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My theme was blue martini, I had blue glow martini. I love the fact i was able to give these stirs with a mini martini and blue as give aways to my guest. Could have found a better item. Windy City has it all
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I ordered the stirrers with the belief that the entire stirrer glowed, but only the top glows. I have a stirrer from another company that the bubble look stem glows. Much prettier....
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Easy check-in and good introduction by the staff. Most of the 40 beds has a private atmosphere and it does not feel like sleeping in a sports hall. Dorm itself was sufficiently clean, the smell was sometimes to private, but this is not the fault of the hostel. The kitchen is very well equipped with everything you need for normal cooking. The capacity of the cooking area seem sufficient. The wash rooms are simple but sufficient. All in all the stay was nice and I can recommend the hostel.
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I am starting week 11 and although I have made great progress (My opinion) Lost 25 lbs and 7 inch on my waist. I think I am going to need more time to get to the point that you see any thing like those pictures of past champions. right now I am happy just to be able to see my feet never mind my abs. My starting weight was a sum far greater then it should have been and will take some time still. I think It would take an act of God to chisel that much poundage off in 12 weeks to get to my abs. I have followed the program almost to a "T" and I am loving the results so far. I feel great, look a lot better (Again, my opinion) I have much more energy and the next two weeks are going to be awesome. All I can say to those of you who are going through this BLF transformation is, set realistic goals for yourself and don't give up no matter what. It will be worth all the hard work at the end. C-2 only two weeks away.
Holy smokes Batman - 7 inches off your waist! Can you tell I have a 4 year old son?! Congrats on your accomplishment. I am on just week 3 and I am with you on the energy level. I don't see any drastic changes, but I read a lot in the forums - it keeps me motivated.
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Thanks for the positive comments. I am going to keep pushing onward. Even if it takes a challenge or two I am determined to get my old body back into young shape :)
I am glad to hear your not putting all your hopes, dreams, and goal into 1 challenge. Multiple challenge really help set the FOR LIFE part of the program. 1-2 pounds a week is great, especially when you have lost so much off of your waist. I made the mistake of putting too much pressure of my first BFL challenge and I ended up hitting a wall and having a setback for 4 months. You are a step ahead of alot of people mentally. Thanks for sharing the advice about realistic goals. The champions do not represent 95% of people doing this program. That's why they are champions.
""Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out..." - Robert J. Collier"
Congrats SOaring Eagle on your determination and resolve to reach those Challenge goals that you have set and Welcome to the Warrior forum as well. I would like to add you as a BFL Friend it that is possible , just let me know some time. I will be starting my next Challenge (C3) on 9th April (to 2 Jul) and it would be great to have your advice along the way as well.
Eagle, that is awsome progress! I agree that the additional challenges help the for life part, as that is what I am living right now. Weeks 13/14 were hard to stay focused as the little devil my shoulder was hounding me to give in, but as I continue on, it seems easier to stay focused. I use my pictures for motivation and it seems easier to say no to many things, like carbs, alcohol, sweets, etc. Free days don't count though lol.
Week to week I was seeing progress, but as you, it was fairly apparent that doing simple math would tell me that I was not going to be Adonis in 12 weeks... I thought that I would for the first 4-6 weeks. Reality is if you start anywhere over 30% body fat, you will most likely need more that one challenge, something I too realized. Reading up on Hussman Fitness site was an eye opener for me with the cardio tweaks. The lifting and nutrition I have stuck to BFL and I don't see any reason to change as I continue to see progress and make sure to keep my intensities.
I wish you continued success and look to read up on your progress for motivation as well!
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Uncle Carlos takes us to so many places and we meet so many great people. To advertise our blog, he thought it would be a good idea to make picture pins for giveaways. We agreed, so we posed patiently while Carlos took a photo and then he did his magic. We really love these pins and so do our fans.
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Ok, where do we doggie followers get a pin? We gotta have one of those babies so cute.
Good idea pins to promote The Daily Wag & pass out to all the advertisers, sponsors and what not.
Be good this weekend gals.
Be safe and take care of Mama Martha ok~
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I agree with Mrs. Bosley Chow Chow - how can we get a pin?
Also, tell your mama to design a bathing suit for us Frenchie's. I was swimming yesterday with mom - so much fun. I can swim to the step and climb out myself - I'm very brave and I can swim well. My Lab brother and sisters won't go in the pool - try and figure that one out.
Does your mom has a squirt bottle to mist your faces when the weather gets warm? Mom keeps mine in the refrigerator on the deck so it stays nice and cool. What a nice day with my mom yesterday.
So do you have big plans for the Holiday weekend?
Wow they are great. My grandson loves the blog and wants a pin. Please post where we can purchase them
yep, chiming in here...WE are faithful fans! daily checking on you pups, giving positive reinforcements...loving everything we see and read...hmmm how about sharing a pin??? but if not, I'm happy just seeing it here...cute as a button, I mean pin!
Yes please let us know how to get a pin!!!!
You girls are so photogenic but then aren't all Frenchies?
Smoochies to both.
Hello ladies, Kirby here.
What a neat way to show your blog to others. One time when in Pigeon Forge, TN, I was walking with mama. We met a woman who thought I was really pretty. She asked my name and mama told her, "Kirby Bear." The woman paused a moment and said, "Where have I heard that name before?" Mama said that she may have seen it on the Daily Wag Blog with Martha's dogs. The woman excitedly said, "So that's Kirby Bear, I've never met a celebrity before." They talked for a short wile and as mama and I walked away, mama said, "Don't let your head get too big Buster." So much for my moment of fame. Have a good weekend.
Catch you later, Kirby.
Oh yes!!! A pin would be awesome!! You girls have so much fun and I love hearing all about your antics. Sharkey, I certainly hope you have learned your lesson about skunks!
Have a great weekend. Mommy dropped me at the spa for the weekend.
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I want one.
It's clear how much you too love Uncle Carlos. It's very sweet. Also, I want one of your pins. I know my pug Tilly May will understand.
Snorts and wet puppy kisses to you both!
Hi F & S,
Yes, you do look sweet in your button pin and those lucky enough to get one should be very happy. I kind of like the last picture myself though, the one where you are trying to get down so you can chase the squirrel. You look like you are grunting and groaning or maybe you're smiling - either way, you look so cute with your little teeth showing! Way to lay a big wet one on Carlos, Sharkey!
Hi Girl Friends, Uncle Carlos sure is good to you two and I'll bet you are really good to him, also. That pin he had made for you two is absolutely the best one I have ever seen!! You did a fabulous job of posing and he did a great job of photographing you two!! I'm sure my mom would love to have one and so would I. Love, Dudley Do Right xoxo
Good Morning Francesca and Sharkey,
The pins are really a wonderful idea...except, (the nuns will be proud of Mom)....all those spelling words memorized.
Sharkey, there is no "e" at the end of your name!
BT Alice is lame, Mom has a health issue so we are home for the weekend, no NJ. That is OK, I love being home with the girls and not having to be all cute and lovely in the show ring. I just like being ME!
Mrrrow. Girls, you sure did take a good picture for your new pwomotional pin! They spelled your name wong, tho', Sharkeybarkey...you'll have to get that fixed! We weaders weally can tell that Uncle Carlos wikes you two. I'll be on the wookout, here where I wive, for a nifty-n-neato pin wike yours! Prrr. =^..^=
Hi Pin-up girls!
Needles and pins, needles and pins, with F&S Stewart the *fun* never ends!!!
You've got my vote...now where and how do I get the pin and what about bumper stickers? Are you planning on running for pup-lick office? Hee! Hee!
PS. Way to go, Carlos!
Where do Ollie and I get one of those pins, They are terrific. You two are so gorgeous.
Love the pin! You both look great in the pic.
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Guys I made some alterations in pes2011 PS3 and released the all american clubs to play in friendlies and masterliga and inserted kits for the teams with uniforms and fake symbols too. Now this patch has the adidas jabulany and new icons in the menu
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This version of the patch to fix some fonts and I did some transfers of players like ibra ,robinho in milan , ozil ,khedira in real and others
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Grand Rapids Latin American Film Festival presents "Canta Maria"
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Some of the most acclaimed Latin American films will have free screenings in West Michigan during the 4th annual Grand Rapids Latin American Film Festival, April 4-7, at Celebration! Cinema North & IMAX and Wealthy Theatre. Featured guests will include Venezuelan filmmaker Juan Andrés Bello and Argentine director Gustavo Taretto on Saturday April 6. See individual listings for each date.
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After her parents were killed by a troupe of soldiers in search of Lampião, an outlaw living in Northeastern Brazil, Maria marries Filipe, a horse whisperer. But his nephew Coriolano soon develops an attraction for Maria, while a jealous Filipe decides to break his marriage and sends Maria away. The 95-minute film is in Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Have any of you heard anything positive or negative about this phone? Contract is coming up and I'm looking for something new.
Seems to be a mystery. I guess I will buy one and let you guys know how I like it.
I was reading over at HoFo yesterday that some employees/dealer got there hands some some demo voyagers and its a bit slow a overhyped. They weren't too impressed with the Voyager, we will wait and see when it hits the markets this week
I saw that thread, but it hadn't been updated in about a month, and I was checking to see if anybody actually had any new information on it.
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Ubuntu Makes Lubuntu Official Derivative
Lubuntu now officially supported Ubuntu derivative.
It's official: Lubuntu is an official Ubuntu derivative. In a UDS session in Budapest, Colin Watson and Mark Shuttleworth clarified the details with project member Julien Lavergne. There are still no ISO and packages on the official Ubuntu site, but Lavergne will announce on the Ubuntu project development mailing list when the application is in the official repositories and there is an installable image. Lubuntu 11.10 will be the first officially supported version of the derivate.
Lavergne is pleased with the decision. He and his colleagues hope to gain greater visibility for Lubuntu with the help of Canonical.
Lubuntu is mainly geared toward low-memory computers, such as the Pentium II, which packs a mere 128MB of RAM. The LXDE desktop lacks some features, but it does not require much in terms of resources. Lubuntu uses PCManFM as a file manager, the Chromium browser, and the Sylpheed email client.
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I understand your analogy with Windows and Mac and can see how confusing it can be at first. Many people still look at computers with amazement and wonder. I prefer to know I can switch between these "distros and derivatives" as I want to. I like the great variety and can see how others put together their flavor while adding my own changes and sharing them with others. The different ways Linux can be put together isn't daunting.
Whenever I explain, "Why so many different kinds of Linux? Aren't they all the same?" I use the food analogy. "Why do you like this dish? This kind of analogy usually helps as it seems everybody has some dish they prefer over some other. Spices can make or brake the meal but, why would someone want to eat the same thing all the time and never change it?
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lUbuntu'Bout time. Been hearing of this for at least a year (forever in linux time). Great job guys!
LubuntuMy comment is Why? Why bother with 12 year technology and why build all of these derivatives. If Linux is so strong with being able to run mutliple versions on a single machine, just have downgraded versions of the same distro based on the hardware it is being installed on - it already does that somewhat by downgrading Unity to Gnome if you don't have a proper video controller. If you want to make Linux mainstream - you have to STREAMLINE and having all these distros and derivatives just makes it too confusing for the average user to latch onto. Stop being geeky, and collaborate on one common powerful distro that is customizable for the user based on their preferences and hardware. For example just keep the name Ubuntu and give the user installed feature options based on the identified hardware at the time of installation and be done with it.
Do you think windows XP or Windows 7 would be the top OS if there was Windows Lite, Kinda-sort-like-Windows, UberWindows, JustAnother Window, My First Window, BrokenWindows, Non-MS Windows, Microsoft, and a dozen other names for Windows. Consumers, would be utterly confused which one to use.
Same could apply to Apple's OS. if there were multiple flavors of MacOS or MacOS lite, or alternative MacOS, I'm-really-not-riding-the-unix-train-MacOS, Just-Another-pretty-face-ontopof-Unix-MacOS, We-couldn't-build-our-own-OS-so-we-hopped-the-unix-train-MacOS, etc, etc, etc. Apple wouldn't be as popular as it is now because users would be confused.
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Liberty United: A Practical Guide to Connecting to Liberty University
by Djo Ntumba
The nature of online schooling is such that it can be difficult to achieve a sense of belonging. Any academic institution that boasts upwards of 90,000 students will have a wide spectrum of places that could be called home. The odds are that an overwhelming majority of you do not consider the city limits of Lynchburg, Virginia or its surrounding environs to be your home. Nevertheless, this does not mean that there are not practical ways to connect to the university. Though the aforementioned spectrum of distance cannot be overlooked, here are a few ways that you may connect your fellow Liberty Flames.
1) Apparel
One of the most practical ways to identify with a university is to "hoist the colors", to borrow a nautical idiom. It is very easy to spot the fans of an opposing team in the many cathedrals of sport that dot the landscape of this country. While being the overwhelming minority in a crowd is a factor, fans are often recognized by the clothing they use to support their team. By purchasing Liberty University gear you will be wearing and supporting the Flames just like any other student in any other corner of the globe. If you would like to purchase Liberty University apparel you may do so through the Official Campus Bookstore. Fan the Flames!
2) Guided Tours and Friendly Fridays
Liberty University offers several environments that allow current and potential students to come visit the campus outside the confines of academic reasons such as intensives. Some of the more popular options are Guided Tours as well as an event known as Friendly Friday. Our guided tours allow you as the student to explore the campus of Liberty University.
These tours are led by students many of whom are either currently taking online classes or have taken them in the past. This is a great opportunity to learn some of the characteristics that make Liberty University an academic institution like no other. It is also a chance bear witness to the various ongoing changes to the brick and mortar of the campus. One of these changes includes the brand new Hancock Welcome Center which serves as home base for all visiting inquiries.
Friendly Fridays are a condensed version of College for a Weekend. By setting an appointment ahead of time you have the ability to be taken on a guided tour of Liberty University. The tour is a great blend of reflecting on where Liberty University has come from and where it is going. While Friendly Fridays are available in Fall and Spring, they are a great idea for the Summer if you are on the road for vacation and are in the vicinity of Lynchburg.
3) Winterfest
If you happen to like music and are looking for a good excuse to visit Liberty University, you may want to consider attending Winterfest. Winterfest is a two-day concert that features a diverse array of Christian musical artists. This year Winterfest will include Grammy-nominated rock band Red as well as Liberty University alumnus and Grammy-nominated musical artist, Toby Mac. The various musical acts often include pyrotechnics that make the 12,000-seat Vines Center a cauldron of excitement.
The events mentioned are just a few of the ways that you can foster a spirit of belonging with Liberty University. Distance and logistics can make the way difficult, but if you are able to come to the campus prior to Commencement, I would highly encourage it. If this is not possible, do not be disheartened. Liberty University is merely a collection of buildings without its student body whether they call Nepal or Nashville home. You are the reason this University continues. You are Liberty University.
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Big Band Caravan
Darmstadter Big Band / Alon Yavnai–NDR Big Band / Red Bank Jazz Orchestra
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Of all the recorded tributes to the legendary Stan Kenton released during the centennial of his birth (2011), the Darmstadter Big Band's Kentomania (it's spelled that way on the jacket cover and disc) is unequaled for one reason alone: it has former Kenton standout Herb Geller as a soloist, the others do not. Geller, now in his eighty-third year, is as sly as a fox and spry as a gazelle on Bill Holman's emphatic arrangements of "Indiana" and "I Remember You" and Bill Mathieu's beguiling take on John Lewis' "Django." While that alone should be worth the price of admission, there are other reasons to consider Kentomania, not the least of which is that conductor Peter Linhart has assembled a world-class ensemble that readily absorbs the Kenton library and brings it vividly to life.
The album opens on a high note with Kenton's timeless theme, "Artistry in Rhythm," which segues immediately into Gerry Mulligan's even-tempered dance-floor arrangement of the Rodgers and Hart standard "Where or When." "Indiana" is followed by Hank Levy's seductive "Decoupage," Holman's fast-paced "Works" and his fiery arrangement of Enresto Lecuona's "Malaguena," "Django" by Bob Curnow's rock-inflected arrangement of "Live and Let Die" and Johnny Richards' temperate reading of Victor Young / Ned Washington's "Stella by Starlight." After Geller shines on "I Remember You," the band wraps things up neatly with Mark Taylor's prancing "Granada Smoothie" and a brace of splendid charts by Dave Barduhn: Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" and the Hanna / Barbera cartoon classic, "Meet the Flintstones." Tenor saxophonist Linhart is the featured soloist on "Stella by Starlight" and "Flintstones," alto Dieter Bock on "Decoupage" and "Malaguena," guitarist Axel Muller-Schroth on "Live and Let Die," trumpeter Ralf Noske on "Granada Smoothie," pianist Steffen Stutz on "Send in the Clowns." None of them disappoints, nor does the ensemble as a whole.
If nothing else, Kentomania explicitly affirms that European jazz ensembles are advancing ever closer to their American counterparts when it comes to assimilating and unraveling music that once was looked upon as inherent in our nature and thus beyond the reach of others. It helps, of course, to have Herb Geller in the lineup, but even without his presence this would remain an exemplary synopsis of the transcendent music of Stan Kenton.
Alon Yavnai / NDR Big Band
Shir Ahava
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Alon Yavnai, an Israeli who began playing the piano at age four, says little about himself in the sleeve notes to Shir Ahava, his splendid large-scale recording debut with Germany's outstanding NDR Big Band. A quick glance online, however, reveals that he studied at Boston's Berklee School of Music, earned first-place honors in the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, has played and recorded with the great Cuban multi-instrumentalist Paquito D'Rivera (with whom he won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album), and has performed with such well-known musicians as Freddie Hubbard, Regina Carter, Joe Lovano, Nancy Wilson, Louis Hayes, Ravi Coltrane, Claudio Roditi, Rufus Reid and George Garzone, among others.
Yavnai first became acquainted with the NDR Big Band while touring as a member of D'Rivera's rhythm section, wrote a couple of charts for the band, then approached producer Axel Durr to suggest that they collaborate on a full-blown big-band enterprise. Durr was receptive, so Yavnai returned to New York and started writing. The result is Shir Ahava ("Love Poem"), which enwraps seven of Yavnai's lively and colorful compositions / arrangements. Besides writing everything, Yavnai is listed as pianist but the keyboard he's playing on "Travel Notes" sounds early on more like a Persian santour than a conventional piano. Soprano Lutz Buchner and trumpeter Ingolf Burkhardt also solo on "Travel Notes," one of three numbers that run for more than ten minutes (the others are "Au Castagney" and "Ilha b'nit"). The NDR receives a vigorous workout on every track and welcomes the challenge of helping Yavnai's music come alive.
It's clear from the outset that rhythm is at the heart of everything Yavnai writes, and there's more than a dash of Middle Eastern flavor seasoning "Bitter Roots," "Zriha" and "Ilha b'nit," each of which is a rhythmic and harmonic pleasure. When Yavnai changes pace, as he does on "Au Castagney" and "Sof" (each tastefully introduced by his unaccompanied piano), the outcome is no less rewarding. Yavnai's graceful piano also launches "Shir Ahava," a contemporary rhapsody whose Middle Eastern provenance is less conspicuous. The handsome solos are by Yavnai, Burkhardt, Buchner (tenor) and flutist Fiete Felsch. Trombonist Dan Gottshall is showcased on "Zriha," while Felsch, trumpeter Reiner Winterschladen and guitarist Sandra Hempel have their say on "Au Castagney," Felsch and baritone Frank Delle on "Bitter Roots," Yavnai, Felsch and Buchner (clarinet) on "Ilha b'nit" (whose closing shout chorus resonantly prefaces the tranquil "Sof").
Alon Yavnai is an exemplary pianist, composer and arranger, the NDR Big Band a world-class ensemble, and together they have produced an uncommonly invigorating and impressive album, one that should please any partisan of superlative big-band jazz.
Red Bank Jazz Orchestra
Strike Up the Band!
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Red Bank, NJ, is best known as the birthplace of "the Kid from Red Bank," a.k.a. the legendary William "Count" Basie, one of the most influential bandleaders of the Swing Era and beyond. The city is now home to the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra, which upholds the Basie tradition in grand style on its debut recording, Strike Up the Band! It helps, of course, to have an artistic director as renowned as Joe Muccioli, who was able in 2006 to assemble an A-list of first-call musicians from the greater New York City area to form the RBJO. Besides being top-tier sidemen, these gentlemen know their Basie, and it shows. They even form a charming vocal "chorus" on the timeworn "Baby Won't You Please Come Home," nimbly adding counterpoint to James Chirillo's rhythmic banjo.
Naturally, Basie / Neal Hefti's "The Kid from Red Bank" is on the enticing menu, along with the Count's iconic theme, "One O'Clock Jump," and songs from the libraries of the Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Tommy Dorsey and Thad Jones / Mel Lewis orchestras. Ellington is represented by "Such Sweet Thunder" and "The Mooche," Quincy Jones by "Moanin,'" Dorsey by "I'll Never Smile Again" (featuring Wayne Goodman's muted trombone), Jones / Lewis by Thad's brassy anthem, "Us." The RBJO employs a trio of guest vocalists including Joe Piscopo, best known as a comedian, who sits in for the incomparable Frank Sinatra on one of Old Blue Eyes' swinging hits, "Come Fly with Me." Piscopo actually sings better than might be expected; on the other hand, there was only one Frank Sinatra, and Piscopo flies well below Frank's rarefied cruising range. Champian Fulton (that's a she) is bright and engaging on Benny Carter's blistering arrangement of "After You've Gone," Tony DeSare the same on Frank Loesser's "I Believe in You."
The lively opener, "Strike Up the Band," also from the Basie book, encompasses the first of three clear-headed solos by tenor saxophonist Dan Block. Trumpeter Shawn Edmonds is showcased on "Such Sweet Thunder," alto Andy Farber on a Basie-like reading of "Baby Won't You Please Come Home," soprano Bruce Williams on Charlie Chaplin's "Smile," pianist Steve Meashey on "The Kid from Red Bank." Block, Goodman and trumpeter Brian Pareschi Big Band share solo honors on "The Mooche," Pareschi, Ashe and Williams on "Moanin,'" Pareschi, trumpeter Irv Grossman and trombonist Dion Tucker on "One O'Clock Jump."
: Thanks to the RBJO, the big-band flame lit so many years ago by Basie continues to burn brightly in the maestro's hometown. Muccioli has chosen wisely his musicians and material, giving rise to a bracing studio session that embodies more than a touch of Basie in its high-spirited approach to traditional big-band jazz.
Landes Jugend Jazz Orchester Bayern
Wie Heisst der Typ?
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Germany not only boasts a number of splendid college-level jazz ensembles, it also has youth orchestras, the best-known of which is the Bundesjazzorchester, or BuJazzO. Groups such as Landes Jugend Bayern are a step or two removed from BuJazzO; for the sake of comparison, think of the University of North Texas' flagship ensembles, the One O'Clock or Two O'Clock Lab Bands. Landes Jugend is basically at that level, which is more or less as proficient as young jazz orchestras can be. Some of the musicians in the various Landes Jugend ensembles will eventually audition for and perhaps be accepted as members of BuJazzO, whose upper age limit is twenty-five. Baritone saxophonist Florian Leuschner and trombonist Lukas Jochner, who appear on this recording from 2010, already are members of BuJazzO, while Martin Seiler, who is featured on his own composition "I Wish You All the Luck in the World," is as gifted as any young tenor saxophonist in Germany or anywhere else.
Seiler also wrote the swift and colorful "Dimwit," on which he solos with soprano saxophonist Daniel Klingl and vibraphonist Felix Prihoda, and "Abscheid," a virile anthem that encompasses astute solos by tenor Sebastian Wehle and drummer Silvan Strauss. Leuschner solos ardently with flugel Johannes Stange and pianist Tom Berkmann on Thad Jones' "Three and One," and is out front by himself on another theme by Jones, "Us." There are four vocals by Lydia Schiller (who has since teamed with bandmates Leuschner and pianist Sevi Krieger to form the trio Lucid). "Waldemar" is sung in German, "Quen" in an inscrutable tongue, Van Morrison's "Moondance" and the Billy Preston ballad "You Are So Beautiful" in English. Leuschner appends a feral contra-bass clarinet solo on "Quen," while Jochner, Wehle and pianist Stephan Plecher dig in their spurs on the irrepressible "Waldemar" (on which Schiller seems most at ease).
There is one conspicuous departure from the straight and narrow, on Klingl's innovative "Modalitat," but even here the anomaly is short-lived (well under two minutes), as Jochner and flugel Andreas Schnell deliver plain-spoken solos while the ensemble settles into a more compliant groove. The ensemble is exemplary, the soloists enlivened from start to finish. In other words, an impressive performance by one of Germany's outstanding young jazz orchestras.
Eastern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble
Three O'Clock Downbeat
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While perhaps not as well known as some of its contemporaries, the Eastern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble has earned its share of honors and awards, from DownBeat magazine and at various intercollegiate jazz festivals. As Three O'Clock Downbeat, recorded in 2008-09, clearly shows, the accolades have not been misdirected. Sam Fagaly's intrepid ensemble swings hard, plays superbly as a unit, and betrays no uneasiness when asked to come to grips with formidable charts by the likes of Bill Holman, Thad Jones, Kim Richmond, Mark Taylor and others.
Eight of the album's eleven numbers, which, Fagaly writes, "represent the broad range of big band jazz performed by the EIU Jazz Ensemble," were set down in a studio, the rest in concert. Trombonist Allan Horney, the university's former director of Jazz Studies, is featured on one of the concert themes, Jones' evocative arrangement of the Gus Kahn / Walter Donaldson standard "Makin' Whoopee." Dave Holland's "The Balance" (arranged by Randall Reyman) and Lars Halle's "Sole Stains" were also taped live. Soprano Joshua Marcus and pianist Olivier David solo on "Balance," David, Marcus, trumpeter Garrett Schmidt and drummer Joe Burress on "Stains."
The ensemble comes out swinging on Richmond's assertive "Big Mama Louise" (enterprising solos by trumpeter Nick Grill and tenor Tony Wong) and has fun with Holman's clever arrangement of Billy Strayhorn's well-traveled "Take the 'A' Train." Marcus (alto) is showcased on Duke Ellington's plaintive "Star-Crossed Lovers," which precedes Wayne Shorter's "Nefertiti," Dave Brubeck's "In Your Own Sweet Way," "Sole Stains" and "Makin' Whoopee." The ensemble wraps things up with Taylor's robust treatment of Bronislau Kaper's "Invitation," John Coltrane's "Naima" (wonderfully scored by Marcus, especially for the sax section) and a second Holman chart, his contemporary take on W.C. Handy's venerable "St. Louis Blues." Grill and Marcus solo on "Invitation" and "Naima," Schmidt and David on "Blues."
If there's a downside it lies in the recorded sound, which varies from track to track and doesn't always give the group its due. Strange as it may seem, the numbers recorded in concert are in some respects equal to or better than those recorded in the studio. Aside from that small and easily overlooked blemish, there's really nothing to censure, as the choice of material is splendid and the EIU ensemble rises above every challenge with ease. Well done, scholars.
Tracks and Personnel
Tracks: Artistry in Rhythm; Where or When; Indiana; Decoupage; Works; Malaguena; Django; Live and Let Die; Stella by Starlight; I Remember You; Granada Smoothie; Send in the Clowns; Meet the Flintstones.
Personnel: Peter Linhart: conductor, tenor sax, flute; Ralf Noske: trumpet, flugelhorn; Nils Wallstadt: trumpet, flugelhorn; Alexander Schadt: trumpet, flugelhorn; Nikolai Schedy: trumpet, flugelhorn; Harald Maier: trumpet, flugelhorn; Dieter Bock: alto sax, flute; Alex Jung: alto, tenor sax, flute; Bjorn Grun: tenor, baritone sax, flute; Bodo Christmann: baritone sax, flute; Sven Adelberger: trombone; Peter Hergert: trombone; Dennis Ohletz: trombone; Jorg Stahlmann: bass trombone; Chris Perschke: bass trombone; Steffen Stutz: piano; Axel Muller-Schroth: guitar; Udo Brenner: bass; Jens Biehl: drums. Special guest artistHerb Geller: alto sax.
Shir Ahava
Tracks: Shir Ahava; Travel Notes; Au Castagney; Bitter Roots; Zriha; Ilha b'nit; Sof.
Personnel: Alon Yavnai: composer, arranger, piano; Thorsten Benkenstein: trumpet; Ingolf Burkhardt: trumpet; Michael Leuschner: trumpet; Reiner Winterschladen: trumpet; Fiete Felsch: alto sax, flute, alto flute; Peter Bolte: alto sax, flute; Lutz Buchner: tenor, soprano sax, clarinet; Christoph Lauer: tenor sax; Frank Delle: baritone sax; Dan Gottshall: trombone; Klaus Heidenreich: trombone; Stefan Lottermann: trombone; Ingo Lahme: bass trombone; Sandra Hempel: guitar; Ingmar Heller: bass; Ziv Ravitz: drums; Marcio Doctor: percussion.
Strike Up the Band!
Tracks: Strike Up the Band; Such Sweet Thunder; The Mooche; After You've Gone; Moanin'; Baby Won't You Please Come Home; Smile; I Believe in You; The Kid from Red Bank; Us; I'll Never Smile Again; Come Fly with Me; One O'Clock Jump.
Personnel: Joe Muccioli: conductor; Bob Millikan: trumpet; Brian Pareschi: trumpet; Shawn Edmonds: trumpet; Irv Grossman: trumpet; Dave Trigg: trumpet (1, 2, 12); Joe Scannella: trumpet (1, 2, 12); Andy Farber: alto sax, flute, clarinet; Bruce Williams: alto, soprano sax, alto flute, clarinet; Dan Block: tenor sax, flute, clarinet; Marc Phaneuf: tenor sax, flute, clarinet; Kurt Bachur: batitone sax, flute, clarinet, English horn; Wayne Goodman: trombone; Dion Tucker: trombone; Bruce Eidem: trombone; Jack Schatz: trombone; Steve Ashe: piano; James Chirillo: guitar, banjo (3, 4); Tony Micelli: vibraphone (8, 12); Bill Moring: bass; Mike Nigro: drums (1, 2, 7, 12); Steve Johns: drums (3-6, 8-11, 13). Special guestsChampian Fulton: vocal (4); Tony DeSare: vocal (8); Joe Piscopo: vocal (12).
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Tracks: Waldemar; I Wish You All the Luck in the World; Three and One; Us; Moondance; Abschied; Quen; Modalitat; Dimwit; You Are So Beautiful.
Personnel: Harald Ruschenbaum: conductor; Johannes Schneider: trumpet; Johannes Stange: trumpet; Andreas Schnell: trumpet; Benedikt Schaut: trumpet; Stefan Kreminski: trumpet; Daniel Klingl, Bettina Maier, Martin Seiler, Sebastian Wehle, Florian Leuschner: reeds; Lukas Jochner: trombone; Christoph Horn: trombone; Simon Kintopp: trombone; Roman Sladek: trombone; Stephan Plecher: piano; Severin Krieger: piano; Alex Eckert: guitar; Felix Prihoda: vibraphone; Tom Berkmann: bass; Silvan Strauss: drums; Lydia Schiller: vocals.
Three O'Clock Downbeat
Tracks: Big Mama Louise; The Balance; Take the "A" Train; Star-Crossed Lovers; Nefertiti; In Your Own Sweet Way; Sole Stains (Shadow of the Arch); Makin' Whoopee; Invitation; Naima; St. Louis Blues.
Personnel: Sam Fagaly: director. Tracks 1, 2, 5-8Garrett Schmidt: trumpet; Jay Keliher: trumpet; Chris Jones: trumpet; Nick Grill: trumpet; Nick Schulze: trumpet; Joshua Marcus, Dan Matthews, Mike Black, Kyle Muskopf, Lauren Meek: reeds; James Stanford: trombone; Mark Rheaume: trombone; Blake Ozier: trombone; Michael Pond-Jones: bass trombone; Olivier David: piano; Stephen Kaiser: guitar; Jesse Farrar: bass; Joe Burress: drums, percussion. Ben Hall: drums (1). Tracks 3, 4, 9, 11Justin Regnier: trumpet, for Schulze; Tony Wong: saxophone, for Meek; add Ben Hall: percussion. Track 10Ashley Tarr: trumpet, for Jones; Scott Clements: trombone; Matt Meehan: trombone; Justin Hunt: trombone, for Stanford, Rheaume, Ozier; Justin DeAngelo: piano, for David.


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Weather Service Says This Winter Should Be 'Near Normal'"We're predicting a near normal winter," Greg Gust, a warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Grand Forks said Wednesday. Average winter snowfall is 49.6 inches in Fargo and 45.6 inches in Grand Forks. More broadly, the normal snowfall band for the southern valley is 50 to 60 inches, and 40 to 50 inches for the northern valley.
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Two prospects considering SEC schools committed outside the conference on Monday.
Offensive lineman Will Adams from Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Ga., committed to Georgia Tech over an offer from Kentucky.
"It was down to Georgia Tech and Kentucky," Adams said, "and I kept thinking, 'What does Kentucky have that Georgia Tech doesn't have?'"
What Georgia didn't have was a scholarship offer for Adams. The Bulldogs fan will now be playing for his favorite team's biggest rival.
"The fan in me wanted to play for Georgia," Adams said "But the rest of me wanted to go to a school and play football where I was wanted. I could say some things about Georgia, but they got who they needed on the offensive line. You know, that's fine how everything worked out. I just realized maybe that Georgia was not the place for me. Once I had that thought in my head, I realized that it wasn't the place for me. Then my decision for Georgia Tech got so much easier for me."
Sheldon Dawson's decision to commit to Memphis was far from easy. The cornerback from Memphis (Tenn.) Ridgeway High School decided to stay close to home rather than travel across the state and play for Tennessee.
"Like I was headed to Tennessee, but I just felt in my heart that it wouldn't be right because I love my city," Dawson said, according to Scout.com.
Dawson is the second SEC prospect to commit to Memphis in the last week. Quarterback Will Gross from Memphis Melrose High School chose the Tigers last week.
"I saw another top-25 recruit who wanted to stay here at home and help Memphis out, so I wanted to do the same thing," Dawson said of Gross. "Many may say we're making a bad decision, but we just believe. We believe in Coach (Larry) Porter, and we believe we can help him get the job done."
Two SEC Prospects Commit Elsewhere
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Tags: Georgia, Georgia Tech, SEC, Sheldon Dawson
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New data released today by Nielsen shows that the top restaurant ads for Millennials in the first quarter were from Subway, Taco Bell and Sonic.
For Gen Xers, the top three Q1 ads came from Papa John's, Olive Garden and KFC.
According to Nielsen, more than one-fourth of the world's advertising dollars are spent on fast-moving consumer goods like quick service (QSR) and casual dining restaurants. Ads that resonate with Millennials and Gen Xers are important, as the demographics tend to be heavy restaurant users.
Nielsen also reports that five ads resonated with both groups:
"Papa John's Jim Nantz ad and KFC's Game Day Couchgating ad were timely Super Bowl-themed spots that used celebrity spokespersons and humor to connect with Millennials and Gen-Xers.
KFC regularly uses humor to connect across audiences and succeeded in Q4 2012 with its "Hide and Seek" ad, which ranked sixth among Millennials and third among Gen-X.
Subway's FebruANY foot long ad and Taco Bell's Wow Locos Tacos ad both leveraged ownable concepts to keep audiences hungry for existing promotions."
The top 10 ads in Q1 for Gen Xers and their net likeability index include:
- Papa John's "Jim Nantz – Vote Heads or Tails," 207;
- Olive Garden, "2 for 25 Italian Dinner," 186;
- KFC, "Hide & Seek – Dad Eats Son's KFC Bites," 186;
- Sonic, "Guys Hiding & Eating Molten Cake Sundaes," 186;
- KFC, "GameDay Bucket Couchgating," 179;
- IHOP, "People Show Off Pancake Eating Techniques," 171;
- Papa John's, "Jim Nantz – Vote Heads or Tails," 171;
- Subway, "A Whole New Februany," 171;
- Taco Bell, "Wow – Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos," 171; and
- 10. Subway, "$5 Footlongs," 164.
The top 10 most-like restaurant ads among Millennials for Q1 include:
- Subway, "A Whole New Februany," 227;
- Taco Bell, "Wow – Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos," 227;
- Sonic, "Footlong Hotdogs" (30 seconds), 218;
- Sonic, "Footlong Hotdogs" (15 seconds), 191;
- KFC, "GameDay Bucket Couchgating," 173;
- KFC, "Hide & Seek – Dad Eats Son's KFC Bites," 173;
- Subway, "A Whole New Februany," 173;
- Dave & Buster's, "Eat Play Win Combo," 164;
- Papa John's, "Jim Nantz – Vote Heads or Tails," 164; and
- 10. Sonic, "Guy Gets Grounded – Sweet Potato Tots," 164.
Only new ads that started airing in Q1 2013 were considered. The Net Likeability Index is calculated by taking the net likability score (percentage of ad recallers who "strongly" or "somewhat" liked the ad) for each top ad and indexing versus the mean score of all new QSR and casual dining restaurants among both demographics.
Nielsen's summary states: "Winning ads among Millennials were notably humorous, upbeat and fast paced – all proven best practices to reach the age 13 to 24 population ... The remaining top ads among Gen Xers featured characters ages 35 to 54 in relatable situations."
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A long time Charlottesville employee turns in his keys for the last time on Friday.
Andrew Beverly is retiring after 41 years working with City Public Works.
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Beverly, also called "Cuz", says he enjoyed working for the city, but now plans on enjoying not working.
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Beverly says his favorite part about the job was working with a lot of different and interesting people.
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Jay-Z closes out the Blueprint trilogy with an album that celebrates the only thing the emcee knows: wealth and success beyond his wildest imagination. "Empire State of Mind" is a NYC tourist brochure packaged in a pop song; elsewhere, Jiggaman jocks Ponce de Leon for the middle-of-the-road "Young Forever." And while, thematically, the emcee stays in his comfort zone, musically, the album drifts into uncharted territory (at least for Jay) with its washed out synths and clanging guitars.
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TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts baseball squad is set for a couple of mid-week contests as they face Oklahoma State on Tuesday evening at ONEOK Field, beginning at 7 p.m., followed by a showdown with UALR at home on Wednesday at 6:30.
Starting at $5, tickets are still available for Tuesday's contest with the Cowboys. They can be ordered by contacting the Tulsa Drillers ticket office or online at TulsaDrillers.com.
Wednesday evening is Faith & Family Night at J.L. Johnson Stadium. There will be a special group right of $3 for local churches, and the group with the most represented fans will have their pastor or sponsor throw out the first pitch prior the ORU game against the Trojans.
For more information on Faith & Family Night, contact John Klein at 918-495-7546.
The Golden Eagles enter the week after falling in a three-game set at Stephen F. Austin this past weekend, with each game being decided in the ninth, tenth and eighth innings, respectively.
Both the Cowboys and the Trojans make the trip to Tulsa with their own struggles, losing in their weekend series' as well. OSU dropped the series opener and finale at Kansas and UALR won their opener at Middle Tennessee State, before falling short in the second two games.
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Cast your vote for your favorite form of music and your favorite radio station by calling in your financial pledge during the show of your choice. Using this guide as your ballot mark off the programs that come closest to conforming to your musical philosophies? conservative, liberal or independent, our Jazz platform has something for everyone.
This year's live testimonials include whistle stops from performers in town for UVA's upcoming Afro-Pop Festival. Plus local dignitaries Jamal Milner, Greg Howard, Charlie Pastorfield, and other musicians are also volunteering their time, experience and expertise to the festivities. Organist George Melvin brings us some of his favorite B3 grooves, and Pete Spaar profiles the Art of the Bass. Even Andy Kochenour, tuba player for the Dixie Power Trio, rumbles in with some tuba jazz.
In addition to all the special shows covering the entire spectrum of jazz, blues, R&B, world, soul and electronic music, watch out for visits from two eminent scholars: Professor Bebop celebrates his 30 years as a WTJU DJ; and Professah Blues, host of the popular WMRA show Blues Valley, guests with Peter Welch on the last night of the Marathon.
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Treasury plan to help unemployed homeowners is no help at all
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Stephen Malpezzi
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Readers of the Wisconsin Real Estate Viewpoint will know of our efforts, since early 2009, to think through the best way to tackle the increasing wave of defaults and foreclosures. These foreclosures threaten the fragile stability of house prices, driving them below levels justified by fundamentals—just as circa 2004-2006 a series of bad decisions on financial and regulatory fronts, along with no small amount of "irrational exuberance," drove them above prices justified by fundamentals. In response, we designed something we call the
Wisconsin Foreclosure and Unemployment Relief (WI-FUR) plan
which provides temporary support to cash-strapped unemployed households to help them stay current on their mortgage.
Let me put a normative statement on the table: in normal times, I would be opposed to a plan like WI-FUR. But these are not normal times: unemployment is still at 10%+, at record duration; a quarter of the nation's mortgages are under water; and house prices are on a knife edge.
If a version of WI-FUR were enacted, some homeowners would be bailed out of bad decisions they made about house purchases and mortgages. More significantly, others would be helped who had made what were, at the time, apparently good decisions; but now they cannot pay previously affordable mortgages; they're unemployed and the value of their homes has fallen below that of their mortgage. (Even if they have positive equity, some unemployed will default because of the income shock, and might end up with a distressed sale rather than a foreclosure; but in today's environment, large numbers of distressed sales can also lower house prices).
Every foreclosure in today's environment imposes costs on neighbors, the financial system, taxpayers, and the economy as a whole. It's as if houses in our neighborhood have caught fire, some because an irresponsible person was smoking in bed, some because of an unseen short in their electrical system. Before we condemn the smoker, let's put the fire out first before we all burn. (And let's fix the electrical system while we're at it!)
The government's signature plan to deal with foreclosures is the so-called
Home Affordable Mortgage Program
(HAMP). Despite $75 billion allocated by Congress to assist up to 4 million distressed households (it was thought), less than 10% of that number of borrowers have received permanent loan modifications so far; and those modified loans are, after the fact, still defaulting at high rates. Some
experts predict
that up to 2/3 of modified loans will, in fact, default.
HAMP's ineffectiveness is by now well known; see, for example, the
July 21, 2010 quarterly report
to Congress by
(Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program)'s Neil Barofsky; pages 5-7 of the executive summary give an overview. Or see the Government Accountability Office report
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Further Actions Needed to Fully and Equitably Implement Foreclosure Mitigation Programs
The WI-FUR plan, and complementary plans put forward by our colleagues at the
Boston Fed
and elsewhere in the Fed system, argue for temporary housing vouchers (or loans) aimed at the unemployed, who have become the majority of foreclosures and who are often effectively (if not "de jure") ineligible for assistance through normal HAMP channels.
Recently our friend Karen Rivedal, who writes the Wisconsin State Journal's real estate blog
Property Trax
, asked me to
on a recent variant of the HAMP program called
Home Affordable Unemployment Program
, or HAUP.
When I first heard of HAUP, I was excited, but my excitement quickly turned to disappointment. Among other problems, it requires that unemployed homeowners go through a fairly bureaucratic procedure to apply for what is (more or less) three months forbearance. And that' s merely the application; forbearance may or may not be granted for the 3 months. Remember, at the present time, the AVERAGE duration of unemployment is 9 months and rising.
(The fine print says you can extend beyond 3 months, but it's not clear that will happen, and will certainly not be clear to potential applicants).
The website's FAQs does not even tell people if the differences between the original payments and the reduced payments, are forgiven, or wrapped into the loan. (When I inquired of the experts in Washington, it turns out part of the loan is forborne, adding to the loan amount, but it's amazing that they ask people to apply without clearly explaining such a key element of the program!)
What if your unemployment lasts more than three months (which is true for most unemployed today?) After two months you are given an application for HAMP, the dog that won't hunt. As far as I can tell, most unemployed will still not qualify for HAMP after they fill out this application.
There are other details that limit the program's scope, and hence its effectiveness at halting the skid in housing prices. Homeowners can't get relief on the second liens. And if I read it right, HAUP does nothing for the unemployed not receiving unemployment insurance.
My bottom line: Treasury is still spitting on the fire and leaving the hoses coiled up.
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UW students to take the plunge to support Special...
Music can beat MS
MIPIM conference provides great opportunity for...
VIDEO: Experiments in boom and bust periods
What is the Global Real Estate Master?
Hands on a live REIT portfolio at Wisconsin
March (42)
Calling Chicago area alumni & friends!
Simulations for success
MIPIM 2010: 3 ways that foreign investors can...
MIPIM 2010: Creative solutions needed
MIPIM 2010: Diversity of markets and opportunities...
MIPIM 2010: Douple dip?
MIPIM 2010: Housing is so much more
MIPIM 2010: Increasing interest in Poland
MIPIM 2010: Lasting legacy?
MIPIM 2010: The mixed-use bump
Reporting from MIPIM 2010
First Green Capital of Europe
MIPIM 2010: Facing the present in Russia
MIPIM 2010: French pessimism
MIPIM 2010: Hurdles and solutions to Kyoto in...
MIPIM 2010: "New Cities"
MIPIM 2010: Retail therapy
MIPIM 2010: The domino effect
MIPIM 2010: Universal green building standards-...
MIPIM 2010: What architecture can and cannot do...
MIPIM 2010: What makes a city successful?
MIPIM 2010: Where's your crystal ball?
MIPIM 2010: Brazilian ambition
MIPIM 2010: Canada beyond the Olympics
MIPIM 2010: Core is king
MIPIM 2010: Opportunities in MENA
MIPIM 2010: Outlook: Turkey
MIPIM 2010: Potential for the Islamic finance...
MIPIM 2010: REIT review
MIPIM 2010: UK douple dip?
MIPIM 2010: US improvement
MIPIM 2010: What do tentants think?
MIPIM 2010: What's fresh in hotels?
MIPIM 2010: Signs of economic recovery
Happenings in Southern California this week
MIPIM 2010: Trends and Networking Opportunities
MIPIM 2010: Wrap-up keynote video
Big Ten Network: Office Hours
UW goes global with new real estate program
Taking a closer look at Vornado, the NY/DC REIT
The next best thing to being at MIPIM, thanks to...
Real estate innovator: Laurence Geller
April (4)
Spring meeting of our Board of Advisors
MBA Spring Ball
UW team places 1st in NAIOP case competition
Graaskamp real estate MBA in review
May (10)
Graaskamp's research still relevant today
Does eco-labeling drive office occupancy rates?
Graaskamp Center goes "On the Road" in Madison
Wisconsin's real estate and economic outlook
Visit us at ICSC RECon!
Summer reading
Speaking the facts at the Wisconsin Real Estate...
Connect with us on Facebook and you could win!
A look back
Morris A. Davis awarded tenure
June (2)
Reading for Life: Nature's Metropolis
July (4)
What I did on my summer vacation
Bobos in Paradise
Treasury plan to help unemployed homeowners is no...
How do you stay cool?
August (5)
Wisconsin Real Estate goes to Costa Rica
How to pitch a deal
U.S. News & World Report ranks Wisconsin Real...
New MBA student welcome from our new Academic...
Reconnecting, re-energizing and readjusting
September (9)
Honoring Cambridge's Professor Christine Whitehead
Join the Millenium Graduates Challenge Campaign!
Speed networking at the Fall Real Estate Alumni...
Professor Riddiough Returns from Sabbatical
Well begun is half done: Pleasant surprises in...
Honoring Fred Petri, tireless supporter of real...
Some Personal Observations Inspired by President...
Ben Bernanke's "Reading for Life"?
Looking back for signs of trouble
October (1)
Welcome to the Wisconsin Viewpoint
November (11)
Looking for top talent in real estate finance?
Wisconsin Real Estate partners with China, Costa...
Macroeconomics=Fun to read?
Panel discussion on segregation in America's urban...
Real Estate students and alumni come together
Strong signs of economic growth in China and South...
UW-Madison furlough day set for Nov. 27
Lunch and learn with Stephen Malpezzi
Thanksgiving in Michigan
Update from MIPIM Asia
Public listening session to gather input on the...
December (10)
Retail Mood Lifts at MAPIC
Best of?
Integrated Company Analysis
Happy holidays from the Graaskamp Center staff!
Remembrance for Arthur Goldberger
What costs more: foreclosures or loan...
Graaskamp Center Hours
Financial assistance options for your MBA
Celebrate the holidays in Denver with Wisconsin...
Climate change (or not): impact on foundations of...