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It's been a Good Year and Looking forward to 2010
By Chip Michael - December 30, 2009
Interchanging Idioms had over 61,000 visitors in 200927 CD's reviewed, 60 concert reviews and over 850 postsWe here at Interchanging Idioms would like to thank our readers, subscribers and friends helping to make this one of the top Classical Music blogs on the internet today. This is just a hobby for us, but obviously one you are enjoying... so we will endeavor to keep up the pace through 2010.If you have any thoughts, suggestions or comments, please let us know.Happy New Year
- from all of us at Interchanging Idioms
World-Renowned Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Coming to Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
He performed at President Obama's Inauguration, he's one of the best selling recording artists in the classical field, and he's been entertaining audiences around the globe for 30 years with his awe-inspiring cello playing. His name is Yo-Yo Ma and he's making his way to Vail Colorado. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform a recital with pianist Kathryn Stott during the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival's opening night of its 23rd season. This will mark Ma's debut performance in Vail. This recital takes place June 25, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail. The program starts with Ennio Morricone's "Gabriel's Oboe" from the film The Mission, followed by George Gershwin's Prelude No. 2 and Cesar Mariano's "Cristal" and Brahms' Sonata No. 1 in E Minor for Cello and Piano. Following a short intermission the duo will play British composer Graham Fitkin's "L," written for Yo-Yo on the occasion of his 50th birthday, and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Sonata in G minor for Cello and P…
Yuja Wang Heads into Studio to Record her next CD - Transformations
Yuja Wang, whose DG debut recital was recently nominated for a Grammy®, returns with an all-new solo recital. As in her debut album, Yuja tackles some formidable repertory and covers a wide-range of styles. The recital includes two Scarlatti sonatas (K 87 & 380), Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrouchka, Brahms Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Books 1 & 2) and Ravel La Valse. Yuja will head into the studio January as well as perform a number of concerts throughout January, February, March, April and May, 2010 including solo recitals, chamber music programs and concerti with a variety of orchestras. She will perform across the US from San Francisco and LA through Detroit and Denver to Miami and Washington DC with many stops in between.
Chopin: The Piano Concertos by Rafał Blechacz coming February 2010
After his successful Deutsche Grammophon debut recording of Chopin Preludes, Rafał Blechacz returns to the composer who helped make him famous with this all-new recording of Chopin's Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2. As the winner of the 2005 International Chopin Competition at the young age of only 20, Blechacz was awarded not only the rarely given first prize but also all four special prizes for best sonata, mazurka, concerto and polonaise performances. Since then, Blechacz has performed in Europe, Japan and North America to critical acclaim and has already ensured himself a huge following among piano aficionados. These two concertos, cornerstones of every pianist's repertory, are especially central to Rafał Blechacz's introduction to the world-stage. He performed the E minor concerto at the 2005 Chopin Competition and has used both works for numerable memorable debuts around the world. His affinity with Chopin runs deeper than just their shared nationality, Blechacz possess a…
Hilary Hahn in Hunt for Grammy with upcoming release of Bach's compositions for Violin and Voice
Bach - Violin and Voice to be released January 4, 2010 with Hilary Hahn • Christine Schäfer • Matthias GoerneGrammy® award winning violinist Hilary Hahn releases a stunning album of Bach's compositions for voice and violin. The works chosen, all from Bach's Leipzig years and dating from around 1724 to 1739, are part of the composer's core output. The cantatas form a central part of his canon, and his mastery of integrating instrumental and vocal writing created some of the most moving and haunting works imaginable. This is Hahn's second Bach album on Deutsche Grammophon and her first to collaborate with vocalists. She is joined by Christine Schäfer and Matthias Goerne throughout the recording. "That this project has come to fulfillment – and with such superb colleagues – is for me a dream come true. These magnificent pieces go to the heart of Bach's artistry as a composer of polyphony: multiple voices, at once clean and complex, presenting layer beneath layer for discovery. No ma…
Nationally-Televised New Year's Eve Concert and First European Tour with New York Philharmonic Are Highlights for Alan Gilbert in Winter 2010
Alan Gilbert returns to New York City in late December and January for several weeks of concerts with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, with such leading soloists as the celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes (Dec 29, 30, & Jan 2); baritone Thomas Hampson, who is the Orchestra's first Artist-in-Residence (Dec 31 & Jan 14-16); and powerhouse pianist Yefim "Fima" Bronfman (Jan 7-9 & 12). The concert with Hampson on New Year's Eve will be broadcast on public television's Live From Lincoln Center series, which will air in New York on WNET/Channel Thirteen beginning at 8pm (check local listings). From January 21 through February 4, Hampson and Bronfman will join Gilbert for his first European tour with the Orchestra. "Europe / Winter 2010" comprises 13 performances in nine European cities: Barcelona, Zaragoza, and Madrid, all in Spain; Zurich, Switzerland; Frankfurt, Cologne, and Dortmund (the Orchestra's debut there) in Germany; Paris, France; and Londo…
Boston Pops will US Premiere Neil Gaiman's Short Film "Statuesque" staring Amanda Palmer and Bill Nighy on New Year's Eve
On December 31, the Boston Pops will present the United States premiere of best-selling author Neil Gaiman's short film Statuesque as part of the New Year's Eve gala concert featuring the provocative and inventive singer/songwriter/cabaret artist Amanda Palmer. Statuesque has been described as "a love triangle between two living statues and an admirer who observes his object of affection every day among the Christmas shoppers, unaware that he too is being watched." The short film stars Amanda Palmer and Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Main's Chest and At World's End, Love Actually), with Becca Darling and Liam McKean. It will be shown to open Amanda Palmer's set. Neil Gaiman is an author with a wide-ranging body of work, including his novels Stardust, American Gods, and 2002's Coraline, recently made into an animated film and nominated for a Golden Globe. He has previously collaborated with Amanda Palmer on her photo book, Who Killed Amanda Palmer?The world premiere broadc…
Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies and American Composers Orchestra announce new Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute
The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University and American Composers Orchestra announce a new collaborative project: the Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI). With generous support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, this program will provide instruction to jazz composers in working with the symphony orchestra, an area that many jazz composers wish to engage, but for which access to educational and performance opportunities are few. JCOI will take place in two stages: the Intensive and the Readings. From July 20 to 24, 2010, up to 35 participants, selected from a national pool of applicants, will take part in the JCOI Intensive on the Columbia University campus, where they will work with prominent composers, performers, conductors, and music industry leaders in seminars, workshops and performance labs in orchestration, instrumentation, contemporary techniques, score preparation and ideas for incorporating improvisation within an orchestral framework. Professional d…
How We are Killing Classical Music
This is pretty much a constant topic on the internet today. Gred Sandow writes a blog "The Future of Classical Music" which is somewhat devoted to this topic. John Terauds writes on "Sound Mind" about what's happening to classical music. Brian Micklethwait writes for "Samizdata.net" raves about the death of classical music. The list goes on... Amid the myriad reasons for the death, one continues to crop up - our youth are turning away from classical music, and for good reason; our youth and their enthusiasm for music are not wanted at classical music concerts. I attended several concerts this weekend, but two are most prominent in terms of this topic. One concert was with Marin Alsop conducting the Colorado Symphony Orchestra with "Too Hot to Handel", an explosive fusion of classical and gospel music. Another concert was with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra and their "A Gift of Music." Both concerts were wonderful performan…
International Recording Debut of Alice Sara Ott, Available January 19, 2010 on Deutsche Grammophon
Ott performs the complete waltzes of Chopin"The young pianist Alice Sara Ott . . . elicited one sleight of the hand after another from the instrument in breathtaking displays of virtuosity enhanced by a sparkle of poetic charm." – Basler Zeitung, May 2008Rising young piano virtuoso Alice Sara Ott makes her international recording debut on Deutsche Grammophon with the complete waltzes of Chopin, available January 19, 2010. "I feel a deep attachment to Chopin's waltzes," says Alice Sara Ott. "They reflect the whole arc of his composing life, and they also reflect his split personality – between Polish and French – and his lifelong search for identity. I feel split in a similar way, between Japanese and German. Only in music do I feel completely at home." Though still young, Ott's commentary on the waltzes is often illuminating. Of the A flat waltz, op. 64 no. 3, Ott says, "I don't take this one too fast. It needs to retain its waltz quality – these are salon pieces, and they mus…
eBay Holiday Auction to benefit City Of Hope
There are a few items available on eBay with proceeds to benefit City of Hope. Autographed Elton John Live at Madison Square Garden DVD:
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http://bit.ly/4XjhdsAutographed The Fray "My First Piano":
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Acclaimed Fauré Quartett returns to Deutsche Grammophon with their first recording of Brahms
The Fauré Quartett continues to add authoritative recordings to the chamber music catalog with their new recording of two Brahms quartets, available from Deutsche Grammophon on January 12, 2010. These large, some say symphonic, works test the limits of technical and musical capabilities, and the Fauré Quartett once again proves why they are one of the most acclaimed ensembles performing today. Within a short period of time the Fauré Quartett has conquered the great concert halls of London , Paris , Berlin , Amsterdam , Brussels , Geneva , Hamburg , Frankfurt, Milan , Buenos Aires , Rio de Janeiro and elsewhere. "They attract superlatives wherever they go," wrote The Strad following a concert at London 's Wigmore Hall, while the Süddeutsche Zeitung praised them for a performance that "brought tremendous pleasure by highlighting interpretative details that had scarcely ever been heard before". The Fauré Quartett strives to achieve a unique sound for Brahms (as indeed for every work)…
"Too Hot to Handel" Explodes with Enthusiam at Boettcher Hall in Denver
Last Night, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra presented their holiday tradition of "Too Hot to Handel", a Gospel rendition of Handel's Messiah. Conceived by Marin Alsop (pictured), CSO Composer Laureate, with colleagues Gary Anderson and Bob Christianson, the music takes the beautifully familiar music of George Frideric Handel and updates it with a mix of soul, jazz, gospel, Latin and bebop. And if that isn't enough to entice you, Maestro Alsop conducted the piece with some of the finest gospel soloists in the industry. From classical beginnings the music quickly shifts into a brilliant swing rhythm, and then becomes of fusion of the two – within the first couple of minutes letting the audience know just what an exciting evening they are in for. Thomas Young sang "Comfort Me" overtop some funky organ music. His stellar command of both classical and jazz vocal music was evidenced in his ability to switch from classical lines taken directly from the original Messiah to scat singing…
Anna Netrebko Sings Antonia/Stella in "The Met: Live In HD" Movie Theater Broadcast of Les Contes d'Hoffmann TODAY
Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher's new production of Les contes d'Hoffmann, starring Anna Netrebko as Antonia, Kate Lindsey as Nicklausse, Alan Held as the four villains, Joseph Calleja in the title role, and conducted by James Levine, will be broadcast live to movie theaters around the world on December 19 at 1:00 pm EST, as part of the Metropolitan Opera's "The Met: Live In HD" series. The new staging of Offenbach's late masterpiece opened on December 3, and the Russian soprano's portrayal of the innocent Antonia – as well as her short appearance as the prima donna Stella – received much acclaim. The New York Times wrote that she "was vocally lustrous, charismatic and wrenching as Antonia" and that she made a "captivating and tart Stella." Further performances of Les contes d'Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera are on December 23, 26, 30 and January 2. Four days after "The Met: Live in HD" broadcast of Hoffmann, PBS's "Great Performances" presents the first American tel…
Cellist Johannes Moser Embarks on "Sounding Off: A Fresh Look at Classical Music"
"Johannes Moser is one of the finest among the astonishing gallery of young virtuoso cellists."– Gramophone On January 17, cellist Johannes Moser and his collaborator, the performance artist and toy pianist Phyllis Chen, embark on their first U.S. tour together: "Sounding Off: A Fresh Look at Classical Music". The two will travel to six cities across America, bringing their fresh and original take on the creative process and concert experience to universities, schools, and community groups. Before each performance – featuring works ranging from classical to experimental – they will conduct a variety of educational outreach activities, designed to allow each city's audience to find and develop its own unique identity. Moser and Chen begin their "Sounding Off" tour on January 17 in San Diego, CA, with further stops in San Francisco (Jan 19-20), Detroit (Jan 22), Malibu's Pepperdine University (Jan 24), Boulder (Jan 27), and New York City (Feb 1). For this bold audience development p…
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Appoints New ConcertMaster
Music Director Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra today announced the appointment of violinist David Coucheron as ASO Concertmaster, effective September 2010. Mr. Coucheron's chair is endowed by Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Peevy. He succeeds Cecylia Arzewski, who completed her tenure with the Atlanta Symphony at the end of the 2007-08 season. Originally from Oslo , Norway , Mr. Coucheron began playing violin at the age of three. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from The Curtis Institute of Music, his Master of Music from The Juilliard School, and his Master of Musical Performance from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with teachers including Igor Ozim, Aaron Rosand, Lewis Kaplan, and David Takeno Mr. Coucheron has worked with conductors such as Robert Spano, Alan Gilbert, Michael Tilson Thomas, Simon Rattle, Mstislav Rostropovich, David Zinman, Roger Norrington, Simone Young, and Charles Dutoit, and performed as a soloist with orchestras including …
Writing for Ensembles is Different than writing for Large Forces
While at University I have been asked (encouraged) to write a number of small works for ensembles. There are multiple reasons for this: ensembles are easier to organize performances therefore easier to get compositions heard (which is incredibly important), small chamber works are easier to see the context and flow of the music (so as a composition tutor you're not having to sort through a huge score to see the progress of the music), and fewer instruments means less actual composition for the student. All of these are valid reasons and worthy of continuing this process of composition education at the university level. However, writing a chamber work is not the same as writing for an orchestra or large ensemble (more than 15 instruments). When studying to be a writer, whether you want to be a novelist, poet, journalist or other there are a variety of writing classes you can take. Each of these styles requires a very different process when writing for the different genres. …
Curtis Institute of Music Celebrates Centenary of Samuel Barber ('34) with New Production of Antony and Cleopatra
A principal theme of the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music's performance season is the 100th birthday of composer Samuel Barber ('34), one of the school's most illustrious alumni. Events center around the Barber anniversary in March 2010, with Curtis 20/21, the school's contemporary music ensemble, performing an all-Barber program on the composer's 100th birthday, March 9. Later that month, the Curtis Opera Theatre presents Barber's Antony and Cleopatra at the Perelman Theater in Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, in a new production directed by Chas Rader-Shieber and conducted by George Manahan. Curtis On Tour marks the centenary with performances of Barber's String Quartet No. 1, the source of the famous Adagio for Strings, in New York and nationwide in February and March. The Curtis Symphony Orchestra performs Barber's Symphony No. 1 under conductor Giancarlo Guerrero at Philadelphia's Verizon Hall on April 24. Curtis alumni will also join the centennial celebrations, giv…
Too Hot to Handel - The Gospel Messiah NEARLY SOLD OUT!!! in Denver
If you have tickets for weekend and your plans have changed, please call CSO Box Office 303.623.7876 to exchange your tickets so we may release your seats for sale to other patrons.It's classical meets gospel. It's Handel meets the groove factor – however you describe it, Too Hot to Handel is a Colorado tradition, the likes of which only Conductor Laureate Marin Alsop could bring. Dec 18-19 · 7:30 p.m.
Marin Alsop, conductor laureate
Lillias White, soprano | Vaneese Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Young, tenor | CSO Chorus | Guest Choirs
Cypress String Quartet 11th Annual Call & Response Concert
Featuring the world premiere of a new string quartet based on Ann Patchett's novel Bel Canto by composer Elena RuehrSan Francisco, CA – The Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) presents its 11th Annual Call & Response concert on Friday, February 26 at Herbst Theatre (401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco). The concert includes the world premiere of a string quartet based on Ann Patchett's novel Bel Canto, commissioned by the Cypress Quartet from Boston-based composer Elena Ruehr, as well as Mozart's String Quartet in D Major, K.575 and Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, "Death and the Maiden." A pre-concert talk with Ms. Ruehr will begin at 7:15pm. Additional performances and discussions with the Cypress and Ms. Ruehr, free and open to the public, take place beginning on January 26. The Call & Response program was born out of the Cypress's commitment to present music as a dynamic and ongoing pr…
New Metropolitan Opera Season Launches with Puccini's Il Trittico on Colorado Public Radio
Saturday morning live broadcasts run Dec. 12 – May 8Colorado Public Radio (CPR) will kick off the 79th Metropolitan Opera season this Saturday with a live broadcast of Puccini's Il Trittico at 10:30 a.m., starring Patricia Racette and Stephanie Blythe, conducted by Stefano Ranzani. "The Met Opera's Saturday broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history. So many people tell me that they grew up listening to the Met on Saturday afternoons, and every year it seems to get better and better," - CPR Classical Music Program Director Karla WalkerCPR will air twenty-two broadcasts this season, from Dec. 12, 2009 through May 8, 2010. Margaret Juntwait returns as the series' host for her sixth season, joined by commentator Ira Siff. "We're delighted to be able to bring the Met to Colorado audiences every Saturday – for those who have been listening for years and those who are just discovering the thrill of live opera," Karla Walker To see a full…
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols by the Choir of king's College, Cambridge 2-CD set availble from EMI Classics
Perfect Christmas CD recorded live in 2008This new, live, complete recording of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Christmas Eve, 2008 includes traditional hymns, modern carols, old favorites, and new voices, all combining to convey the experience, both comforting and transcendent, of a service known and loved around the world. The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is broadcast live on the radio worldwide every year and the release of this two-CD set coincides with the celebration of the University of Cambridge's 800th anniversary and also with the frontline King's Christmas release of the DVD-version of Handel's Messiah. The Choir of King's College, Cambridge is the world's most famous choir and one of today's most accomplished and renowned representatives of the great British choral tradition. The choir dates back to the 1400s and consists of 16 choristers and 14 choral scholars. Its international reputation, established by the radio broadcast worldwide of the Festiva…
Alfred Brendel's Last New Release Captures his Final Public Performances in Recital and Concert
Decca Releases the Souvenier, 2-CD Set of Brendel's Final Concerts, Recored Live, Available January 19, 20102008 marked the 60th anniversary of Alfred Brendel's professional debut and he chose that year in which to retire from public performance. Brendel's exclusive association with Universal Music (originally with Philips and now Decca) since the 1970s ensured that Decca would be on hand to document these momentous concerts and preserve a living legend of the piano in his final public performances. The 2-CD souvenir set is available now exclusively from ArkivMusic.com and will be available everywhere on January 19, 2010. Recorded live in Hanover , Brendel's farewell recital (December 14, 2008) featured composers with whom he was most closely associated throughout his career with a set of variations by Haydn and sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Just a few days later, on December 18, he appeared with the Vienna Philharmonic and Sir Charles Mackerras in his last pu…
Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra Present "An American Biography: The Music of Henry Cowell"
January 29th Program includes the New York Premiere of the Pioneering Composer's Ballet Score Atlantis and the New York City Premiere of His Symphony No. 11 ("Seven Rituals of Music"), plus His Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra and MoreHenry Cowell was an American original – as composer, pianist, theorist, author, and teacher. He helped to create a modernist American music not derivative of Europe, a music that tapped homegrown sounds even as it embraced influences from Asia. Yet during Cowell's lifetime and after, his compositions have lived in the shadows, for reasons that often have little to do with the music. Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra will help shine a light on this pioneering composer's creations with "An American Biography: The Music of Henry Cowell" on Friday, January 29 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall (all tickets are just $25 each). The program includes local premieres of two of Cowell's works. Cowell's influence is in the DNA of the 20th-c…
Powerhouse Pianist Yefim Bronfman Is Soloist on Alan Gilbert's First European Tour as Music Director with New York Philharmonic
Grammy Award-Winning Bronfman Scores New Grammy Nomination for Salonen Concerto CD"It's safe to say there is no pianist around remotely like Yefim Bronfman."– Philadelphia InquirerGrammy Award-winning pianist Yefim "Fima" Bronfman has a full winter ahead, featuring high-profile engagements with some of the nation's leading conductors and orchestras, in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls. Having been selected as soloist for "Europe / Winter 2010", the New York Philharmonic's first European tour since Alan Gilbert took the reins as music director, the powerhouse pianist will perform Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto in nine European cities, including London, Paris, Zurich, Cologne, Madrid, and Barcelona (Jan 21 – Feb 4), and as part of an all-Russian program at the orchestra's home in New York, early in the New Year (Lincoln Center, Jan 7, 8, & 12). Fima also performs Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2 with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic this wee…
Broadway Star Linda Eder to Perform Judy Garland Songbook with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Jan. 28-31
BSO SuperPops Conductor Jack Everly leads Linda Eder and the BSO in "Almost Like Being in Love," "Over the Rainbow" and other favoritesBSO Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly, internationally-acclaimed Broadway star Linda Eder and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform a special tribute to the Judy Garland songbook on Thursday, January 28 through Saturday, January 30 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, January 31 at 3 p.m. Thursday's performance will take place at The Music Center at Strathmore, and the other three performances will be held at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Winner of the Drama Desk Award in 1996, Linda Eder will perform memorable hits from the Judy Garland songbook, including "Almost Like Being in Love," "It Never Was You," "By Myself," "The Trolley Song" and "Over the Rainbow." Judy Garland was an Academy Award-winning American vocalist and actress. As a child, she performed the Vaudeville circuit, and later was signed by film producer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Garland…
Teaching Composition – What are we trying to achieve
In the process of learning composition I have spent time with a number of instructors who have encouraged me to write twelve-tone, pitch-class, electro-acoustic and other forms of experimental techniques. No matter how much I might understand and appreciate the work of other composers in the genres, these are not forms of music I resonate with. They are simply not forms of music I listen to and I struggle with the idea of writing them. However, in a Master Class by Libby Larsen she made the comment, "Learn them all, because all forms of music have something to offer." This I very much agree. There are elements of each of the above mentioned forms (and others) that I do resonate with. Berg's Violin Concerto is a beautiful twelve-tone work, although it is possible to look at numerous sections of the music with a "tonal" analysis. Another composer friend, Gary Bachlund commented that using these techniques can narrow the choices for how to compose a piece of work. If you look at…
Trumpet Concerto reworked and fine tuned
I've been working with Peter Auricchio on fixing some of the playability problems in the 3rd movement of my trumpet concerto. We settled on having him begin the piece on the B-flat trumpet to give a richness to the opening - then move to the piccolo trumpet to allow for some soaring moments. The movement returns to the B-flat trumpet to round out the piece and give the melodic line warmth. Here is a midi realization: The piece is destined to be performed by Mr Auricchio with the Niwot Symphony Orchestra for their 2010-11 season, although a final date hasn't been set. I'll keep you posted.
Baltimore Philanthropists Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Donate $1 Million to Support Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's OrchKids Program
OrchKids continues to expand and thrive in second yearThe Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with the Baltimore City Public Schools, announced today that Baltimore philanthropists Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker will make a leadership gift of $1 million to the BSO's music education and life-enrichment program, OrchKids. This gift provides essential seed capital to support 50% of the OrchKids' incremental expenses as it expands over the next four academic years (years 2-5 of the program). These expenses include hiring additional instructors, purchasing supplies and instruments and adding one full-time administrative position to oversee the program as it grows to more than 300 students over the next four years. A press conference announcing the gift took place today at 10:00 a.m. at Lockerman Bundy Elementary School. Inspired by BSO Music Director Marin Alsop's artistic leadership and community vision, OrchKids is a year-round after-school program that provides music edu…
Deborah Voigt Returns to Metropolitan Opera as Chrysothemis in Richard Strauss's Elektra on Dec 10-29
Voigt Also Hosts Met's "Live in HD" Broadcast of New Tales of Hoffman Production to Theaters Worldwide on December 19On Thursday, December 10, internationally-renowned soprano Deborah Voigt returns to her home company, the Metropolitan Opera, for the first time this season, and in a signature role, as Chrysothemis in Richard Strauss's spine-chilling Elektra (six performances through Dec 29). An engaging entertainer and conversationalist, Deborah Voigt has also developed a following as host of "The Met: Live in HD" (besides portraying Isolde in Tristan und Isolde during the transmissions' first season). On Saturday, December 19 she is to serve as host of the international transmission of Offenbach's Contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffman) conducted by James Levine and featuring Anna Netrebko, Joseph Calleja, and Alan Held. Chrysothemis was Ms. Voigt's first Strauss role at the Met, which helped advance her rapidly growing reputation as one of the world's most important rising-star Stra…
Joshua Roman making Waving around the World
Often hailed as a YouTube star, cellist Joshua Roman is currently attracting attention for two very different videos. Last month his segment from a fall 2008 concert broadcast outside a temple in Kyoto won the Professional Music Recording Award of Japan. Oto Butai is one of Japan's biggest annual music events, televised nationally from a different temple each year. Watch Roman's performance of Piazzolla's "Otono Porteno" in this award-winning video, or catch it in-flight on Japan Airlines. On a different note, Roman was invited by photographer and Nikon spokesperson Chase Jarvis to collaborate on a video for the current Nikon Festival. Jarvis is one of the celebrity judges, along with Rainn Wilson of The Office and internet blogger Justine (iJustine) Ezarik, for Nikon's $100,000 contest, "Your day in 140 seconds or less". Watch Roman playing Bach in this 140-second video. Always in good company, the young cellist turns 26 this month...on Be…
Waltz into 2010 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Marie Curie Cancer Care
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra welcomes in 2010 with a traditional Viennese concert in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on 1 January at 7pm . Charismatic Romanian conductor Nicolae Moldoveneau, who last conducted the SCO's New Year celebrations in 2006, directs a popular programme featuring traditional waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss, as well as excerpts from Nicolae's The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. He will be joined by Swedish soprano Hannah Holgersson, who makes her SCO and UK debut with a selection of songs by Walton and Offenbach. For the sixth consecutive year, the concert is given in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care, contributing towards the charity's vital work, including running the Marie Curie Hospice in Edinburgh , and its home nursing service for terminally ill patients. Lord Provost George Grubb will join in the celebrations by wishing everyone a Happy New Year, before introducing Marie Curie's Nursing Ambassador,…
Amanda Palmer Rings in the New Year with the Boston Pops Dec 31st
Program features World Premiers by Sxip Shirey and Film Artist Michael PopeIn a complete departure from the traditional Boston Pops New Year's Eve concert, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops will be joined by the provocative and inventive singer/songwriter/cabaret artist Amanda Palmer in a gala concert to ring in the New Year at Symphony Hall on Thursday, December 31, at 10 p.m. The evening's centerpiece program features Palmer performing the first movement of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, material from her ground-breaking punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls, and songs from her recent solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer?, as well as several musical surprises. This special New Year's Eve celebration begins at 8 p.m. and features a wide variety of pre- and post-concert performances throughout the Hall, including Sxip Shirey and Adam Matta, April Smith and her band The Great Picture Show, and Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade. All guests attending the Boston Pops' New Year's Eve…
Major Contempory Composers perform with London Symphony Orchestra in 2010
The London Symphony Orchestra is honoured to work with a number of leading contemporary composers who also perform with the Orchestra. On 1 March 2010 the London Symphony Orchestra performs live to a film score by Nitin Sawhney. Sawhney has produced a thrilling new score to acclaimed Japanese director Mikio Naruse's powerful melodrama, the 1933 silent film Yogoto No Yume (Nightly Dreams) centred around the tragic world of barmaid, Omitsu. Conducted by Kristjan Järvi. John Adams conducts the premieres of two of his works in March 2010. On 7 March the UK premiere of the revised version of his Doctor Atomic Symphony, inspired by his acclaimed opera of the same name, is performed alongside the Four Sea Interludes from Britten's Peter Grimes and Sibelius' Symphony No 6. On 11 March Adams conducts the European premiere of his LSO co-commissioned City Noir. The programme also includes Ravel's Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Debussy's Préludes, orchestrated by Colin Matthews, and Stravin…
Scottish Chamber Orchestra announces appointment of new Chorusmaster
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Flipkart employees are expected to strike gold through the deal of acquisition of the e-commerce giant by Walmart. Flipkart has recently allowed its employees – if they want – to sell their stocks to its parent company. The employee stock options present at their disposal had their valuation increased as a result of the deal. The increase in valuation is going to allow certain employees to achieve the status of millionaires upon stock liquidation as well.
In the May of this year, Walmart completed the acquisition of Flipkart in a deal worth a mammoth $16 billion. But unlike most business acquisitions, the owner of the company is not the only one enjoying a profit. The deal increased the valuation of the pool of employees stock options (ESOPs) of Flipkart to over $1.5 billion. This would make at least 100 current and past employees millionaires upon liquidation of their ESOPs, should they choose to do it.
As such, as a part of the acquisition, Walmart is obligated to buy 6,242,271 shares from Flipkart's total ESOP pool of 11,947,026 shares. This implies that Walmart will buy shares totalling a worth of about $800 million from Flipkart's pool of ESOPs. The total ESOP pool of the Indian e-commerce giant is estimated to be worth around $1.5 billion. Flipkart itself bought about $100 million worth of ESOPs from its own employees in the December of 2017.
"The ESOP repurchase program, a yardstick for the industry, is a part of our continuing efforts to thank and reward our employees for their service", a spokesperson from Flipkart said.
Flipkart recently announced in a letter to the current employees that they will be allowed to liquidate their employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) at a rate of $126-$128, depends on the charges involved. As mentioned above, each one of about 100 of Flipkart's present and past employees holds ESOPs worth over $1 million. The liquidation process will be executed in a systematic manner over a couple of years. The employees who are currently working for the e-commerce giant will be allowed to liquidate up to 50% of their vested ESOPs when the transaction between Walmart and Flipkart is completed. The rest of the 50% will be liquidated over the following 2 years. 25% of the rest of the ESOPs will be liquidated after a year of the first liquidation. The remaining 25% will be liquidated the subsequent year.
However, the ex-employees will be allowed to liquidate only 30% of their vested ESOP's. This brought about a lot of discontent among the people previously working at Flipkart. The limitation to their liquidation implies that they would have to wait until there's another liquidity event in the form of an Initial Public Offering(IPO). The ESOPs present at the disposal of the ex-employees is estimated to be worth around $200 million to $330 million.
Flipkart was running riot in the Indian e-commerce market for some time. That was before the arrival of Amazon to the scene. That made the competition increasingly tough, with market shares being highly contested for. Recently, it is Amazon who is enjoying the upper hand. However, the people at Flipkart are unfazed.
Speaking about their plans to go public in the future, Binny Bansal, group CEO of Flipkart, said," We believe we can be way more competitive with the right partners around. The other partner we have is Tencent, we also have Microsoft as an investor. Bringing the right partners on board is crucial, we believe, for success in the future".


Back again with another NZ Indie Polish Month post! The blog (and, well, just about everything) was pushed to the backburner last week as we were out of town due to a loss in the family, but I'm home now, albeit more maudlin. Still, life goes on and there's no reason why my nails can't be happy, right? That's where Star Kin Daisy Dot Star comes in. It's impossible not to be cheered up by this adorable polish!
Daisy Dot Star is a white crelly speckled with an assortment of neon and pastel glitters and a smattering of blue. There are holo and matte circles, neon pink flowers aqua and yellow stars and lots of little hexes. It was mostly opaque in three coats, but I dabbed a little more on in places where I hadn't been entirely even in my application. A more careful hand will nail it in three.
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Welcome to Our Lady of Lourdes Music Ministry!
Here at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Family we are very blessed to have many wonderful musicians! However, we can always use more! We have many opportunities for you to get involved! If you would like to get involved in the music ministry, please fill out the sign-up form below for Jody.
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Cantors/Psalmists/Song leaders
The cantor/psalmist/song leader is a trained and competent singer who leads the prayer in sung prayer. The cantor/psalmist proclaims the Word of God in the psalm sung between readings and has a role in other responsorial singing. The song leader uses voice and gesture to guide the singing of the assembly. Limited training is available and required for new cantors/psalmists/song leaders.
Choirs are a part of the assembly of the faithful with a distinctive ministry. Choirs lead the people in sung prayer by reinforcing or enhancing the sacred song of the congregation. (Music in Catholic Worship, #36) At other times the choir may offer special music for the purpose of prayerful meditation. At Lourdes, we are blessed with a number of wonderful choirs:
Alleluia Attitude: Family "praise" choir for all abilities and all ages. They rehearse on Mondays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. during the school year and one hour before Mass. They sing two Masses per month throughout the year. Their director is Susan Shefka-Peeters (920-265-5210)
Angelus: Contemporary ensemble of teen and adult singers and instrumentalists. They rehearse one hour before Mass and sing two Masses per month September to June and at special liturgies throughout the year. Their director is Lory Wieseckel (920-412-0211)
Lourdes Choir: Traditional SATB choir open to all teens and adults. They rehearse on Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and one hour before Mass. They sing two Masses per month September to June and at special liturgies throughout the year. Their director is Jody Strnad (920-680-0819).
Combined Music Ministry: The entire parish music ministry team comes together to lead the music for major liturgical celebrations. Rehearsals are set up through the Music Director.
Funeral Choir: Adult choir serving music ministry needs at parish funeral liturgies. They rehearse one hour before the funeral liturgy. Their director is Jody Strnad (920-680-0819)
Summer Choir: When the Angelus and Lourdes Choir are on summer break, this "unofficial" choir sings at three Sunday Masses, once in June, July, and August. Everyone is most welcome! (Sing once or sing all summer!) Rehearse 45 minutes before Mass. Their director is Jody Strnad (920-680-0819).
The pipe organ has long been held in high esteem as the traditional instrument in the church because of its unique ability to add to the church's ceremonies and powerfully lift up the spirit to higher things. (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, #120) We at Our Lady of Lourdes are very blessed with a beautiful Casavant Organ! The needs of contemporary music in today's liturgy have also raised the piano as a primary instrument for liturgy. Both of these instruments lead and support the singing of the assembly.
Additionally, other instruments (strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, etc.) are used in ensemble to provide energy and color to the music of the liturgy.
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Incredibles 2 just joined Disney's elite 2018 triple-comma club.
The film just crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office.
That makes it Disney's third title to hit the coveted ticket sales benchmark this year — the other two are Black Panther ($1.3 billion) and Avengers: Infinity War ($2 billion).
Incredibles 2 becomes the seventh animated movie in history to hit that number and now stands as the ninth biggest overall release in U.S. history.
The only other movie to cross the $1 billion mark this year is Universal's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($1.2 billion).
The rest of the global Top 10 so far this year include Deadpool 2 ($734 million) and Ready Player One ($582 million).


A strong bounce-back in real GDP was confirmation that the contraction in Q3 was a temporary blip and did not indicate a more fundamental deterioration. Growth in Q4 was broad-based across expenditure categories and states, and occurred in conjunction with a strong bounce in the terms of trade and profitability owing to sharply higher coal and iron ore prices in the quarter, although labour income was weak yet again.
Real GDP growth is likely to be strong through most of 2017, with our forecasts showing a gradual improvement in domestic demand as the drag from mining investment diminishes and government infrastructure spending remains solid, while net exports (especially LNG) add significantly to growth. In addition, the NAB business survey is suggesting higher business conditions in recent months than for much of the second half of 2016, despite some pullback in February, and is also pointing to a near-term strengthening in employment. We are not as relaxed about the growth outlook in 2018 however, and continue to forecast a pullback as the contributions from LNG exports, temporarily higher commodity prices and residential construction fade, while household consumption remains constrained by weak labour income growth. Our year-ended growth forecasts pick up to 3¼% by Q3 2017, but then eases to 2¼% by end-2018.
The RBA is becoming increasingly focused on financial stability considerations, particularly household balance sheets in the context of a re-acceleration in house price growth in Sydney and Melbourne amidst elevated levels of household debt. Recent comments from RBA officials raise the possibility that macro-prudential measures may be stepped up and we now consider a further rate cut as unlikely in this environment. We have removed our expectation of a 25bp rate cut in late 2017, although continue to flag the risk of further monetary policy easing at some point given our concerns about economic growth and the labour market in 2018.
As a result of our RBA view change, we are revising up our 2018 AUD/USD forecast slightly while maintaining our 0.70 end-2017 projection. A weaker AUD is still likely on a combination of further US interest rate-driven US dollar strength, lower commodity prices and potentially some deterioration in risk sentiment from current elevated levels.


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'Jean of the Joneses' Director Stella Meghie Is One to Watch
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Stella Meghie is on one hell of a roll. After spending years building a career in public relations for beauty brands, the Toronto native decided to completely change her life and headed in an entirely different direction: filmmaking.
"I've always had a love for film and storytelling. I decided to take a chance and ended up going to school and getting a master's in screenwriting," she tells EBONY.com. "I actually wrote Jean of the Joneses when I was in school, and I just couldn't picture anybody directing it, so I did it myself."
The gamble paid off. The film, Jean of the Joneses, debuted to critical acclaim back in March at Austin's famed South by Southwest festival, and in September it also played at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in Meghie's hometown. While both would be major accomplishments in their own right, before the film even finished hitting the festival circuit, Meghie had several other projects in the works—a comedy optioned by BET, a feature for VH1, a blind script deal with Warner Brothers. Oh, and she just wrapped filming her second feature film, Everything, Everything starring Amandla Stenberg.
"It's been a whirlwind experience. To get another job and be directing before the festival run is even over for Jean is not necessary the normal path," she says. "But it was just right place, right time."
As Meghie works to keep up with all of the opportunities that have come her way since Jean of the Joneses premiered, audiences across the country will finally have the opportunity to see the project that kicked it all off. On Sunday, the quirky family comedy will premiere on TVOne.
"I'm just so excited people are going to get to see Jean of the Joneses. I just feel really grateful that people want to watch my stories and hopefully enjoy them," she says.
Set in Brooklyn and starring Taylour Paige, Sherri Shepherd, Erica Ash, Michelle Hurst, Mamoudou Athie, Francois Arnaud, and Gloria Reuben, Jean of the Joneses centers on twenty-something writer Jean and her outspoken, witty clan, the Joneses. Though Jane is talented and has received acclaim for her work, she's at a crossroads in her life. When her family's estranged patriarch literally dies on their doorstep, a paramedic who tried to save him attemps to win Jean over. While the attraction is mutual, the pair's budding romance has to take a backseat to the family's drama. The offbeat film is authentic and funny, and was inspired by Meghie's rambunctious West Indian family.
"A lot of it is pulled from my own family. I come from a very big family of Jamaican women who are unintentionally funny," Meghie says. "The characters in Jean are pulled from different aunts, different grandmothers, my mom. It's not autobiographical, but it's definitely inspired by my family."
Strangely enough, none of Meghie's relatives recognize themselves in the film's humorous scenes, but the director says they still they love it. Judging by the reviews, audiences will love it too.
Jean of the Joneses airs Sunday, October 23 at 7 p.m. on TVOne
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London Bridge: Usman Khan completed untested rehabilitation scheme
Written by The Newsroom on December 4, 2019
London Bridge attacker Usman Khan attended two counter-terrorism programmes that had not been fully tested to see if they were effective, BBC News has discovered.
Khan, who was convicted of a terrorism offence in 2012, killed Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, on Friday.
He had completed two rehabilitation schemes during the eight years he spent in prison and following his release.
The government says such programmes are kept "under constant review".
Three others were injured after Khan launched the attack at a prisoner rehabilitation event inside Fishmongers' Hall near London Bridge.
Inquests into the deaths of Mr Merritt and Ms Jones will be opened and adjourned at the Old Bailey on Wednesday.
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During his time in prison, Khan completed a course for people convicted of extremism offences and after his release went on a scheme to address the root causes of terrorism.
The first course Khan went on, the Healthy Identity Intervention Programme, was piloted from 2010 and is now the main rehabilitation scheme for prisoners convicted of offences linked to extremism.
Last year, the Ministry of Justice published the findings of research into the pilot project which found it was "viewed positively" by a sample of those who attended and ran the course.
However, the department has not completed any work to test whether the scheme prevents reoffending or successfully tackles extremist behaviour.
There has also been no evaluation of the impact of the Desistance and Disengagement Programme, which Khan took part in after his release last year.
</figure>Government officials pointed out that the schemes have not been operating for long enough for the results to be assessed, but a spokesperson said all offender behaviour programmes were kept under constant review.
The spokesperson said: "All our offender behaviour programmes are monitored, evaluated and kept under constant review to ensure that they are effective in reducing reoffending and protecting the public."
Experimental schemes
The Home Office "fact-sheet" on the Desistence and Disengagement programme contains eight pieces of "key information".
But it omits the really key bit – that the programme has never been evaluated. In other words, we do not know if it works.
The same is true of the Healthy Identity Interventions course. Although the Ministry of Justice conducted a "process evaluation", to check the pilot version was being run properly, we will not know for another two years if it is achieving results.
So, these schemes, like many other offender behaviour projects, are, in essence, experimental.
Some say the only way of knowing if they are any good is to try them out. Others argue the risks of doing that are too high, pointing to the once-flagship Sex Offender Treatment Programme, which was used for 25 years until research showed that it increased the likelihood of reoffending.
Rehabilitating convicted terrorists is as complex and challenging as it gets – but a little more openness and honesty is required about the methods that are being used.
'Anybody can manipulate'
A man who recently went through the same Desistence and Disengagement programme as Khan says the London Bridge attacker "shouldn't have been let out of prison".
The man – who asked to remain anonymous – was acquitted of terror charges but was required to wear an electronic tag.
</figure>Speaking to Sima Kotecha of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said: "I had a mentor who came to see me at least twice a week.
"As time went on the authorities saw a change within myself."
Asked why such mentoring worked for him but not for Khan, the man said: "I wanted to make a change.
"Other people may think that [terror] is the only route because they've been radicalised and that's all they know."
He added that "anybody can manipulate" when asked whether people could convince their mentors that they have moved away from extremism.
He said: "I don't know his character, but anybody can manipulate."
Khan, 28, was arrested in December 2010 and sentenced in 2012 to indeterminate detention for public protection with a minimum jail term of eight years, having pleaded guilty to preparing terrorist acts.
He had been part of an al-Qaeda inspired group that considered attacks in the UK, including at the London Stock Exchange.
In 2013 the Court of Appeal quashed the sentence, replacing it with a 16-year fixed term, and ordered Khan to serve at least half this – eight years – behind bars.
Since his release from prison in December 2018, Khan had been living in Stafford and was required to wear a GPS tag.
Khan was armed with two knives and was wearing a fake suicide vest during the attack at Fishmongers' Hall in the City of London on Friday.
He was tackled by members of the public, including ex-offenders from the conference, before he was shot dead by police.
A porter at Fishmongers' Hall who tried to fight Khan, Lukasz, was stabbed by Khan and two women were also injured in the attack. They remain in a stable condition in hospital.
On Wednesday, City of London senior coroner Alison Hewitt will also open and adjourn an inquest into the death of Khan.
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Historically, the emphasis of Emergency/Acute care delivery in Japan has been on the most critically ill or injured. The system was developed to better utilize resources and paramedics by triaging the patients depending on the severity of the condition to different Facilities. But it has been recognized that seemingly low acuity patients sometimes turned out to have serious conditions as well. It has also been recognized that patient diversion happens for reasons somewhat different from what you see in the US (lack of "appropriate Physician" rather than overwhelmed ED) and seems to happen more often in large metropolitan areas in Japan. This has become one of the major focuses on Japanese Health Care Reform. The hope is that "ER style" would solve or at least alleviate some of these problems in Japan.
This web site is to provide information on the development of "ER style" in Japan. "The ER Committee" invites you to contact us with any questions or comments.
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Commander One – the most popular way to connect FTP on Mac
Commander One is the ideal file transfer protocol for Mac manager. Once you learn how to FTP on Mac, it offers a host of different features that let you manage your files and folders, and move data to where it needs to go. Plus, it offers cloud computing management, as well as a Mac terminal emulator that lets you fine tune your system processes.
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FTP stands for file transfer protocol. It's essentially a tool for sending and receiving files. It's a format that has been around for a very long time, actually stretching back to before the internet became mainstream. You use FTP to access files on a server, or to send files yourself.
FTP has a certain level of security, requiring users to have a username and password. It is a useful tool for simply sending and receiving files to/from a server. Furthermore, FTP can be used to put together a webpage, uploading data to your internet service provider's servers. In terms of the actual technical aspects of FTP, two channels are used: a command channel and a data channel.
The command channel issues commands and responses, and the data channel is responsible for the actual transfer of information. FTP is a crucial file transfer method as it's been around for a long time, is very versatile, and has been factored into the design of all operating systems and internet browsers. We're going to look at how to FTP from Mac.
One of the most straightforward ways to access FTP on Mac is by using Finder. Here's what you have to do:
Open the Finder tool on your Mac.
Choose the Connect to Server option.
Enter the server name, including ftp://
Hit connect and you'll be able to connect to the server.
You can also use the terminal to enable FTP on Mac. Here's how it works:
Open the terminal tool on your Mac.
Type in FTP IP Address (where IP Address is the address of the FTP you want to connect to).
You should now be connected to the FTP. Input your username and password.
Use the following command to FTP upload Mac files to the server: put path-to-file.ext remote-file-name.ext
This enable FTP Mac process is pretty similar to the other options we've looked at:
Open your Mac browser.
Enter the server name, including ftp:// at the beginning.
Enter your username and password to start using the server.
Many people want to know about security functions on Mac OS X FTP. You may be aware of SFTP, a more recent transfer protocol that was developed with increased security in mind. This is because MacOS FTP is not the most secure transfer protocol around. It does provide a level of security by requiring you to use a username and password.
However, these are easily hacked. On top of that, FTP does not make use of any kind of encryption or tunnelling. This further decreases the security levels when setting up FTP on Mac. Nevertheless, FTP remains a go-to for millions, and you can still keep using it. The best solution is to make use of some kind of third party software.
Commander One FTP transfer Mac tool uses encryption to ensure that all data packets are only accessible to those with the encryption keys. It's a reliable tool that is designed to facilitate a range of different tasks, covering FTP and other major transfer protocols.
It's got great usability thanks to a double panel design that makes it really easy to organise your transfers. It's also compatible with a range of different devices. We highly recommend Commander One for anyone looking for a solid FTP server on Mac tool.
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1. How do I FTP on a Mac?
As we've pointed out above, there are a range of different ways to carry out Macbook FTP tasks. We recommend Commander One as the most effective tool for it.
2. Does Mac have an FTP client?
Mac is compatible with FTP, you can use the terminal or finder, the browser, or a tool like Commander One.
3. How do I FTP from Mac Terminal?
See above for our complete list of ways to use FTP with a Mac.
4. How do I create an FTP folder on a Mac?
You can use a tool such as Commander One to create a Mac OS X FTP folder.
5. How do I access my FTP server?
Use one of the solutions we've looked at above. You need to make sure that you have the necessary username and password to make use of the server.
6. How do I upload to an FTP site on a Mac?
You can use any of the options we've looked at in this article to upload to an FTP site.
7. How do I enable the secure FTP/SFTP service on Mac?
Commander One is the perfect tool for boosting your FTP security, as it provides encryption that keeps all your data safe.
8. Is Commander One free?
Commander One is available in two versions. With the free version you get a certain number of basic tools. With the paid version, you get access to the entire suite of features and tools.
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How low can Trump go? It's hard to say these days. NBC News reports that U.S. embassies all over the world have had requests to fly the LGBTQ pride rainbow flag rejected by the Trump administration.
How many embassies have had their requests denied is not exactly known, but reports mention at least four: in Israel, Germany, Brazil, and Latvia. This flies in the face of Trump's assertion only a week ago that his administration would be standing in "solidarity" with the many LGBTQ people around the world who are oppressed.
As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals….
Keep in mind, Trump is still selling LGBTQ pride shirts on his campaign website. The self-styled "most pro-LGBT Republican Presidential nominee in history" doesn't have a good record of supporting LGBTQ rights so far. It is no surprise that the man who is afraid of a ship named after the late Sen. John McCain would also have a policy of hiding a rainbow flag from public view.
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