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Act 1 No 01. Overture Part 1: Grave
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Act 1 No 01. Overture Part 2: Allegro
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Act 1 No 01. Overture Part 3: Adagio
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Act 1 No 01. Overture Part 4: Marche
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Act 1 No 01. Overture: Overture
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Act 1 No 02. Arioso: Why do the gentiles tumult? (bass)
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Act 1 No 03. Chorus: Let us break off by strength of hand
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Act 1 No 04. Aria: O Lord, how many are my foes! (tenor)
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Act 1 No 05. Chorus: Him or his God we not fear!
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Act 1 No 06. Aria: Jehovah, to my words give ear (tenor)
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Act 1 No 07. Chorus: Him or his God we scorn to fear!
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Act 1 No 08. Recitativo: The Highest who in Heaven doth dwell (bass)
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Act 1 No 09. Aria: O, who shall pour into my swollen eyes (soprano)
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Act 1 No 10. Aria: Fly from the threat'ning vengeance, fly! (soprano)
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Act 1 No 11. Accompagnato: Humbled with fear (bass)
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Act 1 No 12. Aria: His sceptre is the rod of righteousness (bass)
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Act 1 No 13. Aria: Be wise, be wise at length (soprano)
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Act 1 No 14. Chorus: Be wise, be wise at length
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Act 1 No 15. Recitative: Of many millions the populous rout (tenor)
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Act 1 No 16. Aria: Jehovah is my shield, my glory (tenor)
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Act 1 No 17. Recitative: Fools or madmen stand not within (bass)
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Act 1 No 18. Chorus: God found them guilty
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Act 2 No 01. Aria: O liberty, thou choicest treasure (soprano)
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Act 2 No 02. Recitative: Who trusts in God should ne'er despair (soprano)
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Act 2 No 03. Aria: Prophetic visions strike my eye (soprano)
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Act 2 No 04. Chorus with solo: May God, from whom all mercies (alto)
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Act 2 No 05. Recitative: The Lord hath heard my pray'r (tenor)
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Act 2 No 06. Aria: Then will I Jehovah's praise (tenor)
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Act 2 No 07. Chorus: All his mercies shall endure
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Act 2 No 08. Aria: How great and many perils do enfold (soprano)
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Act 2 No 09. Duet: After long storms and tempests overblown (soprano/alto)
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Act 2 No 10. Aria and Chorus: To God, our strength, sing loud (bass)
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Act 2 No 11. Aria: He has his mansion fix'd on high (tenor)
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Act 2 No 12. Chorus: Hallelujah, your voices raise
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Act 3 No 01. Symphony Part 1: A tempo giusto
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Act 3 No 01. Symphony Part 2: Musette
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Act 3 No 02. Chorus: I will sing unto the Lord
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Act 3 No 03. Aria: Thou shalt bring them in (alto)
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Act 3 No 04. Chorus: Who is like unto thee, O Lord?
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Act 3 No 05. Aria: When warlike ensigns wave on high (soprano)
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Act 3 No 06. Recitative: The enemy said, I will pursue (tenor)
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Act 3 No 07. Aria: The enemy said, I will pursue (tenor)
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Act 3 No 08. Aria: The sword that's drawn in virtue's cause (bass)
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Act 3 No 09. Chorus: Millions unborn shall bless the hand
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Act 3 No 10. Recitative: When Israel, like the bounteous Nile (soprano)
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Act 3 No 11. Aria: When Israel, like the bounteous Nile (soprano)
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Act 3 No 12. Aria: Tyrants, whom no cov'nants bind (tenor)
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Act 3 No 13. Accompagnato: May balmy peace, and wreath'd renown (soprano)
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Act 3 No 14. Aria: May balmy peace, and wreath'd renown (soprano)
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Act 3 No 15. Chorus: Blessed are all they that fear the Lord
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In national politics a greater crisis was brewing. Whilst King George II was away in Hanover, Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, landed with his army in Scotland and started to march south. The English army was hastily recalled from Flanders, but when Bonnie Prince Charlie was victorious at the battle of Prestonpans in September and continued to press south, in certain quarters of London near panic set in. Under the leadership of the Duke of Cumberland, the son of George II, the English army moved northwards to confront the enemy, supported by a patriotic fervour that had not been seen in the capital for many years. Songs were written to support the army, including the present National Anthem, and the resident composer at the Haymarket Theatre, Gluck, contributed a suitably heroic drama, La Caduta de' Giganti (which was greeted with as little enthusiasm as had been Handel's concert season). Handel, by now the recipient of a pension from the royal court, felt it necessary to make his own musical contributions but, despite the Jacobites' defeat at Derby in December, the year ended with the political situation still very much in the balance. Matters were not finally resolved until well into the next year when Cumberland routed the invading forces at the decisive battle of Culloden, earning his nickname of 'Butcher Cumberland'. So, to raise flagging spirits in London, a major musical work was called for.
Handel's new work seems to have been composed in something of a hurry and, as always, the composer was not afraid to recycle good material from earlier works. Confusion has surrounded who was the librettist for the Occasional Oratorio. A footnote under the air 'O liberty, thou choicest treasure' in the first edition of Judas Maccabaeus (which received its opening performances in April 1747) reads: 'The following air was design'd, and wrote for this Place, but it got I know not how, into the Occasional Oratorio, and was there incomparably Set, and as finely executed.' The author of Judas was Thomas Morell, yet all the other indications are that Hamilton Newburgh was Handel's librettist for the Occasional Oratorio. Perhaps Morell was already at work on Judas and Handel, working flat out on what was now the more urgent composition, simply lifted the movement, together with Morell's words, and installed it amongst Newburgh's text. (Curiously, 'O liberty' was only inserted into Judas at the third performance.) The inclusion in Act II of music (and text) lifted directly from Athalia and in Act III from Israel in Egypt suggests that Handel was unconcerned in mixing the work of a number of authors.
By February 1746 the new oratorio was in rehearsal and on 8 February William Harris wrote: 'Yesterday morning I was at Handel's house to hear the rehearsal of his new occasional Oratorio. It is extremely worthy of him … He has but three voices for his songs—Francesina, Reinhold, and Beard—his band of music is not very extraordinary—Du Feche is his first fiddle, and for the rest I really could not find out who they were, and I doubt his failure will be in this article. The words of the Oratorio are scriptural but are taken from various parts, and are expressive of the rebel's flight, and our pursuit of them. Had not the Duke carried his point triumphantly, this Oratorio could not have been brought on. It is to be performed in public next Friday.' Not everyone was as enthusiastic, for on 3 February the writer Charles Jennens had noted in a letter:
The Oratorio, as you call it, contrary to custom, raised no inclination in me to hear it. I am weary of nonsense and impertinence; & by the Account L[or]d Guernsey gives me of this Piece I am to expect nothing else. Tis a triumph for a Victory not yet gain'd, & if the Duke [of Cumberland] does not make hast[e], it may not be gain'd at the time of performance. 'Tis an inconceivable jumble of Milton & Spencer, a Chaos extracted from Order by the most absurd of all Blockheads, who like the Devil takes delight in defacing the Beauties of Creation. The difference is, that one does it from malice, the other from pure Stupidity …
Despite that tirade, written perhaps not without a hint of professional jealousy (Jennens had, after all, worked three times already as an oratorio librettist with Handel, including Messiah), the General Advertiser of 14 February 1746 announced that, 'At the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden, this day will be perform'd A New Occasional Oratorio'. Further performances were given on 19 and 26 February, and the work was revived (with some revisions) three more times in March the following year, just before the first performances of Judas Maccabaeus. Only three soloists, as we have seen, were named for the 1746 performances, but at least one other soloist must have been present, if only to sing the duet 'After long storms'. In 1747 both Elisabetta de Gambarini and Caterina Galli took part as sopranos, a precedent we have used in this recording, and we have also allocated two low-set arias to an alto: otherwise the performing edition for this recording presents the movements heard in the 1746 performances.
Despite the success of those first 1746 performances, Jennens did not let up, and on 3 March he laced another letter to Holdsworth with even more vitriol:
You are mistaken as to the Occasional Oratorio, which is most of it transcrib'd from Milton & Spencer, but chiefly from Milton, who in his Version of some of the Psalms wrote so like Sternhold & Hopkins that there is not a pin to choose betwixt 'em. But there are people in the world who fancy everything which has Milton's name to it. I believe Hamilton has done little more than tack the passages together, which he has done with his usual judgement & cook'd up an Oratorio of Shreds and patches.
Jennens was, with his own admission that he was not going to attend any performances, ensuring that he wrote with the same disadvantage under which other writers since have laboured: he had to judge Handel's work without actually hearing it. Even if we accept some of his criticisms of the libretto, we do the work a disservice by approaching it with the expectation of finding a rip-roaring, operatic drama. Instead, Handel presents a series of dramatic tableaux. We find some terrific choruses, six first-rate orchestral movements and a fine variety of arias. For those who additionally enjoy a spot of Handelian detective work, there are a profusion of musical trails to follow. Here, in brief, is another splendid and unjustly neglected Handel oratorio.
Act I
The overture to the Occasional Oratorio is a strong, four-movement one. The opening Grave and the fine ensuing fugue had probably been written for the 1744 revival of Deborah: the Allegro also contains a theme from the overture to Telemann's Troisième Production of the Musique de Table, a source to which Handel also turned in the organ concertos. Newly composed was the third movement, a B minor Adagio with a glorious line for Handel's principal oboist. With the work's wartime origins in mind, Handel concluded with a stirring military March. In the interests of getting straight on with the drama, Handel forgoes an opening chorus, presenting instead the bass solo 'Why do the gentiles tumult' whose strong rhythms, repeated string figurations and woodwind interpolations set a suitably militaristic tone. The choir enters with the first of three crusading choruses, the swaggering rhythms of 'And cast from us' capped by the delayed entry of trumpets and drums.
The tenor takes a gently heroic role in the oratorio, and his opening aria 'O Lord, how many are my foes' is an especially appealing one, with repeated string chords complemented by another delicious oboe solo. The chorus responds with another, much truncated version of 'Him or his God we not fear!', to which the tenor responds with another supplicatory aria, 'Jehovah, to my words give ear', duetting this time with a solo cello. The chorus ends the first episode with another repeat of the swinging battle chorus, the urgency of mood reflected by the presence of trumpets and drums from the outset.
The next scene is announced by the bass, continuing the paraphrase of bellicose words from Psalm 2. The soprano's first entry is a gentle one, with the aria, 'O, who shall pour into my swollen eyes' lamenting the failings of the world; but she too takes up the warlike theme with the fiery aria 'Fly from the threat'ning vengeance, fly!', whose virtuoso runs must have delighted the singer in the first performances, La Francesina (the French soprano Elisabeth Duparc). The movement was a borrowing from the 1745 performances of Samson where Miss Robinson, granddaughter of the famous Purcellian countertenor William Turner, sang it with its original text, 'Fly from the cleaving mischief'. The solo bass (originally Thomas Reinhold) returns with the accompagnato 'Humbled with fear' and the splendid aria 'His sceptre is the rod of righteousness': the reintroduction of harmony after unison passages for singer and strings makes the 'great Dragon' that 'strongly doth repress' all the more picturesque. The middle section is a fine contrast, noble in its hymn-like melody; keeping the drama moving, Handel re-writes and shortens the first section, rather than offering a complete 'da capo'.
The soprano solo 'Be wise, be wise at length, ye kings averse' is a delight, lilting gently with a simple continuo line before it is transformed into an equally appealing chorus. But the peaceful mood does not last and the four 'Grave' bars of 'Or brought full low' lead into another warlike chorus section, where the enemy are 'Scatter'd like sheep' and perish ignominiously. In 'Jehovah is my shield' the tenor sings of his confidence in God, the orchestral texture fleshed out by a rich viola line. Handel's depiction of 'I lay and slept' is especially fine. The chorus calls that the enemy be soundly defeated in a movement based on material from the F major concerto 'a due cori', whose scoring for horns (making their only appearance in the oratorio adaptation) ensures that Act I ends in belligerent mood.
Act II
Act II begins with a sequence of movements for solo soprano, beginning with the famous aria 'O liberty, thou choicest treasure'. As has already been written, this aria seems to have been intended for Judas Maccabaeus but was added instead to the Occasional Oratorio: it was only restored to Judas at the third 1747 performance. It proved to be one of Handel's biggest hits for years afterwards. The lively aria which follows, 'Prophetic visions strike my eye', featured a neat piece of topical plagiarism in its quotation of a phrase from a song in Thomas Arne's opera Alfred: 'Rule Britannia' had first been heard by audiences at Cliveden in 1740 and was adopted by London audiences at the opera's revival in the capital in 1745. (Arne's other famous patriotic song, 'God save the King', was sung at Drury Lane by 'the Gentlemen of that House' every night until the danger of the Young Pretender's rebellion was over.)
Handel's next borrowing was rather more extensive, although it was at least taken from one of his own compositions. In Athalia 'Around let acclamations ring' grandly greets the newly crowned Joas. In the Occasional Oratorio, with a new text, 'May God, from whom all mercies spring', the movement is equally spectacular in its eight-part choral texture and fulsome orchestration. The tenor aria 'Then will I Jehovah's praise' also has its origins in another work, the Masque Comus: during his recuperation in the summer of 1745 at the seat of the Earl of Gainsborough Handel contributed a handful of movements to the finale of a score which was largely by Arne. The following chorus was lifted from the same masque, its words changed from the original 'Happy plains' to 'All his mercies shall endure'. Next comes a charmingly lilting soprano solo, 'How great and many perils do enfold' which is followed by the delightful duet 'After long storms', strongly redolent of the early Italian duets.
The bass solo 'To God, our strength' is a jewel. The solemn opening, with high trumpet over slow-moving strings, harks back nearly thirty years to the delicious opening of the Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, 'Eternal source of light'. This time Handel answers the trumpet with a solo oboe, and the two wind players engage in a private duet before the solo bass presents glorious music. Here is Handel at his most captivating. At 'Prepare the hymn' the mood changes to a more steadfast, processional one, and Handel introduces the Lutheran chorale melody 'Ein feste Burg'. The composer marshals his build-up magnificently, presenting the theme first in the solo bass, then with the full chorus. Finally the full ensemble, complete with ringing trumpets and timpani, celebrates in rousing style. The tenor solo which follows, 'He has his mansion fix'd on high', was also borrowed from Comus, and leads to a stirring choral conclusion to Act II, 'Hallelujah, your voices raise'. The fugue which is introduced at the mid-point, 'Jehovah, Lord of hosts', is a fine one.
Act III
The third part begins with an extensive, two-part orchestral symphony. The first section is taken from the first movement of the Concerto Grosso in G, Opus 6 No 1. For his second movement Handel turned to the Musette of his Concerto Grosso in E flat, Opus 6 No 6, which in its rich string scoring and glorious melodies bears striking resemblances to Corelli's famous 'Christmas Concerto'. The chorus that follows, 'I will sing unto the Lord', is one of Handel's most thrilling, borrowed lock, stock and barrel from Israel in Egypt. Scored for double choir this is hugely dramatic music, flinging its themes from part to part, and saving the hair-raising entry of the brass to the last few pages.
Also taken from Israel in Egypt was the fine alto solo 'Thou shalt bring them in', now transposed up a semitone into F major to lead into another splendid chorus from the same oratorio. With its 'Grave' opening scored in sixteen parts, 'Who is like unto thee' is as sensational as 'Lord of eternity' in Deborah, and leads into one of the composer's best-known choruses, 'He gave them hailstones for rain'. The orchestral opening, firing a C major chord between the strings and woodwind (complete with a vulgar bottom C for the bassoons), builds into the entry of the two opposing choruses, who indulge in nothing short of musical warfare, driven on by a wild orchestral accompaniment. Handel's timpanist must have had a field-day!
After such choral fireworks Handel returns to solo movements. The soprano takes 'When warlike ensigns', nicely varied in its moods and, with its pastoral bagpipes at 'No pasture now the plain affords', also including another oblique reference to 'Rule Britannia'. The lure of Israel in Egypt proved unstoppable and for 'The enemy said' Handel again lifted the complete movement, ensuring that his tenor soloist was offered the opportunity for vocal pyrotechnics alongside the other, more lyrical arias of the Occasional Oratorio. For the bass Reinhold Handel produced a blustering setting of 'The sword that's drawn' which leads into a spirited chorus, 'Millions unborn shall bless the hand'. For La Francesina he wrote a charming setting of 'When Israel, like the bounteous Nile', and for John Beard a final, defiant aria (marked 'pomposo'), 'Tyrants, whom no cov'nants bind'. Before the finale the soprano calls for 'balmy peace' to descend on England's battle-hero, once again recycling a charmingly melodic aria from Comus. It is left to the choir to introduce the final celebrations, which it does with Handel's most famous chorus of all, the coronation anthem 'Zadok the Priest', here reworded 'Blessed are all they that fear the Lord', and omitting the triple-time middle section 'And all the people rejoiced'. If English hearts were going to be stirred, surely no music would have carried out the task better.
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For more than 30 years, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has been procuring contraceptives and related commodities for the developing world. Through its extensive experience and solid track record, UNFPA is today the largest public sector procurer of these items. Our unique expertise in this area and the significant volume of contraceptives procured annually allows for access to the most favourable international pricing. As the leading procurement agency for contraceptives and related commodities, UNFPA invites partners in development to benefit from our unique knowledge base and market influence.
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Please also note that there will be transition period of approximately 6 months to implement the new ISO 4074:2014 into the prequalification programme. The new requirements will be in effect April 1st 2015. Please click here for detailed information.
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Joint WHO-UNICEF-UNFPA Meeting with Manufacturers and Suppliers of Diagnostic Products, Finished Pharmaceutical Products, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Vaccines
22-25 September 2014 - UN City, Copenhagen, Denmark
For second time, UNFPA will join WHO and UNICEF in organizing a Joint Meeting for diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and vaccines manufacturers and suppliers. Together with quality, safety and efficacy experts, procurement agencies, and international donors working in public health can come together to discuss issues around production and supply of quality products needed for treatment for vulnerable populations.
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Are you spreading out for defile ?
We originally had a couple of issues with the defiles and found that making sure everyone was spread for them was the easiest way to deal with them while people get used to the mechanic of escaping from them, there is only the tricky point of the 2nd defile/valk timer being close together that spreading may not be the easiest way to get used to the mechanic, once people are used to dealing with it then the need to get everyone spread out becomes less (melee especially) as the defiles are dealt with more efficiently.
A couple of tips given by other forum members that we used to make this easier, was to have one person always calling the defile timers so people knew when to spread (also calling valk timers as well), I believe dbm enables chat bubbles that say defile on me and warns if it is on you or near you in plenty of time to get away from it.
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PI1Syllabification: PI
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pi2Line breaks: pi
Pronunciation: /pʌɪ /
1The sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Π, π), transliterated as 'p'.
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- This is true of no other letter of the alphabet except pi, and here the name is a natural development of the Semitic name pe.
- Pi is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 80.
- The western Greek alphabet changed pi into a backwards loop shape.
1.1The numerical value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (approximately 3.14159).
[from the initial letter of Greek periphereia 'circumference']
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- Saying that pi is 3.14 without addressing the fact that it goes on infinitely afterward overlooks the true essence of the number.
- So far, pi has been calculated to 1.24 trillion decimal places with the aid of a supercomputer.
- The circumference of a circle can be found by multiplying pi (which is equal to 3.14) by the diameter of the circle.
1.2 (Pi) [followed by Latin genitive] Astronomy The sixteenth star in a constellation: Pi Herculis
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- Lower letters are generally assigned to brighter stars, but a star designated pi is not necessarily the 16th brightest star of the constellation (for example, pi Puppis is number two in brightness in the constellation Puppis).
- Pi Herculis is particularly noticeable for its reddish complexion and is an excellent place to begin studying the constellation.
- The red giant Pi Leonis in the constellation of Leo the Lion has a radius 80 times larger than our own Sun.
1.3 [as modifier] Chemistry & Physics Relating to or denoting an electron or orbital with one unit of angular momentum about an internuclear axis: the π orbital system of the benzene molecule
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- The bonding pi orbital is lower in energy than the atomic p orbitals, whereas the antibonding pi orbital is higher in energy than the atomic pi orbitals.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Pinch hitter Guillermo Quiroz homered with one out in the 10th inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 10-9 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
The Giants blew a 5-0 lead and wasted a bases-loaded opportunity in the ninth before Quiroz hit an 0-2 pitch from Dodgers closer Brandon League (0-1) into the left field stands. Quiroz pumped his fist as soon as he left the batter's box and scurried around the bases with his first career walkoff hit. He is 4 for 6 this season as a pinch hitter.
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The two teams combined for 19 runs, 30 hits and combined to strand 24 runners in a game that lasted 4 hours, 11 minutes.
A.J. Ellis homered and was one of six Dodgers with two hits as Los Angeles lost for the fifth time in seven games.
It was San Francisco's fourth straight win over its NL West rival and the second straight by walkoff home runs. Buster Posey's homer lifted the Giants to a 2-1 win on Friday night.
Both teams had a chance to win it in the ninth.
Los Angeles got a one-out single from Dee Gordon but failed to advance him past second, while the Giants loaded the bases before Posey hit into an inning-ending double play.
The Dodgers haven't had a good time at all in the first two games of this series.
One day after left-hander Ted Lilly went on the disabled list, Los Angeles lost shortstop Hanley Ramirez to a hamstring injury less than a week after his return from an offseason thumb injury. Then first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was a late scratch with neck pain.
San Francisco, on the other hand, won its fifth straight.
Gordon put the Dodgers up 9-8 in the seventh when he drew a leadoff walk against Javy Lopez and was sacrificed to second. Gordon stole third and scored on a headfirst slide into home to beat the throw from San Francisco second baseman Marco Scutaro following Carl Crawford's infield grounder.
Pablo Sandoval's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh tied it at 9-all.
The Giants batted around in the first inning and led 5-0 after two to chase Dodgers starter Matt Magill. Posey had a two-run double to help get the defending World Series champs out to their early lead.
Ellis homered off San Francisco starter Ryan Vogelsong with one out in the fourth before Los Angeles sent 12 men to the plate and took the lead in the fifth.
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Movement 1: Allegro energico
Movement 2: Larghetto affettuoso
Movement 3: Scherzo: Allegro leggiero
Movement 4: Allegro agitato Un poco più moderato Vivace
Stanford showed the piece to Joachim, who played it over with colleagues in Berlin in 1897, and it was offered to the firm of Breitkopf & Härtel for publication. Had they issued it, the composer's career might have followed a very different path. Ever afterwards, Coleridge-Taylor nurtured the hope that he might achieve success in Germany to match that which he had realized in the USA on his three visits there between 1904 and 1910. He taught himself German to a good standard and had agreed to conduct his Violin Concerto in Berlin in 1913. Sadly, this was an engagement which he did not live to fulfil; Coleridge-Taylor died of pneumonia on 1 September 1912.
The tempo direction of first movement, Allegro energico, encapsulates the mood. The principal subject is launched by a forceful, thrusting figure on the cello's C string accompanied by syncopated viola and pizzicato violins; the 6/4 metre allows Coleridge-Taylor an almost infinite variety of rhythmic freedoms and flexibilities which are in evidence from the outset. That this is a true ensemble piece and not just a vehicle for virtuoso display by the clarinet is also immediately clear—the soloist sometimes fulfils a subsidiary role in the texture, filling in the harmony or doubling string lines at the octave. Indeed, the second subject is not played in full by the clarinet until the recapitulation.
The Larghetto affettuoso (in B major) is beautiful, open-air music, the principal theme having the qualities of an idealized folk song. It provides a fine example of the composer's love for irregular phrase-lengths, its two elements being respectively five and four bars long. The music's tender character is enhanced by the muting of the accompanying violins (and, in the recapitulation, the viola too). A subsequent appearance of the theme on the upper strings of the cello is ravishing, and equally exquisite is the descant of the first violin which floats, pianissimo, high above the clarinet's final reprise of it. The movement concludes with a brief cadenza-like parlando passage for the solo instrument and a final, gentle descent into a sweet repose. This is music of the deepest sensibility.
The Scherzo has a double time-signature—3/4 9/8—and at the heart of the movement is the interplay between the division of the beat into twos and threes (even within the bar). The rhythmic exuberance does not stop there, however: themes seem to stutter and sudden dynamic contrasts constantly delight. The gentler trio is based on another appealing melody which shows the influence of Dvorák.
The finale, Allegro agitato, begins with a driving rhythmic germ leavened by a Scotch snap which recurs melodically in the second strain of the principal subject and which assumes increasing significance as the movement progresses. The second subject unfolds and extends in a continuous stream until the development section proper begins; it does so with the principal subject in an unabashed G minor—a bold harmonic stroke in a movement in F sharp minor, and one typical of Coleridge-Taylor. A moment of stasis ushers in a fond reminiscence of the Larghetto, after which the coda, marked Vivace and now in F sharp major, whips up excitement in a manner which may bring to mind the end of Dvorák's 'American' Quartet.
The Clarinet Quintet demonstrates beyond any doubt that Coleridge-Taylor was a gifted composer of chamber music. The thematic references between the movements give rise to a structure of remarkable subtlety and sophistication which arises from real inspiration, not mere artifice. Reviews of the London premiere in 1895, of performances in the USA in 1974 (after its eventual publication by Musica Rara) and, indeed, of The Nash Ensemble's recital at Wigmore Hall in London in December 2006, come to much the same conclusion—that this is the work of a finished master, not of a student.
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WASHINGTON - His life inspired Martin Scorsese's movie masterpiece "Goodfellas" (1990).
Now, mob rat Henry Hill has died.
Hill participated in the infamous 1978 "Lufthansa" heist, stealing a then-record $5 million from Kennedy Airport.
His story was chronicled in Nicholas Pileggi's novel "Wiseguy," documenting three decades of crime in New York City, from the rock 'n' roll 1960s to the cocaine- snorting '80s.
He was immortalized by Ray Liotta in the 1990 gangster classic, co-starring Joe Pesci, Robert DeNiro and Lorraine Bracco.
Hill's own words drip from every frame in voiceover narration, also written by Pileggi, husband of "When Harry Met Sally" writer Nora Ephron.
It was arguably the best role of Liotta's career, coming a year after his turn as Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field of Dreams" (1989). Ironically, that film's co-star Kevin Costner robbed Scorsese of the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars for "Dances with Wolves" (1990).
After a life of crime, Hill turned informant, helping federal agents arrest dozens of mobsters.
He spent years in witness protection, but was kicked out in the early 1990s, shortly after being busted on drug charges in 1987.
In 2005, he served six months for methamphetamine possession.
His long-time manager and girlfriend Lisa Caserta says his death was due to complications from a heart attack triggered by his inability to quit smoking.
Hill was 69.
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From the Executive Directors Desk: Thanking Donald Simon
Build It Green wouldn't be where it is today without the driving force of Donald Simon. This month, I'd like to pay a small tribute to his service as Build It Green's first board president, and tell you a bit about his next ambitions as he cedes the presidency for the first time in six years.
Donald, who specializes in construction law, green building and environmental sustainability at the Oakland law firm Wendel Rosen Black and Dean, initially became involved with Build It Green because he saw an opportunity to benefit the environment through market transformation. An environmental activist who went to law school to "sue the bad guys," Donald says he has found that the best way to bring about lasting change is to change how people do things. "The building industry is the most consumptive industry out there," he says. "If we can change the construction industry, we can change any industry." Donald helped co-found the Northern California chapter of the US Green Building Council to focus on the building industry's commercial sector, and poured his efforts into Build It Green to bring change to the residential sector. By demonstrating the profitability of green building, instead of fighting conventional practices, Donald has found a more successful strategy for bringing about a real paradigm shift. "This is what I was born to do," he says.
Donald will continue to serve on Build It Green's board of directors, but now that his presidential duties are being taken over by Michael McCutcheon, he is free to focus his full attention on his next major endeavor: Supporting Jerry Brown for governor and the urgent campaign against Proposition 23. "As far as our industry is concerned," Donald says, "this election is more critical that the presidential election. Everything the green building movement has been working for over the last decade is at stake."
If the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) is suspended – which is what Prop 23 and Meg Whitman both would do – two bad things will happen. First, it will unravel climate protection, because there's no chance that Congress will pass a federal climate change law if the nation's environmental leader reverses course. And without legislation imposing a price on carbon, the market for low carbon green building and clean tech solutions will plummet, and will cause investors to flee to other financial opportunities. That is why Donald will be working hard over the next several months to mobilize the green building and clean tech industries in this critical November election to preserve our hard-fought gains for green business and the environment. (Read more about Donald's efforts and find out how you can get involved.)
Build It Green is fortunate to have had such a great champion of sustainable building practices at our helm, and we are glad to continue to benefit from Donald's support, including invaluable pro bono legal services. I hope you will join me in congratulating him on his successes so far, and supporting him in this next crucial campaign.
Catherine A. Merschel
Executive Director
Build It Green
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This is why it has been called The Last Ocean and why it needs our protection.
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The War in Spain: a weekly summary. No. 3
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THE WAR IN SPAIN A WEEKLY SUMMARY EDITED BY CHARLES DUFF UNITED EDITORIAL LTD. No. 3 LONDON, 5th FEBRUARY, 1938 PRICE 1d. BRITAIN AND "THE NATIONALISTS" THOSE who have followed events in Spain since July, 1936, will remember that, in the first days of the military rebellion, all sections of the English press referred to the rebels as rebels. The movement of generals was everywhere regarded as an attempted coup d'etat or, as Spaniards call it, a pronunciamiento: which, of course, it was. Very little time elapsed, however, before even those observers abroad who were not well acquainted with the internal situation in Spain began to realise that the conspiracy of traitorous generals had ramifications far outside the Peninsula. Italian aeroplanes covered the landing of Franco's Moors and cut-throat Legionaries, and it was disclosed (Daily Herald, August 1st, 1936) that the German bombing planes which were loaded for the rebels in July, had been ordered by General Sanjurjo in March. The Manchester Guardian of July 25th, 1936, stated: "During the week large numbers of Italian and German agents have arrived in Morocco and the Balearic Islands. These agents are taking part in military activities, and are also exercising a certain political influence. For the insurgents the belief that they have the support of two great powers is an immense encouragement; for many of the weapons now in their hands are of Italian origin." Gradually the full story came to light. Even while they were re-affirming and solemnly re-swearing their allegience to the Republic, the conspiring generals were selling their country to the foreign Fascists. As an excuse or explanation, the Fascist propaganda machine began to disseminate the lie that the movement had been prompted by a desire "to save Spain from Bolshevism." At which point, those of us who knew anything about Spanish politics realised that Hitler and Mussolini intended to use Franco as their puppet, and his "movement" as a means of gaining control of the Peninsula and Morocco. Intervention had begun and, while Hitler did not say much, he acted. Mussolini declared publicly that the Italian Government was fully prepared to take whatever interventionist steps it considered necessary. Meanwhile, the rebel movement, with nice effrontery, took upon itself the title of "Nationalist" and our newspapers changed the word "rebel" to "insurgent," and gradually came to use the word "Nationalist" in reference to this international conspiracy and motley army of Moors, Legionaries, Germans and Italians, to which has recently been added some units of African savages from Ifni — gentlemen who wear nose and ear-rings and who paint and tattoo their bodies! The "Nationalists" now require only a few head-hunters from Borneo and some South Sea Islanders to complete the picture. Franco's Spain is administered largely by Germans and policed by Italians, his air force and artillery and mechanised units are all German-Italian—it is these foreigners who are devastating the country in the interest of the Dictators' power-politics. Where does England stand in regard to all this ? Let us look back, and attempt to explain something of the importance of Spain to us. To begin with, let no English person forget three episodes of Anglo-Spanish history: (1) The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-13), which drew the battle lines of Europe for the next century; (2) The Peninsula War (1808-14), which was the beginning of the end of Napoleon; and (3) The Moroccan Crises in the beginning of the present century, which lined up the opposing forces of the World War of 1914-18. In the first, England went to war to prevent the foreign domination of Spain; in the second, we helped the Spanish people to expel a foreign invader; and, in the third, a threat to Morocco by Germany resulted in the Anglo-French military alliance against Germany. In short, it has always been in the past a basic principle of British foreign policy to prevent, at any cost, any threat to Spanish independence. And for a very good reason: a Spain dominated by a foreign power is a direct threat to our most vital interests. Spain is the key to the Mediterranean; and to our Atlantic and African and South American trade routes. An enemy in possession of Spain can sink the ships which bring us petrol, meat, grain, cotton, foodstuffs and—almost everything on which we live. When the military rebellion began in July, 1936, French and British statesmen were aware of the danger to European peace, and the Blum Government (prompted from London) in a well-meaning desire to prevent a general conflagration, and to tie the hands of the international Fascists, started the policy of "Non-Intervention." Then began the famous game of dilly-dally and obstruction by Germany, Italy and Portugal, while they gave every possible help to the Spanish rebels; and the constitutionally-elected Government was prevented from freely purchasing abroad the arms it required. By international law they were and are fully entitled to buy arms, but the "Non-Intervention" policy is the brake. Meanwhile, Germany and Italy have invaded Spain; and Franco is reduced from the status of a traitorous rebel general to that of a puppet. Had the De Jure Government of Spain been permitted the benefits of international law, and had the Dictators kept out, the people of Spain would have made short work of the rebels. It would all have been over in three or four months. The reversal of Britain's fundamental policy in regard to Spain— that is, in permitting the invasion of the Peninsula by our potential enemies —has brought about a state of affairs far worse than any that could ever have been contemplated. For, if one admits (just for the sake of argument) a rebel victory, the problem will remain: how to get the Italian Expeditionary Force and the German Administration out of Spain. The Berlin-Rome axis will have achieved its goal. It is ridiculous to suppose that, having achieved dominance of the Peninsula, Germany and Italy would turn round and abandon it. Only a fool could be so naif as to believe that. Every one of Franco's "victories" last year was due to help he received from Italy and Germany. Malaga was taken by a force of at least 16,000 Italians, described by that distinguished eye-witness, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, as a well-disciplined and soldierly body compared with the rabble of Falangists, etc., which entered the town after them. By the time the campaign against the Basques had begun, there were about 100,000 Italians in Spain— with thirteen Italian generals ! They have not won the war for Franco and, apparently, another 100,000 are required if he is to hold what he has won. Spain is a disconcerting country once her people are aroused; it is doubtful if a quarter-of-a-million alien troops could win the Fascist cause. An acute observer in the French press reports that Mussolini is determined to try another gamble in Spain; and to extend his operations generally in the Mediterranean. Tonnage of 182,000 has been mobilised to transport men and material to Spain— a force of 50,000 men and as much material as may be required. Will Germany be drawn by Rome into this fresh "Nationalist" offensive against the Spanish people? If what this French observer reports is true, then we are approaching a very critical period for British interests in the Mediterranean. It is fairly obvious that our interests do not coincide with those of the "Nationalists" but with those of the friendly constitutional Government, whose only desire is to be independent.
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In '/usr/share/config/kdm/Xsetup' add this line:
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Xsetup runs root commands before the login screen appears. This can't be run from the command line because Xsetup adds environment variables that allows you to do this (not sure what they are). The 'sleep 10′ second time is going to depend on how quickly your Xorg server loads. If it comes up slowly, increase that value.
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Non-power forces, except Heritage, reluctant to support Pashinyan's initiative to submit a draft resolution on impeachment of Armenian President for consideration of Parliament
No explosive device found at Zvartnots Airport
Orange Armenia starts accepting online payments through ArCa, MasterCard and Visa cards
Cemil Cicek: there are those trying to deceive the world by leading them to believe that Turkey committed genocide in 1915
Former foreign minister of Armenia international statements on incident with Armenian helicopter contained as never harsh criticism of Azerbaijan
Alexander Krylov: Problems in Russia's relations with Untied States and EU in favor of global caliphate
Expert: An "open sky" policy was imposed on Armenia by the IMF and WB
Prime Minister of Armenia: Sudden devaluation of the Armenian dram will have an adverse effect on people's well-being, but positive effect on exporters
Azerbaijan involves Ukrainian journalists - the authors of the TV programme about Karabakh in the black list
Newspaper: ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party suffering from infighting
Hovik Abrahamyan: Government of Armenia is determined to conduct a policy of constructive engagement with the opposition
Cars of four oppositionists burnt in Yerevan
Shenik community kindergarten renovated with support of Beeline and COAF
Seyran Ohanyan: Baku should pay for its provocations
Yerevan has been negotiating with Russia on opening of a separate terminal for the cargo companies of Armenia at "Verkhniy Lars" check point
Jirayr Sefilyan: The reason of Baku's impudence is unwillingness of the Armenian parties to start the war
VivaCell-MTS implemented the November draw "365"
UNESCO puts an end to the arguments between Armenia and its neighboring states around lavash.
Armenian Parliament Commission for Economic Affairs endorses agreement of Armenia's accession to EEU
Gagik Minasyan: International community's no-address statements on Mi-24 helicopter incident will have serious consequences
Local producers in Armenia face problems as purchasing power in Russia falls and the Russian ruble depreciates
Orange Kino service now available as well in Cinema Star
Human rights defender: "Armenia shouldn't rush into responding to Azerbaijan "
Yerevan: The sooner Baku realizes impossibility of military resolution of Karabakh conflict, the faster the talks will lead to its final resolution
Human rights defender: Azerbaijan is colony of British Petroleum
Snow blocks Sotk-Karvachar road
Magnitude 2.6 earthquake hits Armenia
Central Bank of Armenia sees no serious inflation risks with changing national currency rate
Artsakh Defense Minister: Official investigation will give answers to all questions about downing of Armenian helicopter by Azerbaijan
Views from Moscow: Russian-Abkhazian treaty shot down project of railway to Armenia via Abkhazia and Georgia
Russian expert: Small countries should be maximally neutral in the cold war between the West and Russia
Russian expert: Project of unblocking of Armenia still has all chances to succeed
Russian expert: Format of military-political and economic union with Russia is convenient for ensuring Armenia's multi-level security
Beeline launches NON-STOP service
Russian expert: The US pressure upon Tbilisi hinders opening of the railway to Armenia
Elbat CJSC is planning to increase output by 30% in 2014
Beeline announces some changes in a number of mobile tariff plans
More than 21'000 people have visited www.orange5.am website and more than 4'100 shared their ideas for future
Putin stresses the need to open Abkhaz railway section
Experts: Sharp growth in USD exchange rate in Armenia is of adjusting nature
Taner Akcam sees connection between Genocide in Turkey 100 years ago and similar acts today committed by contemporary Islamist terrorists in Syria and Iraq
Expert: Turkey may ratify one of the Zurich Protocols in 2015
Zdzislaw Raczynski: The Association Agreement with EU would open more opportunities for Armenia
Defense Ministry: Military Honors Funeral to pilots of downed Mi-24 helicopter scheduled for 24 November
Armenia's deputy minister of defense informs Ambassador Kasprzyk of details of latest special operation to recover bodies of Mi-24 helicopter crew
Zdzislaw Raczynski says Poland remains committed to its principles in NK problem, that is, not to arm conflicting parties
Georgia Left Face-to-Face with Russia - Saakashvili
Georgian, Latvian Presidents Say, Russia's Policy Inadmissible
Latvian President to Hold Negotiations with Georgian Authorities in Tbilisi
Iran's Supreme Leader Receives Sheikh Pashazadeh
Human Rights Activist Elchin Namazov Arrested
Georgian Premier and Kazakhstan's President to Meet in Astana
RF, Georgian Diplomats Discuss Preparations for the Next Round of Geneva Discussions
EU Highly Values Georgia's Contribution to EU-led Operations - Herman
SOCAR President Travels to Greece
Georgian Premier Meets Head of NATO Liaison Office in Georgia
Media Situation in Azerbaijan in Spotlight of OSCE Conference
Visit of Ilham Aliyev to Hungary Starts
World Day for Decent Work Marked in Georgia
Georgia Toughens Punishment for Illegal Abortions
Georgia, Lithuania to Conduct Joint Military Exercises
Lukashenko calls for increased trade with Azerbaijan
Ministers of Defense, Transport and Foreign Affairs of Lithuania to visit Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan marks Kurban Bayram
Ashot Melkonyan: Armenia must take preventive measures so as not to be blamed for "100-year slander"
Ashot Manucharyan: It is very much dangerous and senseless to lead Russia to war readiness
Tigran Khzmalyan: Armenia has linked its Noah's Arc to Russia's sinking Titanik that is still selling tickets
Alexander Iskandaryan: Peace and war are the two things Russia does not need in the South Caucasus
Ariel Cohen: Putin may be compensating for reputational damage to Russia in the conflict in Ukraine by trying to resolve the Karabakh conflict
Hovhannes Igityan: Serzh Sargsyan's geopolitical choice is an obstacle for investments in Armenia's economy
Andrey Areshev: Russia wants to see Armenia as its strong and dynamically developing ally in the South Caucasus
Vahan Vardapetyan: October 10 will become the day of culmination of consolidation of the society around the Armenian centrist parties
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Although press-secretary of the Heritage party, Hovsep Khurshudyan, read the permission to pitch a tent aloud, policemen went on hindering its pitching.
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The Municipality has turned down the request to pitch a tent at the paved area saying that Liberty Square is a historical and a cultural complex. Based on this decision, Hovannisian's supporters were trying to pitch the tent in the nearby green-covered area, where cafes are set up. They said that pitching tents on green-covered areas is not prohibited by the law.


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Editors Note: They traveled 1,230 miles to come to Washington, D.C. -- Christine Amdam flew all the way from Norway and Alina Braun from Germany. This fall, they studyied journalism at American University and worked as interns for WTOP. They quickly discovered that Washington and the American culture are very different from their hometowns Oslo and Mannheim and decided to document their experiences. This is the last post by Christine and Alina, who finished their internship this week.
The unattainable American Dream
Alina Braun, special to wtop.com
Here in the United States, it's important to work hard in order to be successful and earn a lot of money. Of course, people in Germany want to be successful too. However, in Germany, we like to share our success through what we call a social system. About half of our salary goes to health insurance and a fund to help support unemployed people. We share our success by paying high taxes for a social security net. It's called a "net" because it ensures no one will "fall through" the cracks.
In Germany many people, including myself, are proud of providing health care for everyone this way. Unemployed people receive money for an apartment and around 350 Euro per months, which is about $450. Many of them try hard to find a job but can't because there are no available positions. Others are physically and mentally sick and unable to work. We don't want people to end up on the streets or die just because of an inability to make money.
In the U.S., individual states pay unemployment benefits for 26 weeks. After that time passes, the federal government can take responsibility for up to 47 weeks depending on the number of unemployed people in the country. In Germany, the monthly payments for unemployed people don't have an expiration date.
In America you can start a career here more easily because of less bureaucratic restrictions, lower taxes and more possibilities. Many Germans start businesses here for these reasons. However, you can also fall all the way down if you fail. In Germany, the social security net would catch you.
I have talked to many Americans who would not be willing to share their money with others who don't work. These are two different cultures and ways of thinking regarding social welfare. One taxi driver I talked to said, "It is my money I worked for. If others want that, too, they have to get up and earn it themselves. Everybody can make a living."
I totally understood where he is coming from with this, but his thoughts sound unfair. It is not so easy to find a job and make a decent living nowadays. It is not so easy paying for doctors' fees when you simply can't afford health insurance. Not everybody, in America or Germany, has the same possibilities. The idea of the "American dream," from a dishwasher to a millionaire, can only be attained by some individuals and not a whole society. Many Americans probably don't agree with me on that, but it is my European perspective.
I would rather have a mediocre income instead of a high income and see 50 sick and/or unemployed people in apartments with health insurance paid by my tax money. If others agreed with me, the gap between poor and rich people, which is wide open in the U.S., would close a little, and money would be more fairly spread throughout society. I don't see what's wrong about that?
Alina Braun is an intern at WTOP this fall. She is studying journalism and foreign policy at American University for two semesters. In Germany, she is obtaining her master's degree and studying, in which she is majoring in linguistics and minoring in psychology. She works as a freelance journalist for the German public radio station SWR.
Divulging details on celebrities
Christine Amdam, special to wtop.com
I'm standing in the line at a grocery store, and the front pages of the magazines and newspapers catch my attention. Pictures of celebrities on the beach, walking their dog or shopping dominate the pages. This is not far from what I see when I look at the gossip magazines in Norway, but there are differences. You will, for example, never see a front page with manipulated images of a top leader posed with models around him like the New York Post did for its cover story about Gen. David Petraeus the weekend the story broke.


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Childbirth Preparation Weekend Class
Starts Saturday, Nov. 15
Childbirth preparation in two 6-hour classes, includes a hospital tour.
Sunday, Nov. 16, 9 am to 3 pm
Presented by Sharp Mary Birch Hospital
For the busy couple, this childbirth preparation course takes place over one weekend (Saturday and Sunday). A hospital tour is included during the first class.
Topics covered in this course include:
- How your body prepares for birth and delivery
- Hospital procedures
- Medication choices
- Cesarean delivery
- Relaxation and breathing techniques
- Postpartum
- Infant feeding
- Newborn characteristics and procedures
This class is also available in Spanish. Go to Curso de Preparación para el Parto en 2 Días for dates and times.
This class is free for Sharp Health Plan Insurance members and offered at a discount for Sharp HealthCare employees. Please call 1-800-82-SHARP to register.
Parking Information: Visitors may park on the street in front of the Knollwood Building or directly across the street in the parking lot labeled "Sharp Cardiac/Pulmonary Patient Permit Parking Only".
Cancellation Policy
If you need to cancel your registration for this event, please call 1-800-82-SHARP (1-800-827-4277) Monday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm, or login to your account to cancel online.
For Couple: A fee of $10 will be deducted from the amount paid if you cancel your registration less than 3 days before the event.
Special Instructions
Out of consideration for others, please refrain from attending the class if you are sick or think you might be contagious.
Presenter Information
Classes sponsored by Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns are taught by certified perinatal educators.
What to Bring
Bring two pillows and a blanket to both classes, as well as snacks or lunch. Ample breaks will be given.
Course Recommendations
We recommend completing the course three to four weeks prior to your due date.
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Childbirth Preparation Weekend Class
If you have questions about an event or anything else, our consumer information specialists are here to help you. Specialists are available Monday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm to take your call. Call 1-800-82-SHARP (1-800-827-4277).
We have received your request. A consumer information specialist will contact you within one business day.