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"You know, f--king music magazines writing a review of Janet Jackson saying, 'This is the greatest show – four and a half stars.' It's f--king lip-synced! Hello! That's not a show!" John, 68, says. "I'd rather go and see a drag queen. F--k off."
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Jackson, who is currently on a world tour in support of her eleventh studio album, "Unbreakable," has not yet responded to John's allegations; E! News has reached out to the 49-year-old "No Sleeep" singer's rep for comment.
More than a decade ago, John made similar lip-syncing claims about Madonna. "I say what I feel," he tells Rolling Stone in hindsight. "I probably went too far with Madonna, and I got very personal and I wrote her – she was very gracious."
Who could forget their 11-year feud? John first dissed the Material Girl in 2002 when he said that "Die Another Day" was the "worst" James Bond song he'd ever heard. Two years later, he called her out onstage at the Q Awards. "Madonna, best live act? F--k off," he told the audience. "Since when has lip-syncing been live? Sorry about that, but I think everyone who lip-syncs on stage in public when you pay like 75 quid to see them should be shot. Thank you very much. That's me off her Christmas card list, but do I give a toss? No."
The "Tiny Dancer" singer trashed Madonna again ahead of her Super Bowl Halftime performance in 2012. Asked if he had any advice for Queen of Pop, he replied, "Make sure you lip-sync good." Later that year, during an appearance on Australia's "Sunday Night," John took his insults a step further. "Her tour is a disaster and it couldn't happen to a bigger c--t. If Madonna had any common sense, she would have made a record like "Ray of Light," stayed away from the dance stuff and just been a great pop singer and made great pop records, which she does brilliantly. But no, she had to prove that she was like..." he said, not finishing his sentence. "And she looks like a f--king fairground stripper."
John decided to bury the hatchet with Madonna after they unexpectedly crossed paths in 2012. "We were in a restaurant in France in the summertime. She came in, and I sent over a note. She was very gracious. I apologized profusely because what I said should never have appeared in public. She accepted our apology, and then we bought her dinner. That's over and done with," he told Extra the following year. "She was fantastic. She was just like, 'OK, let's get a move on.'"
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Interval Estimation for a Binomial Proportion
Lawrence D. Brown, T. Tony Cai, and Anirban DasGupta
We revisit the problem of interval estimation of a binomial proportion. The erratic behavior of the coverage probability of the standard Wald confidence interval has previously been remarked on in the literature (Blyth and Still, Agresti and Coull, Santner and others). We begin by showing that the chaotic coverage properties of the Wald interval are far more persistent than is appreciated. Furthermore, common textbook prescriptions regarding its safety are misleading and defective in several respects and cannot be trusted.
This leads us to consideration of alternative intervals. A number of natural alternatives are presented, each with its motivation and context. Each interval is examined for its coverage probability and its length. Based on this analysis, we recommend the Wilson interval or the equal-tailed Jeffreys prior interval for small n and the interval suggested in Agresti and Coull for larger n. We also provide an additional frequentist justification for use of the Jeffreys interval.
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- Oliver (2000). But this does not account for the effects of discreteness, and as BCD point out, guidelines in terms of p are not verifiable. For elementary course teaching there is no obvious alternative (such as t methods) for smaller n, so we think it is sensible to teach a single methodthat behaves reasonably well for all n, as do the Wilson, Jeffreys and Agresti-Coull intervals.
- (See Vollset, 1993). Presumably some other boundary modification will result in a happy medium. In a letter to the editor about Agresti and Coull (1998), Rindskopf (2000) argued in favor of the logit interval partly because of its connection with logit modeling. We have not usedthis methodfor teaching in elementary courses, since logit intervals do not extendto intervals for the difference of proportions and(like CIW andCIJ) they are rather complex for that level. For practical use andfor teaching in more advanced courses, some statisticians may prefer the likelihoodratio interval, since conceptually it is simple andthe methodalso applies in a general modelbuilding framework. An advantage compared to the Waldapproach is its invariance to the choice of scale, resulting, for instance, both from the original scale andthe logit. BCD do not say much about this interval, since it is harder to compute. However, it is easy to obtain with standard statistical software (e.g., in SAS, using the LRCI option in PROC GENMOD for a model containing only an intercept term andassuming a binomial response with logit or identity link function). Graphs in Vollset (1993) suggest that the boundary-modified likelihood ratio interval also behaves reasonably well, although conservative for p near 0 and1. For elementary course teaching, a disadvantage of all such intervals using boundary modifications is that making exceptions from a general, simple recipe distracts students from the simple concept of taking the estimate plus andminus a normal score multiple of a standard error. (Of course, this concept is not sufficient for serious statistical work, but some over simplification andcompromise is necessary at that level.) Even with CIAC, instructors may findit preferable to give a recipe with the same number of added pseudo observations for all
- , insteadof z2 /2. Reasonably goodperformance seems to result, especially for small, from the value 4 z20 025 usedin the 95% CIAC interval (i.e., the "addtwo successes andtwo failures" interval). Agresti andCaffo (2000) discussedthis andshowed that adding four pseudo observations also dramatically improves the Waldtwo-sample interval for comparing proportions, although again at the cost of rather severe conservativeness when both parameters are near 0 or near 1.
- 1954; Blyth andStill, 1983). Finally, we are curious about the implications of the BCD results in a more general setting. How much does their message about the effects of discreteness andbasing interval estimation on the Jeffreys prior or the score test rather than the Wald test extend to parameters in other discrete distributions andto two-sample comparisons? We have seen that interval estimation of the Poisson parameter benefits from inverting the score test rather than the Waldtest on the count scale (Agresti and
- Coull, 1998). One wouldnot think there couldbe anything new to say about the Waldconfid ence interval for a proportion, an inferential methodthat must be one of the most frequently usedsince Laplace (1812, page 283). Likewise, the confidence interval for a proportion basedon the Jeffreys prior has receivedattention in various forms for some time. For instance, R. A. Fisher (1956, pages 63- 70) showedthe similarity of a Bayesian analysis with Jeffreys prior to his fiducial approach, in a discussion that was generally critical of the confidence interval method but grudgingly admitted of limits obtainedby a test inversion such as the Clopper- Pearson method, "though they fall short in logical content of the limits foundby the fiducial argument, andwith which they have often been confused, they do fulfil some of the desiderata of statistical inferences." Congratulations to the authors for brilliantly casting new light on the performance of these old andestablishedmethods.
- lishedin Datta andGhosh (1996). Thus a uniform prior for arcsin 1/2, where is the binomial proportion, leads to Jeffreys Beta (1/2, 1/2) prior for. When is the Poisson parameter, the uniform prior for 1/2 leads to Jeffreys' prior -1/2 for. In a more formal set-up, let X1 Xn be iid conditional on some real-valued. Let 1 X1 Xn denote a posterior 1 th quantile for under the prior. Then is saidto be a first-order probability matching prior if P 1 X1 Xn = 1 + o n-1/2 (1)
- as derived in Tibshirani (1989). Here h · is an arbitrary function differentiable in its arguments. In general, matching priors have a long success story in providing frequentist confidence intervals, especially in complex problems, for example, the Behrens-Fisher or the common mean estimation problems where frequentist methods run into difficulty. Though asymptotic, the matching property seems to holdfor small andmoderate sample sizes as well for many important statistical problems. One such example is Garvan andGhosh (1997) where such priors were foundfor general disper
- sion models as given in Jorgensen (1997). It may be worthwhile developing these priors in the presence of nuisance parameters for other discrete cases as well, for example when the parameter of interest is the difference of two binomial proportions, or the log-odds ratio in a 2 × 2 contingency table. Having arguedso strongly in favor of matching priors, I wonder, though, whether there is any special needfor such priors in this particular problem of binomial proportions. It appears that any Beta (a a) prior will do well in this case. As noted in this paper, by shrinking the MLE X/n towardthe prior mean 1/2, one achieves a better centering for the construction of confidence intervals. The two diametrically opposite priors Beta (2, 2) (symmetric concave with maximum at 1/2 which provides the Agresti-Coull interval) andJeffreys prior Beta (1/2 1/2) (symmetric convex with minimum at 1/2) seem to be equally good for recentering. Indeed, I wonder whether any Beta prior which shrinks the MLE toward the prior mean / + becomes appropriate for recentering. The problem of construction of confidence intervals for binomial proportions occurs in first courses in statistics as well as in day-to-day consulting. While I am strongly in favor of replacing Waldintervals by the new ones for the latter, I am not quite sure how easy it will be to motivate these new intervals for the former. The notion of shrinking can be explained adequately only to a few strong students in introductory statistics courses. One possible solution for the classroom may be to bring in the notion of continuity correction andsomewhat heuristcally ask students to work with X+ 12 n-X+ 12 instead of X n X. In this way, one centers around X + 12 / n + 1 a la Jeffreys prior.
- interval (e.g., Theorem 1 of Ghosh, 1979). My first set of comments concern the specific binomial problem that the authors address and then the implications of their work for other important discrete data confidence interval problems. The results in Ghosh (1979) complement the calculations of Brown, Cai andDasGupta (BCD) by pointing out that the Waldinterval is "too long" in addition to being centered at the "wrong" value (the MLE as opposedto a Bayesian point estimate such is usedby the Agresti-Coull interval). His Table 3 lists the probability that the Waldinterval is longer than the Wilson interval for a central set of p values (from 0.20 to 0.80) anda range of sample sizes n from 20 to 200. Perhaps surprisingly, in view of its inferior coverage characteristics, the Waldinterval tends to be longer than the Wilson interval with very high probability. Hence the Waldinterval is both too long andcenteredat the wrong place. This is a dramatic effect of the skewness that BCD mention. When discussing any system of intervals, one is concernedwith the consistency of the answers given by the interval across multiple uses by a single researcher or by groups of users. Formally, this is the reason why various symmetry properties are requiredof confidence intervals. For example, in the present case, requiring that the p interval L X U X satisfy the symmetry property L x U x = 1 L n x 1 U n x (1) for x 0 n shows that investigators who reverse their definitions of success and failure will
- Pearson (1934). For the binomial problem, Blyth and Still (1983) constructeda set of confidence intervals by selecting among size acceptance regions those that possessed additional symmetry properties and were "small" (leading to short confidence intervals). For example, they desired that the interval should "move to the right" as x increases when n is fixed andshould"move the left" as n increases when x is fixed. They also asked that their system of intervals increase monotonically in the coverage probability for fixed x and n in the sense that the higher nominal coverage interval contain the lower nominal coverage interval. In addition to being less intuitive to unsophisticatedstatistical consumers, systems of confidence intervals formedby inversion of acceptance regions also have two other handicaps that have hindered their rise in popularity. First, they typically require that the confidence interval (essentially) be constructedfor all possible outcomes, rather than merely the response of interest. Second, their rather brute force character means that a specializedcomputer program must be written to produce the acceptance sets andtheir inversion (the intervals).
- Gupta (2001). This article also discusses a number of additional issues and presents further analytical calculations, including a Pearson tilting similar to
- the chi-square tilts advised in Hall (1983). Corcoran andMehta's Figure 2 compares average length of three of our proposals with Blyth-Still and with their likelihoodratio procedure. We note first that their LB procedure is not the same as ours. Theirs is basedon numerically computedexact percentiles of the fixedsample likelihoodratio statistic. We suspect this is roughly equivalent to adjustment of the chi-squaredpercentile by a Bartlett correction. Ours is basedon the traditional asymptotic chi-squaredformula for the distribution of the likelihoodratio statistic. Consequently, their procedure has conservative coverage, whereas ours has coverage fluctuating aroundthe nominal value. They assert that the difference in expected length is "negligible." How much difference qualifies as negligible is an arguable, subjective evaluation. But we note that in their plot their intervals can be on average about 8% or 10% longer than Jeffreys or Wilson intervals, respectively. This seems to us a nonnegligible difference. Actually, we suspect their preference for their LR andBSC intervals rests primarily on their overriding preference for conservativity in coverage whereas, as we have discussed above, our intervals are designed to attain approximately the desired nominal value. D. Santner proposes an interesting variant of the original Blyth-Still proposal. As we understand it, he suggests producing nominal % intervals by constructing the % Blyth-Still intervals, with % chosen so that the average coverage of the resulting intervals is approximately the nominal value, %. The coverage plot for this procedure compares well with that for Wilson or Jeffreys in our Figure 5. Perhaps the expectedinterval length for this procedure also compares well, although Santner does not say so. However, we still do not favor his proposal. It is conceptually more complicatedandrequires a specially designed computer program, particularly if one wishes to compute % with any degree of accuracy. It thus fails with respect to the criterion of scientific parsimony in relation to other proposals that appear to have at least competitive performance characteristics. E. Casella suggests the possibility of performing a continuity correction on the score statistic prior to constructing a confidence interval. We do not agree with this proposal from any perspective. These "continuity-correctedWilson" intervals have extremely conservative coverage properties, though they may not in principle be guaranteedto be everywhere conservative. But even if one's goal, unlike ours, is to produce conservative intervals, these intervals will be very inefficient at their normal level relative to Blyth-Still or even Clopper- Pearson. In Figure 1 below, we plot the coverage of the Wilson interval with andwithout a continuity correction for n = 25 and = 0 05, and the corresponding expected lengths. It is seems clear that the loss in precision more than neutralizes the improvements in coverage andthat the nominal coverage of 95% is misleading from any perspective.
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Monday, February 04, 2008
Third rate music on Naxos' American Classics?
I'll be interested in American readers' reactions to the start of this review by the Guardian's Andrew Clements - 'Considering how much third-rate music has been included in Naxos's American Classics series, Elliott Carter has so far been poorly served by the budget-price label. But in the year of the composer's 100th birthday, this - the first of two discs that will include all five of Carter's string quartets - could be the start of a major addition to his discography.'
Andrew Clements then goes on to write a glowing five-star review of Naxos' new CD of Elliott Carter's String Quartets Nos 1 and 5 performed by the Pacifica Quartet. I'll agree whole-heartedly with his verdict on the Carter Quartets, I bought them last week and they are superb performances of superb music. But I am not so sure about his other views.
That judgement of 'third-rate music' raises the interesting point of should a critic focus primarily on the interpretation or the composition? Good music criticism must, of course, combine both. But the balance does seem to be swinging towards judging the notes rather than the way they are played - is that really a healthy trend? Even if some of the music on Naxos American Classics is less than stellar, isn't it better to record that rather than the 371st version of Mahler's Fifth Symphony?
I'll gladly defend Andrew Clements', or anybody else's, right to express an opinion. But these negative attitudes are spreading, and voodoo journalism is alive and well despite despite Klaus Heymann. Perhaps we should all remember the words of that fine contemporary composer Jonathan Harvey - 'I've always felt that it is, and will be, strong enthusiasm that will change the world!'
* On February 24th on my Future Radio programme I'll be expressing strong enthusiasm for Elliott Carter's Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord and Pastoral for Clarinet and Piano in recordings from the independent American label Cedille together with transcriptions of Bach's Trio Sonatas by Robert King.
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- Drew80 said...
Well, I'm an American, and I am not offended by Andrew Clements's statement.
I am pleased that Naxos is issuing so many discs in that series, because it offers music lovers the opportunity to hear lots of music otherwise unavailable.
However, much of the music in that series IS third-rate. Some of the American music Naxos has recorded actually makes me cringe--I am thinking especially of William Henry Fry, Henry Hadley, George Frederick McKay and Meredith Willson--but I am nonetheless happy to have the option of getting to know it.
We have our third-rate composers, too, just like all other countries.
It does not offend me if Andrew Clements points that out.
- 5:41 pm
- Pliable said...
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I was surprised to see the reference by Andrew Clements about the "third-rate" music on Naxos's American Classics series. A quick look through the catalog shows that American Classics has released music by Adams, Albert, Babbitt, Barber, Bernstein, Bolcom, Cage, Corigliano, Crumb, Druckman, Feldman, Hanson, Harbison, Hartke, Ives, Kirchner, Moravec, Rochberg, Rorem, Seeger, Sessions, Thomson, Tower, Wolpe, Wuorinen, and Zwilich - hardly a third-rate list.
While I applaud Naxos for recording Carter, and Clements for praising the recording, American composers - apart from a few "approved" names (in Carter's case, approved by Boulez) - remain under-appreciated in Europe. Perhaps the Long Tail will play a role in changing this provincialism?
James Primosch
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- 6:39 pm
- Dennis said...
Personally, though I'm American myself, I'd rather listen to the 371st recording of Mahler's 5th than the work of any of the American composers named in this thread. I cringe at music and musicians being promoted on the basis of their nationality rather than the intrinsic quality of their compositions. Yes, I guess there's something to be said for recording it for posterity so it's there to be listened to for those so inclined. But, if the world were ending and I had a choice between saving every work ever written by and American composer, or just one movement from any Beethoven, Bruckner, or Mahler symphony, the Americans would be lost.
As for Jonathan Harvey's statement, "I've always felt that it is, and will be, strong enthusiasm that will change the world!" Well, perhaps, but it matters what one is "enthusistic" about, and how one wishes to "change" things. Mere "enthusiasm" for its own sake is nothing more than raw dynamism, action, frenzy, etc., not an instrinsically admirable quality. Bolsheviks and Nazis were quite enthusiatic - as are the terroists of today - and certainly did change the world, but that's hardly anything to celebrate. I prefer Prince Myshkin's dictum: "The world will be saved by Beauty". Note well: "saved", not merely "changed". Change is what politicians routinely serve up as an empty campaign slogan; Salvation is "change" of a different sort altogether.
- 7:00 pm
- Garth Trinkl said...
"But, if the world were ending and I had a choice between saving every work ever written by and American composer, or just one movement from any Beethoven, Bruckner, or Mahler symphony, the Americans would be lost." (dennis)
Well, fortunately the world won't be ending for at least a few more generations...
And despite having listened intensively three times yesterday to the 'Andante moderato' from Mahler's Symphony #6 (as well as the 'Andante - Adagio' to Symphony #10), I -- for one -- am still very happy to second Pliable's recommendation of Elliott Carter's 'Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord', and Dr Primosch's list of American composers that he feels warrent cultural exploration by the European, American, and Asian intelligentsia.
- 7:38 pm
- Mell said...
By this logic then, we shouldn't really be publishing most new books. Literature professors don't approve of romance novels and Anime and endless third party additions to the Star Wars story lines, which are probably weak. Do we really need another John Grisham novel or Stephen King short story collection? Let's just stop with Shakespeare and Voltaire and Tolstoy and be done with it. Every year we could reprint a new edition with a new professor's critical commentary on the works.
I'm glad that music that is new or different is out there being recorded. As for Naxos, I'd rather risk $8.99 for something that piques my curiosity. I recently picked up their recording of some of Toshiro Mayuzumi's compositions which I have thoroughly enjoyed. Your third-rate composer just might speak to somebody else. (This is not to imply that Mayuzumi is a third rate composer. I've performed his Concertino for Xylophone several times and teach it to my students.)
- 2:49 am
- Pliable said...
And 'third-rate music' sells.
I notice that John Foulds' less than stellar World Requiem is currently number five in the top ten sellers in this leading UK independent record store:
- 3:20 pm
- JMW said...
Reasonable people can disagree, and what is deemed third-rate is entirely subjective. I know why some like Carter, but he is not my listening list with anything approaching regularity. But, that is my opinion, which doesn't necessarily mean he's third rate, and that is an important distinction. Personally I don't consider anything I've done to be second or third-rate, though I wouldn't make the claim that Hadley or McKay are the among the absolute top tier of greatest composers (if one must rate them as such). I also would not make that claim for Carter. I would make that claim for Flagello, and we are welcome to debate this. Note to Clements: merely claiming something is third-rate or first rate does not make it so, and his five stars for whatever won't sell any recordings, though his aesthetic judgement seems to offer him (and some others here)relative intellectual comfort and superiority. I hope they enjoy it because that's about all their declamations offer them.
- 5:43 pm
- Garth Trinkl said...
... "absolute top tier of greatest composers ... I also would not make that claim for Carter "... (JW)
Nor would I, personally, make that claim for Boulez, Stockhausen, Berio, Lutoslawski, or Penderecki (or a current new music establishment favorite, Ligeti), as well as Carter ... though Carter is certainly, to me, one of the most aurally fascinating composers of the post War (WWII) period; and may increasingly be regarded in the same special league as are Debussy or Ravel (at least in regards to Carter's "major" works.)
Britten and Shostakovich are special cases of latter 20th c. music, where categories of 'absolute top tier' and 'top tier' become problematic, in my view.
JW, I'm very glad you've recorded and introduced some of the unknown American repertoire that you have.
- 7:18 pm
- Unknown said...
I think Clements's statement doesn't mean that he thinks the music isn't worth recording, just maybe not in a series with the word "classics" in its name. It would have helped clarify if he named the third-rate names who don't belong in such august company, but maybe that's another essay for another time.
- 8:18 pm
Clements' comment is meaningless without his citing who is a "third-rate composer" and what his criteria are. There are many conflicting criteria. For example, I don't think most listeners would cite Carter's music as "first-rate." Besides, most of the standard repertoire comprises European music of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries that would be judged as "third-rate" according to most aesthetic criteria. (Let's just start with Telemann, Vivaldi, J. C. Bach, and move on to Saint-Saens, Borodin, Paganini, .... One can go on almost indefinitely.) And how many listeners would be familiar with the music of a great composer like Nicolas Flagello, cited by JW, without Naxos American Classics?
- 2:02 pm
Clements' comment is meaningless without his citing who is a "third-rate composer" and what his criteria are. There are many conflicting criteria. For example, I don't think most listeners would cite Carter's music as "first-rate." Besides, most of the standard repertoire comprises European music of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries that would be judged as "third-rate" according to most aesthetic criteria. (Let's just start with Telemann, Vivaldi, J. C. Bach, and move on to Saint-Saens, Borodin, Paganini, .... One can go on almost indefinitely.) And how many listeners would be familiar with the music of a great composer like Nicolas Flagello, cited by JW, without Naxos American Classics?
- 2:03 pm
- Fred McKay said...
Personally speaking I expect listener reaction to concert music is heavily dependent on emotional mood and cultural/historical context . The concept of "ratings" and "tiers" for composers is pretty much an over-rated specialization of critics, which serves the purpose of puffery and closed-mindedness.
My father is the American composer George Frederick McKay, who liked to say that "if the criticism of a composer's music gets to be really sharp, then he knows he is writing some good pieces." He also once got a big laugh from hearing concert goers in seats in front of him commenting in reverent tones that he was dead.
His music is really like a big layer-cake; in other words, in his young life, he composed jazz-infuenced pieces and romantic songs. Later, his music became more socially aware and radical-- "ultra-modern" toward the end of the 1930's at a time when he mentored John Cage in Seattle
both encouraging the younger composer musically and inviting him to the family home for dinner and philosophical discussion. Following this, my father launched into a loving involvement with American folk-music, and completely cast aside the "opus' system, which he considered a rather crazy European artifact. As to making critics of his music "cringe," he probably would have enjoyed this, since he had a mischievous and rugged nature derived from his upbringing in the West. His music is far from simple, and in many cases has deep religious and philosophical meaning. Much is yet to be revealed, since he composed nearly 1000 various works.
It is doubtful that any of us will ever get to hear high-level performances of all his works, since most conductors are still under the threat of being pummeled by Symphony Society grannies if they get too far afield from the standard concert fare. We have a commercial radio station in Seattle that broadcasts a full month of Mozart works, with one Mozart piece every hour, which gives me the urge to say "give me a break, guys!" Also noted is the absolute repetition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons by glamour-puss groups of all stripes.
So with this rather subjective outburst, I have implicated myself forever as an indivdually thinking patriotic, and maybe not so clever commentor. I should add that, although I loved Mozart's music in context to the movie "Amadeus," he never will or would have the chance to equal the magic of George Frederick McKay's interpretation of Native American themes that most likely stretch back 10,000 years in human history. This is the true beauty of the effort John McLaughlin Williams has made to create wonderful recordings of the legendary music of America, that many have forgotten. My father's initiative in his mature years was to merge his music with the natural music of his homeland and speak of international peace
- 11:15 pm
- rchrd said...
Yikes. Lord knows, the Brits have produced probably more 3rd and 4th rate composers than probably anyone else. (Oooo, am I going to get flamed.)
ALL composers need to have their music performed and recorded. Who judges whether or not they're 1st or 3rd rate without being able to hear them first?
This so-called first-ratedness involves a lot of PR as well as talent. Bach was considered 3rd rate until some 19thC composers rediscovered him (or so I've read).
(Is that PR or good marketing?)
In any case, if the world were to come to an end tomorrow and I had a choice between hearing some Beethoven, or Mahler, I'd rather choose something I'd never heard before. Surprise me!
Now I'm intrigued about G.F.McKay. I'll order the CD, and then I'll be the judge of that!
- 7:55 am
- Garth Trinkl said...
"This so-called first-ratedness involves a lot of PR as well as talent. Bach was considered 3rd rate until some 19thC composers rediscovered him (or so I've read)." ...
I think your first sentence quoted above is debatable. Whether first-ratedness is immediately recognizable is another matter. Yes, indeed, Josquin's motets and late Masses, Bach's Passions, and Janacek's operas did take a little time (in the scheme of things) to be fully and widely recognized (in all cases, the most musically intelligent recognized them as first-rate immediately, but these scholars could not necessarily master historical, cultural, and institutional uncertainties).
And I don't believe that JS Bach was ever considered third rate -- but rather "old-fashioned" and "overly counterpuntal"; and not as trendy as his French and Mannheim style influenced 'metropol' son(s) who gravitated toward the excitement of Hamburg and London.
(Those 19th c. composers who rediscovered J.S. Bach and his Passions were led by Felix Mendelssohn, who apparently had access to a wonderful, large family library of music manuscripts (I believe).
Elsewhere, pliable, I didn't see you listing Tippett's Mask of Time or Vision of Saint Augustine (I tried to post this earlier but had a technical problem).
- 2:14 pm
- David Toub said...
Having listened to a number of Naxos recordings in their American Classics series for potential reviews on Sequenza 21 (hey, if folks send me stuff, I'm happy to give it a try), I can say that sure, some things were not my cup of tea. But big deal---I think it's far better that there's music being distributed in addition to the usual things that get recorded all the time.
I'm anti-jingoism, but never gave the series name a thought until some raised it as an issue here. I'm still not sure I'm seeing it as an issue. From my perspective, American music isn't given its due. Hell, music from the Americas in general, including Mexico, Central and South America, as well as Canada, are often neglected. I'm embarrassed that I have never heard a note by McKay, and would like to rectify this. At the same time, how many of you European folks are familiar with the music by Charles Griffes? John Becker? Paul Epstein? Jonathan Kramer? irving Fine? All of these are really fine composers, yet sadly neglected.
There's a great orchestral work called Images by a Canadian composer, Harry Freedman. I don't know if it is available on CD (I have an old LP from the 70's), but in terms of influence, some of you might consider him "third-rate." Yet this one piece, the only one of his that I know, is amazing and deserves to be heard. One man's "third-rate" can be another's "first-rate." I also consider it a ridiculous notion to categorize composers or artists in this fashion.
So good for Naxos---we need more of this. I'm still always surprised that with all the various references in the third movement of Berio's Sinfonia, there isn't a single one by an American. It's Europe to the core. Nothing wrong with that, but the notion that EU music is superior seems not to be based on anything objective. Why even think in these terms anyway? Every country has produced, and will continue to produce, great music. The more outlets that exist to get this music heard by even one sympathetic listener can only help everyone in the new music community.
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- La Cowntessa said...
What, in the name of all that is holy, does "third rate" even mean? So far as I am aware, there is no set-in-stone scale by which we judge art.
The only judgment there CAN be is, "did I, the listener/viewer/reader, enjoy it? did it speak to me/entertain me/make me think?" If the answer is yes, then it's art to you. Everyone's tastes and desires and standards are different. No one else can tell me what is good and bad, because my enjoyment is shaped by my experiences, my life, my tastes.
As such, all that can be done is put as much out there as can be produced, make it available to as many people as possible, and then let the individual make their own judgments.
Feeling that you and you alone have the right to decide what is good and what isn't, is a pretty sure sign of snobbery and/or close mindedness. There's a whole world of beautiful things out there to enjoy when you aren't hampered by whether or not listening to it makes you seem more or less intellectual.
- 3:55 pm
- jsh said...
I just thought it worth noting that a little over 14 months after the original appearance of this post, the number of Mahler 5s is now up to 388.
We're tracking for 400 by 2010, no sweat (and I mean that literally, alas).
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Many thanks to all people that attended the conference, to all speakers and all the helping hands. I am totally happy with this years conference, which was the smoothest one behind the scenes. I hope you all had the same blast, we had organizing this event. See you San Francisco between june 9th and 11th 2011 for the next TYPO3 conference, and 6th - 8th oct 2011 in Hanau for the next European TYPO3 conference.
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|1880 U.S. Federal Census
Last week's inputtable census form was for 1870. Now I'll move on to the 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Just click on the image or text referring to this census and you'll be taken to the Google Document I created for it!
Sadly the U.S. Census Bureau's website didn't post the instructions for this census on their site (always a good place to look for great information). There are, however, lots of links to documents regarding the statistics gathered on various schedules. For instance there are statistics on:
-Population (of course!)
-Cotton Production
-Valuation, Taxation, & Public Indebtedness
-Forests of North America
-Production technology (petroleum, coke, stone)
-Precious Metals
-Mining Laws
-Mining Industries
-Water Power
-Social Statistics of Cities
-Report on the statistics of wages in manufacturing industries; with supplementary reports on the average retail prices of necessaries of life, and on trades societies, and strikes and lockouts (very cool!)
-Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent classes
-Power and machinery used in steel/iron works
There are more that they list, but aren't available online. Remember that these links are for a statistical summary or report and will not be the exact schedule that people/businesses were enumerated on. It will however give you information that may be of value to your family history. Clues to life in the 1880s!
The people at 1930census.com have the decade's history up for the 1880s! Plenty of interesting facts (National Geographic magazine was first published in 1888!) too! They also have working links to the questions asked and the map of the country at that time.
Again, I took a page from Ancestry.com's playbook and made the spreadsheet in landscape form rather than portrait, so it was easier to read, but I tried to be as true to the original as possible. As a result there are only 6 lines to input the family data for an ancestor. I know...many of our ancestors had more than 6 people in their family, but you can easily continue on another sheet. The goal is digitization and not so much paper (at least for me).
The spreadsheet is still locked so you can't accidentally type over the form data, but I left the section on the far left unlocked so you can change the numbers to correspond with the numbers for your ancestors. They are currently numbered 1 through 6 but can easily be changed.
As always, just let me know if there are any problems with the spreadsheet and I'll get them fixed. The spreadsheet still looks like it's multiple pages in Google Documents, but will be one page once it's downloaded.
Next Tuesday I'll get an inputtable spreadsheet up for the 1890 census for those of you lucky enough to actually be able to find anyone in the surviving records. Until then, have fun tending those roots!


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Met SEX: Blake Lively
Her tits are not pouring out. Her ass is not hanging out. In fact, Blake Lively has probably never been more covered. And somehow, this girl, still she throws it out there all the time: SEX, SEX, SEX. Right? The way that sheet covers half her body, it's like she's in bed, strategically positioned invitingly, so that you want to lift a corner of that blanket over her and climb inside...for a sleepover?
Is it just the lighting, or does she seem super orange to you?
Yes, of course it's Chanel. Of course it is. She held out for Chanel, remember? She aspired to it. She went for it. And Chanel handbags finally signed her. Chanel goes California Gurl... much to the chagrin of those old guardians of the brand who aren't really feeling this vision.
Let's play Photo Assumption on Karl Lagerfeld's face. Because... is he feeling this vision?
Karl is never really smiley to begin with, no. But his expression here, as Blake drapes herself all over him like he's Ben Affleck, it's extra, extra crusty, non? Surrounded by so many of the "right" girls, as Karl would say, and rather judgily, at this event, I wonder how he's measuring Blake up to them. Photo Assumption says he might not be into it anymore.
PS. Yes that's Paul Rudd.
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Rangers hope top 10 prospects can fill roster holesby Mike G. Morreale
Despite not having the luxury of a first-round pick in each of the past two NHL Drafts, the 2014 Eastern Conference champion New York Rangers feel they've made all the right moves to solidify the organization's prospect pool.
The Rangers hope they can take it one step further and bring the Stanley Cup back to Madison Square Garden in 2014-15 after losing a five-game Final to the Los Angeles Kings, but it won't happen without some major retooling to the lineup. The Rangers lost forwards Benoit Pouliot and Brian Boyle and defenseman Anton Stralman to free agency and used a buyout on center Brad Richards, so there are spots for the taking.
Director of player personnel Gordie Clark believes that there may be a few good NHL players in the pipeline ready to take those spots.
"We've lost first-round picks with some of the trades we've made, but that's the price you pay going for a Stanley Cup ring," Clark told NHL.com. "Somehow we have had to make our mid-round picks work for us. We believe that, as an organization, we're doing just that."
Entering the 2014 NHL Draft, Clark and his staff were determined to select a goalie. Henrik Lundqvist is 32 years old, so the time is now to begin grooming a goalie with an eye toward the future.
"We've always had the philosophy that we don't want to take [a goalie] if we think he's just going to be a backup someday," Clark said. "It has to be a number one, and this is really the first year we thought there were four or five of them, so in the end it was about the best player available."
The Rangers selected two goalies, Brandon Halverson of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League in the second round (No. 59), and Russian Igor Shesterkin in the fourth round (No. 118). Halverson was regarded as the best puck-handling goalie in the 2014 draft class. Scouts liked the fact he served as a third defenseman in most viewings.
Here's a look at the Rangers' top 10 prospects, according to NHL.com:
1. Brady Skjei, D
How acquired: 1st round (No. 28), 2012 draft
Last season: 40 GP, 6-8-14, University of Minnesota, Big Ten
The 20-year-old native of Lakeville, Minn., tied for second among Minnesota defensemen in goals and ranked third in points while helping the Gophers advance to the championship game at the Frozen Four. He's a fantastic skater with the potential to be a top-four defender. Clark believes Skjei, who was plus-15 last season, is ready to turn professional but he'll return to Minnesota for his third season and a chance at capturing an NCAA title.
"He's a very dominant-plus player with natural size (6-foot-3, 200 pounds), and he's in the category of [Chris] Kreider and [Ryan] McDonagh when it comes to a physical specimen with mobility and skating," Clark said. "Kreider stayed for his junior season with Boston College [in 2011-12] and won a national championship and then joined the Rangers in the playoffs that same season and had five goals. Players know when they're ready."
Projected NHL arrival: 2015-16
2. Anthony Duclair, LW
How acquired: 3rd round (No. 80), 2013 draft
Last season: 59 GP, 50-49-99, Quebec, QMJHL
In his third season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Duclair (5-11, 185) finished with career highs in goals, assists, points, power-play goals (15), shorthanded goals (three) and game-winning goals (seven). He had at least one point in 45 of 59 regular-season games. The 18-year-old sustained a concussion with less than 10 games remaining in the regular season, and the Remparts were eliminated in the first round. He'll likely go back to the QMJHL for a fourth junior season to continue refining his game and confirm his clean bill of health.
"Everybody thought he was going to have a different year in his draft year but he didn't and that may have been the reason he slipped to us in the third round," Clark said. "But he did what we thought he would do last season in Quebec. He really bulked up and put on some muscle and he's an animal in the weight room. Quebec will host the Memorial Cup next year so whether they win or not, they're in it and we're looking at that run. We want Duclair to have a healthy year."
Projected NHL arrival: 2016-17
3. Jesper Fast, RW
How acquired: 6th round (No. 157), 2010 draft
Last season: 48 GP, 17-17-34, Hartford, AHL
Fast played a bottom-six role in eight regular-season games for the Rangers after earning a spot in the lineup out of training camp. He returned for three more games in April. Fast, 22, is a solid two-way player who's responsible in the defensive end. He played alongside Richards during a three-game call-up in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. While not considered a power forward at 6-foot and 185 pounds, he is fast and consistently in position to snipe.
"When he was promoted to the big club he played on the third and fourth lines but I think there will be a time when he'll be ready to play up in a more offensive situation," Clark said. "He has a two-way game, has good hands and a sense for playing on the other side of the puck. Jesper isn't a top line player but can play with those guys because he adds speed and playmaking skills."
Projected NHL arrival: 2014-15
4. Danny Kristo, RW
How acquired: Trade (Montreal Canadiens), July 2, 2013
Last season: 65 GP, 25-18-43, Hartford, AHL
The 24-year-old native of Eden Prairie, Minn., completed his first full pro season in 2013-14 after four seasons at the University of North Dakota that saw him total 68 goals and 161 points in 157 games. Kristo (6-foot, 195) has shown some skill and is progressing nicely since his trade from the Canadiens, who drafted him in the second round (No. 56) in 2008.
"We liked him in college," Clark said. "It wasn't working out for him in Montreal and he turned out to be our No. 1 right wing in Hartford in his first full season. He's got speed, skill and knack of the puck somehow following him around. We're hoping to improve our pool of prospects at the center position where we weren't very deep as an organization in Hartford. We hope Danny can help us in that area."
Projected NHL arrival: 2015-16
5. Dylan McIlrath, D
How acquired: 1st round (No. 10), 2010 draft
Last season: 62 GP, 6-11-17, Hartford, AHL
A serious knee injury in December 2012 put a crimp in the development path of the 6-5, 230-pound defender, but he did complete his first full pro season with the Wolf Pack in 2013-14 with a career-high in goals as well as 165 penalty minutes. Another full season in the AHL will go a long way for the 22-year-old, who needs to continue to round out his game.
"McIlrath has played about 100 games in two years so it's about one season and a playoff and he has injuries. And even in those 100 games he didn't play much in some of them because he had to fight everyone in the AHL and he beat them all up and he really has less than a year of experience," Clark said. "Our division has more scraps than the other divisions, and until I see that stopping I just don't believe it will end. [McIlrath] can do that well. This will be a key year for him."
Projected NHL arrival: 2015-16
6. Pavel Buchnevich, LW
How acquired: 3rd round (No. 75), 2013 draft
Last season: 40 GP, 7-11-18, Cherepovets, RUS
Buchnevich, 19, split the 2013-14 season between the Kontinental Hockey League and the Russian junior league. He also had two goals and seven points to help Russia win the bronze medal at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship in Malmo, Sweden. He can handle the puck with ease and has good hands in his role as a playmaking forward. Sometimes compared to Alexander Semin, Buchnevich (6-1, 176) likely will spend one more season in the KHL, represent his country at the 2015 WJC and then make the jump to North America in 2015-16.
"He's a very highly skilled Russian forward who can play any three forward positions," Clark said. "He has skill, hands and good smarts. He's been working out in our summer camp [in North America] and made great strides from last summer. He's been one of our best forwards at training camp. He plays in a skilled league and will spend another season in the KHL before getting ready to go for a pro career."
Projected NHL arrival: 2015-16
7. Conor Allen, D
How acquired: Signed as free agent, March 29, 2013
Last season: 72 GP, 6-25-31, Hartford, AHL
Allen got into three NHL games last season and may get some more time with the big club this season, but only as seventh defenseman because of the Rangers' depth along the blue line. He probably would have produced a bit more in the AHL, but he was a left-handed shot who usually played the right side. Allen has good vision, is a good skater and could develop into a player similar to Stralman.
"I love the fact he was 23 when we signed him because we had more time to work with him," Clark said. "The gap between college and pro is getting further apart than it used to be so you need development time. He stuck with our team as one of the last defensemen sent down and was the first guy called up."
Projected NHL arrival: 2015-16
8. Oscar Lindberg, C
How acquired: Trade (Arizona Coyotes), May 8, 2011
Last season: 75 GP, 18-26-44, Harford, AHL
The 6-1, 190-pound Swede is a prototypical shutdown center, exhibiting good hockey sense and is responsible defensively. The 22-year-old isn't overly physical but doesn't shy from contact when the situation presents itself. Clark would like to see Lindberg continue to perfect his game in the faceoff circle.
"I thought [Dallas Stars forward] Valeri Nichushkin was the best prospect at the 2013 Traverse City Prospects tournament, but Lindberg might have been the best player," Clark said. "He'll be pushing guys at the center position very soon. He has a good work ethic and a good two-way game."
Projected NHL arrival: 2015-16
9. Brandon Halverson, G
How acquired: 2nd round (No. 59), 2014 draft
Last season: 19 GP, 12-6-1, 2.96 GAA, .904 SVP, Sault Ste. Marie, OHL
Halverson might turn out to be the best puck-handling goalie since Martin Brodeur once he establishes himself in the NHL. The 6-4, 176-pound teenager will receive plenty of schooling and advice from Rangers goaltending coach Benoit Allaire, beginning with the Traverse City Prospects tournament in September.
Halverson went 4-0-1 with a 2.17 goals-against average and .940 save percentage in five games during March for the Greyhounds; however, he received limited action as a rookie in Sault Ste. Marie while serving as the backup to Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Matt Murray. With Murray having turned pro, Halverson could have as many as three seasons to develop in the OHL if that's the route the Rangers prefer to take.
"With the speed of the game and the forechecking involved, we believe we need a goalie who can, number one, stop the puck and, two, can handle the puck; that's the future of the game," Clark said. "Brandon is like a third defenseman and his skating is outstanding."
Projected NHL arrival: 2018-19
10. Ryan Graves, D
How acquired: 4th round (No. 110), 2013 draft
Last season: 65 GP, 5-17-22, Charlottetown/Val-d'Or, QMJHL
Graves has size (6-4, 220 pounds) and a tremendous work ethic. He began 2013-14 in Charlottetown before his trade to Val-d'Or in January and was considered a key player in the Foreurs' run to the QMJHL championship, with one goal, eight points and a plus-12 rating in 24 playoff games. Graves spent his first two seasons in the QMJHL with the PEI Rocket. After one more season of junior hockey, Graves will take his game to the pros in 2015-16.
"He had a lot of playing time there and was a plus-20 in the regular season," Clark said. "He's always out there against the best and I think there's definitely some offensive-defenseman in him. He can skate and is strong. The thing he'll have to learn is the proper time to go, but that's what development is for."
Projected NHL arrival: 2016-17
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Fanny Crab's
(Redirected from Fanny Crabs)
Fanny Crab's is a chain of bar and grill seafood restaurants in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. The restaurant chain has two known branches:
- The name Fanny Crab's is a joke by Rockstar Games as fanny is a slang term for butt (vagina in Britain) and crabs is a slang term for pubic lice. The name may also be a play on the real-life restaurant "Fatty Crab" in New York.
- In GTA IV, a Rebla, which is wanted for the Stevie's Car Thefts, can be found in front of the Liberty City restaurant.
- A business card for the Fanny Crab's restaurant can be seen on notice boards inside various places of business within Liberty City


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Tear Stains – Dogs
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Persian cats, due to a genetic eye conformation that can impede tear drainage, appear to be more prone to developing tear stains. Cat tear stains are caused by an overflow of the tears (epiphora) onto the cheeks. Reddish-brown tear stains, which are thought to be due to porphyrin (iron/magnesium combo) pigments in the stains and not an infection, are clear tears that may eventually lead to a bacterial infection causing redness and an odor. Chronic accumulation of tears without routine cleaning can lead to secondary infections. As there can be many causes of epiphora, consult your veterinarian before trying any home remedies as these may make the condition worse.
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Cats can benefit the most from a collar or tag with a cell phone number. In a study by Dr. Linda Lord at Ohio State University, half of all cats are not found and of those recovered 66% came home on their own (vs. 8% of dogs) and only 7% found their cat at a shelter (vs. 25% of dogs). Beyond having your cell phone number on your pet's collar, the first thing you should do is call shelters as dog owners wait a day and cat owners wait three days to contact shelters and that may be too late. Neighborhood signs resulted in 11% recovery.
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Pistorius achieved his dream of running in the Olympic Games
LONDON (AP) The figure of Oscar Pistorius racing around the Olympic track with his carbon-fiber blades whipping through the air was one of the enduring images of the London Games.
That was only six months ago, when the double-amputee from South Africa emerged as an example of what a person can achieve in the face of adversity.
He didn't win a medal, but the "Blade Runner" reveled in in his Olympic moment and was cheered throughout the world for his achievement. On Tuesday, still basking in the glow, Pistorius tweeted a photo from London of himself with eventual 400-meter gold medalist Kirani James, who asked for Pistorius' bib as a souvenir after running in the same semifinal heat.
"Still on(e) of my fondest memories of the Olympics.. Kirani and I exchanging (numbers)," wrote Pistorius, who was eliminated in that semifinal race.
Two days after that tweet, Pistorius was charged with the murder of his girlfriend after model Reeva Steenkamp was shot inside his home in South Africa.
The images from last August and Thursday could hardly be more contrasting - a sporting hero at the peak of career and a criminal suspect hiding in his hooded sweatshirt - leaving the world to wonder how Pistorius' life could have come to this.
Pistorius was born without fibula bones due to a congenital defect, and had his legs amputated at 11 months. But his condition never stopped him from playing sports with prosthetics, and he took to rugby in high school. It was after injuring his knee on the pitch that he first took to the track. And very quickly he became one of the best.
The carbon-fiber blades that he uses to run led to years of controversy. By the time he had already won a gold medal at the 2004 Paralympics, Pistorius was banned from competing against able-bodied peers because many argued that his blades gave him an unfair advantage.
In 2008, however, the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared him to compete against the fastest in the world.
It was the Olympics that he wanted, but he failed to run the qualifying time for the 2008 Beijing Games. Instead, he won the 100, 200 and 400 at the Paralympics in China as he was quickly becoming a star around the world.
In his life off the track, Pistorius called himself a "speed freak." He told The Associated Press on several occasions about his love of riding powerful motorcycles, but gave up that hobby in 2009 after he injured his head in a boat accident.
"There was a lot of refocus after that. I had this motorboat accident and I was in hospital for two weeks and spent the next four weeks at home," Pistorius told the AP. "I just realized that I need to make some changes and some of them need to be with my lifestyle. I was messing around a lot with motorbikes and just playing around and taking unnecessary risks."
He has also boasted to the AP about having cage fighters as friends, and was open about his ownership of guns. He tweeted a photo of himself at a shooting range in November 2011, bragging about his score.
"Had a 96% headshot over 300m from 50shots! Bam!" he tweeted.
Two years after his boating accident, Pistorius finally got to compete on the big stage, running on South Africa's 4x400 relay team at the 2011 world championships. Although he was dropped from the final, he won a silver medal because he competed in the heats.
By the time the London Olympics came around, Pistorius made the grade, and he could barely believe that he would become the first double amputee to compete on the track at the Olympics.
"I think I woke up the next morning with cramps in my cheeks. I was smiling in my sleep," Pistorius told the AP last year in an interview at his training base in northeastern Italy.
He ran the first heat of the 400 on Aug. 4 in 45.44 seconds - his fastest time of the season - putting him into the semifinals. A day later, he finished last in the semifinal heat, crossing the line in 46.54 and failing to move on, but loved it just the same.
"It just felt really magical," Pistorius said that day. "If I could predict what it would feel like or imagine beyond my wildest dreams, this was probably 10 times that.
"To step out in front of a crowd this massive, it's a mind-blowing experience," he added. "I've had support in the last couple of days like I have never felt before."
Pistorius later ran in the 4x400 relay, barely. The South African team was at first eliminated in the first round after a collision with the Kenyans. Pistorius was left standing on the track in disappointment because the baton never got to him.
But after an appeal, the Kenyans were disqualified and South Africa was given a reprieve, added to the final as a rare ninth team. Pistorius ran that time, anchoring his country's team, but the South Africans ended up eighth.
"This whole experience was amazing ... to step out here in an Olympic final is more than I could have ever hoped for," Pistorius said after that race. "That opportunity to come here once again and finish today and not yesterday is a dream come true."