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From a client perspective, some people were skeptical about whether an African American cruise product would be a quality experience. Luckily, those numbers were in the minority and we called this cruise, Festival at Sea…Cruising with an African American Twist. The response was overwhelming when we announced our first ... |
Chambers: What have attendees' responses been to Festival at Sea cruises over the years and are there other events beyond the signature cruises that you feature? |
Yarbrough: The response to this product was so amazing that in 1999 we developed our Friends of Festival at Sea luxury cruise product. Many of our passengers loved the Caribbean Cruises but wanted to “Spread their Wings” and sail to unique destinations around the globe. These groups sail to unique destinations around t... |
Over the past 20 years, our Friends have celebrated Carnival in Rio, climbed the Great Wall of China, cooked in a Culinary Art Kitchen onboard a luxury ship in Northern Europe and seen the Pyramids on a journey from Dubai to Athens. Our 2020 cruises will feature a 14-Night Southeast Asia itinerary to Singapore, Thailan... |
A family onboard Festival at Sea dressed in African attire for the cruise's Africa night event--a celebration of the African diaspora and its cultural roots. |
Chambers: Any most moving cruise experiences? |
Yarbrough: As an African American whose ancestors were descendants of slaves, the historical impact of men and women being taken on slave ships from Goree Island, West Africa has had a devastating impact on our culture. However, in 2000, I arranged for my organization a cruise from Cape Town, South African to Dakar Sen... |
Chambers: Any travel-inspired words of wisdom you would share with others? |
Yarbrough: Never put a limit on your ability to explore the world. There are 52 weeks in a year and most of us work extremely hard in our occupations. Set aside at least one or two of those weeks to get away and reward yourself. Those memories are priceless and will stay with you forever. |
Socialist Party members took part as over 8,000 signatures on petitions were presented by Sheffield Save Our NHS, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and Labour Party members against the proposed closure of the minor injuries unit at Hallamshire hospital and the walk-in centre in Sheffield to a meeting of the clinic... |
The CCG argues that these proposals aren't about making cuts, but to improve access to GP appointments. It says that the money 'saved' would be 'moved around' to fund GPs surgeries grouping together to offer patients a same- day appointment. |
They also say: "There's lots of places that provide urgent care... we've heard it's quite confusing. Patients don't know where to go or when to go in many cases." |
So the CCG is proposing closures so that patients aren't confused! |
People use these services precisely because they can't get GP appointments. |
If the CCG really wants to make GP same-day appointments possible, then they should invest in that first and prove that it will actually work. |
These proposals must be stopped. But the consultation exercise is a sham. It's a tick box exercise where all the options are variants of what the CCG wants with no option of keeping the walk-in centre and minor injuries unit open. |
Our campaigning has forced an extension of the consultation period and put back the date of the final decision to September. We must use that time to build as big a campaign of opposition as possible to stop these closures. |
Pixar Animation Studios may be a newcomer to animated films, but CEO Steve Jobs is already committed to matching Walt Disney Co.'s animated feature-a-year pace. |
Speaking at the Variety/Schroders Big Picture conference Tuesday, Jobs said A Bug's Life – described as "an epic in miniature proportions" and slated for a November release – will be followed by Toy Story II in 1999 and by a full-length animated film in 2000, which is "still secret." They will be released under Pixar's... |
To test technology and develop talent, Pixar plans to continue with a lively output of shorts. Its latest, Geri's Game, won an Academy Award last week for animated short film. |
Meanwhile, Pixar has forsaken the production of CD-ROMs and Clio-winning commercials, both profitable sidelines until being shuttered recently in order to permit "a laser-like focus" on animation. The opportunities there are "orders of magnitude greater," Jobs said. "Only two studios in the world have made a blockbuste... |
Although Jobs considers Pixar a low-cost producer, its newest films, which cost between US$50 million and $100 million each, don't come cheaply. Nor is computer-aided efficiency abundant; each frame of Toy Story took three hours to produce, Jobs said. "And though a thousand times more complex," each frame today still t... |
But the payoff is, as Jobs used to say, insanely great. The Lion King produced more than $1 billion in profits for Disney, and Toy Story brought in more than $200 million for Disney and Pixar. Just its $35 million in video profits alone was enough to cover production costs. |
Steve Mason of the Beta Band has announced plans to release his new ‘political’ solo album, ‘Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time’ on March 11, 2013. |
The follow up to 2010’s ‘Boys Outside’ and 2011’s dub re-versioning ‘Ghosts Outside’, has been part produced by Dan Carey and features 20 tracks, nine recorded in Carey’s studio in London and 11 ‘linking pieces’ laid down by Mason himself in his own studio in Fife, Scotland. |
Album track ‘More Money, More Fire’ features vocals from MC Mystro. Click above to see the video for ‘protest song’ ‘Fight Them Back’. |
This is the moment an elephant killed his trainer after running amok. |
Horrified onlookers at the ceremonial festival in the south Indian state of Kerala said the elephant went on the rampage after seeing another elephant go wild. |
With a bright headdress attached to his trunk, the animal, named Vinayan, spun his trainer around on his tusk. More than 20 people were injured. |
Nicholls State University women’s basketball coach DoBee Plaisance announced the 2011-12 regular season schedule for the Colonels on Wednesday morning and the season is highlighted by 13 home dates and matchups against Alabama, Oregon, Arkansas-Little Rock and in-state rivals Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe. |
The Colonels will play 12 games at David R. Stopher Gym, including three straight contests to close out 2011. |
Nicholls will also play Florida A&M on Dec. 9 at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center as part of a women’s/men’s basketball doubleheader. |
Nicholls kicks off the season in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Nov. 12 when it faces the Alabama Crimson Tide, who made the WNIT last season. |
The following week, the Colonels will take on the Ragin’ Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette (Nov. 17) before hosting Alabama State on Nov. 21 for their season debut at Stopher Gym. |
After spending last season’s Thanksgiving break in New York, Nicholls will fly out to Eugene, Ore., for three non-conference matchups in the Global Sports Cage Classic. |
The Colonels start the classic on Thanksgiving (Nov. 27) against UC Irvine and will go back-to-back with a Friday contest versus Weber State. |
Nicholls wraps up the three-game trip against host Oregon on Nov. 27. |
Nicholls starts its December slate on the third at ULM, who the Colonels defeated last season, 53-52, at the buzzer. |
Next up for Nicholls is its game in Houma against Florida A&M (Dec. 9), followed by a trip to Texas State (Dec. 11). |
The Colonels will round out their 2011 schedule with three home dates – Belhaven (Dec. 13), North Texas (Dec. 20) and SUNO (Dec. 30). |
Before starting the Southland Conference schedule, Nicholls opens 2012 with a challenging matchup as they hit the road to face Sun Belt defending champion Arkansas Little Rock (Jan. 4). The Trojans won both the regular season and tournament titles last year to earn a berth to the NCAA Tournament. |
The Southland schedule consists of 16-games, starting on Jan. 7 at home against the UT-Arlington. |
The rest of the home SLC schedule includes Central Arkansas (Jan. 18-Play4Kay), Southeastern La. (Jan. 21), Lamar (Jan. 28), Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 8 Academic Night), UT-San Antonio (Feb. 18), McNeese State (Feb. 25 Alumni Game) and Northwestern State (Feb. 29 Senior Night). |
The SLC road contests are Northwestern State (Jan. 11), Sam Houston State (Jan. 14), McNeese State (Jan. 23), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 1), Texas State (Feb. 4), Lamar (Feb. 11), Central Arkansas (Feb. 22) and Southeastern Louisiana (Mar. 3). |
The Southland Conference Women's Basketball Championship will start March 6 in Katy, Texas. |
Season tickets are currently available by calling the Nicholls Athletics ticket office at (985) 448-4790. |
Why is there a La Verne Avenue in Long Beach? |
SOME STREETS in Long Beach are named after Inland Valley cities, which may have baffled any of you who’ve visited that burg and felt oddly at home. |
A succession of avenues with ocean views are named, in order west to east, Corona, Covina, La Verne, Glendora, Pomona, Santa Ana and Claremont. |
What gives? An answer was provided recently by Long Beach Press-Telegram columnist Tim Grobaty, who collected lore about local streets from history buff Stan Poe. |
The ad claimed that if you tipped a map of California, all those inland cities would slide down to Belmont Shore Place. |
It was nice of Belmont Shore Place to stop our cities before they slid into the ocean. |
MY DOCTOR in Upland tells me he was on the golf course recently (this may be why it takes me so long to get in to see him) when he hurt his back seriously enough to require surgery. |
In the run-up to the surgery, a test showed that in the four months since he’d passed his last heart test with flying colors, his heart was now beating irregularly enough that he could have had a stroke at any moment. |
His back is now fine and he’s taking blood thinners in preparation to have clots cleared from his heart. |
AS NOTED here recently, a house at 257 Oak Park Drive in Claremont is for sale and its ads tout that Frank Zappa lived there as a child. |
At the time, though, Zappa’s presence was a selling point of a different kind. |
Reader Susan Tarvin, who later owned the home, said she heard great stories from neighbors about the Zappa family, who lived there circa 1952, when Frank was 11. |
Now that’s a man who wanted to avoid a confrontation. |
MORE ZAPPA: Tarvin bought the Zappa home in 1975 for $25,500. It’s now selling for $299,000 in a short sale. |
She attended a garage sale there recently, held by the people to whom she sold the home in 1983. She was surprised to find some familiar items. |
ON MY blog (www.dailybulletin.com/davidallenblog) last week: a Rancho Cucamonga directional sign is replaced, metal dinosaurs prowl an Ontario yard, a Claremont art museum is open 24/7 and a visit is made to Korean BBQ in Montclair. Please visit us, won’t you? |
Just so you know, I return today from a six-day sojourn in my native Midwest – after writing three columns in advance. It about killed me (the writing, not the vacation), but I hope you found the columns, thin and dashed-off as they were, preferable to nothing. |
If they were better than nothing, let me know. If they weren’t, let me know that too – it’ll save me some grief next time I split town. |
And if they were better than usual, break it to me gently. |
David Allen writes Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, even while away. Email david.allen@inlandnewspapers.com, call 909-483-9339 or write 2041 E. Fourth St., Ontario 91764. |
Just who's taking care of whom? |
"Man of the House," which opened Friday, is quite a few cuts above the usual movie released without press previews. No groundbreaker -- nor is it trying to be -- it's a good-natured comedy about an ultra-macho, straight-arrow Texas ranger (Tommy Lee Jones, perfect casting) protecting five University of Texas cheerleade... |
Director Stephen Herek keeps things moving and throws in some lively action sequences but keeps the emphasis on the amusing and affectionate relationships between Jones and the girls. Cedric the Entertainer is on hand for lively comic relief. |
"Man of the House," rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, crude humor and a drug reference. Running time: 1 hour, 39 minutes. In general release. |
Aiming to minimise costs and gain a competitive edge, HMD Global, maker of the Nokia branded phones, is looking at maximising its component eco-system in India in the next 2-3 years. |
Although its manufacturing partner in India currently is Foxconn, the company is on the lookout for new partners which will help it set up the local sourcing eco-system. |
“Right now there is no decision on whether we are going ahead with partners other than Foxconn, but we are constantly scanning the market and will look at options if needed. The idea is to deliver the best product at the best economical price possible. We could look at other opportunities with various manufacturers,” A... |
According to Mehta, while HMD Global is attempting to adhere to the phased manufacturing programme (PMP), substituting import of certain components may benefit the company substantially. |
“Certain components require a 20 per cent duty – so if we can manufacture locally, we save a lot. It is a very price competitive industry and we will look at being as competitive as possible and it starts with the cost”, he told this newspaper. |
PMP is an initiative of the electronics and information technology ministry which promotes domestic manufacturing of handsets and sub-assemblies. Under this scheme, a countervailing duty at 12.5 per cent on imports alongwith a one per cent excise duty without input tax credit was made available to domestic manufacturer... |
While the PMP specified certain timelines to achieve indigenisation of mobile phone handsets, HMD Global is of the view that other than chargers, the pace is slow for batteries and other components. |
“The government has also extended the PMP for displays and touch panels because they also realised that the entire eco-system in India is not ready for that. In line with the PMP, we would also like to locally source”, he told to this business daily. |
After staging a comeback around 18 months back, the Nokia brand of phones has moved from the 17th position to the eighth position in smartphones while in the feature phone segment, comprising on 2G-3G handsets, Nokia finished at the third spot in 2018 in India. |
In the next 2-4 years, HMD Global is eyeing to be among the top three players in the country and Mehta believes that new product launches will play a pivotal role in this endeavour. |
During October-December 2018, the brand had a 3.5 per cent market share in smartphones and about 8.5-9 per cent in feature phones. |
Asked about its market approach and consumer connect, Mehta said that while HMD Global continues to adhere to the core values of Nokia, it’s “rendition of the market is very different” as compared to its older avatar. |
“It’s very digital-first kind of approach now. We have also leveraged millennial focussed approach like Alia Bhatt, who is our brand ambassador; and the association with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). We have associated with assets which are appealing to the millennial”, Mehta added. |
After its 2-year sponsorship agreement with KKR will lapse this year, it will review its association with this IPL cricket team expectedly in September-October this year. |
While the Nokia phone maker is now getting around 35-40 per cent of its total sales from online channels, which is driven by purchases by the youth, it is focussed on having a strong offline sales channel. |
“For us, the offline channel is more important because we believe that the customer needs to touch and feel the product before they buy; but we also need a presence online because that is where the millennial are going to look out for the products”, he concluded. |
At a later date, based on the market response, HMD Global may opt to revive its once dominant Nokia Priority stores. |
YELAWOLF IS PREPPING TO RELEASE A NEW ALBUM! BUT IS IT THE SAME OL' "TRUNK MUZIK?" |
Although Yelawolf has been buzzing in the South since the release of his critically acclaimed Trunk Muzik mixtape (which has since been rereleased on Interscope Records as Trunk Muzik: 0-60), he didn’t capture the attention of most of the U.S. until his show – stealing Cyphers in consecutive years at the BET Hip Hop Aw... |
Don’t get it twisted by any means; Radioactive still has a few songs that resemble his older music, such as “Get Away” (with Shawty Fatt and Mystikal), the speaker-friendly “Hard White” with Lil’ Jon (because you really don’t realize how much bass that song has until you have speakers), and even “Throw It Up” with Gang... |
Songs like “Growin’ Up In The Gutta” and “Made in the U.S.A.” have strong social commentary, from Yelawolf narrating about a girl being exposed to physical contact too early by her stepdad, to illustrating the different facets of life in the United States. The most potent of the bunch comes with an assist from Killer M... |
Yelawolf never waivers in his flows and seems to mesh with whatever style of beat that the track requires him to (and the production switches heavily throughout Radioactive), and the features are solid as well. Not too many people can say they’ve had Eminem, Gangsta Boo, Kid Rock, Mystikal, and Fefe Dobson on the same ... |
However, the amount of chances (ahem, radio singles) that Yelawolf and Shady Records take on this album is almost maddening. There never seems to be a flow to the album, and it comes off as more as a schizophrenic compilation of songs than an actual Shady Records project. Yelawolf is definitely one of the best rappers ... |
Yelawolf's "Radioactive" debuts November 22 on iTunes and in stores. |
K1ng Eljay is the founder of his site, K1ngEljay.com, as well as a contributor to GoWhereHipHop and editor for RapGenius.com. Follow him on Twitter at @K1ngEljay for more. |
The charter proponents had planned to resubmit their proposal to Paso, but then found a more welcome host in San Miguel, which had a facility available. |
The school, to be named Almond Acres Charter Academy, will share a site with the Lillian Larsen School, which has six open classrooms that had been built to accommodate a population boom that didn’t occur. The school will open with grades K-6, including 158 students and seven new teachers. The school will eventually ex... |
San Miguel schools superintendent Curt Dubost recommended the board approve the charter, which he believes will help improve the district’s performance while also bringing in a small amount of money. |
The charter school’s principal will be Jim Fotinakes, who retired as Templeton High School’s principal in 2009. |
The county’s only other charter school is the Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter School in Avila Beach, which includes 146 students in grades K-6. |
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