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Corporals Course Graduates Sailor alongside Marines
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cory Asato, Navy Public Affairs Support Element Det. Northwest
SILVERDALE, Wash. (NNS) -- Marine Corps Security Force Battalion (MCSFBn) graduated its newest batch of junior noncommissioned officers (NCO) at the command Corporals Course, March 17.
The mission of the course is to provide the Marine corporal with the education and leadership skills necessary to lead Marines. The local battalion chooses to send Sailors integrated into their platoons through the course, as well, promoting unit cohesion and leadership abilities.
"The mission of Corporals Course is to groom the next generation of leaders by providing corporals with the education and leadership skills necessary to lead Marines," said Marine Staff Sgt. Nate Gilbert, a Tulsa, Oklahoma, native stationed with MCSFBn. "This course covers subjects such as close order drill, land navigation, and combat patrols, with an overarching emphasis on leadership development."
MCSFBn is a service-integrated battalion with Sailors assigned to Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific working side-by-side with Marines. Petty officers are offered the course, allowing Sailors within the battalion to receive the same leadership development and skills training expected of Marine corporals, according to Gilbert.
"The biggest takeaway from the course is an expansion of leadership skills and how the Marines hold themselves to a higher standard, which is what also sets them apart from the rest of the armed forces," said Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Tyrell Durge, an Antrim, New Hampshire, native assigned to a MCSFBn platoon. "Comparing this course to petty officer indoctrination, the Corporals Course is more hands-on with quizzes and practical applications. You walk out of it instilled with more integrity, knowing you're always a leader 24/7. I'm now definitely holding myself more accountable and checking myself more as an individual and service member both on and off work."
The Corporals Course builds the "skills necessary to become successful small-unit leaders using realistic problem-based situations that a Marine corporal will encounter," according to the Marine Corps University. The course is offered first through distance learning and then through local commands throughout the Corps.
"Most Corporals Course programs are conducted at a regiment or installation level," said Gilbert. "However, since we are an isolated battalion, all instruction provided was in-house from instructors to faculty advisors. The Marines of this battalion are who ensure the success of this course and our corporals."
The course is offered online as seven sub-courses: operations, offensive operations, combat orders, defensive operations, land navigation, Marine noncommissioned officer, and leadership tools and techniques. The local course also offers customs and courtesies instruction, including marching and drill.
"As the chief instructor for Corporals Course, I knew it was important to ensure that the level of instruction would meet and hopefully exceed expectations," said Gilbert. "These corporals deserve to have a worthwhile leadership development experience. Serving as both chief instructor and faculty advisor for first squad, I was with the Marines for 10 hours a day, six days a week over the 14-day course. Additionally, Staff Sergeant Michael Doering served as faculty advisor for second squad and was an integral part of the course's success."
Corporals and Sailors most often walk away with newfound knowledge and instilled with core values, which helps make the increased level of responsibility and leadership more sustainable and effective throughout every unit.
"I feel that this is an opportunity to learn about the Marines that we work alongside at this command, as well as their mentality and mindset," said Durge. "It's been a smooth transition for me into my current platoon; the guard knowledge is the same, but there's also an infantry aspect to standing post with them that's uncommon in the Navy. Doing the same job from a different angle definitely helps broaden your perspective and knowledge on the waterfront."
The course tends to leave an impression on every service member involved, both student and instructor.
"It was humbling to see the young Marines reconnect with why they joined the Marine Corps in the first place," said Gilbert. It was rewarding to watch their level of growth over such a short period. Many spoke of their new perspective on leadership and their desire to impart what they learned to the Marines in their charge. I truly believe in the impact of Corporals Course. We are looking forward to conducting another session over the summer."
MCSFBn Command Sgt. Maj. David McKinley served as guest speaker at the graduation and left the junior NCOs with parting words of wisdom.
"We bring lessons learned from different areas of operation and units," said McKinley. "The time to listen is now. Corporal is one of the most difficult transitions to make. At that troop level, you've gone through boot camp and done deployments together, but now you carry that extra [inverted chevron] and blood stripe down your leg. That NCO sword means something; now you're in charge of somebody. Now you're there not only to push the troops, but to hold them back."
"Understand that what you do sets the tone within a unit, sometimes more than a battalion commander," continued McKinley. "You're the first true leader in the chain of command, the chain of authority. Don't ever lose sight of where you came from and where you want to go."


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After the acrimonious break-up of the Borman and Whirling Circus, Henry Jasper "Hank" Whirling seeks a bank loan to continue with his own company. Bank head Jonathan Nelson grants the loan with the provision that meticulous accountant Randy Sherman and shrewd publicist Helen Harrison accompany the Whirling Circus on tour to protect and maximize the bank's investment. At the circus' winter quarters in California, Hank quickly frustrates Randy and Helen's efforts by hiring new acts without consulting them and sending out his own press releases. Hank's sister Jeannie begins working as Randy's secretary and reveals that her brother has arranged a press party for the circus' opening show.
Dismayed by the information, Helen hastily invites several press contacts to the party while Randy fumes about the lavish, expensive preparations. On opening night, the circus' key performers, the Flying Colinos, a trapeze act featuring Hank's long-time friend Zach Colino, his wife "Mama" and young flyer Tommy Gordon, warm up the audience. Leaving the main tent, Randy comes upon a lion wandering about freely and rushes to tell Hank. The lion enters the big top, terrifying the audience until Hank maneuvers it under the trapeze net which Zach then drops onto the beast. When a cynical reporter asks if Hank staged the event, Helen intervenes to insist the situation was not prearranged and demands the journalists not report it. Afterward, Hank thanks Helen, who accuses him of indeed staging the incident until a circus guard informs Hank that a former animal trainer for the Bormans was responsible.
The Whirling Circus tour begins and after several successful shows, Randy informs an outraged Hank that he has cut costs by firing forty men whose work of putting up the show tent can be handled by a new machine and one or two men. Later that evening, sparks from the new machine set fire to several bales of hay near the animal cages. When the fire spreads faster than the animals can be led to safety, Hank drives a jeep into the burning bales to push them away. Unharmed, Hank angrily tells Randy that he is terminating his association with the bank. When one of the children from town tells the circus owner of seeing a stranger tampering with the machine with a hacksaw, however, Hank examines the machines. Upon discovering that it was sabotaged, he suggests that the Bormans have planted a saboteur within the circus. On the train that evening, Jeannie mediates between Hank and Randy and the men apologize to each other for their continual business misunderstandings.
Their truce is short-lived, however, when Randy suggests several cost-cutting measures, prompting Hank to storm away. The Whirling Circus tour is brought to an abrupt halt when torrential rains flood several states along their route. While Hank frets over the success of the Borman Circus on the East Coast, Randy receives a telegram from the bank notifying him of their intention to foreclose on Hank for failing to pay the latest loan installment and that they are considering an offer by the Bormans to buy Whirling Circus. When Randy tells Hank that he is unsure if he can arrange the loan extension, Hank leaves for New York without explanation, placing the perplexed Randy in charge of the circus. Resuming their tour, the circus reopens and Randy is stunned to learn from Zach that all the acts had invested in the circus to revive it after the break with the Bormans.
When Randy finds Skeeter, the lead clown, too drunk to perform, he warily takes his place, winning the approval of the other performers. Jeannie confides in Randy her plan for a stable life away from the circus after she has realized her dream of performing on the trapeze. She admits training secretly with the Colinos, as Hank has forbidden her to perform since their mother died in a trapeze accident. Hank then returns to reveal he has canceled the remainder of the tour except for Buffalo, and arranged a special appearance in New York to precede the Borman Circus. When Hank asks Helen to arrange a publicity stunt for their New York appearance, she flippantly suggests that Zach wire walk across Niagara Falls. Zach takes the idea seriously and Helen is horrified when Mama heartily approves. Jules Borman, head of the Borman Circus and the man who has been behind the previous acts of sabotage, learns of the stunt from his spy at Whirling and orders another interference.
A few nights later as the Whirling trains travel east, the first train suddenly derails, injuring several performers and killing Mama. Devastated by Mama's death, Zach loses his nerve and in Buffalo falls from the wire into the net, then pleads with Hank to call off the Niagara Falls stunt. Hank responds by insulting his old friend, who becomes so angry that he agrees to do the wire walk, vowing to kill Hank afterward. Helen criticizes Hank's callousness, but Hank tells her if Zach gives up his profession he is as good as dead. The next day, Zach makes the dangerous walk across the Falls successfully.
The enormous success of the stunt is overshadowed, however, by news of a transit strike in New York and Randy's discovery that the foreclosure papers are being delivered that night. Meanwhile, Hank visits long-time friend, entertainer Steve Allen and arranges to have news of the circus' New York show broadcast on Allen's weekly television program. When the bank's agent, Mr. Lomax, arrives that evening, Hank disguises himself as a band member to avoid being served and later, Randy and Skeeter lock Lomax in an empty cage. Unknown to everyone, Jeannie plans to debut with the Flying Colinos. Just as the act goes on, the police report to Hank that fingerprints from the wrecked train reveal the wheels were sabotaged by Tommy, who spent several years in an insane asylum before joining the circus.
Horrified, Hank reaches the big tent just as Tommy purposely fails to catch Jeannie, who manages to grasp one of the thin tent ropes to prevent her from falling. Zach rescues Jeannie, then turns on Tommy after Hank reveals he is the saboteur. Terrified, Tommy races to the top of the tent only to fall to his death. After Nelson arrives to congratulate Hank on paying off the loan with the money from the broadcasting deal, Zach and Hank are reconciled. Jeannie then announces she is romantically involved with Randy and Helen declares she intends to remain with the circus, thus winning Hank's sincere approval.

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White House pushes climate report
The Obama administration issued its loudest, most coordinated warning to date Tuesday that Americans are already feeling the harm from climate change — then immediately began seeking to amplify the message inside and outside Washington.
From hurricane damage worsened by rising seas to allergies prolonged by extended pollen seasons to corn and soybean yields depressed by hotter-than-average summers, the government's new climate assessment seeks to frame the impacts of global warming in terms that most Americans can understand. It also breaks down the effects by region, from the Northeast battered by Sandy to the drought-ravaged West.
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President Barack Obama got involved personally, holding one-on-one interviews with national and local television weather forecasters in a bid to take the message of the 841-page climate report to viewers beyond the Beltway.
"The assessment is clear: Not only is climate change a problem in the future, it's already affecting Americans," Obama told Chicago TV meteorologist Megan Glaros in an interview posted by CBS News, citing increased risk of floods, drought and storms. "And people's lives are at risk."
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's weather outreach on climate)
"There are things we can do about it, but it's only going to happen if the American people and people around the world take the challenge seriously," he added.
The publicity blitz came just weeks before the Environmental Protection Agency is set to issue an ambitious regulation aimed at throttling carbon pollution from the nation's thousands of power plants. The rule is the linchpin of the climate strategy that Obama announced at Georgetown University last summer, a prelude to talks in Paris next year meant to create a new global agreement for tackling the problem.
But the report showed no signs of changing minds on Capitol Hill, where major climate legislation anytime soon remains unthinkable.
The usual supporters of climate action, like House Energy and Commerce ranking member Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), welcomed the study — with Waxman saying it demonstrates "that climate change is real; it's happening now; and the impacts will be severe if we don't act." Congress' most outspoken climate skeptic, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), dismissed it as more "fear tactics" from the administration.
But others had little to say so far about the assessment, including Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, whose state is teeming with both oil and gas companies and dwindling coastal wetlands.
"I'm still reviewing the report released today, but it is important to remember the progress that we have already made," she said in a statement to POLITICO. "CO2 emissions are at their lowest levels in almost two decades. Any additional progress made to reduce emissions cannot come at the expense of this energy revolution that is fueling a manufacturing renaissance, creating high-paying jobs and positioning America as an energy superpower."
( Also on POLITICO: Full energy and environment policy coverage)
The administration was hoping, though, that the message will resonate with voters.
"Primarily, this is aimed at the American public," White House counselor John Podesta said Tuesday afternoon.
"With respect to getting back to a big national climate legislation," he added, "the politics are going to have to change on that, and the public is going to have to demand more from this current Congress."
Administration officials said that despite the report's dire warnings, the study offers the prospect that there's still time to avert the worst of the damage.
"I think it's very important to say that this report is not a bad news story about all the impacts that are happening," White House science adviser John Holdren said during a discussion of the report Tuesday afternoon. "It's a good news story about all the many opportunities to take cost-effective actions to reduce the damages."
The report, known as the third National Climate Assessment, casts the effects of climate change not only in the familiar terms of floods, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes but also in the way it impacts roads, bridges, insurance rates, vegetation and employment.
"Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present," says the study.


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Centaurus A is one of the busiest galaxies yet discovered, as depicted in this combined optical, X-ray, and radio image. The optical image shows dark lanes of dust across the center of the galaxy, which are probably the result of a collision with a smaller galaxy. These regions are giving birth to thousands of new stars. The X-ray image shows great plumes of gas shooting out from the galaxy's center (blue), propelled by magnetic fields around a supermassive black hole. The jets of gas span tens of thousands of light-years. As the gas rams into the thinner gas between stars, it cools and emits copious amounts of radio waves (orange). [NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al.; MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al.; ESO/WFI]
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Some galaxies are calm and serene. But others emit copious amounts of radio waves -- a sure sign that they're anything but calm. The nearest such galaxy is in the southern constellation Centaurus, about 12 million light-years from Earth.
Now known as Centaurus A, the galaxy was discovered by a man born in a country located so far north that its inhabitants never see it. But in the early nineteenth century, Scottish astronomer James Dunlop traveled to Australia, where he scanned the southern skies with a small telescope. On the night of April 29th, 1826, in the 10 o'clock hour, Dunlop spotted a nebula that seemed to have two parts. He had no idea that it was a galaxy beyond our own.
More than a century later, other astronomers in Australia detected radio waves from the constellation Centaurus. The following year, these astronomers moved to a better site in New Zealand and found that the radio waves came from the galaxy Dunlop had seen in 1826.
Today, we know quite a bit about Centaurus A. It's an elliptical galaxy -- a type that normally lacks gas and dust and the young stars they produce. But Centaurus A has probably swallowed a smaller galaxy, which splashed dust across it. This extra dust creates a dark lane that seems to split the galaxy in two, explaining why its discoverer thought it was really two objects sitting side by side. The collision also caused the radio waves -- making Centaurus A the nearest radio galaxy to Earth.
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Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American
. He is widely regarded as one of the first American composers of international significance. Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original". Ives combined the American popular and church-music traditions of his youth with European art music, and was among the first composers to engage in a systematic program of
experimental music
, with
musical techniques
tone clusters
elements, and
quarter tones
, thus foreshadowing virtually every major musical innovation of the 20th century.Sources of Charles Ives's tonal imagery are
hymn tunes
traditional songs
, the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of
Stephen Foster
Charles Ives,
Charles Ives was born in
, the son of George Ives, a
bandleader in the
American Civil War
, and his wife Mary Parmelee. A strong influence of Charles's may have been sitting in the Danbury town square, listening to his father's marching band and other bands on other sides of the square
. George Ives's unique music lessons were also a strong influence on Charles; George Ives took an open-minded approach to
musical theory
, encouraging his son to experiment in bitonal and polytonal harmonizations. It was from his father that Charles Ives also learned the music of
Stephen Foster
. Ives became a church organist at the age of 14 and wrote various hymns and songs for church services, including his
Variations on 'America'
Ives moved to
New Haven
in 1893, enrolling in the
Hopkins School
where he captained the baseball team.
In September 1894, Ives entered
Yale University
, studying under
Horatio Parker
Here he composed in a choral style similar to his mentor, writing church music and even an 1896 campaign song for
William McKinley
. On November 4, 1894 Charles's father died, a crushing blow to the young composer, but to a large degree Ives continued the musical experimentation he had begun with George Ives.
At Yale College Ives was a prominent figure; he was a member of HeBoule,
Delta Kappa Epsilon
(Phi chapter) and
Wolf's Head Society
, and sat as chairman of the
Ivy Committee
. He enjoyed sports at Yale and played on the varsity football team. Michael C. Murphy, his coach, once remarked that it was a crying shame that Charles Ives spent so much time at music as otherwise he could have been a champion sprinter. His works
Calcium Light Night
Yale-Princeton Football Game
show the influence of college and sports on Ives' composition. He wrote his
Symphony No.
as his senior thesis under Parker's supervision.
He continued his work as a church organist until May 1902. In 1899 he moved to employment with the insurance agency Charles H. Raymond & Co., where he stayed until 1906. In 1907, upon the failure of Raymond & Co., he and his friend
Julian Myrick
formed their own
insurance agency
Ives & Co., which later became Ives & Myrick, where he remained until he retired. During his career as an insurance executive, Ives devised creative ways to structure life-insurance packages for people of means, which laid the foundation of the modern practice of
estate planning
. His
Life Insurance with Relation to Inheritance Tax
, published in 1918, was well-received. As a result of this he achieved considerable fame in the insurance industry of his time, with many of his business peers surprised to learn that he was also a composer.
In his spare time he composed music and, until his marriage, worked as an organist in Danbury and
New Haven
as well as
New Jersey
and New York City.
In 1907, Ives suffered the first of several "heart attacks" (as he and his family called them) that he had through out his lifetime. These attacks may have been psychological in origin rather than physical. Following his recovery from the 1907 attack, Ives entered into one of the most creative periods of his life as a composer.After marrying Harmony Twitchell in 1908, they moved into their own apartment in New York. He had a remarkably successful career in insurance, and continued to be a prolific composer until he suffered another of several heart attacks in 1918, after which he composed very little, writing his very last piece, the song
, in August 1926. In 1922, Ives published his
114 Songs
which represents the breadth of his work as a composer — it includes art songs, songs he wrote as a teenager and young man, and highly dissonant songs such as "The Majority."According to his wife, one day in early 1927 he came downstairs with tears in his eyes: he could compose no more, he said, "nothing sounds right." There have been numerous theories advanced to explain the silence of his late years, which seems as mysterious as the last several decades of the life of
Jean Sibelius
, who also stopped composing at almost the same time. While Ives had stopped composing, and was increasingly plagued by health problems, he did continue to revise and refine his earlier work, as well as oversee premieres of his music. After continuing health problems, including diabetes, in 1930 he retired from his insurance business, which gave him more time to devote to his musical work, but he was unable to write any new music. During the 1940s he revised his
Concord Sonata
, publishing it in 1947 (an earlier version of the sonata and the accompanying prose volume,
Essays Before a Sonata
were privately printed in 1920).Ives died in 1954 in New York City.
Ives's early music (before 1900)
Ives was formally trained in music at Yale. His First Symphony shows a grasp of the academic skills needed to write in the traditional
sonata form
of the late 19th century, as well as a tendency to display an individual and iconoclastic harmonic style. His father was a band leader, and like
Hector Berlioz
, Ives was fascinated with both outdoor music and instrumentation. His attempts to fuse these interests coupled with his devotion to Beethoven set the direction for the remainder of his musical life.
Ives published a large collection of his songs, many of which had piano parts which paralleled modern movements in Europe, including
. He was an accomplished pianist, capable of improvising in a variety of styles, including those which were then quite new. Although he is now best known for his orchestral music, he composed two string quartets and other works of
chamber music
. His work as an organist led him to write
Variations on "America"
in 1891, which he premiered at a recital celebrating the
Fourth of July
. The piece takes the
(which is the same one as is used for the
national anthem of the United Kingdom
) through a series of fairly standard but witty variations; it was not published until 1949. The variations differ sharply: a running line, a set of close harmonies, a march, a
, and a ragtime allegro; the interludes are one of the first uses of
William Schuman
arranged this for orchestra in 1964 and again for symphonic band in 1968.
Middle period (1900-1910)
Around the turn of twentieth century Ives composed his
Symphony No.
, signifying a departure from the conservative approach of his composition teacher at Yale, Horatio Parker. His first symphony is a more conventional piece since Parker had insisted that he stick to the older European style. However, the second symphony, composed after he had graduated, adopted new techniques that included musical quotes, unusual phrasing and orchestration, and even a blatantly dissonant 11 note chord ending the work. The second symphony foreshadows his later compositional style even though the piece is relatively conservative by Ives' standards.
In 1906 Ives composed what some have argued was the first radical musical work of the twentieth century, "Central Park in the Dark". The piece evokes an evening comparing sounds from nearby nightclubs in Manhattan (playing the popular music of the day, ragtime, quoting "Hello My Baby" and even Sousa's "
Washington Post March
") with the mysterious dark and misty qualities of the Central Park woods (played by the strings). The string harmony uses shifting chord structures that are not solely based on thirds but a combination of thirds, fourths, and fifths. Near the end of the piece the remainder of the orchestra builds up to a grand chaos ending on a dissonant chord, leaving the string section to end the piece save for a brief violin duo superimposed over the unusual chord structures.
Ives had composed two symphonies, but it is with
The Unanswered Question
(1906), written for the highly unusual combination of
, four
, and
string orchestra
, that he established the mature sonic world that became his signature style. The strings (located offstage) play very slow,
-like music throughout the piece while on several occasions the trumpet (positioned behind the audience) plays a short motif that Ives described as "the eternal question of existence". Each time the trumpet is answered with increasingly shrill outbursts from the flutes (onstage) — apart from the last:
The Unanswered Question
. The piece is typical Ives — it juxtaposes various disparate elements, it appears to be driven by a narrative never fully revealed to the audience, and it is tremendously mysterious. It has become one of his more popular works.
Leonard Bernstein
borrowed its title for his
Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
in 1973, noting that he always thought of the piece as a musical question, not a metaphysical one.
Mature period (1910–1923)
Starting around 1910 Ives began composing his most accomplished works including the "Holidays Symphony" and arguably his best-known piece "
Three Places in New England
Pieces such as
The Unanswered Question
were almost certainly influenced by the New England
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
. These were important influences to Ives, as he acknowledged in his
Piano Sonata No.
2: Concord, Mass., 1840–60
(1909–15), which he described as an "impression of the spirit of transcendentalism that is associated in the minds of many with Concord, Mass., of over a half century ago...undertaken in impressionistic pictures of Emerson and Thoreau, a sketch of the
, and a
supposed to reflect a lighter quality which is often found in the fantastic side of
The sonata is possibly Ives's best-known piece for solo piano (although it should be noted that there is an optional part for flute). (A part for
in the "Emerson" movement is not intended for a viola player — it is simply the "viola part" from the original
Emerson Concerto
sketch, which was also to be played by bassoon and tubular bells.) Rhythmically and harmonically, it is typically adventurous, and it demonstrates Ives' fondness for
— on several occasions the opening motto from
Fifth Symphony
is quoted. It also contains one of the most striking examples of Ives' experimentalism: in the second movement, he instructs the pianist to use a piece of wood to produce a dense but generally very soft
cluster chord
. All these effects are combined to create one of the towering masterworks of 20th century piano literature—an unprecedented masterpiece of American music.
Perhaps the most remarkable piece of orchestral music Ives completed was his
Fourth Symphony
(1910–16). The list of forces required to perform the work alone is extraordinary. The work closely mirrors
The Unanswered Question
. There is no shortage of novel effects. (A
is heard throughout the second movement. A fight between discordance and traditional tonal music is heard in the final movement. The piece ends quietly with just the percussion playing at a distance.) In it Ives finally resolves all of his compositional issues and the full force of his considerable genius is heard. The final movement can be seen as an apotheosis of his work and a culmination of his musical achievement. A complete performance was not given until 1965, almost half a century after the symphony was completed, and more than a decade after Ives's death.
Ives left behind material for an unfinished
Universe Symphony
, which he was unable to assemble in his lifetime despite two decades of work. This was due to his health problems as well as his shifting conception of the work. There have been several attempts at completion or performing version. However, none has found its way into general performance. The symphony takes the ideas in the Symphony No. 4 to an even higher level, with complex cross rhythms and difficult layered dissonance along with unusual instrumental combinations.
Ives's chamber works include the String Quartet No. 2, where the parts are often written at extremes of counterpoint, ranging from spiky dissonance in the movement labeled "Arguments" to transcendentally slow. This range of extremes is frequent in Ives' music — crushing blare and dissonance contrasted with lyrical quiet — and carried out by the relationship of the parts slipping in and out of phase with each other. Ives's idiom, like
, employed highly independent melodic lines. It is regarded as difficult to play because many of the typical signposts for performers are not present. This work had a clear influence on
Elliott Carter
's Second String Quartet, which is similarly a four-way theatrical conversation.
Ives's music was largely ignored during his lifetime as an active composer, but since then his reputation has greatly increased.
commemorated the 50th anniversary of Ives' death by performing his music over six days in 2004.
Many of his works went unperformed for many years. His tendency to experiment and his increasing use of dissonance were not well taken by the musical establishment of the time. The difficulties in performing the rhythmic complexities in his major orchestral works made them daunting challenges even decades after they were composed.
One of the more damning words one could use to describe music in Ives's view was "nice", and his famous remark "use your ears like men!" seemed to indicate that he did not care about his reception. On the contrary, Ives was interested in popular reception, but on his own terms.
Early supporters of his music included
Henry Cowell
Elliott Carter
Aaron Copland
. Cowell's periodical
New Music
published a substantial number of Ives's scores (with the composer's approval), but for almost 40 years Ives had few performances that he did not arrange or back, generally with
Nicolas Slonimsky
as the conductor. After seeing a copy of Ives' self-published 114 Songs during the 1930s, Copland published a newspaper article praising the collection.
Ives began to acquire more public recognition during the 1930s, with performances of a chamber orchestra version of his
Three Places in New England
both in the U.S. and on tour in Europe by conductor Nicholas Slonimsky and the New York Town Hall premiere of his Piano Sonata No. 2 (the
Concord Sonata
) by John Kirkpatrick in 1939, which led to favorable commentary in the major New York newspapers. Later, around the time of the composer's death in 1954, Kirkpatrick teamed with soprano Helen Boatwright for the first extended recorded recital of Ives' songs for the obscure Overtone label (Overtone Records catalog number 7). (Boatwright and Kirkpatrick recorded a new selection of songs for the Ives Centennial Collection that Columbia Records published in 1974.)
His obscurity lifted a little in the 1940s, when he met
Lou Harrison
, a fan of his music who began to edit and promote it. Most notably Harrison conducted the premiere of the
Symphony No.
(1904) in 1946. The next year, this piece won Ives the
Pulitzer Prize for Music
. Ives gave the prize money away (half of it to Harrison), saying "prizes are for boys, and I'm all grown up".
At this time, Ives was also promoted by
Bernard Herrmann
, who worked as a conductor at CBS and in 1940 became principal conductor of the CBS Symphony Orchestra. While there he was a champion of Charles Ives's music. When meeting Ives, Hermann confessed that he had tried his hand at performing the
Concord Sonata
Remarkably, Ives, who actually avoided the radio and the phonograph, agreed to make a series of piano recordings from 1933 to 1943 that were later issued by
Columbia Records
on a special LP set issued for Ives's centenary in 1974.
New World Records
issued 42 tracks of Ives's recordings on CD on April 1, 2006.
Recognition of Ives's music has improved. He received praise from
Arnold Schoenberg
, who regarded him as a monument to artistic integrity, and from the New York School of
William Schuman
. He won the admiration of
Gustav Mahler
, who said that Ives was a true musical revolutionary. Mahler talked of premiering Ives's Third Symphony with the
New York Philharmonic
, but Mahler's death soon after prevented the premiere.
In 1951,
Leonard Bernstein
conducted the world premiere of Ives's Second Symphony in a broadcast concert by the
New York Philharmonic
; the Iveses heard the performance on their cook's radio and were amazed at the audience's warm reception to the music. Bernstein continued to conduct Ives's music and made a number of recordings with the Philharmonic for
Columbia Records
; he even honored Ives on one of his televised youth concerts and in a special disc included with the reissue of the 1960 recording of the second symphony and the
Fourth of July
movement from Ives'
Another pioneering Ives recording, undertaken during the 1950s, was the first complete set of the four violin sonatas, performed by Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster Rafael Druian and John Simms.
Leopold Stokowski
took on the Symphony No. 4 in 1965, regarding the work as "the heart of the Ives problem"; the Carnegie Hall world premiere by the
American Symphony Orchestra
led to the first recording of the music.
Another promotor of Ives was choral conductor Gregg Smith, who made a series of recordings of the composer's shorter works during the 1960s, including first stereo recordings of the psalm settings and arrangements of many short pieces for theater orchestra. The Juilliard String Quartet recorded the two string quartets during the 1960s.
In the present,
Michael Tilson Thomas
is an enthusiastic exponent of Ives' symphonies, as is composer and biographer
Jan Swafford
. Ives's work is regularly programmed in Europe. Ives has also inspired pictorial artists, most notably
Eduardo Paolozzi
, who entitled one of his 1970s sets of
Calcium Light Night
, each print being named for an Ives piece (including
Central Park in the Dark
In 1991,
's legislature designated Ives as that state's official composer.
Henry Herford
began a survey of Ives's songs in 1990, but this remains incomplete, owing to the collapse of the record company involved (
Pianist-composer and
Wesleyan University
professor Neely Bruce has made a life's study of Ives.
To date, he has staged seven parts of a concert series devoted to the complete songs of Ives.
Musicologist David Gray Porter [AKA D. G. Porter] reconstructed a piano concerto, the "
Emerson Concerto
", from Ives's sketches. A recording of the work was released by
Naxos Records
However, Ives is not without his critics. Some find his music bombastic and pompous. Others find it, strangely enough, timid in that the fundamental sound of European traditional music is still present in his works. His onetime supporter Elliott Carter has called his work incomplete, but has since revised his stance.
Influence on twentieth-century music
A bold testament to Ives's greatness comes from no less an authority than
Arnold Schönberg
himself. Arnold's widow eventually found a note of his in the form of a brief poem shortly after his death (just three years before Ives himself died). The note was originally written in 1944 when Schoenberg was living in Los Angeles and teaching at UCLA stating....
There is a great man living in this country – a composer.
He has solved the problem how to preserve one's self and to learn.
He responds to negligence by contempt.
He is not forced to accept praise or blame.
His name is Ives.
Ives was also a great financial supporter of twentieth century music, often supporting works that were written by other composers. This he did in secret, telling his beneficiaries it was really his wife who wanted him to do so.
Nicolas Slonimsky
said in 1971, "He financed my entire career."
List of selected works
Note: Because Ives often made several different versions of the same piece, and because his work was generally ignored during his lifetime, it is often difficult to put exact dates on his compositions.
The dates given here are sometimes best guesses.
There have even been speculations that Ives purposely misdated his own pieces earlier or later than actually written, but these have been largely debunked by Ives scholars such as Jan Swafford.
Variations on
for organ (1891)
The Circus Band (a march describing the Circus coming to town)
Psalm settings (14, 42, 54, 67, 90, 135, 150) (1890s)
String Quartet No.
From the Salvation Army
Symphony No.
1 in D minor
Symphony No.
(Ives gave dates of 1899-1902; analysis of handwriting and manuscript paper suggests 1907-1909)
Symphony No.
The Camp Meeting
Central Park in the Dark
for chamber orchestra (1906, 1909)
The Unanswered Question
for chamber group (1906; rev. 1934)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1909–16)
Piano Trio
(c1909–10, rev. c1914–15)
Violin Sonata No. 1 (1910–14; rev. ca. 1924)
Violin Sonata No. 4,
Children's Day at the Camp Meeting
A Symphony: New England Holidays
"Robert Browning" Overture
Symphony No.
(1912–18; rev. 1924–26)
String Quartet No. 2 (1913–15)
Pieces for chamber ensemble grouped as "Sets," some called
Cartoons or Take-Offs
Songs Without Voices
(1906–18); includes
Calcium Light Night
Three Places in New England
(Orchestral Set No. 1) (1910–14; rev. 1929)
Violin Sonata No. 2 (1914–17)
Violin Sonata No. 3 (1914–17)
Orchestral Set No. 2 (1915–19)
Piano Sonata No.
Concord, Mass., 1840–60
(1916–19) (revised many times by Ives)
Universe symphony
(incomplete, 1915–28, worked on symphony until his death in 1954)
114 Songs
(composed various years 1887–1921, published 1922.)
Three Quarter Tone Piano Pieces (1923–24)
Orchestral Set No. 3 (incomplete, 1919–26, notes added after 1934)
See also
List of compositions by Charles Ives
Further reading
External links
The Charles Ives Society
Charles Ives at Peermusic Classical
Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra
Tippett rehearses
Putnam's Camp
. A short video from 1969.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives, online edition
The Charles Ives Center for the Arts.
Art of the States: Charles Ives
Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos
A Charles Ives Website
an episode of The Infinite Mind public radio program (Cambridge, MA, Lichtenstein Creative Media, 2005), a report on Charles Ives and his integration of multitasking into his compositions.
Ives Vocal Marathon
—performances and programs of Ives's vocal work.
Charles Ives at Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music
The online music review
La Folia
has an in-depth article on
Ives' Concord Sonata
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Peyton Manning's silence on Jim Irsay says enough
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- This was going to be a column about how happy Peyton Manning is, how at peace he is in his new home with his new team.
But there was something very telling in his body language Wednesday, and in his answers, and especially in his non-answers, that pointed to something very true and elemental: As much as he loves and misses Indianapolis, he clearly has some issues now with the Indianapolis Colts and owner Jim Irsay, and he'd be perfectly happy to drop about 60 points on the Colts Sunday night.
Maybe 70.
Eighty, if time permits.
RESPONSE:Peyton fields Irsay questions, says little
POLIAN:Ex-Colts GM hits back at Irsay
After his mass press conference, we ducked into a doorway at the Denver Broncos facility, and I asked him point-blank, "Do you bear any ill will or resentment toward the Colts?"
The question wasn't just based on the fact Irsay told USA TODAY Sports' Jarrett Bell that he was disappointed by winning one Super Bowl during Manning's career, a story that reached a crescendo after Broncos coach John Fox blasted Irsay on Tuesday, saying the comments were "inappropriate" and a "cheap shot." It was also based on the fact that, well, the Colts let Manning go, felt they would be best served to move on without him.
Manning paused, looked down at the floor, then shook his head.
"To answer a question like that doesn't serve me well," he told The Indianapolis Star. "I feel like the question is based on the (Irsay) comments, so it's just easier not to answer anything along those lines."
VIDEO: Irsay says Manning comments 'misperceived'
What he could have said? Something along the lines of: "I bear them no ill will. They did what they had to do. Now I'm in a spot where I can win a Super Bowl or even multiple championships. It was a win-win for everybody involved."
He didn't say that.
There was another telling give-and-take during the mass press conference at the Broncos' Dove Valley facility.
Manning was asked if he was happy to see the way the Colts picked up the pieces after his departure, the success they've sustained. Again, Manning looked toward the ground. He squirmed. He hemmed and hawed. It was like being asked, "Are you happy your ex-wife has met a really wonderful, rich guy and has never been happier?"
Manning replied, "I guess my focus is on the Broncos being successful."
The question was asked again, noting that the Colts have continued to enjoy success since his departure.
A wry smile.
"I agree," he said. "So does that help your story?"
The guy is a competitor. He might be the most ferocious competitor the modern sports world has ever known, right there with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. And while the circumstances did, in fact, conspire to lead to his common-sense departure from Indianapolis, the bottom-line fact remains: the Colts let him go.
And that's not something he is past.
VIDEO: Andrew Luck talks about facing Peyton Manning
It's sad this happy homecoming week has been reduced to this nonsense. The fact is, Irsay's comments did not come close to rising to the level of inflammatory. In fact, he's said precisely the same things before. It wasn't until Fox went bananas that this thing reached critical mass, with everybody — Shannon Sharpe, Fran Tarkenton, Todd Helton and everybody this side of President Obama — chiming in with their opinion.
That said, you can see how a manic competitor like Manning might see Irsay as ungrateful or not properly respectful. My personal thought was they were more of a shot at Bill Polian than they were Manning, but again, you could acknowledge how and why Manning might be peeved.
And anybody who stood in front of that podium — or, like me, had a few private moments — would tell you precisely the same thing.
It's all too bad, because this was supposed to be sweet and wonderful week, Sunday becoming a day of tributes, a chance for the fans to get closure. Instead, it's been hijacked.
The warm and fuzzies have been replaced by harsh words and angry eyes. Nobody gets out of this thing unscathed.
For all the re-opened wounds, Manning will come back Sunday, and he will come back to a hero's welcome.
He thinks he's ready for all the hype and the love that will shower down upon him. But he's not completely sure. He prepares for everything, but how do you prepare for this?
VIDEO: NFL Week 7 biggest story lines
"I guess it could be (a challenge to stay focused during the pre-game tribute)," he told The Star. "I think it's an individual thing. I remember when Tony (Dungy) went back to Tampa. But it's not like he coached any harder that week, or different … I hope I can rise to the challenge because to say this is unique is a fair statement."
He continued. "It's hard to predict how I will feel emotionally. I just don't know."
A year ago, there were times when Manning looked like a man coming off four difficult neck surgeries. (Of course the Broncos still won 13 games, which is de rigueur for a Manning-led team). This year, he looks like he's back, or almost back, playing some of the best football of his remarkable career.
The numbers are off the charts, and a fifth MVP is a virtual done deal. What nobody understands is just how hard he had to work to come all the way back.
"One thing that kind of helped me, I stopped trying to compare age, where was I when I was 28 or 33," Manning told The Star. "Last year just was frustrating, really difficult. But now I feel like I can compare myself to 2012. And I have made some improvements. Some are the same as last year and will always be different from before I was injured. But now I've got a baseline to compare. Some of it has to do with physical improvement but more of it has to do with comfort, with a new offense, a new coordinator; now there's more familiarity."
He is happy here, happy to be in a scenic, livable city, happy to be with a franchise that has a chance to do great things in the post-season. But he misses Indy. It was his home for so long. Manning was Indy.
"You certainly miss a lot of things about Indianapolis," he said. "I miss a lot of friends in Indy. St. Elmo's. The Slippery Noodle. Amalfi's.
"But you have to have peace with circumstances that come your way that aren't your choice. You better have a good attitude about it and find some peace and contentment in it. But I've worked hard to create some of it and I've had a lot of people help me with it."
I asked if he knew where the Lucas Oil Stadium visitor's locker room was located.
He shook his head.
"I'll just follow the arrows," he said with a smile.
Lucas Oil will be familiar, but the Colts team he's playing is not. It's only been a few years, but there are not a lot of holdovers from the Manning era.
PHOTOS: Famous athlete homecomings through the years
"There are a lot of guys on that team (the Colts) that could care less about my time in Indianapolis," he said. "There are a lot of guys on this team that could care less about my time somewhere else. But when you see Robert Mathis or Antoine Bethea, guys that you're close to, guys that you played in some huge games with, there really is a bond.
"But when you're getting ready to play them, on film, it's a challenge. Somebody asked me earlier, 'Is this kind of like playing against Eli (Manning)?' And I said, 'I know Robert Mathis hits harder that Eli, I can guarantee you that.'"
There are so many unanswered questions, of course, but they are questions that will likely remain unanswered for as long as Manning continues to play.
How healthy was he when the Colts let him go?
What are his true feelings about Irsay and the organization?
What was it like to stand at the podium that day in spring of 2011 and tell fans how much he enjoyed being their quarterback for all those years?
What was it like to fly back to Indianapolis with Irsay the night the divorce was finalized?
When did he accept the fact that his days were done in Indianapolis?
Manning did not want to re-hash the past, and that's perfectly understandable. He's got a game to play, a game to win.
He's coming back to Indianapolis with a heightened sense of purpose, a reason to annihilate the Colts with the Broncos "Star Wars'' offense.
It was a messy divorce. And the reunion hasn't been much tidier, either.
Bob Kravitz is a columnist for the Indianapolis Star, a Gannett property.


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A parade of bird dogs kicked off the recently concluded National Pheasant Fest, Pheasants Forever's annual three-day gathering of upland hunters, sport dog owners and wildlife habitat conservationists.
Held at the Minneapolis Convention Center, this year's event – which was also a celebration of the PF's 30th anniversary as a conservation organization, drew over 28,000 attendees.
Attendees visited with hundreds of hunting and conservation related exhibitors and vendors, and attended seminars on topics ranging from bird dog training and habitat management to wild game cooking and shooting techniques and equipment. Rudy's Youth Village offered kids a chance to learn about the outdoors and conservation through hands-on activities.
For more information on Pheasants Forever and next year's National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic, visit www.pheasantsforever.org.
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Grand Marshalls Ron Schara and his Black Labrador, Raven
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When it comes to their cash cow, Charlie Sheen, CBS reads the papers, too.
The Tiffany network's entertainment president, Nina Tassler, told a national audience of TV critics that CBS is worried about the "Two and a Half Men" star. Although he has not been arrested in recent months, several stories have surfaced about out-of-control partying. And he is on probation for an inceident on Christmas, 2009, in which he held a knife to the throat of then-wife Brooke Mueller.
"I personally thought a lot about this," Tassler said. "We have a high level of concern. How can we not? Let me speak personally first. On a very basic human level, I am concerned of course. This man is a father, he has children, he has a family."
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"You can't look at it simplistically," she continued. "Charlie is a professional. He comes to work, he does his job extremely well. We are taping tonight. It's very complicated, but we have a very good relationship with Warner Bros. TV. We have tremendous trust and respect with the way they are managing the situation. On a personal level, we obviously have concern. On a professional level, he does his job and he does it well. This show is a hit. That's all I have to say."
In October, Sheen was removed from a swank Manhattan hotel room after a porn star he'd been partying with claimed he locked her in the bathroom. Earlier this week, Sheen reportedly went on a bender in Las Vegas with porn stars last weekend. Finally, his famous father, martin Sheen, has said the actor needs help, according to the Daily Mail.Selected Reading


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Rory McIlroy ended the year with a flourish, marking a second half of the year that left him the undoubted No. 1-ranked player in the world.
McIlroy had four stints at the No. 1 ranking in 2012. The first -- also the first of his career -- came in March after he won the Honda Classic. It was the first of his five titles on the year.
But that lasted only two weeks. He had two-week and three-week stints on top of the rankings interrupted by Luke Donald but in August, after McIlroy won the PGA Championship, he was back on top.
McIlroy picked up the Deutsche Bank Championship and BMW Championship within six days. However, he tied for 24th at The Barclays -- the opening FedEx Cup event -- and tied for 10th at the Tour Championship, which allowed Brandt Snedeker to win the FedEx Cup.
McIlroy still managed to lead the PGA Tour money list with more than $8 million -- about $1.5 million more than runner-up Tiger Woods. He also led the European Tour money list with more than $7 million. (Some of the money won counts on both lists). Justin Rose, with winnings of $4.9 million was second on the European list.
McIlroy was inconsistent, although he was generally better more than he wasn't. One of those good weeks was the PGA Championship, which he won by a record eight strokes. Another was in the European Tour's year-end select DP World Tour Championship where McIlroy birdied his final five holes and won by two strokes.
But in the other major tournaments McIlroy tied for 40th at the Masters, tied for 60th at the British Open and missed the cut at the U.S. Open.
Bubba Watson beat Louis Oosthuizen on the second playoff hole and won the Masters and another American -- Webb Simpson -- took the U.S. Open. Ernie Els was a one-stroke winner at the British Open. It was his fourth major tournament title but first since the 2002 British Open.
The European team won 8 1/2 points over the 12 Sunday singles matches to retain the Ryder Cup. The U.S. side was up 10-6 and playing solidly until the singles. McIlroy and Donald were among the Europeans who had early wins that gave the team momentum to tie the biggest final-day comeback in Ryder Cup history.
McIlroy picked up the PGA Player of the Year Award and the Vardon Trophy for low scoring average.
Woods won three PGA events, passing Jack Nicklaus (73) for second on the all-time list but he's still eight behind Sam Snead. He was as inconsistent as McIlroy and managed just one Top 10 finish (tie for third at the British Open) at a major tournament.
In women's golf, Yani Tseng was No. 1 in the rankings throughout 2012. It was a solid year -- she won three times -- but after 2011 when she piled up 11 wins and matched her 2010 total of two major victories -- it seemed off.
The 2012 majors all went to Asian players as Yoo Sun-young won the Kraft Nabisco Championship in a playoff; the Wegman LPGA Championship was won by Feng Shanshan; Choi Na-yeon collected the U.S. Women's Open; and Jiyai Shin was a nine-stroke winner at the Women's British Open.
Shin defeated Paula Creamer on the ninth hole of a playoff in winning the Kingsmill Championship. It was a record number of holes for a sudden-death playoff.
Inbee Park, after two LPGA wins, was the LPGA leading money winner with about $2.2 million but the LPGA Tour Player of the Year was Stacy Lewis, who won four championships in 2012. Park won the Vare Trophy (low scoring average) and the LPGA Rookie of the Year was Ryu-So-yeon.
Lydia Ko was just 14 in January when she won an event on the ALPG Tour only to have Brooke Henderson, also 14, break Ko's mark as the youngest person to win a professional tour event with a championship in Canada. Ko also won the Canadian Women's Open in August, after she turned 15. That set a record for youngest to win an LPGA tournament.
The winner of the PGA Senior Tour's Charles Schwab Cup (points for Top 10 finishes) was Tom Lehman, who won one major tournament and was second in two others. Bernhard Langer won his fourth money title in five years, taking home about $2.1 million.
Roger Chapman won two of the five senior majors, finishing two strokes ahead of John Cook at the Senior Players Championship and the U.S. Senior Open by two strokes over four players, who included Langer and Lehman. Lehman repeated as the Regions Tradition winner and the Senior PGA Championship was won by Joe Daley, by two strokes over Lehman.
Also of note, Augusta National Golf Club extended invitations to former U.S. Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina businesswoman Darla Moore to join the exclusive club.
Augusta is so exclusive, Rice and Moore are the first two female members.
The club is the host organization and course for the Masters.


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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expanding on its efforts to provide people with a more transparent and simplified investing experience, Charles Schwab has launched a new public Schwab.com website. The new site is designed to simplify the brokerage selection process by answering common questions about Schwab such as "How much does this cost and what do I get for what I pay?" and "What is it like being a Schwab client?". Now investors can conveniently access pricing information, preview research tools that have traditionally been "locked" behind client log-ins, and read peer reviews written by Schwab clients – a first among major brokerage firms.
According to Schwab research, the brokerage selection process has traditionally been too complicated and opaque: more than 90 percent of those who repeatedly visit brokerage websites over a six month period do not ultimately open an account with any brokerage firm. The Marketing Leadership Council reports that decision simplicity is the most important lever to encourage consumers to complete the purchase path1, and with very low conversion rate among consumers shopping for a brokerage, more emphasis should be placed on making it easier for people to evaluate and trust the information provided on brokerage websites.
"Based on our research and conversations with clients, the financial services industry can and must do a better job of communicating its offerings in a way that simplifies and improves the shopping process for investors," explains Helen Loh, Charles Schwab vice president of digital marketing. "We listened to what consumers are asking for and have fundamentally redesigned the online experience in an effort to demystify investing. We believe this will give investors more confidence when it comes to deciding which brokerage to choose, hopefully leading more people to take action in pursuit of a more successful financial future."
Earlier this year, Schwab announced the launch of Clients Speak™, an online ratings and reviews program which enables clients to give feedback on Schwab's brokerage and retirement accounts and Schwab Bank High Yield Investor Checking® accounts that can be viewed publicly and offers investors additional insight into the Schwab client experience directly through comments from their peers. The new Schwab.com site builds upon this effort of providing information to investors in an open and transparent manner helping them to make more informed decisions when choosing a brokerage firm or bank.
Additional features of the new Schwab.com site include:
- Schwab Research. "Test drive" Schwab's wide array of online research tools by previewing stock screeners and research reports to inform investment decisions.
- Resource Center. Experience educational resources including timely market commentary and investing insights from our experts, as well as online and in-branch workshops – even before you become a client.
- Information for Active Traders. Get a taste of the Active Trader experience at Schwab through interactive demos of our trading platform, research and tools, and the Active Trader client community where clients can exchange ideas, learn from each other and from Schwab experts.
- Investment Help. Access content that describes what help Schwab has to offer for different investors' needs – and what is available for free and what comes at a cost.
- Retirement Income Generation. Review new resources designed to guide investors through the basics of generating income during retirement, including videos of "real people" providing personal perspective on how they are managing retirement and lessons they have learned along the way.
Investors can visit the newly designed site at www.schwab.com.
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Wine routes in Spain: a world of creative activities
Would you like to discover everything that surrounds the world of wine? Then you are in luck, because if you come to Spain, not only can you explore the wine routes, but you will also find a wide array of alternative options. Go horse riding through vineyards, visit traditional wineries, learn about the art of tasting, or relax with wine therapy treatments. Let the amazing variety of delicious wines thrill your senses.
There are many wine routes in Spain. They will take you to destinations rich in culture and gastronomic tradition. They all offer activities, landscapes and traditional fiestas that will make your trip a unique experience. Would you like to learn to distinguish between fruity and sparkling wines? Then visit the wineries on these routes. They offer tasting courses for beginners with wine experts. Hiking, cookery workshops and visits to spa resorts are three more activities of many you will be surprised to find on these wine routes.
Why not sample wines accompanied by a delicious tapa of ham on the Penedès wine and cava route, where you can also enjoy entertaining themed dinners? On the Montilla-Moriles wine route you can take part in olive oil tasting sessions, while in Tenerife, on the Tenerife Wine Route, you have the chance to try a potato tasting session or a gastronomic workshop at the Monje Winery. Come and give your sense of smell and your palate a real treat.
Wine culture
If you visit the many museums specialising in this field, you will see for yourself that wine is a primordial element of Spanish culture. From the Catalonia Wine Culture Museum (VINSEUM), to the "La Baranda" House of Wine in Tacoronte and the "Villa Lucía" Centre in Álava, you will love the pleasant surprises that await you. They will show you the ritual of wine production, the machinery used, and you can buy presents to take away with you.
If you would like to know more about the culture of each region, there are guided routes to the historic centres of towns and to the many vineyards and wineries. Can you imagine following in the footsteps of Don Quixote? You can do so exploring the windmills and vineyards of the La Mancha route. We would also suggest a dramatised trip to the historic sites and Modernist buildings of the Alt Penedès region (Penedès route), a visit to the country houses of the Rías Baixas route or a tour of where wine barrels are kept on the Montilla-Moriles route.
Sport and health
If you want to tone up your body after savouring these delicious wines, then Spain is your destination too. Sports lovers can go hiking here, surrounded by the beautiful colours of the vineyards. From the cultivated lands of Foix de Alt Penedès Park to the stunning views of Sierra de El Carche Regional Reserve in Murcia (on the Jumilla route), the laurisilva forest of Monte de Agua García on the route in Tenerife, or the canyons to be found in the Sierra y los Cañones de Guara Nature Reserve on the Somontano route; Spain's countryside is sure to offer you a pleasant surprise.
Fancy a few more options? On the Navarre wine route they organise outings on foot, on horseback or by bicycle through the vineyards; on the Tenerife route, meanwhile, you can go scuba diving, paragliding, play golf or go swimming on black sand beaches. And after so much activity, what better than rest and relaxation at a spa? We suggest the spa resorts at La Toja on the Rías Baixas route or the wine therapy treatments available on the Rioja Alavesa route. Bathe in wine and enjoy a massage with oil. Your body will love it.
Enjoy the fiesta
A very special time to sample Spanish wines is during the wine harvest fiesta, normally held between the months of July and October. If you come at this time, you can see flamenco shows, horse races, and witness the traditional treading of grapes. You can also ride in a horse and cart, in the Sierra de Montilla region, for example.
For the more enterprising, on itineraries like the Jumilla route you can do interesting activities at any time of year, such as making homemade soap, olive collecting or pottery. While you take part in such activities, you can choose your accommodation from stately houses, traditional farmsteads, 16th-century farmhouses, country hotels and Modernist buildings with jacuzzi and sauna. Comfort and tradition close at hand.
Whether you come as a family, with friends or colleagues, you can enjoy all these ideas according to your tastes. Whichever you choose, you will learn to savour wine, you will discover the harmonious landscapes of the vineyards and you will live a unique experience.
Visit our Wine routes page for all the information you need.
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Due to difficulties in finding references I am not sure of what relative minimality is about for conic bundles. Suppose we're working on con. bun. over surfaces.
The definition is ok: the fiber over any irreducible component of the discriminant curve should not be reducible. But how can I handle that concretely?
My impression is that there should always be somehow a way to reduce a non-relatively minimal conic bundle to a rel. minimal one (via birational maps, say blow-ups). Does this exist? Is there a canonical way? I would be glad if someone could make these guesses of mine more precise or give me some references.