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A pretty huge portion of the world's population has immigrants in their recent ancestry, if they're not immigrants themselves. With improvements in global modes of communication since the 18th century, the human race has really got about.
Novelist Alex George's mum was a Kiwi who lived for much of her life in Britain. And George himself emigrated from Britain to America, where he presently lives. So much of what he writes of in his latest, A Good American, draws from personal experience, and from imagining the experience of those near and dear to him.
Frederick and Jette Meisenheimer seek a new life in America at the dawn of the 20th century when Jette's pregnancy out of wedlock scandalises both sets of their strict, Hanoverian parents. Having no English and no real sense of the country to which they're headed, the young couple grope their way from New Orleans toward St Louis, where Frederick has heard there is a community of German expats and one man, in particular, who is happy to hire hard-working compatriots. They never make it. Jette goes into labour during a lunch stop at a dot on the map of America named Beatrice, Missouri.
The rest of the novel describes their setting down of roots as the Meisenheimers become a good American family, as purportedly told by James, a member of the contemporary crop of Meisenheimers. "As the years wash over us and new generations march into the future," our narrator editorialises, "family histories are subsumed into this greater narrative. We become, simply, Americans."
His aunt is wondering how she will be able to love her impending, mixed-race grandchildren who will be different from her, but James sees that "she's missing the point. They'll be exactly like her. They'll be Americans, too - only more so."
You get the picture. A Good American is something of a feel-good epic, spanning four (nearly five) generations. It's not without its charms. The prose is elegant and energetic, and it's hard not to warm to the characters. But as with most sweeping sagas spanning many generations, the characterisation inevitably suffers from the scope: you're only just getting to know and like the patriarch Frederick, for example, when he bows out; Jette is there for the duration, but she fades from an interesting and strongly drawn character into a mere cypher, crowded out by more characters.
And while you care enough about the massed Meisenheimers to mourn their tragedies, the tone of the novel is more than a little alienating. An endorsement on the front cover likens George's style to John Irving's, and it's a valid comparison. But where Irving manages to work strange elements into his fiction in a way that makes them ring true, George often tries too hard for a touch of the absurd or the surreal. He's plainly attempting to strike a note of bitter-sweet, but it all ends up sounding just a little ... smug.
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Can the Colts front five do enough to protect the franchises future under center plus your Week Two NFL picks.
News out of Indianapolis this week has Jim Irsay tinkering with the legalities and mechanics of a complicated system of levers and pulleys that will buzz around at high speeds above Lucas Oil Stadium and be connected at all times to Andrew Luck in what the latest reports are calling an effort to "keep him upright."
…That is indeed a weird problem for a supposedly full-fledged human adult to have, especially one largely considered to be the next prized possession of the NFL. Having to worry about keeping your quarterback upright is not something owners of previously 2-14 teams want to think about at the start of a new season; it makes it seem as though they drafted and signed to an ungodly contract a stupid if not totally dumb little boy who simply can't manage to remain on his feet for more than four or five seconds at a time or a convalescent with some kind of crippling disorder that makes him flop around like a rag doll for no good reason at all. It makes people in the professional football business look stupid, and it's particularly troublesome on days when Jared Allen, the NFL's reigning sacks leader, comes to town smelling of sweat and hungry for the flesh and bones of a young quarterback, a new plaything if you will, still ripe and not yet broken in.
Indeed, monsters like Allen love the smell of new blood in the air. They get off on being brutal and completely unkind, twisted if not terminally ill individuals who foam at the mouth on their best days and are downright cruel motherfuckers when things go awry. Tearing a head clean from the body might seem weird to you, but it comes almost naturally to the screwballs governed by the mentality that drives professional defensive linemen, and it's an awfully ugly thing to consider when we factor in the enormous sums of money we pay these people to think and act the way they do.
Whoops! My editor tells me that might be laying it on a little heavy, that Allen is already on the phone using ugly words like "sue" and "slander" and Irsay's on hold babbling uncontrollably about patents for an elaborate rope harness with super-menacing spikes. "Andrew Luck, Uber Alles!"
The truth is that Luck learned the hard way about living life in the NFL behind a bad offensive line that got shredded by the Bears for three sacks, 63 rush yards and a flurry of otherwise criminal hits on their young star QB. And they will continue to do so, but we don't like to say those kinds of things out loud and never in front of the boy. We don't want to unnerve the poor little bastard by saying too bluntly that he got beaten like a fine leather drum and that it's likely to happen over and over again for the better part of a long 16-game season.
But it will happen. Indy's front five have a combined 145 career NFL starts, 75 of which belong to Samson Satele, leaving just 70 to share among the other four. Left guard Joe Reitz is still out with an undisclosed knee injury, and Winston Justice, out with what might be a concussion sustained after Sunday's opener, was once referred to by the great Hugh Douglas as, in his opinion, "not even a football player."
Ah, Selah. Douglas went on to say that "if they don't bite when they're a puppy, they won't bite when they're a grown dog," which is bad; puppies guarding puppies makes for poor football, and you wouldn't want five French poodles blocking for your multimillion-dollar, decade-long investment. Quarterbacks who routinely suffer from what we're now calling a "vertical deficiency" don't make it very far in the NFL.
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Minnesota (-1.5) over Indianapolis
See above.
Oakland (-2.5) over Miami
If Oakland can somehow find it in themselves not to give up a couple field lengths in face masks and false starts, off sides and offensive pass interference (seriously, who even gets called for that?), they might actually win a couple games. This should be one of them.
New York (+6) over Pittsburgh
This is the New York team that hung 41 on the Bills, not the one that hemmed and hawed and ultimately sputtered against the Cowboys.
Tampa Bay (+8.5) over New York
That's this one.
Dallas (-3) over Seattle
Seattle looked a little lost last week after letting Kevin Kolb (not a typo) cram a textbook two minute drill down their throats. Without Lynch and lacking the type of reactionary receivers required for a rookie quarterback to adjust, Seattle's starting this season 0-2.
Baltimore (+2.5) over Philadelphia
Also not a typo.
Detroit (+8.5) over San Francisco
Here we go: the 'Niners will give Detroit just enough hope to make this game competitive and interesting in the Oriental sense of the word, but the outcome is probably something like San Fran 27, Detroit 24, and it will never really be that close.
New England (-14) over Arizona
The only question here is whether Belichick and Brady take their foot off the gas when the score is 34-3 at the end of the half and Arizona creeps within 14 sometime in the fourth quarter.
New Orleans (-2.5) over Carolina
It's rare that professional books miss three lines in a single week, but with the Jets laying six against Pittsburgh and the Ravens a 2.5 point underdog against Philly we're ready to cry foul; something's rotten in Vegas.
Houston (-7.5) over Jacksonville
How lucky is Houston to be starting their season in sunny, sunny Florida?
Quick Slants:
Buffalo (-3) over Kansas City, Atlanta (-3) over Denver, Tennessee (+6) over San Diego, St. Louis (+3) over Washington, Cincinnati (-6) over Cleveland
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- 2-1/4 cups cold milk
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- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in pudding mixture. Spoon into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. dish. Sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Cut into squares. Garnish with whipped cream and chopped peanuts if desired. Yield: 12-15 servings.
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Original Art Stories: Steve Geppi's Million Dollar Art Deal Gone Bad
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You have to wonder how long it will be before Diamond goes belly-up.
The core business (comic book distribution) seems to be sinking month by month with comic book stores shutting at a quickening pace. A few years ago there were nine comic book shops in a tri-city area near me. Now there are two.
- Monday, August 15, 2011 12:35:00 pm
In addition, the big two comics publishers, Marvel and DC, have began the push to digital distribution. There will come a point where enough of the market has switched to digital that distribution of printed monthlies will no longer be a viable business.
- Monday, August 15, 2011 4:46:00 pm
- Jason said...
Great article! Thanks for writing it up!
- Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:19:00 am
Seems like everyone lost on this deal. The Montana family had an unrealistic appraisal that lead to high expectations, which were not met when the sales values proved wrong. Mr. Geppi overpaid and then incurred financial problems, as so many others have in this economy, so he could not pay his debts. At least he was honest enough to admit he couldn't make his payments. Many don't. A sad story for everyone.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2011 1:13:00 am
Interesting article, but there is at least one factual error. Geppi didn't "establish" Hake's Americana. Hake's was founded by Ted Hake, one of the nicest guys in the collectibles business, in the 1960s. It was around for at least 35 years when Geppi bought it.
Incidentally, Geppi also bought Morphy's Auction in Denver, PA at nearly the same time, but has since reverted back to its original owner.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2011 7:34:00 am
The Clinton-era Justice Department did investigate Diamond, and it was said that they found no monopoly at the time because Diamond was just one place among many that comics could be bought from (despite no DM source could ever buy from, say, the newsstand distributors, and hope to be competitive)
It was said at the time that the matter was put into abeyance, and *could* (in theory) be re-opened at any time.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2011 9:25:00 am
- Jim S. said...
Good article, but if I understand it correctly, 1970 strips valued at $80 selling for $50 is a $10 profit each, since Geppi was only paying 50% of the valuation. 1968 strips valued at $100 each would make $20 profit at $70 and, 1969 strips valued at $90 each would make $25 at $70 each. Of course there were other fees, but Geppi should have at least broken even.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:07:00 pm
But a 20% return doesn't even come close to paying the overhead on this collection. The $100000 paid to Weist, and just storage of the items. The family was the true winners with the $500,000 plus the pending return of the rest of the art that can be sold through heritage or other auction houses.
- Wednesday, August 17, 2011 8:04:00 am
- Luke H said...
Great article! The ridiculous claim that there was no record of what pages had been sold and what they went for makes it pretty hard to feel any sympathy for Geppi. Pretty gross!
- Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:47:00 pm
For everyone to know, this article is packed with misinformation and if I were the person who wrote it, I'd be worried about the consequences of it when it comes to the law. It may suit the writer to gather more information before spreading misleading information on the internet. Not smart. Give someone a computer and all of the sudden they think they are an investigative reporter.
- Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:18:00 am
- Daniel Best said...
Hello Anon.
First up, if you're going to leave a comment like that then at least have the guts to sign your name to it.
Second - the information was drawn from court documents, contracts, correspondance between Geppi and the Montana family and Geoppi's own deposition, which, frankly, I'll post later just to show that it's all on the level.
Thirdly - exactly what is 'misinformation' in your view?
I have nothing to worry about with this article, certainly I do not worry about the consequences when faced with accusations from a coward.
- Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:53:00 am
First of all, thank you whomever you are the posted that comment. Second, although there is factual information through court documents and such, the picture this article is trying to paint is that Steve is not a man of his word and broke. I can tell you without a doubt that he IS a man of his word, and always has been as well as he is not broke. We all have seen the economy take a huge hit, and there is little any of us can do about it. Bottom line is that Diamond IS and will continue to be a strong company. Anyone who believes Steve's net worth (which is none of their business) is 1million or less, is a complete fool. Use common sense. Do you think Diamond would still be around if his worth fell that low? Is anyones net worth what it "used to be"? Truth is, and I will put emphasis on TRUTH, is that if you look at that deal Steve tried to do everything he could to make it right in the end. He really lost on this deal, but didnt try and screw anyone and he didnt whine about it, and in the end he made it right. There should be a follow up article on how many people have not paid HIM. That could keep you busy for A LONG time Daniel. Also, I want it out there that NO ONE is dragging Jerry Weist's name through the mud on this. Jerry was a good man and will be missed.
I know its always easy to hate the guy at the top and root for him to fail but in this case the guy at the top is trying to do whatever he can to help this industry that we all love. I have said before Steve built this business because it is his passion and he loves it. This wasnt handed to him, he is the guy you WANT in that position.
As for the article itself, Daniel. You seem to have put quite an effort into it. There are some inaccuracies in it, but its written from your interpretation of something you werent present for. So that is to be expected. I wont point out what they all are just because I dont feel like giving you reason to write more on the subject. I wish you all the best in what you do Daniel. By the way, are you on Facebook? I'd like to put a face with the article. Feel free to give me a shout on there.
In closing my father is a good man, with a great heart. If you have never had a chance to know the man than you are missing out on a loyal friend.
Best Wishes,
-Josh Geppi
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- Saturday, August 20, 2011 2:36:00 am
- Daniel Best said...
Josh, thank you for your comments - you're always welcome to put anything together and I'll be more than happy to post it here - the other side, so to speak. It's an open invite for anyone really.
I'm sure your father is a wonderful man, and yes, there are always two sides to the story. My intention was to show how deals do go wrong, especially high end deals. I did point out that a settlement was reached, and that the action was also settled.
As for Steve's net worth, it was Steve himself who, under oath, stated that it had dropped from $20,000,000 to around the $1,000,000 mark - you can read that in my other post that has his full deposition.
Steve did himself no favours by stating that he stopped paying because he had no funds. The way that was presented, both in the deposition and also in the court documents, it appeared that Steve had run out of money, simply did not want to pay and just decided to cancel the deal. As I pointed out, that wasn't the case, there were other factors involved.
I didn't expect everyone to read the post fully, and, with all due respect Josh, I wouldn't expect anyone connected to Diamond or Steve to see this as anything but an attack on Steve. It wasn't. How others perceive the article is up to them - we all see/read things differently.
Daniel Best
"6'3", 98 198lbs, two tattos, and I collect some stuff"
- Saturday, August 20, 2011 8:36:00 am
If your Dad is worth so much more money than he stated in court testimony, Josh... Then he is guilty of perjury and still owes the Montana family $500K plus interest.
We all make bad deals and sometimes those deals cost LOTS of money. The Montana's are not responsible for your Dad's overpaying. If he wanted to make it right, he should have paid the money, all of it, regardless of the deal he made. (Especially if he has all the cash you claim he does.)
Not having a detailed report on what art was sold and then returning the rest? That's not making it right. That amateurish and patently ridiculous.
And according to the court documents filed by your father's representatives, Weist's accuracy was called into question-- with allusion of impropriety and that Jerry gave the Montana family a favorable evaluation at your father's expense.
You can claim all this is false but few if any will believe you. Daniel's article is far too well researched for anyone to believe anything but the truth.
- Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:09:00 pm


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Pierre's dedication, along with the hard work of many of his union brothers, has helped raise his public works department to the high level of quality it is at today. Pierre, equipment operator for the city of Cohoes, N.Y. (population 15,500), is unit president of the municipality's department of public works. A member of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union (AFSCME), he heads up Local 801 of CSEA, which is part of New York's public employees' union.
All 40 members of the Cohoes public works department belong to CSEA Local 801. They take care of all city operations, from the water treatment plant to the sanitary sewer lines to trash collection. The department also completes road repair, oversees snow removal, and installs and maintains stormwater lines. "It's varied—we do a multitude of things," said Pierre. It's a "breath of fresh air" to do so many different jobs, and Pierre never tires of the many tasks that are put before him.
But things haven't always been so positive. When a previous mayor tried to privatize the water department, Pierre and his union brothers protested the proposal. They went door to door, passed out fliers, and generally argued the possible loss of union jobs. Pierre and his colleague, George Hebert, eventually won their fight and the water department remained under public city control, but Pierre said the mayor punished them by putting them on the back of a garbage truck for 14 months. "We showed him—we did the best job we could," said Pierre. He and Hebert were commended for their excellence in trash removal and had a few good laughs along the way. Plus, the mayor was voted out of office in the next term, and the newly elected official is on better terms with the department.
One of the primary reasons public works employees join a union is the strong contracts for benefits and other perks. "The biggest benefit to belonging to a union is that over the years the union has been able to negotiate contracts that have improved health care benefits for all of our members," said Pierre. "We receive a lot of discounts when we purchase items such as cars, trips, lodging, and many other things just by showing a union card."
As a member of CSEA, Pierre and his colleagues benefit from collective bargaining agreements that the union can work out between the employees and city management. "CSEA negotiates more than 1100 separate collective bargaining agreements with localities across the state," said Albany, N.Y.-based CSEA president Danny Donohue. "We represent the county employees in most of New York's counties and, as an example, have one master contract that covers all the employees in our bargaining unit, no matter what type of work or department they're under—their common interest as county employees is what's known as the community of interest."
"The biggest benefit to joining a union is the right to vote on the contract," said George Lawson, safety and training coordinator for the Delaware County, N.Y., department of public works. As the unit president of CSEA Local 813 for the county, Lawson encourages everyone to join the union. Since the department is a "closed shop," employees still pay dues, even if they don't become a union member. "There are no negative aspects to joining for us—you pay dues anyway," he said. "And without a union, you are leaving yourself wide open to management change."
Job security and a voice in the future of the organization are key benefits to being in a union. "Employees who feel like they're treated fairly and have input in the workplace will generally be more productive workers," said CSEA's Donohue. By improving this communication between the employee and his boss, the employee often shares good ideas on how to improve operations or save money for the municipality.
Fair pay for employees—union or non-union—usually is a hot topic for any public works official. Numbers vary depending on who you talk to, but union wages are generally higher than that of non-union public works employees. According to a recent exclusive survey of PUBLIC WORKS readers, the median salary for a union worker was about 10% more than that of a non-union employee. Other sources quote that difference as being as high as 25% more for union workers. CSEA, which represents about 40,000 workers in the public works field, indicated that the average member earns about $31,000 per year.
Benefits like insurance, retirement plans, and other health-related items are usually the main talking point when everybody thinks of unions. Joan Raymond, an AFSCME member and president of Local 127 of the city of San Diego's Employees' Union, said she relies on strength in numbers to secure a fair contract. "It's important to be part of a collective family of workers who are united in their goal of having a secure job and retirement for themselves and their families, especially at a time when our pensions and health benefits are under attack locally, statewide, and nationally by profit-motivated private interests and corporations who finance politicians," she said.


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God of war chains of olympus review(PS3)
Posted 12 October 2011 - 05:23 PM
God of war chains of olympus tells us about the effort that kratos made to free himself from nightmares before he seek to become the god of war.The gods used him again and again which forces him to go against them which leads to nowhere.The story is very simple to understand and is not that epic that i expect from god of war games.It is narrow without any major twist and turns.It also lacks the rhythm that usual god of war game have.
The visual presentation of this game in phenomenon for the psp but for the ps3 they are pretty bad.The game runs in full hd but the characters and locations totally look bad.Readyatdawns could have worked on characters skin and environments to make this game look like a ps3 game.The CG Cutscenes used in these games look really good.There is also a lack of clean quality of environments which in my opinion ruined my adventure.
Sound of the game is totally phenomenon.Every characters voice acting should be appriciated for what they did here.Plus the soundtrack keeps the action intence.You will here screams,building's crumbling which will give you a feeling that kratos is pissed off.10 on 10 for sound as it is one of the best audio presentation in the god of war saga.
We all know how good a god of war game is in terms of gameplay.Chains of Olympus keeps the same engine with some very nice tweaks.The combat is better than ever as the powers are useful in making ultra big combos.There is a lot to learn here in terms of combats which will keep you hooked for a long time.There are two kinds of weapons which are unique,useful as well as fun to use.There are also powers which are very useful compared to other god of war games.There are also some epic boss fights which makes the adventure more intense as well as varied.You can mix your combos with your powers and then blast everyone off which will give you a badass feeling.
Lasting Appeal
God Of War Chains Of Olympus is a great game in terms of gameplay and audio presentation but lacks a good story and good visual presentation.But the biggest problem is that the game is very short of about 6 to 7 hours but there are challenges to complete as well as multiple difficulties which creates this game a fair deal.All things aside this game is one more excuse to play more god of war on your ps3.
+Plenty of things to do
+Sound Design
+Epic Boss battles
-Adventure mode is short
-Not really hd
Overall Rating:-7.5/10
Posted 12 October 2011 - 08:17 PM
Coming back to COO, I loved the fact that it never took a hit on the framerate despite multiple characters on screen.
Edited by Jigsaw, 12 October 2011 - 08:18 PM.

Posted 13 October 2011 - 02:08 PM
I found the graphics nicely made up for what is originally a psp game. You should check out Ghost of Sparta.... That looks phenom
Coming back to COO, I loved the fact that it never took a hit on the framerate despite multiple characters on screen.
Ghost of sparta Looks beautiful
But I Think coo looks pretty bad they could have worked harder on it
Plus I agree that the framerate is pretty good now
Edited by Arjunveer Singh, 13 October 2011 - 02:11 PM.
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Posted 14 October 2011 - 08:42 PM
Posted 14 October 2011 - 10:11 PM
Its called the God Of War:Collection Volume 2.1899 for the disc version and 1499 On PSN
How did you get this game on PS3? Is it out already?
Where have been all this time though
Posted 15 October 2011 - 09:44 AM
Posted 15 October 2011 - 12:25 PM
Is the gameplay on PSP same as the one on PS3? Or Is there any difference?
Its The same but with increased framerate
Posted 15 October 2011 - 08:38 PM
Its The same but with increased framerate
and also much better graphics than if you compare them on a psp...

Posted 16 October 2011 - 08:56 AM
and also much better graphics than if you compare them on a psp...
Not that much
Only the resolution is changed!!
Posted 16 October 2011 - 07:29 PM
Posted 16 October 2011 - 08:31 PM
dude just watch a review of the game and u will get all ur answers.And obviously these are 2 different games thus the plot would be different,the story would be different and core gameply is still the same but will added weapons and abilities it feels fresh.
Is there any difference in the gameplay, plot etc?
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The Horse Armoury, by an unknown artist, early 19th century
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Horse Armoury, Tower of London by Rowlandson and Pugin, 1809
Figure of William the Conqueror, detail from a watercolour of the Line of Kings. Early 19th century (I.69 )
As a well-known London visitor attraction, the Tower of London and its Horse Armoury became sufficiently familiar that it could be used figuratively in 18th-century novels. One such example is in The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.
Many accounts in both guidebooks and visitors' descriptions refer to the massed displays of armour which adorned the walls, columns and beams of the room in the New Store-house. Sterne therefore alludes to the quantity and range of military stores in the Horse and Foot armouries of the Tower – and Venice – as a means of indicating that nowhere could have provided a better mantelet [mobile screen or shield] than that belonging to Tristram's Uncle Toby:
'Now, through all the lumber-rooms of military furniture, including both of horse and foot, from the great arsenal of Venice to the Tower of London (exclusive) if Mrs Wadman had been rummaging for seven years together, with Bridget to help her, she could not have found any blind or mantelet so fit for her purpose as that which the expediency of my Uncle Toby's affairs had fixed up ready for her hands'.
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There was hardly a concert I was more eager to hear than the Celebrity Series of Boston's celebration of pianist Leon Fleisher's 80th birthday. This profound artist (a student of Artur Schnabel) is also a scintillating technician. His recordings are legendary. And so is his story: the loss of the use of his right hand (from focal dystonia) in his prime, his four-decade search for a cure, his conducting, his performances of the left-hand repertoire, his finally regaining some use of his right hand, his becoming a 2007 Kennedy Center Honoree. He's now giving 80th-birthday concerts he calls "Leon Fleisher & Friends," with three of his former students: the Soviet-born Israeli virtuoso Yefim Bronfman, the insightful young American Jonathan Biss, and Katherine Jacobson Fleisher, his wife. At Carnegie Hall, they played the same program we heard two days later at Jordan Hall. I was expecting to love it. I'm sorry to say I didn't — at least, not all of it.
"In these times of turmoil," Fleisher announced, it would be "salutary" to offer a "Triple-A" concert: "Anthems Against Acrimony," a series of calmly passionate works ending — not calmly — with Ravel's own piano transcription of his cataclysmic La valse. Fleisher's most satisfying and moving performance was his first, pianist Egon Petri's heavenly transcription of Bach's "Sheep may safely graze" (a soprano aria from a secular, mythological cantata), with some of the keyboard's most exquisite counterpoint. Fleisher hasn't lost his touch — no other pianist has that glittering, limpid, instantly identifiable tone and the unfussy yet uncannily illuminating phrasing. Even playing the same piano, the other three never sounded like him.
The Bach was Fleisher's only solo. He played four-hand pieces with each of his partners (always at the low end), in alternation with their own solos. Bronfman delivered a supple but mild Schumann Arabeske and Biss a strong Beethoven E-minor sonata (Opus 90) with a particularly rhapsodic second movement. But Jacobson Fleisher made Mozart's sublime A-minor Rondo seem uneventful, with little sense of emotional content or dramatic arc. (Schnabel has the great, bone-chilling recording.) Biss joined Fleisher in Schubert's F-minor Fantasie, but this infinitely piercing piece somehow wasn't very moving. Was it too fast? Too slow? (A piano-playing friend pointed out that Fleisher's domination over the pedal prevented Biss from making any dynamic changes in the melodic line.) Fleisher and Bronfman gave us Dvorák's piano versions of three lively and rapturous Slavonic Dances, but they were more lilting than rapturous. With Jacobson Fleisher, in La valse, Fleisher supplied the deep subterranean rumbling, and the piece, with its lightning glissandos, worked up a real head of steam. But all the switching around, elegant on paper, defeated momentum, and frankly, I just wanted to hear more of Fleisher on his own.
Boston's senior musical organization, the Handel and Haydn Society, is entering its 194th season. It's had an unusual number of leaders in recent years: early-music celebrity Christopher Hogwood, former BSO assistant conductor Grant Llewellyn, and, as artistic adviser, Sir Roger Norrington. H&H has just announced a new director, British conductor Harry Christophers, who made a hit with last winter's Messiah. His tenure begins next season, but he just led a delightful Handel program at Symphony Hall, alternating Handel's four Coronation Anthems (composed for George II) with festive choruses and soprano arias from later operas and oratorios. The music called more for energy and elegance than for probing interpretation, and that's what he delivered.
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Letang Is The Truth wrote:i am the seer. i can confirm that redwill is a villager and that one of the RP claims is correct from my first night that i was able to see. im pretty sure that based on willie's first post on page 5 that he is bad. classic red move to come in after a few villagers have been offed then toss out two more names to get the heat directed somewhere else. i also believe that SDD is bad based on his ulf or WK comment as this is also a clever tactic to throw out a villager and one of your partners in case you get offed for a misdirection. just my 2 thoughts. i will stick with WK.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish television channel has admitted it mistakenly used an image from a computer game to illustrate a news report about Syria.
TV2 Head of News Jacob Nybroe said Sunday the picture that was used as a backdrop behind news anchor Cecilie Beck on Feb. 26 came from adventure game Assassin's Creed.
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They also had a pair of brown bears and a pair of grizzly bears. Neither is native to Africa, or this part of Arizona for that matter. All four bears are rescue animals from bad situations so I guess that is why they have them. Although bears are one of my personal favorites, they just did not seem to fit in with what the park was about.
The bears along with chain link fence, and the fact that the animal trainers doubled has the tram drivers combine to give the place a feel of one of those old time road side attractions. That is down the side. Now for the upside.
You are close enough to the animals that if you are dumb enough you can reach across the two sets of fence and touch the tigers or bears. I know there are lawyers around here since this place is built next to the Yavapai County courthouse. I guess they are just not as paranoid down here as they are back home. In fact, as one parent found out, kids can get close enough to be sprayed by a tiger. It is a good lesson for why parents should keep an eye on their kids and not let them run wild.
The big draw ticket here is a show called Tiger Splash. We have never seen anything like it before, and I doubt we will again. Here is the deal. You sit down in Tiger Splash Arena. In front of you is a chain link fenced area with an in-ground swimming pool, some green grass, and 4 very large tigers. Enter 6 humans. All have issues or they would not be locked in the fenced area with 4 tigers.
Three of the 6 humans are introduced as "prey". I guess those 3 lost a bet back stage, or Yavapai County District Court, conveniently located next door, has a very interesting work release program. The "prey" then gets the tigers interested in them to the point that they are being chased. Just before the tiger catches the prey, the prey jumps into the pool which is supposed to be safe. Of course the tiger can jump in also, but it appeared the tigers were less aggressive in the pool.
After the tigers get bored with chasing humans, the humans then get balloons on sticks to further entice the tigers to chase them. This works about the same way. Just before the tiger catches them they jump into the pool. The tiger gets the balloon and not the human. Of course getting the balloon back away from the tiger causes more interaction which at times can get a little tense, but they make it work.
After the show is over with all humans and human body parts accounted for, the place is nice enough to let the patrons feed the tigers-for a small fee. We of course felt compelled to let Sarah feed the tiger so she got to feed one named Harvest.
We then saw some other minor shows and went on Safari where Sarah got to feed a giraffe. She thought this was cool. I just thought it was gross.
All in all it was a good day. There were the usual encounters with 2 legged dumb animals like the one who had her ringing cell phone in her bra during a show and would not turn it off, or the lady who pushed Sarah's hand out of the way when she was trying to feed the giraffe. I wanted to put the sign for the restroom on the tiger cage for them, but that was probably going a bit far. Fortunately, I will not have to deal with them on my island.
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