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Rio Nuevo: The ugly history continues
June 23, 2012 ADI News Services
According to an article in this week's Inside Tucson Business, "An audit already has shown the city squandered $230 million with little to show for it and another audit the board just released confirmed the same." A performance audit is now statutorily required every 3 years because of the City of Tucson's past poor performance. According to the Rio Nuevo District Board Treasurer, Jeff Hill, the District is broke and may be unable to even cover its debt service payments.
In an effort to find the $230 million plus, plans have been discussed by members of the District's Board to now use the Rio Nuevo Forensic Auditor to assist the City in finding receipts that might show that the money was not all misspent.
In other words, the broke will be paying for the nearly broke to prove that they are legitimately broke. The Rio Nuevo Board will pay to try to exonerate the City of Tucson.
The reasoning is that if they can prove that some more of the $230 million may have been spent somewhere, other than having disappeared into thin air or deep pockets, they have a fighting chance to convince the public and the Governor that more money should be spent from somewhere.
In the Old Pueblo's grills and clubs, and in one small corner of Prescott, Senator Steve Pierce's home to be exact, that sort of reasoning makes sense. In nearly every other part and parcel of the city and state, the City of Tucson's Rio Nuevo debacle is the perfect example of desperate people, doing desperate things, and the desperate people who enable them.
From legal documents and news stories:
By February of 2008 City of Tucson was struggling to cover a projected $12 Million budget deficit.
The Rio Nuevo District Board did not meet from after an August 2007 meeting, until July 2008, by which time new District Board Members appointed by City of Tucson had been seated.
The 2008 new members included Anne-Marie Russell (elected Chair); Roman Soltaro, Secretary and Jeff Di Gregorio and Dan Eckstrom, Members. Mr. Suarez, Ms. Hardy and other District Board Members knowledgeable about the District's past approvals were gone. The District's former Treasurer, Mr. Douthitt of the City of Tucson, was also no longer a COT staffer and a new Treasurer, David Cormier, the City of Tucson's then "Interim Finance Director" became the Treasurer.
At this first July 2008 meeting of the new board, Mr. Shelko, who was an employed staffer for City of Tucson, explained that City of Tucson's Finance Director served as Treasurer of the District and City of Tucson's Manager served as the District's Executive Director. After this explanation was offered, new Board Member Jeff DiGregorio moved to appoint City of Tucson executive team staffer, David Cormier, as Interim Finance Director and Mike Rein as Executive Director of the Rio Nuevo District; which motion was seconded by Anne-Marie Russell and passed unanimously.
On August 27, 2008 the Arizona Daily Star reported that City of Tucson pulled $11.8 Million from its reserves to cover a deficit for the 2008 budget year that ended June 30, 2008.
The new Board convened its second meeting on or about August 27, 2008; again attending were Di Gregorio, Russell and Soltero; Eckstrom was absent.
During this second meeting of the new appointed board, Mr. Shelko led a discussion regarding TIF revenues and the debt capacity of the District. Mr. Shelko also discussed City of Tucson's staff returning to the District to request authorizations to borrow funds for construction of a variety projects. No action was taken.
On October 18, 2008 the Arizona Daily Star reported that City of Tucson's projected deficit for the current year had reached $51 Million.
On December 4, 2008 the Arizona Daily Star reported that City of Tucson's projected budget deficit for the current year had reached $82 Million and was working to reduce the deficit with transfers. The article noted City of Tucson's Manager Mike Hein had ordered departmental cuts and one-time transfers and the "the City had saved $10 million by restructuring its debt and dipped into Rio Nuevo funds for $6.8 million, which will have to be repaid … but Hein said another $31 million was needed."
The fourth and last 2008 meeting of the District occurred on December 2, 2008 just two days prior to the article's appearance; with Mr. Di Gregorio, Chair Russell and Mr. Soltero attending; Mr. Eckstrom absent. Here, City of Tucson staff member Mr. Shelko stated that the District board had just been given some 300 pages of bond documents before the meeting in substantially complete form to be reviewed and approved today.
Mr. Shelko advised that the bonds had to be issued, as the rates were constantly changing, and the sooner the bonds were issued the better. Chairman Russell asked when the bond issue would be coming back to the District for final approval; Mr. Shelko advised it would not.
The City's bond counsel, then Bill Hicks, described the bond process, and authorization for the District to take on $80 Million of debt which was voted upon which became Resolution No. 2008-01.
Resolution No. 2008-01, the only one adopted and issued by the Board in 2008, approved the issuance by the District of up to $80 Million in debt ("the Series 2008 Bonds") naming specific projects totaling approximately $65 Million which included the District paying the City of Tucson $6,800,000 for an alleged loan RND received from the City of Tucson and capital fund proceeds of some $57,500,000 for the fund 155 delineated projects.
Section 3 of Resolution No. 2008-01 confirms that the bonds are to be secured by COT pursuant to statute and the terms of the District's and City of Tucson's IGA, as amended.
The Bond Transcript includes a Tax Certificate and Agreement that "establishes the expectations of the District as to future events regarding the Series 2008 Bonds and the use of the Proceeds of the Series 2008 Bonds."
The Tax Certificate and Agreement, states that $64,027,184 will be deposited into the 2008 Project Account, which is held by Wells Fargo as Trustee, to pay costs of 2008 Projects.
The Tax Certificate and Agreement, titled "2008 Projects List," contains detailed project descriptions and clarifies that the District will own the Civic Center New Arena project, the Tucson Origins Heritage Park, Mission, Convento, historic structures, gardens, archeological features, riverfront improvements and public spaces.
Declarations of Official Intent, which were necessary to authorize the reimbursements on such projects, total well in excess of the $13,820,252.
Each of the Declarations of Official Intent are made "on behalf of the City of Tucson" and provide that "the City intends that and reasonably expects that the original expenditures made by the City" for each of the named projects "will be reimbursed by the proceeds of bonds, certificates of participation or other obligations to be issued by or for the benefit of the City" for the project named in each Declaration; and each are signed by the "City of Tucson."
None of the Declarations of Intent were made by or on behalf of the District.
The Declarations of Intent did not call for reimbursement for the Depot Plaza Public Improvement, Downtown Infrastructure Improvement, Civic Center I New Arena, Tucson Children's Museum or UA Science Center projects.
On or about January 26, 2009, within 30 days of the sale of the $80 Million bond sale, the press reported that the City of Tucson was projecting an additional $26 Million decline in revenues for the next fiscal year.
Within days of that report, Frank Abeyta, City of Tucson 's Finance Director and District Treasurer who was instrumental in the issuance of the Series 2008 $80 Million bond sale documents, abruptly resigned. Abeyta's resignation was reported to be effective January 30, 2009 and was given "amid a huge city budget crisis causing deficits of $80 million."
By March of 2009, the City of Tucson Manager Mike Letcher reported that the City planned to use about $20 Million of reserves to help offset the City's budget deficit. It was reported that that move might push the City's self-insurance deficit to $42 Million, potentially triggering an outside audit.
By November of 2009, City of Tucson's budget deficit was $32 Million deeper than previously reported.
By December 13, 2009 it was being reported that City of Tucson would lay off hundreds to close the $32 Million deficit.
Records disclose in fall 2009 that the City of Tucson restated its financials and reclassified approximately $29 Million of Rio Nuevo District assets and claimed that they now belonged to City of Tucson.
In March of 2010, the Governor and Legislature created a new Board. The new Board was tasked to do the following:
1. Perform a Performance Audit of the financial records of the Rio Nuevo District since its inception, in order to determine where almost a quarter of a billion dollars that the city had identified as under the umbrella of Rio Nuevo was spent.
2. To review and investigate the proposed business venture of a convention hotel and a new convention center project. One of the driving goals behind the effort was to protect and save the Gem Show.
3. To baseline the District and determine:
• What the District owned (or was supposed to own).
• The cash position (restricted and unrestricted).
• What the District owned; and
• How much money, if any, was available to use after debt service is paid.
The District and City of Tucson entered into a Temporary Parking Agreement on October 5, 2010, with regard to the Depot Plaza Garage.
In December, 2010, the District and the City of Tucson entered into the Term Sheet that was a memorandum of understanding which, in part, detailed how the District would come to take legal title, or that the City would continue to maintain and manage legally a number of properties in which the District held an equitable interest but which were then held in the name of the City of Tucson.
Jodi Bain was the Chair of the Board of the Reconstituted Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District charged with base lining the defunct Rio Nuevo so it could potentially move forward. During her tenure as Chair of the District Board, the District knew that it had, at a minimum, an equitable interest in the properties which are the subject matter of the two Complaints against the City of Tucson.
During the Term Sheet negotiations with the City of Tucson, it was never the District's position that the result of the Term Sheet process would be creating any new interests, but rather changing title to reflect at a minimum the equitable interests that the District held in property.
To the extent any properties were yet titled in the name of the City of Tucson in which the District had an equitable interest, it was the District's position that the City of Tucson was holding the property for the District's benefit. Documents confirm that position.
The Term Sheet was not to result in a binding agreement unless and until the City of Tucson provided the District with substantive information on the state of title of the various properties; the City never provided the required information.
It was not until the Term Sheet lapsed in the summer of 2011, and as the fall of 2011 approached, that it was evident that the City of Tucson then began denying that the District had equitable interests in the properties.
The City of Tucson is now denying the District's interests in these properties.
Richard Grinnell was appointed to the Board in 2010, and served as unofficial Treasurer between the then-current Treasurer Allan Willenbrock's resignation and the spring of 2011. Grinnell was made and then served as official acting Treasurer of the District from early 2011 through August 2011.
On assuming the unofficial duties of treasurer in 2010, Grinnell learned that the District had none of its own financial records, and that all of the financial records of the District were provided by and in the possession of the City of Tucson finance, or accounting, or procurement or other departments.
From the beginning, the City of Tucson Finance departments handled all financial matters for the District until the District took those functions over in the fall of 2011.
Based on the absence of financial records, it was impossible to make any determination independent of the City of Tucson's reports what the assets of the District were, what and where expenditures had been made, what had been acquired by the District, and even how much cash the District had on hand.
During Grinnell's tenure as Treasurer for the Reconstituted Board, the District began requesting all financial records from the City departments, but they were slow to be produced, if they ever were produced; those records that were obtained from the City of Tucson often were summaries or narrative reports of the District financial affairs and assets, but they were unsupported and not the source documents.
The District found that much of the supporting documentation received from the City of Tucson often contradicted the information previously provided.
In late 2011 the District began reviewing newly uncovered key financial records, closely scrutinizing expenditures and the allocations of funds, noting additional new documents continued to arrive for review in 2012.
In early 2012, after much legal wrangling by the Board, key Wells Fargo documentation arrived. For the first time, the District was allowed to review the left over amounts of the 2008 bonds if any. Those bond documents were to be at the now cancelled June 18, 2012 retreat prior to Bain and Grinnell's removal by Senator Pierce at the request of Tucson's powers-that-be.
Back in 2009, it was publicly known and acknowledged by the City of Tucson that the City of Tucson's finances was a mess, unclear, and concealed a number of transactions.
In the late summer/FALL of 2011, special legal counsel supporting the forensic audit efforts of the District, Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, requested all supporting documentation from the City of Tucson for numerous City projects. Audits were performed by Regier, Carr, and Monroe, LLC, commissioned by the new Rio Nuevo District Board.
"Based on the results of this forensic examination, we find that there is sufficient evidence to support the conclusion that approximately $2,319,366 of District expenditures should be considered to be questioned costs. In addition, $2,223,530 of expenditures lacked evidence of District authorization and approval. The findings result in a total of $4,542,896 of questioned costs," according to the audit. The audit defined "questioned cost" as a cost not "supported by adequate documentation, a cost that is unnecessary or unreasonable, or a cost that is in violation of the law, regulation or contract."
The second audit completed was related to select West Side Projects: Plaza del Centro, Gadsden Development, Barrio Viejo, Barrio Sin Nombre, Mission Site/Origins Park, Science Center & Historical Museums, Mercado Avenue, Arizona History Museum, Mission Landfill, Origins Infrastructure, Mission Gardens, Mission Complex Drainage Swale, and any other related projects.
"Based upon the procedures performed," auditors identified '$33,849,702 of questioned costs. This amount is comprised of $1,547,564 of questioned costs based upon our analysis of documents and $32,302,138 of questioned costs resulting from expenditures for which no supporting documents were located."
Both of the forensic examinations and the preliminary forensic examinations have uncovered, for the first time, a number of transactions involving the disposition of property of the District by the City and of the expenditure of District funds by the City of Tucson through City Staff.
These forensic audits were completed to demonstrate that Rio Nuevo did not owe the City of Tucson. They seem to have accomplished that goal.
Almost $1 million dollars was spent trying to unravel where $230 million plus had gone and to prevent the city of squandering away the remaining left over $10 million in unrestricted funds! Not to mention, countless hours of volunteer time by new state-appointed Reconstructed Rio Nuevo District Board.
In March of 2012, two Rio Nuevo Board members reported intervention efforts by car dealer Jim Click. According to one Board member, Click, in a telephone call, told the Board member to "back off."
Still, the District has been unable to locate or otherwise discover many of the documents for the approval of expenditures and property transfers involving the District and the City of Tucson.
Tucson's powers-that-be want progress. They want ignore the general public, forget the past, and make sure a new Board is in place that is willing to forget it.
Over a year ago, Rob O'Dell, a "reporter" from the Arizona Daily Star told a group of Tucson residents that he had been threatened by a City of Tucson official, and that the District would, in the future, barely have enough money to cover its debt service payments.
This week, the Arizona Daily Star, otherwise known as Jim Click's newsletter, has published volumes from those who seek to cast doubt on the watchdog members of the Board, and promote "progress."
The Arizona Daily Star has since then had to layoff over 50 staff, and is greatly reduced in print inches.
The public's trust has been broken by many.
The woman who first asked for an FBI investigation into Rio Nuevo, Ally Miller, spoke for many Tucsonans when she called for tighter financial controls in the City of Tucson. "Dwelling on the past will keep us from moving forward, however moving forward with the same level of incompetence and lack of financial controls is a disgrace and will result in more of the same," said Miller.
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Kaspersky breach drama is way bigger than we thought
(TECH NEWS) As more Kaspersky news begins to come out, the extent of the breach seems to be compounding.
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Rediff.com » Business » Portfolio rejigs of RBI deputy governors soon
Portfolio rejigs of RBI deputy governors soon
Given the pressure from India Inc and the banking fraternity, it is surmised that the portfolio rejig will take place before April.
Raghu Mohan reports.
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A reshuffle of portfolios held by the four deputy governors of the Reserve Bank of India is seen as part of efforts to find a solution to the vexed issue of bringing 12 state-run banks out of the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework and the controversial February 12 circular.
Of particular import is the portfolio of the highly sensitive Department of Banking Regulation (DBR) under the charge of N S Vishwanathan, now the senior-most of the four DGs.
A key irritant between Mint Road and North Block is the PCA and the February 2018 circular, on which Vishwanathan has refused to budge and been vocal about, most recently in a speech on October 29 at XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Vishwanathan is also vice-chairman of the powerful Board for Financial Supervision (BFS), headed by the RBI governor.
In effect, he stands at the intersection of the PCA, the February circular, and the BFS.
IMAGE: Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor N S Vishwanathan speaks at a banking conference in Mumbai. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
A highly-placed source said the DBR has been under the DG from within the RBI (Vishwanathan is in the RBI cadre) while the Department of Banking Supervision (DBS) is helmed by M K Jain, the DG who was inducted into the RBI (he is former managing director and chief executive officer of IDBI Bank)
It has been gathered that tradition will also be kept alive if the DBR is given to the other DG from within the RBI, B P Kanungo, after Vishwanathan retires.
"Regulation precedes supervision. In the immediate case, the key areas of concern are PCA and the February 12 circular," said a source.
Vishwanathan will be the first among the DGs to retire, having taken charge on April 4, 2016; the other three have some time to go.
Given the pressure from India Inc and the banking fraternity, it is surmised that the portfolio rejig will take place before April, by when electioneering for the Lok Sabha polls will be in full swing.
IMAGE: RBI Deputy Governor Dr Viral V Acharya. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
As for Dr Viral V Acharya, who also has a heavy portfolio under him, especially the key Monetary Policy Department (including Forecasting and Modelling Unit), another close Mint Road watcher said "the Monetary Policy Committee and the tie-break vote of Das acts as a checkmate and North Block can breathe easy".
Dr Acharya's 'wrath of the markets' statement had invited a comment from Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg that 'vital economic indicators are showing improvement'.
The DG portfolio rejigs were effected on June 22, 2018; January 23, 2017; and July 4, 2016.
A look at reshuffles even in the distant past shows they have put through only when the three-year term of an incumbent DG ended and a new person came in, but there is nothing in the RBI Act (1934) that stipulates that this will always be the case.
IMAGE: RBI Deputy Governors N S Vishwanathan, M K Jain, with then Governor Urjit R Patel, Executive Director Michael Debabrata Patra, Deputy Governors B P Kanungo and Dr Viral V Acharya after a monetary policy review in Mumbai, December 5, 2018. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
"It is up to the governor to take a call on these matters, which is entirely administrative," said a source in the know of the operational aspects of the RBI.
"It may take a different colour in the context of discussions between the RBI and North Block, but if (RBI Governor Shaktikanta) Das feels the need to go ahead with it, he can do so."
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House and time at Malvern: No 1, 1901 - 1905.
Died: 22 October 1914 aged 27 in Belgium. Killed in action near Armentieres.
Born 6th November 1887. Son of Lt.-Col. Sir David Prain, C.M.G., C.I.E. (Director of Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew), and Lady Prain, of The Well Farm, Warlingham, Surrey.
Upper V—VI. Senior Scholar. Faber Exhibitioner. House Prefect.
University of St. Andrews; B.A. 1908; Lincoln College, Oxford; B.A. 1910; Oxford University O.T.C.
Leicestershire Regt. 1910; Lieutenant 1912.
Great War (overseas). "C" Coy. 1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment. Despatches.
Qualified as a 1st Class Interpreter in French.
Died at Rue de Bois near Armentieres.
'21st October 1914. Ordered to relieve W. Yorks in Chemical Factory - Rue De Bois line at 8pm.


The RFID wristband is fast becoming the method of choice for access, payment, & social media integration at many major festivals, events, & venues across the world.
How does the RFID wristband work?
The beauty of the RFID wristband is that it needs no batteries, & is instead powered when it is tapped or placed very close to an RFID reader, which reads the passive tag inside the wristband.
The RFID wristband can be linked to a users credit/debit card, enabling them to pay for goods or services with a tap of the wrist. This system benefits both user & organiser as there is no cash to deal with or transport, no cards to lose, & much shorter time spent queuing & paying for goods.
Rather than having a traditional ticket or even an E-ticket on your smartphone, the RFID wristband enables a user to enter & exit a venue with ease, which drastically reduces both queuing times, & the need for as many staff to man the entrances.
The RFID wristband also helps to eliminate fraud, & the instant information for the organiser enables them to accurately ascertain attendance figures.
The RFID wristband can be linked to a users social media account, enabling them to share their experience with friends, family, & the world.
The organiser also benefits from this integration as the 'tweets' & 'likes' are creating brand awareness to a global audience.
The standard RFID wristband can be made from silicone, PVC, tyvec, paper or polypropylene & is suitable for a multitude of uses such as festivals & concerts, nightclubs & bars, leisure & theme parks, venues & arenas, county shows & fairs, exhibitions & conferences.
EM1200, EM4305, TK4100, MIFARE® S50/S70, MIFARE Ultralight® 10, MIFARE® DESFire® 4k, ICODEE2, FM11RF08, GT23SC4430.
The waterproof RFID wristband is made from silicone & is an irregular card embedded with a contactless chip (LF, HF), which is then encapsulated into the wristband by ultrasonic plastic welding. The wristband is highly waterproof and harsh resistant. The waterproof RFID wristband is widely applied in pools, waterparks, spas and other RFID access control applications where a waterproof wristband is required, & they have a rating of IP67, IP68.
125KHz – EM4200, EM4305, TK4100, T5557.
13.35MHz – MIFARE Classic® 1K/4K, MIFARE Ultralight®, MIFARE® DESFire® 4K, ICODE SLI, Tag-it 2048.


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/*
 * @name Trig Wheels and Pie Chart
 * @arialabel Two circles on a white background. One circle has slices of various colors. One circle is comprised of rectangles spiraled into a circle shape in a rainbow gradient
 * @frame 400,400
 * @description contributed by
   Prof WM Harris, How to create
a trig color wheel and a visualization of a population age data as a
pie chart.

	Functions are
created for the canvas setup, trig color wheel, drawslice, and pie
chart. The size of the slices are determined as well as their color
range. The pie chart is separated by definitive color per value
whereas the trig color wheel has a fixed slice amount with a range
color fill.
*/

function setup() {
  createCanvas(400, 400);
  colorMode(HSB);
  angleMode(DEGREES);

  //vars for color wheel center point
  let x = width / 2;
  let y = height / 2 + 100;
  colorWheel(x, y, 100); //slide 11

  noStroke();
  pieChartPop(200, 100); //slide 12
}

//**** slide 12 pie chart trig demo
function pieChartPop(x, y) {
  let [total, child, young, adult, senior, elder] = [577, 103, 69,
    122, 170, 113
  ];
  let startValue = 0;
  let range = 0;

  //child slice
  range = child / total;
  drawSlice("blue", x, y, 200, startValue, startValue + range);
  startValue += range;
  //young slice
  range = young / total;
  drawSlice("orange", x, y, 200, startValue, startValue + range);
  startValue += range;
  //adult slice
  range = adult / total;
  drawSlice("green", x, y, 200, startValue, startValue + range);
  startValue += range;
  //senior slice
  range = senior / total;
  drawSlice("tan", x, y, 200, startValue, startValue + range);
  startValue += range;
  //elder slice
  range = elder / total;
  drawSlice("pink", x, y, 200, startValue, startValue + range);
  startValue += range;

}

/**
 * drawSlice - draw colored arc based on angle percentages. slide 13
 * Adjust angles so that 0% starts at top (actually -90).
 * @param {color} fColor - fill color
 * @param {number} x - center x
 * @param {number} y - center y
 * @param {number} d - diameter
 * @param {float} percent1 - starting percentage
 * @param {float} percent2 - ending percentage
 */
function drawSlice(fColor, x, y, d, percent1, percent2) {
  fill(fColor);
  arc(x, y, d, d, -90 + percent1 * 360, -90 + percent2 * 360);
}

//**** slide 11 trig demo
function colorWheel(x, y, rad) {
  strokeWeight(10);
  strokeCap(SQUARE);

  //Iterate 360 degrees of lines, +10deg per turn
  for (let a = 0; a < 360; a += 10) {
    stroke(a, 150, 200); //hue based on a
    //radius is 100, angle is a degrees
    line(x, y, x + rad * cos(a),
      y + rad * sin(a));
  }
}

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First, Patrick receives a DVD in the post. It shows footage of him and his wife Ariana walking, dressing, going to work - all filmed by cameras hidden in their house. Someone is clearly out to get him. And then the email arrives: GO ALONE. TELL NO ONE. DO WHAT WE SAY. OR SHE DIES.
Patrick's life is turned upside down. Suddenly this has become a matter of life and death.
©2009 Gregg Hurwitz (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Thrillers are by their nature, escapist, unrealistic and hopefully exciting and maybe a little surprising, containing a dash of the unexpected. Or She Dies ticked all the boxes for me. There are bits of the plot which leave you thinking hmmm, now that really is stretching my credulity wafer-thin, but hey - it's a thriller right? It barrels along at a stonking pace and I finished it in a few days and will happily read/listen to more from the same author.
really enjoyed this, I liked the way the story builds and there were times when it was quite funny, made even better by the narrator. would recommend this book.


Mary Joan Okum (née Kath; October 27, 1924 – December 8, 2015), known by her performing name Bonnie Lou, was an American musical pioneer, recognized as one of first female rock and roll singers. She is also one of the first artists to gain crossover success from country music to rock and roll. She was the "top name" on the first country music program regularly broadcast on a national TV network. Bonnie Lou was one of the first female co-hosts of a successful syndicated television talk show, and a regular musical performer on popular shows in the 1960s and 1970s. She "was a prime mover in the first days of rockabilly," and is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Kath's parents were Arthur (1899–1977) and Eva Kath (1905–2000). She had a brother, Arthur (1926–2003), and a sister, Eleanor McConkey. "I was named after my grandmother Mary, and my grandfather Joe; and my mother added the -an onto the end of it," Bonnie Lou noted in a 2007 interview. When the family home in Towanda burned down, they moved to Carlock, Illinois, where her father became a tenant farmer.


Phoenix One Bangalore West price of a 3 bedroom apartment ranges between Rs. 3.9 to 4.5 Crores. The area of 3 BHK ranges between 2390 to 2408 Sq.ft, Towers 1 to 5 are ready for possession and Basic cost price is Rs. 16000 per sft. 4 Bedroom apartments cost price ranges between Rs. 5.9 to 6.5 Crores, super built up area of 4 BHK residences is 3243 sq.ft. OC is obtained for first 5 Towers and no GST is applicable on basic cost.
The project is set to be a landmark development. The aesthetics and architecture of the 30 storey high rise towers by International architects Benoy and RSP are designed to satisfy the most discerning customers. A beautifully landscaped green-zone designed by Site Concepts, Singapore, covers a vast majority of the nearly 17-acre property, offering well detailed and calming experiences. Phoenix One Bangalore West offers homes to suit your lifestyle with an array of large and spacious apartments towering over the city landscape. The primary products are 4-bed homes with family and study areas, 3-bed homes and 2-bed homes with a family room, along with penthouses on the highest floors.


The Groomaroo Adjustable Pet Trimmer will trim your pet's fur while reducing the chance that it will upset them. You'll never have to go to the groomer again when you have this effective trimmer. Design ensures its blades never touch your pet's skin.


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10/02/2011 · Looking to put a front end loader on my Yanmar 2000 ( 2 WD). Can it handle this and operate well under these types of load conditons. Can it handle this and operate well under these types of load conditons.
Yanmar Ym1810 diesel tractor with a front end loader for sale. This tractor has a 3cyl. 22hp diesel motor, power shift transmission, 2wd, strong pto and hydraulics, good tires, etc. Ready to go to work.


Shirley begins by discussing her early life at home and her experience of having a Maltese mother and some of the cultural differences they had. She talks about school and her first job. Shirley recalls her parent's divorce and living in Malta with her mother.


Frenkendorf, Switzerland, 21 August 2017: The Swisstrain, a service offered by Frenkendorf-based Swissterminal AG, has been granted right-of-way for an alternative routing during the closing of the railway line between Rastatt and Baden-Baden.
The replacement schedule to connect the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp via the hub Neuss with Frenkendorf/Basel has thus come into effect as initially planned. Despite the closure of the Rhine valley rail corridor, the Swisstrain is still able to link the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp with Frenkendorf close to Basel via the hub Neuss. The temporary routing will go via the German cities of Singen and Stuttgart and lasts until further notice. Due to this diversion, the length of the train is limited to 550 m.
The next import connection arrives in Frenkendorf on Monday, 21 August 2017. According to the new schedule, the next export departure from Frenkendorf is planned for 21 August 2017 as well.
An alternative way to link the western ports and Basel is the transport by barge. Bookings can be made via the sales team at Swisstrain directly.
On 12 August 2017, a severe lowering of railway tracks took place south of Rastatt, where construction works to build a new tunnel were taking place. Consequently, the important Rhine Alpine Rail Freight Corridor that links Northern European sea ports with Southern Germany, Switzerland and Italy, has been closed until further notice, causing massive disruptions.


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Q: Could not get uid/gid when building Node/Docker My Dockerfile is using alpine and globally installing react-scripts.  When it tries to install it, it fails with "could not get uid/gid" error.  I added the "---unsafe-perm" option to the npm install -g command. The docker container is successfully created, but the permissions in the container are messaged up for the installed files.  I see the username and group set to 1000 for all of them.  I tried adding the following command to the Dockerfile right before the install step but that didn't help.
RUN npm -g config set user root

Build error
Error: could not get uid/gid
[ 'nobody', 0 ]

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/uid-number/uid-number.js:37:16
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:296:5)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:961:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:250:5)
TypeError: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined
    at errorHandler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/error-handler.js:205:18)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:76:20
    at cb (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:228:22)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:266:24
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/config/core.js:83:7
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/config/core.js:82:13
    at f (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/once/once.js:25:25)
    at afterExtras (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/config/core.js:173:20)
    at Conf.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/config/core.js:231:22)
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/error-handler.js:205
  if (npm.config.get('json')) {
                 ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined
    at process.errorHandler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/error-handler.js:205:18)
    at process.emit (events.js:182:13)
    at process._fatalException (internal/bootstrap/node.js:472:27)
ERROR: Service 'sample-app' failed to build: The command '/bin/sh -c npm install react-scripts@1.1.1 -g' returned a non-zero code:

Dockerfile
/usr/src/app # cat Dockerfile
# build environment
FROM node:10-alpine as builder
RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
ENV PATH /usr/src/app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
COPY package.json /usr/src/app/package.json
RUN npm install
RUN npm install react-scripts@1.1.1 -g
COPY . /usr/src/app
RUN npm run build

# production environment
FROM nginx:1.13.9-alpine
COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/build /usr/share/nginx/html
EXPOSE 80
CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]

A: UPD Fixed in nodejs@12.4.0?
Check if this is linked to nodejs/docker-node issue 813:

Root cause seems to be: Thread stack size

The default stack size for new threads on glibc is determined based on the resource limit governing the main thread's stack (RLIMIT_STACK).
    It generally ends up being 2-10 MB.

There three possible solutions:

*

*Talk to Alpine teams to fix it. There were some discussions already

*Fix it in the node docker alpine image as follows

*Set default npm_config_unsafe_perm=true in the docker image as a workaround until it's fixed.

You already tried the third option, but consider also:

Alternatively, you should switch to the slim (Debian) variant until this get's fixe upstream by the Alpine team.

A: I faced same issue in Docker for node-alpine image when I am dockerizing my react application
I resolved with following dockerfile configuration.
FROM node:8.10.0-alpine

# Set a working directory
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

COPY ./build/package.json .
COPY ./build/yarn.lock .

# To handle 'not get uid/gid'
RUN npm config set unsafe-perm true

# Install Node.js dependencies
RUN yarn install --production --no-progress

# Copy application files
COPY ./build .

# Install pm2
RUN npm install -g pm2 --silent

# Run the container under "node" user by default
USER node

CMD ["pm2", "start", "mypm2config.yml", "--no-daemon", "--env", "preprod"]

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La Jolla's Best Bets for events: Jan. 7-13, 2016
Choral ensemble SACRA/PROFANA
(Courtesy)
All Kinds of Music
Robin Henkel will perform a concert of solo blues,
10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Jan. 9 at Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, 5627 La Jolla Blvd. Henkel has opened for BB King, Dizzy Gillespie, Bonnie Raitt, Arlo Guthrie, Livingston Taylor and more. Free. (858) 551-1707.
San Diego's inventive choral ensemble SACRA/PROFANA will offer "Concentric Circles," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12 at San Diego Museum of Art's Hibben Gallery, 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park, San Diego. The program includes "Effortlessly Love Flow" (from Aaron Jay Kernis' "Ecstatic Meditations"), as well as "Honest Music" by Nico Muhly (New Amsterdam Records). Tickets: $40-$50. (619) 232-7931. artofelan.org
In concert with the San Diego Symphony's "Upright & Grand Piano Festival," La Jolla Music Society presents Garrick Ohlsson on piano, 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 at Sherwood Auditorium in the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St. The program includes Beethoven's Sonata in A-flat Major and Fantasy in C Major "Der Wanderer," a piece considered to be Schubert's most technically demanding composition for piano. Tickets: $30-$85. (619) 235-0804. ljms.org or sandiegosymphony.org
Mal'Akh Ensemble, an electro-acoustic project founded by the multi-laureate Mexican composer Felipe Perez Santiago, will create an eclectic sound that combines elements of traditional, avant-garde, folk, contemporary, rock, free jazz and improvisational music, 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8 at The Loft at UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive. Tickets: $18-$28. malakhmusic.com
Electro-acoustic project Mal'Akh Ensemble
Mainly Mozart opens its 2016 season with a focus on Dvorak. The program will include "Terzetto in C Major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74" and "Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81," 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9 at the Auditorium at TSRI, 10620 John Jay Hopkins Drive. Wine reception precedes the concert. Tickets: $55. (619) 466-8742. mainlymozart.org
Art Lectures
Art historian Linda Blair returns to Athenaeum Music & Arts Library with a new lecture series, "A New Look at Impressionism," 7:30 p.m., Mondays, Jan. 11, 18, 25 and Feb. 1 and 8 at 1008 Wall St. The careers of four painters will be highlighted — Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas and Claude Monet. Admission: $14-$19 per lecture or $60-$80 for the series. (858) 454-5872. ljathenaeum.org/art-history-lectures
Film Noir Classics screen at La Jolla's Riford Library, second Wednesdays. See "Mystery Liner" (1934), starring Edwin Maxwell and Noah Beery, 3 p.m. Jan. 8 at 7555 Draper Ave. Free. (858) 552-1657. lajollalibrary.org
The La Jolla Riford Library presents a new art exhibit, "Past and Prologue: A Retrospective Exhibit of the Works of (the late) Suzanne Geller and (the late) Georgeanna Lipe," with current works from The San Diego Watercolor Society, Jan. 7-Feb. 8 in the Community Room, 7555 Draper Ave. An Artists Reception for the show will be held 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16. For more details, call
Lipe had a gallery on Girard Avenue and a number of her larger works hang in the La Jolla Country Club. Geller often exhibited in her gallery.
San Diego youth are invited to join Elmo and other "Sesame Street" friends at a free museum day with performances at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at The New Children's Museum, 200 W. Island Ave. downtown San Diego. Characters will invite children to join the Everyday Heroes Club (an act of kindness is all it takes to become a member). sesameheroes.org
Elmo from 'Sesame Street'
The Old Globe Theatre presents its third annual New Voices Festival, a weekend of readings of new American plays by professional playwrights, Jan. 15-17 at the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park, San Diego. The festival kicks off 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15. Free, but reservations are highly recommended at
(619) 234-5623. theoldglobe.com
"Seussical, Jr." brings to life some favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie, and more. J*Company junior theater stages this family-friendly production, matinees and evenings Jan. 15-31 at Garfield Theatre, Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive. Tickets: $18.
(858) 362-1348. sdcjc.org/jc ♦


Most men define themselves by what they do... Right or wrong, that's just the way it is.
I'm no different and what I do comes from my desire to do things right - using the right tools and when necessary, adding a new tool to my collection.
Over the years I've gone through thousands of tools. A handyman by trade, I pride myself on being able to tackle just about any job and knowing what tool to use. However, some of those tools I picked up were junk and didn't last 5 minutes before they went to the scrap pile. Others are still with me and have become my good friends.
My Grandpa was a builder, my Dad a machinist. I grew up on a farm and learned quick how to fix and repair stuff. It's little wonder I grew to love and appreciate tools.
Keep that in mind that these views are just my opinions - take them for what they're worth. Talk it up with your buddies and decide for yourself.
I hope you'll find this a spot to stop, look, and learn as you make your journey along the path of tool enlightenment.
CNC Wood Carving Machines have become widely renowned recently thanks to the accuracy they have when it comes to carving wood. Most furniture manufacturers that exist today are beginning to use more of these machines. They usually use them for engraving and lettering of wood. The good thing is that, thanks to these machines, the furniture manufacturers are now able to give the personalization their customers ask them for just within a couple of minutes.
Today's modern CNC wood carving machines allow their users to control them by means of a computer. The Rockler CNC Shark Pro routing system and the newly released Pro PLUS are two wood carving or wood engraving machines considered to be among the best 3D wood carving machines for the home hobbyist. These woodworking machines offer efficient wood carving, cutting, prototyping, engraving and milling that can be controlled via a Mac or a PC computer.
Another example may well be the Zen ToolWorks CNC carving machine. This is a 3D DIY wood carving machine that can be controlled via a Mac or a PC as well. With this machines, it is now possible for furniture manufacturers to build their own NC router that may not be the same as that of other manufacturers.
Fortunately, both of the machines described above can usually be obtained from various online shops. These machines are remarkably cheap when you consider what they do and are surely worth buying. Yet, there is one thing to keep in mind prior to buying any of such machines.
Rumor has it that there are numerous CNC wood carving machines on the market that are really old machines that people recondition. What this means is that these machines might have been damaged before but they have been repaired somehow. Such machines often come with limited warranty. Therefore, it is worth being aware of the real condition of such a wood carving machine and pay detailed attention to the warranty offered along with it. When buying a machine, it's wise to buy new. If new is out of the budget, be sure to do your homework and throughly research the machine you intend to buy - nobody likes unpleasant surprises.
Get informed and learn NEW WAYS TO CARVE WOOD AFFORDABLY with simple PROGRAMMABILITY.
The HOTTEST tool to come along in a long time isn't a tool at all - well, not in the traditional sense. But I'll wager this is going to be the most valuable tool you've ever owned.
I'm talking about the LiveScribe® Smart Pen. For those guys that take notes and make sketches and want to keep track of them, this tool is gonna revolutionize how you work.
Make those sketches, take notes, and record the conversation all at the same time. Get back to the shop or office, plug your pen into your computer and upload everything. This Pen works with Macs and PCs both!!
Print your company forms on the special paper and leave the form with your client and still have a copy of what you wrote. Send those notes to your client via email or to another colleague for quotations, review, etc.
The possibilities are endless. View a demo of this product by clicking the 'play' button above. This demo shows students using this product but I'll bet you'll be able to see how you could put this to use for your work and hobby situations.
Slowly the pages of this site come together. Today I added another page. This one is for Power Hand Tools. Some of the most basic tools are shown along with some for specialty applications... Just like the other pages here and holding to the basic site philosophy, all you'll find will be Pictures and Specs. No fluff! Just information and links for a better tool buying experience.
As a power tool user, I run up against a couple of issues that make me cringe whenever I visit most tool websites looking for something. They either treat me like a stupid idiot and unload all this flowery sales talk on me, or they make me dig through page after page of links as if I was some sort of data miner.
Most tools have been around for a long time so I don't need to know ridiculous rosy details about something like say - a wheel barrow. Just tell me what it's made of, it's load rating, and anything unique or unusual that would make this wheel barrow different from all other wheel barrows. PERIOD - and don't make me dig down five levels to find it.
None of that crap here... Just simple ways to find what you are looking for. No wasted time with sales fluff - only short concise bulleted lists showing the features and specifications. Those tools that are brand new and never seen before will get extra attention, but i'll never try to SELL you something. I'll provide the information - YOU make the decision. Simple Straight Talk.
You'll find that the pages here are dense and filled with lots of graphics - that's intentional. You won't have to dig down multiple levels to find something. Every page is a category onto itself filled with large pictures, and easy to read oversized type. Even the product links are different in that they are designed to open a new browser window. If what you click on isn't what you wanted, close that window and the previous window will reappear - no waiting for the window to reload. Simple Straight Design.
So there you have it, a new easier way to find tools. I hope you enjoy your experience here and visit often.


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Now's the Time: Michael Shults
How can we miss Michael Shults if he won't stay away? Once a leading light in Kansas City's jazz community, the bright young saxophonist left town to become a music professor at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. He leads a quartet at the Black Dolphin on Friday, December 1, and plays in an organ trio format at the Green Lady Lounge on Sunday, December 3, during a return to his old stomping grounds. The Kansas City Jazz Calendar lists a multitude of alternate bookings.
Labels: Black Dolphin, Green Lady Lounge, Jazz, Kansas City, Michael Shults
*Dean Hampton, a prominent booster of Kansas City's jazz scene, has died. Hampton founded the now-defunct Webjazz site and was a crucial advocate of the annual Charlie Parker gravesite memorial.
*The Kansas City Star reports on plans for Open Spaces 2018: A Kansas City Arts Experience, a 2018 festival intended to "show Kansas City 'as both the cradle of modern jazz and the present day site of unprecedented technological innovation.'"
*Danny Embrey's 1988 album Dues Blues has been reissued.
*The Count Basie Orchestra is nominated for a Grammy Award for its contribution to a track on Clint Holmes' latest album.
*Deborah Brown was interviewed by Joe Dimino.
*JazzTimes published a review of Bobby Watson's Made in America album.
*Matt Otto's 2016 album Soliloquy was reviewed for All About Jazz.
*Tweet o' the Week: American Jazz Museum- Each year, we invest in 1,745 musicians, we provide over 40 local businesses opportunities through First Fridays, and have a $1.2million dollar economic impact in the city of @KCMO. Now is YOUR chance to have an impact. Visit https://buff.ly/2n88PwI today. #GivingTuesday #Jazz
*From a press release: Kansas City's own Jazz violinist, Marvin Gruenbaum, is known for his diverse musical and technical skills coupled with an electrifying flare for improvisation and captivating musical interaction. A classically trained violinist and violist, he's been a member of the Kansas City Symphony since 1982. Performing with Tim Whitmer & The Consort Band. 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 6. $7.
Labels: American Jazz Museum, Bobby Watson, Count Basie Orchestra, danny embrey, Dean Hampton, Deborah Brown, Jazz, Kansas City, Marvin Gruenbaum, Matt Otto, Open Spaces
Album Review: The Matt Cook Collective- Along Those Lines
The members of the Matt Cook Collective are at the vanguard of an enormously promising generation of young musicians that is revitalizing Kansas City's jazz scene. Along Those Lines, the ensemble's first full-length album, demonstrates that the saxophonist's band is among the forward-thinking groups that are just as inspired by the likes of Snarky Puppy as by more conventional reference points such as the Jazz Messengers. Occasionally a bit deliberative, Cook, reed man Joel Gordon, guitarist Matt Clinkenbeard, bassist Nick Brown and drummer Nate McDonald are best when they loosen up on adventurous tracks like "Geuzennaam."
Labels: Jazz, Joe Gordon, Kansas City, Matt Clinkenbeard, Matt Cook, Nate McDonald, Nick Brown
Now's the Time: The Spanish Harlem Orchestra
I'm thankful that I caught Eddie Palmieri at the Blue Note in New York a few months ago (brief Instagram video). Muscular salsa and limber Latin jazz imbue the 80-year-old legend with youthful vigor. The Spanish Harlem Orchestra will fill the Folly Theater with similarly festive sounds in a "Salsa Navidad" concert on Saturday, December 9. Consult the comprehensive The Kansas City Jazz Calendar for dozens of area bookings between now and December 9.
Labels: Folly Theater, Jazz, Kansas City
*Eric Wesson recaps the procedural maneuvering surrounding the American Jazz Museum for The Call.
*Michael McClintock, the leader of Cubanisms, was profiled by CJ Janovy for KCUR.
*Tweet o' the Week: Clint Ashlock- I never let myself get too far away from certain records. Today it's Bobby Watson's "Midwest Shuffle" and @jaleelshaw "Soundtrack of Things to Come." Time Will Tell & Faith: 2 tunes that constantly change and enrich my life. Thank you, gentlemen. #jazz
*Comment o' the Week: Rob- Well, it's that time again, when from the far west side of the country, I start to think about my annual jaunt to K.C. for the Xmas holidays to see the family, and I also (embarrassingly) make my annual visit to the Plastic Sax blog. And every year, I give thanks that's it's still here...still up to date, which is nearly unheard of in today's blog world...and still full of great information. So in this time of thanks, I thank you. K.C. needs more of you. I'm a big fan of the more "out" or free-jazz sounds, which I've yet to have any luck finding on my journeys back to K.C., but if you have any suggestions, or bands, locations, etc. that I should keep my eye on for this type of sound, please respond here as I've love to hear about. Thanks again for all you do.
*From a press release: Community Christian Church presents Jazz Carolfest 2017! Join Tim Whitmer on Sunday, December 3 at 4pm for a swinging start to the Christmas season! This toe tapping, finger snapping concert will feature some of the area's most dynamic performers and entertainers, including the amazing talents of Millie Edwards, Diane "Mama" Ray, Eboni Fondren, Havilah Bruders, Bram Wijnands, Ron Gutierrez, Slim Hanson, Ron Lackey, the 3 Trails West Trio, and the Hot Club Trio along with pianist Tim Whitmer and the award-winning house band (Jurgen Welge, James Albright, Rod Fleeman, Todd Wilkinson, & Stan Kessler)... Tickets are $20 advance, $25 at door.
*From Matt Kane: ...In Kansas City I will be performing two sets of my original music at the Black Dolphin Jazz Club on Friday, 12/29. The band includes: Peter Schlamb, vibes. Matt Villinger, piano. Nathan Pence, bass and Adam Schlozman, guitar.
*From a press release: Talented young jazz trumpeter Hermon Mehari will return to Kansas City on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. as part of the Carlsen Center Presents series at Johnson County Community College. Outstanding local jazz performers are featured under the "Winterlude" banner. The Sunday evening concert will be held in the Carlsen Center's Polsky Theatre… Mehari now calls Paris his home, but returns every couple of months to perform with friends in the Kansas City area… At the Dec. 17 Winterlude concert, his quintet will include Peter Schlamb, vibraphone; Matt Villinger, piano; Karl McComas-Reichl, bass; and John Kizilarmut, drums.
Labels: American Jazz Museum, Bobby Watson, Clint Ashlock, Hermon Mehari, Jazz, Kansas City, Matt Kane, Michael McClintock
The Shape of Jazz (Concerts) to Come: Flying Lotus at the Midland
Steven Ellison, the man who creates visionary music as Flying Lotus, offered an audience of more than 500 a peak into the future of jazz concerts at the Midland theater on Thursday. His 70-minute show expanded the visual and sonic possibilities of jazz.
As demonstrated by "Never Catch Me", Ellison's most popular song, the Los Angeles based producer combines elements of cosmic jazz with hip-hop and funk. Ellison's 2015 album "You're Dead!," one of the most artful distillations of black American music in the new millennium, is a natural extension of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and his great aunt Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda.
With no live instrumentation other than his occasional scat-inclined singing, Thursday's spectacle resembled an electronic dance music concert for adults with a taste for jazz. Wearing glasses that were distributed at the door, members of the audience dominated by people born in the 1980s greeted the introduction of each new 3D special effect like enthusiastic spectators at a fireworks display.
Marveling at virtual spaceships, writhing bodies and confetti will never replace the superior flesh-and-blood experience of listening to elite jazz musicians in intimate clubs, but Ellison has raised for the bar for jazz-related presentations in theaters.
Now's the Time: Everett Freeman
Everett Freeman, the versatile keyboardist prominently featured in the slick new video for Paula Saunders' rendition of "Night and Day," leads the weekly Monday jam session at the Blue Room on November 20. The Kansas City Jazz Calendar lists 86 additional jazz performances next week.
Labels: Blue Room, DeAndre Manning, Everett Freeman, Jazz, Kansas City, Mike Warren, Paula Saunders
*Joel Castillo and Alex Abramovitz were interviewed by Joe Dimino.
*The Irish Times pulished a revealing interview with Pat Metheny. Here's one of the rapturous reviews Metheny's new quartet recently received in Europe. (See the press release below for more Metheny-related news.)
*Helen Borgers, a jazz DJ on KKJZ in Long Beach who was born in Kansas City, has died.
*Marc Myers ponders the evolution of Count Basie's sound.
*Tweet o' the Week: Casino Guru- Fantastic place, not to mention right next to the American Blues Museum. It is a must see in KC, I also recommend Buck O'Neil's book
*Comment o' the Week: Anonymous (presumed bot)- It's a shame you don't have a donate button!...
*From ECM Records: Over the past week we have begun the process of entering the world of streaming, and from November 17th, the full ECM catalogue will be available to subscribers to services including Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal and Qobuz. This simultaneous launch across the platforms – facilitated by a new digital distribution agreement with Universal Music – invites listeners to explore the wide range of music recorded by our artists in the course of nearly five decades of independent production. Although ECM's preferred mediums remain the CD and LP, the first priority is that the music should be heard…
Labels: Alex Abramovitz, Count Basie, Jazz, Joel Castillo, Kansas City, Pat Metheny
Concert Review: Victor Wooten at the Madrid Theatre
Near the end of his two-hour concert for the approximately 270 men and 30 women who had purchased $30 tickets to hear him at the Madrid Theatre on Tuesday, Victor Wooten pondered the healing power of music: "Who's working on the bomb that makes people love each other? We already have it. I call it a 'cupid bomb.'"
Wooten's weapons of mass affection came in two forms. When he locked into James Brown-inspired grooves with saxophonist Bob Franceschini and drummer Dennis Chambers, selflessly jubilant funk permeated the room. Wooten also indulged fans on hand to witness the many astounding ways in which he's expanding the possibilities of the electric bass.
During an extended unaccompanied exercise in looping, Wooten evoked the contemplative approach of his fellow bass master Eberhard Weber. A few additional tricks involved considerably less subtlety, but Wooten's engaging smile made even his most egregious showboating palatable. Wooten opened the concert by joking that "my name is Stanley Clarke." Although he referenced Clarke's 1976 hit "School Days" later in the show, Wooten demonstrated that he's his own man.
Now's the Time: Aldo López-Gavilán
The Cuban pianist Aldo López-Gavilán will join the Harlem Quartet when the ensemble returns to Johnson County Community College on Friday, November 10. (Plastic Sax reviewed the Harlem Quartet's appearance on the campus in August.) López-Gavilán gracefully bridges the divide between jazz and classical music in the embedded video.
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Labels: Jazz, Johnson County Community College, Kansas City
*Kansas City was one of the 64 cities added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on Oct. 31. A report by KCUR provides additional context.
*Tim Finn includes jazz acts in his survey of Kansas City's music scene.
*Tweet o' the Week: UMKC Conservatory- What a great night at the Black Dolphin! Catch our #jazz combos again next Wednesday, 6pm at Grand Street Cafe! #KCjazz #UMKCCons
*Comment o' the Week: Chris Burnett- I had the opportunity to spend most of an entire day with Ms. Maye when she received the American Jazz Museum's "Lifetime Achievement Award" a few years ago… Her concert was first-rate then too.
Labels: Black Dolphin, Chris Burnett, Jazz, Kansas City, Marilyn Maye, UMKC
Concert Review: Marilyn Maye at Quality Hill Playhouse
"Oh, that was dirty!" Marilyn Maye's apt analysis of her grinding rendition of "Honeysuckle Rose" in the final date of a seven-show run at Quality Hill Playhouse on Sunday affirmed her conviction that age ain't nothing but a number.
Accompanied by pianist Tedd Firth, bassist Gerald Spaits and drummer Daniel Glass, Maye, 89, was as vital as ever in her 75-minute outing. The iconic vocalist's leg kicks are now "only" waist-high, but her voice still soars to the heavens.
In addition to exploring Waller's best-known compositions, she delivered several Johnny Mercer songs and a spate of less obvious selections including an oddly effective interpretation of the Frankie Valli hit "My Eyes Adored You" and a smoky reading of Barry Manilow's "Paradise Café."
Maye confessed that she didn't understand why fans demanded that she perform sad songs before she brought down the house with a version of the heartbreaking "Guess Who I Saw Today." She followed it with an equally wrenching version of "Fifty Percent," a song from the 1978 musical "Ballroom."
Maye owns James Taylor's "Secret O' Life." When she intoned the lines "the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time… and since we're only here for a while we might as well show some style," it's clear that she knows whereof she sings. "It's Today," a showstopper from "Mame" that Maye described as her mantra, was similarly inspiring.
Near the end of her performance, Maye asked a retired restraunteur in the audience if she had baked her a pie. The woman replied "I'm too old." Wrong answer. Maye testily snapped "no, you're not." After all, Maye had just spent 75 minutes demonstrating that there's no such thing as "too old."
Labels: Gerald Spaits, Jazz, Kansas City, Marilyn Maye
Now's the Time: Victor Wooten
The jazz fusion heavyweights Victor Wooten, saxophonist Bob Franceschini and drummer Dennis Chambers will almost certainly elicit a warmer reception at the Madrid Theatre on Tuesday, November 7, than they received for the halftime show performance at a New York Knicks game in the embedded video.
*Jazz at Lincoln Center created a seven-minute video profile of Marilyn Maye. The vocalist's five-day residency at Quality Hill Playhouse begins today.
*Laura Spencer of KCUR reported on the latest chapter of the American Jazz Museum's travails.
*Pat Metheny was named the top guitarist in Downbeat's Reader's Poll.
*Arthur White was interviewed by Joe Dimino.
*Tweet o' the Week: ContemporaryJazz.com- Lee Ritenour during Jazz Talk before his performance tonight at @TheFollyTheater in #KansasCity (photo)
*Comment o' the Week: Anonymous- Thank you for restarting the KC Jazz calendar. It is really helpful!
Labels: American Jazz Museum, Arthur White, Jazz, Kansas City, Marilyn Maye, Pat Metheny
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The Nolachucky River is one of the most haunted places on this side of the mountains. It is a 115-mile river that flows through Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, cutting its way through the mountains under the epithet of "Black Waters". It pours from the mouth of Douglas Lake near White Pine. After that it weaves its way to the east and up, going across the North Carolina border; it ends when it meets with Cane River and and North Toe.
Growing up, we were never allowed down to the river by ourselves. For many reasons, the main one being the waters. They are known to rise unexpectedly, the currents get stronger, and pull you in. A lot of folk and died there.
One old man once heard a wailing down river. Thinking it was a wildcat he searched and searched up and down the banks of the river, looking to get a new pelt. But the wailing never got closer, nor farther. He finally gave up and went back to his cabin where his expecting wife awaited. He found her giving birth by herself, as there was no phone or neighbors for about a mile or so. The baby was born breech. The child and the mother died. It's said the wailing was a banshee, known well by the Scotts and Irish who settled here.
The banshee was often seen as "wailing over the dead" of those close to death. While they don't bring death, they warn of it. Folk sayings prescribe to leave the banshee a good catching of fish, so her mouth will be too full to scream. Folks don't like the thought of knowing when, ya know.
Other stories involve lovers camping on the banks and being swept to their death by the unknown rising of the waters. There's been fishermen who misjudged a step in the waters and were consumed by the rapids, never seen nor heard from again. Fishermen have been seen fishing by the waters until they go to take their leave and walk into the waters and vanish. That's when folks know it was a spirit.
Down stream on the Nolachucky, outside of Erwin, is the Devil's Looking Glass. It is a sheer rock-wall rising hundreds of feet over the river in Unicoi County, Tennessee. This is where the majority of the deaths have concentrated over hundreds of years. Earliest story told by living memory is of a Cherokee woman, who jumped from the cliff and fell to her death in the waters. She had lost her lover in one of the Indian wars. Wailing as she fell, folks can still hear her wailing and sometimes body hit the waters. Her spirit is said to haunt the base of the wall, sometimes in the early foggy morning, keening for her lost love.
An old witchy woman, Ole Miz Wilson, had a cabin near the base of the cliff. Folks said the spirits would come to her at night and she would entertain them with spells and incantations, which ended when the morning sun sent the spirits back home in the rocks.
The Yuchi and Cherokee Indians avoided the Looking Glass out of fear of the images in the rocks. Cries of agony can be heard coming from the rocks themselves on some mornings, most often in the fall.
Along the banks of the Nolachucky, hoofbeats can be heard on moonlit nights through the brushes and rocks of the river. Some folk have proposed it's a hunter riding a horse, but all folks ever seen was a glimpse of a shadow. You'd hear the beats in the distance. They'd get closer and closer until they were right up on you, and then it would pass going the other way. You'll never see anyone. Some devised to catch the person on the horse, to figure who is was that was scaring people.
They camped on the banks and tied a rope to a tree by the water and stood with rope in hand about 30 feet inland. The hoofbeats got closer and closer. They couldn't understand how a horse was going so well with so many rocks and obstacles in its path. They weren't seeing it, but soon the beats were right on them and a force pulled at the rope and slung them off their feet. The beats continued in the other direction, unhindered.
They investigated the ground and found prints in the mud. They figured "ghost don't leave no prints so this was somebody". Only problem was, the prints weren't round like a horses. They were smaller and cloven like a goat's. They quickly ran back home, pondering it was the Devil himself running along the banks. No one dared figure that out again.
Pairing with this, folks say that in the early morning, when it's real foggy out, you can see the Devil himself shaving in the Looking Glass. And he'll see you, and laugh.
This is the reason behind the rivers title as Devil's Run. Most folk don't dare to go down there for anything, even their works. But in real hard times, some do go, to get the water or mud. Only use for this is banework. Real bad stuff.
And you don't wana be caught there on the banks alone, lest you be making yourself up for a race with the Devil for your soul.
Folks say there's always one winner, who always wins.
Loved this. My hometown. 🙂 We always took this back route to get to Highway 107 to reach Greenville. When I was little, my grandparents used to tell me there were Indian caves high up in the sheer rock face of the Devil's Looking Glass. And of course, it's always been said that it was haunted, along with that curvy stretch of road. I still get the willies when I go that way and I can see the river just a few yards from the black top. That old river has taken a lot of souls over the years.