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JULIAN MACQUEEN The founder of In-nisfree Hotels, Inc. has been elected to the Gulf Power Company board of directors. Stan Connally, Gulf Power President and CEO, praised MacQueen for bringing “a wealth of entrepreneurial experience, wisdom and leadership to our board.” MacQueen founded Innisfree Hotels in 1985 and has directed the acquisition, development, sales and refurbish-ment of properties in the company portfolio. Some of those properties include the Hilton, the Hampton Inn and the Holiday Inn Resort on Pensacola Beach.

JERRY MAYGARDEN The Greater Pen-sacola Chamber Board of Directors recently announced its selection of former Pensacola mayor and Florida House Majority leader to serve as its interim president and chief executive o� cer. Maygarden, who was unani-mously voted on by the Board, will oversee all operational aspects of the Chamber and its tourism arm, Visit Pensacola. He also was the president and chief executive o� cer for the Baptist Health Care Foundation. Maygarden is expected to run between 90 and 120 days, after which the Chamber expects to fi nd a permanent CEO.

HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA The organization has been awarded a $25,000 grant by the Florida Animal Friend Spay/Neu-ter License Plate Program to continue through 2014 a free spay/neuter project that originated in 2012 by Emerald Coast Animal Allies. The eventual goal is zero euthanasia for healthy, adoptable animals in Escambia County.

AARON WEISE The Texas developer whose company recently received approval from the Escambia County Utilities Author-ity board to purchase the ECUA property on Main Street for $7.6 million has been charged with drunk driving. Aaron Wiese, president of Houston-based HT Land Com-pany, did not appear at ECUA meetings and reportedly had never met with any ECUA or city officials. Now we know why.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS About half of the county’s public school students are reading, writing or able to do math on their grade level, which earned the district a C grade for the second consecutive year, the first time that has happen since 2004 and 2005. More than half of Escambia County’s elementary and middle schools, 27 out of 46, dropped one letter grade. The district has five schools with F grades, the worst in district history. Good thing Superin-tendent Malcolm Thomas isn’t up for re-election again until 2016.

ANTHONY WEINER The New York City mayoral candidate is struggling to resurrect his campaign after he confessed to three online flirtations after he quit Congress in 2011 in disgrace after tweeting a photo of his, uh, weiner to a reporter. The Democrat won seven terms to Congress, never receiv-ing less than 59 percent of the vote. If there ever was someone who needs to disconnect from social media, it’s Weiner.

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TOUGH TALKWe need to have a di� cult conversation without fi nger-pointing or denials. The topic is one that infl ames many and almost immediately shuts down any meaningful discussion. We need to discuss race in Pen-sacola and Escambia County.

An ember of discontent is smoldering in our African-American neighborhoods. The have-nots see themselves cut off from ever earning a piece of the “American Dream.” The public schools in their neighborhoods are failing. Children are hungry and left to fend for themselves on the streets. Guns, shootings and robberies are commonplace. Health care is inaccessible other than by waiting hours at the community clinic and in hospital emergency rooms.

A few blocks away, most of the white community is oblivious to day-to-day struggles for survival in the black neigh-borhoods. The public schools in their neighborhoods are fine. Kids are enrolled in after-school programs and don’t roam the streets. They have family doctors. The crime occurs when the poor get tired of feeding on each other and begin looking for bigger paydays.

The gap between two races is growing, not shrinking. We’ve written about it sev-eral times, but, other than Commissioner Lumon May and City Councilman Gerald Wingate, few local elected officials want to discuss the huge disparities. The few at-

tempts to make a difference over the past few years have failed miserably.

In 2009, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas wanted to turnaround Warrington Middle School, the worst junior high in the county. He fired all of the teachers, created what he thought would be an elite faculty

and pumped millions of dollars into the school. According to the Florida Department of Education, the school’s grade has dropped from a C in 2009 to an F for this past school year. Less than one out of four of its students read, write or can do math on their grade level.

The initiative failed, partially because Thomas

never really engaged the parents and African-American community. He mis-takenly believed that he could do it by proclamation and with dollars. And I bring this up not to lay blame on Thomas, but to show how difficult change is, especially when there is no conversation between the races.

The death of Trayvon Martin can be an opportunity for this community to come together and begin a dialogue on race and how we can work together to narrow the gaps between us. There are no shortcuts available, and the conversation will be emotional and difficult.

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WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, has won a National Telly Award. WSRE received a Bronze Telly Award for the historical documentary “Baseball in Pensacola.” This honor marks the ninth National Telly Award WSRE has won for original programming since 2008. "Over two years were spent researching for this documentary,” said producer Jill Hubbs. “What we discovered took us on a fascinating journey that revealed such an interesting and rich history of the sport in our city. WSRE is privileged to showcase the many individuals who made an impact with baseball in Pensacola on local teams, as well as those who went on to national fame," she added. “Baseball in Pensacola” chronicles the rich history of America's favorite sport as it unfold-ed in America's first city – Pensacola. The film takes viewers back in time to meet teams from the 1800s all the way to the present day capturing the passion for the sport with lo-cal legends and baseball greats.

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Pat Young believes that like a pebble in a pond, certain incidents in life—even the tragedies—can have far-reaching effects for good.

After an incident at a Virginia school in 2011 left her grandson Carson Luke physi-cally and emotionally broken and battered, the Pensacola resident and president of ARC Gateway set out to make sure what happened to Carson won't happen to any child in Florida.

Carson, a thin, tow-headed boy weigh-ing less than 100 pounds, is autistic, and sometimes suffers outbursts or "rages." They are torrents of temper, peppered with profanity. When he calms, his body is spent.

"It's not out of anger toward someone because they want to hurt people or they're mad," Young said. "It's something they have to learn to control because they're frus-trated. If they think someone's making fun of them or someone tells a joke they don't understand, they get frustrated."

Carson, then a third-grade student, was dragged down a hall and into a seclusion room. It was not his first time in the room, located in one of the school district's old-est, dirtiest buildings. The boy resisted. A door was slammed on his left hand, shat-tering a bone and leaving gaping wounds.

"When [his mother] sees him, he's holding his arm and he's limping," Young said. “Carson is very verbal, which is unusual, but he couldn't tell her anything. It was like he was in shock."

When school officials told her that the injuries occurred while he was being taken to a "seclusion room," it was the first time Heather Luke had heard the term. On past occa-sions, it had been called a "quiet room," which had given the mother an impression the area was a safe place managed by staff trained to help her son calm down.

There was nothing therapeutic about the room—which she compared to something you might see

in a documentary on Russian prisons. "It's like something you'd envision in

‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,’" refer-ring to the Ken Kesey novel. "I'd seen the room, but when I'd seen it, the door was always open and there was never anybody in it. I assumed it was a throwback to whenev-er. But unfortunately, that was not the case."

Carson was hospitalized, had surgery on his left hand. His right foot was also badly injured, with a break near a growth plate. He was in casts for his foot and hand for about six weeks.

PROGRESSIVE APPROACHFlorida is seen as being ahead of other

states on this issue, according to Young, but allegations of abuse of special needs students have surfaced. Earlier this year, a Clearwater area teacher was ac-cused of hitting a 6-year-old girl with a book, pulling her hair, kicking her and tying her hands with duct tape.

The same teacher was charged with pushing down an eight-year-old boy and using a rubber band to bind his hands. The incidents were one of a number in the Tampa area of the state, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Escambia County hasn’t had these types of incidents. A difference is Superin-tendent Malcolm Thomas, who has spent 36 years in education, mostly in educating special needs children.

"It's where my heart lies," Thomas said. “I've always been the guy who's wanted to help those who couldn't help themselves. We're going to protect them because often they can't protect themselves.”

However, he added that prohibiting the use of restraints or seclusion rooms isn’t practical.

“That's a noble goal for us to have and our goal is to get it to the lowest possible level,” he said. “But I just know because I've been in special education and because of the impair-ment of a student, that to protect that child or protect another child we will have to restrain them momentarily to stop the behavior and get them back on track."

Last month, Young and a number of community leaders met with Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Senate President Don Gaetz to discuss a number of issues, including legislation aimed at further regulating the use of seclusion rooms and restraints in disciplining students. Young wanted them to consider expanding the law covering special needs students to require all Florida teachers to be trained in the use of proper physical restraints and seclusion rooms.

"The logic behind my idea is that what if that one teacher who is trained is out sick that day. What if it is an emergency situa-tion and they can't get to the classroom? What kind of harm would come from that?" Young said. "Train ‘em all. If you give them a three-year window, I think that's fair."

She has met with members of the local legislative delegation and will lobby other

Florida lawmakers this fall on her train-ing proposal.

"They're all aware of it. They all told me that they supported what I felt,” Young said.

She will also make a pitch to disability rights advocacy groups in Florida, who are open

to the proposal.Sylvia Smith, director of legislative and

public affairs for Disability Rights Florida, would like to see an outright prohibition of the use of mechanical and prone restraints in disciplining not just special needs stu-dents, but all schoolchildren.

Her organization is anxiously awaiting restraint and seclusion data for the 2012-2013 school year.

"We're hoping to be impressed that districts have taken their responsibilities seriously," Smith said. "If they haven't, we will join all advocates in going to the Legis-lature with that data and dialoging on what would be that logical next step.”

Deborah Linton, ex-ecutive director of ARC Gateway of Florida, reacted positively to Young's proposal.

"We haven't seen a specific bill at this point, but I will tell you that our organiza-tion statewide would be supportive of the idea of having positive behavioral supports implemented, to have people trained and have

it implemented in all the school systems," said Linton. "I would like to see every teacher get a primer in it."

NIGHTMARES CONTINUEWhile Carson Luke's physical injuries

have healed, the psychological wreckage remains. Nightmares are common.

His mother said, "He would tell me, ‘Mon-sters are chasing me down the hall,’ or ‘I'm running down the hall and I can't get to you.’"

In the months since, the Lukes have moved to Maryland. Carson attends the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, which specializes in educating kids with brain disorders like autism. There are no seclusion rooms.

In those moments when he feels an out-burst coming on, he can place himself in a self-imposed "time-out." Early in the school year he would be escorted to the quiet area by two staff members. He has not needed such an escort since last October. His epi-sodes are becoming less frequent.

"His confidence is through the roof," Luke said. "He's a different kid.”

On the whole for the Luke family of Maryland, things are looking brighter, things, too are looking brighter for the disabled in Florida.

"More and more, we are having leg-islators coming into the fold who have someone in their families with some type of disability," said Young said, who gave Gov. Scott high marks for increased funding for services for the disabled.

Family members and friends from across the country were impacted by what happened to her grandson. The ripple ef-fect never ends. Pat Young wants people to understand one thing about Carson.

"He's just a child that has a minor disability of misunderstanding,” Young said. “And he shouldn't be treated like a monster." {in}

Lobbying for Florida’s Special Needs Studentsby Paul F. South

THE RIPPLE EFFECT

“He's just a child that has a minor disability of misunderstanding, and he shouldn't be treated like a monster.”Pat Young

Pat Young and her grandson Carson Luke / courtesy photo

“It's where my heart lies. I've always been the guy who's wanted to help those who couldn't help themselves.”Malcolm Thomas

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TROUBLED COUNSEL AT UWF The Florida Bar has opened an investigation into Lee Gore, who runs the University of West Florida Office of the General Coun-sel, after receiving a complaint that he had been practicing law without a license.

Gore was hired in October 2011 for the position of general counsel at UWF after the university conducted a search that included four finalists. Gore was one of two finalists who was not a member of the Florida Bar.

A stipulation of employment as general counsel, according to a document pulled from the UWF website and confirmed by Gore in a phone interview, was that he was to become a member of the Florida Bar within 12 months. Prior to UWF, Gore worked as counsel at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Gore’s position has recently been changed to “Special Assistant to the President” on the UWF General Counsel website. Gore declined to comment on what that job title change meant.

Kim Brown, UWF vice president and chief of staff, said that she is aware of the complaint and that Gore sat and passed the Florida Bar in February 2013 after requesting an additional extension on the 12-month deadline.

“When we became aware of the com-plaint, we thought that it would a good idea so that there wasn’t any confusion in the future,” Brown said, regarding the change in Gore’s job title. “But his duties haven’t changed.”

Brown said that, in her understanding, there are often provisions made for new people coming in and getting their profes-sional certifications. She said that certain types of work have to be supervised by members of the Florida Bar.

According to a document found on the UWF website, the position of gen-eral counsel is responsible for “planning, organizing and directing all legal activities” for UWF.

The document sent to Gore from the Florida Bar about the case states that Gore is “not certified as a House Counsel in the State of Florida.” Monica Armster Rainge,

Bar Counsel in the Unlicensed Practice of Law Department of The Florida Bar, confirmed in a phone interview that “there is a case that exists,” and that Gore “is not a member of the Florida Bar.”

Gore declined to comment on the investigation.

“Well, I’ve re-sponded to the Bar

and I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to comment,” Gore said. “I am sure that they will treat the matter appropriately.”

MAY EXPECTS TOUART TO DELIVER In-terim Administrator George Touart came un-der fi re at the July 25 Escambia County Board of Commissioners regular meeting regarding his remarks earlier that morning about a “soft transfer” of the jail to county control.

Commissioner Lumon May expressed his distaste for Touart’s “soft transfer” statement and said that he wanted it to be clear that Sept. 30 would be a hard transi-tion of the jail.

“Commissioner, Oct. 1 is a date,” Touart said. “I told you this morning, and I want to make this very clear, that we are going to try to make this happen by October 1. The budget is going to be adopted Sept. 15. Oct. 1 is a date that is our target date. There’s nothing that’s going to change in the transi-tion of the jail that’s going to just be critical by Oct. 1.”

Touart went on to say that Oct. 1 is still the anticipated date of transfer, but that it may slip. He said that county staff would be entering a “tremendous dialog” starting on Monday with the sheriff ’s department.

“It was made clear to this board that we would be ready Sept. 30, and October would be a hard transfer,” May said. “Today is the first I have heard of a soft transfer, and if we’re just now beginning a dialog with the sheriff ’s department, that’s a problem.”

“From this seat, I’m going to tell you that I’m going to do everything I can to make that happen,” Touart said, regarding the Oct. 1 deadline. “If you’re going to hold a gun to my head and tell me it has to be ready by Oct. 1, I’m not going to respond to that because I can’t tell you in truth it’s going to be there.”

Touart said that there has been a continual flux about who was going to have the jail and that the BCC did not have clear directions until today.

“Commissioner, I do not control the access to the jail,” Touart said. “Until today, the sheriff controlled the access to a lot of things. I think today we have opened up a dialog that we have all wanted for a few weeks now.”

Touart cited several reasons why the October deadline may not be met, includ-ing equipment purchases, insurance plans and other things he “does not control.”

“The reasons why it won’t be done… that’s not acceptable conversation,” Com-missioner Steven Barry said. “It’s not going to be Sheriff Morgan’s fault if the transi-tion is not completed at that day. We voted on the pretense that we would be done. I expect us to be done.”Touart finished his statements by saying that he is certain that all of the “critical” components of the transfer will be com-pleted by Oct. 1, and that if he can’t do it then he would “take full responsibility.”

ANOTHER OOPS FOR THE CITY OF PENSACOLA Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund, the auditors for the Greater Pen-sacola Chamber, discovered problems with the Port Security Grant Program of which the chamber was the pass-through agent on the City of Pensacola’s behalf.

The finding arose in the CPA firm’s audit of the chamber finances for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2012. While the audi-tors issued an opinion that the consolidat-ed financial statements presented fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the organization, they found that the City of Pensacola hadn’t met its obligations to the federal government under the grant.

Under the terms of the 2009 grant, the chamber was required to ensure that the City of Pensacola provided matching funds of 25 percent of the total cost. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security provided the Port of Pensacola $1,479,947 and the city was to put $227,749 toward upgrades at the facility. The grant period ended on March 31, 2013, at which time the city had not met the matching requirement.

At the city’s request, the chamber has applied for an extension of the grant period. According to chamber officials and the auditors in its notes, the city has stated its intent to return any funding related to the unmet match if the extension is not granted.

The auditors also had issues with the in-ternal controls over the chamber’s financial reporting, aside from the much-publicized issues surrounding the BP gift card program. Several accounts were not reconciled ap-propriately and various adjustments were necessary to correct the accounting records.The chamber’s chief fi nancial o� cial for the 2011-12 fi scal year was Brian McBroom who left the organization in January 2013. He has since fi led a lawsuit claiming damages of more than $3.26 million for breach of contract and defa-mation. The chamber has subsequently fi led a motion to dismiss all claims.

GENE’S POKER BUDDY At the July 25 Escambia County Commission meeting, Chairman Gene Valentino waved around what he described as letters from jail pris-oners complaining about the operation.

Through a public record request, the Independent News discovered that one letter was from John D. Scott that began, “Gene, I know long time since you saw me @ our hangout (Hard Rock Casino)…”

Scott is being held in the Escambia County Jail and has been charged with grand theft over $100,000 and fraud/swindle over $50,000. His docket hearing is scheduled for later this month.

He wrote Valentino that the daily newspaper will need to apologize to him, “I’m sure they will be more than willing to oblige you with a good endorsement, not to mention some major coverage.”The prisoner told the commissioner to expect his call, “When I call you, it will say ‘John D. Scott, inmate Escambia County Detention Center,’ press #5 to receive… Look forward to talking with you, fi ne cigar, glass of wine.” {in}

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On a hot, sticky Saturday afternoon, a small crowd of families and teenagers gathered in the south Palafox Street parking lot of New World Landing. Around them people were parking and walking in baseball gear toward the Pensac-ola Bayfront Stadium to watch their Blue Wahoos play the Huntsville, Ala. Stars.

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Many of the teenagers wore hoodies, like Trayvon Martin did the night he was killed by George Zimmerman. In the crowd, which gradually grew to nearly 300 people, were several P.A.I.N.—Parents Against Injustice & Negligence—mothers, who had lost children to street violence (Indepen-dent News, “A Mother’s Pain,” Jan. 3). They wanted to show support for this peace walk.

Ever since Martin, a 17-year-old African American high school student, was fatally shot by Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch coor-dinator, on the night of Feb. 26, 2012, inside a gated community in Sanford, Fla., the incident has been highly charged. Family members and national civil rights fi gures decried racial profi ling and blamed Florida’s “stand your ground” law, which some felt allowed Zim-merman to shoot the unarmed teenager with immunity. On the political right, Zimmerman,

who was employed as an insurance underwrit-er at the time of the shooting, was portrayed as a victim of the evil liberal media and the poster child for the Second Amendment and gun rights advocates.

When the trial began on June 24, many conservative pundits warned of race riots if Zimmerman was found not guilty. The right leaning Washington Times ran a poll— “Will there be riots in Florida if George Zimmerman receives a not-guilty verdict by a jury of his peers?” Three out of four of the respondents answered yes.

On the eve of the verdict, Florida Governor Rick Scott’s office issued a brief statement of concern over possible violence.

"Our office is in contact with law enforcement throughout Florida to ensure they have the resources needed to keep Floridians safe,” said Melissa Sellers, Scott's communications director.

So when the jury of six women found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter, Nina Robinson, a 14-year-old Pine Forest High School fresh-man, wanted to prove those fear mongers wrong. She sought to hold what she con-sidered to be a “peace walk” for Trayvon, here in her home community to mirror the national rallies organized by Rev. Al Sharp-ton's National Action Network taking place around the country.

This slight-framed, quiet girl and her friends had no experience in organiz-ing such an event, but her idea gained momentum via social media channels and drew widespread attendance of families, activists and non-activists alike, and youth—a lot of them. The walk from New World Landing up Palafox Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza was the largest rally of its kind in Northwest Florida held on Saturday, July 20.

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“I wanted to have a voice and have people really care,” said Robinson. “We can make a di�erence and the walk shows that grown-up people can do it, and that youth can do it too.”

In the wake of the Zimmerman verdict, the lingering question for Robinson and her friends, as well as other average citizens who care about justice and civil rights, is—what else can be done to ensure simi-lar shootings don’t happen?

And further, will the federal govern-ment step in? Will Trayvon Martin’s family file a lawsuit in civil court against Zimmerman? Will the Florida Legislature amend or repeal its “stand your ground” law?

JUSTICE FOR TRAYVONIn addition to Robinson’s local peace

walk, more than a hundred “Justice for Tray-von” rallies were held nationwide on July 20. Community leaders, celebrities, and regular citizens joined side-by-side to remember Trayvon Martin and to press for federal civil rights charges to be brought against Zimmer-man, as well as standing against the “stand your ground” state laws that were heavily mentioned in regards to this case.

“Today it was my son. Tomorrow it might be yours,” voiced Trayvon’s mother, Sybrina Fulton at the New York rally.

“This could be any one of our children. Our mission now is to make sure that this doesn't happen to your child,” said Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, at a similar rally in Miami.

A day prior to the rally, President Obama spoke out in regard to his initial message that Trayvon could have been his own son—per-sonalizing it a step further.

"When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way

of saying that is: Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago,” said the president.

Obama talked about the challenges fac-ing African-American boys in this country. “African-American young men are dispro-portionately involved in the criminal justice system; they’re disproportionately both victims and perpetrators of violence.”

He also pointed out that statisti-cally somebody like Trayvon Martin was more likely to be shot by a peer than by someone else. How-ever, he also voiced the frustration in the African-American community that “if a white male teen was involved in the same

kind of scenario, that, from top to bottom, both the outcome and the aftermath might have been di�erent.”

Earlier in the week, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke out at the NAACP Annual Convention in Orlando. He told the audience that the Justice Department has an ongo-ing investigation into the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and is considering all avail-able information to determine what action to take.

“Independent of the legal determination that will be made,” said Holder. “I believe this tragedy provides yet another opportunity for our nation to speak honestly and openly about the complicated and emotionally-charged issues that this case has raised.”

He said, “It’s time for the nation to com-mit to a respectful, responsible dialogue about issues of justice and equality so we can meet division and confusion with under-standing, with compassion and ultimately with truth, however hard that is.”

He called for an examination of such laws as “stand your ground” that he asserted senselessly expand the concept of self-de-fense and profess to fix something that was never broken.

Stand Your Ground: The Law The phrase “stand your ground” was used repeatedly during the media cov-erage of the teen’s death and subsequent legal rollercoaster that ended in Zimmerman’s acquittal. Florida law was the center of much of the debate dur-ing the trial and is the focus of protests aimed at reforming what many perceive to be a broad and unevenly applied piece of legislation.

Florida’s “Stand Your Ground Law”—the first of its kind in the U.S.—origi-nated as Senate Bill 436. National Rifle Association (NRA) lobbyist Marion Hammer and her group lobbied heavily for it. The bill was also backed by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative policy group that pushed cookie-cutter legislation, including Stand Your Ground-style laws, in multiple states.

The bill passed through the Florida Senate and House. Governor Jeb Bush signed the bill into law on April 26, 2005 with Hammer by his side; the law went into effect on October 1, 2005.

The law created two new statutes and amended two existing self-defense statutes that detailed when a person is justified in using deadly force against another person to protect themselves or others. Most importantly, the bill elimi-nated the long-standing duty of a person to first attempt to retreat from a situa-tion before using deadly force. It also expanded the right to defend oneself using deadly force outside of one’s home to “any other place where he or she has a right to be,” as long as that person is not engaged in a crime at the time.

Under previous self-defense laws, a person had a responsibility to first at-tempt to retreat from a conflict before resorting to the use of deadly force. The Castle Doctrine was the exception to the “duty to retreat” rule in that a person was considered justified in using deadly force against an intruder in their home if they believed the intruder intended to kill or inflict “great bodily harm” upon them. Stand Your Ground eliminated the duty to retreat tradition when faced with what a person perceives to be an attempt to kill or seriously injure them.

Interestingly, possibly confusingly to some, is the section of the “stand your ground” law that addresses being other places than one’s home. That section states that “a person who is not engaged in unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force…”

Perhaps the most critical aspect of the Stand Your Ground legislation is the immunity it gives to persons who have used deadly force if the force is considered justifiable. The law stipulates that law enforcement agencies are not legally per-mitted to arrest a person unless their investigation reveals that, “probable cause exists showing that the force that was used was unlawful.” To be considered un-lawful, the use of force must fall outside of the broad parameters the law sets for persons holding “reasonable fear of imminent peril.” The law also protects from criminal prosecution and civil action when force was legally justifiable.

“We can make a difference and the walk shows that grown-up people can do it, and that youth can do it too.”Nina Robinson

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STAND YOUR GROUND Florida’s “stand your

ground” law eliminated the long-standing duty of a person to fi rst attempt to retreat from a situation before using deadly force, and it also expanded the right to defend oneself using deadly force outside of one’s home to “any other place where he or she has a right to be,” as long as that person is not engaged in a crime at the time. Since Florida passed the law in 2005, over 20 other states have passed similar legislation.

Though Zimmerman’s attorney did not use the law in his defense, “stand your ground” was cited count-less times in discussions and analysis of the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Circuit Judge Debra Nelson's instructions to the Zimmerman jury included the statement that he had no duty to retreat as per Florida's “stand your ground” law.

On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called for review of “stand your ground” laws, in-cluding his own state’s version, in light of the Martin shooting.

“The ‘stand your ground’ law may be something that may need to be reviewed by the Florida legis-lature or any other legislature that has passed such legislation,” McCain said during the July 21 broadcast.

While fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has argued that Holder’s call for a review of “stand your ground” laws furthered what he asserted was the Obama adminis-tration’s agenda against Second Amendment rights, McCain, who lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential election, disagreed.

"Isn't it time for America to come together?" McCain asked. "I'd rather have a message of coming together and discussing these issues rather than condemning.”

In Florida, Governor Rick Scott has shown little appetite for repealing “stand your ground.” Last year, he appointed a task force, which included Okaloosa County Sheri� Larry Ashley, to review the law in the wake of Martin’s shooting. Its fi nal report o� ered only minor changes.

Since July 15, two days after the Zimmer-man verdict, protesters, calling themselves “Dream Defenders,” have occupied the Florida Capitol. The group wants Scott to call a special session to debate and change the state’s “stand your ground” law. The governor has steadfastly refused. Instead he called for a statewide “Day of Prayer for Unity in Florida.”

Stand Your Ground: In PracticeThe Tampa Bay Times maintains a list of “stand your ground” cases through-out Florida. At present, in the nearly 200 cases The Times has analyzed, 40 convictions have been made, 73 deaths have been ruled justified, and decisions are pending in 20 cases.

The Times has found that 68 percent of “stand your ground” cases go unpun-ished, meaning the defendant is not charged, charges are dismissed by a prosecu-tor, the defendant is granted immunity by a judge, or is acquitted by a jury.

Using The Times’ current numbers, approximately 70 percent of the victims—those killed or injured—in “stand your ground” cases have been unarmed; 91 per-cent of the accused have been armed, and 70 percent of the accused were armed with guns.

A major growing concern surrounding the law is the irregular way it is applied. The Times found that defendants claiming “stand your ground” are more likely to prevail if the victim is black. Seventy-three percent of those who killed a black per-son faced no penalty compared to 59 percent of those who killed a white person.

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“We have a great state with wonderful, resilient people that rise to meet any chal-lenge,” Scott told the protestors. “While emo-tions run high during this time of grieving, it is even more important that we join together to strengthen and support one another.”

State Sen. Greg Evers (R-Baker), who sponsored the House version of the bill, said that he didn't view the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case as having anything to do with “stand your ground” laws. As far as possible legislative ramifications as a result of the case, he said we'd just have to wait and see what kind of legislation was introduced next session.

“He didn't even claim ‘Stand Your Ground,’” said Evers. "I don't know why everyone keeps connecting the two.”

One Florida lawmaker looking to repeal or amend “stand your ground” is State Rep. Clovis Watson Jr. (D-Alachua). He told The Gainesville Sun that he doesn’t see it as a gun rights issue. Rather “stand your ground” cre-ates an opportunity for violence for people not trained in handling volatile situations.

“I believe in self defense,” Watson, who worked more than 20 years in law enforce-ment, told the Gainesville, Fla. daily news-paper. “I will defend myself and my family in clear, imminent danger, but the ‘stand your ground’ law just takes it a step further.”

The American Bar Association has launched a task force to assess the utility and necessity of “stand your ground” and report on “the potential e�ects these laws may have on public safety, individual liberties and the criminal justice system.”

“The task force has been holding hear-ings across the country since early this year to examine ‘stand your ground’ from a legal perspective and ask tough questions about the consequences of these laws for public safety,” says Laurel G. Bellows, president of the American Bar Association.

Three hearings have been held in Dal-las, Chicago and Philadelphia, with a fourth scheduled for San Francisco this month. That testimony combined with other data and analysis will ultimately lead to a full report and policy recommendations.

Mike Papantonio, president of the Na-tional Trial Lawyers Association and partner in the Pensacola law firm Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Ra�erty & Proctor, isn’t optimistic that the Florida Legislature will change or repeal “stand your ground.”

“If you had a rational legislature and governor, something might happen,” he said. “The legislation is not going to change. The chance of them doing any-thing is almost zero.”

CHALLENGES OF A CIVIL TRIAL While lawmakers and civil rights activists

ponder what do next, Trayvon Martin’s family is considering filing a wrongful death lawsuit against George Zimmerman in civil court. Such a suit was filed against O. J. Simpson, who had been acquitted in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend Ron Goldman, by Goldman’s family. The jury found Simpson liable for the wrongful death of Goldman and awarded $33.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages to his family.

“Stand your ground” makes it much more di£cult for Martin’s family in a civil suit against Zimmerman, even though his attorneys did not use the law as part of his defense in his criminal trial. If Martin’s family sues him, Zimmerman would be entitled to a hearing at which he would be given a chance to show that he used deadly force only because he was in reasonable fear of death or serious injury.

If he won his “stand your ground” hear-ing, Zimmerman would not only get the civil suit thrown out, but, under the law, the Mar-tin family would have to pay him attorneys’ fees, expenses and compensation for any loss of income resulting from the proceedings.

Even if the Martin family’s suit prevailed in the hearing, some doubt that there will be few assets for the family to levy should they win the civil case. There are too many ways for Zimmerman to protect an income from future book or movie deals, according to Pensacola attorney Mike Papantonio, who is also the former assistant state attorney.

“This is not a money making case,” he told the Independent News. “They have to go into this because the cultural issues are so important and it will continue bringing to light ‘stand your ground.’”

For this civil case, Papantonio urged going into it colorblind—something that he suggested was lost amidst the criminal case. He believes that “stand your ground” can be

attacked with-out bringing the race issue into the courtroom.

“The race card just inflames po-tential jurors—especially in a conservative environment, like Sanford which is such a knee-jerk conservative

community,” he said. “If you take race out of it—there is a higher chance of winning.”

He recommended bringing up the pertinent questions that he believes were overlooked by the prosecutors, such as did Zimmerman put himself in a situation where the ending was inevitable?

“They should have looked at Zimmerman putting himself into that situation [when he was warned not to do so], and take the race issue out of it,” said Papantonio.

“‘Stand your ground’ says that simply you have to retreat,” he said, “but that doesn’t mean you can put yourself in or seek out a dangerous situation.”

Papantonio felt those trying the case against Zimmerman needed to face “stand your ground” head on. They should have started o� with attacking the “stand your ground” law. He cited a famous trial lawyer

Louis Nizer who said, “Always say out loud the bad things the jury is thinking about your case. State the bad things first and dress them up.”

Papantonio lamented that the only ver-sion heard of what happened on that fateful Feb. 26, 2012 night was Zimmerman’s.

As he said, “No one tells a dead man’s story.”

YOUTH CRY OUT What does the death of Trayvon Martin

and the outcome of the case mean both to, and for, the youth of our nation now that what feels like a precedent has been set, making it in the eyes of many, okay to murder an unarmed black teen, and yet remain in ac-cordance with the laws of the land—at least the land of Florida?

Nina Robinson, her friends and their par-ents have been pondering that question since their July 20 rally. The overarching feeling walk-ing away from the rally for adults and youth alike was simple yet distinct—having a voice.

Pensacola native and mother, Jamequa Davis, attended the rally with her sons.

“People walked away from the rally with a di�erent aspect about life,” she said. “We were there together, with one voice. We are all Trayvon Martin.”

Like many, Davis feels that an injustice occurred with the death of Martin, and would like to see the “stand your ground” law demolished.

“What George Zimmerman did to Trayvon was cruel,” shared Davis’ son Shawn, age 11.

When asked if he felt that he had a voice to make a change, Shawn replied, “Yes,” agreeing that talking to his friends and other youth about what happened to Trayvon is important in seeing that it doesn’t happen again—closer to home.

Kiera, age 14, attended the rally with her mother, Clorissti Mitchell.

“I was glad a lot of people came out to support,” said Kiera. “We thought that what happened to Trayvon was unfair.”

Like Shawn, Kiera feels she too has a voice—and that unified events “like the walks,” will help in raising awareness and “let-ting people know what happened.”

Stand Your Ground: Zimmerman Case The Sanford Police Department’s decision to initially not arrest George Zim-merman created an outcry that resulted in Governor Rick Scott appointing a special prosecutor to the case who later charged the neighborhood watch-man with second-degree murder.

When it came to the trial, however, Zimmerman’s attorneys steered clear of using the words “stand your ground” when constructing Zimmerman’s defense, and opted out of a pre-trial hearing which could have allowed the defendant to avoid a jury trial altogether, if the judge would’ve ruled in their favor.

Jury instructions from the judge included language from the law. When considering whether Zimmerman was guilty of second-degree murder or man-slaughter, jurors were instructed that if Zimmerman “was not engaged in an unlawful activity and was attacked in any place where he had a right to be, he had no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he reasonably believed that it was necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.”

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“The walk showed me that youth can come together. If we all come together we have a voice,” she said.

For both youth and their parents involved, this rally is not merely a onetime event, but rather a stepping o� point, from which they will continue to mobilize the youth to rally for change.

“We have to come together as parents—like we did on that walk,” said Davis. “We’re doing this as one voice—for one reason.”

“Part of our problem is we really don’t empower our youth,” said Mitchell. “Their eyes and their hearts are open. We have to use this as a teaching moment.”

Mitchell is using this moment—and taking it far beyond. She is currently working to orga-nize a series of youth-directed forums targeted at gaining collective involvement and enthusi-asm for youth to serve as change agents.

The inaugural youth forum is set for 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 24 at the Cobb Resource Center. For more infor-mation about the forum call 736-4086.

This kicko� session will be a time for youth, 25 and under, to come together for a rant session, to discuss issues they are facing or witnessing in the community, issues that will then be addressed in upcoming ses-sions. This, and future forums, will include engag-ing, fun activities and educational components.

Although beginning on a local level with the intent of integrating the youth further into the politics of and programs within our own community, Mitchell hopes

to take things further, and is in the process of planning a trip to Tal-lahassee to participate in the sit-ins.

“We want ‘stand your ground’ to be repealed or revised,” she said. “There is strength in numbers but we have to go beyond Pensacola.”

On July 24, Tracy Martin, Trayvon’s father, spoke at a Capitol Hill forum sponsored by the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys.

“We’ve taken that negative energy [from his son’s death] and we’re trying to turn it into a positive,” said the father. “What we can do tomorrow—as a nation, as a people—to stop someone else’s child from being killed is certainly a positive.” {in}

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Stand Your Ground: Local Connection State Senator Durell Peaden (R-Crestview), whose district comprised Escam-bia, Santa Rosa, and a portion of Okaloosa County, sponsored the Stand Your Ground bill, SB 436. State Rep. Greg Evers (R-Baker), who also represented parts of the same three counties, co-sponsored the House version.

The poster child for “stand your ground” was James Workman of Pensacola, who one month before the bill was introduced in December 2004 fatally shot Rodney Cox in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan. The shooting occurred in an RV where Workman and his wife were staying while their home was being repaired. Cox entered the RV after wander-ing onto the Workman’s property and being instructed by Workman to leave.

After several months of considering the case, State Attorney Bill Eddins decided not to arrest Workman or charge him with murder. Unbeknownst to Workman, so he told CNN in May 2012, Rep. Dennis Baxley (R-Ocala), another co-sponsor of the House bill, invoked Workman’s case, saying it shouldn’t take months for a citizen to know if they will be charged with a crime when they were defending their property.

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We Are TrayvonPractical Action Steps

Since Trayvon Martin’s death, numer-ous groups are expanding the dialogue on racial profiling, violence among American youth, and reforming Florida and other states’ “Stand Your Ground” self-defense laws. If you would like to take steps to a�ect change or participate in the wider conversations, the following are groups, petitions, and upcoming events de-signed to grow support and foster practical action from a local to national level.

▶TRAYVON MARTIN FOUNDATION: Established by Sybri-na Fulton and Tracy Martin in March 2012, this not-for-profit organization, under the auspices of the Miami Foundation, creates awareness of how violent crime impacts the families of the victims, and provides support and advocacy for those families, in response to the murder of Trayvon Mar-tin. Visit trayvonmartinfoundation.org

▶IN TRAYVON'S NAME: The Dream Defenders, supported by the Advancement Project, the Florida NAACP, and the League of Women Vot-ers, have staged a sit-in at the Florida Capitol to get Gov. Rick Scott to call a special legislative session to examine factors contributing to Trayvon's death, including the school-to-prison pipeline, racial profiling, and Stand Your Ground legislation. Support the group at petitions.moveon.org/sign/gov-scott-honor-the-memory. On Twitter, use #TAKEOVERFL

▶RACIAL PROFILING: Opportu-nity Agenda has compiled an action kit that addresses racial profiling – opportu-nityagenda.org/in_trayvon_name

▶REPEAL SHOOT FIRST LAWS: Color of Change has created a peti-tion demanding elected officials end all "Shoot First" laws – act.colorofchange.org/sign/shootfirst

▶NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK RALLY: On August 24, Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Ac-tion Network will gather at 8 a.m. at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to stand together against the recent attack on voter rights, against Stand Your Ground and racial profiling. The group will march to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. Visit nationalactionnetwork.net

▶50TH ANNIVERSARY MARCH ON WASHINGTON: On August 28, citizens assemble at 600 New Jersey Ave. in Washington, D.C. to reenact the historic march that will be led by the men and women who were at the original 1963 March on Washington. Visit 50thanniversarymarchonwashing-ton.com {in}

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Arts & EntertainmentBuzzed and on the Rocks—The Art of Iced Coffee

In the smoldering heat of the summer months, there are few better feelings than “buzzed and on the rocks.” For those of us who eagerly seek to breathe in the rich, aromatic, flavors that waft from every cup of coffee we encounter, there is nothing quite as refreshing as taking an ice cold spin on things.

But what makes the perfect iced brew? Short of throwing ice in your warm cup of coffee as a chillingly, bitter afterthought, here are a few options to weigh—options that you can modify to enjoy within the comfort of your home, or grab while out and on the go.

DIY HOME BREWINGAlthough the words “cold brew” can

refer to several methods of low tempera-ture brewing, it’s not the only way to arrive at a cold, quenching cup. While it can offer convenience and allow for mass brewing of concentrated coffee to keep on hand for several days, for some, it’s not the pre-ferred method.

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and can readily be emulated in the comfort of your home.

Why pour it over for just a single cup, rather than using a “cold brew” method?

“Because you are brewing at a higher tem-

perature, you get the sweetness and floral notes,” said Baker. “You get the full range of flavors. Cold brew doesn’t offer the same flavor potential.”

The “pour over,” high heat extraction method requires you to pour “off boiled” water over coffee grinds that are situat-ed within a single cup cone—glass, plastic or other coffee dripper—directly onto ice.

“Pour it directly over ice so it instantly cools and traps the aroma and flavors,” explained Baker. “All you need is a vessel.”

Still, even more important than the methodology, are the beans, more specifi-cally—quality beans that aren’t roasted too dark. Beans ground as freshly as possible.

“Just like with cooking, the most important thing is your product,” said Baker.

“If you’re trying to make it with Maxwell House, it won’t be the same,” agreed Bronson.

They person-ally favor Handsome coffee beans. Hailing from L.A., this brand is both brewed and available by the bag for purchase locally at Bodacious Brew.

So long as you are using adequate beans, Baker encourages that you can even make “pour over” iced coffee using a drip coffee machine you have on hand. All it takes is less water, more coffee, and filling the glass pitcher with ice so that the coffee directly cools.

“You shouldn’t be afraid,” said Baker. “Making your own coffee is not a scary thing. And if you screw up, you can do it again.”

But let’s be honest, sometimes cof-fee just tastes better when someone else makes it. And thanks to the rise of local coffee shops, you don’t have to make it at home—if you don’t want to.

perature, you get the sweetness and floral notes,” said Baker. “You get the full range

“People are worth a good cup of coffee. And they don’t even realize it until they get one.”Alan Bates

Bodacious Brew barista Alan Bates with the Kyoto cold brew system / photo by Samantha Crooke

PERFECTING THE POUR OVERRecipe courtesy of Drew Baker and Tasha BronsonYield: 16 oz. iced cup of coffee

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DirectionsRinse filter with hot water and place filter in brewing device.Fill select vessel (i.e. cup or jar) with 200 g of ice.Add measured coffee grounds to filter.Pour 60 grams of water (between 195-205 F) onto the grounds. Bloom for 45 seconds.Pour remaining water into the center of the coffee in a circular, controlled motion. (Draw a quarter-sized circle into the middle of the coffee.)Once you use 300 grams, stop pouring. Total brew time is between 2:45 and 3:00 minutes.ENJOY.

DIY Pour Over / photo by Sarah McCartan

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BUY IT BODACIOUSStep inside the doors of Bodacious

Brew and you are greeted with assistive baristas eagerly willing to educate you on both the art—and heart—of coffee, and according to them, “give you the cup of coffee you didn’t realize that you wanted.”

“People are worth a good cup of coffee. And they don’t even realize it until they get one,” said Barista Alan Bates.

Bodacious is living—and local—proof that a good, quality cup of coffee doesn’t have to come at a high price point. For iced coffee options, their prices range from $3-$4.

This includes the cold brew signature Angelino drink—a spin—or shake rather—taken on a drink that originated in L.A., adapted using cold brew coffee, rather than espresso. This iced concoction is shaken with va-nilla, and your milk of choice.

Although they offer the pour over method for both hot and iced coffee, Bodacious rou-tinely uses the Toddy cold brew system for iced coffee, resulting in what Bates considers to be iced coffee that is “sweet and refreshing.”

“Usually when people want iced coffee, they want a refresher,” said Bates.

They recently welcomed a new cold brew system into the

mix—the Kyoto—a multi-tiered scientific attraction that’s drawing great visual at-tention amongst customers.

While the Bodacious Baristas are eagerly switching up variables in meth-odology, noticing subtle changes of flavor with each adjustment, they too admit—it all goes back to the beans.

“Every brew method alters the flavor—but it doesn’t change the quality,” explains Bates.

Along with coffee by the cup, Bodacious sells beans—including Handsome—for pa-trons to take and brew at home. Beans aside, if you are looking to purchase a Toddy sys-tem or pour over brewing equipment locally, Bodacious stocks products for customers to practice the art of DIY brewing—and will soon be expanding this product selection.

When they aren’t in the Bodacious Brew café, look for the Bodacious baristas shaking and serving up Angelinos this summer at the Wahoos games. {in}

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Bodacious Brew cold brew iced co�ee with almond milk / photo by Samantha Crooke

Yummy DeliWash down your Banh Mi sand-

wich with authentic Vietnamese iced coffee laden with sweet condensed milk for $3. 2416 W. Cervantes, 733-3354.

End of the Line CaféTry a vegan spin on Vietnamese

iced coffee, flavored with chicory and condensed soy milk for $3.50. 610 E. Wright St., 429-0336.

The Leisure Club (TLC)The citrus hints of Intelligentsia’s

Kenya roast make for a vibrant poured over, iced brew. Iced coffee selec-tions at TLC range between $3-4.126 Palafox, 912-4229.

Keens BeansKeens Beans grows organic coffee

beans on their farm in Costa Rica then brings them home to Florida to roast. Grab an iced cup at Palafox Market on Saturdays and be sure to load up their tip jar. 712-8069, keensbeans.com

Ever’man Natural FoodsStraight from Brooklyn, a 32 oz.

bottle of Grady’s New Orleans Style Cold Brew is available at Ever’man for $8. This concentrated, chicory flavored cold brew is ready to mix with milk or water and serve. Ever’man deli also serves frozen coffee for $3.99, chilled with specialty cubes. 315 W. Garden St., 438-0402, gradyscoldbrew.com, everman.org

MORE COLD BREWS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISSHere are a few more handpicked chilled brews around town that we deem sip-worthy.

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Austin-based the Eastern Sea is making its way to Mobile’s Soul Kitchen for the second time this year. Since their last tour ended in February, the self-described pro-gressive pop band performed several shows at their hometown’s renowned South By Southwest Festival, and has been develop-ing new material for an upcoming album.

“We’ve been doing a lot of writing for our new record, so that’s really the focus of this tour,” said the Eastern Sea’s Matt Hines, the band’s founder and lead singer.

In addition to material from its two previous full-length albums, the Eastern Sea plans to experiment with about six new songs at their stops across the eastern U.S. throughout August. “It’s going to represent about half of what we’ll have for our finished product, which we’ll work on the second half of it when we get back and then record in the winter time,” Hines anticipated a week before the band’s second tour of the year kicked off.

“Right now, we’re in writing, arranging, creating mode,” said Hines of he and the band’s current mindset. “It’s a fun time to go out and tour because that’s when you can test out all of your ideas.”

The Eastern Sea formed in 2005, and has gone through various combinations of members, recently landing on five as the ideal lineup for touring and their tour van. “There’s five of us packed into the van, going on a trip,” Hines said. “We’ve done tours with up to eight people, with different instrumentation but we’ve settled into this groove of five people: drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, and trumpet.”

Any combination of the terms “progres-sive,” “indie rock,” or “indie pop” could apply to the Eastern Sea, who have qualities remi-

niscent of Death Cab for Cutie and Sufjan Stevens in several of their songs. With their new material, the band is moving to a bigger, more dance-y sound. “Our new music is a lot differ-ent; it’s a lot more rhythmic,” a development that Hines seems excited to explore. “Every record is a mystery when we start, so this time it’s going to be a wild run.”

“Plague,” the band’s second full-length album, was released in June 2012. The album took two years to complete, its re-cording process stalled by the City of Austin condemning the studio in which they began recording, which set them on a pilgrimage to locations throughout Texas to finish. Having toured consistently in late 2012 and early 2013, Hines looks forward to having additional material to work with on the road, “It’s a feeling of being rested in that it’s refreshing to be doing new things now.”

Current tour mates Roadkill Ghost Choir are from DeLand, Fla., something Hines is excited about. “All of the dates in the South are going to be really cool be-cause both bands have played those places a number of times and it’s our home turf to be in the South,” he said.

The Eastern Sea met Road-kill Ghost Choir through a shared booking agent and toured with them briefl y in 2012. “I fell in love with their band, and both bands get along really well,” Hines remembered. “It doesn’t happen all of the time, you don’t always love the people you play with. It’s special when it does happen.”

Looking forward to the band’s Mobile stop, Hines said, “We’ve

made a lot of friends in the last two trips. It’s definitely a good spot for us, we like it a lot.” Even in light of the band’s increasing festival appearances, Soul Kitchen is a venue that appeals to Hines. “I like the intimacy of be-ing in front of people that are close to me, and also getting to know people in different cities because every city has a different culture,” he said.

In 2012, months of playing small bands throughout the country culminated with the band’s performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. “Bigger festival shows are really amazing,” said Hines of the pros and cons of playing to a large crowd. “You’re

playing to a lot of people in one place. There’s a little bit more pressure

in the sense that how you perform in that one, maybe 30-minute set is really going to stick out in a lot of people’s minds.”

Though he appreciates the festival experience, Hines recognizes that there are still dues to pay. “Realistically our future lies in that reliable club presence, being at smaller venues and working our way up that way,” he said. “It takes doing that to be able to have opportunities like playing at larger festivals.”

For the foreseeable future, Hines would like Mobile to stay on the Eastern Sea’s tour circuit, and hopes to play another combina-tion bill there later this year. In case they get too busy for a third tour this year, however, it’s worth a trip to Mobile next Tuesday to check out this phase of the Eastern Sea’s musical journey. {in}

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The Eastern Sea Explores New Territory

THE EASTERN SEAWHEN: 9 p.m. (Doors at 8 p.m.) Tuesday, August 6WHERE: Soul Kitchen, 219 Dauphin St., Mobile, Ala.COST: $10DETAILS: 18 +; advance tickets available at (866) 468-7630 or soulkitchenmobile.com; theeasternsea.com

excited to explore. “Every record is a playing to a lot of people in one

place. There’s a little bit more pressure

“Every record is a mystery when we start, so this time it’s going to be a wild run.”Matt Hines

photo by Amanda Klaus

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THURSDAY 8.1 HISTORIC PENSACOLA TROLLEY TOUR 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Pensacola Visitor Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. 941-2976 or beachbumtrolley.com. MESS HALL 10 a.m. The Pensacola MESS Hall (Math, Engineering, Science & Stu� ) o� ers hands-on op-portunities for children and young people to have a summer of science. Weekly themes, special activities and workshops will captivate curious minds of all ages and inspire a lifetime of discovery. 116 N. Tarragona St. 877-937-6377 or PensacolaMESShall.org.QUAYSIDE ART GALLERY 10 a.m. though Aug. 27 Exhibits include Diane Brim, Marilyn Givens, Kate Owens, Geoffrey Powers. 17 E. Zaragoza St, 438-2363 or quaysidegallery.com.BLUE MORNING GALLERY 10 a.m. "August Ash," the work of well known potter and instructor Larry Manning. August Ash is a study in wood-fi red pottery, specifi cally form, surface and fi ring techniques. Works are fi red in local kilns patterned after Japanese design and are looser, heavier and have organic forms more like those found in nature. 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.DRAGONFLY GALLERY 10 a.m. The gallery’s feature room is a favorite site for artists from throughout Santa Rosa County. 5188 Escambia St., Milton. 981-1100 or thedragonflygallery.com.ARTEL GALLERY 10 p.m. “Line and Form,” a juried exhibit, is presented through Aug. 23. The placement winners are: Best of Show, Donna O'Neal; First Place, SAP; Second Place, Pat Hayes; Third Place, Ian Oliver; Edgiest, Maria Hoch; Honorable Mentions, Pat Hayes, Maria Hoch, Don Manderson and SAP; Judge's Rec-ognition Award, Lyda Toy. 223 Palafox, Old County Courthouse. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘LANDSCAPES’ 10 a.m. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacola-museumofart.com.BE SCAM SMART WORKSHOP 10-11:30 a.m. Florida Chief Financial O© cer Je� Atwater has launched Operation S.A.F.E. (Stop Adult Financial Exploitation) as a part of his On Guard for Seniors initiative to help inform and protect seniors from fi nancial scams. As part of the initiative, we o� er free Be Scam Smart workshops to teach seniors, their families, and caregivers how to identify and fi ght back against frauds and scams. Bayview Senior Center, 2000 E. Lloyd St. MyFloridaCFO.com/SAFE. DIG INTO READING-PRESCHOOLERS 10:30 a.m. Stories, weird noises, shadow puppets, mag-ic, reptiles and more. WFPL Tryon Branch,1200 Langley Ave. Free. 471-6980 or mywfpl.com.PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragon-winemarket.com.WINE & GLIDE SEGWAY TOUR 5:30-7:30 p.m. This one-hour Segway tour is followed by a stop at the East Hill Yard for a wine tasting. Emerald Coast Tours, 701 S. Palafox. $45. 417-9292 or emeraldcoasttours.net. A.B.C. BEVERAGE TASTINGS 6 p.m. Kona Brewery featuring Kevin Schumacher Featured menu: Fire Rock Pale Ale paired with jalapeno poppers. Longboard Lager paired with sweet Thai chili pineapple chicken. Kona Big Wave paired with Polynesian wings Kona Wailua Ale paired with Hawaiian quesadillas. Fish House, 600 South Barracks St. $20. 516-2324 or goodgrits.com.EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE 7 p.m. This

long-running summer concert series features this week Dr. Breeze performs. Seville Square, downtown Pensacola. sevilleconcerts.com.BLUE WAHOOS GAME 7 p.m. Blue Wahoos ver-sus Mobile Baybears. Pensacola Bayfront Stadium, 300 W Main St. 934-84444 or bluewahoos.com.

live musicJ. HAWKINS 2 p.m., Bo Roberts, Rhonda Hart, Mark Sherrill 5 p.m., John Barbato & Luther Wamble 5:30 p.m., Dave & Joe Show 6 p.m., Rollin' in the Hay 10 p.m., Kevin Denney & special guest Billy Droze 10:30 p.m., Flora-Bama Lounge, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-3407 or fl orabama.com. JEFF STRANHAM 6 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Pensacola Beach, 916-5087 or .paradisebar-grill.com.THE DAVENPORTS 6 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com. LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.comJAMES AND FRIENDS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey's Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com. BRAD BARNES OPEN COLLEGE JAM 7:30 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-4141 or dalesbigdeck.com. LEFTY WILLIAMS BAND 8 p.m. BambooWil-lies, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.COLLEGE DANCE NIGHT: Mr. LAO 9 p.m. Phinease Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Gov-ernment St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. FATTY WATERS 9 p.m. The Break Beach Bar, 65

Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach, 932-0864.EXTREME KARAOKE WITH G.C.P.C 10 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or gulf-coastpartycrew.com.

FRIDAY 8.2 TAI CHI AT FLORIDA BLUE 8:30 a.m. Free. Florida Blue, 1680 Airport Blvd. For information, call 202-4188.MESS HALL 10 a.m. The Pensacola MESS Hall (Math, Engineering, Science & Stuff) offers hands-on opportunities for children and young people to have a summer of science. Weekly themes, special activities and workshops will captivate curious minds of all ages and inspire a lifetime of discovery. 116 N. Tarragona St. 877-937-6377 or PensacolaMESShall.org.QUAYSIDE ART GALLERY 10 a.m. 17 E. Zara-goza St, 438-2363 or quaysidegallery.com.BLUE MORNING GALLERY 10 a.m. 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.DRAGONFLY GALLERY 10 a.m. 5188 Escambia St., Milton. 981-1100 or thedragonflygallery.com.ARTEL GALLERY 10 p.m. 223 Palafox, Old Coun-ty Courthouse. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.‘LANDSCAPES’ 10 a.m. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacola-museumofart.com.COLONIAL COOKING & TRADES 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Learn early 19th century cooking techniques and trade-skills from costumed living history interpret-ers. $6 for adults; $5 for AAA members, military and ages 65 and older; $3 for children ages 4 to 16; free for UWF students with student ID. Historic Pensacola Village, 205 E. Zaragoza St. historicpensacola.org.

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ANDY KAUFMAN ‘ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER’"Why is it that nobody understands that the kind of conversations that nobody wants me to tape are the kind of conversations that should be taped?" Andy Kaufman was undoubtedly one of the greatest comic minds who ever lived. I first learned of him by spending the majority of my childhood watching TV shows from the past on Nick at Nite,

and falling in love with “Taxi.” On “Taxi,” Kaufman played a lovable foreigner named Latka, which gave me a skewed perspective of the person Kaufman actu-ally was. I remember watching the movie “Man on the Moon,” where Jim Carrey portrayed Kaufman, and having my mind blown. Andy was crass, opportunistic, blunt, crude, and overtly honest. In his early years of performing, Kaufman ex-uded a childlike innocence, which helped him create the character of Latka, but at a certain point his meekness vanished, and he began wrestling women on stage and, luckily for us, recording interactions despite protest from friends and family.

It’s unquestionable that some of the audience who listen to “Andy and His Grandmother,” Kaufman’s fi rst posthu-mous release and portions of 82 hours of interactions which Andy recorded from his everyday life, will be uncomfortable. There were sections of it which made me cringe. This is exactly what Andy wanted. He called himself a “song and dance man” rather than a comedian, but in reality, he was a form of illusionist. It was impossible to know what

was actually real when it came to Andy. Everything he did was done with such a tongue-in-cheek attitude with nothing ever o� limits to him. Even while listening to the album, which is supposedly all—with the exception of obvious tracks—actual inter-actions with girlfriends, his grandmother, the police, and longtime friend Bob Zmuda, it’s di� cult to tell if these people are playing along or if they are actually being honest in their anger or fear. Kaufman wanted his audience to feel something. This is why he portrayed innocence early in his career, as he wanted his listeners to connect with a childhood gone by. As his act changed, the emotions and senses he pushed onto his audience evolved as well, and people began to feel uncomfortable and confused at his illusory comedy.

A good portion of the album revolves around a love triangle which Andy captured on tape. He turned one girl against the other, capturing their lividity, but all the while each still retained an attraction to Kaufman, who had become their puppet master. The really funny part is, neither seems to realize that they are both pawns

in his magic act. He consistently seemed to have full control over situations, even when he was “pretending” to lose his cool or get emotional. Kaufman was a twisted conduc-tor, and anyone who he came in contact with or happened to be related to were fair game for his devil-may-care antics.

The last track contains the real eye opener, involving a conversation between Andy and Bob Zmuda. The two begin joking about Andy faking his own death several times, and then in a great act, fak-ing his death again, but disappearing for a year. I’m certain this track was placed at the end to make us all think and wonder, “What if?” What if Andy could pull off the greatest feat of comedy illusion ever dreamed up? What if the man could fake his own death and then disappear for over thirty years? What if he just pops back up one day as Tony Clifton—another one of Kaufman’s characters, only to rip the mask off and reveal his face to the world? If anyone could pull it off without a hitch, Mr. Andrew Kaufman could. “Andy and His Grandmother” is out now via Drag City Records. {in}

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PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m. Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Govern-ment St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5:15 p.m. City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. 469-8100.WINE TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 p.m. 1216 N. Ninth Ave. NORTH BY NOTH WEST Movie 7 p.m. A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. Saenger Theatre, 118 South Palafox. 595-3880 or pensacolasaenger.com.‘THE WEDDING SINGER, THE MUSICAL’ 7:30 p.m. Based on the hit movie, 2013 Summer High School Onstage Workshop (S.H.O.W.) presenta-tion. Pensacola State College,1000 College Boulevard, Bldg.88. $16. pensacolastate.edu.‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 434-0257 or pensacolalittletheatre.com.STARGAZING AT FORT PICKENS Sunset to 10 p.m. Weather permitting, volunteers from the Escambia Amateur Astronomers' Association will set up several telescopes for public viewing of the stars, planets and constellations. Battery Worth Picnic Area, Fort Pickens 1400 Fort Pickens Rd. 934-2600 or nps.gov.GHOST HUNT 8 p.m. Bring your own equipment or share ours (some items available for purchase in the Gift Shop before tours commence.) Tours are two hours in duration. This tour does include a trip to the top of the Lighthouse for a look across Pen-sacola Bay, weather permitting. Per Coast Guard Safety Regulations backless/open toed shoes are not permitted to climb the tower stairs. We recommend this tour for children 12 and over only. Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or pensacolalighthouse.org.3 GAME SPECIAL 8:30 p.m. $12, includes shoes. DeLuna Lanes, 590 E. 9 Mile Road. 478-9522 or delunalanes.com.‘STAND UP COMEDY SHOW’ 9:30 p.m. Big Easy Tavern, 710 N. Palafox. Bigeasytavern.com or 208-5976.COSMIC BOWLING 11 p.m. DeLuna Lanes, 590 E. 9 Mile Road. 478-9522 or delunalanes.com.

live musicCOWBOY JOHNSON 1 p.m., Bob Tobin Group 5 p.m., Jack Robertson Show (Big Earl) 5:30 p.m., Sam Glass Trio 6 p.m., Ryan Balthrop 8 p.m, Smokin' Elvis' (Elaine Petty & Rhonda Hart) 9:30 p.m., Hung Jury 10 p.m., Ben Chism Band 10:30 p.m., Flora-Bama Lounge, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-3407 or florabama.com. LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com. JEFF STRANHAM 6 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.DOWNTOWN BIG BAND 6:30 p.m. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 307-8633.KNEE DEEP 7 p.m. Hub Stacey's at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd. Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com. DUELLING PIANOES 8 p.m. Rosie O’ Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.KRAZY GEORGE’S KARAOKE 8 p.m. Lili Mar-lene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. THE NEW EARTH ARMY 8 p.m. HopJack’s Nine Mile, 204 East Nine Mile Rd. 497-6076 or hopjacks.com.

BROOKE WOODS & BLACKWATER 8 p.m. Chan's Nightclub, 610 E. Nine Mile Rd. 477-9961 or chanspensacola.com.SARAH PERCY 8:30 p.m. The Tin Cow, 102 South Palafox. 466-2103 or thetincow.com.MOJILES 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fi shhouse.goodgrits.com. DJ MR. LAO 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. HEADPHONE DISCO-THE MOST UNIQUE DANCE PARTY IN THE COUTRY 9 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. Free. 435-9849 or vinyl-musichall.com.PIONEERS O PIONEERS, ZULU WAVE, IMAGI-NARY AIRSHOW 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tar-ragona St. 434-9060 or pensacolahandlebar.com.KARAOKE WITH ANGIE & SHAGGY 8 p.m. The Blind Mule 2, 937 N. New Warrington Rd. 332-6533 or theblindmule.net.KARAOKE WITH HEATHER & MOMMA 9 p.m. Woodsie's Hilltop Lounge & Package, 5204 Mo-bile HY. 455-9791 or woodsieshilltop.com.PETE O’ DEA 9 p.m. McGuire's Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. 433-2849 or mcguiresirishpub.com.JAMES ADKINS 9:30 p.m. Hopjack’s, 10 South Palafox. 497-6076 or hopjacks.com.TRIBE ZION 10 p.m. The Break Beach Bar, 65 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 932-0864. DJ BUNNIE HOPSON midnight Top of the Town, 15 E. Intendencia St. 434-8779 or topofthetown.net.

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Mike Barrow grew up in Zimbabwe. Then he found himself coming to the states—to make music.

“Growing up in Zimbabwe had a large effect on my life and my music,” said Bar-row, singer and guitarist of the band, Zulu Wave. “More on subject matter, than musi-cal style.”

“South Africa was my first experience in a serious band and I embraced the chaos present in the country. I let the energy and the lack of cleanliness characterize my mu-sic,” he said. “As an African, it will always influence my life and music.”

Today, in South Florida—specifically Tampa—this influence pours into Barrow’s current band, Zulu Wave. Formed by what the band notes as “chance encounters and blind luck,” Zulu Wave has quickly estab-lished itself amongst the Tampa area music scene, and is known for an energetic live show. A taste of this same energy shines through their inaugural EP releases—2011’s “Theep” and 2012’s “Nyami Nyami”—avail-able for listen or purchase at zuluwavemu-sic.bandcamp.com.

In addition to making a return to several of their previous Florida tour stops, including Tallahassee, Zulu Wave is head-ing a bit further west to join locals Pio-neers! O Pioneers! and Imaginary Airshow at the Handlebar, Friday, Aug. 2. Although bassist Brian Schanck is no stranger to the area, this is Zulu Wave’s first time playing Pensacola.

In between playing at home and tour-ing the sunshine state, members of Zulu Wave sat down together to collectively answer a few questions for the IN.

IN: Although still a fairly new band, your lineup has rotated a couple of times. How would you describe, or in-troduce your current members? ZW: I think the most interesting thing about all of our members is really the dif-ferences between us. Brian Schanck being well established in local bands and touring. Ariel Cortes (keyboardist) and Mike Bar-row being newcomers to the serious band life, but not taking music seriously.

IN: Has the lineup been continu-ally born out of chance encounters or friendships?ZW: This band is a series of chance en-counters and blind luck. Brian is awesome and found us through Tampa band, Wolf-Face. We are now friends through shows and recording. Encounters lead to friend-ships and that's how we have been building this band.

IN: How have you been increasing Zulu-awareness?ZW: We pride ourselves on an exciting live show and I think word of mouth has really helped us out in Tampa. Playing out of town and of course the usual Internet mediums have also been important. 

IN: Do you have “go to” venues you routinely play at or near home?ZW: New World Brewery has been kind to us here in Tampa and we have played there many times. Mojo Books and Music is fast be-coming a favorite of ours as well. 

IN: Is this a full time gig? Or are you moving toward making it one? ZW: Any band that wants to be successful needs to be working at it full

time. Does it pay? No. We all work day jobs in order to make this happen. If we were treating this like a hobby we might as well play Jimmy Buffet covers for extra cash. Some day we hope to quit our day jobs and have swimming pools full of Kool-Aid. But we aren't there yet.

IN: What’s it like making your way as an independent band at this point in time, specifically in South Florida? ZW: It's tough. The scene is defi-nitely growing between the bands and all the great music coming out of this area. But it seems sometimes like people aren't going out to see the bands, even great ones from out of town. Getting out of Florida

is also tough—eight hours just to reach a different state.

IN: What does a typical night out look like for Zulu Wave? ZW: Local shows and good eats (beers). Tampa has a great nightlife but we hon-estly don't party too hard. Between work and practice and shows, there really isn't much time.

IN: This time last summer you had just played Times Square. How was playing a locale of that magnitude with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah?ZW: Insane. A dream. We would hate for it to be the one big event of the band’s life but if it was, there are worse events than playing Times Square.

IN: “Nyami Nyami” is the title of your most recent EP. It’s also the name of a Zimbabwean river god said to provide protection to the Tonga people in di� cult times. Does your EP emulate this crea-ture’s persona, or its mysteriousness?ZW: I think we took a much more nega-tive view of this whole thing. More man

eating terrifying monster fish than protector of anything. The album had more of that in mind than the positive.

IN: Is a full length album up next, or are you aiming to go “three for three” and release another EP? ZW: I think the first step is finding a [new] drummer. After that, recording is definitely a priority. As far as EP or album—we haven't decided yet.

IN: Name three bands you find yourselves listening to in

excess this year—one for each member of Zulu. BARROW: Ice Age

CORTES: And So I Watch You From AfarSCHANCK: Kendrick Lamar {in}

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Zulu Wave Crashes into Town

ZULU WAVEWHAT: Zulu Wave with Pioneers! O Pio-neers! and Imaginary AirshowWHEN: 9:30 p.m. Friday, August 2WHERE: The Handlebar, 319 N. TarragonaCOST: $5 DETAILS: zuluwavemusic.com or 434-9060

time. Does it pay? No. We all work member of Zulu.

“Some day we hope to quit our day jobs and have swimming pools full of Kool-Aid. But we aren't there yet.”Zulu Wave

photo by Luis Santana

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BREW NATION Pro-nationalism Eng-lish Defence League activists seemed to be itching for a street brawl to break up a scheduled anti-nationalist demonstration in downtown Birmingham, England, on July 18, causing the city to mobilize more than 1,000 police—when o� cials arrived at a solution. Police shepherded "hundreds" of rowdy EDL operatives into the popular Bar Risa pub at 11 a.m., confi ning them for three hours, until the anti-EDL rally had dissipated. (Given British habits, many EDLers decided to enjoy their confi nement with a brew.) As a result, police reported only sporadic street scu� ing. (Bar Risa, perturbed by police pressure to host alleged "fascists," donated its profi ts to the Midlands Air Ambulance service.)

CULTURAL DIVERSITY For "beach season" in Qingdao, China, recently, middle-aged ladies returned to the shore of the Yellow Sea sporting their relatively revealing (though age-appropriate) bathing suits—but wearing distinctive cloth hoods with tiny holes only for the eyes, nose and mouth. To many in China, dark skin still signals laborers and fair skin the indoor "leisure" class, according to a July report on the business website Quartz.

• In Shenzhen, China, one of the coun-try's richest cities, services are being openly advertised by "wet nurses" to supply adults with breast milk, either directly from the source or after pumping (and purchased by either the infi rm or just rich people overcon-cerned with nourishment). These milk "sup-pliers" can earn at least four times the aver-age personal income, with healthy, attractive women earning even more, of course, according to a July Agence France-Presse dispatch. Comments on China's social media ranged from "It's just a business" to "People become perverts when they are too rich and tire of other forms of entertainment."

• Because Zimbabwe is reputedly among the world's most corrupt countries, bribery is normal and makes the news only when inno-vators go above and beyond. The anti-pov-erty organization Transparency International reported in July that one hospital in Harare

had recently been imposing a $5 charge on mothers each time they screamed during childbirth (in addition to the $50 delivery fee). Furthermore, it has long been rumored that hospitals in Zimbabwe (and other coun-tries) may detain mothers and their children at the hospital if they cannot pay the fees. (Transparency International reported several days later, after fi nally obtaining a meeting with a government o� cial, that the per-scream charge will be lifted.)

LATEST RELIGIOUS MESSAGES Satan was thrust into the recent Texas legisla-ture debate with pro-choicers shouting, "Hail, Satan!" at the right-to-life faction. However, whom Satan had endorsed was not clear. A British organization called UK Church of Satan appeared to criticize the pro-choicers (according to Twitter com-ments) while the New York-based Church of Satan (founded in 1966 by Anton LaVey) insists on a woman's right to choose, said its High Priest Peter Gilmore—although he acknowledged that shouting "Hail, Satan" to anti-abortion activists was "ludicrous and meaningless."

• Megachurch bishop Ira V. Hilliard told his Sugarland, Texas, congregation (New Light Christian Center) in June that one of his two private aircraft—a helicopter valued at about $1 million—needs new blades, but rather than pay it himself, he asked parishio-ners to each fi nd it in their hearts to send him $52 "favor seeds" for the blades. (His ministry also owns a $2 million Hawker jet and a $3 million hangar.) To sweeten the deal, he virtually promised that a donor's gift would be met by a "breakthrough favor" from God in the form of a car repair or their very own "dream" car either 52 days or 52 weeks later (according to a church letter described by the Christian Post). {in}

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