COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR CANCER CONTROL AND PREVENTION The Community Cancer Outreach, Prevention and Control Program conducts cancer prevention and control through community-partnered participatory research, bidirectional educational exchange, and capacity building with its community partners in underserved and/or socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, predominantly in the South Los Angeles Area. The Program has continued to conduct community-partnered research with support of pilot projects between community and academic faculty.
Collaborative manuscript preparation and partnered proposals with Program members.
Originator of the Community Partnered Participatory Research Model, host of CAC meetings, and Co-sponsor of the Buildings Bridges Community Conference series.
Providing research expertise on survey design, analysis, and manuscripts.
Providing additional statistical and programming staff for quantitative studies, and co-sponsorship of conferences and pilots.
Provided summary statistics on cancer risk, prevalence, and mortality and participated in shared analyses with CAC members.
This is the first navigation and wellness center in South Los Angeles and is housed within CDU and the adjoining MLK-MACC. To date, the navigators (all bilingual in Spanish) have been heavily engaged in the Partnership, including participation in Community Cancer Outreach conferences. PNWC is a local resource for the U54 to help patients overcome access/follow-up barriers to receiving care and participating in research activities if elected.
The American Cancer Society, South Los Angeles Leadership Council: Conference Co-sponsorship.
Celebrate Life Cancer Ministry Cancer Survivor Network: Co-investigators on U54 pilot project and patient navigation and wellness center project.


The SAN will maintain a list of scheduled events to commemorate America's time-tested love affair with the automobile. Individuals, car clubs and business owners interested in publicizing events should contact Mike Dingell, Director, SEMA Action Network (SAN) at 202/783-6007, ext. 38 or miked@sema.org. If you are unable to celebrate on July 8th, the SAN encourages events to be scheduled throughout the month of July.


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HANGMAN'S CHAIR – contribute theme song "Judge Penitent" to Joey Starr's podcast 'Gang Stories'
Known for traversing borders and experimenting with contradictions and taboos, HANGMAN'S CHAIR recently contributed track 'Judge Penitent' to rap legend JOEYSTARR's Deezer France exclusive podcast 'Gang Stories'. Shedding light on the incredible lives of gang chiefs and shady personalities of the criminal underworld, the podcast deals with the dark side of humanity – and HANGMAN'S CHAIR managed to artfully portray this dark atmosphere and put this into music.
Stream or download the song here: https://hangmanschair.bfan.link/judge-penitent.ema
The band states about "Judge Penitent":
"We are thrilled to contribute to the Gang Stories Podcast by JoeyStarr. It's a podcast that tells the journey of people with incredible destinies, such as the Crips' Stanley "Tookie" Williams, or the gang chief of Rio, William Da Silva Lima, and many more, all narrated by JoeyStarr.
For the 5th season, we have written a song, but also the theme music to accompany the exploration of the darker side of the human soul and the discovery of the great outdoors via the history of Maurice "Mom" Boucher of the Quebec Hells Angels.
It is a very special song to us, it's one that sums up all of our different elements, and one that we feel portrays the atmosphere of such a unique tale.
If you have already listened to Gang Stories, you know the gist of it: every society has the criminals it deserves.
A huge thank you to JoeyStarr and Deezer for their trust and for giving us the chance to play a part in such a project."
Podcast host JoeyStarr adds:
"If you listen to the Gang Stories podcast, you know the gist of it: every society has the criminals it deserves.
In the 5th season, I'm taking you on the roads of North America to tell you the story of Maurice "Mom" Boucher and of the Quebec Hells Angels.
Bikers' road trips have always been soundtracked by the drum beats and saturated guitars from the Beat Generation, with a dose of psychedelic rock and heavy metal.
To create the music for this season, calling on Hangman's Chair seemed like an obvious choice. These guys are used to taking us through dark atmospheres, which isn't that easy in France. There's no better fit to help us delve into the dark sides of the human soul and explore the great outdoors."
The band recently announced the release of their new album "A Loner" to be out on February 11th via Nuclear Blast Records.
The album is the sixth record of the Parisienne outlet balancing confidently between the wilful sound of intensive new wave influences and modern rock.
Preorder your copy of "A Loner" here: https://hangmanschair.bfan.link/a-loner.ema
HANGMAN'S CHAIR live:
09/12 – Lyon (FR) – Rock N Beat
10/12 – Audincourt (FR) – Le Moloco
11/02 – Issy les Moulineaux (FR) – Le Réacteur
12/02 – Chelles (FR) – Les Cuizines
16/02 – Strasbourg (FR) – La Laiterie (w/ ALCEST)
17/02 – Hamburg (DE) – Gruenspan (w/ ALCEST)
18/02 – Leeuwarden (NL) – Neushoorn (w/ ALCEST)
20/02 – Göteborg (SE) – Pustervik (w/ ALCEST)
21/02 – Oslo (NO) – Vulkan Arena (w/ ALCEST)
22/02 – Stockholm (SE) – Berns (w/ ALCEST)
14/03 – Rennes (FR) – L'Étage (w/ ALCEST)
15/03 – Toulouse (FR) – Le Rex (w/ ALCEST)
16/03 – Madrid (SP) – Shoko (w/ ALCEST)
17/03 – Barcelona (SP) – Apolo 1 (w/ ALCEST)
18/03 – Montpellier (FR) – Victoire 2 (w/ ALCEST)
07/04 – Bethune (FR) – Le Poche
08/04 – Paris (FR) – Le Trabendo
09/04 – Metz (FR) – Les Trinitaires
03/06 – Gdansk (PL) – Mystic Festival
23/06 – Clisson (FR) – Hellfest
26/06 – Clisson (FR) – Hellfest (collab with RLHT)
HANGMAN'S CHAIR, formed in 2005 in Paris, are one of the most unique sounding Doom Rock bands currently active. Through the years, they have found and fine-tuned their own sonic brand, somewhere at the crossroads between Type O Negative, Life Of Agony and Sisters of Mercy, to name a few, mixed with a certain street credibility connected to the group's roots in hardcore. Each album takes its strength and essence from the band members's life experiences, which they portrait with unflinching honesty. Whether it is the loss of band members, drug overdoses or the hardships of living in suburban Paris, all those human emotions resonate within each of their songs asthey embrace the darkness and transform it into something beautiful, heavy and melancholic.
HANGMAN'S CHAIR is:
Julien Chanut – Guitar
Cédric Toufouti – Guitar, Vocals
Mehdi Thepegnier – Drums
Clément Hanvic – Bass
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Nía – The Best Body Shower Scrub I have ever used !!
Happy Monday , today's blog post is going to be all about Nía Skincare .
To start I'm going to give you a bit of a info on Nía. Nía is a range of natural skincare and beauty products created in Ireland by skincare expert Celia O'Grady. Celia has over 30 years experience and a qualified beauty therapist, health fitness instructor and life coach. Which a huge interest in health and well being and has looked at beauty with a holistic approach. She found it very hard to recommend products with unhealthy chemicals in them and with that Nía was created. Nía's products are made by hand, using natural healthy butters and oils together with vitamin rich superfoods which both give fantastic results on the skin. They are even suitable for the most sensitive, allergy prone skin.
I had been chatting with the lovely Linda from Nía, and she kindly offered to send me out some products to try out and here's what they sent out.
If you follow me on snapchat @shapesndshadows you'll know I'm not a huge tan lover as I hate having to try and remove stubborn tan, especially from the stubborn areas like your elbows , knees etc. I also find i have to exfoliate a couple of times to completely remove the tan.
So when I received the package and I seen Intensive scrub bar I was intrigued . I used it immediately and OMG I have never used anything like it before. Its a 100% natural scrub bar that washes, exfoliates, and moisturises easily and quickly.
Coconut milk to nourish and protect the skin.
Whilst it leaves the skin smelling gorgeous. The Poppy seeds leave the skin silky smooth and glowing, while the coconut milk and cocoa butter replace essential nutrients and oils. I actually cannot get enough of this Scrub its absolutely brilliant. So good it removes all the stubborn tan in one go. I honestly couldn't recommend the scrub bar enough its amazing.
Nía also sent me their Calendula and Orange Blossom Cleansing Balm which I has seen across social media a couple of times, so I was definitely looking forward to trying this. This is a two step cleansing balm which includes 2 of the Nía cleansing cloths.
I apply a small amount of the Balm to damp skin and massage onto the skin. It smells and feels amazing on the skin. It removes the most stubbornest of makeup, for example ingot gel liner number 77, which is an absolute nightmare to remove.
It's made from Cocoa Butter, Coconut oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Soya bean oil, Vitamin e oil, Rosemary seed extract, Rose absolute, Roman chamomile oil, Orange blossom essential oil and Lavender Oil.
You literally only need the smallest amount of this product as it literally melts into the skin. For €19.95 this tin would last you a long time.
Nías Products are completely free of Parabens , Steroids , Mineral Oil , Silicones , Petroleum and synthetic fragrance.
I really hope you try at least one of these products because I absolutely adore them. I also love the face they are handmade and not forgetting an Irish Company. Check out Nía's range here.
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Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a medical condition where people in a building suffer from symptoms of illness or feel unwell for no apparent reason. The symptoms tend to increase in severity with the time people spend in the building, and improve over time or even disappear when people are away from the building.
Most common signs of sick building syndrome:
Eye or Throat Irritation
Headache / Dizziness
Nausea Feeling Sick
Dry or Itchy Skin
Difficulty in Concentration
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that one in four new or renovated indoor buildings in the United States may be classified as sick. Such buildings contain unacceptable levels of dangerous contaminants such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and volatile organic chemicals. The World Health Organization estimates that one third of the workforce may be subjected to workplaces that are making them sick.
What in the Office is Making You Sick?
Fluorescent lights can cause eyestrain and headaches, while carpets and the paint on the walls may contain solvents that can irritate the eyes, nose and throat. Chemicals that exist in furniture can release formaldehyde, which has been linked to a wide host of symptoms. Many are sensitive to volatile organic chemicals in office equipment, as well as mold and bacteria found in dirty heating, ventilation and cooling systems.
How much is your sick building costing your business?
Sick building syndrome is costing companies billions of dollars in lost productivity and workers' compensation claims. US companies could save as much as $58 billion annually by preventing sick building illnesses, and an additional $200 billion in worker performance improvements by creating offices with better indoor air quality.


Elon Musk has been to be one of the most influential people driving the force behind tech innovation today. Besides having co-founded PayPal and founding Tesla and SpaceX, Elon was also integral in the creation of Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that started as just a dog meme. In fact, Elon Musk is the former CEO of Dogecoin.
During a recent interview with CNBC's podcast called "For Your Innovation," Elon Musk had some more wisdom to offer the world. He was quoted as saying that paper money, as we know it, is going away, and he had his reasons well lined up for inspection.
Giving his reason for bashing fiat, Elon argued that cryptos are a far much better of transferring value as opposed to fiat currencies. As a matter of fact, Elon Musk isn't the only person to throw this line. Numerous other crypto bigwigs, as well as regular crypto fans and traders, have held that opinion for long.
According to one Twitter user who commented on the tweet sent out by one Joseph Young regarding Elon's interview, cash is no longer idolized. That utterance alone signals a broader running sentiment among the crypto community as well as the general world population that cash money is no longer as useful as it used to be before cryptos popped in.
In fact, according to another Twitter user commenting on the thread on CNBC's twitter feed, a good number of countries are already going cashless. The user went ahead to mention Sweden which plans to introduce its own national cryptocurrency in 2021 and proceed to go totally cashless by 2023. Another user also noted China as one country that also on the way to becoming a cashless economy.
The issue of security, especially privacy, has been a thorny issue in the crypto space. Some fear that going completely cash will give governments leeway to interfere with the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies and compromise privacy.
On the other hand, there are those who feel that the mass adoption of cryptos would foster better and more efficient financial systems with smoother payment systems.


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Póg Mo Goal Magazine
Matchday Poster Series
Copa Libertadores Highlights
South America's biggest club competition never fails to entertain. In the best of the week's action, David Trezeguet show's he's still got it, there's some long-range crackers, and goalkeepers are never afraid to face pain to keep the ball out.
Whelan in the Years, Keane Backs Glenn
Roy Keane described Glenn Whelan's performance in Stoke's win over Arsenal last weekend as 'outstanding,' and he would know. The player who came in for a lot of criticism during Giovanni Trapattoni's reign could be set for a new lease of life under the guidance of Ireland's former midfield general
Happy Birthday Liam Brady
Today's marks the 58th birthday of Liam Brady. From signing as a teenager with Arsenal, to his wavy-haired international début at Dalymount, to his time as a star of the title-winning Juventus, Brady is considered among the greatest players ever to emerge from this island. As a pundit, he is a key member of RTE's legendary panel. Chippy, we salute you.
Podolski's Message for Michael Schumacher
Arsenal's Lukas Podolski has emblazoned his football boots with a 'get well' message to Michael Schumacher.
PUMA and Arsenal Announce Partnership
Although known for some time, PUMA will become the official kit partner of Arsenal as of July 1st following an announcement on the Arsenal website.
Henry Skills in Flipbook Form
Thierry Henry memorable moments in flipbook form.
Is This the New Arsenal Puma Kit?
Former British sprint champion Linford Christie may have unwittingly revealed the new Arsenal Puma kit for next season. The former Olympic gold medallist tweeted a picture of Thierry Henry wearing a Puma shirt along with current stars Bacary Sagna and Olivier Giroud before subsequently deleting the image.
The Wizardry of Öz
The Mesut Özil Infographic. Arsenal new-boy Mesut Özil has lit up the Emirates since his arrival from Real Madrid and fired his first goal for the Gunners in the Champions League win against Napoli.
Seventeen Years of 'Le Professeur'
On this day in 1996, Arsene Wenger took the reins at Arsenal.
New Arsenal Away Kit 2013/14
Arsenal have revealed their new away strip for next season. The Nike design revisits the club's traditional colours of yellow and blue for it's second kit and aims to reflect 'London style.'
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Four players whose NBA draft stock rose at FIBA U19 in Prague last year
By Globalite Magazine May 21, 2014 Aaron Gordon Dante Exum Dario Saric FIBA basketball NBA draft Tyler Ennis
Many observers expect Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Joel Embiid to go in the top three picks of the NBA draft. But all three skipped the FIBA under-19 world championships in Prague last year, which became a showcase and a battleground for many talented young players.
Four players in particular rose above the others under pressure at an international level.
1–Tyler Ennis: He might not go in the top 10, but the 6'3″ guard from Ontario, Canada could be the sleeper of the draft. For both Team Canada and Syracuse, he's shown composure and a knack for making big shots. He's clever and crafty with a high basketball IQ, and silky smooth cutting to the basket in traffic. Toronto Raptors, selecting 20th, will surely take him if he's available that late.
2-Aaron Gordon: He was the MVP of FIBA U19 in Prague, and might turn out to be the best player in the draft. He can rebound, defend several positions, and electrify crowds with phenomenal dunking ability in traffic. Like Blake Griffin, he's a freakish athlete with big hands and bigger hops, and he's known for his motor at both ends of the floor. If he develops his outside shooting touch, he could be an NBA superstar.
3-Dario Saric: He did everything for Croatia at FIBA U19 — scoring, rebounding and playmaking — and also won Adriatic league and finals MVP honors in Europe. He's unusually versatile at 6'10', a deft passer, and tougher down low than most sweet-shooting European big men.
4–Dante Exum: He's only 18, but he helped lead Australia deeper than expected into the FIBA U19 tournament. He's a good athlete at 6'6″ and could play either guard position. Like Wiggins, he's relatively unproven at higher levels, but many teams would love to cultivate his raw talent.
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Happy birthday to a leader with a big heart, Pastor Babatunde
Pastor Bunmi Babatunde
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader," says John Quincy Adams.
The Regional Coordinator of Christ Apostolic Church Youth Fellowship (CACYOF), Akinyele Region, Pastor Bunmi Babatunde belongs to a set of leaders who are trailblazers, making a path for others to follow.
Great leaders inspire their people to reach higher, dream bigger, and achieve greater. Perhaps the most important leadership skill you can develop is the ability to provide inspiration to your team. If you inspire them to reach for the stars, they just might bring you back the moon.
Through his simple lifestyle of Christ, and contributions to lives, Pastor Babatunde has shown over the years that this generation can still boast of selfless leaders who would-be leaders can emulate. We cannot only emulate Apostle Paul and other fathers of faith, we can also emulate a leader like Pastor Babatunde.
Pastor Babatunde was ordained a Pastor in Christ Apostolic Church in the year 1999, having attended Haggai Institute, Singapore.
He bagged his Higher National Diploma from the prestigious Yaba Polytechnic of Technology in 1983 studying Visual Art and got married in 1991.
The living legend has had 27 years experience in the ministry and presently the Senior Pastor of Christ Apostolic Church, Chapel of Testimony, and District Superintendent of Testimony District, Lagos.
Happy birthday to a leader with a big heart, Pastor Babatunde Reviewed by CAC News Worldwide on March 01, 2021 Rating: 5


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Q: DbContext's ChangeTracker problem I have a codefirst EF-4.1 based program. The user gets a context and can modify some properties. When the user is done, I do a quick
ChangeTracker.Entries().Any(e => e.State != EntityState.Unchanged);

to determine if a SaveChanges() is required or not. If I do a 'SaveChanges()' call, the changes that have made are persisted to the database.
This works for some properties, and doesn't work for others. Specifically it seems to work with simple types (floats), and with collection hierarchies(ObservableCollections).
Am I doing something wrong?

A: Yes this is a problem. Some relations are not tracked by DbChangeTracker. There is difference between Independent association and Foreign key association. Changes to relation are tracked in case of:

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*One-to-one relation which is always Foreign key association in EFv4+

*One-to-many relation with Foreign key association - you should set up foreign key property

Changes to relation are not tracked in case of:

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*One-to-many relation with Independent association

*Many-to-many relation which is always Independent association

Not tracked for Independent association is not correct naming. These changes are tracked but DbChangeTracker does not expose access to these changes! You must convert DbContext to ObjectContext and use ObjectStateManager to get access to ObjectStateEntries representing independent associations.
In this case the easiest thing is simply call SaveChanges always. It will not execute any DB commands if no data need to be saved.

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This is not, perhaps, so innocuous a statement as it at first appears. Why should such a statement matter to this narrative, except by way of reminding us that the Creature, besides being a vegetarian, exists wholly outside the economy that links Victor with other human beings? This is a telling reminder of the isolation of his uniqueness, of how on a literal level all of humankind implicitly conspire to exclude him from their interchange.


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Thanksgiving performances of 'The Nutcracker'
Bubba Romagnolo of South Lake Tahoe, shown with the Marzipan dancers, will appear in his fourth "Nutcracker Ballet" Thanksgiving weekend in Carson City.
Pinkerton Ballet Theatre will present its 16th annual production of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Ballet" at the Carson City Community Center on Thanksgiving weekend. Performances will be presented at 7 p.m. Nov. 26 and 27 and 2 p.m. Nov. 28.
"The Nutcracker" has been a Carson City holiday tradition since 1989 under the artistic direction of Vickie McMaster and Ayako Britt. Although in its 16th year of production, Pinkerton's "Nutcracker" offers new and spectacular performances year after year through the strengths and talents of new and diverse performers. In addition, McMaster and Britt work continuously to incorporate fresh and artistic choreography, creating a new experience every year for loyal and first-time viewers alike.
Cast members represent not only Carson City, but also South Lake Tahoe, Reno, Sparks, Dayton, Minden, Yerington and Gardnerville, making this event more than just a local tradition. Featured guest artists travel from as far away as Los Angeles, Calif., and Richmond, Va., just to be a part of this holiday extravaganza.
Local performer, 15-year-old Sebastiani "Bubba" Romagnolo, will appear in his fourth "Nutcracker" with Pinkerton. Sebastiani will perform as the Nutcracker/Prince in what is sure to be a wonderful performance. Sebastiani has been studying dance for 13 years at Marcia Sarosik Dance Studio in South Lake Tahoe. He currently attends South Tahoe High School and plans to continue his dance and theatrical studies through college. Sebastiani will be joined by additional local performers Suzie Elias, 8, of Zephyr Cove, Jayme Lowe, 16, of Stateline and Taliesun Marion, 8, and Chandler Morgenstern, 9, both of South Lake Tahoe.
Nationally renowned artist Tristi Ann McMaster, a native of Carson City, will reprise her role as the Sugar Plum Fairy. Tristi was formerly a principal dancer for the Richmond Ballet and Washington Ballet, as well as a soloist with the Atlanta Ballet. Tristi's husband, Norvell Robinson Jr., a native of Richmond, Va., will appear in several roles: King Mouse, Snow King and Arabian Coffee Pas de Deux. Norvell was a soloist and principal dancer in the Richmond Ballet for 16 years. Together, Tristi and Norvell continue to perform across the nation as guest artists while balancing busy schedules as owners of Pilates, Dance and More in Richmond, Va.
Armen Hagopian and Company, professional Russian folk dancers from Southern California, will make their seventh appearance in Pinkerton's Nutcracker. The dance company has toured throughout the United States in prestigious ventures and never fails to please audiences with its show-stopping choreography.
In addition to the featured guest artists, Pinkerton proudly showcases 75 talented students, ages 3 and up, representing various area studios including Marcia Sarosik Dance Studio. Viewers will also be treated to guest performances by the Starz Gymnastics Junior Olympic team of Reno and Senator Maurice Washington as Mother Gigogne.
This Thanksgiving weekend, ring in the holidays with a local tradition. Ticket prices are $20 (general admission) and $15 (seniors/students). Group rates are available. Tickets are available at Sugar Pine Cove gift shop, 1087 S. Carson St., Carson City, or by calling (775) 884-4603 until Friday, Nov. 26 at noon. Tickets will also be available at the door starting 90 minutes prior to each performance. For more information contact Beth Kitchen at (775) 882-6748.


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Judge orders Jehovah's Witness to release molestation files
Eighteen years of horror in Linda Vista
Dorian Hargrove
The mission of Jehovah's Witnesses is to spread belief in the Bible in hopes of rescuing folks before the world ends.
Jehovah's Witnesses' attorneys seem to have another mission: do anything to keep internal documents revealing the names of alleged child molesters, and the congregations they attended, from seeing the light of day.
The second directive is unfolding in two San Diego courtrooms. Attorneys for José Lopez and Osbaldo Padron — both alleged victims of molestation by an elder from the Linda Vista congregation named Gonzalo Campos — say Jehovah's Witnesses' governing body, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, refuses to turn over documents. This is despite the fact that two San Diego County Superior Court judges have imposed millions of dollars in sanctions for similar conduct.
In a June 17, 2017, email, Lopez's attorney Devin Storey accuses the Watchtower of withholding documents that his client needs to "establish Watchtower's practice of protecting molesters from prosecution."
The struggle for documents is not isolated to San Diego courtrooms but is playing out in several countries. Watchtower's policies of requiring more than one eyewitness to the abuse before launching an investigation; of forcing the abused, often young children, to confront their abuser; and of prohibiting members from contacting law enforcement with complaints of sexual abuse have created what one former member and outspoken critic of the Watchtower Tract Society, William Bowen, calls a "pedophile's paradise."
Last year, a Royal Commission in Australia found that Jehovah's Witnesses had hidden more than a thousand reports of child abuse from that country's law enforcement. In the United States, during the past five years, the Watchtower has paid out numerous settlements to people who claimed they'd suffered child abuse at the hands of church elders. To date, seven San Diego residents have sued the Watchtower Tract Society regarding sexual abuse of minors.
Watchtower resistance
In 2015, Superior Court judge Joan Lewis awarded Lopez $13.5 million after Watchtower repeatedly failed to turn over documents and provide access to witnesses. The Watchtower appealed the decision. A state appellate court ruled that the judge did not give the Watchtower enough opportunity to turn over the documents. Appellate court judges remanded the case back to the trial court, providing the church another chance to turn over the requested documents.
In a separate case, but one following a similar pattern, San Diego Superior Court judge Richard Strauss imposed a $4000-per-day penalty against the Watchtower for failing to turn over documents in a case filed by Padron, another one of Campos's alleged victims. Watchtower's attorneys, as they did in the Lopez case, filed an appeal.
Attorney Storey from the Zalkin Law Firm, says the Watchtower is back to its old tricks in the Lopez case, once again producing heavily redacted documents and failing to produce others despite orders from a court-appointed mediator. Meanwhile, Storey and lead attorney Irwin Zalkin are preparing for yet another appellate court hearing wherein the Watchtower hopes to nullify the $4000-a-day fine given in the Padron case.
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Gonzalo Campos, 54, became a Jehovah's Witness in 1979 after moving to San Diego from Mexico. He was baptized in 1980 while attending the congregation in Linda Vista. Six months following his baptism, church elders promoted Campos to "publisher," a member who visits homes with hopes of spreading church doctrine, also the first step in becoming an elder.
But according to accusations against him, Campos and his mother were staying at a member family's home in 1982. Campos shared a bedroom with a young boy. In the middle of the night, the boy felt somebody pulling down his pajama pants and felt wetness on his buttocks. He opened his eyes and Campos was kneeling next to his bed. The boy punched Campos and then grabbed a baseball bat. The boy's mother kicked Campos and his mother out of her house. Days later she lodged a complaint with church elders Justino Diaz and Carlos Ramirez at the Linda Vista congregation. The elders did not punish Campos. Instead he remained a publisher and was allowed to teach Bible classes to children.
It was not the last time Campos is alleged to have sexually assaulted a child and received protection from church elders. Eight now claim that Campos molested them. The alleged molestations happened between 1982 and 1999. Elders have been accused of refusing to report the molestation to law enforcement.
During those nearly two decades, Campos is said to have meticulously groomed his victims and their parents. Accusers say he convinced parents to let their children accompany him on gardening jobs, ostensibly as a chance for the children to learn hard work and receive instruction on church dogma.
Once at the job site, accusers say, Campos would often let the kids swim in his clients' pools. Once the work was done and the kids finished swimming, Campos would force the kids into the shower. While showering Campos would touch them and eventually sodomize them.
In exchange for their silence, several witnesses have testified, Campos would buy them Hershey's chocolate bars, McDonald's Happy Meals, and toys such as Transformers and Matchbox cars. In one case, the alleged victim says Campos repeatedly assaulted him over a five-year span and paid him money to keep quiet.
All the while, church leaders at the Linda Vista congregation continued to promote Campos, eventually to the position of elder, a person responsible for arranging and speaking at meetings.
By 1993, parents began to discover what had happened to their children. One mother found out after finding a note her teenage son had written to a girlfriend. She contacted the elders at the Linda Vista congregation to report Campos.
Days later, elder Roberto Rivera called the mother back. "But he say something to the fact that [Campos] was an elder now and not to do anything," testified the woman during a December 2013 deposition. "That if I will speak or keep moving things around to find out stuff, that they will say something that I did in the past."
Rivera's response was not unusual. Since the late 1970s, according to senior Watchtower official Allen Shuster, who provided testimony in March 2012, church policy required two elders to meet with the accused molester to see if he or she was willing to admit guilt. If the accused denied guilt, in search of what they considered credible evidence, elders needed a witness to the abuse. If no such witness came forward, they would dismiss the allegation. And even if the accused molester admitted to the act, Watchtower's policy was to keep the incident confidential and not report it to law enforcement. If a witness was present and the accused admitted guilt, the body of elders would expel the person from the church.
But new complaints about Campos continued to surface. In 1995, church elders expelled him from the congregation.
The expulsion, however, was not permanent.
In December1999, Linda Vista elder Eduardo Chavez contacted Watchtower headquarters informing them of Campos's abuse and that they were ready to accept him back into the congregation.
"In our meeting with him he said he was very repentant for what he did," Chavez wrote to Watchtower headquarters in New York. "He stated that he wanted to return to Jehovah. He is willing to face the victims and ask their forgiveness. He now wants to obey Jehovah. Before, when he would speak to people on the platform he would not meditate on what he was doing. Although he needed to confess, he felt shameful and had fear of mankind. He would deceive himself thinking that he could continue serving as an elder. Now he realized that he could not change without help. Ever since his expulsion he has not abused anyone. He has read articles of the publications regarding his sin. He says he does not see or read pornographic information. He stated that ever since expulsion he has worked on having a relationship with Jehovah and the expulsion has served to strengthen him spiritually. He does not miss meetings, and he even takes notes of the program. He also said that he is willing to continue accepting Jehovah's discipline."
Elders welcomed Campos back into the congregation in 2000.
In 2006, according to a letter the Reader has obtained, elders were considering promoting Campos to conduct field service. The elders at Linda Vista, however, ultimately decided against the promotion. Reads the letter, "Due to the fact that victims and mothers of victims are still grieving this abuse, we have decided as a body at this time to allow for more time to pass by until we consider [Campos] for minor privileges in the congregation."
Then, in 2009, five of his accusers learned of Campos's return. They hired attorney Irwin Zalkin. Campos fled to Mexico shortly thereafter. In September 2011 he appeared in Tijuana to testify under oath in a 2010 civil suit brought by five of his victims. During his testimony, Campos admitted to touching and in many cases anally penetrating the boys on numerous occasions. The following is an excerpt between attorney Devin Storey and Campos:
"I touched him in his private parts," Campos testified.
Attorney Storey: " Did you touch his penis?"
Campos: Yes.
Storey: "Did you penetrate him?
Campos: "Yes. Yes."
Storey: "How many times?"
Campos: "More than once. I don't know."
Campos then admitted to molesting the other children as well.
In 2012, the Watchtower settled the case brought by Campos's five victims for an undisclosed amount. Later that year José Lopez, followed by Osbaldo Padron, also filed suits. But unlike in previous cases, Watchtower attorneys seem unwilling to enter into similar settlement talks.
"I can't explain what their logic is or their legal strategy," said lead attorney Zalkin during an August 14 phone interview. "The fact that they once again appear willing to reargue the same issues and fight releasing documents that judges have ordered them to turn over is beyond me. All we can do is wait for the hearings and let this play out in the courtroom."
Barbara Anderson, a former Witness who worked at Watchtower's headquarters, left the church when she discovered reports that the church tried to hide allegations of sex abuse by elders and high-ranking officials. Anderson runs the website Watchtower Documents.
"In the past, to protect the religion's reputation, rather than protect children, by not adopting a policy or rule for all Jehovah's Witnesses to report all allegations of child abuse to the authorities, they endangered the welfare of children."
But Anderson says the church is implementing change. "In view of the public notoriety and scrutiny of this issue, Jehovah's Witnesses have asserted that they have in place excellent child protection policies without admitting that they endangered the welfare of children because of their religious viewpoint.
"Of course, no matter what regulations are adopted, there never will be a 100 percent guarantee that molestation of a Witness child by a Jehovah's Witnesses molester will not happen. However, reporting a molester to the police will help to prevent a second or third child from being molested."
Attorney Zalkin and Watchtower's attorneys will appear on September 15 at a hearing to discuss a motion from the Watchtower to seal documents from the public. Zalkin says the appellate court should hear the appeal of the $4000-a-day sanctions sometime next year.
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Baronul Paul Kray de Krajova și Topolya (în ; în ; ) a fost un general austriac care a comandat unități militare habsburgice în Războiul de Șapte Ani (1756-1763), Războiul Bavarez de Succesiune (1778-1779), Războiul Austro-Turc (1787-1791) și Războaiele Revoluției Franceze (1792-1802).

S-a născut în Késmárk, Ungaria de Sus (azi: Kežmarok, Slovacia). S-a retras temporar din serviciul militar în 1792 din cauza sănătății precare, dar în 1793 a fost rechemat și repartizat în Armata Habsburgică din Țările de Jos, la cererea feldmareșalului Josias de Saxa-Coburg, și a luptat în Campania din Flandra.

În 1799 a fost numit comandant al forțelor austriece în Italia și colonel-proprietar al Regimentului 34 Infanterie, poziție ceremonială pe care a deținut-o până la moartea sa. La 18 aprilie 1799 Kray a fost avansat la gradul de Feldzeugmeister. În campania din 1800, Kray a comandat armata austriacă de pe cursul superior al Rinului, însărcinată cu apărarea drumurilor de acces către Viena prin statele germane. După un șir de manevre ale armatei franceze, armata austriacă a fost învinsă dezastruos în cinci bătălii succesive. După Bătălia de la Neuburg, francezii au stăpânit ambele maluri ale fluviului Dunărea și au deschis calea navigabilă de acces până la Regensburg. În cursul armistițiului încheiat ulterior, împăratul Francisc al II-lea l-a înlocuit pe Kray cu fratele său, arhiducele Ioan; Kray a fost trecut în rezervă la 28 august 1800 și s-a retras în orașul Pesta. A murit acolo la 19 ianuarie 1804. Pentru toate victoriile sale, pentru combativitatea sa acerbă de pe câmpul de luptă, soldații francezi l-au poreclit Le terrible Kray, le fils cher de la victoire, iar militari din ambele tabere aflate în conflict au participat la înmormântarea sa în 1804.

Biografie

Începutul carierei
Kray s-a născut în orașul Késmárk din Ungaria de Sus (azi: Kežmarok, Slovacia). A urmat studii de matematică și de științe militare la Schemnitz și Viena.

A fost înrolat în Armata Austriacă în 1754, la vârsta de 19 ani, a fost repartizat în Regimentul 31 Infanterie "Hallerstein" și a luptat în Războiul de Șapte Ani. A devenit locotenent în 1758 și căpitan în 1763 în Regimentul Nadasdy. În 1778 a fost avansat de la gradul de căpitan de grenadieri la gradul de maior și mutat în Regimentul 39 Infanterie "Preysach". După Războiul Bavarez de Succesiune a fost transferat în Regimentul 2 Infanterie Szeckler Grenz (de frontieră) cu gradul de locotenent-colonel. În 1784 a înăbușit Răscoala țăranilor români din Transilvania. Kray a luptat în Războiul Austro-Turc din 1787-1791. La 10 mai 1788 a învins o forță otomană superioară de 5.000 de militari, comandată de Osman Pazvantoğlu și Kara Mustafa Pașa, la granițele Transilvaniei. El a reușit capturarea fortăreței Craiova și a fost decorat pentru acest succes militar la 21 decembrie 1789 cu Crucea de Cavaler al Ordinului militar Maria Terezia. În luna mai 1790 colonelul Kray a fost avansat la gradul de general-maior și ulterior, la 9 august 1792, a fost înnobilat de împăratul Francisc I cu titlul de Freiherr "von Krajow und Topolya", primind cu această ocazie domeniul Topolya din Voivodina (azi Bačka Topola din Serbia). În Războiul Austro-Turc din 1787-1791 a efectuat un serviciu militar activ la Petroșani și în Pasul Vulcan.

Războiul Primei Coaliții
Retras la Pesta după ce fusese constrâns să demisioneze din armată în 1791, generalul Kray a fost rechemat doi ani mai târziu pentru a comanda garda avansată a Aliaților aflați sub comanda prințului de Coburg, care a luptat în Flandra și în Olanda Austriacă. S-a distins în bătăliile de la Famars, Menin, Wissembourg, Charleroi, Fleurus și, de fapt, la aproape fiecare confruntare cu armatele Republicii Franceze din Campania din Flandra (1792-1795). Kray a fost avansat la gradul de Feldmarschalleutnant (general-locotenent) la 5 martie 1796 și a servit în armata arhiducelui Carol din zona cursului inferior al Rinului. La 19 iunie 1796, după Bătălia de la Wetzlar, l-a forțat pe generalul Jean-Baptiste Kléber să se retragă din Uckerath. El l-a învins, de asemenea, pe generalul de divizie francez Jean-Baptiste Jourdan în lupta de la Limburg din 16 septembrie 1796. A luat parte la diferite acțiuni militare, inclusiv la victoria de la Amberg (24 august 1796) și la Bătălia de la Würzburg (3 septembrie 1796), când, în calitate de comandant de divizie, a fost în mare parte responsabil pentru victoria arhiducelui Carol al Austriei. La 19 septembrie 1796 l-a capturat pe generalul de divizie François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, unul dintre cei mai abili și curajoși comandanți francezi ai timpului, care fusese grav rănit; el a dispus transportarea cadavrului generalului în linii franceze, însoțit de o gardă de onoare din Regimentul 35 Husari "Bethlen". În celebra campanie din 1796, de pe Rin și Dunăre, a îndeplinit importanta sarcină de comandant de corp de armată. În anul următor a avut mai puțin succes, fiind învins în luptele de pe Lahn și de la Mainz. Mai rău, a fost surprins și învins de generalul francez Louis-Lazarre Hoche în Bătălia de la Neuwied din 1797. Kray a fost acuzat de neglijență; o curte marțială l-a găsit vinovat și l-a condamnat la două săptămâni de arest. Și-a oferit demisia în semn de protest, dar i-a fost refuzată.

Războiul celei de-a Doua Coaliții
Kray a primit comanda unor trupe austriece din Italia în 1799 și a recucerit câmpia Lombardiei de la francezi. El a câștigat o confruntare acerbă la Legnago pe 26 martie. Pentru victoria sa asupra francezilor în Bătălia de la Magnano din 5 aprilie, a fost avansat la gradul de Feldzeugmeister (general-locotenent de artilerie). Această victorie a forțat armata franceză să se retragă pe râul Adda. Cu toate acestea, Kray a fost înlocuit de Michael von Melas, care a sosit pentru a prelua comanda forțelor austriece. În timp ce trupele de infanterie au câștigat alte două bătălii majore, Kray a coordonat cu succes asediile orașelor Peschiera del Garda și Mantova. În Bătălia de la Novi din 15 august 1799 a comandat un corp de armată alcătuit din cele două divizii conduse de generalii Peter Ott și Heinrich Bellegarde. La 6 noiembrie, Kray a fost învins de francezi într-o a doua confruntare la Novi Ligure.

În anul următor, el a comandat o armată austriacă într-o campanie militară desfășurată pe cursul superior al Rinului împotriva unei armate franceze comandate de generalul de divizie Jean Moreau. Ca urmare a înfrângerilor suferite în bătăliile de la Stockach, Messkirch, Biberach, râul Iller și Höchstädt, armata lui Kray a fost împinsă către Ulm. Cu toate acestea, printr-un marș iscusit în jurul flancului lui Moreau, ea a reușit să se îndrepte spre Boemia. După semnarea armistițiului franco-austriac la 15 iulie 1800, generalul Kray a fost eliberat de la comandă de împăratul Francisc al II-lea și a fost trecut în rezervă la 28 august. Succesorul lui Kray, arhiducele Ioan de Austria a suferit o înfrângere dezastruoasă în Bătălia de la Hohenlinden din decembrie 1800.

Kray a murit la Pesta (Ungaria) la 19 ianuarie 1804.

Comentariu
Kray a fost unul dintre cei mai buni reprezentanți ai vechii armate austriece. Din cauza faptului că făcea parte dintr-un sistem învechit și incapabil, din obișnuință, să-și dea seama că avusese loc o schimbare a condițiilor războiului, el a eșuat în acțiunile militare întreprinse, dar inamicii săi l-au respectat, considerându-l un adversar curajos, iscusit și cavaleresc. El a fost cel care, la Altenkirchen, a avut grijă de generalul muribund François Séverin Marceau (1769 -1796), iar uniformele albe ale lui Kray și ale ofițerilor săi s-au amestecat cu uniformele albastre ale francezilor în procesiunea funerară a tânărului general al Republicii Franceze.

Note

Bibliografie
 Arnold, James R. Marengo & Hohenlinden. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword, 2005.

 Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Londra: Greenhill, 1998.
 Smith, Digby. Paul Kray. Napoleon Series Research Biographies, compilat de Leopold Kudrna.

Legături externe
 Biografie mai lungă în limba germană
 Aristocrația maghiară
 Kray de Digby Smith, compilat de Leopold Kudrna

Nașteri în 1735
Decese în 1804
Nobili austrieci
Nobili maghiari
Generali austrieci
Generali maghiari
Conducători militari ai Războaielor Revoluționare Franceze
Oameni din Austro-Ungaria

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Posted on June 9, 2022 by Rick Watts
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI
WASHINGTON (AP) — With never-seen video, new audio and a "mountain of evidence," the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will attempt to show not only the deadly violence that erupted that day but also the chilling backstory as the defeated president, Donald Trump, tried to overturn Joe Biden's election victory.
Thursday's prime-time hearing will open with eyewitness testimony from the first police officer pummeled in the mob riot and from a documentary filmmaker who recorded the melee, and it will feature the committee's accounts from Trump's aides and family members of the deadly siege that put U.S. democracy at risk.
"When you hear and understand the wide-reaching conspiracy and the effort to try to corrupt every lever and agency of government involved in this, you know, the hair on the back of your neck should stand up," Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a member of the 1/6 committee, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
"Putting it all together in one place and one coherent narrative, I think, will help the American people understand better what happened on January 6th — and the threats that that could potentially pose in the future."
The 1/6 panel's yearlong investigation into the Capitol attack will begin to show how America's tradition of a peaceful transfer of presidential power came close to slipping away. It will reconstruct how Trump refused to concede the 2020 election, spread false claims of voter fraud and orchestrated an unprecedented public and private campaign to overturn Biden's victory.
The result of the coming weeks of public hearings may not change hearts or minds in politically polarized America. But the committee's investigation with 1,000 interviews is intended to stand as a public record for history. A final report aims to provide an accounting of the most violent attack on the Capitol since the British set fire to it in 1814 and to ensure such an attack never happens again.
Emotions are still raw at the Capitol, and security will be tight for the hearings. Law enforcement officials are reporting a spike in violent threats against members of Congress.
Against this backdrop, the committee will try to speak to a divided America, ahead of the fall midterm elections, when voters decide which party controls Congress. Most TV networks will carry the hearings live, but Fox News Channel will not.
The committee chairman, civil rights leader Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, will set the tone with opening remarks.
The two congressional leaders will outline what the committee has learned about the events leading up to that brisk January day in 2021 when Trump sent his supporters to Congress to "fight like hell" for his presidency as lawmakers undertook the typically routine job of certifying the previous November's results.
"People are going to have to follow two intersecting streams of events — one will be the attempt to overturn the presidential election, that's a harrowing story in itself," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a member of the committee, told the AP.
"The other will be the sequence of events leading up to a violent mob attack on the Capitol to stop the counting of Electoral College votes and block the peaceful balance of power," he said.
First up will be wrenching accounts from police who engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the mob, with testimony from U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, who was seriously injured in the attack. Also appearing Thursday will be documentary maker Nick Quested, who filmed the extremist Proud Boys storming the Capitol. Some of that group's members have since been indicted, as have some from the Oath Keepers, on rare sedition charges over the military-style attack.
Along with the live eyewitness testimony, the panel will unveil multimedia presentations, including unreleased video and audio, and a "mountain of evidence," said a committee aide who insisted on anonymity to preview the hearing. There will be recorded accounts from Trump's senior aides at the White House, the administration and the campaign, as well as members of Trump's family, the aide said.
In the weeks ahead, the panel is expected to detail Trump's public campaign to "Stop the Steal" and the private pressure he put on the Justice Department to reverse his election loss — despite dozens of failed court cases and his own attorney general attesting there was no fraud on a scale that could have tipped the results in his favor.
The panel, made up of nine lawmakers, faced obstacles from its start. Republicans blocked the formation of an independent body that could have investigated the Jan. 6 assault the way the 9/11 Commission probed the 2001 terror attack.
Instead, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ushered the creation of the 1/6 panel through Congress over the objections of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. She rejected Republican-appointed lawmakers who had voted Jan. 6 against certifying the election results, choosing her own preferred members to serve.
Trump has dismissed the investigation as illegitimate, and many Republicans are poised to defend him.
Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York said at a GOP leadership news conference that the committee's "shameless prime-time show" is nothing but a smear campaign against the former president, his party and his supporters.
But by many measures, the attack was set in motion shortly after Election Day, when Trump falsely claimed the voting was rigged and refused to concede once Biden was declared the winner.
The proceedings are expected to introduce Americans to a cast of characters, some well known, others elusive, and to what they said and did as Trump and his allies tried to reverse the election outcome.
The public will learn about the actions of Mark Meadows, the president's chief of staff, whose 2,000-plus text messages provided the committee with a snapshot of the real-time scramble to keep Trump in office. Of John Eastman, the conservative law professor who was the architect of the unsuccessful scheme to convince Vice President Mike Pence to halt the certification on Jan. 6. Of the Justice Department officials who threatened to resign rather than go along with Trump's startling proposals.
Lawmakers have also been caught up in the probe, including House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who defied the committee's subpoena requests for testimony. Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, who urged her father to call off the rioters, appeared privately before the committee.
The Justice Department has arrested and charged more than 800 people for the violence that day, the biggest dragnet in its history.
Associated Press writers Kevin Freking and Michael Balsamo contributed to this report.
For full coverage of the Jan. 6 hearings, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siege.
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New York Mets Escape from Pittsburgh with a Comeback Win
Charlie Voelker
Charlie Voelker Published: July 19, 2021
The New York Mets fell out of the starting gate, to use a horse racing term now that Saratoga and racing season has started, to begin the second half. After watching Edwin Diaz melt down last Sunday, Met fans got treated to an encore Saturday night against the very same, last place Pittsburgh Pirates. The first place Mets limped into Sunday afternoon having lost the first two games of the series. The Bucs could smell a sweep.
Unfortunately for the Mets, it smelled that way right after the National Anthem. Pittsburgh put up a 6 spot in the first inning against New York's lone National League All Star, Taijuan Walker. Walker left the game after retiring one, yes one, batter. There was a big hill to climb if Mets manager Luis Rojas was going get his team out of town without further damage. Except Rojas was ejected for arguing a bizarre play in the first inning where 3 Pirate runners scored on a 70 foot ground ball.
The 39-year old manager had already lost his $300 million shortstop on Friday night, possibly for a few weeks. Rojas taped and glued together a lineup for the entire first half, what's a few more weeks? Right? No pressure, right? Luis was falling apart and it appeared, so was hist team. If the Mets didn't score quickly and often in the next 8 innings, a 3 game slide to the second worst team in the National League (see Arizona in case you wondered who is the worst) would indicate that the long awaited losing spiral had begun.
Not so fast says Travis Blankenhorn! Blankenwho? The newest member of the Mets bench mob pulled the Mets within 2 with a three run blast in the 4th inning. Then Michael Conforto, mired in a terrible slump, completed the comeback victory with a two-run homer in the top of the 9th to put the Mets up by one. Trevor May pitched a scoreless bottom of the 9th to seal the victory for New York.
The Mets are clawing to a tenuous two game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. Jake deGrom and Francisco Lindor are both out with injuries. Maybe the young manager was falling apart or maybe he lit a fire under his team. It was a nice escape from Pittsburgh with a much needed win. Nice job Luis.
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The mambo was truly a cross-cultural phenomenon. The Park Plaza Ballroom, at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, was a favorite hangout for enthusiastic dancers from Harlem and other "ethnic" communities. Here inhibitions were checked at the door and dancers performed with spectacular abandon. Although the Park Plaza is acknowledged to be the true temple of the "authentic mambo," it was a little too authentic and a little too far uptown for the recent middle-class, white converts to the dance. Ultimately, it was the Palladium Ballroom (originally called the Latin Ballroom and paradoxically renamed by new owner Max Hyman), with its weekly mambo contests (held every Wednesday) which became its most impressive house of worship. It was reported that on Wednesday nights in New York City the demand for baby-sitters underwent a sharp rise and the amount of money lost on Canasta, gin rummy, bridge, and poker dropped precipitously.
There were a number of reasons for the mambo's success in the US. As a dance, it was easy to do and people often created their own steps. It also emerged at a time when the US was engaged in the Korean War and the mambo's uninhibited rhythms were an acceptable way of releasing social tensions in public. In addition, the rhumba craze of the 1940s had peaked. Professional dance studios were looking for a new source of income and mambo lessons were it.
Katherine Dunham hosted Prado and his orchestra at her dance school at 43rd Street and Broadway in New York. In her unpublished autobiography, Dunham wrote, "Our school became the popular meeting place of Caribbean, Central and South American diplomats, painters, musicians, poets, and the like. At our monthly Boule Blanches we usually presented new and untried Cuban orchestras such as Pérez Prado, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, and Bobby Capo." One might speculate that this introduction to the cultural elite of the African Diaspora lead Prado to experiment with the impressionistic pieces Voodoo Suite, Havana 3 a.m., and the Exotic Suite Of The Americas, in much the way Duke Ellington was also working at the time. Dunham, herself, would later appear in the 1954 film titled Mambo, which featured musical numbers by Prado on the soundtrack.
Oddly enough, as Prado's career developed, his popularity among the Hispanic-American community diminished. There was a general feeling that his version of the mambo catered too much to Anglo tastes and it was the more traditional, less "pop" sounds of Tito Rodriguez, Tito Puente, and "Machito" [né Frank Grillo] who were perennial favorites among the Latin communities in the US.
Nonetheless, the dance craze was such a crossover success that 1954 was dubbed "The Year of the Mambo" and a number of mainstream singers started cashing in. Most notably were Perry Como with "Papa Loves Mambo" and Rosemary Clooney with "Mambo Italiano." Even crooner Vaughn Monroe had a hit with "They Were Doin' The Mambo."
Although Prado recorded and toured with great enthusiasm, his first #1 hit in the US wasn't until 1955 with "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White." It stayed on the American pop charts for 26 weeks (10 weeks at #1) and enjoyed similar success in Europe and Japan. Curiously, it was a song that was not a Prado original, but began life in France in 1950 as "Cerisier Rose et Pommier Blanc" and was then transformed into the Spanish "Cerezo Rosa" before becoming Anglicized as the tune we know today. Ironically for the Mambo King, his most popular single was actually a cha-cha-cha. It was also danced by Jane Russell in the film Underwater! (originally titled The Big Rainbow) in which Prado, playing himself, had a bit part.
The song features a spectacular trumpet solo by Billy Regis. The story goes that after Regis began to draw applause for his solos during personal appearances, Prado would stand directly in front of him, pretending to play the trumpet.
Prado is often remembered for his signature grunt, "Ugh!" According to Wylie Watson, "[He] is [actually] saying, 'Dilo!'-a Spanish word meaning 'Say it!' or, in the context in which Prado uses it, 'Give out!'"
Watson continued, "...with his guttural cry of 'Dilo!', he urges the brass section to 'Give out!', he coaxes the saxophones to 'Say it!' and he exhorts a trumpet soloist to make his horn rise and shine."
At first it seems to be a stretch of the imagination to interpret "Ugh!" as "Dilo!" However, listening closely to an original 78 of "Qué rico el mambo," one can hear that Prado really is saying "Dilo!" However, he slurs the two syllables together in such a way that to the casual listener it sounds like "Ugh!"
Later on, in the course of his performances, Prado would also give a high kick, which developed into a jump, to further accent his exhortations. Eventually, he got into the habit of shouting "Dilo!" and simultaneously propelling himself into the air, a startling sight to an audience who grew up on Tommy Dorsey and Cab Calloway.
Writing in Jazz Review, Robert Farris Thompson, Jr., said, "He developed a vocal prank of his Havana days into the trademark of the mambo... With this sign the layman could easily recognize [the] mambo, untroubled by considerations of rhythm. It was a trick and it worked."
Michael Mcdonald-Ross mentioned, too, that "vocables (chants, grunts, shouts &c) are an integral part of African and Afro-Cuban music. [Anyone] familiar with the guaguanco or who has heard Afro-Cuban soneros like Beny Moré or Machito will know how often they produce these inarticulate cries in the course of a number."
In 1956, a feud between Prado and his younger brother Pantaleón (1926-1983) resulted in the strange affair of Pérez suing his sibling for $500,000, charging him with impersonation. In Spanish culture it is traditional for children to be given the surname of both parents and in this case the full birth names of the brothers were Dámaso Perez Prado and Pantaleón Pérez Prado, respectively - Pérez being their father's family name, Prado their mother's. RCA originally credited Dámaso's recordings as D. Pérez Prado, but when his albums started to appear in the US, the record company shortened it to the more alliterative name we're familiar with today. In 1955, Prado dropped his first name altogether and changed it officially to Pérez Prado.
About this time, Pantaleón, who played bass with his own group, appeared at the Alhambra Theater in Paris under the name "Pérez Prado, King of the Mambo." Pantaleón was then restrained by a court order from posing as Pérez (Dámaso). However, hostilities resumed when an irate French visitor to Hollywood called the Palladium where Pérez was playing and bawled out the management for presenting an "imposter," saying that he had danced to the "real" Prado (actually, Panteleón) in Deauville a few weeks before. The suit which followed effectively put Panteleón out of action, but the younger brother had a form of posthumous revenge. When Pantaleón died in 1983, a widely syndicated obituary was headlined, "Mambo King Dies In Milan," leading many people to believe (falsely) that it was Dámaso who had passed away.


The state Senate starts work this week on a pension reform proposal that could affect one out of every 100 Missourians. Missouri has 55-to-60-thousand full-time equivalent employees. Many of them are in a state pension plan to which they make no contribution. Thousands are drawing pensions into which they made no contributions while they worked. .
The state Senate will be considering a bill that will give new state workers a choice—a plan they don't have to contribute to, or one they can contribute to. Senate leader Charlie Shields of St. Joseph thinks the defined contribution plan could attract people the state needs but who don't plan to make a career in state government. People planning to make a career out of state government can opt for the defined benefit plan, which requires no contribution but has a longer vesting period.
Shields thinks the state will be saving $50 million to $100 million a year in pension contributions about five years after the new plan goes into effect. His plan affects only future state employees. It changes nothing in the present benefits state retirees get.


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