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BALTIMORE -- Adam Greenberg is getting a chance to resume his baseball career with the Baltimore Orioles.
The 31-year-old returned to the major leagues for one at-bat in October, more than seven years after he was beaned in his debut. He agreed to a minor league contract with the Orioles and will have a chance to earn a job at their Triple-A farm team in Norfolk, Va.
"To get the opportunity with the Orioles means everything to me," he said Saturday.
He had contacted Baltimore manager Buck Showalter at the winter meetings this month in Nashville, Tenn.
"I just walked up to him, introduced myself," Greenberg said. "I've always kind of looked at Buck and said that would be the guy that I would love to play, that type of hard-nose mentality."
Showalter put him in touch with Orioles special assistant Brady Anderson and general manager Dan Duquette.
"I'm going to spring (training) with the opportunity to make the Triple-A squad," he said. "Being 31, they said I'm not going to be going to Double-A and taking away a prospect's spot. It's Triple-A, big leagues -- obviously I'm not going to make the big league team out of camp -- it's Triple-A, big leagues or nothing, and that's great."
Selected by the Chicago Cubs in the ninth round of the 2002 amateur draft, Greenberg made his big league debut as a pinch hitter on July 9, 2005, and was hit on the back of his head with the first pitch from the Marlins' Valerio de los Santos. Greenberg sustained a concussion and was removed for a pinch runner.
Released by the Cubs in June 2006, he had minor league stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City Royals, the speedy outfielder signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds and was cut at the end of spring training, hampered by a rotator cuff injury. He spent 2009, '10 and '11 with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League.
After a petition on Change.org urged a big league team to give him another chance, the Marlins signed him and sent him up as a pinch hitter on Oct. 2 against New York Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. Greenberg struck out on three pitches against the eventual NL Cy Young Award winner.
"The last few years have been very, very difficult and challenging, but I got myself physically where I need to be and more important than anything, mentally I'm at a point in my career where I'm able to commit 110 percent back to the game," he said.
His agreement was reported by several media outlets on Thursday.
NOTES: Baltimore assigned OF Steve Pearce outright to Norfolk on Friday.


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Maybe "Being the Product" Isn't So Bad: Why Data Harvesting Doesn't Have to Be a Nightmare
The often-cited expression "When something online is free, you're not the customer, you're the product" is compelling and smart and seems to sum up the problem of living in an advertising-supported online world.
But it also stops too short. People trot out this line to advocate disengaging from a world of personalization and privacy scandals.
The thing is, you can't. In this day and age, avoiding security cameras and credit-card tracking and traffic pattern analysis and mobile location data would require a massive bulletproof signal-blocking hermit-crab shell.
What you can do is actually get value from being tracked — while holding companies to a high standard of responsibility, of course.
We give up massive amounts of personal data on a daily basis. In my opinion, it's darn well time for these services to give back to us by making good use of the data to give us better experiences.
I wrote a post recently about preferring to use some Google apps on my iPhone rather than Apple's defaults. I was braced for pissy comments; it's the nature of the beast.
What made people most angry was my support for Google services — because they are made by an ad-supported company, meaning that people who choose to use them are idiots who are handing over the keys to their personal data.
One commenter had a smart answer to those critics:
Honestly, who cares if you're the product? The first time that Google Now showed me (without me asking) that traffic was bad and therefore I should leave earlier to reach my dinner date on time, I realized an important lesson that thousands of others are learning every day — it isn't about how much data you give, but what VALUE you derive from giving that data.
Of course, someone else replied with a George Orwell namecheck to say, "That just sounds like an unbelievably naive viewpoint to me."
A New York Times story this week described a massive Disney theme park initiative to help users have a more streamlined and personal experience when they wear "MagicBands" on their wrists that are loaded with personal preferences and payment information.
MagicBands can also be encoded with all sorts of personal details, allowing for more personalized interaction with Disney employees. Before, the employee playing Cinderella could say hello only in a general way. Now — if parents opt in — hidden sensors will read MagicBand data, providing information needed for a personalized greeting: "Hi, Angie," the character might say without prompting. "I understand it's your birthday."
Totally creepy, right? But how delighted would your kid be? Today's creepy is tomorrow's normal. The kid who thinks Cinderella is magical grows up in a world where personalization is expected. And that's not all bad.
If you want to be anonymous, you get a logged-out version of the world, with no one-click shopping or personalized recommendations.
Or you can pay for a service (though the companies you pay don't necessarily treat you better). Or you can use an alternative that is all about caretaking online privacy (good luck finding your friends on there), or one that promises to delete your activity immediately (heaven help us if Snapchat has a security breach).
There is absolutely a place for anonymity. I don't want my every move and bad-hair day to be on my permanent record, and I'm thankful that I don't have bigger secrets I'm trying to hide. I don't check in on Foursquare at my house. I talk to sensitive sources on the phone or in person, rather than on their official email accounts.
But if we log in, it's about time these companies start paying us for our data by actually being smart about how they use it. It actually can be rather delightful to go to a bar where everybody knows your name and your drink order. And we can continue to be responsible consumers by holding companies accountable for taking care of our privacy.
Here are some ways that personalization can be good:
- Syncing experiences across multiple contexts so we can pick up where we dropped off. (Examples: Basically any cloud service like Dropbox; logged-in browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox Sync on Android.)
- Anticipating our preferences so we don't have to enter them again (especially important on mobile).
- Answering questions we didn't ask by aggregating other people's experiences and matching them to ours (Amazon, modern Web search).
- Learning from our own past interactions to show us what we're most likely to be interested in (Gravity, Facebook newsfeed).
- Analyzing our habits so we can know more about ourselves and learn (Nike FuelBand or any quantified-self anything, Gmail Meter).
- Targeting advertising so it's not sucky and irrelevant (Enliken is trying to help users trade data to get through paywalls).
I ran some of these thoughts by the persuasive author Seth Godin as I was working on this piece, and he had a really nice way of wrapping it all together.
As Godin put it, it's increasingly hard to function in our society without being on the grid. So let's support use of data as a feature, not a tax.

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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Upcoming Appearance: Lasorda & Cey
December 22, 2013
Time: 11am/1pm (Lasorda) 2:00pm/4:00pm (Cey)
Westfield Century City - Food Court
10250 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90067
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- Unknown said...
Do you know the prices?
- December 19, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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- Unknown said...
Parking is not though...think I paid about $16 for hrs and that's cause I got two different validations
- December 19, 2013 at 8:21 PM
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- December 19, 2013 at 8:22 PM
- MarcoS. said...
The first Tommy signing at Century City wasn't that crazy, or at least not as crazy as last year's Century City signing or the Fernando signing at Santa Anita. It's free but they are strict about one item per person.
Really paid off waiting to get my mini plan at Century City. I got a signed Fernando ball, a signed Tommy Lasorda bobblehead, and a beach chair for getting a 30 game plan.
P.S.- Tommy had a personal body gaurd at the signing who looks like he came straight from the Sopranos or the Godfather, but the guy was really cool and we had a blast interacting with him.
- December 20, 2013 at 11:10 AM
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A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. is the country's original—and fastest growing—burger chain. In 1956, the company's combination of great-tasting food and mugs of A&W Root Beer® proved to be an instant hit. Since then, A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. has continued to grow, expanding into more than 850 locations. A&W remains Canada's top brand of root beer and is available not just in the restaurants, but also in cans and bottles at local grocery stores.
Started in Winnipeg in 1956, A&W Food Services has grown in a structured manner. However, the company's healthy expansion put a strain on its outdated infrastructure. In 2005, Bruce Jamieson joined the organisation as network systems manager and led the efforts to modernise and upgrade the company's technology assets.
Initially, the existing security solutions weren't the most pressing issue, so he focused on virtualisation of servers, de-duplication of information, and updating racks and wiring in the data centre. However, years later, securing these updated environments required his full attention.
"We had another security vendor's endpoint solution on all our endpoints," said Jamieson, the network systems manager in the information services group for A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.
Jamieson went on to explain that, "initially, the existing security had done an okay job. However, through the years, it just got too resource-intensive. Besides being big and clunky, the reports never worked. They always showed "0" counts for infections and incidents. At one point, I was dealing with three infections, and the reports still showed all zeroes. Over a span of three weeks, we had six infections—more than we'd ever had at one time. That was the last straw. I knew there was something better for us."
More recently, A&W was challenged by the increasing cost and acquisition time of SSL certificates. To protect its web domains and applications, the company purchased SSL licenses from a number of vendors. "It would often take several days to get a certificate back and it was expensive," said Jamieson. "When we started adding websites and increased our use of web-based applications, we realised we needed a better SSL solution."
Jamieson knew there was a better security solution available for endpoints because he had worked with Trend Micro solutions before joining the team at A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.
When it became apparent that the in-place security solution was not protecting endpoints and was impacting performance, Jamieson deployed Trend Micro™ OfficeScan™.
"OfficeScan was easy to deploy—it even uninstalled the previous solution for us," said Jamieson. "There are only two of us supporting the desktop and server infrastructure, so the ease of deployment was great. OfficeScan also took up much fewer system resources compared to the previous solution, so it solved performance problems and improved protection."
A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. had an opportunity to evaluate another Trend Micro solution shortly after deploying OfficeScan. The company was considering expanding its virtualisation initiative to launch a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service. By this time, the company was already using VMware®, with about 95% of server workload executing on virtual machines (VMs).
"In evaluating VDI, we learned a lot about VMware View®—we think that as many as two-thirds of our desktops could be virtualised," said Jamieson. "We learned that we could buy less expensive thin clients instead of $1000 PCs, or we could use VDI to extend the life of older PCs by a couple years. So, we decided to pursue the technology."
When the company switched to Trend Micro for endpoint security, they also looked at Trend Micro™ Deep Security™ and recognised that the product's agentless security was an excellent fit for the VDI project.
"Virtualisation has helped us reduce the footprint of our servers," said Jamieson. "Now, VDI will do the same for the desktops. Deep Security fits into virtualised environments really well. Its zero-footprint agentless security was what we needed for the virtual desktop sessions. We are also looking at the other Deep Security modules to improve protection on all of our servers, and it promises to further lower overhead on those systems as well."
The Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ infrastructure greatly contributes to the offloading of solutions such as Deep Security. Besides keeping the security footprint as small as possible, the Smart Protection Network also provides immediate protection when a new threat emerges. Web reputation and file reputation is correlated in the cloud, and whitelisting capabilities prevent false positives within the file integrity monitoring function of Deep Security.
"The Smart Protection Network adds a layer of intelligence that saves us time," said Jamieson. "We don't have to weed through the false positives; we can just focus on what is unknown or suspicious. The cloud-based reputation databases complement Deep Security, and give us a better overall solution."
A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.'s desktop security team is getting started with VDI by setting up a server to support a sample of internal desktops. Instead of running Microsoft® Windows® directly on their desktops, users can execute a virtual desktop image that is hosted on a server in the data centre.
To solve its SSL certificate problems, Jamieson turned to Trend Micro™ SSL. After testing the solution, he immediately saw its value. "The solution was flexible, easy to use, and allowed us to deliver licenses in minutes, instead of days. We were instantly issuing SSL certificates to web developers—and the solution included unlimited subscriptions, making it a cost-effective way to reduce our risk level," said Jamieson.
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Switching to Trend Micro security is progressing at A&W Food Services of Canada Inc, with plans to evaluate and introduce additional Deep Security modules and extend features across more systems.
"My first objective was to get rid of the heavy overhead that the previous endpoint solution was putting on our systems," said Jamieson. "OfficeScan did that. Now, Deep Security promises to give us additional gains in terms of the security footprint throughout our virtualised data centre. My second objective was to introduce security that really worked. Since we replaced the previous solution, we can see that Trend Micro has stopped the infections."
For example, when an A&W field representative picked up CryptoLocker ransomware from a public network, Jamieson received an alert that the malware had been found and he was able to run scans, restore directories, and get the system back up and running. "If this ransomware event occurred before we had Deep Security, we would have been in big trouble," said Jamieson.
The company has also grown to appreciate the simplicity of Trend Micro security. "We haven't had to do a lot since deploying Trend Micro security—the products just seem to run and work," said Jamieson. "In terms of administration, we save time with Trend Micro for sure. We really like the display for Deep Security—green shows us at a glance that everything is good. Having Deep Security is a big help."
Trend Micro SSL dramatically reduced SSL certificate acquisition time and cost. "It's so fast and easy to issue SSL certificates that I have time to work on other projects. The solution paid for itself after six months," said Jamieson.
Working with the Trend Micro support team has also been valuable for Jamieson. "The customer service at Trend Micro is very responsive and knowledgeable—they're always there when we need them," said Jamieson.


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A day with John Constable on Hampstead Heath
Cloud study (after Alexander Cozens' 'Engravings of Skies')
John Constable (1776 - 1837)
The final four sketches, numbers 16 to 19, are typical of what one expects in the late afternoon and early evening of a convectively unstable day. The vigorous, sharp edged towers of cloud, delineating the updraughts, have largely dissipated, as the heating of the ground by the sun dies away. Instead, we see an extensive shield of rather uniform cirrus cloud, formed some 12-18 km above the ground as the updraughts spread out laterally when they meet the tropopause. This shield has some breaks in it. In number 18, we see the distant edge of the cirrus shield, with clear sky near the horizon. Fragments of the dissipating cumuliform clouds are still present below the cirrus shield, and this is what sketch 19 seems to be showing – Constable describes it as "all cloudy except a nascent opening at the top of the sky". His final comment "the tint twice over" presumably refers to the differing colours of the fragments of low cloud and the extensive upper level cirrus cloud.
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Witness to the Mob
Witness to the Mob is the story of the man who finally brought down John Gotti, the head of New York's Gambino crime family in the 1980's. This NBC mini-series aired on May 10, 1998. The show is billed as being mostly true, with some events and names altered. I can't tell you what really happened, and those of you with a passion for crime stories are going to know more about these events than I do, anyway, but I can tell you what happened according to this series, as written by Stanley Weiser (W.).
The story starts in 1972, when Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (Nicholas Turturro) was just a small-time tough guy on the streets of New York City. He and his friend, Lou (Michael Imperioli), pull off simple jobs, like stealing cars. His toughness earns him some attention from organized crime, and his mentor, Toddo (Philip Baker Hall), teaches him the ropes. Meanwhile, Sammy dates and wins the heart of Debra Scibetta (Debi Mazar), who agrees to marry him. Sammy eventually proves himself to the Gambino crime family and is officially sworn into the brotherhood. But as the head of the family, Paul Castellano (Abe Vigoda), continues to prove that he cares more about himself than the family, Sammy and another up-and-comer, John Gotti (Tom Sizemore), decide to do something about it. They organize a successful hit on Paul, and John is chosen as the new head boss of the family. He and Sammy are extremely successful, working the system and taking advantage of people. Sammy has to kill a lot of men as the underboss of the Gambinos, and a lot of them are his friends, like Lou. Eventually, John's big ego causes some problems; he isn't careful enough around the feds who are investigating him, and he's too much of a public figure. In the late 1980's, John and Sammy are arrested. Sammy plans to stick by his boss at first, but after hearing recordings of John talking about how Sammy is too successful on his own and not loyal enough, Sammy decides to betray John before John does the same to him. Sammy testifies against John as a murderer, and John goes to prison. Sammy has to testify against other organized crime families but is given a shorter sentence. He is a free man at the end of the series.
If my summary sounds a little fractured and rushed, that is because the layout of this mini series is extremely so. At almost three hours, there still doesn't seem to be enough time to get through everything. Hence, this show moves from one short scene to the next faster than any other production I can remember. I was amazed any time a single scene lasted longer than two minutes. Voice-overs by Sammy are the tool used to smooth things out; the abrupt transitions would seem even more unintelligible if they weren't in there. Sometimes shots of Sammy in is jail cell accompany the voice overs as a way to create a little more space between scenes and let the viewer know that more time has passed. You're going to see a lot of fades-to-black here that were intended for commercial breaks.
The plot is actually pretty simple, considering how much of it there is, and the second half of the mini-series is very repetitious: Sammy starts to hear that one of his friends is running his mouth, and then Sammy has to whack him. Repeat. This is one show that didn't make organized crime look glamorous because all anyone does is squabble. I can't believe how many of their own the Gambinos killed. I also can't believe that all of these people stay in this life long enough to get killed. If you run your mouth, you're going to die; it's that simple. None of the characters figure this out, so Witness to the Mob amounts to one murder after another until the government finally nails Gotti. The petty fighting reminded me of third grade, only with sociopaths.
The production design does a good job of getting the viewer back into the New York of the 70's and 80's. Most of the colors are bland, and the cars are big beasts. Some real-life news clips are used, like one with Mayor Giuliani. The acting from the ensemble cast is excellent; I've always like Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), and he is suitably arrogant and intense as Gotti. Turturro (The Longest Yard)is the appropriate physicality to play Gravano, but I think he's just not convincingly mean enough. I'm sorry, but Turturro's face is just too sweet. Mazar is one of the top names billed, but she has very little screen time. Her character is kept in the dark about what her husband does for a living. And, yes, there are a lot of actors from The Sopranos in this show, like Imperioli, Frank Vincent, Frankie Valli, and Vincent Pastore.
For me, the most interesting part of Witness to the Mob was watching the lunacy with which these people lived their lives. Having to kill your best friend and then lie about it, all while your other buddies approve of it, is crazy, and the code of conduct these people thought they had was a joke.
Grand Theft Auto IV, anyone?
The DVD
Witness to the Mob is presented on a two disc set. Each disc runs 85 minutes, excluding credits, for a total running time of about 2 hours, 50 minutes.
The Video
The video on Witness to the Mob is unimpressive. I can't blame the DVD producers for the video being presented in a 1.33:1 aspect ratio because that's the way it was originally shot, but I still don't like it. When this mini-series was being produced in 1998, other television productions had already switched to 16x9 (see "The X-Files"), and I wish NBC had had the foresight to shoot this widescreen. In any case, this is full screen, so those of you with widescreen TV's won't be using your whole screens.
But you shouldn't expect this to be a visually stimulating ride, anyway. The colors of the movie are pretty bland, and the production design (accurately) follows suit. I watched this upconverted to 720p, and I still wasn't impressed with the picture's sharpness. I saw some artifacts, including some noise in darker shots. Even the shots in full sunlight don't look particularly bright. Still, I probably saw this in at least as good a quality as people who watched it originally on broadcast TV. I also think that the motion was kind of blurry.
The Audio
The only audio option on this disc is English 2.0. It sounds fine, although I believe that 5.1 programming was warranted with a production this big coming to DVD. The explosions sound fine, as do the gunfire. The bass is unimpressive. This definitely won't blow you away, and don't bother busting out the surround system for this. But as long as you can hear the dialogue and the voice-overs, you're all set. In case you can't, there are subtitles in English.
The Special Features
There are absolutely no special features on this DVD.
Final Thoughts
While this was a noteworthy mini-series, the lack of special features and 5.1 programming shows little enthusiasm for its DVD release. It's not necessarily worth buying, but those of you who are crime nuts should look forward to this. If you're merely curious, maybe you can catch it on a rerun on cable. Unless you really want it, "Rent it."
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Forecast: 'Expendables 2' Set to Blow Up the Box Office This Weekend
This year, that honor goes to action sequel The Expendables 2, which is opening on over 4,300 screens at 3,316 locations and should easily claim first place over the weekend. Other new movies include stop-motion animation flick ParaNorman at a massive 3,429 locations, Whitney Houston's last movie Sparkle at 2,244 theaters and The Odd Life of Timothy Green at 2,598 venues.
Two years ago, The Expendables drew serious interest from male audiences by bringing together a large group of past-and-present action stars in to one movie. It opened to $34.8 million on its way to $103.1 million, which at the time made it distributor Lionsgate's second-highest-grossing title ever. Reactions to the movie were mixed, though: it received a poor 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and fans have awarded it an unremarkable 6.5 rating on IMDb.
In order to maintain interest, The Expendables 2 is upping the ante in regards to its ensemble cast, which is the main selling point for this aspiring franchise. Frequently-parodied action stars Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme (as a villain named "Vilain," of course) are the biggest additions, while The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth has been brought on board presumably to attract some interest from younger female audiences (though it's hard to imagine them turning out for such a violent, testosterone-heavy movie just because the future Mr. Miley Cyrus is in it). The movie also gives expanded screen time to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis, though that impact is muted considering their cameos in the original were a central part of that movie's marketing effort.
Even with all these fresh faces, there is definitely a bit of a been-there-done-that feeling surrounding The Expendables 2. It also doesn't help that the movie is facing direct competition from The Bourne Legacy's second weekend. Lionsgate is anticipating an opening in the low-$30-millions right now, which would put it just behind the first movie's debut.
Paranorman is the latest movie from Laika Entertainment, the animation company behind 2009's Coraline. That movie was also released by Focus Features, and debuted to $16.8 million before closing with a very good $75.3 million. That opening is on the high-end for stop-motion animation: in fact, the top debut ever for the sub-genre still belongs to 2000's Chicken Run ($17.5 million), and recent underperformer The Pirates! Band of Misfits ($11.1 million) suggests that these movies really aren't huge draws right out of the gate.
Paranorman, though, may be able to break out a bit from these levels. The gothic stop-motion look aligns nicely with Coraline, and Paranorman's ads mix-in some broadly-appealing humor. Also, the movie generated serious awareness with some clever Olympics tie-in commercials. Finally, with Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days and Ice Age: Continental Drift fading, and The Odd Life of Timothy Green unlikely to break out, Paranorman has a fairly-open field with younger and family audiences. A good comparison seems to be Monster House which was also a dark animated movie centered around children. It opened to $22.2 million in Summer 2006, which is likely the high mark for ParaNorman this weekend.
Music drama Sparkle marks the last big-screen role for pop star Whitney Houston, who passed away in February shortly after completing work on the movie. Sparkle follows a female Motown group in the 1960s, and it was surely inspired to a degree by the overwhelming success of 2006's Dreamgirls ($103.4 million). While the buzz isn't nearly as high on Sparkle, the Whitney-factor obviously will inspire some curiosity, and the movie should play well with older woman. According to Sony, Sparkle has a good chance of matching its $14 million budget over opening weekend.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green kicked off its box office run a few days early with a $2.3 million Wednesday opening. That's nearly identical to last week's Hope Springs, which went on to earn $19.1 million over its first five days. That's a bit of an anomaly, though, with most patterns suggesting a number closer to $15 million for Timothy Green's five-day start.
Weekend Forecast (August 17-19)
1. The Expendables 2 - $37.1 million
2. Paranorman - $19.6 million
3. The Bourne Legacy - $17.4 million (-54%)
4. The Campaign - $13.6 million (-49%)
5. Sparkle - $13.1 million
-. The Odd Life of Timothy Green - $10.5 million ($14.5 million 5-day)
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"I think this is great, what we're hearing here. You've got Boehner saying the fringe types, back off. We're here to do a job. We have to compromise," New Day co-host Chris Cuomo relished the Speaker's rebuke of the Tea Party on Thursday morning. [Audio here.]
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[6:29 a.m. EST]
JOHN KING: What's interesting, John, when it comes to Paul Ryan, is remember, he used to be the darling of the right. They used to trust him on these issues. He was their guy on these issues. But now, they view him as part of the establishment.
KATE BOLDUAN: Or maybe they should view him as being a leader where you have to actually lead and have people follow you when it's for the right reason. What do you think is –
KING: That's the compromise versus confrontation debate in the Republican Party. What's our job? You have a Democratic president, the Republicans, John Boehner, Paul Ryan would tell you, we have a majority in the House. That means we have a responsibility to help govern. The Ted Cruz wing, the Tea Party wing of the party says not, let's just fight everything the President and the Democrats want.
BOLDUAN: I think Bill Kristol made a good point that Republicans should probably consider – or Tea Party Republicans should probably consider, at this point, what really is a viable alternative to what they came out with? Which I don't think – I think the answer is really nothing, which would be another shutdown. But some folks think that might be a good idea. Go ahead.
BOLDUAN: Go ahead.
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CAROL COSTELLO: So I don't know. Is there really that much to celebrate, John?
JOHN AVLON: Yes! Look it's a step in the right direction. We've got the potential for a budget for the first time in years. And there's at least some reasoning together in Washington. This isn't a grand bargain, it's a modest step in the right direction. But some progress is better than none. I'm on the perfect – don't make the perfect the enemy of the good school. While there are a lot of outstanding issues here and there are going to be a lot of folks on the far right and far left who are complaining and trying to block it, it is a small victory for sanity on Capitol Hill and that's a rare thing and it's worth celebrating.
COSTELLO: Yeah, but, Hilary, isn't it sad we're so like jazzed about a small victory on Capitol Hill?
COSTELLO: I know. A progressive like sitting down and negotiating with – well, I guess, a one-time Tea Party favorite because Tea Party conservatives are angry at Paul Ryan. They say he and other Republicans caved and are now traitors. Marco Rubio says this budget plan, quote, "continues Washington's irresponsible budget decisions." And I know both of you guys think it might pass but this will cause problems for Paul Ryan, won't it, John?
AVLON: Yeah, it may cause some political problems but that's the cost of a profile in courage when you're trying to do the right thing for your country instead of simply pandering the outer reaches of your own party. Look, there are activist groups that had their finger hovering over the send button within moments of the press conference waiting to denounce it, because they're playing a different game. They're not interested in governing. They're not thinking about the national interest. They're playing a divide-and-conquer game that's all about agitating the base.
They're not interested in governing. They really should get out of the way. I'm surprised that somebody like Senator Marco Rubio did, you know, denounce this -- vote after he voted against the sequester in the first place. That's about politics. That's about playing to the base. That's about larger aspirations. It's not about governing in the national interest. That's the standard by which we should be judged. People who aren't playing that game really are part of the problem in Washington. They're not the solution.
[6:29 a.m. EST]
CHRIS CUOMO: I don't know, John. I may be jet lagged. But I can't – I think this is great, what we're hearing here. You've got Boehner saying to the fringe types, back off. We're here to do a job. We have to compromise. Government has to work for the people. You've got Ryan standing up and stating that he made this deal for all the right reasons. And to me, it's like this is exactly what's supposed to happen. Isn't it? Is this just jet lag talking, or is this the way they're supposed to be responsible? I hope we hear an echo from the left, by the way, when they start coming forward about extending unemployment benefits and stuff, that they have to support the deal also.
JOHN KING: Well, that will be interesting to see how much dissent we see on the left because there's a lot bubbling in that bottle, too. And we talked about this. That bottle is not as public because you have a Democratic president. So, people tend to bite their lip out of loyalty to the President. But there's a lot on that side, too, and we'll see that play out.
But on the Republican side, Chris, the point Speaker Boehner and Paul Ryan are making is, we are the majority party in the House. If we were the minority, it might be different. But we're the majority, we have a responsibility to be part of a governing coalition. That means we have a responsibility, we may not like it, but the Democrats run the Senate. There's a Democrat in the White House and we have to cut the best deal we can.
That is their position. There are a lot of younger members, more conservative Tea Party members who just want to be opposition. They want to be an opposition movement. And Speaker Boehner says, look, I have a title, I have to do my job.
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The Pyramids of the Weight Room
Before I get into this post, I have a confession to make.
I don't like canned pumpkin.
Fresh roasted pumpkin I love. Pumpkin cream cheese muffins make my mouth water. Pumpkin pie is one of my favourites (okay, I like all pies).
But I cannot stand the mushy tastelessness of the canned stuff. I have to add a whole container of pumpkin pie spice to make it edible in anything, and even then it just makes things… mushy.
So there ya go.
While we're at it, I don't like Christmas. But I'll save that for another day :P
You know what I do like though? Waffles!
It's an addiction, I know. Before these though, I had a stellar weight lifting workout.
I picked up the September issue of Oxygen magazine for the first time after hearing Janetha say good things about it. I always shied away from this magazine because it's full of scary looking fitness models, but it's got great weight lifting info for women!
One of the tidbits in there is about pyramid sets. In a regular pyramid, you start off at a low weight with high reps, then increase the weight and reduce the reps with each set. It allows you to overload the muscle gradually. A reverse pyramid is just the opposite, starting with a heavy weight and low reps, decreasing the weight and increasing the reps with each set. This allows you to use the heaviest weight at the beginning while your muscles are still strong.
The heavy weight sets will build strength, the medium ones will build lean muscle and the lighter ones will improve endurance and recovery. Mixing these up will shock your muscles instead of letting them adapt.
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55 lbs x 12
45 lbs x 15
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30 lbs x 12
20 lbs x 15
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20 lbs x 16
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15 lbs x 12
17.5 lbs x 8
Single-leg Romanian deadlift:
40 lbs x 8 (ea)
30 lbs x 12
20 lbs x 15
Tricep pulldown:
30 lbs x 8
20 lbs x 12
10 lbs x 15
15 minutes on the elliptical, 1 minute sprints, 2 minutes recovery
T'was a good time! I really like switching it up in the weight room. Part of the reason why I'm contemplating not doing another lifting program this winter. I like picking and choosing what I want to focus on :)
Theeeen it was waffle time :)
The usual. Maple cinnamon waffles with almond butter, yogurt and strawberries. I am singing my love for this combo from the mountain tops! :)
And a little protein juice to chase it down, otherwise known as PVL peach whey cooler. Not the prettiest photo – I was thirsty!!
I've also been quite vocal in the past about my dislike for wraps/tortillas. I've just never been a fan of the chewy denseness of them. Plus, all the full to medium-size ones around here are 200+ calories with little fibre and protein. But I found these in the freezer in the health food section the other day and decided to give them a whirl.
Ezekiel organic sprouted whole grain tortillas. Nutritionals on these are the best I've found yet.
For lunch, I packed one of these babies with leftover curry salmon salad, cottage cheese and romaine lettuce. Then I took an exceptionally bad photo at the office.
Sorry! I got busy with work once it was unwrapped. The tortilla was alright. Still dense, but at least not chewy. Very seed-y, and quite thick. I think it would be better grilled, or as a quesadilla.
I just got groceries, so I had way too many options for dinner. I couldn't wrap my head around it, so I just went with the simplest things possible.
Tempeh burger broiled with a string cheese and dipped in barbecue sauce. A bowl of honeydew melon on the side. Eaten on the couch. Just one of those days!
Except, I'm kinda hungry again. The water in the melon only temporarily filled me up.
Question time!
1. Any popular foods you dislike? I also don't like rice and pasta. I'm more of a sauce-y gal ;)
2. What's your favourite holiday? Mine is Halloween. But that's just because I like dressing up and little bite-sized candies.
Also! I'm going away to Windsor next weekend and I won't be blogging on my usual schedule. So I'm putting out the call for guest posts! I need 3-4 posts :)
Okay, the boy is here and he keeps staring at me while I blog. I think it's time I go pay attention to him. Later!


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Dear Dezi, we are sure praying and hoping that you are ok! Your poor mommy has a lot of worries at the moment! Sending gentle purrs!
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Sweet Dezi girl, I will be praying that all will be good for you.
I can't wait for your birthday bash and to see everyone all dressed up. What fun.
Love you all so very much. Lots of hugs and kisses.
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Fowler's return to form boosts Rox offense
DENVER -- For all the power in the middle of the Rockies' lineup, it made sense that it took leadoff hitter Dexter Fowler to pull the offense out of its recent rut.
Fowler's two-run triple started turned Saturday night's game against the Cubs -- an eventual 9-3 victory.
Rockies were 35-32 when Fowler was hit on the right ring finger by a pitch from the Nationals' Ross Detwiler on June 13. That was the same day that shortstop Troy Tulowitzki suffered a broken rib that cost him 25 games, but it could be argued that Fowler's injury was just as devastating.
Between being hit and June 25, his last appearance before going to the 15-day disabled list with a wrist injury that was related to compensating for the finger pain, Fowler played just seven games and hit .174 with a .296 on-base percentage. The Rockies were 3-4 in those games. Between Fowler being hit and his return from the DL on July 11, the Rockies were 9-16.
Fowler went 0-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers in his first game back, but from the next game through Saturday the Rockies were 3-2 while Fowler hit 6-for-19 (.316) with a double, a triple, a home run and four RBIs and compiled a .391 on-base percentage.
Fowler entered Sunday's start against the Cubs hitting .288 with a .385 on-base percentage. If he can return to the numbers before the day he was hurt -- .303 with a .397 on-base -- it could make the Rockies' lineup that much more effective. The All-Star break didn't give the finger time to heal completely; that'll happen in the offseason. But in two games, he has a home run and a triple.
"I've just got to keep treating it, doing manuals and all that, trying to get it back right, but it won't be right until the offseason," Fowler said. "But it's manageable."
Fowler admitted he might have benefited from going to the DL sooner.
"You never know what's going to happen," he said. "You think you can play through it, but it ends up getting worse. With something like that, I probably should have waited a little longer before trying to play, but it was just my eagerness to get back on the field."
Fowler's homer Friday off Cubs right-hander Jeff Samardzija was his first since June 2, but it brought his total to 11 -- two shy of his career high. Fowler said he's not consciously looking for home runs but feels they're a natural outgrowth of his swing, as long as he is healthy.
"I'm just trying to drive the ball and see what happens," Fowler said.


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What's All the Fuss Over Introverts?
By Bob McIntosh, Career Trainer
There are many self-help books for introverts – Self-Promotion for Introverts, Ancowitz; Networking for People who Hate Networking, Zack; The Introverted Leader, Kahnweiler; to name a few. This appears a bit odd to me, because I never thought that introverts need that much help.
I've often wondered if the introvert's companion, the extravert, has a need for self-help books. Through my hunt for extravert self-help books, I haven't seen any on the bookshelves of Barnes and Noble. Books that are exclusive to our talkative padre are not sold on Amazon.
I read a entry by a recruiter named Mark Bregman who (again) defends introverts. The premise of his article is that recruiters prefer extraverts. It's a good entry, but he falsely states the majority of US citizens are extraverts—between 60%-75%. According to Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT), 51% of US citizens are introverts. I only point this out because it isn't an extravert world, as many believe.
Though I must confess, as an introvert, we are different; we have our strengths and challenges. Here are some introvert strengths:
We're great actors. When I ask my workshop attendees if they think I'm an introvert or extravert, they usually guess wrong. "But you're so lively and loud," they say. What do they expect, Dawn of the Living Dead? I simply tell them I love what I do, but I need time afterward to recharge my batteries.
We think before we speak. Dominating a meeting is not our style; we favor something akin to Parliamentary Procedure. That doesn't mean we don't have intelligent things to say; we just don't like to compete with the extraverts who learn by talking. The problem with our method of communicating is we might not get our brilliant thoughts out in the open.
We rule when it comes to research. We learn best by researching topics on our own and, as such, prefer the computer over dialog. Extraverts learn best by throwing around ideas among their colleagues and friends. We find staff meetings unproductive unless there's an agenda and some sense of order. Brainstorming is usually a waste of time to us.
We hear you the first time. We're considered great listeners. But we don't appreciate being talked at. We're perceptive so you don't need to stress your point with 10 minutes of nonstop talking. So you don't like caviar. And you had a bad experience eating it when you were a child. Got it.
We love to write. Writing is our preferred mode of communication, but this doesn't mean we're incapable of talking. We just don't have the capacity to talk from sunrise to sunset. Writing allows us to formulate our thoughts and express them eloquently. There's no denying, however, that our workplace favors those who talk; so there are times when we put down the pen and let our voice be heard.
We're just as creative as the next person. Our creative juices flow from solitude, not open spaces where people throw Nerf footballs, eat cookies, and attend wrap sessions until 10:00 pm. If you see us working intently in our offices or cubicles, we're usually enjoying "moments," so don't break our concentration. Nothing personal; we'll join you at the pool table when our work is completed.
These are just some know facts of introverts. We're not perfect by any means, but we have a lot to offer. I'm just not so sure we need all the attention we're getting.
About the Author
Bob McIntosh, CPRW, is a career trainer at the Career Center of Lowell, where he leads more than 20 workshops on the career search. Bob is often the person jobseekers and staff go to for advice on the job search. As well, he critiques resumes and conducts mock interviews. One of his greatest accomplishments is starting a LinkedIn group, which is one of the largest of its kind in the state, and developing three in-high-demand workshops on LinkedIn. Bob's greatest pleasure is helping people find rewarding careers in a competitive job market. Please visit Bob's blog at www.thingscareerrelated.wordpress.com.
Check out the latest Career Insider eNewsletter – March 15, 2012.


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"ARS ANTIQUA AUSTRIA, director: Gunar Letzbor
Ars Antiqua Austria was founded in Linz in 1995 with the aim of introducing audiences to the roots of specifically Austrian baroque music played on period-instruments. The music performed at the imperial court in Vienna at this period shows the strong influence of Italy and later of French forms, while Spanish court ceremonials also shape the character of the works. The typical Austrian sound of the period also betrays the influence of the many Crownlands. The political and social boundaries of Austria in the baroque era were far wider than in the 20th century. Elements of Slav and Hungarian folk music mingle with alpine sounds and can be heard in the art music of the period. The Austrian sound also reflects the temperament and character of the Austrians of that period - a unifying element in the melting-pot of many different cultures: the joie de vivre of the South, Slav melancholy, French formality, Spanish pomp and the Alpine character of the German-speaking regions. This fusion of court- with folk music and a strong element of dance music form the typical Austrian sound.
The core of Ars Antiqua Austria comprises 8 musicians directed by Gunar Letzbor. The ensemble is readily augmented to accommodate a still wider repertoire.. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"The Austrian Baroque Connection brings together musicians from different countries in order to let the music of bygone eras come to life once more. As a period instrument ensemble of the newest generation, its members have devoted themselves to the intense study and performance of musical repertoire ranging from the late Renaissance to early classicism, taking special account of the most recent findings of research on historical performance practice.
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"Capella Leopoldina was founded in 1992 by Jörg Zwicker.
Following the musical tradition at the Viennese court during the reign of Leopold I. the ensemble includes a variety of musicians from Austria and the most important European music metropolises.
The work focuses on oratorio and orchestra literature of the 17th and 18th century. Furthermore, programs with chamber music instrumentation are part of their repertoire. Capella Leopoldina also plays in simple continuo instrumentation combined with one or several singers.
In January of 2000 Capella Leopoldina took over the instrumental part of the project BACH XXI. In co-operation with the Grazer Dommusik all cantatas by J. S. Bach will be brought to the stage. The timeline for this project is 18 years and it thus represents one of the major projects of Austrian music history. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The Clemencic Consort is an early-music ensemble comprised of international artists under the direction of René Clemencic. It performs in varying combinations of voices and instruments, depending on the programme.
Singers and instrumentalists from around the world have made it their task to interpret music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period on historical instruments. They set great store on lively authenticity, but at the same time they consciously avoid "the wagging finger". The programmes are structured in such a way that they convey a colourful overall impression of the respective period. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The Ensemble Mikado's present combination of soprano, viola da gamba/viella, and three recorders was formed in Vienna in the spring of 2003. Since then, the winners of the 2004 International Young Artists Presentation—Early Music (IYAP) in Antwerp have known how to enthuse both audiences and the musical press at national and international festivals. Numerous concert performances have led the ensemble to Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Poland, Italy and Belgium, to the Vienna Recorder Days, the Hörgänge in the Vienna Konzerthaus, to the ISCM World Music Days, the early music festivals in Brežice and Radovljica in Slovenia, the Festival for Early Music in Bolzano, Italy, the Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Poland, the Laus Polyphoniae in Belgium, the Aqua Musica and Oude-Muziek-Network in the Netherlands, the Trigonale Festival in Carinthia, Austria and to the Tage Alter Musik in Regensburg, among others. In the selection of its repertoire, the ensemble focuses on both the music of the end of the Middle Ages (Ars nova and Ars subtilior) and that of the English Renaissance at the time of William Shakespeare. Unusual instrumentations and unconventional arrangements arise in the ensemble's search for new ways of interpreting early music in a modern fashion. In February 2009 the CD "Can she excuse ?" was awarded the "Pasticcio-prize" by Ö1/ORF (Austrian Cultural Broadcasting Station)."
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"Since its foundation at Bruckner University Linz in 1996 the L'Orfeo Barockorchester has evolved as one of the leading international ensembles for historically informed performance practice. L'Orfeo's concert programmes and CD recordings are characterized by a synthesis of well-known repertoire and pioneer work. Its repertoire reaches from French Baroque suites (a special favourite of L'Orfeo's) and symphonies from the Sturm and Drang to music from the Classical period and early Romantics.
Time and again L'Orfeo can be seen and heard as an opera orchestra, most recently with Pigmalion and Anacréon, two Actes de ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Betulia liberata, an Azione sacra by W. A. Mozart, two settings of the Orpheus myth by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Georg Philipp Telemann, the latter's Miriways, Joseph Haydn's Die wüste Insel (The desert Island), Zaide by Mozart, Georg Anton Benda's Romeo und Julie or a trilogy of early operas by Gioachino Rossini (e.g. La scala di seta). Together with director Benjamin Schad and the Swedish tenor Anders J. Dahlin, Michi Gaigg and the L'Orfeo Barockorchester dedicated a multi-disciplined project to one of the most spectacular French personalities of the eighteenth century, the haute-contre Pierre de Jélyotte."
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"The charismatic Palladian Ensemble is firmly established on the international music scene as a quartet of the highest calibre, presenting baroque chamber music infused with style, uninhibited virtuosity and intelligent musicianship. Over the past fifteen years the Ensemble has made numerous broadcasts and played hundreds of performances at prestigious venues across Britain, Europe, North and South America and still enjoys consistent popularity with audiences and critics worldwide. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Quadriga Consort – the Early Music Band on an expedition to the origins of pop music: early ballads and tunes from the British Isles, ranging from rollicking dance music to the Celtic-Gaelic and the courtly song traditions. The archaic melodies provide the basis for authentic music of today and tomorrow, so typical for Quadriga – with interpretations so fresh, that they make many a pop song of today pale in comparison to the enduringly moving ancient songs of love, yearning, joy and sorrow. .."
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"In 1991, the Salzburg musician, Wolfgang Brunner, founded the ensemble Salzburger Hofmusik performing in various settings from trio to full orchestra. The repertoire encompasses works mainly from the 17th to the early 19th century concentrating on the music of the Royal Church Choir under the Salzburg Prince Bishops.
The name Salzburger Hofmusik comes from the 18th century and meant in the vernacular of those times, the Royal Church Choir of the Prince Bishops.
From the time of its founding, Salzburger Hofmusik programs were performed that established Salzburg's integration into the music history of Austrian and European cultural traditions.
Along with this came scholarly work, exploiting sources that until now had gone unnoticed or had been unjustly forgotten. In order to present performances that are as authentic as possible, the ensemble plays mainly (but not exclusively) on historical instruments or on faithful copies of originals. .."
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"Andreas Helm
Shawm, vocals, yodeling. Born and raised in the area of Mostviertel in Niederösterreich, Andreas Helm received his musical education at the Brucknerkonservatorium Linz and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam , where he studied recorders and early oboes. He is the permanent oboist of the L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, the Wiener Akademie, Concilium Musicum Wien. ..
Albin Paulus
Bag pipes (Schaeferpfeife, Bock), jaws-harp, vocals, yodeling. Born and raised in Germany, Albin Paulus obtained a classical education in clarinet. ..
Simon Wascher
hurdy gurdy. Born and raised in Oberoesterreich in a family known for its folk music tradition, Simon Wascher studied hurdy gurdy with Valentin Clastrier, Gilles Chabenat, Matthias Loibner, and Riccardo Delfino. .."
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"The broad spectrum and vitality of medieval and early Renaissance music are made accessable to a wider audience. Musicians from Austria, Italy and Germany specialized in playing historical instruments make up the core of this European ensemble. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"With a desire to create a period instrument ensemble dedicated to the music of the Renaissance and Early Baroque, La Compañia was formed in 1997 by its artistic directors Danny Lucin and Mitchell Cross, who share a long collaborative partnership which commenced whilst studying improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts.
La Compañia is a unique Australian ensemble, performing a rarely-heard repertoire on historically important instruments, to form a consort rich in possibilities. .." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Since 1977, Adelaide Baroque has established a tradition of leadership in the field of authentic early music performance, revitalising known Baroque repertoire, and bringing to light freshly discovered works with a vivacity, integrity and spirit they so richly deserve. Adelaide Baroque is renowned for its uncompromising standard of excellence, and for the ongoing development of emerging professional musicians."
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" The Early Music Association of NSW (EMA) was founded in 1977.
Its members comprise professional and amateur musicians, instrument makers, teachers, students and concert-goers.
The EMA aims to promote interest in all forms of Western music composed before the nineteenth century through two primary means. It encourages the study and performance of early music using authentic instruments, principles and interpretation. It also promotes research into and the editing of early music."
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"Ensemble Gombert is Melbourne's outstanding chamber choir, noted for its pure intonation and historic approach to choral sound and style. Named after Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495 - 1560), who has been largely ignored in the twentieth century despite an exemplary reputation amongst his contemporaries, the Ensemble specialises in a cappella performance of Franco-Flemish music of the High Renaissance. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Ironwood is an Australian-based ensemble, committed to exploring music of the baroque, classical and romantic periods on early string and keyboard instruments. The members are some of Australia's most respected early and contemporary chamber musicians. The ensemble was established in 2006 as a flexible group of players, drawing on a wealth of experience from across the globe. Ironwood believe that historically informed performance should be complemented with new material and has an active commissioning program for music on early instruments. The group performs widely and has produced recordings for ABC Classics and Vexations840. Ironwood are 2007 - 2010 Artists in Residence at the Bundanon Trust, NSW, and also run a Developing Artist program in Victoria and NSW."
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"La Compañia formed in 1997 to perform music of the renaissance and early baroque. Directed by Danny Lucin, the ensemble brings together Australia's leading specialists on period instruments, creating a consort rich in possibilities.
A line up of historically important instruments, including; cornetto, sackbuts, dulcian, shawm, viola da gamba, lute and percussion, allows for exciting sound combinations reflecting the various instrumental groupings of the period. The group follows the sixteenth century performance practice of ornamentation, diminution and embellishment. Their vibrant musicianship combined with their improvisatory skills has established La Compañia's reputation with both audiences and critics for presenting innovative programs and dynamic performances.
La Compañia's credits include concert performances, major Australian arts festivals, international feature films, television appearances, live radio broadcasts, Musica Viva CountryWide, CD recordings including El fuego on ABC Classics and their current subscription series at Melbourne Recital Centre.
Director Danny Lucin
Danny Lucin: cornetto & mute cornetto
Mitchell Cross: shawm & tenor dulcian
Glenn Bardwell: sackbut
Bob Collins: sackbut
Julian Bain: sackbut
Brock Imison: alto and bass dulcian
Simon Rickard: bass dulcian
Rachael Beesley: baroque violin
Lizzie Pogson: baroque violin
Victoria Watts: viola da gamba
Laura Vaughan: viola da gamba
Rosemary Hodgson: vihuela, guitar, lute & theorbo
Linda Kent: chamber organ & harpsichord
Christine Baker: percussion
Denis Close: percussion"
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"Latitude 37, named after the latitudinal position which links Melbourne, Australia, to New Zealand, is an exciting baroque trio whose members Julia Fredersdorff (baroque violin), Laura Vaughan (viola da gamba) and Donald Nicolson (harpsichord) were drawn together by their passion for historically informed performance of 16th, 17th and 18th century music.
Comprising some of the top graduates of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, reunited after many years of extensive research and international experience playing with many of the finest ensembles and artists in Europe, America and Australasia, Latitude 37 represents a new generation of period instrumentalists who share a unified interest in cultivating and communicating their art.
Latitude 37 epitomises the intensity and intimacy of a trio: vitality, excitement and expression are a defining feature of their performance. Their spontaneity is inspired by a passion for the art of improvisation, communication, and the humanity of a genre of music intended to charm and enchant its audience.
After their sold-out Melbourne debut in June 2008, the ensemble has become an active presence on the Australasian early music scene, with regular festival appearances, concerts at the Melbourne Recital Centre, tours for Chamber Music New Zealand and regular broadcasts on ABC Classic FM. 2011 saw the ensemble receive an ARIA nomination for their self-titled debut CD and return to New Zealand for a mainstage national tour for Chamber Music New Zealand. 2012 includes a 3-concert subscription series at the Melbourne Recital Centre as well as performances to accompany the Renaissance exhibition at the NGA, Canberra, and the Love and Devotion exhibition of Persian manuscripts at the Victorian State Library."
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"Salut! baroque is one of Australia's most dynamic early music ensembles, bringing together Australia's finest baroque musicians in a chamber orchestra of up to twelve members. Formed in 1995 and led by artistic directors Sally Melhuish and Tim Blomfield, the ensemble performs annual subscription series concerts in Canberra and Sydney. Salut!'s international guest artists have included baroque violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch and Dutch cellist Jaap ter Linden." See site for more info. (ed.)
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"The Sydney Consort is one of Australia's most energetic music ensembles devoted to early music of the 17th and 18th Century. Originally consisting of three members the group brings together Australia's finest musicians and singers to a small chamber orchestra of up to fifteen performers. Formed in 1997 and led by artistic directors Monika and Stan Kornel, the Sydney Consort is an ensemble dedicated to bringing beauty and wisdom of Baroque music to a rapidly growing audience. The ensemble has performed music ranging from the 16th to 18th Century, as well as contemporary Australian music, and with concert themes such as English, French, German and Italian Baroque, Music and Poetry, and the Johann Sebastian Bach concertos."
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"The Telemann Ensemble, based in Townsville, North Queensland, specialises in performing music of the baroque (with occasional excursions into earlier and slightly later music) with awareness of, and respect for, the instruments and performance traditions of the period. The ensemble was formed early in 1999 and has presented concerts and led workshops in Townsville, Atherton, Innisfail, Cairns and Brisbane."
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"Formed in Sydney to explore and perform music composed for three female voices in the late renaissance and baroque periods, the group is named after Monteverdi's seductive and ambitious heroine Poppea (pronounced pop-pay-yah) from his opera "The Coronation Of Poppea". We believe the name encapsulates the essence of the group: performance of baroque repertoire, exploration of music by rarely performed composers, especially female composers, and our Australian origin, in playing on the expression "tall poppy syndrome". In researching our music, we learned of the "Singing Ladies of Ferrara" who were famous in the late 16th Century for their charm and virtuosic singing. As the first truly professional singers in an Italian court, they were trail blazers. Many composers of the time, of whom Luzzaschi was one, wrote music for these influential and talented singers. Whilst not quite the Andrews Sisters, the close knit harmonies and intertwining of the vocal lines makes for rapturous listening. Audiences have described our singing and the music we perform as 'luscious", "inspirational" and "music for the soul" and it is thrilling for us to continue its legacy into the 21st century. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"Trio Grosso is an early music ensemble based in Perth, Western Australia. The group comprises up to nine members who enjoy playing for medieval fairs, banquets, weddings, parties, concerts and general good times.
The group was formed by an enthusiastic group of recorder players in late 1985 to provide appropriate music for a local play that had scenes set in the 1600s. The group's name derives from the fact that a much loved early addition to the repertoire was a recorder trio arrangement of the allegro from Handel's Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G which we usually had at least six people playing (thus a rather largish trio!).
The group's repertoire largely comprises medieval and renaissance songs and dances but also encompasses folk music from many cultures and a range of modern compositions. Although the nucleus of the group is a recorder consort ranging from great bass recorder up to the tiny garklein floetlein recorder, the group also performs with a range of wind, string and percussion instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The vocal and instrumental consort Capilla Flamenca takes its name from the choir of the court chapel of Emperor Charles V. When Charles left the Low Countries in 1517, he took his best musicians with him in order to accompany him as 'living polyphony' to Spain.
Today's Capilla Flamenca recruits its specialized musicians mainly from Flanders so as to bring to life again the unique timbre of this brilliant 15th-16th century music in its full authenticity. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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