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In my novel, Casting Lots, although the earliest drafts used the "proper Roman calendar dating" for the journal entries of Lucinius, the Greek slave, in the final version, I opted for the modern calendar, sacrificing authenticity for readability.
There are a number of issues with the Roman calendar which make it almost incomprehensible to the modern reader. This article will deal with the issues that would render the Roman calendar unintelligible to a modern reader.
- Dating By Years
The first problem we encounter is that the Romans dated their years from the traditional founding date of Rome which is traditionally 21 April 753 BC. Thus, the Roman year one by this dating system would be 1 Anno Urbis Conditae (AUC), the term Anno Urbis Conditae coming from the Latin phrase "ab urbe condita" meaning "from the founding of the City". Therefore, if I were to write the year 750 AUC, the reader would have to compute when that was and would lose the flow of the story. By the way, 750 AUC is 4BC, the year when it is likely that Jesus was born.
Unfortunately, this is not the only way by which Romans denoted the year. A further method was to date events by the sequence of consuls. Given how many Romans had the same name or very similar names, this is almost a thankless task. Another method was dating events by years of eclipses.
The determination off the founding date was calculated by Marcus Terentius Varro, who lived from 116 BC to 27 BC. This prolific writer wrote some 620 works, of which only two exist in major fragments. Varro tried to write a year-by-year timeline of Roman history. To do so, he had to determine the dating of various events. It has been demonstrated to be somewhat erroneous, but has become the widely accepted standard chronology, in large part because it was inscribed on the Arch of Augustus, which no longer stands. Fragments of this chronology have survived under the name of Fasti Capitolini.
Varro is lucky to have survived to write his chronology, because he sided with Pompey before the battle of Pharsalus. Gaius Julius Caesar pardoned him, only to have Varro rejoin Pompey and fight against Caesar at Pharsalus. Caesar, who should be famous for his clemency, again pardoned Varro after the battle of Pharsalus. Caesar thought so much of Varro that he named Varro as the head of the public library which Caesar endowed in Rome. After the assassination of Caesar, Varro fell out of favor with Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius). Fortunately for Varro, he found favor with Octavian, who after the death of Mark Antony, allowed him to study and write.
II. The Months
The Roman calendar (pre-Julian) was supposedly instituted by Romulus. This calendar had ten months:
- Martius – 31 Days
- Aprilis – 30 Days
- Maius – 31 Days
- Iunius – 30 Days
- Quintilis – 31 Days
- Sextilis – 30 Days
- September – 30 Days
- October – 31 Days
- November – 30 Days
- December – 30 Days
This calendar had only 304 days and began with the month Martius (March) and the spring season. It ended with December thereby omitting the winte season and thus was 61 days short of our current calendar.
Did the Romans merely ignore those 61 days?
The second king of Rome, who reigned after the death of Romulus, was Numa Pompilius. Interestingly enough, he was supposedly born on the date of the founding of Rome. He was of Sabine descent.
According to tradition, among other things, he introduced the months of January (Ianuarius) and February (Februarius), which lengthened the year to 354, which while better, was still out of synchronicity with the seasons.
Of great interest is the tradition that King Numa Pompilius created the office of the pontifex maximus, to whom Numa bestowed all the sacred ceremonies, his books and seals, as well as the authority over the calendar:
…quibus hostiis, quibus diebus, ad quae templa sacra fierent atque unde in eos sumptus pecunia erogaretur.
…[showing] with what victims, upon what days, and at what temples the sacred rites were to be performed, and from what funds the money was to be taken to defray the expenses.
We will continue with our discussion of the months of the Roman calendar in the next part of this article.

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FA CUP LIVE: Follow all the action from around the grounds
Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the FA Cup third round where the Premier League teams enter the competition. Arsenal v Leeds get the day's action underway at 12.45pm, while Millwall v Birmingham kicks-off at 1.30pm. That is followed by all the 3pm kick-offs. Email me your thoughts on the action at email@example.com
FA Cup (3pm unless stated)
Arsenal 1-1 Leeds (12.45pm) FT
Blackburn 1-0 QPR FT
Bolton 2-0 York FT
Brighton 3-1 Portsmouth FT
Bristol City 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday FT
Burnley 4-2 Port Vale FT
Burton Albion 2-1 Middlesbrough FT
Coventry 2-1 Crystal Palace FT
Doncaster 2-2 Wolves FT
Fulham 6-2 Peterborough FT
Huddersfield 2-0 Dover FT
Hull 2-3 Wigan FT
Lincoln 3-4 Hereford (round two replay) FT
Millwall 1-4 Birmingham (1.30pm) FT
Norwich 0-1 Leyton Orient FT
Preston 1-2 Nottingham Forest FT
Reading 1-0 West Brom FT
Scunthorpe 1-5 Everton FT
Sheffield United 1-3 Aston Villa FT
Southampton 2-0 Blackpool FT
Stoke 1-1 Cardiff FT
Sunderland 1-2 Notts County FT
Swansea 4-0 Colchester FT
Torquay 1-0 Carlisle FT
Watford 4-1 Hartlepool FT
West Ham 2-0 Barnsley FT
17.00: West Brom and Blackpool also become third round casualties from the Premier League.
Shcoks elsewhere included Middlesbrough crashing out at Burton Albion and Leyton Orient grabing a shock win at Norwich.
Top day of FA Cup action but it's not over yet, as Stevenage attempt to pull off an upset when they host Newcastle at 5.30pm.
Be sure to look out for that on the site in a moment or two, but for now that is all from me thank you for following.
16.56: Huge upset sin the cup then, Sunderland crash at home to league one side Notts County and that is arguably the shock of the day.
16.53: GOAL! WEST HAM 2-0 Barnsley
Frederic Piquionne ensures the win for the hammers in what will be one of Avram Grant's easier afternoons at the club.
16.51: GOAL! SOUTHAMPTON 2-0 Blackpool
Top strike from Guly Do Prado, and another Premier League side bites the dust.
16.50: GOAL! Sheffield United 1-3 ASTON VILLA
Stiliyan Petrov ensures Gerard Houllier's side are heading for the fourth round.
16.49: GOAL! HULL 2-3 Wigan
Nicky Barmby has scored again this time with a header and this one is not over yet.
16.48: GOAL! BOLTON 2-0 York
What a strike, Johan Elmander with a 20 yard strike puts this cup tie to bed.
16.46: GOAL! FULHAM 6-2 Peterborough
Each side wants the final say, Jonathan Greening looks to have got it for the hosts.
16.44: GOAL Fulham 5-2 PETERBOROUGH
It's raining goals at the Cottage, Grant McCann fires in a consolation penalty.
16.43: GOAL! BOLTON 1-0 York
They needed the big guns, Kevin Davies has spared the Trotters blushes from close range. Hearbreak for City who have defended so well up until now.
16.41: GOAL! Scunthorpe 1-5 EVERTON
Seamus Coleman has gone goals made lately, and he scores his second today to make this a mauling.
16.39: GOAL! SUNDERLAND 1-2 Notts County
Darren Bent has rifled in a penalty, the Black Cats have eight minutes to avoid a huge upset.
16.38: GOAL! BLACKBURN 1-0 Qpr
Great strike from David Hoilett on the edge of the box, not mentioned this match much but it has been quite entertaining.
Terrible foul from George Elokobi and he is righly sent off. Doncaster's best chance of winning this tie will be the next 15 minutes.
16.36: GOAL! FULHAM 5-1 Peterborough
It really is all over now after Diomansy Kamara seals his hat-trick.
GOAL! Hull 1-3 WIGAN
Mohamed Diame restores the Latics advantage, lively game that though and I have to be honest I wasn't expecting to type that.
16.35: GOAL! Sunderland 0-2 NOTTS COUNTY
This is the upset of the day, home fans streaming out the stadium after Lee Hughes doubles the league one side's lead.
Ashley Young gets his marching orders after a second booking, 15 minutes left there.
16.33: GOAL! HULL 1-2 Wigan
Nicky Barmby has come off the bench to fire in from close range and leave us with n interesting conclusion.
16.32: GOAL! Scunthorpe 1-4 EVERTON
Speaking of all over, Marouane Fellaini beats the offside trap before homing in on goal and hitting an unstoppable left-foot strike.
16.30: GOAL! Fulham 4-1 PETERBOROUGH
I still stand by my forecast that this one is over. Lee Tomlin gets the visitors on the scoreboard and they have 19 minutes to complete the comeback to end all comebacks.
16.28: Stoke putting plenty of pressure on Cardiff as they press for a winner, not as many people at the Britannia this afternoon but the home fans still making plenty of noise.
16.23: GOAL! FULHAM 4-0 Peterborough
More simple goals and this one is all over. Jonathan Greening clips in a cross which Zoltan Gera heads home.
Silly from Jonas Olsson who is sent off for a second bookable offence for showing dissent towards the referee. He has to go.
16.17: GOAL! Scunthorpe 1-3 EVERTON
Looks much better for the Toffees now with Seamus Coleman restoring the Premier League side's two goal lead.
GOAL! FULHAM 3-0 Peterborough
Great through ball from Danny Murphy and Diomansy Kamara does the rest.
GOAL! Doncaster 2-2 WOLVES
Top game this one, Stephen Hunt fires home a penalty for the Premier League side.
16.16: GOAL! SOUTHAMPTON 1-0 Blackpool
Another Premier League side looks to be heading out. Lee Barnard has fired the League One side in front against a weakened team for the Seasiders.
16.15: GOAL! Hull 0-2 WIGAN
What a first goal this is! Callum McManaman twists and turns from the flank before cuttinmg inside and letting rip with a brilliant strike.
Godo argument to suggest he has been the best playe on the pitch too.
16.14: Great start for Sheffield Wednesday too. Neil Mellor adds to Teale's effort earlier on to make it a flying start to the second half for the Owls.
16.13: Paul Anderson has equalised for Forest, slightly takes the shine off Phil Brown's start to life at Preston.
16.11: We should have seen it coming from Villa, this from OptaJoe:
1 - Aston Villa have now kept only one clean sheet in their last 16 FA Cup ties. Brittle.
Battle: Blackburn's Michel Salgado (L) challenges Queens Park Rangers' Alejandro Faurlin
16.09: Owen Coyle read the riot act to his squad at half-time because they have come much, much better this half. Kevin Davies has been thrown on and the Trotters look a lot more of a team already.
16.06: GOAL! SHEFFIELD UNITED 1-2 Aston Villa
Silly challenge from Carlos Cueller to give away a penalty and Jamie Ward does not waste his opportunity from the spot.
Meltdown from the Premier League sides!
16.05: GOAL! SCUNTHORPE 1-2 Everton
Michael Collins latches onto a long ball and after one bounce he rifles the Championship side back in it.
16.02: Just 45 minutes to go, and we ahev more than one or two shocks on the card, you just have to love the FA Cup.
15.58: A little stat from InfoStradaLive for you to ponder:
The last season no team from League One or League Two progressed in #FACup 3rd round at expense of an #EPL club was 10 years ago.
15.55: What's going on at the Stadium of Light? Notts County are full value for their one goal lead and that must be the headline score so far.
15.51: GOAL! BRIGHTON 2-0 Portsmouth
Ashley Barnes firing in a penalty on the stroke of half-time.
15.50: Half-times coming in, York City have been tremendous so far and Bolton have some work to do in the second half.
15.48: GOAL! Watford 0-1 HARTLEPOOL
Anthony Sweeney on the cusp of half-time putting the league one side on front.
15.46: GOAL! FULHAM 2-0 Peterborough
Dickson Etuhu grabs the goal that puts the Cottagers in a great position to progress to the fourth round.
Good cross from Damien Duff for the Nigerian to apply the finish.
Express: A route one move led to Tuncay equalising before half-time for Stoke
.45: GOAL! STOKE 1-1 Cardiff
Thomas Sorenson punts the ball upfield, Ricardo Fuller nods it on and Tuncay Sanli applies the finish. Does not get much more simple than that.
15.44: GOAL! DONCASTER 2-1 Wolves
What a response from Rovers since going behind. James Hayter fires the Championship side ahead.
15.42: GOAL! Lincoln 2-3 HEREFORD
Stuart Fleetwood putting the visitors back in front, what a game.
15.40: GOAL! DONCASTER 1-1 Wolves
Billy Sharp
GOAL! READING 1-0 West Brom
Shane Long
15.39: GOAL! Doncaster 0-1 WOLVES
You expect this from him now, Nenad Milijas with a stunning strike into the top corner.
15.37: GOAL! Lincoln 2-2 HEREFORD
Stuart Fleetwood has equalised, what a game to wave the second round goodbye.
15.35: GOAL! PRESTON 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Darren Carter gets Phil Brown's start as manager of Preston off to a flier.
15.34: GOAL! Scunthorpe 0-2 EVERTON
Top finish from Jermaine Beckford. From close range he glances a header from a cross into the corner.
It's Albright: Marc Albrighton (right) celebrates doubling Aston Villa's lead
15.33: GOAL! Sheffield United 0-2 ASTON VILLA
Ashley Young runs down the wing before cutting back for Marc Albrighton to do the rest.
15.31: GOAL! FULHAM 1-0 Peterborough
Diomansy Kamara headers the Cottagers in front from four yards.
15.30: GOAL! WEST HAM 1-0 Barnsley
Mark Noble started the move and from the edge of the box, Jonathan Spector scores his third goal of the season, and his third in cup competitions.
15.28: GOAL! BRIGHTON 1-0 Portsmouth
The 10 men are behind, with Chris Wood putting Gustavo Poyet's side in front.
15.25: Stoke responding against Cardiff with Jermaine Pennant causing his usual tricks on the wing.
But no response from Sunderland who are really struggling at Notts County.
15.24: GOAL! LINCOLN 2-1 Hereford
Delroy Facey has turned in at around for the Imps.
15.23: GOAL! Norwich 0-1 LEYTON ORIENT
Upset on the way, Jimmy Smith smashes the Londoners in front at Carrow Road.
15.22: GOAL! Hull 0-1 WIGAN
Mohamed Diame puts the Premier league side in front.
Birmingham have beaten Millwall.
15.21: GOAL! BURNLEY 2-1 Port Vale
Tyrone Mears clips in a free-kick to restore the Clarets lead.
No shock here: Louis Saha celebrates his early strike for Everton
15.20: GOAL! MILLWALL 1-4 Birmingham
Danny Schofield hits in a last minute consolation. the Lions are heading out.
15.19: GOAL! COVENTRY 2-0 Crystal Palace
Carl Baker hitting a quick fire double.
15.18: Goal! Burnley 1-1 PORT VALE
It crossed the line...just, Robert Taylor getting the faintest of touches to turn it in.
15.17: GOAL! COVENTRY 1-0 Crystal Palace
Freddy Eastwood opening the scoring at the Ricoh Arena.
Dave Kiston has been sent off for Portsmouth at Brighton.
15.16: Big penalty appeal at Reading. Ishmael Miller is brought down for a certain penalty for West Brom but the decision goes against him.
15.14: GOAL! Stoke 0-1 CARDIFF
Michael Chopra with a cool finish at the Britannia.
15.13: GOAL! TORQUAY 1-0 Carlsile
15.12: GOAL! LINCOLN 1-1 Hereford
15.11: GOAL! Sheffield United 0-1 ASTON VILLA
Kyle Walker scores on his debut against his old club, he opts not to celebrate.
15.10: GOAL! HUDDERSFIELD 1-0 Dover
GOAL! HUDDERSFIELD 2-0 Dover
Shock lead: Craig Westcarr wasted no time in putting Noots County ahead against Sunderland
15.08: GOAL NOTTS COUNTY 1-0 Sunderland
Craig Westcarr has sent the home fans into delirium.
15.05: GOAL! Scunthrope 0-1 EVERTON
Louis Saha gets the Toffees off to a great start
15.05: GOAL! Lincoln 0-1 HEREFORD
Mathieu Manset
15.04: GOAL! BURNLEY 1-0 Port Vale
Clarke Carlisle opens the scoring for the hosts.
15.02: GOAL! Millwall 0-4 BIRMINGHAM
Cameron Jerome has only been on the pitch two minutes as well, that header has ensured it will be an emphatic win for City.
15.01: Let the action commence...
14.58: It just keeps coming!
Bolton v York
Bolton: Bogdan, Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Alonso, Moreno, Mark Davies, Cohen, Petrov, Blake, Klasnic. Subs: Jaaskelainen, Robinson, Muamba, Taylor, Elmander, Kevin Davies, O'Halloran.
York: Ingham, Parslow, McGurk, Chris Smith, Meredith, Barrett, Jonathan Smith, Carruthers, Chambers, Rankine, Weir. Subs: Knight, Reed, Till, Mackin, Young, Constantine, Racchi.
Referee: Keith Hill (Hertfordshire)
Sheff Utd v Aston Villa
Sheff Utd: Simonsen, Parrino, Bartley, Ertl, Kozluk, Williamson, Montgomery, Britton, Ward, Bogdanovic, Evans. Subs: Long, Calve, McAllister, James, Slew, Harriott.
Aston Villa: Friedel, Walker, Cuellar, Dunne, Bannan, Pires, Clark, Reo-Coker, Ashley Young, Agbonlahor, Albrighton. Subs: Marshall, Downing, Delfouneso, Petrov, Hogg, Collins, Herd.
Referee: Michael Jones (Cheshire)
14.56: And from St Mary's:
Southampton v Blackpool
Southampton: Bialkowski, Richardson, Martin, Seaborne, Harding, Puncheon, Hammond, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Barnard, Lambert. Subs: Forecast, Dickson, Fonte, Do Prado, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Connolly, Gobern.
Blackpool: Rachubka, Eardley, Keinan, Edwards, Baptiste, Tomsett, Sylvestre, Southern, Phillips, Euell, Ormerod. Subs: Halstead, Barkhuizen, Roberts, Younda, Francis-Reynolds, Dodd, Jobe.
Referee: Danny McDermid (Hampshire)
14.55: Brighton v Portsmouth
Brighton: Brezovan, Elphick, El-Abd, Painter, Taricco, Bennett, Sparrow, Kishishev, Barnes, Murray, Wood. Subs: Poke, Dicker, Holroyd, Sandaza, Smith, Bridcutt, Dunk.
Portsmouth: Ashdown, Dickinson, Mokoena, Sonko, Ward, Lawrence, Kitson, Mullins, Utaka, Nugent, Kanu. Subs: Flahavan, Hreidarsson, Ciftci, Kilbey.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
Scunthorpe v Everton
Scunthorpe: Murphy, Andrew Wright, Mirfin, Jones, Nolan, Collins, Josh Wright, O'Connor, Woolford, Dagnall, Forte. Subs: Slocombe, Togwell, Raynes, Grant, Godden, McClenahan, Cowan Hall.
Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Heitinga, Distin, Baines, Coleman, Fellaini, Osman, Bilyaletdinov, Saha, Beckford. Subs: Mucha, Arteta, Neville, Gueye, Yakubu, Rodwell, Anichebe.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Hull v Wigan
Hull: Duke, Solano, Zayatte, Gerrard, Dawson, Harper, Ashbee, Bullard, Stewart, Fryatt, Simpson. Subs: Oxley, Cooper, Barmby, Devitt, Koren, Holohan, Bradley.
Wigan: Al Habsi, Lopez, Steven Caldwell, Boyce, De Ridder, Gomez, Thomas, Diame, McArthur, Figueroa, McManaman. Subs: Nicholls, Robinson, Golobart, Mustoe, Redmond, Buxton, Morris.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
West Ham v Barnsley
West Ham: Green, Faubert, Tomkins, Spector, Reid, Hines, Noble, Barrera, Boa Morte, Nouble, Obinna. Subs: Boffin, Parker, Upson, Sears, Spence, Piquionne, Edgar.
Barnsley: Steele, Hassell, Shackell, Foster, Hill, Trippier, Doyle, Arismendi, Hammill, Lovre, O'Connor. Subs: Preece, O'Brien, Morales Neumann, Butterfield, Colace, Gray, Bennett.
Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)
14.52: Fulham v Peterborough
Fulham: Stockdale, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Baird, Davies, Murphy, Etuhu, Duff, Dempsey, Kamara. Subs: Etheridge, Salcido, Gera, Riise, Eddie Johnson, Greening, Halliche.
Peterborough: Lewis, Little, Langmead, Zakuani, Rowe, Whelpdale, Clayton, McCann, Arron Davies, Tomlin, Mackail-Smith. Subs: Collis, Wesolowski, Agard, Bennett, Mendez-Laing, Nana Ofori-Twumasi, Obika.
Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)
Sunderland v Notts County
Sunderland: Mignolet, Angeleri, Da Silva, Ferdinand, Richardson, Malbranque, Riveros, Colback, Reid, Gyan, Bent. Subs: Carson, Reed, Adams, Bramble, Bardsley, Elmohamady, Henderson.
Notts County: Nelson, Thompson, Edwards, Pearce, Harley, Ravenhill, Davies, Bishop, Judge, Westcarr, Hughes. Subs: Mitchell, Lee, Hawley, Hunt, Burgess, Sodje, Woods.
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
Preston v Nottm Forest
Preston: Lonergan, McLaughlin, Morgan, St. Ledger, Jones, Mayor, Nicholson, Russell, Carter, Treacy, Chris Brown. Subs: Arestidou, Coutts, Hayes, Gray, Douglas, Proctor, Wright.
Nottm Forest: Camp, Gunter, Chambers, Morgan, Lynch, Anderson, McGugan, Moussi, Cohen, Earnshaw, McGoldrick. Subs: Smith, Adebola, Tyson, McCleary, McKenna, Moloney, Majewski.
Referee: Phil Crossley (Kent)
Doncaster v Wolverhampton
Doncaster: Sullivan, Chambers, Lockwood, O'Connor, Mills, Coppinger, Wilson, Hird, Oster, Hayter, Sharp. Subs: Gary Woods, Friend, Martin Woods, Brooker, Webster, Fairhurst.
Wolverhampton: Hahnemann, Doherty, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi, Jarvis, Edwards, Milijas, Hunt, Ward, Fletcher. Subs: Hennessey, David Jones, Mujangi Bia, Doyle, Davis, Winnall, Batth.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
14.49: Norwich v Leyton Orient
Norwich: Rudd, Russell Martin, Whitbread, Barnett, Drury, Fox, Korey Smith, McNamee, Hoolahan, Chris Martin, Wilbraham. Subs: Ruddy, Nelson, Crofts, Holt, Jackson, Lappin, Johnson.
Leyton Orient: Jones, Omozusi, Chorley, Forbes, Daniels, Revell, Dawson, Spring, Smith, Cox, Tehoue. Subs: Butcher, Whing, Brown, McGleish, Chambers, M'Poku, Kane.
Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire)
Stoke v Cardiff
Stoke: Sorensen, Shotton, Shawcross, Huth, Higginbotham, Pennant, Wilson, Whelan, Sanli, Walters, Fuller. Subs: Nash, Jones, Pugh, Tonge, Delap, Etherington, Wilkinson.
Cardiff: Marshall, Quinn, McNaughton, Hudson, Naylor, Burke, Rae, McPhail, Whittingham, Chopra, Keogh. Subs: Heaton, Drinkwater, Blake, Matthews, Wildig, Meades, John.
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)
Coventry v Crystal Palace
Coventry: Westwood, Keogh, Cranie, Wood, O'Halloran, Baker, Gunnarsson, Doyle, McSheffrey, Eastwood, Jutkiewicz. Subs: Ireland, Bell, Platt, Clarke, O'Donovan, Cameron, Thomas.
Crystal Palace: Speroni, Clyne, McCarthy, Gardner, Wright, Cadogan, Danns, Garvan, N'Diaye, Dorman, Iversen. Subs: Price, Davis, Barrett, Andrew, Zaha, O'Keefe, Counago.
Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Blackburn v QPR
Blackburn: Bunn, Salgado, Hanley, Nelsen, Givet, Hoilett, Lowe, Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Mame Diouf, Mwaruwari. Subs: Fielding, Roberts, Linganzi, Goulon, Doran, Morris, Cotton.
QPR: Kenny, Orr, Gorkss, Hill, Borrowdale, Derry, Faurlin, Clarke, Mackie, Moen, Hulse. Subs: Cerny, Cook, Andrade, Tofas, Doughty, Harryman.
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)
14.46: Some selected team news coming up:
Burton Albion v Middlesbrough
Burton Albion: Legzdins, Austin, Stanton, Moore, Malone, Bolder, McGrath, Maghoma, Penn, Webster, Harrad. Subs: Poole, Boertien, James, Phillips, Pearson, Young, Hughes.
Middlesbrough: Coyne, McMahon, Hines, Bates, Bennett, Hoyte, Bailey, O'Neil, Arca, Boyd, Lita. Subs: Ripley, Kink, Halliday, Luke Williams, Franks, Smallwood, Park.
Referee: Steve Tanner (Somerset)
Reading v West Brom
Reading: Federici, Cummings, Matt Mills, Pearce, Harte, Kebe, Leigertwood, Karacan, McAnuff, Long, Hunt. Subs: McCarthy, Tabb, Ingimarsson, Antonio, Church, Robson-Kanu, Howard.
West Brom: Myhill, Hurst, Zuiverloon, Scharner, Cech, Jara, Dorrans, Barnes, Brunt, Morrison, Miller. Subs: Carson, Cox, Shorey, Bednar, Olsson, Fortune, Thomas.
Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)
14.44: After a foul from Scott Dann on Neil Harris, Maik Taylor dives to his left to save Morison's penalty and with it probably wins the tie for Birmingham.
14.43: PENALTY (Millwall)
14.41: Leeds would have taken that before the game but will be gutted at conceding a last minute penalty to deny them a famous win.
Arsenal have got away with it but it's not over yet as they face a replay they most certainly didn't want at Elland Road.
14.40: Full-time: Arsenal 1-1 Leeds
14.39: We are into injury time of injury time and Walcott blows a great chance to win it! The ball is bouncing around the box but as the winger takes it on his angle to goal is small and it crashes into the side netting.
14.37: Four minutes of injury time, and we are into the third.
Bendtner misses a great chance when he fires a left-foot shot wide from insise the box.
Blushes spared: Cesc Fabregas converts his last minute penalty
14.35: GOAL! ARSENAL 1-1 Leeds
Leeds have been robbed here! Moments later, Walcott goes down ridiculously easily from a tussle with ben Parker and is given a very soft penalty.
Cesc Fabregas keeps his cool to blast in the penalty.
14.34: PENALTY (Arsenal)
14.32: Drama at the Emirates! Phil Dowd points for a penalty after sub Walcott is brought down by Bruce but, Bendtner fractions earlier is flagged for offside and it's a free-kick for Leeds.
14.30: Beautiful sunshine stretches over the grass but like Arsenal's hopes, it's fading away as it starts to creep off the pitch and into the crowd. Four minutes left and you just can't seen an Arsenal goal.
14.28: Just six minutes left at the Emirates and it's not exactly one way traffic.
Leeds are committing men forward on the counter and that in turn prevents Arsenal from throwing absolutely everything they have...at the moment.
14.25: Half-time: Millwall 0-3 Birmingham (bit late from me)
14.24: What is happening to Arsenal? They are not even looking like scoring now. They look all over the place and despite Fabregas coming on, seem to lack any sort of leadership.
14.23: Some team news from Turf Moor for you:
Burnley v Port Vale
Burnley: Grant, Mears, Carlisle, Duff, Fox, Elliott, Alexander, Cork, Rodriguez, Iwelumo, Eagles. Subs: Jensen, Marney, Edgar, Bikey, Wallace, Easton, Thompson.
Port Vale: Tomlinson, Yates, McCombe, Owen, Collins, Robert Taylor, Dodds, Roberts, Griffith, Haldane, Justin Richards. Subs: Martin, Fraser, Kris Taylor, Rigg, Morsy, Bell, Sutton.
Referee: Eddie Ilderton (Tyne & Wear)
14.21: Watt goes off for Leigh Bromby but gets an applause from all corners of the stadium as the player on loan from Arsenal trudges off.
14.18: GOAL! Millwall 0-3 BIRMINGHAM
If there was one tie I wouldn't fancy, it's an away trip to the New Den, but City are taking the home side apart.
Matt Derbyshire once again keeps his cool to net a simple finish and after threatening to get back into the game, Kenny Jackett's side look out of it before half-time.
14.16: Szczesny is beaten here! Snodgrass hits a vicious free-kick from 25 yards out that zips just wide of the post, with the keeper diving to his right in vain.
14.13: Millwall have not gave up yet, City have eased off the gas and the home side are the more likely side to score as they put pressure on the Premier League side with a succession of corners.
14.11: Dear me it could be two! Snodgrass whips in a corner and Becchio does everything right with his bullet header, but Szczesny keeps his team in the game with a superb reaction save in diving to his right.
14.10: The Leeds fans behind the goal are rocking, they are loving this. It's also where all the noise in the stadium is coming from. Arsenal fans in stunned silence.
Curler: Birmingham's David Murphy displayed good technique to put the visitors 2-0 up
14.07: It's not happening for the Gunners. Eboue's cross is met by Chamkah but he fails to make clean contact from six yards out and the ball escapes to the opposite touchline.
Arsenal piling forward.
14.04: Alex Song makes way and the Spaniard is on to try and save the Gunners from an upset.
Arsene Wenger has never been knocked out of this competition by a lower league side.
14.02: Wenger is in a panic, Cesc Fabregas is getting ready to come on.
13.59: GOAL! Millwall 0-2 BIRMINGHAM
That is a top strike. David Murphy on the edge of the box curls in a beauty and that tie i sonly heading one way.
Cupset? Robert Snodgrass fires Leeds in front from the penalty spot
13.58: GOAL! Arsenal 0-1 LEEDS
What a story we could have here! Denilson clearly brings down Max Gradel in the box and Robert Snodgrass steps up to blast the penalty low past Szczesny.
13.57: PENALTY (Leeds)
13.55: No changes from either side at the Emirates and no change in the pattern of play.
Arsenal still poring forward and they look menacing.
13.53: Stat-attack from OptaJoe:
5 - Matt Derbyshire now has five goals in six starts in the FA Cup. Effective
13.51: Back underway at the Emirates.
Nice one: Birmingham players congratulate Derbyshire (right) after he opens the scoring
13.49: GOAL! Millwall 0-1 BIRMINGHAM
Steve Morison has blown a golden chance when through on goal by firing wide and just a few minutes later City punish the hosts.
Matt Derbyshire delicately chips the keeper and the Premier League side are in front.
13.45: You have noticed it plastered all over our website but if not, the big news of the day is not FA Cup related.
Roy Hodgson has left Liverpool by mutual consent and he will be replaced by Kenny Dalglish.
It was sadly going to happen eventually and you can read the full story here.
13.42: Stage looks set for Aaron Ramsey to come and grab the headlines. No news of changes from either side yet but I'll keep you posted.
13.39: Good opening from Millwall, always crucial to set the tone early in a cup game.
James Henry has a shot that flashes wide and the home side are on top.
13.35: Arsenal's quality gradually shone through in that half, but Leeds have been magnificent at the back. Gunners need a plan B.
13.33: Half-time: Arsenal 0-0 Leeds
13.31: Millwall v Birmingham is underway...
Pole-axed: Wojicech Szczesny prevents Leeds' Luciano Becchio from getting a shot in
13.30: Right on half-time and it's nearly a fantastic goal. Bendtner cuts in from the right, changes pace to get past two Leeds players before shooting across goal from a slightly tight angle that Schmeichel does well to save and hold.
13.27: Frustration starting to creep into the home side, Rosicky is booked for an obvious push on Sanchez Watt.
Shows the confidence of Arsene Wenger that he allowed Watt, who is on loan from Arsenal to start against him today.
13.24: From the New Den:
Millwall v Birmingham
Millwall: Forde, Smith, Shittu, Robinson, Craig, Henry, Abdou, Mkandawire, Barron, Morison, Harris. Subs: Mildenhall, Schofield, Grabban, Hackett, Ward, Lisbie, Marquis.
Birmingham: Taylor, Parnaby, Dann, Jiranek, Murphy, Hleb, Gardner, Mutch, Beausejour, Zigic, Derbyshire. Subs: Doyle, Johnson, Larsson, Phillips, Jerome, Michel, Fahey.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
13.23: Teenage midfielder Jordon Mutch is handed his first Birmingham start as Alex McLeish make seven changes for the midlanders' FA Cup third round match against Millwall at the New Den.
Maik Taylor comes in for Ben Foster in goal and Nicola Zigic, Stuart Parnaby and Martin Jiranek all start, with McLeish clearly having one eye on next Tuesday's Carling Cup semi-final with West Ham.
Millwall boss Kenny Jackett makes three changes to his XI, handing 2004 cup finalist Neil Harris a start in place of the cup-tied Josh McQuoid.
13.20: Brilliant from Bruce, Bendtner latches is set to pull the trigger as he runs into the penalty box but the centre-back times a sliding challenge to perfection to tip it behind for a corner.
The cross in is powerfully headed by Chamakh, but it's straight at Schmeichel who does well to catch it.
13.16: Arsenal starting to put heavy pressure on, A succession of corners has seen the ball pinball around the six yard box which only needed a touch from a Gunners player. Leeds survive but only just.
13.13: There is our first booking after Ben Parker sneakily trips Emmanuel Eboue.
Blocked: Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin could not fire past Leeds keeper Kasper Schmeichel
13.10: If Arsenal didn't know they were in for a battle they do now. This has been a very even contest and Marouane Chamakh gets his first cup tie treatment when Alex Bruce catches him on his foot with a sliding challenge.
No action taken by the referee and the striker has to go off for a couple of minutes before coming back on.
13.07: Sportsmail's Laura Williamson:
At #Millwall v #bcfc today. Seven changes for the visitors.
13.04: This is more like it from Arsenal, their testing the patience with a passing move that seems to have gone on for about three minutes now.
Top atmosphere to this game, a typical cup tie.
13.01: That was top class, Robert Snodgrass plays a lovely delicate through ball for Becchio but unlike Arshavin he does not have time to pick his spot, as Wojciech Szczesny is quick out his goal to block at his feet, before the Gunners backline tidies up the losse ball.
12.58: Out of nowhere Arsenal should be in front. Andrey Arshavin latches on to a Tomas Rosicky through ball over the top but as he enters the penalty area, Kasper Schmeichel is quick out his goal to block the Russian's effort.
12.55: A few shades of Old Trafford last season, Leeds are looking good and Arsenal's normal slick passing game is fading away from them as they keep giving the ball away.
12.52: This is lively from the visitors but woeful from the hosts. Alex Song gives the ball away to Luciano Becchio with a diabolical pass back to his defence,but from just over 20 yards he drags his shot across goal. Half-chance at least.
12.49: Leeds trying to get among the home side early on who are pinging the ball around nicely.
12.47: Leeds United kick off the third round of the FA Cup...
12.44: Mind you it was last time, I looked. It seems to have filled up nicely now as you can expect plenty of Leeds fans.
12.41: Teams making their way out at a sparse Emirates Stadium, cup fever is lacking in north London.
12.37: Just one thing to point out, we do have one anomaly this afternoon. Lincoln take on Hereford in a SECOND ROUND replay. Just so you don't get confused later on.
12.34: Nine changes maybe but that is still a pretty strong side Arsene Wenger has put out. Not that it will phase Leeds, they of course knocked out Manchester United at Old Trafford this time last season and took Tottenham to a replay too.
12.31: Aaron Ramsey is named in the Arsenal squad for the first time since February as Arsene Wenger make nine changes for the FA Cup third-round clash with Leeds.
The Wales international, recently back from a loan spell with Nottingham Forest after breaking his leg at Stoke last year, has to settle for a place on the bench, though, for the first clash between the two sides since Arsenal's 'invincibles' beat Leeds 5-0 in April 2004.
Ramsey is joined on the bench by captain Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott, while Kieran Gibbs returns to the starting line-up after a month out with injury.
Leeds made three changes to the side that lost its 12-game unbeaten run at Cardiff on Tuesday, with Luciano Becchio, Alex Bruce and Sanchez Watt all coming in.
Watt, on a season-long loan from Arsenal, was given permission to play by Wenger on Wednesday.
12.28: Team news from the Emirates Stadium:
Arsenal v Leeds
Arsenal: Szczesny, Eboue, Djourou, Squillaci, Gibbs, Rosicky, Denilson, Song, Arshavin, Bendtner, Chamakh. Subs: Fabianski, Fabregas, Vela, Walcott, Ramsey, Clichy, Miquel.
Leeds: Schmeichel, Connolly, Bruce, O'Brien, Parker, Watt, Howson, Johnson, Gradel, Snodgrass, Becchio. Subs: Higgs, Collins, Paynter, Hughes, Bromby, Somma, McCormack.
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
12.25: The competition may have lost its appeal to the masses (and that could be proven by one or three weakened sides named today) but there is still no denying that the FA Cup third round is one of the football calender's most special days.
Premier League teams facing tricky away trips to a lower league side is the last thing they need and we are braced for a few upsets I am sure.
Will we have one straight away? It would be a massive one if Championship Leeds can defeat Champions League Arsenal on their own turf but that is what the cup is all about isn't it? Team news on the way.
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Editor's Note: This column discusses issues and events that might be traumatizing, or triggering, for some, namely suicide.
"Hi, Honey. I haven't heard from you in a while and wanted to see how things are going," my mom texted me one afternoon. "Shaking in bed," I replied.
I don't remember much about that October afternoon. What comes back to me are only blurry memories of working with a friend in Marquand Library until for no apparent reason, I broke down in tears. The first month of my freshman year had been a quick downward spiral into the depression, anxiety, and panic attacks for which I had been treated during my sophomore and junior years of high school. The campus on which I had spent years growing up with my brothers no longer felt like a wonderland, but instead an unrecognizable and unfamiliar place that others expected me to call home.
I had never felt any urge to end my life until that moment. Even though I had been going regularly to Counseling and Psychological Services for appointments and my parents knew how I was feeling, it still wasn't enough. Had my mom not texted me, I know what would have happened. I had already convinced myself that no one would notice if I was gone.
The months following those texts were a haze of commuting from home to campus for classes. Each morning, my parents would drop me off in the University Store parking lot. They would watch helplessly as I trudged back to my dorm, slowly working myself into a panic as I anticipated the worst that would happen that day.
I spent that spring recovering and finally broke my silence about my struggles with depression and anxiety the following summer. I realized that my next three years at Princeton had to be different if I wanted to make it through college alive. Only my parents and one close friend knew the full extent of what my first year at Princeton had been like, and I was tired of feeling like an impostor for answering with "good" when people asked me how I was doing.
In January 2015, my friend committed suicide in the dorm room next to mine. I called my parents three to four times a day for the next two weeks, sobbing as I explained how she still returned to me in my dreams. It was through grief counseling at CPS that I no longer saw myself as just a student merely passing through Princeton, but as an agent for change. I committed to dedicating the remainder of my time at the University to sharing my own story by challenging the stigma associated with mental health issues however I could and encouraging other students to be vulnerable with each other.
Some days are inevitably worse than others. I returned to CPS this year after winter break, during which another friend committed suicide, I underwent a major surgery, and my grandmother passed away. My counselor and I have talked about what it is like to be a Princeton student while living with a profound sense of guilt. Not a day goes by that I don't wake up and wonder how I, even after all I have gone through, failed to see the warning signs. My family and friends have reminded me not to feel guilty because it can be hard to see what others are hiding behind their smiles. As much as I understand this reasoning, the cruel reality is that I survived, and two of my friends did not. This is something I know I will have to live with well beyond graduation.
Though I wish it were not the case, a story like mine is not uncommon, especially here at Princeton. After working for three years on the Me Too Monologues, a performance piece created out of anonymous student submissions related to their own experiences with mental health, I have gained an acute understanding of how students struggle. I invite you to see the performances of the Me Too Monologues this weekend and take advantage of this opportunity to engage with these issues that consume our emotional energy but are rarely discussed. So much work remains to be done, and yet, in conversations with dozens of underclassmen, especially with my own 'zees, I am hopeful that Princeton's next leaders can and will work towards a campus in which mental health issues are no longer stigmatized.
The irony is not lost on me that I could only appreciate life after I came so close to losing my own. For those who might be experiencing feelings of helplessness and hopelessness like the ones I have described, please feel free to reach out to me. And to my fellow survivors: know that I stand with you — and others do too.
Matt Błażejewski is a senior from Trenton, N.J. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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As The To Do List opens, it's the summer of 1993, and Boise, Idaho's Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza) has little on her mind but getting through her valedictorian speech without embarrassing herself, and making sure she has everything she needs for college before fall rolls around. But the speech flops, and then her priorities change. Kidnapped by her worldlier friends Fiona and Wendy (Alia Shawkat and Sarah Steele) and taken to a real graduation party, with kegs and everything, she experiences a sexual awakening, in the form of a music-video-inspired fantasy sequence, upon seeing the shirtless Rusty Waters (Scott Porter) strumming out an acoustic rendition of "Pour Some Sugar On Me." Later, when told by her older sister Amber (Rachel Bilson) that her freshman year at college will be "one big sexual pop quiz," Brandy decides she has no interest in failing. So she fills her Trapper Keeper with the titular to-do list, as her thoughts turn away from acquiring shower slippers and toward acquiring experience, including experience of some acts she barely understands. If all goes according to plan, she'll wind up losing her virginity to Rusty, who, coincidentally, will be spending the summer working beside her at the local pool.
A few different sorts of film vie for screen time in Maggie Carey's feature debut, some of them sharing space more easily than others. One type is dependent on predictable but accurate early-1990s references. Relatively free of anachronisms—one too-soon Jerry Maguire reference excepted—the film gets the details right, from the videogames to the songs to the sexual frustrations of skorts. The authenticity helps offset the easiness of some of the gags; too often, period pieces simply pile up references from the years around their setting, and hope for the best. The To Do List tries to get at the core 1993-ness of 1993, at least on the surface.
But the nostalgia piece shares space with a frank, often funny tale of falling into sexual experience. That story rarely gets told from a female point of view in teen sex comedies, and The To Do List sometimes plays like a conscious correction of that pattern. Brandy goes about her quest methodically, treating it as a summer-long project without much regard for who pushes her toward her goal, or what anyone else thinks about it. That's an attitude more at home in 2013 than 1993, when AIDS cast a much longer shadow, and slut-shaming was more cultural norm than boorish offense. Here, safe sex and the "s" word get mentioned only in passing before getting waved away. That loses The To Do List some authenticity points, but gives it a transgressive charge as Brandy moves from one list item to the next, with help from characters played by Donald Glover, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Andy Samberg (who's particularly funny as a traveling grunge musician), and Johnny Simmons as Cameron, Brandy's floppy-haired former lab partner, whose feelings for her run deeper than the others'.
Better still are the moments when The To Do List becomes a relaxed hang-out movie set around the pool where most of the characters work, a downscale spot overrun with noisy kids and overseen by the down-on-his-luck Willy (Bill Hader). Most of the film's best scenes rely on the comic chemistry generated by a cast that seems to enjoy playing off one another. Plaza and Hader, whose take on his character suggests a lifetime of disappointment without spelling out the details, are particularly good together, with Bilson, Clark Gregg, and Connie Britton providing some bright moments as Brandy's family. The film is rarely better than when it doesn't appear to be trying that hard.
The trouble starts when it does try too hard. There's a strain of gross-out humor—most bodily fluids make cameos—that doesn't mesh well with the rest of the movie. But more bothersome is a tendency The To Do List shares with its heroine: mistaking checking items off a list for progress. One sexual episode follows another without really building toward anything, making a finale in which Brandy spells out what she's learned from her experiences ring all the more false. (It doesn't help that Plaza—while always a wry, appealing presence—doesn't really have the acting chops to convey what her character calls "feelings and emotional crap.") That fits into the overall scheme of The To Do List, a film determined to treat sex as no big deal even as it obsesses over it. But it also makes the film itself, funny spots and all, feel like no big deal.


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(Piano Myths Part I here)
Myths of Piano Touch and Tone
Could you hear a difference in a single piano tone depending on the way its key is depressed? Are accomplished musicians able to discern sounds produced by a virtuoso's hand versus those made by an object? Is there any physical approach to a piano key that can produce a sound described as warm, harsh, resonant, tinny, full, shrill or rounded?
According to studies going back to the 1930s, the answer is "no."
Let's start here: Of Piano Tone and Umbrella Tips. This is an archived 1982 article from The New York Times that considers whether pianists can really affect tone through touch. It references a pre-internet flamewar that occurred via letters to the editor of The Musical Times (somewhat interesting in itself), and cites early studies of piano acoustics that tested whether listeners are able to distinguish piano sounds produced by a virtuoso from those produced by mechanical means.
I accessed summaries of those early studies (Hart, Fuller & Lusby, 1934) via the magic fairy known as "Interlibrary Loan." It looks like this may still be under copyright, but I did find a free article to share with you from James Jeans' Science & Music (1937) including illustrations from the studies of Hart et al. and analysis of music acoustics.
Jeans wrote:
Many pianists are firmly convinced that they can put a vast amount of expression into the striking of a single note of the piano; some claim to be able to draw the whole gamut of emotion out of a single key. In reply, the untemperamental scientist points out that, in striking a single note, the pianist has only one variable at his disposal — the force with which he strikes the key; this determines the velocity with which the hammer hits the wires, and once this is settles, all the rest follows automatically.
He adds, "Also it seems clear that, so long as he confines himself to striking single notes, the greatest virtuoso has no greater range of effects at his disposal than the child strumming at its five-finger exercises."
(Jaques-Dalcroze wrote something similar in Eurhythmics, Art and Education, although he was making a point about pitch perception: "Let a fairly heavy object strike the key corresponding to A. Whether it be the cat walking on the keyboard, the maid dusting it, or a little girl playing with one finger, the result is identically the same: the sound A will be heard.") (Reprint, 1985.)
Why is this still confusing, in the 21st century?
There's a lot I was never taught (and the more I learn, the more I'm grateful for that). I didn't know anyone could be so concerned with "touches of keys" that musicianship itself is judged according to its appearance, until recent experiences.
It seems science must keep proving the point, and it is. A recent study (Goebl et al., 2004) tested musicians and non-musicians alike. The research indicates again that it is "finger-key noise," not quality of tone, that indicates touch.
These noise components (i.e. finger–key noise) are audible when the key is struck, and absent when it is pressed down. This study provides a first systematic perceptual evaluation of whether musicians can aurally identify the type of touch that produced an isolated piano tone, independently of hammer velocity. Our results suggest that only some musicians are able to distinguish between a struck and a pressed touch using the touch noises as cue, especially the finger–key noise that characterises a struck attack, whereas others could not tell any difference. Without those touch noises none of them could tell a difference anymore. When they could not hear the touch differences, they tend to rate louder tones as being struck, and soft tones as being pressed. We can only speculate about how the present findings generalise to a real-world concert situation (including pedals, reverberation, reflections, and the listener at a certain distance away from the piano). In the light of the present results, we consider the pure aural effect of touch noises (excluding visual and other cues) a rather small one.
Want more studies? Here – I can hook you up.
Meet Chad Twedt.
I looked around for other blogger-musician-teachers who can't bring themselves to accept bogus ideas, and hit the jackpot when I found Chad Twedt's blog ("Cerebroom: sweeping dust off of truth, one thought at a time"). I suspected we might think alike when I saw his category devoted to debunking and contrarian posts!
If you read nothing else, read Chad's definitive analysis of The Piano Voodoo of Tone Production.
A pianist, composer and teacher as well as a writer (and PS, he has a degree in mathematics), Chad has a wicked sense of humor, too. His McSweeney-esque lists of "Rejected Topics for Piano Teacher Conferences" are an example. If you've read any of my writings about educational pseudoscience, you'll know why this entry convinced me that I had found a kindred spirit:
Music and the Brain: The Undeniable Connection
This session will present the findings of several new radical studies in neuroscience, making a strong case for the idea that one cannot perform music when there is an absence of brain activity. The studies looked at a cumulative 1,350 comatose hospital patients who failed to make music after being told to play something.
Piano Voodoo
Chad's article "Tone Production: Doing the Right Things for the Right Reasons" was published in Clavier Companion (July/August, 2016). He begins with an anecdote that sounded familiar.
As a sophomore in college, I performed in a master class given by a former Van Cliburn Competition medalist. At one point, I was asked to play certain chords so that my fingers moved toward the fallboard as they depressed the keys, and this was supposed to change the timbre of these loud chords without actually changing their volume (providing a "richer" sound). It took all of my willpower to quietly follow this advice and not bring up the fact that the piano escapement mechanism makes the basis for the advice fallacious. I didn't want to be disrespectful, so I followed the advice.
This "pushing in" technique caused the hammers to strike the strings more slowly, as I predicted it would, producing a softer sound, giving the master of the class (and the audience) a most glorious false positive. I felt violated, because I had just been used as a tool to advance an illusory belief system I did not share. Asking me to simply play softer would have been equally as effective and a lot simpler. I've received instruction like this in more than a few lessons and master classes, and I have encountered many teachers and pianists who subscribe to various beliefs about what can change the tone of a given note at the piano. This has led to my interest in researching the topic.
I contacted Chad, and asked him a few questions.
MD: When or how did you first encounter "piano voodoo?"
CT: The first form I encountered in a lesson was when the instructor insisted that they could hear the difference between the "harsher" staccato and "warmer" legato touches while the pedal is held down. I responded that if there were a difference, it had to be due to the staccato touch tending to produce greater key velocities since vibrating piano strings don't know what happens to hammers after they rebound away. The instructor insisted there was more to it, and when I asked them to explain what principle of physics is behind the claim, they suggested that the acoustics in the piano are changed by the fact that the hammers are held a few millimeters or centimeter closer to the strings while the keys are held down than when they are released. I chuckled in disbelief and said that such detail could only be audibly perceivable by the android "Data" from Star Trek: Next Generation.
In that exchange, teacher and student decided to agree on the technique, but not on the rationale for it. Chad's respect for his teacher grew from the openminded dialogue.
"Doing the right things for the right reasons"
A popular method of educational pseudoscience requires children to drink water and move in specific ways in order to improve brain function. While the movements do no harm and everyone needs water, reading and math skills are not improved by physical exercises and we can not really water our brains. To teach children that these activities assist learning by some magic physiology is to teach untruths, even though movement and water are good for us in ways science explains.
Similarly, Chad considers the experience with his teacher "a real-world example of 'doing the right things for the right reasons.'" In his words:
Not everyone cares about acoustical details as much as I do, which is why many would have just followed this advice without any trouble at all. But I know I'm not the only person who experiences psychological paralysis when asked to do something that goes against inner understanding. It wouldn't feel much different to me to be asked to pray to Xenu, dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of his people to Earth (according to L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology). I just can't do it. It's important for teachers to be prepared to engage with similar students on this level. Illusions are not satisfactory for all students.
MD: What were you taught about technique and tone production as a child?
CT: I don't remember being told much about technique other than curving fingers, although I'm sure my teachers taught me various things that I sort of absorbed and forgot where it was learned. I had never heard the term "tone production" until I was well into college, and I've never liked the term since it is so poorly-defined…
MD: How did you learn about the mechanism of the piano?
CT: … Most of what I learned about the piano mechanism, I learned as a kid by looking inside of the grand piano while my father played, or by talking to piano technicians. Also, as a math person, I naturally took an interest in all the many mathematical principles that govern sound and music, which of course we could think of as another "mechanism" behind all music.
MD: Do you hear more from people who agree with you about piano voodoo, or more who disagree with you?
CT: This depends on who I'm talking to or listening to. If I speak to colleagues at a local level about this, most tend to listen and be pretty agreeable once the case is presented, although there are certainly some locals everywhere who subscribe to voodoo beliefs. The more alarming disagreement comes into play when listening to renowned pianists and high-caliber teachers talk about music, because 1) they are on stage influencing many people at once, and 2) anyone who attempts to debate with them would almost surely come across as disrespectful, so there is no reasonable opportunity to set the record straight…
This doesn't mean technique and movement at the piano don't matter.
Again, technique is important. Movement is essential. The point is having clarity about why we do what we do, especially when we are teaching others.
Stay tuned for Part III.
Goebl, Werner; Bresin, Roberto; Galembo, Alexander. "Once again: The perception of piano touch and tone. Can touch audibly change piano sound independently of intensity?" Nara, Japan: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, 2004.
Hart, Harry; Fuller, Melville W.; Lusby, Walter S. "A Precision Study of Piano Touch and Tone." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 6, 80, 1934. doi: 10.1121/1.1915706
Henahan, Donal. "Of Piano Tone and Umbrella Tips." NewYork Times, February 28, 1982. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/28/arts/of-piano-tone-and-umbrella-tips.html
Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile. Rhythm, Music & Education, 123-124. Reprint, Salem, New Hampshire: Ayer Co. Publishers, 1985.
Jeans, James. Science & Music. NY: MacMillan Co., 1937.
Twedt, Chad. "Tone Production: Doing the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons." Clavier Companion, July/August, 2016, 20-25.


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Ralph Hunter-Menzies
Dynamite Projects is very pleased to present the first solo exhibition of paintings by Ralph Hunter-Menzies
Ralph Hunter-Menzies b.1988 is a painter and a drummer.
He's been living in a tent, inside the warehouse of Dynamite Projects for over a year. Each day he is woken by the sound of compressors, engine revving and shouts of "BANG haha oi oi!!". He falls asleep as thundering freight trains shake the mezzanine his tent rests on. The studio life isn't smooth but he isn't a cool kid - he's rock and roll. In the morning, cars drift into the mechanics next door and fumes start to fill his own space. He pulls open the shutters and puts the coffee on
Ralph's studio sounds of heavy metal, 60's ballads and occasional classical interventions. He washes a previous layer of paint marks from one panel while adding paper to another, shredding it like the guitar solos in his 80's hair metal tracks. He peels back layers and applies new ones with different processes, separate instruments. A painting can seemingly reach crescendo only to be pulled back to work with new process radically changing the tempo. Ralph keeps building layers but drums to a different beat each time
Satisfaction is reached once disparate layers meet in hectic harmony
It's a long night that Hunter-Menzies works into and through it his industrial estate is visited by busses, cars and groups who use the toilets for drugs and more. Cars wheelspin past and women scream in a way that is troubling, hard to discern from crime or play. Sometimes there is a crash on the corner of the street near the bridge or an argument that develops into something requiring intervention. He'll ponder calling the police then fall asleep to dream of paint and improvised percussion sounds... again
Glorious Abandon
Dynamite Projects presents a display of contemporary baroque
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Jade Fadojutimi
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Hugo Wilson
private view Tuesday 19th April 7-10pm
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Music for Chambers / Paintings for a Chamber
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The legend about this town (the modern Gaete, which is not far from Terracina, on the southern coast of Latium) tells how it had been founded in memory of Caieta, the nurse of Aeneas (or, according to other versions, of Ascanius, Aeneas's son, or even of Creusa, the wife of Aeneas). Some versions say that she had been buried there and others that she had quelled the fire which was threatening to burn Aeneas' ship. Yet another tradition gives the name of Gaete to Aeetes, the father of Medea, who had come to the district in pursuit of his daughters (see ARGONAUTS). According to this version, the town had originally been called Aeete, but the name was later changed to Gaete.
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- Virgil, Aen. 7, 1ff. with Serv. ad loc
- Ovid, Met. 14, 441ff.
- Strabo 5, 3, 6, p. 233
- Solinus 2, 13
- Anon. De Orig. Gent. Rom. 10
- Dion. Hal. 1, 53, 3
- Diod. Sic. 4, 56
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Effect of Subtle Energy Patterns on Cell Viability and Mitochondrial Membrane Potential
Linda Klimaviciusa Kaspars Jekabsons (1), John McMichael (2), Jeremy Lins (2), Yury Kronn (3)
An in-vitro experiment with human dermal fibroblast (HDF) cells was conducted to compare the influences of various subtle energy patterns, created with Vital Force Technology, on cells' viability and longevity while in the condition of "food deprivation." To create this condition, a growth medium was not replenished throughout the entire course of the experiment. That is, at first, cells grew normally, but once the food ran out, they began to die. Control cells were grown in a standard growth medium, while the experimental cells were grown in the same medium, but infused with different subtle energy patterns. The growth rate of cells grown in energy-infused media was dramatically higher during the growth stage, up to 82% more than in the control group. The best result was demonstrated by the subtle energy pattern that was created specifically for the support of cells' functioning. Also, cells in energy-infused media died much more slowly than the control cells: on the 9th day, there were between 50% - 83% more live cells in the energy-infused medium.
Another series of experiments was conducted using the human embryonic kidney cell line (HEK-293). To create a food deprivation condition cells were grown in a standard growth medium without the addition of fetal bovine serum (FBS), which is usually used for growing cells. In addition to the absence of FBS, mitochondrial toxins - MMP+, causing symptoms of Parkinson disease, or Rotenone - were added to the experimental samples and half of the control samples. Growth media of the experimental samples were infused with the two subtle energy patterns that produced the best results in the first experiment (described above). After 3 days, the viability of the cells and the mitochondrial membrane potential were compared, using the MMT colorimetric assay, JC-1 dye, and Tecan spectrometer. Measurements showed that both the viability and mitochondrial membrane potential of the experimental cells were significantly better, not only in comparison with the control containing mitochondrial poison, but even in comparison with the non-poisoned control.
Presented experimental results show that subtle energy patterns technologically created to support human cells can effectively provide high viability of cells and protect their mitochondrial functions, even in the presence of poisonous substances.
1. Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, 1A Sarlotes Str., Riga LV-1001, Riga, Latvia
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We may pride ourselves on being a hip, flashy city shaking off its dullsville status but along the way we are busy eating through our precious natural capital, stomping out a pattern for consumption and development of monster proportions….
We drive, drive and drive…We rack up more clicks per person per year than just about anyone else on the globe. Only the Texans and their yank tanks pip us for juice per jaunt. With every TV ad break bracketed by yet another car commercial and our import ships disgorging yet another shiny new batch to clog our roads it is hardly surprising that the freedom the car offers can be lost in a tapering sea of headlights
We sprawl. Stretching nearly 250kms from Yanchep to Bunbury we are the land on the long white development. Our great straggling city covers an area about that of London but with only about 1/9th the population. Such low density design consigns many of our suburbs to little more than the places we eat and sleep with neither the population nor diversity to re-create the vibrancy of a true complex and evolving city
We waste. Our verge rubbish chuck out has become a state right but it is also a tragic reminder of our excess and most of what we see ends up as yet more stuff buried in the bottom of a big hole in the ground. We throw out over 500kg of junk per person per year. The highest in the world!
We are very thirsty! For a city built on the worst sands in the world, gripped by the fastest drying climate we are pretty slow to wake up to just how precious our liquid gold really is. Already we have spent over $1.5billion building two desal plants to quench this ravenous thirst for water. But when you see the biggest chunk of this goes onto our gardens, most of which are poorly designed and managed for our semi arid climes, you have to think our water woes are set to continue
We bulge….and it is not just our waistlines! It is as if as the average family unit has gotten smaller we have felt the need to build bigger houses. Since the 1950s the average house has doubled and the battleship grey 'McMansion' looms in every suburb. It has declared war on common sense, grace, humility, aesthetics and energy efficiency in a structure of such epic proportions that it has to rely on huge air conditioners to keep the house comfortable throughout the year.
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Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Office 365. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Counting Dates in a Range.
by Allen Wyatt
(last updated November 28, 2015)
If you have a range of cells that are filled with random, non-sorted dates, you may want to figure out how many of those dates fall between a start date and an end date. For instance, if B1:B101 contains the random dates, cell E1 contains the start date, and cell E2 contains the end date, you may want to know what type of formula you can use in cell E4 to return the number of dates in B1:B101 that fall between E1 and E2.
There are actually several different ways you can arrive at a solution. The first, of course, would be to simply add a formula in each cell to the right of the dates in column B, and have that formula return a 1 if the date is between E1 and E2, or a 0 if not. You could then sum the column to get the desired count. You would use the following formula in each cell to the right of the dates:
This particular formula goes into cell C1, and can then be copied down to cells C2 through C101. Then, in cell E4, all you would need to do is use the following formula:
The drawback to this, of course, is that the additional values in C1:C101 can play havoc with the appearance of a carefully crafted worksheet. Fortunately there are ways to find the proper result without the need to use an intermediate value.
One way is to use an array formula. The following formula, placed in cell E4, will do the trick. All you need to do is remember to enter the formula using Shift+Ctrl+Enter. (This signifies to Excel that you are entering an array formula.)
If you prefer to not use an array formula, you can use the following standard COUNTIF-based formula in E4:
When you enter this formula, Excel will assume that you are returning a date value, and will therefore helpfully format the cell as a date. All you need to do to correct this is to use Format | Cell to format the cell using something besides a date format, such as General.
The formula works by counting all dates that are after the early date plus all dates that are before the late date. This essentially counts all dates once and double-counts the desired selection. By subtracting the number of dates in the range (at the beginning of the formula), the formula effectively eliminates all but the desired result.
If you prefer, you can also use the DCOUNT function to return the desired count. This, however, is just a bit more involved. Unlike the earlier solutions, DCOUNT relies on the use of named ranges. Follow these steps:
The DCOUNT function uses the criteria you specified in D1:E2 to examine the data range defined as MyDates and return the count of cells that meets those criteria.
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2015-11-30 11:25:41
Steven Adams
The newer Excel function COUNTIFS is ideally suited for counting dates in a range.
Similar to Boris Ovchinnikov's suggestion but without the concatenate functions.
2015-11-29 00:55:21
Boris Ovchinnikov
Why not to use COUNTIFS function?
[may be this is not the shortest formula that can be used - by IMHO it's easy to understand and construct]
2015-11-28 09:42:56
or you can simply use the "counifs" formula
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That was … strange.
Episode Summary: In flashbacks, with the help of Tinkerbell, Regina's father tries to bring her to her happiness by helping her find the man with the lion tattoo, but instead, she makes it so the magical arrow points her in the direction of the person she hates most. Upon remembering that she's the person she hates most, in present day Storybrooke, Regina combines her love with the Evil Queen's hate, and they send her back to the Wish Realm where she can start over. Emma learns the truth about what Killian did to her grandfather and just as he's about to come home from running off to find himself, Gideon tramps him in Nemo's submarine.
Review | Analysis: If we stop trying to figure out Once Upon A Time's timelines and realms, we won't be confused right? That's essentially where I'm at with this episode. While I thoroughly loved the thematic importance of "Page 23", when things don't make sense, it's a little tough to be fully engaged and pleased. But nonetheless, "Page 23" highlighted the importance of self-love beautifully. And thankfully, we no longer have to deal with the Evil Queen anymore.
Once Upon A Time knows how to remind us of the struggles we continuously face in our lives and "Page 23", much like "Murder Most Foul" did that best by reminding us of the fact that forgiveness and self-love go together. It reminded us of the fact that at the end of the day, love will always win. It'll always be able to heal even the darkest souls.


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b. Appellee's brief due 30 days after the filing of the appellant's brief.
c. Appellant's reply brief due within 20 days after the filing of the appellee's brief but in any event not later than 10 days before the date of argument.
d. File 15 copies of each brief and, if filed as a separate volume, 10 copies of any record extract. (For MDEC cases, see # 5 below).
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A former publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer will play a role in helping to advise the new owners on advertising strategies. The appointment — among a few others — is an indication that they're trying to 'carry on,' despite the sudden loss of co-owner Lewis Katz in that weekend private jet crash.
When Lewis Katz and Gerry Lenfest became the successful bidders at auction for the company, it was announced that Lenfest would be the interim publisher, while they went on a national search.
Katz and Lenfest told newsroom employees after their successful auction that they were looking at 4-5 publisher candidates.
In the meantime, Brian Tierney, who led the company as publisher when there were local owners from 2006 to 2010, will help Lenfest, the long-time philanthropist. Lenfest indicates Tierney will serve as Interim Special Advisor to the Publisher, focusing on advertising.
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Ms Brenda Chung
Firstly, I would like to thank you for the excellent & smooth execution of the outdoor booster. I am touched by the camaraderie and bonding of the participants at the end of the 2 days. I am also impressed by the degree of customisation and pointers brought out during the debrief sessions. Here is what my user from Wavelink Maritime Institute has to say:
"First of all, a great THANK YOU for the excellent organizing of this event! I'm impressed by the professionalism of the Right Impact staff as well, particularly of Andy. I'm sure our cadets learnt quite a lot during the programme."
Principal Employability Coach,
Worker Support Employment and Employability Institute (e2i).
Ms Filzah Rahmat
On behalf of Transit Link, I would like to personally thank you and your fantastic team for facilitating such high-energy teambuilding activities. There was a perfect combination of mental and physical challenges; and each team member could contribute to completing each stage. Being able to tailor the event to meet our objectives was a great experience and no request was too difficult for your team. People kept telling me how much fun they had and how different this year's team building was!
Thank you for the AWESOME work & keep up the energy guys!
Manager, Human Resource Development TransitLink
The workshop was very insightful. It provided an opportunity to obtain a better understanding of one's personality. More importantly, it gave an overview of the group's personalities. This will be instrumental on how we move the organization forward.
Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre
Ms Lim Bei Fen
Right Impact put together a programme for our annual staff retreat that not only met our objectives but even went the extra mile to customise the activities to be relevant to the work in our organisation. The team of facilitators was professional and engaging which greatly contributed to an enjoyable retreat for all participants. Thank you RIT team!.
Constituency Manager (Integration), East Coast GRC
People's Association
Mr Lim Seng Huat
Thank you for the well co-ordinated event. I am impressed with the programme's presentation and pace control, and not to mention your professionalism.
In the beginning, the committee had a tough time deciding whether to use Right Impact again because we're afraid there may be a lack of new ideas. However, you guys have proved to be innovative and wow our employees again with the team building activities. Most important of all, our employees came back to work on Monday, still talking about how they enjoyed the event…
Of course it will be a "tough" challenge, but I am sure your team can start thinking, brainstorming on "new" ideas so that you can join us again in 2014.
SHE & Security Manager DSM Singapore).
Mr Yeo Whee Jim
Right Impact put together a programme for the PSC Secretariat in Nov 2008. We wanted a teambuilding programme that also incorporated a session for the entire team to brainstorm for ideas to improve the way we do things. Notwithstanding the fact that Right Impact put in the most cost-effective bid; the thought that went into the programme, the professionalism, the innovation, the responsiveness to our needs and the quality of service delivery was frankly, quite amazing. From the mailer design, to the overarching Silk Route theme, the cultural food trail, and follow-up AFTER the end of the session; it was one pleasant surprise after another (this was the first time we engaged Right Impact's services).
Director, PSC Secretariat, Public Service Commission
LTC(RETD) Nicholas Teo
Thank you for putting together the retreat which not only met all our objectives, but also helped bond the team. You've surpassed our expectations in many ways.
Deputy Director Regional Cooperation for Combating Piracy an
d Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP ISC)
Junaidah Hayoon
We enjoyed everything - the teambuilding activities, brain-storming games, and many, many more... Thanks again for meeting our demanding requests and making our annual retreat in 2007 a successful one.!
Senior Staff Sergeant, Singapore Police Force
Ms Sophia Yeow
Thank you RIT team, I truly appreciate the dedication and professionalism from the team for my recent 2 events. I certainly look forward to long term engagements for our joint success.
Commercial Marketing Director, Asia GE Healthcare IT.
Ms Sng Mui Tiang
I am impressed with the tailoring of the program to meet our needs from the theme to the consideration of our makeup and background. The team is professional and created a cordial atmosphere which was very ideal for team building.
Programme Director, (CBRE) Defence Science Organisation
Miss Melissa Chew
Our heartfelt thanks to Right Impact for your commitment and professionalism in making our teambuilding event a huge success! Many of the staff members are still talking with enthusiasm about the fun they had and the lessons learnt. You guys have been accomodating to our many staff engagement initiatives and have gone the extra mile to meet and exceed our expectations! We will not hesitate to recommend Right Impact to our friends and colleagues.
Senior Account Manager Tan Tock Seng HospitalT.
Joanne S.Y. Chan
Thanks Right Impact for the facilitation and energy. I think our group started the session with some reservation and distance, but by the end of the 1.5 days, the walls had melted away and the team is really beginning to look like a real team!