AUGUST 2006
WoW..... July zipped by so quickly, here we
are already in August.
Ok, well for starters, the July 31st bloodless bullfight
in Artesia, was packed with people, a few disappointments,
some injuries, and some great performances. I wrote
a review on it, you can read it on our forum >here<.
Now that I've got around to watching it again, I'll
probably have to revise my review a bit. I wrote that
review as soon as I got home from the bullfight, so
that it was fresh in my memory.
I uploaded most of the videos from that bullfight.
Yes, can you believe it.... it's up before the May
27th bullfight. The only reason why I rushed it, because
so many people are hitting our site looking for it,
especially of the Forcados mishaps. Our blessings and
wishes go to Jeffrey, he's the Forcado member who got
injured that evening. According to Manuel (his team
captain), he stayed overnight the hospital for observations
and was sent home the next day to rest.
Click
here to view the July 31st bloodless bullfight
in Artesia, CA.
Here are my thoughts and I'm sure others will beg
to differ, but here I go. In the nature of this art/sport,
everyone must understand that injuries may very well
happen, and sometimes death even. But that comes with
the territory of being in this industry and you have
to take the good along with the bad at times. Every
performer who enters the arena understands clearly
what they are getting themselves into. And if they
don't, then they need to find another profession. Every
person is a "professional" at what they do,
and that person is knowledgeable of a "fighting/charging" bull.
Practicing is a must, but no matter how much you practice,
the outcome will always be different.
So, feel sorry for when they get hurt, but just remember,
they put themselves in there and if they get injured,
they are at their "own-risk". We are extremely sympathetic
to all and we never want
to see anyone getting hurt, especially the animals,
but things happen for a reason and we can only learn
from our mistakes and move on.
In the meantime, I must continue to apologize for
not uploading the other videos just yet. It is really "very-very" time
consuming working with videos and their "hiccups",
along with the computer, who has a mind of it's own.
Recently, McAfee decided to upgrade their Security
Center, so I said go ahead. But ever since that happened,
my computer has not been the same. So, that's one of
my biggest problems. I have a "gig" of RAM
and McAfee was using half of my resource..... that's
not a good thing. So "buh-bye" McAfee! Don't
get me wrong, they are good, but I already have "triple" protection
on my computer, I don't need one that's going to slow
me down.
Well, as always, we are constantly updating and revising
our "knowledge base" on bullfighting and
other resources. If you didn't know where it is, click >here< to
view it. It's an on-going project and will always be
added to and re-vamped. The other thing that I'm working
on is adding a "search" page on our site.
Our site is huge.... it's so big, that I'm getting
lost (hee hee).
Just a reminder, I do have a life and other projects
and clients that I work with, sooooooooooo...... THANK
YOU very mucho for being extremely patient.
Bye for now, until next time.
Ciao Baby! ~ Diva Webmistress =)
Update 07/30/2006: WoW....
weeks have gone by and I haven't been able to upload
all of the bullfights just yet. Well, as you already
(or if you don't know yet), I am a graphics and web
designer, so at times, I have to take time away from
the RC website and then go back to where I left off.
This site is also not a paid gig for me. It all comes
from the heart and it has become more of an addiction/passion
to accomplish something I started back in 2003. This
website was originally to show off the Cardoso horses
and the bullfights they were in, as well as selling
horses. But as I started it, it dawned on me that there
was more than just the horses. So it was off to investigating
and researching and learning from all sorts of resources
and people. After 3-years, we have grown and provide
more than just pretty pictures and videos. We've produced
over 1,000 pages, plus a forum community where it is
additionally informative in the whole aspect of bullfighting
as well as other worldly things. This past March of
2006 marks the 3rd year Anniversary birth of Ranch
Cardoso.biz
So, forgive me for not uploading the bullfighting
videos yet. It will definitely be a focus as Monday,
July 31st approaches, I have to prep myself for the
bloodless bullfight event in Artesia, CA. The videos
and website will be my main focus. Don't forget, the
So Cal Forcados group is trying to raise funds to go
to Portugal, and the Artesia Filarmonica is raising
funds to go to Canada. Stay tuned for more information
while I get the full details from the guys.
I haven't fully neglected our site as I have been
uploading and revising information, videos, images,
here and there, but some are missing pictures too.
I've also updated our SiteMap and created a "Google" map
too. I'm still working on fine tuning it a bit. The
Google Map is a Beta software that allows webmasters
to use on their websites. It's actually a fun tool
to use. Unfortunately, it's messing up my formatting.
Thank goodness it's only on several pages. So yeah,
it's a never-ending task working on this website. There's
so much to do that I could really use an assistant
right about now. You wouldn't believe what I have to
do just to optimize the videos and graphics that goes
on here.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks again for being so
kind and patient. Until next time.... Ciao
Baby!
JULY 2006
Summer is finally here... yay! It is hot,
but with a gentle cool breeze in the day and night
time.
We came back from the Patterson
Festa in Gustine a few days
ago. You can read my "Pre"-review here.
I have not given my review on the bullfight yet.
I'm waiting until I upload some photos.
Currently, I've been finishing up on some stuff I
was working on before we left to go out of town.....
like the site translation. Originally, I was going
with 3 native languages, but I decided to do more.
We have 10 available (including English). I'll put
more as I go along.
I'll be uploading new videos and images from our long
4th of July weekend, as well as the other videos that
have not graced the pages yet. I've got great footage
on Cavaleiro
Gilberto Felipe, Matador
Israel Tellez, Amadores
de Coruche, and the Sorteo at Ganadaria
Manuel Sousa.
So much in store for you all.
God bless!
Update 06/28/2006: Ooopsie!!
On my last update, I forgot to mention that I had loaded
several videos, and then, I forgot to link them for
everyone to see. SORRY!!! So, I'm doing that now. One
of them is the video on our intro page,
and there's even one of Patricia
Pellen back in May 2000, pictured
with Ogro,
an Andalusian horse we once owned (very beautiful and
amazing horse!)
Ever since I changed the site design, I was not 100%
complete. So, I am finally getting around to changing
a few things here and there, and you'll also have the
option of viewing a 'flash site', as well as translating
our website in three(3) different languages - - Portuguese,
Spanish, and French. So, please excuse the mess while
I finalize the pages. Currently, our intro page
is new and gives you an "entrance" option
- - FLASH or HTML.
The flash, like I mentioned is not ready yet, and the
HTML is basically what you are looking at now.
Whew! So much to do. But it's all good. I also have
another non-profit organization I'm volunteering with.
Our meeting is not until the following week, so I won't
mention their names yet until everything is finalized.
But this is a good one and I hope some of you will
be able to reach deep into your pockets and help them
out.
Ok, gots to go for now. The Gustine bullfight is right
around the corner, and I have so much to do before
I leave.
God bless =)
Update 06/23/2006: Ok,
I'm slowly but surely almost there.... well almost,
almost. I finally got to upload my project on the horses.
Last year, I had scanned most of their paperwork, and
I thought .."hmmm", why not put it on the
website. So, I've been researching their bloodlines,
and boy is it ever a task. I've uploaded most of the
ones that I have, I still have more to upload. I'm
doing a 5-generation.... even down to their parents,
and parents, and so-on. If the links don't work on
their pedigree pages, that means that it still needs
to be loaded or I forgot to link it up. You can also
find the listing here.
Additionally, I've uploaded the history and information
for each type of breeds we
have, as well as color information, etc., etc.
Ok, so I neglected our SiteMap for awhile. We grew
so fast, it was hard to keep up. I actually already
had a different one, but it's not in the format that
you can actually read or navigate through so easily.
Here it is <SiteMap
RSS Feed>. If you have an RSS reader,
then you can click and copy our RSS SiteMap feed and
it will update you on the latest pages/links on our
site. When you click on it, it automatically generates
a new list. Just a warning, there are over 500 maybe
even over 1,000. But here's our updated online <SiteMap> that
you can actually make some sense of. You can see that
it has grown since the last time I updated our map.
I still have more to go on it. But I made sure that
you get the basics of what's on our site. I'm probably
missing a few things, but for now, it's good enough
until next time. In any case, I'm not even sure if
anyone really looks at this page. But it's there for
all to see.
More to come, so stay tuned for the next update!
Update 06/19/2006: I
am back-logged and inundated with stuff to upload.
Slowly but surely, I will be caught up. For starters,
when I first re-designed the website, I didn't get
a chance to upload the rest of my new changes because
my concern was making sure that all of the pages were
linking properly.... so those are being mixed-in while
I upload the current stuff. Yeah, re-designing is not
the easiest task when there's over 300 pages in our
site. Yup, you probably didn't realize we have that
much on our site. There's so much to read and view....
and then there's our forum too.
It's a lot of checks-and-balances.... and it's all
for you... our viewers! For instance, I finally uploaded
the new "about
us" section and am finally getting
around to uploading the horse section.
The 'blue and pink' colors for the bloodlines worked
for the other site, but not here. It's half-way done
but got pushed aside from the bullfight videos.....
(priorities). With bullfighting season in full-swing,
it's time consuming just to focus on one area. And
as a women, I re-design our site as if I was re-arranging
our house... which is constantly! That's because I'm
a geeky perfectionist with something up my sleeves
all the time.... knowing that I can do better.
If there were only 4 of me and 48-hours in a day (ha
ha ha). I also work on other websites and am a graphic
designer for two magazines.... yeah, I'm what you call
an entreprenuer. So if you want to hire me for graphics & web
design, I give great rates..... just send
an email with your project information.
So, basically, all this was just to say "THANKS" for
being so patient and supportive and to give you heads
up for what's been in store for a while now. I know
some of you are eagerly awaiting to see the Artesia
fight. I'm not promising anything, but I hope to have
it done by this weekend. As always, if you have any
questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to email
us with details, and we'll visit the idea.
Oh yeah, and one of these days, I would love to share
our pictures of our travels to Spain and Portugal.
Two amazing countries..... so breathtaking and serene
with full of culture and castles. Yes, my favorite
was being able to stay at a castle within castle walls.
And of course, we saw "lots" of bullfights.
If Raul had it his way, we'd be at a bullfight everyday....
(NOT!.... ha ha ha)
Muito Obrigado ~ Thank you very much ~ Muchos Gracias!
Mz. Diva Webmistress
p.s.
don't forget..... July
3rd we'll be in Gustine and then Artesia
on July 31st ...keep
those dates open and we'll see you there!
Update 06/11/2006: Finally!
Most of the videos from the Laton
bullfight (May 15, 2006) have just been
uploaded and ready for you to watch. The videos range
from 18 seconds to 8 minutes long. There's one of Vasco's
that I had to split into 3 parts and one of Mario Miguel's
video is 8m and 47s.
As always, if you run into any technical difficulties
on this site, please be sure to send me an email so
that I can fix the problem... eMail
Diva Webmistress
Don't forget to check-out our forum for other news
and current events.... clicky here for>>Bullfighting
Forum and More!
That's it for now, until next time. Ciao!
JUNE 2006
WoW.... it's already summertime! We're in the 3rd
month of the bullfighting season and it's going pretty
well. I have lots of videos to upload. Sorry it's taking
longer, but this time, the videos are longer and you
get more viewing choices...low, med, hi1, and hi2 resolution.
The low to medium is for all users particularly the "dial-up" visitors.
The difference between h1 and h2 is the size of the
screen (320x240 vs. 640x480). Both are at the highest
resolution, but the h2 may sometimes get distorted
because I'm having to re-size and compress the videos
for internet viewing.
Donations: We have several
causes we are seeking donations for.
- One is our venture with the 4-H
Club and
- the other is with the So
Cal Forcados Group (Filhos dos Acores).
Just click on either of the names to find out
more information. The pages are constantly updated
with current events and news.
- Our recent associations are with SPCA, and every
Humane groups of California. As you are all well
aware, we are horse and pet owners and have a tender
heart when it comes to animals. We are against all
type of abuse and neglect to all animals that walk
the face of this earth. We will stand by each and
everyone one of them and fight for their rights.
We hope you will join us in this fight to save these
poor animals that are deliberately abused and neglected
by their owners. Because they can't speak like we
can, we have to be their voices for hope and their
future.
- One way anyone can help is by using this
search engine called GoodSearch.com,
please click on the link to learn more about
them and what you can do to help.
- Here's more sites and links to familiarize
yourselves with how the SPCA and the humane
groups function and how they help animals.
-
- Adoption is another fun way of helping too.
Visit your nearest shelter to rescue a friend
today!
- Our fight is just the beginning to a better future
for the animals and the pets you currenlty own.
More news & info can be found on our forum. I'll
be back with more updates |
