April, 2014 - GlennBee Designs

 Volume 26 Number 04
We Are Reread
WE ARE ONE
And Recyclable
April, 2014
Lupita
Stay As Sweet As You Are Now..
Lupita “Nunca cambies, se
siempre tan dulce como lo
eres ahora”
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A Day In Casa Nostra
By Antonio Cárdenas
Translated by Thomas L. Ramsey
Dawn. The song of the birds salutes the new
day. Activity in the kitchen begins, mixing the
fruit and the water, the music, the laughter,
the eggs and the bread.
The nurses and assistants come to get us up
and clean us up, dressing us and combing our
hair. To take us to the dining room.
Good Morning! Good Morning! Buenos
Dias! While we go about taking our places
around the table to share breakfast. Some of
us interchange glances and smiles as well.
A small nap prepares for the activities of
mid-morning: playing cards, puzzles, the
lottery and some physical exercises.
If it is Tuesday a doctor visits us and is
interested in knowing how we are, examining
us and asking us questions. But today is not
Tuesday.
Some of us go for a walk along the malecon
in Chapala, enjoying the good ice cream
that is already beginning to melt, the breeze
that comes from the lake refreshes and gives
texture and movement to the surface of the
water. The people and the bustling entertains
while it is time to return as dinner is waiting
for us.
Almost everyone returns at this time for
dinner. After dinner we retire for another nap.
Later we reunite in the living room to
watch television, some walk in the garden
and around
the
house,
others prefer
to read or
stay in their
rooms.
Supper is served a little before dark.
Although some prefer supper in their rooms
others prefer to return to the dining room.
After we retire to our rooms I like to watch
television and at times read a little until I fall
asleep.
On occasions I become aware of the visits
by the nurses, others wake up at the arrival of
the new day, because I know there are eyes
watching over my rest.
Un Día en Casa Nostra
Amanece. El canto de los pájaros saluda al
nuevo día. Empieza la actividad en la cocina,
mezclándose la fruta y el agua, la risa y la
música, los huevos y el pan.
Las enfermeras y ayudantes se dedican a
levantarnos, nos asean, visten y peinan. Para ser
llevados al comedor.
Good Morning ! Good Morning ! Buenos
Días ! mientras vamos tomando nuestro lugar
alrededor de la mesa para compartir el desayuno.
Algunos también intercambiamos miradas y
sonrisas.
Una pequeña siesta nos prepara para las
actividades de media mañana: jugando cartas,
rompecabezas, lotería y algunos ejercicios
musculares .
Si es martes, un doctor nos visita y se interesa
por saber como estamos, examinándonos y
haciéndonos preguntas. Pero hoy no es martes.
Algunos vamos de paseo al malecón de
Chapala, disfrutamos de un rico helado pues ya
hace calor, la brisa que viene del lago nos refresca
y le da textura y movimiento a la superficie. La
gente y el bullicio nos entretienen mientras es
tiempo de regresar, pues la comida nos espera.
Casi todos nos reunimos a esta hora, pues es la
comida fuerte. Después del postre nos retiramos
a otra siesta.
CONSULTORIO DENTAL
Dr. Eloy Barragan Fernandez
Mas tarde, nos reunimos en la sala para ver
tele, unos caminan por el jardín y alrededor de la
casa, otros prefieren leer o quedarse en su cuarto.
La cena se sirve poco antes de oscurecer,
aunque algunos prefieren cenar en su cuarto,
otros preferimos reunirnos en el comedor.
Después nos retiramos a nuestra habitación, a
mi me gusta ver tele y a veces leer un poco hasta
quedarme dormida.
En ocasiones me doy cuenta de las visitas de
las enfermeras, en otras despierto con la llegada
del nuevo día, porque sé que hay ojos que velan
mi descanso.
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Speak Out To Defend Your Rights
To Freedom Of The Internet
I began to develop a special interest in the media
when I was around ten years old and my lawyer
by André Wooten
father, my truck driver uncle and their friends sold
stock in the black community and started the 1st
Soul radio station in Seattle KZAM in 1958. Then he and part of the
black community became not just a listener, but a producer of radio
content.
I learned as a teenager that the radio’S signal went far beyond the
black community of Seattle and out into the surrounding communities,
where people who liked good music tunes in. And along with that they
got the Mutual Black News network. These are some of the reasons
I write these columns and produce TV shows for public access TV in
Hawaii today.
In the 60s and 70s there were many independent black owned radio
stations broadcasting not only the music but the news and social and
political interests of the black community as well.
There was a time in the 1970s when the FCC took a stand on increasing
diversity and black owned media ownership in this country.
But those days are long past. The FCC has allowed merger after
merger, and so we have a terrible situation in Honolulu where one
company has been allowed to control THREE TV STATIONS.
This has resulted in the elimination of news staff and camera operators
because the conglomerate is simulcasting the same news on all three
TV station, what little there is of it on all three stations they own in
Honolulu, which is deplorable. This is an intentional “dumbing down”
of the factual news content of the population for the use of the public
airwaves for advertising and political control purposes that would not
be possible if there were a robust competition of news sources and these
public resources were really operated a manner that was truly in the best
public interest.
I for one think it is time to stop the consolidation of our media outlets.
The COMCAST Time-Warner merger is a terrible idea for the consumer.
The merger only benefits the consoli-dated company which will be a
near monopoly at the expense of many of the former journalists and
camera news people replaced by robot camera machines, and all of the
customers who will certainly see all of their rates rise, and have not have
an option except dishes or disconnection.
So I was very glad to be invited to hear Michael Copps, former FCC
Chairman who opposes these mergers and consolidations, which has
meant a narrowing, winnowing and elimination of many outlets for
freedom of expression and thought in out country over the last 30 years.
And I videoed his talk to share with you on Olelo next month.
I am very glad to share these thoughts with you because, with the
Citizens United case, and the more recent McCoucheon case, the U.S.
Supreme Court is fostering an even greater impact of Big Money to
control our elections and ever more aspects of our society and nation.
If the people do not recognize and oppose the take over of the political
system by the very rich billionaires, who tend to vote to keep the
minimum wages down and union rights at a minimum, then there will be
nothing os substance left of our democracy.
For one person’S vote will mean very little as compared with the
corporate might of the vastly rich and undying corporations, which the
Supreme Court seems to have no problem in allowing to control our
elections. Do You? If so speak out and support the constitutional
amendment to clarify once and for all that corporations are not people.
Hence, they should not have superior or even the same rights a living
people.
Comcast is the largest multi-media conglomerate and already owns:
NBC-Universal (a joint venture with General Electric from 2011 to 2013),
NBC and Telemundo, Universal Pictures, Focus Features, 26 television
stations in the United States and cable networks USA Network, Bravo,
CNBC, The Weather Channel, MSNBC, Syfy, NBCSN, Golf Channel,
Esquire Network, E!, Cloo, Chiller, Universal HD and the Comcast
SportsNet regional system. Comcast also owns the Philadelphia Flyers
through a separate subsidiary, which grossed $157 billion in 2009.
Time Warner is already the Largest media conglomerate in the world,
with holdings including: CNN, the CW (a joint venture with CBS), HBO,
Cinemax, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, HLN, NBA TV, TBS, TNT,
truTV, Turner Classic Movies, AOL, MapQuest, Moviefone, Warner
Bros. Pictures, Castle Rock, DC Comics,and New Line Cinema, and
more than 150 magazines including Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune,
Marie Claire and People, which grossed $25.8 billion.
The other 4 large multi-conglomerate media baron corporations
are The Walt Disney Company, 21st Century Fox/News Corporation,
Viacom and CBS Corporation, which control scores of other media
corporations.
Although Viacom and CBS Corporation have been separate companies
since 2006, they are both partially owned subsidiaries of the private
National Amusements company, headed by Sumner Redstone. As such,
Paramount Home Entertainment handles DVD/Blu-ray distribution for
most of the CBS Corporation library.
There are very few African-American owned TV or cable outlets on
the West Coast and only a few on the East Coast like:
TV One, an American cable and satellite television channel based
in Silver Spring, Maryland and owned by Radio One and Comcast
Corporation, which launched on January 19, 2004.
The channel targets black American adults with a broad range of
programming, including original lifestyle and entertainment -oriented
shows, documentaries, movies, and concert performances. It also
features reruns of sitcoms from the 1970s through the 2000s, such as
The Jeffersons, Amen, A Different World, Good Times, Living Single,
Martin and Eve.
As of August 2013, approximately 57,419,000 American households
(50.28% of households with television) receive TV One. They may
receive the channel via DirecTV, Comcast, Cox, Charter, Time Warner
Cable, AT&T U-Verse, Insight, and other smaller cable television
providers.
Radio One, Inc is a U.S. company which owns and operates 69 radio
stations in 22 American cities. It is the largest African-American-owned
broadcasting company in the U.S. Radio One is headed by Cathy
Hughes, Chairman and her son Alfred Liggins, CEO.
The company'S target listeners are African Americans in urban areas.
Radio One also owns a 51% interest in TV One, a cable and satellite
TV network begun in early 2004 in partnership with Comcast and a
handful of investors (including DirecTV, which added the network
to its lineup and became a minority shareholder in January 2005). It
also acquired BlackPlanet, the African American social networking
site as part of Community Connect in 2008. As with other large radio
broadcasting companies, Radio One has a strategy of acquiring stations
in a given market and making sudden format changes they believe will
be profitable.
Radio One tends to favor urban-based formats targeting African
American listeners, and makes format changes to target their
demographic. One example of this occurred when Radio One acquired
country radio station WCAV, near Boston, Massachusetts, in 1999, and
transformed the station into WBOT, "Hot 97.7," with an Urban format.
The station was subsequently resold a short time later and transformed
to a hard rock format, much to the ridicule of the local African American
community.
ASPiRE, is the new television network from Magic Johnson
Enterprises, debuted Wednesday, June 27 2014 with a unique mix of
original and groundbreaking programming aimed at African-American
viewers. The network will launch with inaugural distribution partners
Comcast and Time Warner Cable. At launch, ASPiRE will be available
in approximately seven million homes and in 16 of the top 25 AfricanAmerican markets including New York City, Atlanta, Chicago and
Washington, DC. ASPiRE also will launch on FAVE TV and with five
charter brand partners: The Chrysler Group, L’Oréal USA, Nationwide
Insurance, Coca-Cola and Walmart. ASPiRE will celebrate its historic
kickoff tonight with a private, star-studded event at Cipriani Dolci in
New York City.
Daphne and I continue to produce and air shows of news and travel in
Hawaii to provide a window to an alternate reality to that of the major
networks, which tend to over look many things as they cut their news
staffs to sell more ads. I urge you to use the media to speak out too.
Olelo is too valuable to lose.
Fotos de Chapala
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dedicated to do all that
they can to help you
find the right home,
for the right price in
the shortest amount of
time.
It is easy in this market for agents to become overwhelmed with prospective buyers, as there are many
more buyers joining the home search every day. If you
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one agent. This may cause you to miss out on the home
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National Weather Service
APRIL IS
TSUNAMI AWARENESS MONTH
IN HAWAII
Tsunamis are rare but they can happen.
WHAT TO DO
Be Ready – Prepare in Advance:
• Look for the tsunami evacuation maps in the white pages of the telephone book to determine
if your residence or workplace is in a tsunami evacuation zone.
• Is your family prepared? Develop a family emergency plan and decide where to go during
an evacuation. Find out where your nearest shelter is located. Note: pets are not allowed in
shelters.
• Prepare an emergency kit to last for 3 days. Don’t forget medications.
When
•
•
•
a Warning is Sounded:
Listen to Civil Defense instructions on TV, radio, or NOAA Weather Radio.
A Tsunami WATCH means a tsunami is possible. Standby for emergency information.
If a Tsunami ADVISORY is issued, expect strong currents or waves dangerous to those in or
near the water. Significant land flooding is not expected.
• A Tsunami WARNING is issued, expect significant land flooding. When an evacuation is
necessary, sirens will sound. Immediately evacuate inland to higher ground, if you are in a
tsunami evacuation zone. Otherwise, stay put.
• Turn on your radio, TV, or NOAA Weather Radio for emergency information, and stay
out danger until an official “all clear” is issued by Civil Defense/Dept. of Emergency
Management.
If the Ground Starts Shaking Hard and You are Near the Coastline:
• An earthquake could be your first warning that a tsunami will follow. Go inland or to higher
ground immediately! Do not go to the coastline to watch.
• You cannot surf a tsunami wave – it may be your last!
For additional information, contact:
NOAA IRC
NWS / PRH / DRD/ Laura Kong
1845 Wasp Blvd, Bldg 176
Honolulu, HI 96818
ph: 808/725-6050 fax: 808/725-6055
email: l a u r a . k o n g @ n o a a . g o v http://www.prh.noaa.gov/
hnl/ http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/
In Hawaii, more people have lost their lives to tsunamis than any other natural disaster.
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Aloha to Ms. Johnnie Mae
15 Year Old Vegetarian Dog
It is with a heavy heart that I write this article
concerning the passing of one of my beloved
dogs, Ms. Johnnie Mae. Given to my wife Pam
and I by her sister, who insisted that we take one
of the dogs from a litter of pups, we wound up
with the “Runt of the litter”.
Her mother was a Mastif/Lab mix and her
Health and Fitness father was a Pit Bull mix. Something that I always
by Donald
talked about but never followed through with was
“Spiderman” Thomas
genetic testing to determine her full blood line.
Be that as it may, Johnnie lived to the ripe old
age of 14 years-11 months and two weeks. She was a Vegetarian all
of her life.
Within her years, she had a hematoma on her ear from shaking it
near a wall that required surgery and a stage one skin cancer on her
left back paw that was removed without further issues.
At 14 ½ she did not have arthritis, she did have the lenticular
scleroderma eye symptom common to dogs over 11, but was not blind
nor was she was deaf .
As part of my health and fitness program , a central goal has always
been to “increase health span within life span”. This goal pertains to
dogs as well as humans.
In Ms. Johnnies case, she experienced 14 ½ years of relatively
good health within her 14 years and 11 months on this Earth. She is
a product of PDN Canine Vegetarianism and as it’s developer, I am
honored to have been her owner and nutritionist for close to 15 years.
While there are several Vegetarian dog food brands on the market
today all of which meet the basic standard of canine nutrition, PDN
Canine Vegetarianism was designed to reduced common ailments
within dogs as well as contribute to the greater longevity of the
domesticated canine. Now that many countries in the developing
world are accepting dogs as pets and not food, the need for high
quality nutrition not requiring meat is paramount. All of my dogs
have eaten both commercially developed dog food as well as home
prepared.
With Ms. Frankie I, I was able to develop a dietary program that
would sustain a 96 pound dog. She died unfortunately at the age of 7
from complications associated with Ehrlichiosis that was improperly
treated by the same Vet who diagnosed it.
With Ms Johnnie Mae (35-40 lbs.), I was determined to take her to
the record books (literally).
What I did not take into consideration regarding Canine longevity
was the phenomena of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction or Acute
idiopathic polyneuropathy. Both issues which Ms. Johnnie displayed
symptoms of within her last months of life.
Six months prior to her passing, we noticed her on occasions
displaying weakness in her back legs. The fact that she would initiate
play with her pack mate T’Challa who out weighed her by 30 plus
pounds, lead us to believe as well as her Vet, that she pulled a muscle
playing too hard. While that is still very likely, it may have also been
the first signs of muscle weakness associated with the neuropathy.
It was during the same time that she had the muscle weakness
that we also began to see from time to time, a lack of house training
skills(soiling the rug). This also goes along with the Canine Cognitive
Dysfunction. Our dog door requires our dogs to step over a raised
portion and we rationalized that maybe it was too hard for her to step
over that portion to go outside because of her sprained muscle. More
likely, this was also a sign of CCD.
When I took Johnnie Girl (my pet name for her) to her Vet, I noticed
on the wall a chart of How Old is your Pet? It went up to age 15. I
looked at Johnnie and said to her ”well puppy, I took you to the end
of the chart”!
During her last week of life, I had to feed her liquid nutrition
because she would not eat anything except a piece of Greenie. I
told her that as long as she was willing to accept nourishment, I was
willing to try everything in my powers to keep her alive. She took
nourishment up until her last day. Within her last week of life, she was
very weak and had difficulties climbing up and down the four stairs
that she had climbed for 10 years. But up until a few days before her
passing, without prompting, she attempted that task. Two days before
her passing, I woke up around 2 Am to go to the bathroom, I looked
around and there was Ms. Frankie and King T’Challa but no Johnnie
Mae. I looked in the living room and all of the rooms in the house
but couldn’t find her. Grabbing a flash light I prepared myself for
the worse, no sooner did I get down the stairs , there she was having
successfully relieved herself outside but too weak to stand up to get
back inside.
Ms. Johnnie Mae, although she started out as the runt of the litter,
receiving less nutrition than any of the others-out lived all of the dogs
within her litter including her parents. She also outlived her pack
mates Ms. Frankie I (7 years old) and Queen Storm (7 years oldpoisoning).
Born on the North Shore of the island of Oahu in Hawaii, she lived
the last 10 years of her life on the Big Island of Hawaii.
She is survived by Ms. Frankie II (11 years old) and King T’Challa
(6 years old).The knowledge gained by me through her life, will be
passed on to her pack mates. And while it’s too soon to think about
replacing her, as I’ve stated to my wife many years ago “we will
always have a Frankie and Johnnie in our home.”
from the manuscript The PDN Canine Nutrition program
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Taking Off the Tie…
BERNEICEA “BEE” WORRELL wanted to offer her clients more real
estate services in Hawaii’s ever changing real estate market. As an experienced agent with Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties (CBPP) in the
Kahala Office since 2005, she wanted to complete the circle with her real
estate investors and home owners. “So often I would work with Buyers, looking for that special property that they could rent to someone for
a few years. North, South, East, and West we would look all over this
island. I help people purchase and sell island wide, so we would literally
look everywhere. Once we found the perfect property, I would negotiate the contract; we would close the transaction; and I would send them
on their way.” She added, “I wanted to offer more support, but legally I
was bound.”
She shared how she thought her clients deserved so much more. She
went on to say, “My client should receive Premier Service, not my watered down version.” She wanted to help her clients prepare the home
for showings, screening potential tenants, and managing her client’s investment. She also shared SHE knew what her clients wanted for their
investment. SHE knew the home inside and out, because SHE helped
them buy it. SHE also knew SHE was the best person for the job, but
SHE would be referring them to SOMEONE else. Berneicea needed to
make a change and the time was now.
Being the 1st African-American woman to start a Real Estate Brokerage
Firm and a Property Management Company in the state had its challenges. It wasn’t because she was a minority or a woman. There was no
blueprint, instead plenty of discouraging stares. Many of her Real Estate Associates, even those that have been in the industry over 20 years,
were hanging their Broker’s License with larger firms. This was great for
them, but she needed something different. She needed to offer something
different or stay where she was.
When she left CBPP she left the #1 company in Hawaii, with what she
considers the BEST training for any experience agent new to the island
or those just starting their real estate career. She was stepping out on
faith and starting Hawaii Premier Homes, LLC. With the support of her
community, members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, colleagues,
and her sorority (Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated where she has been a
member for over 20 Years and would not stop talking about), Berneicea
“BEE” Worrell was determined to take her services and experience to
another level. She was going to complete the circle and offer her Premier
Clients Premier Service. SHE DID!
Berneicea “BEE” Worrell ® • Principal Broker/Owner • Phone: (808)372-9998 • Fax: (808)591-0797
[email protected] • 1188 Bishop Street Suite #3201, Honolulu, HI 96815
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Multicultural Actress
Wins Oscar In 2014
When accepting the 2014 Oscar for best supporting
actress Lupita Nyongo gave a moving acceptance
speech in which she stated that it did not escape
her for a moment that her Oscar joy resulted from so
much pain by others. Lupita is a Kenyan actress,film
and music video director who graduated from The
Yale School of Drama. She was born in Mexico while
her parents were there on leave.
by Dr. William E.
She has worked as a production assistant,actress
“Gene” Robertson
and she has written ,produced and directed a
documentary film titled My Genes. She starred in a Kenyan television
program called Shuga. So when she earned her Oscar for Twelve Years
A Slave, It was the culmination of much work and experience by this 30yr
old beauty.
Beauty has to be spoken of separately because she has also drawn
much acclaim from her elegant ebony face and body which has been
able to enhance the work of many of the worlds top dress designers. She
was named 2014 Most Beautiful Woman by People Magazine.
Her father,Peter Nyongo was a college professor and politician in
Kenyan who traveled extensively .The family spent three years in Mexico
City and one year in New York City before returning to Kenya Lupita was
immersed in the arts and education everywhere she landed. She excelled
in the arts and in her education. Her speech at the Oscars indicated her
sensitivity to the human condition which feeds her artistic talent.
We can’t help waiting to see what lies ahead for this beautiful talented
multicultural woman!
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My, How Times Have Changed in Baseball
2004 Red Sox celebrating the World Series win.
The other day I was
out walking our dog in
the neighborhood where
I live when I saw an
acquaintance up ahead
who I knew was a Boston
Red Sox fan. From a
distance I could tell that
by Peter Greenhill
he had some sort of Red
Sox shirt on. He had stopped with his dog,
which meant that as my dog and I kept walking,
we slowly shortened the distance between us.
As we did, I began gradually to see my friend’s
shirt a little more clearly. I could tell that it was
a World Series championship t-shirt. That’s
when the puzzle began. Until I could see it
better, I couldn’t tell which championship year
it was for. Then I was hit by an epiphany about
how much times had changed, how much the
world had change. The baseball world, that is.
Only a few years back (ten, to be exact), I
would not have faced this conundrum. The Sox
had gone eighty-six years without winning a
World Series, their last Series title coming in
1918. Generations were born, grew up, and
died without seeing the Boston Red Sox win
a World Series. The region of New England
was traumatized to an extent that seemed
permanent, eternal. Parents who loved the Red
Sox wanted their children to love them, too,
but at the same time dreaded what that meant,
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Mahogany/Latin Hawaii/Sports Hawaii — April, 2014 – Page 15
Continued from previous page
namely a lifetime of heartbreak as their beloved
team succumbed time after time to The Curse of
the Bambino. (As you probably know, because
the Sox had not won a World Series since they
sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees, their misfortune
was attributed to a curse on the team for having
foolishly parted with the greatest player of all
time.)
Not only had the team come close and had its
hopes crushed at the last minute in the pennant
races of 1948 (starting the wrong pitcher to
lose a playoff with the Cleveland Indians after
finishing in a tie with them for first), 1949
(needing only to win the last two games of the
season to take the AL pennant but losing both
and the pennant), and 1978 (when the Yankees
erased a 13-game Boston lead, caught and
tied the Sox after The Boston Massacre, and
delivered the final blow with the bat of Bucky
Dent); and in the Series of 1946 (when Johnny
Pesky supposedly held the ball during Enos
Slaughter’s mad dash for the Cardinals), 1967
(nemeses: Bob Gibson and Lou Brock), 1975
(nemesis: The Big Red Machine), and 1986
(within one strike of taking the Series before a
grounder went through Bill Buckner’s legs), it
went through long stretches between 1918 and
1946 and 1950 and 1967 as one of the worst
teams in the AL with some of the league’s worst
attendance figures, too. Carl Yastrzemski and
The Impossible Dream of 1967 changed all
that forever, making Fenway Park the place
to be and the Sox one of the most consistently
competitive teams in baseball ever since, but
all the competitiveness did was set the players
and the fans up for frequent enough last-minute
devastation to make them perennially miserable.
But that was then, and the now is a whole
different story. No less than one year after
the stake to the heart that was Yankee Aaron
Boone’s ALCS-winning homerun in 2003,
the Sox found themselves in Heartbreak
Hotel again, down 3-0 to the Yankees in the
ALCS. Then they did the impossible, coming
back to take the Series 4-3 behind a wild and
crazy bunch of players who called themselves
The Idiots. Led by characters such as Johnny
Damon, Kevin Millar, David Ortiz (the only
member of that 2004 team still playing for
Boston), Curt Schilling (hero of The Bloody
David Ortiz today, still hitting great for the Sox as the only 2004
player still on the team.
Sock), Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, et
al—all managed by likeable Terry Francona-they went on to sweep the World Series, ending
the curse and the drought and creating more
happiness than New England had seen since the
colonies won the Revolutionary War.
Thanks to their brilliant General Manager
Theo Epstein and a creative ownership crew,
the Sox repeated in 2007. 2004 was for all the
old folks who had waited their whole lives for a
World Series winner and for the spirits of their
relatives and friends who had died too soon to
see it. 2007 was for the young folks. The third
one, last year in 2013, was for everyone and for
kicks.
But back to the t-shirt. For eighty-six years
there would have been no reason for me to
wonder, “Which year is that championship
shirt for?” For how many generations would
it have been inconceivable to imagine someone
wondering that? Could they have pictured a
world in which that could cross someone’s
mind? Not a chance. Not only that, but when
I had that epiphany looking at the t-shirt,
the revelation went a step further because I
instantly remembered a moment in one of my
English classes a few years ago, in the midst of
this now excellent ten-year run by the Red Sox.
The Sox had just lost an important late-season
game; it might have been the deciding game of
an extremely important Series that eliminated
them from contention, but I don’t remember
the exact situation. The subject came up at the
beginning of a class of high school seniors, who
were chatting before the bell rang to start class,
and I heard one of the students express surprise
about the Red Sox loss because, he said, “The
Red Sox always win.” Yes, that’s what he said.
Little did he know. How very little did he know.
It would have more than warmed the heart of
any old, lifelong Boston baseball fan, but it also
would have left him too flabbergasted to talk.
When we see how much the fortunes of the
Boston Red Sox have changed and how much
the baseball world has changed as a whole in
the last ten years, it’s indeed enough to leave
us speechless. But when we see the deeply felt
relief and joy of generations of people in an
entire region, and when we see how much more
competitive the Sox ascent has made the AL
and the Series, it would not be farfetched to say
that the world has changed for the better. The
question is out there, however, if we ever again
hear a youngster say what I heard that day: do
we tell him the whole story? It would take a
higher power than I am to answer that one.
Please visit www.orphansoftheworld.com and make a donation or sponsor a child.
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by Bob K. Young
Honolulu Quarterback
Club Life Member
Helen & Joseph Vela, Longmont, CO with Bob & Laura Young
Meeting Miss Hawaii 2013, Miss Crystal Lee the guest speaker
at Aiea Shriners Dinner
Shriners Hospital for Children, Brice Holmberg, Chairan
and P.R. H. Richandson
Honorable Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Congresswoman at National
Memorial Cemetary
Joe-Han Young & B. Lekeko Young at “Po Po” Room
Hawaii Lodge Mason Men Birthday April Night.
Charles L. Comeau and Nobles
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Rules for Protests at Hawaii State Capitol Challenged
as Unconstitutional in Federal Court
HONOLULU, HAWAII – A federal lawsuit against the State Department of Accounting and General Services (“DAGS”) charges that outdated rules restricting public use of State property (including the Hawaii
State Capitol rotunda and grounds) violate the First Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution. Plaintiffs for the lawsuit are the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii (“ACLU”) and Pamela G. Lichty, President of
the Drug Policy Action Group and ACLU board member. They are represented by Daniel M.Gluck, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU and
Alexandra Rosenblatt of Chun Kerr, LLLC.
The lawsuit asks the court to require DAGS to remove burdensome
requirements for obtaining a permit – including requirements that small
groups have to get the government’s permission before holding a protest;
that individuals have to agree to indemnify the State for any injuries arising from their protest (even if the injuries are caused by the protesters’
opponents); and that individuals or groups apply for a permit weeks in
advance (with no exception for spontaneous demonstrations in response
to sudden events or news).
The ACLU informed DAGS of these problems over three and a half
years ago (more than a year before the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting). The ACLU continued to inform the State of these
problems through 2011, 2012, and 2013, but the State has neither changed
its rules nor issued any new policies to correct these problems.
The ACLU has assisted several groups in navigating the unlawful permit process, but does not know how many other individuals or groups
have been deterred from holding a demonstration because of DAGS’
unconstitutional rules. Honolulu now plans to host Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and defense ministers of the 10-nation Association of
Southeast Asian Nations April 1-2, and the ACLU hopes that this lawsuit
will ensure that any individuals or groups that want to demonstrate on
State property during the ASEAN Conference (or any other matter) are
able to do so.
Daniel M. Gluck said: “After three years of being rebuffed by DAGS
and the Attorney General’s office to resolve these issues administratively,
it’s clear that the State won’t take any action without being sued. We
need to ensure that the free speech rights of all people are respected and
protected, particularly on state grounds such as the Capitol, to show that
our government is open, transparent, and participatory.”
Alexandra Rosenblatt said: “Current permitting practices could prevent people from gathering around a legislative measure or breaking
community crisis. The State requires a fourteen day lead time for permits,
yet legislative hearings only have a 2-3 day lead time. The State also requires that permit holders waive all claims against the state as a condition
of exercising their first amendment rights. DAGS has made exceptions,
but the absence of consistent, objective standards raises a concern that
groups could be treated differently based on the content of their speech.
When it comes to our government and state capitol there is no room for
opaque rules that hinder community voices from being heard.“
The ACLU’s First Amendment Toolkit is a free guide for those considering demonstrations at the Hawaii State Capitol, or at parks, beaches,
sidewalks and more statewide. www.acluhawaii.org.
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Honolulu’s 3rd Annual African American Film Festival
The 3rd Annual African American Film Festival
completed a successful two week run at the historic Doris Duke Theater in the Honolulu Museum
of Art. It was one of the highlights of Honolulu’s
Black History Month celebrations. Buoyed by the
enthusiastic support of museum director Stephan
by Sandra A. Simms Jost and theater staff, Taylour Chang and Abbie Algar, the Festival committee selected a diverse slate
of six films highlighting historical, cultural and contemporary issues that
chronicle the black experience.
A gala reception set the celebratory tone with a boxing theme for the
opening film, “The Trials of Muhammad Ali” Soul food samplers and
the jazz stylings of Riya Davis and the band, Adagio, sparked a lively
party atmosphere to carry through the night.
Throughout the festival, we met community leaders who helped us
to appreciate the relevance of the films we screened to the lives we live.
Quenton Brown, Hawaii’s newest Boxing Commissioner and a mentee
of Muhammad Ali and his family, shared warm insights of his own boxing career and his encounters with the Ali family in his introduction of
Ali film. Russ Barbee, president of the African American Lawyers Association, and a prominent defense attorney, introduced us to the world of
committed lawyers and public defenders in the film, “Gideon’s Army”.
He provided real world insight into the intensity of the work involved in
criminal defense and the sometimes, harsh and sobering realities clients
and families face. Audience members included several local attorneys
and judges. In the film, “Home”, we shared the path and struggles of a
young man with mental illness as he strove to live and work on his own.
His challenges were realistically brought home in the post-film discussions led by local mental health providers, Drs. Chad Koyanagi and Jean
Adair-Leland, Board members of Mental Health America of Hawaii.
Claire Priester and Tadia Rice led a group of newly released women
inmates from TJ Mahoney halfway house in lively discussions following
the screening of “Butterfly Rising”, a moving and emotional journey for
its female adventurers.
“Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity” took us into the complex musical and spiritual journeys of the immensely innovative and talented
saxophonist. A musical feast spanning decades. Charles Lloyd, at age
76, is still touring, experimenting and mentoring young musicians.
An eclectic group of Los Angeles teens took their newly acquired
rugby skills on a cultural odyssey to New Zealand in “Red, White, Black
and Blue” and changed their life paths forever. Local preteen emerging
leaders enjoyed the New Zealand adventure as guests of the members
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. There was indeed something for everyone.
2014 marked the 3rd year of the African American Film Festival and
we are positioning it to become a nationally recognized event. The Festival Committee members are grateful for the support and commitment
of the Honolulu Museum of Art and our sponsors in sharing the African
American experience in film and music. This year, we were pleased to
have supporting sponsorships from the African American Lawyers Association, Hawaii Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and Mental Health
America of Hawai’i.
Marsha McFadden chairs the Committee, and she is joined by Daphne Barbee-Wooten, Darrick Branch, John Nichols, Tadia Rice, Sandra
Simms and Sharon Yarborough.
We have already begun work on next year’s event, scouting promising films and potential sponsors. So, if you missed this year’s festival,
don’t fret – just mark your calendars for Feb 7-13, 2015 at the Doris
Duke, for the 4th Annual African American Film Festival! See you then!
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