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Камбре́ (, ) — город и коммуна на севере Франции, регион О-де-Франс, департамент Нор, центр одноименного кантона. Город расположен на реке Шельда в 52 км от Лилля и 36 км от Арраса. В центре коммуны находится железнодорожная станция Камбре линий Камбре-Дуэ и Бюзиньи-Сомен.

Население (2017) — 32 558 человек.

История
Впервые римская колония Cameracum, располагавшаяся на месте нынешнего Камбре, упоминается в римской Пейтингеровой таблице (Tabula Peutingeriana) IV века. Город входил в состав территории, на которой проживало (по одним данным — германское, по другим — кельтское) племя нервиев. В середине IV века, после серии набегов франков, римляне построили цепь фортов вдоль дороги, идущей от Кёльна через Баве к Булони. Одним из таких фортов стал Камбре, что придало ему важное стратегическое значение. В середине V века город стал столицей нервиев вместо Баве, разрушенного франками. Приблизительно в это же время в эти места пришло христианство, было образовано одноимённое епископство.

Камбре превратился в преуспевающий город в период Меровингов, когда епископства Арраса и Камбре были объединены с центром в последнем. По Верденскому договору 843 года Камбре вошёл в состав королевства Лотарингия. После смерти в 869 году короля Лотаря II, не оставившего детей, король западных франков Карл III Толстый решил захватить его владения, вследствие чего Камбре на короткий период вошёл в состав Западно-Франкского королевства. В 925 году король Генрих I Птицелов отбил у парижского короля территорию Лотарингии, и Камбре стал принадлежать Священной Римской империи вплоть до 1677 года, когда был захвачен Людовиком XIV.

В Средние века регион вокруг Камбре, т. н. Камбрези, получил статус графства. Распри между графом и епископом Камбре вынудили императора Оттона I в 948 году передать епископу власть над городом; в 1007 году император Генрих II распространил власть епископа на всю территорию Камбрези, что дало епископству Камбре статус независимого государства в составе империи.

В 958 году в Камбре была образована одна из первых в Европе коммун. Горожане неоднократно восставали против власти епископа, эти восстания подавлялись, и в 1226 году жители Камбре отказались от своих прав и признали власть епископа в обмен на сохранение некоторой свободы в управлении городом.

В 1339 году, в самом начале Столетней войны английский король Эдуард III осадил город, но взять его не смог. К середине XV века территорию епископства со всех сторон окружали земли герцогства Бургундского, и Жан Бургундский, незаконнорожденный сын герцога Жана Бесстрашного, был назначен епископом Камбре. Неизбежное поглощение Камбре Бургундией предотвратила только внезапная гибель герцога Карла Смелого в 1477 году. Людовик XI не упустил возможности захватить Камбре, но через год был вынужден его оставить.

Когда экономическим центром северной Европы стал Брюгге, экономический и культурный рост Камбре замедлился. Однако, благодаря своему нейтралитету и расположению на границе Франции и империи Габсбургов, Камбре неоднократно был местом проведения важных переговоров. В 1508 году была образована т. н. Камбрейская лига, альянс, сформированный папой Юлием II против Венецианской республики. Альянс прекратил своё существование в 1510 году, когда папа и Венеция объединились против Франции. Конфликт вылился в т. н. Войну Камбрейской лиги, продолжавшуюся с 1508 по 1515 годы. Камбре также в 1529 году стал местом проведения переговоров, следствием которых стал выход Франции из Войны Коньякской лиги.

В 1543 году Камбре был захвачен императором Карлом V. По его приказу средневековый монастырь был разрушен, и на его месте построена цитадель.

В 1677 году король Людовик XIV в процессе укрепления границ Франции решил захватить Камбре и лично возглавил его осаду. Город был взят 19 апреля 1677 года. По Нимвегенскому договору 1678 года Испания отказалась от прав на Камбре, и с тех пор он принадлежит Франции.

Во время Великой французской революции многие знатные горожане были казнены, а религиозные здания снесены: в 1797 году здание старого кафедрального собора Камбре было продано одному торговцу, который разобрал его на камни. Уцелела только главная башня, но в 1809 году она была разрушена ураганом.

В августе 1914 года, во время Первой мировой войны, был оккупирован немцами. В районе города, в сражении 20 ноября—6 декабря 1917 года, английское командование впервые применило массированную атаку танками (476 единиц) для прорыва германской позиционной обороны (см. Битва при Камбре (1917); Танки при Камбре).

Достопримечательности
 Кафедральный собор Нотр-Дам де Грас (фр.), резиденция архиепископа Камбре, в классическом стиле. Основное здание собора относится к 1703 году, башня была восстановлена после разрушения в 1876 году. В соборе находится гробница епископа Камбре Франсуа Фенелона, писателя и воспитателя внуков короля Людовика XIV, а также известная икона, т. н. «Камбрейская Мадонна»
 Церковь Сен-Жери (фр.) XVII—XVIII веков в классическом стиле с картиной Рубенса «Погребение»
 Беффруа Камбре (фр.) XVI века, бывшая башня церкви Святого Мартина. Входит в состав Всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО
 Здание мэрии (ратуши) 1930-х годов с колокольней. На колокольне установлены статуи Мартена и Мартины (фр.), символов Камбре
 Остатки фортификационных укреплений и крепостной стены: цитадель, Парижские ворота (фр.), ворота Нотр-Дам (фр.), башня Сен-Фиакр (фр.), башня Аркет (фр.)
 Шато де Сель (фр.), форт XI века

Экономика
Транспортный узел. Развито производство кружев, батиста, трикотажа, а также изделий из них (главным образом белья).

Структура занятости населения:
 сельское хозяйство — 0,4 %
 промышленность — 7,4 %
 строительство — 4,6 %
 торговля, транспорт и сфера услуг — 42,9 %
 государственные и муниципальные службы — 44,8 %

Уровень безработицы (2017) — 24,3 % (Франция в целом — 13,4 %, департамент Нор — 17,6 %).
Среднегодовой доход на 1 человека, евро (2017) — 17 990 (Франция в целом — 21 110, департамент Нор — 19 490).

Демография
Динамика численности населения, чел.

Администрация
Пост мэра Камбре с 1992 занимает член партии «Вставай, Франция», входящей в состав блока Союз демократов и независимых, бывший депутат Национального собрания Франции Франсуа-Ксавье Виллен (François-Xavier Villain). На муниципальных выборах 2020 года возглавляемый им правый список одержал победу в 1-м туре, получив 56,34 % голосов.

Города-побратимы
  Пушкин, Россия
  Хоуме, штат Луизиана, США
  Шатоге, Квебек, Канада
  Камп-Линтфорт, Германия
  Эстергом, Венгрия
  Грейвсенд, Великобритания

Примечания

Ссылки
 Национальный институт статистики
 Результаты муниципальных выборов 2020 года

Галерея

Города Нор — Па-де-Кале
Города, награждённые орденом Почётного легиона
Коммуны департамента Нор
Супрефектуры Франции


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This page describes how to join a currently running Scrum Poker session.

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### Preconditions

A Scrum Poker session can only be joined by users who may see the issue for that the Scrum Poker session is started.

### Choose your preferred way

To join a currently running Scrum Poker session there are basically three ways in doing so.

#### Find your session in the Active Sessions list

The preferred and easiest way is the so called `Active Sessions` page which can be accessed from the main navigation menu `Boards` provided by Jira Software where you can find another `Active Sessions` link.

This page can also be accessed from the `Scrum Poker` dropdown that is visible on every agile board in Jira. This dropdown might not be shown depending on the `Show Dropdown on Boards` setting as explained on the [Configuration](/configuration) page.

![Navigate to the active sessions page](/images/start-scrum-poker-session-open-active-sessions.png)

The `Active Session` page displays all currently running and recently finished sessions for issues that are visible to you.
It allows you to directly jump into all running sessions.

![Join a Scrum Poker session from the active sessions page](/images/join-scrum-poker-session-active-sessions.png)

#### Join the session from the Issue detail page

As an alternative you can use all the ways described on the page showing how to [Start a Scrum Poker session](/start-scrum-poker-session), too.
The button is not labelled `Start Scrum Poker` when an active session exists but displays as `Join Scrum Poker` in this case.

#### Join a session through scanning QR code from the session page

If your team is in the same room and wants to use mobile devices to join a Scrum Poker session they can scan the provided QR code available from the `Share Session` dropdown on the session page for example visible to all participants on a monitor or projector.

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Attention at the Alexandra Palace turns to the green baize this Sunday, as it hosts the Masters, an eight day event screened live on the BBC.
As tradition, the world's top 16 players do battle in snooker's most prestigious invitational event with reigning champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in ominous form.
'The Rocket' is inevitably, and quite rightly so, the market favourite for the event (15/8 Boylesports) after back to back major wins in the Champion of Champions and UK Championship.
O'Sullivan's pedigree in the event is exemplified by the fact he has reached the final of this showpiece 10 times, on which five occasions he has taken away the beautiful trophy. Factor in that it's his local event and a one table set-up, and it all makes rather grim reading for his competitors.
The five time world champ sits in the far more favourable top half of the draw with a potential semi-final clash against Neil Robertson most definitely on the cards. I would expect both players to win their quarters, (Robertson 4/6, Ronnie 4/9 both with Paddy Power), and despite the odds on quotes, I feel this is the most logical betting opportunity.
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Q: Publish on page using page Access Token and fb_exchange_token I'm trying to set up an app to publisher on page owned by the user.
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A: Every time facebook sends a token your way they also add the "expires" field.
The token results have this format:
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So when you extract the access token get the expiration as well and make sure how long it has.
You might want to try the server side authentication since it results with long lived tokens.
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Demand for Irish passports has surged in Britain since Brexit.
Sun, 04 Dec, 2022 - 15:00
Ken Foxe
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was snowed under with a backlog of more than 30,000 complex foreign birth registrations, many from British citizens looking for Irish passports after Brexit.
In pre-budget discussions, the department said it had been a difficult year for their passport services, as it struggled to deal with a bounce-back in demand after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted.
In a letter to the Department of Public Expenditure, it asked for an extra €15m in funding this year to ensure no backlogs and to help pay for a passport reform programme.
The department said they had been granted an extra €10m for 2022 to help in issuing a record 1.2m passports this year.
It said it would need to retain the same allocation this year with passport applications again predicted to be around 1.2m in 2023.
In the letter, department secretary general Joe Hackett wrote: "During 2022, we have seen multiple record months for the number of applications received.
"As you are aware, we encountered some customer service issues, particularly in relation to our call centre. This was primarily due to the challenges in the recruitment of staff. I am pleased that these issues have now been resolved."
Funding to tackle backlog
Mr Hackett said the extra funding would also be used to tackle a 30,000-long backlog in "complex foreign birth registration applications".
He said many of these were from British citizens opting for Irish passports after Brexit and that experienced passport staff would be needed to tackle the build-up of applications.
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Q: JupyterLab keeps giving a syntax error for else when there are no indentation issues I am trying to run this code but Jupyter keeps giving me the following syntax error at the else condition.
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I was running a similar code earlier and else worked there but I don't understand what's wrong with this code.
valid = True

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        prey = prey * (1 + preyGrowth - predationRate * predators)
        predators = predators * (1 - predShrink + predFedBirthRate * preyCount[-1]

    else:

        valid = False

A: As stated in the comments, always look on the line above if you know a line is definitely correct syntax. In this case, predators = predators * (1 - predShrink + predFedBirthRate * preyCount[-1] is missing a parenthesis at the end -- it should be predators = predators * (1 - predShrink + predFedBirthRate * preyCount[-1])). This causes Python to think that you are trying to do:
predators = predators * (1 - predShrink + predFedBirthRate * preyCount[-1] else

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Courts Allow Computers To Weigh In On Criminal Cases
Published on: February 7, 2018 | J. Bradley Smith, Esq.
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If you have seen the movie "Minority Report" starring Tom Cruise, you are familiar with some of the scary and seemingly futuristic ways that technology could come to influence the criminal justice system. Though we are not in danger of implementing some of the most terrifying ideas found in the movie, it is undoubtedly true that technological advancements are playing a greater and greater role in courthouses all across the country. We must all begin to grapple with these changes and decide how far we are comfortable letting computers and artificial intelligence shape our justice system.
A good example of this was discussed in a recent ABC News article about a courthouse in Cleveland, OH. Reporters watched as an 18-year-old was brought before a judge for a bail determination after police found a small amount of drugs on him during a traffic stop. Normally, a judge would ask questions, discuss with prosecutors and the defense attorney and then use his or her best judgment and intuition when determining whether to release the person with bail and, if so, how much. What happened instead was that a computer system displayed a series of numbers for the judge, ranking the defendant 2 out of 6 for likelihood of committing another crime and 1 out of 6 for failing to reappear. The defense argued the judge should follow the AI guidance and release his client with a low bail.
This kind of thing is happening more and more in local and state courts across the country. States like Alaska, Arizona and Kentucky have all passed laws that rely on scoring systems to rank individuals based on their suitability for court supervised release. New Jersey went even farther, essentially eliminating the bail bond industry and relying instead on a system known as the Public Safety Assessment score to determine who should get released and to then help manage that process. The algorithm behind the PSA score is aimed at eliminating potential bias on the part of the judge. Rather than worry that a person's gender, age, race or socioeconomic background unfairly influences a judge, the computer takes certain factors into account and releases a score for the judge to consider when deciding on release. These factors include a number of things like past convictions and age. More importantly, they exclude many others, things like race, gender, employment history and the neighborhood the person lives in.
Another AI-based system, known as Compas, has come under fire for its risk scores. A man in Wisconsin sued because he claimed Compas violated his rights by including gender as a factor in his rating. An investigation by a journalism group revealed that Compas had falsely flagged black defendants as likely future offenders at twice the rate of white defendants. These issue play into the concerns of many that the AI systems, while seemingly unbiased, may internalize and perpetuate certain forms of hidden bias.
Though computers are only offering information, not making decisions, many critics remain concerned about the increased use of technology in criminal matters. They point to studies that show decision-makers are influenced by algorithms, choosing to follow the guidance of the computer rather than think critically. This could lead to automatic decisions, rather than ones that are carefully arrived at. Critics urge courts to slow down the implementation of these new technologies until the full impact can be understood. Many believe that these shifts to using AI-derived information to base decisions on is one of the most important in decades and something so momentous should not be undertaken lightly.
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Where does the AFC North rank among all NFL divisions?
We often hear how tough of a division the AFC North is, but when you examine the other divisions, how does it stack up?
By PatrickJudis@PatrickJudis Jun 5, 2018, 3:01pm EDT
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You have undoubtedly heard the phrase "AFC North football".
It is supposed to be synonymous with hard-nose football and tough competition. However, we rarely try to stack it up against the other divisions around the NFL when talking about the AFC North being one of the toughest divisions in the league.
Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com recently sought to rank every division in the NFL with some surprising results. The AFC North ranked fifth.
5) AFC North: Steelers, Ravens, Bengals, Browns
The Steelers rank with the Patriots and Eagles as the safest picks to make it back to the playoffs. The onus on lifting the AFC North to greater overall relevance lies with the other three teams, which all have major bounce-back potential. Joe Flacco and John Harbaugh are fighting for their careers, with a strong defensive base to build off. The Bengals boast a roster without huge weaknesses ... and a lot of players in their prime. The Browns' depth chart barely resembles the 0-16 squad from a year ago.
This was the last AFC division to send three teams to the playoffs, back in 2014. While it's a longshot, the North has the best chance of any AFC division to do it again.
The AFC North may be ranked fifth overall, but they are the second-best AFC division behind the South that consists of the Colts, Titans, Jaguars and Texans. That isn't surprising since two of those teams made the playoffs and the Texans looked very impressive before they lost Deshaun Watson to an ACL tear.
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As for the AFC North, a lot of what makes them one of the toughest divisions are the teams at the top. The Steelers, Ravens and Bengals all seems to be right there in playoff contention every year. It is usually commonplace to see at least two AFC North teams in the playoffs in any given year.
The past two seasons have been different, though. The Bengals have obviously struggled over that span, and the Ravens have also failed to make the playoffs as well. Although last year, the Bengals did help prevent that. We also can't ignore the fact that the Browns have only won a single game over the past two seasons, which really hurts the overall toughness of the division.
This year looks to be different as the Bengals and Ravens have revamped their rosters, and Cincinnati has changed most of their coaching staff. The Bengals brought in Cordy Glenn at left tackle and drafted center Billy Price to upgrade the offensive line. The team is also allowing Bill Lazor to start from scratch on offense, and Frank Pollack brings a fresh voice as the new offensive line coach. Teryl Austin is looking to bring a more aggressive defense to Cincinnati as well.
The Ravens added a pair of young tight ends as well as replacing most of their receivers from last season, including the addition of Michael Crabtree.
Competition for the Wild Card spots seem tougher, but it is doubtful that an AFC North team doesn't manage to take one of those spots. The Bills and Titans may have made the playoffs last season, but it is hard to say either of those teams got substantially better, and they both finished 9-7, which was the same record as the Ravens.
Ironically, what could end up hurting the division's toughness is the Browns. If they have actually put a team together that can get up to five or six wins, that could mean some losses for the rest of the division.
It could create a scenario where an AFC North team misses the playoffs due to a loss to the Browns sneaking up on them. It shouldn't be too far fetched that the Browns could actually win a few games considering Tyrod Taylor helped carry the Bills to the playoffs last season. Not being able to count on two wins per season against the Browns could hurt when it comes time to decide who gets into the postseason.
In reality, it will come down to whether the offseason changes for the Ravens and Bengals actually translate to wins on the field. Both teams were relatively close to the playoffs last season, and the Steelers are likely headed back unless they suffer a serious injury.
Where do you think the AFC North should rank among the other divisions?
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U.S. Says New Bombing Campaign Against ISIS in Libya Has No "End Point at this Particular Moment"
Par Alex Emmons
Mondialisation.ca, 04 août 2016
The Intercept 1 août 2016
Région : Middle East & North Africa
Thème: Militarization and WMD, Terrorism, US NATO War Agenda
Analyses: NATO'S WAR ON LIBYA
The U.S. launched a major new military campaign against ISIS on Monday when U.S. planes bombed targets in Libya, responding to requests from the U.N.-backed Libyan government. Strikes took place in the coastal town of Sirte, which ISIS took in June of last year.
The strikes represent a significant escalation in the U.S. war against ISIS, spreading the conflict thousands of miles from the warzones in Syria and Iraq.
All of these attacks took place without congressional authorization or even debate.
"We want to strike at ISIL anywhere it raises its head," said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. "Libya is one of those places." He said the airstrikes "would continue as long as [the Libyan government] is requesting them," and that they do not have "an end point at this particular moment in time."
The U.S. has long planned to spread its military campaign to Libya. In January, Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that the U.S. was preparing to take "decisive military action against ISIL" in Libya.
Intercept co-founding editor Glenn Greenwald responded with a post headlined "The U.S. Intervention in Libya Was Such a Smashing Success That a Sequel Is Coming."
The New York Times editorial board called the plan "deeply troubling" and said it represented a "significant progression of a war that could easily spread to other countries on the continent."
The Times supported the U.S.'s initial intervention in Libya in 2011, when the U.S. led a NATO air campaign to oust longtime Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. But after a mob raped and murdered Gaddafi, the country plunged into years of anarchy and militia rule.
President Obama would later call his failure to plan for Gaddafi's removal his "worst mistake," and thousands of ISIS fighters have since gained a significant foothold in the country.
At the Pentagon press briefing on Monday, when Nancy Youssef of the Daily Beast asked Cook if the war was legal, Cook responded by citing a controversial 15-year-old congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force resolution passed in the wake of 9/11.
The AUMF resolution authorizes military force against organizations that "planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001." But the resolution has been invoked, first by George W. Bush and then by Barack Obama, to justify military action in Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, and numerous other countries.
The administration has argued that the 2001 AUMF applies to the war against ISIS, even though ISIS and al Qaeda are sworn enemies. Several members of Congress, including Hillary Clinton's running mate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., have argued that the administration should seek congressional authorization to continue its war against ISIS. Such authorizations for the conflict have failed to gain traction in a divided Congress.
Even without the AUMF, it's unlikely that the White House would have acknowledged any legal barrier to bombing Libya. In 2011, the U.S. continued its Libyan campaign even after Congress rejected a resolution to authorize it. The White House even delivered a report to Congress that argued that the U.S.-led bombing campaign did not count as "hostilities" under the War Powers Resolution. That resolution limits unauthorized conflicts to 180 days.
While emphasizing that the U.S. is "prepared to carry out more airstrikes," Cook could not confirm basic details about Monday's operation. When Cook was asked if he had a "ballpark figure" of casualties from the airstrikes, he responded, "I don't."
In the past year, the U.S. has also conducted a handful of individual military strikes against ISIS targets in Libya. In February, the U.S. carried out an attack near the coastal city of Sabratha, aiming to take out ISIS operative Noureddine Chouchane. Cook described the attack as "very successful," but a day later, the Serbian government announced that two kidnapped members of the Serbian diplomatic staff had died in the bombing.
La source originale de cet article est The Intercept
Copyright © Alex Emmons, The Intercept, 2016
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MOL rumors fuel bourse trading in Budapest
Approximately 70% of yesterday's Ft 53 billion ($292.7 million) trading volume at the Budapest Stock Exchange involved the shares of oil and gas company MOL.
According to Attila Tapaszi of the Takarékbank, the heightened interest for the energy firm's papers was generated by market rumors that Austrian peer OMV is negotiating a €13.5 billion ($18.3 billion) credit line with Barclays and JP Morgan, a sum it aims to use for continuing its buyout measures targeting the Hungarian company. The Austrians have yet to release an official response to the news. MOL figures were also elevated thanks to the company's continued purchases of its treasury shares.
Market analysts say that if the oil company continues with its defense strategy, it may even contribute to strengthening the national currency, as it would have to convert its cash reserves stored in foreign currencies to forint.
OMV spokesman Thomas Huemer told yesterday that OMV's stance towards MOL has not changed since last week, when the Austrian company announced it had raised it stake in MOL to 18.6% from 10% and called on MOL's management to enter into a "constructive discussion" on the merits of closer co-operation between the two companies. "We remain convinced that a rational approach is better than an emotional one," Huemer said, touching on the negative reaction by MOL's management and leading Hungarian politicians to OMV's move. (Gazdasági Rádió, Napi Gazdaság, sharewatch.com)
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As a tribute to ARCA's beloved founder, Patricia Ann Steffee, an encore will be performed with mezzo-soprano Katherine Soroka – Richard Strauss' Beim Schlafengehen from his Four Last Songs, arranged for String Quartet by ASQ violinist Zakarias Grafilo. This Strauss song was a favorite of Dr. Arthur and Patricia Steffee, as was the Alexander String Quartet. On numerous occasions audience members and donors met the artists after concerts in RiverStone mansion. On Sunday, March 3 after the concert, the audience is invited to enjoy a cake and coffee reception at the back of Lincoln Hall.
Renowned for their recordings of the string quartet and chamber music repertoire, the Alexander String Quartet's latest CD release on Foghorn Classics features transcriptions of three song cycles by Gustav Mahler, recorded with mezzo soprano Kindra Scharich. Ms. Scharich and the ASQ have also collaborated on Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs, for whom this transcription was created.
Celebrating its 35th Anniversary in 2016, the Alexander String Quartet has performed in the major music capitals of five continents, securing its standing among the world's premier ensembles. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich, the quartet's recordings have won international critical acclaim.
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Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts welcomes back the Alexander String Quartet to perform a chamber music concert of some of the most beloved works of the string quartet literature by Mozart, Ravel and Schumann on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 2:00 PM in Lincoln Hall. As a tribute to ARCA's beloved founder, Patricia Ann Steffee, an encore will be performed with mezzo-soprano Katherine Soroka – Richard Strauss' Beim Schlafengehen from his Four Last Songs. A cake and coffee reception will follow at the back of Lincoln Hall after the concert.
Zakarias Grafilo & Fred Lifsitz
Quartet in E-flat Major, K428 (1783) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Andante con moto
III. Menuetto & Trio
IV. Allegro Vivace
The String Quartet in E-flat Major is the third of the Haydn Quartets, a set of six quartets he wrote during his first few years in Veinna and later deciated to Joseph Haydn. The first movement is highly chromatic, with the bridge theme in the exposition. The ostentatious dissonances of the opening of the second movement almost have an antique flavor, caused by the collision of semi-tonal ascents and descents. Throughout the third movement, a pedal point in the bass gives the music an entrancing, rustic effect. The last movement can be described as an abridged rondo form.
Quartet in F Major (1903) Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
I. Allegro Moderato – très doux
II. Assez vif – très rythmé
III. Très lent
IV. Vif et agité
Maurice Ravel completed his String Quartet in F Major in early April 1903 at the age of 28. It was premiered in Paris in March the following year. The work follows a four-movement classical structure: the opening movement is in sonata form, presents two themes that occur later in the work; a playful scherzo second movement is followed by a lyrical slow movement. The finale reintroduces themese from the earlier movements and ends the work vigorously. Dedicated to Ravel's teacher, Gabriel Fauré.
Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 (1842) Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
I. Andante espressivo – Allegro molto moderato
II. Assai agitato
III. Adagio molto
IV. Allegro molto vivace
The quartets, Op. 41, are Schumann's only string quartets and were composed after studying the quartets of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. He had sketched some ideas for quartets a few years before 1842 and abandoned them until February of that year. They were first performed on September 13, 1842 as a present for his wife Clara on her 23rdbirthday.
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"Never have I heard such keen awareness of this dimension of the score as I hear it in this performance. To say that the ensemble plays with a unanimity of attack, articulate phrasing, and penetrating tone is almost beside the point. Today, those aspects of execution are expected from the world's topflight chamber music players. But what really sets these readings apart for me is the ways in which these musicians connect the dots, so to speak, and find just the right moments and just the right ways in which to reveal to us Mozart's underlying grand plan.… This is truly phenomenal both in terms of the playing and the recording. … That said, the only word to describe the Alexander Quartet members and Joyce Yang's playing of [The Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K 493] is exquisite."
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(Patagón — Works by Cindy Cox, FCL2015)
"I felt then that I had found my perfect recording of these two favourite works. While it remains enjoyable, Joyce Yang and the Alexanders have completely trumped it. Quite how they have managed to find new things to say about such standard repertoire is quite beyond me, but there is something to marvel at around every corner."
DAVID BARKER, MUSIC WEB INTERNATIONAL (A MusicWeb International Recording of the Year)
(Brahms & Schumann — The Piano Quintets, FCL2014)
"The talented Alexanders and brilliant Joyce Yang take on two towers of 19th century chamber music, the Brahms Piano Quintet in f Op 34 and the Schumann Piano Quintet in Eb op 44. Frankly any recording that elicits a positive comment about Brahms from me is worth noting. No stodgy, elegant (read dull and technical) readings here, these are gutsy, lively, exciting and maybe even a bit edgy performances. Excellent production, including concise yet informative notes."
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"This review is going to be short, because so highly-acclaimed is this disc that my opinion isn't particularly important, if ever it was. Simply put, after delighting the critical establishment with some marvelous Piano Quintets, the Alexander String Quartet and friends turn in an unbelievable set of the Brahms Sextets and Quintets for Strings. Violist Toby Appel joins the Quartet throughout the program and easily reminds me how beautiful an instrument the viola can be. Nor is cellist David Requiro a mere guest artist. Folks, this is what chamber music is about! Deeply moving, highly involved playing is backed by exceptional sound quality that is warm and shows the genuine partnership between the players. … After 30 years, the Alexander String Quartet is demanding that we take a listen, just as after all this time, Brahms can still surprise us. These are deeply personal works in equally personal performances. Don't miss them."
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MAHLER SONG CYCLES
In meinem Himmel
Alexander String Quartet with mezzo soprano Kindra Scharich
FoghornClassics: FCL2019
APOTHEOSIS, VOLUME 2
MOZART: THE PIANO QUARTETS
Alexander String Quartet with pianist, Joyce Yang
CINDY COX: PATAGÓN
ELEGY for solo violin
Columba aspexit, after Hildegard von Bingen in four movements, played without pause
Patagón
BRAHMS & SCHUMANN: THE PIANO QUINTETS
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
BRAHMS STRING QUINTETS & SEXTETS
Johannes Brahms:
String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36
Alexander String Quartet with violist, Toby Appel and cellist, David Requiro
String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
Alexander String Quartet with violist, Toby Appel
2 Disc CD Set
BARTÓK & KODÁLY
Béla Bartók:
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 7, Sz. 40
String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 17, Sz. 67
Zoltán Kodály:
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
GERSHWIN & KERN
George Gershwin: "Porgy & Bess" Suite (arr. Carl Davis)
Alexander String Quartet with clarinetist, Joan Enric Lluna
Jerome Kern: Six Famous Songs from the Musical Comedies of Kern
George Gershwin: Lullaby for String Quartet
César Cano: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 74
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
WITH STRINGS ATTACHED
Veronika Krausas: language of the birds
Stephen Leek: Hollow Stone
Johannes Brahms (tr. Grafilo): Four Songs, Op. 92
Johannes Brahms (tr. Grafilo): Two Piano Pieces
Ludwig van Beethoven: Elegiac Song, Op. 118
Michael Gandolfi: Winter Light
Paul Chihara: Clair de Lune
Alexander String Quartet with the San Francisco Choral Artists
MENDELSSOHN & SCHUBERT
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor, D. 703
Afiara String Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Alexander String Quartet & Afiara String Quartet
BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Complete String Quartet Cycle
FoghornClassics: FCL2005 (includes FCL1996, FCL1999 & FCL2002)
BEETHOVEN: LATE STRING QUARTETS
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127
String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
BEEETHOVEN: MIDDLE STRING QUARTETS
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1, "Rasumovsky"
String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2, "Rasumovsky"
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3, "Rasumovsky"
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74, "Harp"
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, "Serioso"
BEETHOVEN: EARLY STRING QUARTETS
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3
String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4
String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6
RETROSPECTIONS
Wayne Peterson:
String Quartet No. 3, "Pop Sweet" (1998)
String Quartet No. 2 (1991)
FRAGMENTS VOLUME 2:
SHOSTAKOVICH STRING QUARTET CYCLE
Dmitri Shostakovich:
String Quartets Nos. 8-15
World Premiere Recording of an Unfinished String Quartet Movement
Two Preludes & Fugues Nos. 1 & 17
String Quartets Nos. 1-7
Piano Quintet with pianist, Roger Woodward
HOMAGE: THE SIX MOZART QUARTETS
DEDICATED TO HAYDN
Wolfgang A. Mozart:
String Quartet in G Major, KV 378
String Quartet in D Minor, KV 421
String Quartet in E-flat Major, KV 428
String Quartet in B-flat Major, KV 458, "Hunt"
String Quartet in A Major, KV 464
String Quartet in C Major, KV 465, "Dissonant"
RENASCENCE
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F
J.S. Bach: Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 876
MENDELSSOHN & SCHUMANN
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80
Alexander String Quartet with pianist, James Tocco
Wolfgang Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, KV 581
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BARBER, COPLAND & GERSHWIN QUARTETS
Samuel Barber: Serenade, Op. 1 & Dover Beach, Op. 3
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Aaron Copland: Movement & Two Pieces
George Gershwin: Lullaby
Amplitude: CLCD-2009
DEBUSSY & RAVEL QUARTETS
Claude Debussy: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Maurice Ravel: Quartet in F Major
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HAYDN & SCHUBERT QUARTETS
Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet in B-flat Major,
Op. 76, No. 4, "Sunrise"
Franz Schubert: Quartet in G Major, Op. 161, D. 887
Verdi Records: 9123
COMPLETE QUARTETS: VOLS. 1 – 9
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COMPLETE QUARTETS: VOL. 1
Quartet Op. 18 No. 1 in F Major
Quartet Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major
Quartet Op. 18 No. 2 in G Major
Quartet Op. 18 No. 6 in B-flat Major
Quartet Op. 18 No. 3 in D Major
Quartet Op. 18 No. 4 in C Minor
Quartet Op. 59 No. 1 in F Major "Rasumovsky"
Quartet Op. 74 in E-flat Major "Harp"
Quartet Op. 59 No. 2 in E Minor
Quartet Op. 59 No. 3 in C Major
Quartet Op. 95 in F Minor
Quartet Op. 127 in E-flat Major
Quartet No. 13 Op. 130 in B-flat Major
Grosse Fuge Op. 133 in B-flat Major
Quartet Op. 131 in C-sharp Minor
Quartet Op. 135 in F Major
Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132
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Having celebrated its 35th Anniversary in 2016, the Alexander String Quartet has performed in the major music capitals of five continents, securing its standing among the world's premier ensembles. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich, the quartet's recordings of the Beethoven cycle (twice), Bartók, and Shostakovich cycle have won international critical acclaim. The quartet has also established itself as an important advocate of new music through over 25 commissions from such composers as Jake Heggie, Cindy Cox, Augusta Read Thomas, Robert Greenberg, Martin Bresnick, Cesar Cano, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Wayne Peterson. A new work by Tarik O'Regan, commissioned for the Alexander by the Boise Chamber Music Series, will have its premiere in 2016.
The Alexander String Quartet is a major artistic presence in its home base of San Francisco, serving since 1989 as Ensemble in Residence of San Francisco Performances and Directors of the Morrison Chamber Music Center in the College of Liberal and Creative Arts at San Francisco State University.
The Alexander String Quartet's annual calendar of concerts includes engagements at major halls throughout North America and Europe. The quartet has appeared at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, and the Metropolitan Museum in New York City; Jordan Hall in Boston; the Library of Congress and Dumbarton Oaks in Washington; and chamber music societies and universities across the North American continent. Recent overseas tours have brought them to the U.K., the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Greece, the Republic of Georgia, Argentina, Panamá, and the Philippines. They will return to Poland for their debut performances at the Beethoven Easter Festival in 2015.
Among the fine musicians with whom the Alexander String Quartet has collaborated are pianists Joyce Yang, Roger Woodward, Anne-Marie McDermott, Menachem Pressler, and Jeremy Menuhin; clarinetists Joan Enric Lluna, David Shifrin, Richard Stoltzman, and Eli Eban; soprano Elly Ameling; mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato; cellists Lynn Harrell, Sadao Harada, and David Requiro; and jazz greats Branford Marsalis, David Sanchez, and Andrew Speight. The quartet has worked with many composers including Aaron Copland, George Crumb, and Elliott Carter, and has long enjoyed a close relationship with composer-lecturer Robert Greenberg, performing numerous lecture-concerts with him annually.
The Alexander String Quartet added considerably to its distinguished and wide-ranging discography over the past decade, now recording exclusively for the FoghornClassics label. There were three major releases in the 2013-2014 season: The combined string quartet cycles of Bartók and Kodály, recorded on the renowned Ellen M. Egger matched quartet of instruments built by San Francisco luthier, Francis Kuttner (If ever an album had "Grammy nominee" written on its front cover, this is it." –Audiophile Audition); the string quintets and sextets of Brahms with Toby Appel and David Requiro ("a uniquely detailed, transparent warmth" –Strings Magazine); and the Schumann and Brahms piano quintets with Joyce Yang ("passionate, soulful readings of two pinnacles of the chamber repertory" –The New York Times). Their recording of music of Gershwin and Kern was released in the summer of 2012, following the spring 2012 recording of the clarinet quintet of Brahms and a new quintet from César Cano, in collaboration with Joan Enric Lluna, as well as a disc in collaboration with the San Francisco Choral Artists. Next to be released will be an album of works by Cindy Cox.
The Alexander's 2009 release of the complete Beethoven cycle was described by Music Web International as performances "uncompromising in power, intensity and spiritual depth," while Strings Magazine described the set as "a landmark journey through the greatest of all quartet cycles." The FoghornClassics label released a three-CD set (Homage) of the Mozart quartets dedicated to Haydn in 2004. Foghorn released the a six-CD album (Fragments) of the complete Shostakovich quartets in 2006 and 2007, and a recording of the complete quartets of Pulitzer prize-winning San Francisco composer, Wayne Peterson, was released in the spring of 2008. BMG Classics released the quartet's first recording of Beethoven cycle on its Arte Nova label to tremendous critical acclaim in 1999.
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A Restless Faith tells the story of Keith's gradual shedding of fundamentalist assumptions, while retaining and strengthening his still robust Christian faith.
Keith Mascord is Canadian-born, but thoroughly Australian in his love for cricket, rugby and rugby league. He works as a parole officer, is an Anglican priest, and enjoys writing and reading on his way to work in air-conditioned public transport. Click for more
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Keith's first book, A Restless Faith, tells the story of his journey out of fundamentalism and into a more restful and intellectually satisfying faith. Auto-biography is interwoven with theology, philosophy and hermeneutics as the author recounts the story of his happy nurturing in North American fundamentalism, of later positive encounters with evangelical Anglicanism in Sydney, Australia, and of his relentless questioning of earlier-held assumptions. This book charts a way forward for people who feel they must choose between fundamentalism and jettisoning their faith altogether.
What some have said about A Restless Faith:
A journey out of fundamentalism with a difference … a book to bring comfort and hope to those walking a similar path – Professor Marion Maddox
The best critical analysis of Sydney Anglican evangelicalism that I know … bringing together within the twists and turns of biography the key elements of hermeneutics, theology and power – Rev. Dr Colin Dundon
A courageous book by a brave man. I highly commend it – Dr Muriel Porter
A personal cry for a more gracious Church – Right Reverend Stuart P Robinson
This is a very important book. It brings together within the twists and turns of biography the key elements of hermeneutics, theology and power. All of us in religious institutions or groups need to face the key issues in this book; the way in which fear corrupts the use of power and authority and turns the interpretation of scripture and theological reflection into and ideology of coercion, intimidation and control.
Rev. Dr Colin Dundon Former Director and presently lecturer St Mark's National Theological Centre.
A Restless Faith tells the story of a journey out of fundamentalism with a difference. So many such books depict personal despair and existential agony. This one takes us into the warm and generous lifeworld of a man who, from his youth, has loved a theological stoush as much as a good game of touch rugby. We follow Keith's steps as he loses his faith in fundamentalism's answers, but never his love for the people who raised him in its traditions. This is a book to bring comfort and hope to those walking a similar path.
Marion Maddox, CORE Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Macquarie University, Sydney; author of 'God Under Howard: The Rise of the Religious Right in Australian Politics'.
I fully commend Rev. Dr Keith Mascord's book. For me as an Aboriginal theologian, it raised still-unanswered questions about the impact of Christianity's arrival on this continent, and of the need for a hermeneutic connected to this land, its peoples, and their stories. My hope is that my people will join, and not be excluded from, the quest for God and for better understandings that Dr Mascord articulates in his highly readable autobiography.
Pastor Ray Minniecon, Aboriginal Community Chaplain, Redfern
Keith is more interested in asking the right questions, than in answering them. The book is more biography than polemic, and is the better for it. It is a personal cry for a more gracious Church: a community of faith that seeks to open up proper dialogue rather than shutting down an honest search for the truth.
Right Reverend Stuart P. Robinson, Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
The road from Certainty to Disbelief by way of Doubt is well travelled and recorded. A less travelled road is from Certainty to Faith, also by way of Doubt. Keith Mascord's intelligent and personal account of this difficult journey needs to be read by those who experience doubt, but fear its consequences.
Michael Horsburgh, AM, Honorary Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney.
This is a wonderful book that should be read by anyone interested in the puzzle of being human and being Christian. It is a generously told tale of one man's pilgrimage from fundamentalism to a richer Christian vision by way of an encounter with a rigid evangelical Anglicanism. Along the way it is also a telling account of the way in which institutional religion can be corrupted by power.
Rev. Dr Bruce Kaye, Foundation Editor of the Journal of Anglican Studies and formerly General Secretary of the Anglican Church of Australia
I warmly recommend Keith Mascord's book, especially to any whose journey has been out of fundamentalism, and also to those who wish to understand some of the thinking of the leadership of the Sydney Anglican Diocese over the years.
Rev. Dr Susan Emeleus Women's Interfaith Network
A Restless Faith is autobiography, but is also history of religion, sociology and ethnography.It reveals from an insider's perspective what has happened to Sydney Anglicanism, and where that culture is at the present moment. Sydney Anglicanism, as one learns in the book, is unlike most other mainstream Christian denominations. In sociological terminology, while Melbourne Anglicanism might be a 'church', Sydney Anglicanism is more like a 'sect', and, in certain respects, a 'cult'. That requires explanation and justification, and Keith provides them. This will be a challenging book for many readers, particularly Sydney Anglican insiders. For me, the outsider, it was of tremendous historical and religious interest. I recognised the moments of exhilaration and the moments of pain in Keith's life to this point. They are common to many religious journeys. In short, for insiders and outsiders there is a wealth of information here.
Robert Crotty, Emeritus Professor of Religion and Education, University of South Australia, author of Three Revolutions: Three Drastic Changes in Interpreting the Bible, Hindmarsh, SA, ATF Theology, 2012.
Although this memoir records Keith's sad disillusionment with the Diocese to which he gave so much of his energies as priest and teacher, his Christian faith emerges as strong, clear and compelling. This is a courageous book by a brave man. I highly commend it.
Dr Muriel Porter, Melbourne journalist and religion commentator
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For the record, my concerns about election night aren't really about winning. When push comes to shove, I believe the American people (at least enough of them) will see through the lies, misinformation and cowardice of Donald Trump and this Administration and vote accordingly.
And if it turns out they don't, if after everything we've witnessed enough people decide to support Republicans or sit this one out…well I guess that's the country we deserve. It'll mean myself and a lot of others will have to reevaluate lots of things about our futures.
My real concern is an attempt to delegitimize the results. What keeps me up at night – I literally sketched out the first draft of this post at three in the morning – is a conservative effort to claim the results are invalid and Democratic winners shouldn't be seated.
Democrats win big. The Blue Wave makes landfall and it's incredible. Exit polls and turnout indicators give away early in the day that things are looking good for team blue. Swing districts are clearly poised to flip, and even Republican seats not on the radar are looking endangered.
12pm: Multiple states report long polling lines and potential ballot shortages. Provisional ballots by infrequent voters are being cast at record rates.
1pm: Exit polling and media interviews point to Democratic turnout and enthusiasm that's even better than expected, with independents seeming to break for Democrats across the board.
2pm: CNN reports signs of larger than expected turn out among millennial voters. They aren't going to vote at the same level as Baby Boomers of course, but are likely to set a record for the 18-29 age group. The ratio of women to men voters also looks like a record.
3pm: Fox reports Trump is actively monitoring the situation, and they volunteer White House "concerns" about potential irregularities. Internet chatter on conservative sites and message boards is panicked.
4pm: Trump tweets a series of reminders for Republicans to vote before the polls close, including a not-so-subtle line to "be sure Americans are the ones casting ballots".
5pm: With the first polls in Indiana and Kentucky closing in an hour, Trump retweets a Daily Wire article headlined "Are Illegal Immigrants Stealing The Election?". There is no evidence for this, and when questioned about the meaning behind these retweets, Sarah Huckabee Sanders says he's just sharing information.
6pm: Some of the polls close in Indiana and Kentucky, and the initial results look strong for Democrats Joe Donnelly and Amy McGrath, among others. Breitbart posts an article suggesting Chicago gang members voted with fake IDs in Gary, Indiana. Trump Jr. retweets these claims.
There are also isolated instances of conservatives going to polling places in liberal areas and asking to see ID from people in line. Many of them are armed.
7pm: As polls close in more states, the initial tallies in early vote totals reported are very strong for Democrats. MSNBC reminds viewers that's normal for early voting, but it's a relatively small number of the total votes. Still, if you're hoping for a Blue Wave these numbers are encouraging.
Black voters are waiting in line at a Georgia polling place. The law requires the location to stay open so they can vote, but conservatives yell at them to go home. They get in the face of an elderly woman and a fight breaks out when three men defend her. Within half an hour a distorted version of the video made to look like the black men began the conflict starts making the rounds on 4chan and Twitter.
8pm: The Indiana Senate race is called for Donnelly, and vulnerable GOP incumbents Barbara Comstock and Ted Budd are early calls to lose their House seats. Stacey Abrams in Georgia opens with a big lead from early voting and is holding close to even in the same day voting reported so far.
9pm: Suburban House districts in North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Illinois are called as Democratic flips. 538's live blog begins to wonder when the networks are going to call the House for the Democrats.
Fox News is regularly repeating unverified claims about voter integrity, both from illegal voters and Chinese hacking.
9:30pm: High-profile races in conservative states are very close, including the Senate battles in Texas, Tennessee and Mississippi and governor contests in Oklahoma, Kansas and South Dakota. Steve King loses his race in western Iowa, and while it's not likely to impact control in the House, once called it's the second most trending contest on Twitter after Beto vs. Cruz.
Rudy Guilani and Newt Gingrich openly wonder on TV if foul play is happening.
9:45pm: ABC, Reuters and the Associated Press all call the House for Democrats. The NY Times Upshot calls the House and also has them as a favorite for the Senate.
Breitbart, Reddit and 4chan are going wild with theories of George Soros paying Mexicans who tunneled under the border to vote in Texas and Arizona, as well as Tennessee Muslims being spotted driving from one polling place after another and voting five times, wearing a different turban each place they go.
10pm: Arizona's Senate race and three House incumbents in Texas are all called for Democrats. All the remaining major media organizations call the House flip as official, and say the Senate may come down to recounts.
Trump is interviewed over the phone on Fox, and Jeanine Pirro asks if he thinks there's any "funny business" going on. Trump refuses to rule it out, and says a lot of people are wondering that. When asked what "we'd have to do if that's true", Trump says anything is on the table.
11pm: Polls close on the West Coast, and embattled but favored Republican incumbents Dana Rohrabacher and Duncan Hunter are losing in early returns.
Texas is called for Beto. Democrats also flip the Senate seat in Arizona, while Nevada, Tennessee and Mississippi all look to be headed for runoffs. Republicans do manage to flip North Dakota, but every other Democratic incumbent is winning. Clare McCaskill in Missouri is the only other red state Democrat in a tight battle.
Jon Tester's coattails in Montana help flip the state's sole House seat blue as well. No bodyslams are reported during the aftermath.
11:30pm: Most networks are wondering how big the Democratic House majority will be and what a Democratic Senate could mean. Meanwhile, Fox News is openly wondering how widespread fraud may be and if it makes sense to refuse to seat some of the winners.
Wednesday 10:00am: CNN is summarizing the results as they wait for Trump to speak to the press. 54 House seats and two Senate seats so far have gone from red to blue, with six in the House and three in the Senate still too close to call, though Phil Bredesen's lead in Tennessee seems to be insurmountable. One House seat in Minnesota and the Senate race in North Dakota went the other way.
Over the next few days, more and more unverified videos claiming to be proof of illegal voters are posted online. None of them provide proof of their location or timestamp. The most widely shared one has a voiceover of a threatening-sounding Hispanic man talking about MS-13.
Conservative lawyers and media personalities suggest these questions may warrant a refusal to seat the incoming Congress and other newly elected officials throughout the country. These claims are widely ridiculed and not taken seriously, until two former clerks for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argue their merits. This makes people wonder if the court may actually take the case seriously.
The Supreme Court agrees to immediately hear a case brought by citizen activists against their respective secretaries of state. All of the plaintiffs are local GOP officials in states who lost seats. At the request of the White House, all protesters are banned within one mile of the Supreme Court building to "avoid the intimidation and mob-like mentality of the Kavanaugh hearings".
1.5 million people gather on the National Mall during the first day of the trial. The highlight in the courtroom is a request for summary judgement by the defendants, based on the argument the plaintiffs and White House have provided no evidence for their claims beyond internet videos and innuendo.
The request is denied, clearing the way for a potentially lengthy trial. The White House suggests the current Congress may be extended if the case is not resolved by the opening days of 2019.
Unlikely? Of course. But no one knows what would happen in this scenario, because it'd be completely unprecedented. There'd undoubtedly be violence as tensions runs high, and whether they're isolated incidents or widespread is unknowable as well. Literally anything could happen from this point, from two separate Congressional groups claiming legitimacy to martial law.
Back in 2000, even though the Bush campaign's tactics were unseemly, Americans generally trusted the recount would end with a peaceful transition. Today we're at a different place, where studies claim 1/3 of Americans expect a civil war. As immoral and unforgivable as voter suppression is, that can (at least in theory) be rectified through new laws. But an attempt to simply ignore results would be an escalation even from those dark efforts.
We have a President who claims "What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening." He's already expressed envy for dictators and 'joked' about ignoring the Constitution and staying in power more than two terms, and he knows if there's anything coming from Mueller that would be damaging with a Democratic Congress in place.
This is what keeps me up at night. It's both incredibly far-fetched and all too easy to envision.
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