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Covid-19 vaccines face a trust gap against some traditional African remedies
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Vaccine obstacles.
By Farai Shawn Matiashe
HararePublished March 1, 2021
In the early days of Covid-19, people from Zimbabwe to Tanzania turned to home remedies for a disease about which little was known. But now, even as African countries begin rolling out vaccine programs, many could still stick with traditional treatments.
Amid a serious surge in cases, after people traveled over the Christmas season from South Africa where a new variant has been spreading, Zimbabwe began vaccinations for healthcare and frontline workers last week, with some 200,000 donated doses of China's Sinopharm shot. Ghana, meanwhile, received the first vaccine doses from Covax, the initiative to help low and middle-income countries get Covid-19 vaccines.
But between fear of the new vaccine, and low supply across the continent, interviews in Zimbabwe suggest that many still plan to—and perhaps have to—rely on herbal treatments.
Itai Rusike, executive director of Zimbabwe's Community Working Group on Health, a network of community-based organizations, says it's common for people in the country to first consult traditional healers or use home remedies to treat general illnesses before seeking modern medical care services, especially for those in rural areas who live far away from medical health facilities.
"This has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, as the majority of people in Zimbabwe seem to have more faith and trust in home remedies to prevent and treat Covid-19 related illnesses due to vaccine disinformation and skepticism," Rusike said. This was a view also expressed to Quartz by other health experts, as well as ordinary citizens.
That preference has also been shaped by government backing for herbal treatments as one form of Covid-19 treatment in the early months of the pandemic last year, a move that physicians criticized, and which could now hamper vaccination efforts.
A nurse prepares to vaccinate Zimbabwean vice-president Constantino Chiwenga as the country begins vaccinations against Covid-19 on Feb. 18.
A boost for Covid-19 home remedies from governments
Zimbabwe was in the middle of its worst economic crisis in decades, with a frayed healthcare system suffering from shortages of medicines and protective equipment, when it experienced its first Covid-19 death last March.
In April 2020, Zimbabwe's government authorized traditional herbalists to treat Covid-19 using herbs as an alternative to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on a respiratory disease that not much was known about at the time.
Zimbabwe was not alone: other African nations such as Madagascar and Tanzania authorized and promoted the use of home remedies to cure Covid-19 without research.
In April 2020, Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina launched a herbal tea which was marketed in bottles. According to the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research, which developed the beverage, the herbal remedy is produced mainly from artemisia, a plant with proven efficacy against malaria. Tanzania's president John Magufuli, who was quick to declare the country Covid-19 free last June, also ordered a shipment of the Madagascan herbal medicine to treat the respiratory disease last year.
In Zimbabwe, there has been a rise in the number of traders packaging Zumbani tea leaves for sale in the cities, to treat Covid-19 related symptoms. The woody shrub is known scientifically as Lippia javanica, part of the verbena family, and is often used for fevers and flu.
Africa University, located in the eastern part of Zimbabwe, is in the process of developing cough drops made from the Zumbani plant.
"The cough drops are not going to be sold as a pharmaceutical drug for now, but a herbal remedy, and they will be available commercially in one month's time," an Africa University official told Quartz Africa.
Pallbearers carry a coffin at the burial of two cabinet ministers and a retired general who died after contracting Covid-19 in Harare, Jan. 27.
For now, there's no research showing the efficacy of these medicines for treating or preventing Covid-19—though Zimbabwe's health minister Constantino Chiwenga has advocated for medical facilities to ascertain the efficacy of traditional medicine and herbs to combat the novel coronavirus. But the government's backing of these remedies, coupled with vaccine skepticism expressed even by officials, could hamper Zimbabwe's goal of vaccinating 60% of its population. The government hasn't said when it hopes to reach that target.
High-level Covid-19 vaccine skepticism
The Covax program has committed to vaccinating at least 20% of Africa's population, or about 300 million people, by the end of this year.
In Zimbabwe, as in many African nations, the Covid-19 vaccination campaign could be held back by vaccine hesitancy around imported vaccines, fueled by a cocktail of lack of information, misinformation, and conspiracy theories around Covid-19 vaccines.
The donated Chinese vaccine, in particular, has sparked anxiety because it has not been authorized by the World Health Organization, and also has a lower efficacy rate than the shots developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.
But more broadly, frontline workers and religious groups have voiced concerns that Africans are being treated as guinea pigs for Covid-19 vaccine developed by pharmaceutical companies, even though the shots have undergone human testing in multiple countries prior to being used in Africa.
Nor is the government effectively communicating about the vaccines and how they've been tested and reviewed so far by multiple regulatory authorities.
"For a vaccination program to be effective there is a need to have a clear and effective communication plan and that has not been the case with Zimbabwe," said Norman Matara, secretary of the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights. "People do not have information regarding these vaccines and it makes them fear the unknown."
Adding to the medical community's worries, Covid-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories are not only being spread by ordinary citizens on popular social media platforms, but also by religious leaders and political figures who have outsize influence.
Zimbabwean defense minister Oppah Muchinguri, who last year said Covid-19 was punishment by God to the US and its allies for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe, has expressed strong resistance to imported vaccines—even though Zimbabwe has no plans to develop a domestic vaccine.
"I am not going to take other nations' vaccines. Why should we not have ours?" she said last month.


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ROSCOE — A Fourth of July celebration will begin with a Lions Club Pancake Breakfast from 8-10 a.m. in downtown Roscoe, served for $5. A parade will be presented at 10 a.m., with live music at 4 p.m. A fireworks show will begin at 9:40 p.m.
CLYDE — Festival by the Lake will continue at 10 a.m. at Clyde Lake. Live music, vendors, rides, a cook-off and more will be available. Fireworks will begin at 10 p.m.
BAIRD — An Independence Day celebration will begin at 4 p.m. at Eugene Bell City Park in Baird, with a fireworks show at dusk. Callahan Divide will perform at 8 p.m.
BLACKWELL — A community parade will begin at 4 p.m. in Blackwell, followed by a barbecue fundraiser from 5-8 p.m. benefiting the Blackwell Volunteer Fire Department. Plates will be $10 for adults and $5 for children age 10 and younger.
CROSS PLAINS — An Independence Day celebration will be conducted from 5:30-9 p.m. at Treadaway Park in Cross Plains, featuring a live Western show and free hot dogs. A fireworks show will begin at dark.
GORMAN — A fireworks show will begin at dusk at the Gorman City Park. A hot dog cookout will precede the show.
Breakfast at the DAC
DESDEMONA — Breakfast at the DAC will be served from 7-10 a.m. at the Desdemona Activity Center. The suggested donation is $7.
Texas Cowboy Reunion
STAMFORD — The 86th annual Texas Cowboy Reunion will continue at 8 a.m. at the Texas Cowboy Reunion rodeo grounds in Stamford. A fiddler's contest will begin at 10 a.m. in the Roundup Hall. For ticket information, go to www.tcrrodeo.com.
Community garage sale
RISING STAR — A communitywide garage sale and open air market will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Rising Star.
Cook-off and car show
A fajita and rib cook-off and car show will be conducted from noon to 6 p.m. at the P.T. Event Center, 5126 Brick St. Air castles, raffles and other entertainment will be available.
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Overeaters Anonymous, 10 a.m., Shades of Hope, 402A Mulberry St., Buffalo Gap. 800-588-4673.
Abilene Society of Model Railroaders, 10 a.m. to noon, 2043 N. Second St.
Fireworks Spectacular
The annual WesTex Connect Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular will open at 2 p.m. at Elmdale Airpark, 4682 Newman Road. Live music, featuring Julia Hatfield, The Will Carter Band, Clay Mobley and others, will begin at 3 p.m. The fireworks show will begin at 10 p.m. Ringside seats, including a barbecue dinner, are $20 for adults and $10 for children. Parking is $10, with a $10 cooler fee. For tickets, call 325-794-1717.
BRECKENRIDGE — The Boomfest Fireworks Show will open at 6 p.m. at The North Park (Corley's) at County Roads 277 and 278 near Breckenridge. Concessions and live entertainment will be presented. Admission is $10 per car.
Out & About Group LGBT AA Meeting, 6 p.m. Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, Lower Level Parish Hall, 602 Meander St.
Fourth of July celebrations
COLORADO CITY — The 54th annual J.O. Dockrey July Fourth Fly-In and Breakfast will begin with a breakfast at 7 a.m. at Colorado City Municipal Airport, free for pilots and $5 for others. Activities, vendors and food will be presented at Ruddick Park, with fireworks at dark.
CISCO — A Fourth of July celebration will begin with the July 5K Color Run at 8 a.m. at Cisco High School, with $25 registration. Activities and live music will begin at 6 p.m. at the Cisco City Park, with a hot dog eating contest at 7:30 p.m., a patriotic outfit contest at 8:30 p.m. and a fireworks show at dark.
EASTLAND — The Old-Fashion 4th of July celebration will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eastland County Courthouse Square. A parade will begin at 10 a.m., with an ice cream contest at noon and a pie and cobbler contest at 1 p.m.
SNYDER — A Fourth of July celebration will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Towle Park. Vendors, music and a volleyball tournament will be presented. A parade will begin at 10 a.m., with a fireworks show at dark.
The 20th annual Hillcrest Neighborhood Parade will begin at 10 a.m. at the corner of Bacon Drive and Campus Court, and will continue to Hillcrest Church of Christ, 650 E. Ambler Ave. Ice cream will be served at the church.
The River Oaks Neighborhood parade will begin at 10 a.m. around River Oaks Triangle Park. A block party featuring music by Tony Parker will follow.
TUSCOLA — A Fourth of July celebration will begin with car show registration at 10 a.m. at the Tuscola Community Center. Food, games and more will be available. A fireworks show will begin at dark.
COLEMAN — The third annual Picnic in the Park will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Coleman City Park. Free hot dogs, live music and activities will be available.
An open house will be conducted from noon to 4 p.m. at VFW Post 6873, 1049 Veterans Drive. Free hot dogs and hamburgers will be served.
RISING STAR — A Fourth of July celebration will begin at 4 p.m. at the Rising Star City Park. A meal will be served at 5:30 p.m., with fireworks at dusk.
The Amarillo Street Parade will begin at 6 p.m. at Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander St. A picnic will follow.
ASPERMONT — A Fourth of July block party will begin at 6 p.m. at the Aspermont Community Center. Games, food and music will be available.
The Abilene Community Band will present its 40th annual Fourth of July concert at 7 p.m. at Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander St. Admission is free. Participants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or a blanket.
SWEETWATER — The Sparks in the Park fireworks show will begin at 9 p.m. at Newman Park.
LAKE LEON — A free fireworks show will be presented at dusk over Lake Leon at La Mancha Lake Ranch, 402 County Road 567, east of Eastland.
Overeaters Anonymous, noon, Hinds Square Building, 100 Chestnut St., Room 112.
Blood drive, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Rentech Boilers, 5025 E. Highway 80.
Schizophrenia Support Group, 1-2 p.m., Mental Health Association of Abilene, 333 Orange St. 325-673-2300.
Free swim class for people with multiple sclerosis, 5:30 p.m., YMCA, 3250 State St.
Anorexics Bulimics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Shades of Hope, 402A Mulberry St., Buffalo Gap. 800-588-4673.
Central Texas Gem & Mineral Society of Abilene, 7 p.m., 7607 Highway 277 South. 325-692-0063.
Abilene Toastmaster's Club 1071, 7 p.m., Conference Center, Texas State Technical College, 650 E. Highway 80. 325-692-7325 or abilene.toastmastersclubs.org.
Al-Anon, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1501 N. Broadway, Ballinger. 817-689-2810 or 325-977-1007.
Mid-City Al-Anon, 7 p.m., First Christian Church. 325-670-4304.
Memory Men (4-part a cappella singing), 7 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 1165 Minter Lane. Park on east side, enter through kitchen. 325-676-SING.
Taylor County Libertarian Party, 7 p.m., Winery at Willow Creek, 4353 S. Treadaway Blvd. 325-675-0266.
Abilene Community Band rehearsal, 7:30 p.m., Bynum Band Hall, McMurry University. 325-232-7383.
South Pioneer Al-Anon Group, 8 p.m., 3157 Russell Ave.
Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Avoca United Methodist Church. 325-773-2611.
Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Group. 325-676-1400.
Zoo Lady at the library
Joy Harsh, the 'Zoo Lady,' will give a presentation featuring live animals from 4-5 p.m. at the South Branch of the Abilene Public Library, 1401 S. Danville Drive. Admission is free.
Square dance workshop
TYE — The Wagon Wheel Squares will conduct a square dancing workshop at 6:30 p.m. at the Wagon Wheel.
'George Washington: Providence'
A showing of the locally produced documentary 'George Washington: Providence' will begin at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, 352 Cypress St. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, seniors, military and children.
Veterans benefit meeting, 10 a.m. to noon, Disabled American Veterans, 2555 Grape St. 325-793-9699 or 325-480-6175.
Mission on the Move Soup Kitchen, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Southwest Drive Community United Methodist Church, 3025 Southwest Dr.
Abilene Southwest Rotary Club, noon, Beehive Restaurant, 442 Cedar St.
High Noon Al-Anon, noon, Southern Hills Church of Christ, 3666 Buffalo Gap Road (south end; follow the yellow signs).
Blood drive, 1-6 p.m., Cash Saver, Hamlin.
Stroke/Aphasia Recovery Program support group, 1:30-2:30 p.m. West Texas Rehabilitation Center boardroom, 4601 Hartford St. 325-793-3535.
Dystonia Support Group, 5:15-6:15 p.m., Not Without Us, 3301 N. First St. Suite 117.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), 5:30 p.m., Brook Hollow Christian Church, 2310 S. Willis St. 325-232-7444.
Legacies Al-Anon Family Group, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Open Door Building, 3157 Russell Ave. 325-280-7584.
Dining For Women — Abilene Chapter, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 1420 N. Third St.
Family (of Mental Health Consumers) Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Mental Health Association in Abilene, 333 Orange St. 325-673-2300.
MHAA Bipolar/Depression Peer Support Group, 6-8 p.m., Ministry of Counseling & Enrichment, 1502 N. First St. 325-673-2300.
Free certified nurturing parent class (pregnancy to toddler), 6-8 p.m., Mission Church, North Third and Mockingbird streets. 325-672-9398.
Abilene Star Chorus, 6:15 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1333 N. Third St. 325-829-1470.
Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Exodus Metropolitan Community Church, 1933 S. 27th St.
Al-Anon Parents Group, 7 p.m., Hillcrest Church of Christ, 650 E. Ambler Ave. Use Church Street entrance.
Al-Anon, 7 p.m., Doug Meinzer Activity Center, Knox City. 940-658-3926.
Abilene Society of Model Railroaders, 7-8:30 p.m., 2043 N. Second St.
Parents, Family, Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) of the Big Country, 7-9 p.m., Unity Church, 2842 Barrow St. 325-232-4726, www.pflagbc.weebly.com.
Unity Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander St.
Guns & Hoses blood drive
The Guns & Hoses Rodney Holder Memorial Blood Drive will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at both the Meek Blood Center, 1150 N. 18th St., and at the Bloodmobile at KRBC/KTAB Studio, 4510 S. 14th St. For more information, call 3250-670-2799.
Overeaters Anonymous, 8 a.m., Hinds Square Building, Room 112, 100 Chestnut St.
Blood drive, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Abilene Regional Medical Center, 6250 Highway 83/84.
Abilene Cactus Lions Club, 11:45 a.m., Cotton Patch Cafe, 3302 S. Clack St.
Abilene Wednesday Rotary Club, noon, Abilene Country Club, 4039 S. Treadaway. $12 for lunch. Jo Ann Wilson, 325-677-6815.
Kiwanis Club of Abilene, noon, Abilene Country Club, 4039 S. Treadaway Blvd.
Clearly Speaking Toastmaster Club, noon, Westgate Church of Christ, 402 S. Pioneer Drive. 325-795-5570.
Diabetes Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Stonewall County Library.
Veterans Peer Support Group, 6 p.m., 765 Orange St. 325-670-4818.
Midweek Al-Anon Family Group, 6-7 p.m., Open Door Building, 3157 Russell Ave. 325-698-4995.
Advanced Square Dancing, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Wagon Wheel.
DivorceCare support group, 7 p.m., Hillcrest Church of Christ, 650 E. Ambler Ave. 325-691-4200.
Ranch gathering
COMANCHE — The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association will conduct a ranch gathering at 6 p.m. at Rathbone Hall. Information on law enforcement and legislative issues will be presented, and a complimentary beef dinner will be served. Admission is free. To RSVP, contact 800-242-7820 Ext. 192 or rsvp@tscra.org.
'Red, White and Tuna'
A production of 'Red, White and Tuna' will be presented at 7:30 p.m. at Abilene Community Theatre, 809 Barrow St. Admission is $15 for adults and $12 for students, seniors and military. For tickets, call 325-673-6271.
Abilene Garden Club, 10 a.m., 300 Westwood St.
Chronic Pain and Depression Group, 11 a.m. to noon, Mental Health Association of Abilene, 333 Orange St., 325-673-2300.
Abilene Founder Lions Club, 11:30 a.m., Al's Mesquite Grill, 4801 Buffalo Gap Road.
Kiwanis Club of Greater Abilene, noon, Beehive Restaurant, 442 Cedar St. 325-695-0092.
Mental Illness Open Support Group, 1-2 p.m., Mental Health Association of Abilene, 333 Orange St. 325-673-2300.
Blood drive, 1-6 p.m., First Baptist Church, Albany.
Abilene 42 Club, 6 p.m., Rose Park Senior Center.
PEP (People Enjoying People) Club, 6 p.m., Wylie Baptist Church, 6097 Buffalo Gap Road 325-692-4909.
Teen Recovery Group, 6-7 p.m., Mission Abilene, 3001 N. Third St.
Free certified nurturing parent class (all ages), 6-8 p.m., Mission Church, North Third and Mockingbird streets. 325-672-9398.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 6:30 p.m. Brook Hollow Christian Church. Weigh-in begins at 5:30 p.m. 325-665-5052.
Gambler's Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Unity Spiritual Living Center, 2842 Barrow St. 325-338-2575.
West Texas Genealogical Society, 6:30 p.m., Rose Park Senior Citizen Center.
Round Dancing, 7 p.m., Wagon Wheel. 325-829-1517.
Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County, 7 p.m., Myrtle Wilks Community Center, Cisco.
Hendrick Hospice Care sponsors a 'Gone But Not Lost' support group the second Thursday of each month for any bereaved parent who has lost a child of any age. Information: 325-677-8516 or 1-800-622-8516.
'Mrs. Miniver'
As part of the Paramount Film Series, a showing of 'Mrs. Miniver' will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, 352 Cypress St. Robert Holladay will give a lecture on the film at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for students, seniors, military and children. For more information, visit paramount-abilene.org.
Abilene Chinese Corner, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Abilene Christian University library. lld09a@acu.edu.
Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary, 6 p.m., 2555 Grape St. 325-793-9699 or 325-480-6175.
Zoo anniversary celebration
The Abilene Zoo will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a music festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Abilene Community Band, Key City Brass and others will be featured. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors, 10 cents for children age 3-12 and free for children age 2 and younger.
A showing of a recent PG rated animated movie will begin at 10:45 a.m. at the South Branch of the Abilene Public Library, 1401 S. Danville Drive. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Admission is free.
BUFFALO GAP — The Chautauqua Learning Series will continue with a presentation by Heather Reed on 'How to Take Care of Your Family Heirlooms' from 11 a.m. to noon at Buffalo Gap Historic Village, 133 N. William St. Admission is free.
As part of the Paramount Film Series, a showing of 'Mrs. Miniver' will begin at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, 352 Cypress St. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for students, seniors, military and children. For more information, visit paramount-abilene.org.
TYE — The Key City Squares will sponsor a square dance at 8 p.m. at the Wagon Wheel in Tye.
Abilene Creative Arts Club, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Buffalo Gap Historic Village, Rode Gallery. 325-514-0665.
Aglow International, 6 p.m., The Crossover, S. First and Poplar streets. 325-829-8826.
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Maroon 5's Super Bowl Halftime Show 2019 - Watch Video Now!
Adam Levine and his band Maroon 5 rock out on stage during the 2019 Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday night (February 3) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.
The 39-year-old singer and his bandmates kicked the show off with their classic hits "Harder to Breathe" and "This Love."
Travis Scott then came out on stage to perform his hit song "Sicko Mode." He was introduced to the stage with help from Squidward from Spongebob Squarepants and a CGI fireball that flew into the stadium!
M5 then continued things with "Girls Like You" and "She Will Be Loved." During the latter song, lantern drones in the sky spelled out the words "One Love."
Outkast performer Big Boi came out next and joined Adam in performing "The Way You Move."
The show continued with Adam belting out the song "Sugar" and then he went shirtless for the final song, "Moves Like Jagger."
Make sure to see what Adam's wife Behati Prinsloo posted on her Instagram Story before the halftime show, in which she said she was more nervous than him!
Click inside for the full set list from the halftime show…
Super Bowl Halftime Show – Set List
"Harder to Breathe" – M5
"This Love" – M5
"Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott
"Girls Like You" – M5
"She Will Be Loved" – M5
"The Way You Move" – Big Boi
"Sugar" – M5
"Moves Like Jagger" – M5
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In my company's techblog, mainly developers are contributing. While browsing across some links in the web, found that companies own pretty interesting tech blogs, sometimes filled with testing or QA relating stuff. Pretty cool to see one more resource to get insiders insights - how do others test, assure quality or handle challenges :) Some links from Linkedin, theGuardian and Shutterstock .


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Eva Elida Clemens
Peter Petrus Clemens
Birth 8 Mar 1811
Died 13 Aug 1894
Father Jacob Johann Clementz Clemens, b. 6 Aug 1781, Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States
Mother Eva Cress Eshwood, b. 8 Jun 1791, Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States
Family Ruby Ann Blasier
1. Martin Van Buran Clemens, b. 20 Jun 1838, Steuben, New York
2. Eva Elida Clemens, b. 11 Jan 1840, Western, Oneida, New York, United States
3. Sarah Augusta Clemens, b. 9 Jan 1846, Osceola, Lewis, New York, USA
Ruby Ann Blasier
Family Peter Petrus Clemens, b. 8 Mar 1811
Rolon Dennis Fox
Birth 4 Apr 1830 West Leyden, Lewis, New York, USA
Died 9 Oct 1909 Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
Buried Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
Father Frederick Fox, b. Jun 1795, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Mother Mary Belknap, b. 1793, Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Family Eva Elida Clemens, b. 11 Jan 1840, Western, Oneida, New York, United States
Married 6 Oct 1853 Osceola, Lewis County, New York
1. Wilbur Alvin Fox, b. 31 Aug 1874, Redfield, Oswego, New York
2. Millie Ressett Fox, b. 6 Nov 1855, Osceola, Lewis County, New York, USA
3. Minnie Fox, b. 1856, New York, United States
4. Milo Emerette Fox, b. 1857, New York, United States
5. Effie Idella Fox, b. 1859, Osceola, Lewis, New York, United States
6. Ellen Elida Fox, b. 1861, New York, United States
7. Dana Fox, b. 1863, New York, United States
8. Rolon Edgar Dennis Fox, b. 12 Sep 1862, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
9. Ella Melvina Fox, b. 30 Aug 1867, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
10. Susan Alma Fox, b. 16 Aug 1869, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
11. Maude Augusta Celia Fox, b. 22 Jun 1872, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
12. Ira Martin Fox, b. 4 Feb 1879, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
13. Ida B Fox, b. 1883, New York, United States
14. Olive Fox, b. 1877, New York, United States
15. Bertha Elizabeth Fox, b. 2 Mar 1881
16. Jessie Fox
Wilbur Alvin Fox
Birth 31 Aug 1874 Redfield, Oswego, New York
Died 29 Nov 1948 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Father Rolon Dennis Fox, b. 4 Apr 1830, West Leyden, Lewis, New York, USA
Mother Eva Elida Clemens, b. 11 Jan 1840, Western, Oneida, New York, United States
Family Catherine Elsie Johanna Gorman, b. 17 Jun 1880, Redfield, Oswego, New York
1. Mary Ann Fox, b. 29 Aug 1911
2. Harriet Erma Theresa Fox, b. 14 Apr 1915, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA
3. Fay William Fox, b. 10 Nov 1918, Pulaski, Oswego, New York
4. Alice May Fox, b. 16 May 1920, Richland Township, New York
5. Mabel Agatha Fox, b. 22 May 1909
6. Eve Elida Fox, b. 19 Jun 1913, Richland Township, New York
7. Katherine Elsie Fox, b. 11 Feb 1917, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA
Millie Ressett Fox
Birth 6 Nov 1855 Osceola, Lewis County, New York, USA
Died 14 Apr 1931 Pulaski, Oswego County, New York, USA
Family Samuel Brooks Adsit, b. 25 Dec 1854, New York, USA
Married 31 Aug 1876 Westdale, Camden Twp., Oneida County, New York
1. Effie R. Adsit, b. 24 May 1885, Redfield, New York
2. Adelbert Sylvanius Adsit, b. 1 Nov 1881, Redfield, Oswego County, New York, USA
3. Guy Willcome Adsit, b. 16 Jun 1896, Williamstown, Oswego County, New York, USA
Minnie Fox
Birth 1856 New York, United States
Milo Emerette Fox
Effie Idella Fox
Birth 1859 Osceola, Lewis, New York, United States
Ellen Elida Fox
1861 - 1964 (103 years)
Dana Fox
Rolon Edgar Dennis Fox
Birth 12 Sep 1862 Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
Died 11 Nov 1948 Camden, Oneida County, New York
Buried Nov 1948 Evergreen Cem., Orwell, Oswego County, New York
Family Adeline Rogers, b. 4 Jun 1870, New York, United States
Married 30 Aug 1880 Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
1. Alferetta Olive Fox, b. 26 Sep 1894, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
2. Blanche Celestia Fox, b. 1 Jul 1898, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
3. Clarence Edward Fox, b. 28 Jun 1893, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
4. Edna Pearl Fox, b. 14 May 1890, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
5. Frank Edgar Fox, b. 28 Sep 1891, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
6. Leslie Fox, b. 15 Jul 1901, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
7. Mary Elida Fox, b. 2 Mar 1896, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
8. Rowena Mae Fox, b. 22 Mar 1913, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
9. Sarah Louise Fox, b. 31 Jan 1907, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
10. William Wells Fox, b. 29 May 1908, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
Ella Melvina Fox
Birth 30 Aug 1867 Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
Died 10 Jan 1939 Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York, USA
Buried Myrtle aka Redfield Village Cemetery, Oswego Co. NY
Family 1 Evan Robert Balcom, b. 12 Jul 1863, Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States
Married 22 Jun 1884 Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
1. Charles Alvin Balcom, b. 20 Dec 1895, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
2. Ruth Maud Balcom, b. 22 Sep 1889, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
3. Orrin John Balcom, b. 23 Apr 1886, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
4. Pratt Nelson Balcom, b. 19 Feb 1894, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
5. Oscar Balcom, b. 1885, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
6. Agnes Mary Balcom, b. 15 Jul 1887, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
7. Robert Evan Balcom, b. 15 Mar 1891, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
8. Rolon Chester Balcom, b. 20 Apr 1897, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
9. Vann Rennselaer Balcom, b. 14 Apr 1907, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
Family 2 Lemuel P. Strate, b. 5 Jul 1850, Sandy Creek Twp., Oswego County, New York
Married 30 Jul 1922 Pulaski, Oswego, New York
Susan Alma Fox
Died 1 May 1947 Pulaski, Oswego, New York
Buried 4 May 1947 Forest Park Cem., Camden, Oneida County, New York
Family Jeremiah Woods Flagg, b. 5 May 1864, Altmar, Oswego, New York, USA
Married 6 Oct 1887
1. Edith Luella Flagg, b. 3 Jun 1894, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
2. Helen Flossie Flagg, b. 11 Mar 1896, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
3. James Rolon Flagg, b. 10 Mar 1889, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
4. Lyle Myrton Flagg, b. 14 Oct 1911, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
5. Martha Jeanette Flagg, b. 17 Jul 1891, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
6. Perdita Elida Flagg, b. 16 Jun 1898, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
Maude Augusta Celia Fox
Birth 22 Jun 1872 Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
Died 17 Nov 1966 Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York
Buried 1978 Pulaski Village Cem., Pulaski, Oswego County, New York
Family Frederick Anthony Joseph Helbock, b. 14 Feb 1863, Pamelia Twp., Jefferson County, New York
1. Rolon Louis Helbock, b. 27 Nov 1892, Redfield, Oswego Co. NY
Ira Martin Fox
Birth 4 Feb 1879 Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York
Died 13 Apr 1945 Redfield, Oswego Co. NY
Family Ida Belle Joyner, b. 10 Apr 1883, Redfield, Oswego Co. NY
Married 11 Jul 1903 Redfield, Oswego Co. NY
1. Myra Fox, b. 30 Nov 1910, Redfield, Oswego Co. NY
2. Lorenzo Curtis Fox, b. 1914, Redfield, Oswego Co. NY
3. Manford Lorin Fox, b. 29 Dec 1907, Redfield, Oswego Co. NY
4. Marcia Evelyn Fox, b. 7 Aug 1908, Redfield, Oswego Co. NY
5. Mavis Fox
Ida B Fox
Olive Fox
Bertha Elizabeth Fox
Died 19 Feb 1936
Family Thomas Henry Redmond
Jessie Fox
Personal Information | Sources | All
Name Eva Elida Clemens
Born 11 Jan 1840 Western, Oneida, New York, United States [1, 2]
Died 19 Jun 1924 Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States [1]
Buried Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York [1]
Redfield Village Cemetery
Father Peter Petrus Clemens, b. 8 Mar 1811, d. 13 Aug 1894 (Age 83 years)
Mother Ruby Ann Blasier
Family Rolon Dennis Fox, b. 4 Apr 1830, West Leyden, Lewis, New York, USA , d. 9 Oct 1909, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York (Age 79 years)
1. Wilbur Alvin Fox, b. 31 Aug 1874, Redfield, Oswego, New York , d. 29 Nov 1948, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York (Age 74 years) [natural]
2. Millie Ressett Fox, b. 6 Nov 1855, Osceola, Lewis County, New York, USA , d. 14 Apr 1931, Pulaski, Oswego County, New York, USA (Age 75 years) [natural]
3. Minnie Fox, b. 1856, New York, United States [natural]
4. Milo Emerette Fox, b. 1857, New York, United States , d. 1857 (Age 0 years) [natural]
5. Effie Idella Fox, b. 1859, Osceola, Lewis, New York, United States , d. 1870 (Age 11 years) [natural]
6. Ellen Elida Fox, b. 1861, New York, United States , d. 1964 (Age 103 years) [natural]
7. Dana Fox, b. 1863, New York, United States [natural]
8. Rolon Edgar Dennis Fox, b. 12 Sep 1862, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York , d. 11 Nov 1948, Camden, Oneida County, New York (Age 86 years) [natural]
9. Ella Melvina Fox, b. 30 Aug 1867, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York , d. 10 Jan 1939, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York, USA (Age 71 years) [natural]
10. Susan Alma Fox, b. 16 Aug 1869, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York , d. 1 May 1947, Pulaski, Oswego, New York (Age 77 years) [natural]
11. Maude Augusta Celia Fox, b. 22 Jun 1872, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York , d. 17 Nov 1966, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York (Age 94 years) [natural]
12. Ira Martin Fox, b. 4 Feb 1879, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York , d. 13 Apr 1945, Redfield, Oswego Co. NY (Age 66 years) [natural]
13. Ida B Fox, b. 1883, New York, United States [natural]
14. Olive Fox, b. 1877, New York, United States , d. 1877 (Age 0 years) [natural]
15. Bertha Elizabeth Fox, b. 2 Mar 1881, d. 19 Feb 1936 (Age 54 years) [natural]
16. Jessie Fox [natural]
[S570] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
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Want more housing? Try economic freedom
By Keli'i Akina, Ph.D.
Housing, Land Use & Zoning, President's Corner, Regulation
How do you know if your state's housing crisis is related to overregulation?
When it's technically easier to build a house for Oprah than it is to build houses for average families.
That's what my colleague Joe Kent made clear on Tuesday to a group of students visiting from Michigan's Hope College about Hawaii's housing and homelessness crises.
During a presentation on the Hawaii Pacific University campus, Joe showed them a photo of a 500-square-foot, two-bedroom house in Honolulu that the real estate firm Zillow says is worth $1.32 million. For students expecting a spacious mansion, it was an eye-opening experience — one that helped explain Hawaii's exceptionally high rate of homelessness and its continuing exodus of residents to the mainland in search of affordable housing and greater economic opportunities.
Joe, who is executive vice president at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, noted that Hawaii is at the top of the national Wharton Index, which measures the extent of housing regulations in each state. That prompted one audience member to add that Hawaii is not just at the top — it is "way" at the top.
Joe said it takes developers in Hawaii an average of 10 years just to navigate the layers of zoning and regulation needed to get permission to build. After those 10 years, you still haven't laid a single brick or hammered a single nail.
Obviously, 10 years of waiting for permission is going to make homebuilding more expensive. Add in that only 5% of the entire state is designated "urban," or land on which you can build housing, and you have a terrible recipe for housing supply.
Looking at maps of the state's land-use designations, some of the students noted that the 5% figure is a generous estimate, given that industry, airports and hotels also require "urban" zoning.
Joe said the irony of it all is that, "It's actually easier to build a mansion in Hawaii than it is to build an affordable house."
Because, said Joe, "a mansion fits neatly into the definition of agricultural zoning. One house on one acre, right?"
Showing another slide, Joe said: "You can see this is Oprah's house on the island of Maui, and it's one house on many, many, many acres. But it's a mansion, very easy to build. You don't have to have to go through any public testimony. You don't have to go through any hearings. You don't have to go to the state Land Use Commission or the County. You just build the house. Basically, very simple."
In other words, Oprah doesn't need to go through hearings to build a mansion, but a developer who wants to put up a neighborhood of affordable homes is easily stymied by Hawaii's notoriously contentious public-hearing process.
As Joe explained: "On Maui … you [generally] cannot build a house, you can't build a low-rise, you can't build a high-rise. There is nowhere to live. There's no place to buy. There's no place to rent. It's just all bought up, except for the fabulously wealthy. And that's why you see so many celebrities there."
Joe said part of the problem is the state's Not-In-My-Backyard contingent. With NIMBYs so difficult to overcome, developers often see mansions as the fallback solution when their larger housing projects are denied.
A student observed that public meetings on new housing developments often are attended by homeowners concerned about their property values. Lower-income renters and others who want greater affordability often are absent because, after all, how is someone who works multiple jobs going to be able to attend a zoning meeting?
The answer is that they can't. While Joe and the Grassroot Institute work to give such people a voice, what is really needed is a different approach to housing regulation in our state.
Instead of piling on the regulations, we need to start stripping them away. A good first step would be to reform — or even maybe getting rid of — the state Land Use Commission, which now functions primarily as a state zoning commission.
We also could easily add just 1 or 2 percentage points to the amount of land designated urban to facilitate more homebuilding, increasing the total by 20% to 40%.
And we could liberalize zoning in the existing urban areas to allow for more duplexes and triplexes, as well as promote mixed-use development in general, whereby residential, commercial, cultural and other uses are blended and can thrive from the synergy.
Reversing the damage caused by excessive housing regulations will not be easy. It has taken decades for Hawaii's housing crisis to develop and it will take years to undo.
It also will require humility and a willingness to try something different. We know that overly strict land-use and building regulations are not working. I say it's time we gave greater economic freedom a chance.
This commentary was Keli'i Akina's weekly "President's Corner" column for June 4, 2022. If you would like to have his columns emailed to you on a regular basis, please call 808-864-1776 or email info@grassrootinstitute.org.
Keli'i Akina, Ph.D.
Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. is president and CEO of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.


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Mass campaign of non-payment only way to defeat regressive tax
Posted by: Author Not Transfered Dec 20, 2011
The first three months of 2012 could turn out to be an historic period in the modern political and social life of this State. It could be when the quiet majority of the population takes a decisive stand against shouldering any more burdens to bail out the major bankers, speculators and bondholders of Europe at the behest of the unholy trinity of the EU/IMF/ECB with the Fine Gael/Labour government as its agent. And the potent weapon they can wield is a boycott of the registration and payment of the newly imposed Household Tax.
The government has targeted 1.6 million householders to pay this tax. They are supposed to volunteer registration of their homes and pay at least part of the €100 demanded by March 31. Responding to a very strong mood to resist this new imposition, the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes has outlined clearly how an unstoppable movement of opposition can be built.
The Campaign is calling for the most effective strategy to be deployed which is mass non registration and non payment. The Campaign is pointing out how those who might be a little apprehensive that they would be isolated if they take a stand, can approach the issue step by step.
The first deadline for registration is March 31. In the month of January no one among the huge majority that oppose the tax should register or pay. During the month of February likewise, and also the first three weeks of March. That would mean arriving at the last week of March with well over a million householders, or more than three million people, having refused to register or pay. That would demonstrate their enormous power and give confidence that a permanent boycott is the way to win and can win. Any government would set itself against such a demonstration of people power at its peril.
For three years now ordinary people have been callously targeted to pay for the crisis brought about by the greed of the players in the financial markets who gambled on Irish property in pursuit of mega profits and lost, but then demanded that society at large make up their bad gambling debts. Public sector workers have had their wages slashed. Likewise, private sector workers in many cases, while many have lost their jobs. The Universal Social Charge has decimated people's take home pay. Homeowners in negative equity and unsustainable monthly mortgage payments suffer.
All of this was imposed on them without a choice. Money was taken directly from their pay packets or in some other way which they had no possibility to stop. In the case of the Household Tax, for the first time, people have a choice to refuse to pay.
The next key issue is to organise active campaigns in every county. Already public meetings have been held by Campaign activists from Donegal to Wexford. In many rural areas they have blended with the protest against a new septic tank registration tax which is being levied on those who were not in a location to be tied into the public drainage systems constructed by local authorities.
Five United Left Alliance Dáil deputies are taking a very strong stand against the new tax. A number of independent deputies are also standing very firm. This is very important but the tax will only be defeated and a blow struck for taxation justice if ordinary people become actively involved themselves and make it into a real vibrant campaign. That means people helping to organise meetings in their communities. It means distributing campaign leaflets door to door so that everybody is kept informed. It means raising finance so that resources are available to publish campaign material but also to have a legal defence fund to fight in the courts and defend householders if there was an attempt to bring them to court.
A template for this campaign is the successful Anti Water Charges Campaign which culminated in the dramatic abolition of the hated water tax in December of 1996. This followed a long struggle beginning after the then Labour Leader Dick Spring brought in local charges in 1983.The campaign intensified massively in 1994 when three Dublin Councils reintroduced the water charges and were greeted with organised resistance in the form of a boycott by tens of thousands of householders.
Intimidation of protesting householders by water disconnection or court action was strongly resisted. The then Fine/Labour government recognised reality and abolished a tax that would otherwise have risen to a €1,000 or more by now. The campaign against the Household Tax will be far greater in its scope, national in scale and massively significant as a blow against the ruinous policy of austerity and the crazed workings of the financial markets. People can become part of this by accessing www.nohouseholdtax.org
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I keep a record of all my purchases and I was looking over all of my online DVD purchases for this past year and thought I would share the over all experiences I had. In 2000--2001 I spread myself all over from Reel, 800, BN, Buy, and Amazon. This past year I stayed mostly with Amazon since I have the credit card.
DDD--3 purchases--no lost shipments--3 problems. I received 4 copies of one title for whatever reason. I returned with no problem and was credited. Received 10% coupon which didn't work with next order. Last order was cancelled for no reason, then when I ordered elsewhere, was then shipped. Nice people to talk to, but I really didn't want to talk to them so much. I cancelled 3 orders after the last problem.
DVDEmpire--1 order which did not ship even though every thing was out. It was 4 pre-ordered items. When the last item hit the street date and the order had not shipped a week later, I just cancelled.
Bestbuy--1 order--no problems though it did take forever to reach me.
DVDSoon--tried to order, so much of a pain with the credit card I just gave up.
BN--1 order, no problems--though I have yet to find a good enough deal to make me want to go back.
CDNow--1 order, no problems, though they ship out of Jersey, so I got hit with sales tax, so I didn't order again.
Spun.com--ordered several used dvd's and had great service. Seems like a real pro outfit.
I guess I will be sticking with Amazon for a while. I don't like hassles with my orders, and if I have a problem, I want it cleared up quickly. So as long as Amazon keeps the free shipping with delivery confirmation I guess I will stick with them.
I would recommend digitaleye.net. Their prices are good and have coupons occasionally. They have free shipping for more than 3 items. Items are shipped from PA so you won't wait too long for them to show up.
View Next Unread Amazon- $50 apparel get $30-- won't give it to me.


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Elon Musk Has A New Title At Tesla. He's The 'Technoking' - Cnn
Posted by Genoveva on April 10th, 2021
Video launched by spacecraft maker Space, X celebrating its Dragon pill, which on May 25, 2012, became the first industrial spacecraft to dock with the International Area Station. Space, X (A Britannica Publishing Partner), (born June 28, 1971, Pretoria, South Africa), South African-born American entrepreneur who cofounded the electronic-payment company Pay, Pal and formed Area, X, maker of launch lorries and spacecraft. He was likewise among the very first substantial investors in, as well as ceo of, the electrical cars and truck manufacturer Tesla. Leading Concerns, Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971. Elon Musk cofounded the electronic payment firm Pay, Pal and established the spacecraft company Area, X.
Elon Musk founded Space, X, a business that makes rockets and spacecraft. He ended up being the primary executive officer and a major funder of Tesla, which makes electrical cars and trucks. Musk was born to a South African dad and a Canadian mom. He displayed an early skill for computer systems and entrepreneurship. At age 12 he produced a video game and offered it to a computer system publication. In 1988, after obtaining a Canadian passport, Musk left South Africa because he hesitated to support apartheid through required military service and due to the fact that he sought the greater economic chances available in the United States. Musk went to Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and in 1992 he moved to the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he received bachelor's degrees in physics and economics in 1997.
In 1995 he founded Zip2, a company that provided maps and organization directory sites to online papers. In 1999 Zip2 was purchased by the computer system maker Compaq for 7 million, and Musk then established an online monetary services company, X.com, which later on ended up being Pay, Pal, which specialized in transferring money online. The online auction e, Bay bought Pay, Buddy in 2002 for . 5 billion. Musk was long persuaded that for life to survive, humankind needs to end up being a multiplanet species. Nevertheless, he was dissatisfied with the fantastic expense of rocket launchers. In 2002 he established Space Expedition Technologies (Area, X) to make more cost effective rockets.
A third rocket, the Falcon Heavy (first launched in 2018), was created to bring 117,000 pounds (53,000 kg) to orbit, almost twice as much as its largest competitor, the Boeing Business's Delta IV Heavy, for one-third the expense. Area, X has actually announced the successor to the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy: the Super Heavy, Starship system. The Super Heavy first phase would be capable of lifting 100,000 kg (220,000 pounds) to low Earth orbit. The payload would be the Starship, a spacecraft developed for providing quick transportation between cities in the world and constructing bases on the Moon and Mars.
Dragon can bring as numerous as 7 astronauts, and it had a crewed flight bring astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken to the ISS in 2020. Musk looked for to decrease the expenditure of spaceflight by developing a totally recyclable rocket that could raise off and return to the pad it introduced from. Starting in 2012, Area, X's Insect rocket made several short flights to test such technology. In addition to being CEO of Space, X, Musk was likewise primary designer in constructing the Falcon rockets, Dragon, and Insect. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to unique content. Subscribe Now Musk had actually long been interested in the possibilities of electrical cars and trucks, and in 2004 he turned into one of the significant funders of Tesla Motors (later on relabelled Tesla), an electric car company founded by entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
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Paul D. Webb and I begin this episode with a general discussion of the relationship between marketing and business development from his perspective as Director of Marketing and Business Development at Richards Layton & Finger. We move on quickly to the heart of the conversation: a discussion of diversity in the legal industry. We touch on the need for advancing diversity not only among the ranks of attorneys (particularly leadership) but also among legal marketing teams. Our conversation touches on the business imperative of having a diverse firm, what it means to be a diverse firm and the processes and systems that will be needed to bring about diverse firms.
Recorded May 23, 2018 at the offices of Richards, Layton and Finger.
A strong personal brand can help an attorney or executive to develop new business for his or her firm or company. Jasmine Sandler, keynote speaker, trainer, author and consultant in digital marketing and social selling for global organizations, joins me on the latest podcast to discuss her process for helping attorneys, executives and entrepreneurs build, grow and protect this kind of personal brand. Our conversation touches on the kinds of goals and initiatives served by building these kinds of personal brands, the interaction between this personal branding and firm branding, and the buy-in and commitment required to succeed.
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Recorded June 15, 2017 at the offices of Jasmine Sandler.
Today's social media and content platforms offer a valuable opportunity to build a targeted niche celebrity. The breadth of the internet means that even a narrow topic area presents a deep well of interested and engaged people. Michael Schein of Micro Fame Media joins me on this episode of the Legal Marketing Studio podcast to talk about using strategic niche content creation to build a kind of micro-fame within these audiences and extending one's marketing reach and amplifying one's influence.
Recorded May 17th, 2017 at Michiko Studios.


Solo is the musical outfit of Dutch musicians Michiel Flamman and Simon Gitsels. The duo released two albums, of which the latest Solopeople was the biggest success. The album released on label Excelsior Recordings spawned a Dutch top 20 hit with Come Back To Me.


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Warren Buffett's Billions and Berkshire Hathaway Stock Await Disaster
Where do you think the biggest pile of cash is in America today? Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)? Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL)? Maybe, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB)?
Nope, it's at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A, NYSE:BRK.B), the insurance conglomerate, where $128 billion sits around uninvested. America's premier investor doesn't see any bargains. This has analysts worried.
Back when Apple was rising, and analysts were trying vainly to justify their price targets, they talked about its value "ex-cash," that is with the cash taken out of the market capitalization. For Berkshire Hathaway on Nov. 6 that figure is $406 billion, against $67.9 billion of earnings just for the first three quarters of 2019. That's a price-to-earnings multiple of 6, cheaper than Ford (NYSE:F), and it's not counting Christmas.
What does Warren Buffett see that no one else sees?
No Bargains
What he sees is there are no bargains out there.
By that he means there isn't a company he can buy with free cash flow, measured against its market cap, that represents value.
The market, in short, is overbought. It's headed for a fall.
Warren Buffett is nibbling. He's nibbling on stocks like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple, both of which specialize in free cash flow. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, in fact, always puts his cash flow statement above earnings when reporting corporate results. He's Warren's kind of fellow.
The peanut gallery, meanwhile, is filled with advice. One analyst suggests he buy Walgreens (NASDAQ:WBA). That might make a good fit with Haven, the managed care venture he launched with Amazon and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM). Trouble is, Walgreens had just $232 million of free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year, on a market cap of $52 billion.
Selling the overseas part of Walgreen's business back to CEO Steffano Pessina sounds nice, but that was valued at $22 billion when the companies combined in 2014.
That's not the kind of deal Buffett likes.
Trouble Ahead?
Buffett's stock purchases are pored over like leaks from the Robert Mueller probe, but they shouldn't be. Most of the company's purchases today are made by people working for Berkshire's various insurance companies.
Buffett is more interested in "elephants," huge deals offering huge rewards. He's like Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life. He waits for panic before he pounces, as with his 2011 deal with Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). There, $5 billion in 2011 warrants became $17 billion worth of common by 2017. Since then he's been nibbling, and now has a stake worth $29 billion, 10% of the whole.
So, if Buffett's building cash, some analysts feel it means the market is headed for a major correction. Insiders are selling, CEO confidence is ebbing, the United Nations is warning and global markets are heavily synchronized. It all spells trouble ahead.
I've been quietly "Buffetting" my own portfolio. About one-quarter of my retirement account is now in stocks or short-term bonds. Just half is sitting in common stocks. And my finger is on the sell button.
Bottom Line on BRK.B Stock
The best indication for me that a correction is approaching is the happy talk on TV.
The current price-to-earnings ratio for the S&P 500 is 22.9. The Shiller P/E, which adjusts for inflation, is over 30 — that's about the level it was at in 1929, when the market crashed before the Great Depression. It has only been higher once, during the dot-com bubble.
It tells me that Warren Buffett knows something. He may be 88, he may not like tech stocks, but he knows something.
Keep your powder dry and your finger over the sell button.


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Virginia's 2012-13 Year in Review
Virginia finished 20th in the final 2012-13 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup competition for Division I schools. The final results were announced Thursday (June 27) by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). The finish marks the seventh consecutive year the Cavaliers' program has placed in the top 20. Virginia's best finish came in 2010 when it was third.
It marks the 20th consecutive year, since the program's inception, the Cavaliers have recorded a top-30 finish. UVa is one of 14 schools to rank in the top 30 of the final Directors' Cup standings in each year of the program's existence.
Virginia's first NCAA championship in men's tennis capped an athletics season in which teams or individuals from 19 of the Cavaliers' 25 intercollegiate athletics programs advanced to NCAA postseason competition in 2012-13. Other team highlights from the year included the rowing team's fifth-place national finish, baseball's fourth NCAA Super Regional appearance in the last five years and the men's tennis team winning the ITA National Team Indoor Championship for the fifth time in the past six years.
UVa won five Atlantic Coast Conference Championships and now has won 56 in the last 11 years. Virginia's total is the highest number of championships won among the ACC's 12 member institutions. UVa won ACC Championships in rowing (13th in 14 years), men's swimming and diving (sixth consecutive and 14th in 15 years), women's swimming and diving (sixth consecutive), men's tennis (seventh consecutive and ninth in the last 10 years) and women's soccer.
Two Virginia coaches, Kevin Sauer in rowing and Brian O'Connor in baseball, earned ACC Coach of the Year Awards in 2012-13.
Women's soccer player Caroline Miller, a first-team All-American, was named the ACC's Offensive Player of the Year. Field hockey's Paige Selenski, the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, finished her four-year Cavalier career with 238 points, the highest career mark in Virginia and ACC history. Men's tennis standout Jarmere Jenkins was the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's national senior of the year. Freshman Julia Elbaba was selected as the ITA's national rookie of the year.
Additional highlights of Virginia's 2012-13 athletics year included:
– The UVa men's soccer team extended the nation's longest current streak of participating in the NCAA Tournament by receiving its 32nd consecutive bid
– Women's Soccer reached the round of 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the eighth consecutive year and Caroline Miller became the first Cavalier to be named a finalist for the Hermann Trophy
– Football's Oday Aboushi and Steve Greer headlined six All-ACC selections as first-team honorees, giving UVa at least one member on the first team for six straight seasons
– Men's Cross Country won the NCAA Southeast Regional and finished 14th at the NCAA Championships
– Men's Basketball, led by All-ACC first team guard Joe Harris, finished the season with a 23-12 record and made its 13th NIT appearance, advancing to the NIT quarterfinals for the first time since 1992
– Led by All-ACC junior guard Ataira Franklin, the Cavalier women's basketball team had two victories over top-25-ranked teams (No. 17 Vanderbilt and No. 25 Florida State)
– The field hockey team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, finishing with a 16-6 record and No. 7 rank in the NFHCA poll
– The wrestling team finished 21st at the NCAA Championships (23.5 points) and Jedd Moore (6th at 157 pounds) and Nick Sulzer (8th at 165 pounds) each earned All-America honors at NCAAs
– Lauren Perdue was named the Women's ACC Swimmer of the Championships for the third time in her career
– Swimmers Luke Papendick and Courtney Bartholomew were named the Men's and Women's ACC Freshman of the Year, respectively
– The UVa women's lacrosse team participated in the NCAA Tournament for the 18th consecutive season, advancing to the quarterfinals by defeating a pair of higher-seeded teams
– Five Cavalier men's lacrosse players were named USILA All-Americans, highlighted by Scott McWilliams and Matt White on the second team
– Softball's Melanie Mitchell broke the school records for wins (79), strikeouts (1,101), complete games (117), innings pitched (942), appearances (161) and starts (144)
– Rowing's Kristine O'Brien was named CRCA First-Team All-American for third consecutive year
– Jarmere Jenkins and Mac Styslinger became the third men's tennis duo in the past five years to win the NCAA Doubles Championship
– The women's tennis team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth straight season and the NCAA Round of 16 for the third consecutive year
– Julia Elbaba became UVa's second women's tennis All-American after becoming the first Cavalier women's tennis player to earn a seed (No. 9-16) at the NCAA Singles Championship
– Virginia sophomore Denny McCarthy finished 22nd at the NCAA Championships after tying for second at the NCAA Columbus Regional. McCarthy received All-ACC, All-East Region and honorable mention All-America honors
– Senior Brittany Altomare became the first Cavalier to win the ACC Individual title, be named the ACC's Golfer of the Year and earn first-team All-America honors.
– Baseball participated in the NCAA Tournament for the 10th consecutive year and played in a Super Regional for the fourth time in the last five seasons
– In June of 2013, Blake Miller was named head coach of the softball program
Virginia placed 293 student-athletes on the ACC Honor Roll. A total of 24 Cavaliers were recognized for the fourth time during their careers.
The ACC Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.00 or better for the full academic year.
Among the Cavaliers honored were the ACC Women's Golfer of the Year, Brittany Altomare, and two student-athletes who received ACC Freshman of the Year honors, including Courtney Bartholomew (women's swimming and diving) and Luke Papendick (men's swimming and diving). ACC Women's Swimmer of the Championships and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Lauren Perdue was recognized along with six members of the rowing team's ACC Crew of the Year – Sarah Cowburn, Constanze Duell, Susanne Grainger, Chandler Lally, Elle Murray and Kristine O'Brien.
Also honored were graduate students Matt Snyder (wrestling) and Sarah Cowburn (rowing), both of whom were recognized as Capital One Academic All-Americans and were named ACC Scholar-Athletes of the Year in their respective sports.
2012-13 Virginia Athletics Financial Report (PDF)
2012 Virginia Athletics Foundation Financial Report (PDF)


The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) team seeks to initiate a study for the FAA's Flight Program Operations (AJW-3), offering recommendations on fleet modernization including fleet consolidation and acquisition strategy based on different aircraft performance and market evaluations. Fleet planning involves the timely acquisition and management of a portfolio of aircraft types in order to meet demand requirements and organizational goals. The team will initially review the four priority missions of the program – Aviation Safety Training, Flight Inspection, Research & Development (R&D) Support and Transportation, to evaluate the strategic scope of the work. The study will include a comprehensive analysis of the current fleet composition and locations in relation to the mission needs and requirements of Flight Program Operations customers.
Review the current program mission, facilities, aircraft fleet and needs.
Review the recent literature on fleet planning and replacement strategies.
Identify number and type of fleet of aircraft, determine strategies on buy, lease and time frame for which these aircraft are leased or sold based on the intended FAA's planning period.
Recommend maintenance strategies and manpower planning for the proposed fleet.
replacement is a major determinant for successful organizations' strategies. These decisions involve when and how many aircraft of different fleet to purchase, lease and dispose of within a planning horizon to support the organization's goals and missions. A brief review of fleet ages for many US commercial airlines, non-commercial and regulatory agencies shows that many of them continue to utilize their aging aircraft. In recent years, because of advances in technologies in aircraft manufacturing, many airlines and business enterprises have embarked on a critical review and evaluation of their existing and future fleet to meet their strategic goals.
Which fleet are most relevant to the airline?
How many aircraft to buy/lease?
What combination of buy or lease works best for the airline?
How old is too old for aircraft to be disposed of?


This entry was posted in Life as Queen (1543-1547), Life before 1543, The Dowager Queen Katherine (1547-1548), The Family of Katherine Parr and tagged 3rd Lord Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer, 4th lord latimer, Baron Latimer, Countess of Exeter, John Neville, Lady Latimer of Snape, Latymer, Lucy Somerset, step-children of katherine parr, step-son Katherine Parr by tudorqueen6. Bookmark the permalink.
Typo? In the section "Ancestry", second paragraph, did you mean to say, 'Latimer's wife was the granddaughter of the 12th Earl…' rather than Latimer's mother? Also…I'm a little confused in following the Bouchier family. "Bouchier was a granddaughter of Sir William, 1st Count of Eu…" is this her paternal or maternal grandfather?
The ancestry section is for Lord Latimer, not Lady Latimer. Lord Latimer's mother was the granddaughter of the 12th Earl of Oxford.
Bourchier was a part of Lord Latimer's father's lineage.
I'm trying to find the source of the posted page on Lucy Latimer's tomb in Hackney Church. Is it from William Robinson's History of Hackney?
The info is from Robinson's 'History of Hackney'. However the picture seems to be a composite done by someone who pieces various photos together. Not entirely sure where they all came from. I can research more on that if you wish.
Thank you so much for reading my blog. Your work has been a great inspiration and source for me in these blogs.
I would very much appreciate it. I am in the process of preparing a new book for publication entitled, 'Women's Voices in Tudor Wills, 1485-1603: Authority, Influence and Material Culture', and I mention Lucy quite a few times and would like to include the page as an illustration. I just need to find out where it comes from and who has the rights of reproduction. Your blog is great fun. Keep up the good work!
Meg, you're right that it appears to be a composite page. The photograph on the left in the center of her face would, I think, be the closest representation. If you can find that anywhere, let me know. Thanks.
Of course. I'll take a look tomorrow. I'm interested in your book now.
So I am still looking. I have come up with some other links that may be of use to you. If you would like to email me it might be a better way to communicate.
If you give me your email I will reply with mine. I have discovered that there is a photograph (Plate 95) of the monument in volume 5 of 'An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London', published by HMSO but unfortunately there isn't a copy of the book near me.
How can I privately give you my email address?
I'm not sure which is why I didn't want to post mine openly either. Are you on Twitter? I could send you a direct message if you have a Twitter handle.
Ok well I posted the link to where I found that collage.


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Personalities Jun 9, 2005
Personagem: Talking With Arto Lindsay
by Patrick Ambrose
After 30 years of making some of the Western Hemisphere's most adventurous music, you'd think a guy could take some time off. Patrick Ambrose talks with the ex-DNA leader about art, music, and the origins of his unique guitar style.
After growing up in Brazil during the turbulent '60s, under the country's military government and in the midst of the tropicália phenomenon—the Brazilian artists' response to government repression—musician, songwriter, and producer Arto Lindsay moved to New York in the mid-'70s and carved a niche in the city's art-club scene with his unique percussive guitar style. He has been a cultural force ever since. His first band, DNA, appeared on Brian Eno's No New York compilation, an innovative reaction to the new-wave status quo that gave birth to the fusion of free-jazz and punk. Lindsay went on to work with an early incarnation of the Lounge Lizards and co-wrote most of the compositions on the first Golden Palominos album. Once established as a pioneer among New York City's avant-garde, he formed the Ambitious Lovers with Peter Scherer, and began incorporating funk-dance elements and Brazilian textures into catchy pop tunes. The Ambitious Lovers released three albums that achieved mild commercial success, and during the late '80s Lindsay began producing records, most notably Brazilian superstar Caetano Veloso's Estrangeiro. Since 1995, he has released seven solo albums that run the gamut from free-jazz improvisation to eclectic blends of vocal crooning, bossa-nova rhythms, and electronic instrumentation.
After spending a year away in Brazil, Lindsay returned to New York in May of this year to work on saxophonist Micah Gaugh's first solo project. I recently sat down to talk with Lindsay at Kampo Studios in New York.
Arto Lindsay's latest album is Salt, on Righteous Babe Records.
Patrick Ambrose: Here in a studio, what is your role as the producer?
Arto Lindsay: Producing a record is really helping an artist make the best record that they can make—looking at their whole career and figuring out where they should go.
PA: When you're in the studio with someone like Caetano Veloso, how do you ensure that you get the best possible vocal performance out of him?
AL: Well, Caetano is a unique artist and he's by far the most professional singer I've worked with, as well as one of the best singers. So I just try to keep him comfortable and help him choose takes, give him hints. It doesn't take much. It's more like you're discussing the performances so that he can hone in on stylistic points.
PA: He's bouncing ideas off of you throughout the process?
AL: Sometimes he comes in with a concept of the arrangement and I just try to help him realize this. I worked with him at a particular moment in his career and I tried to instill real musical confidence in him because he had ideas but he didn't always get good musicians he was playing with to fulfill them. It's funny, you wouldn't think Caetano would need any help with his confidence. [laughs] But yeah, it was part of the role that I saw myself playing. When I landed all of the Brazilian records I was pretty conscious of the Brazilian context—the fact that the main audience was in Brazil and that's where [the artists] had to sell a lot of records and where they wouldn't be easily forgotten, and at the same time, opening them up to making records that people from all over the place could appreciate. There's so many contradictions. This is changing now but for a long time [Americans and Europeans] would only accept Brazilian music if it sounded like what they thought Brazilian music should sound like. In other words, nothing like American [or European] music. They weren't interested at all in Brazilian rock or Brazilian pop, and that's slowly changing.
PA: When the tropicália musicians incorporated American and European influences, was it mainly to cater to a Brazilian audience who loved the Beatles?
AL: No, not at all. They did it because it was natural. They enjoyed that type of music. Basically, they were taking a stand and opposing the orthodox idea at that time that foreign music was imperialist or cheap or whatever. Serious music had to be Brazilian and Brazilian only. The leftists, who were all middle-class kids, idolized the samba singers and composers, who were poor. And they hated all music from outside. There was already Brazilian rock and roll based on what was going on everywhere else and Caetano, [Gilberto] Gil and Tom Zé, and other guys who weren't musicians that were part of this brain trust that was tropicalismo—which wasn't very many people—loved the Beatles and were aware of what the Beatles meant, all the extra-musical messages embedded in the music. They didn't see anything wrong with being open to that stuff. And they also deliberately broke down barriers of taste, picking really kitschy songs to do. And they were also interested in music from Latin America, which was considered really bad taste in Brazil. Anything in Spanish was considered bad taste. And [the tropicalistas] incorporated regional music from all over Brazil. They wanted to bust open this restrained idea of what Brazilian popular music should be. The '60s in Brazil were an incredibly hopeful time. People thought that a lot of the really deep historical and structural problems could be solved. It was an optimistic time and it came right after bossa-nova, which was popular all over the world. The Brazilian soccer team was beginning to do really well. There was a lot of talk about land reform and the left was really strong. And then the army came in and squelched all that. Tropicalismo took place in that atmosphere. Eventually Caetano and Gil were thrown into jail and went into exile.
PA: Didn't the military coup occur in 1964?
AL: It occurred in '64, but the so-called Institutional Act no. 5, which was when the government got really repressive, came about in 1968.
PA: And you were living down there at the time.
AL: I was down there. I was a teenager. And I used to enjoy a lot of the tropicalistas without being aware of all these subtexts. I enjoyed them in the same way that I enjoyed the Stones, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin.
PA: You were a teenager under martial law.
AL: I was in a privileged position. My family was American. They weren't rich, but I was free to wander through the class system. I was accepted everywhere. I went to high school in Recife [a city in the state of Percambuco, on Brazil's northeastern Atlantic coast] and I began to frequent a group that was led by a leftist priest. We'd get involved in long political discussions, but I didn't have any friends who were thrown into jail. But friends of friends were "disappeared."
"We really didn't try to figure out what the audience wanted and try to give it to them. That wasn't the point at all. It was more like we wanted to give them something that they really needed. We didn't see much point in being another Iggy Pop or Bruce Springsteen." PA: You just returned from Brazil this past week. Were you working on something while you were there?
AL: I had been working some, but mainly just living there for the past year. I'm trying to get a bunch of record projects going.
PA: With anyone in particular?
AL: A woman named Mariella Santiago. A really great singer. We're doing some demos so that we can look for a record company. And there's a really great Carnival group from Bahia [south of Recife] called Ilê Aiyê. I produced their last record and I'm trying to help them make another. And there's a young rock band I'll probably do some producing with called Mombojó. I just played with them at a big rock festival and I'll probably produce half of their record. And I've got a lot of stuff in progress—a soundtrack to a biopic that I'm going to mix and do some instill music for, but most of the music has already been recorded. It's a biopic of this musician named Noel Rosa, one of the great samba songwriters.
PA: You also recently toured South America to promote Salt, your latest release.
AL: There was a little Salt tour. We did four shows in Brazil, and we played in Argentina and Chile.
PA: And you played some dates in Europe, too.
AL: Last fall we did a long tour in Europe and went to Japan in November and December.
PA: You and your bass player Melvin Gibbs co-wrote most of the songs on Salt. What was the collaboration like?
AL: Well, there's several parts of the process, and sometimes they're not so distinct. One is writing the songs and the other is producing the record. Melvin was really the main producer on the record, along with this guy named Kassin, who is a friend of ours from Rio. So Melvin came down to Rio and we wrote the bulk of the songs, the three of us, in Rio. And started a lot of the recording and then we came to the States and finished it. And then, in January of 2004, I did this Carnival parade collaboration with Matthew Barney.
PA: The visual artist.
AL: Yeah. And so I had to rush back down there before the record was done. I actually sang in Brazil and uploaded the stuff and sent it back to the States. My engineer worked here and I was there, so we kind of mixed over the internet. He would send me mp3s and I would comment, and we would go back and forth like that. Which is kind of amazing technologically, but also kind of frustrating in the end, musically. I don't want to do anything at a distance like that again.
PA: Could we go back to DNA, New York City, and the mid-'70s? I had read somewhere that you were listening to Television and the Ramones when you arrived in New York. And then I listened to the DNA material, and your guitar style is unlike anything I had ever heard before. I can't think of anything even remotely close to it. Where did it come from?
AL: If there's anything that it came out of, I loved Hendrix, not just the playing and the loose feel, but the noise and explosions and all that. And I also loved all the bands that Miles Davis had in the '70s with all the really wild guitarists—Pete Cosey and other people. And when I started to play, I just tried to come up with something different. There were a lot of ideas thrown in there—a lot of John Cage, William Burroughs. There was a lot of concentration on rhythm and different ideas of what music could do, how it could cause you to be possessed by a particular spirit. I was interested in the Afro-Brazilian religious stuff and I found that Burroughs was really interested in Moroccan music and how that was supposed to drive out evil spirits. People were always astonished by DNA. They were like: "You don't care about the audience." But we really didn't try to figure out what the audience wanted and try to give it to them. That wasn't the point at all. It was more like we wanted to give them something that they really needed. We were definitely dealing with the audience and very aware, but we didn't see much point in being another Iggy Pop or Bruce Springsteen.
PA: The first Golden Palominos album followed the work with DNA. What was it like working with Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Fred Frith, and Anton Fier?
AL: That was pretty interesting because Fier and I had been together in the Lounge Lizards and we had actually wanted to call the Lounge Lizards the "Golden Palominos," but we lost the vote. And then we left the band and wanted to do our own thing, but we just didn't speak the same musical language. I really didn't know how to play at all, and the way I thought about it was really in terms borrowed from other art forms. I had very basic ideas about structure and Anton and I tried to write songs and that was very difficult. Then we went into the studio and brought in all of these people. My relationship with Zorn was strong outside the Palominos. I had never had much of a working relationship with Laswell, except that we were on the same record and had played in the band together for awhile. Fred is somebody I'd had a glancing relationship with at that time, and only years later did I really get a chance to play with him and get to know him. So, it's not exactly the way it appears. Anton sketched out most of the forms of these things and then we filled them in.
"I've always wanted at least a large enough audience to make an easier living on. But it has always been a struggle… So, you just have to relax and do what you do. And I try to make records that will last, that people can enjoy for a long time…" PA: In the studio? Was it improvised?
AL: Well, it was improvisation, but within a structure, which was the only way I understood improvising at that time. And I didn't really understand the concept of free improvising and I wasn't really interested in a lot of the improvising that was going on. But I started to play with Zorn and we started to do music that was close to DNA—that was really inspired by DNA. And he kind of tried to apply his rules for improvising—much louder, more rhythmic—it definitely had an influence on the improvising scene, encouraging [the musicians] to be louder. And they were like, "Oh, we can play loud? Oh, we can play rhythm?"—because people were involved in this search to play something that couldn't be described at all rhythmically. It was all about textures and stuff, and I hated that kind of noodling sound. I was, of course, young and super-arrogant. We had managed to make a great band—DNA—then I just tossed it away because I thought I'd do something else with it.
PA: When you and Peter Scherer formed Ambitious Lovers, your vocal style completely changed.
AL: I tried to learn how to sing. I actually had the idea that I wanted to do a band after DNA and the Palominos that incorporated samba or Brazilian music in some way. And soul music. And I formed a few versions of the Ambitious Lovers before I met Peter. We got a record deal and then I went and found Peter. I'll be honest, I needed somebody who understood the technical side of it to do that type of music. So we experimented with mixing all the different experimental and R&B stuff with the Brazilian stuff, which I'm still messing around with, and the whole thing about mixing programmed beats with live percussion or live instruments and how that works together rhythmically, sonically.
PA: Did the incorporation of the funk and dance elements, along with the fact that the Ambitious Lovers albums appeared on two major labels—Virgin and Elektra—expose you to a wider audience?
AL: To some extent, but we really didn't understand the music business; we didn't have very good management and never really got going. And we had a few hints of where we could have gone, but we didn't know enough. So, I guess we were exposed to a wider audience, but quickly forgotten by a wider audience. We never reached a large audience, you know what I mean? And that's kind of been a constant of my career, not really being able to grasp that.
PA: Is grasping a larger audience something that you've always wanted to do?
AL: Yeah, I've always wanted at least a large enough audience to make an easier living on. But it has always been a struggle. I've done what I've wanted to do, and I've wanted to be popular doing exactly what I wanted to do. But I chose not to take DNA on the road in America and try to build an American rock-and-roll base. I decided to travel all over the world and make money as an improviser and tried to get the Ambitious Lovers-style thing happening. And then that was always too pop for the esoteric music fans and too weird for the pop music fans, and too Brazilian for the Americans, and too American for the Brazilians. So, you just have to relax and do what you do. And I try to make records that will last, that people can enjoy for a long time, even though I enjoy the ephemeral, trivial-nature records as much as anybody—the latest sounding thing, you know? As a producer, I'm a huge fan of other producers.
PA: Who are some other producers you admire?
AL: I like the guys that everybody is now hip to, like Timbaland and the Neptunes. This guy Raphael Saadiq. A lot of great R&B producers, hip-hop producers.
PA: In 1995, following the Ambitious Lovers, you released two completely different albums: The Subtle Body, with primarily Brazilian-style songs, and Aggregates 1-26, where you return to your percussive guitar style and incorporate free-jazz elements with Melvin Gibbs and Dougie Bowne. Were the pieces on Aggregates sketched out before you went into the studio?
AL: No, we improvised those in the studio. I did have most of the lyrics written. And sometimes we would just start playing, identify something, and then record it. Of course, that was a group that I had been playing with for years as an improvising trio.
PA: You had played with Melvin before?
AL: Yeah, and Dougie, too. I had played with Melvin since '84 or '85, before the Ambitious Lovers were ever signed. He played on some of these gigs I did with Brazilian percussionists who lived in New York. And then he was the first bass player during the Ambitious Lovers.
PA: I remember Melvin played with Henry Rollins on the Weight album.
AL: There was a period where he didn't play with me for several years because he was in the Rollins Band, and he was busy and always traveling. Then, eventually, he left the band.
PA: Was this about the same time that you met Vinicius Cantuária and Ryuichi Sakamoto?
AL: I met Ryuichi much earlier. I actually met him back during the DNA days, and then, in '85, I think was the first time I went to Japan, I met him there and played on some of his records. There was a record he did called Beauty that I wrote a lot of the lyrics for, so I've been associated with him off and on for years. And I met Vinicius when he came here with Caetano to play in New York. I forget what year that was, 1991 or something. But he moved to New York and when I was working on Subtle Body, we started to write together.
"I had actually had lunch with Zorn a week before and tried to convince him to start his own place. Actually, I had tried to convince him to buy a sound system. I thought that would be totally cool and he could move it from place to place." PA: In July of 1996, you, Caetano Veloso, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Vinicius Cantuária played a concert in Central Park. I distinctly remember a tribute you guys did to Antonio Carlos Jobim. That was around the same time that Mundo Civilizado came out?
AL: Right.
PA: That was an enormously prolific period for you. Four albums in three years?
AL: Yeah, actually, I wish I was putting out another record this year, but it didn't work out. I like to make records and I was producing a lot, so I was always in the studio. I basically lived in the studio.
PA: You also played on Aterciopelados's Caribe Atomico.
AL: That's because Andres Levin, who produced that record, we were really close and he worked on a lot of my records, especially on Mundo Civilizado, Noon Chill, and Prize—very involved with those records. Now, he's got his own band. We didn't do anything for Salt, but we did do a lot of writing for Invoke together. He's a great writer. I'd still like to write with him. He produced [Aterciopelados] and several other Latin bands. I played a solo on a couple of those records.
PA: About Tonic, on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Is that your club?
AL: Not by a long shot. Tonic was like a coffee shop and hair salon, or something like that. And Zorn went by, and he was looking around for a place. I had actually had lunch with him a week before and had tried to convince him to start his own place. Actually, I had tried to convince him to buy a sound system. I thought that would be totally cool and he could move it from place to place. But he ended up convincing the people at Tonic to open a club there and then he made it kind of a musician-curator place, and I curated one of the first months there. But I am just like a member of the Tonic crowd or community, or whatever. Now, of course, Zorn has his own place—this new place called the Stone on Avenue C, which I haven't even had a chance to visit yet.
PA: So a group of you opened Tonic?
AL: No, it wasn't really a group. The people who owned the club—John talked with them about starting a music series and letting different musicians curate a month at a time, so Vernon did one and Elliott did one—
PA: Vernon Reid and—
AL: Vernon Reid, Elliott Sharp, Ikue Mori, Anthony Coleman, different people curated a month's worth of stuff.
PA: Do you do a month on a regular basis?
AL: I haven't done one in a while because I've been gone. I did a benefit concert a few months ago because the club had a lot of problems but apparently everything's OK and they're going to stay open.
PA: A real-estate problem?
AL: Yeah, it was a real-estate problem. The sewage pipes burst, but because the sewage pipes that burst were under the sidewalk, the landlord wasn't responsible for paying for them according to New York City law. So they had to fix it and it was unbelievably expensive, and the guy was basically trying to force them out by not helping them. But it managed to work out.
PA: What do you have lined up after you finish Micah Gaugh's album?
AL: I'm going to produce Melvin's album, or help him finish it, not exactly produce it. I want to do another one of these Carnival parades like I did with Matthew [Barney]. It was a great experience. I love Carnival. I'm really involved with that in Bahia.
PA: It's clear that you have a real interest in visual art with Kara Walker's work featured on Salt and Matthew Barney's work in Prize. But you're also interested in sound art as well.
AL: I've done some installations.
PA: Where?
AL: I did one in London—an event that Laurie Anderson curated. I'm doing a piece for this tropicália show. I was real interested in that stuff for a while. But at this point I think the ideas have sort of filtered into the other things.
PA: Into the music?
AL: Yeah, into the music.
PA: When you work on new material, does it all come at once?
AL: Usually I work like that. I just write what I need to write to make a record.
PA: You put the lyrics down first?
AL: Usually I gather bits of lyrics, and then sit down and do it all around the same time.
PA: I may be way off base here, but in listening to the last three albums of yours—Prize, Invoke, and Salt—there seems to be a consistency in sound where the electronic and Brazilian textures are seamlessly entwined to the extent that as a listener, I'm completely unable to separate them from one another. There also seems to be more programming on those three albums. Is this the result of new technologies, new tools becoming available?
AL: Well, partly. It's a combination of a lot of things: A fascination with different ways to record, a fascination with programmed beats. And also budget restrictions. [laughs] They all play a role. Actually, Prize has a lot of real drums on it. But I don't think I'm going to make another record this year. I'm going to concentrate on getting Micah's and Melvin's records done. And then I'll make a record to come out next year.
TMN Contributing Writer Patrick Ambrose resides in North Carolina. His other work has appeared in Creative Loafing, Timber Creek Review, and Mysterical-e. More by Patrick Ambrose