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ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals panel's ruling striking down the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul moves the question of whether Americans can be required to buy health insurance a step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A divided three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Congress overstepped its authority when lawmakers passed the so-called individual mandate, the first such decision by a federal appeals court. It's a stinging blow to Obama's signature legislative achievement, as many experts agree the requirement that Americans carry health insurance — or face tax penalties — is the foundation for other parts of the law and key to paying for it.
Administration officials said they are confident the ruling will not stand. The Justice Department can ask the full 11th Circuit to review the panel's ruling and will also likely appeal to the Supreme Court.
Legal observers long expected the case would ultimately land in the high court, but experts said Friday's ruling could finally force the justices to take the case.
"There needs to be a pronouncement that's nationwide," said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law. "It would be almost impossible to implement it if we have splintered decisions from different geographic circuits. The Supreme Court may feel now it has to take it."
J. Peter Rich, a Los Angeles-based health care attorney, said the Supreme Court had never weighed in on an issue such as the provision requiring individuals to buy health insurance.
"They have never ruled on this specific issue," he said. "This really is a case of first impression, although the Obama administration may try to argue otherwise."
Rich said it's not unconstitutional for individual states to have such requirements, noting that Massachusetts has a similar law in place. However, the high court has yet to weigh in on whether a federal requirement passes muster.
In the Atlanta ruling, Chief Judge Joel Dubina and Circuit Judge Frank Hull found in a 207-page opinion that lawmakers cannot require people to "enter into contracts with private insurance companies for the purchase of an expensive product from the time they are born until the time they die."
In a lengthy dissent, Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus accused the majority of ignoring the "undeniable fact that Congress' commerce power has grown exponentially over the past two centuries." He wrote that Congress generally has the constitutional authority to create rules regulating large areas of the national economy.
Dubina was tapped by former President George H.W. Bush, a Republican, while Hull and Marcus were picks of former Democratic President Bill Clinton.
The White House argued the legislative branch was using a "quintessential" power — its constitutional ability to regulate interstate commerce, including the health care industry — when it passed the overhaul law.
"Individuals who choose to go without health insurance are making an economic decision that affects all of us — when people without insurance obtain health care they cannot pay for, those with insurance and taxpayers are often left to pick up the tab," said White House adviser Stephanie Cutter.
The 11th Circuit's ruling, which sided with 26 states that had sued to stop the law from taking effect, is the latest contradictory judicial opinion on the health care debate. The federal appeals court in Cincinnati upheld the individual mandate in June, and an appeals court in Richmond has heard similar challenges to the law. Several lower court judges have also issued differing opinions on the debate.
It's the latest hit the president's taken in what's been a rough month that's included humiliating blows on both the economy and in Afghanistan, while polls show deteriorating public support for both him and Congress.
Obama has been criticized by his Democratic base for his failures, which include dropping his push for tax increases as part of last week's compromise to raise the government's debt ceiling and his inability to let the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy to expire at the end of last year.
The Atlanta-based court is considered by many observers to be the most pivotal legal battleground yet because it reviewed a sweeping ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, a Republican appointee from Florida who not only struck down the individual mandate but threw out other provisions ranging from Medicare discounts for some seniors to a change that allows adult children up to age 26 to remain on their parents' coverage.
His reasoning was that the insurance requirement was "inextricably bound together" with the rest of the law, but the 11th Circuit concluded Vinson went too far. The panel's ruling noted that the "lion's share of the act has nothing to do with private insurance, much less the mandate that individuals buy insurance."
The provision requiring all Americans to carry health insurance or face a tax penalty has been at the center of the legal debate. The law does not allow insurers to turn away the sick or charge them outrageous premiums. To cover their health care costs, others — particularly the young and healthy — will need to pay premiums to keep costs from skyrocketing. The potential tax penalties are meant to ensure they will do so.
The Obama Administration also has a little-known fallback if it loses the court battle. The government can borrow a strategy that Medicare uses to compel consumers to sign up for insurance.
Medicare's "Part B" coverage for doctor visits carries its own monthly premium. Yet more than nine in 10 seniors sign up. The reason: Those who opt out when they first become eligible face a lifelong tax penalty that escalates the longer they wait.
The key difference is that the Medicare law doesn't require that seniors buy the Part B coverage. Experts say Obama's overhaul could also be changed in a similar fashion.
The challenging states had urged the 11th Circuit to uphold Vinson's ruling, saying in a court filing that letting the law stand would set a troubling precedent that "would imperil individual liberty, render Congress's other enumerated powers superfluous, and allow Congress to usurp the general police power reserved to the states."
The Justice Department countered that Congress had the power to require most people to buy health insurance or face tax penalties because Congress can regulate businesses that operate across state lines, including health care providers.
The reaction was swift and celebratory from the states that filed the lawsuit.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette called the decision a "huge victory in the fight to protect the freedom of American citizens from the long arm of the federal government." Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange called it a "monumental case" for individual liberty. And Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott declared: "'Obamacare' is closer to an end."
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a statement late Friday declaring that states had "prevailed in preventing Congress from infringing on the individual liberty protected by the U.S. Constitution."
A separate legal ruling Friday also buoyed critics of the law. The Ohio Supreme Court appeared to clear the way for voters there to decide whether to reject parts of the health care law in November with a unanimous ruling that rejected a liberal policy group's challenge of the so-called Health Care Freedom Amendment.
But the administration did get a small dose of good news Friday. The federal appeals court in San Francisco found that a former California lawmaker and a legal foundation could not file another challenge on the overhaul.
The 11th Circuit's ruling didn't come as a complete surprise. During oral arguments in June, each of the three judges repeatedly raised questions about the overhaul and expressed unease with the insurance requirement. And each judge worried aloud if upholding the landmark law could open the door to Congress adopting other sweeping economic mandates.
The arguments took place in what's considered one of the nation's most conservative appeals courts, but the randomly selected panel represents different judicial perspectives.
None of the three is considered either a stalwart conservative or an unfaltering liberal, but observers were quick to point out that the decisive vote came from a Democrat appointee: Hull, a former federal judge in Atlanta.
Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar in Washington contributed to this report.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals panel's ruling striking down the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul moves the question of whether Americans can be required to buy health insurance a step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.


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I have watched CNN for many years but the firing of Piers has gone too far. Sure hope you have a great replacement or I will no longer be watching CNN.
Carol, if you're not going to watch CNN because of the firing of P. Morgan, which should have been done years ago, you won't be missing anything because you surely did not learn anything in the past ! I have never figured out why anyone would want to watch Morgan, who is so anti-American it is unbelievable. Go back to what ever country he came from and entertain those people. I'm sure they will love his communist thoughts.
Go back to your side of the pond Good-bye
CNN was my favorite show. Since there will be no more Piers Morgan I will not enjoy it ever again. He is brilliant and a wonderful iterviewer. So nice to look at too. What was the real reason he was fired?
Sorry to see Piers is leaving. Enjoyed his program and willingness to stand up to the big business lobbyist nonsense. How many guns do they really need to sell to feed the greed? Until people tire of this, it will keep on keeping on. Thanks to Piers for standing up and saying what so many are thinking. I do respect your courage. We need more people willing to do so. Sorry to lose your, much welcomed, voice of reason. Hope to see you again.
He exposed them all for who they really are and their child-like mentalities. They only want to win an argument. None.....want to fix or have ever suggested more than a 4th grader's response to his plea for answers. They won't get it till their family members are victims. Sad.....but coming.
Goodbye and Good luck Piers Morgan. I enjoyed your show every night because of your honesty and anti gun
position. It took a lot of guts to state your case and now you are paying the price because of the gun lobbyist's.
I am disgusted with CNN and I doubt I will ever watch CNN again. I wish Piers all the best in the future and I hope to see him again soon on some other intelligent network. Keep up with your courage and humanity. All the best and God bless you and your family.
I was one of those who ordered Piers Morgan to Interview 101.... where hopefully he would learn to listen.. His impatience with civil discourse was beyond irritating, even when he fell on the side of empathy and compassion. He was right about gay rights and gun control, but he undermined his good intentions by failing to maintain objectivity. Now, of course, we miss him and CNN has revealed its insecurity, dashing from one desperate strategy to another. Morgan was tractable. He was improving. Too bad you didn't give him a second chance.
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Thank you Piers for redirecting the subject on "The Doctors"about people that lie about having cancer for money, back to the cancer fighters. You point is so well taken, (although illegal to give them cancer). Dr Stork presented it in a way that drives people to not trust in the people that do have cancer, and have no concept of the suffering. Cancer is physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually alienating. When you get cancer, after you have been treated and you are waiting and waiting and suffering more while you wait years, to see if it worked. In the meantime, people are so stunned, and frustrated that they stop contact. If they have the guts to contact you, they really only want to hear you are fine, and then you don't hear from them again.
It is a torturous situation, while your work/financial life falls apart as well. I know you know this Piers, from your genuine, passionate response.
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Google Maps, since my Microsoft hijacking, has taken on a whole new role; consumer advocate and complaint department against major national firms. Google's community edit feature is allowing the "community" (aka disgruntled consumers) to speak out in ways that were not anticipated when the feature was released.
I was browsing Maps when I found this record for Apple Computer today. Here is how it looked a mere week ago. I swear it was not me.
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text: lucky 2 5,657 Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) Hi all , I thought I'd open a thread for members to share their experience of managing exclusive bfing and returning to work. There can be many concerns when women look ahead to this separation, how will bub cope, how will I cope, can I express, should I use formula, what if bub wont take a bottle, on and on it goes, it can be a very stressful time for many (if not most) women. This is so for all women irrespective of feeding method, but for the mother of an exclusively bf bub there is the added fear of "how to feed my baby" as bub has only had milk directly from the breast. These concerns can remain even if bub has commenced solids. If you would like to share I can pin this topic at a later date so members approaching this challenging time will be able to read through the experiences of women who have already successfully negotiated this path. Information you might like to include:- Number of working days per week- Age of baby on return to work- Baby's diet- ie exclusively bf - bf with introduction of solids- no of meals and size of meals Any preparation before starting work? How was baby fed in your absence? How did you manage your breasts at work? ie expressing or not, what type of pump, once or more a day Any impact on bfing, supply and managing bfing when not at work? If you want to add extra information please do so, I may have missed some important bits of information to share. Thanking you in advance , luckytwo, Moderator of this forum I have pinned this thread, please add to it with your experiences as I'm sure it will make interesting reading for other members. Internet resources for Breast feeding and Working- https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bf-info/br...till-breastfeed http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/bf-links-pumping.html http://breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/return-to-work.html http://www.tresillian.net/tresillian-tips/...ng-to-work.html http://www.breastfeedingfriendly.com.au/ Edited September 25, 2012 by lucky 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Aduc, an Italian Consumers association, has served on Microsoft Italia (the local branch of Microsoft Corp) a class action complaining that the company consistently refuses to reimburse users the price of ubiquitous windows licenses, bundled with OEM (Original Equipement Manufacturers) computers. I am part of a much larger legal team that has produced it and I can briefly illustrate what it is about.
Italy has adopted a regulation (Art. 140 bis of the Italian Consumers Code) that allows consumers individually (not consumers associations, which is strange) to file class actions, through ordinary proceedings, open to be joined at a later time. A class action is a case which is arguably identical to a class of users and which is likely to protect the interest of this class. Unfortunately, the Italian version has been adopted with very odd provisions that limit the effectiveness of it, as one can read in this document by Aduc (in Italian).
The case
The case is about the refusal to reimburse the license costs when a user buys a computer with Windows preloaded. This is invariably the case when we speak of mass distribution, and 100% of notebooks/netbooks on the shelfs are sold with that system on board. Users have a right to require reimbursement, if they do not want the operating system (maybe they have anoter copy, or they want to install a different operating system, like GNU/Linux). The right is clearly stated in Microsoft License to the End User (EULA) and it is reminded to the user at the first bootup.
It is not a liberal concession of either Microsoft or the OEM, it is an antitrust measure that Microsoft has undertook to avoid being found guilty of yet another anticompetitive abusive behaviour in breach of antitrust regulations. The case originating that was about Microsoft imposing "per CPU" royalties, so that it could earn a license fee out of any CPU that an OEM sold, regardless of whether it had Windows aboard or not. As a measure, per CPU royalties were relinquished and the right for the user to demand reimbursement if they didn't want the operating system was later adopted.
Pity that consistently this ritght is denied. First, there is no information of what the price is. The consumers are not aware that they are buying many things at once, in this case software and hardware. So when they are informed that they have a right to be reimbursed, they do not know how they can claim. Nobody knows.
Second, if they ask, the OEM says "cool, but it's not our agreement, you have to ask Microsoft, they wrote that". This has been HP defence in Florence when first Aduc sued them for the recovery. Indeed they are right, this reimbursement thing is imposed by Microsoft, for them it is quite a burden to put this "recall" practice in place, given that they have very low margins on this (unlike Microsoft, which has a margin that might range between 70% and 80% on each copy). So the burden is better placed on Microsoft, which is the one an only that both benefits from the practice (also by avoiding antitrust concerns) and issues the promise, for vague and imprecise that it is. Cuius commoda, eius et incommoda.
Let's ask Microsoft. They say nothing. Do not bother answering. Reading the license, one finds that the OEM is supposed to pay. All in all, the OEM is not likely to pass this reimbursement onto Microsoft, which arguably does not have an RMA policy (on software, which is just provided on one master copy to the OEM!) and so they are back in a situation of per-CPU sales. OEM very likely do not report sales of Microsoft, but sales of units sold.
What does a class action mean for the consumers
The consumer can join the case after it passess an initial scrutiny by the Court. No legal representation, hence no lawyer, is needed. One just files an application with the Court Clerk, stating that they have a case which is identical to the one presented to the Court. After doing that, if the Court finds for the plaintiff, the consumer is supposed to receive the established compensation.
How individual cases are dealt and how the court establishes that the case is identical, that is still to be assessed. For the time being it seems a mess. Again, the document by Aduc explains this quite well, albeit in Italian.
Why Microsoft, not Apple?
Apple has a very similar practice of bundling software and hardware. But Apple is not dominant by any measure in the PC sector, even including Mac sales. It has no policy of returning the operating system, and by all means one can buy a non Apple product and have Windows pre-installed. Apple for sure feels the competition of Microsoft, the reverse is not true. Whereas, Microsoft has OEM dealings with all the PC OEM, with the only exception of Apple.
So the legal basis for demanding so are very different, although I personally would favor an obligation to separate the two products also for Apple. Whereas identifying a price would be difficult, because it is not a multi-tiered distribution as in the PC OEM segment.
Why you?
Because I can, I have some knowledge about the case, and I find the current situation largely unfortunate. I was asked to provide my expertise, I accepted. Luckily there are several lawyers who have started this and I have just added some salt to a dish others have cooked.
If the result is that the parties are forced to inform the consumers that they are paying a certain price for the PC and an additional price for the operating system, and after that they still want Microsoft's software, fine with them, fine with me. But now they have neither information, nor choice. This is against the law and shall not endure.


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New find CERN researchers say they have spotted a particle reshaping into two others in the Large Hadron Collider, a breakthrough that could be crucial in exploring physics frontiers.
The mutation - in a process known as decay - was predicted under the so-called Standard Model (SM) of physics which describes how the universe works at the most fundamental level, but until now scientists had never seen it.
The discovery, announced at a conference in Japan, will sharpen efforts to find evidence for super symmetry, dubbed SUSY, a theory explaining some cosmic mysteries, and for other "New Physics" ideas beyond the SM's confines, CERN experts said.
The LHC, which went into operation at the research centre near Geneva in early 2010, had confirmed the model as its initial target, but its longer-term goal is to push beyond that into new realms envisaged by theorists.
"The detailed implications of this latest result will take a while to work through, but one thing is easy to state: the Standard Model has survived another test," says US physicist and CERN-watcher Matt Strassler.
A decay of the type recorded by CERN's LHCb experiment, in which a Bs meson particle was transformed after a collision in the LHC into a muon and an anti-muon, was foreseen under the model, developed in the second half of the 20th century.
Scientists had been trying to spot the decay - which in the arithmetically-intense world of particle physics had been correctly predicted to happen to one Bs meson in every 300 million - for well over a decade.
Oliver Buchmueller, of the Geneva research centre's CMS experiment, says that although the nature of the decay narrowed the energy range where SUSY traces might be found, it also left plenty of room for these to turn up later.
"This is another piece in the puzzle and with it the world appears even more SM (Standard Model)-like," he says. "It supports SUSY, because that is the only theory that can include the Standard Model in a wider concept of New Physics."
Super symmetry and 'new physics'
SUSY, which provides for the existence of unseen heavy "super-partners" to all known particles, is controversial, with some physicists expressing doubts about it as an explanation of cosmic oddities like the strange speed of rotation of galaxies.
The doubters have more than once pronounced the theory dead. But it would find its place in New Physics, which includes science fiction-like constructs including dark matter, dark energy, string theory and extra dimensions.
CERN hopes that some of these, and other concepts yet unspecified, might transmute from theory into fact when in late 2014 it doubles the power of the LHC, which runs 27 kilometres in a circle under the Swiss-French border.
The decay development follows the CERN announcement in July of the sighting in the LHC of a new particle - believed to be, although it remains to be confirmed - the Higgs boson, a key building bloc of nature that gives mass to matter.
The discovery, after three decades of searching in three different colliders, put the last major missing element into the Standard Model, drawn up by scientists on the basis of what was known and seemed likely about the universe.
The decay reported in Japan, at a Kyoto gathering of particle physicists, emerged - like the presumed Higgs - from light-speed collisions in the LHC that recreate the primeval disorder that followed the Big Bang some 13.7 billion years ago.


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Looks like the iPhone 4 has already gotten the jailbreak treatment. There are images floating around showing a proper jailbreak using a new version of the Spirit tool which should be publicly released next week. Updated.
Update: Uh oh. Apparently we might not see this jailbreak tool all that soon after all:
Well there is now little twist to it, another iPhone hacker named p0sixninja has confirmed that [Spirit] can't be released in its current shape because it contains some of Apple's proprietary code.
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Blue-chip snapped a three-session streak of declines amid signs of progress in U.S. budget talks. Paul Vigna reports on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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As the economy continues to heal, business development companies (BDCs) can potentially add significant value to a portfolio. These firms, which loan money to mid-sized businesses, are quite sensitive to the overall business environment – which explains their swoon in the middle of last year. But even as their stock prices rise along with employment and consumer confidence, their yields are still attractive, as this article shows .
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Comparative Validation of the Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone and Arginine Test for the Diagnosis of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01060488
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The randomisation was carried out before the first test was performed. In order to be informed of the subject's randomisation group, the investigator phoned the access number given to him/her. The subject's allocation to a given randomisation arm was determined on the basis of a centralised randomisation (answering service), balanced per group of subjects with a minimisation on 2 criteria: age and BMI.
This was a centralised randomisation using a Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) which was balanced in each of the following 3 categories of subjects:
- Category A = healthy volunteers,
- Category B = subjects with a strong probability of deficit in GH,
- Category C = subjects with a low probability of deficit in GH.
In each of these 3 categories, the subjects underwent 3 tests whose sequences were determined by the following randomisation group:
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|A Phase III, Multicentric, Open-label, Randomised, Comparative, Parallel Group Study of (GHRH + Arginine) Combination Test vs. Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT) in the Diagnosis of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGHD)
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Other: ITT, ITT, GHRH+Arg.
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- Level of GH peak (recorded following stimulation tests) [ Time Frame: within 120 min after stimulation (blood samples were tacken at T0(before), T15, T30, T45, T60, T90 and T120 min after stimulation). ]
- It was asked to the patients to evaluate acceptability of each test via a visual analogic scale. [ Time Frame: After each test and before leaving the hospital (the day of the test) ]
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Inclusion Criteria:
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- Subjects not treated by GH or having stopped the treatment more than 15 days ago,
- Effective contraception in women of childbearing age: hormonal contraception or use of female condom and spermicides or use of diaphragm and spermicides or Intra Uterine Device (IUD),
- Signed informed consent,
- Subjects possessing social security cover.
Subjects having at least one of the following criteria were considered as subjects with a high probability of presenting a GH deficit:
- Subjects with a tumour of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal region (hypophyseal adenomata, craniopharyngioma, meningioma, etc.) in whom the presence of a hypophyseal insufficiency in GH must be tested preoperatively or postoperatively, or
- Subjects presenting a secondary ante-hypophyseal insufficiency to an inflammatory, infectious, post-traumatic pathology or to a hypophyseal necrosis, whose hypophyseal functional condition has already been documented and for whom a revaluation of GH secretion is desired, or
- Subjects having undergone, as adults, an irradiation hypothalamo-hypophyseal region, or a suprasellar irradiation, in a clinical context of GH deficit, or
- Subjects with a known organic ante-hypophyseal insufficiency beginning in childhood and with at least 1 associated deficit excluding prolactin.
Subjects having at least one of the following criteria were considered as subjects with a low probability of presenting a GH deficit:
- Subjects with known idiopathic isolated GH deficit starting in childhood and for whom a new growth hormone secretion test is desired, or
- Subjects with non-operated microadenoma (< 1 cm of diameter), or
- Subjects with fortuitously discovered intrasellar image (e.g. Rathke's pocket cyst).
The third category of subjects eligible was made of healthy volunteers.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects presenting a coronary history or whose electrocardiographic signs evoke an ischemic pathology,
- Subjects presenting a history of cerebrovascular insufficiency,
- Subjects presenting a history of epilepsy,
- Subjects with an evolutive acromegalia or an evolutive Cushing's syndrome,
- Subjects presenting a known intolerance to arginine, GHRH or insulin,
- Hyperkalemic subjects,
- Diabetic subjects (Type 1 or Type 2),
- Very obese subjects (BMI > 40),
- Subjects presenting a severe, hepatic, renal, tumoral evolutive affection or metabolic or respiratory acidosis,
- Subjects with known immuno-depression,
- Subjects with psychiatric disorders,
- Subjects presenting Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonian syndromes treated by Levodopa®,
- Subjects treated by drugs directly affecting the hypophyseal secretion of somatotrophin (e.g. clonidine, levodopa) or provoking the release of somatostatin, antimuscarinic agents (atropine),
- Subjects with untreated hypothyroidism or subjects treated by anti-thyroid synthesis drugs,
- Participation in another biomedical research programme less than 3 months previously,
- Known evolutive pregnancy or breastfeeding.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01060488
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|Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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|Philippe Chanson, MD, Professor
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Stakeholder Forum
First UN Global Road Safety Week (23 - 29 April 2007)
The Second Global Road Safety Stakeholders Forum was held on 25 April 2007, convening representatives of governments, United Nations agencies, civil society and the private sector. The first Forum took place in April 2004 providing a mechanism for a broad group of stakeholders to share perspectives and define ways to contribute collectively towards advancing road safety efforts around the wor
The objectives of the Forum were to raise awareness about road traffic injuries; strengthen demand for road safety; build political will; support ongoing sustainable and collaborative efforts to implement the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention; and contribute to identifying and mobilizing resources.
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2019 Quotes:
"The 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival will go down in the history books as perhaps the first to navigate the slippery slope of big change with a strong focus on new generations of listeners. The arc stretched wide, with funky electric styles, big band jazz, classic piano-led ensembles, world music, contemporary jazz and beyond. There literally was something for everyone." –Monterey Herald
"…Tim Jackson has created an important festival entity, which manages to capture an overview of a music which is less a specific or demographically-limited idiom, but a diversified musical world, ever in motion. Monterey continues to be a go-to press report zone on the state of jazz." –All About Jazz
"Monterey Jazz Festival has so much else to offer, from yummy food options to fun shopping and a warm and friendly atmosphere that is unparalleled among big music events…It was a terrific start to one of the best weekends of the year."" –San Jose Mercury News
"One of the most interesting parts of the Monterey Jazz Festival is its willingness for experimentation. While there are still plenty of traditional straight-ahead jazz acts—like that of Kenny Barron and Dave Holland's piano and acoustic bass duo in Dizzy's Den on Saturday night, which gave the audience a softer, timeless jazz club feel—many younger artists are bringing different sounds to their sets." –Monterey County Weekly
"Monterey has a gift for catching giants at the height of their powers. Pianist Kenny Barron and bassist Dave Holland (with drummer Nasheet Waits) played with a flow so organic it erased the distinction between "straight-ahead" and "free-improvised" jazz. Diana Krall turned in an extraordinary yet subdued performance Friday notable for its melancholy mood…" –Seattle Times
"The Miller-Hodge [Mary Lou Williams] project represented a philosophy of marrying tradition and new expression, and increasingly MJF is breaking down boundaries by presenting risk-taking artists who are resolute in evolving the music." –DownBeat
"The season's programming was built on a redoubtable foundation with artists-in-residence drummer Allison Miller and bassist/producer Derrick Hodge. They both performed in several disparate settings, but their collaborative Mary Lou Williams tribute on the Jimmy Lyons Stage in the main arena kicked off the festival with a stellar only-in-Monterey moment." –JazzTimes
"…the 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival exemplified all of the festival's multifarious strengths and its newfound leadership in programmatic gender equity…" –San Francisco Classical Voice
"If one were to try and see as many different acts as possible throughout the three-day event, what comes through is the impact of jazz on many genres, and the versatility of the players in these groups." –DRUM! Magazine
2018 Quotes:
"…socially and demographically, Monterey delivered something truly new, and it was glorious to behold. It wasn't so much the profusion of stellar women players as the fecund diversity in visions of bandleaders, composers, and arrangers." –San Francisco Classical Voice
"More than 50 percent of the Monterey festival program this year boasted women leaders or side players." –Seattle Times
"There were enough noteworthy features at Monterey this year to fill at least two JazzTimes 10 lists…" –JazzTimes
"To say there were exceptional moments is an understatement. Dianne Reeves pulled out all the stops, Charles Lloyd and group delighted, Oscar Hernandez and Spanish Harlem Orchestra wowed, Fred Hersch was sublime, Bill Frisell a wonder. I can't say enough about the overall vibe of joy and discovery that took place this last weekend." –Monterey County Herald
"At the Monterey Jazz Festival, there is no need for debate. For more than 60 years, it's simply been about music that moves people." –Monterey County Weekly
"The bundle of talent in [Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour] is extraordinary...It may be a stretch to say that jazz's salvation lies with an international young group like this, but what a role model it is." –Classical Voice North America
"Festival veteran Dianne Reeves—MJF's jazz legend award winner this year—swept away the audience with her Sept. 21 opening-night spotlight at the big stage." -–DownBeat
"Monterey's busy programming grid, running from early Friday evening through Sunday before midnight, can be an embarrassment of riches—and was, this year." –All About Jazz
"One of the most dynamic aspects of the festival was the presence of young students who will carry on the tradition. The MJF's Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, considered by some the best high school all-star jazz big band in America, wowed a Sunday Arena crowd." –Monterey County Weekly
"If one ever has doubts about the health of the current modern jazz scene, a visit to the Monterey Jazz Festival is the perfect antidote." –New York Jazz Record
"It was quite a festival, leaving one with the feeling that not only are there an unlimited number of talented female jazz artists but that the artistic state of the current jazz scene is very healthy." –LA Jazz Scene
2017 Quotes:
"A lot of events talk about creating a "big tent," but Monterey not only puts up the tent, but has learned to help everyone get along inside of it." —DownBeat
"…another jaw-dropping lineup." —San Jose Mercury News
"It's a vibe and a party, a rainbow tribal gathering, an ongoing improvisation, and a cultural force. Despite widespread imitation across the United States, Asia, and Europe, the event retains a special status that was reaffirmed Sept. 15–17…" —San Francisco Classical Voice
"…Monterey creates a free-flowing dialogue between musicians and eras…and the cross-generational talk between various stages and venues grew richer as the weekend progressed, climaxing with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea's transporting and deeply playful piano duo in the Main Arena." —JazzTimes
"…this was a marvelous year. Crowds were up, according to artistic director Tim Jackson, who proudly noted a special "family feeling" on the fairgrounds that is unique to Monterey." —Seattle Times
"...this year's edition is blowing the roof off when it comes to heartfelt performances." —Monterey County Herald
"[Joel] Frahm's quartet plays all six [Captain Marvel] tunes without interruption, trying to recapture the feeling of listening to the album. From the opening notes of "La Fiesta," the enthusiasm is evident; Erskine and Colley seem almost gleeful about re-capturing the feeling of presenting this music for the first time. I have listened to this album untold times, never imagining I would ever get a chance to hear the material performed in this manner. It is a bravura performance, one of those magical things that the Monterey Jazz Festival does to bring me back every year. Overall, it caps a wonderful opening night to MJF 60." —International Review of Music
"Six decades is a lot of music to remember and pay tribute to, but the Monterey Jazz Festival pulled it off in style this past weekend." —Monterey County Weekly
"…the Monterey Jazz Festival has always had a knack for drawing on its own history…When the nation's longest consecutively-running jazz festival returns to the fairgrounds for the 60th season this weekend, Sept. 15-17, its storied past will be very much part of the present." —KQED
"A major work was born on the Lyons stage that evening, a 40-minute MJF-commissioned world premiere by John Clayton…Stories of a Groove…You didn't have to read any specific political details into the piece in order to sense the passion in its marching party grooves or marvel how its complex, diverse structure held together." —Classical Voice North America
"One of the most inspiring programming features of the 2017 was a family affair and focus of the sweetest and deserving kind. Pianist Gerald Clayton, one of the festival's artists-in-residence, appeared multiple times, and with just the right approach in each setting." —All About Jazz
"Common, who featured MJF Next Generation Jazz Orchestra alumnus Elena Pinderhughes on flute and vocals, delivered the kind of riveting set that has won him millions of fans from outside the hip-hop world…Common acknowledged the presence of Herbie Hancock, who was seated in the front boxes. Hancock clapped—and at times even danced—enthusiastically and approvingly at the end of the charismatic musician/author/actor's main-stage performance Sunday afternoon." —DownBeat
"There is so much going on throughout the September [Monterey Jazz Festival] weekend, which is overflowing with high-quality jazz, that one largely invents their own jazz festival. One could easily experience three separate jazz festivals at Monterey without any duplication." —LA Jazz Scene
"...the surprise hit of the 60th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival was an obscure band from Colombia called Monsieur Periné — a large ensemble from Bogota, playing a kind of gypsy jazz with strange, compelling rhythms. Hearing this exuberant group was like stumbling out of a South American jungle into a small Colombian village, having a few beers, and dancing the night away with the prettiest girl there." —Marina Times
"If you're looking for hope, buy a Saturday grounds pass to the next jazz festival. It is the most seamless, effortless example of how people of different races, genders, ages and backgrounds commune with each other. It is without question the most diverse audience I experience in Monterey County, and, it is so comfortable. When I stroll the grounds of the jazz festival, my first reaction is that I wouldn't have it any other way. My second is a desire to have this experience somehow transported into the consciousness of all the people who feel so threatened by diverse communities." —Dan Baldwin, Community Foundation for Monterey County President's Blog
2016 Quotes:
"Jazz festivals just don't get any better than Monterey." —San Jose Mercury News
"[Quincy] Jones, 83, could be seen all over the grounds over the sunny weekend, drinking in the music. [His] positive, ebullient energy spilled over to the festival…a weekend that will be remembered as one of the festival's finest." —Seattle Times
"The greatest jazz festival in the world happens in our backyard." —San Francisco Chronicle
"One of the highlights of the 59th annual Monterey Jazz Festival was the big band-heavy Tribute to Quincy Jones…Jones—and his distinguished bearded visage—was seemingly omnipresent." —DownBeat
"There was great music in every nook and cranny of the fairground…the festival's long running success is this: the sense of family that engulfs you from the moment you step foot onto the fairgrounds." —Huffington Post
"…a dazzling theme park of jazz and related forms of American Music." —Santa Cruz Sentinel
"The storied Monterey Jazz Festival is a mecca for aspiring jazz musicians and seasoned veterans alike, and the fairgrounds becomes a surprisingly divine place for one weekend a year. Monterey Jazz will surprise and delight." —Monterey County Weekly
"…the Monterey Jazz Festival is all about the family feeling there is among the principal players responsible for its smooth unfolding…Everyone is family at the Monterey Jazz Festival if you really think about it." —Monterey County Herald
"…Monterey Jazz Festival once again delivered on its promise to bring a stylistic plethora and pageantry…[To] wrap up the festival in a circus-like burst of virtuosity and friendly grandstanding, the genuinely remarkable young Brit Jacob Collier proved the most self-reliant and athletic of performers all weekend." —Allaboutjazz.com
"...[Bill] Frisell…On purely musical terms, it was the clear highlight of the festival, and one of the purest listening experiences of my life." —No Depression
"…there was an undeniably strong accent on emerging, creatively restless and abundantly gifted young artists. Joey Alexander, the stunning and already well-established 13-year-old Indonesia-born pianist…[his] trio set drew a larger crowd to the Garden Stage than I have ever seen in my decades as a Monterey-goer. —DownBeat
"[Christian] McBride pulled together a supremely satisfying [Tribute to Quincy Jones] set, with John Clayton conducting the 20-piece Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra and a host of sensational guests…flutist Hubert Laws played with steely authority…Pianist Don Grusin sounded crisp and incisive, but the revelation was vocalist Valerie Simpson. Vocalists provided many of the weekend's most dramatic thrills." —JazzTimes
"Joshua Redman…performed with a different group each of the three nights. Redman, who always displays a relatively mellow tone even when he is on an adventurous flight, never coasts or rests on his laurels, consistently playing unpredictable ideas." —LA Jazz Scene
"…one of the best lineups in recent memory. Friday night at the arena's Jimmy Lyons Stage…rates on the short list of best nights in the 20 years I've attended the festival." —International Review of Music
2015 Quotes:
"The No. 1 attraction on opening night -- if not the entire festival -- was 'Jaco's World: A Celebration of the Music of Jaco Pastorius' …The music was bold and beautiful, with a dash of daring for proper seasoning." –Jim Harrington, San Jose Mercury News
"Chris Botti, whose band nearly ushered in Monday morning on the Jimmy Lyons Stage, walked out during part of his set and played to audience members as vocalist Sy Smith serenaded a different part of the crowd on the arena floor. His big sounding nonet is perfectly suited for large outdoor settings, and its energy concluded the weekend with a buzz." –Yoshi Kato, SFGate.com
"…this one seemed to have it all — bluegrass (the Brothers Comatose) an abundance of gifted bass players, tributes to greats like [Jaco] Pastorius and [Clark] Terry, birthdays, unique pairings (Corea-Fleck), a band that features banjo, accordion and tuba (Musette Explosion), a bevy of great females vocalists, and on and on. An embarrassment of riches, really." –Mac McDonald, Monterey County Herald
"Monterey, we're back!'' Shorty (a.k.a. Troy Andrews) shouted, to much love from the crowd on the warm September afternoon, as a group of Festival regulars with multi-colored umbrellas did their own version of line dancing down the aisles. Finishing with a bravura cadenza of an impossibly extended trumpet solo, Shorty had the crowd collectively holding its breath..." –Paul Wilner, No Depression
"[Ambrose Akimusire's] The Forgotten Places on an early Saturday evening audience in the arena…emerged intricate, melodic, innovative and entrancing." –Walter Ryce, Monterey County Weekly
"Dianne Reeves, queen of vocal jazz, had thousands literally lighting up the night with cellphone lights on a compelling ballad and sighing happily on each number sang in her basement-level baritone to third-octave soprano voice." – Imani Tate, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
"Of all the festivals I have attended…this is by far the most welcoming and accessible. At the same time, it remains a well-respected hub of the bleeding edge of jazz music today. This is definitely the place to go if you are either completely inexperienced with jazz and want to learn more, or if you're a seasoned expert." –James Shrieve, SF Bands and Music Magazine
"…the festival, under inspired artistic director Tim Jackson's wise, idiomatically ecumenical watch, is a fine model of how to present a jazz festival which pays respects to all the many branches and legacies of jazz, from the historicist perspective to more adventurous artists on the current scene." –Joe Woodard, Allaboutjazz.com
"…the Monterey Jazz Festival endures as a gathering place for the greats." –Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle
"...one of the genre's most beloved and globally praised annual events…" –Jim Harrington, San Jose Mercury News
2014 Quotes:
"Last weekend's Monterey Jazz Festival was yet another reason the event remains one of the art form's true standard bearers. [O]ne could experience past, present and future over the course of three days, including several hybridized shades, and the sense of interconnectedness was quite palpable." –Willard Jenkins, The Independent Ear
"…the festival's 57th edition this past weekend felt like a watershed. Saturday night's arena headliner was a jazz-influenced hip-hop act, The Roots, which topped a thematic through-line of contemporary African-American music that placed the festival firmly in the present. It was a meaty, satisfying lineup." –Paul de Barros, Seattle Times
"It only takes one time to fall in love with the music, the ambience, and the setting...the perfect MJF experience lies somewhere between adhering to a schedule and hanging loose." –Pamela Espeland, Bebopified.com
"What a tradition, the Monterey Jazz Festival. You walk through those gates, and it feels like home, every time." –Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News
"…the Monterey Jazz Festival…triumphed as a study in artistic contrasts. Saturday night exemplified the diversity of expression at Monterey this year. At Dizzy's Den, the Philadelphia Experiment served up a hefty slab of spontaneous jazz-funk. An hour later in the Arena, Billy Childs premiered his sublimely melodic Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro project…Childs has played Monterey frequently and scored commissioned pieces for the festival, but his effervescent Nyro tribute proved to be his best outing yet…" –Dan Ouellette, DownBeat
"The Monterey Jazz Festival has managed to reflect the vastness of jazz, from its most accessible and party-ambience-suitable to at least relative abstraction and outer limits." –Josef Woodard, allaboutjazz.com
"…we were exposed to such a saturation of talent just walking from venue to venue or vendor to vendor, that it felt like our souls were getting over-full from a feast…" –Walter Ryce, Monterey County Weekly
"…The Roots, which in my eyes and ears was hands-down the finest, most memorable performance of not just this year, but of the last dozen years. In fact, I can't recall another performance in my 30-plus years I have been covering the festival that was more exciting, energized, provocative, ear-opening, and yes, controversial, than Saturday night's hour-long set by this band of supremely talented musicians." –Mac McDonald, Monterey County Herald
"Gary Clark Jr. hit the stage, reminding folks how the sheer power of guitar can make performances legendary. As the western Texas native began his set, it was apparent that the stoic sea of baby boomers were unfamiliar with his sound. Arms folded, the audience looked like it was waiting for something big to happen, and during GCJ's third song, it did. The paradigm shift occurred during the bluesy "When My Train Pulls In" …it was his vicious guitar solo, filled with sliding sounds and colorful distortions, that woke everybody up. The song only lasted for eight minutes, but that was enough time to make everyone who saw him on stage a believer. The rest of set was met with cheers and standing ovations." –Sam Frank, Unrated Magazine
"The granddaddy of jazz events..." –Wall Street Journal
"...this festival is both a cultural treasure and a place to get your groove on."
–Sachyn Mital, PopMatters.com
"The venerable festival began in 1958 with the headliners Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Dizzy Gillespie, and has been a remarkable predictor of jazz's next great stars ever since. Steadily operating since that first year, with a nonprofit structure that funnels back into jazz education endeavors, Monterey Jazz has a great spirit all its own."
–New York Times
"[Monterey Jazz Festival] can be seen as a rite of passage for the music fan. It's something that all jazz lovers should try to get to at least once in their lives. Once you make it there, however, don't be surprised if you end up going again -- and again. It's a three-day jazz wonderland, offering up a mix of the genre's legends, up-and-coming artists and other treats."
–San Jose Mercury News
2013 Quotes:
"For the devout jazz follower, Monterey is sacred ground."
–Financial Times
"The Monterey Jazz Festival would be an astounding attraction if it focused only on presenting superstar performers. But, anyone who has experienced the MJF at any time over the past half-century knows that this festival is much more than that." –Santa Cruz Weekly
"It might be…the best music festival in the world." –SF Weekly
"[The] sense of community and unity is at the heart of the Monterey Jazz Festival…" –Good Times Weekly
"Congress is imploding, and the wheels of government may soon grind to a halt. Big deal. The Monterey Jazz Festival opens tonight. It's nearly mythic in stature, yet relaxed, a place to hear dozens of the best jazz musicians over the course of a weekend." –San Jose Mercury News
"The Dave Brubeck tribute, "Suite Sweet Dave" was the [Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra] highlight—it was designed as an elegy, featuring some of Brubeck's lesser known melodies, many of them reflective pieces that emphasized the beauty and diversity of a man who was composing everything from trio music to symphonies, throughout his life. One of Brubeck's signature contributions to MJF was "The Real Ambassadors," which featured Louis Armstrong, and CHJO took the original recording of "Summer Song," featuring Satchmo, and enhanced it with a full orchestral backing, to the delight of the crowd. It was all in all a memorable nod to Brubeck, showing the heart and soul of his composing."
–International Review of Music
"Omara Portuondo…came sweeping onstage in a light blue dress, full of grace and energy…she has instant communication with the audience—her spare English was understood by all and the audience, which didn't need much prompting, was up on its feet dancing. During the encore, Omara invited some of the dancers on stage. As midnight approached, the Arena audience, most of which had stuck around as the breezy evening turned seasonably cool, roared its approval." –International Review of Music
"…if that wasn't the most perfect opening night ever, it must be somewhere in the top ten." –Bebopified.com
"Benson dipped into his bag of hits…and got the sun-drenched crowd up and pulsing like one big, funky heart.. the 56th edition of this magnificent event felt as strong as ever..." –Seattle Times
"At the Arena, Bob James and David Sanborn drew a huge crowd. Their Quartette Humaine with famed drummer Steve Gadd and bassist James Genus was one of the most talked-about events of the Festival, and the line that formed later for CD signings one of the longest." –Jazzpolice.com
"Monterey Jazz Festival is admittedly a dually grueling and exciting event…Once you go…you'll return. The atmosphere, artists and international camaraderie are happily addictive."
–Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
"Monterey…remains a standard-bearer, demonstrating the ways music and location can intoxicate the senses. Monterey's strength lies in its desire to stay current, to spotlight new artists or those whose music attracts less mainstream appeal–an admirable practice. Experiencing it fully is a test; the indefatigable win." –Jazz FM91 (Toronto)
"One of this year's no-brainer highlights was a spotlight on the mysterious traveler and jazz Prometheus Wayne Shorter, riding high and sounding amazing in his 80th birthday year." –Santa Barbara Independent
"Minnesota's Davina & The Vagabonds…treated a standing-room-only crowd at the Garden Stage with a lively 90 minutes of ragtime, boogie woogie and New Orleans jazz Sunday night. The singer/pianist and her band were easily among the breakout stars at this year's festival." –Monterey County Herald
"Diana [Krall] has had a magical relationship with Monterey, dating back to her debut there at MJF 40. She retains the ability to take nearly forgotten material from decades past and bring it to life…her diversity is startling, or would be if she didn't pull it off so effortlessly. It is hard to imagine another vocalist who has that kind of range today, and can do it all so movingly." –International Review of Music
"Dr. Lonnie Smith's trio, a wonderfully organic threesome…went blissfully beyond the curfew boundaries late on Sunday night, keeping the festival torch burning after many had hit the road. The good Dr., and the Monterey muse, just wasn't ready to call it quits yet." –JazzTimes
Click here for extensive coverage of the Monterey Jazz Festival
55th Anniversary Tour (January-April, 2013).
2012 Quotes:
"The 55th annual Monterey festival was a strong one, maybe most notable for its giving expression to a new generation of players. They may not be famous – yet. But they are coming into their prime and advancing this tradition." – San Jose Mercury News
"Stylistically, fans feasted on everything from a lyrical festival commission by Seattle guitarist Bill Frisell to the finger-popping swing of Tony Bennett and Dee Dee Bridgewater." – Seattle Times
"[Gregory Porter] was a revelation, an inspiration and one of my favorite artists of the entire weekend." – bebopified.com
"[Tony Bennett] still has the volume, the chops, the exquisite phrasing, the charisma, and the heart to sing a big show in the open air before an adoring audience. When he stepped on stage, a woman beside me said, "I think I might cry," then did. He gave us 90 minutes of greatness."
– bebopified.com
"Randolph and his tight funky band ripped into a furious funk workout, "Work It to the Bone," to end their festival debut, one that will rank along with Trombone Shorty's two years ago as one of the most memorable in festival history." – Monterey County Herald
"By the time [Trombone Shorty] was finished the audience didn't know which way was up, except for the screaming F-16 Thunderbirds that buzzed the arena a few times. 'Can you feel it Monterey? Can you feel it?' Well, if you couldn't, you were either a.) Not in the arena, or b.) Seriously in need of professional help. – Monterey County Herald
"…the Monterey Jazz Festival is an Olympian feast, with just about everything you can imagine, from the blasting steel pedal of Robert Randolph to the nuanced guitar of Mimi Fox, the cult-like dominance of Trombone Shorty to the indomitable Tony Bennett." – International Review of Music
"…the most striking aspect was this year's abundance of younger talent. The jazz mainstream spends a lot of time lionizing the past and fretting about the future, but this year's festival felt like a passing of the torch — or perhaps more accurately, an embracing of today's young artists as the continuation of the jazz tradition." – jazzobserver.com
"…this festival, spread out over multiple stages on the Monterey County Fairgrounds over the third weekend of September, is an all-American and global treasure." – JazzTimes
"Doing the math, in fact, the very word "Monterey," as name, place, festival paradigm, have been integral to what jazz is about for roughly half its life so far." – JazzTimes
"The arena hosted adoring audiences for one of the strongest bills of the jazz festival season. Tony Bennett proved once more that age is but a number." – DownBeat
"Last month, DeJohnette turned 70, which seems impossible. I was seated in the front row; it was like tumbling through a jet-stream." – San Jose Mercury News
2011 Quotes:
"Rollins could have been an emblem of the Monterey Jazz Festival itself —which combined historic wisdom and youthful zest." – Seattle Times
"A strong focus on female composers and bandleaders was the hallmark and highlight of the weekend,but only one aspect of a diverse roster that spanned genres and generations, opening with one of the music's brightest young stars in Robert Glasper, closing with one of its mightiest veterans in Sonny Rollins." – Jazz Observer
"This is a full-service, style-inclusive festival—still the best in the west and probably the best American festival overall…" – JazzTimes
"Saturday at the Monterey Jazz Festival was a journey through eras, river basins, continents, climate zones, you name it." – International Review of Music
"The people who come here like this vibe, and follow this music enough to plan their whole vacations around it. There's a real loyalty to this whole experience. Not just gorging yourself on music, but being able to eat in the food court with Gerald Wilson or Poncho Sanchez." – National Public Radio's A Blog Supreme
"…the performances by Richard Bona/Raul Midon and India.Arie/Idan Raichel demonstrated a wider net than the usual predominant Latin jazz subset, and it was refreshing to experience the embracing collaborations between different cultures, a theme worth its weight in gold." – Monterey County Herald
"…the Monterey Jazz Festival…a potent cultural institution, on the West Coast and in the world." – Santa Barbara Independent
"…the best weekend of jazz you're ever going to witness." – Monterey County Herald
"…this weekend's festival was a joy, if an exhausting one – a 53-hour infusion of music…" – San Jose Mercury News
"Long live Monterey!" – Sonny Rollins
2010 Quotes:
"The Monterey Jazz Festival…is the prevailing anchor for West Coast jazz pride." -- New York Times
"Monterey cemented its place as one of the premier jazz festivals in the world." -- JazzTimes
"...the best outdoor jazz festival in the nation, bar none…it feels like a mini-lifetime crammed into less than three days." -- San Jose Mercury News
"The 53rd annual Monterey Jazz Festival...has been nothing less than jazz nirvana." -- Oakland Tribune
"Years from now, there will be about 100,000 folks all claiming they were there when Trombone Shorty kicked some major tail at the Monterey Jazz Festival. But only a few thousand will be telling the truth. You know who you are…one of the most satisfying of Monterey's festivals I've attended over the past three decades." -- Monterey County Herald
"Roy Haynes…leapt out to steal the show at the very end, bashing away at a lengthy drum solo…When he ended, just at the stroke of midnight, the applause was thunderous." -- jazzobserver.com
"Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews was clearly this year's big, emergent star. The artists featured on Saturday's lineup were part of that [straight-ahead] tradition, but conversant in many others — blues, hip-hop, world music, gospel, even noise." -- East Bay Express
"There's only one word to describe Dianne Reeves' performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival: spectacular." -- blogmonterey.com
"Certainly the emphasis of Monterey Jazz is on the excellent music, but there's more to the festival than that. It's a consistent and reliable celebration of the human spirit, camaraderie and joie de vivre that's more than welcome in our trying times." -- examiner.com
"The Monterey Jazz Festival is the West Coast equivalent of a jazz Stonehenge." -- Good Times Santa Cruz
2009 Quotes:
"Once again, the festival organizers have brought together fantastic music and a warm community atmosphere for an experience that will be remembered for years to come…there's no place like Monterey."
-- Jazzobserver.com
"If anyone thought that having Pete Seeger at a jazz festival was a bit odd…they surely changed their tune after the 90-year-old folk icon's immensely entertaining and emotional show in the main arena. I haven't seen that kind of response from an audience in many years. In fact, I can't recall an audience getting up en masse and clapping AND singing along to any other performer." -- Monterey County Herald
"…what Monterey proves each year is that the 'jazz era' is ongoing. [Wynton] Marsalis is one of the really ecstatic and charismatic improvisers of recent decades...to hear him and [the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra]…it felt great…you could hear a pin drop in the arena…" -- San Jose Mercury News
"…the music is alive and thriving…This uplifting message was solidly delivered in Monterey this year…jazz's death has been greatly exaggerated." -- Santa Barbara Independent
"The weather changed on the hour and the music was just as eclectic… [Dee Dee Bridgewater's set] is one of those Monterey shows that will go down in the history books." -- Jazz.com
"…the most exciting opening night of a festival I can remember…"
-- International Review of Music
2008 Quotes:
"[The] Monterey Jazz Festival was a knockout… rich with great performances…a dazzlingly successful event with at least half a dozen musical epiphanies…" -- San Jose Mercury News
"The lineup was tremendous, featuring just the right mix of legendary performers…" -- Oakland Tribune
"…it's really one [festival] that needs to be experienced to be fully appreciated. Beyond the music…the vibe is like none other." -- Contra Costa Times
"…it's a mecca for true jazz fans…" -- San Francisco Chronicle
"…intelligence, party timing, aesthetic balance and guarded adventurism...makes this one of the great jazz fests in the world…"
-- JazzTimes
2007 Quotes:
"It's a mood, a party, a tribal gathering, an improvisation and a cultural colossus." -- San Jose Mercury News
"Everyone--from the ticket-holders to the headliners--seemed absolutely
thrilled to be part of Monterey's golden moment." -- Oakland Tribune
"S'Wonderful…a smorgasbord of food and consistently good music."
-- San Francisco Chronicle
"It's intimate…there's a real connection between the artists and the audience…" -- National Public Radio
"[Sonny Rollins] came out blowing and blew so hard the clouds retreated."
-- Jazzpolice.com
2006 Quotes:
"[McCoy Tyner's] Saturday night set was unstoppable…" -- San Jose Mercury News
"[Dave Brubeck's 'Cannery Row Suite']…was a thrill to experience…"
-- Monterey County Herald
"[Dianne Reeves] gave one of the greatest performances of her life."
-- soundsoftimelessjazz.com
"Monterey…is everything great about jazz…" -- Santa Cruz Sentinel
"…everybody's favorite jazz festival." -- San Jose Mercury News
"…one of the best overall in recent memory." -- Monterey County Herald
"…this was a great year for Monterey." -- Seattle Times
"Monterey…an inspiration for hundreds of jazz festivals around the world." -- CNN


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By DAVID GREEN
Fayette didn't receive funding for the after-school Wings program this year, but a different program will provide new opportunities for elementary school children.
Principal Dr. LuAnn Boyer told board of education members at the Oct. 19 meeting about a grant from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. The federal program provides funding for academic enrichment activities during non-school hours.
The Wings program provided homework help in mathematics and reading, Dr. Boyer said, but 21st Century has a different focus.
Ellen Rupp will coordinate the program. Invitations were sent to about 45 designated children, and, depending on the response, the program will then be opened to all students until filled.
Activities considered so far include cooking, outdoor experiences, martial arts, basketball, cheerleading, dance and constructing bluebird houses. Teachers and community members will serve as instructors.
A before-school homework help period is also planned, along with a computer class for community members set for next year.
The focus of the five-year program can be changed from year to year.
Fayette will receive $66,000 the first year, with funding diminishing each successive year until the fifth year when $33,000 is given.
The program starts Nov. 9 and transportation will be provided.
FORECAST—The district's five-year financial forecast shows deficit spending as early as next year, reported treasurer Kelly Bentley.
State revenue has shrunk from income tax rate reductions, followed by the poor economy, explained superintendent Russ Griggs. Because taxes have decreased, the amount of contributions to the school via tax abatements is also going down.
An expected abatement payment of about $50,000 never arrived from the TWR factory in September due to a changeover to the state's Commercial Activity Tax (CAT). Bentley said the district could lose as much as $167,000 over the next four years.
FIELDS—Board member Deb Leininger reported on the success of Movie Night by the Friends4theFields group. The group brought in $347 toward its campaign to construct ball fields and a running track at the new school.
A letter seeking donations to the effort were to be mailed with an alumni newsletter. The Friends group will sell tickets throughout the school year for a Gator raffle.
CONGRATULATIONS—The district received a letter of congratulations from the Ohio Department of Education for it "excellent" status in academic achievement.
Griggs said the award is a testament to the staff and students, along with the support that the community at large gives.
"There are a lot of good things going on in the community," he said.
TURBINE—The wind turbine project continues to wend its way through bureaucracy, Griggs said. The next step is to prepare the budget specifications.
Griggs he was presented with an option to have a third party pay for the turbine which would charge the school for electricity used, but he didn't see the rates as attractive.
"We want to be green not only environmentally, but also green financially," he said.
PERSONNEL—Lisa Rodriguez was approved as a substitute secretary. Ryan Colegrove's freshman basketball coach contract was amended to also include varsity assistant.
Marilyn Opdycke was appointed to the Normal Memorial Library board to replace Vickie Cox who resigned. The term continues through Dec. 31, 2010.