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TEACH-NOW Is First Online Teacher Prep. Program to Meet New Standards
TEACH-NOW, an online teacher-preparation program, has received a full seven-year accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation—making it the first online institution to meet the council's new, more-rigorous standards.
"It's a huge milestone," said Emily Feistritzer, the founder and CEO of TEACH-NOW. In 2011, she founded the program, which takes candidates nine months to finish before they become certified.
"This program is really built on the delivery model of activity-based, collaborative learning," she said. "I'm ecstatic that it works."
The first class began in March 2013 and since then TEACH-NOW has accepted and enrolled almost 1,500 people in 80 countries and 44 states.
With the accreditation, TEACH-NOW plans to expand more intentionally into offering professional development to districts, Feistrizer said. The program's online modules—ranging from student assessments to learning in the digital age—would be helpful to already-certified teachers as well, she said.
"We intend to make those much more available now," she said. "We're in constant conversations with [District of Columbia public schools], and we are actually working with schools and countries around the world."
CAEP unveiled its more-ambitious standards for program accreditation in 2013. Teacher-preparation programs are judged on five standards, which contain multiple benchmarks—equipping candidates with content knowledge and appropriate pedagogical tools; working in partnership with districts to provide strong student-teaching practice and feedback; recruiting a diverse and academically strong group of candidates; demonstrating that graduates are successfully boosting P-12 students' academic achievement; and maintaining a quality-assurance system.
If the program fails to meet just one benchmark, it cannot be accredited for two years, until it provides proof that it has remedied the problem. In December, 17 of the 21 programs that applied received accreditation, Brenda Iasevoli reported.
Men comprise 42 percent of TEACH-NOW enrollees, according to the program's data, and 45 percent of enrollees are people of color. (Nationwide, 82 percent of teachers are white women.)
"We don't actively recruit for any of those markets," Feistrizer said. "I think [it's because] the program is so candidate-driven. We really, really do focus on the people who enroll in TEACH-NOW. I do the orientation session [and say to the candidates], 'There's nobody more important in TEACH-NOW than you.' ... It's a very intimate, collaborative learning environment."
While TEACH-NOW's highest concentration of enrollees is people in their 30s who are switching careers, Feistrizer said more and more recent college graduates are enrolling in the program.
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I am a miniature painter from Arizona in the United States. I have been painting miniatures as an adult off and on since 1998. In that time I managed to win four U.S. Golden Demons, Master Craftsman at LVO and West Coast Store Wars, along with numerous local painting awards.
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I was always interested in knights and fantasy from a very young age. I collected Lego medieval sets and built tons of castles with them. I think I watched the movie Ivanhoe about a million times. Every Sunday my family and I would go to Paradise Valley mall for lunch, and afterwards I would beg my parents to let me go to Hobby Lobby so I could stare at all of the models they had there. They had a display case full of painted knight miniatures that I would stare at, and eventually I noticed the area that had RPG figures and some of the early Games Workshop stuff and my interest was piqued. Then one Christmas my grandfather bought Hero Quest for me, and I spent a summer painting the miniatures. This was around 5th grade I think. I had no idea what I was doing (and apparently no flesh colored paint), but I sat there day after day happily painting away. After that summer, though, I didn't pick up a brush again until 1998.
Somewhere around my senior year in high school/summer before my freshman year in college I found the Arizona Gamer temporary storefront at Arizona Mills mall and saw all of the Warhammer Fantasy models. It took me back to those years at Hobby Lobby staring at the models, and I took the plunge. Not to play the game (I kept resisting their requests to teach me the game because I knew I would get sucked in) - I wanted to create a chess set with "good guys" and "bad guys". So I bought a bunch of models and started painting them when I was at college. The skeleton I'm posting here is the first model I painted as an "adult". The problem? I was learning something with every model, and by the time I got to around model #7 the differences in skill and technique were so glaring that I knew the set would look odd. I decided I needed to practice more before I could make the chess set a reality.
With my dreams of painting a chess set dashed, I ended up starting a High Elves army, and eventually 40K Ork and Thousand Sons armies. The store I started playing at was partly owned by Bryan Shaw, a pretty famous painter (I think he ended up with around 40 Golden Demons). Much like I used to drool over the painted knights as a child at the local Hobby Lobby, I drooled over Bryan's models every time I went in to the store. I never asked him for a lot of advice (I generally tend to be a "figure it out on my own" kind of guy in all areas of my life), but he was critical in my painting development for two reasons. First, his work was so cool that it inspired me to try new things. I would stare at his models and try to figure out how he could have possibly achieved some particular effect. Then I would go home and work on my own models, experimenting little by little to see how I could achieve similar results, and then go back and look at his models again to learn more. It's no surprise that a lot of my early stuff was highly derivative of Bryan's work.
Second, Bryan was my biggest cheerleader (and he never even gave me crap for how my painting was ripping off his own stuff!). He would look at each new model I painted when I set it on the table to play, complement me, and encourage me to keep practicing and getting better. I vividly recall the day around summer of 2001 when he looked at a unit of White Lions I had just finished and said, "You are coming with me to Games Day next year. Start preparing now." I said, "I'm not good enough for that!" He replied, "You will be. Keep working and start thinking of a project." Wow. The gauntlet was thrown!
Around 2002-2004 I was pushing myself a lot and learning brush control, freehand techniques, etc. In 2004, though, I got married, and I shifted my time to commission work to help pay the bills. I didn't improve much for several years, and eventually got burnt out. I didn't start painting again until around 2010 when Warmachine Mark II launched. At that time I was looking to get back into the hobby, and this game had a big local crowd and seemed great. This was a new renaissance in my painting as I started pushing myself again and learned some new things.
I played Warmachine/Hordes until 2016, gaining some notoriety for my green Trollbloods army. In 2016 I quit playing, and now devote my hobby time to just painting and learning. I hope that you find me on social media and follow along with my future painting projects!


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VIDEO: The Fast Break: Jan. 30
Cavs take down Spurs | Rockets rip refs | Barnes bails out champs | McCollum carves niche
No. 1: Lue, Cavs take another step forward — It's been barely a week and only five games, but Tyronn Lue has the Cavaliers playing with more zip and zest, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com. The team is now 4-1 since Lue took over as head coach for David Blatt and was humming on all cylinders in taking apart the contending Spurs on Saturday night:
"I don't put a lot of emphasis on it," Lue said. "I just want to make sure our style of basketball is what we want to play. I know it's a big game because it's the San Antonio Spurs, but it's only one game for us. If we take care of our business and do what we're supposed to do, we don't have to beat this team until June."
Skeptics will say this was a classic case of an underpromise and overdeliver by Lue. If you set expectations low, you can control the threshold for what is deemed a success.
However, after watching the Cavs completely handle the Spurs 117-103 while playing a get-it-and-go brand of basketball that Lue introduced the team to when he took over a week ago, it's easy to see the merit in Lue's point.
If the Cavaliers can beat a great team such as the Spurs, albeit without Tim Duncan, just a week into playing this way and can look like the best version of themselves while doing so, how good can they look in four or five months, when the games really matter?
There was a lot to like about this game, starting with the offensive balance among LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, who all topped the 20-point plateau for the second consecutive game.
"I think our team responded well, playing fast, getting easy shots, Kyrie and LeBron attacking early, and then Kevin in the low post and making jump shots, so I thought tonight was a picture-perfect way of how we want to play," Lue said. "The guys came out and executed it."
No. 2: Bickerstaff rips into referees — After two consecutive nights of watching Dwight Howard take beatings under the basket and two straight games of seeing his big man ejected, Rockets coach J.B. Bickerstaff held back nothing in claiming Dwight Howard is the victim of bad officiating and dirty play. Our Fran Blinebury has the fiery words:
"It's not fair the way referees officiate Dwight," Bickerstaff said. "You go back and look at the clip; they initiate contact with him. They grab him. They hold him. Dwight gets punished more than anybody in the league. The referees have to be held accountable. They want to keep the game clean, the referees have to do their job. They can't over and over again have the same situation.
"At some point in time if you want to protect the league's players on a night in, night out basis, this crew is no exception. They allow people to hit him, they allow people to grab his neck. They allow people to grab his arms, hold his shoulders. He's going to get hurt. The reason why he has the back problems, the knee problems, is because people jump on his back, people hold on his shoulders. These referees need to be held accountable for letting people attack Dwight and [be] dirty.
"They [Wizards] are not clean with the way they play. Cheap is one thing. Grabbing somebody's arms. Grabbing somebody's shoulders, that's not clean basketball and it's not just tonight. If the referees did their job in the first place, it would not have escalated to these situations. And we lose Dwight twice in a row now in crucial situations."
VIDEO: Warriors win in Philly
No. 3: Warriors survive Sixers scare — Even the defending champions don't have the right attitude for every minute of every game. That was apparent when the Warriors built a 24-point lead and then began to carelessly play around in the second half against the lowly Sixers until Harrison Barnes bailed them out in the end. Draymond Green admitted that his style in particular was nearly costly to Diamond Leung of the San Jose Mercury News:
"We started turning the ball over due to my selfish unselfishness, and it was all downhill from there," said Green, who committed four of his seven turnovers in the third.
Asked about hunting assists, he said, "Could you tell? It looked bad. It felt bad."
The Warriors blew a 24-point lead and committed 23 turnovers, giving the 76ers life in the second half before they fell to 7-41. Green, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 19 turnovers, with Curry matching Green's seven and Thompson committing five.
"If the gods delivered what should have happened, we probably should have lost because that's what happens when you mess around with the game and the ball," coach Steve Kerr said.
"This is the NBA. Everybody has talent. The beauty of our game is in the execution. It's in sharing the ball, making the simple play and letting things happen. And I thought, in the third quarter, our starting group came out, didn't focus and tried to do everything on their own."
Kerr tried to make a point, taking Green out first with 5:47 left in the third and the rest of the starters out all at once shortly afterward.
They might have been rested for the remainder of the game with the Warriors leading by 22 points at the time and having to play Sunday against the New York Knicks.
But with the Warriors' second unit missing a resting Andre Iguodala and an injured Festus Ezeli, the 76ers went on an 11-2 run to start the fourth and cut the lead to 93-83.
"There was a bad taste in our mouth while we got pulled out, and that was kind of a weird situation for the rest of the game," Curry said of Kerr's decision. "Obviously, we forced his hand with the way we were playing."
No. 4: McCollum has found his sweet spot — While the analytics gang keeps pushing to turn the entire NBA into a long-range 3-point shooting gallery, the Blazers' C.J. McCollum has carved out his spot as throwback scorer by going to the mid-range game. McCollum tells Mike Richman of The Oregonian that it's just something that feels natural:
"It's been a part of my game for life. It's tougher to finish in the lane so you've got to find different areas to score efficiently and the mid-range contested shot is a shot a lot of teams will live with," McCollum says. "And it's a shot I'm willing to live with as well just because I've gotten so many shots at it and I'm comfortable with it."
McCollum is shooting 46.6 percent on mid-range shots season, according to NBA.com. He's attempted the 12th most mid-range shots in the league and has the highest field goal percentage of anyone in the NBA who has taken at least 250 such shots. He's shooting better than noted mid-range gunners Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki and, yes, even LaMarcus Aldridge.
Narrowing the scope on his mid-range attempts, McCollum is shooting 48.8 percent on jumpers from 15-19 feet, according to NBA.com. Only Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka is shooting a higher percentage (50.1) from that range among players who have attempted at least 150 of those long two-pointers.
Part of what makes McCollum from the mid-range is that he's one of the better three-point shooters in the league. He's shooting 39.2 percent from beyond the three-point line and ranks among the top ten in the league three-point attempts. Mid-range shots have not eaten into his long-range attempts, instead they're complementing his offensive arsenal. As more and more defenses key on limiting three-point attempts, McCollum has found his sweet spot on floor, a combination of his ability to create his own shot and defenses willingness to give up contested two-pointers.
"The way the league is is they're going to try to take away threes and rim," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. "I don't know if his mid-range efficiency sets up the other things per se. It complements the other things."
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: Even a wardrobe malfunction couldn't slow down LeBron James … Steph Curry takes the Warriors Greatest Show on Earth into famous Madison Square Garden … DeMarcus Cousins sprained an ankle in Kings fourth consecutive loss…The NBA has banned mid-court TV cameras for safety reasons … Brother of Wizards' coach Randy Wittman dies unexpectedly … Danny and Joey Crawford top the list in NBA referees survey … Mavs owner Mark Cuban plans to own League of Legends literally and figuratively … Chandler Parsons hopes to keep right on sizzling … The Celtics have reportedly inquired about Al Horford and Jeff Teague … First jump-shooter Kenny Sailors dies at 95.


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If you're like most women, you're probably lacking in the energy department from time to time (or, okay, much of the time). Sound familiar? To the rescue: Qigong (pronounced chee-gong, which means "energy work").
This form of active meditation—made up of flowing repetitive movements designed to harness your body's energy—has been shown to enhance nervous system activity and lower stress hormone levels so you sleep better, feel more focused, and have fewer cravings. A UCLA study found that healthy adults reported feeling 10% more energetic throughout the day after practicing tai chi, a more complex form of qigong. A Swedish study also showed that qigong helped women in their 40s with fast-paced computer-based jobs to naturally slow their heart rate and blood pressure all day long.
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Workout at a glance: For all-day energy, do the routine at least 3 times a week; for an instant lift, do your favorite move anytime. Go from one exercise to the next in the order they appear, flowing through all the repetitions slowly and gracefully without stopping. Breathe through your nose, lips closed and the tip of your tongue lightly touching the top of your mouth behind your teeth (an acupressure point thought to regulate energy).
With feet hip-width apart, bend elbows so arms are at sides, palms facing each other. Simultaneously push right arm forward, palm facing away from you (like stopping traffic) and pull left hand back by hip, elbow behind you and palm facing up.
Now pull right hand back and push left hand forward.
Slowly continue to alternate hands for 6 to 9 reps with each arm.
End by gently shaking out arms and legs (like doing the Hokey Pokey), then come to stillness, resting right hand on top of left, just below navel.
Hold this position as long as you like.
Taking care of ourselves right now is often last on our busy to-do list. Here, five reasons qigong is just what you need to stay healthy and happy this minute and all year long.
Taking care of ourselves right now is often last on our busy to-do list. Here, five reasons qigong is just what you need to stay healthy and happy this minute and all year long.
Source: http://www.prevention.com/fitness/fitness-tips/how-qigong-can-boost-energy
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Acupressure may be used on certain key points during a Qigong therapy session to assist with and complement the release of blockages, ease muscular tension, increase the circulation of blood and the flow of Qi.
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These are safe and effective ways for a patient to remove the buildup of toxic pathogens and years of painful emotions that often lead to mental and physical illness. The practice entails coordinating slow movements with breathing to cultivate the flow of energy, or Qi (chee), in a sort of graceful, fluid dance. It is a form of exercise, but is much less a muscle-based workout and more of a mindful energetic-based practice.
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during the last months i realized my idea of a movable screen as interaction device at the IGD. it is again a minimalistic approach integrating / hiding complex technlogy in famliar hardware. i simply put an 24″ iMac at a rotating pillar and tracked the rotation with a rotation encoder. in order to create the effect of a "window into virtual reality" i am tracking the user's head and map the position on the virtual camera. primarily it is running instantreality framework for visualization. there are also working prototypes of Second Life, Google Earth and hopefully soon Nasa Worldwind Java.
last week we presented the MovableScreen at the Hannover Messe trade fair at the booth of BMBF. the software shows the simulation of a Coperion bulk materials plant i created together with my colleages at design&systems institute using instantreality framework. we already have sold two MovableScreens until now!


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A pair of players hit the jackpot at a Skegness bingo club, winning a combined total of £45,000.
Luck struck twice as Frederick Vine scooped £25,000 and Julie Boltwood, £20,000 when their numbers came up at Roman Bank Bingo.
Both were up against thousands of players across the country bidding to win the National Bingo Game.
They are the first national winners at Roman Bank Bingo for 10 years, with Frederick claiming the cash bonanza just a few days before Julie.
The club invited the prize winners to a champagne party last week to celebrate their success. Family and friends enjoyed a night of bingo and bubbles as the both were presented with their cheques.
Frederick, from Skegness, bagged the £25,000 national prize after getting a full house in the smallest number of calls.
He said: "My girlfriend Leanne likes bingo so I went along with her. It was my first game at the club as a member.
"I knew I had won the house prize then about 20 minutes later it was announced that I had won £25,000. I was in shock and started shaking, when I found out."
A chef at Waterfront Restaurant in Skegness, Frederick, 33, plans to use the money to set up his own business.
He added: "I am not planning a spending spree, I have always wanted my own business, now I have got the money to do it."
It was a dream come true for Julie, from Nottingham, after shouting house to win £20,000.
She said: "I just started crying, I have never won anything like this before. It was only my second game here, but I play regularly at home."
Julie, 55, now plans to use her winnings to buy a caravan in the town with partner Raymond Parsons. She added: "It was my first visit to Skegness, but we just fell in love with the place. I had even put some money in the wishing well at the seal sanctuary and made a wish to live here."
Club deputy manager Cheryl Woodcock said: "Luck is definitely on our side here! I can't believe that in the space of six days, we've had two winners. It's definitely beginner's luck that these two players have won the National Game twice in the space if a week and in the same club."


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ATLANTA,None - A Channel 2 Investigation found the honey found on store shelves in Georgia could be contaminated. If it's from China, it may be loaded with heavy metals and antibiotics that could make children sick.
Agents recently seized a shipment of honey from China at the Port of Savannah. Officials couldn't reveal any more information about it, because the investigation is ongoing.
"There currently is a duty rate of 221 percent for Chinese honey imported into the United States," said Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special-Agent-in-Charge Greg Wiest.
- LINK: Tests show honey isn't honey
- LINK: Georgia Department of Agriculture - Honey bees
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Authorities call it honey laundering. Honey producers from China find ways around paying huge taxes to import to the U.S. by mislabeling honey, or shipping it through countries like India. Other producers strip down their product to hide potential dangers in it, like contaminants and antibiotics.
Chinese honey producers often use an animal antibiotic, not approved in the U.S. Eating it could pose a major health risk, especially to children.
"When a child needs an antibiotic for an illness, if they've had exposure to an antibiotic in the past, that product that they're given may not work as well," said Dr. Andi Shane of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division at Emory University.
Leigh Wilde is a metro Atlanta mother of two boys who eat honey regularly.
"I buy it for the nutritional value of it, and for the pollen that's in it," Wilde said.
But a new study by the Food Safety News found that 80 percent of the honey found on store shelves in the U.S. doesn't have pollen in it.
"When we looked at the large grocery chains, it was 76 percent of them had all the pollen removed. When you go to the big box stores, it was 100 percent," said Food Safety News writer Andrew Schneider.
If the pollen is removed from honey, no one can tell where it comes from. That means it could be from China or the U.S., no one has a way of tracing it.
"For more than 10 years, the honey industry, many members of Congress, and public health groups have asked the Food and Drug Administration to develop a standard for identifying honey," said Schneider. "No one can really figure out why the FDA doesn't want to do this."
Officials with the Georgia Department of Agriculture told Channel 2 Action News, the state does not have regulations for honey, but inspectors do conduct random tests on honey and other products.
Georgia beekeeper Bill Owens said it's a matter of re-educating the consumer. He said there are beekeepers in every county in the state, and to be safe, buy local.
"Nothing beats when you can go to the beekeeper and they can say the honey came from that box, those bees, and the pollen came from the flowers and trees right here in this area," Owens said. Wilde plans to do just that for her family.
"If it's something I'm eating regularly, I definitely want to know what's in it," Wilde said. "I absolutely will be looking at labels to see if it's made in the U.S.".


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Week 7 was pretty good. Once again I only completed 3 blocks. They are the ones I showed in the Sneak Peek posting.
This first one I will call 8″ 9 Patch Water Wheels. I found it on Pinterest, but couldn't find a tutorial.
I kept getting snags on the bottom when sewing the HSTs on this one. I tried re-threading the machine, checking the tension, and resetting the needle. Still no go. Then my future M-I-L asked if my needle was too blunt. Sure enough, changed it and it worked beautifully. Oops, it's been over a year since I did that.
I had planned to do mine in many colors but ended up making it with blacks, whites, and pinks.
• 32 colored squares @ 1 3/8″
• 8 centers of the wheel, 1 3/8″ squares
• One 3 1/8″
• Four 1 3/8″x4″
• Four 1 3/8″x2 1/4″
• Forty 1 3/8″ squares
The best way I found to do this:
1. Layout the block pieces so that you know exactly where each colored pin wheel will be.
2. Sew the colored pieces to the background squares to make HST squares.
3. Assemble the first three rows.
4. Sew the 9 patches that are to the left and right of the center block.
5. Sew these 9 patches to the sides of the center block.
6. Assemble the last three rows.
7. Sew the top row set to the center set.
8. Sew the bottom row set to the center set.
Weathervane 8″
I was blabbing my mouth to my ma when I was coloring this one. I was just grabbing color pencils and started coloring when I noticed that I colored it like a flower. That's what I get for trying to walk and chew gum at the same time!! So when I made the block, I swapped the colors around.
It's another 9 patch and it's way easier than the pin wheel block I did above.
• Twenty 1 7/8″ squares
Center and corner "leaves"
• One 3 1/8″ square
• Twelve 1 7/8″ squares
• Four 3 1/8″ square
1. Chain sew all but 4 of the background squares to the "leaves" on their diagonal to make HST squares. Trim off excess.
2. Sew the corners of the 9 patch like in the picture. HST square to a background square and an HST to a "leaf" square. Sew those together to make a square.
3. Sew the side squares of the 9 patch by sewing a background square to 2 adjoining corners of the petal square on their diagonals. The ending result will look like the "petal" fabric is a house shape.
4. Sew the squares together in rows
5. Sew the rows together to make the block. Like the picture.
Morning Star 8″
I loved sewing this one. I really wanted the border around the star to pop so I added the black skeleton fabric on the corners rather than making it black like the sides.
This is another 9 patch so we will assemble them by each of the 9 squares.
Corner Squares:
• Four 1 7/8″ square in color A
• Four 1 7/8″ square in color B
• Four 1 7/8″x3 1/8″ in color B
1. Sew the squares together.
2. With color A to the left, sew the rectangle to the bottom of step one's rectangle. Repeat with the rest of the corners.
• Eight 1 7/8″x3 1/8″ in color C
• Eight 1 7/8″ square in color A
• Eight 1 7/8″ square in color D
1. Sew color A square on its diagonal to the top of the color C rectangle. Repeat 3 more times. Trim excess.
2. Sew color D square on its diagonal to the top of the color C rectangle. Repeat 3 more times. Trim excess.
3. Flip the rectangle to the bottom side and repeat steps 1-2 of this section. In the end, each rectangle will have a color A and D on the top and bottom.
4. You have four sets of rectangles that mirror each other. Sew one to the other to make it look like the middle color is making a chevron and the colors line up. See the picture above if that doesn't make sense.
• One 3 1/8″ in color D
1. Sew the 9 patches in rows like the picture.
2. Sew the rows together to make the block like in the picture.
There, that was easy!


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Member Report from Argentina
Stud Book Argentino has provided the following information: In 2016, 358 foals were registered. In 2017, 346 foals were registered. In 2016 there were 6 shows and 12 endurance competitions. In 2017, there were 6 shows and 20 endurance competitions. Imports and exports remain stable.
Dr. Miguel Pavlovsky, Argentina: (This report was accompanied by a visual presentation of slides showing various statistics, horses and people). Good afternoon. I am Miguel Pavlovsky, delegate for the Argentina Stud Book. My co-delegate is my wife and partner, Celina Pavlovsky. First, we would like to thank our hosts His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani and his team, the organizing committee and the Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club for the hospitality.
I am honoured and happy to be here in Qatar for the second time, the first time was 21 years ago in connection with the exportation from Argentina of the great Arabian horse on our racetracks, the stallion LC Daruk. He was owned by our stud, but he was bred by WAHO Executive Committee Member Georgina Pelham. This photo shows him parading before his last major stakes race in Argentina, he is wearing the silks of the Al Shahania Stud of Qatar. He won that race by many lengths and here he is with Gina Pelham and some of my family in the winners circle.
Now I come to the report for Argentina. We started with DNA typing in 2004 and microchipping in 2008. We have allowed artificial insemination since 1999 and embryo transfer since 2003. In 2014 it became mandatory for all breeds in the country to have microchipping. This chart shows the development of the registered Arabian horses in the country over the past 10 years. In 2003, there were 650 broodmares, 130 breeding stallions, 403 registered foals and 40 breeders. The number of broodmares showed a slight increase to 712 in 2006, to 820 in 2008, and to 860 in 2012 but has dropped by about 15% to 726 in 2013. The number of breeding stallions went up and down, reaching 158 in 2008, but has dropped again to 132 in the year 2013. Foal registrations also went up and down, with 565 in 2006, 449 in 2008, 543 in 2012 and 516 in 2013. The most important figures are in relation to the number of breeders in Argentina. This continuously increased to 65 in 2006, again to 70 in 2008 and up to 74 in 2012, but has dropped sharply by 50% to 32 in the year 2013. This is due to two special reasons, one is the very difficult economic situation in Argentina over the past two years, and secondly the loss of interest by some breeders in registering their foals because they are no longer taking part in shows or racing. It is not necessary to have registered horses to take part in endurance, and for most of the successful endurance horses which are sold and exported, we have found that many of the new owners do not request or want any registration papers. In 2013 Argentina exported 40 purebred Arabians, and imported 4. In the first ten months of this year, we have exported 58 horses and imported 7.
The Association of Arabian Horse Breeders of Argentina organizes three halter shows per year and helps to organize one major endurance event associated with the Endurance Federation. The total of FEI endurance competitions is 11 per year, with many local rides in different regions of the country. Most of the successful endurance horses are Arabians and Anglo-Arabs, and many have been exported to continue their successful endurance careers in Middle East countries such as here in Qatar, in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Celina and myself are very proud that our stallion Fugitivo, a top performance champion bred in our farm, was awarded Argentina's first WAHO Trophy in 2005. I present this photo of him receiving his award in order to give thanks and credit to the WAHO Executive Committee for their work in giving such prestige to this trophy. In this case, several of them travelled a long way to be personally in attendance at the presentation. You can probably recognize Claudia Quentin, Hans Nagel, Izabella Zawadzka and Peter Pond in this photo. Fugitivo won many events in many disciplines, including our National Barrel Racing Championship in open competition against all breeds. Other WAHO Trophy winners in Argentina include ZT Naphl in 2006 and ZT Shakfantasy in 2007. Both were bred by Count Federico Zichy-Thyssen, a very successful international Arabian horse breeder from Argentina. It was with great sadness to all horse lovers around the world that they learned of his death 2 months ago.
Many Arabian horses from Argentina have demonstrated their great qualities in performance and in shows all around the world, despite the drop in horse registrations in 2013. A small group of horse breeders work very hard to preserve the excellent qualities of the Arabian horses of Argentina. Thank you very much.
Lady Georgina Pelham, Argentina: My name is Gina Pelham, delegate of the Argentine Stud Book and member of the Argentine Association of Arabian Horse Breeders. My co-delegate is Mrs. Maria Luisa Pereyra. We would like to thank most sincerely the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club for hosting the WAHO Conference in this fascinating country which we are delighted to be able to visit.
The registration of foals has declined slightly over the last 3 years, due mainly to economic reasons, but we still registered over 500. 11 horses were exported. The Association organizes 3 halter and performance shows each year, the National Show in April, the Córdoba Show in September, and the Breeders and Futurity Show in November. We also take part in the Palermo Agricultural Show in July and the Patagonian Show in November. We organize 3 national and international endurance races a year, under the rules of the FEI and FEIA, as well as competing in the federal races and those organized in different parts of the country. There is great enthusiasm for endurance racing and this year, Mrs. Claudia Quentin organized an auction of some of her fantastic endurance horses in the northern province of Mendoza. It was a great success and will help bring new people to the breed and we thank her for this effort.
The Association has also organized judging seminars with well-known judges from abroad, and also courses on the care, conditioning and training of the Arabian horse. At each event, booklets on the history of the Arabian horse are given to the public and any questions are answered by experts.
The WAHO Trophy of 2010 was awarded to SF Yundi, bred by Elisabeth Grigg de Kuphal and owned by Sebastian Morando of Haras La Codisiada. SF Yundi is a stallion, winner of performance championships and also in endurance racing. Thank you very much for your attention.
MARIA LUISA PEREYRA: Since December 2008 microchipping is now mandatory by the Argentine Stud Book. Embryo Transfer is allowed, with a maximum of 3 foals per mare per year. In 2007, 562 foals were born, 43 horses were exported mostly to the USA and the UAE. 19 horses were imported. In 2008, 449 foals were born, 39 horses were exported and 15 horses were imported. The Argentine Arabian Horse Breeders Association organizes 5 to 6 shows annually. Endurance has become an important sport in Argentina, our Association together with the Argentine Equestrian Federation organizes 5 to 6 endurance competitions each year, two of these are International.
The WAHO Trophy has been a great success. In 2005 it was awarded to Fugitivo, belonging to Miguel and Celina Pavlovsky. In 2006, it was awarded to ZT Naphl, bred by Count Federico Zichy-Thyssen and owned by Carlos Larrere. In 2007 it was awarded to the stallion ZT Shakfantasy, bred and owned by Count Federico Zichy-Thyssen. Thank you very much.
The Argentine Stud Book recently issued a CD with the breeding from 1990 to 2006. During 2005, 475 foals were born, in 2006 there were 565 foals born. In 2005, 712 broodmares were in use, increasing to 863 in 2006. 137 stallions were used in 2005, and 155 during 2006. In 2005 we imported 14 horses and 11 were imported in 2006. In 2005 we exported 36 horses, and 64 were exported in 2006. There were 59 active breeders during 2005, and 65 during 2006. Therefore we are pleased to say that there was an increase of the Arabian breed in the country.
Blood-typing has been used for many years, nevertheless DNA has been mandatory since 2004 on all breeding stock, and also since 2004 all foals have been parent verified. The use of microchips is in development according to the requirements of the International Stud Book Committee (ISBC), we will use the ISO standard 11734 for microchipping and standard 11735 for the microchip reader. Artificial Insemination as well as transported semen, exported and imported are allowed. Embryo transfer with multiple foals registration per mare per year is allowed.
We have 6 shows a year in different parts of the country, with halter and performance classes, with approximately 35 to 80 entries each. Argentine horses achieved important prizes in shows in the USA, Europe and Middle Eastern countries. We also have a yearly programme of barrel-racing and pole-racing, and other reining competitions, which take place 6 to 8 times per years with approximately 35 to 40 competitors. We also have about 12 national and international endurance competitions a year, and many smaller local federal endurance events. This activity, under the rules of the FEI, has grown strongly during the past 5 years, becoming more and more popular in promoting the use of the Arabian horse among endurance riders. It is important to mention that Argentine Arabian horses have achieved world speed records in the United Arab Emirates in 120 kilometre and 160 km events, keeping this record since 2004 until today. Our local media, like TV and radio, normally transmit some of our activities promoting our Arabian horses.
In 2007 Argentina registered 529 foals. They also recorded 45 exports and 19 imports.


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Meguiar's Club Showcase
Meguiar's joins the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, to celebrate 'the best of the best' from the UK classic car club scene with the grand final of the Meguiar's Club Showcase.
Featuring an amazing line up of 16 award winning cars from club-organised events during the course of 2019, the cars undergo intense scrutiny before the ultimate 'best in show' is revealed on Sunday afternoon (10 November).
To enter the Meguiar's Club Showcase, the car must have been a pre-2000 model that has won a club organised competition held during 2019, before the closing date on 1 October 2019.
The club event doesn't have to be one that Meguiar's has attended or, contrary to popular belief, the showcase is not a concours competition. The amazing standard of the cars that have featured over the past eleven years has given the impression it is and therefore some owners rule themselves out before entering.
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2017: Ian Matthews' 1959 Morris Mini
2016: Andy Nash's 1966 Mini Traveller
2015: Alexander Louden's 1939 MG TB
2014: Adrian Evans'1969 Ford Cortina Mk2
2013: William Baldwin's 1960 Jaguar XK150 S Roadster
2012: Wayne McCarthy's 1962 VW Beetle 1200 Deluxe
|2011: Bill Donaldson's 1966 Austin Healey 3000 MK3
2010: David Moores' 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso Berlinetta
2009: David Moores' 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4
2008: Mark Wynn-Smith's 1999 Rover Mini 40 LE
2007: John Brewster's 1960 Jaguar XK150 S Roadster
2006: Anthony Winchester's 1995 Jaguar XJ12 X300 Series


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Source: http://aoc.wikia.com/wiki/StygianAge of Conan Wikia wrote:Contemporary Stygians are a mysterious people whose society is strictly organized in a class system dependent, by and large, upon physical types. The royalty and the most ancient nobles are relatively tall people with black hair and fair skin. Below these, the ruling elite of aristocrats and a powerful middle class are dusky-skinned, hawk-nosed men, haughty of mien. The lowest classes are peasants and slaves of hybrid stock, a mixture of Kushite, Shemite, Hyborian, and Stygian ancestry.
Stygian society is dominated by the priesthood. The chief god of the Stygians is Set, the Serpent God, whose influence has stretched from the lands of Stygia into nearly all other lands.
Rarely will a Stygian venture from his own lands. Even more rarely will an outsider enter his, as it is death for one who is not a Stygian to enter a Stygian city. Any wanderers found inside Stygian territory are killed. This may be done unceremoniously, or it may involve a sacrificial ritual. The Stygians have never been known to allow captured trespassers to live. The only exception to this rule is the harbor-city of Khemi, where foreign merchants are allowed entry during the day, but must return to their ships at night.
The Stygians have developed an economy based on nomadic herding, fishing, and harvesting the palm date; major industries include the production of sorcerous charms and amulets, as well as drugs and pharmeceuticals for both medicinal and magical use. Silk and steel arms are also manufactured here and are sought after for trade by the merchants who travel the numerous caravan routes across the nation
The above is taken from the Age of Conan Wikia. Is this an accurate description ofh the Stygians? From what I understand, Stygians are normally villains in the Conan stories. What do you think of allowing Stygians as a PC race? We talked about PC races for a Conan RPG here.
what do you think of an entire campaign based around Stygians?


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McGinn added to Flyers' top lineby NHL.com Staff
With Danny Briere out indefinitely with a concussion, the Philadelphia Flyers have juggled their lines again heading into their game Tuesday against the New York Rangers (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, TSN) in hope of finding a spark to ignite their fading Stanley Cup Playoff hopes.
At the team's morning skate Tuesday, rookie Tye McGinn -- called up to replace Briere -- skated on the team's top line, along with Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek.
Besides Briere, defenseman Nicklas Grossmann was not on the ice Tuesday. He is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury sustained in practice last week, but is unlikely to play Tuesday. He also sat out the Flyers' game Sunday at the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Here is how the Flyers' lineup could look when they take the ice Tuesday:
Tye McGinn - Claude Giroux - Jakub Voracek
Scott Hartnell - Brayden Schenn - Wayne Simmonds
Simon Gagne - Maxime Talbot - Matt Read
Ruslan Fedotenko - Sean Couturier - Zac Rinaldo
Braydon Coburn - Bruno Gervais
Kurtis Foster - Andrej Meszaros
Scratched: Harry Zolnierczyk, Mike Knuble
Injured: Danny Briere (concussion), Jody Shelley (hip), Nicklas Grossmann (upper body)


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State Insurance Guaranty Association Steps into Shoes of Insurer
In an unpublished opinion, a Delaware trial court has held that the Washington State Insurance Guaranty Association Act required the Washington Insurance Guaranty Association to make payments up to the applicable limits of liability of an insolvent insurer's policy, rejecting the association's argument that the applicable statute limited its liability to $299,900. Reliance Ins. Co. v. Plum Creek Timber Co., L.P., 2004 WL 838634 (Del. Super. Ct. Apr. 15, 2004). After the insured company entered into a multi-million dollar settlement of a class action lawsuit, its insurer became insolvent and the association became obligated, under Washington law, to provide coverage in its place. The association argued that the underlying settlement constituted a single claim, which was therefore subject to the statutory cap of $299,900 per claim. In rejecting the argument, the trial court reasoned that the underlying lawsuit effectively settled 65,000 claims for purposes of the statute since there were 65,000 members of the class. The court explained that the "primary purpose of the Act is to place claimants in the same position they would have been had the liability insurer remained solvent."
No Coverage for Lawsuit that Was Threatened Prior to the Policy Period
A Pennsylvania federal district court has held that a claims-made legal malpractice policy did not afford coverage for a lawsuit filed during the policy period because the claim was first made prior to the inception of the policy when the underlying plaintiff sent a letter to the insured law firm threatening to file suit and directing the law firm to forward the letter to its malpractice carrier. Westport Ins. Corp. v. Law Offices of Marvin Lundy, 2004 WL 555415 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 19, 2004). The court reasoned that the letter to the law firm qualified as a "claim," which was defined in the policy as "a demand made upon any insured for loss."
Indiana Federal Court Allows Defense Costs to Be Paid from Interpleaded Funds
A federal magistrate in Indiana, applying Indiana law, has issued a report and recommendation finding that an insured title company is entitled to have its defense costs reimbursed from policy proceeds that its insurer had deposited into the court's registry in an interpleader action. Chicago Ins. Co. v. Abstract & Title Guaranty Co., 2004 WL 692051 (S.D. Ind. Mar. 31, 2004). After the title company was sued, its professional liability insurer deposited the policy limits in the court's registry and filed an interpleader action because it believed the liability of the company would far exceed the policy limits, which would be depleted through the payment of defense expenses. In approving the payment of defense expenses, the court rejected the underlying plaintiffs' argument that they had an equal right to the funds, explaining that the insureds "should be able to use the interpleaded funds, in accordance with policy provisions, regardless of whether [the insurer] shirked its duty to defend by depositing the policy limits in the Court's registry." The court did not address whether the insurer satisfied its duty to defend by filing the interpleader action and depositing the policy limits with the court.
Professional Liability Insurer Has Duty to Defend Unless Policy Excludes All Coverage
A federal district court in Louisiana, applying Louisiana law, has held that an insurer has a duty to defend a law firm insured under a lawyers' professional liability policy against a lawsuit by a former client even though most of the allegations were excluded by the policy because at least one count was not excluded.Continental Cas. Co. v. Feingerts & Kelly, A.P.L.C., 2004 WL 737460 (E.D. La. Apr. 2, 2004). The court noted that the "majority" of the allegations by the former client concerned purportedly excessive fees for which coverage was barred by the policy's exclusion for "legal fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred or charged by the Insured." However, the court concluded that the insurer had a duty to defend since "at least one claim is not excluded under the terms of the policy" and "the duty to defend is triggered unless the petition unambiguously excludes all coverage."
No Duty to Defend Lawsuit Seeking Injunctive Relief
The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine has held that an insurer had no duty to defend a club it insured under a non-profit professional liability policy in a lawsuit seeking injunctive relief arising out of a contested board of directors election because the policy excluded claims "seeking relief, or redress, in any form other than money damages." York Golf & Tennis Club v. Tudor Ins. Co., 2004 WL 757870 (Me. Apr. 9, 2004). The court held that it was required to look beyond the language of the complaint to determine if the underlying plaintiffs sought monetary damages because, under Maine law, "a court can grant relief to a plaintiff that is not requested in the complaint if the plaintiff is entitled to the relief and the judgment is not granted by default." Analyzing the specific facts on which the underlying plaintiffs' claims for injunctive relief were based, however, the court held that the complaint failed to allege facts that would entitle the plaintiffs to monetary damages. The court also noted that, although the underlying complaint did not contain such language, a catchall request in the complaint for "further relief as the court deems just and proper" would have been insufficient to trigger the insurer's duty to defend.
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Sweet Things
I think I'm perilously close to reprising the recent 'sexy songs' theme, but promise to keep the double entendres to a minimum.
The Heathers Question
Here are some of my sweet songs. You might remember Drink Me from such playlists as Trains, when I couldn't shut up about their song Train to Chicago.
Corn on the cob
An alternative to popcorn... sweet things on the Romanian Black sea coast include Papanasi, sort of a whipped cream filled, semolina bun topped with cherry jam, and very large, juicy Bulgarian peaches. Add yoghurt and coffee, stretch yourself out on the sand...
This week's soundtrack has some tenous connections to the sweet food theme:
Herbie Hancock's original recording of Cantaloupe Island, for anyone wondering where US3 pinched it from.
Mongo Santamarias version of Hancock's Watermelon man, from the Out of Sight soundtrack.
The wonderful Gingerbread boy. The Miles Davis quintet fooling around.
I posted a Youtube clip of Lime in da coconut on RR. Two further tracks off the Cobblestone Jazz album 23 Seconds, a Canadian dance-techno-jazz combo with a knack for irresistible beats- the title track, and Saturday night.
Lastly, in the separate podbean package, Quincy Jones' version of A taste of honey. Roland Kirk on saxophone.
Player removed.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Competition time!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Talking of grandpas
Here's mine...(one of 'em, anyway) Pipe Major William Murray Taylor of the Seaforth Highlanders. He was a composer also but none of his tunes have appeared on iTunes (yet).
The best slightly leftfield pop gem of the year (so far) - part one
- Leftfield instrumentation and fresh rhythms
- Slightly perverse and saucy lyrics
- Sticks in your head like a beautiful axe
Who Sampled This?
Monday, February 25, 2008
That Matt Monro's pretty good innit?
Will this do? Be fair - it's me first post.
Nothing Like This by J Dilla
RIP Teo Macero
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Oh how strange to be anything at all
Opening with the achingly gorgeous nostalgia of "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1",Aeroplane immediately plays upon a potent conflation of cultural and personal past. The world of Aeroplane is haunted by Anne Frank-- the specter of childhood's unimpeachable innocence amidst the unfathomable horror of the holocaust. In the feverish "Oh Comely", Mangum longs to save her in "some sort of time machine." By "Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2", the album's indelible and heartbreaking closing track, he seems to have resigned himself to loving a ghost, singing with a thoroughly unnerving blend of heartbreak and exhaustion: "In my dreams you're alive, and you're crying/ As your mouth moves in mine, soft and sweet." The way people have been affected byAeroplane is ample proof of its power and uniqueness. Like all classic art, it is widely misunderstood; yet to some, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea has become a riddle the likes of The Wasteland-- an impossibly rich text that begs to be deciphered, yet continually evades any singular interpretation."
It took me years to click with Neutral Milk Hotel, as Jeff Mangum's voice can sound awful in passing, but when it did click - my god! It was like like the clouds parted and angels in party hats slid down a huge slide from the heavens, made out of rainbows and joy.
I'm also finding it hard to choose a song to post, as there's no official youtubes for any of them - so I've gone for the simple option:
This one fits under my ongoing heading "JUST A THOUGHT"
What with this book business and all would it be a good idea to have an open post here where random thoughts and ideas might be collected. A couple occur to me, This party/event definitely needs to be documented, both photos and video, huge potential for after the fact creative editing etc.
I've always HATED nametags at social functions, we always started off by exchanging them with the most unlikely person present, but here, given the nom de plume business, I think a case could be made. We'd all like to see what lurks behind those shields and we are family after all.
I like this
At this very instant, I like this, let's see if it lasts.
P.S. Blimpy, do youtube clips count as pictures?
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Talking of those USB-turntable type thingies...
I suspect there are other 'spillers out there who are undergoing or have already undergone the same process and no doubt, like me, you'll have come across a huge pile of dross up in the attic. But in amongst it all there are some long-forgotten gems. I thought it might make an interesting diversion from mental illness to share a few of these here. I'll start the ball rolling with a few of my own favourite recent rediscoveries:
Therese by The Bodines (single)
Texas Fever by Orange Juice
Crooked Mile and 39 Minutes by Microdisney
Volume, Control, Brilliance by the Monochrome Set
Signing Off by UB40
So what have you found in your attics?
One detail: Wiretap has 3 small windows on the front, click the centre one, that opens 'Preferences', You'll see 'Format' which will let you select which format to record in, I suggest MP3, but read the specs of the others, if you're recording for CD you'll probably want AIFF.
For PC users there are desktop recorders available, I'm not familiar with them but the procedure would be identical to the foregoing
Looney Tunes
Please Listen To My Demo (or not).
Here's my special "Friday night Garage Band oeuvre":
Nilpferd will have spotted the reference at the very beginning, it's all downhill after that.
A Dame Insane
Insomnia-induced playlist, courtesy of Brixton's finest.
I hate Poppy.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Two stops short of Dagenham - FP's mental illness playlist
What I'm interested in this week are the various colourful expressions for madness in the languages we all speak between us. I'll kick off with my favourite "two prawns short of a cocktail". Got any others....?
Built to spill
Anybody know anything about this US band, which we clearly ought to sponsor? They sound pretty good in the mp3 stream on their website at http://www.builttospill.com/ - I'm currently listening to 'Goin' against your mind', which nearly qualifies for this week's theme...and is triffic
They even sell buttons to save us making our own (see above)!
Unashamed plugging
Give it a listen, eh?
'Grey Walls' by Richard Thompson
Please feel free to ignore this...
This also gets entangled with ambivalent feelings about the songs themselves. We can get embroiled very easily in arguments about authenticity, heroising the sickness of individuals like Cobain and Richie Edwards and condemning the less convincing or artistically persuasive pain of, I dunno, Alice in Chains. We can equally well get tied up in guilt about voyeurism and Schadenfreude. My mention of Charlie Parker's shambolic 'Lover Man' brought to mind the comment of the jazz critic Gary Giddens on the subject: "Does it appeal only to the voyeur in us, or is it musically valid? Why did so many musicians memorize the solo down to the last painful misstep?" Put another way, isn't the Manics' 'The Holy Bible' equally problematic if we enjoy it or identify with it, or both?
I like a good wallow as much as the next person, when I'm feeling reasonably up. When really down, I can't listen to anything. Oddly enough, when teetering on the brink - have we had a list of 'Songs that Saved My Life', or was that one of the suggestions when Dorian hinted that he was running out of ideas? - my customary recourse was to Kraftwerk, especially 'The Mix', which somehow seemed the most human and humane music in the world, bringing calm and order and peace without ever seeming trite or alienating.
Sorry about this; it's been a long week, but I feel better for this ramble...
It is truly difficult to write a review for this album without using superlatives (or expletives, for that matter). You are combining the great John Coltrane Quartet with a man whose voice was seemingly made to play duets with Coltrane. Johnny Hartman's smoky, dark baritone voice perfectly complements Coltrane's sound.
To add to this, McCoy Tyner provides a beautiful, airy piano accompaniment without being even remotely saccharine or cliched. Garrison and Jones are holding back quite a bit on this record, which seems to be the right move in this case.
Every track on this album is brilliant. However, "My One and Only Love" stands out above all of them. Coltrane's playing of the head is perfectly nuanced and delicate - he is considered a brilliant ballad player for a REASON. And when Hartman comes in with the vocals, my hair just stands on it.
This is an album of a level of beauty that smooth jazz wishes it could attain, but cannot possibly hope to reach. It is essential for anybody who loves music. [abstracted from Amazon reviews]
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Sing Me The Phone Book. Part 1: Victoria Bergsman
Daytrotter.com - free downloads
A great source of free tracks, four per artist, usually recorded live in Daytrotter's scruffy studios. I can't remember how I found this site, might have been a fellow RRer but it would be a good addition to the linkety links. They've got Bonnie Prince Billy on there and Low, and I've just downloaded Lewis and Clarke, who are an interesting alt-country style band with a lovely cello in the mix.
Okkervil River
Great band, great show, February 9, at the small upstairs hall of the Amsterdam Paradiso, enjoy!
It was Frogprincess's comment about TracyK's comment on 'swanning about in Baden Baden' that set me thinking.
I was travelling in Guatemala with my friend John in a VW camper back in the late '70's, and as is often the case in such situations we'd met other travellers and someone had recommended the baths at ...., I've stretched my memory and stared at the map but the name won't come. It was a very small mountain village high on the side of a volcano. The towns and villages of Guatemala almost all have a Saints name attached, I'm looking at my map and literally 80%+ are thus. The name doesn't matter.
We were not going anywhere in particular and we suddenly saw the name on our map, it was close so we decided we'd go. If I say road, you'll think of road; Guatemala doesn't have roads in that manner, there are lines on maps but usually they represent trails more suited to donkeys than vehicles. As we neared the village with the baths the 'road' was all uphill since we were on a volcano, Guatemala has many volcanoes. Suddenly we came to a clearing in the trees, there was a large flat area, possibly as large as a football field and within it there was a huge bath, about half the size of a football field, it was dug below ground level and was about 2-3ft deep. It was full of hot steaming water and there were hundreds of Mayan Indian families taking their weekly Saturday bath. Everyone was naked, dozens of kids, parents, grandparents, all scrubbing each other, the place was packed. The reason there was a bath there and the reason it was full of hot water was the volcano, there was a mountain stream that ran downhill alongside the trail that was steaming, they'd diverted it into their communal bath. As far as we could see it was totally free, anyone could come and go as they pleased, there was nothing formal.
We'd been told to continue up the hill to where we'd find a more formal indoor baths, more suited to gringos; we eventually found it right next to the stream alongside the trail. It was a single story stone building about 100 ft long, when we entered there were about a dozen private cubicles along the length, each one had a stone lined 'tub' sunk into the floor that was about 5ft square and 3ft deep. An attendant appeared and we paid him 50c each, he removed a 6" wooden plug from the side of the tub and it instantly filled with hot water; there was no adjusting the temperature but that was OK, it was perfect. We'd brought our supplies, two towels, a half gallon bottle of rum, a bag of limes, several glasses and a large bottle of coca cola. We asked our new friend if he like a drink and of course he would. We sank into the tub each armed with a tall glass and lay there, every 30 minutes or so the attendant would check to see if we needed more water, we always did and we always rewarded him. We spent the rest of that Saturday afternoon in there, I have no memory of what came later.
I have no photographs of that day but there's a good selection from our travels in Guatemala at my Picasa site:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Bathing Bathing - now YOU TOO can be Butterfly...
It was TracyK's comment on 'swanning about in Baden Baden' that set me thinking. It's a lovely place to spend a week end - on the edge of the Black Forest and the site of two brilliant Roman bath complexes where you could actually spend the whole day just taking the waters. Everyone's travelling on a budget, myself included, and it strikes me that, if you were clever, you could do this for not too much dosh. Here's the plan:
- Flight: Ryanair do a direct flight from Stanstead to Karlsruhe - Baden airport. Which is really Baden Baden, not Karlsruhe. You'd have to get down to Stanstead via a cheapy flight and then you're off!
- Hotels: There's a great one called the Hotel Café Beeg which is situated just opposite the thermal baths. It's also a Konditorei or cake shop of some renown. Single rooms with B&B start at 85€ which is about £64. The Hotel am Friedrichsbad is also great - also situated just opposite the baths and boasts its own Czech restaurant - the Prager Stuben. A bit more expensive with a single starting at 99€ which is about £74.
- Bathing: You have two options, really. First of all, there's the Caracalla thermal baths situated in the heart of the town. It's basically a huge, landscaped indoor pool composed of baths with different temperatures. There are outdoor pools too with all kinds of groovy bubble bath features and waterfalls to play with. Great for kids I have to say. They have bubbling round hot tubs full of tourists. Frogprince and I joke that we will start chopping onions and carrots into the water to see if they get the joke. The upstairs is a sauna complex for the serious health fanatics. But if you want to get that authentic Madam Butterfly experience, then you have to go next door to the Friedrichsbad which has the most stunning architecture I've ever seen in a bath. OK excepting the Hotel Gellert (sorry Sourpus). They have old brass shower heads that measure a foot across. And steam rooms with beautifully tiled walls. And you can have your epidermis scrubbed off in a 'body brush massage'. At the end of the bathing experience, they wrap you up in clean sheets and you lie down and sleep for 20 minutes. And wake up feeling brand new. You just need to know that bathing suits aren't allowed in the Friedrichsbad, although you get a towel to cover your bits.
- Calories: Well, you're sweating them off in the baths, aren't you? You HAVE to have some Black Forest Gateau (Schwarzwälderkirschtorte). It's the law. Cake shops can be found in every street and they're all good. There are many nice restaurants in Baden Baden. Most do good quality German cuisine. and don't let anyone tell you the Germans eat badly. Not in the South West, they don't, gel Nilpferd?
- Otherwise: Baden Baden has a very well renowned Opera house. They get world class acts. Like Nigel Kennedy and Gary Mullen. And I'm not joking. Have a drink in the Medici before your concert... For the considerably more wealthy than myself, or those who fancy being an extra in 'Quantum of Solace', there's also a very beautiful Casino.
And don't forget to take the waters. They're supposed to cure everything from gout to rickets... And if you do make it to Baden Baden for your Madam Butterfly week end, be sure and let myself and Nilpferd know. We're not too far away after all...
Idiot Glee
GarageBand has been drinking not me.
I've been playing with the music recording program that came with the computer. I played a track on guitar, which I recorded using the microphone on my computer, then I added a few virtual instruments (dub horns!!) and here is the chaotic result. It's my first attempt, so please don't call me a looser. I plan to write some words, record a vocal track, make a video, which I will then post on youTube, and then await the start of my lucrative recording career.
Brits, Anyone?
' SLAM' by NICK HORNBY, I just read it in one sitting and thoroughly enjoyed it, as I have everything by him.
You all know of course 'HIGH FIDELITY' which is our group biography, if not, 'get thee to a library!' And if you've got adolescent kids, count them in as well. Oh, and then there's '31 songs' another one written specifically for this audience, here's a brief comment:
Original, well written and wholly lacking in pretension … as good a book about pop music as I have read in many years and the most accomplished of Honby's books so far'
"'A book about the joy of listening to great pop songs, about the elusive genius of a catchy chorus ... what shines most is Hornby himself - his wry self-awareness, his disarming honesty. Effortlessly readable, every chapter reminds us how special an observer of human behaviour Hornby is"
here's a couple of links: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2003/jan/19/featuresreview.review
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Oh! To be wanted, to be useful
This song "Evil Bee" by Menomena, has been stuck on repeat on my ipod, on my stereo, on my mac endlessly and endlessly and endlessly.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Things For Sale On Ebay Right Now! Part One
Barry Adamson
(I'm having the same problems as DsD with podbean titles, so TMWTGA is track 1 and the others are The Big Bamboozle (also nominated this week) and his entertaining jazzed up take on the Bond theme (someone really needs to get him to do a Bond soundtrack sometime))
Weapons of mass distraction
As we are on a movie theme this week, thought I'd share another poster I came across (from an early Russ Meyer). Evens up the Rammstein posting...
Take this week for example, there's 32 songs listed from Podbean and Deezer: there's only 5 comments.
Youtube has a better batting average, there's 7 videos with 14 responses.
I doubt that this shows disinterest but it would be nice if there was a system that at least showed activity at a musical posting, which were getting played etc. Is that a possibility? Any other thoughts or ideas?
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Helping With Year 1 Homework - An Appeal
So when DarceysSis came home from school and said "Dad, we're doing Pavarotti at school" I -
(i) resisted the obvious necrophilia joke - she is only six!
(ii) realised I wasn't going to be much help.
Apart from a dodgy version of Nessun Dorma, the only track I own with Signor Pavarotti's powerful tenor on is this one, from the Passengers (U2/Eno) soundtrack:
She loves this, so much so it has become something of a bedtime comforter when she can't sleep (no jokes, please, I'm serious).
What I need is an introduction to opera for both of us: something with individual tracks short enough to hold the attention of a child whose other current obsession is High School Musical, but powerful enough to appeal to a bloke whose normal fare ranges from Mark Hollis' minimalism to wall-of-sound guitar powerchords. If it is specifically by the recently-deceased ex-goalkeeper, so much the better.
To reveal the full extent of my ignorance, and curiosity, below are the only other two songs with vaguely operatic vocal contributions that I (know I) own. I absolutely love'em both.
Give me some tips please, even if it is for compilations an opera-loving purist would find cheesy. I've decided this is the opportunity to travel a new road!!
*UPDATE* I just tried saving the first film as CD-Rom quality (15 fps instead of 12) And it didn't take much longer, but I think it looks much much better. So I've replaced it, and here's the new version...
1. 'The Overture' by the Who - Tommy.
2. The love theme by Nino Roto - The Godfather trilogy.
3. Adagio for Strings and Organ by Tomaso Albinoni - The Trial.
4. Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni - Raging Bull.
5. Lark Ascending by Vaughn Williams - don't know the film.
6. In Paradiso by Gabrielle Faure - The Thin Red Line.
7. Smile by Charlie Chaplin. - Modern Times
8. Theme music from Modern times by Charlie Chaplin.
20th century Chopin
Bill Evans: a selection of film and show themes..
Starting with the incredible "Spartacus". Always looking for near-telepathic understanding among the members of his trio, Evans dispensed with bass and drums and overdubbed himself twice to produce an exquisite rendition of this ballad. From the 1963 album "conversations with myself". An extraordinary experiment in improvisational composition.
The following three tracks are from his last recordings at Keystone Corner in San Francisco, only days before his death. It defies belief to think that at the time of these recordings he was a very sick man, severely damaged by heroin and cocaine use, beset by personal tragedy. The liner notes include a quote by Keystone owner Todd Barkan: "Like what you see before a light bulb goes out-that extra-bright incandescence".
Theme from M*A*S*H, a storming performance.
My Romance, the show-tune by Rodgers and Hart. The 3 minute intro alone probably outside the capabilities of any other pianist.
Days of wine and roses. Mancini's ballad given an uptempo treatment, the trio with Marc Johnson's bass and Joe la Barbera on drums is particularly brilliant here.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Scores of scores
I had forgotten this:
Love the chimey way the guitar sounds.
And it's up the red carpet for...FP's film music playlist
Friday, February 15, 2008
Fat Jack Bond's Theme
Fat Albert Rotunda, Herbie Hancock
Right off, Miles Davis, from A tribute to Jack Johnson. An edit from the original masters.
Space March, Leftfield's remix of..
Capsule in Space, by John Barry. So that's what it sounds like when one spaceship swallows another.
To end with, Sheva by Goran Bregovic from Underground. Especially for Frogprincess.
(Podbean removed)
80's soundtracks were mostly bombastic orchestrals, rock anthems, pop songs or hip-hop influenced synth workouts- I preferred the latter, and Harold Faltermeyer's themes for Eddie Murphy and Chevy Chase were two of the best... I had these tracks on a loop as a 15 yr old and revisiting them has been a pleasure..
The Insurance Company, by Isaac Hayes
Love the way it starts, with that distorded piano, then the beat comes in, then the horns, and then the wah-wah saxophone that first comes in little spurts and then a solo.
Podbean is too slow, so I'm back on the old yt.
Rammstein for FP who needs cheering up
Subway to Sally!
No, what matters in Bundesvision is regionalism. The competition is organised around the different Lander, each of which selects its own local heroes, and it's a fascinating insight into regional taste (or lack thereof): grunge from Bremen, goth (with accompanying ballet) from Sachsen-Anhalt, soul-hip-hop-Spice Girls from Nordrhein-Westphalen, piss-poor rap-funk from Leipzig, and a Mittelalterrock-Folk-Metal-Truppe from Brandenburg singing an epic about (I think) noble Germanic seafarers returning to Kiel. Yes, they won.
Wouldn't 'Song For Europe' be so much more fun if it pitted, say, Portishead against Dizzee Rascal against some goths from Leeds, all for the honour of the region, rather than the current desperate attempt at combining vague credibility with a chance of winning?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
That age old Valentines story
Name that Sample
Here's Paris Tokyo, Lupe Fiasco...
Here's San Juan Sunset by Eumir Deodato...
Made in Japan
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Downloading Video with Firefox
In the jingle-jangle morning
Me'n'Bob set out for work this morning, and I wondered whether the bit of foam I'd found in the cupboard would cushion the camera against the engine noise. Seems to work!