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At its best, not only is the Alliance Française a private institution that promotes French language and culture, but it is also an umbrella organization that provides a haven for all that remains true, good and beautiful in France and among French speaking countries, a cultural entity that the French call "La Francophonie."
Quebec is very much part of this cultural world and so is Ontario, to a lesser degree, with its surviving French speaking communities outside of Toronto and, a bilingual college at Glendon Campus, part of York University in Toronto. On November 2 the Alliance Française of Toronto demonstrated its commitment to this wider, inclusive definition of La Francophonie, by hosting one of Canada's most remarkable musical treasures, an ensemble that was founded in Montreal, called Gerineldo.
In 1492, the year that Columbus crossed the Atlantic and discovered the New World, his patrons, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the forced conversion or expulsion of the remaining Jews of Spain, a country which had had a Jewish presence since the time of the Romans. Despite a seven hundred year period of Moorish, Arabo-Islamic cultural florescence, within which the Jews of Spain had played a major role, by the time of the expulsion, many of the regional languages and dialects that eventually became modern Spanish had become their mother tongue and so, these Jews sang the songs of Spain, including ballads whose texts can sometimes be traced back to medieval Spain.
This latest branch of the tree of Israel then found refuge in the Sultanates of Morocco (and in the Ottoman Empire), just across the straits of Gibraltar in what the Arabs call the 'Far West,' "Al Maghreb al Aksa." There, they joined the patchwork of well-established ancient Jewish communities, which included the Berber speaking Jews of the Atlas Mountains, and the Arabic speaking communities of the coastal plain, as well as the Saharan borderlands. These recent immigrants from Spain were so confident of the excellence of their culture that they called the earlier Jewish communities of Morocco "forasteros" or wanderers, as if to imply that their less sophisticated culture made them somehow less substantial than the newcomers!
For centuries, these Spanish speaking Jews, or Sephardim, kept themselves apart from the other Moroccan Jewish communities, but over time there was some intermarriage and cultural exchange. However, the Jews of Northern Morocco, in particular in the towns of Tetuan and Tangier and nearby settlements, continued to speak varieties of Spanish in their homes and sang the songs of Spain, while in their synagogues they continued to teach their children Hebrew, living lives according to Jewish law, the Halacha.
At the same time, as the Sephardim also spread to nearby Algeria and Tunisia, they and their Arab Muslim neighbours together kept alive the Arabic court music that had been brought by Muslim and Jewish émigrés from newly reconquered Spain, what is now called the music of Al Andalus. Many Jews were great exponents of this complex tradition (such as Raymond Leyris, late father in law of the French pop music star, Enrico Macias). They often adapted its melodies to the needs of the synagogue, especially to an ancient tradition of Hebrew religious poetry (the Piyyut). As we do not have a clear idea of which way musical influences went, it is quite possible that synagogue melodies may have found their way into this secular repertoire of their hosts, as once occurred among Jewish musicians of the classical musical tradition in Iran.
Tetuan, Northern Morocco, The Jewish Ghetto (eSefarad.com)
On November 25, the ensemble Gerineldo performed a selection of secular and sacred songs in a style that was and remains remarkably close to the musical tradition of the Spanish speaking Jews of Morocco, yet aesthetically available to any outsider who knows how good music should sound.
The performance consisted of just over twenty songs, which included four Hebrew poems, Piyyutim (sometimes with Spanish refrains). One was sung with what I can only call that typical "sandiness" which informs the singing style of so many Spanish speakers, such as Moroccan born singer and scholar Solly Levy, whose good nature and love of life spilled out of his renditions. For those who associate the sacred with the austerity of Gregorian chant, his rendering of a religious Jewish hymn surged with enthusiasm, giving us a distinctly different take on what it means to be "spiritual."
Later in the evening Solly's grandson (Matan Boker), amazed the audience with his young rich voice in the rendition of a Hebrew Piyyut sung in the style of the masters of the classical music of Al Andalus. He was well accompanied on the oud by Demetrios Petsalakis, a recent migrant from Greece to Toronto, from the younger tradition of Greek folk music revivalists, who are rediscovering the once profound participation of Greek musicians in the 19th and 20th century Ottoman musical world, a world where so many Sephardic musicians rose to eminence in Greek and Turkish musical circles (one of the most famous being Rosa Eskenazi, a Ladino speaking Sephardic Jew who sang in Turkish and Greek and is now considered by Greeks as one of the founding divas of modern Greek popular music).
The artistic director of Gerineldo, Oro Anahory Librowicz, who like Solly emigrated from Spanish Morocco to Montreal decades ago, introduced the songs alternatively with Judith Cohen. Oro, Solly and his grandson Matan, are all indigenous carriers and explorers of their own musical traditions and are able to express their erudition with charm and sophistication. Oro is a solid singer with a fine sense of rhythm, and maintains a friendly yet dignified (and sometimes mischievous) stage presence, which often becomes humorous and a bit risqué, as so many of the Spanish songs have obvious or hidden erotic meanings. She shares these with the audience with appropriate wit and subtlety.
Sex, both licit and illicit, permeates the lyrics of so many ballads, for example the variations of the ballad Gerineldo. As Oro explained to the audience, according to one of the optimistic renditions of this song, among Spanish-speaking Jews of Northern Morocco, in times of trouble one hopes to have "the good fortune of Gerineldo" (who instead of a death sentence, was made a prince for seducing the daughter of the king). This is the kind of contextual information that so often comes from an insider to a tradition.
Several songs were performed traditionally, i.e. a capella, or only with percussion. All in all, the complex division of labour that supports the ensemble, both on and off stage, consists of Oro's PhD and repertoire research, her back up singing and rhythmic clapping , her finely honed introductions and, Solly's meaningful interpretation of both Spanish and Hebrew melody. Then there is Judith's PhD and repertoire research, her vocals and performance on bowed vielle, traditional hand percussion, recorder and introductions. Tamar sings, does traditional hand percussion and dances while Demetrios plays oud and riqq. It is a well-honed group.
If Solly, Oro and Matan are "insiders" to the tradition of Spanish Sephardic music, having been born and raised within that branch of the tree of Israel, who are the outsiders in the ensemble? And at this point, are they really outsiders?"
Judith Cohen is an Ashkenazi Jew from Montreal who has spent her life exploring, documenting, teaching and performing the music of the Mediterranean with a focus on the Sephardic tradition, as it was rediscovered by performers, scholars and musicologists (like herself) during the last one hundred years. She has spent days, weeks and months at a time, living among Sephardic and Mediterranean communities both here and abroad and, she inhabits a soundscape that is distinctly non North American.
As the late great ethnomusicologist, Mantle Hood once advocated, she has become "bi-musical," as at home in North American Anglo and French musical folklore and performance as she is in the Mediterranean music world, from medieval times to the present. A former oud student of the late Sami Al Maghribi, one of modern Morocco's greatest singers (and a chazzan in a Montreal synagogue) her renditions of Sephardic music pass the muster for those who were born into the tradition. And that is why, so many years ago, Solly and Oro invited her to join their ensemble. But to everyone's pleasant surprise, some years later, they ended up getting "two for one."
Being of a peripatetic nature, Judith has travelled and performed extensively in Morocco, the Balkans, France, Spain, Turkey and Israel with her daughter Tamar Ilana, who from an early age, imbibed the folklore of the Sephardim and related Mediterranean peoples, at her mother's feet and, who started performing with her on stage when still quite young. Last night Tamar played drums, danced and sang to the delight of her fellow musicians and the audience.
As a well trained Flamenco dancer and singer, she performed a stunning version of the ballad Gerineldo as it is sung by the contemporary Flamenco musicians of Andalucía; the people whose ancestors, along with the incoming Gitanos (Roma, or Gypsy as they were once called) inhabited southern Spain after the Jews were expelled. In an eerie and uncanny way, these people who came to Andalucía after the Jews left, now sing the ballads that the Jews took with them from their ancestral homes in Spain, into the wider diaspora. The people are long gone, but the song has remained. Had Garcia Lorca lived, no doubt he would have written a poem about this.
The living musical tradition of the Jews of Morocco now resides among the 3000 Jews in Casablanca, and the even smaller, remnant communities in Marrakech, Tangier, Essaouira, Fes, Meknes, and Agadir, among immigrants in Europe and the Americas and, in the land of Israel where it flourishes and has influenced the wider national musical culture. In homage to this phenomenon, three representatives from the office of the Consul General of the State of Israel in Toronto, were official guests of the Alliance at Gerineldo's performance.
The range and authenticity of the performance would not have been possible without the efforts of a number of scholars going back to the turn of the last century. The first group was Spanish scholars who discovered that Jewish communities in Morocco and in the Ottoman Empire were speaking a form of what they considered ancient Spanish. They focused on the ballads that were still sung, largely by Moroccan and Ottoman Turkish Jewish women in the household and community. They began to write them down and compare them to the ballads that had survived in Spain. They then realized that they had a common origin in the daily life of medieval Spain.
The next group was the musicologists and the ethnomusicologists such as Levy, and Armistead and Silverman, among many, many others. These were and remain largely Israeli, European and North American Jewish scholars who were not only interested in Spanish balladry but, who began to explore the musical basis of these Spanish ballads as well as the non-Spanish, Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic musical repertoires of the Sephardim. These scholars were and continue to be influenced by ethnomusicological theory. Many hoped that because these ancient ballads had survived in oral tradition, perhaps the music of the ballads retained some trace of ancient Spanish melodies.
Alas, after a century of investigation, no written trace has ever been discovered of melodies that may go back to the time of the expulsion. In the case of the Jewish women of Morocco and the Ottoman Empire, ballad melodies reflect the wider musical culture, and in the specific case of Northern Morocco, so close to Spain, the influence of modern Spanish music, both folkloric and popular, is evident.
Since WWII, as this repertoire of music became more widely known, through publications and recordings, a number of ensembles in the Jewish cultural world have attempted to bring it to the stage. Gerineldo is just one of them. In my opinion they are among the best, as they balance solid research with the needs of giving a good show.
But there have been other performers who have harmonized the music, added strings and choral polyphony or even turned many of the songs into "fusion" like pieces. Some of these interpretations, such as those sung by the Israeli duo the Parvarim, can be quite beautiful. Admittedly, their interpretations sound like Simon and Garfunkel singing in Hebrew and Spanish but, they have developed a loyal following in and outside of Israel. They are just one group among the many that have dipped into this music.
Many of the songs that people now think of as the "top ten Ladino hits" are actually songs from the late 19th-early 20th century. Some were learned from Spanish singers on tour in the former Ottoman lands, some from early phonograph recordings (from a phonograph industry that began in Constantinople around 1906), and in Morocco from Spain during the Spanish Protectorate years. One of Gerineldo's strengths is the fact that they bring this old repertoire of ballads (narrative ballads, not ballads in the modern popular sense) as well as related life and calendar cycle songs back to life, and leave most of the "modern" love songs to other performers, many of whom do them very well.
Then amidst all this confusion, a generation of largely non-Jewish musicians who have been researching and recreating the music of the European Middle Ages, has discovered the Sephardic Jewish repertoire. They now mingle it among their interpretations of songs of the troubadours from early Europe, whose oral tradition died out centuries ago. These musicologists and performers also draw deeply on the folklore of rural Europe and the music of North Africa and the Middle East, hoping that since these musics may have changed less than the music of Europe during the last one thousand years, then, they may actually be closer in spirit to the music of people like the Sephardim and living models for the recreation of medieval music.
Finally, one is confronted with an official Spanish government supported tourist policy that highlights the exploration of the sites where Jews once lived in Spain, often supported by supposedly "medieval Jewish musical ensembles," usually made up of non-Jewish Spaniards claiming that they are playing authentic Jewish music from before the expulsion (which does not exist!).
Actually, these musicians are playing somewhat souped-up up versions of archival recordings collected by ethnomusicologists and interpreted in a loosely pan Mediterranean style for the consumption of American and other tourists. But such a "purist" and "traditionalist" take on Mediterranean music is now out of fashion among contemporary musicologists and post modern thinkers who argue that "anything goes," in the words of the once famous Jazz composer, Cole Porter.
The good news is that because of the scholarship of people like Oro, Judith and Solly we can better hear and understand the last strains of a musical and lyrical tradition that survived for more than five hundred years. When we hear Gerineldo perform, we are hearing music that is as close as we can hope to the sounds of Jewish family and community life as it was lived, once upon a time, in the gardens of Spain and the mountains of Morocco, centuries ago.
First published in the Times of Israel.
Christina Mcintosh
The sinister Gavroche tries to make out that this article erases or nullifies the hard facts of the reality of dhimmitude that are recounted in books like Mark Durie's "The Third Choice", or in the story of the martyrdom of Sol Hachuel in 1834 at the hands of Muslims (utterly typical Muslims), or in Bat Yeor's massive compilations of historical sources, or in Littman's "Exile in the Maghreb". Nothing can erase the reality that, for dhimmi communities, generally speaking, there was, within the lands of Islam, in the long term, over time, a steady grinding-down, a condition of humiliation, degradation, and perpetual physical peril, daily petty bullying and harassment (spitting, stone throwing, the casual punch or slap from a Muslim bullyboy in the street) and of course the ugly theatre of the jizya ritual; every now and again exploding into episodes of forced conversion and of mass murder. Does Gavroche think he can undo all the testimony as to continual Muslim abuse of Jewish - and of other dhimmi - communities? No Jew could ever *entirely* rely on his or her Muslim patron, his or her Muslim 'neighbour' or "friend". Never. At any point the abyss might open up beneath your feet; the smiles melt away and the butcher-knife come out. Christians and Yazidi have discovered that, to their horror, in parts of Iraq. Armenian Christians discovered it during the genocide, in Turkey, 1890s-1917, as people with whom they had eaten, people who had employed them, suddenly became flaming-eyed allahu-akbaring murderers, or - sometimes by smiles and wiles - betrayed them to the murderers. All of those songs have to be heard with that reality - the reality of Loyalty and Enmity, the reality of the demand that "love of the Prophet requires Hatred of Jews" (the Muslim who said that, was North African) - looming like a huge black stormcloud over a little sunny garden. Or one must visualise the garden as perched on the side of a volcano that at any moment may erupt into a pyroclastic flow. the songs are real; the garden is real; but so, too, is the volcano. Would it not be interesting if one or more of these music groups were to work with a composer to tell - through songs, through theatre - the story of Sol Hachuel, of Morocco?
"This latest branch of the tree of Israel then found refuge in the Sultanates of Morocco (and in the Ottoman Empire), "
Hugh Fitzgerald is not going to like this. The idea that Jews could find refuge among Muslims (eternally mendacious as they must be) bothers him because it may suggest that Islam is not always bad, everywhere and for all time.
And we know where that can lead...


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Bulletin March 24, 2019
Welcome to Worship
March 24, 2019
MISSION PRAYER (9:00 am) Mexico Mission Team
BAPTISM (10:45 am)
CELEBRATION CHOIR "Resurrecting"
Dr. Chris Moore
The following deacons are available for you to contact with any ministry needs:
Mike Arnet & Stuart Kurkowski: (719-598-2139)
Awana Cubbies Director Needed Our Cubbies (ages 4 & 5) are in need of a director. Duties include lesson planning and administrative responsibilities. On-the-job training is available with our current director over the next month. If interested, please contact our Children's Director at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Vista Kids Preschool Job Posting Vista Kids Preschool has a position opening for a part-time lead certified teacher beginning in August 2019. Hours required are Monday and Wednesday 8 am – 4 pm, and Friday 8 am – 12 noon. Candidates must have an Early Education Group lead certification or a degree in Elementary Education. For more info, please contact Denise Carson at firstname.lastname@example.com. Applications will be available in both the church and preschool offices.
VBS Donations We need your help preparing for Vacation Bible School! We are in need of paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, large Pringles cans, and old maps. Please place items in the collection box in the foyer.
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering 2019
Sending Hope! ". . . He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." (1 Peter 1:3, CSB). Every dollar given goes to train and resource more than 5,000 missionaries involved in church planting and compassion ministries who share the life-transforming gospel of Jesus Christ across the US, Canada, and their territories. Our church's goal is $35,000; the national goal is $70 million.
Annual Ladies Tea Enjoy food, fellowship, and fun at the Living Abundantly Ladies Tea, Saturday, April 27, from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. This year's guest speaker is Yvette Maher. Tickets will go on sale March 31 www.vgbc.org/tea
Tech Ministry Needs The Tech Ministry is in need of some additional help in the areas of video streaming and presentation. If you have interest in video production, audio recording, and video projection, please contact Jay Hill at firstname.lastname@example.com or at the church office. Immediate help is needed, so we can start training.
CCU Adult Education VGBC has established a partnership with Colorado Christian University Adult Education. They are offering any member of VGBC a 20% discount on tuition for undergraduate programs and a 10% discount on tuition for graduate programs (online or in seat). A representative from CCU will be here next Sunday, March 31, to answer questions at the info booth. They will provide the donuts for the coffee fellowship!

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+He played a children's show host in "Talk to the Snail": The Dick Van Dyke Show, 1966 [IMDb]. Mike Bedard 3.17.15.
One of the sweeter endings to an episode, with Paul dancing. And, earlier in the episode, Hamilton sounded to me particularly noble. Outside of court, he was questioning Perry's client, with Perry present, and goaded the client into making some intemperate remarks. Hamilton then responded with, "I suggest you be a little less concerned with what *you* want to do, and a little more concerned with what your attorney tells you you *ought* to do." And all's well... Submitted by masonite, 12/4/12.
+ I liked Burger's and Mason's good cop/bad cop routine in that scene. Submitted by 65tosspowertrap, 12/5/2013.
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I am glad to see that the Los Angeles Authority, Public Housing Administration, provides a clean and attractive environment for the Valley Gardens Senior Citizens Facility. However, Sheila Bromley is actually only 52 if IMDb is correct. Further she addresses Francis X. Bushman's character as, "And at 73, you are an incorrigible flirt, Philip!" Per IMDb, Bushman was actually 80. lowercase masonite, 3/29/16.
Pilot?: Anyone else think this story seemed like a tryout for a possible Paul Drake spinoff show? Submitted by H. Mason 3/15/15
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Despite the Paul Bunyan-like feats of which he is capable, the Astros don't need miracles every day from Yordan Alvarez, merely productive at-bats.
The fact Alvarez was able to deliver at the end of what had been a frustrating day at the plate Friday afternoon prompted an uncharacteristic show of emotion and a boost of confidence of more highlights to come.
Alvarez, who at age 22 became the third-youngest player to start a playoff game at designated hitter, delivered an RBI double and scored in the seventh inning after coming up empty in his first three at-bats, including a third-inning strikeout with the bases loaded in what at that point was a scoreless game.
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Downtime is now unacceptable. It may be due to the growth of mobile internet, it may be due to our machines being incredibly powerful. But for many, it's now difficult sit back and wait for any major IT issues to be resolved. Even if it's not an outright disaster, we don't even accept network congestion as willingly as 5 years ago. Businesses must be cautioned against neglecting an IT continuity strategy, their competitors might be well prepared – and that can mean losing out.
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Wearable devices may be required in as many as 2 million jobs worldwide by 2018. Most of these will be health and fitness trackers for those in roles like emergency services, athletes and remote services workers. Heart rates and respiration may be monitored to ensure their health. These technologies will fall into the background in these jobs, unlikely to overtly insert themselves.
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Holidays are fun times at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) and this Purim was no different. The Purim celebration began Wednesday, March 7 with a crowd of over 130 who came to hear the megillah and enjoy Maggie the Clown. On Thursday, March 8 LYA students welcomed many community members to the school for megillah reading and a grand carnival organized and run by the middle school. The Mexican Fiesta drew almost 140 people, who enjoyed Mexican food, piñatas and live music. LYA prides itself on holiday celebrations. Seen here are, His Royal Majesty (Dr. Mitchell Kupperman) and Harry Potter (Gabriella Brackman).
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We will argue, Resolved: All humans ought to be treated equitably. I will support equitable treatment, you can oppose it in any way you choose (race-based inequality, gender-based inequality, etc.).
Definitions are an argument, so I'm not including them here.
Please be civil. BOP shared. I hope this can be a fun debate!
Are you trying to debate if people ARE equal or if they should be treated equally? I am going to assume you would like to debate that they should be treated equally, so that is what I will make my rebuttal about.
Thank you for bringing this question to attention and I look forward to debating this topic with you. I will allow you to make the first argument.
P.S. I will mainly be debating segregation between race, gender, religion, etc.
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That is why we have wars....Well the US had/have..
Posted by Intolerant_Liberal 3 years ago
Should we be equal? We should be treated equally before the law, but we aren't. The wealthy, the powerful and the influential are treated better than the mass majority of equal. We are equal in the eyes of God. That's good enough for me. I'm commanded as a Christian to treat others as I would like to be treated myself. Who am I to argue with God?
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Over on the left side of the screen, find the heading "Copyright Registration." Then, underneath the big red "Register a Work" title, click "Standard Application."
STEP 5: Upload the content you want to register
The final and most important step–make sure the uploaded filenames match the filenames you registered on the "Titles" screen. Double, triple-check…and then you're done!
When you're not sure how to copyright your music, the process can seem daunting. But once you know where to start, it's a pretty clear-cut journey from beginning to end, guaranteed to save you tons of emotional stress (and potentially earn you some money down the road).
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A Samurai Lullaby: Cutie Baby
We've all heard the all-time classics such as, Rock-a-bye Baby, Ba Ba Blacksheep, Brahm's Lullaby, and Twinkle Twinkle Star. But for those parents who want some variety, let me introduce a new lullaby that will resound in households everywhere from this day forward: Cutie Baby!
Cutie Baby was constructed in such a way that you can use your little one's name in the lyrics. All you've got to do is replace the word "Cutie" with your child's name and you're good to go. If your little one's name is longish or doesn't rhyme with baby, that's OK. All you've got to do is truncate the name and add an "a" or a "y" suffix so it does.
For example: David becomes Davy. William becomes Billy. Katrina becomes Katey. Susan becomes Susy. Yolanda becomes Yolandy. Samuel become Sammy. Pretty neat huh?
For those who also write and sing but are too afraid to share your work with the world, I say who cares. The worst that can happen is nothing. But the best that can happen is someone discovers your work and pays you to feature your song in the next Apple iPhone commercial and makes you rich!
Here are the lyrics to Cutie Baby with the sheet music below. You can listen to the simple melody by listening to the podcast down below (song starts at 5:28) or clicking this page which is my official Cutie Baby page with audio.
Cutie Baby (Copyright # SR0000800220)
Cutie (replace with your little one's name) babyMama's here for youCutie babyIs there anything Papa can do?Cutie babyYou look so sweet tonightDream away babyEverything's gonna be alrightLittle dragon babyGrow up to be so mightyCutie babyEverything's gonna be alrighty
Cutie babyPapa's here for youCutie babyIs there anything Mama can do?Cutie babyWe're so blessed to have youYawn away babyWe'll always be there for youLittle muffin babyIs there anything more we can do?Cutie babyYou've made our dreams come true
Sweet dreams little one.
We love you.
If you are a gay couple or a single parent, you can simply change the lyrics.
I'd love for readers to e-mail me their versions of Cutie Baby using your child's name. All you've got to do is open up the voice recorder on your mobile phone, record, save, name, and e-mail it to me. I'd like to put your version up in this post or on the Cutie Baby page.
Here is the sheet music to Cutie Baby as composed by my wife. It's really easy to play on the piano or guitar.
Copyright Protection of Lyrics
In most countries, most artistic works – including most song lyrics – are protected by copyright. Thus, for a period of time, usually the artist's life plus 50-100 years, the artist has the exclusive right to determine how and when her art is used or copied.
Song titles, conversely, don't qualify for copyright protection, so if you want to call your next novel Bohemian Rhapsody to cash in on that lucrative Václav Havel/George Gershwin/Freddie Mercury fan base, knock yourself out.
But copyright isn't absolute. There are exceptions when the use of a copyrighted work doesn't need the artist's consent – these often include things like use in education and reportage.
When is a Lyric Not a Lyric?
But it has to be more than just a couple of words or a phrase. If one of my characters talks of "all my troubles" and another says that someone "died in the church", have I ripped off Sir Paul McCartney's lyrics for "Yesterday" and "Eleanor Rigby"? Or am I just using simple, common or garden phrases? The answer's the latter, of course.
I don't believe the use of one line of a lyric will ordinarily be considered any more unfair than extracting 300 words from a book. Credit your source – as you would a book excerpt – and I believe you'll stay on the right side of the fair dealing line the vast bulk of the time.
I'm not suggesting pilfering Freddie Mercury's whole lyric for the book Bohemian Rhapsody. But I'm confident the character Bismillah the ballroom dancer could ask, "Scaramouche, Scaramouche: will you do the fandango?"
Practising What I Preach
And I'm going to put my money where my mouth is: my forthcoming novel Something Changed features a character whose primary source of emotional vocabulary is song lyrics. He speaks lines from dozens of songs. And where he uses one line, I'm neither seeking consent nor paying a licence fee. I'll acknowledge every song used, and their composers, and link to a Spotify playlist where my reader can listen to the songs while the writers earn a royalty.
On the couple of occasions my character uses more than one line from any given song, I'm seeking permission and unless it's silly money I'll pay a licence fee. If I can't get permission or can't afford the licence fee, I'll change my text. If you're thinking of using lyrics in your book and want a free copy of the clearance request letter I've been using, please visit jonathanwestwood.com/copyright-clearance-letter.
Despite my legal background, I don't want to end up in court. Especially as I know that, in legal disputes, the side with the deepest pockets usually prevails.
If you have an army of lawyers paid by a music publisher threatening all manner of unpleasant outcomes if their client isn't given money going up against an author whose sales figures put her below the poverty line, The Suits will invariably browbeat the author into submission. Outside legal practice, this is called bullying.
If you doubt music companies would behave like this, remember that in recent years they've sold 22 million CDs that infected buyers' computers with malware and sued or threatened to sue 35,000 individuals, including the homeless, children and dead octogenarians.
Meanwhile, music publisher Warner/Chappell coerced people into giving it £1million each year to use "Happy Birthday To You" on the basis of a non-existent copyright it claimed to own. Warners had the deepest pockets with which to instruct the nastiest lawyers to bully lesser mortals for 25 years – until documentarian Jen Nelson challenged Warners' demand that she must pay $1,500 to use the song in a film she was making. After a long legal battle Warners conceded, accepted the song is in the public domain and was forced to pay $14 million to people it had extorted.
But I've spent hours trawling legal databases and I've asked several other lawyers. I can't find any record of this point ever having been litigated in England and Wales and every lawyer I've spoken to on each side of the Atlantic has agreed with my view that the use of a single line of a song lyric will not ordinarily amount to actionable copyright infringement.
Copyrights in a Song: The Songwriting Copyright
Whoever writes the composition is considered the owner of the Songwriting Copyright. For more on What Constitutes Songwriting, see my article here. The revenue streams generated from the Songwriting Copyright include performance royalties (from radio play, live performance of the song, etc.), mechanical license royalties (a fee paid per song for every copy of the song made), synchronization fees (if the song is 'synched' to film or television), and others.
If you sign a publishing deal, you are giving up certain rights in your Songwriting Copyright. For more on the different types of publishing deals, see my article here.
Copyrights in a Song: The Sound Recording Copyright
When a musical composition is recorded, a new copyright is created called the Sound Recording Copyright. The revenue streams generated from the Sound Recording Copyright include record sales revenue (both digital and physical), and master use license fees (to use the actual recording of the song in film/tv/etc.).
If you sign a record deal, the record label acquires certain rights to the sound recording copyright.
Which Copyrights in a Song Are Most Valuable?
In the pre-internet, pre-Napster world, the Sound Recording Copyright generated a great deal of revenue. This is because records sold a lot more, record deals were aplenty, and all was good (not really, but you knew that). As the Dylan song goes, things have changed. To say that the sale of recorded music has taken a major hit is the understatement of the year. However, while the sale of music has gone down, the overall use of music (in film, tv, radio, internet, streaming, in restaurants, at sporting events, etc.) has never been higher.
When a song is used, i.e. played/aired/performed, it generates revenue for the songwriter. This means that the Songwriting Copyright is hugely valuable in the modern music industry. It is far more valuable than the Sound Recording Copyright in my opinion.
So what does this mean for you as an artist?
First: The ability to write songs has never been more valuable.
Second: While many artists think that a record deal as the main indicator of success, a strong publishing deal may earn you far more money and open a lot more doors in the long run.
Third: Be very careful when signing anything that mentions publishing or songwriting or an assignment of any rights as a writer.
Finally: While artists like Elvis and Frank Sinatra used to make a very good living performing/recording songs written by others, in today's industry, those that can write their own songs (and put on an exceptional live show) are much more empowered to make a living from music. So long story short…keep writing. Because unless you make a lot of money from touring, it's tough to be Ringo in 2017.


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Synopsis: We always knew they were coming back. After INDEPENDENCE DAY redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global catastrophe on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens' advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction. [Source: Golden Village]
After 20 years of waiting, finally a sequel! It is hard to catch super disaster movie nowadays as the hype has fade. Nonetheless, it feels good to see humans battling aliens again with mankind facing extinction should we failed. Watching their aerial battles seems like playing a fighter video game! Overall, an average movie to catch for the day.
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First iff this is just a game. Disliking people over a game is a pretty ridiculous concept. I don't think I have ever disliked someone over a game. However, I dislike a lot if the people in this sub and that play or have played FO76.
I am a Fallout fan. I have played all if the Fallouts and even played Wasteland, the inspiration for Fallout. I am a fan of the games. I loved what Obsidian did and I mostly like what Bethesda has done.
Some of the "fans" of the Fallout series have tried really hard to ruin FO76 for others. I am a casual player. I just reached level 50 on my main. I have yet to explore all of the Cranberry bog. I am still finishing the main quest line. I have a couple of shitty legendaries. Yet, I am having a lot of fun in this game.
I have played Fallouts with and without modding. I always play through once without modding because modding can and will break your game experience. A broken game experience in my opinion js one in which what you do does not matter, there is no adrenaline rush, little or no excitement, and little or no challenges.
I am financially stable. I could pay to win at any game. I could buy legendaries off of eBay, I could buy caps, I even watch a Youtube video and learn how to dupe.
I don't because my playing experience is important. When I play it is my time to unwind from the day, to forget responsibilities, and just shoot super mutants in the face.
I have been playing for months and the bugs in this game are not that bad. I played when Ultima Online launched and the lag was so bad you couldn't hardly move. I played WOW at launch when the servers were so jacked up our guild had to move to a low population.
I have played several great games that revolutionized the gaming industry that were pretty shite in the beginning.
I am not defending Bethesda. This game could have been better at launch and throughout the first few months. They rushed a product for market timing and they would make a good case study in B school. They had an aging platform that was about to be obsolete so they rushed an online version to market before it had been properly Beta tested. They have had their asses handed to them.
What matters to me is the question "is the game enjoyable". Hell yeah it is enjoyable. It doesn't get much better than shooting Super Mutants in the face while drinking a beer.
I see players that say they have played 500 hours completely knocking this game. Are you f'kn kidding me?
Bethesda Austin's inability to Beta test a game is only trumped by the childish and toxic fanbase. Some of you need to get a life. If you eBayed items for your version of "god mode" then you are sad and you participated in the negatives about this game. If you duped then you are really pathetic. If you are crying about your duped items getting deleted then you are also pathetic.
Bethesda is trying to fix this game. Meanwhile some of the fan base is still trying to tear it down.
Y'all need to f'k off to some other game.
I have Super Mutants to go shoot in the face
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Top 10 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2020
2020 will have something to satisfy classic and modern gamers alike. To be eligible for the list, the game must be confirmed for 2020, or there should be good reason to expect its release in that year. Therefore, upcoming games with a mere announcement and no discernible release date will not be included.
Top 15 NEW Games of 2020 [FIRST HALF]
2020 has a ton to look forward to...in the video gaming world. Here are fifteen games we're looking forward to in the first half of 2020.


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The Temple of Debod is an Egyptian temple donated by Egipt to Spain in 1968 in gratitude for the help provided in saving the Abu Simbel temples.
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Photographer's Note
The sun was just rising as this photo was taken through the window of a moving train - the Trans-Mongolian Railway bound for Beijing.
I was lucky to catch Chinggis Khaan(Genghis Khan) between apartment buildings on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. His profile is made with white stones and the apartment buildings appear to have been positioned so as not to block the view of Mongolia's most famous leader.
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Kay01 (53) 2008-04-18 22:47
Hi Marlene
A lovely "grab the moment" photo. Not easy to do from a moving vehicle.
Well done.
dvlazar (6662) 2008-04-19 4:40
Congratulations on capturing this unique image! I love the face of Khaan on the hill - it's quite something. Well framed and nice low sunlight.
worldcitizen (13544) 2008-10-11 16:16
This is an interesting view! Nice sharpness even though it was from a moving train, and the warm sunlight is nice, too. The large Chinggis Khaan seems to watch over the buildings, and almost seems to have life to it. :-)
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Testing times for restaurateurs
PUBLISHED: 06:00 10 March 2010 | UPDATED: 08:42 02 July 2010
With fewer people eating out and diners counting their pennies, today is a challenging time for restaurateurs. But offering value for money could be the key to success.
With fewer people eating out and diners counting their pennies, today is a challenging time for restaurateurs.
But offering value for money could be the key to success. SAM WILLIAMS reports.
Hundreds of millions of meals are eaten out of the home in the UK each year, and the restaurant, cafe and pub food market is worth tens of billions of pounds annually.
But there is a worrying trend for restaurateurs - fewer people are choosing to dine out.
While one in every nine meals consumed last year was eaten out, that proportion is down from one in eight in 2008, as money conscious shoppers have looked to save money in the recession, according to Eating Out in the UK 2009, a report by the Allegra Food Strategy Forum.
And research by business support group Business Link shows a similar trend.
A Restaurant Barometer survey in September 2009 found more than half (53pc) of restaurants had seen a fall in takings compared with the same month of 2008. Just 26pc reported an increase.
A similar trend was seen in the number of customers, with 49pc reporting fewer covers and just 27pc seeing a rise.
But while the recession has impacted on Norwich restaurants, a focus on value for money has helped buoy up sales at others.
Hunger for cheaper meals led to a record year at McDonald's fast food restaurants both nationally and across Norfolk.
Kenny Russell, owner of Bradecca Restaurants, which holds the franchises for seven McDonald's in the county, said he had seen a 12pc increase in sales in 2009, with monthly sales records broken several times.
The company, which runs branches in Hay Hill, Chapelfield, Boundary Road and the nearby Asda, as well as Longwater, Wroxham and Swaffham, saw turnover hit about £10.5m in 2009, up £1m from 2008.
Speaking earlier this year, Mr Russell said: "Generally in a recession McDonald's has done well. People appreciate that we give a good product at a good value price and they have been voting with their feet."
And it is not just fast food outlets that have grown in the recession.
A focus on value for money has also helped some city restaurants defy the gloom with increasing sales.
Restaurateur Nigel Raffles, who runs four city eateries with his wife Jayne, said while the recession had initially come as a blow to his businesses, sales had increased following renewed marketing efforts.
The couple run The Library on Guildhall Hill, Pinocchio's and St Benedict's restaurants on St Benedict's Street and Pulse vegetarian café in Labour In Vain Yard, off Guildhall Hill.
Mr Raffles said the downturn had been "a wake up call", adding: "It makes you look at your business very hard and run it to ensure it remains fit and healthy and delivers good quality products.
"Marketing really comes to the fore, and also adapting your business to the current market. People are always going to go out to eat, but as a restaurateur you have to give extra value, make sure you are pricing your food competitively and providing customer care.
"You have to endeavour to exceed people's expectations and deliver excellence. It's very difficult to do that all the time but you have to aspire to that level.
"There are fewer people going out to eat so you have to do more to get them."
Despite the challenges, Mr Raffles said the downturn had been "a positive experience" for the business, with sales growing last year and this, with the steepest growth at St Benedict's and The Library.
Part of the couple's response to the recession has been to introduce new offers, for example two courses and a small glass of wine for £10 at lunch or for early evening diners, and set prices for three course meals.
He added: "If you price it as a three course meal people know exactly what they are going to spend. This sort of thing is very important and is one of the reasons we have seen strong growth.
"The recession has been good to us, but we have had to work very hard to make it happen. It doesn't just happen by itself."
The recession has seen a number of Norwich restaurants close, including the Blind Pig, on Farmers Avenue, which was open only a few months, and E18hteen bar and restaurant on Bedford Street.
Others, such as Tootsies on Chapelfield Plain, now Giraffe, changed hands after the parent company went into administration.
But the economic conditions have not stopped new restaurants springing up.
James Robinson and business partner Alistair Wilson set up the Wine Cellar in Woburn Court, off Guildhall Hill, on May 1 2009, after the former restaurant, the Wine Press, closed.
Aimed at offering affordable fine dining and wine, Mr Robinson said the business had performed well, but said the business partners had worked especially hard to get things right first time.
He said: "We were more conscious of our offering and really thought about what people want and what Norwich was missing.
"We looked at the margins, and although we have to make a profit we can pass a lot of that on to the customer to make sure people come back.
"We considered everything that someone who has been in a restaurant for 20 years might have overlooked.
"We worked really hard getting the right food and the right proposition. And we have built up organically from there."
He said the restaurant had broad appeal across the age ranges, and rather than charging people as much as they can get away with, instead focused on persuading people to come more frequently by offering consistent quality and prices.
"We are trying to coax people back more often rather than trying to get as much money as possible off them when they come.
"That is our basic model, and it is working. We see people coming in here three times a week."
The Eating Out 2009 report found the recession had left a long-term legacy among diners, who will continue to demand good food and a better dining experience, but are not prepared to pay for it, which the authors said would continue even when the economy improves.
And that view is shared by Mr Robinson.
"The recession has jolted people back to reality," he said. "Times are tough and you need to count your pennies, and if you go out to eat you look at those aspects.
"I'm not sure the old gung-ho attitude, going out where you want no matter how much it costs, will come back. And that's not a bad thing."
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Steps of Jesus Bible Study Tour to Jordan and Israel
Pastors, teachers and laymen are invited to experience a life changing Bible Study Tour led by Dr. Carl Cosaert, Walla Walla University Biblical Studies professor.
Visit ancient Biblical sites that will make the Bible come alive. The tour will begin in Jordan with a visit to ancient Amman, spending time on Mount Nebo, the site where Moses died. Experience the grandeur and mystery of Petra, the spectacular capital city carved in stone. Try floating in the Dead Sea and be baptized in the Jordan River. Then be given time to visit Qumran the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. After visiting each of these amazing sites, cross into Israel and visit Jericho and tour Masada, Herod's desert fortress and stronghold of the Jewish freedom fighters, sail on the Sea of Galilee, visit Peter's house in Capernaum, follow in the steps of Jesus by visiting Chorazin, a historic Nazareth Village, Meggido, Mt. Carmel, Caesarea, the Temple Mount, the Upper Room, the Mount of Olives, the City of David, Hezekiah Tunnel, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Garden Tomb.
In addition to all the sites listed you will retrace the steps of Jesus' crucifixion.
The cost of the tour is based on double occupancy and includes breakfast and most suppers. It also includes your stay in four star hotels, travel in a private deluxe coach, entrance fees for all tour sites and museums, tips for driver and guide. The cost of the tour does not include your flight and will be determined by the number of participants.
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7/19/15 – Just this month Sawbill took on its youngest "intern" – Alex Lundgren, age 9.
Alex has been coming to Sawbill since he was a baby, and has wanted to work for here for just about as long. He was promised a job just as soon a he turned nine, which he did earlier this year. Alex came up for a week, and was nice enough to let his parents tag along while he "worked."
This summer, Alex received training in working the store desk and washing life jackets. When he and his parents come later this summer, he may graduate to washing tents!
Alex learns to play cribbage during a quiet night in the store – all Sawbill crew members are required to know how to play cribbage, and Alex is determined to have a strong application when he is able to apply for a real job – only nine more years!
We loved having Alex with us (as did the customers) and are eagerly anticipating his return. – Elena
Sawbill's Youngest "Intern"
7/19/15 – Just this month Sawbill took on its youngest "intern" – Alex Lundgren, age 9.


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REP. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino was elected Secretary General of the World Chess Federation (Fide) on Monday in Tromso, Norway, which is hosting the 41st Chess Olympiad.
Tolentino, mayor of Tagaytay City from 2004 to 2013 before being elected to congress in Cavite's seventh district, was in the ticket of incumbent Fide president Kirzan Ilyumzhinov, who defeated former world champion Garry Kasparov by a score of 110 to 61 in the ballot.
President of Asian Zone 3.3 and secretary general of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, Tolentino beat incumbent Fide secretary general Ignatius Leong of Singapore.
Tolentino is also the president of PhilCycling and has hosted several international sporting events in Tagaytay.
Aside from Tolentino, other members of Team Ilyumzhinov who won were Georgios Makropoulos, who remained deputy president, Aguinaldo Jaime (vice president), Martha Fierro Baquero (vice president) and Adrial Siegel (treasurer).
However, NCFP chairman and president Prospero "Butch" Pichay, also part of Team Ilyumzhinov, failed to dislodge Sheik Sultan Bin Khalifa Al-Nehyan from the Asian Chess Federation presidency.