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Top NFL Draft prospect Josh Rosen could reportedly stay in school to avoid Browns

This motivated me to spin the only recorded Feinberg I own, the following 3-CD set of unknown provenance (aside from "Recorded 1959") on the obscure Monopole label:

Thanks. It so happens that Sound of Joy is now playing, and both are delightful. I just purchased the discs from Stefan W. on this forum. In the process of discovering Ra (was always put off by the huge volume and variety of recordings), and greatly enjoy what I've heard so far.

Best belated wishes (to both of you)!

Now the French Suites (+ overture).

The English Suites therein.

You jinxed 'em...

Rehab center is not the same as a nursing home. Not meant to be permanent; recovering patients usually are released from a hospital to a rehab center, where they stay and undergo therapy until they regain sufficient mobility to return home.

Sergey Schepkin's recordings of Bach's Partitas on Ongaku (can't readily find decent images). Have long enjoyed these. He's recently re-recorded the Partitas (the French Suites too) on Steinway & Sons, and I'll have to hear them.

This book is incredibly sloppily put together (can't say poorly edited since I doubt it was edited at all), but Stamp is an interesting character and compelling story-teller. I finished it in less than 24 hours.

Best wishes from a very big fan! My father spent some time in a rehab center earlier this year, and those places aren't pleasant...Barry could use our support.

I've gradually come to believe that computers have killed chess. Here's an interesting item: Google's "DeepMind" AlphaZero, after minimal preparation, thrashed Stockfish, which is universally highly ranked on the short list of strongest computer programs. [Added: computer programs such as Stockfish are so strong that "man vs. machine" matches such as Kasparov used to play are practically extinct; when they do occur, the computer has to give the Grandmasters odds (material plus moves)!] Some games here [Added -2-] More details here: DeepMind’s AlphaZero crushes chess Blurb: Google-funded DeepMind has now shown that their AlphaZero algorithm can't just be used to beat Go but can outplay the best existing chess engines at chess and shogi. Their algorithm took a mere 4 hours of playing games against itself to teach itself to play chess at a level superior to Stockfish 8! In 100 games AlphaZero scored 25 wins and 25 draws with White, while with Black it scored 3 wins and 47 draws. It didn't lose a game, with the final score 64:36. Here you can replay 10 example games by our new computer overlord. Read the DeepMind paper (pdf): arxiv.org/pdf/1712.01815.pdf

Today in the London Chess Classic (open section, round 1) there was a Coleman-Hawkins game! (0-1, 27)

I enjoy the Black Saint / Soul Note box (1980-86 material, Strange Serenade + Faces of Hope + Verona Rag + Shades). I prefer the 2 trio/quartet albums (Strange Serenade + Shades) to the two solo albums, but consider them all worthwhile.

Happy Birthday !

+1. Not necessarily being pessimistic about music; the same could be said of my book collection and many other possessions...

Congratulations to...GA! First pick made was the winner!

Retired 2008.

Whoa, I usually enter this very late (and lose pathetically). I know nothing about CFL, but looked on a gambling site and saw Calgary listed as 7 point favorites with over/under of 53. So the unoriginal pick is...Calgary 55.

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Interesting. Her later recording of the suites was praised on this forum, but I never got round to hearing it. If you've heard both, which do you prefer?