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All course examinations are online, in multiple-choice format, and pass/fail. A passing grade is 85% in accordance with accepted graduate school grading scales.

After completing the exam, you'll receive immediate notification of your pass/fail status, as well as any questions you answered incorrectly.

Please be sure to print the page with your exam results for your records and record them on your tracking sheet. SAA will record your results internally but won't send out an email confirmation of your results.

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More knowledgeable students may choose to test out of any Foundational course. You'll have two opportunities to pass the exam. If you fail both times, you'll need to take the course in order to try the exam again. Exams for this purpose may be purchased here. The challenge exam fee will not be refunded in the even that you fail the exam.

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The complex is designed to complement the growing need of cosmopolitan consumers in the city. Its location, in the center of the metropolis, has positioned itself as the most prestigious area with the fastest economic development in the city. The concept will raise the standards of luxury in Panama, expand the offer of class A offices in the area, establish a renowned hotel improving levels of attention, attract the best shops and services and offer the best health services available; all to meet the needs of this sophisticated market. This new icon, extends over 14,000 m2 of land and will offer a unique experience with shops, entertainment and cutting-edge technology.

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Huhtamaki is a leading manufacturer of consumer and food service packaging worldwide. Huhtamaki has over 100 years of packaging expertise. We can custom print your packaging which can give your business the competitive edge to succeed and help take your corporate image further. Here in Henderson we manufacture rigid paper and plastic products for the consumer market and are the only local manufacturer of paper hot and cold disposable cups. All our plastic products are BPA free.


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What is advocacy? At Temple Law, we believe that advocacy is the very essence of lawyering – the practice of telling each client’s story with skill, passion and authenticity. For more than two decades, Temple has transformed law students into some of the best trial advocates in the country with our award-winning curriculum taught by brilliant, passionate faculty. Every Temple lawyer has a story to tell; we’ve gathered some of the best ones here.

Now, more than ever before, the advocacy skills that have set Temple trial lawyers apart are ensuring that clients’ stories get told in places far beyond the courtroom. From the halls of government to corporate board rooms and community nonprofits, Temple lawyers are proving every day that advocacy is at the heart of everything we do. That’s the power of a Temple Law education in advocacy; it prepares every Temple lawyer to listen, to speak, to act – in the courtroom and beyond.

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At a time when Catholicism was banned, two Catholic missionaries were engaged in a mission that seemed deadly. Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver went to Japan to take a real test of their faith and religious power. It's a journey to find their missing teacher, Liam Neeson. This is the most powerful and supreme historical mission for Catholicism, a real test of Andrew and Adam because of the prohibition of Catholicism at the time, and the prohibition of the dissemination or advocacy of its culture.
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The third season offers a series of various events where Gul tries to prove her ability but is not able to predict. On the other hand, Eli and Andy fear that their child may be different, and Bobby tries to persuade Travis to deal with his stubborn dog.
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IRIS 2: Next Generation - Season 1, Episode 19

Kim Hyun-jun and Jin Sa-woo were training under the South Korean army's 707th Special Mission Battalion until they were scouted by NSS. In Hungary, Hyeon-jun accomplishes his mission and while in escape mode becomes wounded. Shortly later, Hyeon-jun finds out that he was betrayed by fellow agent Sa-woo. Seung-Hee attempts to help Hyeon-Jun escape, but a car explosion separates the two and both are misled to believe that the other person are dead. Hyeon-Jun is then saved by an unknown voice and learns of the secret society 'IRIS'.
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Ecologizing Taiwan: Cities, Sounds and Supersensitivity

On October 13th, the Taiwan Studies Workshop ‘Ecologizing Taiwan: Nature, Society, Culture’ organised by Michelle Yeh and David Der-wei Wang took place at University of California, Davis. Inspired by Felix Guattari’s The Three Ecologies, the workshop sought to “extend the definition of ecology to encompass social relations and human subjectivity, as well as environmental concerns”.

Ten scholars from across the US and one from faraway Sweden (basking in the Californian sun and finding it a bit hard to focus on academic pursuits) presented their work on aspects of contemporary Taiwanese culture and history in relation to various interpretations of ecology.

I was happy to note that several presenters engaged with sensory aspects of film and fiction, something I myself find particularly interesting:

Ling Zhang from SUNY-Purchase shared her research on aural strategies in Chen Yingzhen’s novellas, including narrative voice, ambient sounds and collective singing.

Pao-Chen Tang from University of Chicago presented an analysis of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s film The Assassin from 2015, which focused partly on the animal qualities strived for in martial arts practice and partly on the autistic features of the film’s protagonist and how they enhance her professional prowess. However, it also touched on supersensitivity as a motif in hit man films as well as a stereotype in the representation of people with autism.

Under the title ‘Urban Ecologies: The Flora and Fauna of Fictional Taipei’, I presented my work on the role of plants as markers of place and ethnicity in Chu Tien-hsin’s 朱天心 ‘The old Capital’ 古都 together with the interspecies communities described in Wu Ming-yi’s 吳明益 short stories about Taipei.

My aim was to add an urban dimension to the flourishing discussion about ecoriticism in Taiwanese literature and to argue that the city presents not only a possible but an essential site for human engagement with the so-called ‘natural environment’. Furthermore, I think fictional narratives offer new and less discipline specific ways of engaging with human beings and their curious ant heap cities as part of, rather than anti-thesis to, nature and nature writing (自然写作).

All photos taken by me in Taipei, April 2017.

Ai Wei Wei’s ‘Trees’ and the dead beetles – not about China

A few weeks ago I visited Louisiana to check out Ai Wei Wei‘s exhibition there. Like many others I wasn’t that impressed.

One thing that caught my eye and interest, though, was the amount of dead beetles locked in the tree-roots of the ‘Rocks and Trees’-installation (2009-2010) (whether or not it was intended, I care not).

For how long had the beetles survived in the installation, their artificial art-home through airports, gallery basements, packing and unpacking. Are they Chinese beetles or picked up in some storage room along the way, and does that make a difference? (they’re dead all the same) And how on earth did they get through airport security?

The little black bodies, lying belly up at the foot of the dead tree trunks nailed together to form a tree-figure, lend the interpretation of the work an extra dimension. The trees are obviously constructed, made up of different parts forcefully put together to form an ideal structure. The artificiality of the structure however, renders the single parts or branches unable to survive. Even the inhabitants of such an artificial construction will not last long.

To read ‘Trees’ as an allegory for the Chinese society, forcefully holding together very different geographical and ethnological communities to form an ideal united nation, is tempting. But it might be more fruitful, and even relevant, to look at the dead trees as a more general critique of ideology.

Few of us can get completely away from a desire for order and consistency, in which trees look like trees, cultures are recognisable as cultures, and Chinese art is about China.

What I got out of seeing Ai Wei Wei’s dead trees (and not least the additional dead beetles) was a feeling that this kind of thought hygiene might be very unfit to accommodate, or even take into consideration, real life.


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Night Flying with LED Lights on the E-flite Apprentice S 15e

I decided to resurrect my half-destroyed E-flite Apprentice S 15e, and endow it with abundant LED lights. But to my dismay I found no blog talking about such conversions. So I took pictures as I worked on the plane, whenever I remembered, with the goal of writing a great blog article when I was done.
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Cadbury Chocolates Recalled for Melamine

British chocolate company Cadbury announced today that they would be recalling 11 different types of chocolate after tests showed they contain Melamine. Melamine is a chemical used in the manufacturing of plastics and has also recently been found in baby formula. The chocolate, as well as the baby formula, was made in Chinese factories. A company spokesman told the press, “These are preliminary findings from tests. And it’s too early to say where the source was or the extend of it.”

xPirate’s thoughts on the subject: This hasn’t been the first time we’ve seen contaminated products coming from China. It certainly won’t be the last. My personal opinion, they don’t like us and are trying to KILL US ALL! Okay, that may be a little extreme. I’m not sure if I believe that the chemicals found in the products were there by accident though.

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2 responses to “Cadbury Chocolates Recalled for Melamine

  1. In a way, it’s poetic justice for all those companies who dumped their employees and chased the almighty profit dollar to China. However much this costs Cadbury’s, can it come close to the cost in jobs, purchasing power, and taxes that the UK has already paid?

  2. I agree 100%. I’m not too familiar with the UK and if they’ve been doing as much outsourcing as the US, so I chose not to include that in my opinion. Thank you very much for the comment.

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Woman wakes up from IVF retrieval convinced that GEORGE CLOONEY performed the procedure

What a great sister!

Emily Young shared this footage of her stepsister Kayleigh & thanks to her she's gone viral.

In the clip, you see Kayleigh recounting how she saw George 'down there' during the procedure, adding that 'he got 25 eggs'

If only it were true! :)  HAHA

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Yad Yitzhok fund

Yad Yitzhok - is an Israeli fund to help Russian-speaking families in need.

Yad Yitzhok fund constantly supports the neediest Russian immigrants. We take care of widows, widowers, disabled, pensioners, large families and single-parent families.

These are the main fields of our activity:

· Economic assistance to cover basic needs of poor Jewish families, such as electricity, water, heating, medicine, clothing, furniture, heating, etc.;

· Assistance to families of women who gave birth;

· Weekly economic assistance to cover Shabbat expenses;

· Wholly or partly payment of wedding expenses.

 Every Jew must help your neighbor.

The sages say - "All Jews are responsible for each other." One of the three pillars of the world is good, that is, the capacity for compassion - the criterion of the soul of morality. Helping one's neighbor, we become like Gd, who created the world in order to share their good. For centuries, Jews give for this purpose from 10% to 20% of their income - it is a donation in Judaism called "tzedakah." This distinguishes our nation from others, when we single family in which all need to help each other.

The uniqueness of Yad Yitzhok fund

Yad Yitzhok is unique among Russian-speaking organizations in Israel, as well as among many other Israeli charity organizations.

Most of Russian-speaking organizations in Israel are destined directly to kiruv (bringing the people closer to the Torah) and the spread of Torah. Undoubtedly, the mission of these institutions is extremely important, but Yad Yitzhok’s activity is equally important. Our fund has undertaken the task to support those who already study the Torah, as well as those who are in a crisis. Yad Yitzhok helps not only financially, but also morally.

Why is Yad Yitzhok unique among other charities? We know all of our wards in their faces. We communicate with them personally and come to their homes. We get familiar with their way of life and have a more detailed look at the situation. We try to both help each family by certain amount of money or food for Shabbat and consider all their problems and needs.

When dealing with young and healthy people, the fund helps those who want to change something in their lives and to achieve success and self-actualization.

We also help some of our wards to get a job. If Yad Yitzhok would have sufficient bankroll for the maintenance of its projects, we will be able to provide jobs for those who are in need.

Our wards need our help. By helping another, a person becomes like the G-d. Those who show mercy to their neighbor will be rewarded by mercy toward themselves from the Heaven.

Do you want to be a volunteer or support a project financially? Any help is priceless!
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Help the Yad Yitzhak Fund

What Happened?

When you need our help we are always there for you!

Fund-raising Goal

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Development of Yad Yitzhak Fund: we know how to turn $1 into 100 mitzvos!

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In 5778, we would like to triple our Fund! Want to help us do triple the amount of good deeds? Become our partner!

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Scaling and developing the Yad Yitzhak Fund.

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Purchase of "Materna" for kids from low-income families

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In the coming month our goal is to help 20 babies

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Help warm the hearts and homes.

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YAP January 2019 Newsletter

Happy New Year Youth Artists!

I am so excited for this new year. So many things are happening fast. We have some new equipment in our studio and will be engaging in new processes for our printmaking and our brand-new 3D Printing elements class which will be hosted every Thursday. For students that are interested in attending art school, we need to start having some serious conversations about getting portfolios together and also making sure that we are able to come up with a strategic plan to get you into your first-choice school. We are providing some resources and collaborating with some people to help with FAFSA forms and also some workshops that are coming up that will engage you in applying for scholarships. Looking forward to seeing all of you in the new year and we are also looking forward to seeing some new faces in YAP. Please review the schedule for January and our overview of projects.

Friday, January 4th Volunteer for the Three Kings Day Celebration at Taller

This is a great way to get your community service hours in. Also for anyone who volunteers on Friday, January 4th at 3 p.m. will receive a 3 Kings day Gift from yours truly and Pizza for lunch.

Monday, January 7th YAP opens

Wednesday, January 9th Photography classes with Tony Rocco resumes

Thursday, January 10th new 3D printing class begins

YAP closed – Mon. Jan 21, Mon. Jan 28, Tue Jan 29

Portfolio review scheduled for the end of January Date TBA. Guest Artist Adoom Cusack.

We are having our bi-annual guest portfolio review in January as we were unable to have it in December. This should allow you to have more work to review and or finish pieces from the previous semester.

Semester Projects and Overview

2 – 3 color silkscreen process (January – February)

2D elements; Observational drawing and paintings (January – June)

Independent Projects (January – June)

Traditional Photography (January – June)

Fabric Printing (March – April)

3D Printing Elements (Every Thursday, January – May)

Live Model drawing (April. 4 sessions)

All artwork is due May 10th for Portfolio Exhibition.

2nd Annual Youth Artist Program Portfolio Exhibition 5/17/19 – 6/22/19


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5 reasons why I’m grateful to be broke

5 reasonsI had a long discussion with some friends last night about another friend  or ours who is studying abroad in Europe. She traveled to a different country almost every other weekend during her semester and now that her classes are finished, she’s traveling around Europe. We kept asking ourselves, “How is she affording all of this??” I mean, she is seriously living out my dream of traveling all throughout Europe – but the only way I could do that is by working long hours and saving up for it for months.

Turns out, my friend’s family is paying for her trip. She is traveling at ease while I’m at home working 30 hours per week on top of a being a full-time student just to be able to spend 3 weeks in Europe this summer. And while our conversation about this friend could have turn into a jealous rant, my friend Rachel, who is paying for her study abroad trip to France, said something that completely changed the conversation. “Yeah, it’d be more luxurious doing it her way, but the gratitude level is much different for us.”

And I thought about that for a spell. She was so right. I’m grateful that my parents, who are definitely not poor, decided they wouldn’t pay for my travels (or food, or clothes…) because they wanted me to know what it’s like to have to live on a budget. And there are 5 reasons why I’m so grateful for that:

  1. I know the value of money.

There’s nothing like working every moment you’re not sleeping, eating or in class that makes you appreciate money. My hard work put every dollar in my bank account. I don’t buy things frivolously because I want to put my hard-earned money to good use. Instead of spending $300 on a designer purse, I’d rather spend that money on a plane ticket to somewhere I’ve never been before.  I know what money is worth and I’ll make sure I’ll extract every ounce of its value.

  1. I know how to earn my way.

Now this might turn into a bit of a rant. I know too many people who haven’t worked a day in their lives. Or they have, but just for fun because their parents still pay for everything. We all wish someone would just hand us money – but what is the good in that? Once I graduate college, I’ll know how to save up for a house, a car, groceries, etc., because I know how to earn money. I can be a functioning part of society, making an honest living, and do so because I know how to independently earn my way. I will never wait for someone just to hand me something.

  1. I appreciate things so much more.

Ever notice how a meal tastes so much better when you make it from scratch rather than buying it at a restaurant? Or how the cabinets in your kitchen look so much better when you build them by hand than when you buy them at the store? It’s because you worked hard on them. You exerted some sort of effort into making them what they are, so when you eat that meal or see those cabinets, you are also reminded of the fruits of your labor.

And that’s how I feel about everything I pay for. When I get to Europe this summer, I’ll be reminded of how many hours I worked to pay to be there. And every meal or souvenir I buy abroad will be memorabilia of not only the trip, but also of every time I had to say no to something because it was too expensive and I had to save money. I appreciate everything I have so much because I earned it.

  1. I’m more connected with the real world.

At least 80 percent of humanity lives on less than 10 USD a day, according to GlobalIssues.org. Out of the 2.2 billion children in the world, 1 billion live in poverty. And 1.6 billion people — a quarter of humanity — live without electricity.

In most of the world, people’s parents can’t afford to send them off to travel Europe. In fact, they can barely afford food for the week, or sometimes not at all. I know my friend who’s abroad is aware of these things, but there are so many other people in the U.S. who live in complete ignorance that other people are struggling out there just to stay alive. They’re completely disconnected from what’s happening to the other 80 percent of the world.

I’m unbelievably fortunate that I can shower, change my clothes, eat three meals and watch TV every day.  And with that, I should also say that I am so fortunate to even have a job – and three at that. At least I can earn money (even it if takes a while), whereas most people in the world can’t say that. I’m extraordinarily blessed.

  1. I’m a better person.

Because I’m broke, I’m a hard worker. I’m independent, and I know how to persevere. I know what it means to have to work for what I have. And know how fortunate I am to have what I do.

My friend who is abroad is not a bad person. She is really a sweet girl with a great heart, and has been blessed with amazing opportunities. I don’t mean for this post to be a negative rant about her. This post is a reflection about how she helped me realize that I should never be jealous of what other people have; instead, I should be more appreciative of everything I have. I want people to read this and realize how lucky they are, too. If you’re reading this, it means you are literate and have access to the internet. At least half of the world doesn’t have what you do. Think about it.

  1. It’s always so satisfying to really earn something. We get to travel and see the world- that’s an enormous luxury that millions of people will never experience. So even though we’re broke, we’re better off in lots of ways. Great post! So what was your favorite place you’ve visited on a tight budget?

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Irick, Seymour: 1899-1929

A post about Seymour Irick probably seems fairly obscure so another one may cause retinal detachment. There is so little on record and in the records about this rag-a-jazz trumpeter. Yet four sides, the last he left to posterity, show a distinct musical personality.

Garvin Bushell described Irick as “immaculate…kept himself clean [and] dressed well.” Not to psychoanalyze the dead or their music, but those phrases describe Irick’s work on “Charleston Geechie Dance” well:

Irick’s trumpet is neat and stylish, playful in a somewhat finicky way. His style comes out of a pre-Armstrong improvisatory idiom, emphasizing melodic embellishment, textural variety and tense syncopation (rather than harmonic exploration or rhythmic ease). Irick is like a cat batting away at a toy, never letting it out of his sight and certainly not trying to break it. It’s easy to hear why this style was “hot.” Its precise attack, combined with accents on the offbeat, builds up staccato intensity against the regular beat of the rhythm section.

Bushell also notes that Irick was a “Geechie,” a member of a rich and distinct African American culture in parts of South Carolina as well as Georgia. Seymour Izell Irick was born February 1899 in Summerville, South Carolina, Dorchester County, one of the South Carolina “low country” areas inhabited by Geechie communities. Tom Delaney (of “Jazz Me Blues” fame) is listed as the composer for “Charleston Geechie Dance,” perhaps an overt homage to his own Geechie birthplace in Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston was also home of The Jenkins Orphanage, an incubator for jazz talents such as Gus Aiken (trumpeter), Cat Anderson (another trumpeter) and Jabbo Smith (ditto). Irick never developed an eighth of the discography or reputation of those others, so any linkages are unknown at this point, but Irick did belong to this distinct group of expatriates living in New York City during the Jazz Age.

It is fun to imagine Irick getting a kick out of the title of the song. On record, he certainly seems to be enjoying himself, but that could just be the mark of a passionate professional. He’s just as energetic on “Shake That Thing” from the same session. Listening past the surface noise and a few stylistic revolutions, this record becomes a master class in subtle rag-a-jazz theme/variation:

Solos as well as unison and harmonized sections with Percy Glascoe’s reeds squeeze a lot of variety into a three-minute quartet side. Irick’s tight mute adds new color to the melody. He plays clipped, heavily syncopated allusions to the theme, at times like he’s playing the harmony part without the lead. Irick’s third solo varies each phrase ending ever so slightly, an attention to detail like the cuffs on a dress shirt. His banter with Glascoe is cute and clever without degenerating into hokum.

Garvin Bushell provides a musical description of Irick by way of Bunk Johnson. He notes that
“[Johnson] didn’t play the New Orleans style I expected to hear. He played the way they used to all up and down on the East Coast, in New York, or even in Springfield[, Ohio]–he sounded more like Jack Hatton or Seymour Irick. It was a ragtime style of trumpet.” Bushell’s comments point out the uniqueness of regional styles in jazz’s earliest days and indicate that New Orleans musicians themselves were not a monolith.

The “ragtime style of trumpet” or “old-time pit orchestra” sound is on display for the bulk of Irick’s recorded output. His earliest sides with the backing band for blues singer Lucille Hegamin are mostly show music, orchestrated in a lilting but somewhat faceless manner. Yet Irick’s lead crackles through “Mama Whip! Mama Spank!”:

Lord’s discography lists either Irick or Wesley Johnson on these sessions with Hegamin. Contemporaneous newspaper articles mention Irick as a member of the band at the Shuffle Inn of Harlem with Hegamin as the headliner. That doesn’t necessarily clinch his presence on these sides but does provide another link. Maybe Irick got the job done live and earned his spot in the recording studio.

Radio program guides from the time also show Irick in William West’s Colored Syncopators of New York, a 35-piece group playing dance music on WJZ out of Newark, New Jersey. Irick was likely a “reading musician” (like Johnson) who could be counted on for a solid lead. He doesn’t show up on record for a few years until a session with gas pipe clarinetist George McClennon. His presence is there also uncertain. If it is Irick, he is there to once again lay down a solid lead, allowing New Orleans trombonist John Lindsay and a completely unknown but highly extroverted alto saxophonist to dance over the simple ascending riff-like theme of “New Orleans Wiggle”:

KB Rau (whose extraordinarily annotated discographies and essays are an object of awe for this writer) notes that the “fine” trumpeter on this side is not as “stiff” and “ragtime derived” as Irick. Irick might have just been developing as a stylist. The slightly raspy but overall clean muted tone and clear articulation on “New Orleans Wiggle” (to my ears) point to Irick (no disrespect to Mr. Rau). On “Michigan Water Blues,” the muted wah-wah trumpet solo is more about the sound superimposed on the melody rather than rhapsodizing the tune, which also sounds like Irick. Less than a year later, he was in the studio confidently waxing “Shake That Thing” and “Charleston Geechie Dance.”

Four days later, he recorded with another Lem Fowler quartet, this time in pristine Columbia sound, making pellet-like variations and then joining Glascoe for some contrasting legato statements on “Florida Stomp”:

“Florida Stomp” and “Salty Dog” are both reminders of jazz’s role as dance music, rhythm machines not just keeping a beat but making bodies move on dance floors as well as in homes. These records probably made many people move the furniture and roll up the carpets.

From there, Irick’s musical trail stops. Lord’s lists either Irick or Bubber Miley accompanying blues singer Martha Copeland, but an extensive Miley discography compiled by Swedish researchers (no longer available online) says it is definitely Miley.

By February 1929, four years after his last recording and within weeks of his thirtieth birthday, Irick was living in a newly built home on Fish Avenue in the Bronx. He was renting from entertainer Johnny Hudgins and living with twenty-year-old Mary Schnepps, who he had met while she was hostessing at a dance hall. Records show he had married one Luella Clemons in 1923 but apparently that relationship had already dissolved one way or another. Schnepps would later describe Irick making good money as a musician, the two of them going out all night to various clubs in a fancy new car. Her description of Irick is at odds with Bushell’s recollection of him as a “pinchpenny.”

Bushell’s other term for Irick, “erratic,” must have taken on strange overtones in light of news of his being shot dead by Schnepps. She claimed self-defense during a struggle following an argument about her supposedly flirting with other men, and was later acquitted of manslaughter charges. Newspaper coverage concentrated on a white woman living with an African American man, not even getting Irick’s instrument correct.

Irick’s body was remanded to his father William back home. His military-issued tombstone proudly states his rank of “Mess Attendant” with the United States Navy, a reminder of his service aboard several ships during World War One. Even in death, Irick’s musical career didn’t seem to make much of an impact. Still, there are those four sides, less than fifteen minutes of music hinting at a larger musical presence and a complicated person. What is left to say?

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(Keep) Franz Jackson, Always Telling Stories

Courtesy of FranzJackson.com

Perennially hip, cynically postmodern ears may hear Franz Jackson’s music as outdated.  Others will listen and be grateful for an eighty-year career spent playing exactly the notes the clarinetist, saxophonist, vocalist and arranger wanted (which is pretty much the definition of “hip”).

For Jackson artistic liberty was expressed through swing, a clear melody and the blues, not to mention such important musical fundamentals as a distinctly warm tone and a sense of humor. Jackson’s role as one of the last surviving voices of jazz’s pre-swing era only added to his musical toolkit, without miring that voice in nostalgia.  For example, “reed popping” was in some ways out of fashion by the late twenties, but Jackson uses it for some percolating counterpoint behind John Thomas’ trombone lead on “Mack the Knife” in 1961.  Jackson’s sandy, rhythmically liberated vocal and clarinet (with some delicious chalumeau trills) evidence a player who had been listening and absorbing but also remembering and reshaping ideas for decades:

That sense of knowing exactly what he wants to say (mixed with an underlying sense of joy at being alive to say it), similarly colors Jackson’s playing on the Jimmie Noone warhorse “Sweet Lorraine.”  Here it’s clothed in a subtle small group swing arrangement, with Jackson in turn using Coleman Hawkins-esque heft to clothe his own coy approach on tenor sax:

Jackson’s clarinet on “Battle Hymn of the Republic” pays uncanny tribute to George Lewis’ ensemble arpeggios (albeit with surer tone and intonation), while his loping solo grooves and arches even at double the tempo. Here and elsewhere Jackson surrounds himself with other clear, direct communicators:

All of the above videos are posted by Jackson’s daughter, Michelle Jackson Jewell, who also maintains a loving tribute to her father at an informative, comprehensive and tune-filled website. She’s also organizing a campaign to fund the release of Jackson’s 95th birthday celebration, his swinging, star-studded last concert in 2008, which she hopes to issue as a double disc set. You can find out more about her father, this project and how to donate here:

“Franz Jackson: Milestone” (A Historic CD Project)

As the clip on that page will show, Jackson could make a chorus of “Happy Birthday” a party unto itself!  He once said, “it’s no good tune if it don’t have a story,” and hopefully the right support can keep Jackson’s story going much longer.

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White Plays Black

Given Jazz Age assumptions about which bands were supposed to play what, and the frequency of jazz-tinged instrumentals in Joe Candullo‘s discography, it’s remarkable that  the violinist and bandleader was able to record quite a bit of music other bands were simply expected to play. The same ratio of hot to sweet music was the norm for Duke Ellington, Bennie Moten or Charlie Johnson.

Occasionally double standards come in handy. Had the Candullo band’s family trees or repertoire been different, they might just be another jazz band, or another (most likely forgotten) dance orchestra. Luckily, the “novelty” of these players’ backgrounds draws attention to real musical discoveries. The tight ensemble, instrumental variety and tense but energetic beat on “Black Bottom” reveal some distinct archaic pop:

Candullo added his own sound to several tunes that Moten, Fletcher Henderson and King Oliver also recorded. Doc Cooke‘s band, featuring the pugilistic Freddie Keppard on cornet, gave “Brown Sugar” a raucous, red-hot treatment, while Candullo’s version simmers the themes and instrumental textures into a warmer feel [follow the link to listen]:

Joe Candullo & His Everglades Orchestra – Brown… by kspm0220s

Historian and collector Mark Berresford notes that “why and how Candullo and his men got to record such material is a mystery.” By the Swing era, the sounds of Harlem, New Orleans, Kansas City and other territories were well known in popular music. Yet saxophonist and bandleader Charlie Barnet‘s unabashed admiration for Ellington, Henderson and Count Basie would earn him a reputation as a derivative stylist, a second-rate soloist and another pop musician getting rich off of others’ creativity.  Assuming that musicians can play great music without innovating, Barnet left behind plenty of upbeat, passionate music.  It’s fairly obvious (and not just from the titles) where performances such as “The Duke’s Idea”

and “The Count’s Idea”

come from, but the emulation is sincere, flattering and far from an exact duplicate of its source material. Barnet was clearly a student of Coleman Hawkins’ tenor and Johnny Hodges’ alto, but does that make his own sax any less swinging and assured? He was also one of the few big band leaders to frequently incorporate the soprano saxophone. It adds a shimmering lead and tongue-in-cheek blues statements to “Pompton Turnpike”:

Thank goodness audiences and critics have moved beyond evaluation by association: just ask Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Leontyne Price, Eminem, Karmin…

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A Song By Any Other Name: The Right Amount of “Deep Henderson”

“Deep Henderson” illustrates one pop tune that became just popular enough. Tom Lord’s Jazz Discography lists thirteen different bands recording Fred Rose’s composition in 1926, the same year it was published in Chicago, with four other groups cutting the tune the following year (in three different countries, no less). Most bands also used the publisher’s stock arrangement, adapting it to their needs and style rather than starting over fresh as they might with so many other jazz warhorses. Unlike “St. Louis Blues” or “Tiger Rag, ” “Deep Henderson” became a controlled study in the variety of bands and approaches at one small juncture in American popular music.

Bill Edwards describes “…one of the most sorrowful and wistful songs [he’s] encountered,” with “…long sustained high notes leading downwards to the end of each phrase help[ing to] punctuate [his feeling].” Apparently the secret to this song’s success was jettisoning its sad, I-wanna’-go-back-to-the-South lyrics and slow, bluesy feel (which can still be heard courtesy of Edwards here). By the time the Coon Sanders Nighthawk Orchestra hit the studio to give “Deep Henderson” its inaugural recording, the tune was gussied up to make it more flapper friendly:

The Nighthawks were an immensely popular group, and their creamy saxes, strutting brass and re-playable shellac introduced a wide audience to “Deep Henderson.” Co-leader and pianist Joe Sanders handles the written solo with enough downhome swagger to offer some reminder of Rose’s original vision. Yet the rhythm is overwhelmingly upbeat (almost coy), aided by Pop Estep’s bumping tuba walking four to the bar behind the trumpet solo. While their reliance on written music and novelty numbers may deny them entry into the hallowed chapters of “jazz” history, the Nighthawks gave many Americans a good idea of how loose and lowdown pop can get.  They sound downright raunchy compared to Mike Markel’s band (follow the arrow to the link):

Deep Henderson

Markel’s block chord introduction and racehorse tempo likely impressed dancers, with robust saxes and clipped brass choreographing their stomping feet. Yet the band’s jerkier rhythm doesn’t leave much space for legs flying off the dance floor. The horn man (Red Nichols? Earl Oliver? An unknown player?) soars to the occasion, as do the saxes behind the brass, recalling society band string sections. In light of sax riffs getting faster, trickier and uniformly high-flying in the years ahead, their sustained harmonies are a nice touch. Markel’s approach has a nostalgic charm, a reminder of when pop music was intense and tight (in feeling if not always execution). Yet the recording does make the “New Orleans effect” even more apparent when listening to King Oliver and some neighborhood colleagues:

Oliver’s cornet immediately presages a much earthier, more personal account of the tune. The Dixie Syncopators’ tempo isn’t much slower than the Nighthawks, but their easygoing inflection and subtle backbeat make it sound like they’re taking their time. The saxophone section parts way for Barney Bigard’s slap-tonguing tenor, perhaps dated but undeniably percussive (and as texturally original as prepared piano or distorted guitar). Even the soprano sax adds a howling, haunting dimension to the clarinet trio.

Drummer Paul Barbarin’s “Oh, play it Mr. Russell!” during Luis Russell’s solo plays up the informal air, yet such exclamations may or may not reveal the insidious, timeless hand of marketing. Improvisation and swing are the breaking news here: Oliver’s greasy responses over the saxes (especially heroic in light of his aging embouchure), and Kid Ory’s lurching, sly trombone over the closing chorus make this, the second recording of “Deep Henderson” pressed, a very distinct chapter of the tune’s short but hot history.

Of course Miff Mole adds his smoother, more rounded yet equally punchy trombone over the chirping clarinets that close Markel’s recording, and even the drummer gets in some solo syncopations. The way each group, section and soloist navigates this arrangement points to a difference of delivery with a shared intent. The “same old stock” can never be the same, not if you’re a musician with something to say or a record consumer with a paycheck. At a time when pop is reticent to market covers (even as the same tune in the same rendition gets beaten into the ground over air and internet), it’s also a reminder that the question of originality often begins with “how” as well as “what.”

Lord lists seventy-one recordings total of “Deep Henderson.” I must admit that in light of Oliver and others’ experiments, Bela Dajos’ rich, buttery society version comes across as either insularity, or the sincerest form of parody:

Last one, I promise: here’s British bandleader Bert Ambrose’s thoroughly modern swing account from 1937:

Well, we can’t end without hearing Vince Giordano do it!  Live, in 3D, with glorious sound and from outside of Lord’ discography:

Want more? Be sure to share your favorites in the comments, and hope you enjoyed the tour.

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Should You Believe Everything You Hear about HOA Management Companies?

Myth #1: HOA Management Runs the Community

HOA management is not there to run the community. That’s the role of the board of directors. The board makes the decisions, with input from HOA members, on how they want the ship to run and where they want to steer it, and the management company helps make it all happen. Their job is to support the board members, take some of the work off their plate, and manage the financial and administrative aspects of the community oversight.

Myth #2: HOA Management Tries to Make the Rules

Community members who try to go around the rules set by their HOA might have a bad taste in their mouth when it comes to the management company. The truth is that the board is responsible for setting the policies and guidelines of the neighborhood, and the management company is responsible for helping to enforce those rules and guidelines.

One of the benefits of an HOA is that it creates continuity in a neighborhood, and everyone does their share to keep it a desirable place to live.

Myth #3: HOA Management  Controls the Vendors and Contractors Used in the Community

HOA managers have relationships with vendors that can provide cost savings to the association as well as the homeowners. That said, the members can give their input to the board, and they have the decision-making power when it comes to what vendors to use.

Myth #4: HOAs Hurt Your Home Value

There is a misconception that an HOA will hurt the home values in the community. The primary goal of an HOA and, in turn, an HOA manager, is to improve the community for the homeowners and residents. They strive to create and enforce regulations that require cleanliness, home maintenance and upkeep, landscaping that enhances the homes and the neighborhood as a whole, and amenities such as clubhouses and pools.

Instead of bringing down the value due to an illusion that the HOA is trying to control the residents, the HOA can protect or even increase home values. Potential home buyers appreciate a guaranteed level of security and oversight when it comes to the community they choose.

Don’t believe everything you hear when it comes to homeowners’ associations and the companies that manage them. Take a look for yourself and find out what you need to know about reliable HOA management by contacting our team at Your HOA Community Management today.

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July 20, 2019

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Pelosi to Progressives: I Addressed Offensive Tweets — Your Interpretation Is Up to You

Jul 11, 2019 |

Thursday at her weekly press briefing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addressed the back-and-forth between her and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) over insulting tweets by progressives directed at more centrist Democrats.

Wednesday in a closed-door meeting, the speaker told the so-called progressives members to address their grievances privately rather than on Twitter.

Thursday Ocasio-Cortez said Pelosi was singling out “newly elected women of color.”

At the briefing, Pelosi said, “I said what I’m going to say in the caucus. They took offense. I addressed at the request of my members an offensive tweet that came out of one of the member’s offices that referenced our Blue Dogs and our New Dems essentially as segregationists. Our members took offense at that. I addressed that. How they are interpreting and carrying it to another place is up to them. ”

She added, “We respect the value of every member of our caucus. The diversity of it is a wonderful thing. Diversity is our strength. Unity is our power.”

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Jeep sinks in river in Russia, killing 10, including six children

Jul 12, 2019 |

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A jeep flipped over on Friday while trying to cross the shallows of a river in the Siberian region of Tuva, killing 10 people, including six children, Russian police said.

Police have recovered the victims’ bodies, they said in a statement.

(Reporting by Maxim Rodionov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Andrew Osborn)

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I’ll unfriend anyone who liked this film.

A little harsh. Some might say. But you know you’re onto a loser when everyone in the cinema is laughing. Uninspiring, unattractive and uninteresting.

As soon as the crackly Universal logo started buffering across the screen, I feared the worst.

So what’s this tripe about? A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend.

We see everything through the POV of Shelley Hennig’s character Blaire and the webcams of her friends. An intriguing concept, I’ll admit. That was if we wasn’t watching a teenage girl nosing around on a Mac.

The creepy YouTube video of her high school friend committing suicide certainly caught my attention and it was clever how the Facebook posts and clips filled in everything we needed to know. A malicious prank (That felt like something out of the Inbetweeners) inevitably triggers an online bullying campaign by trolls.

The notion of cyber-bullying is something that needs to be addressed but this film merely uses it as a lazy ploy for a vindictive cyber-demon.

What infuriated me was the lack in pace. Bearing in mind we are seeing a teenage girl, fully active in the social media age and adapted to the relentless technological gadgetry; she was incredibly slow at moving her mouse around. It was like watching my 80 year old aunt slowly clicking on each tab, killing any suspense or tension that the film failed to build up.

Hennig and Moses Storm were such a vomit inducing couple. Using Skype to waste screen time and bore me with cheesy, cliched dialogue that did little to make me feel anything for them. Also an online foreplay sequence involving a knife definitely set the wrong tone for its teen audience and came off unfunny and questionable.

I was praying for the troll or demon thing to make an appearance after ten minutes of listening to them whining about making Prom Night THE night and messing around with their blasted Spotify playlists.

And then the Skype chat begins and I wish I walked out. The cast were terrible. Let me rephrase. The characters were terrible. Irritating, obnoxious, deluded and stupid! As soon as Jacob Wysocki bellowed through the tinny speakers, “I can see your chodies” with his face stuffed full of Cheetos, I knew I was done.

The mindless chatter and desperate attempts to fuse any tension between the characters was futile. The flicking back and forth between the Skype chats and private Facebook chats was well done. It was just a shame that the conversations were so bland.

However, as soon as the anonymous Skype member joined in and Blaire started receiving messages from her dead BFF, my interest was finally piqued.

It was slow burning and I don’t mind that if there is a big pay off. A moment of ingenuity, suspense, shock! I had to remember that they are teenagers and some of their decisions may have been stupid but not too similar to the majority of teens out there that would do the same thing.

And some of the more logical steps they do try. Deleting said dead friend off Facebook. I didn’t know how to do that. Not remove dead friends obviously. Reporting forums. Virus software if a troll has managed to get onto your server. So I will commend where credit is due.

BUT the bickering. The yelling. It gave me a headache. It’s not long before secrets are leaked out on Facebook. The ridiculous demon forums with their silly chain letters. My teacher spoke to a demon last night and woke up dead. Perrrrleeeassseee.

Will Peltz played the douchebag Adam well but his actions and volatile behaviour were comical. Grabbing a gun from his desk and threatening an online cyber troll through a webcam was stupid. What made it worse was that the dodgy stuff hadn’t even happened yet. This was 30 minutes in when ANONYMOUS asked to play a game.

When things inevitably take a turn for the worst, there were little pockets of tension but little scares. The rule of the game being: YOU LOG OUT. YOU DIE. YOU DON’T PLAY THE GAME. YOU DIE. You get the picture. A scene in which one of the users is “punished” was just plain messed up. It surprised me. The one and only time. I thought to myself, “Okay. Going for the Saw angle. I’ll go with this”. Hand. Blender. Woah. That’s all I’m saying.

BUT alas after that little shocker, we have more squealing, more yelling and more rubbish. The game was actually not that bad. BUT the little conversations away from the Skype chat soon bored me again. Blaire still believes that it is a joke set up by her BF after two messed up deaths? Come on. She keeps typing to him in a private chat and doesn’t even look at the Skype chat window to see he is not typing and completely freaking out.

Then we have the shocking confessions as the friends turn against each other. The inevitable “Who leaked the video?” that caused so-and-so’s death? The reveal being utterly predictable and disappointing. And what do you know? They weren’t such good friends after all.

After failing to deliver scares, it went for plain stupidity. Using Chat Roulette to call for help. Seriously? Lordy lord. It got the biggest laugh out of the film. Now if this was a comedy, it would have been great. BUT in a film that promised Paranormal Activity meets Cyberbully, it was devastating. A girl in tears asking two stoners to call the police because her friend is being killed by something she doesn’t know. Unbelievable.

If you want a nail biting, tension setting thriller that deals with the true horror of online cyber bullying, please watch the superior Channel 4 drama Cyberbully with Maisie Williams from Game of Thrones. It was also brought to my attention by fellow blogger MOVIEBLORT that Unfriended stole the premise of a smaller (and better) horror film, The Den. That’s the most shocking twist of it all.

The finale finally got going as me and my friends were getting ready to go. I thought maybe we will break out of the POV when the demon appears? Oh for a only brief – TRANSMISSION ENDED.


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By: Yehoshua Zirman, Syms Student Council President  |

From the President's Desk: Innovation in Unlikely Places

On one lonely subway ride last year, I was listening to my favorite podcast series called “How I Built This,” which interviews founders of successful startup companies. That morning I was listening to an interview with the founder of 5 Hour Energy, Manoj Bhargava. When discussing why he went into the energy drink industry he explained, “I had no interest in going into the energy drink business, I just didn’t understand why every single energy drink had so much liquid? Who wants to drink 24 ounces for the sole purpose of energy?” Through careful product placement (it can always be found at the register of the store) and rectifying a gaping hole in an industry (making sure that his energy drink was only one shot), Bhargava’s product quickly hit 1 billion dollars of annual sales.

Bhargava’s explanation of the innovation that helped him succeed really stuck with me. He said “You do not need to be a genius or an expert in a field to innovate, you just can’t accept the status quo. Innovation isn’t inventing something more complex or developing a new technology, rather, thinking differently than everybody around you.” When thinking about running for President of Syms, this line kept popping back into my head: “do something different.” Now, as I sit here today, almost two months into school and my term as a president, I realize the one thing I never calculated: how much people hate change. Change is a synonym to risk and humans are naturally risk averse.

I have now been a part of the university’s bureaucratic system for two months, and I have watched good ideas (by my council as well as other councils) get squandered for reasons that scream “we don’t want to change the status quo.” I think about other companies that failed because of an inability to take the leap of faith and change. For every Warby Parker and Tesla there are hundreds of companies that fall through the cracks. IBM created the first hard disk drive and Kodak made picture-taking accessible to the masses, but today neither is close to being a leader in its industry. I think about the future of YU and can’t help but wonder, are the glory days of YU behind her, or is the future brighter than ever before? Although nobody can answer that question definitively, I have seen sparks of hope. From the TEDx Yeshiva University initiative on campus to TAMID and the new entrepreneurship major on campus, there is innovation all around us. Students are buzzing about ways to fix the YU student emails (ystuds), help students secure high level internships and jobs, and make Shabbat life on campus more enjoyable.

Whenever I think about innovation, I think about a man who I pass by every day along the streets of Washington Heights. There are many individuals on the streets giving out advertising pamphlets for restaurants, barbers, and bars, and I typically keep walking, never glancing at the advertisement. However, one man does something a bit different. As people walk by he hits pamphlets against his hand very loudly, causing people to instinctively turn to him and make eye contact. At that point, he wishes them a good morning and asks them to read his ad. I take his ad every morning, not because I am interested in his product, but simply because he does something different than everybody else. This is not exactly what you think of when you hear the word innovation, but it hammers home the point that being different can be incredibly effective.

I conclude with a challenge to every student. Don’t be satisfied with the status quo. If you don’t like something, change it. People like you will make YU a better place when you leave than it had been when you arrived. If you need funding or support for your pursuits, just email myself or one of the other councilmen and we will do our utmost to make your dreams a reality. Innovation is not just a word for business and startups, it’s a way of life.


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  • • 20 4-star accommodations from ZAR 1023 per night
  • • 74 3-star accommodations from ZAR 715 per night
  • • 24 2-star accommodations from ZAR 593 per night

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  • • Hottest months: July, August, June, May (average 72°F)
  • • Coldest months: January, February, December, November (average 5°F)
  • • Rainiest months: June, July, August, and September (average 0.11 inches of rainfall)


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  • • 27 5-star accommodations from ZAR 916 per night
  • • 261 4-star accommodations from ZAR 488 per night
  • • 183 3-star accommodations from ZAR 313 per night
  • • 43 2-star accommodations from ZAR 100 per night
  • • 8 1-star accommodations from ZAR 128 per night

How to Get to Budakeszi

Flights to Budakeszi

  • • Budapest (BUD-Ferenc Liszt Intl.), 17.7 mi (28.5 km) from central Budakeszi

Things to See and Do in Budakeszi

Things to See near Budakeszi:

  • • Fisherman's Bastion (6.2 mi/9.9 km from the city center)
  • • Buda Castle (6.4 mi/10.3 km from the city center)
  • • Parliament Building (6.7 mi/10.8 km from the city center)
  • • Szechenyi Chain Bridge (6.7 mi/10.8 km from the city center)
  • • Rudas Baths (6.9 mi/11.1 km from the city center)

Things to Do near Budakeszi:

  • • Wildlife Park of Budakeszi (1.6 mi/2.5 km from the city center)
  • • Hungarian State Opera House (7.3 mi/11.7 km from the city center)
  • • Hungarian National Museum (7.5 mi/12.1 km from the city center)
  • • Arena Plaza Shopping Mall (8.8 mi/14.1 km from the city center)
  • • Budapest Castle Hill Funicular (6.3 mi/10.2 km from the city center)

When Is the Best Time to Visit Budakeszi?

  • • Hottest months: July, August, June, September (average 80°F)
  • • Coldest months: January, February, December, March (average 28°F)
  • • Rainiest months: May, June, November, and October (average 2.52 inches of rainfall)


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1 room, 2 adults

Brenton Haven Beachfront Resort

4-starQuality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.
198 CR Swart Drive, Brenton on Sea, Knysna, Western Cape, 6570, South Africa

Knysna beachfront apartment with kitchenette, balcony
  • Free WiFi in lobby and free parking
  • Collect nightsYou can collect™ Rewards nights here
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From 162 reviews. TripAdvisor Traveller Rating.

TripAdvisor Traveller Rating

Beautiful beach
Great location
Great room
Breakfast can be improved

Brenton Haven Beachfront Resort

from ZAR 1,197
  • Suite, 1 Bedroom
  • Superior Suite, 1 Bedroom
  • Suite, 2 Bedrooms
  • Superior Suite, 2 Bedrooms
  • Villa, 1 Bedroom (Beach)
  • Superior Villa, 1 Bedroom (Beach)
  • Villa, 2 Bedrooms (Beach)
  • Superior Villa, 2 Bedrooms (Beach)
  • Villa, 3 Bedrooms (Beach)

What’s around Brenton Haven Beachfront Resort

  • On the beach
  • Brenton Beach - 9 min walk
  • Featherbed Nature Reserve - 20 min walk
  • Knysna Lagoon - 40 min walk
  • Garden Route National Park - 40 min walk
  • West Head View Point - 43 min walk
  • Buffalo Bay Beach - 3.6 mi / 5.8 km
  • Goukamma Nature and Marine Reserve - 8.5 mi / 13.7 km

Getting around

  • Plettenberg Bay (PBZ) - 51 min drive

At a glance

Key facts

  • 35 apartments

  • Check-in time 3 PM-5 PM
  • Check-out time is 10 AM

Required at check-in

  • Credit card or cash deposit required

  • Government-issued photo ID required

  • Minimum check-in age is 18

Travelling with others

  • Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)

  • Free WiFi in public areas

  • WiFi in rooms *

  • Free self parking

Payment types at the property

Other information

  • Smoke-free property
* See small print for additional details or extra charges

At the property

Food and drink
  • Breakfast (surcharge)
  • Restaurant
  • Coffee shop/café
  • Barbecue grills
Things to do
  • Outdoor pool
  • Pool sun loungers
  • 24-hour fitness facilities
  • Laundry facilities
  • Wedding services
  • Year Built - 2014
  • Safe-deposit box at front desk
  • Garden
  • Terrace
  • Accessible bathroom
  • In-room accessibility
  • Roll-in shower

In the apartment

Home comforts
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
Sleep well
  • Premium bedding
Things to enjoy
  • Separate dining area
  • Separate living room
  • Separate sitting area
  • Furnished balcony or patio
Freshen up
  • Private bathroom
  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
Be entertained
  • Flat-screen TV
  • Satellite TV channels
Stay connected
  • Desk
Food and drink
  • Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • Microwave
  • Kitchenette
  • Stovetop
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Housekeeping - once per stay
  • In-room safe

Brenton Haven Beachfront Resort’s small print

Also known as

  • Brenton Haven Apartment Knysna
  • Brenton Haven Apartment
  • Brenton Haven Knysna
  • Brenton Haven Beachfront Resort Knysna
  • Brenton Haven Beachfront Knysna
  • Brenton Haven Beachfront Resont
  • Brenton Haven front Knysna

Mandatory fees

You’ll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:

    A city tax will be collected at the property upon arrival. The city tax ranges from JPY 100-200 per person, per night based on the nightly room rate. The tax does not apply to nightly rates under JPY 10,000. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Cleaning fee: ZAR 130 per accommodation, per night
  • Towels/sheets: ZAR 10

Optional extras

WiFi is available in guestrooms for ZAR 0 per stay (rates may vary)

We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.

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Recent reviews

Superb 9,2 From 61 reviews

Exceptional 10,0
Watching dolphins
We booked this last minute as we had to cancel our other accommodation. The rooms are beautiful with balconies looking out over the beautiful sea. We had booked a superior suite but were upgraded to a larger one. We were able to lie in bed and watch the dolphins swim through the bay. The staff were extremely helpful and the on site restaurant offered fabulous food and views. You can also self cater here. Dispute there being many sized rooms, suites,cottages etc it never felt crazy busy and at times there was only us by the pool.
Christine, za1 night romance trip
Exceptional 10,0
Outstanding service
It was amazing. They made our stay extra special but surprising my daughter with a cake on her birthday. The staff are amazing and make the stay even more special.
za9 night family trip
Exceptional 10,0
Best Hotel I Have Ever Stayed In
Absolutely fantastic. The rooms are all very very beautiful with a large kitchen, living area, outside patio overlooking the beach, braai, large bedroom with the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in, modern and clean bathroom with an amazing shower and a bath that makes you feel like royalty. Brenton hotel is perfect if you like your own space, prefer to cook your own meals or want to relax without the typical "hotel" feel. There is also a large gym and a magnificent pool overlooking the ocean. The location is also great, perfect to view the sunrise and take a walk on the beach as it is situated right next to the ocean. I would recommend this hotel to anyone traveling to Knysna/ Brenton-on-the-sea.
za1 night romance trip
Very good 8,0
Lovely stay!
We have just returned from a 5 night stay at Brenton Haven. It’s a lovely resort with clean accommodation with all amenities. Beautiful ocean views from the lounge, dining and bedroom. Lounge furniture could do with a bit of an upgrade. Braai area overlooking the ocean was lovely. Bathroom is a bit cramped and the wifi signal not the best. But apart from that we had a memorable stay. A short walk to the beach. Lovely long beach, great for walks. Ate at the Butterfly Blu restaurant once and the food was amazing. It would be nice if breakfast was available too. Overall we enjoyed our stay.
za5 night family trip
Very good 8,0
Blissfull breakaway
Lovely hotel and chalets. Just make sure you stay long enough to absorb the surroundings and the comfort that the hotel offers.
KD, za2 night family trip

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Holiday Wine Bottle Tags with TAWS

Cards, Christmas Card, Holiday Card, The Alley Way Stamps

Welcome! It’s getting chilly in my little town on Georgian Bay. There is no doubt that winter is just around the corner. Today I’m on the Alley Way Stamps blog sharing a quick and easy holiday project.

My holiday spirit is already starting to creep up on me, so I thought I would prepare a few holiday wine bottle tags for last minute outings that may be on the horizon. You can watch my how-to video below, or over on my YouTube channel.

Both these tags were a breeze to make. I would say that it took 10-15 minutes of real life time to complete both.

That’s it for me today. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Until next time,

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