Okay, we'll go ahead and call the August 4th 2022 meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission to order. Can we call the roll please? Okay, so we do have a quorum by the skin of our teeth so move on to approval of the July 7th meeting minutes and I will note that we do have a quorum from that meeting so we can't actually go ahead and act on that Are there any Questions corrections from commissioners? Okay, I have a second Okay Moved by Commissioner Jacobi seconded by Commissioner goon all those in favor Any opposed? None motion carries Meeting minutes are next would be report from the chair I think in particular to review this evening So following that we'll have communications from HBC staff liaison Jennifer Nothing to report. I will I will Just give you a heads up that I we do have a couple of applications that we've received for various act for a few things requiring commission approval, so We will have some action items at upcoming meetings So I'm not sure if they'll be September or October or one of each but stay tuned Any questions for staff? Well at this point open up public invited to be heard For anyone in the audience wish to speak it sounds like my microphone is on from here Good evening Sharon O'Leary co-chair historic eastside neighborhood. I was putting together the newsletter for our neighborhood and Started looking at you know what the city says about historic preservation, and then I went to the historic eastside architectural survey page hopefully to You know with many new people moving to Longmont to educate people where they could go and possibly find out if Their home has already been surveyed That's probably the biggest stepping stone if you want to move towards preservation or to find out if your home Has the potential to be preserved or not So on that web page it talked about this Sturkey site architectural surveys began in 2001 and you know why? because of our neighborhood so We went out and photographed all the homes we did the 50 percent Heavy lifting and the city worked on the grant writing so 21 years ago, and we've not expanded the survey so that makes me a little bit nervous so twice Sarah Levinson and myself and Dido Clark Applied in September for the grants on our own as a neighborhood and we were denied and and Rightfully so just because we don't know the talk. We didn't know how to talk the talk You know and if we had someone guiding us from historic preservation Or if we had someone guiding us from the city We had done the majority of the heavy lifting that we could have gotten the grant and continued surveying our whole neighborhood And that's our goal So what I'd like to do is put out the offer to work with you because as you read on on That web page it says it is this goal that the Historic Preservation Commission Continues to approach the Colorado Historical Society for grants to continue the surveying of historic neighborhoods. I don't think it's been happening so I'm asking to build a partnership and whether it's one member or several members or Someone from the city stepping up again We will do the initial writing and then someone goes in there and punches the holes And we'll take the pictures of the homes for the area that we want and we submit it And I think there's one in September So I'm putting out an olive branch and say let's let's preserve together and then on one more note I'm here. I'm still waiting for a conservation overlay zone on the historical side neighborhood And I truly believe that if you wrote a letter of support That could help elevate if not escalate the potential for that happening when I was on parks board We wrote letters multiple times or got up and talked in front of council and it made a big difference But if you just attend your meetings and you don't communicate outside of casual conversation nothing happens. Thank you Thank you for the comments Seeing no others. We'll go ahead and close the public invited to be heard. I do think we we should have that on our list for staff to Just to Acknowledge the comment about About surveys that that is one of our goals and we do want to make sure that that's happening here. So I Certainly appreciate Solaries offer and I think if Yeah, I think what we're trying to do is get a grant to get a professional to do those surveys but if there's You know to have the support of the neighborhood is is a useful Component so let's make sure we're reaching out and taking advantage Thank you Okay, new business it doesn't appear that we have any So we'll move to prior business and it sounds like we're gonna have a couple of updates on some Outstanding items the first of which is the Dickens barns Latin property What's our what's our update on that? Okay, so on this latent property Dickens barn we are Participating with the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on Monday evening They are going to be doing their annual tour of various open space projects and that particular property is on their list we've been working with the parks and recreation open space team to Come up with a plan so we continue to work with that property owner We think we're getting pretty darn close to us to a solution that works for everyone That particular site plan for the proposed development is under review as well So I'm the staff planner reviewing that so has I get to do the comprehensive holistic approach on that project so so it's it's I feel like we're making some progress and You know, it's at this point. It's a negotiation process and also determining What is needed, you know, what what the expenditures would be to? Stabilize the property so it could be used for say parks and rec storage type uses as opposed to public occupation uses so We've had our structural engineers take a look at it and the numbers he came back with I think we talked about this last month were Substantially lower than the worst case scenario presented by the applicant. So I feel like we've got we're making some progress on it Okay, thanks and so Glenn reached out to me and let me know about that Meeting that the parks and rec is having which is Monday a little bit before 7 we had hoped that we could also get a Holly Norton commissioned Norton out there because she's got some pretty good experience with the Archaeological aspects of that property. However, it sounds like she's not available. So I will put it out We do have space for one more commissioner any more than that would cause public hearing, you know Public noticing requirements and so on so if if there's anybody here that wants to show up out there at At this Latin property Monday a little before 7 Let us know if not no big deal. I will be there on behalf of the commission Did you already check with? I have not I can certainly throw that out there Otherwise I am available Just probably the least knowledgeable of such things so Right happy to go we can reach out to I think Holly mentioned it at one time we brought it up and yeah, she knows that survey forwards and backwards so We can reach out to her there's not a whole lot of time But if we don't hear yeah, we'll we'll touch base with you Terry So we're gonna be kind of parked out there. They're doing a tour of all their recreation facilities So we have everybody's cell phone number so we can see because they tend to go long But they're their agenda has them out there at about five minutes to seven So yeah, we'll we'll keep that in mind and we can reach out to Gita Okay Okay One thing I did want to mention we did do a follow-up with Gus the structural engineer To say how should we should we dig a little deeper on the structural part of it? And he did recommend that we look at what kind of found Foundation exists or does not exist by underneath some of the major post in the barn So we're gonna talk to public works of what that would take to kind of unearth around those posts to take a look at them, but That was really his biggest concern in addition to what you read in the his report so And I think as Jennifer mentioned, I think we can ultimately Get to a point where we could find that money in order to make that thing stand So a big part of it's gonna be kind of convincing parks and rec board It does come with a considerable amount what I think is pretty important open space there So, yeah, I think it'll be important the meeting on Monday Thanks questions well, I Could just offer that I do know the history of Mary Dickens fairly well if that would help but In just determining this I don't know how much the historic aspect is important to parks and rec and how much is just the open space But again, if you'd like to go Terry, that's fine, too. I Have a question. How how much of the land are we looking at possibly acquiring is it just the barn? There's a fair amount of that parcel that is not usable Including where the sheds are falling down going down to the creek and whatnot is a city going to try to acquire all of that Do you know is it premature to say at this point? Yeah, it's premature I think at one point they did offer all of it to us, but there was some concern about what kind of maintenance Responsibility we take on so That hasn't been answered yet They are interested as if we do take on the barn. We would like frontage So there is a portion that goes out to Latin Drive and that would at a minimum be probably included But we'll see right now. They are already agreed to about two and a half acres and this is like another two and a half acres, so Yeah, it's to be determined I think Because yeah, if you had more space you'd have more flexibility as far as usage certainly the barn storage But if you were ever to expand the open space for more recreation, obviously, yeah, yeah Right. There is a trail. So it would give us more flexibility to do something with the trail So thank you and a lot of it's in a flood plain. So that's the other fun part Any other questions? All right. Well, thanks for the update and we'll see what happens on Monday Okay, the 8b would be an update on the historic preservation plan and surveys Unfortunately, Brian wasn't able to make it this evening, but Brian and I and Jennifer met with Jenny Dykeman with History Colorado to talk about the non-competitive grant for we specifically asked for Survey help and a survey plan We got a pretty good positive Input from them again. It's non-competitive. So if we make a good application We should get it. So that is our goal to move forward on that The other part of the question was a preservation plan and Brian provided a number of those to you I think you liked Lafayette's I Think what would make sense is maybe do that survey plan and I think that will help point us at what? The priorities would be so do we need somebody else to kind of draft what a preservation plan would show? I kind of like to wait and see of how much information we get from the survey plan But we do have We do have funding for that as well. So if that's the next step we could certainly do that but I mean one of the comments Jenny made to us is she's seen a lot of those She says they they tend to all sound the same after a while, I think everybody has the same goals and puts them into a preservation plan similarly, so I Was thinking, you know, maybe it's more of a you know a stark preservation work plan Going forward once we know what the survey plan identifies for us. So That's kind of our initial thinking but I think our goal is to get that application in and It's not time-based. So I think they review it as they get them And they'll certainly give us input along the way as well So what do you think a timeline might be that you think we could have it submitted before the next HPC meeting? The request I think that's possible. We were talking about early falls. So yeah, yeah That'll be early right about there. Okay. Yeah Well, that would be great if we can do that and Yeah, any other any questions from commissioners about either the survey or historic I Mean that feels reasonable to me the part of the part of the our desire to do the survey plan was to to get a sense of All of the areas in town, you know, the the gaps in areas that were familiar with but also getting a sense of These outskirt areas like this flattened property that might be overlooked and really get a comprehensive notion of everything in the city limits that could benefit from that attention so I You know, it makes sense that that would sort of flow into a skeleton outline of How a preservation plan would get put together. Yeah. Yeah, and just kind of discussing amongst staff I guess we were thinking Well, maybe focus in the original town site and the existing historic districts, but maybe more of a like me I tend to call them like a windshield survey outside the whole community. So if they see some Something pops out and they say then maybe dig into those a little bit In a little bit more detail. So we get a good comprehensive view of not only potential districts, but Yeah, new landmarks Great. All right. Thank you So then last update would be status of sorry, oh I never say anything. So that's not your fault. I just wanted to remind you that a historic east side neighborhood Association association would be there to help as well. And yeah, all these little barns Sorry, I didn't see that crop up here. It's kind of bear half berries it in here So just just wave at me It's a tough system even for just four of us. Yeah, yeah Okay, so then HPC code amendments. So where where are we at with those? Open week or getting those here to review Sooner than later, right? Yes. Now next step is council has Scheduled just recently a joint meeting with historic preservation. Hopefully you can be there. It's August 16th It's a pre-meeting before the regular city council meeting or maybe it's a work session It starts at 530 The pre-meeting will be in the same room that we did the exec meeting so you can all be sitting at the table You know looking eye-to-eye. It's a little bit better perspective and in Realizing that we both had I mean with the council's had an executive session and the Historic Preservation Commission's had an executive session And you're still bound by the confidentiality of what we discussed there I think What I was hoping this evening maybe take a step back because the timing for me has been a little odd and that I kind of came in halfway we lost Jade and I was kind of a real red-line draft was kind of dropped in my Lap and it may be spun a little bit out of control So I think if it would really be helpful for me is if you can maybe take a step back and say what were your really true goals When you started this process, what were those burning issues? To make sure we don't lose that and in all the other smoke and haze That's going on so and hopefully we kind of use that as a a guide with the City Council and then they'll ultimately Give us all direction. I guess of where they wanted to go So I thought that might be helpful this evening is as far as go back in your memory What were the real concerns with the current code and? And maybe keep though we'll keep those kind of in the forefront Sure, thanks. I can tell you because I've been on this Commission long enough that I know that the initial impetus was in part a response to and I think it was a 90s era move where all of the review for demolition permits got pulled out of the HPC by a city council who didn't want to have any of that In it outside of their purview So there's a lot of politics around that Particular move and Brian throw up to speed on that. I think he's the one who kind of gave us the whole outline So so some of that was just trying to bring the process back into To this commission which seemed like it made sense for demolition permits in Historic neighborhoods and landmarks to be to be brought in and then there's some more subtleties there about You know how much how much purview we have right and I think some of those were discussed at that executive session, right? Right that that was that was a big piece right just trying to get a review of any property that Might be Have a historic value to have Some mechanism to bring that in front of this commission in order to have another step Protection for said property, right? That was that was a big goal I'll open it up to any other comments Go ahead It actually started before my time as well. So when when I arrived you had the red line Yeah, so that that red line version was in I guess my first term Which was sort of you know, the whole pre-covid thing and Then we were just we were looking at that and we were looking at other Demolition ordinances that other Cities had and then trying to suggest that we have a little more teeth in the demolition ordinance you know, for example, if somebody just go heads and and demolishes without You know any kind of permission that the penalties for that here currently are pretty mild They're almost nothing and so trying to discourage that from happening Essentially just really putting in some safeguards as much as we can And then it sort of expanded beyond that into a few other Areas that we started thinking about tweaking The our code because it just seemed either out of date or not aligned with some of the other city's Codes in terms of you know, how somebody might Establish a district, you know, if there were enough people that wanted to to try to make another district in town What what what that would what that process would look like There were some notions about demolition by neglect that's you know, that's probably another thing And we've seen that right in potentially in this is Latin property about well Somebody comes in says well, you know the properties Falling apart. Well, you've owned it for 20 years and you haven't maintained it And so that's not really a mechanism for getting around the demolition ordinance, right? really high focus on trying to preserve the historic properties that we have and Put some safeguards in I mean, I think that's definitely the by far the overarching That's goal number one one a one be Yeah You know some other stuff that happens All right, I did sense that through our discussions But I do realize that we had that red line draft and Then we turned it over to our attorney and we never really came back to you with it And I think Terry was explained to me so we never really had a chance of saying This makes sense. This doesn't make sense. So I thought yeah, it's probably my fault that We didn't come back to you that kind of distill it down to what those big issues are but Hope to do that here real soon next couple of weeks Yeah, and I know there have been hiccups with just town attorneys and There've been a number of hiccups along the way to get here, but yeah, that's Trying to think if there's anything else that was Even reasonably high importance in there. I think that's really those are the big big pieces, right? Okay, and the rest of it. I think was just sort of cleaning up While we're in there stuff. Yeah, okay All right. Well, yeah, and we'll definitely get the word out to the commissioners who aren't here, but That's Tuesday night August 16th 5 30 in the the room where we met in exec So it is open to the public. We can't fit all the public in there, but they do Set up they turn these monitors on so people can sit and watch But it's typically like a work session. So they won't take questions from the public. It's just amongst you All right, excellent Wonderful. Thank you. Any other questions about that door? Okay, all right, and then from there, I hope to start bringing forward red lines. Okay, great Excellent, okay. Well that moves us to comments from HPC commissioners Anyone like to make it? Okay? We'll close that out comments from city council representative Councilman Rodriguez is not with us tonight. So it moves us to adjournment, but unfortunately we did not get the sub half hour Sorry Do I have a motion to adjourn? Okay All right moved by commissioner goon and seconded by commissioner coat to Kobe all those in favor I Posed none. We are adjourned. Thank you for your time. Thank you. It's a staff and We'll see you on this. Well, see some of you on Monday and others on the 16th


Hello, I'm Audrey Ploed, Dean of the Faculty of Public Affairs, and I'd like to invite you to our 2019 FPA Research Month. It's a chance for us at Carleton to share our research and discussions with all of you. Visit the faculty's website to find out more about our lectures and upcoming events. I hope to see you there.


On October 2nd, DAV launched its latest innovative program, DAV Caregiver Support. This no-cost initiative offers concierge support and resources to the friends, family members and loved ones who provide care to those who have served. It helps improve the quality of life for veterans and their caregivers while extending the time they can live outside medical institutions. Thank you for joining me today, Joe. Thanks for having me, Kevin. I appreciate the time. Great. First off, Joe, can you let folks know who is a caregiver and what kind of activities do caregivers do? Absolutely. So a caregiver is a veteran who provides regular routine care for like a loved one or can also be someone providing that regular care for the veteran. So it could be a spouse, an adult child, a sibling, a close friend or neighbor that they have trust in. And it doesn't have to be just providing that medical care, like making sure that they get it to doctor's appointments to take medicine. It can be going to doctor's appointments, like I said, grocery shopping, meal preparation, assisting with bathing, feeding, paying bills, chores around the house, stuff like that. Anytime they're helping their spouse or someone's helping the veteran perform their activities of daily living, that's really what the definition of a caregiver is. Great. Thanks for that explanation. That's a wide range of activities that, you know, really demonstrate what caregivers do for our veterans and or the veterans loved ones. Next up, can you let our audience know today what a caregiver can access when they enroll in DAV caregiver support? Sure. So first and foremost to enroll in caregiver support, they're going to go to DAVcaregiver.org. We'll ask a few questions just to find out what your role as a caregiver is. And then once your profile is created, you gain access to the platform, we'll get more information from you to understand what your responsibilities are. Are you doing doctor's appointments or are you doing more of the chores around the house? What level of care is needed there? And then you'll be connected with one of our human care specialists who are going to identify the support that you need in your community. Types of care that they can, or types of support they can get. There's an online risk screening to understand their role as a caregiver. I think some people take on the role as a caregiver without fully understanding what comes with that. And this is going to be a tool that's going to help them better understand that all the tools are digitalized. The personalized care plan, so you get that one-on-one support with one of our care specialists. And if there's a need that you have and you say you're in a more rural area and there's a food insecurity, our care specialists can call around to those churches, those food banks, and find out which ones have the resources you're going to need or the veterans going to need, and then give you that information and help you make those connections. They'll help you do the homework. They're going to help you. They're going to be there to support you along the way. That's awesome. And thanks for that explanation on what they can get and how they enroll. And to kind of piggyback off that is why is it important that caregivers have a proven support program like this? So as you mentioned early on, a caregiver can help keep a veteran or a veteran's spouse out of medical facilities. It's proven time and time again that in-home care prolongs someone's life. The support that that caregiver gets from our program can help reduce their stress, their depression, negative health outcomes. It's not a very simple job to be a caregiver. There's a lot of stress that comes with a lot of responsibility, so our care team will make sure that they have the support they need. It improves their relationships because it gives them someone to talk to and say, these are the problems I'm having and I need to work through them so our care specialists can help them work through that because they're specialists in this field. They understand what you need. And then there's an increased resilience and ability to navigate complex care caregiver responsibilities. Dealing with health care, dealing with insurance companies, financial planning, none of it's easy. And I think when any of us take on the responsibility of a caregiver, we do it with the best intentions, but it can be very struggling, be a great struggle and be frustrating at times. And again, having another resource there to help you can only make your life easier and make the veterans' life easier as well. 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If you know anyone who could benefit from this program, please share this video with them or direct them to www.davcaregiver.org. Thank you all and have a nice day. Thank you, Joe.


In this segment what we're going to do is we're going to do a physical experiment and we're going to investigate the lumped capacitance method. So if you recall from the last segment what we did is we solved a problem where we took a can of pop and we brought it out of a cool refrigerated environment. So it was initially at 1°C and we put it in an environment that was at 19.5°C and we asked the question how long does it take to get to the temperature for this can of pop up to 15°C and we said that we had this can placed on an insulated pad and what we did is we performed the calculation using the lumped capacitance technique and with that we had the following relationship that enables us to determine the temperature as a function of time within our system under the assumption that the temperature within this can is uniform. So we were assuming that there would be no temperature variability within the can as a function of time and so what we're going to do in this little experiment is we're going to investigate that a little bit further and the other thing we had here was the time constant and that had rho the C sub p divided by h a s and h being the convective heat transfer coefficient for the environment that this can was sitting in and that would be T infinity and h. So that was the problem what we're going to do now is we're going to check and see if the assumptions we made were valid and at the conclusion we did say that the bio number should be less than 0.1 but for this experiment bio number was approximately 0.159 so we we do know that we were that violating that restriction on the bio number and consequently we may expect that our experiment may show something along those lines so let's begin and what we have here is a can that has just come out of the refrigerator and it was opened and there was a thermocouple stuck inside of the can on the left hand side we have the temperature distribution as a function of time and then superimposed on that we have the results from an infrared camera viewing the same can sitting on the table and and so there you can see on the left we're at 40 minutes 50 minutes and the IR camera showing us the temperature is going up as well as the thermocouple is showing that which is the plot on the left hand side and there's something interesting going on there there's a bit of a pattern or a wave that comes through and that is indicating that actually the temperature is not uniform throughout the can as we had originally assumed and enabling us to do the lump capacitance techniques so the fact that we get that wave going through the can of of different temperatures suggests that there there is strong spatial variability within the can we can continue running the experiment we go on and on the reason why I was running is we let it go until we got to approximately 15 degrees C and there you can see on the IR it's measuring around 13.5 and that's what the thermocouple was measuring as well so that's 110 minutes actually that's 160 170 180 and the experiment stopped at about 195 minutes and finally there you can see at the end of the experiment the can wasn't quite at 15 degrees C but it was pretty close to that so with that the the next thing that we're going to do we're going to take a look at the data that we collected so this is the raw data that we got from the thermocouple and superimposed on that now that is a lump capacitance model with a convective heat transfer coefficient of 6.4 and there you can see two lines that are indicating where that temperature wave started to come across the pop can and it began at a time of it was approximately 30 minutes and it went all the way up to 110 minutes and and in there that is strong indication that the lump capacitance technique does not apply in that region and consequently that's probably also why it's kind of hard to be able to fit the curve as shown by the difference between the raw data and the red curve which shows the results of the lump capacitance assuming that the convective heat transfer coefficient was 6.4 watts per square meter kelvin what is the cause of that it it's difficult to speculate I think we need further experiments one thing that was interesting I didn't show you in the results here I did do the experiment without opening the can first and in doing that experiment the wave that that we saw going from top to bottom began immediately and and then eventually the can came to a new thermal equilibrium and so that wave started very quickly which makes me wonder if the first 30 minutes of the open can that wave was not prevented by the fact that we had gas coming out of the pop and and so there would be CO2 bubbles rising and causing mixing but again it would require further experimentation to be able to investigate that so what that tells us is the the number that we had with the bio number being a little bit greater than 0.1 is kind of validated by this experiment it shows that the lump capacitance technique is not perfect for this particular application mainly because the object we're looking at is a fluid and we know fluids can have all kinds of convective processes inside of them I usually you'll want to have that inside of a solid so anyways that is an example of the lump capacitance technique being investigated experimentally


No, you cannot separate the drumming from the dance because you are used to the downbeat, the downbeat, or the downbeat is in the dance. So how you all do this? Girl, I want somebody to come, each time you come one, two, three, four. Who wants to do that, to that pattern? Who wants to count the one, two, three, fours we can do? No marching band or... Who wants to count? Yes? Who wants to count? Yes? Yes, this is not the one. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. That is how they are perceived in the village. They are not going one, two, three, four. See the perception? That simple pattern. Four. And you see that you want the dance. That is it. So if you want the dance, you know why you have your one. But without the dancers, you are going one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three. So watch the dancers, you get your one, two, three, four. So there is no way you can actually transcribe this dance as a music person without learning what the dance is. So also we have the songs. These are what? Philosophical songs. These are all from Africa. They know how to hide information from you. I thought this... What's your name? Lorraine. Lorraine? Yeah. Give me your hand. Give me your hand. Lorraine. I'm singing. Lorraine. I'm going to be by your right hand side and put my left arm around your neck. What's the meaning of that song? Literally. What's the meaning? Friendship. That's a wedding vow. How are you? Friendship. Friendship. Friendship. Friendship. Friendship. That's a wedding vow. How are you? I'm just saying I'll be by your side put my left arm around your neck. To the people I'm saying I'll be there for you. I'll die for you. That's the meaning of the song. Thank you. So most of the songs, most of the African songs, they are very philosophical, they are very deep. So I try to analyze the real meaning or the cultural meaning of all these songs. You know, you see African ladies, how are you? Come and go out. She'll say no. Oh boy. I'll go and reload. I'm coming back. The first no is not a no. She wants to make sure that she does all her investigations. I'll reload and come. Oh boy. In this culture, the first no is a no. You come back again. Nine one one. Such a harassment. Okay. So to be able to teach these dances, I have activities for appreciation or listening, drumming, singing, movement, storytelling, games, social studies, visual, drama. In other words, you can use a dance, one of these performances and teach what, drumming, singing, dance, storytelling, games, social studies, visual, drama, almost all those things. Because with all these discussions in the book, I'm hoping the educator, the historian, anthropologist, all those who have a better way of talking about African arts. You cannot just separate all these art forms. But the most important thing for me is the divinity. Over 18 hours of footage. 18 hours. All these dances are analysed. So you notice the first movement, second movement. But I cannot use movement for the dancing. The dancers will be confused. Music. They use what? First movement, second movement, third movement. When I say first movement, dance, first movement. Second movement. It will be so confusing. So I use what? Faces. Because these are ceremonies. These are rituals. You go to a Catholic church. Kirye, Gloria, cradle. Those are the faces of what? The mass. And you have to follow the faces as to what these dances. They have to finish the first phase in the village before they move to what? The second phase. If they run to the second phase, they are not going to go to what? The third phase. So if you just go to culture, phase number seven on a CD, and telling people, oh yeah, this dance can move from Tucson and so village. You are talking about the whole event. You are just choosing maybe the one you like. So I want people to see these performances in a whole. The whole event. The whole festival. The whole art form. So that's what this project is about. And the next one is almost there. Going to focus on religion. If you can go to a bookstore or a holy Bible and read about what? Our Christian religion. You can get to him now. You can get the book on what? All these don't have to do that for African religions too. What idol worship? Are you kidding? I've never seen a religious person this planet like African. Oh, they are very religious. People want to travel. They want to consult the gods. Is it going to be? Are you going to have a plane crash? If not, the gods have to walk a fire. Do this sacrifice. Women before they go to the market. They have to do their prayers too. So that's going to be focusing on the different ways African worship and the importance of what? The arts. So the dance we are going to show briefly by Maya. Who knows how to pray this? But Maya means what?  And this is the village where this dance was created. And this is the best group in Ghana today performing this dance. This group they just came back from Denmark. They are being sponsored by the Danish government. They have a school for them. They are trying to say what? It's for the Maya. The river is wet. The drown is talking about what? So Jemby moves slowly. It is wet. A lot of water. You can't rush. The tremors comment on the dance. Asu man, you have any questions?  And they are just shaking. වුවව,කිමියින් ජන්ලන්න්රීවමලූමේයින,ාවහියක්දා වොේුට්න්රස්නින් ඇතස්ත්මලේයින්න්න්න්නේකන්න෌ියේීමලේ් ලැලෙයස්න්රීමලේිකන්න්�                                       Y Gibbs YM family to hide inside the school in Ghana.                      Y Gibbs YM family have all these cultural groups and specializing different types of dance groups.                           ,       Y Gibbs YM family have老 and old and old dance company in Ghana.                        ,         Y Gibbs YM family have done changes in the country and also in modern dance companies. It's become like a signature thing for them. As I said, nothing gonna, but my luck not. Go towards the next, the next movement. And the beauty, you have a basic movement, but you have to make the movement your own. So if you are using normal notation, you are going to capture all these different variations of the same movement. It's not possible. That's not possible. You have 40 dancers, 40 different interpretations of the same basic movement. So you cannot just, oh, that's how you do it now. And then right, okay, make it your own, it will work. By men? Yes, by how women join up. Because you know that men are happy too much for you. You know that's the best dancer you can know man, that's the best. He dance so fast. So we see his picture in the book. Additional setting do the dancers get rewarded for all their work and dance? No, this one now. But this particular group is like the youth group, the Danish government is sponsoring them. So they have a whole cultural center where people go to study. And now most of them they don't go to school so this is a way of them. So they have vocational training for them. So this guy, they are doing it because they love it. And then in some traditional dancing in other places, they throw money to the dancers like that. Do they do that? No, this one because I have to pay, I pay themselves. But during a ceremony like a festival, people will be giving me 20 money on their head. I want to thank again Zama because she did a lot of the dance. Because this is the dance person. She will look at this. I don't have the right type of English to describe the dances in the book. And you see a lot of her faces in the book. She did a lot of fashion show in the book. Because she knows all these dances. So it was very easy for her to demonstrate from the dance movement in the book. And also we have So what's the name? Michael Ofori. Michael Ofori also from Ghana is a graduate student. You find most of the videos from the Akam area. He was the master drummer. And now he's here. He's been bragging to students. Hey, this is my picture in this book. But I want people to go back to these villages. I've just sent some two students from Pennsylvania. They went and studied with them. So it's not like this is a secretive. No, it's not. Because it's very difficult to make money from all day. So I'm sending people to the villages directly. So they can make their money teaching people. So if anybody wants to go, I'll just call. Hey, prepare your room. Somebody's coming to study with you. So that's the best way for people to benefit.  Any questions? Oh, yes.  Last Saturday, if you were at the street festival, we performed this.  They're men. Forget about, is it drag queen? No, no, no. So the history behind this, and it's very important. But not now. Right after that? No, still. Still. They're trying hard. When I went to summer, when I went to summer, it was a surprise. Who will be standing, they'll be talking to me, asking questions, you are supposed to be directed to her. It's still there. Men here, women here. Why is he there? Is he here too? Is he the US too? Yes. It's everywhere. So there is not only in Africa where the men want to be in charge. It's everywhere. But here, in charge of a different lover. Seriously. Music wise. Politics wise. The pain made wise. Men are always trying to be here. Do you know why? Can somebody tell me why? Why women are always scared? You are a man. You are always scared. You can tell me. There are two reasons. This is why women are so scared. Can somebody tell me? You have two things. You can do all the things I am going to do. There are two things you do. I cannot do. That's the reason. Who knows those things? How about the second one? How about the second one? That's the most important thing. Women, you have the power tonight. Men can nurse the baby. There's something else from the nursing. It's going to be crying. You know what I say? Yes. Only women use part of their body to feed another human being. Brezmer is part of your body. Men around God. This is to generation. Men figure out that women have more connection to work.  So they try to separate that. Women cannot do this. No, no, no, no, no. Women deprive. You are the bosses.  What you report? So, men here, please, what about the situation? Let's give our ladies respect. Thank you.


Chapter 31 of Beverly of Groves-Dark this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org Beverly of Groves-Dark by George Barr McCutcheon chapter 31 clear skies the Duke of Matts and his associates reached Islaywise in the afternoon their attendants and servants carried luggage bearing the princely crest of Dawes Bergen and meant for Prince Danton and his sister Candace. In the part of the castle set apart for the visitors an important consultation was held behind closed doors there Danton met his countrymen and permitted them to renew the pledge of Felty that had been shattered by the overpowering influence of his mad half-brother what took place at this secret meeting the outside world never knew only the happy result was made known Prince Danton was to resume his reign over Dawes Bergen as if it never had been interrupted the castle brilliant from bottom to top filled with music and laughter experienced a riot of happiness such as it had not known in years the war clouds had lifted the sunshine of contentment was breaking through the darkness and there was reducing in the hearts of all bright and glorious were the colors that made up the harmony of peace men and women of high degree came to the historic old walls garbed in the riches of royalty and nobility to Beverly Calhoun it was the most enchanting sight she had ever looked upon from the galleries she gazed down into the halls glittering with the wealth of Grawstark and with conscious of a strange feeling of glorification she felt that she had a part in this jubilee with Candice she descended the grand staircase and mingled with the resplendent crowd she was the center of attraction dressed in a simple close-fitting gown of black velvet with an ornament her white arms and shoulders gleaming in the soft light from the chandeliers she was an enticing creature to be admired by men and women alike two store went Americans felt their hearts bound with pride as they saw the conquest their country woman was making Candice her constant companion in these days was consumed with delight you are the prettiest thing in all this world she ecstatically whispered into Beverly's ear my brother says so too she added conclusively Beverly was too true a woman not to rebel in this subtle flattery the great banquet hall was to be thrown open at midnight there was dancing and song during the hours leading up to this important event Beverly was entranced she had seen brilliant affairs at home but none of them compared to this in regal splendor it was the sensuous overpowering splendor of the east Prince Danton joined the throng just before midnight he made his way direct to the little circle of which Beverly and Candice formed the center his rich full military costume gave him a new distinction that quite overcame Beverly they fell into an animated conversation exchanging sharps of wit that greatly amused those who could understand the language you must remember Beverly said in reply to one of her own sally's that Americans are not in the least awed by Europe's greatness it has come to the past when we call Europe our playground we now go to Europe as we go to the circus or the country fair at home it is much more trouble you know and we must see the sights a last poor Europe he laughed as he strolled about with her and Candice he pointed out certain men to her asking her to tax her memory in the effort to recall their faces if not their apparel she readily recognized in the lean tired faces the men she met first at the end of the hawk and raven they were vagabonds then miss cologne now they are noblemen does the transition startle you isn't Belldos among them she asked forcing the query that had been uppermost in her mind since the moment when she looked down from the galleries and failed to see him she was wondering how he would appear in court costume you forget the Belldos is only a guard he said kindly he is a courtier nevertheless she retorted she was vaguely disappointed because he was missing from the scene of splendor it proved to her that caste overcame all else in the rock ribbed east the common man no matter how valiant had no place in such affairs as these her pride was suffering she was as a queen among the noblest of the realm as the wife of Belldos she would live in another world on the outskirts of this one of splendor and arrogance a stubborn defiant little frown appeared on her brow as she pictured herself in her mind's eye standing afar off with the man Belldos looking at the opulence she could not reach her impetuous rebellious little heart was thumping bitterly as she considered this single phase of the life to come she was ready to cry out against the injustice of it all the little frown was potentious of deep blade designs she would break down this cruel barrier that kept Belldos from the fields over which prejudice alone held sway her love for him and her determination to be his wife were not in the least dulled by these reflections the doors to the great banquet hall were thrown open at last and in the disorder that followed she wondered who was to lead her to the feasting the Duke of Mizrocks claimed the Princess Candice I am to have the honor said someone at her side and the voice was the one she least expected to hear utter the words the speaker was the man who deserved the place beside it if Prince Danton himself bewildered her heart palpitating with various emotions she took his arm and allowed herself to be drawn wonderingly through the massive doors as they entered followed by the brilliant company the superb orchestra that Beverly had so often enjoyed began to play the stirring hands across the sea the musicians themselves seemed to have caught the universal feeling of joy and mirth that was in the air and played as if inspired their leader bowing low to the young American girl as she passed it was his affectionate tribute to her Prince Danton to her amazement led her up the entire length at the banquet hall to the head of the royal table gorgeous with the plate of a hundred gross dark rulers placing her on his left and next to the slightly raised royal chairs Candice was on his right the picture of happiness Beverly felt dizzy weak she looked helplessly at Prince Danton his smile was puzzling as if in a days she saw Grandful Laurie with the Countess even standing exactly opposite to her he with the others awaiting the appearance of the princess and the one who was to sit beside her the music ceased there was a hush over the room and then yet it came forward magnificent in her royal robes smiling and happy a tall man in the uniform of an exalted army officer stood beside her gold braid and the dual things across his breast Beverly turned deathly white her figure stiffened and then relaxed it was Beldos she never knew how she dropped into the chair the servant held for her she only knew that these dark eyes were smiling at her with love and mischief in their depths there was a vague uncertain sound of chattering someone was talking eagerly to her but she heard him not there was a standing toast to the Prince of Dorsvigen then the audacious ghost of Beldos was proposing a ringing response to the princess yeti the orchestra was playing the gross dark and Dorsvigen national hymns but it was all as a dream to her at last she heard Candice calling to her her face breathed in smiles scores of eyes seemed to be looking at her and all of them were full of amusement now say that a girl can't keep a secret came to her ears from the radiant sister of Danton Revone at her side spoke to her and she turned to him dizzily you first knew me as Revone Ms. Calhoun he was saying genuinely then it became necessary by royal command for me to be Prince Danton may I have the honor of introducing myself in the proper person I am Christabel of rap Thorberg and I shall be no other than he hereafter the friendship that binds me to Prince Danton at last in his proper place beside the princess of gross dark is to be strengthened into a dearer relationship before many days have passed the princess Candice ceases to be his sister volunteered the Duke of Ms. Rocks she is a long has been he's a fine wife enchanted and confused overall that had occurred in the last few moments Beverly moment her heartfelt congratulations to the joyous couple the orchestra had a game cease playing all eyes turned to Baldos the real Prince Danton who glass in hand rose to his feet your royal highness ladies and gentlemen gross dark and doors burg and are entering a new era I pledge you my honor that never again shall the slightest misunderstanding exist between them they shall go forth to their glorious destiny as one people your gracious ruler has seen fit to bestow her hand and affections upon an American gentleman your esteemed Prince consort we all know how loyally the people have approved her choice there is one present a trusted friend of your beautiful princess and lovingly called in your hearts Beverly of gross dark whose example more worthy for me to follow than that of the princess yet him with whom could I better share my throne and please you more than with your beloved American protege I asked you to drink a toast to my betrothed Beverly Calhoun the future princess of doors burg and every glass was raised and the toast drunk admits ringing cheers the military band crushed out the air so dear to all Americans especially to southern hearts Beverly was too overcome to speak you all she exclaimed there was a tremendous commotion in the gallery people were standing in their seats half frightened and amused their attention attracted by the unusual scene a portly negrous totally unconscious at the sensation she was causing her feet keeping time to the lively strains of music was frantically waving a red and yellow bandana handkerchief it was aunt Fanny an inner voice that could be heard over all the banquet hall she shouted good lord honey if they ain't playing away down south in Dixie hooray hooray hours later Beverly was running confused and humble through the halls to her room when a swifter one that she came up and checked her flight Beverly cried an eager voice she slackened her pace and glanced over her shoulder the smiling triumphant face of Beldos met her gaze the upper hall was almost clear of people she was strangely frightened distressingly diffident her door was not far away and she would have reached it in an instant later had he not laid a restraining compelling hand upon her arm then she turned to face him her lips parted in protest don't look at me in that way he cried imploringly come dearest come with me we can be alone in the nook at the end of the hall heavens I am the happiest being in all the world it has turned out as I prayed at children she allowed him to lead her to the dark and nook in her soul she with wondering why her tongue was so powerless there were a hundred things she wanted to say to him but now that the moment had come she was voiceless she only could look helplessly at him joy seemed to be paralyzed within her it was as if she slept and could not be awakened as she sunk upon the cushion he dropped to his knee before her his hand clasping her with a fervour that thrilled her with life as he spoke her pulses quickened and the blood began to raise furiously I have won your love everly by the fairest means there has never been an hour in which I have not been struggling for this glorious end you gave yourself to me when you knew I could be nothing more than the humblest soldier it was the sacrifice of love you will forgive my presumption my very insolence dear one when I tell you that my soul is the forfeit I pay it is yours through all eternity I love you I can give you the riches of the world as well as the wealth of the heart the vagabond eyes your poor humble follower gives way to the supplicating prince you would have lived in a cot as the guardsman's wife you will take the royal palace instead Beverly was herself again the spell was gone her eyes swam with happiness and love the suffering her pride has sustained was swept into a heap labelled romance and she was rejoicing I hated you tonight I thought she cried taking his face in her hands it looked as though you had played a trick on me it was me dear I couldn't help thinking that you had used me as a plaything and it made me furious but it is different now I see oh so plainly and just as I had resigned myself to the thought of spending the rest of my life in a cottage away outside the pale at this glorious life oh it is like a fairy tale ah but it was not all together a trick dear one there was no assurance that I could regain the throne not until the very last without it I should have been the beggar instead at the prince we would have lived in a hovel after all fortune was with me I deceived you for months Beverly my Beverly but it was for the best in defense of my honor and dignity however I must tell you that the princess has known for many days that I am Danton I told her the truth when Cristobal came that day with the news it was all well enough for me to pass myself off as a vagabond but it would have been unpardonable to force him upon her as the prince and she has known for a week cried Beverly in deep chagrin and the whole court has known as blind as the proper thank God I won your love as a vagabond I can treasure it as the richest of my princely possessions you have not said that you will go to my castle with me dear she leaned forward unsteadily and he took her in his eager arms their lips met and their eyes closed in the ecstasy of bliss after a long time she lifted her lids and her eyes of grade looks only into his dark ones I have much to ask you about many explanations to demand sir she said threateningly by the rose that shields my heart you shall have the truth he laughed back at her I am still your servant my enlistment is endless I shall always serve your highness your highness she murmured reflectively then a joyous smile a realization broke over her face isn't it wonderful do you think your brothers will let me come to Washington now he asked teasingly it does seem different doesn't it she murmured with a strange little smile you will come for me to the ends of the earth your highness end of chapter 31 end of Beverly of Grawstark by George Barn McCutcheon