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Why half of San Diego’s bees are gone
I con-seed.— February 20, 2016 8:16 p.m.
Local lawyers speak on Scalia's death
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2394… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanotroph#cite_n… Is there a chemist in the house?— February 20, 2016 8:10 p.m.
Jack in the Box stock plummets
Couldn't happen to a worse health-hazard.— February 20, 2016 9:55 a.m.
Why half of San Diego’s bees are gone
Some beekeepers (five e's--is that a record?) will take the bees and not charge. Academic entomologists may or may not, depending upon the circumstances, and what kind of grant they have. In any case, the penalty for hiring someone to kill them should be getting swindled by a thousand stings. Hey, this is gender-neutral.— February 20, 2016 9:08 a.m.
Why half of San Diego’s bees are gone
Better to purloin than to kill. Better bee'd than deed?— February 20, 2016 9:03 a.m.
Local lawyers speak on Scalia's death
Upon this day of Scalia's burial, let us try to understand just why he and so many others believe that the Founding Fathers were infallible. There's enough talent right here to resolve this question.— February 20, 2016 8:59 a.m.
Local lawyers speak on Scalia's death
And, of course, Russians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTraM4cQ_HE— February 19, 2016 10:13 p.m.
Local lawyers speak on Scalia's death
I agree that Johan need take no Bach seat to nobody, but some of the angels on the head of this pin include Italians, Spanish, even Scandinavias, "even" Persians, Indians, Chinese, Japanese--the world of music is a place of living, blooming, exploding emotion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgy0d2lJv9M— February 19, 2016 8:54 p.m.
Why half of San Diego’s bees are gone
Next time, get an entomologist or a beekeeper, not an exterminator.— February 19, 2016 3:21 p.m.
Local lawyers speak on Scalia's death
Not that his "style" would be improved upon, but that that his notes were intended by him (and other great composers) as a framework upon which to expand. They might make a mess of it or they might reach new heights, but they would not simply play the notes sans all nuance, they would bring it alive, much to the composers delight. Not Bach, but try this one on for size and compare to more mediocre performances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAZOETtWiqQ Of the paintings at Lascaux, Picasso said something like "we have learned nothing in twelve thousand years." But those composers were also their own orchestras. Perhaps it is semantics, but I would say that Bach's notations may not be improved upon, but the "genius" must be compounded by going beyond the notes. Go back and look at "Mao to Mozart." To the place where the little prepubescent Chinese girls were lined up to play for the American Master. One little girl was selected, and when she was finished, Stern said gently to her something like, "You played that to near technical perfection--now, hum it for me." She did. Then Stern said, "Now, play it the way you hummed it!" She did. It was a transformational moment.— February 19, 2016 1:20 a.m.