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GHCD 2287/88/89 – SAN FRANCISCO OPERA GEMS – Volume 2
Martinelli, Rethberg, Flagstad, Schorr, Gigli, Jobin, Albanese, Valentino, Harrell, Stevens, Kullman, Steber, Lehmann, Conner, Alvary
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International Record Review December 04
Volume 2 of 'San Francisco Opera Gems' contains things that I have never encountered before, though they may have once appeared on one of the pioneering pirate labels. As usual with Guild, the sound surprises by its clarity and lack of graunch and crackle, though sometimes at a cost in top-cut, which is never gross. We begin with Act 2 of La Juive from 1936, with Giovanni Martinelli and Elisabeth Rethberg under Gaetano Merola, who often turns out to be a less dreadful conductor than his reputation would suggest. The singing here is simply amazing, leading me to feel that I must settle down and listen to this neglected opera through. Martinelli shows a few signs of strain but is mainly wonderful, and Rethberg I truly is – to use a word I have vowed I wouldn't – awesome. The rest of the disc is devoted to a severely truncated final scene of Act 3 of Die Walküre, with Flagstad and Schorr , again under Merola, emphatically no Wagnerian. Flagstad in 1936 was in her youthful prime, singing with a passion which she is so regularly denied, while Schorr, despite terribly effortful high notes, is a model of nobility and firm legato. Where the acetates gave out, Guild has supplied excerpts from a Met broadcast of 1940, but with great tact and skill. The next disc begins with tantalizing fragments from Act 1 of Andrea Chénier from 1938, Gigli on heroic form, Rethberg singing for only a few moments. Then Act 1 of Pagliacci from 1945, a performance mainly distinguished by Raoul Jobin's desperate Canio, while as usual Licia Albanese treats us to her full repertoire of sobs and strained mirth. The third disc has extracts from Carmen with Charles Kullman, Risë Stevens and, most strikingly, Eleanor Steber, a glorious Micaëla. Then we get a nominally complete Act 3 of Rosenkavalier, also from 1945, in which Lotte Lehmann sings one of her last Marschallins, and has to adjust the vocal line of the trio to cope; she is still incredibly moving, and the other singers are fine, apart from Lorenzo Alvary's unsuitable Ochs. A thrilling set: let's hope there are more volumes to follow (Guild Historical GHCD2287/89, three discs, 3 hours 19 minutes).
Guild's booklet is as ever very attractive and full of background and there will, I am sure, be a collector's market for these discs. Generalists will find it less satisfactory. …
One thing that I've learned from Guild's series of discs devoted to off-air performances is just how unusual Raoul Jobin was in having his performances privately recorded. His I Pagliacci, from 1945, survives because a San Francisco studio preserved Act I on acetate discs and Jobin authorised other such private recordings, some of which Guild has utilised in the past. Commonplace later or now perhaps, and easy to do; but then troublesome and compromised by all manner of potential problems, seldom of abiding interest to the musicians themselves – and not cheap.
Which brings us to a central consideration regarding Volume 2 of this San Franciscan operatic odyssey – the sound (we shall leave the issue of snippets and segments to later). Sound quality ranges from fine to just bearable and most stops in between. Listeners should know that there are a number of imperfections inherent in the recorded mediums, including some necessary patching, though I should also note that assiduous collectors and those for whom early electrics are the height of modernity will find little to frighten them here.
We begin with Act II from La Juive with Rethberg and Martinelli. The sound is somewhat constricted and there is a deal of acetate scuffing but against that one can hear Rethberg's dominating performance (a touch of steel in Il va venir!) and also the sterling contribution of the underrated Charlotte Boerner; the great Martinelli is not optimally steady, occasional effortful (the impression is one of a bark) but full of personality. He strays off mike at points, which is a pity, especially in Tu possèdes. Making up the disc is Act III Scene III of Die Walküre, with Flagstad and Schorr. This has a big cut and there's some pitch fluctuation in Lieb' wohl. If I add that the orchestral playing can be crude and that Schorr, though ever magnetic, sounds in frayed voice you will think this is a washout. It's true that there are only about twenty-three minutes worth here – and then not all have emerged intact from damage – but Flagstad is here and her breath control in War es so schmählich is superb to hear.
Andrea Chénier is a fourteen-minute segment. The chorus and band are rather ragged but we again have Rethberg and this time Gigli, whose unforced ease of voice production in Colpito qui m'avate – mezza voce, portamento and a kind of parlando lyric power – is only slightly vitiated by his very Gigli-esque emoting at the end. From the sound of it the San Francisco orchestra was a very variable instrument because the strings are sketchy in the orchestral introduction to I Pagliacci. Here we have some problems with Jobin's acetates that later on, because of side changing, occupy rather different acoustic perspectives – still they are accurate enough to pick up what sounds like a very active prompter or conductor. The star of the performance is Albanese – quicksilver and alive, and the hints of acetate shatter in Sei là are not going to derail her or her very pretty laugh. Mack Harrell proves dependable, in the best sense, whilst Jobin is adequate as Canio; his Vesti la giubba won't make the cut but it's not an embarrassment by any means.
The final volume offers a study in contrasts; Carmen is in generally excellent shape – but against that it offers really only meagre excerpts lasting some twenty minutes – whereas Rosenkavalier is in relatively worn condition but offers a substantially complete Act III. Kullman – often taken for granted – proves attractive in Carmen though it's Risë Stevens who takes the honours – strongly flexible singing and in youthful, fresh voice. The sound in Rosenkavalier is rather brazen but Stevens is here again, in a performance she gave three days before her Carmen extracts (in both cases Georges Sebastian is the conductor – for many years Gaetano Merola ruled the operatic roost in the city and he conducts La Juive, Die Walküre and Andrea Chénier). Stevens gets a barrel of laughs as Marandel, though she tends to caricature – the Ochs of Lorenzo Alvary is not at all bad. But the sound is not good – congested and brittle and it tends to limit enjoyment.
Guild's booklet is as ever very attractive and full of background and there will, I am sure, be a collector's market for these discs. Generalists will find it less satisfactory.
Jonathan Woolf
By Robert J Farr
Live recordings from the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco in Seasons 1936, 1938, and 1945
This second volume of 'San Francisco Opera Gems' seems to serve much the same function as volume 1. The San Francisco Opera often provided opportunities for singers on the Met roster to sing roles and leads not offered them at the premier house. There was also the matter of repertoire. One of the most interesting items in this collection is the 1936 recording of act 2 of La Juive with Elisabeth Rethberg as Rachel and Giovanni Martinelli as Eleazer. Eleazer was Caruso's last appearance on the stage when he sang the role at the Met on Christmas Eve 1920. In great pain he never really recovered and died the following summer. (see Life of Caruso on Naxos). It is a role which, as London Green notes in the booklet (p.8), requires a genuine heroic voice. Giovanni Martinelli sang the role at the Met in its first revival there three years after Caruso's death. By the time of this recording there are signs of vocal wear. He does not sing the part with the open-throated freedom of his great predecessor as can be heard on the final disc of Naxos's Caruso survey (Vol. 12) The portrayal of Rachel by Elisabeth Rethberg provides the real pleasure. Her full even tone and superb legato are a joy to hear. Her introduction to Il va venir and the following music (CD1 trs. 6-9) are the highlights. It is a great pity that the recording, derived from four sixteen-inch transcription discs, has so much surface noise.
Rethberg makes a brief contribution to the scene from Andrea Chénier (CD2 trs. 1-4). The notable performance here is by Beniamino Gigli. The 1938 series of performances at San Francisco, from which this recording is taken, marked Gigli's return to the American opera stage after the contretemps of his departure from the Met six years earlier (see my review The Life of Gigli on Naxos). His studio version is well known and admired. It is good to know from this live recording that his essentially lyric voice could hit the high notes with full tone and no strain in the theatre too (tr. 4). The remainder of the second disc features act 1 of Pagliacci. The recording derives from four transcription discs made for the featured tenor Raoul Jobin. The sound quality is variable. The interest for me is the Nedda of Licia Albanese. She is richer and warmer of tone than de los Angeles in the recently re-issued studio recording (see review) and her characterisation is good (CD 2 trs. 12-14). I am no more impressed by Raoul Jobin's Canio than I was by his Don José in volume 1 of the series. His phrasing lacks grace and he substitutes volume for subtlety (trs. 8-9 and 19-20). Francesco Valentino as Tonio introduces the work well (tr. 5), but at the end of the day one can hear why he was pushed into smaller parts at the Met after the arrival of Warren and Merrill.
On the third CD Risë Stevens makes a thoroughly vibrant, secure-toned and sexy Carmen (CD 3 trs. 2 and 4). Charles Kullman as Don José sings tastefully if without any distinctive beauty of tone (tr. 3). The American soprano Eleanor Steber is a vocally secure Micaëla (tr. 5). The recording quality of this 1945 performance is amongst the best in this collection. The act 3 from Der Rosenkavalier from the same year, and which follows the Carmen, is of much poorer quality (trs. 6-20). The best singing comes from Risë Stevens as Octavian, although I agree with the booklet note that she overdoes the Mirandel episode. Lotte Lehmann, born 1888, is here past her considerable best. Although her artistry is still there so too is thin tone and downward transposition.
I haven't mentioned the Die Walküre extract. Frankly, Schorr and Flagstad have had excessive exposure on the various 'Immortal Performance' issues on Guild. Volume 1 of 'San Francisco Opera Gems' included a whole disc of act 2 of Die Walküre conducted by Reiner and featuring these artists plus Melchior and Lehmann; this was recorded the same year. London Green justifies these further extracts on the basis of the freshness of Flagstad's manner, caught here in the earlier years of her Wagnerian career. Certainly the forward placing of the voices helps appreciation of the purity and tonal beauty of her singing (CD 1 tr. 13). The downside is that we can too clearly hear the worn parts of Schorr's instrument. Given the surface noise, pitch variation and the necessity of interpolation for the sake of dramatic continuity, the time could have been better used.
The main item of interest in this collection is the extracts from La Juive and Rethberg's contribution in particular. Otherwise this disc is for those with a specialist interest in particular singers from the past and whose ears can tolerate the sonic limitations.


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Cheshire East Council has called in the police to probe concerns about the purchase of land for its environmental hub, which includes a waste transfer station and headquarters for the council's arm-length company Ansa Environmental Services.
A number of investigations are already being conducted by police over serious allegations into the authority's conduct.
Acting chief executive Kath O'Dwyer said: "As a result of targeted and risk-assessed audit work, undertaken during the past couple of months, I can confirm that I referred two further matters to Cheshire police on 26 February.
"The police are currently undertaking an initial assessment of these matters, in order to determine whether an investigation is required."
She said one concerned the acquisition of land subsequently used to provide the council's Cledford environmental hub project, while she had agreed not to disclose details of the other matter until the police had established whether it merited a formal investigation.
O'Dwyer said the referral meant officers could not present the council's cabinet with a report on the environmental hub project, which the council had resolved in December to do.
"We stated last year that we would endeavour to ensure that any historical matters of concern are fully explored and appropriate action taken on our findings," she said.
"To this end, we have embarked on a targeted and risk-assessed programme of audit in relation to specific land sales and acquisitions. This has resulted in these two referrals to the police."
The environment hub is intended to provide a waste transfer station, transport depot, offices and a new headquarters for Ansa, the council's operating company for recycling and streetscape services.
Police are also investigating allegations that Cheshire East manipulated air quality data, how public funds were allocated to the Berkeley Academy and concerns about land purchases.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government said in October it would monitor Cheshire East but would only intervene were there enough evidence of "widespread, systemic and extremely serious failure".
Cheshire East's investigation and disciplinary committee is due to meet tomorrow, although its business has not been disclosed.
It was found in January to have problems with staff feeling bullied, after a Local Government Association review of its internal culture.
In December, monitoring officer Bill Norman resigned after having been removed from his duties last May. Chief executive Mike Suarez was suspended last April and chief operating officer Peter Bates was suspended in December after having his section 151 officer duties removed last May.
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Flood relief, solidarity and nationalism
There was an overwhelming response from working people to the flood preparation and recovery efforts in Queensland. On the weekend after the waters receded in Brisbane, tens of thousands of people took to the streets, getting knee deep in the mud to assist friends and strangers alike.
While the capitalist politicians and corporate media were in overdrive whipping up nationalist sentiment, this was not the sentiment on the streets. People were not working for the "Aussie spirit" - it was a massive effort driven by basic sentiments of human solidarity. The nationalist fervour is something that is superimposed in an effort to undermine this very powerful sense of solidarity.
'All in it together'?
They use nationalist sentiment to break the ties of solidarity. They want us working for "the nation", not for each other. They want us to believe that we are "all in this together". But that is never true. The class divisions in society cannot be eradicated, even by a wall of water.
It is always the working people and poor who suffer the most. The more prosperous suburbs received the greatest attention in the media and the official volunteer efforts. The poor rural areas suffered the most and will continue to suffer.
The rich can afford hotels and have their beach houses to go to. The poor have nowhere to go. The rich can afford to hire trucks and storage or can just move everything to the top floor of their multi-storey mansions. The poor have to scramble with their few precious items to get out the back gate - if they get home from work in time to save anything at all. The rich have their flood insurance and over-inflated bank accounts to replace anything they lose.
The rich pay people to manage their affairs. They know the councillors and can get a dozen volunteers at the snap of their fingers. The poor are more concerned about their neighbours and want volunteers to help others who are worse off.
But in this case, people were not left on their own. The massive mobilisation of working people meant that people did get the help they needed.
Thousands turned up at the official volunteer registration, but there were many times more who took to the streets themselves. The turn-out also put paid to the myth that young people are apathetic: young people made up the majority of the volunteers (the "mud army" as it has been dubbed). Many people self-organised through Facebook and other social media, working with strangers to put together teams that could offer all the assistance needed: plumbers, electricians, builders, people to cook and general hands.
People found a role for themselves. Those who couldn't labour in the mud walked the hot streets with baskets of food and cold drinks to sustain the work. Or they volunteered to do the washing for those who no longer had a laundry.
Very few people had experience or skills in flood clean-up, but people worked together to find solutions. The skills and tricks involved in getting mud out of houses, backyards and streets quickly spread across the suburbs as people shared their experiences.
There was a strong sense of solidarity. No-one shirked work, and no-one resented anyone who needed a break. People in cars tooted and cheered muddied volunteers as they made their way home. For a short time in some streets, it was like a strange sort of socialism - from each according to their ability, to each according to their need.
With such widespread solidarity and cooperation among poor and working people, it is no wonder that the capitalist politicians and the corporate media are so keen to undercut it with their nationalist ideology.
Pushing parochialism
Demonstrating that the "Queenslander" parochialism was superimposed on the clean-up efforts was the fact that many people travelled from interstate to help. Even more so was the fact that around 70 refugees in a detention centre in Darwin donated from the very little they had to the flood appeal.
While most helping out are not class conscious, many have an instinct to help those most in need. Some of the teams that are being put together are consciously targeting the poorer areas, those that were more overlooked by the official efforts.
The nationalist sentiment does take hold; there is an element of flag-waving on the streets. But it is not instinctive. It is adopted in the absence of class consciousness as a means of identifying with a collective.
Of course, there is also racism inherent in the greater degree of concern for the victims of floods in Australia than those who were suffering to a much greater degree at the same time in Brazil and the Philippines. But again, this is more the result of the role of the corporate media than anything instinctive among working people. There would be much greater concern if people knew about the floods in other parts of the world, and if people could help, they would, as they did in the Boxing Day tsunami relief efforts in 2004.
In Brazil and the Philippines, the structural inequality is even greater due to the history of imperialist exploitation; assistance for flood victims is even more reliant on the working people and poor - demonstrating once again that there is nothing inherently "Aussie" or "Queenslander" about helping those in need.
Banks and other corporations have contributed to the relief efforts, but relative to their wealth, their contributions pale into insignificance compared to what working people have given. It is a PR exercise and an effort to promote the idea that "we're all in this together". But it is hollow; for example, the announcement that some of the banks agreed to freeze temporarily mortgage and credit card repayments for flood victims would be done in the knowledge that most people won't be able to pay in any case.
Compare this to the response of the state-owned Bank of Venezuela, which gave "socialist solidarity bonuses" equivalent to one month of the national minimum wage to thousands of flood victims in the capital, Caracas. This is just one example of the many measures taken by the country's socialist government to assist working people and the poor during and after the floods in late 2010. These measures included a decree to force luxury hotels to accommodate flood victims (the presidential palace was also used for emergency accommodation), massive funding for emergency building of public housing and the takeover of unoccupied buildings and land for new housing. Part of the funding is coming from US$500 million recovered from frozen US bank accounts.
Capitalist governments cannot match such efforts. Despite the infrastructure available and the massive efforts of volunteers and the public service, the political, social and economic reality means that it will be working people and the poor who are forced to carry the burden. Already there are signs that the state, local and federal governments will use the flood recovery as an excuse for cuts to jobs and social services that they had already planned anyway. These attacks will again be shrouded in nationalistic "we're in this together" rhetoric, but we can be sure that it won't be the politicians' salaries or corporate profits that will be cut.
Working people need to stand together and resist these attacks and resist the attempts to undercut our solidarity with the poisonous ideology of nationalism.


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Marine Gensets Market in the APAC Region 2014-2018 New Research Report Available at ReportsnReports.com
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Analysts forecast the Marine Gensets market in the APAC region to grow at a CAGR of 7.03 percent over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing demand for commercial vessels. The Marine Gensets market in the APAC region (http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/271954-marine-gensets-market-in-the-apac-region-2014-2018.html) has also been witnessing the emerging demand for hybrid gensets. However, the need for continuous maintenance and support could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
The Marine Gensets Market in the APAC Region 2014-2018, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers North Asia, Southeast Asia, and the ANZ region. It also covers the Marine Gensets market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Key vendors dominating this space are Caterpillar Inc., Cummins Inc., Kohler Co., and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
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A comic books second page.
cool stuff
Comic book:pg.4
new art gallery
Shan comic
A comic book at odds with itself.
A comic books second page.
Page three:Deja Vu
Art trade one
Art Trade oneA
Art Trade Two:Kitty!
Art trade two
Art Trade Two A
Art Trade Two: in color
Birthdays page one
The story of Jonahs mission.
Art Submissions.
Gallery one
Early Drawings Gallery
A comic book at odds with itself.
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Post-election round-up
on November 5, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Posted In: Internet
Some snapshots on the day after:
World newspapers on Obama's win. I wonder what their circulation was like today?
Snapshots of electoral maps from around the net. I liked the BBC ones.
The Onion. Doing what The Onion does best.


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Starting : Shahid Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher ,Aditi Sharma
Producer : Sheetal Vinod Talwar ,Sunil A. Lulla
Releasing Date : July 22, 2011
Mausam is a timeless lovestory
Starting : Shahrukh Khan , Kareena Kapoor ,Arjun Rampal ,Shahana Goswami ,Satish Shah
Director : Anubhav Sinha
Releasing Date : October 26, 2011
Kareena Kapoor plays the female lead alongside Khan in the film whilst Arjun Rampal will be seen as the villain.
Starting : Atif Aslam, Iman Ali, Mahira Khan, Humaima Malick,
Shafqat Cheema, Manzar Sehbai, Zaib Rehman, Amr Kashmiri, Sagar
Director : Shoaib Mansoor
Releasing Date : June 24, 2011
Bol is a roller coaster of emotions, yet carries subtleties that make your heartbeat stop. Based in the heart of Lahore, the story takes place in a house full of daughters, with vibrancy of life, yet restrictions on blooming.Atif Aslam plays an enlightened neighbor, and with his two loves, one for music and the other for the next door beauty, Mahira Khan, adds romance and melody to the film.
Zindagi Na Millegi Dobara
Starting : Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif,
Kalki Koechlin
Director :Zoya Akhtar
Releasing Date : July 15, 2011
ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA, a young fun-filled road film shot largely across Spain.The film has been creating a huge buzz and is highly anticipated by the audiences.
1. Hot and Sexy Tamil Actress in wet Dress....!
2.Sexy Deepika Padukone From Short Skirt to Saree!
3.New Hot Sensation In Bollywood..".Veena Malik"
4.Tamil Actress Tamanna in Seductive poses!
5.Hot Bollywood Actress Showing Their Clevages!


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Your Local Scheme
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Scheme information
The Scheme covers every property in South Close. and all are vigilant
- the scheme doesn't have a website
Scheme Website
Scheme coordinator
John Rogers
The scheme was one of the first schemes in Gosport. I took over about 6 years ago and previous to that I was the Chairman of the Gosport Neighbourhood Watch. I is important to maintain the scheme to ensure the continued safety of all the members.


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School is almost out and with the idea of going on vacation being so expensive most families are opting for the idea of a "staycation". While a great idea, it will also save you money and your family time will have never been spent wiser. I myself was looking into what we can do this summer, the … [Read more...]
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Gift For Dad. A Wood Burned Plaque.
This year has been an amazing year for me having gotten back into crafting and doing things that I love most.. the creative juices have been flowing! My business at A Little Cloud Studio has been doing so well (part of the reason I haven't been around much) and my son as always keeping me busy and … [Read more...]
Food Tip: Homemade Pizza made Gourmet – Spice it Up!
Sorry I haven't been around for a while. Life happens right? Well, after a long break I really hope I can get back into it. I thought I'd start off with a post about something I love to make..... and that is PIZZA!! I love making pizza for my family and if I can used leftover chicken or steak I … [Read more...]


text: Denon HEOS 1 Review – Like a Portable Sonos Play:1 October 3, 2015 THE GOOD: The Denon HEOS 1 has sound quality nearly on par with Sonos' Play:1 speaker. The HEOS Go Pack lets the HEOS 1 go places that the Play 1 can't. THE BAD: Weird connection method which requires a proprietary 3.5 mm cord to get the HEOS 1 on your WiFi network. The Go Pack is great, but it would be nice if the HEOS 1 had a built-in battery pack and Bluetooth. SUMMARY: The HEOS 1 sounds great and is a nice addition to the HEOS multi-room audio ecosystem. Get the add-on Go Pack and you have the added flexibility of being able to take the great sounding HEOS 1 with you. Denon HEOS 1 Review (MSRP: $199)The Denon HEOS 1's appearance immediately draws comparisons to the Sonos Play 1. The HEOS 1 measures about 7″ x 5″ x 5″. It tips the scale at a substantial 3 lbs. When compared side-by-side to the Play 1 it's about 1″ taller. If you have the add-on HEOS 1 Go Pack, it's about 2″ taller. The HEOS 1 is moisture resistant which makes it ideal for listening in the bathroom or other damp environments. Our review model had a matte black finish with a dark grey grill which angled and wrapped around the sides of the speaker. If black isn't your style, the HEOS 1 also comes in a crisp white finish. The back of the HEOS 1 has an ethernet input, a 3.5 mm jack, power adapter port, and a USB input. There's also a wall mount screw hole if you decide to display the HEOS 1 on your wall. On the top of the HEOS 1 you'll see a volume up/down button and a mute button. Play and Pause buttons aren't included which means you'll need to rely on a connected device to control your tunes. The HEOS 1 speaker by itself is pretty good and is on par with the Sonos Play 1, but truthfully you need to get the HEOS 1 Go Pack to really enjoy the benefits of the speaker.The Go Pack is a 1″ tall disc that twists on to the bottom of the HEOS 1. The Pack does a couple things. For starters, it gives the HEOS 1 bluetooth capabilities. It also has a built-in battery that promises to power the HEOS 1 speaker for 4-6 hours on a single charge. The back of the disc has a series of 4 blue LED lights that lets you know how much charge the pack has left. When fully charged we managed to get about five and a half hours of sustained use. The Bluetooth adapter that comes packaged with the Go Pack, fits into the USB port on the back of the HEOS 1. A rubber splash guard fits over top of the bluetooth adapter giving it and the other rear inputs protection from water. SetupSetting up Bluetooth on the HEOS 1 is pretty quick and painless. After you plug-in the USB Bluetooth dongle, just hit the connect button on the back of the HEOS 1 and your Bluetooth device should recognize the speaker. Getting the Denon HEOS 1 on your WiFi network is a different story. It requires that you plug-in the supplied 3.5 mm cable into a wireless device that's currently on your network. I wasn't a big fan of this with the HEOS 3, and I'm still not. Once you attach the cable to your device the HEOS software asks you to hit the connect button on the back of the speaker and then enter the network password. With a little luck, you'll be able to connect to your network on the first try. However, if you're like me, it may take you several tries before you succeed which was a little annoying. The Denon HEOS app is pretty good. It's not quite as intuitive as Sonos' but I found it to be easy to use. On the app you'll see three icons on the bottom of the screen for Room, Music and Now Playing. Currently the app supports Pandora, Spotify, Rhapsody, Tidal, Soundcloud and SiriusXM among others. It can't match Sonos in the volume of apps (at least not yet), but it has most of the major players. PerformanceI'll be the first to admit that I'm a fan of what Sonos has done with their speakers. While they're sound quality isn't perfect they've always managed to surpass what I think is possible with a smallish speaker. The Denon HEOS 1 is close to the Play:1 in sound quality, however the Sonos: Play:1 still edges it out slightly. The HEOS 1 doesn't quite match the Play:1's level of detail or low frequency punch. The HEOS 1 is capable of kicking out pretty good bass for a small speaker however, the Play:1 just barely edged it out in the bass department. When listening to The Hills by The Weekend, the Play:1 had slightly better bass extension than the HEOS 1. George Benson's Breezin' also had slightly more detail on the Play:1 with the guitars having more crispness and focus. On the other hand, the HEOS 1's mid-range was a bit better than the Play:1's. Lionel Richie's vocals on The Commodore's Easy had more warmth on the HEOS 1. Also, instrumentals overall had more vibrancy and excitement on the HEOS 1. ConclusionThe Denon HEOS 1 is a good little wireless speaker. It's very close to the Play:1 in the sound department, but edges it out in portability thanks to the HEOS 1 Go Pack. The Go Pack lets the HEOS 1 go places the Play:1 can. The Sonos software is slightly better than the HEOS software but considering Denon's HEOS is the new kid on the block it's a little surprising how good it is at this early stage. Where to Buy:See Price on Amazon Please like & share:


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On December13th, 2013, a week after Google updated its PageRank metrics i.e on Dec 6th,2013; I published a post on steps to get a PR9 dofollow backlinks from Google plus. I must say that the response on the content was overwhelming and this content is a continuation of tips and strategies on how to build and get links to your website the Google way; as its important to rank high in Google.
Recommended to read: Top 10 responsive best wordpress adsense themes
After the December 6th, 2013 PR update from Google, there was global drastic reduction of some known blog's PR from PR8 to 5 and 3 e.t.c. This post contains updated PR 9 and PR8 blogs and is far rich and resourceful for your use.
How do you check for the PR of a site or blog? simply use http://www.prchecker.info/
Must Read: 60 proven ways to monetize and make money on a blog
Need complete lists of PR4-PR10 backlinks, then check out: the complete lists of dofollow backlinks
list of PR9 blogs and websites
Getting credible backlinks from a high pagerank 9 website and blog is a serious boost to get traffic to your blog, most especially if you are really looking for ways to rank high in Google. The following are PR9 dofollow blogs:
LinkedIn is a PR9 dofollow web2.0 website; at the moment, it stands much more credible than Facebook . On Linkedin, you can create a profile for yourself and also for your business page, and the only way to get the backlinks from it is by sharing your contents from your blog on Linkedin. For it to become effective, it is best you have at least 20 connections and above ( just like followers on Facebook and twitter)
- Sign up for the account at https://www.linkedin.com/
- Follow the necessary registration details, and navigate to the section that says share your post. Any link you drop here becomes a PR9 dofollow backlinks
Recommended to read: Neil Patel's How to Increase Your LinkedIn Engagement by 386%
- Google+ (Plus)
I wrote and publish a fantastic piece on how to get a PR9 dofollow link from Google+; and not just that, I also discuss about the importance of Google+, its relevance to a higher Gogle rankings, and explained its importance among the 200 Google ranking factors ( according to searchmetrics), please check it out
- WordPress.org
WordPress platform is the most popular blogging platform globally , far ahead the likes of drupal, Joomla e.t.c. The latest PR update by Google gave wordpress.org a PR9 status, and as such getting a dofollow backlinks from it is a big bang!! Follow the following guidelines to get your desired PR9 backlinks:
- Register on the support forum on wordpress at: http://wordpress.org/support/
- Create a profile and in the profile, insert your website URL: e.g. www.bloggingconsult.org
And for a much more advance techniques, be a supporter and offer technical advice on the support forum for clients having problem with a link to your blog for related solution for that particular troubleshooting problem
- WordPress.com
Ironically, wordpress.com is a PR9 free blogging platform that you can use to get free backlinks; though, it's quite different from wordpress.org. While they are built by the same team (Matt Mullenweg). The only difference is that while wordpress.org is premium, which means it is not free and you can adapt and change the design based on the use of different themes, the other version is free to use, just like BlogSpot. So, getting backlinks from such is an important step to take.
My advice is this; simply set up a free wordpress.com account, publish original content (about 300 words) on it and link it to your main blog. E.g. wikihubs.wordpress.com ( I publish here) and then link some of the contents back to my main blog which is bloggingconsult. To get started, go to www.wordpress.com and create a free account.
- Vk.com
VK.com is a PR9 dofollow social media website, and it is the largest social network in Europe. Its mode of operation looks nearly exactly like Facebook; however, it does not have all those pay to boost post limitations present on Facebook.
The same model, of sharing your blog posts on Facebook to get a backlink is the same way it also works on VK. So, to get a PR9 backlinks, consider using this site.
To get started, go to: http://vk.com/ and sign up for a free account
Recommended to read: How to get links to your website the Google way
- Wikipedia
Wikipedia.org is now a PR9 website; the following are the strategies you can use to get a PR9 nofollow backlinks from the world's largest encyclopedia ( backlinks from Wikipedia are nofollow and not dofollow). I believe that getting a nofollow backlinks from Wikipedia is worth much more than all those blog commenting strategies you are doing, so go for it, and forget the nofollow rules, Google sees it and respect such link from Wikipedia.
I believe that getting a nofollow backlinks from Wikipedia is worth much more than all those blog commenting strategies you are doing, so go for it, and forget the nofollow rules, Google sees it and respect such link from Wikipedia.
Recommended: How to get PR9 backlinks from Wikipedia
- Youtube
YouTube is the third most popular and visited website in the world and remains the undisputed leading Video site. With an Alexa rank of 3, and a PR9 status, the Video site is an important avenue to get backlinks for your blog.
However, getting credible backlinks from Youtube is tough, and there are two types that can be obtained:
- NoFollow backlinks
- DoFollow backlinks
To get started, read: How to get PR9 backlinks from YouTube
- Mozilla.org
The guys at Mozilla have really worked hard to place Mozilla browser as the number 2 and sometimes fluctuating No 3 most popular web browser in the world.
In cause you don't know, Mozilla.org, is a PR9 website, where you can easily obtain a free dofollow backlinks. The strategy here is to create a free account and update your profile.
- Make sure you are using Mozilla browser to get this tutorial working
- Register your details, to do that, go to : https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/users/register
- Register your information, and on the homepage box, type your blog or website address there
- Click register and make sure you go to your Inbox to verify the authenticity of your Email address through confirmation
- Click on sign in or simply login and navigate to your profile
Thats all!!
Pinterest remains one of the fastest growing social media website. Its statistical growth is amazing and it is growing at a faster rate as compared to the growth experienced by Facebook when it just started.
Pinterest is a PR9 website, and as a global Alexa rank of 27. Marketing, internet and SEO experts have all explained in depth reasons and advantages why your blog and website should have a presence on Pinterest.
To get a PR9 backlinks from Pinterest, all you have to do is open a free account by signing up with your Facebook account or your email address at https://www.pinterest.com/,and upload interesting pictures on your boards.
Just verify your website or blog by inserting the code they will give into the header of your site; by doing this, any click on your blog/website address on your profile automatically makes it become a dofollow pr9 backlinks from Pinterest
- Opera
Opera is mostly known as a very good browser because of most features it has which other browsers does not have. Though, over the years, it has fallen in the rank of popular browsers behind the likes of Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and mozilla.
However, the opera website is a Pr9 website, and getting a link from it will help boost your rankings and help you climb up higher in Google rank. However, backlinks from Opera is basically a nofollow link.
To get such link, you have to sign up, create a profile ( and then insert your website address in the profile) and get involved in their forum section:
Get started right now: https://link.opera.com/loginfront/
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Farewell to Lenore
What a glorious last morning I spent on Lenore. I was up before dawn and made my way to the top of the promontory to greet the sun. As the sky lightened it was bedecked in swathes of orange and cerise, like Indian saris drying in the breeze. I sat and made a list of the things I wished to do before I left.
1. Thank the Abbess and the nuns for their kindness.
2. Buy two bottles of the Liquid Velvet liqueur so that I can enjoy little tipple from time to time. I'm not a drinker, but a tiny drop of the liqueur is most uplifting.
3. Have a last look at the Abbey's artworks.
4. Collect a few blooms from the Abbey garden and press them in my book.
5. Send postcards to my friends and family.
6. Carefully pack my bag – I will carry my little 'art' basket in my hand as I've decided to travel by walnut shell. Very handy for getting back from places, but to use it on the outward journey would entail being able to visualize your destination. Not always possible.
I wandered back to the Abbey and showered and dressed, and then went down to breakfast. All the gang was there. Brenda and her cohorts were planning a big day which involved donkeys and donkey carts. I had eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes and two slices of toast and butter. Once again it struck me how flavoursome all the food was. I had two cups of tea and then headed to the Abbey shop.
I purchased two bottles of Liquid Velvet and bought some postcards and stamps. I also bought a jar of 'Ecclesiastical Honey' – good for eating and for medicinal purposes. I sat in the huge entrance hall and wrote my cards. The nun in charge of the shop showed me where I could post them in a small postbox, which was emptied daily. I also wrote out a 'Thank You' card, addressed it to the Abbess and left it on the hall stand.
Next I wandered out to the garden again and selected six flowers to press as keepsakes – a red salvia, a marigold, a white petunia, a small pink rose and a yellow snapdragon. The snapdragon made me smile. It brought back childhood memories of 'talking' snapdragons. I took the flowers back to my room; arranged them carefully between pieces of toilet tissue and placed them in my book. I then had to bind it tightly. Not the best method for pressing flowers, but it seemed to work when we were kids. It was only a temporary measure, anyway. I would find something hefty to squash them when I got back to the ship.
I carefully packed my bag, then stripped off my bedding and folded it ready for laundering, and I was ready for off. A last look at the artworks first though.
I visited the Lady Chapel to view both the stained-glass windows and the stunningly beautiful, embroidered altar piece. What hours of work must have gone into that. Lots of couched gold thread employed. Very rich and heavy. I also looked at all the tapestry hassocks, and saw that the inspiration for them had come from the garden. Every flower you could think of was represented.
I wandered along the corridors where oil paintings of church dignitaries and also beautiful landscapes of the island, were displayed. I finished my tour in the Library, where several, centuries-old illuminated manuscripts were displayed in glass cases. I imagined all the time and patience needed to create these – and the concentration! You wouldn't want to do all that and then make a mistake at the end, and have to start again.
It was about 11.30 am by the time I got back to my room. I grabbed my bag and the tiny basket; checked I had my transport in my pocket, and went downstairs to hand in my key.
I shouted a 'Cheerio!' to friends who were gathering for lunch and headed out to the courtyard. This was going to be tricky – only two hands and three things to hold. I gripped my walnut shell tightly and hooked my arm through my bag handle and cradled the basket in my other hand. I closed my eyes and visualized my cabin on the Vulcania – whooooosh, thump! I was there!
It was nice to be back onboard the ship and I certainly appreciated the little luxuries after the austere atmosphere of the Abbey. Time to have some lunch and study the noticeboard to see what entertainments were available.
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Voiceover: In the last video, we already got an overview that if you give me a stock price, and an exercise price, and a risk-free interest rate, and a time to expiration and the volatility or the standard deviation of the log returns, if you give me these six things, I can put these into the Black-Scholes Formula, so Black-Scholes Formula, and I will output for you the appropriate price for this European call option. So it sounds all very straightforward, and some of this is straightforward. The stock price is easy to look up. The exercise price, well, that's part of the contract. You know that. The risk-free interest rate, there are good proxies for it, money market funds, there's government debt, things like that, so that's pretty easy to figure out, or at least approximate. The time to expiration, well you know that, you know what today's date is. You know when this thing's going to expire, so that's pretty straightforward. Now let's think a little bit about volatility, so how do you actually measure the standard deviation of log returns. Now, one of the assumption about Black-Scholes Formula is that this is a constant thing. This is just some intrinsic propety of this security. Well, the only way that you can at least attempt to estimate it is by looking at the history of the standard deviation of log returns. The way that people would normally do it is they'll say, "Okay, what has historically been "the standard deviation of log returns over some time period "where that security has not changed in some dramatic way?" And then use that as the input, and then they would come up with some price. Well, that's all interesting, but it's very important to know that this is an estimate. This right over here is an estimate. There's no way of us actually knowing the actual intrinsic and it's even up for grabs whether there is, whether you can even as assume that there's some constant intrinsic property as this volatility that's going to be constant over the life of this option. So this is just an estimate. It's important to know that. But what is interesting is that these things are being traded. These call options are being traded all of the time, and so you could actually look up the price of this call option. You could look up a call option with this stock price, this exercise price. You know what these two things are, and you could say, "Hey, look. This traded for $3 just now." So you actually can figure out what this is, which raises a very, very interesting question. If you know exactly what this is because you know what the market is pricing this at, so let me write this. You know what the market believes this price should be, so the market belief, and it's based on their actual transcations, so it's based on transactions. This is what the market is saying the correct price is. You can figure that out, you can just look that up. You can figure out all of this other stuff. Can you then take this output plus all of these to work backwards through Black-Scholes to figure out what the market is guessing about this, or what the market is estimating about that. The answer is yes. This is where this whole idea about when people talk about what is the volatility in the market, or even where are carton volatility rates, or even what does the market expect volatility to be? How do we know what the market expects volatility to be? Well, we can look at what markets are trading options at. We could look at all of this other information that would be inputted into Black-Scholes equation, and we can say, "Hey, look. Based on the fact "that the market is paying $5 for this option, "and all of these other variables, "they must assume that the standard deviation of log returns "for this security is now this." Now, let's say that things get really scary. The market becomes a lot dicier and choppier. Well then, people are gonna pay more for this option. It's gonna drive the implied volatility up. So when you hear people talk about implied volatility, or implied vol, and there are even people who will actually trade on implied volatility, This is what they're talking about. They're saying, "Look. Options are trading all the time." Can we use that price, the market belief of what those prices should be, and then work backwards through Black-Scholes to figure out, because we know these are all facts. We can look these things up, but based on what the market is trading these options at, can we figure out what the implied volatility, what the implied market belief about volatility for that security is, and then we can actually aggregate it across many, many securities, and come up with an implied volatility for given markets at a time. So it's a very, very, very interesting idea, but in some levels, it's kind of a basic one. You're just working backwards through Black-Scholes.


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The apathy and racism inherent to most mainstream "Australia Day" (Invasion Day) events was dealt a blow by activists from the Revolutionary Socialist Party on January 26 in Melbourne. RSP members including revolutionary artist Van Rudd put the media corporations on notice that for a second year running the RSP would expose the racist nature of Invasion Day with "another public art instillation" this time located at the Great Australia Day Swim, Brighton Beach.
On January 26, 2010 the RSP created a media sensation when members exposed the Australian government outside the Australian Open at the Tennis Centre by wearing Ku Klux Klan costumes painted with the words "racism: made in Australia", and holding placards calling for freedom for refugees and to end racist violence against Indian students. The action received massive television coverage across India and Australia. It was also picked up by various media outlets across Asia and the United States.
This year's action consisted of a mock finish line painted with the words "Where indigenous people and refugees finish last", i.e. in Australia. Below the finish line was a refugee girl mannequin surrounded by barbed wire and Australian flags. The action was covered by at least ten major newspapers and mainstream media websites including The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne's Age and Herald Sun as well as Brisbane's Courier Mail. A short video of the action is available on YouTube:
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
Lahore, March 3, and it's India v. Pakistan again
As expected, the blog scene across the globe has been pulsating with the news of the incredibly tragic attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore yesterday.
Here's Simply61, an Indian blogger with sense in the right proportions.
And here's Pak Tea House.
Also as expected, blogs by Indians or Pakistanis on the subject have led to a flood of comments by readers from both sides of the border, which comments then take on a life of their own and soon spiral down into the usual mess of bashing the other's country /beliefs / politics and what have you. So we see the familiar and mindless accusations of extremist Islam, Talibanisation, Hindu fanaticism, Muslim-ghettoing, State-sponsored ethnic cleansing, Church-destroying, nun-raping, priest-killing, Dalit sidelining, honour killing, school burning, beheading etc. doing the rounds...
What is it with India and Pakistan? Or rather, with the common Indian and Pakistani youth? (This is the demographic that is active on blogs.) For a longish time I held firmly to my belief that, "No, no, it's all good. The average Indian Raju or Pakistani Pappu bears no ill-will to his neighbour . It only seems that way in the movies, media and among hard-right politicians."
But the unfortunate fact is that this is not so. Can't say about Pakistan, but I've lived in India for over 10 years now and all my friends are Indians. For every sane and tolerant voice I hear among these my sensible friends, I hear and see many more intolerant, hateful, angry voices that bear malice towards Pakistan. I'm pretty sure it must be the same on the other side.
And why? None of the youth today have any real attachement with the Partition Era or the tragedy that unfolded then. Where is all this Hate-Thy-Neighbour sentiment coming from? I fail to understand. This feeling is never more evident than, ironcally, during a Pak-India cricket match. I need to wear ear-muffs to drown out the name-calling at such times. Why for?
I can distance myself from India- or Pak-bashing since, being a Kashmiri, I have the luxury of not belonging to either. (On the other hand, I'm equiliberal in India- or Pak-bashing when I see an injustice from either side. I'm not blind, I'm just more objective.)
What I really don't get is that overwhelming feeling of patriotism/nationalism/call it what you will, that takes a person to such a level of self-righteousness that he feels he is superior to anyone else. Because that is what nationalism is. A fierce pride that convinces you within your man-made borders that you are better than the other.
I reject nationalism outright. No 'nationalism' for me. I will judge people by their actions and intentions, wherever they may be from, and extrapolate that for Governments too.
And the moral of the story, based on this theory above, must be that the US Government sucks. :)
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4 comments:
- Manoj Govindan said...
Paul Graham has written an insightful article about "why politics and religion yield such uniquely useless discussions".
Quotes: "you can have a fruitful discussion about a topic only if it doesn't engage the identities of any of the participants. What makes politics and religion such minefields is that they engage so many people's identities."
And "Most people reading this will already be fairly tolerant. But there is a step beyond thinking of yourself as x but tolerating y: not even to consider yourself an x. The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you."
PG's explanation made a lot of sense to me. Given how many self-affixed labels we South Asians wear I'd be surprised if there weren't any rancorous discussions.
- 5 March 2009 at 09:57
- simply61 said...
Sabbah,this same youth brigade in Pakistan and India that so loves posturing against each other and spewing hate, is the one totally disengaged from any constructive involvement with politics of their own country.On both sides people love to hate their politicians and whine that they can not do anything about the nation because of these politicians but will still not stand up and take interest in joining politics/social work/engagement with the masses of India and Pakistan.
Experience tells us that youth everywhere need to identify with issues and ideals.In the absence of any moral leadership in both countries the youth have hung their hat on the "hate thy neighbour'hook.
And sabbah it is not 'sir'but 'madam' on my side. :)
have a good day in beautiful Kashmir.
- 5 March 2009 at 11:17
- kinkminos said...
saabji, i see that you is beck (shows how long i've been out of touch with the spherical blog thing).
with all this pseudo-political wrangling, my beloved game of cricket is being drawn into the fray and becoming a right old political football. while the final nail in the coffin of pakistani cricket has yet to be hammered in, it is pretty much a matter of time it seems.
i should either grow a long beard or force myself to like watching football, or tennis, or [shudder] Formulaic One.
good to have you beck.
- 25 March 2009 at 14:07
Nice blog. Only the willingness to debate and respect each other's views keeps the spirit of democracy and freedom alive. Keep up the good work. Hey, by the way, do you mind taking a look at this new website www.indianewsupdates.com . It has various interesting sections. You can also participate in the OPINION POLL in this website.
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Kindly go through the entire website. Who knows, it might just have the right kind of stuff that you are looking for. If you like this website, can you please recommend it to at least 5 of your friends. Your little help would help us in a big way.
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I made a deal with Dave. He would go caving with me on Saturday if I would bike a century with him on Sunday. It turned out that the century completely destroyed me (don't ride that far without training), but luckily the caving trip was first, so I got to drag everyone through my favorite parts of Clarksville.
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