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Once again, I look at how the climate change issue is proselytised and I have so many reservations about the 'science' behind the drive to eliminate carbon emissions. Is global warming real? The data suggests that it is while there is also contradictory data out there as well but I'll run with the f...

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I have three favourites, all are very different and I'll do them in alphabetical order. Samuil Feinberg's set is in a realm of its own. There's nothing that sounds remotely like it. In parts he goes a little faster than what seems to be the norm and in other places he plays a little slower. It's the...

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She said she felt proud, energized and empowered to use her “privilege as a white person" to speak out for people who are unable to speak for themselves.

Isn't that an inherently racist statement in itself. If it isn't it's at least very patronising.

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cliftwood wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:12 am
Forgive me, Ric. Another senior moment.

Do you still have the same address ?

I know all about senior moments! Yes I am still here in Carrara on the beautiful Gold Coast.

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:D Speaking about names to remember.. Gene Barnes, Bob Zeidler,John Ball,Peter Czipott,Brian Conway, Ric Cashman ,Tpm Dillingham,Don Del Maso,A.C Douglas..... Many brilliant and scintillating people who graced this forum in the past...I miss them all. There's many more. of course. :D I'm still here...

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Harris, your fight with cancer resonated very strongly with me. As far as I'm concerned if you've beaten it then you've proved that you are a survivor. In the last 10 years I've had a triple bypass, treatment for prostate cancer (in remission) and got lucky this year when a back xray picked up an ab...

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Ahh, shades of the 1930s where children in Germany were strongly encouraged join the Hitler Youth, wear the uniform and follow the doctrines. There are many other examples in history where children were recruited to spread the hate. My two issues about school students being involved is: 1 Their inab...

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Welcome back Harris!

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If supermarkets are getting rid of self-checkouts it can only be for two reasons: 1. They cannot handle big weekly shopping baskets; 2. Theft; on a grand scale and facilitated by these self-serve checkouts. I imagine that an analysis would show that the incidence of theft has risen quite markedly.

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I never use self checkouts as I primarily see them as a way for supermarkets to use less workers. As my usual shop is small and never more than 15 items, I use the checkout set up specifically for small item customers like me and I'm happy to wait in line. If prompted to use a self checkout by one o...

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Keep him in the spotlight for whatever reason and you're doing much of his campaigning for him. Are the American media to dumb to realise that? Probably!

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I also agree with Belle but backlash is not the word I would use. Trump tapped into a large demographic of voters who had largely been ignored by both sides up until that point. Many of these were people who would rarely if ever vote because they saw no point in voting for anyone who had basically i...

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After reading strong recommendations I bought his LvB PS Cycle (the Amadeo version). To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. This is not how I like Beethoven to be played and after trying a few times to hear what others were hearing I have given up. On the plus side I really like his a...

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Malwarebytes is my preferred antimalware program. I also use its VPN.

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Anthony Albanese - the Minister of Overseas Trips (an important portfolio in his eyes apparently) It seems to be the only thing he's good at, getting on a plane and going overseas. He got elected on a Saturday and flew out to Europe the next day. The only problem is that he just keeps coming back!

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Sonata literally means piece 'played' From "sonare" in Italian and Latin as in 'sounded'. Cantata (cantare in Lat and It) means piece 'sung' if my early years of learning Latin serve me correctly

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One of my sons said those who voted no had stained the honour of the country. Did you ask him how? That would have been my first response to a statement like that. He was far too emotional to discuss it, so it was better left to pass by. I understand that - it's what he wanted and was passionate ab...

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barney wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:02 pm
One of my sons said those who voted no had stained the honour of the country.

Did you ask him how? That would have been my first response to a statement like that.

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On this at least we don’t appear to disagree: Indigenous Australians, like everyone else, should be treated as individuals. Furthermore, in my view, they shouldn’t be subjected to demeaning blanket statements. Jacinta Price put forward this exact point, Joe, as a valid reason to vote No as she saw ...

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Qobuz is a music streaming service similar to Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music and others. It's my service of choice. Spotify does have the APR catalogue but getting to it is slightly unwieldy but if you have Spotify I can show you how to do it. If you are interested in Qobuz (and with your collection I ...

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I have to agree regarding ceding sovereignty. The Aborigines ceded sovereignty the same way the English did to the Normans, by conquest. This is the traditional way throughout human history, and virtually never involves formal ceding or treaties. Surely the only relevant point is the need to improv...

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Whoa, this article is not only very biased it contains a number of inaccuracies. The proposal, polls showed, was broadly supported by the country’s Indigenous people, There was never, to my knowledge, a poll specifically aimed at indigenous people and the use of the term is specious to say the least...

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This is also available on Qobuz along with most of APRs current catalogue. This is heaven for lovers of historical piano recordings. I'm currently listening to the Kempff wartime LvB sonatas. Quite different to his mono cycle from the 50s.

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Yes, but if you keep clicking you get there eventually,

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I was never much of a Tony Abbott fan until I read this. he has encapsulated the reasons why the Voice referendum was overwhelmingly defeated. This phrase resonated very strongly with me On a whole range of issues, such as climate, gender and immigration, there’s a disconnect between an empowered mi...

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My wonderful "problem" is that I've now amassed hundreds of unopened CDs that are begging me to open and play them, including innumerable megaboxes. I must live to be 110 in order to enjoy them all properly! So, new purchases must be of the highest caliber in the future. Problem solved Brian - send...

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I think Ardern did a runner because she read the writing on the wall and knew Labor to be unelectable. I was entertained during the campaign to read Maori leader Pat Waititi complaining about the colonial Europeans. It's not that I think he has no grounds (though not nearly as much as he does), but...

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No, it certainly did not govern well.

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Comparing the Australian Liberal Party with the Hard core right of the US Republicans shows how little the writer of the article understands about Australian politics - in fact it's derisible.

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For some reason, the Lyapunov Etudes don't seem to get the "press" (recordings) they should. I have long followed the recorded art of Louis Kentner . You mention the Pearl CD transfer [0154), which I believe are from his 1949 recording. Kentner recorded these Etudes two, possibly three times, but I...

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I've also seen 'interrogation by dog', not sure how legal it was but it was about 30 years ago. The chartered club I belonged to had it's beer keg cellar one floor below in one of the parking garages. One night the beer was pouring the next minute it wasn't because someone had broken into to keg fri...

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I cringe every time I see that cartoon. Some states are now talking about treaties? It's far too late for that an they obviously have no idea what a treaty actually is. Palaczuk is talking about it but knowing her this will simply be lip service and rhetoric. A "Lets mollify the aborifinals" after t...

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I couldn't agree less with your diagnosis about the referendum. It's got nothing to do with wealth, and everything to do with the strategy of the Yes campaign, which employed purely emotional arguments and provided no detail. It came across as patronising, smug and self-superior. If it had provided...

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When Ardern did a runner and left her party in the lurch I remember both thinking and saying that this would cost the Labour Party the election. Well, they've certainly lost and I'll stick by my statement to it being one of the causes. There are others of course and a hindsight view of the response ...

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Bombast works well when considered carefully and Richter does this, especially in Beethoven and yet you hear virtually none of it in his Schubert. I have the "Pictures" recording and agree with you about how Richter plays it.

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I am in awe of this body of work. It's how Liszt managed to turn what you could describe a exercises on a huge scale into music. I have a number of recordings of this body of these and also have one or two favourites. My introduction to the whole set was Vladimir Ovchinnikov and his set which just b...

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This really shows Richter as the virtuoso and in a number of places his ability to extract some real music from these studies. There is also a lot of bombast which was fairly typical of Richter at the time. The big plus for me is that I really like this interpretation.

Thank you Belle.

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And we're certainly not going to take moral lessons from the New York Times!!! Typical Belleian woolly logic puffed up by her customary homespun anecdotes. Instead of refuting Mr. Mayo’s views, Belle launches ad hominem attacks (1) on the press for publishing a P.O.V. that poses a direct challenge ...

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Thanks for posting. High time we heard this issue argued from the indigenous viewpoint, 3.8% of Australia’s population. In U.S. percentage terms, that would amount to roughly 13 million people, about the number that live in Pennsylvania, or 2 to 3 times the total number of U.S. indigenous people. I...

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:x Too much going on in the world that might improve if we had more classical? I'd have to agree Lance but many who post here are far more concerned about the political ramifications of just about everything certain politicians say whereas I just couldn't care less. I look forward to the musical po...

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Are we blaming the dogs or blaming their owners? Before I go further, I don't own a dog (because at this point in time I couldn't be a responsible owner) but will get one when I retire. As a teacher along with my colleagues, one phrase we frequently use is that "the apple doesn't fall far from the t...

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Any dog can bite you and we should be aware of this at all times when dealing with our furry friends. This means that there is a responsibility on dog owners to do their best to make sure that their pet is not going to bite someone. However, this is not guaranteed as with the best intentions of the ...

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She reminds me of Jeno Jando. A highly competent musician with a number of excellent recorings but also a number that were average. A huge repertoire always means that you have to work very hard to do every composer justice.

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I can't agree that this is solely why people will vote against 'The Voice'. Until this thread I had no idea about the Woodside project. What will kill it will be the distrust of the government by many Australians. Sadly, many will vote no on their racist beliefs. I'm voting NO simply because, like m...

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For some reason I only have Volume 1 of SFs Nocturnes and to hear the others was particularly gratifying. My favourite Nocturne recordings have always been Rubinstein (stereo) and Moravec. Fiorentinos are very different and I really like what I'm hearing. What I did want to check was authenticity. E...

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But Scott Morrison was utterly disgraceful, a do-nothing, know-nothing panicked politician who was only too happy to cede everything to the states. I have to fully agree with you here. Initial responses from about Jan to March 2020 seemed to be proactive and then ScoMo, as you said, ceded everythin...

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The terms of the Covid enquiry are seriously flawed and looks like it's a thinly disguised attempt to beat up the federal opposition party who were in power at the time. The reason I say this is because the majority of decisions regarding Covid were made by the state governments , not the federals (...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:34 pm

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Wed Sep 20, 2023 4:15 am

I was just gobsmacked at what I heard from someone this young.

Thanks ! Heard only the Ravel,enjoyed.Someone forgot to tell him "Gaspard" is supposed to be difficult.

Maybe if they had he might have played it differently which would have been a pity.

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That is a fascinating article

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There will be no winners out of this conflict - only losers.

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