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I'm calling the final scene right now, totally speculation:
It's going to go back to Leoben's line in Flesh and Blood about how all of this has happened before, and all of it will again, except everyone will be cast in different roles. We're going to see the colonies again in the far, far future, established, perhaps right before/during/after the attacks. All of it will be happening again and we'll see all of our familiar actors again, only they'll be in the rolls of different characters. Apollo will be Baltar, Adama will be Cavil, Cavil will be Adama, Tigh will be Starbuck.
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Tom Falcinelli works midnights as a patrol sergeant in the 1st District of Montgomery County. David Falcinelli works days as a captain in the Internal Affairs Division of the Montgomery County Police Department. Sgt. Falcinelli represents the Fraternal Order of Police on police department hearing boards; Capt. Falcinelli initiates the board proceedings. Sgt. Falcinelli is a lawyer; Capt. Falcinelli is a certified public accountant. Sgt. Falcinelli is married with two daughters; Capt. Falcinelli is married with three sons. Both are competitive in their respective assignments as law enforcement officers.
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Yahoo Query Language(YQL ) is a query language like SQL. Using YQL we can query, filter, and join data across Web services. YQL can also read RSS feed too. The Response can be JSON or XML. Yahoo provides a YQL console for debugging , testing and diagnostics the YQL statements. ...Read More »
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Viewers can watch the entire season of The CW's highest-rated drama, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, starring Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, on WGN America. Episodes will air on WGN America at 11pm ET Fridays-Wednesdays from March 29 through April 17. Original episodes of The Vampire Diaries air on The CW Thursdays, 8pm ET.
The full season to date of The CW's most-watched show, the Breakout freshman hit ARROW, starring Stephen Amell, will air on WGN America in marathon blocks from 7-11pm ET on Friday, April 5, Saturday, April 13 and Friday, April 19. Arrow will also air from 7-10pm on Saturday, April 20. New episodes of Arrow air Wednesdays on The CW, 8pm ET.
Based on the series of books by L. J. Smith, The Vampire Diaries is from Bonanza Productions Inc., Outerbanks Entertainment and Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Kevin Williamson ("Scream," "Dawson's Creek"), Julie Plec ("Kyle XY," "Wasteland"), Leslie Morgenstein ("Gossip Girl") and Bob Levy ("Gossip Girl").
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The 2011 Infiniti QX56 is a completely redesigned and power-loaded edition of Nissan's largest SUV, which originated in 1997 as a re-badged midsize Nissan Pathfinder. The new QX56 is longer, wider, and lower than the previous model. Its only powertrain teams a 400-horsepower 5.6-liter V8 engine with a 7-speed automatic transmission. The seven-passenger (or eight ...Read More »
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Dodge Durango, 2011 car review
Except for its name, there's virtually no resemblance between the old truck-based Dodge Durango sport utility vehicle and the redesigned 2011 Durango. The new four-door Durango is handsome and aerodynamic. It has Dodge's "crosshair grille" and resembles the muscular, discontinued Dodge Magnum wagon. There are four trim levels: Express, Crew (also offered with a CrewLux ...Read More »
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The Ford Explorer dominated the SUV market in the 1990s, but lost most of its ground by the middle of this decade. The redesigned, carlike 2011 model may make it popular again. The new three-row Explorer is larger, but lighter. It shares underpinnings with the Ford Taurus and Flex and trades its rear-drive layout for ...Read More »
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It never hurts to produce a vehicle with styling inspired by a striking auto show concept vehicle. That's the case with the 2011 Kia Sportage crossover. It has styling inspired by Kia's sleek Kue concept vehicle displayed at the 2007 Detroit auto show. The Sportage has Kia's longest-running nameplate. With the Toyota RAV4 and Honda ...Read More »


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Greetings from Western MA. Just getting back into riding after 6 years. Man, my cardio is horrible (worse than I thought).
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- Leaders in both parties claim victories after Va. primaries Updated: Jun-10-15 3:45 pm
RICHMOND, Virginia - Leaders in both Republican and Democratic parties got what they wanted out of Virginia's primary elections and said they are now well positioned for the November general election.
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Fiber clumps up: Lightower buying Veroxity
Boxborough-based Lightower Fiber Networks LLC plans to acquire Veroxity Technology Partners Inc. of Westford for an undisclosed amount. Both companies provide metro fiber networks and bandwidth services to customers throughout the Northeast and around the country.
According to Lightower CEO Rob Shanahan, Veroxity will be completely integrated into Lightower, bringing all of its 40 employees to join Lightower's existing 140 staffers. All top management from Veroxity will also join Lightower, although Shanahan declined to specify individual roles until all Veroxity employees had been told, he said.
In addition to more than 2,000 network route miles, Veroxity brings long haul services to markets including Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Sacramento to the deal. Lightower, for its part, has 4,500 network route miles, mostly in metro fiber networks. Adding the long haul connections to metro areas around the country will possibly expand its metro fiber to cities outside the Northeast.
"We have actually been talking about that for quite a while," Shanahan said, "expanding where there is a community of interest. We have a lot of financial institutions as customers, and being able to connect to the Chicago Board of Trade and also D.C. is something we have been looking at."
Lightower's fiber runs mostly throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, including New York City. Veroxity is in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York.
Lightower is backed by M/C Venture Partners and Pamlico Capital, which together acquired the company in 2007 when it was called National Grid Wireless. In March of 2008, Lightower bought two fiber-optic Internet service providers: DataNet Communications Group Inc. and KeySpan Communications.
The merger of the two profitable companies is expected to happen in the next 90 days, Shanahan said.


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SoulCalibur II
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|20th November 2013
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|20th November 2013
|XBL Arcade
|SoulCalibur II HD Online
|Namco Bandai Games
|20th February 2014
|XBL Arcade
Game Overview
SoulCalibur II is a fighting game developed by Project Soul and released on Arcade, GameCube, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, and Xbox 360. The game is the third installment in the SoulCalibur series and had improved side-step and avoid game features, arena walls, and a Soul Charge system.
The game is set four years after the end of SoulCalibur, following the events of Siegfried's release from the curse. After its defeat, Soul Edge's fragments began causing chaos and evil to grow in the world. Driven either to possess or destroy the evil sword, each warrior embarks on a new journey, while Nightmare starts his rampage anew, seeking souls to gain the power to restore Soul Edge once again...
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03 Jul 2012 22:19 GMT | Politics, Middle East, US & Canada, Israel, United States
Iran has said it has successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of hitting Israel, in response to threats of military action against the country, state media reported.
Meanwhile, Iran's president said on Tuesday the new EU embargo on Iranian oil is "the strongest" yet imposed on the country.
The comments are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first on the 27-member bloc's ban on the purchase of Iranian oil since the measures took effect on Sunday.
State TV also quoted Ahmadinejad as saying Iran should use the ban "as an opportunity to wean the country's budget off its dependence on oil revenues".
Iran relies on oil exports for about 80 per cent of its foreign revenues.
The EU sanctions are the latest of several rounds of Western measures meant to pressure Iran over its disputed nuclear programme.
The US and its allies suspect Iran aims to develop atomic weapons. But Iran insists its programme is solely for peaceful purposes, such as energy and producing medical isotopes.
Israel has said it could attack Iran if diplomacy fails to secure a halt to its disputed nuclear energy programme.
The US also has said military force is a possible option but has repeatedly encouraged the Israelis to be patient while new economic sanctions are implemented against Iran.
'Great Prophet 7'
Iran had announced the "Great Prophet 7" missile exercise on Sunday after the new European embargo took full effect following another fruitless round of big power talks with Tehran.
The Islamic Republic's official English-language Press TV said the Shahab 3 missile, with a range of 1,300km and able to reach Israel, was tested along with the shorter-range Shahab 1 and 2 and other missile classes.
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"The main aim of this drill is to demonstrate the Iranian nation's political resolve to defend vital values and national interests," Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander Hossein Salami was quoted by Press TV as saying.
He said the tests were in response to Iran's enemies who talk of a "military option being on the table".
"The manoeuvres are an answer to the rude words spoken against Iran," Fars news agency quoted Salami as saying.
Senior researcher Pieter Wezeman, of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, told the Reuters news agency that Iran's missiles were still relatively inaccurate and of limited use in conventional warfare.
With conventional warheads, "their only utility is as a tool of terror and no more than that", he said by telephone.
He added, however, that they could be suitable for carrying nuclear warheads, especially larger ones.
Blocking oil lanes
Iran denies Western accusations that it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons capability.
The world's fifth-biggest oil exporter maintains that it is enriching uranium only to generate more energy for a rapidly growing population.
Tehran regularly states its claimed military dominance in the Gulf and has jangled nerves across the oil industry, which is concerned about any disruption in global crude supplies.
On Monday, a group of Iranian parliamentarians proposed a bill calling for the country to try to stop oil tankers shipping crude through the Strait of Hormuz to countries that support sanctions against it. However, the Iranian parliament is relatively weak, analysts say, and the proposal has no chance of becoming law unless sanctioned by Iran's clerical supreme leader.
That is seen as unlikely in the near term given that Western powers have said they would tolerate no closure of the Strait while Iranian leaders, wedded to strategic pragmatism for the sake of survival, have said they seek no war with anyone.
On Tuesday, the price of Brent crude broke $100 for the first time since early June, helping to claw back losses from a three-month slide in prices which has dented the income of oil-exporting countries.
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Crampton, Hagan, Enders-Stevens Winners at Bristol
by Pete McCole
Richie Crampton (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Erica Enders-Stevens (Pro Stock) all made a trip to the Winner Circle after winning their respective divisions in Sunday's 15th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan took home his first victory at his hometown track with a victory over his Don Schumacher Racing teammate Ron Capps in the final round.
Schumacher, Force, Enders on Pole at Bristol
by Pete McCole
16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force collected his first no. 1 qualifying position of the season on Saturday with a record-breaking run in the final round of qualifying for Sunday's 15th annual Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. Tony Schumacher took the pole in Top Fuel, while Erica Enders took the top spot in Pro Stock.
Schumacher, Force, Anderson Win at New Hampshire
by Pete McCole
16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force added another milestone to his already legendary career with a win in Sunday's third-annual New England Nationals at New England Dragway and Motorsports Park in Epping, N.H., giving him a victory in every racetrack that the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series has participated at. Tony Schumacher was the winner in the Top Fuel division, joining Pro Stock winner Greg Anderson.
Schumacher, Johnson, Jr., McGaha Fastest at Epping
by Pete McCole
Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Tommy Johnson, Jr. (Funny Car) and Chris McGaha (Pro Stock) will lead their divisions from the no. 1 starting position after topping the two-day qualifying sessions for Sunday's third-annual New England Nationals at New England Dragway and Motorsports Park in Epping, N.H.
Brown gets 50th career win in Englishtown, NJ
by Pete McCole
Hometown favorite Antron Brown raced to his third victory of the season with a win over Brittany Force in the Top Fuel finals in Sunday's NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Matt Hagan was also a third-time winner on the year with a win in the Funny Car final, while Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson picked up his second victory of the season
Brown, Pedregon, Anderson, Ellis No. 1 at E-Town
by Pete McCole
Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Chip Ellis (Pro Stock Motorcycle) took top qualifying honors in Saturday's final session for Sunday's 46th annual NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Brown collected his third straight no. 1 qualifier as none of the other 15 competitors were able to top his run of 3.725 seconds at 319.52 mph from Friday's sessions.
Brown, Wilkerson, Line, Arana Win at Atlanta
by Pete McCole
Tim Wilkerson scored his first Funny Car victory since 2011 with a win over point leader Ron Capps in Sunday's 35th annual NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. Hector Arana returned to the Winner Circle for the first time in six years in Pro Stock Motorcycle, while Top Fuel driver Antron Brown and Pro Stock ace Jason Line captured their second wins of the season.
Monster Energy To Back Brittany Force in Top Fuel
John Force Racing and Monster Energy today announced a multi-year primary sponsorship agreement that will begin this weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. Brittany Force's Top Fuel dragster will be adorned with the Monster Energy logo and branding for the duration of the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season and beyond.
Kalitta, Capps, Enders-Stevens Win Spring Nationals
by Pete McCole
Ron Capps moved to second on the all-time Funny Car win list with a victory over teammate Jack Beckman in an exciting final round showdown in Sunday's 28th annual NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. Erica Enders-Stevens scored her second straight win in the Pro Stock division, driver Doug Kalitta raced to his first victory of the season in Top Fuel.
NHRA: Massey, Beckman, Line Top Houston Qualifying
by Pete McCole
Spencer Massey (Top Fuel), Jack Beckman (Funny Car) and Jason Line (Pro Stock) scored top qualifier honors in Saturday's final qualifying sessions for Sunday's 28th annual NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas.
Crampton, Force, Enders-Stevens Win at Las Vegas
John Force, the winningest driver in NHRA history, raced to the Funny Car victory Sunday in his Peak Antifreeze Chevy Camaro at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Richie Crampton (Top Fuel) and Erica Enders-Stevens (Pro Stock) also were winners at the fifth of 24 events of the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season.
Todd, Hagan, Line Top Qualifiers at Vegas
J.R. Todd (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Jason Line (Pro Stock) all carried their Friday qualifying bests into Saturday and secured No. 1 qualifying positions at the fifth of 24 events in the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. In Top Fuel, Todd used his Friday best of 3.758 at 324.83 in his Red Line Oil/Kalitta Air dragster to lead his field into Sunday's 11 a.m. eliminations.


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Keystone XL Rally in Wilmington, February 5th 2014
Over 30 Delawareans rallied in Wilmington near the I-95 overpass at the corner of Delaware Ave. and Adams St. on Wednesday at 5pm calling on President Obama to reject the controversial Keystone XL pipeline following the release of the State Department's final Environmental Impact Statement last Friday.
DE Film Debut: "Shored Up". January 31st in MIlton
When: Friday, January 31st at 7pm
Our friends at the Delaware Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation are debuting the film "Shored Up" in Delaware!
When: Friday, January 31st at 7pm
Where: Milton Firehall, 116 Front Street
Free Solar Presentation! 1/22 at 7pm
Wednesday, January 22, 2013 at 7:00 pm Brandywine Hundred Library 1300 Foulk Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Forum - What you need to know and what you can do about it. February 1st
Join us on Saturday, February 1st for this informational forum to learn what you need to know about the TPP how you can get involved with the fight right here in Delaware! When: Saturday February 1st at 1pm Where: Silverside Church. 2800 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE 19810 (map)
No Newark Power Plant Candlelight Vigil
We joined over 200 Newark residents UD students, professors and staff at a Candlelight Vigil on Wed, January 15th at 5pm at City Hall asking the Newark City Council and Staff to deny the proposed power plant the zoning verification it needed to move ahead with an air permit from DNREC.
Wilmington in Transition Sustainable Gift Fair - Rescheduled! Snow Date 12/21
Bypass the mall and skip the holiday guilt of consumerism at the Wilmington in Transition 4th Annual Sustainable Gift Fair! When: Sunday, December 21st from 1:00-4:00 pm Where: Silverside Church 2800 Silverside Rd. (between 202 and Foulk Rd) Wilmington, DE 19810 Free Admission & Free on-sight parking.


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A Connecticut Shoreline Bed and Breakfast ~ The Inn of Choice. One block from the beach i...Read more
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This intimate, downtown hideaway exemplifies early 20th-century Craftsman architecture, w...Read more
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Spectacular Lake and Mountain Views on 360 Secluded Acres!...Read more
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The Grand Anne Bed & Breakfast is an impressive 1897 Queen Anne mansion overlooking the M...Read more
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This charming 1901 Colonial is an old-fashioned delight, set in the heart of historic Ann...Read more
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A Middle Tennessee Bed and Breakfast Inn featuring Exquisite Accommodations, Exceptional ...Read more
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Turn of the Century Charm on Historic St. Charles Avenue!...Read more
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Blackberry Bramble CottageCookeville, TN
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1888 Victorian mansion judged 'Florida's Best Restoration!'...Read more
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Spectacular mountain views from this year-round hideaway located on 250 secluded acres ne...Read more
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We created Youth for Peace because real peace, social justice and law enforcement still do not exist in our society. The poverty, impunity, culture of violence, human rights violations, and political discrimination are barriers of building a culture of peace in Cambodia.
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These short portraits are mainly taken from the rank and file Khmer Rouge - mostly ex-soldiers. Most never joined the Revolution of their own accord - they were conscripted as young adolescents into the military, "the absolute tool of Angkar", it was called. They will give you interesting details about their everyday experiences and the Pol Pot regime. Still, these interviews were not carried out in vain as a number of features of Democratic Kampuchea were confirmed, while even some new details have been revealed. One soldier said Phnom Penh had been evacuated because "we were afraid of the enemies hiding inside". Another female cadre claimed she was always kind to those who took a rest, but after being warned twice, the security had to be told in case of a third failing, because "what you are told to do must be done".
The past 10 years of our work paved the way for a bright future of Youth for Peace. The lessons from our successes, failures, and encountered challenges are significant steps in moving forward to a peaceful and promising future. In the next 10 years, YFP as well as the new initiative of the Peace Institute of Cambodia will continue its fi rm mission to make remarkable changes in the grass-root communities as well as in the Cambodian society as a whole. We hope that an increasing number of young people will continue to engage in peaceful solutions to social conflicts and participate in a sustainable social development which brings about a culture of peace and a culture of democracy.
On December 16, the second Public Forum organized by Youth for Peace on 'Youth Participation for Justice and Reconciliation' took place at Pratak Krala Dam, Bosnhinh Village, Kon Sat Commune, Toek Chhou District in Kampot Province.
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Mr. Takura Matare, a recent graduate of the Zimbabwe FETP (Cohort XXI) made the program proud by winning the William H. Foege award for the best scientific oral presentation at the 64th Annual EIS conference FETP International night on 22 April 2015. This is the second time in a row the Zimbabwe FETP has won this award after another graduate, Mr. Donewell Bangure won the same award in 2014. Mr. Notion Gombe (Senior Assistant Field Coordinator) accompanied Mr. Matare to receive the award.
Second cohort participants of the Surveillance Training for Ebola Preparedness (STEP) in Guinea Bissau participated in a three-day feedback session from 23 - 25 March 2015. The workshop which was held at the National Institute of Public Health (INASA) offices was a follow on to one- week long didactic training held in February 2015 and three-week field work assessments. All 27 participants who attended the didactic training returned for feedback workshop. The workshop was opened by the Director INASA – Dr. Placido Cardoso and facilitated by Dr. Kristin Delea, -CDC Atlanta and three TEPHINET mentors - Fernando Bruzadelli (Brazil) Francisco Jose de Paula Junior (Brazil) and Ivonne Natalia Solarte Agredo (Colombia).
Following the cholera alert that was reported by the Director of Medical Services on 3 February 2015, a cholera outbreak was declared on 10 February 2015 in Migori and Homa Bay Counties.
A team from the Kenya FELTP comprising of Field Coordinators: Waqo Gufu Boru and Mark Obonyo and residents: Elvis Oyugi, Alfred Wandeba, Eunice Omesa, Joshua Muiruri, Tabitha Mwangi and Hudson Taabuk Kigen joined the Division of Disease Surveillance and Response (DDSR) in the investigation from 16 - 25 February 2015.
The analysis of the outbreak line list showed a delay in detection of the outbreak, possibly due to lack of laboratory capacity to confirm the outbreak. There was clustering of cases in East Kamagambo and East Kabuoch which rely on River Riana for their domestic water supply. The water from River Riana was contaminated with Vibrio Cholerae bacteria.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bohemian life to the full,
If you don't object to historical recordings with mono sound, then this is absolutely the set to have. Bjorling's sweet timbre seems to perfectly capture the idealistic Rodolfo, more introspective than some swaggering Italian tenors perhaps (Bergonzi, Pavarotti) but more tender. And De Los Angeles is unforgettably moving as Mimi, singing gloriously but characterising with such taste and tact, such discreet charm that she becomes REAL. One wants to hug the speakers and save this poor Mimi. One cares in a way that I never quite do with the robust and healthy Tebaldi or calculating Callas. This is rare and special singing.
The recording was made at the last minute when Beecham found all the singers available and a studio booked - it was a case of "Let's do Boheme" - and it worked. Beecham understood Puccini's ways and - to contradict another review - gives a yes, spacious, but tauctly structured view of the score. It's ebb and flow allows the story to to breath, but all the big moments have plenty of bite. Certainly more than Karajan for example.
I Adore this set and would never want to be without it. It seems to have such truth and love and warmth and life. I feel I really know rthe bohemians from this recording. An absolute classic, showing The Bohemian Life to the full.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars THE definitive Boheme,
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This recording was the result of a fortuitous availability of the singers and conductor. It was 'cobbled' together almost 'because they were there' - But the results are superb. The sound (mono) is excellent and very good on todays equipment. Beecham's conducting and pace bring everything to life whilst the quality of the vocal performance is spellbinding. Bjorling was sometimes thought of as perhaps lacking some expression - but not here. His voice on the realisation that Mimi has died sends chills down the spine, whilst the blending of soprano and tenor in the love duet ending Act 1 is tender and passionate. De los Angeles is perfect as Mimi and both Bob Merrill (who was principle baritone at the Met for maany years)and Amara are both in fine form. Chorus and small parts are equally good - parpignol and the boys choir superb in Act 2. I have older (Gigli) and younger (Pavarotti) versions of Boheme - but this is the one I come back to.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Puccini La Boheme,
Hon Aubrey Wilson "anything149" (Brecon, Wales) - See all my reviews
The obituary of Victoria De Los Angeles in the Independent in January 2005 noted that 'It is impossible to imagine a more purely beautiful voice than that of Victoria de los Angeles at the height of her career in the 1950s and early 1960s'. Add the staggering vocal gifts of Jussi Bjoerling - perhaps unequalled by another tenor since WWII, a superb supporting cast and Beecham's talent, and you have the makings of a very special recording indeed - possibly the best La Boheme yet recorded.
I feel privileged to listen to this performance on CD.
My message is simple: don't delay. Buy it. Enjoy it. Weep with it. Smile with it. This is a truly exceptional performance by some of the most gifted people the musical world has seen and heard.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Magical,
D. Bennett - See all my reviews
A very fine set. Bjorling proves really fantastic, Victoria de Los Angeles has never been bettered and the supporting cast is very strong.
Mono sound is clear as a bell. For the finest sung Mimi and Rodolfo this set is the one to have.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Golden Legendary Bohème,
Reviewing a more than fifty year old recording like Sir Thomas Beecham's legendary one of Puccini's La Bohème from 1956 seems to be a presumptuous and superfluous enterprise. It belongs to the EMI series of Great Recordings of the Century. And it certainly is such a treasure that it appears to be somewhat of a sacrilege to touch it with critical remarks. The casting is still extraordinarily superb, a remarkably harmonious ensemble, indeed: Victoria de los Angeles touching and vulnerable, and singing with a great emotional radiance, in a tremendously vivid co-singing with Jussi Björling, that incomparable tenor with his glowing crystalline timbre, and in this case with feelings and singing in perfect interplay; Robert Merrill as a virile and hearty Marcel, Lucine Amara as a cheerful Musetta, Giorgio Tozzi as a overwhelmingly melancholy Colline in his song to his old coat. And last but not least, Sir Thomas Beecham himself, with such an outstanding drive in his conducting as a Puccini opera demands to reveal all its dramatic qualities, the intensiveness of which is more or less unsurpassed in the history of opera. Beecham realized, according to the booklet, the marvels of Puccini's orchestration and his "flowing synthesis of words, music and action, and that highly developed inner visual sense which lies deep in the consciousness of all great theatre composers."
Even though the sound is slightly antiquated, it gives the listener a more than satisfying rendering of the golden voices and of the remarkably fine sonority of the RCA Victor Orchestra. In all, this disc beams forth a wondrous warmth and joy, despite the tragic events, and conveys an elated experience of great musical drama.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars LO TROVO SCINTILLANTE,
DAVID BRYSON (Glossop Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews
Away with revisionist deviationism, say I. For most of my life Beecham's has been regarded as the Boheme to end all Bohemes, and I maintain resolutely that it still is that, for all the advances in recording techniques since 1956. The digital remastering dates from as recently as 2002, but Beecham used to obtain very good technical quality of sound for his day, and for the usual reason that he demanded it and there was no use in arguing. I also offer the following consideration as regards sound-quality - when it is a matter of large forces, say a symphony orchestra let alone the battalions necessary for grand opera, the nature of the sound that can be offered to us in our sitting-rooms simply cannot resemble other than distantly their real sound in the concert hall or opera house. The effect resides to some extent on power of suggestion over the listener's ear, and although I routinely welcome every extra ounce of sound-quality that I can get, in the last resort once a certain level of quality and realism has been attained anything over and above that is secondary so far as I am concerned.
In fact I thought that this set started very promisingly in the matter of `real presence'. The sound is quite forward and it `socked it to me' quite effectively. However as matters advanced the general impact (in the technical sense) seemed to recede somewhat. I believe that this is due in part to the style of the performance. I never heard a more beautiful or affecting Che gelida manina than I do here, but I have certainly heard many that were more vigorous. I believe, simply, that Beecham and Bjorling have decided to ration the quota of `can belto' in their presentation, and it is let loose principally in duets and ensembles. This in turn, I'm inclined to think, is of a piece with the policy on tempi, which have drawn comment for being on the slow side. By way of a comparison in that respect I replayed my old Toscanini LP set, and the difference is admittedly marked, with Beecham taking 107 minutes and Toscanini, renowned and to some extent properly renowned for fast tempi, clocking out after barely 95. Without going through more exhaustive comparisons I suppose I can take Toscanini as representing the opposite extreme, which leaves me wondering how significant the issue of tempi can really be. At any speed this is a distinctly short 4-act opera, and I hope that anxiety regarding the extra 12 minutes is not a matter of the pace of modern life and fitting in La Boheme between other commitments, much as Sir Malcolm Sargent was suspected of speeding up symphonic finales in the interests of finishing before the 9 O'Clock News.
Myself, I could take any amount of musicianship like this. The performance came about at all through the alertness of a musical agent who spotted that Beecham, de los Angeles and Bjorling were all simultaneously in New York, and with awesome efficiency an orchestra and chorus together with a supporting cast were conjured up. It would have been worth hearing this Boheme for the sake of Merrill, Corena and above all Tozzi alone, as anyone ought to concur who has heard Tozzi's colossal `For He is like a refiner's fire' in Beecham's Messiah. However what most of us want it for above all is of course that sublime trinity. De los Angeles had possibly the loveliest soprano voice of her generation, and Bjorling, whose voice will bear comparison with any later tenor I can think of, even Pavarotti, did not live long enough to leave us the legacy we would have wanted. When I say, not for the only time, that I think Beecham the greatest conductor of the 20th century what I mean is this. His work has about it a peculiar sense of God-given grace (Beecham was of course an unbeliever), an aura of pure and abstract music, that is irrespective of the `weight' of the compositions he handles. He did not turn out complete Beethoven cycles (largely because he did not greatly like Beethoven) but he cast that special radiance on music of all kinds, finding and even sometimes implanting a shining particle at the core of works that had seemed base metal in other hands. At the very pinnacle of musical creation, this is the characteristic with which Mozart invests both his most obviously awesome inspirations and his seemingly lightest pieces.
I am in no hurry to get to the end of La Boheme, but there is another aspect to the matter too. The libretto is witty and the self-mocking banter of the penniless artists in their Parisian garret requires a certain kind of sophistication in the way it is sung and acted. When I ask myself Which conductor is most in tune with this kind of idiom, I reflect that greatly as I revere, say, Fuertwaengler I can hardly envisage him in this context, and indeed for this question to be answered it only has to be asked. I could point also to Beecham's handling of Puccini's orchestration, which he admired to the extent of rating it more highly than Strauss's, suggesting as I do so that you will hear good enough sound-reproduction in this set to appreciate what it is that differentiates Beecham from, say, Karajan, and which is far more important than any niceties of digital recording.
I have never yet wept at La Boheme, because to me it is not art imitating life but just Italian opera being itself. The gale of life blows high among this community of impoverished creators, but clearly they need youth on their side to sustain such a precarious existence, while in the meantime l'haleine de la mort (in Maeterlinck's chilling phrase) is there to envelop the weakest of them, catching the rest by surprise. Vita brevis, ars longa, and this is a recording for the ages.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime Puccini,
This review is from: La Bohčme (MP3 Download)
This was my first experience of a complete opera many years ago . As a child I had listened to Joseph Locke & Gigli Arias on the radio & adored the sounds of their voices . Then along came cinema with Mario Lanza in the 'Great Caruzo' . By the time I was 10 I was hooked on the Tenor Voice . Eventually I came across this complete recording from the local library , What a JOY .
Bjorling is superb in this with a subtle range & emotion , what some would consider as a fault in the voice I consider as a display of emotion . He sings as if this role playing Rodolfo were real life , a sharp intake of breath when he meets Mimi who is more than ably portraid by Victoria de Los Angeles , a 'real life' crack in a note is so emotional that it takes the breath away . 'Your tiny hand is frozen' cannot have been sung better .
What an amazing coincidence that Beecham & the star cast was available at the same time & this live recording in the studio was completed in very short time of a long afternoon . Here , you get the experience of a true 'live' performance without the modern day electronic adjustments of pitch & tone . It really is as good as if it had been rehearsed for weeks .
Listen to Bjorling & you understand why mrs Caruzo stated his voice was the closest she had ever heard to that of her husband . Sadly , like Caruzo , Bjorling died before his voice reached the full maturity of a fifty year old tenor , what a joy that would have been . Still his voice in this was sublime , the timbre of his lower register & clarity of high note , brings life to the romantic Puccini music .
I've not mentioned the rest of the cast but not one of them let this opera down , each & every individual performance is worth a review in its own right . Perhaps the orchestra is a bit loud on occasions , but , that is what it can be like in an opera house performance . However saying that Beecham controls them in wonderful style & compliments each voice with aplomb .
This recording is worth its place in any musical collection
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Still the best,
Per Arne Rudberg "P-A Rudberg" (Vallentuna, Sweden) - See all my reviews
This was the recording that made me discover opera. Björling and de los Angeles are excellent, and so are the rest of the ensemble.
There are many opinions about Beechams conducting, but here I find it absolutely perfect. He gives the music colour and vitality, without being to sugar sweet.
5.0 out of 5 stars Favourite opera.,
Dancing dolly (Hampshire, England) - See all my reviews
I had the double LP of this opera many years ago but had to sell it because I no longer possessed record player. Now I have the CD I can still enjoy the wonderful singing plus follow the libretto as I go.
5.0 out of 5 stars LA BOHEME,
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Claudia Heselden, age 13, has completed the NICAS Scheme�
�I started NICAS in 2005 and completed the scheme in 2007. I found the scheme really good because it gives you a goal and encourages you to progress your climbing. I started climbing at Bristol Climbing Centre six months before Guy Jarvis asked if I'd like to trial the scheme. I said it sounded like a good idea.�
I'm not sure I would have got into climbing so much without NICAS, or progressed so well. It works you through a series of skills, and tests you, so you know that you know things and feel more confident climbing. I just wanted to keep going back to the centre all the time!�
There are five levels and the last thing you do is a written test on general knowledge, like climbing injuries, or 'what is a dyno?' You also have to do a project on a climbing topic. I did mine on a deep water solo DVD. You also learn how to tie knots, which has been useful now I'm getting into climbing outdoors. And you have to do 50 boulder problems at different grades. So you get a broader view of what climbing is from NICAS, too.�
I climb at Bristol Centre three times a week now. I go straight after school. I do national competitions and I won the BMC Youth Climbing Series two years in a row. The BMCYCS is on at the minute but I'm not competing because I've got inflammation of the tendon through too much climbing! At least I learnt from NICAS how to treat climbing injuries!��
Claudia lives in Yeovil.
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