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I am happy to address myself to young musicians - those young musicians, who know, practise and play the large repertoire, but who maybe only have a fairly vague idea of the history of modern music, although in the year 2000 a history of this music already exists.
Rather than saying "modern music" I should call it "contemporary music", as in our days there is a small difference between music, which is modern (general term), and music, which is contemporary (specific term). Hindemith, Prokofiev, Bartok, Britten, Shostakovitch, and others have composed music during the 20th century. Did they write contemporary music? Where is the border between a symphony by Shostakovitch and the "Marteau sans Maitre" by Boulez? Is contemporary music a style, a form - like the sonata, the symphony, the fugue - all forms which it condemns and which one finds in the work of, for instance, Shostakovitch. In this case not all modern music is contemporary, but contemporary music is imperatively modern: the privilege of modernity.
We will now talk about "the school of Darmstadt". Why Darmstadt? It was there that the principles originated, which gave birth to contemporary music when the summer courses for Nouvelle Musique were created in 1952. Notice that contemporary music was first called "neue Musik", then "1'Avant garde" (always in French), later on it was named more precisely: "in der Nachfolge Anton Weberns". Let us come back to Darmstadt. At this time (after the war) the city was in ruins, but in the surrounding forest a big building - a seminar - was unused during summer. There, young musicians could come together from various places to work, learn and present their compositions.
All the same Darmstadt never was a festival, although concerts were held there. Before all it was a laboratory. But what was the basis, the foundation, what was the heritage of those young composers, which permitted them to create this new music? The school of Vienna of course, - Schoenberg, Berg, Webern,- all the music, which was forgotten during the war because it was forbidden in Germany, where it was qualified as degenerate art by the nazis. All the same not only the unyielding followers of Schonberg were present at Darmstadt, although they were the majority. Olivier Messiaen also taught there during several years and introduced two of his students: Boulez and Stockhausen.
The series of 12 notes did not suit the language of Messiaen, who did not teach it. His musical sensibility did not harmonize with these dark counterpoints. He absolutely needed the colours of harmony. We should not forget him. He was the student of Paul Dukas and never ceased to admire Albeniz for the richness and colour of his accords, and the virtuosity of his piano works. Above all he was a modal composer. In this way the perfect accords, the sixths, the enlarged sevenths, the unsolved harmonies, which sometimes remind of the harmonies of jazz (although Messiaen denied this with vehemence), provoked ridicule with part of the public when Yvonne Loriod interpreted "les vingt regards sur 1'Enfant Jesus" at Darmstadt.
Messiaen's contribution was new by way of rhythmics. Well ahead of the courses at Darmstadt, when he was professor of harmony and analysis at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1944, Messiaen published his essay: "Technique de mon langage musical" in which he developed his modal and poly-modal conceptions of musical writing and also the technique of rhythm and duration. In 1948 (before Darmstadt) he composed a piece for the piano inspired by Hinduist music: "Canteyodjaya". In this piece he uses his technique of the mode of duration for the first time in several passages.
Later on he radicalized this procedure in the 4 Etudes of Rhythm. One of them, "Mode de valeurs et d'intensites" was even composed at Darmstadt in 1950. In this oeuvre one finds a height of 36 tones, 24 rhythmic lengths, intensities from ppp to ff on each note, and a mode of touching the keys (pique, loure, loure-detache, accent etc.)- Remark that he never speaks of series but of modes. The dry, mechanical, serial side of this music never leaves him and he considers these etudes to be like an exercise of arithmetic formulas. It was not the same for his students who experienced the first integral exploration of the space of sound in the way they had dreamed. Contemporary music was born.
We will try to follow, by listening to some examples, the evolution of this technique, which brings us to the integral serialism of all the components of musical writing (rhythms, intensity, touching, registers etc.) in the oeuvres for piano. This instrument was always considered to be particularly suited for experimental music.
We will now listen to an extract from the first sonata by Boulez. It was written in 1946. We are far away from the course of Darmstadt. This sonata is contemporary with the 7th sonata of Prokofiev. Boulez has just left the conservatory. We find ourselves quite far away from this first exploration of the space of sound. This is an oeuvre of the style of 12 notes, but here the 12 notes seem to be exploding, the style has lost its rigid side which Boulez himself found pedantic and academic.
The 2nd sonata was written in 1948. The series has literally been destroyed. Thanks to this, works for piano are emancipated; above all if we remember what takes place in the variations by Webern. It becomes brilliant, masterly, superb. The oeuvre is very well developed, with 4 movements. This is certainly its only relationship with classic form! When Yvonne Loriod played it at Darmstadt some years later, part of the public was shocked, probably the part which was deeply attached to the 12 note style of the school of Vienna. We will now listen to an extract of the 4th movement, which was superbly interpreted by Maurizio Pollini.
Now we arrive at the summer course of 1954 to discover the new space of sound which the 2 students of Messiaen dreamed of. Following is an extract of Klavierstucke VIII by Stockhausen. I will let you appreciate it in your own way, this dream...
I do not remember by which means the "Structures pour deux pianos" (volume I), written by Boulez in 1952 and first played at Paris by Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Boulez and later at Cologne in 1953 by Yvette Grimaus and Yvonne Loriod, became known at Darmstadt. But they were known, and much discussed. Following are 2 extracts of this 1st volume.
Undeniably, these are dry oeuvres, music of the blackboard, of demonstration, in fact, it seems rather to be made to be read than to be listened to. This is a mistake - because all the same this is not "Das musikalische Opfer" or "Die Kunst der Fuge" - a mistake, which unfortunately develops more and more in this kind of music is that often the reading of a full score does not correspond very much with its execution.
Let us now leave these serious pianistic researches to discuss works written for small formations, from 4-5 to 18-20 musicians. These small formations were very popular at Darmstadt (type: I'ensemble du Domaine Musical, or, in Italy, Incontri Musicali, they were also attained by taking some musicians from big symphony orchestras who participated in concerts - Westdeutscher Rundfunk or Hessischer Rundfunk).
Boulez' "Le Marteau sans Maltre", about poems by the French poet Rene Char, exceeds all the other more or less experimental works created at Darmstadt in importance. The instrumental ensemble is reduced to 6 instruments: flute in G, guitar, viola, xylophone, vibraphone and a percussion instrument. There are 9 movements and the oeuvre has 35 minutes duration. It was performed for the first time at Baden-Baden on June, 18th 1955 conducted by Hans Rosbaud to whom this work is dedicated. We will now hear the whole 5th movement "Bel edifice et les pressentiments".
It seems to me that this is the result of this integral serialism in a charming oeuvre, which has no experimental aspect any more. Let us now listen to an extract of an oeuvre by Luciano Berio, first played at Darmstadt in 1956. It is very similar in style. Berio was always very independent towards the austerity of integral serialism. His Mediterranean nature did not feel at ease in this field. This is the Serenata I for flute and 14 instruments.
Subsequently Berio abandoned this rigorous style of the famous new space of sound quite quickly. He replaced it with a charming, virtuosic music, of which we can already hear the beginnings in this Serenata.
You are all interpreters and are certainly aware of the great difficulties the interpreters of that time had to face to execute these full scores at the same time as they discovered them. Difficulties of measure, rapid successions 4/4 3/8 3/4 3/16 4/4 5/16 see 5/32 (Stockhausen) 1/4 + 1/16 (Boulez). Added to this are irrational valors: accentuation within a quintlet, septlets following triplets.
The composers were full of laudable intentions and were tempted to give more freedom to the interpreters. In my opinion this was wrong. Under the influence of the American John Cage they wanted to use chance. So now the full scores were immense so that the interpreters could choose the linking of very short sequences, which were arranged separately on the full scores. You also saw pianists with one hand full of different sheets of paper, which they placed on the left hand side of the desk. They then used to take one of these sheets, put it on the pulpit and then place it on the right side of the pulpit. Then they would recommence the operation. One could also leave one out if one wanted to: This is freedom, isn't it?!! All this became grotesque in the end.
In 1957 a course started in Darmstadt given by Boulez and Stockhausen. During summer courses Stockhausen one day presented a big carton tube from which he took a huge sheet on which the groups of notes were placed in ingenious disorder. I was present and I remember the effect very well, which this full score made on us onlookers, but I cannot remember that it was ever played...
In September of the same year, still at Darmstadt, but not within a summer course, Boulez also presented a large full score, his 3rd sonata, but contained in an inflexible carton. Here it is. Admire it: Was this music made to be looked at? It looks very nice, that is true, but do not ask me how to read it: I should know how, but I have forgotten it.
Let us now listen to what Claude Hellfer makes of it, I assure you that he does it very scrupulously.
Honestly, don't you have the impression of always listening to the same music? And I would challenge someone to be able to follow, with the full score in hand, the course taken by the interpreter. One does not simplify the latter's work; one just complicates everything by creating the illusion of a causeless liberty. And I bet that a simple auditor could not distinguish 2 different interpretations of the same piece by the same interpreter during one concert.
During a certain time some people followed what was called "la forme ouverte". One of these was Henri Pousseur, a musician from Belgium who was faithful to Darmstadt, and a great analyst of Webern. Then there were Boucourechliev and his Archipels: this is a real geographical card through which one has to find one's way. Indeed, this is music for the eye!
What concerns Boulez, conductor, he always knew, as usual, how to get the better of these problematic sequences. In "Pli selon Pli" an oeuvre for big orchestra, or in "Eclats" for a small ensemble, you can see him conduct several measures with one hand, and indicating the numbers with the fingers of the other hand. But in Darmstadt one was still far away from this in 1957.
Before concluding the series of examples, I would like you to listen to the beginning of one important full score by Stockhausen which mobilizes a total of 110 musicians, 3 conductors, each of which is directing in different tempi, the full score is written accurately to the second: This is the contrary to the open oeuvre! These are "Gruppen" for 3 orchestras. This oeuvre was composed in 1955 and played for the first time in Cologne in 1958 by 3 instrumental groups of the orchestra of the Radio Cologne with Stockhausen, Boulez and Bruno Maderna as conductors. Unnecessary to remark that the execution of this oeuvre demanded an incredible amount of repetitions! It testifies the conclusion of 10 years of the school of Darmstadt.
And afterwards?
There would be much more to say, especially about the dictatorship of the school of Darmstadt, (but I haven't got enough time) because contemporary music evolves and changes. There are also a few important composers whom I have not mentioned, for instance Ligeti. Maybe because he is not very representative of the spirit of Darmstadt: he has other qualities.
In the view of many young composers the style of 12 notes and serialism are totally antiquated notions. Above all we should not regret this but simply ascertain that history goes faster and faster...
Maybe some late followers of serialism still exist: some nostalgic ones. For example the English Bryan Ferneyhough who writes unplayable full scores and who persists in returning to Darmstadt and giving lessons there: but nothing happens there any more.
At the moment there are post-modern movements, which oppose themselves completely to the spirit of Darmstadt. One is even speaking of a tonal revival. The Estonian composer Arvo Part, who by the way also used to visit Darmstadt, has found a new simplicity again and his music finds many admirers. And then there is also, coming from minimalism, repetitive music: Steve Reich, born in 1936, Phil Glass, born in 1937.
I would like to conclude this presentation by mentioning John Adams, an American composer, born in 1947, acknowledged, played everywhere but hated by certain people, particularly in France. His liberty towards musical language, his imagination, the virtuosity of his writing, his sense of rhythm, which extends from Stravinsky to pop music persuade me to consider him as very representative of the music of the end of the 20th century. We will now listen to the beginning of his concerto for piano and orchestra interpreted by the pianist Emmanuel Ax, the orchestra of Paris conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi. This is a recording of a radio transmission.


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London (AP) – Scottish ministers have declined a request to attend a U.S. Senate hearing into the circumstances surrounding the release of the Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie bombing, a spokesman for the Scottish government said Thursday.
BP PLC said that CEO Tony Hayward was also asked to attend the hearing but had not made a decision about the invitation.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations wrote to the Scottish administration inviting Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill and the Scottish Prison Service's medical chief, Andrew Fraser, to attend the hearing in Washington on July 29.
Sen. Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, wrote to First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, saying that the invitation was to help the senators better understand why Scotland decided to free Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi from jail last year and send him home to Libya.
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BP spokesman Mark Salt also confirmed that Hayward had received an invitation to the same hearing.
"We have received the invitation and we are considering it," Salt said.
Both Salmond and British Foreign Secretary William Hague had written to Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to stress that there was nothing to suggest BP had influenced the Scottish government.
Also Thursday, the BBC and Sky News reported that former British justice secretary Jack Straw had also been invited to the Senate hearing.
Straw said in a statement he had not received any formal invitation, but commented that it was "highly unusual" for the U.S. to inquire into the British decision.
"It is in my experience highly unusual for the legislature of one sovereign state to conduct an inquiry into decisions of another sovereign state," he said.
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Seems like Germans don't like E10, either. Later article regarding BMW.
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Berlin - Government ministers urged oil industry chiefs in Berlin Tuesday to mount a public-education campaign to counter a boycott by millions of German motorists of a new grade of petrol, Super E10.
To conserve oil, many nations have been stretching gasoline with alcohol made from sugar and other crops and calling the mix gasohol. Last month Germany further increased the proportion of the alcohol in 95-octane gasoline from 5 to 10 per cent.
Many German motorists have started buying the next higher grade of fuel for fear the additive might harm engines.
At the meeting, dubbed the petrol summit by the media, ministers refused to slow down the introduction of the mix.
They said oil chief executives and the carmaking industry had agreed to an urgent information campaign to explain that the new fuel was safe for 93 per cent of the engines that burn 95-octane gasoline.
"Information will be reinforced," said Rainer Bruederle, economics minister. "We'll stick to E10 because it is the right way to go."
The boycott, supported by part of the media, has left Germany with a supply overhang of 95-octane petrol, a shortage of 98-octane petrol and a political disaster for Chancellor Angela Merkel's government.
The dispute has led to mutual blame, with the oil industry upset that Berlin will be imposing penalties if it does not put a minimum of alchohol in its overall mix. Berlin has accused the industry of doing too little in the past three years to reassure motorists.
Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen told reporters later, "It's a political consensus to introduce 'bio' motor fuel."
E10 stands for 10 per cent ethanol, referring to the chemical name of the alcohol used. Volkswagen, for example, has said that it is not suited to direct-injection fuel pumps on some of its pre-2004 models.
Many nations already put a small amount of ethanol in gasoline. France introduced subsidized E10 in April 2009 without any problem, but other nations such as Britain and Italy have yet to increase the proportion of alcohol to 10 per cent in any fuel.
Environmentalists and food activists are broadly critical of energy crops, arguing they led to deforestation and higher food prices. Environmentalists demand that people reduce energy use instead.
One German refinery, at Schwedt on the Polish border, said customers were only lifting one quarter of its low-octane output and
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Ethanol is not exciting, and definetly does nothing positive for the engine. Governments and Oil companies are being cheap, and are blending impure alcohol with gas to save $$$.
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MISAWA, Japan - The Joint Tactical Ground Station Soldiers stationed at Misawa Air Base in Japan participated in a fundraiser and fun day shared with the local community called "American Day."
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"There's still certainly time to get out there if you haven't been immunized yet," said Dr. Michael Cooper with the Division of Public Health.
ANCHORAGE – Flu season in Alaska is ramping up, according to an infectious disease specialist with the State of Alaska.
"There's still certainly time to get out there if you haven't been immunized yet," said Dr. Michael Cooper with the Division of Public Health.
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Britney Spears is still wearing those boots
Here's Britney Spears outside of Starbucks yesterday which I probably didn't even need to write. It's pretty much implied anytime you see her. That said, looking at her in those boots is really getting me stoked for the end of her conservatorship. Mostly because it'll be like her dad just fired a slingshot full of batshit all over southern California.
JAMIE SPEARS: You're a free woman now, Britney. It's time.
BRITNEY: *sprouts Wolverine claws* TACOS! ROOOOAR! *bursts through wall*
JAMIE SPEARS: Well, at least she kept her pants on.
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Mitt Romney is setting the stage for the first presidential debate, saying President Obama will no longer be able to "fool people" about his stance on issues such as the auto bailout and taxes.
Romney and Obama will face off Oct. 3 at the University of Denver in the first of three face-to-face televised matchups.
"The president will not be able to continue to mischaracterize my pathway," Romney said Sunday, according to ABC News. "I'll continue to describe mine, he will describe his, and people will make a choice. That's the great thing about democracy."
Robert Gibbs, a former White House spokesman, gives Romney the edge because the GOP nominee had to spar frequently with his primary opponents.
"Mitt Romney ... has an advantage because he's been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over the last year," Gibbs said Sunday on Fox News. "He even bragged that he was declared a winner in 16 of those debates. So, I think, in that sense, having been through this much more recently than President Obama, I think he starts with an advantage."
Romney said Obama has been "inaccurate" in his attacks, citing the auto bailout and taxes among other issues.
The first debate will focus on domestic issues, broken down in six 15-minute segments. Debate moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS said last week that half the segments will be devoted to a discussion of the economy.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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Breaking news: DON'T LET HIM IN to screen at Festival of Fantastic Films on Sun 23 Oct!
We've just received confirmation that DON'T LET HIM IN will be screening on Sunday 23rd October at Manchester's Festival of Fantastic Films.
Other movies to be screened over the three-day celebration of classic horror and sci-fi include 1970s proto-slasher TOWER OF EVIL, the indescribable and aptly-named BIZARRE and a triple-bill of cult director Norman J Warren's films, including SATAN'S SLAVE.
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The World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) will meet in Dubai this December. The 193 member states (countries) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations agency, will decide whether to impose new regulations on the Internet and effectively transition management from a peer system to a centralized UN system.
Today, the ITU functions as a bottom-up organization taking suggestions from its members and adapting its service and standards based on the international treaty last amended in 1988. Many IT professionals are familiar with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). ICANN provides domain names, IP addresses, etc. and IETF establishes standards based on input.
Internet Today
The Internet is expected to have over 2.27 billion users by the end of 2012. The Internet is no longer a luxury but an integral part of business transactions and communications. It is projected by The Infographics Showcase that over 75% of the world's population will have Internet access by the end of 2012(1). Businesses use the Internet for marketing, sales, business transactions, and network infrastructure that may be local, national or international. Consumers use social networking, Internet browsing, videoconferencing, etc. to stay connected globally.
IT professionals see the growth of cloud services that in many cases are global services that provide direct access to information, conduct business transactions, or backup business or personal data. Corporate names that we as consumers are familiar include Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Yahoo!, Hulu, Netflix, etc. use distributed computing platforms that cross countries.(2). Consumers are becoming quite comfortable with online purchases, online payments, online banking, etc.
The Internet's Future
What happens if each country has its own control over Internet access? What happens to innovation if the UN controls standards? What happens if countries can assess a fee for Internet use? Perhaps these questions are premature given that only a draft copy of the proposed changes is available for comment via the International Telecommunications Union Press Release(3) in preparation of the December (3-14) 2012 meeting in Dubai. Yet, some businesses are taking these proposals seriously. Even the U.S. House of Representatives passed unanimously the vote against the ITU plan and said the Internet does not need new international regulations(4). But the U.S. is only one country or one state as defined in the draft copy.
The United Nations World Conference for International Telecommunications Regulations will have delegates from 193 countries/states to vote on the updated 1988 treaty. Countries such as Russia, China, Brazil, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia etc.(5) would like to have governmental security control over the Internet. The European Trade Organization (ETNO) representing European carriers has presented a proposal that includes the possibility of "sender party pays" which could dramatically change the economics of the Internet per U.S. Ambassador David Gross(6).
Possible actions under the proposed draft include:
Scenarios surrounding these possible actions create concerns about one universal open Internet service. Could the two billion plus Internet users be subject to government tracking? Could organizations like Anonymous and Wikileaks ramp up efforts to obtain private information? Would virus and identity theft resolution be slowed as incidents move between countries/states rather than one peer system?
A sign of preparation for these changes can be seen in investment reports like the Oxford Club(7) where cyber security stocks are projected to climb from the increased need for Internet users, both businesses and consumers, to protect themselves.
If cloud services continue to grow as projected and parallel the electricity industry transition from everyone having their own electrical services to having a centralized service provider, will the Internet become a government managed business, too? Will an open, universal peer system be taken over by politics? Will an open communications environment be closed and dependent on government "business"? Will "Big Brother Is Watching" in the form of countries/states of the UN become the norm globally? Will the ability to communicate from one individual in one country to another individual in another country to hear directly their words be monitored? Will the cost of business escalate as businesses seek to protect their privacy and their customers' privacy?
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The meeting Dubai may be a very important one for the future of globally open communications. What can we as individuals do? There is the ability to respond with our comments to the published draft. How many of us across the globe will take the time to send our comments? Remember the old saying: "United we stand; divided we fall." Please take the time to have your voice heard.
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Minnesota's Rep. Peggy Scott Says "My Heart Breaks" Over Marriage Equality Win
- Minnesota's state House has advanced a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage … [Feminist.org]
- … which has one Minnesota Republican named Rep. Peggy Scott very upset. "My heart breaks for Minnesota," she said. Deal with it. [Raw Story]
- Microsoft has named Amy Hood as its first-ever female CFO. [The Daily Beast]
- Here's how to participate in a national call-in for Kiera Wilmot, the teen girl in Florida who was expelled, arrested and charged with a felony all for a science project gone wrong. [Crunk Feminist Collective]
- ABC News producer Dawn Ennis has come out to her colleagues as transgender, asking now to be referred to as "Dawn" instead of "Don," and henceforth dressing in her gender at the office. [Cosmopolitan]
- The Clark County School District in Nevada is addressing allegations that it wasn't adequately funding athletic opportunities for girls. [RH Reality Check]
- On how mothers in the South continue to fight for reproductive justice. [Flyover Feminism]
- NBC News is allegedly going to name Deborah Turness as its first-ever president. [MediaBistro]
- On misogyny in industrial music. [Coilhouse]
- Here's "Scandal" creator Shonda Rhimes' thoughts on the lack of diversity on TV. [Colorlines]
- Here's a profile of Liz Meriwether, the showrunner for "New Girl." [New Republic]
- 17 pregnant teen girls and 11 babies have been rescued from a "baby factory" in Nigeria, where they were kept so that people could traffic their children. [BBC]
- Israeli police protected women who were praying at the Wailing Wall from ultra-conservative protesters. [France24]
- Transgender folks in Pakistan can vote and run for seats in office after being recognized by the country as a "third gender." [Guardian UK]
- A man in Cairo, Egypt, dressed as a woman to "experience" street harassment firsthand. [BuzzFeed]
- On why the United Nations must include women's reproductive rights in their agenda. [Guardian UK]
- Rwanda's education minister has vowed to take stronger steps to fight sexual abuse in schools. [BBC]
- Guinea has handed down its first rape charges for a 2009 massacre. [Voice Of America]
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Purple-Leaf Plum Tree - Botanic Notables
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Prunus cerasifera
- Common name: Purple-leaf plum tree
- Zones: 4-9
- Site: Full sun
- Mature size: 15-25' tall, 15-25' wide
- Characteristics: Medium growth rate, moderately drought-resistant, pale pink flowers
Pale confetti blows through the sidewalks, and a riot of pink blossoms fill the streets—it's springtime, and the cherry plum (purple-leaf) trees are delighted. Here in Portland, the ornamental trees are a lovely disruption to the gray monochrome of early spring skies. They are everywhere—a pink promise of spring, one that is now blooming across Oregon, Washington, California, and New England, as well as Ireland, England, other temperate European climates, and Australia and western Asia. Also known as the purple-leaf plum, Prunus cerasifera can be distinguished from the cherry blossom—another tree with springtime ubiquity, and similar pink blossoms—by the deep red and purple foliage of many cultivars, and by their fruits.
Purple-leaf plum trees are a precursor to the domestic plum and cherry tree—an ancestry told by its scientific name. The genus name Prunus comes from the Latin for "plum." The species name cerasifera is derived from cerasum, meaning "cherry," and ferens, "bearing." It was named for its fruits before modern edibles were cultivated—now, with domestic plums and cherries, Prunus cerasifera classified as an ornamental tree, not an edible one. But purple-leaf plum tree enthusiasts the world over will tell you the fruit's virtues are overlooked, and they will share recipes for cherry plum cordial (good with seltzer or gin), compotes (add a sugar syrup), and jams (use brown cane sugar and try a dash of chili). The dark fruits ripen in late summer, though they are often camouflaged in a cloud of purple leaves—an abundant bounty, albeit a foraging challenge.
Prunus Cerasifera 'Nigra'. (Photo by: I am I.A.M/Flickr)
The most common cultivars are: Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud,' released by famed pomologist Luther Burbank in 1919, it is the most widely sold purple leaf plum in the United States; 'Newport,' one of the hardiest varieties, common in New England, with dark leaves and a rounded shape; and 'Vesuvius,' which is more heat tolerant, and grows to a slightly higher 30' tall. And then there is 'Atropurpurea' or 'Pissardii,' the original purple leaf plum tree. It was named for Monsieur Pissard, a French gardener who noticed the tree while working for the Shah of Persia (now Iran) in the late 1870s. He would later introduce Prunus cerasifera to the West, where it is known as the cherry plum, the myrobalan plum, the purple-leaf plum, the wild cherry plum, or, occassionally, the Iranian cherry.


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Cast off by the Jets last week, Thomas Jones has found a landing spot: Kansas City.
The Chiefs confirmed that Jones has signed a contract with the team. ESPN reported the deal is for two years and $5 million.
Jones, 31, rushed for 27 TDs in the past two seasons in New York.
Jones will enter a Chiefs backfield that includes Jamaal Charles, who rushed for 1,120 yards last season. The team cut Larry Johnson in November.
PFT reported last week that the Jets were interested in re-signing Jones despite cutting him. He rushed for 1,402 yards last year and has recorded more than 1,100 rushing yards in each of the past five years. -- Sean Leahy
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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A Guide to the UT CARE Program Records, 1972
Historical Note
In 1972 the University of Texas, Department of Special Education offered for the first time a multimedia three-hour credit course called Computer Assisted Remedial Education (CARE) taught only on the computer. The CARE Program was partially imported from Penn State. The course was first used as an adjunct for research, and only once as a stand-alone course.
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The UT CARE Program records include audiotapes, slides, filmstrips, a computer disc, printed materials, and evaluations (1972). The records document the establishment and implementation of the program.
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For ebook devotees, reading is a whole new experience
LOUISVILLE, Ky. David J. Loehr, a playwright who lives in southern Indiana, was taking his car to the dealership when a story on the radio caught his attention. A short science piece about "an obscure subject" gave him an idea for a new play.
Ordinarily, Loehr would have had to make do with jotting down some notes or trying to remember his inspiration. But since he had his iPad with him, he bought a few books on the subject and downloaded them as soon as he got to the dealership. He started his research for the play right there, while his car was being serviced.
"I can have all that research on a single tablet instead of carrying around 40 books," Loehr said.
Welcome to the future of books, where your entire library is as portable as a cellphone.
A recent study by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project reported that ownership of e-reader devices — like the Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Sony Reader and Kobo eReader Touch — doubled between November 2010 and May 2011. Now 12 percent of adults over age 18 own one, while 8 percent own a tablet computer like the iPad.
So what does the increasing popularity of these devices mean for the experience of reading? Do we read differently when we can get (almost) any book ever published, whenever we want?
Reading the future
For their devotees, ebooks have transformed the experience of reading.
Michelle Jones, who writes the Consuming Louisville blog, has a Kindle reader and also uses the Kindle app on her Android phone. "Even when I'm walking the dog, I'm always going to have my phone on me," she said. "I'm not always going to have my book bag. It makes it possible for me to read places I never would have before."
For Jones, the fact that her Kindle syncs with her phone -- so her book always knows where she left off -- makes reading the same book on different devices effortless.
Jones describes herself as an early adopter. But e-readers also have won over some book lovers who aren't ordinarily enticed by gadgetry, like Madelyn Anetrella, a nonprofit development manager for the American Lung Association.
"I don't know how to use my iPod," she said, by way of establishing her Luddite bona fides. But she does read on a Kindle and on the Kindle app on her phone.
"I'm always with a book of some sort, whether in hard copy on my Kindle or on the phone," she said. And although the gadgets haven't replaced her physical books, she does find that they come in handy. "Amazon has a lot of the classics for free, so I'll read a few pages when I'm in line."
Brian Leung, novelist and professor of English at the University of Louisville, said that having your entire library with you wherever you go was pretty extraordinary. "It's having all your books in your pocket, and having all your magazine subscriptions in your pocket."
Although Leung has a strong preference for physical books, he has started to think about buying ebook versions of things he's likely to only read once. He recently read Tina Fey's memoir, "Bossypants," and cited it as an example. "It's something that I wouldn't go back to," Leung said.
Like Leung, some readers who would never give up physical books have started to opt for ebook versions of one-time reads. James Bickers, the morning host for WFPK, is one. "It's largely a clutter thing," Bickers said. "I don't let a book into my house if I don't think I'm going to read it more than once."
Being able to purchase an ebook and start reading it right away without leaving the house — or the doctor's waiting room — also increases the convenience of the impulse buy.
Jen Woods, founder and president of the local small press Typecast Publishing, said she often buys books she's not sure about in the ebook version for her Nook. "For those books, I find that I purchase a lot more of them because I don't have to store them anywhere. If it is only a peripheral interest and I don't read the whole book, it's OK."
Just being able to carry around lots of books, however, doesn't mean you're going to read them. Bickers said that one of the things that attracted him to e-readers was the ability to download public-domain classics for free.
"It's all stuff that you were meaning to read anyway. Now I have these electronic versions of Dickens that I cannot read electronically," he said. "It makes me feel good to know I have Dickens even though I know I'm probably never going to get through it."
What's on your bookshelf?
But beyond the gadgets, how has technology improved the reading experience?
One of the best things about our digital lives is the ease with which we can share ideas with others. There are a number of websites and apps that allow readers to share recommendations with their social networks and to find new things to read.
Kiki Petrosino, a poet and assistant professor of English at the University of Louisville, wrote for the Poetry Foundation's Twitter feed last summer. She said the experience connected her to readers in a way that readings at bookstores or in universities didn't.
"I would post a simple question like, 'What are you reading today? What is the best live reading you ever attended?' " Petrosino said. "It was a great way to create a sense of community, in a rather intangible atmosphere."
Twitter and Facebook are the largest networks for creating online communities, but neither is specifically designed for readers. Other social networks are structured like giant, international reading groups.
Goodreads (goodreads.com) users can tell their friends about books they've read, or that they intend to read. It's been around for about five years.
Otis Chandler, the founder and CEO of Goodreads, said he was inspired by the way he could browse his friends' bookshelves and ask about what they were reading. "There was no way to do that online," he said.
Now Goodreads has 5.2 million members who have cataloged more than 160 million books.
But Chandler demurred when asked if Goodreads changed the way we read. "I don't think Goodreads is about changing the actual experience of reading," he said. "I think that what's changed is how people discover books and share books."
Short articles like blog posts dominate the free content available on the Internet, and it's easy to spend the whole morning grazing on bite-sized chunks of information. But there's a huge amount of long-form writing online, too -- the only trick is deciding what to commit your time to reading. A few new websites offer ways to pick up recommendations for these longer nonfiction articles.
Longreads (longreads.com) is designed to help people find journalism that's worth taking the time to read -- all suggested by other readers. You can browse or search its database of articles by subject, author or publication.
Anyone on Twitter can add a piece to Longreads by tweeting a link with the hashtag #longreads. Once you do that, Longreads automatically creates a user page with all the stories you've suggested. You can invite people to look at your recommendations, or browse the lists compiled by people you follow on Twitter.
Another new service for finding good, lengthy nonfiction is called Byliner (byliner.com). The site has amassed a database of more than 29,000 articles over the past year of development, although it just went online recently. As the name suggests, Byliner wants to focus attention on writers. It compiles lists of all the articles by a writer, regardless of where they were published.
John Tayman, the CEO of Byliner, gave the example of a reader who likes David Grann, the New Yorker writer and author of the best-seller "The Lost City of Z."
"There's no way to do really deep discovery around David's stuff," Tayman said. "You could do some of it at The New Yorker, but then you'd miss the stuff that he did for the Atlantic and The New York Times and everything else."
A search for David Grann on Byliner turns up articles not only from The New Yorker, the Atlantic and The New York Times, but also the New Republic and the Weekly Standard. Clicking on an article gives you the first few hundred words and then a link to the original source — Byliner doesn't aggregate the full text of articles. That means the original publisher can also benefit from the new readers.
Once you've found your favorite writers at Byliner, the site's algorithms will try to suggest other journalists you might like — something like movie recommendations on Netflix.
"The recommendations system that we're building (will) allow us to use that one David Grann article to become a deep David Grann fan to then be able to discover Nick Paumgarten, who has some similarities."
Some things never change
As we spend more time online, and increasingly turn to social networks for reading recommendations, writers and publishers are adjusting to fit the expectations of new media.
Woods of Typecast Publishing said she's a fan of the way electronic media allow her authors to connect with readers — even though her books are mostly printed on letterpress, an old-fashioned and time-consuming physical process.
"I really feel like the digital revolution in reading is only one more tool in our belt that we can use to put content out to readers," she said. "We do most of our work very much in the world of printed object, but one reason why we succeed in that is because of the digital revolution."
Writers, too, have been modifying their work to suit the online marketplace. Rick Moody and John Wray are two novelists who have experimented with Twitter fiction. Paul Griner, a novelist and professor of English at the University of Louisville, said that he tends to write more flash fiction — very short short stories — because they're easier for grazing online readers to digest.
"The available technology often dictates what form writing takes, rather than the other way around," Griner said, citing the examples of Chekhov and Guy de Maupassant, who wrote their short stories to fit the specifications of the newspapers that published them.
Online-only literary journals like elimae (elimae.com), Five Chapters (fivechapters.com), Fifty-Two Stories (fiftytwostories.com) and Guernica (guernicamag.com) cater to the audience of readers at their desks with short blasts of fiction.
At the same time, some things won't change. Reading is still a quiet, solitary engagement between you and the text, whether that text is printed on dead trees or in e-ink on a screen. The experience of getting sucked into a great story doesn't differ, according to e-reader owners.
If anything, the growing popularity of ebooks shows that readers are still willing to pay for good writing, despite the profusion of free content available online. In that sense, it's a reaffirmation of the old publishing business model.
Petrosino doesn't think the prevalence of electronic media would affect the way she writes poetry, either. "Poetry is one of the forms that defies the short attention span. Poetry is a way of paying attention."
And although ebooks continue to increase their share of the market, readers will still buy physical books.
"I think I'm 50-50 with reading actual books and reading on my Kindle," said Anetrella of the American Lung Association. "If I'm at a bookstore and I see a book that I want, I'll buy it."


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LaVar Arrington is offering an apology to one of the alleged victims in the ongoing Jerry Sandusky trial.
Arrington, a former Penn State linebacker, wrote a story for The Washington Post about his emotional reaction to the testimony of the person known as Victim 4.
Victim 4 testified he received gifts from Sandusky, including a Sports Illustrated magazine autographed by Arrington, and also was allowed to wear Arrington's jersey and had his picture taken with the linebacker.
Arrington wrote he remembers the boy, now age 28, during his Penn State playing career from 1997-99.
I always enjoyed interacting with kids. As time went on, I knew he looked up to me and was a big fan, and I made a point of stopping to talk with him. I'd ask him the usual questions: 'How are you?' 'How's school?' He always seemed mad or kind of distant. I remember distinctly asking him: "Why are you always walking around all mad, like a tough guy?"
My preconceived notion was that he was part of Sandusky's Second Mile foundation, so he must live in a troubled home, and I chalked it up to that. I would just tell him to smile every once in a while or laugh, that it would make him feel better. I guess with everything that I had going on, it certainly wasn't a priority for me to try to figure him out. I saw him at the 1999 Alamo Bowl game and shared a couple laughs. I left school for the draft and that was that.
The son of a school teacher, Arrington wished he had done more to be aware of the child's problems.
So it's mind-blowing to realize that a kid I took an active interest in during my time at school was suffering right in front of me and I had no idea that the pain allegedly came from someone in my own football program.
20-20 hindsight brings so much more clarity. But at the time I thought we were his place of refuge from what he was going through at home or in school. As much as I saw and talked with him, I felt, in my own way, I was making a difference in his life.
Arrington, who told of his emotional response to the testimony, closed by expressing his regrets.
My anguish and disappointment doesn't compare to that of the victims. All I can do is hope that Victim #4 finds this entry and can see that I'm offering my sincerest apologies. I am so sorry this happened.
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Strasbourg, France (AFP) Jan 14, 2014
The European Parliament signed off Tuesday on new carbon dioxide restrictions for commercial vans that will slash emissions by 28 percent from 2020.
Under the rules, all new light commercial vehicles sold across the European Union will emit a maximum 147 grammes of CO2 per kilometre instead of 203 grammes as per the level set in 2007.
European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said the target was both "accessible" and not too expensive for manufacturers. The legislation will be reviewed in 2015.
Vans account for 12 percent of the European market for light-duty vehicles, which together are responsible for 1.5 percent of total EU CO2 emissions, according to the European Commission.
Light vans have a longer lifespan than passenger cars and weigh up to 2.61 tonnes empty and 3.5 tonnes when laden.
European lawmakers next month will vote on a similar scheme to limit CO2 emissions in new passenger cars that has been held up by concerns in Germany, which has a powerful auto industry.
Berlin agreed in November however to the scheme to reduce CO2 emissions to 95 grammes per kilometre for 2020. German carmakers had wanted the date pushed back to 2024 but did secure a phasing-in period to satisfy their demands.
The EU has already set a target for average new car emissions of 130 grammes of CO2 per kilometre by 2015, which would represent an 18-percent improvement over 2007 standards.
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Growing up, there were some things my mom was not good at. To her, anything that came from a box and had to be mixed at home qualified as "from scratch" cooking or baking. My brothers and I grew up thinking it was perfectly normal to eat cold cereal for dinner. What? Is it not?
While she may not have been the gourmet type, there were a lot of things she did right. Things that mattered more. My mom had a gift for conjuring up thoughtful gestures. I'd sometimes return from a really bad day at school to find a Hallmark card left on my bed, her slanted script overflowing from inside with words chosen especially for me. She often performed drive-by acts of kindness, though not so often that we came to expect them; we were always surprised by the small tokens of her affection.
I would love to say that I inherited that same trait from her. Sadly, I did not; that sort of thing often slips my mind. And that is precisely why I have to be much more deliberate about doing small gestures for my own kids. Sure, I tell them each and every day that I love them. But as a writer, I've learned that one of the key tips for success lies in showing, not telling. With that in mind, I've come up with five easy ways to show children just how precious they are.
1. A lunchbox note – These are easy enough to make using index cards and some markers. If you're not the artsy type, you can click over to my blog (www.suchthespot.com) and download printable ones for free.
2. Breakfast in bed – If you have one of those kids who rise with the sun each morning this one could be tough, but try anyway. Beat her out of bed on a random Saturday morning. Slip into her room with a tray of fresh fruit and a muffin (it's okay if you used boxed Betty Crocker). Sit with her while she eats and make time to talk about whatever she wants. Fair warning: you should be prepared to wash her sheets as soon as she finishes eating.
3. Date night – Schedule an evening out, not with your spouse, but with your child. Take in a baseball game or a play or an art class. Bonus points for dressing up.
4. Text a compliment – This one is perfect for teenagers. I know that my teens are accustomed to getting texted appointment or chore reminders from me. Every once in a while, I try to send a text praising an impressive school progress report or thanking them for keeping their bedrooms tidy. It literally takes seconds to do, but it might make a lasting impression.
5. Give a coupon – If you notice that your high schooler has a particularly heavy homework load, slide a chore pass under his or her bedroom door. He or she will appreciate not having to walk the dog or empty the dishwasher or take out the trash.


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Kelly Osbourne Says Sorry To Gaga
Sometimes you just gotta bury the hatchet and move on
via usmagazine.com After a very public Twitter fight on Oct. 27, Kelly Osbourne is ready to bury the hatchet with pop star Lady Gaga.
"@ladygaga I acted like a child last night. Just not into publicity stunts call me & we will end this like adults I don't want 2 fight anymore," the purple-haired E! star tweeted on Oct. 28.
The A-Listers' latest feud started after Gaga visited the X Factor UK set and posed with Kelly's mother Sharon Osbourne holding a birthday cake for Kelly.
The pastry may have been sweet, but Osbourne didn't perceive it that way. The opinionated star took to Twitter to share her frustrations saying, "Not to be ungrateful but why would you send me a birthday cake via my MOTHER in a country half the would away? #JustSendItToME #LoveNotWar."
She also posted a picture of the cake with the caption, "#EatMySh-t #Hypocrisy," but the post as since been taken down.


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Three Sheridan College Generals have been named to the All Region Nine: First Team - Jerrell Crayton, Second Team - Lamont Prosser, and All Defensive Team - Khion Sankey. In addition, the Coach-of-the-Year is Steve Smiley of Sheridan College who is seen watching Khion Sankey in frame #3 during a game against Gillette College.
Sing Forever was one of the Sheridan High School Mixed Choir selections when the SHS Vocal Music Department presented the "March Festival Concert" Thursday evening at the High School. Following the Mixed Choir the Honor Choir, Treblemakers and Spectrum rounded out the enjoyable evening of music that was started by the Senior Girls.
"Inch by Inch" is how you can measure absolutely everything. Andrea Norwood, the performer, behind the lovable inchworm is about to measure the length of a Flamingo's neck - inch by inch - as performer Rhys Bevan-John maneuvers the Flamingo into position. Andrea and Rhys have been puppeteers with Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia since 2008.
Monday evening the Harlem Ambassadors took to the hardwood at Sheridan College against the Hometown Heroes in a fund raiser for the Big Horn Christian Elementary School of Buffalo. Hometown Hero J.G.
The Sheridan Broncs traveled down to Casper this last Saturday March 19 to attend the Early Bird Invitational. This meet is the first of the outdoor season and the team did great. The meet was a challenge mostly do to the wind. The wind blew steadily around 30 miles an hour with gusts going up to 40 for the majority of the day.
Just in time? This robin was seen and heard in Big Horn perhaps announcing that Spring 2011 officially starts in our part of the country at midnight Sunday, March 20th. I wonder how far this robin had to fly in order to be here for the occasion or perhaps this is a hearty soul who spent the winter with us.
On a clear day the Town of Dayton can clearly be seen as one descends the east side of the Bighorn Mountains on Highway 14, the Bighorn Scenic Byway. The new high school stands out just left of center while most of Dayton proper is above and to the right of the school.
A sure sign that spring is coming can be seen as you enter Big Horn where many young longhorns can be seen. This is WRL Miss Wyo, currently in first place in the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America (T.L.B.A.A.) Hall of Fame, standing beside her one-month old bull calf. Miss Wyo was over all grand champion at the N.I.L.E.
Zach Davidson and Alan Davis Maintenance crew at the fairgrounds found him Thursday March 17, 2011
He weighed at least 60+ lbs, found Rotary Park. They released him back into the Park
We named him Franklin
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There appears to be plenty in the Bighorns judging by the snow depth that almost covers the fencing on the south side of Highway 14 just east of Black Mountain Road (Forest Rd 16) where the elevation is about 8000 feet. Wyoming snowpack for the Powder-Tongue Basin is 107% when compared with the historical average.


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Organisational Structure
PICUM has a three layer structure consisting of a Secretariat, Executive Committee and General Assembly.
- The Secretariat
PICUM's daily business is run by its director and staff in the Brussels Secretariat. The Secretariat is supported by a network of volunteers throughout Europe who contribute to PICUM's activities by collecting information, doing translation work, and organising national and local events.
To view a list of PICUM's current staff, click here.
- The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee (Excom) functions as the governing body of the Secretariat. The Excom has responsibility for steering the mission, goals, planning objectives, and supporting the Secretariat.
To view a list of PICUM's current Excom, click here.
- The General Assembly
PICUM has more than 140 member organisations who work on ensuring fundamental rights of undocumented migrants in Europe. PICUM's Annual General Assembly provides a forum in which member organisations vote on important issues concerning the operation and future planning of the organisation.
For further information on PICUM's members, click here.
PICUM has more 155 member organisations in 30 countries, primarily in Europe but also in other regions of the world. As a membership based NGO, PICUM provides a direct link between the grassroots level, where undocumented migrants' experience is most visible, and the European level where policies relating to them are deliberated.
The benefits of PICUM membership include but are not limited to:
• Resources and Support, such as utilizing PICUM's expertise on policies you are facing in your country;
• Network and Information Exchange, such as assistance in connecting with organizations that face similar issues;
• Governance, such as the opportunity to contribute to the thematic focus of PICUM and its annual action plans;
• Recognition, such as involvement in projects conducted by PICUM which promotes the work of its members; and
• Events, such as invitations to participate in PICUM strategy meetings, working groups, PICUM's Annual General Assembly and interface with policy makers..
PICUM members
PICUM members are non-governmental organisations or international organisations whose activities fully or partly relate to the situation of undocumented migrants.
To view a list of PICUM member organisations, click here.
PICUM supporters
PICUM supporters may be individuals or organisations who are involved in humanitarian activities concerning undocumented migrants or who participate in NGOs whose activities fully or partly relate to the situation of undocumented migrants. They also include those involved in policy work, research, and counselling in the interest of undocumented migrants or those who otherwise may be able to contribute to the PICUM mission.
Despite its large network and workload, PICUM's secretariat is rather small, and we rely heavily on committed and dedicated volunteers to conduct our daily activities.
Thanks to the PICUM volunteers who compile news items and translate and proofread our newsletters and publications , we are able to provide information about undocumented migrants in seven different languages and to reach more than 4, 000 subscribers around the world. We are also very thankful for our volunteer translator's help in making website content available in seven languages.
To view a list of our volunteers, click here.
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These Sennheiser HD800s look a tad 'conventional' at first glance, but they're very far from being ordinary cans.
For starters, they use Sennheiser's most advanced driver tech, a larger-than-usual 56mm diaphragm and a stainless-steel transducer. They're also unusual in that they work by directing the sound into your ear at an angle – more like having a pair of speakers strapped to your bonce, in other words.
Sound spillage
The HD800s are designed for performance above all else, and should be approached carefully if you have any need whatsoever to keep your music private.
Although the open-backed Sennheisers don't leak a massive amount of sound, there's still enough spillage to cause an argument if a loved one is in the same room trying to read the latest 'vampire romance' novel. And to be fair, when music sounds this good, you won't really want to turn it down.
Outstanding sound
The HD800s sound amazing. Bass kicks hard and deep, while there's intense precision and detail on offer. A languid hour of sitting with these on your head is as good a way to waste time as we'd admit to knowing.
The Sennheisers can do punchy, raucous and ragged equally well – yet still have a pristine way with tonal clarity and rhythm.
They're comfortable on the ears, too. The big ear cups will fit just about anyone (unless you managed to land a small role in Star Trek without the use of make-up), and they're very likeable to use, even over very long listening sessions.
Lack a little realism
The only thing that counts against the HD800s is that for all their precise clarity, they don't muster truly astonishing levels of realism. As great as these Sennheisers are, they lack a certain authenticity and openness, which makes them sound slightly sterile at times.
Make no mistake, though – these are terrific headphones and definitely worth a listen.