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Bent, Zippered, Licked, Flogged, Orgasmed to Hell....
Bent back over a device, legs spread and hair tied back, Ariel is in some trouble. Isis starts by warming her up, sucking on her wet pussy and vibrating her. Soon Ariel's body starts to tremble from the extreme position. After some brutal flogging we add a huge bowling ball to a crotch rope and Ariel is pulled to her tippy toes.
That's just the start, we add clothes pins and zipper Ariel's hard athletic body. When we don't think Ariel's body can take the position any more we make her cum and cum and cum. This is just the 3rd scene in this not stop BDSM live show, so we quickly get her out of this bondage and into another brutal predicament.
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|Jun 21, 2010
Please to see ARIEL for the following parts of HT shoots. It is great to see ARIEL back to HT.Always tough and beautiful,ARIEL. Great shoot thank you ARIEL. Thanks ISIS and MATT.
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|Jun 21, 2010
Great shoot!
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|Jun 21, 2010
Amazing shoot
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|Jun 22, 2010
Matt...These are good shoots...don't get me wrong, this is why I love this site, but I would love to see some forced anal in any of these shoots, make the girls scream...only a suggestion as I know Im not the only member
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|Jun 22, 2010
on part 4 tie up isis love too !
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|Jun 23, 2010
Ariel is one hell of a girl...seriously. There's just something satisfying in the way she takes pain with that little smirk that begs for more. And Matt, for all your joking and half-hearted comments (during this shoot), you should consider yourself an artist. I'm glad to see that nobody's criticizing you for the somewhat haphazard feel to this shoot, because personally I've really enjoyed seeing just what you mentioned - a sort of behind the scenes look into Hogtied that shows us just how very normal things really are, even on a high profile site such as this. Thank you for putting these parts of the live feed up for those of us who missed it before.
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|Jun 24, 2010
thank you all for your choices to reveal in kind beauty, honing, and i dare say loving candor with unabashed lighthearted revelry. i am not often so rapt, and want you to know i appreciate it.
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|Jun 25, 2010
ARIEL is as always fantastic. And I realy liked that ISIS was completly naked while dominating her.
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|Jun 26, 2010
Re:Forced Anal. I've listened to at least parts of hundreds of pre-interviews on this site and "Anal?" is the toughest question for 90% of the girls. I don't see the under-21 girls (on this site) into anal even with thier BF's, so "Forced" would be out. The girls call the shots, remember. Try Sex and Submission- hard roping and hard real anal sex, no toys, ASAP. I've studied there also a little... As to this shoot, Isis is red hot and needs more attention, and she may get tied in Pt4.
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|Jan 24, 2013
Interesting position. Looking forward to part 4
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Art Tatum: Come Rain Or Come Shine
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Art Tatum (piano)
The Complete Tatum Solo Masterpieces (Pablo 4404)
Art Tatum (piano).
Composed by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer..
Recorded: Los Angeles, December 28, 1953
Rating: 80/100 (learn more)
"Come Rain Or Come Shine" was not a regular part of Art Tatum's considerable repertoire. There were only 3 private recordings of it prior to this studio version, and even though this would be his last recording of the song, Tatum seems uncharacteristically unsure of himself through most of the performance. There are wrong notes here and there, and Tatum's trademark runs seem to appear as filler instead of confident musical commentary. Tatum's harmonic vocabulary was very deep and dissonant by this point in his career, and what starts as occasional hints of that tonal richness in the first two choruses comes to the fore in Tatum's final chorus. Here, he seems to feel like himself at last, and he takes control of the song, making dramatic changes to the harmony and forcefully stating the melody. Perhaps producer Norman Granz should have sensed the shift from hesitancy to confidence, and asked for a second take. However, the discographies show that this was the 20th song recorded on a one-day 35-song session(!) and Granz' apparent desire for quantity rather than quality seemed to override the obvious need for a second take.
Reviewer: Thomas Cunniffe
Tags: 1950s jazz · come rain or come shine · harold arlen covers · piano
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Can you lose 20 pounds in a month? You absolutely can if you exercise right and stick to a natural and healthy eating plan. Many people sabotage their weight loss plans by consuming pills, powders and eating and drinking less. This is a mistake.
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You can make yourself miserable and even end up gaining weight if you try to hard while trying to lose weight. Those who know how to lose 20 pounds in one month will tell you that calorie deprivation does not work.
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First of all forget about trying too hard! That means dispensing entirely with the idea of counting calories. Forget any ideas you may have about eating nothing for days and days. This puts your body into "famine mode." When your body believes it is starving to death it will start conserving fat so that you do not suffer nutritionally. The end result of this is that you look much fatter no matter what you do.
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Your first challenge as a dieter who wants to change their life for good is to eat in a way that works for you and that is not unhealthy. For some that means eating a vegan diet and for others it means including some meat in the diet as a protein source. There is no one set rule. If you know you feel weak and cannot function just eating vegetables then do not try it. Eat some meat too so you feel strong, sharp and focused. The point is to stay away from eating fried fatty meats or preserved meats that are full of nitrates.
On the other hand some people feel better just eating vegetables. Switching to an all vegan organic diet has often been known to accelerate fast weight loss in some individuals. Their systems digest nutrients and fiber efficiently and they just do not need to eat meat.
One word about meat – do try to eat meat that is organic as possible every chance that you get. It also helps to trim the fat off the meat so you can reduce your calorie intake.
The key is that if you are eating natural and whole foods it will not be necessary to count calories. You will just not feel hungry as your brain will not be triggered to eat by any feelings of emptiness. Your body naturally knows what to do in order to balance you at a healthy weight. Your body is much better at triggering fast, easy weight loss than any pill or powder you can buy.
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If you starve yourself you might also find yourself experiencing all kinds of different cravings. Usually these cravings are for salt, sugar and non-complex carbohydrates; everything that you can find in junk food. Make sure that you do not deprive yourself to the extent where you absolutely must eat foods to satisfy urges that are beyond your control.
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Research has shown that those who consume whole raw foods consume fewer calories. It's not because they're starving themselves. In fact, they will likely spend more time eating and eat a larger volume of food than their meat-eating dieting friends. Eating raw foods takes time and effort. They take a lot of effort to chew and are full of fibre (so good for your intestines!) that digests a lot slower in your body. Therefore you just do not feel that hungry.
The reason your body loses weight more efficiently eating these types of foods is because fruits, vegetables and grains are much less dense in energy than animal foods. They simply pack fewer calories per cupful or spoonful but they are full of the kind of complex carbohydrates that you need to burn for fuel.
You burn these calories slower because fat has nine calories per gram while carbs and protein only have four calories per gram. Fiber makes you feel full and adds almost no calories to your meal and vegetables and fruits are chock full of it.
This means that every time you consume a healthy meal, you may reduce the calories that you consume, digest and absorb, even if you eat significantly more food at one sitting.
So, know you know how to lose 20 pounds in 1 month! Eat healthy natural foods, don't starve yourself and get plenty of exercise and the pounds will peel right off of your body in no time!


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Emily Deschanel had the fans of Bones screaming for joy on Wednesday night. Her show has been nominated before but this was the first time the actress was able to attend the People's Choice Awards and she was presenting. On the red carpet the star dished on her 2014 New Year's resolutions and she gave the fans a glimpse of her life.
"Trying to be a little more healthy," said Emily Deschanel about her decision. "Keeping my priorities straight. I have a son in my life spending time with him." Apparently the star has though a lot about making 2014 her best year yet.
Emily Deschanel is a vegan so what she eats probably is already pretty healthy. However, the star might be looking at hitting the gym or making more time to meditate. With such a busy life and a super successful television show, it has to be hard to make the time to be healthy. Then add that she is willing to walk the red carpet to meet fans, so she is even busier.
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Tina Brown Is on Her Way Out at the Daily Beast [Updated]
The future of the site is uncertain, according to a new report.
Following the spectacular failure of Newsweek, editor-in-chief Tina Brown will be leaving her website the Daily Beast in January, according to BuzzFeed's Peter Lauria, a former Daily Beast–er himself. The site's parent company, IAC, run by longtime Brown patron Barry Diller, "does not plan to renew Brown's contract," Lauria reports, while the fate of the site itself is undecided, with a new editor, sale, or outright closure all on the table. The high-profile divorce comes after the sale of the Newsweek brand's bones, which left Brown to once again focus on her blog baby. While traffic is up, the site is reportedly on track to lose $12 million this year.
Brown spoke in-depth to New York about the Daily Beast near the end of 2012. Michael Kinsley asked her flat-out, "How long has Barry Diller given you?" Her response:
Barry doesn't talk in those terms. Barry backs things that he believes in, and he's a huge believer in the Beast. He's always been a huge believer in the Beast. He sees it as something, which it is. He sees it as growing in leaps and bounds and believes it is going to be a very valuable property. He's very committed to the Beast. And he's been very supportive of Newsweek, even though it was meant to be a joint venture and turned out not to be—the death of Sidney Harman was an enormous change. [...]
So the Daily Beast—
The Daily Beast is on fire. We hit 19,800,000 uniques in October.
Nineteen million.
Nineteen million, eight hundred thousand. The goal was fifteen by the end of this year, so we're way past our goal. And we're only in November. [...]
The great thing about the Beast is that it's an aggregated community now—all very smart, eclectic people. The last four years have really been about assembling all these talents. They file when they're asked, and they file when they're not asked, and they're there for us. We grow them all the time.
But evidently not enough.
SIREN: Tina Brown leaves Daily Beast, forms Tina Brown Live Media: will expand Women of the World conference, host events like flash debates— Mike Allen (@mikeallen) September 11, 2013
A source sends over this picture of Tina Brown in a Chelsea restaurant right now, yelling into the phone. pic.twitter.com/Ah8mHKo5se— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) September 11, 2013
Update: "Tina's split has been in negotiations with Barry Diller for over a year, is totally amicable, and is implemented so that she can take full business and editorial control of her venture, Tina Brown Live Media," a source familiar with the situation told Daily Intelligencer.
"Creating The Daily Beast at the original instigation of Barry Diller in 2008 has given me some of the most exciting and fulfilling years of my professional life," said Brown, who announced the news to her staff today after it leaked.
As for the site, "The Beast roars on," said executive editor John Avlon, who will oversee it with managing director Deidre Depke. "This is a time of great transition and sadness but Tina's spirit which has invigorated the Beast, is going to live on whether she is here in the flesh or not."


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Chelsea is not invulnerable, but what will be the next meme to dominate the Premier League? We try to avoid that on this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast. Instead, we focus on the action at Eastlands, the Emirates, and the Reebok on a weekend that kick-started this year's Premier League season. Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna join me for this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast.
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Some time ago, I interviewed mystery/vampire fiction author Charlaine Harris and discovered that her favorite author is Jane Austen. She seemed surprised to discover that Austen is considered the first "classic" romance writer among readers of romance novels. If Jane Austen is the favorite author of writers such as Charlaine Harris, perhaps it was time to more fully explore her influence and pay homage to her as an early branch of our romance family tree.
Earlier issues of ATBF devoted to our concept of the romance family tree discussed the bodice ripper, the gothic novel, the historical novel, and the influence of Georgette Heyer. This time we're going to go back nearly two hundred years and explore the legacy of 19th century author Jane Austen. Authors Charlaine Harris, Diane Farr, Carla Kelly, Elizabeth Mansfield, and Deborah Simmons shared their ideas and memories of Austen's writing. We also heard from faithful "Janeites," including AAR readers, and from Myretta Robens, who is involved on a daily basis in the running of Pemberley.com, a veritable shrine to Jane Austen and a haven for her fans.
Austen can count among AAR staff a number of hard-core fans; indeed, one of my favorite DIK reviews was co-written by Teresa Galloway and Blythe Barnhill last year. Maria K, one of AAR's European reviewers, agreed to put together this column, and Robin Uncapher and myself, two additional unabashed Austen fans, couldn't help but put our fingerprints on the article as well. My fingerprint ends here. Before I left on my recent trip to the UK, I forwarded Maria's excellent column to my co-ATBF columnist, Robin Uncapher, for final edits. The very last "sight" I "saw" in England, where Austen is suitably lauded, was her grave in Winchester Cathedral. Coming home to the final edit of this column made the timing perfect.
Irreverent, romantic, unromantic, practical, witty, clever, classic, a writer of genius, timely, timeless - who is the writer about whom all these descriptions may be applied? Critics, romance readers and college students (not to mention readers on the Internet) have been arguing about Jane Austen for years. Feminists point out that she wrote quietly rebellious works that illustrate the powerlessness of women. No less a conservative spokesman that William F. Buckley Jr. has noted her sparkling wit. College professors often claim she is the "anti-romance writer" because her heroines are practical about money. And yet romance readers recognize a kindred spirit in the voice that wrote Mr. Darcy's stirring proposal to Elizabeth Bennet.
Who was she, this amazing writer who still fascinates us nearly two hundred years after her death? Here is a quick recap:
Jane Austen was born December 16th, 1775 at Steventon, Hampshire, England. The seventh of the eight children of the Rev. George Austen and his wife Cassandra, Jane had little education outside the family. Nevertheless she read a lot, and at the age of twelve, begun writing humorous parodies for the amusement of her family.
Jane Austen's struggle to be published was as difficult as any writer you can name. She must have loved doing it because that is the only thing that explains such tenacity. Jane began writing the early versions of Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey in the late 1790's. Pride and Prejudice (originally titled First Impressions) was first offered to a publisher in 1797. Unfortunately the publisher flatly refused to even look at it!
In a nutshell here is how the rest of her books were published. Jane sold Northanger Abbey to a publisher in 1803 but its publication was delayed by fourteen years. Sense and Sensibility was published in 1811 anonymously. Pride and Prejudice was finally published in 1813, Mansfield Park in 1814, and Emma in 1815. Jane died in the summer of 1817, possibly of Addison's disease. Only after her death did she receive any credit for her work. Her brother Henry arranged the posthumous publication of Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, and had them printed over her name. She left two novels unfinished - The Watsons and Sanditon.
Jane is buried in Winchester Cathedral, which also houses the remains of many of the first kings of England. The epitaph on her gravestone says:
In memory of Jane Austen, youngest daughter of Rev. George Austen, formerly Rector of Steventon in this County. She departed this Life on the 18th of July 1817, aged 41, after a long illness supported with the patience and the hopes of a Christian.
The benevolence of her beauty, the sweetness of her temper, and the extraordinary endowments of her mind obtained the regard of all who knew her, and the warmest love of her intimate connections.
Their grief is in proportion to their affection - they know their loss to be irreparable, but in their deepest affliction they are consoled by a firm though humble hope that her charity, devotion, faith and purity have rendered her soul acceptable in the sight of her redeemer.
What is heard over and over again about the writing of Jane Austen is that it is fresh. There are those who read her books over and over again, only waiting long enough until they have forgotten enough to go back for another round of reading. How did she develop such an original and fresh style?
Diane Farr, one of the brightest new names in the Regency Romance sub-genre, points out that Jane Austen was a pioneer of a newly invented, fast developing art form. It was a huge challenge, but may explain the fresh quality of Austen's writing.
"I think the most amazing thing about Jane Austen is that she was working without a net (as the saying goes). In fact, her work became the net. Every writer leans, to some extent, on the vast body of work that came before him/her. When Jane Austen was writing, there was no vast body of work. The novel was a new art form - which is why it was called 'novel.' (Duh.) 200 years ago, women were writing novels because the form had not yet acquired the big male stamp on it that other, older, forms of literature had. A woman who wrote a play or an epic poem or, heaven forbid, a book of sermons or philosophy or science - well, you can imagine how difficult it would be to sell. And how seriously her work would be taken. (Not.) The novel wasn't considered a serious literary form yet, so women were "allowed" to write them. This is obviously a huge simplification, but the few female novelists who came before her had attempted, for the most part, to sound like men. Jane Austen ignored the fact that she had no literary role model, as it were, and invented a particularly graceful and (dare I say it?) feminine style of prose, elegant, witty and wry, that had not been seen before. She thus became the inspiration to countless other 'lady novelists,' none of whom did it as consistently well as she."
Despite the fact that she had few examples on which to model her writing Jane Austen's novels do not have that underdeveloped feel of a work still in progress. She tread in uncharted waters, but her works continue to be paragons of perfection today. After two centuries her works still touch people's hearts in a way few authors from her time are able to do, and numerous authors claim her as a major influence. Her novels continue to be translated into popular movies, and the stories are recycled in contemporary novels. She's paid direct homage by best-selling authors such as Helen Fielding's whose Bridget Jones's Diary is loosely based on Pride And Prejudice while Amy Heckerling has talked often about creating the movie Clueless because of her love for Emma. Some authors have attempted to write sequels, with varying success, and on the Internet, Austen, her books, and the movie adaptations of them are discussed with much zeal.
One site many of our staff frequent is Pemberley.com, where there are individual message boards devoted to each of Austen's books, and where her characters live on in fan fiction. Myretta Robens, who is involved in the day-to-day administration of Pemberley.com, says that, "The Republic of Pemberley was born of a desire to talk about Jane Austen's novels, the film adaptations and the era in which they took place. Although Jane Austen is not strictly speaking a romance writer, her work has certainly been a path to Romance from many readers and writers." We hope you'll click here and read Myretta's article on Austen's influence, as well as what her site offers.
Being compared to Austen is very nearly the highest of praise an author receive, but readers don't take kindly if such an honor is bestowed lightly. Recently there was discussion on one of AAR's message boards about whether Jill Barnett's cover quote comparing Julia Quinn to Jane Austen was justified, and most participants seemed to feel it was not. The problem was not that they did not enjoy Julia Quinn's books, but that Jane Austen's satirical wit and enchanting stories have raised her to such an exalted status that few other authors, no matter how well-loved, get even close. As for me, before nominating the Jane Austen of our time, I suggest that we wait for 200 years to see which current authors are still read as widely and admired as much as Jane Austen is today.
So where does Jane Austen's appeal lie? We asked AAR readers that question, and they came up with a variety of answers.
Sidney shares that she started reading Austen in 9th grade, on her mother's recommendation. Within a month of picking up Pride and Prejudice for a book report she had devoured the rest of Austen's works, except Persuasion which she still has not been able to finish. Since then she's reread them more times than she can count, although she admits that she can't really warm up to Fanny Price in Mansfield Park.
(Neither can I.)
Sidney believes that Austen's work has withstood the test of time because of its universal appeal. She points out that the books appeal not only to those with a more literary bent but also to those in the mainstream public. She adds that those in the literary circle "can have a field day dissecting the social mores and attitudes reflected within an Austen novel including the deft characterizations and elegant but old-fashioned writing, while those of us with a less literary bent can as easily get lost in the plots and romance surrounding the characters we've come to love. Whoever said that classic literature has to be boring?"
Sidney rightly mentions that whenever Austen's works are mentioned, Pride and Prejudice invariably gets top billing and suggests a possible reason for this is the appeal of its heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, the kind of heroine with whom a modern woman can readily identify. "For the same reason that many of us like to read traditional regencies featuring bluestocking heroines, we love Elizabeth for her wit and her spirit rather than her beauty." She went on to say that, "We also come to love Mr. Darcy for being able to love her for herself. Though she is the product of a time and society in which a woman is valued for her ability to attract wealthy husbands, Elizabeth resembles her modern counterparts in both attitude and behavior." Sidney points out that this is more true of Elizabeth than it is of any of Austen's other heroines, concluding that it gave her "immense satisfaction" when she read that the "most intelligent sister caught the most eligible husband."
I fell in love with Pride and Prejudice when I was twelve or so, and I still remember the awestruck feeling I had at Darcy's first proposal, the shock caused by Lydia's elopement and the gloominess brought on by the thought of an eternal separation. I also remember the thrill of the happy ending, which was so much greater because it was gained after such difficulty. I've been looking for that thrill in romance novels ever since.
Some might argue that Austen didn't write romance, and they would be right. Austen was not part of the romantic movement, as she valued reason and realism in her characters over emotion and sentimentality. Nevertheless when the word romance is used in the modern sense, Jane Austen's stories almost define "romantic" to me, and her stories have been responsible for introducing many other readers to the romance genre.
Chris Y is one of them. She admits to being a Janeite (are there any other authors who have such a word coined to mean their fans, I wonder?)
"I am a Janeite. You know the type: someone who considers Jane as the ultimate author of comfort reads, the goddess of an alternate reality (Regency England) that is infinitely more intriguing than the modern world.
"At age 10, I was given a copy of Pride & Prejudice by my father, who loves literature but has known Austen by name only. Truth be told, I doubted I could derive much pleasure from a classic by a great writer (as my father told me) - after all, weren't classics supposed to be boring and sad? Boy, was I wrong!
"I took to the story immediately. True, the world inhabited by Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy is far removed from my own. I was a lass who didn't have a clue as to why Lady Catherine de Bourgh was in shock when she learned that all the Bennet girls were "out," nor did I understand (or fully appreciate) the subtle nuances in the language. Still, I knew a good story when I saw one.
"What makes Austen's novels so engaging are the great ensemble of characters, humor, irony, plots that contain intricate undercurrents, and complications to suck the reader in.
"But mostly what kept me turning the pages eagerly was the interaction and relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth. I was dying to know what was to become of these two. I remembered that when, near the end, Darcy and Elizabeth were separated for a long period of time, I became afraid that they would wind up going their separate ways. Imagine how elated I was when our kind Jane gave the two a happy ending! This was long before I learned to appreciate her elegant writing style, beautiful language, and her ability to satirize the social institutions then of her time. Austen's light - but definitely not frothy - plot guaranteed with a happy ending is what I think draws me to her works time and again.
"I read romance novels for the same reason. They are what I need when I want to take a break from the reality. I didn't use the word 'escape' for it seems to imply that the world we romance readers are so eager to 'escape into' every time we pick up a romance is some mythical, silly utopia which is so 'out-there' that whoever finds this world fascinating must be faring less splendidly (if you know what I mean) in this reality than others who don't need trashy, pick-me-up books that are called romance novels - why else would we want to 'escape' from this world, right?
"I must beg to differ. The world created in romance novels is not much different from the real world. It may be populated by lords and ladies, rakes and scoundrels, or by otherworldly handsome Navy SEALs, or by attractive pro-football players who also have a brain (no offense), but it is not an alternate universe where the characters deal with issues, experience emotions that are completely foreign to readers. Take the world created by Jane Austen (I hesitate to classify her novels as romance, though): The Bennet girls and we modern readers may be living in vastly different milieus and have different social values and customs, but aren't we confronted with similar problems, e.g., how to make of the less-than-stellar example of marriage between your parents, and experience similar feelings?"
AAR reader Deborah comments on the increasing role of the aristocracy in the modern romance. She writes, "One thread I've noticed changing as you move from Austen through Heyer to today's (traditional) Regencies and Regency-era romances is the progressively greater reliance on the nobility and extremely wealthy as characters." It's true that Austen had very few major characters who were part of the nobility. Georgette Heyer does utilize the nobility to a larger degree, but most modern traditional Regencies do feature titled characters. According to Deborah, "There are more Dukes than mere Misters even within any given author's universe of novels. When it comes to wealth, Mr. Darcy would be begging on a street corner with his fortune next to any romance hero in today's Regencies and Regency-era historicals. I think some writers use wealth and titles almost as crutches or a form of fairy-tale shorthand to make their heroes attractive to the reader. Austen didn't feel the need to do this."
Austen also differs from a typical romance writer in that her true heroes are not dangerous rakes, pirates, gamblers or seducers. Rather they are reliable, moral, ordinary men. She often glosses over proposals and other potentially sentimental love scenes, and there are no physical shows of affection. There is a definite shortage of wooing and private encounters on secluded balconies and the kind of suspense subplots that so many authors feel obliged to introduce, perhaps to fill the pages when the characters' interaction stops being interesting.
The developing romantic relationship in a Jane Austen novel, is but one aspect of the heroine's life. Austen often gives the spotlight to the minor characters, laughing at their flaws and follies. This is not to say that the supporting characters merely fill the pages or take the spotlight away from the love story. Austen seldom introduces minor characters who don't have some significance for the main couple's relationship. For example, in Pride and Prejudice, the actions of the Bennets affect the developing relationship.
Modern romance authors use slightly different devices, but the heroine's growth, to the point when she is rewarded with a happy marriage, is an important element in many good romances. Also the thrill of the happy ending has not changed. Writing this article, I have realized that Jane Austen is very much responsible for shaping my ideas of good romance writing, the golden standard to which I subconsciously compare most books. (I blame Jane, as Pemberleians would say.) In Austen's novels, love is often the consequence or reward of the heroine's growth; the darker the problem, the sweeter the happiness tastes. Many great romance novels work on this premise, (although mediocre romance novels seem to throw in a separation or some other dark point near the end, just to fill pages out).
And Austen's plots have it all. Have you noticed that Pride and Prejudice is the ultimate Big Misunderstanding story in which the heroine starts out hating the hero for something he did not do? It's also a kind of Cinderella story, with a heroine whose less worthy siblings outshine her in her mother's affection, and a wealthy man comes to take her away from a home where she doesn't feel comfortable. We could even say that it's a story about taming the proud, socially offending Darcy who is transformed by his affection for Elizabeth. In Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen dealt with the hero who was honor-bound to another, and included a scenario where a safe, older hero takes care of the heroine burnt by love in the past.. Mansfield Park has the trusted old poor relative plot, Northanger Abbey is a pastiche on Gothic romances, and Persuasion is Jane's take on the second-chance romances. Haven't we seen them all time after time in modern romance novels?
Pride and Prejudice was AAR reader Deborah's first Jane Austen novel, and it remains her favorite. She has reread it several times at different ages and it always delights her. As a teenager, she did not enjoy Emma very much but she finally 'got' it as an adult. The character of Emma Woodhouse did not appeal to her nearly as much as Elizabeth Bennet, and she says that the "romance" in Emma didn't fit her teenage ideal. As an adult, she learned to appreciate the wit, characterization, and overall writing, and she thinks that Heyer's The Grand Sophy (on my own shelf of keepers) was a great homage to Emma.
AAR managing editor Blythe Barnhill is another P&P lover. She read Austen years before reading genre romance and Austen has been a major influence on her taste and her love for romance. She loves the different world Austen transports her to, and is held in thrall as well by the language .
"Although the thoughts and feelings of Austen's characters had a familiar ring (ie, embarrassment over a sibling, pining for an old flame), what I really loved about Austen's books was that the world was completely different. People walk everywhere, and the walk itself is entertainment. Maybe it's even a chance to talk to someone privately. People even 'take a turn' around a room. I remember being fascinated when Caroline Bingley and Elizabeth Bennet took a turn around the room in P&P - and completely amazed when Mr. Darcy expressed the belief that they were doing it to show their figures to the best advantage. Lucy and Elinor also take a turn around the room in Sense and Sensibility, but that's to share a secret. No one I know takes a turn around a room, or walks to town, or goes on a visit and stays for three months. Few people are capable of executing intricate dance steps, or playing and singing at a public gathering (with little notice!). No one writes long letters when they can e-mail or call. I didn't have a great deal of knowledge about history when I first started reading Austen, but I knew I loved that world...and wanted to come back in my next life as Elizabeth Bennet.
"It's not just what her characters say, it's how they say it. Just like none of my friends know how to dance Mr. Beveridge's Maggot, none of them would begin a proposal with the words 'In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.' The formality of Darcy's language continues right through to the end. When Elizabeth tells him he is the last man on earth she could ever marry, he replies,'You have said quite enough Madam. I perfectly comprehend your feelings, and have now only to be ashamed of what my own have been. Forgive me for having taken up so much of your time, and accept my best wishes for your health and happiness.' Can you imagine a rejected suitor today leaving with a parting shot like that? I have already ruminated elsewhere about why I love this proposal and why I find it romantic. Mr. Darcy is really a complete jerk in this scene, but I find it completely romantic because he is absolutely compelled to propose, and because the words themselves are romantic to me. My husband and I have a running argument about it for this very reason. Every time I read it or watch it, it's all I can do to avoid sighing aloud for the romance of it all. My pragmatic DH insists that Darcy is motivated entirely by lust. Little he knows.
"The point is that Austen has it all - conversation, atmosphere, romance, and unforgettable characters. Many of the conventions of the romance genre have their genesis right in Austen's pages. I've gone on to read many, many romances, but none of them quite compare to Austen's work. She's truly in a class by herself."
AAR reader Angela confesses to being late to the Jane Austen party. She was introduced to Austen's world by the movies. After falling in love with Emma Thompson's version of Sense and Sensibility she got the Masterpiece Theater version and liked it as well. And when she saw Emma and Clueless, she decided she "really should find out who this Jane Austen is."
Angela, like Blythe, fell in love with the language and how she felt "transported in time." She adds that the characters are so real they could be "used for a case study" in human behavior. Although she had enjoyed other great works of 19th century literature, she didn't find characters in those other books as real, and wasn't able to "identify and understand" them as readily. S&S is her favorite Austen, and her husband is not only reading it, he's enjoying it. She couldn't fathom how he could enjoy the book because he "wants to slap the stupid girls" for their naďveté, but when he responded that the language was so beautiful, she totally understood.
One thing I've noticed in preparing for this article is that there is both a fluid and sophisticated quality associated with Austen's works. Many first loved one Austen read, then realized another title had become their favorite. Still others relayed that perhaps they had not fully understood or "gotten" a certain Austen book, but that, with subsequent reads, they "got it" better. This is indeed one of Austen's strength; her books have so many layers that it's possible to value different things in different ages or different stages of life. Pride and Prejudice is not any more the same book as it was for me when I was twelve.
Chris Y, to whom you were introduced earlier, mentioned that P&P had long been her Austen favorite. Lately, however, and much to her surprise, Persuasion has gotten under her skin. She says, "As I get older, I've gradually learned to appreciate the 'autumnal quality' that seems to characterize Persuasion. It has a poignant premise and from the get-go the story proceeds with a sense of quietness and serenity which, come to think of it, may account for my initial dismissal of it as not being as witty as P&P or as lively as Emma."
I like the way Chris describes Persuasion as autumnal. It has never before occurred to me to think of it that way, but now I have to agree. It's amazing how Austen manages to create mood in her books. There are few earth-shattering events, few great tragedies, little action or suspense, and yet they keep the readers in thrall with the mood.
W. Somerset Maugham once said:
"Nothing very much happens in her books and yet, when you come to the bottom of a page, you eagerly turn it to learn what will happen next. Nothing very much does and again you eagerly turn the page. The novelist who has the power to achieve this has the most precious gift a novelist can possess."
Regency Romance author Carla Kelly emphatically agrees, although her attraction to Austen was not of the instant kind.
"Austen had the remarkable ability to take ordinary people's ordinary challenges and breathe life into them. Nothing earth-shattering ever happens in an Austen novel, but my word, I keep turning the pages. Finding a husband (or wife) is still important. Betrayal still hurts (Sense & Sensibility). Forgiveness takes maturity (Persuasion). And so on.
"Pride and Prejudice, without any literary analysis (something I have little skill in), is just a crackling good story. That it's a classic is the maraschino on top of the marshmallow crčme. I tried to read it when I was in high school for no particular reason, except that I was reading classics. (I have Scots relatives a generation or two removed from Kirkcudbrightshire, and we still operate on the "It's good for you" premise as a truism needing no explanation.)
"I say I tried, because it didn't work. Couldn't get into the story at all. I just wasn't ready. About two years later, when I was a freshman at BYU, I got a 35 cent paperback copy in the spring, and tried a second time. Again, there was no reason to read it; I was never an English major.
"Something clicked that time, and I owe Austen and P&P a real debt: After I finished the book, I understood what a classic was. I relaxed and let go, letting the stately language, the clever conversation, the mood and tone carry me along. Mostly, I came to see in the Bennets people I knew: the flighty mother, the remote father, the frivolous sister, the hypocritical clergyman, the sister who is almost a little too noble, the clear-eyed, surprisingly cynical spinster friend. These people had traits I recognized in my friends, relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, and most of all, myself. The story is as true now as it was then. Bridget Jones is after the same things, and she's as contemporary as today's movie list. A classic is a story that lasts, because it tells us something about ourselves."
Austen doesn't just tell a story about random characters. She is so keen-sighted that her stories tell us a lot about human nature. In a recent interview, the award-winning SF (and three-time DIK-reviewed) author Connie Willis said that Austen did not concentrate on changing the world, rather she was an observer at heart. "Her characters aren't out there pitching so much as observing. Their observation and insight is how they fight the world." I'm sure these powers of observation are one reason that Austen has become such an enduring classic.
Carla Kelly says that Austen has been a subconscious influence on her own writing. She says, "In the odd moments when I manage a witty bit of dialogue or tweak a plot until it begs for mercy, I can wink and think to myself, 'Thanks, Jane.'" As with many held in Austen's thrall, the history surrounding the Regency period is a draw in and of itself. Kelly adds that though she's lately been interested in English life on the edge of the Industrial Revolution when great change was coming, she "invariably comes back to that country village...and that tightly knit society. They are the world of great fiction. I think Jane Austen knew instinctively that less is always more. This I choose to emulate."
While one of Austen's most charming qualities is the way she makes the most commonplace events in a small community seem larger than life, she has sometimes been criticized for the limited settings of her novels. It's true that she doesn't elaborate on the political or military aspects of the age she lived in, and she describes mainly people who belong to her own social class. Neither the nobility nor the poorest people have significant roles in her novels, as she concentrated on the people in the world she knew, but I tend to see it as a strength instead of a weakness. Her characters become true to life, and it's easy to identify with them.
Charlaine Harris, mentioned at the outset as the impetus for this column, is the author of the Aurora Teagarden mystery series, the Lily Bard series and the wonderful Dead Until Dark, which she characterizes as a vampire/romance/mystery novel. Charlaine admires Jane Austen's portrayal of strong, intelligent heroines who are flawed but able to learn and grow.
"I find it very interesting that she should be mentioned in the 'roots' of romance writing. I had never thought of Jane that way, and she is my absolute favorite.
"What I love most about Jane is the fact that her heroines are generally intelligent and willing to learn. Whatever character flaws they have (and they always have them) these women are willing to recognize their own mistakes, and to give men the credit for being willing to do the same. Though Jane portrays many foolish women, the women at the center of her books are always intelligent - with the exception of Catherine Morland, the heroine of Northanger Abbey. (Even Catherine has learned a thing or two by the end of the book.)
"Jane's heroines are not only intelligent, they are strong - and in several cases, they are the quiet backbone of their families. Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility and Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Jane's two most famous portrayals, are the true bedrocks of their families, their own parents included. Witty, observant, and capable, Elinor and Elizabeth are fantastic role models; these are two women who will never wear their hearts on their sleeves, who have abundant good sense, and who are morally above reproach; and yet they're not dull. Elinor and Elizabeth are complex women with many interests and skills, and above all, a true zest for life. They are loving, loyal, and trustworthy.
"These two women are the pattern for many a romantic heroine. While few writers can reach the excellence of plot and wit that Jane Austen achieves, her conception of a woman who is flawed, but aware of it; morally sound, but not cold; loyal to family, while conscious of its faults; and witty, but not cruel . . . this model is the basis for most notable women in the romance field.
"While Jane Austen could be scathing about the foolishness and folly of both men and women - check out Mary and Lydia Bennet, and their mother, to say nothing of Mrs. Dashwood - she never makes fun of love. The progress of true love is just as fascinating to Jane Austen as it is to any other writer, and the fact that such love exists is beyond question. Even the poor relation, Fanny Price (Mansfield Park), finds love, though economics has a great deal to do with the fact that she does not find it sooner. And Emma Woodhouse (Emma), the most materially blessed of Jane Austen's heroines, almost does not recognize love in time - perhaps because of that abundance of riches and admiration which has been hers since birth. In this era of democracy, we are unwilling to admit that such economic considerations can have an effect on the course of true love. But Jane Austen was right all along. All too often, it's impossible to separate the two.
"You'll have to excuse me. After all this discussion, I think I want to curl up with Mansfield Park. And maybe after that, Sense and Sensibility. It's never to late to learn from the master."
Author Deborah Simmons says that most writers who set their books during the Regency period owe a debt to Austen and she acknowledges hers quite willingly. Those who have read her paean to the gothic novel, The Devil Earl, might easily guess that her favorite Austen read is Northanger Abbey.
Simmons' choice is clearly out of the norm, and she explains why she prefers Northanger Abbey to the more famous Pride and Prejudice.
"I love to turn stories upside down, and in Northanger, Austen upends the conventions of the day. From the very first line, 'No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine,' she takes gentle aim at the gothic novels so popular at the time. And those who have read such classics as The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Castle of Otranto know that they pose an inviting target. Austen does it so well, making plain in a few choice sentences just why Catherine is not destined to be a heroine (having suffered none of the travails common to those ladies) that the first page is a writing lesson in how to set up a situation. Her dry wit is delightful, yet while teasing her characters, she never disparages them. We can all see how Catherine might be drawn into a mystery of her own making - without dismissing her as too stupid too live.
"For any devotee of Georgian (Northanger Abbey was first sold in 1803) or Regency England, Austen's work also is a primer in the manners and mores of the era. She is an astute observer of the period and of humankind. Northanger Abbey includes wonderfully realistic characters who transcend their time. People were not that different in the 1800s from what they are today. Young women ignored or chased young men. Older women bragged incessantly about their children. Friendships were held dear, and hearts were broken and mended.
"Those who would deny the continued efficacy of her works need only to read the following excerpt from Northanger Abbey, substituting 'romance' for the all-encompassing 'novel' to realize how little things have changed."Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world, no species of composition has been so much decried. From pride, ignorance, or fashion, our foes are almost as many as our readers; and while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England, or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton, Pope, and Prior, with a paper from the Spectator, and a chapter from Sterne, are eulogized by a thousand pens, there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them. . . ."
"'I am no novel-reader,' 'I seldom look into novels,' 'Do not imagine that I often read novels,' 'It is really very well for a novel.' Such is the common cant. "And what are you reading, Miss?" "Oh! It is only a novel!" replies the young lady; while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda" or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language."
"How very true, as much today as when Jane Austen wrote it nearly 200 years ago."
I'm so glad Deborah Simmons admitted sharing my penchant for Northanger Abbey, for she spared me from writing a long and less eloquent eulogy for the novel, which I believe to be Austen's funniest. I'll only say this: I did not really understand the point when I first read it as a teenager, but lately I've grown to appreciate the book's irony more and more. The characters are delightful caricatures, and I love Henry Tilney. While some, such as Regency Romance author Elizabeth Mansfield (more on that later) think that he's cruel because he makes fun of the follies of people around him, I don't see him like that. He doesn't intend to hurt and seems quite good-natured to me - even Darcy can get very sarcastic at times. Can Henry help it those around him give him plenty to laugh at? I used to think that no one could hold a candle to the intense, awe-inspiring Darcy, but since becoming more familiar with the male of the species I've realized that there is something to be said for a less dramatic man. Who would be easier to live with: a proud and taciturn man who has to be taught to laugh at himself and magnifies your embarrassment whenever one of your relatives does something stupid (I can almost guarantee they do), or a laid-back, kind-hearted soul who makes you see the humor in everyday situations?
Everyone has a favorite Austen hero. Each has a certain something that makes them desirable. Elizabeth Mansfield has considered the reasons for this and has devised a number of fundamental qualities a good man and hero should have. She formed her first - and lasting - standards for the "ideal man" on the basis of Jane Austen's books. Darcy, Knightley, and Wentworth were her particular favorites. The first and probably most important quality which distinguishes heroes from scoundrelly charmers is honor. Heroes should not be deceitful, they're honest and straightforward. Secondly, they have a superior intellect which has its basis firmly rooted in common sense. Thirdly, heroes are gentlemanly and refined, modest, temperate, and never vulgar. Dashing they may not be, but dash isn't always a virtue in the long run. The fourth requirement for a true Austen hero is sensitivity toward and respect for the mind and spirit of the woman he loves. He doesn't want beautiful subordination but a woman with whom he can match wits. The fifth element which makes a hero is humor and wit. However, their wit should be tempered with kindness. And finally, their emotions are under rational control and they don't wear their hearts on their sleeves.
The qualities summarized above are detailed in an article Elizabeth Mansfield sent to AAR for this column. In addition to elaborating on the qualities of heroes, she also describes her reading roots and provides some interesting books for those looking to delve more deeply into everything Austen. You can link to her article by clicking here.
I wanted to finish this column with a neat summary of the reasons for Jane Austen's appeal and an analysis of things she has taught modern romance authors, but unfortunately I can't. Are her books still so well loved because of her gentlemanly heroes? Her strong heroines? The process of growth she describes? Is it because the characters and feelings ring true, today? Or, is the root of her popularity the exotic world of times past which she describes? Do we love Jane Austen mainly for the irony, wit and humor for which she is renowned? Or is it the serious side and her insight into human nature? How about strong plotting and delightful language? Do we love her for the multi-layered writing which keeps the novels feeling fresh and exciting, even on the 17th re-read, or are we simply fascinated with her descriptions of falling in love in an age when marriages were regulated by society customs and family expectations?
I still don't know what the most important reason for Austen's durable appeal is, and preparing this column got me thinking that maybe there are as many reasons as there are fans. I did not hear from anyone who said she did not like Austen. Is there something for everyone? (If you don't enjoy Austen's writing, please join the discussion on the message board) At the end of this long and rather rambling collection of praise for Austen, I want to leave you with the real thing: a Jane Austen quote to savor. It's a "review" of Pride and Prejudice, written in a letter to her sister Cassandra, immediately after its publication. She tenderly criticizes her own work and simultaneously recognizes its merits in a tender, tongue-in-cheek manner.
"The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling; it wants shade; it wants to be stretched out here and there with a long chapter of sense, if it could be had; if not, of solemn specious nonsense, about something unconnected with the story: an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonaparté, or anything that would form a contrast and bring the reader with increased delight to the playfulness and general epigrammatism of the general style."
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Here are the questions we'd like to have you consider this time:
Jane Austen, Romance Writer? - Charlaine Harris wasn't the first person to be taken aback when we talked about Jane Austen being an early branch of the romance family tree. What are your thoughts and ideas when tracing the evolution of the modern genre romance and our inclusion of Jane Austen on the romance family tree?
The Writing of Jane Austen - Are you a reader of Jane Austen's works? Are you a lover of her writing? What is your favorite Austen work? Jane Austen: Adaptations and Homages - There's no doubt that Jane Austen influenced generations of readers and writers, and within the last ten years, we've seen many a book and film that pays homage to her or is a straight adaptation of her work. Which books and/or films worked best for you, and why? Which didn't work for you, and why? Seen, not Read - Many of today's Janeites came to her books via the movie adaptations of her work. If you've seen one or more of those movies and enjoyed them, but haven't yet read any of her books, what's holding you back? "What I Love about Jane..." - What is it about Austen that you most enjoy? Is it the language, the wit, the freshness of the writing, the characterizations, the romance, or some combination? Realism versus Romance - While many readers find Austen's work incredibly romantic, others have called her a writer of the "anti-romance." How can this be? Heroes and Heroines - Which of Austen's heroes and/or heroines do you enjoy best, and why? The Best and The Rest - It seems most people most love Austen's Pride and Prejudice. An informal poll would place Mansfield Park as the least-loved Austen work. Rank Austen's work for us, and tell us how you came up with your ranking. Long-Lived Influence - Where do you see evidence of Austen's influence in today's genre romance? What do you suppose Jane would make of some of the more modern genre romance "classics?"
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Mansfield Park (1986): VHS
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Two Northern California student jazz ensembles have braved the massive East Coast snowstorm to participate in the sixth annual Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival. In addition, each evening Mingus ensembles will perform at the Jazz Standard, and on Sunday the competition's outstanding high school soloists will be invited to sit in with the Mingus Big Band.
The 2014 Charles Mingus High School Competition & Festival will bring some of North America's most talented young jazz musicians to New York City to attend work¬shops, play in jam sessions and to compete in combo and big band categories, with all of the sessions showcasing Mingus's music, published by Hall Leonard Publishing Corporation, a sponsor of the competition. Ten schools from throughout the United States, announced in early January, were selected by leading jazz musicians and jazz educators to take part in this year's competition. The states represented include California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Wisconsin. The goal of the competition is to provide an opportunity for high school music students to explore the enormously varied works of Charles Mingus, who left one of the largest and most personal legacies in 20th-century American composition, and to find their own individual voices within the music.
Prizes will be awarded for Best Combo, Best Big Band, Outstanding Big Band Sections (in Regular and Specialized categories), Outstanding Soloists, Outstanding Student Arrangers, and the Mingus Spirit Award. The two regional ensembles hail from the Sacramento area and will compete in the Combo category.
Folsom High School Jazz Combo I, Folsom, CA; Curtis Gaesser, Band Director: Mingus: Opus 4; Duke Ellington's Sound of Love; Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (arr. by Joey Cozza and Emery Mesich)
Rio Americano High School Jazz Combo, Sacramento, CA; Max Kiesner and Josh Murray, Band Directors: Mingus: Better Get Hit In Your Soul; Portrait; O.P. (arr. by the combo)
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Houston Early Music presents the world's finest period ensembles and soloists ... bringing to life music from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance to the Baroque and Classical periods. Experience with us early music played on original instruments, by musicians reviving performances of the past.
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On Christmas Night Music for the Yuletide Season
Old Carols and Dance Tunes from the British Isles, France, Spain and Appalachia
The Baltimore Consort
Sunday, December 14, 2003, 4 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas
A return engagement by this Houston favorite! Baltimore Consort returns with a selection of old carols and dance tunes from the British Isles, France and Appalachia performed on lute, flute, voices and viols in a program sure to delight the entire family. You and yours are invited to join us after the concert in the Great Hall for wassail and holiday treats.
Founded in 1980 to perform the instrumental music of Shakespeare's time, the Baltimore Consort has explored early English, Scottish, and French popular music, focusing on the relationship between folk and art song and dance. Their interest in early music of English/Scottish heritage has also led them to delve into the rich trove of traditional music preserved in North America. Recordings on the Dorian label have earned them recognition as Top Classical-Crossover Artist of the Year (Billboard), as well as rave reviews elsewhere. Besides touring in the U.S. and abroad, they often perform on such syndicated radio broadcasts as St. Paul Sunday, Performance Today, Harmonia and the CBC's OnStage.
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Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
Friday, February 27, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
St. Paul's Methodist Church
" a thoroughly unconventional ensemble that defies standard notions about the recorder and its limitations." (Chicago Tribune)
Noted for flawless ensemble playing and breathtaking technique, this internationally renowned Dutch recorder quartet presents a concert of renaissance masterworks from Spain and the Low Countries performed on a collection of recorders ranging in size from the 6 inch garklein to the six-foot contrabass.
Harmonia Artificiosa The Sonata à Cinque in the 17th- & 18th-Century
Saturday, March 27, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
St. Anne Catholic Church
A beautiful and intriguing program of chamber music from 17th- & 18th-Century Italy, Germany and Austria tracing the origins of the quintet as we know it today, written for the richly sonorous formation of two violins, two violas and basso continuo, featuring rarely performed works by Salamone Rossi, H.I.F. Biber, Johann Rosenmüller, Georg Muffat and Georg Phillip Telemann.
"Vitality and enthusiasm virtuosity and joy." (The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Hispanic Heritage Series
Zarzuelas y Tonadillas
El Mundo
Friday, May 7, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
This electrifying vocal and instrumental ensemble, noted for its exciting performances of baroque music from Spain and her New World colonies, returns to Houston after its stunning success in 2002 with a program of selected scenes from 17th-Century Spanish zarzuelas and Latin American music dramas. Featured will be excerpts from San Ignacio de Loyola, a sacred drama from the Viceroyalty of Peru with music by Dominico Zipoli.
"Savino and his ensemble provided crackling good playing." (Houston Chronicle)
Free Family Concert
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Honors: First Team All-Big 12 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Second Team All-Big 12 - Austin American Statesman and Big 12 Coaches - Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List.... Ended the season with a team-leading .377 batting average...16 doubles (team leader), one triple, seven home runs, 46 RBI...totaled 22 multiple-hit games, 12 multiple-RBI games...made 39 starts behind the plate and 10 as the desingated hitter...Suffered an MCL injury to his left knee in the second game of the KSU series on April 14th and after missing nine games he returned to the Tech lineup where he spent the remaining of the season as the designated hitter.... Took over the starting catching job in the season opener against Louisiana-Monroe, a position occupied by former Red Raider Cooper Fouts for the last three seasons...Smith made 13 starts behind the dish as a true freshman in 2005... Led the team in batting average in the three-game series against UL-Monroe to start the season...Totaled a .667 average (8-for-12) along with two home runs and eight RBI. His two home runs over the weekend tied his entire home run total from 2005.... Nominated for Big 12 Player of the Week on Sunday, Feb. 26 after hitting .889 over four games the previous week...Against Eastern New Mexico and three teams in the Midland Classic, Smith went 8-for-9 at the plate with seven walks and eight RBI...he picked up his first career grand slam against Oral Roberts in the Midland Classic finale that helped Tech defeat the Golden Eagles 7-4...Hit .417 in the weekend series against UNC Asheville while collecting two home runs and five RBI...Went 6-for-11 (.545) in the three-game series at No. 24 Kansas...added two more doubles to his collection along with two RBI...Made his return to the Tech lineup for the first time in nearly a month at New Mexico after suffering MCL damage in his left knee against Kansas State on April 14th...went 3-for-6 at the plate with one RBI as the designated hitter...Continued his hot hitting in the three-game series against Missouri as he went 6-for-10 (.600) at the plate with four RBI...his sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth of game-two capped a three-run rally as Tech clinched the series with a 5-4 win.


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Joe Glenn is leading the University of Wyoming Football program for the sixth season in 2008. During his first five years at Wyoming, Glenn and his coaching staff recorded a number of accomplishments that re-energized both his players and Cowboy fans.
Among Wyoming's accomplishments during the Glenn era are:
The impact of Glenn and his staff hasn't only been recognized in the state of Wyoming, but has been acknowledged by football experts across the Mountain West Conference and the nation. In the spring of 2005, Wyoming received recognition in a number of college football preseason Top 25 polls. When the 2004 season concluded with the bowl victory over UCLA, Wyoming received votes in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll. That marked the first time since 1996 that Wyoming had ended a season receiving votes in a national poll. The summer following that Las Vegas Bowl victory saw the Sporting News feature Glenn in a cover story, recognizing his turnaround of the Cowboy Football program. At the conclusion of the 2003 season, MWC media members voted Wyoming as the "2004 Team on the Rise." In the voting, conducted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Wyoming received 53 percent of the votes. The next closest school received 20 percent.
Glenn's proven record as a winner and his magnetic personality have made an immediate impact on the attitude surrounding Cowboy Football.
Glenn enters the 2008 season having won three national championships, six conference titles and posted 17 winning seasons in 23 years as a head coach. Glenn's teams won the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship at Montana in 2001, and won two NCAA Division II National Championships at Northern Colorado in 1996 and 1997. Over his career as a head coach at the collegiate level, he has won 66.6 percent of his games, posting a 184-92-1 record. Glenn will be coaching in his 24th season as a college head coach in 2008.
He credits much of his teams' successes through the years to the contributions and stability of his coaching staff.
"One of the keys to our success has been the quality of individuals on our coaching staff," said Glenn. "I believe to have continued success that it is critical to not only attract the best coaches possible, but to also keep them together as a staff. I'm so proud of the job our coaches have done, and I am thankful that they have chosen to stay together as a group. I feel very lucky to have my staff."
For three seasons from 2000-02, Glenn enjoyed enormous success at the University of Montana. He guided the Griz to a 39-6 (.867) record, including a 20-2 (.909) record in the Big Sky Conference. He won two outright Big Sky titles in 2000 and 2001, and tied for the conference title in 2002. Montana played in the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship game in both 2000 and 2001, finishing as the national runner-up in 2000 and winning the National Championship in 2001. The Grizzlies also advanced to the I-AA quarterfinals in 2002. His 86.7 winning percentage was the best in the history of the Big Sky Conference, a conference that produced such coaches as John L. Smith, Dennis Erickson, Sonny Lubick and Jim Sweeney. From the third game of the 2001 season through the 10th game of the 2002 season, Montana won 24 consecutive games, tying the I-AA all-time record. His 2001 squad set a school record with 15 wins en route to a 15-1 record and the national title.
Prior to leading Montana through three extremely successful seasons, Glenn spent 11 years as the head coach at the University of Northern Colorado, where he built the Bears into an NCAA Division II national power. UNC captured back-to-back Division II National Championships in 1996 and `97, becoming only the fourth Division II school in history to repeat as national champions. The Bears appeared in the Division II Playoffs seven out of 11 seasons, and Glenn posted a 98-35 (.737) mark -- 70-28 (.714) in the North Central Conference. He concluded his UNC career by leading the Bears to North Central Conference titles in each of his final three seasons -- 1997, `98 and `99.
During his distinguished career, Glenn has been honored numerous times by his peers. His most recent honor came in 2002 when he was selected Big Sky Conference Co-Coach of the Year by his fellow Big Sky coaches. It marked the third consecutive season that Glenn won or shared that honor. He was also named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division I-AA Region 5 Coach of the Year in 2002, marking the second consecutive season he earned that honor. In 2000, Glenn was presented the Eddie Robinson Award by The Sports Network as the Division I-AA National Coach of the Year. He also won AFCA Division II National Coach of the Year honors in both 1996 and `97. All total, he has been named National Coach of the Year three times, AFCA Regional Coach of the Year on five occasions and conference coach of the year five different seasons. In the spring of 2000, The Denver Post named him one of Colorado's "Greatest Coaches of the 1900's."
As head coach at Northern Colorado and Montana, Glenn led his teams to 14 consecutive winning seasons.
One of his trademarks during his coaching career has been his ability to motivate and build relationships with players. He often tells his players that he has only one rule for them to follow, "Be a Good Guy." Being a good guy is a characteristic that the coach, himself, displays by example.
He is also known for building strong relationships with those who coach with him. Seven of the nine assistant coaches on his current Wyoming coaching staff coached with him prior to coming to Laramie.
Highly respected in his field, Glenn was elected to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Board of Trustees in January of 2005. He is one of 16 college coaches across the nation currently serving on the AFCA Board of Trustees. The AFCA includes over 10,000 members from all levels of the football coaching profession.
Glenn was named the 30th head football coach in Wyoming history on Dec. 12, 2002.
He began his head-coaching career at Doane College in Crete, Neb., in 1976 when he became the youngest head coach in the country at the age of 27. Glenn posted a 21-18-1 (.538) record over four seasons at the NAIA school.
Overall, Glenn is coaching in his 34th season in college football as either a head or assistant coach. His first college coaching job was as the backfield coach at his alma mater, South Dakota, in 1974. He then moved to Northern Arizona as the backfield coach in 1975. After four years as the head coach at Doane College (1976-79), Glenn served his first coaching stint at Montana from 1980-85. He was the quarterbacks and receivers coach from 1980-81. He then moved into the offensive coordinator position from 1982-85. In 1987, Glenn arrived at Northern Colorado. His first responsibility was overseeing the passing and kicking games for two seasons. Then in 1989, he was named head coach.
A 1971 graduate of the University of South Dakota, Glenn earned a bachelor of arts degree in health, physical education, recreation and athletics. He played both quarterback and wide receiver for the Coyotes, and was selected a team captain as a senior.
Following graduation, Glenn earned an ROTC military commission, and served two years in the United States Army.
In 1975, he received a master's degree in education, also from South Dakota.
Glenn is 59 years old -- born March 7, 1949. He and his wife Michele are both natives of Lincoln, Neb. They have two adult children, a daughter Erin and a son Casey, and two grandchildren. Grandson Henry was born Sept. 6, 2005, to Erin and her husband Jim. Granddaughter Regan was born on Sept. 11, 2006, to Casey and his wife Shannon. Casey was an offensive lineman at Carroll College in Helena, Mont., concluding his playing career in the fall of 2002. He helped Carroll College win the NAIA National Championship in 2002. His head coach at Carroll College was former Wyoming letterman and assistant coach Mike Van Diest. Casey Glenn is entering his second year at UW in 2008. He is the Wyoming tight ends' coach.


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This week Duke University reached a "non-disclosed settlement" with the three lacrosse players who were savaged by the District Attorney in Durham, Mike Nifong. He wanted to hoodwink black voters into putting him back in office. That succeeded, but he has now been removed from office, and disbarred.


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For a quick six songs, it's surprising how much Phantogram have put into their Nightlife EP. For a band that less than wowed me at their Lollapalooza performance this year, I didn't really expect much and had essentially written these two off. But as an electronic rock offering in the veins of Neon Indian or Cults, Nightlife is a fantastic here and gone sampling of what a band can do with some proper sampling and simple beats.
At the forefront here is definitely "Don't Move," a jumpy but catchy four minutes that showcase lead Sarah Barthel's lighter vocals and the duo's penchant towards samples. I found myself wishing I had the voice to sing along with Barthel, because it really gets in your head and solely got me believing in Phantogram again. Preceded by the average but energetic and enticing "16 Years" and followed up by the subtly engaging "Turning Into Stone" where other member Josh Carter jumps in, the first half really comes out strong.
Barthel's voice isn't going to turn many heads, but when she interacts with the electronic composition Phantogram comes out shining their best. And while the latter half of Nightlife merely continues the sounds from earlier, there still are a couple gems within. "Make a Fist" has Barthel repeating "this is the future" practically on loop, and with the maraca-style percussion at the front of the mix and a constantly building intensity the tension in this song certainly reflects the lyrical intent. The title track relies mainly on her vocals though, so with a mediocre tracking underneath it remains one of the weakest songs of the whole. And finally, "A Dark Tunnel" sounds like an over-fuzzed TV on the Radio track, which isn't exactly a negative but its immersion as one of the six can be a bit jarring. It returns its focus on their style though by the end, winding up the longest song of this EP and outside of "Don't Move" may be their most stylistically engaging piece.
Definitely check the Nightlife EP out if you like any form of electronic rock, from Washed Out to Toro Y Moi. You might find a new favorite, and hopefully with me you'll now be clamoring for the two to release another LP.


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STARKVILLE, Miss. - Head softball coach Vann Stuedeman announced Wednesday the schedule for Mississippi State's summer camps. A day camp for children entering grades two through six will be held June 16-18 while a session for children entering seventh through 12th grade will take place June 23-26. The Bulldogs round out the camp season with a team camp, open for high school and travel ball teams, from July 8-10.
The clinics will be held at the MSU Softball Complex, the Shira Athletic Complex and the Palmeiro Center, Starkville's praised softball indoor practice facility. Instruction for the camps will be provided by Stuedeman and assistant coaches Beth Mullins and Tyler Bratton.
Cost for the June 16-18 day camp is $210. The first two days of the camp will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and the third day lasts from 9 a.m.-noon. The summer camp for junior high and high schoolers will cost $365 for overnight campers and $290 for day campers.
Cost for the July 8-10 team session is $200 per player and there is a maximum of 16 squads. All teams are guarenteed a minimum of four games with umpires. The daily schedule will include team defense and hitting workouts, skill competitions, team-building activities and a strength & conditioning information session with an MSU strength coach.
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College Hockey:Ouellette stops 29 as Maine tops Merrimack
ORONO, Maine – Martin Ouellette made 29 saves to earn his forth shutout as the Maine Black Bears earned a 2-0 victory over Merrimack in the first round of the Hockey East playoffs.
"We played really well; we hemmed them in,"said Maine coach Red Gendron. "We could have scored and could have put the game away."
Just 2:01 into the first period, Mark Anthoine jumped on the loose puck after Andrew Cerretani's shot was deflected into the slot and put it past Merrimack goalie Rasmus Tirronen
Late in the third period, Ouellette made a number of critical saves for the Black Bears. A bad pass by Devin Shore found the stick of Warrior Hampus Gustafsson, who made a point-blank attempt, but Ouellette denied the low shot. Moments later, Shore won the race to the puck and was able to tally the empty-net goal with 20 seconds left in regulation.
"Tonight was a complete game; all of our guys were on board," said Anthoine. "All four lines were going, and obviously goaltending was there. That was huge, especially to build some confidence going into next weekend."
"It wasn't enough; we passed up way too many chances," said Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy. "All night we were looking for the perfect play and it wasn't there."
Maine is now 16-13-4 while Merrimack finished their season 8-22-3. The Black Bears will now look ahead to the Providence College Friars in the quarterfinal of the Hockey East Playoffs.
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Justin Bieber has already demonstrated that he is trying to cultivate a bad boy image, and lose his status as a teenage heartthrob. However, according to an April 2 story by Perez Hilton, it looks like Justin Bieber will be collaborating with another former teenage heartthrob, Austin Mahone. Interesting, this story is confirmed by none other than the Biebs himself.
The collaboration between Bieber and Mahone was revealed through an Instagram post by Justin Bieber on April 2. The image features the two stars standing together in a rather dim studio. In response to the post, Austin Mahone posted a message that hinted that the two had just finished recording a collaboration that is destined to be a hit.
What an amazing song last night..The world isn't ready!" - Austin Mahone
What do you think about the news that Justin Bieber and Austin Mahone have collaborated on a recording project? Do you think the they are likely to find success or is it destined to be another failed combination of two former heartthrobs?
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Amanda Stevenson, 28 August 2008 15:35
The initial day's activities at this year's Your Horse Live will be dedicated to alternative methods and natural horsemanship. It is the first time the hugely successful three-day show, held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire from November 7-9, will include a 'themed' day. Intelligent Horsemanship's Kelly Marks (a Your Horse magazine contributor) will be putting on a special demo for visitors, ...
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The ticket box office for the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) European Jumping and Dressage Championships 2009 will open on September 8, 2008. The event will take place in the magnificent private grounds of Windsor Castle on August 25-30, 2009. Thirty-two nations will be invited to take part in the competition, which is the first senior combined equestrian continental championships ever to ...
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29 May 2008 12:53
British Eventing is offering Train for Tri-zone Training days, a three-phase clinic with BE Accredited Coaches. Clinics are available at three venues in June, July and August, with training based on a beginners course. Coaches will give participants feedback on a straight-forward dressage test, and advice on tackling show jumping and cross-country fences (max height 80cm). The aim of the ...
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