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Jussi Bjorling Society-Usa 2013 Membership Form

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

To join JBS-USA or renew your membership now for 2013, please use this form, or a copy. Individual membership contribution is $35; family membership $50.

Gosta Bjorling 1912-2012, Harald Henrysson

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

This year is the 100th anniversary of Gosta Bjorling's birth-a talented tenor who would most likely be better known if he hadn't lived in the shadow of his still more talented brother Jussi. David Bjorling's third son ( christened Karl Gustav) was born on 21 September 1912, while his father David was touring with an opera and operetta company. Since Gosta had the same career as a singing prodigy as his brothers Olle and Jussi, his first concert with them on 12 December 1915 in Orebro took place a few months after he had turned three! During the early years …

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Large-Scale Reality Modeling Of A University Campus Using Combined Uav And Terrestrial Photogrammetry For Historical Preservation And Practical Use, Bryce Berrett, Cory Vernon, Haley Beckstrand, Madi Pollei, Kaleb Markert, Kevin Franke, John Hedengren

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) enable detailed historical preservation of large-scale infrastructure and contribute to cultural heritage preservation, improved maintenance, public relations, and development planning. Aerial and terrestrial photo data coupled with high accuracy GPS create hyper-realistic mesh and texture models, high resolution point clouds, orthophotos, and digital elevation models (DEMs) that preserve a snapshot of history. A case study is presented of the development of a hyper-realistic 3D model that spans the complex 1.7 km2 area of the Brigham Young University campus in Provo, Utah, USA and includes over 75 significant structures. The model leverages photos obtained during the historic …

Jussi Bjorling Society-Usa 2012 Membership Form

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

To join JBS-USA or renew your membership now for 2012, please use this form , or a copy. Individual membership contribution is $35; family membership $50.

Naxos: The Jussi Bjorling Collection, Volumes 1-11, Kristian Krogholm

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

It is finally here: the Naxos 11 -CD box containing almost all of Jussi Bjorling's studio recordings spanning the 40 years from 1920 to 1960. The box ha s a nice design and feature s a drawing of Jussi by New York artist Eugens Spiro. "The Jussi Bjorling Collection;' begun 12 years ago, has now been brought to its conclusion, adding three more CDs to this extensive series: Vols. 9, 10 and 11 , all three of material recorded between 1951 and 1960.

Why The Bjorling Sound Was Written, Stephen Hastings

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Now that The Bjorling Sound has been published, it is up to others to comment on its contents. And the more commentary there is (whether positive or negative) the happier I will be, for I always intended it to be an open-ended book, requiring an active response from readers, as part of an ongoing collective effort to understand Bjorling the artist. I have done my best to describe as precisely as possible the experience of listening to what I consider to be Jussi's finest recordings, and I naturally hope that the book will prove reasonably interesting even to opera-lovers who …

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Jussi Bjorling Society-Usa: 2012 Membership Renewal Form

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

To renew your membership now for 2012, please use this form (or a copy, or some other piece of paper) .

Individual members hip contribution is $35; fam ily membership $50.

Membership in the Jussi Bjorling Society-USA is on a calendar-year basis.

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Best Friends Forever And Family Ties: Continuity And Change In Closeness With Parents And Friends Among Australian Adolescents, Mckell A. Jorgensen-Wells

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During adolescence, the need for social connection increases. Yet, fostering emotional closeness in relationships becomes more complex, as the need for autonomy also increases and social environments must adapt to become conducive to these seemingly competing needs. This complexity necessitates more research on what happens to close relationships during adolescence, so parents, scholars, and practitioners are better equipped to help individuals navigate the unique social atmosphere of adolescence. The current study draws upon multi-level modeling techniques to estimate growth models of Australian adolescents' closeness to parents and closeness to friends from ages 12-17 and examine predictors of these trajectories. Findings …

Prevalence And Intensity Of Infection Of The Parasitic Copepod Salmincola Californiensis On Rainbow Trout In Birch Creek, Idaho, Andrew D. Suchomel, Eric J. Billman

Western North American Naturalist

Salmincola californiensis is a parasitic copepod that infects salmonid fishes in the genus Oncorhynchus. Our objective was to determine the level of infection of S. californiensis in Rainbow Trout in Birch Creek, Idaho. We sampled Rainbow Trout at 5 sites on Birch Creek during October 2015 and May 2016. Mean intensity of infection was greater in May 2016 (x̄ = 1.7) than it was in October 2015 (x̄ = 2.9; F_{1, 69} = 5.535, P = 0.021). Intensity of infection ranged from 1 to 10 copepods in October 2015 and 1 to 12 copepods in May …

The Celebrations Begin: Summer Centennial And Memorial Events In Sweden, Sue Flaster

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The Voxna events this year were on July 12th and 13th and were the "official opening" of the Jussi year. Stefan Olmars had arranged for us to hear the great mezzo Ingrid Tobiasson as well as Olle Perssona baritone known mostly for intelligent lieder singing- and tenor Nils Olsson, this year's JB Sallskapet prize winner. The young man is a big guy with a big voice, and quite a crowd pleaser, although one hopes that a greater sense of nuance will come with age and experience.

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Record Review: Jussi Bjorling In Song Testament Sbt 1427, Greg Fitzmaurice

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To my knowledge, this is the first release by Testament of a Bjorling album and it is to our good fortune that they've chosen the LP, RCA LM 1771, "Bjoerling in Song'; to base it on. For those not familiar with Testament, it is a company which obtains licenses from the original recording companies to release recordings that the original company has no plans for. As a result , Testament is allowed to use the original master tapes for the re- issue, which is important because that generally results in a recording superior to others which have had to rely …

Our Distant Correspondents: Per Backstrom Reports On Voxna 2008, Per Backstrom

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

It has now become an established tradition that the Scandinavian Jussi Bjorling Society arranges a two-day event in the middle of July, starting with a concert in Voxna church, in collaboration with the local parish, followed by a buffet at Voxna mansion. The evening ends with a talk by someone who sang with or at least knew Jussi, followed with listening to Jussi recordings, where the audience can make requests. The following day there can be a lecture and guided visits. As in the past, Stefan Olmars was the event organizer.

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Editor's Note, Greg Fitzmaurice, Sue Flaster, Laura Homonnay-Demilio, Dan Shea, Art Skantz, Kendall Svengalis

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

This Newsletter is your first communication from us since June, when we mailed you a copy of the Bluebell 2-CD set called "Jussi Bjorling - Radames. Alfredo, Romeo" of previously unreleased and rare opera recordings from the Swedish Radio archives, 1934-1951. Many of you wrote of your reactions to bearing these souvenirs of live performances from Stockholm, and we'll quote some of those below.

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Heterospecific Coprophagy: Turkey Vulture (Cathartes Aura) Feeding On Cougar (Puma Concolor) Feces, Mauricio González-Jáuregui, Juan Pablo Esparza-Carlos, Margarida Francina Barber Mir

Western North American Naturalist

Records of coprophagic behavior in vultures from both the Old and the New World are rare. We know of only a handful of reports for Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura). Herein we report a specific event of heterocoprophagia: the consumption of 1-day-old puma (Puma concolor) feces by C. aura in the Manantlán Biosphere Reserve (Jalisco, México). Feces of P. concolor play a role in chemical communication by male pumas, who generally do not cover their feces. Females and juveniles attempt to cover theirs. It is not known whether puma scats provide any nutrients to vultures. …

Editor's Note, Dan Shea

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Here belatedly is your first communication from us since late December, when we mailed you our Newsletter #8 with its reports on our September 2004 Congress of Bjorling Societies in Sweden.

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The Effects Of The Pe Teacher Knowing And Using Student Names In Pe Class: A Qualitative Investigation, David C. Barney, Teresa Leavitt

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We have each been given a name. With this given name we are known among our families, friends and other associates. Our name becomes an integral part of our identity. A common and important place where a person is addressed by name is in educational school settings, more specifically in a school setting, including in physical education (PE) classes. The physical education setting offers many opportunities for teachers and students to use student names. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of PE teachers using their student’s given name, along with how it affects students. For this …

A Big Year-Let Us Tell You About Jbs's 2004, Dan Shea

Newsletter of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

With so much happening this year, our communications have suffered and this is your first notice from us since last May. We apologize for that, and hereby begin to catch up! You can expect more of the story in our next Newsletter in March 2005, and in a major issue of our Journal in May.

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A Big Update - The Three Chapters Of Jbs Agree To Cooperate For An International Conference In Sweden, September 9-13.

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The new year got off to a fast start for our three JBS chapters, all represented in Stockholm at the January Board meeting of the Scandinavian JB Sallskapet: Dan Shea represented the USA Society and stayed in close communication with Richard Copeman and Eric Wimbles of the JBAS, during his ten days in Sweden. The main question was how to proceed with plans for an international meeting-Kongress in September 2004, and all hands set to work at once under the leadership of Harald Henrysson. Harald already had made many preliminary inquiries, leading to quick and effective meetings with the Royal …

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