ago
Last few years I have focused on work in front of the camera rather than behind. 2016 will put me back in the Director's chair.
| Asked by: WildLemon 3 years ago
Thankfully, I don't have to choose.
Excluding anything from The Amazing Race, what has been your favorite place to travel to so far in your life?
| Asked by: hollytogel 3 years ago
Probably the Carribean for vacation and Australia for just general travel. Once, I went down to New Zealand and rode the train from Christchurch to Greymouth. It was an amazing journey. If you go, eat the whitebait.
Burnie, first of all, hope your having a great day! My question is, What would be the best major/degree so get in College in order to have land a job at RoosterTeeth?
| Asked by: TonyMejia 3 years ago
It depends on the job. If you mean a personality/artist job then there is no requirement. A lot of our personalities never went to university. Some didn't even graduate high school.
| Asked by: Paul_Lee 3 years ago
Joe The Cat is about eight years old. He's getting super fat in retirement.
After the success of RTX Australia, are there any plans to host more conventions any where else in the world?
| Asked by: AdamBurton 3 years ago
Matt was telling me that the box office numbers in UK were higher than in US even though it has 1/5 the population. My response was "RTUK?", he punched me.
I would love to have the US show be a traveling show the way MineCon does. But I know how radically inefficient that model is. Hopefully we can do more touring-style events like the LT screenings, Let's Play Live and Dude Soup Live.
What do you look for when hiring writers for narrative driven content? Just screenplays, or prose too? Just comedy, or sci-fi/thrillers too? Huge fan of your storytelling, thanks
| Asked by: the00devon 3 years ago
I wish I had a better answer than "I know it when I see it" but that's really the main answer. Also, our writers have to be fast. It's just the nature of what we do.
How is the healing of your figure going?
| Asked by: TuxedoJericho 3 years ago
All better. Stitches out and just stretching it every day.
Have you come up with a good response to "hey you look just like [insert random person]" comments? As a fellow person who gets that a lot, I'd love a decent canned response to shut 'em up :P
| Asked by: audiophonik 3 years ago
There's nothing you can do about it. Some things are constant on the internet. You can't ever say what the weather is like where you are, because people will just tell you why it's worse where they are. You also can't mention an event without people being upset that you aren't coming to where they live. No one sees all the other responses and obvious jokes when they are making their single post.
How do you feel about the reception Lazer Team has gotten?
| Asked by: lmnakama 3 years ago
I could not be happier. Watching fans all over the world have mini-meetups was absolutely mind blowing.
Who's your favourite person at RT?
| Asked by: Jodepher 3 years ago
Ashley, depending on how nice Ashley is to me that day.


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On an upper floor of the Peabody Conservatory the other day, the sound of a piano played by a single hand could be heard coming from Leon Fleisher's studio. Even through the closed, thick door, there was no mistaking the authority behind that sound.
Fleisher, who turned 85 on July 23, remains one of the most compelling pianists in the world, whether playing with one hand or two — only for the past dozen or so years, thanks to Botox injections, has he enjoyed limited reuse of his right hand, immobilized nearly five decades ago because of focal dystonia.
Inside his studio at the conservatory, Fleisher talked about his health, his career and future plans.
"My right hand is getting tired," he said. "But I'm doing fine — knock on wood. I'm still ambulatory. I'm just waiting until the battery runs out," he added with a laugh.
It's hard to imagine that battery will ever lose its charge.
To mark Fleisher's birthday milestone, Sony Classical has just issued a 23-compact disc set of his recordings released between 1956 and 2009, an impressive testament to his productivity.
So far this summer, the pianist has traveled to Taiwan, Japan and China for concerts, in addition to performing with the Boston and Chicago symphonies at their summer festival locations. And he spent several weeks mentoring young musicians at the venerable Marlboro Festival in Vermont.
"That was a great pleasure," Fleisher said. "I remember having some of the same questions and challenges that they have now. It's great to be able to suggest not answers, but possibilities. The main job of a teacher is not to teach how loud or soft, fast or slow something should go, but how to learn — what things you need to look for in order to make your decisions."
The coming season is packed with more teaching. Fleisher will be working with piano students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, the Royal Conservatory in Toronto and, of course, Peabody, where he has been a fixture since 1959.
"People change here with a certain regularity, which keeps me fresh — and, I hope, them," he said.
A Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 2007 and author (with Washington Post music critic Anne Midgette) of "My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music" in 2010, Fleisher seems to thrive on a packed schedule.
Fleisher, who added conducting to his skill set in the years after his right-hand trouble began, will be on the podium several times this fall. He will lead the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, as well as the famed Cleveland Orchestra, where he has been designated artist-in-residence.
An October engagement with the Naples (Fla.) Philharmonic will find Fleisher performing a Mozart concerto for two pianos with his wife, Katherine Jacobson Fleisher. He will also conduct that program, which includes the premiere of a work by Katherine's nephew, Nicholas Jacobson-Larson, written for four harps and orchestra. The four harpists will be three of Fleisher's children and his daughter-in-law.
"That's nepotism to the nth degree," Fleisher said, "a true family affair."
As for this month, Fleisher has been busy preserving some of his music-making for Bridge Records. He is recording pieces for left-hand-alone written for Fleisher over the years by such notable American composers as Lukas Foss and George Perle.
The recording will include a novel item. "It's my first crossover piece," the pianist said, as he started playing, with exquisite nuance, the great Jerome Kern song "All the Things You Are" in an elegant left-hand arrangement by a former Peabody student of Fleisher's, Stephen Prutsman.
While awaiting that new recording, the pianist's fans can dig back into a hefty portion of his past on the Sony boxed set. More than 19 hours and a lifetime of musical wisdom are packed into "Leon Fleisher: The Complete Album Collection."
Given that record companies often put out such collections to commemorate late, lamented artists, Fleisher wasn't sure how to view this one at first.
"Sony never told me about the box set," he said, "so I had quite a scare a few weeks ago when I saw it. What do they know that I don't know?"
Fleisher, whose dry wit is as well-known as his brilliant pianism, broke into a little grin. He is the first to pull someone's leg or poke fun at himself, as he does with perfect deadpan on a recently posted YouTube video, part of the quirky "Conversations with Nick Canellakis" created by a droll young cellist of that name.
The interview starts off with Fleisher closing his eyes — "I can hold a conversation while I'm sleeping; that's how I often teach" — and goes on tongue-in-cheek tangents from there. The pianist claims that he gets his "best work done on the toilet," for example, and that he has X-ray vision in his right eye (he uses Canellakis for an embarrassing demonstration).
This fun side of Fleisher — "I defer to nobody in the amount of foolishness I float out there," he said — is prized by his students. One of them is Michael Sheppard, a gifted Baltimore-based pianist who did graduate studies with Fleisher at Peabody.
"He can say the most profound things one moment and tell great off-color jokes the next," Sheppard said. "He is in his own orbit. He is so intent and serious about the music that he can seem hard to approach, but when you talk to him, he shoots the [breeze] just like a human."
Fleisher might be a regular guy in many ways, but he's got a musical pedigree that is anything but ordinary.
The San Francisco-born pianist did his most important studies, starting at age 9 and lasting a decade, with the keyboard giant Artur Schnabel, who studied with Theodor Leschetizky, who studied with Carl Czerny, who studied with Beethoven.
"Schnabel took things way beyond playing an instrument," Fleisher said of his teacher. "He was getting into the heart and soul of these composers. It was hard to distinguish between Mozart and Schnabel, Beethoven and Schnabel, Brahms and Schnabel."
The tutoring from Schnabel ended abruptly.
"He kicked me out," Fleisher said. "He told me, 'You have to find your own answers.' That led to a few years with a profound sense of being in the middle of the ocean without a life raft."
But the blossoming pianist found his way to shore and a fruitful collaboration with conductor George Szell, the towering conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Beginning in 1956 and lasting into the early '60s, Fleisher recorded several major works for piano and orchestra with Szell and the Clevelanders; the results form an integral portion of the box of Sony reissues.
The best-known of these collaborations are the piano concertos of Beethoven and Brahms, widely considered benchmarks to this day. The recordings of the five Beethoven concertos were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.
The rapport between Fleisher and Szell on all of the discs they made together is palpable.
"To this day, I haven't quite figured out why it was that we had that musical relationship," the pianist said. "Szell adored Schnabel, so maybe there was something filial or avuncular about it. We never had a musical disagreement, which is something you can rarely, rarely say."
They did have a disagreement over priorities at one point.
One week in March 1963, Fleisher was to perform a Beethoven concerto with the New York Philharmonic when Szell was guest conductor. The pianist had another gig — recording the Brahms F minor Piano Quintet with the Juilliard String Quartet — the day before his Philharmonic rehearsal.
"I got to rehearsal in the morning and foolishly told him, rather proudly, that I had been recording Brahms until 1 a.m.," Fleisher said. "I felt fine, but he was furious. He said, 'When you play with me and the New York Philharmonic, you do nothing else that week.' If you agreed to make music with Szell, it was understood that you would adhere to his high standards."
Fleisher, who talks about such incidents as if they happened yesterday, has a little joke in mind to play on the Cleveland Orchestra when he arrives to conduct the ensemble in December.
"I wanted to get a mask of George and come out onstage wearing it, but there's no one left in the orchestra who would remember what he looked like," the pianist said with a laugh.
Fleisher's own grizzled, bearded face has long suggested that of a sage — "Back in the day, they called him the Obi-Wan Kenobi of the piano," Sheppard said — and he has the insights to back it up.
As someone who gave his first public performance in 1936 and started teaching 54 years ago, Fleisher has considered just about every note, every chord, every angle of the core piano repertoire. And he has something wise to say about all of it.
"He has a number of what I would affectionately call canned speeches," said Sheppard, who now repeats them to his own students. "One is about how music is our way of defying gravity, how it's more physics than math."
Another familiar Fleisher refrain over the years has to do with technique versus interpretation.
"There are players who can do acrobatics — play fast octaves and stuff like that," he said. "But the ability to delve behind the notes is something else. All the notes are equally black. We have to determine what shades of gray to use, and why. To do something capricious usually doesn't sound that convincing. It doesn't have the quality of inevitability that a great performance has."
That quality precisely defines the artistry of Leon Fleisher.


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I totally agree with your review and how great this item is. I finally bought this today at the House of Fraser in Maidstone, Kent PLUS the BIG BIG bonus was it was in the sale at just £19.50! How could I resist? I tried each of the colours before buying and was amazed how pigmented they were and how creamy and buttery they were also and just loved the colours (I love neutrals, browns, golds and ginger eye colours) I have a greeny blue eye colour and find that these colours really make my eyes pop (especially with my strawberry blonde hair (NO i'm not ginger Lol)) I grabbed the box without a second thought after trying out the colours and thought this was a brilliant buy! I just love this item and think if anyone loves neutrals and/or browns/golds then it is a must have and will last you ages as like all Guerlain items a little goes a long way and......looks great in your bag OR cosmetic bag at home Lol. I must admit I am a self-confessed beautyholic (especially where mid-expensive ranges are concerned) and in the last month have spent a small fortune (I have bought a 15ml Chanel Beige and NO.5 pure parfum, a 7.5ml Coco pure parfum, 7.5ml Chance pure parfum, a coffret set (each with 3.5ml x 5 of Chanel Pure Parfums), Chanel eyebrow pencil, Chanel Les Beige powder, 2 x Chanel Les 4 eyeshadows, Illusion des ombre, Guerlain Rouge G lipstick, Guerlain lip pencil, Guerlain 4 eye shadow palette, some Les metier de beaute items and other mid-expensive skincare and beauty items) I am a defo beautyholic and not a cheap spend when I buy items either! Lol. I keep saying I must stop buying items BUT then something comes along and it's the usual.....OOOOhhhh that looks good I must have that OR WOW that's a brilliant price how can I resist! Lol. The department stores love me when they see me Lol PLUS it was my birthday just over a month ago so had to buy some lovely items with my money didn't I? Lol. I have practically all that I need for the moment (she says until something else new catches my eye or I see something on your page that you have reviewed and think Ooooohhhhh Lol) Have you tried Omorovicza? I have quite a few of their items and they are just fantastic and sooooo long lasting also (sorry about the rambling once I start I can't stop Lol) x


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Toys and Technology
If you have ever had to wrestle your iPad from your child's clutches, you know that kids love playing on tablets and smartphones. The trend has not been missed by toymakers. They know that even before a child can read or speak, they have an affinity for these devices.
Enter the biggest trend at this year's American International Toy Fair: toys that are either based on apps, or can be used with tablets and smartphones. The trend began last year, but this year the volume of products in this category will explode.
Some see the emerging trend as a way for toy companies to woo children back to their products, but others expect these technologies also can be used to enhance classic children's play.
Whatever side you're on, it is still too early to know what kids will think of these products and which ones will stand out in the crowd.
Already, several basic approaches to this market have sprung up. Some toymakers are using physical toys to interact with smartphones and tablets, while others are using apps to strengthen their brands by carving out a space for them in the virtual world. Another group is recognizing that these brands are an important pop culture phenomenon and are developing toys that bring these virtual characters and games to life in the real world.
Click ahead to see some ways tech, toys and tablets are melding together.
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Joan Rivers, Comedienne and Fashion Police Host, Dies at 81
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U.S. soldier held in deaths of 16 Afghans
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(CBS/AP) KABUL, Afghanistan - A U.S. service member came out of his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, killing 16, including woman and children, Afghan officials said.
The shooting spree occurred in Panjwai district of Kandahar province. Little is known about the shooter, although CBS News has learned he was an U.S. Army sergeant in a Stryker Brigade based at Fort Lewis, in Washington state.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said 16 people were killed, including nine children and three women.
Shooting suspect from "most troubled" U.S. base
"This is an assassination, an intentional killing of innocent civilians and cannot be forgiven," Karzai said in a statement. He said he has repeatedly demanded the U.S. stop killing Afghan civilians.
Five people were wounded in the pre-dawn attack, including a 15-year-old boy named Rafiullah who was shot in the leg and spoke to the president over the telephone. He described how the American soldier entered his house in the middle of the night, woke up his family and began shooting them, according to Karzai's statement.
President Barack Obama called the shootings "tragic and shocking," and said he was deeply saddened by the reported killing and wounding of Afghan civilians.
In a statement Mr. Obama said, "I offer my condolences to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives, and to the people of Afghanistan, who have endured too much violence and suffering." He also asserted the incident "does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect that the United States has for the people of Afghanistan."
Obama shocked by Afghan shooting rampage
The attack took place in two villages in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province. The villages -- Balandi and Alkozai -- are about 500 yards away from a U.S. base. The shooting started around 3 a.m., said Asadullah Khalid, the government representative for southern Afghanistan and a member of the delegation that went to investigate the incident.
A resident of the village of Alkozai, Abdul Baqi, told the AP that, based on accounts of his neighbors, the American gunman went into three different houses and opened fire.
"When it was happening in the middle of the night, we were inside our houses. I heard gunshots and then silence and then gunshots again," Baqi said.
Speaking from Kabul, CBS News correspondent Mandy Clark reports that, according to an Afghan official, 11 civilians including women and children were killed in one home.The suspect - a sergeant, married with two children, who had served three tours in Iraq and began his first deployment to Afghanistan in December, according to a senior U.S. official - was being held by the U.S. miltary and an investigation was ongoing.
Clark said there is no indication of a motivation in the attack. "They haven't made any links to the victims and the soldiers, so it's very unclear why he went on this shooting rampage," said Clark.
An AP photographer saw the bodies - some of them burned and some covered with blankets - in the villages of Alkozai and Balandi in Kandahar province's Panjwai district. The villages are about 500 yards away from a U.S. base.
Villagers packed inside a minibus looked on with concern as a woman spoke to reporters. She pulled back a blanket to reveal the body of a smaller child wearing what appeared to be red pajamas. A third dead child lay amid a pile of green blankets in the bed of a truck.
Gen. John R. Allen, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said in a statement, "I was shocked and saddened to hear of the shooting incident today in Kandahar Province. I offer my profound regret and deepest condolences to the victims and their families. I pledge to all the noble people of Afghanistan my commitment to a rapid and thorough investigation.
"In the meantime, we will continue to offer medical care for those who were injured in this shooting," Gen. Allen said. "We will maintain custody of the U.S. service member alleged to have perpetrated this attack. And we will cooperate fully with local Afghan authorities as we ascertain all the facts."
He said the "deeply appalling incident" in no way represents the values of ISAF and coalition troops, said he was absolutely dedicated to making sure anyone found to have committed wrong-doing is held fully accountable.
Gen. Carsten Jacobson, a spokesperson for the ISAF, speaking in a video posted to Natochannel and on YouTube, also expressed "deep regrets" and "sorrow" for the members of the families of those who perished.
He did not did not link this shooting to other recent incidents, such the burning of Qurans and the subsequent protests which led to the deaths of six U.S. service members and more than two dozen Afghan civilians. ,/P>
"Of course it is a very tragic event, it looks like the act of an individual, but we have to find out what the background behind it is . . . look into the case in detail."
Twelve of the dead were from Balandi, said Samad Khan, a farmer who lost all 11 members of his family, including women and children. Khan was away from the village when the incident occurred and returned to find his family members shot and burned. One of his neighbors was also killed, he said.
"This is an anti-human and anti-Islamic act," said Khan. "Nobody is allowed in any religion in the world to kill children and women."
Khan demanded that Afghan President Hamid Karzai punish the American shooter.
"Otherwise we will make a decision," said Khan. "He should be handed over to us."
Residents in Alkozai village also demanded that Karzai punish the American or hand him over to the villagers. The four people killed in the village were all from one family, said a female relative who was shouting in anger. She did not give her name because of the conservative nature of local society.
"No Taliban were here. No gun battle was going on," said the woman. "We don't know why this foreign soldier came and killed our innocent family members. Either he was drunk or he was enjoying killing civilians."
The Taliban called the shootings the latest sign that international forces are working against the Afghan people.
"The so-called American peace keepers have once again quenched their thirst with the blood of innocent Afghan civilians in Kandahar province," The Taliban said in a statement posted on a website used by the insurgent group.
Appearing on "Face the Nation," CBS News national security correspondent David Martin said that motive may be besides the point: "The number one mission for U.S. troops in Afghanistan is to protect Afghan civilians. For an American soldier just to open fire on Afghan civilians just undercuts the mission of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan."
Jere van Dyk: What might Kandahar shootings mean for U.S.?
Sediq Sediqqi of the Afghan Interior Ministry condemned the attack, telling Reuters, "We condemn the shootings in the strongest terms possible and this will be fully investigated."This attack could not have come at a worse time, said CBS News correspondent Mandy Clark. Last month, Afghans held mass protests against American troops after U.S. soldiers mistakenly burned copies of the Quran. Six American soldiers were killed in retaliation attacks.
The worry now is how the Afghan public will react to this attack.
Also appearing on "Face the Nation" this morning, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said it was time for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan, adding that the U.S. is not "ruthless enough" to affect fundamental change.
"I think we have to reassess the entire region," he told Bob Schieffer. "I think we need to reconsider the whole mission. We need to understand that our being the middle of countries like Afghanistan is counter-productive. We are not in a position to force them to change."Gingrich: It's time to get out of Afghanistan
U.S. forces are investigating the shooting in cooperation with Afghan authorities, NATO spokesman Justin Brockhoff said. He said it was not clear if the alleged shooter knew the victims.
There were reports of protests following the shooting.
The shooting comes after weeks of tense relations between U.S. forces and their Afghan hosts following the burning of Qurans and other religious materials at an American base. Though U.S. officials apologized and said the burning was an accident, the incident sparked violent protests and attacks that killed some 30 people.
Meanwhile, a prominent Afghan women's rights activist said gunmen attacked her office in a western province overnight in an apparent assassination attempt.
Malalai Joya, a former Afghan lawmaker and vocal critic of both the Taliban and of criminality in the Afghan government, said the attack on her office in Farah province was the sixth attempt on her life to date.
Armed men tried to storm the compound late in the night on Saturday, she said. The attackers did not get into the building but two of her guards were seriously injured and are currently in the hospital.
Joya said she was in Kabul at the time but had planned a trip to Farah soon and news of that may have leaked out. She said she believes the attackers thought she was in the building.


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Patient discussion about perfume
Q. What is the ingredient in perfume or Cologne that will trigger an asthma attack? There is something in cologne/perfume that's not in body spray that triggers my asthma. I went out with a friend and he had on cologne and my asthma starting bothering me. Before going out my asthma hadn't bothered me in months because I stay away from things that may trigger an attack. This often happens with other things like bleach, ajax or any bad odor
Q. I am allergic to most of artificial perfumes and body sprays. is there is any method of treatment? If posible, also i need some advices about how to keep my body odour fresh and cool.
Q. I was told that platinum is used in fragrances for the fullness of the spray. Please tell me more! Three years ago I was diagnosed with off the lab chart levels of platinum in my body. I have no hobby or avenue for exposure other than my work. I have sold fragrances for over ten years. Even the Regional EPA Air Quality person doesnt know where I am getting this. I was told by a health director who made some calls. He told me that platinum is used in fragrances for the "fullness of the spray". Would you please tell me more about this? Thank you!


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Firstly, sorry for the woeful lack of posts this past week. I have an excuse though: some sort of throat virus that attacks anonymously but leaves its trace for several long, protracted days. Moving from the bed, much less blogging, was completely out of the question for the past few days but the good news is, apart from a nasty sinus headache (any tips for clearing that one up? I've tried every pill going and none of them seem to touch it) I'm back to 65/70% recovery and so I present to you a post that I started on Monday before I fell ill….(oh and I will get back to each one of you who commented or stumbled me…very soon!!).
I don't know many people who dislike Carrot Cake. I prefer it everytime over chocolate cake. Perhaps it's the always exciting spiciness of the cinnamon and cloves or is it the rich cream cheese icing (I always say I love a bit of cake with my icing). Or is it the slightly perverse thrill at putting a vegetable into a cake?
I suppose it could be the fact that Carrot Cake was once lauded as healthy. For sure it is missing the butter element but that cream cheese topping is about as calorific as it comes although there must be healthier options for the icing. I just don't want to know about them.
For me, I enjoy the relentless moistness of the cake, the fact that it lasts forever in the cake tin (providing you don't eat it first) and that tang of cream cheese followed by the spiciness of the cake when you take your first bite. Oh, and it is really easy to make. In fact, it was the first cake I ever made, in Domestic Science class (that's cookery to you and me), when I was about 10 years old. It is my favourite type of cake mixture, pour and stir. No creaming necessary. There is that annoyingly prolonged time spent grating carrots but if you have a food processor that element is despatched post haste too.
This recipe is slightly different, because, what with this being a chocolate blog and all, it uses Cocoa Powder. The flavour is not overpowered by the cocoa but simply enhanced and given extra depth. The original recipe used (from the Divine Heavenly Chocolate Recipes cookbook) used Cocoa Powder in the Icing too but I omitted that because I love the white, fluffy purity of the original cream cheese icing. I have given both options here in case you want to go all out cocoa mad though.
For the Cake:
3 Large Free Range Eggs
175g Caster Sugar
200ml Sunflower Oil
250g Grated Carrot
200g Plain Flour
3 Tablespoons Good Quality Cocoa Powder
1 Tsp Cinnamon
1 Tsp Ground Ginger
1 Tbsp Baking Powder
125g Walnut Pieces (optional)
For the Icing
100g Soft Unsalted Butter
100g Cream Cheese
300g Sieved Icing Sugar
5 Tablespoons Sieved Cocoa Powder (optional)
Preheat oven to 180c.
Line and grease two 8″ Round Sandwich Tins.
Whisk the eggs and sugar together in a large bowl until light and frothy. Gradually beat in the oil. A hands free or electric hand whisk is by far the quickest method here.
Stir in the grated carrots.
In a separate bowl, sieve together the Flour, Baking Powder, Spices and Cocoa Powder and stir into the carrot/egg/sugar/oil mixture.
Fold in nuts if using.
Pour evenly into the two prepared sandwich tins and bake for about 25 minutes or until soft to the touch. A skewer may not come out completely clean as carrot cake is always supposed to be very moist.
Leave to cool in the tins and then turn out. Once completely cool, cover and fill with the following icing:
To make the icing, mix together all the ingredients until a thick but spreadable and very creamy icing emerges.
You can decorate with chopped walnuts if you like, or some coconut carrots that, implausibly, my Mum had in her bread bin!


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text: If you haven't seen John Carpenter's classic The Thing, which shows you just how scary a remote Antarctic ice station can be when a parasitic alien thaws out, you should. If you have seen it, then you'll recognize this sucker designed by FX whiz Rob Bottin. Remember when Kurt Russell starts testing everyone's blood to see if they've become infected and have shapeshifted into an alien? Well, this is what pops out of the petri dish in one of those "shit your pants" screen moments, and it can be yours for the semi-outrageous opening bid of $3,499.00. Although there's no certificate of authenticity, there is a very nice glass case, which might explain the upcharge. If it were made out of diamond. [Ain't It Cool]


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SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. –-(Ammoland.com)- Before you head to the woods on the opening day of deer season, make sure to print a new deer harvest record and carry it with you, reminds the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division.
"The bag limit is the season limit, so a deer harvest record is good only for a single hunting season," said John W. Bowers, assistant chief of Game Management.
All deer hunters, including big game license holders, honorary and lifetime license holders, hunters under 16 years of age and landowners, should obtain a new deer harvest record. Deer harvest records are required for any person hunting deer, regardless of age, are free of charge and available at www.gohuntgeorgia.com/recreational-licenses or at any retail license agent.
Hunters must complete a deer harvest record before moving a deer from the site of a kill, except when participating in a wildlife management area or national wildlife refuge hunt that requires hunters to check out harvested deer. Hunters may not possess or use multiple big game licenses or deer harvest records and should keep harvest records with hunting licenses.
For more information, visit www.gohuntgeorgia.com.


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St. Gregory the Great Catholic School continued its tradition of honoring their favorite Saint on All Saints Day. As part of their Sacramental year, the second-graders researched their favorite Saint and prepared a small speech about them.
On Thursday, the students proceeded in dressed as their Saint and informed the Congregation three facts about their Saint.