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Moth and Spark, Paperback
3 out of 5 (1 rating)

A Tale of Magic, Adventure and True Love. In the country of Caithen, Prince Corin is tasked with freeing the dragons from their bondage to the Emperor.

To help him in his quest, the terrifying beasts have allowed Corin a little of their power.

But the history of the dragons' slavery is shrouded in mystery and no one can assist in his quest to free them ...until the arrival of Tam at court - a sensible doctor's daughter, who discovers a remarkable talent.

She is a seer, gifted with visions. Sparks fly when Corin and Tam meet ...but it's not all happily ever after.

Not only is the prince forbidden to marry a commoner, but war is coming to Caithen.

Torn between love and duty, Corin and Tam must work together to master their newfound powers and unleash the dragons at last.

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  • Pages: 416 pages
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  • ISBN: 9781472214850

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The dragons have chosen the heir to the throne, Prince Corin, to free them from their enslavement to the mad emperor Hadon. Tam is a commoner, invited to the court at Caithenor to keep her sister-in-law company while Cina’s husband – Tam’s brother – is away. While at the court, she witnesses a man’s death and discovers that she is a Seer. Setting tongues wagging with their whirlwind romance, Corin and Tam are separated when hostile armies invade Caithenor, and both must first survive the war against the Empire and its allied forces and, once reunited, are faced with an impossible choice.I read some very favourable reviews of this debut novel, but I have to confess to being more than slightly underwhelmed by it. I think the story has potential, but unfortunately the author has decided to let the romance between Corin and Tam take centre stage, rather than focusing on the more interesting and rewarding thread involving the dragons, how they came to be enslaved and how Corin must overcome several obstacles if he intends to free them. The result is a romance with dragons as minor players, and a very unevenly paced one at that: Tam and Corin take up so much space in the novel that the war and the final confrontation with Hadon felt unduly rushed, and I was convinced until very nearly the end of the book that the story would end on a cliff hanger, with a second book describing how Corin frees the dragons and providing the answers to some of the unresolved questions and unexplored avenues in terms of plot development and imagery; sadly, this is not the case. I admit that I enjoy a romantic sub-plot now and then, but here I felt that the romantic angle was shoved unnecessarily into readers’ faces, and in my opinion at least did lack the essential ingredient for a love story: palpable chemistry between the two lovers; just because the author tells us that Corin and Tam are falling in love and can’t keep their hands off each other, doesn’t mean that the spark transmits to the reader, and I feel less would definitively have been more in this case. Corin and Tam are likeable and I did feel for them, particularly towards the end when the romance took a back step to allow for more character development, but I took to Corin more as Tam is just too perfect to be entirely believable, apart from a mischievous streak, which felt slightly contrived at times.I also did not get on with the author’s style of prose at all: her sentences are on the whole quite short, giving the overall impression of being abrupt and devoid of atmosphere and eloquence. I think part of the problem is that the novel can’t decide whether it is a fairy tale or not; it has certain hallmarks of fairy-tale stories (love at first sight and against the odds, dragons, an evil adversary, destiny), even making reference to the stories of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty (with an intriguing role reversal), and yet in my opinion the prose was completely at odds with the events described; for an example of economic yet poetic prose that enhances the setting turn to Kate Danley’s The Woodcutter to see how it’s done right.You might enjoy this if you put more emphasis on romance than plot and character development in your choice of reading, but this was not for me.(This review was written for Amazon's Vine programme.)

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Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Paperback
4 out of 5 (3 ratings)

Margaret Forster presents the 'edited' diary of a woman, born in 1901, whose life spans the twentieth century.

On the eve of the Great War, Millicent King begins to keep her journal and vividly records the dramas of everyday life in a family touched by war, tragedy, and money troubles.

From bohemian London to Rome in the 1920s her story moves on to social work and the build-up to another war, in which she drives ambulances through the bombed streets of London.

Here is twentieth-century woman in close-up coping with the tragedies and upheavals of women's lives from WWI to Greenham Common and beyond.

A triumph of resolution and evocation, this is a beautifully observed story of an ordinary woman's life - a narrative where every word rings true.

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I found it a compulsive read at first but lost interest post WW2..but then that's a general problem for me anyway.

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Love her writing style. Very thought provoking and so believable. Raised lots of discussion about the events of the 20th cent that she lived through. Also women's lives, diaries, ageing... Some of us wanted more on the historical events. Some of us wanted more emotions. All inspired to read more of her writing.

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Millicent King was just an ordinary woman who lived through two world wars and the devastating loss that entails, into the age of anti-nuclear, anti-war, feminist protests and marches of the 1960's and 1970's and even beyond. She was an early feminist, in her own way, who lived an unconventional, independent life, having a few lovers, and a long-term relationship outside the bounds of marriage. She seems to have been an incredibly strong woman. In other words, not so ordinary, but extraordinary.This is a novel, yet feels completely authentic. According to the author, it is based on a set of actual diaries that captured her imagination, yet, which she never got to see. The way the book reads, it's very hard to believe that she never did see the diaries.I think that one reason that I loved this book so much, and one reason it feels so real and authentic is that it was written entirely in the character's voice. The author never forced her own voice into the writing.I absolutey loved this book! I definitely want to read more of Margaret Forster's work, and have added this to my rapidly expanding list of favorites.

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This is Linda in the sixties--beautiful, young, talented, and
smack-dab in the center of it all! Andee Cohen and Linda were
the two lead photographers for the Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour.
Being young and beautiful and female was tough for a photographer
in those days. "The guy photographers were the powerful ones, in
those sexist days; guys got all the jobs, no matter how good I was! Mostly, we women got our kudos if we either slept with the famous ones, or were their old ladies--until Fanny..."

Linda lived with the girl group, Fanny, and was their photographer.
They all lived up the street from the Chateau Marmont.
The photo of Linda was taken in 1966 or 67 by Jim McCrary, who
was then a photographer for A & M. She was 16 or 17.

The following are some of Linda's great photos...

The first shot is one of Joe Cockers original paintings.
"He signed it! He was fooling around, painting and drawing
one night at Denny Cordell's house in Sherman Oaks."

Cocker under the lights
The main Mad Dog

Chris Stainton's feet--"Denny Cordell borrowed my
camera and took this shot of Chris's feet. "
The beautiful Bobby Jones of the Mad Dogs' choir
My dear friend, Francine Brockey and Sweet Emily
"Miss Em is Leon's cousin. She was pretty much one of the
hostesses of the whole tour. I was petrified of her. She'd
come into a room and if she wanted to sit down where you were
sitting, she'd just sit and you had to get out of the way! I think
I still have one of those Cocker Power buttons she's wearing."

Carl Radle and Sandy Konikoff in first photo
And "arty" shot of Alice DeBuhr, drummer for Fanny. "Alice
quit drumming, but I think she still has something to do with
the record industry. I hear from her from time to time.
June Millington runs a music school for women,
somewhere in the Berkshires, I think."

The photo on the right is the Screamers who
were a punk rock band from the 70's.

On left is the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Middle photo is Kay Poorboy while the Tour was in NYC.
"Kay, Francine, Carla and her baby, and I were on the roof
of the President Hotel, 1970, probably March."
The last image is one of Linda's contact sheets with some
really great shots. You've got to enlarge this as there's
several familiar faces  along with two shots of Mickey Dolenz
of the Monkeys in the bathtub!

"After the Cocker Tour and doing a few shoots for record
companies, in 1970, I left the US and went back to school in
France for five years, where I studied all kinds of things,
including photography from the masters. By the time I came
back, I was off into my own world, and had, thankfully, gotten
free of the music scene and the hard core world for
women and girls that it offered."

Linda went on to become one of the 100 best photographers
in the world according to the book 'Twenty-four Hours in L.A.'

She has her own photography website along with
other special projects close to her heart. She now
resides in Washington with her two beautiful daughters.

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What's happening now is I've just completed a new book, the Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen Memory Book which is on my merch page along with vintage photos for sale. lindawolf.net/new-products I'm going on the road with the Tedeschi Trucks band for a few of their dates in Canada, Portland and Seattle this summer and preparing a book about the TTB tribute /reunion concert for Joe Cocker (and Mad Dogs & Englishmen) that took place at the Lockn' Festival last year. My vintage JCMD&E images will appear in a documentary film being made currently by producers Jojo Pennebaker and Jesse Lauter about that tribute / reunion concert. I'm the ambassador along with Taj Mahal for a cross cultural trip to Cuba in November. Also found at my website lindawolf.net/events. I've just interviewed Warren Haynes for my nonprofit blog: teentalkingcircles.com (coming out in June). I will be interviewing Taj Mahal, Bettye Lavette, and Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks for the same blog coming up.

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FX Brass Talk 'American Crime Story' Delays, Emmy Strategies, New 'Fargo' and 'AHS'

Also hitting on inclusivity, chief John Landgraf says, "We're going to keep going until everything about our channel is fair and better reflects the diversity of the country we live in and is not as skewed, as the rest of our industry is, to heterosexual white males."
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Taking a break from his semiannual State of the Industry speech, John Landgraf instead used his Thursday morning appearance in front of TV critics to focus on his own stable.

The FX Networks CEO has developed a reputation for often setting the course of TV discussion at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour, with his fondness for PowerPoint presentations helping shape the dialogue around the notion of "Peak TV" — this strange world where U.S. scripted output hit 455 original series last year.

"I had said, I think when I first labeled 'Peak TV,' that this year would be the peak year," said Landgraf, briefly mentioning the scripted surge before moving on to his own programming. "I was obviously wrong. There will be more series next year than this year."

Joined by lieutenants Nick Grad and Eric Schrier, Landgraf talked about their own evolving model — one that has put prestige ahead of linear ratings, aided by their shrinking reliance on advertising. The CEO noted that advertising accounted for half of FX revenue when he joined. Today, it's just 35 percent.

When the trio opened it up to questions, many focused on Ryan Murphy. He may only produce 17 percent of the original output on FX Networks, but his series counted for a much bigger portion of the Thursday conversation. Future plans for American Crime Story (no Lady Gaga, by the way), American Horror Story and Feud dominated much of the panel, with Landgraf offering some details on when viewers will be seeing more from each of them.

There also were updates on Fargo, the network's growing presence at awards shows and efforts to beef up diversity at every level of creative.

No American Crime Story for 2017
Confirming what many have suggested for a while, American Crime Story: Katrina won't premiere until roughly two years after its zeitgeist-ing predecessor, The People v. O.J. Simpson. In fact, production schedules will make it such that the third Crime Story, which will tell the story of designer Gianni Versace's infamous 1997 murder, will premiere very quickly on Katrina's heels. "They're going to have a long hiatus, and then we're going to get back on cycle," said Landgraf. "They're going to air within, like, six months of each other." The immediate hold-up for Katrina, per the exec, is the limited time when it is possible to shoot in New Orleans, which is difficult to insure during hurricane season. Lack of enthusiasm is not to blame for the delay. "It's not a lurid true-crime series," he said. "We have really high ambitions for this franchise." (Speaking of Crime Story, Murphy told reporters later on Thursday morning that Lady Gaga will not be tackling the role of Donatella Versace, as some had suggested.)

The Evolution of Ryan Murphy (and AHS)
Landgraf stepped into his role at FX when Murphy's first cable jaunt, Nip/Tuck, was well into its run. Now that the network has three franchises from the TV auteur, Landgraf said that their relationship with the 51-year-old showrunner is strong. "Ryan was always pushing it, and I think a lot of you thought that was his main raison d'etre," he said. "We've grown up with him and he's grown up with us." There is also a great deal of trust in their creative relationship, one reason why FX announced formal plans for additional two seasons for American Horror Story — on top of the already greenlighted seventh cycle. As for that cycle, there were no hints as to the next theme in the anthology, and marketing will likely be as vague as it was for the mystery sixth run. "We know explicitly what the next season is about, but we don't know what the eighth and ninth are," said Landgraf. "Ryan made a commitment that he will continue to run that show."

FXX Is Still a "Work in Progress"...
With the move of popular animated series Archer to comedy-centric sibling FXX, one reporter asked if the identity of the spinoff channel has been solidified. The answer? Kind of. "It has exceeded all expectations," said Landgraf, pointing to the fact that FXX now reaches 85 million homes (compared to FX's 91 million). "And its identity, I think, has been solidifying since we launched the channel. But I think it's still a work in progress. It's not fully baked yet. We have other initiatives that are designed to build FXX as a sub-brand in the networks." But just because work remains, does not mean they are not pleased. Landgraf joked that execs were less than optimistic when the idea of the network was first born: "When it was suggested to us that we might want to start another network, we thought it was a suicide mission."

....and So Is the Push for Inclusivity
Speaking of works in progress, the same answer was given when another reporter asked for an update on Landgraf's push to put fewer white men behind the camera. "I'm not going to tell you the world is just now," he said, a pie chart popping up over his shoulder to illustrate that more than half (narrowly) of director jobs for current FX series are now going to women and people of color. "We're going to keep going until everything about our channel is fair and better reflects the diversity of the country we live in and is not as skewed, as the rest of our industry is, to heterosexual white males."

Emmys Are Great, But They Won't Dictate Scheduling
After last year's Emmys, many thought that Fargo would have performed better if it hadn't gone up against another FX anthology, American Crime Story. The idea of awards cannibalization, however frustrating, won't be swaying the rollout plan anytime soon. "We're not leaving them on the shelf," said Grad. Of the crowded field, Landgraf added, "You used to think you could game the Emmys by putting a show in the limited category instead of drama. Now you can game by putting it in drama instead of limited."

And speaking of Fargo, Landgraf offered that it has resumed production and will likely premiere in late April.

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2011 Maui Film Festival honors Olivia Wilde, Kevin Macdonald

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The festival awarded a total of 17 films this year, including "Sun City Picture House," "Life in a Day," and "Hamill."

Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald’s feature Life in a Day won the Documentary World Cinema prize at the recently completed 2011 Maui Film Festival.

Macdonald’s film grew out of a worldwide collective effort that saw 82,000 people in 192 countries send in footage to YouTube from a single day last summer.

The festival handed out awards to 17 films.

Actresses Maria Bello and Olivia Wilde executive-produced Sun City Picture House, a documentary centered around Haitian earthquake victims’ efforts to a build a makeshift movie theater, which won for documentary short.

Wilde was also awarded the festival’s Shining Star Award.

The complete list of winners are as follows:

Audience Award - Narrative Feature: Another Earth

Audience Award - Independent Feature: Hamill

Audience Award - Documentary Feature (tie): Building Hope, Connected, Love Shines

Audience Award – Documentary World Cinema: Life in a Day

Audience Award – Documentary Short: Sun City Picture House

Audience Award – Documentary Short World Cinema: Voice of the Xingu

Audience Award – Narrative Short: Hello Caller

Audience Award - Special Prize for Free Speech: Page One: A Year in the Life of the New York Times

Audience Award - Special Prize for Green Cinema: The Last Mountain

Audience Award - Special Prize for Spirit of Aloha: Family of Wa’a

Audience Award - Special Prize for Movies Matter: Miss Representation

Audience Award - Special Prize for Wake Up Call: Happy

Audience Award - Special Prize for Surf Cinema: A Deeper Shade of Blue

Audience Award - Special Prize for Spirit in Cinema (tie): Finding Joe, I Am

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'Breaking Bad'-'Frozen' Parody Makes Walter White Cooler Than Ever

"Do You Want to Build a Meth Lab," Jesse?

Anna's got nothing on Walter White in this crazy good parody that tells the tale of Breaking Bad to the tune of Frozen's "Do You Want to Build a Snowman."

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Amanda Hill had the idea while hanging out at Legoland with her friend and his kids, and later pitched it to a group of pals at birthday party. As one of the video's writers and creators Alex Negrete recalls it, "We all made I Just Saw A Unicorn faces, started bouncing ideas off each other, then before we knew it we had half of it written."

The team at the YouTube channel Animeme were all Breaking Bad fans and wanted to hit key moments from the show.

"We focused on the moments that affected Jesse and his relationship with Walt the most; showing his progressive, deteriorating mental state throughout the series," Negrete tells The Hollywood Reporter. "Everything ended up falling into place, with little force, down to the last shot of Jesse cowering inside his apartment. It all felt too perfect, almost as if the reason ‘Snowman’ was written was so our parody could exist."

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Check it out above, though be warned: it contains some key Bad spoilers. Our question: When do we get a Saul Goodman version?

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Dish Network unveils online video portal gives access to films, TV shows, Web clips

NEW YORK -- A day after TV distributors digested a report showing a decline in multichannel subscribers, Dish Network unveiled an online video portal to give its satellite TV subscribers access to live and recorded shows, films and additional content even when they're away from home.

"We want to give consumers more options" at a time when they spend more time watching TV content online, said Bruce Eisen, vp online content development and strategy at Dish. "The portal is at the forefront of Dish's TV Everywhere strategy."

Asked whether there is evidence that Dish subscribers might cancel their satellite TV service in favor of free Web content, Eisen said, "We have not really seen cord cutting at a sizable level, but clearly more and more people want to watch TV on different devices and out of the home."

Indeed, is part of distributors' attempt to make more TV content available online, but Dish said that no one else in the cable or satellite TV industry offers anything close.

Viewers can use the portal for free to watch live TV, DVR recordings and film, TV and clips content. Users also can search for content by title, network, genre or actor. The site also tells them when they are unable to access certain content because it isn't part of their subscription package.

Non-Dish-subscribers also can stream selected video on the site, including films, TV shows and clips.

The cloud computing-based service doesn't cover all networks and content, though. For example, users won't be able to access AMC's "Mad Men" via their computers.

"They have not made it all available," Eisen said about networks and content creators. "Networks are moving rather cautiously."

The Dish executive emphasized that the company has no plans to charge for the portal as it is a customer acquisition and retention tool.
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Ex-Canwest general manager joins AOL Canada

Graham Moysey hired to align content, advertising strategy

TORONTO -- Graham Moysey has logged off at Canadian broadcaster Canwest Global Communications Corp. to become general manager of AOL Canada.

Canwest Global hired Moysey just over two years ago, first to spur greater online content and advertising for its newspaper division, and then additionally for its TV assets as senior vp and general manager of digital media.

But after the recent sale of Canwest Global's newspaper division, and a pending friendly takeover of its TV assets by cable giant Shaw Communications, Moysey is moving to AOL Canada to better align its online content and advertising strategy with that of its U.S. partner.

"At this time of rapid growth in the online content industry, we want to make sure we align to the U.S. strategy while focusing on the wants and needs of our local Canadian audience and advertisers alike," Moysey said.

AOL Canada provides local content in the English and French languages, and owns and operates sites that reach around 8.9 million visitors monthly.
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Jack Riley, Who Played the Neurotic Eliot Carlin on 'The Bob Newhart Show,' Dies at 80

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He also appeared for Mel Brooks in 'High Anxiety' and 'Silent Movie' and voiced Stu Pickles on 'The Rugrats.'

Actor Jack Riley, who specialized in playing neurotic comic characters like psychologist patient Elliot Carlin on The Bob Newhart Show of the 1970s, died Friday. He was 81.

Riley, who also voiced Stu Pickles on The Rugrats cartoon and appeared in several Mel Brooks comedies, died in a Los Angeles hospital of pneumonia after a long illness, Paul Doherty at Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty told The Hollywood Reporter.

Riley appeared in the Brooks-directed films Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World: Part I (1981) and Spaceballs (1987) and in two other movies that Brooks produced, Frances (1982) and To Be or Not to Be (1983).

A native of Cleveland, Riley was uncomfortably funny as the mean-spirited and morose Elliot in 49 episodes of CBS' The Bob Newhart Show, which starred Newhart as a psychologist working out of a Chicago high-rise. The series aired from 1972-78.

Riley also appeared as Eliot on ALF and St. Elsewhere and as a very Eliot-like character on Newhart's next CBS sitcom in the 1980s.

His film résumé also included Mike Nichols' Catch-22 (1970), in which Newhart also featured; the Robert Altman films McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and The Long Goodbye (1973); Gene Wilder's The World's Greatest Lover (1977); Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978); A Dangerous Woman (1993); and Boogie Nights (1997).

Riley provided the voice of Stu Pickles, the absent-minded toy inventor and dad, on the long-running Nickelodeon series Rugrats (and its TV movies and films) and on the follow-up series All Grown Up!

And he played Chappy, a friendly old codger who lives on the beach in Malibu, in the 2000-02 Baywatch spoof Son of the Beach.

Born Dec. 30, 1935, Riley attended John Carroll University in Ohio, served in the U.S. Army and then returned to Cleveland as a radio host. He was friends with Tim Conway at the radio station and wrote for the comedian (and later appeared on Conway's 1980s variety show).

Riley landed his first regular TV gig in the 1960s on the sitcom Occasional Wife and quickly appeared on such shows as Gomer Pyle: USMC, I Dream of Jeannie, The Red Skelton Hour, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Later, he showed up on Columbo, Family Ties, One Day at a Time, Silver Spoons, Night Court, Friends, Mike Hammer, Private Eye, That '70s Show and Seinfeld (in the 1997 episode "The Muffin Tops").

Survivors include two children.

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Jackie Chan, Andy Lau Headline Charity Concert for Japan Earthquake Relief

The concert raised $2.4 million in pledges for victims of the quake and tsunami.

HONG KONG -- Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and a host of Asian performing artists staged a three-hour charity concert in Hong Kong on Friday to raise funds for victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami.

Rush Hour star Chan opened the program by leading dozens of singers and the audience in a moment of silence for the casualties in Japan. The singers then linked arms as they performed the event's theme song, Succumb Not to Sorrow, based on a poem by children's writer Kenji Miyazawa.
"The more ruthless natural disasters are, the more love there should be in the world. This event tonight gathers performing artists from different places, hoping to deliver the message 'don't be defeated by natural forces' to all those in the disaster areas," Lau told the audience at Hong Kong's Victoria Park.
Action star Donnie Yen said in his plea for donations, "We all live on the same planet. We should not distinguish among races. Please extend a helping hand to those in need."
Indonesian performer Sherina Munaf said the Japanese people should take encouragement from the way her country recovered from the 2004 tsunami that devastated coastlines across Southeast Asia.
"I am very impressed, I am very inspired by the Japanese people because after all these tough times, they still show calmness, respect toward each other and they are very helpful toward one another," she said before performing her song, Here to Stay.
"The South Korean people were deeply saddened by the Japanese earthquake. I am happy those sentiments are shared here and that we are cheering on the victims in Japan," South Korean actor Kwon Sang-woo said through a translator.
American singer Lionel Richie chipped in a video recording of a recent Australian performance of his hit song Say You, Say Me he dedicated to the Japanese people. "We believe you can survive this and you will get stronger," Richie said in the recording.
The program was filled with inspirational numbers, with singers Coco Lee and Prudence Liew performing Bridge over Troubled Water and Hong Kong's George Lam leading a rendition of the Chinese ballad Armed with Love.
South Korean singer-songwriter Park Jin-young and girl band Wonder Girls sang I Love Asia — a song South Korean composers wrote for the victims of China's 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
Chan made a rare singing performance, belting the number Believe in Yourself.
Taiwan singers Jonathan Lee, Sky Wu and Richie Jen joined Hong Kong's Hacken Lee in paying tribute to workers participating in the nuclear disaster containment effort, performing Lee's song True Heroes.
Japanese stars were also in attendance, including singer Masao Sen, actor-singer Masatoshi Nakamura, a native of hard-hit Miyagi prefecture, and girl band AKB48. Nakamura told the audience he lost a cousin to the disaster.
"I am very grateful you staged this charity concert for us. I will share the warmth I felt here with everyone in Japan," Sen said before performing.
Proceeds from Friday's concert are to go to the Salvation Army. Ticket holders were asked to donate at least 20 Hong Kong dollars ($3) each. Organizers also set up a phone bank for the televised show. They had received pledges of nearly HK$18.6 million as the show wrapped up.
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Toshiba Corp. intends to roll out initial U.S. shipments of HD DVD players to coincide with studio releases of HD DVD titles — not March 28 as previously announced.

The move suggests HD DVD players would be available for retail no sooner than April 18, the date Warner Home Video has said it would release Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera and The Last Samurai on HD DVD.

“In order to maximize the launch of HD DVD, we intend to synchronize thelaunch of our players with HD DVD title releases,” said Jodi Sally, VP of marketing, with Toshiba America Consumer Products Co.

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Comenius’s famous allegory, The Labyrinth of the World, exposes the ills of human society — including humanity’s disrespect for nature.

In Labyrinth, a young, honest pilgrim seeks to learn about the world before he starts out on life, so he might find a compatible occupation. At first our pilgrim is impressed by worldly (but superficially Christian) culture. But he is soon disillusioned by what he sees below the surface appearances—namely, a disordered human society that has abandoned Christ. People are driven by worldly ambition, selfishness, envy, passions and fear. In the professions, people strive only for personal advancement.

Driven by lust for wealth, men see nature only as a source of wealth to be exploited, or as an obstacle standing in the way of wealth, which needs to be overcome. For example, according to our pilgrim’s worldly, and generally misleading, guide, alchemists seek to transform “all kinds of metals into their highest state, that is, into gold” ( p.112*). Our sensible pilgrim notes that less valued minerals serve human uses far better than gold. However, common sense has no chance against the lust for wealth, which makes a nonsensical quest seem sensible.

In a variety of observations, Comenius implies that when humans are driven by greed, nature becomes their adversary—only because humans disregard the limits set by nature. Men engage carelessly in dangerous occupations, with the result that those “who worked with fire were burnt and blackened.” And miners of earth’s minerals “had darkness and horrors as companions,” and were threatened with being buried alive. Workers with wood and stone drove themselves so hard that they “grunted with fatigue” (p. 84-5). Teamsters, driving heavy wagons to distant markets, pushed themselves and their innocent animals beyond sensible limits, subjecting themselves to “rain, snow, storms, blizzards, cold and heat” during their travels (p. 88). Comenius implies that driving ourselves to work harder than our good Creator intended is at least as great an evil as laziness, if not a greater evil. In fact, throughout the worldly city, people seemed very busy—but always to ridiculous ends and by means that wounded self and community.

Sailors on merchant ships were even worse off. As a passenger aboard a merchant ship, Comenius’s pilgrim endures a harrowing storm, during which the ship and most of the sailors are lost. Despite this lesson, the lust for gain is not cured, and the survivors of the wreck quickly sign up as crew on another merchant ship. The pilgrim notes how foolhardy this seems, but his worldly-wise (but always wrong) “guide” explains that to obtain wealth “one must risk even one’s own life” (p. 94). Pilgrim again replies sensibly that “not even a beast does this” – for unlike humans, the animals are not blinded by the passion for material gain.

In disgust and bewilderment with what he has seen, our pilgrim retreats into the solitude of his heart where Christ reveals himself. And Christ gives him new eyes to see the truth about humanity and also the natural world. “I saw the glory of God, how the heavens, the earth, the abyss, and all that can be imagined… were filled with his power and his divinity. [God’s] omnipotence penetrated everything, for it was the foundation for all things” (p. 201). In sum, in ignoring Christ, humans are blind to the presence of God in the natural world.

The people of Christ are not driven to compete for more, more, and even more. For them, God’s providence is sufficient for their needs, writes Comenius. They “have God as their protector, always having in him a living supply for all their needs.” God “gives them what they need for expenses from his treasury—if not in extreme abundance, yet always what is appropriate to their needs; if not in accordance with their reason, yet in accordance with his providence…” (p. 210). Comenius leads the reader to see that contentment with God’s sufficiency produces harmony among people and with the natural creation. Conversely, without the assurance of Christ, the lust for more and more will never be satisfied in the quest for false security, and consequently nature will never be secured from human assault.

Much has changed from the time when Comenius wrote. But his fundamental insights remain. The love of Christ reconciles the divisions between people, and between humanity and the creation.

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*The quotations are from John Comenius: The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart (trans. H. Louthan and A. Sterk, 1998).


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A riverside village has existed at Richmond since Saxon times. Now the water is a leisure facility
The London Borough of Richmond, Surrey, is caught between the twin delights of Richmond Park and the Thames.

A riverside village has existed there since Saxon times and it was where the Tudor King Henry VII built himself a huge palace.

Nothing much of Henry’s mansion remains but a large number of grand houses - Ham House, Petersham House, Orleans House and Marble Hill House - have survived on both sides of the Thames, a reminder of how this beautiful stretch of the river first became a magnet for the rich and famous.

The view over the river from the top of Richmond Hill makes it one of London’s most celebrated beauty spots. Both Turner and Reynolds painted it, and with the sun glinting on the river and cattle occasionally grazing in the adjoining water meadows, it is a scene that has hardly changed in 300 years. Richmond’s other famous view is from King Henry’s Mount in Richmond Park, where a hole in the hedge offers a view on a clear day of St Paul’s Cathedral.

'The view of the river from Richmond Hill makes it one of London's most celebrated beauty spots'

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Deer in Richmond Park, where 2,500 acres of wild land are an irresistible draw for local people

The area attracts: Phillip Stevens of estate agents Hamptons says young professionals or families with young children move to the area for the river and the 2,500 deer-filled, wild acres of Richmond Park.

They then progress  from a flat to, for example, a small cottage in the area known as “The Alberts” off Worple Way, south of Sheen Road. Then, if they are lucky, to a large semi-detached Victorian house near Richmond Hill.

Staying power: According to Phillip Stevens, around two-thirds of buyers already live in the neighbourhood. “We get a lot of downsizers, too. Retiring couples with a second home abroad often sell the family home and buy a “lock-up-and-leave” flat in the popular Richmond Bridge development on the Twickenham side of the river.”
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Best postcodes:  Richmond falls into TW9 and TW10, but in Richmond no one takes much notice of postcodes.
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Best streets: The best streets are without a doubt The Green in central Richmond, where there are some beautiful Georgian houses overlooking a large open area of green space close to the river, and Richmond Hill, especially any house with an uninterrupted view of the Thames.

The most expensive house for sale in Richmond is Old Palace Place on The Green, which Knight Frank (020 8939 2800) is selling for £7 million, and the most expensive house on Richmond Hill is a five-bedroom Georgian house for £3.5 million through Foxtons (020 8973 2700). Other good roads are Montague Road, Park Road, Mount Ararat Road and Onslow Road.

Up-and-coming areas: The North Sheen area is cheaper, although the big, detached Thirties houses close to the Gloucester House gate to Richmond Park are becoming increasingly popular with families. Here a five-bedroom house is about £1.5 million.

Thirties semi-detached houses in the ladder of roads between Tangier Road and Upper Richmond Road go for about £750,000. The best starter homes are in the blocks of Thirties flats such as Lichfield Court or Sheen Court, where one-bedroom flats start at about £210,000.
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Houses in the area around Richmond Green are highly sought-after
What’s new: There are only small-scale schemes on tight infill sites. Eminence is a development of 12 one- and two- bedroom flats in Lower Mortlake Road, with prices starting at £325,000 for a one-bedroom flat and £499,000 for two bedrooms. Call Jackson-Stops & Staff (020 8940 6789).

Café Matthiae is the conversion of a listed Art Deco bakery building in Kew Road with some new-build. The development contains 17 flats, town houses and a bungalow. Prices start at £299,950 for a one-bedroom flat, up to £515,000 for the
bungalow. Contact Antony Roberts on 020 8940 9403.

Schools: Richmond has good state primary schools. The Vineyard is much sought-after, but Marshgate and St Elizabeth’s RC, The Russell and Sheen Mount also get good results. King’s House is a popular boys’ prep school up to age 13 and the Old Vicarage on Richmond Hill is a girls’ prep school up to age 11.

The nearest state secondary schools are Christ’s Church and Orleans Park over the river in Twickenham. Both are judged “good” by Ofsted but neither has a sixth form, and most pupils go on to Richmond upon Thames College, which has 4,300 pupils and is judged “good and improving” by Ofsted.
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Cafe society is thriving in Richmond
Kingston’s two grammar schools: Tiffin School (boys) and Tiffin Girls are popular and there are many good nearby private schools, such as St Paul’s School (boys) in Barnes; St Paul’s Girls and Godolphin & Latymer (girls) in Hammersmith; and Hampton School (boys) and Lady Eleanor Holles (girls) in Hampton.

Shops and restaurants: Richmond has a good selection of high street names, including a House of Fraser department store, and independent shops, between the high street and Richmond Green.

Noted restaurants and gastropubs are La Buvette in Church Walk, the Restaurant at the Petersham Hotel and the Victoria, a gastropub in West Temple Sheen. Most famous of all is Petersham Nurseries Café, a relaxed restaurant in the greenhouse of a nursery with chef Skye Gyngell.

Leisure and the arts: Richmond Theatre often has pre-West End shows and the Orange Tree is a popular fringe venue. There are three cinemas: the Curzon for art house films and two Odeons.

Transport: Richmond station is the last stop on one of the western arms of the District line and trains on the overground reach Waterloo in 23 minutes. It is in Zone 4 and an annual season ticket costs £1,472.

Council: Richmond upon Thames is the local council and Band D council tax for 2010/2011 is £1,597.
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From Richmond Hill there's a wonderful view of the river

Average sale prices

One-bedroom flat: £265,604
Two-bedroom flat: £355,745
Two-bedroom house: £510,392
Three-bedroom house: £699,453
Four-bedroom house: £825,323
(Source: Hometrack)

Average letting prices

One-bedroom flat: £1,495 to £1,550pm
Two-bedroom flat: £1,900 to £2,250pm
Three-bedroom flat: £2,350 to £2,600pm
Four-bedroom house: about £4,750pm
Six-bedroom house: about £10,000pm
(Souce: Hamptons International)

Photographs by Barry Phillips

All details correct at time of publication (21 April 2010).

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The common wisdom on the presidential election two weeks ago is that President Barack Obama's victory is a reflection of changing demographics in our nation. Obama won a second term despite winning just 39 percent of white voters, according to national exit polls.

That makes his victory in Fillmore and Houston counties, for the second straight election, puzzling. The two counties are nearly 99 percent white.

Pundits say one reason Obama won was by carrying Hispanic voters, which happens to be the largest minority in the two local counties, but still less than 1 percent of the population, thus having an insignificant impact on the outcomes.

His coalition also includes voters under 40. In Fillmore and Houston counties that is only about a third of the population. Nationwide, only 44 percent of voters older than 65 voted for him, exit polls show, yet that is a significant portion of the local population.

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There are no exit polls in our counties, as voters make up less than 1 percent of the nearly 3 million voters in Minnesota. All we have to go on are the county voter records, which show he is the most popular president this century through the four national elections so far.

In 2008, 52.7 percent of Fillmore County voters and 54.3 percent of Houston County voters supported him.

In the previous elections of 2000 and 2004, George W. Bush was the choice in Houston County. In Fillmore County, Democrat John Kerry carried the county in 2004, although with just 49.8 percent support, and Democrat Al Gore carried the county in 2000, although again with less than 50 percent of the vote.

It's not that the counties predominantly support one party in all elections or that there is a shift to Democrats in voting. Although there have been exceptions, usually for just one term, Republicans generally represent the district in the state House and Senate. Often, the Republicans are elected by landslide margins in the two counties.

Earlier in this century, former U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht, a Republican, was widely popular, as much as Democrat Tim Walz is now. There was no gradual shift. And Senate vote totals are all over the board, sometimes by a landslide, as the Amy Klobuchar victory this election, but often tight races going either way.

One person with an interest in election trends speculated that the presidential voting locally might have something to do with the Norwegian heritage in the area. That does seem possible when looking at certain cities with more Norwegian heritage, such as Lanesboro that gave Obama 66.7 percent and Spring Grove where Obama had 61.2 percent of the vote.

Still, the question is why would that hold true only for presidential elections in the two counties and why especially for President Obama?

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Board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in infectious diseases, Dr. Gupta specializes in international public health, clinical research, and education in infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis (TB). Since 2002, her work has been focused primarily on India, where she leads several Indo-JHU research collaborations, including the C-TRIUMPH and RePORT consortium for tuberculosis (TB) research funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the government of India. Dr. Gupta is also Co-principal Investigator of the NIH-funded Baltimore-Washington-India (BWI) HIV and Infectious Diseases Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), and she is an active clinical investigator in multi-country HIV/TB trials conducted by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) and the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Trials Network (IMPAACT). Additionally, she has been awarded research grants from the NIH, CDC, and several philanthropic foundations to investigate TB in children and pregnant women, malnutrition, infection and inflammation, HIV treatment outcomes, and antibiotic resistance.

Dr. Gupta is an author of more than 90 peer-reviewed research publications and 7 book chapters, primarily on prevention and treatment of HIV, TB, and other infectious diseases, predominantly in low- and middle-income settings. She has also mentored more than 30 junior scientists in India and the US to run research studies and submit their own scientific findings to peer-reviewed publications.

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I am from Minden, IA and I've been a Club Horse member for 10 years, 2 months and 18 days

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Age: 23 years old

Gender: Mare

Breed: Arabian

Height: Around 15.0 hands high - might be a little shorter.

Color: Bright/Blood bay

Type of Riding: Right now, no riding. We are putting weight on her and we just started seeing dapples THROUGH her winter fur!! She loves to be brushed and loves hanging out with my 12 year old son.

My Horse's Achievements: I am proud that she is alive - she is a rescued mare. She had problems with her mouth and looked skinny when I got her

My Horse's Favorite Treat: Sari and Suzie DIDNT KNOW WHAT APPLES WERE!! I cut up apples and she now LOVES them. She also LOVES the apple treats!

My Horse's Favorite Things To Do: She loves to EAT! We feed her several suppliments along with her feed - she looks forward to feeding time. She also LOVES to get brushed.

Pet Peeves: She tries everything we ask although she really dislikes being seperated from her rescue companion Susie Q.

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I got a call from an old aquantance - they could no longer care for a couple of horses - would I be interested?? YES! When we arrived to look at the girls, Suzie demanded my attention with her injured feet and I did not get to handle Miss Sari much. My 12 year old son worked with Sari and they fell in LOVE with each other! When I got home, we did a good going over of Miss Sari and found that she was in need of attention also - and ASAP. She had been packing food in her mouth for a while and was unable to chew without pain. My vet was due in the morning to address the issue of getting them up-to-date on shots and deworming. When we had a look in her mouth, she needed attention. She was not underweight due to poor food or high metabolism, her teeth were cutting her gums. It took my vet almost two hours with an electric file to get her teeth right. It took her a couple of weeks to get used to her new teeth. We have her on specialized feed also to help out with weight gain. I am SO proud of her and all she has come through since she took us into her herd!! She is truely a PRINCESS!!.

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Such a good story! heres a vote!

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Good Morning! Hope you have gotten her weight up before this cold weather sets in good. Here's a vote for Sari

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PLEASE VOTE FOR JEWEL HOTD ON DECEMBER 31ST hey! I am proud to say that my boy Jewel is going to run for HOTD on december 31st. This means that everyone must vote for him on december 30th. This would really mean a lot to me and Jewel. So please im only asking for one simple vot on DECEMBER 30TH FOR HOTD ON DECEMBER 31ST. I will definitally reaturn the favor for all of you who vote for us. so please dont forget VOTE FOR JEWEL ON DECEMBER 30TH FOR HOTD ON DECEMBER 31ST!!!! THANKS SO MUCH =] ~~JEWEL **PAGE 109635

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Your horse is AMAZING! WOW! I don't have a horse, but I want one more than anything. My mom said that if I paid 4 my own horse's food than i can probably get one! If u see a ridable horse in Ohio 4 under 550 dollars PLEAZ let me know. THANKS! Left a vote!=)

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Hi, From stormy and Annie Heres a vote. What a pretty horse. Please return the favor! :) More Pictures are coming soon

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Congrats to you!!!
I love hearing rescue stories! I rescued a half-arab mare a couple of years ago...and it was one of the best feelings in the world to get her out of the horrible situation that she was in and nurse her back to health. Congrats to you and good luck in the future!!

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She is sooo pretty! My other horse was a bay and so she has my Vote!

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09/29/2007 04:55.27 PM Report This Comment
ahhh! looook at her beautiful little dished head!

one thing i really like about arabs (and part arabs)...their love of "little people". my boys are amazing with my kids (ages 7 and 5). chant grew up with them, and my other guy has been with us about 1.5 yr. even with the trust issues my other guy has (which are much better now), he has always responded well with my children. both are always mindful of the kids!

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Amazing story! Wouldn't it be awesome to rescue horses like that all the time?

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she is gorgeous! Im so glad you came to rescue her! You got our vote!

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She is a gorgeous horse! I love arabians too! Beautiful color! You got my vote!!

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I love Arabians!!!!! come visit Shiloh he's an Arabian too!!!

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She is pretty! I am so glad you came to her rescue. I am sure she is very glad that you did and I bet Suzie is glad and greatful too. They are blest to have you in there herd now. - MustangLover99

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SHe is a cute horse!

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SHe is a cute horse!

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Very pretty horse!!!

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Beautiful girl!! She has my vote!

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cute horse!

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oh la la she is cute!

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How she is doing now:
I had the ferrier come out this weekend and she was VERY pleasantly surprized how well Miss Sari looked. The morning after I had gotten her home, I had my favorite vet come out and look at her. Her shots had been brought up to date, she was dewormed and her teeth were floated. It took a while because it had been several years since they had been done. She was packing food on her worst side. She loves to eat now and looks forward to her twice daily feed rations. She has a very nice looking rump to her now and in the 6 months we've owned her, she has blossomed under the attention of my son - he loves her and she him!

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Teeth: Floating

Just wondering what your experiences were with having your horses teeth floated? When do you have it done (once a year, twice)? Does your horse need to be drugged for the lack of better spelling? How do they react?

When I got my mare a couple years ago and wasn't well taken care of so I had it done. When the vet comes he checks her teeth (or shoves his hand in her mouth) but in two years he hasn't had to float them? Is that normal? when she did have it done I just held the lead rope and he filed them down. She didn't even bat an eye lash after she realize it didn't hurt. Mooney just kept any eye on me as I stratched her withers and talking to her. Is that normal? The vet sayed that was the easy job he's done (mind you there is some really bad horses around).

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How old is this horse? Normally its once a year. Sometimes you can get away with every two years, but it depends on the horse and how it uses its mouth. The vet puts his hand in the mouth to feel for sharp points. My mare has to be put under alittle. Depends on the horse.
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thanks she is almost 12 years old, I make sure he checks her teeth every year, I figure if she isn't dropping her feed and he doesn't feel anything she's good. I am still a bit new to owning a horse, but when do ever really stop learning?
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two years is about normal for my horse. According to what I've heard, if they are fed mainly just hay, it helps grind down the teeth more than grain, but I don't know how much.

It really depends on the horse but I have teeth checked once a year.

I have had his done with a power float and he was put under, and with a manual float where I just held his lead rope and he stood fine.
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post #1 of 22 Old 06-11-2012, 02:49 AM Thread Starter
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How long was it before you rode bareback, and galloped? I have been riding almost 2 years and I can walk, trot and canter quite well, and I have just started doing low jumps. I can't really manage a difficult horse, I've only been on one once and she bucked me off, but I get on quite well with Charlie, the horse I usually ride (when he's in a good mood). I can't do anything more than walk no stirrups without holding onto the saddle, so I supppse I will try bareback once I can do trotting no stirrups? It's just I'm not sure how long it will take me to get to that level as on the rare occasion we do a bit of no stirrups I am told I can hold onto the saddle. Without holding on, I would fall off, but when I hold on I don't learn to balance Also, with galloping, is that usually the last thing you learn to do? My canter isn't perefect yet, so I'm not expecting to be galloping soon but I was just wandering what sort of level you should be before trying it.
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The only way to get comfortable riding bareback is to do it. So, do it for short periods of time and jsut ease your way up.
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It all depends on how good your balance is. Work without stirrups is great to develop strength and balance. You can ride bareback at the walk now if you wanted to, just be aware that you'll need practice before your muscles are strong enough to do anything but walk. To be honest I've been riding for 10 years, and I didn't really gallop until a few years ago. I don't know what discipline you ride, but in eventing we don't truly gallop until we're out on Cross Country, arenas are simply too small for that to be safe. Good luck in your riding!
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When you do no stirrups in the saddle, try posting without them too. This will build up muscles that will help you grip when your bareback. In the saddle, let your legs stretch down, always keeping your heels down, and sit back on your but to help feel the rhythm of the horse. Once you can trot no stirrups comfortably, I'd say move on to walk trot bareback. After you can canter nu stirrups, try it bareback. And once your confident with or without a saddle, run your little heart out :)
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I actually think its harder to ride with no stirrups in a saddle than it is to ride bareback. I can get a better grip when I am on the horse instead of against the leather. Just take it slow, hop on bareback and walk around, then if you feel comfortable up the pace a little. You can put a strap to grab onto around the horses neck (a lead rope works well), that way if you need to grab something for balance you can grab the mane or the grab strap instead of getting balance off the horses mouth.
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I can still remember the first time i galloped. I had been taking english lessons for years when my friend put me bareback on her pony and handed me a stick. I wacked him and off we went. There was nothing like it. I was so scared, but it was awesome. Just do it.
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I asked when people have a go at bareback yesterday at my lesson, and my instructor said that it's done at pony days but not in lessons.

I don't really want to go to a pony day because the people my age (14) would be better riders than me because I've only been riding for two years (and half of that I was being taught wrong) and other people have been riding since they were little.

I suppose I'll try out bareback when I'm older.

How do you do rising trot without stirrups? I can't even do sitting trot without stirrups so I won't be trying it soon, but I don't understand how you can do it without gripping with your knees (which you're not supposed to do?)
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The posting trot without stirrups is more in your seat, thighs, and overall. balance.
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I haven't even had my horse 2 months and and this whole week I've been riding just Bareback. I think as long it's a horse you trust you should be Ok. It really improves you balance too.

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I don't understand how you can use your thighs but not your knees, and I've been taught to squeeze with my knees to get the horse to slow down

I think my balance is pretty awful as I can't even trot no stirrups, and I'm not going to be able to try bareback while I'm at this stables anyway.
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  • This place should not be open! ! Or at least state on the website that they are renovation. There is NO access to the roof topterrace, the rooms have individual lockers but they forgot to mention that you need to bring your own lock. There were no common areas or access to a kitchen. Website says there is 24 hours staff. I had to make a phone call to find out where the key was to let myself into the building and they left the key for the wrong room. The only thing that was right was the location
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  • 03 Jan 2017 Mies Netherlands
  • This hostel has two different buildings. The central one seems to be very good, with a lot of public space. But in the other building (where i stayed) they are renovating, and it is not in such a good condition. I was sharing the room with young people who work in this hostel, and the room was not so tidy. Main problem the windows, which are very old, and there is no soundproofing at all. Also a problem with the keys, which I was not the only one to have.
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  • 22 Mar 2016 Vasileios Greece
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  • USA, Female, 25-30
  • Novice Nomad
Surprise Backpackers, London, England
21st Jun 2013

Not the best hostel I have ever stayed at but not the worst. It is good if you just want a place to stay in London for the night. I'm not the biggest fan of the three bed high bunk beds but they were ok. Good location if you are traveling using the Victoria train station.

    • 6.0Value For Money
    • 8.0Security
    • 8.0Location
    • 6.0Facilities
    • 8.0Staff
    • 8.0Atmosphere
    • 6.0Cleanliness
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Home Made Hostel, Budapest, Hungary
30th Dec 2009

Honestly the best hostel I have ever stayed. The staff was AMAZING! They were extremely helpful and friendly. I usually never take the time to fill out surveys about my stay but my experience was so good I felt I had to share it. Seriously RESERVE HERE... you won't be disappointed.

    • 0.0Value For Money
    • 10.0Security
    • 10.0Location
    • 0.0Facilities
    • 10.0Staff
    • 10.0Atmosphere
    • 10.0Cleanliness

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