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Sir ,i knew ur awesome ,can u please add wraith revenant ?
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Also, Aizen tnx for doing the Fallen Valk mate, 3000coins for that avatar is a ripoff. Shame.
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I'll do the ones you guys requested tomorrow. Also uploading new Fallen angel Valkyrie tomorrow. I'm a little tired today, so i wont do any until tomorrow.
Hey man, great job on these. The only thing I've noticed is that during MM the attack projectiles for female desham and the male nymph weren't showing up. Not sure if anyone else was having this problem. cheers.
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But Valk's projectile is not working now
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I'll look into Demented witch, Spirictus and Valk later... Tonight or tomorrow as i'm having guests in a few hours. I gotta start testing these before i upload em >,<. Gonna do the new valk video now. should be up soon...ish
Also, sk1llz4, please stop using AdFly. It's hellish annoying having to wait for a download to start, and i think it's against HoN's TOS to generate cash on stuff made by S2.
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Uploaded new valk video.
Will try to fix current bugs asap.(Over the next few days.)
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her attack projectile works in practice mode but not on the actual games;;

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Monday Conversation: Cooper Webb
Monday, November 26, 2012 | 10:50 AMNorth Carolina native and Star Racing Yamaha prospect Cooper Webb has arguably been the hottest amateur in the country the second half of the season. After capturing first and second place finishes at Loretta Lynn's, Webb went on to win the Amateur All-Star class at the Monster Energy Cup and is fresh of winning six of eight titles in his A class debut at the Mini O's. We caught with Webb to talk about his dominant week, his 2012 season and his plans moving forward.
Racer X: Hey, Cooper. How did the 2012 Mini O's go for you?
Cooper Webb: The week went really good. I won six of eight titles and didn't finish off the podium all week. The bike was awesome. The whole Star Racing crew came down and me and my mechanic, Matt, really had the bike dialed. Honestly, couldn't be much happier.
Shane McElrath won a couple of titles and Dakota Alix and Jace Owen, among others, had great weeks. What were your thoughts on the competition?
The competition was tough. It's the A Class, so its going to be really stacked. It was definitely the most stacked class [A Class] of the event, I would say. I was lucky to get some good starts in the 250 Class, but kind of struggled with starts in the 450 Class because I was riding a 250. I had to come from the back a couple of times, so it was cool to race in all kind of different elements.
Webb had an amazing week in his A class debut, taking six of eight titles at the Mini O's.
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So you were riding a 250 in the 450 Class?
I don't have a 450 and have never ridden a 450—I'm pretty small still. I wasn't going to do the 450 classes, but at the last minute I decided I might as well give it a try. I rode the 250 in all the 450 classes, and it went a lot better than I expected. It was cool to have to push the limits in the 450 Class on the 250.
You've had a terrific 2012 season. How would you sum up your year?
This year went really well for me. I was able to win championships at every amateur national I went to. I got a first and second at Loretta Lynn's and then went and won the Monster Energy Cup. Mini O's was my first amateur national in the A Class and it went really well. I think going into next year and the amateur nationals, I'm prepared as I've ever been.
The plan for me is to kind of get ready. I think I'm going to do the two Texas amateur nationals and the plan is for right now to start my professional career at Hangtown and race the entire 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. So I'll be preparing for that and try to get as ready as I can.
Are you currently living and doing all your training down at South of the Border?
South of the Border MX is really cool; it's on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. I live about three hours away from there and go there when I can. That is where I spend most of my time riding and training because I feel that is the best place I can go. I also train a lot with Gary Bailey. I still live at my house in Newport, North Carolina, but I go down at South of the Border and ride quite a bit.
Basically you ride there when you can, but do your own training schedule at home in Newport?
I go kind of everywhere. For me, the more different tracks I can ride the better. That's one of the cool things about South of the Border—they have four different tracks there to ride (three outdoors tracks, an SX track, an Arenacross track and tons of trails.) I would like to stay at home more, but there aren't really any tracks close to my house, so it kind of forces me to travel. But I really enjoy my time at South of the Border and feel like my program has really improved.
It is expected that Webb will make his pro debut at Hangtown in 2013.
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Tell me about your relationship with Star and Yamaha, how's that going?
It's going really well. I just finished my first year with them, and have two more to go. Since I first meet Bobby [Regan, Star Racing team owner] and everyone at Yamaha, they have kind of taken me under their wing and it feels like a big family over there. I'm really excited to keep working with them and just getting better and better.
Transitioning back to the Mini O's. Which did you prefer better, the supercross or motocross portion?
It's kind of hard to say. I really liked the supercross track, but I grew up racing outdoors. The Mini O's and Monster Energy Cup are the only two times you get to race supercross, so I really like that. I would say I enjoyed supercross better, because it's such a unique race and we never get to race supercross.
Thanks again, Cooper. Anyone you would like to thank?
I would like to thank my whole family—my mom and dad. My mechanic Matt, Gary Bailey, Tim Crytser [Racer X Virtual Trainer] everyone at Yamaha and the Star Racing team. Rockstar, Metal Mulisha, Skullcandy, Leatt Brace, South of the Border Training Facility, MSR, Bell Helmets, Smith Goggles, Alpinestars, Dunlop, Pro Taper, Enzo Suspension, EVS, Flow Designs, the whole Stewart family and JS7 Entertainment.
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Not that it makes it right, but the SX series has been sponsored by a beer company and a cigarette company (accused of marketing to minors) in the past, so its not like energy drinks are a huge drop, from a moral standpoint. They've definitely put a lot of money into the sport, so there would be a big void if the left.
I find it more interesting that he thanked the whole Stewart family and JS7 Entertainment, what is the connection there??
Cooper is friends with the Stewart family and they have been gracious enough to allow him to ride at their complex in Florida on several occasions. The last time he was there JS7 had a day off of the bike and was kind enough to give him a few pointers. Although Professor Gary Bailey is Cooper's long-time MX Coach, everyone was stoked that JS7 took the time and an interest in Cooper's success. Cooper also recently participated in the JS7 Ride Day, a great event where JS7 gave some amateurs a chance to ride his tracks as a reward for their wins at Freestone.
I was responding to a comment that was subsequently removed. It probably seemed like a strange thing to bring up out of the blue.
Let's hope he stays healthy as the Outdoor nationals approach. I love the wild card of a rookie coming into that series, rather than SX.
Even if they find causation between the energy drinks and the reported fatalities, anything the politicians do with just be a big show, like requiring the warning labels to be bigger, especially if the Koch brothers or any of the other puppeteers of our government have a stake in any of the companies.
I completely get you point. Kids don't know that the can they are holding up and drinking on the podium is just water.
Moto is a family sport, that's how we all know kids are stupid and we should take advantage of them, lie to them about what we drink, and sponsor them with things that harm them.
Thats pretty cool what Stewart has done for that kid. Something is working cause that dude is killing it right now. To win 6 out of 8 A class titles and do it all on a 250 is crazy.
It is apparent to me that the talent that exists is substantially enhanced by the addition of "the entourage". The pro teams, the pro coaches, living and riding with the existing top pros, and the pro mechanics there to keep your practice bike on song.
I truely believe that there will never be another Hannah - some kid working in a local shop by day and mixing it up with the bigs on the weekends. The gap is just too large to be bridged solely by talent.
This leads me to my next point - only the talented kids with significantly resourced parents will be left. If you don't choose your parents carefully, then having the heart of RC and the precision of Windham will do you no good.
I guess it is the same with every other motorsport - truly the top of our chosen sport is the domain of the well heeled nobility.
^ It true we may miss out on talented kids who just don't have the "life chance" that others have. This is a sad bi-product of big sponsors equalling big money which comes back to "growing the sport" as so many here proselytize.
Unfortunately its not just motor-sports where resources put a cap on talent, all sports and small business right up to big business and government have this dilemma. The family and name we are born into is a large indicator of future notoriety and economic success. BigUgly, you've made a good case as to why the "American dream" is just a good social control device perpetuated by "the haves" while the "have nots" live month to month, or day to day. Think of all the talented black kids like JS in the projects... we will never see their talents... their only ticket outta the hood is rap or basketball. Their wheelies are world-class, but is there any rich white guys in moto who will groom any of them? Hell no, but they'll continue preaching the "American dream" and won't even listen the the points made by guys like BigUgly or anyone with a heart and desire to see everyone have a chance like was once possible.
@BigUglyManiac The Webbs are not well-healed, far from it. I hope I am not embarrassing them to post this but you if you knew the Webbs like I do, I think you would understand the sacrifices they have made for Cooper's opportunity. Cooper's mom is a public school teacher hoping to retire after almost 20 years and his dad owns a small business and struggles to make payroll and pay the bills like the rest of us. The Webbs still travel to the races in the same ten year old RV with 200,000 miles on it and a broken refrigerator and "works half the time" generator they always have. The live in a modest home that they bought after living in a one bedroom apartment for years while they saved money to buy enough land to put a house on where they could build a small practice track--- but they couldn't afford an irrigation system or heavy equipment to groom it so Cooper rides it like he finds it dust and all. Cooper attended pubic school through the 11th grade and only now does he homeschool through the public school system. His parents have always insisted on good grades as a condition of racing so many a time he would do homework while traveling all night back from a race and go to school the next day. He did not have the luxury of sleeping in that many of his home-schooled competitors did. Not only that but many a time the Webbs travelled all night to races arriving for race day only, not Friday practice, because they couldn't afford an extra day off of work, a plane ticket, an extra hotel night or an extra day of meals on the road. For many years Cooper's dad would stay up all night repairing a bike and then meet Cooper on the line for each moto even though he hadn't had any sleep. Between motos, Cooper's dad would change parts from bike to bike to keep at least one bike running so Cooper could race. Gary Bailey, Cooper's long time MX coach ended up donating his time because the Webbs couldn't afford his fees anymore and Gary just felt Cooper had too much talent to quit coaching him. But Gary Bailey made a deal with Cooper that he would only keep coaching him if Cooper did his part and kept working hard, so Cooper earned that too. So after years of this kind of sacrifice and doing the hard work to win many amateur titles, Cooper did earn some support along the way and finally now his hard work is paying off. But the Webbs are not special, they are just like other parents out there just trying to give their kid a chance. Can't you just be happy that a kid from North Carolina with nothing but talent is getting a shot?
@mxlaw----well said!! I wish other people could see what some of these young guns parents had to sacrifice to get them to where they are!! Not every young hotshot was born with "unlimited resources"--some has to earn it the hard way!!! The Webb family has my total respect. Good to see JS7 giving a little back. Give'em hell Cooper!!!
I stand corrected @mxlaw. I had no idea.
@BigUglyManiac No offense taken ... just wanted people to know Cooper as we do. Humble, appreciative and hard working.
its true for all sports nowadays, its all so competative. i raced at the pro level with little help back in the day, and my son and i ride mx for fun, since he was small.he is agood fast rider with a smooth style,he could be a fine racer. but we made a collective family decision that it was not worth it.we were not willing to risk injury as well as our financial future. (the point is coming).today he is top ranked tennis player with a good chance of playing D-1college ball. most of the kids he competes with, thier parents are loaded, they travel the country,they go to acadamies,easy 150-200 grand a year they spend.its tough to compete against. but with heart,desire,sacrifice,it can and has been done.as daunting as it can be to compete at the top of anything,the ones at the top have usually paid a pretty big price!
Well said, Dianna! I have been associated with the Webbs (helping Cooper train for a little over a year now) and I can attest to the fact that they are certainly not "privileged" when it comes to money. They are an honest, hard working, middle class family who earn every thing get. I honestly have no idea how they do what they do.


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- publish and subscribe mechanisms offload processing from the main server onto chained servers, allowing data services to be provided to a virtually unlimited number of clients
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The kdb+tick module supports data streams from a data feed or other source of real-time data, and makes it available for immediate relational analysis. In addition, the data is logged so that, in case of a system failure, no data is lost. Periodically, the in-memory data is written to the historical database — a day's worth of real-time data can be written to the database in a few minutes. In fact, kdb+tick is so fast at managing real-time, in-memory, and stored data that some of our customers eliminate the traditional end of day where the database is taken off-line. Because of this, kdb+tick can be used for advanced applications such as global 24x7 trading.
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One of the reasons kdb+tick was developed was in response to trading departments asking: isn't there a way to save the real-time data so it can be analyzed later? While it's true that small trading problems can be solved using a real-time data or in-memory database alone, big, strategic problems require the ability to save data and to compare real-time or in-memory and historical data on the fly, without losing speed anywhere along the line.
- 5. Can kdb+ data be compressed?
kdb+ includes intelligent compression through a choice of algorithms and a broad range of settings, driving down storage requirements and latency, and optimizing CPU usage. The user is able to set the desired compression levels, by specifying which data to compress and how heavily to compress it. For example, data that's a day old might not be compressed at all, data that is up to a week old could have only selected, customer-specified, fields compressed, while data that is older than three months might be fully compressed. kdb+ allows clients to use third-party algorithms, or use Kx's default, fast, proprietary compression algorithms.
- 6. What about connectivity to other software?
kdb+ has a very simple API, for easy connectivity to external graphical, reporting and legacy systems. There are interfaces to C/C++, Java, .Net, R, Matlab, Perl, Python and others. A WebSocket interface allows for a direct, bi-directional, full-duplex connection between a browser and an application, particularly useful for high-performance browser-based applications, such as visualizing real-time data. kdb+ also supports ODBC and JDBC to help with migrating data between kdb+ and traditional databases or applications like Excel.
- 7. Is it complicated to administer a kdb+ database?
Not at all — kdb+ is remarkably simple to manage, because native operating system routines are used for file management, including backup and restore.
- 8. Is a powerful server needed to run kdb+?
It depends on data volumes, but most customers begin with a 4- or 8-core system and grow from there. As the historical database builds up, multi-terabyte storage may be needed, but kdb+ is flexible — using local storage, SANs, or any combination.
- 9. What if a high-availabilty environment is needed?
Many Kx customers have implemented large, fully-redundant systems, including redundant tickerplants for kdb+tick. kdb+ supports failover, so there is no loss of data or performance. There is local logging as well as complete replication between data centers. IT departments can deploy kdb+ in distributed environments (e.g. clouds) and dynamically allocate system resources to meet real-time spikes, such as unusual peaks in market data. There is no need to over-invest in big hardware dedicated to kdb+, while there is extra capacity immediate available when needed.
Obtaining kdb+
- 1. Is kdb+ expensive?
No. The costs of kdb+ itself will typically be a small part of the total expenditure for an application.
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- 2. What is the procedure for trying out kdb+?
Kx offers an onsite evaluation service to qualified prospects. In fact, in most cases, an evaluation is done to make sure that kdb+ is the right solution for the application.
If the application requirement is a good match to kdb+, Kx will help define evaluation objectives, provide a full software license, onsite installation and consulting, and email support. There is also the option of a proof-of-concept engagement with a Kx sales and service partner.
Kx Systems
- 1. Who are Kx Systems?
Kx Systems is the developer of the high-performance database, kdb+, and its query language, q. Kx focuses solely on this database, and has been in business since 1993. Kx works closely with business partners who provide additional facilities.
- 2. Why use Kx instead of traditional databases?
Kx has become the major player in our target market of high-performance, high-volume databases. Kx is used instead of traditional databases because of its performance and flexibility.
In recent years, traditional databases have struggled to cope with massive increases in data volumes, and the old model of overnight reporting is no longer acceptable in real-time business. The business intelligence/OLAP/data warehousing structures that were built to make relational databases more efficient are also under increasing pressure to deliver faster analysis — and they cannot. Some in-memory databases and real-time data products deliver speed as long as the data is in memory, but they solve only a small part of the data volume and data analysis problem.
The limitations of traditional databases pushed many companies to write custom-built applications, typically storing data in flat files. These can work fine for simple queries hand-coded in C, but typically cannot support ad hoc queries, or the infrastructure needed for an enterprise database. Over time, these and other niche databases played an ever smaller role and have been replaced with kdb+.
- 3. Is Kx just a financial markets vendor?
The primary market in the early years was financial tick databases — this was the use area that first saw huge increases in data volumes.
But kdb+ is now seen in very different markets. For example, finance people use it for risk management, regulatory compliance and surveillance, and client services. IT departments have picked up the technology, and use it as a central data repository for many other applications, such as monitoring hardware performance and network throughput with performance measurements calculated in nanoseconds.
There is also increasing adoption in non-financial markets, such as telecoms, web services, and government agencies.
- 4. What support does Kx offer?
Priority technical support is considered to be an essential part of the product, and Kx offers rapid response worldwide. A large customer tells us that Kx is by far their most responsive vendor in terms of support. When issues are reported, there is a quick response from someone who knows the code, not a scripted response from an outsourced support center.
- 5. What about training, consulting, and other support?
There is an active email user forum where clients can post questions and discuss topics of interest to the community, and an active wiki for documentation, cookbooks, tutorials, and software addons.
Kx partner companies deliver consulting, training, and installation support globally, and also provide their own add-on dashboards, feedhandlers, and development and visualization tools.
Visit the Kx
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The q language.
It's easier than you think.
A trial version of kdb+ is freely available for non-commercial use, and is ideal for learning the q programming language.
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Congress is returning to Washington on Monday after a monthlong summer break to jump right into debate and votes on a resolution giving President Barack Obama the authorization to strike Syria.
Obama said there's no doubt that Syria used chemical weapons on its own civilians on August 21, and he wants to launch attacks, but he first wants to get Congress' approval.
Here are the latest developments Monday:
Latest developments
• State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Monday that classified information will help persuade lawmakers to back authorization for military force in Syria.
• The United States will take a "hard look" at a Russian proposal for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to put his nation's chemical weapons under international control, but "we have some serious skepticism" about whether al-Assad would follow through, Harf said. Saying this has emerged amid a threat of military action, Harf said Monday that al-Assad has resisted efforts to get rid of chemical weapons and this development could be a stalling tactic.
• National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Monday that failing to respond to the chemical weapons attacks in Syria would send a "perverse message": "You can use these weapons blatantly and just get away with it," she said.
• Rice said that only the al-Assad regime had "the capacity" to use chemical weapons in the August 21 attack in the Damascus area. "There's no doubt about who is responsible for this attack," she said Monday.
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia will urge Syria to put its chemical weapons supply under international control if it will avert U.S. military action.
• Syria "welcomes" Russia's proposal, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said in Moscow on Monday.
• A U.S. official called Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks in Britain on Monday a "major goof," saying Kerry "clearly went off script here." The official was referring to Kerry's assertion that al-Assad "could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons" to avoid potential U.S. military action. "There is no one in the administration who is taking this Syria proposal seriously," the official said.
• Al-Assad "could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week," Kerry said during a news conference with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, before Moallem's statement. "But he isn't about to do it, and it can't be done, obviously."
• Al-Assad told CBS's Charlie Rose that "you should expect everything" if there's an attack. "The government's not the only player in this region. You have different parties, different factions, different ideologies. You have everything in this decision now," he said.
• Lavrov called for international talks in Moscow to promote a peace process for Syria and avert an American military strike. He blamed U.S.-backed rebels in Syria for preventing a peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Kerry said it is al-Assad who will not negotiate as long as he is not prevented from using chemical weapons. Despite American support for militarily targeting the regime's ability to use chemical weapons, Kerry said, "The end to the conflict in Syria requires a political solution. There is no military solution."
• Moallem said his government questioned "the aim of this aggression that seeks to degrade the capability of the Syrian army in favor of al Qaeda and its affiliates."
• British Foreign Secretary William Hague said his country and the United States are aligned in four areas: creating conditions for a Geneva peace process, addressing the humanitarian tragedy, supporting the moderate Syrian opposition and "mustering a strong international response to the use of chemical weapons."
• U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that he is considering urging the Security Council to demand the Syrian government immediately hand over its chemical weapons to be destroyed.
• A top Obama administration official says he believes that the congressional votes favoring a military strike against Syria will be there "at the end of the day." The goal of a strike would be to "deter" and "degrade" al-Assad's "ability to use chemical weapons," Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told CNN's "New Day."
• The Syrian president and his regime used chemical weapons, Rhodes argued. "No doubt in our mind," he said. "We're going to show Bashar al-Assad there are consequences for the use of these weapons."
American public opinion
• A CNN/ORC International poll shows that even though eight in 10 Americans believe that the al-Assad regime gassed its own people, a strong majority doesn't want Congress to pass a resolution authorizing a military strike against it.
• More than seven in 10 say that such a strike would not achieve significant goals for the U.S., and a similar amount say it's not in the national interest for the U.S. to get involved in Syria's bloody two-year-long civil war, the poll says.
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"This journey has been a very spiritual experience. We've been so completely uplifted by the prayers." —Steve Guidera
A snowflake. That's how Steve Guidera sees his wife of 21 years. Gentle. Beautiful. Independent.
That's also how a doctor described her: "Every brain injury patient is like a snowflake," he said. "Each one is different."
That conversation arose following Ann Guidera's October 2, 2010, fall on the unforgiving concrete platform at the Trenton, N.J., train station. She was seeing her 17-year-old daughter Jenny off for a college visit at the time. Initially, Ann was confused. Within hours, she lost consciousness.
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Lora McKee Anderson from Iowa Wesleyan College, is a Turning Technologies Distinguished Educator who will discuss the pedagogical reasons for using student response systems. Lora will share the ways she develops different types of questions and how they are formatted. This is your chance to increase product knowledge, network with peers and to see how others are using response technology.
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Rep. Hansen's statement is a good, common sense argument against this legislation.
Rep. Hansen's No Vote Explanation:
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This bill fails to include funding from the state, shifting the burden onto local governments who are already stretched thin.
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So I subsequently placed the folksong as a kind of password at the beginning of the movement [ ] but the work itself did not originate from the song and I did not set to work with the intention of treating the folksong in sonata form, for I knew at the very outset that this is impossible.
Instead Kodály uses the material as the works thematic core, in a manner not dissimilar to the motto in Debussys 1893 String Quartet (albeit less self-evident). Kodály had visited Paris in 1907, where he studied briefly with Widor, and both Debussys work and Ravels 1903 tribute Quartet doubtless influenced the structure and sound-world of Kodálys work. The thematic material in the first movement is shared equally between the players, though one often snatches it from another, creating a spirited sense of confrontation. This is emphasized by the spinning of individual motifs into repetitive Janácek-like ostinato figures. The intensity abates at the beginning of the second movement (Lento assai, tranquillo), though folksong clearly influences the harmonic language here, generating moments of searing intensity before they too recede. That sense of ebb and flow is particularly evident in the fugue. A pizzicato section offers a more jocular though no less contrapuntal response and then moves back to the original subject.
The Presto begins as a dance, though it too has a more sophisticated edge, with highly variegated harmonies and a melancholic trio. Counterpoint returns at the opening of the finale, as does the plangent cello, before a courtly common-time dance is treated to a sequence of variations. Closer at first to Viennese models than the Gallic style of Debussy and Ravel or the peppery tones of Kodálys native Hungary, the variations nonetheless become more outlandish, with a final cadence that accentuates C major with a goodly dose of local colour.
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Pure hatred justified by religion...and it led to this.
It's a sad world we live in..
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I was horrified by the contents of this video. Couldn't watch the whole thing.
Just wanted to say that I don't think this was in South Africa. I am South African and despite what the world may believe, South Africa is far more civilised than this. Sure, we have our crime, but I am certain if something like this happened in my country, I would have heard about it.
I remember hearing something about this happening either in Zimbabwe or somewhere in North Africa.
Just wanted to clarify.
Going to watch a comedy now. :)
(being inflammatory) We need some people shooting those bastards. Get the gay mafia, get them some AK-47s and get them down there.
This is... Just wrong.
Holy fuck. I couldn't watch this, this is beyond horrible.
But how do we know they did it because he's gay? Just wondering, since I didn't understand what they were saying.
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CrossOver Games for Linux
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The CrossOver Games 7.1 release announcement from CodeWeavers can be read
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