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The Triumph of Modernism in the Art of Australia
Submitted by AliaK on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 19:52
28 Mar 2015 - 24 May 2015
Spans 60 years of Australian Art with over 50 iconic works by 26 artists who have shaped the development of modern art in Australia.
The Triumph of Modernism tells the story of a new identity in Australian art commencing post World War II with artists such as Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Russell Drysdale, John Brack, John Perceval and Charles Blackman. Later years see the continuing development of modern art in the works of Fred Williams and John Olsen, and in more recent times in contemporary art by artists Imants Tillers, Howard Arkley and Aida Tomescu. The Triumph of Modernism is a rich and representative display of the story of modern Australia, with a particular and deliberate emphasis on Australian identity, although it is just a glimpse into the remarkable collections.
Curated for Hazelhurst by its patron, Edmund Capon, the exhibition provides an opportunity to see some works that are rarely made available for public viewing. “This is the first time Sydney audiences will be able to see the collection in such depth, revealing the strength and diversity it holds” said Belinda Hanrahan, Hazelhurst's Director. Edmund Capon says “My objective here has been to illustrate two themes; firstly the triumph of modernism in Australian art and, secondly, the particular qualities and strengths of the TarraWarra and Besen collections.”
Artists featured include Howard Arkley, George Baldessin , Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, John Brack, William Delafield Cook, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Ian Fairweather, Joy Hester, Dale Hickey, Roger Kemp, Joanna Lamb, Godfrey Miller, Sidney Nolan, John Olsen, John Perceval, Jeffrey Smart, Tim Storrier, Edwin Tanner, Imants Tillers, Aida Tomescu, Tony Tuckson, Brett Whiteley, Fred Williams and William Wright.
This exhibition is a partnership project between TarraWarra Museum of Art and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre. The Triumph of Modernism will also be shown at TarraWarra Museum of Art from 21 June – 16 August 2015.
via http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Community/Hazelhurst/Exhibitions/T...
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A Wild Soul
0 March 31, 2009 Musings
How do you put evil on trial?
Two days ago the tribunal in charge of processing Cambodia’s genocide sat down to meet for the first time to try to make sense of the 1.7 million deaths that occurred between 1975-1979 under the Khmer Rouge. Delayed thirty years by civil war and conflict, the tribunal seeks to bring justice, understanding, and closure to the horrendous crimes committed so long ago. But how do you measure evil, and who do you blame? Pol Pot, the obvious choice, died in 1998. Then there are his closest advisers, there are those who physically murdered people, and those who just as they say, “ran the trains” (an expression that has come to represent those who followed orders who might not have directly murdered anyone, but participated in the genocide).
Today, Kaing Guek Eav (Duch), the Khmer Rouge’s chief torturer, took the stand. Duch was in charge of one of the prisons that orchestrated as many as 16,000 deaths. The leaders of the prison were systematic- they took a picture of each victim before torturing them to death. The evidence is there. After the tribunal read through gruesome details, Duch was given an opportunity to speak. He took the time to apologize to his nation for the crimes he committed. Hundreds of people watched from behind a glass window. Among them sat victims, and family members of victims who did not survive.
Cambodia has no death penalty, but Duch is facing life in prison for war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture, and murder. After his apology, Duch explained that he carried out his “duty” to protect his family, but that he takes “responsibility for crimes committed at S-21, especially the tortures and executions of the people there.” He also requested the people to “leave an open window for [him] to seek forgiveness.”
Duch’s lawyer argued that Duch is a scapegoat, and the court should turn its attention to those with more blood on their hands.
The Cambodian Prime Minister has been accused of limiting the tribunal because of politics. Hun Sen, the Prime Minister and a former Khmer Rouge officer (yes, really?), said that he does not approve of the court and hopes that it runs of out of money “as soon as possible.”
The Prime Minister’s attitude represents a greater issue facing Cambodia- the entire country’s apparent lack of understanding, knowledge, and justice regarding the genocide. Children growing up in Cambodia do not learn about the tragedy in school although it is vital to their history, and one teenager went so far as to say, “I’m not interested… I’m busy and I don’t want to know.”
What does this do for the survivors, and how will this affect the next generation? This tribunal is monumental, and of the utmost importance, and I will continue to follow it. I urge you to do the same, and to learn about what happened. There are many different kinds of genocide, and the genocide that occurred in Cambodia was unique and led to the term “autogenocide” which means the extermination of country’s citizens by its own people or government. Autogenocide differs from “genocide” in that people are not targeted and killed as the “other” as was the case in Nazi Germany, but as the same.
I wish I had time to share more about Cambodia’s history (after taking a class on Genocide a few months ago I had hoped to write a paper on what I learned, and that’s still in the works) but this is a great website to learn about the history.
Categories: Musings Tags: 1975-1979, apology, autogenocide, autogenocide vs. genocide, blame, Cambodia, closure, Duch, evil, forgiveness, Genocide, Hun Sen, justice, Khmer Rouge, Prime Minister, torture, trial, tribunal
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$39 Sale Price Only Good in February
Entry Level Paternal Line DNA Test Lowered Drastic...
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Entry Level Paternal Line DNA Test Lowered Drastically
FTDNA drastically lowered the cost of it's entry level Y-chromosome DNA test today. This is a test that can be taken by men to trace their paternal surname line up their family tree. This test will allow men to determine their general haplogroup (ancient clan) but will not be specific enough to answer many family history questions. However, as Your Genetic Genealogist pointed out today, this will get samples stored for 25 years--or until it is used up by further testing. So this is a very economical way to collect samples from several members of the older generation of your family for future family research.
Also buried in the press release below is an announcement that a price reduction is likely to be in the offing for mitochondrial tests which can be taken by members of either gender to test their maternal lines:
Toward Universal Access by Individuals to their Own Genetic Data
Date:2/20/2013
HOUSTON, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FamilyTreeDNA.com, the genetic genealogy arm of Gene By Gene, Ltd., is dramatically lowering the price of one of its basic Y-DNA tests to $39, making it the lowest-cost DNA test available on the market, in order to take a major step toward universal access by individuals to their personal genetic data.
By dropping the price of its basic Y-DNA test by 60 percent to $39, Family Tree DNA -- the world's largest processor of Y-DNA and full mitochondrial sequences -- is working to eliminate cost as a barrier to individuals introducing themselves to the insights and knowledge to be gained from personal genetic and genomic research.
Family Tree DNA pioneered the concept of direct-to-consumer testing in the field of genetic genealogy more than a decade ago, and has processed more than 5 million discrete tests for more than 700,000 individuals and organizations since it introduced its Y-DNA test in 2000.
The test investigates specific Y-DNA locations for males that provide individuals with their haplogroup, or the deep ancestral origin of the paternal line. In addition, it can indicate if different individuals are likely to share a common male line.
Gene By Gene is also working to lower the cost of Family Tree DNA's comparable mtDNA test, which would be applicable to both females and males and provides data on the direct maternal line. The company expects to unveil new pricing for this test in spring 2013.
As the sponsor DNA Workshop of "Who Do You Think You Are - Live" in London this February, Family Tree DNA expects that the reduced price test will add a great number of individuals to its already large database – the largest of its kind in the world.
"We believe the first step to unearthing your personal and family history is to better understand your DNA," Gene By Gene President Bennett Greenspan said. "That's why we are continuously investing in new technology and experienced scientists at our Genomics Research Center, enabling us to conduct tests more accurately, efficiently and at lower prices. Our $39 Y-DNA test is just the latest example of how we are working to help individuals gain access to their genetic data."
Individuals interested in Family Tree DNA's $39 Y-DNA test, or any of its ancestral testing products, can visit www.familytreedna.com for more information.
About Gene By Gene, Ltd.
Founded in 2000, Gene By Gene, Ltd. provides reliable DNA testing to a wide range of consumer and institutional customers through its four divisions focusing on ancestry, health, research and paternity. Gene By Gene provides DNA tests through its Family Tree DNA division, which pioneered the concept of direct-to-consumer testing in the field of genetic genealogy more than a decade ago. Gene by Gene is CLIA registered and through its clinical-health division DNA Traits offers regulated diagnostic tests. DNA DTC is the Research Use Only (RUO) division serving both direct-to-consumer and institutional clients worldwide. Gene By Gene offers AABB certified relationship tests through its paternity testing division, DNA Findings. The privately held company is headquartered in Houston, which is also home to its state-of-the-art Genomics Research Center.
Labels: $39 DNA Test, Family Tree DNA, Y-chromosome Test
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PACE/FIFA: “If you want to be credible, you have to be transparent”
Strasbourg, 18.07.2013 – On behalf of the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which she headed on 16 July 2013 in an exchange of views at FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE) welcomed the direct, open dialogue initiated with the FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter on the issues raised in a resolution adopted by the PACE in April 2012 on good governance and ethics in sport, which called on FIFA to “fully investigate the facts underlying the various scandals which, in recent years, have tarnished its image and that of international football”.
Anne Brasseur said “the reforms initiated by FIFA and the spirit of openness omnipresent in our talks are a sign for us that FIFA is taking our guidelines on good governance and ethics in sport seriously. These guidelines are aimed at all international and national sports bodies as well as the governments. It is important for the political authorities to have a right of inspection vis-à-vis the conduct of sports bodies, whilst fully respecting for their independence”.
“If you want to be credible, you have to be transparent, and we must set up structures capable of acting completely independently in order to note and sanction any breaches of ethical principles. In this connection, we welcome the fact that the FIFA Ethics Committee can launch internal inquiries, of its own accord and at any time, and also the introduction of a system for collecting information supplied on-line by whistle-blowers and transmitting them unfiltered to the Chairs of the supervisory bodies. Nevertheless, more progress is still needed, and we would encourage FIFA to press on with its reforms”, Ms Brasseur concluded.
Mr Blatter said the reform process had to continue as an organisation must constantly adapt its governance in order not to regress. PACE and FIFA therefore decided to continue their dialogue. The PACE was still expecting a number of advances in terms of financial transparency and limits on the number of concurrent offices held. In this context, Mark Pieth, Chair of the FIFA Governance Committee, will be heard by the PACE Ad hoc Sub-Committee on the Reform of International Football Sub-Committee in Strasbourg at the beginning of October.
The Ad hoc Sub-Committee will also be meeting with other football personalities, starting with the UEFA President, Michel Platini (on 9 September in Nyon) and the President of the European Club Association (ECA), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (date and place to be decided).
The PACE delegation included Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE), Chair of the Ad hoc Sub-Committee on the Reform of International Football; Michael Connarty (United Kingdom, SOC); Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC); Maximilian Reimann (Switzerland, ALDE); and André Schneider (France, EPP/CD).
PACE Resolution 1875 (2012)
11/06/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
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Lord George Foulkes: ‘I pay tribute to those courageous journalists who do their job despite the risks and pressures’
Committee proposes to create a Europe-wide tool for recognising cultural competences
Social media companies must do more to stop unlawful material and counter disinformation
Rapporteur calls on Russian authorities to drop charges against journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva
The role of culture and heritage in supporting the local and regional economy
The Museum of Communication (Bern, Switzerland) wins 2019 Museum Prize
Preserving intangible cultural heritage against uniform lifestyles
Public service media can counteract information disorder
Call for a digital society based on fundamental rights
Parliamentarians pledge steps to help sport ‘uphold its core values’
Consolidating the freedom of the media as pillars of democratic elections
Call for respect of confidentiality of journalists’ sources
Ensuring press freedom in the member States
A plan for curbing the deliberate destruction or illegal trafficking of cultural heritage
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Sun Country Airlines Announces Two New Routes to Gulfport
Sun Country Airlines announced the addition of two new seasonal routes to Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida.
“We’re excited to add these routes to our network and bring more passengers to experience this great leisure destination, a premier area for casino gaming that also boasts miles of beaches and beautiful golf courses,” said Chief Commercial Officer Ted Botimer. “Our focus on low fares and customer service has been a great fit for tourists visiting this market and we look forward to our continued partnership with the Gulfport-Biloxi Regional Airport Authority.”
“We appreciate the expanded partnership with Sun Country Airlines and look forward to having service to these rapidly growing markets,” said Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport Executive Director Clay Williams. “Both Austin and Fort Myers are unique and exciting destinations for local residents to enjoy, and we are extremely grateful for the convenient air travel option for visitors to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.””
“When visitors experience Mississippi’s hospitality, they want to return again and again, which is why tourism is an important economic sector for our state,” Lieutenant Gov. Tate Reeves said. “I appreciate the work of Sun Country, airport and community leaders to expand options for both Mississippians and travelers who want to see our beautiful Gulf Coast.”
“Sun Country Airlines’ expansion into Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport is great news for the Mississippi Gulf Coast and our state as a whole,” said Mississippi Development Authority Executive Director Glenn McCullough. “It serves as a testament to the world-class food, culture and hospitality for which Mississippi is known around the world. Thanks to the airport and their partners for their hard work and leadership to make today’s announcement a reality.”
Sun Country has experienced record growth over the past year and recently announced the largest network expansion in company history.
The airline first added new routes beyond its home base of Minneapolis/St. Paul in June 2018, bringing on service from Dallas/Fort Worth, Madison, Wisconsin, Portland, Oregon and St. Louis, which brought the network at the time from 53 to 64 nonstop routes. Nashville, Tennessee was added in August 2018, and the airline now operates a total of 87 routes across 52 airports, which marks a nearly 40 percent growth in routes since June 2018.
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Burt Stark Mansion (c. 1841)
McGowan - Barksdale - Bundy House (1888)
Abbeville Opera House
Erskine College
Trinity Episcopal Church (1860)
Home > About Abbeville County > Places to See > Burt Stark Mansion (c. 1841)
David Lesley, lawyer and planter, built this fine Greek Revival two-story mansion in 1841 within walking distance of the Square. It is most famous for being the site of Jefferson Davis’ last war council during Armistead Burt’s residency. Davis, a close friend of the Burt’s, finally disbanded his war cabinet here in May 1865 before fleeing to Georgia.
In 1900 J. S. Stark bought the house and restored it to its former antebellum glory. The last surviving member of the family, Mary Stark Davis, donated it and the furnishings to the Historic Preservation Commission in 1971. It is now a National Landmark and is open to the public for tours. www.burt-stark.com
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Why Thousands of Combat Vets Have to Repay Their Enlistment Bonuses
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
By Ciro Scotti
The watchdog charged with monitoring how American money is spent in Afghanistan has in recent years identified projects in which hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted or gone missing: More than $100 million in over-budget expenditures to build the Afghan Ministry of Defense building and $150 million blown on luxury residences for members of the task force charged with rebuilding the Iraqi and Afghan economies, for example.
In total, the Defense Department’s controversial Task Force for Stability and Business Operations spent close to $800 million – some of which was unaccounted for -- before it was disbanded.
Related: Has the Navy Wasted Billions on Its New Combat Ship?
But while Pentagon bean-counters can let millions float away in Afghanistan, they are not about to allow a bunch of American soldiers who fought there get away with keeping the piddling bonus overpayments they were given to re-enlist when their services were so sorely needed a decade or so ago.
The military has been trying to claw back excessive bonuses that the California National Guard paid to about 10,000 veterans – some of whom went on multiple combat tours – according to The Los Angeles Times.
The Times says that with ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 10 years ago, the military was eager to boost re-enlistment and in many cases offered incentives of $15,000 or more that went beyond what was allowed. Now the Pentagon is trying to get back millions in overpayments, including interest, using tax liens and wage garnishments.
Among those being hounded is an Army captain and Iraq War veteran who had to take out a second mortgage to pay back more than $45,000 in reenlistment bonuses and student loans to which he apparently was not entitled. Another is a female master sergeant who served for more than 25 years and now is struggling to repay over $20,000 in erroneous re-up incentives.
Related: The $43 Million Afghan Gas Station
The Times said 42 auditors went through payments to some 14,000 California Guard soldiers after reports of improper payments surfaced in 2010, and about $22 million has been recovered.
Military recruiters, under pressure to keep the pipeline full of troops, once handed out bonuses with abandon. But the bonuses were actually intended only for those who would be deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan as part of short-handed units or who were in high-demand jobs such as intelligence and public affairs.
One Special Forces soldier who is resisting the Pentagon’s efforts was injured by a roadside bomb after going on hundreds of missions against insurgents in Iraq. He now has permanent brain and back injuries. Earlier this year, he got a letter from the Treasury Department saying that his “unpaid delinquent debt” stemming from a $15,000 bonus was now up to almost $20,000 with interest and penalties.
The deputy commander of the California Guard told the Times that the Guard couldn’t absolve the soldiers of their “debts” without breaking the law.
But as President Obama rightly grants clemency to hundreds of prisoners serving excessive sentences for nonviolent drug crimes, he might also consider handing out some forgiveness to men and women whose only crime was agreeing to serve their country a little longer.
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Ciro Scotti
Ciro Scotti, a journalist, editor and media strategist, is a contributing editor to The Fiscal Times. Earlier, he was Deputy Editor, The Americas, at Reuters and Managing Editor at Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Revised and Updated 9/6/2013
For immediate release on Friday, September 6, 2013.
CONTACT: Angela Fisher Hall
Birmingham Public Library System
E-mail: ahall@bham.lib.al.us
Library Adds More Acts to America’s Music Program Series
Birmingham, Alabama—If you missed the first three weeks of popular music performances, lectures and films, you still have time to join in. The Birmingham Public Library (BPL) System has been awarded a $2,500 grant to host a twelve-week program series featuring documentary film screenings, scholar-led discussions and performances of twentieth-century American popular music. The “America’s Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway” series has already enlightened audiences about uniquely American musical genres including blues and gospel, Broadway, jazz, bluegrass and country, rock n’ roll, mambo, and hip hop. With several more weeks of outstanding programming planned, upcoming performers include Cleve Eaton, Act of Congress, Cottonmouth Creek Trio, and Dr. Frank Adams.
“America’s Music” is a project by the Tribeca Film Institute in collaboration with the American Library Association, Tribeca Flashpoint, and the Society for American Music. “America’s Music” has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor. Programming for the series began Saturday, August 10 and runs through September 26, 2013. All programs are free, open to the public and take place at various library locations in the City. For program details or to obtain copies of program materials, please visit www.bplonline.org or contact Sandi Lee at (205) 226-3742 or by e-mail at slee@bham.lib.al.us.
“America’s Music,” designed for a general audience, will introduce genres of twentieth-century American popular music that are deeply connected to the history, culture, and geography of the United States. Older and younger Americans alike will have the chance to recognize how the cultural landscape that they take for granted today has been influenced by the development of the popular musical forms discussed in this series.
The onset of the twentieth century brought pervasive changes to American society. During the early part of the century, these social changes combined with new technologies to create a mass market for popular music that evolved over the next hundred years. The “America’s Music” series is not meant to offer an all-inclusive treatment of twentieth-century American popular music. Instead, each screening and discussion session will examine an important American musical genre in the context of key social and historical developments, with events in American music history acting as a catalyst for that examination.
The mission of Birmingham Public Library is to provide the highest quality library service to our citizens for life-long learning, cultural enrichment, and enjoyment. This system—with nineteen locations and serving the community for 126 years—is one of the largest library systems in the southeast. For additional information, visit our website at www.bplonline.org and be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
America’s Music:
A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway
EXHIBITION AND PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Red, Hot and Blue: Spotlight on Alabama Blues Women
Five Points West Regional Branch Library, 4812 Avenue W., Birmingham, AL 35208
September 9, 2013 – October 4, 2013 (Available during regular hours of operation)
This exhibition is a collection of oversized posters. In 2005 the Alabama Blues Project launched a traveling exhibition on Alabama blues women called Red, Hot and Blue: A Spotlight on Alabama Blues Women. The exhibition includes beautiful text panels featuring Dinah Washington, Big Mama Thornton, Lucille Bogan, Coot Grant, Odetta, Lil Greenwood, and Vera Hall. The Alabama Blues Project’s mission is to preserve and promote Alabama blues.
PROGRAMS AND PERFORMANCES
Swing Jazz: Film/Discussion Series
Springville Road Regional Branch Library, 1224 Old Springville Road, Birmingham, AL 35215
Saturday, September 7, 2013 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Steve Roberts will serve as the discussion facilitator. Jazz reached the height of its popularity with the American public during the swing era, beginning in the dark days of the Depression and continuing through the victorious end of World War II. Also known as the Big Band sound, swing jazz was characterized by its strong rhythmic drive and by an orchestral ‘call and response’ between different sections of the ensemble. By performing their music with increasingly complex arrangements for ever larger orchestras, Swing musicians helped erode the wall between our definitions of popular music and the art music generally labeled “classical.”
An Evening of Jazzy Blues ****NEW PROGRAM****
North Birmingham Regional Branch Library, 2501 31st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35207
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 6:00 p.m.
Legendary jazz great, Cleve Eaton has invited several friends to join him for an evening of jazzy blues.
Hear Elnora Spencer, Diane McNaron and Ray Reach as they bring us an exceptional evening of music and song.
Broadway Review ****NEW PROGRAM****
West End Branch Library, 1348 Tuscaloosa Ave. SW, 35211
Enjoy all your favorite numbers from the Broadway stage from such shows such as the Sound of Music, Porgy and Bess, the Wiz, South Pacific and many more. Royce Brown and special guest Nfrwi will share
an introduction to Broadway that you will never forget!
Tuxedo Junction: Alabama’s Contribution to American Jazz—A Discussion
Smithfield Branch Library, #1 Eighth Avenue West, Birmingham, AL 35204
Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:00 a.m.
Karen Utz, Curator at Sloss Furnaces, will serve as the discussion facilitator. Albert Murray, a native of Alabama and a professor of English at Tuskegee Institute, wrote the following while preparing a lecture on the emotional appeal of jazz:
“Jazz is a music played by Americans to get rid of the blues….when
You see a jazz musician playing, you’re looking at a pioneer, and
You’re looking at an explorer; you’re looking at an experimenter,
You’re looking at a scientist; you’re looking at all those things
Because it’s the creative process come to life.”
And many of the jazz musicians responsible for bringing this creative process to life often played at Birmingham’s own Tuxedo Junction. For almost thirty years Tuxedo Junction’s strip served as the social and entertainment Mecca for African-Americans in the Birmingham area. In 1930, Erskine Hawkins, Birmingham native and renowned trumpet player and big band leader, wrote the song “Tuxedo Junction” which celebrated and eventually immortalized his childhood community. Jazz pieces performed by the Alabama great will be played throughout the presentation.
Doc: The Story of a Birmingham Jazz Man—Talk, Performance and Book Signing
Arrington Auditorium of the Central Library, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203
Dr. Frank Adams and co-author Burgin Mathews will lead this performance and discussion. Doc is the autobiography of jazz elder statesman Frank “Doc” Adams, highlighting his role in Birmingham, Alabama’s historic jazz scene and tracing his personal adventure that parallels, in many ways, the story and spirit of jazz itself. Doc tells the story of an accomplished jazz master, from his musical apprenticeship under John T. “Fess” Whatley and his time touring with Sun Ra and Duke Ellington to his own inspiring work as an educator and bandleader. Central to this narrative is the often-overlooked story of Birmingham’s unique jazz tradition and community. From the very beginnings of jazz, Birmingham was home to an active network of jazz practitioners and a remarkable system of jazz apprenticeship rooted in the city’s segregated schools. Birmingham musicians spread across the country to populate the sidelines of the nation’s best known bands. Local musicians, like Erskine Hawkins and members of his celebrated orchestra, returned home heroes. Frank “Doc” Adams explores, through first-hand experience, the history of this community, introducing readers to a large and colorful cast of characters— including “Fess” Whatley, the legendary “maker of musicians” who trained legions of Birmingham players and made a significant mark on the larger history of jazz. Adams’s interactions with the young Sun Ra, meanwhile, reveals life-changing lessons from one of American music’s most innovative personalities.
Act of Congress: In Concert—Bluegrass/Newgrass ****NEW DATE*****
Atrium of the Central Library, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203
Friday, September 20, 2013 6:30 p.m.
“A few weeks ago, I was browsing around on Noisetrade (see Noisetrade- A Useful Tool For Bluegrass Artists), and stumbled upon a band called Act Of Congress. The name caught my eye, and the music captured my attention. While this Alabama group doesn’t play straight bluegrass, their music does incorporate many elements of what we love about Big Mon’s legacy. I had the pleasure of talking with founding member and guitarist, Chris Griffin, about the group Dave Higgs of Nashville Public Radio calls “one of the freshest sounding, exuberant bands in all of the known acoustic universe.” I definitely recommend this new acoustic group. The extreme talent exhibited by these young adults cannot be overstated. Their original music is uniquely their own, and features elements of various forms of music, including bluegrass.”
Country and Blue Grass: Film/Discussion Series
Avondale Regional Branch Library, 509 South 40th Street, Birmingham, AL 35222
Saturday, September 21, 2013 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Steven Roberts will serve as the discussion facilitator. Bluegrass is generally considered a sub-genre of country music that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Although for purposes of radio airplay, bluegrass songs were programmed on country music stations beginning in the late 1940s, bluegrass as a musical form did not develop directly out of the generation of recorded commercial country music that preceded it. Rather, the two forms share the same roots in the traditional music of the Appalachian region and the Irish and Scottish ballads that informed it.
Let Freedom Ring—Family Concert with Sparky and Rhonda Rucker ***NEW PROGRAM***
Monday, September 23, 2013 6:00 p.m.
A concert by Sparky and Rhonda Rucker is a gimmick-free, old-style American folk and blues presentation and a testament to the ongoing struggle for liberty in the United States. Their program, which showcases their newest CD entitled “Let Freedom Ring,” includes songs and stories that trace the nation’s history from slavery and the Underground Railroad, through women’s suffrage and the founding of the UMWA, to the civil rights movement. They accompany themselves with finger picking and bottleneck blues guitar, blues harmonica, old-time banjo, spoons, and bones.
Cottonmouth Creek Trio ****NEW PROGRAM****
Springville Road Regional Library, 1224 Old Springville Road, Birmingham, AL 35215
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 6:30 p.m.
The Cottonmouth Creek Trio is a subset of the Cottonmouth Creek Bluegrass Band—Kevin Atkins on banjo and guitar, Kelly Fowler on bass, and Steve Tourtellotte on mandolin and guitar. Kevin and Steve have been playing together for 35 years and Kelly has been in the mix for the past 20 years. Switching instrumentation as needed to suit the song; they play a mix of traditional and contemporary bluegrass, original material, and bluegrass adaptations of various other musical genres, and emphasize vocal harmonies as well as hot instrumental licks. Join us for a great evening of music and fun!
Rock: Film/Discussion Series
Saturday, October 5, 2013 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Steven Roberts will serve as the discussion facilitator. The music we know as rock and roll emerged
in the mid-1950s, although its advent had been on the horizon for at least a decade. A quarter of the
American population moved during World War II, and that brought southern, rural, sacred and secular
traditions into new contact with urban based music and audiences. The product of many regional musical
scenes and independent record labels, rock and roll emerged in Memphis, Los Angeles, Shreveport,
New York, Detroit, Baltimore, and dozens of other cities. It was, in historian Charlie Gillett’s words, the
Sound of the City.
Fiddlers, Banjo Players and Strawbeaters: Alabama’s First Pop Musicians ****NEW PROGRAM****
Join us for this interactive presentation by Joyce and Jim Cauthen as we learn about the early fiddles of Alabama, the musicians who played them and the popularity of this music in their communities. African-Americans and their pivotal role in developing the music will be featured during the talk. Jim Cauthen will demonstrate fiddle tunes that have been specifically mentioned in historical writings, slave narratives and early newspapers of Alabama. The audience will hear musical styles and tunes that are seldom heard today. Join us for a very informative and entertaining evening!
Tuxedo Junction: Right Back Where I Belong ****NEW PROGRAM****
Author Talk and Book Signing
Smithfield Library, 1 Eighth Avenue West, Birmingham, AL 35204
Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:00 A.M.
Carol P. Ealons gives a fascinating account of Birmingham’s jazz contributions in the 1920s through the 1940s as viewed through the eyes of the African-American populace of Birmingham, Alabama. Carol has done a wonderful job in describing the background, the history, and most importantly, the players who made it happen. Dr. Robert O'Mealey, director of the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University had this to say about Carol and Tuxedo Junction:
“Tuxedo Junction: Right Back Where I Belong is an extremely fine book, an obvious labor of deep love that took months and years to put together. I read every word, and enjoyed it thoroughly. It was most gratifying to see how significant a role Birmingham has played in American musical history and the role of Fess Whatley should be known all over the world! Carol has done the world a mighty service, and I for one am exceedingly grateful.” -- Dr. Robert G. O’Meally (Ph.D. - Harvard 1975), Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Director for the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University
Carol is a marvelous writer and has the support of the families of several famous jazz musicians for her book. She painstakingly interviewed many, including some of the living musicians, and received mounds of photos that record the history of this important part of Alabama's culture, a part often forgot when discussing African-American Alabamians contributions to our state's history.
Latin Rhythm from Mambo to Hip Hop: Film/Discussion Series
Saturday, October 19, 2013 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Steven Roberts will serve as the discussion facilitator. The historic arc from mambo to hip hop describes a Diaspora-cultural dynamic that shows remarkable resilience in the face of multiple pressures to abandon native and historical traditions and go American mainstream. At the same time, the intricate and vastly creative interaction between Cuban, Puerto Rican and other “Latin” traditions with African American music in its many stylistic expressions, a fusion that shows no sign of abating in the new millennium, has graced contemporary listeners with decade after decade of inspired musical invention.
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kids salt intake, The connection was particularly strong among overweight and obese children, said Quanhe Yang from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, who worked on the study.
That's concerning because both high blood pressure and excessive pounds are risk factors for cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks and stroke down the road, researchers say.
"Our American diet clearly is very high in sodium," said Dr. Frederick Kaskel, chief of pediatric nephrology at Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York, who was not involved in the research.
"Not only is the high sodium something to be avoided, but it is also indicative of an unhealthy diet," he told Reuters Health.
The results, released Monday in the journal Pediatrics, are likely to fan the hot debate over the health effects of salt.
While health authorities across the globe warn consumers to cut back on dietary salt, a number of recent studies have suggested that not getting enough salt can be as harmful as getting too much.
The salt industry has pounced on that research, saying the dietary guidelines for sodium intake are flawed and should be withdrawn.
The CDC study is based on national surveys of more than 6,200 children and adolescents aged 8 to 18. The youths had their blood pressure measured between one and three times and also reported their diet in the prior 24 hours.
On average, they ate 3,387 milligrams of sodium a day - considerably more than the 2,300 mg (about one teaspoon of salt) the government recommends as the upper limit.
According to previous data from the CDC, U.S. adults consume 3,466 mg of sodium per day by comparison.
"Kids are consuming as much sodium as adults, which far exceeds the recommended amount," Yang told Reuters Health, encouraging parents and others to "read the label when you go shopping and buy the food with the lowest sodium content."
Yang and his colleagues found that for every 1,000 mg of extra sodium in the children's diets, there was a one-point rise increase in blood pressure. Among overweight and obese kids, each 1,000 mg of sodium was tied to a blood pressure increase of 1.5 points.
In adults, high blood pressure is defined as at least 140 mm Hg (the top, or systolic, number) or 90 mm Hg (the bottom, or diastolic, number). Doctors also talk about "pre-hypertension," which is defined as a top number between 120 mm Hg and 140 mm Hg or a bottom number between 80 mm Hg and 90 mm Hg.
The potential health effects of the small blood pressure variations seen in the study are not clear. But Kaskel said they could spell trouble later on.
"The antecedents of adult cardiovascular disease are seen early on in the pediatric age group," he said. "We shouldn't underestimate the potential harms of a 1-mm increase in systolic blood pressure."
The new study doesn't prove that higher dietary salt intake directly increases blood pressure, however, although other research shows that is theoretically possible.
"Many times the higher intakes of sodium may simply be a marker of a higher intake of fast food and processed foods," said nutritionist Lauren Graf of Children's Hospital at Montefiore.
She added that several ingredients in such foods, including fructose, have been tied to higher blood pressure.
Dr. Michael Alderman of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York cautioned that it's not clear that cutting back on sodium will do most kids any good.
"There is nothing in this paper - and there is no information that I'm familiar with - that suggests reducing sodium intake is of value for people eating an average of 3,400 milligrams of sodium a day," he told Reuters Health.
Alderman said he has been an adviser to the Salt Institute, which represents the industry, and received $750 from the group in 1995. He said he has no ties to the group today.
Graf said bread is the biggest source of dietary sodium in the U.S., adding that deli meats also contain a lot of the ingredient. Eating a healthy diet - including whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and fresh fish and meats - will automatically reduce sodium intake, she noted.
SOURCE: bit.ly/cxXOG Pediatrics, online September 17, 2012.
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Global News Network i24News Expands Into U.S. National News
i24NEWS Begins Daily Coverage from the White House
In Addition to International Coverage, Broadcast Day Will Now Include U.S. National Headline News From Washington, D.C., New York, and Los Angeles
NEW YORK, NY – July 8th, 2019 – i24NEWS, the global current affairs news network from Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS), today announces that it is expanding its coverage in the U.S. to include top national news stories and increased live coverage from the U.S.
With a heightened focus on U.S. news, i24NEWS’ weekday programming lineup will now deliver a rich selection of both global and domestic news, including the in-depth international and Middle Eastern news coverage that is the trademark of i24NEWS and a wide array of fast-paced, non-partisan national breaking and headline news.
This expansion into U.S. news is made possible through Altice USA’s recent acquisition of Cheddar and a partnership with the network’s established reporters, studios, and newsgathering operations.
“i24NEWS has always been a destination for hard-hitting international news, and we are excited to expand the network’s focus to include top national news stories in the U.S,” said Frank Melloul, Founder and CEO of i24NEWS. “i24NEWS is now delivering the very best in both national and international news, making it easier for our viewers to stay informed on the current events in the U.S. and across the world.”
“i24NEWS is now our brand for international and national news,” said Jon Steinberg, President of Altice News. “Altice News now has three leading brands: i24NEWS for global news, News 12 for hyperlocal coverage, and Cheddar for business news. We are committed and focused on live video news in all categories.”
Starting this week, viewers can tune in to i24NEWS to catch its new expanded programming lineup, including the network’s slate of global news programs plus a wide array of domestic coverage of breaking news items as well as the latest trends and updates in politics, entertainment, travel, food, health, science, sports, and weather. The new domestic coverage will be delivered daily on i24NEWS by the Cheddar anchor team with additional reporting from Cheddar’s D.C. Bureau Chief J.D. Durkin and reporter Megan Pratz, plus coverage from the i24NEWS news teams including Washington D.C.-based reporters Shayna Estulin and Dan Raviv.
i24NEWS will continue to air throughout the weekday its daily news programs from the heart of the Middle East as well as the network’s original live primetime slate from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET, including marquee current affairs and news shows ‘Crossroads’, ‘Clearcut’, 'Take30' and ‘Stateside’, delivered by the i24NEWS anchor team including Michelle Makori and Eric Landskroner. For i24NEWS’ complete programming slate, visit https://www.i24news.tv/en/schedules/.
i24NEWS and Cheddar are part of the Altice News group, which also includes News 12’s seven hyperlocal news networks serving the New York tri-state area. Altice News offers a full range of hyperlocal, national, business, and international news, broadcasting across linear, digital, and mobile platforms.
Since making its United States debut in 2017, i24NEWS has brought a fresh, intelligent perspective to the world’s current events coverage. The network has increased its distribution through agreements with some of the largest MVPDs and has seen a 300 percent increase in viewership across Altice USA households since launch.
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Whale Shark Facts For Kids | Whale Shark Diet & Habitat
Here are the most wonderful whale shark facts for kids including whale sharks diet, habitat, reproduction, and behavior. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving shark and is regarded as the largest extant fish species. They are also referred to as filter feeding sharks.
They can grow to a size of about 12.65 m (41.50 feet), with a weight measuring at 21.5 tonnes (47,000 lb), there are unverified reports of significantly larger whale sharks. There have been claims regarding the length measuring at 14 m (46 feet), with the weight of around 30 tonnes (66,000 lb).
These sharks have the honor of being called a mammoth size and are by far the largest non-mammalian vertebrate, rivaling many of the largest dinosaurs by weight. It is the only member of genus and the Rhincodontidae and it belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii and the class Chondrichthyes. These species are believed to have been evolved some 60 million years ago.
The whale sharks are known to reside in the warm oceans and tropical waters in the wide sea with a lifespan of about 70 years. In spite of their larger mouth, they mainly feed on microscopic plants and animals including plankton. They were identified at the start of 19th century in 1828 when the specimen of about 4.6 m (15.1 feet) was found to harpoon in Table Bay, South Africa.
Whale Shark Facts For Kids
The mouth size of the whale shark measures around 1.5 m (4.9 feet) by width and contains 10 filter pads and flanked by 300 – 350 rows of small teeth.
It has five bulky grill pairs.
Two small eyes are positioned toward the wide whale shark’s head.
It has almost a grey body with a white belly; three major ridges run along each side of the shark and skin is stained with a checkerboard of yellow markings and stripes.
These markings are alone to each species and are effective for counting populations.
The thickness of a skin measures around 10 cm (3.9 inches).
It has a pair each of dorsal fins and pectoral fins.
The young sharks have a tail greater than lower fin while the adult tail turns out to be semi-lunate. Spiracles are located at the back of whale shark.
This is the largest non-cetacean animal in the world.
The average size of an adult whale shark measures around 9.7 m (31.82 feet), with a weight measuring at 9 tonnes (20,000 lb).
The largest confirmed specimen was caught in 1947, November 11, at Karachi (Pakistan), near Baba Island. The length of that specie was measured at 12.65 m (23.0 feet). There are, however, rumors regarding larger sharks than this such as 18 m (59 feet), and 45.5 tonnes (100,000 lb).
Whale shark has a cosmopolitan distribution and they are primarily found in tropical and subtropical waters.
Although occasionally, whale sharks are also found in the Great Rann of Kutch, Ningaloo Reef, Utila, Pasacao, Honduras, Yucatan, Isla Mujeres, Btangas, and Donsol. The countries include India, Philippine, Brazil, Mexico, Western Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, Tanzania, Islands of Pemba, Zanzibar, and Mafia.
One of the largest concentrations of whale sharks were found in the Yucatan coast of Mexico, comprising more than 400 species gathered in a single place to feed on spawn from little tunny.
Whale sharks are pelagic species as they often approach coastal areas. They also migrate each spring to the continental shelf which is at the central coast of Australia. Because of the coral spawning of the region’s Ningaloo Reef, there is abundant of plankton supply.
These fish are capable to dive deep into the depths of around 1,286 m (4,219 feet). The largest specimen measured at 11 – 12 m(36 – 39 feet), together with a weight measuring at 7,000 kg (15,000 lb).
Feeding Ecology and Diet
These sharks are the filter feeders together with the basking sharks and megamouth sharks. They primarily feed on plankton, krill, Christmas Island red crab larvae, algae, and tiny nektonic life including vertebrates and squid. Whale sharks also feed on small fish and clouds of eggs.
The filter pads facilitates in separating the food from water. Food separation in these sharks is facilitated by cross-flow filtration in which the water flows along with filter pad surface, before being extracted outside. They are considered to be energetic feeders, believed to focus on a large quantity of fish and plankton.
Although they are greater in size, whale sharks do not pose any real danger to humans. Even with their massive size, whale sharks are docile fish and for a while allow swimmers to catch a ride, although this exercise is discouraged by shark biologists and scientists.
Actually these sharks are fairly gentle and can play with divers. Divers are believed to have seen whale sharks in numerous places such as Christmas Island, Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia, Taiwan, Isla Coiba (Panama), Galapagos Islands, Bahia de Los Angeles (Mexico), the Bay Islands in Honduras (Thailand), Philippine, the Red Sea (Maldives), Belize, Tofo Beach (Mozambique), Sodwana Bay (Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park), the Seychelles (West Malaysia), eastern peninsular Malaysian Islands, Sri Lanka, Fujairah, and Puerto Rico.
These fish are ovoviviparous. The length of the sharks measure around 46 – 60 cm (16 – 24 inches). They reach maturity at the age of 30 years with the lifespan of about 70 – 100 years.
In some countries whale sharks are protected because there are very few actual threats to these large fishes. Taiwan and India are the only countries to have fisheries of whale shark however the effects (of fisheries) on its population in Pacific Ocean is unknown.
Atlantic Ocean do not offer any whale shark fishery. The shark is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
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Illinois' Early PARCC Results: Fewer Than 40 Percent Meet Expectations
By Catherine Gewertz on September 16, 2015 1:35 PM
By guest blogger Catherine Gewertz
Illinois released preliminary results Wednesday of its PARCC tests, and they showed that fewer than 4 in 10 of its students met or exceeded grade-level or course expectations.
Proficiency rates hovered at about one-third for English/language arts, and were a bit lower in math, ranging from 17 percent proficiency on the high school math exam to 36 percent in 3rd grade math.
The release was only the second from a state that gave the PARCC tests. Earlier this week, Ohio released results. Neither set of scores is final, because they don't include results from paper-and-pencil versions of the test, and not all groups of students are included yet. For instance, in Illinois, those who took the test in Braille or American Sign Language aren't yet included. As a result, some changes are anticipated when final results are released.
But the glimpse of student performance in Illinois confirms what many policymakers had been warning about: Proficiency rates are lower than what states have seen on their previous tests. (Ohio categorized performance a bit differently, and got much better "proficient and above" numbers. My colleague Andrew Ujifusa explains it all for you on State EdWatch.)
At a state board of education meeting Wednesday, where Illinois board members approved the cut scores that the PARCC states had set for each of the five levels of its test, State Superintendent Tony Smith braced the board for a less-comfortable set of results than the ones they've been used to.
"The percentages have been comforting in some ways: 'Oh good, we're at 85th.' Well, not necessarily," Smith said. "Does that mean you're really ready for what's next?"
One board member said that the new results will "blow parents' minds." But Smith said he and his staff will be "up, down, and around the state" in the coming weeks to explain the test results to parents, educators, and lawmakers.
Angela Chamness, the state's assessment director, walked board members through the process by which the PARCC states set their cut scores, which were released last week. She said that the standard-setting process, which included teachers from Illinois, is one marked by extensive conversation and then, ultimately, a judgment. She said that after two rounds of discussion, panelists who set the cut scores reviewed the distributions of scores on other tests to give them context for their own recommendations. Then they made adjustments—a common part of the standard-setting process.
"As you might imagine, there were some changes between round two and round three," she said. "Some changes were subtle, but you might be surprised to hear that sometimes the changes were in favor of setting a more difficult standard."
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Tests Reveal Varied Facets of U.S. Students' Competitiveness
By Sarah D. Sparks on August 18, 2011 11:42 AM
As states ponder the evolution of assessments for accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act, experts are weighing in on what national and international tests can tell us about what American kids are learning.
A study released by Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance and Education Next yesterday compares U.S. students who performed at or above the proficient level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (generally dubbed the "Nation's Report Card") in math to the 15-year-olds tested through the Program for International Student Assessment, administered by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Researchers developed a crosswalk study of a sample of the graduating class of 2011, which participated in the 2007 NAEP as 8th graders and in the 2009 PISA as 15-year-olds.
Researchers led by Paul E. Peterson, director of Harvard University's Program on Education Policy and Governance, found that America's math gap is not limited to particular student groups. For example, 42 percent of non-Hispanic white students scored proficient in math, well above the 15 percent of Hispanic and 11 percent of African-American students. Yet internationally, the percentage of math-proficient American white students trailed that of all students in 16 countries, including Japan, Germany, and Canada. In Korea and Finland, the proficiency gap between white American students and all students in the countries exceeded 25 percentage points.
"The U.S. ranks number 1 in self-esteem when it comes to math and number 32 in performance," Peterson said yesterday during a briefing on the study. "I think the U.S. has not figured out how to motivate students to learn mathematics."
Marshall "Mike" Smith of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching said he thinks policymakers should be concerned, not just by differences in America's rankings on international tests, but by what those differences mean in terms of what is taught in American schools.
"Different tests require different generalization and transfer of knowledge," Smith said during a discussion at the Knowledge Alliance's annual Big Ideas conference in Queenstown, Md., last week. Students' performance on state content assessments tracks most closely to their state standards and curricula, so improvements show up more quickly on these tests. NAEP is broader and requires more extended response to problems, but still hews closely to the subject curricula.
"There's almost no transfer of knowledge; you're doing what you've done before and what you've been prepared to do," he said.
By contrast, Smith said, PISA requires students to transfer their knowledge from one subject area to another and use it in new ways.
For example, the Harvard study highlighted two sample math questions at the proficient level:
• From NAEP (8th grade):
"Three tennis balls are to be stacked on top of another in a cylindrical can. The radius of each tennis ball is 3 centimeters. To the nearest whole centimeter, what should be the minimum height of the can? Explain why you chose the height that you did. Your explanation should include a diagram." This is followed by five choices.
• From PISA (15-year-olds)
"Mark (from Sidney, Australia) and Hans (from Berlin, Germany) often communicate with each other using 'chat' on the Internet. They have to log on to the Internet at the same time to be able to use chat. To find a suitable time to chat, Mark looked up a chart of world times and found the following: [In clock form] Greenwich, 12 Midnight; Berlin, 1 a.m.; Sydney, 10 a.m. At 7 p.m. in Sydney, what time is it in Berlin?"
In a briefing on the Harvard study, Peterson also noted that the NAEP test "is more of a pencil-and-paper test in mathematics,... whereas the PISA test is more taking real-world questions and trying to come up with answers to them."
That should be what really keeps educators up at night, Smith said. "PISA asks you to do something different from what you're being asked to do on these other tests: different kinds of items, a different way of structuring the items, and a different way of thinking about them. It's not a good sign for American students not to be able to transfer their knowledge from one setting to another setting."
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The land which is now Caspers Wilderness Park had many uses before reaching its present state. For many thousands of years a hunting and gathering society of native American Indians, later named the Juanenos, lived and prospered within Bell and San Juan Canyons. With the arrival of the Spanish Portola expedition in 1769, life for the Indian was irreversibly changed. Within seventy years, Spanish rule of the area was solidly established and the Indian was subjugated into servitude.
Spanish rule meant Spanish land grants and the first in the Capistrano area was awarded in 1841.
California Governor Pio Pico, under the authority of Mexican Governor Juan B. Alvarado, granted 8,000 acres to Augustin Olvera. Olvera then sold his holdings to Juan Forster some 48 hours after he had acquired them. Forster was granted three additional holdings and eventually owned 226,000 acres of ranch land named Rancho Santa Marguerita y las Flores.
Rancho Santa Marguerita was purchased by two San Francisco business men, Richard O'Neill and James Flood. In 1906, O'Neill acquired Flood's share of what was now a working cattle ranch. Upon the death of his father in 1910, Jerome O'Neill took charge of the ranch. Under his direction, the O'Neill Ranch became one of the most prosperous cattle ranches in California. In 1926 ranch ownership passed to the Rancho Santa Marguerita Company. A division of the ranch property occurred in 1930 with Richard O'Neill, Jr., receiving ownership of the Orange County portion and the Floods assuming the portion of land south of the county.
In 1941 the O'Neills sold a parcel of 10,152 acres to Mr. Eugene Starr. This property, with Bell Canyon serving as its backbone, became the Starr Ranch and continued to be worked as a cattle ranch. With the death of Eugene Starr in 1963 the property was deeded to his wife Applin G. Starr who passed away in 1966. The ranch property entered a period of inactivity and was offered for sale by the Starr estate. In 1970 the Macco Corporation entered into escrow to purchase the property with the intention of turning it into a commercial amusement facility. The primary escrow on this speculative venture fell through and the property in its entirety was deeded to the Starr Foundation in late 1971.
In 1973 the Starr Foundation deeded the northern 3,779 acres of the ranch to the National Audubon Society for use as a wildlife sanctuary. In late 1973 and early 1974 the Orange County Board of Supervisors, under the direction of Chairman Ronald W. Caspers voted to purchase the southern 5,500 acres of the ranch for use as a public recreation facility. On April 12, 1974 the Starr Viejo Regional Park was opened as a primitive, wilderness day use and camping facility. In June of 1974, Ronald W. Caspers, members of his family and friends were lost at sea in rough waters off the coast of Baja, California. On August 20, 1974 the Orange County Board of Supervisors changed the name of the park to Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park in honor and recognition of his foresight in acquiring and preserving this area of quality wilderness. In 1984 an additional 2,100 acres was acquired from the O'Neill Ranch bringing the park's total acreage to 7,600. This 2,100 acre addition was achieved in lieu of open space requirements for development occurring around the Arroyo.
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Andy Lowry, Varsity Head Coach
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Rick Anderson, Varsity Assistant Coach
Coach Anderson is proud to be back with Columbine once again. This is his 9th season coaching the Offensive Line. He has a great group of young men on the line and is very excited about the 2011 season. Coach Anderson is very happy to be a member of the Columbine Football coaching staff and is looking forward to another great year with the Rebels. Columbine Football has such a rich tradition and I am very proud to be a part of it!
Bryan Halsey, Varsity Assistant Coach
Coach Halsey is in his 6th year at Columbine High School coaching Linebackers. Prior to Columbine he spent 5 years coaching football at the Junior College and University levels. Coach Halsey is also in his 6th year as a teacher at Columbine, where he is teaching Business and Marketing classes. He is married to Tricia and they have two wonderful little boys, Noah (2 years old) and Micah (9 months old).
Doc Holliday, Varsity Assistant Coach
Coach Holliday is a 1996 graduate of CHS, playing for Coach Lowry during his first years at Columbine in ‘94 & ‘95. He had the opportunity to play on at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota and graduate in 2001. He is currently teaching Physical Education at Mesa Middle School. This will be his 11th year at Columbine coaching the running backs. He is very excited to be back with his coaches and players and plans to have another successful season.
Darrel Hird, Varsity Assistant Coach
This is Coach Hird’s 2nd year coaching football at Columbine High School. He brings with him 16 years of coaching experience in high school sports including football and volleyball. Coach Hird is coaching Defensive linemen this year. Coach Hird is also involved in many football related functions in the community as the Event Manager for all USA Football events and NFL Junior Player Development programs. Coach Hird has been married to his high school sweetheart for 31 years. He quotes, “It is my honor to serve with this staff and with the great players of Columbine High School.”
Ivory Moore, Varsity Assistant Coach
Coach Moore is a product of Denver Public Schools is a graduate of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Coach Moore has been coaching track and football at Columbine since 1989. Coach Moore presently coaches wide receivers and linebackers. Coach Moore teaches American History and participates in a number of clubs and activities. Coach Moore quotes, "We continue to be excited about the challenges that the 2011 Rebels will experience."
WE ARE….COLUMBINE!!
Chris Mosier, Varsity Assistant Coach and Videographer
This is Coach Mosier’s 20th season as a coach with Columbine Football with an additional 8 years at Elizabeth High School, where he met Cheryl (who is now Mrs. Mosier). He graduated from CHS in 1979, received a teaching degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a Masters from Grand Canyon University. He has taught in the Science Department at Columbine since 1996. Coach Mo edits and coordinates game film for the teams and for college recruiters as well as archiving films and pictures. His son Ryan attends Normandy Elementary. “The program that Coach Lowry has built here is the finest in the state. The support from our parents and the dedication of our players is truly a blessing. It shows in the love these coaches have for their players and the players have for their coaches. Rebel nation has truly been a very close family and will continue forever.”
Ty Rogers, Varsity Assistant Coach
Coach Rogers graduated from CHS in 2006. He graduated in December 2010 from Utah State University with a degree in Journalism & Communication. He also played five seasons of football with four letter awards. He is currently managing security for a construction company. His younger brother graduated from CHS in 2009 and is playing football at Sam Houston State in Huntsville, TX and is majoring in Criminal Justice. Coach Rogers quotes, "Rebelball is what I come from and I couldn't be more excited or feel more comfortable to be back home and coaching."
Scott Thomas, Varsity Assistant Coach
Coach Thomas is a Columbine alumnus who is in his 10th year of coaching both the Offensive and Defensive Lines. Coach Thomas believes the relationships forged by this football program and the people involved with it make strong and disciplined young men who are ready to face any future endeavor. The bond forged between coaches and athletes while working together towards a common goal go beyond what any simple game can teach young people. The young men involved in Rebel football discover a little more about themselves through the adversities, achievements, efforts, and commitments it takes to put on the blue and silver and represent our community. Coach Thomas knows that while success on the score sheets builds confidence it is the success in the classroom and community which builds character.
Tom Tonelli, Varsity Assistant Coach
Coach Tonelli coaches the secondary for the Varsity. Coach Tonelli is married with four children and is a teacher at CHS and an alumnus of Columbine, as well. Coach Tonelli quotes, “I am very excited as we start this year’s season and I am thankful for the opportunity to be a part of the coaching staff here at Columbine. I feel very fortunate to be surrounded by great coaches who care for their players. I am enthusiastic about our secondary this season. Columbine is a great place to be and I feel blessed that I come into contact with as many terrific families in this community.”
Dave Evans, Equipment
Dave Evans enters his 3rd season coaching football at CHS and 15th year overall. He has coached all levels from junior high to college. Dave will be working with kickers and equipment this year. He is a graduate of Kansas State University. Dave also coaches track and field, where he has led numerous student-athletes to state championships and Top 5 finishes in the throwing events.
Ron Crandall, Statistician
Ron is a retired Jeffco employee who has been involved with the Columbine football program for many years. Along with being the statistician, he helps organize the Rebel Golf Tournament every year. He is also Columbine’s game manager for all indoor sporting events. Ron is married to Sue and they have two grown children.
Matt Hertz, Athletic Trainer
Matt is starting his 19th year as an Athletic Trainer and His 5th year at Columbine. He is the trainer for all levels of Rebel ball as well as for all other sports at CHS. Matt is married to Angela, a 1st grade teacher at Aspen Academy. They have 3 children, Jordyn, Jared and Jim.
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Georgia Sheriff Is In HOT WATER After Posting A Sign That Has Since Gone Viral [PHOTO]
E. Goldstein December 18, 2018 1.1k Views
A sheriff in rural Georgia put up a sign to greet motorists entering the county that has been sparking conversation both in the small town and online.
Harris County Sheriff Mike Jolley recently added a second part to the county’s welcome sign, which lets people entering the community know exactly where they stand politically.
Directly below Harris County’s welcome sign is a smaller custom sign that reads, “Warning: Harris County is politically incorrect. We say: Merry Christmas, God Bless America and In God We Trust. We salute our troops and our flag. If this offends you… LEAVE!”
Jolley said that he decided to put up the sign because he felt that traditional values are being marginalized in today’s society. He said that he had the idea after he saw a similar sign put up in another state.
“It’s time for the silent majority to stand up for our beliefs and not be ashamed,” Jolley said.
Some criticized the town for using public funds to pay for the sign, but Jolley says that he paid for the sign with his own money and that he plans to buy more to put up around the community.
Responding to critics who say that he is going too far in sharing his personal beliefs, the sheriff said, “I spent 20 years in the United States Army in defense of those people who want to say they don’t support the sign. And I fought for that right to have the ability to say they don’t support it.”
Jolley said that he received many positive comments about the sign as well. He said that he hopes that the positive feedback may be a sign of a change to come.
“Maybe the silent majority isn’t going to be silent anymore,” he added.
Jolley’s sign received a number of supportive comments after the story was shared online.
One Newsiosity reader commented, “This sheriff is absolutely right! Sir, thank you for your military service as well as your law enforcement service. God bless you.”
“Love the sign! It’s time for Americans everywhere to start standing up for what we believe in and if these people coming in don’t like it go back where they came from,” another user commented. “We are Americans with freedom of choice to live that life God blesses us with and we are not going to stand by and let these people that hate us come in and take out freedoms away from us.Thank you for your service to our country and your stand.”
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Home Yep, This Happened Diversity Programs: Elite Discrimination Against “Over Represented” Jews and Asian Americans
Diversity Programs: Elite Discrimination Against “Over Represented” Jews and Asian Americans
In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. challenged Americans to judge each other by the “content of their character” and not “the color of their skin.” By many measurable standards, the nation has heeded Dr. King’s call. Blacks now participate in all aspects and at all levels of American society.
Yet through diversity programs, much of the upper echelon of academia and industry rejects Dr. King’s challenge and instead blatantly discriminates based on race and ethnicity in admissions and hiring. It is long past time to end this odious practice, rethink these issues, and find a better way.
To redress what these institutions deem racial and ethnic “under representation,” they use racial and ethnic discrimination in favor of less qualified black and Hispanic applicants to increase black and Hispanic enrollment and employment shares.
But in doing so, they inherently use racial and ethnic discrimination against more qualified applicants from “over represented” groups – most often Jews and Asian Americans.
To make matters worse, as documented in a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case, Fisher v. University of Texas, these diversity programs often help less qualified – but already affluent – black and Hispanic applicants who have not lacked opportunity. In other words, they often fail to provide significant opportunity for poor folks, of any race or ethnicity, who have had less.
Harvard University is the poster child for these discriminatory practices. As has been documented by, among others, Harvard’s own Alan Dershowitz and Edward Blum of the American Enterprise Institute, Harvard’s history of discrimination goes back to 1925. Rising Jewish enrollment that year reached at least 27 percent. Harvard’s response? For the next 20 years, it capped Jewish enrollment at about 15 percent.
Harvard’s more recent admissions practices have followed a similar approach with Asian Americans, Blum and others have shown. In 1992, Asian American enrollment at Harvard was 19.1 percent. In 2013, it was 18 percent. In the intervening years, it ranged from 14.3 percent to 20.6 percent. Yet during the same period, Asian American enrollment rose from 25.2 percent to 42.5 percent at the similarly elite California Institute of Technology – which does not consider race or ethnicity in admissions.
The best students typically apply to the best schools. This means that from 1992 to 2013, essentially the same best students that applied to Cal Tech also applied to Harvard. Cal Tech’s non-discriminatory admissions process resulted in a sharp increase in the share of Asian American enrollment. Harvard’s admissions process did not. This shows Harvard’s discrimination against Asian Americans.
The story, Blum also has shown, appears to be generally the same throughout the Ivy League, where from 2007 to 2013 Asian American enrollment ranged from 12 percent to only 19 percent.
At large law firms, Jews are the most “over represented” group and thus are the principal victims of diversity programs. While about two percent of Americans are Jewish, Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner Francis Menton estimated in 2014 that at top New York City law firms, for example, at least 25 percent of partners are Jewish. Promoting less qualified black and Hispanic lawyers into large law firm partnerships in New York and other big cities, instead of other more qualified lawyers, thus frequently means not promoting more qualified Jewish lawyers.
These discriminatory diversity programs are inherently racist. They fundamentally discriminate based on race and ethnicity. If we are ever to stop judging by “the color of their skin,” these programs must end. As Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in 2007 in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
Fundamental American principles show a different and better way forward. Use objective, non-discriminatory criteria to decide who should be admitted or hired. Rely on competition to produce the most qualified applicants. And, as some universities recently have done, increase opportunity for poor folks, of any race or ethnicity, who have had less.
About the author: David M. Simon is a lawyer in Chicago. The views expressed in this article are his own and not those of the law firm with which he is affiliated. For more, see www.dmswritings.com.
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Examining second language vocabulary growth: Replications of Schmitt (1998) and Webb & Chang (2012)
Ana Pellicer-Sánchez (a1)
University College London Institute of Education, London, UKa.pellicer-sanchez@ucl.ac.uk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S026144481800037X
There has been extensive research in the last 20 years on the effectiveness of different instructional interventions and learning conditions on the acquisition of vocabulary. However, very few attempts have been made to explore how vocabulary knowledge develops over time. This paper argues for the need to conduct more longitudinal studies on vocabulary learning and teaching and provides suggestions for important replication studies in the area. In particular, this paper calls for the replication of the studies by Schmitt (1998) and Webb & Chang (2012). Unlike most studies on vocabulary learning and teaching, these two follow a longitudinal approach and study vocabulary growth from two main perspectives, i.e. the development of vocabulary depth and vocabulary breadth. The approximate replications suggested here would constitute an important contribution to the field of vocabulary learning and teaching.
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The FLSA also contains established recordkeeping and child labor standards. Posting and recordkeeping required. See the Dept. of Labor Poster Page for copies of the required employment posters as well as an employer poster advisor (interactive). Certain executive, administrative and professional employees are exempt for the minimum wage and overtime requirements. Under the FLSA regulations (at 29 C.F.R. § 541.303 and 541.304. ), lawyers, doctors, and teachers are exempt without regard to whether they pass the salary test.
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Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional,
Outside Sales and Computer Employees, 84 Fed. Reg. 10900, March 22, 2019, U.S. Department of Labor Proposed Rule on Overtime
Proposed Rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, proposing an increase from $455 to $679 per week ($35,308 per year) in the minimum salary required for an employee to qualify for an exemption from overtime pay. The proposed rule also increases the total annual compensation requirement for highly compensated employees from $100,000 to $147,414 and allows employers to use nondiscretionary bonuses and incentive payments for up to 10 percent of a standard salary level. Unlike the proposed rule put forth in 2016, this proposed rule has no automatic increases. The rule is set to take effect in January 2020.
See also DOL's Long-Awaited Overtime Proposed Rule Announced, March 11, 2019. (National Law Review) For background generally on overtime pay see the U.S. DOL web page.
Regular Rate Under FLSA, 84 Fed. Reg. 11888, March 29, 2019.
The proposed rule would clarify when unused paid leave, bona fide meal periods, reimbursements, benefit plans, and certain ancillary benefits may be excluded from the regular rate under FLSA and provide other similar guidance for employers with evolving worker benefits.
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Joint Employer Status under the FLSA, proposed rule, 84 Fed. Reg. 14043, April 9, 2019
The Department proposes that if an employee has an employer who suffers, permits, or otherwise employs the employee to work and another person simultaneously benefits from that work, the other person is the employee’s joint employer under the Act for those hours
worked only if that person is acting directly or indirectly in the interest of the employer in relation to the employee.6 To make that determination simpler and more consistent, the
Department proposes to adopt a fourfactor balancing test. The Department’s proposed test would assess whether the potential joint employer:
• Hires or fires the employee; • Supervises and controls the employee’s work schedule or conditions of employment; • Determines the employee’s rate and method of payment; and
• Maintains the employee’s employment records.
Reasonable Break Time for Working Mothers, Request for Information from the Public, 75 Fed. Reg. 80073 (Dec. 21, 2010) The Request for Information contains the Department’s preliminary interpretations of the law’s requirements on issues such as unpaid break time, reasonable break time, provision of space for expressing breast milk, notice to the employer and enforcement. See the DOL resource page on this law.
See also State Breastfeeding Laws.
FLSA: Professional Exemption for Computer Employees Department of Labor Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2006-3. The gist of the bulletin is that the exemptions under Section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA and 13(a)(17) for computer employees are not meant to be mutually exclusive, but rather 13(a)(17) (added in 1996) was meant to be an additional express statutory basis for the computer employee exemption. See 29 CFR 541.400 et seq. for the general rules for computer employees.
Question: What happens if an undocumented worker (UW) is found to have worked for the University? Should they be paid?
Answer: Yes, wage and hour law (FLSA and DC Wage and Hour Law) require payment. Several courts have held – and the Labor Department has issued definitive guidance – that employers must pay for work actually performed, even by UWs and even by UWs who were illegal at all times. In Galdames, et al. v. N & D Investment Corp., a 2009 federal case from Florida, the court ruled that UWs working in a laundry had to be paid under FLSA, notwithstanding their illegal status. Under similar facts a federal court in Missouri reached the same conclusion. In Lucas v Jerusalem Café, decided just last year, the court ruled that these UWs, who worked in a Kansas City restaurant, clearly had standing under the FLSA to receive back pay and OT, notwithstanding the fact that they were illegal at the time they were hired and throughout their employment (an attempt to pass off their status as “volunteer workers” also failed). The Secretary of Labor herself filed a brief in support of the UWs in this case, and her brief included this language: “The Department's longstanding position, articulated both before and after Hoffman Plastics v. NLRB, (U.S. Supreme Court, 2002), is that undocumented workers are entitled to minimum wages and overtime pay for hours worked under the FLSA. This position is grounded in the definitions of ‘employee’ and ‘employ’ under the Act, which contain no limitation based on immigration status, and in the fact that enforcing the FLSA on behalf of all workers regardless of immigration status is essential to achieving the purposes of the Act.”
In addition, published guidance from the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division includes this language: “The Department's Wage and Hour Division will continue to enforce the FLSA without regard to whether an employee is documented or undocumented.”
Ninth Circuit Concludes Cosmetology Students are not Employees of the School, by Duane Morris, authored by Bryce Young, Jan. 2, 2018
State of Nevada v. U.S. DOL, U.S. Dist. Court, (E.D. Texas) Case 4:16-cv-00731, (11-22-16), Appeal filed by State of Nevada, et al. v. Labor, et. al, 5th Circuit, Dec. 1, 2016, and stay denied by Nevada v. U.S. DOL, 2017 WL 26079, E.D. Tex., Jan. 3, 2017.
In this decision the federal district court in Texas blocked the implementation of the overtime rule scheduled to go into effect 12-1-16, issuing a preliminary injunction. The court's reasoning was it needed more time to determine if the rule exceeded the authority held by the Department of Labor. This position was being argued by various groups opposing the new rule.
The specific issue was did the DOL exceed its authority by going beyond defining the duties of executive, adminstrative and professional employees, and also adding a minimum salary level. From the opinion at page 13:
With the Final Rule, the Department exceeds its delegated authority and ignores Congress’s intent by raising the minimum salary level such that it supplants the duties test. Consequently, the Final Rule does not meet Chevron step one and is unlawful. The Department’s role is to carry out Congress’s intent. If Congress intended the salary requirement to supplant the duties test, then Congress, and not the Department, should make that change.
Shulman et al v. Collier Anesthesia and Wolford College, Case No. 14-13169, (C.A. 11) Sept. 11, 2015.
This is a case on whether or not nursing students who are already RNs and who perform internships as part of a Master's Degree must be paid (and receive overtime) for their clinical internships under the FLSA. The case begins as follows:
Upon receiving their master’s degrees, certifications, and licenses, Plaintiff Appellant student registered nurse anesthetists are legally able to put people to sleep. We have heard, though never ourselves experienced, that some legal opinions can do the same thing. We are hopeful that this one will not.
The district court considered the DOL six factor test and found the nurses not to be employees. The CA found the test used by the lower court to be outdated and not adequate for determining the primary beneficiary of a "modern-day internship for academic credit and professional certification."
The facts in this case were unique. Wolford College is a for profit college wholly owned by Lynda Waterhouse, who is also the Executive Director of Collier Anesthesia. The last four semesters of the program are mainly clinical experience. In the case, some, if not all of the clinical education was obtained at Collier Anesthesia Facilities. The students submitted evidence they were routinely scheduled to work for more than 40 hours per week.
The Court of Appeal cited Glatt, 791 F. 3rd at 384, which is the 2nd Circuit's reflection on the limitations of comparing modern internships to the facts in the Portland Terminal case, which is the 68 year old case that is the basis for the test in the DOL handbook. The CA found long term intensive modern internships to be substantially different from the short term training class offered by the railroad in Portland Terminal.
The Court of Appeals opined the best way to determine the primary beneficiary is to focus on the benefits to the student while considering the manner in which the employer implements the internship program, and whether or not it takes unfair advantage of the student. The factors cited in Glatt were repeated here with approval. This is a seven factor test:
The extent to which the intern and the employer clearly understand that there is no expectation of compensation. Any promise of compensation, express or implied, suggests that the intern is an employee —and vice versa.
The extent to which the internship provides training that would be similar to that which would be given in an educational environment, including the clinical and other hands-on training provided by educational institutions.
The extent to which the internship is tied to the intern’s formal education program by integrated coursework or the receipt of academic credit.
The extent to which the internship accommodates the intern’s academic commitments by
corresponding to the academic calendar.
The extent to which the internship’s duration is limited to the period in which the internship
provides the intern with beneficial learning.
The extent to which the intern’s work complements, rather than displaces, the work of
paid employees while providing significant educational benefits to the intern.
The extent to which the intern and the employer understand that the internship is conducted without entitlement to a paid job at the conclusion of the internship.
The case was remanded to the district court for further proceedings.
Fact Sheet #17S Higher Education Institutions and Overtime Pay under the FLSA (March 2018) See DOL Issues Guidance on Applicability of FLSA Exemptions to Higher Education Jobs:By Stinson Leonard Street.
DOL adopts *Primary Beneficiary* test for student internship programs by Proskauer, Jan. 6, 2018.
Structuring On-Campus Internships Under the FLSA, NACUANOTE Feb. 13, 2017.
SHRM FLSA Exemption Questionnaire
Northwestern University Exempt or Not Exempt Fact Sheet on FLSA ( w/worksheet)
NACUANOTES Vol. 9, No. 11: Internship and Externship Programs Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
NACUANOTES Vol. 9, No. 4: New FLSA Amendment Requires Breaks for Nursing Mothers
DOL FAQs on Furloughs and Other Reductions in Pay and Hours Worked Issues
FLSA Opinion Letter 2005-29 (Aug. 26, 2005)
This August 2005 letter addresses the situation where an employee of an IHE is mainly non-exempt, but also teaches one or two classes on a part time basis. In the opinion the employee worked full time as a welder but also taught a welding course at night. The US Dept. of Labor concluded that the primary duty was the non-exempt position, and thus that the employee must be paid on an hourly basis for the teaching and preparation time for the class. The 13(a)(1) exemption for teachers does not apply.
Sample Fair Labor Standards and Wage Payment Act Policy on Deductions
FLSA Test on Independent Contractors: Administrator's Interpretation No. 2015-1, Issued July 15, 2015* (as of 1-2-18 this document has been archived)
Possibly issued in connection with the rise of new business models, such as Uber, this is a DOL test for summarizes the position DOL's Wage and Hour division has taken in entering into agreements with states and the IRS on how to handle Employer misclassification. The heart of the DOL position is stated here, and focuses on more than control, which is the heart of the IRS /common law test. The end result is that a worker dependent for economic survival on the employer will be an employee, and a person in business for him or herself will be an independent contractor.
In order to make the determination whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the FLSA, courts use the multi-factorial “economic realities” test, which focuses on whether the worker is economically dependent on the employer or in business for him or herself. A worker who is economically dependent on an employer is suffered or permitted to work by the employer. Thus, applying the economic realities test in view of the expansive definition of “employ” under the Act, most workers are employees under the FLSA. The application of the economic realities factors must be consistent with the broad “suffer or permit to work” standard of the FLSA.
Fact Sheet #71 : Internship Programs under the Fair Labor Standards Act (2018)
This fact sheet provides general information to help determine whether interns must be paid the minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act for the services that they provide to "for-profit" private sector employers. See fact sheet for comments on need for further review of internships in non-profit sector.
This fact sheet was updated to include Glatt et al v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, et al. (C.A. 2nd Cir.) July 2, 2015. In that case interns who were unpaid and who were asked to perform a number of tasks unrelated to an educational purpose sued over the lack of pay. The court declined to grant deference to the 2010 DOL Fact Sheet, noting as follows:
We decline DOL’s invitation to defer to the test laid out in the Intern Fact Sheet. As DOL makes clear in its brief, its six part test is essentially a distillation of the facts discussed in Portland Terminal. DOL Br. at 11, 12, 21.
Unlike an agency’s interpretation of ambiguous statutory terms or its own regulations, “an agency has no special competence or role in interpreting a judicial decision."
State of N.Y. v. Shalala, 119 F.3d 175, 180 (2d Cir. 1997).
NB: The material below is archived as the May 23, 2016 final rule has been placed on hold.
Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees, Final Rule, 80 Fed. Reg. 32391, May 23, 2016.
This rule is effective Dec. 1, 2016. Under this final rule, white collar employees subject to the salary level test earning less than $913 per week (or $ 47,476 per year for a full time worker) will not qualify for the EAP exemption, and therefore will be eligible for overtime, irrespective of their job duties and responsibilities. Employees earning this amount or more on a salary or fee basis will qualify for exemption only if they meet the standard duties test, which is unchanged by the final rule. See the summary on the DOL web page for more. The DOL web page also includes Guidance for Higher Education Institutions on Paying Overtime under the New Rule. The salary level and salary basis requirements do not apply to bona fide teachers. See 29 CFR 541.303(d), .600(e) and to the extent that a postdoctoral fellow’s primary duty is teaching, higher education institutions can classify such an employee as exempt from overtime. Postdoc research fellows who do not have teaching as a primary duty must meet the salary level test.
See the American Council on Education Issue Brief on the new FLSA Overtime Rule.* (May 26, 2016)
See also the CUPA/NCAA White Paper on Payment of Coaches and AthleticTrainers under Federal Law
Note on part time employees:
Some employers also mistakenly believe that the EAP [executive, administrative, professional] regulations limit their ability to permit white collar employees to work part-time or job share.*FN: As the Department has previously explained, there is no special salary level for EAP employees working less than full time. See 69 FR 22171. Employers, however, can pay white collar employees working part-time or job sharing a salary of less than the required EAP salary threshold and will not violate the Act so long as the salary equals at least the minimum wage for all hours worked and the employee does not work more than 40 hours a week. See FLSA 2008-1NA (Feb. 14, 2008). See also section IV.A.iv.
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Kindergarteners Darell Benavides, left, and Santiago Silva chat on opening day of the Dual Language Academy in Omaha, with classmate Gabriel Davidson and his parents, Genesis Cortez and Victor Davidson, in the background. PHOTO BY JOE RUFF/STAFF
First-day excitement reigns at Dual Language Academy
Fri, 09/07/2018 - 9:38am admin
By JOE RUFF
New backpacks, school-color red shirts and even red tennis shoes were plentiful, along with smiles and laughter on opening day of the archdiocese’s Dual Language Academy in Omaha.
“He’s a little nervous, but he’s fine,” Genesis Cortez said as she and Victor Davidson helped their son, Gabriel, settle into his kindergarten classroom.
With that vote of confidence, the archdiocese’s first-ever effort to offer classes in English and Spanish was off and running Aug. 23 with 88 students in preschool, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes.
Research shows students in dual language immersion programs often outperform their one-language peers as early as third or fourth grade and throughout high school, officials in the Catholic Schools Office have said.
“We heard real great things about dual language and we were looking for a dual language school for our son,” Cortez said. A Catholic school also is important, she said.
“I’m a believer, and I want him to learn about (the faith), too,” she said.
The academy is housed in the former St. Stanislaus School, which was closed in 2013 as part of a broad parish and school restructuring plan. Two other schools – Our Lady of Lourdes and Ss. Peter and Paul – will act as partners to the academy. Both schools will continue to offer all-English classes, and academy students will be funneled into those two schools as they continue to follow the dual language track from first through eighth grades.
Watching students stream into the academy with their parents was a wonderful sight, said Michael Ashton, superintendent of Catholic schools, as he helped greet families at the door.
“Opening days are always one of the high moments of the whole school year,” Ashton said. “And we’re even more joyful with the opening of St. Stan’s to education and learning.”
The academy has partnered with a team from Boston College in a five-year agreement that will provide mentoring, professional development and guidance for school staff.
The language immersion effort is an initiative of the Omaha Catholic School Consortium, which includes Holy Cross and St. Thomas More schools in Omaha and St. Bernadette in Bellevue, as well as Our Lady of Lourdes and Ss. Peter and Paul.
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Anne Monique Nuyt (Active) - University of Montreal
Award Type: Selection Committee
Discipline: Medicine, Neonatology
anne-monique.nuyt@recherche-ste-justine.qc.ca
Anne Monique Nuyt is a neonatologist at CHU Ste-Justine, Université de Montréal. She received her medical degree and pediatric residency training at the Université de Sherbrooke (QC, Canada), and her subspecialty in Neonatal-Perinatal medicine from McGill University (93). Supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada, she pursued a research fellowship at the University of Iowa and at the College de France-INSERM. She was appointed (98) as clinician-scientist at the CHU Ste Justine – Université de Montréal, where she is currently Professor of Pediatrics, Head of the Division of Neonatology, Head of the Feto-maternal and Neonatal Research Axis of the CHU Ste Justine Research Center and Associated Scientific Director for CARTaGENE. Her research is mainly supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Dr Nuyt was awarded number of prices for her work and was President of the Quebec Hypertension Society. Dr Nuyt studies mechanisms of developmental programming of hypertension and cardiovascular dysfunction in children and adults who were born preterm, with emphasis on the role of oxidative stress and of adverse antenatal and neonatal conditions. Her translational research program spans from experimental animal work, to clinical as well as epidemiological studies.
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AdviCell™
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Dr. Barba received her Ph.D. in Cancer Molecular Biology from UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology. Dr. Barba remained in the Department of Medicine at UCLA, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, for the next 14 years. She began as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Faculty, and finally as an Assistant Professor for the last 6 years before her entrepreneurial spirit led Dr. Barba to pursue a career in the biotech industry. While working at UCLA, her research focused on developing novel diagnostics and therapeutics for lung cancer resulting in the three U.S. Patents as Dr. Barba as a lead inventor. Also she was very passionate & prolific in educating pre-med undergraduates and medical students with cancer biology theories and laboratory experiments. During her academic stay, Dr. Barba received numerous prestigious awards and grants including UCLA Chancellor’s Fellowship, Susan G. Komen Fellowship, American Association for Cancer Research Scholar, American Lung Association, and National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Barba’s first industry experience was at a biotech which pioneered in diagnosing genetic based diseases employing Next Generation Sequencing Technology. Subsequently Dr. Barba served as a CEO and Chief Science Officer at a clinical diagnostics laboratory centering on biochemical assays to diagnose rare, hereditary genetic diseases, a spin-off company from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. With 25 years of combined experience in academic and industry research, Dr. Barba is well poised to lead CellVi BioScience’s Research & Development, further, grow the company to a global scale bio-pharmaceutical biotech. At CellVi BioScience, Dr. Barba is envisioning a bottom-up strategy, beginning with the stem cell technology applied to topical skin care products as a prototype which is to be extended to dermatological therapeutics, then eventually to developing novel cancer therapeutics/diagnostics serving the world population. Dr. Barba has expertise in a broad range of biomedical subspecialties which include Pathology, Microscopy, Immunology, Cell & Molecular Biology, Tumor Biology, Trangenic Animal Model, Next Generation Sequencing based mutation interpretations, and Clinical Diagnostic Assay Development.
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Dr. Basak obtained his PhD from University of Calcutta, India and has work experience in the field of stem cell biology, cancer, immunology, vaccine development, infectious diseases and immunotherapy of diseases. His experience and expertise in the field of cancer cell biology and vaccination has led to development of new strategies for cancer vaccine development. He has developed technologies for cell based vaccine and therapy for treatment of cancer. He has also developed novel vector system for gene delivery to the immune system and improving vaccination efficiency by lowering anti-vector immune response and improving vaccine specific immune response. His work in the area of lung cancer biology has identified stem cells that give rise to aggressive lung cancer. His further work has shown that these cell has specific micro-rna loss that when replenished can inhibit the lung cancer growth.
He is recipient of several awards and grants such as, Parker B. Francis Award, JCC UCLA award, American Lung Association Grant, Tobacco Related Disease Research Program etc. He has established national and international collaboration with different scientists and institutions.
Dr. Basak has extensive work experience in evaluating the effect of herbal products in diseases such as cancer. His work with Curcumin/Turmuric derived from the root of turmeric plant has shown its efficacy in overcoming drug resistance in preclinical studies of head and neck cancer. Currently these studies have been translated into clinical trials in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.
He is also an expert in tissue culture and his expertise has resulted in establishment of different primary cell lines for stem cell based condition media development. His current research interest is to develop new approaches to enhance skin care treatment specially the damaged or diseased skin that can improve the lives of people suffering from diseased skin.
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Mr. Palumbo holds a bachelor degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Rhode Island conferred in 1981. Directly after college his original career track landed him in the aerospace industry with Hughes Aircraft and the Naval Underwater Systems Center in Newport, RI. Adding relevant understanding of electrical signal development and transmittance to a Biology background he continued with a career change to life sciences. After working in outside sales for DuPont Pharmaceuticals he advanced to a position designed to develop contract manufacturing business in an established pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Long Island, NY. Mr. Palumbo began his career in cosmetics and personal care in 1990. Due to advancements in holistic medical practices and a desire to exercise his entrepreneurial spirit he proceeded to learn this new industry first as regional manager and later as a Global Sales Director.
Armed with experiences including directed efforts at the global marketplace, manufacturing, advancements to human biology, pharmaceutical manufacturing and design, signal creation and transduction and direct contact with the global marketplace for cosmetics and personal care Mr. Palumbo set about building his first Company, DIOW Products in 1999. DIOW collaborated with research organizations to develop a product line under its label for sale to the cosmetic industry. DIOW was sold in in 2006 and led to the start of what has become three new companies. With an initial creation of a agency alliance with a strong technology portfolio he added two research based technology driven manufacturing companies for the cosmetics industry and further for health therapies. CellVi Bioscience being one of the companies and Ventana Biological the other. The advent of synergistic biotechnologies advanced this design and today one and two years after inception both companies have established individual revenue streams and a robust product pipeline. CellVi uses tissue culture technology to develop commercial product for treating conditions in addition to personal care targets as described on the home page. Ventana is focused on enhancing the performance of materials with novel delivery methods.
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Uh oh! B-2 Genesis video reveals a mock-up cockpit that may have been a secret stealth transport.
VIA : THE WAR ZONE:
Northrop Grumman recently released an awesome series of videos that detail the genesis of the B-2 Spirit—the world's first stealth bomber—via testimony from those who brought it to life. The videos also include a bunch of historical images and video taken during the flying wing bomber's development. One of these images grabbed my eye as it looked like no Advanced Technology Bomber—the program that gave birth to the B-2—cockpit concept I have ever seen. I reached out to Northrop Grumman about the puzzling photo and what I got back confirmed my suspicions.
In the previous article, in which I questioned the photo's origins, I wrote:
"Second is this image of the mock-up of a cockpit. The panel layout is vaguely similar to the one that made it into the B-2 but the B-2 has a two-crew side-by-side cockpit. Was this for a technology demonstrator that predated the actual B-2 itself? Maybe the single station was going to be mirrored for the actual aircraft, but there are other oddities. For instance, the panel is smaller, lacking the two lower side-by-side cathode ray multi-function displays. It also has a 'canopy severance' handle. The B-2 doesn't have a canopy but it does have hatches that its ejection seats fire through. A central windscreen support structure also seems to indicate that this is a single seat cockpit concept, or at least a tandem one..."
As I subsequently came to find out, the image made it into the B-2 video presentation by mistake—which would be incredibly easy to make. The photo in question doesn't belong to the B-2 program, at least not directly. Instead, it came about from a previously undisclosed program from the 1990s called the Special Operations Low-Intensity Combat Mission Aircraft.
Could this be the origins of the possible stealth transport spotted over Amarillo several years ago?
READ MORE AT THE WAR ZONE
Uh oh! B-2 Genesis video reveals a mock-up cockpit...
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Number 502 - Rose Royce
Rose Royce
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
Genre:R&B
art by velvet-voices
Update: Foo Fighters performed in Auckland, New Zealand at their sold out show last night. And by all reports "One of the best shows ever to be seen & heard in New Zealand" (!) click here for the review .... & yes, I didn't get to go again. Who has rock concerts on Tuesday nights anyway? Now you're probably looking at this artist Rose Royce at Number 502 and either thinking ..... wtf? or "Why is it not Car Wash?" or "This doesn't look like the Rolling Stones website, for the love of God, gmtfo of here". First of all, the "Car Wash" song sucks chunks. How it ever became a Number 1 hit (yes, it was off a film, thank you) I will never know. But, the track "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" is pure R&B classic & how that song ended up only at number 32 in the charts, well, go figure. Whatever we all think, this has to be Rose Royce's definitive song. Take a look who it's been covered by .... (Morrissey-Mullen, Madonna, I'm Talking, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Nail, Patti LaBelle, Faith Evans, Dallas Green and Jully Black)
Oh, and P.S, down the bottom of each page now, there is a rating you now can give for the post and not just the song ...... please go easy on me! Ah frag it ... go loose.
Whoa! rainbow suits
Rose Royce -- the Los Angeles-based group comprised of Henry Garner (drums), Terral "Terry" Santiel (congas), Lequeint "Duke" Jobe (bass), Michael Moore (saxophone), Rose Norwalt (lead vocals), Kenny Copeland (trumpet, lead vocals), Kenji Brown (guitar, lead vocals), Freddie Dunn (trumpet), and Michael Nash (keyboards) -- was actually formed by Copeland and Garner. Both were preparing for graduation from high school, and contemplating their careers. Joined by Dunn and Moore, the two decided to go the route of the music business under the name Total Concept Unlimited (and later as Magic Wand). They auditioned for Edwin Starr, and he hired them as his backup band.
ezzy voice herself
The group's association with Starr enabled them to interact with numerous music industry personalities. One in particular was Motown producer Norman Whitfield. Whitfield gradually became associated with the group by hiring them for recording sessions; the group also worked with Yvonne Fair, the Undisputed Truth, and the Temptations through Whitfield's influence. After a couple of years of seasoning, the group began production on their debut album under Whitfield's supervision. Also during this time, MCA Records was seeking an artist for the soundtrack to the movie Car Wash. Whitfield convinced executives that the band was more than competent for the job. So the material that Whitfield had assembled for the group's debut album became the soundtrack's material.
when covers were suave
The movie Car Wash and the soundtrack were big hits, and they also propelled the group, now known as Rose Royce, into national notoriety. Released in late 1976, the soundtrack featured three Billboard R&B Top Ten singles: "Car Wash," "I Wanna Get Next to You," and "I'm Going Down." The former was also a number one single on the Billboard pop charts. To offset any negative rhetoric regarding their legitimacy, the group released its follow-up album, Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom, and bloom it did. The group returned to the Top Ten with "Do Your Dance" and "Ooh Boy," silencing all critics. In 1978, they released their third album, entitled Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!, and it featued "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore." Both singles cracked the Billboard R&B Top Five. The group followed with a string of hits that roamed the charts, but never gained the chart status that their previous songs did. They became very popular in England and remain a marquee attraction there. ~ [Craig Lytle, All Music Guide]
For Foo Fighters in the Definitive 1000 Songs see Number 535
For more Foo Fighters visit Mellow Mix Vol 1 #012
For Madonna in the Definitive 1000 Songs see Number 571
For more Madonna visit Mellow Mix Vol 1 #077
For Joe Cocker in the Definitive 1000 Songs see Number 633
For Edwin Starr in the Definitive 1000 Songs see Number 771
Go on, so what do you think RS?
In the past decade, Norman Whitfield, the great Motown writer/producer ("I Heard It through the Grapevine" and many of the later Temptations' hits) has changed his style little. Rose Royce, the nine-member band that recorded the soundtrack to Car Wash under his direction, sounds like the Temptations with a cotton-candy female lead singer (Gwen Dickey), a technically less facile but more compelling second lead (Kenny Copeland), three horns, two guitars, keyboard and rhythm. The Temptations' "Just My Imagination" is the prototype of Whitfield's ballad style. In Car Wash, its plaintiveness was echoed with uncanny purity in "I Wanna Get Next to You." None of the ballads on the new album can touch it.
The Temptations' "Ball of Confusion," with its spacey instrumentation, disjointed vocals and Sly-influenced guitar twang, is the prototype for Rose Royce's uptempo music. But in Rose Royce's songs, "relevance" has been reduced to spiritual generalities. The strongest new influence on Whitfield is K.C. and the Sunshine Band's minimal disco; "Do Your Dance," a group chant heavily laced with horns, virtually reprises the tune of "Get Down Tonight." The concept Whitfield and Rose Royce convey on In Full Bloom is the same one the Car Wash soundtrack exploited so disarmingly: that the inner city is a zany, but basically tranquil, extended family stabilized by humor and, above all, by a shared sense of funk. It's a fantasy that's as congenial as it is unbelievable. ~ [RS 249 STEPHEN HOLDEN]
For the Temptations in the Definitive 1000 Songs see Number 601 & Number 819
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (you cant be serious) and the Album ranked at Number (can you?) (deadly)
Rose Royce ~Love Dont Live Here Anymore~
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Number 464 - Joe Walsh
"Rocky Mountain Way"
art by faondejade [nice]
Why isn't this song on Guitar Hero? Speaking of Guitar Hero, i just recently purchased the GH Aerosmith version, it's a bit of fun but not exactly got what i was hoping for. Besides the upcoming GH Metallica version i was thinking what else would be a group to cover on GH. Yep, i was thinking the same thing ... Pink Floyd Hoo Ya! Now that would be a cool set to play. Also, i have heard that there might be a Beatles version too! The one to wait for will no doubt be GH4 or otherwise known as "Guitar Hero World Tour" later this year, with a stunning 85 songs to play and not to mention the game includes a drum set [!], bass and mic. It won't be far away till we have a band on MTV playing GH4 instruments with new songs. Lets hope the electric guitar never fades away because i'm starting to fear it just might.
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The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get, Walsh's second solo studio album, continues the heavy and light rock mix of tracks found on his previous release Barnstorm. Indeed, the opening two tracks bear this out. The first, perhaps Joe Walsh's most recognized track, "Rocky Mountain Way", comes replete with overly distorted guitars and the obligatory solo. The next song, "Bookends", is a tuneful ode to happy memories. Walsh's ability to swing wildly from one end of the rock scale to the other is unparalleled and makes for an album to suit many tastes. Joe Vitale (drums, flute, backing vocals, keyboards, and synthesisers is a talented man) and Kenny Passarelli (bass and backing vocals) are once again employed, and once again prove themselves adept at handling Walsh's various styles.
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The album sees an addition to the backing band in the form of Rocke Grace on keyboards and vocals. The legendary Bill Szymczyk works along with Walsh to handle the production, and takes care of the mixing. Szymczyk's work on this area is as always astounding. The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get features some of the most remembered Joe Walsh tracks, but it's not just these that made the album the success it was. Each of the nine tracks is a song to be proud of. This is a superb album by anyone's standards. Following 1987's Got Any Gum?, he toured with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band, returning to his solo career for 1991's Ordinary Average Guy. In 1994 he joined the reunited Eagles for their blockbuster Hell Freezes Over tour and remained on the road as a solo act for years to come ~[Ben Davies, All Music Guide]
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Lucy Walsh (Joe's daughter) ~ wow!
* ~ Walsh gave his main guitar, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Sunburst, to Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page
* ~ Walsh appeared in the television series Duckman, as medical video actor in episode 315 - "They Craved Duckman's Brain". Walsh also plays a version of "Life's Been Good" in a Duckman episode. He also appeared on Mad TV in 1995 as a customer at an air guitar shop, and on the comedy game show Street Smarts. Walsh appeared in the audience on the April 10, 2008 episode of the MTV show Rock the Cradle as a surprise for his daughter Lucy.
* ~ Walsh has produced albums for artists such as Dan Fogelberg and Ringo Starr. He was a background musician (1st guitar solo) on Eagles bandmate Don Henley's 1982 hit "Dirty Laundry" (listed as such in the liner notes of I Can't Stand Still and Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits).
* ~ Walsh played guitar alongside Laura Hall in a surprise appearance in Drew Carey's pay-per-view presentation of "Drew Carey's Improv All-Stars" in Las Vegas. He participated in one game in each show, the ending game "biography." He sometimes made guest appearances on the Drew Carey Show as Ed, a laid-back guitarist in a bar band.
* ~ Walsh appeared as a featured performer at the 1992 Seville Expo Guitar Legends with on-stage featured guitarists Nuno Bettencourt, Brian May, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. ~ [Source:Wikipedia]
Roll Call ....
For Metallica see Number 484
For more Metallica visit MM Vol 1 #033 & Vol 2 #136
For Pink Floyd see Number 497
For more Pink Floyd visit MM Vol 1 #138
For Beatles see Number 489, #587, #894 & #947
For Ringo Starr see Number 901
For Eagles see Number 509
For Led Zeppelin see Number 577 & #957
For Brian May see Number 539, #747, #799 & #805
For Joe Satriani see Number 477 & #688
For Steve Vai see Number 896
What does Rolling Toked think about Joe Walsh?
Joe Walsh is out to do the Stephen Stills number by splitting his supergroup and forging out for Musical Freedom and a distinguished solo career (least that's what it says here). Sounds great—only Joe's band, the James Gang, wasn't that super and while Stills has just now completed the process of consuming himself, Joe's already done a pretty good job of it on only his second solo album. "Rocky Mountain Way," with its "The Rocky Mountain Way/Is better than the way we had," is the LP's standout—and it sounds the closest to the old James Gang. It opens a set which dips down into rhythm-led power tunes, reggae leanings, close-harmonied ballads and acoustic pieces, but never seems comfortable with anything. Ex-Amboy Duke Joe Vitale remains from Barnstorm, with keyboard man Rocke Grace and bassist Kenny Passarelli now added: All are properly subdued, with the exception of Vitale's tasteful flute work on "Midnight Moodies." Mostly, however, the playing is of a detached nature, professional but uninspired. ~ [Source:Rolling Stone #143]
For Stephen Stills see Number 660
Rolling Stone magazine deemed their '464th Song of all Time' was "Standing In The Shadows Of Love" by The Four Tops. The Four Tops has not appeared in The Definitive 1000.
Other songs with reference to Joe Walsh #622
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Joe who?) and the Album ranked at (what band is he from?)
This song has a Definitive 1000 rating of 76.6 out of 108
Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
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