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What a scorcher of a weekend with Friday Qualifying, the first ever Sprint Race on a Saturday (They were racing, so yes, it’s a race) and a highly contentious opening lap of the British Grand Prix on the Sunday. And if you don’t agree with us, we’ll get Toto to write a sternly worded email...
What a scorcher of a weekend with Friday Qualifying, the first ever Sprint Race on a Saturday (They were racing, so yes, it’s a race) and a highly contentious opening lap of the British Grand... A simple podcast feed. Various artists.
Kosher and Remi Se go over the UFC 251 main card. They discuss what happens if Masvidal can pull off this upset and what it means for his legacy. Kosher and Remi Se believe Max Holloway is the goat, will he show why Saturday? They believe he will.
The BYU Cougars made it three in a row Saturday against fellow independent Liberty at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Even though the victory may have lacked the “wow” factor, BYU got the job done. Now, with games against Idaho State, UMass and San Diego State remaining, Cougar Insiders Jay Drew and Brandon Gurney take a look at the home stretch. Will Zach Wilson be back in the lineup Saturday? They also discuss the men’s basketball team — the good and bad from its loss to SDSU — and why SUU should not be taken lightly Wednesday. Lastly, they discuss the undefeated women’s soccer team as it prepares for its NCAA tourney run. That and more on this week’s episode.
The Big Why at Los Rios Rock School (An in depth look into a premier performance program)At Los Rios Rock School we have built our renown Live program over the last nine years step by step. Now we help hundreds of students play 250+ songs at over dozen professional venues per year. For more information please visit: www.LosRiosRockSchool.com or see live performances on our YouTube. FIRST AND FOREMOST – Our Mission, Vision and Values as a culture and school are adamant upon selecting who we will enroll at our school. WIthout the right student/families the extraordinary results will not happen.No price on websitePhone call with ownerOwner led tour designed for the studentStudent Sent home to think about it and see if this is TRULY for them and are ready to truly invest into who they are and who we are as a school.Private Mentorship is the core foundation1 hour a week lesson private lesson program/ High Trust MentorshipTuition, Communication, Learning and Practice through TeacherZoneAccess to live rooms during privates with multi instrumentalist instructor – working on actually playing and experiencing what they learn across from their teacher.Learning to speak the language of music with another acceleratesLearn to count in – song structure – Good tone – good rhythmMentorship on how to interact with other musiciansMentorship on how to lead or be led in jamming environmentsUltimate Gear etiquette knowledge – keeping gear in tip top shape and sounding its bestInstructors help students prepare and execute required audition video for the desired level of performance group Jam 100 (for beginners if needed)1 hour every saturday with RSVP available to all new students (rsvp ensures the right amount and types of instruments to work togetherNo live show – So no stress for the nervous studentsStudents already understand how to play together due to their private instruction with their teacher and live room experienceCurriculum/Songs are the audition material to get into our Jam 101 Live Performance Group1 to 2 LRRS directors with help of advanced Jr Counselor lead the youngsters through the sections of the songs together in one of our live rehearsal rooms or stage.Kids get to meet other kids in the same boat and level and start to form friendships Player Audition and Selection Process – Program Director Audition Videos to be turned into Program and Curriculum director 30 days before the next show if you’re new or you want to move to a more advanced groupVIdeos Reviewed and and results sent to the family via teacherzoneIf kids do not make it their instructor is informed and starts the mission to find out why and keep moving forward to prepare for next audition.150 students are placed into their groups. Many stay in the same groups and some move around for different reasons. TEACHERZONE groups are created by our ops manager and the CHAT is initiated before the big meeting to get the kids ideas flowing for the next production The BIG MEETING (1st 45 minutes) Players and their families gather in our Lobby/Performance Venue (around 100 or so make it on average out of the 150)Owners and Staff all on stage with a microphone welcoming everyone!We have the Rookies come on stage with all the LRRS staff and owners and they introduce themselves to the owners. Their name, age, school, music teacher, and a fun fact (sometimes up to 20 rookies)Then we have the veterans take the microphone and give the rookies advice. The under 12’s first and then the over 12’sThen we review the last show season (quality, attendance, flow, etc)Then we talk about the theme for improvement or change for the new semester. How can we be better? SONG SELECTION (next 60 minutes) PLAYERS THEN BREAK OFF into their groups and start the song selection meeting with their directorsThey put their songs in the mix and the director adds them to a Spotify playlistThey go through each song choices played through the PA speakers and start to vote on songsThe final verdict is a 5 song jam 101 list or a 11 song 102/advanced set listQC check on the set for vocal range, music skill level, inappropriate content etc SMARTSHEET Band Directors log all players into smartsheet by Song Name, Student Name, and instrument. They may be on a few different songs and a few different instruments. Maybe even a few different groups. (such as horn sections that travel to each group)Once complete the directors give the green light to the program director.In all private lessons the instructor searches smartsheet by that students name and EVERY project he or she was assigned to will come up with options for notes and direct line item project updates from band director to private instructor and vice versa.Charts and music are gathered or made by private instructors and assigned in TEACHERZONEStudents practice all required material through teacherzone at home and with their instructor in the live rooms or private officesJam 101, 102, Advanced, Classic Album SeriesJam 101 –List Audition examples——-> 7 to 10 students per group (guitar/bass/keys/drums/vocals/back up vocals)1 hour rehearsal with a Director and Jr Counselor every Saturday (CLOSED 1st SATURDAY)They pick their own 3 to 5 songs with their directors helpEach player plays on at least 2 of the songs especially the one they choseDirector QC’s the song list (no swearing, or inappropriate content, and especially making sure the players are within the songs skill level to succeed.Average about 9 to 11 rehearsalsPerform at the BIG SHOW! Pro show Real Venue Friday or Saturday nightsJam 102List audition examples 15 to 20 students11 songs chosen by the group2 hour rehearsals Saturdays (closed 1st Saturday)Two band Directors9 to 11 rehearsalsQC set listPerform the Big Show Advanced Groups List audition examples 15 to 20 students11 songs chosen by the group2 hour rehearsals Saturdays (closed 1st Saturday)Two band Directors9 to 11 rehearsalsQC set listPerform the Big Show
The Big Why at Los Rios Rock School (An in depth look into a premier performance program)At Los Rios Rock School we have built our renown Live program over the last nine years step by step. Now we help hundreds of students play 250+ songs at over dozen professional venues per year. For more information please visit: www.LosRiosRockSchool.com or see live performances on our YouTube. FIRST AND FOREMOST – Our Mission, Vision and Values as a culture and school are adamant upon selecting who we will enroll at our school. WIthout the right student/families the extraordinary results will not happen.No price on websitePhone call with ownerOwner led tour designed for the studentStudent Sent home to think about it and see if this is TRULY for them and are ready to truly invest into who they are and who we are as a school.Private Mentorship is the core foundation1 hour a week lesson private lesson program/ High Trust MentorshipTuition, Communication, Learning and Practice through TeacherZoneAccess to live rooms during privates with multi instrumentalist instructor – working on actually playing and experiencing what they learn across from their teacher.Learning to speak the language of music with another acceleratesLearn to count in – song structure – Good tone – good rhythmMentorship on how to interact with other musiciansMentorship on how to lead or be led in jamming environmentsUltimate Gear etiquette knowledge – keeping gear in tip top shape and sounding its bestInstructors help students prepare and execute required audition video for the desired level of performance group Jam 100 (for beginners if needed)1 hour every saturday with RSVP available to all new students (rsvp ensures the right amount and types of instruments to work togetherNo live show – So no stress for the nervous studentsStudents already understand how to play together due to their private instruction with their teacher and live room experienceCurriculum/Songs are the audition material to get into our Jam 101 Live Performance Group1 to 2 LRRS directors with help of advanced Jr Counselor lead the youngsters through the sections of the songs together in one of our live rehearsal rooms or stage.Kids get to meet other kids in the same boat and level and start to form friendships Player Audition and Selection Process – Program Director Audition Videos to be turned into Program and Curriculum director 30 days before the next show if you’re new or you want to move to a more advanced groupVIdeos Reviewed and and results sent to the family via teacherzoneIf kids do not make it their instructor is informed and starts the mission to find out why and keep moving forward to prepare for next audition.150 students are placed into their groups. Many stay in the same groups and some move around for different reasons. TEACHERZONE groups are created by our ops manager and the CHAT is initiated before the big meeting to get the kids ideas flowing for the next production The BIG MEETING (1st 45 minutes) Players and their families gather in our Lobby/Performance Venue (around 100 or so make it on average out of the 150)Owners and Staff all on stage with a microphone welcoming everyone!We have the Rookies come on stage with all the LRRS staff and owners and they introduce themselves to the owners. Their name, age, school, music teacher, and a fun fact (sometimes up to 20 rookies)Then we have the veterans take the microphone and give the rookies advice. The under 12’s first and then the over 12’sThen we review the last show season (quality, attendance, flow, etc)Then we talk about the theme for improvement or change for the new semester. How can we be better? SONG SELECTION (next 60 minutes) PLAYERS THEN BREAK OFF into their groups and start the song selection meeting with their directorsThey put their songs in the mix and the director adds them to a Spotify playlistThey go through each song choices played through the PA speakers and start to vote on songsThe final verdict is a 5 song jam 101 list or a 11 song 102/advanced set listQC check on the set for vocal range, music skill level, inappropriate content etc SMARTSHEET Band Directors log all players into smartsheet by Song Name, Student Name, and instrument. They may be on a few different songs and a few different instruments. Maybe even a few different groups. (such as horn sections that travel to each group)Once complete the directors give the green light to the program director.In all private lessons the instructor searches smartsheet by that students name and EVERY project he or she was assigned to will come up with options for notes and direct line item project updates from band director to private instructor and vice versa.Charts and music are gathered or made by private instructors and assigned in TEACHERZONEStudents practice all required material through teacherzone at home and with their instructor in the live rooms or private officesJam 101, 102, Advanced, Classic Album SeriesJam 101 –List Audition examples——-> 7 to 10 students per group (guitar/bass/keys/drums/vocals/back up vocals)1 hour rehearsal with a Director and Jr Counselor every Saturday (CLOSED 1st SATURDAY)They pick their own 3 to 5 songs with their directors helpEach player plays on at least 2 of the songs especially the one they choseDirector QC’s the song list (no swearing, or inappropriate content, and especially making sure the players are within the songs skill level to succeed.Average about 9 to 11 rehearsalsPerform at the BIG SHOW! Pro show Real Venue Friday or Saturday nightsJam 102List audition examples 15 to 20 students11 songs chosen by the group2 hour rehearsals Saturdays (closed 1st Saturday)Two band Directors9 to 11 rehearsalsQC set listPerform the Big Show Advanced Groups List audition examples 15 to 20 students11 songs chosen by the group2 hour rehearsals Saturdays (closed 1st Saturday)Two band Directors9 to 11 rehearsalsQC set listPerform the Big Show
Aprender ingles gratis con La Mansion del Ingles. Un podcast para mejorar la gramatica, el vocabulario y la pronunciacion del ingles. Una leccion del ingles con ejemplos y ejercicios. Learn English free with podcasts from La Mansion del Ingles. Improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. This English lesson contains examples and exercises. Hello again. Welcome, and thank you for downloading this Mansión Inglés podcast. This is podcast number 53 recorded for September 2012. Este mes, en el nivel básico un poco de gramática con el presente y la formación de las preguntas. En el nivel intermedio los superlativos - superlatives and also some expresiones with GET. There are some idioms and words with multiple meanings in the advanced section and, as always, some useful business English vocabulary. En los podcasts mensuales hablamos de los temas, vocabulario y ejercicios que salen en nuestro cuaderno mensual. Así podáis practicar la pronunciación y repasar el material del cuaderno. Si quieres recibir gratis el cuaderno cada mes, ver la trascripción de este podcast o leer los anteriores, vete a mansioningles.com y sigue los enlaces en la página principal. So let's get started con el nivel básico en lo que hemos practicado un poco de la gramática básica. Escucha y repite las frases. The film finishes at 1am. Escucha la pronunciación del verbo to finish en la tercera persona - finishes - Repite: finishes - it finishes - the film finishes at 1am. He usually works on Saturdays - Repite: Saturdays - on Saturdays - works on Saturdays - He works on Saturdays - He usually works on Saturdays. His parents live near the shopping centre. - shopping centre es el centro comercial - Repeat - shopping centre - near the shopping centre - His parents live - His parents live neat the shopping centre. We go to the gym three times a week. - tres veces a la semana - three times a week - Repite: three times a week - to the gym - we go to the gym - we go to the gym three times a week. My dad doesn't work now. He’s retired. - retired significa jubilado -Repite: retired - My dad's retired - He doesn't work. He's retired That restaurant doesn't open on Mondays. Repite: doesn't open - it doesn't open - It doesn't open on Mondays - The restaurant doesn't open on Mondays. My friends play football every Saturday. Repite: play football - every Saturday - They play football every Saturday - My friends play football every Saturday. Sandra does her homework in the evenings. Repite: does her homework - She does her homework - in the evenings - She does her homework in the evenings My mum doesn't cook very well. To cook es cocinar - Repite: cook - doesn't cook - she doesn't cook - she doesn't cook very well - my mum doesn't cook very well - my wife doesn't cook very well. My brother wears a suit for work. Suit es traje y to wear significa llevar puesto - Repite: suit - I wear a suit - he wears a suit - He wears a suit for work - my brother wears a suit for work. Very good! - ¡Muy bien! También hemos practicado la formación de las preguntas en el nivel básico. Escucha algunas respuestas y intenta decir las preguntas antes que las digo yo. Luego, repítelas para practicar la pronunciación. Habla despues del tono. Are you ready? - Listo? I get up at 7 o'clock - What time.......... do you get up? He's is from Germany - Where ...........is he from? The shops open at 9am - What time ..........do the shops open? His address is 79 Harris Avenue - What's........ his address? He plays football on Saturday mornings - What does..........he do on Saturday mornings? My husband is an architect - What does.......... your husband do? / What does........... your husband do for a living? My doctor's appointment is on Tuesday 2nd. - When is (When's) your doctor's appointment? In the intermediate section this month, we looked at some superlatives. Remember to always use the with superlatives - The greatest - the best - the least expensive - the most beautiful etc. Listen: It's the most exciting thing I've ever done. Repeat: the most exciting thing - It's the most exciting thing - I've ever done - It's the most exciting thing I've ever done. What's the most exciting thing you've ever done? What's the most exciting place you've ever been to? Listen: My worst subject at school was maths. Repeat: It's the worst - Maths is the worst. It's the worst subject - It's the most boring - No, physics is the most boring. English is the most interesting. Listen: I like it the most. Repeat: I like it the most - I like it the least - The thing I like the least - The thing I like the least is the weather - It's the weather I like the least - I like the food the most. - The thing I like the most is the food. What do you like the most? Listen: It's the most difficult thing. Repeat: the most difficult - the most difficult thing - It's the most difficult thing. Pronunciation is the most difficult thing - The most difficult thing is pronunciation. What's the most difficult thing for you? Listen: She meanest person in the company. Repeat: the meanest person - She's the meanest person - She's the meanest person in the company. Listen: He's funniest person I know Repeat: the funniest - the funniest person I know - He's the funniest person I know. Good, now also in the intermediate section of the cuaderno, we studied some expression using the word GET. There are many expressions and phrasal verbs with get, and we looked at 8 of them: to get a present to get lost, to get divorced, to get angry, to get home, to get on with, to get up, and to get drunk Listen and repeat the following questions: What time did you get home? Did you ever get lost when you were a child? What time did you get up this morning? When did you last get a present? When did you last get drunk? When was the last time you got angry? Do you know anybody who has got divorced? Is there anybody you don’t get on with? If you like these podcasts, if you are learning more English with these podcasts, you can buy full lessons for only 1 euro and 40 centimos from our online shop - nuestra tienda online. Estas lecciones están diseñado como una continuación del curso de audio Mansión Auto 2, y están basados en nuestro curso básico interactivo que ha ayudado a más de 25 millones de personas a aprender inglés desde el año 2001. Las lecciones están a nivel intermedio (B1) y estamos poniendo nuevas lecciones constantemente en mansioninglesdescargas.wazala.com (mansioninglesdescargas - todo junto - punto . wazala.com. Cada leccion vale 1.40 euros y dura approx. 1 hora 15 minutos y cada leccion en formato mp3 lleva su trascripcion en formato PDF. There were more idioms this month in the advanced section. Let's see if you can remember the idioms if I say the Spanish equivalent. For example, meter la pata - ¿Qué es meter la pata in English? - the English translation has the words 'foot' and 'mouth' in it - Put your foot in your mouth. - I'm always putting my foot in my mouth. Quien roba una vez roba diez. is "Once a thief, always a thief.” or "a leopard doesn't change its spots." Persevera y triunfaras. - “Never say die” No dejar piedra por mover - "(To) leave no stone unturned." - “We’ll leave no stone unturned until we find the thief.” Poner las cartas sobre la mesa. - “Put your cards on the table” - “I’m going to put my cards on the table.” - I think you should put your cards on the table and tell me what's happening. Borron y cuenta nueva. / Lo pasado, pasado esta. - “Let bygones be bygones.” - Now listen and repeat the idioms: Put your foot in your mouth. Once a thief, always a thief. Never say die Leave no stone unturned. Put your cards on the table. Let bygones be bygones. Also in the advanced section we looked at some words with multiple meanings like account, for example. To account for means to explain. How do you account for the fact that their shares have fallen - There's no accounting for taste. - Sobre gustos no hay nada escrito. - There's no accounting for taste. On account of means debido a - Repeat: on account of - On account of his being too old - Debido a que es demasiado mayor - On account of his being too old - We left early on account of the weather. On no account, or not on any account means De ningún modo, de ninguna manera, or bajo ningún concepto - On no account borrow money from that guy. - Don't do it, not on any account. the word score is often used in sport. How do you say ¿Cómo van? in a game football, for example? What's the score? - How do you say El resultado final? - the final score - What was the final score? If you have a score to settle tienes una cuenta pendiente. - Repeat: to settle a score. - To settle old scores means ajustar or saldar las cuentas pendientes. A score is 20 - una veintena - there were scores of people there - había muchísima gente o había montones de gente - Repeat: scores of people. The verb to score means marcar - to score a goal, for example. Moving on...Delivery is una entrega o un reparto, but when a baby is delivered it's parto in Spanish. The delivery room in a hospital or clinic is salon de parto. You can also deliver a presentation or a speech. If you deliver it well it's interesting and entertaining. If your delivery is bad, people could fall asleep. A pool es una charca, and a pool of blood is a strong collection. The woman was on the floor in a pool of blood. You can have a pool of water and a pool of light - un foco de luz - pool of light. A car pool es una flota de automóviles and you can also have a pool of resources - una fuente de recursos. We can get the job done more effectively if we pool our resources and work together. And finally, the noun issue can mean tema, cuestión or asunto. - to face the issue is enfrentarse al or afrontar el problema - Let's not cloud the issue, Let's not confuse the issue - no nos vayamos por la tangente, no desviemos la atención del verdadero problema - You can also make an issue of something - I don't want to make an issue of it but … no quiero insistir demasiado sobre el tema pero …, no quiero exagerar la importancia del asunto pero …..- I don't want to make an issue of it but … The verb to issue can mean expedir, in the case of a visa, driving licence or a passport. And hacer público in the case of a statement or a report. "The police have issued a statement." In the Business English section, we looked at some more business English vocabulary. If you make money in business, you make a profit. What's the opposite of make a profit? - make a loss. The adjective is profitable. so if you make a profit, then your business is profitable. You have a profitable business. ¿Cómo se dice con respecto a in English? With regard to Repeat: with regard to - With regard to the new website design.... How do you say tratar con in English? - to deal with. Repeat: to deal with - I usually deal with the manager. Can we deal with this tomorrow? - And the past of deal is....dealt - Repeat: Dealt - I dealt with that yesterday. Have you dealt with it yet? to go over means to review - repasar - I need to go over my presentation before the meeting. The adjective outstanding can mean destacado, in a good way - He's an outstanding singer - Es un cantante exepcional. And in business it can also mean pendiente if we are talking about a problem or a debt (una deuda) - Repeat: outstanding - an outstanding balance - un saldo pendiente - There is an outstanding balance on your account. Misleading translates as engañoso - something is misleading if it gives you the wrong idea. Repeat: misleading - The figures are very misleading. There are many expressions to describe trends in business English. Hacer caer is bring down. It's a phrasal verb - to bring down - Repeat: The recession has brought down profits. Derribar un gobierno is to bring down a government. And prices can also be brought down - Repeat: they've brought their prices down. And finally, leave from work is permiso o licencia - One year's leave of absence - un año de permiso. To be on leave - estar o salir de permiso - She's on leave - She's on maternity leave. Well, we'll be on leave until next month's cuaderno de inglés. Remember you can listen to all our previous podcasts at mansioningles.com and on iTunes. Thank you very much for listening to this podcast, and for being part of the community of La Mansión del Inglés. Remember, If you want to contact us you can find us on Facebook. Just search Facebook for La Mansión del Inglés and join our growing community of fans. Or send an email to: mansionteachers@yahoo.es. You can also follow us on Twitter. Our Twitter name is MansionTwit. Puedes ver el cuaderno mensual de este mes, y todos los cuadernos anteriores en www.cuadernodeingles.com/ Puedes recibir gratis nuestro Cuaderno mensual de Inglés aquí: http://www.mansioningles.net/formulario/altacuaderno.asp También tenemos dos aplicaciones para el nivel principiante y el nivel básico a la venta en la tienda de iTunes. Para encontrarlas, busca imansionauto. El precio de cada aplicación es de 2,39 euros. Until next month then, take care, keep practising and taking your English to the next level! Bye for now! The music in this month’s podcast is by Revolution Void, the album is The Politics of Desire and the track is called Outer Orbit.