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Catholic order in paedophilia trouble
Posted on August 10, 2010 by petrel41
From daily The Independent in Britain:
Pope acts against incest priest's group
Immensely wealthy Catholic organisation, set up by controversial Mexican cleric and favoured by John Paul II, likely to be closed down
By Hugh O'Shaughnessy
The Legionaries of Christ, the Roman Catholic group that combines an estimated £21bn fortune with intense moral turpitude and extreme conservatism, is facing its nemesis this month. For years the organisation was protected by John Paul II, the Polish pope, and his former secretary Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow. Now the reputation of Father Marcial Maciel, a Mexican who founded the group in 1941 when he was studying for holy orders, is at last falling victim to the reforming drive of John Paul II's German successor, Benedict XVI.
Incestuous father of three – or perhaps six – children, serial paedophile, morphine addict, lover of la dolce vita, and pretend CIA agent, Maciel, who died in 2008, aged 87, built up a huge religious empire. It commanded the allegiance of 750 priests and 2,500 seminarians from 39 countries in the Legion proper, with 70,000 members in a lay offshoot, Regnum Christi, the Kingdom of Christ, and 131,000 students in its schools and universities.
The militaristic name of the organisation recalls Mexico's blood-soaked 1920s, chronicled by Graham Greene, when the Cristeros, loyal to religious traditions, rose up in revolt against the country's anti-clerical governments. There are several parallels with the early days of the secretive Spanish-based organisation Opus Dei, another favourite of John Paul II's. The reputation of the Polish pontiff cannot but take a knock as the true story of Maciel and his Legion is revealed.
Benedict often expressed his distaste for Maciel, whose early predilection for paedophilia was detected but not acted upon by Rome.
The Pope finally ordered him in 2006 to cease performing religious services in public and to undertake a "life of prayer and penitence" for his sins. Since then, Pope Benedict, who visits Britain next month, has reinforced his solid but hitherto unacknowledged record of extirpating abuse in the church by his attitude to the Legion. In May, the Vatican said that Maciel had led a double life "devoid of scruples and authentic religious sentiment".
Referring to the Legion's practice of imposing on its members a "fourth vow" – in addition to the three traditional ones of poverty, chastity and obedience – which demanded unconditional and uncomplaining acceptance of what Maciel said, the Vatican said: "By pushing away and casting doubt upon all those who questioned his behaviour… he created around him a defence mechanism that made him unassailable for a long period, making it difficult to know his true life."
The Pope has now given Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, an expert on running religious orders and a financial specialist, full powers over the Legion. He is getting down to work, and the Legion is unlikely to survive in any recognisable form.
Benedict is tacitly repudiating the attitudes of John Paul II and Archbishop Dziwisz. The late pope had called Maciel "an efficacious guide to youth", and applauded his gift for attracting young men to the depleted ranks of the priesthood. Senior figures in the church, who were often the recipients of the Legion's financial largesse, rejoiced in his genius for fundraising and fortune building.
Maciel's early associates included Miguel Aleman, Mexico's president from 1946-52 and the creator of his country's tourist industry, and went on to include his compatriot Carlos Slim, the world's richest man and owner of a big stake in The New York Times. In a long investigation of the Legion, the National Catholic Reporter of Kansas City identified Mr Slim as "a major Legion supporter". He was also close to the Garza-Sada family in Mexico, which controls a billion-dollar empire based in the northern Mexican industrial metropolis of Monterrey. The Garza family, though divided on the question of the Legion, is deeply embedded in it, as Luis Garza's position at the head of the Grupo Integer, the Legion's management wing, shows. In the world of the arts, his contacts included Placido Domingo, the Spanish tenor who grew up in Mexico, and Mel Gibson, the actor and director.
Politically, he was closely linked with the far right in the US, mixing with Jeb Bush, brother of George W Bush, Rick Santorum, a former US senator, and Thomas Monaghan, the Domino's Pizza magnate who paid for the new cathedral in Nicaragua's capital, Managua, which replaced the one that was destroyed in the 1972 earthquake.
After surviving constant accusations of sex with young men, Maciel took up with women late in life. Raul Gonzalez and his younger brother Cristian were born to Maciel and Blanca Lara, a domestic servant, whom Maciel met in 1976 when she was 19 and he 56. He told her his name was Raul Rivas and that he was a CIA agent and a security man for oil companies. The two boys and Omar – a son she had had from a previous relationship and whom he adopted – were brought up in a house he bought for her in Cuernavaca. In a recent television interview, Raul claimed: "When I was seven years old, I was lying down with him like any boy, any son with his father. He pulled down my pants and tried to rape me." He was later sent to a boarding school in Ireland.
Maciel had at least one other liaison. A few years after meeting Blanca, he met Norma Hilda Baños in Acapulco. In 1987, when she was 26, she bore his daughter, also named Norma Hilda. At times their father took his children on trips to Europe. His son Raul is now suing the Legionaries of Christ in the US for their part in allowing Maciel to maintain an incestuous relationship with him for many years.
[Extreme Right] Hutton Gibson, the 91-year-old father of disgraced actor Mel Gibson, called Pope Benedict XVI a homosexual during a radio interview over the weekend, TMZ reported Monday: here.
Mexican gay rights activists and Catholic protestors clash: here.
Britain: Latest 'Protest the Pope' campaign meeting a success: here.
I'm a Catholic Latina and I'm on the pill: here.
Analysis from Eugene Kennedy: 'New Vatican head is a small change, but still a big part of clerical culture': here.
Opus Dei and the War on Birth Control: Neofascism Within the Catholic Church: here.
Mexican Cristeros war: here.
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Barbara J Monda on August 10, 2010 at 9:31 pm said:
So the Pope is now ready to "possibly" dismantle the Legion because of immorality, oppression of its members and empire building aided by vows of Loyalty to secure assurance of secrecy? Imagine that? So when will this Pope start dismantling the Catholic church for the same reasons??
Administrator on August 10, 2010 at 9:39 pm said:
Hi Barbara, thanks for commenting. It would not be fair, I think, to equate the Roman Catholic church as a whole with its seamy extreme Right wing like the Legionaries of Christ, Opus Dei, shoah denying Bishop Williamson, Mel Gibson, etc. Nevertheless, also outside these groups and individuals, there have been and are scandals, some of them recorded at this blog. And some of those not handled correctly by the present pope or his predecessor.
Jon on August 10, 2010 at 10:24 pm said:
Wow, I didn't think there was anything that Pope Ratso found distasteful. He has a long history of protecting sexual predators in The Church. I'm genuinely surprised that he is threatening to do anything against these people.
Administrator on August 10, 2010 at 10:33 pm said:
Hi Jon, good to see you back at this blog; and still blogging at your own blog (though not that frequently now). I agree that Pope Benedict has a history of covering up other sexual abuse priests' scandals. Now, the Vatican, correctly, attacks the Legionaries' "Fourth Vow". However, as far as I know, that vow has existed for decades, ever since that order was founded. And all that time (again, as far as I know) the Vatican said nothing about it. I think that the Independent author is somewhat too lenient on the present pope here.
Hello again Kitty, I follow you on my blog feed and I promise I see everything you post. I thought this was interesting enough that I reposted it to my Facebook page. I have several friends who are working class Catholics. I have a great deal of respect for The Church's positions on social justice and it's that part of The Church that my friends are loyal to. I find it very difficult and upsetting to reconcile the church's deep corruption with my respect and admiration for my friends and for Catholics like Thomas Merton, Ernesto Cardenal, Dorothy Day and Francis of Assisi.
Indeed John, I much respect people like named by you, and Bishop Romero, as well.
Personally, I am not on Facebook, because of Facebook privacy problems.
Father Giovanni Maria Leonardi on October 4, 2010 at 5:40 pm said:
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Administrator on October 4, 2010 at 6:42 pm said:
#8: Dear father Giovanni Maria Leonardi, unfortunately I have not made any films on the Legionaries of Christ issue.
I am not a filmmaker, just a simple blogger on the Internet.
Best wishes to you,
the administrator of Dear kitty. Some blog
Administrator on September 22, 2011 at 6:12 pm said:
Sect on trial for forced work
FRANCE: Two Opus Dei followers went on trial in Paris today, accused of forcing a disciple to work for more than a decade without pay.
Catherine Tessier was 14 when she joined the Donson hotel school, where the religious sacraments were led by the conservative Catholic group.
She described working seven days a week and having to hand her pay to her superiors.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/109823
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It looks like they are all pay protected, so I imagine they won't be too upset.
Encore lands without clearance, off frequency.
This actually happened back in 2008. Never heard of it until now.
Topic: ALPA card drive starts today!
The vote still happens regardless of the number of cards signed.
No vote will happen. The law changed back. If they have 50% +1 cards signed they get instant certification. I find it very unlikely they would file cards so early without being sure of having 50%.
But what about DIVIDENDS?! Were these included in your calculations!?
Qdrivermann wrote: I am wondering how pilots who have never flown longhaul ops can use seniority to bid left seats on longhaul aircraft without any previous experience.
WestJet was flying to Hawaii, Dublin and Glasgow with the 737 before getting the 767. Is that enough experience to fly a 767 to London Gatwick?
Topic: Why is Flair so Hated?
Re: Why is Flair so Hated?
Are Wasaya pilots not ALPA represented? Did they negotiate a pay cut?
Ancient wrote: I've also heard they ask inside the company if anyone knows about you so basically anyone can throw a wrench in your application if they want. As I'm sure you know it's a very social place. You gotta be friends with everyone.
Leather is discontinued. You can wear it until it is worn out, but no new orders. No hats. No one wants them.
Lying? Confused maybe. There certainly are some pilots there that were not born in Canada. They are all citizens of Canada or permanent residents with a right to work.


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EXPERIMENTS IN MUSIC THERAPY, THANKS TO DOCTORS HILL AND WALLER, AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS OF THE HEALING ARTS
Here's the recipe, or perhaps the prescription:
And the first musical exhortation, this by Mamie Smith (Note: I've consciously not written out the known personnel on each of these musical therapies, thinking it a distraction. If you need to know who's in the section, write in and I will look it up in Tom Lord's discography.):
and another contemporaneous version, by Lou Gold and his Orchestra:
and the next step:
and the Fletcher Henderson version, arranged by Benny Carter:
Another step:
and the Ellington version that thrills me — vocal by Chick Bullock (whom I like):
and the Red Nichols version, where Jack Teagarden delivers the sermon:
and the frankly amazing recording of Bill Robinson. Follow along!
That's a hard act to follow, but here are three "modern" versions that have delicious energy of their own. First, Jeff Barnhart:
and one version by Marty Grosz (there's another, easily found, on YouTube) where he borrows liberally from Fats' DON'T LET IT BOTHER YOU for the opening:
and this Teddy Wilson-styled small-group masterpiece by Rebecca Kilgore and Hal Smith's Rhythmakers:
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Generosities, Hotter Than That, It's All True, Jazz Titans, Jazz Worth Reading, Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love, Wow!
Tagged Alex Hill, Benny Carter, Bill Robinson, Bojangles, Chick Bullock, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Hal Smith, Jack Teagarden, Jazz Lives, Jeff Barnhart, KEEP A SONG IN YOUR SOUL, Lou Gold, Mamie Smith, Marty Grosz, Michael Steinman, Rebecca Kilgore, Red Nichols, spiritual uplift, tap-dance, THE SYNCOPATED TIMES
RHAPSODIES IN SWING, MARCH 8, 1934
I have been listening ardently to the Mosaic Records Coleman Hawkins 1922-1947 set, which is like reading all the works of a great author in chronological order — a wondrous journey. (It's now no longer available: Mosaic is serious about "limited editions," so the race is to the somewhat-swift.)
There are many points on the journey where I put down my coffee and listened to one track a half-dozen times, marveling, before moving on. But here's a glorious interlude: a brief visit to a studio in New York City on March 8, 1934, for a series of duets between Hawkins and the seriously underrated pianist Buck Washington (born Ford Lee) who had recorded with his partner John W. Bubbles as well as Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong.
Together, they recorded IT SENDS ME (two versions), I AIN'T GOT NOBODY, OLD-FASHIONED LOVE (a piano solo), and ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET (two versions). The session was one of John Hammond's ideas: the sides were released first in England, where the listening public was much more aware of African-American creative improvisers.
The alternate takes of SENDS and SUNNY are available only on the Mosaic set, but I can offer here YouTube transfers of the issued sides, slightly out of sequence.
I've been drawn back to this music by its beauty and assurance. Hawkins seems so much in command of both his instrument and his imagination. It's not arrogance but mastery, the grace of a great artist sure of his powers, rather like a magnificent actor or athlete who is sure of what needs to be done, what can be done, and what is possible beyond the expected.
Hawkins displays his marvelous embracing tone — play this music in another room and you might think there is a small orchestra at work or a glorious wordless singer, caressing the melody, pausing to breathe, to reflect. Nothing is rushed; all is both serene and deep. And on the faster sections, he offers us a joyous playfulness.
About Hawkins as a "singer": you can find his recording of LOVE CRIES (which I think is very dear) also on YouTube . . . but for me, the people traveling on the same path are not other instrumentalists but Connee Boswell and Bing Crosby. Listen and consider.
Washington, never given his due, presents a relaxed but never lazy stride piano but we hear an elegant wildness in his embellishments (and a harmonic sophistication) that shows he, like others, had assimilated not only James P. Johnson but also Earl Hines and Art Tatum. He's a superb accompanist, but his sparkling playing demands our attention, and his solo passages do not disappoint.
The four sides are a venerable pop / jazz / vaudeville classic, almost a decade old; a newer pop song, a small homage both to James P. Johnson and the folk tradition, and a Hawkins ballad. I gather that there was some rivalry between Hawkins and Louis, and I imagine that a Hawkins – Washington duet date was a way for Hawkins to say, "I've heard Louis and Buck on DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND, and I have my own statement to make to Louis and to anyone who thinks Louis is the sole monarch." So SUNNY SIDE, taken at that tempo, was a Louis specialty in 1933 — Taft Jordan recorded his own Louis-impersonation before Louis had made his own record of it. It would have been impossible for Hawkins, a champion listener / absorber, to not know what Louis was doing in New York and elsewhere.
and the recording that, to me, is the gem:
and — in a jaunty, assured mood, here's Buck:
Orchard Enterprises could find a copy of that track that doesn't start with a hiccup, although I find such eccentricities nostalgic in small doses, having spent decades listening to dusty and scratched records.
And something about the history of listening, one's personal history. When I began to buy records in wallet-depleting seriousness in the very early Seventies, there were so many Coleman Hawkins recordings available — from his early work with Henderson up to the beautiful and touching late recordings (SIRIUS, on Pablo) that I glutted myself. And predictably I burned out for a long time on Hawkins — hearing the swooping majesty of the Thirties and Forties get more powerful but occasionally almost mechanical in the Fifties and beyond (a similar thing happened, rhythmically, to Don Byas). I turned with obsessive love to Lester Young and Ben Webster: one who never seemed predictable, one who wrapped me in the softest blanket of loving sounds. So I confess I bought the Mosaic Hawkins box set on the principle of "You're going to be sorry when this one goes away," which is a valid notion . . . but I have been reminding myself of his genius, over and over, from the early work with Mamie Smith to the 1947 I LOVE YOU. There are many good reasons to love Coleman Hawkins, and, not incidentally, Mosaic Records as well.
Listen, and be startled by beauty. Or remember the beauty that is there, perhaps overlooked for a moment.
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Tagged Art Tatum, Bing Crosby, Buck Washington, Coleman Hawkins, Connee Boswell, Earl Hines, Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, Jazz Lives, John Hammond, Louis Armstrong, majesty, Mamie Smith, Michael Steinman, Mosaic Records, SIRIUS
VISIONS OF NEW ORLEANS, MADE REAL (Part One): KRIS TOKARSKI, TIM LAUGHLIN, and HAL SMITH at the EVERGREEN JAZZ FESTIVAL (July 31, 2016)
At the 2016 Evergreen Jazz Festival, I didn't see the double rainbows that were so magnificent at the 2014 celebration — but they were musically evident whenever the Kris Tokarski Trio took the stage.
Double rainbow, Evergreen, Colorado, 2014. Photograph by Michael Steinman
The extent of my devotion to this group was evident to anyone who saw me following them around, a happy man, breathing hard because of the altitude and the excitement in equal measure, with video camera and tripod. They played eight sets; I caught seven.
The Trio is Kris Tokarski, piano; Tim Laughlin, clarinet; Hal Smith, drums. It's a trio that balances deep seriousness and lighter-than-air play. Its music is tangible but translucent: you hear the whole but admire the individual voices twining together. Think of Casals, Thibaud, Cortot. Simeon, James P., and Pops Foster. Benny, Teddy, and Dave Tough. Singing lyricism, floating swing.
And they did the thing I prize most, which is to honor the tradition by being themselves. Heaven knows each of these players knows the clearly-delineated tradition — on records, in performance with other musicians, studying the Masters in person — but they know (to quote Emerson) that imitation is suicide and (to quote Lester) you must go for yourself.
I was telling a friend about a favorite Roddy Doyle novel, THE VAN, about two Irish friends who open a mobile fish-and-chips business, and their proud slogan is "Today's chips today," which is what I think of when I hear these performances: nothing warmed up under heat lamps, nothing stale. Music that's truly alive in now.
Here is the first half of this Trios's closing set of the Festival (I am working backwards), recorded in a church with wonderful acoustics. Kris chose to make this set a New Orleanian one, with gracious hot results.
JAZZ ME BLUES (for the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, then Bix, then the Bobcats and Condon and and and:
SOMEDAY, SWEETHEART (no doubt a Morton tune, and I come from the school that places a comma in the middle; it makes better dramatic sense):
THAT DA DA STRAIN, from Mamie Smith onwards to us in 2016:
BOGALUSA STRUT, a nod to the Sam Morgan ensemble:
What wonderful music. You can bet there will be more.
Tagged Benny Goodman, Bix Beiderbecke, Bobcats, Casals, Cortot, Dave Tough, Eddie Condon, Evergreen Jazz Festival, Hal Smith, James P. Johnson, Jazz Lives, Jelly Roll Morton, Kris Tokarski, Mamie Smith, Michael Steinman, New Orleans jazz, NORK, Omer Simeon, Pops Foster, Roddy Doyle, Sam Morgan, Teddy Wilson, the tradition, THE VAN, Thibaud, Tim Laughlin
THE GLORIES OF THE RECENT PAST: THREE BY TIM AND CONNIE FROM THE 2014 SAN DIEGO JAZZ FEST
Posted on July 7, 2016 | 2 comments
The Tim Laughlin – Connie Jones All Stars, a band I was fortunate enough to hear for a few years at the San Diego Jazz Fest, remains in my mind as a transcendent listening experience: a completely melodic group with great sensitivity and a wonderful quiet drive.
Here's another sample of their magic, from the 2014 Fest — with a romper, a groove, and a pretty ballad — each gloriously realized. The players are Tim, clarinet; Connie, cornet; Doug Finke, trombone; Chris Dawson, piano; Katie Cavera, guitar; Marty Eggers, string bass; Hal Smith, drums.
THAT DA DA STRAIN has nothing to do with baby talk or with Marcel Duchamp; like many other songs of the times, it describes a dance that would bring dancers bliss. Mamie Smith, early on, then Eva Taylor, then the NORK, and on. Everyone solos here except Marty (who will on the next performance) but I'd call special attention to Hal, who rocks the church:
Here's another Twenties song (popularized by Paul Whiteman) with an equally onomatopoetic title, THE WANG WANG BLUES. We've looked for deep meaning in that title, but I recall reading somewhere that one of the three people listed on the cover thought that WANG made a good sound once, and twice was even better — so it added a little spice to the conventional she-went-away-and-I'm-so-sad. As far as I can tell, there was no other intention, not Asiatic or anything else.
Now to move forward to 1947, to a song immediately taken up by Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, and Billie Holiday — connected to the film NEW ORLEANS. This performance has a surprise in it: Tim talk-sings the lyrics, and it is a heartfelt effusion of feeling for him, because he has a deep connection to his city, immediately evident in his playing and now in his song:
What a band. How generously they offer splendid subtle music to us. And I count myself fortunate that I will see Tim (and Kris Tokarski) at the Evergreen Jazz Festival at the end of this month, and then at the Steamboat Stomp in New Orleans in September.
Tagged Billie Holiday, Chris Dawson, Connie Jones, Doug Finke, Eva Taylor, Hal Smith, Jack Teagarden, Jazz Lives, Katie Cavera, Louis Armstrong, Mamie Smith, Marcel Duchamp, Marty Eggers, Michael Steinman, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Paul Whiteman, San Diego Jazz Fest, Tim Laughlin
YOU'LL BE INTRODUCED TO GLORY!
Posted on February 11, 2016 | 1 comment
Fats Waller and Alex Hill wrote one of the most irresistibly encouraging songs I know, a sweet spiritual paean to optimism, KEEP A SONG IN YOUR SOUL. I thought it would be fitting to let you hear as many versions of it as I could find.
Ellington, with a friendly vocal by Chick Bullock (1931):
Fletcher Henderson, arrangement by Benny Carter (1930):
Red Nichols with Jack Teagarden and Benny Goodman:
Mamie Smith:
Lou Gold and His Orchestra:
Now, for some of my favorite intersections — living hot musicians playing beautiful swing classics:
Marty Grosz and his Optimists:
Jeff Barnhart and friends at the 2013 Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party:
Michael Hashim with Claudio Roditi:
Bohem Ragtime Jazz Band with Viktoria Vizin:
Howard Alden and Warren Vache:
Rebecca Kilgore with Hal Smith's Rhythmakers, featuring Marc Caparone, Bobby Gordon, Chris Dawson:
Another version from Jeff Barnhart and a British band with Nick Ward:
And an earlier version from Marty Grosz and his Philosophers:
There is a wonderful 1931 recording of Bill Robinson, singing and tapping. Here is Bojangles as a marionette, invented and manipulated in the most extraordinary way by Bob Baker. Initially it might seem perverse, but I came to marvel at it. If you see this as demeaning, Robinson's wife liked this and encouraged Baker to keep it in his show:
I was excited to see that so many versions are accessible to us, and perhaps I got carried away. But I love this song, its message that music can make everything right, and I love the ways that the music itself blossoms in so many contexts.
Tagged Alex Hill, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Bill Robinson, Bob Baker, Bobby Gordon, Bohem Ragtime Jazz Band, Chick Bullock, Chris Dawson, Claudio Roditi, Duke Ellington, Duke Heitger, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Hal Smith, Howard Alden, Jack Teagardenn, Jazz Lives, Jeff Barnhart, Lou Gold, Mamie Smith, Marc Caparone, Marty Grosz, Matthias Seuffert, Michael Hashim, Michael Steinman, Nick Ward, Rebecca Kilgore, Red Nichols, Viktoria Vizin, Warren Vache
A SERENADE TO THE GODDESS OF GOOD FORTUNE: THOMAS WINTELER, MORTEN GUNNAR LARSEN, JACOB ULLBERGER, HENRY LEMAIRE at MIKE DURHAM'S WHITLEY BAY CLASSIC JAZZ PARTY (November 8, 2015)
This song — new to me although almost a century old — made a powerful impression on me when Thomas Winteler, the great soprano saxophonist (and clarinetist) performed it at Mike Durham's Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party on November 8, 2015. Accompanying him were Morten Gunnar Larsen, piano; Jacob Ullberger, guitar; Henry Lemaire, string bass. It's a passionate performance:
Here's the original 1923 recording, with Mamie Smith's powerful penetrating voice matched by Bechet's soaring soprano (and Buddy Christian, banjo):
And the first, even more convincing recording, that same year, by Bessie Smith and Fletcher Henderson:
And a 1935 instrumental version with Williams, Cecil Scott, Ed Allen, Jimmy McLin, Cyrus St. Clair, and Willie Williams:
I hope the Goddess smiles on your efforts.
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BARBARA DANE'S HOUSE RENT PARTY (Part One): RICHARD HADLOCK, TAMMY HALL, ANGELA WELLMAN, RUTH DAVIES, BILL MAGINNIS (Bothwell Arts Center, July 19, 2014)
Still full of fire at 87, Barbara Dane gave a joyous concert with her Golden Gate Hot Five at the Bothwell Arts Center in Livermore, California, on July 19, 2014. With Barbara are Tammy Hall, piano; Richard Hadlock, soprano saxophone; Angela Wellman, trombone; Ruth Davies, string bass; Bill Maginnis, drums.
BLUES / GOOD MORNING BLUES:
THE WORLD'S JAZZ CRAZY (AND SO AM I):
SUMMERTIME (featuring Richard Hadlock):
I'M SELLIN' MY PORK CHOPS:
YONDER COMES THE BLUES:
ROSETTA:
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THERE AIN'T NO JAZZ?:
More to come — and Barbara will be honored in September and October of this year, I am told: details will emerge here. And thanks to Duane Gordon and a dozen other people for making the Bothwell Arts Center rent party a reality and for allowing me to be there to capture it for you.
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Tagged Angela Wellman, Barbara Dane, Bessie Smith, Bill Maginnis, Bothwell Arts Center, Duane Gordon, Fats Waller, Jazz Lives, Mamie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Michael Steinman, Richard Hadlock, Ruth Davies, Tammy Hall, the blues
CELEBRATING THE WORLDS DOUG DOBELL CREATED
I didn't get to the UK until 2005, so I missed a great era in Anglo-American relations . . . not Roosevelt and Churchill, but the opportunity to go record-shopping at Dobells, 77 Charing Cross Road. I knew about it, however, through the "77" record label — with issues featuring Dick Wellstood, Don Ewell, Pete Brown, Bernard Addison, Sonny Greer, and more.
A new gallery exhibition, lovingly assembled, celebrates that great place and time — and the music that Dobells nurtured. The exhibition runs from April 10 – May 18, 2013 at CHELSEA space.
CHELSEA space presents a rare opportunity to view previously unseen material from the Museum of London and British Record Shop Archive collections, concerning one of the world's greatest record shops.
Dobells (1946-1992) was a significant meeting place for fans of jazz, folk and blues. This exhibition explores Dobells position as a retail environment, information network, cultural landmark and social hub through archive artefacts, ephemera, photographs (many by the celebrated jazz-blues photographer Val Wilmer), and graphics.
Doug Dobell began selling collectable and imported jazz records in 1946 at his family's rare books shop at 77 Charing Cross Road. In 1957 he started up the 77 record label and was instrumental in developing, recording and marketing jazz, blues, folk and world music in the UK. At a later point 75 Charing Cross Road next door to the original store, was used to house Dobells Folk Record shop section.
Prominent US musicians could be found dropping into Dobells including Muddy Waters, BB King, Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Red Allen and members of the Ellington band. A young Bob Dylan recorded in the small basement studio there in 1963 and Janis Joplin would visit with a bottle of Southern Comfort as a gift for the staff of the store.
Dobells stocked American blues 78s, 45s and LPs and many British music fans got their first ever taste of Mamie Smith, Leadbelly and Big Bill Broonzy there. The imported US records purchased at the record shop inspired such pioneers of British jazz and blues as Alexis Korner, Cyril Davies and Chris Barber (amongst many others). All the bands of the British Blues explosion: The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Cream and Fleetwood Mac shopped there. Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, Mac McGann, Bert Jansch, The Vipers Skiffle Group, Lonnie Donegan and other folk musicians raided the shop's racks of Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston records. David Bowie was also a regular customer during the early 1960s.
Dobells provided a network for British Jazz musicians including Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Johnny Dankworth, Vic Lewis, Harry Beckett, Ian Carr, Mike Westbrook and many others who would meet there to check out the new imports in the listening booths and chat about the latest sounds. Such was the standing of Dobells, that it found its way into literature with New immigrants to London from former colonies and war torn nations would also visit as Dobells as it was the only shop in London to stock African, Irish, Yiddish and music from other parts of the world.
This exhibition recalls an era when a specialist record shop helped shape the nation's underground cultural scene. The exhibition takes place to coincide with Record Store Day UK, which occurs on Saturday 20th April 2013. Exhibition curated by Donald Smith with Leon Parker. For more information, email info@chelseaspace.org or telephone 020 7514 6983. Admission is free and the exhibition is open Tue – Fri: 11:00 – 5:00, Sat: 10:00 – 4:00. CHELSEA space is located at 16, John Islip Street, London SW1P 4JU – behind the Tate Gallery.
Those of us who spent happy hours (and dollars or pounds or the prevailing currency) in specialist record shops — where one could converse or debate with an educated, impassioned salesperson about the course of Bud Powell's career — will find this exhibition powerfully evocative. The generation that has no idea of what came before invisible digital sound should be gently escorted there . . . for a greater historical awareness.
Here's a postscript and a photograph from my UK friend Robin Aitken, someone who knows:
This exhibition is only a precursor for a more long term project which is in the preparation stage at present. This will be a book on Dobell's Jazz Record Shop edited by myself and Brian Peerless who worked part time in Dobell's from 1962 until its final closure in 1992. It is intended that the book will be in the same format as Nat Hentoff's wonderful "Hear Me Talkin' To Ya" with sections on the history of the shop, the staff, the customers, the stories , the music and of course the musicians. We are assiduously collecting material and welcome any contributions from anyone who has visited the shop over the years. In 1972 a contingent of staff and customers, myself included, made to trip to New York for the First Newport Jazz Festival there. There were ten of us on that trip – sadly only four of us survive. The Dobell's exhibition has prompted me to finally put down my memories and those of my surviving companions of a wonderful 2 weeks in the Big Apple. I took several photographs which I hope to include in the article and I have attached one of my favourites. This was taken outside Jim & Andy's at West 55th Street in late June 1972 just before Jim closed for the month of July. It shows from left to right the drummer Richie Goldberg, John Kendall, Manager of Dobell's Second-hand Shop, Ray Bolden, Manager of the Blues and Folk Shop, Scoville Brown who played with Louis in 1932 and nearly everyone else thereafter – some great records with Buck Clayton on HRS in 1946, and Doug Dobell himself, the owner of Dobell's Jazz, Blues and Folk Record shops.
(Notice the record bag Richie Goldberg is holding — the thing in itself!)
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Tagged Alexis Korner, BB King, Ben Webster, Bernard Addison, Bert Jansch, Big Bill Broonzy, Brian Peerless, Buck Clayton, Bud Powell, Chris Barber, Cisco Houston, Cream, Cyril Davies, Dave Swarbrick, David Bowie, Dick Wellstood, Dobells Record Shop, Don Ewell, Donald Smith, Doug Dobell, Fleetwood Mac, Harry Beckett, Ian Carr, Janis Joplin, Jazz Lives, Jim & Andy's, Joe Thomas, John Kendall, Johnny Dankworth, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, Leon Parker, Lonnie Donegan, Mac McGann, Mamie Smith, Martin Carthy, Michael Steinman, Mike Westbrook, Muddy Waters, Nat Hentoff, Newport in New York, Newport Jazz Festival, Pete Brown, Ray Bolden, Red Allen, Richie Goldberg, Robin Aitken, Ronnie Scott, Roy Eldridge, Scoville Brown, Sonny Greer, specialist record shop, The Rolling Stones, The Vipers Skiffle Group, Tubby Hayes, Val Wilmer, Vic Lewis, Woody Guthrie
KING JOE / KING LEAR
Posted on July 2, 2009 | 12 comments
My iPod isn't always a subject for philosophical contemplation. More often it's merely a calming talisman in my battle against airplane claustrophobia and tedium. But recent experiences have made me think about it as more thought-provoking than a twentieth-century version of the transistor radio and cassette player of my past.
It began when I unintentionally erased not only the contents of my iPod but also my iTunes library. How that happened is not a subject for this blog, but I erased eight thousand tracks. (Or, to use "the male passive," I could write "eight thousand tracks had been erased," but no matter.) Preparing to go off on vacation far from my CD collection, I began to stuff compact discs into my iTunes library. This, as readers will know, is a nuisance, and at times I wished for a youthful niece or nephew to whom I could say, "Want a hundred dollars? Put each of the CDs in that bookcase into iTunes for me, will you?" The computer did its job well, but it required me to check on it every six or seven minutes. I began with the tail end of my collection — that's Lester Young, the Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Ben Webster, Lee Wiley, and so on, and worked my way back to the Allens, Harry and Henry Red, in the space of ten days.
And a King — Joe Oliver, pictured top left.
This combination of obsessiveness and diligence resulted in an iPod with more than fifteen thousand tracks on it — the Hot Fives and Sevens, the Basie Deccas, the Lester Verves, the Billie Vocalions, the Teddy Wilson School for Pianists, the Blue Note Jazzmen, Fats Waller from 1922 to 1935, Mel Powell on Vanguard, Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins . . . all I could desire, more than a hundred full days of music.
But I kept silently asking myself, "What do you need all this music for, knowing that you couldn't listen to it all in the space of the next twelve months?"
Another King kept insisting that I pay attention to him. He didn't play cornet; he would have been out of place at the Lincoln Gardens. I had taught a course in Shakepearian tragedy this summer, and ended it with KING LEAR — adding a few scenes from the 1982 Granada television presentation with Sir Laurence Olivier.
Early in the play, when Lear still thinks he has imperial powers (even though he has renounced the throne), he bargains with his daughters about whose house he shall stay at first, casually letting them know that he will arrive with a hundred knights. Although Goneril and Regan are cruelly inhuman, I always feel for them at this point, as they ask their father, with some irritable reasonableness, why he, no longer King, needs a retinue. Lear responds:
O reason not the need! Our basest beggars
Are in the poorest thing superfluous.
Allow not nature more than nature needs,
Man's life is as cheap as beast's.
In the most commonsensical way, I take these lines to suggest that the difference between a reasonably privileged person and a Maltese terrier is that the person, when the impulse strikes, can go to the kitchen cabinet and have another cookie or pretzel. Choice is at work here, unlike the dog who has to wait for the owner to fill his bowl. "Need" is constricting; luxury is the freedom to transcend mere needs. Or, in other terms, to have merely "enough" — the spiritual equivalent of eight hundred calories a day — is emotionally insufficient.
I knew that I didn't "have to have" Ella Fitzgerald singing MY MELANCHOLY BABY (Teddy Wilson, Frank Newton, Benny Morton, 1936) in the same way I need food and drink. I could capably replay most of that performance in my mind. But not having it accessible provokes feelings of inadequacy, of being separated from my music. To some, this will seem like an exercise in superfluity: I know there are people in other countries who don't have clean water, let alone alternate takes of the Albert Ammons Commodores, and I feel for them, but the sensation of having more music than I can possibly listen to is luxuriant bliss. It means that if, upon awaking, I really NEED to hear Dicky Wells and Bill Coleman play SWEET SUE . . . there it is.
Which leads me to the most brilliant feature of the iPod — not the ability to reproduce album cover artwork (!) but the ability to shuffle songs. I plugged it in here and started it up . . . so that Dizzy Gillespie followed Mamie Smith who followed the West Jesmond Rhythm Kings who followed Hawkins . . . . a floating Blindfold Test, full of surprises and gratifications. And no worrying about the hundred knights drinking up all the milk in the refrigerator.
Olivier and Oliver, in perfect harmony.
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"INTEGRITY OF BEING": SONNY ROLLINS ON COLEMAN HAWKINS
Posted on November 20, 2008 | 4 comments
First, November 21 is Coleman Hawkins's birthday — not a national holiday, yet. But WKCR-FM, the jazz station of Columbia University, will play his music for twenty-four hours in his honor. And if you're not within reach of an FM radio, you can hear it online at http://www.wkcr.org.
The letter printed below originally came from the esteemed player and thinker Phil Woods, making its way to Jon-Erik Kellso, who sent me a copy of it. I hope that no one minds my offering it here: I think it is an important document for reasons both musical and spiritual.
10/13/62 P.M.
My Dear Mr. Hawkins,
Your recent performance at the 'Village Gate' was magnificent!! Quite aside from the fact that you have maintained a position of dominance and leadership in the highly competitive field of 'Jazz' for the time that you have there remains the more significant fact that such tested and tried musical achievement denoted and is subsidiary to personal character and integrity of being.
There have been many young men of high potential and demonstrated ability who have unfortunately not been 'MEN' in their personal and offstage practices and who soon found themselves devoid of the ability to create music. Perhaps these chaps were unable to understand why their musical powers left them so suddenly. Or perhaps they knew what actions were constructive as opposed to destructive but were too weak and not men enough to command the course of their lives. But certain it is that character, knowledge and virtue are superior to 'Music' as such. And that 'success' is relative to the evolution of those qualities within us all. That it has been positive and lasting for you Coleman is to the honor and credit of us, your colleagues, as well as to your credit. For you have 'lit the flame' of aspiration within so many of us and you have epitomized the superiority of 'excellence of endeavor' and you stand today as a clear living picture and example for us to learn from.
It has always been a task to explain in words those things which in nature are the most profound and meaningful. Now you have shown me why I thought so much of you for so long. Godspeed in your travels and may I be fortunate enough to hear you play the tenor saxophone again in person.
The letter is deeply moving, its individuality emphasized by Sonny's sincerity, his eighteenth-century prose flourishes. Of course, it is a heartfelt expression of gratitude and admiration. But what moves me is that Rollins isn't praising Hawk's musical inventiveness. No, he pays tribute is to the maturity of character Hawkins showed; a moral tenacity displayed in his devotion to his art.
When Sonny praises Hawk for resisting the temptations that other, weaker players fell prey to, I suspect that he has Charlie Parker in mind and those players who fell under the spell of Bird's music and his self-destructive persona. "Character, knowledge and virtue" — rare qualities in themselves or in such a combination.
We praise Hawkins for making the tenor saxophone into a true jazz instrument, for helping to continue and expand the jazz ballad tradition. He kept his own identity but he played alongside Mamie Smith in 1920 and with Monk, Coltrane, and Rollins forty years later, still immediately identifiable. But I think we should also praise Rollins for his humility and his willingness to honor his ancestors. Many of us might think some of the same thoughts about a person who has inspired us, but how many of us will write the letter?
Hawkins died in 1969, so he cannot hear our praise. But we can still honor him by reminding others of the celebration on Friday, by listeining to it ourselves, and by keeping his music in our ears whenever we can.
Tagged Coleman Hawkins, Columbia University, jazz blog, JOhn Coltrane, Jon-Erik Kellso, Mamie Smith, Michael Steinman, November 21, Phil Woods, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, WKCR-FM


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Cape Dezhnev on the Chukotka Peninsula: how to reach it?
Going to the ends of the world is a dream that sooner or later comes to everyone. Stand on the edge of a continent, see the vast expanses of seas and oceans and greet people in another part of the Clobe. Well, there are two such places in Russia: Cape Chelyuskin on the Taimyr Peninsula and Cape Dezhnev on Chukotka. From this article you will find out, how to get to the Easternmost point of Eurasia, how you can change the date on the calendar several times a day, to meet whales, walruses and seals, visit the most remote villages of Chukchi and Eskimos and see Alaska!
Where is Cape Dezhnev?
Cape Dezhnev is the easternmost point of the whole Eurasia, located on a remote and hard-to-reach part of the Chukotka Peninsula. Its geographical coordinates are 66°4′45″N 169°39′7″W. The Cape itself is a 740 meters height plateau, where an old lighthouse with a bronze bust of the pioneer Semyon Dezhnev is located. In good weather, see the coast of America can be seen from here, because the distance from Cape Dezhnev to Alaska is only 82 km and to Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point of America, is 86 km.
You can get to Cape Dezhnev either by sea or by air transport with several transit stops. Due to the vast territory, complex terrain and lack of transport infrastructure, sea and air transport are the only means of travel on the peninsula. The most comfortable way to get to Cape Dezhnev is to go on a cruise along the coast of Chukotka.
Boats to the Cape also depart from the village of Lavrentia, where you have to fly from Anadyr by local airlines. Alternatively, you can drive all-terrain vehicles or fly by helicopter from Lavrentia to Uelen which is the nearest village to the Cape, and further take a walk for 10 km to the point. In other words, our recommendation is to choose a trip to Cape Dezhnev with well-thought-out and pre-organized logistics in order not to get stuck and spend time waiting for transport.
NB! We advise you not to purchase return tickets from Anadyr to Moscow in advance, when planning a trip to Cape Dezhnev. It is better to book seats for the next flight or to take refundable tickets. The weather in Chukotka is extremely unpredictable. So, when you get to the settlements on the Eastern coast of the peninsula, you can get stuck there for a couple of days. That's why all our tours to Cape Dezhnev include additional days in case of bad weather.
Discovery of Cape Dezhnev
The Easternmost point of Eurasia, as well as the Strait between the two continents, was discovered by Semyon Dezhnev in 1648. However, the Strait was named after another sea explorer — Vitus Bering, and the cape itself was known as "Vostochny" for many years. How did this happen, and why did the cape return the name of its discoverer?
Semyon Dezhnev was 17 years old when he started sailing on merchant ships along the Northern Sea Route to Mangazeya, the first Russian trade colony beyond the Arctic Circle. In 1635, at the age of 30, he went to Siberia. He served as a common Cossack in Tobolsk, Yeniseisk and Yakutsk, explored the Northern regions of the country and collected yasak (a fur tribute) from local tribes. He was the first to open Kolyma and founded two fortifications, which are now known as Srednekolymsk and Nizhnekolymsk cities. After crossing the Bering Strait, he founded a settlement on the site of modern Anadyr city.
In 1648, during the Chukotka expedition, the Pomor (distinctive ethnographic and ethno-religious population on the White Sea and northern rivers) wooden sailboats called "Koch" leaded by Dezhnev, left Kolyma for the Arctic Ocean. They have rounded the coast and saw a rocky cape, which they called "The Big stone Nose". From seven koches that took part in the expedition, only three vessels have managed to overcame the cape. However, during this most difficult voyage, Dezhnev's team made an important geographical discovery. Something, which European navigators had been seeking for several centuries — the Strait between Asia and America does exist, which proves that a sail from Europe to Asia along the Northern Sea Route is possible!
But why was the Strait named after Vitus Bering, who has discovered it only some 80 years after Dezhnev? Unfortunately, records of the discoveries made by Semyon Dezhnev got lost in the Yakut prison. Therefore, enlightened Europe and Russia knew nothing about the strait until the Kamchatka expedition headed by Vitus Bering took place in 1728-1729. Moreover, the cape was discovered even twice. In 1778, the English Navigator James Cook sailed there and mapped the Easternmost point of Eurasia, calling it "Cape Eastern". This name remained for 120 years, until the Russian Geographical Society has officially renamed it into "Cape Dezhnev" in 1898.
Journeys to Cape Dezhnev
Almost all tours and cruises to Chukotka with RussiaDiscovery include a visit to Cape Dezhnev. The Easternmost point of the continent is also worth visiting because of the Uelen village near the cape, which is the Easternmost settlement of the continent. More than that, this village of Eskimos and Chukchi is considered to be the oldest settlement on the entire peninsula. The approximate age of Uelen is 2000 years!
What else interesting is waiting for you during the "Journey to Cape Dezhnev"?
a walk through the easternmost settlement of Eurasia, as well as sending postcards from the edge of the continent;
a visit to the whaling capital of Russia — the village of Lorino;
watching walruses, seals, whales, and large bird colonies;
swimming in hot springs near the village of Lorino;
sea fishing in Anadyr and tasting local delicacies;
acquaintance with culture, traditions and daily life of Chukchi and Eskimos;
visiting remote Chukchi villages and walking through an abandoned whaling settlement Naukan;
an expedition with an overnight at Ratmanov island, located on the border of Russia and the United States.
For those who want to go to Chukotka with comfort, we offer the cruise "Expedition to Wrangel Island". This 15-day journey will take place on the ice-class vessel "Spirit of Enderby". During the trip, you will not have to change your accommodation or transport from one to another.
In addition, during this expedition, we will visit the Wrangel Island Nature Reserve, protected by UNESCO, and will also be able to cross the date line that runs between the Diomede Islands. They are also jokingly called "Tomorrow" and "Yesterday" islands. So, what could be better than visiting the edge of the world, and making a trip to the calendar future and past just in one expedition?
Do you want to get to the most remote points of Russia? Look through our collection of cruises. We will be glad to tell you further details and answer all your questions, just call +7 (495) 800-8-800 or email us at hello@russiadiscovery.ru
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Released to acclaim in the US early last year, 26-year-old Ritter's debut earned him support slots with Dylan and the admiration of Joan Baez. Now available in the UK, this is softly rolling roots-folk with the warmth of John Prine and a twist of Richard Buckner. Townes Van Zandt and Nick Drake ("You've Got The Moon"; "Drive Away") are obvious touchstones, too, but ldaho-born Ritter's lugubrious stealth is rooted in his own earth, addressing the paradox between the allure of the road and the pull of tradition. A second album, Hello Starling, is already available across the Atlantic and will be released here next year.


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Historic Annapolis Presents
This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon and the historic walk on the lunar surface by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Historic Annapolis is pleased to host a panel discussion on the history of the Apollo Space Program on Sunday, November 17, 2019, from 3-5 p.m.at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase Street Annapolis. The event is free, however reservations are required as space is limited. Reservations can be made at www.annapolis.org or by calling 410-626-1033.
Guiding the discussion will be Dr. Valerie Neal, Curator Emerita in Space History for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Dr. Neal joined the Smithsonian in 1989 as a curator and was responsible for human space flight artifact collections from the Space Shuttle era and the International Space Station, in particular, the orbiter Discovery. She has authored and edited books, articles and documentaries on space exploration. Dr. Neal will present a brief overview of all the Apollo missions with a focus on U.S. Naval Academy graduates who participated in each mission.
Joining Dr. Neal will be a panel of experts in the space program: Dr. Kenneth Reightler, Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy, Robert Curbeam, Jr., Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Space Systems at Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and Kayla Barron, U.S. Navy and current astronaut candidate. Each panelist will discuss how the Apollo missions influenced their careers, what their training was like and how it differed for each mission, and what they are doing to support the current space program.
Dr. Reightler graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1973 and subsequently from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland. After a distinguished career as a mission commander and flight test instructor, he was selected by NASA for astronaut candidate training and served as the pilot on the crews of two Discovery space shuttles. Upon retirement from the U.S. Navy, Dr. Reightler launched another career at Lockheed Martin. He currently is the Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Captain Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (USN, Retired), graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and became a Naval Flight Officer and Top Gun. After several deployments, he was selected by NASA for astronaut training. He is a veteran of three Discovery and Atlantis space flights, having logged more than 901 hours in space, including seven space walks. He currently is retired from the U.S. Navy and working for Northrup Grumman.
Lieutenant Kayla Barron, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and earned a master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. She was selected to join the 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate Class and is nearing the end of her two years of training. Upon graduation, she will work in the Astronaut Office while awaiting a flight assignment.
The program takes place on Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401. This is a free event, but reservations are required and can be made at www.annapolis.org or by calling 410.267.7619.
The program is sponsored by: Comcast and presented in partnership with the Smithsonian Affiliates, the National Air and Space Museum, and Maryland Hall.
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Mary Ann Tighe is CBRE Top Producer
MARY ANN TIGHE IS CBRE'S TOP PRODUCER FOR 2017
New York, NY | March 27, 2018
New York – March 27, 2018 - CBRE announced that Mary Ann Tighe was the top producer across the company for 2017, with 125 transactions covering 4.7 million square feet and valued at $3.7 billion.
Highlights for 2017 were Ms. Tighe's representation of:
-1199 SEIU Benefit Fund for Health and Human Service Employees in its 30-year, 400,000-sq.-ft. lease at 498 Seventh Avenue;
-21st Century Fox in its 784,000-sq.-ft. headquarters extension and expansion at 1211 Avenue of the Americas;
-News Corp. in a new, 440,000-sq.-ft. headquarters lease, also at 1211 Avenue of the Americas; and
-4 World Trade Center in its 378,000-sq.-ft. lease with Spotify.
Ms. Tighe was also CBRE's top producer in 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2016. She has concluded more than 102 million square feet of transactions throughout her career, and her deals have anchored over 14.4 million square feet of new construction in the New York region.
"Mary Ann continued to put her stamp on the Big Apple in 2017, playing a key role in a number of marquee transactions," said Matt Van Buren, President of CBRE's Northeast Division. "She combines unmatched knowledge of the New York market with strategic insight, creative thinking and a passion for serving her clients' interest. These attributes have kept her at the pinnacle of our profession."
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China's Xi calls for oil trade in yuan at Gulf summit in Riyadh
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Riyadh
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Riyadh
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RIYADH (Reuters) -President Xi Jinping told Gulf Arab leaders on Friday that China would work to buy oil and gas in yuan, a move that would support Beijing's goal to establish its currency internationally and weaken the U.S. dollar's grip on world trade.
Xi was speaking in Saudi Arabia where Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosted two "milestone" Arab summits with the Chinese leader which showcased the powerful prince's regional heft as he courts partnerships beyond close historic ties with the West.
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia and economic giant China both sent strong messages during Xi's visit on "non-interference" at a time when Riyadh's relationship with Washington has been tested over human rights, energy policy and Russia.
Any move by Saudi Arabia to ditch the dollar in its oil trade would be a seismic political move, which Riyadh had previously threatened in the face of possible U.S. legislation exposing OPEC members to antitrust lawsuits.
China's growing influence in the Gulf has unnerved the United States. Deepening economic ties were touted during Xi's visit, where he was greeted with pomp and ceremony and on Friday met with Gulf states and attended a wider summit with leaders of Arab League countries spanning the Gulf, Levant and Africa.
At the start of Friday's talks, Prince Mohammed heralded a "historic new phase of relations with China", a sharp contrast with the awkward U.S.-Saudi meetings five months ago when President Joe Biden attended a smaller Arab summit in Riyadh.
Asked about his country's relations with Washington in light of the warmth shown to Xi, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Saudi Arabia would continue to work with all its partners. "We don't see this as a zero sum game," he said.
"We do not believe in polarisation or in choosing between sides," the prince told a news conference after the talks.
Though Saudi Arabia and China signed several strategic and economic partnership deals, analysts said relations would remain anchored mostly by energy interests, though Chinese firms have made forays into technology and infrastructure sectors.
"Energy concerns will remain front and centre of relations," Robert Mogielnicki, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, told Reuters.
"The Chinese and Saudi governments will also be looking to support their national champions and other private sector actors to move forward with trade and investment deals. There will be more cooperation on the tech side of things too, prompting familiar concerns from Washington."
Saudi Arabia agreed a memorandum of understanding with Huawei this week on cloud computing and building high-tech complexes in Saudi cities. The Chinese tech giant has participated in building 5G networks in Gulf states despite U.S. concerns over a possible security risk in using its technology.
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Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies have defied U.S. pressure to limit dealings with China and break with fellow OPEC+ oil producer Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, as they try to navigate a polarised world order with an eye on national economic and security interests.
Riyadh is a top oil supplier to China and the two countries reaffirmed in a joint statement the importance of global market stability and energy collaboration, while striving to boost non-oil trade and enhance cooperation in peaceful nuclear power
Xi said Beijing would continue to import large quantities of oil from Gulf Arab countries and expand imports of liquefied natural gas, adding that their countries were natural partners who would cooperate further in upstream oil and gas development.
China would also "make full use of the Shanghai Petroleum and National Gas Exchange as a platform to carry out yuan settlement of oil and gas trade," he said.
Beijing has been lobbying for use of its yuan currency in trade instead of the U.S. dollar.
A Saudi source, speaking before Xi's visit, told Reuters that a decision to sell small amounts of oil in yuan to China could make sense in order to pay Chinese imports directly, but "it is not yet the right time".
Most of Saudi Arabia's assets and reserves are in dollars including more than $120 billion of U.S. Treasuries that Riyadh holds, and the Saudi riyal, like other Gulf currencies, is pegged to the dollar.
Earlier, the Chinese leader said his visit heralded a new era in relations, voicing hope the Arab summits would become "milestone events in the history of China-Arab relations".
(Additional reporting by Eduardo Baptista in Beijing, Riham Alkousaa, Ahmad Ghaddar and Lina Najm in DubaiWriting by Ghaida Ghantous and Dominic EvansEditing by Mark Heinrich, William Maclean and Mark Potter)
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Strack Norma's new Z5265 digital counter has an eight-digit display and is able to count up to 100 million.
According to the leading standard part supplier, the Z5265 is suitable for high-frequency punching applications and high-speed injection moulds in mechanical engineering and automation technology. Users can detect and monitor high stroke frequencies of up to 1.000 strokes per minute.
Other technical features include the counter being able to observe maintenance plans. It can also be operated with Strack Norma's mechanical limit switches Z76xx. The digital counter has a magnetic sensor and is contact and wear-free with a built-in lithium battery of type CR123A 3V. The ambient temperature of the counter is between -10 to 40°C, while that of the sensor is between -10 to 75°C. Its retaining plate for the sensor is bendable and it comes in a robust aluminium housing.


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Q&A. Sigfox, the Twitter of the IoT
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Sigfox is a new IoT communications company that uses a narrow-band radio network. It already connects 500,000 objects, with 7 million in the works. DirectIndustry e-magazine spoke with Thomas Nicholls, Executive VP Communications of this fast-growing company at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
DirectIndustry e-magazine: What does "Sigfox" mean and what is its underlying purpose?
Thomas Nicholls: Sigfox means "clever signal." In the world of radio, the word fox refers to a very clear signal. Sigfox is a solution for the democratization of connectivity. Until now, we had 2G, 3G, 4G, WiFi and Bluetooth. These broadband solutions are relatively expensive ways to connect objects and consume a lot of energy because you must charge batteries. That means you can't connect everything. Sigfox concentrates on basic connectivity. Our solution enables users to send and receive short messages over long distances using narrow-band radio waves. This makes it possible to connect everything through a transceiver which uses very little energy. It's the Twitter of connectivity.
It's possible to send 12-byte messages 140 times a day.
DirectIndustry e-magazine: What kind of messages can be sent?
Thomas Nicholls: It's possible to send 12-byte messages 140 times a day. We focus on optimization through use of narrow-band. There's no point in sending more information than necessary. We're talking about GPS coordinates, temperature or light levels. For example, a GPS position requires 9 bytes.
DirectIndustry e-magazine: Why does it use so little energy?
Thomas Nicholls: The connected object is not actively networked. It sends the message and goes into standby mode, without sollicitating the network. It's the network that pulls in the signal. That's why these objects have very long battery life.
DirectIndustry e-magazine: How does it work in the field?
Thomas Nicholls: We deploy the technology like Orange or AT&T. We install Sigfox antennas on building roofs. But, since we transmit a small amount of data using the longest waves, antenna distribution is less dense. We can cover Spain with 1,500 antennas, while Orange has several hundred thousand.
DirectIndustry e-magazine: Who are your competitors?
Thomas Nicholls: We don't have any. We offer a new connectivity solution based on narrow-band and small amounts of data. When we commercially started in 2012, everyone was focused on broadband. Things have changed, and today everyone realizes that it's necessary to reduce consumption. But we're the only available solution today.
We offer a new connectivity solution based on narrow-band and small amounts of data.
DirectIndustry e-magazine: Is your service secure?
Thomas Nicholls: We decided to avoid analyzing client messages. For example, if a client sends a message describing a position, we don't know it refers to a position. We promise to receive and retransmit the message without saving a history of its passage. So, there's no point in hacking us, because we don't save any data on anyone. One of our clients, Securitas Direct, even uses Sigfox to complement its 3G connections because Sigfox is very difficult to jam.
DirectIndustry e-magazine: Can you give us an example of how clients use your network?
Thomas Nicholls: Otio is a company specializing in building automation. They sell a plug-in device that notifies you not only in case of a power failure, but also if it detects a noise—a door opening, a window being broken, etc. We call it IoT Shazam.
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Both businesses and nonprofits are experiencing a trust crisis.
According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, just 33% of consumers trust the brands they use and only 52% of respondents said they trust nonprofit organizations to "do what is right."
Why is it important that your customers and supporters trust you? Eighty-one percent of respondents told Edelman that a major consideration for a big purchase or a donation is "I must be able to trust the brand to do what is right."
The Covid-19 pandemic complicates your ability to build and maintain trust. Humans build trust in face-to-face interactions because they can see all the body language and expressions that convey key messages. Social media posts, no matter how well crafted do not necessarily build trust. Beautiful pictures of your products on Instagram, or moving stories about your nonprofit's impact posted to Facebook can generate brand awareness and interest. However, all that social media clutter does not generate the emotional connection and belief that you need to convert viewers into customers or donors.
The Time is Right to Incorporate Podcasting and Live Streaming in Your Outreach
The popularity of long-form content like live streaming and podcasting continues to grow exponentially. In 2020, for the first time, more than 100 million Americans listened to at least one podcast each month and 68% of those people listen weekly. Similarly, the live streaming sector has taken off during the pandemic with a growth rate of 99% between 2019 and 2020. Most of the literally billions of hours of live streamed content is gaming related, however, video is an increasingly important part of marketing. Eighty-two percent (82%) of viewers say they prefer seeing a live stream about a product or cause rather than a brand's social posts.
How Podcasts and Live Streams Build Trust
Long-form content is successful at building trust because it offers transparency and personal connection.
Unlike a carefully crafted corporate video or curated Instagram feed, podcasts and live streams thrive on immediacy and spontaneity. Candid, live streamed "behind the scenes" video is an act of vulnerability. A willingness to be vulnerable elicits trust and empathy in the viewer. Longer, intimate conversations via podcasts (video or audio) generate a sense of intimacy and insider knowledge that, again, elicits a positive response and a call toward relationship. Basically, this type of content says, "Dear customer or donor, I am willing to be open and available to you." That openness and availability are ways to show your audience you are worthy of trust.
Long form does not mean your podcast or live stream has to last an hour or more. What it means is that your content will go beyond the sound bites and slogans and get into your values, your process, and the meaning behind what you do. Long form is talking with, not talking at your audience.
The Bar to Entry is Low and Impact is Tangible
Long form content is easy to produce. The medium and the focus on trust-building actually rewards raw, candid video, and slightly rambling conversation over tight production and slick editing. Long form content is also inexpensive to distribute. Services like YouTube, Facebook, and Anchor allow you to upload content for free. Your audience also pays no fee to watch or listen! And while it is true that there are thousands of podcasts and millions of videos competing for attention, you don't need thousands of followers to make a measurable impact on your brand or organization. Even a small podcast or live stream audience is incredibly valuable. Think how much you would pay to have the undivided attention of 100 interested potential customers for a full hour? In addition, because weekly podcast listeners tune in an average of 6 podcasts per week, your podcast doesn't have to beat Joe Rogan or Michelle Obama...there's enough airtime for everyone.
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This small wetland park lies just to the north of Kaohsiung, in Nanzi district. It was my "local patch" last winter and spring when I first arrived in Kaohsiung, when I visited it at least weekly. This area of ponds, mangroves and scrub between Highway 17 and the sea is potentially an excellent migrant trap, but sadly the whole area is difficult to view; the wetland park itself is somewhat overgrown and access is restricted, and much of the most promising habitat lies on military land and is therefore out of bounds to the general public.
However, some of the pools can be viewed through gaps in the fence, and the mangrove part of the reserve is opened to the public on Sundays. Pied Harrier and Long-toed Stint are both on my Taiwan list thanks to this site, and it's a good bet for the uncommon Crested Myna, as well as the starling triumvirate of White-shouldered (in winter), Black-collared, and Chestnut-tailed.
The rarer starlings and mynas failed to oblige today, however a number of other interesting species were seen during a 2-hour afternoon visit in cool, sunny weather.
The pool and surrounding marshes next to the factory is a relatively easy spot to view. Pheasant-tailed Jacanas are usually to be seen, and today 4 of them fed delicately in the bright green poolside vegetation. Nearby, two Garganey accompanied a small flock of Common Teal. Heading further west along the road, two male Daurian Redstarts disputed a winter territory in front of the factory gates. At the abrupt end of the road (a wide multi-lane highway comes to a sudden end at the mangroves), an earth mound allows the best opportunity to view the inaccessible military land. Today, a Yellow Bittern offered occasional views in thick vegetation at the edge of a pond, and a flock of 15 Sacred Ibis flew south.
At the eastern edge of the mangroves, just inside the reserve, a narrow ditch runs alongside the path. Surrounded by thick scrub, this damp area is a magnet for wintering passerines. A Korean Bush Warbler gave itself up easily, but an incessantly calling Dusky Warbler took much more patience to obtain good views of. Also in here was a minimum of 4 Brown-headed Thrushes quietly feeding in the leaf litter, and a splendid male Black-naped Monarch.
Finally, I skirted the perimeter fence of the military land, peering through the occasional gap to see plenty of common herons and wintering wildfowl. This area has a lot of potential for migrants and rarities, but it's frustrating that so little of it is accessible or easily viewable. However, it's well worth a couple of hours in winter, and I will try and visit regularly.