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From Heaven with Love
(VS Tamaan x VS Heaven Sent)
22/11/2005 – 19/7/2017
They say it only happens to the good ones, oh how true that saying is, all my Arabians & welsh ponies are special to me but some you just have that extra special bond with. It is with a very sad heart I write the passing of our beautiful mare Missy, she was such a gem beautiful both inside and out, anyone & everyone loved Missy she even converted quite a few Arabian critics, she was such an honest gentle soul and the most amazingly comfortable horse I have ever ridden, she was a true Rolls Royce with a mind blowing extended trot and a true armchair canter. We bred Missy, we showed her briefly for two Supreme Champion Purebred Exhibits then we broke her in she never put a hoof wrong and we enjoyed many miles pleasure riding together until due to my own health issues I was unable to ride her. Missy was enjoyed for four years by my friend Lyn who felt she needed to get used to riding an Arabian whilst waiting for her gelding to come of age and start his ridden career. Once Lyn was able to ride her boy I felt so sorry for Missy sitting in the paddock, I have never known a horse that loved to go riding like Missy did, I contemplated selling her but it was not meant to be, so I offered her to another dear friend Sue, who also enjoyed some time riding her. I am extremely grateful to Sue for arranging all the vet visits, treatment and looking after Missy so well for the last few months of her life.
Missy you will be forever missed and never forgotten, until we meet again my sweetest beautiful girl.
Patara Solomon (VS Tamaan x Kate) took his lovely owner/breeder Pauline Cox to the Library today to change some books and say hello to Fiona.
Liz Siemicki was over the moon with the arrival of her filly Arwen out of Kalypso Momento we wish Liz all the very best with Arwen.
Evelyn Breraton so wanted a chestnut filly by Tamaan and fortunately Ruby fulfilled her wishes delivering a healthy chestnut filly just as requested known as "Flickers of Gold".
Evelyn also keeps telling me that her gelding VS Prinz (VS Tamaan x Oyster Bay Shahtia) is growing too tall, nice to see Evelyn unintentionally managed to get on him bareback out of the blue, Prinz was 2 & ½
at the time, yes he is going to be a big boy!
We have saved our best news (for us anyway lol) till last we are absolutely thrilled with the arrival of our first filly foal out of the beautiful Oyster Bay Shahtia by the ethereal stallion PShalomar (imp USA) we named our filly PSophia and she is more than we could have ever wished for she is going to be a big beautiful chestnut when fully grown, she has looks to die for, attitude to burn, excellent conformation and a very sweet disposition. The photos below do not do her justice and has she changed since these were taken. We hope to show PSophia this coming show season :-)
VSA looks forward with much anticipation to the safe arrival of what will be our second foal by the stunning super sire PShalomar (imp USA) in September from VS Heaven Sent.
VS Heaven Sent PShalomar (imp USA)
Recently Vintage Chanel aka Coco was broken in and it was lovely to hear that Kellie Tuskin thoroughly enjoyed her recent outing with Coco at the NARC Navigation Ride, this was Coco's first public ridden group outing
and Kellie was delighted with her excellent behavior making for a fun day out.
Vintage Chanel
we were ecstatic to see the beautiful gelding VS Armaani win Junior Champion Gelding at the Tas ARAB's "A" class show in January 2017 and were so very proud when this gorgeous boy went on to be sashed Supreme Purebred Gelding by Mieke Bigg his owners Kerrie & Hayley McCarthy so deserve all the accolades having prepared & shown Armaani to absolute perfection, congratulations Kerrie & Hayley so pleased for you both.
Valley Springs Armaani (L-R Shane Reeve, Haylee McCarthy & Mieke Bigg)
November 2016
bring it! on we are ecstatic to announce that Oyster Bay Shahtia (BA Minstrel Bay x Magdalena) is in foal to the beautiful imported colt PShalomar (imp USA) (Shanghai EA x Psynammon). We are so looking forward to this foal. We have always admired many of the famous horses in PShalomar's prestigious pedigree and to be now incorporating these bloodlines into our stud is a dream come true. **** Filly **** pleaseeeeeeeeeee
PShalomer (IMP USA) - 2016 Bronz Australian Champion Colt
Oyster Bay Shahtia
photo credit Sharon Meyers
We have another two of our treasured mares visiting PShalomar in September 2016 one being Baring Court Innicah (Oyster Bay Al Reane x Magdalena) aka Nickers and the other is VS Heaven Sent (Eastwinds Axplosion x Eastwinds Esperanto), we are determined to get at least one daughter by the magnificent PShalomar
Baring Court Innicah
VS Heaven Sent
2015 Foaling News
On the 1st December we welcomed our only foal for 2015 the very beautiful liver chestnut "Valley Springs Armaani" sired by VS Tamaan out of Baring Court Innicah. Armaani is one of those foals you just love to have around he is so quiet and so friendly, love this cross
VS Armaani
2015 saw the arrival of some lovely foals by Tamaan from various outside visiting mares, we congratulate all their owners and wish them all the very best for the future with their foals.
x Kalody Park Celeste Bay Colt
x Phenise Grey Colt
Noah's Park Pollianna - Grey Filly
Prince Simba an Anglo gelding sired by Tamaan was diagnosed with Ross River Virus and after two years spent recovering he is now once again venturing out under saddle with his beloved owner Ellie Grice so good to see these two once again enjoying each other's company doing what they love.
Dakota & Cody Smith have been competing in barrel racing at last season's rodeos with their part bred Arabians, full siblings Pritty Mare & Pritty Boy both sired by Tamaan. This coming season the girls are going to try their hand at roping with their mounts at the rodeos and we shall be looking forward to hearing how they go
Dakota Smith & Pritty Mare - Powrana Cody Smith & Pritty Boy - Harveydale
Foals Due for 2015
Tamaan covered Barring Court Innicah aka Nickers and she is due on the 23rd November and we are looking so forward to this foal. Nickers had a beautiful filly by Tamaan known a Baring Court Lateefa a few years ago but unfortunately Teefa died.
We also had five extremely lovely outside mares visit Tamaan and together with the owners we look forward to the arrival of these foals from October onwards, we thank the owners for entrusting their mares to us and we truly hope their hopes & dreams are fulfilled with the safe arrival of their foals.
Foaling 2014/15
2014 saw the arrival of two foals by VS Tamaan but whilst only two the quality is truly amazing VS Tamaan sired two extremely stunning athletic colts ........
Valley Springs has an extremely tall purebred chestnut colt, VS Prinz out of the beautiful mare Oyster Bay Shahtia, both ourselves and everyone that has seen Prinz in the flesh are truly blown away with this superb foal who is now proudly owned by Evelyn Brereton.
For Evelyn Brereton whose lovely Anglo mare Gem (sired by Kerrilea Mi Kushmah) produced a lovely chestnut colt named Traces of Gold on the 17th January 2015 congratulations Evelyn I know you really love this colt.
Baring Court Innicah
We are so delighted to announce that Baring Court Innicah aka Nickers now also calls VSA home and we are extremely grateful to Selina Ahel for allowing us to purchase this superb mare, being a half sister to Oyster Bay Shahtia and having already produced a filly by Tamaan a few years
ago we are sure that she will also cross very well with Tamaan and we look forward to the future breeding some superb foals from Nickers.
Erica Nicholls
posted on Face Book recently how pleased she is with her boy "Pie" so great to hear that this little fellow is following in both his parents hoof steps and being such an awesome first time ridden mount.
Shakla's Maya
Maya pictured below taken 2nd March is now rising 4yo and is one very special filly her beautiful dam Shakla's Mystique (SK Shakla Khan x Pacquinell Shakira) was put in foal to Tamaan for her first foal at the age of twenty. Much to our delight she gave her owner Vanessa Powell the beautiful filly known as Maya.
I so love to hear or receive updates from the owners of progeny by Tamaan and was delighted to know how truly happy Vanessa is with her filly.
It was so nice to see Nadja out enjoying the Navigation Ride at Sassafras with her purebred gelding Bashira Lodge Zinjara aka "Zameel" who has grown into such a handsome young man. Recently they were at a club fun day and I saw Zameel in the distance and thought hmmm gee that is a nice looking horse, not even realising who it was lol. Those that know me know that this is so very true, old blind eyes lol.
Valley Springs Nadal
(Abu Sayeid x J'adore Nizette)
aka "Squizz" was recently broken in, much to the delight of his loving owner Lyn Wrigley he has been absolutely amazing taking everything in his stride. Squizz & Lynn visited recently and together with a group of friends we went trail riding, I must say I have not seen a youngster behave so well on his first group outing and it was so obvious how much he (with ears pricked) & Lyn (smile from ear to ear) thoroughly enjoyed every minute of their ride.
Lyn & Squizz, lesson time in the arena 25/5/14
Endurance News
Whilst searching International Endurance Results I was delighted to find some info on Bashirah Lodge Zahir (VS Tamaan x Dowling Nefertari) aka "Dood" to find that he is successfully competing and was placed 45th out of 145 horses in the 120km Emaar Endurance Challenge in Dubai, December 2013.But even more exciting for me was finding Valley Springs Extreme (Eastwinds Axceptional x Eastwinds Second Spring) aka "Exy" who is closely related being a half sister to Tamaan is still successfully competing at endurance with the Dubai Endurance Stables, what an amazing mare she is to still be competing in endurance at 13 years of age.
Foaling News 2013/2014
Delighted to announce the first foal for the 2013 season a gorgeous chestnut filly Bashirah Lodge Nisma (pending) aka "Peanut" out of Rosecliffe Savannah congratulations to Maya, Nadja & Annie Jaehne of Bashirah Lodge.
Photo credit Sharon Meyers
Next a very elegant bay colt out of Noah's Park Polliana exactly what I wanted her to have for me last season, but my sincere thanks to Susan Prewer for allowing me to have this lovely foal, finally a future riding gelding for me by my much loved stallion Tamaan.
Photo credit Sharon Meyers
Congratulations to Jessica Board & Kelly Tuskin on the safe arrival of the gorgeous bay filly "Coco" out of the riding pony mare Tapu Sentennial
Learning Tricks
Please click here to watch a video of Soloman (VS Tamaan x Kate) a yearling teaching himself to 'see saw' thank you to Pauline and Emily Cox for sharing this video footage of Soloman
Oyster Bay Shahtia
We are extremely delighted to announce and welcome the arrival of Oyster Bay Shahtia (BA Minstrel Bay x Magdelana) who will now reside at VSA, we would like to sincerely thank Selina Ahel for allowing us the privilege to purchase this beautiful mare whom we have admired for many years. Tia will be a very much loved & cared for member of our equine family.
VS Faareedah aka Ruby
Today I said goodbye to my precious Ruby who has gone to live with her new owner Karly Hill.
I wish Karly all the very best with her and I know she will take good care of Ruby. Karly is one
of From Heaven with Love aka Missy biggest fans and now she has her full sister Ruby, I look
forward to seeing them both out and about in the future.
Endurance Update
Denise Williams is extremely pleased with her gelding, Valley Springs Nazaan (x VS Tamaan) on his first endurance training ride, wishing them both many more enjoyable miles together.
VS Nazaan & Denise Williams #45 VS Nazaan & Denise Williams
All Grown Up!
Patara Majic (VS Tamaan x Pepper) turned 5yo this season, so time to start on a new phase of education with Emily Cox, jumping, lots of fun to be had.
2012 Foaling News
September saw the first arrival for the season of an extremely handsome palomino colt named Shareef out of the beautiful grey mare Shasalina Shaharni Kaarn much to the delight of Gwennyth & Michael Williams now located in NSW.
After going 15 days past her due date VS Heaven Sent gave birth to a beautiful filly now known as Ruby. Finally after seven years we have a full sister to "From Heaven with Love" aka Missy. It has been a long wait but so very worthwhile, couldn't be happier :-)
Ruby at 1 day old Ruby at 2 days old Ruby at 1 week old
Congratulations to Lisa Dobel and Camelot Lady Hawk who finally (15 days over) gave birth to a beautiful palomino & white filly named Zintahn Masquerade (aka Blondie).
Noah's Park Pollianna (Section B welsh pony) who is currently leased from her owner Susan Prewer, delivered a gorgeous petite chestnut roan filly foal on the 29th October named VS Pandora who in a few years time will be my next riding pony, I definitely need a smaller mount lol.
Pandora at 1 day old Pandora at 9 days old
Then came the arrival of a tall stunning filly much to the delight of Hannah Vandongen out of the leased mare Shasalina Esteem Amira. Hannah wanted a chestnut filly with bling and her wishes were deservedly granted.
Tamirah, 3 day old filly Tamirah 4 weeks old
Erica Nicolls sent news that her pony mare Sari had given birth to a lovely chestnut colt known as "Pie"on the 16th November and both were doing really well.
Colt x Sari
On the 18th November the lovely chestnut thoroughbred mare Delz Bells gave birth to a stunning chestnut colt for his owner Karly Hill who is extremely pleased with him
Colt 11 days old x Delz Bells Colt 11 days old x Delz Bells
Last but by no means least Valley Springs Sharanto aka Shataan finally delivered a leggy grey colt for Jessica Board, this boy will be known as Hunter
Hunter at 3 days old Hunter at 3 days old
Tom Quilty June 2012
We would sincerely like to congratulate Viv Lawson and Valley Springs Saarina on their successful completion of 160kms at the Tom Quilty.
Totally unaware that Saarina was entered until we looked through the list. We were so delighted and thrilled to be there and see and cheer on Viv and Saarina, what a fantastic result, well done!!!
Introducing Valley Springs Kamal
Last but by no means least we are extremely proud to announce the arrival of Valley Springs Kamal sired by Gai El Jullyen out of Oyster Bay Shahtia. Kamal was so worth the wait he is one extremely stunning boy and no doubt a future star in the making.
J'adore Nizette
congratulations to Melissa & Keith Reid, Reid River Arabians
2012 Allbreeds Stallion Parade
Tamaan along with many other stallions strutted their stuff recently at the Tasmanian All Breeds Stallion Parade in February, it was so nice to see Bronc on the end of the lead with a smile on his face.
The highlight for me at the parade was seeing Nadja Jaehne and Valley Springs Tamaanah doing a display before the audience, I was so proud of them both needless to say ..........
Tamaan's 2011 Foaling News!!!!
Breeding is not for the faint hearted, Tamaan covered ten mares in 2010 all preg tested in foal, from which there was five foals born for 2011. But we persevere regardless for the love of it!!!!
On the positive side of breeding we saw the beautiful regal Shaklas Mystique turn twenty years old in 2011 and give birth to her first foal an absolutely stunning chestnut filly. All the efforts paid off and it was so worthwhile our congratulations go to Vanessa Whelan owner of Mystique and her beautiful filly Maya.
We received news from Rebecca Harrison, delighted to announce the arrival of Arjuna Ridge Rafan a lovely chestnut colt out of Follydown Jumanah.
Shane Reeve from Shasalina stud told us in no uncertain terms he wanted his mare Lynn-Roy Amira Serina to have a chestnut filly, well a filly was born but alas it was bay, however Shane is so pleased with his filly, Shasalina Amira Sharmana (pending) that he says the colour does not matter now lol.
Kantarabia Park Tiger Lilly presented Krystal Reid from Archerville Arabians with a long awaited chestnut filly, and what a stunning filly she is.
Pauline Cox notified me that their mare Kate had a live healthy colt foal and he in now frolicking around the paddock where she could enjoy watching him from her kitchen window. Last season Kate had a foal which unfortunately died soon after birth and Kate reared an orphaned foal, so it is so nice to know that Kate has her own baby to look after this year.
Needless to say Tamaan has quite a few foals due from September 2012 onwards some mares visited for a second year in a row, we sincerely hope this year they will give their owners a much awaited foal plus a few new mares are also expecting foals by Tamaan, we wish everyone all the very best with their expectant mares and look forward to hearing their foaling news next season.
Tas ARAB's All Breeds Extravaganza
Congratulations to Nadja & Baring Court Zinjara aka Zameel on being awarded Reserve Champion gelding in the Arab ring an awesome achievement for a youngster shown against the mature men.
Bashirah Lodge Zahir aka Dood, sired by VS Tamaan out of Dowling Neferatari has recently hit the endurance track, successfully completing 4 x 80 km rides and has been exported to the UAE.
VALE - Baring Court Lateefa (Valley Springs Tamaan x Baring Court Innacah) it is with great sadness that I report that the beautiful mare, Teefa suffered a stroke and had to be put down late December 2011. Such a shame she was a beautiful mare, a tragic loss.
***SOLD*** September 2011
Valley Springs Nazaan (VS Tamaan x J'Adore Nizette)
We are all delighted to announce that Nazaan has gone to a wonderful home with Denise Williams, we wish Denise and Nazaan all the very best and look forward to hearing about his endurance career in the future.
Funday August 2011
It was absolutely awesome to see Nadja and VS Tamaanah out enjoying themselves at the THRO Funday having their first attempt at jumping!!! Could be their forte.
Photo - Jessica Tanner
Nadja would not leave Zameel at home alone so he went along too, he was so well behaved, this was his first outing
It's okay Mum it's not that serious!!!
Agfest May 2011
It was truly wonderful to see both Tamaan and his son Bashirah Lodge Zahir at Agfest. The weather was oh so kind to us and thanks to all those that participated in the Costume Display on an awesome turnout.
Love this pic had to share, so mystical!!!
Bashirah Lodge Zahir & Monica Tanner
From Heaven With Love
Well it has only taken me four years to get some updated photos of Missy, for some reason when I went to catch her this morning to go for a ride she decided it was time to show off and let off some steam. So I rushed inside & grabbed the camera and when I returned she immediately decided okay now I will continue, make sure you get some good shots mum!!!!
After which we went and did what we love most, had an awesome trail ride. I could not have asked for a better day!!!!
Gai El Jullyen (Imp USA) (Jullyen El Jamaal x Gai Fantasha)
We are thrilled to announce that our friend & fellow Arabian breeder Selina Ahel has kindly allowed us to lease her gorgeous purebred mare Oyster Bay Shahtia (BA Minstrel Bay x Magdalena). Tia has been put in foal to Gai El Jullyen. Jullyen is one of the most stunning Arabian stallions we have had the pleasure of recently viewing and we are looking forward with great anticipation to the resulting foal.
Gai El Jullyen (imp USA) Oyster Bay Shahtia
We sincerely thank both Phill Ryan & Phil Wild from Hideaway Farm for making this awesome opportunity possible for us and other fellow Tasmanian Arabian breeders to utilise this magnificent worldwide acclaimed stallion, truly a once in a lifetime opportunity!!!
Our Stud Breeding Update
Valley Springs Arabians is extremely excited about the forth coming foaling season expecting foals by two very different exciting stallions
Due October 2011
J'adore Nizette is in foal to the stunning purebred Arabian stallion Abu Sayeid (Om El Abadan (exp France) x Sanroblee Marmara)
Maggie our tri coloured tobiano mare is in foal to the impressive black & white homozygous pinto Part Arabian stallion,Sweet Meadows Appache Rebel
Breeding Season 2010
Tamaan covered various outstanding outside mares this season and has several foals due from October onwards. We are extremely proud that so many people have had the foresight to breed their mares to Tamaan realising the outstanding potential this stallion offers. A proven sire of superb purebred & partbred foals which all have their sire's amazing people loving temperament.
2010 Progeny Update
In January I found time to visit with Maya and see how Nadja's foal Bashirah Lodge Zameel was growing up
and take some photos of this gorgeous little man who doesn't half mind showing off for the camera
News Update January 2011
Nadja started her school holidays by enjoying riding Tamaanah, have to wait a while for her little man Zameel to grow up.
We sincerely hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a great start to the new year.
Just had to share this special picture of Nadja with her foal Bashirah Lodge Zameel.
Oh so cute !!!!
First foals for 2010
Congratulations go to Claire, her part Arab mare Ulinga aka Fanny giving birth to a very cute filly
this morning (Saturday 20th November), talk about friendly the filly known as Pepper just come straight up
to us much to Mia's delight getting heaps of pats.
On Thursday the 7th October 2010 Dowling Nefertari presented us with a beautiful chestnut going grey colt. As yet he is un-named whilst his young owner searches for that perfect name.
*** SCID Clear ***
Valley Springs Tamaan has been tested & certified as SCID Clear, we always thought he was but it is nice to be 100% sure andbe able to give mare owners that assurance.
Belated International Endurance News
Congratulations to Karen & Jessica Gall on the sale in 2009 and exportation to Dubai of
Valley Springs Extreme (EW Axceptional x EW Second Spring) as an endurance horse.
Extreme is a half sister to our stallion VS Tamaan who is also out of EW Second Spring
so we are extremely proud not only to have bred Extreme but to also own her half brother.
Valley Springs Saarina
Congratulations to Valley Springs Saarina & Viv Lawson placing 1st middle weight at the Cliftonvale Endurance ride.
VS Nazaan
VS Nazaan (VS Tamaan x J'adore Nizette) is now rising 3yo purebred gelding he belongs to Amanda Lyon and has only recently been broken in by Leanne Gonninon.
Nazaan and Leanne made a trip to a NARC instruction day in May and although they had not had a ride for a month all went superbly.
Well what do you think? Lets see! We are off!! Lets go... and join in
Agfest 6th & 7th May 2010
Leonie Kirkhope was asked to attend Agfest & be a part of an Arabian costume display, her answer was yes 'if Sherry will let me take Tamaan'.
So with only three weeks' notice I decided to look for a costume, whilst browsing the web looking for a pattern to make one I found exactly the costume I had in mind so after some deliberation it was decided to put our pending decking repair job on hold and buy a costume for Tamaan & Leonie to strut their stuff in. Very happy with it and extremely pleased with Tamaan making his first mega public appearance with Leonie and taking everything in his usual un-phased stride. The Arabian costume display was awesome and a credit to everyone that participated.
Our last show for the season was the Tas ARABs Annual "A" class show held at Westbury on the 17th January 2010.
After a great deal of deliberation we decided to enter Tamaan for this show, and following the huge success at the three previous shows with each of our gorgeous mares we thought we should at least give Tamaan one outing.
Leonie Kirkhope had not ridden Tamaan since December 2008 but she insisted that with only two weeks preparation prior to the show she was certain he would be ready to compete at his first show under saddle.
Saturday 17th January was a beautiful day and despite having attended numerous shows I was extremely nervous.
Bronc showed Tamaan in the led section judged by Glenys Lilley from NSW he was awarded Supreme Champion Led Purebred Exhibit much to our delight.
Photo Credit: Bridey Lee
Next came the ridden section being judged by Allan Preston from NSW, one of Australias highest credentialed judges, the tension built I was so nervous & excited I became quite vocal much to everyone's amusement when Tamaan & Leonie placed 1st in the Open Stallion class and then the ULTIMATE was Tamaan being awarded Supreme Purebred Ridden Arabian it was a dream come true and a day never to be forgotten, our sincere thanks go to Leonie she had the foresight & belief in Tamaan to know that they could achieve this. Never in our wildest dreams did we think this was possible at his first show under saddle. Tamaan is an amazing Arabian stallion, we are so fortunate to have bred him and have him in our lives.
Photo credit: Bridey Lee
Super Show Season !!!!!!!!
2009 has been a super show season for VSA we decided to attend three shows and enter a different mare at each show, we are so proud & overwhelmed with our girls' successes. This year will be one that will not be forgotten. Still on cloud 9 !!!!!!!!!!
Burnie Show VS Heaven Sent Champion Mare & Supreme Purebred Exhibit Judge: Meike Bigg (QLD)
M & A Allbreeds Championships From Heaven with Love
Champion Mare & Supreme Purebred Exhibit Judge: Cherie Edwards (QLD)
Tas ARABs "B" class & Allbreeds J'adore Nizette
Champion Mare & Supreme Purebred Exhibit Judge: Belinda Hoillie (South Australia)
Belated congratulations go to Denise Williams & Valley Springs Summer Haze on 1st place in the Heavy Weight Division of the 2008 Tasmanian Endurance Championships and their many other successful endurance accomplishments. Wishing them both all the best for the future they certainly make a great team.
Foals for 2009
Sunny has had a lovely tall chestnut colt, unfortunately Sunny just isn't prepared to pass on the dilute gene for a palomino foal, regardless Irene is impressed with her latest edition.
VS Lil
After persisting for three years despite the vets telling us to give up Clair Tubb's arab x welsh pony mare Ulinga aka Fanny gave birth to her bundle of joy a filly known as "Lil" short for Little One. Everyone is so delighted, Fanny will be 21yo next January and she is the doting proud mother.
Photos taken 16th November 2009
Sweet Rebecca
Margie & Mathrew Johnson of Westbury are extremely delighted with their chestnut anglo filly out of Sweet Rebecca and I must admit I am very impressed with the anglo foals sired by Tamaan to date.
Other News
Annie & VS Tamaanah having some fun.
Annie and Tamaanah are moving forward in leaps and bounds despite plenty of setbacks! hopefully in the next year we will see them out and about not only in halter but under saddle if they keep up the good work!
Show News
Valley Springs Heaven Sent had her first outing in 7 years on Sunday 4th October to the Burnie Show judged by Mieke Bigg (Queensland). Heaven is such a drama queen but once she was given the once over and presented for her classes she showed beautifully for Bronc.
Heaven won classic head, placed second in classic trot, won the mare class and was awarded Supreme Champion Purebred much to our delight.
New Arrival
VSA have a new edition to the family with the acquisition of a colourful non Arab mare known as Maggie, she has the sweetest disposition and was previously a tourist trail riding horse at Cradle Mountain, Maggie was bred to Tamaan late last season and is due to hopefully give us a coloured foal on about the 3rd February 2010.
The youngsters.............
During winter a couple of Tamaan's progeny started some under saddle education and are proving to be excellent riding horses for the whole family to enjoy
VS Tamaanah & Annie Jaehne aboard showing us just how laid back she is
Bronc & I have broken in, From Heaven with Love aka "Missy" and I am delighted to say she is a fantastic riding horse and I could not be more happy with her, she has an excellent walking stride, her trot is huge she sure does cover the country and her canter is like sitting in a rocking chair just so smooth she is the most pleasurable youngster I have ever ridden.
Shock horror yes it is Bronc riding Ezar
Missy does care whether she is leading the way or following
What a glorious view!
I recently received one of the best compliments from a vet that visited us and a non Arab lover at that, he had previously visited Doug Stevens at Evandale to geld "Simba" an Anglo foal by Tamaan and he told me that he was very impressed with him, he is so well put together, and has such great attitude and he is just so sensible. I replied all Tamaan's foals are like that and he said well if that is the case you have a very good stallion. Needless to say I was pretty chuffed by his comments.
Foals Due.....
Tamaan has four foals due 2009/10 we are really looking forward to them all arriving safely, the first is Fanny an extremely pretty Welsh/Arab cross pony she is almost 20yo and it has taken us three years to get her in foal despite the vets telling us to forget it she was past it, her eagerly awaited foal is due in September.
In October Sunny is due, just hoping she has a palomino for Irene's sake this time round. To Irene there is only one good colour and that is palomino, mind you she is very pleased with her previous liver chestnut filly, Flame also by Tamaan and despite being harassed by numerous people to sell Flame she is still with Irene, mind you if Sunny has a palomino foal that could change.
Sweet Rebecca (TB) is due in November followed last but not least Maggie due in February next year.
Tamaan has a busy breeding season for 2009 approaching which we are certain he will be extremely delighted about. Four people, who if not previously are now all good friends of ours who have previously bred their mares to Tamaan are obviously pleased with Tamaan as a sire as they are bringing mares back to him again this season which we think is absolutely fantastic.
This coming summer I am planning on getting out and about and visiting many of Tamaan's off spring to get some much needed updated photos of them all grown up.
After four years absence Tamaan has returned to the show ring and was awarded "Supreme Purebred Arabian Exhibit" at the Monds & Affleck Allbreeds Championships, judged by Alan Preston (NSW) who recently judged in Las Vegas & Brazil. Tamaan was a pleasure to show and won many admirers for his beauty and impeccable behaviour on the day.
On his second outing on the 28th November at the Tas ARABs "A" Class show Tamaan was awarded "Champion Purebred Stallion" judged by Meredith Scullin (Vic).
Photo Credit - Nadeen Davis 2/11/08
Elle Grice & her grandfather Doug Stevenson from Evandale are absolutely thrilled with their flashy chestnut colt out of the gracious thoroughbred mare Not Vindictive aka Tara.
"He is just perfect and could not have been any better if we had made him ourselves, says Doug".
Known as Simba he is Tamaan's first Anglo foal and we are all delighted with him.
Sunny a palomino mare belonging to Irene Glover from Waharija has a gorgeous liver chestnut filly.
The gorgeous bay purebred mare Asdiqa Amethyst aka Coco has delighted the Flademore family after giving birth to a very pretty chestnut filly.
Pic coming soon
Sales News
Baring Court Jai has recently been sold to Renee & Duncan How from Liena. We wish them all the very best in the future and hope that Jai full fills their dreams.
Baring Court Lateefa has left us and is now proudly owned by Lucinda Glover from Chudleigh we know Teefa has a very loving & caring home and we wish Lucy & Teefa lots of joy & pleasure together in the future.
*******VS Open day 2nd of December 2007 ******
On the 2nd December 2007 friends & visitors were made welcome to the first Open Day to be held since the foundation of Valley Springs Arabians fifteen years ago. It was a glorious sunny day and everyone sat back & relaxed and enjoyed the afternoon, firstly seeing the stud's resident stallion VS Tamaan both in hand and again returning under saddle ridden by Leonie Kirkhope. Earlier that week Leonie and Tamaan became reacquainted for the first time in 19 months in between Tamaan's busy mare serving schedule and put on a splendid display showing how tractable & well mannered this young stallion truly is. Next the beautiful mares of Valley Springs then made their appearance and were released at liberty showing their true presence & awesome movement, followed by some of Tamaan's progeny ranging from 3 months to 3 years old. Much to Sherry & Bronc's delight the presentation went off without a hitch and was thoroughly enjoyed by all those present.
Sincere thanks go to all the friends & family who without their help this day would not have been possible.
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Katrina McGilchrist from NSW reports that Eastwinds Esperanto aka Honey has had a gorgeous chestnut filly by Tamaan and both mother & baby are doing well.
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THE failure by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education to expel two pupils who threatened an elderly woman teacher and smashed the windscreen of her car was jeopardising the safety of staff and other pupils.
This was the submission made by chairman of the Vryheid Agricultural High School governing body, Heinz Hellberg, in an affidavit before the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday.
The school and the governing body have launched an application requesting the court to review the failure of the head of the department (HOD), and to either endorse the expulsion of the two pupils by the governing body, or take a decision in terms of the South African School's Act (Sasa) as the court may deem appropriate.
In his affidavit, Hellberg explained that both pupils, in Grade 11 and now aged 18 and 17, were last year charged by the school with smashing the windscreen of a teacher's vehicle and threatening and intimidating her.
The 17-year old faced a further charge of bringing the school into disrepute.
On September 19, the pupils allegedly smashed the windscreen of their English teacher's car with a brick and left the brick on her car with the word "leave" inscribed on it.
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Both pupils pleaded guilty and admitted to contravening the general rules of the school's code of conduct.
Hellberg said that the evidence presented at the tribunal was that Tasseron was "a small, elderly lady who, after the incident, is living in fear".
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"Other pupils and staff feel they have no protection. The department's failure to take steps sends a message that they do not regard the offences as serious enough," Hellberg said, adding that the only alternative the school has is to suspend the pupils for 14 days, impose detention and additional homework, pending a decision by the HOD.
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- Kim, Yung-Hee. Songs to Make the Dust Dance: The Ryojin Hisho of Twelfth-Century Japan. (UC Berkeley Press, 1994)
I stumbled across this e-book of the Ryojin hisho (Treasured Selections of Superb Songs), c. 1179
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Note: A number of 'Rock Band' themed threads located throughout the forum have been merged by the mods over the last few months to bring them all together. Due to the amount of them its not been possible to compile a detailed note of which posts originally belonged to which thread.
If anyone has played the videogames "Guitar Hero" or "Rock Band" (or any of their many spin-offs), this is coming out shortly, and looks promising if you're a fan of the genre.
Anyone else here interested in the game?
Definitely. I'd love to get a copy, though 090909 is going to be an expensive time with the remasters and everything (and I'm moving house in October, hopefully, which will make it an expensive time). I'd like the Rickenbacker controller too, though I gather some of the older Guitar Hero/Rock Band controllers will be compatible (there's a chart here: http://gaygamer.net/images/brbcompat.jpg)
My brother-in-law has one of the Guitar Hero games - good fun and everything, but nothing will come close to playing along with Paperback Writer or Get Back (or any of the others!).
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This will likely be a Day 1 purchase for me. My wife and I are big fans of these games, and we both enjoy the Beatles amongst lots of other stuff. A little disappointing that there are only 45ish songs but that seems to be about the norm for the band-specific games in the genre.
For me anyway, remastered discs I can get anytime, and since I already have the music but not a Beatles game the choice is easy. All of the current Rock Band and Guitar Hero controllers will work in the game as well on both 360 and PS3. (there used to be compat problems, but they're all over that now for newer games - not sure about Wii, though). If you have an XBox 360, even the wireless microphones from Lips will work.
I heard there are plans to offer Abbey Road (and maybe Pepper too) as a download - an addition to the core 45 songs. It would be great if they enabled the entire catalogue to play along with, but I guess not enough people would want to pay for it. It'd take a lot of effort too.
I've pretty much bankrupted myself by buying the two remasters boxes, so Rock Band will have to wait until Christmas. I've already started dropping hints to my wife though!
It was released here today (we're a day or half day ahead based on where others live). Apparently it's been selling out left and right. I had to ring three stores just now to find one that has stock left (1 left, and my wife is in the same shopping centre - update - just got the phone call and she has it!) Wow, almost like twitter but even more pointless. 😉
So anyway, assuming it sells quite well, there will be a lot of downloadable content for it. These games typically have about 80-ish licenced songs on them, but a few of these single-band ones have only 40ish.
The games are the razors. The downloadable content (DLC) are the blades. - If the game sells well, and so do the downloadable extras, they'll milk us for all they can get from us, so I think the entire catalogue, or bloody close to it is very feasable. I also think that (if licencing issues work out) we could see some decent chunks of the solo work down the line as well. Band On The Run (song only) is the only song I'm aware of in any of these games at this stage. (Guitar Hero World Tour).
Now I need to go and find my other microphone...
As far as downloading content goes, they'll release a couple of albums worth, but I don't think they'll get anywhere near the full catalogue. I'd imagine it's costly to produce the computerised versions, and they wouldn't bother with the likes of Chains, Misery or Little Child - there's not much call for them.
I can't see solo games for each of The Beatles, but they could do a Beatles: the Solo Years edition and group the best songs all together in one bundle. That would be good. Anyone care to venture a tracklisting?
John: Cold Turkey, Stand By Me, Gimme Some Truth, It's So Hard, Oh My Love
Paul: Band On The Run, Jet, Let Me Roll It, Maybe I'm Amazed, Live And Let Die
George: My Sweet Lord, Wah-Wah, What Is Life
Ringo: I'm The Greatest (love that song)
Apart from John's, I don't have masses of the solo albums. I have the Wingspan best-of, Band On The Run and Ram, All Things Must Pass, and earlier today I was listening to Ringo's best-of on Spotify.
One thing that comes to mind is that much of the solo stuff wasn't guitar-based - or, at least, the best-known songs weren't. Am I right in thinking keyboard-based songs typically don't get included in these games?
I disagree. With a bit of reflection, I can't see them bringing out the least-known bits of the catalogue, but I think we'll see all the major albums. They already have the digital character models, costumes, sets, backgrounds etc. The main thing they'll have to create are the track notes and match the singer's mouths to the songs.
Just for comparison, these are the songs brought out for Rock Band/2 in the last 3 years:
There's a LOT of money in DLC - Microsoft/Sony takes their cut, Harmonix will take theirs, Apple Corps get their licence fees for doing nothing but allowing it to happen. Albums go for a comparable price to real albums, and there's no retail chain to deal with. They dpn't have any worries about shelf space etc - the stuff just sits on a virtual shelf in perpetuity - check out the games catalogue on Steam or all the downloadable junk on XBL/PSN.
The Rock Band guys do DLC much better than the Guitar Hero guys - but they still came up with this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L..... (GH5 has only been out for a week)
I know you didn't mean solo games for each Beatle - I was just getting a bit carried away, a flight of fancy
I've got a Wii and an old PS2, though I haven't got Rock Band yet - money's a bit tight at the moment because I'm in the process of moving house. But hopefully I'll get it soon. In honesty I don't play console games too much these days - I have periods of obsession with Zelda, GTA etc, then forget about it for months at a time. When I get Rock Band I'm sure I'll be hooked once again!
Got the game last weekend and have been playing pretty none stop since then.
Very good and very addictive am useing a friends rock band controller at the moment but its just not the same so will have to get a beatles replica one asap.
Not got the addional song download yet (more expense) but its a good idea and looking forward to more coming out.
Hows every1 else getting on with it???????????
I think it's crazy fun. I got so excited today because I finally got a memory unit that will hold the downloads of the two new albums (Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper) and I can't wait to get them. I heard they're going to release an album a month, not sure how far they'll get though.
The replica instruments make it so much fun too. I have the replica Hofner, and I'm freaking spoiled on that thing. 🙂
14 February 2010
This idea struck me earlier while I was playing Beatles rockband...
I've got a Nintendo Wii - I'd like to friend some other Wii's so that we can all play rockband together, start a story together and so on. We can all arrange a time that we can log on and play. Good idea or no?
I can do everything but guitar - I'm no good at rockband guitar! Who's in?
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Hmm. It's a good idea. I've got a Wii, and it'd be great to all log in as one. A sort of 'Our World' for the 21st century. However, time differences might make it tricky - I'm in the UK, and most people here are, I suspect, from North America.
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Hmm. It's a good idea. I've got a Wii, and it'd be great to all log in as one. A sort of 'Our World' for the 21st century. However, time differences might make it tricky – I'm in the UK, and most people here are, I suspect, from North America.
I'm in Michigan – USA, I'm sure we could figure something out. Wanna swap console numbers? Side note – I'm currently unemployed, so I'm available anytime to play it!
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GoldTiger4 replied on Vietnam Permalink
very easy
FriendlyForestFly replied on India Permalink
This game is way too easy for me also for AlwaysRapPrincess!!!!!!!
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it always easy
AlwaysRapPrincess replied on Singapore Permalink
this game is way too easy for me.
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Hi AlwaysRapPrincess,
Why don't you try some more difficult games about money:
Have fun practising your English!
Best wishes,
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SweetEmerald6 replied on Korea (South) Permalink
this game is easy
PrincessFluteFire replied on China Permalink
I'm not good at it
PrincessRuby50 replied on Russia Permalink
It's great!!!!!!!!
PinkArtistYesterday replied on Korea (South) Permalink
it`s good and very fun game. i like it.
ClimbingGiganto... replied on Vietnam Permalink
This game is so easy,but I still having fun playing it.Great!


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An early Saturday morning sweep by the Sheriff's Department resulted in the arrests of 31 people wanted for outstanding warrants.
Deputies went to more than 75 residences in the city of San Diego and some North County communities beginning at 6 a.m. Thirty adults were arrested on misdemeanor warrants and one adult was arrested on a felony warrant.
Charges included driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license, domestic violence, vandalism, narcotics and petty theft.
The sweep was funded by the Sheriff's Warrant System Automation Trust Fund, which is made up of assessment fees collected from people who have violated a written promise to appear in court or otherwise failed to comply with a court order.


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The Defense 3 with Courierby SUNSfan | 30th November 2012 | 8 comments
As always, The Defense aims to bring you nothing but breath-taking, high-octane, top class Dota 2 action, with entertaining and insightful commentary. Unlike always, we are also looking to reward our faithful Defense fans with some inventory-pimping goodness. We proudly announce that every ticket pruchase comes with a special edition, complimentary companion, exclusively crafted by joinDOTA: Ramnaught of Underwool, the Fluffly Devourer of Weeds.
Courier's are the unsung heroes of the endless strife that is Dota. No matter how awesome you are, trotting all the way back to base to get your overcompensatingly large sword will humble you down some. It's those busy little critters that keep us in steel and our bottles topped up on charges, so that we can concentrate on the much more epic battle. And they don't ask for wards, or rewards, or complain when someone didn't pay attention and let them die.
Inspired by that concept, we started working on our very own courier, exclusively for The Defense, because that's just the right place for such heroics. For the many obvious reasons, we decided to roll with a sheep courier, and started brainstorming, doodling, sketching, sculpting, drawing, modelling, stuffing, crafting, texturing and generally creating, until the process gave birth to Ramnaught. Now we're looking to give him away to you, the community.
The ticket sale has already started, so if you want to watch the early matches of The Defense Season 3 next week, starting December 4th, grab your ticket right away for the price of 8,99€, and enjoy your grumpy yet reliable new courier.


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It is important to accept the shape and size of your body, and get over the fact that you are not a size 6 or 8, before you go shopping for a pair of jeans. When you do not accept yourself, they are negative thoughts, and they will make you have a negative image about yourself. Focus on the fact that you are a healthy woman. This will make it easier to find a pair of jeans that is so you!
It depends upon the manufacturer, of course, but larger size jeans usually come in sizes 14 to 28. Size 14 in a plus size garment generally corresponds to a 16 regular. Larger size dungarees are offered with "Misses" measurements and with "Junior" measurements. The former term means that the legs are looser, the hip section is wider, and the waistband sits higher than it does in the Juniors.
Jeans in a "junior" cut fit snugly in the leg and sit low on the waist. They are rather form-fitting, and full-figured shoppers should try on both jean cuts, taking into consideration their comfort and style, as well as the look. Model the different cuts in a full-length mirror, or, better yet, a three-way mirror, so that you can evaluate the fit from a number of perspectives. Make sure you are completely satisfied in every way before you buy. There is no best cut-it is a personal choice.
Full figured women who have a "pear" shape prefer boot cut jeans. A pear shaped body can be described as being biggest in the middle section (from the lower part of the stomach to the upper thighs).
Boot cut jeans are popular because they de-emphasize the longer part of the body, which is a slimming look. Boot cut jeans generally look better with shoes with a heel or even platform shoes instead of shoes with a flat heel.
Tapered jeans usually do not look good on a plus size woman and should be avoided, unless you really want to draw attention to the least liked parts of your body. Tapered style bottoms should really be reserved for the very thin girls.
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Some of the new clothes, though loose are best avoided. You want to hide the excess, not make your hips look even bigger than they are. That means a tulips skirt is out.. that is unless you have a really small waist.
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The right pair of denim jeans may be the single most important piece of clothing in your wardrobe and will without a doubt be the most versatile piece in your collection. Plus size denim lines are ever increasing and the trend focused options available in standard sizing are rapidly becoming available for the plus size community. From your favorite tee to a kimono top, your entire look can be changed without ever taking off your denim. However, what looks stylish and sexy on one woman, makes another one look frumpy or outdated. So, how do you know what's right for you? Below are some basic guidelines to follow when shopping for the perfect piece of denim.
The golden rule is: Know what thyself is workin with! If you got it flaunt it, accentuate the positives. Booty like J Lo? Mile long legs? These are the features you want to accentuate. Work with different washes and of the minute denim shapes like boot-cut and wide leg that enhance your favorite features.
What is your body style? Wide Hips, avoid the temptation of drowning yourself in relaxed fit jeans, they will only add inches where you're trying to lose them. Instead draw the eye down and balance the body with a pair of slight flare boot-cut jeans in a mid rise that's fitted throughout the hips. If you have short legs, make sure you pay attention to the length; this is one of the most important aspects when choosing a pair of jeans. Denim should be about a half of an inch above the ground when wearing heels or flats. Darker washes, with a front crease from the knee to the hem, also elongate your legs. A new option re-emerging is the higher waist trouser jean, which not only slims, but creates the illusion of mile long legs. Girls with a boyish figure or a body style considered to be rectangular will want to opt for a cut that will add the illusion of having curves, such as a mid-rise flare leg jean, where the denim is fitted through the hips and thigh, with the flare beginning above the knee.
The devil is in the details; you will want to consider different details of the jean itself. A fan of distressing and aged denim? Make sure not to go overboard. Extreme fading or jeans that appear to be destroyed may be popular with 15 year old pop tarts, but in reality can look tacky and dated. Dark denim in a crisp shape is always chic, as is a medium wash with well placed whiskering. Pay attention to pocket shape and angle. Hexagonal shapes that angle in towards the center tend to work best in creating a heart shaped booty for any body. Pockets placed slightly higher on the tush tend to make a flat booty look perkier and higher. Flap, or cargo pockets, also add some oomph to a small tush. Long pockets that pass the bottom of the tush are fantastic for shaping and lifting an ample booty. Avoid excess fading on the butt and the thighs, as they will make these areas look larger. Also pay attention to a lot of whiskering around the zipper area, which can also accentuate the hips. When considering rise, most women will be best served by a mid rise (a few inches below your belly button).
When choosing the right pair of plus size denim know your body type first and foremost, it is the basis of your search. Know which styles will work with your type and most importantly, what makes you feel fabulous.
If you are of a larger size than average, you have already realized that occasionally, the pickings for clothing that is flattering as well as comfortable is often quite scarce. Sometimes, it feels that the only options available are baggy, unattractive and overly expensive to boot! Luckily enough, times are changing and everyone from top-shelf designers to more everyday marketers are realizing that not only do larger women want fun and exciting clothing options, but that they are willing to pay for them too! At this point in time, we are experiencing a renaissance in clothing, and it is no longer difficult or frustrating to find clothing that suits you well.
While shops like Lane Bryant and Torrid have been around for quite sometime, they are still some of the leading voices when it comes plus-sized fashion. If you look closely at the designs available from places like this, you'll note some interesting things about them. The first thing that you'll see is the fact that these clothes are not simply the smaller sizes scaled up. This is actually very important, something that some other designers haven't caught on to yet. You'll find that when you buy clothes specifically tailored to your size, you'll discover that they are actually readjusted for the needs of your own body.
For instance, while some women carry their weight evenly distributed through their bodies, other women will carry their weight primarily in their hips. As can easily be seen just from a written description, two women with two different body types would certainly have different needs when it came to clothing. It is becoming easier to find designers who are interested in reflecting the wide variety in women that they service and providing clothes that fit well and flatter rather than make obvious attempts at concealment.
One thing that many people do not realize is that women as a whole are deciding that what is healthy for them is not necessarily what the magazines and the television tells them, and furthermore, this trend is one that is leading them into healthier lifestyles. With more interest nutrition and good exercise, plus sized women are finding that their shape may be perfect for them, and now there are other sources telling them this too!
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The Sweetest Thing: Meet Pour La Victoire's David Giordano and Asa Larsson
(NEW YORK) For Pour La Victoire co-founder and creative director David Giordano and his longtime love, Asa Larsson, it was just a matter of time before they'd take their relationship to the office. With Cameron Diaz on board as the brand's artistic director, it's a brand new day for PLV.
How did you two meet?
Asa: We met 12 years ago on the Lower East Side through a mutual friend, Troy Pierce, who's this famous trance DJ from Berlin.
David: It was more Alphabet City—10th and B.
A: He asked me out while I was standing in the bathroom line. He had some tacky pick-up line, but I gave him my number any way.
D: I called the next day. I broke every rule!
What were your first impressions?
A: I thought he was super cute.
D: I had on these oversized Bvlgari glasses. I looked like Aristotle Onassis.
A: I thought he was wearing them as a joke!
Where did you go on your first date?
A: The old Canteen in Soho and then to Tao for a party.
D: I followed her to the bathroom and kissed her outside.
A: Our anniversary is our first date, actually. We never got hitched, but we act like a married couple.
What's the date?
A: January 22!
D: It's actually January 21.
Why haven't you made it to the altar?
A: We've been engaged since 2008. We were planning on doing it, but got busy with our careers and we wanted to have a baby. We're now going to wait until our son is old enough to be the ring bearer.
Where are you from originally, Asa?
A: I grew up on a ranch in Sweden in the middle of nowhere. It felt a little too small for me and I was watching way too much American TV.
Like what?
A: I loved the movie Fame. Seeing all these people trying to make it in New York was very inspirational to me. I was mesmerized by the U.S.
Who was your favorite character?
A: Coco! She was so far from anyone I knew in Sweden. Everyone I knew was blonde. She had such elegance and she could sing and dance. She was very New York to me.
How did you get into PR?
A: I lived in Miami for a while. It was back in the days when everybody was shooting in South Beach and everyone said I needed to come to New York. I knew a lot of people here when I finally moved so I became a party promoter with a friend. We did parties for INXS and modeling agencies. Madonna came to one. It was fabulous. I worked at KCD for a stint and then I knew a hairdresser who knew people who worked at Marc Jacobs and they said I'd be perfect there. Back then it was a family business. I used to come in at 8 a.m. because I was an eager beaver. Marc used to come in early, too, and we'd sit around and talk. That just doesn't happen anymore. He's just too busy. I got to know Marc and Robert [Duffy] well, and it felt like whatever you did was so appreciated and made such an impact. We were on the eighth floor and Marc's office was right next to the PR office and the seamstresses and the sales team. You know how it feels when the family meets for breakfast on Sunday mornings? That's how every day felt.
Did you know that he was going to be as big as he is today?
A: Oh, yeah! He lives for his work. What I admire about him is that he didn't care about what people thought. He didn't care about reviews. He sticks with what he believes.
What's your background, David?
D: I had my own line before this. I have a business background and was an entrepreneur and started working with young and up-and-coming designers in New York. We had a showroom that became a factory. There was so much creativity—it was like St. Elmo's Fire! I got a knock on my door one day and it was Sam and Libby Edelman. They noticed that I was building brands and Sam wanted me to re-launch his shoe business. They are dear friends today, and Sam takes credit for all of my success and for a portion of it, maybe he should. He taught me the business from the point of view of someone who was madly successful. I became his apprentice. After three years with him, I was ready to start my own company.
And you did! What does Pour La Victoire mean?
D: For the victory in French. My mother is French and she always had a big influence on me. She wanted a girl. The opportunity and the market at the time was that there was no middle-priced footwear. I hadn't come from the footwear business but saw a major opportunity. Sometimes you can't see when you're in it. The name means many things to me, such as living a life that's creative and having a say in how I run my business. It was always important for me to be creative.
How has the business grown since you created it?
D: Since 2007, the business has basically doubled almost every year. Handbags were introduced in 2010 and have done extremely well. The brand was purchased by a private equity firm in 2012, and we're poised to make a strong play on the global market in the next 24 months.
How did Cameron Diaz come on board as your artistic director?
D: She came up to see the product and we became friends. She wanted a creative outlet and we got along really well and had similar ideas. We started the conversation maybe 14 months ago as a sort of 'what if?'
A: 'What if' turned into her signing on this past summer. When I came on board, I didn't realize the extent of how involved she was. We live and breathe work at home, but we try to draw a line. I was so surprised by how involved she wanted to be and how she wanted her hands in everything. It was such a breath of fresh air. We knew she didn't want to just be the face.
What kind of input has she had?
D: In 2014, we both feel that brands need to be focused and have a DNA. That's the mission, so we tore the brand down. She equated it to building a character or reading a script that had depth. I felt fortunate that we got to make necessary changes and have her as a partner to facilitate it. With her, we got to press the reset button and build the brand of our dreams again.
A: Having Cameron as a co-worker is not a bad thing.
D: Her name recognition aside, we're lucky we have someone who is sophisticated with a point of view and an idea of luxury. I have an edgy sensibility, Asa has a practical sensibility, and Cameron has this feminine elegant sensibility. These are the pillars that we're building the brand on.
Asa, why did you decide to come on board?
A: I'd been at Marc Jacobs for 10 years and learned a lot, but I was ready for something new. I did the PR for PLV when it first started at night and on the weekends. I had other offers, but we want to put our eggs in one basket. With Cameron on board, I thought it was very exciting. I've started my own company ASA PR and David's my first client.
D: She was the missing piece of the puzzle. Everybody was waiting for it.
What's your vision for the company's future?
A: With David and Cameron's brains together, they can come up with really innovative ideas. We want to come up with something…
D: …disruptive. We want to build something that lasts longer than our lives. We want to build a strong DNA that can go across any product category. Like, a Pour La Victoire hotel!
What's the secret to your success as a couple?
A: We're so different, but we inspire each other. We have one common goal and that's to retire early.
D: That's not true! People that retire early, die early. There's a mutual respect for our individuality. It sounds cheesy, but it's true. I've never met anybody who is more charming or at ease than her.


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Occupy Senserealm, Pg 7A
on May 22, 2012 at 12:00 am
Chapter: Vol. 5: The Way of the Ghost
SpiderForest Comic of the Week:
Footloose by Alice Nuttall and Emily Brady.
I'd recommend starting from the beginning, when Keti Jones, a half-human (plus quarter-nymph and quarter-werewolf) joins a dojo at the insistence of her faerie godmother. What follows is simply… well, uh… you just have to experience it yourself. I confess I'm a bit jealous of the creators of this comic and their ability to defy sanity… um, I mean storytelling convention(s)…


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2. Who played Ike Godsey, the storekeeper?
3. How many children did John and Olivia Walton have?
4. In what state did the show take place?
5. Who narrated every episode, which was based on his family's life during the Depression?
6. Who was the youngest Walton child?
7. Olivia left the show for this health concern.
8. Who played the Baldwin sisters?
9. Who played Yancy Tucker?
10. What university did John-Boy attend?
11. Lynn Hamilton portrayed Olivia's close friend. Name the character.
12. What was Jim-Bob's occupation?
13. Jason owned this tavern.
14. Mary Ellen married this doctor.
15. Which son followed in Daddy's footsteps and took over the mill?
Answers: 1. Zebulon. 2. Joe Conley. 3. Seven. 4. Virginia. 5. Earl Hamner Jr. 6. Elizabeth. 7. Tuberculosis. 8. Mary Jackson (Emily) and Helen Kleeb (Mamie). 9. Robert Donner. 10. Boatwright University. 11. Verdie Grant Foster. 12. Mechanic. 13. Dew Drop Inn. 14. Curtis Willard. 15. Ben.


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Eventually, she understood the house was keeping a secret from her.
All that winter and all through the spring Almondine had known something was going to happen, but no matter where she looked she couldn't find it. Sometimes, when she entered a room, there was the feeling that the thing that was going to happen had just been there, and she would stop and pant and peer around while the feeling seeped away as mysteriously as it had arrived. Weeks might pass without a sign, and then a night would come, when, lying nose to tail beneath the window in the kitchen corner, listening to the murmur of conversation and the slosh and clink of dishes being washed, she felt it in the house again and she whisked her tail in long, pensive strokes across the baseboards and silently collected her feet beneath her and waited. When half an hour passed and nothing appeared, she groaned and sighed and rolled onto her back and waited to see if it was somewhere in her sleep.
She began investigating unlikely crevices: behind the refrigerator, where age-old layers of dust whirled into frantic life under her breath; within the tangle of chair legs and living feet beneath the kitchen table; inside the boots and shoes sagging in a line beside the back porch door—none with any success, though freshly baited mousetraps began to appear behind the appliances, beyond the reach of her delicate, inquisitive nose.
Once, when Edgar's parents left their closet door open, she'd spent an entire morning crouched on the bedroom floor, certain she'd finally cornered the thing among that jumble of shoes and drapes of cloth. She lost patience after a while and walked to the threshold, scenting the musty darkness, and she would have begun her search in earnest, but Trudy called from the yard and she was forced to leave it be. By the time she remembered the closet later that day the thing was gone and there was no telling where it might have gotten to.
Sometimes, after she'd searched and failed to find the thing that was going to happen, she stood beside Edgar's mother or father and waited for them to call it out. But they'd forgotten about it—or more likely, had never known in the first place. There were things like that, she'd learned, obvious things they didn't know. The way they ran their hands down her sides and scratched along her backbone consoled her, but the fact was, she wanted a job to do. By then she'd been in the house for almost a year, away from her littermates, away from the sounds and smells of the kennel, with only the daily training work to occupy her. Now even that had become routine, and she was not the kind of dog who could be idle for long without growing unhappy. If they didn't know about this thing, it was all that much more important she find it and show them.
In April she began to wake in the night and wander the house, pausing beside the vacant couch and the blowing furnace registers to ask what they knew, but they never answered. Or knew but couldn't say. Always, at the end of those moonlight prowls, she found herself standing in the room with the crib (where, at odd moments, she might discover Trudy rearranging the chest of drawers or brushing her hand through the mobile suspended over it.) From the doorway her gaze was drawn to the rocking chair, bathed in the pale night light that filtered through the curtained window. She recalled a time when she'd slept beside that chair while Trudy rocked in the dark. She approached and dropped her nose below the seat and lifted it an inch, encouraging it to remember and tell her what more it knew, but it only tilted back and forth in silence.
It was clear that the bed positively knew the secret, but it wasn't saying no matter how many times she asked; Edgar's parents awoke one night to find her dragging away the blanket in a moment of spite. In the mornings she poked her nose at the truck—the traveler, as she thought of it—sitting petrified in the driveway, but it too kept all secrets close, and made no reply.
And so, near the end of that time, she could only commiserate with Trudy, who now obviously longed to find the thing as much as Almondine, and who had, for some reason, begun to spend her time lying in bed instead of going to the kennel. The idea, it seemed, was to stop hunting for the thing entirely and let the house yield up its secret on its own.
There came a morning when they woke while it was dark outside and Gar began to rush around the house, stopping only long enough to make two quick phone calls. He threw some things into a suitcase and carried it out to the truck and then carried it back in again, threw some more things inside, and all the while he did this, Almondine watched Trudy dress slowly and deliberately. When she finished she sat on the edge of the bed and said, "Relax, Gar, there's plenty of time." They walked down the steps together, and Almondine escorted the two of them to the truck. When Trudy was seated in the cab, Almondine circled back and waited for the tailgate to open, but instead Gar led her to the kennel and opened the door to an empty run.
She stood in the aisle and looked at him, incredulous.
"Go on," he said.
She considered the temptation of the open barn door. Morning light poured in from behind Gar, casting his shadow along the dry, dusty cement floor and over her. But in the end she let him take her collar and lead her into the pen, which was the best she could do. Then there was the sound of the truck starting and tires on gravel. Some of the dogs barked out of habit at the noise, but Almondine was too stunned to do anything but stand in the straw and wait for the truck to return and Gar to rush back inside to get her. When she finally lay down, it was so near the door that tufts of her fur pressed through the squares of wire...


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Papa vs Pretty
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Soaring, beat-afflicted Post-Gaze New Wave, inducing moments of hair-raising and hip-thrusting? Yes please.Read More...
Some have described PAPA vs PRETTY as certain to "rock your face". Others have urged you "catch them before they explode into a fireball of fame that is too bright for your puny mortal eyes to look at".
Drum Media put it a little more simply when they said "…may god, strike me down if it isn't the greatest thing I've heard all year…the arrival of what should soon be a formidable talent."
Already making their festival debut this year at 2008's Parklife Sydney, PAPA vs PRETTY have been added to the end-of-year Peat's Ridge lineup, sharing the billing with well-known acts like Salmonella Dub, Sparkadia, The Temper Trap, and Pivot.
Having won the hearts and minds alike of Sydney's indie crowd, the band have enjoyed repeated airplay on sydneys FBi radio and some occasional play on the J's, as well as numerous comparisons from the blogosphere and street press worlds to Arcade Fire, Joy Division, and Radiohead.
PAPA vs PRETTY have played with the likes of Dappled Cities Fly, British India, Goldfrapp, Soulwax, Dizzie Rascal, Bluejuice, The Devoted Few, 78SAAB, Malcolm Middleton, Grafton Primary & The Temper Trap, and graced many of Sydney's most sought-after stages, including the Oxford Art Factory, World Bar, and The Factory and Festivals such as Parklife.
As blog Kent Garage put it – "Mais quelle fraicheur dans le son ! Ils livrent une indie puissante, terriblement originale et si rÈflÈchie…C'est la dÈcouverte de ce dÈbut d'automne."
Or, for the non-French speakers amongst us, "But what freshness in the sound! They deliver powerful indie, terribly original and thoughtful!...
It is the discovery of this Autumn."
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MIDDLEBURY — More than two dozen Addison County nonprofits will be available to explain their programs and forge new collaborations as part of a Human Services Open House to be held in three separate Middlebury venues on Thursday, May 21.
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I may have a somewhat unhealthy relationship with computers. I don't know if it has anything to do with the fact that for seven years I worked for a magazine called PC Week, and before that I covered the information technology industry for the Boston Business Journal. In that work I uncovered information on these electronic beasties and exposed their vulnerabilities; perhaps now computers seek to turn the tables and expose mine.
I agree with your view that as the 2015 Legislature winds down that lawmakers and the governor must "hone in on just what is essential to Vermonters' lives and what are the most pressing state priorities" (Angelo Lynn editorial, May 4).
From my perspective job growth and job creation is the most pressing priority for the state, and its future.
There have been substantial differences between poll projections and election results in many nations in recent months.
Before last week's British election, the consensus of all reputable pollsters was that the governing Conservative Party and the opposition Labour Party would each receive around 33 percent of the vote and between 260 and 290 seats in the House of Commons. The Conservatives ended up with 37 percent of the vote and 331 seats, compared with Labour's 30 percent of the vote and 232 seats.
On behalf of the Middlebury Union High School Music Department, I would like to thank our incredible community for their support in our hosting of the 88th annual Vermont All State Music Festival.
On April 7 a brush fire broke out near the woods at the Owls Head Harbor seasonal community off Lake Road in Addison. An alert passerby on Lake Road stopped to investigate and then called the fire department.
The Addison Volunteer Fire Department responded quickly and controlled the fire. Their quick and effective action prevented any property damage and limited the amount of surrounding woods that were damaged.
Dear Addison Northeast Supervisory Union and Mount Abraham Union High School boards:
I have not yet heard a response from any of you regarding my letter to you regarding video surveillance at Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School. On April 22 I sent a complaint against the installation of video surveillance cameras in the Mt. Abe Information Technology Help Desk Office without first seeking prior approval from the respective school boards, and without first providing any notification to the school principal, faculty, staff and students.
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