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Featuring divisions and spare plants from my personal and commercial collection.
Many "one of a kind" special selections for the sophisticated collector!
This page last updated August 2, 2020
Coelogyne cristata 'Sunny Side Up' - divisions
This clone has repeatedly bloomed 2 times per year for a friend of mine!
Small BS divisions - $20.00
Miltonia morelliana 'Royalty' AM/AOS
Divisions of this SPECTACULAR, deep-coloured clone of this warm growing Miltonia species. Grows vigorously. Blooms easily every August/September. BS divisions in 4" pot......$25.00
Disa Orchids Available
in the fall.
Large seedlings in 4 1/2" pot..............$30.00
Small BS plants in 4 1/2" pot............$40.00
Large BS plants in 4 1/2" pot.................$50.00
Large, mature and/or multi-growth plant......$60.00
Shades of red, orange, yellow and pink. These are seed grown plants; so, some variability is to be expected.
Disa Culture
Their needs are quite simple and easy to understand. The thing is that they won't compromise. So, if you get busy and don't do things right, they do go downhill fast. Yet, what they need is really quite easy to provide; you just need to actually do it, consistently.
A lot of people have trouble with Disas because they are good, attentive growers for most of the year....then, they get busy with "life" for awhile and the plants suffer. They end up concluding that Disas are hard to grow; but, that's not a fair assessment. Disas are easy to grow if you learn what they need and provide that, consistently. Just like you need to breathe consistently, without even short interruptions,...so does a Disa have needs that cannot be compromised. If you have a dog or cat. You know it needs food and water every day and you don't question that or consider the act of providing those things a burden. You don't make your pet go without food or water for a few days because you're busy. Well, a Disa has needs that must be met in a timely way, too, if it is going to thrive. It needs enough water. You don't even have to water it every day....you can stand it in a large tray with a 1/2 to 1 centimeter deep puddle of water in it and your Disa will need to be checked only every 2nd, 3rd, or 4th day, depending on the time of year and the environmental factors that would make water evaporate at different rates of speed. However, if it dries out in.....say.....2 days, don't wait until day 3 to check on it. The BIG thing is that the potting mix must not dry out - EVER - not once, not even a little bit, or for just a short time. Even a Disa growing in a pot that contains slightly damp medium can wilt if the temperature is warm and the light is bright. The potting medium in such a situation is not wet enough. Once a Disa wilts; the leaves will be damaged and the tips, or even some whole, entire leaves, will die. If the core of the leaf rosette does not die, the plant can come back. However, while it's doing that, it must not be allowed to dry out again. That would be adding stress on top of stress and odds are, that would be a big problem. Just never forget, or lose grasp of the importance of keeping a Disa wet. For long-term success, you must never forget to water your Disas, not ever.
Here are a few more pointers:
Medium to high light, every day. They do very well under artificial lights....there are NO cloudy days! If they are grown in a greenhouse or on a windowsill, they need supplemental light on the cloudy, dull days from October through to the end of February. Full sun in winter is a must. If they don't get that, they need artificial light as well. I grow plants in the basement and they do GREAT in the winter. Plants in the greenhouse with no supplemental light are "touchy" and they easily develop rot issues. They must have enough light intensity to keep them actively growing, even if it's just slowly. They seem to have only 2 speeds, "grow" and "die". Even if the days are short, if the light is bright, the Disas keep growing and they do very well. If the days are quite dull, Disas will stop growing and easily reverse and go into decline. These Disas do not have "dormancy", or "stall" as an option. Disas love the coolness of my basement and the bright, artificial lights every day....with no dull, cloudy days. Disas NEED light! Bright light in winter is vital for their health. Even though the days are short, if the light is bright, they're happy. Also, very bright light intensifies the flower colour. Low light while they grow buds and flowers produces dull flowers.
Cool to not too hot. If you feel hot, so does the plant. Ideally, temps below 25*C in the day and down to at least 15*C at night is good. Short periods (2 or 3 days in a row), at 26*C to 30*C will be tolerated; but, not appreciated. Of course, Disas can take temps right down to freezing without any harm at all. They do FAR better in a cool basement than they do in a hot greenhouse, or on a sunny, warm windowsill. Under lights in a basement allows all the environmental factors to be controlled and kept consistent. A windowsill or greenhouse can suddenly become too hot, or too bright; causing high stress and potential problems. Here is a photo of some very happy community pots, grown under lights in my basement.
Also remember that Disas in spike and bloom, really must not get hot. When I Disa flowers, it is also prepping to die. This is natural. The flowering plant dies after blooming. However, it should have produced a tuber which has new growth, or it might have produced new basal growths, or even stolons with baby plants at the tips. All these methods of vegetative reproduction means your plant will continue growing on into future years. However, when a Disa is in spike, or in bloom and it's too hot, the schedule gets sped up and the plant can crash (dead roots and yellowing leaves), before blooming has ran it's full course (about 6 to 8 weeks). It's disappointing to have a stem of 6 Disa buds and only get to enjoy one or two of those as open flowers because the plant was too warm and the supporting root system and rosette of leaves died and turned brown before the flowers had a chance to open, or to last their full life. So, try hard to provide comfortable, cool temperatures, especially when plants are in spike or bloom. Growing in a clay pot which is standing in a shallow puddle with a small fan directed at the plant AND pot is a GREAT way to cool the plant and most importantly, the roots, by causing a cooling effect as the moisture evaporates from the sides of the clay pot. When the clay is cool to the touch, so is the potting mix and the roots inside = happy plant!
Water schedule:
Never, ever allow a Disa to go dry!!!!!!!!! With most orchids, a good rule of thumb in regard to watering is: "when in doubt, wait a day". With a Disa, the rule of thumb is: "when in doubt, water anyway". If you look at a Disa and it looks wet, it's okay. If you look and it looks very damp; but, you're not sure if you should water or wait, that doubt you have is the key to helping you decide what to do. If in doubt, go ahead and water NOW. Disas can stand in a very shallow puddle of water to help them stay wet longer. Just don't make it too deep. 1 to 2 cm (maximum), is good for 5" pots and larger. Use 1/2 to 1 cm deep puddles for 4 1/2" pots and smaller. I usually just water often and do not stand my plants in a puddle; but then, come hell or high water...and in sickness and in health, I must water my Disas when they need it and not a minute later.
Water quality:
Use pure water. Best is rain water. Next best is R.O., or distilled water. Next best is municipal tap water if it's source is naturally soft and mostly free of dissolved minerals. Municipal water that comes from a river that is fed by glacier melt is good. Water that comes from a well in the ground can be high in minerals, or it can be quite pure and soft. You need to check this. Water from the Great Lakes and many other lakes is often okay; but, you need to check. If collecting rain water is difficult and you often don't have enough, go ahead and use municipal water to flush the pots and thoroughly soak the potting mix. Then, rinse the municipal water residue out with a small amount of rain water. This allows you to water enough and keep minerals and fertilizer moving out of the pot with regular flushing out; but, when you're done, the plant ends up with nice, naturally soft rainwater residue around the roots.
Feed at every 2nd or 3rd watering. Use pure water in-between to spray the foliage and water through the pot. When it comes time to feed, use the fertilizer at 1/4 strength of what would be recommended for outdoor ornamentals like Roses. You can generously spray the foliage (like I do), with the fertilizer solution. Or, you can water through the pot, from the top. Or, if you grow your plants standing in a puddle, you can replace the puddle water with fertilizer solution for a day. Then, dump it and replace with pure water again.
When you make up a fertilizer solution, remember that the pure water has nothing in it. So, you must also be sure that you are adding the macro nutrients (Calcium, Magnesium and Sulfur), as well as the 3 major nutrients and the 6 micro nutrients that all plants need. In my case, I use rain water or R.O. water. I make the R.O. water from my well water (which contains a LOT of minerals like calcium). So, when I make up a fertilizer solution, I add 10% raw well water into my R.O. or rain water. This adds in a small amount of calcium to the fertilizer solution. Then I add the appropriate amount of fertilizer to be 1/4 strength. I use Miracle grow 24-8-16 most of the time and 10-52-10 now and then.....especially a few times in the late summer/early fall to help encourage tuber formation. With both of those, the amount I add is 1 ml per litre of water. I also add Epsom salts (1 ml per litre) to provide the needed magnesium and sulfur during the high-light time of year (March through to mid October).
The trick with Disas is that after you have fed them, they MUST then get pure water the next time you water them. The pure water is easily absorbed by Disas, keeping them well hydrated and turgid. The fertilizer solution is less able to be absorbed; but, enough is absorbed to feed them properly. But, once they've been fed, they MUST have pure water again to ensure that they remain properly hydrated. If you feed all the time, even with very low doses, the plants will be poisoned by the fertilizer salts and they will eventually wilt and go soft and become very prone to rot due to extreme stress.
Also, do not feed during hot weather. Daytime temperatures near 30*C are stressful enough as the plants will be struggling to stay hydrated because of the rapid loss of moisture from the heat and increased air movement that you'll give them because of the heat. Feeding at times of high heat just makes it harder for the plants to absorb the necessary amount of water they need to remain turgid. Feed again when temps come back down to near 25*C, or lower.
Feed all year 'round as long as there is good light intensity. If you don't supplement the light in the winter, that is a problem for the plants; but, it also means they will need very little fertilizer because they are not growing as a result of not getting enough light.
Air movement:
Disas love lots of air 24/7! It helps cool the foliage and if they're in a clay pot, it helps to cool the roots inside the pot. However, it does speed up drying; so, watch that and don't let them go dry at the roots.
Disas don't seem to need high humidity....just average seems fine. However, they will grow well in high humidity; but, when they bloom, if humidity is too high, the pollen in the flowers will go moldy, which ruins the flowers. So, less humidity is better and if that's not possible, at least give the flowers a lot of air from a fan.
I use 4 1/2" to 5" pots for mature plants. I have used a variety of mixes; but, one thing was common, the mixes I used for my Disas all contained peat moss. Disas like acid conditions.
If using a clay pot, put a small piece of mesh or a 2" net pot (cut down in size), over the single drain hole to stop the potting mix from clogging the hole and/or escaping the pot.
I used the following potting method. It contains the following ingredients: Peat Moss, Small Grade Coconut Husk Chips and regular Coarse Grade Horticultural Perlite, available at any Garden Centre. I pot the Disas using a mix of 1/2 coconut husk chips and 1/2 perlite (with the dust filtered out). In many cases, over half of the bag is dust and very fine, sand-like particles. These need to be filtered out, leaving behind only the largest pieces. I use a 24" square, wooden frame (made with 1" x 6" cedar boards), with 1/8" mesh, steel window screen attached on one side. I put the perlite from the bag into the box and vibrate it, allowing the dust to fall through the bottom screen, which separates the larger pieces of perlite from the dust. The dust you get can be mixed in with garden soil to improve conditions for your garden plants. After you've filtered the perlite, combine with an equal part of Coconut Husk Chips, moisten it and mix gently. This mix holds water well; but, it also allows lots of air to reach the roots deep inside the pot. The firm chunky shape of the coconut husk chips and the larger pieces of perlite, with the dust filtered out, allows for lots of air to penetrate the mix, even though it is quite wet at the same time. I top-dress the top with a 1/2 cm layer of 1/2 peat moss and 1/2 perlite. When you water from the top, the water passes through the peat/perlite mix and the acidity is carried down through the lower volume of Coconut Husk Chips and perlite. So, all the potting mix ends up being acidic; but, more air gets to the roots deep in the pot. When you mix peat moss all through the mix, the whole pot is filled with a much more dense mix and it contains much less air. Sometimes this can lead to rotting problems. So, I like to put the peat only in the top 1/2 cm layer, mixed with perlite. Edit: Lately, because my water is always slightly acidic and perlite and Coconut Husk Chips are both about neutral, I have stopped using any peat moss at all and the Disa roots look great! Not adding any peat does allow the pot to drain faster when watering and it allows more air to reach the roots. It also causes the pots to dry out faster, so, standing in a shallow puddle is a very good idea to prevent accidental over-drying.
When watering, you must be careful to use a coarse spray from high above, or a very soft, gentle rain from a water breaker. It is VITAL that the potting mix is not watered so fast that the water cannot drain faster than it is being added and therefore, it begins to flood the pot and the potting mix begins to "well up" and float. When this happens, all the ingredients begin to separate and the perlite floats to the top, with the Coconut husk chips and peatmoss (if you use it), sinking to the bottom. This means that there is too much air in the top layers (roots dry out) and too little air in the lower layers (roots suffocate). It is important to not water so vigorously that the mix begins to float. Be patient with watering and do it slowly and gently. Although, when watering a Disa, it is a good idea to pass a large volume of water through the pot because that helps wash out any fertilizer salts residue that may be left over from feeding day....just be gentle.
Something to keep in mind is that once the flower buds appear and until blooming is finished, as mentioned above, be sure to protect the plant from heat; but, also stop fertilizing altogether (or switch to a high phosphorous, low nitrogen feed only, such as 10-52-10). The low level, or lack of nitrogen helps to encourage tuber formation, which you want because once blooming is finished, the main rosette of leaves that just bloomed will die back. You want there to be new, replacement growths showing up by then. Heat at the time of blooming (temps at 25*C or higher in the day and/or warm nights), speeds up the death of the blooming plant. Cool(ish), nights is important during blooming to allow the blooming cycle to last and to allow the plant to begin growing the new, replacement growths. So, it is important to not heat stress the plant during blooming. Non-blooming plants are much more tolerant of warm days and nights than blooming ones.
However, prior to seeing the flower spike emerging from the centre of the rosette of leaves, always use a high nitrogen feed such as MiracleGrow 24-8-16 to encourage lush, deep green foliage and large, robust plants that will be strong and ultimately produce sturdy stems of many flowers. Also, this recommended fertilizer contains urea nitrogen, which is readily absorbed directly through the leaves. So, when feeding, always spray the leaves with the fertilizer solution.
Happy Disa growing!!!

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We are looking for additional players for a science fiction campaign using GURPS 4th edition as the game's rule set. The scenario is set in the Traveler New Era, some ninety years after the collapse of the 3rd Imperium.
Currently, the Star Vikings and their Reformation Coalition Expeditionary Service colleagues are stuck in an alternate universe after a spectacular mis-jump. To make ends meet they are working as starship repo men for banks in the Terran Space Empire. The aim is to buy their own ship and work on a new science which will enable them to travel between universes and go home. Getting the money to do all that involves accepting dangerous missions in uncivilised systems on the periphery of the Empire, and things can get really sticky.
If you are interested in joining the adventure I will be happy to provide comprehensive campaign diaries and details on character generation. Sessions are currently occurring on Thursday nights from 7.00 pm until around 10.00 pm.
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The concept of collaboration seems simple but it's not. Anyone who has actually attempted to collaborate with other teachers or team members in their community knows that great collaboration is both difficult and messy. The potential for all sorts of difficulties abound. Over-communication, under-communication, miscommunication, micro-managing, inefficient task completion, lop-sided workloads and unhealthy relationships are just a few examples of how things can go wrong.
However, being apart of a great team can be a really rewarding experience. There are things that a team can accomplish that an individual could never achieve on their own. A good team can motivate and support you in difficult moments, help you see blind-spots in your teaching practice and teach you new skills. Teaching teams also provide the potential to develop meaningful relationships that will last far beyond the present job or task.
As I write this blog post, I think of a number of teachers dwell in classrooms on my wing of our Middle School that have encouraged me to write this year. I would have never had the motivation to start blogging more regularly during this school year without their input and encouragement. I've become a better writer and had some great conversations this year due to their engagement with my writing. This blog is really an expression of collaboration and inspirations with the colleagues at my school.
Collaboration is equally as difficult and beneficial for students. For example, there are so many learning benefits for students when they provide each other with formative feedback. There are so many things that students can say to each other that they would never accept from a teacher. For example, they might admit and that they don't understand a certain concept to a peer but feel defensive about admitting this to a teacher. Having good collaborative teams in the classroom multiplies the amount of formative feedback in your classroom exponentially. Sometimes students come into my classroom with the expectation that learning happens in a direct exchange between the teacher the student. I attempt to change the culture of learning in my classroom so that students recognize that much of the learning in our classroom also happens through interactions with classmates.
Two Pitfalls of Collaboration
Over-dependency on Others
In general, I think there are two major ways that collaboration can fail. I imagine these as two ditches that we can fall into while trying to move forward on the road of collaboration. The first is over-dependency on others. Over-dependency is a mind-shift that can happen the instant that a teacher mentions the words, "group project." Immediately, someone in the class is devising a way to escape the essential struggle that is a part of every learning experience. An over-dependant collaborator might think, "The group can complete this task without me" or, "I can't add anything to this conversation or project." Under-valuing your own contribution or just refusing to put in the effort that is needed can get in the way of meaningful collaboration.
In my experience as a teacher, over-dependency on other teachers leads to a lack of innovation and creativity. Often there is a lead teacher that is made the front-runner for the group and the other teachers fall in behind simply mimicking his/her pedagogical moves. Is not that copying doesn't help us learn sometimes, it does. However, if this kind of pedagogical mimicry becomes a pattern, it can inhibit the teachers impact on the unique learners in his/her classroom. Further, it can also prevent teachers from engaging in critical and creative thinking about their own practice.
Retreating to Silence and Safety
If over-dependency is ditch on one side of the road to effective collaboration, safety is the ditch on the other side of the road. By safety, I'm thinking about avoiding the necessary relational messiness of collaboration. True collaboration involves some sticky situations–there is no way around them. It depends on strong relationships with others, listening to each others story and members being vulnerable with each other. When we open ourselves up to offer ideas, give our opinions and perspectives, there will be opposition, disagreement and sometimes it will seem like discussions or project isn't going anywhere. When confronted with those who aren't doing their fair share of the work or those who act as if they know everything, it can be tempting to close your classroom door push forward alone. However, withdrawing into the safety of isolation doesn't help anyone over the long term. Those who are not willing to take the relational and creative risks don't learn anything new from their colleagues.
Suggestions for Staying on the Road
Group Norms Help Establish Expectations
One of the most helpful concepts from the Professional Learning Community model that I found helpful is the idea of establishing norms for collaborative groups. This post from Jigsaw Learning contains a Google Drive folder of many helpful samples of group norms. The idea behind the norms is not primarily to establish a code of rules. Instead, they help establish a common expectation for all the members in the group to prevent hidden expectations from separating group members. For example, consider a norm about disagreement or conflict that says, "We always communicate those who we have disagreements (or conflict) with before we communicate about them with others." If I find myself in a situation where Teacher A is sharing about a conflict or exchange where they were hurt by Teacher B, it becomes a normal expectation for me to ask Teacher A, "Did you tell Teacher B that he/she offended you with his comment?" These common expectations help communication and enable us to build stronger relationships.
Group Norms Create a Sense of Ownership
It is also helpful to teach students to set norms for their group work because it gives them a sense of ownership. Writing down norms as a group gives a helpful reference point for everyone in the group and helps encourage ownership and self-regulation of behaviour in the group. Consider one of the most difficult group norms in my class, "We will contribute evenly to the workload of this team." Having a group of students write this down and agree on it is often more powerful, at least in Middle School, than the teacher telling these expectations to the class. Sometimes Middle Schoolers are more concerned about pleasing their peers than the teacher. It also provides a student-centred basis of accountability. If students have discussed these norms, then they can hold each other accountable.
Further, if my students are feeling disengaged with what I'm teaching them, it is sometimes because I haven't invited them co-construct the assignment or project that I'm asking them to complete. Empowering others by including them in the decision-making process often leads to feelings of ownership and engagement. The same is true of collaboration. Giving the student guidance and exemplars is important, but having them set the norms and giving them a chance to work through disagreements with those norms in place is equally important.
Team Innovations Encourage Creativity
Writing an article for Forbes, Stephanie Cartin suggests that team collaboration can be improved by hosting "Team Innovations" where each member of the team is encouraged to present an original/new idea for the team. This fun activity can help others come together as a group and give members of the team the chance to share their ideas. It also gives other team members a sense of what kinds of things are going on in other classrooms around them.
Implement Effective Task Management
Another key to successful team collaboration is implementing an effective system that manages the tasks and projects that your team is to accomplish. This is particularly helpful when a team of teachers is organizing a school-wide or grade-wide event with a number of different teachers and organizational tasks. Optimally, a task management system would include a place to store data such as a calendar, documents, and chat functionality. I've just discovered a task management, cloud-based software called Smartsheets. I love its compatibility with Google but am not sure if I want to pay for the subscriptions to use it regularly at this point. There are many task management tools like this that allow everyone to work within the same framework.
Spencers Seven Keys to Collaboration
Recently, I used John Spencer's video Seven Keys to Collaboration video to remind my students about some helpful principles of collaboration. I recommend it as a great resource for teachers or students to create some good discussion about collaboration. Spencer's Seven Keys are ownership, dependability, trust, structure, shared vision or directions, fun and candour.
If you have some helpful resources that you use with your students or teaching team, I would really appreciate it if you linked a website or named a book in the comments below.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post196140008702745179..comments2020-10-17T08:10:49.543-04:00Comments on Vintage Speaker Reviews, Specs, Prices, Repairs, Refoaming, Reconing: Acoustic Research AR-2ax and AR-2x Speaker Review, Specs and PriceTobiashttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-34573553875968339422019-03-31T11:49:09.145-04:002019-03-31T11:49:09.145-04:00Wow can you say how much they cost?Wow can you say how much they cost?Anonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-37172785805754154252019-01-14T13:51:27.852-05:002019-01-14T13:51:27.852-05:00I just picked up a matched pair of early AR-2ax th...I just picked up a matched pair of early AR-2ax this past weekend with sequential, low serial numbers - 01078 and 01079. Both the model and warranty tags are fully intact, including the tear-off portion of the warranty card, still fully blank.scooderhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-26346712436540702002018-09-11T16:51:29.479-04:002018-09-11T16:51:29.479-04:00Has anyone heard of the AR-2xa? That's what m...Has anyone heard of the AR-2xa? That's what mine says on the back paper where the serial number is. Also, the cabinet has another piece of wood around the front of the cabinet, not a flush wood cabinet at the front edge.Anonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-39938992274375091822017-09-08T21:25:53.026-04:002017-09-08T21:25:53.026-04:00I.hsve a pair found in the attic after hooking the...I.hsve a pair found in the attic after hooking them up i found the output to be very low can u helpAnonymoushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-6173158437165469592017-05-24T21:32:16.164-04:002017-05-24T21:32:16.164-04:00I picked up a pair of AR-2ax speakers a few months...I picked up a pair of AR-2ax speakers a few months ago. These are the earlier model with cloth surrounds so no problem with rotting foam surrounds. They have the 1 3/8ths inch red hard dome tweeter with what appears to be very fragile wiring to the tweeter. Woofer is 10" and the mid is a 3.5" paper cone with a mat of what looks like fiberglass. Not sure what it is since I didn't take them out or inspect them - they work fine.

Grills were hot glued on. To remove the grills I took a couple of sheet rock screws and drove them in to the Masonite far enough to get a good bite on the grill frames and slowly pulled up on each screw at the same time. The hot glue (six places) popped off easily enough and zero damage to the very nice original grill cloth. The fiberglass fill was more like dust. It all got tossed and replaced with 30 ounces of new fiberglass in each speaker. Whatever you do either put the old fiberglass back or get new to replace it. The bass is terrible without the fiberglass fill.

I reconditioned the rheostats by soaking them in vinegar and salt solution - then polished the contact surfaces with 320 grit emery cloth. They shined up real nice. I replaced the old worn out caps with new metalized poly caps from Parts Express - one 4mfd and one 6.2mfd cap in each. The old caps were removed and tossed.

I reused the old sealer by rolling it out on a flat surface until it was long enough to go around the entire woofer sealing surface - then flattened it and laid in out on the speaker flange. After you 'think' your done check for air leaks around the woofers. Use a 2-3' length of old garden hose and slowly push in the woofer cone while listening for leaks. If there is one you'll hear it. I had zero leaks.

I have one rheostat on the tweeter side with a dead spot way down on the low side. I was kind of surprised that these are a bit on the shrill side when I first fired them up - driving them with a Sansui 500a tube receiver with 20wpc. After playing around with both pots I find that the shrill is best dialed out by using the mid driver. Turning the pot down by about half tamed that pretty good. Bass response is wonderful and the mids and highs are better than I expected. I owned a pair of AR-2 speakers back in the late 60s early 70s with a Sansui 500a - which is why I have this setup now. I'm reliving some of my youth! The AR-2ax is a great sounding speaker considering how old they are. Speaker tech hasn't really changed much in 50 years. I have better speakers in my living room but they cost considerably more than these. I've got about $140 into them with the new fill and new capacitors. I'll do it again if I find more of these. The walnut cabinets aren't perfect but like a car with a 10' paint job they look great from 10'! I love them and I play mostly vinyl. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-69639897714984583892017-05-22T01:45:12.831-04:002017-05-22T01:45:12.831-04:00mine ar the best speakers simply i have ever herd,...mine ar the best speakers simply i have ever herd,i redid the surrounds a couple months ago,an back came good bass an even better sound..my at10 cerwin vegas are wonderful,they take less power than ar speakers..massive bass..but you can hear pure things thru the ar 2 ax speakers,that you never heard before.am listening right now to an old klh model 24 that needs a tune up,an some bass an treble is gone.still sounding great,an the bass an volume i had to turn up,the vegas take less power,wow,an more of a different kind of cool but boomy bass comes from them,they been simply great since 1991,but best all around sound quality is in acoustic research of course..i want another model 20 system,or to get one of these model 24 systems repaired as it is ailing for sure..but the klh an ar speakers are dang 50 years old or so.......firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-7024416728563062562017-02-19T15:56:38.371-05:002017-02-19T15:56:38.371-05:00Hi Jim, I recommend using an audiokarma.org forum ...Hi Jim,
I recommend using an audiokarma.org forum to get reliable answers for your questions. The founder is an engineer who used to design speakers. I guarantee that someone in the speaker forum would help you. You can access most of the site for free but some forums require a nominal membership fee.gagellehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-2383864946957933712017-01-15T01:22:35.991-05:002017-01-15T01:22:35.991-05:00I got a paint can opener that has a bottle opener ...I got a paint can opener that has a bottle opener at one end and a hooked end on the other, pry tool to lift the lid. This works great to pull the stapled covers off speakers. The scraper end works really well with the opener laid flat, and then with the hooked end in the edge gap, rotate the opener upright with the hooked end now underneath the edge near the corner. Slide it to the staple and lift straight up. With this corner lifted, keep sliding the opener around the perimeter and then after the cover is all lifted up use a small blade screwdriver or a narrow paint scraper to remove the staples. Anonymoushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-49764382230234551332016-12-24T23:30:30.483-05:002016-12-24T23:30:30.483-05:00God help me I bought another pair of these today f...God help me I bought another pair of these today for $70 but the woofers are rotted and mismatched.
So I have stacked advents, klh Sixes and 2 pairs of these.
Who can tell me what color the 1 3/8 tweeters are?
Are they the ..best.. tweets the 2axs ever came with?Anonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-7088721313969759622016-12-23T18:26:50.070-05:002016-12-23T18:26:50.070-05:00The grills on mine were also stapled. I took a fi...The grills on mine were also stapled. I took a fine narrow flat nosed screwdriver to pry the staples off. Then, I carefully used the same screwdriver to separate the grill from the cabinet face. It can be done but unfortunately, in my case, there was slight damage to the cloth but still useable.
I have a pair of 2AXs since the late 60s. Changed the potentiometers to high quality rheostats and also the capacitors with high quality ones. I am not an audiophile but I do like the sound but I do notice when a lot of horns, string, etc are together the sound does sound harsh and the instruments are not discernible. Is it my hearing or the system? I'm using the same speakers, over about 45 years old and I wonder if the cone of the woofer has aged out of usefulness and the same with the mid and tweeter. Other then the problem with the mixed horns etc., I like it with everything the way it has been from the beginning. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-26735197089598347352016-02-26T10:22:58.390-05:002016-02-26T10:22:58.390-05:00to get the grills off take a hair dryer and wa...to get the grills off take a hair dryer and warm the glue to soften it - works for me like a charm email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-78422351584362446572015-07-24T19:35:01.328-04:002015-07-24T19:35:01.328-04:00Really outstanding speakers. Yes they always need ...Really outstanding speakers. Yes they always need refoam work. Foam surrounds turn to a sticky dust after about 10 or 15 years . The most troubling defect is usually the trim pots. There seems to be a chemical reaction that results in a green corrosion. The corrosion causes the pot to have intermittent contact that causes either mid range or high frequency drivers to drop out. Kaig "Detoxit" works somewhat if you rotate the pot repeatedly. I ''rescued " on pair from the trash in NYC where I live, and bought another pair at a yard sale for $20.Considering the build quality and sound I should be arrested....

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-82770428835690634822015-05-10T03:57:07.356-04:002015-05-10T03:57:07.356-04:00Great to read your review. I bought a pair of AR-2...Great to read your review. I bought a pair of AR-2ax speakers back in 1974 as a student in Edinburgh. They've been with us ever since, take pride of place in the living room and are in regular use. I had to have the woofers re-foamed in 1997 while out in Australia and I ended up by-passing the pots. I keep meaning to replace the caps... I must be due an upgrade by now ;) but they still sound great and I now can't bear to replace them.ozzierickhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-2784397104342820682015-05-08T19:52:41.669-04:002015-05-08T19:52:41.669-04:00I just found a pair of these Acoustic Research AR-...I just found a pair of these Acoustic Research AR-2ax speakers at a yard sale today (5/8/14)here in Southern California for $20.The guy wanted $40 and I offered him $20 without testing them and he took it.I tested them out later that day and they both work.The walnut cabinets are in pretty good condition too and they both have the original paperwork on the back of firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-43012017918440251102015-03-18T13:51:47.452-04:002015-03-18T13:51:47.452-04:00I found your review to be most interesting. I acq...I found your review to be most interesting. I acquired my two AR-2axs in the USAF BX in Kunsan, Korea in 1975. I replaced the caps and the pots were in excellent condition. I retained all the fibre glass. I also had to replace the foam surrounds on the woofers. In my case the grill covers were held in place by Velcro, so no problem there. They are in use today in my living room.False-Riverhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-30990522223704761292015-03-14T16:43:10.550-04:002015-03-14T16:43:10.550-04:00Hello and thanks for taking the time and sharing y...Hello and thanks for taking the time and sharing your problem with the preview function. Unfortunately, I cannot remove the preview function (or change it), as it is part of blogspots service.
Enjoy your speakers :) Tobiashttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-81446032024056781912015-03-14T14:13:52.338-04:002015-03-14T14:13:52.338-04:00I wrote an extensive description of what I did to ...I wrote an extensive description of what I did to get the front off. But when I clicked preview, the whole thing disappeared. I assume when one clicks preview, a screen of the post comes up for review and correction/additions,etc. and not disappear. I think changing this would be an improvement. Whether I will rewrite my experience and post it is email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-7634613491342873252015-01-25T18:32:55.174-05:002015-01-25T18:32:55.174-05:00lightfusegetaway: How...lightfusegetaway:

 How did you get the front off without tearing or breaking the board underneath it. Mine is in so tight very difficult to loosen and lift out the covering to get to the firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-12321521065973898502014-08-25T21:49:20.929-04:002014-08-25T21:49:20.929-04:00I picked up a pair of these at Goodwill five or si...I picked up a pair of these at Goodwill five or six years ago for $19. The foam was rotted and I suspected the caps were shot, so I did a complete restore. Mind you this was my first attempt at refoaming any speakers. I had re-capped speakers before with mixed results. I have to say if you take your time and follow the directions, refoaming is a fun and rewarding exercise. Now I have been enjoying these speakers for several years and I have thought to myself I may never give these up. They sound that good! I later went on to restore several other speakers (Wharfedale, Large Advents) but I keep coming back to these. The sound is buttery smooth and not fatiguing at all. They don't sound "analytical" or "grainy." Every time I listen to them I have to remind myself that they were made in 1970, because they handle all kinds of music with aplomb, from jazz and acoustic to modern electronics-laden rock and metal. Great speakers!lightfusegetawayhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-53858968900399407062014-07-25T01:04:37.146-04:002014-07-25T01:04:37.146-04:00Thanks for your great input! Unfortunately it is b...Thanks for your great input! Unfortunately it is becoming rare to find one of these on a yard sale for a very low price. Tobiashttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-472027586722078175.post-42806075896950780162014-07-24T17:24:44.313-04:002014-07-24T17:24:44.313-04:00I own 3 pairs of the 2AX, all bought at yard sales...I own 3 pairs of the 2AX, all bought at yard sales in southern Maine where my wife and I have a summer home. I paid very little for each pair- usually they were being sold by adult children of the original (male) owner.
First the bad news: They usually require new surrounds- the originals dry and deteriorate from UV damage over time. Additionally, the trim pots (the little tone controls on the rear) need to be sprayed with tuner cleaner or "Detoxit" . These controls usually have poor internal contacts due to age- this causes tweeter or midrange drop outs. Once you address these issues, you have a well made (VERY well made,actually) solid (Very solid) speaker that sounds very respectable. Personally, I think the 2AX can be compared to (and exceed) many current loudspeaker systems in the $400 to $600 a pair range. Place them on 1 foot high stands, 7 or 8 feet apart, at least 2 feet away from back and side walls toe them in a bit and you'll be pleasantly surprised at their performance. I have run them with 15 watt tube amplifiers (Pilot 232) and 200WPC solid state units and found them to be listenable long term, with good fidelity and few flaws. Are they competitive with current speakers costing $400 to $700? Sort of: current speakers present greater speed and detail, but often unless they are used with the right cable/interconnect/amp they can sound too detailed. Real music played live doesn't sound shrill or peaked. So, if you come across some yard sale AR2AX's at cheap cost, give them a try. You may be very email@example.com


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Her fight is over, and she can take a good sleep and rest.
Msxeroz would like to take this opportunity to wish my utmost condolence to Hui Yi's family, friends and everyone who knew her.
Hui Yi will be remembered as a fighter, for she has battled throughout her life. She was living through a mechanical heart, and then given transplant. Already hard as it has been, Hui Yi went for a double transplant as the 1st organ was rejected by her body. And it was a moment of relief when the second transplant was successful in 2007. She tried to lead a normal life and withstand the pain. Until on 18 September 2012, she succumbed to congestive heart failure.
I pray for her soul to rest in peace and glad that she doesn't have to be in pain anymore.
Goodbye Hui Yi!
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Many a time just opening a browser for the sake of checking your emails isn't a great option. Specially if you have a browser starting which means losing out on your memory resource. GeeMail is a desktop client for GMail distributed by Sourcebits. This small application helps you to check your email right from the desktop. It allows you to perform elementary email tasks too.
Some of the best features of GeeMail are as follows :
1. No configuration is required to allow communication with your GMail.When you are online just run the application and login as you will from a browser. It will automatically fetch your mails from Google.
2. You compose your mails offline and click send. When GeeMail detects an internet connection it will send your mails automatically.
3. The user interface looks exactly like GMail . So you don't have to spend time getting used to it.
1. Download GeeMail. The tiny app runs on Adobe AIR platform. Hence you need to have it (Adobe AIR) installed on your PC before you could try GeeMail. In case you don't have Adobe AIR already, download it here.
2. Run the geemail.air file to install GeeMail in your computer.
3. You need to confirm the installation to start it. Click Install.
4. Installation preferences are already checked for you. Change them if you need to and click Continue.
5. Once the installation is complete, the GeeMail window will open up asking for your username and password. You will to need provide that in order to log in to Gmail just as you do while using a browser. Following is a look at your Gmail account using Geemail.
7. Click Sign outwhen you are done and it will sign you out of your Gmail Account.
During my brief experience with it, it performed a bit slower than the regular Gmail web interface. However, the interface is brilliant and put together in a clean manner unlike other heavy-duty Gmail desktop clients. GeeMail is compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac.
Nice, isn't it? Though it is not offering the extra edge as of now, don't be surprised if it does so in future. So from this point on, you need Gmail, u won't need a browser.


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The Federal Government may scrap the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and 35 other agencies any movement from now. This is the recommendation of the Oronsaye's Presidential committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies.
The committee said from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) alone, four agencies, the FRSC, EFCC, ICPC, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, have been created, thereby duplicating functions.
The committee's Chairman, Stephen Oronsaye, while giving insight into the report in his remarks during the presentation held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, recommended the reduction of the existing 263 statutory agencies to 161. Oronsaye was Head of Civil Service of the Federation. The report was submitted to President Goodluck Jonathan.
He said in all, the committee recommended the abolition of 38 agencies, merger of 52 and reversion of 14 agencies to departments in the relevant ministries.
The committee, according to him, also recommended the management audit of 89 agencies capturing biometric features of staff as well as the discontinuation of government funding of professional bodies/councils.
In all, Oronsaye said if the committee's report was adopted and agencies reduced in accordance with the recommendation, government would save over N862 billion between this year and 2015.
The breakdown showed that about N124.8 billion would be reduced from agencies proposed for abolition; about N100.6 billion from agencies proposed for mergers; about N6.6 billionn from professional bodies; N489.9 billion from universities; N50.9 billion from polytechnics; N32.3 billion from colleges of education and N616 million from boards of Federal Medical Centres.
The committee described as 'a fundamental breach of acceptable practice of good public sector governance to create a new agency or institution as a response to the seeming failure or poor performance of an existing agency in order to suit political or individual interests', as well as 'misadventure in the public sector at a great cost to government', the setting up of FRSC to take over partially the functions already apportioned by law to the Federal Ministry of Works and the NPF as a result of seeming poor performance and/or to satisfy political and individual interests.
The committee also observed that the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) is duplicating the function already assigned by law to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), noting that 'besides being a clear case of latter-day overlapping functions of agencies, the continued existence of NOSDRA is tantamount to paying huge salaries to persons who do nothing, but wait for spills to occur. This is despite the fact that there is a standard operating procedure for oil companies in Nigeria to clean up oil spill whenever it occurs'.
The committee also noted that three agencies: the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), the Nomadic Education Commission (NEC), and the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NCMLA) all perform functions related to the provision of basic education.
'The question then arises as to why they continue to function as separate bodies. Our committee is of the view that the functions of all the other agencies should be taken over by UBEC as there is no economic gain in having the three bodies as separate entities'.
The panel noted that sadly, 12 years after the White Paper on the Ahmed Joda Panel Report on the Review, Harmonization and Rationalization of Federal Government parastatals, institutions and agencies (2000), some parastatals and agencies, which government had decided should either be scrapped, commercialized, privatized or self-funding, were still receiving full government funding, which runs into billions of Naira.
Oronsaye, while submitting the report, regretted that 'the long-standing challenges that beset the Nigerian public sector, including the parastatals, have created a 'single story' of inefficiency, corruption, poor work environment, low morale, ineffectiveness, deceit and low productivity, thereby establishing a perception of a dysfunctional and unproductive public sector. The weaknesses in the 'single story' have sometimes placed the Sector in a situation where it is unable to perform its legitimate functions creditably.
The committee also highlighted the case of the Nigerian broadcasting agencies (the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Voice of Nigeria (VON) which he said the committee believed focus more on structures rather than acquisition of broadcasting software.
He said the world over, countries have made efforts to manage the agencies responsible for their mass media communication by establishing and taking advantage of a single co-ordinating point. Such reforms in the media sector, he added, had been underpinned by the efficient use of resources and collaboration in order to have synergy amongst the operators.
The committee also strongly recommended that a restructured Bureau of Public Service Reform (BPSR), as proposed in the report, be allowed to co-ordinate and monitor compliance by the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with the White Paper that would emerge. By so doing, the challenges of the past would be addressed and the urge to create parastatals would be put under proper check; thus, making the setting up of committees such as ours, largely unnecessary.
The committee proposed four ways, among others, of immediately reducing the cost of governance: Reduction in the number and size of the governing boards of parastatals; linking the budgetary system to deliverables and output; implementation or vacation of some decisions taken on past reports; and removal of all professional bodies/councils from the national budget.
In his remarks, President Jonathan assured that his administration will implement the recommendations as soon as the White Paper committee set up last night submits its report in two months.
While thanking the committee for a good job, he said the report identified the obvious overlaps of functions and redundancy in some MDAs, adding that 'the recommendations must be handled with despatch'.
He said if the trend of duplicating of functions with the setting up of agencies were not checked, 'a time is coming when all government income will go for personnel cost and overheads'.


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My February PurchasesMarch 11, 2018
Then I fell in love with the heathered auburn colored Vinyasa and purchased that. My sister also gave me a Lululemon gift card for my birthday so I ended up buying a few more things throughout the month.
When I saw this vintage grape Define Jacket pop up on WMTM I pulled the trigger. I still haven't worn it yet, which means I probably could have passed, but I do think it is a really nice shade of purple.
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The rings are beautiful, and such a lovely way to remember Sherlock. I think a little retail therapy is more than justified after such a sad loss. Can't wait to hear your happy news!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, the rings are probably my favorite purchase of the month.Delete
Besides Balenciaga, what are your other favorite designer bags? I've never bought one but considering spending a bit more than usual on a new bag for spring/summer...ReplyDeleteReplies
In my current bag collection, I've got LV, Gucci, Chanel, and Givenchy. I've pretty much owned every designer at some point. Fendi, Dior, Chloe. Those have been sold. It took me a long time to figure out which bags work for me. Thus all the selling that took place. Favorite after Balenciaga is probably my Chanel boy and then my Gucci marmont bag. If I hit the lotto I would one day like to try Hermes and see what that's all about, but I don't think that will happen anytime soon! I try really hard not to spend retail price on bags though. The prices these days are crazy!Delete
The Chanel Boy bag is a classic. That one is so beautiful. The price, though.. omg! I will have to admire from afar lol.Delete
I kinda regret buying the Chanel Boy at retail price. Looking back I would have been fine buying it second hand. But, I've had it for a while now... so I guess it's fine!Delete
You've probably gotten your moneys worth if you've had for awhile! I recently got a Coach bag. I love it. I know that's not really designer but the price is easier to swallow.Delete
Are you kidding me I love Coach! I actually have another Coach post to blog about tonight!Delete
Oh, awesome! :) :) I look forward to reading it! I just got a pink one but I really love the ivy color of their Turnlock tote. It's gorgeous. I might save my pennies for that one.Delete
Right now they're having their PCE event. I ended up buying a cute wristlet and bag charm. It should be here today. I think the event ends on the 19th? Could probably get 20% off the Turnlock tote.Delete
Thanks for the heads up!Delete
Love the dino bag! Thanks for sharing the Etsy shop for the rings - love them too!! Love the ftbw bras too - that picture is so Spring and pretty to me! I hope your heart is slowly mending <3ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you... it is slowly mending, still hard on Sundays but I will always miss him.Delete


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Bloggers These Days…
This is a guest post by Tony Hue. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
… produce amazing content.
… use images to enrich their posts.
… understand the importance of beautiful web typography.
… know how to appeal to large audiences.
… utilize social media effectively.
… practice good SEO.
… visit other blogs and write comments.
… can effectively express their personality into writing and not sound like a robot.
… have an Archives or Sitemap on their blogs.
… incorporate rich media into their content.
… blog about something they are passionate about.
… know how to attract relevant backlinks.
… cite their sources whenever necessary.
… create helpful 404 pages.
… make it easy for readers to subscribe to new posts via RSS or email.
… minimize advertisements to reduce distractions.
… allow readers to easily share their latest posts via Twitter, Facebook, and social bookmarking sites.
… separate themselves from the competition by using a custom design.
… create an About and a Contact page.
… encourage readers to engage in conversation.
… write interesting headlines.
… guest post on other blogs.
… include a search function on their blogs.
… know how to optimize the speed of their blogs.
… know how to make their blogs look exactly the same across all browsers, even on IE 6.
… respond to readers' questions.
… backup their blogs regularly.
Say what?! Your blog doesn't fit any of these descriptions?! Shucks. Well, better start working on it.
Inspiration by CSS-Tricks.
About the Author: Tony Hue is a broke college student mired hopelessly in mountains of debt. Send him a check by visiting his blog LonePlacebo, where he writes about social media, technology, and his hilariously sad life. He's also on Twitter @loneplacebo.
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14 Responses to "Bloggers These Days…"
thanks to Toni Hue for sharing this post. People take attention to you.
It's funny that you mention not to overcrowd with advertising while the first window screen is tiled with them. You do write interesting headlines. Some of them sound like a Los Angeles screen writer's opening screen description.
Glad I stumbled here.
learn how to write a decent blog post should have been on the list but I can see why you forgot it.
@Dave Higgs Glad to hear you loved the 404 kitty! 🙂
Hmm looks like I've still got a long ways to go. Thanks for the tips 🙂
mk akan
a lot of work,…but must be done…very important tips.thanks
Only positive thoughts, I don't see any negative here.
These are the most essential steps of blogging. Very helpful!
Definitely a helpful list of points to double check. Thanks!
Dave Higgs
Hi Tony;
Looks rather like a "You know you a blogger if…" list.
Some interesting points tho – a check-list of things I have forgotten about. I have an about page, but the draft of my contact page is almost as old as my blog!
And btw – I love your 404 page. I believe the poor kitty 🙂
thanks for this tips
it is very helpful
Eunus Hosen
@daniel: What an idiot idea to unlink comment author name! By reading my previous comment, some people try to reach my blog. Then they have to do search on google with my name. Although they finally found my blog. But it could be easy, if my name would linked with my blog. But, I want to thank you because, the more people do search on google with my name, more chance to be it a brand:)
Daniel Scocco
@Eunus, I believe Tony's tone is more humorous than sad.
Eunus Hosen
Hello Tony, don't be sad by reading this comment:
Are you a hopeless guy? Stop your blogging just now!!! Because, blogging is not for any hopeless guy. Have you done all the things mentioned above for your blog? If you done, you should get success and make enough money to get rid from the debt and never you need to ask donation.
I'm not an evil. Just want to say never lose your hope. Success will come to you, when you do something right. Hope for your success ~ Eunus Hosen
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My Neighbourhood schools photography competition
Tuesday May 12, 2015
Win £1,000 of photography equipment for your school
My Neighbourhood, a nationwide photography competition for 5 to 18 year olds from Rightmove, challenges young people to take and share photographs of a special place, person or activity in their local area. Schools entering the competition have the chance to win some fantastic prizes:
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In Sindh, Pakistan, we assist the Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) in the monitoring and evaluation of the Sindh Union Council and Community Economic Strengthening Support (SUCCESS) Programme to document its overall impact and effectiveness. SUCCESS is a project supported by the European Commission and aims at introducing local community driven development initiatives in rural areas of Sindh province.
Building on SUCCESS and the GoSindh's UCBPRP, the EU along with national partners has launched a similar initiative (Balochistan Rural Development & Community Empowerment Programme) to be implemented in Balochistan, Pakistan.
South Asia is one of the most poverty stricken regions of the world and suffers from increasing inequalities and from extreme forms of social exclusion as well as huge infrastructure gaps. This high level of poverty exists despite the South Asian region experiencing one of the highest economic growth rates in the world with projection of increased economic growth rate of 7.6% in 2017 from 7% in 2015. To address extreme poverty and reduce inequality in developing and developed countries, inclusive growth is essential (OECD 2015). Number 8 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals declared in 2015 is to "promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment as well as decent work for all" (UN 2015).
Using a social mobilization approach through trainings, a community investment fund and insurance benefit, SUCCESS aims to reduce poverty in rural areas of eight districts of Sindh Province, thereby mobilizing and capacitating approximately 770,000 rural households. The program pays special attention to empowering women and seeks to increase poor households' incomes by 30%, to diversify sources of income, to upgrade sustainable community infrastructures and productive assets, as well as to create a policy and budget framework for community-driven local development in Sindh province to be implemented from 2018 onward.
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This project is complemented by an initiative that builds upon these community-based organizational structures to improve the local conditions in the villages focusing on Water, Immunization, Sanitation and Education (WISE). Communities are asked to develop action plans for these four WISE sectors, with subsequent monitoring and impact evaluations.
In addition, we support the development of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework for the project "Balochistan Rural Development & Community Empowerment Programme" (BRDCEP). The program will be implemented by the EU along with the implementing partners National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), Balochistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP) and the Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN). BRDCEP builds upon SUCCESS and GoSindh's UCBPRP and will be rolled in eight rural districts of Balochistan province. More specifically, our support includes the preparation of a common approach to undertake the baselines (methodology, indicators, targets, processes and tools) and an action research on poverty dynamics in Balochistan.


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Ghana international Mubarak Wakaso has joined Greek side Panathinaikos from Russian club Rubin Kazan on a three year deal.
The 25 year old winger completed his move following a medical with the Athens based club.
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Mon, 9 November 2015
Continuing with my new idea of releasing incremental episodes of my podcast that all deal with the same subject, here's the second one about the events of December 1941 in the Pacific. The main feature is my interview with game designer Mark Herman. At the end I decided to record my reply to the recent Bonding with Board Games/HAMTAG episode "Top 5 Wargames That Made Me the Grog I Am Today."
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Remember to follow along & chime in on my discussion thread (and geeklist) for all of my Month of Infamy/December 41 thoughts & explorations. If you're a wargamer on social media, follow me on Twitter (@WargamesToGo) and Facebook. Feedback is always welcome.
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Dad pushed girl out of way of surging car, family says
Victims suffer non-life threatening injuries
Three pedestrians, including a 10-year-old girl and a man in a wheelchair, were struck by a car Tuesday night in Boston.
Police said the incident occurred about 8:30 p.m. in the area of Seaver Street and Blue Hill Avenue. Police said a girl was hurt along with her 40-year-old father and 22-year-old friend in a wheelchair.
The Boston Herald reported that the man and his daughter were walking the friend to a bus stop when the Toyota Avalon drove up onto the median.
"He made a wrong turn some way, somehow, because for him to make a turn and run smack into them, right into them … I don't know. I don't know how that happened," a witness said.
Family said the man shoved his daughter out the way of the car and took most of the impact.
Authorities said the father suffered head and face injuries.
Boston police said three victims were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
Police said the driver did stay at the scene. The crash is under investigation and the driver was not immediately charged.


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Feb 01, 2013– Cape Canveral, USA (Techreleased) – Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-K, demonstrating that the vehicle is functioning and ready to use its internal engine to boost it to its operational geosynchronous orbit. After reaching final orbit, it will undergo three months of tests and calibration before being put into operation by NASA to provide critical communications relay services to NASA and other U.S. space programs.
TDRS-K joins three other Boeing TDRS satellites in NASA's system. It is the first of a new series of those satellites, featuring improved payload, power and propulsion, and will help provide users with enhanced, reliable communications bandwidth at the lowest cost.
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Inspired by the "Corn" thread, I was picking up a vibe from some that a lot of Swing music is corny. I myself used to think Benny Goodman was as nerdy and as square as they come. But after many years of listening to Charlie Christian, you begin to appreciate how hip a lot of Benny's lines actually are, well, at least I think so...
What about you guys? Anyone with me? Kinda makes you contemplate what constitutes "hip". If you put a gun to the head of many modern "hip" players, could they play those cool, slippery, supple, language soaked yet still unpredictable lines that make you tap your foot, smile as well as make you go "Wow!"... Hmmm, for ages now we're supposed to think that "modern" means more hip. But for me, I'm not feeling that at all... I mean, sure Chris Potter makes me go Wow, but not the kind of "Fuck Yeah" kind of Wow I get from the top cats from the 40's, 50's and 60's. Heck, even Louis Armstrong to me sounds more "hip" than many if not most, if not all, of the current guys.
So yeah, back to Benny and the other Sultans of Swing from the bygone era, forget some of the cheesy tunes and the arrangements, try transcribing those solos and you'll come to realise you could never have come up with ways to get from one chord to another like they did. Beautiful, perfectly shaped story telling steeped in the old language tradition (Benny, Lester, Andre Ekyan, Don Byas etc etc ) that makes much of the modern post Coltrane / Shorter pattern or CST based soloing kinda dull in comparison, and, dare I say, kinda unhip ... Well, to me at least anyway... Strange how I've gradually come to this realisation, especially considering I once considered any kind of Jazz from the 70's was way cooler than every decade that preceded it put together!
Originally Posted by princeplanet
Anyone who has as long a career as he did is bound to release some corn. But yeah all the trio and quartet stuff is killer. Though even Charlie thought Benny was a little square, when sitting in at Minton's.
When I was a teen I liked hard bop and what we now call doo wop. I thought any music prior to 1954 was impossibly square and unhip. When I discovered jazz guitar I ignored Christian, preferring to listen to his disciples. All the music from the swing era seemed far in the past and remote from my life, but it was only 10-30 years gone.
Ironic then that I've been in a big band for the last nineteen years, playing Goodman, Miller, Shaw, Kenton and enjoying it immensely. What I find interesting is that people of all ages still seem to find early rock, the Beatles, the Stones, folk-rock and other ancient forms of music fifty or more years old still relevant. My joke about our repertoire in that our "new music" is sixty years old. We typically have sold-out audiences for it.
Danny W.
The small group Benny Goodman stuff is cool. I really like the pianist Teddy Wilson, and the Benny Goodman stuff with Teddy is really good. (Though I might prefer Wilson's own groups and big-bands, haven't listened recently enough)
I think Benny and the Orchestra sound fine here with Peggy Lee singing "Why Don't You Do Right."
Benny was a helluva player.
Goodman was, IMO, the best of the clarinetists. His big band swung better than most, because he hired the best musicians available. Not as good as Basie's, but very good. As a player, he could cover everything from classical to modern (for the times).; I never considered his music to be corny. Glen Miller, Guy Lombardo, et al, yes pure corn. But Goodman had a different approach. I grew up listening to that music, and some of my earliest memories are of hearing Goodman sextet and septet recordings on 78rpm records with my parents, and learning the sounds of the instruments as different ones took solos. Miller et al were listenable, but mostly what I liked then, and now, were Goodman and Bob Wills. People think country/western/whatever music is corny, but Wills' musicians could hang with Basie's, and sometimes did, there are many photos even if no recordings. If Goodman was corny, then I like that sort of corn.
bennys small groups were usually far from the corn
here's a septet with great tenor man wardell gray...(who played with dexter, bird, earl hines, basie and goodman!)..also features frannie beecher on guitar (later famous for his stint in bill haley & the comets)
The thing you have to remember about Goodman is that he started out a very long time ago, almost 100 years ago now. Music has evolved, and what was once new and exciting no longer is. Listen to him with Red Nichols, playing what was cutting edge stuff at the time. "Sing Sing SIng" still swings, as old as it is. What was hip in the 1930s no longer is, but that's only because it has been so overdone for so long. Back then, Goodman was as hip as anyone playing, and much moreso than most. Time goes by, and things change, but I can still listen to the Goodman small groups all day and night. I can't think of many musicians from his era that have stood the test of time better, or even as well. Basie, Ellington, not many more.
Benny's bands played at a very high level. Swing predated Bebop, so what was hip in the swing days changed quite a bit. The dancers sat down for bebop.
I think that historical context matters.
Originally Posted by sgosnell
Originally Posted by Littlemark
It seems the "classics" in all the arts will always be rediscovered at some point in the future because true substance is self evident and undeniable, irresistable even. It's a lasting testament to the merit of any period in art, music, literature, film etc, and let's face it, there have been lean times in all the above (today maybe?) where we struggle to imagine anything from these periods is worth rediscovering at all...
I think that the level of musicianship was higher in those days. These guys had no distractions like TV or the Internet and were playing 300+ shows year. The guys on staff at radio stations were probably playing more. The jobs paid well when a lot of good people were in soup lines, and the top players were celebrities. Records were cut in one take.
It is hard to call something corny when the musicianship is at a level like that.
Originally Posted by sgosnell
Originally Posted by princeplanet
Originally Posted by princeplanet
But as you say every generation needs to push the envelope. Charlie was only 25 when he died. When those Minton recordings were done Goodman's band was on retainer while he recuperated from sciatica. Lots of time to experiment.
To paraphrase Art Blakey's remark to Branford Marsalis,
"Benny Goodman doesn't need us to be hip..."
Hear it at 20:50
Originally Posted by rabbit
Originally Posted by wintermoon
"According to Marsalis, Blakey could be merciless in his instructions to his young charges. He told Milkowski about the time he tried to change the chords in a George Gershwin ballad. When Blakey asked him what he was doing, Branford replied, 'You making me play it, I'm gonna do what I can to make it hip.' He said, 'Let me explain something to you, (expletive). George Gershwin does not need your sorry ass to make him hip. He's already hip. The only thing you are doing is masking the fact that you don't know what the (expletive) you are doing. So you're going to play the song the way it's written…"
from-Branford Marsalis: Program notes by Rick Mitchell - Da Camera chamber music and jazz
Benny Goodman. Well, from a post-1950 sensibility, Goodman is going to come off as an old-timer...a progenitor of "swing," and a purveyor of "corn." Taken in terms of the context of _his_ era, however, he is an iconic figure. Even the small-group stuff with Charlie Christian is going to, at best, end up being regarded as proto-bop. And, I'm being generous.
A chart like 7 Come 11, one of my personal favorites, is still a swing song--even though it is indelibly a Charlie Christian chart. Even though everyone under the sun from the 30s through the 90s played that chart, it's still a swing staple. Tell you what, though. It's a killer chart to send out there to the audience. In any configuration, from a duo to a big group, it just works. Try it. Corny? Probably. Fun? Without a doubt.
For the most part, though, younger audiences prefer Goodman to Gillespie and Parker. When I perform, I am only too happy to play about two-thirds material that I think will connect with the audiences--and I will lean on GAS and swing material pretty heavily--and about a quarter of the material coming from more post-1950 jazz material that I think that I can tease the audiences into liking. The remainder is stuff that I think will surprise folks--i.e., material not normally associated with jazz that benefits from a jazz treatment, e.g., "Tin Man" by America, or "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover." (These might not be great examples, but they came to mind.)
So, I am probably more likely to perform a Goodman chart than "Oleo" or "Pithicanthropus Erectus." I'd probably call out "My Favorite Things" over "A Love Supreme." Now, I love all these charts...but the audience will relate to the stuff you are more likely to hear in an elevator more readily.
I guess corny stuff is a guilty pleasure, in the sense that it makes you feel good about getting peoples toes tapping. Early bop can do that, too, you know. People react strongly to a good rendition of "A Night in Tunisia." It stands on its merits. Same with Miles--from just about any period you choose. Even "Back Seat Betty" will get money in the tip jar.
Gershwin doesn't need us to be hip, either.
But, that is another thread.
I absolutely love Gershwin. OTOH, If you were a bopper in the 40s and 50s, you probably would have regarded Gershwin as impossibly corny. The 20s just sounded dated to the bop ears.
Louis Armstrong is another example. There simply wouldn't be bebop without Armstrong. Armstrong emancipated Western music from the slavish adoration of the strong beats. Still, nobody would dare show up to a jam session at Minton's and lean in with a great rendition of "West End Blues."
i think there are two distinct levels of corn
things that seem corn because they are from a different age...and this is not just confined to jazz!
or things that are just corny, even within their own age..and there is plenty of that as well!
Benny's as hip as they come if you ask me... one of the greatest soloists of all time. They didn't call him King of Swing for nothing.
With regards to Glenn Miller being corny etc. - that's fair enough - although some of the later Glenn Miller band material, when Ray McKinley was directing the band is really cool. They really modernised the band, but I think in later years the band reverted to it's more 'easy listening' sound. Still had the Glenn Miller sound with those reed arrangements but the rhythm section was swinging in a different way.
Corn is in the ear of the beholder.
Corn is in the mouth of the eater!
Played an accurate transcription of this actual big band chart for 15 years. An audience Goodman favorite, nothing corny about it.
Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
Are we all going to pretend his "performance" in the Benny Goodman story isn't Oscar worthy? :P
Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
i think the lesson is clear:
Wear Cowboy Hat, swing harder.
It's not like I'm desperate for any little advantage or anything.
Super hip
Thing is hip isn't doing something complex and cerebral (although imo many of the BG sides have this quality) it's doing something intriguing and stylish. Often it links the popular world with the highbrow... in CC's case blues and dance music with more advanced harmonic ideas.
It is of its time, urban, connected to the vernacular, but also referencing other things. It's kind of a tension, a synthesis of two or more elements.
(for this reason Steely Dan, say, are hip, and prog rock isn't hip.)
So when something talks about a certain voicing being 'hip' I think - I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. In context a voicing can be hip. Sonny Clarke comping for Dexter is hip, Bill Evans playing a standard is hip; someone playing an isolated chord, not so much.
This is what happens when young jazz nerds talk about 'hip' - it's actually pretty cringe. Playing in 11 isn't hip per se.
For me most of not all things I find 'hip' in jazz have a strong rhythmic side. with Charlie Christian hipness can be found in the way he'll contrast crisp blues phrases with much more angular phrases that are almost 'out' - playing A13 tonalities in D minor, that sort of stuff, but this would mean nothing without the swing. The compositions too ... Air Mail with its straight up riff A and knotty B is Charlie encapsulated.
(Plus Stravinsky loved those sides and he was pretty hip....)
Of course the hippest shit CC ever played wasn't on these sides. But they are still pretty hip.
'Style is a magic wand and turns everything to gold'
Originally Posted by Greentone
Not a bad singer too!
Benny G. and his sidemen were consummate musicians. And, unlike later "Jazz," he played dance music to a generation of listeners/dancers. To compare him to later styles/musicians is an apple/orange discussion. These musicians laid the foundation for all forms of Jazz to evolve to what we have today. And, as a side-note, IMO, Jazz lost its popularity when people could no longer dance to the music. It became cerebral, not visceral. Can you imagine dancing to "Giant Steps?????"
Play live! . . . Marinero
Originally Posted by grahambop
Originally Posted by docsteve
And one of my favorites from a very little mentioned Joe Pass album that I think is fantastic.
During a rare 6-month period of my life when I was playing jazz every week, the leader called this tune and I'd never heard it or heard of it. But I really fell for it and so Joe Pass' treatment of it is, well, everything I love about Joe Pass.
What is hip?
This is hip!
Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Of course there are the Gershwin tunes. Shelly Manne does his thing here and provides a feel similar to the Kessel Trio albums of the 50s. Just solid all around. And did I mention the tunes,,,,
Hip or corn, I'd love to be able to play like Benny Goodman and to think up lines like Benny Goodman. Being able to do that would be enough for me!
There is a temporal component on both sides of the corny equation.
Well played music is well played music.
Originally Posted by christianm77
"Style, in its finest sense, is the last acquirement of the educated mind; it is also the most useful. It persuades the whole being. The administrator with a sense for style hates waste. The engineer with a sense for style economizes his material. The artisan with a sense for style prefers good work.
"Style is the ultimate morality of the mind."
I think Jazz - especially (and maybe only) up to 50s- early 60s was a unoque phenomenon of musical culture.
It belonged to tough business-stipulated commercial enviroment of mass culture. at the same time within those frames it developed extremely vivid authentic and truely artistic languge.
Eventually this led to inside conflict: the ambitions of some players to be treated as serious art confronted the actual practice of business. But it was solved through expansion to overseas markets partly, and partly with rock'n'roll sunstituting jazz on pure mass entertainment seen - so jazz could safely move into the 'true art' niche. Did it serve it for better or worse? To be honest I am not always sure... it gave us new really great names but definitely jazz lost some part of its original authencity with it.
Coming back to the OP ... I think that genuinity and authencity of performing practice and language are much more inportant than enviroment and repertoire.
That is why probably Benny Godman is not corny to me... Diana Ross singing Close To You or John Lennon's Jealous Guy... the are not corny too.
But for example some modern jazz guitarist playing Close To You or Jealous Guy cover can sound terribly corny... though it can be done with sofistication, mastery, skillls and all.
Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
Why T.O.P of course!
With regards to what is corny: The 1941 film Ball of Fire has a scene where corny is defined. I couldn't find that scene but I did find this opening scene from the film with Gene Kuppa.


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Puerto Rican Style Rice with Pigeon Peas
Puerto Rican Style Rice with Pigeon Peas
by James Belardo
I am of Puerto Rican and Italian decent, and since I grew up on the Italian side I didn't have much exposure to Puerto Rican cuisine. I also left New York as a young teenager and moved to Canada, there's no Puerto Rican community, let alone restaurants there. While visiting Orlando, Florida we found a wonderful place of inspiration, Tropico Mofungo, a wonderful authentic Puerto Rican restaurant. In just one sitting I was inspired to do some research and start on my quest to create some Puerto Rican inspired dishes.
1/4 lb. ham, bacon, pork belly or pancetta – chopped – optional
1/4 cup Zio's Recaito (Puerto Rican Sofrito) (try our homemade version)
2 1/2 cups Chicken stock (try our homemade version)
1/4 cup hand crushed plum tomatoes (can) or 3-4 ripe plum tomatoes
1 cans Pigeon Peas, drained and rinsed
1/4 jar Manzanillo olives – optional
1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 cups brown rice (uncooked but rinsed)
1 tsp Sazón con Achiote y Culantro (try our homemade version) or 1/2 packet GOYA brand
1 tsp Zio's Adobo (our homemade version)
1/2 tsp turmeric
salt – to taste
2 bay leaves
small handful fresh cilantro, chopped
1. Using a Dutch oven fry the ham (or pancetta) in 2 tbsp of olive oil with medium heat.
2. When the ham becomes cooked to your liking add the Recaito herb-blend and cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Add the Sazón con Achiote y Cilantro, Adobo, turmeric and hand crushed tomatoes, mix well and cook for 2-5 minutes.
4. Add the pre-rinsed rice and let cook for 5 minutes
5. Add the chicken stock one cup at a time allowing each to come to a boil. After the second cup, add the bay leaves, let come back to boil.
6. Add about 1/2 tsp salt, to taste, and then the pigeon peas and fresh cilantro.
7. Mix well and stir frequently while the rice soaks up the liquid, add the olives (optional) cook for about 10-20 minutes.
8. Once most of the liquid is absorbed, lower the heat and let cook covered until liquid is absorbed (stir frequently), then let sit for 10-20 minutes.
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