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The Jazz Singer (1980 film)
|The Jazz Singer
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Richard Fleischer
Sidney J. Furie
|Produced by
|Jerry Leider
|Written by
|Herbert Baker
|Neil Diamond
Laurence Olivier
Lucie Arnaz
Catlin Adams
Franklyn Ajaye
Paul Nicholas
|Music by
|Gilbert Bécaud
Neil Diamond
Leonard Rosenman
Richard Bennett
Alan E. Lindgren
|Isidore Mankofsky
|Edited by
|Frank J. Urioste
Maury Winetrobe
|Distributed by
|Associated Film Distribution
Release dates
Running time
|115 minutes
|United States
|Box office
The Jazz Singer is a 1980 American drama film and a remake of the 1927 classic The Jazz Singer, released by EMI Films. It starred Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier and Lucie Arnaz and was co-directed by Richard Fleischer and Sidney J. Furie.
Although the film was a critical flop, the soundtrack was enormously successful, eventually reaching multi-platinum status and becoming Diamond's most successful album to date. It resulted in three hit songs, "America", "Love on the Rocks" and "Hello Again".
|This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (May 2015)
In New York City, Jess Robin (Neil Diamond), whose real name is Yussel Rabinovitch, is an Orthodox Jewish cantor performing at the synagogue of his imperious father Cantor Rabinovitch (Laurence Olivier). Yussel is married to his childhood sweetheart Rivka (Catlin Adams) and has settled down to a life of religious devotion to the teaching of his faith; as a sideline, he writes songs for a black vocal quartet, "The Four Brothers". One night after Maariv, Yussel is recruited by the group to cover for one of the members who is in trouble with the law and must wear blackface and an Afro wig as it is a strictly all-black venue. The group performs "You Baby" and the engagement is a success, but an audience member (Ernie Hudson) notices that Yussel's hands are white, sparking a riot in which the band is arrested. Cantor Rabinovitch goes to the jail to bail them out but finds there is not a Yussel Rabinovitch there, only a Jess Robin. Yussel explains his use of a stage name, but his father informs him that his singing voice is to be used for God's purposes, not his own. Yussel/Jess decides to relent and do whatever his father wants, at least for now.
Yussel's best friend Bubba (Franklyn Ajaye), who is one of the Four Brothers, informs him that the band has received work in Los Angeles performing backup vocals for various artists, including British rock star Keith Lennox (Paul Nicholas). Shortly after Bubba leaves, Yussel begins writing and composing a song that will eventually become "Love on the Rocks" and sends a demo to Bubba. Through it all, Rivka senses that since her husband has been spending a lot of his free time writing and composing songs, he yearns for a bigger stage for his voice. However, her values keep her grounded to the home life they have built together.
A few days later, during preparations for a party celebrating Cantor Ravinovich's 25th year of service to the synagogue, Bubba calls Yussel from Los Angeles to inform him that Keith Lennox really loves "Love on the Rocks" and wants to record it, but they need him to come out for two weeks (starting the next day) to oversee the recording sessions. This is the opportunity he has been waiting for, but Rivka and Cantor oppose it. At the party that night, Yussel's father relents and bids his son a tearful goodbye; Yussel cheers him up with a rousing rendition of "Hava Nagila".
The following day, "Jess Robin" is met in L.A. by music agent Molly Bell (nee Bellengocavela) (Lucie Arnaz) who takes him to the studio where Keith Lennox is recording. He is shocked to see that his ballad is being recorded as a hard rock song. During a break in recording, Jess asks Lennox if he can record the song as intended and Lennox obliges. Molly realizes that Jess's performance is the proper way, but Lennox cannot be easily swayed and dismisses Jess and The Four Brothers—and eventually Molly as well. That evening, to temporarily forget their problems, the out-of-work group has a party at Molly's beach condominium which overlooks the Pacific Ocean in Venice Beach. After lifting everybody's spirits with "On the Robert E. Lee", Jess slips outside and contemplates going back home already. Molly hands him a tape of his recording from earlier in the day and convinces him to stay. During this time, Jess introduces another one of his songs, "Hello Again".
Later, Molly gets a tip from a friend as to where booking agent Eddie Gibbs (Sully Boyar) is having lunch. Pretending to be a mugger by holding the tape in her jacket pocket (as though concealing a gun), she jumps into Eddie's car, makes him listen to Jess's recording of "Love on the Rocks" and tells him that he is new opening act for comedian Zany Gray's (Mike Pasternak) new television special. However, Eddie cannot book anyone sight unseen, so Molly persuades him to come to a club where Jess has managed to obtain an engagement, thanks to Bubba who was working there as a waiter. Eddie watches for only a few moments, exits the club and drives off, but not before telling Molly that Jess is hired to open for Zany Gray at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Molly tells Jess the great news and they celebrate at a nearby pizzaria where Jess calls home to tell his wife and father of his good fortune. Rivka is anything but thrilled for her husband, especially since he will have to stay in California longer than the intended two weeks; she also senses that Molly has become attracted to Jess. Her father-in-law reminds her that her place is by her husband's side and she should go out to California to see him perform, suggesting that she may be able to bring him home. A reluctant Rivka relents and goes.
Jess's opening night finally comes and he performs two songs. Heckled at first about the small harmonica introduction to "Summer Love", he endures and is applauded. For the second song, Jess decides to perform something everyone can get in on, "Hey Louise". During Jess's set, Rivka shows up backstage and introduces herself to Molly. Although impressed by her husband's performance, she explains to Molly that their Jewish values are so tightly adhered to that Jess cannot possibly stay. As Jess receives a standing ovation at the end of his set, Molly points out to Rivka that the audience is the problem and not her. As Jess heads backstage, Molly leaves so that he can be alone with his wife. The couple's happy reunion turns sour when he refuses to go back to New York with her, especially since he has just been given a recording contract. Convinced that she has lost him permanently with his new life, Rivka runs off in tears.
Over the next several weeks while working on his first album, Jess finds he has developed feelings for Molly. A montage ensues that shows their relationship developing, including a comedic scene where Molly makes Jess a nice ham dinner, completely forgetting that he is Jewish and does not eat pork products. Jess finally moves in with Molly and the two make love. Days later, Jess is paid a surprise visit by his father. After some small talk, Cantor Rabinovich tries desperately to get Jess to go back with him to New York where he belongs, but Jess stuns him with the news that he and Rivka are divorcing. Only a moment later, Molly enters and Jess introduces her. Anguished at this turn of events, his father performs keriah by tearing off a piece of clothing over the heart and declares "I have no son". After he is gone, Jess explains the ritual to Molly, meaning that he is now dead to his father.
A few months later, Jess and the Four Brothers are back in the recording studio cutting "Jerusalem". However, Jess is still distracted by the incident with his father and takes his anger out on the band. During a break, Bubba finds out from Molly she is pregnant and he warns her not to tell Jess right now. When the recording session goes from bad to worse, a flustered Jesse leaves the studio and drives off. He is relegated to hitchhiking when his car runs out of fuel in the middle of nowhere and spends the next several months on the road throughout the Southwest. At a small country bar, Jess impresses the owner with his rendition of "You Are My Sunshine" and is hired to sing there. Soon, he is tracked down by Bubba who tells him that he is now a father with the birth of his new son, Charlie Parker (Chaim) Rabinovich. Despite being completely unaware of Molly's pregnancy until now, Jess is thrilled and returns to Venice Beach, hoping to be forgiven for being away so long. Finding them on the beach outside of their condo, he shares a tender moment with Molly and their new son.
Several days later, Molly sets out to revive Jesse's career and again sneaks into Eddie's car. This time, he adamantly refuses to take Jess back for deserting Zany Gray, but Molly reminds him that Jess's debut album went gold and "probably paid for this car". Eddie gives in and allows Jess to perform one number at "Zany Gray's Autumn in New York" concert. During the rehearsals in New York City, Jesse learns from longtime family friend Leo (Mike Kellin) that his father has recently been diagnosed with high blood pressure and, under strict doctor's orders, will be unable to sing the Kol Nidre on Yom Kippur. Leo asks Yussel to sing at the service, hoping that it will breach the year-long estrangement between father and son; Jess initially refuses but then is convinced by Molly that he should. On Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Jess enters the synagogue, takes his place next to the appointed cantor at the bimah and starts singing the Kol Nidre. His father looks up in shock, but seems still hardened by past events. After the service, Jess confronts his father and tells him that he is the grandfather of the first sixth-generation Rabinovich and gives him a picture of his grandson. Looking hard at the photo and seeing his deceased wife's smile and Yussel's eyes in his grandson, Cantor Rabinovitch forgives his son and the two embrace. At the concert, Jess opens the show with "America" accompanied by a full orchestra. He basks in the glow of a standing ovation he receives—including from Cantor Rabinovitch, who is sitting next to Molly.
This latest version changes the ending considerably by allowing Olivier's character to live rather than die of a broken heart, and allowing a genuine face-to-face reconciliation between Jess and his father.
- Neil Diamond as Yussel Rabinovitch/Jess Robin
- Laurence Olivier as Cantor Rabinovitch
- Lucie Arnaz as Molly Bell
- Catlin Adams as Rivka Rabinovitch
- Franklyn Ajaye as Bubba
- Paul Nicholas as Keith Lennox
- Sully Boyar as Eddie Gibbs
- Mike Kellin as Leo
- James Booth as Paul Rossini
Box office[edit]
Lew Grade who invested in the film said the box office "results were disappointing and we weren't able to recoup our prints and advertising costs". However, since the movie had been presold to American television for $4 million the losses were minimized. Also, the album was very successful and made more money than the film itself.[1]
Unlike the original, the film received mostly negative reviews. Based on 20 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes listed it with a 15% "Rotten" rating (61% less positive than the 1927 film). Roger Ebert from the Chicago Sun-Times, awarding it one star out of four, said that the remake "has so many things wrong with it that a review threatens to become a list".[2] Another negative review came from Janet Maslin of The New York Times who stated: "Mr. Diamond, looking glum and seldom making eye contact with anyone, isn't enough of a focus for the outmoded story." Time Out London called the appearance of Neil Diamond "the most cautious soft-rock superstar movie debut you'll ever get to see." The only top critic to give a positive review of the film (according to Rotten Tomatoes) was Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader. He wrote that "Richard Fleischer's direction is appropriately close-in and small, and Diamond himself, while no actor, proves to be a commandingly intense, brooding presence." The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John J. B. Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.[3]
Awards and nominations[edit]
|Grammy Awards
|Best Album
|Neil Diamond, Gilbert Bécaud, Alan E. Lindgren, Richard Bennett and Doug Rhone
|ASCAP Awards
|Most Performed Feature Film Standards
|Neil Diamond for "America"
|Golden Globe Awards
|Best Original Song
|Neil Diamond and Gilbert Bécaud for "Love on the Rocks"
|Best Supporting Actress - Musical/Comedy
|Lucie Arnaz
|Best Actor - Musical/Comedy
|Neil Diamond
|Golden Raspberry Awards
|Worst Actor
|Worst Supporting Actor
|Laurence Olivier
|Worst Picture
|Worst Director
|Sidney J. Furie and Richard Fleischer
|Worst Original Song
|Neil Diamond for "You Baby"
- ^ Lew Grade, Still Dancing: My Story, William Collins & Sons 1987 p 252
- ^ http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-jazz-singer-1980
- ^ Wilson, John (2005). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-69334-0.
External links[edit]
- The Jazz Singer (1980) at the Internet Movie Database
- The Jazz Singer (1980) at the TCM Movie Database
- The Jazz Singer (1980) at AllMovie
- The Jazz Singer (1980) at Box Office Mojo
- The Jazz Singer (1980) at Rotten Tomatoes
- 1980 films
- English-language films
- 1980s drama films
- 1980s independent films
- 1980s musical films
- 1980s romance films
- American film remakes
- American independent films
- American musical drama films
- American films
- American romantic drama films
- American romantic musical films
- American rock music films
- Film scores by Leonard Rosenman
- Films about Jews and Judaism
- Films about music and musicians
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by Sidney J. Furie
- Films directed by Richard Fleischer
- Films set in Los Angeles, California
- Films set in New York City


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"A friend gave me this recipe, which my sons say is a keeper," relates Sarah Johnston of Lincoln, Nebraska. For a change of pace, spoon the tasty filling into soft tortillas.
- 3 pork tenderloin (1 pound each), cut into 3-inch pieces
- 2 cans (15 ounces each) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 jar (24 ounces) picante sauce
- Hot cooked rice, optional
- In a 5-qt. slow cooker, place the pork, beans and picante sauce. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until pork is tender. Shred pork; return to slow cooker. Serve with rice if desired. Yield: 10-12 servings.
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Sweet clover, long popular as food for grazing animals, is used medicinally as well. It contains various substances in the coumarin family. These chemicals are thought to help strengthen the walls of blood and lymph vessels. However there is no more than preliminary evidence that sweet clover is effective for any medical condition. In addition, use of sweet clover presents some safety concerns. (See Safety Issues for more information.)
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Pronunciation: /tɛdʒ/
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Definition of tej in English:
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A kind of honey wine or mead, the national drink of Ethiopia.
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Alejandra's Group
Alejandra is married and has 2 school-aged children. Alejandra owns & operates a specialized retail store where she sells fresh fish. Alejandra has been engaged in her business for over 5 years and earns approximately 1,500 PHP a month.
In 2008, Alejandra joined GDMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and her ability to engage in business activities. Alejandra has successfully repaid a previous loan of 3,000 PHP from GDMPC. Alejandra is requesting a new loan of 5,000 PHP which will be used to purchase additional fish to sell. This loan will be the second loan taken out by Alejandra from GDMPC. She plans to use the additional revenue generated to supplement the daily needs of her family.
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GDMPC is one of the most progressive cooperatives in Mindanao, Philippines.
*Note: To maximize efficiency and reduce costs, this loan was posted using a template to automate the translation by Kiva. Given that manual translation of entrepreneur profiles is costly, Kiva created this template for our Field Partner to allow them to continue to post loans in English while providing quality and accurate information to Kiva lenders.
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About GDMPCGata Daku Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GDMPC) was founded in 1992 by 32 farmer-members to empower people by providing livelihood opportunities and other support services. Today, it has over 15,000 members located in upland, lowland and coastal regions of the Philippines, and offers credit, savings, education, and various social services.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
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Standard Apartment, 1 BedroomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 1 infant)
Get an overview of this hotel4-star Port Douglas apartment in Macrossan Street with free parking
Located in Macrossan Street, this apartment is within a 5-minute walk of Court House Museum, St Mary's by the Sea Chapel, and Sugar Wharf. Anzac Park and Marina Mirage are also within 10 minutes.
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Macrossan House provides outdoor tennis courts and a health club. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. For a surcharge, the property provides a shuttle from the airport to the hotel (available 24 hours), an area shuttle, and a casino shuttle. This Port Douglas apartment also offers a library, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Macrossan House is a smoke-free property.
- Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Casino shuttle (surcharge)
- Express check-in
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Health club
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Luggage storage
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 3
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor tennis courts 4
- Smoke-free property
- Tennis on site
- Total number of rooms - 16
- Tours/ticket assistance
Business Travel Amenities
- Airport pickup
- Express check-in
- Free parking
- Free WiFi
- Limo or town car
Family Friendly Amenities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- DVD player
- Free Wi-Fi
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- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Kitchen
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor tennis courts
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- Separate living room
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
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- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Cable TV service
- Ceiling fan
- Free toiletries
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)
- DVD player
- Free WiFi
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Hair dryer
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room massage available
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- Kitchen
- Microwave
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Separate living room
- Shower only
- Stovetop
Nearby Things to Do
Outdoor tennis courts and a health club are featured at the apartment. Other recreational amenities include an outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for AUD 40.00 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for AUD 40.00 per stay.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No elevators
Parking height restrictions apply
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: AUD 41.00 per person (one way)
- Airport shuttle fee per child: AUD 20.00 (one way), (from 3 to 14 years old)
- Late check-out fee: AUD 15.00
- In-room safe fee: AUD 4.40 per night
- Crib (infant bed) fee: AUD 40.00 per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: AUD 40.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Macrossan House Port Douglas
- Macrossan House
- Macrossan House Holiday
- Macrossan House Holiday Apartments
- Macrossan House Holiday Apartments Port Douglas
- Macrossan House Holiday Port Douglas
- Macrossan House Apartment Port Douglas
- Macrossan House Apartment
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the cruise terminal, airport, and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
National Rating
This property has been awarded a star rating from the Australian Star Ratings Agency, Star Ratings Australia.


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a comic that spun off from a larger piece i'm working
Donnie and April were having a cute post-battle nap and shenanigans ensued
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awwwwww leo!
Awwww Leo doesn't want to get go of Karai. How sweet!!!!
love it
love it
I think this is cute. especially the last panel But im not all ways the love person.
You know, Leo may not be able to date Karai ( Because she is like his sister) but he can love her. Really, all of them can love her because we all love our family members.
So cute. ^///^
I ship it so much!!! I love how you drew Karai!
No I can't no no no! I can't hold it! It's just too adorable! Ugh I can't take it even if I don't ship them
Awwww sooo cute, I also saw the one with All of them in it and I thought that was cute I kinda wish irma wasn't a kraang tho
So cute!
so adorable
I love Leorai!!! It's my favorite couple next to Apriltello...this was adorable and awesome
Yeah........ That's his sister.
awww to cute
aww XD
That little sneaker lol so cute
Aww he's like a little sloth!^^
This made me feel better XD my day has been so bad (it's only 11am) and this is the first thing that made me smile today congratulations.
Hilarious and beautiful! Loved how Karai's reactions increased with each panel.
Such Cute and Adorable
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Twin brothers Joe and John Gindele provide a humorous look back at their childhood in New York City's Upper East Side in the 1940s-1950s. After high school they moved to Minnesota where they attained degrees and began lengthy teaching careers. But they have fond memories of the ethnic neighborhood in which they grew up. Read more »
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Fresh, citrusy tasting earl gray. Definitely has that "fruity pebble" aroma, but the flavor is fine tea and bergamont.
Fresh, citrusy tasting earl gray. Definitely has that "fruity pebble" aroma, but the flavor is fine tea and bergamont.
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My favorites are pu'erhs, Yunnan blacks, and Taiwanese oolongs. I'm not much into flavored teas or jasmine/florals, but I love a good cup of chai or adding a spice or two to my teas sometimes.
Currently taking a break from school, moved back in with my parents as I work and trying to find my place in the world.
I'm a music lover and have played guitar and violin for quite a while and have also learned to love the sounds of the sitar and hindustani music in all its forms. I've become a bit of a guitar "grease monkey" and find building, modification, repair, and dissection to be even better than playing sometimes. I'm also a nature lover and try to get out to a nice trail or park at least once a week.
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80-89 Nice
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By WILLARD KILLOUGH III
Managing Editor
The Town of Carolina Beach contracts for management of their parking program to a private company called Lanier Parking. Prior to Lanier, they contracted with Central Parking. Earlier this year during budget discussions there was discussion of bringing that program "back in-house" and doing away with contracting with a private company and paying them management and maintenance fees.
Back in February of 2010, Mayor Joel Macon explained during a Council meeting, "I agree with Bob on this. I think we can do it ourselves. We can do it cheaper," and, "I think we have plenty of time to look it at and have it all worked out so we know it is a good decision come time. I mean, I like the parking company. I wanted them years ago." Macon explained, "What's going to happen, is if we don't do it now, it will get pushed to the last minute... and we won't have time to do the research... but right now we have time to look at how many people it would take and what it would take."
Councilman Bob Lewis explained, "I've run the numbers ten ways from Tuesday and I truly can't believe it cost $300,000 to deliver it."
The Town brings in around a million dollars a year - after they hiked parking rates and fees for 4x4 vehicle access to Freeman Park on the beach. Currently there is a debate among Council members, primarily Dan Wilcox and Bob Lewis, about contracting verses bringing it back in-house and the proper time, place and method to question the status quo and research the possibilities to the benefit of all taxpayers. Bob wants it back in-house, Dan's not convinced that's a good idea.
Setting all of the arguments aside for the moment, back in February the Mayor said, "I think we can do it ourselves" and that, "I think we have plenty of time to look it at and have it all worked out so we know it is a good decision" and, "What's going to happen, is if we don't do it now, it will get pushed to the last minute... and we won't have time to do the research."
The budget planning process is literally right around the corner. The contract with Lanier Parking is set to renew in January.
The Mayor's prediction may actually be coming true. It may be pushed to the last minute if Town Manager Tim Owens doesn't present research along with Bob Lewis' research, and others, for discussion and consideration of all options available to the Town.
The overall goal should be to save the taxpayers money. If that means bringing it back in-house as a Town function or putting the contract out for bids by Lanier and other parking companies to get a better deal, that's what should happen; before Christmas.
I know it's a tight time frame, but the Mayor talked about not waiting until the last minute way back in February of this year. The last "bid process" was really quick. It shouldn't be a problem to put this contract out for bid ready for the December meeting.
The Town is capable of running their own water and sewer services, lifeguard program, police and fire departments, and a full service recreation department. It would stand to reason they can operate their own parking enforcement program.
They can author and adopt a balanced budget and manage large infrastructure projects, perhaps they can operate a parking enforcement program.
Why pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to a corporation that has it's own overhead and desired profit margin, when our Town is both capable and can be held accountable for the amount of profit they collect.
Bringing the program back under the control of the police department would allow the Town to enjoy a revenue source without the draw of corporate profit margins.
We own all of the parking meters and pay stations at our many parking lots. We own them outright with no strings attached.
Maybe it as easy as buying a couple of scooters or golf carts and we can do it ourselves, save some money and still make enough to fund all of our existing tourism fund expenditures; with more left over for savings.
We have to research it adequately to find out.
That savings could go to help fund additional lifeguards, the pier land purchase, more parking, and other tourism related expenditures or the Town's General Fund when times are tough.
Continuing to detach ourselves from the responsibility of providing the service by paying more money for someone else to do it is not fiscally responsible if we don't periodically bid out the process for a lower cost or look at doing it ourselves for far less.
That's something we all do when considering our personal expenses. Can we get it cheaper somewhere else or do-it-ourselves?
The Town use to operate it's own parking enforcement program but decided it was more efficient hiring a company with experience to carry out that service. That was a long time ago, and now the Town has years of data and has witnessed the evolution of the parking program. A program that was tailored to the business climate and values of the citizenry.
We've attained on the job training and can now put that experience to work by using that knowledge to our benefit at a reduced cost or to better negotiate contracts for a lower price.
If the Town can hire their own people and the appropriate management structure and those costs do not come with a corporate profit margin like we are currently paying, we may very well be able to realistically save money doing it ourselves.
For starters, whether or not we do it in-house or keep contracting out, the Town should move the parking office into Town Hall to cut the cost paid to the contractor for leasing a separate location to accept tickets, count money and push paper. Make it easier for people to find saying, "Go to Town Hall" rather than complicated directions to a small hidden out of the way hole in the wall parking office.
We did pay over $4.5 million for Town Hall. I think we can save some money and find room for the "parking office".
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CRL Bush Telegraph - 2015 Issue 28
THIS week, the Bush Tele raises awareness of the serious issues facing women in Australia as a result of domestic and family violence, the Central Coast District Rugby League announce available positions for the 2016 season and there's all the information from the 2015 Country Cup Semi Finals in Coffs Harbour and Cootamundra.
Hogs for Homeless back on the road
NSWRL Hogs for Homeless will reunite tomorrow (Sunday, 26 July) with former NRL players Josh Perry, Steve Menzies and Nathan Hindmarsh joining forces to ride to the renowned Grey Gum Café in Putty for a prestigious flag-raising ceremony.
Broncos make it magic eight straight by steamrolling hapless Titans
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chapel for Ave Maria University designed by
Notre Dame architecture student Matthew Enquist.
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students from the University of Notre Dame have
designed a campus and town master-plan for the
newly-founded Ave Maria University in Naples,
Enquist, Ryan Nicholson, and John Doyle are
undergraduate thesis students in Notre Dame's
School of Architecture. In the final year of the
five-year program students work on detailed plans
for a hypothetical project of their own choosing.
under Professor Thomas Gordon Smith, the students
also designed three major buildings for the
Naples campus.
program was to develop an integrated campus and
town master plan," explained Enquist,
"and then to develop three iconic buildings
of this university town--the library, the civic
center, and the church."
who designed the church, said he and his
thesis team were unaware of Ave Maria's plans
when they conceived their thesis project.
In late March, Ave
Maria University announced detailed plans for its
proposed chapel (pictured at left). Widely
criticized as an impractical eyesore, the
architect's proposal requires three thousand tons
of structural steel and aluminum, and is to be
largely sheathed in glass. Aside from the
impracticality of the design, it was also
criticized for failing to reflect the historical
tradition of Catholic church architecture and
consciously avoiding any connection to the rich
Spanish mission style so common to Florida for
the past two centuries.
Ave Maria
University founder Thomas Monaghan has expressed
the desire to recreate Frank Lloyd Wright's
"prairie style" architecture of the
Midwest throughout the new Florida campus. That
approach was also taken by University of South
Florida's Manatee campus, with overly banal
The Notre
Dame students took a decidedly different approach
to the Ave Maria project, one that all three hope
will generate some positive discussion among
those who are involved in the Ave Maria
development project.
some ideas can be generated to influence the
further design of the university," said Ryan
Nicholson, designer of the (pictured below).
library for Ave Maria University designed by
Notre Dame architecture student Ryan Nicholson.
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really enjoyed exploring what kind of
architecture and campus environment would reflect
the culture and tradition of a Catholic
university in Florida," said Enquist.
The Notre
Dame students recognized that the campus
architecture needed to respond to the hot and
muggy Florida climate. "This led us to
decide that our architecture should evolve from
the Spanish mission style, which can be found as
a regional architectural type in Florida,"
said Enquist.
students placed the campus in the center of the
proposed town, creating three small neighborhoods
that grow out of the university.
Proposed civic center for Ave Maria University
designed by
Notre Dame architecture student John Doyle.
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images |
university is divided into two major parts: one
centers around the library and its traditional
mall quad; the other is arranged around the
church in the best of medieval fashion.
The civic center (pictured above),
designed by John Doyle, functions as a link that
ties these two campus neighborhoods together. It
also provides a place for students and townies to
meet and intermingle, drawing the town into the
Proposed site plan for the
campus and town of
Ave Maria designed by Notre Dame architecture
students Ryan Nicholson, John Doyle, and Matthew
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images |
viable alternative
Enquist's church design provides
evidence that it is still possible to design
beautiful churches today, churches that express
the Catholic faith and respect the regional
architectural influences.
The Notre
Dame thesis proposal grows out of the past two
millennia of ecclesiastical patrimony.
Consequently, Enquist's proposed church design
identifies itself in every way with the Catholic
Church's rich history and tradition.
Ave Maria's
proposal, not so.
In stark
contrast to the Notre Dame student's design, Ave
Maria University's proposed chapel (as reflected
in the architect's designs published in March) is
decidedly abstract and modernist in its
architectural vocabulary. It pays respects not to
the timeless patrimony of the Church throughout
the centuries; rather it clumsily tips its hat to
the missteps in church architecture taken over
the past half-century, with particular reverence
paid to several non-Catholic modernist chapels--Thorncrown Chapel, the
non-denominational U.S. Air Force Academy , and the
evangelical Crystal Cathedral in Los Angeles.
Monaghan's penchant for the architecture of Frank
Lloyd Wright has been particularly detrimental to
the development of Ave Maria's campus, and most
visibly in the design of the university chapel.
It is well known that Wright, an American,
publicly rejected the European heritage of
churches, disdainfully referring to them as
to the drawing board?
A week after Ave Maria trumpeted its
proposed design in an expensive all-out media
blitz (resulting in newspaper headlines such as "Giant Jesus
will greet students to Catholic college"), the university
removed the chapel images from its website.
suffering much ridicule by conservative Catholics
who would probably otherwise support the stated
goals of Ave Maria University (see the for a particularly
hilarious reaction to the proposed design),
university officials appear to be distancing
themselves from the architect's proposal.
Joseph Fessio, S.J., chancellor of the
university, admitted he's received a flood of
criticism about the proposed chapel design. Even
so, in a March telephone conversation with this
writer, he explained that he supports the ongoing
design and believes it to be an "essentially
Gothic structure."
official form letter response from Ave Maria
officials responding to criticism about the
design takes a queer tack, not merely backing
away from its trumpeted proposal, but actually
disavowing its previous public relations efforts.
The letter,
signed by VP of University Relations Dr. Carole
Carpenter, states that "by the time of the
press conference [unveiling the proposed design],
our thinking on the [chapel] had already moved
beyond the materials presented: for example, the
exterior of the church was not all glass at the
time of the unveiling. Nor was it intended that
the facade and crucifix would be glass."
This is a
curious choice of words considering that the
models, drawings, and the written March 24 press
release identified the chapel as
"glass-skinned," and clearly identified
the facade crucifix as 60-feet of glass.
letter emphasizes that the Ave Maria campus
design, especially the design of its chapel, is a
work in progress. "The unveiling was really
the commencement of the next stage in our
efforts--on what we like to refer to as our
pilgrimage," she wrote.
It is
ironic that students from the University of Notre
Dame would be the ones to present such a
beautiful, well thought-out alternative to Ave
Maria's first stab at campus planning and design.
Ave Maria
officials have jokingly referred to its new
Naples university as "the new Notre
Dame," and "the Notre Dame of the
South." Ave Maria founder Thomas Monaghan
has even expressed the hope of defeating the real
Notre Dame on the gridiron.
Thus far,
it's Notre Dame 7, Ave Maria, 0.
suggestion for Ave Maria: Why not
at least attempt a field goal by inviting Matthew
Enquist, Ryan Nicholson, and John Doyle down to
Naples to present the incredible work that they
have produced? Why not listen to their ideas?
They have made the images of their work available here for
all to see. You can bet they won't distance
themselves from their proposal. It is an
impressive accomplishment, and something to be
learned from.
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THE NEA BRIDGE by Phillip Alder
In "The Merchant of Venice," William Shakespeare wrote, "At the length, the truth will out."
Whenever you play bridge, dwell at length on your long suits because, in truth, they will usually generate extra tricks. Some players are too wedded to high-card points and forget to add value for a long suit.
When I watched this deal being played, I liked South's one-no-trump response. His hand was so soft, with defensive, not offensive, values. (He thought about passing, but no one would do that today.) Then North surprised me by raising to two no-trump. Yes, he had only 17 high-card points, but he should have added two points for his six-card suit and jumped to three no-trump.
True, if West had been psychic and led a diamond, the contract would probably have gone down two. But he understandably chose a spade, selecting the 10, showing zero or two higher honors by partnership agreement.
South won with his queen and played a club to dummy's queen.
East should have ducked this, which would have perhaps tempted South into an indiscretion. (He might have, for example, played a heart to his queen. Then West could have won and returned to a heart.) However, East won the trick and shifted to a low heart. West won with his ace and returned a heart. In the fullness of time, declarer took nine tricks.
It would have been much better play for South to have led his club jack at trick two, so he could have stayed in his hand to repeat the club finesse if it were winning (or, here, East ducked).
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Bell was injured his first season with the Rams. He did very well last season.
Could you please note where I said you couldn't offer an opinion?
Bell was injured his first season with the Rams. He did very well last season.
Could you please note where I said you couldn't offer an opinion?
Oh and as for some real STATS:
When the Rams ran left outside the tackle, they were the 12 rated offensive line (Barron)
When the Rams ran left off tackle, they were rated the #2 offensive line.
When the Rams run between the guards they are 28th.
When they run right off tackle they are 22nd.
When they run outside the right tackle they are 30th.
To me that let's me know the RG (Incognito and the combo of backups) were not good. The rotation at RT wasn't good either. Thankfully, Smith will solve the RT problem (by default) and Goldberg is probably being moved inside where he did well. I'm not sold on Greco or Setterstrom at this point.
As far as you saying I couldnt express my opinion you basically said people who don't have season tickets have no clue. So basically since I don't have season tickets i don't have a voice because in your opinion i cant see whats going on.
As for the above post you called the o-line solid. 28th,22nd and 30th rankings are hardly solid. So if you average out the five rankings you gave me it averages out to 18th in the league which i would consider below average.
Not really interested in a pissing match with you but I still believe the o-line is average to below average.


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