Your Questions About Colliers International

Sandra asks…

Does Paul Collier’s plan offer a credible solution to the reduction of global poverty?

Does Collier’s plan offer a credible solution to the reduction of global poverty? Summarize his plan and explain your position

admin answers:

Summarize his position:

Is it a credible solution? In theory his arguments are compelling. In reality it fails in the implementation. As Collier mentions himself: “Unless we have an informed society, politicians will get away with gestures. Things that look good, but don’t work.” To understand what he means, just watch the current debate among politicians about economic policy in the US!

There are other problems with Collier’s plan, for example, the size and direction of international capital flows and their consequences on domestic economies. However, this goes way beyond this forum. A good place to start is to study the Asian Crisis of 1997.

Betty asks…

How did Europeans listen to music before WW1, and what were some popular French and German songs from the era?

When did radio become widespread? Did people listen to phonographs? How did people hear recent songs for the first time? What was considered “popular” music?

admin answers:

Hi David… I’m back!
Here you go:
1900-1914 (“Caf’conc’ et Cabaret”) : Sous les ponts de Paris (1913) by Georgel : cabaret songs, often saucy, popular entertainment, …
1914-1918 (“Chansons dans la guerre”) : Quand Madelon (1914) by Bach : patriotic songs,…
1918-1930 (“les années folles”) : J’ai deux amours, mon Pays et Paris (1930) by Josephine Baker : love and glamour in 1920s Paris, discovering jazz, ..
1930-1939 (“de l’euphorie à la débâcle”) : Parlez moi d’amour (1930) by Lucienne Boyer : “chanson réaliste” (very depressing…) or very sentimental,…
1939-1945 (“chansons sous l’Occupation”) : Douce France (1942) by Charles Trenet : nostalgia,…
The late 1800s saw the dawn of the music hall when Yvette Guilbert was a major star. The era lasted through to the 1930s and saw the likes of Félix Mayol, Lucienne Boyer, Marie-Louise Damien, Marie Dubas, Fréhel, Georges Guibourg, Tino Rossi, Jean Sablon, Charles Trenet and Maurice Chevalier.
Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_France#20th_Century
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Accordions-Paris-Various-Artists/dp/B000000K4H/ref=cm_lmf_tit_4/102-3578342-1146542
http://www.frenchdanceleeds.co.uk/songs/songs.html
La Bal Musette: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/7086/les-primitifs-du-futur-world-musette/
http://www.understandfrance.org/France/FrenchSongs.html
http://www.vistawide.com/german/german_music/german_folk_music.htm
http://www.about-germany.org/music/hollaender.php
http://www.dva.uni-freiburg.de/
http://www.folk-seiten.de/traditional_music_in_Germany.htm
http://cnx.org/content/m11025/latest/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_folk_music
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modmusic.html#World%20War%20I
Here’s a forum board of International WWI Music that you can join: http://europeanww1lh.forumup.be/post-1051-europeanww1lh.html
http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/music/collier.php
HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS (1888-1952) was the premier German baritone in Germany for over 40 years, particularly noted for his singing of Verdi. He was also a fine singer of lieder. His records span the acoustic and well into the electric era, throughout the Third Reich and beyond. They are all of the highest calibre.
The celebrated Jewish baritone, JOSEPH SCHWARTZ (1880-1926) was born in Riga but apecialized in the German repertoire, though he also sang other roles such as Escamillo in CARMEN. His records are well sought after and for good reason. This was a great artist. MARGARETE MATZENAUER (née Temesvar 1881-1963). After an initial success in Europe, she sang at The Metropolitan for 20 years ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK (1861-1936) A very different singer was the German soprano ELISABETH SCHUMANN (1885-1952), here seen as MIGNON. Her unique lyric soprano was perfect for Richard Strauss operas, for instance, as well as for lieder. Jewish-German soprano LOTTE LEHMANN (1888-1976), deservedly sang alongside such greats as Tauber and Chaliapin during the 1920s, but the appearance of the Nazis forced her to move to the USA where she triumphed again for further decade. She was as fine an exponent of lieder and operetta as opera with a warm soprano sound that appealed to everyone. Http://www.spats.demon.co.uk/GreatGermanSingers.html
http://www.amazon.com/Gott-Kaiser-Vaterland-Patriotic-Recordings/dp/B000EON6GM
http://mki.wisc.edu/News/Conferences/MusicMirror/MusicConfReport.htm
Songs, 1907-1919, n.d.
Includes: “Bohemia” (two different songs),and “Come to the Land of Bohemia.” “The Broken Troth”
B Instrumentals, 1898-1946
Includes: “In Gay Bohemia” and “Ku Vitezstvi” (“On to Victory”). (6 items)
C Folio, n.d., “Bohemian Dance Album” (accordian arrangements).
Here’s a whole bunch of songs by country:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d5300nh2.htm
http://www.nlib.ee/cenl/docs/annual_reports/france03-04.pdf
And…… Don’t forget Klezmer.

Lisa asks…

Are the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle still happening?

May I know the latest incidence that has happened there?

admin answers:

Incidents in air
TBF Avenger 1942
PBY Catalina 1942
TBF Avenger 1943
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura x4 1943
PB4Y Privateer 1943
PBY Catalina 1944
PB4Y Privateer 1944
SBD-5 Dauntless 1944
PBY-5A Catalina 1944
B-24 Liberator 1945
PB4Y Privateer 1945
Flight 19, lost on December 5, 1945
Martin Mariner, lost on December 5, 1945
C-54 1947
DC-3 NC16002, lost on December 28, 1948
Avro Tudor Star Tiger, lost on January 30, 1948
Avro Tudor Star Ariel, lost on January 17, 1949
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat 1950
Grumman F9F-2 Panther 1950
C-46 British York transport, lost on February 2, 1952
TV-2 Texan 1953
USN Super Constellation, lost on October 30, 1954
Martin Marlin, lost on November 9, 1956
Super Sabre, lost on March 18, 1960
Pogo 22, lost on October 15, 1961
USAF KB-50 Aerial Tanker, lost on January 8, 1962
USAF C-133 Cargomaster, lost on May 27, 1962
USAF C-133 Cargomaster, lost on September 22, 1963
USAF KC-135 Stratotankers, lost on August 28, 1963
USAF C-119 Flying Boxcar, lost on June 5, 1965
Cessna 172, lost on June 6, 1969
F-4 Phantom II “Sting 27”, lost on October 10, 1971
Caribbean Flight 912, lost November 3, 1978
DC-3 N407D, lost on September 21, 1978
Fighting Tiger 524, lost on February 22, 1978
Beechcraft N9027Q, lost on February 11, 1980
Ercoupe N3808H, lost on June 28, 1980
Beech Bonanza, lost on January 6, 1981
Piper Cherokee N3527E, lost on March 26, 1986
Grumman Cougar Jet, lost on October 31, 1991

Incidents at sea
General Gates; went missing 1780 (no British warship claimed her sinking)
USS Insurgent, a 36-gun French-built warship with 340 crew; went missing September 1799
USS Pickering; went missing on voyage to West Indies, on or around August 20, 1800
USS Wasp; sloop-of-war that severely harassed British shipping in the War of 1812, went missing on Caribbean cruise, October 1814
USS Epervier, while carrying original peace proposals for War of 1812; left Algiers for Norfolk, and went missing, 1815, delaying the ending of hostilities (rare instance of maritime disappearance directly connected to international politics)
USS Wildcat, crew of 31; went missing after leaving Cuba, October 1824
Schooner Lynx, crew of 40; went missing in far western Atlantic, 1824
Schooner USS Hornet, victor over HMS Peacock in 1812; went missing in far western Atlantic, 1824
Rosalie; went missing in Sargasso Sea, 1840
USS Grampus; went missing sailing south of the Carolinas, March 1843
HMS Atalanta, crew of 290; went missing, after departing Bermuda for home, 1880
Spray, piloted by renowned world-circumnavigator Joshua Slocum, considered “finest sailor of his age”; went missing after departing Miami, November 14, 1909
Timandra, 1,579 gross-ton freighter, crew of 21 under Captain Lee; went missing, while bound for Buenos Aires from Norfolk in cargo of coal, sometime between March 6 and March 27, 1917; sent no wireless/radio communication, despite capability
Collier USS Cyclops, crew and passengers of 309 under Lieutenant Commander George Worley; went missing after leaving Barbados for Baltimore, sometime after March 6, 1918; sent no wireless/radio communication, despite capability
Tramp steamer SS Cotopaxi, crew of 32 under Captain Meyers; went missing, after leaving Charleston, South Carolina for Havana, Cuba, December 1, 1925; sent no wireless/radio communication, despite capability
Freighter SS Suduffco, crew of 29; went missing, while sailing from New York City to Los Angeles, March 14, 1926, though owner waited approximately one month before reporting her overdue; sent no wireless/radio communication, despite capability
British freighter Anglo Australian, 5,500 tonnes, crew of 38 under Captain Parslow; went missing, bound from Cardiff, Wales for British Columbia, March 1938; last reported by wireless/radio off Azores: “Passing Fayal this afternoon. All well.”
Evelyn K; lost on March 6, 1948
SS Samkey; lost on January 31, 1948
Home Sweet Home; lost on January 13, 1955
Connemara IV; lost on September 26, 1955
Revonoc; lost on January 1, 1958
SS Marine Sulphur Queen; lost on February 3, 1963
Sno’ Boy; lost on July 2, 1963
Enchantress; lost on January 13, 1965
El Gato; lost on October 28, 1965
Witchcraft; lost on December 22, 1967
El Caribe; lost on September 10, 1971
Dawn; lost on April 22, 1975
Sylvia L. Ossa; lost in October 1976
SS Poet; lost on October 26, 1980

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