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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SUPPORTERS TRAVELLING TO BRADFORD THIS WEEKEND
Bradford City vs Bristol Rovers – change to seating arrangements
Due to essential continued building work, Bristol Rovers' followers who have purchased tickets for Saturday's game will be re-directed to another stand.
Tickets have been issued for the TL Dallas (South) Stand which is behind the goal.
These tickets can now be used to gain access to Blocks F&G of the Northern Commercials (East) Stand which is positioned alongside the penalty box at the South end of the stadium.
There is no need for any Away fans to change the tickets they have bought as access to the new area will be allowed with the ticket already in their possession.
The turnstiles for Away fans are still located on Midland Road and are just a few yards away from the South Stand turnstiles.
Due to the need to make a late change, the tickets should now be used on an unreserved basis.
Turnstiles E9-E11 will be allocated to ticket holders.
There will also be a facility for Bristol Rovers' fans to pay on the day through turnstile E12.
Please note that adult tickets bought in advance through the Bristol Rovers' ticket office cost £20 and adult prices increase to £25 each on match day.
The other advantage of using the Northern Commercials Stand is that Rovers' fans will benefit from improved catering facilities including a licensed bar inside the stadium.
For any supporters in wheelchairs, you will still be accommodated in the South Stand behind the goal. Please approach stewards at the turnstiles and they will assist you to gain access to the stand.
A steward will also be appointed to that stand to assist any disabled supporters to obtain non-alcoholic refreshments from the kiosks.
Bradford City FC apologises for any minor inconvenience these changes cause to Bristol Rovers' fans.
The contingency of holding back F&G Blocks of the Northern Commercials Stand was made to ensure tickets purchased by Away fans could be used.
We look forward to welcoming you all to the stadium on Saturday.


1. Cut the halloumi into 12 cubes and thread onto 4 metal skewers, alternating with the Mediterranean vegetables. Brush each one with 1tsp of pesto.
2. Griddle or grill the skewers on a hot, preheated barbecue for 10-12 minutes, turning occasionally, until colour begins to appear on the edges.
3. Warm the flatbreads on the barbecue, then spread or swirl the remaining pesto on top. Top with the skewers to serve, or remove the skewer and roll up or fold the flatbreads in half.


I was at work when I noticed the problem. And I could tell it was going to spread quickly. So I grabbed some waste yarn from my knitting tool tin that was close-ish to the scarf and started securing off the running stitches.
It was a little tricky because it was in an eyelet row. And I did lose a full eyelet hole in the process. But I was able to catch all the open stitches and anchor them to the next eyelet over. Is it perfect? No…but I guarantee that bunched up on my neck no one is going to notice. And if you are close enough to notice then you might just be too far in my bubble and get a little love tap as a reminder to back away, lol.
This was 100% my fault and I'm a little sad I messed up a beautiful knit but I'm super glad I could save it. Now it's just a shawl with character and a good back story!


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Loits, if any of you do not know, is the herald of Estonian metal, with the colour of the banner being black and the status quo driven to militant. And no, this isn't any typical central / eastern European folk black metal but harshly rocking music with very personal growling vocals, twisted guitar melodies and flak gun like heavy drumming. There are also some keyboards for Estonian native feel... and in this case, the use of those doesn?t bother me at all, or to be honest, they quite surprised me during the first listen, but alas, they did embed themselvesvery nicely straight on the second time leafing through "Must Album".
And when put to the Loits discography, I must say that "Must Album" may not climb all the way to the top, as the previous albums by this Estonian band made such a strong impression on me that this album would've demanded a few more classic tracks to be as fierce as "Vere Kutse Kohustab" or "Ei Kahetse Midagi". However, the song "Suudelda Neidu" is singlehandedly the best track by this band this far, with very obscure combinations in the guitar work and keyboard effects, without forgetting the lyrics, that for the better have now been translated into English as well.
Still, there's something missing compared to the times I listened the Previous albums. On both past CDs, the impact was just greater than on "Must Album", but with this comtemplation I started to doubt that I merely start to know my Loits and can concentrate on digging the stuff in the stead of just sitting with my mouth open listening to the new feel an album can bring. So take your conclusions where you wish, the result is that I find myself listening to this over and over again,without bore.
Loits still manages to stand its ground as one of the more innovative and Fresh bands in the scene 2007. On top of this unyielding battle attitude, the Packaging and graphics are both top-notch, especially if you get your hands on the boxed set with the cards and the likes... One of the most decent releases visually in the past years!


I'm not a big fan of quotes or cliched statements, but some just punch you with so much pain that it's hard to overcome at one point. One such 'cliched' statement I have overheard many a time is "you should never give yourself away too much to anyone" and whenever I've heard it, I have ignored the thought intently, I've always thought that life is too short to ignore people, so I have met people from around the country and globe and interacted without inhibitions, some friends, some relatives, some acquaintances, and rest buffoons. Striking conversations and building a relationship, fell in love deeply. In short- I have given myself too much to people. And I wouldn't like to say that I regret it because I have enjoyed and cherished such moments. But, over the years I have probably come to a conclusion that there is no better a companion for you than yourself. Think about it, if we speak philosophically we do come alone and we have to depart alone, we don't get anyone with us neither take along when we die, so why do we rely on others too much? Loving yourself is probably the most underrated form of love. I once read that there is no formula for success but there is a formula to fail; that is to please everyone. You don't have to, there is no obligation. We are spending way too much time chatting to people online or physically, making all sort of connections which is deteriorating us. I feel I don't know myself anymore amid the crowd and chaos. We are probably, me too included are scared of loneliness. But I would love to give it a try, spending time with myself, in nature most likely, away from everyone, away from the chaos. And I think it's a wonderful idea for everyone. Know yourself, it's important. Because it is when you know yourself, you get to know about – LIFE!
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Cabrera, whose nickname is Miggy, got his start back in 1999 when he was signed as an amateur free agent by the then Florida Marlins, hitting his way through the minors to the majors where he'd eventually become part of the Marlins' only World Series win in 2003. The current Detroit Tigers first baseman was the first in 45 seasons to claim the 17th Major League Baseball Triple Crown in 2012. All huge accomplishments, but this foray into Willy Wonkadom is Cabrera's, er, sweetest victory yet.
Knowing of his penchant for sweets, Miggy Foods Chairman, Daniel Satine, presented the idea to Cabrera's attention.
So what is a bitbit, you ask? A cross between malted milk balls, a mini version of British-brand Malteasers and peanut M&Ms. They're bite sized balls of rice crispies or peanuts covered in milk chocolate, white chocolate, or strawberry cheesecake. The chocolate covered peanuts are Cabrera's fave. And no, you can't just eat one. While there is no imminent partnership with the Miami Marlins, the one with the Dolphins will expose over 2 million fans to the candy during the season.
"Another home run by Miguel Cabrera," Satine cheered.


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Art Dubai announces 2012 galleries: Major new galleries join the global selection of participants
Wim Delvoye represented by Galerie Rodolphe Janssen
The largest and most established contemporary art fair in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, Art Dubai takes place every year in March at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, and has become a cornerstone of the region's fast-growing contemporary art community.
The sixth edition of Art Dubai, March 21-24, 2012, features over 75 galleries, includes leading galleries and dynamic young spaces from 31 countries across Europe, Americas, Middle East, Australia, Asia and Africa. New programme of artists' residencies; commissioned projects; workshops; performative tours; the Abraaj Capital Art Prize; and the critically acclaimed Global Art Forum.
Art Dubai is part of Art Week 2012, an umbrella programme featuring Sikka, Design Days Dubai, and a multitude of art and design exhibitions, projects and major museum shows programmed by partner institutions in Dubai and across the Gulf.
"Art Dubai epitomizes the globalised phenomenon that is today's art world," said Antonia Carver, Fair Director, Art Dubai. "Over the past five years, the fair has become known as a site of discovery, and an essential meeting point on the art world calendar." In 2011, Art Dubai welcomed over 20,000 visitors, including 60 international museum groups.
"The 2012 fair was oversubscribed, and the gallery selection process was particularly tough," said Ms Carver. "The selection is limited to around 75 galleries – we're aiming for a unique fair with a diverse, curated and intimate approach."
New participants in 2012 include Arndt (Berlin), Rodolphe Janssen (Brussels), Lombard Freid Projects (New York), Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke (Mumbai), The Pace Gallery (New York, London, Beijing), Galerie Perrotin (Paris), and Platform China (Beijing).
Galleries returning from 2011 include Athr Gallery (Jeddah), Chantal Crousel (Paris), Experimenter (Kolkata), Goodman (Johannesburg, Capetown), Grey Noise (Lahore), Marianne Boesky Gallery (New York), Sfeir-Semler (Hamburg, Beirut) and The Third Line (Dubai).
Galleries planning artist focus shows include Mumbai's Chemould Prescott Road, with new works by Shezad Dawood; Argentinian galleries GC Estudio de Arte and Galeria Teresa Anchorena with a stand featuring kinetic sculpture; and Impronte Contemporary Art (Milan), which specializes in contemporary video and photography from Central Asia.
Marker, the curated section of 'concept stands' launched in 2011, this year turns its focus to the Indonesian arts scene. Commissioned by Art Dubai, the renowned, Yogyakarta-born curator Alia Swastika has invited five Indonesian galleries – Ark Galerie, Biasa Artspace, Galerie Canna, D'Gallerie, and Jogja Contemporary – to participate; they are now working with artists to produce new work for the fair in March 2012.
Curator of the upcoming Jogja Biennial and one of the artistic directors of the 9th Gwangju Biennial, Ms Swastika commented: "Like the Middle East, Indonesia has witnessed the growth of an extraordinarily dynamic arts scene, where art is perceived not only as an integral part of life, but as a tool to reflect on society. Exhibiting at Art Dubai offers Indonesian artists a 'connecting door' to be a part of this new era in contemporary Muslim societies, and for the art world at large to get to know our artists, as they take to the international stage."
Besides a stellar selection of international galleries, Art Dubai features an innovative, non-commercial programme of talks, projects and educational initiatives. The critically-acclaimed Global Art Forum, under the directorship of curator and writer Shumon Basar, expands to six days. It begins at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar, March 18-19, and continues at Art Dubai, March 21-24.
Highlights of Art Dubai Projects 2012 include a new artists' and curator's residency programme – a partnership between Art Dubai, the Delfina Foundation, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and Tashkeel – plus commissioned site-specific works, performances, radio and research projects. The curator's residency is in collaboration with ArtAsiaPacific. The participants will be announced early December.
Art Dubai is an anchor event within Art Week, which expands in 2012 to include a range of art and design events across the Gulf.
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In a conversation about this post, someone remarked to me that god made man in his own image. There are a lot of implications to this position, but the most troubling for me is the concept of original sin and free will. So god creates man in the image of himself (so his pattern), but man has the ability to sin. Ergo god has the ability to sin (because we're made from his pattern). It also implies (a) god is not perfect (we are not perfect), (b) god can be evil (we can be evil), (c) god can make mistakes (we make mistakes), and so on.
But perhaps the most troubling position here is the rather absurd way god is portrayed. That is to say, god is portrayed as a vindictive megalomaniac with serious social and commitment issues. Think about the Genesis account: God makes the world, god makes man, god tells man he is ruler over the other living things on earth so long as he does not commit sin (eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil) even though god made the tree and made man with the ability to eat from the tree. Does god create Satan or does he share the same preexistence as god? Either way, god creates woman, Satan convinces woman to eat from the tree, woman convinces man to eat from the tree (that god put there), man and woman commit sin, god casts them out from paradise with all these problems (pain during childbirth, working the soil and toiling for survival, etc…).
Now, let me situate this in an analogy focusing on one aspect of creation; that is to say, the idea of creation itself. Suppose you have all the powers of god for a moment. You decide to create a Ford truck. But what you really want is a Cadillac. You can't blame the truck. So then you scrap the truck and make another truck, but this time you give it the ability to change into a Cadillac–but then it doesn't do that, it stays a truck. Still, it isn't the truck's fault! You created the damn thing as a truck! Finally, let's say you scrap the truck, create another truck with the ability to change into a Cadillac, and then try to show it all the amazing benefits it would have it would just change into a Cadillac–and if it doesn't change into a Cadillac you're going to burn it in hell for all eternity. But despite your pettiness and threatening tone, the truck remains a truck and in the end you've only proven you are a hopeless megalomaniac with sadistic tendencies. You still cannot blame the truck–if you wanted a Cadillac so badly, you just should have made a Cadillac.
If that isn't twisted enough, how about the whole 'temptation' bit in the forest? Consider this carefully now and don't just react to what I'm saying. Give it some thought while reading this analogy.
Let's say your a parent. You bake a batch of cookies and place them on the kitchen counter. You then take your 4 year old and put them in the kitchen and, before leaving, you tell them to not eat the cookies from the cookie jar. They have free reign of the kitchen, but they can't eat from the cookie jar. Then you walk out and lock the child and the cookies in the kitchen behind you.
Now let's take a moment to reflect: 4 year old, kitchen, cookie jar (not tucked away in some cabinet, but sitting in a reachable position). Let's also presume that you have omniscient powers (like god is supposed to have, according to the bible, e.g., "…for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything." [1 John 3.20] and"The Lord certainly knows everything that people do; he knows their imaginations and their thoughts and their hearts." [2 Esdras 16:54]). So you knew that if you left the cookie jar there full of fresh cookies, your 4 year old would open it up and eat a cookie.
That is just what happens, too. The child goes over to the cookie dish, eats a cookie, and you burst into the kitchen and you say, 'well, guess you're doomed to a lifetime of toil and, by the way, you're going to burn for eternity.' And then you shove your 4 year old into an oven.
Too harsh? I agree. But this is the story of the Genesis account. Adam and Eve, who had no knowledge of good and evil (so, they were essentially innocent) and had just been created like five minutes before Satan showed up, committed a very forgivable act (eating fruit from the tree) and instead of doing the logical thing (you know, like removing the tree or putting it out of reach–like make it float or hover twenty feet up–or just not creating the damn tree in the first place) he places the tree within reach and gives creates evil and creates Satan (presumably) and allows all of this to happen even though he knew it was going to happen (because the Dude is all powerful and all knowing). And still damns man to a lifetime of toil and also misery after death (the Christian view of Hell, for our modern audience).
The most interesting bit though, he could have created Adam and Eve with the ability to not sin. And since he is god, all powerful, he could have done it so it wouldn't influence our free will. He could have created us with the ability to be free without committing murder; we already have limited free will (we can;t just sprout wings and fly, even if we want to do that). So why not give us, say, wings and not give us the ability to commit murder? Seems rather odd, right? If he wanted Adam to not sin, then he should have created a being that couldn't sin. It is patently absurd–in fact everything about free will and original sin is absurd. And if you are still following at this point, you can see why I feel that way.
Can those in heaven sin, using their free will? Can those in hell truly repent using their free will? Why not?
One of the most convoluted arguments I ever heard an apologist try to give was William Lane Craig in a debate where he posited that our world with all its suffering was the best possible world God could have created, even though He also supposedly created Heaven, where everyone has free will yet there is no suffering, but needed earth as a sort of filtration unit for figuring out which people were capable of existing in Heaven without abusing their free will privileges, and so only people who became Christians would be the ones capable of going to Heaven while everyone else is consigned to the eternal trash heap of Hell, because God wasn't omniscient enough to figure that out without creating our suffering-filled world, except that he is still omniscient anyway, or something. And he's omnipotent, despite this Rube Goldberg machine for determining who gets to populate God's celestial North Korea. I mean, Heaven.


This full log home is built with "D" logs and started with a ranch style floor plan and had a loft added to it. The greatroom and sunroom were designed to take in the wide open views out the back of this home. This log home is located in Polk county near St. Croix Falls and Balsam Lake, WI.


Huntsbury Cottage is a luxuriously furnished light and airy house with rooms overlooking the Cotswold countryside. Situated in Foscot, a sleepy village between Stow-on-the-Wold and Chipping Norton, this large Cotswold holiday cottage with beautiful gardens sleeps 8.
Huntsbury Cottage is a superb four bedroom holiday home in the Cotswold countryside with offering luxurious accommodation. The cottage boasts a large open plan kitchen living room, beautiful flagstone floor with modern central island and four oven oil Aga. Large bi-fold doors open out onto the rear terrace and gardens with stunning views across open countryside.
Located in the pretty Oxfordshire hamlet of Foscot, only ten minutes from the quintessential villages of Burford, Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold. There you will find delis, bakeries, cheese shops, restaurants and antique shops. Daylesford Organic Farmshop and Spa is well worth a visit. A short drive away are many award winning gastro pubs such as The Feathered Nest where you can snuggle in front of cosy log fires with stunning views across the Evenlode Valley. The Plough and Wild Rabbit, both with Michelin Stars are in nearby Kingham. Other local towns to visit are Moreton in Marsh, Chipping Campden and Broadway.
Super king size bed in master bedroom with en-suite bathroom.
Two further bedrooms one with king size bed one with double bed.
Ground floor twin bedroom with bath and shower.
Four oven oil Aga (please see Notes).
Children over 14 years old welcome.
Electric cooker, microwave, fridge and freezer.
Television in each bedroom and snug.
Additional television with DVD player in kitchen/dining room.
All rooms have access to Sky and BT sports via Magic Eye System.
Video player and digital radio.
Daylesford Organic Farm Shop and Spa is a short drive away. Have a wander around the Farm Shop where you can stock up on wonderful food, followed by a spot of lunch and during your visit, why not treat yourself to a relaxing massage in the Spa.
For families, a visit to Adam Henson's Cotswold Farm Park is a popular choice for a day out.
Batsford Arboretum just the other side of Moreton in Marsh, has a wide range of plants from around the world which has an emphasis on the Far East.
For those interested in the country's architectural heritage, the Cotswold attractions of Sudeley Castle and its Queens Gardens where four of England's Queens once strolled in the magnificent gardens.
A masterpiece of Baroque architecture, Blenheim Palace is home to the 12th Duke of Marlborough and his family and the birth place of Sir Winston Churchill, Blenheim Palace is a World Heritage Site boasting a long and diverse history.
Garden lovers can enjoy the beauty of Snowshill, Kiftsgate and Sezincote.
Enjoy a day at the races at Cheltenham, Warwick and Stratford upon Avon, all within an hour's drive.
Golf courses at are available at Chipping Norton, Burford and Lyneham.


TextNinja is very happy to be part of the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, helping to raise distracted driving awareness! It is in honor to take part of something so historically large in size and importance in the automobile innovation scene.
As we race towards autonomous cars and ever-improving urban mobility through a connected car revolution, it is easy to get swept up in the latest and greatest automotive trends. Of course there has always been a place for safety at the Auto Show, and exhibitors give a lot of attention to how 'safe' their brands are in the eyes of the public. But until every car, old clunker or shiny new, is somehow a distraction-free environment for drivers, distracted driving is a safety topic worth discussing.
What does a real solution to texting while driving look like?
For starters, it needs to address the root cause. Find out what TextNinja founder Jim Ramirez thinks that is as he chats with Tom and Tony from Bootstrapping in America about preventing distracted driving. Does this solution to texting while driving have a chance?
TextNinja aims to give you the tools to stop texting and driving, and make the process easier and more accessible. But it's hard to solve this problem without understanding the fundamental causes of texting and driving. Beneath the alarming fatality and collision statistics, before the need for legislative measures, and behind all of the national campaigns for awareness against texting while driving is a psychological human element that, for most, is unavoidable.
In November, 2015, we launched a Kickstarter campaign. The goal was to share our solution on how to stop texting and driving with as many people as possible. Why? Because this is an issue that's going to take more than money, more than a few backers, and more than gimmicks to solve. This campaign was our first step towards solving distracted driving.
How to stop texting and driving? This Kickstarter campaign tries to answer the question.
Spoiler alert: it's not just teens. Parents, employees, and just about every type of demographic do their fair share of texting behind the wheel. Even a radio host will admit to it on the air! Watch and learn more of the facts about texting while driving as TextNinja founder Jim Ramirez talks with Scott Kitun from Tomorrow's Business Today on WGN Radio.


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Pregnant Michelle Williams calls for abortion rights in Golden Globes speech
January 5, 2020 | 10:40pm
Michelle Williams gave an impassioned speech about a woman's right to choose and the importance of voting upon winning an award at the 2020 Golden Globes.
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The 39-year-old actress, who won for her role in the limited series "Fosse/Verdon," began her speech by recognizing that "as women and as girls things can happen to our bodies that are not our choice…"
Williams — who has a 14-year-old daughter, Matilda, from her relationship with the late Heath Ledger — is expecting her first child with fiancé Thomas Kail, and the couple attended Sunday night's awards show as their first public appearance together. During her speech, Williams alluded to her pregnancy.
"I wouldn't have been able to do this without employing a woman's right to choose, to choose when to have my children and with whom," Williams said. "When I felt supported … I know my choices might look different from yours but thank God or to whoever you pray to …"
She also addressed her fiancé and daughter by saying: "Tommy and Matilda, I can't wait to come home to you."
She concluded her speech by calling for women to get political.
"Women, 18 to 118, when it is time to vote, please do so in your own self-interest," she said. "It's what men have been doing for years."
For behind-the-scenes details on the Golden Globes, listen to this episode of Page Six's podcast, "We Hear":
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Earlier this decade, the auto industry moved to lighten cars and trucks. It was supposed to be a competition between steel, long the dominant vehicle material, and aluminum. The latter got a boost when Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., bet big on aluminum, making aluminum bodies for its F-150 and Super Duty pickups.


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1783 – The Music part 1 - Play it as written, please
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Solo Cello, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns in D & Strings
Composed for Antonin Kraft
The title page of Haydn's autograph Concerto in D for Cello
One of the things which I have learned so far while writing these essays is how generous Haydn was with his music. We see in this year Kraus talking about Haydn being all about the money, and at the same time, we see him, yet again, writing a concerto for a comrade, very likely one which didn't net him a kreutzer.
A common criticism of Haydn has long been that he struggled with concertos. There are some simple, historical facts here which are either conveniently ignored or else tossed in as appeasement for the thinkers to mull. Ones such as 'well, he said, himself, he was no virtuoso, so it follows he wouldn't have been able to compose for one…' is an example. This conveniently overlooks a couple of facts; Haydn's personal humility would have never allowed him to brag about his playing ability, which was apparently prodigious on several instruments, even if not in the 'traveling virtuoso' class. The second is the clear fact of the virtuoso quality of his writing in other forms. His symphonies contain parts which simply didn't travel well because they are too hard! His string quartets likewise. His keyboard sonatas, often said to sound easy, are attested to by modern masters as being, like Mozart's, easy to play but very difficult to play correctly.
Another theory, one which I subscribed to for a long time, involves the probability that not a whole lot of virtuosos made their way to and through Eszterháza and thus there was simply no reason to write concertos. There is absolutely no indication of Nicholas ever asking for or wanting to hear a concerto, after all. However, we do hear of meetings in Vienna with the occasional master, and this may have initiated works such as Hob 18:11, the keyboard concerto in D. My current thinking on this subject is much simpler, perhaps underrated for that reason; when Haydn started writing 'classical concertos', the genre hadn't been invented yet. It was clear to anyone paying attention back in the 1750's, and Haydn was certainly one of these, that the Baroque concerto was simply not cutting it anymore in this advanced galant era. But this doesn't mean there was a ready replacement right at hand. And so it fell to this generation, including Haydn, Ditters, Boccherini and others, to work out a new concerto form. And while it didn't happen overnight, by the time Mozart sent keyboard concertos into the stratosphere of popularity, he wasn't working from a blank slate, he was perfecting a form which had been built by the generation before.
But the largest single purpose for these compositions which we know about is as vehicles for friends or band members to play, possibly not at Eszterháza at all. The violin concertos for Tomasini, the first cello concerto for Weigl, the horn concerto for Leutgeb, all of those fall into this category, as do the lost Violone Concerto, and probably the Concerto for 2 Horns. Weigl was one of the finest cellists of his time and left the Esterházy employ for Vienna where he became a well-known man-about-town. He was replaced, eventually, by Xavier Marteau, another first rate cellist who gained lasting fame by knocking out the eye of the Princely oboist with his ring. But from 1778 until the disbanding of the orchestra in 1790, the first chair cello was manned by a Bohemian of extraordinary talent named Antonin Kraft. And in 1783, Kraft, by now a composition student and good friend of Haydn, became the recipient of this Concerto in D.
Throughout the 19th century and the first half of the 20th, this was one of those works 'attributed to Haydn'. It was even speculated to have been written by Kraft himself. In fact, its story is much like that of the C major Cello Concerto composed for Weigl, in that no manuscript was known until the original was found in Prague 1962! The original score (parts, actually) of this work, title page pictured above, was found in 1954 and it proved indisputably to be by Haydn.
di me, giuseppe Haydn - '783
by me, Joseph Haydn - 1783
Here is a thumbnail look at this work, which will be followed (spoiler alert!) by a brief look at how it was nearly ruined by the Romantics' efforts at 'modernizing' it, along with a brief advert for authentic performance.
The concerto is in three movements:
Rondo: Allegro
It is emblematic of Haydn's style, always but especially in the 1780's, that even the most technically demanding parts are written in a way which doesn't accentuate the difficulty. This is not one of Haydn's most difficult works, but the solo part is very challenging in the first and last movements because of the double stops and octaves. It is technically demanding without being overtly virtuosic, the epitome of Classic Style. It needs to be played by a cellist who can handle the subtle virtuosity without being concerned over showing off.
Instead of concentrating on building and releasing tension, which is the essence of tonal sonata form, Haydn instead makes the first movement seem almost leisurely, and holds the orchestra in check so they don't overrun the soloist. The second movement is cantabile, the cellist needs to make his instrument sing! Not always the easiest thing to do well, and so another opportunity for subtle showing off. The finale is a Rondo, the opening 'A' theme stated by the cello and built from there. The initial theme is a sort of pastoral, folksy tune, and the rondo capitalizes on this simplicity by making the return of the cello part more and more challenging each time. The ending is a very quiet closure of a final statement of the theme. No fireworks or cadenzas.
It is interesting to read Landon's take on the subject of this (and other) concertos by Haydn (C & W II – p 570). He doesn't like it, no question about it. In fact, he goes as far as to say there has never been a good cello concerto (excepting Haydn's in C) by anyone, anywhere, anytime. It must be the cello is not suited to be a solo concerto instrument. Whew! The pity is that he failed to use this opportunity to tell us about this work and 'sell it' in favor of a diatribe against the entire genre based solely on his personal taste.
In 1837, a publication in Germany, quoting Kraft's son, Nicholas, also a famous cellist, said that this work was actually written by Kraft. Since the only available print score by André had been published in 1804, and contained some uncharacteristic, un-Haydnish markings, this idea was seized on to make the work less certain in provenance. What is actually shown is a fine example of collaboration between composer and performer to make the work play in a way which is totally customized to the player's strengths and abilities. Two examples which the 19th century might have understood would be the collaboration of Ferdinand David with Mendelssohn and equally, that of Joseph Joachim with Brahms, on their violin concertos. They didn't 'compose' anything, they provided technical advice on how to make the work more idiomatic for the player. In a superb essay on this concerto and its existence in the late 19th century, Dr. George Kennaway (Haydn's (?) Cello Concertos, 1860-1930: Editions, Performances, Reception) shows us comparative prints of the score as restated by the various editors and cellists of the day. When people today discuss period performance and the subject of 'Romanticizing' the score comes up, those of us who aren't musicians are sometimes knocked out of the discussion because we can hear a difference but are unable to describe what actually has happened here. Kennaway's use of a two-measure sample from several different 'versions' shows dramatically how alterations, concatenated from one to the next, change the entire rhythmic structure and add virtuosity for its own sake, exactly what Haydn and Kraft were avoiding! And the addition of more and more instruments to match an orchestra of 1900, for example, completely strips a work like this of its charm and its entire reason for being: to be a subtly virtuosic vehicle for a special player. The music itself simply can't stand up to that treatment.
We are now in an age of a return to nature, so to speak, and this work is being played from the original text. It is fair to say it is miles better this way, and it isn't an affectation to prefer this to what was available in the first three quarters of the 20th century. Give it a try, using one of the recordings pictured here, and you might find yourself disagreeing with Landon and saying, instead; the cello is a marvelous solo concerto instrument when played as written!
Next time we will look at what was going on with the keyboard this year.


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For the general skin care routine I am usually using high-end products such as La Prairie and Sisley. You can read about my reviews and recommendations here or here.
Today´s blog is about something very special. I was never really paying any attention to anti-aging lip care. I did not even know such thing existed! Until I found this product a while ago. It is an age defying lip plumper by Luscious Lips. I wrote about it in one of my previous blogs, which you can find here.
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Extension of lifespan of graphite in fuel blocks of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors as the resource for ensuring design values of nuclear fuel burn-up
9/30/2019 2019 - #03 Physics and technology of nuclear reactors
Bulakh O.I. Kostylev О.К. Nesterov V.N. Cherdizov E.K.
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High-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is one of promising candidates for new generation of nuclear power reactors. This type of nuclear reactor is characterized with the following principal features: highly efficient generation of electricity (thermal efficiency of about 50%); the use of high-temperature heat in production processes; reactor core self-protection properties; practical exclusion of reactor core meltdown in case of accidents; the possibility of implementation of various nuclear fuel cycle options; reduced radiation and thermal effects on the environment, forecasted acceptability of financial performance with respect to cost of electricity as compared with alternative energy sources.
The range of output coolant temperatures in high-temperature reactors within the limits of 750 – 950°C predetermines the use of graphite as a structural material of the reactor core and helium as the inert coolant. Application of graphite ensures higher heat capacity of the reactor core and its practical non-meltability.
Residence time of reactor graphite depends on the critical value of fluence of damaging neutrons (neutrons with energies above 180 keV). In its turn, the value of critical neutron fluence is determined by the irradiation temperature and flux density of accompanying gamma-radiation. The values of critical fluence for graphite reduce within high-temperature region of 800 – 1000°C to 1·1022 – 2·1021 см–2, respectively. The compactness of the core results in the increase of the fracture of damaging neutrons in the total flux. These circumstances predetermine relatively low values of lifetime of graphite structures in high-temperature reactors.
Design features and operational parameters of GT-MHR high-temperature gas-cooled reactor are described in the present paper. Results of neutronics calculations allowing determining the values of damaging neutron flux, nuclear fuel burnup and expired lifespan of graphite of fuel blocks were obtained. The mismatch between positions of the maxima in the dependences of fuel burnup and exhausted lifespan of graphite in fuel blocks along the core height is demonstrated.
The chart and methodology for re-shuffling fuel blocks of the GT-MHR reactor core were developed as the result of analysis of the calculated data for ensuring compliance of the design value of the fuel burnup with expected graphite lifespan.
Grebennik V.N., Kukharkin N.E., Ponomarev-Stepnoy N.N. High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors are an Innovative Direction in the Development of Nuclear Energy. Moscow. Energoatomizdat Publ., 2008, 136 p. (in Russian).
Mochalov A.M., Najmushin A.G., Nesterov V.N., Pugachev D.K. Determination of the accumulation rate of Wigner's stored energy in a graphite moderator. Izvestia Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy. Yadernaya Energetika. 2015, no. 4, pp.101-111 (in Russian).
Cyganov A.A., Hvostov V.I., Komarov E.A., Kotlyarevskij S.G., Pavlyuk A.O., Shamanin I.V., Nesterov V.N. Problems of utilization of reactor graphite of shut down industrial uranium-graphite reactors. Izvestiya Tomskogo politekhnicheskogo universiteta. 2007, no. 2, pp. 94-98 (in Russian).
Goncharov V.V., Burdakov N.S., Virgil'ev Yu.S., Karpuhin V.I., Platonov P.A. The Effect of Irradiation on Graphite Nuclear Reactors. Moscow. Atomizdat Publ., 1978, 272 p. (in Russian).
Platonov P.A., Chugunov O.K. Radiation damage of graphite and the problem of extending the service life of graphite stack in high-power pressure tube reactor. Proc. of the VII-th International Conference on Reactor Materials. Dimitrovgrad, 2003, pp. 95-114 (in Russian).
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Mohammadkhani F., Shokati, N., Mahmoudi, S.M.S., Yari, M., Rosen, M.A. Exergoeconomic assessment and parametric study of a Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor combined with two Organic Rankine Cycles. Energy. 2014, v. 65, pp. 533-543.
Sahin S., Erol O., Sahin H. M. Investigation of a gas turbine-modular helium reactor using reactor grade plutonium with Th-232 and U-238. Progress in nuclear energy. 2016, v. 89, pp.110-119.
Kodochigov N., Sukharev Yu., Marova E., Mitenkova E., Novikov N. Features of calculation of temperature reactivity coefficient in the GT-MHR reactor. – In: III-rd Intern. Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology. Johannesburg, South Africa, 1–4 Oct., 2006, Paper C00000173, CD. 9, pp. 31-42.
Evaluation of high temperature gas cooled reactor performance: Benchmark analysis related to the PBMR-400, PBMM, GT-MHR, HTR-10 and the ASTRA critical facility, IAEA-TECDOC-1694, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (2013), р. 688.
Chen F., Dong Y., Zheng Y., Shi L. Benchmark Calculation for the Steady-State Temperature Distribution of the HTR-10 under Full-Power Operation. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. 2009, v. 46, no. 6, pp. 572-580.
La Bar M.P., Shenoy A.S., Simon W.A., Campbell E.M. The Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor. Nuclear News. Oct. 2003, p. 28.
Gas turbine power conversion systems for modular HTGRs. IAEA-TECDOC-1238, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (2001), 209 p.
Nesterov V.N. Ensuring the design value of the burn-up depth of nuclear fuel of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors by the efficiency of graphite. Izvestia Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zawedeniy. Yadernaya Energetika. 2013, no. 2, pp. 133-142 (in Russian).
Golovackij A.V., Nesterov V.N., Shamanin I.V. The organization of the iterative process in the numerical reconstruction of the neutron spectrum in a breeding system with a graphite moderator. Izvestiya vuzov. Fizika. 2010, v. 53, no. 11, iss. 2, pp. 10-14 (in Russian).
Shamanin I.V., Bedenko S.V., Nesterov V.N., Lucik I.O., Prec A.A. Solution of the system of multigroup neutron transport equations in subcritical systems. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaja energetika. 2017, no. 4, pp. 38-49 (in Russian).
Golovackij A.V., Nesterov V.N., Shamanin I.V. Effect of composition and burnout of nuclear fuel on the effective value of the damaging neutrons flux in the GT-MGR reactor. Izvestiya Tomskogo politekhnicheskogo universiteta. 2010, no.4, pp. 14-18 (in Russian).
Bajbakov D.F., Godovyh A.V., Martynov I.S., Nesterov V.N. Influence of the nuclide composition of the fuel load on the multiplying and reproducing properties of the active zone of the KLT-40S reactor installation. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya ehnergetika. 2016, no. 2, pp. 99-111 (in Russian).
Sedov A.A., Frolov A.A. Computational study of the influence of some systematic factors on the temperature of the fuel in an ultrahigh-temperature gas reactor with prismatic fuel assemblies. VANT. Ser. Fizika yadernykh reaktorov. 2010, no. 3, pp. 80-90 (in Russian).
Bojko V. I., Gavrilov M. P., Koshelev F. P., Mescheryakov V. N., Nesterov V.N., Ratman A.V., Shamanin I.V. Estimation of the service life of graphite fuel blocks of the GT-MGR reactor. Izvestiya Tomskogo politekhnicheskogo universiteta. 2005, no.5, pp. 81-84 (in Russian).
Golovackij A.V, Nesterov V.N., Shamanin I.V. Optimum graphite operating temperature to ensure the design depth of nuclear fuel in the GT-MGR reactor. Izvestiya Tomskogo politekhnicheskogo universiteta. 2011, no.2, pp. 71-76 (in Russian).
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Daniel A. Pedersen (født 27. juli 1992) er en dansk professionel fodboldspiller, der er midtbanespiller i Lillestrøm SK.

Klubkarriere
Daniel A. Pedersen startede sin fodboldkarriere i Galten FS.

Silkeborg IF
Han har fået sin spillemæssige opvækst i Silkeborg IF. Pedersen skrev under på sin første fuldtidskontrakt med Silkeborg IF kort før, at han fyldte 19 år. Han debuterede for Silkeborg IF den 21. august 2011 i en kamp mod HB Køge. Ugen efter startede han inde ude mod de forsvarende mestre FC København.

Han scorede sit første mål i Superligaen den 1. april 2012 i en 2-2-kamp ude mod FC Midtjylland. I sin tid i Silkeborg opnåede Pedersen 69 superligakampe.

AGF
Den 15. januar 2015 blev det offentliggjort, at Pedersen fra sommeren 2015 skiftede til AGF, hvor han skrev under på en treårig kontrakt.

Den officielle debut i Superligaen kom i den første runde den 19. juli 2015, da han startede inde og spillede alle 90 minutter i en 2-1-sejr hjemme over Brøndby IF. Det var starten på en sæson i AGF, hvor han blev fast inventar på holdet, idet han spillede 24 ud af 33 mulige kamp, hvoraf 20 af dem var med fuld spilletid.

Lillestrøm SK
Den 7. august 2018 skiftede Pedersen til den norske klub Lillestrøm SK. Han skrev under på en kontrakt gældende frem til udgangen af 2019.

Landsholdskarriere
Han har spillet kampe på de danske U/20- og U/21-landshold.

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger
 Profil på agf.dk

Fodboldspillere fra Silkeborg IF
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Fodboldspillere fra Lillestrøm SK

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La Coppa Davis 1977 è stata la 66ª edizione del massimo torneo riservato alle nazionali maschili di tennis. Vi hanno partecipato 59 nazioni: 33 nella zona europea, 12 nella zona dell'est e 14 della zona americana.

L'Australia ha battuto l'Italia nella finale che si è giocata al White City Stadium di Sydney in Australia dal 2 al 4 dicembre.

Zona Americana

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 Argentina avanza alle semifinali

Zona dell'Est

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Tabellone principale
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 Australia avanza alle semifinali

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Zona A

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  — promossa al Turni Preliminari

Turni Preliminari
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Tabellone principale
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Finale

 Italia avanza alle semifinali

Zona B

Turno di qualificazione
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