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In a fifty-year career, Norman Marshall Villeneuve has brought the message of bebop to Canada.
The 76-year-old drummer, who brings his Jazz Message to Merrickville this Sunday afternoon, has been across the border many times, including playing for months in the United States with his cousin, pianist Oliver Jones. And he almost got to go on tour with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
But, although he tells young jazz musicians to go south to build their careers, Villeneuve has built his just fine staying in Montreal and Toronto, playing with almost every major jazz musician in their scenes, and many international touring stars.
As he reminiscences, the names and stories just pile up: Jackie McLean, Ray Draper, Julius Watkins, Charlie Rouse. Blossom Dearie, Lorenzo Conyers of the Ink Spots, Paul Gonsalves, Cat Anderson. Peter Leitch, Sadiq Hakim, Barry Harris. He was called in to play three nights at the Chicken Deli in Toronto with saxophonist Sonny Stitt when "nothing was happening" with the first night's drummer – and "we just hit it off like good friends right away".
And the Canadian musicians who built the jazz scenes in Montreal and Ottawa: pianist Oliver Jones, bassist Charlie Biddle, guitarist Nelson Symonds, saxophonist Vernon Isaac.
In Merrickville, listeners will hear the results of that experience – and how it's taught him to keep the music understandable and what "people want to hear."
"Art Blakey is my hero"
Villeneuve's role model – right from the beginning – has been drummer Art Blakey and his band the Jazz Messengers. "He's my hero, my mentor."
Read more: Norman Marshall Villeneuve brings his Message to Merrickville
Adam Daudrich is excited to be performing with renowned bass player Ron Seguin for his piano trio show Saturday afternoon at Merrickville's Jazz Fest.
In June, Daudrich started playing with Seguin: "He's a joy to work with. He has a very different beat. He articulates the bass differently, his sustain is longer, his intonation is more modern."
And he and Daudrich have something in common: they're both originally from Ottawa, and have spent years playing jazz in Montreal. "I knew that he was a legend. He's very well-respected here and in Ottawa. So when I played the gig with him, I really liked his beat, so I said I'm going to hire him, to see what he brings to the mix."
Seguin's credits include working with many well-known American musicians including Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, Tony Scott, Dewey Redman, Ben Monder, and Greg Burk, as well as Canadians Peter Leitch, Pat LaBarbera, Phil Dwyer, Kirk McDonald, and Ben Charest. He recorded two albums with the legendary Montreal guitarist Sonny Greenwich. After many years in the Montreal scene, he moved to Italy in the mid-1990s but has recently returned to Montreal and has been playing there regularly.
Ottawa guitarist Roddy Ellias, who brought Seguin to Ottawa for a show in 2010, described him then as "one of my favourite bass players and musicians. He's a joy and inspiration to play with."
Read more: Adam Daudrich Trio at MJF: melodic and propulsive with a solid bass
Four years ago, three Ottawa vocalists paid tribute to one of their favourite jazz singers, Blossom Dearie, singing
some of her most famous songs, both ballads and teasing upbeat numbers. Their show at the NAC Fourth Stage was enthusiastically received.
But that was it – until this month, when Karen Oxorn, Marcie Campbell, and Caroline Gibson will revive the show as the closing concert for Merrickville's Jazz Fest. OttawaJazzScene.ca videoed the original concert in 2010. We have combined clips from that show with a recent interview with Oxorn and Campbell, looking back to the first show and forward to its revival. Watch it to get a taste of what you will be able to see and hear on October 19 at Merrickville's Jazz Fest.
– Brett Delmage
Ottawa master pianist Brian Browne will be artist-in-residence at Merrickville's Jazz Fest this year. It's a first both for the festival and for him.
He'll be giving a masterclass on Sunday morning, performing with long-time jazz partner Peter Woods in the afternoon, and playing on two numbers in the Blossom Dearie tribute concert that night.
"It's going to be fun. It's going to be a long day ... that's one thing I know. I'm going to be there from the morning to the night. A full-day gig. But I guess that's what it means being artist-in-residence – I have to be in residence all day!"
Festival co-organizer Peggy Holloway said that a Merrickville resident suggested the artist-in-residence concept, including a masterclass – which fit in with her own commitment to increasing music appreciation by young people in their community.
"Brian was the first artist that came to mind as he has always been so supportive of our festival, always so willing to appear for us and we really wanted to acknowledge his accomplishments and his contribution to the Jazz world! With his reputation we aimed for the top!"
Read more: Brian Browne is MJF's first and busy artist-in-residence this year
"There's only five of us but, man, it sounds like a freight train! It's really heavy, and because it's acoustic and the level of improvisation is really high, it's really fun, too."
Marc Decho has always loved the music of New Orleans – its blues, its gospel, and, of course, its jazz. He's brought those musical strands together in his new band, the Sun Crescent Barbecue Stompers. It will have its third – and biggest so far – outing this Friday at Merrickville's Jazz Fest.
Earlier this year, the Wakefield-based bassist stumbled across a link for WWOZ, a jazz and heritage radio station from New Orleans. Since then, he said, the station's on-line live streams have been a constant companion – and an inspiration to form a band to play high-energy, full-blown New Orleans traditional music.
He got together four local jazz colleagues, and organized a single Sunday night show at Stella Luna, a small gelato store in Ottawa South, on June 1.
"That first show was so well-received – the whole band was ecstatic and we were so happy the way it turned out, and Stella was packed and there were people swing dancing, and it was crazy!"
Stella Luna quickly invited them back for a second show, on August 3, which was equally popular. For that show, Decho gave the band its current name – which has many antecedents.
The "Crescent" in the name refers to New Orleans, the "Crescent City". "Barbecue" is a homage to one of Decho's favourite bands from that city, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers. "Stompers" evokes foot-stomping, and the band's heavy groove. And "Sun Crescent" refers to the street Decho lives on.
And, most importantly, he said, the name is "a clear indication that this is definitely going to be a New Orleans-style fun party band."
Read more: Sun Crescent Barbecue Stompers bring The Big Easy to Merrickville
For Rob Frayne, his instrument is, and always will be, the tenor sax.
But this Friday will be the first time he's played the sax in a concert in almost a decade, after a long period of recovery and readjustment. He'll be at GigSpace, performing with long-time friends, and his tenor sax will add to the strong Dizzy Gillespie-influenced groove in the music he's written for the show.
For well over two decades, Frayne has been a powerhouse in Ottawa's jazz scene: as a composer, arranger, teacher, and instrumentalist. He led groups like the groundbreaking Chelsea Bridge, co-founded the JazzWorks jazz camp, and played with everyone from Kenny Wheeler to the Gil Evans Orchestra to the Shuffle Demons. More recently, his Dream Band, featuring some of the best jazz musicians in Canada, filled the NAC Fourth Stage for two nights in 2012 and was one of the bands playing tribute to Jacques Émond on the closing night of the 2013 Ottawa Jazz Festival.
Ten years ago (November, 2004), Frayne's car was hit by a truck, and he was badly injured. The left side of his throat is still paralyzed, and he has reduced lung capacity – which makes it harder to play the tenor.
The GigSpace concert is the first time Frayne will actually publicly play his saxophone in a group, "which is kind of neat, because I didn't quite think I'd be able to. I realized over the last few months that after I changed everything – like my reed, my mouthpiece, my horn, the way I breathe, my neck strap – everything – that I could play a bit of music on it."
As soon as he was able after the collision, Frayne was playing bass and piano: "I was trying to find some way of playing, something. And then I realized, after about five or six years, that I liked the saxophone the most."
He laughs, a bit ruefully. "I should have been able to guess that, but you'd think, let's adapt, let's move on. It turns out, I'm going back to the sax. And now I feel a lot like a teenager, or even someone at university in a practice room, trying to play two notes or one note..."
Although he'd been working on relearning the sax for the last decade, with "a concerted few months every so often", he said, it was in the last year that he decided to divide up the components he needed to play, and fix them each one by one.
Joel Miller's show in Ottawa tonight will have an extra advantage – quiet.
The Montreal saxophonist and his trio will be performing selections from his Juno-Award-winning album, Swim, plus new material, at ZenKitchen. And he's looking forward to an audience which will be listening, not talking.
For its Wednesday Jazz nights, ZenKitchen has a listening-first policy, discouraging talking during sets. "That's fantastic!" Miller says. "Obviously that helps immensely with everything that we're doing. Especially if people are captivated and people are focused, then it just makes it come alive so much more. It's something we really look forward to, and we're always trying to make that happen. It's such a big difference for us."
It's particularly important for the acoustic jazz that the trio will be playing, in an intimate space like ZenKitchen. And it helps listeners, too: "Ultimately it will be a happier thing all around."
With Miller will be bassist Fraser Hollins and drummer Greg Ritchie, who played with him on Swim [Origin, 2012]. The pieces on that album are melodic modern jazz, with Miller's rich tenor twining through and around Hollins' lyrical bass and Ritchie's cymbal-rich and multi-layered drumming – and Geoffrey Keezer's intricate piano. Ottawa audiences had a chance to hear that grouping in an outdoor show at the 2012 Ottawa Jazz Festival.
Playing those pieces without piano, as they will tonight, "opens things up a bit", Miller said. "For example, with the drummer, Greg, it gives him more space to fill in."
Read more: Joel Miller Trio: quiet audiences make acoustic jazz come alive
The Improvising Musicians of Ottawa/Outaouais (IMOO) are enthusiastically presenting their third improvised music festival, IMOOfest 2014, at Club SAW on Friday and Saturday, featuring both big name Canadian improvisers and accomplished local talent as headliners.
This unique two-day music festival follows two very different and well-received concerts that launched IMOO's new season in their new home, the Raw Sugar Café, during the past few weeks.
"We're still here!" IMOO co-founder Linsey Wellman jubilantly told OttawaJazzScene.ca after their first concert of their fourth season. Created to serve local improvising muscians in the fall of 2011, IMOO presented concerts #106 and #107 last month, and will offer its third IMOOfest this week – not an insubstantial amount of organizing, and a significant track record.
While the concerts are the public face and ultimate reason for IMOO's existence, driving them is a deliberate artistic direction that is in stark contrast to that of the 34 year-old Ottawa Jazz Festival. The OJF's observed direction has been to grow bigger by presenting any and all kinds of music, while reducing exposure for local musicians. IMOO has continued to celebrate the local, and its core value of scriptless music.
Sustaining IMOO's fundamental commitment to giving exposure to local talent, cellist Mark Molnar, reedman David Broscoe, and the IMOO Chamber Orchestra (comprised of both the out-of-town and many local artists) are featured at IMOOfest this year.
Joining them will be notable Canadian improvisors Jean Derome, Joane Hétu, and Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot (with Ottawa native Nick Fraser). All but one of the artists have performed at acclaimed concerts in past IMOO series concerts or festivals.
"It's hard to be specific [about which act I like the most] because I really love all of the acts that we've booked. Amazing, really amazing. I'm quite chuffed," said Wellman.
Read more: IMOOfest 2014 celebrates local talent as well as Canada's top improvisers
It's difficult to imagine Bamboo Groove being released by anyone but Peter Liu.
The Ottawa jazz vocalist has put so much of himself – his Chinese heritage, his love of traditional jazz standards, and his emotional connection to the music – into the new CD. Even the title reflects his favourite plant.
He'll debut it on Friday, in a concert at the NAC Fourth Stage which will also feature Ottawa jazz musicians with whom he has been performing this music for the last three years, and whom he says were indispensable to the sound.
On the CD, ten tracks are from the Great American Songbook. But the other three, while sung in a similar style, are in Mandarin and Cantonese. The theme song from a Chinese movie, a folk song from Taiwan, and the intro to a romantic TV drama from Hong Kong: each of them is a song Liu has loved for decades, and each has been "jazzified" for the album.
What the English and Chinese songs have in common, Liu says, is how well they convey emotion, and how they speak to "not only the importance, but the power of love in our lives and the complications that can come from that. How difficult the feeling of yearning can be, and how beautiful it can be as well, and also some difficulties with that. I'm always drawn to songs that have stronger emotional content."
But counterbalanced by the modern jazz feel of Ottawa pianist Peter Hum, who arranged all the pieces on the album. Hum "has a very strong modern jazz sensibility and I'm coming from a more traditional [jazz] perspective. For this CD one of the challenges was to blend those two approaches to jazz, and to produce something that's both creative and also melodic and harmonic."
Read more: Peter Liu: love songs and jazz cross cultural boundaries in Bamboo Groove
ZenKitchen launched its new Wednesday Night Jazz on September 24, expanding its live jazz performances beyond its successful Sunday night jazz.
Hosted and organized by Ottawa's own Jazz Hero Roddy Ellias, the new series features top Canadian guest musicians, many of them Juno Award winners and nominees: Bernie Senensky, Roddy Ellias' own trio, Joel Miller, Jeri Brown, Mike Rud, Dave Young, John Geggie, Lorne Lofsky, and Diane White. Read all about these upcoming shows in our previous story.
Many listeners have continued to sing the blues about the closure of Café Paradiso. That popular, former restaurant and jazz venue presented a decade of jazz by both local and touring jazz musicians until it closed suddenly in 2012. But it was not without its faults. The owner requested patrons to keep their noise down to "a dull roar" - and unfortunately they frequently complied.
By contrast, ZenKitchen's Wednesday Jazz Club has been presented as a different kind of experience – one where the music comes first. "We request patrons to refrain from talking during the sets to allow everyone to experience this fantastic music," states the series' information page at ZenKitchen.ca
Could ZenKitchen be Café Paradiso's replacement?
OttawaJazzScene.ca reporters were there – at one of ZenKitchen's regular dining tables – for their very first Wednesday evening show. We brought our video and audio recording equipment, so we could carefully capture the performance just as other listeners/diners and you might experience it. Watch our video to enjoy musical excerpts from that show, see interviews with the people making this happen, and hear what listeners of all kinds thought about the evening.
Judge the experience for yourself: virtually, and in-person – and please email us to let us what you think.
– Brett Delmage
Updated 2014 September 30 to add video interviews and concert excerpts
On Friday, a benefit concert in Ottawa for the late Canadian trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler raised $900, with more expected from those who couldn't attend.
The benefit was organized by guitarist Roddy Ellias and pianist Peter Hum. They recruited Mark Ferguson on trombone, Alex Bilodeau on bass, Michel Delage on drums, and Christine Fagan on vocals. Together, they honoured Wheeler and his major influence on jazz and big band music. In two sets, they played a wide range of compositions by Wheeler, to a very attentive, quiet, and appreciative full house at Zola's Restaurant in Bells Corners.
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Pineapple time
I'm cant figure why more people don't grow pineapple, except they take lotsa room. I've reduced down to 2 pots this year, but always get at least 1 or 2 fruit. Here's one pot. The fruit on the right will end up twice the size of the left one, but it will have to stay on the plant over the winter. I've learned an inportant lesson. When they start to get ripe, provide major protection from varmits.
Yeah, good questions. My secret is as much sun as possible. I fertilize it every couple weeks with superbloom. And water regularly. I use a good quality potting soil such as you'd get at Home Depot and grow them in a 20 gallon pot. Not to worry, my brother's plants produce small fruit and he lives in Waipahu Oahu on what used to be a Pinapple field. He says it's neamatoades. Below is last year's crop.
Great pineapples housonpat! I harvested my very first pineapple yesterday, it was delicious!! It took appx. 18-20 months from when I planted the top of one that I purchased from a local grocery store. It has one "pup" right now. Do I just leave that one in the same pot with the mother plant and hope it will give me a pineapple later? Or do I remove it from the M.plant and repot it?
Thanks, here's a couple of pics...
picked it yesterday

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As someone who walks the line between finance and health informatics, I read with many of you last week the news of a data breach affecting Valley View Hospital, a facility here in Colorado. First, we have the Target credit card debacle, and now, one more in what seems a litany of attacks against healthcare providers. Sadly, it does not look like the threat will go away any time soon.
Further, the expansion of health IT under the American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) has created another attractive target for the criminal element. If we haven't realized it already, the data-rich environment we live in is equally attractive in many ways to the cash-rich environment of health care. The difference is simply the nature of the theft. Events like the one in Colorado should be a reminder to us to look at IT processes and perhaps take a moment of introspection to see that we are doing everything we can to avoid becoming the next "data breach" headline—and the next client of one of those credit monitoring companies we have to retain when a breach is detected.
Because so many of us in finance work (and supervise) the IT function in our organizations, the onus may likely fall to us to show what we are doing to protect our valuable data assets. The task is further complicated for us right now as we prepare for the ICD-10 conversion looming later this year. IT processes can both save and sink our data security efforts.
Here are some things to consider as we look at our defensive posture against data intrusions.
Have you had your defenses tested against attack? Believe it or not, there are hackers out there who are on our side. The "certified ethical hacker" makes a living out of trying to break into our systems and then telling us where our weaknesses are. I have seen investments in these sorts of services pay big dividends in closing data breach vulnerabilities before they are exploited. This sort of penetration testing is also recommended under HIPAA.
Does IT shut the door behind users? So many data vulnerabilities arise from within our own organizations from our own users. Has IT implemented basic protocols such as mandatory password changes (usually every 60-90 days)? What about mandatory inactivity time-outs where a terminal is "locked" after a period of time if the user isn't doing something? Do we have mechanisms in place to ensure that any time an employee leaves the organization, his or her user access to our systems is immediately terminated. That last point is an easy one to forget, because it requires communication between human resources and IT. But the consequences of such a lack of communication can be dire. I have seen situations where employees who have been gone from an organization for nearly a year still have active user access to systems. Scary, isn't it?
Are we working with IT system vendors to ensure that they are providing timely and adequate security updates as new vulnerabilities are identified? We can only do so much to protect ourselves. The systems we use have to be updated as well. Vendors don't have sole responsibility for system security; we have to be sure that the IT hardware and networks we have are secure. That's where those ethical hackers can come in handy. But the systems we use must be up to the challenge.
Do we have a plan in place for responding immediately to a breach? This is one of those things that HIPAA tells us to do. But far too many organizations settle on a "cookie cutter" approach for a plan that ultimately is found to be irrelevant to the unique characteristics of a breach. I recommend taking time to do what I was taught when I got my pilot's license: Plan for the worst, prevent what problems you can, and be prepared to act on that plan. You never know.
These points are easy to overlook in the hustle of month-end close, budgets, and cash flow hassles. But when it comes to safeguarding date, the ounce of prevention can be worth far more than the pound of cure you might need later.
Jeffrey Helton, PhD, FHFMA, CMA, CFE, is assistant professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and a member of HFMA's Colorado Chapter.
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LONDON - The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined three firms from within the HSBC banking group more than £3 million for having inadequate systems and controls to protect their customers' confidential data.
The UK regulator says the failure to protect information from being lost or stolen contributed to customer data being lost in the mail on two occasions. HSBC Life UK was fined £1.6 million, HSBC Actuaries and Consultants was fined £875,000 and HSBC Insurance Brokers was fined a further £700,000.
During its investigation the FSA said it found large volumes of unencrypted or otherwise unprotected customer data was sent via post or courier to third parties. Other data was left vulnerable to loss or theft on open shelves or in unlocked filing cabinets. Internal members of staff were also found to be insufficiently briefed on the resultant risks of identity theft. The three units were judged to have failed to put adequate procedures, systems or controls in place to manage financial crime risks, despite a warning in July 2007 from HSBC Group Insurance's compliance team. The following February, HSBC Life lost in the post an unencrypted CD containing the details of 180,000 policyholders.
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Alpha Tau Omega
Nickname: ATO
Founded: 1865, Virginia Military Institute
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Founded: 1909, Boston University
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Founded: 1856, University of Alabama
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Flower: Violet
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Nickname: Tri Delta
Founded: 1888, Boston College
Simpson chapter: Delta chapter, founded 1889
Colors: Silver, gold, and blue
Flower: Pansy
Philanthropy: St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
President: Sarah Hayes
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Nickname: Kappa, KKG
Founded: 1870, Monmouth College
Simpson chapter: Omicron Deuteron chapter, founded 1880
Colors: Dark blue and light blue
Flower: Fleur-de-lis
Philanthropy: Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
President: Marisa MacVey
Alumnae Advisor: Jenn Pfeifer
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International website: www.kappakappagamma.org
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The mission of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for women is to promote friendship,develop women of intellect and integrity, cultivate leadership potential and enrich lives through community service.
Nickname: Pi Phi
Founded: 1867, Monmouth College
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Colors: Wine red and silver blue
Flower: Wine carnation
Philanthropies: Read>Lead>Achieve
President: Ruth Roberts
Alumnae Advisor: Brooke Avila
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15 Rue Charles Perrault
Cleon, 76410
Phone: (33) 2 35780880
Fax: (33) 2 35781136
Note: Distance is displayed as straight line from the city center or point of interest. Driving distance may vary.
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From A 13, ex. no. 21, on right to Cleon, at second light turn left (5 mintes to the hotel. A cinq minutes de la sortie 21, 2eme feu a gauche
Directions to/from a nearby airport:
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Latitude: 49.307507 Longitude: 1.032673
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Standard Twin RoomMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
Triple RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 1 infant)
Quadruple RoomMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 1 infant)
Family RoomMax Occupancy: 5 guests (up to 4 children, 1 infant)
Family RoomMax Occupancy: 6 guests (up to 5 children, 1 infant)
Standard Single RoomMax Occupancy: 1 guest
Beachfront hotel with calming spa services
Nestled on the beach, this Monastir hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Flamingo Golf Course, Monastir Beach, and Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet. Bourguiba Mausoleum and Ribat of Monastir are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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At Helya Beach Hotel & Spa, spend the day on the beach where you can enjoy snorkeling. Then return for a meal at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants.
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All 330 rooms offer balconies, sitting areas, and satellite TV. Safes, desks, and free toiletries are among the other amenities that guests will find.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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All-Inclusive Details
Guests can book rooms at Helya Beach Hotel & Spa for a rate that is either for the room only or for all-inclusive. All-inclusive rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
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Helya Beach Hotel & Spa offers both all-inclusive room rates and room-only rates. All-inclusive rates include onsite meals and beverages, and may include taxes and gratuities. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Enjoy the umbrellas and sun loungers for a relaxing day at the beach. Summer fun is a breeze at Helya Beach Hotel & Spa with activities like snorkeling, mini golf, and rowing/canoeing.
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- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 330
- Number of floors - 4
- Tennis on site
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Children's club
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- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
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- Year Built 1994
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Free self parking
- Sauna
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Children's pool
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
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- Family Hotel
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- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
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- Laundry facilities
- Playground on site
- Miniature golf on site
Free self parking
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- In-room safe
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- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
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A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Helya Beach Hotel & Spa has 4 restaurants on site.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Borneo, Malaysia: Stalking holiday
The Sumatran rhino is so endangered that even local guides can't always find them. Would ecology volunteer Iain Fletcher strike lucky on a trek through the jungle?
Saturday 12 January 2008
Deep in the jungle of eastern Borneo I found myself out of breath on the lip of a ravine. We'd been hacking through often dense, steamy rainforest for two days. This climb, about the 20th of the day, had been tiring. My journey to the top of this hill had begun with a series of hop-on-hop-off plane journeys from peninsular Malaysia to Sabah on Borneo, its easternmost state. Next, a 4x4 drive along rutted tracks carved between green oceans of palm oil trees. Then, we'd trekked on foot into barely touched virgin jungle one hour from the coast and camped overnight by a stream in the rainforest. That was three days' march ago. Now I had no bearings other than the ground immediately ahead and the backpack of the local guide-tracker in front.
Above me was a huge canopy of green punctured with occasional patches of blue where the sun and daylight penetrated. I was surrounded by tree trunks. The ground was covered by leaves, leeches, and a rapidly spreading pool of my sweat.
Ninety degrees Fahrenheit is hot with a breeze, but in a humid, occasionally fetid atmosphere it is sweltering. I'd been leaking sweat for 10 hours each day, fluid that was replaced by consuming vast quantities of water, sterilised each night over a campfire.
As I sucked in the humid air, I could hear distant thunderclaps, the prelude to the daily afternoon storm. Then I noticed the leader of our seven-strong group. He was staring intently ahead and motioning me to silence with a swat of his hand. There was something wild just over this tiny incline. I waved to alert the rest of our party, and we all fell silent. The only noise was the distant barking of a samber deer and the approaching storm.
All this sliding down through mud, crashing into branches, crossing rivers swollen by rain and cleaving a way through undergrowth had been about one thing: finding the elusive Sumatran rhino. With the best estimates putting the numbers of these creatures in the wild as low as 30, a glimpse – however fleeting – would be something special. It could also be important. Our trip was not entirely motivated by self-interest. It had been organised by SOS Rhino, a project organised by Sabah Wildlife Conservation and WWF, with the intention to survey and protect the species. So when our guide gestured for us to approach a large fallen tree, we did so with the stealth of assassins.
As I peered between the leaves I saw what had attracted his attention: seven big, hairy, wild boars. They were about 30 yards away digging around a mud wallow, the sort of jungle facility we'd been told was also favoured by elephant and rhino.
Not a rhino, then, but still a magnificent sight. In the jungle, to be seen is to be in danger – and if I was in any doubt of the boars' lack of conditioning to the presence of humans, then their panicked reaction on sensing intruders educated me. In an instant they bolted, screeching through the far undergrowth: seven low-slung prop forwards in an untidy scrum. Within seconds they were lost once more, deep in Tabin Wildlife Reserve.
The reserve is about 50 miles west of the eastern coastal town of Lahad Datu, itself a flight away from the state capital, Kota Kinabalu. It was made a protected zone in 1984. SOS Rhino's base camp is a small collection of old school buildings just outside the rainforest, with a 10-minute truck ride to their entry track.
Seventeen trackers work here, along with surveyors and visiting zoologists. It is from this base that SOS Rhino undertakes most of its work. Visits to villages and schools help to increase awareness of the rhino's plight. But I had volunteered for in-the-field work.
First and foremost is rhino protection. The local guides form Rhino Protection Unit patrols to prevent illegal poaching. Tourists like me can help with the surveying element, by studying the remaining habitat of the rhino, documenting sightings, dung or footprints. Anyone can volunteer and pay the US$1,200 (£632) for a week, provided they have a decent level of fitness.
On occasion I felt a little like a passenger (a situation not helped by limited English among the trackers and the need to keep moving). However my questions, when asked, were happily answered. And that is why they accommodate volunteers, both in small groups or singly. They need people to learn about their work and the dismal odds facing the rhino.
Of the five species of rhino left in the world, the Sumatran is the smallest – and the rarest. Last year scouts captured some grainy footage of a rhino which is now proudly displayed on the reserve's website. The reason for this scarcity is twofold: poaching and the destruction of primary forest, the rhino's habitat. Over the past half-century, logging and clearances to make room for palm-oil plantations have reduced the acreage of primary forest, with statistics from WWF showing that in the past 30 years more than 40 per cent of primary forest has been lost. Today, despite strict rules to stamp it out, illegal logging still threatens the rhino and other endangered species such as the pygmy elephant and the orang-utan.
Much of the rainforest that is left is in isolated pockets, reducing the chances of rhinos breeding. There has been some recent success in this area: a set of baby rhino prints was found in a mud wallow last year. It was to this area that we set off the next morning.
"Rhinos are creatures of habit," explained Fadzilawati Hamdan, the project co-ordinator, "and they tend to stay in an area for a month and then move on. We have to keep checking all the wallows, though, searching for rubbing signs on trees where they scrape the mud off after a wallow, or footprints for our records. This wallow is special because it is where there was a baby. We know that the mother uses it."
When we reached the wallow there was indeed an adult rhino print preserved in the wet mud, each toe perfectly visible. It was documented, discussed, and finally catalogued as being made about two months previously. Despite the age of the print, it was heralded as good news. As Hamdan said: "At least we know a rhino was here two months ago – no guessing."
Other wild animals provided compensation for the absence of the star event; the manual dexterity of gibbons swinging high in the trees proved a particularly graceful show. And there is a satisfying feeling to living rough in a jungle.
For three nights I camped next to a river that was harvested for dinner upstream (small fish and snails primarily) and washed-in downstream. Collecting wild ferns and mangoes from the forest floor appealed to my hunter-gatherer instinct. The only concern was the nightly battle with millions of horrific fire ants. These arrive not long after dark, and there's no avoiding them.
Once the scouts make contact, they send for the rest, and millions follow, devouring whatever is in their path. Their bite is excruciating. The only defence is a path of fire and hot ash from the campfire: you have to make them pursue a different path. On my final night in the jungle I fought non-stop for more than four hours.
Some surveys last for 10 days, but we left the jungle on the fourth morning – with a mixture of regret and joy. A hot shower and cold beer beckoned, as did the tameness of normal life. While the scouts returned to their base camp to collate the information and schedule their next survey, I booked in to Tabin Wildlife Lodge for a couple of days' rest. The lodge sits on a river and attracts many wild animals. But without the thrill of jungle living, the adrenalin of the physical activity involved, and the focus of seeking out our rhino, everything felt a bit less exciting. Although hot water and air conditioning provided comfort, I began to feel a bit flabby and indulgent.
Yet the jungle has a habit of coming up with surprises. Danger lurks in the trees and beneath the mulch on the ground. I followed a guide around a corner near Lipad waterfall, which boasts a wonderful natural pool ideal for swimming. He suddenly jumped back into me shouting, "No! No! Snake!"
About six feet ahead of us – and so well hidden at the side of the trail that it took me many seconds to spot it – was a king cobra, head raised poised to strike. One more step from the guide would have put us in range – and the cobra's venom is often lethal. It was beautiful: 8ft long, dark and thick-bodied, menacing but elegant. It was also slightly more visible than the rhinos had been. A certain kind of luck, after all.
Traveller's guide
Volunteers can register with SOS Rhino (00 60 88 388 405; www.sosrhino.org). A one-week programme in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve costs US$1,200 (£632) per person, including a processing fee, transfers from Lahad Datu, full board accommodation and volunteering activities. Flights are not included. Lahad Datu can be reached from Kota Kinabalu, which is served from Heathrow by Malaysia Airlines (0870 607 9090; www.malaysiaairlines.com) via Kuala Lumpur and Royal Brunei Airlines (020-7584 6660; www.bruneiair.com) via Bandar Seri Begawan. Connections to Lahad Datu are available with MASWings (00 603 7843 3000; www.maswings.com.my).
To reduce the impact on the environment, you can buy an "offset" through Abta's Reduce my Footprint initiative (020-7637 2444; www.reducemyfootprint.travel).
Tabin Wildlife Lodge, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia ( www.tabinwildlife.com.my) also offers a seven-night rhino survey expedition package for $1,249 (£657) full board. Alternatively, a two-night stay costs $311 (£164) per person, full board and including guided nature activities. Daily tours of the reserve cost $70 (£37) including transfers and lunch.
Tourism Malaysia: 020-7930 7932; www.tourism.gov.my
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I'm still fairly new to all grain and the three beers I've made all have a common flaw in them. They all lack body. Granted not all beers are suppose to be creamy and malty but I'm getting nothing. I can taste the other flavors but its so off balanced that its just not a very good beer.
Hopefully yall can help pinpoint the main problem areas where this happens. I am going to change my water next time I brew just to keep that problem out of the equation. Its definitely not the best water. We only drink it after it has been though the fridge filter.
Also my next two batches will be simple malty beers to work through these problems. Feel free to suggest a recipe that fits the bill. Thanks in advance
Recipe? And gravity readings?
mash temperature will help with body when I do SMaSH brews I like to mash at 156 - 158
which gives the beer more body
but as stated more info would help
all the best
Brief description of my process. I have a 10g ss megapot w/ thermometer and ball valve and a 15g water cooler for mash tun.
I boil my strike water in my kettle to prepare for mash. I will from now on preheat my mash tun before mashing in. I missed my mash temps by 4 degrees last time. That beer is still fermenting so I don't know the result of it yet. I mash in. Wait the designated time in recipe and fill my only 5g kettle after vorlofing(sp?) then add in my sparge water. Stir and wait 15 mins. Then vorlof and get the remaining wort needed to hit my preboil volume. Transfer wort in my 10g kettle and boil and add hops according to recipe. Add my IC with 15 mins left then use it to cool down till the temp of my tap water stops working. I then transfer into my carboy or bucket and set in my temp controlled chest freezer. I am generally able to pitch my yeast fairly soon after I get it in the carboy but on hot days with warm tap water I will wait till the next morning to pitch. I generally ferment on the lower end of the recommended fermentation range. I've never had a problem with fermentation or any infection that I have been able to notice. I use starsan in a large tub to submerge all my hoses and fill my carboy with it and splash it around myself several times throughout the process when I have free time. I use oxyclean free to clean after each brew.
The beer I am drinking now I got from here http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/cara...er-ale-167880/ I followed the steps and made the caramel. It was delicious before I added it into the boil. I missed my OG by .010 so that might be some of it.
Sorry for the long post, but I hope it helps. I can get other recipes later. thanks
I did a Vienna SMaSH which I have done a bunch of times not long ago
just start doing E-brewing missed my mash temperature by 4 to 6 degrees (low)
ended up a bit thin and a little dryer then I wanted it drank good but just wasn't the same
so I drank it mixed with a big porter and it was great
all the best
to truely trouble shoot this we would need a list of notes about how you did it extract, and a list of all grain
there are other things to consider than just the mash temp
was the extract a partial boil?
what was the length of the boil
cooling techniques of both
length of mash
OGs and FGs
yeast used
there are so many varibles
AH, Does that look right?
let Dave try it.
I may not have described it well but there was no extract. This was one of the recipes and it was all grain.
60min boil
IC used to chill
Mash was 60mins and was done at 148 degrees recipe called for 150
My OG was 1.040 (shooting for 1.050) FG was 1.011
Yeast was US-05
I fermented for a month and then bottle conditioned for 2 1/2 months
Tasting notes: beer comes off as a little flat although carbonation is easy to see. Beer keeps a very small head on it.The caramel comes through but with no body to round it out it finishes oddly.
Mashing at 148 would create a very fermentable wort which would end up beer with little body. Mashing a 158 would be better.
Now how about your recipe? What is in it, what is not in it?
Poor efficiency and mashing a little low might account for your problems with this one.
Id look and see what you can do to up your efficiency or factor in low efficiency when putting together your grains next time.


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