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COOL - YOUNG people like to think they've invented it, along with sex. But although the use of the word "cool" as a term of approbation goes back a long way - at least as far as James Boswell, who once referred to the "cool thousand" he was being paid for the Johnson biography - its widespread use to describe a certain stance in popular culture is exactly 50 years old. In 1949, the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis self-consciously took the cool aesthetic and applied it to music.
COOL - YOUNG people like to think they've invented it, along with sex. But although the use of the word "cool" as a term of approbation goes back a long way - at least as far as James Boswell, who once referred to the "cool thousand" he was being paid for the Johnson biography - its widespread use to describe a certain stance in popular culture is exactly 50 years old. In 1949, the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis self-consciously took the cool aesthetic and applied it to music.
New musical schools are rarely conscious inventions. But the music that the Miles Davis's nonet laid down in three recording sessions for Capitol in 1949 and 1950 was so clearly intended as a break with the past that the episode almost resembles a musical ambush. Besides the recording sessions, the group played just two short club residencies and disbanded, leaving jazz altered for ever. This achievement says something about Davis's bloody-minded commitment to musical progress: "I have to change," he once said; "it's like a curse."
The milieu that produced these records was the frenetic post-war New York jazz scene. Modern jazz - bebop - had emerged from the clubs of up- and mid-town and turned easy-going swing into a difficult, predominately black, hipster's music. Bebop was intense: tempi were fast, melodies asymmetrical, rhythms fragmented. The young Miles Davis was playing with the saxophone architect of bebop, Charlie Parker, and "quitting every night" in the shade of the alto-player's genius.
But,whatever his admiration for Parker, Davis was looking for other musical solutions. With a group of mainly white arrangers and musicians, he started to think in terms of moving the music on by abstracting its innovations, of distilling its essence. Davis's key partner was to be a man almost his social opposite, a rural white Canadian called Gil Evans. Gentle, thoughtful and an experienced arranger, Evans was creating luminous sound pictures for an adventurous but unsuccessful group led by Claude Thornhill. In Evans's work Miles heard the sounds he was looking for.
The new nine-piece played a stint at the Royal Roost club and flopped. Only the musicians took note; a radio broadcast of the time shows an audience so uninterested that they forget to clap. The music was largely medium tempo, the soloing restrained, lagging behind the beat. But it is the ensemble writing that is striking: the cool tonalities created by the soft sounds of the French horn and Davis's trumpet, and the arrhythmic wanderings of the tuba against the clip of Max Roach's drums served to create an "ice and fire" feel that was quite new. But it remained a musicians' secret. The trombonist Mike Zwerin remembers, "It did not seem historic or legendary. We certainly did not have the impression that those two weeks would give birth to an entire style."
Fortunately Capitol records were interested and in January 1949 the group recorded the first of a series of sides for the label. The song titles are a clue to the sessions' mood of abstraction and restraint: "Jeru", "Venus de Milo", "Boplicity", "Moon Dreams"; through them all rides Davis's melodic, buttery trumpet. The music, first released as 78-rpm singles, came out on a 10-in LP and then a 12-in with the title Birth of the Cool. The consequences of Davis's work were both musical and more broadly cultural.
Jazz musicians, particularly whites on the West Coast, seized on the new sounds and refined them in the first half of the Fifties. Names such as Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan (who had played in the Birth of the Cool band) emerged not only as important musical voices but also as bankable acts with big followings, especially on campus. Cool Jazz might be hip, but it was not scary. It was the sonorities of the Cool School that seeped into the sound-track sessions of Hollywood and TV - when black musicians were often barred from key studio jobs.
Cool Jazz could be heard on the sound-tracks of Rebel without a Cause and The Wild One; records such as "Take Five" flirted with pop success. Back in New York, the blind pianist Lennie Tristano took the abstraction and emotional restraint of the music to new levels, gathering a hub of like-minded musicians, including the British bass player Peter Ind, later owner of London's Bass Clef jazz club. The Brazilian composer Jobim was attracted by a jazz sound that had a sweetness that married with the Samba, and became an ingredient of bossa nova. Davis himself did not dwell on his achievement. His cool playing became just one element of his developing style, a mood that would re-emerge in his music from time to time, such as in 1959's Kind of Blue and 1969's In a Silent Way.
But at the same time he came to personify the new culture of cool. At a time when stage mugging and minstrelsy were still a recent memory, he showed that a black artist in America could be aloof, disdainful, and wealthy. He dressed in Italian suits, drove a Ferrari, lived an Esquire magazine lifestyle. His cool was about control; all the emotion went into the music. And it was the music that mattered. For example, Miles was always colour-blind when he employed musicians, and would never choose a black musician over a white simply for racial solidarity. "White musicians usually are overtrained, and black musicians sometimes are under-trained," he once said. "You have to mix the two."
Like any idea that becomes popularised, cool became diluted and, in the Sixties, a loose, hippie word. Miles seemed to become less cool, too. Faced with the growth of rock and the eclipse of jazz, he dropped the suits and started dressing like his new audience. On a bill with Neil Young and Steve Miller at New York's Fillmore West in 1970, he started moving with his trumpet as Hendrix did with his guitar, ducking, swaying, playing at the floor and at the ceiling. The audience responded warmly, but older fans were appalled. Davis's music was approaching a heavy rock dead end that saw him retire in 1975. It would be a more relaxed, easy-going Miles who returned for the memorable comeback shows of the Eighties.
Fifty years on from Birth of the Cool (and eight since Davis's death), cool is cheap: everyone wants it and everyone can have it, off the peg. It's a haircut or the badge on a bag. Davis's cool was different: it was earned. Miles took the popular perception of the trumpet away from Louis Armstrong and into explorations of muted loneliness, harmonic ambiguity and ecstatic funk; made modern jazz relevant by refusing to accept that it wasn't. He was the black figurehead who employed whites, the man who got rich playing uncommercial music.
Following his own tyrannical intuition, he piloted jazz for at least 30 years, which leaves us with a paradox. You don't make records that good by worrying about how you look or how you're perceived. Having made the rules of cool, Miles probably ended up breaking them all. Now that is cool.
John Martyn: Solid Air
Legendary languor with Martyn's inimitable sleep-talk vocals, and jazz contributions from the saxophonist Tony Coe.
Gerry Mulligan: Night Lights
The seminal, late-night jazz album, with delicate soloing from trumpeter Art Farmer and guitarist Jim Hall.
Everything But The Girl: Eden
The pop-era reunion of jazz and bossa nova.
Lennie Tristano: Crosscurrents
Abstract, icy piano explorations from the man who wanted jazz to have "less emotion, more feeling".
João Gilberto: João
Davis said "he would sound good reading a phone book"; this bossa album's orchestrations hark back to Miles Davis's circa 1949.
Gil Evans: Out of the Cool
Davis's favourite arranger with his own band and superb, dark and moody music.
Massive Attack: Blue Lines
Proof positive that hip-hop could be about more than braggadacio and backbeats; some of the rhythms echo Davis's "In a Silent Way".
Bill Evans: Live At The Village Vanguard
No relation to Gil, this Evans was another Davis favourite and here the pianist is at his introspective best.
Stan Getz: Apasionado
Called "The Sound" because of his lush saxophone voice, Getz's last album proved that he had lost nothing in 40 years of cool.
Marvin Gaye: I Want You
Laid-back as a king-size bed, smooth as silk sheets; there is a wealth of arranging skill and harmonic depth on the great singer's soft-soul classic.Reuse content


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THE BALL is in Israel's court. If it displays obduracy at this stage, it would become difficult to resolve major issues at a later date that would set the boundaries of a future Palestinian state and settle, once and for all, the status of Al Quds as well as the question of the return of Palestinian refugees. An unbending stance by Israel on the issues of prisoners and further military pull-out could have potentially explosive consequences that could derail the peace process finally and, perhaps, irreversibly.
Palestine Times
A PEACE imposed by force will last for only as long as the force is there and, once it is no longer there, the suppressed grievances will resurface again. The Zionists should realise that the Palestinian people will not be answerable, or responsible, to a person known as Yasser Arafat, particularly if he signs a dictated deal that doesn't achieve Palestinian rights in full. The Palestinian people will not be bound by any agreement signed by Arafat that doesn't restore Palestinian rights.
HAS ANYONE ever heard of more original, or stranger, negotiations than the ones going on between Israel and the Palestinians? [Ehud] Barak has threatened Arafat that if the Palestinian Authority does not accept his proposal, he will respond by implementing in full the PA's demand to carry out the Wye agreement in full. Arafat is not responding by saying, "Great, give me what I'm insisting on." Instead, he prefers to continue negotiating over Barak's proposal. There is no more convincing proof that the agenda proposed by Israel is good for both sides.
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Of course, the cover story is that "religious extremists [are or might be] using an inappropriate curriculum" and "that there may be someone filling their child's mind with poison," (oh, the irony) but the real issue is that most of our home-schooled population is off the books; there are anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 kids – the government simply can't know because parents do not have to inform their local council whether they are home schooling or not. This is called exercising freedom of choice and the right to privacy. I applaud the parents who do so.
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Freedom and Sovereignty: Brendan Murphy interviewed by Nicolas Perrin
This is crucial for conscious and heart-centred entrepreneurs, small business owners, and corporate refugees who want to get in touch with their inner certainty and awareness of their highest purpose, vision, and inspiration. If you are looking at being of service, getting more switched on and activated, adding massive value, and experiencing a sovereign life of integrity and authenticity, then this podcast will illuminate who you really are and support you on the path to self-authority.
Love, Light and New Age Crap
You are love and light AND immeasurable darkness.
Honour your shadow or that wild bitch will fuck you so hard no amount of cold pressed organic coconut oil will make it better.
Drugs, Disease and Deception: A Medical Whistleblower's Tale with Judy Mikovits Phd (Episode 60, GFM Media)
Meet Dr. Judy Mikovits, a passionate research molecular biologist and biochemist; wrongfully jailed with her career destroyed forever because she dared to publish findings unacceptable to vested interests. Back story: On July 22, 2009, a special meeting was held with twenty-four leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health to discuss early findings that a […]
ISIS The New Israel
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is our Frankenstein. The United States after a decade of war in Iraq pieced together its body parts. We jolted it into life. We bathed it in blood and trauma. And we gave it its intelligence. It's dark and vicious heart of vengeance and war is our heart. It kills as we kill. It tortures as we torture. It carries out conquest as we carry out conquest. It is building a state driven by hatred for American occupation, a product of the death, horror and destruction we visited on the Middle East. ISIS now controls an area the size of Texas. It is erasing the borders established by French and British colonial powers through the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement. There is little we can do to stop it.
Saving Billions on Australian Political Salaries
Clearly we need to make the financial appeal of political jobs less enticing so as to attract M.P.s who actually wish to SERVE the people rather than have the people serve THEM. (Snouts out of the trough, thanks, folks! Actually, let's just remove the trough altogether, eh?) Here are a few suggestions to that end.
Another Coincidence? San Bernardino Active Shooter Exercise and Shootout In Same Week
What are the odds that all these horrific "terrorist attacks" keep happening at the same times and in the exact same locations where terror drills are being run by government and related entities? It's terribly "convenient" for law enforcement that these nut jobs and extremists keep deciding to blow up or shoot up hordes of civilians in the midst of practice runs designed by the state! Why "convenient"? Well, wouldn't that somewhat increase the odds of the plot being foiled and the perpetrators being caught or killed?! You'd think it would make executing such a "terror attack" a damn sight harder, but no, today's "terrorists" seem to relish the challenge, practically following law enforcement around wherever there's a drill being run… (We'll provide a short list below.)
West Papua: Freeing Indonesia's Hidden Colony With Benny Wenda (Episode 59, GFM Media)
The people of West Papua have been suffering under Indonesian occupation since 1963. Over 500,000 civilians have been killed, and thousands more have been raped, tortured and imprisoned. Foreign media and human rights groups are banned from operating in West Papua, thus silencing and censoring their stories from the world's ears. The global community, including governments, politicians, […]
Hysterical Nanny State Warns of Black Market Childcare Terror Cells and "Sovereign Citizen" Terrorists
Every single facet of human existence is to be transparent (to the State), documentable, verifiable, quantifiable, paperworked, signed off on, legislated, supervised, scrutinized, and preferably taxed – for the good of the nation, you see. You can't trust anyone…except for the State, of course. It loves you and only wants the best for you (unless you ask questions, in which case you're obviously an extremist.)
Cognitive Dissonance, Conditioning, and Reality Creation
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Old Friend
A familiar tale.
I met an old friend
in the here and now.
He smiled sweetly once
then turned back around.
And as he grew smaller
'gainst the setting sun,
I realized then
that he thought he had won.
He'd left my wreck'd heart
strung up in the trees
and my love in my throat
just as neat as you please.
A blind eye was turned
as I shed all my tears
for that deficit heart
so long in arrears.
For a smile and a laugh
that I felt I had lost,
but the price on the tag
was worth more than the cost.
I carried the weight
of his deed on my chest
until fortune conceded
that I had been blessed.
And once I let go
I could see the whole picture:
Someone has to lose
while the other's named victor.
But I left there with more
than I had when I'd entered,
and to dwell on the past
is ultimately self-centered.
Feeding one's sorrow
with fruits of the mind
leaves beating hearts cold
and seeing eyes blind.
Yes, the wool was pulled over
but the sheep has been shorn.
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Bosom Buddies: The Breast Auction Ever
Resource Magazine
Monday, July 30, 2012 at 6:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Resource Magazine Presents
"Bosom Buddies: The Breast Auction Ever"
An auction of Henry Hargreaves 3-D Photographs Celebrating Breasts for Breast Cancer.
In partnership with the Young Survival Coalition, Gotham Imaging, and Ilford.
As the cover feature of our summer 2012 issue—Breasts that Pop—Henry Hargreaves's 3D images are a cause for celebration as much as a celebration worthy of a cause. So go ahead, and grab a pair—of 3D glasses, that is—and bid on the 24 hand-made, generously sized 20" x 24" prints available at our auction.
All proceeds will be for the benefit of the Young Survival Coalition, the premier global organization dedicated to providing support, education and resources for young women diagnosed with breast cancer.
When: Monday, 30 July 2012, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Where: Go Studios 318 West 39th Street Penthouse, NY
For more information visit: resourcemagonline.com/bosombuddies
*Credit cards will be accepted at the auction.
About Resource Magazine
Founded in 2007, Resource Magazine is a New York-based quarterly publication, which focuses on photography and video and is filled with practical advice, technical know-how, and inspirational images and image-makers. With a circulation of 22,000 copies, our readership consists of both professional and emerging talents, including photographers, videographers, stylists, producers, editors, and art directors, among other industry creatives and tastemakers. Resource Magazine is online and available on newsstands in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami, as well as across Canada.
About Photographer Henry Hargreaves
Henry Hargreaves has come a long way from his native New Zealand, working as a high-end fashion model in Europe for four years before deciding to professionally pursue his passion for photography from behind the camera. Henry moved to Brooklyn in 2004 and has since then established himself as a still life, art, and fashion photographer, working with commercial clients such as Ralph Lauren and New York Magazine, and producing personal projects, like 3D Celebration of Breasts and 3DD Deluxe, books both published by Seven Footer Press. In his own words, Henry's empowering body of work is based on a "desire to see how photography can illuminate the world and spark conversation." It is in this vain that Henry's artful tribute to the female form offers full-frontal support for breast cancer research and will certainly get people talking.
About The Young Survival Coalition
Young Survival Coalition (YSC) is the premier global organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women who are diagnosed with breast cancer. YSC offers resources, connections and outreach so women feel supported, empowered and hopeful. Through action, advocacy and awareness, YSC seeks to educate and influence the medical, research, breast cancer and legislative communities to address breast cancer in young women, and to ensure that no young woman is left to face breast cancer alone.
When & Where
Go Studios Penthouse
318 W 39th St
New York,
Monday, July 30, 2012 at 6:00 PM (PDT)
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Resource Magazine
Resource appeals to everyone and anyone coming in contact with the photo production industry: photographers, stylists, producers, models, agents, model makers, set designers, set builders, art directors, art buyers, creative directors, publicists, retouchers, digital techs, modeling agencies, and assistants hoping to make it big one day...jobs within the photo production field are filled by men and women of all ages, but it is swelling with an aflluent, hip, urban crowd.
What more could one ask for than a concentrated readership of highly creative professionals that lead the industry through the jungle of photo production?
Our target readership works in the industry and is keenly aware of what is happening. They are paying more attention to magazines than regular folks. Not only do we like magazines, but we make them!
With this thriving industry of photo production professionals and their alluring sub-culture, there is much to write about. Until now, you and me and that photo assistant over there had never seen a publication for us! We make it, produce it, build it, style it, and shoot it...now we ARE it!
Resource Magazine is distributed freely in major photo studios and industry related locations throughout New York City in three of the boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Everyone involved in the industry passes through studios at some point, many do so daily. Resource's distribution gives the targeted audience an opportunity to pick up a copy and flip through it while on a shoot. they can even take it home, still free of charge, and read it more thoroughly at their leisure and then share the Resource experience with others. This outreach of the magazine gives way to more exposure of the pages covered with articles, photographs, and, potentially, your ad.
There are 20,000 copies distributed to over 100 studios, labs, equipment rental and prop rental locations. that should be plenty of reading material for the estimated 4,000 potential readers walking through the stuio's doors each day. Numbers indicate that within every month there are 100,000 potential readers from studio traffic, adding up to about 300,000 per quarterly issue. this number only encompasses those walking in and out of our distribution areas, surely there will be many more who will get to flip through the pages at home.
Resource has already found out that their readers have expanded to national and even international territories, just by word of mouth and the natural pass along rate of our magazine. But there are very near plans to go national, so keep your eye out for Resource around the country. We might just get your word out farther than you expect!


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Bridling Fire:2Mature
Meet Felix. He's my second-in-command, the second to join the Riders. Well... Sort of. I ran away, then I found him, then we met a couple more people...and the Riders sort of just created themselves, and I was already sort of the leader so nothing really changed except the name. Anyway. Felix... Well, he sort of hates my guts, and has a pretty good reason for it.
Let me explain.
It happened in one of those weird wildfires where it's not so intense, but it's really really hot. We were both stuck in it. I managed to get out, but he didn't, not until I went back in to get him. He was partially unconscious when I pulled him out, and he never understood the reason I pushed him into the frozen river, because that was what woke him up. He also couldn't swim, which didn't help my case at all...
But, yeah. He never really recovered from that shock, and if he did, he pretends like he didn't. I don't really blame him. The reason he hates me for it isn't because he thinks I tried to kill him; he thinks I was mocking him, because he had told me before that his parents tried to kill him by pushing him into a frozen river. That is yet another very long, very complicated and very sad story that will explain itself as I go, so I won't say anything now. But that's what happened.
Felix and I are really very different, I'll tell you now. He's dark and concealed and doesn't tell anyone anything, but he's not very aggressive. If anything, he's emotionless. I, on the other hand, have a temper like nobody's business. I'm wild and vicious and pretty obviously reckless. The only thing we have in common is our way of escape: horses. And our stubbornness. We are both incredibly stubborn, as are all the Riders.
Sigh, the Riders. They're my life. During raids, a lot of people seem to think that the only signs of organization among us is the fact that we all arrive and leave at the same time instead of irregularly. That is so incredibly untrue...
Everything is planned out. Alex is the what we call the raid master; he's in charge of laying out whatever the heck it is we happen to be doing. He has to talk to me about it, of course, and Felix, but since we really get confused if we're thinking about it on our own we leave most of it to him.
Between him and everyone else's ability to follow instructions, we make a pretty decent pack of rebels. With Kylar and Jacie as archers and Rowan somehow managing to get ahold of a gun, the rest of us just need to be able to throw knives with deadly accuracy. That's not too hard, actually, once you know how.
In the eyes of the Authority, the overly strict group of people who make it forcefully known that they are in charge, we are a group of rebels. Nothing but runaway teens, somehow managing to tame newly wild and dangerous beasts and who don't cause enough trouble to be seen as even annoying bugs. But then again, the Authority is kept away from the rest of what's left of the human population. Therefore, they don't get too much excitement. Now look at the surrounding towns. (We call them Projects. Don't ask why; it's somewhat disturbing.) They're the ones we raid, the ones we attack. To the Authority we might be lower than insects, but to the Projects, we can be terrifying.
"Lyric. Lyric. Wake up, Lyric. Come on. Lyyyyrrriiiiiiiiiic...."
I gasped and sat up. My hair, black and about jaw-length and streaked through with red, stuck up in probably all directions while still managing to end up almost entirely in my eyes. I ran my hands through the stubborn locks and identified my intruder.
Kylar was crouched in my tent entryway, Frostbite ever present on his shoulder. Kylar was usually guarded and somewhat cold, but he had his moments of happiness like everyone else. Moving was one of them; pack hunting was another.
His wild black hair was just slightly more disheveled than usual, which told me he had only woken up moments ago. Maybe more; he usually didn't bother to do anything with it until later, and sometimes it flattened on it's own.
"What's going on?" I asked, shaking out my hair until it behaved. I tugged the back of it to spike it up a little and stood up.
"Moving, genius. Remember? There were guys with guns at that raid last night, so we're moving our camp somewhere else before they pick up the trail. They might not bother, but waiting around to find out isn't exactly what I would consider a smart thing to do." His excitement was contagious, and I found myself shaking off my normal morning bear-headedness quicker than usual.
"Alright, whatever. I'm up. Has Alex got us a plan yet?"
Kylar nodded. "Yeah. And breakfast, too. Jacie may not like it, but she's a decent cook. Darren is better, I guess, but no one can make over-cooked venison taste good like Jacie..." He trailed off as he left me alone to change. Actually, he was probably just going to get some of the said over-cooked venison, and didn't really know or care that I had been basically shirtless that whole time. I mean, yes, obviously I had my undershirt on, but that's just a black netted tank-top that keeps my shirt from rubbing or riding up and doesn't completely cook me in the process.
There was basically no sign of the fire left, so I assumed we were either eating on the way or had already taken precautions or something with the evidence of the camp.
I figured we were eating on the way when I saw that half the tents were already in saddle bags.
I carefully removed the silver-gilded bridle from the front of my tent and wrapped it in the canvas from the makeshift table. I discarded the wooden frame, taking the chords used to tie it up and scattering the sticks into the trees, then wrapped the bedding up along with the rest of the tent.
Momentum waited patiently while I used my excuse for a girth to strap the bundle to his shoulders, then made my way to Jacie. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for an argument, as sisters obviously weren't genetically programmed to take orders from each other. Even though Jacie was one year younger.
"Breakfast?" she asked, her eyes guarded and, as usual, outlined and defined in black paint. We were sisters, yes, but we definitely were nothing alike. She seemed to mimic Felix; while I was stubborn and tough and fearless, they were both cold and unyeilding and merciless. And completely repelled by me. We looked nothing alike, too. While my eyes were green and somewhat aggressive, hers were silver-grey and calmly unforgiving. My hair was black, cut to the angle of my jaw, spiky and deliberately streaked with red; hers was snow white, unmarked, cascading down her back and cut at a slanted veil across her eyes.
We infuriated each other.
I nodded, tense but too tired to say aloud any comments I had that might provoke anything. Jacie was crouched by what had been the fire-pit last night, and undoubtedly this morning, holding a knife in her fist and looking as if she could successfully take out the world's anger on the slab of well-done venison still smoking on a flat rock by her left boot.
"Here," she barked, handing me a decent-sized strip. It was burnt, but it smelled delicious. I saw Kylar wave appreciatively from where he was leaned, waiting, against Dusk, his dappled Newfoundland pony. I thanked her briefly and started around, watching as Darren delightedly and unceremoniously woke Ace and Sadie by letting their own horses, Terrier and Snowdrift, loose in front of their tents and watching the results one at a time through the tents' rear flaps. Fortunately for Ace, both him and Terrier were relatively mild-tempered, so he sat up drowsily in bed while the bay pony searched him for treats.
Sadie was not so lucky; both her and her white mare pony had explosive tempers. Let's just say it didn't take very long for her tent to go down, and untying the canvas from the very-breakable sticks that held it up was not necessary.
I waited by Momentum and watched the whole thing with great amusement, content with gnawing on the meat that didn't taste too burnt after all. Jacie's mount, Tempest, glared at Momentum from across the rapidly decreasing camp clearing. Tempest was just like my Momentum, except while Momentum had a more aggressive, gloating and fearless attitude, Tempest was flat-out vicious.
The camp went down with decent speed. The sun wasn't too high yet, and the morning mist was only just beginning to burn off. I was debating on whether we really needed to move when a bullet made a smoking crater in the tree right next to my head.
"Riders, move out!"
We were mounted immediately. Bullets whizzed through the air where we had all been lounging seconds ago; I caught sight of Alex frantically trying to fold up his huge map while Fawn pranced, head tossed and eyes rolling, around the branch where here bridle was tied.
We got out. I was so thankful everyone had just been waiting for orders, instead of still getting ready. The people with guns didn't have any way of transportation, as it turned out, except their own legs, and obviously horses with a deathly fear of bullets were going to outrun them relatively easily.
I let Momentum fly forward, keeping some pressure on the reins just so he would know I was still here but otherwise letting him run at his own will. I made sure we were all out of the forest before trying to round anyone up, but it wasn't really necessary because the horses huddled together anyway for herd safety.
"Kylar!" I called over the thunder of eleven sets of hooves. "Can you see if there's any crafts back there? Send Frostbite up or something."
He glanced at me and nodded, reaching up and unclipping the little silver attachment so that Frostbite's jesses fell and she shot upward like a kite set free. Frostbite had been trained, God knows how, to signal to Kylar whether or not we were being followed by men on foot or men in either tanks or some sort of aerial craft.
We weren't. Frostbite swooped back, patiently gliding above Kylar's shoulder while he clipped the jesses back to her feet. I guided Momentum to the front of the group and sat back, slowing him from a gallop to a canter and then to a lazy lope. The rest followed suit.
While fleeing the guns, we had escaped the woods and were now making our way across a wide field empty of anything but tall, golden grass. The field stretched miles in all directions, and on the horizon to the east (we were headed south) the rising sun pushed pale yellow rays over a distant treeline.
I slowed Momentum to a slow trot, and finally to a walk. The horses began to spread out, no longer in danger of the bullets, and we stopped completely when I noticed Momentum's shoulders. They were glistening with sweat, and so were Crossfire's when Felix pushed forward to flank me.
"We stopping?" he asked briefly.
"Yes. Not too long, though. Just a little rest. Then hunting."
"No camp, then?"
"No," I replied. "Pack hunting for lunch. We'll eat on the way."
"Alright." He reined Crossfire back to the rear of the herd to keep an eye on everything behind us, and to make sure no one fell behind. I kept watching the treeline to my left, waiting for it to stretch around in front of us to give us somewhere to aim for. We might as well have been trudging through a desert.
It was Jacie. She kept Tempest well under control as she brought the temperamental mare near Momentum, who pinned his ears down but didn't go out of line. I glanced at my white-haired sister.
"What?" I asked.
Jacie pointed. To the west, on the herd's right side, a small group of what looked like deer seemed to be grazing lazily in the almost endless plain. My stomach grumbled; I hadn't had food in over twenty minutes.
"Lunch?" I asked. Jacie nodded hopefully. If we were on the move, the herd hunted like a pack of wolves, surrounding whatever prey we happened to have set our sights on and either separating it from its others or just shooting it down on the run. We all knew how to use a hunting bow; Kylar and Jacie were the only ones who knew how to use the much more complex, difficult combat bow.
"Kylar," I said. He caught my eye and nudged Dusk up by Momentum, who flicked his tail at the mare. I turned my head toward the little group of deer milling around and saw Kylar's face light up slightly. "Lunch," I said. He nodded.
"Felix," I whisper-called. There wasn't really any need; he was already at my side, and we had been moving along loudly enough before without the deer running in panic.
Jacie set her simple hunting bow on the stirrup and strung it, her short black combat bow still tucked into her quiver. Everyone else had already stopped, and were doing the same.
Because even the stupidest of deer knew that horses weren't carnivorous, the little herd only spooked in alarm when our ponies thundered from a canter to a lazy walk about ten paces away from them. They scooted around a bit, then gathered again and ignored us. Looking through the herd I managed to spot one with a lame hind foot. It was in the middle of the group, which made things a bit hard, but we could manage.
The horses lazily shifted around, and eventually the deer spread out around us. The riders kept close to the horses' backs, but it didn't matter really as long as we didn't make any sudden movements. The deer didn't care.
James got Thunder, his mottled grey Highland pony, to nudge the lame doe around a bit so that she was more to the edge of the herd. After that, things got easier.
We circled the doe. She didn't seem to notice, or care, as she had her head contentedly buried in almost hay-like golden grass, snuffling around underneath for the green that was still there. At my signal, Felix's arrow dropped her without sound or struggle.
The deer herd didn't notice the lame doe's absence, and only when Kylar and James swooped down to haul the kill onto Thunder's larger barrel did they notice anything unusual. We were already drifting away, though, when the deer decided to move on.


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Ed Schultz is a firm believer in the law. Most of the time.
On his radio show yesterday, Schultz demonstrated how he's willing to be flexible when it comes to legalities, especially if it helps those sharing his politics.
Schultz was talking with Democratic state senator Jon Erpenbach, one of the so-called "Wisconsin 14" who have fled the state to avoid voting on what they consider union-busting measures in Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget. After Schultz asked how the absent lawmakers were covering their expenses and Erpenbach said they were paying out of pocket, Schultz suggested this (audio here) --
SCHULTZ: You know, there are probably some people across the country that could fund you staying where you're staying or doing what you're doing until, I mean, this would be a real commitment on the Wisconsin 14 but I bet Americans would help you do what you're doing to block this attack on collective bargaining until it's legally time to recall the governor! I mean, who knows how, I mean, you guys are the linchpin in all of this.
ERPENBACH: Right, we understand, but I've had offers from people to put me up in hotel rooms and stuff like that or come and stay at their house and so on and the offers have been great but we can't accept it. We legally cannot accept it and I don't want the debate to be, oh they're staying at a resort or unions are paying for this because that's not the case at all. And I don't want to take away from the issue at hand and the issue at hand is the governor has a balanced budget, he needs to drop his assault on working rights in the state of Wisconsin. It's really simple. And so, yeah, we're paying for this out of our own pocket so people aren't wondering where we're getting the money.
SCHULTZ: Well, and I appreciate you saying that, and this is certainly not a strike against the way you think or what you're doing right now, but this is just my personal opinion, this isn't about purity at this point, this is about power. And ...
ERPENBACH: Oh no, I understand.
SCHULTZ: Yeah, yeah.
ERPENBACH: But again, the focus has to be, and will continue to have to be, on the workers in Wisconsin.
"This isn't about purity at this point, this is about power" -- as any troublemaker planted in a crowd would heartily agree. By the way, did you notice how liberals are suddenly less squeamish about surreptitious wiretaps, providing that a Republican governor is the target?


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I have been reading for my comp exams. Books I have read in the last 21 days:
Sea Garden (1916), H.D.
The God (1917), H.D.
Notes on Thought and Vision (1919), H.D.
Hymen (1921), H.D.
TS Eliot Selected Essays: 1917-1932, T.S. Eliot
The Lost Lunar Baedeker, Mina Loy (Selected and ed. Roger Conover)
Early Writings, Ezra Pound (ed. Ira Nadel)
Personae, Ezra Pound
Literary Essays of Ezra Pound, Ezra Pound
Complete Poems, Marianne Moore
Selected Letters of Marianne Moore, Marianne Moore
The Art of Twentieth-Century American Poetry: Modernism and After, Charles Altieri
British poetry in the age of modernism, by Peter Howarth (not good)
The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism, Pericles Lewis
H.D. And The Image, Rachel Connor
Modernist articulations : a cultural study of Djuna Barnes, Mina Loy and Gertrude Stein, Alex Goody
The critical response to Marianne Moore, edited by Elizabeth Gregory
Cultures of modernism : Marianne Moore, Mina Loy, and Else Lasker-Schüler : gender and literary community in New York and Berlin, Cristanne Miller.
Marianne Moore: Questions of Authority, Cristanne Miller
Marianne Moore : the art of a modernist, edited by Joseph Parisi
Marianne Moore : the poetry of engagement, Grace Schulman (not good)
H.D. and the public sphere of modernist women writers 1913-1946 : talking women, Georgina Taylor
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I do love that Loy designed weird lampshades for a living
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Anything less than a victory will probably spell the end of England's quarter-final chances after their dramatic late loss to Wales at Twickenham last Saturday.
Parling featured in all three Tests for the Lions against the Wallabies two years ago, starting the heartbreaking defeat in the second Test and their decisive and comprehensive victory in the third Test in Sydney.
And the way the Lions squad bounced back from the disappointment of Melbourne to seal a historic 2-1 series win is the blueprint for England this weekend according to Parling.
"We know we threw away an opportunity last weekend and we do not want to repeat that. This is the game of our lives," said the lock.
"It reminds me of a sort of similar feeling we had after the Lions second Test, after that we knew we had wasted a big opportunity, we were gutted and felt like the world had almost ended.
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Me and Ren must have looked like weird idiots stood there soaked in river water and mud. Especially my great first reaction to the seeming couple. "Who are you both? Talk fast" snapped the man who had these weird tattoos over his body which were familiar enough to me to point him out as a leader. He looked us very intensely up and down for something which I quickly assumed to be a bite.
"Uh, Riele. Tribe to the" I quickly looked up to see how the sun was set in the sky and what direction my tribe should be in. "East"
"Ren. Tribe to the south"
"We're trying to find my sister" I quickly explain worry curling around my heart as I looked at the pair. "Have you seen any tribe pass through?"
"They're untainted. I think it's safe." the girl told the man before turning to us. Her words made my heart sink. "Nobody that we've seen. It's just what's left of our tribe around here."
"Do you know of a demon in the body of a woman? She terrorises us."
"There are many demons in a lot of bodies" I whisper a little shocked that one women is all they have seen. "They're all getting sick. It spreads fast"
"The north is completely infected" Ren informs them.
"All of the North? And our monster came from the valleys in the South. How many of us are left?" the women says panicking.
"What's important is that we stop it before it can get us all" the man says raising his blade to point it at us which is a little dramatic. "So as new tribe leader, it's my duty to make sure no carriers harm my people. I suggest you leave"
The women tries to pull him back in our defence. "Varos we can't leave them defenceless"
"Carriers? Its spread by the bite. We aren't bitten" Ren says angrily and I find myself having to hold him back. The smell of male dominance thick in the air.
"They're right, Varos. Look, their skin is unmarred. If we leave them, they could be bitten and become more of a threat. It's better that they're under your protection" the women reasons.
"You may join us, but know that food is sparse and my objective is not finding a youngling. I want to find my tribe and shove a spear through that demon's belly."
"I'm a hunter. I'll catch you some meat in payment for letting us rest a while" I reply as Ren slowly calms down. It seems only fair and while I want to keep searching I have to rest otherwise I will be no use to Ceilie.


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Lil'Pup: This doesn't have anything to do with my other DAxP stories. I just heard this song and decide to write a fan fiction about it. I don't own Storm Hawks and 'My Bloody Valentine' belongs to Good Charlotte.
Oh my love please don't cry,
I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life.
He couldn't take it anymore, seeing the woman of his dreams with that child who called himself a sky knight. There was only one man good enough for Piper, and that was him.
I ripped out his throat,
And called you on the telephone to…
Take off my disguise,
Just in time to hear you cry when you…
You mourn the death of you Bloody Valentine,
The night he died,
You mourned the death of your Bloody Valentine
The Dark Ace was back on his ship, his armor stained with blood from his previous deeds. He grabbed his radio, and turned it until he found the Condor's radio.
"Hello," a cracked voice answered.
He knew that it was Piper and he growled at the pain Aerrow caused.
When Piper started crying, he said, "Oh my love, please don't cry, I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life."
"Wh… who is this," Piper asked in a croaked voice.
"I don't know much at all, I don't know wrong from right," the Dark Ace continued, "All I know is that I love you tonight." He hung up, and then headed back to his skimmer.
There was police and flashing lights,
The rain came down so hard that night.
The Sky Knight Council was looking around, trying to find any clues as to who the Storm Hawks leaders killer was.
"They'll never stop me," Dark Ace said standing in the pouring rain, "Even if they find out it was me, it's already to late."
And the headlines read "a lover died"
No tell-tale heart was left to find,
When you mourn the death of your bloody valentine,
The night he died,
You mourn the death of your bloody valentine,
One last time.
When they couldn't find anything they all left.
"That poor girl," one man said referring to Piper, "She's so young and she lost her lover."
Dark Ace gritted his teeth angrily; how dare they call that pathetic excuse for a sky knight her lover? He wasn't even worthy of kissing the ground she walked on.
Singing, oh, my love please don't cry,
I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life.
I don't know much at all,
I don't know wrong
from right,
All I know is that I love you tonight
The Dark Ace rode on his skimmer, but stopped when he saw a girl with midnight blue hair crying under a tree. He got off and started walking towards her saying only one thing, "Piper…"
The girls head shot up in surprise, and then she glared angrily at the Dark Ace. But the only thing he could think of was how beautiful she looked soaked with rain. When he was close enough, he knelled down in front of Piper and looked her in the eyes.
"Admit it," Piper spat, "You're the one who killed Aerrow!"
He dropped you off I followed him home,
Then I stood outside his bedroom window,
Standing over him, he begged me not to do,
What I know I had to do cause I'm so in love with you!
"Yes it was me," the Dark Ace admitted, "But only because I couldn't stand seeing him with you."
Piper stared at him, her eyes filled with fear and confusion, "What are you talking about?"
"I love you," he said simply before trying to kiss her.
She slapped him across the face, tears rolling down her cheeks, "You're not making any sense," Piper cried before burying her face in her knees.
Dark Ace took his chance and embraced Piper, "I love you so much, I couldn't stand the way he looked at you. His eyes filled with love and adoration. I knew he wanted you, and I couldn't handle it."
Piper continued to cry, but then she realized who was holding her and what he was saying, and pushed him away.
"Stay away from me you monster," Piper screamed getting ready to run. But before she could Dark Ace hit her on the back of her head with his sword handle.
The Dark Ace picked Piper up and placed a soft kiss on her lips. Brings his lips to her ear he said, "Oh, my love, please don't cry. I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life. I don't know much at all, I don't know wrong from right. All I know is that I love you tonight."


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Melbourne, June 14 (ANI): Australia's Channel Nine has said that it will approach Cricket Australia with a proposal for reinstatement of all wickets in the second innings of 's radically revamped split-innings one-day matches to be trialled domestically next season.
According to The Age, as a trade-off to the fielding side, Nine will ask CA to explore the possibility of removing the limitations on how many overs a bowler can bowl.
''We would certainly like to see the wickets restored for the second innings,'' said Brad McNamara, the former NSW all-rounder who is Channel Nine's executive producer of cricket.
''Not everyone is going to get a bat, but it's about getting the best batters to bat twice. Last summer we saw Chris Gayle dismissed in the first over, and the game was over.
''Maybe there is no restriction on bowlers, but you force the fields up for longer periods. The better bowlers can bowl to those fields. It is about getting the balance between bat and ball.''
Broadcasters such as Nine are concerned that should a team lose many wickets in the first innings, the prospect of watching tailenders struggle to keep their wickets in the second innings is not appealing to viewers.
And should the tailenders be dismissed swiftly in the second innings and lose the match, networks will be left with hours of space to fill.
While Nine will not show the inter-state games - Fox Sports holds those rights - they are the international broadcast partner of CA and have significant weight at the negotiating table.
The split-innings formula has been trialled in England's second division, where teams have two 20-over innings each - essentially back-to-back Twenty20s. (ANI)


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Meanwhile, Ajay Maken and CP Joshi, who resigned as ministers from the UPA government, have been made general secretaries of the party.
Janardhan Dwivedi briefed the media about the changes in Congress organisational structure. There would be 42 secretaries apart from 12 general secretaries. CP Joshi will look after West Bengal, Assam and Andaman Nicobar islands, whereas Maken will be looking after media cell.
Ajay Maken and CP Joshi, who resigned as ministers from the UPA government, have been made general secretaries of the party.
Digvijaya Singh has also found place in the new CWC, he will look after Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Goa, whereas Hariprasad will look after Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha assisted by Bhakta Charan Das, Shubhankar Sarkar and Tara Chand Bhagora.
Moti Lal Vohra will continue to be Treasurer, Ahmed Patel will remain Political Advisor.
Meanwhile, the other new Congress Working Committee (CWC) members are Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, AK Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ajay Maken, Ambika Soni, BK Hariprasad, CP Joshi, Digvijaya Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Gurudas Kamat, Hema Saikia, Janardhan Dwivedi, Luisinho Faleiro. Madhusudan Mistry, Mohan Prakash, Motilal Vora, Mukul Wasnik, Shakeel Ahmed.
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One of the best examples is Barry Sanders, who hung up the cleats after a prolific run of 10 seasons in the National Football League. Sanders called it a career on his own terms and did so with class and dignity. He had accomplished just about all there was to accomplish in the game, although winning a SuperBowl is one achievement he never attained.
Recently, Tiki Barber retired after 10 great seasons with the New York Giants. Edgerrin James had a very successful seven year run with the Indianapolis Colts, but the franchise allowed Edge to become a free agent and replaced him with a young stud in Joseph Addai. Fred Taylor has played for 10 seasons in Jacksonville but the Jaguars felt they needed to add some youth to the position and have paired Taylor with the dynamite Maurice Jones-Drew. Deuce McAllister is only in his 7th season but the Saints nonetheless drafted Reggie Bush last year. Shaun Alexander has played for 8 seasons but after winning the MVP award in 2005 has shown signs that his body might be breaking down. Alexander missed 6 games last season and it looks like he will miss his third game in a row in 2007.
As beloved a player that Ladainian Tomlinson is, he isn't invincible. Certainly there are few in the league that is as body-aware as Tomlinson is, and there might not be a harder working guy in football than LT. But the fact of the matter is that 2008 will mark the 8th season of Tomlinson's career and while he has shown no signs of slowing down there are few players, especially runningbacks, who can keep up such an amazing pace of carries for that long. This isn't a doom and gloom post and I am not claiming that LT is slowing down or has lost a step (LT still averages over 4 yards per carry and is second among runningbacks for first downs). I am simply pointing out that the fact that at some point the San Diego Chargers will need to prepare for the future and should help protect both themselves as a team as well as Ladainian Tomlinson's career by drafting a running back within the next two years.
Certainly the team will need to have a plan when current backup Michael Turner departs as a free agent in 2008, so it would make sense to draft someone in April. Elite franchises stay elite by drafting elite players and with that in mind I am prepared for the very real possibility that AJ Smith and the San Diego Chargers entertain the idea of selecting a running back with one of their top picks. There is still plenty of time to analyze the current Chargers roster as well as evaluate potential NFL prospects but it would not come as surprise to see the Chargers pull the trigger on a talented runner in April.
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Spaniard sets best time of the day ahead of Rossi and Lorenzo
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa ended up on top of the timing sheets during the main free practice session at Jerez, Spain today that saw a change in the fortunes of the Ducati Team's Valentino Rossi who ended up second with Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo finishing the day in third position.
With rain lashing down on the track and then drying to a stage where it was hard for the teams to choose a wet or dry set-up for the first Free Practice session, most of the MotoGP riders opted to stay in the pits to wait for a change in the weather although conditions didn't improve that much in the afternoon's session with the track still wet and only drying out near the end out making it hard for the riders to choose a set-up or to collect data of any major significance.
The first feeling on the bike was good for me, the bike felt good and I'm riding well.
While some of the CRT teams were at the sharp end during the morning, it was the factory riders who got to grips with the conditions at the end of the day with Pedrosa making setting the best time of 1m 50.780s ahead of Rossi who was on top for a good part of the session and setting a best lap of 1m 51.440s with Lorenzo not close behind with his best time of 1m 51.873s.
Pedrosa is hoping for more consistent weather for tomorrow's Qualifying session and remains focused on the task at hand. "It has been a strange day due to the weather conditions. In the morning we decided to not go out because the track was not wet enough then we had more or less the same conditions in the afternoon, but it was necessary to do some laps and get some rhythm. The first feeling on the bike was good for me, the bike felt good and I'm riding well but I hope we have better weather tomorrow, full dry or full wet.
Anyway, it is important for us to do a good qualifying practice tomorrow and we will need to be clever and quick because the conditions can easily change and in one minute can be the option to make the lap time for the pole and one minute later can be a disaster. So let's keep focused and try to do a good job," Pedrosa said.
Rossi was evidently happy with ending up in second position after the torrid time he and his team endured during the first race of the season at Qatar where he finished a dismal 10th. Speaking after the two sessions, Rossi said, "We go pretty well in the wet. We're happy to be second this afternoon because it confirms that the GP12 has the same good feeling in the wet that last year's bike did, and that's important. I felt good immediately today. We worked on the setting a bit but because we had already started with a good feeling, I was able to immediately ride at the limit and do some good times. Now we have to wait to see what the weather does tomorrow, and especially on Sunday."
Today's conditions weren't enjoyed by Lorenzo who is looking for an improvement in his YZR-M1 in anticipation of the same weather conditions on Sunday. Lorenzo said, "This morning we couldn't practice and this afternoon it was wet and then finally drying at the end. In these conditions we are not so good because the middle of the tyre is dropping a lot, after eight or ten laps we don't have any more grip so we have to slow the pace. We have to work on that for Sunday if the conditions are going to be the same as today. If it rains with a lot of water then that's one story but if it's like today we are not the fastest so we need to gain some grip on the rear."
Pedrosa's teammate Casey Stoner ended up in 4th place with a best lap of 1m 52.106s with Nicky Hayden close behind on his Ducati GP12 (1m 52.254s). Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Andrea Dovizioso finished the day in 6th after setting a best time of 1m 53.070s ahead of San Carlo Honda Gresini's Alvaro Bautista with his best time of 1m 53.166s. Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) ended his first day in 8th after a setting a best lap of 1m 53.352s with Ben Spies close behind on a best lap of 1m 53.409s while Stefan Bradl and his LCR Honda RC213V rounding off the top ten with a 1m 53.409s lap.
The CRT machine of Randy de Puniet (Power Electronics Aspar) was next with a best lap time of 1m 54.155s ahead of Speed Master rider Mattia Pasini (1m 54.370s) with Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) in an uncharacteristic 13th place with the Czech Republic rider managing to set a best lap of 1m 54.378s. Pramac Racing's Hector Barbera ended the day in 14th after setting a best lap of 1m 54.581s ahead of Colin Edwards and the NGM Forward Racing team in 15th place with a best lap of 1m 54.707s.
Ivan Silva was on top in the first session this morning but while the track dried the true speed of the Avintia Blusens FTR-Kawasaki machine wasn't enough to maintain the Spaniard's first session form with a best lap of 1m 54.748s. Silva's teammate Yonny Hernandez followed close behind with his best lap of 1m 54.915s ahead of Danilo Petrucci and his Came IodaRacing team on a best lap of 1m 55.752s. Michele Pirro (San Carlo Honda Gresini) set his best time of 1m 56.067s for 19th while James Ellison (Paul Bird Motorsport) ended up in 20th place with a best time of 1m 57.475s ahead of Aleix Espargaro and the Power Electronics Aspar team bringing up the rear with a best time of 1m 57.789s


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Hangzhou The New Hotel
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Hangzhou The New Hotel
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Property Location
With a stay at Hangzhou The New Hotel in Hangzhou (Shangcheng), you'll be minutes from Wushan Night Market and West Lake. This historic hotel is within close proximity of Wuchaoshan National Forest Park and HangZhou ChengShi JianShe ChenLieGuan.
Make yourself at home in one of the 152 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as a sauna. Additional amenities at this hotel include a hair salon, wedding services, and a television in a common area.
Grab a bite to eat at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 2 restaurants and a coffee shop/café.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and multilingual staff. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. A shuttle from the airport to the hotel is provided for a surcharge (available on request).
Hotel Facilities
- Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Garden
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Coffee shop or café
- Hair salon
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Wedding services
- Business center
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms
- Total number of rooms - 152
- Television in common areas
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Multilingual staff
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built 1921
Room Facilities
- Television
- Daily housekeeping
- Phone
- Free toiletries
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- In-room safe
- Digital TV service
- Air conditioning
- Shower/tub combination
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Desk
- Room service
- Slippers
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
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- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Breakfast fee: CNY 50 per person (approximately)
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Hotel Restaurant Galena Mas Comangau, Begur
- Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 20 smoke-free guestrooms
- Near the beach
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Rooftop terrace
- Business center
- Airport shuttle
- Childcare
- Air conditioning
- Garden
- Car rentals on site
- Lobby fireplace
- Front desk safe
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Television
- Free toiletries
What's around
- Heart of Begur
- Begur Castle (0.8 mi / 1.3 km)
- Pals Beach (2.8 mi / 4.6 km)
- Tamariu Beach (2.9 mi / 4.6 km)
- Aiguablava Beach (3 mi / 4.9 km)
- Can Mario Museum (3.8 mi / 6.1 km)
Hotel Restaurant Galena Mas Comangau, Begur
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- Superior Double Room, Terrace
- Junior Double Room
- Single Room
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 20 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time 12:30 PM-11 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free RV/bus/truck parking
- Free self parking (limited)
- Free nearby parking
Other information
- Smoke-free property
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- Free buffet breakfast daily
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Meeting rooms
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Year Built 1797
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Rooftop terrace
- Garden
- Fireplace in lobby
- Television in common areas
- Accessible bathroom
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- Roll-in shower
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- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Down comforter
- In-room massage available
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- Rainfall showerhead
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Cable TV channels
- DVD player
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- In-room safe
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Special features
DiningBar Masia - Overlooking the garden, this lobby lounge serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Open select days.
On Site
- Scooter/moped rentals on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
Hotel Restaurant Galena Mas Comangau, Begur's small print
Also known as
- Galena Mas Comangau
- Hotel Restaurant Galena Mas Comangau Begur, Spain - Costa Brava
- Galena Mas Comangau Hotel
- Hotel Galena Mas Comangau
- Hotel Restaurant Galena Mas Comangau
- Hotel Restaurant Galena Mas Comangau Begur
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.50 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 17 years of age.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for an additional charge
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
Dial-up Internet access is available in guestrooms for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Hotel registry number: HG-002408
What's around Hotel Restaurant Galena Mas Comangau, Begur
- Heart of Begur
- Begur Castle (0.8 mi / 1.3 km)
- Pals Beach (2.8 mi / 4.6 km)
- Tamariu Beach (2.9 mi / 4.6 km)
- Aiguablava Beach (3 mi / 4.9 km)
- Can Mario Museum (3.8 mi / 6.1 km)
Getting around
- Gerona (GRO-Costa Brava) 53-min drive
- Free self parking
- Free parking nearby
- Limited parking
- Free RV, bus, and truck parking
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
Recent reviews
Outstanding 4.6 /5 from 34 reviews
Beautiful and unique small hotel. Our room opened onto a small courtyard with a great view of the valley and mountains. It's a nice 10-minute walk to the center of the old town. Since you need a car to explore this region, the on-site parking was important and convenient. Thanks especially to Atilio and Margarita for the outstanding service.
Beautiful location, super friendly staff, really nice and comfortable building (lots of stone and dark rafters), fantastic public spaces (terraces, sitting rooms, etc.). On-site restaurant was very good to excellent. 10 minute walk to downtown Begur.
My family and I loved our stay at this hotel. We were coming from Barcelona and it was easy to park and walk to the center of small town of Begur. The hotel is a converted old farm house. The staff couldn't have been friendlier and more helpful. They spoke English and gave us great recommendations for beaches and a place to have lunch. The room was extremely comfortable for our family of four. I never quite know what to expect but, it had a king size bed and fold out bunk beds for the kids. We ate dinner at the restaurant and it was the best meal we had in Spain. There was a breakfast buffet that had fresh fruit and bread, great coffee, jamon Iberico, cheese and more. I highly recommend this place if you are looking to spend some time at the Costa Brava. It is conveniently located and a completely lovely place to stay.
We came here for a wedding and enjoyed the hotel so much we stayed an extra day! The owner was very friendly and helpful, he sent us on some beautiful rides told us history about town. The breakfast each morning was very nice and the terrace in back is wonderful! The salon in basement was a great place to sit and talk with glass of wine,looking out to mountains.we will diffently return here on our next trip to Costa Brava
Located on the outskirts of town, this hotel and restaurant provides beautiful views out over the valley below. It is just a short walk into town, and chose this location over being in the town since we had a car to explore all the surrounding villages.The hotel is filled with character...our room was converted from a stable, so while it has old stone arches, old wooden doors etc., it has modern amenities like AC, WiFi, and beautiful bathroom - the best of both worlds. A large continental breakfast was included each morning with fabulous coffee and croissants. Dinner was also very good with local wines and large menu which included regional specialties and great seafood. The owner Miguel made our trip memorable with his friendly demeanor, excellent English and great tour guide advice. He gave us maps of the area with suggestions on the best beaches, sights and restaurants to visit which truly made our trip! I would love to return to the Costa Brava someday, and if so, would spend more time here!
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Suns Readjusting to Life with Healthy Roster
Perhaps the most pleasant change for Suns Head Coach Jeff Hornacek during post-practice interviews was the lack of injury-related questions he had to answer.
With Eric Bledsoe back from a calf injury that forced him to miss six games, the Suns are essentially back at full strength.
"He came out good today," Hornacek said yesterday. "I think he's fine and ready to be playing now."
So that's that. Their restored health, however, means an end to adjusting without significant players and a beginning to reincorporating them back into the rotation and system.
No one is more affected by this than Gerald Green. The 6-8 swingman filled in admirably as a starter while Bledsoe and, earlier last month, Goran Dragic missed a combined 10 games. He averaged 15.8 points while shooting 38.7 percent from three-point range in 12 games as part of the first five, establishing himself as the team's third-leading scorer behind the backcourt teammates he had temporarily replaced.
Green will likely join the team's fourth-leading scorer, Markieff Morris (12.6 ppg), on the bench, giving Phoenix a reserve unit that offers plenty of firepower.
To his credit, the veteran sharpshooter has maintained a steady team-first mentality while his role has changed several times over the course of a single month.
"I've liked the opportunity [to start], but I know Eric is a better player starting than coming off the bench," Green said. "I'm down with whatever helps the team win."
His attitude makes Hornacek's job that much easier as he seeks to redefine roles, rotations and five-man units without sacrificing the progress made after a nine-win start to the season.
"He said 'Coach, whatever. If I have to come off the bench, if I start, I don't care, I just want to do whatever I can to help this team,'" Hornacek said of Green. "It's a great attitude to have as a player. Coaches love it when you hear guys like that. I think he's going to play the saem game whether he's a starter or off the bench. He'll give us a lift whenever he's out there."


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Most say the ethirial beings speak latin. That's a lie. They speak the language of the Lost Ones. The beginning of time is a lie, space is a lie, for there are many of these so called universes paralell to each other.
But there exists two who command all in existance; The Lord himself and his dark counter-part: the Devil. A fallen angel. He is the one who begins this story and the one who ends it, but for which side I know not...
I am the time keeper. The lord created me to guard the passage of time and make sure all things occur no matter how much I don't want to. My name is Garat- Novanda, it means 'He who understands' in the language of the Old Ones.
I don't understand one thing and one thing only: why are humans existing still? The Lord would kill them to save me from the task of ripping them into another time, one when they couldn't do any damage.