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Mass in B Minor
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An outstanding performance
June 3 2004
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Mass in B Minor (Audio CD)
Again, five stars for Mr. Gardiner. The tempi are thoughtfully chosen: neither rushed, nor sluggish. Throughout the entire work, as in his outstanding renditions Passions, Gardiner rests faithful to the music and its appropriate style, giving it an extra impulse which I find most pleasant. The quality of singing is unsurpassed: every leading instrument or vocal counterpoint can be followed with no difficulty.
Just as Rennaissance paintings, Bach's choral works are more than masterpieces. Their Christian themes, although branded "irrelevant" by politics-obsessed post-modernists, are CENTRAL to the works, far beyond being just tools subjugated to an artistic sense. Bach's Passions (not to mention Cantatas), Michelangelo's Sixtine Chappel murals are not only highest art, but highest CHRISTIAN art. The very motivation of their existence is religious. The lung with which they breathe is the evangelical message of Christianity. Although i'm not personally a believer, I find hindrance of this character outright mutilating.
by Jean Paul Sartre
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5.0 out of 5 stars
the dread of living
April 28 2004
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Nausea (Paperback)
The whole plot is but a motivation of making us understand author's theory of existence devoid of essence. That existence is devoid of essence is clear. Even more, existence IS only when seen from an inward perspective (through an existent). Outside of it, existence is just a mass of attributes (SOME OF WHICH WE, THE LIVING, AGGREGATE AS "BEING"). The driving force behind any human's actions, just among any OTHER animal, is his instinct of self-preservation. Characters other than Roquentin skillfully represent the mirrored variations of ONE archaic being who lives in complete stupor, operating on a multitude of automatisms, instincts and archetipes. This is man: a product and bystander of many illusions, a BEING conditioned through its very nature. To say EVEN ABOUT the one who knows this that by such he TRANSCENDS such order would be as idiotic as claiming a rebelious fish left his seas and built a shelter on mainland...
How man reacts when confronted with such absolute inescapable realities. Can the instinct of self-preservation withstand such vicious assault which threatenes to destroy the beautiful heartfelt love for the self? It can, in theory: since being conditiones thinking and not the viceversa. However, in practice, it does BADLY, since the very basis upon which automatisms are built gets downgraded towards a pitiful state, when you KNOW you are nothing more than disposable meat mass...
Open Society and Its Enemies, Vol. 1: The Spell of Plato
by Karl R. Popper
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1 of 17 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
April 28 2004
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Open Society and Its Enemies, Vol. 1: The Spell of Plato (Paperback)
I read this disgusting book a couple of years ago out of pure masochism, knowing it is nothing more than pure despicable propaganda, one of "20th century crowning philosophical achievements" (so termed by its mostly unaware followers: fully indoctrinated people with "democracy" and "human rights" flags on one hand and censorship on the other).
What can I say?... Popper was under no circumstance an intellectual (in the right sense of "thinking person"), yet a highly opportunistic mass member who managed to rise in totally unmerited positions by constantly keeping himself within the fashion of his times.
Typical to thoroughly primitive humans, Popper does not understand concepts being separated of actions and translates the former into the latter, actions being the only things he truly had any command into. For Popper, a concept is valid once it's transposition into action is "acceptable" (in the twisted post-modern sense). A clear manifestation of this common process is how in the entire waste of words of whom this book consists, NEVER does the author attempt some insight into an issue, merely remaining on the outsides looking for imputable manifestations. This is a MUST among modern "proffesional" academics, as well. Such procedure serves two reasons:
1. it promotes a political agenda to whom the author is in debt by being granted the formal position he has.
2. it diverts discussions into ad-hominem attacks, something anybody, no matter how archaic-minded, can deal with.
Arguments are meaningful only to those who understand them. They are but a manifestation of weakness in the eyes of those with an unbounded instinct of conservation such as Popper. The best strategy of all for dealing with propagandistic garbage would be to simply IGNORE it. An even better alternative (since propaganda is boringly repetitive) is to respond directly with an ad-hominem...
I am glad I didn't bought this book. In Romania, during the Dark Ages of Stalinism, it was customary to burn "dangerous" books. In latter times, people used marxist books to wrap fresh eggs so they won't break when being carried together. If I happened to buy a Popper book, I would have hesitated wrapping eggs with it, for the fear they would be contaminated.
Some aspects of the book are involuntarily amusing. The (...)author, probably in a pousee of overinflated "self esteem", compares himself with Aristotle and forgives the latter for being a crypto-fascist... Popper proves himself outstandingly as part of a cathegory of intellectuals where lack of conscience is a weapon of both defense and attack. Defense, for it prevents the shattering projection upon self's being. Attack, for obvious reasons...
Bach: Die Kunst Der Fuge
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Die Kunst der Fuge
April 27 2004
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This is one extraordinary, highly original, very complicated work of unmatched beauty. In his latest years, Bach decided to complete his long project of doing a work which would sum up all his achievements. Art of Fugue is sole in its kind where beauty, variation, insight, profondeur are all at their highest peak. This work consists on a collection of counterpoints evolved from the main theme in the first movement. It is as clear as the sun in the sky this work it was intended as a keyboard work. In the adjoining booklet, Leonhardt proves this undeniably, in an age where some people still thought (and unfortunately still do) it was a chamber work. While I'm not against performing it on piano or organ, this should be remembered as fact.
Back in 1952, when this recording was done, historical harpsichord were yet to be manufactured. Leonhardt performs on a "modern" harpsichord (the type Martha Landowska played on), which sounds EXTREMELY bad. Even with this third rate instrument, Leonhardt was the first to do justice with Kunst der Fuge. His interpretation, compared to modern standards, is quite slowish, maybe or maybe not a reminescence of the ways of performing in his age. The interest in conveying every voice, every inflection is always apparent. The clarity of counterpoint, helped by the tempi, is always present. This was back in his age proof against those who thought Kunst der Fuge as virtually impossible on a single instrument (because of the number of intervowen voices).
All in all, this is among the best interpretations available for this magnificent work.
I wouldn't have hesitated ONE VERY MOMENT for giving this recording a five PLUS rating, but the sound of his harpsichord is so enerving, I ended up opting for other performances...
Partitas 1-6 / Preludes & Fugues
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5.0 out of 5 stars
April 27 2004
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Partitas 1-6 / Preludes & Fugues (Audio CD)
These are (after Art of Fugue) by far the finest, most profound, least repetitive works for solo keyboard (piano, harpsichord, organ) ever written. Even if all of Bach's other works were lost, he would still clearly classify as world's greatest composer. Those who question my superlative accounts on these works should listen to the concluding movement (Gigue) in BWV 830 partita. Such beauty is indescribable...
Gould's interpretation is one among the very few where the piano doesn't muddle the counterpoint. His tempi are thoughtfully chosen, although (compared to Leonhardt landmark harpsichord performance) they tend to be somewhat fast. The clarity of counterpoint is crisp and the love for performing properly is unquestionable. There simply is no comparison with his "pianistic" contemporaries (who quite litterally were careless on how Bach should OBJECTIVELY sound like).
Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History
by Mircea Eliade
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3.0 out of 5 stars
post-modern archetypes
April 20 2004
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Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History (Paperback)
Reading this book, I came to acknowledge in no modern scholar's analysis is there a possibility of divergence from "politically accepted" thought. To say a primitive (someone illiterate, living bounded into archetypes) has a theory of being is highly ridiculous, especially as the author himself acknowledges primitive man's disconfort in living outside the world of archetypes. To link an archetype (which is a form of instinct, with equivalents among other higher mammals) with philosophy, and even with the highest stance of the latter (ontology) is "mentally incorrect".
These pitiful relativistic stances should be immediately ignored by a serious person. Otherwise, the influences of Jung's theories are always apparent. As always, ideas aren't bad in themselves, but their interpretation makes them a vehicle of relativism.
According to Eliade, the archaic man lives in a world of archetypes and cyclical past, while for the "fallen" man of modern civilizations archetypes no longer exist and time is linear. This is obviously incorrect. His very idea that "we should respect other peoples cultures and not judge others as primitive" is an ALWAYS recurrent mindless ARCHETYPE of Post-Modern ages.
BACH. Violin Cti, Double Cto. Manze/Podger/AAM
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Absurdly Fast
May 30 2003
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At such absurd tempi, no matter the quality of violonists involved, everything is treated in a light manner and the music suffers a great deal. This kind of interpretation, scratchy and horribly fast, has given a bad name to the otherwise great merits of HIP musicians.
For HIP performances of Bach's surviving violin concerts, I recommend Simon Standage/English Concert and Elizabeth Wallfisch/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
There is no non-HIP performance that I could really recommend. All those I've listened to suffer greatly from the flaws of late romanticism when performing older music. DO NOT get yourself impressed by the "big names" involved (Perlman, Grumiaux, Stern, Oistrakh). They "explore" the unexistent romantic side of this composer. Yet, how could a fugal line, a counterpoint, the stones upon which Bach constructed his magnificent oeuvre, how could they have ANYTHING whatsoever in common with Romanticism?
Violin Concertos
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but far from great
Jan. 25 2003
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Violin Concertos (Audio CD)
This recording is part of a broader historical release and at that time it was breaking grounds in ways of performing World's greatest composer, J.S. Bach. Concertus Musicus Wien was among the first orchestras to perform (successfully) with original baroque instruments or reconstructions of those. The following review will discuss all of TELDEC's violin concerti 1041-1043 and reconstructed 1052, 1055, 1056, 1060 and 1064, not only the selection provided by this disk.
However, especially in the violin concertos 1041-1043, influences of old school interpretation are annoyingly apparent. Tempi are too slow and Alice Harnoncourt is less than an extraordinary violonist. Another impediment was Harnoncourt's obsession for syncopated playing (staccato), based on his correct (or not) assumptions about Baroque music. However, I preffer Harnoncourt's reading to much of the modern lightning-speed recordings of HIP school (eg. Manze/Podger).
BWV1052 (violin)
Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor BWV 1052 was originally written for violin and then transcribed by Bach for harpsichord. Unfortunately, the violin original text has not survived to present times but it has nevertheless triggered scholar's interest on how it might sounded like. Harnoncourt's reading is one of the handful, be that historically informed or uninformed performance. The playing is impecable. Alice Harnoncourt gives here the interpretation of hers lifetime. Sound is crisp, never too slow or too rapid. Orchestral support is outstanding. Five stars with no doubts in mind.
BWV1055 (oboe)
Although not included into this collection, i will rate it because it's a reconstructed concerto as well. Another outstanding interpretation for this harpsichord piece, performed on oboe, by Jurg Schaefterlin. Same scarcity of similar recordings to compare with. Five stars again with no doubts in mind.
BWV 1056 (violin)
This is the shame of the Harnoncourt's rather impressive approach on Bach. Not only orchestra sounds bland, absurdly brass-band syncopated, with uncontrolled tempi, but Alice Harnoncourt is very far here from making us believe she was elected to perform for a reason other than she was the wife of the conductor. Menuhin is better, Perlman is better, Biondi is better, although their approach is rather romantic than baroque.
BWV1060 (oboe & violin)
There are two competing reconstructions of BWV 1060: for two violins (which I preffer) and for oboe & violin (which conductors seem to take as the most accurate). There are very few recordings to compare Harnoncourt's reading with, but his performance is bland and boring, similar to his violin concerti. I heard Pinnock's and should I remind you how MUCH better that is?
BWV1064 (three violins)
An interpretation of Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music. Very good but as far as I know there is no other historically informed performance of this piece to compare it with. Nevertheless, an outstanding reading. The basso continuo, as in all other reconstructed concerti is in part provided by Gustav Leonhardt himself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Jan. 9 2003
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Concerti (Audio CD)
Extraordinary performance,highly recommended. I never knew Violin Concerto RV 761 can be so beautiful. The violin playing is absolutely outstanding. All instruments are contemporary to 17th century, during which the composer lived.
Das Komplette Kantatenwer
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Dec 7 2002
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Das Komplette Kantatenwer (Audio CD)
This complete set of Bach sacred cantatas is not only a bargain price, but it contains some of the most profound interpretations these pieces ever had. Recorded during the 1970s on period instruments, with some of most prodiguous singers (Equiluz, Esswood) and an outstanding orchestral support, this is the best integral collection of cantatas there is. In order to restore the forgotten sence of baroque music, instrumentation is reduced to a minimum, the continuo is supported with antique instruments such as the basoon, tenors have been thoughtfully selected as NON-operatic. Another reconstructionist aspect was the use of boy choirs, which in later recordings Harnoncourt gave up. Boy choirs are not only authentical, but have the advantage of pitch purity. While in some arias (such as the extraordinary duet "lobe den herren" - BWV 137) this seems an excellent choice, in most it fails in more or less apparent manner.
While Herreweghe's or Gardiner's new interpretations are CERTAINLY better in both orchestral and vocal support, they all are greatly in debt of Harnoncourt/Leonhard, for it's always simple to improve something ALREADY existing instead of breaking new grounds (as this stellar 1970's recording did). Not to be forgotten is the fact newer version bring a sence of lightness which pleases anyone's ears, but it's manytimes inappropriate for the content of the music.
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"This appears to be a major disaster, the scale of which is only just becoming apparent," IOC president Jacques Rogge said Tuesday.
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All investors should also consult with their accountant or financial advisor when considering a 1031 exchange.
Measure 50 is a constitutional measure approved by Oregon voters on May 20, 1997. The measure, in addition to replacing Measure 47, repealed nearly every other provision in the Constitution dealing with property taxes. It did retain, with some significant changes, the provisions of Measure 5 passed by Oregon Voters in 1990.
Measure 50 converted Oregon's property tax system from a levy based system to a combination rate and levy based system. Taxing districts no longer have a "tax base" for operating purposes that grows automatically by six percent a year. Instead, each district has a frozen, permanent tax rate for operating purposes, but may also obtain revenue from the passage of bonded debt and "local option" levies. Revenues from the permanent rate may increase or decrease along with the assessed values in a district. Revenues from local option levies are subject to the limitations imposed by Measure 5. Revenues from bonded debt levies (such as new school construction) are not subject to limitation but must be approved by the voters in the district.
Measure 50 limits assessed value. For each property tax account, the value was "cut" in 1997-98 to the assessed value that the account had in 1995-96 less ten percent. It then "capped" the value in 1998-99 and subsequent years to 1.03 percent of the prior year's assessed value. The assessed value can exceed these limits in certain situations, such as when major construction occurs or when a property is disqualified from special assessment or exemption programs. The value of these "exceptions" are assessed at the same ratio of assessed value to market value as existing property thus giving new property the same relative tax break. This ratio is referred to as the "changed property ratio". In addition to establishing the new maximum assessed values, real market values and/or specially assessed values were retained.
How Your Property Value Is Determined: Measure 50 creates a new value for each property, the "maximum assessed value". Thus, each property has a Real Market Value (RMV) and a Maximum Assessed Value (MAV), the lowest of which is the Assessed Value (AV). For properties that are specially assessed in farm or forest deferral programs or are partially exempt (enterprise zone, etc.), there is a third set of values reflecting the special assessment or exemption but the AV is still the lowest of the three values.
Properties fall into one of these four categories:
1. No Change Properties. These are accounts that have had no assessment activity since 1995-96 other than RMV trending or ownership changes. There has been no new construction, no land size changes, no changes of any kind that trigger an exception to Measure 50. In these cases, the assessed value will usually be the 1995-96 RMV less 10%, increased by 3% per year after 1997. See Example 1.
2. Changed Properties (Exceptions). These are accounts that have had some assessment activity since 1995-96 that allows for an adjustment in the MAV. Examples of Exceptions are new construction or disqualification from special assessment. The MAV can be increased above the "cut and cap" limits. The AV in these cases will be the current MAV of the account plus the MAV of the Exception. The MAV Exception amount is determined by multiplying the current RMV of the Exception by the "changed property ratio" (CPR) described above. See Example 2.
3. RMV Change Only Properties. These are accounts that have had some assessment activity since 1995-96, however, the activity does not allow for an adjustment to MAV. The RMV changes but the MAV does not. These changes would include reappraisal, reductions due to an appeal, reduction due to removal of a structure and "minor" construction with an RMV of $10,000 or less. The change could result in the RMV being increased or decreased. In cases where the RMV is reduced to less than MAV, the RMV becomes the AV because Measure 50 requires the AV be the lower of RMV or MAV.
4. MAV Balance Change Properties. These are accounts that have had some assessment activity since 1995-96 that allows for an adjustment in the MAV, however, the total MAV of the accounts must be the same before and after the account changes are processed. Examples of this would be a lot line adjustment where no new tax lot is being created, or a manufactured structure that has been assessed as personal property is "converted" to a real property assessment basis. See Example 4.
How Your Tax Bill Is Calculated: For most properties, the tax calculation is fairly simple. The AV is multiplied times the tax rates for each of the districts that levy a tax in your area. These tax rates are calculated after each district's levy is reduced according to Measure 50, however, Measure 50 retained the tax rate limits imposed under Measure 5. Passed in 1990, the Measure 5 rate limits complicate tax calculations because Measure 50 taxes are calculated using AV and the Measure 5 limits are calculated using RMV. When reading this, remember that most bonded debt levies are exempt from Measure 5 and Measure 50 so are not involved in the calculations described in the next paragraph.
Measure 5 tax rate limits: The limits are $5 per $1000 of RMV for Education districts and $10 per $1,000 of RMV for General Government districts. For each of the Measure 5 categories (Education and General Government) two calculations are required: the Measure 50 category tax rate times the AV and the Measure 5 category tax rate times the RMV. Whichever amount is lower is the amount to use. After making the determination by category, the adjusted tax rate is multiplied times the AV.
After the Measure 5 limits have been calculated, the Education taxes, the General Government taxes, the bonded debt taxes (if any) and any special assessments are all added together to determine the total property tax amount.
LTV (loan-to-value) is simply the amount of the loan as a percentage of the total purchase price. For example, a loan of $750,000 for a property worth $1,000,000 would mean an LTV of 75%.
The buyer would provide 25% or $250,000 as a down payment.
DCR (debt-coverage-ratio) is the ratio of a property's net operating income (income after expenses but before debt service) to the annual debt payments due on the loan. For example, a property with an NOI of $100,000 and annual debt payments totaling $80,000 would produce a DCR of 1.25 ($100,000/$80,000). This is the ratio that Lenders use to determine whether a property can produce enough income to support the underlying loan placed on the property.
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Singanothersong, Weekend Hideaway Breeze
Multiple stakes winners Singanothersong and Weekend Hideaway each put in half-mile breezes Dec. 13 in preparation for expected starts in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector (gr. III) Dec. 19 at Gulfstream Park.
Multiple stakes winners Singanothersong and Weekend Hideaway each put in half-mile breezes Dec. 13 in preparation for expected starts in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector (gr. III) Dec. 19 at Gulfstream Park.
Former claimer Royal Posse will try for his second straight stakes win against other New York-breds and third victory overall when he faces an expected eight rivals in the $300,000 Empire Classic Handicap.
Royal Posse dug in deep and turned back a game rival in pacesetter Saratoga Snacks to win his stakes debut, the $100,000 Evan Shipman Stakes for New York-breds at Saratoga Race Course.
Not seen at the races in 10 months, grade II winner Zivo is set to return Sept. 4 at Saratoga Race Course in the $100,000 Evan Shipman Stakes for New York-breds.
Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey hopes the $500,000 Fourstardave (gr. IIT) will open the door to a Breeders' Cup bid for Ironicus, who will do battle with last year's Fourstardave winner Seek Again Aug. 15 at Saratoga.
Grade I winners The Big Beast and Private Zone will face off in the $400,000 Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes (gr. III) July 4 at Belmont Park.
West Point Thoroughbreds' Empire Dreams scored the biggest win of his career when he took the $200,000 Commentator Handicap at Belmont Park May 25.
Salutos Amigos continued to show he's the top sprinter in New York with a powerful victory in the $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack March 7.
Salutos Amigos, carrying topweight of 125 pounds, will try for three in a row against his arch rival in six-furlong test
Jacks or Better Farm's homebred C. Zee picked up the pieces Feb. 21 in the $100,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes (gr. III) and landed his first graded score by 2 3/4 lengths.
Team Valor International's Speechify, winner of his past two races, will make his 2015 debut against solid Florida Sunshine Millions Sprint winner Weekend Hideaway Feb. 21 at Gulfstream Park.
The New York State Gaming Commission has sanctioned trainer Bill Mott for a pair of medication overages in a single horse last fall, a decision the Racing Hall of Fame conditioner is appealing.
Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita, Delta Downs, Oaklawn, Turfway Park and More. View Slideshow
New York-bred Weekend Hideaway dispatched pacesetter Happy My Way with a furlong to run and romped clear to win the $100,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Sprint Jan. 17 at Gulfstream Park.
Prominent jockey Cornelio Velasquez was taken to a hospital and two horses died from injuries in a midstretch accident in the eighth race over the inner track at Aqueduct Racetrack Dec 5.
Carrying top weight of 133 pounds, favored Salutos Amigos rallied from off the pace to take the Fall Highweight Handicap by 1 3/4 lengths over longshot Mewannarose on the Thanksgiving Day card at Aqueduct Race Track.
A solid field will line up Nov. 29 for the $500,000 Cigar Mile (gr. I) at Aqueduct Racetrack, as grade I winners Secret Circle and Itsmyluckyday face off amongst a cast that includes Private Zone, Vyjack, and Bourbon Courage.
Lady Sheila Stable's La Verdad found her way back to the Belmont Park winner's circle Oct. 18, landing the $150,000 Iroquois on Empire Showcase Day for her fifth stakes score of the year.
Four times a runner-up in stakes races this season, including a second-place finish to Palace in the Forego (gr. I), Big Business will try to secure the first stakes win of his career in the Hudson Handicap Oct. 18.
Defending champion Saratoga Snacks takes on eight fellow New York-breds Oct. 18 in the $300,000 Empire Classic Handicap, the main feature on Empire Showcase Day at Belmont Park.
Antonio Miuccio's Palace dazzled in the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 30, diving to the rail and drawing off to finish the seven-furlong test in 1:21.95.
Belmont Sprint (gr. III) stakes winner Clearly Now takes on nine opponents as he attempts to duplicate his Herculean performance in the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 30 at Saratoga Race Course.
Former $20,000 claimer faces the likes of Dads Caps, Salutos Amigos, Central Banker, Declan's Warrior, and Clearly Now in a seven-furlong sprint July 5 in New York.
The 7-5 odds on Captain Serious in the $125,000 Mike Lee Stakes turned out to be a gift on New York Showcase Day at Belmont Park May 31, when the undefeated son of Successful Appeal trounced his rivals while geared down.
Top female sprinter Groupie Doll nearly won the Cigar Mile (gr. I) a year ago. Now she's back with a new slate of rivals to contend with, including grade I winners Goldencents and Verrazano.
|Breeder / Owner
|Michael E. Hushion
|Big Business
|Bruce N. Levine
|Bob Baffert
|Moonlight Song
|Charlton Baker
|Quick Money
|Michelle Nevin
|Saratoga Snacks
|Gary Sciacca
|Weekend Hideaway
|Philip M. Serpe
|West Hills Giant
|John P. Terranova, II
|Honorable Miss H. (gr. II)
|Race 4 (AOC) at SAR on 7/27/16
|Race 6 (MSW) at SAR on 7/27/16
|Race 5 (MSW) at SAR on 7/27/16
|Race 7 (AOC) at SAR on 7/27/16
|Honorable Miss H. (gr. II)
|John Morrissey S.
|Curlin S.
|Amsterdam S. (gr. II)
|Bowling Green S. (gr. II)


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HOUSTON (AP) - Federal officials say it appears Hurricane Ike
destroyed a number of production platforms and damaged some of the
pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico.
Lars Herbst is regional director for the U.S. Minerals
Management Service. He said today that flyovers revealed that at least 10 production platforms were destroyed by the storm.
Herbst stressed the assessments were preliminary, but the damage appeared far worse than that caused by Hurricane Gustav two weeks
Specifics about the size and production capacity of the destroyed platforms were not immediately available.
There are about 3,800 production platforms in the Gulf, including 717 with full-time staffs aboard.
The MMS says Hurricane Katrina destroyed 44 platforms three years ago, and soon after Hurricane Rita destroyed 64.


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Chocolat House Salad$14.00
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Caesar Salad
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2 Eggs Any Style$18.00
smoked chicken sausage, ham or apple wood bacon served with rosemary roasted potatoes
Cheddar and Mozzarella Omelette
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Veggie Omelette$18.00
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Eggs Florentine$19.00
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Steak and Eggs$25.00
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Our Famous Red Velvet Pancakes$19.00
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Grilled Lamb Chops
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- Bottle $49.00
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- Bottle $52.00
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- Bottle $62.00
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- Bottle $89.00
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- Bottle $58.00
Malbec, Tinto Negro, Uco Valley, Mendoza 2013
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- Bottle $49.00
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Pinot Noir, Stermer Vineyard, Lemelson, Williamette 2009
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Pinot Noir, Volnay Burgundy 1er Cru, Pitures, Bellene 2008
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Sangiovese, Rosso Di Montalcino, Caparzo 2011
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- Bottle $49.00
Dolcetto d'alba, D.O.C., Aurelio Settimo 2013
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I am so glad I found this recipe! I have found that I use two large tomatoes (which end up weighing over 1lb), a small onion (which ends up only being about 3/4 cup cut up small), two large jalapeno peppers (which are about 1/2 cup cut up), the cilantro, garlic, and salt as directed, but only 2 tsp instead of Tbsp of lime juice. This makes for a SPICY salsa, but my family loves it! This along with the Mexican Rice (Recipe 117892, sorry I don't know how to add links) have become regulars for Mexican night at my house! (Sometimes I wish I hadn't found them because I don't get to order Mexican out anymore; my family thinks they are better then the take out we used to get!) For me this recipe actually takes more like 20-30 minutes to prepare. I am a slow cook with three small kids, but I can't imagine it only taking 5 including washing and seeding everything. And one word of caution: wear food prep gloves when you make it if you can! The first two times I made this my hands felt like they were on fire all night!
This is very good! I liked it better after letting it sit for a couple of hours. Loved the colors. Made for Holiday Tag....thanks for sharing!
We love pico do gallo and this did not disappoint. We had jalapenos on the side because of personal taste. Made for Zaar Stars.
Simple and delicious! This worked great both as a dip and as a topping for tacos and burrito bowls. Thanks for sharing! Best of 2011 Tag.
Bright and fresh, simple and tasty. We loved this with our chili tonight thanks Syd.
This is pretty close to my own standard Pico de Gallo recipe. I used Roma tomatoes and only one jalapeno (but it was a hot one!). The garlic, to me, is absolutely essential! I also added a dash of black pepper. Thanks for posting!
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Easy recipe - I was out of jalapenos but wanted a little zing so I used some sricacha pepper sauce instead - I also added a splash of vinegar to help bring it along. I didn't add garlic - but the sriacha has some in it.
Pretty standard recipe, no surprises and easy to make. I added 1-2 TBSP of white vinegar, essential in bringing the flavors of pico together. Delicious and fresh.
I toned the heat down by using cayenne pepper powder instead of jalapeno peppers to taste. I even used a good canned tomatoes and DD and I enjoyed this with rice crackers. I'd like to try this again with fresh tomatoes. Made for Zaar Stars Tag Game Dec. 2010 - Jan. 2011.


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Saint-Aubin is situated in the Cote d'Or (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 48 km from Dijon, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Aubin is 275 km from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Chalon-sur-Saone at 22 km and Nuits-Saint-Georges at 28 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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- Chagny: market Thursday & Sunday (6km)
- Beaune: market Wednesday & Saturday (13km)
- Epinac: market Wednesday & Sunday (16km)
- Bligny-sur-Ouche: market Wednesday (17km)
- Givry: market Thursday (19km)
- Chalon-sur-Saone: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (21km)
- Verdun-sur-le-Doubs: market Thursday (25km)
- Le Creusot: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (28km)
- Nuits-Saint-Georges: market Friday (28km)
- Montchanin: market Wednesday (29km)
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Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Saint-Aubin and wondering what to do next!
Most beautiful villages in France (see also beautiful French villages) Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (30km)
Churches or other religious monuments Hospices de Beaune (Beaune) (13km); Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (31km); Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (39km); Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (44km); Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (45km); Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (45km); Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (52km); Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (53km)
Remarkable gardens Parc et jardins du château de Sully (19km); Abbaye de la Bussière (30km); Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (34km); Jardin de la Chaux (49km); Parc de Saint-Léger (56km); Jardin du château de Digoine (58km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé) (see also historical French towns) Chalon-sur-Saone (21km); Autun (32km); Tournus (45km); Dijon (48km)
Sites of natural beauty Cirque du Bout du Monde (6km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie) Beaune (13km); Quetigny (51km)
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Distance to Saint-Aubin
from Dijon (prefecture): 48 km
from Paris: 275 km
from Calais: 491 km
from Nice: 413 km
from Bordeaux: 471 km
from Strasbourg: 291 km
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Micckie Dudaaney turns Public Prosecutor for Sony TV's Adaalat
Actor Micckie Dudaaney will portray an honest and fiery Public Prosecutor who has the ability to stand against the mighty K D Pathak, essayed by Ronit Roy in the court of law in Contiloe Telefilms' popular court-room thriller,Adaalat (Sony Entertainment Television).
Micckie, who was last seen essaying the role of Virat Purohit in the Season 2 of Chhoti Bahu, will play Prosecutor Raghunathan.
The case in question will be that of a person who has been missing. The blame will fall on the Thakur of the village, and Raghunathan will try his best to get him convicted. However, KD will come up with a very different angle to the story wherein even the Prosecutor will get convinced that he perhaps is fighting a case to frame an innocent man. Hence, the upright Prosecutor will withdraw himself from the case, so that KD can prove the accused as innocent. The role of the Thakur who is accused will be played by actor Shiva Rindan, who was seen as Captain Attack in the movie Hum.
When contacted, Micckie told "Yes, I am presently shooting for Adaalat. It is an honour to be sharing screen space with Ronit Da once again. We have worked together for Bandini before. It was a nice feeling to have a good exchange of dialogues with him in the story. All I can say is that I play the Public Prosecutor who fights the case against KD."
This story will also have a paranormal track wherein it will be found out that many people from the village have been missing, and that the belief amongst the villagers will be that there is a girl who can change people into stones.
Is this a myth which is true or is there more to the storyline?
The shoot for this particular story is presently on, and will air soon.
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Mechanical stresses of primary branches: a survey of 40 woody tree and shrub species
- Lance S. EvansAffiliated withLaboratory of Plant Morphogenesis, Biological Sciences Research Laboratories, Manhattan College Email author
- , Zella Kahn-JetterAffiliated withDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Manhattan College
- , Jessica TorresAffiliated withLaboratory of Plant Morphogenesis, Biological Sciences Research Laboratories, Manhattan College
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Land plants have evolved a large number of growth forms and each plant species has a unique morphology. For many tall plants, main stems serve the function of vertical growth while primary and higher order branches are responsible for lateral growth for greater light interception. Herein we search for a mechanical constant for primary branches. Primary branches were sampled from 40 species of trees and shrubs. Among the species sampled, branch lengths ranged from 1.8 to 12.2 m, weights from 0.056 to 16.6 kg, base diameters from 17 to 150 mm, bending moments from 7.1 to 2,200 N-m, and section moduli from 0.039 to 29.0 × 10−3 m3. Primary branches of all 40 tree and shrub species exhibited relatively constant bending stresses along each branch. Moreover stress values among the 40 species were relatively constant at about 11 MPa (mean = 11.1 MPa [range 5.2–18.9]; standard deviation = 3.3 MPa). Furthermore, primary branches without secondary branches attached (1) had similar bending moment distributions as tapered cantilever beams, (2) exhibited relatively constant slope values of stress versus length among all species (stresses increased linearly with length), and (3) exhibited both relatively constant density and relatively constant taper within each species. We conclude that the relatively constant stress of about 11 MPa of primary branches was due solely to the numbers, weights, and distributions of secondary branches and associated higher order branches along primary branches for the 40 plant species. To our knowledge, this is the first publication that shows a unifying mechanical constant for primary branches of plants.
KeywordsMechanical properties Primary branches Bending stresses
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- Mechanical stresses of primary branches: a survey of 40 woody tree and shrub species
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Volume 22, Issue 3 , pp 283-289
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- 2008-06
- 10.1007/s00468-007-0182-7
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- 0931-1890
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- Lance S. Evans (1)
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- Mabel Martinez (2)
- Paul Tarsia (2)
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- 1. Laboratory of Plant Morphogenesis, Biological Sciences Research Laboratories, Manhattan College, Bronx, NY, 10471, USA
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Skip to comments.Alinsky vs. Sun Tzu: How ancient strategy can be used against the Liberal Left.
Posted on 01/21/2013 10:12:36 AM PST by LucyT
Refresher Course:
"...Saul Alinsky has been discussed in such a matter-of-fact way that many casual observers have heard of him."
The following is a list of Alinskys 12 rules for upheaval:
RULE 1: Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.
RULE 2: Never go outside the expertise of your people.
RULE 3: Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.
RULE 4: Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.
RULE 5: Ridicule is mans most potent weapon.
RULE 6: A good tactic is one your people enjoy.
RULE 7: A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.
RULE 8: Keep the pressure on. Never let up.
RULE 9: The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.
RULE 10: If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.
RULE 11: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.
RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
"Of these, Rules 4, 5, 8, and 12 have been used to greatest effect by the Left. In their war against the Constitution and traditional America, they have assailed, in turn, most of the great foundations of our society."
"In their war against the Constitution and traditional America, they have assailed, in turn, most of the great foundations of our society.
"They have removed God. They have made abortion mainstream. They have helped the tiny minority of gay and lesbian activists dictate policy to the majority.
"They have made millions dependent on government through social programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and now federal control of automakers, banks, energy, and health care. - Granted, some of these Leftist changes took place long before Alinsky, but his principles have been widely used by the 21st century brand of so-called progressives who look to take the next step."
Alinsky is over rated. Half of that crap is obvious and the rest is plagiarized.
Speaking of Medicare, an expert on the Russian mafia stated on Varney & Co. FOX Business this morning, that the Russian mafia is very active in medicare fraud. How come our "transparent" government hasn't mentioned this? Or maybe that was part of the "more flexability after the election" part.
"Much has been made in recent political history of Saul Alinsky and his Rules for Radicals. Bill Clinton reportedly followed Alinskys advice. Barack Obama taught a class on using Alinsky principles to keep the nation in chaos. After all, its easier to get radical policies enacted during a crisis. However, I assert that there is an older, much more battle-tested set of rules for warfare that are becoming more applicable to politics in the United States as the political arena begins to resemble the Roman Colosseum: The Art of War by Sun-Tzu."
I personally feel that rule number one has been pretty effective at demoralizing the right.
The reality is that we have at least as much power as the left and its growing. The GOP holds 3 branch majorities in 24 states while the democrats hold all 3 branches in 13 states. The states have shown some willingness to stand against Obama and our job is to weld them into a solid block to fight back.
Free Republic should spawn a private, invitation-only 24/7 think tank devoted to exploring this very idea.
Alinsky dedicated "Rules for Radicals" to Lucifer. Really.
Obama taught "Alinsky Tactics 101" as a professor. Really.
The danger of the current left and the french revolution is that they were rebelling against what they didn't want. And it was bloody.
Our founding fathers were wise in having a very clear understanding of what they were working toward, which was their rights from God. People were not always pure in their ideology, but I think the evidence in our original documents speak.
We as conservatives here are not of like mind, and have little common ground, we are fractionalized. Balkenized if you prefer.
I will add the following to your refresher course:
Free Republic should spawn a private, invitation-only
24/7 think tank devoted to exploring this very idea.
it already exists...It's called The Heritage Foundation...
My tax return
I just received my tax return for 2011 back from the IRS. It puzzles me!!!
They are questioning how many dependents I claimed.
I guess it was because of my response to the question: List all dependents?
I replied: 12 million illegal immigrants;
3 million crack heads;
42 million unemployed people on food stamps,
2 million people in over 243 prisons;
Half of Mexico; and 535 persons in the U.S. House and Senate.
1 useless President.
Evidently, this was NOT an acceptable answer.
You mention Alinsky's 12 Rules but nary a word about or from Sun Tzu yet your thread title is one versus the other. Where are the Sun Tzu principles?
Sounds like a fantastic idea. I'd love to read the group's final report.
....they are hell bent to forcing the Rush doctrine to be used eventually....
miele man ~:" You mention Alinskys 12 Rules but nary a word about or from Sun Tzu yet your thread title is one versus the other. Where are the Sun Tzu principles? "
Agreed !
There is no Sun Tzu comparison
Saul D. Alinsky , a known communist community organizer used the above principles to effect change in resistant communities ,and aginst large commercial enterprizes . The above listed principles are enumerated in his book "Rules for Radicles " .
Sun Tzu's " The Art of War " is a tactical reference in physical and psychological aspects of warfare , and evaluating how to hurt the enemy the most , while minimizing your exposure to loss .
I would have liked to have seen how these two books can be applied
Perhaps the Sun Tzu portion is still yet forthcomming.. ?
FR is you, friend. Do it. Email is available for private contact and communications.
Here are a couple that I use.
"Understand yourself and understand your opponents, and in one hundred battles, you will not be defeated."
"The battle is won or lost before the first arrow is fired."
Here you go. It is quite a long read.
"The Art of War" is actually quite short, but it is hard to find a translation which does not include voluminous commentary.
It's not really a long read as I recall, having read it several years ago.
Every GOP candidate should read it and become familiar with it, as well as Alinsky's rules as one of the main tenants of the Art of War is to know your enemy and their tactics.
Example: Obama will give a speech where he will ask a rhetorical question and then answer it with two false choices, with the most reasonable answer supporting his argument.
This tactic is used over and over, yet the GOP never seems to catch on to this easily defeatable tactic.
Dallas - "Real power is something you take!"
Problem is, there are no capitalist governments willing to pay millions of we conservatives to do this. Unlike the commies.
We attempt to repel the enemy for free. Volunteer armies only work when total devastation of the enemy is not only OK but the goal.
Sun Tzu couldn't imagine the kind of battlefield we face now.
There are a lot of things we can do on our own.
Planting the seeds of dissent is a personal favorite. I leave comments after Detroit news articles all the time. When Detroiters are complaining about the lack of police, I point to Ann Arbor where the liberals couldn't decide to build a fountain or pay more firemen. I suggest that its kinda funny how Ann Arbor liberals have all this excess money and concern for the poor, yet aren't real forthcoming with the cash.
I take special pleasure in pointing out that "Obama didn't bring no bacon" on his last trip to Detroit. Instead he came to Michigan to try to protect his union friends and utterly failed PLUS ignoring the call for bacon.
Play their own games back against them.
I'm jaded, but the soap and ballot box solutions have been stolen from us in broad daylight. So....
Check this out:
Machiavelli says: 'Yo what am I chopped liver here?'
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The aim of this project is to make it easier to keep the source code updated with the server on projects that use CVS. Keeping up to date source files on SourceForge.com projects will be automated.2 weekly downloads
CVS virt file system for Hurd
cvsfs4hurd is a translator for the GNU Hurd, which allows to "mount" a CVS module into your local filesystem. It allows to view version controlled files as like they were regular files on your disk, however saving much network bandwidth.1 weekly downloads
GUI Front End for CVS
CVSGI (Concurrent Versions System Graphical Interface) is a Java based GUI application which works with the CVS archiving system. CVSGI GUI acts as an interface between the user and the CVS system.1 weekly downloads
J2EE Industry Management Tool
Will allow web based (Facelet) ant compile/build/deploy script generator and runner unsing a JCR content repository for managing J2EE components in a project environnement. Maybe a little of all this soon...1 weekly downloads
Spackle - CVS ACLs and Utilities
Spackle enhances the basic capabilities of CVS. It provides for finer-grained access control, automailing of diffs from commits, etc. Looking for Jeremy Weatherford's SpackleStats? It's at http://spackle.xidus.net/info.php1 weekly downloads
VBA Module Import-Export / CVS Interface
Tool to conveniently Import/Export Visual Basic for Applications Modules from MS Excel workbooks, to a folder-structured flat file format, making a useful companion to a CVS system.1 weekly downloads
VHS Project Training System
Project Training System: Train all skills necessary during the development cycle of a software project. Communication between developers, testers, editors and users is technically supported by the sourceforge infrastructure. The project shall demonstrate1 weekly downloads
Web Pages Management
VersionWeb is a tool for web pages version control in web itself. VersionWeb allows the authors to do checkout a file, commit, add, remove, rename, etc, that is, the operations more common in version control. The authors can control the versions of your p1 weekly downloads
wxCvs is a cross-platform GUI frontend to the GNU Concurrent Versioning System (CVS). It is written in python and uses bindings to the wxWindows C++ cross-platform GUI toolkit (http://wxwindows.org). The python bindings to wxWindows is known as wxPyton1 weekly downloads
AutoSQL SandBox
Attempt to develope application that automatically (browser plug-in?) loads SQL scripts from Collaboration Toll e.g. Bugzilla to SQL Client Software
CEWI - CVS Enhanced Web Interface
A PHP based browser interface into a CVS repository employing DHTML to emulate graphical proprietary source repositories.
CTMBSD is an attempt to make a portable version of original CTM (Cvs Through eMail) obtained from FreeBSD (tm).
CVS Plug-in for Visual Studio.NET, using VB.NET as programming language.
Campground Reservation System
Group project to develop a campground reservation system as part of a Software Engineering class requirement.
Code Reactor Project Manager
CodeReactor is a Delphi Project managment tool (Tracker, BugReports, Documentation, Calendar)
Code Stamp version control
A version control check-in/check-out system to be developed for free public use by any and all who want it. Comprehensive version control to be offered.
Dev-CMS es un proyecto de comunidad global como punto de encuentro para novatos y desarrolladores entorno a sus CMSs favoritos.
DotCVS: the .NET CVS server
This project aims to implement a CVS server on .NET, taking advantage of the platform, and providing extensive support for server-side plugins to make advanced features such as workflow, automated builds and tests, etc., easy to implement with .NET.
Are you being bothered by remembering the long CVS Shell commands? Now, "Easy CVS API/Shell-command" will ease your burden of remembering the CVS "import" command or so. Just keyin "CvsImport", and you will be guided to finish your work elegantly!
FAR CVS Plugin
FARCVS is a plugin to the FAR file manager (http://farmanager.com), a Norton Commanger clone. Provides a UI for working with CVS: checkin and checkout, diffing and merging files, viewing statuses, etc... Written in C# using a .NET wrapper around FAR API.
Fast CVS Client
An CVS client that will be easy to install & use, and will work with SourceForge. It will be portable across nearly all platforms, and it will be able to work with SourceForge's SSH setup. I will NOT be distributing SSH with FastCVS
Final project on an application to manage a web page
Java CVS Manager
Aims to be able to manage multiple CVS repositories and copy parts of the contents and structure between repositories.