“Jazz For Herbie 2005” musical benefit for The Herbie Fund will take place from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the original “Jazz For Herbie” home…the fabulous and funky “Rex Hotel & Jazz Bar”. Doors open at 12:00 noon with the young sound of the Matt Fruchtman Quartet.
The event will be a great time for all ages—perfect for the whole family! “Jazz For Herbie” is being presented by Canada’s only 24-hour jazz station, JAZZ.FM91 and The Herbie Fund. Larry Green, on-air personality from JAZZ.FM91 will be handling the hosting duties, and there will be a number of “Giveaways” sponsored by Eagle Rock Entertainment, Justin Time Records, Universal/Verve Music and JAZZ.FM91.
Producing this glorious event once again, are jazz pianist, composer and arranger, Ron Davis and jazz vocalist and composer, Leah State. As always, the “Jazz for Herbie” event directly supports The Herbie Fund. Since its inception in 1979, The Herbie Fund has provided over 400 children from around the world with lifesaving surgery at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.
Earlier this year, people across the world followed the story of the Zimbabwean conjoined twins, who, with the assistance of The Herbie Fund, successfully underwent separation surgery at The Sick Kids’ Hospital. Putting out the call for performers for the fourth year in a row “Jazz for Herbie” producers, Leah State and Ron Davis continue to marvel at the huge and enthusiastic response they receive from Toronto’s jazz community.
“Once again, Toronto’s jazz community, has shown that it has a world-class heart to match its world-class talent, ” says State. “Over 40 players have agreed to come down and donate their time and music to this fantastic cause….that’s in addition to the 150 musicians who have performed at previous Jazz for Herbie benefits. Amazing.
” Every “Jazz For Herbie” fundraising concert features a new group of talented and generous artists—this way, the event stays fresh, entertaining, and gives many artists a chance to give of themselves to this incredibly worthy cause. “Jazz For Herbie - 05” is committed to including the entire jazz community, and most especially…the new, young, emerging jazz artists.
“Jazz For Herbie 2005” benefit will feature performances from Daniel Barnes, Tara Davidson, Artie Roth, Pat LaBarbera, Rosanne Agasee, Chris Plock, Beverly Taft, Ed Vokurka, Chris Hunt, Serafin, Mike Downes, Scott Morin (Universal Music Jazz Label Manager!), Kiki Misumi, Fern Lindzon, Billy Newton-Davis, Ted Quinlan, Bobby Hsu, Greg de Denus, Thyron Lee Whyte, Ted Warren, Richard Whitehouse, Mirobolus, Gordon Sheard, Corry Sobol, David Occhipinti, Hilario Duran, Angela Scappatura, Larra Skye, Jason Hunter, Leah State and Ron Davis …as well as some very special guests! The rotating A-List “House Band” will include Daniel Barnes, Terry Clarke, Brian Dickinson, Aubrey Dayle, Mike Downes, Hilario Duran, David Occhipinti, Ted Quinlan, Artie Roth, Gordon Sheard, Steve Wallace, Ted Warren and Richard Whitehouse.
According to Co-Producer, Ron Davis, “Where does all this talent come from? Toronto is blessed with terrific musicians. And just as our local jazz people have international stature, the equally blessed Sick Kids’ Hospital and The Herbie Fund, are local institutions saving the lives of children from all over the world.”
The artistic theme this year is “My First Song”, which is bound to result in some delightful and surprising performances that will no doubt be a whole lot of fun as well as highly entertaining—for adults and children alike. Throughout the event children’s activities (for all ages) will be sponsored and supervised by “The Sandbox Club”, under the direction of Lily Champniss.
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Governor's office, business leaders to discuss health care
Officials from the governor's office will meet with the top level business leaders on Tuesday to discuss health care issues, including the increasing problem of the uninsured working poor.
Gov. Janet Napolitano wants to help increase health coverage for the working poor, as well as for employees of small businesses and retailers who do not offer insurance.
The Democratic governor plans on making health care a top issue next year.
Rising health care insurance and prescription drug costs make it difficult for some small businesses to offer coverage to their employees. A number of retailers and service companies also do not offer health benefits to part-time workers.
Possible solutions being discussed by state officials and the private sector include tax credits for small businesses to help them provide health insurance, expanding a state program aimed at the working poor and finding ways to decrease private sector health costs.
Labor unions are particularly critical of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) -- the state's largest employer -- because a number of the retailer's employees are on the state's version of Medicaid.
Republican legislative leaders are also meeting with top business lobbyists and executives this week to talk about next year's session at the state Capitol. Those discussions include possible tax cuts and regulatory relief.
Relations between the governor and state Assembly Republicans are poor and both sides are expected to push competing tax programs next year, which is also an election year.
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Gov. Janet Napolitano wants to help increase health coverage for the working poor, as well as for employees of small businesses and retailers who do not offer insurance.
The Democratic governor plans on making health care a top issue next year.
Rising health care insurance and prescription drug costs make it difficult for some small businesses to offer coverage to their employees. A number of retailers and service companies also do not offer health benefits to part-time workers.
Possible solutions being discussed by state officials and the private sector include tax credits for small businesses to help them provide health insurance, expanding a state program aimed at the working poor and finding ways to decrease private sector health costs.
Labor unions are particularly critical of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) -- the state's largest employer -- because a number of the retailer's employees are on the state's version of Medicaid.
Republican legislative leaders are also meeting with top business lobbyists and executives this week to talk about next year's session at the state Capitol. Those discussions include possible tax cuts and regulatory relief.
Relations between the governor and state Assembly Republicans are poor and both sides are expected to push competing tax programs next year, which is also an election year.
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GM, UAW reach tentative health plan
General Motors has reached a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers to cut health care costs.
GM Chairman Rick Wagoner says the company will save millions of dollars because of the new deal, which still has to be ratified by the rank and file.
Those specific details aren't being released by Wagoner. But we can tell you GM's UAW workers and retirees will be certainly be paying more for health care.
The tentative agreement covers more than 750,000 hourly workers and dependents, retirees and surviving spouses in the United States.
Wagoner also indicated some manufacturing plants will be closed by the end of the year. He wouldn't indicate how many or which ones.
The company also is considering selling a portion of its profitable GMAC subsidiary.
All of this is done to save the company money at a time when it's reported a quarterly loss of $1.6 billion.
Wagoner also announced GM will contribute to a new voluntary independent employee benefit plan. Similar plans are widely used by companies all over the U.S.
So if this is ratified, GM workers and retirees will be more in line with other companies when it comes to health care.
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GM Chairman Rick Wagoner says the company will save millions of dollars because of the new deal, which still has to be ratified by the rank and file.
Those specific details aren't being released by Wagoner. But we can tell you GM's UAW workers and retirees will be certainly be paying more for health care.
The tentative agreement covers more than 750,000 hourly workers and dependents, retirees and surviving spouses in the United States.
Wagoner also indicated some manufacturing plants will be closed by the end of the year. He wouldn't indicate how many or which ones.
The company also is considering selling a portion of its profitable GMAC subsidiary.
All of this is done to save the company money at a time when it's reported a quarterly loss of $1.6 billion.
Wagoner also announced GM will contribute to a new voluntary independent employee benefit plan. Similar plans are widely used by companies all over the U.S.
So if this is ratified, GM workers and retirees will be more in line with other companies when it comes to health care.
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Michelle Wie finds out it's not always easy being 16 and famous
Michelle Wie was surrounded all week by a protective cocoon that included her parents, her agents, her caddie and her Nike people for her eagerly awaited pro debut. All were in the California desert to make sure things went smoothly for the future star.
None of them, though, could help her as she sat alone in the press tent Sunday night, fighting back tears and trying to explain what went wrong.
She should have been $53,126 US richer, her first tournament cheque in her purse. She should have been eager to wing her way back to Hawaii and tell her friends at school about how they pay you to play a game you love.
Instead, she looked as if she had just been called into the principal's office for punishment.
If her name was Jeong Jang, Marisa Baena or any of the other anonymous players in the Samsung World Championship, she would have escaped without anyone saying a word. But this was Michelle Wie, who might as well replace the swoosh on her shirt and hat with big targets instead.
Her crime? You might stretch it and say she cheated, dropping her ball closer to the hole in Saturday's third round so she could salvage a par after hitting it into a bush.
Those more charitable would say she was simply a careless teenager who made a mistake.
Another group - which includes Wie and her entourage - would argue she did nothing wrong at all.
"I don't feel like I cheated," Wie said.
Don't ask Michael Bamberger which group he stands in. He said he was simply trying to protect the integrity of the game when he walked up to a rules official late Sunday afternoon to say he had concerns about how Wie handled the drop from a day before.
Bamberger is a writer for Sports Illustrated, a job that gives him up-close access to the play of field in golf. He and some other writers were following Wie around the course when she declared an unplayable lie in a Gold Lantana bush, then took a drop onto some nearby grass that to Bamberger seemed was closer to the hole - a no-no in golf.
The problem wasn't just that Bamberger made a case about it, though most journalists would argue that their job is to report the news, not make it. But he didn't have his fit of conscience until late the next day, which was way too late for Wie to make any remedy.
"I thought about it more and was just uncomfortable that I knew something," Bamberger said. "Integrity is at the heart of the game. I don't think she cheated. I think she was just hasty."
Being hasty, of course, is part of being a 16-year-old, which is part of the reason the LPGA Tour has a rule that you have to be 18 before you can become a full-time touring pro. Wie's caddie even warned her before she took the drop that she had to be careful not to drop the ball any closer to the hole.
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None of them, though, could help her as she sat alone in the press tent Sunday night, fighting back tears and trying to explain what went wrong.
She should have been $53,126 US richer, her first tournament cheque in her purse. She should have been eager to wing her way back to Hawaii and tell her friends at school about how they pay you to play a game you love.
Instead, she looked as if she had just been called into the principal's office for punishment.
If her name was Jeong Jang, Marisa Baena or any of the other anonymous players in the Samsung World Championship, she would have escaped without anyone saying a word. But this was Michelle Wie, who might as well replace the swoosh on her shirt and hat with big targets instead.
Her crime? You might stretch it and say she cheated, dropping her ball closer to the hole in Saturday's third round so she could salvage a par after hitting it into a bush.
Those more charitable would say she was simply a careless teenager who made a mistake.
Another group - which includes Wie and her entourage - would argue she did nothing wrong at all.
"I don't feel like I cheated," Wie said.
Don't ask Michael Bamberger which group he stands in. He said he was simply trying to protect the integrity of the game when he walked up to a rules official late Sunday afternoon to say he had concerns about how Wie handled the drop from a day before.
Bamberger is a writer for Sports Illustrated, a job that gives him up-close access to the play of field in golf. He and some other writers were following Wie around the course when she declared an unplayable lie in a Gold Lantana bush, then took a drop onto some nearby grass that to Bamberger seemed was closer to the hole - a no-no in golf.
The problem wasn't just that Bamberger made a case about it, though most journalists would argue that their job is to report the news, not make it. But he didn't have his fit of conscience until late the next day, which was way too late for Wie to make any remedy.
"I thought about it more and was just uncomfortable that I knew something," Bamberger said. "Integrity is at the heart of the game. I don't think she cheated. I think she was just hasty."
Being hasty, of course, is part of being a 16-year-old, which is part of the reason the LPGA Tour has a rule that you have to be 18 before you can become a full-time touring pro. Wie's caddie even warned her before she took the drop that she had to be careful not to drop the ball any closer to the hole.
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IBM, Rambus dominate late trading
Shares of International Business Machines dominated trade after the closing bell Monday, while shares of Rambus Inc. spiked after blowing past analyst expectations.
The Nasdaq-100 After Hours Indicator, which tracks the evening action of the technology-heavy index's leading shares, was down 0.68 point to 1549.20.
Shares of IBM (IBM) ticked modestly higher after the company reported a third-quarter profit of $1.5 billion, or 94 cents a share, compared to $1.6 billion, or 92 cents a share a year ago. Revenue came in at $21.5 billion, below Wall Street expectations and down from $23.4 billion. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had forecast IBM to earn $1.13 a share on revenue of $21.7 billion.
Rambus Inc. (RMBS) shares rose over 6% to $12.31 at one point after the company reported third-quarter net earnings of $14.5 million, or 14 cents a share on revenue of $36 million. The chip technology company was expected to post earnings of 2 cents a share on revenue of $33 million.
Shares of Novellus Systems Inc. (NVLS) fell more than 1% at one point to $24.61 after the company said that its third-quarter profit fell to $23.4 million, or 17 cents a share, from $64.7 million, or 45 cents, a year ago. Revenue slid 18.5% to $338.9 million as chip manufacturers placed fewer orders for equipment.
The results missed Wall Street's per-share estimate of 21 cents but topped the revenue estimate of $321 million.
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The Nasdaq-100 After Hours Indicator, which tracks the evening action of the technology-heavy index's leading shares, was down 0.68 point to 1549.20.
Shares of IBM (IBM) ticked modestly higher after the company reported a third-quarter profit of $1.5 billion, or 94 cents a share, compared to $1.6 billion, or 92 cents a share a year ago. Revenue came in at $21.5 billion, below Wall Street expectations and down from $23.4 billion. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had forecast IBM to earn $1.13 a share on revenue of $21.7 billion.
Rambus Inc. (RMBS) shares rose over 6% to $12.31 at one point after the company reported third-quarter net earnings of $14.5 million, or 14 cents a share on revenue of $36 million. The chip technology company was expected to post earnings of 2 cents a share on revenue of $33 million.
Shares of Novellus Systems Inc. (NVLS) fell more than 1% at one point to $24.61 after the company said that its third-quarter profit fell to $23.4 million, or 17 cents a share, from $64.7 million, or 45 cents, a year ago. Revenue slid 18.5% to $338.9 million as chip manufacturers placed fewer orders for equipment.
The results missed Wall Street's per-share estimate of 21 cents but topped the revenue estimate of $321 million.
Copyright ©2005 MarketWatch, Inc. All rights reserved. Please see our Terms of Use. MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc."
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