“This piece is short, exciting-and audiences love it. I like the way the medieval Dies Irae plainchant theme shows up: first very quietly on the piano (in Variation 7), and then marching (in Variation 10) before it goes off-beat and jazzy. And listen to the way the harmony changes before it opens up into the famous 18th Variation, in which the main theme is turned upside down. The last Variation, No....
Rachmaninov’s music, with its deep, exquisite melancholy, reflects the profound empathy of the composer’s artistic transformative power, to be turned into pure artistic beauty. I am listening to a lot of Rachmaninov’s music these days. I found it useful (and somehow, even necessary) to know a bit of the composer’s background to better understand the music. One convenient way is Apple Music Classical’s professional annotations—writers carefully crafts introductions for a composer in general, for his works, for particular recordings… In-depth, organized and systematic sources....
When I listended to Rachmaninov’s piano concerto no.2 (during one morning makeup routine)—2nd movement Adagio—I found it surprisingly similar to the pre-chorus of Celine Dion’s hit All by Myself. Turned out, that Rachmaninov’s most popular piece is a pop song. Rach’s most popular piece is actually All by Myself, as he is officially a co-writer. Rachmaninov Op. 18 | Piano Concerto No. 2 This C Minor masterpiece is dedicated to Nikolai Dahl, the Paris-trained amateur viola player and physician who, with a series of daily therapy sessions over a period of months, helped Rachmaninoff climb out of his depression....
SITE 2024 (Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics) is happening! Held from July 1 to September 11, 2024, the conference covers a broad range of economic topics, with world-class scholars presenting leading-edge economic research. It’s almost like “华山论剑” in Economics. On July 2nd, Lise Vesterlund talked about non-promotable tasks (NPTs). It is a very interesting concept. what are non-promotable tasks? Non-promotable tasks are those that benefit the organization but likely don’t contribute to someone’s performance evaluation and career advancement....
Amphetamines are central nervous system stimulants that are used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). the drug’s mechanism ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is characterized by symptoms such as inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. The key brain region associated with ADHD includes the Prefrontal Cortex: Responsible for executive functions, such as attention, planning, decision-making, and impulse control. Basal Ganglia: Involved in the regulation of movement and reward processing. Cingulate Cortex: Plays a role in cognitive control and emotional regulation....
The term “Penn Faces” originates from the University of Pennsylvania. It refers to the phenomenon where students maintain a facade of happiness and success, even if they are struggling internally. This facade creates an impression that everyone around them is doing well, which can lead to feelings of isolation and inadequacy for those who are struggling but don’t want to show it. The constant pressure to appear perfect exacerbates stress, anxiety, and depression....
Just-kidding. This is the real 40 questions that lead to falling in love, written by Edward Dean Melinat as part of his 1991 dissertation Intimacy: Negotiating Closeness and Distance. Appendix G: Questions and Tasks for Getting Close (Instructions: do each question in order, don’t skip. When being asked a question, share your answer with your partner. Then let him or her share their answer to the same question with you. Alternate who goes first to read and intepret the questions....
Mutual vulnerability and informational disclosure fosters closeness. One key pattern associated with the development of a close relationship among peers is sustained, escalating, reciprocal, personal self-disclosure. Aron et al. 1997. And here’s the infamous 36 questions of love that structuralize the issue. The 36 questions in the study are broken up into three sets, with each set intended to be more probing than the previous one. Set I Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?...
introduction A fascinating thing about psychology and economic research is that we can easily relate them with our lives. This result in some works being ‘mentioned’ in general articles abusively to an extent that almost everyone knows it in some way. It all started with a NY Times article of Mandy Len Carton, To Fall in Love With Anyone, DO THIS. The author discussed her experience in experimenting the ‘36-questions’ that, supposedly, would make people fall in love with one another....
Regulation restricts the action of economic agents—in general. It is omnipresent. Why does regulation exist? In a free-market economy, why does the government choose to place restrictions on the decisions of certain agents and actions? George Stigler (1911-1991) introduced his “Theory of Economic Regulation” in 1971 trying to answer this question in a well-established framework, on the basis of some previous empirical arguments such as Normative Analysis as a Positive Theory (NPT) or Capture Theory (CT)....