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By: Brett Battles
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Series: Mine (Battles), Book 1
Something happened that night in the woods at Camp Red Hawk. But all Joel and Leah can recall is sneaking out for a late hike with five camp friends - and that only the two of them and their friend Mike returned. They have no memory of what happened to the others. No memory of anything after leaving the camp.
In the years that follow, they realize something has changed inside of them. They are different from others in ways they never should be. In ways that send their lives down disturbing and terrifying paths. As they grapple with adulthood, their only hope for understanding why they've been altered lies with them finding each other again. But how is that possible when their memories of one another have been erased?
©2016 Brett Battles (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
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A thrilling sci-fi adventure
Have you listened to any of Kirby Heyborne's other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but I loved this one and will try out more
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, and I almost did
Hello, dear Audiobooks Fans! As you may well know, Brett Battles is one of my favorites authors and when I "heard", earlier this year, that he is working on a new book set apart from his regular series, I was very excited! I waited almost two additional months after the Kindle release in order to get my hands on the audiobook and I'm glad that I did!
I will try to be very careful with what I tell you about the story, because I want to make you want to read it and, at the same time I must avoid spoilers at all costs… Ok, let's try this!
Mine opens with a scene reminescent of all those scary movies that were airing on US Cable in the late 80s. A few teenagers are in Summer vacation at Camp Red Hawk, deep in the woods and some of them want to do something brave and totally stupid after their minders fall asleep. As you may imagine, everything goes terribly wrong and they all end up missing… After a few days, just three teens are found, and they are changed forever…
The story spans over 20 years and follows the three of them, a girl and two boys, as they try to understand what happened that dreadful night in the woods. Maybe, if they all three put together what they remember, they will find an answer, but how? Their memories of each other have been erased!
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Mine is something new, something different from what Mr. Battles usually writes, but it is as good or even better, in some aspects, than some of his previous works. I think that Mine is targeted at a younger audience, somewhere between the ages of 16 to 24, not at fully grown male adults of 33, but, even so I listened to it almost continuously from start to finish and I can say that I loved it!
When I said that Mine is even better than some of Brett's previous works, I was thinking about the deep character development we can find in this book. Brett Battles is a Thriller writer at heart, with Quinn, Project Eden an Poe he delivers non-stop action, but with Mine and with the Rewinder series he takes his time to tell the story differently, and I like that very much! As I was listening, I discovered that I was deeply caring for Joel, Leah and even for Mike, cheering them on, wanting to unravel the mystery…
If you like Paranormal and Sci-Fi thrillers, you can give Mine a try and you'll discover why I love Brett's work so much!
Another nice surprise, for me at least, was the selection of Kirby Heyborne as the narrator for Mine. All other series by Brett Battles are performed by some great and award winning actors that include names like Scott Brick, Abby Craden, Vikas Adam and MacLeod Andrews.
I have to admit that I didn't listen to any audiobooks narrated by Kirby Heyborne before Mine and that I was a little anxious. I'm very picky when it comes to narrators, but I shouldn't have worried at all! Kirby does a fantastic job with the narration, he reads, he acts, he can switch between voices easily and by doing so he keeps all the characters well differentiated for the listener… Near the end of the book there are some very tensed moments and I think that he overacted, just a little, by shouting too loud in some scenes… but, I won't keep that against him as he delivered a great overall performance.
As a side note, I want to add that both me and my girlfriend, Alina, are listening to audiobooks everyday and as we are usually talking about what we read, I discovered that she enjoys Kirby Heyborne's performance of the two of the three audiobooks in the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children trilogy… She is at the 3rd right now and maybe she'll start writing a few reviews soon…
I hope to see Brett Battles as he announces the next book in this series very soon and I can't wait to listen to more audiobooks performed by Kirby Heyborne, as I enjoyed his narration very much…
Please vote Yes below if you found this review helpful and read more reviews on theAudiobookBlog dot com
144 of 164 people found this review helpful
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An unexpected surprise!
I only purchased this book because it was on sale and I had a few dollars left on a credit. I very soon decided I had made a big mistake. The nature of the story did not draw me In at all, but I figured I'd hang in there and I'm so glad I did! As the characters developed I became more and more interested in the story and was soon hooked and could hardly stop listening. I grew to really like these characters. Syfy is certainly not something I would ever intentionally select but this book had enough of an interesting story to make it worthy of a good listen. The narrator also grew on me and by the end of the story I think I could become a fan of his.
Trudy Owens
interesting, creepy, spooky, and haunting
Mine: a hole in the ground for digging out ore
Mine: to delve deeply
Mine: belonging to me alone
Mine: a bomb waiting to explode
They are all there, but not necessarily all at the same time. This is Battles drifting quite a ways away from Jonathan Quinn and The Eden Project. It's disturbing and unsettling, freaky Twilight Zone, and very well done.
Very entertaining contemporary sci-fi!
Mine is not at all like Brett Battles traditional novels such as his espionage novels of his Jonathan Quinn series, or his post apocalypse novels of his Project Eden series, or his modern detective novels of the Logan Harper series, or even the suspense thrillers he co-wrote in the Alexandra Poe series. On the other hand Mine is contemporary sci-fi sort of similar to Battles' recent Rewinder series. Few modern authors cross so many genre lines. I am very interested to see what the soon to be released The Excoms by Brett Battles will be like. But, Mr. Battles, please keep on releasing a new Jonathan Quinn novel every year.
I found Mine fascinating and entertaining. Narrator Kirby Heyborne is not totally new to me. He narrated Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Neighbor in Lisa Gardner D.D Warren series, and The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain each of which is in my Audible library. Heyborne is a very accomplished and competent narrator with a superbly clear voice. He is also and actor, singer, and song writer.
39 of 48 people found this review helpful
Charles Elmore
A Fun Sci-Fi Adventure with a bit of Superhero on the Side
2016's "Mine" from prolific novelist, Brett Battles, is the first entry in a series of cliffhanger novels revolving around a group of young people who experience an unusual event that occurs one year at summer camp. This experience leaves them changed in ways reminiscent of a Marvel origin story if written by Stephen King. The narrative shifts regularly between the characters, devoting a chapter or two to each. More questions than answers are offered as the plot unfolds and may be summarized as a variety of, "Just what is going on here???" A shadowy villain emerges early on and appears to be pulling everybody's strings, but the true nature of this antagonist is just more fodder for the questions-to-be-answered-later category. Sinister overtones are more than implied.
Whatever one may take away in general from a Brett Battles-penned escapade in terms of plot, character development, or the sci-fi premises he employs, it's difficult to find any fault with the overall experience his books deliver. Whether one finds oneself frustrated with a particular character's poor decisions or lack of efficacy, groaning at a corny bit of dialogue, or rolling one's eyes at a forced romantic subplot, one never questions the tale itself: it is what it is, and, almost always, what it is—and "Mine" is no exception—is an entertaining fantasy that leaves one helplessly awaiting the next installment.
It should be noted that the entertaining aspect of a Brett Battles audiobook is helped along a great deal by such notable narrators as Kirby Heyborne and Scott Brick. Heyborne helms this particular escapade with aplomb, providing vivid voice acting to the various roles. One can only hope he returns for the promised sequel, which according to my calendar, is overdue.
absolutely loved this book!
absolutely loved this book! I hope there is a book number two. I also liked the readers voice.
Paper Poppet
Just not that good, lame plot, super predictable, kinda boring, and while sorta original also pulled from numerous sources for inspiration...
When I started this book, I was expecting a horror novel. There are definitely some twisted and messed up things that happen, but I wouldn't put this in the horror genre. I'm not really sure how I would characterize it. I enjoyed the story, because it flowed nicely, was well-written, and had some unexpected things happening. The character development was a little lacking, but not bad. The ending was vague, which I like.
Strange, Unpredictable and Original
A strange un-predictable story line that is full of suspense. Many reviewers complained that this story is written for teenagers and although that is true, it is also full of drama. Although you are never told how or why the two teenagers have the visions they have, I was taken in by the story. Since I love tales that are totally out there, I have to give this 5 stars.
Why did the children have to die??? Children are supposed to be rescued. A good book does not let children be tortured and enslaved. I was so disappointed, shocked, and disgusted.

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Q: Como pegar valor de variável dentro de uma function em uma Classe para outra function? Tenho uma classe para Upload de Imagens, e quero pegar o valor de uma variável dentro de uma function chamada salvar()!
Eu quero criar um função chamada getNome() para pegar o nome da imagem com extensão. Mas a variável com o nome da imagem está na função salvar(), como faço isso? E eu quero dar um echo $nome_img; para usar na hora do insert em um arquivo .php!
ImgUpload.php
<?php

class Upload{
    private $arquivo;
    private $altura;
    private $largura;
    private $pasta;

    function __construct($arquivo, $altura, $largura, $pasta){
        $this->arquivo = $arquivo;
        $this->altura  = $altura;
        $this->largura = $largura;
        $this->pasta   = $pasta;
    }

    private function getExtensao(){
        //retorna a extensao da imagem
        return $extensao = strtolower(end(explode('.', $this->arquivo['name'])));
    }

    private function ehImagem($extensao){
        $extensoes = array('gif', 'jpeg', 'jpg', 'png');     // extensoes permitidas
        if (in_array($extensao, $extensoes))
            return true;
    }

    //largura, altura, tipo, localizacao da imagem original
    private function redimensionar($imgLarg, $imgAlt, $tipo, $img_localizacao){
        //descobrir novo tamanho sem perder a proporcao
        if ( $imgLarg > $imgAlt ){
            $novaLarg = $this->largura;
            $novaAlt = round( ($novaLarg / $imgLarg) * $imgAlt );
        }
        elseif ( $imgAlt > $imgLarg ){
            $novaAlt = $this->altura;
            $novaLarg = round( ($novaAlt / $imgAlt) * $imgLarg );
        }
        else // altura == largura
            $novaAltura = $novaLargura = max($this->largura, $this->altura);

            //redimencionar a imagem

            //cria uma nova imagem com o novo tamanho
            $novaimagem = imagecreatetruecolor($novaLarg, $novaAlt);

            switch ($tipo){
                case 1: // gif
                    $origem = imagecreatefromgif($img_localizacao);
                    imagecopyresampled($novaimagem, $origem, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                            $novaLarg, $novaAlt, $imgLarg, $imgAlt);
                    imagegif($novaimagem, $img_localizacao);
                    break;
                case 2: // jpg
                    $origem = imagecreatefromjpeg($img_localizacao);
                    imagecopyresampled($novaimagem, $origem, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                            $novaLarg, $novaAlt, $imgLarg, $imgAlt);
                    imagejpeg($novaimagem, $img_localizacao);
                    break;
                case 3: // png
                    $origem = imagecreatefrompng($img_localizacao);
                    imagecopyresampled($novaimagem, $origem, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                            $novaLarg, $novaAlt, $imgLarg, $imgAlt);
                    imagepng($novaimagem, $img_localizacao);
                    break;
            }

            //destroi as imagens criadas
            imagedestroy($novaimagem);
            imagedestroy($origem);
    }

    public function salvar(){
        $extensao = $this->getExtensao();

        //gera um nome unico para a imagem em funcao do tempo
         $novo_nome = time() . '.' . $extensao;
        //localizacao do arquivo
        $destino = $this->pasta . $novo_nome;

        //move o arquivo
        if (! move_uploaded_file($this->arquivo['tmp_name'], $destino)){
            if ($this->arquivo['error'] == 1)
                return "Tamanho excede o permitido";
                else
                    return "Erro " . $this->arquivo['error'];
        }

        if ($this->ehImagem($extensao)){
            //pega a largura, altura, tipo e atributo da imagem
            list($largura, $altura, $tipo, $atributo) = getimagesize($destino);

            // testa se é preciso redimensionar a imagem
            if(($largura > $this->largura) || ($altura > $this->altura))
                $this->redimensionar($largura, $altura, $tipo, $destino);
        }
        return "Sucesso";
    }

    public function getNome() {

        echo $novo_nome;

    }

}

?>

A: Poderia apenas declarar uma nova propriedade para a classe.
Pode ser declarada como privada.
Um exemplo genérico:
class Test{
    private $foo;

    public function A() {
        $this->foo = 'bar';
    }

    public function B() {
        return $this->foo;
    }
}

$c = new Test;
$c->A();
echo $c->B();

Para o seu caso específico
Declarando a propriedade
class Upload{
    private $arquivo;
    private $altura;
    private $largura;
    private $pasta;
    private $novo_nome; // declare aqui como private

O método salvar():
public function salvar(){
    $extensao = $this->getExtensao();

    //gera um nome unico para a imagem em funcao do tempo
     $this->novo_nome = time() . '.' . $extensao;
    //localizacao do arquivo
    $destino = $this->pasta . $this->novo_nome;

O método getNome()
public function getNome() {

    echo $this->novo_nome;

}

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Censorship Scandals – "a small company cannot do that"
June 26, 2019 sheikyermami	1 Comment
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The Guardian on Free Speech: 'Some Debates Should Be Shut Down'
Grunard scribblers are degenerates.
The UK-based Guardian newspaper explains this week that silencing unpopular opinions is not a violation of free speech because "some debates should be shut down."
You are free to hold and express any opinions you want, as long as you agree with them. They're worse than religious fanatics. They are adamant that anyone who disagrees with their views should be silenced.
Google Censors Video Exposing Google
YouTube REMOVED this video – will they begin rejecting traffic to @MailOnline next? Where do we draw the line on what journalism is allowed and isn't allowed? – Undercover video shows Google exec warning over 'next Trump situation' https://t.co/Q4Dm74z4Ge
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 25, 2019
Secret footage shows Google's Head of Responsible Innovation, Jen Gennai, describing how the tech giant has stepped up to define 'what's fair and equitable' and implement that, at a dinner meeting in San Francisco in May
YouTube took us down for exposing the most powerful company in the history of the world. "Without fear or favor?" Most journalists are afraid or on the take so they're rendered mute. But people are uploading clips en masse. Here's Google exec on her contempt of Congress and 2020. pic.twitter.com/q6E67CmbKH
Google's left-wing agenda revealed: Undercover video shows top exec pledging company would 'stop the next Trump situation' and exposes search giant's secret plan for radical social engineering
Head of Responsible Innovation, Jen Gennai was filmed at a restaurant
The undercover clip shows her referring to the 2016 presidential election, saying: 'What happened there and how do we prevent it from happening again?'
She said the company was stepping up to define 'what's fair and equitable' as it determines how to apply its algorithms to users' search results
She also blasted Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan to break up Google in the video
Gennai hit back after the video was published claiming she had been 'tricked' and that it had been edited to 'distort her words and the actions of her employer'
Gennai said she was referring to stopping foreign interference in the 2020 election when she referenced 'stopping the next Trump situation'
The tech executive said she had also received abusive messages since the film
YouTube told DailyMail.com it took it down due to multiple privacy complaints
DailyMail.com reached out to Google and was referred to Gennai's response
In a hearing on Tuesday, the Senate Commerce Committee examined how technology companies use algorithms and its influence on the public
Sen. Ted Cruz questioned Google User Experience Maggie Stanphill about the Project Veritas report at the hearing, which she had not yet seen for herself
A senior Google executive has been caught on an undercover video appearing to suggest the company is trying to stop 'the next Trump situation' in the 2020 presidential election.
Secret footage released by Project Veritas shows Google's Head of Responsible Innovation, Jen Gennai, saying: 'We all got screwed over in 2016, again it wasn't just us, it was, the people got screwed over, the news media got screwed over, like, everybody got screwed over so we've rapidly been like, what happened there and how do we prevent it from happening again.'
A company insider provided Project Veritas with documents outlining Google's explanation of 'algorithmic unfairness,' which appeared to expose a liberal bent at the online giant.
A document leaked by the alleged insider contained language about addressing 'unjust or prejudicial treatment,' saying that even when search results are factually accurate, 'it may be desirable to consider how we might help society reach a more fair and equitable state, via either product intervention or broader corporate social responsibility efforts.'
Another document discusses enabling 'product teams to make source quality decisions.'
In the covert clip, Gennai can also be heard blasting Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren's push to break up tech giants, saying small companies 'don't have the same resources.'
After the publication of the footage, which has since been removed from YouTube, Gennai said she had used 'imprecise language' during a 'casual chat' and said she had been invited to the meeting at a San Francisco restaurant by people claiming to be from a 'mentoring program for young women of color.'
But the clip, part of Project Veritas' investigation into Silicon Valley, provided fodder to conservatives who have long accused Google of using its search results to shape people's political views.
DailyMail.com reached out to Google seeking authentication of and comment on the documents, as well a response to the video of Gennai, and was referred to Gennai's personal response in a Medium post.
A YouTube spokesperson told DailyMail.com that the video received multiple privacy complaints, and after a review, YouTube removed the video in line with its privacy guidelines.
The spokesperson said: 'We have strong privacy guidelines in place, including the ability to file a complaint if someone feels their privacy has been violated. When complaints are received, we may also provide the uploader a chance to remove or edit private information in their video.'
In the footage she appears to suggest Google is developing algorithms to prevent Donald Trump being reelected in 2020
In the footage, Gennai appears to suggest Google was training its algorithms to prevent a repeat of the 2016 election, though she didn't specifically say exactly what the company was trying to stop in the video posted by Project Veritas.
'We're also training our algorithms, like, if 2016 happened again, would we have, would the outcome be different?' she asked in the video.
Discussing the size Google has grown to, Gennai can be heard saying: 'Elizabeth Warren is saying we should break up Google. And like, I love her but she's very misguided, like that will not make it better it will make it worse, because all these smaller companies who don't have the same resources that we do will be charged with preventing the next Trump situation, it's like a small company cannot do that.'
On Monday, Gennai addressed the video and elaborated on what she meant, writing: 'Project Veritas has edited the video to make it seem that I am a powerful executive who was confirming that Google is working to alter the 2020 election. On both counts, this is absolute, unadulterated nonsense, of course.
'In a casual restaurant setting, I was explaining how Google's Trust and Safety team (a team I used to work on) is working to help prevent the types of online foreign interference that happened in 2016. Google has been very public about the work that our teams have done since 2016 on this, so it's hardly a revelation.'
Gennai downplayed her power within the company and quoted Google's CEO Sundar Pichai as saying, 'We do not bias our products to favor any political agenda,' and added of Pichai, 'He's somewhat more powerful and authoritative than me.'
However, the insider also reportedly told Project Veritas that Google, as a whole, 'is bent on never letting somebody like Donald Trump come to power again.'
Gennai denied the company has a political bent, writing: 'Google has repeatedly been clear that it works to be a trustworthy source of information, without regard to political viewpoint. In fact, Google has no notion of political ideology in its rankings. And everything I have seen backs this up.'
But according to what was said to be a leaked internal Google communication published by Project Veritas on Tuesday, flagging 'far-right content' was at least considered among a private Google group called 'transparency-and-ethics.'
A message excerpted from a larger thread and appearing to be from an employee named Liam Hopkins read: 'Today it is often 1 or 2 steps to nazis, if we understand that PragerU [Prager University], Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro et al are nazis using the dog whistles you mention in step 1. I can receive these recommendations regardless of the content of what I'm looking at, and I have recorded thousands of internet users sharing the same experience.
'I don't think correctly identifying far-right content is beyond our capabilities. But if it is, why not go with Meredith's suggestion of disabling the suggestion feature? This could be a significant leap in terms of user trust.'
It was not clear from the limited portion of the discussion shown whether this was a proposal to disable the suggestion feature for all content, or specifically content that would be designated 'far-right content.' It also wasn't clear what Google platform the message was referring to.
The insider claims the tech giant uses Machine Learning Fairness to address what it refers to as 'algorithmic unfairness' and steer the political stories people read.
According to a document published by Project Veritas, Google has conceptualized 'algorithmic unfairness' as 'unjust or prejudicial treatment of people that is related to sensitive characteristics such as race, income, sexual orientation, or gender, through algorithmic systems or algorithmically aided decision-making.'
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Adam Grant has been a leader I've admired since I read his NY Times best-selling book, "Give and Take" in 2013. The book changed my life. It changed how I view the world and how I view success. The path to success and sustained excellence is different than I originally thought and I have Adam to thank for you. It was an absolute thrill to have this conversation with Adam.
Adam Grant is Wharton's top-rated professor and a New York Times writer on work and psychology. He has been recognized as one of the world's 25 most influential management thinkers, the 100 most creative people in business, the 40 best business professors under 40, and Malcolm Gladwell's favorite thinkers.
Adam is the author of two New York Times bestselling books translated into 35 languages. Originals explores how individuals champion new ideas and leaders fight groupthink; it is a #1 national bestseller and one of Amazon's best books of February 2016. Give and Take examines why helping others drives our success, and was named one of the best books of 2013 by Amazon, Apple, the Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal—as well as one of Oprah's riveting reads and Harvard Business Review's ideas that shaped management.
Adam received a standing ovation for his 2016 TED talk on the surprising habits of original thinkers and was voted the audience's favorite speaker at The Nantucket Project on the success of givers and takers. His speaking and consulting clients include Google, the NBA, Merck, Goldman Sachs, Pixar, Facebook, Johnson & Johnson, the United Nations, the U.S. Army and Navy, and the World Economic Forum, where he has been honored as a Young Global Leader.
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Adam received a standing ovation for his 2016 TED talk on the surprising habits of original thinkers and was voted the audience's favorite speaker at The Nantucket Project on the success of givers and takers. His speaking and consulting clients include Google, the NBA, Merck, Goldman Sachs, Pixar, Facebook, Johnson & Johnson, the United Nations, the U.S. Army and Navy, and the World Economic Forum, where he has been honored as a Young Global Leader. His New York Times articles on Raising a moral child and How to raise a creative child have each been shared over 300,000 times on social media.
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Development of pendulum mechanism and kinematic coordination from the first unsupported steps in toddlers
Yuri P. Ivanenko, Nadia Dominici, Germana Cappellini, Bernard Dan, Guy Cheron, Francesco Lacquaniti
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01214
SUMMARY The inverted pendulum model in which the centre of mass of the body vaults over the stance leg in an arc represents a basic mechanism of bipedal walking. Is the pendulum mechanism innate, or is it learnt through walking experience?We studied eight toddlers (about 1 year old) at their first unsupported steps,18 older children (1.3–13 years old), and ten adults. Two infants were also tested repeatedly over a period of 4 months before the onset of independent walking. Pendulum mechanism was quantified from the kinematics of the greater trochanter, correlation between kinetic and gravitational potential energy of the centre of body mass obtained from the force plate recordings, and percentage of recovery of mechanical energy. In toddlers,these parameters deviated significantly ( P <10 –5 )from those of older children and adults, indicating that the pendulum mechanism is not implemented at the onset of unsupported locomotion. Normalising the speed with the Froude number showed that the percentage of recovery of mechanical energy in children older than 2 years was roughly similar to that of the adults (less than 5% difference), in agreement with previous results. By contrast, the percentage of recovery in toddlers was much lower (by about 50%). Pendulum-like behaviour and fixed coupling of the angular motion of the lower limb segments rapidly co-evolved toward mature values within a few months of independent walking experience. Independent walking experience acts as a functional trigger of the developmental changes,as shown by the observation that gait parameters remained unchanged until the age of the first unsupported steps, and then rapidly matured after that age. The findings suggest that the pendulum mechanism is not an inevitable mechanical consequence of a system of linked segments, but requires active neural control and an appropriate pattern of inter-segmental coordination.


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2004 New England Revolution Roster
Team Record: 8-13-9 - 33 points
Finishing 4th in MLS's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 1-0-2
Lost Conference Final
Coach: Steve Nicol (8-13-9)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
2004 New England Revolution Statistics
The New England Revolution of Major League Soccer ended the 2004 season with a record of 8 wins and 13 losses and 9 ties for 33 points finishing fourth in MLS's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0-2. Steve Nicol coached the team. The 2004 New England Revolution lost in the Conference Final.
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Clint Baumstark G January 9, 1983 6'1" 200 Thornton, CO
Perek Belleh F January 2, 1982 6'1" 173 Lagos, Nigeria
Felix Brillant M-F September 9, 1980 5'7" 147 Montreal, QC
Adin Brown G May 27, 1978 6'5" 230 Berkeley, CA
Jose Cancela M June 25, 1976 5'9" 161 Santa Lucia, Uruguay
Clint Dempsey M March 9, 1983 6'1" 170 Nacogdoches, TX
Andy Dorman M May 1, 1982 6'1" 160 Cheshire, England
Joe Franchino M August 9, 1976 5'9" 165 Fontana, CA
Jay Heaps D August 2, 1976 5'9" 155 Nashua, NH
Steve Howey D October 26, 1971 6'1" 170 Sunderland, England
Avery John D June 18, 1975 6'0" 182 Vance River, Trinidad & Tobago
Shalrie Joseph M May 24, 1978 6'3" 180 Saint George, Grenada
Brian Kamler M February 12, 1972 6'1" 180 St. Louis, MO
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Steve Ralston M June 14, 1974 5'9" 160 St. Louis, MO
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Doug Warren G March 18, 1981 6'0" 190 Palatine, IL
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Q: Auto-fill formula I've been trying to put a formula in Google Sheets and I have a column of cells with blanks and non blanks. I'm using the ISBLANK function to tell if the cell is blank or not, but however I need the formula to fill in when a new row is inserted. I tried the ARRAYFORMULA function, but it doesn't work with the ISBLANK function.
Error: I have a Google Form hooked up to my spreadsheet. In column H, I have the answers, yes and no. In Column S, I have the function ISBLANK hooked up to the appropriate cell in column H (eg. H2 to S2), because I need to know if that cell is blank or not. However, Google Forms inserts a new row when new data is received, so the formula is missing in column S (because a new row got inserted). I tried ISARRAY(ISBLANK(H2)), but all I get is FALSE in H2 and nothing below it.
Any suggestions?

A: In cell S2, try:
=ARRAYFORMULA(ISBLANK(H2:H))

or, assuming Column A is a column of index values, ie it's never blank, you can neaten it up with this in cell S2:
=ARRAYFORMULA(ISBLANK(H2:INDIRECT("H"&(1 + COUNTA(A2:A)))))


I've watched this video so many years ago, but it's still one of my favorites to watch. He just makes a really good point about it all, and with nice examples too! Although today I think Trajan has taken a bit of a backseat in favor of Helvetica...well at least for indie movies (or movies trying to be indie). Also: handwritten fonts. Too much of them these days.


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Keep The Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way
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Directed by: William T. Horner, Stacey Woelfel
Produced by: Colleen Andrae, Claire Colby, Ellen Goodrich, Sarah Hallam, Naomi Klinge, Marisa Pisterzi, Leo Rocha, Molly Stawinoga, Sidney Steele, Heather Carver, William T. Horner, Stacey Woelfel
To borrow the slogan of MTV's The Real World, this is the true story — the true story of a pandemic; politics; misunderstanding and prejudice; the impact of the media; and, most importantly, AIDS activist Pedro Zamora.
When Pedro Zamora first appeared on The Real World: San Francisco in 1994, it was the first time many U.S. television viewers felt they were getting to know someone with HIV/AIDS. But Pedro represented much more than a diagnosis: The 22-year-old was a leader and educator in his community, a Cuban American with strong family ties, a soon-to-be husband, and one of the most sparkling personalities ever to appear on MTV. Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way features clips from his groundbreaking time on the trailblazing reality show, home movies, and interviews with both those closest to him and those on the outside who were deeply moved by his resiliency—his sister Mily Zamora, Real World roommates Judd Winick and Pam Ling, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and President Bill Clinton among them. This heartbreaking yet rousing documentary is also a loving tribute to the young man whose life, along with millions of others, was tragically cut short by a raging pandemic… but who managed to leave a mark on the world that won't soon be forgotten.


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Kinipopo Shopping Village turns 20
By by Charlotte Woolard - The Garden Island | Sunday, December 3, 2006, 12 a.m.
Phil Harrison wore a sea turtle pendant on a thick chain around his neck on Friday as he marked the 20th anniversary of Kinipopo Shopping Village.
The pendant's designer, Mark Meador, co-owns Goldsmiths Kauai, a custom jewelry shop that has been the only constant in a changing landscape of stores and restaurants at the Wailua shopping center.
Meador worked at the jewelry bench in his shop as Harrison led a tour of Kinipopo: a bookstore specializing in rare books and memorabilia; a Mexican restaurant piping Tex-Mex into the courtyard; a new shop featuring stationery and oversized, patterned sheets of paper.
"I don't want people to come here and see tourist junk that's sold in other places," Harrison said. "I wanted this to be more of a boutique center."
The mix has taken some cultivation.
Harrison bought the land in 1967. The area that now serves as a courtyard used to be a miniature golf course, he said, and the Korean barbecue sits where a barber once cut hair.
The shopping center followed a post-and-beam structure that took two years to create and that held its shape when Hurricane Iniki devastated the island in 1992, Harrison said.
After the hurricane, federal relief and construction workers took up residence at nearby hotels and business boomed, he said: "We had all these people living on either side of us, and we were the only people open. We were able to stay in business when everyone else closed."
Kinipopo shifted its focus to carpeting, windows, roofing and insurance in the wake of Iniki, he said, but those stores have disappeared today.
So have the tattoo parlors and second-hand shops that followed.
"I decided I wanted to change the character of the village," Harrison said.
Recent additions to the roster include a real-estate office, a women's clothing store and a photography studio that has not yet opened, he said. Businesses change every four or five years on average, he said.
He enjoys working with the faces — new and old, he said.
"I have a personal relationship with all of these folks, and that makes it enjoyable for me," he said.
'Tis the season for Norfolk or Douglas or Grand …
Making a splash: Westside boutique caters to … mermaids?


A pair of AL West rivals close out an early week set in the Lone Star State. The Los Angeles Angels are on the road for the final game of a three-game series with the Texas Rangers Wednesday night. In the opening game of the series, Texas slugged their way to a 12-7 victory on Monday night. The pitching matchup for the middle game of the series Tuesday night saw Jaime Barria take the mound for the Angels: he was scheduled to be opposed by the Rangers' Lance Lynn. First pitch in that contest was scheduled for 8:05 pm ET.
Los Angeles couldn't get things going in a positive direction despite having an unexpected off day Sunday. The Angels entered Tuesday's action 3.5 games behind the surging Astros in the AL West race: they were in the basement of the division despite sitting at .500 on the year. Los Angeles jumped to a 3-0 lead after half an inning and a 4-1 edge after two and a half but couldn't hold on. Kole Calhoun (two runs, two RBI) had three hits for the Angels while no other player had more than one. Calhoun (his third) and Brian Goodwin (his second) each homered in the loss. Trevor Cahill didn't factor in the decision after allowing four runs on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts over four innings. Cam Bedrosian (1-1) took the loss as he gave up four runs (three earned) on four hits with a walk and a strikeout over two-thirds of an inning.
The Angels send Matt Harvey to the mound for his fourth start of the season hoping that he can turn a corner. He is 0-1 with a 10.05 ERA, a 1.953 WHIP, seven walks and 11 strikeouts over 14.1 innings of work this season. Harvey didn't factor in the decision in his last start, which came at home against Milwaukee last Monday. He threw 4.1 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts in a game the Angels won 11-8. Harvey was blasted and took the loss in his lone career start against the Rangers, which came at home back on April 4. He allowed eight runs on 10 hits with two walks and five strikeouts over four innings in an 11-4 Angels loss. In his 137th major league appearance and 132nd career start, Harvey pitches at Globe Life Park for the first time.
Texas got off to a rough start but kicked things into gear when it mattered and that helped them take the opening game of the series. The Rangers entered Tuesday tied for third in the AL West, three games behind the Astros for the top spot in the division. Shin-soo Choo (run, RBI) and Joey Gallo (two runs, two RBI) each had three hits for Texas in the victory. Choo (his first), Asdrubal Cabrera (his fifth) and Gallo (his fifth) each homered in the contest for the Rangers. Shelby Miller recorded a no-decision as he allowed four runs on six hits with three walks and no strikeouts over 4.1 innings. Kyle Dowdy (1-0) earned the win in relief as he allowed one run on one hit with two walks and a strikeout over 2.2 innings. Jose Leclerc retired Zack Cozart with the bases loaded on a grounder to short to earn his fourth save.
The Rangers look to Lance Lynn on the mound here as he logs his fourth start of the season in this contest. He is 1-1 with a 4.82 ERA, a 1.179 WHIP, three walks and 19 strikeouts over 18.2 innings of action this season. Lynn earned the win in his last start, which came on the road against the Diamondbacks last Wednesday. He threw six innings, allowing a run on four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts in a 5-2 Texas triumph. Lynn makes his fifth career start against the Angels here looking for his first win against them. He is 0-2 with a 4.56 ERA, a 1.352 WHIP, six walks and 23 strikeouts over 23.2 innings of work. Lynn didn't factor in the decision in his lone career start at Globe Life Park, which came on March 31 against the Cubs. He allowed seven runs on 10 hits with no walks and five strikeouts over 5.2 innings in an 11-10 walk-off win for the Rangers.


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way (e.g.: Master's Boots can acceptably be translated as Meister-Stiefel).
I even think with more generic terms "Meister-Stiefel" is better. "Stiefel des Meisters" might imply that there is only one "Meister" (which we don't know). But in the case of "Katakomben der Kunigin" it is clear that it is the specific catacombs of a specific queen.
Still, it might not be feasible to have a hard rule about this. Later in my file, I had NPC's titles such as Thor's Servant, that I translated as "Diener des Thor". Again, I think this looks nicer (although Thor-Diener would not be too bad), but I also translated many things as Noun-Noun-Noun in other parts in the file.
So, it really depends on the specific situation. However, I have the impression that some translators never use the genitive construction. Maybe we could at least leave it open to everybody to make a choice. Or even encourage them to make a conscious choice.
is very contrived, but I hope you see my point.
their context, they would be free to do so.
I even think we should only use one version of a term. So if "Waldland-Gebirge" is in the glossary, it should be used unless there are major stylistic reasons to make an exception. Otherwise we may just confuse the player. But I think we should also allow that some terms (like Tempel des Krebses) are in the glossary in THAT form, and consistently used so.
So, I was a bit too enthusiastic about my genitive constructions, but I do think they are much better for some terms, so I hope we will be able to decide on a case-by-case basis.
My file will be done tomorrow, and I will just leave the terms as I have deemed best in each case (but I will also consider the case of "Waldland-Gebirge"), and then I guess I will see whether you agree to them. This should be easier than coming up with a linguistic theory of when to use what form ;-). But thanks for discussing it!
Of the people in your group ( ,Doris, et al), are everyone taking a vacation until May 31st too? Who's available?
How far are you getting along with 02_Glossary?
if you choose to download the dictionary file, make sure you back up your current Names_Places_Skills file. The dictionary is attached to the raw untranslated version of that file and if you overwrite it by accident you may lose your previous work.
is taking a long week off (until May 31st) and we need to temporarily fill the lead translator position. You are amongst the short list of people he recommended, and we're wondering if you have the time and inclination to do so.
Despite the title, there isn't much extra work for a lead translator compared to the usual proofreading/translating. You're responsible for keeping the glossary consistent, and be the final voice when there are two or more possible interpretation to the same sentence.
According to the data, your rate is $20/hour. Is that correct?
If you are willing and have the time, we'll shift the proofreading job for the glossary from to you and ask that you take a look at the preliminary glossary and ensure that everything is consistent. Any extra time incurred during this can be billed at the usual rate.
Sorry to disturb you again, but I still haven't received any money from , we're on 22 May!!! I received only $303 on 19 April, owes me something like $2.500 and now I don't even have enough money to pay my rent! What the hell is he doing?!
Please forward my message, I'm really starting to get mad!
Actually, pretty much all the three files in that folder are yours to proofread.
How far have you gotten with 03_glossary anyway?
I also work on evaluating the samples from at the same time, and, more importantly, I am moving toScotlandover this weekend, I just arrived a few hours ago.
As you can see I am already back online and doing my best though all these different assignments at the same time aren't making things easy. I will try to send you Glossary 02 fully translated by tomorrow morning, then will pick up the pace with the proofreading.
is aware of all this, I thought he would have informed you. Anyway, don't worry I will double my working time as soon as I'm settled and will get back on track quickly.
I mean invoices for 5-09/04 and 19-24/04.
I received payment for 19-24/04.
You did not receive payment for your first invoice?
I have just noticed that there are different translations of "assault" in the glossary, which might cause confusion and inconsistency later.
There are others we're contacting too, so this isn't final yet, but we want to make sure that you are willing and available before we make the choice.
I would be available for this so just let me know if you want me to substitute until May 31st.
How far are you getting for your parts in 02_glossary and Items_reduced?
(Since the almighty system doesn't allow me to answer the message directly, I apparently have to copy/paste your question here so you have a reference).
My part in "02_glossary" I will finish by tomorrow evening.
"Items reduced" I have not started yet. I was assigned the file without having requested it; feel free to assign it so somebody else if time is pressing.
basically I'm interested. My hourly rate however is at 25$, and we have to deal with the fact that I'm currently busy to get paid at all (money completely running out back here).
Yes, I can help with this until is back.
This is a bit low, I can offer you a rate of $22/hour (last time, I offered $25/hour for proofreading, so I wonder where the $20 are from).
If you click on the author's name next to the title, it will quote the message.
Okay, let's be so we understand each other. Why the attitude? If you have something at home interfering with work, the professional thing to do is to explain that you have some private stuff going and let us know that things are going to be late.
You have some 2500 words assigned on the 18th. It is now the 24th and you propose to finish it on the 25th evening. That's a whole week for 2500 words. Unusually slow for you.
Next, sure, you did not ask for Items reduced, but when I assigned that file to you, you wrote back "Confirmed" within 45 minutes. If you did not want the work or were/are too busy for it, you should have declined back then.
Quit the attitude. You're supposed to be a pro, so act like one.
About Items_reduced, I'll have someone else take it. While we have a good two months still, I don't see why other translators should be idle wh you are overworked.
I apologize, you've been suffering the wrath of my failed attempts to get some rudimentary communication going.
It's all a bit kafkaesque. Once you get used to it, it might get better, but the other day I tried to get a project assigned and had no idea how to go about it. I had to peruse s e-mails (lots of which were directed at the French team and did not concern me) for clues. I finally dug up the info that I had to find "Z-Get" on "OT" somewhere. This useless nugget caused me to give my first communication attempt (which, by the way, I had not all that much hope that it would reach anybody) the emotionally descriptive title "WTF".
The foremost definition of "professional" is someone who gets paid for his/her work, which has not been the case yet.
There was no due date specified, and since I had a hard time getting a project assigned the other day, I figured I might as well "stack up".
I have no problem with you assigning the file to someone else, as I am currently drowning in work. I apologize for any inconvenience.
I just answered an e-mail by stating that I will be able to do approx. 50,000 words until mid-July. I will request files when I am available; if you expect these files to be finished within a certain timeframe, please indicate a due date when you assign them to me.
Got your message. There's no need to reply to this.
I don't know anyone who likes the Communication Sytem (what you're using right now). The Ticket system is better, but I can't use it to reach a specific person (the other guy has to initiate contact first). Also, if the other guy doesn't set his profile so he gets notification when there's a reply, then he won't see anything until he logs back to that forum.
A better communication system is the 2nd thing that I requested (the first being "More competent French translators!").
As for payment…. I can't directly intervene, but I'll ask that you and everyone else who are actually translating/proofing right now gets their accounting and payment done first.
I know for sure that is working on accounting – with 40 translators and 500 files it does take time.
PM who is helping with accounting came up with translator named Fabian in your proofreading report. According to the report, he translated files 9r and 9s and you commented them as excellent. The problem is that we don't have a German translator under such name, and in the accounting sheet from the project it is noted that the files were translated by2.
Do you have an idea who could it be? Is it someone from your team?
Please let me know how to treat this translator.
My name is, I am helping right now with accounting for Kenax.
hourly work I did was: 4 hours at $15 per hour.
To make things in order we put information into the Accounting file according to the type of work, files etc.
So could you please provided us with more detailed report that we could put it correctly?
If you find any difficulties please don't hesitate to contact me.
I just sent an invoice to and I will see if it's ok since we hadn't discussed the price for proofreading (per hour) before.
For the file 1b, I took me over 8h hours to finish it.
I am helping with accounting for Kenax.
As you can see closer 3d mentioned twice.
Can you please check on that.
2. proofreading repetitions_German 13/02/2010 3 hours.
Could you please let me know what section that was?
We need the information to put correctly in our Accounting system.
I am, helping Kenax with accounting.
hours per type of work (proofreading, assessment etc) and the best to have it separated by files.
We need it to place into our accounting.
Changing the topic back to work, we can't really move forward without our lead translator, so when do you think things are going to be back to normal?
Also, would you like to help you with the proofreading? We had intended that the lead translator handle all the proofreading so he can make the glossary consistent, but if you are busy, we can have proofread a couple of the backlogged files and have you look over the glossary for consistency and accuracy later.
Okay waited 15 minutes and it sent without a problem, and when I switched projects in the main menu I did not log out, so hopefully at least some improvement. Perhaps you could keep your eye on it and let me know if it is better.
Yes, I didn't receive payment for my first invoice.
We were supposed to have a free week between both projects so I delayed the move as much as I could but now it is complete chaos since I have to run around the city for the viewings while working at the same time.
Also, I just wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten about my current translation/proofreading assignments. is also sending me priority assignments regularly with the assessments so I can't possibly do everything at once.
I'm doing what I can right now and will make up for the lost time as soon as I am set.


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Young brothers rescued from Brazilian Amazon after nearly a month
The children — ages 7 and 9 — were found near their hometown of Manicoré by a local resident on Thursday, their father told local media. The boys — who are indigenous Mura people, who live in the central and eastern parts of Amazonas, Brazil — had been lost for 27 days.
The father said the search was "difficult" and involved police, firemen and Funai, the governmental protection agency for indigenous people. He told local media he had lost hope his sons would be found alive when a local farmer — who was also a friend of the boys' father — found the children lying on his property. The older child shouted when he saw someone approaching him, the father said.
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The boys were last seen on February 18, when they entered the forest to hunt, CNN Brasil reported. Around 260 people were involved in the search to find them, Lima said.
The brothers were malnourished, dehydrated and with skin injuries, a representative from the State Department of Health of Amazonas told CNN.
The boys survived their time in the forest by drinking rain and river water and eating a wild fruit called sorva. Their skin was covered with insect bites and scratches from tree branches, the health representative said.
The boys were flown to an ICU unit in Manaus — around 205 miles (330 kilometers) from where they were found — with their parents on Thursday. During the trip, their condition started to improve, CNN Brasil reported.
Pediatrician Eugenio Tavares told CNN Brasil the boys are in "serious" but "stable" condition, given their experience.
"They are undernourished and have some skin, ear and back infections," Tavares said. "Breathing frequency is normal; they don't have coughs. Kidneys were a concern but they are now functioning very well again. We need to take care of the infections that remain and the careful feeding to know if they will tolerate the progressive diet and gain weight."
On Friday, the children had shown "considerable improvement" from their treatment, according to the health department representative, who added the boys should soon be able to eat solid food.
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Bertold Weisner, a British scientist, had been responsible for the birth of at least 600 children in the period early 1940 to the mid 1960s as reported in Zeenews of 8th of April 2012.
At least two persons have been identified whose biological father is Bertold Weisner. Clinical tests have confirmed this fact. One of them is a London-based barrister David Gollancz and the other is Barry Stevens, a documentary film maker of CanadaCanada.
These two have subsequently got together and have been able to make the startling discovery that at least 18 persons had been conceived in a fertility clinic – and Weisner was the biological father of 12 out of these 18.
This would mean that there are another 12 persons in the world whose biological father is the British scientist Bertold Weisner.
Apparently, Weisner was one of the primary donors for the Barton Clinic in London – this fertility clinic assisted women to conceive. Unofficial reports indicate that during the period 1940 to 1960, as many 1500 such babies had been conceived at the clinic.
Weisner died in 1972 and, on a rough estimate, must have fathered at least 600 children like David Gollancz and Barry Stevens.


Hi mum, just wanted to let you know that your son was involved in this year's Dance Uncensored, an annual dance concert featuring dance items from all the halls of residence in his university. See that guy in the orange pants? That's your son. He's not actually the best dancer though, that I'll admit, but from being a guy who can't even pass the dance audition in his first year to performing on a big stage like this, that's a lot of improvement already.
On top of that, I'm happy (or should I say sad) to say that although his results is currently not that good, he still really much prefers dancing to studying and is planning to join some dance again next year. It's his only avenue to stay fit and get some exercise anyway. So yeah, if you don't want to have a very fat son (because he eats A LOT), you should probably let him dance.
Oh, and did I mention? Your son was also elected into office as one if his hall's student body member, also known as the JCRC (Junior Common Room Committee). If I'm not mistaken, the last time he had to deal with adults and students at the same time was back in Form 6 when he was a prefects committee head, but that was ages ago.
This time, it's gonna be different as the committee is way much more serious and there's no teacher to spoon feed him. Also, the role is much more political in a sense. Who knows? This might be a good training ground for him to be future a politician or even the prime minister. Or perhaps the first president for the Intergalatic Alliance of Humans. And a handsome one at that too.
Is good to follow your heart but need to strike a balance. Lop-sided is never good or healthy. Do not forget your main objective to NUS. Take care and best wishes!
dancing is good, keep it moving and moving, yeh!


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Duo Recital: Carolin Widmann / Alexander Lonquich
Brahms / Janáček / Strauss
Kirche St.Johann, Schaffhausen, 2017-09-23
2017-10-14 — Original posting
Verlorener Kampf gegen die Akustik: Carolin Widmann und Alexander Lonquich — Kurze Zusammenfassung
Leider entartete Brahms' erste Violinsonate (Regensonate) zu einem Kampf der Violine gegen die Übermacht des offenen Flügels. Schade!
Auch Janáčeks Violinsonate war davon betroffen. Erst im Schlusssatz stimmten die Gewichte: wo Caroline Widmann die wunderbare Kantilene vom Piano übernahm, ließ ihr Alexander Lonquich selbst in con sordino Passagen genügend Raum. Dies warklar der Höhepunkt vor der Pause!
Richard Strauss' Violinsonate op.18 schließlich ist für den modernen Flügel geschrieben. Zudem überdeckte der hochvirtuose Klavierpart mögliche akustische Ungleichgewichte zwischen den Instrumenten weitgehend. Hier war eher die Kirchenakustik etwas hinderlich.
Die Zugabe, das Intermezzo aus der Violinsonate von Francis Poulenc, versöhnte schließlich etwas mit den vorangegangenen Balance-Problemen: ein Höhepunkt des Duo-Rezitals.
After the recital by Sir András Schiff on 2017-09-19, this was the second of the short series of "Schaffhauser Meisterkonzerte 2017", in the same venue, the church St.Johann in the center of the old town of Schaffhausen. And with Schiff's recital, this concert shared the common feature of a composition by Leoš Janáček. See below for details.
Carolin Widmann and Alexander Lonquich
Both artists of this evening I have heard in concert before:
Carolin Widmann, Violin
The violinist Carolin Widmann (*1976 in Munich, Germany) was soloist in a baroque orchestral concert in Zurich's St.Peter Church, on 2016-03-15, with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (ZKO). As already in that earlier concert, she was playing a precious 1782 violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1711 – 1786). She used a modern Tourte type bow.
Alexander Lonquich, Piano
Her duo partner, the pianist Alexander Lonquich (*1960 in Trier, Germany) performed in a chamber music concert in Zurich's Tonhalle on 2015-12-08, together with Vilde Frang (*1986, violin), James Boyd (viola), and Nicolas Altstaedt (*1982, cello). Here, Lonquich was playing a Steinway D-274 concert grand. Besides pursuing his career as a pianist, Lonquich is also conducting.
Setup, Venue
I was really looking forward to hearing these two artists! At the same time, I had suspicions about this concert. That's not just because from András Schiff's recital I knew about the reverberation, the basic acoustic issue with the venue. More importantly, I have enough concert experience to know that classical and early romantic violin (or viola, or cello) sonatas are likely to suffer from balance issues, whenever the pianist is using a modern concert grand.
The reality unfortunately confirmed my worries / anticipations, even before the music started. For one, the audience was substantially smaller, very likely making the reverberation stronger. And then, the Steinway grand had its lid fully open, which in my experience can't work out well, at least for classic and (especially early) romantic compositions. These works were created with early pianos in mind, and these not only had less volume, but also a brighter, more transparent sound. Modern concert grands are designed to fill large concert venues with their sound. At the same time no such instrument development has taken place with string instruments since the early 19th century.
No Options to Fix the Balance?
There is very little that the instrumentalists can do to avoid the disadvantages of a modern concert grand in such situations:
Pianists often hesitate to play with the lid closed or only half-open, as it likely affects the quality of the sound (making it softer, mellow, possibly diffuse); here, either the pianist of the organizer may have thought that for such a big church / venue, there is no option other than to play with open lid.
Permanent use of the shift pedal (una corda) is not an option. Not only does it alter the sound quality, but it also prevents moving from tre corde to una corda and back, where the composer asks for it.
Similarly, the violinist cannot just play louder all the time (e.g., by using more pressure on the bow, and/or using more bow), as this alters the character of the music.
On top of all this, Carolin Widmann is not an artist who tries to impress with a huge tone, constant fortissimo, and lots of pressure. Her strength is in refined playing, rich in nuances, with differentiated dynamics and articulation.
Brahms: Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, op.78
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) wrote his Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, op.78 around 1878/1879 in Pörtschach am Wörthersee. The sonata uses themes / material from two songs among the Acht Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme und Klavier, op.59, namely "Regenlied" and "Nachklang". From the first of these two Lieder, the sonata also has the by-name "Regensonate" (rain sonata). The composition features three movements:
Vivace ma non troppo (6/4)
Adagio — Più andante — Adagio come I (2/4)
Allegro molto moderato (4/4)
I. Vivace ma non troppo
Carolin Widmann plays a Guadagnini violin that sounded mellow, almost as if it was equipped with gut strings. A very fine tone, rich in colors, not necessarily smooth, but with little vibrato. Often, the artist used no vibrato at all, particularly in the Brahms sonata. This is so different from how one often hears this composition! Traditional performances use lots of vibrato when artists try to make the music sound emotional. Here, it seemed that only the unmodulated, undisturbed sound opened the view onto the feelings, the flow of warm and deep emotions in this music. And it caused the melodies to sing, to flourish—without any need to turn up the volume.
The Guadagnini always responded immediately and without effort, even in the finest, softest ppp, or in the delicate spiccato of the last movement. Predominantly in this sonata, the artist played in the pp .. mf range. But there was the problem that the piano often covered the sound of the violin. The performance confirmed all my worries about the sound balance. Even when the violin sounded through the accompaniment, the sound of the Steinway was fairly massive, dark in the bass. This probably was even reinforced through the acoustics of the venue. With this, the sound of the two instruments never really mixed. A big "machine" next to differentiated sound, the subtleties of the violin. I was sitting in row 4. I wonder how that sounded in the rear parts of the audience!
II. Adagio — Più andante — Adagio
I'm not sure whether the piano introduction could really be called poco f. It seemed that the Steinway could sometimes hardly play a real p, at least relative to a p on the violin. I found Carolin Widmann's playing very rich in expression. But sometimes, there was a danger of losing the tension, especially across rests, as the piano and the reverberation tended to fill the "tension gaps".
That said, I must mention that Alexander Lonquich proved an excellent, sensitive duo partner, carefully following the violin part, keeping contact at all times.
III. Allegro molto moderato
The excellent partnership continued in the last movement, where I enjoyed the careful and detailed articulation on the violin, such as the delicate spiccato.
I really don't understand why the lid of the piano was not at least half-closed. This might also have helped softening the somewhat dry and hard sounding bass register. Alternatively, a smaller instrument (model B or A?) might have helped, too. The only real solution would have been a replica of an instrument from Brahms' time, with its bright, rich, detailed and transparent sound.
Janáček: Violin Sonata
Leoš Janáček (1854 – 1928) wrote his Violin Sonata in 1914. Its first performance only happened in 1922. The sonata has four movements:
Con moto (3/4, 3/4 = 60)
Ballada: Con moto (3/8, ♪ = 100)
Allegretto (3/4, ♩= 112) — Meno mosso (3/8, ♪ = 132) — Tempo I (2/4)
Adagio (12/8, 3/8 = 69) — Poco mosso (2/4, ♩= 72) — Poco più mosso, rubato con crescente emozione (4/4, ♩= 80) — Maestoso — Adagio (♩= 66) — Tempo I (12/8, 3/4 = 69)
As shown, the last movement is characterized by several changes in tempo and time signature. I have reviewed a performance of this sonata in an earlier concert in Zurich.
I. Con moto
Here, the violin part largely carries the melody. Carolin Widmann played beautiful cantilenas, while the virtuosic piano accompaniment adds rolling tremolo figures, as well as sudden, flash-like interjections, creating a a scenery that often feels menacing, threatening.
The balance issues persisted through that second sonata. The piano again was too dominant (in this movement at least, I felt that the piano really is accompaniment, creating the atmosphere, the foundation for the violin part. Carolin Widmann's pizzicati sometimes drowned in the piano sound. On top of that, the piano part is very virtuosic, making it even harder to produce a true p. This sometimes appeared to revert the roles of solo and accompaniment.
II. Ballada: Con moto
The balance issue was at its worst when Janáček occasionally asks the violin to play a fine ppp or less (duly, carefully followed by the violinist), making the piano sound too coarse, too clear and direct. Carolin Widmann (quite adequately) played with more vibrato here, but never tried turning up the volume or the density of the tone in order to compete with the piano sound (as this would have altered the character of her part). Overall, this just could not possibly work out in the given setting. Here in particular, I feel that the piano part should be atmospheric.
III. Allegretto — Meno mosso — Tempo I
In the Allegretto part, the descending cascades in the violin were mostly lost for the listener, one often could hardly enjoy the violin. Only the middle part did justice to the violin, exposing Carolin Widmann's excellent playing. Sure, the piano playing was very good, too, though I felt that the instrument sometimes should have sounded more mellow, more blurred / diffuse. Interestingly, amazingly, the pizzicati in the Tempo I part effortlessly seemed to carry through the piano accompaniment. This speaks for the qualities of the Guadagnini violin!
IV. Adagio — Poco mosso — Poco più mosso, rubato con crescente emozione — Maestoso — Adagio — Tempo I
In the final movement, at last, the balance seemed right! The violin part features short, dramatic interjections, largely undisturbed by the accompaniment. And where the violin takes over the wonderful cantilena, Janáček's piano texture leaves enough space for the violin sound, even where where Carolin Widmann played with mute. That movement is really challenging for the violin, especially in the intonation!
Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E♭ major, op.18
I have posted descriptive remarks on the Sonata for violin and piano in E♭ major, op.18, by Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) in an earlier post, where I compared a few recordings. In addition, this same sonata was featured in an earlier concert that I reviewed in yet another posting (the same concert as mentioned above, also featuring the Janáček sonata). So, I'm limiting my description to the list of the movements:
Allegro ma non troppo (4/4)
Improvisation: Andante cantabile (4/4)
Finale: Andante (6/8) — Allegro (3/4)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Brahms' sonata was dominated by deep, intense emotions; with Janáček, atmosphere was key. With the Strauss sonata, dramatic expression and a very virtuosic piano part became predominant. Alexander Lonquich offered a masterful, enthralling performance of the immensely difficult score.
Carolin Widmann allowed for more vibrato (adequate for music from the late 19th century, I think), and more romantic expression. However, she could not really play out the power, the momentum, the verve of her part in this setting. Her part should really be on a par with the piano in this sonata. But what I found excellent is the rubato playing in this movement.
II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile
Once more, the balance was tilted. In particular where the piano role is accompaniment. Towards the end, the really wonderful music was in danger of losing momentum. I think that the acoustics of the venue contributed to this.
III. Finale: Andante — Allegro
Finally, as with the previous sonata, the last movement was the one I liked most. Extremely virtuosic, brilliant, fulminant and enthralling—both the music and the performance. Despite the fact that Strauss' pp spiccato sequences hardly could make themselves heard. The composer was asking for too much here, I think.
Carolin Widmann & Alexander Lonquich, Kirche St.Johann, Schaffhausen, 2017-09-23 (© Rolf Kyburz)
Encore — Poulenc: Violin Sonata, FP 119
Carolin Widmann and Alexander Lonquich offered an encore: from the Violin Sonata, FP 119, by Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963), the second movement, Intermezzo. And here, I happily felt reconciled with the problems of balance and acoustics. All of a sudden, the balance issues appeared to have vanished! The two artists offered an excellent, very atmospheric interpretation, also in the piano part. Poulenc's diligent disposition (and, of course, the fact that Poulenc composed for the modern piano) at last allowed the violin to take the adequate lead role, and the acoustics even appeared to reinforce the post-romantic atmosphere in this music. An excellent encore choice! And it was a near-perfect closure of a concert with its share of challenges and problems!
For the same concert, I have also written a (shorter) review in German for Bachtrack.com. This posting is not a translation of the Bachtrack review, the rights of which remain with Bachtrack.com. I created the German review using a subset of the notes taken during this concert. I wanted to enable my non-German speaking readers to read about my concert experience as well. Therefore, I have taken my original notes as a loose basis for this separate posting. I'm including additional material that is not present in the Bachtrack review.
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