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"Zach Despart"
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| 2016-08-31T14:47:02 | null | 2016-08-31T08:00:00 | Houston will build more new apartments this year than any other metro area in the United States, a real estate research firm projects — but will the... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fnews%2Fwill-houstons-building-boom-ease-pressure-on-rents-8718261.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8718273/shutterstock_403557718.jpg | en | null | Will Houston's Building Boom Ease Pressure on Rents? | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | shutterstock.com
Houston will build more new apartments this year than any other metro area in the United States, a real estate research firm projects — but will the new stock ease pressure on rents?
Rent Cafe estimates about 26,000 new units from 95 projects will come online this year, outpacing larger metro areas like New York City and Los Angeles. Most of that growth will come from within city limits, with a staggering 16,000 new units, but outlying cities like Katy and Tomball are each expected to see more than 1,000 new units open this year.
But whether new housing stock and a subsequent increase in the Houston area's vacancy rate will make rents cheaper depends on a number of factors, said Bruce McClenny, president of Houston real estate research firm Apartment Data Services.
For one thing, McLenny said many of the units coming online are higher-priced than existing apartments. That explains why average rent has increased over the past year, to $984, even has the vacancy rate has tumbled several points. Overall, McLenny said rents for all property classes rose 1.4 percent in the past year — which compared to steep rent hikes between 2011 and 2015 was a welcome respite for renters. But this decrease was not spread evenly across all apartment classes.
A glut of expensive Class A units (more than $1,398 per month) may cause rents for those types of properties to sink — but that will have little effect on average Houstonians living in older, less desirable class C and D apartments (at the bottom of the price scale). Rents for Class B apartments (about $819 per month), which compose more than half of the area's rental housing stock, have flatlined, McLenny said. Areas with lots of new construction — McLenny demarcated the area as from 610 around the Galleria west to Katy and north to The Woodlands — put pressure on existing apartment complexes to lower rents. Buildings in neighborhoods with fewer new projects have less incentive to alter what they charge tenants.
But all factors considered, McLenny said this is a renter's market.
"Now we've had a downturn in the economy, more supply, not as many people looking," McLenny said. "Landlords are decreasing rent by adding specials, like adding two months free.... I'm assuming the word is out there are deals to be had out there." | http://www.houstonpress.com/news/will-houstons-building-boom-ease-pressure-on-rents-8718261 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/8b56b5ba13c8e59645704dd19d6751d9c1d172f400a4bb74860ce46399aabc00.json |
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"Bob Ruggiero"
]
| 2016-08-31T10:46:53 | null | 2016-08-31T04:00:00 | Review of a new box set that collects first six records of Ronnie James Dio's solo career | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fmusic%2Fnew-dio-box-set-makes-fans-stand-up-and-shout-8704766.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8704767/ronnie_james_dio_courtesy_of_mark_weissguy_weiss.jpg | en | null | New Dio Box Set Makes Fans Stand Up and Shout | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | EXPAND Look into his mystical eyes...you cannot resist, foolish mortal! Photo by Mark Weiss/Courtesy of Rhino Records
By 1983, Ronnie James Dio had served terms (albeit brief) as front man for two of the biggest hard rock and metal acts of the era: Rainbow and Black Sabbath. Perhaps tired of sharing a band vision with strong-willed guitarists (we’re talking to you, Ritchie Blackmore and Tony Iommi), he embarked on a solo career, starting a group he naming after himself. His first six releases under that moniker are collected in the new box set A Decade of Dio: 1983-1993 (Rhino). And while, technically, the release dates span just a bit longer ("11 Years of Dio" just doesn't have the same ring to it), the prime of his solo career is worth a second look. And longtime Dio artist Marc Sasso even created a new work featuring band mascot Murray/Muralsee for the cover!
Longtime Dio artist Marc Sasso incorporated band mascot "Murray" into the new artwork, along with nods to previous covers. Rhino Records
HOLY DIVER (1983)
Dio’s first solo effort brings together the lineup of ex-Sabbath bandmate Vinny Appice (drums), Jimmy Bain (bass/keyboards), and Vivian Campbell (guitar). Opener “Stand Up and Shout” makes a firm, screaming statement of the band’s arrival and became an anthem. The album also features canon fodder like the title track, “Straight Through the Heart” and “Rainbow In the Dark.” The last tune’s memorable stinging keyboards, and a video that was in constant early MTV rotation, made it Dio’s most recognizable tune. “Caught In the Middle” is a lost gem, while “Invisible” is borderline balladry pablum. Dio is not yet into their heavy sword-and-sorcery lyrical phase, but introduces the lyrical theme of asking listeners to look at themselves and their actions.
THE LAST IN LINE (1984)
For me, this is Dio’s masterpiece. The songs have a heft Holy Diver sometimes lacked, and gave us two of the group’s most expansive epic songs, on a favorite theme of the oppressed (the title track and “Egypt [The Chains are On].” It also features some of Campbell’s best solos; Appice’s drums are thunderous, without the sometimes tinny sound heard on Holy Diver. It’s also boasts a couple of underrated deeper tracks — “I Speed at Night” and “Evil Eyes” — both perfect for atmospheric high-speed drives or roller-coaster soundtracks. It also features the addition of Claude Schnell on keyboards to the lineup. And while Dio frequently chose record opener “We Rock” to actually close his shows, it’s a bit too self-referential and simplistic.
SACRED HEART (1985)
Dio drops his mystical crystal ball on this half-hearted effort. He rarely strays from his favorite themes of the Power of Rock (and rockers…and rock music…and people who rock), Medieval storybook lovers, and wily women. But it all seems tepid. Only “Hungry for Heaven” (with its echoes of the Who’s “Baba O’Riley”) and “Just Another Day” pack any punch. The album is probably best known for contributing “Rock ‘N’ Roll Children” and the title track to the Dio canon, but it’s faint praise.
EXPAND Ronnie Lives! Dio made a surprise appearance as a hologram recently during this year's Dio Disciples appearance at Germany's Wacken Festival. At right is guitarist Craig Goldy. Photo by P.G. Brunelli/Courtesy of Adrenaline PR
DREAM EVIL (1987)
An underrated effort. For while it contained Dio’s most clear stab at a Top 40 hit in the halcyon days of hair metal (“I Could Have Been a Dreamer”), there’s a lot of good stuff here. “Night People,” “Sunset Superman,” and “When a Woman Cries” are forces of sonic nature, while the title track plumbs the nightmarish theme of the record. It also contains Dio’s best epic ballad in “All the Fools Sailed Away,” sung in his softer tone. There are a couple of clunkers, though (“Overlove,” “Faces in the Window”). Throughout, Dio sings with confidence, and the rhythm section of Jimmy Bain and Vinny Appice shine throughout.
LOCK UP THE WOLVES (1990)
By this effort, the entire original Dio backing band had dissipated, and now included 18-year-old guitarist Rowan Robertson and former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright. But overall this is a lackluster effort, the weakest of the box set. The tempos are slowed way down, and the blueprint is generic hard rock; Dio’s lyrics and melodies are short on creativity and inspiration. Only the title track, opener “Wild One,” and “Walk on Water” show some of the fire of yore.
STRANGE HIGHWAYS (1994)
Another completely new band is on board for this one, including ex-Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson, guitarist Tracy G., and the return of drummer Vinny Appice. It’s also the first album since Dio’s short-lived return as the front man for Black Sabbath and their 1992 reunion effort Dehumanizer. It’s a return to better days and the classic Dio sound with the chaotic “Firebrand” and ultra-heavy title track. Things sound reenergized for sure, and there’s a grit and menace to Dio’s voice, as in “Evilution” and “Bring Down the Rain.” And his tune decrying child abuse — “Give Her the Gun” — is deep and powerful. | http://www.houstonpress.com/music/new-dio-box-set-makes-fans-stand-up-and-shout-8704766 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/7b94ef14e82d644aee3f215b896d37ce30548acf76baa0b65e7e90c6fdb75b66.json |
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"Jef Rouner"
]
| 2016-08-31T12:46:53 | null | 2016-08-31T06:00:00 | Horror films from the '80s are notorious for having problematic depictions of marginalized people, but you can still love Sleepaway Camp if you... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Farts%2Fthe-new-sleepaway-camp-and-how-to-love-problematic-things-8712557.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8712558/sleepaway-camp-reboot.jpg | en | null | A New Sleepaway Camp Film Has Been Announced | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Screecap of the ending of Sleepaway Camp
Warning: Spoilers
It was recently announced there would be a new entry in my favorite horror movie franchise of all time, Sleepaway Camp. Originally conceived of as a remake, New Line’s Jeff Katz now says he is making a direct sequel to the original 1983 film set to be set in the present day. Felissa Rose, who first-played killer Angela Baker before handing the role off to Pamela Springsteen for the sequels, will star and co-produce. Rose had previously returned to her most-famous role in 2003’s Return to Sleepaway Camp, an uninspired drudge of a film that ignored the Springsteen entries and is best forgotten.
Now, the entire original Sleepaway Camp trilogy is problematic as heck. The first film is mostly famous for its twist ending where “Angela” is revealed to secretly be her own twin brother, Peter, who was raised as a girl by her disturbed aunt after her brother, father and his gay lover died in a terrible boating accident. The film’s final shot is of a blood-covered, dong-having Angela hissing into the camera. If you only know one thing about this movie, you know this shot, and it’s a prime example of the old Villainous Crossdresser trope.
Unhappy Campers and Teenage Wasteland give Baker gender re-assignment surgery off-screen and it’s never mentioned again. Instead she’s become a chirpy, moralistic Jason Voorhees clone who excels at black humor and brutal murders. Though the transgender aspects are buried, these movies have their own hang-ups. Problems with tokenism of minority characters, horribly racist depictions of said minorities when the tokenism is fixed, celebration of righteous force for minor infractions, female nudity and sexuality as fan service, etc. All pretty typical for the ‘80s.
Yet, here’s the thing, and take it from a critic who spends a lot of time looking at works through a social justice lens, I can both advocate for better representations of marginalized groups in new films and still love Sleepaway Camp. To quote Anita Sarkeesian, “It's both possible, and even necessary, to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects.”
If you want to love something that, if shown to a new audience that might consider it racist or gross, you have to know exactly why you love it, and I know exactly why I like Sleepaway Camp. Number one, it’s catered perfectly to the white, middle class horny teenage boy I was when I discovered the films in a local video store. The Springsteen entries are boobs akimbo, and that was a big selling point to me then.
It’s also cartoonishly violent, but in an ironic and playful way. I’m part of the generation that skipped school on Mortal Monday so we could decapitate people in glorious 16-bit graphics from the comfort of our own homes. Angela Baker was basically the perfect embodiment of slasher aesthetics in her generation.
The infamous outhouse scene from Unhappy Campers
There’s always going to be a nostalgia factor in loving problematic things. To watch the Sleepaway Camp movies is to remember a time when I was discovering my own sexuality by pausing the screen when Jill Terashita took her shirt off, or laughing with my best friend as Angela drowned Valerie Hartman in an outhouse. That’s a feeling that you can’t communicate to a fresh audience, and you have to accept that. The general horror movie audience that watched these films did so with a far-less socially critical eye than people do now, and you can’t ask them to turn that off to make your acceptance of a work more comfortable.
The good news is that if you embrace what’s problematic in a created work as problematic, then you can stop defending it and talk about what’s otherwise great about it. You can wax eloquently about how Angela’s aunt Martha is possibly one of the single greatest creepy parental figures ever to appear in any horror film. Her flashbacks are shot in this weird Lynchian way that is extremely disturbing, and Desiree Gould plays her part as an affable, but completely demented WASP seeking familial perfection. For my money, she’s a way better “evil mom” than Betsy Palmer ever was as Pamela Voorhees, and I’ll fight you over that.
Or you can talk about how despite everything, these are essentially movies about bullying. Peter is coerced into being Angela, Angela is bullied by the campers, Angela punishes bullies and sexual harassers as much as she pulls out the “kill them ‘cause they smoked weed” trope. At the end of the day, all Angela Baker wants is for people to be nice and behave and sing a happy camping song. That’s a way more interesting character motivation than 90 percent of slashers. Freddy kills for vengeance; Angela kills you because you secretly took pictures of naked girls or because you wouldn’t say you’re sorry.
In fact, that’s an interesting direction for a modern sequel. Angela is sort of an archetype for the SJW bogeywoman that seems to pre-occupy a lot of people these days. She’s a puritanical, moralistic transwoman who kills bullies and celebrates happy feelings. She’s the alt-right’s worse nightmare, someone who might drop a beehive on you if she caught you tweeting death threats at women.
The point is, when someone tells you that your favorite film is full of a ton of transphobic, racist and sexist garbage, you don’t actually make that not true by denying it. All you do is make yourself look like a clueless bigot being dragged forward kicking and screaming against your will. It’s far better to do as Warner Bros. did with its racist old cartoons. You put up a disclaimer admitting these cultural depictions were a product of their time, and that while they were wrong then as they are wrong now, erasing them is the same as saying they never existed. And I very badly want Sleepaway Camp, both the old and the new, to exist, but hopefully in a stronger way that reflects the changing times. That’s how you love a problematic franchise; you fix the problem moving forward.
Jef's collection of stories about vampires and drive-through churches, The Rook Circle, is available now. | http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/the-new-sleepaway-camp-and-how-to-love-problematic-things-8712557 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/d1f8446a3289f29cce9150a4c733cabda1b8afd8fb8567e6870abe5257695ab4.json |
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"Margaret Downing"
]
| 2016-08-26T12:58:27 | null | 2016-08-25T08:00:00 | Actor Jeff Miller is taking on directing duties for Sam Shapard's Buried Child in a Catastrophic Theatre production at The MAtch in Houston. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Farts%2Fcatastrophic-theatre-presents-sam-shepards-dark-comedy-of-buried-child-8690821.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8693758/buriedchildsquare.jpg | en | null | Preview: Buried Child, a Catastrophic Theatre Production at The MATCH | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Actor Jeff Miller has known about Sam Shepard's Buried Child for a long time, he says. While in school in a small town, he and fellow students interested in theater knew about it, but couldn't read it. "Our theater teacher wouldn't give us a copy of it because it had a dead baby in it."
But then he moved to high school in Houston and read the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that once again allows Shepard to explore identity, tradition and family ties.
And now the accomplished actor has decided to take this three-act play on as his first directing assignment.
He's at the helm of the upcoming Catastrophic Theatre production of the dark comedy and story of a rural Illinois family unable to get past its own devastating actions and regrets.
The model son is dead. A second son is an emotional cripple, a third a physical one. Dodge, the alcoholic father of this farmhouse family hasn't planted anything in years. And the secretive mother Halie is off and away. And then there's the dead baby. The American Dream lays in tatters around all of them.
Set in the 1970s, the play is also “at a place where time has actually stopped,” Miller says. “Outside the house is taboo land where you have multiple levels of reality, sometimes conflicting.”
A grandson returns to the farm and no one knows him – not his father nor his grandfather. As with other Shepard plays, the theme of identity runs throughout this work, Miller says.
Miller credits his stellar cast — Rutherford Cravens as Dodge, Carolyn Houston Boone as Halie, Greg Dean as Tilden, Kyle Sturdivant as Bradley, Dayne Lathrop as Vince, Candice D'Meza as Shelly, and Charlie Scott as Father Dewis – with a successful negotiation of a landscape both real and surreal.
The original score was composed by local music legend Geoffrey Mueller, winner and nominee of multiple Houston Press music awards throughout the years. The set by Ryan McGettigan Miller says, "is a reflection of the barrenness of the landscape and their lives." Lights are by John Smetak, sound by Shawn St. John, props by Lauren Davis, and costumes by Macy Lyne.
Performances are scheduled for September 9 through October 1 at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at The MATCH, 3400 Main. For information call 713-521-4533 or visit catastrophictheatre.com. Pay what you can. | http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/catastrophic-theatre-presents-sam-shepards-dark-comedy-of-buried-child-8690821 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/c4d8cb78c12ff1dfcce12debf684a34953104c5643fabd47dc6ea8ce74af9738.json |
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"Dianna Wray"
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| 2016-08-31T12:46:47 | null | 2016-08-31T06:00:00 | The San Jacinto River Waste Pits should stay as-is, according to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fnews%2Farmy-engineers-want-the-san-jacinto-river-waste-pits-to-stay-as-is-8715486.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8715487/san_jacinto_river_waste_pit.jpg | en | null | Army Engineers Want the San Jacinto River Waste Pits to Stay As Is | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | The San Jacinto Waste Pits, better if left right where it is? Image from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Despite the leak in the San Jacinto River Waste Pits cap last December, and the tests that found local water wells have been tested for dioxin, a known carcinogen found in the waste pits, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just released a study finding that it may be best to just leave the toxic enchilada nestled on the edge of the San Jacinto River exactly where it is.
The San Jacinto River Waste Pits were created in the 1960s when International Paper's predecessor company, Champion Paper, contracted with McGinnes Industrial Maintenance Corporation to carry industrial waste and paper-mill sludge to a 20-acre dump site on the river bank. Over time, clay impoundments meant to contain the toxic waste eroded, and eventually more than half the site was submerged. By the time the landfill was, you know, filled, the tract of land along the San Jacinto, originally valued at about $50,000 was estimated to be worth roughly $1 and was subsequently abandoned by the company, as we've previously reported.
Decades passed before regulators first stumbled upon the San Jacinto waste pits in 2005 while evaluating the river bottom for sand dredging. A 14-acre section was declared a Superfund Site by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in 2008. The federal regulators found the site contains all kinds of toxic waste, including dioxin, a known carcinogen. The companies responsible for the waste pits put a massive $9 million cap over the hole that contained the toxic sludge in 2011.
Ever since then, there's been a back-and-forth about what to do with the site. Now, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has come out with its final report on the waste pits, conducted by Region 6 of the EPA and the Corps. The 237-page document, released in August, goes over all the details of the waste pits, examining the options — removing the waste or leaving it where it is with the cap in place — and potential fallout from each of those options in detail.
Jackie Young, executive director of the San Jacinto River Coalition, says the waste pits should be removed entirely.
However, McGinnes Industrial Maintenance Corp., one of the companies involved in the waste pits mess, has pointed to the Army Corps of Engineers study as evidence that the pits should be left undisturbed, partially submerged in the river. This might just possibly be because the live-and-let-the-toxic-waste-lie approach would be significantly cheaper than the cost of actually removing the waste pits, according to KUHF.
Over the course of the report the authors go over just about every scenario short of aliens landing alongside the San Jacinto Waste Pits and zapping the stuff away, weighing out how it all could play out.
This meant considering all kinds of potential calamities, like the odds of whether a barge is likely to strike the cap or run aground on top of the waste pits — the study found that a barge is only likely to strike the cap once in every 400 years or so.
The study also considered the question of flooding and storms. They conducted a simulation to show how the cap would fare during Hurricane Ike and the October 1994 flood, using the parameters of these two events to test how the site would do during "very extreme hydrologic events." The study found that under these extreme scenarios the cap didn't hold up so well, with about 80 percent of the 15.7-acre tract going through severe erosion during the simulation.
They recommend thickening the cap because of the potential for severe erosion from a big storm or a major flood because "the armored cap is predicted to have longterm reliability" otherwise. Well, you know, aside from the fact that "the uncertainty associated with estimates of the effects of some of the potential failure mechanisms ... is very high."
Anyway, the removal option didn't hold up as well in the Corps study.
While the odds of any leakage from the site are minuscule if the site is simply capped and not dug into, the chance of leakage if it's moved is much more likely, according to the study. Short-term releases will be virtually non-existent while between 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent of the "contaminant mass" will likely be released by removal operations, the study finds.
According to the Corps study conclusions, the cap will only have issues if the cap erodes or if it gets hit by a barge. Meanwhile, the dredging option will never get all of the crud out of the waste pits or guarantee that there won't be residual leakage from whatever is left behind once the rest of the waste pits are unearthed and hauled away, according to the study.
Thus, the Army Corps of Engineers essentially picks a side on this and it's all about keeping the cap in place.
This isn't what residents living near the San Jacinto Waste Pits want, as Young has stated time and again, but removal will cost millions, according to Young, while keeping the cap in shape and leaving it where it is will cost quite a bit less. And now there's a very detailed study that has given those in favor of keeping the waste pits right where they are a whole stack of environmental reasons that have nothing to do with cost.
The EPA is expected to release its proposed solution for dealing with the waste pits in the coming weeks. It certainly will be interesting to see whether the agency goes for the cap or for no cap. | http://www.houstonpress.com/news/army-engineers-want-the-san-jacinto-river-waste-pits-to-stay-as-is-8715486 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/3751fb2573638e7bd5af39b10ab161cd6148f2cd9449a75b89f001f17d4cc5dc.json |
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"Susie Tommaney"
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| 2016-08-26T14:45:51 | null | 2016-08-26T08:00:00 | While preservationists couldn't save the Witch's House at 2201 Fannin, antique dealer Cary Pasternak saved the turret, and his dream for it to become a... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Farts%2Fhoustons-witchs-hat-finds-a-new-home-8704761.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8704799/allen_paul_house.png | en | null | Houston's Witch's Hat Finds a New Home | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | EXPAND The Allen Paul house once stood at 2201 Fannin in Houston and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Courtesy of the Texas Historical Commission
Longtime Houstonians will remember the famous Witch's Hat house, the hard-to-forget Victorian-era home with a pointed roof turret that stood at 2201 Fannin for close to a century.
Constructed around 1901 (though some reports date it to 1883) and designed by architect George Dickey, the house was also known as the Allen Paul house and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In earlier years, the Queen Anne-style home housed the Hallie Pritchard School of Dancing. There are other legends about this property, though harder to substantiate in the pre-Google murkiness of Houston lore. Bloggers passionate about architecture and our city's history have posted on houstonarchitecture.com that Pritchard taught rising young stars Ann Miller, Tommy Tune and Chandra Wilson. Another poster on the forum remembers taking piano lessons from Olive Rouse on the top floor, just under the hat, while others believe that it was placed on the market in 1990 for $200,000.
The house was loved for awhile, getting a facelift in the early '80s from Phillip Martin AIA. The sword of Damocles, in the form of a wrecking ball, began to sway over the house when a later owner – Athletic Ventures of Florida, Inc. – needed the land to expand its Club Houston next door.
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There were heroic efforts to save the property, including City Council voting to suspend demolition permits in 1991. Even the owners agreed to donate it to the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance, though the height of the structure rendered that option unrealistic, between the power lines, red tape and city permits.
D-Day for the Witch's House was November 25, 1997, when contractors set about demolishing the structure. Don Quixote was there, however, in the form of local antique shop owner Cary Pasternak who purchased the turret at the 11th hour.
Pasternak, who owned The Emporium across from Lanier Middle School, always had it in his head that the turret would make for a nice gazebo in a park. While the antiquer-turned-preservationist passed away in 2008, his dream has finally been realized. The Old Sixth Ward Redevelopment Authority and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 13 stepped in when The Detering Company notified them that the turret was rotting away in their yard and was headed to the dumpster if unclaimed.
Claude Anello saw the value in the decaying Witch's Hat, and with a lot of help from designers, engineers and restorers, made plans for its reconstruction. Images courtesy of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone
Claude Anello, chair of TIRZ 13 and the redevelopment authority, says the witch's hat was indeed falling apart ("it had kind of melted"), but that you could still see its bones and shape. It would have been easier to create a new turret, but he (and many, many other advocates) stayed true to its history, and lovingly rebuilt the turret for use in a new park in the Old Sixth Ward.
The Witch's Hat has a new home in an Asakura Robinson-designed park at 901 Sawyer, called the Park for Humans and Dogs, that backs up to Glenwood Cemetery and sits adjacent to 2411 Washington. “[It will have] misting stations, doggy waste containers, a device that will spray mist, a dog drinking fountain and obviously the gazebo,” says Anello. The new gazebo is 37 feet tall, has three benches, and is 16.5 feet wide.
The shingles had "kind of melted" after years exposed to the elements, but the turret was lovingly restored and has a new home at The Park for Humans and Dogs, 901 Sawyer. Images courtesy of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone
The luxury apartments at 2411 Washington have agreed to maintain the park in perpetuity, which makes the new park a win-win-win for the community, the city, and the tenants of 2411 Washington. “It's a labor of love,” says Anello. “I live a block away, no dogs but two boys. We kick the soccer ball around.
“It's part of our overall effort to try to make Houston better, one place at a time. We're all Houstonians, all trying to make small pieces of Houston better.”
There's a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. on September 3, at The Park for Humans and Dogs, 901 Sawyer. | http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/houstons-witchs-hat-finds-a-new-home-8704761 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/f7fae504d515e304e918e9e49f7d7a9817c18519a77c9236e6b5b6f5fcb450ac.json |
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"Chris Gray"
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| 2016-08-26T12:55:31 | null | 2016-08-25T15:02:00 | Allow yourself to be immersed in Lovett’s music (or trying to write about it), and suddenly it’s three hours later and time to go. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fmusic%2Flyle-lovett-indoors-can-be-a-true-religious-experience-8704424.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8704868/08242016_lylelovett_hou_jackgorman-7.jpg | en | null | Lyle Lovett Indoors Can Be a True Religious Experience | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Photos by Jack Gorman
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Brian Dunlap and Total Praise
Sarofim Hall, William P. Hobby Center
August 24, 2016
Lyle Lovett has a warm relationship with the Hobby Center. Reminiscing to Wednesday night’s audience, he said he was honored to have taken part in its grand-opening gala in April 2002, and recalled the good spirits of his next time onstage there with fellow songwriters Guy Clark, Joe Ely and John Hiatt; the late Clark, he said, got away with smoking onstage after Lovett convinced the stage crew to consider Clark’s cigarette “a prop.” The 58-year-old singer also used his return to the venue to jab at the Large Band’s previous performance in the area, September 2014 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.
“Thank you for inviting us to play somewhere indoors in Houston in August,” Lovett said.
Lovett’s shows are usually two things: long and funny. Wednesday, the ensemble clocked out after more than two and a half hours and about the typical number of jokes for a Lovett concert. Most of them came at another band member’s expense, but in the insider-ish way family members and longtime comrades talk to each other. (Lovett, in fact, said reassembling the Large Band every year feels like a “family reunion.”) What was a little unusual – but not a lot, because few pop musicians can draw a better bead on religious music than Lovett – was the evening’s heavy spiritual vibe.
Up top: the awesome Brian Dunlap and Total Praise
For one, the set was loaded with gospel music, winding back from a gorgeous version of the 19th-century Methodist hymn “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” (Lovett is Lutheran, but God doesn’t sweat the details) that closed out the encore through several Lovett originals that dig deep into the African-American tradition: “’I’m Going to Wait” and “I’m Going to the Place” to bring the main set to an appropriately uplifting climax; plus “I’m a Soldier (In the Army of the Lord),” his song from the 1997 Robert Duvall film The Apostle, and “Church,” his 1992 classic about a hungry preacher, to bookend the set with a rousing start. Assisting the Large Band on those numbers were Brian Dunlap and Total Praise, a Houston-based choir about whom not enough praises can be sung here. (Please check them out.)
The other reason this show felt weightier sprang from Lovett’s relationship to Clark, who passed away in May at age 74. The audience found their seats as Clark’s 1975 album Old No. 1, a document as essential to the concept of a “Texas singer-songwriter” as the Constitution is to the founding of this country, played over Sarofim Hall’s pristine sound system. Clark’s advocacy helped convince MCA Records to sign the young fellow Texan; Lovett’s eponymous debut album was released 30 years ago this summer. The Clark songs Lovett chose to play Wednesday were the tender “Anyhow, I Love You,” from Clark’s 1976 LP Texas Cookin’, and “Step Inside This House,” a song Clark wrote but never actually recorded; much later it became the title song of Lovett’s 1998 album.
As Lovett explained to the audience, he learned the song from Eric Taylor, a fellow regular at Houston’s Anderson Fair in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, in between Taylor’s colorful stories about Clark and Townes Van Zandt. The narrator of “Step Inside This House” explains the sentimental value attached to his possessions, which anyone who didn’t know him might think were worthless. In the proper hands, songs are like that too. Witness “I’ll Fly Away,” which Lovett said he had been been asked to perform at the funeral of his former principal at Klein High School, Hap Harrington, who also passed in May. Lovett had been dithering about which of his songs would be most appropriate to play, he said, until he learned Harrington had requested the old Albert Brumley hymn – just one more example of the old principal making him learn something.
Now, none of this is to say every single moment of the 150-plus minutes the Large Band was onstage was so shadowed by death. Quite the contrary; one reason the show was as long as it was is because Lovett took the time to give detailed introductions to every one of the Large Band’s 11 members, often provoking laughter from the crowd. The precise interplay of Matt Rollings and guitarist Ray Herndon, with whom Lovett has been playing since 1983, shone especially bright on “North Dakota” and “You Know I Know.” Cellist John Hagen, his musical associate since 1979, made a fine surrogate Randy Newman on “You’ve Got a Friend In Me” and played a mean Game of Thrones theme. Expert fiddler Luke Bulla figured in yet another Guy Clark song, “The Temperance Reel,” mainly because he and Clark co-wrote it.
Francine Reed
Onstage less often, but no less important, was a four-man horn section, half of them members of the legendary Muscle Shoals Horns, and the great Francine Reed on vocals. Besides winning MVP of all the gospel songs, Reed brought a much more earthbound kind of heat to “Here I Am” and her showcase number, “Wild Women Don’t Get the Blues.” She did some mighty fine chicken sounds on “Farmer Brown/Chicken Reel” as well, even if the song came off as maybe just a little too Prairie Home Companion.
There is so much more to said about the show – like Lovett talking about his days as an on-call opening act at Rockefeller’s and Fitzgerald’s, or about Hagen’s many shows at the old Sam Houston Coliseum, where the Hobby now stands – but there simply isn’t time. Allow yourself to be immersed in Lovett’s music (or trying to write about it) and suddenly it’s three hours later and time to go. One more thing is worth mentioning, though: If Lovett has felt the mantle of songwriting legend slip from Clark’s shoulders to his, he hasn’t let on about it. That would be his wont, but the rest of us know otherwise.
SET LIST
I’m a Soldier (In the Army of the Lord)
Church
I Will Rise Up/Ain’t No More Cane
Penguins
Farmer Brown/Chicken Reel
I Know You Know
You’ve Got a Friend In Me
Step Inside This House
Anyhow, I Love You
North Dakota
Temperance Reel
I’ll Fly Away
If I Had a Boat
She’s No Lady
Here I Am
What Do You Do/The Glory of Love
I’m Going to Wait
I’m Going to the Place
ENCORE
That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas)
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior | http://www.houstonpress.com/music/lyle-lovett-indoors-can-be-a-true-religious-experience-8704424 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/9e5de550cc4aff533bc1304bfdb133236e031a30f1151b993ad603ec9fc656ce.json |
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"John Royal"
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| 2016-08-26T14:46:06 | null | 2016-08-26T08:00:00 | Tilman Fertitta is donating 20 milion dollars to UH athletics to go towards the renovation of Hofheinz Pavilion, which will become Fertitta Center.... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fnews%2Fwill-fertitta-center-get-uh-into-the-big-12-8705375.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8705377/hofheinz_plaza.jpg | en | null | Fertitta Center and the Big 12 | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | EXPAND Early proposal for Hofheinz Plaza to be located outside of Fertitta Center. UH Athletics Department
It was meant to be a day of celebration and joy. The University of Houston accepting a gift of $20 million — the largest such donation in school history — to be used for the renovation of Hofheinz Pavilion. But in the end, what probably matters most is the answer to a question on every Cougar's mind: Will it boost the University of Houston's chances of getting into the Big 12?
The answer came towards the end of the press conference when, after getting details about facility costs and when construction would begin, UH President Renu Khatur and Tilman J. Fertitta fielded a question about whether the refurbished Hofheinz Pavilion would help UH’s bid. Khatur was non-committal and said he hoped UH athletes would soon be able to compete against the best at all levels of college competition. But it was Fertitta, chairman of UH’s board of regents, and the benefactor responsible for the $20 million gift, who willingly addressed the topic.
“They have a timeline,” Fertitta said of the Big 12, “and we think in the next 60 to 90 days it’ll all be over, and hopefully the University of Houston will be in the Big 12.”
Fertitta continued that he could not understand any decision that didn’t end with Houston joining the conference, and that he can’t wait for the likes of Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to be playing games against the Cougars on campus.
“I think there is a whole lot of support out there,” he said, “from university presidents to athletic directors, and from the media out there and student bodies and from the alumni of lots of different schools that are in the Big 12.”
The purpose of the press conference, and why everyone was gathered, was not the Big 12, however. It was to discuss Fertitta's donation, and how the UH athletics department will use it for the renovation of Hofheinz Pavilion. While UH has not yet raised all of the money needed for the project, the Fertitta gift is enough for UH to finally begin work on the much-needed massive upgrade to the facility, which should begin after the end of the upcoming basketball season.
Head coach Kelvin Sampson presents Fred Hofheinz and Tilman Fertitta with UH jerseys. John Royal
UH projects the facility will be complete in time for the 2018-19 basketball season, at which time it will no longer be known as Hofheinz Pavilion, but will instead be called Fertitta Center. There was some blowback earlier this year regarding the potential renaming of the facility, with the Hofheinz family going to court in an attempt to keep the Hofheinz name attached to the building. But that’s no longer the issue — the Hofheinz family even came to the press conference. And the name Hofheinz will not disappear from the campus, as a statue of Roy Hofheinz will be placed on a new Hofheinz Plaza, just outside of the Fertitta Center.
“We think it’s real significant,” Fred Hofheinz, the former mayor of Houston and the son of Roy Hofheinz said, “that the name of one great Houston entrepreneur, Roy Hofheinz, is going to be replaced by another great Houston entrepreneur in Tilman Fertitta. And I would say, also, that I think it’s important to Houston that the name on this building continues to be a Houstonian.”
Fertitta, the chairman and CEO of the Landry’s restaurant chain, as well as a reality TV star, was born in Galveston and attended UH before getting into the food business. In his comments yesterday, Fertitta stressed his ties to Houston as the key to his contribution to the university, and thanked the Hofheinz family for their past and continued support. And with the Hofheinz family looking on, Fertitta reminded those too young or too new to Houston just how important Roy Hofheinz was to the city.
“You think about what he accomplished…He changed the city,” Fertitta said about Judge Roy Hofheinz, speaking of how Hofheinz built the Astrodome and lured a major league baseball team to Houston. Laterm Hofheinz built Astroworld, purchased a circus and built hotels and resorts in Houston. “Nobody had ever thought of Houston as a tourist city until Roy Hofheinz came along. So what an honor it is for me today to be able to take this facility, and take it to the next level.”
The Cougars see a new, upgraded basketball arena as one of the last pieces in the puzzle for returning UH hoops to its past glory, joining the recently added pieces of head coach Kelvin Sampson and the Guy V. Lewis Basketball Development Center. Sampson has spoken of the importance of new facilities in the past, and stated he can’t wait for the chance to show recruits a new basketball arena.
“Winning is important,” head basketball coach Kelvin Sampson said. “But winning the right way is more important. With the Guy V. Lewis Development Center, with the Fertitta Center, now we have a chance. Now we can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the giants and expect to compete.”
Whether those are the giants of the Big 12, or some other conference, is still to be determined. But hopefully there’ll be a decision by the end of football season. And no matter the conference, the new Fertitta Center should outshine them all. | http://www.houstonpress.com/news/will-fertitta-center-get-uh-into-the-big-12-8705375 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/86645fcd401015151084ffb8bc4c6105fa995a621c1906b297ff5c63e5f85282.json |
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"April Wolfe"
]
| 2016-08-26T12:59:13 | null | 2016-08-25T21:00:00 | The Intervention is an honest, intimate portrayal of three couples who endure a weekend of emotional maintenance while trying to convince a fourth to... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Ffilm%2Fclea-duvalls-the-intervention-finds-lovers-finding-themselves-8685319.json | http://images1.laweekly.com/imager/u/original/7279371/the-intervention-1-credit-samuel_goldwyn_films.jpg | en | null | Clea DuVall's The Intervention Finds Lovers Finding Themselves | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | EXPAND Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films
Don’t let the uptick in big-cast movies fool you: Ensemble films are difficult to make. When a script gets a projected budget in creative development, “ensemble” adds dollar signs and story challenges. Each actor needs to get a moment in the star circle, and each is competing for top billing (read: money). Critically reviled studio ensembles Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve highlight everything that can go wrong when too many characters compete for screentime. But the indies have found simple ways in recent years to revive the genre, whose most enduring success story is still 1983’s The Big Chill. Clea DuVall’s debut feature, The Intervention, is one of a mighty handful of indies to eschew the star system and place up-and-coming actors often relegated to supporting roles into the shared lead spot. The return on investment of this one is an honest, intimate portrayal of three couples who endure a weekend of emotional maintenance while trying to convince a fourth couple to get a divorce.
Annie (Melanie Lynskey) and Matt (Jason Ritter) are perpetually postponing their wedding and trying to keep Annie on the wagon. Sarah (Natasha Lyonne) and Jessie (DuVall) have yet to discuss moving in together after three years of dating. Jack (Ben Schwartz) and Lola (Alia Shawkat) have a huge age difference between them and are only living for the moment — but it’s pretty obvious that moment might end any day. Somehow, Peter (Vincent Piazza) and Ruby (Cobie Smulders), the only committed couple with children, are the ones who need the marriage intervention. They snap like dogs at each other, but the other three couples are in no position to give out advice. Everyone gets a chance to be annoying or terrible to one another, and the many convos these folks have realistically trace the bizarre turns that little quibbles take before becoming full-blown arguments.
During a tense dinner conversation, for instance, Peter and Ruby jab back and forth until he accuses her of being a Nazi sympathizer. It’s ridiculous, and yet Peter’s impulse to make the accusation kind of makes sense — Ruby’s drunkenly trying to make a point about Hitler’s charisma, which makes her vulnerable, and both are trying desperately to wear down the other’s armor. Writer/director DuVall is an expert in tension and release in these group scenes, with Annie’s drunken non sequiturs cutting through the spat with chatter about TV and her abnormal Pap test. Something about this palatial house in the country brings their anxieties to the surface, and the presence of freewheeling pansexual Lola — who has to be reminded to wear clothes — tips these 30-something couples over the edge.
DuVall’s focus is on her cast (with standard medium shots), as is often the case when actors take their first turn behind the camera. But she’s on point with her character blocking, moving people — and the camera — just enough to give equal screentime to all and a clear sense of the space. Duvall's spare, simple style also extends to her writing, but not always to great effect for a messy relationship story that demands some complexity. The third act's resolutions are a little on-the-nose, and while the emphasis of this film is on dialogue, it’d be nice to just see these characters “being” without talking, as a host of speeches toward the end deflate the tension and evolve this dramedy closer to a predictable rom-com.
Still, it’s rare for films to capture what it’s like for a relationship to come to the brink, and then miraculously adapt to a new way of being, sometimes better than it was before, and other times just different. The Intervention may not redefine the genre, but it’s a solid addition. | http://www.houstonpress.com/film/clea-duvalls-the-intervention-finds-lovers-finding-themselves-8685319 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/9df3cdbdf27c56ad907db36b4a88e16f31e8f7885e3e7cdafeb0d5992cef9ce7.json |
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"Brooke Viggiano"
]
| 2016-08-26T12:57:22 | null | 2016-08-26T07:00:00 | We bring you a list of the best upcoming food and drink events in Houston. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Frestaurants%2Fupcoming-houston-food-events-saint-arnold-and-hopdoddy-unite-8699472.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8699482/poutinerd2_3.jpg | en | null | Upcoming Food & Drink Events in Houston this Summer/Fall 2016 | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | EXPAND Saint Arnold's Divine Reserve No.16 makes an appearance in Hopdoddy's Poutine Burger for one night only. Photo courtesy of Hopdoddy Burger Bar
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary events, including a Sunday football special, afternoon tea and a Mumbai-style food and cocktail experience:
Elyse Blechman of Bad News Bar and Bridget Paliwoda, formerly of Oxheart, will be bringing their cocktail expertise to Bramble, 2231 South Voss, on Sunday, August 28 through Tuesday, August, 30. From 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., they will present their vision of Bar Mumbai in cocktail form with flavors from Mumbai's past and present while chef Randy Rucker provides the noshes. Expect cocktails like the Sweet Neem Swizzle, with gin, lime, ginger, curry leaf and basil; and the Khaori Baoli, made with rum, rice milk, chai and spices. Featured eats include a Duck Sloppy Joe with coffee bbq sauce and ceviche of wild Cobia with sour orange and pickled mustard seeds.
Starting in September, Harold’s Tap Room, 350 West 19th, will offer two Sunday football specials: Peach Barbecue Sauce Ribs served with potato salad and coleslaw for $15 and Lemon Basil and Parmesan Wings (six wings for $6 and 12 wings for $11). The special menu will be available for the entire NFL football season every Sunday.
EXPAND Head to Galveston Island for the seventh annnual BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival. Photo by Brittanie Shey
The seventh annual BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival is happening at The Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa and Convention Center, 7 Hope, on Friday, September 2 through Sunday, September 4. Beer fans can geek out on over 400 craft beers at events including the BrewMasters Friday Night Pub Crawl, Saturday’s BrewHaHa Grand Tasting, and Sunday’s Brew-B-Que, featuring pitmaster Patrick Feges of Feges Barbecue and Southern Goods. Tickets for the various events range in price from $25 to $85 and can be purchased at brewmastersbeerfest.com.
Saturday, September 3 is the 223rd birthday of Anna the Duchess of Bedford, the founder of the afternoon tea ritual. With the in mind, Ouisie’s Table, 3939 San Felipe, will be serving an elegant afternoon tea from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Guests will gather on the sunny, enclosed Lucy’s Porch to enjoy a selection of more than a half dozen teas, plus tea sandwiches including slow-cooked chicken salad, pimento and cheese, and cucumber, dill and cream cheese, smoked salmon canapes, deviled eggs, slices of lemon tart and housemade catheads and biscuits. Cost is $25 per person plus tax and gratuity. For an additional $5 per glass, guests may order port or wine, and for an additional $7 per glass, champagne will be served. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Go to ouisiestable.com or call 713-528-2264.
Royal Oak Bar & Grill, 1318 Westheimer, is closing its doors. But before it does, the bar is throwing a week-long End of an Era goodbye party. From Monday, September 5 through Sunday, September 11, party with all-day drink specials, including $3 Texas beers, $5 Texas liquors, Makers Mark, martinis and Fireball, and $2 off Whiskey classic cocktails, among other great deals.
No Labor Day plans? Don’t worry. We’ve put together a list of Where to Dine in Houston this Labor Day, Monday, September 5. This list includes some special dining deals, like the rosé themed BBQ at Brasserie 19, 1962 West Gray, so be sure to check it out.
On Wednesday, September 7, Hopdoddy Burger Bar, 4444 Westheimer, is partnering with Saint Arnold Brewing Company for a statewide pint night celebration of National Beer Lover’s Day. Both Saint Arnold’s Art Car IPA and Divine Reserve No. 16, will be sold from 6:30 to 10 p.m., or until sold out. To complement the special brews, Hopdoddy will serve a special, one-night-only version of its Poutine Burger featuring a freshly ground beef patty, topped with a farm egg, Tillamook cheddar cheese, Kennebec fries, caramelized onions, tomato, red leaf lettuce, sassy sauce and a special steak sauce made with Saint Arnold’s Divine Reserve No. 16.
The final dinner series of Uchi Houston’s “Road to Oktoberfest” is Thursday, September 8 and features Saint Arnold Brewery. The event will be held at Uchi, 904 Westheimer, with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by a dinner at 7 p.m. Chef de cuisine Lance Gillum will craft a multi-course meal and representatives from the Saint Arnold will be on site to discuss the beer pairings and flavor profiles. The cost is $85 plus tax and gratuity. Reservations can be made via Marisa Whitenton at [email protected]. | http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/upcoming-houston-food-events-saint-arnold-and-hopdoddy-unite-8699472 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/5a88210a009a11d6395648cd78b7b5f756ffe9cccb6db51077cda38cfcd1cd4d.json |
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"Kristy Loye"
]
| 2016-08-29T12:46:37 | null | 2016-08-29T06:00:00 | Concert Review Of Mice & Men, Marilyn Manson and Slipknot at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fmusic%2Fslipknots-power-overrules-marilyn-mansons-erratic-behavior-8713011.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8713271/08262016_slipknot_hou_jackgorman-2.jpg | en | null | Slipknot's Power Overrules Marilyn Manson's Erratic Behavior | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Slipknot: focused in a way that Marilyn Manson sadly was not. Photos by Jack Gorman
Slipknot, Marilyn Manson
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 2016, 2016
Friday’s night show featuring Of Mice & Men, Marilyn Manson and Skipknot at the Woodlands Pavilion was certainly interesting. Between the typical lengthy lines to enter the venue, the downpour of rain that settled over the amphitheater for the entire evening, and the odd antics onstage (both good and bad), at least no one can say that the experience wasn’t entertaining.
Until the construction on I- 45 ends or people stop scheduling concerts around rush hour, the trek to The Woodlands will always be a near-impossible journey and openers will continue to be missed. Like myself, many people didn’t get the opportunity to see Of Mice and Men after clearing the traffic jam just to stand in line at the gate in the soaking rain — sadly, the Pavilion doesn’t allow umbrellas inside, nor do they provide covering at the gate — making the arrival less than pleasurable.
Maybe Marilyn Manson just had an off night.
By the time Marilyn Manson took the stage and most people had finally taken their seats, more than two-thirds of the Pavilion looked full. In an explosion of light and props from previous tours, the band took the stage to an anxious roar from an expectant (if already wet and tired) audience. At which point the show took a bewildering turn.
Displaying visible hairplugs, a bloated paunch and silver-capped grill, onstage Manson became the aging rock-star stereotype: a burned-out exoskeleton mired in a subpar performance. Appearing either half-asleep, inebriated or past the point of giving zero shits, Manson put on the worst show I have literally ever witnessed. Not to sound dramatically extreme, but Manson was so doggedly awful and depressing to watch, none worse immediately sprang to mind.
And, I’m a honest-to-god fan of the man.
Manson's entire set left me bewildered and confused. Oddly, while he seemed a puppet of his former self, his band appeared clear-headed and, to the delight of his fans, played an impeccable set. Yet Manson, while stumbling around onstage and muttering indecipherably into the microphone (at one point, even singing the lyrics “Blah, blah, blah”), left the audience in the kind of uncomfortable awe that one would find at a public flogging, criminal act or train wreck.
Utter confusion took over from applause after several songs where Manson barely sang the lyrics, his voice dropped out, and overall gave a lethargic performance. I couldn’t help recall his last summer’s performance at NRG Arena with Smashing Pumpkins, where Manson's set was so superlative and engaging that when Billy Corgan and crew came on afterward, many audience members left after a few songs because Manson was so much more theatrical and compelling than the nominal headliners.
That was not the case Friday evening.
More cringing came when Manson stepped into the pit with fans and could barely make his way back out. After trying to crawl out unsuccessfully — he was having trouble hoisting himself up — he laid down the microphone, revealing not only a vocal backing track, but that this man was barely in control of his own faculties.
Manson's unwitting target
And not only did it seem like Manson has not only given up on caring about his performance while taking fame for granted, but he has it out for photographers, too. At one point he hit one photographer in the pit with a bag of what looked like blue chalk dust, and then had all of them excused from the area for reasons unknown. Manson continued the confusing behavior, occasionally slurring to the audience, “Hey, Houston.”
It was hard to tell whether Manson was tired from the long tour (Houston had to be rescheduled from June due to Skipknot front man Corey Taylor’s spinal surgery), or was just posturing. Or, he could have just been a man in need of help. Either way, what greatness his band members offered in terms of a rock and roll show was not reciprocated by their front man, who has very obviously lost his way onstage.
Soon, what felt like a would-be episode of Behind the Music With Marilyn Manson: The Downward Spiral gave way to his encore, “The Beautiful People,” whose lyrics took on a new irony sung by man clearly unraveling before the world. Fearing I was the only one who felt this way, my doubts about the performance were confirmed by nearby audience members overheard discussing, “What the fuck what that?”
In the most polarized show imaginable, Slipknot took the stage with a clear and focused aggression that not only made up for the hot mess Manson left behind but rallied the audience to a new level of appreciation. A Slipknot show is unlike other metal shows in that the members understand that a good rock show is theatrical as well as musical.
In their signature horror masks and elevated hydraulic stages with multiple drummers, Slipknot took the audience from a muted and murky confusion to an assault overwhelming the senses. There have not been many times where the audience roar was so loud I've struggled to hear my own voice, but this was one of them, and it occurred multiple times throughout the set. Slipknot played with all the accuracy, care and professionalism of a top-tier metal act that, sadly, Manson did not.
Taylor continually engaged the audience, eye to eye, scream to scream, letting it be known that not only did he love Texas, but he loves Houston even more. At one point he even told the audience, who were already on their feet, “This has been the best show we’ve ever done here.” At his command to “Jump,” the aisles of the Pavilion began to move in a way I’ve never witnessed at the Pavilion.
In a showing of opposites, Slipknot gave their best performance in Houston to date while Manson gave his worst. Fans can only hope that either he takes his performance as serious as the headliners or takes a break. No one likes to see their heroes fail and while some may find Manson’s performance as the humorous antics of a rock star out of control, there’s nothing funny about someone who obviously needs help. | http://www.houstonpress.com/music/slipknots-power-overrules-marilyn-mansons-erratic-behavior-8713011 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/f08c13419e5c11b191e225dcfc05bd808923a7a49e136f0fe5bc1dd50e979eb0.json |
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"Vic Shuttee"
]
| 2016-08-31T14:47:07 | null | 2016-08-31T09:00:00 | Rocker Brody Dolyniuk brings Music of Rolling Stones to Houston | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Farts%2Fpower-vocalist-brody-dolyniuk-rocks-the-rolling-stones-8706459.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8721101/brodyhori.jpg | en | null | Power Vocalist Brody Dolyniuk Rocks Rolling Stones | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Singer Brody Dolyniuk Photo courtesy of Windbourne
Houston Symphony is just looking for a little Satisfaction. As part of its 2nd Annual Classic Rock Weekend, The Symphony is bringing the musical catalogue of The Rolling Stones to life, conducted by Brent Havens and sung by powerhouse vocalist Brody Dolyniuk. Dolyniuk, a self-taught musician who frequently headlines in Vegas, previously performed similar concerts with the music of Queen, The Who, U2 and Journey.
Since he makes his living with his pipes, Dolyniuk has a number of guidelines on how to keep his voice strong. “There’s no guarantees in life that you can keep [your voice] perfect, but you gotta stay in good health,” he says. “You need to eat right, avoid the bad things like caffeine and alcohol, and stay in shape. And of course, before each show I do a little warm-up routine, just to get the blood flowing.”
Having performed with the Windbourne group (the international rock/pop-symphony hybrid that produces the Music of… series) since 2009, Dolyniuk needed a little convincing before signing on to a Rolling Stones-themed concert. “It took me a while to appreciate the beautiful simplicity of their music,” the rocker admits, saying he was able to hear their music differently after practicing their works. “The Stones are just the masters of that timeless three chord riff, and Keith Richards is the riff master.”
When put on the spot, the singer says his favorite Jagger/Richards tunes tend to be the ballads. “There’s also a beauty in a lot of those ballads, like Wild Horses and Rudy Tuesday.” Highlighting the unique sound of the Houston Symphony, Dolyniuk compliments his backers. “These songs especially shine with the orchestra behind them. They’re so well written and constructed and just lend themselves to strings and horns.”
On one point, Dolyniuk wants to be clear: he is not an impressionist. “My voice definitely comes through, even when I may be trying to sound like someone else,” the rocker says. “That said, I feel my voice is in the wheelhouse of a lot of these different acts and it doesn’t take much bending to get me ‘in the style of’ any of these great artist.”
And while he claims not to be much of an impersonator, there is one moment in the show Brody will likely indulge in that fantasy. “Just for fun, [sometimes] I’ll get everybody up and teach them some Mick Jagger moves,” he says. “It’s really become more of a five minute comedy section, than an actual lesson.”
While Houston is the show’s current stop, Dolyniuk will continue touring the Stones show across the globe. “This show goes all over the U.S., into Canada,” he says. “Next stop is Malaysia, then Germany and so on.” The musician says the touring style of the show has been a great opportunity to not only play some of the globe’s top venues, but also work with some of the world’s greatest orchestras. “These are classically trained, world class musicians who play anything you set in front of them. This doesn’t really present a huge challenge for them, it’s still sixteenths and quarter notes.”
Since Dolyniuk is the only vocalist for the concert, it may be easy to think of his performance as a one-man show. However, he’s quick to correct this assumption. “It’s just me up there, along with about 60 other people,” he laughs. “I do try to make it a point to feature everybody when they have a moment.” In fact, Dolyniuk prefers to think of himself as more a master of ceremonies, casting himself as the ringleader of an over-active circus. “Whether it’s the guitar solo or something on drums or brass… Whenever there’s a really prominent part, I want everyone to get there share of the spotlight.”
Performances are schedules for Friday, September 2 at 8 p.m. at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2005 Lake Robbins, The Woodlands. For information, call 281-363-3300 or visit woodlandscenter.org. $20 | http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/power-vocalist-brody-dolyniuk-rocks-the-rolling-stones-8706459 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/ebb49154b96700ec4306e324560af6f98a19b43e338f15a4399f6e9f7a2d2384.json |
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"Chris Lane"
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| 2016-08-30T08:46:28 | null | 2016-08-30T03:30:00 | Lots of metal bands have scary mascots representing them. here are five more ranked for awesomeness. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fmusic%2Ffive-more-awesome-heavy-metal-mascots-8705393.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8715437/snaggletooth-aug30.jpg | en | null | 5 More Heavy Metal Mascots Ranked | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Say hello to Snaggletooth. 'No Remorse' Album Cover/Castle Music Ltd.
As promised, here are more of the monstrous mascots heavy metal groups have linked to their bands since nearly the moment that the thunderous genre of music erupted forth like a loud, drunken, hobgoblin. From robotic warriors to desiccated zombies seeking vengeance against the non-metal world, famous bands have sent these harbingers of doom shrieking into record stores and stages all over the world.
5. CHALY (OVERKILL)
I can see the band meeting where this thing was conceptualized:
So, what if we stuck some bat wings onto a flying human skull?
Sounds good, but it's not badass enough. Give it horns and green eyes.
Fuck yeah, that will look awesome on the T-shirts. Let's drink some beer!
And so Overkill's silly-looking mascot, "Chaly," was born. It's metal as hell, but also ridiculous in a Spinal Tap kinda way. On album covers this beast can be seen shooting green lasers out of its eyes, giving it even more evil cred, but let's face it: Chaly looks like something a 13-year-old kid carved into his desk after smoking dirt weed and listening to too much Manowar. He doesn't even have legs, so I assume this creature must fly forever without landing.
Cool Factor: It's metal, but Chaly isn't "cool" looking. Three rubber bats out of ten.
Scariness: It's just goofy, and looks like someone threw every scary thing they could into a blender, and what emerged was somehow wholly unscary. Chaly earns one laser skull out of ten.
Overall Awesomeness: I'll give Chaly a generous five, simply because Overkill was an important '80s thrash band, but that's the only reason he's awesome at all.
4. VIC RATTLEHEAD (MEGADETH)
This skeletal creature graced the cover of early Megadeth albums and has quite a detailed background, but basically he's a zombie who embodies the phrase "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil," since his eyes are covered, his ears are plugged and his mouth is clamped shut. Dave Mustaine designed the undead mascot as a symbol of his opinions about the repression of creative expression — by the government, the church, and other organizations. As the mascot for a metal band, Vic (short for "Victim") looks the part, and is a good match for Megadeth's music.
Cool Factor: Vic is sorta generic-looking, but he's the mascot for one of thrash's "Big Four," so that's solid. Six headbangs out of ten.
Scariness: He's a skeleton, so that could be considered "scary," but since he can't see, hear, or say anything, it seems unlikely that he could do much more than scratch at a person with his bony fingers. Scary, but not exactly dangerous. Plus, having a name that's short for 'victim' kinda makes him sound like a pushover, and not very scary. I give him four blind skulls out of ten.
Overall Awesomeness: I'm not a fan of Megadeth, so Vic isn't particularly awesome to me. But I'll give him six "peace sells" out of six for effort.
3. KORGULL (VOIVOD)
The best thrash band to have come out of Canada, and one of the best of that genre, Voivod mixed sci-fi concepts with elements of prog-rock, and it's no surprise that they created an interesting cyborg mascot named Korgull. Frustrated with the bleakness of our universe, Korgull creates his own; over the course of Voivod's Dimension Hatross album, he watches as his creation spirals out of control. Voivod's unique cover art was done by bassist Michel "Away" Langevin, bringing Korgull to life...or as close to it as a strange machine/human hybrid can be.
Cool Factor: Korgull is pretty cool, if for no other reason because he has a real mythology documented on Voivod's albums. I give him eight cyborg-created planets out of ten.
Scariness: Korgull doesn't seem scary, but Away's distinctive art makes him look pretty menacing, so I'll award him six Hatrosses out of ten.
Overall Awesomeness: Seeing an old Voivod T-shirt or album cover is way cooler than stuff from Metallica or other better-known thrash bands from the '80s, so Korgull scores nine mosh pits out of ten.
2. SNAGGLETOOTH (MOTöRHEAD)
Motörhead defined a certain type of rock and roll, relentlessly hammering fans with their music and attitude for decades. Lemmy Kilmister lived the rock and roll lifestyle of legend, and it's only fitting that his band would have a mascot that represented them so well. Enter "Snaggletooth," a mix of vicious-looking animal skulls, tusks, and a spiked helmet. Motörhead's creature embodied the attitude of their music, and became one of hard rock's iconic symbols. It was created by Joe Petagno, the artist also responsible for Led Zeppelin's "Icarus" logo, and has been used on Motörhead album covers, T-shirts, and fan tattoos for longer than many listeners have been alive.
Cool Factor: Ten. I don't even feel like I need to qualify that, but many of the other bands mentioned probably wouldn't be playing the music they do without Motörhead.
Scariness: Nine "impaled by tusks" out of ten. Snaggletooth has been all over outlaw culture for years. He's scary.
Overall Awesomeness: Ten "Lemmy is Gods" out of ten.
1. EDDIE THE HEAD (IRON MAIDEN)
We all knew this dude would top the list, and how could he not? Eddie has appeared on every Iron Maiden album cover, most of their merch, and appears onstage in some form at every concert. When people think about a "metal mascot," I'd bet that nine out of ten immediately think of Maiden's iconic zombie. He also gets points for changing over time, taking on different forms depending on the concept of each album. Originally, Eddie was a papier-mâché mask used in the band's early stage backdrop, then artist Derik Riggs used him in the cover art of Maiden's debut album, launching his long career as a metal mascot.
Cool Factor: Eddie the Head gets eight Powerslaves out of ten. He's an icon of the metal world.
Scariness: At times, Eddie has looked like he's about to murder someone, so that's pretty frightening. Plus he's an undead corpse, so that's always horrifying. He's been around so long that familiarity might have eroded a little of his scariness, but I'll give him seven Phantom of the Operas out of ten.
Overall Awesomeness: Iron Maiden is awesome, and so is Eddie. He gets nine Troopers out of ten. | http://www.houstonpress.com/music/five-more-awesome-heavy-metal-mascots-8705393 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/3fd2a3caacfa7d23558c3122f262130c4bee4f530641c671367f1166aec933af.json |
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"Jef Rouner"
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| 2016-08-30T12:46:47 | null | 2016-08-30T06:00:00 | Despite memes and videos to the contrary, Abraham Lincoln was not a third party candidate like Gary Johnson. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Farts%2Fdear-libertarians-stop-saying-abraham-lincoln-was-a-third-party-candidate-8713006.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8713009/untitled.jpg | en | null | Abraham Lincoln was NOT a Third Party Candidate | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | No, you bloody weren't Screencap from Youtube
So, the latest ridiculous thing to infect my Facebook newsfeed these days is this video by a guy calling himself Dead Abe Lincoln . It’s created by a group called the Balanced Rebellion, which very much wants Gary Johnson to be elected president. Their idea isn’t that bad, honestly. Democrats and Republicans worried that their third-party vote is essentially a vote for their political opposite can find a “match” on the other side to cancel each other out. Bearing in mind this probably is not seriously taking into account the demographics of individual counties it’s sort of a novel approach to third-party politics.
On the other hand, the video is pretty much a collection of “equally bad” fallacious nonsense. Hillary Clinton is labeled corrupt by begging the question and without any citation of evidence, and she is accused of rigging the primary election despite being comfortably ahead nearly the entire race. So it’s not surprising that the other favorite (incorrect) Libertarian talking point came up, that Abraham Lincoln was a third party candidate who had become president.
Guys, just… no.
Let’s look at some history, and for the record, I’m drawing most of my knowledge here from Richard Shenkman’s Presidential Ambition: Gaining Power at Any Cost, which I cannot recommend enough for those interested in seeing how the presidency has evolved.
In 1850 the traditional balance of power between slave states and free states that had held since the previous century was upended when California became the 16th free state in the union. By 1854, the decision to admit Nebraska and Kansas came up, and Democratic senator Stephen Douglas drafted a bill that would allow those states to decide whether they would allow slavery when they joined.
This whole mess is all super complicated, and this article is already going to run long, but it ultimately shakes out like this. By the presidential election of 1856 The Kansas-Nebraska Act had made no one happy. Anti-slavery Democrats considered it a repeal of the Missouri Compromise and revolted, splitting the party into northern and southern factions (a big problem for Democratic president James Buchanan, whose power base was in the South). What few Whigs there were left in Congress followed suit, and their party collapsed, joining the Know-Nothings or the newly formed Republican Party. Abraham Lincoln, was one of the latter.
Buchanan turned out to be a terrible president. After the election an amazing amount of corruption was uncovered, including registering huge numbers of immigrants who tended to vote Democratic, and using money derived from Wall Street to do it (basically every conspiracy theory between right and left today nicely combined). He tried to stave off the secession of the South over the issue of slavery by directly interfering with the Supreme Court over the Dred Scott case, which is against the rules, to put it mildly. Votes for slavery were taken in the new states, and every one of them involved remarkable-levels of vote fraud (McCoy County, home to 20 registered voters, cast more than a thousand pro-slavery votes). In the middle of all this Buchanan and Douglas went to bloody political war against each other, further destroying the Democratic Party whose members would not hold the presidency again until 1884.
Now, here’s the important bit and why Gary Johnson is not in any way in a position similar to Lincoln. In 1858 we had a mid-term election, and it was a doozy. The Democrats, who had the majority in both houses two years before, lost the House and were reduced to a slim majority of just four Senate seats. This was also the year that Douglas and Lincoln famously squared off in their debates for Douglas’ seat, and though Douglas did win, Lincoln’s political capital had never been higher.
In short, Lincoln was not a third party candidate. He was part of a new, and very successful political party that had just taken over a chamber of Congress when it made him its presidential nominee in 1860. On top of that, he’d been a workhorse and Representative for the Whigs his entire adult life. He only abandoned the party when it became clear being a Whig from Illinois was not ever going to put him back in a seat of power. He did the exact opposite of what Gary Johnson is doing.
On top of that, we are nowhere near the conditions of the 1850s and ‘60s. There’s no national issue under debate now that can in anyway be compared to slavery. Americans may be more politically polarized than at any point in living memory, but there’s no one, single issue dividing us as violently as did slavery. There’s no regional power structure being thrown out of balance, and the sitting president has competently steered the country through its upheavals over the last eight years in a way James Buchanan could never have dreamed of. The United States political landscape is simply not going to fundamentally change form this year over legal weed or free trade agreements or Hillary Clinton’s emails or not even over Donald Trump’s empowerment of white nationalism.
The memes all say, “Gary Johnson would win if everyone voted for him.” Well, if I got a good Kirkus review on my book I might be the next Suzanne Collins, but I don’t have $500 to find out and Johnson doesn’t have the votes or party presence in Congress to be president either. Lincoln surfed the wave of America’s slavery crisis to become one of the greatest men in history. As far as I can tell Johnson and the rest of the Libertarians are still paddling out into the water.
Now, not all hope is lost, y’all. Donald Trump may be the death of the national Republican Party, even though they will almost certainly survive hunkered down in the state races where they are doing better than they have since Prohibition. The odds of Trump’s dumpster fire of a campaign flipping at least the Senate for the Democrats are getting better every day. That’s possibly a power vacuum Johnson could step into, or barring that, one that prominent Republicans could break free of and land with the Libertarians.
I know a lot of Johnson supporters desperately want to see him on the debate stage with Trump and Clinton (so do I, if only so Clinton has an actual person with elected position experience to talk to). He’s unlikely, based on current polling to make that 15 percent threshold. However, FiveThirtyEight is keeping an eye on Johnson, and he’s got some remarkable staying power for a third-party candidate this late in the race. What he might actually accomplish that is worth something is that if the Libertarians capture 5 percent of the vote in November, they get federal campaign funding next time they try. That’s not a small deal. After Ross Perot’s Reform Party crossed that threshold in 1996 (he had no party in 1992), they put Jesse Ventura in the governor’s mansion in Minnesota two years later.
But please, stop figuratively putting your affairs in a dead man’s mouth. It’s only slightly less gross than doing it literally. Abraham Lincoln was not a third party candidate, certainly not as we would recognize Gary Johnson here in 2016. The guy you’re thinking of is John Bell of the Constitution Union Party. You haven’t heard of him, and if you keep up with this inaccurate and wrong line of thinking, no one 150 years from now will have heard of Gary Johnson either.
Jef’s collection of stories about sharks and drive-thru churches, The Rook Circle, is available now. | http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/dear-libertarians-stop-saying-abraham-lincoln-was-a-third-party-candidate-8713006 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/223fed99640326da9d40a73384690a703e7a1c44419fae53a3697f8ac4ba20d1.json |
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"Tex Kerschen"
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| 2016-08-30T12:46:29 | null | 2016-08-30T06:00:00 | A constantly updated guide to upcoming concerts in the Greater Houston area. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fmusic%2Fupcoming-chance-the-rapper-dan-penn-frog-hair-the-jayhawks-lydia-loveless-trivium-untapped-fest-etc-8715019.json | http://images2.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8715030/lydia1.jpg | en | null | Upcoming Houston Concerts from 9/1/2016 | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | EXPAND A$AP Ferg performs November 17 at Warehouse Live. Ian Netter via Flickr Commons
Note: Events in bold reflect highly recommended shows.
A$AP Ferg: With Playboi Carti, Rob $tone. Thu., November 17, 8:30 p.m., $25 to $30. Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, Houston, 713-225-5483.
Acceptance: With As Cities Burn, Avion Roe, Closure. Sat., October 22, 7 p.m., $20 to $25. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston, 281-335-0002.
Alex Wiley: With Doeman, Kembe X, Supa Bwe. Wed., September 21, 9 p.m., $15 to $20. Walters Downtown, 1120 Naylor, Houston, 713-222-2679.
American Murder Song: Thu., November 3, 8 p.m., $30. Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak, Houston, 713-862-3838.
Animals As Leaders: With Intervals, Plini. Fri., December 9, 7 p.m., $20 to $22. White Oak Music Hall Downstairs, 2915 N Main, Houston.
Anitra Jay: Thu., September 15, 7-9 p.m., $5. Beans Cafe, 1127 Eldridge Pkwy. #100, Houston, 281-920-9620.
Ashford Lights: With Solitude Endeavor, The Red Rooskies, Scarred Shadows. Fri., September 9, 8 p.m., $8 to $10. Last Concert Cafe, 1403 Nance, Houston, 713-226-8563.
The Atomic Nightingales: Sun., September 25, 8 p.m., Free. reHAB Bar on the Bayou, 1658 Enid, Houston, 713-225-1668.
B Boys: With Dead Time. Mon., October 24, 8 p.m., $7 to $10. Walters Downtown, 1120 Naylor, Houston, 713-222-2679.
Bad Credit Band: With Los Vertigos. Wed., September 7, 7 p.m., Free. The Nightingale Room, 308 Main, Houston, 713-555-1111.
Bibi Bourelly: With PJ. Mon., September 26, 7 p.m., $13 to $17. White Oak Music Hall, 2915 N. Main, Houston.
Birds in Row: With Meraki/Toska, Second Haven, Outside at Night, Locket, Phantompains. Fri., September 30, 6 p.m., $10. The Clinic, 7444 Harrisburg, Houston.
Blaggards: Wed., November 23, 10 p.m., TBA. Continental Club, 3700 Main, Houston, 713-529-9899.
Blue Healer: With Ballroom Thieves. Sat., October 29, 8 p.m., $14. Continental Club, 3700 Main, Houston, 713-529-9899.
Booher: Fri., September 2, 7 p.m., Free. The Nightingale Room, 308 Main, Houston, 713-555-1111.
Brooke Michelle: With The Deltaphonics. Sat., September 10, 8 p.m., $15. Last Concert Cafe, 1403 Nance, Houston, 713-226-8563.
Callahan Divide: Thu., September 1, 7 p.m., TBA. Redneck Country Club, 11110 W Airport, Stafford, 281-809-4867.
Calum Scott: Thu., November 17, 7 p.m., $15. House of Blues — Bronze Peacock Room, 1204 Caroline, Houston.
Category 9: With Trundle the Grape, Mumbai. Fri., September 2, 9 p.m., $7. The Springbok, 711 Main, Houston, 818-201-6979.
Chance The Rapper: Magnificent Coloring World Tour: With Francis and the Lights. Sat., October 15, 8 p.m., $39.50-$59.50. Revention Music Center, 520 Texas, Houston, 713-225-8551.
Lydia Loveless performs October 19 at the Continental Club. Photo by Patrick Crawford/Courtesy of Bloodshot Records
Channel K: With Belcurve., Fri., September 9, 7 p.m., Free. The Nightingale Room, 308 Main, Houston, 713-555-1111.
Children of Bodom: With Abbath, Exmortus, ONI., Sun. December 11, 6 & 6:30 p.m., $26 to $31. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, Houston, 888-402-5837.
Cock ESP: With Holy Money, Rotten Piece, Burnt Skull, Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except. Sat., September 10, 8 p.m., $5 to $7. The Clinic, 7444 Harrisburg, Houston.
Colonel Peters Pig: Thu., September 15, 10 p.m., Free. Continental Club, 3700 Main, Houston, 713-529-9899.
Cyber Wasteland: With DJ Enigma, DJ Morbid, The CybeRot Girlz., Sat., September 3, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., $5 to $10. Numbers, 300 Westheimer, Houston, 713-526-6551.
Dan Penn: Thu., November 17, 7 & 9:30 p.m., $40 to $45. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
deadhorse showcase: With Ed Hall, The Hates, Seis Pistols, Die Fast, Bag of Tricks. Sat., November 19, 8 p.m., $10 to $13. Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak, Houston, 713-862-3838.
The Decline: With Dead Words., Thu., November 3, 8 p.m. TBA. Satellite, 6922 Harrisburg, Houston.
Deep Cuts: With Tamarron, Young Girls, The Lories. Thu., October 13, 8 p.m., Free to $5. White Oak Music Hall, 2915 N. Main, Houston.
The Dillinger Escape Plan: With O'Brother, Cult Leader, Entheos. Sun., November 6, 7 p.m., $18 to $22. White Oak Music Hall, 2915 N. Main, Houston.
Dimefest 2016: Sat., September 3, 5 p.m.-2 a.m., $.10. BFE Rock Club, 11528 Jones, Houston, 281-894-1811.
The Disasternauts: With The Intoxicators. Fri., September 2, 9 p.m., Free. Big Top Lounge, 3714 Main, Houston, 713-529-9666.
Dollie Barnes, El Lago, Matt Mejia: Fri., October 7, 8 p.m., $8. Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, 413 20th, Galveston, 409-762-9199.
D.R.I.: Sat., December 3, 8 p.m., TBA. Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak, Houston, 713-862-3838.
Dumpstaphunk: With Eric Krasno Band., Sun., November 20, 8:30 p.m., $18 to $22. Studio @ Warehouse Live, 813 St Emanuel, Houston.
Earl Thomas Conley: Fri., September 30, 8 p.m., $80 to $115. Main Street Crossing, 111 E. Main, Tomball, 281-290-0431.
Earthless: Thu., December 8, 8:30 p.m., $15 to $17. Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh, Houston, 713-521-0521.
Electric Foam: With Vance Lawrence, Parker Clark, iSo, Valdsam, Monstar., Fri., September 9, 9 p.m., Free to $10. Stereo Live, 6400 Richmond, Houston, 832-251-9600.
Empty Shells: Fri., September 23, 8 p.m., $8. Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh, Houston, 713-521-0521.
Filth: With Bury the Rod, Demoted to the Grave, Reign, Imperial Affliction., Tue., October 25, 7:30 p.m., $10. The Clinic, 7444 Harrisburg, Houston.
Find Your Sunshine Benefit Concert: Sat., September 10, 6:30-9 p.m., $15. Last Concert Cafe, 1403 Nance, Houston, 713-226-8563.
EXPAND Richard Pinhas performs October 21 at 14 Pews. Photo by IntangibleArts via Flickr Commons
Flume: With Cashmere Cat, Wrestlers., Sun., October 2, 7 p.m., TBA. Revention Music Center, 520 Texas, Houston, 713-225-8551.
Folk Family Revival: Wed., September 21, 8 p.m., $12 to $17. Main Street Crossing, 111 E. Main, Tomball, 281-290-0431.
The Fray: Fri., October 28, 7 & 8 p.m., $44.50 to $60. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, Houston, 888-402-5837.
Frog Hair album release: With Pleasure 2, Gerritt Wittmer and the New Unknowns. Fri., September 23, 8 p.m., $10. Walters Downtown, 1120 Naylor, Houston, 713-222-2679.
Geoffrey Muller DJ set: Mon., September 26, 10 p.m., Free. Arlo's Ballroom, 2119 Leeland, Houston.
Gio Chamba: Thu., September 8, 7 p.m., Free. The Nightingale Room, 308 Main, Houston, 713-555-1111.
Green As Emerald: With Blood of an Outlaw, Driven With Insanity, Anova Skyway, Treason. Sat., September 3, 8 p.m., Free. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay, Houston, 281-335-0002.
Halo Circus: Sat., October 1, 3 p.m., Free. Cactus Music, 2110 Portsmouth, Houston, 713-526-9272.
Hard Is My Style: With Coone. Thu., September 8, 9 p.m., Free to $5. Stereo Live, 6400 Richmond, Houston, 832-251-9600.
Hearts of Animals: With Merel & Tony, The Woe Woe Woes, The Mustn'ts. Fri., October 7, 8 p.m., $8. Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh, Houston, 713-521-0521.
Hollow Ran: With MurderBoss DeathKing, Finger Guns, Street Couch. Fri., September 23, 8 p.m., $8. The Clinic, 7444 Harrisburg, Houston.
Ice Nine Kills: With Secrets, Sylar, Cover Your Tracks, Out Came the Wolves. Sun., October 2, 6:30 p.m., $13 to $15. Walters Downtown, 1120 Naylor, Houston, 713-222-2679.
Illegal Leopard: With Turbokrieg, Talk Sick Brats, The Cops, Mega Mucho. Sat., September 10, 8 p.m., $5. Houston House of Creeps, 807 William, Houston.
In The Mood: Sun., May 21, 4 p.m., TBA. Cullen Theater at Wortham Theater Center, 500 Texas, Houston.
Ingrid: Tue., September 13, 7 p.m., $10. Tue., September 20, 7 p.m., $10. House of Blues — Bronze Peacock Room, 1204 Caroline, Houston.
Jaci Velasquez: Mon., September 19, 8 p.m., $35 to $75. Main Street Crossing, 111 E. Main, Tomball, 281-290-0431.
James Hunter: Tue., October 4, 7 p.m., $17. House of Blues — Bronze Peacock Room, 1204 Caroline, Houston.
Jay Satellite: With Jealous Creatures, Sky Acre. Fri., September 23, 9 p.m., $8. Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh, Houston, 713-521-0521.
The Jayhawks: With Folk Uke. Sat., October 29, 8 p.m., $26 to $40. The Heights Theater, 339 W. 19th, Houston, 713-861-6070.
Jeremy O’Bannon: Sat., September 17, 9:30 p.m., $20 to $22. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
D.R.I. performs December 3 at Fitzgerald's. Photo by Vladimir via Flickr Commons
Joe Ely: Sat., September 3, 7 & 9:30 p.m., $30 to $33. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
Junior Brown: Fri., September 23, 8 p.m., $30 to $40. Main Street Crossing, 111 E. Main, Tomball, 281-290-0431.
The King Khan & BBQ Show: With Paint Fumes. Fri., November 11, 8 p.m., $14 to $18. Walters Downtown, 1120 Naylor, Houston, 713-222-2679.
Kinky Friedman: Fri., September 23, 7 p.m., $30 to $33. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999. Tue., September 27, 8 p.m., $30 to $35. Main Street Crossing, 111 E. Main, Tomball, 281-290-0431.
Kishi Bashi: With Laura Gibson., Sun., October 30, 7 p.m., $16 to $59.50. White Oak Music Hall Downstairs, 2915 N Main, Houston.
Kloanoa: With Imperial Affliction, Town Destroyer, Four Letter Language, Aphelion, Project Icarus, Knife Club, Compass, Shawty C. Sat., September 3, 6 p.m., $8. The Clinic, 7444 Harrisburg, Houston.
Labor Day Beach Splash: With Paul Wall, Bone Crusher, Eastside Boyz, DJ Skeez 101. Sat., September 3, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., $15 to $25. Banan Bend Beach, 1104 Grace Lane, Highland, 281-810-1705.
LazerTrance: Fri., September 2, 9 p.m., Free to $15. Stereo Live, 6400 Richmond, Houston, 832-251-9600.
Le Youth: Fri., October 14, 9 p.m., $10. Boondocks, 1417 Westheimer, Houston, 713-522-8500.
Leo Kottke: Wed., September 28, 8 p.m., $65 to $150. Main Street Crossing, 111 E. Main, Tomball, 281-290-0431.
Little Outfit: With The New Offenders. Thu., September 1, 7 p.m., Free. The Nightingale Room, 308 Main, Houston, 713-555-1111.
Little Terry & the Blues Birds: Fri., September 16, 7 p.m., Free. Floyd's Cajun Seafood/Sugar Land, 16549 Southwest Fwy., Sugar Land, 281-240-3474.
The Lories: With Guess Genes, El Lago, Andrew Lee., Wed., September 7, 8 p.m., $2 to $5. Barbarella Houston, 2404 San Jacinto, Houston.
Lucero: With Robert Ellis., Thu., September 8, 7:30 p.m., $20 to $40. Redneck Country Club, 11110 W. Airport Blvd., Stafford, 281-809-4867.
Lupe Fiasco: Sun., October 9, 8 p.m., $31 to $35. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston, 281-335-0002.
Lydia Loveless: With Will Courtney and the Wild Bunch. Wed., October 19, 9 p.m., $12. Continental Club, 3700 Main, Houston, 713-529-9899.
Markus Schulz: Sat., November 5, 9 p.m., $15 to $20. Stereo Live, 6400 Richmond, Houston, 832-251-9600.
Mary Sarah: Thu., September 22, 7 p.m., $30 to $33. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
Michaela Anne: Thu., November 3, 9:30 p.m., $20 to $22. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
Chance the Rapper performs October 15 at Revention Music Center. Photo by Francisco Montes
The Midnight Eyes: Thu., September 22, 7 p.m., $6 to $10. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston, 281-335-0002.
Moe Bandy: Sat., September 10, 7 p.m., $15 to $30. Redneck Country Club, 11110 W. Airport Blvd., Stafford, 281-809-4867.
Morgan McKay: Fri., September 30, 7 p.m., Free. Floyd's Cajun Seafood/Sugar Land, 16549 Southwest Fwy., Sugar Land, 281-240-3474.
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats: With CW Stoneking. Mon., October 3, 7 p.m., $30-$50. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, Houston, 888-402-5837.
Netsky: Fri., October 7, 9 p.m., $15 to $20. Stereo Live, 6400 Richmond, Houston, 832-251-9600.
The Noose: With Deft Ones., Sat., October 8, 10 p.m., $10. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston, 281-335-0002.
Ottmar Liebert: Thu., November 17, 8 p.m., $20-$45. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, Houston, 888-402-5837.
Paul Ramirez Band: With Dillon Trimm. Tue., September 6, 7 p.m., Free. The Nightingale Room, 308 Main, Houston, 713-555-1111.
Poor Dumb Bastards: With The Beaumonts. Fri., September 30, 8 p.m., $8. Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh, Houston, 713-521-0521.
Pop Punk Pizza Party: With Four Letter Language, SLY, The Medicine Years, Remains, Dude Ranch, Kemo For Emo. Sat., September 10, 7 p.m., $10. Eastdown Warehouse, 850 Mckee, Houston, 832-503-5987.
Punks In a Disco Bar: Mon., September 19, 9 p.m., Free. Arlo's Ballroom, 2119 Leeland, Houston.
Red: With Disciple, Spoken, Random Hero. Sun., September 25, 7 p.m., $18 to $21. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay, Houston, 281-335-0002.
Rhymin + Stealin: Sat., September 24, 7 p.m., $15 to $30. Redneck Country Club, 11110 W. Airport Blvd., Stafford, 281-809-4867.
Richard Pinhas: Fri., October 21, 7 p.m., TBA. 14 Pews, 800 Aurora, Houston, 281-888-9677.
Riot: With Bag of Tricks, Serpent Attack, Smokin Aces. Fri., September 30, 7:30 p.m., $16 to $20. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston, 281-335-0002.
Robb Taylor: Fri., September 23, 7 p.m., Free. Floyd's Cajun Seafood/Sugar Land, 16549 Southwest Fwy., Sugar Land, 281-240-3474.
Robert Earl Keen: Fri., September 9, 7 p.m., $40 to $60. Redneck Country Club, 11110 W. Airport Blvd., Stafford, 281-809-4867.
Neon Indian performs at Untapped Festival October 22 at Discovery Green. Photo by Jim Bricker
Robert Hartye: Fri., September 2, 7 p.m., Free. Floyd's Cajun Seafood/Sugar Land, 16549 Southwest Fwy., Sugarland, 281-240-3474.
Route 66: Sat., October 29, 8 p.m., Free. Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6000 Hermann Park, Houston, 281-823-9103.
Ruthie Foster: With Charlie Belle. Sat., December 17, 8 p.m., $24 to $36. The Heights Theater, 339 W. 19th, Houston, 713-861-6070.
Safe In Sound: With Borgore, Terravita, Trampa. Thu., September 15, 9 p.m., $30 to $35. Stereo Live, 6400 Richmond, Houston, 832-251-9600.
Satan's God: With Coker, V1lla1n, KA, Dybbuk., Fri., September 9, 11 p.m., TBA. Notsuoh, 314 Main, Houston, 713-409-4750.
Sean Richards: Fri., September 9, 7 p.m., Free. Floyd's Cajun Seafood/Sugar Land, 16549 Southwest Fwy., Sugar Land, 281-240-3474.
Snakehips: With Lakim. Fri., October 28, 8 p.m., $18 to $22. White Oak Music Hall Downstairs, 2915 N. Main, Houston.
SoMo: Fri., December 9, 8 p.m., $25. Revention Music Center, 520 Texas, Houston, 713-225-8551.
Spud Bugs: With Ragamuffin, Twokulele, The Queerbaits, Ojos. Sun., September 11, 8 p.m., $5. Notsuoh, 314 Main, Houston, 713-409-4750.
Statesboro Revue: Fri., September 2, 9:30 p.m., $20 to $22. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
Such Marvelous Monsters: With The Last Gentlemen, Cake Rangers. Sat., September 17, 8 p.m., Free. Notsuoh, 314 Main, Houston, 713-409-4750.
The Summer Set: Wed., October 5, 6 p.m., $16 to $20. Raven Tower, 310 North, Houston.
Sunny Sweeney & Brennen Leigh: Thu., September 15, 7 p.m., $23 to $25. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
Sweater Beats: Fri., November 11, 7 p.m., $13. House of Blues — Bronze Peacock Room, 1204 Caroline, Houston.
Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps: Thu., September 22, 8 p.m., $15 to $22. Main Street Crossing, 111 E. Main, Tomball, 281-290-0431.
The Faint, Gang of Four: With Pictureplane. Thu., October 13, 7 p.m., $25. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, Houston, 888-402-5837.
Thrill: Sat., September 10, 10 p.m., Free. Big Top Lounge, 3714 Main, Houston, 713-529-9666.
The Tontons: With Young Mammals, -Us. Fri., September 23, 8 p.m., $12 to $17. White Oak Music Hall, 2915 N. Main, Houston.
EXPAND Cock ESP performs September 10 at the Clinic. Photo by Sharyn Morrow via Flickr Commons
Travis Tritt: Thu., December 8, 8 p.m., $45-$79. Jefferson Theatre, 345 Fannin, Beaumont, 409-838-3435.
Trivium: With Sabaton, Huntress. Fri., October 7, 8 p.m., $24 to $27. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston, 281-335-0002.
Turnstile: With Angel Du$t, Krimewatch, Big Bites, Razorbumps. Thu., November 3, 7 p.m., $15. Walters Downtown, 1120 Naylor, Houston, 713-222-2679.
Two Tons of Steel: Fri., September 2, 7 p.m., $20 to $22. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
Twobadours: with Gabe Dixon, David Ryan Harris., Thu., September 15, 9:30 p.m., $20 to $22. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
Uncle Lucius: Sat., September 3, 7 p.m., $15 to $30. Redneck Country Club, 11110 W Airport, Stafford, 281-809-4867.
Untapped Festival: With Neon Indian, Dr. Dog, Still Corners, Catch Fever, The Waxaholics. Sat., October 22, 3:30 p.m., $25. Discovery Green Conservancy, 1500 McKinney, Houston, 713-400-7336.
Victorian Halls: With Pseudo Future, Mariana., Sun., September 18, 8 p.m., $5 to $10. Notsuoh, 314 Main, Houston, 713-409-4750.
Walker Lukens & the Side Arms: Sat., October 15, 8 p.m., $12. Continental Club, 3700 Main, Houston, 713-529-9899.
Wayne Toups: Fri., September 2, 8 p.m., $25 to $50. Redneck Country Club, 11110 W. Airport Blvd., Stafford, 281-809-4867.
Wednesday 13: With One Eyed Doll., Mon., October 17, 7:30 p.m., $12 to $15. Scout Bar, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Houston, 281-335-0002.
White Ghost Shivers: Sat., October 8, 7 p.m., $20 to $22. McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, Houston, 713-528-5999.
Yeasayer: With Lydia Ainsworth. Mon., November 14, 7 p.m., $20 to $24. White Oak Music Hall Downstairs, 2915 N Main, Houston.
Yuna: Wed., October 19, 8 p.m., TBA. Stereo Live, 6400 Richmond, Houston, 832-251-9600. | http://www.houstonpress.com/music/upcoming-chance-the-rapper-dan-penn-frog-hair-the-jayhawks-lydia-loveless-trivium-untapped-fest-etc-8715019 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/40db0a94959256b6fc8d9c435971ace7e898be449325b1f72afff7c1abaea408.json |
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"Joyce Millman"
]
| 2016-08-26T12:49:27 | null | 2016-08-25T22:00:00 | Slow TV is so much more pleasant than Amtrak. Or Ambien. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Ffilm%2Fnetflix-and-norway-invite-you-to-binge-on-knitting-and-woodcutting-8685317.json | http://images1.laweekly.com/imager/u/original/7268402/slowtv2.jpg | en | null | Netflix and Norway Invite You to Binge on Knitting and Woodcutting | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Courtesy of Netflix/Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
The sarcastic wag who first drawled the phrase "as exciting as watching grass grow" never intended it as a compliment. But have you ever actually watched grass grow? I mean, I haven’t either, but there must be a pretty cool hidden world of fresh-smelling earth and tickly dew and bugs and stuff down there. And maybe if we could watch blades of grass growing in such extreme close-up, we’d become so invested in the upward progress of those little suckers that we couldn’t tear ourselves away.
Watching Slow TV, the Norwegian phenomenon now streaming on Netflix, is like watching grass grow; whether or not you’re excited by this prospect depends on your patience for the microscopic view. The commercial-free Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) launched Slow TV (Sakte-TV) in 2009 with an unedited seven-hour broadcast of a train ride from Bergen to Oslo, shot from the perspective of the train driver. The show became a national obsession, leading to more live TV marathons that grew successively more ambitious and eccentric in both length and choice of subject: 12 hours devoted to chopping and burning wood; 18 hours of salmon fishing; 134 hours, broadcast around the clock, of a cruise along the Norwegian coast.
Nothing is too slow or mundane for Slow TV, which is part of its charm. Sure, you can treat any of the 11 episodes available on Netflix as background noise. But if you commit your full attention (no checking social media or sorting laundry), Slow TV can be a meditative, captivating experience. As you watch Bergen to Oslo, the seven-hour train ride (even in small segments), forests, suburbs, stations and several-minutes-long black tunnels float by, the tracks stretching into the distance from your cab’s-eye view. With only ambient train noise for a soundtrack, it’s easy to zone out into a peaceful traveler’s headspace. This is so much more pleasant than Amtrak. Or Ambien.
Netflix’s other Slow TV titles focus deeply on everyday Norwegian life (with English subtitles). If your experience of Norway is limited (like mine) to the Winter Olympics and Monty Python’s Dead Parrot pining for the fjords, then the series makes for a fascinating cultural immersion. Skip the disappointing hour-long condensed versions Northern Railway, Northern Passage and Salmon Fishing (nothing you couldn’t see on PBS), and go straight to National Firewood Evening, which is, in the words of its sensibly bundled-up host Rebecca Nedregotten Strand, “12 hours of live transmission about firewood — it’s basically crazy!” Norwegians, we learn, take their wood seriously. “It ignites sparks in us. It creates flaming passions,” exclaims Nedregotten Strand. A firewood historian observes, “Without it, nobody could bear living in this cold country.”
Courtesy of Netflix/Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
The wintry, four-hour episode is like a telethon for wood, minus the begging for donations. Logs have not been this lovingly photographed since Twin Peaks. We learn how to chop them, stack them in aesthetically pleasing piles, safely burn them. The woodfest continues with National Firewood Night and National Firewood Morning, which together make up what is basically eight hours of the Yule Log of Christmases past (the original slow TV). Except that this roaring fire’s musical accompaniment forsakes Bing Crosby for many different versions of — what else? — “Norwegian Wood.”
National Knitting Morning, National Knitting Evening and National Knitting Night are also wrapped up in Nordic pride — and wool, so much wool. This earnest, weirdly compelling 12-hour package features knitters (mostly women) who are as passionate about casting and stitching as the wood-lovers are about fires. The participants, in fabulous handmade sweaters and scarves, yarn-bomb a Harley and discuss the meaning behind Norway’s many national knitting patterns. A sheep is shorn. An attempt is made to break the world record for spinning wool. The show is as comfortingly rustic as the clicking of knitting needles.
Netflix might have missed an opportunity, though, by not offering the 2014 Slow TV broadcast Piip-show (“Peep Show”), 14 hours of birds visiting camera-rigged feeders that have been cunningly designed to resemble a miniature coffee shop and quaintly furnished apartments. (You can view the archived Piip-show on the NRK website.) In the U.S., similar live-streamed nature look-ins have become popular among those of us stuck working on computers all day; we open tabs to watch otter cams, falcon cams, puffin cams, hoping for an escape from the overstimulating — yet often unsatisfying — flow of noise that is life lived online.
That daydream of escape is Slow TV’s greatest attraction. The series invites you to connect with nature without going outside, to virtually experience the satisfaction of crafting something useful with your hands while sitting on your ass doing work that produces nothing tangible. It’s all a bit ironic and sad, but never mind. There’s a train to Oslo leaving the station right now, and it needs a driver. How can you resist? | http://www.houstonpress.com/film/netflix-and-norway-invite-you-to-binge-on-knitting-and-woodcutting-8685317 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/5bb26a58f964329c5f324a1532e7997c14c52b176c9ced99d91ac20b9b4c257f.json |
[
"Meagan Flynn"
]
| 2016-08-29T12:46:18 | null | 2016-08-29T06:00:00 | A Harris County Jail inmate says he was raped by a guard. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fnews%2Finmate-says-he-was-raped-by-a-harris-county-jailer-8707767.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8708150/5267408454_4d9b964b3f_z-2_1_.jpg | en | null | Inmate Says He Was Raped by a Harris County Jailer | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | H. Michael Karshis/Flickr
He didn’t want to go to sleep, because sleep meant nightmares, and nightmares meant reliving a rape.
Courtney Richardson, incarcerated in the Harris County Jail on charges of vehicular manslaughter, thought he was going crazy, and in many ways, he was. His eyes were so red from lack of sleep that it looked like he had been on drugs. He told the jail’s mental health staff he had been tempted with thoughts of suicide — the nightmares would stop then — and so he was placed in solitary confinement for more than a month, stripped of his clothes and given only a protective suicide blanket. He hated it there but, still, was fearful of leaving his cell, scared he would run into the guard he says sexually assaulted him on March 7.
The letter he soon wrote to his mother — one of the few people he told beyond the attorneys and medical personnel — was filled with desperation, written in all capitals and addressed on the envelope to “Tammy Emergency.”
“Dear Mama,” he begins, “Please help me I was sexually assaulted on the 7th by a officer while they was beating me because I wouldn’t put my hand behind my back. … Mama I think they are going to try to retaliate against me because I told and I don’t want to go to sleep because I can’t watch my back. Please I know I did a lot of wrong but I need some help please. Please help me.”
The details of what her 24-year-old son wrote still haunt Tammy Battles, and she admits that she, too, began losing it.
“It's hard to scare this little boy—this young man, I mean," Battles said. "And for him to say he's scared, please get me out, that jumped off the page at me. It sent me to a different world."
The Houston Press obtained permission from Richardson to share his story publicly only after various letters and phone calls and Richardson’s careful consideration. According to Richardson’s account of what happened that night, jail guards entered his pod to speak with a fellow inmate, whom Richardson said he had actually known from childhood and had gone to school with growing up. Richardson concedes that the inmate provoked one of the guards, starting a physical altercation with him — but when the guards continued beating the inmate even after guards put him in an arm restraint, that’s when Richardson decided to intervene.
“I said to the officer, 'You don't have to beat him up while he's got handcuffs on, man!'” Richardson told the Press. “Then they approached me, and they were like, ‘Put your hands behind your back and submit to a hand restraint.'”
Richardson says he refused to comply, fearing that if he submitted to the restraint he, too, would be brutally beaten.
And so, he says, he was.
Richardson said he was slammed to the ground, punched in the face repeatedly and told to stop resisting, yet “I wasn't resisting—I was in the fetal position trying to cover my head and my face,” he said. When Richardson still would not submit to the hand restraint, one guard “put his hand inside my underwear and forced his fingers inside of my rectum,” in order to get Richardson to finally submit to the restraint, he wrote us in a letter.
Richardson was taken to the jail medical clinic immediately afterward, where he told the jail nurse what happened to him. He was then immediately taken to Ben Taub Hospital for a rape kit—the results of which the Houston Press does not have access to given it is an ongoing investigation and Richardson’s court-appointed attorney, Cynthia Cline, who is defending him on the vehicular manslaughter charges, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Richardson was transferred to the jail’s mental health ward after confiding in nurses and counselors about his suicidal thoughts and his nightmares, though nothing, neither anti-depressants nor counseling, seemed to help.
“I feel dirty and violated. No matter how many times I shower I don’t feel clean,” he wrote to us. “Sometimes I want to kill myself so it can all go away…. I can’t stop dreaming about it so I stay up so I don’t have to. …I’m scared that nothing will be done about it and I’m scared that something will happen to me if something is done about it.”
Something was already being done, though, shortly after his rape kit, when Richardson said representatives from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office Special Victims Unit interviewed him. Prosecutors began investigating evidence of the alleged assault soon after, though according to the DA’s office Civil Rights Division Chief Julian Ramirez, the DA’s office recused itself from the case last week after realizing that one of the witnesses, a jail guard, was related to someone who works at the DA’s office. Mark Hochglaube, a private attorney, was appointed as special prosecutor to continue the investigation. He declined to comment on Richardson's case at this time.
Texas Civil Rights Project attorney Amin Alehashem, who plans to possibly look into Richardson’s case, said that an incident like this one “should never be counted as an isolated incident or a one-off event.” According to a review of all Prison Rape Elimination Act records the jail is required to keep, inmates have complained of being sexually abused by jail staff 51 times since 2013, but only three complaints have been upheld after investigation. Another 40 inmates have complained of sexual harassment by jail staff in that time period, though only four complaints were upheld.
It is impossible to know why so few of inmates’ allegations are upheld, whether it be lack of evidence or witnesses or false accusations; the Press has requested to review all 91 of these PREA complaints and investigations at the Harris County jail, though that records request is pending approval from the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
A review of detention officer use-of-force disciplinary records, however, gave a glimpse of how difficult it is for an inmate’s outcry to be taken seriously: On one occasion, a guard slammed an inmate’s head against his metal bunk while he was shackled and handcuffed after the inmate cursed him for not giving him a blanket, an injury requiring nine staples in his head. The guard’s supervisor had written in a report that the inmate, Robert Van Horn, “tripped and fell,” and so Van Horn’s complaint was considered unfounded — not once, but twice, after Van Horn complained a second time. Finally after Van Horn’s third attempt was his complaint more thoroughly investigated and finally substantiated.
“It’s troubling,” Alehashem said of the lack of upheld complaints. “As an attorney, sometimes these cases can be very difficult to prove. But I think sometimes what could make it worse is that, within the jail, we’ve heard of conspiracy among the guards when they protect one another and vouch for one another. It’s a tough veil to penetrate, because sometimes the victim is someone in the jail, and is just inherently not going to be taken as seriously. There’s definitely a power dynamic at play, and as far as that goes, it can unfortunately lead to things like sexual assault.”
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office did not return multiple requests for comment for this story.
Richardson’s trial for vehicular manslaughter is next week, and he faces five to 99 years or life in prison, or a 30-year plea deal if accepted. The night of the accident alone is a nightmare for Richardson, who last year lost control of his Chevy Blazer while speeding in a suburban neighborhood and accidentally hit a child. He said that as police arrived on scene, he sat with the child’s mother, crying for what he had done.
At the time, Richardson had just gotten out of prison not even two years prior and had planned to turn his life around. In high school he had gotten in with a rough crowd and was convicted of engaging in organized criminal activity when he was just 17. He was sent to prison for five years, where his mother says he straightened out. He was released and found work where he could, doing piercings at a tattoo shop, and even had a son with his girlfriend at the time. They had just celebrated the baby’s first birthday when Richardson got into the accident.
“I was doing what I said I was gonna do. I was gonna change,” Richardson said. “I wasn't gonna smoke or drink. I was living up to that, until this happened. ...It’s like things just kept happening back to back to back.”
And then March 7 came.
In Battles’s new apartment, bare and without any furniture, she apologizes frequently, unable to hold herself together as she talks about her son. She is distraught over a voicemail Cline left for her last month, informing her that it doesn’t look like the DA’s office believes Richardson. She says she has considered suicide herself, only kept strong knowing that six of her other children, all younger than Richardson, rely on her.
At one point she answers the phone—a Harris County mental health counselor is on the other line, just checking in on her. She started seeing the counselor earlier this year, because after Richardson told her what had happened to him, she walked out on her job as a home-health caregiver after 20 years. She left her children with their father for 20 days, unable to function herself. She finally started working again, making minimum wage at Popeye’s. She admits she isn’t herself anymore.
“I feel for that family — that’s her child gone,” Battles said through tears. “If my son killed someone he should be punished. But that doesn't mean he should be raped in jail. I almost wish my son could switch places with that child, rather than sit in jail and be terrified of what they’re going to do to him next.”
Richardson said he finally decided to share his story after wondering if perhaps it might help other inmates in the jail like him, who may have experienced something similarly horrific. He said he began to fear that if he said nothing it would continue to happen to other inmates, and that guards would be left unaccountable.
He, for one, believes that nothing happened to the guard in his nightmares.
The last time Richardson went to court, he saw the guard on his way there. The guard was performing a shakedown on another inmate, and looked up just as Richardson passed him.
“He just smiled at me,” Richardson said. | http://www.houstonpress.com/news/inmate-says-he-was-raped-by-a-harris-county-jailer-8707767 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/e08bc20ca6ead26dfb5b54c6654cd3736bcc3d6dfcbe3cfb7f293f98130873a9.json |
[
"Susie Tommaney"
]
| 2016-08-29T12:46:24 | null | 2016-08-29T06:00:00 | We all marveled when Stephen Rogata tried to climb the 58-story Trump Tower, using nothing but suction cups and a harness. It looked arduous and not... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Farts%2Fdiscovery-green-looks-different-from-20-stories-up-8704869.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8704873/over_the_edge_090522_4098_phaseii_courtesy_of_special_olympics_texas.jpg | en | null | Discovery Green Looks Different From 20 Stories Up | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | EXPAND Rappel down a 20-story downtown Houston hotel on October 15. Do it for the thrill, the glory, and to raise funds for Special Olympics Texas athletes. Courtesy of Special Olympics Texas
What's on your Houston bucket list? If rappelling down a 20-story building isn't in the top 10, maybe it should be. This will be the seventh year that Spider-Man, Batman and The Flash wannabes have taken the plunge, and it looks like a blast.
It's not free – there's some serious overhead lining up the Houston SWAT team, Harris County SWAT team, rope experts, harnesses and rigging – but it's all for a good cause. The challenge is designed to raise awareness and funding for Special Olympics Texas, a nonprofit that encourages more than 55,000 intellectually disabled children and adults statewide (9,900 athletes are from the Houston area).
“Each participant is asked to raise a minimum of $1,200 to participate,” says Joan Jarrett, associate vice president of resource development for Special Olympics Texas. “So when they register to go Over the Edge we provide them a personal web page. They can send emails out to all of their friends, family and business contacts [inviting sponsorship].”
Expect to spend about an hour on the rooftop of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Houston Downtown for recon and training with the experts, learning to trust the harness. “There are two ropes on each rapeller: each will hold a Ford F-150. It's safer to rappel down the building than it is to drive there, considering the crazy traffic,” says Jarrett.
Some groups organize a “send the boss, police chief, principal or coach” campaign, though we're not sure if that means they're loved or hated.
Jarrett says the trip down to the third-floor pool deck takes between six and 10 minutes, depending on how often you stop to enjoy the view of the city, Discovery Green and Toyota Center. Plus, the pool deck is a great place for your family and friends to watch your descent, take pictures (or bets) and celebrate the accomplishment.
EXPAND Feeling adventurous? Become a dual-city rappeller by also tackling Dallas' 15-story Oak Cliff Tower on November 5. Courtesy of Special Olympics Texas
Overachievers – like those who take the dual-city challenge and rappel down the 15-story Oak Cliff Tower in Dallas – get swag and merch. We're partial to the “superhero” package, where they strap a GoPro to your helmet so you can relive the glory, over and over again.
$2,200+ Dual-City Rappeller - Everything below plus one night stay in the city of your choice $1,800+ Superhero Rappeller - Everything below plus GoPro video footage $1,500+ Elite Rappeller - Everything below plus commemorative jacket $1,200+ Champion Rappeller - two invitations to the V.I.P. Reception (day before the event), Over the Edge commemorative long sleeve T-shirt, duffel bag and photo of your rappel available for download after the event.
So sign up, meet the goals, then join honorary co-chairs assistant Houston Police Chief Mark Curran and Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman, as well as celebrity co-chairs Dana Tyson (Sunny 99.1 FM) and Rod Ryan (94.5 FM The Buzz). It's superhero time.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. October 15, Embassy Suites by Hilton Houston Downtown, 1515 Dallas, 800-876-5646, specialolympicstexas.org. | http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/discovery-green-looks-different-from-20-stories-up-8704869 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/fb0e0553ed81537a63cede450acc33b252aa3bcd834f22766c905628883316e6.json |
[
"Craig Malisow"
]
| 2016-08-30T10:46:34 | null | 2016-08-30T05:00:00 | Eight months after a federal court order demanded better treatment for the state’s most vulnerable children, we investigate where they're ending up. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fnews%2Fwhere-some-of-texas-s-most-vulnerable-children-are-being-sent-8715535.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8715537/houston-press-therapy-group-jon-proctor.jpg | en | null | What's Going on With Texas' Most Vulnerable Kids? | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Jon Proctor
On July 22, a foster care caseworker flew from Lubbock to Houston to move a severely mentally disabled 16-year-old girl from a group home she loved to a group home that had lost its secretary of state charter six months earlier.
No explanation was given for moving the girl, an obese diabetic who had recently experienced two emergency trips to Texas Children’s Hospital after the company that manages the foster care system’s Medicaid program reduced coverage for nurses who gave the girl her daily insulin shots.
It was the girl’s third move in six months. In February, the girl – whom we’ll call Vanessa – was one of approximately 80 children moved from residential treatment centers in Lubbock and Levelland run by Children’s Hope, a nonprofit agency that provides 24-hour care for some of the most behaviorally challenged kids in foster care, and shuttled to San Antonio. After the brief stay, she and others were transferred to homes in Houston. Twelve seemed to find a good fit in homes run by a company called Love & Joy.
The state suspended its placements to Children’s Hope in late January, one month after a federal judge issued a scathing finding that state officials had turned a blind eye to widespread abuse of children in the foster care system. After nearly five years of litigation brought by a nonprofit advocacy group, the State of Texas was found liable for violating the constitutional rights of 12,000 kids in foster care. These were children tossed into a tranche known as permanent managing conservatorship – children the state had given up on, and who were expected to be in the system until they aged out.
On the surface, the suspension of Children’s Hope, as well as a series of other facilities that followed, seemed like the state was finally holding caretakers responsible. But records obtained by the Houston Press show that, due to the sudden dearth of spaces for the most emotionally and behaviorally challenged kids, the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has been placing vulnerable children into facilities overseen by another state agency with a casual approach to quality control, the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS).
It’s doubtful that, on July 22, Vanessa had the ability to comprehend the context. All she knew was that a caseworker showed up to take her away from her housemother, Sheila Swirczynski.
In a video from that day, obtained by the Press, Vanessa repeatedly objects to the move. “I want to stay!” she shouts. “I’m not leaving Miss Sheila. I want to stay! They are my family.”
The caseworker patiently and quietly tried to calm Vanessa, saying, “I heard you. I have to do my job, though.”
At Vanessa’s new home in Richmond, the house mother, Jorfui “Dolly” Kandeh-Dabo, is seen telling a nurse that neither DFPS nor DADS told her that Vanessa was diabetic and had recently been hospitalized. This runs counter to DFPS policy, and it clashes with what a DFPS spokesman told the Press – that there’s no way kids would be moved without their new caretaker getting a rundown of their medical needs. As Kandeh-Dabo relates this information, one of Vanessa’s caseworkers sits uninterestedly at a table, filling out paperwork.
Had the Department of Aging and Disabilty Services been up to date, officials would have known that Kandeh-Dabo’s home was operating without a secretary of state charter, which is a violation of DADS contracts. It’s unclear if DADS notified Kandeh-Dabo of the oversight, which is only administrative, and not directly related to patient care.
Twenty-four hours after Vanessa arrived at her new home, she threw a fit, and Kandeh-Dabo apparently saw no other recourse than to call police. Vanessa was transported to a Bellaire psychiatric hospital.
In the days following, three other Children’s Hope refugees were removed from Love & Joy for unclear reasons; two of them were placed with DADS-licensed facilities run by individuals with repeated bankruptcies and civil judgments that forced their operations into receivership and may even have affected their ability to provide food and medication to their clients.
The Children’s Hope case offers a glimpse into how federal orders delivered on high are being carried out in the trenches. Following the West Texas treatment center’s suspension, facilities in Richmond, Conroe and Eddy were shuttered due to continued violations. While suspending problematic facilities looks on the surface like the swift, mindful response to the federal court’s ruling, records obtained by the Press reveal an alarming, continued indifference toward the care of some of the Children’s Hope refugees relocated to Houston.
Just as troubling, officials from DADS and DFPS seemed more intent on finding out how the Press obtained records for this story than looking into actual child welfare concerns. For example, neither agency seemed interested in why Centene, the St. Louis-based health-care juggernaut that manages Medicaid coverage for foster children, initially denied repeated requests to cover nursing visits for Vanessa’s insulin injections. This despite the fact that a Texas Children’s Hospital physician wrote that missed dosages “may be severe and even life-threatening.” (Profoundly intellectually disabled, Vanessa could not be relied on to regularly self-administer.)
After the Press’s initial story on Vanessa on July 16, officials with DADS launched an investigation into the identity of the whistleblower. Instead of looking into the histories of the facilities where vulnerable children were being placed, a DADS official asked the Press for the whistleblower’s name, which we did not provide.
To put this increased scrutiny into perspective, a recent DADS report showed that, out of 4,287 complaints related to its contracted home- and community-based services program homes in fiscal year 2015, workers only conducted 21 on-site reviews. So it takes a lot to pique the department’s interest.
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The following is a look at – eight months after a federal court order demanded better treatment for the state’s most vulnerable children – where some of these kids are being sent.
When Vanessa was removed from Love & Joy, she was sent to a home run by one of Kandeh-Dabo’s companies, Vericon Health Services. At the time, Vericon was operating without a charter through the secretary of state’s office for failure to pay state franchise taxes.
Cecilia Cavuto, a DADS spokeswoman, told the Press that companies like Vericon must have a valid charter. Department policy gives a company 30 days upon notice from DADS to reinstate the charter. It’s unclear if Kandeh-Dabo was ever notified. While an administrative oversight does not speak to a health-care provider’s standard of care, it raises questions about that provider’s ability to comply with other requirements related to patient welfare.
Although Vericon lost its charter on January 26, the company was back in good standing on July 25, days after the Press asked both Cavuto and Kandeh-Dabo why children were still in the Vericon home. Neither party answered our question.
It’s possible the confusion is related to DADS’s compartmentalized approach to the facilities it regulates, which include “licensed home health agencies,” “home- and community-based services,” “Texas home living” and, perhaps the most inconveniently named service of all, “Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Conditions Program.” Each has its own state requirements; some are licensed, while others are merely “contracted.”
Approximately two weeks before Vericon lost its charter, a DADS inspection found that staff failed to conduct background checks, administer drugs per doctors’ orders and fully assess clients, among other deficiencies. (Cavuto told the Press, “We approved the corrective action plan and evidence of correction in February of this year. We have no outstanding citations with this provider.”)
Unrelated to Vanessa’s care, the department’s Quality Reporting System shows that another home run by Kandeh-Dabo from 2010 to 2014, Johad Homecare, had not been inspected in at least three years.
Kandeh-Dabo briefly lost control of another company, JD Homecare, in 2007, when her partners in the company sued her in Fort Bend County State District Court, accusing her of embezzling funds and engaging in Medicare fraud with an associate who ran a home health-care service. Both Kandeh-Dabo and her co-defendant in the civil lawsuit, Mbomette Udobong, denied the allegations. (When we previously reported on this suit, Udobong’s lawyer threatened to take legal action.)
Kandeh-Dabo’s partners accused her of cashing Medicare checks the company received and giving the money to Udobong, “who then wrote a check to Kandeh personally,” according to court records, which include copies of checks to Kandeh-Dabo totaling roughly $40,000.
Ultimately, Kandeh-Dabo and her former partners agreed to sell JD Homecare at auction and distribute the proceeds among themselves, after covering outstanding bills. The highest bidder was Georgia Faye Harris, Udobong’s ex-wife, who swore in an affidavit that she was acting as an agent for a man in Nigeria named Israel Udobong.
JD Homecare then went into receivership. But Kandeh-Dabo argued that Harris should have been barred from taking possession of the property if she would not have been the actual owner, and she successfully filed a motion for a new trial. The company reverted back to Kandeh-Dabo. Secretary of state records show that Kandeh-Dabo served as the company’s president until sometime between July and December 2012, when a new set of owners and directors took over.
Kandeh-Dabo also had dealings in federal court. Records show that Kandeh-Dabo was detained by customs agents at Bush Intercontinental Airport in 2010, after a routine inspection revealed she was carrying nearly $20,000 in cash. Federal law requires people to file a report if they’re transporting more than $10,000 in cash out of the country.
According to the federal complaint, Kandeh-Dabo lied to the customs officer and said she was carrying only $5,000. The money was divided among seven envelopes bearing different people’s names.
The money was seized, and Kandeh-Dabo subsequently filed a motion to recover the funds, stating that she was only delivering the money to family members of her associates in Houston. In an agreed final judgment, half of the money was returned.
Kandeh-Dabo did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Prior to Vericon’s charter renewal, the Department of Aging and Disability Services recently entered into a contract with Vericon worth more than $100,000. Kandeh-Dabo is listed with the secretary of state’s office as the company’s sole governing person. It’s unclear if DADS was aware of the expired charter, or of the histories of Kandeh-Dabo’s other companies.
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Jon Proctor
As of July, two Children’s Hope refugees who were moved from Love & Joy were spending their days at an adult “day habilitation” facility in a southwest business park operated by Meridian Care, Inc. The director and president is Liner Anekwe, who is also listed in secretary of state records as an officer or a director of other health-care companies using a variation of the “Meridian” name – such as Meridian Nursing Services, Inc., and Meridian Transition Services, Inc.
Within the Meridian family of companies, some of which were incorporated in the early 1990s, three names appear regularly as president, officer or director: Liner Anekwe, Godwin Anekwe, and Bernard Ugwu. In some cases, such as Bernard Ugwu’s Meridian Physicians and Associates, Inc., there’s only one name listed as president or director. A fourth common name is Eghosa Aideyan, who is listed with several Meridian companies as the registered agent. (In choosing whether to license or contract with certain providers, DADS takes certain criminal convictions into consideration. Although Liner Anekwe was charged in Harris County District Court with assaulting his wife in 2008 and Godwin Anekwe was charged in Fort Bend County District Court with assaulting his wife in 2009, charges against both men were dismissed, and their relationship with DADS was not affected.)
According to records obtained by the Press, a therapist who visited the boys at the day habilitation facility in southwest Houston in July was concerned about minors and adults in the same setting. Both boys said they wanted to return to Love & Joy, according to the therapist’s notes. (According to a DADS spokeswoman, day habs have historically not been licensed by any state agency, but policy changes effective in late September will require guidelines for some day habs.)
In 2004, Liner Anekwe and Ugwu had a falling out. Anekwe sued Ugwu in Harris County District Court, on behalf of himself and five Meridian companies, alleging that Ugwu failed to pay federal payroll taxes. Anekwe also accused Ugwu of diverting funds from the five Meridian brands into two health-care companies he created with other partners.
In an accompanying affidavit, Anekwe claimed that Ugwu at first stuck to a payment plan with the IRS, but after he missed payments, the “IRS had went drastic in its steps by placing a lien against my family home, my family assets, and that of [Meridian],” and that the IRS threatened to seize the corporate assets and auction them off to satisfy the debt.
Anekwe claimed that one of the companies, Meridian Nursing Services, owed the IRS $700,000, and he also accused Ugwu of diverting $900,000 – as well as Meridian’s clients – into his new health-care services. (Anekwe also claimed that he personally lost $2.5 million.)
The affidavit shows the level of acrimony at the time, with Anekwe alleging that the last time he and Ugwu spoke, Ugwu blamed him “for my troubles, saying that I should not have built such an expensive house in America, and build it in Nigeria, just as he built his in Nigeria, which is beyond the reach of the IRS.”
Records from the suit show that one of Ugwu’s new companies paid him $7,500 a month for consulting services.
Ugwu denied the allegations and filed for bankruptcy in 2005.
But that was not the only time that Ugwe and Anekwe almost lost company assets.
Harris County Court records show that, in 2000, psychologist Jayne Raquepaw sued the branch of the company called “Meridian Rehabilitation Services,” accusing the directors of not paying her $12,480 for her counseling services. A judge found in her favor. (Meridian Rehabilitation Services was incorporated in 1996, with Ugwu and Liner Anekwe listed as two of three directors. At the time of the lawsuit’s filing, the company had lost its charter with the secretary of state, but was reinstated on May 25, 2001. By December 2002, Ugwu was the only listed director.)
In response to Raquepaw’s suit, Meridian Rehabilitation unsuccessfully sought bankruptcy protection. In January 2002, a Harris County judge ordered Meridian Rehabilitation to surrender its assets to a receiver, and Raquepaw’s lawyers showed up at the Meridian offices, with the receiver and a constable, to haul off property. At the last minute, Meridian’s directors had their attorney cut Raquepaw a check, and the case was dismissed.
The same year Raquepaw sued Meridian Rehabilitation, a man named Isaac Asiwe sued “Meridian, Inc.,” Ugwu and a third party, Benson Anekwe, accusing them of stiffing him on a $37,000 loan that was meant to cover Meridian’s payroll. (However, secretary of state records do not appear to show a “Meridian, Inc.” with Ugwu or Benson Anekwe as directors. Asiwe appears to have been confused over what entity he actually meant to sue. In a payment agreement between Ugwu and Asiwe filed in court records, Ugwu is listed as the “borrower” and his address is listed as “Meridian Care.”)
Ugwu accused Asiwe of charging usurious interest, making it impossible to pay off the loan. Ugwu’s bankruptcy filing appears to have delayed activity in the case until 2012, when Asiwe asked the court to force Meridian’s bank to garnish the company’s accounts. His motion was granted.
Unfortunately for Asiwe, he and his lawyer were confused by the plethora of companies under Ugwu’s and Anekwe’s control that bore the “Meridian” brand. Anekwe interjected himself into the suit, saying that Asiwe had forced the bank to garnish the wrong Meridian account. (Anekwe claimed that accounts at Meridian Care, Inc., were garnished and shouldn’t have been because Meridian Care, Inc., wasn’t even part of the lawsuit.)
Anekwe claimed that the litigation had affected patient welfare. He filed a motion claiming that “disabled and disadvantaged patients experienced a serious and substantial disruption of their medical and custodial services” and that Meridian Care “was unable to pay for food [and] medication.”
It’s unclear the extent to which and for how long patients went without food and medication.
Aideyan told the Press that Meridian’s financial problems stemmed from the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which changed how Medicare paid for home health services. He said this affected all health-care providers, not just Meridian.
“Every business has its ups and downs,” Aideyan said.
He chalked up Liner Anekwe and Meridian’s 2004 lawsuit against Ugwu as a “misunderstanding,” saying that the partners resolved their differences.
Although Ugwu, Liner Anekwe and Godwin Anekwe initially told the Press they would respond to written questions, they never did. Instead, the Press received an email from an attorney, Franklin Bynum, who said he would speak on Meridian’s behalf. We re-sent our questions, but did not hear back.
Currently, Meridian’s future appears to be in the hands of a Houston insurance agent named William Sartain, who won a $112,000 judgment against Ugwu in 2006 for his failure to make loan payments on a home in Fort Bend County. (Although the property was in Richmond, Sartain filed suit in Harris County District Court. He declined to comment for this story.)
In May 2016, a judge appointed a receiver, who ordered Ugwu to turn over financial records for all companies in which he has an interest, including Meridian. (It’s unknown what affect this may have on Meridian’s financial operation or any of the Meridian companies’ relationships with DADS. It’s also unclear if DADS is aware of the lawsuit.)
DADS inspections of two facilities called “Meridian Living Center I” and “Meridian Living Center II” from January and February 2016 found failures to provide health services, provide annual physical exams and maintain medical records, among other things. All these deficiencies were shown to have been corrected within two months, leaving the facilities in good standing.
The living centers were recently awarded contracts with DADS totaling more than $200,000.
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Despite the fact that at least one of the Meridian companies was having trouble feeding and medicating its patients in 2012, Anekwe and Aideyan thought it would be a good idea to open a mental health facility in Ruston, Louisiana, which they did, calling it Meridian Psychiatric Hospital. (Louisiana secretary of state records list Liner Anekwe as the hospital’s president and Aideyan as executive vice president.)
The company rented a huge facility in the small north Louisiana town and proceeded to run their venture into the ground. According to bankruptcy records filed in Louisiana in 2013, the facility operated from February 2012 until September 13, 2013, when key staff notified the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals that they had resigned.
A memorandum from the department’s lawyer, filed in bankruptcy court, states that department personnel drove to the facility for an on-site inspection on September 17, only to find it closed and locked.
Department staff “knocked loudly on the doors several times; no one answered,” according to a letter from the department’s health standards section. Phone calls made the following day went unanswered, and there was no voicemail system.
Inspection reports from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals describe an underqualified, bare-bones staff toiling in a poorly managed facility with a mostly absent medical director and psychiatrist. The nurses routinely failed to asses patients, who were often discharged without ever receiving treatment. One patient, who was leaving after eight days, told the inspector, “Everything has been good, except I have not seen a psychiatrist or a medical doctor.” (In a March 2013 visit, inspectors found that none of the 11 patients had been evaluated.)
The staff barely had a handle on their patients, many of whom suffered from severe psychiatric illnesses; one patient was able to destroy an air-conditioning unit, spilling coolant into the hallway and forcing an evacuation, after which he escaped, but was swiftly apprehended by police. The lack of monitoring also allowed him, on other occasions, to drink bleach and cut himself with shards of a mirror.
After the hospital closed, disgruntled employees complained to a local Fox affiliate about bounced paychecks. One former staff member told a reporter that hospital administrators threatened to sue the staff if they asked the Fox crew to film on the hospital grounds
The hospital’s bankruptcy filings show that, at the time of closure, Meridian Psychiatric owed $184,000 to the IRS for unpaid taxes and also owed $17,000 in unpaid state taxes. The facility also owed $170,000 to contractors and $362,000 to its landlord.
As executive vice president Eghosa Aideyan might say, every business has its ups and downs. | http://www.houstonpress.com/news/where-some-of-texas-s-most-vulnerable-children-are-being-sent-8715535 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/8db68f4becea822ce51cb7122524895683758bb0dfd8c305ca42683293e42fff.json |
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| 2016-08-29T12:46:31 | null | 2016-08-29T07:00:00 | A district court judge has ruled a law forbidding craft brewers from selling distribution rights to be in violation of the Texas Constitution. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Frestaurants%2Fjudge-says-banning-brewers-from-selling-distribution-rights-violates-texas-constitution-8713391.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8713433/revolver_brewing_flickrcc_steve_rainwater.jpg | en | null | Craft Beer Scores A Major Win In District Court | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Live Oak Brewing Co. of Austin, Peticolas Brewing Co. of Dallas and Revolver Brewing Photo by Steve Rainwater via Flickr Creative Commons
In what may end up being a major win for the craft beer industry, Travis County district judge Karin Crump ruled on Thursday, August 25, that arrangements that prohibit brewers from selling distribution rights violate the Texas Constitution.
It’s unfortunately too late for craft brewers who signed away exclusive distribution rights after Senate Bill 639 passed in 2013. The bill, among other things, said brewers could not “accept payment in exchange for an agreement setting forth territorial rights.” Conversely, distributors are entirely able to sell rights to other distributors. In other words, they were the only ones who could profit from the sale of distribution rights, not the brewers.
According to Watchdog.org, attorney Matt Miller argued on behalf of Institute For Justice, which represented plaintiffs Live Oak Brewing Co. of Austin, Peticolas Brewing Co. of Dallas and Revolver Brewing in Granbury. Their stance was that SB 639 “deprived the creators of the product from realizing its full value.”
The basis for the argument was Section 19 of Article 1 of the Texas Constitution, which states, “No citizen of this State shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land.”
Despite last week's court ruling against SB 639 in favor of small breweries like Peticolas, the Texas attorney general's office has 30 days in which to file an appeal. Photo by David Hale Smith
The real question, of course, is why SB 639 passed in the first place. According to Watchdog.org, Miller said, “Courts are going to have to take a serious look at whether or not there is some real world connection to some governmental or public interest,” and “The case of the craft brewers was little more than protectionism on behalf of a handful of companies that control almost all of the beer distribution in Texas.”
Houston and Dallas are home to five of the largest distributors in the United States, including number two-ranked Silver Eagle Distributors and number three-ranked Ben E. Keith Beverages. Reportedly, lobbying group The Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas persuaded Republican state senator John Carona of Dallas to introduce SB 639. At the time, he was the chairman of the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce. According to web site Follow The Money, The Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas has given Carona $54,000 and donated $3,319.932 to political interests overall.
Now, it’s a matter of waiting to see if the Texas attorney general’s office, which represents the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, is going to file an appeal. They have 30 days in which to do so.
This not the only issue facing craft brewers when it comes to doing business in Texas. Selling beer in large aluminum cans called crowlers was forbidden last year by the TABC, which doesn't view it simply as a technological improvement on glass growlers and says it in fact constitutes "repackaging beer," which is not allowed. One of our sister publications, the Dallas Observer, reported earlier this month that Grapevine Brewery is no longer distributing its beers and has "linked arms with Deep Ellum Brewing Company in a lawsuit against unfair (and what we consider to be unconstitutional) practices which currently prevent production breweries from selling beer to go from our taprooms."
The court battles are likely to continue for as long as brewers believe their rights are being infringed on by laws that heavily favor distributors. | http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/judge-says-banning-brewers-from-selling-distribution-rights-violates-texas-constitution-8713391 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/779d477bd2c81975bc11fab138f0023ae7dab0c99b00f1fe18a0c26d8fdcf82a.json |
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| 2016-08-30T18:46:33 | null | 2016-08-30T13:03:00 | State Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton is suing Waller County because he wants them to comply with state law and allow licensed gun carriers to be able to have... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fnews%2Fstate-ag-ken-paxton-sues-waller-county-over-courthouse-gun-ban-8717656.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8717703/gun_banned_photo.jpg | en | null | State AG Ken Paxton Sues Waller County Over Courthouse Gun Ban | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | State Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton says guns are okay in Waller County Courthouse, as long as they aren't in the actual courtrooms. However, Waller County officials don't seem to take that view of things. bradhoc/Flickr
Well, Texas Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton certainly doesn't mess around when it comes to open carry.
After warning Waller County officials that he'd make them get in line with state law if they didn't do so of their own volition, on Tuesday morning Paxton followed through. He filed a lawsuit against Waller County to force the county officials to comply with the state's open carry laws and allow guns into the Waller County Courthouse.
Waller County banned licensed gun carriers from bringing their firearms into the Waller County Courthouse, but Terry Holcomb, the executive director of the gun-rights group Texas Carry, took issue with this rule. At the beginning of August Holcomb filed a complaint against county officials arguing that the ban should only extend to individual courtrooms, not the entire courthouse.
Waller County officials responded by suing Holcomb, asking a judge for a declaratory ruling to affirm their right to ban guns from the entire courthouse, as we've reported.
Meanwhile, the case was sent up to Paxton's office for review. Why? Well, Holcomb was able to formally object about the ban in the first place under a new law that allows Second Amendment-focused Texans to oppose gun bans they dislike. If the entity doesn't respond the way the complainant likes, the issue can get kicked up to Paxton's office. Paxton then has the authority to determine whether the gun ban is valid or not and to sue if he determines it is invalid.
Of course, Paxton opted to go the lawsuit route. First, he gave county officials a "final notice" to comply with the law. They refused. Thus we get the lawsuit which says that the county is required to allow citizens to carry firearms "in areas of the Waller County Courthouse that contain non-judicial county administrative offices, such as the county clerk, county treasurer and county elections office, as the law requires," according to a release from Paxton's office.
The lawsuit may seek between $1,000 and $1,500 for the first violation and no less than $10,000 for any subsequent violation. Each day passed without compliance with the state open carry laws as Paxton's office interprets them constitutes a separate violation under Texas law, according to the lawsuit.
“A local government cannot be allowed to flout Texas’s licensed carry laws, or any state law, simply because it disagrees with the law or doesn’t feel like honoring it,” Paxton stated in the release. “I will vigilantly protect and preserve the Second Amendment rights of Texans.”
It's really marvelous how how Paxton is so invested in making local government follow the law whether the government officials agree with it or not, and no matter if they feel like honoring it or not. Waller County isn't the only local government entity that Paxton is pushing on the open carry requirements. The attorney general recently filed a similar lawsuit against the City of Austin seeking compliance where Austin claims its city hall is a government court.
Interesting that this statement came from the same guy who told government employees to disregard the law when it came to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year legalizing gay marriage, isn't it? Apparently, while all laws are equal, some laws — particularly the ones pertaining to having all of the guns in all of the places one can possibly legally carry them — are more equal than others. Go figure. | http://www.houstonpress.com/news/state-ag-ken-paxton-sues-waller-county-over-courthouse-gun-ban-8717656 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/2c0f4789b882bb56b762f4fbfcd8620230778b9ec572e7aea4692db322a563c9.json |
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| 2016-08-26T14:45:58 | null | 2016-08-26T08:00:00 | We bring you a list of the hottest culinary happenings in Houston this weekend. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Frestaurants%2Fhoustons-5-best-weekend-food-bets-eat-drink-and-raise-money-for-louisiana-flood-victims-8699397.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8699410/haroldstaproom.jpg | en | null | The Best Things to Eat and Drink in Houston This Weekend | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Hit Harold's Tap Room for a Creole-style fundraiser for the Louisiana flood vicitims. Photo courtesy of Harold's Tap Room
Summer in Houston isn't over yet. This weekend's hottest food and drink happenings include a pub crawl that won't get rained out again, a fundraiser and some booze-forward good times. Here’s a look:
Grand Opening Party at Under the Radar Brewery
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
1506 Truxillo
Houston’s newest brewery has been hosting soft opening weekends, but it’s finally throwing down for a all-day grand opening party this Saturday. Guests can expect live music from multiple bands, popsicles, shaved ice and food from The Burger Joint and Deutscher Fleischwagen, Houston’s newest mobile German restaurant serving eats like beer-braised brats, pretzels and potato salad.
Saint Arnold North Heights Pub Crawl
Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m.
Due to Houston’s lovely subtropical climate, this event was rescheduled from last week. This Saturday, Houston’s oldest brewery is bringing its fan-favorite pub crawl to the North Heights. Start at Southern Goods, 632 West 19th, to pick up your ticket at 5 p.m. Then move on to Hubcap Grill, 1133 West 19th, The Boot, 1206 West 20th and Big Star Bar, 1005 West 19th, in any order before finishing the night at Cedar Creek, 1034 West 20th, at 9 p.m. Those who complete the crawl will find a commemorative pint glass and eternal glory there. Fine, maybe not the eternal glory part.
Street Tacos and Wine at Beckrew Wine House
Saturday, 5 to 11:30 p.m.
2409 West Alabama
Hit this chic wine bar for a night of authentic tacos and housemade sides. The wine team has hand-selected an assortment of wines that enhances the flavors of traditional Mexican cuisine. RSVP at 713-526-2242 or [email protected].
Zydeco and Creole Cuisine Fundraiser for Louisiana Flood Victims at Harold’s Tap Room
Saturday, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
350 West 19th
Harold's chef Antoine Ware is from Louisiana, so he and the entire Harold's team wants to do their part in raising funds for the victims of the recent floods in Colyell and Livingston Parish. This Saturday, the team is throwing a benefit fundraiser in the tap room. Entrance costs $45 per person and will include a $10 donation to the American Red Cross, with emphasis on the Colyell and Livingston Parish regions of Louisiana, plus live music from Zydeco Dots, two drink tickets for beer, wine or a Creole cocktail, and small bites including shrimp étouffée balls, homemade Biscuits with ham and pimento cheese, assorted pizzas and jerk wings.
Staycation Party & Kar-B-Que at Cottonwood
Sunday, noon
3422 North Shepherd
Celebrate Sunday Funday with Karbach and Cottonwood. The brewery and bar, respectively, will be combining forces for a Kar-B-Que featuring a rare beer tapping, live music by Wrenfro, a prize wheel, an adult water slide (to keep you cool) and a pig roast (to keep you full). | http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/houstons-5-best-weekend-food-bets-eat-drink-and-raise-money-for-louisiana-flood-victims-8699397 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/bc7752857909541f9a65b622181928bc7f14a7b24dcb7e5fddf74e86ca63b953.json |
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"Herbert Fuego"
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| 2016-08-29T04:46:22 | null | 2016-08-27T23:00:00 | A reader wants to know how he can make his bowl more potent, and our Ask a Stoner columnist has the answer. Get the details at Westword.com. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fnews%2Fdear-stoner-how-can-i-make-a-bowl-more-potent-8708163.json | http://images1.westword.com/imager/u/original/7889977/ask_a_stoner.jpeg | en | null | Dear Stoner: How Can I Make a Bowl More Potent? | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Dear Stoner: I have a metal pipe that I can unscrew and clean, and the other day I had a great idea: What if I put a nug in there to get nice and sticky after smoking a few bowls? Will it be more potent?
JustBlaze
Dear Blaze: Now I know why natives get so annoyed with transplants, because no one who grew up here would ever think of doing such a stupid thing. No offense. Yes, sticking a nug in a pipe while you smoke can be a jailhouse way of coaxing it to get you a little higher, but it comes at the cost of your tastebuds, lungs and brain cells. That black stuff that covers the inside of your pipe is basically tar with some THC in it. Smoking it gets you high, but it’s not worth the damage it does to your lungs or brain cells while you’re coughing for five minutes — and it tastes like Bigfoot’s dick.
A drop of hash oil over a bowl will get you higher than a tar-coated nug ever could. A small pinch of kief will also do the trick, and you can collect that yourself if you buy a grinder with a screen in it. Whatever you do, stay away from the metal hardware.
Dear Stoner: I got my hands on a half-ounce of herb and wanted to make edibles, but I’m scared they’ll get me too high. Is there any way I can figure out how potent they’ll be?
Chef P
Dear Chef: THC content in edibles is measured in milligrams, which is a measure of weight. So if you have a half-ounce of marijuana flower, all you need to do is find the THC percentage and convert accordingly. Remember, homegrown stuff is a little harder to estimate, and although dispensaries put flower THC percentages on packaging, they’re not always as high as advertised. Assuming you have a decent estimate of your THC percentage, though, it’ll just take some basic math.
To make this easy, let’s say your half-ounce of flower tested at 20 percent THC. An ounce equals 28,349.5 milligrams, so half an ounce would be 14,174.75 milligrams — and the THC would account for 20 percent of that. If you extract all of the THC out of the flower while making some pot butter, then you should get around 2,835 milligrams of THC. How much butter you want to cook with in order to spread out all that THC is up to you.
Send questions to [email protected] or call the potline at 303-293-2222. | http://www.houstonpress.com/news/dear-stoner-how-can-i-make-a-bowl-more-potent-8708163 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/4398dfa1a70071d91cc5097502e64248ee78aa747ef82ab946dfdad8c942d93d.json |
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| 2016-08-26T12:56:27 | null | 2016-08-26T03:30:00 | It's Friday, it's 10:30...somewhere. It's time to party! | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Fmusic%2Ffriday-free-for-all-slow-future-frank-ocean-future-glass-candy-hamilton-8705288.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8705315/slowfuture-aug25.png | en | null | Friday Free For All 8/26/2016: Slow Future, Frank Ocean, | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Negative Creeps: Slow Future slowfuture.bandcamp.com
The Friday Free For All relays albums, artists, videos and vibes the Houston Press Music staff has been grooving to over the past week.
SLOW FUTURE
It’s nice to see there’s still a place in Houston for unruly ‘90s-style indie-rock in the Dinosaur Jr./Sebadoh mold – bands who embrace reverb-soaked guitars and thickly marbled riffs, and see no need to turn down the volume, but will hit you with a deep thought or two the second your head starts nodding a little too hard. Released back in April, Slow Future’s five-song EP (listed on Bandcamp as simply First E.P.) splits the difference between stoned slacker-rock and wounded electric blues. Rip off the knob on the flailing, Who-like frenzy of closer “See What You Bleed,” and you’ll soon understand why lo-fi is only way to fly. See them tonight at Satellite with Golden Sombrero, the Escatones and Only Beast! — three other awesome kitchen-sink-minded local bands. CHRIS GRAY
FRANK OCEAN
Well, it finally happened - we finally got the new Frank Ocean album. After four years, endless speculation and delays aplenty, the enigmatic Ocean last weekend finally dropped blond, the follow-up to 2012 breakout Channel Orange. Alas, this was not to be his Chinese Democracy, and thank God for that. Fortunately, blond delivers the goods, which was certainly a concern, considering we weren't even sure when, or if, the damn thing would come out. Lead single "Nikes" is pure Ocean, in that it's magical but kinda hard to classify. Other standout tracks include "Nights" and "Self Control," and an interlude with Outkast's Andre 3000 ("Solo (Reprise)") is a treat. And I'm partial to "Facebook Story," just because it's a pretty damn spot-on depiction of dating in the social media age. CLINT HALE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Summer’s on the run. It’s almost time to roll up the windows and think about death. But in these last moments of jeep weather, beach weather, exposed-skin weather, you need not see fear in a handful of dust. All you’ve got to do is press play and be transported to funkier times. Exotic Cleveland, 1983, where party people have their leather jackets and berets pulled tight against the wind. Frankly, it’s harder to funk in a sweater. A sharp noxious whiff of the Cuyahoga River sneaks in through the vents and nearly splits your nose in two as you cruise East in your Chevy Caprice. Your honey is pressed up close to you on the bench seat, and you know she’s going to turn this up when it comes on. Meanwhile, you switch over to Euclid to avoid the packs of wild dogs on Carnegie. It’s Cleveland, ‘83, summer’s far away. TEX KERSCHEN
SONS OF SUM 41
I'm a pretty big fan of pop-punk. It reminds me of a simpler time in my life, and I enjoy revisiting it ocassionally. Sure, the lyrics tend to be melodramatic, but I grew up with the genre so it will always hold a special place in my ear canals. Revitalized by blink-182's recent visit to Houston, I delved into the archives of Spotify to revisit my youth. Along the way, I discovered that blink isn't the only '90s-era outfit still making music in the genre. Sum 41 has released two new songs this year and is preparing to embark on a North American tour, aptly titled "Don't Call It A Comeback." And though neither was ever my cup of tea, even Simple Plan and Good Charlotte have put out new albums this year. But these bands' sounds have grown tired, and there's an abundance of younger voices hurtling their emotive lyrics and pop-punk ballads at fans now. Neck Deep, Broadside, Mooseblood and Modern Baseball, to name a few, are breathing new life into the style while preserving the overemotional, soaring choruses that first attracted fans. So here's to pop-punk and its continued success. It's not for everyone, but there are plenty of kids out there who need songs that are simultaneously overwrought with emotion and dance-friendly. God knows I did. MATTHEW KEEVER
FUTURE
It's that time of year again and students everywhere are entering their latest classes, meeting with all their new classmates and professors and generally having panic attacks about how their social life is about to go down the drain. I know this firsthand because I'm taking classes again this semester and it's already been a painful two days. What can motivate you to overcome and achieve quite like the sounds of your favorite songs? I grew up on the Rocky movies and "Hearts on Fire" and "Eye of the Tiger" are always great choices to keep your eyes on the prize, but personally I think my taste skews closer to my classmates these days. On repeat for the first day back? Future's "Fuck Up Some Commas." I don't know what was in the earbuds of everyone else on campus, but nothing can get me pumped like Future. That's a context I'll bet he never imagined his music being used in, but kudos to the Atlanta trap-rapper for inspiring some to drink lean and some to get educated. COREY DIETERMAN
GLASS CANDY
The influence of payola in the spa market charts has been a known thing for so long that we hardly have occasion to remark on the pernicious way it clogs and bottlenecks our awareness of the rich genre. Hits like “Cherry Blossom Mani/Pedi Theme” and “Yamaha AN1x Factory Preset Bank 1 (Keys Taped Down)” monopolize the market shares, powered by interest groups and deep cisterns of dirty money, keeping underdogs like Glass Candy hidden under the proverbial bushel. Say you’re freeing up some chi at the acupuncturist’s, your toes as stuffed with needles as a big-time Hollywood star, what are the odds you’re going to hear “Covered In Bugs”? And, yet, the message is the same, the music as soft and welcoming. It’s the biz that’s rotten. TEX KERSCHEN
HAMILTON
Something weird is happening to me. My listening pattern for albums I enjoy has always been the same three steps: 1) Hear and enjoy it once; 2) Rapidly play it on repeat to quickly familiarize myself; and 3) Get sick of it. An optional Step 4 is to eventually come back around and add it to the "classics" rotation. But here's the weird thing: Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) has been on Step 2 for almost a year now. I listen to parts of it every single day, and go through the entire nearly-three-hour emotional roller coaster at least once a week. Maybe I'm going crazy. Either that or Hamilton could be, as I've half-joked before, the greatest piece of art in the 21st century. Maybe, in Hamilton's (Lin-Manuel Miranda's?) own words, it's "passionately smashing every expectation" that I had toward music consumption. Maybe it's just nice to surprise yourself sometimes. ERIC SMITH | http://www.houstonpress.com/music/friday-free-for-all-slow-future-frank-ocean-future-glass-candy-hamilton-8705288 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/d2465b42775392fe58c37c676f03bdad83ca223f5a0208f8acd642bf75047bac.json |
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| 2016-08-29T12:46:43 | null | 2016-08-29T07:00:00 | We preview the upcoming mix rep program and season starter for the Houston Ballet called Director's Choice: American Ingenuit. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Farts%2Fhouston-ballet-presents-a-mixed-rep-program-with-intense-focus-on-perfection-8712543.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8712546/karinagonzalez700.jpg | en | null | Preview: Director's Choice: American Ingenuity | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | Karina Gonzalez, seen here practicing with Conor Walsh for last year's Romeo and Juliet, will be featured in this month's mixed rep program at Houston Ballet Photo by Amitava Sarkar
There's waltzing and the beautiful strains of the mazurka. Then a switch to extreme dancing requiring positions that go beyond the norm. Toss in a little neoclassic work and voila, there's this year's season opener for the Houston Ballet.
Three masterpieces, each different from the others and all challenging. That’s the assessment Houston Ballet Principal dancer Karina Gonzalez made when asked about the upcoming mixed repertory program Director’s Choice: American Ingenuity.
From the classical Balanchine ballet Theme and Variations to Jerome Robbins’ neoclassical Other Dances (originally designed for Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov) to the extreme movements of William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite, all three pieces require nearly perfect attention to form, she said.
It will be the first time Gonzalez is doing any of them, and she is rehearsing for all three.
“Theme is the most intense classical ballet I have done. It’s pure ballet technique, but also it’s the stamina. It’s almost 30 minutes doing the perfect technique,” she explained. Dancers will be performing to the music of Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Bach and changing their costumes to match the style of dance.
“It's one of the most amazing programs I have danced,” she added.
Performances are scheduled for September 8-18 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Wortham Theater Center, 501 Texas. For information call 713-227-2787 or visit houstonballet.org. $25-$195. | http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/houston-ballet-presents-a-mixed-rep-program-with-intense-focus-on-perfection-8712543 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/c088fbb2b4913bf5774fedcf4dfa6f8f5e62ab8789d23f8f40494cc5a31b01f9.json |
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| 2016-08-26T12:47:32 | null | 2016-08-26T06:00:00 | A round-up of all openings and closings in Houston and surrounding areas for the week of 8/24/16 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpress.com%2Frestaurants%2Fopenings-and-closings-relish-is-going-to-be-a-full-restaurant-and-bar-8693052.json | http://images1.houstonpress.com/imager/u/original/8698942/houfood_160824_relish_cuclam.jpg | en | null | Big Changes For Relish and Goodbye To BRC | null | null | www.houstonpress.com | The new restaurant and bar has doubled in size of the original location and and will include a large L-shape outdoor patio. Rendering courtesy of Relish Restaurant & Bar
Relish Fine Foods, 3951 San Felipe, closed its doors on August 20. According to a press release, the new Relish Restaurant & Bar will open sometime in September and will be twice the size of the original, include a large patio area and serve alcohol. The new location at 2810 Westheimer is the former home of The Bird & The Bear in Upper Kirby. Having grown up in the area, business partners and newlyweds Addie D'Agostino and executive chef Dustin Teague say that the new restaurant and bar fulfills their long-term dream of building something with the needs and personality of the neighborhood in mind. The menu will remain focused on American comfort foods with Italian and Mediterranean influences. they say.
Eric Sandler of CultureMap Houston broke the news on long-anticipated opening of Pi Pizza, 181 Heights Boulevard, on Monday, August 29. Owner Anthony Calleo says he has dreamed of a real restaurant since opening the food truck five years ago. Having teamed up with local restaurateur Lee Ellis' Cherry Pie Hospitality group, Calleo says that two of the greatest benefits to being a part of a restaurant group are being able to source better ingredients and being able to more easily maintain the integrity of the pizza dough. Other items, such as sandwiches and salads, have been added to the menu of pizza pies. The restaurant will also offer "four frozen cocktails, bottled cocktails, wines on tap and a rotating selection of craft beers." There will also be non-alcoholic beverages available in the form of a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine that allows customers to mix their own sodas.For the first week, Pi Pizza will only be open for lunch and dinner. Delivery will follow in a week or two.
BRC will be turned into a catering and private event space for smaller events. Photo By Troy Fields
On August 17, BRC, 519 Shepherd, served its last meal "as a restaurant." In a press release, a representative of F.E.E.D. TX restaurant group shares that "the BRC Gastropub space will be used as a catering and private event facility." An employee at BRC revealed that it was closing to focus on Liberty Station restaurants and added that The Liberty Station at the MetroNational Treehouse location, 963 Bunker Hill, will be opening soon.
Logan's Roadhouse, 2200 South Highway 6, is one of 18 locations to have closed recently. A representative at Logan's Roadhouse headquarters said that these closures are due to the company filing for bankruptcy. Upon further research, an article in Restaurant Business Online states that LRI Holdings, Inc. (the parent company of Logan's Roadhouse) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on August 8 and as of June 1, their debts have totaled $546.1 million.
An artist rendering of the interior space, where nearly three inches of plaster and wallpaper was removed to reveal a beautiful brick wall. Photo courtesy of Lilly & Bloom
Lilly & Bloom, 110 Main, Suite 100, pushed back its opening to early October. One of the managing partners, Michael Gonzalez, shares that they had hoped to be ready by mid-September but restoration work on the historical Raphael building's facade took longer than expected. Gonzalez mentioned that the tile ceiling has been removed and a tin ceiling put in place. The Raphael building dates back to 1897 and Gonzalez said it is important to them to honor the history. In a forum on HoustonArchitecture.com, CrockpotandGravel shares images of the restoration in progress. Under three inches of plaster and wallpaper was a brick wall that they plan to restore. The bar will serve wine, crafted cocktails and craft beers. Back in April, the Houston Press reported that a coffee bar called The Study would be moving into this space but looks like they changed the name and concept.
Another Adair Family Restaurant, Eloise Nichols Grill & Liquors, 2400 Mid Lane, Suite 100, is set to open soon. The owners named the place after the Adair siblings' 92-year-old grandmotherand call it a "drinker's bar with a chef-driven kitchen." It had been scheduled to open in August but at last check, a post on Craigslist reveals the owners are holding a job fair during an open house between August 29 and August 31 in search of a culinary team. According to Greg Morago of the Houston Chronicle, executive chef Joseph Stayshich, along with the partners, has created an "American menu with Southern roots featuring the works of local farmers." Expect dishes such as deviled eggs, fried green tomatoes, and sweet tea-brined pork chops to come out of the kitchen. Restaurant hours will be Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday brunch from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
King's Bierhaus will feature communal seating, live music, German sausages and specialty brews. Photo courtesy of King's Bierhaus
Ellie Sharp of Zagat Houston includes King's Bierhaus, 2044 East TC Jester, as one of "Houston's 14 Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings of Fall 2016." Co-owners Hans and Philipp Sitter, who are responsible for the popular King's Biergarten, 1329 East Broadway in Pearland, are bringing their German food and specialty brews concept to Houston. Construction of the King's Bierhaus, has begun in the Heights and is scheduled for a late November opening. Sitter tells the Press that they plan on making this a fun, outdoorsy space with communal seating, a full bar and an outdoor biergarten, similar to what they have in Pearland. According to its Facebook page, the restaurant will also serve German and American fusion dishes and hand-crafted cocktails.
Mason Jar, 9005 Katy Freeway, is relocating after seven years. Owner Jeff Martinson tells the Press that he will not be renewing the lease agreement and plans are to move by the end of this year. At this time, there is no information about the new location.
That's it for this week's restaurant openings and closings. Do you know of something we missed? Leave us a comment or send us an email to tell us about it. | http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/openings-and-closings-relish-is-going-to-be-a-full-restaurant-and-bar-8693052 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.houstonpress.com/5dbd17d2fbba43283b6d95efca1099dc2e1e74f740371ea725b1915b3bdef797.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:09:57 | null | 2016-08-05T15:49:25 | Visit now for Shoreham lifestyle news and features from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fvideo-cat-of-the-year-announced-at-national-awards-1-7514184.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7514183.1470408528!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Video: ‘Cat of the Year’ announced at national awards | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A plucky puss who saved the day by waking a family as a fire engulfed their home has been crowned overall winner in Cats Protection’s National Cat Awards 2016, sponsored by PURINA®.
Five-year-old Tink leapt onto a bed to raise the alarm as the blaze took hold while owners Claire and Russell Hopkinson and sons Jake, 19, and Scott, 22, slept in their home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
At the awards ceremony, held at The Savoy in London on Thursday (4 August), the brave tortoiseshell moggy was crowned overall winner after first scooping the Hero Cat category.
Claire, who was at the ceremony to accept Tink’s award, said: “Tink has always been a much-loved pet but not a day goes past when I’m not grateful for her actions on that day. If it wasn’t for her the outcome could have been horrific, she is our true hero.”
The family had been sleeping at their home in the early hours one morning in February when an electrical fault in a neighbouring property sparked the fire.
Claire said: “I was fast asleep when I felt this thud on my legs and realised it was Tink. She doesn’t sleep on our bed and it was unlike her to be on it. As soon as I opened my eyes all I could see was white smoke.
“My two sons sleep with their doors shut and when I opened Scott’s door, this thick black smoke bellowed out. The smoke had passed through the vent straight into his room and he was fast asleep. Because his door was shut the smoke hadn’t yet reached the fire alarm – without Tink waking me Scott would have been in huge danger.
“We quickly got out of the house but, in the commotion, Tink took fright and hid behind a cupboard. When the firefighters arrived they asked if anyone was in the house and we explained our cat was.
“A firefighter went in and found her but, when he brought her out, she was unconscious and limp. We were heartbroken and thought we’d lost her. But the firefighters had a special oxygen mask for animals and Scott sat in the fire engine holding it on her for an hour until she came round.
“I can’t explain how relieved and happy we were she pulled through. Tink is a truly special cat, we love her to bits. She’s our hero and an essential part of our family and we’re so proud of her for what she did.”
Cats Protection’s National Cat Awards is the UK’s largest celebration of real-life stories of companionship, bravery and survival in the cat world.
Tink was first chosen as the winner of the Hero Cat category by celebrity judge, actress Anita Dobson, before being chosen as overall winner by a panel of judges comprising of actor Paul Copley, singer Saffron Sprackling, former Hollyoaks actors Carley Stenson and Danny Mac and musician Rick Wakeman.
Other celebrities at the ceremony - hosted by BBC announcer and “voice of the balls” Alan Dedicoat – were TV psychologist Jo Hemmings, and Commonwealth Games gold medallist clay target shooter Charlotte Kerwood.
Anita said: “Tink’s story really stood out because it really tugged on my heartstrings, particularly the part where he passed out and had to be resuscitated by firefighters. He is a true hero!”
As well as the honour of being crowned National Cat of the Year, Tink and her owners received a prize of a trophy, a pet store voucher, a year’s subscription to Cats Protection’s The Cat magazine and a three-month supply of PURINA® pet food.
Kate Bunting, the awards organiser at Cats Protection, said Tink’s story was an inspiring one.
“Tink’s truly remarkable and it just goes to show how important cats are to family life. Her quick thinking alerted the whole family to a potential disaster,” she said.
“It was particularly poignant to hear how devastated the family were when they thought Tink had succumbed to smoke inhalation. It shows how important cats are to family life and we are so pleased that she managed to pull through.”
Tink follows in the paw prints of a long line of feline heroes honoured by Cats Protection. Previous winners have included Jessi-Cat, who was celebrated for helping a seven-year-old boy cope with Selective Mutism, a condition which affects his ability to speak and Nelson, a one-eyed former stray from County Durham, who survived nearly drowning and 15 years living rough.
The winners of the other categories were:
- Houdini from Stoke-On-Trent who won the Furr-ever Friends prize – For the family of schoolboy Harri Cossburn, Houdini is not only a much-loved pet but he is also an in-house therapy cat. Harri, 10, is on the autistic spectrum and suffers from anxiety attacks, finding it difficult to be alone. But since two-year-old Houdini came into his life, Harri has found a constant source of comfort, support and friendship.
- Jessie from Peterborough who won Outstanding Rescue Cat - Life for Tracey Jessop-Thompson and her husband Stephen changed forever when their 18-year-old daughter Lucy died suddenly from a cardiac arrest as a result of an undiagnosed heart condition. As the devastated couple went about slowly rebuilding their lives, they found comfort, support and joy in the most unexpected of places – a tiny rescue kitten called Jessie. Now aged one, fun-loving Jessie has given the couple the strength to embark on charity work to raise awareness of heart conditions in young people.
- Peggy from Dundee who took home the Cats Protection Special Recognition Award - Tortoiseshell puss Peggy was recognised for her companionship, loyalty and support which transformed the life of owner Kirsty Oliphant. Kirsty, 23, was at rock bottom when she adopted Peggy – then aged 16 and suffering from FIV- from Cats Protection’s Dundee & District Branch in 2014. With a long history of mental health issues, Kirsty had frequently been admitted to a psychiatric hospital following a series of suicide attempts. But after adopting Peggy, life changed almost overnight for Kirsty and she is now well enough to undertake a university course to study mental health nursing later this year.
- Smokie from Woking who won the Purina® Better Together category - Six-year-old Smokie was in a bad way when she turned up as a bedraggled stray on Jane Leggott’s doorstep. Suffering with a congenital eye problem, her vision was impaired and she was desperately in need of someone to take care of her. Deciding to keep her, Jane had no idea how much Smokie would come to mean to her family, especially son Stefan, then aged 18, who was struggling to cope with the death of his stepfather.
- Spike from Abergavenny who was awarded Most Caring Cat - When a rare illness left Maria Price paralysed almost overnight, her world fell apart around her. After a month in hospital, the 38-year-old faced a long battle to adjust to her condition and find the strength to recover. Support, companionship and inspiration came in the form of her seven-year-old cat Spike. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/lifestyle/video-cat-of-the-year-announced-at-national-awards-1-7514184 | en | 2016-08-05T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/f53bf1ed15922bc8ec023296e56942c17a8c7609f90403becb546ca7d6e4b9f1.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:00:14 | null | 2016-08-25T14:21:24 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flittlehampton-care-home-residents-meet-feathered-friends-at-fun-event-1-7531101.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7531100.1471440323!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Littlehampton care home residents meet feathered friends at fun event | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Residents from a Littlehampton care home met a flock of feathered friends as the birds dropped in for a fun event.
The residents of Darlington Court were invited to the Rustington Residents Association.
Local falconry organisation, Hawking About, hosted the event as part of a sensory activity which was enjoyed by all residents at Darlington Court, but particularly helped to boost the emotional and physical wellbeing of people living with dementia in the home.
Darlington Court residents were given the rare opportunity to get up close to many different breeds of birds including a kestrel, a Harris hawk, an African spotted grey, a barn owl and a European eagle owl. In addition to watching an indoor display, residents were also given an insight into the different species, with a talk from a local bird of prey expert.
Fiona Wiederkehr, home manager at Darlington Court, said: “Many residents here have an active interest in wildlife and nature and, following the success of our involvement in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch earlier this year, we were delighted to have the opportunity to go along and meet and learn about some fascinating, feathered friends. You could see from the residents’ reactions just how engaged and fascinated they were by the chance to get so close to the impressive birds and it was fantastic to see the smiles on everyone’s faces. The session also fitted really well with our whole ‘activity based care’ approach here at Darlington Court.”
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| 2016-08-26T13:02:32 | null | 2016-08-25T12:41:26 | Visit now for the latest crime news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fhm-courts-service-latest-results-list-for-worthing-and-chichester-from-august-1-to-5-2016-1-7543693.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.6571756.1472125301!/image/image.jpg | en | null | HM Courts Service: Latest results list for Worthing and Chichester, from August 1 to 5, 2016 | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The following are the latest results contributed by HM Courts Service, for cases sentenced by West Sussex Magistrates’ Court sitting at Worthing and Chichester from August 1 to 5, 2016.
Keith Bilsland, 49, of King Edward Avenue, Worthing, was given an eight-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and must have treatement for alcohol dependency after being found guilty of using threatening words or behaviour in Worthing on April 1, 2016. He was given a two-week concurrent prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, after admitting obstructing a police constable in Worthing on April 1, 2016. He was given a two-week concurrent prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, after admitting assault in Worthing on April 10, 2016. He also admitted failing to surrender to custody at Worthing Magistrates’ Court on April 19, 2016, and on April 28, 2016, no separate penalty. He must pay £80 victim surcharge, £100 costs.
Sarah Bjortomt, 23, of New Road, Littlehampton, was given a community order and must carry out 60 hours’ unpaid work after admitting drink-driving (104mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath) at the Portfield Roundabout, Chichester, on July 11, 2016. She was also fined £85 and must pay £85 victim surcharge. She was disqualified from driving for 24 months.
Jamie Preston, 24, of Daniel Close, Lancing, was given a community order and must carry out 160 hours’ unpaid work after admitting two charges of assaulting a police constable in Worthing on March 11, 2016; and resisting a police constable in Worthing on March 11, 2016. He must also complete the Thinking Skills Programme and pay a total of £300 compensation, £60 victim surcharge, £250 costs. He also admitted disorderly behaviour while drunk in Worthing on March 11, 2016, and assaulting a police constable in Worthing on March 11, 2016, no separate penalty.
Jason Jones, 36, of Hawke Close, Rustington, was fined £150 and must pay £20 victim surcharge, £775 costs, after being found guilty of using threatening words or behaviour in Rustington on April 4, 2016. He must pay £269 compensation, no separate penalty, after being found guilty of damaging a delivery van in Rustington on April 4, 2016.
Catherine Beech, 59, of Gloucester Road, Littlehampton, was given a community order and must carry out 150 hours’ unpaid work after admitting drink-driving (130mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath) in Wick Street, Littlehampton, on July 14, 2016; and failing to stop after an accident in which damage was caused to another vehicle in Wick Parade car park, on July 14, 2016. She must pay £85 victim surcharge, £85 costs, and was disqualified from driving for 36 months.
Yasmin Caryer, 23, of Peel Close, Wick, was fined £410 and must pay £41 victim surcharge, £85 costs, after admitting drink-driving (94mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath) in Manning Road, Wick, on July 10, 2016. She was disqualified from driving for 24 months.
Roger Gould, 72, of Homewood, Findon, was fined £165 and must pay £30 victim surcharge, £85 costs, after admitting drug-driving (68ug/L cocaine) in Storrington Road, Storrington, on May 27, 2016. He was disqualified from driving for 36 months. He also admitted drug driving (600 ug/L Benzoylecgonine) in Storrington Road, Storrington, on May 27, 2016.
Billy Betts, 24, of Irene Avenue, Lancing, was given a 26-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and must have mental health treatment after admitting making a threat to kill a police officer in Southwick on May 28, 2015. He was given a four-week concurrent prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, after admitting causing £250 damage to a door in Southwick on May 28, 2015. He must pay £230 compensation, £85 costs and £115 victim surcharge. He also admitted breaching a community order, which was revoked, and was given three four-week concurrent prison sentences, suspended for 12 months, for the original offences of theft from Debenhams on February 10, 2016; and two charges of assault by beating in Crawley on February 25, 2016.
Derek Beaumont, 56, of Oakleigh Court, Oakleigh Close, Worthing, was fined £50 and must pay £30 victim surcharge, £85 costs, after admitting disorderly behaviour while drunk at The Gardners Arms, Sompting, on July 1, 2016. He was fined £100 after admitting possessing cannabis in West Street, Sompting, on July 1, 2016.
Jason Murphy, 48, of Ingleside Crescent, Lancing, was fined £130 and must pay £30 victim surcharge, £85 costs, after admitting using threatening words or behaviour at Worthing Railway Station on May 21, 2016.
Christopher Hyder, 23, of Scott Lodge, York Road, Littlehampton, admitted breaching a suspended sentence order and a prison sentence of four weeks was implemented. He was given an eight-week consecutive prison sentence after admitting drug-driving (8mg Delta-9-THC per litre of blood) in Broadpiece, Littlehampton, on June 7, 2016. He was given an eight-week concurrent prison sentence after admitting drug-driving (56mg Benzoylecgonine per litre of blood) in Broadpiece, Littlehampton, on June 7, 2016. He msut pay £115 victim surcharge and was disqualified from driving for two years. He also admitted driving without insurance and driving without a licence, no separate penalty.
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"David Guest"
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| 2016-08-26T13:14:32 | null | 2016-08-23T08:30:55 | Visit now for the latest theatre & comedy news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Ftheatre-and-comedy%2Freview-no-man-s-land-theatre-royal-brighton-until-saturday-august-27-1-7539174.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7539173.1471937445!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Review: No Man’s Land (Theatre Royal, Brighton, until Saturday, August 27) | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Seeing any play by Harold Pinter demands several questions of its audience: What is actually going on? What do we think is going on? What does the playwright believe is going on? What do the characters think is going on?
Even if you can’t answer these on one side of a sheet of A4 paper, you should fight for seats to Pinter at his most absurd - such is the quality of the touring and London-bound production of No Man’s Land.
At its most basic level No Man’s Land is a play about nostalgia (the mood is established by each of the characters being named after famous cricketers and for Pinter cricket was bound up with such wistfulness – though the cricket references are also more subliminally important throughout), what it means to be human with all our struggles, and the nightmares and joys of being haunted by memories and dreams.
In the hands of two of our finest theatrical knights (and indeed two storming supporting players) we know we are going to be treated to a masterclass of interpretation, line reading and presentation. What isn’t so immediately obvious to the newcomer are the layers upon layers that are unravelled – leading to plenty of moments that are very funny quickly balanced by something unnerving, uncertain, or just plain baffling.
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to this 1975 play having appeared in it on Broadway in 2013 alongside Waiting for Godot. The performances are, of course, exquisite, but they also have the knack of making their roles, the script and their vital interplay fresh. It’s almost as if they were discovering it all for the first time, though it would surely not be beyond imagining that the play itself demands such originality, as though the characters were trapped in a loop, having to repeat the lines and scenes again and again.
As Spooner Ian McKellen appears to be the outsider, a loquacious poet who meets a like-minded spirit in a pub near Hampstead Heath and is invited home – but for what purpose? To discuss mutual literary interests, to share memories as old friends, or for something more physical? McKellen’s Spooner is dishevelled and seedy, but with a sharp mind and wit and a laconic humour; yet there is also a vulnerability as he tries to inveigle himself into his drinking companion’s life and home.
Patrick Stewart’s Hirst seems at first to waver between drunkenness and sobriety but the actor gives the role an extra dimension of a once strong and intelligent writer on the scary edge of senility. There is a chilling sense of his delusions ensnaring the others in the house to the point where all become helpless.
Damien Molony and Owen Teale as Foster and Briggs stay just on the right side of being threatening – are they staff, family, lovers or jailers? Often coming across as bullies, they reveal themselves as educated and eloquent in their own ways, and perhaps there is no escape for them either.
Director Sean Mathias ensures that the play works on so many levels, with its complicated characters, enchanting poetic quality and a humour darker than night and colder than winter. He is aided brilliantly by Stephen Brimson Lewis’s set design, Adam Cork’s sound design and Nina Dunn’s projection design, which all add to the questioning about whether this is something unfinished, artificial, ethereal or imaginary.
By the end we continue wondering if this no man’s land is a place of limbo between life and death, or a dreamlike state between waking and sleeping, or a place between battlegrounds. And are the characters individuals with uncertain memories or aspects of each other?
The sheer quality of this production, with a cast dramatically bowling the most amazing googlies, means that however hard Pinter’s work may be to define, the audience wants to know the answers. It may leave the theatre in a state of bemusement, but it has been rewarded by a sublime and beautiful production. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-and-comedy/review-no-man-s-land-theatre-royal-brighton-until-saturday-august-27-1-7539174 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/d8b45644e45efa3624dcd8a5c6de52fbc6362441ebb66af4d5cdf5a91ea4a936.json |
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"Richard Jenkins"
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| 2016-08-26T13:09:40 | null | 2016-08-08T11:55:39 | Visit now for Shoreham lifestyle news and features from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Frevealed-britain-s-favourite-feel-good-tunes-and-movies-1-7516469.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7516464.1470653681!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Revealed: Britain’s favourite feel-good tunes and movies | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | If you want to feel good, wake up early, dance to a bit of Queen and drink more water.
Those are the findings of a study of 2,000 people which examined the best feel-good things for Brits - unearthing the top movies, music and more that are most likely to lift the spirits.
A blaring bit of Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now came top of the list of pleasure-bringing tunes, with Pharrell Williams’ Happy in second and ELO’s classic Mr. Blue Sky in third for the best feel-good tracks.
Dirty Dancing, Love Actually and Bridget Jones’s Diary are as good as it gets when it comes to feel-good movie magic, and we also feel happier when we look after ourselves and get some exercise.
The research, commissioned by Highland Spring to launch its new Feel Good initiative on the benefits of healthy hydration, found that Brits love exercising to make themselves feel better, and a brisk walk with the dog, fitness class or bike ride are some of the top ways to get out and feel good.
Meanwhile, waking up early in the morning can go towards a feel-good day, with 8.30am voted the optimum time to rise on a day off work.
Being outside is crucial to happiness, with respondents saying that sitting in their garden in the sunshine, walking the dog or playing sports would be part of their ideal feel-good day.
The research also found that looking good is part of feeling good and on average we spend 25 minutes making ourselves look our best - although it takes women 11 minutes longer than men.
The survey highlighted the following top 10 ways to have a great day as well as the best feel good movies and songs:
TOP 10 WAYS TO HAVE A FEEL-GOOD DAY
1. Sit in the garden in the sun
2. Listen to music
3. Have a good meal
4. Get a good night’s sleep
5. Go on holiday
6. Have a drink with friends
7. Sleep in a freshly made bed
8. Hear good news from a loved one
9. Feel the sun on your face
10. Find some money
TOP 10 FEEL GOOD SONGS
1. Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now
2. Pharrell Williams - Happy
3. Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer
4. ELO - Mr Blue Sky
5. Queen - We Are The Champions
6. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
7. Taylor Swift - Shake it off
8. David Bowie - Heroes
9. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody
10. Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
TOP 10 FEEL-GOOD MOVIES
1. Dirty Dancing
2. Love Actually
3. Forrest Gump
4. Bridget Jones’s Diary
5. Mrs Doubtfire
6. Star Wars
7. Notting Hill
8. Back to the Future
9. Dumb and Dumber
10. Groundhog Day | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/lifestyle/revealed-britain-s-favourite-feel-good-tunes-and-movies-1-7516469 | en | 2016-08-08T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/a0503e1b4c14d230d6a456d6a2b6acbed215865e79e9187c78b8d65988ab25c9.json |
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"James Butler"
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| 2016-08-28T10:48:30 | null | 2016-08-27T15:00:20 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcounty-news-warning-to-sussex-drivers-after-bridge-collapses-1-7547405.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7547402.1472307475!/image/image.jpg | en | null | COUNTY NEWS: Warning to Sussex drivers after bridge collapses | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Motorists from around Sussex are being advised to avoid using the M20 if travelling to Kent after a bridge collapsed.
Kent Police said that officers were called at 12.10pm today to a report of a bridge collapsing between Junction 4 and Junction 3 on the M20 London-bound.
Police said a lorry collided with a pedestrian bridge which collapsed onto the carriageway below.
Officers are in attendance along with Kent Fire and Rescue Service and South East Coast Ambulance Service.
No people are believed to be trapped in the debris, however one person is believed to have suffered injuries, not reported to be life threatening at this time, Kent Police said.
Police are treating this as a major incident and the M20 has been closed in both directions to allow this incident to be dealt with.
The scene on the M20 between Borough Green and Leybourne in Kent after a lorry hit a foot bridge and it collapsed. Picture: @emmaraphaelx / SWNS.com
Motorists are advised to avoid the area and take an alternative route.
Highways England has said that the road closure will last until at least tomorrow. For the latest updates, click here.
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"Phil Hewitt"
]
| 2016-08-30T08:52:09 | null | 2016-08-30T08:26:35 | Visit now for the latest music news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fmusic%2Fconcert-illustrates-health-giving-benefits-of-singing-1-7549939.json | http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/mastheads/JPWH-masthead-share-img.png | en | null | Concert illustrates health-giving benefits of singing | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Singing for Pleasure, which has been running successfully in Brighton, Hove and Southwick for five years under musical director Simon Gray, will show its skills on Saturday, September 10 in a concert at Portslade Town Hall at 2.30pm.
As Simon, who has been involved in the musical scene for more than 30 years, explains: “Singing for Pleasure Goes to the Movies offers a programme of songs that have featured in films and film musicals. There will also be a Last Night of the Proms finale in which the audience will be invited to join in and wave union jacks!
“SFP is delighted to announce that Loren Bennett will be one of the soloists. Fifteen year-old Loren, diagnosed with chronic anxiety and Asperger’s, has made astonishing progress in just a few months since joining Singing for Pleasure.
“Singing is now widely recognised as producing a whole host of health benefits, and it could be argued that singing should more broadly be part of everyday life. Singing, through the emotional experience of one’s feelings, has the power to alter and enhance the mood of the singer. Since ancient times singing has been considered a great healing tool as it can influence brain wave frequencies and promote well-being.
“Medical papers have now proved singing and listening to music helps relieve a large number of health conditions. It can lower blood pressure, ease depression, improve lung capacity, and help breathing as when you sing your lungs take in more oxygen. Joining a singing group helps make new friends which in turn helps the feel good factor.”
Simon is pleased to include Loren among the group’s success stories: “Loren had been suffering with chronic anxiety and had been diagnosed with Asperger’s. Loren is a gifted singer with an exceptional voice but singing in front of anyone, other than her voice teacher or parents, had become impossible for her. It was suggested that maybe she should come along to Singing for Pleasure and sing along with other people with no pressure to perform on her own.
“Loren (who lives in Rottingdean) came along with her mother to the Hove group and within a couple weeks she was feeling very comfortable singing and socialising with the other members – so much so that by week four Loren felt brave enough to get up and sing a solo! This was a huge breakthrough, and Loren has since gone on to perform solos with SFP on a weekly basis as well as taking part in concerts elsewhere, including a solo recital for family and friends. She also appeared in a concert at the Barn Theatre in Southwick alongside experienced professional performers from the world of musical theatre and opera.”
Loren’s mother Rebecca Bennett said: “Since being diagnosed with Asperger’s and chronic anxiety, we had really given up on her singing, but since coming to [SFP] she has made incredible progress, so much so she is now enjoying performing and socialising with the lovely group of people each week, both of which I never thought she would feel comfortable doing. I will definitely recommend Singing for Pleasure as a form of therapy for Asperger kids and adults.”
Simon added: “Also in the groups there are singers living with cancer, Lupus, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, all of whom find great comfort, relief and inspiration from singing in a friendly environment on a weekly basis. Indeed, several of them have even reported a distinct improvement in their conditions which they attribute to regular singing.
“If anyone is tempted to come and join SFP then come along to Portslade Town Hall to see what the group does. There is no upper age limit and there are no auditions. Song choices are taken from musical-theatre shows, some classical songs as well as some of the great standards. We also welcome song suggestions from the group members.”
Simon added: “Throughout the year there are Singing for Pleasure fund-raising events in support of local charities. Indeed, the group is happy to assist all charities by singing free of charge at suitable events. Please phone 01273 555089 for more information. SFP have supported events raising funds for The Martlets Hospice and Chestnut Tree House.”
Tickets from Robert Blass on 01273 555089 or [email protected].
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"James Butler"
]
| 2016-08-26T13:13:38 | null | 2016-08-26T13:18:35 | Visit now for the latest entertainment and leisure news and features - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fpictures-kids-go-potty-for-clay-play-day-1-7546298.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7546295.1472214132!/image/image.jpg | en | null | PICTURES: Kids go potty for clay play day | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | It’s an art form that is slowly dying out in today’s schools.
But these children could be ceramicists of the future after attending a pair of sold-out pottery lessons.
Kiera Turner-Reynolds, nine, creating a pot
The sessions took place at the Rustington Museum in The Street, Rustington on Friday, August 19.
The 30 children that attended were shown how to make clay sculptures using a variety of techniques and equipment by professional ceramicist Finola Maynard, who teaches pop-up classes around the country.
Finola, who is based in Eastbourne, said the children weren’t afraid to get their hands dirty when it came to making their creations, which involved tile-cutting, rolling coils of clay and ‘throwing pots at the wheel’.
She said: “They loved it. The thing with pottery throwing is that it’s really rare to do now. At school, ceramics are being cut out of the curriculum.
It was very educational, as well as lots of fun and mess! Julie Covey
“It was such a lovely place to work; the people at the museum were lovely, as were the children, and there was a really nice atmosphere.”
While Finola said she couldn’t pick a favourite out of her pupil’s creations, one did catch her eye.
“A girl made a ceramic basket with a separate base and a handle; I was very impressed.”
Finola has taken the pieces back to her studio to dry, which she said will take a couple of weeks.
Tiesha Turner-Reynolds, five at work
Then she will bake them in her kiln to harden them – a process called bisque firing – and then apply a coloured glaze and bake them again.
Each step will take around 12 hours, and then the children will be reunited with their finished artwork to keep as a memento.
Julie Covey, who works at the museum, said the event had been a big success.
“They made coasters, bowls, everything they could fire up in their imaginations. It was very educational, as well as lots of fun and mess!”
Chloe Peskett, nine, during the pottery workshop in the museum
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"Phil Hewitt"
]
| 2016-08-26T13:14:09 | null | 2016-08-26T07:27:02 | Visit now for the latest music news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fmusic%2Fnew-album-for-chichester-graduate-1-7545522.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7545521.1472192930!/image/image.jpg | en | null | New album for Chichester graduate | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | University of Chichester graduate Joe Perkins tries to capture a little bit of chaotic Quo in his new album.
Joe, who studied commercial music graduating in 2012, has long been a huge Status Quo fan: he first saw them, aged ten, in Bristol 16 years ago.
“And I have seen them with the modern line-up loads of times, always the perfect Quo. But then they played with their original line-up, and they were just all over the place in terms of the timing and the notes, but in terms of the musicality, they were just so exciting.
“They had the danger back, and it was just so much better for not being perfect, and I think that is one of the lessons I have learnt.
“You record a song and then you can edit it and edit it until it is perfect, but that’s not necessarily the best way to do it.
“You want the edge, which is what Quo had. They looked terrified! But that nervous energy made it the best Quo show I’d ever seen. It was so much more exciting for being edgy and dangerous. It was four humans all playing together with the whole thing likely to implode at any point. It was pure rock & roll!
“We are human beings. We are not perfect. We all make mistakes. With technology, you can make it perfect, but you lose the fact that we are all musicians playing together. It’s about the spontaneous things that can happen, and that’s what I have wanted to capture.
“There are little mistakes, but the album is what I sound like when I play the guitar. And it is the first album I haven’t done in a recording studio. I did it in the dining room at home. It was about giving free rein to the music.”
It was while he was at Chichester that Joe did his first album: “It was a very good course, but for me the most important thing was the studio facilities that we could book out. The course was very wide-ranging, but in your spare time you could get into the studio and having the studio was great. You got taught all the basics of making a record, but then you could develop it all further.
“I did my first album then which I released free online. So many people had got involved and given their time for free that it wouldn’t have been right to try to sell it.
“It was call Host of Other Artists. It was all songs I had written and played pretty much every instrument, but it was other people doing the lead vocals. I did some backing vocals, but I am not strong enough a singer to do the lead vocals.”
Now comes the new album, purely instrumental. Double Denim is released on Friday, September 2, as a vinyl + CD bundle (limited to 300 copies) and as a download – both available from joeperkins.co.uk. Both are priced at £7.99.
“Releasing the album on vinyl isn’t purely nostalgic,” Joe says. “Sure, I personally prefer buying music as a physical entity and enjoying it as a piece of art, and I think vinyl is the best for that.
“But the audio is actually much higher definition than the CD and has a more dynamic master. You’ll have to turn it up a bit, but it sounds more natural. Nowadays we all need to own our music digitally too, so with the enclosed CD you get that as well.
“So that’s Double Denim. There’s rock; bluegrass; ballads; a snare drum with far too much reverb on it; potentially the world’s loudest cajón; an army of pots and pans; an outrageous amount of guitars; a sense of humour; and real human musicians playing their instruments.
“And who else gives you all that on an outdated format from the 1930s?” | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/music/new-album-for-chichester-graduate-1-7545522 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/7e3996897b2805e1ef39f6a877b4cc7b216a06f994e9da00afdebb38cf104a0c.json |
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| 2016-08-31T10:49:49 | null | 2016-08-31T10:05:04 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fretailers-recall-coca-cola-powerbank-1-7553665.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7553664.1472635659!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Retailers recall Coca-Cola Powerbank | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Models of the Coca-Cola Powerbank have been recalled due to a potential fault in the units.
Halfords have recalled three models of the Coca-Cola shaped Powerbank 2200mAh, with product codes 243524, 243516 and 243581 have been removed from sale while an investigation takes place.
Customers have been advised not to use the product, which enables people to charge and sync devices when on the go, but rather to return it to their local Halfords shop, where they will receive a full refund.
The issue affects products with the item-codes above only, with no other products or powerbanks affected.
A company statement read: “We take the quality and safety of our products extremely seriously and would like to apologise to customers affected for any inconvenience this may cause.” Queries can be made to Halfords’ customer services team on 0345 504 53 53 or [email protected].
Home, garden and leisure products chain The Range is also recalling two models due to a potential fault - the Coke Powerbank 1a 2200 Mah, with product code 135749, and the Coke Powerbank 1a 7200 Mah with code 135750.
Customers are advised to stop using the device immediately and return the Powerbank to their local store with a valid proof of purchase to obtain a full refund of the purchase price.
Customer queries can be directed to 0345 026 7598 or [email protected] | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/retailers-recall-coca-cola-powerbank-1-7553665 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/23ada4337b2780999c3e96c8efd1961bf2b6a4931e0d653ebcfa47240e0ba124.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:11:31 | null | 2016-08-24T15:01:00 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fclymping-fall-to-first-league-defeat-1-7541845.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7541844.1472047224!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Clymping fall to first league defeat | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Dan Lawrence fell to his first competitive defeat as Clymping Football Club boss last night.
Two strikes in the opening 30 minutes from Callum Dowdell helped Sidlesham into a 2-0 half-time lead, before John Phillips, Thomas Jefkins and Thomas Bayley netted as Sids secured a comprehensive 5-0 success.
Clymping boss Lawrence was frustrated following the loss and said: “We had players turning up just ten minutes before kick-off.
“It was a real struggle getting to the game and that overlaid into the game.
“It was a tough game for us but we’ll look to bounce back.”
CLYMPING: Winter; Brett, Potts, E.Fuller, Precious; Maizi, Adsfield, Forza, Bird; Foxon, Lowdell. Subs: Chwar (Bird), Jarvis (Maizi), J.Fuller (E.Fuller).
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"Marilyn Hurdwell"
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| 2016-08-30T10:52:04 | null | 2016-08-30T11:40:22 | Visit now for the latest entertainment and leisure news and features - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Freview-arundel-festival-organ-recital-arundel-cathedral-1-7550329.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7550328.1472553706!/image/image.jpg | en | null | REVIEW: ARUNDEL FESTIVAL ORGAN RECITAL, ARUNDEL CATHEDRAL | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Arundel Cathedral once again was the imposing venue for the 30th Annual Festival Organ Recital
Organised by the “Plumley Collection”, founded by the redoubtable Nick and Sarah Plumley, this year’s recital featured ace-organist Neil Wright from Farnborough Abbey, exchanging the Abbey’s Parisian Cavaillé-Coll instrument for the restored 1873 Hill organ of the Cathedral.
Neil specializes in French organ works by 19/20 century composers such as Theodore Dubois, Cesar Franck, Jean Langlais and Maurice Durufle. The only two exceptions today were the immortal J.S.Bach and Wright himself, who today gave the 1st performance (and possibly his last) of his own Improvisation on a hymn tune handed to him by Nick only seconds away from the performance!
Organists are expected to improvise at the beginning and end of Sunday services, and it takes considerable talent, ingenuity and daring to create a substantial piece using a given theme. Wright studied both improvisation and composition with some of the world’s finest teachers, winning prizes and performing in many countries across Europe
The organ is known as the King of Instruments, producing a plethora of magical sounds and effects in the capable hands (and feet) of the right performer. Today we were transported into the ether in “Fiat Lux” (Let there be light), the triumphs of “Pièce Heroique” and the glory of “Te Deum” (Praise be to God), as well as the spell-binding celestial sounds of “Pièce Modal de Re” and “Prelude and Fugue sur le nom d’Alain” Even the great J S Bach’s contribution sported a French title “Pièce d’Orgue”
Wright also studied piano, harpsichord and clavichord, and in addition worked as a choral director, organist and singer in the United States, founding and directing Lauda early music ensemble. But it was as a virtuoso organist that Wright earned the appreciation of today’s audience.
Marilyn Hurdwell
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"James Butler"
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| 2016-08-28T16:48:48 | null | 2016-08-28T09:55:51 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftraffic-update-motorway-closed-until-this-evening-1-7547873.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7548094.1472392607!/image/image.jpg | en | null | TRAFFIC UPDATE: Motorway closed until ‘this evening’ | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Sussex motorists who are travelling to Kent are being told the M20 motorway will be shut until at least this evening.
Highways England issued a statement saying that the M20 is closed between junctions one and four, and ‘is likely to remain closed until at approximately 6pm’.
The collision on the M20 is causing problems for anyone driving to Kent. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
The closure comes after a lorry struck a footbridge in Kent yesterday, causing it to collapse. Read more here.
Highways England said that diversions are also in place and it is likely the M26 which links the M25 to the M20 will also remain closed until the incident is cleared.
The diversion for the M20 is via the A2 or M2 using the A229 and A228, and the diversion for the M26, closed at M25 junction five, is to use the M25 junction two and then travel on the A2 or M2.
Highways England south east operations manager Gary Coleman said everything was being done to reopen the motorway again, but safety had to come first both for workers and drivers.
The collision on the M20 is causing problems for anyone driving to Kent. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
“We are facing a real challenge to lift two HGVs and a motorbike clear of the scene and deal with all of the rubble from the collapsed bridge strewn across both carriageways. “There is also the issue of the remaining part of the footbridge, which is still in place over the coast-bound side of the motorway. We have crews on scene ready to take action as soon as the police have completed their investigation. We also have cranes en route and lighting so work can continue through the night.
“We are doing everything we can to safely reopen the motorway, but we’d ask drivers to please bear with us as this is a complex operation and it will take time and skill to complete. We’ll keep everyone updated.”
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| 2016-08-31T14:49:54 | null | 2016-08-31T15:17:47 | Visit now for the latest politics news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fcounty-news-disposable-barbecue-warning-after-rubbish-tip-fire-1-7554521.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7554511.1472653088!/image/image.jpg | en | null | COUNTY NEWS: Disposable barbecue warning after rubbish tip fire | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A disposable barbecue may have started a fire that temporarily closed a Sussex rubbish tip last week.
The incident happened last Friday evening (August 26) at the Hop Oast site near Horsham and was thought to have started in a metal container due to a disposable BBQ igniting material on a camping chair.
After using disposable barbecues, residents are being advised to not throw away the charcoal until it is completely cool.
David Barling, West Sussex County Council’s cabinet member for residents’ Services, said: “Thankfully this fire was contained, disruption to normal services was minimal and on this occasion no-one was hurt.
“This incident serves as a reminder to take care when using disposable BBQs.
“Always make sure the charcoal is completely cool before disposing of it, which might take several hours. It is not worth the risk.”
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service declared the Horsham Household Waste Recycling Site safe to the public later on Friday evening.
Mr Barling added: “If you have any doubts about safely disposing your barbecue you can speak with a member of staff at your local Household Waste Recycling Site.”
For more information on the safe disposal of barbecues visit www.recycleforwestsusex.org
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| 2016-08-26T13:08:47 | null | 2016-08-22T09:16:30 | Visit now for the latest entertainment and leisure news and features - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Frestaurant-review-halfway-by-name-but-no-half-measures-1-7537547.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7537536.1471853763!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Restaurant Review: Halfway by name but no half measures | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | On the neighbouring table a party of four were celebrating an 18th birthday.
Coincidentally, we knew the Dudmans but hadn’t seen them in some years.
The Halfway Bridge
Now daughter Emily had reached the first key milestone in her life and had persuaded family and friends that she wanted to mark it with a lunch at the Halfway Bridge.
What made the choice the more remarkable was that for more than a year, Emily has worked there serving at tables.
Most youngsters would rather celebrate a birthday anywhere but the place of work. But clearly Emily knew quality when she saw it - and had an ambition to enjoy a taste of it as a customer too.
New head chef Luke Gale had made her a stunning cake with a handcrafted and rather cute little elephant on the top.
The Halfway Bridge
She was thrilled.
But then, Luke is something of a culinary wonder. A rare find in a country pub.
His plates are not merely packed with local produce, they are presented with a certain creative elegance.
We chatted to him as we left. A trained pastry chef he is as unassuming as he is talented. In his six months since he arrived, he’s made a number of changes to the menu.
The Halfway Bridge
For him it’s about preparing everything from scratch.
He’s good. The food is excellent. It aims to focus on seasonal dishes with a traditional English and Mediterranean flair.
When we visited on a Saturday lunchtime, there was a choice of the set menu - two courses £18; three courses £22 - or the a la carte. Some daily specials increased our options.
The prices are dearer than you would find in city centre chain restaurants. But this is unpretentious quality dining.
The Halfway Bridge
For those wanting something more akin to pub grub, there are the classics. Beer battered haddock, hand cut chips, pea puree (£15.50) or chargrilled burger with all the trimmings (£14.50).
This is, after all, a country inn and is proud of the traditional drinking area even though the restaurant is an increasingly vital part of the economic mix of places to which most customers must drive.
It’s an old pub - standing for some 250 years. And as the name suggests, it’s located half way between Midhurst and Petworth.
Originally a watermill it became a coaching inn in the 17th century and now offers six en-suite rooms and one suite housed in Cowdray Barns, the inn’s former stable yard.
The young team is led by general manager Billy Lewis-Bowker, a man with a warm smile and a reassuring sense of calm.
Sophie served us. But I guess on any other day it could have been Emily.
The Halfway Bridge
Fish of the day and roast loin of pork followed starters of homemade soup, and gin and tonic cured sea trout.
Strawberries and cream with a twist and warm triple chocolate brownie with honeycomb and lime ice cream completed the meal.
It’s a beautiful location in the heart of the South Downs for an inn.
On the day of our visit, the weather was mixed. Sunshine one moment, rain the next.
But there was nothing mixed about the quality of the visit. The service was pleasant and the food was excellent. A real cut above pub grub.
It was all in the detail. The slight bitterness of the tonic gave a real edge to the sea trout.
The triple chocolate brownie oozed temptation.
Although we were invited guests of the AA rosette restaurant, there was no link to a commercial arrangement with them. We were there to write an honest opinion.
We raised a glass of Upperton sparkling rose to celebrate the chance meeting of Emily and her family.
And - having checked out other diners’ meals to ensure no favouritism - vowed to return and enjoy a little more of Luke’s cooking when we were off duty too.
There were no half measures at the Halfway Bridge.
The Halfway Bridge
The Halfway Bridge
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| 2016-08-31T14:49:53 | null | 2016-08-31T15:00:34 | Visit now for the latest health news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2Fjob-losses-at-patient-transport-service-sub-contractor-planned-1-7553882.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544954.1472639054!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Job losses at patient transport service sub-contractor planned | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Job losses at a sub-contractor working on Sussex’s patient transport service have been announced.
Since private company Coperforma took over the contract from South East Coast Ambulance Service in April, patients have complained about numerous incidents of crews being late or not turning up at all.
While performance has improved recently, one of the company’s sub-contractors VM Langfords went into administration earlier this year, forcing Coperforma to step in to guarantee jobs, pay, and conditions.
Now Docklands Medical Services (DMS), which took on some of the former Langfords employees, said it would be informing some of its staff that the company will be ‘terminating their employment’.
In a letter to staff, Christopher Arnall, chief executive officer at DMS, said: “I have no choice as my company finances dictate that I act quickly and decisively in order to secure the stability of the company and maintain a solvent and stable company going forward in order to provide our valuable service to the patients and maintain stable secure jobs for employees who remain with the business.”
He added: “When former Langford’s employees joined DMS I gave an undertaking to these employees that all such staff would remain on ‘the same terms and conditions that they were previously on’.
“At this time I was hoping to attract additional business/work into DMS in order to be able to finance this undertaking. Again sadly this has not happened.
“Having now had the time to review the finances of my business, my work load and also my resourcing requirements I can advise that unfortunately I am no longer in a position to be able to sustain the current headcount or the previously mentioned terms and conditions.
“Over the coming days I will be meeting with employees to discuss this situation in more detail and unfortunately I will need to advise some of our colleagues that I will be terminating their employment.”
He explained that any former Langfords employees who stayed with the company would be offered DMS’ standard terms and conditions.
Last week the GMB union, which represents staff at Docklands, called on Coperforma to be stripped of its contract, and is due to hold a strike on Monday September 5.
Gary Palmer, GMB organiser, said: “No more chances, no more waiting until the dust hopefully settles, the time has come to remove Coperfoma and all those that would put profit before patients and staff.”
A spokesman for Coperforma explained that after ‘early teething problems’ the PTS was now ‘working well’, and the contract dispute between DMS and its employees would not affect the service ‘in any way’.
Working with the CCG, Coperforma had put in place a plan to mobilise extra vehicles from other providers to fill any shortfall should the need arise during the dispute.
The spokesman said that all contractual payments from Coperforma to DMS, totalling £525,000, were up to date, and justified claims from previous employees at VM Langfords would be paid, but since many of these went back several months it would take the company some time to verify them all. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/health/job-losses-at-patient-transport-service-sub-contractor-planned-1-7553882 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/5cec778ad25b898b69d6b6921a917d5e47decd9b7247970b1e4d9a403ebc01ba.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:13:49 | null | 2016-08-23T10:37:09 | Visit now for the latest entertainment and leisure news and features - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fnew-exhibition-explores-history-of-the-charlton-hunt-1-7539440.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7539437.1471945013!/image/image.jpg | en | null | New exhibition explores history of The Charlton Hunt | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | To 18th century ears, the Charlton Hunt was synonymous with some of the best sport in the country and Mr Roper was its celebrated huntsman.
Indeed, it is one of the earliest recorded foxhunts in the world and its fame drew the elite of society, including the Dukes of Monmouth, St Albans and Richmond, the dashing illegitimate sons of King Charles II.
Grey Cardigan with Tom Johnson, Huntsman of the Charlton hounds, seen through the Archway by John Wootton
Richmond bought nearby Goodwood as a comfortable place to stay and entertain his illustrious friends during the hunting season.
His son, the second Duke, shared his love of the chase and when he became Master, such was the success and desirability of the hunt, he decided that membership should be restricted only to those who had been elected.
Almost every noble family in the land had a representative at Charlton, including half of the Knights of the Garter.
Lord Burlington designed for the members a handsome banqueting house at Charlton where they met after hunting, and many built themselves hunting-boxes in the village, including the second Duke of Richmond. Richmond’s hunting-box still stands; known as Fox Hall, it is now owned by the Landmark Trust and available to rent.
The most important day in the history of the Charlton Hunt took place on 26th January 1739 when in ‘the greatest chase that ever was’ hounds ran continuously from their first find at 8.15am until they killed at 5.50pm, covering a distance of approximately 57 miles with just the Duke and two others present at the end.
When the hunt was moved to Goodwood in the mid-18th century, it was known as the Duke of Richmond’s Hounds and magnificent kennels were built by the architect James Wyatt with an ingenious central-heating system, a century before Goodwood House had its own heating.
The Goodwood House summer exhibition explores the history of the Charlton Hunt and its association with the Dukes of Richmond.
Documents and books associated with the hunt from the Goodwood archive are on display.
More than 300 years later, Goodwood still revolves around sport and sharing those individual passions of the dukes with the many thousands of visitors who come here every year.
Goodwood House Summer Exhibition ‘The Charlton Hunt’
1st August – 31st August 2016
Sundays to Thursdays, 1-5pm (last admission 4pm)
www.goodwood.com
Reader offer: Luxury Afternoon Tea for Two £34.50. To book call the Ticket Office on 01243 755 055.
For further information and occasional closures please call 01243 755 040 or visit the website. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/new-exhibition-explores-history-of-the-charlton-hunt-1-7539440 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/de43c141c8c28c8450454e18af6cff6d17b77f3b5b32a9ff16c9cfafc15b3153.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:04:07 | null | 2016-08-18T13:13:37 | Visit now for the latest business news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fadvice-from-apprentices-on-how-to-secure-one-in-2016-1-7533046.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7533045.1471522409!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Advice from apprentices on how to secure one in 2016 | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | For young people around the UK, now is one of the most important times in their lives for deciding what they want their future to look like.
While many will take the university path, the rising popularity and continued government emphasis on apprenticeships, means they are an alternative option being preferred by a large number of school leavers.
But is the apprenticeship pathway suitable for everyone; and if you or your children are considering one, what can you do to stand out from other candidates as you look to secure an apprentice position?
Watch the video for some first-hand advice from those in the know – young people who chose the apprenticeship route.
Daniella Tubb-Whittington, an early talent recruitment specialist from GSK who sees its apprentice scheme as a vital tool in recruiting amazing young talent, also gives shares some pointers on what employers are looking for when it comes to the ideal apprentice candidate. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/business/advice-from-apprentices-on-how-to-secure-one-in-2016-1-7533046 | en | 2016-08-18T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/a58576cb213687217fea417972e56e6cc098f19dd529cae7f764176b29eebd39.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:06:09 | null | 2016-08-16T14:35:31 | Visit now for Shoreham lifestyle news and features from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fcan-you-get-10-10-in-our-retro-games-quiz-1-7529135.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7529134.1471354483!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Can you get 10/10 in our retro games quiz? | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | How well do you know your retro games?
Try your luck in our fun ‘name the screenshot’ test - and see how you fare against your friends. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/lifestyle/can-you-get-10-10-in-our-retro-games-quiz-1-7529135 | en | 2016-08-16T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/071db2524b176806be847811b09c522b7045cd5890205535a304bf0d62589bbc.json |
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| 2016-08-27T14:50:46 | null | 2016-08-27T14:27:19 | Visit now for the latest arts and culture news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Farts%2Fentries-sought-for-chichester-based-art-competition-and-exhibition-1-7547391.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7547390.1472304727!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Entries sought for Chichester-based art competition and exhibition | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Entries are being sought for the Stride Open Art 2016 which will run at Chichester’s Oxmarket Centre of Arts from October 11-23.
Centre spokesman David Souter: “The Oxmarket Centre of Arts is indebted to Stride & Son for their sponsorship of our recent success, the 40th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition. The Oxmarket is also sponsored each year for £1,000 prize money for the Stride Open Art Competition and is calling for entries online for the first time.
“With a £500 first prize for painting (along with the Stride Trophy), £250 second prize, £250 for the drawing prize and £100 for the Lawrence Williams Prize for Abstract Painting, the competition is open to all artists in East and West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey, with the exhibition taking place between October 11-23.”
Full details on how to enter the competition are online at the Oxmarket website: oxmarket.com/stride-open-art-2016
Initial entry is by email: artists should send up to six images to [email protected] with STRIDE 2016 as the subject line. Entry cost is £12 per image (£10 per image for members) and payment can be by cash, cheque, or debit/credit card. The email should include the name of the artist and their postal address and phone number, along with the title, medium, size and price of each entry. The JPEG images should be named as the artist and title of the work.
The deadline for entry is Monday, September 26. Artists will be notified by email by October 1 if their work has been selected for the exhibition, and the work must be delivered on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, October 8 and 9, 10am-4.30pm. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/arts/entries-sought-for-chichester-based-art-competition-and-exhibition-1-7547391 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/921b6de9a200435ce3069855bc3c85b7a8bc61b5932adac2ce54975aac1f72b0.json |
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| 2016-08-28T16:48:36 | null | 2016-08-28T16:00:13 | Visit now for the latest local opinions - from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fagony-aunt-column-ask-lucy-1-7542820.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7542819.1472110919!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Agony aunt column: Ask Lucy | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | This is the latest column from Lucy Saunders, who provides a regular agony aunt feature - Ask Lucy.
Dear Lucy. My husband has got this terrible habit of washing his hands lots of times and checking all the switches to make sure they’re off. It takes us hours to leave the house every day as he has all these rituals. In fact, his life has become unbearable as it seems like he has become a prisoner in his own world of checking. Please can you explain in detail, what you think is wrong with him?
Lucy: I am sorry for your distress regarding your husband’s condition it must be an anxious time for you? It sounds like your husband is suffering from an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD. This is a complex condition that occurs in many people. Your husband could have a genetic predisposition in his personality or it could also be a social conditioning due to stresses he feels in his life. It seems he is acting out rituals and repetitive actions in order to block out thoughts and feelings that he is uncomfortable with. There are many unconscious conflicts in the sufferers mind that can cause the OCD and it will help him if he finds an outlet to explore these through counselling or a support group. Your first port of call should be his G.P. who will advise him. This is a journey that affects both of you and I am sure your husband can find the help he needs for both of your sakes. I would definitely advise him to join a local Support Group as this will give him the ongoing support until he feels he has conquered the condition.
Dear Lucy. I don’t know which way to turn. I could really use some advice.
I have been married eight years and feel out of love. I stay with my husband as he recently had cancer. But both myself and my teenage daughter are unhappy in this loveless argumentative home.
What should I do?
Lucy: It sounds like you’re in a difficult situation. I hope your husband has recovered well but this is clearly difficult for you as his illness can make you feel obliged to stay. You say you are out of love but I am wondering if it may be the cancer that might have got in the way of your relationship. Perhaps you and your husband have been preoccupied with his battle. The stress of the cancer plus life’s daily struggles would put a strain on any marriage and I can understand that you may have felt shut out at times. I am wondering if you can try and find the love with your husband that you once had when you first met him? It is very important that you both try and work on your relationship to figure out what has caused the problem and try not to argue in front of your daughter. Maybe the stress has stopped you from spending enough special time together. I also do suggest you could try some couples counselling to work through honestly what has caused the problem together and how his cancer impacts on your marriage and your decisions. These sessions could also be used to discuss your own feelings about your own inner world, which understandably has taken a back seat in recent times. All marriages deserve open communication and honesty with each other and a commitment to try and understand what has gone wrong whether you stay together or not.
Lucy is a BACP Accredited Qualified Counsellor. She previously worked in the media as an actress. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/opinion/agony-aunt-column-ask-lucy-1-7542820 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/f686e3c3d3292de3ba1e3fb5df1d93bd61f0fd9228229c6105a52d6fc68bf2af.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:14:50 | null | 2016-08-22T13:26:14 | Visit now for the latest theatre & comedy news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Ftheatre-and-comedy%2Freview-strife-at-minerva-theatre-chichester-1-7538058.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7538057.1471868762!/image/image.jpg | en | null | REVIEW: Strife at Minerva Theatre, Chichester | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | It was first staged more than a century ago. Like the tin plate works on the Welsh borders where it’s set, it has become something of an industrial museum piece - rarely revisited despite being penned by John Galsworthy of The Forsyte Saga fame.
Now it’s back with its brutal judgement on industrial Britain of 1909 untarnished. Capital versus Labour. Poverty. Social injustice. Class divisions and female subjugation. Hefty issues in a world of heavy metals.
Still relevant? An opening sequence of audio news clips argues that the themes resonate just as clearly in 2016 where the fate of the steel works at Port Talbot remains hotly contested.
In the audience on the first night sits former Labour leader Neil Kinnock with his wife Lady Kinnock and he’s in no doubt that this is a story for today.
William Gaunt leads the cast as John Anthony, chairman of the company which owns the works - where the men strike and the wives and children freeze in the Welsh winter.
Anthony isn’t a man to concede. He’s faced down the workers four times in his 32 years at the top and despite the ravages of age and ill health he does not hesitate.
But workers’ revolutionary David Roberts (Ian Hughes) is the firebrand who is not for quitting either. This is a fight he’s been spoiling for - ever since he was paid £700 for a process which made the shareholders more than hundred times that amount.
Among the ranks of the striking workers, the men vacillate. Around the board room table, Anthony’s fellow directors count the mounting losses and weigh them against the point of principle.
In the tiny terraced homes, where the role of the wife and daughter is to stand by their man, they starve and shiver beside a coal-less fire and they die.
It’s not just tin plate that’s in short supply in this furnace of emotions. Concession hovers tantalisingly on both sides - within the grasp of all except for the main protagonists.
The set, with its metallic floor and dominating steel girder, is as uncompromisingly severe as the plot. But for a small theatre, this is lavishly populated with a cast who soften the blunt edges of industrial turmoil with a raw and empathetic humanity.
There is greyness, but Gaunt gives a masterfully understated performance - radiating power despite wheelchair and walking stick. Laying a tender hand on Roberts’ shoulder in the closing scene there’s a fleeting sense of his respect for the principle of his opponent contrasting with contempt for allies who would give way.
Galsworthy lived his last seven years a handful of miles from Chichester. His ashes were scattered across the adjoining South Downs. No hint of heavy industry here. No suggestion of social conscience in his privileged upbringing.
For all that he was an ardent reformer. As Lord Kinnock left the theatre he gave his verdict. Simply terrific. Galsworthy might have taken that as the finest accolade of them all. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-and-comedy/review-strife-at-minerva-theatre-chichester-1-7538058 | en | 2016-08-22T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/52b459ba6334e3c7f9acdfd93c240f2018a1e80a09c4fa391ba05cdde604442e.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:14:51 | null | 2016-08-26T12:30:54 | Visit now for the latest education news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fheads-support-big-education-changes-1-7546169.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7546164.1472214467!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Heads support big education changes | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | It was always easy to work out how well a school had performed when it came to GCSEs.
You took the latest batch of A*s and compared them to last year’s results. Simple.
Millais School Head Teacher Alison Lodwick (Pic by Jon Rigby) SUS-150510-170504008
Things have changed now, and this year’s youngsters were the last to have their results rated at A*-G.
They will also be the last to take re-sits in November and were the first to have their progress examined under a tough new government system, which will see under-performing schools facing the wrath of Ofsted.
It’s all a little confusing and a lot to take in in one go, but let’s look at the changes one by one.
First, the grade changes. Next year’s results will be graded 9-1 rather than A*-G, with 9 being the highest.
It’s entirely up to the schools what they publish but the only thing that counts from this year is Progress 8. Department for Education
At the top of the pile, grades 9, 8 and 7 will be the equivalent of the current A*/A. The top 20 per cent of those students will receive a grade 9, which has been described as something akin to an A**.
There’s a new top target to aim for.
At the other end of the scale, grade 4 will be the equivalent of scraping a C pass, with grade 5 likely to be the standard set for what is now called a ‘good’ pass.
When it comes to re-sits, students will only be able to retake maths and English in November. No other subject re-sits will be allowed.
There had become something of a culture of re-sits over the past few years. If a child failed an exam, they could retake it until they got the result they wanted – and the result that looked best in the school’s league tables.
It was a bit like messing up a battle when playing a computer game then reloading and reloading until the battle was won. The end result was good but it didn’t really demonstrate any skill – just the ability to avoid making the same mistakes.
Finally we come to Progress 8, which is something of a headache to understand but has been well received by Sussex headteachers.
It’s also the important score when it comes to meeting the government’s required standards.
As one spokesman from the Department for Education put it: “It’s entirely up to the schools what they publish but the only thing that counts from this year is Progress 8.”
To put it simply, it’s a way of measuring the progress made by pupils from the end of primary school to the end of secondary school.
Each child’s progress is measured across eight subjects and then compared to the progress made by children all over the country who started with the same attainment level.
For example, if Anna started secondary school with high Key Stage 2 SATs results, her progress at the end of Year 11 would be judged against children who started from an equally high point.
If she entered secondary school with low SATs results, her progress would be measured against others who had an equally low starting point.
Children who attend independent schools, special schools, pupil referral units, alternative provision or hospital schools are not included in this system.
Anna’s Key Stage 2 score would have been used to predict her results in eight subject areas. Whether or nor she meets those expectations determines her Progress 8 score.
A score of zero means Anna performed exactly as predicted – all is well, progress has been made. Anything above zero means she made better than expected progress – which is good news for her school.
Anything below zero means her progress was not as high as expected.
That would be worrying for Anna’s school, because its overall Progress 8 score is calculated using the mean average of all its pupils’ scores.
The government has set a baseline standard of -0.5 for schools. If a school fails to reach that standard, an Ofsted inspection will be triggered.
As for the eight subjects which give Progress 8 its name, there is a heavy focus on core areas.
Each child must take maths and English plus three English Baccalaureate subjects such as science, computer science, history, geography and languages.
The maths is worth double points as is the English if the students takes both English language and English literature.
They can then include three subjects of choice – which must come from an approved list of qualifications if they are to count towards their score.
As mentioned, Progress 8 has been welcomed by many headteachers in Sussex.
Jules White, head of Tanbridge House School, said the new system was “much fairer”.
He added: “It ensures that a broader basket of subjects are counted but maths and English are still weighted - quite rightly - more heavily than other subjects.
“The old thresholds made a ‘C’ too important and now every grade counts. There still remains a problem that progress is measured from Key Stage 2 results which are far too variable at the moment.”
Dr Alison Lodwick, head of Millais School, agreed. She said: “I consider that measuring progress is a far more accurate method of judging achievement. Attainment can give a false impression of progress and therefore the starting point must be the baseline data for each child if progress is be accurately assessed.
“Therefore, when parents, employers, the press and the public in general gets used to the new way of looking and reporting results - as it sounds a bit complicated to many at the moment - it will be a fairer judgement on how much actual progress has been made by students and schools.”
Searching for the right school in Sussex for your child? - Visit educationsussex.com for authoritative reviews and so much more. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/education/heads-support-big-education-changes-1-7546169 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/3ef49df28ba1fb5efaa7ff73c2f9a89f07720d08ff8ee2d63bf11e75fca2fbd4.json |
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| 2016-08-26T12:59:02 | null | 2016-08-25T14:24:35 | Visit now for the latest education news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fgcse-results-durrington-high-school-1-7544215.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544570.1472135784!/image/image.jpg | en | null | GCSE Results: Durrington High School | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Governors and staff at Durrington High School have spoken of their pride after students picked up their GCSE results.
The school is celebrating what it says are its ‘best-ever’ results, with 72 per cent of students gaining English and mathematics GCSEs.
GCSE results day at Durrington High School
Head teacher Sue Marooney, compared her students ‘with our Olympians who have inspired everyone this summer’.
“The amazing success our students are celebrating today is the culmination of years of hard work, preparation, aspiring to excellence and never giving up. Success like this does not happen without home and school working together and great teaching and support; it is always a team effort.
“There are times when students feel they cannot do something, it is too hard or they have done enough but a real strength of the Durrington staff is that we never give up, we believe in what our students can aspire to and will always seek to find a way forward.”
Chair of governors Dawn Kearney congratulated the students and staff on their excellent results.
GCSE results day at Durrington High School
She said: “The governors and I are delighted that our students have been so successful and we would like to thank the staff for their hard work and relentless pursuit of excellence for all.”
The top results at the school came from Annah Bowles – eight A*s and three As – Josh Munt, eight A*s and three As, and Richard Brookwell and Becky Froggatt who got seven A*s and four As.
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| 2016-08-26T12:51:37 | null | 2016-08-25T15:14:47 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fdriver-who-died-named-as-arundel-school-helper-1-7544436.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7541829.1472049706!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Driver who died named as Arundel school helper | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The woman who sustained serious injuries when her car was in collision with a lorry on the B2139 at Houghton Hill, Houghton, near Amberley, last month, has died in hospital.
She has been named as 77-year-old Mary Sherlock, of Fern Road, Storrington. Mrs Sherlock served as treasurer of the village hall and ran a ballet school in the village for many years.
She also helped at St Philip’s Catholic Primary School in Arundel.
Mrs Sherlock was driving her Toyota Avensis west when it was in collision with an eastbound articulated lorry near the George and Dragon pub, just after 3.20pm on Monday, July 18.
She was flown by the air ambulance to Southampton General Hospital where she remained in critical condition, and sadly died in the early hours of Friday, August 19.
The lorry driver, a 69-year-old man from Liss, Hampshire, was not injured.
The road was closed for five hours for investigations and for the HGV to be removed.
Mary’s husband, Steven Sherlock, said; “Mary was a respected member of the Storrington community.
“She was active in organising the music and liturgy at the local Catholic church playing both the piano and organ.”
“She is very much missed by our family and many friends.”
Anyone who saw what happened is asked to contact police by emailing [email protected] or calling 101, quoting Operation Sedgebrook. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/driver-who-died-named-as-arundel-school-helper-1-7544436 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/97615e8063c50d3b07e9049ed720bec9831ba7dac41c6fc94c24ffeced04d962.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:11:53 | null | 2016-08-25T21:02:40 | Visit now for the latest sports news - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcounty-championship-sussex-and-glamorgan-frustrated-by-weather-1-7545293.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7545291.1472155343!/image/image.jpg | en | null | County championship: Sussex and Glamorgan frustrated by weather | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Only 19.3 overs were bowled on the third day at the SSE Swalec because of rain and bad light, and when play was called off at 5pm Glamorgan had reached for 149 for 2 – an overall lead of 118.
With one day remaining, and Sussex hoping for a result that will challenge Essex at the top of Division 2, there is a possibility that the two captains Jacques Rudolph and Luke Wright, will agree on a target that Sussex could chase in the final innings.
We need to win games, especially after Essex’s performance against Leicestershire. Sussex coach Mark Davis
Essex’s win over Leicestershire puts them 44 points clear in the race for the one promotion spot.
Rudolph and Will Bragg had resumed on 50 for 1, and after striking three boundaries off Steve Magoffin, the Glamorgan captain was only three runs from his third fifty of the season when the Auatralian seamer got his revenge by trapping Rudolph leg before.
The second wicket pair had put on 67 for the second wicket, and when David Lloyd replaced Rudolph he was quickly off the mark with two boundaries off Jofra Archer. Magoffin, who had taken the two wickets, was Sussex’s most accurate bowler, and twice had confident lbw appeals turned down.
With Will Bragg playing watchfully at the other end, Lloyd continued to attack, and when George Garton replaced Archer, the left arm seamer was twice driven to the extra cover boundary by Lloyd.
The third wicket pair had put on 72, before the gloom descended and the umpires decided that the light was too bad for play to continue at 3pm.
Mark Davis, the Sussex coach was frustrated by the day’s events, especially after two good days’ cricket.
When asked about a possible arrangement between the two captains, Davis said “We haven’t looked into that yet, but we need to win games, especially after Essex’s performance against Leicestershire. We will see how things pan out in the morning, and take it from there.”
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| 2016-08-30T08:49:22 | null | 2016-08-30T09:12:48 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fupdate-firefighters-tackle-well-alight-van-in-felpham-1-7549994.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7322010.1472544747!/image/image.jpg | en | null | UPDATE: Firefighters tackle ‘well alight’ van in Felpham | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Firefighters are tackling a van fire in Felpham this morning.
A crew from Bognor were called out at 8.23am after reports of a vehicle ‘well alight’ in Flansham Lane, a fire spokesperson said.
They added that breathing apparatus and one hose reel are in use.
It is believed that fire services are still at the scene.
The A259 Upper Bognor Road has been closed off because of the incident between the Upper Bognor Road junction and the Downview Road junction, according to travel reports.
More to follow.
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| 2016-08-26T15:05:21 | null | 2016-08-09T16:14:59 | Visit now for Shoreham lifestyle news and features from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fsinger-jack-savoretti-reveals-all-1-7518849.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7518845.1470755652!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Singer Jack Savoretti reveals all | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Singer Jack Savoretti talks to Charlotte Pearson about his new album and trying to catch Lionel Richie at a festival.
A festival is a great place to discover new music, but for those on the line up it doesn’t offer the same opportunities to go and see singers and bands perform.
Jack Savoretti by Rebecca Miller
“I don’t always get to see many people when I play a festival,” admits singer Jack Savoretti. “You turn up, set up, play, and then head off again, but it is magical when you do stumble across that one act.
“Although I did go across a field at Glastonbury to see Lionel Richie, you can’t be in the same field as that guy and not experience All Night Long live.”
Playing a number of festival dates this year, most of the songs will be from Jack’s last album Written in Scars, which originally came out in February 2015 but was re-released in September 2015.
“I added new songs which I didn’t want to include on the next album as we were still getting quite a lot of buzz,” he explains. “I still wanted people to enjoy and experience it.
Jack Savoretti by Rebecca Miller
“I felt as if the new songs were acting as a bridge between this album and the next one.
“I also wanted to include some live songs from a gig in Rome so people could relive that experience.”
A new album is in the works, but Jack admits he is keeping the details ‘close to his chest’.
“All the ingredients are ready, the oven is heating up so I just have to put it all in and hope we don’t burn it,” he laughs. “The album is pretty much done. It will be out, hopefully, at the end of this year, but realistically I think it will be next year.”
However, fans hoping to hear some new material at the up and coming live events will be left disappointed.
“I used to play new songs at gigs to test them out, but if it didn’t go down well a song with potential would get shelved,” he adds. “I don’t want to massacre a song before it has time to be finished.
“I have a team around me that I trust so I don’t feel the need to test songs with an audience until it is ready.”
With four albums under his belt it also means that Jack has the pick of people to work with.
“I have a lot more control over what I do now and a number of people I can work with,” he reveals. “So I know who I want to call and sometimes writers and producers will get in touch with me and want to work together.
“There have been times in the past where I have done things to be polite, but I feel more confident doing what I want now and working with who I want.”
Being touted as the ‘next rising star’ when he was 20, Jack quit the music business at the age of 26.
“As soon as I said, ‘screw this’, I couldn’t stop writing,” he recalls. “I wrote out of anger, although the songs were more of a cry for help.
“It was the best, most personal music I’d ever made. I realised I had really learnt how to write, how to express exactly what was in my head.”
What followed was the critically-acclaimed album Before the Storm, which was followed up by Written in Scars.
Born to an Italian father and an English mother, Jack’s heart very much belongs to the home of his father.
“I see myself more as Genoese than Italian to be honest,” he smiles. “I see my hometown as Genoa and I support its football team.
“Italy is such a beautiful place and I love visiting and playing gigs there as often as I can.”
Having played a number of gigs both here and Europe, Jack says there are differences between the two when playing festivals.
“Culturally in the UK festivals are really interesting,” reveals Jack. “People just want to get involved and experience it all over here.
“Some festivals you will have people who come to see you or have heard you on the radio and others that have no idea who you are.”
Let’s just be thankful that four years ago Jack had that inspirational burst rather than doing plan B - getting a proper job.
Jack plays Victorious Festival in Southsea on Sunday, August 28. Victorious Festival takes place on Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28. The line up includes Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Mark Ronson, Editors, Izzy Bizu, Manic Street Preachers, Annie Mac, Travis, Boomtown Rats, and Echo and the Bunnymen.
For tickets and more information, visit www.victoriousfestival.co.uk
The new edition of Written In Scars is out now. For more on Jack’s upcoming tour and his music, visit www.jacksavoretti.com
Picture: Rebecca Miller
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| 2016-08-26T15:13:03 | null | 2016-08-26T07:30:00 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fjohnny-cantor-don-t-forget-those-behind-the-scenes-1-7544844.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544843.1472139848!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Johnny Cantor: Don’t forget those behind the scenes | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Among the continuous flow of games and press conferences in the early part of the season, it’s nice to take time out on occasion to speak to various people in more depth.
Last week I sat down with Albion goalkeeping coach Ben Roberts.
Among the talk of his one-year anniversary moving to Sussex and his time in Rio after his playing career ended, he also gave us a reminder of the work that’s done behind the scenes.
He was referring to the role of Casper Ankergren, a seasoned experienced keeper who no longer features in the team but has an important job of helping the outfield players hone their skills in front of goal. Of course, he has an impact in the changing room and is also looking to prepare himself for his own coaching career.
This week we also saw the return of German centre-back Uwe Hunemeier after eight months out of action with a groin injury. What seemed initially a relatively-minor problem kept the defender on the sidelines from December 19, 2015, to August 23, 2016.
The hours of rehab and training after surgery must have taken their toll but credit goes to the player and medical staff. Many of the backroom team don’t sing their own praises or avoid the spotlight but they play a huge role themselves.
It often seems like an army of foot soldiers are on hand to help at the training ground or matchdays and it seems reasonable to ask the question – what do they all do? Well, to be honest, I don’t know but it’s nice to find out more. What I do know is that they wouldn’t be employed unless they did a valuable job that can improve the ultimate performance of players and the team.
After the Olympic Games came to a close we had another reminder of how an improvement in many different areas by small margins can amount to big rewards.
Cyclist Mark Cavendish was asked why Team GB had excelled once again in Rio. He reiterated the role of designers, technicians, physios and psychologists who all add to the overall performance.
We may all know it but we don’t always see it and every so often it is good just to tip our hat to those in the dark corners who go about their business as the pursuit of glory continues in the full face of the media and fans.
Johnny Cantor covers Brighton & Hove Albion as a commentator and reporter for BBC Sussex Sport.
Follow all the action, home or away, on BBC Sussex Sport or Twitter: @BBCSussexSport or @johnnycburger
To read more by Johnny Cantor, visit www.johnnycantor.com
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| 2016-08-30T08:49:19 | null | 2016-08-30T09:00:32 | Visit now for the latest transport and travel news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftransport%2Fvan-fire-closes-road-in-bognor-regis-1-7549983.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7322010.1472544747!/image/image.jpg | en | null | ‘Van fire’ closes road in Bognor Regis | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A road has been closed in Bognor Regis after a van fire broke out, according to travel reports.
The A259 Upper Bognor Road has been closed between the Upper Bognor Road junction and the Downview Road junction.
More to follow | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/transport/van-fire-closes-road-in-bognor-regis-1-7549983 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/1794ab5ee1bd14a7ee8e2bd1b2fd1d816ff76d21bcaa39ec3e9c602957e6a375.json |
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| 2016-08-26T12:59:48 | null | 2016-08-26T11:33:19 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fangmering-teenager-found-safe-1-7545973.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7526890.1472207586!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Angmering teenager found safe | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A 17-year-old missing teenager from Angmering has been found safe and well in Brighton.
Peter Grimshaw was last seen at home on Saturday, August 20, but was found this morning.
Police would like to thank the public and media for their help.
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| 2016-08-26T12:54:35 | null | 2016-08-26T06:30:16 | Visit now for the latest health news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2Fcalls-to-strip-coperforma-of-sussex-patient-transport-service-contract-1-7544956.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544954.1472141989!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Calls to strip Coperforma of Sussex patient transport service contract | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Embattled patient transport service provider Coperforma should be stripped of its contract, one union has suggested.
The private company took over from South East Coast Ambulance Service back in April, but during the first few months patients complained about numerous incidents of crews either not turning up or showing up late.
One of its sub-contractors VM Langfords went into administration earlier this year and Coperforma had to step in to guarantee the pay, jobs, and terms and conditions of employees by transferring them to other companies working under them on the contract.
However the GMB union, which represents staff working for sub-contractor Docklands Medical Services, has warned that many of its members could lose their jobs without money owed to them from their previous employers.
Gary Palmer, GMB organiser, said: “No more chances, no more waiting until the dust hopefully settles, the time has come to remove Coperfoma and all those that would put profit before patients and staff.”
He explained that the union had been made aware that all transferred staff could be given notice and dismissed from their current NHS contracts with a view to offering them inferior contracts on a take it or leave it basis, which could affect up to 60 staff.
The tender process for the contract was led by the High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on behalf of all seven CCGs covering Sussex.
Mr Palmer added: “The GMB have written assurances and viewed public broadcasts where Coperforma CEO Michael Clayton clearly states that their new providers would not only pick up the PTS work after the collapse of Langfords, but that staff would be looked after and not out of pocket, and importantly that all their terms and conditions would remain and be protected and not just during any inbound move to a new provider but with assurances that it would also do so for any future outbound transfer as well.
“Right from the very start when this contract was awarded to Coperforma despite the missed warning signs around their inability to deliver such a vital service for Sussex being ignored by the CCGs and its accountable officers, their delivery, accountability and responsibility has been seen to fail all measures, standards and targets by everyone except those who are ultimately responsible, the CCGs.”
Coperforma have been approached for comment.
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"Phil Hewitt"
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| 2016-08-26T13:13:30 | null | 2016-08-26T09:07:57 | Visit now for the latest music news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fmusic%2Fnew-album-for-chichester-graduate-1-7545579.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7545521.1472192930!/image/image.jpg | en | null | New album for Chichester graduate | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | University of Chichester graduate Joe Perkins tries to capture a little bit of chaotic Quo in his new album.
Joe, who studied commercial music graduating in 2012, has long been a huge Status Quo fan: he first saw them, aged ten, in Bristol 16 years ago.
“And I have seen them with the modern line-up loads of times, always the perfect Quo. But then they played with their original line-up, and they were just all over the place in terms of the timing and the notes, but in terms of the musicality, they were just so exciting.
“They had the danger back, and it was just so much better for not being perfect, and I think that is one of the lessons I have learnt.
“You record a song and then you can edit it and edit it until it is perfect, but that’s not necessarily the best way to do it.
“You want the edge, which is what Quo had. They looked terrified! But that nervous energy made it the best Quo show I’d ever seen. It was so much more exciting for being edgy and dangerous. It was four humans all playing together with the whole thing likely to implode at any point. It was pure rock & roll!
“We are human beings. We are not perfect. We all make mistakes. With technology, you can make it perfect, but you lose the fact that we are all musicians playing together. It’s about the spontaneous things that can happen, and that’s what I have wanted to capture.
“There are little mistakes, but the album is what I sound like when I play the guitar. And it is the first album I haven’t done in a recording studio. I did it in the dining room at home. It was about giving free rein to the music.”
It was while he was at Chichester that Joe did his first album: “It was a very good course, but for me the most important thing was the studio facilities that we could book out. The course was very wide-ranging, but in your spare time you could get into the studio and having the studio was great. You got taught all the basics of making a record, but then you could develop it all further.
“I did my first album then which I released free online. So many people had got involved and given their time for free that it wouldn’t have been right to try to sell it.
“It was call Host of Other Artists. It was all songs I had written and played pretty much every instrument, but it was other people doing the lead vocals. I did some backing vocals, but I am not strong enough a singer to do the lead vocals.”
Now comes the new album, purely instrumental. Double Denim is released on Friday, September 2, as a vinyl + CD bundle (limited to 300 copies) and as a download – both available from joeperkins.co.uk. Both are priced at £7.99.
“Releasing the album on vinyl isn’t purely nostalgic,” Joe says. “Sure, I personally prefer buying music as a physical entity and enjoying it as a piece of art, and I think vinyl is the best for that.
“But the audio is actually much higher definition than the CD and has a more dynamic master. You’ll have to turn it up a bit, but it sounds more natural. Nowadays we all need to own our music digitally too, so with the enclosed CD you get that as well.
“So that’s Double Denim. There’s rock; bluegrass; ballads; a snare drum with far too much reverb on it; potentially the world’s loudest cajón; an army of pots and pans; an outrageous amount of guitars; a sense of humour; and real human musicians playing their instruments.
“And who else gives you all that on an outdated format from the 1930s?” | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/music/new-album-for-chichester-graduate-1-7545579 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/863c7fe77496b18ed13ef91e52625c7d026d4b4aefd0ccb3c66a22dacc5e322a.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:02:05 | null | 2016-08-25T12:53:02 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Froad-crash-victim-dies-in-hospital-1-7543738.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7454534.1472136149!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Road crash victim dies in hospital | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A woman who suffered serious injuries when her car was in collision with a lorry on the B2139 at Houghton Hill, near Amberley, last month, has died in hospital.
She has been named as 77-year-old Mary Sherlock, of Fern Road, Storrington, who was driving her Toyota Avensis west when it was in collision with an eastbound Daf articulated lorry near the George and Dragon pub just after 3.20pm on Monday July 18.
Mary’s husband, Steven Sherlock, paid tribute to her. He said: “Mary was a respected member of the Storrington community. She was treasurer of the Village Hall and ran a ballet school in the village for many years.
“She helped at St Philip’s Catholic Primary School and was active in organising the music and liturgy at the local Catholic church playing both the piano and organ.
“She is very much missed by our family and many friends.”
Following the crash, Mrs Sherlock was flown by air ambulance to Southampton General Hospital where she remained in a critical condition, but died in the early hours of Friday.
The lorry driver, a 69-year-old man from Liss, Hampshire, was not injured.
The road was closed for five hours for investigations and for the HGV to be removed.
Anyone who saw what happened is asked to contact police by emailing [email protected] or call 101, quoting Operation Sedgebrook. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/road-crash-victim-dies-in-hospital-1-7543738 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/d0c9546d8692187589a1e38a8104916c1567a772d6673b5653955bf1bd7a8e56.json |
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| 2016-08-30T08:52:01 | null | 2016-08-30T08:40:12 | Visit now for the latest arts and culture news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Farts%2Fbranagh-screening-in-worthing-1-7549954.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7549953.1472542887!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Branagh screening in Worthing | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Worthing WOW (World of Words) Festival announces Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing as part of BFI Presents: Shakespeare on Film.
The season is a UK-wide series of screenings and events celebrating the impact the playwright’s life, work and legacy has had on cinema.
Worthing WOW’s special screening takes place on Thursday, September 15 at the Dome Cinema in Worthing and forms part of national celebrations marking the bard’s 400th anniversary.
Melody Bridges, artistic director of WOW, said: “Kenneth Branagh’s exuberant 1993 adaptation of this classic feel-good comedy stars Mr Branagh himself alongside Emma Thompson, Kate Beckinsale and Hollywood hunks Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves. WOW have received funding from BFI Film/London to host the event and include Worthing as part of this countrywide celebration. They chose Much Ado for its summery romantic feel – a perfect frolic to end your summer.
“Much Ado is being shown in screen two at the historic Dome Cinema, Worthing for one night only, and is being introduced by Miles Leeson, senior lecturer from the University of Chichester who will be giving a brief pre-screening talk about the potent mix of farce and politics in this, one of the Bards most important comedies.”
Presented by the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) and led by Film Hub London, BFI Presents: Shakespeare on Film will see more than 300 screenings and events taking place across the UK with multiplexes, independent cinemas, film clubs, pop-ups and community venues the length and breadth of the UK.
Melody added: “I'm thrilled to share this uplifting film with Worthing audiences. Worthing WOW has been looking for a really special way to tie in with the celebrations of Shakespeare this year – and this evening is our way of Worthing being a part of these national events. I'm excited to learn beforehand from Dr Miles a bit more about the story and then enjoy a glass of Italian white wine whilst watching one of Shakespeare's finest plays on film. "
Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, said: “Shakespeare might have been a man of the theatre but his work offers endless possibilities to film-makers. Somehow the power of his stories, characters, his all too human resonant and relevant themes of power, politics, family, romance, tragic conflict and joyous comedy, manages to transcend barriers of time and the English language such that specific cultural settings can be interpreted by filmmaking artists, in all different kinds of locations, contexts and languages.”
Much Ado About Nothing is screening for one night only on September 15, 7.30pm at the Dome Cinema; tickets are £5 adult, £4 concs, £3 students available in advance only from http://www.eventbrite.com/e/much-ado-about-nothing-tickets-26898961518.
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"Laura Cartledge"
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| 2016-08-26T12:50:34 | null | 2016-08-25T16:09:29 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftwo-south-downs-projects-shortlisted-for-award-1-7544700.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544696.1472137748!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Two South Downs projects shortlisted for award | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Two South Downs National Park projects have been shortlisted for an award.
The Arun and Rother Connections Project and Butterfly Conservation Sussex Branch have been selected in the final six, from 26 ‘excellent nominations’, by a judging panel.
The Duke of Burgundy butterfly PNL-160226-143841001
A grant of £2,000 will be awarded to the winner of the Campaign for National Parks’ Park Protector Award, due to be announced in October.
The award aims to ‘recognise, rewards and celebrate exceptional projects that are making a lasting contribution to the protection, restoration or conservation of the National Parks of England and Wales’.
In a statement about the shortlist, the Arun and Rother Connections project volunteers were highlighted.
It said: “1.2 million people use the water that filters through the chalk of the South Downs on a daily basis.
Pond training event at Pulborough Brooks - www.photographersussex.com
“The Arun and Rother Connections project works with over 1,000 volunteers to run a diverse suite of activities which promote a rich, thriving river system, where wildlife flourishes and people value and enjoy the landscape.”
While the Butterfly Conservation Sussex Branch project was credited for ‘working tirelessly’ to increase the numbers of Duke of Burgundy butterflies.
This work has seen the numbers ‘rise exponentially’ from eight being spotted in Sussex in 2003, to 1,487 seen in 2016.
Caroline Quentin, the new Campaign for National Parks President, admitted learning about the ‘fantastic projects’ has been a ‘wonderful way’ to start her role.
She said: “These projects are the perfect demonstration of how much people care about National Parks and want to improve them for the future.”
Jeremy Colls, from the award’s sponsors Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust, added: “The overriding message is the remarkable level of volunteer commitment that is evident among the groups taking part. Many people really do care about maintaining and improving our rural environment, and convert their passion into action to achieve tangible results.”
For more information visit www.cnp.org.uk | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/two-south-downs-projects-shortlisted-for-award-1-7544700 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/d11f63b18d4a0c0462082657182c10df4b077fbbdd58fc22421f5beb8479b8e0.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:00:39 | null | 2016-08-26T12:35:13 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcounty-news-police-identify-five-men-who-died-off-sussex-coast-1-7546192.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7542416.1472211299!/image/image.jpg | en | null | COUNTY NEWS: Police identify five men who died off Sussex coast | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Five men who died off the coast of Sussex this week have now been named by police.
They are Kenugen Saththiyanathan, 18, and his brother Kobikanthan Saththiyanathan, 22, both of Normandy Way, Erith.
Their friends Nitharsan Ravi, 22, of Admaston Road, Plumstead, Inthushan Sriskantharaja, 23, of Chadwell Road, Grays and Gurushanth Srithavarajah, 27, of Elsa Road, Welling, also died in the tragic incident.
Police say the men all travelled together to Camber Sands for the day on Wednesday (August 24) where they sadly died. Their deaths have now been passed to the coroner.
Ajirthan Ravi told national media his brother Nitharsan was studying aeronautical engineering at the University of Brighton and was just about to start his second year.
RNLI lifeguards will be patrolling Camber Sands over the Bank Holiday weekend, following the tragic deaths.
The RNLI, working with Rother District Council, says it aims to provide reassurance to the public by providing the temporary service.
A spokesperson for the RNLI said: “The charity will provide a team of five or six lifeguards and appropriate equipment over the Bank Holiday weekend (Saturday – Monday) 9am-6pm on Camber Sands who will work alongside the Local Authority Beach Patrol teams.
“The Royal National Lifeboat Institution offered to provide lifeguards over the weekend and the council accepted our offer.
“In addition to the lifeguard service the RNLI will also be providing a face-to-face team who will be on hand to provide key safety information to all visitors at the beach.”
A Rother District Council spokesman said: “We very much welcome and appreciate the support the RNLI are offering to provide a temporary lifeguard service.
“People are understandably concerned in the light of the tragic incident at the beach this week and this service will provide reassurance to the public in one of the busiest weekends of the year at Camber.
“We continue to work with the RNLI, the emergency services and other partners to identify any additional measures we might need to introduce at the beach in the future.”
The RNLI added: “The RNLI provides lifeguard cover on over 240 beaches throughout the UK. The lifeguards are there to provide safety cover and advice and we would advise anyone who is not familiar with the area to come and chat with the lifeguard.
“Before visiting the coast you can visit www.RNLI.org/respectthewater”
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| 2016-08-26T13:06:26 | null | 2016-08-03T11:32:48 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fdon-t-get-the-train-to-airbourne-say-southern-rail-1-7509386.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7509385.1470220333!/image/image.jpg | en | null | ‘Don’t get the train to Airbourne’ - say Southern Rail | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Southern Rail bosses are advising hundreds of thousands of Airbourne fans across Sussex not to get the train on the first two days of the four-day show as it clashes with a planned strike.
The RMT has called a five-day strike from August 8-12, with the last two days coinciding with the first two days of Airbourne (August 11-14) – the annual festival of flight on Eastbourne seafront.
The town’s Chamber of Commerce bosses had written an open letter to rail chiefs raising fears that many of the 500,000-700,000 people who travel to attend Airbourne would not be able to get to Eastbourne by train.
And they asked what steps Southern was taking to plan ahead.
But this morning (Wednesday, August 3) Southern has just advised people not to travel by train.
A Southern spokesman said, “Unfortunately, Thursday and Friday’s Eastbourne Airbourne events fall within the five-day strike that the RMT has announced. We are urging the union to call off this unnecessary action and are meeting with them at ACAS tomorrow, Wednesday, in an attempt to achieve this.
“The level of service we can offer during the strike is dependent on the contingency resources available and we will only be able to provide a much reduced service between Eastbourne and Brighton and no service at all between Ashford International and Eastbourne.
“In light of this, we have no option other than to advise air show goers to seek alternative ways to get to and from the event.”
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| 2016-08-26T13:11:06 | null | 2016-08-25T15:00:00 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fmidfielder-holla-released-by-brighton-1-7544289.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544287.1472132804!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Midfielder Holla released by Brighton | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Midfielder Danny Holla has left Albion after the club and player agreed to mutually terminate his contract.
The 28-year-old Dutch midfielder did have a year left to run on a three-year deal, signed when he joined Albion in 2014 on a free transfer from Den Haag.
He has played in Albion’s two EFL Cup fixtures against Colchester and Oxford this season but had limited other first-team opportunities.
Seagulls boss Chris Hughton said: “With the options and competition we have in midfield, Danny has found his chances very limited, and that situation is unlikely to change.
“It hasn’t really worked out as Danny or the club had hoped. That can sometimes happen in football, but what I can say is that he has been really professional in his approach and his attitude to training has been first class throughout my time as manager.
“He works hard in training, and he has been ready to play when needed, but those times have been far too infrequent for his liking, and at this stage of his career he wants to be playing regular football, so this is the right move for the club and player.”
Holla scored once in 33 appearances for the club.
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| 2016-08-26T13:12:58 | null | 2016-08-26T09:00:00 | Visit now for more sports news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fmore-sport%2Fcyclist-pete-hopes-to-pilot-his-way-to-paralympic-games-glory-1-7542115.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7542114.1472052519!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Cyclist Pete hopes to pilot his way to Paralympic Games glory | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Upper Beeding cyclist Pete Mitchell is hopeful he can collect a gold medal in the Rio Paralympic Games next month.
Mitchell will pilot current defending men’s 1k time trial champion Neil Fachie, who competes in events for individuals with visual impairment.
Mitchell, 26, attempted to make Team GB’s Olympic squad in London but failed to make that cut. Following his failure to make it at London 2012, Mitchell weighed up his options and then made the step to pilot Fachie.
Over a successful four-year cycle, Mitchell has piloted Fachie with the pair current world champions and fastest time holders in this particular event.
With many seeing the British duo as favourites, the Upper Beeding rider believes they can cope with the pressure.
He said: “It’s something that I’m really looking forward to. It’s a great opportunity to be part of Team GB at a Paralympic Games.
“Prior to the previous Olympics, I was just on the fringes of the team but couldn’t quite break in, this opportunity came and it’s been a fantastic four years with Neil.
“We are both hoping to do well in the games and hopefully Neil will be able to defend his Paralympic title.”
Preparations began for Mitchell when he travelled to Newport, Wales, for a 12-day training camp last Wednesday.
Team GB’s Paralympic cycling contingent then travel out to Rio on August 31, with Mitchell admitting anticipation is building now.
He added: “I’ve been watching our successes on the track in the Olympics and just want to be out there now.
“Myself and Neil have got a 12-day training camp so the hard work starts, with both of us wanting that Paralympic crown.”
As well as their participation in the men’s 1km time trial event, Mitchell will pilot Fachie in the male road race.
Mitchell admits little work has gone into that and their focus is firmly on a track title.
He said: “We’re also entered in the road race but that is just a bonus event for us really. We’ve virtually done no training for it and, as sprinters, it’s tricky to make the transition to road.
“It will just give us a chance to be part of another event at a Paralympic Games.”
Team GB’s Paralympic squad will have more than 300 athletes involved in various competitions at the Games.
Mitchell and Fachie will base themselves in Rio’s Olympic Village.
Having never tasted any Games competition before, staying with other athletes from differeing sports is exciting for Mitchell.
He said: “I’m going to be based in the Olympic Village for the duration.
“It’s a massive complex that can house over 15,000 people and I think the canteen can seat around 8,000 at a time.
“It’s going to be a different but incredible experience for both myself and Neil.
“I think up until we’ve competed, I’m just going to focus on our events but after then I’ll be able to take in more of the Games and get a real feel for it.”
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| 2016-08-26T12:58:13 | null | 2016-08-25T13:16:09 | Visit now for the latest education news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fgcse-results-ormiston-top-achievers-celebrate-1-7543853.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7543849.1472127347!/image/image.jpg | en | null | GCSE results: Ormiston top achievers celebrate | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Students and staff at Ormiston Six Villages Academy in Westergate are celebrating today after achieving a huge leap in GCSE results.
High performances came across core subject areas and the percentage of students achieving A*-C in English and maths is at 59 per cent this year, a 17 per cent increase on the same measure last year.
Emily Wildey with her dad David
Pupils achieved some quite exceptional results.
Three students all called Tom achieved all As and A*s across the board.
Tom Scott got 8 A*s and two As; Tom Morgan seven A*s and three As; and Tom Pierce two A*s and eight As.
All three were delighted with their fine results and are all heading to Havant College to do their A-Levels.
Students looking at their strong results
Edward Follis got five A*s, four As and one B and is also going to Havant. He said: “I’m very happy, I was hoping to do well but I was quite worried I wouldn’t so it’s great.
Ellie Smith achieved seven A*s, two As and one B and said she was happy to be accepted to Chichester College to study further.
Across geography, history, languages and science, students made significant gains.
Students particularly excelled in history, with 44.8 per cent of all grades being achieved in the top A*-A bracket.
Other pupils who did brilliantly well:
Caitlin Morton, a young carer who achieved five A*s across the EBACC subjects and five As, balancing hard work and revision with her caring responsibilities.
Cherian Neeliyara joined the school in Year 8, having not been to school in the UK before and speaking little English.
He leaves us with one A in maths, four Bs, including in English language, and three Cs.
Louie Hayman, who achieved one A*, six As and three Bs.
Ormiston Six Villages has seen a new principal, new governors and close support from Ormiston Academies Trust over the last period, and everyone at the school is delighted that so many of its students will be able to take up their chosen pathways.
Umbar Sharif, principal at Ormiston Six Villages Academy, said: “Students, staff and families have all worked really hard to achieve today’s results and I am so proud of our Year 11s.
“The results across all measures have leapt up and we are delighted that students will be progressing onto a range of A Levels, BTECs and apprenticeships.
“We wish our cohort all the best for the future.”
Toby Salt, CEO of Ormiston Academies Trust, added: “It is our absolute priority to ensure that every student fulfils their potential, regardless of their starting point, and we are delighted to see a strong rise in GCSE results at Ormiston Six Villages Academy.
“Students, staff and parents deserve great credit for these results which reflect their commitment and determination to succeed and we look forward to building on these achievements year after year.”
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"Colin Bowman"
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| 2016-08-26T14:49:35 | null | 2016-08-26T14:15:56 | Visit now for the latest sports news - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fsussex-under-15-win-the-royal-london-ecb-cup-final-1-7546449.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7546447.1472217362!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Sussex under-15 win the Royal London ECB Cup final | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A superb all round performance from Sussex under-15s resulted in Sussex being crowned the winners of the A Division Royal London ECB under-15 Cup Final.
Having lost the toss Sussex were invited to field, and Staffs got off to a great start making 54 without loss.
Sussex wicketkeeper Mason Robinson got things moving with a spell-binding flying catch.
Skipper Tom Clark then turned their innings upside down with a double wicket maiden on route to figures of 3 for 17, and from that moment Sussex were on top. Max Lincoln wowed the crowds sprinting 30 yards to take a high catch in the deep, and it was left to Tom Gordon (3 for 39) to have Staffs floundering on 164 all out.
Alastair Orr completed the job with a well timed catch on the ropes.
In reply our openers faced a real barrage of pace and bounce as Staffs were not going to lie down easily.
The players jump for joy
At 68 for 5 Sussex were having their first and only wobble throughout the whole campaign. However our team is resilient and man of the match Tom Gordon lead the recovery with perhaps one of his most important innings thus far, and against a spirited and energised attack Tom grafted hard making a match winning 68 runs. He was backed up by Oliver Carter (39 not out) who demonstrated a very straight bat from the off. He was rewarded by hitting back to back cover drives to win the match.
Huge celebrations then ensued as Sussex became the 2016 Royal London ECB U15 Champions.
The squad: Oliver Carter - Seaford, Tom Clark - Horsham, Henry Crocombe - Hailsham, Tom Gordon - Eastbourne, Tom Hinley - Lindfield,
Scott Lenham - Eastbourne, Max Lincoln - Preston Nomads, Dominic Morgan - Lindfield, Alastair Orr - Lindfield, Joe Pocklington - Eastbourne, Mason Robinson - Preston Nomads, Louis Storey - East Preston, Freddie Longley - Lindfield
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| 2016-08-26T12:57:26 | null | 2016-08-25T14:35:51 | Visit now for the latest education news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fangmering-school-students-react-after-receiving-their-gcse-results-1-7544253.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544247.1472132105!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Angmering School students react after receiving their GCSE results | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Angmering School students have been celebrating their outstanding GCSE results this morning (August 25).
The school saw a number of high achievers with a large number of students achieving grades A* to A.
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Ellen Rose Charlesworth, 16, made the most progress in the year group in her time at Angmering School, with her average results being more than 2.5 grades above expected.
Ellen achieved two A* grades, five A’s, one B and two C’s.
She said: “I am very pleased. It is great that all that hard work has paid off.
“It is all a bit overwhelming really.
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“It isn’t so much excitement to start sixth form but more I have a lot more confidence in myself to do well with these grades.”
Another student, Ollie Charman, 16, was one of the stand-out students.
Ollie achieved 100 per cent in his history exams on his way to nine A* grades and one A.
He now plans to study at The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham next year as he plans his route to university.
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He added: “I would like to say a massive thank you to all the staff at Angmering School for all their help.
“They have been so helpful with extra curriculum work and kept me motivated to achieve these grades.
“My family have also been so supportive and have backed me all the way so thank you so much.
“These grades are better than I was expecting and I am so chuffed.”
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Ollie will be joined at The College of Richard Collyer by fellow-student Will Francis, 16.
Will achieved nine A* grades and two A grades and is planning to study maths, biology, chemistry and history in Horsham.
He said: “I was kind of expecting to get A’s because of my predicted grades so to get A* grades is amazing.
“I will go to college next year and then I have two years to decide what I want to do and what university I want to go to.
“For now, I will hang out with some friends and relax.”
Grace Tapley, 16, will be studying at BHASVIC in Brighton in September after achieving two A* grades, six A grades, three B grades and a C.
Angharad Collins SUS-160825-130152001
She said: “I am so pleased that I have got the grades I needed to get into BHASVIC.
“I will be studying maths, physics and graphics A-Level next year and I am now really excited.”
With two years to go, Grace has set herself high ambitions as she plans a possible application to study at Cambridge university in two years.
“It is the ultimate dream to study at Cambridge and I may as well set my sights high.
“My sister got her A-Level results last week so it has been an extremely nervous time for my parents.
“We have both done really well which is good and now we can relax.
“My sister will be off to university soon and I will be starting at BHASVIC so it’s an exciting time in the Tapley house.”
Oliver Cayless, 16, achieved one A*, nine A grades and two B’s.
He said: “I will be studying for my A-Levels at the sixth form here. I will be studying chemistry, physics, maths and further maths.
“For now, I am going to relax and I have some friends coming round later to celebrate.” Tom Perry, 16, will also be staying at The Angmering School sixth form for his A-Levels.
Tom achieved three A* grades, five A grades, two B grades and two C grades.
He said: “I am very pleased with my results and a little bit relieved.
“I am going to spend some time with my friends this afternoon and just relax until I start again in September.”
Angharad Collins, 16, also achieved impressive results as she secured eight A’s and two B’s.
She said: “I didn’t expect to do as well I have done so I am very pleased.
“I will be doing my A-Levels in Chichester where I will be studying psychology, sociology and law.”
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| 2016-08-30T14:49:24 | null | 2016-08-30T13:58:50 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Finvestigation-into-death-of-soldier-killed-by-friendly-fire-almost-complete-1-7550701.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7550700.1472561909!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Investigation into death of soldier killed by friendly fire almost complete | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The findings of an investigation into the death of a British soldier are expected to be released next month.
Lance Corporal James Brynin, 22, who was born in Shoreham and lived in Pulborough, was shot and killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2013.
At an inquest held in March of this year, fellow British soldier Lance Corporal of Horse Mark Kelly said he had fired the fatal shot believing his target was a Taliban insurgent.
The inquest at Chichester was adjourned by West Sussex senior coroner Penelope Schofield under Rule 25(4) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2015, which states: “a coroner must adjourn an inquest...if during the course of the inquest, it appears to the coroner that the death of the deceased is likely to have been due to a homicide offence and that a person may be charged in relation to the offence.”
The case was referred to the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA), which is expected to publish its findings at the end of September, a pre inquest review hearing in Chichester today was told.
Nicholas Moss, counsel for the Ministry of Defence who is representing LcoH Kelly, said via a conference call: “We have been informed that the SIB (Special Investigations Branch) have themselves reviewed, as part of the victim’s right to review, and my understanding is that that particularly task has been finished.
“That means a report arriving from that and all the evidence of that and future evidence of an inquest is being considered by the SPA.
“We understand that review is going to be heard this week or next week, and that means the window when a submission decision is going to be made is over two weeks, starting from September 19.
“The prosecution authority is likely to be able to come to an outcome of the process from Monday, September 19 to Friday, September 30.
“I should mention that the binary outcome will be either to prosecute or not, and if there’s not to be a prosecution, there would be a direction explaining that by the SPA.”
Mr Moss added that it was likely to take the SPA a further week to put its decision in writing to the coroners’ office.
If there is a decision not to prosecute, the adjourned inquest would be opened again, and a provisional date for its resumption was made to start on January 16, and last either two or three days.
Lance Corporal Brynin, 22, known to his friends as Jay, died in Helmand Province on Tuesday October 15, 2013.
At the time of his death he lived in Pulborough, and he is the first soldier from the village to have lost his life since 1948.
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| 2016-08-28T14:48:38 | null | 2016-08-28T15:35:24 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fdiver-lost-at-sea-1-7548120.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7548119.1472394904!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Diver lost at sea | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A diver has been lost at sea after a five-hour search by the coastguard and RNLI near the coast of Selsey and Bognor Regis.
The coastguard in Dover requested both Selsey RNLI lifeboats to launch at 3.48pm yesterday after the dive boat Huntress 4 reported a diver from the vessel had failed to resurface after a drift dive.
The volunteer crew mustered and both boats launched at just after 4pm and proceeded to the position given by the dive boat which was three miles north east of the Selsey lifeboat station, the RNLI said.
Both Littlehampton RNLI lifeboats and the coastguard rescue helicopter from Lee-on-the-Solent were sent to the incident.
The Huntress 4 and the charter vessel Final Answer also assisted in the search, the RNLI added.
The RNLI said the weather was calm, with smooth seas and hazy sunshine.
The area was comprehensively searched by all units with unfortunately nothing found, it said.
At 9.10pm all the search units were stood down and returned to their stations.
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| 2016-08-30T06:49:18 | null | 2016-08-30T07:23:30 | Visit now for the latest transport and travel news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftransport%2Ftraffic-accident-partially-blocks-a27-in-worthing-1-7549890.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7035025.1472538187!/image/image.jpg | en | null | TRAFFIC: Accident ‘partially blocks’ A27 in Worthing | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | An accident has partially blocked a road on the A27 in Worthing, according to traffic reports.
The Sompting Bypass has been affected eastbound between Lyons Farm Traffic Lights and the Church Lane junction.
Drivers can expect delays.
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| 2016-08-26T13:14:36 | null | 2016-08-22T11:49:39 | Visit now for the latest music news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fmusic%2Fex-chichester-student-ready-to-seize-her-chance-in-the-music-business-1-7537837.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7537836.1471863104!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Ex-Chichester student ready to seize her chance in the music business | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | University of Chichester music graduate Jennifer Owens releases her debut EP on August 26, available from iTunes, all the usual online outlets and her website jenniferowens.co.uk.
Originally from Basildon, Essex, Jennifer has opted to stay in West Sussex following her studies. She now lives in Trotton: “I moved to Chichester to study at the university, a three-year course which I have just finished. It was the BA hons in music, and I really enjoyed it. I really enjoyed the first year, and I struggled with the second. I was not sure what was happening, what I wanted. I didn’t see any longevity in the music industry, but I was lucky to come across the right people. But then once that started happening for me, I was able to settle down and enjoy the last year. I got a lot of experience from my degree. I got a lot of social skills, and I grew up a lot. I think it gave me direction. I now know exactly what I want to do.
“I only really got serious about music when I got serious about the solo stuff in the past couple of years. Before that, I was not really sure about what direction would be best. I thought about theatre for a while. But with other things, I just didn’t feel appreciated enough in that sort of environment. It was not enough. And now I have fallen in love with doing my own stuff, and that’s definitely the way I want to go.
“Most of my material is my own. I do a few covers. I cover some of the music of a writer in New York who is quite fond of me and what I do. He popped up last year, Scott Alan. He gave me free rein with his music. I do some of his stuff; the rest is originals. I started writing really recently. I never really had the tools to do it myself. I don’t play an instrument. I didn’t know how I could write songs by myself until my manager set me up with some co-writers, and now I do write by myself.”
As for the music: “Well, I want to say it is old-fashioned, but that sounds out-dated. I have got influenced by Karen Carpenter, Barbra Streisand, people like that. It’s a throw-back, not like the music now. There is a lot of heart-felt meaning to it. For me, it is really important that all music should reach out to people. It should be there for people and it should offer a hand in good times and in bad times. I really want people to relate to the lyrics in the way I relate to the lyrics in songs by Karen Carpenter and Barbra Streisand. I can really see what they are saying and understand that, and I want people to feel the same about my music.My nan passed away before Christmas. I wrote a song about her called Turn To Me. I have also written about my strange relationship with my father. I think we all have a tough ride, don’t we? Not everything is easy. The songs are very personal to me, but also for everyone else. We all go through things. I have also written a song about staying with someone forever.”
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| 2016-08-26T13:07:31 | null | 2016-08-03T13:53:23 | Visit now for Shoreham lifestyle news and features from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fthe-average-british-holidaymaker-how-we-love-to-spend-our-summers-1-7509821.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7509820.1470228766!/image/image.jpg | en | null | The average British holidaymaker - how we love to spend our summers | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | From Shirley Valentine to the Inbetweeners to Benidorm... the classic summer holiday for Brits abroad has been parodied on the big and small screen for decades, and while they may be a bit far-fetched, some of the comedy capers and clichés still ring true for many of us.
A light-hearted look at the typical Brit’s summer holiday, thanks to a poll released today by Nationwide FlexPlus, shows millions of us still enjoy a package holiday, love to fly and flop, stick to holiday rituals such as a beer in the airport bar before take-off, still struggle with the local lingo, get so burnt we can’t leave the hotel room for days and take the risk of holidaying without travel insurance.
Where we like to go and who with
While city breaks and beach hotels are the most popular types of holidays for Brits these days, more than a third of us still love nothing better than the good old all-inclusive package holiday deal. More than two thirds of us have done the big family holiday – taking grandparents, aunties, uncles, kids, and grandkids abroad and a third of us intend to do so this summer.
Three quarters say these ‘multi-generational’ holidays are becoming more appealing than ever as it’s a chance to get the whole family together. However more than 70 per cent say it’s a good chance to be able to sneak off while the grandparents look after the kids.
Preparation – from packing to panicking at the airport
One in 14 are so eager for their holidays, they start packing a fortnight before they’re even due to leave, while a quarter start packing at least a week before. And we’re a nation of over-packers, with the average holiday-maker taking six pairs of socks, seven t-shirts, four shorts, two swimsuits, eight pants/boxers, two pairs of sandals, two towels, one pair of sunglasses, one hat, two pairs of trainers/shoes, one jumper, one bottle of insect repellent and two bottles of sun cream for a seven-day holiday.
Almost 30 percent of us like to take something that reminds us of home when travelling abroad – around one in ten take tea bags, more than one in 20 take a family photo, and the same number a teddy bear. Slightly less take a photo of their pet or their own pillow case or pillow. A small number of people even take spreads, sauces and preserves to remind them of home.
In fact, before landing overseas, Brits have already spent an average of £139.26 on pre-holiday items. But many of us still go into a mad panic of having forgotten something when we get to the airport, with more than half of us having had to make a dash for toiletries and more than a third having to get local currency last minute. One in five of us though always have time for that holiday drink in the airport bar before we jet off – a great British holiday tradition.
What we like to do when we get there
While many of us love to explore the cultural and natural side of a destination – the ‘fly and flop’ holiday is still king for millions of us, with almost 40% admitting to flopping by the pool or the beach all day when on holiday and one in five admitting to not moving an inch for most of the time. And for a third of us, there’s nothing better to finish off the day than to watch the hotel ‘entertainment’ with more than one in ten having embarrassed ourselves as well as our kids and family by joining in.
More than one in 20 admit to having a bit of ‘couple time’ by sending their kids to the kids’ club, initially for the day, often leading to most of the holiday. For singletons the summer holiday is also the perfect time for a holiday romance – almost a third of us have had one and one in 20 even say they married their holiday fling.
When it comes to money, Brits spend an average of 10% of their annual salary on holidays every year and when on holiday have a carefree attitude to spending with a third saying their attitude is: “I’m on holiday, I’ll worry about money later”. While a third put most of their holiday spending on the credit card, the average person spends around £40 a day on holiday.
Sangria and Sunburn
But it’s not all fun and games with plenty of things that can go wrong. More than one in ten have had a classic ‘language gaffe’ moment, a similar number admit to having got so lost when they have left the hotel that they’ve not got back to their hotel until after dark, while slightly less have got so sun burnt they haven’t been able to leave their hotel room.
Almost one in five of us have also lost luggage before we’ve even got to our destination, with some saying they have had to wear the same clothes throughout their holiday, some having to borrow off their friends and others having to wash their clothes in the bathroom sink every night.
And while mishaps regularly happen to us, a surprising one in 12 admit they never bother with travel insurance regardless of where they are travelling to, while more than 30% wouldn’t bother buying travel insurance if they were travelling to a typical summer holiday destination in Western Europe and around four in five Brits would not take out travel insurance for a UK holiday.
The Simpsons, the Mitchell’s or the Harpers?
Finally, when asked which fictional family they believe their own family most resembles on holiday, the Simpsons topped the list, followed by the Harpers (My Family) and the Dunphys (Modern Family). | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/lifestyle/the-average-british-holidaymaker-how-we-love-to-spend-our-summers-1-7509821 | en | 2016-08-03T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/82e56a558a6ecb20bcb15e9ac27cdad90520762903963085ea3b701d9bc3d1fd.json |
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| 2016-08-28T10:48:34 | null | 2016-08-28T09:55:51 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftraffic-update-motorway-closed-until-at-least-lunchtime-1-7547873.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7547871.1472374530!/image/image.jpg | en | null | TRAFFIC UPDATE: Motorway closed until ‘at least’ lunchtime | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Sussex motorists who are travelling to Kent are being told the M20 motorway will be shut until at least this afternoon.
Highways England issued a statement saying that the M20 is closed between junctions one and four, and ‘is likely to remain closed until at least Sunday lunchtime’.
The scene on the M20 between Borough Green and Leybourne in Kent after a lorry hit a foot bridge and it collapsed. Picture: Natasha Najm / SWNS.com
The closure comes after a lorry struck a footbridge in Kent, causing it to collapse. Read more here.
Highways England said that diversions are also in place and it is likely the M26 which links the M25 to the M20 will also remain closed until the incident is cleared.
The diversion for the M20 is via the A2 or M2 using the A229 and A228, and the diversion for the M26, closed at M25 junction five, is to use the M25 junction two and then travel on the A2 or M2.
Highways England south east operations manager Gary Coleman said everything was being done to reopen the motorway again, but safety had to come first both for workers and drivers.
“We are facing a real challenge to lift two HGVs and a motorbike clear of the scene and deal with all of the rubble from the collapsed bridge strewn across both carriageways.
“There is also the issue of the remaining part of the footbridge, which is still in place over the coast-bound side of the motorway. We have crews on scene ready to take action as soon as the police have completed their investigation. We also have cranes en route and lighting so work can continue through the night.
“We are doing everything we can to safely reopen the motorway, but we’d ask drivers to please bear with us as this is a complex operation and it will take time and skill to complete. We’ll keep everyone updated.”
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| 2016-08-26T13:13:26 | null | 2016-08-24T12:40:00 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fherbert-s-hat-trick-helps-mullets-progress-in-cup-1-7541466.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7541465.1472038692!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Herbert’s hat-trick helps Mullets progress in cup | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Dave Herbert hit a hat-trick as Arundel Football Club romped to an emphatic 6-0 home success over Storrington in the Peter Bentley Cup second round on Tuesday.
Herbert’s treble included two fine free-kicks and strikes from Barney Boutwood, Rory Biggs and Alex Biggs helped Mullets see off division-lower Swans.
Mullets joint boss Craig Stuart felt it was an ideal way to follow up Saturday’s FA Cup win at Loxwood.
He said: “I think we struggled in the first 20 minutes and I was a little bit disappointed with the way we started.
“After Saturday it was always going to be tricky, we were nowhere near as good as we were against Loxwood, but in the end our quality shone through.
“I think our third goal was the killer, they dropped their heads and we really went in for the kill.”
After a slow start, Herbert’s curled free-kick stuck a post before finding the net to give his side the lead on 24 minutes.
It was 2-0 five minutes before the break as James Fernandes’ long-kick sent Herbert racing clear before he pulled the ball back for Rory Biggs to slot home.
The game was effectively ended in the space of three second half minutes as Herbert completed his hat-trick.
First, he curled a free-kick around the wall and into the bottom corner on 56 minutes.
Then, three minutes later, a sweeping move saw Nathan DaCosta pick out Harry Russell whose header back across goal was poked home by the in-form forward.
With time running out, Arundel further added to their lead. Boutwood got in on the act when he netted from Russell’s cross against his former side.
Alex Biggs then rounded it off as his drive crept under Swans goalkeeper Matt Neocleous in the last minute.
Arundel travel to Broadbridge Heath in the league on Saturday (3pm), before hosting rivals Pagham on Monday (11am).
ARUNDEL: Fernandes; L.DaCosta, Peake, Jenkins, N.DaCosta; R.Biggs, Jarvis, A.Biggs, S.Herbert; D.Herbert, Boutwood. Subs: Tipper (D.Herbert), Russell (R.Biggs), Butt, Rennie, Jones.
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| 2016-08-26T12:54:06 | null | 2016-08-25T13:32:48 | Visit now for the latest education news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fgcse-results-the-regis-students-over-the-moon-1-7543966.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7543963.1472200514!/image/image.jpg | en | null | GCSE results: The Regis students ‘over the moon’ | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Nerves turned to joy for many pupils at The Regis school in Bognor who unwrapped some fabulous GCSE results this morning.
Among the high fliers was George Hume, who achieved five A*s, one distinctions, three As, two Bs and a merit.
Jumping for joy are Connor Shergold, Yazmine Lane and Will Hodges
George, 16, said: “I feel pretty good with my results.
“I will be studying maths, further maths, physics and maybe law next at A-Level.
“I worked my hardest and the wait for the results has been difficult but they show that hard work pays off.”
Yazmine Lane got two A*s, six As, two Bs, and one merit. Yazmine said: “I’m over the moon with my results.
Connie Edgington
“These will enable me to stay on in the sixth form to study English literature, history and sociology.
“I’d like to thank all my teachers for their hard work as without them I would not have achieved these great results.”
Other great performances came from:
William Hodges got four A*s, five As, one distinction, one B.
Emma Walters got two A*s, seven As, one distinction, one B.
Hayden Crisp got two A*s, one distinction, three As, three Bs, one merit, one C.
Kelsey Poole got one A*s, six As, two Bs, one merit.
Connor Shergold got one A*, one distinction, five As, two Bs, two Cs, one pass.
Today’s results come after significant improvements at A Level last week.
Of particular note in GCSEs is the progress made by students during their time at the school which has continued to improve, with a particular emphasis on improvement by students who receive the pupil premium.
The proportion of students receiving the coveted A*/A grades increased for the third year running, with overall 43 per cent of students receiving 5+ A*-C grades including English and maths.
Students making the highest levels of progress from their starting points include:
Oliwia Sobieraj; Sude Yaz; Natalie Cowen; Joseph Ford; Lucy Finch; Jessy Brooks.
Mike Garlick, principal of The Regis School, said: “I am very pleased for the students who are celebrating their results today.
“In particular, it is so encouraging that we are narrowing the gap in achievement for those on pupil premium.
“There are some excellent individual successes to be celebrated today and we look forward to welcoming many of these students into our Sixth Form where we enjoyed some very strong results last week.”
He added: “I’d like to thank our staff as well for all their hard work and support they offer our students.
“The difference an individual member of staff can make to a student’s confidence and determination to succeed can be significant and, talking to the students today, it is always lovely to hear them appreciate important how staff have been in helping them achieve their goals.”
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| 2016-08-26T18:47:53 | null | 2016-08-26T18:30:50 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Froll-up-roll-up-rotary-carnival-set-to-begin-1-7547008.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7547007.1472232631!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Roll up, roll up: Rotary carnival set to begin | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The annual Worthing Rotary Carnival will be back in town this bank holiday weekend with a circus-themed extravaganza.
This year, the event will run across two days, starting on Sunday, August 28 and finishing on Monday, August 29.
We have always been delighted by the support for the Rotary carnival from local businesses, tourists and of course residents Sue Worthington
The carnival preparation is already in full swing and this year it will include a car show, beach market, live music and entertainment featuring a family festival day with interactive workshops and live performances.
The carnival, which is free to attend, will also have a circus theme with entertainment provided by Circus Pazaz and his performing friends at 4.30pm each day.
Around 2,000 people are expected to attend on each day – particularly the procession on the bank holiday Monday, which takes place from Grand Avenue to Steyne Gardens in Worthing town centre.
Children will be given the opportunity to learn to tightrope walk, juggle, hula hoop, spin plates, face paint, stilt walk and much more.
The carnival will also have stiltwalkers, morris dancers, acrobats, facepainting, balloon market, tea tents, dog shows and stalls.
Sue Worthington, chairman of the Worthing carnival committee said: “We have always been delighted by the support for the Rotary carnival from local businesses, tourists and of course residents.
“Rotary carnival 2016 hopes to make this a family weekend to remember by creating even more opportunities to fundraise and ensure everyone has a chance to get involved with the festivities.
“We are all very excited and looking forward to the summer.”
Since its beginning, the Worthing Rotary Club has raised more than £49,000 for the Ferring country centre and other good causes.
The carnival has also contributed towards the RNLI, the Worthing homeless, Polio Plus, Marie Curie, the Cleft Lip Association, Water Aid, Shelter Boxes and many other charitable organisations.
Last year, the carnival raised £3,314 for Rotary funds as it expanded across the three day bank holiday weekend, with the money being distributed to local charities.
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"Phil Hewitt"
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| 2016-08-27T12:50:44 | null | 2016-08-27T13:08:15 | Visit now for the latest arts and culture news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Farts%2Fclare-balding-in-guildford-1-7547365.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7547364.1472299782!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Clare Balding in Guildford | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Join Clare Balding for an afternoon of family entertainment to mark the publication of her first children's book, The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on Saturday, October 1 at 3pm.
The number-one bestselling author and broadcaster will share stories from her own childhood growing up surrounded by animals, give a reading from her new book and offer expert advice on working with and caring for animals.
The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop introduces Charlie Bass: a horse-mad ten-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when she accidentally manages to buy a racehorse, Charlie is thrilled. The horse she buys, Noble Warrior, looks the part: strong, fit and healthy. There's just one problem – he won't gallop. In fact, he won't even leave his stable without his best friend, a naughty palomino pony called Percy.
This event will end with an audience Q&A and a chance to have your book signed, as well as some funfair-style foyer entertainment for all the family.
Clare became the face of the BBC’s horse racing coverage in 1998 and now works across a wide range of sports for television and radio. She has been a lead TV presenter for the Olympics, Paralympics, Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games.
In 2012, Clare was awarded Achievement of the Year at the Women in Film and TV Awards, the Media Award at the Red Hot Women of the Year Awards, was made TV Personality of the Year by Attitude magazine and won Racing Broadcaster of the Year for the second time.
Tickets on 01483 440000 or www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/arts/clare-balding-in-guildford-1-7547365 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/7482f5b7a9ddaedad9d416fa45e1bf106187a2ef04579d8295a429207390c566.json |
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"James Butler"
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| 2016-08-30T14:49:23 | null | 2016-08-30T13:26:09 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpictures-hazardous-chemical-thought-to-be-involved-in-teen-death-1-7550650.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7550643.1472563031!/image/image.jpg | en | null | PICTURES: Hazardous chemical thought to be involved in teen death | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Police have provided an update into the sudden death of an 18-year-old man, saying that a ‘hazardous chemical substance’ was believed to be near the body.
Emergency services were called to a house in Grove Road, Broadwater at lunchtime yesterday and ambulance staff wearing bio-hazard suits were seen entering the property. Click here to read the original story.
Emergency services were called to a chemical incident at Grove Road in Worthing yesterday, where an 18-year-old man died. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
The road was temporarily closed, and neighbours are believed to have been told not to leave their houses while emergency services dealt with the incident.
Sussex Police has issued a statement, which said: “Police were called to a report of a man found dead at his home in Grove Road, Broadwater, Worthing on Monday (29 August) at 12.35pm.
“It is believed that there may have been some hazardous chemical substance near the body of the 18-year-old so specially trained ambulance and fire crews attended the scene. The body was recovered safely.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious and the coroner’s officer is dealing with the incident.”
Emergency services were called to a chemical incident at Grove Road in Worthing yesterday, where an 18-year-old man died. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
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| 2016-08-26T13:13:56 | null | 2016-08-23T09:03:15 | Visit now for the latest entertainment and leisure news and features - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Flittlehampton-in-fond-memory-of-joe-1-7539218.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7539217.1471939381!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Littlehampton: in fond memory of Joe | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Littlehampton’s Edwin James Festival Choir remembers fondly one of its finest at its forthcoming concert performance of One Sun, One World, an environmentally-themed work by Peter Rose and Anne Conlon.
Spokeswoman Madeleine Wadley said: “Commissioned by the World Wide Fund for their 50th anniversary, One Sun, One World has an environmental theme that reaches out with a message of hope for the future of the natural world and humanity’s place within it. The musical takes the audience on a journey through the great forces of earth, the power of the sun, the ocean tides, wind patterns, the miracle of rainfall and a web of cold and heat.
“One Sun, One World has been chosen as a musical memorial for Joe Costa, a larger-than-life, well-loved member of the choir and Littlehampton local community who lost his battle for life in February.
“Joe was born in Singapore in March 1940 during the Japanese occupation and was the youngest of five children. His father was Spanish and a civil engineer who had been posted to Singapore prior to the war and unable to return to Spain. He met Joe’s Vietnamese mother while travelling. She was very strict with her children to protect them from the soldiers and died ensuring they had food daily. Joe remembered little about Singapore except the Japanese encampment near the village where he lived, Jalan Seyom. Joe spoke several languages – Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and English and was looked after by his step-sis. They immediately took him out of education and used him as a household servant. When his sister returned she sent Joe back into full-time education under the care of a French priest at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd.
“Joe lived there and served at services held in Latin, later gaining work experience as a messenger and later in a shoe shop. Joe wanted to emigrate and the priest encouraged him to save hard for his journey and kindly gave him half the money. At the age of 15, Joe finally secured what proved to be a traumatic sea passage, alone but befriended by a Vietnamese man. Joe had met an Englishwoman prior to his departure who had him encouraged to visit Newcastle-upon-Tyne to see her parents. His journey took him via Genoa, Marseilles, Dunkirk, Dieppe, Dover and finally a train to Newcastle. On arrival he discovered the Englishwoman was staying at her parents home and they set about making a safe life for Joe, helped him secure a job at the Royal Station Hotel and wanted to adopt him.
“Joe Costa met his future wife Eva at a dance hall in 1960 and within six months of meeting they were married. In 1966 they moved to Colchester where they lived for 38 years where Joe worked as an engineer. Following redundancy the couple set up tea rooms which they ran for several years before moving to Selwyn Avenue in Wick in 1995 with Joe obtaining work at Euro-therm and Eva at Hi-Tech. Joe retired at the age of 68 due to ill health. He loved his family, his many friends, gardening (winning awards in the Littlehampton Town Garden Competitions), cooking - famed for his curries, profiteroles and lemon drizzle cake. Joe and Eva attended Wick Chapel for a few years and then Parkside Evengelical Church where he played in the music group.”
James Rushman, musical director for the Edwin James Festival Choir, said: “Joe and Eva joined the choir seventeen years ago. Our motto is Music is Life and it certainly was for Joe who not only sang but played the oboe, clarinet and keyboard. He became very accomplished and joined The Littlehampton Town Concert Band and the music group at the church. Joe was small in stature but big in heart. Nothing was ever too much trouble for him and he will be remembered by all who met him as a gentle man with a big heart. He loved the choir, his music, the concert band and was a loyal friend. His big smile, Geordie/Asian accent and tam-o-shanter will long remain in the memory of all who knew him, not to mention his famed lemon drizzle cake.”
The Edwin James Festival Choir will be performing One Sun, One World on Saturday, August 27 at the Parkside Evangelical Church at 4pm. There is no admission charge but there will be a retiring collection in aid of St Barnabas Hospice. All are welcome.
The Edwin James Festival Choir rehearse every Wednesday evening from 7.30pm at St James’s Church Hall, East Ham Road, Littlehampton, and prospective members of all ages are welcome to visit. More information from www.edwinjamesfestivalchoir.co.uk. The choir is currently rehearsing the Faure Requiem, Goodall’s Every Purpose Under the Heaven as well as Rock Nativity by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/littlehampton-in-fond-memory-of-joe-1-7539218 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/7f7658d606deebbefaa4aca1898941b989ef6cd62f1b70bbf442c77e5723bf8e.json |
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"Gary Shipton"
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| 2016-08-30T10:52:06 | null | 2016-08-30T11:00:04 | Visit now for the latest theatre & comedy news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Ftheatre-and-comedy%2Freview-romeo-and-juliet-gb-theatre-company-at-the-collector-earl-s-garden-at-arundel-castle-as-part-of-the-arundel-festival-1-7550194.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7550193.1472551184!/image/image.jpg | en | null | REVIEW: Romeo and Juliet, GB Theatre Company at The Collector Earl’s Garden at Arundel Castle as part of the Arundel Festival | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The final lines, uttered by the Prince of Verona, sum up the desperate nature of this Shakespearean classic: ‘For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo.’
But those unfamiliar with the star-crossed lovers, would be mistaken in thinking that despite its untimely deaths, this is a doom-laden play where no light shines.
For, in the closing moments, it illuminates its great truth. All enmity carries a great price which ultimately is too great. Peace is always preferable to war.
This is a tale of two wealthy feuding families with Romeo and Juliet a representative of each. Their fledgling love cannot bridge the divide - whereas their ultimate sacrifice does finally deliver peace by showing how futile all disagreements are in the context of their deaths.
GB Theatre are masters of the lighter Shakespearean comedies and ensure despite the sombre tone of Romeo and Juliet that they extract every ounce of humour from the bawdy lines and innuendo.
Joseph Passafaro, in the best traditions of the original stagings, brings a robust energy to every line as Mercutio, and no potential visual joke is overlooked in his hugely engaging performance.
Greg Shewring is Romeo and captures that sense of innocence, impetuousness, and naivety of young sincere love. Mollie Fyfe Taylor matches as Juliet.
It’s often forgotten how young these lovers are. Juliet is only 13. In today’s context, they were mere children and Shakespeare never lost sight of their lack of experience of the world or of their gentleness.
This production remains true to Shakespeare’s bold intent.
Thank goodness for GB Theatre Company. A packed Collector Earl’s Garden - the perfect setting - illustrates how important it is to keep the Bard’s work alive, and that when played honestly, with energy and good humour even the bleakest tale can remain wholly relevant and ultimately uplifting. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-and-comedy/review-romeo-and-juliet-gb-theatre-company-at-the-collector-earl-s-garden-at-arundel-castle-as-part-of-the-arundel-festival-1-7550194 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/08dae48da2f2a8d4fe33a0ca7a7f39ac1060ca6fb48bc9fdc6f9a21f36b19bc0.json |
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"James Butler"
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| 2016-08-26T18:47:43 | null | 2016-08-26T19:19:22 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fparents-of-murdered-teen-pay-tribute-to-their-beautiful-girl-1-7547041.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7547040.1472235963!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Parents of murdered teen pay tribute to their ‘beautiful girl’ | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The parents of a teenager whose body was found on Thursday have paid a heartfelt tribute to their ‘beautiful girl’ and released a photograph of her, Sussex police has said.
Sharon Grice and Richard Green of Hove, parents of Shana Grice, 19, said: “Shana is our beautiful girl, a kind thoughtful, caring daughter who always thought of others.
Shana is our beautiful girl, a kind thoughtful, caring daughter who always thought of others Sharon Grice and Richard Green
“We would like to thank Ashley and his family for their support.
“We would also like to thank everyone for their beautiful kind words.
“We would like to ask that our privacy be respected through this difficult time.”
According to Sussex Police, Ashley was Shana’s current boyfriend.
Shana’s body was found at her address in Chrisdory Road, Mile Oak, on Thursday morning.
The 27-year old man arrested on Thursday on suspicion of murder in Burgess Hill is still in custody for interview and further enquiries, police said.
Magistrates at Brighton today granted a warrant authorising his continued detention if necessary until Sunday.
A post-mortem is currently taking place in Brighton but is not expected to conclude until later tonight.
As previously announced, the death has been notified to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. To read the full story, click here.
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"James Butler"
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| 2016-08-29T10:49:02 | null | 2016-08-29T09:54:18 | Visit now for the latest crime news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fcounty-news-police-stand-off-with-armed-man-continues-1-7548545.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7548593.1472463170!/image/image.jpg | en | null | COUNTY NEWS: Police stand-off with armed man continues | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The stand-off between negotiators and an armed man continues, police have said.
A statement from Sussex Police said: “Emergency services remain outside a house in Harbour Road, Pagham this morning (29 August) as trained police negotiators continue communication with a lone 72-year-old man who is still believed to have a gun.
Police have cordoned off a house in Harbour Road, Pagham and are negotiating with a man armed with a gun. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
“Police were called to the property at around 4.10pm on Sunday (28 August) to a report of threatening behaviour.
“A woman known to the man was also in the house, but she left shortly after police arrival and is safe and well.
“The 72-year-old man remains in the property alone.
“A police cordon is still in place and the road remains closed.”
Local residents in Harbour Road have been advised to stay inside Detective Superintendent Nick Sloan
Detective Superintendent Nick Sloan said: “The safety of the local community is our utmost priority.
“Local residents in Harbour Road have been advised to stay inside, but should they wish to or need to leave their properties, we will be able to facilitate this with police support.
“Communication continues with the lone man in the house and we hope to resolve this situation as quickly and safely as possible.”
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"Ed Bevan"
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| 2016-08-26T17:12:40 | null | 2016-08-23T18:39:47 | Visit now for the latest sports news - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcounty-championship-archer-takes-career-best-figures-as-sussex-dominate-glamorgan-1-7540565.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7540564.1471973998!/image/image.jpg | en | null | County Championship: Archer takes career-best figures as Sussex dominate Glamorgan | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Sixteen years ago to the day, Steve James created a new Glamorgan individual batting record of 309 not out against Sussex at Colwyn Bay, after Chris Adams had elected to field after winning the toss.
Luke Wright also decided to field, but had a much better day than Adams who saw Glamorgan resume on 457 for 1 on the second day. Wright’s bowlers dismissed Glamorgan for a below par 252 in 60.1 overs, before Chris Nash and Ed Joyce compiled an opening partnership of 111. Sussex trail by 142, and are well placed to gain a substantial lead on first innings.
Not for the first time this season Glamorgan relied on their middle and late order batsmen to get them out of trouble after they had slumped to 56 for 5 before lunch. The last five wickets added 196 runs with Graham Wagg and Mark Wallace scoring half centuries and Owen Morgan, who last week scored an undefeated 103 as night watchman against Worcestershire, again impressing with 32 not out. Jofra Archer achieved career best championship figures of 4-91, but he will bowl better than this and be less rewarded.
Nick Selman, who three weeks ago carried his bat against Northants, scoring 122 not out, was out to the fifth ball of the innings, and has now failed to score in four successive innings. He was quickly followed by Jacques Rudolph, whose miserable season continued when he gloved an innocuous delivery from Archer down the leg side to the wicketkeeper. The Sussex seamers continued to take wickets, but Glamorgan’s batsmen contributed to their downfall with some poor shot selection- Will Bragg following one from Steve Magoffin and David Lloyd- who struck his first ball for six- nudging to slip.
Wagg and Aneurin Donald began Glamorgan’s revival with a partnership of 50, before Donald played on to Archer, and although Craig Meschede was out soon afterwards, Wagg went on to score 57 with ten boundaries before giving David Wiese a return catch. Wallace top scored with 61 from 59 balls, putting on 44 with Wagg and 62 with Morgan who surely deserves promotion in the batting order from number 9. He shared a stand of 33 for the last wicket with Michael Hogan that enabled Glamorgan gain two batting points.
The green pitch was soon put into perspective by Chris Nash and Ed Joyce, who were soon into their stride, striking nine boundaries from the opening twelve overs, as Glamorgan’s opening bowlers Meschede and Van Der Gugten failed to make any impact. Nash reached his fifty from 89 balls, but Joyce nibbled at one from Meschede three overs before the close, having completed his thousand runs for the season after scoring 45.
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"James Butler"
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| 2016-08-27T12:48:06 | null | 2016-08-27T11:47:39 | Visit now for the latest crime news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fcounty-news-two-men-arrested-after-boy-is-stabbed-1-7547335.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7517972.1472294842!/image/image.jpg | en | null | COUNTY NEWS: Two men arrested after boy is stabbed | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A boy has been taken to hospital after being stabbed, and police are appealing for witnesses.
Sussex Police said officers are investigating the stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in Kings Road, Brighton this morning.
Emergency services were called at around 2.10am and after treatment by paramedics the victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Two men were arrested by police officers nearby; one by Pavilion Gardens, the other near Jubilee Street.
An 18-year-old man from Brighton was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and currently remains in police custody.
A 28-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. He also remains in custody at this time, police added.
Detective Constable Rowan Carter said: “We would very much like to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time and who saw something suspicious.
“It was a fast moving investigation at the scene and so even if you spoke to officers in the early hours, we’d still like you to get in touch to ensure we have all of your information that could help.
“Witnesses can email [email protected] or call 101 quoting reference 188 of 27/08.”
Alternatively, witnesses can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or go to crimestoppers-uk.org.
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| 2016-08-26T13:14:15 | null | 2016-08-24T08:16:52 | Visit now for the latest entertainment and leisure news and features - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fexploring-the-charlton-hunt-1-7540868.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7540867.1472022997!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Exploring the Charlton Hunt | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | James Peill, curator of the Goodwood Collection, looks at the new exhibition at Goodwood:
To eighteenth-century ears, the Charlton Hunt was synonymous with some of the best sport in the country and Mr Roper was its celebrated huntsman. Indeed, it is one of the earliest recorded foxhunts in the world and its fame drew the elite of society, including the Dukes of Monmouth, St Albans and Richmond, the dashing illegitimate sons of King Charles II. Richmond bought nearby Goodwood as a comfortable place to stay and entertain his illustrious friends during the hunting season. His son, the second Duke, shared his love of the chase and when he became Master, such was the success and desirability of the hunt, he decided that membership should be restricted only to those who had been elected. Almost every noble family in the land had a representative at Charlton, including half of the Knights of the Garter. Lord Burlington designed for the members a handsome banqueting house at Charlton where they met after hunting, and many built themselves hunting-boxes in the village, including the second Duke of Richmond. Richmond’s hunting-box still stands; known as Fox Hall, it is now owned by the Landmark Trust and available to rent.
The most important day in the history of the Charlton Hunt took place on 26th January 1739 when in ‘the greatest chase that ever was’ hounds ran continuously from their first find at 8.15 a.m. until they killed at 5.50 p.m., covering a distance of approximately fifty-seven miles with just the Duke and two others present at the end. When the hunt was moved to Goodwood in the mid-eighteenth century, it was known as the Duke of Richmond’s Hounds and magnificent kennels were built by the architect James Wyatt with an ingenious central-heating system, a century before Goodwood House had its own heating.
Our small exhibition explores the history of the Charlton Hunt and its association with the Dukes of Richmond. Documents and books associated with the hunt from the Goodwood archive are on display. Over three hundred years later, Goodwood still revolves around sport and sharing those individual passions of the dukes with the many thousands of visitors who come here every year.
Goodwood House Summer Exhibition: The Charlton Hunt
1st August – 31st August 2016
Sundays to Thursdays, 1- 5 pm (last admission 4 pm)
www.goodwood.com
Reader offer: Luxury Afternoon Tea for Two £34.50. To book call the Ticket Office on 01243 755 055.
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| 2016-08-26T14:48:14 | null | 2016-08-26T14:55:10 | Get the latest breaking news from the Littlehampton Gazette - politics, transport, education, health, environment and more, updated daily. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flittlehampton-lifeboat-station-issues-statement-on-camber-sands-drowning-1-7546605.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7546604.1472219693!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Littlehampton lifeboat station issues statement on Camber Sands drowning | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The Littlehampton lifeboat station has addressed questions over why the RNLI did not provide lifeguards at the beach where five men died earlier this week.
The RNLI lifeboat charity has faced questions over why lifeguarding services were not already provided at Camber Sands in the days following the deaths of the men in their teens and 20s.
The charity has since announced that it will be deploying a team of 5-6 lifeguards and appropriate equipment to Camber Sands over the bank holiday weekend.
Speaking on its Facebook page. a spokesperson for the Littlehampton station said:
“We’ve been asked several times why the RNLI didn’t already provide a lifeguard service at Camber.”
The station said that councils normally contact them in order to organise lifeguarding services:
“The RNLI provides a lifeguard service where the local authority has asked it to, a contracted service with some of the costs borne by the local authority.”
Following this week’s incident, a Rother District Council spokesman said:
“Regular assessments are carried out at Camber beach, along with the RNLI, to inform what measures need to be taken to guide visitor safety and ensure the beach is safe. To date this has not identified the need for lifeguards to be deployed at the beach and there have never been lifeguards employed at the beach.
“We are in regular discussion with emergency services and other colleagues to ensure that the measures currently in place are sufficient and identify any additional measures that may need to be taken, either in terms of arrangements at the beach or doing more to educate people of the dangers of the sea.
“Rother District Council provide beach patrols who are on site throughout the summer and are able to advise people of the dangers of the sea, reunite lost children and deal with any incidents on the beach, including performing first aid. These patrols are supported over the summer months by Sussex Police.
“Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of those who have lost their lives.”
The RNLI provides lifeguard cover at more than 240 beaches throughout the UK, with Littlehampton the 200th beach.
Since it was set up in 1824 the 95 per cent volunteer staffed service has saved at least 140,000 lives. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/littlehampton-lifeboat-station-issues-statement-on-camber-sands-drowning-1-7546605 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/28b7175ddca628ffbf63faad49cd8de2bd900f95ecbfaa7a72c39312c7e917ec.json |
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| 2016-08-26T14:48:34 | null | 2016-08-26T15:14:04 | Visit now for the latest crime news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fupdate-murder-reported-to-police-complaints-body-1-7546647.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7546646.1472221161!/image/image.jpg | en | null | UPDATE: Murder reported to police complaints body | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The suspected murder of a teenager has been reported to the body that oversees complaints against the police, Sussex Police has said.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission was notified by Sussex Police following the discovery of the 19-year-old woman’s body at an address in Chrisdory Road, Mile Oak yesterday.
Sussex Police said: “The death has been notified to the IPCC owing to there having been previous police contact with the deceased and other people.
“Her family have been informed of this development. We await the IPCC’s decision as to how any internal investigation will be conducted.”
As previously reported, a 27-year-old man from Portslade was arrested in Burgess Hill yesterday on suspicion of murder after the body was found. Click here for the full story.
Police added that a post-mortem is expected to take place in Brighton later today, and that the address is still a crime scene as forensic work continues.
They are not formally identifying the dead woman at this stage but said they will do so as soon as possible.
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| 2016-08-26T13:14:20 | null | 2016-08-23T09:29:50 | Visit now for the latest music news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fmusic%2Fmusic-marathon-in-brighton-1-7539261.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7539260.1471941107!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Music marathon in Brighton | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Musicians are planning a 21-hour marathon piano concert to raise funds for the Steinway grand piano in St Luke’s Church, Queens Park, Brighton.
Event organiser Adam Swayne, of the University of Chichester, who will be among the performers, said: “Thirty-five professional and amateur pianists will play the entire 840 repetitions of Erik Satie’s Vexations in a concert starting at 7.30pm on August 26 and continuing without a break until 4.30pm the next day.
“The performance will be accompanied by a live tweetalong from the @TheVexator account, and the performers are seeking sponsorship via www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/piano-restoration.”
Adam explained: “Our beloved Steinway is going to piano hospital for a few months, and the bill will come to £10,000. The old piano is a great asset to the church, but it needs a complete overhaul – repairing splits in the soundboard, replacing felts, re-stringing the piano, regulating the keys, action, dampers and pedal mechanism etc.
“Satie composed this atmospheric and mesmeric piece in 1893 following a difficult break-up with his girlfriend, and it wasn’t performed in its entirety until 1963 in a concert organised by notorious experimentalist John Cage.”
A complete programme for the performance may be found at www.adamswayne.com/vexations. To find out more about the series, visit www.stlukesconcerts.webeden.co.uk or contact [email protected] to join the mailing list. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/whats-on/music/music-marathon-in-brighton-1-7539261 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/8b8a1bc4649789b993c6c11e86e60ed92074253880f54aebe571adbec9e5f691.json |
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| 2016-08-31T12:53:04 | null | 2016-08-31T12:43:00 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fpocognoli-joins-brighton-on-season-long-loan-1-7554128.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7554125.1472643711!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Pocognoli joins Brighton on season-long loan | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Albion signed Belgium international defender Sebastien Pocognoli from West Brom on a season-long loan last night.
The 29-year-old left back adds competition to Brighton’s full-back areas, with Gaetan Bong the only recognised senior left-back in the squad, while Liam Rosenior missed the Newcastle game with the ankle injury he sustained at Reading.
Albion boss Chris Hughton said: “We are delighted to add Sebastien to our squad, as the injury to Liam has left us a little bit short of cover in both full-back positions.
“Sebastien has a vast amount of experience having played in some of the top divisions in Europe, as well as in the Champions League. He is the type of quality player we want to add to the squad, and we are looking forward to working with him.”
Pocognoli began his career in the youth team at Standard Liege before moving to Genk at the age of 15.
He made his first team debut aged just 16, and went on to make a total of 46 appearances before moving to Dutch side AZ Alkmaar. After 70 appearances and five goals for the Dutch outfit he returned to Standard Liege, where he played 98 times, scoring twice. A move to the Bundesliga followed with Hannover 96, before switching to the Premier League with West Brom in July 2014. He has made 21 appearances for the Baggies. Pocognoli has represented his country at under 16, 17, 19 and 21 levels, as well as making six appearances for Belgium in the Beijing Olympics. He has won 11 senior caps.
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"Bruce Talbot"
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| 2016-08-26T13:13:07 | null | 2016-08-26T08:27:45 | Visit now for the latest sports news - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fopeners-are-so-solid-for-sussex-1-7545555.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7545553.1472196443!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Openers are so solid for Sussex | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | The focus at Sussex this season has been very much on nurturing players for the future.
Fast bowlers George Garton, Stuart Whittingham and Jofra Archer have all emerged and played their part in both red and white-ball cricket.
Chris Nash. Sussex v Hampshire, NatWest T20. Picture by Phil Westlake SUS-160717-110048001
But coach Mark Davis still relies on a core of experienced players – none more so than opening batsman Chris Nash who, along with skipper Luke Wright, is the last survivor of the team which became serial trophy winners a decade ago.
Nash was seriously considered for the captaincy when Ed Joyce stepped down at the end of last season but Davis opted for Wright instead.
The 33-year-old instead poured his energies into re-booting his technique in South Africa under the guidance of Gary Kirsten and on making sure he and Joyce gave Sussex a strong platform in the County Championship.
At Cardiff this week the peerless Joyce passed 1,000 runs for the ninth time in his career and, all being well, Nash will join him on that landmark after making 132 in the first innings against Glamorgan to move onto 994 runs.
Job done, according to Nash.
“At the start of the season we knew it would be a transitional season and that the senior players had to stand up,” he said.
“Ed Joyce and I have put a huge emphasis on our opening partnership and for him to go past 1,000 runs already and me to be on 994 is just what we wanted really, and there are still four more games to go to push on.
We have put a lot of the onus on ourselves to get off to good starts because it takes a bit of pressure off some of the less experienced guys behind us in the middle order.
“I was delighted with the way I played because, on the second day, Glamorgan bowled outstandingly.”
With Essex beating Leicestershire in three days to stretch their lead at the top, Sussex probably need to defeat Glamorgan and win another three matches to have any chance of finishing in the one promotion place.
The likelihood is that Sussex will still be in the second division next season but it remains to be seen whether Joyce, who turns 38 next month, will be striding out with Nash to open the batting.
Davis and Joyce, who is out of contract at the end of the season, will sit down soon to talk about the future but Joyce might be tempted to extend his stay so he can finish his career with 50 first-class hundreds. He is currently on 45.
Meanwhile Nash was among several Sussex players to offer messages of congratulation to coach Phil Hudson, who played club cricket at Horsham with Nash, and his Sussex under-15s after they beat Staffordshire on Thursday to win the Royal London National One-Day final at Kibworth. Among the Sussex team was opening batsman Scott Lenham, who could one day continue the family tradition which is woven into the fabric of Sussex cricket.
His father Neil and grandfather Les both played for the county - as opening batsmen.
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| 2016-08-26T13:12:38 | null | 2016-08-25T15:30:00 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Frosenior-ruled-out-of-newcastle-trip-1-7544461.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544460.1472134799!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Rosenior ruled out of Newcastle trip | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Liam Rosenior has been ruled out of Brighton’s Championship trip to Newcastle United on Saturday.
The full-back suffered an ankle injury following a late challenge by Yann Kermorgant in the 2-2 league draw at Reading.
Albion boss Chris Hughton admitted with strong swelling still around the area, Rosenior will not be included in his side’s squad for the trip to St James’ Park.
He said: “Liam will miss out. He is still a little bit sore, we are still having to assess that one and are waiting for a little bit of the soreness to go before we are able to assess it.”
Dale Stephens is available but Hughton is still to make a decision on whether the midfield man will travel.
Solly March continues his comeback from injury with an under-23 game tomorrow, while defender Connor Goldson is pencilled in for a under-23 match next week.
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| 2016-08-26T13:12:17 | null | 2016-08-26T08:00:00 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fkayal-excited-ahead-of-massive-away-trip-1-7544776.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544775.1472138965!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Kayal excited ahead of ‘massive’ away trip | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Albion midfielder Beram Kayal looked ahead to tomorrow’s Championship trip to Newcastle United and said: “It’s one of our biggest games this season.”
Brighton travel to St James’ Park in a league fixture for the first time since 1992 looking to extend their unbeaten start to the season.
Chris Hughton’s side sit second in the table having collected two wins and two draws from their four Championship games so far this season.
However, Saturday’s tea-time clash with relegated Newcastle provides them with their biggest test to date.
Toon boss Rafa Benitez remained at Newcastle this summer and has added several quality additions.
Kayal is expecting a tough test and said: “I think it’s going to be one of our biggest games. We need to be ready, focused and know our strengths.
“We go into it with a lot of confidence, we respect Newcastle and know they have big players and a big manager with a lot of experience but we are going to do a job.”
Having played in Champions League matches and Old Firm derbies for Celtic, Kayal has experienced some great atmospheres.
Saturday will be his first outing at St James’ Park and he said: “It’s going to be massive. I have heard a lot about this stadium. It’s a massive club, massive fans, so it’s going to be a great atmosphere, great experience for all of us and hopefully we will go to them and get the result we want.
“It’s not going to be easy but professional players love the challenge against these teams. We have done everything this week in preparation to be ready.”
Liam Rosenior will be missing for the game following an ankle injury picked up at Reading, while Hughton is yet to make a decision on Dale Stephens’ place in the matchday squad.
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| 2016-08-26T13:01:10 | null | 2016-08-25T13:34:01 | Visit now for the latest crime news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fcounty-news-man-sentenced-for-cyber-attacks-on-police-contact-centre-1-7543971.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.6803079.1472128424!/image/image.jpg | en | null | COUNTY NEWS: Man sentenced for cyber attacks on police contact centre | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A man from Hove who bombarded Sussex Police’s contact centre with 3,000 emails in just six hours has been handed a suspended sentence.
The incident, which happened in October 2014, meant the police’s contact centre was ‘significantly impaired’ for six hours.
A police statement says that Kyoji Mochizuki, 28, of Mansfield Road, Hove, appeared for sentencing at Lewes Crown Court on Friday (August 19) after pleading guilty at Hove Crown Court in July to four counts of unauthorised acts with intent to impair the operation of or prevent/hinder access to a computer, contrary to Section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
He was given a ten-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.
The statements adds that the court heard how on October 26, 2014, Mochizuki – also known as Tariq Elmughrabi and Taz Rider – sent around 3,000 emails from various domains to the Sussex Police contact centre at 9.25am.
It was to tie up the force’s email system for more than six hours.
During this time Sussex Police said its contact centre and the non-urgent reporting mechanism for the public was hindered.
It took staff a further 11 hours to restore the email inbox to full operation order.
Earlier that year, in February, an email was received from a sender purporting to be from a man working for a company called Uberex, threatening to attack Sussex Police services in revenge for the force seizing electronic property belonging to Mochizuki in connection with another case, for which he was on bail.
Police said Mochizuki was identified as being a director of that company.
On Monday, November 10, at 5.45am, more emails started to arrive in the public contact centre from a ‘hackerforhire’ domain with the subject line ‘Contact UBX Technology’, in what police called ‘a deliberate attempt to flood the system’.
The statement adds that on November 20, the Surrey and Sussex Cyber Crime Unit raided Mochizuki’s home address and seized a number of items including a computer, a CCTV system that covered all rooms in his house, the entrance and the exterior.
When interviewed he claimed to have carried out work for the FBI and the NCA (National Crime Agency).
He stated that he worked for a company called Uberex as an ethical hacker and with the people whose names were used on the attacking emails.
However, he was unable to put police in contact with them.
Detective Constable Paul Constable from the Surrey and Sussex Cyber Crime Unit said: “In addition to Sussex Police, Mochizuki launched an attack on Brighton and Hove City Council’s email system after he had been summonsed for failing to pay his tax. Their system effectively captured the 2,000 emails aimed at the council tax email inbox.
“An Essex-based insurance company insured a company called Xerosec, which made a claim in 2013 for £36.576.11 due to their computer system overheating after a hacker attack. They paid a sum of £10,000 in settlement to Kyoji Mochizuki of Mansfield Drive, Hove. The following year, the company claimed for equipment damaged in a power surge. The insurer asked to examine the equipment, but was told that was not possible and then received correspondence from the managing director of Xerosec complaining about their incompetence.
“The insurer sent a representative to visit the company where he met with a relative of the accused who stated she had no knowledge of the claim and had been appointed as MD without being consulted. The claim was subsequently refused and on November 6 three of the insurer’s email addresses, including that of the person dealing with the claim, were subject to a denial of service attack.”
Detective Inspector Andrew Haslam, also from the Cyber Crime Unit said: “The scale of Mochizuki’s activities and deceit is breath-taking. Behind each of the events mentioned in court lie a complex web of aliases, email addresses, false employees and considerable technological skill, sadly put to criminal use.
“His attacks on Sussex Police cost nearly £4000 in specialist time to resolve, but of far worse consequence was the significant amount of time lost by contact centre staff that should have been devoted to non-emergency callers and others making contact through email.
“However, I would stress that our 999 emergency operation was not affected by his attacks, nor our operational response effectiveness. The security of the emails from the public was not compromised in any way and there was no impact on any other force IT, email address, web or telephony systems.
“Since the attack, a significant amount of work has taken place to improve the resilience and security of all our IT systems, including emails.” Mochizuki, who had been remanded in custody since breaching bail conditions in June last year, was released upon sentencing. | http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/crime/county-news-man-sentenced-for-cyber-attacks-on-police-contact-centre-1-7543971 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/f9f1af7ae841db7a1df60efedfb8f7cebbb559112dbb0b73ac8002ef45212a53.json |
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| 2016-08-26T13:12:22 | null | 2016-08-26T07:00:00 | Visit now for more sports news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fmore-sport%2Fis-11-changes-disrespectful-to-fans-1-7542095.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7481818.1472052143!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Is 11 changes disrespectful to fans? | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | What a difference 90 minutes can make? I doubt I was the only Albion fan that raised an eyebrow when Chris Hughton made 11 changes to the starting line-up for the League Cup tie at Oxford on Tuesday night.
Clearly the competition, along with the FA Cup, has almost become ‘dumbed down’ in recent seasons, with league form taking precedent.
However, for all the Albion travelling support who made the trip to the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday is there an argument that it’s a tad disrespectful to them to expect them to travel to effectively watch a reserve team play? Don’t get me wrong, like everyone else I realise the Championship is the priority and with a huge game this Saturday at Newcastle a number of changes were always going to be on the cards, but a whole team is quite drastic.
Then again, the Albion ran out 4-2 winners and by the time you’re reading this we will know who awaits us in the third round. If it’s a plum home tie, I hope there’s some way that the Albion can reward the travelling support from Tuesday, be it with a couple of free drink vouchers – just something to recognise the away support.
Elsewhere, with the transfer window closing in a week’s time, speculation is mounting about the future of Albion midfielder Dale Stephens. As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, players come, players go, its part and parcel of football, so if Burnley are prepared to pay a reported £4million for the player, the Albion would be stupid to turn it down. The timing is key, if he’s going to go, personally I’d rather he went before the weekend which gives Hughton valuable time to bring in new faces before the transfer window shuts.
Selling him at the 11th hour, while it still brings the cash in, is in some ways counter productive. The Albion have money but a short time frame gives the advantage to any potential selling club, I know the same could be said about Burnley and Stephens but ultimately, if he doesn’t want to play for the Albion it’s time to cash in and Hughton will have an obvious advantage in the transfer market with funds and time on his side.
With Brighton live on Sky against Newcastle this Saturday evening, many Albion fans found their proposed trip to the North East impossible due to incompatible train times. Unfortunately, domestic football sold its soul to TV a long time, it’s something we have to accept and take the money that’s forthcoming as a result.
On the flip side, it does give a leg up to our local non-league sides. Worthing have made a great start in the Ryman Premier and have another home fixture this Saturday with the visit of Grays Athletic, 3pm kick-off.
Albion season ticket holders can not only get into Woodside Road for £5 on production of their Amex ticket, but they can also stay after the game and watch the Newcastle versus Albion game on one of the six TV screens in the main bar.
Well from many thinking, including myself, that the Olympics was going to be an anti-climax with all the pre-games controversy, Team GB return a record medal haul, and put the nation at the forefront of world sport. Apparently Sir John Major needs to take some of the credit with the advent of the lottery and the funding it’s brought to a number of sports. It just goes to show the unpredictability of sport. No one was looking forward to the Games but it’s turned out to be one of the greatest Olympics ever.
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| 2016-08-26T12:53:38 | null | 2016-08-25T15:01:45 | Visit now for the latest education news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fgcse-results-record-results-at-st-philip-howard-1-7544350.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7544346.1472133683!/image/image.jpg | en | null | GCSE results: Record results at St Philip Howard | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | There were A-grade smiles at St Philip Howard Catholic High School today as pupils opened their GCSE results.
A record 86 per cent of students achieved five A*-C grades at the Barnham school - 80 per cent including English and maths.
A group of boys who all did well
On average students made over four grades better progress in their best eight subjects than they would have done compared to students nationally.
Students to gain straight A* and A grades included: Eloise Carter, Holly Tarleton, Oliver Button, Charlotte Elliot, Chloe Roberts, Holly Leal Lukasz Sacharczuk, Solene Declas, Jodie Brierley, David Houghey, Cerys Owen, Bruno Owers and Nicholas Kabanas.
Between them, twins Emily and Katherine Broadhurst collected 22 A and A*s.
Delighted pupil Molly Sivyer said: “I got alls As and Bs so I’m really happy. It’s been a long wait but I’m glad to have finally found out my results and done well.
Molly Sivyer got alls A and B grades
“I’m going to stay on here because Philip Howard has a really good Sixth Form.”
A delighted Oliver Button got eight A*s and two As, while Sam Hills got seven As, one A* and two Bs.
One third of all grades were awarded A* or A and over 10 per cent of the year group achieved straight A*s and As.
One quarter of the year group left with 5 or more A* and A grades.
English, Spanish, German, music, PE, biology, chemistry, physics, computing and textiles all got well over 90 per cent A*-C and some 100 per cent.
Head teacher David Carter said: “The progress students make from their starting points have consistently placed SPH in the top 5 per cent in the country. “This year is no exception and we are delighted that our headline figures are the best the school has ever experienced.
“Behind the figures however are individuals for whom these results will make a life-changing difference.
“It has been a privilege to work with such delightful students and we look forward to welcoming the vast majority and those from other schools into the Sixth Form.”
Anyone wishing to attend our Sixth Form are welcome contact the school on www.sphcs.co.uk with enrolment on Tuesday, September 6.
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| 2016-08-26T13:14:22 | null | 2016-08-24T08:14:52 | Visit now for the latest entertainment and leisure news and features - from the Littlehampton Gazette, updated daily | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Fian-christie-offers-a-new-perspective-on-tarkovsky-1-7540866.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7540865.1472022877!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Ian Christie offers a new perspective on Tarkovsky | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Ian Christie will be challenging perceptions of the great Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky 30 years after his death.
The Chichester International Film Festival at the New Park Cinema will be offering a Tarkovsky retrospective during which Ian will give a talk on the man and his work (Saturday, August 27, 4pm).
“I defer to no one in my admiration of the man, but I do think we must take him off a pedestal and have a more rounded view of him.
“I have been involved in Tarkovsky’s work for a long time really in different ways. I interviewed him on his first-ever visit out of the Soviet Union in the early 80s. It was a strange encounter. He was suddenly told that he could travel abroad, and he arrived in London with his minder whom we assumed to be a KGB minder, and he was a bit like a frightened rabbit. He was very self-contained. It was a public event at the National Film Theatre, and people queued around the theatre. The thought of actually seeing him in the flesh was very exciting. People jumped at the chance.
“Really my job was to try to put him at ease and not to ask him difficult questions with somebody in the front row listening to his answers. I tried just to say ‘Tell us what the film process is like for you, how does it go?’ rather than asking him questions about censorship that he would not be able to answer. And he gave me very straight answers, that he had had a lot of opportunities and a lot of support.
“People build up this image of him as beleaguered, censored and muzzled, but in fact he was working in an era where there were incredible privileges and freedoms for film-makers in Russia. He didn’t have to worry about finances. People have nurtured this view of him as a victim of the Soviet system, but I would say that in many ways, he was one of its proudest products. The Soviets really did believe in the art of cinema.”
However, Tarkovsky did go into exile, encouraged by the cellist Rostropovich: “It was a huge decision. He knew that things would be difficult, but like a lot of Russian artists, he was very attached to Russia in a very deep emotional way. He was encouraged by other people to make the jump and that things would not get better.
“It was a very difficult time. At the time, nobody realised that Perestroika was coming. That was his tragedy. I was there a lot at the time, and we didn’t really believe it was going to happen. By the time he left, I would not say he had burnt his bridges, but he had made his decision. And he had a support network in the west. He also got ill with cancer not long after he decided to leave. Even when he died, at the end of 86 (aged 54), nobody knew how Perestroika was going to go.”
But it is important to remember the respect he was still held in back in Russia.
“I was in Russia when the news came of his death in Paris, and I remember the KGM man who was monitoring us just said ‘We have just lost our greatest film-maker’.”
Tarkovsky had been part of the great optimistic era under Khrushchev in the early 60s, but then in 67-68 the shutters had come down: “Party discipline was imposed. He did and he didn’t have artistic freedom. He could make films, but it was a question of whether they would be shown. In the end, he decided to leave.”
It is a fuller picture of the man that Ian is intending to give in Chichester…
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| 2016-08-26T13:10:18 | null | 2016-08-23T11:07:37 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fbaker-feels-let-down-in-latest-golds-defeat-1-7539533.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7539521.1471946779!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Baker feels let down in latest Golds defeat | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | Ady Baker felt a lack of effort saw his side exit this year’s Peter Bentley Cup competition on Saturday.
Littlehampton Football Club made the trip to fellow Southern Combination League Premier Division outfit Worthing United but fell to a 2-1 reverse in the second-round encounter.
Baker pinpointed a lacklustre second half showing as the main reason behind the defeat.
Owen Callaghan and Worthing loanee Matt Hards netted twice in 13 second half minutes to leave Littlehampton with it all to do.
Substitute Chris Darwin did pull one back with eight minutes remaining but United held on to progress.
Baker believes failure to give full effort will see his side’s struggles continue and said: “I was left disgraced by our performance in the second half.
“It just simply was not good enough and a clear lack of effort was shown by most of our players.
“We had a really tricky first half kicking into the win and I think most thought it was won after that.
“At any level you need to have a basic work ethic and effort put in but we just did not have that in the second 45 minutes.
“For some reason we just failed to give that basic effort required.
“We had several chances after pulling one back but we couldn’t quite get level.
“It was just a really disappointing day for me.”
A swirling wind made things tricky for both teams in the first-half with few chances created.
After surviving a tricky opening period, Littlehampton would have been hopeful of an improved display after the break.
They got off to a dreadful start in the second and found themselves trailing by two goals just 13 minutes after the restart.
Callaghan broke the deadlock with a tidy finish on 50 minutes, before Hards netted his first senior goal eight minutes later.
Golds got themselves back into it as Darwin was on hand to fire home from eight yards with time running out.
Baker’s side pushed for a late leveller to force extra-time in the final seven minutes.
Ben Gray went closest but he somehow headed wide from four yards as Golds exited this year’s Peter Bentley Cup competition.
Littlehampton travel to AFC Uckfield in the league on Saturday.
Baker wants to see an improved, consistent showing in that one.
He added: “We showed in spells against Chichester City that we can match, if not better some top teams.
“In glimpses we’ve shown the ability and talent we have as a team but then we seem to let ourselves down for patches in games.
“Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to do that over the course of 90 minutes, which is something we have to start doing now.”
LITTLEHAMPTON: Nash; Peters, Bates, McKay, Chaplin; O’Connor, Janman, Kew; Gray, Cole, Hand. Subs: Farrell (Peters), Ball (Chaplin), Darwin (Hand), Van Crughten, Leggatt.
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| 2016-08-29T14:49:08 | null | 2016-08-29T11:59:30 | Visit now for the latest crime news - direct from the Littlehampton Gazette | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlehamptongazette.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fpictures-man-arrested-after-rooftop-drama-1-7548734.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/webimage/1.7548728.1472468327!/image/image.jpg | en | null | PICTURES: Man arrested after rooftop drama | null | null | www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk | A man has been arrested after being rescued from the rooftop of a building in Worthing.
Sussex Police said they were called at 10.50pm yesterday to reports of a man that had been threatened at an address in Buckingham Road, Worthing.
Police arrested a man after he was rescued from the roof of a three-storey building by firemen in Buckingham Road, Worthing. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
When officers arrived, a male occupant of the three-storey building was on the roof, police said.
The fire and rescue service was called to the scene at 11.40pm and sent one vehicle from Worthing Fire Station with an aerial ladder platform, which was used to remove the man.
A fire service spokesperson said they left the scene at 12.30am.
After the man was brought down, police said he was immediately arrested. They left the scene at 1.45am.
Police arrested a man after he was rescued from the roof of a three-storey building in Buckingham Road, Worthing. Picture: Eddie Mitchell
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