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This Landscape Construction Contract sets forth the terms of an agreement between a landscape contractor and a client for the construction of certain landscaping upon the client's property. It contains the material provisions of the agreement including the services to be provided, the payment details, and the schedule of work. The document could easily be modified to provide for the construction of certain hardscaping upon the property. This agreement contains standard contract terms as well as optional language and opportunities for customization to ensure the particular specifications between the parties are addressed.
This Landscape Construction Contract sets forth the terms of an agreement between a landscape contractor and a client for the construction of certain landscaping upon the client's property. It contains the material provisions of the agreement including the services to be provided, the payment details, and the schedule of work. The document could easily be modified to provide for the construction of certain hardscaping upon the property. This agreement contains standard contract terms as well as optional language and opportunities for customization to ensure the particular specifications between the parties are addressed. LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT This Agreement made on this _____ of _____, 20__ [Instruction: Insert date.] (hereinafter the "Agreement") between _____ [Instruction: Insert Client name and address.] (hereinafter the "Client") and _____ [Instruction: Insert Contractor name and address.] (hereinafter the "Contractor"), collectively referred to herein as the "Parties". ARTICLE I ENGAGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK A. Client engages Contractor and Contractor agrees to provide all necessary services, materials and labor necessary for the completion of the following landscaping: _____ [Instruction: Insert description of landscaping services to be provided, including whether or not same includes design services.] including those more specifically set forth on Schedule 1 [Comment: Schedule 1 should include a detailed description of the project particulars, including anything not described in full detail above, including but not limited to, any plantings, shrubs or other materials (including statuary, etc.) to be provided by the Client for installation by Contractor. If any items need additional work, such as electrical wiring for lighting, etc., state who shall perform such work and whether or not same is covered hereunder.] (the 'Project"), including but not limited to, all landscaping materials, except as otherwise set forth herein, requisite labor, training, and all necessary tools and machinery needed for project completion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Client shall, prior to commencement of the Project, complete the following work: _____ [Instruction: Insert any work Client must do to prepare site, including but not limited to, removal of furniture, grills, etc.]. All materials provided by Contractor should be new and of good quality, in compliance with all applicable laws and codes and shall be covered by a manufacturer's warranty, if applicable, unless previously specified by Client. Contractor shall provide Client with any and all applicable warranty materials received by Contractor. In the event any such warranty is transferrable and requires transfer to the Client to remain in full force and effect, Contractor shall, to the best of its ability, perform all such actions and complete any and all such forms necessary to transfer any and all such warranties. B. Optional language: As part of the Project, Contractor shall supply the following landscape design services: _____ [Comment: Parties should include any applicable landscape design services here. If none, this paragraph may be deleted.]. C. Owner shall identify property lines and easements and notify Contractor of same. Contractor shall bear no liability for placement of any part of the Project on any portion of any easement or other party's property line as a result of Owner's failure to properly identify any such property line and/or easement and properly notify Contractor of same. D. Contractor and Client hereby understand, acknowledge and agree that Client shall bear full responsibility for the choice of any and all plant materials to be used in connection with the Project, and Contractor shall bear no responsibility for any loss or damage to any © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 2 person or property as a result of such choices, including but not limited to any loss of life or property as a result of any ingestion or contact, whether accidental or intentional, of any such plant materials. ARTICLE II SCHEDULE AND TIME OF PERFORMANCE A. Contractor will begin work on _____ [Instruction: Insert commencement date.] and the work is estimated to be completed by _____ [Instruction: Insert anticipated completion date.], subject to any change orders or other factors (including delays caused by inclement weather such that the work on the Project may not proceed) as set forth herein. B. In the event that Client and Contractor agree on changes to the Project after this Agreement is executed, the Parties will agree to new time deadlines that are reasonable in light of the modifications. ARTICLE III PAYMENT SCHEDULE In consideration of the performance of this Agreement, Client agrees to pay the Contractor on a payment schedule for the services as set forth in Schedule 2, which payment schedule shall set forth the amount Contractor will be paid for performance of the design phase work or services performed during the construction phase, as well as the final payment, among other project milestones. [Comment: If design services are not included in the Project description, reference to same can be deleted here.] ARTICLE IV COMPLETION The parties agree to the milestones and completion schedule for the Project services as set forth in this AgreementError! Reference source not found.. ARTICLE V CHANGES TO THE WORK A. All changes or modifications to the work requested by Client must be made in writing, with appropriate adjustments made to total payment and payment schedule. The approval of both Parties shall be required for substantial project changes such as the date of completion, project price, and substantive modifications to the Project itself. Notification of all other changes requested by Client, including but not limited to changes in materials must be made in a timely manner. Contractor shall bear no liability for failure to perform such requested changes, or additional expenses incurred in removal of previously agreed upon work performed hereunder and replacement thereof with requested revised materials due to Client's failure to timely notify Contractor of such requested changes. Further, in such instance, Client agrees such changes, including but not limited to © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 3 changes to payment therefor, and completion of applicable milestones, including completion date shall be deemed incorporated herein. B. If these changes should require additional expense to Contractor, Contractor must make a claim for increase in payment, in writing, to Client, in a timely manner. Client must approve this claim for increase in writing prior to any changes to the work, project, or schedule except as otherwise set forth herein. ARTICLE VI DELAYS A. If the Contractor is delayed at any time in the commencement or progress of its Work by an act or neglect of Owner or any subcontractor hired specially by Owner, or of an employee of either, or by changes ordered in the Services, or by labor disputes, fire, unusual delays in deliveries, unavoidable casualties or other causes beyond the Contractor's control (including but not limited to acts of God, total or substantial destruction of the premises through no fault of Contractor, acts of war, actual or threatened acts of terrorism, insurrection or hostilities, acts of a public enemy, epidemics or quarantines or other causes similar to those enumerated) or severe weather conditions such that work on the Project may not proceed safely, in Contractor's sole discretion, or by delay authorized by Owner's pending mediation or arbitration or by other causes which the Contractor determines may justify delay, then the completion date shall be extended by change order for such reasonable time as Contractor may determine. B. In the event of unavoidable casualties, the Contractor shall properly document both the event and the impact of that event on project completion to the best of his ability. Documentation shall be presented to Client in a timely manner, based on the circumstances surrounding such unavoidable casualty. ARTICLE VII RIGHT TO STOP WORK If Contractor fails to correct defective work or persistently fails to supply materials or equipment in accordance with this Agreement, Client may order Contractor to stop the work, or any portion thereof, until the cause for such order has been eliminated. Client shall remain liable for payment for services rendered and Project work performed until such time as such order to stop work. ARTICLE VIII ACCESS AND CONDITION OF PREMISES A. Free access to the work and project site shall be granted by Contractor to Client, the designated agents of Client and all necessary public authorities, subject to Contractor's instructions and requirements regarding conditions upon such visits. © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 4 B. Contractor agrees to keep the premises clean and orderly. Contractor shall remove all debris and garbage as needed during the hours of work in order to maintain work conditions free of health or safety hazards. ARTICLE IX WORK PERFORMANCE AND WORK QUALITY A. Contractor shall conduct his activities in a professional manner and adhere to the reasonable wishes of Client in relation to his working schedule, except that Contractor shall not be required to perform such work in contradiction to applicable law or standards or local custom. Additionally, Contractor's work shall adhere to and be in compliance with standard trade practices, manufacturer specifications and applicable law and regulations. In performing the work, the Contractor shall employ a sufficient number of workers skilled in their trades to suitably perform the work. In any instance where any such worker shall be licensed, Contractor shall ensure such worker maintains such licensure. B. Contractor shall protect all work adjacent to the Project site from any damage resulting from the work of Contractor and shall repair or replace any damaged work at his/her own expense. Contractor shall take all precautions to protect persons from injury and unnecessary interference or inconvenience. C. The Contractor hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall provide to the Owner upon completion of the work, lien waivers, releases or acknowledgements from each subcontractor (other than those specially hired by Owner) or material provider, acknowledging that such subcontractor or material provider has been paid in full. The Contractor hereby agrees that it shall not use any materials from any supplier without obtaining an acknowledgment of full payment for the materials. D. The Contractor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner as follows: a. the Contractor shall complete all Work in a workmanlike manner according to standard practices prevalent in the Contractor's trade; b. all Work completed shall comply with all applicable building codes and regulations; c. Contractor shall timely complete and retain any and all required forms required by any applicable local, state or federal reporting agency, including but not limited to the Internal Revenue Service and local building code enforcement. However, in the event Owner must complete any such forms in order to obtain any benefit, tax exemption or abatement or service, and Owner fails to do so Contractor shall not be liable for such failure or any loss of benefit, tax exemption or abatement as a result of such failure; and d. The materials used for the Owner will be free and clear from defects, to the best © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 5 of Contractor's knowledge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Contractor makes no representations or warranty with respect to any defect in any organic material, including any plant material, used in this Project, except that Contractor will not knowingly use any defective plant material. Further, Contractor makes no representation or warranty with respect to the safety or use of any or all plant materials used in connection with the Project. ARTICLE X WARRANTY A. Contractor hereby warrants that the work performed and the Project completed will meet the standards set forth and agreed upon by the Parties. Contractor agrees to fix and otherwise remedy any defects in Contractor's work found by Client in the work within _____ [Instruction: Specify time period.] from the date of completion of the Project, at Contractor's own cost. Contractor shall replace and reinstall all plant materials which do not conform to their written specifications within ___ [Instruction: Specify time period.] from the date of completion of the Project, at Contractor's own cost. All accessories and equipment to be provided and/or installed as set forth herein shall have those warranties supplied by the manufacturer or provider of such accessory or equipment, rather than that of the Contractor. B. Where Client has had work performed by others, Contractor does not warrant such work and Contractor shall not be held liable for such work or for damages or losses, if any, which result therefrom. C. The warranties contained herein are only valid if Client has complied with all terms and conditions, payments and other provisions of this Agreement. Further, the warranties contained herein with respect to plant materials shall become void if any or all of the following occur: Client has chosen plant material in contraindication to planting conditions, and same is noted in writing by Contractor, and provided Client an opportunity to choose another suitable plant material; Client has failed to properly hydrate, fertilize and maintain such plant material; any earth or ground fill movement; any act of God. D. Contractor is only responsible for damage resulting to the Project from negligence, dangerous activities, intentional disregard of professional standards of care normally exercised within the industry, or breach of any governmental statute, ordinance, local rule or law. ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY A. Client agrees to hold harmless, indemnify and defend Contractor and each individual or entity that is an agent, affiliate, partner, officer or stockholder against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses, including legal fees, fines, judgments, settlement amounts all made in connection with, or arising from errors in any © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 6 representation or warranty made by Client under this Agreement, any breach of the Agreement by Client, or any omission or negligent act by Client in connection with this Agreement, provided that such negligent act, omission, or error was not done at the direction of Contractor. B. Contractor agrees to hold harmless, indemnify and defend Client and each individual or entity that is an agent, affiliate, partner, officer or stockholder against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses, including legal fees, fines, judgments, settlement amounts all made in connection with, or arising from errors in any representation or warranty made by Contractor under this Agreement, any breach of the Agreement by Contractor, or any omission or negligent act by Contractor in connection with this Agreement, provided that such negligent act, omission, or error was not done at the direction of Client. ARTICLE XIII INSURANCE A. Client shall be responsible for maintaining full insurance coverage on the work site in both Client's and Contractor's name. B. The Contractor shall be responsible for insurance to protect against any property damage, bodily injury, or death or other claims for damages that may result from the commission of the work, including worker's compensation insurance for its employees or sub-contractors. ARTICLE XIV LICENSES AND PERMITS Contractor will be responsible for obtaining the necessary permits and licenses to fulfill the services as specified in this Agreement. [Instruction: Revise if Client is to obtain permits and licenses.] ARTICLE XV FINES Contractor is responsible for maintaining proper work, safety, and environmental protection standards. Contractor agrees to hold Client harmless for all fines from federal, state, or local agencies and regulators incurred by Contractor as a result of Contractor's work in connection with the Project. Contractor will work in compliance with all standards required by the EPA, OSHA, and other applicable federal agencies. Contractor will be responsible for paying all fines and judgments levied by these agencies resultant from the performance of this Agreement. ARTICLE XVI GENERAL © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 7 A. Both Parties are expressly prohibited from assigning this Agreement or any rights or interest flowing from this Agreement. Assignment will only occur with the express written consent of both Parties. B. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements, representations and warranties between them respecting the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of The State of _____ [Instruction: Insert State.], without regard to conflict of laws. C. The Contractor acknowledges and agrees that it shall be solely responsible to pay any and all incomes taxes while performing the construction services under this Agreement. The Contractor further acknowledges that the Client will not at any time withhold any taxes from the Client's payments to the Contractor under this Agreement for the purposes of income tax or any other applicable taxes. D. This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by a written agreement signed by each party. E. No waiver of or consent to departure from the requirements of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding against any party unless the same is in writing and is signed by such party and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it has been given. No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right. No single or partial exercise of any such right shall preclude any other or further exercise of such right or the exercise of any other right. F. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder or for the purposes hereof to any party shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently given if delivered personally to such party, or if sent by prepaid registered mail or if transmitted by telecopier to such party: (a) if to the Contractor at: ______________________ ______________________ Attention: _____________ Fax No: (____) _________ (b) if to the Client at: ______________________ ______________________ Attention: _____________ © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 8 Fax No: (____) _________ or at such other address as the party to whom such notice is to be given shall have last notified the party giving such notice. Any notice delivered to the party to whom it is addressed as provided herein shall be deemed to have been given and received on the day it is so delivered at such address, provided that if such day is not a business day, then the notice shall be deemed to have been given and received on the next business bay. Any notice mailed as provided herein shall be deemed to have been given and received on the third business day following the date of its mailing provided that no postal strike is then in effect or comes into effect within two business days after such mailing. Any notice transmitted by telecopier shall be deemed given and received on the day of its transmission if such day is a business day and if not on the next business day. G. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which when exchanged will be deemed to be an original, binding upon the parties as if a single document had been signed by all, and all of which when taken together will constitute the same agreement. Any true and correct copy of this Agreement made by customary, reliable means (e.g., photocopy or facsimile) shall be treated as an original. H. If any provision of this Agreement is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Agreement will be unimpaired and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed modified so that it is valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. I. The descriptive headings used herein are for convenience of reference only and they are not intended to have any effect whatsoever in determining the rights or obligations of the parties hereto. J. The pronouns used herein shall include, where appropriate, either gender or both, singular and plural. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto execute this Agreement: CLIENT CONTRACTOR Authorized Signature Authorized Signature Name and Title Name and Title © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 9 Schedule 1 © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 10 Schedule 2 © Copyright 2012 Docstoc Inc. 11
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Mother of all fundraisers' passes $250,000 milestoneBy Kevin OConnor
Staff Writer | May 19,2014Kevin OConnor / Staff Photo
Shirley Squires is interviewed by WTSA radio reporter Tim Johnson at the AIDS Project of Southern Vermonts 27th annual Walk for Life.BRATTLEBORO Guilford resident Shirley Squires may stand only 5 feet, but she can report plenty of tall numbers.
Take her age: 83. And current count of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren shes matriarch for: 55. And amount of money she has raised the past two decades for the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont: $250,000.
I like the sound of quarter of a million better, Squires said this weekend.
So, apparently, did the hundreds of Vermonters who helped her reach that milestone at this towns 27th annual Walk for Life.
On many of my checks I got notes saying, I hope you reach your quarter-million, Squires said. I had no vision of something like this when I started.
Squires joined the annual spring march shortly after the 1993 death of her 41-year-old son, Rep. Ronald Squires, D-Guilford, the first Vermont legislator to announce his homosexuality he did so to help pass an anti-discrimination law and the first state public figure to lose his life to AIDS.
Soliciting 800 family members, friends and organizations statewide, Squires has gone from collecting $1,000 in her first walk to culling $12,000 on her 10th anniversary and $19,500 on her 20th.
Squires annually aims to raise a dollar more than she did the year before. During her 22nd walk Saturday, she not only raised a record $22,000 two-thirds of the entire events $30,000 take but also reached her $250,000 lifetime total.
I get so excited when the money comes in, youd think it was mine.
Instead, it benefits the AIDS Project, a Brattleboro-based nonprofit whose annual budget of a little more than $400,000 pays for community prevention efforts and individual support for 70 clients in Bennington and Windham counties.
Vermonts three AIDS service organizations are trying to balance steady caseloads about 600 people statewide are living with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes the disease as the federal government shifts its financial assistance from smaller towns to bigger cities.
The AIDS Project has a quarter of a million reasons to appreciate its top fundraiser. But when supporters call for more volunteers like her, executive director Karen Peterson has a singular response: Theres only one Shirley Squires.
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Ke$ha, Julianne Hough, others spreading word about KCAC animals
Dogs and cats will not be put down
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Kern County Animal Control shelter is relocating at the end of September after sharing facilities with the Bakersfield Animal Control.
The KCAC said re-locating hundreds of animals and will not euthanize the dogs and cats in their care.
Regardless, celebrities like the singer Ke$ha and Julieanne Hough have taken to social media to spread the word.
Read the tweets and pictures here: http://bit.ly/KCACpets
Submit others to email@example.com
The KCAC is having adoption deals to ease the transition.
Dogs will cost $15 to adopt. Cats will cost $5. Those fees include spay and neutering, rabies shots, microchipping and a one-year license.
The KCAC shelter hours are as follows:
Monday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Read about KCAC's plan to relocate here: http://bit.ly/1epEOuu
Read about the dispute between the county and the city here: http://bit.ly/157Ligf


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(AP) STILLWATER, Okla. - Liz Donohoe scored 19 points, leading seven Oklahoma State players in double figures, and the 21st-ranked Cowgirls rolled past Texas-Pan American 96-42 Tuesday night.
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Suresh Kalmadi
|Suresh Kalmadi
1 May 1944
Madras, India[1]
|Meera Kalmadi
|1 son(s) 2 daughter(s)
|Indian National Congress
Suresh Kalmadi (born 1 May 1944) is a tainted politician and senior sports administrator who is involved in many scams,.[2][3] He was formerly a member of the Indian National Congress. He was a member of parliament from Pune till May 2014.[4] He is known for his "Alleged" involvement in 2010 Commonwealth Games corruptions during his tenure as president of Indian Olympic Association and chairman of Common Wealth Games 2010. He was charged with conspiracy, forgery, misconduct and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and later arrested for the same on 25 April 2014.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Suresh Kalmadi was born to Dr. K. Shamrao Kalmadi, who was a social doctor dedicated to serving the poor, and his mother was Shrimati Shanta Rao Kalmadi. His place of birth on Parliament website: Madras; on his personal website: Pune.[6] He studied at St. Vincent's High School, Pune in the state of Maharashtra, South West India; and then at Fergusson College, Pune. In 1960, he joined the National Defence Academy (NDA) at Khadakvasla, Pune, and in 1964, he joined the Air Force Flying Colleges in Jodhpur and Allahabad. He served the Indian Air Force between 1964–1972.[7]
He is married to Shrimati Meera Kalmadi, and has two daughters and one son.
Early career[edit]
In April 1974 Kalmadi acquired an interest in Poona Coffee House, and three months later in July 1974 he acquired a dealership of Hindustan Petroleum for all its products.[8] Kalmadi, a Pune boy, joined the National Defence Academy (NDA) in 1960 and then the Indian Air Force as a pilot. He served in the force for six years and then was an instructor at NDA for two more years till 1974. He served through two wars - the 1965 and the 1971 wars against Pakistan, was also a recipient of eight medals in his career as a pilot. He opted for premature retirement and his big break came when he was spotted by Sanjay Gandhi in Pune, where he ran a fast food outlet.
Political career[edit]
In 1977, Kalmadi became the President of the Indian Youth Congress, Pune, and the very next year took over President-ship of the Youth Congress, Maharashtra, a post he held from 1978 to 1980. In 1980, as the President of the Maharashtra Athletics Association, Kalmadi undertook the selection trials for the Marathon team to represent the country at the Moscow Olympics. This soon led to the establishment of the Pune International Marathon. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for three terms from 1982 to 1996, and again in 1998, a position that he has continuously held for the last 22 years. On 9 August 1985 he incorporated Sai Service Station Ltd., which is today his flagship company, and established a dealership of Maruti Udyog Ltd. By 1986 he had also added the dealership of Bajaj Auto Ltd. Today Sai Service Ltd. is one of the biggest dealership of Maruti Udyog Ltd in India. Kalmadi took over as the Chairman of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation and in 1989 started the Pune Festival, which would soon become the Signature Festival associated with him. The Pune Festival celebrated its 15th edition in September 2003. He was also elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996, and to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004. Presently, he is the sitting MP from Pune. During the tenure of P. V. Narasimha Rao as the Prime Minister of India, Suresh Kalmadi served as the Minister of State for Railways from 1995 to 1996. He presented the Railway Budget then as union minister of state for railways, the only MoS to do so.[9] In 1996, Kalmadi became the President of the Indian Olympic Association and established a virtual stranglehold being re-elected unopposed for two subsequent four-year terms, on 11 October 2008 elected for the fourth time. He gathered more positions as a sports administrator - President, Asian Athletics Association (AAA) since 2001 and Life President Athletics Federation of India and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi from 3 to 14 October 2010.[10] [11]
Career summary[edit]
|President, Pune Youth Congress
|President, Youth Congress, Maharashtra
|President, Indian Youth Congress (S)
|1982-May 1996
|Member, Rajya Sabha
|1984-85 & 1990-99
|Member, Committee on Petitions
|Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
|Sept. 1995-May 1996
|Union Minister of State, Railways
|Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh), Member, Standing Committee on Defence; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
|Spokesman, Congress (S) Parliamentary Party
|Member, Rajya Sabha (4th term)
|Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
|Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party
|Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
|31 Aug. 2009
|Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
|7 Oct. 2009
|Member, Committee on Ethics
|President, Indian Olympic Association (Suspended)
Formula One 2011[edit]
Mr Kalmadi, as the Indian Olympic Association, signed an agreement to bring the Formula One Grand Prix to India in 2007. Later that year, the UK-based organizers Formula One Administration Limited signed a Rs 1600-crore contract in this regard with India-based JPSK Sports Private Limited. Records obtained by The Indian Express showed that Pune-based Sulba Realty Private Limited was a 13% shareholder in JPSK, along with Jaypee Group (74%). Kalmadi's son Sumeer was a director in Sulba Realty at the time, which would have implied a conflict of interest. While the JP in JPSK stood for Jaypee Group, it was alleged that the SK was a reference to Suresh/Sumeer Kalmadi. Records from the Registrar of Companies, India showed that a year after the company was floated, Kalmadi's daughter, Payal Aditya Bhartia, and his son-in-law, Aditya Bhartia, joined JPSK as independent directors.[13]
Commonwealth Games 2010[edit]
Kalmadi's conduct around the 2010 Commonwealth Games came under scrutiny, with the Chief Vigilance Commission (India's anti-corruption organisation) asking the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe certain aspects of the games' organisation.[14] For this, the opposition demanded Kalmadi's resignation.[15]
On 25 April 2011, CBI arrested former CWG Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi in the Timing-Scoring-Result (TSR) case. He was arrested under Sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code.[16]
On 20 May 2011, CBI filed the first chargesheet in a special CBI court against Kalmadi. The CBI alleged that he was the main accused in awarding TSR system contract to a Swiss firm. The charge sheet said, "Kalmadi is the main accused as he was the person with all supreme powers. He had the supreme over-riding powers in the Organising Committee of the CWG, 2010." In addition to Kalmadi, the CBI named two companies and eight persons including OC former Secretary General Lalit Bhanot and former Director General VK Verma as accused.[17][18]
Kalmadi's membership of the Indian National Congress Party was suspended after being arrested and charged with corruption. On 26 April 2011 he was sacked from the post of president of the Indian Olympic Association.[19] Later on, on 1 July 2013 he lost the election for the post of President of the Asian Athletics Association, a post which he had held for 13 consecutive years, losing to Qatar's Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad.[20]
Suresh Kalmadi was in jail for 10 months and the court asked him to pay a surety amount of Rs. 500,000.[21] Kalmadi was allowed by a Delhi court on 13 July 2012 to go to London for 2012 Olympics.[22] He was, however, restrained on 25 July 2012 by the Delhi High court from participating in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, saying his participation can cause "embarrassment" to the nation.[23]
He claimed to be suffering from dementia during course of investigation while in Tihar jail.[24] Medical tests were not conclusive to be able to prove his claim.[25]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Lok Sabha Parliament of India MP: Suresh Kalmadi, Full Biographical Official Government of India Profile". Government of India. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ PTI (1 July 2013). "Tainted Suresh Kalmadi loses AAA elections". Sports (India). The Times of India,. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Tainted Suresh Kalmadi loses AAA elections". rediff.com. 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Official website of Suresh Kalmadi". Retrieved 2014-02-11.
- ^ "CWG scam: CBI files first chargesheet against Suresh Kalmadi, 8 others". NDTV.com.
- ^ "News". msn.com.
- ^ "Suresh Kalmadi : Detailed Biography". Suresh Kalmadi : Detailed Biography.
- ^ "Early Years in Life - Pune: Suresh Kalmadi - A Lifetime in the Service of Pune". qbtpl.net.
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Dr. Richard Lapchick, a nationally-recognized expert on sports issues, spoke on Monday, November 28 at Aquinas College on "Bridging the Racial Divide." He also has agreed to serve on a national advisory committee for the College's Sports Management program.
Lapchick, a scholar and author, was named "one of the 100 most powerful people in sport" for six consecutive years. He is a prolific writer and recently completed his eleventh book, New Game Plan for College Sport, which is set for release this fall. He has written more than 450 articles and given more than 2,600 public speeches
Under Lapchick's leadership, the DeVos program launched the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport in December 2002. The Institute focuses on two broad areas. On Diversity, the Institute publishes the critically-acclaimed Racial and Gender Report Card, which is a study of the racial and gender hiring practices of major professional, Olympic and college sport in the United States. In the area of ethics, the Institute monitors some of the critical issues in college and professional sport, including the potential for the exploitation of student-athletes, gambling, performance-enhancing drugs and violence in sports.
Students in the Business Administration/ Sport Management major at Aquinas College have completed internships and/or secured full-time positions either locally in Grand Rapids with the West Michigan Whitecaps, the Grand Rapids Griffins, the Grand Rapids Rampage, MVP Sportsplex, various high school athletic departments, and numerous private businesses, or nationally with the Orlando Magic, the Phoenix Coyotes, Palace Sports & Entertainment (Detroit Pistons), the Chicago Fire and The Buick Open.
(Those who attended) Paul Bee, Business Administration/Communication Major, Whitecaps Ticket Sales Intern; Katie Kroft, Business Administration/Sport Management Major, Whitecaps Marketing & Promotions Intern; Tony Puzzuoli, Business Administration/Communication Major, Whitecaps
Promotions Team Member.
For more information on the Business Administration/Sports Management program at Aquinas College, contact Phil Hatlem, chair of the department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at (616) 632-2898.
Seamus Heaney, Winner Of The Nobel Prize Will Visit Aquinas May 10, 2006
And, indeed, Heaney is one of the most significant writers in the world. Born in Northern Ireland in 1939, Heaney writes poetry that is remarkable for its clarity, craft, exuberance and metaphorical intensity. He is often hailed as the most important Irish poet since W. B. Yeats. His books of poetry, criticism and translations include Door into the Dark, North, Field Work, Sweeney Astray, and Station Island. He has received numerous awards for is work including the ultimate accolade - the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995.
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Ireland... An Aquinas Tradition Since 1972
Each year, Aquinas College offers its students the opportunity to become part of an Irish community. Tracing its beginning back to 1972, the program is located in Tully Cross, a small rural town located in the beautiful Connemara region on the west coast of Ireland. The village, surrounded by the landscape of the towering Twelve Bens mountain range and the rocky beaches of the Atlantic Ocean, mottled with thatched-roofed cottages and stone walls, embraces the Aquinas group each spring semester. This setting provides an intimate perspective on Irish culture for the students to take courses in Irish history, literature and various aspects of Irish studies. Two Aquinas faculty members accompany the students and direct the program throughout the semester. Students are also given the opportunity to work as teachers' aides in the Irish National schools as well as to travel on program excursions to many of Ireland's prominent historical sites.
Below is one student's reflections on her experience in Ireland.
Looking around at my classmates on the plane, I was overwhelmed with thankfulness and sadness. I wanted the experience of Ireland to last forever. It was such a dream world. And yet, as we were leaving, I knew we could never go back to that world as it was when we lived there. It was untouchable, unreachable. I knew things would be different from then on. Ireland, to me, is like a snow globe. We were all blessed to live in an idyllic, priceless, magical world with breathtaking moments and heartwarming people. But now, all we can do is look back at the memory and wish we could get back inside that world, being forever outside of it. All we can do is remember. That will have to be enough. Try as I have, there is no way, even with millions of words, to share our experiences perfectly. We all learned and grew, loved and hurt, so much. I'm sure not one of us would trade that journey for anything, all the highs and lows included. Perhaps some of us will return to Ireland, but there will never be anything like those amazing four months. Ireland was our home, our dream, and so much more. The song two local brothers sang to us before we left describes perfectly what was, and still is, in many of our hearts: "Back across the ocean to my home away from home, I'm glad to be returning but sad to have to go. I'd like to find a way to be two places at one time, it's easy going back again but hard to say goodbye."
Grace Hauenstein Library - Opening August 2006
A groundbreaking ceremony seems so appropriate for a new library. The start of construction is symbolic of the opening a new book for the first time. We look to books to provide new insights and wisdom which can then added to our own knowledge, much like the rise of a new building.
Under a beautiful, clear, fall, sun-filled sky, a brief ceremony was held September 23, 2005 to mark the official start of construction on the new Grace Hauenstein Library. Work actually got underway nearly a month and a half earlier. A crowd numbering several dozen gathered to listen to remarks and watch as the ceremonial shovels full of dirt were scraped and turned in a very determined manner.
The library is named for the wife of 93-year-old local philanthropist Ralph Hauenstein whose generous contribution helped to launch the project. Grace Hauenstein was at her husband's side on the platform for the morning ceremony. "This Library opens a lot of knowledge for a lot of people," he said. "No matter (what you do) how you use it... computers, reading, [library users will] be far richer persons."
Provost Ed Balog told the audience that the new library is the result of many years of effort by dozens of people connected with the Aquinas - efforts that stretch back as many as 30 years. The latest effort began in late 2002 with a committee that would soon identify Jarecki Center as an ideal site to accommodate a new three-story addition/expansion. The Board of Trustees agreed and, on May 23, 2003, approved the plan. Balog recalled telling the architect from Progressive AE of his vision for a building that emanated light from a largely glass structure that drew "not just the eye but a steady stream of people to it. I said my dream was a beacon as both a symbolic and physical focal point for the campus."
Peter Wege, one of the College's most generous and long-time benefactors, offered a shared perspective on the project. "A library is the heart of a campus... and [this library will be] one of the greatest things on this campus," he said.
The Grace Hauenstein Library will open its doors in August 2006, in time for the start of the new academic year. You can follow the library's construction progress online.
"A library represents the very essence of what a college is about. It is the intellectual hub of the campus. It is a center for displays and programs that serve the broader community. And it is the repository of the information and ideas of the past and the present that will provide the basis for our students to shape the future. We know that there is a strong link between libraries and student achievement. Libraries are places where people read and think, and learn. " - Ed Balog, Aquinas College Provost
Michigan Governor Urges AQ Students to Pursue Math/Science
Michigan's Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) had a message for area college students during a visit to Smiths Aerospace, a Grand Rapids' high tech defense contractor, in December. She told the group that included five Aquinas students to pursue math and science and get some applied learning.
Only a week earlier, the governor had signed a $2 billion 21st Century Jobs Fund that was established to help specific areas of the state's economy - life sciences, advanced manufacturing, alternative energy and homeland security. The fund was designed to help created new high tech jobs.
One of the Aquinas students, sophomore India Saunders, told a Grand Rapids Press reporter that she's interested in studying robotic engineering in graduate school and, until she visited the company, she had never heard of Smiths.
The other Aquinas students who visited with the governor at Smiths Aerospace were Jessica Bonner, Amanda Shuman, David Ophoff and Tim Ramsay.
(From Left) Jessica Bonner, Amanda Shuman, David Ophoff,
Governor Jennifer Granholm, Tim Ramsay and India Saunders
AQ's Science Initiative reaches over $400,000
Science majors at AQ will continue to find tremendous opportunities in Grand Rapids where a life-science building boom is adding $500 million in research facilities, hospital expansions and medical centers. Locals are calling Michigan Street the "Medical Mile" or "Healthcare Hill" to reflect the changing landscape of the downtown corridor.
Coinciding with the Grand Rapids boom, Aquinas itself launched a science initiative a couple of years ago to raise $500,000 in which funding would be focused on the purchase of laboratory equipment for student course work and research projects. To date, more than $400,000 has been raised toward the goal. In addition, Aquinas has established a science equipment endowment goal of $800,00 for long term support of the programs. The college has recently received a $50,000 commitment towards this goal.
Below are recent purchases made using the science initiative funds:
Four iWorx Physiology Systems were purchased and will be used in teaching physiology (both animal and human) in at least three courses. iWorks Human Physiology Teaching Kits include everything needed to conduct a comprehensive lab course consisting of 22 experiments and 76 exercises in cardiovascular, respiratory, and neuromuscular physiology. The units also have many potential applications in student research.
The 60MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer was fitted with Anasazi upgrade which will allow for computer control and network usage. This NMR is one of the more powerful tools available for chemists in smaller colleges for determining the structure of both organic and inorganic compounds. In organic and biochemistry, especially, NMR is the fastest and simplest method of analysis for many experiments. It will be used in our Organic, Biochemistry, Advanced Organic, Advanced Inorganic, and Instrumental Methods courses, and have a smaller benefit in all other chemistry courses. It will also assist students and faculty involved in research projects by providing structural information leading to the identification and/or purification of any compounds in which the researcher is interested.
GIS (geographic information systems) are computer programs that combine database analysis with spatially explicit mapping capabilities. They are, in essence a mapping program that allows data to be stored and analyzed spatially. The new software and equipment for the GIS lab will greatly enhance our ability to teach GIS to students and train them in current GIS programs. The new computers and scanning equipment will allow us to scan large format maps and download data to perform essential GIS analyses.
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NEW VIDEO: Crews hosing down site of Ada grain elevator fire
No injuries were reported in the fire but the area near the scene is icy. Freezing water from fire crews' efforts is running west of the former elevator site and across Ada's Main Street.
Fire Chief Steve Petry said he expects the fire will continue to smolder for another day or so.
A state fire marshal is expected to arrive on scene this afternoon. A cause of the fire and exact point of origin have yet to be determined.
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Thursday night's story below
Flames burning down a grain elevator is a scene all too familiar to some longtime residents here.
In the same spot that a grain elevator burned down in the late 1950s, the Triple Crown Nutrition elevator on East Main Street was engulfed and toppled by flames late Thursday evening.
Firefighters responded to the fire around 6 p.m. according to Ada Fire Chief Steve Petry. The elevator complex sits in the center of the town of about 1,700 people.
Crews from multiple agencies battled flames on the roughly 10-story elevator and an adjacent building for around 4 hours. Around 9:20, the elevator collapsed.
"The (elevator) is on the ground unfortunately, so we'll just have to do a lot of mop up over the next numerous, numerous hours," Petry said.
The adjacent storage building, used for housing oats and other feed mixture, was also left in smoldering ruins.
Petry said the fire appeared to start on the roof of the elevator. Into the late night hours, the pitch black sky was aglow with the orange from the blaze.
"We could see the flames then about six miles out of town," said Ada resident Dwight Heitman, who was driving into town earlier in the evening.
Crews from multiple counties and agencies worked to put the fire out. Petry said around 13 fire departments aided the Ada Fire Department, including Moorhead and Crookston departments.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
Petry said no employees were believed to be in the building at the time the fire started. He said Triple Crown Nutrition, which mainly produces oat-based feed for race horses, employs about 12 people.
Last summer the company added a $4.5 million addition to the elevator, but it was not damaged by the fire, Petry said.
He did not have an estimate on the total amount of damage, but Petry said the new addition was saved thanks to a concentrated effort by fire crews.
Battling below-freezing temperatures, many residents watched the blaze from an alleyway a block away.
"It saddens the heart to see a business thriving and then this happens," Myron Moteberg, of Ada, said.
Firefighters were also concerned for businesses and homes to the north and east of the elevator as Petry said "all kinds of burning embers were approaching those buildings." He said firefighters watched the roofs to make sure they also didn't catch fire, but were aided by the fact that some buildings had about 6 inches of snow on their roofs. Petry said it appears there was no damage to surrounding buildings.
By 10 p.m., most of the fire was extinguished, but a large plume of white smoke was visible above the smoldering remains of the elevator.
Several residents also recalled when a similar fire took down a building in the same location in the late '50s.
"I was just a kid looking out my bedroom window at the east end of town then," said Chuck Nordby, a 62-year-old farmer.
Moteberg, who has lived here for 35 years, said the most devastating part for him was that Triple Crown was doing well.
"The business was working and growing, in fact. They're selling race horse oats all over the country and have for years and years," he said.
"And now it's toast," his son Preston added.


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Indianapolis Power & Light Co. (IPL) and energy company enXco are marking the start of construction of the Hoosier Wind Project in Benton County. A groundbreaking is set for today on the 106 megawatt project. IPL has a 20 year agreement to purchase power generated by the farm, while enXco will handle operations and maintenance.
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Escondido, CA. IPL and enXco - an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company (PARIS: EEN) celebrate today the construction of the 106 MW wind farm that will bring carbon-free electricity into the Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) generation portfolio. The renewable energy source is expected to be in operation in late 2009 as part of IPL's effort to power the nearly 470,000 customers served by the utility.
IPL and enXco have partnered for IPL's new green energy initiative, the Hoosier Wind Farm near Fowler, IN, in Benton County, approximately 90 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The new wind project, developed and owned by enXco, stretches over 6,500 acres of farmland and consists of 53 REpower 2 MW turbines which are one third larger than the wind turbines in current operation in Benton County. IPL will purchase the power generated under a 20-year power purchase agreement. enXco Service Corporation will provide operations and maintenance services.
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The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved the project on October 1, 2008. The ceremony will take place today at 10:30am. Shuttle service is provided from the Benton Country Club to the site. Special guests includes Lt. Governor Becky Skillman, State Senator Sue Landske, State Representative Don Lehe, Ann Murtlow, IPL President and CEO, Tristan Grimbert, enXco President and CEO, as well as local officials and representatives from enXco, IPL, Mortenson, and AWEA (American Wind Energy Association).
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By Arttu Tolonen, January 2014
Here come our readers' top 10 selections of noteworthy Finnish films, gathered from a survey on thisisFINLAND's Facebook page. Break out the popcorn!
As movies go, Finland offers many treats, from award-winning documentaries to the entire oeuvre of Academy Award nominee Aki Kaurismäki. Finns and non-Finns alike fall in love with this stuff – before you know it, you'll be recommending these comedies, dramas and action flicks to everyone you know. Here we go (the voting was so close that we've left them unnumbered):
This movie pulls off the challenging task of taking a familiar, traditional character – good old Santa Claus – and rewriting him in an action context, showing a darker side to his myth. In a daring fantasy film set in Lapland around Christmas time, Santa is discovered and captured. Children start disappearing and Lapland faces a band of rebellious elves trying to free their leader. Helander displays a deft touch in combining action and humour. The dark and frozen winter of the Finnish Lapland becomes one of the movie's main characters.[Editor's note: Not a film for kids!]
Another movie set in Finnish Lapland presents action-tinged comedy with a sunnier outlook than Rare Exports, but in a setting that is just as dark. The shenanigans kick off when Janne, a career slacker, is given the task of buying a digital TV receiver by his girlfriend Inari. Snowy hijinks ensue. Janne and his friends face a comedy of errors ranging from the limited opening hours of electronics stores in Rovaniemi to the arrival of heavily armed Russian tourists. Lapland Odyssey is a gem.
Around 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to Sweden during the Second World War. Härö's movie examines this period through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy, Eero. The themes explored include trust, love and the difficulty of doing the right thing. Eero's mother is undependable, and her choices make it hard for Eero to trust in maternal love. Sixty years later, he reads the letters of his Swedish foster mother after her funeral and finds a measure of peace. The film won a number of international awards, including the 2006 Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
In Finland, known for its production of world-class documentary films, The Punk Syndrome stands out. So does its subject: a punk rock band consisting of four men with mental disabilities makes its mark in the music scene. The fact is that the band kicks ass. In addition to highlighting a great punk band, the documentary can be seen as an exploration of how similar we all are, even when society puts us in our individual little boxes. Like all great documentaries, this one gets really close to its subjects. It won the SXGlobal Award at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
"Sauna" is the only word that has migrated from Finnish into English. In Finland saunas are used for socialising as well as bathing, and this film takes us into the country's heart and soul. On screen, Finnish men bathe in various saunas and speak with great candour about what's on their minds. Steam of Life forms a touching comment on humanity and masculinity, dealing with universal truths as it covers issues related to regret, life, love, empty-nest syndrome and what it's like when your best friend is a bear. It's difficult to avoid becoming teary-eyed at some point during the film.
Two versions based on the same classic of Finnish literature, made 30 years apart, are both great movies and illustrate changing attitudes towards war and patriotism. Laine takes the originally controversial, but later beloved book by Väinö Linna and turns it into a tribute to the soul and resourcefulness of Finland's soldiers during the Second World War. Mollberg's version concentrates on the horrors and impact of war. The latter director went to great lengths to keep his actors on edge by denying them most normal comforts and changing the layouts of the sets without warning. The movies tell the story of a ragtag machine gun company called to the eastern Finnish front in 1941.
The devastation wrought by the Second Chechen War and its impact on both Chechen and Russian children are at the heart of this poetic documentary. The camera explores a Russian military school, a war-torn village and children in a refugee camp. Honkasalo lets the images speak for themselves and utilises sparse narration, telling a tragic story in a touching manner, while avoiding passing judgment. The film won three awards at the Venice Film Festival and Golden Apricot/Grand Prize for best documentary at the Yerevan International Film Festival, to list a few.
Kotwica's film is a thriller, a psychological drama and a black comedy. Saara is a doctor whose architect husband, Leo, is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. To get revenge, Saara befriends Tuuli without revealing her own identity. Eicca Toppinen of the band Apocalyptica wrote a suitably tense score for this labyrinthine movie. Kotwica received a nomination for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival and the movie was remade in South Korea under the title Love, In Between.
This complex movie involves a number of interwoven stories propelled into motion by a schoolteacher getting fired from his job. As a filmmaker, Louhimies tends to look at his fellow human beings and their foibles with an unblinking eye, but for all their weakness and tribulations, people tend to be resilient. At times they are even good. Frozen Land won awards at festivals in Athens, Bergen, Gothenburg, Leeds and Moscow.
In this film based on a children's book series by Sinikka and Tiina Nopola, Ricky is a drummer and a rapper, and has a habit of getting into all kinds of jams, musical and otherwise. An independent and resourceful child, he finds himself at odds with the sometimes dopey adults of his world, some of whom just can't abide his passion for funky beats. But fundamentally he's on the side of all that is good in the world. A musical and a family film that everyone can enjoy, Ricky Rapper was one of Finland's biggest box office successes the year it was released.
Also known as Out to Borrow Matches, this Finnish-Soviet collaboration is based on a 1910 novel is a comedy set in the town of Liperi in eastern Finland and includes Russian and Finnish actors. The story begins with a simple trip by Antti Ihalainen to the neighbour to borrow matches, but takes a turn when Ihalainen runs into his friend Jussi Vatanen, who gives him a ride. Vatanen, who has been a widower for a year at this point, needs Ihalainen's help in finding a new prospective wife. Events soon spiral out of control in this accomplished example of bucolic slapstick comedy. Another, all-Finnish version also exists, directed in 1938 by Yrjö Norta and Toivo Särkkä.
Kaurismäki is one of those rare directors whose style is so characteristic and unique that it merits its own adjective. "Kaurismäki-esque" is used to describe everything from American indie films to Helsinki restaurants. He has produced masterpieces of European cinema during every phase of his 30-year career, most recently Le Havre (2011) and The Man without a Past (2002). The latter won the Grand Prix and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes, and was the only Finnish Film ever nominated for an Academy Award. Kaurismäki's works emphasise his empathy for the downtrodden and disenfranchised. He possesses the ability to make you laugh at surprising things.
See also on thisisFINLAND
Films project Finnish view of Christmas
Movies and midnight sun in Sodankylä
Aku Louhimies: The illusionist of truth
Rare exports: A wildly different Christmas movie
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Marching into history: Hillside Marching Hornets subject of documentary
Knees up, elbows out, members of the drumline swaying with swagger, the documentary opens with the Hillside High School marching band in a parade.
The drum majors are out front, whistles between their lips. The dancers step in unison, faces frozen in a big smile. Everyone grips their instruments, clarinets to tubas, in fierce concentration.
The documentary, which premiered Saturday at Full Frame Theater in the American Tobacco Campus, was nine years in the making. Titled "One Band Indivisible," it follows the historically African-American Durham high school band through grueling practices, stressful competitions and student musician achievements.
"We'll take 'em," said former Hillside band director Xavier Cason in the film. He was talking about tryouts, about accepting students with little experience into the marching band. "But they gotta show a lot of heart, dedication and discipline."
The film switches from parade to practice field, where students are lined up in the unrelenting summer sun, towels protecting their necks from sunburn, with their instruments.
"A lot of you come from middle school programs, where you practice all the time," Cason said, pacing past the sweating musicians. "You can't stop now."
Britany Burch was in the audience Saturday, and she said it's a shock to see herself as a teenager on screen. She's 24 now, the youth programs director at the Carrboro Arts Center and mother to a 4-year-old son. But in 2006 and 2007, she was a band member.
In the documentary, she stood outside of her house, looking at her reflection in the window, twirling a purple flag and practicing the spins.
"You're part of a legacy," Burch said about being part of the historic Hornets. "Keep it up. Don't screw it up."
Mike Watson, now a teaching assistant looking to start a community drumline, was appointed a Hillside drum major in the film, in which he helped lead the band during practices and performances.
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"We are one band, indivisible, with a passion for perfection," Watson barked, the entire band reciting the mantra along with him during a practice.
Band fees back in 2006 were $200 a year for students — the money went toward uniforms and instrument repair, but a lot of band families couldn't pay that fee. The money the school gets from Durham Public Schools doesn't cover the imperative costs of the band, so much of the money the school uses for repairs, uniforms and financial aid for families comes from donations via car washes, food sales, fruit fundraisers.
The parents during the documentary were shown loading boxes of fruit into a truck, giving the teens bottled water during games and adjusting their uniforms.
"You knew that the parents were behind you, but you didn't know exactly what they were doing for you," Burch said.
The conflict comes at the end of the film — Hillside is competing in the annual Battle of the Bands, in which high schools face off to be named top marching band in the area. At that point, Hillside had never lost best in show. Their show-style form turned heads, and it was just as much about exhibiting confidence as it was about perfecting the music.
"Who's house is this?" Cason asked, right before they took to the N.C. Central University field to defend their title. "Whose town is this?"
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Rhonda Klevansky, a filmmaker from Durban, South Africa, said she saw Hillside's Marching Hornets perform nine years ago in a Christmas parade and thought they were incredible.
"I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to spend a lot of time with the band," Klevansky said about the entirety of the project. "That's the joy of being a filmmaker."
To learn more about the documentary, visit onebandindivisible.com.


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"I'll be in by the 10th or 11th," Gingrich said, without elaborating on where or how he would announce his candidacy.
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