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MEMOIRS OF THE CARAVELLE
The Caravelle Hotel today
The names of very few hotels evoke such fond, romantic images, and indeed such anticipation, as The Caravelle. Its breezy sound recalls its inspiration: the Iberian caravelas, or as the French called them, caravelles fast, light 15th-century sailing ships that explored the world in search of foreign trade, adventure and new horizons.
And perhaps it's no coincidence that Air France, which held a stake in the original building, and had its offices here since its opening, had also recently begun operating a fancy new jet airliner of the same name.
The Caravelle Hotel was officially opened to the public on Christmas Eve 1959, in a festive free-for-all of silver trayed canapes, vintage Champagne and bonhomie. The building itself had actually opened seven months earlier, when a local newspaper excitedly reported the use of Italian marble and bullet-proof glass. Also duly noted by a clearly wide-eyed reporter were the installation of a "state-of-the-art air-conditioning system and a Berliet private generator."
Postcard c.1960
The hotel's modern design - the work of two architects, one French, one Vietnamese - and contemporary facilities soon had foreign embassies, news organisations and businesses moving in en masse. During the 1960s The Caravelle was home to the Australian Embassy, the New Zealand Embassy, and the Saigon bureaus of, NBC, ABC and CBS, to name but a few.
For the most part, the ambience at The Caravelle was one of relaxed conviviality. The rooftop bar was the centre of operations - both professional and social - for the international media. From their tenth-floor perch, cold beers in hand, journalists could, by the war's closing days, see the front line from their bar stools. If things got lively enough, they would ride the elevator down to the lobby, take one of the hotel's swanky American limousines out into the field and be back in time for cocktails and note comparing.
By the end of the war journalists claimed that they could cover the action without even leaving their bar stools. The one event that did rather sour the Caravelle's otherwise languorous, laid back atmosphere came on the morning of August 25, 1964. At around 11:30 am a bomb exploded in room 514, on a floor occupied mostly by foreign journalists, who fortunately were all out on assignment. Nine rooms were damaged, windows were blown out of several cars parked in the street, and a number of people were injured. Luckily no-one was killed.
Following the Liberation of Saigon in 1975, the hotel was taken over and operated by the government and renamed the Doc Lap (Independence) Hotel. And so it remained until 1998, when the Caravelle name was relaunched, and what has once again become widely regarded as the city's finest hotel was reopened - still, as before, intimate, welcoming and mercifully free of pretence.
The original ten-storey building is now adjoined to a smart 24-storey tower that forms the bulk of the new property. Developers with less foresight might have been tempted to tear down the original and start from scratch. But somehow it seems unthinkable that those strikingly curved, balconied corners that have for almost half a century occupied one side of the city's most picturesque squares, should be lost. The immediate views from that rooftop institution so beloved by foreign correspondents, and now called Saigon Saigon Bar, have changed little since 1959.
If you look across the Opera House and the Hotel Continental and up along Dong Khoi Street, you can still see the twin spires of Notre Dame Cathedral. Along this thoroughfare - once called the rue Catinat - in 1975, a Vietnamese tank rolled down to the Place Garnier, now Lam Son Square. Pulling up opposite the Caravelle it is said to have turned turret and taken aim at the hotel's facade. Why it didn't fire is anyone's guess, but rooftop tipplers with an appreciative eye for the heritage of this atmospheric corner of the city might consider raising a glass or two to whoever was giving the orders on that historic April afternoon.
19 Lam Son Square, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: (84-8) 3823 4999 Fax: (84-8) 3824 3999
Email: hotel@caravellehotel.vnn.vn Website: www.caravellehotel.com


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"Lunch," said Tan Tock Seng Hospital's (TTSH) Senior Radiographer, Mr Chong Chun Meng, was the "best" time to conduct the 'lunch-and-learn' professional development workshop for 130 National Healthcare Group (NHG) radiographers.
Mr Chong, who spearheaded the workshop, said that it was the opportune moment to conduct the workshops, as a large pool of radiographers congregate at TTSH during the one-hour lunch break. And to ensure that the one-hour window was maximised, he included lunch to save the radiographers from having to get their own. "That was how it became 'lunch-and-learn'," he added.
An initiative by TTSH Education Director, Associate Professor Tham Kum Ying, the 'lunch-and-learn' workshop was created to help upscale the clinical knowledge and teaching abilities of its pool of radiographers, which centred on a variety of topics such as teaching pedagogies, approaches and engagement methods.
"The radiographers were willing to teach, just that there was a knowledge gap," said Mr Chong. The radiographers knew that they possess the clinical skills, but lacked teaching skills, he added. "That's the gap we were trying to fill."
Determining the course(s) to send the radiographers to was the easy part, scheduling them for it was the challenge. "External courses were available, however it does not run on a weekly basis," Mr Chong said. He explained that even if weekly courses were available, and four radiographers were to attend each week, it would take over a year to cover all 130 radiographers. Hence, it made more sense to Mr Chong that the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (DIR) designed and conducted its own in- house workshops.
With the help of NHG Polyclinics Nurse Educator, Ms Christie Anna, Mr Chong received access to a wealth of resources: Ms Anna's professional development training expertise; and existing training materials from the nursing department, which he easily adapted and contextualised to radiography.
To better shape the content to meet the learning needs of the radiographers, Mr Chong collaborated with the education research arm of NHG Education, HOMER (Health Outcomes and Medical Education Research), to identify the key shortfalls in the radiographers' teaching approach and methods. This helped ensure that the shortfalls were addressed during the workshop, and the content relevant.
Fearing that the one-hour timeslot was insufficient for the radiographers to digest the information, Mr Chong engaged the assistance of NHG College to condense the training materials into six "bite-sized" parts, which would allow for effective learning to take place, and most importantly, the application of the concepts into daily practice.
The 'lunch-and-learn' workshop was well-received amongst the radiographers. Mr Chong noticed that upon completing the workshop, the radiographers now know how to develop and apply different approaches in their teachings; breaking the lessons, tasks or concepts down into specific parts which would aid the students learning and progression.
Two of the most noticeable changes were the increase in positive student feedback on the radiographers' teachings, and radiographer-student engagement. Some of the returning students shared that "the radiographers' attitudes towards teaching is different", said Mr Chong. "We are getting a lot more feedback from the students like, 'the radiographers asked me questions on how I think about a certain case, and how I actually make sense of certain things'," he shared. "The students are writing down more of the desired kind of behaviour that we (DIR) want, and what we hope to achieve with good educators."
An unexpected outcome from the 'lunch-and-learn' series was the increased interest to teach amongst the radiographers. As of now, seven radiographers have volunteered and signed up to be clinical educators for the new Diagnostic Radiography undergraduate programme at the Singapore Institute of Technology.
"Everyone has a clear understanding of what a teacher is now. What they need to teach, what the students need to learn, and how the students learn," said Mr Chong. He added that with the success of the 'lunch-and-learn' workshop, there may be plans to integrate it into future on-boarding programmes for incoming radiographers. "The new radiographers need to know that when they enter the department, they are expected to teach. And we want to equip them with the right tools right from the start," he concluded.
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City planners put on weekend activities and ask for feedback
Department of Planning and Zoning hosts free events
Hannah McDonald
PlanBTV is a project developed to create a master plan for the South End in Burlington. The city's Department of Planning and Zoning hosted a South End Crawl Friday and Saturday to get feedback about the area residents and visitors. Saturday at South End Kitchen people were asked to share their two cents over Lake Champlain Chocolates.Anyone who stopped by could sit in on a free chocolate sculpture making class if they wrote down some of their feelings about the neighborhood. "We want to hear from people who live here, come visit, work here, own a business here and we want to hear what people love about the South End and what people might want to see change in the future, so we can all think coercively about how the neighborhood should continue to evolve over time," ," said Sandrine Thibault, a city planner.Friday participants got to spend time at Burton Snowboards.Anyone who participated both days was entered into a raffle.
BURLINGTON, Vt. —
PlanBTV is a project developed to create a master plan for the South End in Burlington. The city's Department of Planning and Zoning hosted a South End Crawl Friday and Saturday to get feedback about the area residents and visitors.
Saturday at South End Kitchen people were asked to share their two cents over Lake Champlain Chocolates.
Anyone who stopped by could sit in on a free chocolate sculpture making class if they wrote down some of their feelings about the neighborhood.
"We want to hear from people who live here, come visit, work here, own a business here and we want to hear what people love about the South End and what people might want to see change in the future, so we can all think coercively about how the neighborhood should continue to evolve over time," ," said Sandrine Thibault, a city planner.
Friday participants got to spend time at Burton Snowboards.
Anyone who participated both days was entered into a raffle.


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Joan Lennon and Joan Dritsas Haig, Dr Joan Lennon, Dr Joan Dritsas Haig - Author
Dr Joan Haig has over ten years of experience in teaching, research and writing in history and the social sciences. Her first middle-grade novel Tiger Skin Rug was published by Cranachan Press in 2020. Dr Joan Lennon's many novels include Silver Skin, set in Neolithic Skara Brae, Orkney, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Scottish Teenage Book Prize. She is currently a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Dundee University and is a long-standing member of The History Girls blog. Andre Ducci is a Brazilian comic artist based in Italy. He is the author of two books, Fim do Mundo and Grande, published in Brazil and Europe. His works are distinguished by tropical landscapes, scientific illustrations and social themes. Find more of his work at andreducci.art.br and instagram.com/andre_ducci.
Books by Joan Lennon and Joan Dritsas Haig, Dr Joan Lennon, Dr Joan Dritsas Haig
Talking History
Key Stage 2 Key Stage 3
Author: Joan Lennon and Joan Dritsas Haig, Dr Joan Lennon, Dr Joan Dritsas Haig Format: Hardback Release Date: 20/01/2022
This book was inspired by a teacher who used to play famous speeches to her pupils as she taught them to knit. This is not something I can envisage happening in any schools now – but the inspiration has led to this fascinating book – which has 16 famous speeches (or extracts from those speeches) laid out in such a way as to add huge value to the words of the speeches. Each chapter takes a different speech, explaining the story of who made the speech and why they made it. If the speech was incredibly long (and some were!) the main points are captured here. There are panels explaining the speaker's message and also how they used the language and their language to emphasize their message. The large glossary at the back helps with any difficult words or concepts. Although the book is arranged in date order due to the clever way signposts are given at the end of each chapter a reader can follow a theme through the book. As an example – starting with the Gettysburg Address (Lincoln) a link to follow the legacy of slavery takes you to Obama's speech 50 years on from the Selma Marches, then the black history signpost takes you to Mandela's Statement from the dock and so on backwards and forwards across the whole book. What a genius way of organising a book that is probably better dipped into thematically than read cover to cover! André Ducci's screen-printed style illustrations make the whole a colourful and inviting book to use. A fascinating book to look at historical themes – highly recommended for class and school libraries, and a useful resource for home learning.
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'High Flying Bird': Steven Soderbergh's Sports Drama Sets Slamdance Premiere
The sports drama, penned by "Moonlight" Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney, will screen as part of a festival tribute to Soderbergh.
André Holland and Steven Soderbergh
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Steven Soderbergh is returning to the Slamdance Film Festival — which debuted his documentary "And Everything is Going Fine" back in 2010 — to not only accept its 2019 Founders Award, but also to debut his latest feature, sports drama "High Flying Bird." Soderbergh will be on hand at the January festival to receive the Founders Award, which is "given to a Slamdance alumnus who has continued to represent the Slamdance organization and support the filmmaker community of Slamdance well into their careers," and has previously been bestowed on Christopher Nolan and Joe and Anthony Russo.
The prolific "Ocean's Eleven" and "Magic Mike" filmmaker is slated to participate in a live discussion with Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter before a sneak preview of the film, which Netflix picked up in September. The film was written by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney and stars André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg, Sonja Sohn, Zachary Quinto, Kyle MacLachlan, and Bill Duke. The film stars Holland as an NBA agent who tries to get his rookie client to accept a controversial business opportunity after a lockout temporarily shuts the league down.
"High Flying Bird" will launch globally on Friday, February 8, 2019 on Netflix.
The project is one of two Soderbergh films that were announced earlier this year, the second being a thriller called "Planet Kill" from "Unsane" scribe James Greer and "Contagion" writer Scott Z. Burns.
"'Don't ask for permission!' That was Steven Soderbergh's advice to us when Slamdance was getting started and it continues to be the core of our brand. We answer to no one," said Baxter in an official statement. "Slamdance filmmakers have changed the entertainment industry and Steven Soderbergh showed us the way. Without his involvement over the last 25 years both as a filmmaker and mentor to our filmmakers, Slamdance wouldn't be the organization it is today."
Slamdance has also announced the world premiere of "Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story" as their 2019 opening night film. The festival's closing night film, "This Teacher," is directed by Slamdance alumni Mark Jackson and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival in September.
The festival also unveiled it 2019 shorts lineup, showcasing 78 short films from countries around the world including the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerlandl and the United Kingdom. Added to the 2019 short film program is an all-new Episodes category showcasing episodic work in any style, genre, and format intended for broadcast – from comedy and drama to documentaries and social commentary and beyond.
The Slamdance shorts program has a rich history of screening the first works of filmmakers who have gone on to highly successful careers in Hollywood, including Rian Johnson, Lena Dunham, Benh Zeitlin, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Don Hertzfeldt, Ari Aster, Andrew Thomas Huang, Jeremiah Zagar, Jon M. Chu, and Ana Lily Amirpour.
You can find out more about this year's Slamdance, running January 25 – January 31 in Park City, Utah right here.
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