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| Moreover, these animals may end up in dog mills, fight clubs, experimentation labs or simply abandoned once the owner grows tired of them. With the recent city animal shelter scandal, Councilman Flinn is well on the right track, but we hope his ordinance now in development will go further than just one breed, but all dogs and cats under the care of owners. Responsibility to the animal itself aside, animal ownership in an urban area should be considered a conditional right with ordinances bearing steep penalties, even criminal in some cases, for people who don't provide basic care for their pets. --Benqq |
(posted 1-30-10 8:55 am) "I saw God or maybe that was my guardian angel reaching for my steering wheel, no make that a little girl picking flowers in a flower field, better yet, I think I heard a Brahams symphony while I saw splash red spring lillies blooming slow motion as if touched by God's finger...no, no I think I saw..." --Yearned for answers to a reporter's question, "What 'flashed before your eyes' (as you were sliding)?" from a woman driver as she sat behind a wheel after sliding into a ditch on an icy road in Memphis Fri. Jan.29.-- Benqq A year ago this month: (posted 1-28-10 1:50 pm) Too rich this link to resist. Ketchum flack inserts lower extremity in mouth And this company VP was giving a seminar on digital media at FedEx that had to include social media as well-- unless the New York agency thought no one in Memphis knew about Twitter--perhaps a holdover from the days of Mad Men. But FedEx's director of communications sent a classy can letter to Ketchum, siting the company's ability to produce their own video as good or better than what Ketchum could do, which brings up the question why they ever hired Ketchum in the first place. Anyway, it struck a nerve because I experienced the same thing at my old employer, the AARP, where I was the same kind of flack. They'd hire outside PR firms at huge expense while internally I produced what had to be one of the most successful PSA's in the org's history. The difference between FedEx and the AARP is that the former knows how to develop employees. As for Ketchum Public Relations: They had their barbeque and cooked it too. -- Benqq Got employer stories? Send it to us. |
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Solomon Burke was among the last artists (along with Rod Stewart for which Mitchell did string and horn arrangements for Stewart's album Soul Book) to record with Mitchell. Burke, above, wrapped the program. Kevin Page accompanied by Memphis radio DJ Henry Nelson told of working with Willie at the station. Tom Gladney was The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards bodyguard when the group came to Memphis in 1986 to meet Mitchell. Gladney subsequently became Mitchell's bodyguard. Mason Reltherford, former owner of (now closed) Club Manhattan and Myron Crower, photographer. The Hope Presbyterian Church sanctuary, which seats 5,000, has video screens on stage and is equipped with audio and video production capability. Above, photographed from the entry, Willie Clayton is barely seen performing on stage but is larger than life on two side video monitors. View from stage right Randy Wade, District Director for Sen. Steve Cohen (Dem), presented Cohen's entry into the Congressional Record about Mitchell. (cont'd above) Other Willie Mitchell related links: Ann Peebles CNN Commercial Appeal Los Angeles Times Mark Richens Commercial Appeal blog New York Times Pitchfork Rolling Stone Willie Mitchell Groovin' World News To the Editor About this Memphis Pix article... •See errors, misidentifications, broken links, regrettable syntax and any other evidence of outright lassitude or basic wrong doing? Please let us know here. •Have we left out a link or would you like us to add one in the body of this story or the link list above? Send. •Have something to add to this story? All contributed comments must be attributable. Send.
| Portrait artist Tony Gandy worked through the night to prepare his piece (left, 4th down) for the ceremony. John Fry, president of Ardent Studios, borrowed from another recently passed Memphis musician, Jim Dickinson, saying, "I am just dead; I'm not gone. He is much loved." Memphis Mayor AC Wharton Former Stax Records producer Al Bell said in an emotional, cathartic presentation how Mitchell literally put food on his table when he, Bell, was dealing with his own personal issues. Bell concluded, "And now I can rest and he can rest, too." Others offering reflections were Jon Hornyak, David Porter, DJs Bobby O'Jay and Henry Nelson and democratic politicians AC Wharton, Dr. Willie Herenton, Harold Ford, Sr. and Rep. Michael Cohen. Both city and state presented proclamations. Rep. Cohen had entered remarks into the Congressional Record. From the family of Memphis Politicos, former US Representative Harold Ford, Sr. Live music was performed by Minivan, Don Bryant, Hi Rhythm, Kevin Page, Preston Shannon, J. Blackfoot, Willie Clayton, Otis Clay and Solomon Burke. Singers John Mayer and Steve Jordan made remarks on tape. Other taped portions included Mitchell receiving the Trustee's Award at the 50th Grammy's Award in 2008. Singer Robert Cray sent a telegram. Former Memphis Mayor Dr. Willie Herrenton Dressing well and always speaking correctly, were remembered by his son, Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell, in final remarks, flanked by his many grandchildren. "And what did we always say when we saw Poppa?" he asked them. "We love you, Poppa!" they shouted in loud unison.
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Teacher X A Dispatch from the Front From a Memphis Inner City School, January, 2010 As Told to Ben Harrison by Teacher X When I first started teaching at a Memphis inner city school, what surprised me was most teachers just want to get through the day. I mean, just get through the day with no classroom disturbances like a fight, drug bust or, more likely, sudden outbreak of cacophonous rapping. And nothing at that moment is more representative of the challenges facing probably every inner city school. contd ---> >>related>> Stamp this story ongoing... On the same day as our dispatch above Jane Roberts reported in the Jan. 21 Commercial Appeal eight "failing Memphis schools," made it to the short list to receive funding for charter school takeover. Apparently, reading from the article, the schools have a good chance of "winning" (our quotes) 108 of the $502 million the Tennessee State Board of Education is seeking from Obama to fund educational "innovations." ->contd ---> (If you'd like to discuss this article, contact us here or call the editor direct at this number: 901.493-6932. Look forward to hearing from you. --Ed.) |
Lecture Series Recommended Lecturing is a verb. Above, Professor Moyn delivers. photos by Benqq Jan. 22. University of Memphis--So after we've all come to feel warmly and fuzzily self-satisfied about post World War ll western democracies touting self determination for emerging nations, along comes a spider to spoil our picnic. In this form he is Columbia University Professor Dr. Samuel Moyn, whose thesis is western powers left out, if not downright opposed, human rights in the "anti-colonialism movement." | |
A Quick Review by Ann Perrett (posted 1.26.10) Playing at the Ridgeway Four Directed by Werner Herzog, starring Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Eva Mendes, Brad Dourif, Fairuza Balk Set in post Katrina New Orleans this is the tale of Terence McDonagh, a corrupt and drug addled policeman who has good luck, bad luck and no luck at all. Nicolas Cage portrays the drug addicted, gambling obsessed detective investigating the gangland style killing of a family of Senegalese immigrants. Does he really care if he finds the killer or killers, or does he just want the source of their drug connection? Hours of pain from his back injured in a moment of salvation when he saves a drowning prisoner; hours of waste with his drug addicted prostitute girlfriend; hours with his drug addicted former policeman father and dad's crazy beer guzzling wife---these are the days of our Cage's Terence. And we love the ride Cage takes with his character. We love the ride because of fearless direction of Werner Herzog and the wild characterization presented by Cage. The great edge Cage brings to all his characters is present ever so perfectly in Bad Lieutenant. We are drawn, yet repulsed. We want him to prevail, but know its an uphill climb for him, his being a cop from the old school that still refuses sacrifice effectiveness for cleanliness. He's evil, he's good, he's lying, he's truthful. Surrounding Cage are terrific performances by Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Brad Dourif, and a wandering iguana. More links: Hitler Finds Out Scott Brown Won Massachusetts Senate Seat Newsroom / More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas |
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