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An easy rant to get started on these days is the price of gasoline and diesel. It's highway robbery what the oil companies and speculators are doing to our world, and hopefully someone will step up and take them on. I don't think politicians have any desire to get this right. They have just approved another fuel in the United States that will make us lighter in the bank.
Tell me, do you want to buy fuel that will actually give you worse fuel economy, which will make you purchase more fuel? I didn't think so! Well, we've been buying fuel called E10 for a couple of years now. It's mandatory in eight states and many more states are adopting this fuel as time goes by. What E10 consists of is 10 percent anhydrous ethanol (anhydrous contains less than 1 percent moisture) and 90 percent gasoline. It is claimed that we're doing this to get us off the dependence of imported crude oil, and to reduce emissions. Adding essentially 10 percent alcohol to our gasoline reduces the Btu content per gallon. Gasoline contains 116,090 Btu per gallon and ethanol has 76,000 Btu per gallon, so to achieve the same amount of power you must use more of this fuel blend. Late-model cars don't have any issue with E10, as the fuel systems will handle the added corrosiveness of ethanol. Also, the EFI systems will adjust the air/fuel ratio to increase the fuel flow to run correctly. But here's the rub: Our older, carbureted hot rods will begin to run leaner and need recalibration to run perfectly.
So that was E10. The EPA has now approved the use of E15 for passenger cars and light-duty trucks manufactured after 2001! The administration has set a goal to help fueling station owners install 10,000 blender pumps over the next five years. This will give stations the ability to blend levels of ethanol right at the pump. Again, this is all to get us off imported oil and reduce emissions. Well, I just read last week that since 2006 we've reduced the dependence on imported oil by like 20 percent! This is because we the people are parking our large trucks and SUVs and driving more economical vehicles. Also gas doubling in price over this period certainly helped change our driving habits.
Be on the lookout for fuel blend labels on your gas station's pumps. It's mandated by law that they post the blend of fuel you're purchasing. Changes in your vehicle's personality could be as simple as the swap from E7 or E8, which we've been running for years, to E10. It doesn't sound like much, but when you're on the edge of tuning, it doesn't take much to effect the performance. Between smog checks and now blending fuels that are not compatible with our early performance vehicles, the environmentalists will get us to crush our cars if we don't stick together. Go online, use your favorite search engine, and read up about E10 and E15. It's all out there. Be informed.
Pump Gas Baby!
Q. I love reading your tech Q&A. I'm hoping you can help me with my car, a '67 Nova two-door sedan that has run a best of 11.66. It has a 383 small-block with Eagle SIR rods and cast crank, KB pistons, cast-iron Pro Topline 220cc heads with 2.02/1.60-inch valves, 64cc combustion chamber, a Howards solid cam, 0.543/0.563-inch max lift with 252/260 duration at 0.050-inch tappet lift, a Super Victor intake, a Quick Fuel Q-series 750-cfm carb, an MSD Pro Billet and 6AL, and Hooker Super Comp 13/4-inch headers. The engine has 12.2:1 compression. We estimate the horsepower to be around 500. This is a street/strip car that I run 110 octane at the track, and premium with octane booster cruising around town. All the while I'm trying to keep rpm at a reasonable level. With rising gas prices I really would like this to be a pump-gas-only motor. Is it possible to do that by moving to a larger head that has larger 2.08 intake valves but keep power levels close to where they're at? I don't really want to lower the performance of the car and in talking to other people they act as if it's not possible to build a 500-plus horsepower pump-gas 383. Do I need to look at a different motor combination? This is something I've wanted to do for a while but cannot get a straight answer whether to make my current motor work or do something new. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Jason Ulrich
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A. Tons of people out there will tell you that you can't build good power on pump gas, and you certainly can't run a race car on the stuff. They'll tell you that it won't repeat and that you'll blow up your engine before you leave the burnout box. Well, we will have to disagree. We've been running race cars on straight pump gas since 1988. Many of them have been mild street engines, but three in particular have pushed cars to respectable e.t.'s and lived for years. Our first real venture into pump-gas race engines was with a Chevrolet Performance 502. Back in 1996, we took a dead-stock Mark IV Mercury Marine big-block and added a Crane roller camshaft, an Edelbrock Victor 4500 manifold, and a 1050 Dominator carb, and ported the stock cast-iron cylinder heads. This engine made 680 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque on the dyno. This was with only 8.9:1 compression! This engine ran for about 13 years and more than 1,400 runs. At this power level it produced 1.35 hp/ci—remember this number.
In the big-block world, we're running a 524 BBC. It has some major upgrades over the original 502 with Dart Pro One cylinder heads, Dart manifold, and a slightly larger Crane camshaft that comes in at 270/276 at 0.050-inch tappet lift, 0.756/0.756-inch max lift, ground on 112 centers. With this engine we pushed the compression up to 10:1. At a mild 32 degrees of spark timing it's producing 800 hp and almost 700 lb-ft of torque. To date this is our best power per cube at 1.52 hp.
Finally, the mild small-block in our son's wagon is a 354 cid with a set of LT4 heads that we've warmed over, a Chevrolet Performance Hot camshaft, and a Chevrolet Performance LT1/LT4 dual-plane manifold. We pushed everything on this puppy and the compression is up to 11:1! This thing—with its very mild camshaft—produced 466 hp and 444 lb-ft of torque on the pump. With the very mild combination, that's still 1.32 hp per cube.
We wouldn't be afraid of reconfiguring your 383 to run on Chevron's finest. I would recommend going with a slightly smaller inlet runner than the 220 cc you're currently running. Pump-gas engines are like tractors. They like to run between 5,000 to 7,000 rpm. Tim Wusz of Rockett Brand Racing Fuels taught us years ago, when he was the chief fuel engineer at Union 76, that pump gas isn't very stable above 7,000 rpm. We've always respected his advice, kept the combinations within these limits, and have been very successful. Look into a set of aluminum cylinder heads with 210cc inlet runners, and 76cc combustion chambers; these chambers will drop your current short-block's compression ratio down to 10.5:1. You will want to keep the engine temperature under control and not run it at high loads much over 170 degrees coolant temp. Start with the total spark timing in the 28-30 degree range. After you're comfortable and not experiencing any spark knock, you can advance the timing in 2-degree increments until you don't gain any miles per hour at the dragstrip. We'd even recommend when you find the best mile per hour drop the timing 2 degrees for added level of safety margin.
Back to the 1.35 hp per cube. Your 383 comes in at 517 hp at 1.35 per cube. If you take the LT4 small-block at 1.32 you're still producing 505 ponies. Again, this shouldn't be a problem. Good luck with your little Chevy II and let us know how it comes out.
Sources: airflowresearch.com, dartheads.com, rockettbrand.com
Plug It
Q. I am trying to find the right spark plugs for my car. It is a '69 Nova 307, bored 0.030 inch over, with a Torker intake with a Holley 750 and headers. The cam is just a little above stock, and the heads are '80-85 305, cast number 14014416. Can you help me with this?
Bert Oglesby
Via email
A. The production AC spark plug for your small-block with the later-model cylinder heads would be an R45TS. This is a moderately hot plug that will keep clean and shouldn't give you any issues with your mild build. If you wish to run a slightly colder-range plug that would be a R44TS. Again, these are ACDelco spark plug numbers. You can convert these plugs into any flavor you wish. We're partial to NGK plugs as they are relatively inexpensive yet very well made. The NGK cross-reference for the R45TS and the R44TS is covered by one plug: an NGK UR4. You can pick these up at any of your local chain auto parts stores. If you watch the Sunday paper for ads you'll find one of the big boxes with them on sale. Happy hunting.
Source: sparkplug-crossreference.com
Totally Tubular
Q. I just read the header shootout from the Feb. '09 issue. I am building a 0.030-inch-over 400 small-block for 5,500 rpm and below, with Edelbrock E200 heads, an RPM Air-Gap intake, a 650HP Holley DP carb, a COMP Cams 264H hydraulic roller cam, and 1.6 roller rockers. This will be backed up with a 700-R4 trans with a 2,600- to 2,800-stall vigilante lockup converter. I bought the 11/2-inch Flowtech mid-length headers but am having second thoughts that the diameter and collector are too small. Any new thoughts since the article? Do you have any thoughts on header selection?
Mark Hutch
Augusta, GA
A. I agree with you that the 11/2-inch primary mid-length headers wouldn't be the best choice for your engine build. The mild 400 small-block builds we've been involved with always ran the best with 15/8-inch primary long-tube headers. You really need to have a pretty substantial build before the 13/4-inch primary tube headers give you enough horsepower gain upstairs to make up for the torque gains made in the meat of the torque curve with the 15/8-inch headers.
Not knowing the chassis you're dropping your small-block in, please go and check out the Holley/Flowtech website and pick out a set of long-tubes for your build. You'll be much happier with the finished product.
Source: holley.com
Greetings from Finland
Q. I have a problem with my boat engine backfiring upon acceleration. A broker bought the '97 Sea Ray from England, and it appears the engine had been swapped at some point, and is now a '98 Mercruiser 250hp 5.7L (type 4311025LS). It was a pleasant surprise, as the '98 got Vortec heads, Thunderbolt V ignition with a knock sensor, and hydraulic roller cam. The boat only has 240 hours on the odometer, but the engine might have more hours on tap. It sometimes backfires at cold start, or when accelerating from idle, again usually cold. I suspected a vacuum leak but couldn't find any. I overhauled the two-barrel Merc carb, but there wasn't anything wrong with it, and the accelerator pump worked fine. Ignition timing is spot-on, 10 degrees with the timing lead grounded. I browsed through the documents that followed the boat, and found a service report stating the intake manifold gaskets had been replaced because of a suspected vacuum leak. Obviously, that didn't cure the backfire. What else should I look for that would be causing the backfire? Also, the idle quality is not as good as I'm use to. Could this be spark related? Kind regards.
Jyrki Pykari
A. GM built some very special engines for Mercury Marine over the years, offering some very cool small- and big-blocks. The engine you have in your boat is a mix of truck parts, special Marine hydraulic roller, and carbureted technology. We believe you have a lean condition causing your backfiring at cold start and accelerating from low engine speeds while cold. What type of choke control does your carb employ? Is it electrically controlled by heating a coil that unwinds as it heats up and opens the choke blade or does it use some other type of external heat to open the choke? As you know, the Vortec heads do not have an exhaust crossover, so we suspect it's an electric choke arrangement. Your backfire could be related to the choke and how quickly it's opening after cold start. Also, if you have the ignition on for a period before starting the engine, it could be preheating the choke coil, causing the choke to be out of time for the temperature of the engine. Also, we're sure Mercury uses some type of vacuum-assisted choke pull-off. This could be out of adjustment, causing the choke to be pulled open too far when the engine starts. This will also give you lean bog, or backfire when pushing into the throttle.
You also mentioned that the idle quality isn't up to snuff. Yes, this could be a vacuum leak, or that the carburetor idle circuit is adjusted too lean. Most of the later-model carburetors had either plastic caps or stainless covers placed over the idle fuel screws to prevent adjustment. Remove whatever is preventing you from adjustment and set the idle fuel of the engine hot with a vacuum gauge. Connect a vacuum gauge to a manifold vacuum source and adjust the idle fuel screws with the engine at operating temperature until you can achieve the highest idle vacuum. These adjustments are identical to what we'd recommend for both the choke and idle circuit on any carburetor.
Finally, you could have a vacuum leak at the intake manifold gaskets. We'd re-torque the intake manifold bolts and try adjusting the choke and idle fuel screws. If you cannot bring the idle quality in line with the idle fuel screws, you'll need to dig deeper to find your vacuum leak. Good luck, and happy boating!
Drive Like Granny
Q. I just picked up a '71 Chevelle Malibu with 41,213 miles. It was an older woman's car, used for church and local errands. It has the 307 with a Powerglide trans, A/C, P/S, and power drum brakes. I have a distributor out of an '83 Camaro Z28 305 engine. I was thinking of getting rid of the points distributor; I am not positive if that would work or I should invest in an MSD unit. Also, is it worth it to change the intake and carb if it runs great? This would be in the future, since money is tight. I also have a 350 with four-bolt mains. I forget the exact year, but it is a one-piece rear main seal and would also be a consideration on the intake and carb for a future build.
Also what size wheel and tire combos fit? This is not my first Chevelle—I've had about 15! I think I remember having 15x8 Corvette Rallys all around with 235/60-15 tires. I was thinking of going with old-school Cragars with 15x8 all around, or 15x7 just in front. Thanks for your help.
Jim Mangano
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A. Fifteen Chevelles? That must be some kind of record for one guy! Which one did you like the best, and what would you do to get it back?
At its age, with only 41,000 miles on the clock, it probably rarely got up to operating temperature, and we're sure it has quite a ridge at the top of the cylinder wall from the wear of the top piston ring. The first time you really want to air this thing out, the pistons are going to travel into uncharted territory at the top of the cylinder and break the ring lands on the piston. I'm sure that it will run forever if you drive it like its past 41 years. If you want to hot-rod your 307, make sure you're ready to swap out the 350 you have in the garage.
Swapping out to a later HEI distributor isn't that big of a deal. First, you will need to make sure you have a non-computer–controlled HEI. The '83 Camaro was the second year of Electronic Spark Control (ESC), and the computer controlled the spark timing. It's very easy to identify if you have an ESC distributor, since it doesn't have a vacuum advance canister, and will have a wiring pigtail coming from it with a four-pin weather pack connector. If you have a standard mechanical advance HEI with vacuum advance, it will drop right into your 307. The only mod you'll need to do to your wiring is to remove the resistance wire from the engine harness and replace it with a standard 12-gauge wire. This resistance wire is in the engine harness from the firewall bulkhead to the coil positive terminal and is used to reduce the voltage delivered to the points ignition. It will be the cloth-wrapped wire in the harness. You will need to remove the spade connector from the bulkhead connector and solder the new 12-gauge wire to the connector. Then, reinstall it into the bulkhead. This wire will then feed a full 12 V to the HEI with a full 12 V.
Finally, 15x8s will fit all the way around your Chevelle with ease. Also, they will drop right on with the standard 4-inch backspacing from the 15x8 Corvette Rallys. If we were buying a set of Cragars for your ride we'd go for a little more backspacing to give you more clearance for the front tires. They will get a little tight on turns with the on-center backspacing. Cragar offers the 15x8 SSs in a 4.25-inch backspacing. Also, we've run as large as a 255/60-15 tires on '70-and-up A-bodies. The wheelhouses and rear-wheel openings are larger than the '69-and-earlier models.
Hope all this helps with your budget enjoyment. Yes, a full MSD Ignition setup would be the bomb. If you can recycle parts out of the garage for a while, you can enjoy your Chevelle while saving your pennies.
Sources: cragarwheel.com, msdignition.com
Positively Ventilated
Q. I have seen the short answers about PCV systems. I would like to hear from a professional. I think a PCV system is a must-have for evacuating acidic and moisture-rich vapors from the crankcase. On the other hand, at WOT and near 0 inch of mercury, the PCV ceases to exist and oil (crankcase vapors) emits at the breathers. I am aware of the guys who build with low-tension rings and compensate with crankcase vacuum. I think a simple solution is a remote breather that won't puke oil on hot headers and catch fire. Or design an engine with no blow-by. What's your take on this?
Al Caskey
Cortland, NY
A. You're spot-on, Al. The best, for many reasons, is a no-blow-by engine. It's amazing what the OEs have been able to do in the past decade with cylinder wall finish, piston ring design, and piston ring land configuration. When it's right you have just about a zero blow-by engine. They had to do it for emissions regulations and they ended up benefited by increased performance and durability.
The positive crankcase ventilation system utilizes engine vacuum to evacuate crankcase vapors from the engine and ingest them with the intake air and fuel. You're correct, as the engine vacuum drops (increase load) the PCV becomes inactive and all the ventilation is through the breather system. This is true at WOT, but we drive our cars on the street 99 percent of the time in high-vacuum conditions, which purge the crankcase of vapors through the PCV.
To reduce emissions, the vehicle manufacturers had to reduce the amount of this pressure, as it brought oil vapors from the crankcase and burned it in the combustion process. This was done by improving the cylinder wall finish in both the texture of the honed wall and the straightness and roundness of the cylinder. This made it much easier on the piston rings to follow the cylinder and seal. This allowed the ring designers to reduce the thickness and radial tension of the ring. This increased engine performance by reducing the parasitic loss of the rings dragging up and down the cylinder walls. Everything listed above was a major benefit. We're down to production engines with 1.2mm-thick top and second rings with 3mm oil rings. To give you some idea how much of a reduction this is, a standard old-school small-block Chevy had 5/64-, 5/64-, 3/16-inch ring packages. If you convert this, a 5/64 ring equals 0.078 inch and a 1.2mm top ring equals 0.047 inch! That is a huge reduction in mass and drag.
In a performance, non-emissions application, an external breather for the crankcase is a simple solution. The main thing you need to make sure is that your engine oil reaches 212 degrees all the time to boil off the moisture that builds up in the engine oil from condensation. This is mostly where the vapor comes from on a properly sealed engine.
Yes, a zero blow-by engine is the best to keep the combustion gases from contaminating your engine oil. Total Seal top piston rings are the best we've come across for attempting this goal. They are great for racing engines, but for an everyday street car you may be lacking the long-term durability. Total Seal has two-piece top ring packs for just about every engine combination today. Keith Jones is a good friend who's been at Total Seal for the past 12 years. He's spec'd out every set we've used, and they do deliver on their name. Give him a call at 623.587.7400 for more information on your application, and he'll give you the straight scoop. CHP
Source: totalseal.com


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"We are getting there," said Capuano, who won his initial race with Who's Lucky at Bowie Race Track in 1981. "This is fun. It is neat chasing history."
"When you start off training you just try to win one," added Capuano. "That is pretty much how I thought about it and all of a sudden we started winning more than 100 a year and even had a couple years with 200. Averaging 100 wins for 30 years is pretty impressive when you consider the lean years when you are first starting out."
Among those in the top 25 all-time are Maryland mainstays King Leatherbury (3rd-6,333), Scott Lake (6th-5,142), Buddy Delp (12th-3,674) and Dick Dutrow (13th-3,665). Todd Pletcher began the day 18 victories behind Capuano.
"Pletcher is going to run by us soon," joked Capuano. "Just hoping we get to 3,000 milestone before him."
Capuano, who is six-of-21 at Laurel after 12 live racing days, will start two runners out of town tonight and has five entered here on Wednesday afternoon.
Mario Pino moved ahead of Larry Snyder for 12th on the all-time win list when he guided multiple stakes winner Red's Round Table ($3.80) to a popular score in today's eighth race at Laurel Park. The 50-year-old has 6,389 trips to the winners' circle during his career. It was his first victory of 2012.
Pino's next goal is to land in the top 10 all-time before retiring. He is 82 wins away from passing Earlie Fires and moving into elusive company. He still must maneuver by Hall of Famer Sandy Hawley (6,450 wins) before setting sights on Fires (6,470).
"It is getting harder to win races. It seems like it took forever to get to this milestone," said Pino, who rode Hard Spun to on-the-board finishes in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic. "I haven't been getting a ton of mounts but I thought I had a good chance to win one today and I am happy to do it on a really classy horse. But I'll keep plugging away and see if we can get in the top ten this year."
The Ellicott City resident won his first race aboard Ed's Desire on January 16, 1979 at Bowie Race Track and became the 15th jockey in North America to win 6,000 races when he rode Pass Play, a horse trained by his brother Mike, to victory at Laurel Park on November 7, 2007.
Red's Round Table improves to eight-of-10 lifetime and is now is four-of-five at Laurel, including victories in the Marshua and Wide Country Stakes last year. She also has a pair of added money victories at Aqueduct and another at Delaware Park.
"She did everything right," said winning trainer Tim Keefe. "Twenty years I worked for Jack and Gretchen Mobberley and Mario was riding everything for them so this was like old times. Now to be on my own and get to have him ride my horses is a good feeling."


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Leonardo da Vinci in 1480s invented a musical instrument called Viola Organista. However he never built it. For 500 years very few attempts were made to bring this project to life, moreover none of them fully succeeded. Until now. In 2012, after 4-years-long work, Sławomir Zubrzycki, Polish pianist and constructor, built the first concert Viola Organista and started a new chapter of its history.
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"With an almost endless sound variety on the different historical keyboard instruments she is familiar with, and an endless musical fantasy, harpsichordist and fortepianist Christine Schornsheim has been fascinating an enthusiastic audience for many years. She has been a guest of various concert series and festivals such as Klavierfestival Ruhr, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Mostly Mozart New York, Europäisches Musikfest Stuttgart, Konzerthaus Berlin, Tage Alter Musik in Herne, Klavierfestival Ruhr and international Bach Festivals. Among her regular musical partners are Andreas Staier – with whom she performs at two harpsichords, two fortepianos or with four hands -, gamba player Hille Perl, cellist Kristin von der Goltz and traverso player Michael Schmidt-Castorff. ...
Schornsheim received high critical acclaim for her recording of Mozart works with Andreas Staier on a special Andreas Stein instrument that combines harpsichord and fortepiano (Harmonia Mundi France). 2009 saw the Capriccio/WDR release of the complete keyboard concertos by Joseph Haydn on historic instruments (harpsichord, fortepiano and organ), together with the Düsseldorfer Hofmusik – an extension of the recording of Haydn's keyboard solo works. In the same year, a joint project with Hille Perl was realized: Sony released their recording of Bach's organ sonatas, arranged for viola da gamba and harpsichord. In 2012, Oehms published their recording of Leopold Mozart's sonatas and chamber music. Her most recent CD includes Lieder of Mozart's time (tenor: Markus Schäfer, Crystal Classics). Upcoming CD releases comprise compositions by J.A.P. Schulz and C.P.E. Bach.
Since 2002, Schornsheim has held a professorship for harpsichord at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich.
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"Matthew Dirst is Associate Professor of Music at the Moores School, where he teaches courses in music history, performance practice, and directs the Moores School Collegium Musicum. He is also the founding Artistic Director of Ars Lyrica Houston , a period-instrument ensemble that specializes in Baroque chamber and dramatic works. His academic degrees include a PhD in musicology from Stanford University, MM in organ and Master of Sacred Music degrees from Southern Methodist University, and a BM from the University of Illinois. …"
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" … Tsalka was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel. After obtaining a bachelor's degree from Tel-Aviv University, he continued studies in Germany and Italy. In 2001, he received a piano solo diploma from the Scuola Superiore Internazionale del Trio di Trieste. From 2002 to 2008, he resided in Philadelphia and studied at Temple University fortepiano and chamber music with Lambert Orkis, modern piano and piano duo with Harvey Wedeen, and harpsichord, clavichord and positive organ with Joyce Lindorff. Tsalka holds three degrees from that institution: a master's degree in chamber music/accompanying, a master's degree in harpsichord performance and a doctorate in piano performance. …"
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"Launched by Aline d'Ambricourt in 1998, this website is dedicated to the music lovers and the enthusiasts about the world of the ancient keyboard instruments. …
Aline d'Ambricourt was introduced to music by her mother, Jacqueline Josse-Gaudet, a tutor at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, who joined Yvonne Loriot in taking lessons from Maurice Martenot himself on his famous Ondes Martenot. She attended the conservatories of Versailles (where she was taught by Agnelle Bundervoet), Saint-Cloud (receiving lessons from Richard Siegel), and Rueil-Malmaison, going on to study with Martine Chapuis, Laurence Boulay and Olivier Beaumont before completing her training with Christophe Rousset, Kenneth Gilbert and Bob van Asperen at Amsterdam's Sweelinck Conservatory. …
Aline's recording of works by Louis Marchand and François Couperin was highly praised by Gramophone.
She is the first musician to record Scarlatti sonatas on the famous Migliai harpsichord, a legendary instrument which is remarkably close in tone and timbre to the harpsichords used by Domenico Scarlatti himself. …"
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"Charlotte Miller graduated magna cum laude in organ and piano from the Academy in Copenhagen and then went to Toulouse in France, where she got the jury's highest award, Premier Prix à l'unanimité for her solo debut on the organ. It was during her French stay that Charlotte fell in love with the historic piano, fortepiano. ...
... Charlotte Miller currently works as an organist in Allerød and undergoing training privately with Malcolm Bilson at Cornell University, NY. She is also extremely active as a chamber musician in such ensemble Haydn Delight, as soloist with both organ and fortepiano, and, as an accompanist and continuo in different contexts."
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"… He has made several recordings for the Swedish Radio Corporation and for foreign radio stations, and has appeared on numerous CDs for labels such as Kontrapunkt, Canzone, Musica Sveciæ, Chandos records, dB Productions and King International Inc, Japan.
He has been highly praised for his touch, which is described as lyrically sonorous and dynamically nuanced. In 1989 he won the first prize in the ensemble class at the Swedish Baroque Festival with the Il Concertino quartet.
Anders Danman is also active as a composer: In April 2010 King International released his most recent album "All You Need" – "2 Fusion suites based on themes by the Beatles".
As a teacher, Anders Danman has been attached to Danish music conservatories in Ålborg, Esbjerg and Odense, and since 1990 has taught harpsichord, basso continuo and chamber music at the Malmö Academy of Music.
He has also been appointed onto the panel of the International Sweelinck Competition in Oude Kerk, Amsterdam in 2010. …"
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"Born in Mundaka, Bizkaia, he studied piano, harpsichord, organ, singing, choir conducting and early music conservatories in various centers in Europe and getting the highest marks.
He has received several awards including the prize include "Andres Segovia" at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He has participated in several recordings for labels such as RTVE, and Ausart Lycanus Records and performed concerts in Europe and Asia in important festivals.
Benantzi Bilbao has directed musical cycles as the "International Music Festival of Lekeitio", "Week of sacred music of Elche" and "Els orgues d'Alacant."
He is currently director of the organ music festivals "Urdaibaiko Organoak", "International Organ Festival Monóvar City" and tenured professor of organ and harpsichord at the Conservatory "guitarist José Tomás" Alicante." (Google Translate)
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"Miriam Gómez-Morán made her first public appearance at the age of twelve. Since then, she has performed extensively on the piano, the fortepiano and the harpsichord in various countries, such as France, Hungary, Germany, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. She has also recorded for radio and television in these countries. Her performaces at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid include: her debut in 1995 (a recital for the 50th Anniversary of United Nations, recorded by Spanish National Radio, that included the world première of "Puteus acerbus" by Rogelio Groba); a concert as soloist with Madrid Symphony Orchestra (1996), a recital in the "The Piano through its History" series (1998) and a recital in the "Mozart Piano Sonatas" series (2006). Other major performances were a harpsichord recital at St. Cecilia´s Hall on the 1755 Kirckman (Edinburgh, 2000) and piano recitals at the Juan March Foundation (Madrid), Palau de la Música (Valencia), Teatro Calderón (Valladolid), Liszt Museum (Budapest) and St. Martin in the Fields (London, 2002). She is regularly invited to perform at international festivals such as the "Festival of the American Liszt Society", "The Great Romantics Festival", "Festival de Granada", "Festival de Otoño" (Madrid), "Tavaszi Hangversenyek" (Budapest), "Edinburgh Festival Fringe", "Festival ENSEMS" (Valencia), "Festival Spanish Brass-Luur Metalls" (Alzira, Valencia), etc. Her interest towards chamber music has made her form permanent duo partnerships with Patrín García-Barredo (piano 4 hands) and Javier Bonet (natural horn and fortepiano). As a contemporary music performer, she has been a member of "Proyecto Gerhard", with which she has recorded a CD for the Ministry of Culture, and "Plural Ensemble". With this latter group she has recorded a CD of works by Fabián Panisello for the label "Col legno". She has also worked with other orchestras such as Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Comunidad de Madrid.
From 1996 to 1998 she taught at the Music School in Villacañas (Toledo). In november 2000 she took up a professorship at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Salamanca, Spain's leading musical institution. She is frequently invited to give masterclasses in various institutions, among them the Aula de Música of the University of Alcalá de Henares.
She has written articles for specialized magazines such as "La Montaña Mágica", "Quodlibet" and "Revista de Espiritualidad". Her discography includes a CD with works by Liszt (piano solo) for the label Verso (VRS 2014) and two CDs with music for natural horn and fortepiano with Javier Bonet for Arsis (one of them with Juan Pavía as guest artist)."
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"Praised by The Times as 'exceptionally gifted' and by Early Music Today for his 'sensitivity and vibrance,' the Iranian-born Mahan Esfahani (b. 1984) is quickly establishing himself as the leading concert harpsichordist of his generation. He was the first harpsichordist to be named a BBC New Generation Artist and to be awarded a fellowship prize by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. Recent highlights have included performances of of Kalabis' Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (1975) with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Martinu's Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (1935) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek, and Poulenc's Concert Champetre (1928) with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Last season, he also gave his solo debut at the Wigmore Hall (broadcast on BBC Radio 3) – about which the Daily Telegraph exclaimed "the harpsichord comes out of hiding…magnificent" – and appeared at the City of London and York Early Music Festivals. In addition, his recording of the Poulenc concert was selected as a CD of the month for the May 2010 issue of BBC Music Magazine, and he has been featured as a "Hot Property" by Classic FM magazine.
Further highlights of the upcoming season include a May 2011 appearance at the Wigmore Hall with the countertenor James Bowman, and directing the Manchester Camerata, the Arion Baroque Orchestra (Montreal), and The English Concert at the 2011 Lufthansa Festival. Further afield, he will return to the United States for solo recitals and make his concerto debut in the Far East with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in March 2011.
As a soloist and guest director Esfahani has appeared with The English Concert, the Manchester Camerata, and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra; His series and festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, the Goettingen Handel Festival, the Settimana Mozart of Milan, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Early Music Society.
Esfahani studied as a President's Scholar at Stanford University where his principal mentor was the musicologist George Houle; he went on to pursue his performance studies under the supervision of the Australian harpsichordist Peter Watchorn (Boston) and the Italian organist Lorenzo Ghielmi (Milan) before settling in the United Kingdom in as Artist-in-Residence at New College, Oxford. In the autumn of 2010 he was further elected an honourary member of Keble College, Oxford."
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"Blandine Verlet studied esthetics of Marcel Beaufils, history of music with Norbert Dufourcq and harpsichord with Marcelle de Lacour at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris. In 1963, she obtained a First Prize harpsichord and the Special Prize at the International Competition in Munich.
She was a professor of harpsichord at the Conservatoire Claude Debussy from 1983 to 1985; Gabriel-Fauré d'Angoulême from 1985 to 1987 and the CNR of Bordeaux from 1987 to 1990. She taught at CRR de Rueil-Malmaison as well as at the Conservatoire Jean-Philippe Rameau, (Paris 6e) until 2007.
She received the Grand Prix of the Académie Charles-Cros and the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie du Disque Français. …"
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"During his youth in Aix-en-Provence, Christophe Rousset developed a passion for the Baroque aesthetic. At the age of thirteen he decided not to study archaeology but to satisfy his keen interest in the disco-very of the past through music instead, by taking up the harpsichord. That took him to the Schola Cantorum in Paris, where he studied with Huguette Dreyfus, then to the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, to work with Bob van Asperen. At twenty-two he won the prestigious First Prize, as well as the Public Prize, in the Seventh Bruges Harpsichord Competition (1983). At Aix he also developed his love for opera and the stage by attending rehearsals at the Festival d'Art Lyrique. It was there that opera gave him his first strong emotions, which still guide him in his work today.
Christophe Rousset's performances as a harpsichordist soon attracted the attention of the international press as well as record companies. He became a member of Les Arts Florissants, then Il Seminario Musicale, before embarking on a career as a music director, which led him to form his own ensemble, Les Talens Lyriques, in 1991. Firing the ensemble with his enthusiasm as a conductor and researcher, he was soon among the front runners of Baroque, acclaimed in France and internationally. …"
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"I studied with Michael Jarvis in Hamilton, Ontario and with Arthur Haas at the Eastman School of Music and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and I learned Baroque performance practice with renowned lutenist Paul O'Dette. In 2003, I received my doctoral degree from Stony Brook and was awarded the Samuel Baron Prize, given to an outstanding graduate. …"
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"Bertrand Cuiller starts at eight harpsichord with his mother, Jocelyne Cuiller. During his studies at the Conservatory of Nantes, where he also studies the horn with Marcel Ollé, he began working with Pierre Hantai, with whom he studied for many years.
At seventeen, he entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris in the class of Christophe Rousset and the Conservatory of Lyon in the class of Michel Garcin-Marrou for horn. With the latter, he also studied the natural horn at the Paris Conservatoire. He perfected in horn with André Cazalet.
As a student, he won third prize in 1998 at the International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges, then graduates from the Conservatory with harpsichord and basso continuo. …"
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"Director of Sounds Baroque, Julian Perkins leads a varied career as a conductor, soloist, and chamber musician. He has appeared as a soloist and director at London's Southbank Centre, conducted staged productions for the Buxton Festival and New Kent Opera, and will be conducting Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera for the Dutch National Opera Studio in 2012. He often performs, records, and tours with many of the UK's leading period instrument ensembles, appearing at New York's Lincoln Center, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, BBC Proms, and at international festivals in Antwerp, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Halle, Madrid, and Paris. Together with his early experiences as a professional consort singer with groups such as the Monteverdi Choir, Julian is ideally qualified for his numerous partnerships with renowned soloists, conductors, and ensembles.
After reading music at King's College, Cambridge, Julian studied primarily at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, the Royal Academy of Music, and with Trevor Pinnock CBE. A recipient of many awards, Julian was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of his standing in the music profession."
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"Robin Bigwood is one of the UK's busiest harpsichordists, performing regularly as a soloist and as a continuo player with Passacaglia, Feinstein Ensemble, London Baroque, The Sixteen, Florilegium and Britten Sinfonia. He has also played with Parley of Instruments, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Musicians of the Globe and London Mozart Players.
As a recitalist his repertoire encompasses all the major works of the Baroque period, by J S Bach, Handel, Francois Couperin and Rameau. He also has a special interest in the English 'virginalist' composers Byrd, Bull and their contemporaries, as well as the C17th French clavecinistes Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Louis Couperin and Jacques-Champion de Chambonnieres. ...
Outside of performing, Robin has taught harpsichord at Centre for Young Musicians (London), Trinity College of Music and The Yehudi Menhin School. He runs The Workshop Series, an acclaimed series of concerts held at the workshop of master harpsichord maker and restorer Malcolm Rose, and also assists with the website of The British Harpsichord Society. He is passionate about recording technology, has produced and engineered many successful CDs, and writes regularly for the respected recording magazine Sound on Sound. See the Intro page for links to websites detailing these other projects. He lives in Surrey in South East England with wife Annabel Knight and a black cat recently immortalised in the soundboard painting of Robin's copy of the Anon 1667 French harpsichord in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts."
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"Steven Devine is the harpsichordist for London Baroque, the co-principal with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and many groups. He also has a fine solo career on harpsichord, clavichord and fortepiano.
As a Music Director, Steven has appeared all over the world with a variety of orchestras and opera companies."
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"Bridget Cunningham MMus BA Hons ARCM is a prizewinning harpsichordist, versatile conductor and leading exponent of early music and historical performance who plays and has presented on several TV and Radio shows. She conducts the exciting London Early Opera (LEO), Handel House Harmonies, Emerald Baroque and the Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi and has played for the London Handel Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Irish Chamber Orchestra and Fleuri. She has also recently performed as a solo harpsichordist for Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.
Performances and conducting have been featured on ITV, Sky Arts, RTE, RTP 2 and BBC TV and Radio including Woman's Hour, Front Row and the recent King James's Bible series on Radio 4. She is a Yeoman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians and was supported as a Fellow of the Royal College of Music to work in the Centre for Performance History and work as a baroque vocal coach, where she became an artist for the Concordia Foundation. The Finzi trust awarded her a scholarship to study early Irish music and Handel's visit to Dublin which enabled her to record 'Ireland's Enchantment ' and her first solo harpsichord cd 'Handel in Ireland' which is now available. She has recorded the music for BBC documentaries including 'Vivaldi's Women', 'Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen', 'How London Was Built' and BBC2 's 'Messiah'.
Bridget has recorded for other films, including those in the USA. She has worked with several jazz musicians including a birthday party for Dave Brubeck and modern contemporary choirs and orchestras. …"
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"Penelope Cave studied at the Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music. She won the Raymond Russell prize, the National Harpsichord Competition at Southport and was a laureate of Bruges International Harpsichord Competition. She has given solo performances at the Purcell Room, the Wigmore Hall and at music clubs throughout Britain and festivals have included Flanders, Edinburgh, York, Winchester, Ryedale, Presteigne and Greenbelt. She has recorded for Hyperion, Naxos, Pace Recordings, Belgian Radio, Classic fm and BBC Radio 3. Well known for her educational work, she has given masterclasses, workshops and courses in France, Italy, Germany and Mallorca and throughout Britain, including the universities of Ulster & Stirling, Benslow, Jackdaws and Dartington International Summer School. …"
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"The Lesaulnier sisters formed the harpsichord duo "Le Petit Concert Baroque" in 2002.
Chani & Nadja Lesaulnier were born in 1984 and 1986 in Aix-en-Provence. They started their musical formation with Pierre Hantaï and Élisabet Joyé in Paris before moving on to Barcelona to take part in Béatrice Martin's foreign degree at the Escuola Superior de Musica de Catalunya in Barcelona. In the ESMUC, they also acquire a crucial understanding of chamber music with Manfredo Kraemer.
Nadja & Chani Lesaulnier then studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Jesper B. Christensen, Andrea Marcon and Jörg-Andreas Bötticher. They also took part in courses by Andreas Scholl, Paolo Pandolfo, Gerd Türk and Chiara Banchini. Nadja & Chani both complete their harpsichord soloist Diplomas with Honours in 2007. Nadja also completes a Master in Basso Continuo in 2010.
In addition to her career as a harpsichordist, Nadja studies the baroque violin and the baroque doublebass and performs regularly under the direction of D. Sinclair, S. Scholtz and Ch. Biller.
As a solo harpsichordist, Nadja Lesaulnier wins 1st price at the Schmelzer International Competition in Melk (president of the jury: G. Leonhardt), 2nd prize at the International Harpsichord Competition Paola Bernardi in Bologna (L.F. Tagliavini) and 3d prize at the International Bach Competition in Leipzig in 2010 (R. Hill).
Le Petit Concert Baroque has won the 2nd prize at the Premio Bonporti 2008 in Rovereto (G. Leonhardt) and was prizewinner at the Schmelzer International Competition 2005 in Melk (R. Clemencic).
Le Petit Concert Baroque appears in concert throughout Europe : Vienna Alte-Musik Festival "Italia Mia", Europäisches Musikfest Stuttgart with the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Bach-Festspiele Schaffhausen and Festival "Barock in Zürich" with La Cetra (dir. A.Marcon), Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, etc ...
The first CD of the Lesaulnier sisters, "Al Piacere del Signore G. F. Haendel", is dedicated to transcriptions for two harpsichords made by Nadja & Chani of orchestral and vocal music of G.F. Haendel. Released in spring 2009, under the Austrian Radio label, ORF Alte Musik the CD was awarded a Diapason d'Or Découverte of the musical magazine Diapason in May 2009.
In 2010, Le Petit Concert Baroque was awarded the Basel Kiwanis Association Culture Prize. Chani & Nadja recorded a second disc, this time, with Bach-Transcriptions. It will come out soon."
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"Davitt Moroney was born in England in 1950. After studies at King's College (University of London), he completed the Master's program in musicology with a thesis on Italian music for the Roman Counter-Reformation: "Giovanni Animuccia, Missarum Liber Primus" (1972). He studied performance with the Austrian organist Susi Jeans, the Canadian harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert and Dutch organist and harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt, and holds concert performance and teaching diplomas from London's Royal Academy of Music (1974) and Royal College of Music (1975). He entered the doctoral program in musicology at Berkeley in 1975. His doctoral dissertation, "Under Fower Sovereygnes: Thomas Tallis and the Transformation of English Polyphony" (1980) was a study of the music composed by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd for the English Reformation. After leaving Berkeley, for twenty-one years he was based in Paris, working mostly as a freelance recitalist in many countries. For his services to music he was named Chevalier in "Order of Cultural Merit" by Prince Rainier III of Monaco (1988), and the French government named him Officier in the "Order of Arts and Letters" (2000). He returned to Berkeley as a Professor in August 2001. He is also University Organist. …"
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"Louis-Philippe Rivet, born in 1965, at Montreal, Canada, begins his musical studies at the age of 6 studying classical guitar and piano. In 1988, after studies in jazz improvisation and arranging (Art Roberts), electric bass (Michel Donato), and classical piano (Ronald Headland), he studies composition with Benght Hambræus and Bruce Mather at McGill University, where he receives his Bachelor degree in composition, in 1992.
In the same year, he wins second prize of the Pierre Mercure awards, in the Socan competition for young composers of Canada. In 1996-97, he studies composition and conducting with Brian Ferneyhough and Harvey Sollberger at the University of California (San Diego). The University grants him the « Gluck Scholarship Award ».
Parallel to composition, he studies conducting at the « Musikhochschule » in Vienna (1994), at the « Fondationne Academia Musicale Chiggianna » in Siena (1997), with the « I Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra » in Milan (1997), and with the conductor Francis Travis, in Vevey (1997-1998). Since 1999, Louis-Philippe Rivet is established in France and collaborates with Renée Geoffrion in the conception of the electro-acoustic clavichord, its repertoire and pedagogical implementation. He is also active teaching music and performing in the duo « Alliance Contre Nature ».
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"Václav Luks (1970) fully developed his passion for early music while studying at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, studying keyboard performance in the studios of
J.–A. Bötticher and J. B. Christensen. Among his activities there was the co-founding of the wind octet Amphion, and he played principal horn at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
After returning to the Czech Republic, in 2005 he transformed the ensemble Collegium 1704 into a full-time baroque orchestra, and he founded Collegium Vocale 1704. He has earned renown in the world of early music not only as an outstanding player of orchestral and chamber music on the harpsichord and French horn, but also foremost as an exceptionally conductor gifted with unerring intuition and a feel for the interpretation of the works of such old masters as J. D. Zelenka, J. S. Bach and G. F. Händel."
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"Nickolai Sheikov began studying the piano at the age of nine in his native Bulgaria. He received professional training at the L. Pipkov National School of Music in Sofia. Having arrived in Boston in 1999, Nickolai continued his studies at New England Conservatory of Music. There, after recognizing his unique love for the Baroque music, Nickolai turned his devotion entirely to the harpsichord, which he studied with John Gibbons - his true mentor. Nickolai was also a participant in a number of master classes, both in Europe and USA, with Gustav Leonhard, Menno van Delft and Jaap Schröder (chamber music) amongst others.
At the dawn of his performing career, Nickolai's performances have been critically acclaimed. Following the 2009 inauguration solo recital at Boston's new concert series Music at First Church, the Boston Musical Intelligencer described Nickolai as a "noteworthy" and "an excellent harpsichordist".
Nickolai appears as a soloist, chamber musician and continuo player at numerous music venues in major cities in the USA."
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Facebook site for Gustav Leonhardt.
"Gustav Leonhardt (born 30 May 1928, 's-Graveland) is a highly acclaimed Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. Leonhardt has been a leader in the movement to perform music on period instruments. The keyboard instruments on which he has performed and recorded include the harpsichord, pipe organ, claviorganum (a combination of a harpsichord and an organ), clavichord, and fortepiano. .. "
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Beluga whales at an aquarium near Tokyo are learning how to paint pictures as part of an autumn art program for visitors, an official said yesterday.
The sea creatures at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama will be showing off their skills with specially adapted paint brushes that they can hold in their mouths, a spokeswoman for the aquarium said.
A trainer standing on the poolside dips the brush into paint and guides the belugas to produce pictures that bear a passing resemblance to natural scenes.
"This is part of our geijutsu no aki [autumn, the best season for art]," the spokeswoman said.
"The idea is that a beluga will emulate what one of our customers has painted — of course trainers will guide the whale to do that. We'll see how well they manage," she added.
Three belugas, two females and a male, will demonstrate their new skills in rotation once every weekday and twice a day at weekends, she said.
The beluga, also known as the white whale, is on the red list of threatened species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Some activists object to the training of whales and dolphins for aquarium shows and Japan is frequently the target of complaints over its attitude to animals, particularly the annual slaughter of dolphins in the western town of Taiji.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Tom Petty once lamented in verse that "the waiting is the hardest part." While that might be true more often than not in love and life, sometimes waiting around in hotel rooms and hanging out at hotel swimming pools can be just what is needed for a baseball team made up of 14- and 15-year-olds.
"There's been a lot of team-bonding at the hotel that we get use to at a lot of these tournaments, especially the Perfect Game (events) where you stay a little bit longer," MBA Pride Elite head coach Phillip Hurst said right before his team was to take the field against the East Cobb Expos in a rain-delayed first-round playoff game at the 15u PG BCS Finals national championship tournament.
"It's just hanging out and enjoying time away from home -- it's everybody's summer vacation so we're just having a little fun with it."
Occupying the other dugout was East Cobb Expos' head coach Nic Crisp, who was pretty sure the most recent of the tournament's rain delays -- this one followed by a couple of short cloudbursts that delayed the start of the first-round playoff games from 4:30 p.m. (EDT) until roughly 6:30 p.m. -- wouldn't have any effect on his young players.
"It's a resilient bunch," Crisp said from the field at the main stadium at Terry Park while the grounds crew repeated what has become a daily ritual of grooming the infield. "These guys work their butts off all year long and they're just excited to get a chance to play on these nice fields down here at these facilities.
"They're use to it, because whenever we play in south Florida there's usually a lot of bad weather; they're a resilient bunch that enjoy playing the game and they're excited to get the opportunity to be in the playoffs."
Games got played and playoff brackets took shape at both the 15u PG BCS Finals and the 14u PG BCS Finals on Tuesday.
The 14u BCS Finals are right on schedule, in fact, with a final four of No. 5-seed Palm Beach County PAL 14u (West Palm Beach, Fla.) versus No. 1 Houston (Texas) Banditos Black and No. 11 Dallas Tigers Woods (Coppell, Texas) vs. the No. 7 Arena Starz (Baltimore, Md.) in a pair of semifinals Wednesday at 9 a.m. at City of Palms Park. The championship game is slated for 11:30 a.m. at the main stadium at COP.
No. 2 Xtreme Baseball (Fort Myers) and the No. 4 Midland Tribe (Cincinnati, Ohio) were eliminated in the playoff's first round, and the No. 3 Georgia Jackets went by the wayside in the quarterfinals.
The 15u PG BCS Finals bracket isn't as far along. The first-round playoff games weren't completed until late Tuesday night, the quarterfinal and semifinal games will be played Wednesday morning at the former Boston Red Sox Player Development 5-Plex, with the championship game scheduled for 2 p.m. at City of Palms.
The East Cobb Expos, based in Marietta, Ga., beat the MBA Pride Elite, 4-2, on Tuesday to advance to Wednesday's quarterfinals.
This East Cobb Expos team is not a typical East Cobb Baseball team in that its roster is much more diverse than the ECB teams that are stocked primarily with talent from Georgia. The EC Expos program has scouts stationed all over the country that put together a team with kids from coast-to-coast while still playing out of the East Cobb Complex in Marietta, Ga.
"It's team-building and team-bonding time," Crisp said of the intermittent downtime his team experienced this week. "We've got a group that has kids from all over the United States, from California to Texas to New York and from all over the place, so they needed a little time with that and it was very, very beneficial to our team for that time we enjoyed."
This MBA Pride team playing at the 15u PG BCS Finals is actually a 14u team, with its roster stacked with kids in the high school classes of 2017 and 2018. It is the third straight PG event that the teams has played up and age-group, and they're only getting strong because of it.
"We were more than happy to play up," Hurst said. "Our guys love challenges and we talked about it and we decided, hey, these guys are all preparing to play at the next level, whether it's high school, college, professional -- we're all getting prepared to do something later on in life. You're going to get challenged every step of the way and if you never challenge yourself you'll never know how good you can possibly be.
"Whenever you think about playing some of the better 15-year-old teams -- and not just in Florida but in the country -- to be the No. 2 overall seed when pool-play was over, I think that was outstanding for a bunch of 14-year-olds."
The Texas Drillers (Spring, Texas) rolled into the 15u PG BCS Finals as the No. 1 seed after completing two sets of pool-play with a 6-0 record; they beat No. 16 So Cal National Travel Team, 9-0, in the first round of the playoffs. The MBA Pride Elite (Daytona Beach, Fla.), the Reivers Elite (Bayamon, P.R.) and the East Cobb Tigers (Marietta, Ga.) were the Nos. 2 through 4 seeds after also completing pool-play at 6-0.
The East Cobb Expos barely slid into the round of 16 after finishing 4-2 in pool-play; they were the No. 15 seed.
"They support each other and they root for each other no matter what they're doing," Crisp said. "They all do it together and they're always cheering for each other and that's what it takes to be a team. Last year we finished in the top-eight of this thing and we expected that or better this year. So we'll see how it goes today."
The East Cobb Expos survived on Tuesday to play another day. The better team on paper -- the MBA Pride Elite -- will return to Daytona Beach no worse for the wear and as proud of their intent and their accomplishments as any other team in the field.
"We come into every event -- not matter if we're playing up or we're playing the same age-level or whatever we're doing -- with the same expectations, and that's to play MBA baseball," Hurst said. "We want to represent our team, the organization and the parents that spend a lot of time traveling with these kids right here, and every event that we go to our goal is to be the guy holding the trophy at the end."
The waiting can be the hardest part. There's always next year, after all.


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Shakespeare a la Hayground
Students from the Hayground School in Bridgehampton will perform a lesser-known Shakespeare romance, "Cymbeline," today at 1 and 6 p.m. at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor.
The performances are the culmination of the school's annual Shakespeare residency program, which brings acting teachers and directors from Shakespeare & Co. in Lennox, Mass., to Bridgehampton each winter to immerse students in Elizabethan life. The production features not only student performers but costumes, sets, props, sound, lights, playbill, makeup, publicity, and photos and video created by students, teachers, and parents.
The play is "an epic adventure story," according to the school, about Imogen, a resourceful princess who marries poor Posthumous despite her father's objections, only to see him banished to the Welsh countryside. Her search for him is a tale "punctuated with colorful characters, jealousy, deception, sword fights, cross-dressing, and sleeping potions," the school wrote.
The performances are open to all. Tickets cost $10.
Student Art at the Parrish
The Parrish Art Museum's 2013 Student Exhibition, an extravaganza of art by kids from all over the East End, will open tomorrow in Water Mill with a celebration for family and friends from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. honoring the work of the elementary school-level contributors.
The show includes group projects by kindergartners through eighth graders and individual and group projects by high school artists. The high school artists will get the spotlight during a celebration on Feb. 9. The show will be up through March 3.
Happy Hearts
Valentine's Day may be a couple of weeks away, but at this time of year having something to look forward to can make a young heart soar.
The East Hampton Day Care Learning Center's Happy Hearts Valentine's party isn't until Feb. 9, but organizers have asked for reservations by Wednesday. The party will begin at 11 a.m. with a magic show by Bruce Majic. Valentine's arts and crafts projects, cookie and cupcake decorating, and games will follow until 1 p.m., and refreshments will be available. The party is free, although donations will be accepted.
Those who plan to partake in the fun have been asked to call the center, which is on Gingerbread Lane Extension, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Word
Montauk middle school students will read their own poems, as well as those of other students and poets, and recite memorized works during a poetry event called "Word Up!" next Thursday at 7 p.m. at Guild Hall. The program grew out of the students' work with professional poets who have been coaching them on writing, revising, and presenting their own original work. There is no charge to attend.
Love and Books
A story and craft time at the East Hampton Library on Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. will have Valentine's Day as its theme, giving kids from 4 to 6 a chance to turn their thoughts to cupids and hearts and all things sweet.
Older kids in fifth through eighth grades can indulge their love of books as part of a book club for young teens meeting next Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. The first book to be discussed will be Sharon M. Draper's novel "Out of My Mind." Copies can be reserved in the children's room or by e-mailing email@example.com. Refreshments will be served.
Not by the Hair . . .
"The Three Pigs," as interpreted by Wonderspark Puppets, will blow the house down on Saturday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor. The visiting troupe was founded by the husband-and-wife team of Chad Williams and Lindsey Briggs and performs in the New York City area, upstate, in Connecticut and New Jersey, and on Long Island.
Tickets to their Sag Harbor shows cost $10, $9 for members and grandparents, and $5 for children under 3.
Happy Birthday, Amelia
A 50th birthday bash for the Amelia Bedelia book series will pay tribute to the title character's playful spirit and cheerful personality on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor. The party, for kids 3 and up, will include games, crafts, and snacks. Advance registration with the library has been requested.
Workshops for Teen Writers
Teen writers will have a chance to work with professional, published writers in two creative writing workshops run by the Young American Writers Project at Stony Brook Southampton during the winter break. The first runs from Feb. 18 through 22, the second from March 25 through 29. The registration deadline for the first workshop is Friday, Feb. 8.
Both sessions will guide student writers as they develop their fiction, poetry, and personal essay skills. By the end of the week, participants will have produced several pieces of completed writing. The March workshop will focus on creative writing. Classes meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day and cost $525, although partial scholarships are available.
The Young American Writers Project was established and is sponsored by Stony Brook Southampton's Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing and literature and is "dedicated to mentoring young people in the development of creative expression and critical thinking through writing," according to a release.
Students who participate in either workshop will be eligible to have their writing published in the YAWP E-zine and for presentation in a program at Stony Brook Southampton in April. Registration details can be found online at youngamericanwritersproject.com or by e-mailing email@example.com.
Meet the Animals
Families with children 6 and older can tour the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Saturday at 10 a.m. The tour offers a chance to meet some of the animals in residence there. Advance registration has been requested.


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Finally, Facebook makes itself useful
I don't generally "like" stuff. I don't check in either, and the one or two times I've tagged someone, I've usually regretted it. (They have too). Part of the problem is that I'm an introvert. I've amassed loads of friends and followers on Facebook, but I'm not a naturally social person, and I don't like bothering everyone with the news that I watch Girls. (For that, follow me on Twitter.)
The deeper issue, though, is that Facebook has never explained why we're supposed to be liking and checking in and tagging. Some people do this stuff as a means of self-expression - your profile is your face on the web, so you like Arcade Fire and you check in to that new vegan place because you want to make a statement about who you are.
But for most of us, "liking" is just a lot of trouble. We use Facebook to keep in touch with friends. Unlike Google or Amazon, Facebook is a place to have fun, not a utility where you make decisions about what to buy or where to go. And for some critics, Facebook's inherent purposelessness seems like a huge shortcoming - if it's just for fun, then however big it gets, it's vulnerable to the next fun thing to come along (Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest or something else).
This week, Facebook finally made itself useful. It gave us a reason to care about "likes", check-ins and tags. That reason is a search engine, which Facebook is calling Graph Search. It's a feature that many users have long demanded. Now, you can type in simple queries to find the most interesting photos, businesses, or media among your connections or across Facebook's hordes.
For instance, if you want to know which TV shows your friends enjoy, just type "TV shows liked by my friends" into the new search box at the top of your screen. And you can go even further, slicing up your network - or even all of Facebook's users - into tinier and tinier niches. If you're a New Yorker who's planning a Girls party, try "friends who like Girls who live in NYC." If you're a guy looking for a deeper connection, add a few more parameters: "photos of friends of friends who like Girls who live in NYC who are single women between 20 and 34 and like Arcade Fire."
I actually tried that query, and it worked - meaning, Facebook did understand what I was looking for. But it didn't produce any results - that is, my dream woman doesn't exist, or, if she does, she hasn't liked Girls and Arcade Fire on Facebook. When you get access to the new search engine - it's being rolled out to Facebook's users "very slowly," Mark Zuckerberg said at Tuesday's launch event - I suspect that you, like me, will spend a half hour typing in many such odd juxtapositions of people, places and things.
You'll immediately notice Facebook search's amazing user interface and flexibility. You'll also spot one glaring problem: The search results aren't that good.
While many of the answers I got back were on the money, a lot of them were strange. For example, when I searched for "Restaurants liked by people who live in San Francisco, California" and "Restaurants liked by people who live in Palo Alto, California" I got the same top result: Facebook's corporate cafeteria, the Facebook Culinary Team. Now, I've had a couple good sandwiches at Facebook's caf, but I don't remember ever being knocked off my feet. Something with the search engine seemed screwy.
These sometimes strange results aren't fatal. Zuckerberg and others who worked on the new engine stressed that they're rolling it out so slowly in part because they need a lot more users to improve its results. Search algorithms improve as more people use them, which I'd bank on happening here. And if that does happen, Facebook search could become an important part of your daily web scrounging - I can imagine using it as my first stop to find hotels, restaurants, doctors and maybe even the consumer products I now go to Amazon for.
Facebook's search engine brings its rivalry with Google into stark relief, especially when you consider that Facebook is using Bing as a fallback - when it can't find you good social results, it shows you web results from Bing. As it is today, Facebook's new search shouldn't send anyone at Google into a panic. No one is going to use this as a substitute for good old web search. If anyone should be worried about Facebook's search right now, it's Yelp, Tripadvisor, LinkedIn and other specialty social and review sites.
But today's Facebook search is only the first version, and as long as users co-operate, it's bound to improve dramatically. It's wise to remember, too, that Facebook doesn't have to beat Google's search engine to hurt Google as a business.
If Facebook search becomes only the second most useful site on the web, it would add to the social network's existing role as the web's biggest time-waster. In other words, if Facebook perfects its vision of search, the social network would be fun and useful, all in one. That would be a worth a lot of billions.
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The 20-year-old, who shot to prominence at Hartlepool, will not be allowed to play against Posh as part of the agreement but there is no recall clause in the deal.
James, who struggled to make an impact at London Road, told the Bantams' official website: "I knew I probably would have to go out on loan from Peterborough so I was pleased when I heard of Bradford's interest – they are a huge club.
"I'm hoping I can use this loan period to show people what I can do. That means getting a few goals and a few assists.
"There is a really good squad of lads here and we'll be hoping to do things this season. I want to try and be a part of that.
"I'd like to hit the ground running and show the fans what I can do."
James signed a four-year deal with Posh after leaving Hartlepool last August in a move thought to be worth £500,000 but managed just two goals in 33 appearances.


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Aina on oksan ottajia, kun on kuusen kantajia......
Dunno if you have so many in America, but over here one sees plenty of people who have next to none environmental concerns jumping on the "green" wagon, mostly neo-liberal capitalists, who are trying to get a a foot in the door in order to have a political career in the future, fucking sad.
A road sweeper is due to collect an honorary degree from Cambridge University.Allan Brigham has been sweeping the streets for 30 years. He is also a tour guide and historian. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8102353.stm
Democracy is responsible for ecocide.Tell people to fulfill their personal desires, and they will... and 99% of them will be destructive.Democracy encourages egomania by encouraging people to vote according to what brings them personal gain, ignoring the question of the best plan for all (usually beyond their comprehension).I grew when I stopped trying to project my human notions, and started assuming nature was a tested system and therefore doing right, and thus started trying to understand why nature's logic made sense
Of course, the root of the problem is people rooted in the money=stuff=happiness frame of mind, bur how to change it, on a fundamental level?
Quote from: sleipnir on June 20, 2009, 10:55:44 PMOf course, the root of the problem is people rooted in the money=stuff=happiness frame of mind, bur how to change it, on a fundamental level?Discontent is already changing it among the few who do important things. The lumpenproles and clueless oblivion cases don't care what kind of mess they live in; they're oblivious. But if you get consensus among the smart, educated, independent, etc. you will be amazed how quickly things change.


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I have an original US Tama (1997) and I just got new batteries for it, the egg is there, but it won't hatch, it's been almost 20 min. I've restarted it once, and I've pushed all three buttons. Can anyone help?
Egg won't hatch
Started by ravenhawk13 , Sep 09 2004 09:17 PM
Started09 Sep 2004
Last Post10 Sep 2004
Posted 09 September 2004 - 10:19 PM ( #2 )
Have you set the time correctly? It will not hatch if you do not set the time. If you have already done this, then it may just be broken.
Posted 09 September 2004 - 11:56 PM ( #3 )
i agree with Aubrey Hepburn u should try setting the time. ..
Posted 10 September 2004 - 03:30 PM ( #4 )
Thanks for your help, I played with the buttons some more and found that you have to press them super hard. Thanks everyone.


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By Greg Stobart
Arsenal will be relieved to see the back of this season, but the joyous dancing on the pitch and high in the stands at St James' Park portrayed a well-founded optimism about what the future holds for Arsene Wenger's side.
A narrow 1-0 victory at Newcastle was enough for the Gunners to sneak over the line and clinch fourth spot and a subsequent place in next season's Champions League. That they did so at the expense of Tottenham, their greatest rivals, made it all the sweeter.
A season that has seen Wenger seriously questioned and discontent among supporters reach boiling point has ended on a high, with Arsenal ready to pit their wits against the best teams in Europe for a 17th successive campaign.
This is not a time for celebration or reflection on a job well done, however. A massive opportunity presents itself for Arsenal to re-establish themselves as a major force in English football, one they can ill afford to waste.
The foundations are in place in a squad that has no obvious stars but bagfuls of spirit, shown by their wonderful run of eight victories in 10 matches since defeat in the north London derby in March.
"Character" and "spirit" have been Wenger's watchwords in recent weeks, and the building blocks are now in place for Arsenal to extend the gap to the chasing pack and haul in both Manchester clubs and Chelsea above them.
Arsenal have £123 million cash sitting in the bank, have just signed a £150m new sponsorship agreement with Emirates and are due to announce a £30m-a-year kit deal with manufacturers Puma. Their infrastructure and business model makes Arsenal one of the best-run and most cash-rich clubs in Europe, even without £30m-plus from participation in the Champions League.
Now the manager must throw away his predilection for counter-productive caution and use that financial advantage to ensure Arsenal have a squad ready to compete for silverware when the new season kicks off on August 17.
Wenger has up to £90m to spend on transfers and salaries in the summer to strengthen a squad that produced title-challenging form in the final third of the season. A few tweaks and the Londoners should be challenging for the Premier League title.
Perhaps most crucially, the Gunners will not have to replace one of their star players this summer as they have in the last two years with the sales of Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie.
Bacary Sagna is the most likely first choice player to leave but on this season's form the right-back is easily replaceable, with Sochaux defender Sebastien Corchia the favourite to replace the Frenchman.
Captain Thomas Vermaelen could also seek a move after losing his place in the side, but his departure would not be a major blow and talks have already taken place over a swoop for Swansea defender Ashley Williams.
An experienced goalkeeper to rival Wojciech Szczesny, right-back, midfield anchorman and striker have been the positions targeted by Wenger - and a top four finish means Arsenal will be able to attract A-list players to the Emirates Stadium this summer.
Someone like Stevan Jovetic could provide the star quality to close the gap to the sides above them, while their genuine interest in Wayne Rooney reflects a real desire to make a go of it next season, to offer top dollar for top tier players.
Of equal importance is that Jack Wilshere can stay injury free next term and dominate matches in central midfield. The 21-year-old made 25 Premier League appearances this season but was again hampered by injury problems that never allowed him to find his best form.
After all the negativity that has surrounded Arsenal in the last 12 months, the future looks bright. Now is the time to make sure that any dancing next year will be to celebrate the end of their trophy drought.
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Top one could be Vasart... then so too could the second which would make that an early Vasart when they still had the original Kugler colours available.
Gary - when you say the pontil is highly polished do you mean highly ground? is it still matt?But, looking at your neatly ground pontil mark it doesn't look like any on my Vasart - does your bowl have any other grinding around the outer edges? Have we seen any Monart that doesn't have grinding on the base?What size is yours? It's very nice - can't find the other one though!Roberta
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- Red Bull
Ricciardo never doubted challenging Vettel
Daniel Ricciardo says he always believed he could be competitive alongside Sebastian Vettel if Red Bull delivered a quick car in 2014.
Ricciardo has been one of the standout performers this season, seemingly adapting to life alongside the four-time world champion with ease in his debut season at Red Bull and currently sits nine points ahead of Vettel in the drivers' standings. Vettel has struggled with the RB10 this year compared to Ricciardo, who thinks he is already performing like he knew he could.
"I didn't really have any visions exactly on how it would go, what the race results would be or what the qualifying score would be, but I knew that I have some talent and obviously I've got a bit of experience now in Formula One," Ricciardo said. "I feel I'm still growing and getting better as a driver as well, so I knew coming into the season with the team behind me and sort of a new opportunity, that I would be able to challenge Seb."
Ricciardo admits he is pleased to have been able to repay Red Bull's faith so quickly after his promotion from Toro Rosso.
"Did I think it would be going, let's say, as well as it was now? I don't know. But I knew if I had everything underneath me I'd be capable of getting the results. Fortunately the team saw that as well [when they signed him] back in September ... so it's coming good."


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Germany: From Museum to Auction House - Many museums in eastern Germany face an uncertain future. They have to return numbers of exhibits to their former owners. A 20-year time limit on returning art objects expropriated by communist East Germany is running out. After the Second World War, illegal trade in art was rife, at least in eastern Germany. In communist East Germany private collectors and aristocrats in particular were systematically dispossessed. The public collections have now had two decades to come to agreements with the artworks' former owners. Where that has not been possible, auction houses now have cause to rejoice. Hungary: Resistance from the Judiciary - Time and again Viktor Orban's regime in Hungary has tried to disempower the country's courts. They have been bastions of resistance and overturned one piece of legislation after another. The history of Hungary's only opposition radio station is all too symbolic of the power struggle between the government and the courts. The state media authority has already tried several times to revoke the frequency rights of the broadcaster Klubradió. Now, for the fourth time, a court has ruled in favor of the station. The courts also struck down a ban on homeless people living on the streets and an amendment on church recognition. Now Hungary's right-wing prime minister Viktor Orban has amended the constitution, drastically curtailing the powers of the Constitutional Court. Russia: Self-help on the Roads - They film everything that moves on Russia's roads: car accidents, meteor strikes and traffic jams. Dash cams have taken off in Russia. More and more drivers have dashboard mounted cameras in their vehicles, though that has little to do with pure voyeurism. Whether staged car accidents or cases of attempts at police bribery, when there's doubt, the pictures from dash cams are considered in court to constitute evidence.
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