Business Live: 24 November 2014

Business Live: 24 November 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-30130459

Banker ruled fit for HK murder trial

Banker ruled fit for HK murder trial http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30173082

Pregnant Egyptian woman dies from swine flu: officials | Daily Digest News

http://dailydigestnews.com/2014/11/pregnant-egyptian-woman-dies-from-swine-flu-officials/

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/marc-newson-shotgun-beretta-486/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=g1&utm_campaign=g1gallery

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/marc-newson-shotgun-beretta-486/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=g1&utm_campaign=g1gallery

Rodrigo e Gabriella – Google Search

http://www.google.com/search?q=Rodrigo+e+Gabriella&client=ms-android-virgin-us&hl=en&source=android-launcher-search&v=133247963&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ei=99tyVIaNNcu1yASWm4KgAQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg

Judge may set official end date for Detroit bankruptcy

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/24/detroit-bankruptcy-emerge-date/19471251/

Writing lessons give way to typing

Writing lessons give way to typing http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-30146160

‘Hitler’ painting fetches $161,000

‘Hitler’ painting fetches $161,000 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30160663

Portugal ex-PM held over tax fraud

Portugal ex-PM held over tax fraud http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30160193

Federer seals Davis Cup for Swiss

Federer seals Davis Cup for Swiss http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/30167687

Iraq troops battle IS in Ramadi

Iraq troops battle IS in Ramadi http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30158642

Cher cancels remaining tour dates

Cher cancels remaining tour dates http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30142178

Deadline day for Iran nuclear deal

Deadline day for Iran nuclear deal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30172923

US police kill boy carrying fake gun

US police kill boy carrying fake gun http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30172433

Warehouse 13 Season 4 Episode 6

Warehouse 13 Season 4 Episode 6 Full HD

Warehouse 13

 

Egypt: The forbidden love of interfaith romances

Egypt: The forbidden love of interfaith romances http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29932094

Born in Indonesia, murdered in Hong Kong

Born in Indonesia, murdered in Hong Kong http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30110872

PBS: Republicans insist Obama has gone too far with action shielding millions from deportation

PBS: Republicans insist Obama has gone too far with action shielding millions from deportation. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwvfq8xx8

PBS: Republicans insist Obama has gone too far with action shielding millions from deportation

PBS: Republicans insist Obama has gone too far with action shielding millions from deportation. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwvfq8xx8

PBS: Health exchanges’ finances face test in second year

PBS: Health exchanges’ finances face test in second year. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwm7LM5Bo

Obama Is Damaging Hillary’s Chances – WSJ

http://m.wsj.com/articles/obama-is-damaging-hillarys-chances-1416780054?mobile=y

Powers ponder Iran talks extension

Powers ponder Iran talks extension http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30169293

Apple’s $450M e-books settlement wins final court approval | Computerworld

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2851432/apples-450m-e-books-settlement-wins-final-court-approval.html

Apple’s $450M e-books settlement wins final court approval | Computerworld

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2851432/apples-450m-e-books-settlement-wins-final-court-approval.html

Health exchanges’ finances face test in 2nd year – The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-exchanges-finances-face-test-in-2nd-year/2014/11/23/c9255456-732b-11e4-95a8-fe0b46e8751a_story.html

Bomber ‘kills 45’ at Afghan match

Bomber ‘kills 45’ at Afghan match http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30169457

Stealth malware found spying on telecoms, energy sectors – CNET

http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/stealth-malware-found-spying-on-telecoms-energy-sectors/

Obama to Republican critics on immigration: ‘Pass a bill’

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0J70OU20141123?irpc=932

Buffalo braces for flooding as temperatures rise – The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/buffalo-braces-for-flooding-as-temperatures-rise/2014/11/23/d80bee30-733f-11e4-a5b2-e1217af6b33d_gallery.html

The Benzene Content of Hookah Tobacco Revealed | General News

http://www.betawired.com/the-benzene-content-of-hookah-tobacco-revealed/1417323/

The Benzene Content of Hookah Tobacco Revealed | General News

http://www.betawired.com/the-benzene-content-of-hookah-tobacco-revealed/1417323/

2 Children Being Tested for Possible Ebola in Ohio – ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/children-tested-ebola-ohio/story?id=27117331

The suit designed to come between NHS Ebola workers and death – Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11248792/The-suit-designed-to-come-between-NHS-Ebola-workers-and-death.html

Even young adults should save for retirement | HeraldNet.com – Business

http://www.heraldnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20141123/BIZ02/141129901&template=bizmobileart

Ferguson Grand Jury ‘Unfair,’ Michael Brown Family Lawyer Says – ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/US/ferguson-grand-jury-unfair-michael-brown-family-lawyer/story?id=27117993

this pressed: 12-year-old dies in Cleveland police shooting – CNN.com

But he did reach for the weapon, Tomba said.

“The officers ordered him to stop and to show his hands and he went into his waistband and pulled out the weapon,” he said.

The 12-year-old’s name has not been released by police. He died early Sunday at MetroHealth Medical Center following surgery, according to the hospital and the family’s attorney.

Tomba showed reporters the weapon — a large, black BB– or pellet-type replica gun resembling a semiautomatic pistol. An orange tip indicating the gun was an air gun had been removed, police said.

According to the initial 911 call, provided by CNN affiliate WEWS, the boy was scaring people at the park.

“There’s a guy in there with a pistol, you know, it’s probably fake, but he’s like pointing it at everybody,” the caller said.

“He’s sitting on a swing right now, but he’s pulling it in and out of his pants and pointing it at people,” the caller said. “He’s probably a juvenile, you know?”

People who had gathered around the early-morning media scrum with Tomba hurled angry questions at him, accusing police of unnecessary violence.

“It’s a toy gun and a 12-year-old,” a woman in the crowd yelled as reporters tried to ask questions, according to video provided by WEWS.

While saying a thorough and open investigation was under way, Tomba defended the officers’ actions in what he called a “very, very tragic situation.”

“They were doing their job,” he said.

via 12-year-old dies in Cleveland police shooting – CNN.com.

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this pressed: Computer spying malware uncovered with ‘stealth’ features: Symantec | Reuters

(Reuters) – An advanced malicious software application has been uncovered that since 2008 was used to spy on private companies, governments, research institutes and individuals in 10 countries, anti virus software maker Symantec Corp said in a report on Sunday.

The Mountain View, California-based maker of Norton anti virus products said its research showed that a “nation state” was likely the developer of the malware called Regin, or Backdoor. Regin, but Symantec did not identify any countries or victims.

Symantec said Regin’s design “makes it highly suited for persistent, long-term surveillance operations against targets,” and was withdrawn in 2011 but resurfaced from 2013 onward.

The malware uses several “stealth” features “and even when its presence is detected, it is very difficult to ascertain what it is doing,” according to Symantec. It said “many components of Regin remain undiscovered and additional functionality and versions may exist.”

Almost half of all infections occurred at addresses of Internet service providers, the report said. It said the targets were customers of the companies rather than the companies themselves. About 28 percent of targets were in telecoms while other victims were in the energy, airline, hospitality and research sectors, Symantec said.

via Computer spying malware uncovered with ‘stealth’ features: Symantec | Reuters.

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Obama Shrugs Off Criticism on Immigration from House Republicans

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about immigration reform during a visit to Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, Nevada November 21, 2014. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

 

By Reuters 11/23/14 at 11:10 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama shrugged off criticism of his executive action on immigration with a challenge to House of Representatives Republicans: if you don’t like it, do something.

Obama was asked in an interview broadcast on Sunday about House Speaker John Boehner‘s assertion that he was acting like an emperor in using executive powers to tackle the issue of the 11 million immigrants living in America without documents.

“Well, my response is pass a bill,” Obama said in the interview with ABC’s “This Week,” which was taped on Friday. “Congress has a responsibility to deal with these issues and there are some things that I can’t do on my own.”

Obama announced on Thursday he was easing the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants. His measures include allowing some 4.4 million people who are parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents and who have been in the country for five years to remain in the country temporarily, with the right to work.

In the ABC interview, Obama, who has long said he preferred legislation to unilateral action, cited a bipartisan immigration bill passed by the U.S. Senate last year and urged the House to take it up.

via Obama Shrugs Off Criticism on Immigration from House Republicans.

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this pressed: Sudan government asks UN mission in Darfur to prepare departure plans

Sudan government asks UN mission in Darfur to prepare departure plans

CAIRO – The spokesman for the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur says the Sudanese government has asked his mission to prepare plans to exit the country.

The snub comes amid tension between the mission and the government over an investigation into allegations of mass rape in the violence-torn western region of Darfur. Initially, the mission was denied access to Tabit, a North Darfur village where allegations surfaced in media that women were raped by government-allied troops. Following a brief visit, escorted by government troops, the mission said it had not immediately discovered evidence of rape.

Spokesman Ashraf Eissa said Sunday the formal memo to leave was delivered last week. The mission’s mandate expires in March. The U.N. Security council asked the organization’s secretary-general to prepare an exit strategy by February.

via Sudan government asks UN mission in Darfur to prepare departure plans.

Bassey rues Goldfinger ‘wrong notes’

Bassey rues Goldfinger ‘wrong notes’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-30132872

New web data powers plan for police

New web data powers plan for police http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30166477

The day her family wasn’t there

The day her family wasn’t there http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-echochambers-30135910

The writer who foresaw the rise of the totalitarian state

The writer who foresaw the rise of the totalitarian state http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30129713

Great compositions/Performances: Bach: Cantata, BWV 147, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring: make music part of your life

Great compositions/Performances: Bach: Cantata, BWV 147, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

George Bost

Published on Feb 11, 2014

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring is the most common English title of the 10th and last movement of the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (“Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”), composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1716 and 1723. Written during his first year in Leipzig, Germany, this chorale movement is one of Bach’s most enduring works.

Jesu, joy of man’s desiring,
Holy wisdom, love most bright;
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring
Soar to uncreated light.

Word of God, our flesh that fashioned,
With the fire of life impassioned,
Striving still to truth unknown,
Soaring, dying round Thy throne.

Through the way where hope is guiding,
Hark, what peaceful music rings;
Where the flock, in Thee confiding,
Drink of joy from deathless springs.

Theirs is beauty’s fairest pleasure;
Theirs is wisdom’s holiest treasure.
Thou dost ever lead Thine own
In the love of joys unknown.

Eric Kleiber – Dvořák: The Wild Dove (Holoubek), Op 110, Wedding Dance: great compositions/performances

Eric Kleiber – Dvořák: The Wild Dove (Holoubek), Op 110, Wedding Dance

2ndviolinist

Recorded in 1931. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Thanks to Neal for allowing me to use his excellent transfers. You can find this and many other wonderful selections and information at his website: http://nealshistorical.wordpress.com/

The Wild Dove (also known as The Wood Dove; Czech: Holoubek), Op. 110, B. 198 (1896), is the fourth orchestral poem composed by the Czech composer, Antonín Dvořák. Composed in October and November 1896, with a revision in January 1897, the premiere was given on 20 March 1898 in Brno under the baton of Leoš Janáček. The story is taken from the poem of the same name from Kytice, a collection of ballads by Karel Jaromír Erben. The four musical scenes describe the story of a woman who poisoned her husband and married another man shortly afterwards. A wild dove then sits on the grave of her dead husband and sings a sad song day after day. The wife feels guilty and commits suicide at the end by jumping and drowning in a river.

Erich Kleiber, 1890 — 1956.
The eminent Austrian conductor, Erich Kleiber (father of Carlos Kleiber), studied at the Prague Conservarory and the University of Prague.

Erich Kleiber made his debut at the Prague National Theater in 1911; Then he conducted opera in Darmstadt (1912-1919), Barmen-Elberfeld (1919-1921), Düsseldorf (1921-1922), and Mannheim (1922-1923). In 1923 he was appointed Generalmusikdirektor of the Berlin State Opera.

Erich Kleiber’s tenure was outstanding, both for the brilliant performances of the standard repertoire and for the exciting programming of contemporary works. In December 1925 he conducted the world premiere of Alban Berg‘s Wozzeck. In 1934, in protest against the Nazi government, he resigned his post and emigrated to South America. He conducted regularly at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires from 1936 to 1949. Having first conducted at London’s Covent Garden in 1937, he returned there from 1950 to 1953. He then was appointed Generalmusikdirektor once more of the Berlin State Opera in 1954, but resigned in March 1955, before the opening of the season, because of difficulties with the Communist regime.

Erich Kleiber was renowned for his performances of the music of Mozart and L.v. Beethoven. He also composed; among his works are a Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, orchestral variations, Capriccio for Orchestra, numerous chamber music works, piano pieces, and songs.

L. Boccherini – Complete Cello Concertos, Julius Berger: great compositions/performances

L. Boccherini – Complete Cello Concertos, Julius Berger

messer citrazzo

Played on Boccherini’s Stradivari-Violoncello.
The painting is “Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains” by Albert Bierstadt.

Cello Concerto No. 12 in E flat major
Cello Concerto No. 7 in G major, G. 480 – 16:00
Cello Concerto No. 2 in A major, G. 475 – 33:50
Cello Concerto No. 11 in C major, G. 573 – 46:44
Cello Concerto No. 6 in D major, G. 479 – 1:03:27
Cello Concerto No. 9 in B flat major, G. 482 – 1:20:51
Cello Concerto No. 4 in C major, G. 477 – 1:41:26
Cello Concerto No. 3 in D major, G. 476 – 1:58:42
Cello Concerto No. 5 in D major, G. 478 – 2:16:03
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, G. 474 – 2:33:49
Cello Concerto No. 8 in C major, G. 481 – 2:53:47
Cello Concerto No. 10 in D major, G. 483 – 3:10:03

Bach Harpsichord Concerto D minor BWV 1052 Pierre Hantaï, Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall: great compositions/performances

Bach Harpsichord Concerto D minor BWV 1052 Pierre Hantaï, Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall

La Casa di Davide

Johann Sebastian Bach Keyboard Concerto BWV 1052 in D minor
Pierre Hantaï, harpsichord
Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall
Allegro 0:00
Adagio 7:40
Allegro 13:30

Mozart: Violin Sonata in G, K. 379 (Schneider & Kirkpatrick, 1945): great compositions/performances

Mozart: Violin Sonata in G, K. 379 (Schneider & Kirkpatrick, 1945)

shellackophile

Published on Nov 8, 2012

Mozart: Sonata in G Major, K. 379
Alexander Schneider (violin)
Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)

Recorded on November 28, 1945, in New York City, on Columbia matrices XCO 35472 through XCO 35475. Issued in 1947 on Columbia 71864-D and 71865-D in Masterworks Set M-650, and in automatic sequence on Columbia 71866-D through 71869-D in Set MM-650. The same set has two other Mozart violin sonatas (K. 296, K. 378), which I have uploaded separately.

Mozart’s Sonata in G Major, K. 379, consists of three movements:

1. Adagio
2. Allegro (at 3:43)
3. Theme and Variations: Andantino cantabile (at 7:32)

The substitution of a harpsichord for the usual piano in this work was and is somewhat controversial, but seems to have been intended as a compromise, as fortepianos (the term that has come to be used for replicas of pianos of Mozart’s time) hadn’t come into general use by the 1940s. It didn’t work for contemporary music critic Irving Kolodin, who, in his “New Guide to Recorded Music” (1950), calls the harpsichord substitution “a mere excuse to conceal the obvious fact that Schneider and Kirkpatrick like to play together and have devoted themselves mainly to Bach, in which the harpsichord is, largely speaking, acceptable.”

To download a higher-quality audio file of this recording, please visit my blog, The Shellackophile – http://shellackophile.blogspot.com – where this and many other vintage recordings may be downloaded.

Saint of the Day for Sunday, November 23rd, 2014: Bl. Miguel Pro

Saint of the Day for Sunday, November 23rd, 2014

Bl. Miguel Pro

Born on January 13, 1891 in Guadalupe, Mexico, Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez was the eldest son of Miguel Pro and Josefa Juarez. Miguelito, as his doting family called him, was, from an early age, … continue reading

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quotation: To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence…|Sun Tzu

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.

Sun Tzu (544 BC–496 BC) Discuss