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Recently, as I sat down at the organ to practice, my oldest sister, Renee, called. I decided to keep playing while on the phone. Renee asked me what I was playing. I was practicing the "Prelude and Fugue in F Major" (BWV 556) which is credited to J.S. Bach. Specifically, I was working on the last few measures of the fugue. She asked what a fugue is.
Renee was aware of the non musical definition of fugue. The Merriam Webster dictionary provides definitions of both the musical and non musical fugue. Wikipedia gives an extensive overview of the musical fugue. But, it's hard to discern the meaning from these sources without looking up additional words, such as contrapuntal. There is also a simpler explanation on Wikipedia that is much easier for a novice, like me, to follow. You see, it is possible to learn a piece without understanding the structure. We will keep our definition simple!
A fugue is a piece of music written for more than one voice (part or instrument). The initial voice states a theme and then each additional voice imitates the theme. The music progresses with different sections which may or may not repeat the theme. At the end of the theme is usually repeated by one (or perhaps all) of the voices.
I will describe the fugue of the "Prelude and Fugue in F Major". I am also working on the prelude, but today's topic is fugue! In the beginning the theme is presented in the left hand. Then the right hand joins next and restates the theme. Finally, the pedal is added also imitating the initial theme. After the introduction of all voices, the theme may be repeated again alternating between voices and perhaps played in different keys. Then the fugue will end with one or more voices restating the theme.
In the video below of "Prelude and Fugue in F Major" (BWV 556) the fugue starts at 1:28 (the prelude is first!).
Can you hear the different voices as they enter?
There is so much about music to know. It seems overwhelming at times how complicated it all is. I am sure that is what helps make is so beautiful too. The complexity of it as well as how simple it can be too.
I agree! I still have a lot to learn about music.
The music was very nice. So this is one of the pieces you are practicing.
When you are ready I will come and listen as you play. I could tell when the different parts came in too.
I am amazed at all you have learned since you began organ lessons.
I will have you over when I'm ready to perform it! It is coming along.
YES!!!! I could hear each part as it entered…..wow, that was beautiful to listen to. The organ is the most beautiful of all instruments, I think….the sound is awesome, but it sure does look complicated. I give you so much credit for this undertaking of yours….when you play at Carnegie Hall, I'll get to go and say, "I know her." Is Cannon in C a fugue? I know what "theme" means in music and how it repeats itself and I do listen for it and Canon in C seems to have a recurring theme.
From what I've gathered, the imitation in a canon is stricter than a fugue and people might identify it as a round. A fugue is not a strict. I have not learned a cannon yet! This article http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learnlisteningonline/higherandadvancedhigher/musicalperiods/baroqueperiod/fugue.asp explains the difference.


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Mental health patients detained in hospital wards for up to 21 years
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Library image. One patient at Birmingham and Solihull mental health NHS foundation trust spent 7,914 days – more than 21 years – in one of the wards. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
A patient locked in a secure ward for more than 21 years is among hundreds of people with mental health problems being kept in what one MP has called "old-style asylums" in NHS hospitals, an investigation can reveal.
Keeping people in so-called "locked rehabilitation wards" has been condemned as "outdated and sometimes institutionalised care", by the NHS watchdog, with many patients housed far from their homes. This is despite a 2017 report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that said the model of care had no place in a modern healthcare system.
Using freedom of information laws, the Guardian has found that:
At least 435 patients spent time in locked rehabilitation wards in 2018, up from 404 in 2015.
One patient at Birmingham and Solihull mental health NHS foundation trust spent 7,914 days – more than 21 years – in one of the wards.
The average length of stay in a locked unit at Sussex Partnership NHS foundation trust was 602 days, almost two years.
There is no set definition of a locked rehabilitation ward, but it generally means a unit where patients are unable to leave as and when they want. They started being used about 10 years ago, mainly provided by the private sector to treat people who were considered high risk to others, so with serious conditions such as psychosis.
But critics have condemned the approach "which has no place in modern Britain", according to MPs. A report from the CQC in 2017 warned that the practice leaves already vulnerable patients feeling isolated and less likely to recover.
Rajesh Mohan, chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' rehabilitation psychiatry faculty said that a lack of clear definition of "locked rehabilitation" care means, there are no agreed quality standards and it's hard to "say whether a person's liberties are deprived".
"If the principle of care is based on locking the doors, people cannot leave the building, then you cannot have voluntary patients at all there … It means restrictions are applied to everyone rather than there being a focus on recovery," he said.
Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb said: "They are like old-style asylums that have no place in modern Britain. What we are doing is a fundamental breach of people's human rights.
"It is a complete contradiction in terms: locked rehabilitation ward. Their [the CQC's] conclusion was that many people in these wards don't need to be there. That means that there are lots of people who are capable of living independent lives with support who are locked up."
Mohan said that in the last 10 to 15 years more than a third of NHS rehabilitation services have been wiped out. "The need for these services has not gone away. People with lots of complex and enduring symptoms need rehabilitation treatment and the private sector stepped in to bridge this service gap, but people may become isolated in these units for long periods of time."
He said he would not describe these services as old-style asylums but the problem is people end up in these units for too long as there is no step-down provided and no community services to support people leaving wards.
"People in rehabilitation units should be able to move on to less restrictive rehabilitation settings. But that will only happen if they have places to bedischarged to, such as supported accommodation with 24-hour supported community care. There will be some people whose illness and symptoms are very severe, but that does not mean they should be stuck in hospital for 21 years. There needs to be more focus on community rehabilitation teams and high quality supported housing."
The Guardian found that 404 patients in NHS hospitals were in locked rehabilitation wards in 2015, rising to 435 in 2018. A freedom of information request sent to all mental health trusts resulted in 11 trusts saying they had such wards, compared with 32 who said they did not. Thirteen trusts did not respond in time.
Central and North West London NHS foundation trust had the highest number of patients, with 104 staying in secure wards in 2018. The longest stay of a patient was 2,914 days – six days shy of eight years.
The trust said it runs specialist rehabilitation services for people with "complex mental health problem" and are one of the largest providers because they cover a large local and neighbouring area.
"We're very different from old style asylums; our facilities are hospitals, modern and bright … The majority of people stay between six and 18 months … There are a few people who need to stay longer (eg Home Office restriction orders), and we work to identify other options for them."
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS foundation trust had a patient stay for 7,914 days, more than 21 years. Another patient stayed for 6,174 days, almost 17 years.
They did not comment on these individual cases but said: "There remain a small number of patients within our locked rehabilitation wards in Solihull who have required long-term treatment in a hospital setting. There are currently no alternative settings in Solihull offering appropriate residential care for this group, who need specialist support. Cases are reviewed regularly."
At Sussex partnership NHS foundation trust the average length of stay in a locked unit was 602 days, almost two years. The trust said: "Our priority is always to ensure that the people who need our specialist services receive the best possible care, at the right time and, crucially, in the right setting and that they remain in that setting only for as long as they need to."
In 2017, a report by the CQC found that more than 3,500 patients in 248 mental health wards were kept locked-in, the majority in private mental health hospitals.
The report stated: "Our inspectors were concerned that some of these locked rehabilitation hospitals were in fact long stay wards that risk institutionalising patients, rather than a step on the road back to a more independent life in the person's home community.
"We do not consider that this model of care has a place in today's mental healthcare system."
Paul Lelliott, deputy chief inspector of hospitals at the CQC, said: "These findings echo our own concerns highlighted last year that some people in mental health rehabilitation wards experience long stays in services, some situated a long way from the patient's home. Rather than helping people get well these factors can increase their sense of institutionalisation and slow down recovery.
"Rehabilitation wards are an essential element of a comprehensive mental health service but they should live up to their name and be focused on helping people recover rather than being 'long-stay' wards in disguise. "
An NHS England spokesperson said: "As the CQC make clear, 'inpatient' rehabilitation wards are a key part of good mental healthcare and while no one should stay any longer than necessary, in a tiny number of cases, it might remain the safest and most appropriate treatment setting for both the individual patient and wider community. Patient confidentiality of necessity means individual details must be kept private, but absent this specific information known to patients and their clinicians it behoves commentators not to jump to ill informed generalisations."
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Killavilla was the setting for our Area athletics last Sunday and as usual the track was in fantastic condition. Our thanks to Michael Hogan for all his help and hard work in marking the lanes. Katie Shanahan showed her experience to win the U10 Hurdles and 100m, Kenneth Lee won the U-8 60mwith Nathan Carroll in 2nd while in the 80m they traded places with Nathan winning and Kenneth in 2nd place, Dayle Collins finished 3rd in both races. Jamie Ryan ran very impressively in the U-10 200m in which he finished very strongly to win. Enda Parlon did the double in the Hurdles and 100m with Dylan Carroll winning both 100m and 600m. There were plenty of fun events for all the younger and much older athletes. The smaller boys & girls ran egg & spoon races and tunnel races. The much older athletes running in the Mammy's and Daddy's Egg & Spoon races were extremely competitive with Joan Shanahan narrowly winning the Mammy's race and Martin Parlon destroying the Daddy's field to win comprehensively. Our thanks to all the parents for participating on the day. A big debt of gratitude is also owed to Mick, Kitty & Brian England, Sandra Cooke, Sarah & Corina Kennedy, Caroline Collins, Coach Rebecca Maher and our esteemed treasurer Anne-Marie O'Meara. Thanks to our Starters, Finish Judges and our Long-Puck & Ball-Throw personnel, Francis O'Rourke and Shane Fletcher.
Girls U-8 60m: 1.Cally Dooley, 2.Aoife Curran, 3.Hilda Ryan. Girls U-8 80m: 1.Nicola Ryan, 2.Calley Dooley, 3.Aoife Curran. Girls U-10 Hurdles: 1.Katie Shanahan, 2.Corina Byrne-Hickey, 3.Clodagh Shanahan. Girls U-10 100m: 1.Katie Shanahan, 2. Jessica Rose Parlon, 3. Corina Byrne-Hickey. Girls U-10 200m: 1. Tara Curran, Girls U-12 100m: 1. Emma Kealy. Girls U-14 Long Puck: 1. Chloe Kirwan, Girls U-16 100m 1. Stephanie Nolan.
Boys U-8 60m: 1. Kenneth Lee, 2. Nathan Carroll, 3. Dayle Collins. Boys U-8 80m: 1. Nathan Carroll, 2. Kenneth Lee, 3. Dayle Collins. Boys U-10 Hurdles: 1. Enda Parlon, 2. Brian Bergin. Boys U-10 100m: 1. Enda Parlon, 2. Jamie Ryan, 3. Brian Bergin. Boys U-10 200m: 1. Jamie Ryan. Boys U-12 100m: 1. Dylan Carroll. Boys U-12 600m: 1. Dylan Carroll. Boys U-12 Ball Throw: 1. Eoin Bergin, 2. Graham Fahey. Boys U-12 Long Puck: 1. Eoin Bergin, 2. Graham Fahey. Boys U-14 100m: 1. Darrell Fahey.
Boys U-4 30m: 1.Paul Dooley, 2. James Carroll, 3. Tomas Curran. Girls U-4 30m: 1. Ava Baranya, 2. Ella Kirwan, 3. Rodika Kennedy, 4. Olivia Parlon. Mixed Boys & Girls U-6 30m: 1, Aaron Kirwan, 2. Isabella Parlon. Girls U-4 Tunnel Race: 1. Rodika Kennedy, 2. Kate Short, 3. Olivia Parlon. Boys U-4 Tunnel Race: 1. Paul Dooley, 2. Evan Byrne-Hickey, 3. James Carroll. Mixed Boys & Girls U-6 Tunnel Race: 1. Isabella Parlon, 2. Colm O'Sullivan. Girls Egg & Spoon Race: 1. Dervla Parlon, 2. Niamh Cooke. Boys Egg & Spoon Race: 1. Kian O'Connor, 2. Tomas Curran, 3. Devon Michaels. Mammy's Egg & Spoon Race: 1. Joan Shanahan, 2. Samantha Parlon, 3. Linda Curran. Daddy's Egg & Spoon Race: 1. Martin Parlon, 2. Paul Dooley.
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On Friday night, a big-time California college soccer rivalry will take place as San Diego State visits San Diego.
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The 2021 college soccer season has been moving quickly and we are coming down to the final weeks of the year. On Friday night, however, there is a big rivalry matchup for fans to keep an eye on. That matchup comes between the San Diego State Aztecs and the San Diego Toreros.
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Both of these teams would love to pick up this win. With a rivalry matchup, especially an in-state rivalry, there always seems to be a bit extra on the line.
So far this season, the Aztecs have put together a solid year. They have a 6-3-2 record coming into this matchup, but they are coming off of three straight losses and need to get back in the win column.
What better way to do that than with a big rivalry victory?
On the other side of the field, the Toreros are just 1-10 so far this year. They have struggled to get anything going but could salvage some morale with a win over the Aztecs. It won't be easy, but anything is possible, especially in a rivalry game.
While the Aztecs are favored to win this game, it will be well worth watching. There isn't a lot of love between these two teams and it should be fun viewing.
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And I didn't see the introflash mask so thats still up for grabs ..
We didn't do that bad. One of our original correspondents, for example, mentioned the brass bands, but we just put the pieces together wrong.
Our La Paz source had the bikes, the headdresses, the bands, the U-turn, The Plaza Avaroa, and the Pitstop in Monticulo absolutely right! Kudos to her!
But hey--Do we get points for creativity?
Don't laugh but it looks like a minaret to me. I looked around Almaty but didn't see anything similar.
"Anthony: We couldn't have asked for a more accepting, warm welcome. I think they were a little more welcoming than we were to the next couple that showed up."
Maybe a hint that the next elimination is a M/F team?
This will explain that quote ..
If it was a regular 12 hour Pit Stop then they would have started at 12:51 am on April 26th (Ken & Tina). They said nothing about the flights Our best possible flight construction would have them reaching La Paz at 8:00 pm also on the 26th. So, after sleeping with Simon Bolivar, they would have awakened on the morning of the 27th.
And they arrived in darkness at EL Alto airport La Paz, so the 8:00 pm is okay. But we know that all the activities happened on April 28th from our spoiler witness. One day unaccounted for.
I guess it has to have been an extended Pit Stop in Forteleza. Lots of time to toss underwear about. This was not where we expected one because we are sure there has to be one in La Paz. And I don't remember there ever being extended Pit Stops back-to-back before.
To add to the frustrations we have the teams starting from the Estátua de Iracema and not from the Pit Stop's original location at Cidade da Criança.


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Business jet pilots salaries face competition from legacy airlines
Business jet operators, already offering double digit raises to attract pilots, could face a labor shortfall in North America as they compete with US airlines for talent, Reuters reports.
Competition is fueled up by airlines, which generally offer higher salaries and better benefits and are taking delivery of new aircraft at a fast pace, aviation consultant Rolland Vincent says.
Boeing and Airbus left the recent Dubai Air Show 2017 with around 700 orders for narrow-body and wide-body commercial jets, potentially adding to already strong backlogs.
The Boeing 2016 Pilot Outlook indicates that North American companies will need to hire 112,000 pilots between now and 2035. The need for pilots is even greater internationally; this is especially true in the Asia-Pacific region, where the need is anticipated to be at least 248,000 pilots for the same time period. Some projections indicate that the US airline industry will have a shortage of as many as 35,000 pilots until 2031.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.2 billion passengers to travel in 2035, a near doubling of the 3.8 billion air travelers in 2016. "People want to fly. Demand for air travel over the next two decades is set to double. Enabling people and nations to trade, explore, and share the benefits of innovation and economic prosperity makes our world a better place," said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's Director General and CEO.
US legacy airlines are recruiting employees to fly new aircraft and replace retiring staff, with American Airlines expected to hire 900 mainline pilots in 2018, up from just over 500 in 2017, said Dennis Tajer, a spokesman for the Allied Pilots' Association (APA). "It's really a buyers' market and the buyer is the pilot now," Tajer said in a interview. "If you don't pay pilots the market rate you're going to lose them."
By contrast, in Europe corporate jet operators did not lose many pilots this year to commercial aviation because the airline market saw a sufficient supply of pilots after Air Berlin and Britain's Monarch Airlines ceased operations. According to the 2017 pilot salary survey from the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), a captain flying a mid-sized corporate jet like the Challenger 350 made about $130,000 on average. In 2017, an American Airlines captain flying the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 narrow-body earned just over $268,000, according to an APA compensation document.
Corporate pilots' salaries rose 20% this year on an annual basis, said manager of Jet Aviation Don Haloburdo. He expects the higher salaries to slightly increase operating costs for business jet companies, but that could be absorbed. He does not think they would hurt sales since owners' largest expense, fuel, is relatively low, yet.
Although business jet sales are flat, Haloburdo expects demand for corporate pilots and maintenance technicians to pick up after 2018 as airlines boost recruiting efforts and popular new planes enter the market from Bombardier, Dassault and Gulfstream. "When Bombardier starts delivering the Global 7000 in significant numbers, Gulfstream starts delivering their G500 and G600 in significant numbers, that's where our industry is going to have a very significant challenge finding qualified crew members," he said.
Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier revealed that his company plans to launch another Falcon business jet soon. "We want to be in a position to launch a new Falcon jet at the end of 2017," he wrote in the 2016 annual report's introduction. Some industry professionals think, the company is going to launch the Falcon 9X.
So, for those considering a piloting career, the situation is looking better. The problem for the industry, though, is the lag time. Somebody just learning to fly is years away from meeting any airline's hiring criteria. So while the mechanisms are falling into place to curtail a full-blown crisis, the shortage is going to be with us for a while. And North American business jet operators are at risk already.
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Following in the wake of the immensely successful transformation of "Beast" in the 2009 season of Hook, Line and Sinker, this year the show is embarking on an even more ambitious project boat undertaking.
At the heart of it all is the brand new, ultra light Yamaha F70 four-stroke outboard, a quantum leap forward in the design philosophy of modern outboard engines. The engine is lighter than any competitive four-stroke or direct injected two-stroke motor in the 70 – 75 horsepower class. It's a very nice piece of engineering – but – it's still only a 70 horsepower engine and after spending 12 month, turning water to foam with the awesome F350 V8 four-stroke, Nick and Andrew took some convincing.
Ever the keen angler, Andrew quickly decided that the new F70 would be the perfect powerplant for a brand new, tournament style, aluminium fishing rig, a kind of custom, barra/bass/bream/trout boat suited to impoundment and estuary angling. As more of an offshore fan, the thought of this made Nick sick to his stomach and he floated the idea of purchasing and old, second-hand hull capable of taking twin F70s doing another refurbishment and heading out wide. Andrew described Nick as a sad old collector of other people's junk and stormed out of the office.
Agreeing that the other was an incompetent, the boys decided to go their separate ways and each would develop their own vessel to showcase the benefits of the new Yamaha F70 four-stroke. Andrew made contact with Greg Lynd of Tasmania- based, custom plate alloy boat builders, Lyndcraft, and set about designing his tournament boat. His list of requirements was long and involved. The boat needed to have casting platforms, fore and aft, live bait well, rod lockers capable of storing fly rods, an electric motor mount, battery storage, bait prep station, a deeper V hull for occasional rough water work, a coffee machine, full length mirror, etc, etc… Greg called in his naval architect and with much head scratching the pair decided that most of what Andrew had requested could in fact be squeezed into a 4.85 metre boat, and decided to accept the challenge.
Nick meanwhile spent hour upon hour scouring the internet, newspaper classifieds and boat yards all over the country with an air of confidence that was quickly replaced by panic and an impending sense of doom. His world became one filled with faded gel coat, rusting trailers, unbelievable asking prices and the stench of rotting ply wood – until one day he travelled to the back blocks of Devonport to unearth an exquisite, sparkling, glittering gem.
Under untold amounts of custom fitted covers and tarps was an immaculate, mid nineties 5.0 metre Dominator Cat in as close to "as new" condition as its 15 years would allow. Even better it was powered by two unmarked Yamaha 70hp two-stroke outboards, the perfect engines with which to compare the new F70 Yamaha four-strokes. Nick haggled half heartedly then handed over a cheque for the asking price.
Over the next few weeks Andrew will spend much of his time getting in the way and annoying the tradesmen at Lyndcraft as his boat makes the transition from stacks of plate aluminium into what looks like being an inshore fishing boat of rare quality. Nick meanwhile will be catching up with Yamaha tech-head Glenn Gibson to perform some important testing on his little cat with the two-stroke engines in place. Glenn will collect fuel consumption, performance and noise data in 100rpm intervals across the entire rev range. The same tests will be carried out when the boat is fitted with its pair of brand new F70 four-strokes. Watch this space.


On Saturday, The Sensational 60's Experience: The Tour That Never Ends returns to the Embassy Theatre in Skegness for a night of nostalgia.
Appearing will be Herman's Hermits, Chris Farlowe, New Amen Corner, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Fortunes, and The Ivy League.
The Sensational 60's Experience: The Tour That Never Ends will be hosted by Alan Mosca from Freddie and The Dreamers.
The show will feature hits including I'm Into Something Good, No Milk Today, Out Of Time, Handbags & Gladrags, Bend Me Shape Me, If Paradise Is Half As Nice and many more.
This will be the last time Skegness audiences can see Ivy League live, as the band are retiring after The Sensational 60's Experience: The Tour That Never Ends.
The performance is this Saturday, November 19, at 7.30pm.
Tickets are priced at £27 for adults and £12 for children.
To buy, visit: www.embassytheatre.co.uk or call the box office on 01507 613100.


Be honest and true, boys! Whatever you do, boys, let this be your motto through life. Both now and forever, be this your endeavor, when wrong with the right is at strife. The best and the truest; Alas! Are the fewest; but be one of these if you can.


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Barbus humilis is een  straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van eigenlijke karpers (Cyprinidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1902 door Boulenger.

Eigenlijke karpers