Monthly Archives: December 2017
Moon Meditations
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 31st December 2017There’s more to the moon than that round object in the sky. You can hang it if you see someone doing something superlative. Of course, if someone does something the opposite you can moon him or them if your object of scorn is plural. You can give it to your object of intense desire or…
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LA Phil Plays Yi, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 10th December 2017Passing through LA I noticed that the local band was playing on my only free afternoon – Sunday December 10. It’s appropriate that the concert hall in La La Land is named after the creator and voice of Mickey Mouse. There were three numbers on the program. The 8 minute opener was Antiphony by the…
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky – Arias and Duets
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 8th December 2017The great Russian baritone died on Nov 22, 2017, two and a half years after announcing that he was suffering from a brain tumor. He was born in 1962 and escaped a difficult environment by virtue of his singing ability. The Siberian singer was clearly the best Italian style baritone of his era. His voice…
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Robot Reaches Milestone, Passes Medical Licensing Exam
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 4th December 2017The following is from Becker’s Hospital Review – November 21, 201. It was bound to happen. Draw your own conclusions. An artificial intelligence-powered robot in China took the country’s medical licensing examinations and passed, becoming the first robot to do so, Futurism reports. The robot, Xiaoyi, not only passed the tests, but it did so with flying colors —…
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10th Anniversary
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 2nd December 2017Ten years ago today, I published the first post here. Almost 900 articles have followed. To mark the date, here are three videos presented for no other reason than that they are beautiful and on topic. It’s no accident that liberty is at the core of all three.
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