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15 January 2021THE ROYAL (DICK) SCHOOL OF VETERINARY STUDIES - TALKS
THE ROYAL (DICK) SCHOOL OF VETERINARY STUDIES - TALKS
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies are holding two talks for their clients and would like to extend the invitation to the RDA Community. The talks will interesting and informative. Sign up is straightforward and they are free!
Wednesday 20th January 7.30pm via Zoom -
Strangles - are the blood tests all they're cracked up to be?
Prof Scott Pirie and Jill Murdoch will guide us through this difficult area.
Equine Lockdown Lard - so many experts, so few solutions - what's the latest in equine obesity?
Dr Ruth Morgan will be presenting her latest research into equine obesity.
https://edinburgh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/equine-client-evenings-jan-20th-730pm-strangles-and-jan
Thank you to the Ed & Borders Regional Vet, Tess Fordham for extending the invitation to RDA. Should you have any difficulties signing up, please email Tess on tess.fordham@ed.ac.uk
14 January 2021National Office Update
Dear RDA UK volunteers and staff,
Welcome to RDA 2021! Not the start we hoped for, but I hope you are keeping well and managing ok in spite of it all. Unsurprisingly after a break of a few weeks, this is a bumper issue, so pop the kettle on, make yourself comfortable and I promise we'll get through it together.
First I'd like to welcome three new Regional Chairs to the RDA UK team: In Great London - Paul Turner; Celia McMorran in Northern Ireland and in West & Central Scotland Dominic Ind. Thank you and welcome to you all.
Thanks also to the outgoing Chairs: Julie Frazer (NI), Mike Locke (GL) and Kate Bennet (W&CS) for everything you have done to support your regions and the wider RDA community while in post.
Remember we still have a vacancy for a Regional Chair in the South West. Email Faye at fmckenning@rda.org.uk for details.
Sad loss of two RDA 'stalwarts'
It is with sadness that we report the deaths of Carolyn Walker MCSP from the South West Region, and Jane Matthews from Mid-West.
Carolyn was a long-standing, dedicated RDA supporter and CPTRH member who held many roles over the years, notably as a Chartered Physiotherapist providing support and advice to RDA groups. We will miss Carolyn's professional caring attitude, her great sense of humour and her love of travel to HETI conferences.
Jane was a great stalwart of RDA in Wiltshire, having in the past held positions such as County Chairman, Chairman of Lackham RDA and latterly Wansdyke Driving Group to name but a few of her roles. She was a tireless fundraiser and driving force for RDA right up until she became unwell, and will be sadly missed.
With thanks to Lynne Munro and Rachel Vaughan-Johns.
Emergency grants to groups and other funding options
We are opening a third round of emergency grants for groups (the information will be circulated in tomorrow's email to groups). Groups can apply for grants for financial hardship - if they are struggling to maintain the group; or for a grant to help them restart (when possible) or adapt to broaden their services and benefit more people.
All information and the application form can be found here: www.myrda.org.uk/runningyourgroup/group-fundraising
A useful list of external funding and financial support can be found at: https://learn.sportenglandclubmatters.com/mod/page/view.php?id=670
Vacancy for RDA UK Chair
A reminder that we are recruiting for a new Chair for RDA UK. Don't hide your light under a bushel! RDA is full of talented, experienced people who would be ideally placed to bring their knowledge of RDA and leadership skills to our national board. Click the link below for more details, or call Chief Executive Ed Bracher for an informal chat (or if you have someone you would like to recommend).
www.rda.org.uk/join-the-rda-uk-team/
National Championships (real and virtual)
Our assumption at the moment is that the National Championships will go ahead, and our Championships team has been working closely with Hartpury College to ensure we can do this safely.
As such, this year's event will have fewer classes, and take place over two days (17 & 18 July) rather than the usual three. We will be keeping numbers on site to a minimum, and in line with other equestrian events we will be encouraging competitors to 'arrive, compete and leave'. Where groups need it, accommodation and stabling will be provided as normal.
In addition, because of the need to run fewer classes, and to ensure as many people as possible have an opportunity to take part, we will be running a virtual championships in September.
All the details can be found on MyRDA here: www.myrda.org.uk/runningyourgroup/national-championships
We will still need a number of volunteers to help run the Championships, so if you can give your time please email Faye McKenning at fmckenning@rda.org.uk
Regional Qualifiers
Regional Committees are in the process of agreeing their plans for qualifiers. Some will be taking place at venues as normal, and some virtually. Please contact your Regional Chair if you have any questions about the qualifier in your Region.
Free NAF garlic supplements
NAF (the feed manufacturer) is offering RDA groups in mainland England, Wales and Scotland free 500g and 10kg tubs of its garlic feed supplement (now discontinued so not to be sold on, but sealed and in date).
Interested groups should fill out the form at the link below. The details will be sent on to NAF for them to allocate supplies, based on the number of horses and how much they have in stock. This is on a first come, first served basis and we can't guarantee groups will receive some.
Offer closes 22 January. Groups can apply online at:
www.myrda.org.uk/runningyourgroup/horses-and-rda/feed-supplements
Any questions email Helen at hkallow@rda.org.uk
Horsefest – exclusive ticket offer for RDA members and volunteers
HorseFest is a new, three day festival for horse fans, taking place from July 23 to 25. Visit www.horsefest.org for all the details.
Early bird tickets are on sale now while available or until 28 February. Thanks to the team at HorseFest, we have secured a further discount for RDA members and volunteers with 10% off any Adult, Young Person, Child or Family entry ticket. Just use the code HORSEFESTRDA10 at the checkout on the website.
More information about HorseFest and this exclusive offer at MyRDA here: www.myrda.org.uk/exclusive-horsefest-ticket-offer-for-rda-members/
That's it! I knew you'd make it.
Caroline Ward
Head of Communication & Insight, RDA UK
cward@rda.org.uk
21 December 2020 Equestrian Guidance Update 21/12/20
🚨 Equestrian Guidance Update 21/12/20 🚨
Following the First Minister's announcement on Saturday, all of mainland Scotland will enter Level 4 on 26th December at 00.01.
Within Level 4, non contact sport, including most equestrian activity, can continue outdoors (including within covered arenas). However, travel restrictions mean this can only be undertaken within your own Local Authority area.
Across all levels, coaches can continue to travel for work purposes and travel can be undertaken to care for animals on welfare grounds.
Grant Turnbull
Chair horsescotland
To view the full current guidance PDF document please click the link below ⤵
🔗 www.horsescotland.org/covid-19support
#staysafe #stayalert #stepatatime #horsescotland #equestrianguidance #covid19
18 December 2020 Horse Scotland Equestrian Guidance Update 16/12/20
Following the First Minister's announcement yesterday, there are no changes to our Equestrian Guidance but there are to be changes to three Local Authority levels - Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and East Lothian - effective from 6pm on Friday 18th December, all three will move to Level 3.
The First Minister also confirmed that there will now be a further review on Tuesday 22nd December.
Our infographic and guidance provides detail for equestrian participants, coaches and businesses. These documents are attached.
horsescotland Chair
To view the full guidance PDF and infographic document please click the link below ⤵
18 December 2020 Ed Bracher's Christmas Message
RDA Chief Executive, Ed Bracher has recorded a Christmas message for the whole organisation.
Grab a mince pie and a mulled wine and settle in to watch it here:
https://youtu.be/dKl6yJUcpys
16 December 2020Ettrickbridge & Dryden RDA Group Newsletter
16 December 2020Ettrickbridge & Dryden's Festive Horsey Homework
14 December 2020Drum's Christmas Newsletter
14 December 2020National Office Update
Firstly, welcome to all Coach Developers – not previously on this list (apologies), but on it now! If you have not received this email before, it's a weekly message to all RDA UK volunteers ahead of the group email that goes out on Thursdays, so you have advanced notice of news and updates.
This will be the last 'normal' email before Christmas, and the next one will be on 13 January. If anything important crops up in the meantime I'll be sure to let you know.
Free training: 'Managing Change' this Friday!
We have some spaces left for an online course this Friday 11th from 1pm - 2:45pm. This is just open to RDA UK volunteers (that's you!) and is being delivered by the excellent people at Team Academy, who some of you will have worked with before. I would definitely recommend it, so do get in touch with Faye in the office fmckenning@rda.org.uk to sign up if you're free this Friday.
RDA on ITV advert
If you didn't happen to be watching Supermarket Sweep on Saturday, you may have missed the lovely People's Postcode Lottery advert featuring RDA. I am allowed to share it until the end of this week, so visit our Facebook page or follow this link and take a look: https://youtu.be/FIcypeD0R70
Restarting hippotherapy
Hippotherapy is now able to restart at those groups that can offer it. The guidance is now live on the myRDA website, covering details such as training horses and volunteers, as well as the extensive use of personal protective equipment following CSP and CPTRH guidelines. Visit www.myrda.org.uk/runningyourgroup/getting-started-after-lockdown/24335-2/
RDA at Home
We are still looking for groups to send in their ideas for activities that can be done at home, so please be on the look out for resources that you think might be good to share. Email Alex Walker at awalker@rda.org.uk
Vacancy at Cavalier Centre, home of Perry RDA
Cavalier Centre in Shropshire has a maternity leave vacancy for a full time Volunteer Coordinator and Executive Assistant. Click here for details: https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/5078140?v=F34C4BF506DC076027BC125B8D1ACABBE8F63D3D
National Office Update
Dear RDA UK staff and volunteers,
Another bumper issue coming your way today, but I think it's all positive stuff – including some ideas to help with the Christmas shopping. Firstly, Ballyboley group in Northern Ireland was Parasport Club of the Month earlier this year, and now has a chance of being voted Club of the Year – but they need your help. Please visit the Parasport website and cast your vote: https://parasport.org.uk/club-year-nominations
Harry Hall Charity of the Year
Equestrian outfitters Harry Hall are looking for nominations to be one of their three charities of the year in 2021. You can help ensure that RDA is on the shortlist by visiting the Harry Hall Facebook page (@HarryHallRiding) and commenting in the relevant post tagging in @RDANational. Or visit their nominations page at: https://harryhall.com/charity-partnership-donations
This would be a fantastic opportunity for us so please share with your friends and family as well as your RDA network.
As well as taking bookings directly from RDA Groups and Regions for courses, Medi-K & First Aid Training Cooperative have planned a number of public 1-day 'Emergency First Aid at Work' and 3-day 'First Aid at Work' courses at venues across the UK in 2021. If you are interested in booking a place or places at one of these courses, please visit: https://firstaidtrainingcooperative.co.uk/public-first-aid-courses/cat-13-equestrian-first-aid/
You can also find a full list of dates for these courses on the events page of MyRDA at www.myrda.org.uk/runningyourgroup/events/
Discount for Groups at Townfields Saddlers
A reminder that Townfield Saddlers offer 15% off online orders to all RDA groups. To receive the discount, they just have to enter the following code at the checkout: RDAS15
Townfields supply everything from stable equipment, clothing, body protectors and hats as well as saddlery. They will even drop off to local yards for bigger bulky orders. Visit www.townfields.com to view their range and to take advantage of this brilliant offer.
A huge thank you to the team at Townfields Saddlers for their continued support of RDA.
RDA Tartan scarves and ties
The RDA scarves are still available to buy from Norvite, despite a run on them after my previous email. They make fantastic Christmas gifts so visit www.norvitefarmandcountry.com/11406/products/rda-50th-anniversary-tartan-lambswool-scarf.aspx and place your order today.
In addition, there are a small number of tartan ties available (I can send you a picture of Ed sporting one at last year's AGM if you want to know what they look like). They cost £24 including post and packaging (1st class, registered). If you would like to snap up one of the last 11 ties please email Kim McCutcheon at eandb.region.rda@gmail.com. When they are gone, they are gone!
RDA on ITV Christmas advert
With thanks to Centre of England and Ravelrig groups, RDA features in a Postcode Lottery advert to be aired on Saturday 5 December at 19:15 (during Celebrity Supermarket Sweep!). It's a lovely thing so please do tune in.
BETA survey
BETA (British Equestrian Trade Association) has launched a new survey to riders covering two main topics:
· Their perceptions of coaching qualifications, the importance of these when selecting coaches and other criteria used in coach selection.
· Riding activity and purchasing behaviour since the beginning of the year to better understand spending and riding patterns and in terms of buying channels whether any change is a temporary or permanent one.
The link to the survey is: https://wh1.snapsurveys.com/s.asp?k=160624164105 and you have the opportunity to win a £50 shopping voucher.
01 December 2020Equestrian Guidance Update 30/11/20
Following the recent publication of the legal text around travel restrictions, as issued by the Scottish Government, we have been working with sportscotland to further clarify specific points in relation to the changes to travel connected to sport and physical activity in Level 3 and 4 areas.
The Specific changes/updates that have been made to travel sections to reflect the legal text can be summarised as follows:
🔹If you live in a Level 3 or Level 4 Local Authority area you can take part in organised sport, activity or exercise in that area only, with the exception of point 3 below.
🔹You should not travel out of your Local Authority area, if it is at Level 3 or 4, to undertake organised sport, activity or exercise (exception: u18s in a level 3 area can travel into other areas for allowable organised sport, activity and exercise).
🔹At Level 3 and 4 you can travel to a place up to 5 miles outside your Local Authority area to take part in informal exercise (household rules apply) as long as you start and finish at the same place. Please note, this exemption no longer permits travel for over 18's for any organised sport or physical activity.
The above guidance around the 5 mile travel restriction has now changed 3 TIMES WITHIN 3 WEEKS. We have pushed hard against the tightening of travel for sport and physical activity, but it is now in legal form and the full text can be found here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/389/part/4/made
Again, please don't shoot the messenger, this Regulation is much wider than sport and physical activity, but there is clear reference to permitted travel for the activities within the text.
Full details can be found in the attached full Equestrian Guidance.
To VIEW the full updated guidance PDF document please click the link below ⤵
To DOWNLOAD the full updated guidance PDF document please click the link below ⤵
🔗 https://636111c1-f1f1-431d-9255-cd6a540ac892.filesusr.com/ugd/6c7920_9ab7ba60bd254dbc8701895f266b45cf.pdf?index=true
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26 November 2020National Office Update
If you feel like the week has gone too quickly – it's because I'm emailing you today instead of the usual Wednesday as I am out of the office tomorrow.
Showjumping Training 9 December
RDA UK Showjumping Lead, Mike Butcher, is running a Zoom training event on Wednesday 9 December from 6-7pm. The training will be suitable for all group coaches and riders who are interested in learning about the different RDA showjumping levels (1-5).
The session will cover:
· Getting started: Level 1 showjumping can be delivered by all groups
· Competitions
· Showjumping Proficiency Tests
· Tips for riders and coaches
Group coaches and riders can pre-register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpc-2gpjwsHtKP26I6mJzK4Mwx2AhA1PY2
The session will be recorded and made available afterwards. Further sessions are planned for the new year.
Any questions to Alex Walker awalker@rda.org.uk .
Easing of lockdown restrictions in England
England will be moving to the 3-tier system next week. The details have been released by the government and will come into force on Wednesday 2 December.
Some of your groups will be planning to reopen as soon as they are allowed. If asked, please reassure them that we are liaising with DCMS, Sport England and the BEF to produce RDA-specific information for each tier in time for the group email this Thursday (which will also be sent to RDA UK volunteers in England).
Nominations for President's Awards are open now, so if you or any of your groups would like nominate someone, please do so. Nominations should be made to your Regional Chair.
The President's Award is our most prestigious award and recognises extraordinary voluntary service to RDA for 30 years and over.
The poster and form for the Creative Writing Competition are now available on the main RDA website here: www.rda.org.uk/take-part/ so it's easier to share directly with riders and drivers.
I'm sorry to share the sad news that Pat Burgess, Founder of Wilton RDA, has sadly passed away. Pat was a much-loved figure throughout RDA, especially of course at her group and in the region. Described as a 'powerhouse' of a person, Pat said she ran Wilton on 'love, joy and enthusiasm'. We could all do with a bit more of that at the moment, and Pat will be sadly missed.
You can read more about Pat here www.rdawilton.co.uk/calendar-news-events/pat-burgess
Groups in Scotland entering Level 4
Regional Chairs in Scotland have been updated by us today following the Scottish First Minister's announcement that will bring a number of areas into Level 4 from this Friday, 20 November at 6pm. If you are affected by the changes or just want to keep up to date visit www.myrda.org.uk/runningyourgroup/getting-started-after-lockdown/rules-for-scotland and read: COVID-19: What it means to groups in Scotland for all the details.
Vacancy: Regional Chair West & Central Scotland
Kate Bennet will be stepping down as Regional Chair for West & Central Scotland after nine successful years in post, and we are now looking for her replacement. This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your knowledge, experience and professionalism to a key role in RDA UK, so please get in touch to find out more. We also have vacancies for Regional Chairs in Greater London and South West. Contact Faye McKenning in the office (fmckenning@rda.org.uk) if you would like to find out more about these roles – or any other RDA UK volunteer positions currently vacant.
New look Operations Team at National Office
As you will have seen from the staff phone list sent out on 14 October (you'll remember that, it was the email that went on for ages), there have been changes to the structure of the Operations team at National Office. A presentation explaining the changes was given to the recent Operations Planning Committee and at the Regional Chairs meeting, and you can find a copy of this here:www.myrda.org.uk/new-look-operations-team-at-national-office-changes-explained/
18 November 2020Covid-19 Update: Equestrian Guidance 17.11.20
🚨 Covid-19 Update: Equestrian Guidance 17.11.20 🚨
Yesterday, the First Minister announced the results of the latest review of COVID-19 protection levels in Scotland.
Many Local Authorities will remain at their current level and you can check which level applies by using the Scottish Government post code checker ⤵
https://www.gov.scot/check-local-covid-level/
🔹Two Local Authorities, East Lothian and Midlothian will move from level 3 to level 2 from next Tuesday, 24 November.
🔹Eleven areas will move into level 4 restrictions from 6pm on Friday 20 November through to 11 December. These are: the City of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Stirling and West Lothian.
🔹Travel restrictions are being put into law to limit travel for people who live in a Level 3 or Level 4 Local Authority area and we expect to have further detail on these restrictions within the next few days. 🔹There are some exemptions within sport around Under 18's being able to travel to take part in training and competition and for coaches and officials being able to travel for work. Further information included in the attached guidance.
Business Support 🔗
In addition to the UK furlough scheme, all businesses that are required to close, at any level, are eligible for a four weekly grant of £2,000 or £3,000, depending on rateable value. Grants of £1,400 or £2,100 may be available to businesses that are open, but subject to trading restrictions.
Further information on Business Support can be found at https://findbusinesssupport.gov.scot/service/funding/strategic-framework-business-fun
The Scottish Government has confirmed that more details of additional support funds will be made available shortly.
You can download the full high resolution info graphic below by clicking this link ⤵
https://636111c1-f1f1-431d-9255-cd6a540ac892.filesusr.com/ugd/6c7920_dc9f283c97724b5d9560376aba221681.pdf?index=true
You can access the full equestrian guidance update from 17/11/2020 by clicking this link ⤵
https://636111c1-f1f1-431d-9255-cd6a540ac892.filesusr.com/ugd/6c7920_4236070d42f346dd9e117e5d6239b0ef.pdf?index=true
Please share across your networks ⚠
#equestrianguidance #COVID19 #horsescotland
10 November 2020Horse Scotland Announcement on Equestrian Guidance 10/11/20
🚨 10/11/20 Announcement on Equestrian Guidance🚨
Today saw the first review announcement from the First Minister of the Local Authority levels of the Strategic Framework that's now in place, this sees Fife, Perth & Kinross and Angus move to Level 3. Please see the attached document for the full report.
All equestrian activity now taking place in any of these Local Authority areas should refer to our approved Equestrian Guidance for implications that the move from Level 2 to Level 3 will have. The changes take effect from 6am on Friday 13th November.
We also attached the guidance document and info graphic for reference.
The Scottish Government also announced its Business Strategic Framework. To check if you are eligible for business support if your business is restricted or closed due to the level it's placed within, please check here: ⤵
https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-strategic-framework-business-fund/
https://636111c1-f1f1-431d-9255-cd6a540ac892.filesusr.com/ugd/6c7920_87f8923ac95348aab31cf425554f1ca8.pdf?index=true
https://636111c1-f1f1-431d-9255-cd6a540ac892.filesusr.com/ugd/6c7920_9875220a5606415ab4ea848d35a556ac.pdf?index=true
09 November 2020Ecclesiastical 12 Days of Giving
Please vote for your chosen RDA group.
Today we're launching this year's 12 days of giving. We're proud to be giving back to the communities we serve and championing the issues that really matter to them, especially this year with so many in need – working together to build a movement for good.
Just imagine what you could do with a £1,000 donation.
Designed to give eligible charities* in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man the financial assistance they need to help them make a real difference, we're donating £1,000 to 10 charities each weekday from 7 – 22 December. That's £120,000 to 120 charities over 12 days.
All you need to do is visit movementforgood.com/12days and click 'nominate a charity now'.
Each draw will close at midnight the day before, with all nominations rolled over to the next available draw unless the charity is drawn.
The more nominations a charity gets, the greater its chance of receiving a £1,000 donation, so start spreading the word to your friends and family.
09 November 20202020 RDA UK AGM
On Friday our President, HRH The Princess Royal, chaired the 2020 RDA UK AGM and announced a number of award winners. For Edinburgh & Borders Region there were two notable achievements. Many congratulations to:
Lesley Furnell from Shiresmill Riding Therapy who was virtually presented with her President's Award. In 2020, Lesley was one of eight people recognised with the award for her outstanding service to RDA and had a private audience with HRH. Whilst one should never repeat what one discusses - here is a little quote and a picture from Lesley:
'I had such a lovely day today seeing and catching up with others, and also of course meeting HRH, who was her usual down to earth amazing self. Thank you to whoever proposed me, but on behalf of all the wonderful people I work with. Thank you.'
Ettrickbridge & Dryden Group were awarded a Highly Commended in the Brilliant Group Category for their Horsey Homework. To put this into context, the only other group to achieve formal recognition were the winners in this category, Equipower from West & Central: a Scottish one-two! Many congratulations to Equipower.
If you would like to view the AGM and the film clips of the award winners, please click here to access the RDA YouTube channel.
Lesley with her President's Award
03 November 2020RDA UK Update 2 November
RDA UK Update 2 November
To RDA Group contacts & Chairs, RDA UK staff and volunteers
Following the UK Government announcement on Saturday, we have the following information to share with you:
RDA Groups in England
Unless any new information or exemptions are announced, all RDA groups in England will have to close from this Thursday 5 November. We expect this closure to remain in place for at least the next 4 weeks.
As before, staff and/or volunteers are still allowed to travel and be on site to take care of horses, as long as COVID safety measures and social distancing rules are followed.
We are looking into the financial assistance being offered by the government and will update you as soon as we have clarity on this.
This will be a major setback for many of you, particularly those who have found ways to restart activities. Please contact RDA National Office or your Regional team if you have immediate concerns about your group as a result of this new lockdown. We will be doing everything we can to support all our groups through this.
RDA Groups in Scotland
The new 5-tier system begins in Scotland today. Please check local restrictions and visitwww.myrda.org.uk/runningyourgroup/getting-started-after-lockdown/rules-for-scotland/ to find out how this affects RDA activity.
RDA Groups in Wales
There is no new guidance for Wales, which is already operating within lockdown restrictions. Current restrictions are due to be lifted on 9 November.
RDA Groups in Northern Ireland
There is no change to our guidance for groups in Northern Ireland.
03 November 2020Further statement from horsescotland Chair, Grant Turnbull
🚨Further statement from horsescotland Chair, Grant Turnbull🚨
In advance of commenting, please read and digest fully...
Thank you for your tremendous support following the issuing of our revised Equestrian Guidance yesterday.
Within the past 24 hours a number of anomalies have arisen, particularly around the travel guidance issued by sportscotland. As an organisation, we have identified and highlighted these anomalies to sportscotland today and sought clarification within an equestrian context. The main point of clarification, so far, is as follows:
Travel should be restricted, for sport, exercise, training and competition purposes, to your own Local Authority area, or within a 5 mile radius of your Local Authority boundary if travelling into a neighbouring Local Authority area - please note, the five mile distance is now not from your home, as was recommended yesterday, but you should still not travel between restriction levels.
The recommendation not to travel between Levels 0, 1, 2 and 3 for sport, exercise, training or competition remains in place, at this point in time.
Please note the guidance for Under 18's has not changed. They can continue to travel across Levels 0-3 for exercise, training and competition. Parents or carers can drive and accompany, but not participate.
Member Bodies, venues, coaches and participants should continue to follow our Approved Equestrian Guidance and therefore demonstrate the commitment of our community to mitigating transmission of the virus - by being able to demonstrate this, we are in a much stronger position to seek further relaxation measures specific to equestrian activity for the future.
horsescotland continues to engage with sportscotland, Active Scotland and Scottish Government on behalf of our Member Bodies, venues, coaches and participants to highlight the significant issues faced across Scotland due to the geographical distribution of our competition and training venues. We continue to work on your behalf with the aim of obtaining approval for further relaxation of the onerous travel restrictions imposed through general population guidance. We are not miracle workers, and the channels allowing change sometimes need oiling and warming up before the best outcome can be achieved.
Anomalies will inevitably arise, we've seen that throughout the past few months, but please bear with us. We are working collectively for the Scottish equestrian community and your patience and understanding is very much appreciated at a time when guidance is new, fresh and untested.
Like it or loathe it, I'm afraid we do have to work with Government guidance - but this does not mean it cannot be challenged...
Remember you can check your Local Authority level by inputting your postcode here ⤵
To download the full Equestrian Specific Guidance please follow the link below ⤵
https://www.horsescotland.org/equestrianphaseguidance
#horsescotland #equestrianguidance #COVID19 #staysafe #stepatatime #equestrian #sport
02 November 2020Chuff's Christmas Virtual Fair
GUEST BRANDS - Chuff's Christmas Virtual Fair
This is Chuffs 31st Christmas Fair but our 1st Virtual Fair! Welcome to the 'New Normal'! Enjoy an online shopping extravaganza this Christmas. 10% of your sales will be donated to Riding for the Disabled Association in Scotland.
02 November 2020Scottish Government Update & Revised Equestrian Guidance 02/11/20
🚨 Scottish Government Update & Revised Equestrian Guidance 02/11/20 🚨
Following the implementation today of the Scottish Government's new levelled system, we are pleased that, as a non contact outdoor sport, most equestrian activity including recreational riding and professional coaching may continue. Unfortunately, however, there are limitations for adult (over 18's) competition as a result of the travel guidance to the general public..
Without doubt, the main frustration comes from the travel restrictions implemented by the First Minister. These have been introduced across the levelled system and impose travel limits to, from and within Levels 0-4. We are fully aware that this will impact significantly on many equestrian businesses. The restrictions are uniform across all sporting activity, but with some exemptions for performance level athletes.
In summary, the current Scottish Government travel guidance is:
🔹You should avoid travel to other areas regardless of their level, unless essential.
🔹For exercise/sport, there are exemptions, however these are very limited:
🔹U18s – can travel freely for exercise at Levels 0-3 but should not travel in or out of a Level 4 area. 🔹Parents/carers may drive and accompany U18's to their activity but should not participate.
🔹You can travel freely for exercise within your own Local Authority area.
🔹Level 0, 1, or 2 areas - you should minimise unnecessary journeys between areas in different levels and avoid any unnecessary travel to places in Level 3 or Level 4 areas.
🔹At Level 3 – you are permitted to travel around 5 miles outwith your own Local Authority area for exercise but shouldn't go into a Level 4 area.
🔹At Level 4 – you are not permitted to drive outside your Local Authority area for exercise – but are permitted to cross boundaries in the process of exercising eg. a circular riding/walking/cycling route
🔹Anyone organising events for U18's can continue to do so across Levels 0-3.
Professional coaching may continue where the coach undertakes essential travel as part of their employment. A professional coach may travel between Levels 0-3 to undertake coaching sessions, but a participant receiving coaching must remain within the above travel parameters.
We appreciate the impact this will have on all of our Scottish centres and participants and we continue to work very hard on your behalf by feeding into Sportscotland, Active Scotland and Scottish Government, often collectively with other sports but also to represent specific issues identified within equestrian activity.
Each Local Authority level will be reviewed weekly, with the first review being on the 12th November 2020.
You can check your Local Authority level by inputting your postcode here ⤵
28 October 2020National Office Update
I know. Another week has gone by. I can barely believe it myself.
Watch the RDA AGM & Awards live on You Tube
The RDA AGM & Awards will be broadcast live on YouTube from 10:30 on Friday 6 November. Simply head to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/rdanational . I will be in charge of IT and 'button pressing' so hopefully there will be no technical hitches. You might want to tune in just to see if it works ok! Those attending and taking part in the meeting on Zoom (including all Regional Chairs) will be sent the link and instructions separately.
Report into activity levels
The report following the survey into current activity levels is now complete and can be downloaded or viewed at www.myrda.org.uk/assets/RDA-Activity-Levels-Report.pdf. By the end of this week I will be issuing a press release about the report and it will be on the main RDA website in our news section. The report makes several recommendations about how we, as RDA UK volunteers and staff, might respond to the challenge of helping groups increase activity levels, and we will be following up with our plans to do this in the coming weeks.
Vacancy: Great London Regional Chair
Mike Locke has done a fantastic job as Regional Chair for Greater London (thank you Mike), and he is now stepping down. We are looking within our RDA community for his replacement, so please do get in touch with Faye McKenning in the office (fmckenning@rda.org.uk) if you would like to find out more about the role – or any other RDA UK volunteer positions currently vacant.
Clare Balding's new book – an opportunity for groups and regions
Clare Balding's new book, Heroic Animals, is now out, and she is keen to support RDA groups through the book if possible. We have come up with a plan which I will be sharing with groups tomorrow – but if regions want to get involved as well please let me know.
The idea is that groups buy the books they want (currently on Amazon for £13.60 and in Sainsbury's for £10 – rrp £20), then they can request a bookplate, signed by Clare to add to the book. The signed books can then be used for fundraising, raffles etc (depending on how popular this is, we should be able to arrange personal dedications).
At the moment, I'm just asking for an initial show of interest from groups so I can work out how to coordinate it. If regions want to get involved too, a single point of contact to coordinate would be helpful.


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Will Hyper-V Doom XenServer?
Simon Crosy, Citrix' CTO, doesn't blog often, but when he does, it's usually highly entertaining. Case in point is his response today to Brian Madden's recent posting about the future of Xen.
Brian, as I mentioned in a blog entry about his post, believes that Xen (note: not XenServer, which is a paid variant with Xen at its core, but the free, open source Xen hypervisor) could die off, and that the RTM of Microsoft's Hyper-V is the possible death knell.
Simon was the head of XenSource before it was bought by Citrix, and thus has a personal stake in this, as he's put his heart and soul into Xen for years. He thinks Brian is full of hot air in this case.
First, he says that XenServer (Citrix's Xen-based commercial hypervisor), while small, is on a growth curve:
"We have somewhere approaching 4,000 enterprise customers, and about 3000 trained channel partners ... The XenServer market share is small, and growing as rapidly as any such product can given the current VMware brand status, and the fact that we started well behind them."
He adds, correctly, that XenServer is still new in the market, so it makes sense that its share is small.
Simon then goes on to make a very interesting argument: that Microsoft and Citrix are ultimately partners, not competitors, even in the virtualization space. At least on the hypervisor side. Here's the core of his thesis:
"It is important to state yet again that we are not in a competition for server sockets with Microsoft. If that were the case, why would we have helped Microsoft to make Hyper-V a better hypervisor, by developing the shims and drivers that will allow Linux to run with optimal performance on Hyper-V? The founding thesis of XenSource, and the continued strategy at Citrix, is to promote fast, free, compatible and ubiquitous hypervisor based virtualization. If the hypervisor is free, why worry about who delivers it? Let the customer pick the implementation method that they want - the real money is in the up-sell with products that make virtualization valuable for customers."
It sounds like Simon is limiting his "cooperation, not competition" argument to the hypervisor alone, i.e. XenServer vs. Hyper-V. It's the "up-sell" products, as he calls them, where the fight will play out. He specifically mentions XenApp, the former Presentation Server, and XenDesktop, the virtual desktop infrastructure product, as Citrix' two main entries, along with hints of more products to come.
I think, however, that the hypervisor will play a key role in this fight, and shouldn't be overlooked. The reason is that an admin is going to more naturally gravitate to toward the "upsell" products of the hypervisor manufacturer. If you're using ESX, you'll first consider ThinApp (VMware's application virtualization) and VDI, and if they don't offer what you need (unlikely), you're apt to choose those. If you've gone with the Microsoft setup -- Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V -- you're going to first consider System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 as your management console, and App-V (Redmond's app virtualization) as your solutions for those areas (Microsoft's desktop virtualization picture is fuzzier right now, giving VMware and Citrix a decided leg up in that regard). Same with Citrix -- Linux folks who like Xen and have moved to XenServer will give strong consideration to XenApp and XenDesktop.
Simon concedes that Hyper-V is likely to outstrip XenServer in the market, given Microsoft's strategy of using Windows 2008 as the Trojan Horse to slip in Hyper-V. I agree with him on that. But I wonder if that advantage will ultimately result in Citrix taking more aggressive steps to differentiate XenServer from Hyper-V, and less of a buddy-buddy role in the future?
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XVI. Dethroning non-essential layers of our egoic mind.
Wanting to bow to the fear this card brings to see its medicine from a humbling place.
This card brings forth intense purging, but our ego is seldom ready for it, as it clings on to the known and stubbornly resists this kind of life-change.
A good way to maintain a docile ego amidst a Tower experience is by recalling that this whole mechanism is way bigger than us and is here for us.


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Friedrich Heinrich Christian Lübker (18 August 1811, Husum – 10 October 1867, Flensburg) was a German educator and philologist.

He studied philology and theology at the University of Kiel, receiving his doctorate in 1832. In 1835 he was named school conrector in Schleswig, and in 1848 was appointed rector of the provisional government school in Flensburg, In 1851 he relocated to Parchim as director of its high school (gymnasium). Later he moved to Braunschweig in order to spend time pursuing literary interests. In 1864 he returned to Flensburg, where he was tasked with reorganization of its high school system.

Literary efforts

He was the author of many works, including a popular dictionary of classical antiquity that was issued in numerous editions spanning several decades. He was also published a number of biographical works on various theological figures — Rhabanus Maurus, Alcuin, the martyrs victimized by Nero, Dionysius Areopagita, Hugo Grotius, to name a few. The following are a list of his principal works:
 Die Sophokleische Theologie und Ethik, 1851-1855 - Sophoclean theology and ethics.
 Gesammelte schriften zur philologie und paedagogik, 1852 - Collected papers on philology and pedagogy.
 Reallexikon des classischen Alterthums für Gymnasien, (22 editions published between 1855 and 1914).
 Handwörterbuch der lateinischen Sprache, (Reinhold Klotz, with Lübker and Ernst Eduard Hudemann; six editions published between 1857 and 1879) - Dictionary of the Latin language.
 Beiträge zur Theologie und Ethik des Euripides, 1863 - Contributions to the theology and ethics of Euripides.
 Vorträge über Bildung und Christenthum, 1863 - Lectures on education and Christianity.

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1811 births
1867 deaths
People from Husum
University of Kiel alumni
Heads of schools in Germany
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The Ministry of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure wishes to announce the recent appointment of Darvy Whittaker and Leah Watson to new positions within the Ministry.
Mr. Whittaker will now serve as the Deputy Director, Service Delivery in the Computer Services Department with responsibility for all aspects of information systems user experience across the Cayman Islands Government. He will provide strategic management and administrative support to the Director of Computer Services Department with oversight for service management and integration of data centre and network services, database management, desktop support services and service desk management.
Mr. Whittaker, who has over thirty years of experience in information technology service delivery, has held several posts within the Computer Services Department including as Acting Deputy Director for Service Delivery, Information Technology System Manager, Senior System Administrator and Computer Technician.
He holds a Master of Science degree in Information System Management from the University of Liverpool and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University. He is also a graduate of the International College of the Cayman Islands where he completed an Associate degree in Business Administration.
Director of Computer Services, Mr. Simon Spiers has congratulated Mr Whittaker on his appointment stating, "After a year of development, Darvy stepped up to the plate, competed in an open recruitment and was clearly the best candidate for the job".
Mr Whittaker said he looks forward to "managing the successful implementation and operation of the organizations' overall information technology service management processes to ensure the delivery of an efficient and reliable information technology infrastructure and operations to meet the needs of the Cayman Islands Government".
Ms. Leah Watson has now assumed the position of Policy Assistant within the Ministry. In her new role, she will assist with the delivery of commissioned projects, undertake research activities and support the administration of projects and policy development.
Ms. Watson, who previously served as Executive Officer, is a graduate of John Gray High School and is currently pursuing an Associate degree in Public Administration at the Cayman Islands Civil Service College.
In regard to her new assignment, she noted her enthusiasm for the "opportunity to engage in a range of policy issues within a highly collaborative environment".
Chief Human Resources Officer in the Ministry of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure, Ms. Melinda Montemayor said "it was a pleasure working closely with Darvy in his acting capacity and watching him succeed in each area of his development plan. He took on each challenge with enthusiasm and a can-do attitude. Darvy is a great asset to the Computer Services Department and is well respected amongst his peers".
She further stated, "Similarly, over the years Leah has worked on her own development plan with our team. She has been given the opportunity to learn new tasks to help her excel in areas where she needed development. Both Darvy and Leah have worked hard and I join my Ministry colleagues in congratulating both of them on their achievements".
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PADEN CITY — As soon as Brent Croasmun was old enough to walk, he was watching Paden City football games from the sideline with his father.
Now, after 20 years as the head football coach of his alma mater, Croasmun has decided to hang it up to spend more time with his family.
He's also retiring from teaching, though he would like to stay on as a substitute and will continue to coach the baseball team.
"I've been coaching now for 37 years as an assistant and head coach," Croasmun said. "I've got four grandchildren that I want to spend more time with.
"I have a granddaughter who plays fast pitch softball and I want to go watch some of her games.
"It's just time for me to step away and enjoy my family. I'm thankful for my wife Debbie and kids (Chris, Mike and Kayla) for allowing me to do it for 37 years.
Taking over the reins will be former Paden City quarterback Zach Heasley, who played under Croasmun for four years and graduated in 2015.
Heasley was an all-state special mention his junior year and went on to play defensive end at West Liberty University, where he is majoring in Athletic Training and will graduate in May.
He currently has class Monday-Friday but still gets back to Paden City twice a week for offseason lifting.
"This is an honor," Heasley said. "I always thought it would be good to give back to the community. It's an amazing experience being 22 years old and stepping into the coaching position in your hometown. I am very lucky.
"Our focus will be on fundamentals, family and Paden City pride. We want the kids to know who they are playing for and that goes a long way in our little community.
Although Croasmun will no longer be on the sideline with Heasley, the lessons he learned on the field four years ago will still be etched in his mind.
"Something I learned from Croasmun was to always calm myself down and just play," Heasley said.
Croasmun admits he will miss the game but is excited to see what Heasley can do for the program and will be happy to give him advice.
Croasmun got his start coaching in 1981 as an assistant at Magnolia for Dave Tallman's freshman team before moving up as an assistant to coach Dave Cisar at the varsity level.
Then, at Paden City, he worked his way up as an assistant to Jerry Mobley, Dave Bohrer and Mike Flannery before taking the head coaching spot.
In 2001, he led his Wildcats to an 8-3 campaign and a playoff spot, where they fell to eventual state champion Moorefield. However, what he will remember the most is the bond he shared with his players and community.
That is another lesson that Heasley took with him in his time with Croasmun.
"He taught me about playing with pride," Heasley said. "As a freshman QB, he pushed me to be better on and off the field. That's what I want to do. Get back to the Paden City values on and off the field.
With Heasley's work ethic and attitude, Croasmun knows he is leaving the program in good hands but he will still miss those Friday night lights.
"Every time the school song plays and every time I step out on to that field, it's special to me," Croasmun said. "I've been in this town all my life. I went to high school here when sports were thriving in the 1970's.
"My dad took me to games when I was old enough to walk and that's probably what got me started in sports. We always stood on the sidelines.
"I just want to thank some of my assistant coaches through the years Joe Anderson, Ron Casto and Tim Raper. They were very loyal to me and I appreciated what they did on the coaching staff.
Casto will be back on the sidelines next year as Heasley's assistant, along with athletics director Rob Price.


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Richard Brody Lists His Perfect Jazz Recordings
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Perfect Jazz Recordings
Max Roach, 1968. Credit Photograph by Guy Le Querrec/Magnum
My colleague Sasha Frere-Jones's inspiring list of perfect recordings threw down an implicit gauntlet: he expressly excluded jazz. (Though, as I know, he loves jazz, he focussed on the "extravagant, savagely filtered, chopped, and layered sound objects" of pop, emphasizing the technological interventions central to the genre but unacceptable to many jazz musicians and fans, for whom the performance is sacred.) Since I'm a jazz obsessive largely because of one recording—Eric Dolphy's "Out There," which I first heard on the radio in 1973, at the age of fifteen—I'm also an obsessive about recordings of jazz, and I'll be damned if I don't think that some of them are perfect.
The kind of perfection I've got in mind is specific to the art: as I noted on Twitter last week, these tracks convey a sense of retrospective inevitability, or, as Jean-Luc Godard said of his 1962 film "Vivre Sa Vie," of being "the definitive by chance." In other words, my perfect recordings seem to possess an inner necessity, an idea that translates into an altogether different necessity: they're necessary to me, personally. In his list, Frere-Jones explains that his perfect recordings "had to have had an acute and lasting effect on the community of musicians." Mine had a lasting effect on me alone. But criticism, like art, depends on the notion that even the most subjective and individual experience can connect with that of others in different places, times, and circumstances, and there are several general principles at work in the impulses that motivate my choices.
In the early to mid-seventies, it was possible for an impecunious teen-ager to hear lots of live jazz in New York, thanks to the teeming loft scene—a few dollars for a cushion on the floor of Sam Rivers's great Studio Rivbea, at 24 Bond Street; a couple of dollars for a folding chair and a day of music at one or another dusty loft around Broadway and Spring; a stool at an ancient bar in a neighborhood only newly christened Tribeca, where, with no cover charge, the bartender let me nurse a single beer through two sets.
At that time, I saw, in concert, many of my venerable heroes (Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Jackie McLean, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie,) along with new ones (David Murray, Henry Threadgill, Oliver Lake, Anthony Braxton) and those in between (Archie Shepp, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Rivers himself). But I also knew that I was living through an age of discontinuity—that the world of rock that I had grown up loving was sorely squeezing the world of jazz that I newly loved, that jazz was changing under the influence of a new popular idiom, that I was catching the vestiges of a classic era that was becoming something else—not necessarily worse, but radically different. Jazz radio (commercial jazz radio) was adding more fusion to the playlists by the day, and I wasn't pleased: I had been excited by la différence, and now found that it was increasingly being effaced.
A few years later, in college, I spoke with a musician friend whom I met in a twentieth-century-music class. Walking through the courtyard with him after an hour or so devoted to Schoenberg's "Five Pieces for Orchestra" or Stravinsky's "Symphony in Three Movements," I asked what he wanted to do after college. His answer: to teach jazz in conservatory. "Jazz in conservatory?" I asked. "Is that done?" His answer was, "It will be"—and so it is (and he rapidly rose to the forefront of jazz education). Jazz—or, at least, the kind of jazz that I had gotten enthusiastic about—was becoming another variety of classical music.
In listing my own perfect recordings, I acknowledge a classicism that is intended as a spark to action—not a blind reverence for the past but a critical enthusiasm that should inspire the discovery of recent musicians and their work, that should build upon (or reject) the accidents of tradition and seek newer inspirations. I'd like to read the perfect-recordings lists of writers and musicians who are inside the scene, who know what isn't yet known and who see the future of jazz. Frere-Jones limited his list to those made in his lifetime. I'm going to stand that notion nearly on its head and include only recordings made in or before 1973 (a few slide in just under the wire).
I put out a few handfuls of titles on Twitter; the only one from that batch that I have to sacrifice to this premise is Charles Mingus's 1974 recording of "C Jam Blues," live from Carnegie Hall. I should also mention Jackie McLean and Michael Carvin's duet "De I Comahlee Ah," also from 1974. (And this is a good place to note the singular importance of the Jazz Discography Project; it's an online wonder.)
The simplest definition of the list I have pulled together is that it has nothing to do with historical significance, solely to do with my own memory. They're not only recordings that I revisit often (though I do) but recordings that come unbidden, that remember themselves, so to speak—earworms that multiply into ideas of music as such. They're not necessarily "the best" or even the most exemplary of their performers; they're recordings that have taken me over. (A certain catchiness comes into play in a way that it wouldn't in a pure evaluation of artistic merit.)
It's in no way a representative list, not at all a roundup of the greats, some of whom are represented several times and some of whom don't figure at all. (Some musicians, in their peak years, made only truly perfect recordings, one after the other; the recorded heritage of jazz, it should be reëmphasized, is an inestimably great and vast treasure.)
A few notes:
With all recordings, the very sound of the recording plays a large role in the psychic image that the music creates—whether it's the narrow but intimate stage of a cramped studio, a bootleg off-the-air with static that conjures the serendipity of the moment's preservation, or even a studio with some reverb that artificially suggests a casual public space. Sound recording is itself as much an art as a technique, but sometimes its absolute artlessness is an aesthetic as well.
I detect a discographical pattern—a peculiar number of first tracks of LPs, maybe a result of the happenstance of first impressions and frequent exposure, but also because producers and musicians would likely be aware of a special moment in the making.
I detect a musicological pattern—drummers. Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Sid Catlett, Max Roach, Arthur Taylor, Tony Williams, Sunny Murray, Sonny Greer, Jo Jones, Ed Blackwell, Roy Haynes, Dannie Richmond, Billy Higgins, Dennis Charles—when the music comes to mind, there's a special place for the drums, which play in my mind like the architecture of jazz, the solid framework that gives the music its decisive form. Which is why …
Idiom: bebop and after. I've noticed a preponderance of performances from the mid-forties onward. I think it's because of the liberated role of the drum in the bebop and post-bop eras.
I set myself a rule: no research (except to verify titles and takes), no attempt at comprehensiveness. (But I did tweak the Twitter list a little.)
Frere-Jones put up five times forty; I'm putting up those that first came to mind unbidden, as a start, yielding to the improvisational principle. (The number is sixty-six.) You can listen to many of the tracks on Spotify. For most of the remainder, I've included YouTube links below.
Eric Dolphy, "Out There"
Herbie Hancock, "Maiden Voyage"
Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon Quartet, "Peace"
Fletcher Henderson, "Hocus Pocus," second take
John Kirby Sextet, "Blue Skies"
Grant Green, "Tico Tico"
Bud Powell, "Cleopatra's Dream"
Mary Lou Williams and Her Kansas City Seven, "Harmony Blues"
Walt Dickerson/Sun Ra: "Bacon and Eggs"
Clifford Jordan Quartet, "Shoulders"
Julius Hemphill, "The Hard Blues"
Count Basie, "Volcano"
Pinetop Smith, "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"
Count Basie/Jimmy Rushing: "Goin' to Chicago Blues"
Dick Twardzik, "Yellow Tango"
Johnny Hodges, "Things Ain't What They Used to Be"
Albert Ayler, "Holy Ghost"
Max Roach, "Chi-Chi"
Clifford Brown/Max Roach, "Joy Spring"
Thelonious Monk, "Well, You Needn't" (from "Monk's Music")
Elmo Hope, "Hot Sauce"
Elvin Jones/Richard Davis, "Shiny Stockings"
Jimmy Witherspoon, "No Rollin' Blues" (live at the 1959 Monterey Jazz Festival)
Cecil Taylor, "Johnny Come Lately"
John Kirby Sextet, "St. Louis Blues"
Sonny Rollins and the Modern Jazz Quartet, "Bags' Groove"
Sonny Rollins, "Old Devil Moon"
Sonny Rollins, "We Kiss in a Shadow"
John Coltrane, "India"
John Coltrane, "Blue Train"
Duke Ellington, "Rockin' in Rhythm" (OKeh)
Jabbo Smith, "Jazz Battle"
Tyrone Washington, "Natural Essence"
Charlie Christian, "Swing to Bop"
Freddie Hubbard, "Gypsy Blue"
Pharoah Sanders, "Thembi"
Duke Ellington, "Boy Meets Horn" (V-Disc)
Duke Ellington, "Chelsea Bridge" (1941)
Grant Green, "Talkin' About J.C."
Lester Young, "I Never Knew," first take
Jackie McLean, "Five Will Get You Ten"
Wes Montgomery, "Impressions" (live in Paris, 1965)
Herbie Nichols, "Love, Gloom, Cash, Love"
Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus/Max Roach, "Very Special"
Art Tatum, "Willow Weep for Me"
Ahmad Jamal, "What's New"
Ahmad Jamal, "The Party's Over"
Ahmad Jamal, "Bogota"
Harold Land/Bobby Hutcherson, "The Creators"
Dinah Washington, "September in the Rain"
Louis Armstrong, "Potato Head Blues"
Gary Bartz, "I've Known Rivers"
Charles Tolliver/Music Inc.: "Wilpan's"
Charlie Parker, "Thriving on a Riff"
Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie, "Hot House" (from "The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever")
Ornette Coleman, "Fifth of Beethoven"
Ornette Coleman, "Comme Il Faut" (from "Crisis")
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, "You'll Never Get to Heaven"
Rahsaan Roland Kirk/Al Hibbler, "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
Charles Mingus, "Opus 4"
Fats Navarro, "Good Bait (No. 1)"
Jimmy Yancey, "Yancey Special" (from "Chicago Piano Vol. 1")
Miles Davis, "Bags' Groove," first take
Miles Davis, "My Funny Valentine" (title track)
Andy Kirk, "Christopher Columbus"
Eric Dolphy, "Miss Ann" (from "Last Date")
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With investment in mutual funds through direct plans gaining popularity, various fintech companies have launched mobile applications that act as a marketplace for mutual fund investments. Here, we look at one such mobile app — Paytm Money.
Paytm Money is a mobile platform where investors can buy and sell mutual fund schemes of their choice, free of cost. The app offers all schemes of 38 fund houses (only direct plans)on its platform. Investors can invest and manage their portfolio through the app from their mobile phone.
You can browse through various mutual fund schemes based on the category (such as equity, debt, balanced funds), and returns or ratings (from CRISIL, Value Research and Morning Star). This will help you get an idea on the top-performing schemes. In addition, the app also provides details of the fund managers of the schemes; you can view all the schemes managed by him/her.
The platform gives you details on the performance of funds over various timelines — from one month to five years. You can also key in the investment amount of your choice and compare the returns with that of savings account, fixed deposit, regular/direct mutual funds, for three, five, seven and 10 years.
The app lets you gauge your risk profile by evaluating your answers to a risk assessment questionnaire (8-10 questions), and accordingly offers investment suggestions.
While Paytm Money allows you to choose and invest in any of the funds listed on the app, it also has investment packs for investors who may be unsure about where to invest. These packs, built by the Paytm Money advisory team, are essentially combinations of 4-5 mutual schemes across equity and debt categories.
The schemes vary based on the investor's risk profile, and come in two packs — large and mini. The minimum amount of monthly investment is ₹5,000 in the large pack, and ₹2,000 in the mini pack. Besides, there is also a tax-saving pack for investors across risk profiles.
The Paytm Money app has some other useful features. If need be, the app gives you the option to pause your SIP for a specific period of time; once the date is crossed, your SIP will start again on the next due date.
The app also gives the account summary of your portfolio holdings, transaction history, returns made till date, and tax statement. If you have goals in mind, for instance, saving for vacations, retirement, etc, you can earmark investments against such goals while investing. You can track your goal achievement on a regular basis on the app.
Also, if you have mutual funds investments outside the Paytm Money app, you can import such portfolios into the app for an overall view of your investments.
For this, you will have to upload your CAS (consolidated account statement) generated via Karvy on the app.
Paytm Money app allows you to invest across most mutual fund schemes at a lower cost (direct plans). But it is a platform only for mutual funds, while other similar apps offer other financial products such as insurance, deposits and loans, too. Therefore, while Paytm Money offers an avenue for those looking to invest only in mutual funds, it may not be suitable for those seeking a comprehensive platform that offers more financial products under one roof.
The app may be a good choice for those who have the know-how to select their own fund schemes and track them.
Even though the app offers packs for new investors, such investors should understand the products and the associated risks before investing.


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Q: Mounting Windows 8.1 partition in fstab fails even when FastBoot is turned off I'm using Arch Linux, and with this in my fstab for mounting my Windows partition:
/dev/sda2    /media/windows  ntfs-3g  josh,exec  0 0

it panics and goes into emergency mode on boot. I turned off FastBoot, as several articles have suggested, but while Windows doesn't go into hibernation, it still seems to be locking the NTFS partition.
I like to have Linux use files on my Windows partition (for example, symlinking ~/Pictures to /media/windows/Users/Josh/Pictures) so I don't have to reinvent the wheel, so to speak.
How can I get Windows to unlock its partition when it shuts down?

A: Alright, after running powercfg /h off it mounts correctly now

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A Christmas celebration in the early 1970s – to be more exact, the Jankowski family's celebration: a Super-8 film shows Christian, at a very young age, dancing under the Christmas tree and throwing peanuts at his grandparents. But what we hear is Jankowski's mother and her now grown-up son watching the film together and commenting on it. Bewildered, his mother exclaims, »My goodness, you're really drunk!« And she reproaches Christian's father for allowing the kids to take a sip of alcohol. Along with the temporal inversion of sound and image, the work also plays with the aesthetic of of memory.


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Newsletter # 7
Transformers: Responding to the Baby Boom
In our Transformer Consulting Services business, we often draw an analogy between transformers and the human condition. Transformers like people have a relatively long life span and longevity is related to genetics, work environment, maintenance and the unpredictable negative occurrences that impact our lives.
Just like human population trends, transformers have also seen peaks and valleys in installation responding to the ebb and flow of energy needs. The following chart tracks the sales of transformers about 20 MVA and above, from a major Manufacturer and is typical for transformer populations across North America.
We can see a general high buying trend from the late 1950's to the late 1960's (with some dramatic valleys). There was a general slowing but still significant output during the 1970's followed by a peak in the early 1980's. From the mid 1980's to the mid 1990's there was a dramatic decline in need. Since the mid 1990's there has been a steady increase in demand from the North American markets.
The discussion of how long a transformer will last is at least a 2 or 3 beer conversation, but if we draw a line in the sand and say life expectancy is 35 – 40 years, then it is apparent that we have a substantial "aging population" that must be prepared for.
Factors Affecting Longevity
Genetics (Original Equipment Manufacturer)
Although this is a sensitive subject for obvious reasons, there have always been "low cost" suppliers and "brand name" suppliers. Even though all transformers should be built to a national Standard (CSA, ANSI/IEEE, IEC), there is significant leeway to allow manufacturers to find varying cost alternatives in design and material.
Even within a "brand name" supplier's history, there will be glitches (after all, transformers are made by people). Also, all suppliers are subject to the almost inevitable increase in risk factors as transformer size (MVA) and Voltage Class have grown over the years. This article deals primarily with mature transformers, but even today it is an important question to ask suppliers unknown to a Customer for experience lists.
Application (What a Transformer Does for a Living)
Transformers are applied in many situations under varying conditions. A Utility will employ power transformers in Generation and Transmission roles. Transformers connected to generators will typically be operated at or near full load continuously. If there is a slowdown, the transformer may drop to zero load and then may be required to go to full load very quickly. Transmission transformers are typically applied in pairs with each transformer carrying about half full load (this is changing of course). The transmission load will vary with time of day, season and with increased or decreased general load conditions.
Transformer used by Industry have a myriad of applications, too many to cover in this article, but they are generally worked harder than in a Utility application. In addition to potential stressful applications they are also subjected to difficult environments of temperature and contamination that can have a negative impact on life span.
Transformers, somewhat unlike people, age significantly slower if they are not loaded to capacity. Age is measured not only in years of service but is also moderated by the load carried.
Unusual Occurrences
This category of stress would include lightning strikes, short circuits, temporary excessive overloading and mechanical damage. This data may be hard to track but can be significant as the impact tend to be cumulative. An older transformer may fail because of a single (the last straw) lightning strike or short circuit but in reality, the insulation system has been stressed and weakened over time by a succession of events.
Maintenance and Testing
My point in the context of this paper is that maintenance/testing methods and cycles should be based on the importance of the equipment to the system or process, the application, and the relative age of the equipment. I would suggest a different monitoring approach for a 5-year- old, 30 MVA transmission transformer as opposed to a 300 MVA, 25-year-old generator transformer or a 15 MVA, 35-year-old Industrial application transformer.
When looking at the Field Test results, which would include Power Factor, Insulation Resistance, Standard Oil sample results, Dissolved Gas in Oil sample results and Furan analysis, we should not expect comparable results for the transformer examples given above.
Failure statistics predicting end of life are not available for the Canadian population of transformers. It is generally believed that "bathtub" curve shown above is representative of transformer failure trends. In the first few years, the raised failure rate is due to design and application failures, followed by a period of a low stable failure rates for the majority of the equipment life. Approaching End of Life, the failure rate ramps upwards.
Moral of the Story
There is a large installed base of transformers built in the late 1950's and 1960's that are aging, some gracefully, some not. This equipment forms the core of many Utility and Industrial systems. This older equipment should have increased surveillance as they approach end of life.
When reviewing Field test records it is always best to compare results from similar transformers. This is not always possible with a small sample of installed equipment. Efforts should be made to assemble and share maintenance/test data to allow comparison and hopefully spot negative trends in segments of the transformer population.
Transformer users and maintainers must assess their older transformers installed during the construction boom periods to ensure that these transformers do not end their lives with a BOOM!
van Kooy Transformer
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Hamilton Ontario
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This is a really cool compilation of Treasure Isle recordings from The Paragons who were easily one of the best trios from the late 's thru the early 's. On the Beach by The Paragons - discover this song's samples, covers and remixes on WhoSampled. This indispensable collection of the mighty Paragons' material feels as satisfying as putting on a pair of favourite comfy shoes. For your dollar there's an. THE PARAGONS. On The Beach With The Paragons. Cat No: GR Release date: 19 August Label: Gorgon Records Genre: DUB / REGGAE. Format: 7inchSIDE-A: On The Beach-The ParagonsSIDE-B: Tommy McCook- Sweet And Gentle Condition: vg/vgLa.
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Lovely brass locket key chain features a bronze compass stamping on the front. It opens to the sentiment 'Life is a journey. Thank you for being a great guide.' The quote is in vintage typewriter font and professionally sealed. It measures 32mm and hangs from a sturdy bronze split ring. Great gift for Dad, Mentor, Teacher or anyone who has positively affected your life. It will arrive ready for gifting in a box with ribbon.
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Rockport Paper House Is Most Ambitious Papercraft Ever
Back in 1922, a mechanical engineer began building his summer home in Rockport, Massachusetts, out of paper. Originally used just as insulation, Elis Stenman soon began to make furniture and decorations out of paper as well. What resulted was Rockport's Paper House, which is remarkably still standing after 80 years. Stenman's grandniece is now in charge of the house, which was turned into a museum in the 1930s.
Labels: Interesting, Pictures
Krispy Kreme Grass Flip Flops
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Rock or Priceless Relic?
This may seem like a lump of old rock to you, but to one expert it is priceless. Until a few weeks ago the 80 million-year-old fossilised fish head was part of a garden rockery - until a chance conversation led to it being viewed by Dr Ed Jarzembowski, Maidstone Museum's keeper of natural history. "I have never seen one of these before. Quite simply it's priceless," he said.
The cod-like creature, which stares eerily from its prison of rock, probably roamed the open ocean at around the same time as Tyrannosaurus Rex still lived on what would become the continent of North America. The head was owned by Maidstone councillors Peter and Daphne Parvin, who believe they found it on a beach about 15 years ago. Since they moved to their home in Meadow Walk, Maidstone, the stone has been sitting in their rockery, giving visitors its creepy stare. The Parvins have resigned themselves to the fact that the fish head won't be returning to their rockery. They are now considering donating it to the museum.
70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton found
Japanese, Mongolian scientists recover complete skeleton of young dino
A fossilized complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur recovered in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia is shown. The fossil of Tarbosaurus — related to the giant carnivorous Tyrannosaurus — believed to have died at age five and measured about 6.6 feet long, was uncovered by Japanese and Mongolian scientists.
Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday.
The scientists uncovered a Tarbosaurus — related to the giant carnivorous Tyrannosaurus — from a chunk of sandstone they dug up in August, 2006 in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, said Takuji Yokoyama, a spokesman for the Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences, a co-organizer of the joint research project.
"We were so lucky to have found remains that turned out to be a complete set of all the important parts," he said.
Four giant panda cubs born within 14 hours
The births began Saturday at a breeding center in southwest China
Four giant panda cubs were born within 14 hours at a breeding center in southwest China, a mini baby boom for the rare animals, a state news agency reported Sunday.
The births began Saturday at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Center when 9-year-old Qiyuan, or Magic Luck, gave birth to female twins at 5:24 p.m. and 6:16 p.m., Xinhua News Agency reported, citing center expert Yang Feifei.
Eight-year-old Chenggong, or Success, gave birth to a cub at 7:51 p.m., followed by 8-year-old Zhuzhu, or Pearl, who delivered at 6:55 a.m. Sunday, Yang said.
The center currently has 71 pandas in captivity, Xinhua said.
The giant panda is revered as an unofficial national symbol of China. Only about 1,600 pandas live in the wild, mostly in southwestern Sichuan province, which was hit by an earthquake in May that killed nearly 70,000 people.
China's most famous panda preserve, the Wolong Nature Reserve, was seriously damaged in the quake and forced to relocate most of its pandas. The preserve is at the heart of China's gargantuan effort to use captive breeding and artificial insemination to save the giant panda.
'Most Prolific Mom' Gives Birth to 18th Child
A Romanian immigrant gave birth to her 18th child in British Columbia, making her the province's most prolific mother in 20 years.
Proud dad Alexandru Ionce said Saturday that his 44-year-old wife, Livia, gave birth on Tuesday. Their daughter Abigail weighed in at seven pounds, 12 ounces (3.5 kilograms).
"We never planned how many children to have. We just let God guide our lives, you know, because we strongly believe life comes from God and that's the reason we did not stop the life," said Alexandru Ionce.
The couple immigrated to Canada from Romania in 1990 and now lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their 17 other children range in age from 20 months to 23 years old.
Ionce said he did not know if the couple would have more children. The family now has 10 girls and eight boys.
"We would have liked a boy to be even," he said. "We thank God all of them are healthy and happy."
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Pendulum Number 3
Bryan Organ	(b.1935)
County Hall, Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
© Bryan Organ & the Redfern Gallery, London. Photo credit: Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
H 94.5 x W 75.5 cm
purchased from the Redfern Gallery, 1965
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Sir David E. N. Davies (b.1935), Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University (1988–1993) Loughborough University
Gerald Bernbaum (b.1936), Former Vice-Chancellor of South Bank University London South Bank University
Daimler and Gallery Attendant Jaguar Heritage
Lord Dahrendorf (1929–2009) St Antony's College, University of Oxford
Sir Maurice Shock (b.1926), Rector (1987–1994) Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Frank Oldham, Former Headmaster of John Cleveland College Hinckley Academy and John Cleveland Sixth Form Centre
St Pancras Station, London New Walk Museum & Art Gallery


* I recycled a Starbuck's Frappuccino bottle and filled it with Peppermint flavored M&Ms.
* I made a label from this pretty blue plaid paper and added a row of white pom poms to the upper and lower edges.
* The snowflake is from the Silhouette Online Store. After cutting it out, I inked up the edges with blue ink and covered it with some Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter.
* The glittery blue gem in the center of the snowflake is from "The Paper Studio"
* I added a white tulle bow around the neck of my bottle and a gem in the center of the bow.
* The box is also from the Silhouette Online Store and gets the same pretty blue paper and white pom pom trim along with a glittery snowflake. 2 packs of cocoa fit perfectly into this box.
* The "Merry Christmas" sentiment is from the "Christmas Wishes" stamp set by Jaded Blossom. It is stamped onto a flag cut with the "Flag Die" also by Jaded Blossom.
* The lid to my Frappuccino bottle is topped off with another snowflake and a sweet sentiment from Jaded Blossom's "Winter Candies" stamp set.
Create any type of project featuring BLUE & WHITE.
Ok - it's your turn now! I hope you will stop by the Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge Blog and check out all the fabulous projects the Design Team has put together for you. Then...go get creative and link up your project with us. I can't wait to see what you create!
Before I go, I would like to thank everyone for their concern and sweet words about my recent puppy bite! It is healing nicely and looking better each day. I will have stitches for several more days, but it is becoming more and more flexible. I also wanted to let you all know - this project and all the ones before it were completed before the bite! I think a few of you thought I had made these with my poor, mangled up finger! Fortunately, I had a few projects ready to post before hand! After this one however....mangled finger and all! So, again, thanks for your sweet words and thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I'll be seeing you soon!
Wonderful altered gift item & gift box. Have been wondering what to do with the StarBucks Frap Bottle my daughter broke home. Maybe I can ge ton your Christmas List and Santa would bring me a gift like this.
What a wonderful gift - love those snowfalkes! Have a great weekend.
I'm so glad to hear your finger is healing! Stitches arent fun :( You project is fabulous! I love all the glittery goodness on your snowflakes and the pom pom trim....adorable!!
What a delightful gift and I love, love the blue and white combo. Such a cute idea - hmmmm, wonder if I have time . . . .
You've simply outdone yourself :) Love it!
So beautiful and such a FUN project! I love the colors and such a fabulous gift idea:) TFS!
Congrats on your top 3 at PK-woot-woot!
Very Beautiful Projects!!Love the Snowflake!
Congrats to you & Glad to know that you are feeling better!
Such a pretty set. I love this color combo. Just love everything about things set the snowflakes are so pretty.
Fabulous blue and white project. Love your blingy snowflakes. Glad your finger is healing nicely.
Beautiful!!! Love it and thank you for sharing this wonderful idea with us all!
Tanya ~ Oh my this is just way to CUTE and CLEVER!! I LOVE that little box with the hot chocolate packs in it! Then you recycled that Starbucks jar too! I am just LOVING the blu and white this year!! Simple PERFECTION! Looks like your poor little finger didn't keep you down too long! Have a wonderful weekend!
Tanya this is great! I love everything about it!