What do Americans want from health care?
I know what I want, in health care, that is. I want it to be efficient, effective, thoughtful and inexpensive. I want it to create healthy people who don't need very much health care. I want it to involve elegant solutions to problems that take less time, money and effort. I want it to be so much easier and less expensive that taking care of all of our people uses even less resources than taking care of only some of them, as we do now.
But the health care industry in America is bigger than me, and bigger than all of the doctors who work in it, even if we could all agree on what we want. So what does it want?
Is it even reasonable to think about health care as an entity? I propose that it is, that this way of looking at it makes the direction it has taken much more understandable.
We observe that bureaucracies grow, even though we complain about how they should shrink and become more efficient. Agencies beget more agencies, and attempts to reduce bureaucracies often don't work. I've seen what happens at our local university when educational budget cuts happen. They cut positions, but the people who remain are expected to pick up the functions of the ones who lost their jobs, which leaves the scope of the bureaucracy the same size as before, but temporarily overworks the people who remain (until they hire new people to unload them).
The health care delivery system in the U.S. has progressively grown, primarily driven by the growth of insurance, both government and privately funded. This has brought financial professionals heavily into the delivery of care, and has also increased the amount of money available for services. The availability of financial resources makes it more possible to continue to treat patients who become sicker and more dependent upon it. It is also more feasible to develop very expensive technological approaches to illness, which expands the system to include scientists, device manufacturers and the companies with their own workers and advertising professionals. This just gets bigger geometrically.
Even if individuals within this vastly complex system want care to be cheaper and less complex and patients to be less dependent, the system itself does not want this, and continues to grow. It's hard not to invoke the metaphor of a large, stupid and perpetually hungry giant. Even without the metaphor, mathematics explains why complex, inefficient technological medicine that creates dependency wins out over elegant, efficient and cost effective medicine. The complex and inefficient version is bigger. By its nature it is bigger, which, in the absence of an external force deterring it in some way, or some catastrophic imploding event, means it will continue to be the bulk of what health care is.
So why even try to find the elegant solutions? There is abundant talk of implosion and the Affordable Care Act has made some attempts to externally deter the growth of the health care industry. I don't see the former as happening anytime soon and the latter seems unlikely to have a major impact, but if we keep looking for ways to make health care be less expensive and more of what we, as patients, really want, those solutions will be available when we really need them.


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This may well be one of my favorite discoveries in the Early Modern English books...EVER!
"Great News from Southwark: or, the Old Woman's Legacy to her Cat."
Oh, yes! It's exactly what you think. Read on!
As the story goes, for years, this "mean" woman did not spend her money, preferring to keep her alehouse earnings to herself.
Near Eighteen Hundred Pounds did lie.
The Treasur'd bags of coyned gold.
But Puss must shew the will for that."
Unfortunately, there's no word on what the cat did with her legacy, but hopefully she was able to get a nice mouse cobbler from time to time.


Eli Horowitz does not think of himself as someone who "fetishizes the book." But he's also seen what books become, in digital form, and has not always been impressed. A former managing editor and publisher at McSweeney's, Horowitz describes much of what he has seen in the digital revolution in book publishing as "taking nice books and making them slightly uglier." Hoping to do something more interesting, and attractive, than merely digitizing a print book for e-reading, Horowitz, with two partners, launched Ying Horowitz & Quinn, a kind of transmedia shop that, at its core, he said, is interested in "finding new ways to tell stories." The company's first major project, The Silent History, a story that unfolds in segments through an app, will launch in October.
The Silent History is something that Horowitz cooked up with three friends: Russell Quinn (cofounder of the digital studio Spoiled Milk), Kevin Moffett (an author), and Matthew Derby (an author and game designer). The story—it follows an incident, happening in the near future, in which a generation of children are born with no capacity for language—was conceived by Horowitz, and then fleshed out with Moffett and Derby. The app is free and readers can download content at two different price points—a one volume sample is is $1.99 and the full version is $9.99. The paid downloads will deliver what Horowitz called "oral histories" about the phenomenon, delivering segments of the story on an unfolding basis. The story is divided into six volumes, Horowitz explained, and each volume has 20 installments, which are between 1,000 and 1,500 words.
The delivery of the text is a bit complex, as the installments are released so as to build reader anticipation. The first 20 installments appear every weekday, for a month and, Horowitz said, are structured so that each week readers are getting a story with its own arc. With 120 "testimonials" in full—the $9.99 price will give you content delivered over the course of a year—the story is intended to mirror that of a dramatic TV show, which draws viewers in with stand-alone episodes week to week, as it builds to a longer story line unfolding over the course of a full season. At the end of every volume, for example, the installments of The Silent History will stop for a month while, Horowitz said, "readers can catch up or join" the tale.
The other component to The Silent History is called field reports. Readers drawn into the narrative can access—with their iPhone or iPad (the only two devices the app will be available on)—information about incidents related to the phenomenon at the center of the story. The field reports are all tied to the geographic region where the reader is located, and can only be accessed by those in that region, as detected by the GPS. The field reports will be spread out over the globe, and Horowitz estimated that, by the time the story launches, there will be about 200. "The field reports provide a kind of walking tour in which the fictional world is mapped onto the physical world," Horowitz said.


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Need for Speed: The Run
Racing 15 November 2011
Another installment in one of the most renowned racing game series developed by Electronic Arts since 1995. In contrast to the previous installment, the game was developed by EA Black Box - an internal studio of the American company. The story is centered around the eponymous coast-to-coast race across the United States. Winning this huge event is the only way for the protagonist to obtain money required to pay his debt to a dangerous criminal organization.
Yakuza: Kenzan!
Action game, shown from the perspective of a third person and belonging to the popular series. In this part of the action takes place not in modern times, but in the era of Japanese feudalism.
Lost: Via Domus
Adventure 26 February 2008
Action adventure game based on the license of a popular TV series. We play the role of one of the 815 flight survivors, trying to solve the riddles of the island. The game is divided into seven basic chapters, and the gameplay is linear in nature. In order to move the story forward, you have to deal with the solution of the quests assigned by the game.
A science-fiction first-person perspective shooter by Splash Damage, the studio mainly famed for the expansion to Return to Castle Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory. The plot of Brink takes place in 2045, when the world is destroyed by a massive flood. The action is set on the deck of a floating, futuristic metropolis called the Ark – an asylum for its creators, their descendants, and tens of thousands of refugees. The overpopulation and resources shortage lead to a conflict.
Blade & Soul
RPG canceled
An MMO game designed by NCSoft company, set in a fantasy world and and boasting a complex battle system, based on eastern martial arts. The plot of Blade & Soul is set in an ancient land modeled after Asia, and based on heroes from Korean mythology. The gameplay itself implements basic features of this genre, like exploring various lands, filled with a lot of tasks to complete and enemies to beat.
Four-player action game in which we play the role of crazy mercenaries and save humanity from extermination. Each of the four heroes has different skills and equipment. The whole was developed by Insomniac Games studio, i.e. authors of Ratchet & Clank and Resistance series.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Trilogy
A collection comprising of three installments in one of the most popular FPS series. It was created by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. The set includes three games belonging to the subseries developed by Infinity Ward: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (including the additional Stimulus map package), and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Sports 23 September 2014
Another edition of a popular soccer game series, whose consecutive installments have been appearing yearly for over two decades, developed a Canadian giant and its subsidiary EA Sports. Traditionally, the game offers a full spectrum of single and multiplayer modes, including Be a Pro and the Tournaments returning after an absence in previous iterations.
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Standalone addition to the first-person shooter Far Cry 3 released in 2012. Ubisoft Montreal studio's production is a pastiche of science-fiction movies from the 80s. The plot of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon takes players to the year 2007. After the outbreak of nuclear war the world is plunged into chaos.
InFamous 2: Festival of Blood
A powerful DLC add-on for inFamous 2. The main character of the previous scenes, Cole McGrath, returns to face the vampires. To liquidate their leader for only 24 hours. The title is distributed only through digital distribution.
Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded
Adventure canceled
Re-edition of the first part of Larry Laffer's adventures, released in Poland under the title Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the land of vanity. Project was realized by Replay Games studio in cooperation with the original creator Al Low. The main character of the game is a 40-year-old, balding low-life, who has had enough of loneliness and decides to look for hot feelings in the city of Lost Wages.
Prince of Persia Trilogy
Compilation of three parts of Ubisoft's bestselling Prince of Persia series, refreshed for the PlayStation 3 users. The package includes games released originally in 2003-2005: The Sands of Time, Warrior Within and The Two Thrones. The story of these productions, referred to as the new Prince of Persia trilogy, revolves around the mythical Sands of Time and the consequences that, as a result of their release, the main protagonist of the series is forced to face.
Arcade 10 September 2013
Puppeteer is a platformer that takes players to a traditional puppet theater, where the action of the game takes place. Its main character is a boy transformed against his will into a puppet.
Batman: Arkham City - Harley Quinn's Revenge
Harley Quinn's Revenge is a DLC supplement to Batman: Arkham City that provides two hours of fun. It allows, among other things, to get to know an additional thread related to Joker's helper and to visit several new locations.
Just Dance 4
Party 02 October 2012
The next installment of the popular series of dance games. The aim of the game is to keep pace with the dancers' silhouettes displayed on the screen.
The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
Adventure 08 January 2014
The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief is a classic point and click adventure game created by the German KING Art studio. During the game we play as a mysterious burglar named Kruk and a detective chasing him. The action takes place in Europe in the middle of the last century.
Fighting 25 September 2012
The fifth installment in the series of arcade fighting games developed by Team Ninja. The game offers more than twenty playable characters among which one can find Ryu Hayabusa and Momiji known from the Ninja Gaiden series, female ninja warriors Kasumi and Ayane, wrestler Tina, crazy Zack, and a few newcomers. The fighters can be personalized, for the player unlocks outfits for them.
Castle of Illusion HD
Castle of Illusion HD is a refreshed version of the 16-bit platformer with Mickey in the lead role. All graphics were made in an attractive three-dimensional, but the game remains faithful to the two-dimensional mechanisms of fun known from the original.
Another annual entry in the popular soccer series by Konami. Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 develops the ideas from the previous game. Real Touch +, a new system that is responsible for how players handle a ball, now takes more body parts into account. Thanks to that we can see animations that are much more different from each other when players receive a ball, hit it with their heads, dribble etc. Another important change is that matches are now slower which makes the game a little more realistic.
Racing 09 October 2015
The fifth installment in a series of racing games initiated in 2010 and devoted to rallying. Despite entrusting a completely new crew with the task of creating this game, the mechanics haven't changed significantly since previous installments - WRC 5 was developed by Kylotonn Games, the creators of such games as Bet on Soldier or Hunter's Trophy. The player's goal is to complete subsequent career events by taking part in competitions such as WRC, WRC 2 or WRC Junior, for example.
Rise of the Argonauts
RPG 12 December 2008
Rise of the Argonauts is an action RPG game developed by Liquid Entertainment development studio (creators of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring and Battle Realms series). This position refers to Greek myths, and its main character is Jason (in Poland known as Jazon) - heros, son of Ajzon, king Jolkos. Inspired by the myth about the search for the Golden Fleece, the game presents its alternative story, complemented by new threads.
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon
A combination of first-person shooter and survival horror developed by Monolith Productions. The game's protagonist belongs to the eponymous First Encounter Assault Recon – special anti-terrorist unit, which trains its members not only in conventional tactics, but also develops their paranormal abilities. The task before the protagonist is to take back the Armacham Technology Corporation from the hands of unknown criminals. In F.E.A.R.
Arcade races in crazy style, enriched with very nice graphics. In production we play the role of a driver standing for a series of races for money. A characteristic feature of the game is the return to the classic improvements located on the route, which modify the behavior of cars. The game will appeal to fans of Mario Kart or other typical arcade titles.
Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood
The second installment in the series of FPS games developed by Polish studio, Techland. This game is actually a prequel to the original title. We play the part of two brothers: Thomas and Ray McCalls, of whom the latter is known from the first game. Much like in the original Call of Juarez, the two characters play very differently – they have individual skills and equipment.

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There were 374,968 private registrations in 2017, which accounts for 14.76% of all vehicles sold during the year (2,540,617). Further, DVLA recorded revenues of £111 for 2017, which is 8.8% higher than 2016 (£102 million). These two figures tell us that one in seven vehicle purchases will be accompanied by personalised plates and that these plates will grow almost a tenth in value annually.
Further, considering that DVLA's present number plate format will be used until 2051, the risk of a bubble forming in the medium term is very minimal. These data points suggest that private plate speculation will be one of the most profitable mediums of investment in years to come.
If you are a novice speculator looking to get his beak wet in the sector, here are a few tips to get you started.
The beauty of investing in personalised number plates is, you can set your own budget. Since you have that freedom, start small, ideally from DVLA's auction site. For just £250, you will be able to familiarise yourself with the whole purchasing process, including documentary requirements. Once you've mastered the basics, you can gradually build your portfolio.
It's easy to find a £50,000 plate, but how long do you need to hold it before making a sufficient level of profit? Wouldn't it make sense instead to may low four figure license plates which can be disposed of faster at large profit margins? Create a varied inventory so you won't be stuck with exclusively high value plates. You may need additional liquidity to invest in future opportunities, so lower value plates make a lot of sense.
Nevertheless, if you are prepared to invest a significant amount of funds into your project, then by all means, target the high value plates.
Digest monthly or annual sales records that are made public by DVLA and brokers, and learn to spot popular patterns revolving around dates, names, careers, or locations. Then start paying attention to popular music, film or sporting events, and try to ride that train. Ideally, plan ahead of time and buy available plates in advance. Remember, personalised plates do not necessarily need to be pronounceable – but they do need to carry symbolic meanings.
After spending a couple of years in the market, you will eventually be able to develop your own strategy. In the meantime, use our tested and proven ones!


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VILNIUS - At the age of 38, Linas Adomaitis is a Lithuanian stage veteran, with a musical career that kicked off with the group L+, already making his mark with his particular brand of pop and R&B. After the break-up of the band, he began playing solo, releasing his first album and hosting radio shows featuring R&B music.
Recently Linas Adomaitis embarked on his most ambitious project to date – a tour with the Lithuanian State Symphonic Orchestra with acclaimed conductor Gintaras Rinkevicius that played to sold-out crowds around the country.
The Laiko Masina (Time Machine) tour coincides with the release of Adomaitis's 2-CD album of the same name, which includes collaborations with a number of Lithuanian artists, including Vaidas Baumila, Dagna, and Monika Linkyte.
The album, which was released at the end of October, sold out its first run of 2,000 copies in a week. It's been pointed out in the press that for Lithuania, this is a great number considering the relatively small market and the fact that people are downloading music, mostly illegally, so this album certainly has made a statement on the Lithuanian music scene.
The tour, which started at the end of October, has been such a success that there will be two additional concerts, one in Vilnius at Congress Hall on December 15th and at the Great Hall of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas on December 17th.


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Military's former head of human resources charged with sexual assault, indecent acts
Lee Berthiaume
Published Tuesday, December 7, 2021 2:52PM EST Last Updated Tuesday, December 7, 2021 4:46PM EST
OTTAWA -- Military police have laid criminal charges against the Canadian Armed Forces' former head of human resources despite the Liberal government having said it would transfer the investigation and prosecution of sexual misconduct cases to civilian authorities.
The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service announced on Tuesday that Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of indecent acts.
The charges come just over a month after Defence Minister Anita Anand announced she had accepted retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour's call to have criminal cases involving sexual misconduct transferred from military to civilian jurisdiction.
Looking back at a year of investigations into alledged military sexual misconduct
In announcing the charges by military police, however, the CFNIS noted that Arbour left open the door to leaving investigations in the hands of military police if they are near completion.
"In this particular case, the investigation was near completion," the military investigation service said in a statement, adding the case will be handled by civilian courts rather than the military justice system.
Edmundson stepped down as head of military personnel command in March due to a police investigation after a CBC report of an alleged sexual assault in 1991. His lawyer, Brian Greenspan, denied the allegations on Tuesday.
"Vice-Admiral Edmundson continues to deny any suggestion of criminal misconduct and looks forward to the opportunity to restore his distinguished reputation for service to our country," Greenspan said in a statement.
The CBC has reported the allegation against Edmundson was brought forward by a retired Canadian Forces member. Her lawyer, Paul Champ, declined to comment "other than to say we will wait for justice to take its course."
The Armed Forces has been battered for months with reports and headlines about inappropriate sexual behaviour involving senior commanders, which has left the military reeling and its top ranks in turmoil.
After Edmundson stepped down, he was replaced in May by Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan as head of military personnel command, which has oversight over everything from recruitment and training to promotions and health care.
Whelan stepped aside in October due to a military police investigation into an allegation of sexual misconduct. He has also denied any wrongdoing.
The Canadian Press was the first to report last month that Arbour had written a letter to Anand's predecessor, Harjit Sajjan, in October month calling for civilian authorities to handle criminal cases involving sexual misconduct in the military.
The government tapped Arbour in April to lead a yearlong review of sexual misconduct in the ranks and recommend ways to address it. The move followed months of allegations against top officers, and criticism of the Liberals' handling of the issue.
In her letter to Sajjan, who is now minister of international development, Arbour said those allegations and others "have led me to conclude that immediate remedial actions are necessary to start restoring trust in the CAF."
To that end, she recommended all criminal cases of a sexual nature, including historical cases, be referred to civilian authorities. That includes cases currently under investigation, unless that investigation is nearly complete.
Arbour's recommendation only deals with criminal cases, including sexual assaults. It does not apply to non-criminal cases such as inappropriate relationships, which are not allowed in the military and will continue to be dealt with as a disciplinary issue.
She also left open the door to changing the recommendation pending the results of her final report.
Shortly after the Canadian Press report, Anand took to Twitter to announce she had accepted "in full Madame Arbour's recommendations to move the investigation and prosecution of sexual misconduct cases to the civilian system."
Officials have since said the military's top police officer and prosecutor are in discussions with provincial and territorial counterparts to facilitate that transfer.
File photo of Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson during a change of command ceremony in Ottawa on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Grant Helps Dunnellon Tigers Growl
A reading for radio program promotes confidence for students
By Barry Carrus ⋅
Layout of the production studio
A media professional since 1972, I eventually found myself in south Florida in the new millennium, working as an audio engineer for the Miami Dolphins and the Florida Marlins. A move to central Florida several years later forced me out of the media business and into education, where I have been ever since.
At Dunnellon High School, I teach intensive reading to seniors and AP world history. The reading students who motivated me to create a "reading for radio" program about five years ago.
I had been searching for an incentive to motivate students to improve their technical reading skills and, of all things, a 250-foot radio tower on our campus sparked the process. Although used by the transportation department, I looked into an LPFM license for the school and was encouraged, until I started the budget — no way! As most readers will know and understand, we in education barely have enough money for essentials, not to mention trying to fund a project like that.
A student-produced segment called "That's a Rap" allows students to record their own raps.
[Community Broadcaster: College Radio Shows the Way]
But the idea of combining radio with the academic needs of my reading students still seemed like a great concept. Imagine, having a school radio station run by students and then opening the on-air auditions to students who are struggling as readers.
I started researching internet radio, and suddenly this idea had legs. Still, funding would be a challenge, but it would be nothing like the cost of trying to implement an over-the-air presence.
This is where CenturyLink Communications entered the picture. The company sponsors an annual grant competition through its Clarke M. Williams Foundation. These grants are open to public school teachers who blend technology and academics to benefit their students.
It seemed like a perfect fit. However, as a traditional broadcaster, I had a significant learning curve ahead, trying to wrap my head around a new-to-me, method of delivery.
I applied for the grant in the fall of 2015 and received word that I had been successful in April 2016. My first reaction was: "Now that I have the money, you mean I actually have to do this?!"
GETTING OFF THE GROUND
I spent the entire summer of that year doing the research; and there was plenty of it.
First, investigating what the technical aspects of putting a station on the internet was all about. What, if any, were the government regulations; what licensure was required; how are royalties covered — basically learning how all the pieces fit together.
Principal Wade Martin records one of many messages produced by staff members in support of The Growl.
Next, of course, came a design and a location within the school. The administration came through with an unused office, and I designed the equipment configuration around that space.
Next came a meeting with the school system's head of IT to explain the project and learn if the infrastructure would support streaming within the school (bandwidth being the potential problem). I explained that we would be sending our outbound signal to a web hosting company for streaming and that our IT requirements were minimal. One potential problem eliminated.
Next, I had to survey and select equipment that would meet our needs at a reasonable cost. I enlisted the help of Guitar Center Pro and found them to be very helpful in the selection process.
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Russian blogger Marat Burkhard told Radio Free Europe that working in an infamous "troll factory" generating fake internet posts and comments was "Orwellian." "Whatever we're told, that's what we'll write about, no questions asked, and we don't want to know." Using the word "absurd" no less than five times, he detailed how a typical day went at "Internet Research," a company run by a Vladimir Putin crony. The team of around 300 employees reportedly puts out about 30,000 pro-Kremlin comments a day from fake accounts on Twitter, Facebook and websites like the New York Times. Burkhard took the job because it was an "adventure" and pays considerably more than a professional journalist makes in the nation.
Burkhard said the he worked with two other trolls, with one the "villain" who criticizes Russian authorities, and the other two defending the government. The team would create fake comments on Russian news posts (often written by other trolls at Internet Research). The exact text didn't matter, but they were required to stuff comments with keywords like "defense minister" and "Russian army" to improve a post's search rankings. One individual was tasked with adding "demotivators," or troll-style pictures that undermine the villain's points, while the other would post links and counter-arguments.
A typical assignment would be to comment on an article like this, which claims that western soldiers are embedded into a troop of Ukrainian "neo-fascists." First, the villain complains that "Russia as usual blames Ukraine for the things it's doing itself" to set up the faux debate. A second troll then links to a similar report and says "you should know how much evidence has already been provided that... the West and (Ukrainian President) Poroshenko are reluctant to pursue peace." Then, the picture troll drops in a demotivator (above) implying that a Ukrainian region is pro-Russian.
On top of spamming local journals and social media, the operation also targets western sites like CNN and the BBC and even has "special people working on Facebook," according to Burkhard. Employees in those department reportedly make even more money, even though most are "barely capable of formulating what's important about these stories." He said he eventually quit "because I can't engage in absurd work," adding employees are "constantly under threat of being fired." Despite the absurdity, however, he added that the trolling worked: "everyone kind of believes in this truth... it's Orwell." You can read the entire interview here.


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5 observations from Jameis Winston's and Marcus Mariota's workouts at the NFL Combine
Updated Mar 29, 2019; Posted Feb 21, 2015
By Dom Cosentino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Quarterbacks Marcus Mariota of Oregon (left) and Jameis Winston of Florida State look on during the 2015 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday. (Photo by Joe Robbins | Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS — While there was plenty of anticipation for Jameis Winston's and Marcus Mariota's workouts at the NFL Scouting Combine, some observers also wondered why either had chosen to throw while they were here. After all, both are projected to be taken in the top 10 of the draft, so both had much more to lose than gain.
Mariota and Winston threw footballs in shorts at Lucas Oil Stadium anyway on Saturday, and they were both impressive enough to make it obvious why they're also the only two quarterbacks projected to be selected in the first round.
The Jets (sixth pick) and Eagles (20th pick) are both in the market for quarterbacks, and as the wind blows and the smokescreens cloud the air between now and draft day on April 30, expect lots of speculation about what the Jets and Eagles might do once it comes time for Roger Goodell to announce their selections.
But until then, here's what you need to know about how Florida State's Winston and Oregon's Mariota performed during the combine.
1. Their 40 times were polar opposites. Unofficially, Mariota ran the 40-yard dash in 4.54 seconds, while Winston finished in 4.97. What does it mean? Answer: Not much. How quickly they get from A to B is indeed relevant to what they do, but both Winston and Mariota will ultimately be judged by how well they can stand in the pocket, read defenses, and throw footballs.
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2. The accuracy. On a few quick outs, Mariota made some overthrows early on, but some of it may have been jitters. He eventually got into a groove and handled many of the other throws well. Winston was largely on-point throughout, showing a deft touch on the short stuff, good anticipation, and solid accuracy downfield. He was low on one 15-yard slant, but beyond that, I'm not sure he was off the mark by much.
3. The footwork. This seems to be what separates Winston and Mariota from the rest of the pack. They both showed smoothness and precision in making their dropback steps, and it setting up to launch off their back foot, though Winston—likely because of his upper-body strength—relied a bit more on his arm than Mariota did. A minor quibble, really.
4. Mariota had some hang-ups with deep throws. Both quarterbacks had occasional underthrows on deep balls, though no quarterback is going to hit every receiver in stride every time. But Mariota had a tendency to put much too much air under his deep tosses, which forced receivers to slow up to come back to the ball. Mariota did this on a number of his downfield throws.
5. The verdict. If we're going to judge which quarterback looks to be the better prospect based on their respective combine showings, Winston would be the favorite. A couple of draft analysts agreed:
Winston was having fun out there, being vocal with the WRs but focused during the drills. One word to describe him as a QB prospect: Natural
— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) February 21, 2015
Looks almost too easy for QB Jameis Winston. Footwork, release. Throws a catchable ball with accuracy. Very comfortable in this workout.
— Matt Bowen (@MattBowen41) February 21, 2015
That said, both quarterbacks acquitted themselves well. They might have had something to lose by throwing, but neither did anything to set himself back or hurt his draft stock.
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New state law banned a county's gas stations from selling liquor. So some stopped selling gas. - Albuquerque Journal
New state law banned a county's gas stations from selling liquor. So some stopped selling gas.
By Patrick Lohmann / Source New Mexico
Published: Saturday, September 18th, 2021 at 10:36PM
Updated: Sunday, September 19th, 2021 at 6:44PM
A covered pump at Sabino, which no longer sells gas, because liquor sales are much more profitable. (Courtesy C.A. Sarath)
A one-paragraph amendment to the state Legislature's new, sweeping alcohol reform law gave owners of gas stations in McKinley County a choice: You can sell hard liquor or you can sell gas.
To Benjamin Gonzales, manager of the El Sabino's grocery and gas station in Vanderwagen, it was a "no-brainer."
"We stopped selling gas July 1, the day the new liquor law went into effect."
The store is one of at least three in the county that covered its gas pumps in plastic in recent months, a direct response to the law, according to store employees, residents and county officials. The law prohibited gas stations from selling liquor in the county, so the stations stopped selling gas to circumvent the ban.
The choice to stop selling gas in rural parts of the county has stranded some motorists and added another inconvenience to life near the border of the Navajo Nation, residents said.
It also demonstrates the difficulty legislators face in crafting policy to help cut down on alcoholism and drunken driving in the area, both scourges that cost dozens of lives in the county each year.
State Sen. George Muñoz, D-Gallup, who lobbied for the amendment, said the gas stations' choice to close "wasn't unexpected." But he said it represents a choice owners made to put profits above an essential service.
"I think they made a moral choice, a financial choice. They probably weren't pumping that much gas," he said. "They were just really liquor stores with a gas pump outside."
'Money trumps'
One gas station in the county sells 80 gallons of vodka a day, Muñoz said. Gonzales said El Sabino station makes about $8,000 a day in hard liquor sales but just about $2,000 a day on gasoline.
"Everyone's complaining that we should have kept the gas and got rid of the liquor, and this, that and the third, but people just don't understand," Gonzales said in a phone interview. "I mean, if we would have done that, several of our employees would have lost their job, you know, or had their hours cut."
Now that El Sabino has stopped selling gas, the closest places to fuel up along Route 602 are in Zuni Pueblo, about 17 miles southwest, and Gallup, about 21 miles north.
Just last week, Gonzales said, a car sputtered to a stop at the station, out of gas. He said he happened to have a five-gallon tank in the back of the shop to help the stranded driver make it to Gallup.
El Sabino convenience store in Vanderwagen no longer sells gasoline but it does sell liquor. It was the only place to get gas between Zuni and Gallup. (Courtesy C.A. Sarath)
Owner Gigi Garcia said gas is a money-losing endeavor at her station. All of the 8-cent-a-gallon profits are lost in salaries and maintenance. And she was soon going to have to buy new pumps to satisfy new federal regulations to prevent identity theft.
So she blamed Muñoz for the law that gave her a choice between being profitable or not. She also defended alcohol sales, saying she's not doing anything illegal and has chosen to limit alcohol sales somewhat to reduce potential safety risks, even though her liquor license would allow more.
"When you buy alcohol or food or whatever you want to buy, it is your choice…," she said. "There are many people with heart problems, diabetes, just many different diseases which are also legal to buy … but we're not going to shut these things down because people make their own choices."
Garcia also owns Red Rock Liquor Package in Smith Lake, another McKinley County station, which also stopped selling gasoline because of the new law, according to an employee.
A third store, the Speedway in Church Rock near an area locals call "Dead Horse," stopped selling gasoline after the law was passed in March but before it went into effect, according to resident Jennifer Brown, who drives past the station daily. The marquee that used to display gas prices now just says "COLD BEER."
Speedway's owners did not respond to a request for comment.
Billy Moore, chair of the McKinley County Commission, said he agrees with the spirit of the law — that mixing gas stations and liquor is a bad idea. DWI in McKinley County was the driving force behind the statewide ban of drive-up liquor sales in 1998.
Moore doesn't see much of a difference between selling liquor through a window at a drive-up store and selling it over the counter at a rural gas station.
"I think it's pretty sad. We're trying to help protect people, bring DWIs down in New Mexico and especially McKinley County, but, again, money trumps over doing what's right," he said.
Big reform
The Liquor Control Act passed in 2021 was the biggest reform to the state's liquor laws in 40 years, officials said at the time of its passage.
The 74-page bill allows for liquor delivery in the state, bans the sale of mini liquor bottles at convenience stores, creates a new class of liquor license for restaurants, and repeals the ban on Sunday morning alcohol sales, plus other changes.
Muñoz introduced the amendment that banned convenience stores that sell gas from selling any hard liquor, though they can still sell beer and wine. He said at the time that banning gas stations in the county from selling liquor would "help the problem in McKinley County tremendously."
In 2019, McKinley County had the highest rate of alcohol-involved car crashes in the state — 20.5 per every 10,000 people, according to the state Transportation Department. The county also had about 150 alcohol-related deaths per 100,000 people between 2013 and 2017, according to the Health Department. That's also the highest in the state.
Because of its long-standing alcoholism problems, the county and the city of Gallup have often been at the forefront of state policies to curb alcohol abuse. For example, residents and lawmakers in the late 1980s demanded the Legislature allow them to impose an excise tax on liquor to pay for alcohol abuse treatment.
Weeks after the new law went into effect in July, Western Refining Retail LLC sued the state over what it said was an "arbitrary" choice to ban liquor at gas stations in just McKinley County. At the time, the company owned 10 Speedway gas stations in the county.
The lawsuit pointed out that Rio Arriba County has similar problems with alcohol abuse and deaths, and the rest of the state has its issues, as well. Targeting McKinley County was unconstitutional, attorneys argued, and would cause "a severe economic impact" on its stores in the county.
The company has since sold off its stations in McKinley County, and new owners 7-11 withdrew the lawsuit. Representatives from 7-11 did not respond to a request for comment, and neither did attorneys who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Western Refining Retail.
Now that the law's impacts have become clear and the lawsuit is withdrawn, Muñoz said he plans to introduce new legislation in the upcoming, 30-day session to impose new restrictions on alcohol sales.
"Now we know what [gas stations'] main resource for income was, and that's alcohol sales," he said. "So we can now begin to look at restricting those."
He wants to reimpose the ban on alcohol sales on Sunday in McKinley County, he said. He said he didn't realize that the Liquor Control Act reform would mean alcohol sales could resume Sundays in the county.
"That was an unintended consequence that we didn't catch in the legislation," he said. "We didn't know it would repeal in McKinley."
But he has no other reforms in mind, he said, adding that the session will have pressing issues around spending federal stimulus money and other priorities, so he's not sure there will be much appetite to revisit liquor policy.
'It's super inconvenient'
Jennifer Brown and her husband, Jerry, now have to drive 54 miles round-trip to get gas, after Red Rock Liquor Package and Food Mart closed in Smith Lake near their home.
The trip used to be about 12 miles. Jerry Brown regularly needs five gallons of gas to run his chain saw, Jennifer said.
The station stopped selling gas without any notice in July, she said, and she saw three or four people stranded on the side of the road each day for the first few days.
"We saw many people run out of gas, just people on the side of the road," she said. "We almost did that first day too, but we eked it into town with about five miles to go till empty."
She said the lack of a close gas station continues to make travel difficult for her and her neighbors.
"It is not like the end of our life, but it's super inconvenient," she said. "And it did not do what it had anticipated it would do."
This story was originally published in Source New Mexico — sourcenm.com — which is part of States Newsroom, a national nonprofit news provider.
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Hollywood actor Dennis Weaver is leading a caravan of fuel efficient cars across the United States to promote alternative fuels and to urge the country to reduce its dependence on foreign oil. The performer and his supporters will deliver petitions to Washington.
The actor-environmentalist and his wife of 50 years, driving a hybrid Toyota powered by gasoline and electricity, will lead a caravan of cars fueled by hydrogen, natural gas, ethanol and methanol, which are forms of alcohol. They call the cross-country trip the "Drive to Survive."
"Our message will be, please increase the miles per gallon on automobiles, which is a "no brainer" I mean, that's very easily done which will relieve us of our dependence on foreign oil," says Mr. Weaver.
The trip began Wednesday on the shores of the Pacific, in Santa Monica, California. Over the next two weeks, the actor and his supporters will hold nine major rallies in U.S. cities from San Francisco to Detroit and Cleveland. The educational events are cosponsored by the U.S. department of energy's "clean cities" program.
May 14, the caravan will reach Washington, D.C., to join other environmentalists in fuel-efficient cars. "They'll be coming down from Boston, and our combined efforts will make it a huge event in Washington," says Mr. Weaver.
Energy Department officials have promised to participate in the Washington rally. "And we'll be educating people," says Mr. Weaver. "We'll be hopefully inspiring them. And that's really what this is about."
The actor says government has been slow to address the problems caused by U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, including pollution. But he says officials are getting on board, especially regarding hydrogen, which they see as the fuel of the future. He notes that hydrogen-fueled cars are already being driven in the United States, and several will take part in the cross-country caravan. "Even the president said in his "state of the union" speech that he proposed $1.2 billion for the development of hydrogen fuel cell automobiles," he says. "That gave that a big boost also."
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Les Carmina Burana sont une cantate scénique composée par Carl Orff en 1935-1936. Le titre complet, en latin, est « Carmina Burana : Cantiones profanæ, cantoribus et choris cantandæ, comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis », soit en français : Poèmes chantés de Beuern : Chants profanes, pour chanteurs solistes et chœurs, avec accompagnement instrumental et images magiques.

Les Carmina Burana sont une partie des Trionfi, une trilogie musicale incluant les cantates Catulli Carmina et Trionfo di Afrodite. Le mouvement le plus célèbre est le chœur initial O Fortuna, repris ensuite de manière écourtée à la fin de l'œuvre.

Livret

L'œuvre de Carl Orff est fondée sur 24 poèmes médiévaux tirés d'un recueil appelé Carmina Burana. Ce nom signifie littéralement : « Poèmes chantés de Beuern » ou « Chants de Beuern », en référence au monastère de Benediktbeuern, où ont été découverts les manuscrits.

Orff entra en contact avec ces textes pour la première fois dans Wine, Women, and Song, publié par John Addington Symond en 1884, qui comprenait une traduction en anglais de 46 poèmes du recueil. Michel Hofmann, étudiant en droit et amateur de latin et de grec, a aidé Orff à sélectionner et organiser 24 de ces poèmes afin de former un livret.

Le livret contient donc des textes en latin, moyen haut-allemand (Mittelhochdeutsch) et ancien français. Les sujets, profanes, dont il traite sont nombreux et universels : la fluctuation constante de la fortune et de la richesse, la nature éphémère de la vie, la joie apportée par le retour du printemps, les plaisirs de l'alcool, la chair, le jeu, la luxure, etc.

Quelques rares poèmes ont une notation musicale schématique en neumes, mais Orff ne s'en est pas inspiré : cette notation lui était-elle étrangère, ou bien pensait-il que la musique du Moyen Âge n'intéresserait pas son public ? Ce n'est qu'à partir de 1950 environ que de nombreux interprètes ont pu aborder de manière plus scientifique et plus vivante les musiques du Moyen Âge, après les travaux de musicologues comme Jacques Chailley (et d'autres avant lui), et après que l'abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes eut entrepris (dès le ) de retrouver l'authenticité du chant liturgique de l'Église catholique (le chant grégorien). Les interprètes ont également développé l'organologie médiévale et se sont enrichis de l'étude de plusieurs musiques de tradition orale.

Instrumentation

Version originale

Voix
 Solistes principaux : soprano, ténor et baryton
 Solistes supplémentaires : haute-contre ténor, baryton et 2 basses
 Grand chœur mixte
 Petit chœur
 Chœur d'enfants

Instruments
 Bois
 3 flûtes (dont 2 jouent du piccolo)
 3 hautbois (dont un joue du cor anglais)
 3 clarinettes (dont une joue de la clarinette en mi-bémol et une autre de la clarinette basse. Les trois clarinettes utilisent les clarinettes en si-bémol et en la)
 2 bassons et contrebassons
 Cuivres
 4 cors
 3 trompettes
 3 trombones
 1 tuba
 Percussion: timbales, glockenspiel, xylophone, castagnettes, crécelle, petites cloches, triangle, vieilles cymbales, cymbales crash, cymbale suspendue, tam-tam, cloches tubulaires, tambour de basque, caisse claire, grosse caisse, célesta
 2 pianos
 Cordes
2 parties de violons
1 partie d'altos
1 partie de violoncelles
1 partie de contrebasses

Versions réduites
 En 1952, Carl Orff prend pour disciple le futur compositeur Wilhelm Killmayer qui effectue en 1956 une adaptation des Carmina Burana pour musique de chambre à instrumentation réduite (version pour deux pianos, percussions, chœurs et solistes). Orff autorise Schott Music à en publier la partition afin que son œuvre puisse être aussi jouée par de plus petits ensembles.
 Le compositeur espagnol  a effectué (date non établie) une réduction intégrale pour solistes, chœurs et harmonie (qui maintient la partition originale pour les chœurs, pianos, et percussions). Publiée par Schott Music, elle permet l'interprétation dans les villes sans orchestre symphonique mais disposant au moins d'une fanfare et de chœurs.
 Il existe aussi une version de chambre partielle arrangée par Friedrich Wanek (date non établie) pour double quintette à vent (2 flûtes (ou ), 2 hautbois (ou  anglais), 2 clarinettes en si bémol, 2 cors , 2 bassons (ou ), qui n'adapte que cinq chants (Fortune plango vulnera, In trutina, Tanz, Amor volat undique, In taberna). Distribuée par Schott Music, elle a été enregistrée par le Indiana State University Faculty Winds.

Structure

Les Carmina Burana sont divisés en cinq sections, qui sont à leur tour divisées en plusieurs mouvements. Il y a en tout 25 mouvements dans la cantate (en ne considérant pas que le premier et le dernier sont les mêmes). Orff a placé l'indication attaca entre tous les mouvements d'une même scène. Entre parenthèses les numéros des manuscrits originaux dont il n'a gardé quelquefois que certains couplets.

 O Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi [O Chance, impératrice du monde] (CB 17 et 16)
 Primo vere [Printemps : chants célébrant le renouveau de la nature] (CB 138, 136, et 143) - inclut la petite scène Uf dem Anger [Dans la prairie) (CB 149, 16*, 167a et 174a)
 In Taberna [Dans la taverne : chansons à boire et satiriques] (CB 191, 130 et 222)
 Cour d'amours [Chansons érotiques] (CB 87, 118, 177, 180, 183, 174, 70, 179, et 70)
 Blanziflor et Helena [Blanchefleur et Hélène] (CB 77)

La majorité de la structure de l'œuvre est basée sur le concept de la Roue de la Fortune. Le dessin de cette roue, qui se trouve sur la première page du manuscrit, est accompagné de quatre phrases autour de la roue :

À l'intérieur de chaque scène, et parfois même à l'intérieur d'un mouvement, la Roue de la Fortune (dans le sens de chance) tourne ; la joie se transforme en amertume et l'espoir en deuil. O Fortuna, le premier poème dans l'édition Schmeller, est à la fois le premier et le dernier mouvement de l'œuvre.

Analyse musicale

Le style musical d'Orff exprime un désir d'accessibilité et de communication directe. Les Carmina Burana ne contiennent quasiment pas de développement au sens classique du terme et leur polyphonie est généralement simple. Orff évite la complexité harmonique et rythmique, ce qui, esthétiquement, déplaît à plusieurs musiciens. Malgré de fréquents changements métriques, cette simplicité tranche avec la complexité de certains de ses contemporains, tels que Bartók, Stravinsky ou Schönberg.

Mélodiquement, Orff s'est inspiré de compositeurs de la fin de la Renaissance et des débuts du baroque tels William Byrd et Claudio Monteverdi. Contrairement à certaines croyances, il ne s'est pas inspiré des quelques mélodies neumatiques (notées succinctement en neumes) du manuscrit. Ses orchestrations chatoyantes montrent l'influence de Stravinsky, en particulier de son ballet intitulé Les Noces. Pour Orff comme pour Stravinsky, le rythme est l'élément principal de la musique.

Mise en scène

Orff a développé une conception dramatique nommée Theatrum mundi selon laquelle la musique, le mouvement et la parole sont inséparables. Babcock écrit que « la formule artistique de Carl Orff limite la musique de manière que chaque moment musical doit être accompagné d'une action sur la scène. C'est pour cela que les productions modernes des Carmina Burana ne correspondent pas aux intentions de Orff ».

Malgré le fait que les Carmina Burana ont été conçus comme une œuvre dramatique incluant de la danse, des décors et d'autres éléments de mise en scène, l'œuvre est maintenant habituellement présentée dans les salles de concert en tant que cantate. Par contre, certaines productions utilisent tout de même une mise en scène (Théâtre du Silence de Brigitte Lefèvre et CoRéAM de Jean-Yves Gaudin à La Rochelle en 1983, filmé par FR3, Sergio Simon et Guy Condette à Limoges en 2008 ; Fura del Baus, Orchestre National de Lyon et chœur Orfeon Pamplonés aux Nuits de Fourvière 2011; à Velaux 13880, espace Nova, en septembre 2012, mise en espace de André Leveque et direction Jan Heiting; concert-ballet de Claude Brumachon présenté au Festival de danse de Cannes le 16 décembre 2017 et filmé par France 3).

Accueil

La création des Carmina Burana eut lieu à Francfort, par le vieil opéra de Francfort le 8 juillet 1937 (chef d'orchestre : Bertil Wetzelsberger, chœur : Cäcilienchor, mise en scène : Otto Wälterlin, costumes : Ludwig Sievert). Peu de temps après le succès de son œuvre, Orff écrit à son éditeur, Schott Music :

Plusieurs autres productions ont été faites en Allemagne. Malgré le malaise du gouvernement nazi concernant les propos érotiques de certains textes et les influences russes, l'œuvre devint avec le temps la plus célèbre pièce composée en Allemagne nazie. Les Carmina Burana sont donc devenus une œuvre controversée, d'autant plus qu'elle a été considérée par le régime nazi comme une célébration de la race aryenne. En revanche, après la guerre, la popularité de l'œuvre continua de croître, si bien qu'elle fit son entrée dans le répertoire classique international dans les années 1960. C'est en 1966 qu'elle fut jouée pour la première fois en Israël et en 1967 en URSS, sous la direction de Grigori Sandler.

Même si quarante-deux ans est un âge relativement avancé pour connaître une renaissance musicale telle qu'Orff l'a vécue avec Carmina Burana, la demande qu'il a adressée à son éditeur a été respectée par presque tout le monde. Aucune autre de ses compositions n'approche la popularité de Carmina Burana, comme l'indique la célébrité d'« O Fortuna » et les persistantes productions et enregistrements. Pour la majorité de la population, la collection d'œuvres d'Orff commence et se termine avec Carmina Burana. Orff a bien sûr composé d'autres pièces après, par exemple Catulli Carmina et Trionfo di Afrodite, mais ces dernières sont moins accessibles au grand public. Sa pédagogie d'éducation musicale active, le "Orff-Schulwerk", a également contribué à le faire connaître auprès du public.

Carmina Burana, source d'inspiration pour d'autres créations

Les Carmina Burana ont été une source d'inspiration d'artistes dans beaucoup de domaines.

En musique

 Michael Jackson utilisa O Fortuna sur scène comme intro à Brace Yourself pendant son Dangerous World Tour 1992-1993.
 En 2009, le groupe de metal Trans-Siberian Orchestra a enregistré une version avec chœurs et guitare électrique/basse/batterie de O Fortuna sur l'album Night Castle.
 Le chœur O Fortuna est utilisé en introduction de concerts du groupe Thirty Seconds to Mars.
 Nana Mouskouri a repris le thème O Fortuna dans son disque Ave Verum.
 Vincent Niclo et les Chœurs de l'Armée rouge ont repris Carmina Burana.
 Le groupe punk Ludwig Von 88 a utilisé O Fortuna en ouverture de son album Houlala 2 : La Mission.
 Le groupe japonais Momoiro Clover Z a utilisé la cantate comme ouverture de leur chanson Neo Stargate sur l'album 5th Dimension.
 La musique composée par Bruce Broughton pour la scène de sacrifice du film Le Secret de la pyramide (1985) est fortement inspirée du premier mouvement (Fortuna imperatrix Mundi), plus particulièrement de O Fortuna.
 Le groupe français de beatbox champion du monde Berywam a repris O Fortuna sur les plateaux de télévision et en vidéo.

En littérature
Carmina Burana est aussi un poème de Jacques Prévert publié dans Choses et autres. Dans ce texte, il rend hommage à ces chants profanes, à Carl Orff et sa musique.

Serge Hutin écrit à propos de l'orchestration des Carmina Burana par Carl Orff en 1937 qu'il s'agissait

En audiovisuel
 O Fortuna fut utilisé pour la scène d'introduction en caddie de Jackass, le film.
 La musique de Carmina Burana, en particulier celle du chœur O Fortuna, est aussi utilisée dans de nombreux films et publicités.
 Le thème de la scène Uf Dem Anger fut utilisé pour la série d'émissions d'Igor Barrère Histoires Naturelles diffusée sur TF1.
 En 1968, La Société Radio Canada dans le cadre de la série Les beaux Dimanches réalise sous la direction de Jean Yves Landry une première adaptation télévisuelle.
 Le film de Ruy Guerra Ternos caçadores (Tendres chasseurs) (1969) avec Sterling Hayden .
Basil Poledouris a utilisé des extraits de Carmina Burana pour la bande originale de Conan le Barbare de John Milius
 John Boorman utilisa O Fortuna dans Excalibur, (1981). O Fortuna a ensuite été utilisé dans plusieurs autres films dont Glory (1989), The Doors (1991), Tueurs nés (1994), Le Déshonneur d'Elisabeth Campbell (1999), dans Brace yourself (documentaire sur Michael Jackson). Il figure dans des publicités télévisées, notamment pour les cartes de crédit Capital One et est parodié avec brio dans une publicité pour la bière Carlton Draught ainsi que dans 300 (2014).
 O Fortuna a aussi servi de générique à l'émission radio d'Europe 1 Il y a sûrement quelque chose à faire dans les années 1970.
 Pier Paolo Pasolini a utilisé Veris leta facies dans la scène finale des supplices dans son dernier film Salò ou les 120 Journées de Sodome (1976).

En sport
 Les patineurs artistiques français Gwendal Peizerat et Marina Anissina ont également utilisé la musique de Carmina Burana pour l'une de leurs performances de danse sur glace durant la saison 1999-2000.
Le club de l'AS Saint-Etienne lors de ses matchs à domicile, entre sur le terrain sur O Fortuna.

Enregistrements notables
Un enregistrement typique dure autour d'une heure (entre 55 et 65 minutes dans les versions classiques).

Versions autorisées
Orff a qualifié de "version autorisée" trois enregistrements, chronologiquement :
 Wolfgang Sawallisch avec le Chœur et l'Orchestre symphonique de la Radio de Cologne (Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester), Agnes Giebel (soprano), Paul Kuen (ténor), et Marcel Cordes (baryton). Enregistré en stéréo en 1956 à la radio ouest-allemande de Cologne, publié en disque microsillon en 1957 par Capitol en mono, ressorti par EMI en stéréo, durée 59:10. — Supervisé par Orff (que l'on entend applaudir à la fin de la dernière piste), ce fut le premier enregistrement qu'il qualifia de "version autorisée".
 Eugen Jochum avec le Chœur et l'Orchestre de l'Opéra allemand de Berlin (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Gerhard Stolze (ténor), et Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baryton). Enregistré en stéréo en octobre 1967 à l'Ufa-Studio de Berlin, publié en disque microsillon en 1968 par Deutsche Grammophon, durée 54:46 en vinyle et 56:18 en CD remasterisé. — Vers la fin de sa vie, Carl Orff l'a qualifié de "version autorisée".
 Ferdinand Leitner avec le Chœur et l'Orchestre symphonique de la Radio de Cologne (Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester), Ruth-Margret Pütz (soprano), Michael Cousins (ténor), Barry McDaniel (baryton), et Roland Hermann (basse). Enregistré en stéréo en mars 1973 au Grosser Sendesaal de la radio ouest-allemande de Cologne, publié en disque microsillon en 1974 par BASF puis Acanta, durée 60:51 en vinyle et 60:14 en CD remasterisé. — Supervisé par Orff (durant un cycle d'enregistrement de ses œuvres complètes de fin 1972 à début 1974), ce fut le dernier enregistrement qu'il qualifia de "version autorisée" (avant sa mort en 1983).

Versions indépendantes
D'autres enregistrements notables incluent, chronologiquement :
 Riccardo Muti avec le Chœur et l'Orchestre du Philharmonia (Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra) accompagnés du Chœur d'enfants du Southend (Southend Boys' Choir), Arleen Auger (soprano), John van Kesteren (ténor), et Jonathan Summers (baryton). Enregistré en stéréo en mars 1979 au studio 1 d'Abbey Road à Londres, publié en disque microsillon en 1980 par HMV (His Master's Voice) puis EMI, durée 58:47.
 James Levine avec le Chœur et l'Orchestre symphonique de Chicago (Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra) accompagnés du Chœur d'enfants de Glen Ellyn (Glen Ellyn Children's Choir, Illinois), June Anderson (soprano), Philip Creech (ténor), et Bernd Weikl (baryton). Enregistré en stéréo en septembre 1984 à Chicago au  (, publié en 1985 par Deutsche Grammophon, durée 63:21 en vinyle et 61:58 en CD.
 Seiji Ozawa avec le Chœur , le Chœur Shinyukai et l'Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin (Berliner Philharmoniker) accompagnés par Edita Gruberova (soprano), John Aler (ténor), et Thomas Hampson (baryton). Enregistré en stéréo en juin 1988 à Berlin, publié en CD et disque microsillon en 1989 par Philips Classics et réédité en CD en 2001 par Decca, durée 60:33.
 Franz Welser-Möst avec le Chœur et l'Orchestre philharmonique de Londres (London Philharmonic Orchestra) accompagnés des choristes de la Cathédrale Saint-Alban de Saint Albans (Choristers of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Michael Chance (contre-ténor), et Jeffrey Black (baryton). Enregistré en stéréo en novembre 1989 au studio 1 d'Abbey Road à Londres, publié en CD en 1990 par EMI, durée 57:44. — Une performance atypique qui remplace le ténor par un contreténor.
 Charles Dutoit avec le Chœur et l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal accompagnés de la Chorale junior de FACE (FACE Treble Choir de l'école FACE), Beverly Hoch (soprano), Stanford Olsen (ténor), et Mark Oswald (baryton). Enregistré en stéréo en mai 1996, publié en CD en 1997 par Decca, durée 59:24.

Adaptations
Des adaptations (avec chœurs) pour d'autres instrumentations, chronologiquement :

Version Killmayer (pour deux pianos, percussions, chœurs et solistes)
Réduction de 1956 autorisée par Orff.
 (Œuvre intégrale.) Cecilia Rydinger-Alin (chef) avec Roland Pöntinen (piano), Love Derwinger (piano), l'Ensemble Kroumata (percussions), et le chœur Allmänna Sången accompagné du Chœur d'enfants de l'École de Chant d'Uppsala (Children's Choir from the Uppsala Choir School), Lena Nordin (soprano), Hans Dornbusch (ténor), et Peter Mattei (baryton) : Carmina Burana, version de chambre (Carmina Burana, Chamber Version). Enregistré en stéréo en 1995 aux studios de BIS en Suède, publié en 1995 par BIS, durée 61:17.

Version Mas Quiles (pour solistes, chœurs et harmonie)
 (Œuvre intégrale.)  (chef) avec le Grand Chœur et l'Orchestre d'harmonie de l'Université de Texas du Nord (North Texas University Wind Ensemble and Grand Chorus) accompagnés de North Texas University Cappella Choir, Texas Boy's Choir Fort Worth, Canticum Novum Choir, Arlington Choral Society, Denton Bach Society, Lynn Eustis (soprano), Brian Nedvin (ténor), et Jeffrey Snider (baryton) : Klavier Wind Project - Orff: Carmina Burana. Enregistré en stéréo (date non établie), publié en 2003 par Klavier Records, durée 62:45.

Transcriptions
Des transcriptions (sans chœurs) pour d'autres instruments, chronologiquement :
 (Pour piano seul, œuvre intégrale.) Eric Chumachenco (arrangeur, interprète), Carmina Burana - The Piano Version, joué sur un piano à queue (Yamaha 7C Grand Piano). Enregistré en stéréo du 3 au 5 février 1992 au Kick Sound Studio de Salzbourg, publié en 1992 par Wergo pour Schott Music, durée 46:55. — La transcription intègre les parties vocales dans la partition (ainsi, le chant du Cygne Rôti est non seulement arrangé au piano, mais joué de manière légèrement dissonante pour émuler le fausset).
 (Pour guitare seule, œuvre partielle.) Gareth Koch (arrangeur, interprète), Carmina Burana for Solo Guitar, joué sur une guitare classique en épicéa (de Simon Marty). Enregistré en stéréo en juin 1997 dans la Cathédrale de l'Église du Christ (Christ Church Cathedral) de Newcastle (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, Australie), publié en 1998 par Artworks puis ABC Classics, durée 42:42. — Contient environ les deux tiers de l'œuvre (15 morceaux sur 25 ; manquent entre autres le chant du Cygne Rôti et Blanziflor et Helena).

Film
 Carmina Burana atque imaginibus magicis. Film d'opéra, Allemagne, 1975, 60 Min., en couleur, stereo, Mise en scène : Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Avec Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, John van Kesteren, Benno Hoffmann, Michel Jacot etc., Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Tölzer Knabenchor, Münchner Rundfunkorchester. Sous la direction de : Kurt Eichhorn. Production: Gerhard Reutter, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Bavaria Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft. (BMG, DVD 74321 852859).

Sources

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Paroles et traduction du "O fortuna", sur Paroles-Musique
 Historique de la découverte par Orff
 "Orff in Andechs", Reportage Arte, 16 juin 2011

Cantate
Œuvre de Carl Orff
1937
Musique classique vocale allemande
Musique classique vocale en allemand
Musique classique vocale en français
Musique classique vocale en latin

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hmmm- sounds like what all of us had last week as well. Not food poisoning, but a nasty variation of the roto-virus. All 3 of us were puking last week (LeRoy & I only for a day, but Addison had it major for 4 days, and some after-shocks up until this morning. Her poor tummy doesn't kow what to do with food anymore.) Anyway, my sister in Tacoma and her family all had it, including her hunband's Aunt. My mom got it after we had it, and a family we know at church had it the week before us.
Sounds the same - nasty virus, but thought I would let you know so whoever cooked can feel better. :) Also on the gross side, when we went to the DR for addison she told us this is only passed through body fluids from the stomach, which means you have to get vomit or diarrhea in your mouth to get it. It only takes one organism to make you really sick. EEwww, but comes with being a parent I guess. Hope you all feel better soon! and watch out for dehydration - pedialyte is great for adults too!
Yeah, I had rotavirus a few weeks ago, too. Not fun.
Even if it is food poisoning, which has happened to me on a grand-family scale, make sure you stay hydrated!


As I assembled my own notes, photographs, and intense memories, I also hunted, as I had done many times earlier, for the guidebook I bought at Cody's bookstore in Berkeley so long ago that had inspired me to launch that journey. Once again, I learned that Overland to India was out of print and expensive. But this time I found something else as well: A rough used copy was being offered for $9.95.
Ironically, I had paid attention. Overland to India, published the year before I set out, had contained a great deal of valuable and hard-to-come-by information. The author's hints for cost-cutting were sometimes dodgy, and some of the information already needed updating by 1972. However, for the most part, the advice about trains, buses, visas, and cheap hotels had been sound. There had been few other guidebooks available at the time.
I felt sick. I don't like coincidences. And then I felt a whooping excitement. This was my own book! I emailed the seller and she emailed back, equally excited. She put me in touch with the person she had gotten the book from, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
The adventure chronicled in East, however, is of my initial journey. It began in Oakland during the Vietnam War era – a messy and unstable period in American history. I set off alone amid the slow rising of the second wave of American feminism, at a time when women increasingly were probing the relationship between the personal and the political. As I traveled, the adventure evolved into a quest to discover both the world and myself. I know now that all journeys can unfold this way, if we let them. This too is an understanding I would come to along the way.
As I set out in l972, the journey seemed to me an impossible one for a woman to undertake at all. By 2013, the overland route has become impossible to most Western travelers – male or female. Wars, insurgencies and altered governments have rendered some countries along the way either dangerous or unreachable. I could not foresee that what seemed like a closed door to me as a woman traveler in 1972 should appear in retrospect as such a rare and open one – a brief and special time when the young and daring could pass through much-disputed lands in relative peace.
Copyright, Shelley Buck, 2014. Shelley Buck is the author of East: A Woman on the Road to Kathmandu, available in print (WriteWords Press, 2013) and ebook editions.


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Thank you to all the sponsors, participants and volunteers who were involved in the Annual Local Government Golf Day last Friday. A very successful event with $1322.40 being raised for Can Assist. The generous sponsorship of this event is overwhelming. Despite the heat all had a great time. And thanks to the Oberon Golf Club volunteers the course looked wonderful.
Rainbow and Brown Trout fingerlings have been released into the Oberon Dam ensuring good fishing into the future.
UMCC weed control has been taking place in the Oberon area with thirty five property inspections over the past month mostly identifying blackberry infestations; aerial spraying has been carried out over ten properties.
Save the Date – Wednesday December 16. Council are hosting a Welcome to Oberon event at the Robert Hopper Community Centre in Fleming St. We invite residents to bring along a neighbour or acquaintance new to the town for the purpose of meeting people and seeing what community facilities/organisations are available to help with settling in and the sometimes difficult process of meeting new friends. Look out for further information.
The pool is now open and just in time for the very warm weather experienced last week; I have received very positive comments in relation to the new roof. I encourage you all to use the pool as often as you can, we are lucky to have such a facility.
The new Mayfield Fire Shed is one step closer to realisation this week with council approving the purchase of land at Wisemans Creek to locate the building.
In keeping with the commitment for council to become more efficient staff will soon be undertaking two separate surveys which will assist future organisational development and work practices.
The Finance team completed the 2014/15 Audit which has been signed off by Council's Auditors. We are in a healthy financial position and have identified some areas of improvement to aim for during 2015/16. It is important, especially in the current climate to continually strive for efficiency gains and best work practice.
Oberon Youth Council is pressing on with their Skate park proposal, hosting fundraising and community information sessions. OYC will be assisting with the school holiday workshops to be held at the Library and at the upcoming Australia day Event on January 26th 2016. It is rewarding for me to see our young people so engaged with the community.
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