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Beach casting destroys the myth that sea angling is not physical, energetic or sportingly skilled. A myth so often believed by the novice angler whose arrival with a beachcaster on the shoreline in winter can be a horrendous shock if the wind is blowing. Would you attempt a full size golf course as a total novice golfer without lessons? Of course NOT, then my first piece of advice for the beginner is to get casting lessons because simply throwing money at the best fishing tackle is only a small part of the solution.
Distance casting has been hyped up over the years and some of the elite casters may be to blame for making even the practical casting distances seemingly out of the reach or mere mortals. The truth is that modern fishing tackle, like golf clubs, has evolved and can be a great equaliser for increasing casting performance. However, a rod and reel will not do the job completely for you and no amount of money will put yards on your ability, but a suitable outfit can ensure that you start on the right foot and are able to perform to your potential. Beware of being outgunned by tournament distance exaggerations and myths, especially that you need is a stiff, powerful rod, you will still need the shoulders and the skill to get the best from it. Liken a beachcaster to a bow and arrow. If you cannot pull the string back the arrow goes nowhere, if the string is sloppy and easy to pull back its potential is limited. What you want is a rod that YOU can bend and get the most from.
Let's look at practical casting distances – Tournament distances have extended past 300 yards in recent times, but these distances are only obtained by a few top casters using a plain lead with a following wind, no bait, no tackle and so have limited connection with fishing!!!! However, lots of the proficient casters can put a baited hook close to, or over the 200 yard mark. Most untutored novices can't make 80 yards at their first attempt. In purely practical terms a cast of 80 to150 yards with a baited hook enables the angler to catch fish from a majority of venues.
As a last resort, choice of venue is always a way around a lack of casting range with deep waters piers, harbours, head lands and rough ground all venues that can produce fish to a shorter cast.
There are a number of casting styles and they totally relate to the power input and resulting distance. At the top of the distance ratings is the powerful pendulum cast which is a crucially timed power cast involving swinging the lead in an arc to increase initial compression in the rod. Timing and power are important to this cast and like the best golf swing not all can reach this standard.
The OTG (off the ground) cast is a more controlled, smooth cast producing long distances. Timing is important, but less difficult to master and most beginners find casting off the ground, an easy starting point. There are a range of others names for this casting style which launches the lead from a standing start.
The overhead thump is the most basic style used by lots of novices without any coaching at all, it's like throwing a stone and comes naturally. In all cases the correct tackle is paramount for the maximum distance, but gradually in recent years longer lighter rods have increased the distance potential of this style simply because a longer rod is a longer lever.
It's essential when choosing a rod to still remember that you can still be over powered by too much rod length and just like a pendulum rod can be too stiff for the angler to bend a long rod can be too heavy for the caster to move through the casting stroke with any speed!
The distances that fish can be caught are between a few yards and hundreds of yards and whilst in most cases a good cast (100 plus yards) will put you amongst fish, on occasions some species are almost close enough to touch. Using casting to your advantage includes knowing when to cast short or long, as well as controlling an ego that wants to show others how good a caster you are!
Being able to cast more than 100 yards is a big advantage, especially during winter when weather conditions are severe. Powering a lead into a head wind and past the turmoil of the waves enables you to continue fishing in the most extreme conditions.
Around the Country there are lots of casting instructors, some give their time free through the local angling club, some charge for tuition. Check out your local club or tackle shop. Some of the national sea angling magazines also operate a casting school via a list of casting instructor and they are worth checking out.
Check that line is not wrapped around your rod tip or intermediate ring before casting, this is a common cause of casting snaps offs on the beach.
The first essential of a beach casting outfit is a Casting Shock Leader. This is a strong section at the beginning of the line to take the shock and strain of casting. Lines used for long casting need to be thin and are not sufficiently strong enough to take the strain of casting a 6oz lead. The consequences of the line breaking and the lead flying off are too horrendous to contemplate and so a casting shock leader is an essential to all sea casting.
Casting shock leaders have shackled UK shore fishing for several decades and are partly responsible for the many snaggy beaches around our coasts, some anglers are now arguing that shock leaders can be dispensed with safely provided a set of common sense rules are followed, others argue that all casting requires a shock leader. On the Continent the necessity to use fine lines in order to catch fish has negated the use of heavy shock leaders and the anglers have been sensible enough to organise themselves to do this safely! However, before you rush off and dump or reduce the breaking strain of your casting shock leader, remember you need to appraise each casting situation individually. For all types of power casting, or any casting with a multiplier reel, a shock leader is essential because the risk of a snap off is increased.
The casting shock leader, whilst often being seen an essential of the shore angler, is one of the most off putting aspects of sea angling for many beginners. It's fiddly and complicated to tie in the first instance and if its lost first cast lot of novices simply carry on without out it. However, NOT using a casting shock leader is in jumping up and down territory for the Health and Safety conscious sea angler. A shock leader is also always advised for novices simply because of their lack of casting experience and skill which makes their casting potentially more hazardous.
The easiest knot for tying a leader is the Uni leader knot. OK it's not the strongest, but it is accepted as the best compromise because it sits on the reel neatly and doesn't cut thumbs or catch on rod rings when cast.
Stronger, but more complicated to tie is the Bimini Loop leader knot
Tapered shock leaders are another option – they are more expensive to buy BUT offer a smaller knot because the leader and main line diameters are the same and tied with a double blood knot this allows the leader to flow off the fixed spool reel spool smoothly. A tapered leader can also be tied onto the main line more easily and quickly on the beach.
Another solution to leader loss, often used by rock anglers, is to do away with the shock leader completely and increase the main line strength/diameter. Although a thicker line will catch more tide and not flow off the spool so easily or cast so far, it does offer a greater element of safety. 25lb to 30lb mainline is capable of casting 4 to 5oz with an overhead style with a fixed spool reel safely and from rough ground the advantages of not using a shock leader are that by using lighter hook snoods tackle loss can be reduced. Another on the beach time saving alternative is to use a fixed spool reel, spare spools can be swapped in seconds simply by unscrewing the front drag and swapping spools. If you only have one fixed spool reel then a spare spool or two loaded with line and leader is an advantage when a snap off or snag claims your gear.
On the Continent the overhead thump casting style is widely used in conjunction with fixed spool reels and low diameter lines and this combination poses far less risk of a lead breaking off and flying parallel to the sea. Fishing rules in Europe only allow anglers to cast overhead and in a straight line in front of them and this takes out most of the dangers imposed by the line snapping. The overhead style is less powerful and only allows a snap off to go directly in front of the caster. The more experience angler using the overhead thump casting style and a fixed spool can however safely reduce the leader strength and this is increasingly the case amongst summer anglers. Other ways around the problem includes the use of braid line all through and using 30lb breaking strain braid on a fixed spool reel is a fairly safe option for short to medium range fishing and is the option chosen by a large number of sea anglers nowadays.
PRO TIP: The standard rule for monofilament shock leader strength is 10lb of breaking strain of line for every 1 ounce of the lead cast, add 10lb to the leader line for the casting field or busy venues.


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Holmen High School agriscience teacher Roger King has received a $5,000 Student Achievement/Learning and Leadership grant from the NEA Foundation. The award, King said, will be used to help Holmen High School educators learn how to instruct farm-to-school techniques in a number of settings.
In his application, King said, "Educators will become familiar with greenhouse labs, outdoor gardens, and offsite farms, which they will use to provide students context for math and science concepts through the observation of food production. The project will create a learning environment that fosters the development of meaningful collaboration and problem-solving as students produce food for the school lunch program."
King was Wisconsin's 2015 High School Teacher of the Year and our representative to the National Teacher of the Year program.
Nationwide, the NEA Foundation is awarding 30 grants to NEA members across 22 states for a total of $123,000.
"With these grants, we are supporting educator-driven solutions that contribute to improved student performance in public schools," said Harriet Sanford, president and CEO of the NEA Foundation. "Our support enables educators to engage in a wide variety of innovative approaches to the benefit of students across the country."
The NEA Foundation awards two levels of grant funding, $2,000 or $5,000, for two categories of grants to public education professionals: Student Achievement Grants for initiatives to improve academic achievement, and Learning and Leadership Grants for high-quality educational professional development activities.
A team of 20 educators, many former grantees, carefully reviewed all applications and evaluated each one against a set of criteria. Funded educator grants were selected for the quality of the grant proposal ideas and their potential for enhancing student achievement.
Over the past decade, the NEA Foundation has invested more than $7.1 million in teaching grants to support the work of almost 4,500 educators from every state in the country to help students succeed. Each year, the Foundation awards approximately 150 Student Achievement and Learning and Leadership Grants. To learn about these educators' projects, visit the NEA Foundation's Grantee Archive. Search for grantees and projects by most recent, grade level, subject, state, or keyword.
The NEA Foundation awards its grants to educators three times a year. Grants are available for NEA members only, and the next education grant deadline is February 1, 2017. Application forms and a video with step-by-step instructions on how to apply can be found in the Grants to Educators section of the NEA Foundation website.
The NEA Foundation is a public charity supported by contributions from educators' dues, corporate sponsors, and others. The NEA Foundation supports student success by helping public school educators work with key partners to build strong systems of shared responsibility. Visit www.neafoundation.org for more information.


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Hi all! A very warm, sparkly, glossy, shimmery, glowing welcome to my beauty blog! Nothing fancy, just me, reviewing and rambling about beauty products and suchlike. As a student trying to feed my beauty addiction I'm all about finding cheaper high end dupes and bargains, with a few tutorials thrown in, generally this'll be mix of anything beauty related – hope everyone enjoys!
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There are several ways to improve the look and feel of your home, but taking out some rather old finishings and putting in some more modern elements that come with the day and age that we live in. A lot of us now live in the homes we grew up in and as adults might want to make some changes that are just more befitting of our style rather than that of our parents, who we respect but cannot entertain their old school thoughts on design and style. Hence, there are several options going forward, according to your choices and preferences and of course your budget.
Get rid of the drab and put in the glam
Curtains can be great but they also speak of a time when things like the blinds Newcastle and other areas have to offer were not available to the market. So one such consideration that might be crossing your path soon will be whether or not to leave the curtains or replace with something with more finesse and modern appeal. This can be one way to really make a place that much more snazzy and you will also find that less dust is collected around your windows when this happens.
When you don't want clutter
This can also go a long way in decluttering one or more rooms. Curtains can be large and actually sometimes get in the way of other room elements. Rather go for something that is a bit more minimalist and can find its way into the heart and home of you and your family. It's also a really nice fitting for a work from home office, which needs the cool elements to keep you away from the distractions on the other side of that office door. So again, give this a think and then hopefully act accordingly.
Count the numbers and take it from there
Depending on how many of these you are going to want to have erected across your house or office space, you are going to have to do the costings and see what makes the most sense for what you have to spend in the end. This is certainly something to run by the professionals who operate in this space, so they can take into your needs and draw that alongside their experience and knowledge. That way, you will get the best outcomes, which will leave you comfortable and you won't have broken the bank.
Get others involved
For instance, if you are looking to kit out your home with these plush new fittings, you are going to want to ask what your spouse has to say about it all. He or she might have some different ideas to you, which you might not have even thought about to start with. This way, you get even more value out of the whole experience, which will leave you entirely pleased with the whole thing. Then, when it's time to roll down those chords and close out the cold or sun, you'll be a happier person.


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Well yesterday was Andrew's 13th birthday. In addition to being sort of a gateway to young adulthood in our culture, Andrew's birthday is something of a reflection point for me since he was just one month old when we began our journey in Georgia. This post is dedicated to 13 memories I have of Andrew over the years God has entrusted him to us.
- I am grateful the Lord has given Andrew much grace to adapt to our mission here in Carrollton. His daily life is much affected by the number of neighborhood boys who want to play basketball with him in our driveway. Most days he demonstrates a lot of Jesus even when he'd rather stay inside.
- I appreciate how much Andrew is willing to play with little kids. This has been useful to Jesus many times. My favorite memory of this is hearing how he entertained a little Kurdish boy despite the language barrier on our mission survey trip to England a few years ago.
- Andrew introduced me to Phineas and Ferb, one of the greatest cartoons of all time. He looks as good as I do in a Perry the
Platypus shirt.
- One of my favorite Andrew moments happened at the dentist. He was talking with the staff there about life and when they asked him about his favorite playmate, he said Annalise. My eyes still water many times when I think of it. He is a terrific big brother.
- Even though he is in many ways a typical guy, Andrew is much more sensitive to others (even animals) than I am. I have learned a lot from him by seeing him take on the burdens and hurts of other people and creatures.
- Andrew has always been a bit of an engineer. When he was a little over 1 he figured out how to open up the glove box in our van. The thing that struck me wasn't that he figured it out – I suppose lots of kids would do that when prompted. The surprising thing to be was that he wanted to figure it out and then stuck to it once he committed.
- Andrew has always loved super heroes, even as a little guy. I know that's not uncommon, but I mean he REALLY love superheroes. He once read the Marvel Encyclopedia cover to cover in a little over a week. He even will tolerate the inferior DC superheroes like Green Lantern.
- He is 1-0 as a starting quarterback, including the wackiest play probably in the history of Upward Football. Even though he was nowhere near the best player on the team, his constant encouragement to his teammates could be heard by everyone at the field and he never gave up because he wasn't thrown to when open.
- One time during a visit to Colonial Williamsburg, he was called onstage by Thomas Jefferson who handed him a feather pen and an actual sword, only to ask which was mightier. Not only did he correctly answer that the pen was mightier (which he was allowed to keep), but he didn't stab anyone. Sometimes I wonder if they would have let him keep the sword if he got the answer wrong.
- Andrew not only likes sports, he is a student of them. He likes to understand what makes certain plays work in certain situations. That he has learned most of this from video games rather than TV commentators says more about how bad TV sports commentators are (with a few exceptions) than how great video games are.
- This is a silly memory but still dear to me. A few years ago we were going camping and needed a quick meal before we arrived. We went to Wendy's and I got the Baconator and he got the "son of Baconator."
- Andrew has some unusually astute insights into the Scriptures, and had them even when he was very young. It's always fun and encouraging to see the way he approaches a passage and what he can get out of it that I miss.
- Since I travel a lot with work, I have been giving Andrew a little pep talk every time I leave about some of the big things about being a Christian man – serve others, set an example of obeying God with joy, be responsible with things God entrusted to you. God has been pleased to let me see him grow in each of these things over the years, and I'm excited to see where God will take him in the future.
Please join me in wishing Andrew a Happy Birthday and praying that God would continue to mold him like Jesus.


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NI rolls out PXI Express remote, rack-mount controller
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National Instruments has expanded its PXI platform with the introduction of the NI RMC-8355 rack-mount controller and the NI PXIe-PCIe8381 PXI Express remote controller. The rugged rack-mount controller for PXI and PXI Express systems is geared for high-performance test and measurement applications, and mission critical test and control. The NI PXIe-PCIe8381 PXI Express remote controller is an MXI link featuring a x8 Gen 2 cabled PCI Express link to connect a PXI Express chassis to desktop PCs with a fully transparent, high-bandwidth link.
The NI RMC-8355 features up to two quad-core Intel Xeon E5620 processors for eight cores of computing performance, with 2.4GHz base clock frequency and 2.66GHz single-core turbo frequency. It also boasts high availability features such as hot-swappable fans and redundant hard-drives and power supplies, maximise system uptime, stated the company.
The NI PXIe-PCIe8381 touts a sustained throughput of 3.2GB/s per direction and m maximum cable length with rugged latching connectors. In addition, the NI MXI-Express BIOS Compatibility Software ensures easy connection with a variety of PCs for direct control of PXI Express systems, TI stated.
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Samsung India has launched its latest flagship in India called as Galaxy C9 Pro. It is available across all retail channels at the price of ₹36,900/-. You can purchase it from Amazon, Flipkart, Croma or Tata Cliq. It comes in two beautiful colors: gold and black. Here are the complete details about it:
Display and Processor
Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro flaunts a big screen of 6-inch full HD AMOLED display with resolution of 1080 * 1920 pixels. Under the hood, it is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 SoC with four cores clocked at 1.95GHz and four at 1.44GHz. It houses Adreno 510 GPU and 6GB of RAM. The phone comes with 64GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 256GB via microSD card. It runs Android Marshmallow operating system.
Camera and Battery
On the photography front, it packs a 16-megapixel camera on rear as well as front. The rear camera comes with aperture of f/1.9 and a dual LED flash. It includes features like touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR, geo-tagging and phase detection autofocus. The front camera is also capable of clicking magnificent selfies. Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro is backed by a big 4,000mAh battery with support for fast charging.
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The smartphone has a fingerprint scanner as well. The connectivity options include 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi, GPS, Glonass, NFC, USB Type-C and 3.5mm audio jack. It measures 162.9 * 80.7 * 6.9 mm and weighs 189 grams. The sensors include compass magnetometer, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope and proximity sensor.
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Keith Tyson at Blum and Poe
Artist: Keith Tyson
Venue: Blum and Poe, Los Angeles
Date: May 23 – June 27, 2009
Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump.
Images courtesy Blum and Poe, Los Angeles
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Blum & Poe is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in Los Angeles of British artist Keith Tyson.
This exhibition will include three bodies of Tyson's current work, Nature Paintings, Operator Paintings, and Studio Wall Drawings. Tyson is known for using a disparate array of mediums and methods to present and explore some of the most challenging questions and paradoxes about the nature of being and man's place in the world. His vast output mirrors the wonder and terror of our uncontrollable and awe-inspiring reality, as the formal sciences of cosmology and mathematics mingle with Tyson's ideas about the complex systems that surround us. Tyson isolates these various methods of thought only to scramble them again in order to elucidate the overwhelming sensation of interconnectedness.
Nature Paintings is a series that Tyson has been producing since 2006. Described most aptly as paintings by nature rather than of nature, these paintings typify Tyson's penchant for creating systems within which chance, as well as Tyson's eye, generates the art. For these paintings Tyson pours paint, chemicals, pigments, and other substances onto specialized grounds and then angles them to invite stunning reactions of form and color. From this act of surrendering to the materials, the work independently develops and becomes an extraction of what we see and experience in nature.
The Operator Paintings are works made by the application of equations, devised from standard mathematical operators. Tyson investigates natural, social, mathematical, and cosmological systems and seeks ways to illustrate their dialogue. Often he couples mathematical theories with imagery, forming complementary relationships in which one form of communication makes up for the other's limitations. In doing so, Tyson highlights the parallels in the languages, in this case of math and art, but in contrast to the nature paintings, these works relate to man-made reflections rather than process-driven systems.
Finally, the Studio Wall Drawings are at once a visual diary and a skeleton key to Tyson's practice. Combining images, sketches, words, and excerpts from conversations, Tyson traces and connects his varying subjects, revealing for his viewers his thought processes and insights into all the things that inspire and inform his work.
Keith Tyson was born in Ulverston, Cumbria. Tyson has been included in several recent exhibitions, a selection includes Nature Paintings, Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, Cumbria (2008); Random Nature, Project B, Milan, Italy (2008); Large Field Array; The Turner Prize: A Retrospective at Tate Britain (2007); the Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark (2006); and Dionysiac, Centre Pompidou (2005). His work belongs to many collections worldwide, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco; the Art Council Collection, London; Foundation Francois Pinault, Paris; The South London Gallery Collection, London; and the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuelle Kunst (SMAK), Gent, Belgium. In 2002 Tyson won the Turner Prize. Tyson lives and works in Brighton and London, England.


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Rabbi Arthur Schneier Joins Pope Francis and Muslim Leaders
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New York, NY
Calls Upon People of All Faiths to Take Part in a Day of Prayer for Humanity a Plea to End the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rabbi Arthur Schneier addressing United Nations General Assembly
05. 12. 20
New York, NY
The Role of Religious Leaders in Addressing the Challenges of COVID-19
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, World Diplomats and Religious Leaders Honor Rabbi Arthur Schneier for His Sixty Years of Leadership on behalf of Human Rights Religious Freedom, Peaceful Coexistence and Inter-religious Cooperation
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New York, NY
Rabbi Arthur Schneier's Remarks at UN International Holocaust Commemoration Service
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United Against Hate
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Appeal Of Conscience Sponsors Passover Food Shipment To Cuba
03. 30. 18
Fellowship On Inter-Religious Cooperation And Conflict Resolution
02. 15. 18
Appeal Of Conscience Welcomes Cardinal Peter Erdo Of Hungary
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1st Annual Golf Classic
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guteres delivers speech on Anti-Semitism
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Metropolitan Hilaron Meets with ACF Delegation
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Rabbi Arthur Schneier meets with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman
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Concert for Unity
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Laudatio honoring Chancellor Angela Merkel with the Ohel Jacob Medal By Rabbi Arthur Schneier
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Pope Francis Prays for the Gift of Tears at Auschwitz
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United Nations Recognizes Yom Kippur as an Official U.N. Holiday
12. 23. 15
New York, NY
Presentation of the Commander of Wissam Alaouite Medal
11. 19. 15
New York, NY
Survival in Shanghai
11. 15. 15
New York, NY
Secretary-General's message to Rabbi Arthur Schneier's Papal Knighthood Investiture Ceremony
04. 27. 15
New York, NY
High-Level Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation
04. 22. 15
New York, NY
Fostering Peaceful, Inclusive Societies and Countering Violent Extremism
Congressional Luncheon in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation and its Founder and President, Rabbi Arthur Schneier
03. 11. 15
Washington, D.C.
2015 UN International Holocaust Remembrance Service
01. 27. 15
New York, NY
UN Deputy Secretary Jan Eliasson's remark
2014 Annual Awards Dinner
09. 23. 14
New York, NY
Rabbi Arthur Schneier Meets with the President of the Czech Republic to Address Heightened Nationalism, Xenophobia, and Anti-Semitism Spreading Across Europe
07. 29. 14
Prague, Czech Republic
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew greeted by Rabbi Arthur Schneier
05. 27. 14
Jerusalem, Israel
Pope Francis welcomed by Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the Kotel at the start of his historic visit to Jerusalem
05. 26. 14
Jerusalem, Israel
WCBS-TV New York
A reunion with Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran and Cardinal Kurt Koch
05. 26. 14
Jerusalem, Israel
Luncheon hosted by the Consul General of Mexico
05. 08. 14
New York
Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO met with Rabbi Arthur Schneier
03. 11. 14
New York
2014 Appeal of Conscience World Statesman Award
03. 05. 14
Washington, D.C.
Appeal of Conscience Foundation Announces President of Mexico Enrique Peňa Nieto to Receive World Statesman Award
01. 09. 14
New York
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith organization, and its president and founder Rabbi Arthur Schneier, today announced it would honor the President of Mexico, Enrique Peňa Nieto, with the 2014 World Statesman Award for his leadership of Mexico
Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Vice Premier Liu Yandong
11. 15. 13
Washington, D.C.
Conference On Jewish Life And Anti-Semitism In Contemporary Europe
10. 01. 13
Budapest, Hungary
H.E. Cardinal Erdo, Archbishop of Budapest-Esztergom, Trustee of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, delivers Rabbi Arthur Schneier's remarks
Understanding Faith Communities
04. 18. 13
Arlington, VA
Appeal of Conscience in cooperation with the Foreign Service Institute U.S. Department of State
ACF delegation hosted an Indonesian delegation
02. 04. 13
New York
ACF delegation hosted an Indonesian delegation. Rabbi Schneier was joined by David Schneider, Andrew Scharf, John Ellis, Antonio Garcia, Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt and Amy Roses.
Meeting with H.E. Vuk Jeremic
01. 18. 13
New York
Meeting with H.E. Vuk Jeremic, President of the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
International U.N. Holocaust Commemoration
01. 12. 13
New York
Remarks by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Rabbi Schneier meets once again with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
11. 28. 12
Vatican City, The Holy See
UNESCO High Panel on Peace and Dialogue Among Cultures, Building Peace
11. 19. 12
Paris, France
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Acceptance Speech
09. 27. 12
New York
Rabbi Schneier Addresses Salzburg Music Festival
07. 20. 12
Salzburg, Austria
Herbert-Batliner-Europainstitut Salzburg Music Festival Address by Rabbi Arthur Schneier President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Rabbi Schneier Key Speaker at Srebrenica Memorial
07. 11. 12
Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, founder and President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation and the Senior Rabbi at Park East Synagogue in New York delivered the keynote address at the seventeenth annual memorial at Bosnias Potocari Memorial Park
Rabbi Schneier's Remarks at Srebrenica Memorial
07. 11. 12
Rabbi Schneier's Visit to Korea
05. 01. 12
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Rabbi Schneier visited South Korea at the invitation of President Lee Myung-bak. President Lee and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok hosted Rabbi Schneier and Mrs. Elisabeth Schneier at a private luncheon in the Blue House
ACF met with Turkish Delegation
04. 23. 12
New York
Rabbi Schneier and H.E. Archbishop Barsamian hosted a dinner in honor of Mayor Topbas. Board members of the ACF, corporate and business leaders from New York
Grand Mufti Ceric in New York
03. 22. 12
New York
Grand Mufti Ceric, long time partner in inter-religious cooperation invited Rabbi Arthur Schneier to address the commemoration of the annual funeral of Bosniak victims
ACF Delegation to Cuba
03. 04. 12
Havana, Cuba
Rabbi Schneier was joined on the interfaith mission by His Eminence Metropolitan Archbishop Athenagoras (Metropolitan of Mexico, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople), Bishop Octavio Cisneros
ACF's 31st Annual Seminar on Religious Life
02. 01. 12
Arlington, VA
Appeal of Conscience Foundation in cooperation with the Foreign Service Institute presented the 31st Annual Seminar entitled Resurgence of Religion as a Factor in International Relations at the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Institute.
Fourth Annual Forum of the UNAOC
12. 11. 11
Doha, Qatar
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President and Founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, addressed the Fourth Annual Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in Doha, Qatar.
ACF at Interreligious Conference on Family
12. 05. 11
Vienna, Austria
High ranking religious leaders from the Russian Orthodox Church, The Archdiocese of Vienna, The Appeal of Conscience Foundation, and The Conference of European Rabbis gathered in Vienna to hold the first ever inter-religious conference on the family.
H.E. Archbishop Barsamian in Moscow
11. 30. 11
Moscow, Russia
H.E. Archbishop Barsamian attended on behalf of ACF an international conference on "Freedom of Faith:
Rabbi Schneier Received Award in Croatia
11. 02. 11
Zagreb, Croatia
Rabbi Arthur Schneier received the Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir with Sash and Star from President Ivo Josipovic of Croatia
World Day of Prayer for Peace
10. 27. 11
Assisi, Italy
Rabbi Schneier was invited by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to attend Day of Reflection
Rabbi Schneier Received Award
09. 21. 11
New York
President of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski, awarded Rabbi Arthur Schneier with the Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Rabbi Schneier Congratulated Pope Benedict XVI
06. 22. 11
Rome, Italy
Rabbi Arthur Schneier offered Pope Benedict XVI best wishes in celebration of the 60th anniversary of His Holiness
ACF Attends UN 2600th Buddhist Commemoration
05. 16. 11
New York
The United Nations commemoration of the 2600th anniversary of Buddhas Enlightenment, sponsored by the Sri Lanka Permanent Mission, was held to promote a message of peace and tolerance to the global community.
Legion of Honor Medal Awarded to Rabbi Schneier
05. 12. 11
New York
Rabbi Arthur Schneier was presented with the prestigious award which is given rarely to foreigners
Leaders of Change Summit
03. 14. 11
Istanbul, Turkey
The first Leaders of Change Summit was hosted by the Istanbul University and the Turkish Future Researches Foundation and supported by the Turkish Prime Ministry
ACF's 30th Annual Seminar on Religious Life
02. 17. 11
Arlington, VA
Appeal of Conscience Foundation with the Foreign Service Institute present the 30th Annual Seminar titled, "Diplomacy, Religious Freedom and the Real World
Federal Republic of Germany Honors ACF President
12. 06. 10
New York
The Honorable Dr. Horst Freitag presents the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit to ACF President Rabbi Arthur Schneier on behalf of President Christian Wulff of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Province of Vienna Honors ACF President
06. 25. 10
Vienna, Austria
Dr. Michael Haüpl, the Governor of the Province of Vienna presents the Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Special Services to ACF President Rabbi Arthur Schneier for advocating Vienna on numerous occasions
Hofstra University Awards ACF President
04. 12. 10
New York
Hofstra University honors ACF president Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Religions for Peace as co-recipients of the 2010 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize at an awards presentation and gala dinner at New York's Garden City Hotel.
Republic of Hungary Honors ACF President
04. 08. 10
New York
President and founder, Rabbi Arthur Schneier is presented with the Commanders Cross with the Star of the Order of Merit by the Republic of Hungary
ACF's 29th Foreign Service Institute Seminar
01. 21. 10
Washington D.C
ACF presents 29th Annual Seminar entitled, "Religion: An Important Factor in International Diplomacy", at the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Institute.
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Knights ACF President
12. 07. 09
New York
ACF Founder and President, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, is knighted by King Juan Carlos I of Spain with the Order of Civil Merit in recognition of his outstanding work in promoting the objectives of peace and tolerance between peoples of different cultures
ACF Welcomes Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
10. 28. 09
New York
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation welcomed His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of 250 million Orthodox Christians to Park East Synagogue
ACF Pays Tribute at Warsaw Ghetto Monument
10. 18. 09
CF joins U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at a special tribute to the Jewish fighters who battled Nazi Germany.
ACF Welcomes Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai
09. 24. 09
ACF welcomes Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai of Hungary to foster Hungarian-American relations and to discuss the displaced Roma in Europe.
2009 World Statesman Award Ceremony
09. 22. 09
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith organization, and its president and founder Rabbi Arthur Schneier today honored Bernard J. Arnault
ACF Received by President Medvedev in Moscow
07. 21. 09
President Dmitri A. Medvedev of the Russian Federation received Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Russia, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation
ACF Joins Welcome of Pope Benedict XVI to Israel
05. 11. 09
Jerusalem, Israel
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, ACF President and Founder and Senior Rabbi of Park East Synagogue, visits Israel to join in welcoming ceremonies and various events slated for Pope Benedict XVI on his historic visit to Israel.
ACF President Receives Italian Solidarity Medal
04. 21. 09
New York
Ambassador Francesco Maria Talo presents the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity to Rabbi Arthur Schneier, ACF President at the Italian Consulate.
Private Audience with Pope Benedict XVI
02. 12. 09
Greeting to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
02. 12. 09
Patriarch Kyrill's Enthronement Ceremonies
02. 01. 09
President and founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, Rabbi Arthur Schneier will participate in the enthronement ceremonies for newly elected Kyrill
Address by Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
01. 24. 09
New York
Greetings to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
01. 24. 09
New York
On behalf of the Holocaust survivors in the congregation this morning I extend a warm welcome to you, Secretary General and Mrs. Ban
ACF Leads Delegation to Cuba
12. 16. 08
Havana, Cuba
The ACF will lead an 11-member delegation of representatives from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Orthodox Communities on a pre-Chanukah/pre-Christmas mission to Cuba from December 16-19, 2008.
ACF Receives Athenagoras Human Rights Award
10. 25. 08
New York
The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America honored Rabbi Arthur Schneier as the 23rd recipient of the Athenagoras Human Rights Award.
2008 World Statesman Award Ceremony
09. 23. 08
New York
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF), an interfaith organization, and its president and founder Rabbi Arthur Schneier presented the 2008 World Statesman Award to French President Nicolas Sarkozy
ACF Meets with Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu
08. 21. 08
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu met with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and ACF delegates to exchange views on Sino-US relations and religious cooperation between the two nations.
King Abdullah Convenes First Interfaith Conference
07. 16. 08
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and the World Muslim League has extended an invitation to Rabbi Arthur Schneier of the Park East Synagogue to speak at an Inter-Religious conference being held in Madrid
Pope Benedict XVI visits Rabbi Arthur Schneier
04. 18. 08
New York
Pope Benedict XVI today made a historic visit to Park East Synagogue in New York, marking the first time a Pope has visited a Synagogue in the United States
2007 World Statesman Award Ceremony
09. 25. 07
New York
Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) president and founder, Rabbi Arthur Schneier presented the 2007 World Statesman Award to Her Excellency Angela Merkel
ACF President addresses EU Parliamentary Assembly
06. 27. 07
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation and spiritual leader, Park East Synagogue (New York) addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
Appeal of Conscience Foundation Awards Dinner
03. 27. 07
More than 500 leaders of the business, political, religious and diplomatic communities gathered to honor The Lord Browne of Madingley, Group Chief Executive of BP
ACF Delegation Meets New UN Secretary General
01. 08. 07
New York
The new United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met on January 8, 2007 with ACF President Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
ACF Co-Chairs Seminar on Interreligious Dialogue
12. 19. 06
New York
On December 19, the Andalusian Government and Tres Culturas Foundation joined with the Appeal of Conscience Foundation in organizing a seminar
26th Annual Foreign Service Institute Seminar
12. 12. 06
Washington, D.C.
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation held its 26th Annual Seminar for the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Institute on Tuesday, December 12, 2006.
ACF Delegation visits Cuba
12. 01. 06
Havana, Cuba
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF), accompanied by Mrs. Elisabeth Schneier, Monsignor Robert Sheeran, President of Seton Hall University and member of the ACF Advisory Council and Mr. Francis Belmont
ACF President meets with Turkish Prime Minister
11. 13. 06
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Co-Sponsor of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, meets with Rabbi Arthur Schneier
Appeal of Conscience Foundation Annual Awards
09. 22. 06
New York
More than 600 diplomats, religious and business leaders, and friends attended the Appeal of Conscience Foundations (ACF) 2006 Annual Awards Dinner on Sept 19 in New York City
Rabbi Schneier on One-Week Official Visit to China
07. 17. 06
Shanghai, China
On Sunday, July 16, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, an American ecumenical leader and president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation known for his work promoting religious freedom, peace, and inter-religious dialogue, finished a one-week official visit to China.
2006 ACF Annual Awards Dinner
07. 13. 06
New York
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation today announced the honorees of its 2006 Annual Awards Dinner, to be held on Tuesday, Sept 19 in New York City.
World Summit of Religious Leaders
06. 15. 06
New York
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) was invited by Patriarch Aleksy II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia to the World Summit of Religious Leaders in Moscow on 4-5 July 2006.
Rabbi Schneier in Dakar, Senegal
06. 01. 06
Dakar, Senegal
Rabbi Arthur Schneier met recently with Senegals president to discuss Israels relations with the Arab world and ways to implement a tentative peace accord in Darfur.
Alliance of Civilizations Meeting
05. 02. 06
New York
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, widely recognized for his life-long devotion to the cause of human rights, religious freedom and inter-religious dialogue
Clinton Global Initiative
05. 01. 06
New York
Former president Bill Clinton has asked Rabbi Arthur Schneier to be an Advisory Member of the second Annual Clinton Global Initiative.
Serbian Orthodox Delegation Meets with Appeal
03. 31. 06
New York
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF), led by Rabbi Arthur Schneier, the President of the Foundation, hosted a meeting with a senior delegation of Serbian religious leaders representing the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church on March 22, 2006.
Rabbi Schneier Appointed to CFR Group
03. 15. 06
New York
Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), has appointed Rabbi Arthur Schneier to a newly formed CFR Religious Advisory Committee
Rabbi Arthur Schneier in Rome
03. 10. 06
Rome, Italy
This past week Rabbi Arthur Schneier traveled to the Vatican to meet with Pope Benedict XVI to discuss the urgent need to protect religious sites around the world.
Rabbi Schneier: Appoint UN Special Representative
03. 01. 06
New York
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF), has appealed to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to appoint a Special Representative with the responsibility to marshal the resources and moral weight of the international community
Creation of Scholars' Panel on Media and Religion
02. 27. 06
Doha, Qatar
In the wake of the international crisis following the publication of cartoons satirizing the Prophet Muhammad in Danish and other European newspapers
Rabbi Schneier at UN Meeting in Doha
02. 25. 06
Doha, Qatar
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, widely recognized for his life-long devotion to the cause of human rights and religious freedom and inter-religious dialogue, will participate in the Second Meeting of the Alliance of Civilizations
50th Anniversary, 1956 Hungarian Uprising
02. 13. 06
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, along with Hungarian Ambassador Simonyi, Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, Congressman Tom Lantos, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and Reverend Wilson Gunn today participated in a ceremony
Religious Tolerance in Caucasus Meeting
02. 10. 06
New York
Rabbi Arthur Schneier met with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and Archbishop Barsamian, Primate of the Armenian Church in America
Rabbi Schneier Meets with King Abdullah II
02. 07. 06
Washington, D.C.
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, discusses the Appeals recent Peace and Tolerance II Conference in Istanbul with King Abdullah II of Jordan
Appeal Issues Plea Over Danish Cartoons
02. 06. 06
New York
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) is concerned about the Danish cartoon controversy. We strongly believe and urge that great sensitivity be exercised where the expression of religious symbols or traditions are concerned.
Jan Eliasson, President , UN General Assembly
01. 19. 06
New York
Ambassador Jan Eliasson, President of the UN General Assembly to Meet with Appeal Leadership and Speak at Park East Synagogue: Heralds First UN Holocaust Commemoration Day
25th ACF Seminar on Religion and Culture
12. 07. 05
Washington, D.C.
The Appeal of Conscience Foundation today held its 25th Annual Seminar on Understanding Religion and Culture for the US State Departments Foreign Service Institute
ACF Brings Bosnian Religious Leaders to State Dept
11. 23. 05
Washington, D.C.
In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Accords that ended the brutal war in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Vienna Conference on Islam and the West
11. 14. 05
Vienna, Austria
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, internationally known for his work in human rights, religious freedom and promoting inter-religious dialogue has been invited by Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik
Conference on Peace and Tolerance II
10. 26. 05
New York
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF); Senior Rabbi, Park East Synagogue and His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch, will co-sponsor the Conference on Peace and Tolerance II
Alliance of Civilizations
10. 21. 05
New York
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, known throughout the world for his leadership on behalf of religious freedom, human rights and tolerance has been appointed by Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan to a new initiative
Hungary PM Pays Visit to Rabbi Schneier
10. 05. 05
New York
Prime Minister of Hungary Ferenc Gyurcsàny, will attend Rosh HaShanah services at Park East synagogue.
ACF Honors World Leaders 40th Anniversary Dinner
09. 21. 05
New York
The Honorable John D. Negroponte, United States National Intelligence Chief, addressed more than 600 leaders of business, public and religious life
Memorial Service for Victims of the Tsunami
01. 01. 05
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, Spiritual leader, Park East Synagogue held a memorial service at the Park East Synagogue on New Year's Day for the victims of the Indian Ocean Tsunami
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R Murray SCHAFER (b.1933)
String Quartet no.1 (1970) [16:26]
String Quartet no.2, 'Waves' (1970) [17:22]
String Quartet no.4 (1988-89) [18:34]
String Quartet no.5, 'Rosalind' (1989) [17:16]
String Quartet no.3 (1981) [28:24]
String Quartet no.6, 'Parting Wild Horse's Mane' (1993) [18:02]
String Quartet no.7 (1998) [27:34]
Quatuor Molinari (Olga Ranzenhofer (violin I), Johannes Jansonius (violin II), David Quinn (viola),
Sylvie Lambert (cello)); Marie-Danielle Parent (soprano) (nos. 4 and 7)
rec. Eglise Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Quebec, 14-17 December 1999 and 15-17 January 2000.
String Quartet no.9 (2005) [23:31]
String Quartet no.10, 'Winter Birds' (2005) [17:27]
String Quartet no.11 (2006) [24:19]
String Quartet no.12 (2012) [16:52]
*String Quartet no.8 (2000/20001) [22:24]
Quatuor Molinari (Olga Ranzenhofer (violin I), Frédéric Bednarz (violin II), Frédéric Lambert (viola), Pierre-Alain Bouvrette (cello)); *Johannes Jansonius (violin II), David Quinn (viola), Julie Trudeau (cello)
R Murray Shafer (narrator) (no.10)
rec. Eglise Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Quebec, June 2012 and January 2013 (nos. 9-12); June 2002 (no.8). DDD
It has been a long wait for those who bought the Molinari Quartet's recording of Murray Schafer's first seven string quartets thirteen years ago. At the time of that release, Schafer was still working on his Eighth and it was only last year that he completed the Twelfth, finally giving the Molinaris and ATMA just about enough material for a second double-disc album.
The first bars of the First Quartet are enough for any listener to recognise that Schafer's music is not full of hummable tunes, whilst others may consider the police sirens in the Second an appropriate response to its 'offence' of atonality. On the first volume, the Seventh Quartet includes a part for obbligato soprano with echo effects, the Fourth an ethereal wordless soprano/violin 'overdub', the Third rhythmic vocalisations from the performers in the middle movement, and the Fifth requires the additional playing of crotales towards the end. For the latest batch Schafer in some respects steps up the experimentalism, with a pre-recorded Aeolian harp in the final movement of the Eleventh, pre-recorded children's voices in the Ninth and a narrator (Schafer himself) in the Tenth.
Yet whilst undoubtedly keen to try new things, even approaching eighty, Schafer does not shy from tonality or indeed lyricism, as many passages in the Fifth, dedicated to the wife of the Canadian businessman who commissioned the work, testify. In fact, encountering Schafer through the opening of the Ninth, with a child's voice singing wordlessly over an elegiac quartet accompaniment, may lead the listener momentarily to the conclusion that Schafer writes Hans Zimmer-style for the US film industry. What is in any case clear from these quartets dating right back to 1970 is that Schafer never set out to shock in a crash-bang-wallop, enfant terrible kind of way. For sure, there are drones and screeches and numerous non-quartet sound effects spanning the decades, but there is always a sense of narrative and extended periods spent in tonal soundscapes that would be recognised by the likes of Shostakovich.
Moreover, from the Chinese-coloured Eighth, the later quartets indicate a more audience-friendly composer. The chilly but melodic Tenth in particular is an ideal place to start listening to Schafer - even if the composer's reading of his own short poem is slightly stagy. In fact, anyone comfortable with the quartets of Schnittke - for which the Molinari Quartet's own recent recording for ATMA comes highly commended - should find even the more uncompromising material in Schafer's earlier works entirely accessible and, with appropriate commitment, enjoyable indeed.
True to form, the Molinari Quartet have helped greatly in the dissemination, such as it is, of these quartets since their formation in 1997. As Schafer explains in the booklet that accompanies the first volume: "In our culture it is rare for a performing group to adopt a composer, as the Molinari Quartet did when Olga Ranzenhofer called me on the telephone to say: 'We'd like to perform all your string quartets and we'd like you to write a new one for us.'" In her own preface Ranzenhofer writes that these works are "destined to remain in the string quartet repertoire for years to come", a reflection of the group's appreciation of the "sensitive and refined writing; pure, beautiful sonorities; powerful harmonies; pungently expressive dissonances; impetuous, energetic rhythms; fascinating transitions between episodes" that characterise Schafer's music. Unfortunately, his quartets have never been in the repertory of any but a few enterprising ensembles - among which the Molinaris are exemplary - that are prepared or in a financial position to try to extend the standard repertoire. How many quartets will even hear these performances, let alone be inspired to learn and programme any Schafer?
Only Ranzenhofer remains of the first-album line-up, incidentally: Frédéric Bednarz, Frédéric Lambert and Pierre-Alain Bouvrette have replaced Johannes Jansonius, David Quinn and Sylvie Lambert, the latter already replaced by Julie Trudeau for the recording of the Eighth. Nevertheless, the sound remains recognisable as that of the Molinari Quartet: strong, considered, expressive, technically superb.
ATMA's booklet notes in both cases are a paragon of clarity and detail, even providing excerpts from each of the scores in the earlier volume. This recording of the Eighth Quartet was previously released on ACD22201, which explains why it was recorded ten years before the rest of the album.
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Sunday, January 28, 2007
Contemplative Cinema: The Long Road to Taipei (2)
(Still from Vive l'amour, 1994.)
Some speculation upon the category of cinema under discussion here ...
1. The rise of the "art film" and (global?) markets for such* in the late 1950s-1960s. Italian Neorealism and its wave, Bergman, Satyajit Ray, certain New American Cinema (Engel, Cassavetes, Milton Moses Ginsberg) and the New Waves of Europe (France, Czechoslovakia, Italy, UK, Poland, etc.). Not necessarily avant-garde cinema as such (e.g., a tradition of Epstein and/or Vertov and/or Cornell).
(1a. The aesthetics of a lot of these art films--not necessarily the sumptuous works of Visconti or the audience-friendly experimentation of Truffaut--were kissing cousins to the exploitation/grindhouse genre films of the era, sharing a common aesthetic. See here. Made on the cheap, with audiences willing to sit through heretofore commercially "inept" or "unviable" dead spaces, oblique plots, mysterious allusions, the promise of philosophy, the promise of sex. Notice that very beautiful women populate both the work of Jancsó and Metzger.)
* Does anyone know of good historical sources on global art film markets and exhibition centers across the world?
2. Art film subsidies declined in Europe in the 1980s ...
(2a. Many established art filmmakers explored the theme of cinema/cinephilia's demise: Godard, Wenders. Nicole Brenez says it was simply a problem used to go on making films ... )
... but some filmmakers didn't do this. What we might call a renewed interest in feature film, "narrative" (loosely, loosely!) minimalism started to come through with a vengeance in the 1980s, I suppose. Chantal Akerman offered a superb example, Tarkovsky too in his own way, and Jarmusch, Tarr, Denis, and others were making films at this time, breaking onto the scene, instead of experiencing the condition of "art cinema" as a decay or decline (Cinema's Death), they started exploring time or repetition (more often than before as objects rather than means), even as financing grew perilous and it was all but impossible for many serious film artists to attempt a film like The Leopard or Barry Lyndon. Things to do in this case, when you don't have much money and this thing "globalization" shows how staggered the entire world is in experiencing & producing the effects of modernity and/or postmodernity ...
(Fredric Jameson has located a figure like Taiwan's Edward Yang as a late modernist for a corner of the world in many ways staggered behind Western postmodernity, and thus being a fascinating and unique sort of reiteration of a figure like Antonioni.)
(Another Taiwanese art filmmaker, Tsai Ming-liang, enacts a confrontation between the modernity of the French New Wave--Jean-Pierre Leaud has a small part in the film, which partially takes place in Paris--and the modernity of the Taipei art film. I suspect that of the "Big Three" Taiwanese film masters right now, all of whom engage deeply with history, Tsai may be the one who is most concerned with the history of aesthetics and cultural forms. Just a proposition, not a considered conclusion.)
In the past few decades a man or woman with a movie camera may have wanted to:
1 - pare down, take inspiration from those independent minds before you who didn't have much money either
2 - cultivate an aesthetic out of these "subtractions"
What's missing? This is the operative question often directed with negativity or bemusement at the likes of not only Claire Denis and the filmmakers mentioned before, but latter-day arrivals on the scene like Tsai, Lisandro Alonso, Carlos Reygadas, and Hong Sang-soo. This kind of cinema, usually existing as festival fare rather than commercial staples, nevertheless comes from out of a feature film framework, and (this is important) is also propagated and discussed as such. (In other words, these aren't alternatives to the dominant form, "feature film," but simply "alternative feature films.")
In my previous installment, on Farocki's Inextinguishable Fire, I suggested that the risk of boredom and other elements often associated with this type of cinema (plotlessness, diminished viewer identification, repetition) can be used to specific political and social ends, that is, these are instances in which the aesthetic hews away from so-called "populism" (a delicate word, as cinematic populism may often mean the mere extension of corporate ideology & valuations) but for real, concrete, anti-elitist purposes. Insofar as we think of a film by Tsai Ming-liang as a film in which elements are missing--insofar as we characterize what we see as some kind of minimalism--then I think the above defense applies to the way we view a Tsai film. That is, whenever we want to characterize a film as a deviation from a feature film logic, we should submit it to the test that Inextinguishable Fire, I believe, helps establish so cogently. A general principle for viewers inclined to dismiss the contemplative in art cinema: when we think of the object as missing something, we have to look at it as a solution rather than a problem in order to see what the film is really doing.
Tsai's What Time Is It There? is a beautiful work about the scattering of humanity (a father's death, a woman's emigration) and people's rituals both formalized (Buddhist) and personal & visceral (the protagonist pisses into bottles & plastic bags, the woman phones someone only to hang up, the mother cooks constantly). A fully modernized, speedy, capitalist world (Taipei) still "experiences itself" as caught behind: but of course a city doesn't experience anything, people do, and in this film the object of Hsiao-kang's interest flies to Paris, and Hsiao-kang experiences this loneliness as a rift, a gap, so he obsessively sets Taipei clocks to Paris time. The repetition of the action is the way in which Tsai, in the film-world he's creating for his audience, shows us something about the world he's reacting to, the real world: a narrative feature film that does not attempt to reflect the world but to comment upon its workings.
I wanted to say a few words on contemplative cinema, and I have (thought not very well); I've also ended up giving a prelude--verrry rough notes--to another line of inquiry I've been preparing for this blog. It will come later.
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- HarryTuttle said...
Lots of food for thoughts in there! Ok, here are my first comments and questions :
- "exploring time or repetition (more often than before as objects rather than means)"
This is really interesting. Time as a film object. Not unlike what Tarkovsky or Deleuze developped in their books. Now how different is the time-object contemplated by Tsai (mundanity?), from the one contemplated by Tarkovsky (spirituality?)?
Repetition is one of the device used to introduce a notion of narrativity in a wordless structure.
-"Tsai may be the one who is most concerned with the history of aesthetics and cultural forms"
I'd like to hear more about this. I'm interested, because I wonder how CC auteur deal with history and politics, it's not as evident as in the demonstrative/militant/symbolic films. In what way do you see this?
"1 - pare down, take inspiration from those independent minds before you who didn't have much money either"
(1) might explain the filiation we traced down, although I would prefer if they had an ideological motivation to emulate old masters rather than just because of material necessity.
"What's missing" is a great way to introduce the new CC paradigm. Maybe you found the key. I like your demonstration there. Tsai shows emptiness as a whole entity rather than the counterpart of abundance, or the hollow evidence of a disparition.
To me What Time is It There? is part of Tsai's most "stylized" work. The repetition of "gags", the near-burelesque rituals, the clocks give it a more dramatic (humorous) structure. The River, Vive L'Amour, The Hole are less tongue-in-cheek and more properly dealing with pure (non-dramatized) ennui.
- ZC said...
Tsai on the history of aesthetics & cultural forms--his films hew closest to a "pastiche" style among the Big Taiwanese Trio (e.g., Grace Chang musicals in The Hole; King Hu wu xia in Goodbye Dragon Inn). Hou and Yang of course deal profoundly with history and that includes cultural forms themselves (Hou with Ozu in Cafe Lumiere, or his triptych in Three Times which I plan on finally seeing tomorrow...), but I think Tsai's engagement with the past is the one of the three most tied specifically to previous aesthetic systems, genres, semiotics.
Goodbye Dragon Inn is "about" nothing more than what we see--but at the same time there's a lot there! A Taiwanese cinema (commercially & artistically successful: King Hu on the cusp of counter-Shaw Bros. power and Cannes respectability) looking back on itself, seeing itself close down, the cinemas (the exhibitive world for this cinema!) are closing ... as a form of very allusive, suggestive, loose allegory this film is rife with meaning (or potential meanings, which may make the film better or worse depending on one's preferences).
The "what's missing" idea isn't really mine--Jonathan Rosenbaum has written about this several times, including his Taste of Cherry review (a formative piece of writing for my own cinephilia!) ...
Thanks a lot for commenting, Harry.


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An angry mob of more than a thousand Islamic extremists, described as "fanatic Muslims" by a terrorized witness, reportedly torched at least 80 Christian homes in an Egyptian village and injured Christians who tried to stop them, all over rumors that a Coptic resident was converting his home into a church.
The incident took place last week in Egypt's Qaryat al-Bayda village, near Alexandria, reports The Foreign Desk, adding that the attack resulted in two Coptic Christians who were trying to reason with the Islamists being seriously wounded and caused thousands of dollars worth of property damage.
"On Friday afternoon, following Friday noon prayer, a great deal of fanatic Muslims gathered in the front of the new house of my cousin, Naim Aziz, during its construction because of a rumor spread in the village that this building would be turned into a church," revealed Mousa Zarif, a Christian who witnessed the events, told the International Christian Concern (ICC), an advocacy group that reports on persecution against Christians.
"They were chanting slogans against us. Among these slogans were: 'By no means shall there be a church here,'" added Zarif.
The mob, described as Islamic extremist by The Foreign Desk, destroyed the construction materials they believed were being used to turn the Christian-owned home into a church.
Aziz, the owner of the house under construction, denied that he was transforming his home into a church, saying he was "only building a new house for his son," reports Daily News Egypt.
Currently, residents of the Egyptian village are forced to travel four miles to pray at the Holy Virgin and the Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church, notes the Daily Express.
Coptic Christians in Egypt, where an estimated 90 percent of the population is Muslim, have long faced persecution.
The Foreign Desk reports:
The mob first ransacked the home, destroying the construction materials and also attacked Aziz and his brother, who were both seriously injured.
The attackers then began chanting traditional Islamic afternoon prayer on loudspeakers aimed at Christian families in the village as they torched their cars and homes, even as police began to arrive, according to ICC.
Father Karas Naser, the priest of the Holy Virgin and the Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church, was reportedly assaulted by the mob.
The radical Islamists intercepted his car and "attacked him but some moderate Muslims intervened, rescuing him from their hands and getting him out of the car," revealed Zarif, according to the Christian advocacy group ICC.
"Police were called to the scene but either could not or refused to stop the destruction," points out the Daily Express. "The crowd continued to set homes and cars on fire in the presence of officers…"
"No one did anything and the police took no pre-emptive or security measures in anticipation of the attacks," Anba Makarios, a local Christian cleric, told the Express, adding, "We are not living in a jungle or a tribal society. It's incorrect for anyone to declare himself judge, police and ruler."
However, The Foreign Desk reports that police arrested six Copts and six Muslim men during the attack.
"This is usual business for the Egyptian government in how they deal with sectarian violence," Mina Abdelmalak, a Coptic activist, told The Foreign Desk.
An ICC spokesman added:
It is unspeakable that the victims of these attacks were charged with crimes while the perpetrators continue to enjoy total impunity. It continues to show how Christians in Egypt are treated like second class citizens. We call on the Egyptian authorities to ensure that justice is served and that Christian communities like this be protected from further assault in Egypt.
The Coptic Christian victims were forced to surrender their rights when police pushed them into reconciling with the Islamist aggressors, argued Abdelmalak.
Citing a blog post Sarah Yerkes authored for the The Brookings Institution, Christian Today reports:
The status of Coptic Christians in Egypt remains in a dismal state, and President Abdel Fatah el-Sissi has been accused of turning a blind eye towards the suffering in the ongoing Muslim-Christian tensions.
York's is a visiting fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy and a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow.
Abdelmalak acknowledged that the number of incidents linked to acts of aggression against Coptic Christians is not as high as it was under Sisi's predecessor, President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Last month, an estimated 300 Muslims looted and torched Christian homes in addition to stripping a 70-year-old Christian woman naked after accusing her son of having an affair with a Muslim woman, Reuters reports.


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Quiz 558: GK Questions for All Examinations
1. Which among the following are the features of Exchange Earners' Foreign Currency Accounts:
- They are opened with RBI
- They Earn interests on deposits
- They need a minimum balance to be maintained by the account holder
Choose the correct options:
2. Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation (CBLO) is a ____?
3. India borrows from the World Bank through International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association(IDA). Consider the following statements in this context:
- IDA funds are one of the most concessional external loans,
- IBRD funds are costlier and at par with the commercial external borrowings in terms of interest rates
- IDA loans are used largely Infrastructure projects
Which among the above statements is/ are correct?
4. Major recommendation of which among the following committees led to restructure the Swarnajayati Gram Swarojgar Yojna to National Rural Livelihood Mission?
5. The Chenchu people in India have been active in protection of wildlife in which among the following protected areas of India?
6. Consider the following statements about Liposomes:
- They are one of the important cell organelles
- They play important role in storage of lipids in cells
- They play important role in cell division
Which among the above statements is/ are correct?
7. Consider the following:
- Agriculture
- Small-scale industries
- Cottage and village industries
- Urban Handicraft Industry
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was established on 12 July 1982, for providing credit to which among the above?
8. Consider the following statements about National Food For Works Programme:
- It was launched in 150 most backwards districts which were mostly in the tribal belt
- It envisaged to provide 100 days employment
- The scheme is currently providing emoployment to BPL families in Rural Areas
Which among the above statements is/ are correct?
9. Gharana Wetland, which was notified the important Bird Area is located in which among the following states of India?
10. Since April 1, 2002 the entire net collections under the small saving schemes are transferred to States/Union Territories in India. This has been referred to as a loan from which among the following accounts?


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My name is Marcie Gotchie, I am currently a junior at the Salish Kootenai College located in Pablo, Montana majoring in the Tribal Historic Preservation Program. I relocated here in the Spring of 2014 after successfully completing the requirements to obtain my Associate of Arts degree and a certificate in American Indian Studies at Itasca Community College.
While attending Itasca Community College I was a member of the TRIO program and the O-Gitch-I-Dah club. The TRIO program helped me succeed in so many ways I knew I couldn't have- hadn't it been for the dedicated teamwork the staff had amongst one another. I visited the TRIO office often; I went there if I needed someone to talk to, or if I was having troubles in one of my classes-they were there to assure me I would be okay and will get through any obstacle I should stumble upon through-out my college career.
Upon transferring to Salish Kootenai College I have become an active member of the Student Senate, Salish language student of the year, as well as making the dean's list fall, winter of 2014 and spring 2015.
I have been selected to partake in an internship sponsored through NASA/KIKSAPA for the Summer of 2015-through this internship I will conduct research to construct literature like material that will identify geographical areas that reside on the Leech Lake Reservation using the ojibwemowin language as an articulated tool to viewing it via internet.
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Lyon Hart - Falling For You
Well, YouTube sure knows how to draw me in, by showing this amongst my recommended videos. This thumbnail is totally what drew me into watching this music video today, and I am now a fan of the song, it is right up my street - in more ways than one - and YouTube Recommendations has got it right once again! Lyon Hart's music video for "Falling For You" is a sensual sexy love/hate relationship between dancers Lonnie Poupard, Jr. and Kile Hotchkiss, who are spiralling out of control.
Lyon Hart, real name Mark Sanderlin, is a singer/songwriter who debuted his EP, "With Or Without Me", last year. He has written for some of the best and some of the well-known, as well as featured on tracks you probably know but haven't connected his name to. He is reaching out, taking opportunities as they come; which is totally admirable. Music is difficult to get into, yet this is just the start for 'Lyon (like neon) Hart (like Melissa Joan)' as it states on his Facebook Page. Now he has a big important music video, that could've been susceptible to a lot of abuse; instead, it has gained a lot of admiration from people all over the world. This is the beginning of Lyon Hart, and now he needs to ride this success. This song was written by Robert Grimaldi, Douglas Larsen, Benjamin Lindel, and Mark Sanderlin.
Directed by Matt VanDaniker, the music video shows the relationship between two gay men intercut between a beautiful contemporary dance that was choreographed by the dancers and actors themselves: Lonnie Poupard, Jr. and Kile Hotchkiss.
The editing team behind this has brilliantly transitioned a choreographed danced scene into a loving narrative. At times, it feels too quick and less explanatory. The thing about contemporary dance is that it is supposed to show emotional feeling and tell a story. This does exactly that, only they're giving us the emotional feeling and the storyline within the narrative; which leaves the audience quite transparent as they don't have anything to take in.
Regardless of this, the transitions are crafted brilliantly. The narrative is inviting, sexy, sultry, and totally sensual. It makes me miss having someone there to be sensual with; yet, taking me back to the times that I have been; I know my future husband is out there for me, time will be worth it. For the time being, I can watch Lonnie Poupard, Jr. and Kile Hotchkiss kiss, touch, and love each other.
Showing the ups and down of a relationship. This music video definitely supports the LGBT+ community, and it's amazing to see this up on YouTube and with positive comments. There was no performance piece from Lyon Hart himself, but this music video is amazing, regardless. I hope to see Lonnie Poupard, Jr. and Kile Hotchkiss choreograph more male-male dance sequences. This is beyond beautiful. Please choreograph my wedding dance with my future husband, whoever he may be.
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Tablet market expected to see further slowdown
Gartner predicts an 8% year-over-year increase in sales this year
The global tablet market is in for more slow going in 2015, and will not return to the level of growth that it has seen over the last four years, according to the latest predictions from Gartner.
Indeed, Gartner believes that worldwide tablet sales will reach 233m units this year, just an 8% increase over 2014. The research house labelled this low level of growth as a "collapse", and said that the industry found the market slowdown alarming.
"In the last two years global sales of tablets were growing in double-digits. The steep drop can be explained by several factors," said Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner.
"One is that the lifetime of tablets is being extended - they are shared out amongst family members and software upgrades, especially for iOS devices, keep the tablets current. Another factor includes the lack of innovation in hardware, which refrains consumers from upgrading."
Gartner said that it expects this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to include partnership announcements between vendors. The idea, Gartner explained, would be to create innovative apps that use personal data to tailor tablet experiences.
"We also expect development in cognizant computing to help the vendors' relationships with consumers evolve from passive providers of hardware to in-sync with the user," said Atwal.
"Beyond an enriched computing experience for the user, this next phase of the personal cloud will also help make the vendor and customer's relationships more personal, with services and advertising automatically tailored to consumer demands."
Gartner said that, overall, worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) for 2015 are estimated to reach 2.5bn units, an increase of 3.9% over 2014. The mobile phone segment is on pace to grow 3.7% in 2015 and reach 2bn units in 2016, Gartner predicted.
"The smartphone market is becoming polarised between the high- and low-end market price points," said Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner.
"On one hand, the premium phone with an average selling price at $447 in 2014 saw growth dominated by iOS, and on the other end of the spectrum you have Android and other open OS phones' growth area in the basic phone segment, where the average phone costs $100. For the midrange smartphones, the market opportunity is becoming increasingly limited."


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Well, I rang in the new year in the ER with pulmonary embolisms in both lungs. Turns out the shortness of breath I had been experiencing for weeks was neither allergies nor bronchitis, but blood clots. The ER and hospital stay experiences were anxiety-provoking whether it was getting blood from the same veins over and over, or hearing that You Have Blood Clots in Your Lungs! (And no one knows how I got them.)
From the anxiety and the very little sleep one gets in the hospital, to being in the ER and hospital at all and thereby reminded of all my psych hospitalization experiences, my mind was all over the place, though my mood remained stable (hallelujah!). I did, however, have the opportunity to evaluate and appreciate the facts that (1) I did want to live and (2) my body was trying hard to live – the survival instinct was hard at work. There have been so many times in my life when I wanted that survival instinct to just stop, and this time, I was grateful for it. Hallelujah again for more mental progress!
In the last month, even as I dealt with the shortness of breath, I also moved about an hour away, gave away about a third of what little I owned, and have spent lots of time alone and with my girlfriend despite her busy work schedule. I am acting more independently again, and my mood is still stable! It's a strange experience, this stability, even in the face of so much change this last month. I am still waiting for the other shoe to drop and become unstable again. But I'm weathering life ok, and that is both a surprise and very welcome.


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HITT Contracting Inc. Headquarters
One of the first privately owned LEED buildings in Fairfax County, the HITT Headquarters project consisted of building four stories (three completely above grade and one partially above grade), a 36-parking space underground garage and 11 conference rooms (three are on the second floor and overlook the lobby, with all-glass walls). The structure is a cast-in-place concrete building with precast, punched window and curtainwall for building envelope, and scope included build-out of the lower three floors and core and shell of the third floor for future tenant.
New bid and training rooms, which also function as teleconferencing rooms, include installed projectors, cameras and microphones, and an integrated audiovisual package consisting of 20 LCDs is distributed throughout; further, labor, bid and marketing boards that were previously dry-erase boards are now LCD displays. The structure is a secured building, with random PIN access for the building perimeter and 19 security cameras with digital backup installed. Motorized Lutron shades in the conference rooms, lunchroom and training room windows are integrated in the lighting and dimming system.
- Achieved LEED Gold
- NAIOP Northern Virginia Award of Merit


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YouTube has demonetized the news on this channel, even though at least thirty thousand of us turn out for each video.
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Posted 12 April 2017 - 10:27 AM
YouTube has demonetized the news on this channel, even though at least thirty thousand of us turn out for each video.
Posted 12 April 2017 - 10:32 AM
...at least thirty thousand of us turn out for each video.
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Posted 12 April 2017 - 12:23 PM
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Posted 12 April 2017 - 07:26 PM
What happens at fight club stays at fight club.
I avoid this type of story because it tends to allow me a reason to allow my blood to boil.
I find my ability to be a compassion-less, detached observer is easily compromised.
I will never get on a plane again in my life. Fuck it. Not worth the hassle.
...bullshit, three-ring, circus side-show.
Edited by Myc, 12 April 2017 - 07:30 PM.
Posted 12 April 2017 - 08:06 PM
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
In the interest of comic relief:
Posted 13 April 2017 - 04:52 AM
Colbert, Trevor Noah, John Oliver, and Seth Myers crack me the fuck up. All of them have channels on Youtube. They're liberal and they comment on MSM stories, so your mileage will definitely vary. Especially Colbert, he cites the Washington Post (which is a dubious source even to me) and New York Times a lot. I wouldn't watch those shows to be informed, just for commentary and laughs.
John Oliver had a great bit on ending pot prohibition. He covered a lot of the bases:
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Posted 17 April 2017 - 06:23 PM
I've been on a john oliver binge lately:
Posted 17 April 2017 - 08:07 PM
February 12th's John Oliver?
Edited by Alder Logs, 17 April 2017 - 08:55 PM.
Posted 17 April 2017 - 10:44 PM
Posted 18 April 2017 - 08:00 AM
February 12th's John Oliver?
Cats and/or bats can't tell time.
well except dinner time ;)
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Posted 19 April 2017 - 10:46 PM
An intelligence brief released in April 2014 suggested that Somali coastal waters in the Indian Ocean could have some of the largest oil and gas deposits in the world. At a special summit in London later that year, Somali Oil Minister Daud Mohamed Omar said the country would begin producing oil and gas by the year 2020.
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Posted 20 April 2017 - 03:04 PM
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
In the interest of comic relief:
That's... fascinating.
I mean the part where he invites the Dr. to come train in BJJ techniques so that he will be better able to physically resist police abuse of power. For a well-known martial arts instructor who trains a lot of law enforcement personnel, I find that remarkable since he not only acknowledges that such exists, he's showing regular peasants, err I mean Citizens how to fight back.
I'm impressed!
Posted 22 April 2017 - 02:48 PM
If you identify politically to any degree as a Democrat, do you find the current situation in the Democratic Party satisfactory?
Part 1
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Posted 22 April 2017 - 03:27 PM
I'm sure there are myriad places where I don't agree with Mr. Dore but despite my best efforts, I find him quite likeable. It's hard not to appreciate someone who spends their time putting together a critique of Hillary Clinton and Rachel-Cecil Rhodes Scholar-Maddow. Two of my least favorite "personalities" in the realm of politics. Who am I kidding? Hillary Clinton is one of my least favorites on planet Earth.
Posted 22 April 2017 - 04:09 PM
...myriad places where I don't agree with Mr. Dore...
...or yours truly. I think it is safe to say both parties are now of the crony capitalist stripe, and the one that pretends to be other than this is the one that implements the most favors for the true masters, under its chameleon cover. The markets won't sort any of this out while lying is legal. It's Caveat fuck you.
Posted 04 May 2017 - 02:56 PM
DNC Says They Can Bypass Voters & Pick Nominee
Florida Democrats are suing the DNC in court for cheating
Bernie voters who contributed to the party expecting fairness
(as is required by party by-laws)
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