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May 17 — May 23, 2012 — The Prince George’s Post —A5
During the segregation era
when Washington, D.C.'s U
Street corridor was known as
“Black Broadway," the Howard
Theatre was its crown jewel.
After a $29 million renovation,
the 101-year-old People’s
Theatre is starting to lift its
show curtains once again.
Hopes are high among Black
entertainers and entrepreneurs
as the historic Howard reopens
with a rebuilt stage, a state-of-
the-art sound system, walnut
paneling, oak floors and new
seating. The reopening of the
theater harkens back to a time
when Blacks were big in the
entertainment business. At its
1910 opening the Howard
Theatre was billed as “the
largest Colored theater in the
world.” It was the first major
theater built to feature Black
entertainers performing for a
predominantly Black audience.
This time around, the
Howard Theatre, an elegant
edifice at 7th and T Streets in
Northwest, Washington com-
bines elements of Beaux Arts,
Italian Renaissance and neo-
classical design to its stature as
a landmark of the historically-
Black LeDroit Park neighbor-
hood. The Howard Theatre
appeared on the entertainment
scene before Harlem’s Apollo.
Both venues came out of the
"Chitlin' Circuit" tradition, the
string of performance venues
that existed throughout the
eastern and southern United
States from the early 19th cen-
tury through the 1960s. The
name is a play on the collabo-
ration that existed between
Blacks and Jews and the term
"Borscht belt" which referred
to a group of venues [primarily
in New York's Catskill
Mountains] popular with
Jewish performers during the
1940s-60s. Back in the day, the
Howard Theatre represented
one of the venues – a center of
Black commerce and a thor-
oughfare of locally owned
businesses. In city after city
these thoroughfares included
Black enterprises such as
banks, pawnshops, hotels,
funeral homes, fancy shops and
upscale eateries.
Noted theaters on the
Chitlin' Circuit included the
Royal Peacock in Atlanta;
Carver Theatre in Birmingham,
Ala.; Cotton Club, Small's
Paradise and the Apollo
Theater in New York City; the
Regal Theatre in Chicago; the
Howard Theatre in
Washington, D.C.; the Uptown
Theatre in Philadelphia; the
Royal Theatre in Baltimore; the
Fox Theatre in Detroit; the
Hippodrome Theatre in
Richmond, Va.; and the Ritz
Theatre in Jacksonville, Fla.
The theaters featured vaude-
ville, musicals and local variety
and church programs. A net-
work of business operators and
operations flourished along the
Chitlin Circuit. These business-
es often included entertainment
and illicit enterprises run by
individuals involved in “the
numbers,” bootleg liquor and
money laundering. The Chitlin
Circuit fostered the develop-
ment of hundreds of Black
businesses and artists who
included T Bone Walker, Ike
Turner, Little Richard, James
Brown and others.
The Howard Theatre is cur-
rently owned by the District of
Columbia. Howard Theatre
Restoration, Inc. (HTR), a 501
(c) (3) nonprofit organization,
leads a collaborative effort with
the D.C. government to oversee
the Howard Theatre’s business
and cultural development. The
venture is being managed by
the Ellis Development Group.
Officials from U.S. Bank,
Howard Theatre Restoration,
Inc., and the Ellis Development
Group said more that $10 mil-
lion in financing was provided
through a U.S. Bank communi-
ty development subsidiary.
U.S. Bank Vice President
Laura Vowell said that finan-
cial support “helped ensure that
a building which played a sig-
nificant role in Washington
D.C.’s past will do so again in
the future.” Other underwriters
include Eagle Bank, Howard
University and the National
Park Service.
The Blue Note
Entertainment Group signed a
20-year lease to operate the
theater. The company also
operates the Blue Note jazz
club in New York's Greenwich
Village, the B.B. King Blues
Club in Times Square and The
Highline Ballroom. The group
books venues up and down the
East Coast and manages
District landmarks that include
Georgia Brown’s restaurant.
"I'm excited to be associated
with restoration of the leg-
endary Howard Theatre," said
Steven Bensusan, president of
Blue Note Entertainment
Group. "It's an honor to be a
part of this project and to help
preserve the rich tradition of
the Howard [Theatre], while
bringing forth a modern con-
cept in both design and pro-
gramming.” (William Reed is
head of the Business Exchange
Network and available for
speaking/seminar projects via
the Bailey Group.org)
Business Exchangeby William Reed
The Howard Theatre:
“The People’s Place”WASHINGTON - On a
warm, bright Thursday
morning, Jim Green sits on a
park bench in Lafayette
Square, intently poking and
prodding his iPhone screen,
engrossed in an intense game
of "Angry Birds."
For Green, a St. Mary's
County native working as an
engineer in Washington, the
popular iPhone game affords
him the opportunity to tem-
porarily escape the chaos of
the city. He has a BlackBerry
that he uses for business, but
it is buried in his bag.
"The iPhone is, by far, a
lot easier to use and you can
do a lot more with it," Green
said.
While many corporations
continue to flock to
BlackBerry for its security
features, many consumers
have chosen flashier com-
petitors, including Apple's
iPhone and Google's
Android, which boast touch
screens, sparkling graphics
and innovative applications.
Despite introducing the
first smart phone in 1999,
Research in Motion -- the
company that produces
Blackberry -- has been
plagued by slashed profits
and lagging popularity in the
past year as users transition
to Android and iPhone
devices.
Revenue in the fourth
quarter dropped to $4.2 bil-
lion, down 19 percent from
the third quarter, according
to a March 29 news release
from the company.
Shipments of the phone also
fell to 11.1 million, a 21 per-
cent drop, and the company's
founders and CEOs, Jim
Balsille and Mike Lazaridis,
left the company in late
January.
These events prompted
RIM to announce March 29
that it would leave the con-
sumer market and instead
focus on its business and
enterprise offerings, which
include a widely respected
security and encryption sys-
tem. An April 11 study by
Enterprise Readiness of
Consumer Platforms rated
Blackberry as the most
secure mobile phone.
Despite the recent dip in
revenue, new CEO Thorston
Heins aims to restore its rep-
utation as a smartphone pow-
erhouse by focusing on the
company's strengths, he said.
"If we continue doing well
what we're doing, I see no
problems in us being in the
top three players world-
wide," Heins said in a video
RIM posted on its YouTube
account. "We need to be out,
we need to be constantly
communicating with our cus-
tomers, with our audience,
telling them about
Blackberry."
But the possibility of
Blackberry recovering from
such dismal losses is nearly
impossible, according to Anil
Doradia, an analyst with
William Blair & Co.
"If history teaches us any
lessons, I can't think of any
company that has recovered
from such strategic errors,"
Doradia said. "The likeli-
hood of that happening is
remote."
Although the phone
reached widespread appeal
"in times and pockets across
the globe" he said, the com-
pany is solely an enterprise
company and should return
to its roots.
"Their demise was largely
driven by their unsuccessful
attempt to penetrate the con-
sumer world," Doradia said.
"RIM's loss is Apple or
Google's gain."
With the unveiling of the
iPhone and Android in 2007,
many consumers, including
Dupont Circle resident
Alexandra Wolff, said they
bought the smartphone pure-
ly for its trusted applications.
"I got it just for the
Google Maps," said Wolff,
who bought the phone in
November. "I was living in
New York City at the time
and didn't know it very well.
... I knew I wanted the
iPhone; I didn't even com-
pare prices."
Others, such as Silver
Spring native Katie Wiggins,
said they embraced new
options after realizing their
Blackberries had become
antiquated.
"The phone never worked.
...It took about four minutes
to restart, which I had to do
often because of how often it
froze," said Wiggins, who
switched to an iPhone in
November. "Blackberries are
just an old technology."
But this technology still
has its fans -- Woodbridge
resident Victoria Bayer said
that while she is required to
carry a BlackBerry at her job
as a legal records manager at
a law firm, she still enjoys
using it.
"I like the BlackBerry,"
she said. "I find it easy to
use. ... The BlackBerry keeps
me in touch with the office."
Consumers Switch to iPhone, Android Platforms
as BlackBerry Refocuses on Corporate Market
PHOTO BY "HIBB", FLICKR
BlackBerry Pearl (Multimedia Phone)
The super-slim, ultra-light BlackBerry Pearl for AT&T is the
next class of BlackBerry device. Like all BlackBerry devices,
the Pearl provides possibly the best on-the-go email solution
for mobile professionals. But this new BlackBerry includes a
good camera, a built-in music player and Bluetooth. Plus,
you'll be amazed at the speed and accuracy of the SureType®
QWERTY keyboard. And, best of all, this BlackBerry weighs
in at a scant 3.2 ounces and is razor-thin - the smallest of its
class.
By NICK FOLEY
Capital News Service
Tom Corbett, among others, for
pursuing "wedge issues" -- like
laws requiring voters to present
government-issued photo identi-
fication at polling places --
rather than job creation.
O'Malley called Montana
Democratic Gov. Brian
Schweitzer's comments about
likely Republican nominee Mitt
Romney "a bit of a distraction"
from the real message
Democrats are trying to push.
Schweitzer said Thursday that
Romney may struggle to win
over women voters because of
his Mormon faith's history with
polygamy.
"The real issue in this cam-
paign is ... jobs and opportunity,"
said O'Malley, steering the topic
back to his prevailing narrative.
"We need to stay focused on the
issues that matter to people."
But as for his own state's bud-
get quandary, O'Malley said he
was "hopeful" legislative leaders
in the Democratic-controlled
Maryland General Assembly
would agree on a state spending
plan for a special session in time
to avert the "doomsday budget,"
which contains deep cuts to edu-
cation and other areas.
"We're all independently
elected people," O'Malley said,
denying he has direct control
over Democratic presiding offi-
cers. "But I think there are mem-
bers of the General Assembly
who look at how things broke
down and said, 'This is not who
we are.'"
O'Malley repeatedly referred
to a metaphorical "silly bomb"
as being responsible for a chaot-
ic breakdown during budget
negotiations on the last day of
the regular legislative session,
April 9.
"We had a great (legislative)
session ... up until the very end,"
O'Malley insisted. "I'm hopeful
that the presiding officers will
put the pin back in the silly
bomb and focus on the priorities
of the people in our state."
Neither Senate President
Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., D-
Calvert, nor House Speaker
Michael E. Busch, D-Anne
Arundel, returned calls seeking
comment.
Maryland's Democrats have
had difficulties uniting not only
in the legislature, but over the
6th Congressional District pri-
mary race, which saw upstart
Potomac businessman John
Delaney knock off O'Malley-
endorsed state Sen. Rob
Garagiola of Germantown. On
Friday, O'Malley tried again to
put the dissention to rest.
"I think (Delaney) waged a
much better campaign (than
Garagiola) ... which is why he's
the better candidate for the fall,"
O'Malley said, citing Delaney's
strong fundraising and heavy
television presence.
But it is O'Malley's potential
as a candidate that brought him
to the Third Way breakfast,
which billed him as a "hot
prospect" for the Democratic
nomination in the 2016 presi-
dential election.
Host Bill Schneider, a politi-
cal analyst, frequent CNN con-
tributor and distinguished senior
fellow at Third Way, explained
that O'Malley's position as DGA
chairman, as well as media spec-
ulation that O'Malley could
launch a presidential campaign
after he leaves office in 2015,
made him an ideal featured
guest.
"The invitation was simply to
indicate that (O'Malley) is usual-
ly on the list of leading
Democrats who could be con-
tenders in 2016," said Schneider,
who noted that whether Obama
or Romney wins this November,
the race for the Democratic
nomination will be wide open in
four years. "And ... I think he
should be on that list."
O'Malley punted on the 2016
question when pressed at the
breakfast.
"People kindly mention me
when they talk about what the
future of our party holds,"
O'Malley said. He praised three
other Democrats who are in the
mix of possible 2016 contenders
-- Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton, New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Vice
President Joe Biden -- and added
it was "nice" to be named among
them.
But O'Malley remained non-
committal, saying, "The future
will be. ... Four years is a long
time."
Michael Cain, St. Mary's
College political science profes-
sor, said he thinks O'Malley has
a vested interest in getting
national attention and pushing
an economy-oriented narrative
even as he wrestles with his own
state's budget deadlock.
"He's made it clear that he
thinks that in order to build a
viable economy and a modern
economy, you need to make
investments, particularly in edu-
cation," Cain said. "And he also
has national ambitions, so he's
taking to the national stage what
he thinks is one of the strongest
parts of his record here in the
state, which is building a strong
economy with those kinds of
investments."
Breakfast from A1
Gov. Martin O'Malley, left, and journalist Bill Schneider
TOWN
A6 — May 17 — May 23, 2012 — The Prince George’s Post
OUT ON THE
ERIC D. SNIDER'S
IN THE DARK
Movie Review
“The Lucky One”THE LUCKY ONE" D+
Rated PG-13 for a little
profanity, some moderate sexu-
ality, brief war violence.
1 hr., 41 min.
There are people (mostly
young men) whose knee-jerk
response to Zac Efron is that
he's a terrible actor whose
movies are all terrible -- but
who feel that way not because
they've seen and disliked any-
thing he's done but because he
was in the "High School
Musical" films that little girls
liked. But I have to say, Efron
doesn't do himself any favors
starring in stuff like "The Lucky
One."obviously, and most peo-
ple grow out of it eventually.
But I have to say, Efron doesn't
do himself any favors starring
in stuff like "The Lucky One."
It's exactly the kind of sappy
hogwash that his detractors
think is the only thing he's capa-
ble of doing.
It's based on a Nicholas
Sparks novel, though you may
have surmised that from my use
of the phrase "sappy hogwash."
(If anyone can prevent Efron
from climbing out of the teeny-
bopper ghetto, it's this guy.)
Efron plays Logan, a shell-
shocked Marine in Iraq who
sees a discarded photograph
lying in some rubble, walks
over to pick it up, and is thus
saved when a bomb goes off
right where he'd been standing.
After his tour of duty, suffering
from undiagnosed PTSD and
with nothing else in his life to
keep him grounded, he sets out
to find the stranger in the pic-
ture. He feels a connection. He
wants to thank her for inadver-
tently saving his life.
Fortunately for our story, the
stranger in the picture happens
to be an attractive single
woman in Logan's approximate
age group. This would have
been a very different movie
indeed if Logan's life had been
saved by a snapshot of a griz-
zled homeless man, or by a pic-
ture of a burrito from a maga-
zine ad. Logan uses contextual
clues to figure out where the
photo was taken (the movie
spends 11-12 seconds on this
sleuthing), determines it was a
small town in Louisiana, then
walks there. From Colorado.
Why not drive or take a bus?
Because this method allows
him to seem more sensitive and
wounded by walking forlornly
on the side of the road like
David Banner at the end of
every episode of "The
Incredible Hulk."
The girl in the picture is
Beth (Taylor Schilling), a single
mom who runs a dog kennel
with her sassy grandmother,
Ellie (Blythe Danner). Beth's
son, Ben (Riley Thomas
Stewart), not quite 8 years old,
is the product of her failed mar-
riage to Keith (Jay R.
Ferguson), her high school
sweetheart who's now a sher-
iff's deputy in this quaint little
bayou dump. When Logan
shows up, he's too tongue-tied
to say the one thing he came
here to say -- THE ONE
THING HE CAME HERE TO
SAY! -- and instead lets Beth
assume he's just some stranger
applying for a job. So now he
has a job at Beth's kennel,
hooray.
It wouldn't have been hard.
It wouldn't have even seemed
that weird to Beth. Watch, I'll
show you.
"Hi, my name is Logan. We
don't know each other, but
when I was a Marine in Iraq I
happened to see something on
the ground that caught my
attention, and when I walked
over to pick it up a bomb went
off behind me, right where I'd
been standing. The thing on the
ground turned out to be this pic-
ture of you. So in a crazy, coin-
cidental way, you kind of saved
my life, and I just wanted to say
thank you."
Then Beth would have told
Logan about her brother, who
was also a Marine in Iraq,
whose snapshot this must have
been. It must have fallen out of
his pocket at some point before
he was killed. "Wow, Logan,
thank you for bringing it back
to me. Thank you for helping
me reconnect with my dead
brother." And then we could
have had an unusual story about
these two damaged souls
brought together by fate, who
maybe fall in love or whatever.
But no, instead it's the same
old romantic-drama formula
where one person has a Big
Secret and we're just waiting for
the other person to find out
about it so she can feel angry
and betrayed and then get over
it and forgive him in time for
the finale. Logan puts the photo
under a book on his dresser, to
make it easier for someone to
stumble upon it accidentally.
Ugh.
Meanwhile, Logan and Beth
start to fall in love. This upsets
Keith, a laughably bad charac-
ter who's been written to be a
jerk in every possible way. He's
jealous of any man who gets
close to his ex-wife; he uses his
power as a cop to harass people;
he openly mocks his 8-year-old
son for playing the violin; he
threatens to sue for custody if
Beth dates anyone he doesn't
like. At one point he gets really
drunk -- I'm not making this up
-- and pulls a gun on Logan's
dog.
Right. It's that kind of movie
(the dumb kind). It gets dumber,
though. Maybe you're wonder-
ing about when Beth inevitably
finds out that Logan ISN'T just
some random drifter who
walked here from Colorado to
apply for a job at her kennel,
and that in fact he has had her
picture all along. You know she
has to get upset. But maybe
you're wondering ... why, exact-
ly. Why is she angry? Logan
never lied to her. Logan didn't
pretend to be anything he was-
n't. He should have told her
right off the bat that he'd found
her picture, etc., etc., instead of
being a mealy-mouthed imbe-
cile. But his failure to do so isn't
some huge violation of trust.
So why does Beth get mad?
Well, because the girl is sup-
posed to get mad at the sensi-
tive boy near the end of the
movie, so that the audience can
feel bad for the sensitive boy
and think, "Aww! He was just
bein' sensitive!"
This brings us to what I
should, in fairness, say about
the film's positive attributes. As
a plausible story with believ-
able characters and authentic
emotions, it's worthless. But as
a thing designed to push emo-
tional buttons on teenage girls,
it works reasonably well, I
guess. It's Efron playing to his
base, bringing out his greatest
hits and sleepwalking through
his performance. He can almost
certainly do better than this. But
if this is the only thing he wants
to do, well, there's apparently
no shortage of opportunities to
do it.
(P.S. The Louisiana scenery
is lovely. It is always nice to see
Blythe Danner. The director,
Scott Hicks, also made "Shine,"
which was a good movie. The
end.)
ROTTENTOMATOES
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (Efron) returns from his
third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with
keeping him alive--a photograph he found of a woman he does-
n't even know. Learning her name is Beth (Schilling) and
where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a
job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust
and the complications in her life, a romance develops between
them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than
his good luck charm. -- (C) Warner Bros
The Edge of Sportsby DAVE ZIRIN
Free Pub Performances
and Events Presented by
CENTERSTAGE and
Baltimore Open Theatre at
Liam’s
BALTIMORE, MD—April
2012. CENTERSTAGE and
Baltimore Open Theatre are
joining forces and creating a
platform for Baltimore per-
forming artists to showcase,
workshop, and explore new
artistic ideas—beer in hand.
These events will be hosted at
Liam Flynn’s Ale House, 22
W. North Avenue, and are free
and open to the public.
On April 22, at 7 pm,
UnSaddestFactory presents a
reading of A Day By Yourself
by Lola Pierson, which follows
two women as they formulate
the often arbitrary boundaries
between secrets, sentimentali-
ty, and intimacy. Based on
actual events in the lives of the
actors in the show, A Day By
Yourself explores what it
means to be present in one’s
own life. Probably you will
cry, but only if you’ve ever
made a terrible decision. This
exciting new play features
Sophie Hinderberger, Naomi
Kline, Cricket Arrison, Sarah
Lloyd, and Jessie Hughes.
The UnSaddestFactory is a
DIY (do-it-yourself) theater
company that blends puppetry,
performance art, writing, and
studio art into magnificent cre-
ations. USF consists of Lola
Pierson, Anna Fitzgerald,
Cricket Arrison, and Sarah
Lloyd, and has been proudly
producing The Annual Ten
Minute Play Festival for the
past four years.
On May 14, at 7 pm,
VTDance/Vincent E. Thomas
presents Table Talk: On
Masculinity, in preparation for
the continued work on
Shadows—the newest dance
theater work by VTDance,
whichexplores essences of
masculinity through shadows
of yesterday, today, and tomor-
row. A Table Talk is a work-
shop where participants dis-
cuss a hot topic, engaging in
verbal dialogue and exploring
physical dialogue. Participants
discuss, listen, and speak their
personal truths about the given
topic while maintaining an
environment of mutual respect
and inquiry.
The State Theater of
Maryland, CENTERSTAGE
just announced its 50th
Anniversary Season. The not-
for-profit company serves as a
local hub and national leader
for smart, provocative, and
entertaining theater and as a
catalyst for conversation with
the community. Each year, a
consistently broad range of
productions in two intimate
performing spaces attracts
highly diverse audiences of
more than 100,000 people—
including more than 8,000
fiercely loyal members, many
of whom have been with the
theater during its entire history.
Additionally, CENTER-
STAGE offers a variety of dra-
maturgical, community, and
educational programs to broad-
en access and enhance the the-
atergoing experience.
Baltimore Open Theatre
provides a space for the audi-
ences and artists of today to
grow into the audiences and
artists of the next generation of
American Theatre. Founded by
Philip Arnoult and Buck
Jabaily, Baltimore Open
Theatre hosts new, surprising,
and challenging theatre and
dance from around the world,
the United States, and
Baltimore. It's free, everyone
is invited, and performances
will be all over Baltimore.
Baltimore Open Theatre devel-
ops a platform for exchange
and investigation around each
work of art, digitally and in
person, before and after every
performance.
Performances begin
September 2012.
CENTERSTAGE and
Baltimore Open Theatre Pub Performances
"Summitt earned the right
to handle this on her own
terms. She isn't bigger than the
program. She is the program."
– David Climer, the
Tennessean
Just weeks before the sports
world celebrates the fortieth
anniversary of the passage of
Title IX, one of the true icons of both women's sports and the
sports world in general, Pat Summitt, is retiring as basketball
coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols. It’s hard to imagine some-
one in our polarized society who has earned everyone’s respect
as fully as Pat Summitt. She built a women’s sport in a red state
and left all observers from every political stripe in awe of her
intensity, her work ethic and her hawk-eyed smarts. As she
once said, "I'm sure there were some good old boys who
thought, 'I'm not going to watch women's basketball.' But when
they saw it, they saw something they didn't expect."
Late, great UCLA coach John Wooden once called Summitt
the best coach in the sport, and the numbers back it up. This is
someone who won more college basketball games than Duke's
Mike Krzyzewski (1,098) and more national championships
than Coach K and Dean Smith combined (8). She is also still
just 59 years old, but made the decision to say goodbye. It had
to be done. Coach Summitt announced last year that she was
suffering from early, onset Alzheimer's. This season saw Coach
Summitt occasionally drift and stare into the deep distance dur-
ing practices, or clutch the edge of a table or clipboard to keep
her hands steady. But still, even with Alzheimer's, she led the
Lady Vols to a 27-9 record, only losing in the Elite 8 to a Baylor
team that was on its way to finishing 40-0.
It was time to step down, deal with her health, raise money
for her foundation aimed at battling this evil, merciless disease,
and after thirty-eight years, hand the clipboard to someone else.
As Ann Killion wrote for Sports Illustrated, "It's been heart-
wrenching to witness, even from afar. I can only imagine the
pain suffered by those closest to Summitt -- her assistants, her
players, her son, Tyler. We saw a glimpse of it last month, on
the night that Tennessee's season ended -- a night that many
suspected would be the last for Summitt -- when [assistant
coach Holly] Warlick broke down in tears in the postgame
interview. Her pain was so sharp, it took my breath away."
It did for so many, as former and current players spent much
of last season grieving with their coach. That's the awful truth
about Alzheimer's. The person afflicted will be with us for
some time, but you still need to hurry and say goodbye. Despite
the emotional strain and endless well-wishers, Coach Summitt
kept pushing forward until season’s end.
After winning the SEC Tournament, Lady Vols senior
Shekinna Stricklen said, "It's been a hard thing to deal with, but
I'd do it all over again if I could. We've all learned so much
from Pat. She's such an inspiration."
This is true. But it's an inspiration and a legacy that is
greater than wins and titles and even more profound than the
bravery with which she's confronting this chapter of her life. In
so many respects Pat Summitt is women's sports in the United
States: fearless, self-made and tough as hell. Just consider that
Pat Summitt started coaching at UT in 1974, two years after the
passage of Title IX. Her salary that first year was $8,900. She
was only 22 years old and the program was of such low stature,
it made sense to her that players just call her "Pat", a practice
that has never changed.
Summitt had free reign to build the UT women's hoops pro-
gram because no one in the high profile, football-dominant,
world of Tennessee athletics gave a damn whether it lived or
died. One writer described it as the "step child" of the athletic
department and based on how the program was deprioritized
and under-funded, that description serves as a grave insult to
stepchildren everywhere.
But her teams competed with the fierce intensity of their
coach, traveling the country looking for opponents. Their gru-
eling schedule and unreal success at home was noticed, and
fans in Knoxville and beyond started to pay attention. As Coach
Summitt said, "We've built this fan base not on scheduling pat-
sies. We've built it on bringing in the top opponents throughout
the country from a lot of conferences and our fans deserve that.
We also think that to be the best you have to play the best."
Summitt also recruited and coached players who became
champions and icons of the sport: There were "The Meeks"
Chamique Holdsclaw, Tamika Catchings, and Semeka Randall,
Kara Lawson, Candace Parker, and three-time All-American
Holly Warlick who now takes over as head coach.
Summitt will still be a presence in the program, and has
promised to be at games, offer advice when asked and even
help recruit. But a chapter in the history of sports closed today
and while we celebrate the unbelievable legacy of Pat Summitt,
we should also be brave enough to say that we are all weaker
for her absence.
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Dear EarthTalk:
What are “catch shares” as a
strategy for rescuing fish popu-
lations that are on the brink?
-- Peter Parmalee,
New Orleans, LA
The term “Catch shares”—
also called Limited Access
Privilege Programs (LAPPs)—
refers to a fisheries manage-
ment technique whereby indi-
vidual fishermen, cooperatives
or fishing communities are
guaranteed a certain percentage
of the overall “Total Allowable
Catch” (TAC) for a certain fish
species (or “fish stock”) in a
given area. Catch shares are
typically implemented to pro-
tect established fishermen’s
livelihoods during efforts to
scale back commercial harvest-
ing of overfished species.
“Fishermen are usually
allowed to buy and sell shares
in order to maximize their prof-
it,” reports the Environmental
Defense Fund (EDF), a leading
green group that has worked
extensively with fishermen and
the six regional fishery man-
agement councils on aligning
business and conservation
goals. “This helps drive the
fishery to an efficient level and
rewards innovative fishermen
who can lower costs and deliv-
er a quality product that will
fetch a good price on the mar-
ket.” Also, EDF points out that
under a catch shares system,
fishermen have a real invest-
ment in sustainability: If the
population of the species goes
up in subsequent years, the
amount of fish guaranteed to
each fisherman increases
accordingly.
“With a secure share of the
catch…incentives change from
spurring fishermen to capture
the most fish they can, to
spurring them to maximize the
value of their share instead,”
reports EDF. By eliminating
this race-to-the-finish mentali-
ty, fishermen can more effec-
tively plan their trips, deliver
fish according to market
demands and stay ashore when
conditions are unsafe. They can
also fish more carefully, deploy
their gear more selectively and
take greater pains to avoid fish-
ing in sensitive habitats.
“Fishing more carefully also
leads to less gear lost at sea that
has become known as ‘ghost
gear’ because it often continues
to kill fish and other marine
creatures,” reports EDF. “In the
Alaska halibut fishery, ghost
gear was reduced more than 80
percent after catch shares were
implemented.”
Another benefit of catch
shares is reduced “bycatch”—
non-targeted fish, dolphins, tur-
tles and other marine species
that get unintentionally caught
in fishing nets and gear and
which are subsequently dis-
carded dead or dying back into
the ocean. “Under catch shares,
fishermen can take their time to
improve their fishing methods,
particularly targeting high-
value species and minimizing
interaction with species that are
restricted or have lower limits,”
says EDF. “In catch share fish-
eries, wasteful discards plum-
meted from pre-catch-share
rates, down an average of about
40 percent.”
First used in Australia, New
Zealand and Iceland in the
1970s, catch shares are now a
fixture in fisheries management
around the world, including in
the United States. According to
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), the first U.S. Catch
Share program was implement-
ed in 1990 in the Mid-Atlantic
Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog
Fishery, but now over a dozen
are in effect across the country
and several more are under con-
sideration. As of 2010 the
NOAA has been actively pro-
moting the implementation of
new LAPP programs in U.S.
waters, and lends expertise on
design, management and moni-
toring of catch shares under
each of the nation’s six regional
fisheries management councils.
CONTACTS:
EDF,
www.edf.org;
NOAA,
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/do
mes_fish/catchshare.
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COMMEMORATES THE WAR OF 1812
Star Spangled Explosion, the newest hand-crafted small-batch
ice cream from the University of Maryland, commemorates the
200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star
Spangled Banner.
Rich strawberry ice cream spiked with sherry is swirled with
patriotic red, white, and blue sprinkles and milk chocolate malt-
ed (cannon) balls.
Star Spangled Explosion will be served in the The Dairy
Salesroom starting Sunday May 20th - University of Maryland
College Park Commencement Day. Dairy baristas will hand dip
a generous scoop into a cup, a sundae, a sugar cone or a cake
cone. Also available by preorder in three-gallon tubs.
Senior Swirl Ice Cream
In honor of Commencement, The Dairy will be selling "Senior
Swirl" Ice Cream: Vanilla Ice cream with a chocolate swirl, red
and yellow sprinkles, and brownie pieces. The Dairy is located
in Turner Hall on Route One. "Senior Swirl" will only be offered
for a limited time from Monday, May 14 through Monday, May
21 from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. The Dairy will be open regular hours
on Sunday, May 20.
The Civil War Comes to the Kutztown Folk Festival!
New for 2012: This year is the 150th Anniversary of the
American Civil War and the Festival is featuring
“Pennsylvanians and the Civil War”. Included will be
Pennsylvania’s Civil War Road Show, Experts on interesting
Civil War topics, including the Pennsylvania Dutch involve-
ment, medical practices during the War, Cavalry tactics, Quilts:
Directional Signs for the Underground Railroad, and the life of
an infantryman. There will be a reenactment encampment, Civil
War music, recollections of personal tales, and a private collec-
tion of Civil War artifacts never before made public.
Nothing tops the good old-fashion summer fun to be found at the
Kutztown Folk Festival! Now in its 63rd year, the Kutztown
Folk Festival is the oldest folklife festival in America.
Celebrating the Pennsylvania Dutch Culture, this unique festival
continues to attract upwards of 150,000 visitors per year. Named
as One of America’s Top Celebrations by USA Today, it was
named as a “Must See” Festival by the Washington Post, and
was twice featured in National Geographic.
With activities and interests geared towards the entire family,
this nine day festival certainly has something for everyone to
enjoy. Demonstrations of traditional crafts by 200 juried
American craftsmen, folklife demonstrations, historical reenact-
ments, antiques, traditional music, and dancing associated with
the PA Dutch run non-stop. Visit the largest Quilt Sale in the
Nation, featuring over 2,000 American made quilts. Children
experience traditional, hands-on enjoyment in exciting new
ways. Noah’s World animal park, hay mazes, do-it-yourself
mural paintings, rides, and their own children’s stage make this
Festival a time to remember as a wonderful family experience
for your kids. Last, but certainly not least - the best Pennsylvania
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Calendar of EventsMay 17 - May 23, 2012
EARTH TALK ... Catch shares" for saving fish populations.
CREDIT: iSTOCKPHOTO/THINKSTOCK
First used in Australia, New Zealand and Iceland in the 1970s, "catch shares" programs,
which protect established fishermen’s livelihoods during efforts to scale back commercial har-
vesting of overfished species, are now a fixture in fisheries management around the world,
including in the United States.
spring after 22 years as the
Terps' head coach, compiled a
461-252 record and brought the
school its lone championship in
2002.
But some fans were disap-
pointed that Williams failed to
consistently land top-echelon in-
state recruits.
"A lot of the guys that he gets
flack for - the Rudy Gays, the
Kevin Durants - those guys were
one-and-dones or two-and-
throughs. Some programs deal
with that and some programs
don't," Mt. Saint Joseph's bas-
ketball coach Pat McClatchey
said. "Gary wasn't dealing with
that bull crap."
Gay played at Archbishop
Spalding High School in Severn
and AAU ball in Baltimore,
while Durant starred at
Montrose Christian High School
in Rockville his senior year.
Both were considered NBA
talent, and neither showed inter-
est in Maryland.
Local recruiting woes were
never more evident than when
Williams failed to land Michael
Beasley, the top recruit in the
nation and a McDonald's All-
American from Prince George's
County. Instead, Beasley com-
mitted to Kansas State.
Beasley's commitment to
Kansas State stemmed from his
AAU ties to then-Wildcats assis-
tant coach Dalonte Hill.
Williams was reluctant to
build relationships through the
AAU circuit, according to
McClatchey and others, because
he was worried of running afoul
of NCAA rules.
Instead, he wanted to recruit
players who would benefit the
program by sticking around
College Park for more than one
year.
"You get them one year and
then they're gone. So you have
success for that one year, but
you're starting that whole
process all over again,"
McClatchey said.
Turgeon wants the top play-
ers in the state to know they can
succeed in College Park, said
Rivals.com national basketball
recruiting analyst Eric Bossi.
"They're going to recruit the
heck out of you," from the time
they are freshmen in high
school, Bossi said. "He's open to
the best talent he can possibly
get. I don't think at the end of the
day he really cares whether
they're going to be there one,
two, three or four years, if
they're willing to play there and
play the way he wants them to
play."
The New Style of Recruiting
While Williams was hesitant
to dip his toes in the AAU water,
Turgeon and his staff have
embraced it, recruiting analysts
and coaches said.
Turgeon hired Dalonte Hill
away from Kansas State, where
he was believed to be the high-
est-paid assistant coach in the
country making $423,750 a year,
according to the Kansas City
star.
Maryland had struggled to
attract recruits from the
Washington, D.C., area in recent
years, and recruiting analysts
and coaches said Hill would fix
that problem.
"Dalonte has built a lot of
relationships, having been on the
AAU circuit and being an AAU
coach with a great AAU organi-
zation," Turner said. "At the end
of the day, a lot of it comes down
to relationships, and he has that
in his favor."
Hill played and coached the
D.C. Assault. In 2007, used that
relationship to lure Beasley to
Kansas State.
"If there's no Dalonte in
Manhattan, Kan.," Bossi said,
"there's no Michael Beasley."
The 2012 Recruiting Class
Four players have officially
committed to join Turgeon's first
recruiting class that will begin
playing in the fall: Shaquille
Cleare of Houston, Jake Layman
of Wrentham, Mass., Charles
Mitchell of Marietta, Ga. and
Seth Allen of Fredericksburg,
Va.
Damonte Dodd, who played
in Centreville on the Eastern
Shore, has verbally committed
to the team and is expected to
sign a letter of intent next week.
And Baltimore native Sam
Cassell Jr. is still considering
Maryland.
May 16 is the last day for
teams to sign players for next
season. A Maryland athletics
department spokesman said
Turgeon could not comment on
recruiting until the end of April
or early May.
The commitments by Cleare,
Layman and Mitchell demon-
strate that Turgeon and his staff
can nab high-profile recruits out-
side the state.
And Bossi said he expects
Maryland to land even more
local players in future years.
"They're going to (get local
players). It's just a matter of
finding the right guys," Bossi
said. "You'll start to see things
get together, but you have to
give the staff a year or two to all
get on the same page and get
their attack figured out."
Looking Ahead to 2013 and
2014
For 2013, the team is recruit-
ing players like Gonzaga junior
Kris Jenkins, the Gatorade D.C.
Boys Basketball Player of the
year.
Players from Gonzaga have
not traditionally chosen to play
at Maryland, but Turgeon's sales
pitch may break the trend.
"It's an opportunity to play in
the ACC, as well as be a local
guy from home helping the pro-
gram try to win, to have success
and make a run at a national
championship," Turner said.
The team is still in the mix
for talented high school players
across the country, from
Houston, Orlando, Charlotte and
Philadelphia.
"Part of the reason Mark
Turgeon took that job was not
only because of great local talent
base, he viewed it as a sleeping
giant that could eventually
recruit nationally," Bossi said.
"They want to lock down the
very best players they can local-
ly, and where they can, supple-
ment it with national talent."
Maryland is vying for the
nation's top high school recruit
for 2013, Andrew Harrison of
Texas.
Harrison has his choice of
Arizona, Baylor, Georgetown,
Texas, Villanova, UCLA and the
reigning national champions,
Kentucky. And Maryland may
have to win more before they
can recruit against national pow-
ers.
"If people are expecting
Duke and North Carolina
recruiting immediately, it's prob-
ably not going to happen. That's
not a legitimate expectation at
[all] but three or four universi-
ties in the country," Bossi said.
"Given time to show how they
play and get a feel for the area
and which guys fit their system,
they'll start to land talent that at
least on paper will make the fan-
base a little happier."
For 2014, Maryland has
already offered Mt. Saint Joseph
sophomore Phil Booth a scholar-
ship. His head coach said that
although it's early in the process,
the interest is mutual.
"(Booth) was proud to
receive the offer. It shows the
seriousness of their interest and
intent of him becoming a stu-
dent-athlete at the University of
Maryland," McClatchey said.
"(The Booths) are very much
interested and receptive to what
coach Turgeon is trying to build
there."
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population," O'Malley said.
A few years ago, female crabs
were being overfished and the
fishery was at risk of collapse,
O'Malley said.
In 2008, Maryland coordinat-
ed efforts with Virginia and the
Potomac River Fisheries
Commission to reduce stress on
the blue crab population through
conservation, and by reducing
harvests on the female crabs by
34 percent.
Department of Natural
Resources Fisheries Director
Tom O'Connell said the difficult
decisions the two governors
made has fostered a relationship
between Maryland and Virginia,
and positive progress forward is
evident.
Not only is the crab popula-
tion at a 19-year high, with about
66 percent more crabs living in
the bay than last year, but the
juvenile crab population reached
a record level.
The number of juvenile blue
crabs totals 587 million, almost
triple the number for last year.
Despite the general success
of Maryland's blue crab popula-
tion, the number of spawning-
age female crabs has dropped,
though it still remains above a
safe threshold.
Thomas Miller, a professor
of fisheries science at the
University of Maryland, said
there are three possible explana-
tions for the decrease in the
female population.
The warm weather may have
affected the location of the crabs,
he said, and they may not have
been in areas they typically inhab-
it, and they also could have moved
to slightly offshore waters.
The other factor to consider
is variability.
"This is a survey, it's not a
census," he said.
Miller said the survey is
designed to minimize variabili-
ty, but there will always be some
difference in estimates because
there is no way to tell where all
the crabs are.
"We still have a lot of work
ahead of us, but it is an impor-
tant milestone," O'Malley said.
Progress wouldn't have hap-
pened if we had continued with
the same behavior and hoped for
a different result, he said.
"The crab's iconic," O'Malley
said. "The crab represents, for so
many people, some of the best
moments they share with family
in this region of our country."
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ments…our
neighborhood partners,” said
Baker. “The Administration’s
team will do the heavy lifting in
the target areas by deploying
necessary resources to deter
crime and improve economic
development, education, health-
care and human services.”
“I am excited to work with
County Executive Baker, Police
Chief Magaw and Major James
Harper, this is a good idea and I
know good things will come as
a result of this initiative. I have
been a resident of Glassmanor
since 1977 and all my children
have grown up here and I have
no plans of leaving,” said
Jacoline Key, Glassmanor Civic
Association President.
The six areas of the County
that have been identified for the
TNI are as follows (click on
areas for specific maps):
• East Riverdale / Bladensburg
• Glassmanor
• Hillcrest Heights / Marlow
Heights
• Kentland / Palmer Park
• Langley Park
• Suitland / Coral Hills
“This Initiative brings these
priorities and principles to life by
employing the best practices of
other initiatives such as our
Police Department’s Summer
Crime Initiative and bringing
together on a frequent, regular
and consistent basis more than 17
departments and agencies both
inside and outside the Executive
Branch of Government,” said
Chief Administrative Officer
Bradford L. Seamon.
Our overall strategy is to be
proactive in the target areas
while maintaining and improv-
ing service delivery outside of
these areas. We will accomplish
this by using cross governmen-
tal teams that will communicate
and coordinate in a manner that
will result in improved service
delivery strategies. These
improved strategies will be
employed across the depart-
ments thus improving service
delivery both in the high need
areas and the lower need areas.
Overall program success will
be measured by the improve-
ment in the need indicators.
Interim program progress and
success will be measured by
output indicators that are specif-
ic to each neighborhood strate-
gy. This is reflective of the idea
that different neighborhoods
have different needs and will
therefore conduct different
activities thus generating differ-
ent outputs (i.e. number of code
violations or number of side-
walks repaired).
The program will be
reviewed every six (6) months
to determine its impact on the
local economy, the improve-
ment of education, the safety of
neighborhoods and the quality
of health and human services.
Annually, the program will be
reviewed to determine how it
will continue.
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8511 Westphalia Rd.
Upper Marlboro, MD
Two Worship Services:
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Sunday School: 9:30
(301)735-9373
Fax: (301) 735-1844
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WORD OF GOD
COMMUNITY
CHURCH
“The Church Where Everybody is Somebody and
Jesus is Lord
4109 Edmonston Road Bladensburg, MD
(301) 864-3437
Intercessory Prayer:Sundays - 8:30 a.m.
Church School: - 9:15 a.m.
Morning Worship Celebration- 10:30 a.m.
Wed. Night Bible Study - 7:45 p.m.
Elder Willie W. Duvall, Pastor
Union
United Methodist Church
14418 Old Marlboro Pike,
Upper Marlboro, MD
Church (301) 627-5088
Sunday School: (Children/Adults) - 8:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m.
Rev. Kendrick D. Weaver, Pastor
‘A Bible Based, Christ Centered
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6801 Sheriff Road Landover, MD
20785 (301) 773-6655
Sunday Biblical Institute:
9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship:
7:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 6:00 p.m.
‘WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS
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“A Time of Prayer, Praise,
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First Baptist Church ofCollege Park
Welcomes You Where Jesus
Christ Is Lord and King
Stephen L. Wright, Sr., Pastor
5018 Lakeland Road
College Park, MD 20740
301-474-3995www.fbc-cp.org
Sunday School 9:30a.m.
Sunday Worship 11a.m.
Holy Communion 1st Sunday
Wednesday Bible Study 7-8p.m.
Wednesday Prayer Service 8p.m.
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6371 Oxon Hill Road
Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745
Sunday School (Adults & Children) - 9:30 A.M.
Worship Service - 11:00 A.M.
Wed. Prayer Service & Bible Study - 7:00 P.M.
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