When I was studying piano, age 11 to 15, the only person who complimented me was the drunk living next-door. The piano, which was quite beautiful but too large and heavy to get into the house, was in the basement (garage to everyone else). Many houses in San Francisco are right up against each other. Consequently, the piano was easily heard and boomed down the long basement. When I would leave the house, the man next-door, and he had a lovely Irish tenor voice, would catch me and tell me how much he enjoyed hearing me play. I think he stopped whatever he was doing, maybe not his drinking, to listen. I will always remember him for making me feel good about myself, and he taught me the importance of saying encouraging words to children and not judging people on account of their faults. Here is a piece I played. I think Clarence even liked my exercises, which were done every day. I reached Advanced Level 8 and was getting into Level 9 when I quit for sports.
All the credit goes to Mrs. Shirley Bracco, my teacher. She made her debut at Carnegie Hall. Of course, I was in love with her … as much as a young boy can manage that!
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The ABC is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. At the end, the report refers to Cardinal Pell who was imprisoned for 404 days on a false accusation of molesting children.
You are deluded if you think that adults or children do not make false accusations. I know this from experience. A media blackout, which seems to be the case, makes it impossible to find any reliable sources on the Kamloops Indian Residential School. I wanted to know the total number of children enrolled in 79 years from 1890-1969. This is my attempt at the chiastic form, or mirror structure, of Genesis 3. I use The New American Bible, St. Joseph Edition, Imprimatur July 27, 1970. Please improve my analysis if you can. I claim some competence in English, not so much in theology, but my priest suggested I try my hand with Genesis 3.
Adam & Eve From the tree of life in Eden the serpent tells Eve that she can eat the forbidden fruit. The serpent says she and Adam will be like gods. She eats and gives it to Adam. He eats. Serpent God speaks to the serpent. He says, “Because you have done this, you shall be banned from all the animals and from the wild creatures; On your belly you shall crawl, and dirt shall you eat all the days of your life.” The center of the chiasm is what God says next to the serpent. “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.” Adam & Eve To the woman He says: “I will intensify the pangs of your childbearing; in pain shall you bring forth children. Yet, your urge shall be for you husband, and he shall be your master.” Adam is banished and is settled east of Eden, and the cherubim are stationed to guard the tree of life. Note 1: When Jesus addresses His mother as woman at the wedding in Cana, He is referring to the above passage from Genesis. Mary is the new Eve. Note 2: Tortive Theater in England publishes Chiasmus Journal and hosts a short story contest every year. The maximum word count is 1001. In a magazine article, “The New State Church Comes for You”, Austin Ruse said, “It is interesting to note that no less than Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) wrote in Democracy in America that Americans would have to choose between pantheism and Catholicism one day.” https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/the-new-state-church-comes-for-you Ruse is the author of Under Siege, published April 27, 2021.
Daydreaming is an important part of a child’s life. I posted something some time ago about daydreaming as part of an examination of conscience. So, I am qualifying that now to mean excessive daydreaming. My brother and I learned a motto from the Jesuits: everything in moderation. The cell phone, video games, and social media reduce the time spent daydreaming. I heard one child say that he daydreams about 30 seconds a day.
A chiasm is a literary device in which a sequence of ideas is presented and then repeated in reverse order. The result is a “mirror” effect. Each idea is connected to its “reflection” in a related form.
Sometimes, there are four parts, with the fourth matching the fourth on the other side of the mirror, the third matching the third on the other side of the mirror, and so on. The purpose of a chiasm is to draw attention to the center and link parallel ideas. The term chiasm comes from the Greek letter chi, which looks like our letter X, which is itself chiastic. Chiastic pattern is also called “ring structure.” In poetry, chiasm is the repetition of any group of verse elements (including rhyme and grammatical structure) in reverse order, such as the rhyme scheme ABBA. An example of chiastic poetry is The Odyssey and the Iliad by Homer. The Old and New Testaments are filled with chiastic patterns, including Genesis 3, Leviticus, parts of the Psalms, and the Gospel of Matthew. As the statute of limitations approached on the brutal beating, a smart assistant district attorney, David Waymire, indicted DNA. The genetic marker was in a single drop of blood at the crime scene. I didn’t know DNA could be indicted. That and hypnotherapy by a forensic psychologist located the suspect. He pled no contest.
www.koat.com/article/raw-video-of-beating-victim-s-hypnotherapy-session-released/21607297 Most composers and conductors were pianists, and some conducted from the piano.
The lesson today with Alexander (8) included this short mp4 on what a servomechanism is. The clip runs fast. The summary on the left did not appear until he clicked on the forward button, which is what will happen when you click on it. Enlarge to see all the details. I am trying to help him understand the importance of details regarding everything he reads for school. This is not speed reading, which is malarkey. He reads and comprehends quickly and remembers almost everything but will ignore details if the subject matter is boring. “If someone asks you, ‘What is the tallest mountain in the world?’ you’d probably answer, ‘Mount Everest, of course.’ Sadly, you’d be wrong. Technically, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain above sea level, but it isn’t the tallest in the world. That honor goes to Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Mauna Kea rises 13,796 feet above sea level (compared to Everest's 29,035 feet), but it also extends down an additional 19,700 feet below sea level into the Pacific Ocean. That makes it the world’s tallest mountain as measured from base to peak.” recent photo of Mauna Kea with snow; taken by my sister from her home
Asian Americans in SF lead recall effort to remove three school board members for imposing racial quotas that discriminate against high-performing children applying to Lowell High School, which has a merit-based admissions process. I have expended many hours helping students of varying abilities. I wish I still lived in SF to vote yes on the recall, but I do my part by posting what the school board chumps are doing.
www.californiafamily.org/2022/01/why-the-san-francisco-school-board-recall-could-make-waves/?mc_cid=229b648705&mc_eid=64bf5de992 music video and art collide with time pseudo-Latin Wikipedia explains that her cross-dressing was for military purposes. I would have cut the actress’s hair short like a man. If she had refused on account of her beautiful hair, I would have handed her a wig.
After a cursory look, it seems that none of the commenters on YouTube saw the connection between the music video and Joan of Arc, but their comments were favorable. Joan is quite a star in our time. |
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