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Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao
Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines
January 26, 2005
US spy operations in Mindanao an act of "bullying"
InPeace Mindanao strongly opposes the United States' plan to conduct
and provide US military intelligence and assistance here in this
country, as this will only lead to further tensions in the persisting
conflicts in Mindanao.
US Ambassador Francis Ricciardone's admission of a spy network of 70
American intelligence personnel here in Mindanao is a brazen act of
bullying. The Philippine government's "request" for such personnel
is likewise an open invitation for US meddling in the nation's
internal affairs, a treasonous act against the Constitution and the
national sovereignty.
Ricciardone is the resurrected ghost of General Pershing, the highest
American military official to have conducted reconnaissance
operations in Mindanao in the early 1900s. Today, Ricciardone flaunts
American arrogance by unleashing spies and training the local
military as proxies for American espionage operations. His threats
against the New People's Army (NPA) and the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) is a clear act of meddling in the internal peace
The Strategic Support Branch, a creation of Washington particularly
under the Department of Defense, intends to function as an
intelligence network with local spy networks and tapping of national
intelligence databases in Third World Countries. We believe that
this "job description" is a euphemism for American covert or dirty
tactics operations.
As pointed out by Senator Aquilino Pimentel, we believe the self-
inflicted injury suffered by CIA agent Michael Terrence Meiring in
Davao City in the Evergreen Hotel explosion in May 2002 is one
indication that the US government is engaged in special operations to
orchestrate and manipulate events and the political situation in
The establishment of this satellite spy network here shows the intent
of the US government to push their military and economic agenda in
Mindanao and in the Asia Pacific under the pretext of its global
campaign against terror that is already widely discredited before the
rest of the world.
We recall Ambassador Ricciardone's statement that Mindanao has a lot
of potential for growth. This could be read as the US eyeing
potential investments in the mineral-rich resources here. This holds
true in the case of the natural gas deposits in the Liguasan Marsh
and Deuterium deposits in the Philippine Deep.
The presence of the US military operatives here only disrupts the
efforts of Mindanaoans towards building a lasting peace based on
justice and democratization of the island's resources.
We laud Senator Pimentel and Congressmen Antonio Cuenco, Marcelino
Libanan, Crispin Beltran and Joel Virador for taking up the cudgels
for our national sovereignty, while the Arroyo government has
obviously reneged on this Constitutional duty.
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Clara Jane Dennis Hinton was born September 6, 1941 to the late Emory and Clara Mae Dennis and departed this life May 29, 2011.
Clara joined St. Smyrna Baptist Church at an early age. A quiet and humble young woman, she attended and graduated from Central High School. At the age of 17 Clara united in marriage to Harry Dollar and to this union two sons were born. She later joined in matrimony to Tommie Louis Hinton, to this union one daughter was born.
Clara retired from Bleyle Inc. America where she served faithfully for 20 plus years. After which she became a stay home wife. During her last years she served as a faithful and loyal wife, taking care of her ill husband until she herself became ill.
Clara was preceded in death by her parents, Emory and Clara Mae Dennis; brother, Johnny Dennis; sisters, Alice Houston and Margaret Dennis; step daughter, Martha (Niecey) Powell; and niece Jana Dennis Anderson.
She leaves to cherish her memory, husband Tommie Hinton; five sons, Wesley Dollar, Harry (Rick) Dollar, Stanley Hinton, Reginald Hinton and Tracy Hinton; one daughter, LaTonya Hinton; sister, Earlene Leah Dennis; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-two great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews and other relative and friends.
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Jody Watley
Vocalist Jody Watley has had a long-lasting presence in the R&B and dance music genres, beginning with her membership in the disco group Shalamar in the late 1970s and continuing into a solo career that saw her rise to the top of the pop scene in the late 1980s. More than most other African-American female artists, Watley has been adamant about keeping hold of the reins of her own career. That approach hasn't always brought her commercial success, but it has resulted in a unique body of work consistently appreciated by her international corps of fans.
Watley's father was a minister and gospel radio show host. She was born in Chicago on January 30, 1959, but the family moved to Los Angeles when she was a child. Her talent at dance was encouraged by her family. The television music program Soul Train was at the height of its popularity, and Watley won a place as a dancer on the show after her father set up an audition for her. She and her partner Jeffrey Daniel soon became featured dancers on the show; their matching costumes and their routines, using such props as roller skates, were often imitated by other dancers.
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As the lush dance music known as disco rose to popularity in the late 1970s, Watley got another big break. Soul Train host Don Cornelius was one of Watley's early show-business champions, encouraging her to pursue a music career instead of following through with her plans to go to college. The show's booking agent, Dick Griffey, worked with British producer Simon Soussan on a medley of disco-ized Motown songs titled Uptown Festival in 1977. The recording featured a variety of unknown studio vocalists, including Watley, under the group name Shalamar. After Uptown Festival became a minor hit, Griffey decided to take Shalamar to the next level by recruiting a fixed membership. He turned to the telegenic Watley and Daniels, who were joined by Howard Hewett in 1978.
Shalamar notched several hits, including "Second Time Around" (1980), with Watley singing close harmonies and sometimes lead in expert arrangements that bridged the gap between disco and the dance pop of the early 1980s. The group hit its peak with the Threefor Love album of 1980, which featured the dance hit "Make That Move" and the ballad "This Is for the Lover in You," later covered by Babyface. Shalamar remained radio and club favorites in both the United States and England for several years, but Watley, apart from a few co-writing credits, had little creative input. Dissatisfied and hoping to pursue new career avenues, she left the group in 1983.
For the first but not the last time, Watley stuck to her guns and resisted the advice of industry veterans. "It was predicted I wouldn't make it solo,…" she told Mary Campbell of the Chicago Sun-Times. "No record company would give me a deal. I had a lot of confidence in myself in spite of what people tried to fill me up with." Watley headed for England in 1984. She kept her name in the music headlines there by dating John Taylor of the chart-topping British dance-pop band Duran Duran and by recording a 12-inch dance single with the group Art of Noise. She was also heard on the "Do They Know It's Christmas?" single recorded as part of the BandAid hunger-relief project helmed by Bob Geldof.
Popularized Hoop Earrings
Watley returned to the United States in 1986 and was signed to the MCA label. A fresh yet familiar face, she succeeded in lining up top-notch producers—Madonna associate Patrick Leonard, Chic's Bernard Edwards, and Prince bassist Andre Cymone—for her 1987 debut release, Jody Watley. The result was state-of-the-art dance pop, exemplified by the chart-topping single "Looking for a New Love" and its "hasta la vista, baby" catchprhase. Jody Watley notched platinum-record sales and brought Watley, who already had 15 years of show-business experience behind her, the Best New Artist Grammy award in 1988. Her hoop earrings set a late 1980s fashion trend.
A solidly successful followup, Larger Than Life, came next in 1989, spawning another major dance hit, "Real Love." The video for the song was directed by David Fincher, who later made Seven and The Fight Club, and the dance-savvy Watley generally ruled the MTV cable video channel during these years. Larger Than Life was produced exclusively by Andre Cymone. Watley and Cymone married in 1991, a banner year in which Watley also performed at the White House for President George H.W. Bush. Watley and Cymone had two children; daughter Lauren was born in the early 1980s and son Arie was born in 1992.
Felt at Odds with Gangster Trend
In 1990, Watley contributed a Cole Porter ballad, "After You," to the AIDS-research benefit album Red Hot & Blue. After issuing the successful exercise video Dance to Fitness and becoming perhaps the first black artist to release a fitness video, she tried to broaden her appeal beyond dance pop. Her next two albums, the ballad-heavy Affairs of the Heart (1991) and the introspective Intimacy (1993) were praised by critics but had only modest commercial success. Although Watley had been ahead of the curve in fusing R&B with hip-hop sounds in "Friends," her 1989 collaboration with Eric B. & Rakim, she was now swimming against commercial tides. "I can't bring myself to sit down and try to turn myself into one of those new-jill-swing girls or a gangsta [woman]. It's not me," she told Larry Flick of Billboard. She got moral support from her daughter, Lauren, who asked her why so many women's behinds appeared in music videos.
Watley was dropped by MCA, missing the late-1990s rise of female neo-soul vocals by just a few years. Her Intimacy album, for which she wrote or co-wrote much of the material, focused on the ups and downs of relationships, and she and Cymone divorced in 1995. It was a series of setbacks that would have sent many artists into retirement, but Watley hung on and took steps to plot out a midlife career that, even if she didn't occupy the spotlight the way she did in the late 1980s, offered her various outlets for her creative energies.
At a Glance …
Born January 30, 1959 in Chicago, IL; father a minister and gospel disc jockey; married Andre Cymone, a musician and producer (divorced 1995); children: Lauren and Arie.
Soul Train television program, featured dancer, mid-1970s; Shalamar, disco vocal group, member, 1978-83; recorded and worked as model in Europe, 1983-85; MCA label, recording artist, 1987; Avitone label, founder, 1995; Atlantic label, recording artist, 1997; Ford Modeling Agency, model, 199(?)–; Shanachie label, recording artist, 2002–.
Selected awards:
Grammy award, Best New Artist, 1988.
Label—Shanachie Entertainment Corporation, 37 East Clinton St., Newton, NJ 07860.
Forming her own label, Avitone, Watley released Affection in 1995. Appearing as Rizzo in the Broadway musical Grease the following year, she also signed with the Ford Modeling Agency. Even in her late 30s, Watley, whom both People and Harper's Bazaar had ranked among the world's most beautiful women, had no trouble lining up modeling jobs, including a partially nude six-page photo feature that appeared in Playboy in 1998. An album called Flower that Watley recorded for Atlantic was eventually shelved in the United States but was released in Europe and Japan and generated singles that were successful among Watley's strong fan bases in those areas. Her 2002 release of Midnight Lounge, an eclectic, high-tech vocal collection, put her back in the U.S. dance top 20 with the single "Whenever." In addition to her continued recording schedule, Watley sought out live performances as well. In 2005, an appearance by Watley at the Compound nightclub in Atlanta was recorded for broadcast on the VH1 cable channel. With her continued fan appeal, Watley's career had a lot of life left in it.
Selected discography
Albums with Shalamar
Disco Gardens, RCA, 1979.
Big Fun, Solar, 1980.
Three For Love, Solar, 1981.
Go for It, Solar, 1981.
Friends, Solar, 1982.
Solo Albums
Jody Watley, MCA, 1987.
Larger Than Life, MCA, 1989.
Affairs of the Heart, MCA, 1991.
Intimacy, MCA, 1993.
Affection, Avitone, 1995.
Greatest Hits, MCA, 1996.
Flower, Atlantic, 1998.
Midnight Lounge, Shanachie, 2002.
Contemporary Musicians, Volume 26, Gale, 1999.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 31, 2005, p. 27.
Billboard, November 13, 1993, p. 26.
Business Wire, October 22, 2004.
Chicago Sun-Times, May 26, 1992, section 2, p. 4.
Curve, November 2003, p. 40.
Ebony, April 1994, p. 16.
Essence, March 1994, p. 62.
Fresno Bee, July 12, 1998, p. H3.
Jet, June 9, 2003, p. 35.
People, November 8, 1993, p. 24; March 11, 1996, p. 116; April 6, 1998, p. 23; March 17, 2003, p. 41.
"Jody Watley," All Music Guide, www.allmusic.com (August 3, 2005).
"Jody Watley," America Models, www.americamodels.com/jodywatley/_bio.htm (August 3, 2005).
"Jody Watley Profile," And We Danced, www.and-wedanced.com/artists/watley.htm (August 3, 2005).
"Profile," Jody Watley, www.jodywatley.net (August 3, 2005).
"Shalamar," All Music Guide, www.allmusic.com (August 3, 2005).
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Jody Watley
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"I know what I like and don't like," vocalist and performer Jody Watley told Rory O'Connor in Vogue. "I fight for what I want—and I get it." A dancer on the television show Soul Train, Watley sang with the popular rhythm and blues trio Shalamar before making her way to solo stardom in the late 1980s. An award-winning recording artist, Watley designed a successful marketing strategy that has netted multiplatinum-selling albums and numerous Top Ten singles. "Some performers are great singers, some can dance, some have a great look, and others project a lot of energy," Watley, who wanted to be a fashion designer once, disclosed to O'Connor. "But I'm all those things rolled into one."
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Watley is the daughter of a radio talk show evangelist. As a child, she met several prominent black entertainers, including Sam Cooke and Joe Tex, through her father's program. When Jody was eight years old, her godfather, "Mr. Entertainment" Jackie Wilson, invited her to perform live with him onstage. She recalled to Anthony DeCurtis in Rolling Stone, "It was really funny—I didn't freak out or anything. Once I was out there, I became Little Miss Excitement."
The Watley family moved frequently throughout Jody's childhood because of her father's schedule. She revealed to DeCurtis that although her mother sang in church choirs, "it never interested me. It always seemed like too many people to be in the midst of." Instead, Watley remained in her room "dancing up a storm" in front of her mirror to the secular strains of James Brown and Motown. Her parents made no objection to her musical taste. "I started finding myself through short stories and little poems I wrote as a kid," Watley recounted to David Ritz in Essence. "I always loved writing. And dressing up. My mother has wonderful taste in clothes. She'd dress me for school so immaculately that I'd get run home."
Became Soul Train Dancer
After her family moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to Los Angeles, Watley landed a spot on Soul Train, beginning her dancing career at the age of 14. When Jeffrey Daniel became her television dance partner, the pair devised eye-catching routines. "We started doing things that would make us stand out," Jody divulged to DeCurtis. "We'd do stuff that none of the other dancers would have the nerve to do." The couple enhanced their act using such things as roller skates and oriental fans. When Watley was 17, she was encouraged by Soul Train producer Don Cornelius to start a singing career. The high school graduate, who had received her diploma with honors, confided to Ritz, "It wasn't
For the Record…
Born January 30, c. 1960, in Chicago, IL; daughter of a radio evangelist; children: Lauren.
Singer and songwriter. Dancer on television show Soul Train at age 14; member of trio Shalamar for eight years; released self-titled solo album on MCA Records, 1987; producer of exercise video Jody Watley: Dance to Fitness, 1990.
Selected awards: Grammy Award for best new artist, 1988; two multiplatinum albums.
Addresses: Home —Los Angeles, CA. Record company —MCA Records, 70 Universal Plaza, 3rd floor, Universal City, CA 91608.
easy deciding not to go to college, since learning's important to me. But deep down, I knew this was my destiny."
Cornelius persuaded Watley and Daniel to form a trio with Howard Hewett called Shalamar, marketing the single "Uptown Festival," which Cornelius had previously made with studio musicians. Although Shalamar produced numerous successful albums, songwriter Watley was disillusioned during her eight years with the group since Shalamar recorded only two of her songs. "Spiritually, creatively, artists must grow," Watley told Ritz. "After a few years, it was clear that my artistic growth was stunted. I was stuck.... I couldn't stand being treated like a brainless doll. It wasn't a matter of money, it was a matter of happiness. Success isn't being rich; it's being happy." Watley left Shalamar to launch her own career in 1984.
Launched Solo Recording Career
After a brief sojourn in England making pivotal professional contacts, Watley returned to Los Angeles where she paired up with ex-Prince bassist Andre Cymone. Cymone, producer Bernard Edwards—who had worked with Diana Ross—and Watley developed songs, while Watley put together "the design, the details, the videos, the concept as a whole," she told Vogue's O'Connor. Her 1987 multiplatinum, self-titled debut album was carefully calculated to present Jody as a savvy femme fatale in the same league with her late eighties competitors Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston. Although High Fidelity posted "warning signs" about Watley being an "all watered-down Janet Jackson," Rolling Stone asserted the artist was a worthy rival whose "vocals establish her as a serious pro." The magazine continued, "She gets to the song's emotional point." Watley's profile appeared in several magazines, including Vogue, Essence, Rolling Stone, and Harper's Bazaar. Winning a Grammy Award in 1988 for best new artist, she devoted the next years to making herself a headliner.
Watley's second release, 1989's Larger Than Life, went platinum, convincing critics the singer was durable. People's David Hiltbrand declared that the young star is "likely to be with us for a while if she continues to put out strong, sassy, records like [Larger Than Life]." The reviewer commented that her "voice, though limited, has a sultry edge," but her "music throughout is rich, crisp and clear."
In 1991 Watley's third album, Affairs of the Heart, received accolades from Arion Berger in Entertainment Weekly: "Affairs may be unserious dance fluff, but Watley's commitment to the music is real. She sings love songs as if they matter, and the record turns out to be another solid collection of heavy-breathing dance workouts." Diane Cardwell in Rolling Stone and David Hiltbrand in People noted Watley lacked the vocal strength to carry off the numerous ballads on the album, but Hiltbrand stated, "Watley still furnishes abundant reasons to move" on her "dance grooves."
Renowned for Style
A single mother, Watley balances a career and raising her daughter, Lauren, in Los Angeles. Renowned for her fashion sense, she favors Japanese designers but donned a $40 thrift shop bargain when she attended the 1988 Grammy Awards. Watley told Lynn Hirsch-berg in Vanity Fair, "I style myself.... It drives the record company crazy.... But I know my goals better than anyone—I want to be megafamous and I want to do my own grocery shopping."
Watley's early 1990s plans included worldwide tours and acting roles. An advocate of charities for AIDS victims, she sang composer Cole Porter's "After You, Who?" on the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Blue. The multitalented performer told Larry Flick in Billboard, "We all have an obligation to lend a helping hand to people in pain. It's all about compassion and humanity. What good is there in success if you can't use it to help people who need it?"
Selected discography
On MCA Records
Jody Watley, 1987.
Larger Than Life, 1989.
(Contributor), "After You, Who?," Red Hot + Blue, Chrysalis, 1990.
Affairs of the Heart, 1991.
You Wanna Dance With Me?
Billboard, November 30, 1991.
Ebony, February 1988; April 1992.
Entertainment Weekly, December 13, 1991.
Essence, July 1982; May 1988.
Glamour, June 1988.
Harper's Bazaar, September 1989.
High Fidelity, September 1987.
Interview, December 1991.
Jet, June 22, 1987.
Musician, July 1987.
People, May 22, 1989; July 1, 1991; January 13, 1992.
Performing Arts, 1983/1984.
Playboy, October 1989.
Rolling Stone, May 21, 1987; June 18, 1987; August 24, 1989; January 23, 1992.
Vanity Fair, October 1991.
Vogue, September 1987.
—Marjorie Burgess
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Jody Watley
Singer, songwriter
Jody Watley is the rare performer who measures success in terms of happiness. As a singer, dancer, songwriter, and producer, she typifies the complete artist of the 1990s. Watley was already a 15-year veteran of television, recording, and performing when she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987.
Watley was born in Chicago around 1960. Her family lived for a time in Kansas City, Missouri, but Watley was raised for the most part in Los Angeles. She was born into a family with show business ties. Her father was an Episcopalian radio evangelist and a disk jockey; her mother was a piano player and singer. Among her family's most cherished friends were popular performers Joe Tex, Sam Cooke, and Jackie Wilson. Wilson, in fact, was Watley's godfather.
During the early 1970s when Watley was only 14 years old, she landed a steady job on the Soul Train television show. On Soul Train, Watley partnered with Jeffrey Daniel, who later joined Watley as a member of the R&B trio Shalamar. The two worked well together, choreographing their own wild and daring dance routines. Cornelius was so impressed that he encouraged Watley, a 17-year-old high school graduate, to pursue a career in the performing arts. Watley, who graduated high school with honors, fully intended to enroll in college, but knew instinctively that her future was in songwriting and singing. With the endorsement of Cornelius, she was hard-pressed to ignore what she perceived as her destiny. Also with Cornelius' encouragement, Watley was instrumental in establishing Shalamar. The group consisted of Watley, Howard Hewett, and her Soul Train partner, Daniels. Watley remained with Shalamar for seven years during the late 1970s and into the 1980s. In 1984 she left the group to expand her personal artistic talents. She was concerned about her stereotypical function in the group as a "sexy girl" instead of a serious singer, and she aspired to write and perform her own songs.
With Shalamar in her past, Watley spent some time working as a model in England. On her return to Los Angeles, she became professionally involved with André Cymone, a bass player, and former band member with The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. Watley and Cymone established a working relationship with former Diana Ross producer, Bernard Edwards. She wrote and collaborated with Cymone in a creative effort that resulted in several albums and hit singles. Watley's brother, John, was also involved as her tour manager. Watley signed a contract with MCA, and the success of her debut solo album Jody Watley won her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987. Among the selections on that album was the number one "smash" hit "Looking for a New Love."
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Born January 30, c. 1960, in Chicago, IL; married André Cymone; divorced; one daughter, Lauren; one son, Arie.
Soul Train dancer, c. 1970; member of Shalamar, late 1970s; MCA records solo artist, 1987-1993; established Avitone record label, 1995; Atlantic Records, 1998-; established Divine Management.
Awards: Grammy Award for Best New Artist, 1987.
Addresses: Record company —Atlantic Recording Corp., 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.
Watley's next album, Larger than Life in 1989, featured the ballad "Real Love" which earned gold record status. The album also included a collection of dance tunes with a rousing beat. Herthird album, comprised of an assortment of ballads, was the vehicle that established Watley as a serious singer. The soulful selections silenced those skeptics who compartmentalized her style and labeled her a songstress of the faded disco era. By 1993, Watley had released five albums on the MCA label, including her fifth and final MCA release, Intimacy, on which she co-wrote seven of the album's ten songs. Watley's solo career completed its metamorphosis in the 1990s. She shed her image as a "disco-dolly" and "pony-girl," diverging exclusively toward introspective and romantic moods. In 1991 President George Bush extended an invitation to Watley to sing at a White House ceremony at the Kennedy Center in 1992. Watley accepted, and she used the opportunity to voice her opinions on racial bigotry.
After leaving MCA, Watley launched her own record label, Avitone, and went on to produce her own album, Affection, in 1995. Additionally she directed and released a video for Affection. She signed with Atlantic Records in 1998, and by 1999 her solo career credits entailed six top ten singles and two platinum albums. Watley was heard singing along with a collection of other popular artists on the Dr. Dolittle movie soundtrack. She also sang on various soundtrack recordings for Beverly Hills 90210, White Men Can't Jump, and the AIDS benefit album Band-Aid. She appeared live on Black Entertainment's (BET) Planet Groove and made a round of talk show visits in anticipation of her first Atlantic release. With the release of her first album from Atlantic Records, Watley also established a management company called Divine.
It came as a surprise to many who followed Watley's career that her working relationship with Cymone transcended their professional life. The couple was married for three years before they revealed that fact to the public. According to Watley, the secrecy was intended in part to protect Cymone's privacy in the wake of her own soaring stardom. The couple has two children—a daughter, Lauren, born in the early 1980s, and a son, Arie, born in 1992. Watley and Cymone were married for approximately ten years. They divorced near the end of 1995.
Watley confronts the issue of a pending reunion between herself and the other Shalamar singers from time to time, but her attitude suggests that the group is a thing of the past and should not be resurrected. Motherhood demands much of hertime, and her career outlets continue to unfold. Svelte and health-conscious, she filmed a fitness video in 1990, entitled Jody Watley: Dance to Fitness. In 1996, she signed with the famous Ford Modeling Agency and accepted an exclusive contract to model Sack's Fifth Avenue's Winter Coat wardrobe. Two years later she modeled for a (partially nude) six-page spread in the April 1998 issue of Playboy magazine.
Selected discography
Jody Watley, MCA, 1987.
Larger Than Life, MCA 1989.
You Wanna Dance with Me? 1989.
Affairs of the Heart, MCA, 1991.
Intimacy, MCA, 1993.
Remixes of Love (Japanese release), 1994.
Affection, Avitone/Bellmark, 1995.
Greatest Hits, 1996.
Flower, Atlantic, 1998.
Billboard, December 20, 1998.
Ebony, November 1993, p. 36.
Essence, March 1994, p. 62.
Jet, August 7, 1995, p. 34.
People, October 16, 1995, p. 96; March 11, 1996, p. 116; May 25, 1997, p. 21; April 6, 1998, p. 23.
"Jody Watley Discography," and "Jody Biography" available at http://www.americamodels.com/jodywatley/ (May 25, 1999).
—Gloria Cooksey
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A guitarist sang into a microphone. Children hula-hooped and bounced balls. People bit into grilled hamburgers from Sullivan's Steakhouse.
On a wooden bench amid the grassy hills of Town Square Park, in the heart of downtown Anchorage, a young woman sat next to a young man, swaying back and forth. In another part of the park, a man sat on a concrete bench with a green backpack.
To a passerby, the scene would have looked simply like a bustling lunch hour in Anchorage's downtown square. But behind the glass windows on the third floor of the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, two University of Alaska Anchorage researchers were watching closely and taking notes. At this moment, they were focused on the couple on the bench.
"There does seem to be something going on on that wood bench there," said Troy Payne, an assistant professor of justice at the UAA Justice Center, looking out the window after returning from a walk around the park, where he first observed the duo. The woman, he noted, looked to be in "some kind of mild distress."
"It's kind of hard to tell what the story is there."
On a table behind Payne lay a spreadsheet with check marks, recording measurements like the number of groups in Town Square Park, the number of children, whether anyone was sleeping or smoking or skateboarding. It was the third week in July, the same week the Anchorage Downtown Partnership held "It's Hip To Be Square," an event series blitzing the park with activities ranging from hamburger grilling to Zumba and yoga. On one particularly sunny day, more than 75 children and adults filled the center plaza at a time.
But unbeknownst to the visitors, a grand experiment was underway, involving police, local businesses and organizations and researchers from the Justice Center. It's the latest in a series of efforts to change the atmosphere of the park.
Mounting complaints
Over the last three years, Anchorage police have fielded mounting complaints from nearby businesses about disorderly behavior and criminal activity in the park -- a green space in the heart of the city, enshrined in the city's comprehensive plan for the downtown area. People were being spotted doing drugs, smoking Spice or having sex.
In 2012, a 42-year-old man raped a drugged woman in the park in broad daylight. That man, Earl Vrooman, was sentenced to five years in prison for the assault.
Both the Anchorage Police Department's Community Action Policing team and the Anchorage Downtown Partnership keep track of the activity in the park. Data logged by the Downtown Partnership's patrolling ambassadors shows Town Square Park has the second-highest volume of calls in the downtown area, said Chris Schutte, executive director of the partnership.
But Anchorage police Chief Mark Mew said the actual number of calls for service to APD for the Town Square Park area is surprisingly low, relative to the number of complaints in recent years. He and Schutte both chalked that up to a trend: Police dispatchers are not the first call when an individual or business sees illegal or concerning activity in the park.
"They don't call 911 when they see a drunk," Mew said. "They just write nasty emails to politicians."
Last fall, Schutte's group began discussing plans to schedule more events and programs in Town Square, a strategy used to displace troublemakers from Peratrovich Park a block away. Around the same time, the Community Action Policing team released a study that recommended removing the park's hills, getting rid of seating in certain areas, and removing some of the trees to create less seclusion for illegal activities.
In early May, based on that report, the Parks and Recreation department cut down nine spruce trees in the northeast corner of the park, and installed a metal railing along a concrete planter box. The tree removal infuriated the gardening community and advocates of the park, but businesses and city officials have since maintained that the actions improved the park's safety.
But no measurements or studies existed to test these theories, or the notion that more people in the park will drive out crime. At an Anchorage Economic Development Corporation committee meeting for the Live, Work, Play initiative earlier this summer, Mew pitched an idea.
What if the Downtown Partnership deliberately packed the park with people, food vendors and events, and a university researcher studied and recorded the effects?
What unfolded was what Mew described as the most comprehensive effort to date to collect data on the uses of the park, and on the effectiveness of crime prevention strategies. Moving quickly, the Downtown Partnership and AEDC put together a busy schedule of events in the park for July 21-25.
Meanwhile, Mew tapped Payne, an expert in policing and crime prevention, to study the park before, during and after "It's Hip to Be Square" week.
Mew, who became police chief in January 2010, has made safety issues in Town Square Park a priority of his administration. For him, it's also now a bit personal.
"If we can't keep (the park) safe, what does that say about our ability to keep the city of Anchorage safe?" Mew said.
Casual observation
Wednesday, July 23, 12:30 p.m.: It was the third day of the Downtown Partnership's "It's Hip to Be Square" week and the halfway point for the study. Under cloudy skies, the park appeared to be hopping, with children hula-hooping and people sitting at tables under colorful umbrellas. A musician stood onstage and sang into a microphone while strumming his guitar.
Mew stood near a booth in his police uniform. Later that week, he showed up in his cycling clothes.
Payne, wearing a green plaid shirt, began to stroll around the path circling the park, pointing out different features: an electrical outlet hanging out of a junction box; the sitting area at the back of the fountain.
At one point, Payne broke off to wander around to a different area of the park. There, the young woman was sitting on the wooden bench. She seemed to be swaying, and the young man next to her was holding her shoulders.
It looked a bit suspicious to Payne. But he wasn't about to run a drug test. That's not the point, he said.
"For someone just walking through the park, what's it look like?" Payne said. "That's how we'd record it."
Meanwhile, on the third floor of the Performing Arts Center, Daniel Reinhard, Payne's student, was looking out the window through a pair of binoculars.
For the study, the researchers divided the park into roughly a dozen "neighborhoods," distinct areas where people go, Payne said.
For four hours a day, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Payne and Reinhard faithfully watched the park. It added up to a grand total of 100 hours over three weeks.
Both men were volunteering their time. To run the study for a full 12 weeks, or the entire summer, Payne calculated it would cost about $17,500. Cameras could offer that level of surveillance, but some areas of the park are invisible, he said.
Mew, who had walked upstairs to Payne and Reinhard's observation point, leaned against the railing and looked out the window through his spectacles.
"This is not what I usually see," he said. "I don't see kids bouncing balls, don't see moms pushing kids on bicycles. I don't see people sitting and eating.
"What I see are folks that aren't here right now ... a certain intimidating element."
The conclusions and the future
In the more than 100 hours of observations, Payne said neither he nor Reinhard observed a single act of violence or property crime.
They did see what Payne called "disorderly behavior" on a daily basis from a regular group of people -- which fell under categories like sleeping in the park, littering, doing drugs (mostly marijuana) and to a lesser extent, drug dealing, chiefly marijuana and prescription pills. Payne even captured on camera what he believed was a drug deal, a seven-second exchange.
"I don't want to say nothing is going on, but I don't want to scare people and say, 'It's a horrible place, and you shouldn't go there,'" Payne said. "It's a fine line."
While the full report is yet to be written, Payne made several preliminary findings: More people came into the park during the week of special events, and during that time, there appeared to be fewer bad behaviors. But, he said, the effect appeared to be short-lived, creating doubts about the sustainability of routinely holding summer events for the purposes of erasing bad behavior.
Ultimately, watching the park for three weeks left an impression that echoed others in recent months: There's no one solution.
"Nobody really likes to hear this, but there's no magic bullet when it comes to crime and disorder problems," Payne said. "What it's probably going to take is a little bit of design change in the park, a little bit of change in how the park is used, plus the citizens of Anchorage wanting to take the park back and really engaging in the park."
Payne is planning to detail the findings in a report to APD and the Downtown Partnership, and in a piece for the Alaska Justice Forum, the Justice Center's quarterly research journal.


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Please view the schedule of common Vespers and Presanctified Liturgy services for the Milwaukee Deanery of the Diocese of New Gracanica – Midwestern America. Aside from the services on this list, the clergy of our diocese will also participate at the Pan-Orthodox Vespers at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Oak Lawn on March 4th.
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The life Andrea Merriman once loved so much fell apart in the course of a one-minute conversation.
It was March 18, 2009. Her husband, 46-year-old Shawn Merriman, was finally ready to tell her the truth about his business as the two sat across from each other at the kitchen table.
Our life is a lie, he told her.
"I thought he was joking," Andrea Merriman said. "When he started crying, I realized it was real."
Shawn's wealth — her wealth and their children's wealth — was all the product of a $20 million Ponzi scheme.
"My first thought was, 'Oh, my gosh, I have four children. What will we do? How will I feed them?' " she said.
Andrea Merriman spoke with 9News about the 14 years of lies from her husband and what has become of her life since he was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison. The interview began airing last night and continues tonight on 9News at 9 p.m. on Channel 20 and 10 p.m. on Channel 9.
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GRAMMY Awards: Best Pop Vocal AlbumEd Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons and Lana Del Rey are all nominated.
Lana Del Rey Announces 'White Mustang' VideoDel Rey shared an Instagram video sharing the news, as well as thanking fans for supporting her album.
Lana Del Rey Casts Spell on Donald Trump: 'Yeah I Did It. Why Not?'"Your thoughts are very powerful things and they become words, and words become actions, and actions lead to physical changes," she said.
5 Best Songs on Lana Del Rey's 'Lust for Life'Del Rey's penchant for irony and noirish arrangements don't fail her on 'Lust for Life,' her excellent new album.
Lana Del Rey Talks Trump, America and Women's RightsShe doesn't feel comfortable using American theme with President Donald Trump in power.
Lana Del Rey Premieres 'Summer Bummer' and 'Groupie Love'The cuts are our latest listen to Del Rey's forthcoming studio album Lust For Life, which is set to arrive on July 21.
New Lana Del Rey Album will Feature 2 A$AP Rocky Collaborations'Lust For Life' is scheduled for release on July 21.
Lana Del Rey's New 'Socially Aware' Album 'Lust For Life' Drops July 21In a tweet the singer reveals the album will be available on July 21 and no longer May 26 as previously reported.
Lana Del Rey Releases 'Coachella-Woodstock In My Mind'"What a blessing it is to make music in general. And to have the freedom to put songs out about things that move me in real time," she wrote.
Lana Del Rey Taps Stevie Nicks for New Track: ReportThe Fleetwood Mac star is reportedly featured on Del Rey's new album 'Lust for Life.'
Lana Del Rey Debuts New Track 'Lust For Life' Featuring The WeekndThe song is the title track from the singer's forthcoming studio album.
Lana Del Rey Shares Snippet of Track She Wrote After Coachella"I just wanted to share this in hopes that one individual's hope and prayer for peace might contribute to the possibility of it in the long run," she wrote.
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MusicTown Will Celebrate Detroit's Music And CultureMusicTown will consist of a new broadcast studio, recording studio and performance space, in addition to national and local artist performances inside the intimate City Theatre adjacent to Hockeytown Café.
Kendrick Lamar to Perform at The Palace this JulyTravis Scott and D.R.A.M. will open.


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Afren Places 95M New Ordinary Shares
Afren plc announced its intention to place approximately 95 million new Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 35% of Afren's issued ordinary share capital immediately prior to the Placing, with both new and existing institutional investors (the "Placing Shares").
The Placing is being conducted, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, through an accelerated book-building process to be carried out by Merrill Lynch International ("Merrill Lynch") who is acting as sole bookrunner in relation to the Placing. Jefferies International Limited ("Jefferies") is acting as a co-lead manager in relation to the Placing. The Placing is conditional upon, inter alia, shareholders voting to increase the authorised share capital and to approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights at the EGM scheduled for 14 April 2008. The timing of the closing of the books, pricing and allocations are at the discretion of Afren and Merrill Lynch. The number of Placing Shares and the price at which the Placing Shares are to be placed (the "Placing Price") will be agreed by Afren with Merrill Lynch at the close of the book-building process. Details of the number of Placing Shares and the Placing Price will be announced as soon as practicable after the close of the book-building process.
The Placing Shares will be issued credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu with existing Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid on or in respect of such shares after the date of issue of the Placing Shares. The Placing will be made on a non-preemptive basis. If all the Placing Shares are placed, it would represent an increase of approximately 35 per cent. of the current issued share capital of the Company, and the Placing Shares would represent approximately 26 per cent. of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company.
The Company will apply for admission of the Placing Shares to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will take place and that trading will commence on 15 April 2008.
The Placing is conditional upon, inter alia, Admission becoming effective and upon the passing of the Resolutions (without amendment) at the EGM scheduled for 14 April 2008. The Placing is also conditional on the placing agreement made between the Company, Merrill Lynch and Jefferies not being terminated. It is anticipated that the settlement date will be 15 April 2008.
The Appendix to this announcement (which forms part of this announcement) sets out the terms and conditions of the Placing.
The Company recently entered into its sixth indigenous partnership in Nigeria, with Oriental Energy Resources ("Oriental"), for the development of the Ebok Field, offshore Nigeria. Afren has also negotiated a collaborative agreement with Oriental on other potential development assets in the region. In addition to financing the appraisal and initial development of the Ebok Field, the Company intends to use the proceeds of the Placing to provide management with the flexibility to execute its current strategy of continuing to build its reserves and production base in West Africa through a medium-term focus around the acquisition and exploitation of undeveloped "fallow" oil fields, in particular in Nigeria, commercialising stranded gas assets and carrying out a high impact exploration programme in four countries.
Afren is also pleased to confirm that it intends to apply for a primary listing of its ordinary shares on the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
It is expected that the cancellation of trading in the Ordinary Shares on AIM will take place at the same time as the Ordinary Shares are admitted to the Official List and begin trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, which is expected to occur by the end of 2008, subject to the receipt of the necessary approvals from the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange.
Osman Shahenshah, Chief Executive of Afren, said: "2008 will be a transformational year in Afren's development as we continue to deliver materially accretive proved undeveloped assets through our differentiated strategy, production from the existing asset base and reserve growth from an aggressive exploration strategy. We consider a move to the Official List as a natural progression in our stage of development."
- Lekoil Acquires Afren's Stake in the Ogo Field Offshore Nigeria (Dec 01)
- Oil Producer Afren's Board to Put Company into Administration (Jul 31)
- Afren Requests Suspension of Shares (Jul 15)


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Last year I began tracking my social media stats and publishing them each month on this website. You will find all of those reports here on the blog. I want to share my progress with you so you can gage for yourself how much progress you can make if you use the same strategies I use.
I wanted to share with you my progress from December 2009 to December 2010. I knew I had made progress, but I was surprised at just how much progress I had made in growing my online community.
Here's how they stacked up:
Website Visitors This Month
December 2009 947
December 2010 3574
Increase: 277%
Facebook Friends
December 2009 68
December 2010 223
Increase: 227%
Twitter Followers
December 2009 715
December 2010 2719
Increase: 280%
LinkedIn Connections
December 2009 109
December 2010 475
Increase: 335%
Email List Subscribers
December 2009 82
December 2010 1923
Increase: 2,245%
I am astounded at these percentages of increase! This is exactly the type of stats you should be keeping for your own social media marketing. Clearly my time spent this year on social media has been time well spent. And again, I only spend a few minutes a day using my Social Marketing Machine system to grow my social media audience so that I can pump up my profits.
In marketing terms, what this means is that when I have a promotion to offer to my audiences, I have the ability to reach 8,914 people immediately with my message, and in places that they monitor frequently. This kicks the pants out of other types of media advertising I might use to market my business, such as newspaper ads, because these 8,914 people are people who have taken an interest in my work, and raised their hand to be a part of my community. These are targeted leads that I can speak to any time I like.
And because I want to keep all of you, I come to you frequently with really good useful information that you can act on today to grow your business. I truly appreciate the time you spend with me and look forward to spending more time with you this year. I promise to continue to bring you the best cutting edge strategies for social media marketing so you can grow your business and pump up your profits.


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I've been getting a lot of feedback from readers saying they want to see videos of me Bboying.
I've heard and listened, so here it is! My first ever video as a Bboy on this blog.
Got to admit…
I was a little shy at first on uploading my videos. I don't really see myself as a super awesome Bboy. I've mentioned before that I don't win competitions and well, just read on and find out.
Besides, I didn't really a point in just uploading videos of me Bboying just to make this post look pretty, but a reader emailed me saying he would love to see videos of me and how I relate them to my life, so here I go!
What's in this video
That's me busting some Baby windmills, or Munchmills. It's a powermove. This video was taken in July 2011.
My rocky experience with this move
Baby windmills took me effectively up to 8 years just to learn it!
It went on something like this:
2003– Decided to learn the move and dabbled with it for a bit.
2004-2008- Pretty much abandoned the move cause it felt too hard. Tried it only now and then and deluded myself with a fake sense of progress.
2009– Decided I could try to learn it again, and put in SLIGHTLY more effort.
2010– Put in more effort, but not my best.
2011– Diligently practised the Baby windmill and finally for the first time, around June, did them continuously with confidence. Super happy and shit!
That's it. 8 friggin' years to learn this move!
The best part…
I lost the baby windmill a couple of times since last year. That's right. I lost them.
A month or so after the video was taken, I remember losing the move. I couldn't do them properly for some reason. It could have been a loss of technique, getting complacent, lack of practice, a mindfuck or all of the above.
Then I got it back after practising and drilling it again.
Then I lost it this year again for a bit.
Then I recently got'em back and I can confidently say now I can do it any time I want.
What a crazy journey!
For just one move!
8 years of feeling frustrated and lots of anger (I got pretty pissed sometimes over it).
What's more, I actually saw other Bboys learning the Baby Windmill easily in a matter of months, or even days. Do you know HOW DEMORALIZING that felt?
It's like, "What the fuck man here I'm busting my balls over this thing, working super hard and all and others got it SO easily! Life… is not fair".
Crazy, amazing journey it is.
A Bboy powermove it may be, but here's what you can take away and learn from it:
1) Put in your all
I mean 110%. 100% is for half-assers.
I kept dabbling in the move and was like, "Yeah today I made this much progress. Not too bad I guess". So I dabbled for like 7 and a half years.
Forget that! Go all out until you feel you made a major leap in progress. Putting in your all is going to give you a whole of lot of progress because you put in your all, you KNOW AND RECOGNIZE the progress you make because of the hard work, sweat and everything you put into it. Your mind remembers it. And your body would create muscle memory too, if that something you want to achieve is something physical.
If you dabble like me, you would forget all the things you learn, which is seriously a waste of time.
2) Work hard, but smart too
Sometimes it just takes a little technique adjustment in learning something.
For me, I remember one of the turning points in learning the Baby Windmill was when a friend taught me to swing my shoulders harder in a "scooping" motion. And that made a huge difference. Hell that was the time I did'em continuously at a fast speed.
So, don't be spamming and working hard like a lost dog.
Analyse, note subtleties, recognize your own progress, find out what works well for you and start doing them.
3) Don't compare yourself with others… that much
Yes I found it demoralizing that other Bboys could learn the move so quickly while I was struggling so much. Some pointers:
a) Don't get demoralized, angered, jealous or envious of them. It's a complete waste of emotional energy and it's not going to make you feel good at all. It's definitely going to hinder your progress in whatever you want to do too.
For me back then I was like, "Man, I'm like turning 24 and I can't even do this shit properly. I'm getting old".
Pfft, 26 today and still rocking it. What a little bitch I was.
In fact, I'd say if you ever feel any of the negativity above, it's probably because you feel insecure about something deep down. I know I was. Really, if you can't feel happy for your fellow friends, then you need to start digging deeper and find the root cause of it all.
Yes that sounds pretty deep, but it's more worthwhile then constantly complaining.
b) Learn from those you think are better than you.
Just go ahead. Open your mouth and ask. What better way to learn something than from someone who has proven success over it?
c) Your journey is your own
So don't compare yourself with others!
Because it does not mean you totally suck at that one thing, but that you probably excel in something else.
And that something else could be something others are having trouble with. So, don't get too demoralized, but instead be awed by the things you're good at. And take major pride in them.
4) Don't give up
8 years for me to learn Baby Windmills.
Lost them TWICE.
Felt shitty and frustrated a lot of times.
I didn't give up. I feel great now.
If I can, you can.
Need I say more of this cliché in life?
Hope you guys enjoy the video and this little guide of life I wrote up. It's Bboying, and a powermove. But if you apply yourself I'm pretty sure it can be used in other fields or whatever it is you're aiming for.


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Sedimentation tanks
FRP sedimentation tanks for pretreatment
Technol GRP sedimentation tanks are produced with a resistant internal chemical liner and mechanical structure to ensure a long lasting service life without any maintenance costs.
With inserting the parallel plate, the sedimentation in this tank is the most economic process to remove sludge, sand and silts in surface water, chemical precipitation and flocculation form solids.
Product features:
- Sludge thickening in 60° - conical hopper
- Quick and easy to install
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