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Robin Slick: In Her Own Write
Odds and Sods for Monday, June 16, 2008
Or is that an oxymoron?
Yeah, it is, but I can't help it, I am in the world's best mood today. For one thing, I finally got to go to Ocean City yesterday with most of the family to celebrate Father's Day...I say most because Eric Slick got a call last week to do a last minute fill in playing doumbek for Gypsy Hands Tribal Band at Bonnaroo and oh boy, am I going to do some name dropping in a minute. But first, here's a photo from our trip to the beach yesterday, where Gary, Julie, her significant other Matt and I got to take our cheesy but oh so much fun surrey ride on the boardwalk following an incredible breakfast. Look at Julie and Matt - aren't they just so adorable? Gary took the photo, as well as one with me in it, but I was having a terrible hair day so let's pretend that photo does not exist.
We had our first cinnamon and chocolate donuts of the season courtesy of Brown's Donuts at St. Charles and the Boardwalk, but as true foodies know, the real breakfast pastries can be found at Brother's 14th Street bakery (which has relocated to the corner of 10th and Asbury) so we headed there next for almond danish, cream cheese frosted cinnamon rolls, cheese pockets (now why has no one thought of this before - stuff a delectable crumb cake with a cream cheese mix...oh.my.god), and for dinner later, the world's best tomato pie.
Which is why we needed to pedal up and down the boardwalk for an hour after eating, telling ourselves Yep, we're burning up those calories.
Then we did all of the obligatory tourist stuff that we adore - we played miniature golf (Matt killed us all with a pro score of 39; Gary came in second, then Julie, then me...but my score was enough to bring the parents down and once again Team Julie/Matt killed us but hey, I'm a writer, not an athlete) and air hockey (we played teams, Matt beat Julie, Gary beat me, big surprise, Gary played Matt and Matt beat Gary, therefore claiming the title of King Athlete of the Day, which Matt, a musician, would hardly say he is but compared to the rest of us...though I still have an image of Matt as a freshman in college, leaving our house on his skateboard carrying a guitar and promptly falling on his head after two attempts...Matt, and Julie, by the way, had their official graduation from Drexel University Saturday night and this coming Saturday Matt's parents are throwing them both an incredible party at their house...more on that later)
After all of that physical activity, we decided we could handle a pizza at Mack and Manco's - the best it ever tasted - did they take the mystery ingredient out of the crust finally? There's a rumor floating around the reason their pizza is so good is that they use lard which naturally horrifies my vegetarian daughter but a rumor it is, not truth, or at least not any more, as the crust was crisp and crunchy and everything you'd ever want. Even Gary, who swears the only pizza worth eating is from Charlie's in Philadelphia, agreed that Mack and Manco did something to step up the quality, though the rest of the Slicks think that next to Charlie's, no one can beat it, even before they made whatever changes they did this year.
Or it could be all in our heads. The "change", that is. Maybe we were just starving.
When we got home, which was early afternoon, Gary and I were totally wiped out so we went upstairs for a nap which lasted until this morning but sometime in the middle, my cell phone rang and it was Eric to fill me in on what he was up to the last three days.
(Photos by Gary Slick)
"Hey, Mom, so guess who I hung out with?"
Groupie that I am, I was instantly awake, if only for our conversation.
"Who?! Who??"
"Well, let's see, just to start, I ate with/chatted/hung out with/sat next to Joe Travers, Pete Griffin, and Jamie Kime from Zappa Plays Zappa...they are all so cool and really nice...the guys from MGMT, The Battles, Mastodon, Vampire Weekend, Bela Fleck, and Umphrey's McGee -- oh, and the guys from Umphrey's said to Say hi to Julie and tell her they love her (Julie and Eric played a fantastic jam two years ago with both Bela and Umphrey's McGee in Atlanta when they first joined Ade's band in 2006)...oh, and Yamaha Drums has me on their artist roster list now and gave me a pass to go to NAMM in Nashville next week where I'll hook up with Andre and Adrian."
"Oh wow! That's fantastic. So let me get this straight. You come home from ten days of touring with Adrian, turn around and go to Tennessee for four days to play at Bonnaroo, then you come home, when, the 16th and head back to Tennessee again on the 20th?"
"Yeah...and then I go on tour with Delicious and Crescent Moon from June 24-28. It's crazy!"
"It's not crazy, Eric, it's fantastic," I yawned, thinking to myself Yep it sure is fantastic, it's amazing, and then we all head to Canada on July 4 for yet another Adrian Belew Power Trio tour and you know I'm going to be talking that one up big time in the coming weeks as well as some new and exciting tasty news as concerns the trio and their possible whereabouts late summer and fall.
Speaking of the trio, I last left you...hmmm...I don't remember where I last left you...but Gary came home from the last three days of the tour with some of the best photos he ever took in his life...ten of which he posted on his own blog and he will be posting many more so I will defer to him and not put a bunch up myself...but I can't help it, here's a few more:
Now in this next series, which I believe took place somewhere in New Jersey, Adrian had the misfortune, or good fortune, of having a room opposite the rest of the band. Julie and Eric warned him this might happen, I don't know if he believed it, but luckily Gary was there with his camera.
Now is this any way to treat an icon who has played with Frank Zappa, David Bowie, King Crimson, Tori Amos, and Nine Inch Nails?
Knock-knock, Ade...
Ha ha - he had a blast...don't let him tell you otherwise.
Oh, I digress, though - as I mentioned in my last post, following their show in Annapolis, which preceded the New Jersey pillow fight...I mean, concert, they bumped into one of our comedic heroes, Dick Smothers. So here is a wonderful photograph of Gary, Adrian, Eric, Julie and Dick:
Digressing even further, right before Gary joined the tour, the trio played a gig in Lake Worth, Florida, at the Bamboo Room, and as I mentioned, they closed the place...we hope just for the season but maybe not with this lovely Dubya infested economy...anyway, as you will recall, one of the highlights of playing at the Bamboo Room is that it's part of an apartment complex and the entertainers get to stay in rooms with full kitchens, hence Julie was able to recreate her peach cobbler of wonder and delight, and much to my happy surprise, when I uploaded the photos from yesterday this morning, I found proof:
In other trio related news, I found this, in all places, on the Bruce Springsteen forum board in a thread which asked, Which Non-Bruce Springsteen songs are you listening to? (I refuse to type it as they have it there: Which R U listening to as internet lingo makes me fucking crazy. If you ever want to give me a coronary, use LOL or RU in an email or instant message to me...arghh...that, and text messaging and blackberries...just seeing the term "Sent from my wireless blackberry" makes me stroke out...are my biggest pet peeve in today's society other than the major stuff like THE FUCKING WAR CRIMINALS RUNNING OUR COUNTRY AND OUR MEDIA...err...sorry...those rants just come and I've gotta let 'em out)
"Side 4 - Adrian Belew Power Trio - I had the pleasure - well, I endured the hell-hole Mexicali Blues to have the pleasure of seeing Adrian play on 6/7/08. 6 7 8 - hey!
...Adrian is one of the pre-eminent electric guitarists of all time - he started with Zappa, went on to Bowie, Talking Heads, Tori Amos, Laurie Anderson, The Bears (Raisins-Psychodots) and of course, Krimson. I've seen him for years and he can be a joy to behold - he's all over the new NIN disc, for example. He also has jammed recently with Umphrey's McGee.
I was tracking him when he looked for a power duo to make his trio several years ago and was stunned and delighted to see when he chose two related young musicians' musicians: Julie and Eric Slick from Baltimore, I believe. (Note from our blogger: Make that Philadelphia, please) He had originally recorded material with members of Primus and Tool, but they could not commit to touring. Instead, Adrian found these geniuses on their instruments (Eric drums and Julie bass) at a School of Rock group.
The disc is pure power - and with songs like Big Electric Cat, Thela Hun Gingeet and Amphersand, an incredible ride. Adrian's healthy and still as limber and adroit as ever although beware: what was once a tour of songs is now a tour of jams. If you don't cotton to luminescent displays of nimble dexterity and audacious complex firepower, it's best just to check out the disc. Otherwise, see this band..."
Yep, see the band for sure, and those of you in Canada and the east coast will have a chance July 5-12...put those dates on your calendar!
Now as concerns my life...and yes, I do have one exclusive of Julie, Eric, and Adrian though it's not nearly as much fun, I am headed to the Actors Studio in New York City tomorrow to begin filming a documentary and I will have much more on that later in the week, hopefully with photos but I have no idea what the parameters are...i.e., how much I am allowed to blab or show you pre-production. But trust me, it should be a blast and eventually, I will tell all. Or better yet, you'll get to watch it for yourself on Bravo...
Anyway, I guess that's it for now. I've got a box full of cheese pockets calling my name and after I'm done stuffing my face, I'll probably go on a google search for Bonnaroo photos in hopes of finding Eric...ah...what a life I have...I admit it, it's freaking fantastic.
Posted by RobinSlick at 10:23 AM
Labels: Odds and Sods for Monday June 16 of 2008
RobinSlick
Writer, raging liberal, and mother of Eric Slick, drummer for Dr. Dog and Adrian Belew Power Trio, and Julie Slick, bassist for Adrian Belew Power Trio; both Julie and Eric also play in Paper Cat with Robbie Seahag Mangano on guitar as well as too many other projects/bands to mention. "I work on the principle that it's not possible to take anyone's views on music seriously if they don't like the Beatles. Everything else is a question of personal taste and therefore debatable. But if you don't recognise the Beatles as the twentieth century's most inventive, most influential and most talented composers, you're pretty much admitting that you've rather missed the point of the last hundred years of musical endeavour. Should you fall into that category, I do not condemn neither do I mock. I merely despair and, having despaired, I move on." ...Mark Bastable www.myspace.com/markbastable
Dining with Julie Slick
Odds and Sods for Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Best Party Ever - Part I
The Best Party Ever - Part II
39 and Still Holding...among other things
Adrian Belew Power Trio Lives Up To Their Name
Tonight: Adrian Belew Power Trio in NY
Tonight: Adrian Belew Power Trio in Teaneck, NJ
Tonight: Adrian Belew Power Trio in Annapolis
Tonight: The Adrian Belew Trio is on holiday
Adrian on the radio!


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1350-6242 - Fukunae,'maiko' (geisha apprentice)working in a tea house.Geisha's distric of Gion.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6235 - Geishas and 'maikos' (geisha apprentice) in dance class. Geisha school(Kaburenjo) of Miyagawacho.Kyoto.Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6249 - Fukuyu,geisha and Fukukimi,'maiko' (geisha apprentice) workimg in Miyaki tea house (o-chaia).Geisha's distric of Miyagawacho.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6239 - Fukuyu,geisha and Fukukimi,'maiko' (geisha apprentice)in taxi going to work.Geisha's distric of Miyagawacho.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6253 - Detail of 'maiko' (geisha apprentice) from Ishihatsu okiya (house of geishas).Geisha's distric of Miyagawacho.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6232 - 'maiko' (geisha apprentice) in dance class. Geisha school (kaburenjo) of Miyagawacho.Kyoto.Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6240 - .Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6233 - woman inviting passersby to enter into her restaurant. Street scene in Hanamikoji dori street.Geisha's distric of Gion.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6243 - Show of Maikos,(geisha apprentices)they interpret Kyomai, is a Kyoto dance,at Gion Kobu Kaburenjo, geisha's distric of Gion, ,Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6237 - Sanneizaka street and Yasaka Pagoda, Gion district, Kyoto, Japan.
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1350-6250 - Geisha and 'maiko' (geisha apprentice) in Shijo dori street.geisha's distric of Gion, ,Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6248 - Fukuyu,geisha and Fukukimi,'maiko' (geisha apprentice)in taxi going to work.They say goodbye at Oka san. Geisha's distric of Miyagawacho.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6241 - Fukuyu,geisha and Fukukimi,'maiko' (geisha apprentice). from Ishihatsu okiya (geisha house).Geisha's distric of Miyagawacho.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6234 - Oka san says goodbye to clients.Taxi in Hanamikoji dori street.Geisha's distric of Gion.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6246 - Okobo (tall wooden shoes).Detail of 'maiko' (geisha apprentice) from Ishihatsu tea house (o-chaia).Geisha's distric of Miyagawacho.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-6231 - Fukukimi,'maiko' (geisha apprentice) from Ishihatsu okiya (house of geishas).Geisha's distric of Miyagawacho.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1113-106180 - Shop front for textiles in Kyoto with a small delivery truck, Japan
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1113-106179 - Women in the evening sun dressed in kimonos Kyoto, Japan
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1178-35270 - Woman trimming bonsai tree
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832-392978 - View after sunset on Mandrakia on Milos, Kimonos in the background, Milos, Cyclades, Greece, Europe
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1350-1149 - Tea ceremony, in Cyu-o-kouminkan, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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1350-1052 - Sculpture, in Shirakawa-minami-dori, Gion district, Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-1031 - Torii gates at Fushimi Inari-Taisha sanctuary,Kyoto, Japan
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1350-1057 - Street scene in Hanamikoji dori street.Geisha's distric of Gion.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-1077 - women dressed in kimono, street scene, Gion district, Kyoto, Japan.
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1350-1046 - women dressed in kimono, in Shirakawa-minami-dori, Gion district, Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-1150 - Waiter is serving tea with iron teapot or tetsubin, in Carta Cafe, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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1350-1041 - Girls dressed in kimono,in Pontocho, a traditional Japanese night-time entertainment area. Kyoto. Japan
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1350-1145 - Tea ceremony with iron teapot or tetsubin, in Cyu-o-kouminkan, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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1350-1047 - Couple dressed in traditional costume, in Shirakawa-minami-dori, Gion district, Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-1059 - Women wearing kimono.Street scene in Hanamikoji dori street.Geisha's distric of Gion.Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-1039 - Couple, in Kiyomizu-dera temple, Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1350-1058 - woman inviting passersby to enter into her restaurant.
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1350-1144 - Tea ceremony,serving cakes, in Cyu-o-kouminkan, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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1350-1053 - Shirakawa-minami-dori, Gion district, Kyoto. Kansai, Japan.
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1113-103609 - Women picking tea leaves, Uji, Kyoto district, Japan
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Man arrested for trying to trade sex for a boat trailer
March 11, 2014 By Dar Danielson
Marion Police charged a man with prostitution after he placed an ad on Craigslist offering to trade a sex act for a boat trailer. An undercover police officer answered the ad via email, and set up a meeting in Marion Monday with 37-year-old Stan Syring of Clarence.
The officer arrested Syring after he agreed to participate in a sex act in exchange for the boat trailer in the possession of the undercover officer. Syring was charged with prostitution and was transported to the Linn County Jail.
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I want to thank you for supporting and praying for Scecina Memorial High School through the years.
We take seriously our responsibility to recruit a diverse student body, to provide healthy opportunities for them and to give them individual attention so that they feel accepted and connected.
Our enrollment progress over the past five years shows we are succeeding in meeting those goals. As you can see from the graph (above), each year our freshman class has increased in size. We also are increasing our retention of these students throughout their high school years. As a result, total enrollment numbers are growing as families experience the value that we provide in preparing students for life.
This growth is moving us toward the target enrollment of 475 students by 2020, a goal recently approved by our Board of Directors. To attain this goal while preparing students for life, we will enhance our individual student success planning, faculty support and development opportunities, and the attractiveness of our campus. Please look for more updates on our Facility Master Plan to unfold this year.
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Thank you, our alumni and friends, for helping us reach the milestones that fulfill our Catholic mission rooted in the Gospel and the influence of Father Scecina. Your prayers, volunteer work and financial investments help us provide the rigorous academic programs and student support systems to help us live one of our "10 Great Things": A commitment to all students' success.
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Suraj Prabodh from Mysore gets wildcard at Bengaluru Open tennis 2017
Reference: http://www.hindustantimes.com/tennis/suraj-prabodh-from-mysore-gets-wildcard-at-bengaluru-open-tennis-2017/story-rlR3ZuDMl9l5UJGoFh0ecM.html
Suraj Prabodh from Mysuru today got a wild card entry in the USD 100,000 Bengaluru Open, a premier event on the ATP Challenger Tour, which gets underway with the qualifying round on Saturday.
Also saving the trouble of going through the qualifiers are India's leading player Saketh Myneni who is on a comeback trail after an injury lay-off and Sumit Nagal.
The fourth and last wild card along with the two special category slots will be announced tomorrow.
Suraj, who grew up playing practicing wall tennis in Mysuru, has taken huge strides and was one of the top juniors players in India.
Suraj, who played the Australian Open Juniors and recently finished as the runner-up in the National Championship, would be looking to grab the opportunity.
"I am glad that I have got a wild card. I shall try to justify the gesture," said the 22-year-old.
Meanwhile, Sumit, a winner in the Junior Wimbledon Doubles in 2015, has been consistent with his performances in the ITF and Challenger circuit. He is also the winner of the indoor Asian Games gold medal.
Bengaluru will be the final stop of the 5-legged ATP sojourn in Asia with Vietnam hosting two of them, China and Pune (currently underway) hosting one each.
Since the Bengaluru Open carries points that are allotted for a USD 125,000 prize money event as apart from the prize money, the hospitality is also being taken care of by the organisers, it comes as a boon to those players who are in the cusp of breaking into the top-100 to garner maximum points before they embark on the next season.
As many as 22 players earned a direct entry with four wild cards, four qualifiers and two special category slots making up the draw of 32.
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Q: Should we approve edits to OT questions? In this review, the editor improved this revision of this question, which still ought to be (at the time of writing) closed as OT > find a tool. Update: The OP deleted it.
The edit itself is good: it fixes grammatical errors and makes the question more easily understandable without changing the OP's intent.
HOWEVER, the question itself is a bad question because it is OT. Should I approve the edit, or not?

A: The edits did not improve the post in my opinion. It went from unsalvageable to still unsalvageable.
Really this line in the question was the nail in the coffin

Can you suggest best and latest combinations with Java from client side to database.

There is no open ended form of that question which is going to remain on Stack Overflow (nor that version of question on most exchanges).
Edits on posts that clearly stand no chance at succeeding are not adding value when the post is destined for deletion. All it does is waste reviewer's time looking at the edit and I do not think that should be encouraged.
I do not believe that approving these types of edits helps the situation, as it only encourages users to edit questions which have no chance of surviving.

A: Given that they are acceptable otherwise, I think we should approve those edits for the following reasons:

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*By rejecting an edit because you think the question should be closed, you make yourself the only judge on the closure of a question and, morevover, on its unsalvagability. After all, there is a reason why five close votes are required for closure. If your opinion on this deviates from the community's once, this arguably causes more damage (in form of alienating the editor, causing quarrel and confusion, leaving a question in a bad state) than accepting a lot of such edits.

*Even if the question is closed for good, an edit may teach the OP valuable stuff like using code formatting, proper English, tags, paragraphs, etc.

*In case of really badly formatted questions, an edit may spare close reviewers more time for reading than it costs edit reviewers. For example, the insertion of a few paragraphs into a wall of text, correction of crucial spelling mistakes or highlighting of the actual question takes less time reviewing than it saves a reader.

*Usually after consolidation with the asker, an edit may turn a question from closeworthy to acceptable.

*If a question is closed, it can still serve as a beacon that prevents others from asking a similar question. Thus, the edit isn't completely wasted.

Now, for all of the above arguments, there are cases where they clearly do not apply: If the question is a wall of random words, it is certainly unsalvagable and the OP is also very unlikely to make valuable contributions at any point in the future and thus correcting a few spelling mistakes will not help anybody. But drawing the line is very difficult and thus I think it causes more trouble, quarrel and confusion to approve of people disapproving edits for these reasons than those edits cause. Note that the too-minor criterion was removed due to similar reasons:

There are a couple of problems with this [too minor edits]:

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*The meaning of "too minor" varies widely between individuals. Are trivial changes always too minor, or only too minor when they ignore other, more damning problems with the post? […]

*Implemented as you describe, it's nothing more than a rep-denial mechanism. "I like your edit, but not enough to reward you for making it". There's no way to enforce its use in cases that actually justify it, meaning the actual application is likely to be seen as capricious. See also #1...

If people suggesting edits to unsalvagable posts for reputation farming alone really is a problem on some sites, I would rather prevent this by retroactively removing or reducing reputation gained from edits to closed posts (but I do not consider this a good idea either). As Flexo notes, if a question gets deleted, the reputation for edits is already revoked and thus the incentive for reputation farmers to edit deleteworthy questions is already heavily reduced.

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A hotel's personalization of service is the key to create an unforgettable experience for guests. A personalized hotel experience goes beyond the kind of amenities you have or discounts in store. What makes a hotel's guest experience such an important subject? Independent hotel owners competing with larger brands need to set themselves apart from the competition. This is a surefire way to gain repeat guests and position your property right.
With advancements in technology, you can sell your hotel guest experience to keep travelers engaged at your independent property. Guest personalization in the hotel industry goes beyond addressing your guest by a name. And, any business that is about customers is definitely in the people business!
86% of travelers value personalized offers. 3 in every 5 Americans(59%) have shown inclination to opt for a new brand for better service. Customers are known to open their wallets for great service. This is probably why 70% of hotel guest reports record a positive experience when personalization is used. It is also noted that respondents appreciated the on-property personalization as well as communication delivered via websites and other marketing channels.86% wanted room selection based on their personal preferences.
An immersive experience holds value even for guests who prioritize hotel bookings over the pricing factor. Guest personalization in the hotel industry is therefore the buzzword that continues to dominate the US market this year. This is no longer an option – it is mandatory for independent hotels to deliver personalized experiences. It is anticipated that our digital universe would have grown by 2020*. (From 4.4. Zettabytes today to 44 zettabytes.) You shouldn't really be worried about the shortage of guest data. According to a report by Google, guests are showing preference to book on their smartphones (79%) which also indicates the need to adopt technologies to reach your target group across the globe.
A personalized hotel experience is often misunderstood as a complicated process which burns a hole in the wallet. However, there are different ways to personalize guest experience without increasing your costs. All you need to do is listen to what your guests have to say to discover endless opportunities to serve them better.
Let's take a quick look at how your hotel can add the personal touch to create to the 'wow' factor.
Know your guests. Find out what they want. Chances are, you'll have all your answers. You need to use various methods to deliver a fantastic hotel customer experience using the right ideas, tools, and technologies.
So, a personalized guest experience isn't as complicated as it sounds. Pay attention to your guests, even if you have thousands to deal with at your hotel. Can this be done manually? The answer is no!
You not only require data, you need to decode it as well. You need to capture data that works best for you and is stored in your database. You can use forms, surveys, track website browsing behavior, loyalty programs (type of points redeemed), and more. Technology makes this process a whole lot easier.
Quick Tip: The inclusion of a property management system (PMS) allows independent hoteliers to record and store data for future use. Data analysis is equally important to clean and transform your data to discover more in the guest behavior patterns. A PMS includes detailed reports for easy analysis.
1) Before the stay: Targeted advertisements are best suited for potential guests. Your content and marketing communication must be relevant and should drive them to your site.
3) After the stay: Send automated emails that ask relevant questions to check if their stay was satisfactory, ordinary or beyond expectations.
Focus on every opportunity to use your data, know your guest better and provide a personalized hotel experience that creates a lasting impression. Different travelers have varied priorities and preferences. It's relevant communication that makes the difference.
Hyatt has shown preference for automated solutions to provide an impressive personalized guest experience for each and every guest. With the implementation of technology, staff are left with more time to interact with customers. Marriott created virtual reality pods for customers to step into the property virtually and make a reservation on the spot!
Hotel owners who have not yet embraced technology struggle with using the full potential of personalization. Technical barriers due to the legacy systems and improper data centralization limit the ability to understand customer data, feedback. This also prevents adaptation to new methods and subsequently, branding of the hotel.
Quick Tip: Modern property management systems and software have a host of features beneficial for the independent hotels. Data collection, addition of notes, sharing of guest data with hotel staff, automated mailers and more is possible with a PMS.
1) You have a repeat business traveller. You can easily store his/her guest data to ensure you allot a room as per preferences. Include add-on services such as a free conference room to make him/her happy. streamline the stay.
2) Customizing the food as per tastes without the repeat guest needing to constantly remind your staff for every visit only adds a personal touch.
3) Automated emails that collect feedback saves time for the busy front desk staff. This also gives enough data to understand where your hotel can improve. Your marketing efforts must deliver unique messaging tailored to a guest's prior experience.
Travelers are increasingly using their mobile devices (85% leisure travelers) and that's why hotels need to embrace mobile apps to provide personalized recommendations, expert opinions and more when a guest is logged into the app. A strong focus on technology will define and add life to your customer relationship.
1) Are there any unique ways a guest can check-in, book rooms or use add on services?
2) How easy is the process for a guest?
3) What value can you provide as per the type of the guest?
These questions will help to determine details.
Quick Tip: As an independent hotel owner, providing better service to guests is simplified with the use of a cloud-based PMS. It's all about smart hoteliering.
Once your staff is liberated from mundane routine work, they can take the guest experience one notch higher to interact with travelers as we'll see next.
A personal connect is important for guest personalization in the hotel industry. While smart technologies simplify the process, engaging people with a warm and welcoming behavior will always make a strong impression. The personal touch is the heart and soul of the hospitality industry.
1) Develop a strong trust-based relationship.
2) Seek constant feedback. Don't wait for the stay to get over, ask questions even during the stay.
3) Ensure your manager pays careful attention and monitor's guests' behavior to provide an impeccable service.
Quick Tip:It's important to listen and then understand to improve personal guest experience. Recording experiences in a PMS allows staff to access details anytime, anywhere.
Independent hotels that focus on personalized hotel experience can even attract customers willing to go premium for a high level of service. If you have any questions, we'd be happy to answer.


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There will be no Girls and Boys Bible study during the summer. But have no fear! We will have a couple different events for the Girls and the Boys. More details will be coming soon.
Our last Wednesday Bible study will be on May 8th. We will be meeting at pump it up from 3:30 – 5:00. Please make sure to send your child with socks and a signed permission waver. Cost is $5.00 a child.


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How Shoppers Look, Watch and Listen for New Products
While filling an unmet consumer need is an obvious goal when launching a new product innovation, developing the right product is only part of the equation for success.
Opportunities may ultimately be won or lost in the store, and marketers need a strong activation strategy to generate awareness and trial. In addition, all of this must be supported by a positive product experience. But which sources do consumers rely on to learn about new products? Where should marketers invest their time and money?
As the media landscape evolves, so too do the sources consumers use to find out about new products. For the purposes of The Nielsen Global New Product Innovation Survey, we've grouped the sources consumers say they use to get information about new products into three media categories: paid (traditional), earned and owned. Globally, shoppers' reliance on earned media is growing while their attention toward some paid media sources are declining.
More than half of global respondents (52%) cite TV ads a top source of new-product awareness—the second highest percentage of the 20 sources reviewed—but this has declined 11 percentage points since Nielsen's 2012 survey. In fact, reliance on seven of the nine "paid media" sources included in the survey stayed flat or declined in the three-year period. The only paid-advertising sources to increase in importance were Internet ads and video sharing websites, which each rose one percentage point.
"Media fragmentation is largely the cause for the decline in the reliance on TV as a top source for new product awareness," said Rob Wengel, senior vice president and managing director of Nielsen Innovation in the U.S. "While TV offers the widest audience reach, a multi-media approach is necessary to connect with consumers at all touch points. In fact, Nielsen brand awareness studies show that the combination of TV and digital advertising can increase brand recall by 33% and message recall by 45% compared to TV ads alone."*
But creative execution counts, too. An ad should not only clearly demonstrate usage—emotional context is also important to ensure the message is memorable and persuasive. Put simply, outstanding creative sets itself apart by balancing imagination with meaningful content.
BUSTING THE MYTH ABOUT MILLENNIALS AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA
While it's a fairly common belief that digitally savvy Millennial and Generation Z consumers can't be effectively reached through traditional paid advertising like their older counterparts, this assumption isn't entirely accurate.
As expected, the youngest respondents are relying more heavily on digital and mobile tools to learn about new products than their older counterparts. But they also say they're using several types of traditional advertising at comparable—or even greater—levels. Generation Z and Millennial respondents use TV and radio to learn about new products at similar rates as Generation X and Baby Boomer respondents, and their reliance on outdoor billboards/posters, public transport ads and ads at public events exceeds that of their older counterparts.
Source:Nielsen
Delhi High Court allows RED FM to participate in Phase III Auction
Delhi High Court has today allowed RED FM to participate in the auction of First Batch of Private FM Radio Phase- III.
Reaffirming faith in the country's judicial system RED FM, COO, Ms Nisha Narayanan, expressed her pleasure on the outcome of its court case on permission to participate in the auction of First Batch of Private FM Radio Phase – III Channels starting from 27 July.
Commenting on the judgement of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court today, she said that the Hon'ble Court has pronounced only the operating portion of the judgement. We feel that the Hon'ble court has accepted our submission that we have no connection with the reasons for denial of security clearance and rejection of our application.
Welcoming that the issue has been settled Ms Nisha Narayanan said that we will continue with auction as per our plans of bidding for more frequencies "We are one of country's largest network of FM stations and hopefully post the final outcome of these auctions we shall retain our leadership status."
From the beginning we had kept a sizeable money to be spent on these auctions (through which government stands to earn with go ahead on our participation). Our inclusion means a healthy competition and will benefit the entire FM radio industry and media and entertainment industry at large.
In phase 3 also we have plans of going ahead with the philosophy of nurturing not only commercially viable bigger metro cities but also reaching out to the last corner of the country. At the end of phase 2 we had highest number of stations in North East and tier 3 & 4 cities as a network. This is something which we will continue in phase 3 also. Having said that, RED FM not only reached to some of the smaller cities but also gave the local music and entertainment industry a voice. It always believed in being a socially active and relevant entertainment medium, creating employment opportunities for local youth specially women and become a voice of city wherever it operates its station. Bajaate Raho !!!
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The most likely candidate: Turning non-buyers into buyers
For most marketers, there are two types of shoppers: Those who have bought a brand's product before (buyers) and those who haven't (non-buyers). Since buyers have already tried a product, marketers can use advertising to encourage additional buying or boost their connection to loyal and engaged customers. On the flip side, advertising can also help convert non-buyers into brand users, potentially driving additional market penetration and sales over the longer term.
However, it's difficult to convince non-buyers of a specific brand to purchase it—though some are more likely to buy than others. To determine the value of a group of non-buyers, Nielsen Catalina Solutions (NCS) analyzed non-buyers across 13 brands to measure their responsiveness to advertising. NCS found that almost 40% of the non-buying households reached by a campaign delivered less than 20% of the actual incremental sales, which is a responsiveness index of 51. This index of 51 was calculated by dividing the percent of sales lift (20%) by the percent of households reached (40%), where an index of 100 would be average.
In short, this is a very inefficient way for brands to spend their advertising dollars. But what if they knew which people seeing their ads were the ones who were most likely to buy their products? To better understand today's consumers, NCS used "choice fragmentation" analysis to determine which non-buyers are most likely to buy a product. The analysis uses purchase data to help brands identify the most relevant audiences for their marketing objectives, especially for reaching consumers who are new to a brand.
Given today's rapidly changing media landscape, companies place notable emphasis on where marketers should be to meet consumers—from TV and radio to online and mobile. But how they identify, define and reach people is also important. Marketers need to consider the data mix available to them and then build the most productive audience segments—based on demographics, geography, lifestyle and purchase habits—to better reach the consumers who will drive the highest sales.
By identifying consumers who have not purchased a brand's product in the last year and segmenting them into groups that are likely and unlikely to be converted into brand buyers, brands have a much clearer understanding of who to focus on as they plan and execute their ad campaigns. For example, by focusing on the people who are most likely to buy (from current non-buyers), the average responsiveness index across the tested 13 brands jumps from 51 to 149—three times greater lift.
When we apply this method across several categories, we see a wide range of results. But regardless of which case we look at, marketers are able to drive more sales when they use this method to appeal to likely buyers. In the baby care category, for example, the recent study found that "likely brand buyers" are almost four times more likely to purchase than "unlikely brand buyers." For carbonated soft drinks, the likely brand buyers were almost 10 times more likely to purchase than unlikely brand buyers or non-category buyers.
Choice fragmentation allows marketers to use retail purchase data to help define audience groups that align with their business goals, such as reaching non-buyers who are likely to buy a product they've never tried before, and determining which non-buyers have the most sales potential. Furthermore, the ability to reach these segments through television programs and networks with a high concentration of the selected audiences is increasing return on advertising, in turn, changing the face of audience segmentation.
India breakthrough innovation report 2015
The greatest inventions of the last two centuries have one thing in common – their creators fumbled, stumbled and erred enough times to make a virtue of perseverance. The other great commonality that rarely gets spoken of is that they did not have quarterly targets to meet and often bootstrapped themselves to fund their innovation. The world however has changed dramatically for innovators in the last half century. Not only are assessments by the world at large more exacting, investors and management are far less patient in their quest for success.
This is not without reason – we know from our own analysis that innovation is an integral driver of incremental growth and essential to profitable survival. Yet, very few companies and brands manage this in a manner that is truly breakthrough. Surprisingly, breakthrough innovation is not a quest for the impossible – to be conquered only through great wisdom and luck. There is a known path to breakthrough success for brands that use the right map. The tenets of breaking through, though thought to be elusive, often remains strikingly similar across those who manage to achieve it. It rests upon fundamental truths that are embedded in the consumer's life, rather than strategic and esoteric boardroom discussions.
Our report this year, emphasises these rules and then uncovers a few revelations too. The truth about breaking through in the Indian market:
Make yourself available to your core consumers: On average, our 23 winners were available in 115,000 stores at the end of six months and over 200,000 stores at the end of 18 months. Six winners attained 150,000 stores within six months of launch and five winners had distribution in over 250,000 at the end of 18 months.
Be worth your consumers' hard earned money: The winners' average revenue achievement was about INR 80 million at the end of six months which tripled to about INR 240 million by the end of 12 months.
Offer a genuine difference in your category: Even though many winners belonged to well-penetrated categories, on average they garnered 1.5% market share at the end of 18 months which was about 1% last year at the end of 18 months.
THE MAKING OF WINNERS
The current edition of the Breakthrough Innovation Report follows a similar approach that was employed in the first edition and examines all the new launches from more than 80 FMCG categories. For this report, we evaluated products launched in the calendar year 2012 and analysed their performance over next 18 months. To be a breakthrough innovation winner, a product needed to satisfy three requirements:
RELEVANCE: Generate launch-year revenues in the top 0.5 percentile for new FMCG launches in India (in the channels tracked by Nielsen in India). This corresponded to approximately INR 105 million sales in year one at a minimum.
ENDURANCE: This measure confirms a sustained level of consumer demand after the launch year. Winners had to either double launch year sales in months 13-18 or generate revenues in the top 0.5 percentile at the 18 month milestone for all launches. This corresponds to approximately INR 177 million sales at a minimum in the channels tracked by Nielsen in India.
DISTINCTIVENESS: Deliver a new value proposition to the market. Our innovation experts excluded re-packaging, reformulations, and re-positioning and ensured that distinctive offerings that abided by demand-led principles and/or differentiated themselves with breakthrough execution made the final cut.
Our success criteria for threshold sales have come down marginally from 2011 because the average sales generated by all the new launches was lesser in 2012. This further impresses the fact that with overall consumer expenditure coming down, achieving success in 2012 and 2013 was even more difficult. The winners therefore had to show tremendous agility to stay relevant, sustain their endurance and offer distinctiveness to impress consumers.
SUCCEEDING IN TOUGH TIMES
The 23 breakthrough brands we selected are spread across 17 categories ranging from food, personal and household care and overthe-counter pharma products. Though the odds of success remained the same, fewer brands could survive the criterion of distinctiveness, relevance and endurance as compared to 2011. The overall rate of success dropped to 0.1% in 2012, compared with 0.2% in 2011. This was true for both global and local players and nearly similar to the marginal drop in the success rate of top players. However, the top 20 FMCG players continued to dominate the innovation space with the total number of new launches from them going up to 491 in 2012 from 437 in 2011, reinstating the fact that leading companies in FMCG are still the torchbearers on the path of innovation.
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RECMA names Vizeum the world's fastest growing media network
RECMA has named Vizeum as the world's fastest growing media network in its Overall Activity Billings 2014 report published this week.
Across the sixteen global agencies assessed by RECMA, Vizeum increased activity billings year-on-year by +29.1%, 9% more than the second ranked agency.
Top 5 growth rates of 'Overall Activity' Billings 2014:
1- Vizeum + 29.1%
2- BPN + 20%
3- Arena + 12.3%
4- MediaCom + 11.5%
5- Dentsu media + 11.1%
In absolute volume, Vizeum increased its OA Billings by + $m 2183 (the 3rd highest growth).
Vizeum was launched in 2003 with the ambition of being clients' most innovative partner in the digital age. The network has now grown to 65 offices in 45 markets. Thomas Le Thierry founded Vizeum in France and was appointed Global President, Vizeum in 2013. The network manages global clients from seven Global Hubs in London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo and Wiesbaden.
Key wins for the Vizeum network in 2014 included ABinBEV (Europe), Burger King (Europe) and Shiseido (Global). Vizeum also expanded its relationships with Sonos, Ikea and BMW in new markets.
Key wins in India during 2014/15 include BMW, Jet Airways, HDFC, Hindware, Allied Blenders and Distillers, Saint-Gobain, Jet Privilege and Viacom 18 Media.
Quote from Thomas Le Thierry, "We have achieved this impressive growth through our single-minded focus on making innovation in media create value for clients. We have built a consistent network which now has real momentum. This growth helps us to keep the agility required in the fast moving environment. It's the only way we can credibly remain on the edge of the industry doing best in class work for our clients."
Commenting on this big development for the network, said S Yesudas, Managing Director, Indian Subcontinent, Vizeum, "It is indeed a matter pride for all of us that Vizeum has achieved this great recognition in such a short span. This belongs to our passionate and committed team and the ever-supportive clients. Vizeum was launched in India towards the end of 2009. We have already been able to carve out an interesting niche for ourselves within 5 years. We are on the path to achieving excellence in everything we do."


Beauty, elegance, and grace. These are some words that come to mind when I think back on Stephanie and Nick's Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach and St. Brendan's Catholic Church Wedding.
We started out with some simple and elegant images of Stephanie, her wedding day details, and all the excitement of getting ready. The room was bustling with activity as bridesmaids, hair and makeup artists and the rest of the crew made certain that everything was perfectly on point. We gave the ladies a moment of privacy as they got dressed and then made certain to capture the story of Stephanie dressing while maintaining modesty. Then it was time for the gentlemen. Yes they get equal time in the spotlight. After all the finishing touches and formal portraits of both it was time to head to the church. Here we make sure to use our knowledge and gear to stay out of the way and to not interfere with this sacred ceremony. Following was formal family portrait time as well as some fun with the bridal party.
Once back at the hotel it was time for the real fun to begin. Romantic images of the newlyweds, details of the beautifully decorated reception and toasts, dancing and all the events that come with the celebration of a wedding. It was a great time had by all and we were happy to take a part in it. Enjoy Stephanie and Nicholas' Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach and St. Brendan's Catholic Church Wedding Sneak Peek!


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The green robot has taken the OS world by storm!
Android—the most used and highly power-packed operating system is a dominant force to reckon with in the contemporary tech world. Used by all bigwigs and tech giants of the kinds of HTC, Hauwei, Zte, Samsung, Motorola, Sony, LG and so forth–Android has certainly made it BIG!!
Today, Android has skillfully left all competing mobile operating systems behind and tops the list of the most favored operating system in the world. We have listed some very interesting trivia, historical facts, exciting features, tips and tricks and loads of other Android facts that you may not have known till now.
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Android is not Google's baby. Instead, it was a product of Android Inc founded by Andy Rubin, Chris White, Nick Sears and Rich Miner in October 2003. Later on, Google took over the company in 2005 at a price of 50 million dollar and thus Google becomes associated with Android.
Android has an open source code which means it can be modified as per the will and wish of any android developer.
Android was released in September 23, 2008 and the time coincide with the OHA (OPEN Handset Alliance) unveiling too.
The latest version of Android is Kitkat.
Android was upgraded for the first time on Feb 2009 and it was named Cupcake.
As of 2011, Android becomes the most widely used operating system for mobiles all over the world.
In 2013, Android devices surpass the combined number of Windows, iOS and Mac OS devices sold worldwide.
Well, if you are thinking that Android is a new terminology, then you are mistaken as it has featured prominently as a humanoid robot in many gaming consoles and motion pictures during the 80s.
The main two rivals of android phones are Apple iOS and Windows.
On Feb 2008, Google dumped the Blackberry interface for a new finger friendly user interface for its android phones.
Honeycomb version mark the death of the need of dedicated, physical buttons for Back, Home, Menu and Search.
Android Operating system is now also seen in smart glasses like Google Glass, smartwatches, headphones, portable media players and many others.
Android Wear is the latest trend and it is mainly an extension of Google's Android mobile operating system apt for smartwatches and other wearables.
Android's Vice President left Google to join fast spreading Chinese smartphone company Xaomi last year.
Running on the Linux Kernel. An Android core does multi-tasking with an absolute ease.
The Weather Channel is the most downloaded Android app with downloads exceeding the 5 million figure as of 2nd July, 2010.
Extend battery life of your Android phone by refraining from using live wallpapers as they consume much battery. Turning off the radio when not in use also extends the battery life significantly.
Stop unwanted callers from bothering you by adding their numbers in your contact list and then opening profile of that number. Press Menu and tap options to divert their call to voice mail option.
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Andrew Ellicott Park, named after the surveyor of Washington, DC, holds the original western cornerstone of the District of Columbia, dating to 1791 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
Preservation Bill Proposed After Rouse Razing — "Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington) has introduced legislation that, if enacted, could give preservationists more of a fighting chance to retain properties they deem worth saving. Hope's bill makes several changes to the state's historic-preservation laws, most notably prohibiting a local government from permitting the razing of a proposed historic property until 30 days after a final decision on the matter has been made." [Sun Gazette]
Students Getting At-Home Covid Tests — "Last week we received a large shipment of rapid at-home Covid-19 test kits. These kits are in the process of being delivered to our schools for distribution to students, beginning toward the end of this week or early next." [Arlington Public Schools]
Dorsey to Lead Regional Board — "Arlington County Board member Christian Dorsey will chair the board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments for 2022." [Sun Gazette]
Old Home Gets Rocking Aesthetic — "The white-stucco, black-shuttered exterior of this 1871 center-hall Colonial in Country Club Hills belies its rock-and-roll interior. That's part of the fun. A century and a half ago, the stately home was likely built as a summer residence for a wealthy D.C. family. Today, it's owned by Ben and Dina Hitch, a pair of concert-going music and art aficionados whose vast collection of original record albums and American artwork spans decades." [Arlington Magazine]
Marymount Junior Stands Out on Court — "As a result of helping the Marymount University women's basketball team improve to 5-0 and first place in the Atlantic East Conference, junior Symantha Shackelford recently was selected as the league's Player of the Week in women's college basketball." [Sun Gazette]
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George Graham Reviews "Our New Orleans 2005"
It can be argued that no city has contributed more to forming uniquely American music styles than New Orleans. Jazz, blues, Creole, rock and soul are indelibly marked by the sounds that emanated from the unique cultural mix of a city founded in 1718. So beyond the human tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, music fans around the country and around the world have been especially saddened by the very real possibility that, whether the physical buildings are rebuilt or not, the scattering of the musicians who helped to define the city's unique and wide-ranging musical scene, and carried on the traditions, would result in a cultural loss that may never be recovered.
The monumental scale of the human tragedy, especially in the wake of the breathtaking ineptitude of the government's response, has etched the story in the country's consciousness, with many seeking to provide whatever help they could. So many thousands lost everything, and in New Orleans, that includes the many musicians who lost their instruments and important documents, recordings and memorabilia as well as their homes.
Musical fundraising events were almost inevitable, and a number have already been undertaken. This week, we have what I think will prove to be a milestone recording, a gathering of some of the Crescent City's most prominent musicians in a wonderful tribute to the city, in the spirit of that strange combination of grief and celebration that is embodied in a New Orleans funeral. The CD is simply called Our New Orleans 2005. And it features such Crescent City pillars as Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Irma Thomas, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Eddie Bo. And because in the weeks following Katrina, Hurricane Rita mowed down Cajun country, Buckwheat Zydeco and Beausoleil are also represented.
I say "gathering" of musicians, but it is only figurative -- the 16 tracks on this album were recorded all over the country, with many done in New York, a few in Louisiana, some in Texas, and one in Los Angeles. There are a variety of producers, from legendary jazz and soul producer Joel Dorn to Public Radio's Nick Spitzer. It epitomizes what very well may become the musical diaspora of New Orleans. But the music is glorious and at the same time incredibly poignant. Songs that have been around for decades suddenly take on completely new, and sometimes uncanny significance.
Multi-artist benefit performances and recordings tend to be star-studded events more significant for who is present than the music created. Our New Orleans 2005 is different. There are many of the stalwarts of the New Orleans music scene, though none of them are the kind of superstars you'll read about in the tabloids. But all have a deep attachment and love for their city, whose music scene was decimated by the hurricane. At the time of the recordings, done on relatively short notice in September and October, most of the artists represented were refugees themselves. So every song they perform takes on a different, and often profound significance. Proceeds from the CD, by the way, will be donated to Habitat for Humanity, with special earmarks for the musicians who have lost their homes and livelihoods.
Also remarkable about this recording is its sound quality. Though it was recorded in a variety of studios, the sound is generally superb, and wonderfully free from the heavy volume compression that has become the bane of current CDs. Veteran mastering engineer, Robert Ludwig, whose job it was to assemble the various tracks into a coherent recording, did a superb job.
This CD's liner notes indicate that there is more material that these artists recorded for the sessions, so another volume is expected in the coming year. But in the meantime, Our New Orleans 2005 is one of the most significant and moving albums to be released in a very long time.


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West valley schools: Palm Springs Unified's finest to be honored May 28
Joan L. Boiko
Some of Palm Springs Unified School District's top students, teachers, parents and volunteers will be honored for their achievements and contributions at a virtual celebration on May 28.
Presented by Palm Springs Unified School District's Family Engagement Center, "PSUSD Excellence: A Virtual Tribute to Life Long Learning" will premiere at 5 p.m. on May 28 at https://bit.ly/familycenteryoutube. All are invited to the live-streamed event to feature recognition of the site and District Teachers of the Year, top 10 seniors from each high school, and outstanding parent volunteers and community partners
"We are so proud of all of the award recipients and know that they are being recognized because they've gone above and beyond despite the challenges of this pandemic," said Family Engagement Coordinator Ruby Rivera.
The celebration had been held in person at one of the district's high schools prior to the physical closure of schools in March of last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Although we wish we could be together on the day of the ceremony to celebrate the award winners in person, we are hosting this 5th annual awards ceremony as a virtual event," said Rivera adding that the comment section of the YouTube channel will be open during the live premiere so supporters can send "shout outs" and cheers to their favorite awardees.
Parent volunteers were selected by each school site principal and Community Partners were selected for the support they have provide to the Family Center throughout the year.
"The PSUSD Excellence Awards is all about celebrating PSUSD's students, staff parents and community members," Rivera added. "It's an important visual to recognize all these stakeholders in one place, because it proves that strong partnerships are essential for school and district success."
Those being honored will be receiving prizes and certificates of recognition from the Family Engagement Center the week following the presentation.
The ceremony will present a special message to outgoing Superintendent of Schools Dr. Sandra Lyon, who is retiring next month. The program will also showcase some of PSUSD's alumni who are now district staff members. The graduates will be sharing what they love about the district and why they chose to work for PSUSD.
Joan Boiko is the Coordinator of Communications & Community Outreach for the Palm Springs Unified School District. She may be reached at (760) 883-2701, ext. 2 or email jboiko@psusd.us.