 | The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 December 1900.[2] The complete work was premiered, again with the composer as soloist, on 27 October 1901, with his cousin Alexander Siloti conducting. This piece is one of Rachmaninoff's most enduringly popular pieces, and established his fame as a concerto composer At its 1897 premiere, Rachmaninoff's first symphony, though now considered a significant achievement, was derided by contemporary critics. Compounded by problems in his personal life, Rachmaninoff fell into a depression that lasted for several years. His second piano concerto confirmed his recovery from clinical depression and writer's block. The concerto was dedicated to Nikolai Dahl, a physician who had done much to restore Rachmaninoff's self-confidence. For more information, please visit - en.wikipedia.org "All by Myself" is a power ballad written and performed by Eric Carmen in 1975. The verse borrows heavily from the second movement (Adagio Sostenuto) of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18, which Carmen believed was in the public domain. Having found it was not only after the record had been issued, Carmen had to come to an agreement with the Rachmaninoff estate. Early versions, therefore, only give writing credit to Carmen while later <b>...</b> | From: 7thMarch1987 Views: 56  2 ratings |
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Classical Series - Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto and Eric Carmen's "All By Myself."
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Apple's iPad is Huge as Radio Device: NPR has 300K Apps Downloaded, CEO Vivian Schiller
 | www.beet.tv LOS ANGELES -- With 300000 downloads, NPR is one of the most popular Apps for news and is demonstrating the popularity of radio on the iPad. With some 2 million sold, we reckon that 15 percent of users have National Public Radio on the new Apple device. The latest numbers were shared with Beet.TV in this interview by Vivian Schiller, President and CEO of NPR. We spoke with her Wednesday at the All Things Digital conference where she was a feature speaker. The NPR App has been popular since the introduction of the iPad. Back in April, The Wall Street Journal's Shira Ovide wrote that three days after launch, 10 percent of iPad owners were downloading the NPR App. Also in this interview, Vivian speaks about the state of journalism and offers her take on the upcoming "paywall" at The New York Times. Before joining NPR, she was general manager of the NYTimes.com. New York Times has 350k iPad Apps Downloaded in One Week Meanwhile at The Times, the new iPad App has been downloaded 350000 since it was introduced on June 1, a spokeswoman told us today. A spokesperson for The Wall Street Journal told us that downloads of the paper's iPad App are brisk, and says that there are at least 100000 "active" users of the App, which she says gives a better "sense of usage." A published report in England says that the Financial Times has had 130000 downloads since it was introduced two weeks ago. Over at paidContent, David Kaplan reports that Esquire magazine has had 100K iPad <b>...</b> | From: BeetTV Views: 499 1 ratings |
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Al Jolson and the Jews
 | Award-winning author Michael Alexander explored Jewish identity for Al Jolson, Felix Frankfurter and Arnold Rothstein in a talk titled "Mammy, Don't Ya Know Me?" at the USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life on January 30, 2008. By the 1920s, Jews were -- by all economic, political and cultural measures of the day -- making it in America. Yet many deliberately identified with groups that remained marginalized. Alexander, author of the National Jewish Book Award-winning "Jazz Age Jews" (2003), tells the stories of Al Jolson, Felix Frankfurter and Arnold Rothstein. The gangster accused of fixing the 1919 World Series (Rothstein); the defending lawyer for the infamous Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial, who went on to become a Supreme Court justice (Frankfurter); and the star of the first talkie (Jolson) all became heroes to the American Jewish community for their association with events that galvanized the country and defined the Jazz Age. Alexander's book pulls together from the threads of their lives a theological explanation of 1920s Jews, who thought of themselves as outsiders no matter how successful they became. Michael Alexander is the Murray Friedman Professor of History and director of the Myer and Rosaline Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University. Established in memory of USC alumnus Burton Lewis, the Burton Lewis Lecture Series focuses on the Jewish role in arts and culture -- a topic of great interest and <b>...</b> | From: USC Views: 15624  0 ratings |
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011
New Orleans Louisiana Creole Cajun Zydeco Music. Blues & Jazz of Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday NOLA Saints
 | www.coreybarksdale.com New Orleans (pronounced /nuːˈɔliənz, nuːˈɔlənz/ locally and often pronounced /nuːɔrˈliːnz/ in most other US dialects French: La Nouvelle-Orléans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state. New Orleans is located in southeastern Louisiana, straddling the Mississippi River. It is coextensive with Orleans Parish, meaning that the boundaries of the city and the parish are the same. It is bounded by the parishes of St. Tammany (north), St. Bernard (east), Plaquemines (south), and Jefferson (south and west). Lake Pontchartrain, part of which is included in the city limits, lies to the north, and Lake Borgne lies to the east. The city is named after Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans, Regent of France, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It is well known for its multicultural and multilingual heritage, cuisine, architecture, music (particularly as the birthplace of jazz), and its annual Mardi Gras and other celebrations and festivals. The city is often referred to as the "most unique" city in America La Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans) was founded May 7, 1718, by the French Mississippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville on land inhabited by the Chitimacha. It was named for Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, who was Regent of France at the time; his title came from the French city of <b>...</b> | From: clow2ground Views: 430004  465 ratings |
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Trance 4 you...
 | SUPER ARCHIVE A State Of Trance www.astateoftrance.biz ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇] 99% 1. Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Tiësto's In Search Of Sunrise Remix) 2. Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix) 3. Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Sweeping Strings Remix) 4. Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun (DJ Tiësto Remix) 5. Armin Van Buuren & Jan Wayne - Serenity (Original Mix) 6. Oceanlab - Satellite (Original Above & Beyond Mix) 7. Gaia - Tuvan (Original Mix) 8. Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston - No One On Earth (Gabriel & Dresden Remix) 9. Gouryella - Gouryella (Original Mix) 10. Sasha - Xpander (Original Mix) 11. Paul van Dyk - For An Angel (Original Mix) 12. Armin van Buuren ft. Sharon Den Adel - In And Out Of Love (Original Mix) 13. System F - Out Of The Blue (Original Mix) 14. Yahel & Eyal Barkan - Voyage (Tiësto's Magikal Remake) 15. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) 16. Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt - Waiting (Original Mix) 17. Bedrock - Heaven Scent (Original Mix) 18. Chicane - Saltwater (Original Mix) 19. Above & Beyond feat. Andy Moor - Air for Life (Original Mix) 20. Cass & Slide - Perception (Original Mix) 21. Push - Strange World (2000 Remake) 22. Binary Finary - 1998 (Gouryella Remix) 23. System F feat. Armin van Buuren - Exhale (Original Mix) 24. Ferry Corsten feat Betsie Larkin - Made Of Love (Original Mix) 25. DJ Tiësto - Flight 643 (Original Mix) 26. Armin van Buuren - Blue Fear (Original Mix) 27. Andain - Beautiful <b>...</b> | From: GeravsMY Views: 204 0 ratings |
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Monday, March 07, 2011
Bohemian Grove Photo Montage
 | Bohemian Grove photos showing the mock human sacrifice the 'cremation of care'. Many photos from the estate of a dead Bohemian Club member. Posted by Mark Dice. Mark Dice is a media analyst, social critic, political activist, and author who, in an entertaining and educational way, gets people to question our celebrity obsessed culture, and the role the mainstream media plays in shaping our lives. Mark frequently stirs up controversy from his commentaries, protests, and boycotts, and has repeatedly been featured in major media outlets around the world. Several of Mark's YouTube videos have went viral, earning him a mention on ABC's The View, Fox News' O'Reilly Factor, TMZ.com, and other mainstream media outlets. Mark has also been featured in (or attacked in) the New York Post's Page Six, Rolling Stone Magazine, USA Today, The New York Daily News, and in major papers in Pakistan and Iran. Mark Dice appears in several documentary films including Invisible Empire, and The 9/11 Chronicles, and was featured on the History Channel's Decoded. He enjoys enlightening zombies, as he calls them, (ignorant people) about the mass media's effect on our culture, pointing out Big Brother's prying eyes, and exposing elite secret societies along with scumbag politicians and their corrupt political agendas. He also habitually calls into several top-rated talk shows, including the Sean Hannity Show, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage, and verbally battles with the hosts on various issues since <b>...</b> | From: TheResistance Views: 101988 0 ratings |
| Time: 03:20 | More in Howto & Style |
Dr Whiting on Diabetes & Our Research 5 of 10
 | phoenixnutritionals.com (CLICK HERE) Type II diabetes is the most epidemic chronic disease in the world! Type II diabetes for the most part, is dietary induced and is driven by an over-consumption of sugary and starchy foods. Just a few decades ago diabetes was rare by comparison to today. Also at that time, people consumed on a fraction of the sugar foods of today. Type II diabetes is often completely controllable by diet and exercise. Natural programs for managing diabetes include regular exercise and controlling the intake of sugar-forming foods. These foods, which make up the staple of the industrialized diet, are at the heart of the diabetes problem. Managing diabetes naturally can be very effective. It does take discipline but in the long run, can produce a much greater level of health than the use and often misuse of diabetes drugs. Diabetes drugs work in different ways, some are beneficial in the short term and others are very detrimental. Diabetes drugs that increase insulin production are generally not good for the type II diabetic. There are some exceptions in more advanced cases, but in general, those with type II diabetes produce too much insulin in response to ingesting sugar-forming foods. Over time this creates a condition called insulin resistance. As the receptor cells become more and more resistant to insulin, the body must continually product more insulin to overcome insulin resistance. Fortunately, insulin resistance can be improved with key nutrients <b>...</b> | From: healthyinformation Views: 822 0 ratings |
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Sunday, March 06, 2011
World's Best Superfoods Part 5
 | www.superfoodhealthyliving.com www.superfoodhealthyliving.com 4. Japanese When Dr. Miller was traveling around the world doing research for her book, she found that traditional Japanese cuisine-especially the version eaten on the island of Okinawa, where people often live to 100-plus-was superhealthy. " Not only are Okinawans blessed with a diet rich in cancer-fighting fruits and vegetables, but they also prepare them in the healthiest way possible, with a light steam or a quick stir-fry," Dr. Miller explains. They also practice Hara Hachi Bu, which means "eat until you are eight parts (or 80 percent) full," she says. These simple diet rules may be why people in Japan are far less likely than Americans to get breast or colon cancer. Japanese staples that are amazing for your health include antioxidant-rich yams and green tea; cruciferous, calcium-rich veggies like bok choy; iodine-rich seaweed (good for your thyroid); omega-3-rich seafood; shiitake mushrooms (a source of iron, potassium, zinc, copper, and folate); and whole-soy foods. "The soy that's good for you is unprocessed, not made into fake meat," Dr. Miller says. Think: tofu, edamame, miso, and tempeh, a nutty tasting soybean cake made from fermented soybeans. Healthy choices the next time you visit a Japanese restaurant? Miso soup, which typically contains seaweed and tofu, or a simple veggie-and-tofu stir-fry. Danger zone: White rice can cause a spike in blood sugar, so ask for brown rice, rich in fat-burning <b>...</b> | From: healthysuperfoods Views: 242 0 ratings |
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ABC Nightline Paranoia Porn Inside Alex Jones' World.mp4
 | Radio Host and 'Conspiracy Theorist' Taps into Dark National Mood to Build Media Empire... To Alex Jones, the world is a very dark place. "Good old Uncle Sam will stage attacks ... that's how they keep the slaves in line," the libertarian radio host says during a rant on his show. "We have to wake up and face the fact that we have a criminal government." Jones, who sits at the helm of an independent media empire, is arguably the nation's premiere purveyor of what could be called paranoia porn. "World government means world tyranny run by a scientific dictatorship of control freaks that want to carry out forced population reduction," he explained. The criminal government is just one of many conspiracy theories Jones espouses -- although he thinks that term belittles his reporting. He also believes that the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center were an inside job, that President Barack Obama is an "unconstitutional criminal" and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) runs concentration camps. "They [FEMA] have designation sports stadiums," he said matter-of-factly, "They have designated fields, they have designated closed down prisoner of war camps for the American people during a civil uprising." You can count on Jones to push the envelope. Take his stance on the government poisoning the water. "I have all the other government documents where the government proposes -- or government think tanks propose -- poisoning the water to dumb down the population to <b>...</b> | From: teamalba0729 Views: 412 7 ratings |
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