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John Friend agrees to transfer ownership of Anusara, Inc. (We'll see)
Via Livia, an ex-Anusara teacher: "the llc is comprised of teachers, but it is based on commnication with JF. They state in that letter it is a verbal agreement. A verbal agreement means nothing with JF. Let's see if he actually does something. What's real is that more and more resignation letters have poured in today."
Via Erin, an ex-Anusara teacher:
"I would ask that you please be careful in reporting this as reliable news. There have been three different letters issued by John/Anusara in the last three days. Everyone involved in this community has been jerked around at dizzying ends of multiple spectrums. There isn't any reason to believe a verbal agreement from John means anything."
"(This letter represents) a tangled mess, but it's become clear that the 'leadership committee' who signed this letter are impotent—John still drives the bus. [This] looks to a lot of people like a sham."
Here's the announcement:
Dear Anusara Community,
Yesterday was a watershed day for our community. Your voices have been heard, and the path has been cleared for Anusara to become a truly independent, teacher-run yoga school.
Following the stalemate in talks on Thursday and John Friend's subsequent announcement to move forward with his new plan, there was another wave of teacher resignations. Recognizing that in order… to preserve the value of Anusara yoga he needed to cede full controlto the teachers, John agreed to wholly transfer the school and the Anusara trademarks to a new entity in service of the teachers.
The LC has begun the necessary steps related to due diligence and legal negotiations to effect a transfer to a teacher-run school. Our present verbal agreement with John is that he will play no part in the new Anusara yoga school unless invited by the community to do so in the future and this invitation could occur only if John were "cleared" to teach by an independent, transparent ethics review process. An LC sub-committee has been working diligently these last few weeks on establishing guidelines and determining the independent professionals needed for an unbiased ethics review so that the process could be initiated as soon as practicable.
Whether you have been contemplating in quietude or making your voices heard in the past few months, we would like to acknowledge that everyone in the community contributed to getting us to this point.
As we work through the necessary legal and administrative steps, we will also be releasing a survey to hear your input in a more formal manner. Our plan is to involve the community further, including reorganizing the LC to incorporate new members and re-establishing the Teacher's committees, as we together begin the process of revitalizing Anusara.
We ask you for your continued patience as things take shape. Everyone wishing to be a part of the new school is welcome. We hope you will join us and be an active participant in this process.
Thank you again for your support and patience.
The Leadership Committee
Witnessed and Acknowledged,
John Friend and Anusara, Inc.
And here's yesterday's note from Wendy, also from Anusara's FB page:
Dear Anusara Yoga Teaching Community,
I am writing to you today directly, from my heart, and in my own words. I am not writing to try to change your mind, but to explain the letter that was posted on Facebook yesterday and to add clarity to the present situation.
As you know, John stepped aside from running the company 2 months ago. When he did this, myself and the 2 other staff told him that …we would be following suit, like many of the teachers who were resigning, if he did not take time and go on sabbatical and hand the reigns of the company over. While I have worked for him for many years, and admire his vision very much, there have been times where I have strongly disagreed with his decisions. Over the last 2 years in particular, John's focus turned more towards fundraising for the center he wanted to create. While ultimately The Center was to be a support for teachers and the community, the decisions that took place over the last 2 years in order to make it a reality took the focus of the company slightly away from its mission statement because of the many business decisions that had to take place. The mission statement of the company has always been to support the Anusara yoga school. And of course that was still happening, but I did feel that it was starting to take a back seat because of the focus that needed to be placed on the business venture of The Center.
When the debacle in the community happened, John, along with many others, realized that things had to change. He immediately started working with the teachers' committees and also thankfully agreed with the staff's request to let us run the company's daily operations. So for the last 2 months I have been running all of the day-to-day operations of Anusara, Inc. and John has been happy to relinquish control. Recently, he came back from his sabbatical in order to move into negotiations with the current teacher representative body, the Leadership Committee. I was not part of those negotiations, because I am not the owner of Anusara, Inc.
After the negotiations that occurred on Monday, May 14th, John communicated to me that he and the LC had come to an impasse. While he had agreed that it was a good idea that the teachers take over the leadership and direction of the school, there was one central point where no agreement could be reached between the LC and John. Because of this, he assumed that we would be moving forward without the LC, since an agreement had not been reached. He sent a letter to me to read that he was starting to prepare which he eventually wanted to put out to the community, upon hearing final word from the LC. When the LC's statement came out yesterday, we started receiving calls from people wanting to know what Anusara was doing. At the time, I felt it was necessary to put a letter out as soon as possible, and our FB page seemed to be the best way to do that.
I cut and pasted his letter into the Facebook posting box and began to write my own letter around some of the points of his letter. I did this because I wanted to include some of his points, which I thought were very good, for how we could move forward with the teachers in a leadership role in the school. In my haste to get this letter out, I forgot to remove his name and actually sign it from me. As you can imagine, I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed in myself for the hasty action that I took. It was an unfortunate mistake, one that I am so sorry to have made, especially because of the turmoil, shock, and confusion that it caused in the community. I quickly realized that posting the letter like that was premature, and more time should have been taken to better articulate what I really wanted to say and how it was said.
So, this is why the letter is confusing many people, and why it seemed that John was talking in the 3rd person. As you can imagine, he is pretty upset. I understand how this makes me look, and I take full responsibility for my choice to post the letter yesterday. I am sure that many of you will not believe that this is the case, since I know some in the community feel that I am just a puppet for John. However, this is the truth. Say what you will about me. I made this mistake, and I own that. I apologize to you all from the bottom of my heart.
I want to thank the Leadership Committee for stepping forward through of all the challenges of the last month. They have put in countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears, to try to come up with a solution for the benefit of the Anusara yoga community. I sympathize with how hard they have worked to save something that they and many of you are truly dedicated to and have invested in, in so many ways. I honor each one of them for their dedication and for their love of the Anusara yoga methodology that has helped so many people around the world.
I recognize that there are many licensed teachers who have been on the fence and who are not necessarily "with us" just because they have paid their 2012 dues. I honor their commitment to stay with Anusara and teach their Anusara yoga classes, workshops, Immersions, and trainings for the remainder of the year. I realize that so many were hoping for true change, and I honestly thought that a proposal being put forth by John where the teachers run the school was in fact the change that people were looking for. I am so saddened to think that my mistake in posting the letter on Facebook was the reason that so many people are disappointed, confused, and heartbroken today.
Since the latest letter from the Leadership Committee indicates that they have not fully given up, Anusara, Inc. is continuing its negotiations with them so that a true resolution can be found. Everyone at Anusara, Inc. wants to support what is best for the teaching community. Since I am not taking part in these negotiations, I will wait, along with those in the community, until a final decision has been reached, and we will move forward from there.
In closing, I just want to thank you for taking the time to read this letter. I know that it is lengthy, but I felt that sharing my viewpoint in a forthcoming and detailed way was most appropriate.
In Service,
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15 Responses to "John Friend agrees to transfer ownership of Anusara, Inc. (We'll see)"
Yipeee! Long live the Kul(t)a!
long live jf's lies. this is ridiculous. there is no reason to believe johns word is of any good. and regardless of if this happens…irreparable damage has been caused. jf is a spiritual perpetrator. not to mention a very bad business man with a terrible pr report.
Honestly, the past few months have been so much fun, so enlightening and so enriching I can hardly wait to stick around and see what his appointed Ethics Committee will decide. I don't want to give away the surprise ending, but I bet he'll be back teaching and in the company in just a few months. The only reason John didn't take over Anusara yesterday, as he planned and tried, was because just about every teacher resigned. Oooops. Plan B now, only I don't believe it is the Universe's Plan this time.
To all Anusara teachers and students. I wish you all the very best. Whether John is your leader or not it does not take away or diminish your work, study, skills or Yoga!
Anusara Yoga lives without John Friend. Most who studied with him were meant to feel like "Rock Stars" and are.
Study your ethics, look at them and evolve them if necessary.
Your power and Spirit is just that . . . Yours!
The power is not in the name it is in your heart and your soul. No-one can give that to you or take it from you!
The Law just is, you can't enforce it . . . it enforces itself. When the Teacher is ready, the student appears.
PUT.A.FORK.IN.IT…. it's just so pathetically over.
Noble teachers, confront your own and your community's ethics and your blindness towards your 'leader' and actually liberate yourself from your teacher. One might consider that a noble goal, even without a teacher such as this.
Just go teach your yoga, stop paying for the brand and stop associating yourself with this deluded, pathetic, manipulative and machinating man. He's so clearly showed you his intentions, now you all who remain 'steadfast' are really showing yours.
Flow in life with all the wonderful teachers you meet,but remember your path is yours so look in you heart and let that be your teacher. In all Truth you are your guru.
Such a sad situation for all. Resigned or staying, angry or sad, no one in the community feels happiness or peace.
Quite a legacy, John Friend.
Who really believes that this so called "transfer of ownership" will mean that JF isn't still running the show, or pulling the strings.
The endgame for Anusara ultimately is becoming increasingly obvious. Just shut it down once and for all. The knowledge and skills taught by JF are not "owned by anyone" just his company is. The longer this bs continues the more damage it does to anything good Anusara Yoga ever had to offer. The brand and it's leader are permanently tainted. The damage by how the scandal was mishandled is far greater than the scandal itself. In the aftermath JF has exposed himself for the person he really is. Instead of stepping up to the plate and taking the heat, he takes a sabbatical. Now so much time has elapsed that it is effectively too late for JF to reinsert himself into a position of authority. Too little, too late. What a fraud! Just the name
"Anusara" and/or "JF" have become radioactive in most yoga communities.
Why not simply close the business down, permanently. Anything that emerges from the ashes will likely have more credibility than the continuing sham we are witnessing.
And join us tomorrow for another exciting episode of "As the Stomach Turns".
I'm with fortune-teller. Shut it down already. Those Anusara teachers who have been stewarding their students through the teacher training process can form their own schools and certify those students and perhaps even accept Anusara course hours from other people's students toward their own certification. Former Anusara teachers Noah Maze, Christina Sell and Darren Rhodes have moved ahead with Shravana School of Yoga, and it would be great to see other current and former Anusarans do something similar. It's time to shut it down. The reputation has been tarnished; as someone who spent six great years studying Anusara, I can say that despite all my teachers have given me, I no longer want to be associated with Anusara. Its era has come to an end. It's time to move forward. John Friend is clearly in need of mental help. His friends can certainly stand by him and offer him support if he at last demonstrates steps toward his own healing. But trying to work with this narcissist who is so lacking in the most basic ability to be accountable for his actions is like refusing to get into the lifeboat because someone else is trying to convince you that if you stay on board with him, together you can fix the hole in the Titanic.
Monstrous Egos, Anger, Pain, Suffering, Name Calling… These are all clear cut signs of feeble meditation practices… I speak from my own experience.
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Who gives a f*&k? I never got the "Anusara" teachings…I practicethe yoga of Krisnamacharya and Patanjali…Guess Friend made his $$$$$ off of desperate people….
All of this drama reminds me of how the Anusuara "method" teaches people to move into postures lots of unnecessary language, lack of simplicity, and distraction (you know like when people gather around and clap for each other)
Yes, I feel the method intrudes into my space and 'yoga' experience because of all the talk, demos, etc. This brings me out of my meditative center and greatly detracts from the experience! I've reduced the number of Anusara classes I attend: I do more self-practice. Instructor monologues can be very trite and inauthentic (did I mean to say FAKE?). You cannot train heartfelt authenticity nor understanding of deeper spiritual concepts. Once my BS filter picks-up on something not being quite right I struggle to shut it out and usually wind up not really enjoying my practice. Guess I'm through with Anusara.


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Highest Rated Titles With John Holmes
X | Adult
Star: John Holmes
Votes: 15
2. The Idol (1985)
X | 90 min | Adult
Even John Holmes must be careful what he wishes for. After younger fans kidnap him, he gets molested by a buxom Realtor and her client. The client's husband catches them, but the older Realtor fulfills his own fantasy of her.
Director: Jerome Tanner | Stars: Dino Alexander, Misty Anderson, Beverly Bliss, John Holmes
Votes: 7
3. Passion Pit (1986)
73 min | Adult
Saturday night at the drive-in theater features sex. A couple on a date; the three young car hops (Jan, Judy, and Annina); the boss, Ilsa, has a sexy dream; and the projectionist has sex during the movie.
Writer: Duck Dumont | Directors: Duck Dumont, Charles Webb | Stars: Traci Lords, Stacey Donovan, John Holmes, Little Oral Annie
Votes: 74
4. Exotic French Fantasies (1974)
X | 76 min | Adult
Writer: Lenny Smith | Director: Michael McDermott | Stars: Linda Lovelace, John Holmes, Andrea True, Eric Edwards
Votes: 12
5. Limited Edition 10 (1980)
Stars: John Boland, Lisa De Leeuw, John Holmes, Herschel Savage
Votes: 5
6. Rockin' with Seka or... Seka's Cruise (1980)
77 min | Adult
Flight attendant Seka describes her sensual conquests with her two stewardess friends during a layover in Los Angeles.
Director: Ziggy Zigowitz Jr. | Stars: Seka, John Holmes, Desiree West, John Seeman
Votes: 49
7. Private Fantasies 4 (1984 Video)
X | 78 min | Adult
Director: Ned Morehead | Stars: Marilyn Chambers, Buck Adams, Billy Dee, John Holmes
Votes: 18
8. Superstar John Holmes (1979)
X | 73 min | Adult
Writers: Jim Kenner, Alan Colberg, Laurie Colberg | Directors: Alan Colberg, Laurie Colberg | Stars: John Holmes, Laurien Dominique, Nancy Hoffman, Amber Hunt
Votes: 9
9. Personal Services (1976)
58 min | Adult, Comedy
Writer: Dick Gross | Director: Michael Minghia | Stars: John Holmes, Dalana Bissonnette, Cyndee Summers, Daphne Bliss
Votes: 17
10. Those Young Girls (1984 Video)
X | 72 min | Adult
Two inseparable friends, trying to secure their place in the sun, do stupid TV-commercials and sleep with their producers.
Writers: Ginger Lynn, Ernest Mackintosh, Frank Mackintosh | Director: Myles Kidder | Stars: Ginger Lynn, Traci Lords, Harry Reems, John Holmes
Votes: 136
11. The Little French Maid (1981)
X | 72 min | Adult, Romance
Connie, the French maid, is continually searching for a love relationship. Her sensuous fantasies lead her from one partner to another in her quest for love and fulfillment. Connie will try... See full summary »
Writer: Sherry Morissette | Director: Joseph F. Robertson | Stars: Connie Peterson, John Holmes, Mike Ranger, Johnnie Keyes
Votes: 26
12. Eruption (1977)
X | 82 min | Adult, Drama, Thriller
A promiscuous heiress living in Hawaii persuades an insurance salesman to help her kill her husband to inherit all his money.
Writer: Justin Welton | Director: Stanley Kurlan | Stars: John Holmes, Lesllie Bovee, Susan Hart, Eric Evol
Votes: 93
13. Sweet Captive (1979)
69 min | Adult
Writer: Armand Weston | Director: Lee Frost | Stars: Rhonda Jo Petty, John Holmes, Paul Thomas, Denise O'Brian
Votes: 16
14. WPINK-TV: Its Red Hot!! (1985 Video)
X | 78 min | Adult, Comedy
Some disgruntled employees of a television station decide to take over the station at night and broadcast their own programs--Porn TV
Writers: Frank Mackintosh, Ernest Mackintosh | Director: Myles Kidder | Stars: Christy Canyon, Ron Jeremy, John Holmes, Harry Reems
Votes: 52
15. Female Athletes (1980)
X | 81 min | Adult, Comedy
The publisher of a sports magazine graphically recalls how she got to the top of her profession.
Director: Leonard Kirtman | Stars: Annette Haven, John Holmes, Desiree Cousteau, Paul Thomas
Votes: 51
16. Love, in Strange Places (1976)
80 min | Adult, Comedy
Writer: Roberta Findlay | Director: Roberta Findlay | Stars: John Holmes, Crystal Sync, Jeffrey Hurst, Eric Edwards
Votes: 16
17. Baby Sister (1971)
X | Adult
Stars: Sandy Dempsey, Alex Elliot, John Holmes, Charles Lish
Votes: 7
18. The Ice House (1969)
Horror, Thriller
A serial killer who works in an ice house murders women, then brings their bodies back to the ice house and stores them there. He also murders his brother, who is a policeman, and takes his place in the investigation.
Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: David Story, Robert Story, Jim Davis, Scott Brady
Votes: 94
19. Private Fantasies #1 (1983 Video)
X | 67 min | Adult
Stars: Marilyn Chambers, Kent Hall, Jon Martin, Tyler Reynolds
Votes: 22
20. Tribute to the King (1987 Video)
X | Adult
In one of his last film appearances, John Holmes hosts a collection of hardcore sex scenes as the best of his work in the adult film industry.
Stars: John Holmes, Ginger Lynn, Amber Lynn, Summer Rose
Votes: 6
21. The Grafenberg Spot (1985)
X | 78 min | Adult, Drama
A young couple seeks therapy from a professional sex therapist whom explains the ways of the so-called female G-spot and the ways to turn a woman on.
Writer: Artie Mitchell | Director: Artie Mitchell | Stars: Ginger Lynn, Harry Reems, Annette Haven, John Holmes
Votes: 254
22. Blonde Fire (1978)
X | 85 min | Adult, Crime, Drama
Private eye Johnny Wadd travels to South Africa to find a priceless diamond and he seduces every woman he meets to try to get them to reveal the diamond's location.
Writer: Jeffrey Fairbanks | Director: Bob Chinn | Stars: John Holmes, Seka, Jesie St. James, Kitty Shayne
Votes: 66
23. All Night Long (1976)
X | 83 min | Adult, Comedy
The Health and Home Society are an organization dedicated to the contentment and satisfaction of man. The Society plans to bestow the honor of Golden Rod Mascot on either John or Ric, who ... See full summary »
Writers: Alan Colberg, Chris Warfield | Director: Alan Colberg | Stars: John Holmes, Ric Lutze, Esther Walker, Patrick Wright
Votes: 20
24. Scandal in the Mansion (1985)
X | 81 min | Adult
Male and female police detectives investigate a death in a rich mansion. Both the widow and chef seduce the male. The female frisks and rapes the mentally challenged gardener, and then seduces the butler. Whodunit? Who hasn't?
Writer: Philip Dennis Connors | Director: Jim Reynolds | Stars: Bunny Bleu, Heather Thomas, Marc Wallice, Lisa De Leeuw
Votes: 16
25. Swedish Erotica 10 (1981)
X | 60 min | Adult
Director: Bob Vosse | Stars: Angel Ducharme, Don Fernando, John Holmes, Johnnie Keyes
Votes: 5
26. The New Erotic Adventures of Casanova (1977)
80 min | Adult
Writer: Edgar G. Warren | Director: John Holmes | Stars: John Holmes, Susan Silver, Peter Johns, Jane Goodman
Votes: 35
27. The Erotic Adventures of Dickman & Throbbin (1986 Video)
X | Adult, Comedy
Writer: Clinton Darke | Director: Jerome Tanner | Stars: Tom Byron, John Holmes, Amber Lynn, Joanna Storm
Votes: 56
28. The Jade Pussycat (1977)
80 min | Adult, Crime, Drama
San Francisco detective Johnny Wadd searches for a stolen Oriental cat figure made from a priceless jade and comes up against both crime syndicate thugs also after the stature, and a lot of sex obsessed women wanting some action.
Writer: Bob Chinn | Director: Bob Chinn | Stars: John Holmes, Georgina Spelvin, Linda Wong, Steve Balint
Votes: 82
29. 'Sweet Punkin' I Love You.... (1976)
80 min | Adult, Comedy
Writer: Roberta Findlay | Director: Roberta Findlay | Stars: C.J. Laing, Tony Perez, John Holmes, Jeffrey Hurst
Votes: 26
30. Swedish Erotica 13 (1981)
X | 240 min | Adult
Stars: Juliet Anderson, John Holmes, Kevin James, John Leslie
Votes: 8
31. Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls (1978)
X | 67 min | Adult, Comedy
A money-losing pizzeria starts offering more than just pizza on their deliveries, running afoul of a competing fried chicken outlet.
Writer: John Thomas Chapman | Director: Bob Chinn | Stars: John Holmes, Bob Chinn, John Seeman, Desiree Cousteau
Votes: 133
32. Swedish Erotica 1 (1981 Video)
X | 60 min | Adult
Director: Bob Vosse | Stars: Juliet Anderson, Billy Dee, John Holmes, Kevin James
Votes: 14
33. Backdoor Romance (1985 Video)
X | 80 min | Adult
A husband wants to introduce his wife to the joys of anal sex, but she's somewhat reluctant. She tells her predicament to a girlfriend, who introduces her to a circle of people for whom anal sex is a priority.
Director: James Sphincter | Stars: Sheri St. Claire, Lili Marlene, John Holmes, Jon Martin
Votes: 17
34. Sexual Heights (1981)
X | 75 min | Adult
Three divorced buddies get together to hatch a scheme to get back at the nubile young babysitter who cost one of them his marriage.
Director: Carlos Tobalina | Stars: John Holmes, Tawny Pearl, Mai Lin, Kitty Shayne
Votes: 21
35. Panama Red (1976)
PG | 87 min | Action, Drama
Writer: Bob Chinn | Director: Bob Chinn | Stars: Jim Wingert, Barbara Mills, Henry G. Sanders, Cyndee Summers
Votes: 21
36. Swedish Erotica 62 (1985)
X | Adult
Stars: Little Oral Annie, Jerry Butler, Tom Byron, John Holmes
Votes: 11
37. French Kiss (1979)
65 min | Adult, Comedy
Stars: Arcadia Lake, Brooke Bennett, Cindy West, Darby Lloyd Rains
Votes: 15
38. Sex Freaks (1974)
79 min | Adult
Director: John Lamb | Stars: Joan Morrissey, Robert Chartham, Dirk Lenz, Leona Raphael
Votes: 25
39. Aunt Peg's Fulfillment (1981)
76 min | Adult
The continuing lustful sexual adventures of Hollywood producer Aunt Peg as she tries to continue with financing her latest movie project.
Writer: Anthony Spinelli | Director: Anthony Spinelli | Stars: Juliet Anderson, John Leslie, John Holmes, Suzannah French
Votes: 57
40. Looking for Mr. Goodsex (1985)
X | 84 min | Adult, Drama
A publisher of a national women's magazine travels from America's coast to coast searching for a male model for her latest Hunk of the Month addition.
Writers: Valerie Kelly, Patti Rhodes-Lincoln | Director: Jack Remy | Stars: Joanna Storm, Taija Rae, Buck Adams, Lois Ayres
Votes: 12
41. China Cat (1978)
X | 69 min | Adult, Comedy, Crime
A quartet of dangerous femme fatals try to recover a priceless jade statue that private detective, Johnny Wadd, unknowingly has in his possession.
Writer: Bob Chinn | Director: Bob Chinn | Stars: John Holmes, Chris Cassidy, Paula Wain, Eileen Welles
Votes: 46
42. One Way at a Time (1979)
75 min | Adult
A working mother and her two daughters lead active, varied sex lives.
Writers: G. Lewis, Alan Colberg | Director: Alan Colberg | Stars: Aubrey Nichols, Mimi Morgan, Lisa K. Loring, Jack Wright
Votes: 11
43. Carnal Knowledge (1970)
X | Drama
Carla has a birthday party for her pimp Troy and invites Brenda, Chi-Chi, Wild Willie and Big John. They all have softcore sex.
Stars: Gerard Broulard, Sally Main, Tom Beck, Kathy Hilton
Votes: 27
44. Flesh and Laces: Part II (1983)
X | 85 min | Adult
Continues the escapades of the naughty, hospital bedridden Harry as he continues to use closed-circuit TV to spy on his adopted children's sexpots as well as getting it on with various nurses.
Creator: Carlos Tobalina | Director: Carlos Tobalina | Stars: John Holmes, Jamie Gillis, Rose Kimball, Joey Silvera
Votes: 12
45. Swedish Erotica 22 (1981)
X | 60 min | Adult
Director: Bob Vosse | Stars: Kandi Barbour, Billy Dee, Suzannah French, Annette Haven
Votes: 9
46. Heat of the Moment (1983)
59 min | Adult
John Holmes stars in this cavalcade of couplings with well-paced presentation of straight ahead sex. Before trimming muffs become popular, watch as the girls drive with the rag top (& their... See full summary »
Stars: John Holmes, Pat Manning, Jennifer West, Misty Dawn
Votes: 6
47. Nasty Nurses (1984)
X | 81 min | Adult, Drama
A day in the sex lives of a group of employees at a small Los Angeles hospital which is threatened with being closed down.
Writers: Ronnie Friedland, Paul Vatelli | Director: Paul Vatelli | Stars: Janey Robbins, Herschel Savage, Kay Parker, John Holmes
Votes: 75
48. Honey Throat (1980)
X | 75 min | Adult, Romance
This is a story about Honey (Arcadia Lake) and her infatuation with her employer, who runs a "full service" beauty salon for women. She confesses her love to another employee who helps her ... See full summary »
Writer: John Christopher | Director: John Christopher | Stars: Arcadia Lake, Eric Edwards, Patty Boyd, John Holmes
Votes: 36
49. California Valley Girls (1983)
X | 87 min | Adult, Comedy
Two conniving lesbians recruit four San Fernando Valley teenage girls to form a prostitution ring to make big money for themselves.
Writer: Mark Weiss | Director: Hal Freeman | Stars: Becky Savage, Shaun Michelle, Dominique, John Holmes
Votes: 28
50. The Good the Bad & the Horny (1985 Video)
X | 85 min | Adult
A group of cowboys challenge a group of young teenage girls the art of survival at a mountain dude ranch.
Writer: Patti Rhodes-Lincoln | Director: Patti Rhodes-Lincoln | Stars: Amber Lynn, Lois Ayres, Summer Rose, Bunny Bleu
Votes: 18


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HOUSTON, May 24 -- American Electric Power Co. and the Lower Colorado River Authority have agreed to invest up to $500 million in transmission projects in the Texas market over the next 5 years.
Under a preliminary agreement approved by LCRA's board of directors Wednesday, LCRA will finance and own certain transmission system improvements and AEP will build and maintain them. The Texas Public Utility Commission must review and approve the projects.
The annual cost of system improvements and maintenance to the statewide transmission system is allocated to utilities according to their electric loads, and then consumers pay for the projects per kilowatt hour.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas identified 30 projects needed in South and West Texas to support retail competition and growth in demands for electricity. The restructuring legislation authorized LCRA, a nonprofit self-funded electricity cooperative, to provide transmission services statewide when competition begins.
AEP and LCRA are already cooperating on a major project in West Texas. In that project, the LCRA and AEP will develop a $90 million, 150-mile portion of a proposed high-voltage power line. The new line will improve system reliability in the San Angelo area and will deliver wind-generated power from West Texas to help meet the state's renewable energy goals.
Critics say this system of sharing the costs of transmission projects rewards certain utilities and customers for not maintaining and expanding transmission systems when it was appropriate. By deferring investments, these utilities and their customers can impose the costs of upgrades required in their areas on all Texas consumers. In some territories, such as those served by Reliant Energy Inc. or City Public Service of San Antonio, electric consumers will end up paying more than their fair share for transmission, critics say.
ERCOT considers the transmission systems in those areas, paid through the rate base, to be adequate. But consumers served by Reliant's transmission system or City Public Service will have to pay again for projects in the rest of Texas, said a source close to City Public Service.
City Public Service has surplus generation that it sells on the wholesale market, so it must participate in ERCOT-mandated projects. City Public Service, a municipally owned utility, will not be participating in the January deregulation of the Texas retail electricity market.


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Three boys are sprawled on the green carpet in the basement, nearly buried in piles of Legos. They talk, they plan, and they build.
That's one of my favorite memories of my sons when they were young. They came up with lots of ingenious creations with those blocks.
Now that they are grown, I am reminded of my sons often, because I still have all those Legos. Six large plastic containers of them fill my basement storage shelves, along with tubs of Transformers, cars and G.I. JOEs — plus a large Star Wars collection.
I'm not allowed to throw any of it away. Fortunately, I have lots of storage space in the basement. If I ever have to downsize or move out of this house, the toys will have to go. But until then, I am the keeper of my sons' childhoods. And that is OK with me. I like to remember them as young children.
But my sons have lots of other stuff, and I am still the keeper of that, too. I've been whittling away at it slowly as my sons have moved out.
Take baseball cards, for instance. I finally got permission to sell them a couple of years ago. I sold the Warhammer figurines, too. I never could understand that game. You pay an exorbitant amount for a few tiny battle figures, then you have to paint them — with expensive Warhammer brand paint.
Then there were my youngest son's music CDs. It took me weeks to sort them out, but I kept some for myself — and I still enjoy them — and gave lots to friends. The rest went to charity, unless they had no case or were broken. Those went to a plastic recycler near Glen Rock, as did a lot of old VHS tapes. (Alas, the recycler is not taking plastic at the moment. I am hoping he resumes in the spring.)
There is still a way to go. My youngest son owns 50 or 60 black T-shirts with names of obscure rock bands on them. His artist brother stores stacks of old sketchbooks in the bedroom closet. Both of them have cartons of photos taken in high school and college. I don't need the space really, but I don't need the stuff, either.
One box is staying, though. It's filled with assorted wooden shapes. When they were little, my sons' favorite activity when visiting my parents was to go down to my dad's basement workshop. Deeda, as the boys called him, would find scrap lumber and plywood and instruct the boys to draw a picture of what they wanted him to make. Swords and guns predominated, but there were dinosaurs and vehicles, too. Deeda would cut the toys out of wood and the boys would paint or color them.
Those are family heirlooms, and I'm saving them for — dare I say it? — grandchildren.
This past Christmas, my oldest son, Mike, finally spoke words that were music to my ears. "Mom, I think I'll take some Legos home with me." Yes!
He took his wife, Angy, down to the basement toy archive, where she marveled at the quantity and variety. She was completely OK with bringing some of Mike's toys into their home.
When he packed to fly back to Utah, Mike had room left in his duffel bag for Legos, but just for one gallon-size zip bag full. At that rate, my husband said, we'll have grandchildren in college before we get rid of the stuff. Still, one bag is better than none.
And we're planning to visit Utah this year. We can bring him some more — a whole suitcase full maybe. I know he has the space.
The house he and Angy bought has a basement. It was used by the previous owners to store toys.
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Officials say Cortez, a known acquaintance of the victim, raped the girl at his home on two occasions in November.
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Hi all,
Perhaps you are going to have system integration with potentially large XML message via HTTP secure BizTalk adapter together with client certificate authentication. If your BizTalk server does as receiving point then you are mostly required to change an IIS parameter to handle large message. Otherwise you would experience following error at the client side:
- HTTP server code 413 reason Request Entity Too Large.
- HTTP client code 110 reason.
For detail information can be found in following URL: http://forums.asp.net/p/1330260/2685561.aspx#2685561.
- The parameter that need to set is uploadreadaheadsize , which is under IIScscript command line: adsutil.vbs set w3svc/[webside ID]/uploadreadaheadsize [Number].
The Microsoft technical information can be found in this: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/48900606-4881-4a93-a4c1-0e0ac622fee6.mspx?mfr=true
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Despite of the security risk, BizTalk is transparent to goes with any client authentication. You might choose to go with basic or digest authentication, but sometime a policy is not allows reveal the user id and password to your partner system. Thus your options fall into client certificate authentication. One thing for sure, normally for BizTalk integration with HTTP receiving point enabled, the local IIS reside in DMZ together with BizTalk system and network firewall plays a part to secure the server. This is to weight the judgement for either pro or cons with client certificate authentication.
What is the right Size.
Based on my test, above parameter need to set at minimum size around 2 times bigger than the xml message size. However, always be remember that there are other consideration than just in the IIS. There are others component such MSDTC, BizTalk or Navision and with the adapters need your attention to see how much memory they need and is there any limitation or such configuration to adjust.
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Interview: Mercado's Kevin Lindsay On Product Data Optimization
Robust on-site search is an essential component of a successful retail website. Site search apps, however, depend on good SKU-level attribute data.
Earlier this month, I had good conversation with Kevin Lindsay of Mercado about product data optimization. Kevin is Mercado's Director of Marketing, and has been with Mercado three years. Prior, Kevin was at Verity. Kevin's been working in search since '96.
Alan: Hi Kevin! Thanks for the time today. For folks not familiar with Mercado, can you give us the quick summary of what your firm does?
Kevin: Mercado is 100% focused on search and merchandising capability for online retailers. We don't do other kinds of search, like knowledge management, self help. Our focus is search for retail retail — we call it "searchandizing."
A: Who are some of Mercado's flagship clients?
K: We've been working with Macy's for some time. Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Sears. Retailers like Guess, ShopNBC, REI, and Overstock.com.
We also work with smaller retailers through a software-as-a-service model, where we can offer solid site search to retailers doing a few million in revenue: retailers like Delightfuldeliveries.com and Organize.com.
A: Most folks think of Mercado when they think of site search. Today I'd like to learn more about your product data optimizer. Why does clean product data matter?
K: Product level data quality matters to online retailers because it powers site search and because so often that data is of poor quality. Often the issue is that so many retailers of them get data from a variety of vendors, and the result is a mishmash.
Take for example, the online furniture seller Broadspan Commerce (their sites are DirectlyHome.com, TotalBedroom.com,Buying-Bar-Stools.com, and Buying-Beds.com). They drop-ship from 150 manufacturers. Their product data comes from 150 different sources, and each of these 150 partners have their own own unique way of describing products. These can be minor or major differences — one vendor may use a "CLR" attribute for color, another may use "CL", and a third might use "COLOR". But these differences in SKU-level data can cause site search to yield poor results.
Every site search product works essentially the same way — the software creates proprietary index top of the data, to let users search quickly. When that index is being built, it is a great opportunity to add customization to the data. By cleaning and adding data attributes to the SKUs, the retailer can create their own views into the data, tuning the search to behave as consumers expect.
One of our clients is Cheapvitamins.com. Like many retailers, they're doing everything they can to increase conversion and average order. With their old search, there was no way to search on vitamin type, or by flavor, or by number of capsules in a bottle. Because the SKU level data was inconsistent, shoppers couldn't find products the way they wanted.
A: By flavor?
K: Sure, many of their supplements come in flavors. With their old search, visitors couldn't reach all their chocolate shakes, for example, or narrow down an existing search to vanilla-flavored products. They rolled out improved search with us at the same time they launched a redesign. Getting all the product data which supports site search "fixed" helped them increase conversion on the site.
A: So how does your product data optimizer tool help retailers clean their data? Can you give a concrete example?
K: We sell the optimizer as software, or as a one-time service. For example, OfficeMax licensed our technology, where as Cheapvitamins.com used our products as single professional services engagement.
When we start working with a retailer, we say, "Show us your data, what are your top 10 attributes, and why are the problematic?"
The retailer will say, color, brand, size — whatever attributes capture how their visitors search for their products. Retailers can use their web analytics to see how people search, the most important attributes, and what searches aren't currently working.
Then, we essentially create rules: this words means the same as that word, in this context. The software handles associations and stemming.
Going back to CheapVitamins, until we set a flavor association, the computer didn't "know" that "strawberry" or "orange" or "peppermint" were flavors. Those words were in the product description, but that was mishmash of terms and words and didn't allow them to present SKUs by flavor. Teaching the computer about flavors lets us clean up the SKU data to support better search, like for this retailer, search by flavor.
Our software is a classification system. Retailers can set up rules to determine which bins products end up. And products can end up in multiple categories. In a physical grocery store, you might be uncertain if salsa is shelved with the sauces, or in the Mexican specialty aisle. In a web store, salsa can be in both places at once, making it easier on the shopper. And this sort of thing really helps conversion.
A: When cleaning up SKU data, how much is automated, and how much is done by hand?
K: Initially, alot is manual. Particularly with messy data, at first, manual intervention essential. We have to build a rule to make sure each product ends up in right buckets. In other cases, we can do what we call "retrospective search" — setting up multiple different queries leading to same concept.
Here's another CheapVitamins example. Suppose someone is looking for vitamin kids would like. We've mapped "children flavors" so it points to tastes kids typically like: strawberry, bubble gum, water melon, etc. In the set up, we make manual associations to teach the software that "bubble gum" is a kids flavor. The retailers know their business and how their visitors are trying to find products. And once these rules are set up, at indexing time, each incremental index or each daily index, those rules are applied to data going forward.
A: You mentioned classification. Is that classification to the merchant's taxonomy, or to a industry generic taxonomy?
K: Each merchant has own specific taxonomy. One merchant might care about "best sellers", another about "gift for dads", and so on.
We also have our own domain dictionaries. As Mercado's been at this over the 10 years, we've learned about good taxonomies for consumer electronics, for clothing, and so on.
For example, do a search on Macy's for "blue dress" — you could get dresses colored "lapis", "admiral", or "azure" — we know these are all shades of blue. Another client is OnlineShoes — they have a huge domain dictionary, you can't imagine the number of different ways manufacturers and shoppers say "brown".
A: Retailers have a tough time populating feeds correctly for the shopping engines. Can your data scrubbing approach help with CSE feeds?
K: We haven't had clients using these data enhancement tools to improve off-site feeds, but we starting to have conversations about that. I will say that these data scrubbing exercises can provide better organization and help with SEO.
A: Leaving the product data optimizer and now focusing on online retail in general: what are the 3 most important tips for improving online sales and profits you'd suggest to online retailers?
K: Hmm. OK, here are Kevin's Top Three Tips for Online Retail:
Tip #1: Metrics-driven merchandising.
There's too much intuition driving merchandising today. On the web there's a huge opportunity to have data and metrics drive merchandising decisions in real time. Automated merchandising driven by the numbers — that's a big idea.
Tip #2. Understand the relationship between web search and site search.
Don't keep your paid search, organic search, and site search thinking separate. They're not different silos; they're all different ways people are looking for the same stuff, the products you sell. Insights from site search logs can really help with SEM. And strong site search provides high-converting targeting landing pages for paid traffic landing pages.
Tip #3. Clean your product data.
Not to sound self-serving, but it really all starts with good product data.
If product data is coming in from various vendors and is inconsistent, your site search won't work as effectively, and you have a huge handicap out of the gate. I recommend all retailers put their product catalog through an "data physical fitness program" (!) Cleaning up your data really lets you use search to sell, our "searchandising" concept.
A: Good tips. Wrapping up, any little known fact about Mercado you can share?
K: Well, oddly enough, almost everyone on our management team is a rock n' roll musician. Our CEO plays drums, and used to run discos before getting into search. Our VP of Sales plays sax. Our VP of Professional Services plays guitar. And I sing a bit.
A: Interesting! And thanks, Kevin, for your insights about cleaning up product data.


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Welcome to the 57th Annual Urbanna Oyster Festival
|On the cover: Urbanna bursts into activity for the Oyster Festival, as depicted in this collection of photos that include five festival queens (left side) and Mr. and Mrs. Oyster. (Designed by Chris Fowlkes)
When leaves change color and the air is crisp, it's time for the Urbanna Oyster Festival—Virginia's official Oyster Festival!
This year's 57th edition of the area's premier fall festival takes center stage Friday and Saturday, November 7-8. There'll be food, bands, historical boats, crafts, antique cars, crowning of the festival queen, two parades, and the official Virginia Oyster Shucking Contest.
The streets of Urbanna will be lined with food vendors vying for the palates of thousands of visitors. Oysters, prepared with flair, will be everywhere—raw on the half shell, fried, warmed in stews and sandwiched as fritters. But, save room for dessert. How about a funnel cake, a festival favorite?
In addition, visitors can enjoy crab soup, crab bisque, seafood chowder, clams, crab cakes, shrimp, fish, corn dogs, sausages, hamburgers, hot dogs, turkey legs, roast beef, kettle corn, roasted nuts, ice cream, cotton candy, snow cones, candy apples and many other goodies.
As always, the Middlesex Lions Club will serve its sizzling oyster fritters, the Kiwanis Club of Middlesex will offer its raw and roasted oysters, the Woman's Club will dip up its famous crab bisque, and Christ Church will once again tempt you with its delicious clam chowder, and fried clams and oysters.
After you've eaten your fill, take a rest at one of the stages for some continuous live music.
Then stroll down to the Urbanna Town Marina at Upton's Point to see and tour restored oyster buyboats and the tall ship "Godspeed" from Jamestown.
At the waterfront visitors can try the hands-on oystering exhibits, touch tank ecosystem and enjoy the music and displays.
Walking will help work up an appetite. So, mosey back up town to Festival Village, get a snack. If it's Friday, get a seat for the crowning of the Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen and Little Miss Spat at 4 p.m. inside the Urbanna Firehouse.
Stick around on Friday for the Firemen's Parade at 7 p.m. It's just the first of two parades.The firemen's dance featuring the reggae sounds of "Stuck on a Name" follows Friday's parade at 8 p.m.
Again this year, antique and classic vehicles will be on display at the corner of Waverly and Virginia streets, across from the Urbanna Firehouse, on Saturday, November 8, starting at 9 a.m.
On Saturday, the Virginia Oyster Shucking Championship is at 11 a.m. behind the firehouse. If you've ever tried to open an oyster, you'll marvel at the speed and dexterity as professional contestants shuck two dozen oysters in less than 3 minutes. You'll also enjoy watching the amateurs wrestle with opening the tight bivalves.
On Saturday at 2 p.m., the popular Urbanna Oyster Festival Parade with dozens of entries winds its way through town on a route that bypasses the main part of Virginia Street.
Community Row, featuring local vendors, will be on one side of Virginia Street on the way to the waterfront.
On Saturday, 30-passenger trams will shuttle visitors across the bridge to and from parking areas on the Rosegill (east) side of town.
A variety of entertainment has been booked for the Urbanna Oyster Festival's three stages and on the porch of the Old Tobacco Warehouse on both Friday and Saturday. See pages 12-13 for a full entertainment schedule.
The festival runs from 10 a.m.-midnight on Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday.
Parking is $10 on Friday and $20 on Saturday. There are parking lots on both the west and east sides of town, and also some lots inside town limits for those who arrive early.
Police headquarters will be on the second floor of town hall.
Come early, stay late and wear walking shoes, because there's lots to see, hear and do at the Oyster Festival. It's all happening only in Urbanna, as it has since 1957.
Visit http://www.urbannaoysterfestival.com for more information on the festival.


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I'll be spending a few days in the Auburn/Lewiston area later this week. Are there any restaurants or markets I should keep in mind? One meal will be with a friend who is not an adventurous eater and prefers steaks and seafood. For him, Italian is as ethnic as it gets. I eat just about anything. We will have a car, and would be interested in potentially bringing seafood home with us if something good is in season now.
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The purpose of the Beaufort District Collection is to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of our area.
Here are some suggestions to help you explain why Brigadier General Stephen Elliott, Jr., CSA deserves to be nominated to the SC Hall of Fame.
Stephen Elliott, 1830
– 1866
A Bibliography
Prepared by the Beaufort
District Collection of the Beaufort County Library a division of Beaufort
County Government, Beaufort, South Carolina.
These resources are available through
the Beaufort District Collection of the Beaufort County Library. Please
visit your local Beaufort County Library branch or the Beaufort District
Collection to view or borrow these materials. Please note that materials
available only through the Beaufort District Collection (BDC) are not
available for checkout. Normal visiting hours are Monday
– Friday: 10:00AM – 5:00PM; the BDC is closed on Saturday and Sunday.
Materials may be found
at the following Beaufort County Library locations:
Beaufort District Collection
Beaufort Branch Library (BEA)
Bluffton Branch Library (BLU)
Hilton Head Island Branch Library (HHI)
Lobeco Branch Library (LOB)
St. Helena Branch Library (STH)
Stephen Elliott, Jr. was senior captain
of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery at the outbreak of hostilities.
Most of his achievements were related to his military service during
the Civil War for which he was rewarded by a series of promotions.
He finished the war as a Brigadier General in the C.S.A. He died
shortly after the war as a result of wounds received during it.
Key Resources for Civil
War Military History:
The Official Records of the War of
the Rebellion [referred to as the "OR"]
Available at Beaufort
[compact shelving ] and Bluffton Branch [Reference section].
Available online at http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html
Supplement to the OR
Available at Beaufort
[compact shelving]
Confederate Military History
Available at Beaufort
[compact shelving]
Confederate Veteran
Available at Beaufort
[compact shelving]
Web based resources:
History Reference Center database,
(EBSCO password required for access from home)
"Find a Grave," http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9254
"The Historical Marker Database," http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=5638
"Stephen Elliott, CSA, Waymark," http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM48XD
From "Battles and Leaders of the Civil
War," Battles & Leaders of the Civil War by Clarence C. Buell and Robert Johnson http://books.google.com/books?id=UmRfvki93CkC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=gen+stephen+elliott+csa&source=web&ots=MQhg5y1dRc&sig=u4PACul9e02qKDeFpGDlCMqqw-c. If you "search in this book" on "Stephen
Elliott," you will find additional references.
The Defense of Charleston Harbor,
including Fort Sumter and the Adjacent Islands, 1863-1865" by
John Johnson, 1890 is available online at http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=xiWPdFk4zlUC&dq=The+defense+of+Charleston+Harbor,+including+Fort+Sumter+and+the+adjacent+islands,+1863-1865&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=dYyFXTXesS&sig=PyybahjmRDIdB8hocEcPjGRp2Zs&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result. [We have a printed copy of this book
in the BDC. See below.]
Memoirs of the War of Secession from
the original manuscripts of Johnson Hagood, Brigadier General, C.S.A.,
by Johnson Hagood, 1910, is online at http://books.google.com/books?id=3ptwbqhOFxoC&dq=memoirs+of+the+War+of+Secession&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=weshFZqegl&sig=nNYLfX0FPQFJG72SRAUcui8UsyY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result. If you "search in this book" on "Stephen
Elliott," you will find additional references. [We have a printed
reprint copy (1989) of this book in the BDC. See below.]
"The Civil War in South Carolina," http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/bios/biose2.htm
For an online of Elliott, see "The
Civil War and Dickinson," [draft edition], has an image of Elliott, http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/main/index.php?q=node/5623#tabset-1.
If you are interested in learning more
about the time that Stephen Elliott was in command of Fort Sumter, go
to the "Fort Sumter — Online Documents" posted by the Fort Sumter
National Park Service site found at http://www.nps.gov/fosu/historyculture/fosu_docs.htm.
You can see a transcription of Captain
Elliott's muster roll at http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm. Search on "Elliott" and scroll down to
"Elliott, Jr., Stephen." This database didn't want to accept
"Elliott, Stephen" or "Elliott, S."
Come to the Beaufort
District Collection to see these items:
929.2 BAR The Story of an American Family by Stephen B. Barnwell,
- Beaufort County Historical
Society Papers, #27 "Beaufort's Galaxy of Great Men."
975.799 MAR Lowcountry Gossip by Chlotilde R. Martin, 1930?
Photocopy of newspaper article, 1 sheet
- Cited in "Newspaper Sketches
of Noted South Carolinians of the Past." Ask for assistance.
- Elliott Family [BDC
Vertical File]
- Honey Hill,
Battle of, 1864 [BDC Vertical File]
- Pocotaligo,
Battle of, 1862 [BDC Vertical File]
- Beaufort Volunteer Artillery
[BDC Vertical File]
973.7 GRA Grave location records of Confederate soldiers buried
in Beaufort, Hampton, and Jasper Counties, South Carolina by the Gen.
Stephen Elliott, Jr. Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 2004
975.799 HAY Letter addressed by the poet, Paul Hamilton Hayne,
to Colonel (afterwards Brigadier-General) Stephen Elliott, then in command
of Fort Sumter, sending the sonnets printed below which were published
in a Greenville newspaper [Pamphlet] by Paul Hamilton Hayne, 1864
973.73 JOH The
defense of Charleston Harbor, including Fort Sumter and the adjacent
islands, 1863-1865 by John Johnson, c1889
The Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina, November 30, 1864 : an arrangement
of edited primary sources with attached appendices by Western Carolina Historical Research, 1999
- SC 973.7 POC The Pocotaligo expedition, Southwestern South
Carolina, October 21-23, 1862
by Western Carolina Historical Research, 1997 (BDC, HHI)
Wandering to Glory: Confederate Veterans Remember Evans' Brigade,
by Dewitt Boyd Stone, c2001 Very
important to flesh out his soldier's view of Ste Elliott's military
- SC 973.733 SCH The
Battle of Pocotaligo, October 22, 1862 by Lewis G. Schmidt, 1993
"The Federal troops, [Illustration] : under Generals Brannan and Terry,
driving the Confederates, under General Walker, across the Pocotaligo
Bridge, near the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, October 22d, 1862"
: The Soldier in the Civil War : [1862].
Siege Train: The Journal of a Confederate Artilleryman in the Defense
of Charleston by Edward Manigault, 1986 (BDC, HHI)
- SC 975.799 BEA Beaufort
Arsenal: Guarding the nation's past by the Department of Defense
Legacy Resource Management Program, no date
- SC 973.7 SIF Compendium
of the Confederate Armies : South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart
Sifakis, 1992 This reference
work shows the movement of specific units throughout the Civil War.
Use the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery section.
- SC 973.782 REC Recollections
and reminiscences, 1861-1865 through World War I by United Daughters
of the Confederacy. South Carolina Division, 1990.
- See volume I, pages 109-111
for "The Battle of the Crater."
- See volume 3, pages 80-85
for "General Stephen Elliott, C.S.A., of Beaufort, South Carolina,"
by Charles P. Elliott.
- See volume 7, pages 436 –
439 for "The Crater."
Check out these materials
from the Beaufort County Library:
973.782 CHE Mary Chesnut's
Civil War by Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, 1981
975.7 LEV The Leverett letters
: correspondence of a South Carolina family, 1851-1868 by Frances
Wallace Taylor, 2000 (ALL)
Biographical sketch on p. 470.
Use index entries for "Elliott, Gen. Stephen, Jr." and "Beaufort
Volunteer Artillery" to learn more. Son Milton Maxcy Leverette
was in the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, captained by "Ste" Elliott,
and wrote other members of the Leverett Family about their military
escapades. Caution: The letters sometime contain racial
975.799 SPI Beaufort, South
Carolina : Pages from the Past by Gerhard Spieler, 2008, pp. 75
Beaufort : a history by Alexia Jones Helsley, 2005 (ALL)
Chapter 7 "Civil War, Military Occupation,
1861 – 1865" provides good background information on the military
exploits of local men.
975.799 TAY Historic Beaufort
County : an illustrated history by Michael C. Taylor, 2005 (ALL)
A succinct history of the "The
Civil War & Reconstruction" in Beaufort, its soldiers, and missionaries,
and images from the period are found in Taylor's An Illustrated History
of Beaufort County, pp. 33 – 58.
973.73 BUR The siege of Charleston,
1861-1865 by E. Milby Burton, 1970 (BDC, BLU, HHI)
973.734 WIS Gate of hell :
campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863 by Stephen R. Wise, 1994 (BDC,
The horrid pit : the Battle of the Crater, the Civil War's cruelest
mission by Alan Axelrod, 2007 (BEA)
973.7757 STO Vital rails :
the Charleston & Savannah Railroad and the Civil War in coastal
South Carolina by H. David Stone, c2008 (ALL)
973.77579 DAR Civil War tours of the low country : Beaufort,
Hilton Head, and Bluffton, South Carolina
by David D'Arcy, 2008 (ALL)


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Richard White: What members' information can the association release to owners?
Q. For many years, until 2008, our condominium provided a directory that included names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. It included renters' information along with the owners. Now the board tells us that privacy laws prohibit a directory. What information can the board provide to let us know the names of our neighbors?— M.P.
NaplesA. Yes there is a problem with an open address directory. It can lead to a possible liability if the information gets into the wrong hands. Directories are valuable to provide contact information for neighbors. Once the board publishes a directory and circulates it to the members, then the association has no control over the information published in the directory and it can go anyplace. A possible solution is a Web placed directory that requires a password where the members, who wish to post, would upload their information. Such a website would be valuable to the board and members for a place to post association information such as the documents, rules, and other business information such as minutes.
Q. I live in a condominium complex of several buildings, each with their own Blue Book. The building I live in is pet friendly. The Blue Book says that an owner can move in to the building with a dog but cannot replace the dog when the dog dies. Over the years this rule has not been enforced. Our current board decided to start enforcing the rule and called a special meeting for this purpose. Although the individual directors were against the rule, they voted to start enforcing the rule so many years neglected. They discussed the grandfathering of those with pets. Are dog owners being discriminated against? What would the procedure for the owners to vote to remove this rule from the Blue Book? Would you suggest that we hire an attorney to accomplish these changes?— C.V.
GulfportA. For those that do not know, the Blue Book refers to the documents and the rules and regulations. I will answer the last question first. Yes, engage an attorney. The following will answer why I make that suggestion. The power of rules is the right of enforceability. That is the question. How do you enforce a rule? The board has power to enforce rules but they have limits. Here are some things that they cannot do: Go to the unit and remove the dog, hit the owners on the head with a bat, or slander the owner along with other negative actions. If the documents allow, they can fine the owner. The one action allowed is to send letters to the violator and demand that they comply with the rules. Beyond these two actions, the board has no other enforcement powers. Their next step is to turn the matter over to an attorney to take legal action. If the attorney cannot get the owner to comply, then the board must approve court action. In the end, the judge is the final enforcer. As to the question of discrimination, no because it was written in the documents (your Blue Book) and you should have known of the rule. To the second question, I would suggest that the owners vote to remove this rule as it has not been enforced for years. Such a situation would provide any violation the excuse of laches defense in court (meaning the rule was abandoned). Thus, I would suggest that the board seek legal guidance on how to proceed.
Q. I live in a large adult HOA community. Recently we were notified by the county utility departments that our water costs would increase if we used over the allotted amount. The letter also said that we could face civil penalties if there is a continued excess use of water. We have some residents who say that the landscape document requirements take precedent over this edict. Since our documents require certain landscape requirements, would the county restrictions over ride our documents?— M.S.
Spring HillA. I would suggest that you follow the county utility department restrictions. Water restrictions have been in place for more than a decade. As for landscape, the University of Florida has been a leader in xeriscaping plans to reduce water usage. Landscapes can be designed to reduce the amount of resources needed to maintain them by selecting the proper plants and efficient irrigation systems, lawns and shrubbery to fit the appealing needs and reduce water usage and other natural essentials. There are advantages to establishing a xeriscaping plan. Florida is has many plants that can be found to fit within a xeriscaping plan. With such plans, you reduce the amount of fertilizers and pesticides as well as maintenance. Using proper native plants can help reduce or prevent wildfires and preserve wildlife. The University of Florida has developed new grasses for lawns that need little or no irrigation and very little maintenance. One could say that there are two disadvantages, the initial cost to install the new landscape and change of the appearance of the native plants. In the long run, xeriscaping plans will save money and maintenance. Each county has an extension agent who can help and the University of Florida Web page will provide much information. One Web page that addresses HOA restrictions at the University is http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW248. The state and counties are serious about water usage reductions and you need to become more serious as well. Make a few phone calls, search the Internet, or check the local library and you will find plenty of information to help establish a workable plan. Another source is the Community Gardener at www.flcaj.com.
Richard White is a licensed community association manager in Florida. Questions should be mailed to him at 6039 Cypress Gardens Blvd. # 201, Winter Haven, Fl. 33884-4415; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. To be considered, questions and comments should include the author's name and city. Questions should be about association operations, not legal matters.
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First of all, you couldn't pay all of my expenses to go there – I just flat wouldn't go. There is just too much negativity around where it is taking place. Sochi is just not prepared to hold something like this even if you gave them another six months.
There had to be something going on behind the scenes to put the Sochi Winter Olympics 850 miles south of Moscow with bad roads and no decent airport not to mention what is happening to journalists who are daily reporting the totally unsatisfactory hotel conditions.
They just are not prepared. I feel that there has been lots of pilfering of the money that was supposed to be spent on construction over there. Where the money went, I don't know, but it didn't land in the right hands for those trying to prepare for the games. It's like handing a 7 year old child the keys to your new car; you're just asking for trouble.
There is another thing that really bothers me and it is that why would anyone put it so far south in known bad news territory full of thugs, thieves and dangerous people.
The second thing that makes no sense at all is that there is more snow in California right now than there ever will be at the new 'resort' over there. Sochi games are going to fight the snow battle throughout the games. People will complain, get hurt and/or pull out of events. It won't be worth the risk.
They just don't get that much snow in the region they are claiming is fit for a huge world event like the Winter Olympics. And, the fact that they spent more money on this event than all of the other Olympics combined. Maybe they are just really needing the money from what the crowds generate and needing it badly. And their tapping of everyone's phones and computers not to mention the hacking going on.
If feels to me that this whole thing is out of their scope of the ability to put on safe events for the public to supposedly enjoy. If you're not used to hosting big events, then get someone who knows what to do in the planning stages.
I also feel that more Olympics athletes are going to pull out of some events because they are just not up to scale and are dangerous for the participants.
I feel that people are in danger over there, especially if they are going to use the transportation systems, like trains, buses and airports. I feel that they are particularly dangerous. There is going to be trouble over there and it doesn't look good. I see explosions, fire and people running for their lives. People are going to get hurt.
I hope no one has to call 911 over there. How could you even tell them where you are – oh – I forgot – they already have all of that info right from the phone you are calling them from. That is just too dangerous for your own safety and well-being.
If they clocked yogurt into the country, how about bottled water, since you can't drink theirs (or even take a shower for that matter). You can't trust the water, either. But, maybe it's supposed to be so cool just to be over there that you don't mind not having a door to your hotel room.
I just don't see this turning out as an Olympics to remember positively. And I see lots of political choices for the medals against people who are not from that country.
I think there are going to be disruptions over there from thugs and I feel that people in general are not safe at all. Why didn't they clean the place of undesirable and
dangerous people for their own people who live there. I don't see them as having much control over anything and won't in the foreseeable future.
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Lee, Massachusetts 12.51 miles NE
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Oct 2011 - $34.00
Nice location, the base rate for the campsite was $34 but then extra per kid plus per pet brought the actual rate paid to about $52/night. Our site was on the small side but i did see some very nice sites throughout the park. The park definitely caters to the seasonal campers, we counted 75+ seasonal sites. The location is excellent, right next to a very nice lake. The roads in the campground could use some work but were fine when we were there. Might be a bit tougher in wet weather. The campground was very quiet overall, although being the last weekend for camping some of the seasonal folks were having a going away party, still it was not overly obnoxious to us. The owner did seem a bit surly at first but once we had a chance to talk a bit, i think it is just his way. He wasn't rude at all, a bit gruff but he also was very helpful when asked a question and was even helping some folks from another site track down a new tent when they had some issues with theirs. We will definitely camp here again and try it earlier in the season to see how the crowds are. We may even look at going the seasonal route if the park is as nice in July as it was this past weekend. - blazer1918
Jun 2011 - $35.00
This is the second time we have stayed at this park and enjoyed it again this year. When making the reservation, I asked for the same site as last year but then realized our truck was bigger than last year, so I asked if there was a larger site available upon check-in. No problem! We were offered a pull thru site which was twice the size as the original. This park is on a lake which was clean and very peaceful. We didn't have a lake front site but it was only a short walk. There are boat, canoe and kayak rentals at a reasonable price. While owners aren't overly affectionate, I didn't find them to be rude as some of the other reviews. I'm glad we have experienced this park before I read the reviews. I would have missed out on one of my favorites. I would rate this park higher except for seasonals who were overly loud until 1 am both nights. Proximity to excellent hiking, quaint villages and historical attractions make this a wonderful location. - DeannaS
Jun 2010 - $32.00
This is our third year staying at Prospect Lake Park and definitely our last. We returned only because the location is execllent but the owners run this campsite like a military camp. I have never encountered a campsite where the owners are so rude. The grounds are not well manicured and the dirt roads are not well maintained. Only stay here if you are desperate. - airstreamer2010


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Guest post by Jeff Price, founder, Audiam
Initially by accident, and perhaps later by design, YouTube became the number one destination site on the planet for music listening, discovery and sharing. It now has more music listeners than every other streaming music service combined.
With this accomplishment under its belt, it is now making a concerted effort to become an even bigger deal in digital music with the launch of its new YouTube Music Key service.
With this launch come several notable changes to YouTube:
By Griffin Davis, Communications Intern
Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that streaming music host SoundCloud was close to finalizing licensing deals with the three major labels. The deals would reportedly grant each label an ownership stake in SoundCloud of 3-5 percent in exchange for their agreement not to sue over copyright infringement on SoundCloud. Meanwhile, a mini-controversy has erupted over Soundcloud's implementation of its copyright enforcement procedures, making it important to separate fact from fiction.
by Communications Intern Griffin Davis and Communications Associate Kevin Erickson
Last week, the video-hosting site Vimeo announced that it would be implementing a copyright identification system called Copyright Match, which is meant to prevent unauthorized copies of works from being uploaded and viewed on Vimeo. Though its benefits to artists may have been a consideration, it's a safe bet that Copyright Match is also intended to protect Vimeo from lawsuits like the one they are currently involved in with the major labels, while avoiding the headache of processing DMCA takedown notices, which is a frustration for copyright owners as well as service providers.
News broke yesterday that the major labels have filed suit against leading Internet radio service Pandora for playing sound recordings made before February 15, 1972.
This follows a previous suit filed by the recording industry against satellite radio provider Sirius XM, also involving the performances of pre-'72 recordings.
At FMC we're all about artists getting paid for the use of their work, particulary when the music is used by large, publicly traded companies. But if the labels are so keen to make sure that performing artists (or their heirs) are being properly compensated, there's a better way to do it.
Federalize pre-'72 sound copyrights.
Maybe it was in celebration of International Happiness Day, or maybe it was just coincidence, but this week saw three high-profile copyright cases all resolved through out-of-court settlements.
First, upstart toy company GoldieBlox settled with Beastie Boys over the unauthorized use of a version of the Beasties song "Girls" with altered lyrics in an online ad video. As we reported in December, the case was framed initially as a question of whether the video qualified as fair use, but it also raised issues of trademark infringement, false endorsement, unfair competition, and misappropriation of publicity rights. In the end, the Beasties got what The Hollywood Reporter originally reported that they were after: a donation by Goldieblox to a charity of the Beasties' choice, based on a percentage of revenue, and a more substantive apology:
It's been exactly one year since US Copyright Office head Maria Pallante called for a comprehensive update to the Copyright Act. Since then the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet has conducted a series of hearings amounting to a review of our nation's copyright laws.
That process continued last Thursday with an examination of Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This section contains "notice and takedown" provisions, under which internet service providers are sheilded from liability for infringement committed by users. Such "safe harbors" are only extended if an online service expeditiously complies with rightsholders' requests to take down infringing content upon receiving notice. (You can watch the hearing online and read witnesses' written testimony at the Judiciary Committee's website).
The safe harbor protection provided by the DMCA is important to musicians and other creators because it enables the existence of many services that we use every day to communicate with fans, express ourselves creatively and sell our wares. Without the safe harbor, it would be difficult for services like Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Twitter, YouTube, and countless others to have gotten off the ground and remain in business, due to potential damages for the actions of their users.
However, assessments of how well the notice and takedown requirements are working in practice vary widely.
By FMC Interim Executive Director Casey Rae
If you're a copyright nerd (wait, you're not?), you may have come across the issue of "pre-'72s." In a nutshell, recordings made before February 15, 1972 are not protected by federal law, which can complicate how—or whether—royalties are paid for certain uses, like plays on internet or satellite radio.
Many people are unaware that there wasn't even a copyright for recordings until 1972. Well, that's not entirely true—some sound recordings made before '72 are copyrighted at the state level. Still, federal protections are relatively new. At least when compared to compositions, which have been protected since the early 1800s (public performances of musical works came under federal law in 1897).
Debates about pre-'72 recordings might seem arcane, but there are major implications for today's music ecosystem. First there's artist compensation. The absence of a performance right for pre-'72s means that there's no guarantee that recording artists are going to get paid fairly for the use of their work when played on Internet or satellite radio. (AM/FM broadcasters aren't obligated to pay performers anything, though they do pay songwriters; more info on this crazy loophole here.) The lack of federal recognition also makes it more complicated for services to obtain a license to play music—and where there is no permission, there's potential liability.
FMC has been closely monitoring the Subcommittee's ongoing review of the Copyright Act, with special attention to musicians' needs and perspectives. Here's a chronology of events so far, with links to our coverage and commentary, along with video of the archived hearings.
Here at FMC, we regularly engage in a kind of protracted dialog with government through public comments and other filings that can extend over years (actually, thirteen and counting!). While we don't claim to have all the answers, we do believe that our history of direct engagement with musicians, composers, independent labels, publishers, PROs, unions and others is useful for policymakers to consider as they grapple with the many questions facing creators in the digital age.
On Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2013, FMC filed comments with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding their recent "green paper"—itself a product of the Internet Policy Task Force comprised of USPTO, the Department of Commerce and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Way back in 2010, we filed comments in the original proceeding that resulted in this year's report, Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy [PDF].
Future of Music Coalition filed the following comments with the United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) in an inquiry related to a previously published "green paper" from the Internet Policy Taks Force (a joint effort also including the United States Copyright Office and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration).
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Alderman urges DENR to pursue segregation of barangays-A A +A
The Council Reports
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
RELYING on the contents of a Memorandum from the Regional Director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to the OIC Director of the DENR Lands Management Bureau, City Councilor Leandro Yangot filed Monday with the city council, a proposed resolution urging the DENR-CAR to pursue the segregation of all Baguio city barangays within the Camp John Hay Reservation.
In his proposed legislative measure Yangot cited conditionality No. 14 of Resolution No. 362 series of 1994 which provides that, "EXCLUSION OF
AFFECTED BARANGAYS - The Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) shall exclude all the affected barangays from the John Hay reservation", among his reasons in urging the DENR-CAR to pursue the segregation process of the barangays within the said reservation. He also mentioned that on July 21, 2014 the DENR-CAR Regional Executive Director Paquito T. Moreno issued a memorandum for the OIC Director of the Lands Management Bureau, which apparently upholds the spirit and intent of Resolution 362 series of 1994.
The memorandum also makes it clear that it is the DENR who has sole authority in the disposition of public lands and that it shall take the lead in the disposing the lots covered by the affected barangays in accordance with the dictates of the Public Land Act.
The said memorandum from the DENR Regional executive Director was actually in response to another memorandum dated May 22, 2014 in connection with the special patent application of BCDA covering parcels of land situation within Camp John Hay.
In his memorandum Regional Executive Director Moreno noted that in reference to the previous abovementioned memorandum the issuance of the special patent as applied for by BCDA could not be finalized because of several circumstances among which is the compliance with the 19 conditionalities imposed by the city particularly in the segregation of the 14 barangays within the reservation.
These barangays include Green Water, Country club, Upper Dagsian, Lower Dagsian, Sta. Escolastica, Hillside, Happy Hallow, Loakan Apugan, Atok Trail, Loakan Proper, Camp 7, Loakan Liwanag, Lucnab, and a portion of Outlook Drive.
Moreno further mentioned in his memorandum that in connection with the said segregation process it is of paramount importance that the boundaries of the affected barangays be properly delineated through the conduct of an appropriate segregation survey and the determination which of these barangays are untitled and which are covered by titles.
In his memorandum, Moreno also reminded the OIC Director of the DENR Land Management Bureau of the institutional policy that a Presidential proclamation is necessary for the segregation of untitled barangays.
Once the untitled barangays are segregated, the DENR being the sole authority in the disposition of public lands shall take the lead in disposing the lot covered by these barangays pursuant to the provisions of the Public land Act, he added.
With this development, Councilor Yangot pointed out in his proposed legislative measure that the City Government of Baguio can now properly address the segregation of all barangay in the city within the Camp John Hay reservation which are not titled. In this regard, the alderman is thus urging the DENR-CAR to pursue the segregation of the said barangays from the Camp John Hay reservation.
The said proposed resolution was included in the agenda last Monday as item 47 while the rules were suspended. However, during its deliberation the members of the august body decided that the matter be referred to the appropriate committee for further study and recommendation.
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 06, 2014.
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New school year to begin Friday in Hart County
HART COUNTY - Parents generally were optimistic Wednesday about a new, modified schedule for Hart County schools that will shorten the summer vacation in the school system and add two breaks during the school year.
Students will report for the new school year on Friday, a week earlier than for the 2007-08 academic year, under the new schedule. New breaks also are scheduled from Sept. 15-19 and Feb. 16-20. School will end May 29, a week later than in 2007-08.
The county's teachers committee recommended in the winter that county school employees vote on the possibility of implementing a new schedule, said David Hicks, the county school superintendent. The committee thought the modified schedule would give teachers and students a much-needed break in the middle of the semester, he said.
County school employees voted by a 2-to-1 margin to implement the new schedule, Hicks said. The county school board approved the change in January after listening to community input, he said.
"We have educators that work with kids daily, and we wholeheartedly trust their judgments," Hicks said.
A couple of parents expressed concern in January about their ability to find babysitters during the new breaks but no parents have expressed concerns since then, Hicks said.
Annette Wicker of Hartwell has a daughter in fourth grade at Hartwell Elementary School and a son in ninth grade at Hart County High School. She said she is optimistic about the new school schedule because she thinks that the shorter summer will help students retain information from one academic year to the next.
"After they try it for a while, maybe we will see how it works," Wicker said. "The longer they let them out for a period, that gives the children too long to lose what they already have learned."
Many of the children do not like the shorter summer, but she thinks it is best for the students, she said.
Gina Tolbert has taught kindergarten at Hartwell Elementary for the past seven years. She said that the teachers will be able to vacation more with their families under the new schedule.
Ravonia Montgomery of Hartwell has a daughter in fifth grade at Hartwell Elementary and a daughter in eighth grade at Hart County High. She also supports the new schedule because she thinks having a shorter summer will help students retain information, she said.
She has heard, however, from some parents who are a little concerned about finding a babysitter during the breaks from school, she said.
"A lot of them are from Hartwell so they have family support, or they can sign (the children) up at the (YMCA) or other different programs," Montgomery said. "I don't think that is going to be a really big issue. It may be for some of the younger children."
Ronny Weaver, a Hart County Board of Education member, said he personally has received very few negative comments about the modified schedule. He listened to parents who expressed concerns at the community forum in January.
"A lot of the concerns were that it is going to disrupt parents' schedules, and they will have to get babysitters," Weaver said. "I always want to listen to the public and take their concerns to heart, but also being an employer, your employees' and students' concerns come first."
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Hurricane Katrina's Effect On The New Orleans Art Scene
June 2, 2012
Hurricane katrina has definitely had an impact on the art scene in New Orleans. A lot of artwork was destroyed in the flooding. One thing can be said though, even with the physical and emotional damage that was done after the hurricane hit many artist were not deterred. In fact the whole incident has inspired many artist. Many artist have decided to return to New Orleans and pick up where they left off. The story of some of these artist and the fact they are willing to return home and continue their work should inspire us all. They have proven the statement " Where there's a will, there is a way".
We all know New Orleans is know for its vibrant, and lively art and music. After hurricane Katrina hit many art and music lovers wondered what would become of the New Orleans art scene. Luckily some areas like the French Quarter which is an art center for New Orleans barely got hit. New Orleans was built around the French Quarter around the 1700′s. Being one of the oldest areas in New Orleans it is filled with museums and art galleries. The good thing is that it was built before the levee system so it is in an area the remained relatively dry after the flooding. Though there was some damage done by the strong winds, many businesses were able to come back and within a few days reopen their doors. Hurricane Katrina did very little to break the spirit of many of the families,small business owners,and artist in New Orleans. Therefore even though the hurricane took some priceless artwork the spirit of New Orleans and its many great artist lives on.