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Eugen d'ALBERT (1864-1932)
Symphonic Prologue to the Opera Tiefland Op.34 (1924) [10:45]
Symphony in F major Op.4 (1886) [51:55]
MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jun Märkl
rec. MDR Studio, Augustusplatz, Leipzig, Germany, 24-28 January 2011
Eugen Albert is one of the pianist/composer titans who bestrode Europe
in the 19th century. His family was of French/Italian heritage
and he was born as Eugène in Glasgow in 1864 - the same year
as Richard Strauss. He trained in London, took advantage of a Mendelssohn
Scholarship to further his studies in Vienna and very soon rejected
all things British and embraced German culture. In his lifetime his
success was founded upon a half-century long career as an international
piano virtuoso. He was a friend and close associate of both Brahms and
Liszt playing the former's two concertos under the composer's
baton in Berlin in 1896. Yet he hankered to be able to settle down and
devote himself more thoroughly to composition.
If he is remembered at all today in that role it is as an opera composer
and even then really of just one work: Tiefland premiered in
1903. Music from the opera is included on this disc but I would prefer
to consider the major work presented here first.
The Symphony in F major is as early a work as the Op.4 number would
imply. It is d'Albert's only attempt at the form and dates
from 1886. I must admit my initial impressions on a first listen-through
were rather dismissive. If imitation is the highest form of flattery
Brahms must be blushing. This work is not just Brahmsian it has
taken a Brahms symphonic template - be it in instrumentation, form,
texture or even melodic outline - and onto that very recognisable skeleton
draped another composer's tunes. Then, by the second or third
listen I thought one has to give d'Albert both his due and some
musical slack. This is the work of a mainly self-taught musician who
is just twenty-two. My sense is that as much as anything this might
well be considered an apprentice work in much the same way that composition
students might be set an exercise to write a quartet movement in the
style of Haydn. By that standard it is an astonishingly confident
success. Running just shy of fifty-two minutes in the current performance
makes it a longer work than any of Brahms' own symphonies. Some
passages teeter on the edge of becoming discursive but d'Albert's
sheer youthful energy and ear for rich orchestral sonority disarms too
much po-faced criticism. When you consider that Brahms had finished
his Fourth Symphony just the year before this work, the Third two years
before that and the First and Second around a decade earlier they were
contemporary works and ones frankly worthy of copying.
The opening movement pays homage to Brahms' First Symphony with
a slow introduction where violas blend with horns and clarinets to create
a sinuous theme full of developmental potential leading to a leaping
compound-time development. This is clearly absolute not programmatic
music. For sure the melodies are not as memorable or the handling of
them as assured as the senior master but conversely I enjoyed it a whole
lot more than other Brahmsian acolytes such as Gernsheim. Likewise listen
around the 8:30 mark of the slow movement placed second where d'Albert
builds to an impressively impassioned string-led climax which falls
away to a beautiful reverie led by woodwind and solo horn counterpoint.
Again one has to be impressed by how assured the handling of both material
and musical arc is achieved albeit in a less than original idiom. The
faster sections of the 'scherzo' are the least derivative
parts - a quasi-fugato compound-time dance that lets accents side-slip
appealingly. Credit to the composer again for sustaining more than eleven
minutes of music with such interest. The pastoral central slower section
risks lapsing into languor but is beautifully played here so it becomes
a pleasant diversion rather than an unnecessary hiatus even if the similarity
to the early Brahms Serenades is almost indecently apparent. The Finale
seems to have taken the same movement from Brahms' Second Symphony
as its template - right down to the excitingly dynamic Coda with sustained
chord from the trombones at the end. It opens with a typically Germanic/Romantic
horn-call answered by a lyrical strings and woodwind melody. D'Albert
builds the musical tension in the extended introduction very skilfully
for such a young composer so that even though it takes over four minutes
to reach the 'meat' of the movement proper the music has
built gradually but effectively to that point.
I have deliberately avoided any mention of the performers or recording
until this point. The MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra under Jun
Märkl have - to my ear - an ideal rich and burnished tone for this
music. All departments of the orchestra give a good account but I must
mention an excellent principal horn and clarinet. They are given support
in this by Tim Handley's detailed but warm and resonant recording.
One query - the venue for the disc is given as a radio studio but that
has one of the most curious resonances I have heard in a long time -
very extended but very even in its decay. Far longer than one would
expect of a usually neutral radio studio but not nearly as 'rolling'
as one hears in church locations. To be honest it suits both the music
and the sound the orchestra makes. I happened to listen to it immediately
after an old Kingsway Hall recording and the difference is huge but
not one I minded once it had been noted. Having been less than impressed
by Märkl's Debussy series I am pleased to say that I have
found this wholly convincing. Once one gets past the blatant influences
at work here for those interested in little known German Romantic symphonies
this is a guilty pleasure.
One's sorrow is that d'Albert never returned to the genre
once his own musical personality was more fully formed. Symphonic music's
loss was the theatre's gain. The New Grove considers d'Albert
to be musically superior to the likes of Leoncavallo or Mascagni. By
the time he wrote Tiefland in the new century he had a far wider
expressive range at his disposal. The very opening of the Symphonic
Prologue shows this with an extended and brooding clarinet solo
instantly creating memorable atmosphere. Important to note that what
is recorded here is the work d'Albert created in 1924 as
his Op.34 not just the opera's overture. In effect the
composer has combined the original prelude with music for the opera's
first scene. Why he chose to revisit the work in this manner twenty
years on is not clear but it is both atmospheric and effective. So much
so that I would question the programming choice in placing this first
on the disc. Although it functions as the disc's 'overture'
it is so much more individual than the symphony that the latter is diminished
- on first listen at least. Again Märkl and his Leipzig forces
play this quite beautifully. On the recording I have of the complete
opera the opening is even more distant and as such - representing perhaps
a shepherd piping on the distant hills - adds more to the atmosphere
but the added detail of Handley's production brings its own delights.
There is competition in the main work from CPO with Hermann Bäumer
conducting the Osnabrucker Symphony Orchestra (777 264-2). Bäumer
is generally fleeter and his good orchestra do not have the same rich
sonority as the Leipzig players but that chimes with the approach and
the engineering to produce a wholly satisfying package. The CPO coupling
is of considerable interest too; a dramatic scena Seejungfräulein
Op.15 for soprano and orchestra. As ever, the interested collector has
a difficult choice. If they possess the Bäumer already it would
be unfair to say that the Märkl is superior in every way - better
to invest in a complete Tiefland or the religious fervour of
the 1913 Die toten Augen. However, for those coming to this work
for the first time I would prefer the Naxos disc to the CPO. Idiomatic
playing of an impressive interpretation backed up by good engineering
seals the deal. Keith Anderson's less enlightening than usual
liner-note is a minor fly in the ointment - after a good biographical
note he pads it out with a wholly redundant synopsis of the opera. With
playing time at just an hour Naxos might have squeezed an extra piece
onto the disc. D'Albert was not a prolific composer for the orchestral
concert hall so it is to be hoped that Naxos will record more of his
work with this team.
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Anyone have the Sonos system in their home? I am considering getting few speakers for the new house. Review?
Anyone have the Sonos system in their home? I am considering getting few speakers for the new house. Review?
I have SONOS PLAY:1s and sound-bar. Both speakers are great, talk well with the SONOS:BRIDGE and the iOS mobile app is pretty convenient. One thing I like is running multiple zones for a party all from a phone or laptop. I have also seen the PLAY:5 and its a beast of a speaker.
You could likely build a custom sound setup for cheaper with a little knowledge and technical willingness... plus a laptop, but I think Sonos fits.
I have 3 zones in my apartment including a Play:1, 3, and a connect. I love the setup and while you definitely can do it all for cheaper, it's never really the same. Sonos is the standard without a doubt. I can give a more thorough review if you'd like later on today
i have a friend who has used the Play 1 throughout his house and really loves it. I love that you can listen to different tunes in different rooms. Would've a more in depth review
We have it at work and it's nice. The upside is that it's compatible with a lot of music apps, downside is it's expensive to step into.
A cheaper, DYI solution, would be a Google Chromecast Audio. Same basic principle tho I don't know if you can sync them like a Sonos system does.
Mat has it in his house- sounds good to me (all I know)
i heard a set up once it sounded very good and the wireless install was pretty sweet. when my brother bought a new house we did Russound everything in it which is pretty good stuff but running wires and installing control panels and speakers was a PITA.
i know it isn;t the cheapest option, but i figure i will start small. Get on Play 1 and then add on every few months
Okay, so a little bit more in depth.
For all in one speakers I have the play:1 and play:3. They're both great. They're both speakers more for atmosphere than serious listening. I keep the play:1 in the bathroom and the play:3 in the kitchen.
If you want a speaker that sounds really fantastic, get a Play:5, it's seriously great. Don't own one (yet), but I've listened to it a few times and would get one in a second if i didn't already have a good setup. All of the stand alone speakers can be paired with a second one to create a stereo pair, which is a really cool feature, but obviously gets expensive quickly.
Each of the speakers also has a very cool feature called Trueplay, which uses your phones microphone to tune the speakers, it's really cool and while I haven't heard a huge difference in my place, I know a lot of people can hear a huge difference before and after if they have an acoustically weird room.
I also have a connect, which is essentially just a box that connects to a pair of powered speakers. It's great if you have a home theater or an amp+speakers that you really love. I have it setup going into my AV receiver which goes out to an old pair of B&O speakers that I love. It's a great solution if you already have some speakers you like. They also have a Connect:Amp, which has a built in amp, if you don't have your own.
The real selling point is the house wise connective. It's incredibly seamless and easy to setup. It use to be that you needed a box to connect to your wifi router directly with a cable, then all the speakers just need power and connect wirelessly to each other. Now though you can just connect all of the speakers to wifi (which the app makes incredibly simple). Seriously, to add a speaker to an existing setup you plug the speaker in, go to the app, say add a speaker, press a button on a speaker, then it's done. To add a phone to control the system is even easier, just download the app, connect to wifi, choose connect to an existing system, and you're done, you can now control every speaker in the house. Once you have music playing, it's incredibly stable, I have never had a drop out, never, and I've had sonos for at least 3 years using it every day.
The only real complaint I have about sonos is the way it handles music. Sonos was conceived at a time when all of the music you owned lived on a hard drive in your house, so it made sense to make a centralized app where everyone could pick music from that hard drive. That model is starting to show it's age. Sonos is very good at integrating new streaming services, but they can't integrate new features as quickly as those services (like spotify) make new features for their own apps.
I really wish sonos products integrated Airplay or Google cast to fix this problem, but they haven't really seemed interested in doing so. you can rig something up to work, but it's clunky. You can play music stored on your phone, but if a friend comes over and wants to play a song from their spotify account to your speakers, they can't unless they want to sign into their account on your sonos system.
While it does take a little while for them to update their applications, overall it's definitely worth it. I know a lot of people who started with a play:1 and now have $5K worth of the stuff. Having music around the house is really wonderful and Sonos is still the best solution.
thanks for all the info, this just me even more sure that this is the system i want. Music is my business so I know that for real listening I will probably have something in my music room that is separate and more geared towards being an audiophile, but for having music around the house this seems perfect. We always have music playing and lately we haven't because everything now lives on our phones and iPods.
Sonos it is then.
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John Adams to Alexander Hamilton0 comments Posted by HCPS at Monday, April 25, 2011
Philadelphia, April 25, 1791
Dear Sir,—
I do myself the honor to transmit to you my accounts which remain unsettled, for the last two years and eight months of my administrations abroad in the service of the United States. I have left a blank for my salary. In my own opinion it is but justice that it should be filled up with the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds sterling a year, because this was the contract under which I accepted my commission for the peace in 1779, and that for their High Mightinesses in 1781, which last continued in force until my return home. The resolution of Congress, which stated the salary of a minister abroad at nine thousand dollars, could not reasonably be intended to operate upon ministers and commissions which had been given and accepted upon different conditions. Such an interpretation of it would make it amount to a breach of public faith. Moreover, I have been well informed by Mr. Gerry, who proposed the alteration, that the reason of this resolution was a supposition that, in that time of peace, the expenses of living in Europe were reduced. This motive was so far from being a just one, as applied to me, that I found the expenses of living in London about a quarter part dearer than I had ever known them in Paris or the Hague. This, therefore, was rather a reason for raising my salary to three thousand pounds sterling a year, which I actually spent, than for reducing it to nine thousand dollars. I have been informed by Mr. Barclay that Dr. Franklin charged, and has been allowed, two thousand five hundred pounds sterling a year till his return, and as I am in the same predicament with him, it is at least as just that it should be allowed to me; indeed, it is more so, because I certainly was obliged to spend more than that sum, and he undoubtedly spent less.
I have also requested an allowance for a private secretary. As the business of my mission to Holland, as well as that to England, lay upon me, in addition to my share in all the negotiations with Prussia and the other powers of Europe, as well as the Barbary States, it may readily be conceived that I had a great deal of business and still more writing to do, as copies of all such correspondences must be preserved, and therefore I hope the charge for a private secretary will not be thought unreasonable.
An allowance is asked also for one ministerial or diplomatic entertainment for each year. This is done for three reasons: 1. because it is the custom of the whole Corps Diplomatique; 2. because it seems to be a reasonable custom; and 3. because Mr. Franklin has charged and been allowed for all extraordinary entertainments, as I suppose, as he told me he had charged them or should charge them.
An outfit I have asked for, amounting to one year's salary. This will be but a very inadequate compensation to me, for the extraordinary expenses I was put to by the variety of services and multiplicity of commissions which were heaped upon me. My case is singular, and distinguished from that of every other gentleman who has ever been sent abroad in the service of the United States. In 1779, Congress sent me abroad, with two commissions, one to negotiate a peace, and another to his Britannic Majesty to negotiate a treaty of commerce with that power. Under these commissions I went to Paris, and resided there, which obliged me to take a house or apartments ready furnished, and establish a household, equipage, and set of servants there. In 1780, Congress sent me a commission to borrow money in Holland, to the amount of ten millions of dollars. This obliged me to live in Holland. In 1781, Congress sent me a commission to treat with that republic, and a letter of credence to the States-General. This obliged me to hire a house and completely furnish it, because there was no such thing to be hired in Holland as furniture, as might be done and was done by Mr. Deane, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Jay, and myself at Paris. My commission for the peace obliged me to make journeys to Versailles. My commission for borrowing money not only augmented my expenses, but gave me more trouble and occasioned more labor and perplexity than all the other services. The frequent removals from one country to another, the continual change of servants and liveries, the wear and tear of baggage, and destruction of furniture, beside the perpetual plunder I was subjected to in my absence from my house in one country, while attending my duty in another, have wasted and consumed my salary in such a manner, that my family must be deprived of that reward for my time, trouble, risk, and services, which all of us were entitled to, and which some may have been happy enough honestly to secure. I say all of us were entitled to it, because Congress, on the 28th September, 1776, resolved, that their ministers should live in such a style and manner as they might find suitable and necessary to support the dignity of their public character, and that, besides their actual expenses, a handsome allowance be made to each of them, as a compensation for their time, trouble, risk, and services.
If the articles I have submitted are allowed me, difficult as it will be to justify myself to my family, I shall be content; but if not, I must crave an allowance of one half per cent., as commissions on nine millions of guilders, by me borrowed in Holland for the United States. When Congress allows four per cent. to the houses of Willink and Van Staphorst, and their undertakers, upon all these loans, which has already amounted to a handsome fortune to each house, it would be extremely hard and unreasonable to oblige me, who had more trouble with every one of these loans than those houses had—nay, who had more trouble with the first of them than they have had with the whole—not only to do this whole business for nothing, but live at my own expense while I did it. This must be my hard fate, if nothing can be allowed me as commissions, nor for extraordinary services. Considerable sums were spent by me, at times, for secret services, and other sums, to no small amount, were advanced to Americans in distress, some of them in prison, and others escaped; but, as I have no vouchers for these and I suppose Congress would not be willing to set a precedent, I make no charge for them, although they were advanced out of my own money—part of my salary. Let me ask the favor of you, Sir, to look over these accounts, and then present them to the auditor, that they may be settled in some way or other by the next session of Congress. With great esteem I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant,
John Adams.
(Source: http://oll.libertyfund.org/)
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April 17, 1791
You will probably recollect that previous to your departure from this place, anticipating the event which has taken place with regard to the death of Mr. Everleigh, I took the liberty to mention to you that Mr. Wolcott, the present Auditor, would be in every respect worthy of your consideration as his successor in office.
Now that the event has happened, a concern as anxious as it was natural for the success of the department, united with a sentiment of justice towards Mr. Wolcott, leads me to a repetition of that idea. This gentleman's conduct in the station he now fills has been that of an excellent officer. It has not only been good, but distinguished. It has combined all the requisites which can be desired: moderation with firmness, liberality with exactness, indefatigable industry with an accurate and sound discernment, a thorough knowledge of business, and a remarkable spirit of order and arrangement. Indeed, I ought to say that I owe very much of whatever success may have attended the merely executive operations of the department to Mr. Wolcott; and I do not fear to commit myself when I add that he possesses in an eminent degree all the qualifications desirable in a Comptroller of the Treasury—that it is scarcely possible to find a man in the United States more competent to the duties of that station than himself; few who could be equally so. It may be truly said of him that he is a man of rare merit, and I have good evidence that he has been viewed in this light by the members of Congress extensively from different quarters of the Union, and is so considered by all that part of the public who have had opportunities of witnessing his conduct.
The immediate relation, too, which his present situation bears to that of Comptroller is a strong argument in his favor. Though a regular gradation of office is not admissible in a strict sense in regard to offices of a civil nature, and is wholly inapplicable to those of the first rank (such as the heads of the great executive departments), yet a certain regard to the relation which one situation bears to another is consonant with the natural ideas of justice, and is recommended by powerful considerations of policy. The expectation of promotion in civil as in military life is a great stimulus to virtuous exertion, while examples of unrewarded exertion, supported by talent and qualification, are proportionable discour agements. Where they do not produce resignations they leave men dissatisfied, and a dissatisfied man seldom does his duty well.
In a government like ours, where pecuniary compensations are moderate, the principle of gradual advancement as a reward for good conduct is perhaps more necessary to be attended to than in others where offices are more lucrative. By due attention to it it will operate as a means to secure respectable men for offices of inferior emolument and consequence.
In addition to the rest, Mr. Wolcott's experience in this particular line pleads powerfully in his favor. This experience may be dated back to his office of Comptroller of the State of Connecticut, and has been perfected by practice in his present place.
A question may perhaps, sir, arise in your mind, whether some inconvenience may not attend his removal from his present office. I am of opinion that no sensible inconvenience will be felt on this score, since it will be easy for him as Comptroller, who is the immediate superior of the Auditor, to form any man of business for the office he will leave, in a short period of time. More inconvenience would be felt by the introduction of a Comptroller not in the immediate train of the business.
Besides this, it may be observed that a degree of inconvenience on this score cannot be deemed an obstacle, but upon the principle which would bar the progress of merit from one station to another.
On this point of inconvenience a reflection occurs, which I think I ought not to suppress. Mr. Wolcott is a man of sensibility, not unconscious of his own value, and he doubtless must believe that he has pretensions from situation to the office. Should another be appointed, and he resign, the derangement of the department would truly be distressing to the public service.
In suggesting thus particularly the reasons which in my mind operate in favor of Mr. Wolcott, I am influenced by information that other characters will be brought to your view by weighty advocates, and as I think it more than possible that Mr. Wolcott may not be mentioned to you by any other person than myself, I feel it a duty arising out of my situation in the department, to bear my full and explicit testimony to his worth, confident that he will justify by every kind of substantial merit any mark of your approbation which he may receive.
I trust, sir, that in thus freely disclosing my sentiments to you, you will be persuaded that I only yield to the suggestions of an honest zeal for the public good, and of a firm conviction that the prosperity of the department under my particular care (one so interesting to the aggregate movements of the government) will be best promoted by transferring the present Auditor to the office of Comptroller of the Treasury.
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Build A Better Photograph: A Disciplined Approach To Creativity by Michael E. Stern
Rocky Nook Press recently sent me a review copy of Michael E. Stern's new book Build A Better Photograph: A Disciplined Approach To Creativity, and since I am always interested in the creative process (especially when it involves disciplined thought), I was happy to sit down with it for some quality time. I gravitate towards that word "disciplined" because I am an analytical and systematic individual. My trusty Mac computer dictionary provided the following: With that in mind, I have … [Read more...]
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For those of you who follow The Luminous Landscape web site, Alain Briot's name will be a familiar one from his informative and insightful writings for the photographer. If you are new to his writings you will be in for a treat in his second book published by Rocky Nook (his first was Mastering Landscape Photography). Rocky Nook produces beautiful volumes printed on acid-free paper that reproduce the dynamic tonalities of the fine-art prints that they showcase, and the long-term … [Read more...]
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The Nikon Creative Lighting System: Using the SB-600, SB 800, SB 900 & RiCi Flashes
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Mixed Result in Complicated Property Rights Case
Today the Supreme Court came down with its ruling in Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, a case I previously blogged about here and here, and in which Cato filed a brief.
While the Court's 8 – 0 ruling against the Florida oceanfront (now ocean‐view) property owners was not the result we wanted, the part of the decision that was unanimously unfortunate turned on a narrow and probably mistaken interpretation of state property law. Much more importantly, the remainder of Justice Scalia's opinion makes clear that judicial takings are just as much a violation of the Fifth Amendment as any other kind. "If a legislature or a court declares that what was once an established right of private property no longer exists," Scalia writes for a four‐justice plurality, "it has taken that property, no less than if the State had physically appropriated it or destroyed its value by regulation." And the test for whether the government — any part of it — has committed a taking turns on "whether the property right allegedly taken was established."
Moreover, that the Court ultimately found no taking here should provide no succor to courts and other state actors who wish to abuse property rights in the future. The case could have easily swung the other way in a non‐oceanfront circumstance or under a different state's laws. Indeed, two justices (Kennedy and Sotomayor) said that federal courts can still police judicial takings — under a different name — by using the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, while the remaining two (Breyer and Ginsburg) decided to leave the question for another day. Nobody accepted outright the idea that courts cannot be held accountable for subverting property rights!
In short, state courts are now on notice that they violate long‐held property rights at their peril.


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56Coop Says:
August 18, 2009 at 1:12 pm |
They're covering this like OJ in the Bronco
PackerBelle Says:
August 18, 2009 at 1:50 pm |
So glad I barely watch any TV (and especially not during the summer). Since I live in the Twin Cities the next few weeks would be painful.
56Coop Says:
August 18, 2009 at 2:46 pm |
Well, it's official. Vikings Web site says they signed Favre. He starts Friday, and also has a small tear in his rotator cuff.
Ron La Canne Says:
August 18, 2009 at 2:57 pm |
My condolences Belle. They do have the only good lutfisk available this side of Sweden, however.
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August 18, 2009 at 3:12 pm |
Too bad I don't like lutefisk. I went to a certain Norwegian college and after multiple years of having to serve it at Christmas time I can't stand it.
I was thinking that if it turns out Favre bought the condo in Edina at 50th and France, I might need to do some shopping in that area wearing my Rodgers jersey, which is actually a much better one that either of my two #4 jerseys.
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Alex Cejka Talks Red Shirts
AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW by now, things didn't work out today for Alex Cejka, who took a five-shot lead into the final round of the Players Championship. Nor did they work out for his playing partner, Tiger Woods. To put it bluntly, their pairing was a train wreck.
But I got a huge kick out of the final exchange Cejka had in his post-round media conference. The subject was shirts.
Q. As it turns out, you were joking last night with the red shirt?
ALEX CEJKA: No, I was looking in my suitcase, and believe me, I have a big suitcase. I have 40 shirts with me because I'm on the road for a couple months. I didn't have one. I had green, pink, orange, black, plaid, every color, but I didn't have red.
Q. But you would have worn it?
ALEX CEJKA: I would have worn it if I had it.
Q. You don't think that would have annoyed him?
ALEX CEJKA: I can wear what I want.
Q. It didn't work for him, either.
ALEX CEJKA: Yeah.
Q. Do you usually wear red and black on Sunday?
ALEX CEJKA: No, I'm black and white on Sundays.
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- Miranda said...
Since when does Tiger own the rights to a red shirt? That really irritates me. People should be allowed to wear whatever color shirt they want.
Although I really hope people adopt this attitude toward John Daly's new style of pants he's wearing.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
Miranda: My favorite quote in that exchange was "I can wear what I want." Hey, why not? You'll probably lose to Tiger, but go ahead and slip into a red shirt on Sunday and show your defiance.
Tiger does not own the rights to wearing a red shirt. Cejka made that pretty clear...but it's amusing how much Jimmy Roberts was harping on Cejka about wearing all black that Sunday ("Do you know how HOT it is out there?") and his gum-chewing ("Pretty energetic"). Turns out Cejka's a pack-a-day smoker. That gum was Nicorette but I noticed he spit it out and wasn't chewing it on the course. Maybe t hat was his downfall? Nicotine withdrawal...How's that for a conspiracy theory?


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If you'll add the latitude and the longitude of the property location, the theme will properly show it on the map, along with other relevant properties whenever the potential buyer looks for a property in that area.
Modern contact form
Want your members to be able to easily contact you in case they have any question? They don't even need to reload the page, by using the menu toggle buttons they can easily login/register or contact you.
Fully responsive
I tested Unreal Estate on the most popular devices and it worked just great! You can check it yourself, if you notice any problems, don't hesitate to contact me!
Three different layouts for the page showing the properties
That's right! We created three unique layouts for your real estate business, the grid layout, which is the enabled one by default and the most useful one(the potential buyers can see many properties within a short time), the list layout(shows bigger pictures and a little description of the property and the location template, very useful in case the user wants to see where the properties are located. These three layouts are used on all the pages with listings, including search, location pages, advanced search(from either the homepage or the custom widget) or the listings page template.
The theme comes with the .po/.mo language files included so you can easily translate your whole website into any language you want!
Sample data included
You can easily import the sample data and get the same layout as the demo, just take the .xml file from the /sampledata/ folder and import it in Tools > Import > WordPress.
Latest updates
Version 1.5 – 5 december 2014
- – fixed localization problems in functions.php
- – improved support for strings localization / translation
- – included gd star rating plugin, which is no longer available on wordpress.org
Version 1.4 – 4 december 2014
- – added currency / currency position options in the theme options panel
- – fixed the "garages" option to show the number of garages instead of showing if it has one or not.
- – updated the language files
- – fixed the number of garages option for the "Front-end submit" page template.
- – added captcha for the contact form on single listings, for agents
- – added child theme compatibility for style.css
- – removed the options for showing the wordpress version and the top menu bar(keeping the default WP functionality)
Sources / credits
- jQuery
- Bootstrap 2.3 + Bootstrap select
- jQuery Placeholder
- Gmap 3
- mCustomScrollBar
- prettyPhoto
- tinyNav
- Modernizr
- NHP Theme Options Framework
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/locationsite/5363528563/in/photostream/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4947806065/lightbox/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4834201449/
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- http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4834197589/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4834211301/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4834203945/
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65 comments:
- K and/or K said...
I have no words...this is AMAZING!
Crying just reading this!
What a SPECIAL story and relationship. WOW!
- June 16, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- 3cmum said...
Tears too..
That is utterly amazing.
Just incredible!
- June 16, 2011 at 3:20 PM
- AwesomeCloud and family said...
Wow. That is very, very cool.
We have no connections at all to anyone. We didn't even travel with any other families. I'm glad Cloud is friendly and outgoing, because if he wants his parents to make connections for him, we got nuthin'.
- June 16, 2011 at 3:30 PM
- Johnny said...
Holy Moley.
- June 16, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Robin said...
- June 16, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Kelly said...
That is truly the most amazing story I have ever heard!!! God ordained for sure!!
- June 16, 2011 at 4:15 PM
- Lindy D. said...
God is with you.
- June 16, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- the meaklims said...
Wow. It's a God story.
- June 16, 2011 at 4:26 PM
- Rebekah said...
Such an incredible God story!!! And what a special bond your families will always have!
- June 16, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- Rita and John said...
What a powerful story showing God's plan in bringing two families together.
- June 16, 2011 at 5:06 PM
- Laurie said...
Okay,with a story like that, I can forgive you for not providing pictures today! :) Sometimes there are some really good reasons why things happen in God's time and not our own. This sounds like one of those things!! LOVE this story!!
- June 16, 2011 at 5:11 PM
- Myrnie said...
Amazing!! God is good :)
- June 16, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Mrs. Winn said...
5 years is such a long time, but His timing is perfect in every way! Amazing!!
- June 16, 2011 at 6:26 PM
- Truly Blessed said...
Wonderful news. We were so fortunate to meet the cribmates (twins) of our daughter when we were at the White Swan. We are so glad to have this connection for our three girls. I'm so glad you found BOTH of your girls' cribmates!!
- June 16, 2011 at 6:59 PM
- Musings from Kim K. said...
Simply amazing.
- June 16, 2011 at 7:03 PM
- The Byrd's Nest said...
So amazing...I cannot believe this:)
- June 16, 2011 at 7:22 PM
- Holly said...
I am covered with chills. WOW!! So how is she doing? Is she sleeping? Eating? crying? withdrawn? Eagerly awaiting more! :)
- June 16, 2011 at 8:22 PM
- Logical Libby said...
Thank you for sharing this with us. It is so nice to hear such an amazing studios connection in adoption
- June 16, 2011 at 8:28 PM
- Rhonda said...
Wonderful story!
- June 16, 2011 at 8:32 PM
- Sarah said...
I'm sobbing... just sobbing. Simply put, it's a God thing. He had a hand in this. Your families are now even more forever tied. Now let me go find some tissues...
- June 16, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- organicnerd said...
Oh, my skin just has the shivers from that great story! Well, and from how much God is looking out for you and blessing your families so abundantly!
- June 16, 2011 at 9:20 PM
- Shari said...
#1 I'm amazed you got 2 hours with the caregivers. We got 0 time. We spoke only with the orphanage director. Even the day we drove 4 hours each way to the SWI we only had about 30 minutes. It is simply amazing that the Mei Meis were crib mates. Amazing!
- June 16, 2011 at 9:21 PM
- Football and Fried Rice said...
Goosebumps! But really, isn't that how God works sometimes?! Full of surprises!!
- June 16, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Patricia said...
OH WOW!!!! That is incredibly amazing!!
- June 16, 2011 at 10:10 PM
- Rachel said...
Absolutely amazing, such a God thing! I've got tears in my eyes too!
- June 16, 2011 at 10:21 PM
- prechrswife said...
Wow, what a special gift! God is amazing!
- June 16, 2011 at 11:18 PM
- Journeywoman said...
I'm crying too. How wonderful!
- June 16, 2011 at 11:27 PM
- Kayce said...
I love when God's plans unfold right in front of our eyes! What an incredible blessing!!!!
- June 16, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- LucisMomma said...
Wonderful, Wonderful!!
- June 17, 2011 at 12:09 AM
- happygeek said...
That is truly amazing.
- June 17, 2011 at 12:27 AM
- Cedar said...
Reading in awe and tears...
- June 17, 2011 at 12:49 AM
- Mary Beth said...
Chills. Just chills.
- June 17, 2011 at 12:50 AM
- shelley said...
That was God's many blessings given to you guys for your unbelievable wait. Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us.
- June 17, 2011 at 1:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
God's timing is perfect, but knowing that, believing it doesn't make the wait easy at the time - just worth it once the waiting is over ; )
- June 17, 2011 at 1:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
I love it when God shows us why he has done something. :) :) :)
- June 17, 2011 at 1:54 AM
- luna said...
oh I have such chills reading this! and tears. how wonderful for all of you! sounds like you've made family friends for life. your travel budget will now need to include visits to MN.
- June 17, 2011 at 2:05 AM
- Aus said...
We've learned many things through adoption - and feel that we've come to know you and your family this way too....and we agree about the 'imperfectness' of adoption....and many more aspects of growing our family this way too.
But when we see something like this (and I've never ever heard of anything THIS remarkable!) - then it becomes clear to me that whatever your Belief's - the Hand of the Almighty Blesses this process and these families!
I've got chills, more than a few tears, and great joy in my heart - it don't get much more perfect than this in our world!
hugs - aus and co.
- June 17, 2011 at 6:33 AM
- epin said...
What an incredible connection! Wow.
- June 17, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Saint Louis Family Robinson said...
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!! Yep, completely clear now! Answers all the questions about the wait, about why this orphanage vs Tonggu...
WOW!!!!! UNbelievable....
- June 17, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Cavatica said...
Wow. Just wow.
- June 17, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- bbmomof2boys said...
Just makes you realize how good God is and just what a small world we live in!
- June 17, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- The Gang's Momma! said...
Amazing. Simply incredible. Only God, my friend. Only God. What a beautiful tale you will all have to tell your four girls in the years to come. May HE use it for HIS glory as a testament to HIS faithfulness and intimate care of HIS children!
Hugs to you from PA - love following your story!
- June 17, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- LBC said...
Everything in the appointed time!
- June 17, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- snekcip said...
Designed and orchestrated by God....no doubt in my heart and mind.
- June 17, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- Foxxy One said...
Oh, I'm all verklempt!
A friend and I decided to adopt about a month apart. She joined our adoption agency a month after we did. She got her referral of her son a month after we did. Then, the weirdness started. We'd get each other's photos, the medical reports would get swapped (I'd get her son's she get mine). Finally, a picture arrived of my friend's son - she called me and said "either that orange outfit your son has been wearing in a lot of his photos is really popular in Guatemala or our boys are in the same foster home." She was right - our boys were foster brothers. It's never happened before or since. They have a link that they will share the rest of their lives.
- June 17, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- sara said...
I have chills and giant tears rolling down my face. What an amazing connection.
- June 17, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- heather said...
Crying...that is so special and an incredible bond to both each other and to their birth country!
- June 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- De Lucchi Family Treasures said...
Wow, that is awesome!!!! hugs xxx
- June 17, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- OneThankfulMom said...
So beautiful - I'm glad I popped over to check in!
- June 18, 2011 at 1:31 AM
- Anonymous said...
So happy for you! May these days be full of grace and provision for each of you.
- June 18, 2011 at 5:41 AM
- Alyson and Ford said...
Beyond amazing! Such joy for all of you! Congrats!
Alyzabeth's Mommy
- June 18, 2011 at 6:01 AM
- Cristina said...
God-incidence working it's wonders again!! xxxxxxxxx
- June 18, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Wanda said...
What an a.m.a.z.i.n.g. gift!!!! I'm in awe!
- June 18, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh, God is in the details, isn't he? Crying again. What an amazing journey for you all...and what faith you have shown to be entrusted with this story.
- June 18, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- mumma to many said...
That is so amazing! Our friends have just been referred a girl from Jiangxi and she has Alice's forever family date as her birthday now between us we have 4 Jiangxi babies all different SWI's but I sure the connection will grow!
Hugs Ruth in NZ
- June 18, 2011 at 3:13 PM
- Michelle said...
(blogger freaked on me the first time I left a comment, don't know if you saw that one or not)....
I have chills (and tears) reading this, my friend. There are no words.
Sending love from half way around the world.....
- June 18, 2011 at 4:53 PM
- Tam-A-Roo said...
I have goosebumps and the little hairs on the back of my neck are still standing on end! I love that there is a connection that was orchestrated with such precision that there is no doubt that it was certainly meant to be!
- June 19, 2011 at 12:36 AM
- kitchu said...
oh damn now i am crying like a baby. gotta go get a tissue.
what a blessing. for life. for LIFE.
- June 19, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Annie said...
Tears here too!!!! WOW!
- June 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM
- Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! said...
Absolutely unbelievable...... what are the chances of that? Definitely one in a million.....and I guess y'all are that one!
The Ayis are not the only ones cryin..... this is AMAZING.
- June 20, 2011 at 1:46 PM
- Krista said...
Alright.. shedding tears over that one myself. Absolutely amazing. Such a gift, truly.
- June 21, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- Catherine said...
God is SO GOOD!!! What a beautiful link your families will share forever!
- June 23, 2011 at 1:41 PM
- anymommy said...
Oh my heart. So happy for you all.
- June 26, 2011 at 12:55 AM
- the_blissful_mommy said...
Seriously. Way to make us ALL weep buckets. Dude. That's unreal. Go, God!!!!
- June 27, 2011 at 9:03 PM
- Dita said...
Identical to the sting of the 9 months of pregnancy and the birth completely disappearing upon seeing that child...there is NO DIFFERENCE in how your child gets here(having experienced BOTH ways...believe me, I know)..it is the love we feel at setting eyes upon the child we have longed for and know...without a doubt, has been missing from our hearts all our lives...
so very happy for your new arrival, TM.....just thrilled!
- July 8, 2011 at 10:11 PM


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