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Dora Lopes – Enciclopédia da Gíria (1957 Mocambo)
June 7, 2019 Brazilian, Jazz Bossa, Samba
Dora Lopes – Enciclopédia da Gíria
Mocambo / Rozenblit 1957
Is this a Pride Month post? Sort of, because Dora Lopes was possibly the first "out" singer in Brazilian popular music. But this record was before anyone outside Rio scenesters knew or cared about her sexuality, and even before she was the proprietor of O Caixotinho, one of Rio's first lesbian nightclubs that served the Copacabana area beginning in the second half of the 60s. This 1957 album is notable for other reasons, like being released on the small Recife imprint Mocambo, and for the fact that Dora gets composer credits on all but a couple songs here in a era when women songwriters were not the norm. The songs and arrangements fit more in the jazz-samba world than the nascent bossa nova scene. Continue reading
Tagged Bossa Nova, Brazil, jazz samba, Samba
Nara Leão, Edu Lobo, Tamba Trio – 5 Na Bossa (1965)
September 9, 2013 Bossa Nova
Edu Lobo / Nara Leão / Tamba Trio
1965 Philips 632.769 L
2013 Remaster
1 – Carcará (José Cândido, João do Vale)
2 – Reza (Ruy Guerra, Edu Lobo)
3 – O trem atrasou (Paquito, Vilarinho, Estanislau Silva)
4 – Zambi (Edu Lobo, Vinicius de Moraes)
5 – Consolação (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes)
6 – Aleluia (Ruy Guerra, Edu Lobo)
7 – Cicatriz (Zé Keti, Hermínio Bello de Carvalho)
8 – Estatuinha (Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Edu Lobo)
9 – Minha história (Raymundo Evangelista, João do Vale)
10 – O morro não tem vez (Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes)
Recorded live at the Paramount Theater, São Paulo
Remastered by Luigi Hoffer and Carlos Savalla at Digital Mastering Solutions
Well there isn't a tremendous amount to say about this brief live record. Solid performances from everyone involved, although the recording itself is less than prestine and seems to have been made worse by questionable remastering that now makes the album feature clipped samples and very obvious noise reduction artifacts… Why do I keep buying CDs just to hear myself complain when I know they'll screw them up? Well this otherwise pretty rare so there's one reason.
Tamba Trio sounds fantastic, as usual, and the two cuts they have to themselves here are nice and long showcases. Nara is a bit uneven, unfortunately. Her imperfect intonation was always part of her charm, but in this live setting – inside a large auditorium-style theater and no stage monitors (being 1965) – her pitch is more off than usual. In fact "Cicatriz," a song that goes outside her vocal range to begin with, is a downright painful listen. She sounds excellent singing with Edu Lobo on Aleluia, though. Sr. Lobo just celebrated his 70th birthday, so it's a particularly good time to enjoy this rare live recording of him in his youth. The liner notes thank Aloysio de Oliveira (the man behind Elenco) for loaning him out for this recording. He sings one of my favorite compositions of his too, "Reza."
Tagged Bossa Jazz, Bossa Nova, Edu Lobo, jazz samba, Nara Leão, Samba, Tamba Trio
Various Artists – Bossa Nova: Sua História, Sua Gente (1975)
January 25, 2013 Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova Sua Historia Sua Gente
Philips / Polygram
Original release 1975
CD reissue, unknown date
01 – Sofrer é da Vida – Mario Reis
02 – Você – Dick Farney e Norma Bengel
03 – Nós e o Mar – Doris Monteiro
04 – Só Danço Samba – Donato e Seu Trio
05 – Mocinho Bonito – Billy Blanco
06 – Samba do Avião – Cariocas
07 – Rio – Lucio Alves
08 – As Praias Desertas – Elizete Cardoso
09 – Último Canto – Agostinho dos Santos
10 – Influência do Jazz – Leny Andrade
11 – Minha Saudade – Tamba Trio
12 – Por Toda Minha Vida – Lenita Bruno
13 – Tristeza de Nós Dois – Luiz Eca
14 – Tem Mais Samba – Quarteto em Cy
15 – Boranda – Edu Lobo & Tamba Trio
16 – Berimbau – Baden Powell
17 – The Girl From Ipanema – Astrud Gilberto
18 – Carta ao Tom 74 – Vinícius e Toquinho
01 – Samba da Pergunta – João Gilberto
02 – Samba de Verão – Roberto Menescal e Seu Conjunto
03 – Demais – Maysa
04 – Folha de Papel – Sergio Ricardo
05 – Chora Tua Tristeza – Conj Oscar Castro Neves
06 – Ao Amigo Tom – Claudette Soares
07 – Você e Eu – Sylvia Telles
08 – Coisa Mais Linda – Carlos Lyra
09 – Ela é Carioca – Sergio Mendes e Bossa Trio
10 – Maria Bonita – Nara Leão
11 – Upa Neguinho – Lennie Dale
12 – Que Maravilha – Zimbo Trio
13 – De Palavra em Palavra – Mpb4
14 – Chuva – Os Gatos
15 – Tema do Boneca de Palha – Rosinha de Valença
16 – Olha Maria – Chico Buarque
17 – So Tinha de Ser com Você – Elis & Tom
18 – Ana Luiza – Tom Jobim
There are a lot of bossa nova compilations out there, and a lot of them are pretty shitty. This one is a good enough listen, though not nearly as
Earth-shaking as some of the reviews I've seen on the internet might indicate. In fact, T. "Strokin"Jurek must have a different record than the one I
have – not only does it not feature any tracks by Jorge Ben as he claims (rather, it has a medley of Ben songs performed by Zimbo Trio, however, which is a big
difference), but it also does NOT contain "credits and complete song details" in any way. What my copy has is an essay-style account of bossa nova with information on key composers, artists, producers and arrangers. Not song credits. Maybe Jurek has a different edition, or maybe he doesn't read or speak Portuguese? If so he should probably stop being paid to write reviews of anthological Brazilian releases. What Jurek also seems ignorant of is that astute fans of this music don't gripe about compilations like this because they are fond of
"nit picking." Usually they are motivated for a love of music that exceeds the profit motive of the companies that put it out. A case in point can usually be found in any compilation claiming to represent an entire musical movement, such as this one. Even in the 1960s, the Brazilian recording industry was consolidated in very few hands, with each label being pretty equally possessive of its own artists and covetous of its neighbors. As you will see, that has resulted in some misleading attempts to anthologize.
This collection was originally released as a triple-LP box with an oversized booklet. I had both the vinyl and CD and for once we are at least lucky to have a CD booklet that replicates
the info in the original vinyl down to the letter. Unfortunately that info is still kind of vague on the sort of info fans want, such as the provenance of the tracks – the dates, the records they came from, who may have played on them – in fact just the sort of info that Jurek claims comes with this set but does not. It's my feeling this is a pretty deliberate choice. Philips didn't even
exist as a discrete record label during the heydey of bossa nova, but rather took over what had been CBD (Companhia Brasileira dos Discos) and eventually acquired the Elenco label and their catalog in the early 70s. So this compilation is missing all kinds of crucial stuff released by the EMI-Odeon and RGE labels, for example. To make things more confusing, some of the artists associated with those labels appear here on selections recorded after they had signed contracts with Philips (João Gilberto, Chico Buarque, Zimbo Trio). They are great songs, but these artists' canonical contributions to bossa nova are found on their first few records, and not the ones recorded for Phillips.
What this compilation does do really well is fill in gaps in the fan's knowledge of artists either within bossa nova or who were seminal and influential on its formation (even if some of them – like Dick Farney – are once again featured in post-1970 contexts). A lot of material, however, isn't actually bossa nova but samba canção, a genre that provided a lot of the roots, repertoire, and inspiration for bossa nova but which is distinct enough that its progenitors were initially scandalized by the deviations in rhythms and intervals that the kids brought to the block. Although it's not clear how much is intentional and how much is a product of the contractual shenanigans on who has rights to what songs, this record ends up being a cool compilation that manages to
avoid repeating the cliched representations of bossa nova (with the exception fo Girl From Ipanema), even at the expense of omitting most of its key compositions and recordings.
Extra points for including tracks from Os Cariocas, Carlos Lyra, Agostinho dos Santos, US expatriat Lennie Dale, Silvia Telles, and Billy Blanco.
Tagged Bossa Nova, jazz samba, Samba
Os Cobras – O LP (1964)
September 16, 2012 Bossa Nova, Jazz bossa
OS COBRAS
O LP
Released 1964 on RCA (BBL-1290) in Brazil
Reissue 2005 Sony-BMG France
In GLORIOUS MONOPHONIC
01 – Quintessência (J. T. Meirelles)
02 – Nanã (Moacir Santos / Mário Telles)
03 – Depois de Amro (Orlann Divo / Roberto Jorge)
04 – Adriana (Roberto Menescal / Luis Fernando Freire)
05 – Praia (Orlann Divo / Roberto Jorge)
06 – Uganda (Orlann Divo / Roberto Jorge)
07 – The Blues Walk (C. Brown)
08 – 40 Graus (Orlando Costa "Maestro Cipó")
09 – Chão (Amaury Tristão / Roberto Jorge)
10 – Menina Demais (Orlann Divo / Roberto Jorge)
11 – Mar Amar (Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Bôscoli)
12 – Moça da Praia (Roberto Menescal / Luis Fernando Freire)
Tenorio Jr. (piano)
José Carlos "Zezinho" (bass)
Milton Banana (drums)
Raul de Souza (trombone)
Hamilton (trumpet)
Meirelles (sax alto, flute)
Paulo Moura (sax alto)
Jorginho (flute)
Aurino (sax baritono)
Cipó (sax tenor)
Roberto Menescal (guitar on 10 & 12)
Ugo (vibraphone on 10 & 12)
Lately, in my real job, I've been pushing my way through a chunk of writer's block rough enough to leave your hands bleeding from the splinters. That results in a few adverse effects that involve you, blog reader: I have less time to put into writing for this place, and then when I do have free time it's usually spent feeling like an idiot about the other stuff I've been working on.
But instrumental music is often the only music that I can write to when working on that "other stuff" and this record has gotten a few spins over the last month. It's kind of a super group, Brazilian jazz all-stars affair, the result of the label RCA-Victor approaching composer and arranger Roberto Jorge to make a record with the regular heavyweights in Rio's jazz scene congregating around the jam sessions at places like Little Club and Bottle's. The result was a bold declaration of the samba-jazz sound at its best. On the rhythm section there's the ubiqutuous Milton Banana – Brazil's own Art Blakey – on the drum kit, and Tenório Jr. on piano, who was also ubiquitous until he was "disappeared" and murdered in Argentina while on tour with Vinicius & Toquinho in the mid 70s. Zezinho is on bass, about whom I can't tell you much of anything besides that he frequently played with Erlon Chaves. In the way of horns, there is the brilliant Paulo Moura, whose passing a couple years ago was a huge loss for the world of music. The guy has probably a million album credits of everything from choro to prog rock, but here we get to hear him in the same group with Meirelles, a sax man every bit his equal. A lot of the arrangements are by Cipó, who worked with João Gilberto's first band Garotos da Lua and also contributes one composition and a bit of tenor sax to this record. There are also a few arrangements by Carlos Monteiro de Souza.
This album really highlights the symbiotic relationship between jazz in the United States and samba-jazz, jazz-bossa or just jazz in Brazil. Flows of mutual inspiration were resulting in an amazing amount of innovation and great music on both sides of the equator. But like in many other contexts, the relationship was also lopsided and unequal. The infatuation of American jazz for bossa nova, Brazil's biggest musical export, unfortunately overlooked the immense variety of possibilities presented by other styles of music, such as samba. If US jazz absorbed anything of samba, it was by way of bossa nova's own mutations of it. With apologies for making a simplified, unilineal argument, I'll do it anyway and say that samba was to bossa nova what the blues was to jazz: the latter would not have existed without the former. But the blindness to each other's roots was reciprocal – the blues was not really in the repertoire of musical idioms available to Brazilians either, at least not in the early 60s. Both jazz and bossa were transnational, globalized music long before anyone used that kind of language to describe them, but when you push back into their roots you find yourself at the limits of the culturally specific. In spite of a multitude of sociological and economic similarities, a Mississippi sharecropper and a morro resident in Rio were speaking mutually unintelligible languages.
This is another record where singling out individual tracks seems almost superfluous, but their arrangements of a few classic tunes deserve pointing out. "Naña", one of Moacir Santos' most gorgeous and most recorded compositions, is immediately compelling with Tenório's sparse deconstruction of the chord sequence opening the tune before the lush harmonies of sax, trumpet and flute come in on the main melody. Remind me some time to post Santos' "Coisas" album here, as it's essential listening that makes a lot of the "top 100" lists that people are always making. Incidentally, Moacir Santos played in a completely unrelated combo calling themselves Os Cobras, who made a one-off album in 1960 and then disappeared.
Another ear-catching track is a version of Clifford Brown's signature tune, "The Blues Walk", proving that these guys hold their own on straight bop. The album is infused with bop throughout, especially noticeable in Meirelles's own composition "Quintessence" and "Praia" from Orlann Divo & Roberto Jorge, which still sound fresh. They may start out a bit reverent playing Brown's tune, but the sense of playfulness and fun soon overtakes everything else. This is followed by the Cipó composition "40 graus" which except for its choruses bears more than a passing resemblance to the rocking samba-jazz-bossa that J.T. Meirelles was making with Jorge Ben at the time. It's also the longest track here, clocking in at a whopping four and a half minutes. The record closes with a short pretty composition by Luiz Fernando Freire and Roberto Menescal ("Moça da praia", apparently a favorite theme of the bossa crowd), who also features on acoustic guitar.
Using the original liner notes, translated into French for this pressing, it is possible to reconstruct who plays what solo on which tunes. Anyone who feels so inclined to do so is welcome to compile it and send it to me, and I'll happily post it here. As for me, it's time to get back to chipping away at that writer's block.
Tagged Brazilian jazz, jazz samba, Milton Banana, Paulo Moura, Tenório Jr.
Beth Carvalho – Primeiras Andanças 1965-75 (2010)
July 8, 2011 Brazilian, Samba
"Primeiras Andanças – Os Primeiros Dez Anos"
Released 2010 Discobertas (DBOX-01)
Boxset produced by Marcelo Fróes
Remastering by Ricardo Carvalheira
Graphic design by Bady Cartier
Volume One: Canto Por Um Novo Dia (1973) Tapecar X.19
1. Hora De Chorar
2. Canto Por Um Novo Dia
3. Se E Pecado Sambar
4. Homenagem A Nelson Cavaquinho
5. Evocaçao No. 1
6. A Velhice Da Porta Bandeira
7. Folhas Secas
8. Salve A Preguiça, Meu Pai
9. Mariana Da Gente
10. Fim De Reinado
11. Clementina De Jesus
12. Memoria De Um Compositor
13. Medley – Flor Da Laranjeira /sereia /sao Jorge,
Volume Two: Pra Seu Governo (1974) Tapecar X.22
1. Miragem
2. 1800 Colinas (mil E Oitocentas Colinas)
3. Tesoura Cega
4. Maior E Deus
5. Fim Do Sofrimento
6. A Pedida E Essa
7. Pra Ninguem Chorar
8. Me Ganhou
9. Falencia
10. Vovo Chica
11. Agora E Portela 74
12. Pra Seu Governo
Volume 3: Pandeiro e Viola (1975) Tapecar X.33
1. So Queria Ser Feliz
2. O Pior E Saber
3. Pandeiro E Viola
4. Amor Sem Esperança
5. Onde Esta A Honestidade
6. Gota D'agua
7. Enamorada Do Sambao
8. O Dia De Amanha
9. Amor Fiel
10. De Novo Desamor
11. Sente O Peso Do Couro
12. Cansaço
13. Alegria
14. Pesquisa
Volume 4: Primeiras Andanças – vol.1 (1965-1970)
1. Namorinho
2. Por Quem Morreu De Amor
3. Ponteio
4. Sim Pelo Nao
5. Viola Enluarada
6. Contraste
7. Berenice
8. Domingo Antigo
9. Cavaleiro Andante
10. Rosa De Gente
11. Andança
12. Sentinela
13. Guerra De Um Poeta
14. Meu Tamborim
15. O Tempo E O Vento
Volume 5: Primeiras Andanças – vol.2 (1970-75)
1. Geraçao 70
2. A Velha Porta
3. Sem Rumo E Sem Destino
4. Minhas Tardes De Sol
5. So Quero Ver
6. Essa Passou
7. Rio Grande Do Sul Na Festa Do Preto Forro
8. A Mais Querida
9. Amor, Amor
10. Mangueira Em Tempo De Folclore
11. Volta, Meu Amor
12. Meu Perdao
13. Rosa De Ouro – Ao Vivo
14. Foi Um Rio Que Passou Em Minha Vida – Ao Vivo
This boxset is a labor of love from Discobertas, a relatively new reissue label who appear to have acquired the rights to the whole Tapecar Records back catalog. Although I have some gripes about some technical issues in the production, the love and attention to detail on this package make up for it. Of the three studio albums presented all but one ('Pra Seu Governo') contain a few bonus rarities tacked to the end, an extra treat that hardly seems necessary given the two full discs of rarities that are part of the package. For those uninitiated into the music of Beth Carvalho, these albums are where you want to start. The studio albums are the most gratifying in terms of straight-through listening experience – they highlight Beth Carvalho fully blossomed into her musical identity, fully in command and focused in her direction, and executing her genius at pulling together so much musicality in the choices of compositions and musicians. They each deserve their own individual write-ups, which is part of the problem with boxsets — they can be daunting to listen to, and even more daunting to write about. I may share these individual with audio from their original vinyl pressings, and share some more thoughts there. Likewise you can find these albums posted on some of the 'usual suspects' like Loronix or jthymekind. Just a brief mention here, however, that the album 'Pandeiro e Viola' is a bit of a disappointment compared to the other two and falls in the category of "contractual obligation album," as she had already been lost by Tapecar to RCA Records but still owed them an album. It shouldn't be dismissed out of hand, obviously, and contains some great interpretations of sambas old and new — I particularly like the juxtaposition of the classic Noel Rosa tune "Onde está a honestidade" with Chico Buarque's "Gota d'Agua." But overall the album lacks the passion Beth brings to those first two long players, and there are no tunes that give me goosebumps like "Tesoura cega" (from 'Pra Seu Governo"), a song so perfect it deserves an entire blog post all to itself, or pretty much ALL of her phenomenal first "Canto Pra Um Novo Dia."
Now on to the mother-load of rarities that will attract the majority of listeners who already know her album material, the two discs called "As Primerias Andanças," one dedicated to the decade of the 1960s, the second covering 1970 – 75.
The first disc is stylistically all over the place and, honestly, a bit messy. As off-putting as this disc is on first listen, the material is brought into focus by the truly great liner notes by Marcelo Fróes, some of which is based on interviews Beth gave exclusively for this boxset. They trace her career beginning with her unassuming middle-class life as a young guitar instructor who was persuaded to appear performing on television, soon recorded a single (the flipside of which was a song given to her by Roberto Menescal and Ronôldo Boscoli, "Pra Quem Morreu de Amor"), and from there took off into a dozen different directions. In a time period when the clique-ish cohort of bossa nova was breaking up and fragmenting, Beth moved through a variety of musical circles and personalities, reflected in the impressive variety of names that appear in the songwriting credits on these two discs: the aforemention Menescal/Boscoli, the brothers Valle, Arthur Verocai, Danilo Caymmi, Nelson Motta, Paulinho Tapajós, Milton Nascimento, Antonio Adolfo & Tibério Gaspar, Carlos Lyra & Chico Buarque, and of course – as she transformed into a reigning queen of samba during the 1970s – composers like Paulinho da Viola and especially her mentor Nelson Cavaquinho and his partner Guillherme de Brito.
This first of the two discs sheds a lot of insight into Beth Carvalho's trajectory as an artist and musician. They flesh out the lacunas in the formation of the deity known as Beth Carvalho providing evidence of what we already knew: Beth Carvalho was born to sing roots-driven samba of the bars and botequins, backed by acoustic instruments and percussion. However, the music industry, and Beth herself, took a while to figure that out. As Beth describes in the liner notes, she felt that she was living in two parallel universes during the 60s: one in which she was surrounded by older sambistas of the velha guarda like Cartola on her excursions into Mangueira's activities, and another where she was surrounded by her peers of her own age. Which goes far in explaining why the first disc — comprised mostly of rare singles and contributions to albums released in conjuction with the Festivals of Song that dominated Brazilian television and middle-class youth culture at the time — have Beth singing bossa nova, samba canção, jovem guarda, jazz samba, maybe a bit of música engajada.. There is plenty of good music here but it is kind of a jolt for those who are familiar with Beth as she into prominence in the next decade, even more so than the first time I heard her album "Andança."
A time-out here to talk about some technical issues. If Discobertas is going to continue catering to the relatively specialized, restricted market of collectors who want access to precious unreleased material, rarities, and songs from festivals and TV performances that have long seemed AWOL or missing-in-aciton — they *really* need to start putting more emphasis on AUDIO QUALITY. The first two tracks on 'Primeiras Andanças – Vol. 1' sound like low-quality mp3s .( In fact, if you put them in any number of software applications that analyze the full-spectrum of audio frequencies, you will be given a "false positive" saying that these ARE mp3's…) Other tracks were obviously transferred from vinyl and sound rather dubiously processed; others may have come from second or third generations of master tapes. Why all the guesswork? Because Discobertas seems to have their sites to be the Anit-Charles Gavin of reissues: they give NO information on sources, their limitations or their strengths. Gavin usually provides details like the type of equipment and software used to remaster the releases he has done or supervised. It is almost as if Discobertas just doesn't want us to, um, *discover* these facts. Why does the song "Contraste", from the LP "Musicanossa: O Som e o Tempo" sound like it was definitely sourced from vinyl (there are some clips and pops that anyone with a basic waveform editor could have removed, by the way..), while the next two tracks from the SAME ALBUM sound sparkling and new, as if they came from, let's just say, the master tapes. "
Viola Enluarada", from the Brothers Valle, is probably the most beautiful track on this first disc and personally one of my two personal treasured surprises in the box (the other being, "A Velha Porta" on the second disc). Other highlights include the oddity of a frevo written by Arthur Verocai and Arnoldo Medeiras ('Domingo antigo') and the even odder "Cavaleiro Andante" a duet with Taiguara which appears to be about extra-terrestrials and/or nuclear holocaust paranoia and critiques of capitalism. This is probably the only time you will hear Beth singing lyrics as strange as
""Atenção! Atenção! Atenção! Comunicar!
Produção, produzir, consumir, comunicar,
Construir, destruir, dominar!
Computador eletro-nuclear
Two more diamonds are the festival-album version of the gorgeous tune "Andança" which has a different mix but sounds like essentially the same studio take as what would appear on the album a the following year, as well her singing an early Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brandt tune, "Sentinela", taken directly from the "Andança" album. The song features Milton on acoustic guitar, but unfortunately only The Golden Boys accompanying her on vocals. I would have paid extra to hear the two of the performing this as a duet.
The tracks on the next disc continues the pattern of using material culled from a variety of singles and album cuts that were recorded for telenovelas, music festivals, radio broadcasts (like the Project Minerva radio series, which has now also been reissued by Discobertas), and some of the carnaval-season releases like the 'Samba de Enredo' albums that would appear every year in the 70s. On this second rarities disc, we hear things slowly evolving stylistically. Opening with some narcissistic pop music of youth celebrating itself for having discovered, um, itself, and bringing in a new age of something or other, in Taiguara's "Geração 70". This rather fluffy piece is followed by a truly bad-ass tune "A Velha Porta" with the female backing ensemble 'As Gatas'. It's also a post-jovem guarda, Tropicálista-informed pop song and probably the only time you will ever hear Beth let loose with a "oooh-whoa-whoa, hey hey hey hey…" If your not enjoying this song by the 2-minute mark, then you couldn't find a hook in a meat locker.
"Sem Rumo e Sem Destino" is a wonderfully dreamy, psychedelic song released as a single from a film, "Memôrias de Um Gigolô." The sweeping, hazy majesty of the tune has a lot to do with the fact that it was arranged by one Antônio Adolfo, and written by him with Tibério Gaspar (who would one day introduce Tim Maia to the Cultura Racional movement). The following tune, "Minhas Tardes de Sol" sounds like it just may have been influenced by (Sir) Paul McCartney, and thus it is needless to say that it is horrible and unlistenable fluff. We then get treated to both sides of a single recorded with Som Três and Milton Miranda at the production helm. The second of these, "Só Quero Ver," is the most straight-up samba we have heard yet in these rarities, but stylistically Beth is very much working in the style of Elza Soares here. This is followed by a tune where she is working very much in the style of Clara Nunes – 'Rio Grande do Sul na Festa do Rei Fôrro"with its celebration of candomblé, is a great song. From a single in 1972 (what was on the flip-side??), it bears listening to and thinking about closely and I am apt to change my opinion every time I play it (and I reserve that right!). Vocally, Beth's voice sounds very relaxed and is taking on the style of phrasing and dynamics that would characterize her work from this point on, but the instrumentation and something about the *attitude* of the song's execution demonstrates that she is still moving somewhat freely between the extant strains of samba and not laying claim to any particular territory yet. "A Mais Querida" — sound quality, what the FUCK has happened here — another terribly vinyl transfer. Apparently Disbortas only aquired the *rights* to the songs from Tapecar, not the tapes, which apparently gives them the RIGHT to mangle the hell out of the audio. I could teach the twelve-year old who lives two doors down the street from me, a smart kid who is pretty quick with a computer, how to restore audio from scratchy vinyl better than Discobertas has done. I could give any reader of this blog a quick, 10-step tutorial on how to clean up a record with basic practices that nobody seems to be aware of over at that label. These two songs from 1973 are pivotal and important in Beth's career, coming right around the time of her first LP in this style. Too bad they sound like total shit. The following songs, from Carnaval-season compilations, are all wonderful, and totally dominated by "Meu Perdão" written by her mentor and spiritual father, Nelson Cavaquinho. The last two tracks are interesting as anomalies, with Beth well into her "Queen of the Samba Revival" stage but choosing to cover two classics associated with Portela stalwart, Paulinho da Viola 'Rosa de Ouro" and "Foi um rio que passou em minha vida". Both taken at a quick tempo, they are from the Radio Minerva sessions, which up until this year of 2011 have only been available on their original vinyl releases. Let me tell you as a collector — these albums are not *that* difficult or impossible to find if you are willing to spend a modest amount of money: WHY THEN, do these two tracks sound like they taken from a beaten-up copy found in the engineer's closet?? For fuck's sake, if you are going to go through the trouble to undertake a project like this – take your time, and do it right.
In a musical marketplace where a lot of bullshit career-boxsets have been released on major labels in Brazil, ones that only present the main albums by an artist (most of them already available to some degree) with no rarities included, this simple, focused box by Discobertas is a breath of fresh air. By and large it is worth every penny on account of the rarities included, the liner notes, sharp graphic design and presentation. However (not to keep flogging a dead horse) its weak point is the audio quality, especially on the rarities but also on the main LPs. A newspaper review I read claimed this box is an improvement to the original vinyl which (according to his unnamed source) had the low frequencies tapered off. I think that reviewer either needs to buy a different turntable that produces low frequencies better, or perhaps pick up other copies of the original LPs. Tapecar's problem was most definitely NOT one of mixing or mastering – all of the studio albums I have from them sound fine, even great — but perhaps of *consistency* and quality-control in the pressing of vinyl records. Petroleum shortfalls and the oil crises were making themselves felt as Tapecar got going, and if this critique about inconsistent quality applies to the huge labels that had dominated the Brazilian record industry for decades (Odeon, Philips) and were now putting out an inferior product than a decade earlier, then such a critique would be even more applicable to small label like Tapecar. I have multiple copies of some of Beth's LPs on both Tapecar and RCA — and some of them just sound better than others. Buying Brazilian vinyl from the 1970s is a crapshoot – you may find a disc from 1974 that appears practically brand new, only to take it home and be greeted by all manner of awful noise, extreme warps in the vinyl, or other annoyances. Whereas you can pick up a visually scratched and played-to-death Wilson Simonal album from 1965 and it will play *perfectly*. So for people who don't have the patience for vinyl, sure – this collection is a blessing. But it does not necessarily sound "better" than the original releases. And the dubious, frequency-shedding "restoration" applied to the two rarities discs, specifically the material obviously sourced from vinyl, is enough evidence for me to say that I will definitely NOT be shelling out the cash for Discobertas reissue of the Project Minverva radio albums. The price is too high, and (if the tracks included here and on the Elza Soares reissues are any example) the quality too poor, to warrant it. Which is sad, because that radio program is important to Brazil's cultural patrimony and deserves to be heard. I haven't yet heard anything from the Ed Lincoln box, and until I get an opinion from a source I trust about such things, I'll stick with the vinyl for him as well. If all this commentary smacks of overwrought ambiguity, then I'd like to ask the reader how they might evaluate a release that is doing both a great service AND a great disservice to the music fan / researcher / historian / obsessive-compulsive or wherever category you might fit into. Because this box was released with these rarities, there is very little chance that these rarities will see a RE-release any time soon. Therefore, we will have to live with the sub-par "restoration" applied to these songs for probably the next decade at the very least. And then of course, if this box had NOT been released, then very very few people would hear this music at all, since I would probably have to sell a kidney to track down all of the material scattered across the two rarities albums. (I should mention that my kidney's have seen a lot of abuse and aren't actually worth all that much, so we're not talking about tons of cash. Just more than I have access to at the moment).
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Pathfinder Services recently held an open house at their newly constructed group home located at 452 Cline Street in Huntington.
The over 4,000 square foot, fully accessible home, features eight bedrooms and four baths and is home to seven gentlemen served by Pathfinder Community Supports. The spacious group home on Cline Street was made possible through a grant awarded by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh through their Affordable Housing Program.
PNC Bank, a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, was instrumental in assisting Pathfinder Services through the competitive grant application process to secure the funding. The 2-acre lot on which the home was built was a donation to Pathfinder Services.
Grant funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh also made possible the newly built group home on Jessup Street. Pathfinder Services is currently seeking land to build a third group home thanks to Affordable Housing Program funds being awarded again in 2018.
Shown in the photo on the front row, from left, are Tiffany Bradley, Kim Wood, Diane Laux, Tim Federspiel and Larry Carr all from Pathfinder Services, and Candice Robinson, PNC Bank. Back row, from left, include Jamie Lancia and Justin Purdy, both from Lancia Homes; Ronda Smelser, City of Huntington and John Niederman, president, Pathfinder Services.


Google appears all set for its annual developers conference, I/O. The company's AI-based camera app, called Google Lens, is likely to take centre stage at I/O 2018. According to South Korean electronics giant LG, Google is said to announce new features for its camera app.
According to LG, Google will add support for a dedicated physical button to call the Google Lens app on Android smartphones (when required). This button will double up as a Google Assistant button as well. "Located just below the volume is a button that launches the phone's AI functions. A single tap of this button will launch the Google Assistant while two quick taps will launch Google Lens, a first on any phone. Users can also hold down the button to start talking to the Google Assistant," said LG in a statement.
This is similar to the 'Bixby button' on Samsung smartphones like the Galaxy S9. While Google is yet to confirm and throw more light on the 'Google Lens/Assistant button', LG has officially confirmed it for its upcoming Android flagship smartphone–LG G7 ThinQ.
Google had announced the Google Lens feature at Google I/O last year. The app made its debut on Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones launched in October last year. Google Lens is available inside Google Assistant and Google Photos. It intends to offer more information on objects like landmarks, plants, animals, books as well as identify text. Users can visit websites through the Lens app, add a business card to contacts, add events to the calendar or look up an item on a restaurant menu. Google had recently rolled out its Lens app for iOS as well and is expect to reveal more about it at the I/O developer's conference.
Google I/O 2018 is happening at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California. The developers conference is scheduled to begin on May 8 and will run through May 10. In India, the event begins at 10.30PM on May 8. One of the biggest announcements at the event will be the official introduction of Android P. The company is likely to talk about the new OS version, its features along with some other enhancements it has made in other apps.


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A PLUM Jurong West residential site sparked a 12-way battle among developers although the tough new property curbs seem to have kept bids from going through the roof.
Experts had expected the top bid to range from $540 to $680 per sq ft per plot ratio (psf ppr) when the Jurong West site tender was launched last November, but that was before the cooling measures hit a few weeks ago.
MCL Land submitted the top bid of $438.9 million – or $651 psf ppr – for the 99-year leasehold residential site on Jurong West Street 41.
That was at the upper end of the range but MCL Land chief executive Koh Teck Chuan told The Straits Times that the measures did have a dampening effect on the bids.
"Given the last few tenders, we would probably have seen bids above $700 psf ppr without the measures. Developers have taken into account the cooling measures and are taking a more measured approach, but they are not bearish," he added.
The MCL bid was just 3 per cent more than the $424.9 million – or $631 psf ppr – offered by UOL Group unit Secure Development.
Other bidders for the 22,357 sq m plot included a joint bid by Frasers Centrepoint, Far East Orchard and Sekisui House, Low Keng Huat and Mezzo Development, which lodged the lowest bid of $243.8 million – or $362 psf ppr.
MCL's Mr Koh said the project will have 650 to 700 units of one- to four-bedroom apartments.
Experts said the strong showing in the tender indicates that developers still want good sites.
The Jurong West site plot is 450m from the Lakeside MRT station, which will eventually be linked to the Jurong Region Line, and there will be clear views of Jurong Lake, noted CBRE's executive director of residential, Mr Joseph Tan.
"The keen interest from developers resulted in bids coming in very close. The top six bids were within 10 per cent of each other," he added.
"This shows that developers are still on the hunt for sites with good location attributes and demonstrates their confidence that the market will respond positively to the project."
Based on the competitive number of bids and high land prices submitted in the tender, it seems that some developers do not expect private home prices to fall in the next one year or so despite the latest measures, added Mr Nicholas Mak, head of research at property consultancy SLP International.
Colliers International's director of research and advisory services, Ms Chia Siew Chuin, said that "there appears to be no loss of optimism from developers" for the first tender of a pure residential site after the punitive cooling measures were unveiled on Jan 11.
"Buyer demand should come from professionals working in the industries in the Jurong and Tuas areas as well as upgrader demand from the Housing Board estates in Jurong East and Jurong West," she added.
Mr Ong Teck Hui, Jones Lang LaSalle's national director of research and consultancy, expects average selling prices for the launch to be close to $1,200 psf or higher.
Mr Lee Sze Teck, senior manager for training, research and consultancy at Dennis Wee Group, notes that while Jurong East will be the biggest commercial hub outside the central business district, it has limited land parcels for residential development.
Those who want to live near the hub might have to look to Jurong West instead. The Canadian International School next to the Jurong West site also provides a good catchment of tenants, he added.

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4 tips to win repeat business and avoid 'ghosting' clients
Most consumers would theoretically be willing to use the same agent multiple times, but in practice few actually do. Real estate leaders shared tips Tuesday for fixing that problem at ICNY
Jennifer Marchetti, Laurie Weston Davis, Frank Malpica and Kristin Gildea Fox (left to right) at Inman Connect New York. AJ Canaria of PlanOmatic / Inside Real Estate
by Jim Dalrymple II
Most consumers would theoretically be willing to use the same agent multiple times, but in practice few actually do. Real estate leaders shared tips Tuesday for fixing that problem at Inman Connect New York.
Attend Inman Connect Las Vegas to gain takeaways to achieve success in 2023.
Too many agents "ghost" their clients.
Frank Malpica
During a session dubbed "Real Estate Noise: Don't Forget the Consumer" at Inman Connect New York Tuesday, Frank Malpica — a vice president at Realogy Expansion Brands — said that 90 percent of consumers would be willing to work with their agents for a second time. Unfortunately, however, Malpica also said that a mere 12 percent of consumers actually do bring repeat business to their agent.
There are a few reasons this happens, but Malpica said one big problem is that agents simply fail to keep in touch with their clients after a deal closes.
"We hand them the keys, and then we ghost them," he said, referring to the texting practice of never responding to messages.
To solve that problem, Malpica and other real estate leaders shared a number of tips Tuesday for maintaining contact — and retaining business — with clients.
1. Treat clients like family
Laurie Weston Davis — CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Lifestyle Property Partners — also spoke during Tuesday's session and said that she and her firm don't buy leads. They operate in a small town, which means that they end up seeing clients on the street, at the grocery store or otherwise out and about in the community. And when that happens, Davis and her agents try to interact with them in meaningful ways.
It's a strategy that works in her community and that has proven more valuable than paying to find new customers.
"We want them to love us and for them to feel like they're part of our family," Davis said.
2. Have non-real estate conversations
Kristin Gildea Fox, a broker at Christie's International Real Estate, appeared on Tuesday's panel as well and recalled how recently she bought 180 bottles of windshield washer fluid. Fox loaded all the bottles into her car and drove around handing them out to her clients.
"It was a message that had nothing to do with real estate but let them know that I was thinking of them," she explained. "And it opens up a conversation of, 'how have you been?' in a really natural way."
Kristin Gildea Fox at Inman Connect New York. Credit: AJ Canaria of PlanOmatic / Inside Real Estate
That was a key point that several panelists brought up. Clients are people, after all, and agents would do well to engage with them regarding topics other than real estate.
"We don't sell houses we sell lifestyle," Davis also explained of her brokerage. "So we talk to people about how they live."
Davis also makes sure that her brokerage is represented during community events.
"We do the golf tournament," she explained. "We have a block party every year."
Laurie Weston Davis at Inman Connect New York Tuesday. Credit: AJ Canaria of PlanOmatic / Inside Real Estate
The goal is to remain visible and find places to interact with clients, or potential clients, in settings that aren't immediately related to the transaction.
"We're trying to constantly engage with people," she added.
4. Do what works for you
Malpica stressed that "there certainly is no 'one button' real estate practice," and that each brokerage and agent is going to find different ways to engage with clients organically. Technology can also be a useful tool for maintaining relationships, he mentioned, though the key, of course, is to simply not ghost consumers who might turn into repeat customers.
Sometimes, the solutions are also incredibly simple.
"I learned the business in a very old-school way," Fox said. "My dad's message was go out and shake those hands."
Whatever happens, though, agents absolutely must find something that works for them.
"You've got to do what works with you," Jennifer Marchetti, Realogy Expansion Brands chief marketing officer and the session moderator, ultimately concluded. "It's not easy to stay in touch with your clients."
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The Champlain College Center for Service & Civic Engagement (CSCE) is holding their annual Tent City solidarity event this weekend, Friday, Nov. 15 to Tuesday, Nov. 19. The event coincides with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and is an opportunity for the greater Champlain community to become more aware of these matters on a local, national, and global level.
As in past years, the event hopes to have about 100 Champlain students, faculty and staff spend an evening between Friday and Monday in tents on Perry Lawn, with exposure to South Willard Street, and give up all technology and the comforts of home. Participants are asked to use public resources such as computers and Internet in the library and shower in the gym locker rooms on campus. Each evening in the IDX dining hall, Sodexo is providing a typical "soup kitchen" dinner menu, similar to those served in homeless shelters and food shelves, then students will partake in a nightly reflection conducted by volunteer student leaders.
Involvement in Tent City does not stop at spending a night in the cold. "This year we're having a Zumba-thon benefit event, cooking a meal at COTS Daystation, collaborating with various non-profits to welcome speakers and movie screenings relevant to the subject of hunger and homelessness, and hosting a 'Reality Bite Hunger Banquet' event," said Colleen Rooney, a student organizer of this year's Tent City and student employee in the CSCE.
Evening discussions and film screening events are open to the public; donations are suggested to benefit the event's partner and beneficiary, the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS). All participants in Tent City events are will receive a free Tent City t-shirt. Also, first-year students can receive credit through the Life Experience & Action Dimension (LEAD) program to fulfill their community engagement requirement. When signing up on a specific night, please be aware of the check-in time and additional community events required to receive LEAD credit.
"I believe this is an event that every student should participate in. Tent City is a solidarity event, not a simulation, but it raises awareness about the issue of homelessness and gives students some idea of what people who are homeless in Burlington may have to go through, especially as it is in November when the weather is colder," said Rooney. "We are lucky to have resources such as tents, sleeping bags, and the option of sleeping inside if we get too cold."
In addition to being an awareness event, Tent City is also a fundraiser for COTS, an all-service shelter providing support services in Burlington. Donations will be collected each night during the event registration, or can be brought to the CSCE office in Skiff Annex 203. Donations can be cash, canned goods, or a check made payable to COTS.
As stated before, one does not have to sleep out to be involved in the movement, but please support students who do. For more information, check out this video from Tent City 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6msU8Gy4V5U.
To learn more about this year's partner and beneficiary, COTS (Committee on Temporary Shelter), please visit www.cotsonline.org.


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Greece debt talks: EU chief feels 'betrayed'
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media captionEuropean Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker: "In one night Europe suffered a major blow"
The European Commission chief, Jean-Claude Juncker, has said he feels "betrayed" by the "egotism" shown by Greece in failed debt talks.
He said Greek proposals were "delayed" or "deliberately altered" but added the door was still open to talks.
Along with several other European leaders, he has urged a yes vote in the snap referendum called for Sunday.
Global stock markets saw big falls on Monday after the weekend's events which saw Greek banks close for a week.
Mr Juncker said the talks had been broken "unilaterally" by the announcement from the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that he was calling a referendum.
The Greek government responded to Mr Juncker's comments by saying: "An essential element in indicating good faith and reliability in negotiations is sincerity."
Despite the public war of words a Greek official said Mr Tsipras had spoken to Mr Juncker on Friday and asked him to extend Greece's bailout until the referendum.
A critical deadline looms on Tuesday, when Greece is due to pay back €1.6bn to the International Monetary Fund - the same day the bailout expires. There are fears of a default and a possible exit from euro.
Mr Juncker said that he still believed a Greek exit from the euro was not an option and insisted that the creditors' latest proposal meant more social fairness.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel echoed those comments on Monday, saying Greece had received a "generous offer" but adding she would not be opposed to further talks with Greece after Sunday's vote.
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Greek voters would effectively be deciding whether or not they wanted to stay in the eurozone, a view echoed by French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
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Referendum question
The question which will be put to voters on Sunday will not be as simple as whether they want to stay in the euro or not - instead it asks Greeks to approve or reject the specific terms laid out by Greece's creditors:
"Should the agreement plan submitted by the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to the June 25 eurogroup and consisting of two parts, which form their single proposal, be accepted? The first document is titled "Reforms for the completion of the Current Program and Beyond" and the second "Preliminary Debt sustainability Analysis."
"Not approved/NO
Approved/YES"
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Analysis by the BBC's Chris Morris
It's hard to remember the last time a president of the European Commission used such blunt, undiplomatic and sometimes angry language about the government of a member state.
Jean-Claude Juncker said he felt betrayed, and suggested that Alexis Tsipras was lying to his people about cuts in wages and pensions.
There was no hint of a last minute deal before Greece's current bailout programme expires Tuesday evening.
Instead Mr Juncker appealed directly to the Greek people ahead of the proposed referendum this weekend.
And the message was clear - vote "yes" to our proposals and we'll support you. Vote "no" and you'll probably get kicked out of the euro.
Mr Juncker also said any criticism aimed at him or other senior politicians in the creditor institutions was unjustified.
It was an emotional appeal from the heart.
But it also felt like a pre-emptive effort to make his side of the story public in case this all goes very wrong.
On Saturday, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided not to extend emergency finance to the Greek banks, after the breakdown of talks on giving heavily indebted Greece the last payment of its international bailout.
The current ceiling for the ECB's emergency funding - Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) - is €89bn (£63bn). It is thought that virtually all that money has been disbursed.
Following the ECB announcement, Greece said its banks would remain shut until 6 July. Cash machines are now reopening, but customers can withdraw only limited amounts.
Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis announced that public transport will be free in the Athens area for a week while banks are closed.
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image captionGreek cash machines were shut on Monday morning
The French cabinet met on Monday in an emergency session. President Francois Hollande said afterwards that a deal was still possible if the Greeks wanted it.
"There are a few hours before the negotiation is definitively closed, in particular for the prolongation of the Greek aid programme."
'Resorting to barter system'
media captionGreeks in Athens gave the BBC their views on bank closures and the government
Athens resident Ilia Iatrou says the situation is "unbearable".
"My mother-in-law queued up for over an hour at the cash point just to be able to withdraw a small amount of money.
"I haven't tried to go to the cash machine myself, as we don't have much money left.
"My neighbours and I have now resorted to a sort of barter system among ourselves because we have no money left.
"We can't take any more of this, so we have to keep saying no to the EU masters.
"The EU can't afford to let us fail so we should continue to say no and they will blink and give us a better deal."
In its decree bringing in the bank restrictions, the Greek government cited the "extremely urgent" need to protect the financial system due to the lack of liquidity.
The main points are:
Banks closed till 6 July
Cash withdrawals limited to €60 (£42; $66) a day for this period
Cash machine withdrawals with foreign bank cards permitted
Pension payments not part of capital controls
Banking transactions within Greece allowed
The euro lost 2% of its value against the the US dollar in trading on Monday before recovering some ground. Government borrowing costs in Italy and Spain, two of the eurozone's weaker economies, have also risen.
The Athens stock exchange is closed as part of the emergency measures.
Days of turmoil
Friday evening: Greek prime minister calls referendum on terms of new bailout deal, asks for extension of existing bailout
Saturday afternoon: Eurozone finance ministers refuse to extend existing bailout beyond Tuesday
Saturday evening: Greek parliament backs referendum for 5 July
Sunday afternoon: ECB says it is not increasing emergency assistance to Greece
Sunday evening: Greek government says banks to be closed for the week and cash withdrawals restricted to €60


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09/25/21-STATE PLEDGES ONE HUNDRED MILLION TREES TO BE CONSERVED, RESTORED, OR GROWN BY 2030
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For Immediate News Release: September 25, 2021
STATE PLEDGES ONE HUNDRED MILLION TREES TO BE CONSERVED, RESTORED, OR GROWN BY 2030
(HONOLULU) – 100,000,000 is a hard number to wrap your head around. One trillion is even tougher and that's the number of trees a new challenge hopes to plant, conserve, or restore this decade worldwide. https://www.1t.org/ 1t.org is part of the World Economic Forum's efforts to accelerate nature-based solutions and was set up to support the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030.
The role of Hawai'i was revealed today in a videotaped message from Governor David Ige during virtual or live Global Citizen Events in New York City and Los Angeles. The One Trillion Trees Pledge is a direct approach to achieving net-negative carbon goals, a primary way of combating global warming. The events were expected to have an audience of 100 million people.
The Hawai'i pledge is supported by the directors of the Dept. of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Dept. of Transportation (DOT), and the Dept. of Defense (DOD. The pledge entails planting, conserving, or restoring ten million trees each year of this decade.
DLNR is leading the pledge. Chair Suzanne Case commented, "Forest carbon projects withdraw carbon dioxide (CO2), the greenhouse gas largely responsible for global climate change, and stores it in trees or other biomass. The actions planned until the end of this decade will contribute to our net-negative carbon goal. Already we've seen progress. In 2017 Hawai'i forests sequestered 2.69 metric tons of CO2 and our continuing challenge and pledge is to increase this by 2030."
Hawai'i already has a legacy of protecting forests and trees. Examples include:
Hawai'i 30X30 watershed protection goals:
https://alohachallenge.hawaii.gov/pages/nrm-02-watershed-forest-areas
https://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/30×30-Watershed-Forests_FINAL.pdf
Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program:
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/lap/kaulunani/
DLNR's goals will be guided by seven action areas:
Protect existing forests
Conserve private land through legal protections
Plant trees to restore existing forest lands
Plant trees to reclaim unused rural lands where forests used to exist
Plant trees to advance agroforestry
Plant trees in urban areas
Facilitate natural regeneration
"We will permanently conserve 43,000 acres of forest and we will build conservation fences to protect an additional 106,816 acres from feral ungulates in our watersheds to ensure this number grows," Case added.
Two fences, one predator proof and the other ungulate proof, are currently under construction in the Nā Pali-Kona Forest Reserve and adjacent Kōke'e State Park. Much of the funding for the project is coming from the U.S. Department of Defense and is the first in Hawai'i that has a predator proof fence inside of an ungulate proof fence.
Walking some of the completed 4 ½ foot-high ungulate fencing on Kalepa Ridge, DOFAW botanist Adam Williams explains that on nearby Honopu Ridge an additional four-feet of mesh will be added to keep deer out. Ungulate fencing is meant to keep deer, pigs, and goats out. "The eight-foot-high fencing will keep deer out of the entire upper watershed," Williams said.
Three acres of the 240 acres is also getting predator-proof fencing of a totally different design. It has very small mesh, with a shiny hood to keep cats, rats and mice away from seabirds.
The Hawai'i Department of Defense has also pledged to plant more trees on properties under its jurisdiction. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara, Hawai'i Adjutant General, said, "DOD is pledging to plant 1,200 trees annually and is proud to be a part of this global initiative."
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I'm not sure that this counts for anything but CBC Radio's Freestyle is doing a survey to see how their male audience differs from their female audience in terms of favourite books.
I always have trouble picking favourites. It's pretty fluid for me and often just depends on the mood I'm in. However, there's a small handful that come to mind more often. But since the rules indicate that we can name just one, I'll suggest Mordecai Richler's Barney's Version. Though it's a tough call between that and Wayne Johnston's Colony of Unrequited Dreams. Oh well, it's a pretty arbitrary ranking anyway.
What will you suggest (if any)? You can email your pick to freestyle@cbc.ca just make sure to put "My Best Book" in the subject line. It closes next Tuesday and the results will be revealed on Thursday (April 13).
I've been thinking about this since this afternoon and I still don't know though Colony was my immediate first choice.
There are too many books. How can a reader pick just one?
i missed the episode but read the list online, I see my pick didn't make the shortlist for either male or female... Canada's favorite books are not my favorite books. I wonder how many people participated.
No great surprises. Jane Austen on the female side? Can't say I'm shocked. Though I was a little surprised to see Grapes of Wrath on the male side. Not that it's not a good book, I just didn't think people cared about it anymore.


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Pemra slaps Rs1mn fine on Geo News for programme deemed 'highly seditious and scandalous'
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Tuesday slapped a fine of Rs1 million on Geo News for airing a "highly seditious and scandalous programme against National Accountability......
BJP's Sushma Swaraj passes away at 67: reports
Former Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday, according to reports by Indian media.According to India Today, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader passed away......
US to remain engaged with Pakistan in economic reforms efforts, Wells tells Dr Shaikh
United States senior diplomat Alice G Wells on Tuesday said that "the US will continue to remain engaged with Pakistan in its economic reforms efforts", a statement released by the Ministry of......
Laws of occupation
"WHEN I think of India, I think of many things," Jawaharlal Nehru wrote once. "Of … some mountain valley in Kashmir in the spring, covered with new flowers, and with a brook bubbling and gurgling......
IHK's grim reality
THE dire predictions of Kashmir observers and human rights groups have proved correct. The special status given to India-held Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian constitution has been all but......
Afridi, Gambhir in Twitter spat over Indian move on occupied Kashmir
Former stars of fierce cricket rivals India and Pakistan traded online barbs on Tuesday over New Delhi's explosive decision to strip restive occupied Kashmir of its autonomous status.Indian......
China says India move on Kashmir violates its territorial sovereignty
China said on Tuesday it opposed India's decision to revoke the special status of Kashmir, a disputed region sandwiched among India, Pakistan and China, because it undermined China's territorial......
One killed, 10 injured in blast on Quetta's Mission Road
At least one person was killed and 10 others injured in an explosion in Quetta's Mission Road area on Tuesday, police said.The bomb went off in a market located on Mission Road where most of the......
Taliban denounce Afghan election, warn that rallies face attack
The Taliban on Tuesday denounced as a sham a presidential election due next month, saying their fighters would do everything they could to block it, while urging people to stay away from rallies that......
'Karachi's infrastructure has been ruined': SC takes Sindh govt, K-Electric to task over rain deaths
The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down hard on the Sindh government, municipal authorities and K-Electric, the primary supplier of electricity to Karachi, over the deaths of dozens of people due to......
India's lower house expected to ratify bill to split occupied Kashmir
India's home minister on Tuesday hailed "historic" legislation to bring occupied Kashmir under its direct control as the lower house of parliament was set to ratify a bill splitting the territory......
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP over Kashmir bill, arrests of Mehbooba, Omar
Chief minister of India's West Bengal state Mamata Banerjee has said that New Delhi took the decision on Article 370 without consulting other parties, adding that her Trinamool Congress will strongly......
Army fully supports govt's rejection of Indian actions regarding Kashmir: ISPR
The military leadership, in a Corps Commanders meeting on Tuesday, "fully supported the government's rejections of Indian actions regarding Kashmir", Director General of Inter-Services Public......
SC accepts petition seeking Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah's disqualification
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday accepted for hearing a review petition for the disqualification of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah.A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Azmat Saeed,......
Mehbooba Mufti's detention a ruse by the state to break her spirit: daughter
The detention of former chief minister of occupied Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti is a ruse by the Indian government to break her spirit, a report published by The Hindu quoted Mufti's daughter as saying on......
OIC to take up 'illegal developments' regarding occupied Kashmir in Jeddah meeting today
A session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will take place today in Jeddah to discuss the developments regarding Indian-occupied Kashmir, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday.On Monday,......
'#RedForKashmir': Social media users show solidarity with citizens of the occupied valley
As the Indian Government on Monday abrogated constitutional provisions that give Indian-occupied Kashmir special rights, a number of Twitter hashtags popped up in solidarity with the people of the......
Joint session of parliament to discuss India's actions in IoK, use of cluster bombs
In the wake of India's decision to strip occupied Kashmir of its special status under Indian constitution's Article 370, lawmakers will decide Pakistan's future course of action in a joint session of......
Govt working on alternatives to plastic bags, Senate body told
ISLAMABAD: The number of shopping bags produced in Pakistan has increased from 10 million in 199 to 55 billion in 2018, the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change was told on Monday.Adviser to......
Temporary postings hamper work at health dept
PESHAWAR: The directives issued by the government regarding posting and transfer of doctors now and then have been affecting official work at health department as important positions are entrusted to......
NAB probes 'embezzlement' of Mansehra local body funds
MANSEHRA: The National Accountability Bureau has begun an inquiry into the alleged embezzlement of development funds released to the district, tehsil and village and neighbourhood councils of......
Twenty die as car explodes outside Cairo hospital
CAIRO: Twenty people were killed and 47 injured when a car packed with explosives intended for a militant attack blew up outside Cairo's main cancer hospital on Monday, the interior ministry......
Hong Kong strike sinks city into chaos as leader vows to stay
HONG KONG: A general strike in Hong Kong descended into citywide mayhem on Monday as defiant protesters started fires outside police stations and hurled bricks and eggs at officers.After disrupting......
Putin to Trump: We'll develop new nuclear missiles if you do
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that Moscow would be forced to start developing short and intermediate-range land-based nuclear missiles if the United States started doing......
LHC moved to declare no-trust motion through secret ballot unlawful
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has been requested to declare that the rejection of no-trust resolution against the Senate chairman through secret balloting is without lawful authority and of no legal......
Shahbaz offers full support to govt on Kashmir
LAHORE: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday that opposition offered its 'full cooperation' to the PTI government to give a befitting response to the Modi government on its decision to......
Britain joins United States for maritime security mission in Gulf
LONDON: Britain on Monday joined the United States in a maritime security mission in the Gulf to protect merchant vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran seized a British-flagged......
NBP edge SSGC to retain national hockey title
KARACHI: Defending champions National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) carved out a nailbiting 5-4 victory over stubborn Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) on penalty shootouts after being tied one-all in......
Sharma stars as India seal T20 series against West Indies
LAUDERHILL: Rohit Sharma led from the front as India defeated the West Indies in a rain-affected second fixture of the three-match Twenty20 International series at the Central Broward Stadium in......
Gavaskar looks for revival of Caribbean cricket
LAUDERHILL: India cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 70th birthday on July 10. In two years he will mark another milestone, the 50th anniversary of his Test debut against the West Indies in......
Does Arthur want Sarfraz to be replaced as captain?
LAHORE: Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur, who is very keen about extension of his services with the Pakistan cricket team, reportedly went against the captaincy of Sarfraz Ahmed while briefing the......
PCB, team owners agree to stage entire PSL in Pakistan
LAHORE: All owners of the six franchises of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) have agreed with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)'s plans to hold the fifth edition of the competition in 2020 in the......
Agricultural lending jumps to Rs1.2tr
KARACHI: The banks failed to achieve the target set for agriculture credit for the fiscal year 2018-19 despite disbursing higher amount compared to the preceding year, data published by the State......
Markets brace for volatility surge as currencies enter trade war
LONDON: China's decision to let its yuan plunge through a previously sacrosanct level means a tit-for-tat trade conflict could morph into a currency war, injecting volatility into long-dormant......
Govt to raise Rs6.7tr through T-bills, PIBs
KARACHI: The government seeks to raise Rs6.4 trillion through auction of treasury bills in the next three months in addition to lifting Rs300 billion through Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs).The......
PM directs speedy revival of Pakistan Steel
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed authorities concerned to expedite the efforts for revival of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM).Chairing a meeting to discuss the situation of......
Dubai property prices fall
DUBAI: Dubai prime residential property prices fell 1.9 per cent in the first half of the year due to the market being oversupplied, real estate company Savills said.The Middle East financial hub's......
UK's biggest retailer axes 4,500 jobs
LONDON: Supermarket giant Tesco said on Monday it is to axe about 4,500 jobs across its city-centre UK stores to slash costs.Tesco, which is Britain's biggest retailer, will carry out a "reduction......
Indonesian economy loses steam in Q2
JAKARTA: Indonesia posted its slowest rate of quarterly growth in two years on Monday as Southeast Asia's biggest economy feels the sting of US-China trade tensions.Growth weakened to 5.05 per cent......
Sufficient water in dams after July rainfall: Irsa
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Monday blamed climate change for the acute shortage of water in the country that persisted till June. However, it said that the situation had......
PBC to challenge references against Justices Isa, Agha
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) finally made up its mind on Monday, instituting a petition to challenge the filing of presidential references against two superior court judges which the......
Irfan Siddiqui wants FIR against him quashed
ISLAMABAD: Irfan Siddiqui, senior columnist and adviser to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has filed an application in the Islamabad High Court, asking it to quash the FIR registered against him......
Sindh sales tax on newspaper ads withdrawn
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet, which met here late last week under Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, decided to withdraw the three per cent Sindh Sales Tax (SST) levied by the provincial bureau of......
Pakistan shared details of CPEC loans with IMF: official
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday that it had full access to borrowing and maturity terms of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and its loans were......
Brazilian inmate's derring-do act of jail escape
RIO DE JANEIRO: A masked Rio de Janeiro inmate dressed as a woman tried to break out of a Brazilian jail this weekend, in a surreal act of derring-do, only to be thwarted on the cusp of freedom by......
Two security men martyred, four injured in Bajaur blast
KHAR: Two personnel of the armed forces, including an officer, were martyred while four others critically wounded on Monday evening when a remote-controlled bomb went off by the roadside in Mamond......
Amnesty warns India of increased unrest in Kashmir
NEW DELHI: Amnesty International has cautioned India that its decision to change the status of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir would pave way for an increase in violence.The constitutional......
Kashmir move timed for Modi's address
NEW DELHI: The Indian government's move on Monday to abrogate constitutional provisions that give India-held Kashmir special rights was roundly condemned by leading opposition parties, but also......
India calls these actions internal matter: US
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday urged India to engage in discussion with those affected by its decision to revoke Kashmir's special status but also noted that New Delhi describes this action......
Parliament to discuss situation in Kashmir valley today
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has summoned an emergency joint sitting of the two houses of parliament on Tuesday (today) to discuss the situation developed after the Indian government's decision......
CNG, LPG use by public transport banned
ISLAMABAD: The Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Monday imposed a ban on the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by all public service vehicles (PSVs),......
More democracy or less?
THE Senate elections have left in their wake outrage, mudslinging and stories about betrayal and backstabbing. But in the midst of the allegations and collective mourning about corruption,......
A secular dream entombed
IT was Hari Singh, the erstwhile ruler of Kashmir, who originally granted the special status to Kashmiris in their homeland in 1927. He did so at the behest of Kashmiri Pandits, the Hindu elite at......
US Afghan envoy praises 'excellent progress' in Taliban talks
The United States and the Taliban have made "excellent progress" in the latest round of talks in Doha to craft a peace deal, Washington's Afghanistan envoy said on Monday.The foes have been meeting......
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Gainfully Unemployed
In late 2015 I left a fabulous job at The Hypothes.is Project and stepped out into the void of "funemployment" to see where I'd land. This wasn't just blind faith or me drawing "The Fool" at random from a Tarot deck. I did this on purpose. To myself.
Because reasons.
I was an entrepreneur once. For 7+ years I coded, marketed, made coffee, cleaned my desk, planned business plans, dreamed, hoped, and generally made quite a bit less cash than I could have elsewhere. It was educational. It was painful. It was promising.
I closed up shop in 2010 and took a tour of startups who each went through various states of feast and famine ending in buyouts, mergers, or...closeouts. It too was educational, sometimes painful (far less so, though, really), and in its own way, promising.
Now, I find myself between these two worlds of "full-time employment"--either for "myself" or someone else.
I'm "gainfully unemployed." Making things, every day, that add value to the world, but not making a "red cent" from any of it. I could, perhaps, by making a new startup (or two), but then I'd have to set down many other things in favor of the "non-generative" work that goes into greasing the gears of selling, accounting, etc. If my time goes there (again), it won't be going to making, creating, coding.
Option C(ollaboration)?
Every day I spend time making something. Code, content, stuff. Often, that's with other people (or at least from their work and/or contributing back to their work). I wake up, make value somewhere, repeat. I benefit from their work. They (hopefully!) benefit from mine. Often, neither of us are in a place to exchange other value (read, money) for the work we're building together--and often we find "more" value in the co-creation than from the $$ we could make my preventing that collaboration or limiting it by pre-fixing a dollar sign to all the value being made.
What if it were possible to stay "gainfully unemployed?" Could the collaboration continue by taking money off the table through similar means? Confused yet?
If you're a frequent "youtuber" (consumer or creator), you've probably heard of Patreon. It's one of many attempts to build a collaborative mode of commerce. In this new(ish) world, "customers" fund "creators" before (or more often along-the-way-of) the creator's creating things.
The creators on Patreon are making--some of them have been for years. They're often making something (videos, how-to guides, creative assets, code) that isn't a singularity (a "product"). The things they create are fluid, constant, hard to quantify individually. Patreon's idea is to shift the model away from purchasing a "product" and toward funding creativity--from which (already) come many "products."
High Tides Raise All The Boats
In the world of open source software development, there's (always) been a hope that by collaborating on common areas of (typically) code, that everyone will benefit. That by our collective, collaborative effort the world will be improved and our personal creativity and output not get lost in the void of the market or the back office.
My personal hope is that these worlds of open source, commons-based peer production and diversified patronage (through having more than one patron...ala Patreon & Co.) could be combined to "raise the boats" for the folks who do the coding, designing, and other useful content creation.
If, sometime in the future, I could reach what would amount to a voluntarily provided basic income, it would allow me to explore areas of my creativity I've only dreamed about. There are things I've wanted to make for decades. Most of them are quite possible. Many of them couldn't be "productized." Some of them (like the Web) could change how we work, collaborate, and create.
It's never been clear that "full-time employment" (either for myself or someone else) could ever bring those into being. I tried for 7+ years, and learned about many of the tensions and inhibitors to creativity when money is a constant concern.
So, if you have an interest in the things I product (or have benefited from them!), I'd love your support via my new shiny BigBlueHat Patreon page or (if you'd rather) via a PayPal donation at http://paypal.me/BigBlueHat
I'll be making stuff regardless. Your support just means I'd do it more often. The more funding, the greater the "risks" I can take. It's not required, but it'd sure be helpful. Thanks, all!
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Mariana Klaveno, Actor in True Blood (Interview)
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Mariana Klaveno joined the cast of True Blood in the second season, when the audience was given a sneak peek into Bill's dark past. Mariana plays Lorena, Bill's vampire maker, and she is definitely not someone to be scorned.
Playing a fiercely strong character on True Blood, Mariana definitely knows what it's like to play a cutting edge role.
13 Questions with Mariana Klaveno:
1. How do you keep your work on the cutting edge?
I try to keep pushing myself out of my comfort zone when I work on a character. If I can pinpoint a choice that evokes both excitement and a bit of fear I know I'm probably on the right track. Making the safe choice is never as gratifying as challenging yourself. Luckily for me I work on a cutting edge show, so in terms of pushing the envelope most of the work is done for me. I tend to read each script and think, "How am I going to pull this off?"
2. How do you reset yourself to become creative? Do you have any rituals?
I try to draw inspiration from other artists, whether it is from another actor's performance, a book, or a particular piece of music. I often need to spend time quietly alone letting my mind open up and wander freely in order to reset myself creatively. I do have a ritual that sounds kind of silly, but if I'm hitting a wall while working on a character or difficult scene I'll take a bath. I don't know why but I get some of my best ideas while running my lines in the bathtub. I've heard Mike Meyers does the same thing.
3. What is an example of a time where you have thrown away an existing idea to force yourself to find something new?
I feel like this situation happens all the time when working in film and television. I'll arrive to set with a clear idea of how I want certain beats in the scene to go only to have to scrap them for any number of reasons such as: the set is in a different configuration than I'd imagined, due to camera angles the blocking isn't at all the way I thought it would be, the props are different or have been eliminated, the director has a completely different take on the scene, etc.. It's difficult, but that's where you really have to push yourself as an actor to be present in the moment and work with the elements in front of you, instead of shutting down because your original ideas are no longer viable.
4. How did you get involved in acting and what motivates you to continue?
Even as a small child, I always knew I wanted to act. Because the area where I grew up was too small and rural to offer any acting opportunities, I had to wait until college to finally receive training and truly begin my involvement. Once there, I was like a kid in a candy store. I couldn't wait to go to class every day, and did every play that I could. I think my motivation comes from my inherent love of story telling. When I'm feeling frustrated with my career or down on myself I try to focus on that love. It helps me to think about all of the complex characters I have yet to play waiting for me out there. Well, hopefully I'll get to play them!
5. How significant are the topics of cool hunting and trend spotting in the world of entertainment?
I would say they are extremely significant. Not only do you have to survive public scrutiny as a figure in the entertainment industry, but also it's important I think to stay current, aware, and discerning when it comes to the products, designs, and progressions of artists and innovators. What I think is more interesting, however, is how different components can influence each other — how a film or television series can inspire trends in fashion, interior design, or even the popularity of a particular alcoholic beverage. I find that fascinating.
6. How do you define cool?
To me something is cool if it's honest, and good at its intended job or use. If it's a person, they aren't trying too hard to please others or be someone they are not. They are honest with themselves, which creates confidence but also allows them the ability to laugh at themselves. If you're good at what you do but can maintain an honest sense of humor, I think that's cool.
7. How do you define a trend?
I consider a trend to be something that hasn't just peaked the interest of one uniform group, but something that has influenced a change spanning several demographics of people or several forms of artistic expression. That's usually how I try to distinguish between a fleeting fad and something with a more lasting significance.
8. What is the coolest aspect about the upcoming season of True Blood?
I think the coolest aspect of the upcoming season is the group of new characters introduced. Denis O'Hare plays a significant character in season 3, and he is absolutely incredible. I have been a fan of his work for years and now that I know him personally, I can't say enough good things about him. I think the fans are going to be blown away by him.
9. Professionally, what do you want to be doing in 10 years?
Overall, in 10 years I would love to have more work and more versatility in my work. I would love to have a variety of genres and character types under my belt, to have more of a feature film career, and even to have done some work on stage again.
10. If you weren't in entertainment, what would your dream profession be?
I would love to be an extremely gifted musician — maybe sing and play the piano. I guess I cheated since that's still in the field of entertainment, but that's the only thing I still fantasize about doing. If only I didn't lack the talent . . .
11. What are your favorite hobbies?
Unfortunately I'm not too daring when it comes to hobbies. I'm an avid reader who compulsively keeps a stack of books yet to read next to my bed. I love music, indie rock mostly, so I'm always searching, sampling and buying new cds. I love to go wine tasting, so I try to escape the city and go up north to the various wine regions in California with either my family, friends, boyfriend, or a combination of all three.
12. If you could work with anyone in the world, who would it be and what would you do?
I would choose to work with the Cohen brothers — preferably in one of their period films in the same style as Miller's Crossing or The Hudsucker Proxy.
13. Who is your favorite actor/actress of the moment, and what makes them cool to you?
I could easily answer that question by listing iconic actors such as Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, etc., but when asked this question I prefer to point out actors that aren't as well known or recognized. Someone whose work I've admired so much in the past few years is the British actor, Tom Hollander. I was completely floored by his portrayal of King George III in the John Adams mini-series. I rented the DVD again just to watch his one scene over and over again. He seemed like he was about to erupt at any second and yet it was all completely contained. I thought it was brilliant. He's equally good in the film, In The Loop.
For more from Mariana Klaveno, you can see her in the third season of True Blood on HBO, premiering June 13th.
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This thesis investigates the nature of joint dividend-and-earnings signalling in announcements to the New Zealand Stock Exchange in the 1990s. Initially the Market Model is used to compute expected returns, and the abnormal returns derived from these are subjected to restricted least squares regressions to separate out a putative dividend signal from the concurrent earnings signal. But with the Market Model, the zero-value company returns associated with an absence of trading in thinly traded stocks are over-represented in returns distributions leading to problems of bias. New models are developed that explicitly exploit zero returns. The first alternative methodology entails friction modelling, which uses a maximum likelihood estimation procedure to find the relationship coefficients and the range of returns that should be considered as zero, and then proceeds to treat them as a separate category. The second alternative methodology is that of state asset models, which take a fresh new look at investor perceptions of the connection between movements in company returns and those of the concurrent underlying market. Zero-value company returns cease to be zero in value, where a state model is rotated, or alternatively they can be modelled as an extra state. All three methodologies furnish some evidence of dividend signalling; but this evidence is highly dependent on small changes within the given methodology.


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Nadzeya Makarchanka (; born 22 March 1998) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist.

She participated at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning a medal.

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Man Charged With Aggravated Assault After Vehicle Pursuit from Garland to Irving
19-year-old Ezekiel Tovar was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and evading arrest after leading police on a chase from Garland to Irving
By Hannah Jones • Published on February 9, 2020 at 5:06 pm
Garland Police Department
A man is in jail after leading police on a chase from Garland to Irving on Sunday.
According to the Garland Police Department, officers responded to a domestic disturbance at a convenience store at 3401 South Garland Avenue shortly after 2 p.m.
Police said that a dark colored Chrysler 300 was chasing and ramming into a Mazda.
When officers arrived at the location, the driver of the Chrysler fled the scene, police said. The driver of the Chrysler was later identified as 19-year-old Ezekiel Tovar, a Dallas resident.
Police said that officers pursued Tovar as he attempted to flee through Dallas and into Irving, eventually stopping at a residence in the 1200 block of Rindie Street.
After entering the residence, Tovar surrendered and was taken into custody.
Police said they later learned that Tovar had chased the Mazda from Dallas to Garland, ramming into the vehicle until it became disabled. The two individuals inside the Mazda were Tovar's ex-girlfriend and another man.
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Tovar is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and evading arrest.
Tovar is currently in the Garland jail. No bonds have been set.


Beethoven originally dedicated his Third Symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte…until Napoleon declared himself emperor. Enraged, he ripped the front page from this manuscript and scrubbed out Napoleon's name. More importantly, the symphony ushered in the Romantic era while brilliantly breaking all the rules. The Eroica has captured the hearts and minds of audiences since 1803 with its themes of struggle and triumphant victory. Guest cellist Mark Kosower joins for Shostakovich's moving Cello Concerto No. 1.


In games of kidnappings have to escape your assailants with cunning and skills to escape, you have to leave the place where you are kidnapped without you catch the psychopath who kidnapped you.
They will tie you to a chair and you have to seize the opportunity when your attackers are not to begin flight. Explore the place looking for tools and weapons with which you will have to use to start the run and make it out alive.
There are different games with different stories where you have to use all your wits to solve all the puzzles and escape before it is too late. They are graphic adventure games or also known as point and click games where you will use the mouse to interact with the characters and solve the puzzles that arise throughout the flight.
If you like challenges and put approves your intelligence, we guarantee that you will enjoy playing the games of kidnapping and escape.
There is a very popular game such as Escape: Girls kidnapped where you have to get in the skin of the kidnapped and outwit the criminals to escape alive. But not only they are vulnerable to being kidnapped, so are boys and men, nothing escapes to the madness of a kidnapper who wants to take when a victim not to get up. Your mission is to disrupt their flat and make hostages can return home safely. Enjoy it!


HelpSpot includes the helpful request merge function which allows staff members to combine multiple requests into one request ID. This can be helpful if a customer contacts you more than once about the same issue, or if a customer reopens an issue with a new request ID. There are several ways to merge requests in HelpSpot. We'll cover each in the this article.
The first way to merge requests is by using the batch action checkboxes in the My Queue or filters. Simply check the boxes next the requests that you want to merge, then select "Merge" from the batch actions menu. You will be prompted to select which request you want to merge all of the information into (the customer contact infomation will be used from this request).
In the options menu of each request, you can select to merge a request. You will be prompted for a request ID you wish to merge the current request with. This option is great if you already have the other request ID in your clipboard or in another window.