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Saturday's Lesson Wrap-Up (on Monday)
Thus far, I've done it "all wrong": bought a pony without my trainer's guidance, purchased a non-eventing breed, bought a horse for a sport I've never shown in before, bought a 13.3hhpony instead of a horse, etc etc etc. As a result, I went into Saturday's first lesson with my trainer with as much apprehension as excitement. I felt like we had a lot to prove, and Contender gleefully playing hard to catch for the better part of an hour did not help things at all. We finally did catch him, after herding him through the gate and into a corner by the main barn. Sigh. None of the usual grain bucket or treat tricks work with a sensitive, happy, overly intelligent Cob. They weren't kidding when they said "You have to have a sense of humor to ride Cobs."
|Have I mentioned it's raining?
She left me with a lot to think about, so have some bullet points:
- Giving him cues off of my seat instead of my legs or hands (We're starting this horse right!)
- Exaggerated arm position, with elbows at my sides, to get more of an angle in my usually straight arms.
- Riding deep instead of perching, with my back straight and sitting more on my seatbones than perched on my pubic bone and hip bones like a hunter.
- Using that seat to encourage him to "sit" through his hind end, and using that seat to regulate his gait and control his "hopping" into the trot
The overarching theme of today was that in my hunter position with stiff arms and a hollow back, I am unable to compensate when he does green horse things, like get dramatically ahead or behind my leg for a stride, or when he takes the reins a bit too hard, or when he "hops" into the trot. She demonstrated this by standing in front of Contender, taking the reins, and pulling me. When I was in my hunter seat, I did get tipped forward. When I was in a Dressage seat, I felt the energy of the pull being directed through my core and down my thighs. So cool! I'm so very glad I don't have this horse on my own. With her, we are going to be so much better trained than we would be without her, and we're going to go further, faster.
Homework for the week of 12/5:
- Continue to solidify the strong Dressage-style seat, with an active core and seat bones tucked underneath me
- Work on transitions, paying close attention to position through the transition and making each one seamless and quiet (getting rid of the hopping into the trot)
- Work off of my seat and using as light of aids as possible everywhere else
- "Metronome" work at the trot - developing an even rhythm
Afterward, while I was sitting on him and talking to my trainer about board bills, Contender suddenly shook so hard, I nearly came off of him. I have never felt a horse shake like that in my life! She said the look on my face was absolutely priceless. I'm pretty sure that it was first surprise, then anger that a shake almost threw me off my horse!
(Photo credit to Austen at Guinness on Tap.)

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by Paul Hodgkinson on 9 November, 2015
At last week's County Council Environment & Community Scrutiny Committee unanimous cross-party support was given to the setting up of a task group to investigate safety and congestion on the A429.
Cllr. Paul Hodgkinson (LD: Bourton-on-the Water and Northleach) requested a 'call for action' back in the Summer and now the Council's Environment Scrutiny Committee will look at road safety issues along the A429.
Cllr. Hodgkinson said that "The Cotswolds continues to have the worst accident record in Gloucestershire, every life lost on our roads can be avoided and we should act to prevent further injury and loss of life on this stretch of road. I'm therefore delighted that the Environment & Community Scrutiny Committee has today supported for my calls to set up a working group.
"Once formed, this group can work together to come up with recommendations that deal with safety and also to work out how to ease the increasing gridlock which Stow, Moreton and Bourton all face regularly.
"As I've said before this road wasn't built for a massive increase in traffic – the whole thing needs looking at and hopefully through this task group solutions can be found."2 Comments
Despite numerous fatalities on the bend/dip between Farmington and Bourton, there are still no signs, even chevrons, to warn of the dip and hard bend. Surely something here would warn people of the danger? Also, signage to explain the dangers of this road would steady people up or stop some of the crazy overtaking?


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Tim Reynolds, who covers the Miami Heat for the Associated Press, joined Amiri Tulloch to recap the NBA Finals and the Heat's season. Tim explains why the Heat couldn't close it out against San Antonio, who the predominant culprits were, and what the future holds for Miami in the offseason and next season.
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Why I Will Never, Ever, EVER Get a Tattoo
Would I have to start planning outfits around the tattoo like I plan for weather?
No, this is not an attempt to troll Playboy's recently attempts at Feminism [Extra] Lite. But the men's mag's suggestions for sexy costumes they'd like to see this year is surprisingly inspirational if you're still stuck for a costume, want to be *relevant* and refuse to believe that we could be in for an unseasonably frigid weekend.
I mean, John Oliver is fairly sexy even when he is wearing pants. Though who knows if that's the case, I've only seen him from the waist up and as a person who's own job doesn't always necessitate pants and I have no shame in taking full advantage of this. But I digress — Sexy John Oliver is a pretty funny costume. So is Sexy Joe Biden (great for steering convo towards the war on women,) and I'll be damned if I don't want to dress as Sexy Neil deGrasse Tyson just so I can pose in front of a galaxy screen like some sort of budding Physics and Astronomy major's '86 yearbook wet dream.
See Playboy's recommendations below. And if you'd rather keep your pants on this weekend — seriously, it might snow — there's always Natasha Lyonne as Beetlejuice as Janis Joplin for less exposed mashup.


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"In the 70s and 80s, perfume wasn't the sexy subject it is today. Nothing was known about it, people thought Chanel was mixing up perfumes herself! Scent never used to be talked about, but now it is; it's such a big subject, there are books about it, the internet's full of it. And I think a large part of that is due to this shop."
So says Les Senteurs' perfume archivist and expert James Craven, whose soundbites on scent - like the one above - are extremely insightful. (So much so that this article is quite a lengthy one - as I couldn't bear to leave anything out.) The shop itself - a collection of the rarest and finest niche scents - has achieved cult status among perfume lovers. Fragrance maverick Lizzie Ostrom of Odette Toilette - author of the book Perfume, A Century of Scents- holds many of her famous scent-themed events here too.
The shop is just a short walk from Marble Arch station and stocks some of the biggest names on the niche perfumery circuit, from historical perfumeries such as Creed, Robert Piguet, Knize and Caron, to cult brands like Etat Libre D'Orange, Maison Francis Kurkdjian and Frederic Malle, together with up and coming fragrance houses like 4160 Tuesdays and Pozzo di Borgo. And at the helm of Les Senteurs is James Craven, as colourful and charming as the rest of the shop, a bit like the famous Mr Wonka of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with confectionary being replaced by perfumery. Having amassed considerable fragrance knowledge working on the shop floor of Harrods for the likes of Annick Goutal, a chance meeting led him to working with the founders of Les Senteurs - and he's been inspiring and entertaining their extensive clientele and die-hard fragrance fans ever since.
As I'm shown around, I ask James if he has a soft spot for any particular scents. "It does change, I love the [Maison Francis] Kurkdjian Oud Velvet Mood, there's something so dark and austere about it. I like to wear it when I'm quite alone, I think it's such a solitary scent - a great wine-coloured velvet curtain goes around you in a sort of cocoon and I find it very calming and dark and still. I love these new ones like Iris Palladium by Les Eaux Primordiale; after all my years of working in scent, it's really got me on to iris as an ingredient. They've got a lovely fresh twist to them without doing anything dramatic, they're considered and polished and perfect. I love the Heeley Parfums range - especially Esprit du Tigre, as Mr Healey himself says, you should always have a rogue card in the pack, to stir people up a bit. Do you remember tiger balm? This is what this is all about. Animalic and curious, it's odd, it's a perfume to think about, not necessarily to buy. Something to talk about, and devise your own way of wearing it. A lot of women are fascinated by it, but don't know what they'd do with it. But yes the alpha male who doesn't think too much would buy it too. It can be quite semi-mystical and thoughtful, it can be witty as well."
"Then there's this old Austrian one, Knize Ten which you can read all sorts of things into: rubber, tyres, hot tarmac, leather. When you look at the official fragrance pyramid it's a classic oriental but it's got a wonderful winter presence. If you wear it in November, it's very magnificent indeed. Like a great, big, all-enveloping, slightly too hot coat. Very typical of that period, a lot of it is hay and a lot of coumarin. And then that use of tobacco, leather vetiver and musk too of course. I love this Gardenia by Isabey Paris as it's so lush. It's a reworked formula, but the origin goes back to 1924. It's emphatically a fantasy gardenia - it lives up to its title. Isabey scents were inspired by the style of Patou and Poiret - who were influential in the 20s and 30s and were revived in the 21st century. It's the sense of luxury, each one's got a particular texture as well as a particular small. They don't hedge their bets, they don't hold anything back. There's a lovely luscious softness to them."
And are there any best-sellers? "It's hard to say overall. Frederic Malle is probably the best-selling range and within that, it's likely to be Carnal Flower (created by Dominique Ropion). But it does change all the time. This one, Teint de Neige by Lorenzo Villoresi is popular with Middle-Eastern ladies, but doesn't appeal that much to others. It's got this wonderful soft powderiness to it. It defies all expectations, it's delicate and pale - reflecting the idea of snow with the afternoon light on it. And perhaps an Edwardian powdered face looking out of the window at the snow and a hint of very fine powdered sugar on the top of a merengue or a wedding cake, shimmering like a veil. It's a great wedding scent, it won't overshadow the bride but acts as a wonderful scented halo."
Les Senteurs is based both here and on Elizabeth Street in Belgravia - but the first ever branch was on Ebury Street ("a tiny little slip of a shop!") in 1984. It was founded by Elizabeth and the late Michael Hawksley (the couple's daughter Claire still works alongside James in running the shop). "Betty's got French ancestry and always had a great love of perfumes, while Michael had already worked in fragrance, on the management side of things," James explains. "They had a very simple and clever idea that was completely revolutionary and off to wall at the time: trying to define the concept of niche perfumery. They began to stock all of these completely unheard of (in those days) new and vintage eclectic scents that they both loved. They had a passion to introduce these to the British public who had been stuck between Duty Free and the department stores."
Indeed, rather than just picking out a perfume - it's the experience of shopping here that attracts fragrance fans from far and wide. "We're not just here to sell, but also to educate people who wanted to come and explore perfume. We don't analyse them and say 'this is the scent for you' but to go with a customer and teach them how to pick out the right fragrance for themselves."
What makes a good perfume in his opinion if there is such a thing? "It has to be memorable- it should be like a good friend or a good relationship; the character doesn't reveal everything of itself at first smell. A really good perfume like the classics, has always got to keep something back. I'm thinking of Knize Ten - I love it, but I don't love it unreservedly. That keeps my interest in it going. Also L'Heure Bleu by Guerlain, that's another one I keep going back to; I'm fascinated by it, I'm drawn to it, but there's still something odd about it."
"A perfume has to have that mesmerising quality like Greta Garbo, it can't just be an open book! And then I think it's got to stand the test of time and got to say a little something. Maybe its use of ingredients or its composition. I'm not a great fan of 'quirky' or overly original oils, but I love to smell a new rose perfume or a new citrus. It doesn't necessarily make a great perfume to stick to the classic palette, but I think a lot of even young perfumers do. That's always very fascinating. I remember when the fig molecule appeared around 20 years ago, it's now changed to a different sort of fig. And how patchouli's changed – much drier and more refined, when it used to be so treacly and musky. So it's going back to this idea of that restricted palette and that's what I find interesting, the way ideas are continually refined so they come around in a new cycle, having been polished and burnished and changed."
Are there are ideal ways to wear perfume? "So many people get so anxious about it 'am I allowed to put it there? Etc" I love the much talked about Estee Lauder method, where you spray into the air and walk through it. Always use a spray as it diffuses the scent - you end up wearing far less, but it has much more of an effect, rather than splashing it on. I find, particularly with gentlemen my age, the less I wear the more I can smell it. One of the great observations you hear over and over again in perfume selling is that 'nothing lasts!' or 'I put so much on and time and time again and I can't smell it.' The thing is, the brain cuts out so quickly as it's all about survival and danger, so as soon as the it recognises the smell, it decides 'everything's safe'. It's not a threatening smell, not a risk to life, so the brain stops registering the smell. The more you put on, the less of an effect it's going to have. It's like putting endless sugar in a cup of tea."
"But I find that since I put on less, the brain and the nose are kept a bit more on the alert, it's got to work harder, to ferret the scent out and I find most people agree with me. When I put on tiny drops and give it time, it's so rich - it's terrible if you douse yourself in it. But people think 'more is more'. It's also the attempt to 'catch it' or imprison the perfume - in a vain attempt to pin it down. The love is in the letting go!"
How about celebrity scents? Can you ever have a 'good' one of those? "Oh yes! I'm always hoping, the very fact I can't say 'yes this is marvellous' probably indicates I don't get out enough or no one has done it yet. But I think it's perfectly possibly. Celebrity scents in essence go back a lot further. I think now you'd say No.5 was a 'celebrity' scent if you look at it hard enough - Chanel was certainly a celebrity. It wasn't made when she was unknown. The problem with modern celebrity scents, and the problem with modern celebrity, is that everything happens too quickly – the celebrity appears like a mushroom overnight. A glorious glittering mushroom, but suddenly the celebrity's there, and all the clients come and the perfume and then the whole phenomena's gone in a couple of years."
"In themselves celebrity perfumes could be absolutely fantastic, but the problem is the rush and they don't really reflect the person, they're just an arbitrary tie in – because they've got to sell, they've got to make money, they've got to get it out, get it on the shelves before anybody's sell-by-date expires. To me, the fascination of creating such a perfume would be to study someone and have her analysed psychologically: what is her fan base? What is her allure? What makes her tick? Then you have that perfume actually capturing that, which I think is what a really good perfume does, but probably won't have the mass appeal to drive sales. It would probably make an excellent niche perfume."
"There's a Tilda Swinton one - Like This for Etat Libre D'Orange - which we sell and it does catch what one has seen of Ms Swinton in the films; it gives a wonderful purity and I think you see that. Then you have Elizabeth Taylor's famous scents, White Diamonds, Passion etc. in the 80s. Apparently, she made far more money out of those than in the rest of her career put together. They were hugely successful and caught a specific aspect of Liz. They weren't my cup of tea, but I can see the connection with Elizabeth Taylor at that phase of that third quarter of her life, that overblown gaudiness before she came 'Martyr Elizabeth' in the last act. I can see why they were popular. But a lot of these modern ones you can't. You have fragrances related to famous male sportsmen which have no connection at all, just a generic man's green scent!"
"There was a scent called Fleurissimo by Creed, which was worn by Grace Kelly and was made to commemorate her wedding. It's statuesque, it's blonde, it's mature, it's womanly - you can see a lot of Grace Kelly in it. It's not a celebrity scent, as it wasn't made for her as such, but that's how a celebrity scent should be. I think should be a little portrait/vignette of the person it celebrates. When I was in Harrods years ago, I was working for Annick Goutal and would often get asked by customers for the perfume Madonna wore, or the one the Princess of Wales wore. And of course you couldn't say outright but you could say 'this is the one Madonna is said to favour...' And the scent in question was a very light citrus cologne, completely far and away what you would think the celebrity persona of Madonna is actually like. So customers expected something bold and extreme and would say to me, 'It can't possibly be that!' Princess Diana actually liked a lot of different scents - she shopped about and wore whatever took her fancy at the time. She sometimes wore Annick Goutal's Eau d'Hadrian, but also liked Miss Dior and Diorissimo."
Does he have a favourite decade of perfumery? "Ah that's a nice question! I jump about a bit, I think probably the end of The Great War - not exactly the 1920s, but little but longer - 1918 to 1930. There were so many dazzling orientals and chypres - Caron was in its heyday, as was Guerlain and Poiret. Then there was Jean Patou, early Helena Reubensteins and Arden, Scaparelli started, Lanvin etc. All the perfumes were so full-bodied and experimental - it was a time of taking such risks and seeing 'lets see what happens when you break all the rules of perfumery, and do this - forget about measurements etc.' And from that we got scents like Guerlian's Shalimar, and Jean Patou's Joy, and Chanel No. 5 with all the wonderful stories that surround them. It doesn't really matter if they're true or not, even nowadays in their slightly more reduced forms, they're so explosive and exciting. So yes, I love that era."
"I like the decade we're in now, much to my own surprise. Today's perfumers can do absolutely anything - and have really come to the forefront. This is what Frederic Malle's done so brilliantly, his lifetime achievement I think is spotlighting the perfumer, showing the individual, which has changed perfumery totally I think. It's one of the reasons why perfume has become so popular, people feel they can relate to it much more. Customers do have their favourites, they only wear creations by Pierre Bourdon or they don't care for so-and-so perfumer etc. Perfumers have their own following now, like an actor or a writer - and it's a much more of an interactive process, which the younger generation can relate to a lot more. There are so many exciting things coming out now - I love what they're doing with the aquatic scents, the marine florals are now so graceful and gracious and delicate. And they've become what they've always pretended to be, sparkly and salty. Those early ones in the 80s and 90s were terribly dry - they reminded me of omelettes! But now they've really got it down and I think that's wonderful."
The 1940s are good too, those post-war scents by Balmain, Nina Ricci and Ma Griffe (by Carven) - all those fruity florals. I love the way the perfumes reflected the fashions at the time, the styles, the changing silhouettes and hemlines. A lot of the scents don't quite work without those perfect accessories and tailoring. Things like Bandit and Fracas were made to be worn with a hat and gloves! It's very fascinating!"
And has the way we shop for scents changed? "I think it's changed totally. Buying perfume for presents has gone out the window. It's such a personal thing - we do vouchers here and we sell consultations and they do very well. Yet in my youth I don't think my mother ever bought herself a bottle of perfume, she always wore it but wasn't very interested in it. I think my father bought her a bottle, but it was like shoes and stockings - another one of those must-have items. So I think now women and men now go shopping with an interest in their own scents, and that's part of having more knowledge."
Is there a way you would advise someone to shop for a scent? "Go alone! Never take a friend, PLEASE don't take a friend! It's fatal. If it's more than two, it's even worse. Even if it's your best friend or the love of your life, you're not smelling the same thing exactly. It's the same scent but your brain's interpreting it in different ways. Everything gets in the way and you can't concentrate - you need to be on your own. It should be one of those lovely days when you go shopping and everything seems to click into place - you find what you're looking for. Go when the mood takes you, not snatching time between other things - it's not going to work. Buying perfume is more than simply buying a pair of shoes, you've got to adjust your mind so much. Your sense of smell changes depending on how relaxed or stressed you are. Don't rush it - it's fun to think about, it's fun to try it on, have a little walk, come back the next day and see if you still like it. Perfume shopping is still a luxury, so it's the joy is equally about the anticipation of buying it, as much as the realisation.".
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This year on Sunday, June 26th, the station "where the music matters" is joining forces with the legendary 5 Point Café for a day-long party in historic Tilikum Place park — right at the end of the annual Pride Parade route. The event features a soundtrack provided by KEXP DJs, and a beer garden, BBQ, and full cash bar.
Music kicks off at 10:00 AM with DJ El Toro, and continues into the afternoon with sets by Larry Rose, Alex, and Riz. Assorted Pints and cocktails will be available at the beer garden. Party admission is FREE. Cash bar with drink specials throughout the day and BBQ. This event is 21+ only, please.
El Toro – 10:00 AM
Larry Rose – 12:00 PM
Alex – 2:00 PM
Riz – 4:00 PM
"Pride gives anyone who chooses to participate an opportunity to bond together through love and music—and that's vitally important. Because despite the steps forward America has taken, just celebrating together as LGBTQ individuals and allies still constitutes an act of bravery, as underscored by this month's devastating hate crime at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL.
Pride feels more important than ever this year, and I'm grateful to everyone who helps make KEXP a safe, welcoming home for music lovers from all walks of life." — KEXP's DJ El Toro (aka Kurt B. Reighley)
KEXP is proud to celebrate LGBT Pride Month with a variety of programs, podcasts, such as:
• Music That Matters #517: The Big Gay Podcast 2016 (aka The Angry Gay Podcast) features 16 LGBTQ artists including locals SassyBlack, Erik Blood, and Tacocat, plus the premiere of a new Thalia Zedek Band song ("All I Need").
• KEXP's Song of the Gay celebrates Pride from Monday, June 20th, through Friday, June 24th, with free downloads from LGBTQ artists including Mykki Blanco, Alex Andwandter, and the Spook School.
• On Wednesday, June 22nd, from 9:00 PM until 1:00 AM, DJ El Toro hosts the annual "Gay-EXP" extravaganza, featuring four hours of songs by, for, and about the LGBTQ community.
• DJ Cheryl Waters kicks off pride weekend with four hours of music from LGBTQ artists on Friday, June 24th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, featuring past live in-studio performances from THEEsatifaction, Courtney Barnett, Brandi Carlile, and Bob Mould.
• A special edition of Audioasis on Saturday, June 25th, spotlighting LGBTQ music from the Pacific Northwest. Highlights include an in-studio session with DoNormaal at 8:30 PM and the re-broadcast of a 2006 live set by Gossip at 6:30 PM.


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Published: 2002/06/28
by Paul L. Pearson
The Highest Fi – Barbuda
Jamband fans looking for a soulful, jazzy experience should check out New
Jersey's Barbuda. With the release of their first full-length studio CD,
The Highest Fi, Barbuda and singer Ranjit Arapurakal are poised to
make their mark.
Recorded over three days in summer 2001, Barbuda managed to capture the
essence and basic energy of their sound without compromising too much for
the studio setting. It definitely does not lack is in the vocal performance.
Having previously reviewed the band's EP, I was prepared for Arapurakal's
amazing singing (without repeating the mistake of thinking Barbuda's lead
voice was female). Without a doubt, there are few male vocalists in the
genre that can match his range, control, and pure ability, and the laid-back
soulful sound of the band is tailor-made for his expressiveness. Although
the spontaneity and soulful energy that is reputedly abundant in the live
setting is less evident on the disc, you certainly won't complain about it.
Mark Lacis (drums, vocals), Peter Lacis (guitar, vocals), and Damian Peters
(bass) provide a tight, solid setting for Nick Afflito (trumpet, flugel
horn) and Michael Fein (saxes and flute) to punctuate and fill much of the
musical space. J. Carlos Izaguirre, whose rmncludes Tito Puente's
band, adds spice on percussion, while Arapurakal doubles on keys, also
taking a few solos. Typical of a band that is rooted in jazz and funk, the
songs are well-written, with distinct breaks and departure points. Mainly
mellow and soulful, there aren't a lot chances taken on this disc and, given
the short recording time, the band was probably more concerned with quality
takes than expanding or improvising too much. Still, there are snippets of
instrumental jam segments sprinkled throughout that hint at the band's
exploratory promise. These are especially effective.
"Velvet" opens the disc as a somewhat slower soul tune. Maybe this one is
just a bit too mellow to start the recording, but it's solid nonetheless.
"Chrome" is a mellow jazz/soul tune leading into the faster instrumental
"Asleep at the Wheel", which features a tight jam. "Hip Hoppopotamus" is a
Steely Dan-esque filler jam that makes me wish it was longer. Two more jam
snippets, "Emma" and "BaDaDa" create a nice energetic buffer before the
anthem-like I Choose Music which has some nice sax work throughout.
From a production standpoint, the disc is mastered very well, with some nice
effects and filler material (Martin Luther King speeches?) added in between
a few of the songs. One criticism I do have is of the drum mix. Too much
processing on the overhead mics make the cymbals unrealistic, staticy, and
distracting. The kick drum is over-compressed, and the snare is too loud and
poppy at times. I'm a big fan of drum mixes that actually sound like drums,
and these don't necessarily qualify. These objections aside, the overall mix
is apparently not lacking.
This is a disc that is best to start with a friendly companion, a bottle
wine and candlelight. When it slows down, you can make your move, and as it
peaks you can be doing your best work. This is a solid debut disc with
evidence of ability and craft. Fans looking for high-energy funk may find
the slower, more soulful material a bit too mellow, and the best jams too
short, but that doesn't tarnish this effort in the least. If you like strong
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Coach David Brewerton concluded his first football season as Zachary's head coach with a 12-2 record and posted the school's first trip to the state semifinals since joining Class 5A in 2009.
The Broncos stumbled on a familiar hurdle, falling against Acadiana for the fourth time in the state playoffs since 2010. Averaging 43 points per game in three previous playoff wins, the third-seeded Broncos were frustrated by the 15th-seeded Wreckin' Rams and managed just a field goal in a 9-3 semifinal loss Friday.
The Rams, defending Class 5A champions, advance to face Destrehan in the championship game in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, their sixth championship appearance since 2005.
Zachary rushed for 136 yards and threw for 64 more in the loss. The Broncos' only score was a 32-yard field goal in the first quarter after Acadiana opened the game with a 68-yard drive, with quarterback Kevin Moore scoring on a 39-yard run. The Rams later added a 30-yard field goal in the first half, and neither team managed to add points in the second half.
Many ends Vikings' season
Fifth-seeded Northeast High School had no answer for top-seeded Many's powerful running game as the Vikings' playoff run ended Friday in a 35-12 Class 2A semifinal loss.
The Tigers rolled up 343 rushing yards and 41 yards through the air as they jumped out to a 15-8 halftime lead and added three rushing touchdowns in the second half, wearing down Northeast's defense.
After scoring on a 70-yard interception return, Many had TD runs of 19, 11, 3 and 54 yards.
Quarterback Marqueon Minor paced the Vikings with 99 passing yards and touchdown passes of 21 yards to Dailon Traylor and 55 yards to Jarman Bradford. Minor also rushed for 76 yards on 11 carries.
Northeast finishes the season with a 10-3 record, while Many will play second-seeded Kinder for the Class 2A championship in the Superdome, a rematch of last year's title game, won by Kinder.
Broncos 2nd in Herty tourney
Catholic High defeated Zachary 52-46 in the boys' championship game of the John Herty Memorial Basketball tournament. Jacob Watkins and Demoine Bowie led the Broncos with 12 points apiece. Bowie and Matthew Williams made the All-Tournament team for the Broncos.
The Zachary girls also finished in second place, losing to Broadmoor in the championship game 43-29. Aleah Haynes made the all-tournament team for the Lady Broncos.
ZHS swimmers 12th, 15th
The Broncos swim teams competed at the Louisiana High School Athletic Association state championships in Sulphur. The boys finished 12th and the girls finished 15th out of 35 teams.
Top 16 finishes were recorded by the following swimmers:
200 boys freestyle relay: fifth place, Clay Franklin, Collin Dupuy, Michael Sanford and Luke Troth
400 boys freestyle relay: 10th place, Dupuy, Franklin, Troth and Schyler Mire
200 boys medley relay: 14th place, Mire, Austin Wittig, Stephen Samuel and Garrett Rushing
200 girls freestyle relay: 13th place, Ashley Marler, Breanna Berthelot, Hannah Partin and Aly Clement
400 girls freestyle relay: 14th place, Clement, Berthelot, Partin and Ellen Manuel.
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Please stop the political nonsense and do not allow this sequester to take place regardless who is to blame. The previous debt limit crisis caused by congress has devastated our retirement fund and we are only now regaining the money lost. My husband was close to retiring but won't be able now. This sequester is going to hurt the whole country so badly and it is absolutely unnecessary.
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"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose…" these words are from the song Me and Bobbie McGee. While I enjoy this song and often join in singing along with the radio whenever I hear it played, I have a hard time completely buying into the meaning of the lyric.
I view freedom as enjoying the results of intentional decisions that you have made in your personal and professional life. A common theme that I have found with many of my clients (both personal coaching and business management coaching clients) is that they struggle by having a lack freedom of movement with their career or their business plans.
What I mean by freedom of movement is that, because of debt, bad contracts, cash flow issues, poor personal leadership, and so forth, they cannot execute a new strategy or personal change as fast as they would like.
Below is a quick list of what I call "the enemies of freedom." This is not a complete list, but it certainly includes the top factors I have seen with my clients.
1. Debt – It doesn't matter if we are talking about personal or business debt. Yes, I know about the arguments of what some people call "smart debt" at both a personal and business level. However, debt adds risk and debt can rob you of flexibility. When you owe money to someone else, that means you cannot use that money to invest in yourself or your business. Taking those debt payments and re-investing them back into yourself or your company gives you reserves and security to take quick advantages of opportunities without worrying about how you are going to get the bank or investors to loan you more money.
2. Wrong team members – Make sure you are taking the time to hire people with the skills and, most importantly, the attitude that will allow you to grow your team or your product lines. To use a sports analogy here, you are the GM of your team and you have to build a team of solid contributors who can play the game and be good teammates. Having a group of all-stars who cannot get along, or even one team member who has a toxic personality, will destroy the potential of the team.
3. Disorganization – You don't need to have every minute of every day scheduled, or a process for how your employees should chew gum, but you do need to exercise what Michael Hyatt calls Intentional Leadership. Every good business leader knows that disorganization breeds inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and even bad moral. If your team doesn't have clarity of how to execute the business, why would you expect them to do their jobs to the best of their abilities? My business coaching clients hear all the time from me that disorganization contributes to loss of freedom, because a team that is unfocused or operating in a process fog cannot execute properly when the time does come to strike quickly.
Freedom in our personal and professional lives is really about being able to exercise options without the constraints of external factors or the results of poor internal decisions.
Exercising freedom is not easy, it requires focus of purpose and discipline, but the rewards of this behavior are worth it.
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The bad news is there are brokers in the middle, and you cannot evaluate the product yourself to assure an apples to apples comparison. Understanding of the chart to the left is key to understanding how to control insurance cost.
The insurance broker/underwriter dynamic is a major key to why you need an expert on your side. Please See Risk Management – You Need It, and Your broker Isn't Providing It.
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A man was flown to a hospital following a report that he was bitten by a shark in the Outer Banks Friday.
The 47-year-old man was injured in an incident reported around 11:40 a.m. about a mile north of the Avon Fishing Pier. He was treated at the scene before being taken by ambulance and ultimately helicopter to a Norfolk hospital.
National Park Service officials said in a statement that the man had various injuries to his right leg and lower back.
No other swimmers were injured.
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The Cath Kidston bag I was lucky enough to get for my Birthday! I love the bird print so much!
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Print and Pattern Book 2
After getting the first Print and Pattern book in the summer I knew I had to get the second one when it was out. And I finally got it and it arrived at the weekend. It has so many inspiring pieces in it and is full of lovely crafted bits. I will post some of my favorites soon! In the mean time take a look at the print and pattern blog here.
Print and Pattern
Have loved this blog for a while now…some really lovely stuff! Heres what I came across today….
Love this fabric print by swedish fabric company mairo. It's so cute! It is part of a new children's collection designed by sandra isaksson.
Also love this calendar, which stands out from your usual calendars. It is designed by monkey mind design.
You can view the print and pattern blog here! It also has a really useful job page for those of you on the look out for jobs in the design industry.
New Books!
Some lovely new books!
Print and Pattern – some lovely surface, print, textile, stationary and greeting card designs.
Visual Aid 2– You can never know enough stuff!
Children's writers' and artists' yearbook 2012- useful stuff!
Print and Pattern Blog
Some lovely, cute, wondefully patterny colourful stuff! Have a look…
Cat Prints


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Mika - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
I've always liked this song but it now also brings back fond memories of flycasual and his lovely wife Sophie and the time they came to stay with us in West Wales for the weekend. We were heading out one evening to the pub and I was driving which although it meant I couldn't have a drink, it did mean I got to choose what CD to play in the car and I chose Mika. I think my husband was hoping his musical influence on me would have ended with a better choice, which I seem to recall amused flycasual greatly or was it just the infectious upbeat happy vibe of this song that got to him. Anyway, after that evening the CD vanished and I like to think that either sfw or flycasual have it secretly stashed in one of their cars so that they can sing along to it from time to time.


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Sock Snowmen
11/28/2016 08:45AM ● Published by Hood Magazine
Gallery: Sock Snowmen [3 Images] Click any image to expand.
I'm not the only one that has a pile of socks that are missing their mates, right?
Next time a sock goes mysteriously missing, hang on to the match to make some sock snowmen!
What you need:
- 2 socks
- Rubber bands
- Buttons
- Crystals or beads
- Ribbon
- Rice
- Glue
To assemble your snowman, fill a sock with rice. (Kids socks work perfect!) Tie off the top of the sock with a rubber band. Use another rubber band to divide the rice about a 1/4 of the way down to create a head and body. To make the hat, roll the top of the other sock several times and add to the head of your snowman. Using glue, add some details like eyes and buttons, and don't forget to tie a ribbon around the rubber band to give the snowman a cute scarf!
Tip: Add a few drops of essential oil scent of your choice to give your snowman a refreshing scent!


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Today I am showing you the cards I made using the Delicate Doilies set. These are all cased as I was trying to save time. You can find them here on SCS. thank you for the inspiration.
Just a short post. I will show you the final cards when I get back on the weekend.


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It started with a spark...
The 'Big Idea', in a nutshell, is something that teachers and children are interested in and would like to find out more. The learning journey begins with the decision to study a particular topic; it might be dinosaurs, volcanoes, or even chocolate! What's important, is that the topic inspires the imagination and generates the sparks of curiosity. Once the Big Idea has been agreed upon, teachers plan together around this single central subject linking it to all other areas of the curriculum. This ensures that the curriculum is wholly cross-curricular and reduces the prospect of learning about abstract concepts. Whatever the children are learning, it is related to something that they are already familiar with and are hence much more able to learn. This approach also paves the way to study some truly inspirational and thought-provoking topics to galvinise learning in both teachers and children alike.
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I'm currently working on a new illustration for the book 'When The Tree Flew' by Gabrielle Jonas
A flying squirrel doctor is on her way to her next appointment
Here's the progress report!
I start my 2nd job at the carehome on Monday. Fun times. Busy times... good times?
I really can't wait for the start of term, still another month away.
I really need a studio again, and other people around so that I can knuckle down to work and get faster... as much as I love illustrating, its pretty hard to do in an empty house with no escape from your work. Definitely need a studio with other people when I finish uni, else I don't think I'll survive too long.


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Skyhawk Invitation @ Hammond School
August 29, 2015
PAC Show Time: 8am (look for our tent)
Race Times
9:00am Boys
9:40am Girls
NOTICE: Because of high temperatures, all boys will run at 9, and all girls will run at 9:40. The first seven boys and first seven girls from our team will automatically be scored as varsity and the remaining runners will have officials times and will be listed in the results.
Awards We will award trophies to the top three boys and girls varsity teams and T shirts to the top 20 individuals in each race. The awards ceremony will be in the football stadium which is a couple of minutes walk from the parking lot over the pedestrian bridge. I expect it to start at about 10:30.
The course is a 2390 meter loop that is run twice. The start and finish are on the lacrosse field. The start is wide with 200 meters of straight running before it funnels down to the width of a single track road. The course is fairly flat except for a short, steep downhill followed by an uphill on each loop. About 800 meters of the loop is on a trail through woods. The surface is all grass/packed dirt/fine gravel. NOTICE: This is a little different from the course that we have run before. The area to the south of the tennis courts that used to be on the start/finish route is not a practice area for the golf team and is off limits to us. Please stay away from this area. The main loop at the northeast corner has been extended to make up the distance. A bonus is that the 1 mile mark is now easy to get to from the start/finish area.
This is a very good course for spectators. The runners can be seen in three different places on each loop from the start/finish area.
The course is at Hammond's South Campus athletic complex. The access road is at 1211 Veterans Road, Columbia SC 29209. The start & finish are on the lacrosse field, adjacent to the large parking lot at the end of the access road.


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I love Mass Combat. I love the idea of big army fights, but abstracted down to manageable levels, rather than putting the RPG session on hold to play a miniatures wargame. I love this concept so much that I managed to work mass combat scenes into my last two campaigns (Necessary Evil and Deadlands Reloaded). Mass Combat rules were one of those things I really hoped would be in the 5e DMG, but was not present, unfortunately...so when I was staring at a scenario that could easily break out into mass combat (Episode 6 of Hoard of the Dragon Queen), and the DMG wasn't a huge amount of help in this case, I put my thinking cap on...and went back to what had worked so well in the past:
I dug out Savage Worlds.
No, I didn't suddenly convert the game over to Savage Worlds. I love Savage Worlds, and I'll get back to it soon enough, but there's more than a few things that it does that has, and can, help me in D&D5e.
Like Mass Combat.
Unfortunately, Wounds and Bennies and Knowledge (Battle) don't immediately get along with D&D. I was looking at a potentially uphill battle...until I remembered that Shane Hensley had applied those same rules to a system that didn't have a leadership-style tactical skill, and the system also had a hit point system.
And so I dug out Army of Darkness from Eden Studios, written by Shane Hensley and featuring an adapted Savage Worlds Mass Combat system...and I went to work with the two books in hand, as well as the D&D books, and kitbashed in the following system (which got a playthrough Saturday night, and went pretty well):
D&D 5e Mass Combat Rules
Adapted from Savage Worlds and Army of Darkness rules by Shane Hensley
This is an abstracted Mass Combat system for D&D5e, adapted from the rules that appear in Savage Worlds and the Army of Darkness RPG.
Like the rules from which this is derived, you don't need to worry too much about every little detail, as these are meant to be a cinematic and free flowing abstraction of mass combat.
List the various troop type and reinforcements.
Each Round
Everyone makes an attack roll using the appropriate ability (Melee or Ranged), against the average armor class of all the non-individual units. A roll of 1 is a Critical Failure. Rolling under the Armor Class is a standard failure. Meeting or beating the Armor Class is a Success. Beating the target Armor Class by five or more is an Extraordinary Success and a natural 20 is a Critical Hit.
Critical Failure: In the chaos of war, you never see the foe flanking you, and a brutal attack threatens to lay you low! You sustain a critical hit from the troop type that you were battling. Resolve as normal. Add nothing to your side's Battle Roll.
Failure: You wade into battle but your allies are beaten back. You find yourself surrounded and you suffer grievous wounds. Sustain three hits from your opponents (one automatic). You add nothing to your side's Battle Test.
Success: The fields run red with blood and you cut a swath through your foes, but their blades and their clubs extract a price from you. You add +2 to your side's Battle Test, but suffer two counterattacks (one automatic).
Extraordinary Success: You lunge deep into the field of battle and set the pace for your allies, beating back the enemy forces and instilling fear in them. You add +3 to your side's Battle Test, but suffer a counterattack.
Critical Hit: You become an avatar of carnage, swatting aside your foes and crushing them beneath your feet. Add +4 to your Battle Test and no counterattacks can be made against you.
Critical Failure: You expose yourself at the wrong time and get hit by a dead eye marksman. You sustain a critical hit from an enemy. Resolve as normal and add nothing to your side's Battle Roll.
Failure: You emerge from cover but the enemy is waiting and the damage you inflict does not remotely match the damage you take. You sustain two counterattacks (one automatic) add nothing to your Battle Roll.
Success: You pick apart the opposing forces with several well timed shots. You do sustain return fire, but your opponents know you were there. Add +1 to your side's Battle Test, but you are on the receiving end of a counterattack.
Extreme Success: You time your shots expertly and inflict several casualties, many of whom never saw the attack coming. Add +2 to your side's Battle Test and sustain no counterattacks.
Critical Hit: You rain death from the skies, picking the most opportune places to fire your attacks to maximize the damage. Add +3 to your side's Battle Test and ignore any return fire.
Battle Test
The Leaders of each side roll Intelligence and add the modifiers from the Battle Test Modifiers Table. The higher total wins.
+2 The Leader's army is roughly twice as strong or numerous as the foe.
+4 The Leader's army is roughly three times as powerful as the foe or better.
+2 Leader's army is protected b major fortifications.
+1 to 4 Any additional tricks and advantages. Rule of thumb: Damage dealing powers equal to half the damage die type, spells bonus is equal to the level of spell. For instance, a Dragonborn's breath weapon is a +3 (half of a d6), while a Mirage Arcane is a whopping +7 as you completely disorient the opposing forces with magic. Use common sense with spells, though. If it doesn't make sense to grant a bonus, don't grant a bonus. Named NPC warriors (on either side) can contribute bonuses in this fashion as well.
Roll Morale for each unit type, as per the DMG, but only for the side that lost the battle roll. However, if the leader of that unit has a Charisma score higher than the unit's Wisdom score, then they make the Morale roll at Advantage. Once that unit loses half of their forces, however, they make the roll with Disadvantage. If they fail the Morale roll, their natural inclination is to break and retreat or surrender. The leader can push them to continue fighting, but losses in the next phase will be doubled. If you wish to add further modifiers to this roll, you can apply them as they make sense. Some suggestions follow:
+2 if the unit is unable to properly retreat.
+2 if the unit is made up of fearless creatures (like golems or undead).
+2 if the unit is defending a fortification.
The leader for each side makes Constitution Saving Throw for each unit type in their army, against DC 10 if their side won the Battle Roll and against DC 15 if their side lost the Battle Roll. If the winning side beat the losing side by 10 or more in the Battle Roll, then the winning side makes this roll with Advantage while the losing side makes it with Disadvantage. Each unit type that fails this roll loses 10% of their starting forces for each failed roll. If they are being forced to fight after failing a Morale roll, then they lose 20% of their starting forces. If they roll a natural 1, then those losses are doubled once more, for a truly crushing combat round.
PCs and Hit Dice
There are several options that allow for automatic hits to PCs, which can add up over time. Given the nebulous timekeeping nature of mass combat scenes, feel free to let the PCs use their Hit Dice in between rounds.
"Zoom Ins"
If you have a big badass Death Knight leading his Legion of the Damned on one side, and the PCs are gathering the Freemen of the Halcyon Coast on the other side, don't let the Death Knight get cut down as a random casualty. Heck no, describe how that Death Knight is ripping through soldiers left and right with his wicked sword, maybe describe his Hellfire Orb blasting apart the archers one round...but at an appropriate moment, "zoom in" on the Death Knight coming face to face with the PCs, so the Paladin of Vengeance and the Moon Druid and the the Wood Elf Ranger with his Wolf Companion can attempt to end the threat once and for all (though the Death Knight probably has a handful of Skeleton Warriors with him as well), and play that battle out...and sometimes not all the PCs are going to be there, because it doesn't make sense, so they are still fighting off the hordes and doing Mass Combat-y stuff instead...but these Zoom Ins should have a huge effect on the battle (maybe instead of General vs General(s), it's a group trying to take a group of catapults so they stop firing at the oncoming forces, that sort of thing).
Ultimately, there's a lot of discretion in your hands with these rules. The modifiers can stack up pretty high, but given the swinginess of 20 sided dice, that's almost necessary. Our first run through went pretty well...they managed to take every combat round, even after the opposing NPC generals hit the field (the first round was a complete, fog covered sneak attack before dawn), and the zoom in was brutal and bloody (resulting in one PC death and another very near PC death), but it all felt suitably dramatic and everyone loved how the session went.
There's a lot of room for interpreting other abilities in the rolls. I very nearly gave the Ranger with Hordebreaker Advantage on his Melee rolls, because he's specifically designed to fight through multiple enemies. You could give a Raging Barbarian their damage bonus to the Battle Roll and I think it's both thematic and doesn't break anything. That kinda thing. Like I said, lots of discretion.
I'm pretty sure I'll revisit these again before the Tyranny of Dragons is complete.
I'm pretty sure I'll revisit these again before the Tyranny of Dragons is complete.
Thoughts? Alternate ideas for Mass Combat?