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Toxic cloud spreads after chemical blast near Barcelona

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‘Drastic decline’ in press freedom across the globe

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From BBC : Decoding North Korea’s fish and mushroom slogans

Decoding North Korea’s fish and mushroom slogans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31446387

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From BBC : The ski school that defied the Taliban

The ski school that defied the Taliban http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31435925

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From BBC : UN targets Islamic State financing

UN targets Islamic State financing http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31446798

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From BBC : EU warns Russia over Ukraine deal

EU warns Russia over Ukraine deal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31447930

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Noam Chomsky on the rise of Islamic State & the Ukraine crisis

PublicEnquiry

Published on Jan 13, 2014

Noam Chomsky: U.S. Politics Are Now ‘Pure Savagery’
Posted: 01/08/2014 5:04 pm EST | Updated: 01/08/2014 6:13 pm EST
http://www.channel4.com/news/catch-up…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01…
Author and activist Noam Chomsky said that the congressional controversy over extending unemployment benefits is evidence that American politics has descended into madness.
“The refusal to provide very minimal living standards to people who are caught in this monstrosity — that’s just pure savagery,” Chomsky said during an interview with HuffPost Live. “There’s no other word for it.”
Chomsky is a leading American intellectual known at first for his academic work in the field of linguistics. He has since become an influential activist and progressive political thinker. HuffPost will be publishing excerpts from its interview with Chomsky over the next week.
Republicans pursued food-stamp cuts last year, and blocked a deal to extend unemployment benefits during budget negotiations in December. On Tuesday, a handful of Republicans joined Senate Democrats to advance a bill reinstating the benefits for three months, but the agreement faces an uphill battle in the GOP-controlled House. There are currently about three people seeking a job for every job opening in the United States.
Chomsky said that recent economic doldrums, however, are not isolated phenomena, but rather the product of decades of economic policies pursued by American elites. Some of the major changes included the signing of World Trade Organization treaties, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the deregulation of major industries, he said.
“The general and very severe problem of the economy that’s staring us in the face … that has nothing to do with bad apples in Congress,” Chomsky said. “These are deep structural problems having to do with, in effect, the neoliberal assault on the population, not just of the United States but of the world, that’s taken place in the past generation. There are areas that have escaped, but it’s pretty broad.”
Chomsky told HuffPost that corporate interests dominate the policy agenda of the Democratic Party, and cited conservative scholar Norm Ornstein’s observation that the Republican Party has “drifted off the spectrum” and no longer functions as a serious parliamentary entity.
“It used to be said years ago that the United States is a one-party state — the business party — with two factions, Democrats and Republicans,” Chomsky said. “That’s no longer true. It’s still a one-party state — the business party — but now it has only one faction. And it’s not Democrats, it’s moderate Republicans. The so-called New Democrats, who are the dominant force in the Democratic Party, are pretty much what used to be moderate Republicans a couple of decades ago. And the rest of the Republican Party has just drifted off the spectrum.”

 

Noam Chomsky on the rise of Islamic State & the Ukraine crisis

Channel 4 News

Published on Feb 12, 2015

The political scientist and philosopher Noam Chomsky tells Channel 4 News that the ceasefire agreement in Ukraine is “a glimmer of hope… but we’ll have to wait and see.”

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Noam Chomsky in conversation with Jonathan Freedland

The British Library

Published on Mar 28, 2013

Philosopher, cognitive scientist and political activist Noam Chomsky discusses the roles of the state and the mass media, 25 years on from his essential work Manufacturing Consent.

A prelude to Propaganda: Power and Persuasion – a major British Library exhibition lifting the lid on the ways governments across the planet have attempted to influence your thoughts for over 100 years.

Historic musical bits, Mozart Violin Concerto N°4 in D major, K218. David Oistrakh, violin, great compositons/performances

Mozart Violin Concerto N°4 in D major, K 218. David Oistrakh, violin )

Alex cello

Mozart Violin Concerto N°4 in D major.
David Oistrakh, violin,  RAI Symphony Orchestra

Strauss: The Beautiful Blue Danube André Rieu/ the Johann Strauss Orchestra, great compositions/performances

André Rieu – The Beautiful Blue Danube

André Rieu

Uploaded on Sep 16, 2011

André Rieu & his Johann Strauss Orchestra playing “The Beautiful Blue Danube” (An der schönen blauen Donau) by composer Johann Strauss II. Recorded live at Empress Sisi’s castle; Schönbrunn Palace Vienna, Austria with dancers from the famous Austrian Elmayer Dancing School.

Clip from the DVD “André Rieu At Schönbrunn, Vienna”.
One of André’s biggest and most beautiful special ever.

Tracklist:
01. Einzugsmarsch
02. Trumpet Voluntary
03. Auf der Jagd
04. Fächerpolonaise
05. Rosen aus dem Süden
06. Heia in den Bergen
07. G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald
08. Der dritte Mann
09. Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert
10. Die Mädis vom Chantant
11. Die Czárdásfürstin Potpourri
12. Ohne Sorgen
13. Feuerfest
14. My Heart Will Go On
15. Wenn ich mit meinem Dackel
16. Heut’ kommen d’Engerln auf Urlaub nach Wien
17. Spiel mir das Lied von Glück und Treu
18. Kaiserwalzer
19. Ich gehör nur mir
20. An der schönen blauen Donau
21. Radetzky Marsch
22. Als flotter Geist
23. Wien du Stadt meiner Träume
24. Musik, Musik!
25. Anton aus Tirol
26. Donauwalzer
27. Strauss Party
28. Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier

For tour dates visit: http://www.andrerieu.com

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“Hymn to the Fallen” by John Williams

jdremy

Uploaded on Aug 5, 2011

In honor of the soldiers who give us the freedoms we have today. American Cemeteries around the world and the number of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Support the troops.

• Music

  • “Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan” by John Williams (Google Play • AmazonMP3 • iTunes)

Historic Musical bits, 12 Variations in G Major on “See, the Conquering Hero Comes” from Handel’s Judas Maccabeus for Cello and Piano, WoO 45, Serkin/Casals, great compositions/performances

12 Variations in G Major on “See, the Conquering Hero Comes” from Handel’s Judas Maccabeus for Cello and Piano, WoO 45

Various Artists – Topic

Published on September 25, 2014

12 Variations in G Major on “See, the Conquering Hero Comes” from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus for Cello and Piano, WoO 45

Rudolf Serkin / 魯道夫塞爾金
Pablo Casals / 卡薩爾斯

℗ Originally released 1953 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Released on: 1993-11-08

Associated Performer, Piano: Rudolf Serkin / 魯道夫塞爾金
Associated Performer, Cello: Pablo Casals / 卡薩爾斯
Producer: Producer not documented on available sources
Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) / Ludwig Van Beethoven

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  • “12 Variations in G Major on “See, the Conquering Hero Comes” from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus for Cello and Piano, WoO 45″ by Rudolf Serkin;Pablo Casals (AmazonMP3)

From BBC : Colombia’s Farc: No soldiers under 17

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From BBC : Plastic heading for oceans quantified

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From BBC : Red Cross Ebola workers face attacks

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From BBC : Al-Qaeda fighters seize Yemen base

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From BBC : Greek ‘compromise’ possible – Merkel

Greek ‘compromise’ possible – Merkel http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31445327

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From BBC : US welcomes Ukraine peace agreement

US welcomes Ukraine peace agreement http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31447930

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Beethoven’s 5th Piano E-flat major, Op. 73 (Emperor) – Daniel Barenboim, great compositions/performances

© Beethoven’s 5th Piano E-flat major, Op. 73 (Emperor) – Daniel Barenboim (whole concert)

mugge62

Published on Mar 16, 2012

Beethoven’s 5th Piano concert (Emperor) – Daniel Barenboim
Det kongelige kapel – Michael Schønvandt i Danmarks Radio Koncerthuset 2009 ved prisoverrækkelsen af Sonningprisen 2009 på 600,000 DKK ~ 125.000 US$ ~ The Sonning Prize Award! The copyright © owner to all content in this video with The Royal Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim conducted by Michael Schønwandt, is entirely Danmarks Radio!
Also listen to Barenboims version of Noctune op. 27 no 2 by Chopin: http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=7EcER..
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Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, was his last piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, and was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven’s patron and pupil. The first performance took place on 28 November 1811 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig under conductor Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, the soloist being Friedrich Schneider.^[1][2] On 12 February 1812, Carl Czerny, another student of Beethoven’s, gave the Vienna debut of this work.

The epithet of Emperor for this concerto was not Beethoven’s own but was coined by Johann Baptist Cramer, the English publisher of the concerto.^[3] Its duration is approximately forty minutes.

Instrumentation

The concerto is scored for a solo piano, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B-flat (clarinet I playing clarinet in A in movement 2; flute II, oboe II, clarinet II, both trumpets, and timpani are tacet during this movement), two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani in E-flat and B-flat, and strings.

Movements

The concerto is divided into three movements:

1. Allegro in E-flat major
2. Adagio un poco mosso in B major
3. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo in E-flat major

As with Beethoven’s other concertos from this time period, this work has a relatively long first movement. (At twenty-five minutes, the Violin Concerto has the longest; Piano Concerto Nos. 4 and 5 each have opening movements of about twenty minutes.)

Recordings

• In March 1927 Ignaz Friedman recorded the Emperor Concerto with the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra under Henry Wood but this recording no longer exists.
• Also in the 1920s, Wilhelm Backhaus recorded the 4th and 5th concertos very successfully. He would later record all five concertos with Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt and Vienna Philharmonic in stereo.
• In the early 1930s Artur Schnabel recorded all five Beethoven concertos under Sir Malcolm Sargent and the London Symphony Orchestra.
• Edwin Fischer recorded it with Karl Böhm in 1939 and Wilhelm Furtwängler in 1951.
• Josef Hoffmann recorded it with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hans Lange on May 12, 1940.
• Arthur Rubinstein recorded it three times, with Josef Krips, Erich Leinsdorf, and Daniel Barenboim.
• Walter Gieseking and Artur Rother made a stereophonic tape recording in 1944, apparently the earliest surviving such recording, for German radio.
• Vladimir Horowitz recorded it in a 1952 live performance at Carnegie Hall with Fritz Reiner and the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra.
• Wilhelm Kempff recorded it with Paul van Kempen in 1953 and with Ferdinand Leitner in 1961.
• Rudolf Serkin recorded it four times: in 1941 with Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic; in 1953 with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra; in 1962 with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic, and in 1981 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa.
• Bernstein recorded a live performance of the concerto in September 1989, shortly before his death, with Krystian Zimerman and the Vienna Philharmonic. The performance was filmed and released on DVD.
• Leon Fleisher recorded all the Beethoven piano concertos with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra from 1959 until 1961.
• Claudio Arrau recorded it four times: with Alceo Galliera in 1958, Bernard Haitink in 1964 and twice with Sir Colin Davis, first with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and later with the Staatskapelle Dresden.
• Glenn Gould recorded this concerto with Leopold Stokowski (the only recording the two ever made together) using somewhat non-traditional phrasings and tempi, as was typical of Gould’s interpretations.
• Maurizio Pollini recorded the five piano concertos twice for Deutsche Grammophon. First with Karl Böhm and the Vienna Philharmonic and later with Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic.
• Alfred Brendel recorded all Beethoven’s piano concertos at least three times over his career.
• Paul Lewis recorded all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra with conductor Jiří Bělohlávek.
• Murray Perahia recorded all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Bernard Haitink, 1988.

 

Debussy: Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne) L. 69 , Claudio Arrau

Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne) L. 69

Claudio Arrau – Topic

Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne) L. 69

Claudio Arrau

℗ 2011 Unchained Melodie

Released on: 2011-12-01

Composer: Claude Debussy

 

Historic musical moments: Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24) : Richard Strauss , great compositions/performances

Historic Musical Moments:  Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24) : Richard Strauss

K. Stewart Bentley

Published on Aug 15, 2014

Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai
Conductor : Sergiu Celibidache
(1970)

The Ebola Diaries: Trying to heal patients you can’t touch: Goats and Soda |NPR

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The Ebola Diaries: Trying to heal patients you can’t touch: Goats and Soda |NPR (click on picture to access the story and inteview at NPR)

Must read: Ebola in Liberia: According to Dr. Kwan Kew Lai’s Blog

Today is the Feast of St. Kew, a little known Welsh saint, probably of the fifth century. She was the sister of a hermit called Docco who founded a monastery at or near the village of St. Kew which is now in Cornwall, England. Nothing much is known about her except that she was able to cause some wild boars to obey her, this ability caught the attention of her said brother who condescended to finally speak to her. Why they were not on speaking terms to begin with was a mystery.What is in a name? Kew is my given name. It would be unheard of to have a saint with my name especially someone from Asia. My daughter, Cara, was told by her Confraternity Christian Development (CCD) teacher that everyone has a saint who bears his or her name. She searched in vain for a saint with her name.

via Ebola in Liberia.

***featured on by NPR: The Ebola Diaries: Trying To Heal Patients You Can’t Touch http://n.pr/1EaPxUw

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Even ‘Proper’ Technique Exposes Nurses’ Spines To Dangerous Forces http://n.pr/1BZko6C

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From France 24

Greece revives Nazi-era reparation claims amid EU debt row

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From BBC : Ocean carbon leak ‘ended Ice Age’

Ocean carbon leak ‘ended Ice Age’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31424597

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From BBC : Leaders agree Ukraine peace roadmap

Leaders agree Ukraine peace roadmap http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31435812

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