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SS Daily Support, July 5 - July 10, 2005
Good Morning!
Time to check in!
Checking in.....
Had a good weekend. Our local fireworks are not until this evening, but it's supposed to rain. :-(
We were going to attend the Macy's fireworks last night, but our friends could not get it together early enough, so we stayed home with a few friends.
We got a 4-day weekend out of my company, so today I'm hanging out on the computer, finishing some laundry and cleanup from yesterday, and getting ready for my followup CT Scan later. I'm getting anxious about it; not because I expect that the lung thingies got bigger, but because it takes so d*mned long to find a vein to plunge that nasty contrast into me!! LOL
Make it a great week!
DeeMarie - wishing you only the best!
Our fireworks story was the opposite of DeeMarie;s. Had to take DD's to the train station and we stopped for a nice dinner on our way home, so we decided to forego the fireworks. When we were just 10 minutes from town, friends called to ask us to meet them to see the fireworks. Glad we did, they were the nicest the town has ever done.
BJ - How did your first procession go? I don't like to think of the day that I need to go to make any arrangements, but I will be greatly comforted if the person I was dealing with was like you.
The weather was glorious, hot but no humidity and a nice breeze, we went on the boat everyday and had a nice BBQ on Sunday. DD's went to concerts, camping, etc. - so it was a very full weekend.
I hope everyone had a safe and fun filled weekend.
Good WEDNESDAY morning!
Raeanne, I was somewhat lucky yesterday--the prescription clearly read "no contrast". It was a painless procedure and I get the results tomorrow. I'm only thinking good thoughts about this one!
Besh, congratulations! You are working the program wonderfully! I'm back to it and confident the weight will start coming off again, as I got my OK to resume the exercise program. I was at a stall and even gained a few while on my cruise. We've had so much humidity that I was not able to get out this weekend, but I'm going to a low impact class with toning and stretch this evening. Do you make the veggie soup? That was my saving grace when I first started the program. I need to make that soup again; zero points and very healthy!
BJ, tell us all about your exciting life! Did you hear that they are casting Survivor 12 right this minute? I saw it on a web site and thought of you. Looking forward to watching you on it someday!
Suzanne, how's the weather up there? We had such a damp day yesterday. Last night we went to our local fireworks, and even the young children were complaining about the humidity!
Maddie, hope all is well with you. I saw an auction house nearby and thought of you!
BIG HELLO to John, Jen, Amy, Joanne, Tikanas, Gretchen, KY Susie, Patti & Dave, Marci, Magickitty, MaryAnn...I know I missed some of you. Check in this week!
Take care, eat healthy, and NEVER NEVER GIVE UP!
Soooooo...., am I supposed to talk to myself this week?
Come on, it's already Thursday. There MUST be some confessions, successes, desires, gossip, frustrations, naughtiness (Maddie? LMAO!!!)
Check in please.
Take care, eat healthy, and NEVER NEVER GIVE UP!
PS: Sending lots of positive thoughts and prayers to our cousins in the UK. I have many, many coworkers there.
Hi Everyone!
What a wake up call for mass transit commuters. I'm afraid it'll soon be like the airport security system on our transit systems. The terrorists are gaining....
I am down 20 1/2 pounds this morning. That's a loss of 2 more lbs since last week. I have been doing a lot of yard work, so not thinking about food so much. On the 4th, I ate put some cheese and crackers in bag, plus my own meal and made it through the picnic we had. 3 meals/3 snacks seems to have agreed with my body metabolism and it is finally working.
DeeMarie sent me a Trader Joe's card, so I am taking myself on a little pleasure trip to the store next week for fun. THANKS, DeeMarie! I love Trader Joe's! Let us know how the test results turn out.
Congrats on the 20 pounds, BESH!!!!!!!!!!! I am right on your coat tails! Keep up the GREAT work!
OHHHHHHHMMMMMMM, calling Raeanne. Check in, dear. How's DH? Better? My DH found a friend at work and is in much better spirits lately.
This weekend looks to be busy for me on Saturday. I am having some very new experiences at work that are enlightening. Dove releases, biodegradable balloon releases, interesting viewings, and last week, a huge Baptist, very loud service which was FULL of life!
Hi Magic Kitty, Patti, Jen, NHSuzanne, KYSusie, Jersey Karen, Marci, Maddie, Gretchen, Amy, Zig, John, and Tikanas.
ps: 9 days until I leave for Hawaii. ARG! Swimsuits? ::
BJ - I envy the Hawaiian vacation, but not the swimsuit part and there is no way of avoiding a suit there. Congrats on the 20lbs. Yes, DH is in a much better mood these days - he rarely is grouchy, so when he is, it takes me by surprise. Glad your DH has a new friend LOL.
DeeMarie - it is very scary out there right now. I pr@yed that DD's would be safe in their commute. I hate that they are on the subways everyday.
I got DH to go to the ballet with me this afternoon. The NYC Ballet was performing A Midsummer Nights Dream. Our friends were performing, so it was that much more fun to watch. It was done beautifully and there were so many small children in it - just blew me away. We normally go to the ballet, track and a concert at least once each summer.
We need to hear from the rest of the gang - come on and fess up.
Raeanne~ The ballet sounds so fun and always a plus to be able to see a friend perform!
It's pouring rain here today - yesterday it was SO sunny. The rain will help our water shortage we're having.
I have about 5 million errands to run today so I'm off to get a handle on tying up loose ends today.
What's on tap for the weekend?
I'm doing 2 funerals in 2 different chapel locations. Bad part of it is that they are doing maintenance on the bridge I take to work and so I'm going to have to drive ALL THE WAY AROUND Lake Washington. Oh, well, I haven't been on a tour of the lake in a long time, so I'll get to see all the new construction that's gone up!
Sunday, DH and I might take a drive up to the north (near Canada) and check out some sights. But if it's pouring, I don't think we'll go - too much traffic slow down.
Tonight, DH wants to look at a new set of wedding rings for us for our upcoming aniversary, but last night, I came to bed 15 minutes later than he wanted and poof- he is not happy! So-I wonder if he'll still want to shop?!!!!!!?
Log on and say hi!
My turn to check in! DS is going to camp on Sunday for a week so I have been so busy trying to help him get ready. He is going to a high adventure type camp so there is lots to pack. They will be doing rock climbing, rapelling, white water rafting, canoeing, etc. I am a little bit nervous about the whole thing, but I know deep down inside that he will be fine.
Thursday, my Mom, sister and my sisters DIL are going to the Barbie Convention in Boston. My sister is a huge collector and I was at one time so it should be a hoot. We will be staying at the Park Plaza Hotel, which is where the convention is being held. I have already told myself that I am not there to buy, just watch and enjoy. This is a big event. We had to register over a year ago and people come from all over. This is the first time it has been held in Boston, so we have to go.
WW is going ok. I lost .2 pounds this week. That is point 2, not 2. Grand total 21.2 pounds. BJ, you are doing awesome. It really is just common sense isn't it?
Raeanne, I could never get DH to go to a ballet. How wonderful that yours will. I'll bet it was great to see your friends perform. I am really in the Feng Shui mode these days. I am purging like crazy. We have had so much bad luck lately, that things have to get better, so this is my tatic to turn things around. It will help!
DeeMarie, are your coworkers ok? Have you heard anything about them? What a horrible, horrible thing to have happen.
Well back to the laundry. I am getting old, doing laundry on a Friday night!
Love, Besh
Besh - believe me, the only reason DH went to the ballet was to see our friends perform. Lucky for me, one was in the 2nd act or he would've been itching to leave at intermission LOL. I hope your feng shui proves to be the clearing you need right now - it always seems to help.
Dee - I thought of you immediately with all your London connections. We have friends in London too, but I am thinking "no news is good news".
BJ - are we on for some laundry tomorrow?
I have to get back to work, have a great weekend.
YES! We are doing laundry together, sistah!
You won't believe it, but today, the place gave me the keys to the hearse and I drove it WAY out to a service, casket and all. Then afterwards, I loaded it back up and drove back. Did 2 services today for a full day and my dogs are barking! I really should stop wearing my black leather boots with the high heels to these things! :)
Tomorrow, the kids have some excitement planned, but my day will be spent with the lovely Raeanne, in front of matching washer and dryer set, being a domestic engineer.
I read reviews on a couple of books that sound good, so I ordered them for summer reading:
The Interruption of Everything
By Terry McMillan
"As Marilyn approaches middle-age, we follow her struggle to discover herself outside the constraints of a passionless marriage, a demanding family and an ever-growing list of dreams deferred. With three children in college, a husband who suffers from destructive professional and personal inertia, a demanding mother-in-law, a senile mother and a drug-addicted sister, Marilyn has more on her plate than she expected at this stage of the game. Torn between taking care of her friends and family and attending to her own needs, she's faced with choices, like deciding to finish her graduate degree, that never before seemed hers to make. Along the way, supporting characters like Marilyn's feisty little niece and supportive-yet-opinionated best friends Paulette and Bunny add humor and depth to our heroine's character. And as always, McMillan does a flawless job of incorporating humor into even the most traumatic situations, as evidenced by a scene in which Marilyn ends up babysitting her hairdresser's children while waiting twelve hours for new braids. ("At three, Blue has to make a run. Orange has to go to the bank to get a money order. I ask Lexus to find me a Pamper and I take the baby in the bathroom.")
Warm and witty, sincere and heartfelt, The Interruption of Everything is sure to delight McMillan devotees and attract a host of new fans. --Gisele Toueg"
The Friend Who Got Away:Twenty Women's True Life Tales of Friendship the Blew Up, Burned Out or Faded Away
By Jenny Offill, Elissa Schappell
"Editors Offill and Schappell offer ostensibly the first book on lost friendship between women: 20 accounts of bonds that faltered, snapped, or slowly disappeared. Some of them are torch songs; some express anguish on a par with that of divorce; some are sly, tongue-in-cheek explanations of "lifelong" friendship's tenure. "I do not believe in . . . Meaningful Talks, except when they relate to . . . hair or makeup," opines one woman. "Otherwise, confrontations, in my opinion, serve only to make the plaintiff feel better for making the other person feel bad. I hold those I am really fond of to a lower standard than I do other people." Another contributor, one of a trio of friends, finds that her three miscarriages ruined the mythical story ("that wildness of being the same") of the threesome's bond. By breaking the silence about failed friendship so literately, this book appeals to many more readers than just students of interpersonal psychology. Whitney Scott Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved"
These books sound like interesting summer fluff for me.
Anybody else?
Oh! DeeMarie, BTW, I love Janet books! You may also find you like Nevada Barr. I always actually learn something from the Nevada Barr books, since she throws in actual facts about whatever she's writing the mystery about. Try her Lake Superior book as a start if you feel like it.
Okay, I'm done!
This may not be a summer fluff read, but it is what I am reading next. DD started reading it when she was visiting, so I let her take it back with her. I hope I can still enjoy lobster after I read it:
The Secret Life of Lobsters : How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (Hardcover)
by Trevor Corson
The Barnes & Noble Review from Discover Great New Writers
Until now, the only thought our Discover readers had given to this species was how to get them to the pot of boiling water while avoiding their snapping pincers and flapping tails. With his first book, Trevor Corson has changed all that. For Corson has composed an elegant and intriguing work comprising three essential ingredients: natural history, biological research, and a loving portrait of a community.
Corson, who spent two years working aboard a commercial lobster boat, also trolls alongside scientists who study the valuable crustaceans, offering intimate depictions of their work. And he introduces readers to generations of lobstermen and their families on Little Cranberry Island, a tiny fishing community off the coast of Maine. The end result of his assiduous detective work is this remarkable account of the delicate balance between these players and their role in ensuring the responsible stewardship of the lobster population as well as the survival of a storied industry. Along the way, Corson reveals lobsters as tremendously complex and interesting creatures: gentle, and at times, amorous lovers, as well as pugnacious and lethal bullies who regularly compete for dominance beneath the ocean's surface. Corson's passion for creatures we most often see accompanied by drawn butter is evident on every page of this wonderfully irresistible book. Bib not included. (Fall 2004 Selection)
I also bought the Oprah Summer selection - 3 Faulkner books, but I let a friend take them first, as I haven't been in a reading mode.
Right now I am trying to read "Don't Kiss Them Good-Bye" by Allison Dubois (the TV show Medium is based on her life). Although I find it interesting, I am not enjoying it as much as I thought I would.
Which reminds me, in August I am going to a John Edward seminar/gallery reading - can't wait!
BJ - WOW, you had a full day. It must've been exciting for you. Anymore talk on the rings. I was thinking of doing that this year for us. I know this sounds very odd, but DH never had a wedding ring. When we got married we were on a very tight budget and he was an auto mechanic, so we felt he wouldn't wear the ring too often. I never gave it much thought, except now that my best friend is single, when I meet a man now, I always look for a ring on his hand for her LOL. I also don't wear my wedding band, I got a very wide band and it irritates my finger - especially now that it's too small for me. YES, even my fingers got fat!
Enough blabbing - I need to get going on my laundry.
CALLING RAEANNE!!!!!! I'm doing laundry and I gotta weed my yard today! The fun never ends!
Well, DH and I did not ring shop on Friday. He never mentioned it, so neither did I. He did want to go swimsuit shopping, so I agreed to that and visited 3 shops and modeled swimsuits for him for an hour or so. He wanted me to try on bikinis - arg. OF COURSE, we didn't find anything he liked (support issues and such---lol), so I ended up just going to my old standby, REI, and getting 2 prs of boy shorts that I can live with. Now I gotta find some tops to go with them. I'll do that on my own. Pictures from Hawaii forthcoming --- HA! You may see me as the next victim on 'What Not To Wear' after THIS vacation!!!!!!
NHSuzanne~ I meant to tell you that the last time I visited Acadia Park was 10 years ago! I loved it, hiked the rocky shorelines and drove the roads all around. It was foggy most mornings (July) and so the actual water exploration trip I had planned went kaput and I fell into my second fiddle activity--hiking!
Besh! I want to hear about the Barbie convention. My sis and I never played with Barbies - couldn't get them in the Alaskan village I grew up in - but we dreamed of them, drooling over the beautiful dolls in the catalogs we got in the mail. All the kids called Sears, Montgomery Wards, and Jafco catalogs "Wish Books" and made our Santa lists from them! We mostly played with 'Trolls' - remember those? -- as they were cheaper and easier to get. We'd build houses for them out of Lincoln Logs. BUT-----I still liked looking at the older style Barbies with the think, glamorous black eyeliner and blue eyeshadow in the catalogs. I never had one, but I loved to look at them! I think there was one called Midge I especialy liked, but I'm not sure if that was her name. She had dark hair and the heavy make-up going on.
Well, I better put on some music with a stepped-up beat and get to cleaning this place up!
Have a great Sunday!
BJ - Yes, there was a Midge doll. I hate to go shopping with DH, he either says it looks good so casually that I don't believe him, thinking he just wants me to get something to get it over with. I don't care how much weight I lose, I will never be able to wear a bikini again, unless I get some lifts, tucks and lipo. I was with you on the laundry until I got a call from our builder/friend to see if we wanted to go out to dinner tonight. He also wants to come here first to show his girlfriend the house. Which means I NEED TO CLEAN AND FAST. I just came on here to get a recipe for a mango salsa recipe to serve with some shrimp and scallops.
I wouldn't mind What Not to Wear grabbing a hold of me. But I would dread that mirror they stick you in front of and what about the secretive taping - oh, maybe I wouldn't want to be on there.
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The BLOGFlume—High HopesDisneyland's 50th, Hydra: The Revenge, and a Six Flags shocker. Written by Russell Meyer Disneyland's 50th Just Around the Corner
Sun Sentinel 5/4/05 Mouseketeers unite! The Disney marketing machine is ramping up to get as many of you into their parks over the next 18 months to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. From new rides and shows to fresh paint and touch-ups to some old favorites, Disney is truly pulling out all of the stops to put on a show that most fans could have only dreamed of when this birthday bash was announced months ago. I have to admit that I was also a skeptic, and transplanting attractions and celebrating Disneyland around the world seemed rather corny, but this event may have been the best thing for Disney theme parks since Walt Disney World. In one massive effort, Disney has been able to revitalize parks that have sorely needed it (Disneyland Paris), further bolster parks that were already huge draws (EPCOT), and spruce up the original Disneyland where it was beginning to show its age. What is surprising, though, is that Disney is expecting more of a rush on its Florida parks than its California parks. With at least one new attraction at every park, Orlando could steal some of the spotlight away from the guest of honor. Perhaps it's Disneyland's smaller capacity, or maybe it's the higher density of all things Disney in Orlando, but the party that should be happening in California is really happening in Florida. Not only are the Orlando parks unwrapping a whole slew of attractions this week (Cinderellabration, Soarin', and Lights, Motors, Action), but even more new attractions for the parks will probably be ready before the end of the celebration (Expedition Everest, an attraction on the 20,000 Leagues site, and a new Star Tours movie). Is this a bad move for Disney? For true fans of the Disney empire, Disneyland should play host to their own party, but for just about everyone else, Orlando is just fine. Not only are there more hotels, more parks, and more opportunities to spend you hard earned Disney Dollars, but also it provides a better chance to take on its fiercest competitors head-on. Universal and Sea World appear to be laying low this year, in expectation of gathering a few extra guests in response to the celebration without having to do a thing. However, my guess is that most visitors to Orlando may have a hard time fitting everything in at Disney with all of the new attractions, and the crush of crowds expected to flood the parks, forcing guests to spend more time than normal to get to see everything. It is possible that guests will get annoyed with the crowds at the Disney parks, and move over to Universal or Sea World, but it would not be surprising if Walt Disney World has a tremendous year. Hercules Slain A wooden giant was torn down, and in its place arose a giant steel beast. Dorney Park has debuted its newest roller coaster, and in doing so has created a myth that will be talked about in coaster forums for weeks. While it was once considered one of the top wooden roller coasters in the world when it was first built in 1989, Hercules quickly deteriorated into one of the roughest woodies in the country. Dorney Park felt a change was needed as lines dwindled for Hercules, and decided to tear down the mythical hero, and replace it with a mythical beast. It appears that Hercules had finally met his match, as Hydra: The Revenge has been born. When it was first announced, it was thought that Hydra might be the first coaster in the United States to break the 7-inversion barrier. Instead it brought a new type of inversion, the Jo-Jo Roll. This new inversion flips riders upside down just after the train leaves the station. In all, the floorless coaster does reach the 7-inversion plateau, but does so along one of the most unique courses of any roller coaster on the planet. It definitely is not the tallest or the fastest coaster with a 105' drop and a 53 MPH top speed, but it traverses its 3198 feet of track with a gracefulness that is rarely seen on a coaster. Those who have been on the new coaster already (not me unfortunately) have applauded its smoothness and the incredible hangtime of the Jo-Jo Roll. However, those who are looking for the speed, intensity, and high g-forces will probably not find it in Hydra. The $13 million investment may not draw the uber-thrill seekers away from Kingda Ka, a mere 2 hours away, but the unique layout and smooth ride should still keep the turnstiles moving at Dorney Park. Hydra is a perfect compliment to the already solid coaster line-up of Talon, Steel Force, Laser, Thunderhead, and Wild Mouse, and I'm pretty sure Hydra's victim, Hercules, will not be missed. I had to read that article twice, because I couldn't believe it, but it does appear to be true. I've been bashing them since I began writing the BLOGFlume late last year, but it appears that Six Flags has actually been able to make a significant improvement in the first quarter of 2005. The park chain had a revenue increase of 21.3% over last year, and an attendance increase of 25.1%. Six Flags attributes a lot of its success to a greater number of operating days over the Easter holiday (spring break), even though Easter came really early this year. They also stated that their Mexico City park contributed heavily to the first quarter success, especially with the completion of the new Superman El Ultimo Escape, a Morgan hypercoaster, late last year. It will be interesting to see if Six Flags can continue its momentum through the rest of the year, as many of its US regional parks will be reflected in the second quarter earnings statement. While the delay of Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure cannot be helping the bottom line in New Jersey, the other parks are looking for promising seasons with a number of minor, mostly waterpark, improvements. While Daniel Snyder was probably smart in not selling off his share of ownership in the theme park chain, he might just want to keep his hands out of a pot that just may be heating up from ice cold to tepid. Readers' OpinionsFrom Pete Brecht on May 5, 2005 at 6:36 AM
Maybe I'm missing something, but aren't virtually all of the Six Flags parks closed the entire 1st quarter of every year? The only ones that I can think of that would be open at all then are Magic Mountain and the one in Mexico that's mentioned in the article. I would think that their 1st quarter numbers are a drop in the bucket every year, so who cares if they've improved over last year's 1st quarter? The second and third quarter are pretty much the entire theme park season for Six Flags. From Robert OGrosky on May 5, 2005 at 11:11 AM
Im looking forward to Hydra as it seems it will be a excellant ride and i have never been to this park before, so i cat wait til my visit this August!! As for SF, the first quater means little as few parks are open and last year was so bad it doesnt take much for things to be better, lets see how the reports are in Nov and see how they did for a true test, Though my crystal ball see's SF already talking about bad weather hurting attendance and revenue, From Derek Potter on May 5, 2005 at 6:04 PM
I have never ridden a bad B&M coaster. Their reputation is at this point pretty much impeccable when it comes to quality, so I'm sure that Hydra won't cease to impress. It's great that Six Flags saw a first quarter increase this year. That shows promise, but remember that their operating hours...and operating costs, are low in the first quarter. We will see what happens when the rubber meets the road during the summer. They may see better numbers than they did last year at that time, but we will see if they can get rid of some of that red ink when the competition comes out to play. I've seen some pictures of the new Golden Kingdom area around Kingda Ka, and I must say that I was very impressed. There is some great theming, the best that I have seen in a Six Flags park. If Golden Kingdom is indicative of what we will see from them in the future, than Six Flags has a bright future....assuming that they can learn the trade of customer service. The only question is how well Kingda Ka will run. I hope for the best. |
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Home school families from all across the State will come to Nashville on a Tuesday, when the Legislature is in session.
We say thank you for the freedom we have to teach and train the children God has entrusted to us.
We ask them to protect the freedoms we have and that the refugee German Romeike family is enjoying in Tennessee. Today the US Supreme Court refused to hear their case.
We ask for a level playing field for entering college, for access to scholarships, for competing in sports, for freedom to have parents controlling, through permission granted to children under their care, access to streets and libraries, etc.
Freedom in education is a fundamental right for Americans to enjoy.
The free market place of business should also apply to the free market in education.
Rally Day is the one day a year dedicated to helping preserve the freedom to home school.
Rep. Kane presented HB 0222, and moved to conform with SB 240. Chairman Brooks read the bill as amended and the amendment was placed on the bill.
Rep Fitzhugh expressed concern that if we set a precedent we would eventually be offering public school amenities to charter schools, virtual schools, etc. Rep. Kane reiterated that homeschoolers do pay taxes to the state and that this is a reasonable accommodation to allow homeschoolers to participate in sports. Rep. Fitzhugh asked about any costs that would be incurred by the LEA, and Rep. Kane said those have already been addressed by policies ($300 fee, etc).
Rep. Towns asked Rep. Kane to clarify his statement, and took contention that homeschoolers relieve a burden, and stated that educating kids is not a burden. He then went on to bring issue that we are deferring to TSSAA policies, where TSSAA members are not elected. Rep. Towns got into a heated discussion, which resulted in Speaker Harwell having to step in. Rep. Hardaway followed with additional questions regarding if this extended to students playing for private schools. Rep. Dunn then followed up specifying that through this children would get benefits that are currently being denied them. Rep. Lollar followed with a series of questions that pointed out that the LEA has already surrendered their elected authority to TSSAA. Rep. Faison followed with a series of leading questions that pointed out that homeschoolers pay taxes, and therefore deserve to be able to reap the benefits.
The motion passed with a vote of 69 ayes, 24 nays.
The committee deferred a week on HB 1055.
]]>The House Education Committee heard HB 0222, which as amended allows homeschool students (including those registered under a church related school) to try out for any sports team provided they meet the academic and conduct standards. It does not guarantee that they will make the team, but it is a huge step in the direction of allowing Tennessee homeschoolers an unprecedented freedom to try out for their local school athletic programs. Representative Kane brought the bill before the committee, with wording that had been specifically worked out in accordance with TSSAA.
Representative Forgety voiced concern that the state would put in place policies that overruled the decision of local educational bodies, while being clear that he DID support homeschoolers but wanted to make sure that administrative details were made close to home. Chairman Dunn responded that, under the presumption that there is value in team sports and athletics, it makes sense to allow young people to participate in these programs and make that possible. Representative Lollar followed up stating that in his experience as a school board member, TSSAA does not adhere to the desires of the LEA, so legislating the policy does not take away authority from the local agency.
Amendment 0173, which makes the bill, can be read here.
The bill was passed without further fanfare to the Calender and Rules Committee. The bill has already passed the Senate Education Committee and the full Senate, so if passed by the House it will become law and provide a new unilateral level of access by Tennessee homeschool families to local athletic programs!
The committee rolled HB 1055.
The House Education Subcommittee heard a series of bills on charter schools.
The Senate Education Committee heard several bills on the issue of school safety. Senator Beavers brought a bill that prevents public universities from enacting policies that limit religious student organizations from setting criteria for members or officers, and this was passed by the committee.
The House Calendar and Rules Committee heard a brief explanation of HB 0222, after which they voted to place the bill on Monday's calendar (March 25).
]]>Representative Durham brought HB 1055 before the House Education Subcommittee, which as drafted reduces the requirements for the length of time a student must be homeschooled from 2 years down to 1 in order to be eligible to receive the Lottery Scholarship. There is a fiscal note of approximately $50,000 which may cause issues for the bill. It was discussed to make this a pilot project, however due to legal issues this was not pursued. The committee voted to move this bill to the full committee with very little discussion.
HB 02222, which deals with homeschoolers being allowed to try out for TSSAA athletics, was rolled one week.
Senator Bell presented SB 0538 to the committee, which changes from 2 to 1 year the amount of time a student must be homeschooled before they can be considered eligible for the TN Lottery Scholarship. An amendment was presented that changes the effective date to 2013-2014 date. Senator Bell gave the history of the bill, and explained that when language in the past was changed it removed the need for a 2 year requirement as students now qualify for the scholarship based on ACT scores only. The bill addresses about 12 students a year and has a fiscal note of about $50,000 for the first year. With no discussion the bill was passed.
]]>Let us introduce you to Gregg. In case you may not know, Gregg Harris is internationally known as a pioneer advocate in the Christian home schooling movement. He is author of the bestselling book, "The Christian Home School". He and wife Sono married in 1974 and have seven children, six sons and one daughter. Gregg's beautiful wife, Sono, went to be with Jesus on July 4, 2010.
Gregg now single-parents and home schools his two youngest children, Isaac and James with the help of his only daughter, Sarah who is 19, along with devoted members in his local church. He also serves as an evangelist and church-planting missionary wherever he is. Gregg is currently serving as a Teaching Elder for Gresham Household of Faith in Gresham, (www.ghofcc.org) which has successfully led to the planting of six additional local churches in the Pacific Northwest. He is Director of Noble Institute, www.nobleinstitute.org, which coordinates his monthly presentations of the Household of Strength Seminar, a weekend presentation which furthers family-household restoration nationally through authentic Christian conversion, marriage renewal, child training, home schooling, family business, hospitality and cultural influence.
He is father of four other children, among whom are, Joshua Harris, Senior Pastor of Covenant Life Church, a large church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and author of many bestselling books including "I Kissed Dating Goodbye", Joel Harris, Director of the Northwest Academy of Worship Music, and twin sons, Alex and Brett Harris, founders and co-hosts of www.therebelution.com web site, authors of the book, "Do Hard Things" and leaders of The Do Hard Things Conference, which was attended by 2000 people at the Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville in August of 2011. Gregg resides with his three youngest children in Gresham, Oregon.
]]>Senator Campfield briefly explained SB 0222 and fielded a few clarifying questions by Senator Kyle, who thought that homeschool students could currently participate in public school sports in all counties. Senator Campfield specified that the LEA (Local Education Agency) was blocking this in about half of the 90+ counties, and that this bill abided by TSSAA rules while requiring compliance with the LEA. With no further questions the bill was passed with 31 voting in favor, none voting against.
]]>The House Education Subcommittee rolled HB1055, which changes the Lottery Scholarship requirements so that a student only has to be classified as "home schooled" for one year instead of two.
The Senate Education Committee for the second time heard SB240, which allows students to try out for public school athletic programs (it does not require that they be admitted to the team, but they must be given the opportunity to try out).
Senator Campfield stated that they had come in compliance with every rule of TSSAA. TSSAA disagrees with the concept of the legislative body requiring LEA (Local Education Agencies) of accepting homeschool students, but they are in agreement with the wording of the bill as amended.
After limited discussion, the committee unanimously amended and then passed the bill, which will next go to Calendar and Rules committee and then on to the full Senate.
]]>The Senate Education Committee for the first time heard SB0240, which is the result of a long-time effort to allow homeschoolers the opportunity to try-out for public school athletics. Senator Campfield brought the bill before the committee, stating that currently only about 40 counties allow homeschool students to try out, this bill would require the other 90 counties to allow students to try out. An amendment was brought that would specify that the students must meet the same health requirements as public school students.
Based upon other states (the standard being Florida in their open policy towards allowing homeschool students to play) Sen. Campfield expects about 50 homeschool students to be affected by this legislation.
Senator Burks expressed that she had talked with Sen. Bell, and expressed concern that there might be abuse to where there might be abuse of this system. She expressed that she supports home schooling, and home schoolers being involved in sports, but was concerned that some students might then pose as "home schooled" to work around requirements, resulting in illegal recruitment happening.
The committee went into recess to hear from TSSAA, who reiterated that TSSAA is a volunteer organization comprised of eligible schools that have written their own rules. They write these rules with three guiding principles:
1. To prohibit the exploitation of students for the sake of sports
2. To keep athletics in a proper perspective as subordinate to academics, and
3. To provide a level playing field
Towards this end there is the discouragement of school shopping, recruitment, etc. There was a homeschool study committee which studied this for years (which included Sen. Bell) and the result of that was the legislation that passed last year. They recognize that some schools do not allow homeschoolers to try out (they have minimal eligibility requirements for member schools). They have reached out to and discouraged schools from denying homeschoolers the opportunity to try out.
They do not have a problem with the requirements that LEAs (Local Education Agencies) to allow home school students to try out. They have problems with other requirements in the bill that go against their rules. Currently it takes out the academic accountability for home school students, etc.
Sen. Campfield proposed an amendment that would take private schools out of this legislation.
Mr. Harold from TSBA stated their position that the policy should be made on the local level. Mr. Harold was questioned regarding TSBA's problems with requiring that they try out, and responded stating that there were few instances he knew of where students were denied the opportunity, and that in some cases school boards determined that it is best for them to be able to follow the academic performance of their athletes, etc.
Mr. Wayne Miller with TASS (Tennessee Association of School Superintendants) reiterated Mr. Harold's concerns.
Senator Bell commented on the bill. He stated that with the estimated 50,000 students, if home education was made illegal and students had to attend public school then it would cost the state upwards of $400 million. It excludes students are registered with church related schools because of the section of the code being opened up (this is INCORRECT and was addressed by legal in the group). He said that looking at the evidence, there will not be a rush of students to participate. He stated that less than 20 students have participated, even with with Davidson, Hamilton and Knox county (three of our largest counties) allowing this. There was discussion clarifying who could participate, and according to legal counsel it DOES apply to BOTH students who register with their LEA AND students who go through a church-related school.
TSSAA came back and enumerated their concerns with the bill as currently drafted.
It was ultimately decided to roll the bill one week to allow time for parties to come to a consensus.
]]>Tennessee Home Education Association
February 17, 2011 Nashville, TN – Legislation has been introduced today by Senator Mike Bell and Representative Bill Dunn to change the home school law in Tennessee. The Tennessee Home Education Association has observed that much that takes place in the home schooling community could be more accurately defined if certain changes were made in the state law. In particular many home schoolers rely on the Jeter memo as the legal process by which they home school. This actually is a letter written in 1999 as Dr. Kay Jeter, Esq, then attorney for the Department of Education, and Dee Black, Esq, HSLDA's attorney familiar with Tennessee home school law, worked together to make one of the most common practices for homeschoolers more legitimate by this letter. As more and more homeschoolers have relied on this letter it became evident that a change to Tennessee's law that incorporates those concepts from the letter needed to be written into the law. This should secure a more certain future for home schooling in Tennessee.
In addition practices by the Department of Education and by home schoolers and home school groups concerning testing are not clearly in line with what is written in the law. With these and many other smaller changes we have worked to make the law more comprehensible and better suited for home schooling families and their children.
SB 1468 by *Bell (*HB 1631 by *Dunn)
Schools, Home – As introduced, makes various changes to home school requirements, including testing requirements for home school students. – Amends TCA Section 49-6-3050. Home education promotes the idea that concerned, loving parents can successfully teach their children and in a free country they should have the freedom to do that. In home education the values of the parents are passed to their children. This long term stability in the learning environment for the child coupled with an all day training approach to learning has proven to be very effective for those families who really do work hard to teach their children. Those children excel in their learning skills and knowledge, their attitudes toward and ability to relate to others of varying ages and backgrounds, and their performance in the community as they exit their homes and begin impacting society at large.
The THEA Board wrote and approved this language and has consulted with attorneys in Tennessee and with the Home School Legal Defense Association to develop the initial language. This was submitted to the two sponsors. Senator Bell and Representative Dunn requested that Legal Services review the language to make sure it was in appropriate form. A few further changes were made and this is what now stands as the bill.
Responsible use of freedom encourages more freedom. Compulsion and responsible use of freedom are antithetical concepts.
May we enjoy and use our freedom well.
Claiborne Thornton
President THEA


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Martial Arts Fall - Wristguards?
I've been taking martial arts for three years now, and trained myself to never land on my hand, but rather to fall onto my forearm/body depending on the height i'm falling from... Turns out that the reflex carried over to snowboarding! Assuming I never stick my hand out and land on it, would wristguards help at all while snowboarding?
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The martial arts instinct is definitely a good thing. I had tried to teach myself to never fall on my hands, but when it mattered the most, I failed. Broke my wrist. If you're sure you'll never fall on your hands, then don't worry about it, but if you don't mind the wrist guards and you're concerned about it then wear 'em.
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I learned to fall in martial arts too (17 years total combined from 4 differents arts), but I still wear wrist guards -- just in case -- except during super deep bottomless pow days. I'm used to wearing the guards so it's not too big of a hassle.
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I've got LEVEL gloves which have built in wrist guards, they are very comfortable and have probably saved my wrists from breaking a few times. They are warm and very durable....something to keep in mind if you decide to wear wrist guards.
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Just be careful of the type of wrist guard you get. Some cause worse damage.
I personally hate any guard that goes over the top of my hand. I like the ones that start at my palms and go down past the wrist. I had Dakine gloves with these built in and used them while I had a broken hand and dislocated wrist bones (non snowboarding injury). Worked like a charm. By the way, I did 9 years of Tae Kwon Do and unofficially trained in a variety of other arts like Jiu Jitsu for a number of years. Love the arts! |
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I don't believe in those wrist guards. You'll just end up breaking your arm above where the wrist guard stops anyway. My friends wife wore them, and well, she did just that, broke her wrist above where her wrist guard stopped. Just practice falling with your fists closed IMO.
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Need some glue gun inspiration, please!
I've never used a glue gun, but I've heard they can be useful and a lot of fun, and I thought my 17-year-old granddaughter, who is creative, might enjoy using one. So I bought her Aleen's Ultimate Cordless glue gun, along with a book entitled Glue Gun Decor, and will give them to her at Christmas.
Since I've had no experience with glue guns, I'm not going to be much help. But if you can give me some ideas of things she might like to do with hers, I'll pass them along. I don't know if she'll need a push to get started on this, but a little extra motivation is always nice.
What do you do with yours?
Well, mine is an old Black & decker & has a cord & I use it all the time. I do have to be careful not to get burnt but usually keep wet washcloth close to stick my finger in if I burn it it stops the burn from being so severe. I have made mop dolls, glued a lovely shell & yarn wall hanging for DIL,glued silk flowers on driftwood,made plaques with dried seed pods, acorns, etc. Most of stuff I've given away to relatives, i think My mom has about 25 things I've made. Couple were with glue gun. Made lace heart over a wire heart shape & added little rosebuds to it& ribbons & pearls. Lots of crafts require a glue gun. Maybe that gives you idea. If there are nice dried acorns & pods around laying under trees they can be glued to a plaque you cAN MAKE IF YOU ARE HANDY OR BUY FROM mICHAEL'S OR jOANNE'S (sorry-stuck) They are unfinished wood. Then you stain to match the house it goes in.And arrange the materials you have gathered into a pleasing arrangement & glue on. Finish with couple of coats of spray clear finish. Ones I made yrs ago people still have on their walls. Mine look like new still I just take damp cloth to clean. Glue doesn't hold up well in outdoor sun tho as it melts when sun beats on it so project would start sliding off. It has many other uses & I'm sure someone else will have other ideas. Jan
I've seen squares of metal made to look like tin ceiling tiles by just using glue from a glue gun squeezed out in patterns and then white-washed with paint. You could use cardboard or wood instead. Just google tin ceiling tiles to get an idea of the pattern.
I have used my glue guns for years, gone thru several.. used them when making my Time out Dolls to attach the hair and I must say I have had my share of burnt finger tips.. but they work so well for so many things.. Grandson and I used it for his art project this year for school.. make sure you have a surface where you can set the glue gun when not using it as sometimes the glue will drip.. I use the lid of a shoe box.. and yeppers I keep a cold wet handcloth handy.. for the old fingers.. when the glue gun is cooled off I put it in the shoe box along with the glue sticks and pop the shoebox lid back on.. LOL
Wish I had found out earlier, but last year, trying to put a small nail into a plaster wall, I gave up, grabbed my glue gun, put a blop on the wall, inbedded the picture hanger in the blop, and there it is still hanging. did the same thing outside on my stucco.
Is someone handy at your house? I bought a glue gun holder & it is great. The glue if it drips ends up on a 4 in. sq. ceramic tile. it is so handy. I'll try & get pic & ask Kudzu if she will post it. Some lady was selling them several yrs ago, she hand painted design or I think it may have been me. Anyway it makes it look better. Glue gun isn't likely to drop on floor or table & do damage but I always use a 1 ft wide board that is covered with vinyl used in cabinetmaking & in better cabinets. It is white & great for crafts. My piece was supposed to be a shelf, 28 in. long.It just wipes clean & at xmas doubles as extra counter space in kitchen for cookies that need frosting, I open a top drawer & lay it on there with the edge just inside top lip of drawer so it won't fall if I bump it. It wipes clean of paint, glue, etc. Sold at Home Depot I imagine or may have to ask for shelf piece from cabinet shop. You want the shelf as it is vinyl on front & back & front edge of it. I had a large wedding cake board my DH made me & it was stolen by a fancy club even though it had my name on bottom,lady did pay me for it. Anyway great stuff for crafts & cakes!! The glue holder is just 2 pieces of wood 3/4 in. pine base is 11 in. long & 5 in wide. The holder part is 5 in wide & 5 in tall with bottom edge going into base board where it has been cut out 4 in. in from 1 end. You need something that will cut down & remove area 3/4 in wide (holder fits in that slot)& 1/4 in. deep into the board. then go in 1 7/8 in. towards middle on each side & cut out a U that is where the glue gun goes. Glue the holder piece into the base piece, paint any color or stain & varnish. Then paint design on it if you are handy otherwise glue tile on the longer end about 1/2 in out from holder part. That's it!! Pic will really help so I will get going on that!! Jan
I sent Kudzu the pics! I could go to mom's house & see what all I used glue gun on. I have used it at least once a week for 22-24 yrs so it gets used a lot!!I've repaired shoes, purses,made cloth wreath poking squares into straw wreath form, ornaments of all kinds anyway you'll see some probably today. I put the simple candy canes with the glue gun as it's kind of boring but very functional the canes are not glued, just wired. Were in Better Homes& Gardens Dec. 2008 issue, I almost missed them & directions arn't good. I tried them & gave the 2 sizes & wires to Kudzu they are 1 3/4 in. & 3 1/2 in.long, the little ones are cute on your lapel. For the e bead size, takes about 10 min. to make.Takes about 50 of each color bead!! Jan
I've burnt myself so many times with mine that I say OW before my brain even registers the pain, lol
Tell your GD not to drip hot glue on her shorts-clad thigh. It leaves a mark. Forever, it seems like!
I used to form my hot glue by licking my finger and then mooshing the glue to where I wanted it. I'd get more of a steam burn but it never stuck to me. Hot glue won't stick to anything wet.
The glue gun holder is posted on Kudzu's blog! Directions are above, for the part the gun goes in ,if you make 1 be sure to measure your thickness of the gun where it will sit in holder, if you have a slim gun you need it to be a thinner U shape. You want the holder part to be just a 1/8 or less wider than your gun or it will just fall to the bottom. My gun had wire holder but all I was doing was knocking it over, I got several burns. This is so much better. I also always work on a piece of vinyl shelving like you see in better cabinets. Has white vinyl on both sides & front edge. It is 12 in. wide & 28 in. long. I use it for everything, I put wax paper on it today for my cookies,I lay it over a drawer that is open & works great. It washes well. I tole paint using it as spills wipe up in a flash, probably get a shelf at Home Depot or better yet a custom cabinet shop(where I got mine) It's 22 yrs old & still in good shape. Glue holder is older yet so they are made to last. Jan


text: Minutes of the Water Commission Meeting September 27th, 2011 Attending: Kurt Grassett, Sean Kerwin, Joel Chandler, Jeff Wilder and Linda Coughlan, Recording Secretary 4:15 P.M. – Sean called the meeting to order. August Water Report – Kurt reported nothing unusual had occurred in the water testing for August. He said the average use was 1.8 million gallons a day. Beryllium – Kurt said the issue with beryllium had been determined to be a lab quality control problem and DES has sent a letter that acknowledges this. DES Sanitary Survey Report – Kurt said the DES Sanitary Survey Report was recommending back flow prevention. He asked Jeff what his thoughts were regarding this. Jeff said it's probably something that should have been done all along and added that most towns have them in place. He estimated the cost to be around $250 to $300 per house. The Commissioners noted this was a recommendation, not a mandate which they could consider at a later date. UV – Update – Kurt said the basis of design report for the UV system had been good for the most part. He said DES will accept off site validation which will be a big savings. They recommend that the commission purchase the equipment but contract an installer for the work. DES would also like the water quality testing to continue for another year to obtain a longer history period. Dana Primiano Appointment– Kurt said he had asked Dana Primiano to meet with the commissioners regarding a problem he has been experiencing with water quality over the summer. Dana brought in a water sample for them to look at. He said since he is at the end of the water line he does experience low water pressure. But for the past three or four weeks they have experienced water discoloration. Dana said after speaking to Kurt, he had tried running the water hose for 60 hours over the Labor Day weekend and there was some improvement. But the quality still fluctuates and even a water filter doesn't catch all of the turbidity which could be seen in the water sample. Kurt said they had a problem like this once before with another customer who had low pressure and he had used an air compressor to resolve it. Dana asked if he thought a compressor would work for his problem. Kurt said he thought a really large compressor would be needed in the Primiano's case. He did say he had heard of putting in jelly beans into the pipe to try to force out the residue with water which they could try. He said Dana's question to him had been could the town backhoe and workers be used to dig up the shutoff. The consensus of the commissioners was that since this was a unique situation they would be in favor of allowing this. Kurt said he would check the schedule of the town guys and get back to Dana to set a date. He said he would also try to locate the air chuck he had used in the previous situation. DES – Kurt mentioned having received a letter from Cynthia Clevens from DES in which she mentioned requiring that a boil water order be implemented whenever there an increase of water pressure from a fire flow or when the hydrants are flushed. Kurt said when a fire flow or any excess amount of water pressure occurs; it causes the water to bypass the UV filtration system. It would still go through the chlorination process but DES would like a boil order issued until the system returns to full capacity disinfection. Kurt said this needs further discussion and he would like to schedule a meeting with DES, Ray Corbett, Jim Malley and the commissioners if they could attend. The commissioners were in agreement that they should be included in the meeting. 2012 Budget – Kurt said he doesn't have the draft budget ready yet but he will email it before the next meeting. He said he would include a cash flow report. Water Rate and Future Expenses - The commissioners discussed the cost of the UV project which has been estimated to run around $100,000. There is also the cost of a pump station for water pressure problems to consider at some point as well as the cost of relining the pipes. Kurt said 28% of the system has pipes that are 100 years old and relining them with cement could extend the life. Due to these upcoming expenses, the commissioners will be looking at increasing the water rates to help defray some of the cost. The rates have not been increased in approximately 25 years. The commissioners will discuss this at their next meeting which will be on October 20th at 4:00 P.M. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:25 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Linda Coughlan, Recording Secretary |


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The 50 Dollar Instant Christmas Soundtrack
I love Christmas music. I figure I have a couple dozen Christmas albums in my iTunes collection that I either ripped from CDs that I bought over the years or downloaded from iTunes or Amazon and I'm always on the lookout for good stuff to add to the collection. At this time of year, they all live happily on my iPod so I can play them at work or bring them to any Christmas party to which I'm invited.
I'm also aware there is a lot of bad Christmas music out there and it's not always easy to put together a ready collection of, say, ten albums that you can just drop into a playlist and set to shuffle. So I figured I'd give you my own list of ten albums you can play over and over for the next couple days without wanting to drop kick an elf through your window.
As a bonus, these albums are all downloadable from Amazon and cost $5 or less, so even if you get them all, you won't crush what's left of your Christmas budget.
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas: Ella's smooth, swing is perfect for Christmas and the lead track, "Jingle Bells" will set you up perfectly for the rest of the album. Great variety of sacred and secular Christmas music. I think my favorite is her version of "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?".
- Bing Crosby – White Christmas: Bing Crosby and Christmas? Come on. "White Christmas" alone is worth the price of the album, but "Christmas in Killarny" and "Silent Night" are fantastic as well. There isn't a bad song on this album.
- Christmas With The Rat Pack: Again I say: Come on. Frank, Dino, and Sammy? Your highlights are Frank singing "Mistletoe and Holly", Dean doing a medley of "Peace on Earth" and "Silent Night", and Sammy bouncing through a rendition of "Jingle Bells". Christmas music does not get more cool than it is in this album.
- Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas: If you have the original release of this album, pick up this expanded edition. Not only do you get the impeccably-performed jazz version of "O Christmas Tree" to lead off the album, but also a couple alternate takes that are worth hearing. And, hey, what's wrong with another version of that great ice-skating theme?
- Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra: Okay. Okay. One more jazz-based album. How can you do Christmas without a collection from the Chairman of the Board? Seriously, Christmas and Jazz just belong together. I don't know if Sinatra especially liked Christmas music, but the way he handles each piece with care and respect while infusing each with his own style suggests that he did.
- Mannheim Steamroller – Christmas: As modern Christmas albums go, this is the Granddaddy. It's probably most famous because Rush Limbaugh plays the heck out of it every year during his show, but you should grab it even if you're not a Limbaugh fan. Chip Davis knows how to orchestrate for electronic instruments in a way that makes you forget after a song or two that you're even listening to a bank of synthesizers. The whole album has a very Renaissance feel to it, even when the pieces pick up the tempo and swing a little bit. It'll fit in nicely as background gift-opening music.
- Mannheim Steamroller – A Fresh Aire Christmas: Yes, more Chip Davis. This album has an even stronger Renaissance feel than his first album and the pieces he selected are far less "pop" and more traditional. His versions of "In Dulco Jubilo" and "Still, Still, Still" are the jewels of this album.
- Chanticleer – A Chanticleer Christmas: There may be no better small choral ensemble performing today than Chanticleer, an all-male group with a couple of the best counter-tenors (the voices you will hear singing the high Soprano parts) I've ever heard. This album is a mix of classical Christmas pieces and a couple more contemporary works. I recommend you listen to this one on Christmas night with the lights turned down low, with a glass of wine and a heart full of contentment.
- The Choir of King's College, Cambridge – O Come All Ye Faithful – Favourite Christmas Carols: King's College, Cambridge boasts one of the finest choral programs in the world and this album shows off the considerable skill of its showcase choir. The songs are all arranged and performed in the Anglican church style, plainly and quite elegantly. This would make a great Christmas morning album, especially if you play it before you head out to a church service.
- Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song: If your heart is hurting this Christmas season, Nat King Cole's singing will fix it. This may be my favorite of all the Christmas albums I own. Not only will you get his incomparable rendition of "The Christmas Song" but you'll also get the most beautiful Christmas song I've ever heard, "A Cradle in Bethlehem". His rendition of "O Tannenbaum" is alto top-notch and he sings at least one of the verses in German. You won't hear that often.
Because I intended for this to be a list of albums you could shuffle-play, I did not include a couple of the excellent Trans Siberian Orchestra albums. Most of them are story albums, which means they're meant to be played in sequence to tell a particular story. As such, some of the songs just won't make sense when played in between Bing and Chanticleer. However, if you want to grab a couple of them, I highly recommend Christmas Eve And Other Stories ($7.99) and The Lost Christmas Eve ($10.99).
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Pianist HAMPTON HAWES lost his way in the 1950s, overwhelmed by drug addiction and eventual imprisonment. With a body of work released to great applause and having won the Down Beat New Star Award in 1956, Hawes' musical trajectory should have shot higher. This period marked the summit of his career, the point at which his artistic development was able to reflect, and in turn affect, the developments in the wider jazz world around him. The essence of his life is sketched in his fast-paced and demotic autobiography, Raise Up Off Me, published in 1974. One of the finest first-hand accounts of the jazz life ever written, it contains stark observation and honesty... "Son,
You Hot!" : Hampton Hawes And The Fire Inside
EARLY YEARS Hawes was born in November 1928 with six fingers on each hand, corrected
surgically after three days. Not all aspects of his life could be so conveniently
clipped and his childhood reveals traits that were to surface throughout
his career: scepticism, keen social observation and an unforgiving individualism,
euphemisms perhaps for disdain, a suppressed rancour and downright disobedience.
His father was a Presbyterian minister in the infamous Watts quarter of
Los Angeles. The ghetto culture Hampton describes in his book seems to
have framed the young man's view of his father's church, whose members
were "too scared to move past the middle of the bus." The church as social
narcotic offered safety from the real world, but at a price: "I've never
seen so many people
messed up, and disillusioned
," he wrote, and if
Hampton was at odds with his father's inward vision of the world, so too
his father was unable to bless the music and lifestyle that his son was
to adopt. For the Reverend Hawes, jazz was an exotic dish served in areas
of ill repute; for Hampton, the jungle music sounded a clarion call to
freedom and his ambitions and endeavours would go hand in hand with this
"heavy sin." Hawes cites George Washington Carver rather than Duke Ellington
as a hero best served to represent social aspiration for the black community
centred on 35th and Budlong, his father's parish. The estimable George
Washington Carver (who eschewed his own musical development to pursue
agriculture and rural economic improvement) and the elegant Ellington
(who eschewed his formal music lessons to sneak in to Frank Holliday's
poolroom) are dichotomous heroes and represent the polar positions of
father and son. It would appear to have been an uneasy filial relationship
with little emotional engagement and no musical encouragement. "I think
I must have first turned to the piano out of boredom and loneliness,"
he wrote. Certainly it seems odd that whilst his elder sister was tutored
seriously in the classics, Hawes, who as an infant sitting on his pianist
mother's lap had shown a precocious ear for music, never had formal music
lessons. He was the youngest child (of seven) and of course the money
may have run out; but even in later years his parents neither heard him
play nor, so Hawes claimed, listened to his recordings - although they
did frame his album covers. |
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Parker on the saxophone had his antecedents, Lester
Young chief among them; so too Gillespie on the trumpet, who through Charlie
Shavers came to model himself on Roy Eldridge's style before he developed
his own. Bud Powell, too, was able to forge a singular and radically
new approach to the jazz keyboard, but took as his starting point not
a pianist but the solo horn lines of Parker and Gillespie - to which he
added a distillation of swing era practice - and his early recordings
are already remarkably original in conception. Unlike Parker or Gillespie,
Powell in 1945 did not have a great body of professional work behind him
other than nomadic work in bars and his fifteen month sojourn with Cootie
Williams from late 1943, which makes his achievement all the more impressive.
Powell was steeped in the jazz piano tradition, of course, and a vestige
of the past is heard loudly at all points in his career; his father, an
erstwhile stride pianist himself, was not averse to boasting of his son's
ability as a child to imitate Tatum or Waller. Tatum, Waller, Teddy Wilson
too, each left their fingerprints on Powell's style, but mostly he engaged
their shadow rather than their substance, and from a tender professional
age he must have struck out on a bold course of his own. Listening to
Powell's recordings with the Cootie Williams band made in 1944, it is
difficult to avoid the conclusion that he was certainly unwilling (if
not unable) to play as Mel Powell and Wilson did for Goodman or as Billy
Kyle did for Kirby. He was a featured soloist with Cootie, thrilling and
virtuosic, yet his left hand was often inactive, playing little more than
single note vamps, and he rarely employed basic stride patterns, tenths
or other stock language of the time. The chameleon-like Kyle (Powell's
favourite pianist) had developed a personalised piano style that had made
allowances for his own technical shortcoming; although it is hard to think
of Powell as in any sense technically limited, he did share Kyle's methodology
and adopted a style of playing that allowed his fierce independence and
abrasive personality to shine through. Yet if anyone had stylistically
groomed bebop piano, it was Nat Cole. Cole's trio featured guitarist Oscar
Moore, whose presence inhibited the pianist from over-playing with his
left hand, which was left to interpose and accent in a less prescribed
and formulaic manner than was fashionable hitherto. Powell was to overlay
this foundation with rapid helter-skelter lines that cut across bar-lines
and a darker and more emotive hue that paid no heed to Cole's clipped
and precise phrasing. There is also a studied clumsiness to Powell's playing.
Cole (and Tatum, too, for all his pyrotechnics) only hinted at a chord's
rich harmony and was a master of subliminal understatement, encouraging
the listener to hear notes that he in fact never used. Powell, when comping
or introducing a theme as soloist, used full and heavy chords often in
a low register, and what is often referred to as Powell's intense style
of playing is realised often by these left-hand chordal voicings, used
more percussively and with less subtlety than Cole; these deep sonorities
afforded a dark timbre.
Hawes spoke often of the impact Parker had on his playing: he "influenced me more than anybody, even more than piano players." Parker's unfettered imagination, drive, invention, technical brilliance and mythic God-like status engulfed those around him and were not restricted to fellow saxophonists: he came not only to dominate the musical world he inhabited but also to set its parameters. The best players, of course, found their own voice; but one of the interesting features of the 1940s' jazz revolution was the manner in which pianists responded to the challenges of the bebop style. It was as if Parker had disrupted the natural evolution of jazz piano and encouraged a performance that was, in fact, against the natural grain of some of its practitioners, even, indeed, against the grain of the instrument itself. Central to this was the spell cast on contemporary and successive pianists by Bud Powell, and it may be that many found it easier to assimilate his stylistic blueprint than follow their own intuition. Elmo Hope, Walter Bishop and Duke Jordan, pianists who helped to lay bebop's bedrock, all came from New York and shared similar cultural and musical influences (so too Monk, although his take on bebop was more individual); they shared, too, an authentic and distinctive approach to the piano, with Powell as their high priest. Not so Hawes, whose early years in California spent apart from the bebop hub that was New York proffered a sound schooling and an independent ear: the language of Parker and Powell had been grafted on to his own rootstock but had not swamped it. As bebop and its vocabulary expanded, and genuine two-handed pianists
like Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly came to the fore, many of bop's core
practitioners who were able once to find work and an audience on 52nd
Street in the late 1940s found their limited piano language exposed. Those
who were able enough returned to a more natural and graceful keyboard
language. The elegant Al Haig possessed a tidy and urbane style, and the
recordings he made in the 1950s suggest that, despite his success with
Parker in the previous decade, he had aped Powell for a brief period rather
than use his example as a springboard for his own development: he was
never a cloned bop disciple and his playing came to resemble an adventurous
swing style coloured by bop attitude. The enigmatic Dodo Marmarosa also
was too romantic and episodic to have drunk from the same well as Powell
and was closer in his musical stance to Teddy Wilson. Both Haig and Marmarosa,
highly skilled pianists both, were never at total ease within the bop
idiom, I would suggest. In contrast, Hawes never felt constrained by its
limits and its language was never foreign to him; he was a genuine convert,
but if Parker's gospel was its Authorized Version, Hawes possessed the
scope and brio to craft his own revision. Recording dates with Lennie Niehaus, Bill Perkins and Barney Kessel followed,
and the next year Hawes recorded Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes
and, in one long evening in November, the three albums that comprised
The All Night Sessions with Mitchell, Bruz Freeman and guitarist
Jim Hall. Many consider this trilogy to be Hampton's finest discographic
hour and Koenig, anxious to highlight the session's spontaneous feel,
pressed the albums in recorded order. Hawes was at this point a young man in a hurry with a style that was still evolving, and recordings from 1958 illustrate a further maturity with a softer edge. "I've learned new ways of voicing the chords, making them prettier and more what I want to hear. I'm more relaxed and can take longer solos," he had said in late 1957. Four! was recorded in January 1958 with guitarist Barney Kessel augmenting a trio that included Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell. Hawes is economical with his left-hand, thrown by Kessel's presence, and there is a real tenderness and a telling lilt to his right-hand lines. This is a fine album although his playing loses a sense of its usual biting drama and confrontation, as both main soloists echo each other too closely both in delivery and in sound. For Real! is a quartet session of high quality recorded in March, with Harold Land on saxophone. The Sermon, recorded in November, is Hawes at his very finest. An album comprised entirely of gospel songs and spirituals - musical forms close emotionally to the blues and recalling his church background, their performance exposed his musical soul, and Hawes revelled in the repertoire's simple structures and relatively unsophisticated harmonic modulations. This recording lay in the vaults at Contemporary unissued for nearly thirty years: perhaps Koenig saw no point in marketing an artist who was incarcerated in prison (this session was recorded just after Hawes had been arrested for drug offences and weeks before he was sentenced) or perhaps its easy mannered and uncluttered style was too reminiscent of the middle-of-the-road albums Peterson was apt to record occasionally for Norman Granz. His performance is pared down and more space complements his phrasing, which has shape, weight and definition, and there is improvisational ebb and flow rather than a tumultuous rush to reach the end of his musical line. HAWES AND THE NARCOTIC SHIBBOLETH |
other recording sessions with Hampton Hawes :-
The Quintets Studio sessions led by saxophonist Lennie Niehaus in 1954 and 1956. Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns Recorded in 1957 whilst in New York. Let's Cook With guitarist Barney Kessel, recorded in 1957. Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders Recorded October, 1958. "...I didn't meet God, or a facsimile of him, till
years later at the Hi-De-Ho Club at 50th and Western, playing alto in
the Howard McGhee band. "
- from RAISE UP OFF ME "I couldn't believe what he was doing, how anyone
could so totally block out everything extraneous, light a fire that hot
inside him and constantly feed on that fire."
- Hawes on PARKER "If our music wasn't dead it was at best a sleeping giant. Many of the brothers who had been the keepers of the flame, the kings of the forties and fifties - all the work they wanted, playing on each other's gigs and recording dates, the young cats all looking up to them - were bitter, brooding about the past green times, hating the kids for taking the bread from their mouths and stealing their glory." "I invented playing the piano for myself because I had to ...don't nobody else play like me. Because how can somebody play like me when they didn't go to my school? I'm the only one that went to my school, 'cause I invented the school. I'm the only pupil, teacher and everything." |
"I read that Miles was coming... I went down there opening night; Miles looked at my sharp suit and said, "Where you playin'?" figuring at 9:30 I must be going to work instead of coming. I ... sat down to listen. I hadn't played with a group for so long and the music sounded so good to me, I wound up in the middle of a tune with Miles' band wondering, what the fuck am I doing up here. Finished the tune and afterwards asked Miles, "Was it cool?" He said, "You're a crazy motherfucker. It was beautiful." He and Herbie Hancock, the pianist, understood they had made me feel so good again that I just needed a little taste." |
LATER YEARS The sad truth is that from 1963 Hawes was no longer the right man in the right place, and his lack of musical training, which had hitherto given him insight and his own voice, had passed from virtue to handicap. He had never read music and everything he had played was learnt by ear. A lack of reading ability excluded him from session work and its financial rewards; this may not have mattered and in any case may have led him down a musical byway, but this same skill may have opened doors that otherwise were closed to Hawes. He made very little headway with composition and appeared indifferent to the craft: the occasional blues was his lot, and none of these have become part of the standard jazz canon. More importantly, he played rarely in groups - although whenever he had recorded as part of an ensemble (with Curtis Fuller, for example, on the album With French Horns, 1957) or when challenged (with Charles Mingus on Mingus Three, 1957), he played with appropriate sensitivity and skill. Yet in interviews he gave there are hints that he felt exposed and insecure in the musical company of others, and lamented his inability to read and write scores. Whilst it remains true that his variety of style, technique and fluent improvisation were gifts that lent themselves to the piano trio format, he did not possess the explosive exhilaration of Peterson, the lyrical intensity of Bill Evans or the trademark individualism of Garner or Jamal to sustain the long haul. Certainly his playing never became vacuous like that of Phineas Newborn's, but there is no doubt that his career faltered in its lopsided approach. As some of his contemporaries moved centre-stage, progressed musically and even flirted with aspects of the avant-garde and the 'Third Stream', Hawes remained in the wings. His lines were well rehearsed and brilliant, but there remained a palpable sense of striving for that next phase of his development. That development never came, and Hawes was left clutching at piecemeal work, some recognition overseas, an inauspicious outing with strings and ill-advised dabbling with funk rhythm. There is a passage of telling regret in Raise Up Off Me. Playing solo piano in a cocktail bar and hearing that Miles Davis and his group were opening in a nearby club, Hawes attended the opening night and sat in for a while with the quintet: "they had made me feel so good again that I just needed a little taste." It is not just that true jazz work was hard to find, it is also that Hawes had lost control of his destiny and that his hour had gone. Throughout Hawes' autobiography there is an impression that he was but an observer of his own life rather than its engine. There is an apparent fatalism that serves to exorcise all personal faults: his childhood and musical development were lonely, drugs were therapeutic or a corrective to the state of his unjust world, military authority was partial and imposing, his drug bust discriminatory, he became a prophet without honour in his own country. And yet at the same time the book is starkly honest: dig deep and it tells of the realisation that in the end his progress was limited by his background and that his imagination was curtailed by experience, but at the same time it tells of how he strove to overcome both background and experience and remain true to his art. With a body of work released in the mid-1950s to great applause and having won the Down Beat New Star Award in 1956, Hawes' musical trajectory should have shot higher. This period marked the summit of his career, the point at which his artistic development was able to reflect, and in turn affect, the developments in the wider jazz world around him. His stature as pianist has sometimes been overlooked and his role as memoirist has even been seen as paramount: this is to do him injustice. If technically accomplished, gifted and even individual, he was essentially derivative as a stylist and is now seen to be a footnote to the standard jazz history rather than as part of the main text. Yet at its height, his playing was a melee of passion, energy and swing, the epitome of bebop excitement. He was perhaps the only pianist of the early 1950s to dovetail so authentically the inner dynamism and drive of Parker and Bud Powell with Oscar Peterson's more accessible keyboard language. This may not be reason enough to promote him to the first rank of jazz pianists, but he did play with an originality and substance not always forthcoming in his contemporaries, and he remains an enduring (and the most brilliant) example of post-Powell bebop piano. © DENNIS HARRISONJune
"I suppose I have reason to be bitter. Brought up in ignorance, locked pianos, strung out and tore up, all those stockades and dungeons, ...ten-year sentence for trying to figure out my life. ... I got mine [my ass] kicked for nothing more than sticking a needle in my arms. They snatched me out of the game in the prime of my life, those years when your artistic energy and money-making powers are supposed to be at their peak. "... I want to make music so beautiful it's like hugging in the forest at night, rise to the occasion and maybe go right over it 'cause my energy's burning - and I can make it with nothing but my brains and my hands and my heart. And when that stops beating I'll know I pressed it to the limit and be ready to go down happy." | |||
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