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Home Government Zelensky pledges to "restart" the Minsk process
Zelensky pledges to "restart" the Minsk process
Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor
Ukraine's president-in-waiting Zelensky vows to end conflict in Donbass with 'POWERFUL INFOWAR'
…from Russia Today, Moscow
[ Editor's Note: Zelensky is holding his cards close to his vest. For a man so far ahead in the polls he could have had a team ready, and even might, but is holding off on any announcements while he puts a wet finger in the air.
He might want to collect all the info that he can get about the support he needs now from the political powers in the Rada.
He needs to have his 73% majority sprinkle over into getting legislative control there so his angry opponents do not run a slash and burn campaign there blocking his new initiatives.
But if he does not need them to maintain control he can tell them to screw off, and run over them with his political steam roller, which could include prosecutions for the huge looting of Ukraine that has gone on for ages and be very popular.
Control over the military will be a trickier matter, as that is where a potential coup could come, with the usual foreign backing if Zelensky's new programs piss off you no who. He threw out one big hint at the press conference, that he would restart the Minsk process which Poroshenko had wiped his feet on, with the full backing of France and Germany who were supposed to make Ukraine compliant but then took a "whatever" attitude.
The long suffering Ukrainian people deserve a respite from the revolving door of hoodlums that have traditionally run the country. One could say they voted the hoodlums in, but if those are the only people running for office that narrows your choices… Jim W. Dean ]
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A mother loses a daughter to random shelling in Donetsk
– First published … April 22, 2019 –
Comedian-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelensky, set for a landslide win in Ukraine's presidential vote, stayed true to character at his first press conference, dropping some flashy promises but refusing to go into boring detail.
Shortly after claiming electoral victory, Zelensky held a Q&A session with reporters at his campaign HQ in a Kiev business center. While the official results of the elections have yet to be announced, multiple exit polls suggest he secured more than 72 percent of votes.
Zelensky addressed the media in an easy-going manner. He spoke in a mix of Ukrainian and Russian, switching between the two languages, sometimes in one sentence. He also talked English a bit. But if the press hoped to shed light on the policies of the incoming president and his team, the conference actually generated more questions than answers.
Bringing the civil war in eastern Ukraine to an end appears to be one of the top priorities for Zelensky. Promising to announce some kind of a plan shortly, he asked the reporters for help in the upcoming "infowar" that he says would help end the conflict, which, since 2014, has been raging between Kiev's troops and the rebel self-proclaimed republics.
We will launch a very powerful information war to end the war in Donbass.
He then vowed to "act within the Normandy format," referring to the French-German-Russian-Ukrainian talks on war in Donbass, saying that "we will continue the Minsk process, we will restart it."
Next up, Zelensky did not rule out – even if half-jokingly – that the outvoted president Petro Poroshenko could gain a government post if the public "asks so."
Do you want me to appoint him? Then I will ask society… If they tell me that they want to see Petro Poroshenko in one post or another – maybe, I don't know.
Zelensky added, though, that he would like to try "new people" first. But the very team of the soon-to-be president still remains a mystery, as he's refusing to provide any names, be it the new administration, the judiciary, or the country's military.
"We have very serious acting generals who have authority in the army, you will definitely see them. I have no right to give the names of these people now, as there is an agreement with the generals," Zelensky said cryptically, likewise not revealing his candidate for prosecutor general.
For now, Zelensky and his Servant of the People party – notably named after his own comedy show where he played a schoolteacher-turned-president – are promising to introduce the team "in the near future."
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Detlef Reimers April 22, 2019 at 3:07 pm
There is one detail of some importance in the future. Kolomoiskys main base is the eastern part of Ukraine. He will undoubtly try to get his advantages of the new situation and therefore place his lackeys into positions. He can not be interested in a unstable situation in Donbass with regard to the main part of Ukraine. Proshenko only has majority three western districts, mainly Galicia and the part which is bordered to Poland. This is quite the opposite of Kolomoiskys main base.
Who knows what lies in the future, but I'm quite certain that there will be some new relaxing agreements. In the recent past, Selensky spoke about the need to have serious talks with the Donbass, till the "ears hurt" which might also give a hint of some events.
Moscow will judge new Ukrianian President on his action:
http://tass.com/politics/1054970
Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor April 22, 2019 at 2:01 pm
Saying the right things to get elected as a president is one thing, and then doing them is another. He was elected on an anti-corruption platform, which voters assumed would have economic benefits. If Zelensky does not deliver, it will be assumed he was bought off, so it is an all of nothing game for him now.
Andrew_Bukanov(Russia) April 22, 2019 at 2:06 pm
True. Poroshenko had rainbow color promises, too. But soon forgot everything.
Ian Greenhalgh, Managing Editor April 22, 2019 at 2:28 pm
No need to assume, we already know Zelensky is bought and paid for, he is nothing more than a puppet of Ihor Kolomoisky, the evil Jewish oligarch who funded the genocidal bandits of the so-called 'volunteer' battalions that were responsible for the slaughter of civilians in the Donbas while supposedly fighting for Ukraine. Kolomoisky moved to Israel last year but hasstated he will return to Ukraine once Zelensky won. It just shows how utterly ignorant and misinformed the Ukrainian people are that they elected such an obvious stooge, they now have a Jewish president and a Jewish prime minister, their country is run by Jewish oligarchs, they are going to see their nation raped and stripped of it's wealth and resources even more than it already has been until what was once the most developed and industrialised region of the USSR becomes little more than an impoverished backwater surviving on IMF and World Bank handouts.
https://www.unian.info/politics/10520724-kolomoisky-going-to-return-to-ukraine-after-zelensky-wins-presidential-election.html
Ian, we know this from the beginning in Russia. I didn't mention Kolomoisky, 'cause it was obvious for those who are in the theme.
Yes, I am sure Russians know all about the oligarchs, but outside the Russian-Ukrainian world, I think it is largely unknown to people, certainly the media doesn't talk much about them ad their role in events.
Ian, this is why I personally appreciate your broad info on such topics. Thank you!
Thankyou. It greatly annoys me that the media in the West continues to push this stupid 'Russia is our sworn enemy and a great threat' nonsense, so I try my best to counter it. I think the world cup last year helped a lot as all he England fans returned with nothing but happy, positive tales of how they found Russia, how nice the Russian police were, how thy were made to feel welcome, how modern and nice the Russian cities were. Quite different to what the media tells us about Russia.
Harry Haller April 22, 2019 at 7:21 pm
Heard same on NPR today; yet people are hopeful.
Let's hope for the best, but get ready for the worst. The occasional person can't become a president. Those who back him up will soon speak through his mouth.


Saw Prometheus. Was entertained, movie had some fun going on, but some strange flaws in acting and writing.
Without spoiling the film, I can say I found the last 5 mins to be most flawed writing-wise. The abundant foreshadowing seemed blunt to me -- each time I thought "that'll be back". Also the 'my father' line was no surprise -- except in its almost humorous delivery.
Acting wise, the most glaring things were the distance between faced which was always minimized to reveal tension -- but felt very artificial to me.
I really liked the 'David' character and somewhat liked the super-old guy, but was unconvinced by the makeup that this was an actual old person.
*spoiler* - have some beef with the 'engineers' portrayal, the 'vials' or weapons, and the way the humans explain everything by their out-loud conjecture, while David clearly has an inside track -- which is never explained. Why'd he infect the 2 doctors?
And the scene-stealer --> What's with the amazing DIY abortion?!? What's with all the alien orifice - penetrating monsters?!?
Prometheus summary: occasionally awesome, gave too much away at end with simple exposition, many characters' decisions seemed unlikely & unbelievable.
Then when I finished, I snuck into Snow White & the Huntsman. Aha! Now I realized the significant difference in film quality. Yeeesh!!!
Let's see -- this movie sucked sucked sucked!!!
heh -- I wasn't exactly surprised -- it's why I snuck in.
No spoilers offered, no analysis except this: formulaic fantasy-drivel with too much CG and no significant character growth/depth. Did have a strange veneer of Goth/EMO drama, and the CG was ok.
The lead actress has quite large nostrils, and the DP does a lot of 'up the nose' shots of her.
USA fighting Terorrism -- with Terrorism?!?!


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A-Levels to al Qaeda: Traumatised father keeps mum
Father of Aslam Awan claims he has been told 'not to speak anymore'.
By Muhammad Sadaqat
Father of Aslam Awan claims he has been told 'not to speak anymore'. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
ABBOTABAD:
Khushal Khan, the 70-year-old father of Aslam Awan, the University of Manchester graduate who died in a drone attack after joining al Qaeda, has refused to share his thoughts and feelings over the strange and tragic fate of his son.
"I went to offer Fateha for the departed soul of Aslam Awan but the father refused to say Fateha" said Mehmood Khan, a local resident who added that Khan believes that his son was martyred and that martyrs do not need the prayers of others.
When local journalists asked Khan about this, he gave them the same response, but abruptly brought communication to a halt when pressed further. "I am told not to speak anymore on this issue," Khan told the media.
The grief-stricken retired banker did not disclose who had barred him from speaking about the issue.
Younas Qureshi, another local resident, said that Awan, despite being clean shaven, was a strong Deobandi Muslim, but nobody could say for sure that he was an al Qaeda operative.
Journalists were also denied information from the school at which Awan passed his A-levels in 2003.
However, following the media reports of his death, Awan's family home remained the subject of strong media focus. Intelligence agency officials and police were deployed around the house as the investigation kicked off. Security forces want to find out if Awan had any local connections during his affiliation with the terrorist outfit. The police have also recorded a statement from Khan and his wife.
DIG Hazara Range Dr Muhammad Naeem, when approached by The Express Tribune, said he was unaware that any resident of Abbottabad with the name of Aslam Awan had been killed in a drone attack. "Nobody told me about what you are asking about. I will collect information and then would be in a position to speak to you by Monday," he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 22nd, 2012.
Read more: alqaeda
Notorious neighbourhood: Abbottabad makes headlines again
Aslam Awan, killed in a drone strike on Jan 10, grew up in the garrison town.
Law & disorder: Assaults demonstrate lack of security at courts
Environment at lower courts marred by fear and insecurity in 2011.
Senior al Qaeda figure killed in drone strike
US and Pakistani sources say target of the attack was Aslam Awan, senior al Qaeda external operations planner.
Reader Comments (11)
sick of this nonsense
Jan 22, 2012 - 10:29AM
Parents should be left alone to grieve. I hope the agencies, media, law enforcement and especially the local population have some decency and leave the poor family alone as they have suffered enough.
PP (Punjabi Pakistani)
ISI can find a memo in MI emails
SC can see bottle of wine in Atiqa's bag
but no one can see how youth of pakistan is being used by terrorist and being killed in a aimless fight.Recommend
Loneliberal PK
Jan 22, 2012 - 12:30PM
In the recent years, we've seen terrorists spring from all countries, from all social strata, all economic classes, all educational backgrounds, and from among religious scholars and lesser-informed alike.
In fact, the only common ground, the only thing consistent factor among them happens to religion. I'm not pointing fingers, and I do not believe being religion inevitably leads one to violent ways, but isn't the connection a bit too ominous and worth addressing at some point?
Saiyed Hussain
Jan 22, 2012 - 1:32PM
Terrorosim has nothing to do with education or poverty, its about state of mind, where you are been the you are suppose to rule the world and are the best of people. We fail to understand what God was talking to a particular set of people and at a particular time of history and we are not part of it.Recommend
How can they be so sure that he joing AQ? or that he was killed in a drone attack? or about anything else for that matter? There is simply not much information in this article to say anything for certain.
Parvez
@Loneliberal PK makes a very valid point. Keeping our eyes shut to this will only make the recovery longer and more traumatic.
Insensitive though it may be, this is nothing to do with grieving. The father obviously supported the sons activities and knows where the truth will land him: both sides would want him for the same statement but for different reasons. It's a position where "no comment" is the only safe comment. The catch is, the previously mentioned statement would be required for him before anyone could due to lack of information.Recommend
Pardon the typos in my previous comment..
Saiyed Hussain, what do you suppose inspires this state of mind?
Zoeey
@MarkH:
No the father hadn't heard of him since 2010 apparently?!
Ishaq.Zaidi
Jan 24, 2012 - 5:45AM
Pakistani authorities still not Confirming About Aslam's Death..??
Dr Khan
Mar 11, 2012 - 3:51PM
may Allah accept him as shaheed. ameen
LSM contraction slows down to below 6%
Missing NOC: Police send German nationals to Islamabad

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Q: How to send json data to POST restful service I want to call a rest webservice with POST method.Below is the service url and its parameters which I need to pass
 Rest Service: https://url/SSOServer/SSO.svc/RestService/Login

Json Object {"ProductCode":"AB","DeviceType":"android Simulator","UserName":"","ModuleCode":"AB_MOBILE","DeviceId":"device-id","Version":"1.0.0.19","CustomerCode":"w","Password":""}

Here is my post request code:
public void sendHttpPost() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException{
        HttpPost httpPostRequest = new HttpPost(url + buildParams());

        // add headers
        Iterator it = headers.entrySet().iterator();
        Iterator itP = params.entrySet().iterator();
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            Entry header = (Entry) it.next();
            httpPostRequest.addHeader((String)header.getKey(), (String)header.getValue());
        }

        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpResponse resp;

        resp = client.execute(httpPostRequest);

        this.respCode = resp.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
        Log.i(TAG, "response code: " + getResponseCode());
        this.responsePhrase = resp.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase();
        Log.i(TAG, "error msg: " + getErrorMsg());
        HttpEntity entity = resp.getEntity();

        if (entity != null){
            InputStream is = entity.getContent();
            //Header contentEncoding = resp.getFirstHeader("Content-encoding");
            //Log.i(TAG, "endoding" + contentEncoding.getValue());
            response = convertStreamToString(is);
            //response = response.substring(1,response.length()-1);
            //response = "{" + response + "}";
            Log.i(TAG, "response: " + response);
            is.close();
        }
    }

My question is how to add json data to this request??

A: Use below class
public class RestClient
{
    private ArrayList<NameValuePair> params;
    private ArrayList<NameValuePair> headers;

    private String url;

    private int responseCode;
    private String message;

    private String response;

    public String getResponse()
    {
        return response;
    }

    public String getErrorMessage()
    {
        return message;
    }

    public int getResponseCode()
    {
        return responseCode;
    }

    public RestClient(String url) {
        this.url = url;
        params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
        headers = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
    }

    public void AddParam(String name, String value)
    {
        params.add(new BasicNameValuePair(name, value));
    }

    public void AddHeader(String name, String value)
    {
        headers.add(new BasicNameValuePair(name, value));
    }

    public void Execute(RequestMethod method) throws Exception
    {
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        case GET:
        {
            // add parameters
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            if (!params.isEmpty())
            {
                combinedParams += "";
                for (NameValuePair p : params)
                {
                    String paramString = p.getName() + "" + URLEncoder.encode(p.getValue(),"UTF-8");
                    if (combinedParams.length() > 1)
                    {
                        combinedParams += "&" + paramString;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        combinedParams += paramString;
                    }
                }
            }

            HttpGet request = new HttpGet(url + combinedParams);

            // add headers
            for (NameValuePair h : headers)
            {
                request.addHeader(h.getName(), h.getValue());
            }

            executeRequest(request, url);
            break;
        }
        case POST:
        {
            HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url);

            // add headers
            for (NameValuePair h : headers)
            {
                request.addHeader(h.getName(), h.getValue());
            }

            if (!params.isEmpty())
            {
                request.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params, HTTP.UTF_8));
            }

            executeRequest(request, url);
            break;
        }
        }
    }

    private void executeRequest(HttpUriRequest request, String url) throws Exception
    {

        HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
        HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters,15000);
        HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, 15000);
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);

        HttpResponse httpResponse;

            httpResponse = client.execute(request);
            responseCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
            message = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase();

            HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();

            if (entity != null)
            {

                InputStream instream = entity.getContent();
                response = convertStreamToString(instream);

                // Closing the input stream will trigger connection release
                instream.close();
            }

    }

    private static String convertStreamToString(InputStream is)
    {

        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        String line = null;
        try
        {
            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
            {
                sb.append(line + "\n");
            }
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        catch (IOException e)
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            e.printStackTrace();
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        return sb.toString();
    }
    public InputStream getInputStream(){
        HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
        HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters,15000);
        HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, 15000);
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);

        HttpResponse httpResponse;

        try
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               HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url);

            httpResponse = client.execute(request);
            responseCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
            message = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase();

            HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();

            if (entity != null)
            {

                InputStream instream = entity.getContent();
                return instream;
             /*   response = convertStreamToString(instream);

                // Closing the input stream will trigger connection release
                instream.close();*/
            }

        }
        catch (ClientProtocolException e)
        {
            client.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            client.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }
    public enum RequestMethod
    {
        GET,
        POST
    }
}

Here is the code how to use above class
RestClient client=new RestClient(Webservices.student_details);
JSONObject obj=new JSONObject();
obj.put("StudentId",preferences.getStudentId());
client.AddParam("",obj.toString());
client.Execute(RequestMethod.GET);
String response=client.getResponse();

Hope this will help you

A: Q: how to add json data to this request?
A: Set your content type, length and write the payload.
Here's an example:

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*http://localtone.blogspot.com/2009/07/post-json-using-android-and-httpclient.html

    JSONObject holder = new JSONObject();
    ...
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      JSONObject data = new JSONObject();
      Iterator iter2 = m.entrySet().iterator();
      while(iter2.hasNext()) {
        Map.Entry pairs2 = (Map.Entry)iter2.next();
        data.put((String)pairs2.getKey(), (String)pairs2.getValue());
      }
      holder.put(key, data);
    }
    ...
    StringEntity se = new StringEntity(holder.toString());
    ...
    httpost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
    httpost.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
    ...

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July 2012 edited October 2012 in Other Music
Any fans?
Love his work from "Come to where Im from" throught to "temporary People"... wasnt keen on his last record, Graduation.
Guy is a genius though.... personal fav songs include "Space Needle", "Bill Wilson", "termite Song", "Devils broom", "History", "Lovely Cost"
Anyway any of u guys fans? Always felt Mr Arthur never got the appreciation he deserved
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She knows their futures burning but she can smile just the same. Same.
And though her mood is fine today there's a fear they'll soon be parting ways.
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LukinFan Florida Posts: 28,784
I'm pretty new to Joseph Arthur. I've only listened to his newest album, The Graduation Ceremony - but it's pretty good.
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Great songwriter. "In The Sun" is one of my all time favourite songs.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
PJ_Soul Vancouver, BCPosts: 48,747
He is currently working on another album! To be called The Family. First single out in a few days, apparently. This guy's music output is insane.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10207891021246661&substory_index=0&id=1030057166
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
he's pretty good in that RNDM band
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PJ_Soul said:
Looking forward to this!
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eeriepadave said:
So, the RNDM shows were a lot of fun and I do like both albums (Acts better than Ghost Riding), but I have to say that his talent really shines when he's performing solo without a band. And this is coming from someone who loves bands!
Upcoming Joseph Arthur shows:
Date Venue Location
Apr 17 The Borderline London, United Kingdom
Apr 20 The Acoustic Bridgeport, CT
Apr 21 Sellersville Theater 1894 Sellersville, PA
Apr 22 The Rubin Museum of Art New York, NY
May 16 Troubadour Los Angeles, CA
May 17 Music Box San Diego, CA
May 19 The Triple Door Seattle, WA
Joseph Arthur covers The Man Who Sold The World at Radio City Music Hall 4/1/2016
Omg, he FINALLY just announced a show for Vancouver on May 21st! So excited!!
MORE tour dates including Europe. And pre-order his new album The Family with a personalized canvas print.
The Family pre-order: https://josepharthur.store-08.com/the-family/
Apr 16 Le Trianon Paris, France
Apr 17 Borderline London, United Kingdom
May 21 The Cobalt Vancouver, Canada
May 23 Alberta Rose Theatre Portland, OR
Jun 05 Café Berlin Madrid, Spain
Jun 06 Side Car Barcelona, Spain
Jun 08 Knust Hamburg, Germany
Jun 09 Grüner Salon Berlin, Germany
Jun 10 Strom Munich, Germany
Jun 11 Luxor Cologne, Germany
Jun 13 De Vondelkerk Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jun 14 Bourla Antwerp, Belgium
Jun 16 Exil Zurich, Switzerland
Gah! JA has cancelled all of his May dates, to be rescheduled to the Fall (new dates TBA). I am really grateful that he's rescheduling rather than just plain old cancelling (I hope he sticks with that plan), but I was so excited to see him next weekend. He hasn't said anything about why he can't do the May shows. He just sited unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances. Hopefully he's okay.
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rockpants BCPosts: 835
The new date for the Vancouver gig is Friday, September 16th. Doors 7pm, Show 8pm.
rockpants said:
Yeah, I got the email. That happened faster than I expected. Glad the show is still on the weekend!
His whole new album, The Family, is streaming now! http://blog.kexp.org/2016/05/27/album-premiere-joseph-arthur-the-family/
I love it. Especially love that it's heavy on piano.
goldrush everybody knows this is nowherePosts: 6,519
I just did a quick tally of Joseph's albums and EPs - 19 albums... NINETEEN!!... and 10 EPs since 1997 (or 20 albums and 6 EPs if you count the 2cd Junkyard Hearts compilation instead of the 4 EPs.)
And that's not counting guest appearances on other albums. That's just crazy!
Big City Secrets - March 1997
Vacancy (EP) - May 1999
Come to Where I'm From - April 2000
Junkyard Hearts I (EP) - February 2002
Junkyard Hearts II (EP) - February 2002
Junkyard Hearts III (EP) - March 2002
Junkyard Hearts IV (EP) - March 2002
Redemption's Son - May 2002
Holding The Void - 2003
Our Shadows Will Remain - September 2004
And The Thieves Are Gone (EP) - December 2004
The Invisible Parade - May 2006
Nuclear Daydream - September 2006
Let's Just Be (with The Lonely Astronauts) - April 2007
Could We Survive (EP) - March 2008
Crazy Rain (EP) - April 2008
Vagabond Skies (EP) - June 2008
Foreign Girls (EP) - July 2008
Temporary People (with The Lonely Astronauts) - September 2008
As I Call You Down (Fistful Of Mercy) - October 2010
The Graduation Ceremony - May 2011
Redemption City - January 2012
Acts (RNDM) - October 2012
The Ballad of Boogie Christ - June 2013
The Ballad of Boogie Christ Act II - November 2013
Lou: The Songs of Lou Reed - May 2014
Days of Surrender - May 2015
Ghost Riding (RNDM) - March 2016
The Family - June 2016
The most insane part of it is that it is all quality stuff. There really isn't anything in that list that I don't like or never listen to. Quality and quantity
"Do not postpone happiness"
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"Put yer good money on the sunrise"
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New album, out today!
goldrush said:
Totally agree. I'm not sure there is another long term artist EVER whose music I like across the board, without exception. Joseph Arthur is the one and only in that regard as far as I'm concerned. He's never released an album I didn't like. With that many albums, that is practically achieving the impossible. He's amazing, and so much more prolific that anyone else. Yes, It's crazy!
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Daron Oshay Middletown, NJPosts: 2,444
Depends if you are a fan but Ryan Adams is just as prolific
I'm a fan of both, majorly
Daron Oshay said:
I like 1989 very much, but it's not his own music. I've listened to a LOT of Ryan Adams because I respect the musical tastes of so many of his fans and basically, I really want to enjoy him as much as those people do, lol. I've found that most of his studio albums don't really do it for me. I mean, they're good, but they don't really have an emotional impact for me like JA's albums do. However, Adams' live stuff is a whole other story. Much better than his studio albums IMO. That Carnegie Hall album, for example, is fantastic.
I love Ryan as much as I love Joseph, but I can't honestly say that I listen to all of his stuff that often (some of it is a little too country for me). He has so much unreleased/leaked music, he's probably more prolific than Joseph. It's fun trying to find it all. And yes, Carnegie Hall is one of the best sounding records I've ever heard.
Joseph's stuff is so consistent though. I really enjoy the poetry and paintings that he posts too. Probably the closest thing to an exception would be the second record of Redemption City - I'm trying not to sound like too much of a fan boy! - but even that sounds great when you hear it on its own, isolated from the rest of his work.
Redemption City is one of my favorites.
I need to give that album another shot. I never really got into it since it's so different than his other stuff.
It's all a matter of taste. I love both guys. Wasn't looking to turn it into a debate just merely pointing out another prolific artist. Totally respect your opinion.
That being said. Lou isn't Joseph's songs either and still love that album
I wasn't debating with you, just wanted to talk about some music.
what dreams Posts: 1,737
I went to a Joseph Arthur show last night (in Virginia), and it was just awful the whole way through. From his first awkward hello, he appeared unplanned and unrehearsed. His looping equipment was not working properly, so between every song, he was fixing things on the floor with the sound guy and constantly making excuses as to why the songs weren't working. He took audience requests but then he couldn't remember how to play them. He only played two songs from the new album, and not well. It was sad and embarrassing, and I didn't even stick around through the last song because he just gave up on any serious attempt at playing it. ("Miss the Zoo") He just started banging sloppily on the keyboards to make whatever noise he could get out of it. I don't know why he was having such a bad night, but I was really pissed off about paying for it. I hope he works out his issues before the next stop.
He did announce that he will no longer be touring after November because he was offered a corporate job. He would not elaborate on the corporate job, but he went off on a long monologue about this being the beginning of his Going Out Light Tour. He basically said he can't keep on touring, that it's too much at his age. We'll see how that pans out.
It was an unexpectedly bizarre and disappointing evening.
what dreams said:
That stinks, especially the part about him taking a corporate job! I've seen him a bunch, definitely seen him have off days before, but what you described does sound awful. I don't see him surviving without music and art being his focus, but it's gotta suck living in New York without a steady income so I get it.
Yeah, he really struggles financially, so I understand why he might have decided to do something that actually makes him a salary. I would assume this "corporate job" (whatever that means to him; I wouldn't assume he means that quite literally, but who knows) is still music related .... either that or he was bullshitting you all. I don't wtf he was talking about when he said touring is too much for his age though. He's only in his mid-40s, no? At any rate, that fucking sucks he stunk up the stage. Maybe he was on something or drunk??? Hope not. I have never seen such a review of a JA show, so that sounds really weird. Anyway, I hope he pulls it together by September. I will be sorely disappointed if this show sucks and makes me uncomfortable.
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Oh my goodness, I was trusting that you got a bad show, but no..... just saw his show tonight and it was at least as disastrous as you describe. At some point it was just about the tech issues. They had to work shit out technically the second he came on stage and it took a while. But then he just didn't try. Super weird show. I am worried about the guy. I think he might be having a drug problem, seriously. Pretty sure he's fought that demon before... I feel like it's possible that he's fighting that demon again. That show was FUCKED. Terrible. He did berate some idiots for talking over his show, and I liked that because it was right, even though everything already blew. At the same time it took away from an already fucked up show... so I dunno. It was a mess.
Poor Joseph. I am such a huge fan of his music... I feel sad about his show.
His behaviour on stage just wasn't right. Beyond just artist weirdness. He was so.... I dunno. If he isn't fucked up on some drugs, then I would guess he needs help psychologically. But hey, maybe I'm wrong, I don't know the guy.
Post edited by PJ_Soul on September 2016
Really sad to hear all of this. He couldn't have been more on point and focused at the RNDM shows.
I have noticed he's posted some weirder (than normal) stuff on Instagram lately
Hope he is ok


I just installed Juggernaut on my linux box. The installation is simpler than windows. At least it gave me less pain.
So, if you are using Redhat Enterprise 5.0, you may find it useful. If you are using Amazon EC2, you will find it useful too. I do not know about other distros, but may be something similar will be there (at least hopefully)!


Eight months ago, I was presenting my second soloshow "ESSENCE" at DavidBloch Gallery, in Marrakech.
Morrocco is a very inspiring place, it plays a key role in the evolution of my Art and Self. As before, I stayed around 40 days in the old imperial city, living and working in the medina, inside the walls of the Kasbah. There, Time dissolve into some other perspective. More flexible. That enable me to create many new canvas one after the other, A sort of tribute to the genesis, a documentation of the evolution of the mind, body and soul during the process of Creation. From the intention to the chosen realm.
Last year, somewhen blured in Time, I had the amazing opportunity to discover a continent I never been to before.
Australia, and the desert of Pilbara. A place that holds the memory of human consciousness. A place were linesongs are being sang for 40000 years. A land were invisible is tangible. Somwehere you can hear the memory of Vibration.
MANI GURI MINGALA. Pilbara desert. AUSTRALIA.
"I arrive in the places that I travel, empty, so that I'm able to learn something for real and leave something for real; this is the opportunity you have in a journey.
Meanwhile I was in touch with HOLIDAY magazine for the interview, I've been introduced to Aurelie Biderman who came to my studio for a chat and offered me to create a mural for the new store she would open in Lafayette street, downtwon Soho. I proposed to create something diferent, and we met David, a great artesan from Beacon.
I took the train by the river and went to work with him for a few days cutting fresh clay and seeking color alchemy in his studio.
David was placing fresh ribbons of clay of 50x70cm, I would cut them with a knife, smoothly, trying not to hurt the clay since she has memory, and would distort if being to rough. I eventually found a great pleasure when having the hand driving the blade softly through the soft matter.
Here is a few picture of the tests..
When I create. Sometimes past pass by and try to claim his place. Someother time, futur just show up on the paper, as a sign, or a door, a possibility.
Most time, I draw the present.
The continous large lines, the Curve, consciously moving through the page, allows the piece to evolve in a larger timespace, and so to represent a larger period, a sort of evolving instant. If once the lines are chosen the representation of the period you where in seems and instant rather than a journey, the process of drawing each curve in one fluid gesture feels like expressing a huge field of unrevealed possibilities.
Here is the Queen Anrami, Reina de Copa.
I just seen the face of this woman birth, and loved her smile.
So here I am assimmilating a bit more of who I am, writing few words about what I felt, seen or did…if some of you read the earlier posts about "The Art of freestyle", one know I love the line, for its instantaneous factor, emerging truth of the ego, of the "I" in the "Now".
So I often start with the line that draws the profile of a face, a sort of reflect, a witness. A referent. And I see what I couldn't before, I trust what I would have doubt, thanks to my hand moving on the paper.
While in Madrid between the journeys through Earth, I took a gouache marker and drew lines after having forseen them in the white empty space, so that someone would appear in front of me.
It´s been around a year I haven't took time to write about what I lived and created. I've been traveling some, and focus on where I was as much as possible.
Somehow because of the internet being a time thug, and also because I needed to juxtapose informations ino rder to fuse a global understanding. Or maybe just for lazyness…or because I'd rather go out or paint than be in front of the computer.
But hopefully someone did part of it for me. Indeed, last year, the atelier Frank Durand contacted me because they were interested in featuring an interview with me. I had the pleasure to meet François Musseau et Matthieu Salvaing who came to visit me this summer, in my studio, in Madrid.
ART AS A REMED(Y) is the title Francois choosed for the interview. L'Art comme Remède. Because Art is made to cure. To remember, to recognize, to oversee, to understand, to question, to tell, to heal.
Long time ago, when I use to live with my parents, there was an image somewhere home, that I loved to cross sight with. I used to see a monkey, but it slowly became a Lion. As my inspiration was blured by the will of my hand.
LE LEONOGONE. Wax on canvas. 85x155cm. 2014.
I don't know exactly where it come from, but I think it is from Benin, in Africa. It might be a chimp or a baboon. But I like to see a Lion or a jaguar.


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Il Rally Dakar 2006 è stata la 28ª edizione del Rally Dakar (partenza da Lisbona, arrivo a Dakar).

Tappe
Nelle 16 giornate del rally raid furono disputate 15 tappe ed una serie di trasferimenti (9.043 km), con 14 prove speciali per un totale di 4.813 km.

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Moto
Hanno finito la gara 93 delle 232 moto iscritte.

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Camion
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Academy Award winning director, producer and screenwriter Robert Zemeckis was born on this day in 1952.
His early films I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) and Used Cars (1980) were critically successful but failed at the box office, making it difficult for him to find work in the early 1980s. His project about a teenager who is accidentally transported back to the 1950s was turned down by all the major studios and Zemeckis was forced to leave it on the shelf.
Zemeckis was without work until Michael Douglas hired him for Romancing the Stone (1984), a film that was expected to be a box office failure but became a hit, raising Zemeckis' profile and giving him the opportunity to finally make his time-travelling film which would become the box office hit Back to the Future (1985) and earn him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film, and it's sequels, demonstrated Zemeckis' interest in using state-of-the-art special effects, incorporating computer graphics with live action footage. This combination was used again in his films Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Death Becomes Her (1992).
In 1994 he directed the highest grossing film of the year, Forrest Gump, and received the Best Director Academy Award.
Other films that he is well known for include The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007) and A Christmas Carol (2009) all of which used the pioneering performance capture techniques, where the movement of a person is captured by computer to create digital characters.
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Home By Region America The Anatomy of Residency in the U.S.
The Anatomy of Residency in the U.S.
Now that I have written about Pursuing Residency in the U.S., I realized that not all of us were familiar to the structure of residency training. There are some aspects of residency training that you will find similar almost everywhere in the world, but residency trainings in different countries also do some things differently.
So let's go through the anatomy of residency in the US that hopefully will provide some illustration for those of you who are thinking about pursuing residency here. Just a little reminder, residency is specialty training, while fellowship is subspecialty training. I will only discuss about residency in this article. We may talk more about fellowship in the near future.
Q: I have finished medical school and do not want to pursue any specialties. Can I just take USMLE and apply for a medical license to practice as a general practitioner in the US?
A: No. Everyone who has completed his/her medical degree needs to go into residency to be able to obtain a medical license and practice in his/her area of interest.
Q: Then, who provide primary care in the US?
A: There are 3 specialties that are definitely considered as primary care in the US: family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. In addition, obstetrics and gynecology are sometimes considered as primary care for women.
Family medicine is probably the closest US equivalent to what we know as general practitioner in Indonesia, since family physicians provide comprehensive health care for people of all ages.
Q: Do different specialties require different lengths of training?
A: Yes. Here is the concise table showing the length of training for different specialties. Of note, I will explain about transitional/preliminary year in the next question.
Q: What is transitional/preliminary year?
A: Transitional year is a one-year position with rotations through various disciplines (Internal Medicine, Surgery, etc.) preceding training in another specialty. Preliminary year is a one-year position in a given field (mostly Internal Medicine or Surgery) usually preceding training in another specialty. As you can see, the transitional year is similar in structure to the last two years of medical school, in terms of rotating through various specialties; while preliminary year is only in one specific specialty. Transitional/preliminary year is required by certain specialties as described in the table above.
Q: What is the clinical schedule like in residency?
A: Residency training is structured into blocks of rotation, which can be 2-week blocks or 4-week blocks depending on individual programs.
Just as what you would expect with residency training everywhere, the first year is usually the hardest one in terms of schedule. A first year resident is often called an "intern". You will do a lot of inpatient care, have more in-house calls compared to your second and third year, and usually only have one or two blocks of elective. During inpatient rotations, you work in a team with a senior resident (2nd or 3rd year), (an)other intern(s), and an attending physician. Sometimes, a fellow (subspecialty trainee) is also a part of the team.
In second or third year, you will have more elective blocks where you can do rotations in subspecialties of your interests. For those interested in pursuing fellowship after residency, they usually choose the respective subspecialty as one (or more) of their elective blocks. Although the call schedule tends to get lighter in 2nd and 3rd years, the level of attached responsibility increases. Senior residents are expected to be able to lead the team when they are in inpatient services, formulate management plans for patients, and participate in teaching for interns and medical students. In other words, they are learning to be ready for the real world.
Some residency programs provide opportunities for the residents to do international electives, which usually take place in developing countries.
One of the interesting things about residency training in the US is that there are duty hour rules that have to be followed by residency programs in order to maintain their accreditation status. Residents are only allowed to work maximum 80 hours per week with 1 day per week allocated as a day off from all clinical duties, averaged over a 4-week period. Don't worry, they also have vacation time, 3-4 weeks per year depending on the programs.
Q: What is the educational experience like in residency?
A: Residency programs are responsible in providing educational experience for the residents. However, just like everywhere else, the quality of educational experience in residency will be determined by the commitment of the individual program to resident education.
The structure of daily educational experience has some similarities to how it works in Indonesia. Generally, residents have morning report/conference for about an hour and noon conference for another hour everyday. In between, there is teaching round with their respective teams. The contents of these conferences may differ between programs, but usually include case report, didactic teaching on core topics in the specialty (by attending physicians, chief residents, or fellows), and journal club. It is important to note that this is the typical daily educational experience for non-surgical specialties. In surgical specialties, the schedule may be different given the fluidity of their day (e.g. they may have early surgeries scheduled etc.). In addition, non-surgical residents (e.g. Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, etc.) on emergency and intensive/critical care rotations do not usually follow the same schedule for the same reason as those in surgical specialties.
There is also a weekly grand round where distinguished speakers from the institution or outside are invited to give a talk, and quality improvement conference (or what is known as morbidity/mortality conference) once every few months depending on the programs. Some programs also have board preparation sessions for residents to prepare for their board certification exam.
Q: How about the exams and evaluations?
A: For most specialties, especially non-surgical, the formal written (or computerized) exam is once yearly, which is called in-training exam. There is no formal oral exam; however, residents will be evaluated by their peers, seniors/fellows, and attending physicians on every rotation they do based on their performance. In a lot of programs, the patients or patients' caregivers and supporting staff are also given the opportunity to evaluate residents.
Each resident is assigned (or chooses) a mentor/advisor during his/her training, who is expected to provide guidance on career plans and/or personal development. In addition, he/she also needs to meet with the program director twice in a year to discuss about progress that have been made, areas that need improvement, and future career plans.
Q: Is research a component of residency training?
A: The short answer is yes. However, it is actually scholarly activity that is required during residency; which may range from a quality improvement project, case report, chart review, up to clinical, translational, or bench research. In other words, don't be intimidated by the word "research" or "scholarly activity". It is feasible to fulfill.
Q: What is a chief resident?
A: There are two meanings of chief resident. In primary care specialties, a chief resident is a resident who has been selected to extend his or her residency by one year and supervise the activities and training of the other residents. In other specialties, a chief resident may refer to a resident in his/her final year of residency. A chief resident, especially in primary care specialties, usually coordinates the clinical and educational activities of the residents. In some programs, they may also function as "junior" attendings. Although it may seem like additional training with a lot of responsibility, being a chief resident for a year gives a significant weight in the resume, especially for those interested in pursuing a career in academics.
Q: What is board certification exam?
A: Once a resident completes his/her training, he/she will be eligible to sit for board certification exam to demonstrate through either written, practical, and/or simulator based testing, a mastery of the basic knowledge and skills of his/her respective specialty. A physician can still practice without being board certified because medical/surgical licensing is a separate process from board certification. However, most hospitals/medical centers require their physicians to be board certified. In addition, more fellowships (subspecialty trainings) expect the fellows to be board certified in their specialty (e.g. a fellow in Pediatric Neonatology is expected to be board certified in Pediatrics), at least during their subspecialty training.
I hope this gives some illustration on how residency works here in the US. As always, I can be reached at nurul.hariadi@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Nurul Itqiyah Hariadi is currently a fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases University of Michigan. She received her M.D. degree from Universitas Indonesia in 2004. Prior to her current training, she completed her residency at Children's Hospital of Michigan (2007-2008) and UCLA Pediatric Residency Program (2008-2010). She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband, a 6-year old daughter, and a baby son.


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El Airbus E-Fan es un prototipo de un avión eléctrico desarrollado por Airbus Group. El vuelo fue demostrado a la prensa mundial en el Salón Aeronáutico de Farnborough en el Reino Unido en julio de 2014. El objetivo fue la formación de pilotos.

Diseño y Desarrollo
Airbus Group está desarrollando un avión eléctrico con Aero Composite Saintonge. El avión lleva a bordo baterías de litio para alimentar los dos motores eléctricos y puede llevar únicamente a dos pasajeros. Un vuelo de prueba se llevó a cabo en abril del 2014 en el Aeropuerto Mérignac, Francia, donde se aterrizó frente a una gran audiencia, el ministro francés de Industria Arnaud Montebourg fue uno de los testigos. En el Show Aeronáutico de Farnborough del 2014, Airbus anunció que el E-Fan 2.0 entraría en producción en el 2017 con un diseño de asientos de lado a lado. Airbus ha declarado que hay planes para el desarrollo de un avión comercial regional en un futuro corto.

El E-Fan es un avión eléctrico de dos asientos, con bimotor monoplano de ala baja de estructura compuesta. Cuenta con una cola en T y un tren de aterrizaje retráctil tándem con ruedas estabilizadores. Los dos motores están montados en cada lado de la parte trasera del fuselaje.

Se prevén dos variantes de producción, un E-Fan 2.0 de dos asientos para uso de entrenamiento, y el E-Fan 4.0 de cuatro plazas. Para aumentar la duración de vuelo del E-Fan 4.0 este tendrá un sistema híbrido-eléctrico que tendrá un pequeño motor para cargar la batería, lo que aumentará la duración de casi una hora hasta 3,5 horas.

El E-Fan es propulsado por dos ventiladores de paso variable impulsado por dos motores eléctricos por un total de 60 kW de potencia. Tiene ductos de empuje que reducen el ruido, y tiene montados ventiladores centrales que proporcionan un mejor control. Los motores que mueven los ventiladores son accionados por una serie de baterías de 2050 voltios de polímero de iones de litio hechas por la compañía sur-coreana Kokam. Las baterías se montan en la sección interior de las alas. Estas tienen el poder suficiente para una hora y tienen una hora para recargar. Una batería de seguridad a bordo está disponible para hacer un aterrizaje de emergencia si la energía se agota en el aire. El tren de aterrizaje del E-Fan consiste en dos ruedas longitudinalmente retráctiles, con otras dos bajo las alas. Inusualmente para un avión, las ruedas son impulsadas por un motor eléctrico de 6 kW, lo que permite que el avión avance sin los motores principales y son capaces de acelerar a 60 km / h (37 mph; 32 kn) para los despegues. Tener la carrera de despegue realizada por el tren de aterrizaje alivia parte de la carga en los motores de vuelo.

En diciembre de 2014 Airbus anunció que DAHER-SOCATA completará el trabajo de diseño en la aeronave y lo certificará. VoltAir , filial de Airbus, desarrolló el prototipo inicial y trabajará con Daher-Socata durante la fase de pruebas como el director del proyecto.

Variantes
E-Fan
Aviones concepto de dos asientos.
E-Fan 2.0
Propuesta de dos asientos variante de producción totalmente eléctrico.
E-Fan 4.0
Propuesto híbrido-eléctrico variante de cuatro plazas.
E-Thrust
Jet regional Propuesto de 90 asientos basado en los principios de la E-Fan.

Especificaciones
Los datos de Jane de todas las aeronaves del Mundo 2014/15

Características Generales

tripulación= dos

longitud= 6.67m

envergadura= 9.50m

peso máximo de despegue= 550kg

Rendimiento

velocidad máxima= 220 km/h (137 mph; 119 kn), todas las cifras de rendimiento estimado

velocidad de crucero= 160 km/h (99 mph; 86 kn)

resistencia= 60 min

Referencias

Airbus
Aeronaves eléctricas


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DHS Baroque Ensemble Concert Featuring Soloist Rachel Barton Pine
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Davis Senior High Baroque Ensemble
Directed by Angelo Moreno
Featuring Soloist Rachel Barton Pine- Violin and Viola D'Amore
Concert Details:
Saturday, March 28th 2020
Davis Senior High School Richard Brunelle Performance Hall
315 West 14 Street, Davis 95616
Pre-Concert Chat with Rachel Barton Pine: 7:00-7:30PM
Concert Start Time: 8:00PM
Concert is open to the public general seating; no tickets are being sold for this performance. All donations at the door will go to support the DHS Baroque Ensemble's Tour to England and France 2020.
Please support the DHS Baroque Ensemble Students achieve this one-of-a-kind educational artistic experience by donating today and please share this link with your friends and family, too. Just four months remain until departure! All donations at the door and online at the DHS-Holmes Orchestra Boosters web store will go to support the DHS Baroque Ensemble Tour to England and France 2020.
Concert Program
Viola d'amore Concerto in A Major, RV 396 by Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.6 HWV324 by George Frideric Handel
Larghetto e affetuoso
Allegro, ma non troppo
Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Gavotte en rondeau
Menuet 1
Viola d'amore Concerto in A Minor, RV 397 by Antonio Vivaldi
Imitation des Caractères de la Danse by Johann Georg Pisendel
Rigaudon Rondeau
Bourée
Passepied
Polonois
Presto Concertino
Concerto for Two Violins in A minor RV522 Op. 3 No. 8 by Antonio Vivaldi
Larghetto e spiritoso
Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine and Sylvia Pine
"Orage" or "Thunderstorms" from "Plata, or Jealous Juno" by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Paris – Places of Interest
Over the coming months there will be four blog posts for each city on the Davis High School Baroque Ensemble's 2020 England-France Tour tour: Place of Interest; Concert Venue; Music; History of the city. This week's post, the seventeenth of the series, is on places of interest in Paris.
Temporary paper optical illusion collage – entrance Courtyard of the Musée du Louvre
The final concert of the DHSBE tour will take place in Paris. The choice of places of interest in the city is overwhelming, with some of the best known being the Eiffel Tower, Montmartre and Sacre Coeur church, the Louvre museum, and Ile de Paris & Notre Dame Cathedral – all of which all well worth a visit, as well as a cruise on the Seine, and shopping! The following are places of interest that may be less well known:
Les Invalides is one of the finest buildings from the Baroque period in Europe. It was built in 1670 as a hospital and retirement home for veterans, and still serves that purpose today. It is also the home of a military museum, and a church that is the burial site of many 'war heroes', including Napoleon Bonaparte. Les Invalides is where rioters obtained the cannons and muskets they used to storm the Bastille prison in 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.
Place des Vosges, dating from 1605, was the prototype for all formal residential squares in Europe. All houses were built using the same materials: red brick with steep pitched slate roofs. The building of the Square turned the Marais district, in which it is situated, into a fashionable area for French nobility up until the French Revolution.
Musée Rodin is housed in the grand early 18th century town-house Hôtel Biron. The museum collection includes Rodin's well known sculptures 'The Thinker', 'Honore Balzac', and 'The Burgers of Calais', and many hundreds of his other works. Many of his famous works are displayed in the formal gardens surrounding the house.
The Pantheon was originally a church dedicated to St. Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris. The church was re-built in Neoclassical style by Louis XV. It became a mausoleum during the French Revolutions to honor revolutionary martyrs, and many famous famous French citizens, including Voltaire, Victor Hugo, and Marie Curie, are buried there.
Musée de l'Orangerie is located in a corner of the Tuileries Garden (adjacent the the large courtyard containing the entrance to the Louvre.) It is the home of eight enormous 'Water Lilly' murals by Monet, and also contains paintings by other Impressionists, and by Cezanne, Picasso, and Matisse.
Les Catacombes
Les Catacombes under the streets of Paris, and just under a mile long, houses the remains of millions of Parisians who were removed from old cemeteries, some dating from the Roman and medieval periods. The bones were arranged artistically in the early 19th century.
The original Shakespeare & Company bookshop was opened by Sylvia Whitman, an American, in 1919, in part to be a place for writers to meet such as Ezra Pound and James Joyce. A second S&C bookstore opened in the 1950s, and was also frequented by writers including Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, some of whom lodged in the store for a time.
Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris, situated at the eastern end of Avenue des Champs-Élysées, is where Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and many others were guillotined during the French Revolution. The tall 3,200 year-old obelisk in the center of the square was brought from the Temple of Luxor in the 19th century.
Sainte Chapelle is recognised as one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in the world. Construction began c.1239 and the chapel was consecrated in 1248. Fifteen huge mid-13th century stained glass windows, some of the finest in the world, fill the nave and apse, and a large 'rose' window was added to the west wall in 1490.
Musée d'Orsay is known for the world's premier collection of Impressionist paintings. Located in a former railway station on the banks of the Seine, this grand museum showcases thousands of art works from the mid 19th century until the early 1900s, including work by Monet, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Degas, Pissaro, and Renoir.
Centre Pompidou, built in a still controversial high-tech style in 1977 at the instigation of President Pompidou. It is a cultural institution that houses a huge public library, the largest collection of modern art in Europe, a bookshop, movie theater, and has a panoramic terrace. Musée National Picasso – Hôtel Salé,contains several thousand of his works of art including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, prints and engravings in an beautiful mid-17th century town-house.
Jardin du Luxembourg is a public park on the 'left bank' of the Seine. The gardens contain the original palace built in 1612 for Marie de' Medici, widow of Henry IV of France. Visitors can stroll around the formal and informal gardens, and there are opportunities for sailing model boats, riding ponies, playing tennis, and there is a playground for children.
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Brussels History
Over the coming months there will be four blog posts for each city on the Davis High School Baroque Ensemble's 2020 England-France Tour tour: Place of Interest; Concert Venue; Music; History of the city. This week's post, the sixteenth of the series, is on the history of Brussels.
Mont des Arts
Brussels – Bruxelles, the capital of Belgium, is in the region of Wallonia to the east of Bruges. Traces of human settlement go back to the Stone Age, and the area was later occupied by Ancient Rome. The city was founded c.980. and because of its location on the shores of the river Senne on an important trade route between Bruges, Ghent, and Cologne, Brussels became a flourishing commercial centre in the Middle Ages specialising in the textile trade. Flanders and Wallonia were unified in 1831 to create Belgium (named for the 'Belgae', the indigenous peoples during the Roman period), but to this day Flemish is spoken in the north of the country, and French in the south. Brussels serves as the de facto capital of the European Union, and is the headquarters of NATO.
Medieval Brussels
Unlike Bruges, there is little left from the medieval period in Brussels. As was typical of medieval cities in Europe, Brussels was surrounded by a wall.The first city wall was placed around Brussels in the 12th or 13th century. One of its towers, named the Black Tower, still stands at the Place Sainte-Catherine. Other remaining parts of the first wall can be seen at Rue des Alexiens and Boulevard de l'Empereur. When the city started to expand beyond the walls, a stronger fortification was built in a similar design in the late 14th century. Both walls surrounded Brussels until the 16th century, when the first set was demolished. The destruction of the outer wall and its gates followed gradually throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
Grande Place, Brussels
The Grand Place
The Grand Place is the most impressive historical area of the city, and includes buildings from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. As the Grand Place, referred to in 1147 as the 'lower market', was situated close to the port on the Senne and along an important road, the marketplace did well as a bustling center for trade. The Grand Place was bombarded by the army of Louis XIV in 1695, and only the front of the Town Hall and some stone walls remained standing. The Grand Place was subsequently rebuilt in the original styles we see it today.
Ceremony of the Grand Oath, Great Sablon Square, Brussels, 1615
Another of the major squares in the city is Place du Grand Sablon. The original sablon area was unused wetland, grassland, and sand ('sablon' means fine-grained sand halfway between silt and sand) just outside the original city walls. The area was later used as a cemetary, and a small chapel was built there in the 14th century. In the 15th century, the neighbourhood was enlarged substantially, and the chapel was rebuilt as the larger and more elegant Église Notre-Dame du Sablon, still standing today.
There are fine examples of Art Nouveau and Art Deco architecture in the city, and striking contemporary buildings beyond the historic center; and a plan for a new entrance to Headquarters of the European Union.
European Union Headquarters
Brussels – Music, Art, Fries, & Sprouts
Over the coming months there will be four blog posts for each city on the Davis High School Baroque Ensemble's 2020 England-France Tour tour: Place of Interest; Concert Venue; Music; History of the city. This week's post, the fifteenth of the series, is on the Music, Art, Fries, & Sprouts of Brussels.
The Garden of Love, Rubens, 1633
Unlike France, England, Germany, or Italy, 'Belgium' had few native-born composers or artists during the baroque period. As with painting, the heyday of music in Flanders & Wallonia was in the 15thc. Peter Paul Rubens was a notable exception – one of the most important painters in the early baroque period in Europe who, in addition to running a large studio in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, was a classically educated humanist scholar and diplomat.
Anthony van Dyck self-portrait
Anthony van Dyck, here seen in a self portrait, was a student of Rubens in
Antwerp. After further study in Italy, he work for the Royal Court in England for many years.
Many paintings from Holland depict baroque musical instruments and groups of musicians
Holland, immediately to the north of Flanders had a rich history of 'genre' painting during the baroque period. Many of the paintings depict musical instruments and groups of musicians. These paintings are a valuable source of information about the 'set-up' of the instruments – design of bridge, shape of neck of the instrument, string length, type of strings and bow, and playing position etc:
As mentioned in the Bruges blog, the few baroque composers in Flanders and Wallonia are not well known – with the exception of the Loeillet cousins, and Fiocco.
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Historically Informed Performance
From late 1960's the Belgian brothers Weiland (viola da gamba), Bart (baroque flute) & Sigiswald Kuijken (baroque violin), together with Frans Bruggen (recorder), Anner Bylsma (baroque cello), and Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) started recording historically informed performances of baroque music, and in the process inspired a whole generation of musicians to take an interest in the repertoire and in period style performance. While still a music student in London in 1972, their early recordings influenced my decision to specialize in the performance of baroque music. A year later I became a founder member of the first baroque orchestras in England since the 18thc. – The English Concert, and Academy of Ancient Music.
French Fries (US), Chips ('British'), Pomme Frites (French, S. Belgium – Brussels), Frieten (Flemish, northern Belgium – Bruges):
The French and Belgians have an ongoing dispute about where fries were invented, with both countries claiming ownership. The potato was introduced to France and Belgium as animal feed at the beginning of the late 16th. via Spain, but its true value as food was not recognized until the late 18th century, when a renowned army chemist, A.A. Parmentier, in his comprehensive study: Examen chymique des pommes de terres, Paris, 1774, recommended potatoes as the solution to endemic famines that were then devastating the country,
Brussels Sprouts:
Native to the Mediterranean region with other cabbage species, brussels sprouts were first cultivated in Ancient Rome. They first appeared in northern Europe during the fifth century, and in the 13th century especially in the Brussels area – from which they derived their name. During the 16th century, they enjoyed a popularity in Holland and Flanders that eventually spread throughout the cooler parts of Northern Europe, and eventually to US and other temperate parts of the world.
Interesting facts about Belgium:
Interesting facts about Belgium
Brussels Concert Venue
Over the coming months there will be four blog posts for each city on the Davis High School Baroque Ensemble's 2020 England-France Tour tour: Place of Interest; Concert Venue; Music; History of the city. This week's post, the fourteenth of the series, is on the concert venue in Brussels.
Cathedral of Saint Michael & Saint Gudula
The Cathedral of Saint Michael & Saint Gudula in Brussels is the venue for the 4th concert of the DHSBE tour. It is the main Catholic church in Belgium, and very close to the city center. A Romanesque style church was built on the site in the 11th century, and dedicated to Saint Michael, who is mentioned in the Old Testament as a fighter of dragons, and housed the relics of the martyr Saint Gudula. In the 13th century two towers were added, and the church, later designated a Cathedral, was completed in 1519. The interior of the Cathedral is 374 feet long, and is built in Gothic style. The south tower contains a 49-bell carilion on which Sunday concerts are often given.
Saint Michael's Cathedral
Brussels Cathedral Organ
The Great Organ of the Cathedral, built in 2000, has a total of 4,300 pipes, 63 stops (sets of pipes), 4 keyboards, and pedal-board. The style of the organ of the is mostly baroque, including the casework, but the wide range of stops allows for performance neo-classical and modern repertoire. The organ hangs impressively on the wall of the nave.
'The Archangel Michael Vanquishing Lucifer', Francesco Maffei,1656
On the right of the nave is a beautiful baroque pulpit carved in oak, dated 1699, as well as the original 17th century oak confessionals. The earliest stained glass windows date from the 16th century. The Cathedrals treasures and relics are kept locked behind 18th century forged iron door. Inside the chamber are numerous liturgical objects including tunics, crosses, chalices and several sculptures and altarpieces.
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Why Working at an Ad Blocker Was the Best Way I Could Think of to Help Advertising
It's been a little over two months since I've joined eyeo, the lesser-known German company behind the much talked-about Adblock Plus, Adblock Browser, Acceptable Ads and Flattr Plus.
Many of you reacted to this update at some point last month, once I made it public on my LinkedIn profile. I thought long and hard before turning the "Notify your network?" switch to "Yes"; eventually, I decided that I did want to find out what my peers thought of the first major career move I made in 6 years. Your comments and questions distilled down to three recurring topics.
Why are you giving up your independence?
You can look at this whole "giving up independence" through many different glasses, some rosy and some in shades of gray. For nearly six years, ever since I left Ireland and my job at Facebook, I worked as an independent consultant helping monetize web properties. This was a [long] breath of fresh air after several years in big companies (prior to Facebook, I worked at Google) where, while I loved my work and the opportunities I was given, I simply could not see myself going on forever and retiring from.
Life as a consultant was great: I could handpick the clients and projects I worked on, I could make my own schedule and could work from anywhere as long as I could hop online. Whoever said "home is where the WiFi connects automatically" was not mistaken one binary digit (see what I did there?) However, something was missing and it was only earlier this year that I fully understood what it was. I yearned to be, once more, part of a team. I wanted to work on something bigger and more important, and be able to do so while advancing causes that I came to deeply care about: user choices, privacy and security.
For all these reasons, eyeo seemed like the improbable yet obvious choice. My role – which sees me primarily supporting the Acceptable Ads initiative – allows me to do all that I wanted, in a way that alleviates the downsides of traditional office jobs. I still get to choose what I work on, still pretty much make my own schedule and can still work from wherever I get good WiFi.
So you've turned to the dark side of digital advertising?
If that's what you'd like to call it, then yes, I most certainly have. My only regret is that I couldn't time it to start on May the 4th!
Joke aside, although many fanciful talking heads would have it otherwise, ad blocking is a user-generated and user-sustained phenomenon that can and should lead us to a better ads ecosystem. If eyeo provides a path to that better ecosystem (which I of course hope!) that's fine; if it doesn't, someone else will. What eyeo is trying to build is a holistic solution that looks at how digital advertising and content monetization can progress while respecting users, their rights and their choices:
Adblock Plus gives users control over their browsing and content consumption experience, particularly when one takes the time to look under the hood and customize settings to meet their needs. I, for example, use other filter lists in addition to the basic blocklist provided by EasyList (Malware Domains, Adware filter); I allow some non-intrusive advertising; and I have a pretty extensive list of whitelisted domains and might even write my own filters when needed.
Acceptable Ads (and soon the Acceptable Ads Committee) provide a way to reward good advertising (ads that are non-intrusive and follow a few basic criteria).
Flattr Plus completes the eyeo portfolio by offering an alternative to advertising, helping publishers monetize their content via micropayments from readers instead.
Ad blocking, user rights and content monetization can only be looked at holistically, in an environment that has the means and tools to cater to all. Our industry is in a bit of a pickle right now and this is a natural consequence of us all having failed to see the larger picture, choosing to chase the quick wins instead: advertisers, publishers and ad tech vendors all share the blame.
An ad blocker comes into this narrative from the detached and unique position of placing user interests first, while conciliating the often-conflicting interests of publishers and advertisers. This is why I wanted to work at an ad blocker rather than only be able to serve the industry from a narrower perspective. I'm happy to further this discussion with any of you, particularly around the use and adoption of Acceptable Ads, which is where my focus is right now.
Well … how is it?
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.
I had been following eyeo for quite some time, as the company's been in the media mostly due to the trials and tribulations of Adblock Plus and the Acceptable Ads initiative. I was aware of the challenges but also of all the opportunities that lay ahead. Most importantly, I've been an Adblock Plus user for many years, and I know I understand the plight of both users (such as myself when in a private capacity) and publishers (such as my former clients).
What I found once I checked into the Cologne office for my month-long introduction confirmed that all work and resources directly support the company's mantra to put users in control of a fair, profitable web. I've worked in distributed or remote teams before but the cohesion and the openness I've met at eyeo is off the charts. That was the first thing that showed me I'd made the right choice.
Last but not least, I'm very fortunate to have basically been given a carte blanche as to what projects to work on, greatly soothing the transition from my previously free-range, unstructured role.
That's all, for now. I'll happily go back to the hamster wheel, which at eyeo has no other connotation than a pretty useful (and used!) standing desk. Or sitting, in my case.
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I wrote "In the Fullness of Time" on September 9th, 2007, about a month and a half before we moved into the new house we had built earlier in the year. In fact, I wrote the poem while sitting on the new house's 50 foot front porch, wondering if we should keep the house or try to sell it. We hadn't yet sold our old house, and building costs had exceeded our budget by an absurd amount, and nothing had worked out as planned. Still, a contentment came over me. I felt like I was in the crosshairs, so to speak, and I simply did not care one way or the other. My adoptive mother used to say that trouble, rejection, misfortune, and all manner of things seemed intent on destroying me from an early age but that everything seemed to be "water off a duck's back" to me and that I simply moved along, seemingly unscathed. Maybe that idea was in the back of my mind when I began with the poem's first stanza.
whoever pulls the trigger must contend with my contentment.
I can't keep a straight face being that presumptuous.
A boy, my job was scooping corn to feed the chickens.
it all, I'll hear a whirring sound and taste the dusty air.
the Fool shows up, who I knew all along was more than a fiction.
pulled a sheet to cover nakedness for one whose mind had lost its way.
A hundred years ago I would have kept my hat turned low.
and mercy, to spite the click of firing pins all falling into place.
The poem's final image is rich with complications for me. My Papaw had Alzheimer's at the end of his life, and the last time I visited him in a nursing home he kept pulling his pajama bottoms off, and I kept easing them back on while we talked about a bull he used to have in a pasture when I was a child. Nakedness, I was always taught, is supposed to be covered. Think of the story of Lot in the Bible. Or of Adam and Eve. "Who told you that you were naked?" Genesis 3 asks. On the other hand, I felt a great tenderness toward my Papaw. I did not want him to be embarrassed even though his "mind had lost its way." Or was I trying to cover my own embarrassment? In the end, what does it matter? Such moments give us a chance to attend to one another, to comfort and ease our passage (and passing) from this life. We shall all be laid bare. Issa certainly was by all the tragedies that befell him. Stafford taught me not to care about presenting a particular face to the world. David had already danced naked before God. In poem after poem, for more than thirty years, I hope my words have done the same.


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No free lunches: how Apple has managed to avoid mass layoffs so far
Taras Mishchenko Taras Mishchenko 23.01.2023 at 10:25 Оновлено: 23.01.2023 в 11:12 91 0
The layoffs have hit the tech industry hard, but there is one exception – Apple. The world's largest company has so far avoided the massive job cuts that have affected firms such as Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon.
It's hard for big companies to stave off major cuts in the current volatile economic environment, and Apple isn't immune to the business challenges that have plagued other tech giants. The company is expected to report its first quarterly sales decline in three years next month. Apple has also slowed hiring in some areas, reports The Wall Street Journal.
But for now, the iPhone maker is in a better position than many of its rivals, in part because it added workers much more slowly than other companies during the pandemic. Apple is also operating on an austerity basis, with limited employee benefits and a business focused on hardware products and sales that have so far largely avoided the economic downturn, investors said.
From fiscal year-end September 2019 to September 2022, Apple's workforce grew by about 20% to approximately 164,000 full-time employees. Meanwhile, over roughly the same period, Amazon's workforce has doubled, Microsoft's has grown by 53%, Google's parent company Alphabet has grown by 57%, and Facebook owner Meta has grown by 94%.
Apple has about 65,000 retail employees in more than 500 stores, which is about 40% of the company's total workforce.
On Friday, Alphabet became the latest technology company to announce mass layoffs, with plans to eliminate about 12,000 jobs, the largest cut in the company's history.
The cuts at Alphabet follow a wave of big layoffs at Amazon, Microsoft and Meta. According to Layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks layoffs in the tech sector that appear in media reports and company press releases, more than 200,000 layoffs have occurred in the technology industry since the beginning of 2022.
The last big wave of layoffs at Apple took place way back in 1997, when co-founder Steve Jobs returned to the company, which was then cutting costs, laying off 4,100 employees.
So far, Apple's core business has shown its resilience to the broader market downturn. The other four tech giants suffered amid slower growth in digital advertising, e-commerce and PC manufacturing. In the September quarter, Apple reported that sales of its most important business, the iPhone, rose 9.7% from a year earlier to $42.6 billion, beating analysts' forecasts.
Apple could face worse results for its December quarter, which it is due to report on February 2, as the company grappled with manufacturing problems in China, where a strict "zero-covid" policy has halted much of the economic activity. Many analysts expect demand for the iPhone to remain unchanged, and as the company continues to ramp up production, it is expected to simply move to the March quarter.
However, the company's business model is not completely immune to the broader downturn. Apple's services revenue continued to slow, rising 5% year-over-year to $19.2 billion in the September quarter, not in line with recent quarters.
Tom Forte, senior analyst at investment bank D.A. Davidson & Co., says it expects Apple to cut staff, but it could happen quietly by laying off workers without replacing those who leave. The company may make other cuts or adjust benefits that are common in Silicon Valley. Apple doesn't offer free lunches to employees on its corporate campus, unlike other big tech companies like Google and Meta.
Some of the tech giants cutting jobs are spending heavily on projects that are unlikely to turn into strong businesses anytime soon, according to Daniel Morgan, senior portfolio manager at Synovus Trust.
Meta is investing billions of dollars in its Reality Labs to realize new ambitions in the so-called "metaworld." Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends the company's spending on Reality Labs, suggesting that virtual reality will become an important technology platform in the future.
After announcing the layoffs, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company had experienced dramatic periods of growth over the past two years. "To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today." he wrote in an address to employees on Friday.
Apple is also working on risky future projects, such as an augmented reality headset due later this year and an as-yet-undetermined car project, but doing so at a more measured pace without deviating from its core business.
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