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This Week in the WNBA: Week Zero
I'll be bringing you a weekly roundup of everything that's been going on in the league. From games of the week to trade rumors, players on the rise to players about to get cut, this column will attempt to provide a somewhat entertaining summary of WNBA events from the past seven days, and a glance at what might be coming up in the next seven. Mondays will never be the same again (I may be prone to the occasional use of slight hyperbole. Get used to it).
This week, seeing as the season's only been going two days and you're probably still reading my Off-Season Summary and Last-Second In-Depth Season Preview, I'm going to offer my predictions for the season to come. Regular season rankings, playoff outcomes and postseason awards are all projected below, for what that might be worth. All picks were made prior to this weekend's games, just to be fair to all those other people around the internet who threw out preseason guesses (summaries, as will become clear, were written afterwards, but the picks didn't change). Warning: Gambling based on my predictions may be dangerous to your bank account.
This Week in the WNBA: Week OneThe Claw is Out
Most weeks, the section of this column dedicated to transactions will be pretty small and tucked away towards the end. A lot of weeks, it'll probably say 'none' and leave it at that. Meaningful trades and pickups don't happen very often with only 12 teams and a limited collection of impact players. This week, however, saw a player waived on Wednesday, signed on Friday, and starting for her new team on Saturday, putting up a 19pt/3reb/5ast performance in 30 minutes that showed just what she's capable of. So goes a pretty typical week in the weird and wild career of one Chamique Holdsclaw.
This Week in the WNBA: Week Two
In Over his Head or just Over-Zellous?
When it was announced that Nolan Richardson had been appointed head coach/GM/all-purpose Commander-in-Chief of the Tulsa Shock, eyebrows were raised in the women's basketball community. He might be a coaching legend in Oklahoma, but he'd never coached women, never coached pros and had his own '40 Minutes of Hell' system that wasn't going to change regardless of his personnel. Also, since leaving the University of Arkansas in 2002 amid a storm of racial controversy, the only coaching he'd done was with national teams in places like Mexico and Panama - not exactly well-known basketball hotbeds. Every new franchise tries to make a splash, but handing over complete control of basketball operations to a man who'd had no previous interest or connection to the WNBA seemed at best to be an optimistic roll of the dice. At worst, the Shock's new owners were putting their team in the hands of a 68-year old whose time had passed, and setting themselves up for a recovery that would only begin when Richardson and the franchise eventually parted ways. This week's trade of Shavonte Zellous to Indiana reignited the Richardson debate.
This Week in the WNBA: Week Three
Big Markets, Big Problems
On June 21st 1997, the first WNBA game was contested by the New York Liberty and the Los Angeles Sparks. They had some of the shining lights of the women's game on their rosters and represented the two biggest cities - and biggest media markets - in America. Thirteen years on, both franchises are still around and new stars like Parker and Pondexter have emerged to replace the likes of Leslie, Lobo and Weatherspoon. But in the opening weeks of the 2010 season, the signs haven't been good for either inaugural franchise and with ten losses between them in only thirteen total games they need to sharpen up fast. Otherwise their fans are going to be left harking back to those earlier years, and praying for luck in the lottery.
This Week in the WNBA: Week Four
Taking the League by Storm
A month into the 2010 WNBA season, most teams have played at least ten games and there are still a lot of things up in the air. Will the LA Sparks ever work out how to play defense? Are the Minnesota Lynx really quite this bad? Will I ever admit that Marynell Meadors might even faintly resemble a decent coach? But one thing that isn't really up for debate is which franchise currently stands as the league's best team. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, the Seattle Storm.
This Week in the WNBA: Week Five
Parker Parked, Sparks Spinning
Remember last week when I mentioned Candace Parker's recurring shoulder injury but said "don't be surprised to see her back out for their next game on Friday?" Well that idea was scuppered late on Thursday night when Los Angeles Sparks GM Penny Toler put out a brief press release entitled 'Sparks Forward Candace Parker to Miss Remainder of 2010 Season.' As it turns out, Parker's shoulder dislocation last week has finally led to the decision to have surgery that she's probably needed for several years now. Exactly how long she'll be out is currently unknown, but she's also likely out of the 2010 World Championships in the Czech Republic in late September. Team USA will miss her, as will the WNBA as a whole, but both of those organisations have players who can step up to fill the hole. The Sparks, on the other hand, are going to have to find a way to compete without their superstar, and it's not going to be easy.

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Alicia Keys has revealed how Bono helped lead to her decision to use her celebrity status for good and establish Keep A Child Alive.
"It's a currency — you must use it well or lose it," she told Britain's Live Magazine. "Bono told me that, and I totally agree. Now I've achieved a certain level of fame I know I must make good use of it, especially as I've been around the world and know suffering in a way I didn't before.
"That's why I launched my charity, Keep A Child Alive. I was so moved to meet people in Africa who have so little and yet are so generous, people who've been to hell and back but retain their dignity and are fighting for their dreams. The charity gives people the chance to chase those dreams."
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Acclaimed as "the premier chronicler of America's complex relationship with our oceans" (Honolulu Weekly), David Helvarg has also been a war correspondent, investigative journalist, documentary producer, and private investigator. The one constant in his adventurous life has been love for the sea. His personal story of love, loss, and redemption, Saved by the Sea is also a profound, startling, and sometimes funny reflection on the state of our seas and the intimate ways in which our lives are linked to the natural world around us.
"Amazing and often heartrending adventures in and around the ocean...A great read from an outstanding writer."
— Philippe Cousteau, ocean explorer
"Read Saved by the Sea for pleasure, read it for adventure, read it because it conveys the gift of being allowed to slip into David Helvarg's world and view the ocean, and humankind, with profound new understanding. But beware: This book has the power to change the way you think about the world, about yourself, and about the future of humankind."
— Sylvia Earle, ocean explorer and author of The World Is Blue
"This is a love story, filled as most of them are with a certain amount of pain and a great deal of pleasure. David Helvarg has done an awful lot to protect the world's oceans, not least this fine piece of writing!"
— Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
"An elegant memoir of a meaningful life."
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"In this powerful story of love, loss, and resolve, Helvarg bares his heart and takes us through his life and across the oceans, letting us see that the antidote to all is simply to have something to believe in, and a cause to serve."
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HSTA Rallies for $500M Tax Hike on Renters—House Approves on 2nd Read
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DLNR Cop Accused of Raping Girl—My Mommy is HGEA President
HTH: The teen testified she thought she was being escorted to Ferguson's vehicle when he told her he wanted to talk to her in the shade. She said he took her to "a grassy area with trees."
"We stopped by the trees and he told me I had three options, which was money, drugs or sex," the girl said. She said she didn't have any money or any drugs other than the marijuana he'd already taken and that she was a virgin and didn't want to have sex.
"He put his tongue in my mouth and I told him this wasn't happening," the alleged victim said. She said at some point, he put her on the mat, pinned her down with his body, pulled up her tank top and bikini top, performed sex acts on her and forced her to perform a sex act on him.
"I wanted it to stop. I was crying," she said.
The teen said Ferguson gave her the still-full pipe back before he left without her.
"He kind of laughed and said I could finish smoking that bowl now," she said.
Ferguson, who is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of his trial, was fired for misconduct by the Honolulu Police Department prior to his 2013 hiring as a state law enforcement officer. His mother, Jackie Ferguson-Miyamoto, is president of the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the union representing DLNR's Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officers. (Buried lede!)
Jan 16, 2016: State confirms it knew rape suspect had been fired by Honolulu Police Department -- "HPD, however, says it told the state that Ferguson — who reportedly falsified reports and lied to superiors about transporting a juvenile female runaway — shouldn't be hired."
read … HGEA Connection
Students Starve While HSTA Demands Massive Tax Increase
KHON: No money, no lunch. That's the policy being enforced at some Hawaii public schools.
CB: Why Aren't We Changing Waianae HS's Culture Of Fistfights?
read … Change in school lunch policy urged after kids denied meals
Caldwell Bank Job: Measure To Stop Mayors From Moonlighting Shelved
CB: The fact that Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is paid at least $200,000 annually to advise Territorial Savings Bank was a big issue in his 2016 re-election campaign.
His opponents charged that the side gig represented a potential conflict of interest, though the mayor's campaign defended the work and said it was approved by the Honolulu Ethics Commission.
A bill that would have prohibited county mayors and the governor from holding additional work was deferred last week at the Hawaii State Capitol, meaning that it's almost certainly dead for the 2017 session.
It also means Caldwell, an attorney, may continue to advise the bank.
HB 71 was killed at the request of House leadership, which already gave it a near-impossible procedural hurdle of four separate committee referrals.
But at least one former Honolulu mayor, Mufi Hannemann, thought House Bill 71 was a good idea….
read … Measure To Stop Mayors From Moonlighting Shelved
Drivers May Face $100M Higher Taxes, Fees To Lard HIDOT Coffers
CB: Ford Fuchigami, director of the state Department of Transportation, told senators that his agency needs $100 million in additional funding….
Senate Bill 1012 will continue to move through the Legislature, but its prospects are uncertain. A similar proposal from Gov. David Ige's administration did not survive last session.
Senators are also expected to hear a measure Wednesday that has been dramatically expanded beyond extending Oahu's tax surcharge to pay for rail.
That measure, Senate Bill 1183, has been amended to direct an unspecified amount of money from the surcharge to help the highways fund….
At least one senator who voted in favor of SB 1012 on Monday voted with reservations. Breene Harimoto told Fuchigami that, while he understands DOT's financial challenges, his constituents feel the money seems to go into "a black hole."
Harimoto asked for a list of DOT projects, something Fuchigami agreed to provide. But the DOT director also warned that a lot of his department's expenses are tied to the unexpected, such as mudslides and deteriorating coastlines that impair roads (insert excuses here).
SB 1012 was amended to reduce the tax and fee increases sought by the DOT.
The fuel tax would be raised 10 cents, to 16 cents per gallon, rather than to the 22 cents sought by DOT. And the registration fee rate would grow by $5 to $50, instead of to $75.
Should SB 1012 survive, or similar measures that could also move through the Legislature, final details could be worked out in conference committee at the end of April.
read … Fee Hikes
PUC to Consider $300M HECO Rate Hike
IM: …First, if the Commission approves HECO's requested SGS step adjustment, HECO requests a general increase in revenues of $299,859,000 (22.0%) over "revenues at present rates" (or $125,010,000 (8.13%) over "revenues at current effective rates"). HECO's alleges that its requested increase is based on a revenue requirement of $1,662,986,000, based on 2016 fuel prices and an 8.28% rate of return (which incorporates a return on common equity of 10.60%) on HECO's average rate base.
Second, if the Commission rejects the proposed SGS step adjustment, HECO seeks Commission approval of a general increase in revenues of $281,234,000 (20.7%) over "revenues at present rates" or $106,383,000 (6.9%) over "revenues at current effective rates". HECO's alleges that its requested increase is based on a revenue requirement of $1,642,362,000 for a normalized 2017 test year, which is based on fuel oil prices in 2016 and an 8.28% rate of return, which incorporates a return on common equity of 10.60%, on HECO's average rate base….
read … HECO Rate Hike Hearing on Feb 22
Doctors hui opposes assisted-death bill
SA: A group of local doctors fears that proposed legislation to allow the terminally ill to end their own lives will endanger the public's health and safety.
Physicians are worried that bills that would give ailing residents the right to request prescriptions for lethal dosages of drugs would slow the progress of end-of-life care, lower the quality of care and potentially open the door to elder abuse. One such proposal, Senate Bill 1129, is scheduled for a hearing Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. before the Commerce, Consumer Protection and Health Committee.
Dr. Craig Nakatsuka, a hospice and palliative care physician with Hawaii's Partnership for Appropriate &Compassionate Care, described at a Monday news conference scenarios involving two elderly Asian women seeking recommendations of how to end their lives after their children suggested "they had outlived their usefulness."
"If assisted suicide is legalized in Hawaii, this will be the new norm in society," he said. "This law would then turn the practice of medicine in this area from healers to killers." ….
read … Doctors hui opposes assisted-death bill
Are Hawaii's Wind Farms Killing Too Many Hoary Bats?
EH: As Environment Hawaii reports in a related article, the state's wind energy facilities may be killing large numbers of endangered Hawaiian hoary bats faster than resource managers can determine with any accuracy….
read … Yes
How Housing Shortage caused by City of Honolulu Regs
CB: …In the 1980s, the City Council and the mayor mandated special design district zoning, or downzoned lands, from Kaimuki to downtown. Developers and landowners rushed to get their 350-foot-high building permits and development entitlements, but from around 1985 Honolulu saw little to no high-rise development as a result of this "down-zoning."
The private sector stopped building apartment rental buildings in urban Honolulu 30 years ago because of poor economics. Only condominium residential projects with their individual purchaser financing can be feasibly developed by the private sector.
Prior to 1990, the homeless population was at a low level as rentals were abundant in vertical condominium buildings. But condominium rental occupancy changed over the last 30 years from 80 percent rentals to 40 percent. This has been caused by middle income owner-occupant purchases and the housing shortage.
read … Yes, We Can Build Our Way Out Of The Housing Shortage
HB778: "Thousands of B&Bs on Ag Land"
KE: …Last Friday, Creagan's committee passed HB 778, which would allow housing on privately-owned ag lands with a C,D or E classification, and no associated farm use. It's ostensibly intended to promote affordable housing. But the way the bill is written, it's going to result in either more gentrification, ag shanty towns, or a combination of both. Why? Because the bill contains this disturbing line:
the authorization of dwelling units under this paragraph shall not be subject to regulation by a county;
The preamble references the use of water catchment systems and composting toilets to minimize infrastructure costs, and metal roofing and other low-grade building materials to keep construction costs under $100 per square foot.
It also references, ominously, what is perhaps the true motivation for the bill:
On another island, Ireland, agriculture has been supported and enhanced by the on-farm presence of thousands of bed-and-breakfast accommodations and farm-stay units….
Creagan has been pushing bills advanced by the anti-GMO crowd that give counties home rule in regard to pesticides. But he doesn't want to give counties any say over substandard housing and tourism on ag lands….
On a related note, isn't it a tad inappropriate for Edward G. (Ted) Bohlen, a deputy attorney general assigned to the state Department of Health, and legal counsel for the Hawai'i Environmental Council and Office of Environmental Quality Control, to be advocating on behalf of the Hawaii Center for Food Safety's political action fund? (Link: Pg 165)
read … Musings: Creagan's Attack on Ag
Hundreds seek help from state rent assistance program
HNN: A new state program that offers emergency rent assistance to families is aimed at helping hundreds from ending up on the streets.
At the Hawaii Public Housing Authority in Liliha on Monday, families on the brink of missing their monthly rent payments met with agency employees to determine how much they were eligible for under the Rent Supplement Program.
Hakim Ouansafi, executive director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, said when his office opened the wait list for applicants, about 1,200 families signed up in just three days. His office aimed to help about 200 of those families on Monday, with some 500 being served by the end of the week.
The agency says it hopes to re-open the wait list for qualified applicants in about eight months….
The state Legislature set aside a little over $1 million for the program. The dollar amount each family receives depends on their annual income. And in order to qualify, families must be at or near the poverty line -- 60 percent of the area's medium income….
read … Hundreds seek help from state rent assistance program
Four Sneaky Bills Would give counties the authority to regulate pesticide use
SA: …the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals late last year that Hawaii counties do not have authority to independently regulate GMOs and pesticide use. The court upheld decisions by two different U.S. District Court judges, covering county ordinances and initiatives in Hawaii, Maui and Kauai counties — that pesticide and GMOs were fields for which the state had reserved to itself all regulatory power and that counties could not go their own ways with local restrictions.
But both the House and Senate are considering at least three bills whose titles suggest some other purpose, but whose stealth intention is to create such individual county authority over pesticide use and sanction legally whatever counties may decide to do — no questions asked, no scientific validity required.
The push for county authority over pesticides delivered its biggest performance on Kauai, where the infamous Bill 2491 to punish GMO seed companies indirectly by imposing overbearing county pesticide regulation took root. It passed narrowly, over a mayoral veto, then was overturned by the federal court. To its credit, a couple of weeks ago, the Kauai County Council repealed the law, agreeing that doing otherwise was foolish and the slate needs to be wiped clean to begin anew the process of repairing damage to Kauai's community fabric done by the GMO/pesticide controversy.
Among the bills that would reopen the wound are House Bills 790, 282 and 1571, all of which have cleared House committees….
read … Lunatics Run Asylum
Hooser Wants to Legalize Genetically Modified Marijuana
CB: "We need the money." – Gary Hooser
Reality: Marijuana is a GMO
read … Legalize This GMO
Homeless Drug Addicts -- 1 million dirty syringes collected statewide in 2016
HNN: The CHOW project collected a record-breaking 1 million dirty syringes statewide in 2016.
That's up by 43,000 from the year before.
Lusk said that historically, syringes have been used to inject opiates. But as those drugs have gotten harder to get, many users have switched to methamphetamine.
Instead of smoking it, she said, users are shooting it.
The nonprofit found that in 2015, about one third of clients injected the drug. Now, well over half admit to shooting up.
One reason for the switch is that it's cheaper.
"If they inject it instead of smoke it does last longer," Lusk said….
Statewide two-thirds of CHOW Project clients surveyed say they're homeless. The majority also suffer from mental health issues….
Lusk added that one of the CHOW Project's biggest struggles is when a client is ready to get clean it can take days to weeks to get someone into a treatment center because of a shortage of beds.
(1M / 365 = 2,740 needles per day)
(1M / 52 = 19,231 needles per week)
read … Addicts
After 19 Years Convention Center Finally Gets Around to Booking Sporting Events
KHON: "We're super excited to be getting into the sports market. This is a game that we were not involved in or participating in, and this is a new market segment that we feel will certainly bring offshore business to the state of Hawaii and bring hotel room nights to our hotel partners," said Teri Orton, Hawaii Convention Center general manager.
Orton says the new courts cost little more than a million dollars, but thanks in part to a volleyball tournament featuring dozens of teams from here and the mainland happening this weekend, they're already paying for themselves.
"With these two tournaments that we put on the books in the last 12 months, we've already generated more than $1.3 million in tax revenue, so in essence, we've kind of payback the courts in the first year," Orton said.
Completed in 1998 at a cost of $200 million, the convention center lost an average of $3.5 million a year before finally turning its first profit ever in 2016, when it banked $615,000.
Orton says the fully portable courts represent a completely new potential revenue stream that has yet to be tapped.
"In total, we have the ability to lay out, compassing all of our exhibition halls, 28 volleyball courts, 19 basketball courts, 11 indoor soccer courts, so this kind of opens the door to not only volleyball and basketball, but really any indoor sport," she said….
read … New million-dollar sports venture already paying off for Hawaii
Age 33 - 6 Felonies: Criminal Dead Because of Soft on Crime Policies
KHON: …According to social media, the driver was Pekelo Sanchez. The 33 year old has a criminal history with 6 felonies: three for drug charges and three for auto theft. (If he had been sentenced properly, he would be in prison now instead of dead.) Video before the shooting shows the officers confronting the driver of the stolen truck and attempting to get him out. Police smashed in the back window as they tried to stop him. Then ,according to HPD, the driver slammed into two apartments and dragged officers when he tried to get away. Sanchez was shot by officers and died at the scene….
read … Soft on Crime
McDermott: Travel Ban Needed
SA: …In the interest of national security, a president clearly has the authority to restrict immigration or travel from hostile states under federal immigration law Section 1182 (f). The key phrase: "… (the President may) suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem appropriate."
Keep in mind that this is a temporary ban that directly impacts only seven nations, which were originally identified by the Obama administration….
KITV: Judge OKs adding Hawaii imam to state's travel ban lawsuit
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Individuals randomly assigned to the control group will receive standard of care for the
duration of their participation. This means they will continue to receive information
regarding their diagnosis, treatments and ongoing health needs from their provider (no
access to website).
Individuals randomly assigned to the treatment group will receive access to UMFollowUp, a
secure, HIPAA-compliant website.
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Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Cancer Knowledge Survey
Measure of patient reported knowledge of their cancer diagnosis, history and treatments.
Time of Enrollment and 9 Months Later
Alicia Kunin-Batson, M.D.
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Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
United States: Institutional Review Board
August 2007
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Welcome to The Ridings a small and tranquil guest house in the heart of the historical city of Oxford. Both tourists and business guests will appreciate the classical style, relaxing atmosphere and attention to detail we offer. Our guest lounge is available to all our guests to use with digital tv, stereo/radio and newspapers. Were also pleased to offer the use of our garden, particularly in the summer months. Here is just a selection of what we can offer: 3 ensuite doubles/twins + 1 single with exclusive bathroom Guest Lounge with free Wi-fi Garden access 24 hr access via guests own front door key Digital TV in every room Children welcome Come and relax in front of a roaring log fire in the winter and enjoy our well tendered garden in the warmer weather. We hope youll be able to stay with us soon.
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American Culture Is Just Swell, but It's a Work in Progress
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The Lake County, Fla., school board, complying with a state directive, agreed to teach multiculturalism - but with a twist: that no matter what, American culture is "superior to other foreign or historic cultures." With that, the phone rang off the hook at school board headquarters. The news media, an indisputably superior element of American culture, knows a good story when it sees one.
The head of the school board, a woman with a charming Southern accent, had to defend herself in countless interviews. If American culture is not superior, Pat Hart asked, why are so many people who live elsewhere trying to live here? Not a bad question, actually.
But there are other questions, as well. One is: What is meant by culture? The school board cited "our republican form of government, capitalism, a free-enterprise system, patriotism, strong family values, freedom of religion and other basic values." Trouble is, most of those elements can also be found elsewhere, and some of them - family values, for instance - are reputed to be on the wane in the good ol' U.S. of A.
Still, with reservations galore, I happen to agree with Hart. I, too, think American culture is just swell, maybe even superior to all others. That does not mean that I cannot find worthy cultures elsewhere or aspects of American culture - its violence, for instance - with which I could easily do without. To that, I might add rap music, the grunge look, Muzak and Newt Gingrich. Still, it's not enough to emigrate.
Having declared my love for American culture, I confess to not knowing exactly what it is. It is this thing, concocted by blacks and whites, Asians and Native Americans, Christians and Jews and, increasingly, adherents of Eastern religions, as well. It is more white than it is black, still basically Christian, but in certain industries and places (show biz, for instance) a little bit of Yiddish wouldn't hurt. American culture may well come down to this: In Washington, an erstwhile African-American rib joint is run by Koreans.
Still, I think I know what the Lake County school board was trying to do. It was rebelling against the proposition that all cultures are equal. …


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Stories of our journeys to Vietnam; the work that we do and the adventures we have.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Scholars from Hoa Van Leprosy Village
Today we traveled to Da Nang to see the students from Hoa Van leprosy village who are fortunate to still be going to highschool, because our pal Linda at Children's Education Foundation has worked tirelessly to get all the levels of approval necessary, find these kids homes to board in Da Nang, monitoring their progress and communicating that to each of their sponsors.
Some of our Journeys of the Heart team who have sponsored specific children, will have received thank you letters from Linda, but we wanted to show you that we were able to sponsor all four kids pictured above by accumulating the donations of many on our team.
We met in the People's Commitee Hall, where the Women's Friendship Union also have offices. The village headman, his assistant, the Director of the Women's Union and several parents were in attendance. We received a bouquet of flowers and certificates of appreciation. We wanted to pass that appreciation on to all of our donors, who like us, see that education, particularly that of girls and women is critical to the future of this country. We also presented the headman, his assistant and the director of the women's union with small pins of crossed flags ( Canadian and Vietnamese) as a token of our friendship and partnership in working together to keep these deserving young people in school.
We once again asked the students their career or continuing educational goals and many were the same as last year. However our aspiring fashion designer has now decided to be a teacher and one young man, who last year had professed to want to be a doctor, now wants to drive a train! Apparently grade 10 biology was a difficult subject for him. We know that this serious young man will be a very responsible locomotive engineer.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
The Road Less Traveled
We traveled to the district of Hiep Duc yesterday with a Global Village Foundation team. Beyond the city of Hiep Duc and into the foothills, our destination was a tiny, isolated and very poor minority village. There are 54 different minority tribes in Vietnam, many still marginalized. The people often speak in their own dialect, can not read nor write and schooling for the children is spotty.
The journey itself was an adventure. As you can see the government is making efforts to improve road access, but for us it was a harrowing journey, with our bus often scraping its undercarriage on the deeply rutted road. At one point our progress was impeded by a stuck truck ahead, so we unloaded so that our men could help push the truck and so that our bus could get through with a lighter load.
Our first stop was in the center of the village where we toured the village meeting house, wandered the roads and met the villagers. Although a GVF of volunteer youth from Singapore had spent time in the village our group, there to follow up on their project and offer health care advice and aid,was still a curiousity.
The guys added a few light standards and poles for basketball hoops in the square. A Vietnamese female doctor and Le Ly, our leader, delivered information about cleanliness and basic health. We then handed out goodie bags with the requisite shampoo and soap, and a new set of clothes.
Also pictured above are the old house and the new, which GVF built for a rural family, who are very poor.
Our last stop was at a small school building, where the local children are taught three days a week. The structure had been home for the Singapore students, then converted to a small classroom. We played with the kids, drew pictures, painted, exchanged a few words about our pictures of flowers, houses and birthday cakes. Of course the main attraction was the box of books, donated by Journeys of the Heart, through the Global Village foundation.
The guys added a few light standards and poles for basketball hoops in the square. A Vietnamese female doctor and Le Ly, our leader, delivered information about cleanliness and basic health. We then handed out goodie bags with the requisite shampoo and soap, and a new set of clothes.
Also pictured above are the old house and the new, which GVF built for a rural family, who are very poor.
Our last stop was at a small school building, where the local children are taught three days a week. The structure had been home for the Singapore students, then converted to a small classroom. We played with the kids, drew pictures, painted, exchanged a few words about our pictures of flowers, houses and birthday cakes. Of course the main attraction was the box of books, donated by Journeys of the Heart, through the Global Village foundation.
Friday, February 18, 2011
My Lai Massacre Memorial Site
We journeyed to the My Lai Massacre site yesterday and although we have been to this now tranquil memorial park on several occassions it was, as always a poignant day.
The day was slightly overcast and cool enough that we were able to stroll the now quiet gardens, slowly. Birds sang and the rice fields and vegetable gardens, within and along side the park, were green and healthy. New life has replaced the charred ruins and devastation of so many lives. The 504 souls, still are present to those who pause to contemplate the events of that fateful day in 1968.
Ha Thi Quy, a survivor, lives a short walk down a neighbouring lane in the village. She and her son and granddaughter remembered us from previous visits and welcomed us into their home. She greeted us with huge hugs and smiles.
The memories of the horror of that day for the families of this tiny hamlet in Central Vietnam are searlingly fresh, yet they cherish life, the land and the family that remains. We are humbled by their forgiveness and acceptance of us. We are moved by their "love, which passeth all understanding".
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The Funeral
At 4:30 am we were wakened by what sounded like two old aluminium garbage can lids being banged together. Up and down the lanes, the tinny, rhythmic beating, ebbed and flowed. Unable to sleep we showered and dressed and were about to sit down for breakfast when, military like music echoed down the lane and into our garden.
"It is for dead people", said our hostess Le. We rushed for the camera and strode to the corner, where a crowd of neighbours was gathering for the funeral procession. Apparently, the drumming at 4:30 was to awaken the neighbours and invite them to the funeral.
We had front row seats to this moving rite. We had seen the banners flying at the gate of a nearby house over the last couple of days where the deceased had been lying in his coffin. On this day three, the coffin would be paraded ceremonially through the neighbourhood so that everyone could "say good bye". The family and mourners would then continue to the graveyard.
We have learned that the military music was not symbolic of a military career, it was simply that the family could affrod a band and "Vietnamese like this kind of music".
Pictured above are the son of the deceased carrying his picture, followed by the mother and wife.
The brilliantly clad and menacingly made up character was described to us as the ":sargeant" of the cortege and his job was not only to direct traffic, give orders for the pall bearers to take a break etc. but symbolically he also was an ominous precense to scare away the restless spirits and ensure a safe and peaceful journey to heaven for the deceased's soul.
The Buddhist shrine on a bicycle cart, a Monk and burning incence are added for good measure.
When I saw these two men in the procession, each with a single fragrant tuberose on their motor bikes I was struck once again by the contrasts in this culture which clings to ancient tradition, while riding the crest of rapid development.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tet is Family Time
This mornning on the first day of the Year of the Cat, we joined Binh, Quyen and Sesame for a family breakfast, before going to the pagoda to honor the ancestors.
We went to the two oldest pagodas in Hoi An. At one we venerated Quyen's Grandmother. Sesame wore traditional garments for this day and was a very good little fellow while we followed the rituals. He and Ba Elaine did sneak off to count the fish in the fish pond in front of the Lady Buddha though...I don't think Buddha or Grandma would mind!
End of Year Celebration at Reaching Out
This year has been one of unparalled success at Reaching Out. Everyone has worked so hard to meet their targets and Binh and Quyen recognized all the staff with healthy bonuses, baskets of goodies for their families and words of encouragement and thanks. Lan An, wrote Binh's words as he spoke so that they could be signed for the speech and hearing impaired staff.
They celebrated not only the financial success of their Fair Trade, social business but marriages, babies, new houses and motor bikes. It was a good year also for health, there were no serious illnesses amongst the staff, which speaks well of their nutritious lunches every day, daily rest time and good working conditions.
Bruce and I are so touched to see the growing independence of all 50 workers and their new found confidence and pride in becoming integrated into their communities. What a gift it is for us to be associated with this exemplary young company.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Making Banh Tet
This food is favoured because it lasts for many days after being boiled for 20 hours in a large cauldron.
At Vuon Trau, this is a fun family event, with "specialists" brought in to make the banh Tet and sweet rice flour and bean cookies. Check the slide show (upper right corner of the blog) for more pictures of Bruce and Elaine pounding the sweet honey and orange into the rice flour and best of all the smiles on the faces of our Vietnamese friends. Our fumbling attempts are the entertainment!
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"Benjamin is a brilliant talent and one of the more idiosyncratic figures of the European Jazz scene."
- The editorial staff at JazzProfiles
In order to bring him to your attention, should you be unfamiliar with his music, I wanted to say a few words about Benjamin Herman.
Benjamin is a young alto saxophone and flute player who resides in
. For one so young, he is an amazingly
accomplished musician with a number of accolades to his credit. Holland
Benjamin Herman was twelve when he started playing saxophone and was performing professionally at the age of thirteen. He has toured with large and small combos in the United States, Japan, Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa and Russia, as well as appearing frequently at North Sea Jazz Festival.
At 21 he received the Wessel Ilcken Prize [named after a Dutch drummer who died in an accident at the age of 34] for best young jazz musician of the year in The Netherlands.
In 1991, Benjamin was invited to take part in the Thelonious Monk Competition, along with Joshua Redman, Chris Potter and Eric Alexander. Some grouping!
After graduating with honors at Hilversum Conservatory he studied with Dick Oatts at Manhattan School of Music in
. New York
By 25 Benjamin had worked with almost every respected group and musician in The Netherlands, and had started initiating his own projects.
What is surprising and yet at the same time satisfying about Benjamin's music is that so much of it is steeped in blues, soul and funk, qualities that one would expect to find in musicians reared in urban, Atlantic Coast US cities, or in rural southern US townships with a predominately sanctified Baptist church culture, but not in a musician raised in largely, cosmopolitan Holland.
The other noteworthy aspect of Benjamin's approach to music is its humor, some of which is satirical almost to the point of being sarcastic at times.
One can get a sense of the qualities of character and personality that influence his music while reading the following insert notes which Benjamin wrote for his 1999 A-Records CD entitled Get In! [AL-73173].
[Does the title itself have an element of sardonic humor in it or is it just me?]
"I've been recording for A-Records and Challenge for around six years: two Van der Grinten / Herman Quartet albums, a third New Cool Collective record and another trio CD out soon, not to mention all the material in the freezer.
So when Angelo Verploegen [the CD's producer] suggested a new so CD with me as the leader, I wondered what all the fuss was about.
It used to be big news when European musicians recorded in the States, but these days it happens all the time ...why couldn't he just give me the money for a well-earned vacation!
But I thought about it. and I knew one person who'd make the project worthwhile. [Drummer] Idris Muhammad.
For years I've been telling drummers to play like Idris and check out his records. DJs are crazy about the guy: he's one of the century's most sampled drummers.
Modem music is full of his break-beats. He's the man who played
drum rhythms over the whole kit while keeping
the groove authentic and funky. New Orleans
Musicians from Lou Donaldson to John Scofield and from Curtis Mayfield to Puff Daddy have used his beats. There isn't a drummer who hasn't copied his style in some way or another. This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get to the source.
And Angelo set it up in a matter of weeks. But not just with Idris.
He managed to get another of my favorites. Larry Goldings. on
. With Hammond Europe's one-and-only Thelonious Monk Award
winner Jesse van Ruller on guitar, it looked set to be a swinging album.
As for the material. I just closed my eyes and imagined what the band would sound like. Ten days later. I had about 20 tunes from which I made a selection on the plane to
I wanted the album to sound as rough as possible. We played the tunes a couple
of times and then started the tape. New
Idris and Larry were onto it from bar one, giving every take an awesome drive. Larry is today's leading young
player. The way he comments on the melodies and solos and works
with Idris is phenomenal, building up each solo without ever losing the groove.
Time flew by and we were soon back in traffic, heading towards
. Next day we flew home and three weeks on,
it still seems out of this world. Manhattan
It certainly changed my attitude about this kind of project.
Angelo can call me anytime.
Benjamin Herman
May 1999.
" Amsterdam
Benjamin's attitude and approach come together in his music in such a way as to lend it an air of adroit arrogance.
Perhaps all of these affectations are just his way of being the 21st century version of a hep cat, or a hipster or a cool-and-crazy-kind-of guy?
Although the beret and to goatee are gone, Benjamin retains the horn-rimmed glasses of the Bebop ear in many of his photos and he's brought back the slim ties and narrow lapelled, three-button suits which we in fashion half-a-century ago during the height of the Soul/Funk/Boogaloo era [think Herbie Hancock's Watermelon Man or Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder].
As you can tell from some of the photographs contained in the video at the end of this piece, Benjamin is not camera shy and often affects exaggerated and, at times, startling poses, trying to broaden the appeal of what he does.
So what if he labels his CDs Pyschodixie for C-Melody Saxophone, or Lost Languages in Sad Serenades & Jocular Jazz or Blue Sky Blonde and writes songs with titles like Get Me Some Whiskey and A …., or The Itch or Inhale, Exhale, the guy swings like mad and is fun to listen.
Whatever his proclivities and affectations, Benjamin has an intense tone similar to that of Ernie Henry or Jackie McLean, a lingering power in his somewhat, off-center phrasing and an inventive style of soloing that leaves a lasting impression in the mind of the listener.
But it would appear that Benjamin's first and lasting love is to lock into a groove and create melodies that are just brimming with "flavors" of blues and soulful funk.
All of the major characteristics of Benjamin's music and his personal style are on display in the following video which was developed with the assistance of the ace graphics team at CerraJazz
The tune is another of Benjamin's off-the-wall titles – Joe's Bar Mitzvah – from his Get In CD with Jesse van Ruller on guitar, Larry Goldings on Hammond B-3 organ [Larry's solo on this one is stunningly "bar mitzvar-ish"] and Idris Muhammad [who issues forth one of his better renditions of a New Orleans syncopated marching band beat] on drums.
In addition to his trio and quartet work, Benjamin has played a major role along with keyboardist and composer Willem Friede in the development of the New Cool Collective.
Originally an octet, the New Cool Collective has expanded to become one of the hottest big bands in Europe and is particular favorite among the young Jazz fans on the continent because of its style of music and the almost party-like atmosphere the surrounds its in-person performances.
Many of the
NCC's big band charts are riff-based
arrangements which allow for plenty of solo space and use heavy back beats,
sometimes with Latin and Rock overtones, that
make it easy for younger audiences to relate to them.
Here's an overview of the New Cool Collective as drawn from its website.
"Following its initial gigs at the Club Paradiso in
, the New Cool Collective made several
festival appearances, including an appearance at the prestigious North Sea Jazz
Festival. In 1997 the band toured Amsterdam and Germany Benelux. More dates followed in 1998 leading to an
appearance at 's Concertgebouw and a tour of the Amsterdam , taking in UK Leeds, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. October
1999 saw the release of London NCC's third CD, Big (Challenge, A-Records). In 2000
the album received an Edison Jazz Award [Dutch Grammy].
Invitations from abroad following the release of the album included concerts at
'Mix' Festival ( Camden ) and Aberdeen Alternative Festival ( London ). More recently, the band has toured Scotland , South Africa , Russia and is a regular guest at the East London
Jazz Café. New Cool Collective recently received the Heineken Crossover Award.
New Cool Collective can currently be seen twice a month at Germany 's Amsterdam nightclub. Their new CD, Bring
it On, has just been released by Sony. The New Cool Collective is by
far Panama 's hottest big band." Holland
Many of Benjamin's CDs as well as those of the New Cool Collective are available from several online retailers as Mp3 downloads which helps in offsetting the euro-dollar exchange rate.
If you have an interest in exploring Jazz in some of its current manifestations on the European continent, Benjamin's and the
NCC's music provide an excellent starting
You can sample the New Cool Collective Big Band's music in the following video. The audio track is Flootie and its features Benjamin Herman on flute.


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My blog used to be called Nappy Valley. But now I've moved to the dizzy heights of Crystal Palace (via a spell as an expat on Long Island, New York). And my Littleboys are long out of nappies.
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Camp visit, with Murdochs thrown in
Not only that, but I was desperate to watch the Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks being grilled by the Select Committee, taking place that very same morning (New York time). This has been one of those sagas that I would have loved to be at home for, dissecting the ins and outs and implications for journalism in a bar with my friends; most people I know out here have probably never even heard of the News of the World. Thank goodness for the internet and Twitter (which, finally, I am starting to see the point of).
The camp visit, of only an hour, had to be fitted in around everything else that was going on that day. Rupert Murdoch had just started speaking as we left, so we pitched up in the car listening to The Murdochs on the radio (perhaps they could turn it into a serial like The Archers?), reluctantly switching it off as we parked in a baseball field. "It's like going on a Cross Channel ferry," remarked The Doctor, as we were directed to park in a line of other cars, bumper to bumper, in marked out lanes.
It was an occasion run with military precision. Hundreds of parents were being marshalled towards camp, wielding video cameras and iPhones to capture the sporting acheivements of their little darlings on film. We had been given strict instructions to 'wear flat shoes, as you are visiting camp' - not a problem for me, as I live in flip flops during the summer months, but there were a few parents who clearly didn't get the memo and looked as if they were dressed for a Regency garden party.
During the next hour, while watching Littleboy 1 play basketball and hockey and swim (parents shouting out comments like 'Top Shelf, Buddy!" at their offspring) I managed the odd furtive look at Twitter to find out what was happening, Murdoch-wise. Sadly I missed custard-pie gate, but I have to say it was worth it to see Littleboy 1 shooting hoops, a big smile on his face whenever he turned around to see us, and swimming underwater like a fish.
And, although I felt a bit guilty at taking a moment to prise my eyes away from my firstborn and indeed my husband wielding foam hockey sticks, I wasn't quite as bad as one Dad, who was actually talking on his mobile as he played hockey during the Dads and Kids hockey game. I wonder if he works for News Corp.?......
10 comments:
- Home Office Mum said...
I missed all the grilling. Just got the twitter feeds. Actually, I'm rather hoping they move to a new news story soon. I've reached saturation point with it now. Camp day sounds fun though!
- 21 July 2011 at 14:42
- Nota Bene said...
Work ground to a halt for the session...but in truth, I'm sure being there was more worthwhile eh?
- 21 July 2011 at 15:43
- MsCaroline said...
NPR have had pretty good coverage of the Murdoch scandal but I was very impressed when they did a fairly in-depth segment on Rebekah Brooks, questioning her level of involvement, and just a day or two later, she was arrested.
And no, I don't think you should feel guilty at all for the occasional glance at the news, even during something as momentous as Parents day at camp. You owe it to your children to stay abreast of current events, right? ; )
- 22 July 2011 at 00:52
- Muddling Along said...
On the phone whilst playing hockey? That is some dedication to work (and presumably some impressive background noises to that call)
- 22 July 2011 at 09:50
- About Last Weekend said...
I missed it all but your post really makes me want to see the custard pie-gate. Plus tiger wife protecting her money-man. I know he's 80 but he can stand up for himself. Yes, you're so right, I wish i was back in London to read endlessly about this - the Brit press have no peer when it comes to covering this kind of thing - Love it and miss them...
- 22 July 2011 at 19:39
- nappy valley girl said...
HOM - believe me, it is more interesting than Obama's budget negotiations...
NB - course it was....
MsCaroline - NPR rock. I am not sure what we would do without them.
Muddling Along - I would love to know what he was talking about....
ALW - yes, there's nothing like the British media (when they're not phone hacking, that is...).
- 25 July 2011 at 14:25
- Iota said...
Something tells me you haven't quite passed the enthusiasm test yet... Though I'm interested to see that Twitter is winning you over.
- 27 July 2011 at 12:57
- nappy valley girl said...
Iota - it's winning me over in terms of following news and current events. Not in terms of chatting to other bloggers though - I just don't have the time to be on there enough to get involved in the conversation.
- 27 July 2011 at 13:50
- Circles in the Sand said...
Saw some of it at work - a benefit of working for emap here, the editor (British) was hooked!! Loved your comment at the end about the dad on his mobile! I'm still laughing now!
- 28 July 2011 at 16:22
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Circles in the Sand - he honestly was! I even have it on camera :-)
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Ink-Slinger Profiles: Katharine P. Rice
Katharine Patterson Rice was born in Delaware on December 2, 1878. Her full name was recorded on her marriage certificate, which is in the Delaware Marriage Records, 1806-1933 at Ancestry.com. Her birthdate is based on three records: she was listed in the 1880 U.S. Federal Census; the 1900 census had her birth as December 1878; and the California Death Index, 1940-1997 has the date as December 2, 1882.
In the 1880 census, she lived with her mother, Mary, and younger sister, Bessie, in Wilmington, Delaware at 307 West 12 Street. Her maternal grandfather was the head of the household.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania), December 25, 1898, mentioned her in the "Wilmington Social Notes" column which included a portrait (below).
Miss Katharine Patterson Rice was sitting by the desk showing some of her drawings. Miss Rice has shown that she has a decided talent for pen and ink sketches. The clever little heading in the Every Evening here and used over the articles signed "Portia" was drawn by Miss Rice.
The Inquirer, May 7, 1899, reported the Wilmington Dramatic Club's play, "Married Life", and said, "…Miss Katharine Patterson Rice, who takes a leading part in the play and is an artist of no mean ability with her pen, has designed a sketch for the frontispiece of the program…"
The 1900 census recorded her at the same 1880 address. Her architect father, Edward, was head of the household. She was an "artist painting". The book, Samuel L. Schmucker: The Discovery of His Lost Art (2000), has the most biographical information on Rice (pages 153 to 162). According to the book she was enrolled, from 1902 to 1904, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and listed in Wilmington city directories as an artist from 1906 to 1922. She met Samuel Schmucker at the academy; after two years there, he studied at the Howard Pyle Drexel Institute for a year. He lived in Philadelphia but also had a Wilmington address in 1908.
According to the 1910 census, Schmucker was a boarder at Rice's home in Wilmington. While he produced postcards, her fashion drawings appeared on the covers of newspaper supplements in papers such as the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Colorado Springs Gazette. The Evening Tribune (Providence, Rhode Island), published her drawings in its February 13, May 15 and July 24, 1910 editions. Her comic strip, Flora Flirt, was published in the Philadelphia North American beginning February 23, 1913.
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Rice and Schmucker were married October 27, 1917, in Wilmington, according to their marriage certificate, which said they were 36 years old. On September 12, 1918, he signed his World War I draft card. His birth date was February 20, 1879. The couple lived in Manhattan, New York City, at 5 East 40th Street. He was a freelance artist. As "Katharine Schmucker", she was mentioned twice in the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Forty-second Annual Report 1918. The annual commencement was on May 23, 1918 and she received an honorable mention for the Miss Mary E. Sinnott Prize—For Mosaic, and a School of Industrial Art certificate for the Industrial Drawing Course. Schmucker's wife should not be confused with his first cousin, Katharine Muhlenberg Schmucker (1884–1966), who was an artist, too.
As "Katharine Schmucker" in the 1920 census, she was a boarder at the Easton Sanitarium in Easton, Pennsylvania. The Schmucker book said he was "vice-president of Robert Hoyme, Inc., an advertising/merchandising agency at 150 West 57th Street, N.Y." Schmucker died of heart failure on September 4, 1921, and was buried in the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania, his hometown.
Rice has not been found in the 1930 census. According to the Schmucker book, she was mentioned in her mother's 1932 obituary and was a San Francisco resident. City directories, for 1932 and 1934, had her address as 433 Powell Street.
Rice's father passed away January 28, 1933.
Rice was recorded in the 1940 census living in San Francisco at the Hotel Victoria, 598 Bush Street.
The Schmucker book said the Victoria Hotel was her last known residence. Rice passed away September 23, 1955, at the Alexander Sanitarium in San Mateo County, California. She was buried at the family plot in Wilmington.
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Winona Blanch (Brannan) Burgess, 95, passed away July 30, 2013.
A celebration of life is planned for August in Grain Valley, Mo., and is expected to be announced later by Dengel & Son Mortuary. All those who were a part of Winona�s journey will be invited to help celebrate her life.
She was born May 30, 1918.
Winona was a lover of all things beautiful, especially flowers and quilts. She had many friends wherever she lived and kept these relationships to the end. Her family would like to thank all those who touched her life, including Sylvia Starkey, Southern Care Hospice, nurse Jackie and nurse Bronwyn.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Grain Valley Historical Society or Southern Care Hospice through Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory St., Ottawa KS 66067.
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'Getting out of Dodge'
El Paso County commissioners agreed this week to consider proposals that would keep them downtown, along with county administration, rather than move them to the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department building at 2880 International Circle.
Deputy County Administrator Monnie Gore admitted the Regional Building facility's "designs haven't been done or 'costed' by contractors," meaning the county doesn't know the price of an addition. Gore ballparked it at $1 million to $1.25 million.
Commissioners gave Downtown Partnership executive director Ron Butlin one week to come up with alternatives for the group's Dec. 21 meeting. Butlin said that would be no problem. Two rumored possibilities are a building at 15 N. Nevada Ave., and Plaza of the Rockies at Tejon Street and Colorado Avenue. But commissioners made it clear they're in a hurry, because Sheriff Terry Maketa and the coroner, who are expecting to move into the current County Office Building, "are depending on us getting out of Dodge," in Commissioner Sallie Clark's words.
Commissioner Amy Lathen says commissioners want to work out a long-term plan to co-locate county and city offices, but won't open discussions until next year, after Colorado Springs voters elect a new mayor and City Council members. Meanwhile, the county will spend about $55 million on facilities, including purchase and remodeling of the former Intel building on Garden of the Gods Road, remodels of Centennial Hall and the administration building, and some solution for commissioners. Given that, it's unclear what offices would be relocated, and at what expense, in any cooperative deal with the city. — PZ
Cliff House 2, déjá vu
Manitou Springs City Council showed a little holiday spirit toward the Cliff House at Pikes Peak on Dec. 7, extending an approval of the hotel's major expansion development by six months.
The approval means that the project — the largest in recent Manitou history — could have another shot, though several other approvals are necessary before construction can start. The Manitou Springs Historic Preservation Commission must give its blessing again (hardly a sure thing, given a changing of the guard and new regulations), and a traffic study must be performed in summer 2011 to ensure the project still meets guidelines.
The Cliff House could have avoided all the headaches by signing the development agreement Council approved over a year ago. That agreement would have given the Cliff House five years to complete the project without further bureaucratic headaches. For unknown reasons, the Cliff House did not sign that agreement in the allotted time, thus subjecting itself to this new process.
The expansion would incorporate new construction and a remodel of the historic Wheeler House, adding a ballroom, an indoor pool, meeting spaces and 79 hotel rooms to Manitou's premier hotel. — JAS
Voters get a shot at Memorial
City Council this week formally endorsed asking voters to weigh in on a proposal to convert city-owned Memorial Health System to an independent nonprofit.
A panel of Council members and Memorial board members were to begin working out details of an April 5 election ballot measure on Wednesday. A majority of Council support demanding some kind of annual payment if Memorial becomes a nonprofit, but an amount hasn't been settled upon.
Meantime, Memorial came clean that it spent $16,500 on Gazette ads promoting the nonprofit idea and another $95,000 on media consultants. Some on Council expressed disapproval of the expenses. — PZ
Agencies need donations
With Christmas fast approaching, Springs Rescue Mission will put on two events and give hundreds of boxes of food to needy families. Chief operations officer Lyn Harwell expects as many as 10,000 people will seek help this holiday season from his nonprofit.
"Times are still tough out there, and we see the great need every day," Harwell says. "We have to be ready to serve as many people as we can in the next few weeks. We need a lot of food, and we need help accumulating it."
So far, however, SRM is short of its goal. Most-needed items: frozen turkeys, boxed stuffing, boxed mashed potatoes, canned green beans, canned corn, canned cranberry sauce, canned gravy, cold-weather coats, bicycles, unwrapped toys for boys, hygiene products and cold-weather socks.
SRM isn't alone looking for donations. The Bob Tellmosse Giveaway, Christmas Unlimited and Feed the Children have also said they need unwrapped toys for boys and children's bikes. Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, which provides food to most area pantries and soup kitchens, is heavily reliant on holiday food gifts. It most needs canned fruit, canned vegetables, soup, canned meat and tuna, peanut butter, cereal and oatmeal.
Sam Edwards of Catholic Charities of Colorado Springs (which runs the Marian House Soup Kitchen) says his organization is also hoping for a flood of donations. Much-needed items include large canned goods, coffee, frozen hams, rice, pasta, spices, men's boots, shoes, socks, long underwear, men's pants (particularly waist sizes 30 to 36), jackets (particularly XL), hats, gloves, mittens, gently used kids and baby clothes, diapers, baby formula and baby food. Oh, and money, Edwards adds. Marian House makes 220,000 meals a year on a $25,000 budget.
"Put us on your monthly calendar [for donations]," Edwards pleads, "not just your Christmas calendar." — JAS
FutureSelf finds leader
FutureSelf, a Colorado Springs nonprofit dedicated to helping youth through arts education, has hired Abby Laine Sienkiewicz as executive director. Sienkiewicz most recently worked at the La Foret Conference and Retreat Center, where she helped implement the MeadowGrass Music Festival.
"As a local nonprofit serving the youth of Colorado Springs and El Paso County, FutureSelf required a combination of vision, creativity and compassion in its leader," Kellie Whitney, the organization's board chair, stated in a press release. "Abby has this combination in addition to abundant enthusiasm. Her experience and commitment to youth will be valued assets in our effort to inspire positive youth self-transformation through the arts."
FutureSelf is housed next to, and in a building owned by, the Independent. — JAS
Chamber honors four
Four awards recognizing leadership and entrepreneurship were bestowed by the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce this week during the State of the Region luncheon at the Antlers Hilton downtown.
Terry Sullivan, the soon-to-retire CEO of the Springs' convention and visitors bureau, received a special recognition award for promoting the region.
Jerry Biggs, owner of Calx Real Estate, was honored as community leader of the year, while El Paso County public information officer Dave Rose took the prize for leadership in the public sector.
John and Cindy Hooton, owners of Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, were given the "American Dream Award" in honor of their hard work and enthusiasm for the community. — PZ
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CBS goes traditional route
Net's upfront different because it's normalCBS on Wednesday gave advertisers what they've been craving so far during the annual upfronts: a return to normalcy.
The network unveiled the first fall schedule that seemingly bears no scars from the writers strike, along with new shows that return to the network's crime-and-comedy roots.
After taking a creative detour in the fall with such outside-the-box concepts as singing gamblers and vampire detectives, CBS is adding new two new crime procedurals, opening up another night of comedy and going after female audiences.
As promised, the CBS presentation at Carnegie Hall in New York offered no frills -- no gag reels, no Who concerts -- and touched on several media divisions under the CBS Corp. umbrella: radio, outdoor advertising, online, syndication. It began with CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves likening the company's assets to a symphony orchestra, a nod to the hallowed performing space.
Various CBS talent took the stage to represent different divisions, including talk show host Craig Ferguson (outdoor), daytime talk show host Rachael Ray (syndication), "CSI" creator Anthony Zuiker (online) and radio personality Adam Carolla.
CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler emphasized the fact that CBS was first to bring its scripted series back in originals after the strike to solid ratings and came to the upfronts with all of its pilots/presentations produced -- the only network to do so in the compressed post-strike pilot season.
"Our goal is to be out in front of everyone," Tassler said. "Rather than simply telling you about our new shows, we are proud to be able to show them to you today."
CBS presented footage from all its new series -- dramas "Eleventh Hour," "The Mentalist" and "The Ex List" and comedies "Worst Week" and "Project Gary"; the clips from "Worst Week" received a rousing reception from the crowd.
At these post-strike upfronts where actual footage of fall shows has been a rare commodity, CBS' fully stocked reel received high marks from advertisers.
"They gave a better sense of what the shows are," Starcom CEO John Muszynski said.
Given the network's success coming out of the gate quickly after the WGA strike, CBS is mulling the possibility of launching some shows before the traditional late-September premiere week, Tassler said at a news conference Wednesday.
She touted "Worst Week" and "Project Gary" as "two of highest-testing new comedies we've had in years."
"We've been looking to expand, to build out to another night ... and we had the goods to it this year," she said.
Single-camera "Worst Week," about an engaged couple, is a somewhat odd fit to CBS' multicamera Monday night lineup. It is believed that the rookie was given the prime post-"Two and a Half Men" slot as part of a deal that made the UMS-produced comedy a co-prodution with CBS Par.
Tassler outlined CBS' new emphasis on stronger female characters, with the female-driven "Ex List" replacing "Moonlight" on Fridays and drama "The Unit" adding a new female character.
"Women drive network television," she said. "Women watch our procedurals and comedies, and we wanted to build on that. We've added more female faces to the network."
Even during the development processes, the network looked at characters written as men and tried to see if they could be rewritten as women, Tassler noted.
"Ex-List" stars Elizabeth Reaser as a woman told she's going to get married in a year to a man she's already met. She then goes about contacting all her former boyfriends.
When asked how the show will last more than one season if her wedding is in one year, Tassler said, "Fortunes change."
"Ex List," "Worst Week" and "Eleventh Hour" are based on foreign formats, underlying the recent trend for the broadcast networks to go for pretested concepts.
As for the serialized midseason drama "Harper's Island," about a group of friends terrorized on an island off the Seattle coast, Tassler described it as a cross between "10 Little Indians" and "Scream."
Regarding the cancellation of fan favorite "Moonlight," she said the falloff suffered by "Jericho" in its second season was a factor in the decision.
"We had a very passionate fan base, and that's a good thing, but we had to make some tough calls," she said.
CBS is not launching any new unscripted shows in the fall, but it is shooting Mark Burnett's game show "Jingles," which could serve as a replacement.
Back at the presentation, without the CBS upfront staple -- a party at Tavern on the Green -- attendees awkwardly congregated in front of Carnegie Hall after the show, before spilling out into the street.


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Jan. 17, 2014
Thankfully, the title of LaVette's latest LP is "Thankful and Thoughtful," not "Thankful and Snotful," and she delivered blistering, heart-wrenching and soul-shaking takes of choice cuts from that disc and the the rest of her superb back catalog. It was clear from her energetic, focused performance that it would take more than a mere cold to slow Lavette down or to dampen her incredible voice.
Indeed, that voice - elegant, elemental and awash in emotion - was the first thing the audience noticed. As her razor sharp, hip-rocking band barreled out of the gate with a fatback, funk cover of the Beatles' "The Word," Lavette started singing offstage. Yet the word "singing" hardly does justice to Lavette's vocal roller-coaster. Growling, purring, jumping for joy, Lavette did more than make this revered oldie her own. She wrung every last ounce of breath and emotion out of the Fab Four chestnut.
As keyboardist/musical director Alan Hill announced "The Great Lady of Soul," Lavette shimmied and strutted onstage, buttoning "The Word" with her kerosene-smooth, sandpapered alto. The crowd went wild. And that was just the first number.
James Simpson's bubbling-yet-earthy bass and drummer Daryl Pierce's snapping, in-the-pocket groove anchored the jazzy slink of "Everything is Broken," as Brett Lucas' insidious blues guitar kicked up whirling dust devils. Coupling the hard-as-nails brass of Tina Turner and the soaring gospel shout of Gladys Knight, Lavette transcended the tune's litany of broken minds and broken dream with a defiant message of hope.
Throughout the evening, Lavette's band was both loose-limbed and dead-on-the-money. Rocking and swaying, the four-piece cleared space for Lucas' sand-in-the-gasoline fretboard flights, Adams' stride piano excursions, Pierce's Billy Cobham thunder and Simpson's elastic bass, before snapping back together to turn on several bright shiny dimes. Yet the focus remained firmly on Lavette and her voice, by turns fluid, cutting, rafter-ratting and vulnerable.
The Tom Waits cover "Yesterday is Here," skated on jump and speakeasy blues before descending into a hoedown stomp. Emoting, gesturing, belting and baring her soul, Lavette transformed Dolly Parton's "Sparrow" into a walking blues-cum-triumphant soul shouter.
She sardonically acknowledged that singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams "may possibly be the only woman to out-drink me" before ramping up the funky swagger of Williams' sorrowful "Joy." The blues rock of Savoy Brown's "I'm Tired" sparked with electro-funk crackle as Lavette imbued the tune with a mix of disgust, resolution and triumph.
Striking a faux-dramatic pose, LaVette joked that the next tune will always be "associated in my heart with Chevy trucks", before riding a wave of gloriously greasy slide guitar over the grainy, searingly sexy heartland soul of Bob Seger's "Like a Rock."
The one-two punch of slow-burning torch anthem "The More I Search (The More I Die)" and majestic, liquid soul-jazz gem "Heaven" had the crowd cheering and on their feet. Working the room, zeroing in the the tune's beating heart, Lavette elevated "Heaven" to a take-no-prisoners testament of faith and determination. Lavette slowly exited as the black-suited band continued to vamp, crisp and cool-as-fuck before the stage's red velvet curtain.
Incredibly,the R&B powerhouse topped herself. Trouping back onstage after several minutes, LaVette brought "Heaven" back down to earth, channeling, chanting, shouting and transforming performance and song into a communal experience.
The band trouped off, leaving the encore spotlight to the Great Lady of Soul. Lavette's a cappella rendition of "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" was a revelation, terrifying and beautiful, stark and open-hearted. Entrusted to Lavette's expertise and empathy, Sinead O'Connor's signature tune became a secular gospel hymn, a song of praise to the human spirit, which was both embodied by Bettye Lavette and transmitted by her miraculous talent to the lucky souls in the Neighborhood audience.


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