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I have a 3 month old daughter and a tv. Dh and I are trying to figure out how much or how little we should let her watch as she gets older. I didn't watch much tv growing up, but I do now and I enjoy it. We typically watch primetime shows and I'll have it on sometimes in the afternoons while I am doing other things.
We know we will not use the tv as a babysitter and we will actively encourage exploration and play indoors and outdoors, so what harm could tv do? On the other hand, maybe it is better to not let her watch any at all?
What are your opinions about television?
I am against 22mo DS watching TV but not against adult shows occasionally being on in the background -- and by that I mean, if necessary due to DS going to bed late etc., the adults in our house may watch an hour or so of TV in the evening while DS plays. Nothing violent etc. -- mostly cooking/DIY type shows if we can get them to come in (we don't have cable). I do feel by it sometimes being on in the background, it prevents the TV from becoming this great big exciting mystery -- so when we are visiting others, he pays no attention to their TV either. In a perfect world, though, (one where DS went to bed before midnight!) my family would be entirely TV-free!! I also know there are studies that have shown TV in the background to interfere with children's play, so we really really do try to minimize even that as much as possible.
I don't feel it's appropriate for my DS to watch shows because I feel that he needs to spend his time doing other things like running and playing etc. that are essential to his development. I also hear of lots of TV-related tantrums -- i.e. you let them watch one show a day or something & then they start asking for it constantly, all day long -- and I'd rather just avoid that altogether. I also don't feel that kid's programming content is appropriate for my DS -- too much violence, moral lessons I don't agree with, mass marketing to kids, etc. Plus I hate that glazed-over zombie look most kids get when sitting in front of the TV. It just doesn't seem healthy to me.
I take things day by day & reserve the right to change my mind at any time. :) I suppose there could be some situation in the future that might lead me to re-evaluate our decisions, but for now & the foreseeable future, he will not watch TV,
Television is an entertainment device and an information resource. It all depends on how you use it. For our family, it's been fine because we have developed a thoughtful attitude to watching it. We aren't a household that has the television turned on in the background all day long. I admit there is sometimes a little mindless viewing that may go on when we are relaxing at the end of a busy day.
As far as the entertainment value of t.v., I think storytelling in film in an art form, just like storytelling in writing. We enjoy watching and critiquing shows and movies on t.v. My kids are both teens with a passion for the arts. They both have an interest in film and DS has lately been talking about studying media arts in university. He's taken a film course in high school, and has probably learned as much in that class as he has in his English literature classes. Not only has he learned about basic literary techniques (plot, character, metaphors, allegories etc.), he's also studied use of cinematography (camera angles, special effects etc.) and musical scores to contribute, support and extend the story.
In a similar fashion, my kids have become very critical observers of advertising techniques. They don't mindlessly absorb television commercials. They often have fun re-creating absurd versions of the advertising they see. I think that allowing them to watch commercials and encouraging them to de-construct and analyze them has reduced the power of advertising in general in their lives.
There is a lot of mediocre storytelling available. Although I encourage my kids to limit their viewing, I don't insist on a rigid ban on this kind of television. I consider it a little like reading mediocre books. There are a lot of bad kids' books out there. But I don't expect my kids to read Greek tragedies and Shakespeare all the time, likewise, I don't expect them to watch only highbrow art films, although they often do.
They also watch a lot of informational/educational television. DD's favourite channels are Animal Planet and Discovery. We also like to watch international shows and films, because we find it's fun to learn about different lifestyles that way, rather than in a dry documentary travelogue style show.
At age 3 months, it's easy to restrict television now. At this age, I don't think television has anything to offer to her, so I wouldn't sit her in front of it for her own viewing pleasure. As she gets older and starts visiting friends in their homes, it will be harder to control. I think it's a good idea to develop a mindful approach and decide how much and what kind of television you are comfortable with. When it is time for her to make her own decisions about her television viewing habits, you will have helped her develop useful tools and a good attitude about it.
I only use television as a babysitter. I don't think that it has any educational merit until a child is at least 3, and just serves to keep them entranced and to sell them things. That said, sometimes I need them entranced! I have 3 kids all close together, and sometimes I need to keep the older 2 quiet and happy while I tend to the baby (and when #2 was born I also used television as a babysitter for #1).
I've read a lot about the impact of media and television on children, and most of the adverse affects you hear about are unlikely to make much of an impact when television is only used in moderation (ie not on as background noise all day) and when parents play with and talk to their toddlers. I don't think that television is harmful for kids, but I do think that usually kids have something better they could be doing. I also think that it's very stimulating, and inappropriate as downtime. I'm also very concerned about marketing to children and my kids NEVER watch any children's television aimed at their ages. Sometimes we watch PBS in the late afternoon because I love Ruff Ruffman :)
So my vote is for TV as babysitter. We don't have a set TV mission statement, except that less is more. We'll go months without turning on the television, and then have a week where everyone's sick, the weather's bad, I'm 9 months pregnant and too exhausted to move, the newborn and the two toddlers hit their fussy periods at the exact same moment and I need to tend to the newborn and keep the older two from literally killing eachother ("We do NOT sit on eachother's heads!" is one of those things you don't expect to be saying). And then the TV is on 6 hours a day for a week running.
We try to limit the amount the kids watch. It has gotten a little more difficult now that my older ds is old enough to turn it on. Although having it in a cabinet with the doors shut helps to keep ds from thinking about t.v. Now that ds1 is at school during the days I'm able to limit it more for ds2, who seems more entranced by it then ds1 was as a baby. Although I will admit to using it as a babysitter for ds2 (13 months) during the day for 30-45 min because I keep other children for childcare and I need him occupied while I put them down for naps. ( He has become pretty clingy lately and will cry when he sees me take the baby upstairs and two crying babies will not allow either of them to fall asleep.
I think it was easier to limit tv with my first. The hardest part of limiting it for ds1 as a baby was for myself. I had a hard time being home initially and struggled with the isolation and a little PPD and used the t.v as background noise for part of the day, usually PBS shows in the morning. Fortunately ds wasn't too interested in tv at that point.
Now we typically only watch PBS or videos like Wiggles, Thomas Train, etc. I'm not a fan of most Disney movies or commercial content of other tv. But fortunately our reception only brings in PBS anyway.
I love tv, in moderation. And I think it's really dependent on your kids and your family...but for us, tv isn't an issue. DD might watch 2 hours per day, which is Superwhy and Dinosaur train in the morning (that's pretty routine) and then I let her watch again around 5 while I'm getting dinner ready (that is about 50/50 because sometimes she helps me or is busy playing something else). Sometimes we all just need to "veg" a bit and tv is great for that. We're an active family, we do a lot of things, so I don't mind if she watches a few shows here and there.
Some kids seem addicted to it. Some parents rely on tv really heavily. Sometimes kids are sick or you are sick and you'll find yourself watching too much! I just try to stay aware of how much we're all watching.
I'm an "all things in moderation" kind of person for TV as well. I tried very hard not to have TV for kids under 2. We didn't quite succeed with dd, as her older brother was watching and by the time she was 18 months, it was hard to keep her away. But he only watched 30 minutes or so a day.
I have two TV recommendations. The first is to NOT have the TV on unless you're actively watching it. Actually put it in another room so that you have to go there to watch it. TV should not be background noise. Kids don't play as creatively with a TV on.
The second is to get a DVR if you can afford it. The DVR has really changed how we watch TV. We don't have to wait for shows to come on. We don't have to be tied to a specific time. We just watch what we want when we want. It also makes it possible to avoid commercials. My kids don't understand channel surfing because they find the program they want on the DVR, they watch it and then they're done. It really helps us keep a sane limit on TV shows.
We have recently talked about shutting off all of the cable. I'm all for it but DH is balking even though he rarely watches it! The reaction of my oldest daughter, "Does that mean we won't have Animal Planet?? I think I'm going to die!" LOL
My kids do watch some cartoons but they like Animal Planet and the History Channel also. I don't let them watch tween shows like Hannah Montana or iCarly. I think TV can be okay, especially if you are a visual learner (I am, I can read something 5 times and still be confused but see it once and know how to do it.)
I will say that it does irk me when all a kid or adult can talk about is what was on TV the night before!
MY son is too young for TV (he's 11 months), and we don't even have a TV right now. But after age 2, we probably will limit what he can watch to less than an hour a day. And we would probably time when he can watch for optimum effect for mommy and daddy (some focused time to accomplish things like writing) and we will def. monoitor what he watches too. It needs to have some redemming value and not be riddled with violence, even cartoon violence.
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We got rid of cable when DD was born, but we've recently got a Netflix subscription and their streaming service has been invaluable and a good replacement for a DVR. They have lots of fun little movies and shows that my kids really enjoy.
Two concerns about TV: if it's on in the background while you're talking to a baby, it can be difficult for them to distinguish the sounds you're making. For language development, it is better to turn it off when you're interacting with the baby.
The other thing is that kids can learn to "check out" by watching TV when they're upset. It numbs you by providing escape, so it's just good to be aware of your patterns of when and why you're turning the TV on. If a parent puts the TV on when a child is upset, they learn to turn to something outside themselves to calm down, instead of learning to handle their own emotions.
I grew up with pretty severe TV limitations. I was allowed to watch one show a week. It is funny because I don't "get" a lot of the TV references my friends and hubby make.
We are an avid football family so my son does see a fair amount of football. But, currently at 2 1/2 he pays only scant attention to football. We do not do Disney or cartoons because to me most of them seem to exist only to sell stuff to my kid.
We have broken out some You Tube stuff to allow him to watch butterfly videos (he knows more about them than I do) and I have introduced him to a few Schoolhouse Rock videos.
And like LynnS6 said-a DVR has been awesome. We never watch shows when they are actually on. The only commercials I see now are on Sundays.
Since DH works in the film industry and we're total cinephiles, I expect that our children will grow up with a healthy appreciation for filmmaking as an art form. BUT, conversely, DH's experience working in that industry has made us very, very conscious of the massive marketing schemes that go into motion pictures and TV, especially in children's programming, and how saturated even ostensibly "artistic" films are with subtle and not-so-subtle advertising and propaganda. So we're extremely selective about what we watch and have a huge list of "no way" movies, shows, and franchises that we won't allow our children to see. DH and I do watch films after the little ones are asleep, but staring at a screen simply isn't a family activity for us and we hope to keep it that way until the kids are quite a bit older.
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We love TV, and it's been really fun. I think parental involvement is the key. Kids often have a hard time distinguishing advertisements from programming, so it can be vital to have parents involved there as well as with plots, characters, values in the art, etc. You still have time to feel it out. :)
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I have no problem with television, and I don't actively limit it. It can babysit my kids anytime I need a break. Around here, tv is for resting, and unwinding after school for a while, or in the mornings when they are waking up. If a child is sick at all, I have no issues leaving it on the entire day. Eventually, the computer, video games and cell phones become a bigger problem than the tv.
When I was growing up, we had our morning shows before/after school, or on Saturdays, but the rest of our day was taken up playing outside. We watched the Ray Raynor show before school while we ate our breakfast (and hoped he'd say our school was closed for snow days) We came home and watched Gilligan's island then went to play.
These days though, kids stay inside most of the day. There are always kid's shows on all day. It's almost sad how much tv is available for kids now. It's even sadder that kids don't just automatically go outside to play. We could go outside and stand on a corner, and eventually 20 kids would show up, then we'd decide what to play. (those days are gone forever.. I'm just feeling nostalgic) *I'm in no way suggesting you should send kids to stand on a corner.
Please tell me how you have taught this....and where you might start. Mine are 6 and almost 4, the 6 year old was pretty bad about begging for junk till I started taking away the one show he likes on a "commercial channel"--Spongebob.
In a similar fashion, my kids have become very critical observers of advertising techniques. They don't mindlessly absorb television commercials. They often have fun re-creating absurd versions of the advertising they see. I think that allowing them to watch commercials and encouraging them to de-construct and analyze them has reduced the power of advertising in general in their lives.
lovin DH since 1/04, best mom for my 3 boys 10/04, 11/08, 11/10 one girlie (1/07), one 13 wk (10/13) and 5/15 just your average multigenerational living family!!
I also LOVE my DVR and I'll never again be without one. Even if my mom didn't live here--she's the main reason we keep cable--I would still want and have it. Mainly because I can record shows and watch them after the kids are in bed! (and I admit the 6 yr old is much easier to get to bed when he's seen something is going to be on at/after his bedtime when I can record it!)
I'm an "all things in moderation" kind of person for TV as well. I tried very hard not to have TV for kids under 2. We didn't quite succeed with dd, as her older brother was watching and by the time she was 18 months, it was hard to keep her away. But he only watched 30 minutes or so a day.
I have two TV recommendations. The first is to NOT have the TV on unless you're actively watching it. Actually put it in another room so that you have to go there to watch it. TV should not be background noise. Kids don't play as creatively with a TV on.
The second is to get a DVR if you can afford it. The DVR has really changed how we watch TV. We don't have to wait for shows to come on. We don't have to be tied to a specific time. We just watch what we want when we want. It also makes it possible to avoid commercials. My kids don't understand channel surfing because they find the program they want on the DVR, they watch it and then they're done. It really helps us keep a sane limit on TV shows.
lovin DH since 1/04, best mom for my 3 boys 10/04, 11/08, 11/10 one girlie (1/07), one 13 wk (10/13) and 5/15 just your average multigenerational living family!!
I totally agree, and I have seen much the same with my own kids. I always mentioned the tricks of advertising to them. ie: better lighting over the "good/better" product, talking ridiculously loud to get your attention (my kids called this the "im yelling for no reason so it must be really cool!" trick), and etc. We talked about what products actually do, what they are made of, why people want them (ie, they have real meaning and value in some way or because everyone says it's awesome?), is it worth the price, and etc. The acting alone in some commercials is funny enough to watch and then make fun of. ;)
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Please tell me how you have taught this....and where you might start. Mine are 6 and almost 4, the 6 year old was pretty bad about begging for junk till I started taking away the one show he likes on a "commercial channel"--Spongebob.
In a similar fashion, my kids have become very critical observers of advertising techniques. They don't mindlessly absorb television commercials. They often have fun re-creating absurd versions of the advertising they see. I think that allowing them to watch commercials and encouraging them to de-construct and analyze them has reduced the power of advertising in general in their lives.
I don't have an answer for you, but there's an excellent book called Buy Buy Baby, by Susan Gregory Thomas, that really changed the way I look at... well, just about everything directed at children! It's really eye-opening. I definitely recommend reading it so that YOU understand all the marketing being aimed at you. I consider myself a very savvy, educated consumer and extremely cynical, but this book offered a lot of incredibly fascinating information.
I am opposite to most here. While we didn't actively sit ds in front of the tv as an infant it was often on in the background. Yes, background noise. Until ds was nearly 3.5 he rarely saw comercial adverts as we had on CBC kids, TVO kids, Treehouse and PBS none which aired commercials....when he first saw an ad it was for something he already had and he would get annoyed at the tv because it was telling him to get something he already had. I disagree that a child can't play with as much imagination if thee tv is on all the time....I haven't seen many children with a more active imagination and creative play than ds. I think because it is on often he has become desensitized to it...He never gets that glassy-eyed look stuck in front of it. He has his fave shows but doesn't have to sit and watch all the time. We lso have Netflix that we watch (ds can totally find what he is looking for faster than I can lol)
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This is such a great discussion! I agree with everything in moderation. I find television to be a great media for storytelling and can't really get into movies because they don't have enough time to develop characters as much as I like. I also enjoy watching football and some fun trashy stuff like Real Housewives or Ellen. If we move next summer I might consider canceling cable and getting Netflix on Demand. We watch most of our favorite shows online anyway. This would save a whole lot of money, and might encourage me to be more creative with my downtime.
Right now our 3 month old will stare at the tv if it is on (especially football) but she also stares at the Christmas Tree and at the kitchen light, so I don't think it is a big deal developmentally. When she starts to understand that a tv is different from the kitchen light, then we will reevaluate.
I grew up with very limited TV (we got our first set when I was 8, I watched PBS only, and no more than about 1/2 hour a week, on a black and white set with rabbit ears). I was still only watching Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers in middle school! But, when I went to friends' houses, the TV would mesmerize me. I couldn't get enough. And as a young teen, my mom would take the knobs of the TV with her and leave me and my siblings home alone. We figured out how to use plyers to turn the set on! Anyway, when DH and I had kids, we decided to allow some TV ~ Thomas videos for DS for example. But then it got out of control! The first words out of DD's mouth every morning were, "Can I watch a little TV?" And then she couldn't stop and threw a fit when it came time to turn it off. I've gone through LONG phases of being totally TV free, other phases of allowing some limited TV, and brief times where it's on all the time (when we're all sick with the stomach flu, for example). Limited, with specified times and shows, seems to work best for my children (ages 4, 6, and 9).
Right, same here. I sometimes crave silence, but more often than not I've preferred to have the TV on for "company" and something to listen to. My kids never really seemed to auto veg in front of it. They had many "fave" shows, but they never got stuck. My son, now grown, particularly loves TV and all things media. It's been really great and informative for him, and in addition to all the reading he's done, I think it's helped him be a terrific writer.
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There is actually A LOT of research out there about how TV as background noise is very detrimental to children's language skills and particularly to play. The book "Into the Mind of Babes" (which is not at all anti-TV) covers it very well if you're interested. I'm not in any way anti television, but the research on the detrimental effects of television as all-day background noise is very, very clear.
We don't really watch tv. We have cable, but until recently, we never used it. DH has started letting the kids watch a few Saturday morning cartoons recently. Otherwise, we mostly just watch DVDs, and how many we watch varies wildly. Before we lost Aaron, we probably only watched 1-2 DVDs (full length movies) a week. During the six months or so after he died, it was probably more like 2-3 per day (that really hurts to type). I'm not sure how many we watch now, but it's more than 1-2 a week, and less than 2-3 per day. The kids watch a bit more when I'm really busy or sick, as a general rule. I do resort to using it as a babysitter more than I ever expected to, as a way of coping with ds2.
The main reason we don't watch tv is that dh and I really don't like it. DH was pretty much tv-free in his apartment when I met him. I had just left a marriage to a man who kept the tv on 24/7 for "background noise", which drove me absolutely insane, as I need peace and quiet as much as I need food and water. Once I'd kicked him out, the tv held very little appeal for me, and I cut back on it more and more. So...we still watch more movies than I would in my ideal world, but we're not at the "OMG - what am I doing??" level we hit in the weeks and months following Aaron's death. I have to admit that, as bad as I felt about parking them in front of so many movies back then, the tv and DVD/VHS players were a lifesaver. I really wasn't very functional.
Lisa, lucky mama of Kelly (3/93) , Emma (5/03) , Evan (7/05) , & Jenna (6/09)
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We don't have TV, but we have netflix and a projector.
I also only use shows as a babysitter, except for the occasional weekend night when we will all sit and watch a Miyazaki fils together. My son never watched shows before 2 mainly because we don't watch stuff while he is awake, and he showed no interest in 'kids' shows before 2.
Honestly netflix saved my life for the first 20 weeks of my pregnancy. I was so sick and fatigued, that often I would spend 3 hours laying on the couch in the mornings while DS watched Diego or Caillou on netflix.
Now we watch about a show a day and it works out nicely for us both to have downtime. I spend every moment of every day with my son and I refuse to feel guilty about putting Kipper on for 45 minutes. I love that netflix doesn't have commercials, as I am not comfortable with commercials.
Julia, mama to Bumpa 2008, and The Mole 2011
Question for those with Netflix: Do they have current tv shows on, or is it only shows that have come out on dvd?
I absolutely believe in moderation as well. I do not see TV as inherently evil, but I have had negative experiences with it and do not wish to pass them along to my kids.
I am different from some of the posters as I was constantly put in front of the TV when I was growing up. I watched TV ALL DAY LONG for as long as I can remember. My parents put a TV set in my room when I was around 4 or 5 years old and I spent most of my childhood parked right in front of it. I was an only child to older parents who mostly felt bothered by having a youngster around and even back then I kind of knew that.
Now, I really don't watch TV. Sometimes I will turn on a football or baseball game, sometimes I will watch the Antiques Roadshow, but I have little to no interest in any other shows. Our TV is not anywhere near our main living space and is kept in a cabinet. We do not have cable or Netflix and most likely would never spend the money on something like that (way too cheap!!). Soooooo... because of this, DS and DD do not watch TV. They have 2 videos that they watch every so often - one is a Little Pim spanish language show and the other is not a cartoon but actual people operating heavy machines and showing how buildings are built and roads are made. This seems to satisfy their need for media entertainment and gives me time to myself if I need it. Oh, sometimes we watch some cute animals on You Tube, too. I am not opposed to buying them some more videos or letting them watch something if they find interest in it, but I would not encourage it and I will strictly limit the time they spend in front of the television.
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It is mostly last season and before, either streaming or on dvd. Hulu is free and has many current shows 5 episodes at a time plus archives. Netflix has movies as well as tv so it is really a nice resource.
We don't have a tv and I have no plans of getting one. I don't like a lot of the content on tv and I don't want it in my home. We do use netflix for one movie on Saturday and Sunday and I monitor the type of content that comes in with the movies. We also rent movies and watch netflix when dd is sick because I don't mind dd watching a lot when she is ill. I used to sit and watch with dd when she was younger and I limited to only times when she was sick or during finals week when I was in school. My dd is 8 now and I am a little more relaxed about it, and also more burnt out and in need of a break sometimes during the weekends. I let her watch movies on weekends mostly so I can have some me time and sometimes so we can connect while doing something mindless and fun.
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July 17th 2011
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Quite the adventure we had today, definitely our most interesting day so far.
We started out in Edmundston this morning, and had a nice large breakfast at a diner across the street from our motel: eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes - our biggest breakfast so far. We had already planned to eat there last night, but it's a good thing we did, because nothing else in Edmundston was open this morning.
The morning was cloudy and grey, though the weather report said there was only a 20 percent chance of rain there today. We took a few minutes to decide what gear to wear for extra warmth (jacket? sleeves? both? neither?). After getting sorted out, we got moving, and found some of our old rhythm again. The roads were mostly well paved, and mostly flat. We took the road following the river and old train tracks (and the US border) out of town instead of the highway, and it was definitely the right decision. There were still some hills, definitely more than Ontario and the first stretch of Quebec, but nothing like the bad days at the end of Quebec.
We didn't take a single break for the first
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Notice the green swirly symbol. This is the sign of the route we've been taking all through New Brunswick - the River Valley Route
30 km, and nothing more than a quick snack or washroom break for almost the first 50. This was not entirely by choice - we tried to find somewhere to stop in a few towns that we passed through, but everywhere we went seemed to be a ghost town. It turns out that in rural New Brunswick everything is closed on Sundays. This led us to more side-of-the-highway washroom breaks than usual, but we're equipped for that when necessary. That said, the bugs at said stops kept us from ever staying long. There's nothing like emptiness and bugs to keep you on your bike all morning. Because of our big breakfast, and because we did stop for some protein rich snacks (mmm more peanut butter!) when we needed to, we were able and ultimately happy to go for as long as we did with as few stops as we had.
About 50 km in to our trip we hit the biggest city of the day - Grand Falls. This was about the only place anything was open. We stopped for a long break at a grocery store where we bought food for lunch, as well as for the rest
Eric on the Dirt Mound
This is where we crossed over the collapsed road
of the day and tomorrow, once again preparing for camping tonight - we had a campgrounds in mind in Perth-Andover that seemed perfect for us. Then we ate our sandwiches, and headed on.
We took a few risks after lunch - we decided to follow a route along "Old River Road", even though it wasn't suggested to us by Google maps. We looked at it on the map, and it seemed to work well, as well as follow the river - a great trick for avoiding too many hills. There was a long steep downhill at the beginning and then mostly flat. In a few places we thought it was hillier than we would like, but at some of those points we found random New Brunswick trails, and decided to take them wherever they would lead us without knowing exactly where we were going. We had such success with the Trans-Canada Trail yesterday that we figured this would be worth it. They always ended up getting us back on our path, which worked out well, but the path surface was not nearly as nice as yesterday, and quite difficult for out road-tires to handle at some points, so eventually
Therese on the Mound
Its hard to tell from the picture, but the burst pipe is a good 50 m down
we stopped taking the paths, and just stuck to the roads.
We also took a risk on a closed road. A local who was coming by told us that the road was closed because of a big hole in the middle in one spot, but that we could easily go around it, so we should stick to that road, and not take the hilly detour. This risk also paid off, as he was right about us being able to get around the problem. We wouldn't call the problem a "hole" though, the road had basically collapsed in on itself, and there was only a little path with a sand build up to get over. That said, we made it with no trouble.
Also, our dry spell ended today, and we got rained on. It had to happen eventually. As rains go, it still wasn't too bad - not cold, not too heavy, but still plenty of rain to get us good and wet. The rain was nice enough to wait until just after we passed the collapsed road before starting. Had it been raining before we wouldn't have tried to pass that way, so this worked out great.
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Perth is on the West of the river, Andover the East - our motel was in Perth
The rain went on for about a half hour, and then stopped, and the sun came out nice and bright, beating down on us really harshly.
At the end of the river road, we had a really long and painful uphill, one that we basically knew was coming after the downhill at the start, and we ended up having to walk our bikes again for the steepest part, an unpleasant walk in the boiling sun. Once that was over though, things were looking good, and we only had about 15 km left to the camp site. On our way into Perth-Andover we were looking hard for a washroom, but nothing was open. It seemed here as well that everything was closed on Sundays. Finally we found a dairy bar (also a chip truck mixed in) that was open, used the washroom, and stopped for a nice cold slushie - this was heaven in the boiling sun.
We continued on, planning to pick up some dinner at a restaurant about 3 km from the camp site, and bring it in with us, but that too was closed. This was not a catastrophe, we had enough food to eat for
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dinner, but it's always nicer to end a long day with a warm meal than to end it with more sandwiches. We continued on, but about 3 minutes away from the finish line, disaster struck. A thunderstorm rolled in from out of nowhere, and threatened our stop. We considered pushing on, figuring that if we just got the tent set up before the rain started that things would be fine, but worried that if it started while we were still setting up that things would be awful. On closer look, we didn't think we had enough time. We saw some people sitting in an open garage, pedaled over and asked to join them. They happily let us in, offered us chairs, gave us fireball whisky, and were quite friendly. We got inside just in time, and then the rain really started coming down. We hung out with them for about a half an hour until the storm passed. We were considering pushing on to the campgrounds anyway as the storm seemed to have completely stopped, but we were still a little worried about it because our tent has metal rods, and also the ground at the site was probably soaking wet. We decided to head backwards to one of the two motels in town - but it was about 5 km back at the dairy bar.
One of the friendly people from the garage insisted on giving us a lift, so we put out bikes in the back of his pick up, and got a ride back to the dairy bar, ate dinner, headed to the motel, and checked in. Too bad that camping will have to wait one more night, but for tonight we have a nice warm, spacious room, and internet.
Today was a pretty fun, adventuresome day. We're not sure if we hope tomorrow is more of the same, or more relaxed. I guess we'll find out then...
Departure time: 7:45 am
Arrival time: 7:30 pm (but this is after the garage, and dinner - usually we check in before dinner)
Total distance travelled: 111.2 km
Total time on bike: 5h 58m
Average speed: 18.7 km/h (still under 20, but with more walking, and more gravel, and sometimes sandy roads. We're happy with today regardless)
Trip Distance: 1272.3 km
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Grand Falls!
Hahaha...yes Grand Falls the biggest town of the day...this is my hometown woohoo! Great little city of about 6000 people! Congratulation on your trip so far!!
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oh...and good thing you were not there earlier in the week , they got hail, some as big as golf balls!!! ( I swear! You can look up local news on the internet about it!)
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I'm enjoying your adventure. Glad that you are safe and meeting "good" folks along the way. Thanks for the photos too. Keep well. Ciao
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Day 14
Those road signs are awesome! Thanks for taking a couple of pictures next to them! By the sound of it, you could have used mountain bikes today. Mother nature threw everything she had at your today, less a hurricane (knock on wood). Hopefully you don't encounter too many more thunderstorms and/or towns in which everything is closed.
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As the White House appeared to be nearing imminent military action against Syria, Kerry was among those pressing for the most aggressive response. Even before being tapped to lead the State Department, the former Massachusetts senator had been pushing for stronger action against Syria. He has advocated sending more and better assistance to the opposition and has backed robust, though limited, military action to punish the regime and force Assad to change his calculation for continuing the conflict that has left more than 100,000 people dead.
People close to Kerry say he was emotionally affected by the images coming out of Syria following the chemical weapons attack, particularly those of dead and injured children. He channeled that emotion into two powerful speeches, including one on Friday that appeared to be a prelude to a military strike.
"History would judge us all extraordinarily harshly if we turned a blind eye to a dictator's wanton use of weapons of mass destruction against all warnings," said Kerry, reflecting what aides said was his strong belief that action was a moral imperative.
Kerry made similar arguments during his turn on the Sunday talk shows, but emphasized that he supported the president's decision to seek congressional approval.
Hagel, the former Republican senator now running the Pentagon, spent most of the Syria debate weighing in from Asia, where he was on a nine-day trip. While he declared during the trip that the military was "ready to go" if Obama gave the orders to strike Syria, he also appeared to be focused on the risks of acting without international backing. And like others in the Pentagon, including Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, he seemed to be considering the unknowable next steps after a limited military strike, particularly if it roiled adversaries elsewhere in the Middle East.
Rice and Power kept the lowest profiles of the new foreign policy team during the Syria debate, both choosing to make their only public comments on Twitter. But their 140-character statements backed up their reputations as supporters of intervention for humanitarian purposes.
Rice, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations before moving to the White House earlier this year, wrote that those responsible for the chemical weapons attack "will be held accountable." And Power, who now holds the U.N. post, wrote of the "haunting images of entire families dead in their beds" following the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack.
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The title of this post is the song title of another provocatively-titled entity (or problematically-titled entity, depending on whom you ask), 3 Leg Torso, a band I saw perform tonight. I've never been good at describing genres, but I'll call it a mashup of Klezmer/Chamber/Gypsy/Circus/Carnival/(see, this is why I don't write music reviews). The point is, it was one of the best shows I've seen in years. My mouth hurt afterwards because I had a perpetual smile through almost the whole show. Equally impressive was the opener, Fish Tank Ensemble. Please check them both out.
Earlier in the day, I let my friend Ben convince me to accompany him to a professional basketball game between the Portland Trailblazers and the San Antonio Spurs.
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Well, it's going to be. At long last, we're thrilled to announce that our very own podcast is in the works. Look for more details soon, but for now I want to give a quick shout out to podcaster extraordinaire Julie Sabatier, creator of DIY, Portland, who's graciously agreed to serve as our podcast producer. She and I met over pizza and beer (guess that seems to be a recurring theme lately) and hammered out a sketch of our first podcast: excerpts from the new Wired issue, some highlights from our upcoming pop culture debate club, and voices from folks about technology and feminism.
The Shondes are a Brooklyn-based band that remind me a bit of Sleater-Kinney with their strong female vocals and pro-lady rock n' roll attitude; but there's a twist. The band throws in violin and ethnic melodies, for an unusual punk-melodic-traditional combo that doesn't sound like anything else right now. More often than not, they are powerful and driving, though sometimes a bit too
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Pathways General Education Requirements
CUNY PathwaysGeneral Education Requirements consist of a Common Core for all CUNY students and the College Option (students in bachelor's degree programs)
Common Core
Required Core (12 credits):
English Composition (6 credits): 125, 126
Composition I and Composition II (English 125 and English 126) must be completed within a student's first three semesters (full time) or 45 credits (part time) at York. This requirement applies to transfer students who do not enter York with Composition I and II course equivalencies.
Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning (3 credits): 111, 115, 119, 120, 121, 150, 184, 190
Choose one under advisement according to major program of study; certain programs may require additional coursework in Mathematics and Quantitative reasoning as part of the major requirements.
Life and Physical Sciences (3 credits): Astronomy 141; Biology 140, 201, Chemistry 106, 107; Geology 140; Physics 140, 113 & 117
Chosen under advisement according to major program of study.
Flexible Core (18 credits)
To meet the requirements of the Flexible Core, students must take at least one course from each of the five areas and no more than two courses in any discipline or interdisciplinary field.
World Cultures and Global Issues: Anthropology 101; English 200; History 100, 108, 113; Humanities 350; Political Science 202, 241; World Literature 201, 205, 207, 210, 211, 212
U.S. Experience in its Diversity: Anthropology 246; History 201, 202, 204; Humanities 250, 253; Political Science 103; Sociology 235, 289
Creative Expression: English 286; Fine Arts 104; Humanities 221, 224, 260; Music 101, 250, 253, 270; Speech 160; Theater Arts 110, 210
Individual and Society: Anthropology 205, 211; Cultural Diversity 100; Economics 102; Humanities 209, 304; Philosophy 103; Political Science 267, 268; Sociology 101
Scientific World: Anthropology 152; Astronomy 101, 102; Biology 110, 120, 130, 202, 234 and 235; Chemistry 108, 109; Geology 110, 115, 120, 121; Physics 114 & 116, HPEH 110; HPGC 102; Humanities 202; Philosophy 102; Psychology 102
College Option
In addition to the 30-credit Common Core, students in bachelor's degree programs also must fulfill a College Option requirement specified by their college. The number of College Option credits is 6 to 12, depending on whether a student transferred into the college and, if so, how many credits he or she had at the time of transfer.
12 Credits (for native students and those entering York with fewer than 30 credits)
- Foreign Language 0-6 credits, as per department placement.
- Health Education 111 (3 credits)
- Any WI course at the 200 level or higher (3 credits) or Writing 301, 302, 303 or 304 for the English Major (3 credits)
(Chosen under advisement according to major program of study.)
9 Credits (for students who enter York with more than 30 credits, but without an Associate's degree)
- Foreign Language 0-6 credits, as per department placement
- One (1) WI course at the 200 level or higher (3 credits) OR WRIT 301, 302, 303 or 304 for the English Major
(Chosen under advisement according to major program of study.)
6 Credits (for student who enter York with an Associate's degree - AA or AS)
- Two writing intensive courses (These may include WI courses at the 200 level or higher and WRIT 301, 302, 303 or 304 for the English Major)
(Chosen under advisement according to major program of study.)
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|CUNY Associate --> CUNY Bachelor's Students who transfer from a CUNY associate to a CUNY bachelor's degree program
|Earned Associate Degree
6 College Option credits required Earned More than 30 Credits
9 College Option credits required Earned 30 or Fewer Credits
12 College Option credits required
Non-CUNY Associate --> CUNY Bachelor's Students transferring to CUNY from non-CUNY colleges
|Earned Associate Degree
6 College Option credits required Earned More than 30 Credits
9 College Option credits required Earned 30 or Fewer Credits
12 College Option credits requiredA transfer student's CUNY college will decide whether any courses taken at the original college fulfill the College Option requirements.
CUNY Bachelor's Students pursuing a bachelor's degree at one CUNY college (without transferring)
|12 College Option credits required
(specified by their college).
|CUNY Bachelor's --> CUNY Bachelor's Students who transfer between CUNY bachelor's degree programs
|12 College Option credits are required; HOWEVER, students can transfer the College Option credits they earn in a bachelor's degree program at one CUNY college toward their College Option requirement at any other CUNY college.
|Non-CUNY Bachelor's --> CUNY Bachelor's Students transferring to CUNY from non-CUNY colleges
|12 College Option credits required. A transfer student's CUNY college will decide whether courses taken at the original college fulfill any of the College Option requirements.
|Second Bachelor's Degree Students Students with earned bachelor's degrees from institutions that are accredited and recognized by a regional accrediting U.S. agency, as well as students from international universities with degrees that are equivalent to a baccalaureate degree as determined by CUNY
|No College Option credits required; these students are deemed to have automatically fulfilled the College Option.
York College Writing Intensive Course Requirements
Students who start at York or who transfer with fewer than 45 liberal arts and science credits are required to take three Writing Intensive (WI) courses: two in the lower division (100-200 level) and one in the upperdivision. Transfer students should consult with an advisor about their WI requirements.
The Writing requirement in the College Option will be an overlay. Students must complete 2 or 1 additional W designated course based upon their matriculation status or a Writing 300 course. Any course with a W attribute can be used to fulfill this requirement, including courses taken from the Core, courses fulfilling requirements for a major or a minor or certificate, or elective courses. When Writing 300 is required for a major or minor certificate it can be used to fulfill the College Option requirement as an overlay. This requirement must be fulfilled by a W or Writing 300 course taken at York College.


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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Keisha Hampton would not allow DePaul to become the second straight ranked team to lose to Northwestern.
Hampton scored 20 of her career-high 32 points in the second half to break open a close game, and DePaul (No. 20 ESPN/USA Today, No. 23 AP) beat Northwestern 88-72 on Sunday in the Third Annual Autism Awareness game.
"I didn't even know it was a career high," Hampton said. "I'm not too worried about a career high. It was a great win for our team."
"She's a big-time player. A unanimous All-Big East player," DePaul coach Doug Bruno said. "I think she showed why today. Hits some great shots. Big shots down the stretch in the second half."
Anna Martin added 21 for DePaul, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range. Freshman Brittany Hrynko also made 4 of 6 from beyond the arc and finished with 14 points. Jasmine Penny had 11 points.
"Big time conference. It's the Big Ten and it's a road game," Bruno said about Northwestern, which defeated LSU (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today, No. 20 AP) 44-43 on Nov. 22.
Dannielle Diamant scored 19 points, 15 in the first half for Northwestern, making all seven of her free throws. Morgan Jones had 17 and Brittany Orban 16 for the Wildcats.
DePaul made 18 of 19 free throws, while Northwestern was 22 for 24.
Northwestern (4-1) rallied from an eight point deficit to it at 62 with 8:30 left on two free throws by Karly Roser. DePaul (5-1) then went on an 8-2 run, as Hampton capped the surge with a 3-pointer.
"Keisha knocked down a couple that were very, very important," Bruno said.
Northwestern (4-1) battled back to get to within 74-70 with 3:34 remaining on two free throws by Danielle Diamant, but the Blue Demons' Jasmine Penny scored five and Hampton had four as DePaul expanded its lead to 83-70.
"It was a tough basketball game. A lot tougher than the score indicates," Bruno said.
Hampton finished the game 9 for 23 from the field, including two 3-pointers. Hampton was 12-12 from the free throw line with five rebounds and three assists. Martin added four assists.
Both teams got off to slow starts, with DePaul making only two of its first nine shots from the field, while Northwestern committed four turnovers. Northwestern had its biggest lead of the game at 13-9, when Diamant converted a three-point play followed by a 3-pointer.
DePaul turned things around finishing 7 of 13 for 3-pointers in the first half, as the Blue Demons built a 41-37 lead at the intermission.
DePaul was 12 for 25 from 3-point range, while Northwestern was just 4 for 17.
"We're a good shooting basketball team and Northwestern is a good defensive team," Bruno said.
The Wildcats entered the game allowing 55.5 points per game.


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Since you come from my boat's homeland I have to wonder if you are looking at a couple Nauticats. Since my NC 331 is so drastically different from my last 2 boats which were Catalina Sloops and all the previous ones also I can't really give you an A - B comparison. I do like the extra options the 3rd sail gives me though. If it's an extra breezy day ..... or it's going to be later.... which is usually the case on Narragansett Bay I won't even bother with the Main since the furling genoa is easy to deal with and the small mizzen to balance things off is also easy to deal with. I even shrunk my Mizzen a bit to add the Bimini so there really isn't much driving power there....... BUT... way back there it acts like a 2nd rudder so it does accomplish the balancing act fairly well if it's driving at all.
As for your question about 'doing it again' I'd say (after hitting the lottery) and I was moving up to the 38-42 Nauticat range I would move away from the "Traditional Motor Sailors" (like mine) and go with the "Pilothouse Sailboat" Nauticat line most being SS designed and Much Better Sailers. And if I had option (of course I'd have the option since I just hit the lottery
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Natalie McArthur, 44, left the female Yorkshire terrier, Crystal, who belonged to her father, and three other dogs in the closed vehicle as temperatures hit 25C.
Stirling Sheriff Court heard that the car was parked at the Burghmuir Retail Park in Stirling, and the dogs were trapped in the deadly heat for more than a hour on July 18 last year.
Crystal became so hot her body temperature registered 42.7C and she contracted hyperthermia.
McArthur, of Calton Crescent, Stirling, pleaded guilty to one charge of causing unnecessary suffering to animals. Her not guilty plea to a second charge of leaving three more dogs locked in a car the next day, outside a veterinary practice in Glasgow Road, Stirling, was accepted by the prosecution. Her daughter, Caitlin McArthur, 19, was also charged with causing unnecessary suffering to animals by leaving the four dogs, including Crystal, in the car on July 18, but her not guilty plea was accepted.
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Unknown woman, formerly known as Mary, Queen of Scots
1 portrait
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Unknown woman, formerly known as Mary, Queen of Scots
after Unknown artist
aquatint and etching, 19th century
15 in. x 11 5/8 in. (382 mm x 296 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
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- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Reigned 1542-67. Sitter associated with 146 portraits.
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- Unknown artist. Artist associated with 6286 portraits.
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The search for authentic portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots continued well into the nineteenth century, stimulated by the continuing interest in her as a romantic heroine as well as an important historical figure. The painting that is reproduced in this print was a particularly attractive candidate, as the sitter corresponded much better with Victorian ideas of what such a heroine should look like than was the case in some of the authentic portraits. However, close examination of the painting subsequently revealed that, although it was fundamentally a genuine sixteenth-century portrait, elements such as the 'MR' initials on her waist chain and the coat of arms on the tree had been added much later to give the false impression that it was Mary.
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lc8 engine sounds like machine gun
so ive had an lc8 engine for a few years and it would click really loud while trying to start it almost like a backfire,and now its doing it alot more than it used to. Sounds like a really loud machine gun or a starter ten times louder than normal. Anybody ever have the same issue or know what is going wrong with this thing? thanks for your input!
Hi, sounds like oil pressure and the cam chain clattering away:eek1. Firstly, are you using (loosing) coolant. The waterpump seal is a common fault and the coolant swells the oil filter and limits oil movement and pressure. The filter becomes wavy. Probably where I would start. Lots more to work though if this looks good:cry.
Not sure your year of bike but there was a service bulliten on a starter clutch issue that would cause the loud noise when starting and could continue if not replaced. Check that out on the 950.info page.
If your truly experiencing back fires then you may have some jets blocked if your bike is carbed.
Correction, it was a starter torque limiter. Here is a link and scroll down the page to read.
I'm just going to add that a person should do some basic observations themselves first. I'd say at a bare minimum is to describe the bike's setup, stock engine, intake & exhaust or otherwise. Also you should pull your spark plugs and take a look at them. There's a big difference between plugs that are wet and oily and ones that are dry and burnt. Have you checked anything yourself, and if so, what? Ever checked your valves or timing chain tension? Does it have oil in it?
The more you list, the better your responses will be.
Good luck.
I'm starting to get a minor case of the clack. Is this a warranty item?
The local dealer said he wasn't sure.
What year is it? It may not be the touque limiter. This is important.
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Chargers stadium search week in review
Finally on Friday the Los Angeles City Council met to discuss the memorandum of understanding city officials drafted earlier this week. Supporters vastly outnumbered opponents at the meeting. One vocal opponent is Quentin Fleming, an adjunct business professor at USC, who questions some of the financial underpinnings of the deal.
Here is a letter that Fleming recently wrote to the mayor and council.
Here is a Tweet from the ESPN.com reporter covering Friday's meeting, @ArashMarkazi: Of the 15 members of city council maybe 3 are on the fence about Farmers Field. The memorandum of understanding should pass within 10 days.
AEG wants a shovel in the ground by next summer, with a team locked in place to play at Farmers Field before then.
Bottom line: The California football stadium situation could be much clearer within a year.
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Webster workers face insurance increase
Webster Parish Police Jury employees may have to dig deeper into their pockets May 1 to stay in the parish-provided medical insurance coverage pool.
The Times reports (http://bit.ly/10C0r0w) the Police Jury appears no longer able to absorb annual increases in group coverage costs. In 2012, the hit totaled $150,000. This year, the 9 percent increase will be almost $95,000 from the Police Jury's insurance carrier, Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
Police Jury Vice President Vera Davison said some of the cost will be passed on to workers.
Individual employees and retirees currently pay $50 a month for their portion of full coverage. An employee who includes a spouse and family pays $100 monthly, Secretary-Treasurer Ronda Carnahan said.
Under a plan under consideration, each employee would see the cost rise to $78 a month, Carnahan said.
The increase could be larger for those covered under a family plan.
"We've always absorbed most of insurance for the family. But we're not going to be able to do that. We will do part of it, but not to the extent we have been doing. We just can't keep doing it anymore," said Davison.
Police jurors can leave the coverage plan as is or make revisions. One suggestion is permitting employees to opt-out of dental and life coverage to cut the cost.
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ClassicsOnline Home » DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / BORODIN: Symphony No. 2
Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 -1887)
Symphony No.2 in B minor
Antonin Dvořák (1841 -1941)
Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)
Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin was born in 1833, the illegitimate son of a
Georgian prince, assuming, according to custom the surname and patronymic of one
of his father's serfs. His mother later married a retired army doctor and he was
brought up at home in cultured and privileged surroundings. Here he was able to
develop his early interests in music, in the course of a general education that
won him entry in 1850 to the Medico-Surgical Academy. His public career was as a
scientist, from 1864 as a professor of chemistry at the Medico-Surgical Academy,
and involved him in teaching and in research. In common with a number of
contemporaries, he was only able to indulge his interest in music in his spare
time, a fact that delayed his progress and left, at his death in 1886, a number
of incompleted projects, to be assembled and finished by his friend
Rimsky-Korsakov, who had resigned his commission in the navy to devote himself
entirely to music, and Rimsky-Korsakov's pupil Alexander Glazunov.
The nineteenth century saw the development of nationalism throughout Europe.
In Russia there was an intellectual reaction to the westernizing tendencies
initiated by Peter the Great a century before, and in all the arts a move
towards the creation of something specifically Russian. In music opinions were
divided between a group of nationalist composers, the so-called Five, led by
Balakirev, who had enjoyed a measure of professional training, and including, in
addition to Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov, the expert on military fortification
Céesar Cui and the alcoholic ex-army officer turned civil servant Mussorgsky.
These nationalist composers gloried in their own relative amateurism, opposing
strongly the establishment of professional conservatories in St. Petersburg and
Moscow by the Rubinstein brothers, whom they regarded as representative of
"German" music. The succeeding generation was able to provide a
synthesis between these two rival movements, joining the professional training
of the conservatories to Russian sources of inspiration.
The Symphony No.2 was started in 1869 and completed seven years later,
the period of its composition coinciding very largely with Borodin's
intermittent attention to work on Prince Igor. The music is thoroughly Russian
in mood and the composer himself suggested in conversation with Stasov that the
first movement represented some gathering of Russian warriors, the slow movement
a Bajan and the last a crowd in festive mood. The opening movement is dominated
by its forceful and ominous first theme. The Scherzo, slightly altered in
its opening on the suggestion of Balakirev, who was always ready with advice,
however inconsistent, shifts a semi-tone higher, as the repeated note C on the
horns serves as the introduction of the new key of F major, much as the G flat
chord that opens the Andante, with its moving horn solo, shifts the
tonality to D flat, changing to C sharp minor at the start of the colourful B
major finale. The symphony, in fact, is remarkable in its technical novelty,
within the traditional symphonic framework, and constitutes an orchestral
counterpart of Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances and all.
Antonin Dvořák was born in 1841, the son of a village butcher and
innkeeper in the village of Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, in Bohemia, and some
forty miles north of Prague. It was natural that he should follow the example of
his father and grandfather by learning the family trade,
and to this end he left school at the age of eleven. There is no record of his
competence in butchery, but his musical abilities were early apparent, and in
1853 he was sent to lodge with an uncle in Zlonice, where he continued his
schooling, learning German and improving his knowledge of music, rudimentary
skill in which he had already acquired at home and in the village band and
church. Further study of German and of music at Kamenice, a town in northern
Bohemia, led to his admission, in 1857, to the Prague Organ School, from which
he graduated two years later.
In the year that followed, Dvořák earned his living as a viola-player
in a band under the direction of Karel Komsak which was to form the nucleus of
the Provisional Theatre Orchestra, established in 1862. Four years later Smetana
was appointed conductor of the opera-house, where his Czech operas The
Brandenburgers in Bohemia and the Bartered Bride had already been performed. It
was not until 1871 that Dvořák resigned from the
theatre orchestra, to take a wife and a position as an organist and support
himself by additional private teaching, while busy on a series of compositions
that gradually became known to a wider circle.
Further recognition came in 1875 with the award of a government grant,
through the agency of the critic Eduard Hanslick and of Brahms. With the
encouragement of the latter came opportunities for the wider dissemination of
his music and Dvořák was to
win particular popularity with his Moravian Duets, followed by the first set of Slavonic
Dances, originally also for piano duet. There were
visits to Germany and to England, and a series of compositions that secured him
an unassailable position in Czech music and a place of honour in the larger
Early in 1891 Dvořák became professor of composition at Prague
Conservatory. In the summer of the same year he was invited by Mrs. Jeannette
Thurber, wife of a rich American grocer, to become director
of the National Conservatory of Music in New York, a position he took up that
autumn. Here it was hoped that he would establish a new American tradition of
music, while serving as a distinguished figurehead for the new institution.
By 1895, in the course of a second two-year contract, Dvořák
had had enough of America. In any case Mrs. Thurber had found it difficult to
pay him as regularly as she should have done. Returning to Europe, he resumed
his duties at the Prague Conservatory, of which he was to become nominal
director in 1901, able to spend most of his time at his
country retreat with his family and his pigeons. He died on 1st May, 1904.
Dvořák wrote nine symphonies, variously numbered, since he tried to
discard earlier attempts at the form, undertaken in 1863. The last of the
symphonies, published as No.5, but in fact the ninth, has the explanatory title From
the New World. It was written in the early months of 1893 and first
performed at Carnegie Hall on 16th December of the same year by the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra under Anton Seidl. It was an immediate success.
Dvořák was deeply influenced by America and by the Indian and Negro
music he heard, as well as the songs of Stephen Foster. In Long fellow's Song
of Hiawatha he found an expression of American
identity that also found a place in his symphony. He made it clear that all the
themes were original, although shaped by the use of particular rhythmic and
melodic features of music of the New World. Nevertheless the symphony retains an
inevitable air of Bohemia.
Mrs. Thurber had hoped that Hiawatha might form the basis of an
American opera from the composer she had hired. The slow movement of the
symphony, with its famous cor anglais solo, is described by a note of the
composer's as Morning, possibly the blessing of the cornfields in Long fellow's
poem, rather than the burial in the forest that has been identified with the
movement. The third movement is associated with Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, with
the bridegroom "Whirling, spinning round in circles, Leaping o'er the
guests assembled", energetic activity contrasted with a more properly
Bohemian trio section. The final movement, with its references to what has
passed, forms a brilliant conclusion, ending in the quietest possible sustained
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
The Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra has benefited considerably from the work of
its distinguished conductors. These include Vaclav Talich (1949 - 1952),
L'udovit Rajter, Ladislav Slovak and Libor Pesek. Zdenek Kosler has also had a
long and distinguished association with the orchestra and has conducted many of
its most successful recordings, among them the complete symphonies of Dvořák.
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
The Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), the oldest symphonic
ensemble in Slovakia, was founded in 1929 at the instance of Milos Ruppeldt and
Oskar Nedbal, prominent personalities in the sphere of music. Ondrej Lenard was
appointed its conductor in 1970 and in 1977 its conductor- in-chief. The
orchestra has given successful concerts both at home and abroad, in Germany,
Russia, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Hong Kong and
Japan. For Marco Polo the orchestra has recorded works by Glazunov, Glière,
Miaskovsky and other late romantic composers and film music of Honegger, Bliss,
Ibert and Khachaturian as well as several volumes of the label's Johann
Strauss Edition. Naxos recordings include symphonies and ballets by
Tchaikovsky, and symphonies by Berlioz and Saint-Saens.
Stephen Gunzenhauser
Stephen Gunzenhauser, a graduate of Oberlin College and the New England
Conservatory, served Igor Markevich and Leopold Stokowski as assistant conductor
before becoming executive and artistic director of the Wilmington Music School
in 1974. In 1979, he became conductor and music director of the Delaware
Symphony Orchestra. He records exclusively for Naxos and Marco Polo and his
recordings include works of Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Vivaldi,
Mozart, Glière, and Liadov. In 1989/90 he recorded all nine Dvořák
symphonies with the Slovak Philharmonic, as well as the three Borodin symphonies
with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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