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An important question that hasn't been addressed - mortality rate by demographic with age and comorbidity as a factor. From my perspective, if you were going to totally unlock all the retirement communities then mortality would most probably be a factor. Using my go to data guide - worldometer which...

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I've never heard this piece so here goes.

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I haven't got any modern recordings of the LvB PCs being very happy with the Perahia/Haitink set and individual performances by R Serkin, Gilels, Brendel et al.

I remember Jayson Gillham from his performances in the Chopin competition including a stunning set of Etudes.

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My perspective as an Australian is not to have a cold war with China because that would be pointless. What we need to do is see that we've put nearly all our eggs in one basket and urgently seek new baskets to slowly remove the grip that China has on our economy. It will take time but it is doable w...

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Many happy returns Lance. I hope your birthday celebrations are great and that you have many more of them.

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It's the missing 31%, who the pollsters weren't interested in polling, that caught the Democrats with their pants down. Take these polls with a grain of salt.

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It’s already on Spotify

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One of the most beautiful and moving duets I've ever heard was Elias and Pryce singing the Recordare from Fritz Reiner's very accomplished Verdi Requiem. I'm just about to look it up now on my external HD.

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What we want is China to come clean about their reluctance to share their Covid19 problems with the rest of the world. I heard today that they are going to start the process through the WHO. Given that organisation's current track record we should keep pushing by ourselves. Dodgy conspiracy theories...

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"Two epidemiologists estimated that 90% of U.S. deaths in the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic might have been prevented if social distancing policies had gone into effect March 2, instead of March 16. Estimated??? - pure speculation and probably BS. Have they published peer reviewed facts and f...

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You're missing the point. It's not about Biden for the Right. It's about the media. Media bias and its impact on the political process and perceptions of millions of Americans is up there with the most important issues for us (and again, I suspect it would be for the Left if the media situation wer...

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China is currently a four letter word in Australia. One thing we have been reminded of by this pandemic is the origin of our annual flu season.

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Here in Queensland, we've never really been housebound, only getting as far as what seems to be called level 3 restrictions. Schools are partially open and for those that stay at home we use our learning management system to deliver the curriculum. I've been able to hit balls at the driving range an...

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One set that I dithered about and eventually didn’t get was the Horowitz Carnegie Hall Recitals box. I regret it now.

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The 40-CD set of Cziffra I got in 2008 from Amazon/France for $86/USD, which included postage charges. I have not located that set anywhere else. The 40-CD set of Cortot is around as is the Ciccolini set (the latter still very reasonably priced). I see the second Rubinstein collection is still avai...

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I have that second complete Rubinstein set, in red trimmed with white. I paid $A140 (these days only $US84) to get it from Amazon Germany, from memory. A wise investment, apparently in every way. :D I paid the same price Barney and am very glad to have the set. I think it worked out to less than $1...

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I hadn’t heard of him either which makes three of us so where does the legendary status comefrom?

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Thank you. What a beautiful tone he produces.

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My favourite Hummel recording is by Wynton Marsalis. That said, I would like to hear Tarr's take on it but can't seem to find it online.

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I'm not hibernating and that's not by choice. While Australia has gone into what they call stage 4 lock down, schools remain open and that's not a bad thing when you think about it. A school like ours is a controlled environment. The children have access to all sorts of hygiene regimes (sanitiser, t...

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I'm not hibernating and that's not by choice. While Australia has gone into what they call stage 4 lock down, schools remain open and that's not a bad thing when you think about it. A school like ours is a controlled environment. The children have access to all sorts of hygiene regimes (sanitiser, t...

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Why the hell publish a story with the title: Worst Case Estimates for US Coronavirus What sort of journalism is this? Certainly not responsible in any way, just scaremongering with questionable facts and figures. I immediately saw the connection that Belle made with her The Blob trailer. This is wha...

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Apologies but I'm going to take this away from the political arena. The effect here in Australia is minimal with three reported deaths (all over 80 years old) and sporadic cases being detected around the country. However, big events like the F1 Grand Prix have been cancelled and sports matches are b...

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Saw this on FB

"Male coronavirus sufferer looking to hook up with lady who has Lyme disease"

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Belle hope you've been safe-just yesterday I watched the DVRed latest 60 minutes and this was one segment-they interviewed the previous prime minister and the current one. Regards, Len https://www.cbsnews.com/video/australia-fires-climate-change-relationship-60-minutes-2020-02-16/ Climate change's ...

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Per a NZ friend, it appears that a petition campaign has halted for now the effort to close down the usual FM Classical broadcast. It also appears NZ had the driest January on record and water reservoirs are at disturbingly low levels.Antarctica recently recorded its all time high temp.No climate c...

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It's important to note that this is a broadcaster publicly funded by taxpayers. It doesn't have ads and is not expected to make a profit. If anyone can provide a service to try and cover the gamut of broadcasting it has to be RNZ, just like the ABC here in Oz.

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I loved his work!

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This from MediaWatch https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018732872/rnz-set-to-cut-back-concert-and-launch-new-youth-service. One statement that interested me was that receiving music in stereo would still happen because people listen at home. Almost 100% of my listening is vi...

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I felt the same way. Was it the Glencoe Road? I've spent a lifetime mocking the Scots, naturally, because it is my wife's heritage and because it's so easy to do, but there I discovered my inner Scot! No, it was the coastal route via Inverness and I ended up staying at Lybster which is a bout an ho...

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As I was driving through the Scottish Highlands it started to snow and the dramatic scenery was given a greater emphasis. To top it off, BBC3 were playing Sibelius. This would have to be one of best drives I've ever done.

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From an outsiders point of view so take it with a grain of salt...This is how I, as an outsider, see this and I strongly suspect that I am in the majority group regarding this point of view. We outsiders just see it as a pointless exercise which has had a load of money and effort thrown at it. Sorr...

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From an outsiders point of view so take it with a grain of salt. From the very moment of his election there has been a section of the US political spectrum who adopted a “We was robbed” (I believe that might have been an actual headline somewhere in the media) attitude “and by golly we are going to ...

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Thank you for sharing this with us. Last year I spent 6 weeks in the UK and tuned in the hire car radio to BBC3. For some reason I always seemed to be driving somewhere on a Saturday morning when this program was on and heard some great classical music and well informed comment.

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Sue, I agree with everything you just said. Sensible land management legislation to prevent a recurrence of this dreadful fire season is urgently needed. We had measures in the past designed to significantly lessen the impact of our annual fire seasons and they were subverted by well meaning but ign...

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This is not about whether or not Forstater's views are correct or not, but her right to express them privately. Of course, those who disagree with her also have the right to express their contrary point of view. The uptake of all this for me is that we are no longer able to comment on something we d...

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The making it up part tends to apply to those who write for some of those online only publications with names eerily similar to actual large media publishers. The deliberate manipulation of facts (and figures) applies to all. Much of this “distortion” comes from political or ideological agendas and ...

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So much news today is “fake news” because nobody challenges it. Sorry, I have to ask you to expand on what you mean by this. What are you categorising as fake news? Who isn't challenging it? Normally when I hear "fake news" I want to reach for the bucket - it's usually claimed by spivs and exploite...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 18, 2019 11:55 pm

Belle wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:34 pm
Wonderful!! Thank you for posting this. I really admire this pianist and will listen again this morning while I'm polishing the silver for Christmas day. (Where's Hyacinth Bucket??)
It's " Bouquet " .

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So much news today is “fake news” because nobody challenges it.

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https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/12/13/the-revenge-of-democracy/ A good article. This is not new of course as the election of Donald Trump, and the 'miraculous' re-election of the LNP against all odds have already shown. The Labor party here in Australia did the same thing as the Labour party in ...

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John Francis was his own man, stood strongly behind his opinions and was not afraid to call you out on yours. I know because this happened to me a few times. However, it was never you the person who he took to task but your ideas instead and I can easily run with this. That said, he would also affir...

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Why do I get the impression that he is trying to imitate a harpsichord

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While the Greenies are claiming that this is all about climate change, they are extremely culpable in the whole scenario. The aboriginals discovered that early back burning was a good way of minimising any fire risk. However, the Greens oppose this as they see that it might be dangerous to certain e...

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I've got his Brandenburgs which I love.

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Back to the Amazon thing and paying taxes. Last year the government, under then treasurer Scott Morrison, decided to collect GST (sales tax) from purchases outside of Australia at any price point. Originally this was for goods over $1000 but now applies to everything regardless or price. Instead of ...

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You are lucky to actually see something. When I looked at the post I thought that he'd forgetten to include the link.

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you can take that to the bank!! In the end, it all comes down to who's got da CASH, dont it? The political class has lost touch with the people, particularly the working class - which has endured the most out of their governments' neglect. The Left became rich and they forgot their own people. We'r...

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maestrob wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:27 pm
No apologies necessary! I enjoyed about half of the Chopin before the intrusive ads finally frustrated me.

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