Second Arabesque, by Claude Debussy, performed by Stephen Malinowski, accompanied by an animated graphical score.
FAQ ...
Q: What do the shapes mean?
A: The different note styles indicate the way the notes are used in the piece. The main 4-note motive (which begins the piece) is indicated with highlighted circles with black lines that are drawn to connect them as they are played. Other melodic material is shown with solid-color circles connected by thin colored lines. Static chords and notes (those which mostly function harmonically and not melodically) are shown with white ellipses surrounded by color.
Q: What do the colors mean?
A: Each pitch class (C, C-sharp, D, etc.) is assigned a color according to a system called "harmonic coloring" in which the colors of the "color wheel" are assigned to notes of the "circle of fifths." This system is described in more detail here: (Read more)
Washington Post - Chris Christie says Obama is faking anger
EXETER, N.H. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday called President Obama the “most pessimistic man I’ve ever seen” and said he is faking anger to win reelection.
Christie, appearing alongside GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney at a campaign rally at a high school here, accused the president of a cynical effort to redirect the anger of the American people by appearing angry himself.
“I have a suggestion for the president: He doesn’t do angry well,” Christie said. “He understands that the American people are angry and they’re scared and they’re worried about the future. So he’s decided, in the most cynical reelection strategy that you could ever think of, that he doesn’t care if you’re angry, he just wants you to be angry at somebody else.” [...read more]
"In the Federalist Papers, Madison observed famously that government was necessary because men were not
angels and that controls on government were necessary because those who governed were not angels.
Had Madison commented on socialism, he might have come up with an analogous parodox: if men were angels
then an economy might succeed without selfish incentives, but if men were angels it would not matter
whether the economy succeeded since they would have no material
needs." -- "The Rise and Fall of Socialism," by Joshua Muravchik
***"Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us, blinds us to its great power to harm us."- Ronald Reagan
***"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.- C. S. Lewis
***"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary." Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776