The cadenzas Mozart supplied for his piano concertos are designed to close with a standard schema that conforms to the cadence as it was understood by musicians of the 18th century ….
…. as witnessed in Mozart’s practice, manipulations of the schema may yield sophisticated strategies that encompass several phases of approaching closure.
Since the cadence of the cadenza served as a crucial means of communication between soloist and orchestra, its playful handling by the soloist presumably elicited amusing behavior among the orchestral musicians as they prepared to enter for the end of the final ritornello. This factor contributed a certain visual dimension to the communication between soloist and audience, in accordance with the aesthetic of witticism ascribed to the cadenza by 18th-century writers.
Multibillionaire Elon Musksaid on Saturday that his company SpaceX would continue funding the Starlink internet service being used on the ground in Ukraine, despite previous warnings that the company would withdraw its services due to a lack of government funding.
“The hell with it,” Musk wrote on Twitter. “Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.”
When former PayPal founding chief operating officer and co-founder of angel investment firm Craft Ventures David Sacks replied with the comment, “No good deed goes unpunished,” Musk responded: “Even so, we should still do good deeds.”
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The Ukrainian military has used Starlink technology, which it describes as reliable and mobile, to maintain communication both between troops and among civilians.
Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh confirmed on Friday that the Department of Defense was in talks with SpaceX about the amount of government funding that would be given to support Starlink.
She added that officials are “assessing our options and trying to do what we can to help keep these … capabilities to ensure that these communications remain for the Ukrainian forces.”
Musk said on Friday that Starlink’s operation in Ukraine was costing SpaceX about $20 million per month.
“In addition to terminals, we have to create, launch, maintain & replenish satellites & ground stations & pay telcos for access to Internet via gateways,” he wrote on Twitter.
“We’ve also had to defend against cyberattacks & jamming, which are getting harder.”
Musk rolled outStarlink service in Ukraine during the start of the Russian invasion in late February after vice prime minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, asked the billionaire to provide the technology via Twitter.
if DOD does eventually foot the bill, i hope gov’t gets a part of starlink, a permanent piece of the profit action part and critical info it has once the war is over.
My 8 year old laptop shot craps yesterday, not unexpected. I’ve been dreading it, knowing it was going to happen. But I’m pleasantly surprised in how easy the transition is so far. Part of the ease is all my contacts and book marks are stored on line where google and microsoft can sell my info to the Devil, Russians or Elon Musk (excuse me I repeat myself there). The other part is I don’t demand much from a computer these days.
I do need to find the settings button, the default type is 10pt and much too small for the old eyes. Also the clock says it is late afternoon, probably set on world time. Like any of this crap, you know there is a way but where did they hide it.
I continually marvel at speaker tech. the little speaker on this computer is almost good,
Jack
Electability does not include angering and making enemies of a large swath of your voting base by deposing one of their champions, who also at this point is a Proven Winner (if thats where that article is going.). Butti is a solid factor and he’s going a long way but not by fighting with the vice-president.
2 cents for free.
if you got a new windows pc, Jack, bluetooth is in the bottom right corner, and wallyworld sells a good speaker for $8 which i prefer to my fancier one
Given the current state of the political climate, would the Democratic party be brave enough to run a Woman and a Gay man against the Republican MAGAt possible contenders?
Harris/Buttigieg or vice versa would be an accomplished ticket, but I don’t know if ability is good enough these days. Beto would be another possible contender.
A co-founder of Truth Social’s media parent company was forced off the board of the firm after he ignored demands by Donald Trump to give some of his stock to Melania Trump
I would like to know why people are thinking Harris has to go and the other guy would be better.
I think this would be a big mistake and make a lot of people very very unhappy. People who vote — those people.
Mayor Pete should be more careful if he is behind this. Black women saved Biden’s ass.
I don’t know why Harris gets so little face time. It’s probably a decision of some sort given Biden’s poll ratings. If we get past the midterms successfully, there should be some effort to get her out being publicly active.
Amy Klobuchar is definitely a good idea, but I doubt Michelle Obama wants to do anything like a run for the presidency.
@kazweida
Buttigieg does something that I think was key to Obama’s success. He speaks to the American people like they are adults who are capable of understanding nuance. And he’s articulate enough to never make unforced errors in his soundbytes.
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Pete is great and is going to do great but he is in no way “up against” VPHarris. I imagine he’s totally on her side.
“Arizona Republican Kari Lake would not commit Sunday to accepting the results of her upcoming election for governor if she loses. “I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result,”…
Arizona issues ………… Water is not front and center ?
Those folks are dancing on a razor’s edge of power and water .
Why the climate didn’t break through there this year only highlights our blindness of the future.
I wonder if Vermont is going find room for the population of Yuma ?
Or if they will build a picturist stonewall 20 feet tall , and 10 feet thick.
Food inflation and climate ?
Why the left fails to make this link is amazingly stupid . We can’t move grain on the Mississippi River because like rivers around the world the water levels are so low.
Produce , see the drought .
Biden didn’t do this , we did this.
How can water not be the primary issue to Arizonans? Goddam desert. Back when I was in college my world history teacher said the next world war would be over water rights. Perhaps he was onto something- and that was 51 years ago.
OM – Katariina would be her first name. Finns pronounce each letter, but in groups depending . . . it gets very complicated. What happens is people get knicknames, so she might have been called by her grandmother’s name or her farm name. It is Finland and a lot of things get a bit different.
jack, thanks
a little on that “new cadenzas” sub-title
The Cadence of Mozart’s Cadenzas | Journal of Musicology | University of California Press (ucpress.edu)
https://youtu.be/50LuGm2bfF4
SNL Cold Open 10/15/22 ‘January 6th in C-SPAN’ | Saturday Night Live October 15, 2022
and more snl
https://youtu.be/ESf3yNCHUFQ
SNL Weekend Update 10/15/22 |Saturday Night Live October 15, 2022
horsey really captures the evil essence with this one
the hill:
if DOD does eventually foot the bill, i hope gov’t gets a part of starlink, a permanent piece of the profit action part and critical info it has once the war is over.
fun review, some good lines therein
Heidi Gardner Channels ‘Big Dick Cheney’ Energy For Jan. 6 Hearing In ‘SNL’ Cold Open | HuffPost Entertainment
Excellent SNL WE compilation, Pat.
Was that weekend update kind of weird?
sturge, yeah, looks like they interspersed it with some of last week’s jokes
Nothing like Mozart in the Morning. Thanks Jack.
That whole show was weird, Sturg. The new cast off to a rocky start. Think they should have spent some of that money on better writers.
Great Quote from Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin when asked about an off-ramp for Russia:
Jack
Great selection. Just love when Mozart uses all those extra notes.
The kid was a show-off.
My 8 year old laptop shot craps yesterday, not unexpected. I’ve been dreading it, knowing it was going to happen. But I’m pleasantly surprised in how easy the transition is so far. Part of the ease is all my contacts and book marks are stored on line where google and microsoft can sell my info to the Devil, Russians or Elon Musk (excuse me I repeat myself there). The other part is I don’t demand much from a computer these days.
I do need to find the settings button, the default type is 10pt and much too small for the old eyes. Also the clock says it is late afternoon, probably set on world time. Like any of this crap, you know there is a way but where did they hide it.
I continually marvel at speaker tech. the little speaker on this computer is almost good,
Jack
Jamie
And the skill of Ms Hahn just adds to the genius. I love to listen to her play.
Jack
Mozart—the Hank Williams of classical music.
Buttigieg more in demand than Harris on midterm campaign trail as Democrats see signs of the future | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/16/politics/pete-buttigieg-kamala-harris-midterm-surrogates/index.html
Electability does not include angering and making enemies of a large swath of your voting base by deposing one of their champions, who also at this point is a Proven Winner (if thats where that article is going.). Butti is a solid factor and he’s going a long way but not by fighting with the vice-president.
2 cents for free.
if you got a new windows pc, Jack, bluetooth is in the bottom right corner, and wallyworld sells a good speaker for $8 which i prefer to my fancier one
thanks for the tunes
Given the current state of the political climate, would the Democratic party be brave enough to run a Woman and a Gay man against the Republican MAGAt possible contenders?
Harris/Buttigieg or vice versa would be an accomplished ticket, but I don’t know if ability is good enough these days. Beto would be another possible contender.
A co-founder of Truth Social’s media parent company was forced off the board of the firm after he ignored demands by Donald Trump to give some of his stock to Melania Trump
https://news.yahoo.com/truth-social-exec-forced-off-030919909.html
I would like to know why people are thinking Harris has to go and the other guy would be better.
I think this would be a big mistake and make a lot of people very very unhappy. People who vote — those people.
Mayor Pete should be more careful if he is behind this. Black women saved Biden’s ass.
Hear hear
Pete’s too smart….sounds like outside agitators.
I love POTUS Joe. If he decides not to run, again, my dream ticket would be Michelle Obama and Amy Klobuchar.
Although I’m an Elizabeth Warren Dem, if folks are making an issue of Joe’s age, it’ll be an issue for her, too.
Mayor Pete for SOS. His time for higher office will come.
Dr. Jill Biden for SOE.
I don’t know why Harris gets so little face time. It’s probably a decision of some sort given Biden’s poll ratings. If we get past the midterms successfully, there should be some effort to get her out being publicly active.
Amy Klobuchar is definitely a good idea, but I doubt Michelle Obama wants to do anything like a run for the presidency.
This would have been Angela Lansbury’s 97 birthday. Just a small example of what a great talent she was from the 1973 Oscars.
@kazweida
Buttigieg does something that I think was key to Obama’s success. He speaks to the American people like they are adults who are capable of understanding nuance. And he’s articulate enough to never make unforced errors in his soundbytes.
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Pete is great and is going to do great but he is in no way “up against” VPHarris. I imagine he’s totally on her side.
Mozart –
Pity we can’t have him around today . I hear that boy was a handful .
Good stuff , Jack .
This headline is 10 days old , another round of heavy rain has just hit farther South around Melbourne. The record in in Sydney begins in 1859 .
Sydney has wettest year on record with 2.2 metres of rain in 279 days
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341392-sydney-has-wettest-year-on-record-with-2-2-metres-of-rain-in-279-days/
Over 7 feet of rain with 2 and a half months to go in the year.
Many people have had their homes flooded 4 times .
The mind reels .
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/16/politics/kari-lake-arizona-election-katie-hobbs-cnntv/index.html
“Arizona Republican Kari Lake would not commit Sunday to accepting the results of her upcoming election for governor if she loses. “I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result,”…
Vampire in the building! Cue the sunlight!
One of my great-grandmother, six or seven generations back.
Katariina Ollintytär eli Carin Olofsdotter Tauriainen (o.s. Haapalainen)
Yeah, it takes a little mouth manipulation to pronounce Finnish names.
Another rain event heads towards east coast of Australia as fears grow even more flooding could hit the region in coming weeks
For many years now, I’ve been looking at weekly forecasts for Australian rainfall and temperature up to six weeks away.
I’ve never seen a wetter outlook compared to normal for a six-week period.
People frequently ask me when this is going to end.
My best guess is that this seemingly endless parade of rain events will continue for the rest of spring.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/another-rain-event-heads-towards-east-coast-of-australia-as-fears-grow-even-more-flooding-could-hit-the-region-in-coming-weeks/news-story/007c8b689e43f2336fd4e452a241b5f6
BB –
So nearly everyone anglicised their name back then . What did she go with ?
Arizona issues ………… Water is not front and center ?
Those folks are dancing on a razor’s edge of power and water .
Why the climate didn’t break through there this year only highlights our blindness of the future.
I wonder if Vermont is going find room for the population of Yuma ?
Or if they will build a picturist stonewall 20 feet tall , and 10 feet thick.
Food inflation and climate ?
Why the left fails to make this link is amazingly stupid . We can’t move grain on the Mississippi River because like rivers around the world the water levels are so low.
Produce , see the drought .
Biden didn’t do this , we did this.
How can water not be the primary issue to Arizonans? Goddam desert. Back when I was in college my world history teacher said the next world war would be over water rights. Perhaps he was onto something- and that was 51 years ago.
Crime –
Check the murder rate in Lubbock .
We are shooting the shit out of each other down here.
A lot of drugs on sea of guns.
OM – Katariina would be her first name. Finns pronounce each letter, but in groups depending . . . it gets very complicated. What happens is people get knicknames, so she might have been called by her grandmother’s name or her farm name. It is Finland and a lot of things get a bit different.
Saudians allegedly own a big chunk of Arizona water.
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-10-16-22/index.html
“China and Kazakhstan are among the latest countries to call on their citizens to leave Ukraine, citing security reasons.”
“Serbia — which recommended its citizens leave the country back in February — has now closed its embassy in Kyiv…”
“NATO and Russia are set to separately hold long planned exercises of their nuclear forces…”
“NATO and US officials have said they are confident they will be able to accurately monitor any Russian nuclear activity during the exercise.”
Sturg –
Fossil Water , they grow alfalfa , for camels and horses .
A huge farm , been running for decades. Their is reporting on this. One other about this …………….
You have to water it like like crazy.
I never banked on the idea of bebateing with insane.
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