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New York City Daily Photo is closed as of today.
Thank you for the 3-1/2 years of wonderful friendship and photo sharing experiences.
I will update you on what is going on in my life in the next couple of weeks or so .
Posted by Ming the Merciless at 12:01 AM
See you soon at your new abode!
Oh, no! Is this really the end?
If so, so long and thanks for all the fish.
Say it aint so!!!! Ive enjoyed your blog every day since I cant be in NYC every day.
...Say it aint so!!!! Ive enjoyed your blog every day since I cant be in NYC every day...
Me too...
I would enjoy your photos (and writing) even from another city.
Do keep in touch.
So sad to see you go but good luck with your endeavors - look forward to finding out what!
Just learned of your closing from Chuck in Seattle. Will miss your photos.
I have enjoyed my visits here every now and then. Hope you are OK.
Whoa, dude! I hope all's well. Good luck and take care!
I am devastated! I mean it.
I can't begin to tell you how much I have appreciated sharing your daily life in New York.
Best wishes.
This is so sad, Ming! I loved your blog!! You made such a great work!
Take care and keep in touch, ok?
saying hello from the other side of the planet!
Wow, Ming, I hope you're all right.
Do take care.
Thank you for all the wonderful photo's you have shared with us and you will be missed.
Its a sad day.
The first thing I do when I go into work is look for your daily photo. I look forward to reading what you have been up to soon and hope there will be one of your wonderful photo's along with it.
Thank you for taking me on this journey of nyc.
Good luck in what ever you do.
Best of luck... your vision of the world will be missed.
Can't wait to discover the new city that you will be blogging from.
You will continue in the new city right?
What???!! No warning! Is it something I said or did?
I'm going to miss your wonderful photos. I've never been to New York but your pictures made me want to hop on a plane and go. Best wishes to you.
Ming, what's this! Closed :(
Your blog has been one of my favourite daiy visits for as long as I can remember. I'll miss stopping by and seeing your view of NYC. All the best for the future.
I´ve been following your blog from Portugal, since the first time I visited NY... that way I could keep remembering that great city! Thank you for all the good moments and photos you shared! Keep well in your new adventures!
Ming no :( How come? You have no idea how much I loved your wonderful pictures. A regret I have is not tracking you down when I was in New York.
Whatever you do in the future take good care and please start a new blog soon, and keep in touch on facebook xx
Un grand merci pour ton blog, Ming.
Thank you for your blog Ming.
Nous espérons tous avoir bientot de tes nouvelles.
Hope we'll soon have good news from you.
Alex From France.
Many,many thanks. You are the One.
I already miss you.
Oh how sad... I've followed your blog daily for the last couple of years and loved it...I wish you continued success in whatever you do next. Teresa x
This is so sad you don't have an idea. I feel empty and devastated.
Close , really ? Thanks a lot for your photos , it has been a pleasure to discover NYC through your lens ;) Hope you'll be back soon ;)
oh no. this can't be happening. i love your blog. and hope your new adventure is also a sharing one.
Thanks for all the beautiful pics and thought provoking questions Ming....look forward to seeing the pics from your next city/adventure
It's so sad to say goodbye cos you've given me NY every day here in KL! Hope your new website will continue to have the best pics that I haven't seen in other blogs.
Well, that sucks for us, but hopefully is great for you! Good luck, you merciless one!
content d'avoir partager avec toi, une partie de ton NYC. Je te souhaite une bonne continuité , en attendant de tes nouvelles.
happy to have share with you, a party of your NYC. I wish you a good continuity, by waiting for your news.
I've enjoyed your photos, posts and perspectives on NYC. They'll be missed!
Wishing you all the best in your new home, and looking forward to visiting your next blog.
Take care, Ming. Catch you later.
... and I just linked to your expected subway post! :-)
Thanks for the nice cooperation on subways posts etc. Looking forward to get some news soon! :-)
I am so sad! I never got to meet you at Petal Belle! Wherever you go, please start another Daily Photo and then write me so I can visit you there at least!
I am missing your Beautiful Wonderful Fabulous blog already too.
Hoping for all good things for you Ming.
: )
I will miss your updates in my Reader, Ming. Good luck to you and thanks for sharing all of this time!
Thanks for all you have done. You have truly inspired me to participate in the kind of community.
All the best in what comes next.
Oh, no! I am very sad with this news... I am looking forward to seeing your great pictures soon.
All the best to you!
Ming, what's this? I didn't always comment, but I did always come by, and I can't believe you won't be posting this wonderful blog any more. That's bad enough, but will the rest of us NYC bloggers get to see you?
Ming, thank you for the wonderful posts over the past few years. I've enjoyed reading your blog and feel like we were right there with you on some adventures. Hope all is well and we (my family and I) wish you much happiness in whatever you choose to do.
Dianne from Minnesota
I took for granted that Ming the Merciless was for ever. I'm sorry for the closure of this wonderful blog and I wish you well for everything you are going to do.
Ciao, from your friends in Tuscany!
Oh no. I may not leave comments but I visit you and New York Portraits, too almost everyday ever since I discovered your sites. I liked it that you posted everyday and we didn't have to wait for the weekend to be over to see your photos and read your snippets of the day.
I await the news like the rest of your readers. Hope you don't close this completely.
I wish you the best. Truly.
Hi MIng.... you certainly live up to your name.... Merciless! I sincerely hope you are not leaving blogland for godd. I'll miss your interesting views of NYC. I'll keep checking in from timne to time to find out your latest news. Shammy.
Oh no....I visited NYC for the first time this year and then found your blog just recently and loved having a little view of being back there. I miss it already! Thanks for all the fun!
thanks for the years of great blogging ming!
Hi Ming
Like everyone else I will miss your blog. I wish I would have discovered it earlier. Good Luck to you.
Ming, all the best in whatever you do. Thanks for keeping me in touch with NYC today, a very long time after I actually lived there (1962-1969).
How will we learn about any other blog? Do you have my email address? I have you bloglinked and assume you will be back in touch through this site (abandoned). Or are you taking it down entirely?
Peace, love and happiness,
Ellen Kimball
Portland, OR
All the best, Ming. Like all the other folks who have posted here, I love to visit your site. I drop by as often as I can and I will miss it. I will also miss your commentary on the images and on life.
Funny, just last week I was going to do a Q&A with you, but couldn't find your address.
I still have the questions ready. If you're interested, email me.
Toronto, ON
Hi Ming,
I have really enjoyed your blog. I subscribed to it just a little over a year ago after my first trip to NYC for Memorial Day weekend 2008. Of all the daily photo blogs yours was my favorite. I loved that you engaged your readers by asking a question with each post. I do hope you start up a new daily photo blog wherever you land.
Best regards,
Tracy Elaine
Wow, Ming, its a shock to see this post here, but I understand peoples lives go through changes. I'm sure yours is for the better, and I hope to see you posting again in the future. BUT DO IT FOR YOURSELF, NOT THE REST OF THE WORLD. :)
Will Miss your posts !! Do come soon ..Unseen Rajasthan
I'm truly disappointed. Several times a week I checked your blog. I live in THe Netherlands and I love New York. Only once in a few years I get to visit NYC. Your blog made it easier for me to except that.
I hope you change your mind. But first of all: I wish you all the best and thanks for all your posts.
I just found out the sad news form Chuck's Seattle Daily. Thank you so much for making me laugh on many black day and for showing me a place of endless fascination I have yet to see in the flesh. Always found your question to your viewers an inspired idea even if my answers have been a little mad. Good luck Ming, with your future plans, hope to see another blog one way or another from you. No escape for you though from me. Facebook. Take care in your new phase of your life. It was an absolute pleasure to take a virtual bite of the Big Apple through your eyes.
I have enjoyed your photos and comments. You will be missed. All the best in what ever your new adventures are. Hopefully we will see you pop up somewhere else in the future.
Your NY blog posts were among my daily highlights. I'll miss you. Thank you so very much for your good work.
You'll be missed but I'm sure you are doing what is right for you and I look forward to hearing what you'll be up to in the future.
All the best.
Bummer! Thanks for sharing your photos - I've enjoyed them. Hope this is because of a good change in your life.
You will be missed by many. I check your site daily since I left NYC and your photoes makes me feel at home, like seeing a friend again. Thank you for being that conduit and for your kindness and wonderful perspectives and comments. Wishing you all the best.
Ming, You have some great photos here! I found you from Babooshka and have scrolled back through your posts of May and June. I have been to NYC a few times, but not nearly enough to . I hope you leave the blog up for us to wander through your city. And good luck on your new ventures.
I came to see why there hasn't been a thumbnail for you in the portal for almost a week, and I read this :'(
Thank you for the wonderful photos of NYC that you have shared with us. I am going to miss your them tremendously, but wherever you are and whatever you're doing, I wish you only the best, Ming. Have a beautiful, loving, peaceful and happy life!
And if you ever come to Asia, make sure you visit Manila! I'll just be here :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you Ming!
YOu were my firs inspiration and it's been a great great blogger experience.
I hope you will create the Bangor Daily Photo.
Have a great start in your new life, my dear friend.
I'll keep in touch on fb. CIAO!
Hope all is well. Your photos have brightened up some toughs days for me some time ago. Thank you so much. Your blog will be missed.
Ah Ming...how sad. I will miss my visits here and your lovely photos...Be blessed.... Dee Dee
All good things must come to an end. Good bye.
Blogtrotter has been missing your comments for a while; now it's me who will be missing your posts... See you!
I'm going to miss you! You have been a great blog friend and I've enjoyed getting to know you and seeing NY through your lens. Hope you will keep in touch with us. All the best to you.
I really enjoyed the blog about the city of my dreams.
Good luck, and have fun living in the city that never sleeps!
Anyone know what happened to Ming?
Ming, I hope that what is pulling you out of blogging is more attractive stuff happening out there in the real world, not something worrying.
Your blog has been a joy and an inspiration to me. And two and a half years of daily posting of that quality is long enough to impress anyone. Well done!
Good luck in your next endeavours.
Wishing you all the best,
ming.conrad! come back dude! We need more solid NYC bloggers and your view is so unique. Please come back.
Hi Ming!
I am glad that all is OK with you!
Have a great time in Maine!
wow. Maine!
I hope it's a good change for you. Maine is gorgeous. What a big change?
You will be sorely missed, Ming. I wish you wonderful things ahead in your new home. Continue taking lovely photos if you can!
I have already left a comment but still check your site every day.
I wish you all the luck you so deserve.
You have brought many a happy moment into a dreary day with your beautiful photo's and your questions.Your blog will be sorely missed but I am sure you will do very well in Maine. Keep healthy.
Eleanor (Scotland)
Congratulations on the new assignment and I wish you health, happiness and good fortune in your new location.... and I'm looking forward to hearing all about it and seeing some more of your photos. Au revoir!
Oh, Maine! :-D
I hope too that you do a Maine Daily Photo next. But keep this one open, please. I have yet to see the archives.
Thanks again for the interesting glimpses of NYC!
Best of luck!
Nice to hearing from u ;) i wish you all the best in Maine !
Good luck with the move, Ming! I'm already looking forward to your new blog. Should be very interestingly different from NYC!
Hi Ming,
Glad to know you are healthy.
Going to Maine! That WILL be a challenge. I'm in Portland, OREGON.. named in a coin toss after Portland, MAINE.
Have a wonderful summer! New challenges ahead...
Ellen Kimball
Portland, OR
I expect some great photos of Maine from you! =)
I come (from Fab's TDP aka the "Mole catcher") and you go, too bad !
Are you starting a "Maine sthing" Daily Photo ?
Hope to see your wonderful photo's from a new location. Best of luck.
I'll really miss your blog... you are starting a new one, right?! It has been such a pleasure getting to know you in Blogland:)
Maine is wonderful for a Daily Photo Blog :o)
See you soon and best regards from France !
Maine, really? What area? Maybe we could switch houses. :-P
I'm afraid I'm the last here. Here, but not in my thought. Even if I cannot visit too much blogs per day, NYC seen through your eyes with your never ordinary question, is something I'll remember forever. Let me wish you all the best !!!!
Ming, oh my goodness, I have just seen the news. I've always adored your blog, your photos, what you have to say and of course am so sorry you are giving it up. But hey, Maine! Think of those crabs or are they lobsters you'll be eating and such a beautiful place too. Perhaps you'll delight us with a Maine blog eventually.
Meanwhile, I wish you all the luck in the world. An end is always a beginning. Remember that. Thankyou Ming for your comments over these two years and for your inspiration.
And good luck! Jilly xxx
Enjoy your new job and your new life! I can imagine it's hard to leave a city like NYC... But i'm waiting for a new blog!
Well, Ming. I have really enjoyed seeing my hometown through your camera lens. Thanks for that.
Good luck with the new job!
Cant wait to see what you'll be posting next.
Ming! I love your blog! Will you consider doing a Maine blog? I hope so!!! Best wishes!
To be honest with you, your blog is the one bring me to the city daily photo family, and ...wish you come back earlier!
Hi Ming!
Just dropping by to say hello!


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The feeling was mutual to say the least. Interestingly, Hackett's breakout performance was at Benny Goodman's famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert when Hackett was called on to perform a tribute to Bix Beiderbecke on "I'm Coming Virginia." Because of that moment, Hackett was immediately cast as an heir to Bix, something still following him to this day (Miles Davis loved Hackett and once said that he didn't listened to Bix but "I heard a lot of Bobby Hackett and he heard a lot of Bix.").
Surely, Beiderbecke had an influence on Hackett; on the surface, Hackett--who wasn't an upper register powerhouse player--might not seem like an Armstrong disciple. But if you look a little deeper, Hackett was a Louis man through and through. Hackett was a master of everything Louis valued--dedication to melody, tone, phrasing--and because of that, Louis never hesitated in speaking of his admiration of the Rhode Island cornetist. As he once said, "I'm the coffee, but Bobby's the cream." It's a great analogy (and not just from a black-white standpoint)--taken alone, Armstrong played beautiful melodies with a gorgeous tone but overall, was just so STRONG. Hackett lightened up Armstrong's attack but kept all those core values in place, producing a prettier, softer but still Louis-centric method of playing. As Michael Steinman has written, "I see it as something deeper [than a racial joke], the way two elements combine in a sweet synergy to create something that neither of them would have been, separate."
Armstrong's other famous quote regarding Hackett came when he was asked if he preferred Hackett or Billy Butterfield. Armstrong hated ranking musicians or listing his favorites but on this occasion, he couldn't help but respond, "Bobby. He got more ingredients." What a deep, informed, wonderful (and true) compliment. I don't get into issues of race much but I do find the connection between Armstrong and white trumpeters fascinating. If you asked him who his favorite trumpeter was, he'd usually say Bunny Berigan, though in later years, long after Bunny's untimely death, he'd answer Bobby. He also admired and seemed to have a bond with other white disciples such as Butterfield, Ruby Braff, Yank Lawson and Max Kaminsky. It's interesting because Louis inspired EVERYONE in the 1920s and 1930s but most of the black trumpeters who followed seemed like they felt that they had to do something different to get noticed. Jabbo Smith added speed. Red Allen went harmonically "out." Roy Eldridge added more speed and higher notes. Hot Lips Page focused on the blues. Jonah Jones was ALL Pops but later, found fame with "muted jazz," a concept alien to Louis, who didn't like using mutes. All these greats were "Louis men" but they all made sure to do something Louis didn't (and this is not a knock! I love them all.) But guys like Berigan and Hackett seemed cut directly from Pops's cloth; you could trace anything they did directly to Louis, which is probably why he seemed to admire them more than anyone else (and vice versa). I don't think it was a black-white thing or a rivalry thing (in some cases; I think Roy got under his skin occasionally), I just think Louis had more in common musically with what his white followers were putting down. Food for thought.
I wish I could do centennial tribute to Hackett's entire career--the Condon association, "Embraceable You," Jackie Gleason, Vic Dickinson, etc.--but for our purposes, I'm just going to stick to his relationship with Louis. For Hackett, it started early, as he told Whitney Balliett, "I heard my first Armstrong record in a Providence department store when I was a kid, and it turned me around. The sound has never left me." I'm sure they knew each other beforehand, but the first photographic evidence comes from the camera of Charles Peterson, taken at a Condon-centric jam session at the Walt Whitman School in NY with special guest Pops (and dig Zutty Singleton beaming at the drums):
The first recorded meeting came two years later when Pops crashed a V-Disc session featuring Hackett and Jack Teagarden (among others) and stole the show with his earth-rattling playing on "Jack Armstrong Blues" and "Confessin'." Here's "Confessin'," with Hackett leading the harmonizing behind Louis's eloquent performance:
The V-Disc session pointed the way towards Armstrong future career as the leader of a small group, the All Stars. Another evening that pointed Armstrong in that direction was a Carnegie Hall concert on February 8, 1947, with Armstrong fronting a small group for one half and his regular big band for the second half. Armstrong's trumpet was stolen just a few hours before the show. Fortunately, Hackett was in attendance and Louis played the concert on Hackett's horn (though on his own mouthpiece; in a post-concert story, Hackett mentioned that Louis always carried his mouthpiece in his back pocket. "Smart," Bobby said.) This photo by Bill Mark was most likely taken backstage that day (because of Louis's somewhat unkempt hair; he had a slight, Afro-thing going on in this period). Hackett kept this one on his wall, along with another of just Louis inscribed to Hackett, "Best Wishes to 'Bobby.' They Don't Come Any Finer.":
The small group portion of the Carnegie Hall show was such a success, Ernie Anderson came up with the idea to have an entire evening devoted to Louis fronting a small group at New York's Town Hall on May 17, 1947. Anderson tagged Hackett as the musical director of the evening and Hackett responded by putting together a strong, Condon-style band with Jack Teagarden, Peanuts Hucko, Dick Cary, Bob Haggart and two drummers, George Wettling and Sid Catlett. Louis eschewed rehearsing that evening, so Hackett was left with the task of getting the band ready to perform many songs Armstrong himself hadn't performed live in years, and in some cases, decades. But everything came off without a hitch, a perfect marriage of Hackett's preparation and Armstrong's let's-take-some-chances mood. The results were recorded (and can be heard in better sound quality than ever before on last year's Mosaic Records All Stars box) and solidified the notion that the Armstrong and Hackett combination was a match made in heaven.
There is no better example of this than on the sublime ballad treatment of "Pennies from Heaven." Not only does Hackett play a superlative second trumpet role to Armstrong's lead, he contributes an obbligato behind Louis's vocal that simply knocked Pops out (on one of his tapes, he sang Hackett's part in a conversation with Leonard Feather). Here is that moment, one for the time capsules:
Bobby also got the chance to blow a little on another high point, "Ain't Misbehavin'," taking the last eight bars of the opening chorus and a typically lyrical 16 bars in the middle:
And now a bit of a treat. Famed photographer William Gottlieb was at Town Hall and took a famous photo of the band in action, one that has been published many times, usually with a mention that this is the only photo to have survived from the Town Hall concert. Not true! In Louis Armstrong's personal collection (held at the Louis Armstrong House Museum, where I am Archivist), there are two snapshots from the Town Hall concert that have never seen the light of day, until now. The quality is pretty terrible and I had to watermark them (and everything else from the Armstrong House) because if I don't, they're on Facebook in five minutes with no attribution as to where they came from. But here they are, two new glimpses at Louis and Bobby leading the way that historic evening:
The Town Hall concert was a tremendous success. The writing was now on the wall for Louis to break up his big band and form a small group. Hackett would be a part of the transitional phase. A few days after Town Hall, Louis was asked to reprise a few songs for RCA Victor with a small group featuring some of the musicians who appeared at the concert. Hackett was again named musical director, turning in a lovely chart for the first recording of Armstrong's composition, "Someday You'll Be Sorry." Almost every time Louis referred to this recording on his tapes, he made sure to give Hackett the credit for making it such a memorable recording:
And in June, Hackett was there again when Louis led another small group during a short concert at the Winter Garden in New York before the premiere of the film New Orleans. You can hear Bobby back there on this lovely, early version of that film's contribution to mankind, "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans":
And that was that. By August, Armstrong was ready to debut his All Stars and Hackett was ready to resume his already busy career. Throughout the ensuing years, both men remained close. Hackett appears on a fair number of Louis's private reel-to-reel tapes including one from the early 1950s, where the two men dub Louis's 1920s recordings. There isn't much conversation, but you can hear the enthusiasm and awe in Hackett's voice as he gives the titles, laughing in delight at the end of the Hot Seven "Weary Blues." (At the end of the tape, Louis leaves to warm up and Hackett stops the dubbing session and mentions that "Pops is in his practice room," capturing a few precious seconds of Armstrong's Herculean warm-up routine. Alas, Bobby goes back to playing records and obscures the sound of Louis's practicing....why, Bobby, why!) And I should also mention that Louis owned at least 10 Hackett LPs (many autographed by Bobby), as well as numerous recordings on tape, including some rare live gigs Hackett must have given him as a gift. They both loved listening to each other--can you blame them?
Michael Steinman was also the first to make this Bob Parent photo public, Louis dropping in at Bobby's gig at Childs Paramount on September 16, 1952. That is LOVE, my friends:
In the late 1950s, Hackett and Armstrong had a few reunions that were captured "for posterity." The first was on the very first "Timex All Star Jazz Show." Hackett was leading a band of All Stars alumni that just finished a storming "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" when Louis strode up to join Jack Teagarden on a reprise of their old routine on "Rockin' Chair." Bobby again resumes his role as ace second trumpet man but my favorite part of the entire video is his beaming face in the background and Louis and Jack do their thing:
That moment led to this warm remembrance Hackett offered to Whitney Balliett after Armstrong passed away: "Pops taught me so much. Once, on one of those Timex television shows, I was supposed to play a solo between his vocal and Jack Teagarden's. It was a slow, slow number, and the first time I tried it, I just stumbled. He leaned over to me and said, 'Play whole notes, Bobby, play whole notes.' And of course, he was right. And the reason I've finally switched from cornet to trumpet is that he was after me to do it for years. He kept saying that if the cornet was all that good, everybody would play it. Right again. He also taught me by his example that the key to music, the key to life, is concentration. When I solo, I listen tot he piano and the other instruments, and I try to play against what they're doing. But the ideal way to play would be to concentrate to such an extent that you could hear was yourself, which is something I have been trying to do all my life, to make my music absolutely pure. You either hit home runs or you strike out in this business. Anything in between, you're second-rate."
The following year, the All Stars appeared at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in a scorching set now commercially available on the aforementioned Mosaic set. As a bonus, Louis held a little Town Hall reunion at the end of his set, inviting Teagarden and Hackett to do four numbers. And when it came time to feature Hackett, Louis had him do "Pennies from Heaven." In the ultimate sign of respect, Louis didn't blow a note, letting Hackett bask in the spotlight for a full-chorus solo up front and another ace obbligato behind Louis's vocal:
In January 1959, Louis and Bobby were reunited again on television for the fourth and final "Timex All Star Jazz Show." Again, illustrating how much respect he had for Bobby, Louis had him join in on the medley of "Old Fashioned Love" (featuring Barbara Dane) and "Ole Miss." Louis plugs Hackett's Miami gig in the introduction, lets him handle the obligato behind Dane and gives him space to blow two dynamite choruses before Gene Krupa solos and Pops shows the way home:
Milt Hinton was present for that occasion and took this photo at rehearsal. From left to right: Billy Kyle, Dane, Bobby, Louis, Jackie Gleason (on drums!) and Louis's friend Slim Thompson. I love this photo so much, a postcard of it resides at my desk at the Armstrong Archives:
In the 1960s, Armstrong and Hackett's paths rarely crossed musically, which is a shame. In 1964, Hackett did record Hello Louis: Bobby Hackett Plays the Music of Louis Armstrong, a top-notch tribute to his hero (and yes, Louis owned this one). Still, they frequently hung out when Louis was in New York. Here's Hackett again to Whitney Balliett:
"Later, I got to know him real well, and he was a saint. He was the softest touch in the world. Whenever I went into his dressing room at Basin Street, or someplace like that, it would be full of broken-down musicians and show-biz types looking for a buck. It finally got so that Joe Glaser, who managed Pops most of his life, but a twenty-dollar lid on each handout. Even so, I think he helped support hundreds of people. It was one of his greatest pleasures. He always made you feel relaxed, made you feel at home. Probably because his philosophy about life was, Man, it's all in fun. In fact, he told me once-that voice way down there in his shoes--'It's a good thing Joe Glaser don't know it, but I'd do all this for nothing.' I'd visit him in Queens whenever we were both in town. Once, he was finished playing at Freedomland, and I met him there when he was finished. We went to his house and he got into his Bermuda shorts. Then we went to some nightclub nearby, and walking in with Pops was like walking in with God. We went to a Mrs. Davenport's house in Astoria after and we ate. She had a Hammond organ, and Pops sat down and played for a good half hour, just ad-libbing and composing little things to himself. I think it was the musical highlight of my life. We went back to his house and we wound up in his bedroom, with him on the bed in his underwear and me sitting in a chair, and we talked about trumpet players. He always said good, nice thing about other horn players, like 'Sweets Edison should take that mute out,' but you had to read him close sometimes, because he'd get names and words all mixed up. Al Hirt always came out 'Milt Hoit,' after the organist Milt Herth, and he always called George Wein 'Ted Weems.'"
The good news of this period is that Louis connected with Jack Bradley of Cape Cod in 1959 and Jack snapped thousands of pictures of Louis in the last 12 years of his life, captured many of Louis and Bobby offstage and on. Every photo from here on out was taken by Jack, who I might add, also served as Hackett's manager when the two moved back to Cape Cod after Louis's passing. Here they are in the 1970s:
Jack was there for an epic evening in Chicago in 1967 when Louis dropped in on Bobby Hackett's gig and found another disciple of his, Jonah Jones, in the audience. Again, look at the love dripping from this photo:
And when Louis, after two years of recovery from illness, made the album Louis Armstrong and His Friends in May 1970, Bobby was there to cheer him on. Here they are at the session, with Louis greeting trumpeter Bobby Branca:
But the real last hurrah of this friendship came at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 10, 1970. Louis believed he had just turned 70, so George Wein dedicated an entire evening in tribute to him. Doctors still didn't allow him to blow his trumpet so just as in the old days, Bobby Hackett was called in to serve as the evening's music director. Again, Jack Bradley was there to capture a few touching photographs from the rehearsal:
During rehearsal, Louis and George Wein got into a little row when Wein suggested Louis walk on unannounced and do "Pennies from Heaven." Louis insisted on his theme song, "When It's Sleepy Time Down South." The whole sequence was filmed and though Louis, with a big assist from Tyree Glenn, eventually convince Wein to open with "Sleepy Time," my favorite moment is Hackett lovingly siding with Louis, telling Wein, "If that's the way he feels!" Click here to watch the segment, starting at the 11:50 mark. Louis won out and Jack Bradley caught this beautiful shot of Pops basking in the applause with Hackett right behind him:
Here's the footage of that moment. Hackett's tone just kills me. And after "Sleepy Time," it's very fitting that once again, they reprise "Pennies from Heaven." Their song.
Earlier that evening, Hackett presided over what was billed as the "Trumpet Player's Tribute," featuring performances and words of praise for Louis from Hackett, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Owens, Wild Bill Davison, Joe Newman and Ray Nance. Hackett's segment is a fitting last clip to share on his centennial as he identifies himself as Louis's "number one admirer" and then plays an appropriate number: "Thanks a Million."
At the end of Hackett's performance, you can hear Louis assess his friend, Bobby. "I've got every one of his records and he's always been my favorite trumpet man as far as tonation and phrasing right now." I should also mention that on a 1968 episode of "Desert Island Discs" (which I'll have more about in my next post), Louis chose Hackett's 1955 recording of "New Orleans" as one of the eight records he would take to a mythical desert island. That's love.
As for Hackett, he took Louis's death pretty hard. When Whitney Balliett visited him shortly after, he found Hackett listening to nothing but Armstrong. Hackett told him, "That's part of a nine-hour tape I put together of Pops' stuff. It has recordings from the twenties to the sixties, and it's all mixed together. I play it all day when I'm here. I can't really feel that bad about his death. I mean, he isn't dead, because we're listening to him right now."
That goes for you, too, Bobby. The cream and the coffee. We'll be listening to them forever.


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When inventory collects dust on your shelves, every month it's parked there, motionless, tying up money you could use to enrich your business. It makes sense, then, to unload old race parts and slow sellers as quickly as possible.
"Sometimes when the new stuff comes out, people don't want the old stuff anymore, so it's really tough," said Mark Tusing from Tiffin, Ohio-based Kear's Speed Shop. "Luckily, there's a large diversity of racers out there—there's usually somebody looking for something that's old or outdated, or both, because of the price."
The company typically advertises its slow sellers on its Facebook page and website—and oftentimes, it comes down to slashing prices to scoot those dust collectors out the door. "If it's been on the shelf for more than a year and there's no movement, we have to put a figure on it that we think is going to move it," said Tusing.
The goal is always to reduce prices enough to encourage sales, but not so much that it puts you in the negative. "Don't make it a habit of taking a loss on your products or your business will not be around," said Ron Zappendorf from Dawsonville, Georgia-based Discovery Parts, which ensures all items are moved off shelves within a year from purchase. "But sometimes, to avoid years of inventory tax on the same item, sell it."
The company provides Internet, retail store, and trackside support access to its products. "Sales are sometimes done without advanced notice at the track before the racers show up to one of my events," said Zappendorf. "Some trackside sales are notified through the particular car club that I support for that weekend. At the retail store inside of Atlanta Motorsports Park, I would have signs made to attract walk-in customers." Email notifications also announce special pricing.
"If the eliminated item has a replacement, then the new item usually costs more," he continued. "If I know that for a fact, then I would share that with my customers. Sometimes a new item doesn't necessarily mean it functions any different. It can be just a different look. Getting a discount on the older model isn't so bad. I would probably take a 2013 911 turbo, with the 2014 coming out, at a discount."
Retailer Beware
When you've been in business long enough, you learn to adjust your buying decisions to avoid products that might sell at a snail's pace. "We really don't have that much old inventory," said Dicky Jackson from Paragould, Arkansas-based Dicky's Racing Parts. "It's pretty rare, really." That's because the team at Dicky's keeps on top of inventory and industry trends. "I make it a point in the sales meeting here that everybody is aware of what's changing and going on, so we work to that end."
Jackson is also in very close contact with manufacturer representatives, speaking with vendors at least once a week. "We try to go over the newest stuff and what's going to be replacing what," he said. "Sometimes they discontinue something just to bring in another phase, so we try to stay up with that at all times."
To keep inventory fresh, Kear's has cut back on the quantities of in-stock items. "We have reduced our inventory on the shelves. We've still got to keep the trucks loaded because you don't want to lose a sale at the races," said Tusing. "We don't have to buy the bigger quantity items; you just wait until you get down to almost the three on the truck before you reorder them, as opposed to waiting until you get down to one or two on the shelf."
He's also very cautious when buying sale items from manufacturers. "Every once in a while, the vendors call you at the end of the year, and they'll say, 'Hey, we've got a good price on this. You want to buy some?' Well, they don't tell you they're coming out with a new, improved product in two weeks. So you think, 'Well, sure. We'll take some of those,' and then find out in next month's magazine, everybody wants the new one and you're sitting on all the stuff that you just bought at a reduced price."
No matter the bargain offered on a product, if it never leaves your store, you'll never turn a profit. "Beware when the manufacturer's offering something as a drastically reduced item," he said. "Start asking, 'Why are you doing this? Do you have a new product coming out?' Sometimes they'll tell you; sometimes they don't. You just try to get a little smarter in your buying. You don't buy them until you actually need them anymore…. We can't afford to stock them on the shelf. It's just the way inventory is nowadays. You can't have 15 items on the shelf, like you used to be able to."
Richmond, Virginia-based Performance Autosport had to dramatically change its business structure after the recession hit several years ago, when it seemed most performance customers turned to Internet shopping in order to save a buck. "Before, we would never take parts that somebody brought us; we always had to supply the parts," said Mark LaMaskin. "Now, we encourage the customer to buy the parts and drop-ship them to us from the bigwigs that are selling them…. At one point, we had anywhere between $50,000 and $70,000 worth of regular parts in stock. We stopped stocking parts because people could go to various Internet retailers, pay within $5 or $10 of what we paid for the stuff as their retail price, and not have to pay any sales tax on the product—and get it shipped for free. So they would come to us, look at the part that we had, hold it, put it in their hand, get all of our advice on how it worked and what would work best with their application, and then order it online and put it on themselves, and we'd never see them again."
Ensuring that inventory never collects dust on the shelves, component sales are rarely part of Performance Autosport's business, except for a couple of niche suspension pieces. "We used to get the customer that came in that had the sticky fingers, that had to get it put on that day," LaMaskin continued. "But we don't have as many of those customers anymore that look at the intercooler or shifter and say, 'I want to get that put on right now. Can you stop what you're doing and put it on?' They're not walking in the door."
Take Backs
In a perfect world, you'd be able to either return unused, discontinued products back to the manufacturer, exchange them for other items, or at least get store credit. In Tusing's experience, however, manufacturers usually don't take returns. "They're in the same boat," he said. "Manufacturers get to a point where they don't have a lot on their shelves anymore because of all the changes that have happened over the years, going from normal stuff to light weight, and now we're going back to where people don't want the lightweight stuff…. Manufacturers will not generally take them back from over 30 days, so we're basically stuck with it."
In general, the team at Discovery doesn't try to return products. "Something we don't usually sell and the customer special orders it, if the manufacturer would take it back, I do want to send those back," said Zappendorf. "Something the manufacturer had to order from Italy or Germany, it's known the manufacturer does not want to take it back. It's about half and half who takes back inventory. In general, the American companies like Bell, G-Force and Simpson do try to work with us if we needed some things returned."
Jackson, on the other hand, recalled an instance when a manufacturer actually approached him to take back pit equipment that was on the showroom floor for a year and just wasn't selling. "They were going back through their records and seeing that I hadn't ordered anything. So, when they called me, I said, 'Look, we're not moving this inventory here for some unknown reason.' And then come to find out, somebody else was making it, but it was a lot cheaper, so it was overriding us. They decided they would take it back and go about manufacturing something competitive with the other place."
Out With Old, In With New
For retailers trying to stay on top of supplies, there are many factors to consider when determining which items will be hot, and which are not. After all, every business is different, catering to its distinct group of racers, so what may be successful for one business may fail for another. For instance, at Discovery Parts, the more entry-level items don't seem to move very quickly, since the company caters to private club members and car club members. "We do stock the [entry-level] items because we are here to serve everyone that wants to go into racing," said Zappendorf. "Instead of the $100 entry-level SFI-1 suits, we cater to someone that would like a more custom fit at a higher price, which usually leads to higher rating of SFI-5."
He also discussed instances when items didn't quite catch the eyes of customers. "I've had times where I asked myself where some of the items even came from," said Zappendorf. "I did have someone eBay some miscellaneous brakes that were sitting on my shelf for a while."
Jackson's team at Dicky's Racing Parts checks inventory about every two to three weeks, and if something isn't selling within six months, a more proactive sales approach must unfold. If a product lingers around for more than a year, it's taken to auction. "It'll sell for whatever it brings," he said. "They have racing auctions around, and flea markets, auction dealers around all over the country. We have several around here within 100 or 150 miles. We're normally invited to all of them in our area. You're going to get rid of it then, because somebody's going to buy it."
In racing, it's often out with the old and in with the new. "I've got a couple magnetos that have been on the shelf for a while that we've got to do something with," said Tusing. "There's not a whole lot you can do; you just try to reduce the cost on it or offer it to some of your better customers."
Tusing takes old inventory to local swap meets or racing flea markets, but there's no guarantee they'll be gobbled up. "It depends on how many you've got," he said. "I figure, if you're sitting on six of them, you'll sell one if you're lucky. But if you have one, then you're more likely to get rid of it. It just depends on how many you get stuck with. Back in the good old days, you had to order quantities to get the best price, so you were buying 20 of everything just to get the best price. That's why you get stuck with so many things, and it's even that way today."
Lastly, retailers that need to better gauge products in order to anticipate slow sellers and fast movers, may simply turn to the computer for previous sales comparisons. "There are so many advanced technologies in mail order programs that all businesses should consider updating if they do not have the latest technologies," said Zappendorf. "A good program will be able to provide that information of what's selling and not."


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FIONA SHAW'S new production of The Rape of Lucretia has received enthusiastic reviews: the Observer calls it "stunning", the Daily Telegraph says it is "superb", and while the Guardian was more critical, its reviewer describes the singers' performances as "terrific". For What'sOnStage "the singers are close to ideal, every one of them".
The production will be on tour until December, and the Observer's Stephen Pritchard urged his readers to "Book now".
Duncan's libretto has been criticised ever since the first Glyndebourne production of 1946, but on this occasion the criticism is muted, though not wholly absent. No doubt this is because the libretto is clearly good enough to carry a brilliant production.
Fiona Shaw has added to the Britten-Duncan original by giving Lucretia a daughter, to widen the distressing consequences of Tarquinius's violence; and she involves the Female Chorus and the Male Chorus more than is usual: here, they have what the Guardian's Tim Ashley calls "consensual sex" shortly after the rape itself: in this production they are conceived as married.
"A tiger has pounced"
The performance of Claudia Huckle as Lucretia is consistently praised: she is "infinitely vulnerable": and "unflinchingly registers Lucretia's agony" (Guardian). In the Observer, Pritchard says that her performance clearly answers – with a resounding denial – the troubling question as to whether Lucretia secretly desires Tarquinius:
Her delicately vulnerable Lucretia (the beautifully dark-toned mezzo Claudia Huckle) [is] horrified and disgusted at her violation.
That is how Shaw's production counters the lines Duncan gives to Lucretia: "In the forest of my dreams / You have always been the tiger".
Rupert Christiansen has a slightly different view of this Lucretia:
The rape is as desperately exciting as its aftermath is desperately sad. […] A tiger has pounced, and the experience has shattered her ability to love.
Yet Christiansen says one very odd thing: he suggests that Shaw has cut some of Duncan's words. Would she not then have cut some of Britten's music? This, in any case, is what he says:
But Shaw isn't interested in symbolic abstractions, and she has strimmed away the thickets of poetic verbiage that clog Ronald Duncan's arch libretto: what she exposes are people in situations all too familiar throughout the Second World War.
Indeed, but cutting Britten's music? Surely not.
The design of the production is an archaeological site, best described by Christiansen:
In Michael Levine's simple but beautiful setting, the stage becomes an archaeological site – a bare square of earth which is being excavated to discover ancient truth, its partially covered lineaments pitted with traps and hard to navigate. (Telegraph)
The usual misconceptions about Ronald Duncan's contribution continue to be repeated. Mark Valencia believes that Duncan was responsible for the Christian theme, when it was Britten who insisted upon it. Valencia writes, unkindly and inaccurately:
Duncan's Christian accretions to this tale are platitudes that possess an illusion of depth because the musical setting is so moving.
And at least one critic believes that the role of Lucretia was "written for" Kathleen Ferrier, when it is well known that the part was written before Ferrier auditioned for it. (See my discussion here) In the Independent Michael Church wrote:
Behind Claudia Huckle's compelling Lucretia one really can sense the distant presence of Kathleen Ferrier, the great contralto for whom this role was written.
Duncan "the guilty party"
Mark Valencia is harsh towards Duncan:
Ronald Duncan's libretto is the guilty party. Like Aschenbach's strawberries in Death in Venice it is musty and over-ripe. Writing for music is craft, not poetry: it should inspire the composer, not do his job for him – a point upon which Britten would later insist when collaborating on a trio of operas with Myfanwy Piper, a compliant grafter who worked to order. (What'sOnStage)
Yet in his recent biography of Britten, Paul Kildea argues persuasively that what Britten required was opposition of the kind he got from Montagu Slater when writing Peter Grimes: "Slater arguing every toss was what Britten needed", and that his working relationship with Duncan was too comfortable.
Not nice
A critic named David Nice is unkindest to Ronald Duncan's libretto; but his review is so different from the others – he emerged into the Glyndebourne garden "unmoved and a little repelled" – that he is less easy to take seriously. Every reviewer except him found Nicholas Collon's conducting to be excellent, for example. And he was alone in disliking Britten's score, writing in an extraordinary passage:
That Ronald Duncan's libretto was much, much worse in its gaucheries and pretensions than I'd remembered (how many excruciating examples do you want?). That the cor anglais passage tracing the raped Lucretia's shame before patient husband Collatinus seemed so phoney, the ending – musically justified at least – so glib. (theartsdesk.com)
Elsewhere he asks if his dislike of the production was "my own temporary blind spot", and one is tempted to reply in the affirmative.
Duncan's libretto is skillfully defended by Alexandra Coghlan, writing in the New Statesman:
Ronald Duncan's libretto for Lucretia is traditionally named as one of the opera's big issues. Wordy, certainly, but also spotlight-specific in its images and musical moulding of language, I've never seen the problem.
It is Coghlan who gives the best account of the opera's last moments, where the Romans in the main story ask "Is this it all?" – implying that death ends everything – and the epilogue, which asserts "It is not all" because it is Christ who turns round Stoned with our doubt and then forgives us all.
Coghlan describes what is evidently the director's closing coup de théâtre, the discovery of Christ on stage:
And what of the opera's afterthought of a Christian metaphor, the Christ-figure unearthed in the closing moments of Shaw's excavation? Unsatisfying.
But Shaw's production is still not wrong. The music and the libretto tell a genuine story:
But this in exactly the way it should be, the way Britten's score and operatic structure require it to be. We close still questioning, still railing against the senselessness of it all, the inadequacy of an explicating morality. Shaw's production sheds light by retaining the opera's darker corners. As solutions go, it's elegant indeed.
There could be no better justification of the achievement of Duncan and Britten.
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Apparently this guy is the co-founder of "RenEvo" with someone else, making Renegade 2. Nice fail at Google sir, nice fail.
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Instead of working on some software projects at home, I have decided that it is time to give my office a serious make over. The first step is already in progress.
When we purchased this house, I staked claim to the formal dining room to become my office, my man cave, my off limits for the wife area. The first step was replacing the pseudo chandelier in the middle room with more manly (and higher; kept hitting my head) lights. I now have 3 directional spots that are on a dimmer switch that allow me to go from barely lit, to bright as the sun if needed.
The second step, was to get rid of the one problem with the room; two entrances. There "was" two doors to the formal dining room. One that was directly from the main front door, and one from the kitchen. I opted to keep the door to the kitchen (easy fridge access) and close up the four foot French door opening. Over the last few (I won't say days/weeks/months) I have ripped out the doors, framed it in, and am in the process of finishing up the drywall to completely close it off.
After this is complete, I will be painting the room a dark blue to darken the rooms atmosphere a bit more (keeping the white ceiling/floor boards, and crown molding for now). Then comes the fun stuff, building the interior of the office.
I have searched literally for months for a desk replacement for my thirty-two inch by six foot cherry "executive" desk to no avail. Everything from Ikea, Herman Miller, and about everything in between. Nothing really seemed to be a good fit for what I wanted, and ALL of them were so shallow. I have used this desk for literally 8 years, and am used to the depth it has. I could easily fit 2 CRT monitors (back in the day), my keyboard, and still keep my elbows on the desk; which is a requirement, I like my arms up to the elbows, up on the desk. So, in the spirit of DIY, I am going to roll my own.
There is one catch to this, it has to be epic.
I am a musician, I spend a lot of time gaming, I am an audiophile, and I like to watch movies and Hulu on the computer. This new ultimate desk has to support this, and my office also has to be atmospheric for it at well.
The first brainstorming was to just take my desk, turn it around, add some shelves and some book cases and be done with it, but that only meets one of my needs, and that isn't very epic. Eventually I settled on a cross between a pseudo studio, a guitar rack based system, and a "control room" look & feel.
Right now on my desk I have about 20 different peripherals, from gaming to phones, to iStuff, 3d glasses and IR blaster, USB hubs, studio speakers, cable box, surround sound speakers, headphones, and a headset for gaming. Not to mention my keyboard/mouse. I then figured out that 90% of this can be custom rack mounted, and that they could go into my "control center" quiet nicely.
So the idea is that I will buy a bunch of project boxes, mangle the crap out of a lot of peripherals to put them in the boxes, and rack mount them in an easy to reach location, while mixing in my "real" rack mounted equipment (guitar effects, EQ, bass effects, etc…) for quick access. Then stick my monitors and speakers inside of the racks, make a keyboard/mouse storage compartment, mount a touch screen below the main monitor, and end up with the most epic desk/desktop that sits in the corner of the room, where the old door pretty much was. And to top it all off, I don't want the run of the mill forty-five degree corner desk, I am going to build a nineteen degree desk and build it out to forty five on the extensions, giving me a spot to run studio monitor speakers on stands behind the "control rack". Then the right side of my desk will be capped out with a book case / file cabinet, and the right side will house my guitar cabinets (stored inside a book case). Above the guitar cabinets I plan on mounting all of my guitars with a switch for lighting each one (wall mounted LED). The remainder of the wall will be book case/storage for "stuff".
The real kicker is that above my control center, I want to mount a forty inch LCD (not yet purchased) that points down at a ten degree angle. This way I can watch it while playing games or surfing the web – or jump back to the sofa (not yet found) on the other side of the room and just kick back. Next to the sofa? A bookshelf with all my nerd books (programming books), a place for me to charge up my iPad, and a reading light mounted off the wall.
Well, that's the goal, lots of work building everything out over the next few months; tons of things to buy (already started getting some things – more later); and tons of drawing/modeling to do to mock up the things to build.
My goal is to finish this by the end of the year, and kick back and enjoy the ultimate desk, control center, entertainment center, recording studio, sanctuary, and man cave I can imagine that is perfect for "me".
Here is the first box out of the desk, I plan on adding a lot more detail to it, getting some of the shapes figured out, and starting to do some placement for the peripherals in the rack kits.
Stay tuned for some progress pictures of me tearing the door out and filling it in. I want to post them all at the same time.
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Online PR News – 05-August-2014 – London – GFM Review Press Release for Bank Dhofar Winner of Best Domestic Commercial Bank Oman, Most Progressive Bank Oman and Best Islamic Window Oman for 2013
Global Financial Market Review (GFM) is a dedicated online news portal that focuses on the industries and news that are involved in the financial markets. As part of its coverage of this huge and multi-disciplined industry GFM has developed a series of Awards. The Awards have been developed to reward companies and institutions who have achieved notable success in their respective fields. The Awards have become a standard for reliability, performance and security within the financial community.
In a challenging market the GFM Awards recognize the progress, achievements and leadership of companies and institutions around the world that are engaged in the financial market either directly or supporting it. GFM aims to promote award winners through the GFM website while also using its media partners to ensure that various other news agencies take up the announcements.
Articles on the GFM site are read by in excess of 40,000,000 people per year. GFM benefits from not only producing its on editorial but aggregating focused news from a number of global news providers. As a truly global financial news portal GFM aims to ensure that the panel headed by the Publisher with input from the research team choose winners that best reflect over achievement in the nominated category.
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The judging panel are proud to award the following institution:
Bank Dhofar with Best Domestic Commercial Bank Oman, Most Progressive Bank and Best Islamic Window Oman for 2013.
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First off, everyone calm down about the Rick Rypien, grabbing a fan thing. He'll get suspended (I say eight games, because this thing got on CNN, so the pooh-bahs in the NHL front office will appease the PC gods with a tough sentence), commentators who never otherwise watch hockey will do their tsk-tsking and then go right back to bloviating about somesuch other nonsense floating down the transom.
He shouldn't have done it – repeat, shouldn't have done it -and he'll pay a penalty, but it's not a cause to install 40-foot fence around the player entrance or convene a panel at some think tank to explore the sociological impact on society. A guy grabbed a clapping fan in the opposing jersey for a couple seconds and gave him a shove. It's hockey, it's an emotional game, let's move on. But wait…just watched the Vancouver feed of the incident embedded in this blog, and the Canucks announcers were flat out wrong saying that Wild fan "reached over" the railing to taunt Rypien, and that he's "got to go." The guy was just clapping for his team and he got attacked. OK, let's make it 10 games now, after seeing that homer account of things.


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Maribel necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 363 diseños de 131 diseñadores freelance.
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My husband and I run a small real estate investment business. We buy residential and commercial properties at the foreclosure auctions in Chicago, IL. We then sell them as-is, or we rehab them and flip them. We also keep properties long-term, rent them, and manage them ourselves.
People who are looking to buy a home for themselves or investors that are looking to invest in real estate. We also target people that are looking to rent apartments.
We're looking for a clean, simple, sleek, and unique logo. We don't want any of the typical or standard real estate symbols, such as homes or buildings. No big cartoon-like graphics (clip art). The logo will be used on our website, letterhead, and business cards.
The company name is: Corona Investments. We'd like to describe what kind of company we are by adding the words "real estate investments" as part of the logo (no necessarily in small caps).
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Here are sample logos that we definitely don't like:
Colors: We'd like to incorporate the color green (as in "money" green) somehow in the design of the logo. We don't want anything bright or colorful. The colors green, black, and grey come to mind, but we're open to something else.
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Please see attached files for the font I like. It doesn't have to be this exact font, but it should be similar (elegant and classic). By the way, the key going through the letter "O" in the image is pretty nice and creative.
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Twelve Pastry Chefs Whip It Up Along With Host Gail Simmons, Judges Johnny Iuzzini, Hubert Keller and Dannielle Kyrillos
NEW YORK - July 30, 2010 - You may get a sugar high from Bravo's sweetest new series, "Top Chef Just Desserts" - a spin-off of the 2010 Primetime Emmy-nominated and James Beard Award-winning "Top Chef," premiering Wednesday, September 15 at 11 p.m. ET/PT, and moving into its regular timeslot of 10 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22. These chefs can have their cake and make it too as the main focus of this competition is the Achilles heel of most chefs: desserts. This time the pastry chefs will see if they have what it takes to out flamb�, out frost and out fudge the competition. Gail Simmons, a series judge on "Top Chef" for the past seven seasons, takes on the hosting duties of this highly competitive series showcasing the best of the best in the world of pastry arts. Joining the judges' panel as head judge is Johnny Iuzzini, one of the country's most celebrated and innovative pastry chefs and Executive Pastry Chef at Restaurant Jean Georges. Hubert Keller, critically acclaimed chef as well as guest judge on "Top Chef" and finalist on "Top Chef Masters," and Dannielle Kyrillos, entertaining expert and DailyCandy Editor-at-Large will also serve as regular judges for the series.
Filled with delicious twists, turns and drama unlike anything that "Top Chef" has seen, "Top Chef Just Desserts" features highly celebrated chefs in the pastry world ranging from "Mr. Chocolate" himself, Jacques Torres; the "Leonardo Da Vinci of cakes," Sylvia Weinstock to Wolfgang Puck's famed Spago pastry chef, Sherry Yard and Eric Ripert's Le Bernardin pastry chef Michael Laiskonis, among others. The challenges featured will be some of the most creative and inventive yet: from timed wedding cakes and flaming desserts to chocolate show pieces and edible fashion. The series offers a fascinating window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of pastry chefs at the highest level. Each episode holds two challenges for the pastry chefs: the first, a quickfire test of their basic abilities and the elimination challenge designed to test the versatility and inventiveness of the pastry chefs. These chefs will prove that a little sugar and spice never tasted so nice.
"Being a successful dessert chef is exacting and complicated," said Andy Cohen, SVP, Original Programming & Development, Bravo. "The results are stupendous and mouthwatering, but the process is intense - kind of like the show itself."
"Everyone expects the world of desserts to be as beautiful, fluffy and sweet as the food," said Jane Lipsitz, Executive Producer, Magical Elves. "But what we got was one of the most competitive and dramatic seasons of 'Top Chef' ever."
Added Dan Cutforth, Executive Producer, "pastry chefs need three things to work comfortably - their recipes, time and complete control. It's fascinating to see what happens when they don't have any of them."
The 12 "Top Chef Just Desserts" chef'testants will be whittled down week by week as they compete to outbake their competition. The winning chef will receive $100,000 furnished by Godiva Chocolatier, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival and a 2011 German Engineered Sport Injected Buick Regal.
To meet the cast of "Top Chef Just Desserts," visit www.BravoTV.com. Photography and bios are available at www.nbcumv.com.
Following are the 12 new "Top Chef Just Desserts" chef'testants:
- Danielle Keene, 29 - Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.; Resides in South Pasadena, Calif.
- Eric Wolitzky, 38 - Hometown: Rochester, N.Y.; Resides in New York, N.Y.
- Erika Davis, 40 - Hometown: Tamms, Ill.; Resides in Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
- Heather Chittum, 37 - Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.; Resides in Washington, D.C.
- Heather Hurlbert, 40 - Hometown: Seoul, South Korea; Resides in Atlanta, Ga.
- Malika Ameen, 35 - Hometown/Resides in: Chicago, Ill.
- Morgan Wilson, 37 - Hometown: Sonora, Calif.; Resides in Dallas, Texas
- Seth Caro, 34 - Hometown: Chappaqua, N.Y.; Resides in New York, N.Y.
- Tania Peterson, 39 - Hometown: Cambridge, Mass; Resides in Boston, Mass.
- Tim Nugent, 41 - Hometown: Alburgh, Vt.; Resides in Oakland, Calif.
- Yigit Pura, 29 - Hometown: Ankara, Turkey; Resides in San Francisco, Calif.
- Zac Young, 27 - Hometown: Portland, Maine, Resides in New York, N.Y.
Www.BravoTV.com is prepped to go beyond just desserts! In addition to exclusive behind-the-scenes video, we'll deliver the inside story from the judges in their weekly blogs, and answer the question "What were they thinking?!" with exclusive extended footage from the Judges' Table. Top Chef fans can then play judge by rating each week's dishes in the "Rate the Plate" photo gallery. Or, viewers can try on the apron themselves by making each week's winning dish in their own kitchen with the guidance of this season's "Top Recipe" video host, Top Chef Masters Season 1 standout Elizabeth Falkner. If fans need even more help with their dessert skills, they can watch easy-to-follow video tips hosted by the show's judges. And while the chef'testants battle it out, viewers can also compete with games that test memory, dexterity, and other foodie skills. For a sneak peek at "Top Chef Just Desserts," go to: http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef-just-desserts/videos/drama-never-tasted-so-sweet.
Chef fans can also visit m.bravotv.com from their web-enabled phone for on-the-go access to content including blogs, photo galleries, photo diaries and videos. Fans who text CHEF to 27286 can join the Top Chef Just Desserts mobile fan club and receive behind-the-scenes dish and exclusive interactive content from the chef'testants, hosts and judges.
"Top Chef: Just Desserts" is produced by the Emmy-nominated Magical Elves. Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz serve as executive producers.
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Gov. Scott Announces 2013 Class of Great Floridians
~ Honorees include 23 entrepreneurs, doctors, military heroes, humanitarians, artists, athletes and more ~
Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the 2013 class of Great Floridians, a prestigious group of men and women who have made significant contributions to the progress and prosperity of Florida. The 23 honorees from the 2013 class include entrepreneurs, doctors, military heroes, humanitarians, artists, Florida Supreme Court Justices, athletes and more.
Governor Scott said, "It is an honor to present the 2013 class of Great Floridians with this prestigious award. Throughout their lives each of them has proven to be a true humanitarian and a compassionate leader in their respective communities. I look forward to seeing how each of them continues to shape Florida's future generations and help Florida families."
"I am very proud to recognize these 23 truly Great Floridians whose talents and generosity have helped make Florida a better place to live and be successful," said Secretary Detzner. "This year's honorees represent the largest class of Great Floridians, and I look forward to seeing how their collective contributions continue to positively influence future generations."
Only 89 individuals since 1981 have been named Great Floridians. Under Florida Statute 267.0731, an ad hoc committee, comprised of representatives of the Governor, each member of the Florida Cabinet, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Florida Secretary of State, meets to nominate citizens for designation as a Great Floridian. Following the nomination process, the Secretary of State selects no fewer than two nominees to be officially named a Great Floridian.
The 2013 class of Great Floridians includes:
Justice Alto Lee Adams
Florida Supreme Court Justice (1940-1951 and 1967-1968) Alto Lee Adams, Sr. served as Chief Justice from 1949 to 1951. With his son, Alto "Bud" Adams, Jr., he founded the Adams Ranch in 1937. Today the Adams Ranch is one of America's premier cattle breeding and herding operations, and is world renowned for its stewardship of the land, wildlife and water resources.
Derrick Brooks
Pensacola native Derrick Brooks played for the Florida State Seminoles football team before going on to play 14 years for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he helped the team win a Super Bowl. Considered one of the best linebackers in NFL history, Brooks is now dedicated to his charity work and education advocacy.
Charles H. Bronson
Charles H. Bronson is a fifth-generation Florida cattle rancher who served as Florida's 10th Agriculture Commissioner, from 2001 to 2010. Under his leadership the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services implemented innovative programs to promote Florida agricultural products, protect the state's natural resources and safeguard Florida agriculture against pests and diseases.
Dr. James Robert Cade
In 1965, Dr. James Robert Cade led a team of researchers at the University of Florida who developed a drink containing salts and sugars that could be absorbed more quickly by athletes, creating the basis for Gatorade. Among Cade's many inventions are the first shock-dissipating football helmet and a method for treating autism and schizophrenia through diet modification. The Cade Museum for Creativity + Invention in Gainesville is named after him.
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney
With his brother Roy, Walter Elias "Walt" Disney co-founded Walt Disney Productions, one of the world's best-known motion-picture production companies. The success in 1955 of their Disneyland theme park in California inspired Walt to lay plans for development of the even larger Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando opened on October 1, 1971, forever changing the state.
Tony Dungy
One of the most respected and popular coaches in the National Football League, Tony Dungy is a former professional football player and retired coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts. During his seven years leading the Colts, he became the first African American coach to win a Super Bowl.
Justice Richard W. Ervin
Elected as Florida's Attorney General in 1948, Richard W. Ervin remained in that office until his appointment to the Florida Supreme Court in 1964, where he served as Chief Justice from 1969 to 1971 and sat until 1975. Among his many achievements, he helped create the Florida Highway Patrol, and is most recognized for the role he played in implementing Florida's desegregation process during the 1960s, ensuring Florida's leadership in the so-called New South.
Dr. Pedro Jose Greer, Jr.
Physician and Chair of the Department of Humanities, Health and Society at the Florida International University School of Medicine Dr. Pedro José Greer, Jr. is founder of the Camillus Health Concern, which delivers health services to thousands of homeless people and the St. John Bosco Clinic, which serves disadvantaged people in Little Havana.
Bill Gunter
William Dawson "Bill" Gunter, Jr. served as a member of the Florida State Senate from 1966 to 1972, where he supported Florida's "Government in the Sunshine" law, stronger laws for land and water management and advocated solar energy research and development. He was elected to serve in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1975, and from 1976 to 1988 he served as Florida's insurance commissioner, treasurer and fire marshal.
Wayne Huizenga
Successful businessman and entrepreneur Wayne Huizenga is the founder of three Fortune 500 corporations. With a single garbage truck in Fort Lauderdale in 1968, he began Waste Management, Inc., followed by the development of two more of the country's most successful companies, Blockbuster Video and AutoNation. As the initial owner of the Florida Marlins and Florida Panthers, Huizenga is notable for introducing both baseball and hockey to the South Florida area.
Juan Ponce de León
Written records about life in Florida began with the arrival of the Spanish explorer and adventurer Juan Ponce de León. After being granted royal permission to explore lands to the northwest of Puerto Rico, Ponce de León waded ashore on the east coast of Florida on or around April 2, 1513. He called the land La Florida, in honor of the lush plant life and in honor of Pascua Florida, the Eastertime Spanish Feast of Flowers taking place at the time of his arrival.
Charlotte Maguire, MD
Recognized today as the "Mother of the FSU Medical School," Dr. Charlotte Maguire grew up in Orlando and earned her medical degree in 1944 from the University of Arkansas, where she was the only woman in her class. During her groundbreaking career, she also served as a delegate to the 1957 World Health Conference in London in 1957, and as one of the highest ranking women in the federal government under the Nixon Administration.
General Craig McKinley
Jacksonville native, and recently retired four-star general, General Craig McKinley was the first Chief of the National Guard Bureau to hold a position on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he was a military adviser to the President, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council and was the Department of Defense's official channel of communication to the Governors and to State Adjutants General on all matters pertaining to the National Guard. McKinley is now president of the Air Force Association.
Lilly Pulitzer
Lillian Pulitzer Rousseau was the founder of Lilly Pulitzer, Inc., a company producing clothing and other wares featuring bright, colorful, floral prints. Her signature design was inspired by attempts to cover juice stains after handling produce from her family's citrus grove. The popular brand, established in the late 1950s and manufactured in Miami and Key West, was revived in the late 1990s and continues to enjoy success and popularity today.
General Norman Schwarzkopf
Four-star general and commander of the U.S. Central Command, General Norman Schwarzkopf graduated from West Point and fought in the Vietnam War. He became a four-star general and commander of the U.S. Central Command, commanding forces in Grenada and the Persian Gulf War. Gen. Schwarzkopf helped found Camp Boggy Creek in Eustis, a camp for seriously ill kids and their families.
Betty Sembler
One of ten founding members of Straight, Inc. a nonprofit drug treatment program, Betty S. Sembler has dedicated the past three decades to fighting the war on drugs. As the founder and president of Save Our Society From Drugs (S.O.S.) and the Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. she has participated in the White House Conference for a Drug Free America, served as a member of the Governor's Drug Policy Task Force in Florida and as a board member of DARE Florida (Drug Abuse Resistance Education).
Don Shula
As coach of the Miami Dolphins from 1970 to 1995, Don Shula led his team to two Super Bowl victories and to the National Football League's only perfect season. He holds the NFL record for most career wins with 347.
Emmitt Smith
Considered one of the greatest running backs in NFL history, Emmitt Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American. A first-round pick in the 1990 NFL Draft, he played professionally as a running back in the NFL for 15 seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith is the only running back to ever win a Super Bowl championship, the NFL Most Valuable Player award, the NFL rushing crown and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award all in the same season (1993). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
Patrick D. Smith
A Mississippi-born author who moved to Florida in 1966, Patrick D. Smith has written four novels set in Florida. Smith was inducted into the 1999 Florida Artists Hall of Fame and has been nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize, in 1973 for Forever Island; in 1978 for Angel City; and in 1984 for his best known and most beloved work, A Land Remembered.
Steve Spurrier
As a player for the University of Florida, Steve Spurrier won the Heisman Trophy in 1966. As a coach, he led the University of Florida Gators football team to six Southeastern Conference championships and a consensus national championship in 1996.
Tim Tebow
As a high school senior quarterback in Ponte Vedre, Tim Tebow was ranked among the top quarterback prospects in the nation. At the University of Florida, he helped the Florida Gators win the national championship during the 2006 college football season. During the 2007 season, he became the first college sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. In 2008, he led the Florida Gators to their second national championship in three years, and was named the offensive MVP of the national championship game.
Gerry Lester "Bubba" Watson, Jr.
Gerry Lester "Bubba" Watson, Jr., born and raised in Bagdad, Florida (near Pensacola), is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. Watson won the 2012 Masters Tournament after defeating Louis Oosthuizen on the second sudden death playoff hole. The win elevated Watson to a career-high fourth place in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Ruth Springer Wedgworth
Ruth Springer Wedgworth came to Palm Beach County in 1930 as the wife of an agricultural scientist. She built a small family farm into one of the state's most prominent agribusinesses. Known as an innovator, she was a key organizer of the Florida Celery Exchange, and has been named Woman of the Year in Agriculture by Progressive Farmer Magazine, received a Distinguished Service Award from the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association and was named Woman of the Year in Florida Agriculture.
For information about previous Great Floridians, please visit http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/floridian/.


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I was in Army ROTC when I started college. One of the things that I remember very clearly was the definition of leadership we were taught at a class:
"Leadership is accomplishing the mission, and keeping the group together in the process."I'm sure that there are many other definitions, but I would like to offer this one for discussion by Karate instructors.
It is not enough that we are skilled at Karate and skilled at teaching Karate. We must also consider the dynamics of the group. If we yell at or belittle our students, how will that help to keep the group together? If our mission is to teach, leadership requires that we also consider the group.
You could apply this to anything. In a game of tennis, you might feel good if you win. But if you act badly and belittle or argue your opponent, what chance is there that the two of you will want to play again? You might have won the game, but lost the group.
In some dojo, the Sensei is like a god -- what he says goes, period. This is not leadership at all. As soon as the Sensei dies or resigns, the group will probably fall apart, or a new dictator will emerge, purge the seniors, and act like a new god.
We have to accomplish the mission (however that may be defined), and keep the group together in the process.
The Sensei should be the example for his students. He should inspire his students more than he commands them. For me, I hate to be told what to do, and will resent it even if I comply. But when I am inspired, I will try my very best to move mountains.
Charles C. Goodin