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Flatliners (2017)
I'm of the philosophy that the films that should be remade are the ones with interesting ideas but weak executions. This should make "Flatliners" an ideal candidate for a retelling. Yet, in 2017, it's hard to work up enthusiasm for a reboot of a partially forgotten nineties movie. From the minute it was announced, we knew the kind of tame, PG-13 shenanigans we were getting. Even Ellen Page, absolutely my favorite actress working today, starring in the film didn't get my hopes up. It mostly made me wonder "Why is Ellen Page appearing in schlock like this?" So when the lame trailer dropped, I wasn't surprised. When the critics rushed to write their pithiest "falls flat/dead on arrival/shouldn't have been brought back from the dead" puns, I wasn't surprised. But, hey, it's been a while since I've seen Ellen on the big screen and I had a Regal gift card that I'd been sitting on for a while. Figured I might as well catch this thing during what will likely be its last week in theaters.
Despite some hubbub that 2017's "Flatliners" was actually a stealth sequel to the original, the film is in fact a remake. (That much touted Kiefer Sutherland cameo has him playing a totally different character.) This film follows Courtney Holmes, a young medical student obsessed with death, due to a tragedy in her youth. She lassos four friends into participating in her experiment: Tracking the brain's patterns while being clinically dead, using themselves as test subjects, only to be brought back. At first, the experience is powerfully positive, making the student smarter and vitalized. However, the group soon discovers that unnerving spectres – reminders of their greatest mistakes – have followed them back to the world of the living.
I went into 2017's "Flatliners" with abyssal expectations. Due to this, my initial reaction was positive. "This isn't so bad," I thought. At first the new "Flatliners' seems to be a genuine improvement over the original. There's a more scientific edge to this version. The gothic cathedral is changed out for an abandoned hospital complex. A cat-scan machine is added to the procedure. Flatlining results in keener thinking and sexual euphoria, giving everyone more of a reason to do it. The characters' regrets, underwhelming in the original, have been made more serious. Courtney was driving the car during the wreck that killed her sister. Marlo ignored a patient's medical history, leading to a fatal reaction. Jamie manipulated an ex-girlfriend into getting an abortion, before abandoning her. Even Sophia's less tragic sin – spreading an academic rival's nudes around the school – is more devastating than anything in the original.
I also found the cast to be likable. And not just Ellen, though she's very good. Page makes the character's high points – sarcastically getting her friends to participate, her peppiness after flatlining – really charming while the darker moments are equally convincing. James Norton's Jamie, who is obviously inspired by Daniel Baldwin's character from the original, manages to be a cad but not an irredeemable sleazeball. He even becomes sympathetic by the end. Kiersey Clemons is cute and fun as Sophia. It's nice to see her break away from her controlling mother. Diego Luna and Nina Dobrev are probably the weaker links in the cast. Luna's serious moments are hard to take seriously while Dobrev is never entirely believable. But, generally speaking, the film's cast is not a problem at all.
Truthfully, "Flatliners" rolls along pretty decently until it has to become a horror movie. Director Niels Arden Oplev, who I guess is going to ride the success of "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" forever, uses CGI pretty decently in the early going. The film's vision of the afterlife are genuinely interesting. The image of something squirming under a blanket, eventually revealed to not be there, is effective. However, Oplev eventually leans on CGI too hard. The climax involves a big, swirling storm cloud of computer-generated dust, for one example. The scare tactics the film deploys are lame and worn out. We've got multiple jump scares, usually assisted by pasty-faced ghouls suddenly stepping into frame. Both creepy nursery rhymes and creepy kids put in appearance. Probably the dumbest scare in the movie involves bloody letters suddenly appearing on a morgue door. It's all loud, unimpressive, and warmed over.
Something this "Flatliners" does maintain is the original's sappy streak. There's actually a moral here about self-forgiveness that couldn't be more forced in and unearned. Something that's new is the gratuitous product placement. Nina Dobrev's Mini-Cooper has more hero shots than any of the actual cast members. There's a mild plot twist midway through that did catch me off-guard, though mostly for all the wrong reasons. So, despite some minor moves forward, 2017's "Flatliners' is as exactly mediocre as the original but in a slightly different way. I hope Ellen can find better material than this in the future, as she deserves way better. [5/10]
Magic (1978)
The ventriloquist dummy has a proud history in the horror genre. Like dolls and mannequins, they have the corpse-like visage of looking alive but not being alive. Yet the dummy has the extra layer of having an intimate connection with a human. Pretty much from the first cinematic depiction of ventriloquism – 1925's "The Great Gabbo," as far as I can tell – people have assumed a disturbing relationship between the dummy and the performer. One of the most famous evil dummy movies is "Magic." The film was well received and reasonably successful upon release but, over the years, it has become even more respected.
Corky Withers has trained for years to become a magician. Though his skills are impressive, his inability to remain cool on-stage keeps his career from coming off. His luck changes when he adds Fats, a foul-mouthed ventriloquist dummy, to his act. He's so successful that he's even offered a television special. Before that deal can go through, he has to undergo a mental exam. This scares Corky and he runs off to his childhood home in the Catskill Mountain. There, he reunites with Peggy Ann Snow, his high school crush. The two fall in love, despite Peggy being married. Fats, however, continues to occupy far too much of Corky's mind. The dummy – an extension of Corky's own madness – refuses to let Peg get in the way of their success.
Eleven years before becoming Hannibal Lector, Anthony Hopkins already had experienced playing a brilliant but insane character. Hopkins' performance is very intense. From the impressive first scene – where Corky describes a magic show as successful while the audience sees how unsuccessful it was – we learn about his angry streak. As the story progresses, Corky's neurosis and volatile side continues to manifest. As sweaty and unnerving as Corky can be, you also see how charming he is. His anger is balanced with a very relatable fear. He's also supported by one of the creepiest dummies in horror history. In a brightly-lit room, Fats is funny and non-threatening. In the dark, his wide eyes and unmoving face are spooky. Fats never comes alive anywhere but in Corky's mind but a first-time viewer sure doesn't know that. One scene, where Fats' lips quiver and his eyes go mad, is especially unnerving. Fats is somewhat tragic too, by the end, as his dying moans are deeply felt. "Magic" is a movie that keenly understands how the best monsters are equally scary and sympathetic.
"Magic" was advertised with the tagline "A terrifying love story." That might seem like a weird way to sell a psychological horror movie but the romance at the story's center is genuinely charming. Ann-Margret's Peggy is not happy with her life. She's trapped in a loveless marriage and has never left her childhood home town. Corky seems to intuitively understand her pain, as he's struggling with dissatisfaction too. The two quickly fall in bed but the warmth between Margret and Hopkins makes this believable. Corky's final gesture of love for Peg – a wooden heart he's whittled – gets me every time. His actions are sweet and selfless, rooted in a pure love. The film wouldn't work at all if the romance wasn't so believable. With it, "Magic" becomes a first rate film.
The film doesn't just exploit a creepy dummy for its horror content, though that goes a really long way. "Magic" is also a hugely suspenseful thriller. There are several stand-out sequences, that really push the tension as far as possible. When Corky's agent – played with warmth and bitter sarcasm by Burgess Meredith – forces the ventriloquist not to talk with his dummy for five minutes, the film makes sure the scene feels as long for the viewer as it does for Corky. This builds towards Corky bludgeoning his agent with the dummy, who refuses to stay dead in several inconvenient ways. Another impressive scene occurs when Peg's husband catches something on a fishing line. While he attempts to drag whatever it is up, Corky raises an oar, fearful of what might appear. As suspenseful as "Magic" is, it never looses sight of its tragic or romantic center.
As I said, "Magic" has developed a cult following over the years. I think the startling trailer has a lot to do with that. The trailer's sole focus is on Fats as he talks and eventually convulses in a disturbing manner. This was shown on daytime TV before parents of traumatized children requested it be removed. At least some of those kids grew up into horror fans. Beyond the really creepy dummy, "Magic" is a fantastically acted and wonderfully orchestrated feature, with some great performances and an effective score. I'm pretty happy that the original one-sheet is now hanging on my wall. [8/10]
Fear Itself: The Circle
For its final episode, "Fear Itself" didn't even bothered to get an arguable Master of Horror to direct. "The Circle" was directed by Eduardo Rodriguez, who had only made shorts up to that point. (He's since made the direct-to-video "Fright Night II," doing little to help his case.) The series finale focuses on Brian, a hugely successful novelist. What he thought was going to be a quiet night with his wife, Lisa, is disturbed when Brian's agent and several other friends drop by. They're trying to get him over his writer's block. It's Halloween night, so neither are too disturbed when a pair of trick-or-treater's knock on the door. What they bring, a book called "The Circle," is more unnerving. The monster from Brian's book, an amorphous darkness that infects people, encircles the cabin. Soon, Brian will have to write again if he hopes to survive the night.
I haven't seen any of Rodriguez' shorts, so I have no idea what was so effective about them that Mick Garris invited the guy to work on this show. I will say that "The Circle" is mildly successful as a horror film full of loud noises. There are many sequences of characters, infected by the darkness, leaping out and attacking people. Rodriguez has a decent enough grasp on tension that these moments are mildly effective. "Evil Dead" was a likely inspiration for this story – considering the cabin setting, the infectious evil, and an ominous book figuring into the plot – and Rodriguez captures that spirit a little bit. (The Halloween setting helps too.) The episode is also probably the goriest of "Fear Itself," as people are impaled and tossed around repeatedly. Rodriguez does rely on CGI too much. The squirming mass of computer generated black tendrils do not impress.
Ultimately, "The Circle" is undermined by all its characters being awful people. Brian's agent is obnoxious, badgering him into writing a new book. His wife freaks out way too easily, spending most of the episode in a state of screaming panic. By the end, we learn that Brian has been cheating on his wife and his successful novel was writing by the other woman. The same woman that set the episode in motion by cursing the group. However, that woman is also annoying. Victoria Pratt plays the part in such a broad manner. Yes, like practically every episode of "Fear Itself," this one also has a dumb twist ending. It's another mediocre hour of television from the underachieving series. [5/10]
In retrospect, "Fear Itself" was a little better than I remembered it being. Most of the episodes were deeply mediocre but only a few were truly awful. I even managed to like one or two. As a follow-up to "Masters of Horror," it was a massive disappointment. Not just because the line-up of directors was generally underwhelming – though that was a big reason why – but because this series' goal seemed counter intuitive to that one's. "Masters of Horror" was all about allowing respected elder statesmen of the genre to do whatever they wanted. Moving the show to network television put a leash on that creativity. This is why, I think, "Fear Itself" was such a colossal failure. Even though I enjoyed a few episodes, I can't give this series too high a rating for that reason. [Fear Itself: 5/10]
The Early 70's Horror Trailer (1999)
I have no familiar with the work of director Damon Packard. He's done several features and a few shorts. His movie, "Reflections of Evil," seems to have a small cult following. I watched his 1999 short film, "The Early 70's Horror Trailer," because the title popped up on Letterboxd and it seemed like something I would enjoy. So what is "The Early 70's Horror Trailer" about? Exactly what it sounds like. It's a plotless series of images and titles, set to a groovy score, meant to recreate the look and feel of a vintage horror movie trailer. The non-existent movie the trailer is advertising seems to be about young women fleeing some sort of malevolent force, possibly a male killer.
As an act of re-creation, "The Early 70's Horror trailer" is pretty accurate. This does indeed feel like an old trailer. The musical score is excellent, especially the wild and shrieking violins that show up. The swirling, partially transparent titles Packard employ are period accurate. The rough zooms, color tinting, and shaky camera work recall a seventies giallo. A few of the images presented here are interesting. Such as a corpse-like man pointing ominously, a woman covered in blood laying in a bath tub, a witch-like face starring through a dark mirror, or a series of women running through a multi-colored area.
Otherwise, "The Early 70's Horror Trailer" gets tedious fairly quickly. Far too much of the short is composed of women running places. Packard seems a little over indulgent of his love of psychedelic colors. There are far too distorted or reflected shots. It's pretty cool for about two minutes. At seven minutes, it feels excessive. I would've preferred if Packard used his obvious attention to detail and talent for odd images to tell an actual narrative story. Unless this was some sort of meta experiment, about deconstructing a film into its bare parts and re-cutting that as a trailer... In which case, mission accomplished, I guess? [5/10]
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Every Voice
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Written by Nancy L. Jordahl, ACP
I follow Ashley Nicole Black (@ashleyn1cole) on Twitter and she recently made a reference to the Black National Anthem. I had no idea what she was talking about (which was the point she was making in her tweet). I was curious, so I Googled it and discovered that the Black National Anthem is "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was originally written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson in 1899. His brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, wrote the music, and it was sung as part of the celebration for Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1900. The brothers collaborated on many other songs over the years.
One special tie to us as NALA members and paralegals is that James Weldon Johnson was an attorney in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the first African American person admitted to the Florida Bar Exam since the Reconstruction era ended. He was the first Black man in Duval County, Florida, to try to gain admission to the state bar.-
In 1919, the NAACP made it their official song. The song was considered the Black National Anthem about 10 years before the "Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem for the United States in 1931.
Author Imani Perry wrote a book about the song called May Forever We Stand. Director Spike Lee included the song in his movie Do the Right Thing. During the 2020 NFL opening week, the song was performed before every game. Many performers have covered the song including Beyoncé, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, John Legend, Alicia Keys, and Stevie Wonder. The song is sung at church, school graduations, political protests, and family reunions.
Lift ev'ry voice and sing,
'Til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list'ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on 'til victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
'Til now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.
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TPL Exclusive: Bertuzzi to join AVP
Damn, who would have thought Shetuzzi'd have a killer ass?
Moments after the final horn blew on the Wings 3-2 victory over the Blue Jackets on Thursday, my cell phone rang. It was none other than game-winning goal-scorer Todd Bertuzzi. Oh you didn't hear? He and I are tight now. I said that one nice thing and he's sidled all up to my business, hoping for more positive press from the boys at TPL…
Anyways, I picked up the phone – confused as to why he wasn't celebrating a 7th straight win and . Tuzz was sure to clear it up for me.
"Yo man, you see that shit?!"
"The game-winner off of your foot? Yeah, dude, great job. Two more goals until TPL changes to all Tuzz all the time. Even though I talk a lot of smack, I'm hap-…"
"No man, not that. That was whack. You know damn well I didn't mean to do that shit! I'm talkin' 'bout my mad hops, son!"
"Oh, the play in the second when you swatted the puck out of midair into the net for no goal? I wasn't going to mention it beca-…"
"YEEEEEAHH BOOOYEEEEEEEEEEE. The ladies love that shit! That Woody Harrelson douche almost ruined it for us white boys, but you know I got jumpz. I got like four, five inches on that bitty."
"Yeah, but you can't punch pucks into the net, you've never be-…"
"That was just practice, homeboy. I think I found my true calling. I'ma play me some volleyball. Yesterday, I decided this game was going to be my swan song, and in the second period I got so swept away in emotion, I had to show Steve Mason my BOOYAKA! spike. Pav asked to take me to dinner tomorrow to bid me farewell, but I'm not sure I can be seen in public with that dude – he scores all his goals on purpose and with skill. I don't get down like that."
"That was a nasty shot to take the le-…"
"Do you think Karch Kiraly was watchin' tonight? I know for a fact he's a hockey fan. Do you think you can get in touch with him? You have access to contact info for celebrities and shit, don't you?"
"Well, yeah, but I don't really know if he quali-…"
"HOOK A BROTHER UP MAN! I'll do whatever I gotta do to get to that next level. My bod was built for sun, and my smile is going to blind the opposition. Sand in my toes… that's the life, man. Do you think I'm allowed in Hawaii?"
"Yeah, dude – why wouldn't you be allo-…"
"Oh, don't worry about that, don't worry about that. Just some shit that went down. Totally accidental. Someone told me to… ya know what, forget it. Not important. I'm sure everyone's forgotten about that. Mmm mmm… ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES ARE TASTY AS A MUHFUGGA!"
The first Wings goal was just Homer doing what Homer does: scoring from INSIDE the net somehow. I'm not even sure I understand how he got enough stick on it, but clearly he did. One-nil.
The Blue Jackets struck back with what might be called a weak goal – and yeah, I won't fight you. Howard needs to have that angle. But all things equal, that shot was sick nasty. To put it right where Andrew Murray (yeah, I've never heard of him either) put it takes skill. Should it have gone in? Probably not. But I'm not going to begrudge that shot. I wasn't even mad it was tied… I'll donate ten grand to H2H2 if that guy ever does that again.
Seriously, though… I need a gif of that Bertuzzi spike. Like immediately. I'll make that shit my ringtone and desktop background and alarm clock and I'll even start splicing into casting tapes I have to present to networks. How could they not greenlight my pitches then? "Did I just see a massive oaf attempting to leap and swatting a rubber disc into a frozen house? Oh, I like this casting guy…"
Pavel Datsyuk's goal was beautiful. Great work in the corner by Homer to dig it out. Excellent puckhandling by Datsyuk (redundant), and a ridiculous shot under the bar. That nearly stood up as the game-winner, but our protagonist would strike again.
Bertuzzi's actual goal was iffy. Yeah, in real time it seems entirely impossible that he meant to make contact with that puck. I understand that he's an athlete and much more coordinated than I like to pretend he is, but the speed with which that play unfolded and the position of the skate when it made contact seems entirely accidental. That said, he skate absolutely made a motion toward the net. Again, probably entirely coincidental, trying to balance himself or whatever, but if you're reading the rulebook to the letter of the law, it would have been really easy to overturn that goal. In super-slow motion, it looks like the puck was already heading toward the net when his skate starts to make that motion. Six of one, half dozen of the other.
Speaking of half dozen, that's about how many of Todd Bertuzzi's goals that I think he meant to score this year.
Rob e-mailed me as I was writing this post and said only the following:
"I'm back to loving Todd Bertuzzi. I came to that conclusion before the gwg. Mark it down."
Noted.
Tiberius made a great save after Brad "Perpetual Game Seven" Stuart turned the puck over somethin' awful in the third. The lead was preserved at 3-1, but it wouldn't last forever, and R.J. Umburger had a Homeresque deflection to cut the lead in half. But that'd be it, and Todd's goal (the real-ish one) would stand as the winner.
REVISITING THE PRE-GAME QUICK THOUGHTS
1. Howard played better than Tuesday, stopping 20 of 22 shots on net. At least he wasn't destroyed on every play like Steve Mason was!
2. I was hoping to escape without injury and with two points. Well, the two points are safe, but the injury thing is up in the air. Flip crashed into the boards and came up wincing, shaking his right wrist – the same one that he broke earlier this season. But he did return to action, and didn't appear worse for wear. Johan Franzen, on the other hand, blocked a shot with the tongue of his right boot. And he didn't look happy. We didn't see him anymore, and I'm willing to bet that his right ankle and foot are the size of Todd's practice volleyballs right about now. (As Mauvais pointed out, Mulo did, in fact, return to the game. He played what was essentially the final shift, so that's good news…)
3. The Red Wings are now 14-1-1 in their last sixteen, including 10-0-1 in their last 11. For you keeping score at home (who does that?), they've nabbed 95.5% of the possible points since March 11. I seem to recall saying something along the lines of "boy, one of these winning streaks everyone's gone on would be really nice and would solidify a playoff spot" in November. Who knew it would take until the final two weeks of the season to be delivered…
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8 thoughts on "TPL Exclusive: Bertuzzi to join AVP"
Casey April 2, 2010 at 6:05 am
i feel a photoshop coming on…
mserven April 2, 2010 at 6:16 am
Bertuzzi post game phone calls will never get old. Getting into the mind of a……of a….of a….well crap it's just funny.
and Shaq vs.? Meh!! Bring on Bertuzzi Vs.!!!!
Mauvais gardien de but April 2, 2010 at 6:35 am
I thought the Mule came back on for one more shift. I remember that they showed him skating around during the tv timeout. Then, I thought he took a shift with about a minute and a half left to play but I could be mistaken. I starting drinking after Bertuzzi's spike so who knows though…
Michael Petrella April 2, 2010 at 6:38 am
Casey, you shop it, I'll post it.
Serven, I'm already in talks with Versus to make that happen.
Mauvais, you're absolutely right. On both accounts. They did show him giving it a go during the final TV timeout, and according to the TOI Report, it looks like he hopped over the boards for 1:06 to just about ice the game. My bad! Thanks for pointing that out.
J.J. from Kansas April 2, 2010 at 7:09 am
Karch Kiraly FTW. There are exactly three pro volleyball players whose names I know and he's the only male.
For all the tin-foil hat crap Wings fans get, there's been a growing noise coming out of Columbus that the league screws them pretty often and mostly when they play the Wings. The Bert goal that was allowed to stand will probably add a bit more volume to that. I'm not saying it should have been a no-goal, but I would have understood if it had been. Frankly, I was pretty shocked when it was allowed to stand.
TPL Mom April 2, 2010 at 8:20 am
Sidled…I love that word.
Andre April 2, 2010 at 8:22 am
I'm glad to see Bert's un-orthodox methods of getting-puck-in-net are being highlighted. I think the real question now isn't so much whether he'll reach 20 goals, but how many ways other than actually using his stick to shoot the puck he'll do it in. Honestly at this point I feel like if he tried to score the way God intended, even with an empty net, some weird mash-up of Eaves' shoot-out attempt and Stefan's gaffe would occur. On the other hand, I firmly believe he could redirect a puck by shooting a stream of fluid through the gap in his lower teeth and score. I think that's called "gleeting" but I'm not sure.
Vicky April 2, 2010 at 9:25 am
No jailsexed?


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12 Tone Music
Artwork by Doctor S.
While 12 tone music has never really taken off among the listening public, it became the academic approach to composition at the ivory towers. For film music, the 12 tone system can come in quite handy giving one a planned method for achieving a certain amount of dissonance. This is especially useful for tense, horrific, or macabre moments. It also can be used to evoke jazz as David Shire did in his beautiful score to the Joseph Sargent's 1974 "The Taking of Pelham, One, Two, Three," starring Walter Mathau. Take a listen to a moment from the film here.
Nice article in the Boston Globe on the father of 12 tone music, Arnold Schoenberg.
"Schoenberg was 18 years younger than Freud, who put names on recognizable emotional conditions no one had described openly before. What makes Schoenberg's music essential is that he precisely delineated recognizable and sometimes disquieting emotional states that music had not recorded before. Some of his work remains disturbing not because it is incoherent, shrill, and ear-splitting but because it unflinchingly faces difficult truths." – the Boston Globe.
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Reporters offer state, local story ideas for covering ACA #ahcj15
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The first day of Health Journalism 2015 featured a session "The ACA: Will it survive? And how to cover it now" with Kaiser Health News's Julie Appleby and Vox's Sarah Kliff. Their major themes included:
Julie Appleby & Sarah Kliff
The King v. Burwell Supreme Court case over federal subsidies
What's next in Congress?
And – the topic that got by far the most attention from the crowd – narrow networks.
Here are some of their highlights and story suggestions, with an emphasis on stories that state and local reporters can tackle. (Here are Kliff's slides.)
Appleby noted that it's highly unusual to have a law face so much controversy, and so much uncertainty, five years after passage.
The next big test will be the King v. Burwell case that will decide whether subsidies can still flow through the 34 states using the federal health exchange, rather than running their own.
If the subsidies do get cut off, it could happen fast.
Congress could extend them, but Congress hasn't been doing much on health (except fighting about it) these days.
States using the federal exchange might try to switch to a state one – but that's an expensive, complicated, and time-consuming process. Not all states will want to make that shift, and there are questions about whether those that do want to try will be able to achieve it.
Appleby asked reporters, "What is happening in your state? Is your state going to be one of the six or seven or so that say 'We do want to have a contingency plan available.'"
She also cautioned that we can guess and speculate as much as we want, but we really don't know what the Supreme Court will do in the ruling, expected in late June. She reminded us that "many people didn't predict accurately" with the last ruling, in 2012. "But it will certainly make all of our lives interesting at the end of June." Kliff also urged reporters to start asking what the end of subsidies could mean for ordinary people in their state.
Kliff said it's hard to know what Congress will do about the health law but, "Generally, if you are going to be betting on something [about Congress] the safe bet is that they are not going to do anything."
With more than 11 million people covered under the ACA exchanges, it's harder and harder to envision repeal, but if a Republican wins the White House in 2016, and Republicans retain control of the House and Senate, "it's possible we'd see some changes to Obamacare."
In the meantime, Congress did – uncharacteristically – recently pass a big, significant health law, repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate (the flawed formula that had been used for Medicare physician pay). After a transition period, providers will get paid in part based on quality not volume. And they have to start thinking about this now. Reporters should start asking providers, including hospital administrators, about what they need to do now to prepare for these changes.
The next big issue for legislators – and action is not imminent – will probably be addressing costs, Kliff said. That's what Massachusetts did – first address coverage, and then come back and look at costs.
The big question mark is the Supreme Court case, but there are lots of other questions about exchanges and enrollment. Did your state do better or worse in year two? Why? What do they have to do differently next year? What are they spending? The state exchanges are supposed to be financially sustainable now. Is yours?
Appleby noted for instance that California has spent $1 billion – but signed up only about 7,000 new people this year, and that only 65 percent of the 2014 enrollees had re-enrolled. "Why are they having trouble getting people signing up," she said. Part of the reason people don't get covered is still affordability.
"Affordability is always the issue in health care," she said. "That was true before the ACA and it's still true now for many people."
"Follow the money," she advised when tracking state exchanges.
The country is still split between Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states, but very recently the administration signaled it's getting a lot more aggressive with the states that are still balking. It's threatening to reduce money for hospitals that serve low income people in Texas and Florida, which have resisted expansion.
Narrow networks and access to care
This was the biggest topic of discussion at the session, one that drew the most questions, discussion and comments.
As Appleby (who has reported extensively on this topic) said, the narrow networks are supposed to keep premiums down. It's a tradeoff – lower costs, but less choice.
But in some states, the narrowness of the networks (and lack of transparency on the part of the health plans about which providers are in network) are fueling some backlash. Some states are looking at what to do about the networks, or about consumer protection for out of network charges. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is working on a model law, which could be out in August. (States aren't bound to follow it –and it may not have a lot of teeth).
This entry was posted in Conference, Health care reform and tagged #ahcj15, ACA coverage, exchanges, King v. Burwell, medicaid, narrow networks on April 25, 2015 by Joanne Kenen.
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We are located at Ripley Light Marina, 56 Ashley Point Dr. Charleston SC, 29407 (E Dock). After parking take the last entrance "gangway" on to dock that is located on the cul-de-sac just before you enter the California Dreaming restaurant parking lot. We will be a few boats down on your right. Area site map image is provided on our Contact Us page with details and instructions to our vessel.
It is highly suggested guests show up 15 minutes till your departure time as per our tour policies. Please call in ample time prior to your departure time if unable to locate as we leave on your specified scheduled tour departure time.
There is plenty of FREE parking around the marina area.
We have recently added a Porta Potty with a drop down enclosure for use on our Private Charters/Cruises ONLY. At this time for our Scheduled Tours our vessel will remain restroom-less due to the comfort of other passengers. There are restroom facilities in and around the marina area. It is highly suggested that guest arrive with ample time to use the facilities before boarding.
A 18%-20% tip is customary and appreciated if you enjoyed your trip, captain, and crew.
Yes, reservations are required for all of our tours, charters, and excursions. Credit card info. is also required for any bookings to hold your reservations. It is highly suggested that you make reservations far enough in advance if you would like a certain date and time, as we may fill up fast on any given day during the busy season. Private Charters can only be reserved via phone conversation, but you may book online with ease for any of our Scheduled Tours. Just got in town? No problem, just contact us for availability and we will do what we can to accommodate.
Do you conduct Scheduled Tours everyday?
Yes, for the most part we do our Scheduled Tours everyday, but there are two exceptions. First, if we do not have any guest interest in a certain tour/date on days leading up to that specific tour, then we will delete it from our calendar. Secondly, if we get Private Charter requests for a specific time/date and no one has booked for a certain Scheduled Tour during that time spot, then we will discontinue that option for the day and/or change the departure time if able.
What time is the shelling expedition?
The Shelling Expedition is geared around Low Tide. We depart 1-3 hours before to maximize your experience in finding awesome shoreline treasures. This means times will vary (about an hour) from day to day. Lets say, the Low Tide is at noon on any given day, it will be at 1p.m. on the next day and so on. Guests may need to be flexible, as we may not conduct and/or you may not see times on our Scheduled Tour calendar for some particular dates. This is due to extremely early or too late of the low tide. If you book through a third party booking site such as Tripadvisors "Viator", they do not have and will not display our departure times on their confirmation. Please call for departure time before you reserve through these third party outlets or call in advance for departure times. "Please do not call the day of as some days we depart early in the morning and you will run the risk of missing the boat". You may also find the departure time on your specific date by clicking the "book now" tab above, or on any other page on our site. Please wear the appropriate water shoes or sandals.
Do you provide alcohol? Can I bring my own?
NO, and YES, please do, all of our excursions are BYOB. You may bring whatever you would like to drink, but with that said, Harborview Charters and the Captain take no responsibility and are not liable for any injuries due to intoxication and or drunken stupidity. The Captain will also terminate voyage and payment will be non-refundable. Scheduled tour guests please pack a SMALL cooler as space is limited. Must be 21 yrs. old to partake. ID required.
In many cases you need not bring anything except a good attitude. Suggested items that you may want to bring are a camera, water/drinks, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, snacks/lunch, towel, or something long sleeved in case of too much sun, chills, or wetness. In the spring and fall we highly encourage that guest dress and wear appropriate clothing such as a warm jacket. For private charters only, we can provide a catered lunch at request for an additional charge. Please contact us for any questions on items.
Yes. We have life jackets for infants up to XXXL. On our smaller boat 6 yrs. old and under are required to wear life jackets. If your child has a favorite one, then please bring it along.
We view WILD dolphin in their natural habitat, and although we have a high success rate we cannot guarantee certain wildlife, marine life, or nature sightings as this is out of our control.
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The US Coast Guard rates/restricts our boats to a specific passenger occupancy and does not recognize "a lap child". All persons and seats must be accounted for. Please add little ones as part of your group when booking.
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All students with an average of 75% and higher will be considered for admission to all programs at the University of Guelph. Offers of admission will be sent as follows (except Landscape Architecture, Veterinary Medicine and Turfgrass Management).
Note: Applicants to the Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice and Public Policy; Bachelor of Science, Bio-Medical Science or Human Kinetics; and to all Co-op majors will automatically be considered for an alternative offer.
Offer Date
How We Calculate Your Admission Average
(required subjects are always included – see the Specific Subject Requirements for your province for more information)
Estimated Cut-offs
Late January to Late February We use the top six completed 4U/M (or equivalent) courses, including required subjects. Where not available, we use a combination of the top six completed 4U/M and 3U/M courses, including required subjects. Should no 4U/M courses be completed, the top five 3U/M courses (including required subjects) will be used. Offers in this round are typically made to applicants whose admission average exceeds the estimated cut-off range.
Early March to Mid-April We use the top six completed 4U/M (or equivalent) courses, including required subjects. Where not available, we use a combination of the top six completed or in-progress 4U/M and completed 3U/M courses, including required subjects. Offers in this round are typically made to applicants whose admission average is near the top of the estimated cut-off range.
Late April to Mid-May We use the top six completed or in-progress 4U/M (or equivalent) courses, including required subjects. Offers in this round are typically made to applicants whose admission average is within the estimated cut-off range.
*Estimated cut-off ranges are based on the admission averages from previous years and are provided solely as a point of reference. Exact cut-offs for the current cycle will be determined by the quantity and quality of applications received, and the number of places available in the program.
Offers of Admission
If you are currently enrolled full-time in an Ontario secondary school, and you meet the minimum requirements, you will be considered for admission on an ongoing basis beginning January 2019. Some offers may be extended in December to a limited number of programs. In most cases, early offers will be sent to applicants whose admission average exceeds the estimated cut-offs. There are two other main rounds of offers in the months of March and May.
If you are not currently enrolled full-time in an Ontario secondary school, and you meet the minimum requirements, you will be considered for admission on an ongoing basis as soon as all required documentation is received. All documents must be received no later than April 15, 2019.
Applicants presenting an admission average of 75% and higher will be considered for admission to the programs to which they've applied. Possession of an admission average within the estimated cut-off range does not guarantee an offer of admission.
Note: If you fill out the Student Profile Form (SPF), offers may be made to you if you fall within a discretionary 5% band below the determined cut-off range. Although not required, you are encouraged to complete the SPF.
All offers of admission are conditional upon the following:
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completion of six 4U and/or M courses, including required subjects, or equivalent; and,
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Throughout the course of his career, Jonathan Mannion has created portraits for some of the biggest stars in music and sports, including Jay Z, Eminem, and Lebron James. Starting January 22, 2013, he will be sharing his knowledge and experience through the online community learning platform Skillshare.com during a two week course on creating powerful portrait photography. It's pretty interesting that someone responsible for such iconic images can now share his knowledge to educate people anywhere in the world at anytime through an online platform. See his thoughts on this.


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Ranchi, Jharkhand: It's been nearly two months since the students of Ramgarh government school in Jharkhand got eggs in their mid-day meal. They are...
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Bundu, Jharkhand: While millions of degree holders struggle for employment in India, Dayanidhi Pradhan, 23, a Class 8 dropout in Jharkhand, dreams of an overseas...
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Nothing scares Tessa King more than the thought she will never have children. It doesn't matter how good her life is, and it is, it never feels good enough. She has four godchildren and dozens of friends, yet love eludes her. She knows how good a mother she could be, if only she had the chance. And then one terrible day she does, and Tessa learns firsthand that life on the other side of that white picket fence is more complicated than she ever could have imagined.
Heartwarming, funny, and genuine, The Godmother speaks to anyone who has wondered about the next step and reminds us that happily-ever-after is just the beginning of the story.


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'Walk with purpose and confidence': UNSW's sexual assault advice prompts outcry
By Justine Landis-Hanley
Updated September 15, 2018 — 9.09am first published September 14, 2018 — 10.16pm
A Sydney university has been criticised for sending an email telling staff and students to "walk with purpose and confidence" and avoid looking at their phones to stay safe in light of a recent sexual assault near campus.
The email sent on Friday by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) came in response to a sexual assault that took place near a UNSW campus at night earlier in the week.
"UNSW Security works to provide a safe and secure campus, but we would also like to remind all students and staff about personal safety, particularly at night," the email said.
The email has received backlash from students for placing the onus on victims of sexual assault. Credit:Ryan Stuart
The email asks staff and students to follow a list of "important steps", such as "walk to your destination with friends or colleagues" after dark; don't "walk with your head down looking at your phone"; "walk with purpose and confidence"; and "keep valuables out of sight".
The email has received backlash from students for placing the onus on victims of sexual assault and harassment to stay safe.
Director of End Rape on Campus Australia Anna Hush — who is also a postgraduate student and casual staff member at UNSW — posted a copy of the email on Twitter, saying it reads like "a rape myth bingo card".
"The email sent by UNSW to students and staff is the latest in a long tradition of victim-blaming statements made by universities," Ms Hush told Fairfax Media.
"Telling people - young women in particular - to 'maintain awareness' and 'walk with confidence' shows a deep misunderstanding of the cause and nature of sexual violence, drawing on 'stranger danger' myths that do not align with the majority of cases in which sexual violence occurs.
"These messages put onus on potential victims to manage their behaviours, and thus suggests that they are responsible when they experience violence."
Following the backlash, a UNSW spokesperson said: "UNSW has taken responsible action to inform its community of a recent sexual assault - and to also remind students and staff of practical safety tips they may wish to follow. UNSW works continually with its students and staff to ensure its approach to sexual assault is appropriate, respectful, and in keeping with the highest community standards."
In 2016, the Australian Human Rights Commission's Respect. Now. Always survey found a larger percentage of surveyed UNSW students were sexually harassed, compared to the national average.
According to the report, 5.5 percent of surveyed students were also sexually assaulted over 2015 and 2016.
Earlier that year, a video surfaced showing students from residence Philip Baxter College objectifying women and glorifying rape in song at a college event.
Since the report, UNSW has conducted face-to-face and online training for staff and students on preventing and responding to sexual misconduct, established an accredited First Responder network.
They have since also developed a portal for reporting sexual assault and harassment which has seen the number of reported cases jump from less than 10 to more than 90 in the last year, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Inclusion and Diversity, Professor Eileen Baldry, told an audience at a recent event.
Ms Hush of End Rape on Campus said it was "extremely disappointing to see UNSW make comments like this, especially when they claim to support survivors and stand against sexual violence."
"Quite simply, they should know better."
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The neglected Texans responsible for 2018's GOP wins
November 16, 2018 Texas
By Ross Ramsey
Rural Texans might feel neglected, but given the geography of this year's election results, they ought to be getting a lot of love from the state's majority party.
Republicans hold all of the state's 29 statewide offices and still control the majorities in the Senate and the House and the congressional delegation. The statewide officials, in particular, were put back in office this month by what appears — on a map — to be a red state with some blue splatters here and there.
But those blue spatters are where most Texans live. The rest of the state — most of that red part that you notice on the maps — is thinly populated.
Republicans at the top of the ballot — from Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott down to the judges and justices on the state's two highest courts — depend on overwhelming GOP victories in rural Texas to offset overwhelming Democratic wins in the urban ones.
And in an election year when the reliability of conservative voters in the state's big suburbs flickered and faltered, rural Texas voters can claim credit for the GOP's continuing control of state government.
Start with the results you know about: In the U.S. Senate race, Republican Ted Cruz finished with 50.9 percent of the vote, Democrat Beto O'Rourke got 48.3 percent of the vote, and the rest went to Neal Dikeman, a Libertarian.
But ignore the regular maps and look at where the voters reside — and how they vote. It's a picture of three very different electorates.
The Texas Tribune's recent "Future of Rural Texas" symposium included some polling of 172 of the state's 254 counties defined by the federal government as "non-metro" areas. That's rural Texas, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's reckoning, and it's a part of Texas where Republicans did particularly well in the general election.
While those 172 counties accounted for less than 12 percent of the overall voting in the state, Cruz got 73 percent and O'Rourke got 26.6 percent. Those counties are the reddest part of the map when you're looking at the whole picture of Texas.
On the other end of the spectrum — the centers of those blue splatters on the political maps — are the state's urban counties. That's where Democrats did particularly well in this year's elections. In the state's six biggest counties, which account for almost 45 percent of all the votes in the state, O'Rourke was the winner, with 61.8 percent to Cruz's 38 percent.
In the middle are suburban and exurban counties that have, for the most part, provided Republicans with a comfortable buffer in the races at the top of each year's ballot. They were there for Cruz, but not in the same strength he saw in the state's rural counties. In 30 Texas counties near those six biggest cities — counties that are part of metropolitan areas with more than a million people — Cruz got 59 percent of the vote to O'Rourke's 41 percent.
In the next group of 46 counties — considered to be part of metropolitan areas that have fewer than a million residents — the Republican's margin was almost identical — Cruz 59, O'Rourke 41.
The populations of those different kinds of counties matters, of course. The six biggest counties have about 45 percent of the state's voters. The 172 rural counties have about 12 percent. The rest of us live in the suburbs of cities or in smaller cities around Texas.
When you sort all of that out, O'Rourke beat Cruz by nearly 900,000 votes in the state's urban areas. Cruz got more than half of that back in the suburbs and smaller cities in Texas.
But it was rural Texas that saved him and the rest of the statewide Republican candidates — from Gov. Greg Abbott to Attorney General Ken Paxton to Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller — from the Beto-driven blue surge. The rescue came from a part of the state that recently told pollsters a couple of interesting things about politics: 75 percent agreed that "voting gives people like me some say about how government runs things." At the same time, 54 percent said "the state government pays too little attention to the problems and challenges facing communities" like theirs.
Now they're waiting to see if they'll get a little love for their help.
This article originally appeared at The Texas Tribune.
The neglected Texans responsible for 2018's GOP wins Reviewed by High Plains Pundit on November 16, 2018 Rating: 5


We have a special episode for you guys today. Joe made the trip to Boston and touched down in a little show called PAX East 2012! Armed with a voice recorder and a mission, he took on some of the best of the video game industry.
First, Joe interviews Camille Guermonprez, founder of Arkedo. Camille and his team are behind the new game Hell Yeah!, a story about a bunny prince of darkness who gets caught having relations with a rubber duckie and swears revenge. I can't make this stuff up, but the folks at Arkedo can!
Next, Joe tackles Suda51 (not literally), the mad genius behind such games as Shadows of the Damned, No More Heroes, Killer 7, and the upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw. What strategy does Suda51 bring to the development of this upcoming title?
Finally, Joe goes one-on-one with Jeramy Cooke, the art director for Borderlands 2. What awesome things are in store for the much anticipated sequel? Was there a rivalry between Borderlands and Rage?
Special thanks once again to Camille, Suda51, and Jeremy for making the time to speak to Joe!


The Head of Technology at Causeway Technologies has taken a look back at The BIM and & Integrated Projects Forum that look place earlier this month.
Tim Cole attended the event on June 6th and has taken to Causeway's official website to blog about his experience and the questions raised at the conference.
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Amsterdam Ticket 1987 line-up, from left to right: Africanova, Canjo Amissi, Aloys Gasuku, Tula Walupini, Diamond Ilunga. Seated: Member Bruno S., Goretti Habonimana, Amida Hassan V.,Chantal Nibizi. Photo courtesy of Afro7 Records.
A Rare Album From Burundi's Most Popular 1980s Group, Amabano, Resurfaces
1987's Amsterdam Ticket sees the Burundian group blending psych & funk influences with Congolese rumba and Burundian traditional music. It's getting a reissue from Afro7 Records.
Even though African music of the past four decades is being rediscovered, catalogued and reissued by foreign labels at an accelerating speed, music from the East-Central African nation of Burundi remains somewhat of a blind spot to collectors who are not from the region.
Western audiences have long associated the country with pop hits by singer Khadja Nin (based in Belgium since 1980) or even with "Burundi Black" (1971), the worldwide hit by French pianist Michel Bernholc (alias Mike Steiphenson) that sampled a recording from 1968 of traditional Burundian drumming. There are two vinyl releases from 1980 and 1987 that hint at the unknown history of Burundian pop music, records that have gained grail status among collectors, even though the story behind those LPs has never been told in full.
The first is a 7-LP box, released by Radio Nederland in 1980 (only 80 copies were made), containing the 100 entries to a band competition that the station organised for undiscovered talent from the Francophone African region. Among them was Amabano, the group that would become one of the two winners of the Concours du Moulin D'or (Golden Windmill contest), and who were invited to pick up their trophy, tour and record an album in a well-equipped studio in the Netherlands. The four tracks featured on the promotional vinyl are dreamy, mid-tempo psych-funk grooves with a touch of jazz and rumba, sung in the Kirundi language. The other LP, by the same group, was released in 1987 on the Soviet Union's Melodiya label in two different editions, each limited to 1000 copies, and now near-impossible to find. 'Gasuku' was not a delayed release of their previous Dutch recordings, but a new set of songs, put to tape by a Soviet team that had travelled Burundi for the occasion. Like their 1980s contest entries, the 'Gasuku' album had a musical approach that was deeply rooted in psych, funk and rumba of the 1970s.
The remarkable story behind these records started in East Africa in the '70s, when young musicians Africanova (Antoine Marie Rugerinyange) and Niki Dave (David Nikiza) were involuntarily exiled due to the civil war in Burundi. Both started a string of gigs with bands in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Africanova was a member of the Suicide Revolutionary Band, a large army ensemble, along with Idi Amin's later wife Sarah, until life under Idi Amin's reign became too unpredictable. They ended up working together in a seedy nightclub in Kenya, in Nairobi's River Road. Africanova was a multi-talented musician with a penchant for Congolese rumba, while Niki Dave would become known as a singer specialised in soul and funk. Their band was called the Afro Kids and featured members from Burundi, Congo and Kenya. By 1977 they found themselves recording a full album, which remains unreleased, and two singles, including the psych-funk title "Shoreza inyange," which would make them superstars in Burundi and Rwanda. On the strength of these hits, they were invited by the state-owned national radio of Burundi to come back home for a tour. The first gig, using the new name of the Explorers, was sold out, and many more followed. The band's unprecedented success quickly became an argument for the government, proving to the thousands of exiled Burundians in neighbouring countries that Burundi had become a safe place for them to return to.
In 1978, the Explorers signed with the Ministry of Information to become the state-sponsored house band of the national radio station. They picked the new name of Amabano, and their musical base of funk, soul and rumba, sung in a multitude of languages, absorbed a lot of influence from Burundian traditional music, and the Kirundi language would be heard in many of their songs. Winning the Moulin D'Or award, and the subsequent European trip in 1980, elevated their status as Burundi's number one orchestra. In the next five years, they would feature prominently on radio, television and representing the Burundian state during international conferences. At the time, Burundi did not have professional music studios, and the only alternative to traveling abroad to record was to use the limited facilities at the radio station.
Africanova in 1987. Photo courtesy of Afro7 Records.
Although Amabano received carte blanche to order their preferred musical equipment from abroad, there was nobody around to produce an album according to their standards. They contemplated another trip to Europe to record a full album, as their previous effort with Radio Nederland remained unreleased. Ultimately it was through the friendship of a Burundian government minister and the Russian ambassador that another plan was put into practice: a Russian team would come down to Bujumbura, record the band and then mix the album back in the USSR. The session was indeed released in the Soviet Union, by the state-owned Melodiya which was releasing major Russian pop bands and small-run pressings of regionally known bands by ethnic minorities within the USSR. It's not known what the intended audience was for the Amabano LP, but it did nothing to catapult the band to international fame; the musicians were not even aware of the album's release, although a copy was sent to Burundian radio.
While the Soviet Union was about to experience radical political changes that would affect the Melodiya label, back in Burundi there was also a change of leadership that resulted in the total lack of promotion of the Amabano album. The regime of president Bagaza was removed during a military coup during the same year the LP came out. Under the new government, conditions were not very favourable for Amabano. In 1990 the band left the radio and split up. The former band members continued to be active as musicians, and Africanova had success as a solo artist and running a music studio before he moved to Ivory Coast, and later to Canada. Niki Dave had left the band shortly before Amabano travelled to the Netherlands, and continued making music until his untimely death in 1992.
Today Amabano and its members are fondly remembered by many for their musical legacy that unified people in Burundi as well as neighbouring Rwanda across ethnic, economic and age boundaries. Apart from cassettes and CDs of their recordings in the studio of the Burundian national radio, their music has remained out of print until the current re-release of the Amabano LP (now called 'Amsterdam Ticket' after one of the songs on the LP, composed by Manu Dibango for the Radio Nederland contest), and the accompanying 45 RPM reissue of a single by the Afro Kids.
Amabano 'Amsterdam Ticket' is due late October from Afro7 Records.
May. 23, 2018 10:36AM EST
Gordon Ominde and Black Savage Band. Image: Afro7.
Here's Some 1970s Psychedelic Rock From Kenya
Listen to a re-issue of the Nairobi-based band Black Savage.
The mid-seventies in Nairobi were a time of tremendous growth. In the first decade after independence, the city's population had doubled and the economy grew at a rapid pace. Pop culture experienced a boom, live music thrived around the city and young, aspiring musicians were exposed to a wide variety of local, regional and international influences.
This was the time Nairobi developed into a musical melting pot that nurtured artists who are well remembered even outside Kenya, such as Les Mangelepa (still performing!), Matata, aor Joseph Kamaru. The music industry increased its capacity and by 1975 local pressing plants were able to produce over 10,000 records per day. Amidst the proliferation of Kenyan music being released by hundreds of bands and solo artists, some of the most interesting records did not receive proper distribution or promotion, and four decades down the line they remain un-googleable, unmentioned in discographies and generally unheard.
One band whose recorded output has been all but invisible until recently but who are well remembered by people who were young in 1970s Nairobi is Black Savage. Their music was released on an LP and three singles between the mid-'70s and the early 80s, and has remained out of print ever after. The early years of the band, whose members met during their secondary school years in Nairobi, are well described in the liner notes to the current reissue compilation by Afro7.
Band leader Gordon was the son of professor Simeon Ominde, who had led the reform of Kenya's educational system in 1964 upon independence, and who was teaching at Makerere University in Uganda in 1956 when his son was born. Gordon Ominde's earliest memories included Louis Armstrong's concert in Kampala in 1961, where—at the age of four—he was invited on stage and started conducting the band. Musical inspiration also came from his sisters who were singers, and from attending musical classes, although at Lenana, a former whites-only boarding school which was gradually being reformed to cater to Kenyans of different backgrounds, music education meant studying Beethoven and Mozart.
In 1973, two Kenyans of Indian heritage who had run a successful photo business since the mid-'50s, gave Kenyan music a boost by investing in a 16-track recording studio, and by acquiring EMI, Pathé and other label licenses for recording and distributing local and international music. For the next few years, the Sapra studio, record plant, tape duplication facility and colour printing business would become the go-to spot in Nairobi's Industrial Area for musicians and labels from all around East Africa. The studio was built and—as the owners struggled to find a sufficiently trained local engineer—also run by Detlef Degener, a German who had come to Kenya to construct studios for training journalists. Between 1975 when Sapra studio opened and the end of 1978 when the company went bankrupt, he recorded hundreds of bands from as far as Zambia (many Zamrock albums were produced under his guidance). Black Savage also came to record at Sapra for their debut album, which was to be released by EMI.
'Something for someone' provides a refreshing look at Kenya's musical landscape of the mid-seventies. Gordon Ominde, Job Seda, Jack Otieno and Ali Nassir weren't drawing their influence from rumba or benga but from psych and folk rock, funk and r&b. All songs were in English, and the lyrics were politically and socially aware, breathing the activist vibe of the international 'summer of love' generation. The band released three more singles. 'Do you really care/Save the savage' is two sides of semi-acoustic protest folk, 'Grassland/Kothbiro' embraces the group's Kenyan identity through the music and language, and 'Fire/Rita' (released around 1982 on the short-lived Kenyan CBS label) sounds as if the group attempts to reinvent itself—as a reggae band.
Given the rarity of the original vinyl releases, the lack of airplay and the absence of biographic info on the band, one could conclude that Black Savage ended up all but forgotten. It's reassuring that the musical paths of the band members didn't end there, though. Job Seda (who changed his name to Ayub Ogada) and Jack Otieno (today known as Jack Odongo) joined the African Heritage Band. Job then became an actor (Out of Africa), joined the UK record label Real World and scored Hollywood soundtracks. Jack went on to produce numerous Kenyan bands throughout the 1980s and 90s, and is still active as a gospel musician. Gordon Ominde continued his studies but ultimately chose for a career as a musician, and his music took him to England and to Germany where he started a family; he died unexpectedly in 2000. Mbarak Achieng is credit for composing Black Savage's "Kothbiro," which Ayub Ogada re-recorded and which ended on the soundtrack of the Constant Gardener. The memory of Black Savage as Kenya's most prolific rockers of the 1970s remains vivid in the hearts of thousands of Nairobians, and the current Afro7 reissue is a worthy first attempt at introducing their best work to an international audience.
The Black Savage compilation album is available now.
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes
An act to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 92165) to Chapter 2 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education, and making an appropriation therefor.
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AB 951, as introduced, Cervantes. University of California: law school.
The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes.
This bill would appropriate an unspecified sum of moneys from the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California each fiscal year, commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, to be expended only for the creation, construction, and establishment of a public law school in the County of Riverside administered by the University of California.
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Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Article 7 (commencing with Section 92165) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
Article 7. Construction of a University of California School of Law in the County of Riverside
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) A robust and functioning legal system is an essential element to a free and democratic society.
(2) Schools of law are not only invaluable as institutions of legal education, but also as centers of regional legal systems and communities. These schools of law serve as hubs for the sharing of legal ideas and as drivers of local legal economies.
(3) The last school of law established by the University of California was at the University of California, Irvine, in 2008. The only other school of law operated by the University of California in southern California is located at the University of California, Los Angeles.
(4) The Inland Empire, with a population of more than 4.2 million people, is one of the most populous regions of the state. The unique needs and concerns of the Inland Empire are distinct and different from those even in other parts of southern California, including the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange.
(5) The geographical distance between many Inland Empire communities and Westwood or Irvine, especially with traffic congestion factored in, makes attendance at the schools of law at the University of California, Los Angeles, or the University of California, Irvine, logistically difficult for prospective law students in the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.
(6) There is currently no school of law in the Inland Empire operated by the University of California. Indeed, there is only one school of law in the entire region that is accredited either by the American Bar Association or by the Committee of Bar Examiners.
(7) The lack of a public school of law in the Inland Empire is detrimental not only to prospective law students, but to the health of the legal community in the region.
(b) The sum of ____ dollars ($____) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California each fiscal year, commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, to be expended only for the creation, construction, and establishment of a public law school in the County of Riverside administered by the University of California.


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Calhoun looks to shake London fog out of players on trip
STORRS ?— As the rain fell in cold drops, the University of Connecticut men?'s basketball team boarded a charter bus outside Gampel Pavilion late Saturday night and headed to Boston to catch a Sunday morning flight to London.
Scott Cacciola
As the Huskies embark on a six-day, four-game exhibition tour in the United Kingdom, Saturday's season-opening 90-68 win over Buffalo left a couple of enduring images for them to digest: Rashad Anderson clapping for the ball and coach Jim Calhoun stomping around on the sideline.
There was plenty of good — after a sluggish preseason, Anderson converted his teammates' passes into a game-high 23 points — to go along with oodles of bad, namely 23 turnovers and a lack of late-game intensity.
In both preseason exhibition games, the Huskies struggled to maintain focus after racing to big first-half leads. The trend continued against Buffalo. After the Huskies took a 23-point halftime lead, they eased off the gas. Buffalo outscored UConn 44-43 in the second half.
Calhoun let his players know how he felt after the game, and they apparently got the message.
Anderson said the team "let up." The Huskies need to learn how to play 40 minutes, he added.
"A couple of guys disappointed me," Calhoun said. "I just thought we were so loose with the basketball.
It was absolutely incredible — 23 turnovers without being pressed. The only thing Buffalo did was run and jump, which should have given us layups. Instead, it gave us fits."
The primary offenders were sophomore forward Charlie Villanueva, who committed five turnovers in 21 minutes and was largely invisible, and sophomore point guard Marcus Williams, who played well in spurts.
Assuming the role vacated by four-year starter Taliek Brown, Williams dished out seven assists but committed four turnovers.
Calhoun said he hopes to find a "point guard that wants to come here second semester," but Williams took the criticism in stride.
"You have to go with it," Williams said. "When he's loving you, keep doing what he likes. When he's not loving you, start doing what he likes."
Calhoun was impressed with forward Marcus White, who emerged from the preseason as the 10th man in a nine-man rotation. But White, a 6-foot-8 forward, made the most of his eight minutes against Buffalo by grabbing six rebounds, including three on the offensive glass.
"I'm going to have to look at Marcus White longer over there (in England)," Calhoun said. "If I were a couple of those other big guys — I don't care what your reputation is or what awards you've won — you better look behind you, because I'm going to give Marcus a chance. Even though he's undersized, he seems to get the balls and he plays hard."
Anderson responded to Calhoun's tough-love approach. Dealing with a sore foot, he labored in both exhibition games, averaging 8.0 points while shooting 35 percent. But he made 8 of 16 shots, including four 3-pointers, against Buffalo.
"Coach is challenging me every day in practice," Anderson said. "He challenged me this week, and especially for this game he's been on me."
Calhoun gave every indication he intends to challenge his other players this week. He has lots of questions, he said, and maybe the answers are overseas.
Scott Cacciola can be reached at scacciola@nhregister.com.