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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — One of the New England Patriots' most ardent fans is in town this week. The twist is that it is a business trip for him.
The golfer Keegan Bradley cannot decide if the twinning of the Phoenix Open and Super Bowl XLIX is the best or the worst possible circumstance.
The final round of the tournament is scheduled to end about 30 minutes before the kickoff of the game between Bradley's beloved Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. It is 31 miles from the tournament site, TPC Scottsdale, to University of Phoenix Stadium, a commute that takes about a half-hour when traffic is flowing.
"I've watched every minute of every one of their games this year," Bradley said Monday of the Patriots. "I don't want to miss the start of the Super Bowl."
While Bradley has Patriots quarterback Tom Brady among his phone contacts, he had assumed he would be one of the billion people watching the telecast. In his fervent search for tickets, he was not about to reach out to Brady, whom he has known since the quarterback texted him out of the blue with a congratulatory message after Bradley's victory in the 2011 P.G.A. Championship.
"I know how I am trying to prepare for a major," Bradley said, "so I would never ask anyone for tickets."
In the days after the Patriots secured a Super Bowl berth, Brady's record-setting sixth, Bradley scrambled for seats. He came up empty. Then, by chance, Bradley was paired in a pro-am last week with a man with a connection to the Patriots' owner, Robert K. Kraft. Through his amateur partner, Bradley said, he was able to purchase four tickets at face value. Bradley and his girlfriend will attend the game with the golfer Brendan Steele and his wife.
Bradley, who has two top-25 finishes in three appearances in Phoenix, said he and Steele had discussed strategies for getting to the game if one or both were in contention for the title. With the 14-time major champion Tiger Woods making his first appearance at the tournament since 2001, traffic in the area is expected to be as congested as the tee box on a drivable par 4.
"We decided we'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Bradley said.
He added, none too convincingly, "If I ever was going to miss the start of the Super Bowl, I guess being in one of the final groups, with a chance to win a PGA Tour event, would be the best-case scenario."
The last time the Super Bowl was held in Arizona, in 2008, Brandt Snedeker played in one of the final groups on the Sunday of the PGA Tour event. After finishing in a tie for ninth, Snedeker made it to the stadium with a few minutes to spare. "There was no traffic, because by that time everybody was already there," said Snedeker, who had obtained the tickets through one of his corporate sponsors.
The winner in 2008 was J. B. Holmes, who defeated Phil Mickelson in a playoff. Mickelson had acquired two tickets to the Super Bowl game between the Patriots and the Giants. But even before having to go overtime, Mickelson had decided the double was not doable. At the start of the day, he handed the tickets to his caddie, Jim Mackay, and told him, "It's your job to give these tickets away."
Mackay, whose second-favorite N.F.L. team after his hometown Arizona Cardinals is the Giants, looked for a youngster wearing a cap with the logo of Callaway, one of Mickelson's sponsors. On the third tee, he found one: He approached Drew Fockler, who was standing next to his father, John, and asked them if they liked football. When they replied enthusiastically, he reached into Mickelson's bag, pulled out the tickets and asked them if they would like to attend the Super Bowl. The Focklers happily accepted the tickets. They later sent Mickelson a thank-you note.
Mickelson has no plans to attend Sunday's game. Describing the Super Bowl as "a life experience," he said: "It was something I've enjoyed doing a few times, probably three or four. But it is a lot of effort to go there, and I don't have that strong desire now that I've done it a number of times. I will later with my kids."
Or sooner, if his hometown team, the San Diego Chargers, returns to the big game for the first time since losing to the San Francisco 49ers in 1995.
"Or that," Mickelson said with a laugh.


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Individual attention with one teacher for every three children we are able to provide a teacher/child ratio which enhances development of all skills and provides for personal attention for each of the infants.
The infant program is individualized to meet each child's needs and developmental progress. The teacher observes developmental milestones and plans activities to help the infant grow. Daily routines respond to clues from the infants. Each child is fed and naps according to his/her established routine.
Teachers create a stimulating, loving, interactive atmosphere and nurturing environment for the infants.
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Project PlaySmart Makeover Contest!
- 1 Playsmart Grand Prize Winner will receive a center makeover of up to a $10,000 value.
- 2 Playsmart Runners-up will each receive a center makeover of up to a $5,000 value.
- Flood Recovery Grants are available to centers impaced by the August 2016 flood for reimbursement of flood recovery purchases.
To Apply:
1. Refer to the 2017 Project PlaySmart Application Guidance document for eligibility and other detailed information.
2. Review the list of available makeover items.
3. Applications must be typed. ***Download the application here and email to email@example.com once complete.***
4. To be eligible to receive a makeover prize, a representative from your Type III childcare center must attend at least one 2017 Project PlaySmart Information session. We will be holding one final session Saturday, February 18, 2017 from 10 to 11 a.m. Please call the Partnerships in Child Care office right away if you wish to register.
- Deadline to submit a Flood Recovery application has been EXTENDED to noon, Monday, February 20, 2017.
- Deadline to submit a PlaySmart Makeover application is noon, Friday, February 24, 2017.
Please note: The Flood Recovery Grant is only available to centers that flooded in August 2016. If your center did flood in August 2016, you may apply for both a Flood Recovery Grant and a Project PlaySmart Makeover Prize.
For More Information, call our Partnerships in Child Care office at (225) 926-8005.
Project PlaySmart is made possible thanks to the generous donors of our LA School Readiness Tax Credit program.


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Park Chidenguele Lodge is situated on the pristine beach of Chidenguele, 300km from Maputo. Located in a natural cycad forest with breathtaking panoramic ocean view, it is truly a piece of paradise!
You will enjoy an affordable, tranquil holiday in a safe environment, surrounded by nature and hospitable, friendly people. The sub-tropical Mozambican weather and warm Indian Ocean water will have you relaxing with sand between your toes on our perfect beaches that stretch for miles.
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is a free platform provided by the Dominican brothers to all individuals and institutions who want to help shape activities organized in Prague´s Dominican Priory. Programmes take place either in the Baroque refectory, church of St. Giles, chapel of St. Zdislava next to the church or alternatively in other parts of the priory. Dominikánská 8 is also ready to participate in activities taking place elsewhere organized by other, especially related, bodies.
We build our activities on eight pillars: these are more of an aim rather than a goal we have achieved:
We humans are equipped with an amazing ability to explore the world we are living in. By means of education, the human spirit discerns reality and captures it. This grasp of reality then helps people create cultural values through the way they organize social structures or through artistic deeds of various kinds.
Tradition has a forward looking focus. Its primary task is transmitting inherited values soundly to future generations. The present cannot develop fully without understanding its own roots. Maintaining continuity and tradition can help present society create its own identity with confidence.
The search for truth is difficult and never stops. And, once found, truth can be hard to define correctly and comprehensibly so that it can be shared with other people. The desire for truth connects people of different minds and makes possible a real dialogue which enriches all participants.
Substantial ideas deserve high quality presentation. A high quality performance not only supports the content being shared but is also of value in itself. Quality is not an extravagant luxury and therefore has to be given and made available to everyone. Endeavouring to do work well makes the best impression and invites cooperation.
Through their activities, Dominikánská 8 strive to spread and develop cultural, spiritual and moral values as understood by Christian tradition. They want to contribute to this aim by a solid deliberation and open dialogue with the contemporary world in various areas. In this effort, the platform Dominikánská 8 considers its catholic identity is also beneficial to others. Dominikánská 8 seeks mutual themes and interests with all people regardless of religious affiliation.


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The school day and work cycle take place between 08:00 – 13:00. Parents then have the option of choosing a ½ day or full day, ending at 13:00 or 17:00 respectively.
A 30 minute "grace" period has been allocated at both collection times should you be running late.
– The school day –
07:00 – 08:00 Children arrive at school and free work
08:00 – 08:30 Outside play
08:30 – 08:45 Assembly and Brain gym (Soccer 08:30 – 09:00 Soccercise stars offered every Friday)
08:45 – 09:00 Morning ring (calendar & theme discussion/music/movement)
09:00 – 10:00 First work cycle
10:00 – 10:15 Snack time
10:15 – 11:30 Second work cycle
11:30 – 12:00 Free play (Every Wednesdays Stimu-zone 11:30 – 12:00)
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch (Ballet every Tuesday 12:00 – 12:30)
12:30 – 13:00 Relaxation/free play; then home time for ½ day children (with a grace period of 30 minutes [13:30]).
12:30 – 15:00 Nap time (Optional)
13:30 – 14:30 Third work cycle and art (for ¾ day and full day children)
14:30 – 15:00 Free Play / outdoor play, then home time for ¾ day children (with a grace period of 30 minutes [15:30]).
15:30 – 16:00 Snack time for full day children.
16:00 – 17:00 Free play/ outdoor play / relaxation, then home time for full time children (with a grace period of 30 minutes [17:30]).
– Holiday Care –
Holiday Care will be provided throughout the year, but will be closed during the December holiday. Holiday Care will only be provided if there are a minimum of 4 children booked to attend. Please visit our Terms & Fees page for more details regarding cost.
– Intra-Curricular Activities –
We build our Mini Maestros' confidence during our activities – focusing on all their little successes. We continue to focus on motor development, by making our activities energetic. We also include a lot more language development, as our maestros start communicating more fluently with us. We start working on social skills during the course of the year, as the maestros become aware of their peers.
We follow a unique winning combination of computer literacy and education. The emphasis is now being placed on syllabus-directed topics, focusing on remedial education and enrichment – building on confidence in current technology. Extensive focus on reading and mathematics. We also cater for alternative educational systems by developing lesson structures to fit into their needs.All our software are being upgraded regularly and in total it is accessible to any approved curriculum.
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Ballet & Hip hop lessons by our fantastic teacher who graduated from the Royal Academy of Dance.
Soccercise Starz aims to assist children in improving their gross motor skills, confidence, concentration, teamwork, co-ordination, sportsmanship and interaction with their peers. The classes focus on football skills that build a solid foundation for their future sport's career.
– Other activities at Four Seasons –
Baker Day happens every Thursday. Each child gets a chance to be a 'baker'. Each baker needs to bring something edible to 'sell' to the other children. The money collected goes towards fundraising for something needed in the school environment which will be of benefit to the children. Each child needs to bring R5 to school every Thursday except when they are the baker.
The children are given an opportunity daily to choose a book from our school library to take home for a maximum of five days. They may exchange before if they feel they want a new book. Parents read the book to them during story time at home. This fosters endless benefits for both the children and parents.
– Lunch –
Parents need to send a healthy packed lunch to school: sandwiches, fruit, yoghurts, cheese, nuts, raisins, salads, cold meats, eggs, granola bars, etc. You may also send food that requires warming. Please do not send sweets, chips, sugary biscuits cakes (including Tinkies), sweet/chocolate muffins and fizzy drinks. Kindly send a bottle of water, which will be topped up with filtered water in the hotter months. Only diluted fruit juice to a ratio of 1:3 of juice to water respectively is allowed as a secondary drink to the water. No Oros or other artificially sweetened drinks are allowed. It is important for your children to eat a healthy breakfast each morning to help them maintain their energy levels and concentration during the morning.


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2104 Fall Clean Up
Five homes were visited and there was a variety of landscaping work was completed. Leaves were raked, roofs/gutters cleaned, perennial beds cut back and some mums planted!
Recipients were senior members of our community and Church who would have otherwise not have been able to do final yard clean up themselves before winter comes. A crew of volunteers from Tommy's Gift participated but the biggest thrill was the participation from the local youth of our community. We had volunteers children and grandchildren present as well as Assistant Girls Varsity Coach Kim Wensits and her Varsity girls team as well as Plano Head Football Coach Brad Kunz and Members from the boys Varsity Team.
It was a wonderful day of fellowship and community service. The senior recipients showed their gratitude and appreciation for the hard work and effort from the volunteers and for the comfort and joy it brought them knowing that their were people who thought of their needs and selflessly gave of their time for them.
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The right words can save your life.
For fans of Nicholas Sparks and Jodi Picoult…
A soldier falls in love with his battle buddy's
sister through their letters and returns
home from Afghanistan with a secret that
could destroy their fragile relationship.
Don't miss THE LAST LETTER by Rebecca Yarros!
If you're reading this, well, you know the "last-letter" drill. You made it. I didn't. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there were any chance you could have saved me, you would have.
I need one thing from you: Get out of the army and get to Telluride.
My little sister Ella's raising the twins alone. She's too independent and won't accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It's too much for anyone to endure. It's not fair.
And here's the kicker: there's something else you don't know that's tearing her family apart. She's going to need help.
So if I'm gone, that means I can't be there for Ella. I can't help them through this. But you can. So I'm begging you, as my best friend, go take care of my sister, my family.
Please don't make her go through it alone.
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"A stunning, emotional romance." – Jill Shalvis, NYT Bestselling Author
Reviewed by Sharon Thérèse at KFF
I am lost for words! Very occasionally, do I come across a read which simply takes my breath away; this one did much more than that. The prose in certain sentences and paragraphs was of such exquisiteness, I couldn't have possibly moved on in the story without rereading them. This stand-alone romance is for me, women's fiction at its very best. Heart-wrenchingly beautiful, compassionate and emotional, getting through the book without shedding tears I found impossible. My warning ladies; a man-sized hanky is a must because otherwise, you'll find yourselves wiping your sniffles on your sleeve!
Letters from the heart are written. Whether they're all received, read or even replied to remains to be seen. One of them will change a man's life and here is where I stop. I want you to enjoy this book as much as I did, so I'll try my hardest not to go into too many details. What I can say is Rebecca Yarros' characters are stunning, ridiculously easy to connect to and if it were ever possible, I'd want them in my life. Having not had the pleasure of reading this author's works and even though I'd read the synopsis, never did I expect Beckett Gentry and Ella MacKenzie's journey to be so soul-searchingly crushing.
'How much damage had been done to him through the years?'
Beckett is a man of few words. Not such a good communicator at the best of times, what I adored about him was he had no use bad language because all said and done, other words in the dictionary exist to express one's feeling. And his efforts to do the honourable thing literally bowled me over. With a heart of gold and righteousness that goes above and beyond, he had me sitting back and thinking about how one can lose track of simple actions like thoughtfulness, making us a better person.
"I was good with confidence, but arrogance was a deal-breaker. Arrogance got men killed…kids, too"
If there were ever an award for the best mum to be had, I wouldn't hesitate to vote for Ella. Hardworking and strong-willed, her unwavering commitment to her twins is nothing less than exceptional. Honest to the core, lies have no place in her life. Unfortunately for her, they exist and when they come to light, the consequences are devastating. Questions arise and go unanswered so why then, is Beckett there by her side through thick and thin? Why so much secretiveness, who is he and where did he come from? I got the impression that the timing was all wrong at the beginning of their story; certainly, the geographics didn't help matters.
"You're not a big people person, are you?
"That obvious?"
All unravels at a steady pace, but this is not to say I was overjoyed with what was happening. In fact, I was left speechless. But not in the respect that I felt saddened by anyone's actions because in this story there is no room for judgment. Just the whole poignant past and present sorry state of affairs none of them had bargained for.
"Sometimes I think I don't really know you,"
"You might not know much about my past, but trust me, you know me, and that's more important."
Not only did I fall hard for Beckett and Ella, but my goodness me, the children. They stole the show, they squeezed my heart and Havoc! Dog lovers, you're in for a real treat here. Given moments of sheer joy, I was fooled into believing that all was not lost when in fact, that safety net the author had shrewdly conjured up in my mind simply disappeared into thin air. Perseverance to overcome what was thrown the protagonists' way will make even the most hardened reader bawl their eyes out. But above all, the benevolent affection, the emotion that I literally lived from the first page to the last, showed me that true love has no boundaries whatsoever.
'But the lies were woven in with the love, and that was the killer.'
Corner-cutting delicate health issues Yarros most certainly hasn't done. She's told it as it is with a frankness that's quite alarming and at times, even before turning the next page to see what was or wasn't going to transpire only seemed to add to my anxiousness. Every imaginable blow hits intensely. She's woven a tale I, for one, will never forget and despite the ugly cries leaving me spent, her beautifully written words were narrated with the utmost graciousness.
'I hadn't been lying when I said I could kiss her forever. She was a thousand different kisses in one woman, the soft and tender, the deep and passionate, the hard and desperate. I never knew who I was taking in my arms, and yet they were all Ella.'
Five stars aren't enough! That simple. Read this book; you won't regret it. Bravo to the author and so looking forward to reading more of her works.
"Someone once told me that swearing is a poor excuse of a crap vocabulary. It makes you look low class and uneducated. So I stopped."
© 2019 Rebecca Yarros
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"Ella." It was a plea to speak, to not speak. Hell, I didn't know anymore."You don't see me like that. I totally get it." She reached for the TV remote."How exactly do I see you? Please, enlighten me." I leaned forward, stealing the remote. She'd opened this box and had better well dish it.She huffed in annoyance. "You see me as a mom. As Colt and Maisie's mom. And of course you do, because that's what I am. A mom with two kids.""Well, yeah," I said. Her motherhood—that selfless devotion she had to her kids—was one of her most attractive attributes.She rolled her eyes with a little sigh, and the metaphorical light bulb went off in my head.
"You don't think I want you."
She shot me a look that confirmed my guess and blushed the same crimson of her couch. "You know, you're right. It's late." She faked a yawn. "Suuuuuuper late."
"I want you." Damn, it felt so good to say the words.
"Yeah, okay." She gave me a goofy look and a thumbs-up. "Please don't make me feel any more idiotic than I do right now."
Yeah, enough of this bullshit.
I pounced in one smooth motion, taking her back to the couch, sliding over her as I gathered her wrists in one hand above her head and settled between her open thighs.
"Holy shit, you move fast." There was no fear or rejection in her eyes, just surprise.
"Not in every arena," I promised.
Her lips parted.
"Ella. I want you."
"Beckett…you don't have to."
Yeah, that soft little sigh she did was going to be my undoing.
I let go of her wrists, letting my fingers trail down her arm until I had one hand weaving my fingers into the hair at the base of her scalp and the other at the curve in her waist.
"Feel this?" Then I slid forward, letting my dick stroke along the seam in her pajama pants hard enough for her to gasp at the contact. I couldn't remember ever wanting to shred a piece of fabric so much in my life. "I've never wanted a woman as much as I want you."
I moved again, and her eyes slid shut as she let loose the sweetest moan.
My dick throbbed, knowing everything I'd fantasized about for the better part of the last eight months was one decision away.
"Beckett." Her hands found my biceps, her nails digging in.
"Don't ever think that I don't want you, because if things were different, I would have already been inside you. I would know exactly how you feel, and what you sound like, look like, when you come. I've thought about it at least a hundred different ways, and believe me, I've got a great imagination."
She rocked her hips against me, and I locked my jaw to keep from giving her exactly what her body was asking for. "Ella, you have to stop."
"Why?" she asked, her lips dangerously close to mine. "What do you mean if things were different?" Her eyes flew wide. "Is this because I have kids?"
"What? No. Of course not. It's because you're Ryan's little sister." Before I could do any more damage, I got the hell off her and sat back on my side of the couch.
"Because…I'm Ryan's little sister," she repeated, scooting so she sat upright, facing me. "And you think he'd, what? Haunt you?"
Three things: The letter. The cancer. The lie.
I repeated those in my head until I was certain I could look at her and not drag her back under me.
"When I was growing up, if I wanted something, I took it. Immediately. I had sex at fourteen with a girl in my foster home of the moment. I opened Christmas presents early if I was lucky enough to get one, and it was usually from my social worker or some charity."
"I don't understand." She wrapped her arms around her knees again.
"I took it immediately because I knew if I didn't, chances were I wouldn't get it. It was a now-or-never kind of thing—there weren't second chances."
"I can't touch you, can't talk about it, because I'm afraid I'll act on it."
"And why does that matter if I want you to?"
"Because I won't get a second chance. And I'm crap with people, with relationships. I've never had one that lasted more than a month. Never loved a woman I've slept with. And chances are I'd do something to screw this up, because it's not just my dick that wants you, Ella."
That O popped right back onto her face, and I closed my eyes to keep from lunging across the distance and kissing her. Knowing she'd let me—that she wanted it—sent my need from a bullet to a nuclear missile.
"And when I'd screw it up, because it would happen, trust me, it would hurt Colt and Maisie, too. You'd be on your own again, because there's no chance you'd let me hang around and help you out like Ryan asked."
"And there it is."
"There it is. You're Ryan's little sister."
"There were only five years between us. Not so little, you know." She reached for the remote.
"I'm well aware."
"So if Ryan were still alive…" She shot one last look at me.
I let everything slip for a millisecond, letting her see it all in my eyes, how badly I wanted her, and not just for her body. "Everything would be different."
"Everything but the way I feel about you, which he probably would have killed me for. Where does that leave us?"
"You mean besides me being a dried-up spinster and you being honor-bound to a ghost?"
"Something like that."
She rolled her head along the back of the couch, muttering something that sounded like a curse word under her breath. Then she sat up straight and powered on the TV with a click of her thumb. "That leaves us choosing a movie on demand. Because I'm not letting you walk out that door right now."
"You're not?"
"Nope. You walk out now, you might get all weird about this and not come back. Honor is a fabulous thing, but sometimes pride can be a lot stronger, especially when you convince yourself it's for the good of the other person."
Damn, the woman knew me.
"So movie it is," I agreed. "Just…stay on your side of the couch."
"I wasn't the one who crossed the center line," she teased with a smile that got me hard all over again.
Movie chosen, we sat and watched, both of us stealing sideways glances. There was that saying…the horse out of the barn. Yeah, the horse was out of the barn, and it wasn't going back in. Not no way. Not no how.
That horse was running amok and screwing with my carefully constructed control.
But I didn't complain when she moved over. Or when she pressed against my side. Nope. I lifted my arm and savored the feel of her curves, her trust. Still didn't complain when she lay down in my arms. Hell no, I held on and memorized every second.
"This story gripped me from start to finish. The Last Letter is poignant, heartfelt and utterly consuming. I loved it!" – Mia Sheridan, NYT Bestselling Author
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About Rebecca Yarros:
Rebecca Yarros is a hopeless romantic and a lover of all things coffee, chocolate, and Paleo. She is the author of the Flight & Glory series, including Full Measures, the award-winning Eyes Turned Skyward, Beyond What is Given, and Hallowed Ground. She loves military heroes, and has been blissfully married to hers for sixteen years.
When she's not writing, she's tying hockey skates for her four sons, sneaking in some guitar time, or watching brat-pack movies with her two daughters. She lives in Colorado with the hottest Apache pilot ever, their rambunctious gaggle of kids, an English bulldog who is more stubborn than sweet, and a bunny named General Fluffy Pants who torments the aforementioned bulldog. Having adopted their youngest daughter from the foster system, and Rebecca is passionate about helping others do the same.


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Celebrating International Woman's Day 2017
Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2017
In an Industry which seems to be stereotypically for men, the VEC are challenging these stereotypes as we highlight the fantastic and bold women who are involved in engineering, technology and science today!
The Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC)
Lynn Dwyer has been the Interim Head of Business Development for the VEC for over 4 years now and shows no sign of slowing down. Lynn manages VEC projects and commercial activity and is pretty much the face of the VEC. Introducing SME's, businesses and potential clients to our facilities, our unique skills and technologies as well as showcasing some of our exciting and fantastic previous collaborative work, Lynn shows the rest of the world what benefits the VEC can bring to a variety of businesses.
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Dr Georgia Georgiou is one of the VEC's Project Engineers and provides expertise to support a range of organisations at early product development stages to ensure the best product possible is created efficiently and effectively. Georgia also delivers optimisation and uncertainty analysis across a wide range of industry sectors including aerospace.
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For the last few weeks there is always talk of water shortage in Ghana. This evening I saw a few school boys carrying buckets of water. Suddenly I realised how incredibly lucky I am. Always thought (and rubbed it in with my Accra friends) that we in Tema are so lucky because the water problems don't affect us. but now I am realising that it must be just us, in my community that are that lucky. So far (touch wood, peppar, peppar) we really haven't noticed much. When they are about to turn off the water they give us advance notice. When we were told that the water would be cut off for one week (shock, horror!) it actually only lasted a day and a half, and that's as bad as it's ever been.
It does make me wonder what we can do to solve the problem. There is so much water being wasted everywhere. If we've been so inventive to introduce carbon crediting, surely there is some way to transfer water from where it's being wasted to where it would be so needed. In any case, how can a country like Ghana, with a coast line from border to border and inland lakes, suffer from water shortage?
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2nd skier dies at Breckenridge Ski Resort in four days
A skier died at Breckenridge Ski Resort on Thursday, becoming the ski area's second on-mountain death in four days.
Krzysztof Kostelic, 46, was visiting Breckenridge on a ski vacation from Rolling Meadows, Illinois, when he died after skiing into a tree on Northstar, an intermediate run between Peaks 7 and 8.
Summit County Coroner Regan Wood said Kostelic was wearing a helmet and may have had a medical issue that led to the accident. She has ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Ski patrol responded to the incident immediately, providing advanced life support and transporting Kostelic to the Breckenridge Medical Center after receiving a call at 9:48 a.m.
The coroner's office was alerted at 10:41 a.m. and has not released further information.
Kostelic's death comes three days after a 22-year-old University of Colorado student died after skiing expert terrain on Peak 7.
A third skier died at Breckenridge this season, on Nov. 15, from natural causes, and a handful of people have died at Keystone Resort and Copper Mountain Resort so far this season after skiing and snowboarding.
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Date: Monday 17th September 2014
Venue: All Saints Church Hall, Allesley, Coventry
Judge: Dr. B Roberts
Judges Assistant: TBD
Show Secretary: Peter Barclay
Asst Secretary: Bill Crofts
The show was unfortunately hit by two catastrophic events! Firstly, a major incident on the M6, with knock on effects for the A45, caused most officials and exhibitors to arrive extremely late. One or two people, including Show Judge, Dr Bruce Roberts, took up to 2 hours to arrive from Rugby. Secondly, legendary honey show protagonist, Peter Spencer, unfortunately got the weeks wrong thinking it was the following Monday and sadly didn't submit any entries. So exhibits and people were a little thin on the ground compared to normal years. Nevertheless, a fine collection of honeys, candles, cakes, etc, were still
available for Judge Bruce to examine. He was assisted in his efforts by branch member Gareth Taylor.
Whilst the judging took place, the assembled crowd were addressed by Chair, Mick Hill. Mick gave an overview of the season; largely successful in terms of fund raising and generally encouraging interest in the subject of bee-keeping amongst the general public. Following that, Dave Bonner, in his Bee Inspector's role, gave a short talk to emphasise the current concerns of levels of varroa being found in colonies due to the mild winter we had. Dave also went on to show a map of the Coventry & Warwickshire District, which included information on the occurrence of EFB and AFB within the region. It appears that our region is relatively bad in terms of outbreaks of these diseases, though there are some black spots elsewhere that are much worse. Nevertheless, the need to be vigilant and to follow good practice, especially in terms of brood comb renewal, etc., is very important.
Bill Crofts then gave a very short presentation, supported by a few slides and pictures, to show the work that a few individuals had trialled, with regard to small-scale queen rearing. This mainly referred to the Millar method with which one or two members had had some modest success, but also touched on the theory of the Ally method. There is the intention to try this again next year, but – hopefully – with one or two changes to the technique that may improve the success rate. The eventual aim is to be able to raise a handful of good quality queens that can be used by the beekeeper to replenish his/her own stock.
The overall results of the Honey Show were as follows;
1st place (for the second year running): Dave Bonner, Cathy & Ben
2nd place: Gareth Taylor
3rd place: Julia Barclay
Best in Show: Julia Barclay for her beekeeping themed black work sampler entered in Class 15 ' Item of Beekeeping interest not entered in any other class'
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SB20 Worlds in Hobart, Tasmania
SB20 World Championship 2018 – Final
1730AEST /11 January 2018
Viva le France at SB20 World sailing
Young French skipper Achille Nebout, sailing Le Reservoir/Mazet & Associase, today brilliantly won the 2018 World championship for the SB20 one-design sports boat class on Hobart's River Derwent.
With his equally young crew of Gabriel Skoczek, Pauline Mazzocchi and Bruno Mournac , they finished the 12-race series with a first and a second on a sparkling Derwent and hot summer's day.
Another young French crew, headed by sailor Robin Follin, the 2015 World champion finished second overall, third place going to the British boat Marvel, skippered by Richard Powell.
Top Australian boat was the National champion Aeolus, skippered by Brett Cooper, also from Hobart, who finished a sixth overall.
But it was a sad end to the worlds for fellow Tasmanian Michael Cooper with his boat Export Roo receiving a BFD (Flack Flag) disqualification for a starting line infringement in the last race.
Export Roo had crossed the line in second place in race 12, just seconds astern of another French boat, EOLIFT Racing (Hugo Feydit).
But it was not to be, with Export Roo relegated to seventh. Cooper lodged a claim for redress but the International Jury denied this, Export Roo with a last race BFD,
While the international sailors from France and Britain dominated the top five overall placings, (three French, two Britain) six Australian boats finished in the top 11 placings.
Today's races were sailed on a sparkling River Derwent in a 10-15 knot ENE breeze on a hot (28 degrees) summer's day that drew a large spectator fleet out on the water to watch the final races
With the standings so close going into the final race, the start became aggressive with the first attempt being a general recall.
Race officer Nick Hutton then hoisted the Black Flag and four boats were called BFD – Export Roo (AUS) Xcellent (John Pollard, GBR), Provident CRM (Michael O'Connor, IRE) and Ikon20 (Kirwan Robb, AUS).
Export Roo had crossed the line in second place and Xcellent fourth.
The first SB20 World championship in Hobart was conducted with the highest professional standards by the Royal Yacht of Tasmania and the Derwent Sailing Squadron as joint hosts and Nick Hutton, an international race officer, heading up a team of mostly volunteers from both clubs.
Weatherwise, sailing conditions were excellent for the Pre-Worlds and the Worlds, with moderate to fresh breezes ranging from northwest to west and south, to east-north-east on the final day.
The championships drew a fleet of 59 boats, 18 internationals from France, Ireland, Great Britain, Italy, Singapore and New Caledonia.
Great credit for getting the Worlds to Hobart and their organisation cmust go to the two yachts clubs and the Tasmanian and Australian SB20 class associations, headed by Steve Catchpool.
Top ten placings overall:
10, Karabos (Nick Rogers, AUS) (28)-14-25-6-8-(29)-12-2-11-14-14-12, 118 points.
Words: Peter Campbell
Photos: Jane Austin
1800AEST/11 January 2018
SB20 Worlds on the Derwent – Day 4 news update
2030AEST/10 January 2018
Down to the wire in SB20 Worlds on the Derwent
Tasmanian sailor Michael Cooper has fought back in his bid to win the 2018 SB20 World championship, but the competition is fierce with two French and a British boat his rivals for victory on the Derwent today (Thursday)
After races nine and ten yesteday, Cooper has recovered his standing to be just six points behind the young Frenchman Robin Follin, but only one point ahead of another French sailor, Achille Nebout.
And the British sailor Richard Powell is only five points further down the leaderboard. with Australian champion skipper Brett Cooper an outside chance for aa podium finish.
Overall standings changed during the two races sailed in moderate breezes on the Derwent today, and with the two discard rule coming into effect after ten races there were some significant changes in standings.
Michael Cooper, sailing Export Roo, was able to discard his 32nd place in race eight to his earlier UFD disqualification and, with a sixth and a ninth today, has lifted from sixth to second overall on a net 40 points.
Outstanding performer of the day, however, was Robin Follin and his crew of Give Me 5 – French Youth Team, who finished ninth in race nine and then scored a brilliant win in race ten.
Discard his two worst race results, Follin has a commanding net 34 points, six clear of Michael Cooper.
Third in overall standings going into the final day or two scheduled races is another French yacht, the consistently well sailed La Grand Reservoir/Mazet & Associase. Skipper Achille Nebout placed third and fourth today and is on a net 41 points.
Today's other winner was the British boat Marvel, taking out race nine, followed by a third in race 10. However, Marvel's consistent places did little to improve its overall status after the discards and the GBR boat is still fourth overall on a net 46 points.
Tasmanian boats fill eight of the first 13 places overall, underlining the depth of talent in the local River Derwent fleet.
Two Unlimited (Greg Prescott) is seventh overall, Karabos (Nick Rogers) ninth and second Masters skipper, Difficult Women (Rob Gough) 10th, Flirtatious/Ambition Sailing Team (Chris Dare) 11th, Honey Badger (Paul Burnell) 12th and Porco Rosso (Elliott Noye) 13th.
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Day 3 summary report – 1900AEST/9 January 2018
Export Roo slides down SB20 leader board
Export Roo, Tasmania's major hope to win the SB20 World Championship 2018 on Hobart's River Derwent today slid down the leader board from first to sixth place overall.
Export Roo, skippered by prominent local yachtsman Michael Cooper, began day three with consistent sailing, notching up a second and a seventh place in the 59 boat fleet.
Then came race eight of the 12 boat series with a disastrous 32nd as his British and French opponents turned in high placings.
Unfortunately, Export Roo has to carry the 32nd place in its overall score as Cooper has already used his race five UFD disqualification (60 penalty points) as his discard.
Cooper's hopes of winning the SB20 World title he lost so narrowly at Cowes, England, last August now rest on at least 10 of the 12 races being completed, allowing skippers to discard two races.
And, of course, Export Roo and her crew must sail as brilliantly as they did earlier in the series.
Export Roo's sensational fall from grace, hopefully short-lived for the local Hobart fleet, has seen the British yacht Xcellent move to the top of the leader board with a net 41 points after placings yesterday of 10-1-3.
One of skipper John Pollard's crew is Matthew Johnston, Commodore of the co-host club, the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Ironically, Johnston previously sailed with Michael Cooper.
Second overall is the young French sailor Achille Nebout and his crew of Le Grand Reservoir/Mazet & Associes who yesterday had a 3-3-8 result for a net 45 points.
In third place is another young French crew, Give Me 5 - French Youth Team who starred yesterday with two first places and an eighth. Give Me 5 is on 27 points.
Top placed Australian (and Tasmanian) after eight races is Australian Brett Cooper, skippering Aeolus, also from the Hobart fleet, in fourth position on a net 52poinds. Aeolus yesterday placed 11-4-7 to be on 52 points.
In sixth place is the consistent Tasmanian Greg Prescott in 2Unlimited while Elliott Noye had his best race to date with a fourth place, lifting Porco Rosso to eighth overall.
Race six, the first of the day, saw Give Me 5 – French Youth Team win from Aeolus and Le Grand Reservoir/Mazet & Associase.
Race seven went to Xcellent from Ikon20 (Kirwin Robb) and Le Grand Reservoir/Mazet & Associase. Give Me 5 – French Youth Team took out race eight, the last of day three from Karabos, skippered b Nick Rogers, founder of the SB20 class in Hobart. Xcellent placed third.
The SB20 World championship is still wide open with British, French and Australian boats all in contention with four races to sail over the next two days.
Words: Peter Campbell
Photos: Jane Austin
1900AEST/9 January 2018
SB20 Worlds on Hobart's River Derwent
Day 2 – Races 4 and 5 – summary
Worlds leader Michael Cooper cops UFD
British yachtsman Richard Powell snatched victory on the final spinnaker run of race five of the SB20 Worlds today, ending a boat-for-boat duel between Tasmanians Brett Cooper and Michael Cooper.
As they crossed the finish line it was Powell at the helm of Marvel first by four seconds from Brett Cooper with Aeolus and a further 10 seconds to Michael Cooper's Export Roo.
However, Michael Cooper's race had ended at the start of race five where race officials had handed him a UFD disqualification for a breaking the start.
Nevertheless, Cooper's Export Roo maintains the overall lead, discarding the UFD penalty of 60 points for a net score of 16 points. In race four, the first of the day Export Roo placed ninth.
Results of today's racing are provisional with several protests lodged between competitors and against the race committee's decisions.
The UFD penalty has cut Export Roo's overall lead from 13 at the end of day one to just five at the end of day two, with Marvel moving from tenth in standings to second with a fine day of sailing for a 2-1 result.
Third overall is another British boat, John Pollard's Xcellent which today placed 14th and third, the 14th its drop race.
Australian SB20 champion Aeolus, skippered by Brett Cooper, had a great day on the water, winning race four and finishing a close second in race five. This, and the discard, has lifted Aeolus from 15th after day one to fourth overall.
Next best Australian boat is Greg Prescott's 2Unlimited in sixth place, today notching up a 5-7 score.
Robin Follin, the French Youth Team skipper of Take Me 5 and winner of the Pre-Worlds, had two thirds today to be seventh overall but the top French team is Le Grand Reservoir/Mazet & A (Achille Nebout) in fifth place.
Provisionally, the top ten placings after two days and five of scheduled 12 races are:
Xcellent heads the Masters scoring, Give Me 5 the Youth division and Essence of Athena (Clare Dabner) the six Women's crews.
Two more days of racing remain with seven races scheduled.
Words: Peter Campbell
Photos: Jane Austin
1745AEST/8 January 2018
Mercury – news – sailing - SB20 worlds day one
Export Roo hops to the lead in SB20 Worlds
Peter Campbell
Hobart yachtsman Michael Cooper yesterday made an impressive start to winning the SB20 World championship on the River Derwent that he so narrowly missed at Cowes, England, last August.
Steering Export Roo, with same crew of David Chapman and Gerry Mitchell, Cooper scored two third places and a win on day one of the 2018 World Championship on his home waters.
This has given Export Roo a commanding early lead in the four-day, 12-race regatta for these high performance, one-design sportsboat, crewed by three or four sailors, men, women and teenagers, with skippers ages ranging from 13 to 60 years plus.
Hobart and the River Derwent turned on brilliant sailing conditions for the 59 boats, 18 from overseas, contesting the Worlds – a south-east to south-westerly seabreeze freshening from 12 knot to !8 knots of the end of the day.
After three races, Export Roo has six points on the leaderboard, 13 points clear of his nearest rival, the French boat Le Grand Reservoir/Mazet & A (Achille Nebout) which placed 2-11-7 for 20 points.
Cooper showed his local knowledge by being the first to gybe on the final spinnaker run of the last race and stayed with the breeze while the following boats fell into a ''hole.''
The Hobart businessman lost the 2017 Worlds on The Solent at Cowes to noted British yachtsman Jerry Hill by two points, with Hill using his own local knowledge in the final race.
Cooper has avowed revenge and is not only leading the 2018 Worlds but is also 24 places ahead of Hill, who today placed 4-38-28 in sportsboatworld.com
British sailor John Pollard, sailing Ecellent, is third overall on 24 points (6-12-6) while fourth is race two winner Honey Badger (Paul Burnell) sailing with his sons Oli and Toby and 14-year-old Bailey Fisher.
The Honey Badger's other placings have been a 19th and a 14th for a total of 34 points.
Yesterday's three races produced three winners, Export Roo, The Honey Badger and a Russian crew of MST who arrived in Hobart late last week and did not contest the Pre-Worlds.
However, Vasily Grigoriev and his crew showed great downwind speed to snatch victory in race one, crossing the line just seconds ahead of French Youth sailor Robin Follin in Take Me 5 -French Youth Team.
However, the French boat was disqualified under the Black Flag (BFD) rule following a general recall, along with three other boats.
SB20 Pre-Worlds on the River Derwent, Hobart
DAY 3 - 5th Jan 2018
French youth sailor makes his mark on Derwent
French youth sailor and former world champion Robin Follin has emerged as hot favourite for the SB20 World championship on Hobart's River Derwent, starting on Sunday.
Helming Give Me 5 – French Youth Team, Follin (FRA) this afternoon won his third out of six races in the SB20 pre-Worlds regatta, taking out the last race with French flair.
In 2015 Follin became the first and only youth sailor to win an SB20 World title, at Trentino in Italy, and still qualifies for the youth division at the age of 25.
Follin and his crew also won the Youth and Corinthian trophies for the Pre-Worlds. The Masters went to Jerry Hill (GBR) the current world champion.
In today's racing in a brisk 10-15 knot south-easterly sea breeze, Give Me 5 finished ninth (their discard) in race five, but there was no question of his dominance as he clinched an overall victory with a last race win.
He finished with a net 9 points from placings of 1-1-2-4-(8)-1, eleven points clear of his nearest rivals, Export Roo (Michael Cooper, AUS) who finished on 19 points with a scorecard of (12)-4-7-1-2- 5.
Third place went to current Australian champion Brett Cooper in Aeolus on 29 points (11-6-3-5-(18)-4) with fourth place going to current world champion sportsboatworld.com (Jerry Hill) who did not compete in the final race.
Two other French boats followed in the final standings, Le Grand Reservoir/Mazet &A (Achille Nebout) on 35 points, EOLIFT Racing (Hugo Feynit) on 37 points.
Next best of the Australian boat was Henty.cc (Matt Pilkington) who placed eighth after winning race five, followed by the Irish entry Sin Bin (Michael Connor) and two Tasmanian boats Karabos (Nick Rogers) and Porco Rosso (Elliott Noye).
In race 5 the Irish boat Binn Eadair (Cillian Dickson) crossed the finish line first only to find he had been called UFD and disqualified for breaking the start.
This resulted in Henty.cc being first, Export Roo second and sportsboatworld.com, third
In race six, Honey Badger (Paul Burnell) was also called UFD.
Tomorrow is a lay day, with the first two races of the SB20 World Championship 2018 scheduled for Sunday, 7 January.
In race 5, the Irish boat Binn Eadair (Cillian Dickson) crossed the finish line first only to find he had been called UFD and disqualified for breaking the start.
This results in Henty.cc being first, Export Roo second and sportsboatworld.com third
In race six, Honey Badger (Paul Burnell) was also called UFD.
News update – day 2 – 4 January 2018
Exhilarating and tough SB20 sailing on the Derwent
Day two of the SB0 pre-Worlds regatta has provided competitors with two exhilarating races on Hobart's River Derwent today.
A north-west to west-nor'westerly breeze averaging 16-18 knots, with sharp gusts as high as 30 knots, has seen spectacular downwind sailing.
Positions changed as boats picked up the gusts and went surfing past others. Downwind gybing techniques were the key to gaining or retaining fleet positions
The strong wind has caused many retirements from the 33 boat pre-Worlds fleet, among them the French boat EOLIFT Racing which broke a spreader. EOLIFT Racing had been third in overall standings after day one.
Others retired to save damage in the gusty conditions with the 2018 SB20 Worlds only three days away. Hypertronics (Steve Catchpool) retired after a collision at the windward mark in race one with Big Ted (Alice Grubb) taking a penalty turn.
The Victorian Ikon20 (Kirwan Robb) broke its rudder in race four while at least two female crews retired from the last race.
Racing today began after a general recall for race three of the series, race one of the day, and produced two different race winners.
Results are provisional as there are potential protests following a number of collisions in the brisk breezes.
British boat Marvel (Richard Powell) followed his race two second place (he did not start in race one) with a win in race three. A close second was French sailor Robin Follin sailing Give Me 5 – French Youth team, third place going to Australian champion Aeolus (Brett Cooper).
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prince originally wrote purple rain for stevie nicks
This summer, Stevie Nicks was invited to sing on TV's "America's Got Talent" and "The Voice." This month, she joined Jeff Bridges and John Fogerty at a benefit for wounded soldiers in Sturgis, S.D. In May, her Fleetwood Mac songs were featured on a "Glee" episode.
Why is the witchy woman so suddenly in demand?
It probably has a lot to do with "In Your Dreams," her first solo album in 10 years and her best since 1981's "Bella Donna."
"I have to tip my top hat to Dave Stewart" of Eurythmics, she said, who produced the album. "I think the seven songs that he and I wrote together mixed in with the five songs that I wrote by myself made for a much more interesting and diversified record," said Nicks, who performs Wednesday at Mystic Lake Casino amphitheater.
As a musician, Nicks, 63, knows she's limited. She didn't expect to be writing with Stewart but she sent him 40 pages of poetry. He came to her house and said, "Let's do this one."
Recalled Nicks: "In my head, I'm like, 'You don't think we're really going to sit in this room and write a song together, 'cause I don't do that.' But he was so kind and so sweet and no ego, and we just started playing, and in 15 minutes we finished 'You May Be the One.'
"Suddenly, I had an epiphany. Wow! That worked. And this is a really great song with no grief. I don't feel punished or like something was taken away from me. I don't miss spending two months sitting at my piano in tears."
One of her own songs on "In Your Dreams" actually dates back to Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" days in the mid-1970s. She knew she had "Secret Love" on a cassette somewhere but couldn't find it. Then her assistant discovered it on YouTube. It turns out that Nicks had actually recorded it for "Bella Donna" but never released it. Keyboardist Benmont Tench, the musical director for that album, was the only person to remember it.
"Ben told me that the other day," Nicks said. "Now my whole story about having no idea [what happened to the song] has gone to hell in a handbag. I remember we recorded a lot of songs for 'Bella Donna'; I just did not remember that."
Another new song has an old connection. "Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)" was inspired by Nicks seeing the movie "Twilight Saga: New Moon" in 2009. When she went to make a video of it this year, she grabbed a dress out of her closet that she'd worn to the 1984 premiere of Prince's "Purple Rain" in Hollywood.
"My friend's daughter is playing violin on that [video] and I pulled that dress out for her to wear. It's been hanging in my closet. It's like a year younger than the girl who wears it in the video."
Purple connection
Back in the early 1980s, Nicks and Prince were friends and musical collaborators. One day when she was driving in Los Angeles, she started humming along to his "Little Red Corvette" on the radio and pulled over to write down words she was composing. When she went to record the song a few hours later, she called Prince.
"Don't even ask me how I found his number but I did. I told him: 'I'm recording this song and I wrote it to "Little Red Corvette" and I'm giving you 50 percent of it and I want to know if you'd like to come play on it on one of the next three nights.' He was there in an hour, and he was there for about an hour and a half. And we became friends."
That song, "Stand Back," became a big hit in 1983. She asked Prince if they could someday write a song together. So he sent her a cassette of a long instrumental track and invited her to pen lyrics.
"It was so overwhelming, that 10-minute track, that I listened to it and I just got scared," Nicks remembered. "I called him back and said, 'I can't do it. I wish I could. It's too much for me.' I'm so glad that I didn't, because he wrote it, and it became 'Purple Rain.'"
Buckingham Nicks redux
Nicks is better known for her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham, her musical and romantic partner in the duo Buckingham Nicks since their college days at San Jose State. They joined Fleetwood Mac in late 1974 but split up romantically a couple years later. Of course, they've continued to work together on-and-off in that Rock Hall of Fame band. He joined her for one tune on the new album, "Soldier's Angel."
"It was as close to the Buckingham Nicks years as we have been since Buckingham Nicks," Nicks said. "For Lindsey and I, that opened up the possibility of a new chapter. We certainly can still do it. And we did it well and it wasn't a lot of work. Lindsey and I are very happy with each other right now."
Would they do a duo tour?
"It's an absolute possibility. A lot of wounds were healed with 'Soldier's Angel.' It's about the war and these injured kids. It was a very kind of spiritual and holy thing."
What's the status of Fleetwood Mac?
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interesting story
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I never knew this...
The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.
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I never knew that either. Wow. I love how the sound of "Stand Back" was influenced by "Little Red Corvette".
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Another purple connection in that story...
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You learn something new everyday, what this revelation brings up is what would have happened had she actually accepted it? A very interesting tale indeed, Mr. Nelson had his hands in more careers than we probably know.
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(cue in the Disneyland themesong, in 4,3,2,1..)
-It IS a small world, afterall.
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So this puts to rest, the over 25 year claim that Wendy & Lisa help write that song. Finally this discredits that The Revolution is responsible for Prince's crossover success & therefore wouldn't have been a superstar.......Thx Stevie.....Ok Wendy & Lisa groupies!
will ALWAYS think of like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P.
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Did people think Wendy and Lisa helped write the song because of the script of the movie?
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Hold up, hold up. Someone was saying Wendy & Lisa co-wrote it?! HUH!?
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I don't know who wrote what. But Stevie just says Prince gave her a tape with an instrumental. That doesn't prove anything either way. She doesn't say the music was written solo or in a collaboration and Stevie wouldn't know unless she was told.
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No just "Dreams" if I remember correctly
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and practically the producer of the Gold Experience.
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Now I know who to blame. I hate that album with a passion only eclipsed by TRC
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...Whoa, seriously?
The Gold Experience?!! That's one of the most epic things Prince has ever done.
*clutches the pearls*
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That is a seriously piece of awesome info...I'm happy Prince wrote Purple Rain though!
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You gotta be Joking! Epicl Fail more like... hyped TGE about it never being released, with that much hype, it better be a banger of an album..
So he gives us the Beautiful Experience feature-length video which includes "Days Of Wild" and "acknowledge Me" - arguably the most powerful tracks from that feature - only for it to NOT be released on TGE - what a gyp, had to wait for his greatest misses (and to some, greatest fail) "Crystal Ball" for anything to surface....
Then we get a cut down version of "Billy Jack Bitch" and a track which was recorded for "showgirls" and probably one of his lamest album closures, which I felt considering the album was called "The Gold Experience", a closing song with the lyrics "All that glitters ain't Gold" may as well be saying the whole thing was an overhyped anti-climax!
However "Shhh" and "I Hate U" could be it's saving Grace....
but for me... this album is merely a contribution to the integration of "Come" and "Exodus", the former being the FAR superior and the most underrated...
Finally as for TRC, isn't that one big musical proverbial JW door-to-door watchtower pitch/appraisal, appealing primarily to Prince puritans and musicians as opposed to the general consumer (I think it's fantastic personally - thought for accessibility in the noughties, Musicology hands down!)
That's my story and I'm sticking to it...
Sorry for the off-tangent , we were talking about Stevie Nicks or something.....?
Tried many flavours - but sooner or later, always go back to the Purple Kool-aid!
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I wonder just how true this story or is Stevie getting high again?
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It's Kiss all over again.
I'm only responsible for what I say, not for what you understand
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Yeah some people on here believe everything they read. I doubt this is true.
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stupid little things...
Benmont Tench is/was with Tom Petty....with whom she recorder stop dragging my heart...
interesting about Stand Back, because Prince receives no album credit, if im not mistaken...is that prince playing guitar on the track, and/or synthesizer?...
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"So he sent her a cassette of a long instrumental track and invited her to pen lyrics."
How close to the final was it? And he hadn't written the lyrics so who contributed to that?We have no idea what the thing sounded like but jump to all kinds of conclusions.
"Kiss" started as a short acoustic demo, about a minute in length, with one verse and the chorus. Mazarati and produceDavid Z. drastically reworked the song, giving it its stripped-down sound. When Mazarati delivered the song to Prince, he decided to take back the song for himself. He replaced their lead vocal, added the guitar break in the chorus and edited the song to its present form."
Sounds like David Z. and Mazarati should have gotten writing credit too. Thats right- David Z and Mazarati fans comin' out tha woodwork...
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It seems like there was another thread a few months ago about some claim she made that seemed to stretch things a bit.
I like Stevie Nicks and all but she does have a habit of, um, misremembering things...or at least making claims that people question. Where there's smoke, there's fire.
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Any album where Prince makes any attempt to rap is absolutely atrocious. Just my opinion.
As for Stevie's recollection of "Purple Rain"...if it's true, AWESOME!!!!!
She has robes and she has monkeys, lazy diamond studded flunkies....
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wow! I thought I was the only one who went through it, Prince sent me the instrumental ttoo, and I freaked out the same way. I was like I can't do it, this is too overwhelming! so he came up with the lyrics, little did I know that song would be "Purple and Gold" bummer, I should have co-wrote something
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Stevie Nicks talks about the "standback" recording session. I believe you can get at VH1-Its the one where she talks about how she wrote each song and then performs it live. (Prince also does keyboards on the original track)
Here's the written transcript from storytellers vh1:
Thank you, Frank. Thank you very much. (Stevie puts her hands together and gives a little bow to the audience) All right, well, the story of "Stand Back." Uh, many years ago, like in the beginning of the 1980's , um I got married. And my husband Kim and I were driving from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara for like a honeymoon. (Stevie smiles then laughs)And we heard this incredible Prince song called "Little Red Corvette". And we were like so knocked out at this song. So, we were like (Stevie dances a little) all the way, so we pulled over and we got it. And I just kind of hummed this song along to it. It's very, very different, you'll, you'll try it, you'll all go home and try this. But it's, you'll have to find where it fits in, but it was very, it was perfectly in there and we got to the , to the, hotel or wherever we went and we recorded it, and like it was a song, it was done. And, also to add that when I went in to record it, we were in the middle of recording it and I thought well, you know what? I could just call Prince and tell him this. And somebody got me his number, and that's not an easy thing to do, (audience laughs) and, and we contacted him. I was at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles. We contacted him and he called me back, he called me right back and I kinda told him the story. I said I kinda hummed along this song and I'm at Sunset Sound, and how do you feel about that. And twenty minutes later her roared into the parking lot (Stevie makes a little driving motion with her hands and audience laughs) and uh, came in, listened to the song you know, very cool, very quiet. And he said, "Okay", and I said, "Do you hate it?" , and he said "No, I, it's okay, it's cool" and he uh, they set up an OB8 for him and he played the doo doo doo doo doo the 1/16 note thing and then, he did it like one time. And then he went to the middle part where it goes deedat deedat deedat deedat, he did that, he finished it, he said good bye and he kinda walked out of my life. (audience laughs) So that's my Prince story and it's also my story of "Stand Back".(big smile)
The music starts and Stevie twirls around and sings "Stand Back"
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Stevie still has the original cassette tape of music -That has the unfinished music piece for the song that eventually became Purple Rain. I wonder how much that tape is worth??
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