MaKenna Lauterbach was flown to Chicago for an emergency cesarean birth where a healthy baby was delivered on Easter Sunday MaKenna Lauterbach developed a cough that wouldn’t go away who lives on a farm with horses and goats in Washburn her doctors were reluctant to perform chest scans due to possible radiation exposure “I give hay to the horses every morning and noticed how winded I was becoming with a dry cough I had only walked to the barn and back,” said Lauterbach By the time Lauterbach was 36-weeks pregnant the cough was so bad that she started throwing up while coughing After she was hospitalized for shortness of breath, doctors obtained imaging and discovered a large grapefruit-sized tumor in her middle chest cavity and right lung completely blocking the artery to the right lung.  Lauterbach was in respiratory distress, which meant both she and the baby weren’t getting adequate oxygen. Due to her critical condition, Lauterbach was flown to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and rushed to an intensive care unit where a large team of obstetricians the maternal-fetal medicine team also noticed Lauterbach’s blood pressure was rising and the baby wasn’t tolerating the contractions well “MaKenna was in real trouble, and we had to act quickly – this wasn’t something that could wait for Monday morning,” said Lynn Yee, MD maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Northwestern Medicine “When you’re pregnant with a baby that’s nearly full-term your lungs already aren’t functioning at full capacity and when you add a huge tumor on top of it you run the risk of having respiratory collapse and cardiac arrest.” where the family formed a connection with the nursing staff I was grieving the birth plan I had spent months preparing for while also dealing with the news of my unexpected diagnosis,” said Lauterbach and while my clinical team was working on a plan to treat my cancer it was comforting to know that Mary and the rest of the NICU nurses were taking such wonderful care of our son My husband (Parker) and I can’t thank them enough.” Making the Diagnosis and Developing a Treatment Plan to see if there was anything to offer Lauterbach to help shrink the tumor before surgery “MaKenna’s diagnosis was difficult to make because we weren’t sure if the melanoma started in the chest or somewhere else and there isn’t much literature or published cases on how to best treat tumors like these so we had to rely on the expertise that we’ve developed here at Northwestern Medicine,” said Dr to remove Lauterbach’s entire right lung parts of the main pulmonary artery and lymph nodes.  “The tumor was sitting on top of MaKenna’s heart and extended into the right lung impacting all three lobes and the entire main trunk of the pulmonary artery which is why we had to remove the right lung,” said Dr “It's extremely rare to see this type of tumor invading into the major blood vessels of the heart,” added Dr “We may see something like this once every few years.” MaKenna had a melanoma on her skin and her own immune system took care of it but not before a cell or two may have escaped and eventually started growing inside her body,” explained Dr the surgical specimen showed no melanoma cells that were viable MaKenna’s scans currently show no evidence of metastatic melanoma and the hope is with continued surveillance we’ll continue to show she has no evidence of disease this is an amazing story with profound results This type of outcome for our patients is what we always hope for.” Lauterbach will continue immunotherapy treatments for one year She celebrated her 27th birthday in October and is looking forward to her son’s first Christmas on the farm He's always happy and sleeps through the night,” said Lauterbach “I’m so grateful to have Colter and Parker in my life and I can’t say enough about the wonderful medical team that saved my life “It brings tears to my eyes to see MaKenna doing so well It just goes to show that when you get all the right medical teams in place you can truly help families thrive,” said Dr To learn more about Northwestern Medicine, visit nm.org This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page subtitled ‘The African American musicians who made the King‘ author Preston Lauterbach brings together the stories of five African-Americans who were major influences in Presley’s early career both musically and stylistically Much of the book details the lives and mixed fortunes of three artists before and after Elvis recorded versions of their hits wrote and originally had a hit with Presley’s breakthrough track ‘That’s Alright (Mama)‘; Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton made her name with one of the biggest R&B numbers of 1953 Lieber and Stoller’s ‘Hound Dog‘ and Herman ‘Little Junior’ Parker wrote and recorded ‘Mystery Train‘  at Sun Studios Clearly these songs are iconic in Presley’s early career but it is not clear from the book how the artists themselves would have influenced young Elvis the arrangement of ‘Hound Dog‘ was inspired not by Thornton but by a Vegas lounge act and Parker was too busy to think about Elvis This perhaps dilutes the claim that these artists “made The King” as suggested by the book’s title for each artist Lauterbach’s presents a biography that is well researched and detailed in which we learn that despite being successful in their own right thanks to the exploitative record industry of the time they never received full financial recognition of their work Crudup never saw any royalties for his song (his family eventually won a settlement after Crudup’s death); Thornton received only $500 for her recording of  ‘Hound Dog‘ and the copyright to Parker’s ‘Mystery Train‘ was signed over to Sam Phillips Where the book really comes to life and begins to justify its sub-title is when the author turns the spotlight on people Elvis actually met in his early years – The Rev W Herbert Brewster and the Newborn family Elvis would often describe gospel music as his ‘first love’ and as a teenager he would frequent Rev W Herbert Brewster’s ‘East Trigg Missionary Church’ just a few blocks from his home in Memphis Civil Rights leader and accomplished gospel songwriter who opened up the church to white worshippers under the watchful eyes of state politician and segregationist W.H ‘Boss’ Crump that Presley began to understand the sheer power of live music It was also at East Trigg that Presley met Mama Rose Newborn and subsequently her son Calvin absorbing Calvin’s stage presence and style Calvin Newborn was the “star of the best show band in Memphis” and in the West Memphis’ clubs audiences including Presley could watch Calvin deliver the moves and hip-shakes that would soon become Elvis’ trademark the author weaves together the American civil rights movement the burgeoning ‘race’ radio stations such as WLAC and WDIA the stores of Beale Street and the seething clubs of West-Memphis to paint a vibrant picture of Memphis during Presley’s formative years Elvis Presley poured Brewster’s fire and Newborn’s style into Crudup’s lyrics – the rest A history that Lauterbach has done a creditable job in documenting My Morning Jacket “is” and they are… back that is Massy Ferguson “You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used to Be” Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […] Peet’s Coffee CEO and President Eric Lauterbach on the power of saying no and building a growth-focused team based on humility and curiosity When Eric Lauterbach joined Peet’s Coffee as President of the Consumer Division in 2010 the Californian brand was a US$70 million grocery business both Lauterbach and the company have grown: he’s now CEO and Peet’s has expanded to include 200 own-brand coffee bars across the United States (US) and is valued at more than $1 billion Since Lauterbach was promoted to COO in 2020 and then CEO in 2022 and a cost-of-living crisis to contend with the combined result of which has drastically impacted consumers’ coffee habits the CEO has been able to achieve the goal he set for himself upon taking the role When I reintroduced myself to the team as CEO I made it very clear that I’m still here to continue growing the company,” Lauterbach tells Global Coffee Report “I set the challenge of doubling the business over the next five years but at a premium level that’s remained true to the brand.” Peet’s was known for its dark-roast coffee but he could see consumer mindset was shifting “Our decision to launch a medium roast wasn’t popular with everyone Some still thought of Peet’s as only a dark-roast company but we could see that 50 to 60 per cent of the market favoured the lighter style,” he says “To continue expanding the brand and reaching new customers we also knew we had to go beyond the grocery store expanded our licence store count in airports was the origins of the Peet’s Coffee brand While we’ve improved how we bring coffee to the market – the roasting technology is certainly different now than it was 30 years ago – but the way we source coffee and the relationships we have at origin are foundational,” he says visiting a farm that Alfred Peet sourced coffee from 50 years ago which we continue to work with to this day You come back from those trips with a greater sense of appreciation and responsibility about what makes us different as a company.” Continuing to work towards his growth goal Lauterbach also believes pushing the team and the company outside its comfort zone is essential Product innovation is a key part of this strategy thus in 2022 a new leadership team was introduced to explore new store concepts “There’s a fine balance when introducing new products of what we have to do and what we don’t have to do,” he says “There are certainly some products I wish we hadn’t done We can do our research and create a product that looks and tastes great Lauterbach believes as a leader failure shouldn’t be feared “I’m okay with failing on some of these projects not errors of omission’ and that’s something that’s stuck with me We’re not going to get it right every time but that’s better than doing nothing and hoping the same thing continues to work,” he says we’ve introduced a protein menu at our coffee bars Some of the drinks are working well and others aren’t the interesting part is exploring ideas of how we build new platforms to make us more appealing.” Saying no is something the CEO is also comfortable with While he appreciates that taking risks sometimes pays off he believes trying everything competitors are doing isn’t the path to success “We’re getting better at saying ‘no’ to ensure we’re more focused and not scattered trying to do too many things,” he says The increasing competition in the US coffee grocery space is one of the challenges Lauterbach has faced during his tenure at Peet’s Coffee he believes Peet’s competition on the grocery shelves has grown by around 15 to 20 per cent “Competition is one of the biggest challenges we face it’s important to be aware of what’s out there but not feel the pressure to copy,” he says “Coffee is now promoted like toilet paper and other everyday essentials in that every week a different brand is offering specials and customers will make decisions in a matter of seconds we must stand out from the crowd very quickly.” Making the product pop off the shelf and ensuring the price is right is what Lauterbach believes makes Peet’s rise above its competitors “It’s a fight every week as grocers are under pressure on margins We must continue to evolve our brand and packaging to meet consumer preferences and then the price needs to be in the correct zone to continue to do right by our shareholders and bring new people to the brand,” he says With a company-owned café and franchised locations as well as direct-to-consumer online sales there are more opportunities to get the brand under the noses of new customers “Take someone travelling to San Francisco for the first time and they stop at a Peet’s coffee bar for a drink they recognise the brand at grocery stores or stop by if they pass another café location,” he says “These touchpoints are a real advantage and demonstrate that it pays off to be more consistent with your brand.” While Lauterbach recognises that recent market volatility is an ongoing challenge for the entire coffee industry he doesn’t believe in worrying about things out of his control “You can’t keep changing your prices every two weeks because of the C market,” he says “The challenge we face is how do we remain relevant to consumers and make sure we are continuing to be premium but also affordable it’s about modernising the company and not being afraid of change.” While he’s led the company for almost three years Lauterbach says he’s still learning about leadership every day He believes one of the most important elements of his role is making decisions – and not being afraid to get them wrong “You have to keep making decisions and being okay with making the wrong one sometimes If people are waiting for me to make a call on something I have to create an environment where people have ownership.” Having a great leadership team around him is another key to Lauterbach’s success “I’m not going to be an expert in everything and Chief of Technology should be better at those roles than I am,” he says “I need to have people around the table who are going to challenge me with a different point of view It’s especially useful when you’ve been at a company for 15 years because you can’t always see things as clearly and without bias as you once did.” Another important lesson he’s learnt as CEO is that he shouldn’t always voice his concerns if something arises “If I mention that something bugs me to the wrong person everyone might run off and try to resolve it Often that’s not the best thing for the company and it misdirects our focus,” he says a key skill of a good leader is knowing what is – and isn’t – critical at that moment Being a good listener also helps you to understand what’s significant.” When it comes to bringing new people into the company and curiosity are the most important qualities Lauterbach looks for “If somebody has all the answers and doesn’t ask any questions I want people who are curious and have humility I want people that can take feedback and give good direction,” he says I want people who are going to attract people to come and work with them We need active leaders to ensure Peet’s continues to evolve and innovate.” Lauterbach knows that if the company wants to continue innovating it must keep up with evolving consumer preferences and trends and chilled coffee) will continue to dominate the industry over the next few years “Peet’s Coffee is of the size now that we can quickly test and then bring them to market a little faster This puts us in a position to react quickly to these trends,” he says “A good example is our Ultra Coffee Concentrate which we launched directly on our own website instead of waiting for grocery so we could tap into those consumer moments quicker.” sustainability and the future of the coffee industry are also top of mind for Lauterbach and the wider team at Peet’s Coffee “We need to ensure we’re continuing to contribute to sustainability and understand how to get productivity out of our countries of origin so they can continue to produce great coffee It also still needs to be economically viable for the farmers,” he says Peet’s Coffee will continue to invest in the future of coffee from a science and agriculture perspective Without the beans we will have nothing to put onto the shelf.” This article was first published in the March/April 2025 edition of Global Coffee Report. Read more HERE JAB Holdings has announced Peter Harf is stepping down as Chairman and Managing Partner of the global consumer goods giant.. President and CEO of Cafe William in Canada shares his coffee industry predictions for 2025 Managing Director of Dormans Coffee in Kenya shares her 2025 predictions for the coffee industry All content published on this site is the property of Prime Creative Media please have patience while we stay live during this process Terms of Service Privacy Policy Subscribe to our mailing list to get a weekly local news recap in your Inbox We use cookies to provide you with a great experience and to help our website run effectively Voters must pick a new Wasco County Commissioner Position #2 as Steve Kramer has decided to retire after he finishes his term in December 2024 And they need to get this selection right at the Nov The County is in the midst of an expanding budget with millions of additional Google dollars coming in the form of Gap payments - fees paid instead of property taxes that are not designated for anything will make the call on how to best use or save this money.  Good decisions now will pay dividends to all of us in the future through a stronger economy better services or even lower taxes.  four candidates vied for the open seat including Darcy Long and John McElheran but it was Jeff Justesen and Brian Lauterbach who won the day.  They received the majority of votes forcing a runoff this fall.  Justesen received 1,878 votes or 29.7% and Lauterbach was 200 behind at 1,678 with 26.56 percent.  With 44 percent of the vote unaccounted for in this general election keeping their rhetoric above the fray for this nonpartisan position - even sharing a car ride once to a candidate forum the two will share a dinner together a day after the election.  What a breath of fresh air amidst the national discourse.  County Commissioners are paid for their service with an annual salary of around $50,000 and ensure that county operations such as planning They hear citizen concerns while ensuring that federal and state requirements are fulfilled Good Commissioners maintain communication with their constituents and prepare before meetings that are held twice a month on Wednesdays Character and work ethic are crucial.   About Jeff Justesen was born and raised in Grass Valley in Sherman County where his father Ed helped farmers as a co-op employee and believed in service to his community He moved to The Dalles in 1999 after attending college at Linn-Benton Community College and Willamette University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.  He worked with the Wasco County Juvenile Department from 1980 to 2003 and he served as the Juvenile Detention Manager from 1990 through 2003 Justesen became the NORCOR Jail Executive Director and served in that capacity until his retirement in 2022.  Jeff is married to Dawn Sallee-Justesen who works for Mt CCCNews: What are your thoughts on the Hospital building on the Kramer Field site While I like the idea of it being centrally located some places have about the location of a hospital that close to a railroad track I don't know if that's a genuine concern or not so I'd like to learn a little more about it I'd also like to learn a little more about what kind of space the hospital has where they're at now I know you can't just tear down an existing hospital and build a new one because you have to continue services while you're doing it but I want to see what kind of land and space they might have up in the general area they're in So while I will be open to options for a hospital relocation I certainly like to explore all the options that they would have prior to making a strong opinion on it.  CCCNews: Do you generally agree we are due for a new hospital I would absolutely agree that we're due for a new hospital I mean without being an expert on the facility The hospital (Adventist Health) they're kind of backing off and reviewing from what kind of the plans there were before Editor’s Note - prior to being sold to Adventist Mid-Columbia Medical Center was advancing plans of building a new hospital on the Kramer Field site.  CCCNews: Do you have any opinions one way or the other about whether Kramer Field should be maintained as a central location for sports and kids I was President of the Little League board for several years and there was talk at that point about utilizing some of the county property where the county owns the space and Kramer there and up in that area for building a youth center And then they discussed revamping the fields the little LEAP fields and some soccer fields in there.  And I know that at that time the architect's plans showed the space was pretty tight there And while I like the idea that it's fairly centrally located I also wouldn't want to see that be the final decision just the central location be the final decision to put something there and not build the necessary complex to accommodate all the users that we need… I'd hate to see us squeeze something in there and not have it be a great facility I don't want to see the money spent on something that's not adequate Justesen also pointed out that the central location of Kramer Field is not a determining factor in keeping it for sports fields noting kids that walk or ride their bikes were “very few.” CCCNews: What do you think about the county’s purchase of 154 acres in West The Dalles and the prospect of building a sports complex I've heard a few things thrown around and again… you hear RV park I understand that part of it's on a hillside so it's not necessarily without a lot of excavation it's not necessarily feasible to use the entire property for something that needs a flat surface … I've heard maybe a small music venue kind of thing or multi-use facility where you can bring in some music events from time to time I know some people may feel that the county shouldn’t be in the land-owning business but there's a lot of opportunity there… where things can be to create revenue for the businesses in town could attract a lot of softball tournaments or little league tournaments and potentially some soccer events that bring people to the area who are eating at restaurants and staying in motels or staying at the RV park and create some revenue CCCNEWS: You think it has a good chance of being a good revenue generator for the community if used in that way if done correctly… I think there is some real potential.  Having been involved with youth sports for well over 30 years and if a new high school is sited at the Whatonka Campus there was some proximity there that maybe some of the sports events wouldn't take up the space where the footprint of the Whatonka campus is and they'd be near enough that they could be utilized by the school as well and wouldn't need quite as much space for the sports on that campus that's just picturing in my mind and ballparking it.. just thinking what it would look like if those things happened CCCNews: How should Millions in Google Payments to the County which can be used for anything be spent I understand that people have been waiting to see the benefits of Google for a long time… but there's also an idea out there that some of that money could potentially be put away… 10 or 12 years down the road there could be money that could come in perpetually forever in theory I think that's a legacy that the county could create That would benefit a lot of entities down the road… there's things that have to be spent But if we spend a little here and a little there But if we put it away we could potentially have that funding to work on those things year in and year out There's plenty of stuff to spend it on right now but it's also an opportunity that we may or may not have again in our lifetimes to save some of that money for the future So that’s just my thought… I have a lot more to learn about it and I would certainly be open to hearing other suggestions CCCNews: Do we need a new High School in The Dalles What should the county’s role be in the School District’s push for a new high school I'm of the opinion we need a new high school… after I retired from NORCOR I got a restricted teaching license to substitute and I get some substitute teaching at the high school And it's my opinion that the facility needs replaced I think the population has just outgrown the school that they have… kids are scattered… industrial arts so there's busing issues to get them up there I don't think the county's role is just to give the school district money to potentially cover some of the cost of the bond I think the impact is like I talked about earlier Base and the ability for a lot of reasons to put in a sports complex close to the new school and this is just an example that may or may not happen But put that in and allow the school to access it Not having to build that may reduce the cost to the school therefore the county is it's something that benefits both the county and the school…  land use issues and zoning issues that the county can I think there is a role for the county that CCCNews: School District 21 is looking to get a bond for a new High school on the November 2025 ballot Everybody needs to hear the same information potentially a role for county leadership to help bring that together.. Lives just outside The Dalles City Limits  Lauterbach is currently a commercial and residential real estate agent with Windermere He was born and raised in The Dalles and graduated The Dalles High School in 1979 He immediately enlisted in the National Guard and then went to work for Les Schwab spending six years at  the Dalles store before moving onto other stores in the Pacific Northwest in a management capacity.  Lauterbach spent 17 years with Schwab ending up in Auburn a former Forest Service Crew Leader with a penchant for animals had fallen in love with Whitefish Montana while the couple were on a vacation That spurred them to buy a tire store and rename it  Big Mountain Tire in Whitefish.  he served on both the hospital and school boards The father of two daughters lost his first wife who was also born and raised in The Dalles in 2006.   Lauterbach returned to The Dalles after friend Mike Woodside I was on the hospital foundation here for a lot of years We talked about doing a new venture… a new tower on the original building but that was before the new CEO (Dennis Knox who set up the sale of MCMC to Adventist Health) they're (Adventist)  getting their feet on the ground with what they have I was also on that hospital foundation board in Whitefish Montana and in 2007 … at that time we did an internal study on having first responders and hospitals too close to our mainline train tracks and highways If there was a toxic spill on the tracks or you know a truck turned over in the highway and it took out your first responders and our hospital staff right downtown So (in Whitefish) we ended up building the new hospital and eventually the fire and the police stations too We decided to move them away from anything that could happen that would take out our first responders I think they need to build new (in The Dalles) but I still believe that it is currently in a great location that has extra land and I would support them staying where they're at CCCNews: What do you think about the county’s purchase of 154 acres in West The Dalles and the prospect of building a sports complex?   The property is located in the scenic area I actually think you know that it (sports complex) wouldn't be a bad location in proximity to a new high school… that location and the potential high school location of being the old Wahtonka Campus would be a good marriage But you know with all the commercial land that’s been bought up by Google we don't have land to bring in a larger retailer of any size… another complex maybe like Cascades Square or another grocery store… If we were able to move the sports complex out there it would definitely free up some large chunks of commercial property (Kramer Field) to be able to develop and I think that's a good thing because we currently are out of good large commercial spaces We currently don't have access to land that we can offer businesses Maupin I think is working on their potable water system and so is Shaniko and so is Pine Hollow There's a lot of projects out there that could be helped by giving some grant money or I like the idea of trying to get our infrastructure in order to what's available through some Oregon initiatives To help people buy their first home or help them to pay for rent… You know my understanding is there's a lot of a lot of vouchers available in our area but there's no housing you know people lose their (housing) vouchers because they expire right because they can't find anything So we need to encourage housing in those areas But where are the builders or developers going to build those apartments or build the type of housing that the vouchers can be used for We need to encourage developers somehow to build some of those I think we're starting to see some of that we're shy on big chunks of land to put apartment complexes we talked about big chunks of property for retail But we also need some chunks of land that are available to What should the county’s role in the School District’s push for a new high school I think we can all agree that we need new schools I think we will need to find ways to get community buy-in and involvement of every age spectrum I was on a school board in Whitefish for two terms And we got a new school built and another one re-modeled As schools get in some of this new money coming in I think it would be a greater thing to do if they spent it on a strategic marketing plan and maybe even go so far as to hire an architect to create a community storyboard to really get it in the public eye more I think It's hard to get people to come out and be a part of these meetings… I found when we were running to get a new school built in Whitefish we created these storyboards and we put them in every bank in town People had to walk by them and actually see these storyboards and have a vision of that school and what it looked like and it kind of gave some meat to you know what it could be instead of just having a bond… And I'm not bashing anything I just think there are fresh ways to maybe look at putting it in front of the people that are going to be footing the tax budget Lead Editor here at Columbia Community Connection Get local news updates from the Mid-Columbia region in your inbox Columbia Community Connection was established in 2020 as a local honest and digital news source providing meaningful stories and articles CCC News’ primary goal is to inform and elevate all the residents and businesses of the Mid-Columbia Region Contact us: News@columbiacommunityconnection.com - Tel: (541) 980 - 2756 Powered by Immense Imagery Columbia Community Connection409 Lincoln St,The Dalles Privacy Policy Terms of Service (CNN) -- The Marine accused of killing Lance Cpl a law enforcement source close to the murder investigation said Saturday who has seen a report completed earlier this month by the Defense Department's Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Cesar Laurean's DNA does not match that of the unborn child Laurean and Lauterbach were stationed at Camp Lejeune Police unearthed her charred body from beneath a barbecue pit in Laurean's backyard in January 2008 Laurean was 22 when he was arrested in Mexico in April 2008 a Mexican reporter asked Laurean whether he had killed Lauterbach "I loved her." Laurean has been indicted on charges that include first-degree murder financial card transaction fraud and obtaining property by false pretenses North Carolina prosecutors allege he killed Lauterbach on December 14 and used her ATM card 10 days later before fleeing to Mexico He holds dual citizenship in the United States and Mexico The law enforcement source familiar with the case said a DNA swab was taken by court order from Laurean after he was extradited from Mexico in March to face charges in North Carolina Mexican authorities agreed to the extradition in part because prosecutors took the death penalty off the table Lauterbach told the Marines that Laurean raped her Lauterbach's mother says Maria told a military investigator that she no longer believed Laurean was the father of her unborn child says her daughter remained adamant that Laurean raped her A few weeks before a scheduled rape hearing at Camp Lejeune Dewey Hudson, district attorney for Onslow County said Laurean is scheduled for arraignment in early June "I cannot comment on any of the tests," Hudson said He would not say how the DNA results might affect his case against Laurean Mary Lauterbach said the DNA test results don't answer bigger questions she has about whether the Marines did enough to protect her daughter or moved quickly enough to investigate her claims "BEFORE ELVIS: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS WHO MADE THE KING" by Preston Lauterbach (Grand Central In the 1990 hip-hop anthem "Fight the Power," Chuck D of Public Enemy slammed Elvis Presley This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Chattanooga Times Free Press Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2025 audio and/or video material shall not be published rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use The AP will not be held liable for any delays errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing On the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) 190 countries have signed a pandemic treaty German Health Minister Lauterbach is optimistic.   Berlin (dpa) - Germany’s acting Health Minister Karl Lauterbach believes it will be possible in future to contain or even prevent the global spread of fatal viruses such as coronavirus “It is no exaggeration to call this agreement historic,” Lauterbach said in Berlin.  He explained that it would allow information about viruses or other pathogens with pandemic potential to be shared faster internationally in future This would then allow a more rapid response “And this will simply increase the probability that a local outbreak never becomes a pandemic if such an agreement is in place,” added Lauterbach.  countries undertake to strengthen their healthcare systems and their monitoring of the animal kingdom The idea is to rapidly identify outbreaks of disease and the treaty aims to avoid chaos when it comes to the procurement of protective materials and prevent the unjust distribution of vaccines.   following the inauguration of President Donald Trump had not taken part in the negotiations and would be leaving the WHO in January.   Please confirm your email address so that we can send you our newsletter in the future With 2025 marking what would have been Elvis Presley's 90th birthday, there will be considerable focus on honoring the "King of Rock 'n' Roll." But for author Preston Lauterbach it’s also an opportunity to celebrate the many Black influences that shaped Presley’s creative vision and musical style during an event on April 4 at the Memphis Listening Lab Lauterbach examines the Black artists who laid the foundations for rock ‘n’ roll and influenced its best known exponent in Presley exploring the lives and careers of R&B performers like Little Junior Parker “I definitely want people to appreciate the stories of these artists,” said Lauterbach “The whole reason that they need to be told is that they've been in the shadows far Lauterbach is well suited to tell the story of Elvis' Black musical forebears Hailed by historian Greil Marcus as “the most valuable chronicler of African American music as a fulcrum and a center of American culture,” Lauterbach has written a series of crucial histories of Black music and The Blind Boys of Alabama (“Spirit of the Century: Our Own Story”) Lauterbach said it was the 2022 Baz Luhrmann-directed "Elvis" biopic — which features a fictionalized scene where Elvis mingles with a host of famed Black artists at a Memphis nightclub — that prompted a new generation of fans to wonder about the key influences on Presley’s music and style “Reading the responses to the film it was like we need to know more about these figures and what Elvis' relationship to them was.’ And I thought I can probably do that it was the easiest book pitch that I've ever put together just because Elvis is really easy to work off of.” In "Before Elvis," Lauterbach looks at figures like Parker as well as lesser-known Presley influences like Beale Street guitarist Calvin Newborn and Memphis gospel artist Rev Lauterbach also delves into the thornier and more complex aspects of music and race in the 1950s including the injustices of copyright theft media segregation and how so many white artists and producers benefitted from the pioneering work of Black talent “Elvis has historically been such a lightning rod for appropriation when it comes to white people getting rich off of Black music but there’s a more complex story there too.” ELVIS AT 90: Decade-by-decade milestones in the life — and afterlife — of the King Mostly though Lauterbach delves into the art of Elvis and shows how performers like Newborn influenced his stage style while singers like Crudup and Brewster would help define his sound “Elvis had this storytelling style as a singer," said Lauterbach you can really hear Crudup’s emotional attack — how every little breath That storytelling power was something Elvis drew on heavily.” Lauterbach noted that Presley’s signature drawled out “Well…” was directly influenced by the music of Rev a regular on local Memphis radio broadcasts in the early-‘50s that Presley tuned into “Elvis called Black gospel his first love,” said Lauterbach “There were all these subtleties of his style that he picked up from Brewster and that music in general.” Lauterbach hopes the book will help expand the understanding of Presley’s art and honor the works of the artists he drew on “I think readers will enjoy learning about those people and learning about Elvis at the same time,” he said “So music fans in general and Elvis fans specifically can both benefit.” Preston Lauterbach in Conversation with Robert Gordon discussing 'Before Elvis'Presented by Memphis Listening Lab and Novel Go to Memphislisteninglab.org. Charles M. Schultz is Managing Editor of the Brooklyn Rail. 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Court of Good Shepherd13005 Greenville Ave, Dallas TX 75243 Kacky Walton spoke with author Preston Lauterbach about his new book "Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King."  and interactions with Presley of four innovative Black artists who helped shape what would become Rock 'n' Roll These trailblazers include Big Mama Thornton and eccentric Beale Street guitarist Calvin Newborn Additionally, Lauterbach will have a book signing event at the Memphis Listening Lab on Friday Event Details:Date: Friday, April 4Time: 6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.Location: Memphis Listening Lab at Crosstown Concourse (1350 Concourse Ave)Learn more here > Read this week's magazine In Before Elvis (Hachette music journalist Preston Lauterbach examines Elvis Presley’s debt to the Black artists who launched the rock ’n’ roll revolution When you listen to Arthur Crudup’s “That’s All Right Mama” or Junior Parker’s “Mystery Train,” what do you hear that shaped Elvis’s hit versions With Crudup it’s the emotional power behind the delivery You’re not just reading a song off of a page With Junior’s “Mystery Train,” there is emotion but it also has a compelling narrative that pulls you in You also write about the impact of Calvin Newborn’s stage routines People called him Elvis the Pelvis because of his gyrations That’s what got him so much divisive attention early on: people thought his stage presentation was lewd who was a guitarist and singer on Beale Street in Memphis in the 1950s Calvin told me stories about young Elvis studying his act—that’s where Elvis got those iconic wiggles His style seemed so shockingly original because when he got on Milton Berle’s show with millions of eyeballs on him most people tuning in had never seen anything like it Black artists were not showcased like white artists were on radio and television singing a Little Richard song or a Joe Turner song and shaking his pelvis—you could already see that on Beale Street Did Black artists benefit from having Elvis showcase their music There’s an after-Elvis effect: what does it mean to have him cover your song on national television She recorded “You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Hound Dog” three years before Elvis did She should have been paid a lot more by the producer and was almost certainly shorted on her royalties she wasn’t entitled to a piece of Elvis’s version But she exploited the publicity—rereleased her version and toured to support it She made it work for her as best she could was there something unique about Elvis’s ability to make this music mainstream He’s maybe the greatest vocal talent in rock ’n’ roll history and it was authentic: it was who he was and what he felt He never outgrew his roots in Black music and that role of “I’m telling a big American story and it includes these voices and songs.” « Back Lauterbach in Germany has teamed up to provide debug tools on a virtual prototyping platform in the cloud to develop software for the next generation of vehicles The company is supplying its tools for the cloud-based Reference Design-1 AE automotive platform developed by ARM This platform allows engineers to develop code for software defined vehicles (SDV) directly in the cloud before physical chips are available The RD-1 AE uses the ARM Neoverse V3AE application processors as well as Cortex-R82AE-based safety islands and a Cortex-M55-based Runtime Security Engine for complex SDV architectures It also includes a complete set of software showcasing the platform’s many features including hypervisor-based virtualization on the application cores and safety islands as well as running multiple rich and real-time OS in virtual machines (VMs) This needs sophisticated multicore debug technologies to access the various cores that operate in very different ways The RD-1 AE is available as a virtual model on the Virtual Hardware platform from Corellium. This provides higher speeds than model-based systems or even emulation as the workloads are executed natively on ARMv9 hardware in the cloud and do not have to be emulated or simulated on x86 server processors The virtual hardware platform faithfully represents the entirety of the RD-1 AE architecture including SystemReady IR support The applications core count was reduced to four instead of 16 to make the platform more affordable to run Lauterbach worked with Corellium to support the use of its TRACE32 debug tools with all known features, such as multicore debugging of the individual A-, R-, and M-class ARM CPU clusters as well as hypervisor, OS, and AUTOSAR awareness on the virtual hardware The TRACE32 features give developers insight across the virtual system including the complete software stack underneath the applications “The RD-1 AE leverages our latest ARMv9 technology to enable the AI and safety capabilities needed to develop next-generation SDVs,” said Suraj Gajendra vice president of automotive product and software solutions at ARM “Lauterbach and Corellium’s virtual prototype solution helps automotive software developers start on their work much earlier and accelerates time to market for key automotive applications.” “Our innovative solution enables automotive developers to innovate just as quickly in the cloud as on physical chips,” says Bill Neifert “By partnering with Lauterbach and leveraging the Arm Virtual Hardware platform powered by Corellium we have transformed the development process for software-defined vehicles and modernized the automotive industry.” www.corellium.com; www.lauterbach.com/sdv Sönke Lauterbach has announced his resignation as chairman of the executive board and secretary-general of the German Equestrian Federation (FN) on Monday 15 July 2024 Lauterbach has headed the federation full-time since 2009 His employment contract will end on 30 September 2025 the FN's budget deficit in 2023 and a report on the control mechanisms were the focus of an extraordinary assembly in Warendorf At this meeting Lauterbach did not survive the vote of confidence nor president Hans-Joachim Erbel and treasurer Gerhard Ziegler An independent auditing report stated that the federation had appropriate control mechanisms despite some potential for optimization and classified the 2024 budget as plausible overall While the assembly approved the 2024 budget treasurer and secretary-general were not relieved (i.e meaning that they can no longer be held responsible for the state of affairs) "The trust in me has suffered massively and the criticism of the federation has become increasingly focused on me personally in recent weeks I have the feeling that I have become an increasing burden to the FN I no longer see myself in a position to lead the federation in the long term," explained the 50-year-old Lauterbach  "I take responsibility for the mistakes made in the context of budget planning and monitoring for 2023/2024 and for the fact that our control mechanisms did not work well enough." In November 2023 first Lauterbach received criticism when he announced his separation from his wife Nina and his current relationship with FN colleague In the official FN press release on the resignation of Lauterbach FN Vice President Dr Harald Hohmann stated that he deeply regrets the decision of his Secretary General From the point of view of the Presidium and from my point of view Soenke Lauterbach is the right man in the right place together with his colleagues on the Board and the relevant committees of the FN has drawn the right conclusions from the failures and mistakes of the past and proposed or already implemented measures that are necessary to deal with the current situation He always enjoyed the unconditional trust of the voluntary and full-time management bodies It is all the more bitter that he wants to leave us Soenke Lauterbach's decision deserves our greatest respect." 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www.lauterbach.com After massive attacks on healthcare by German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (Social Democrat, SPD) and the ruling coalition with the so-called the hospital reform the government is plotting its next budget-cutting offensive In an interview with Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland at the end of May Lauterbach spoke of an “acute problem in long-term care insurance.” In recent years “the number of people in need of care has exploded,” the minister claimed “Based on demographics an increase of only around 50,000 people was expected in 2023 Lauterbach is fudging the numbers to provide a pretext for a rapid “reform”—that is one could conclude that the number of people in need of care jumped sevenfold last year the qualifications for care were redefined people with dementia and similar illnesses have become entitled to care Even then it was clear that the number of people in need of care would increase by at least 200,000 per year and not just by the 50,000 that were expected anyway for demographic reasons the number rose by an average of 326,000 per year or 35,000 more than the average of the previous years With a total of over 5 million people in need of care Lauterbach knows that an extensive reform of long-term care insurance can only be implemented in the next legislative period cost-intensive forms of care in the inpatient sector are to lose financing in favor of cheaper outpatient care; and A commission of experts is currently working on proposals for the “future-proof financing of social long-term care insurance.” The formation of this commission was spelled out in the ruling parties’ initial coalition agreement the onus is on supplementary private provision or better said: in the future only those who can afford it are to receive adequate care It is not without reason that the German Association of Private Health Insurers (PKV) cheers such proposals Although contributions to statutory long-term care insurance were increased just last year This will further increase the burden on wage earners “The long-term care insurance funds assume that the financial resources in the first quarter of 2025 will total less than one month’s expenditure In this case the federal government may raise the contribution rate by statutory order,” the state of North Rhine-Westphalia’s Association of Substitute Health Insurance Funds (NRW Verband der Ersatzkassen) explained to the Rheinische Post the figures show just how tense the situation is for long-term care insurance has been wrung out for decades and is plunging from one crisis into the next Experts expect that over the next 15 years more than 1 million additional people in need of care will be added to the 5 million already requiring it Chairman of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV) estimates that 1.5 million to over 2.5 million new people in need of care will be added by 2040 This would increase the number of those needing care to between 6.8 million and 8 million This increase means that the need for nursing staff will likewise rise dramatically 280,000 to 690,000 additional nursing staff will be needed over the next 25 years The president of the German Nursing Council expects that there will be a shortage of 500,000 nurses in the next 10 years Even now there exists a shortfall of 115,000 full-time nurses an average of two care facilities in Germany filed for insolvency every day more than one in three facilities was in the red 80 care services and 37 day care facilities had to close in the first quarter of 2024 This was due to financial distress and a lack of nursing staff Many nursing staff today work part-time because of extremely high workloads the enormous stress of the work causes many to be absent due to illness A lack of staff and frequent understaffing in care facilities and hospitals can have a negative impact on patient safety which can lead to nursing complications or even deaths This was recently demonstrated in the Am Schloss Friedrichsfelde nursing home in Berlin-Lichtenberg a geriatric nurse called the police and fire department out of desperation because there was no staff available for the night shift the costs for those in need of care and their relatives are exploding one’s personal contribution (copay) is €2,783 per month The copay for inpatient care in Berlin is over €2,500 per month during the first year of care the average pension of a Berlin resident is just €1,500 This means that many elderly people slip into poverty as soon as they need care One-third of nursing home residents are therefore dependent on “care assistance” from the social welfare authorities which is only distributed when one has exhausted one’s personal savings 17.5 percent of pensioners are considered poor and 660,000 of those over 65 are dependent on statutory old-age benefits soaring energy prices and exploding rental costs were primary factors driving poverty In order to remedy the massive problems in the health and care 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If you have a problem, just email us We should probably mention that this was the Paris of the 1950s a moment in time when the cuisine was as rich as the culture the lonely little girl might stuff herself on duck eggs with nothing more than a Paris Metro card tucked in her pocket she could escape her grandma’s smothering presence to wander the City of Light looking for delicious things to fill her belly So while Edith Piaf trilled songs of love and sorrow and the existentialists contemplated the meaning of being and nothingness little Christiane Françoise Luc would save her coins to buy a can of pâté de foie gras — or shyly approach the counter of a gourmet deli and ask for a scoop of hearts of palm salad Christiane lauterbach in her atlanta garden complete with custom tomato-growing cage (it keeps the critters off) When the great Atlanta food writer Christiane Lauterbach describes the Parisian childhood that shaped her palate rags-to-riches quality to her story — a touch of Cinderella “If you have seen the movie ‘The 400 Blows,’ it’s a little bit of my background,” she tells me as she sips a cup of cortado at Little Tart Bakeshop in the Krog Street Market in Atlanta’s Inman Park neighborhood on a cool winter morning. She’s referring to François Truffaut’s New Wave classic about a troubled young boy who eventually finds freedom by running off to the seashore it was pretty loosey-goosey and not wealthy for sure,” says Lauterbach who was born in the 6th Arrondissement of Paris and later moved to suburban Colombes which she describes as “about as glamorous as living in Queens.” Her father worked in a factory that made X-ray tubes punctuating her heavily accented English with girlish giggles I didn’t know anybody whose parents were divorced my interactions with Lauterbach had been brief but pleasurable I met her in the late ’90s when I first began to write about food for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Many will tell you that Lauterbach is intimidating I found this short woman with spiky red hair cat-woman glasses and fishnet hose to be a fabulously fascinating feline Lauterbach was sexy in a bookish kind of way: a great person to sit by when you found yourself dateless at the wedding of a mutual friend a raconteur who responded to tedious questions about her work with dismissive On the occasion of her 20th anniversary as dining critic of Atlanta magazine recalls the scene at which she introduced herself to Lauterbach while Lauterbach was the resident diva and exotic When Burns asked the preening glamor-puss her favorite thing to eat — a question that nearly every critic loathes — Lauterbach responded: “My favorite thing to do when I get home is to get naked crawl between the sheets of my bed and eat a big bowl of thick the Southern Foodways Alliance gave Lauterbach the Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award quoted Lauterbach in the Oxford American as saying: “In my declining years I’d like to run a dominatrix training school for waiters and waitresses These are the kind of glib comments Lauterbach tosses off when she doesn’t want to give serious answers They are part of a highly crafted public persona that has been called punk and futurist intensely private woman puts on to protect herself from the prying interlopers who dare to put her in a box and what I pursued over the course of a half dozen meetings and meals with her She forms opinions quickly and sticks to them That way she can gather her thoughts and concentrate without interruption Sometimes she needs company so she can try as much food as possible in a single sitting In that case she prefers men with large appetites “Sometimes I want to tell people: ‘Don’t tell me what you think because you are just a prop You are there so I don’t look like an idiot ordering five meals But your opinion” — she pauses for a second and makes the sound of a whining cat — “it really doesn’t matter.” She also speaks Spanish and gets by in Italian and Dutch Servers whom she sees playing with their hair or otherwise touching their bodies are unacceptable to her She has been terrorized by restaurant owners because I got death threats and they sounded pretty serious and I moved out for a few days because I was freaked out about that but people used to scream at me and carry on how could you say my chandeliers are vulgar?’ Because they are.” after a particularly withering review of an Atlanta establishment that shall go unnamed she was told never to return to any of the restaurant group’s locations appearing at the company’s next new place with two well-known restaurant reviewers She told me that she didn’t care what the restaurant owners thought of her: She refused to be intimidated She does not own a TV but she does stream video via the Internet She loves “The Wire” and the Korean TV series “Boys Over Flowers.” She’s up to date on Netflix's “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” She is not interested in social media. No Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram. “If I had wanted to take pictures of cheeseburgers, I would have made a different career. I’m not super visual.” For the record: For a short time during the rise of the Atlanta food-truck scene, she kept a blog Knife & Fork has no online presence — and never has in its 32 years of existence  and I don’t want anybody to follow me,” she says She is likely to find more surprising places to eat on the backroads She has two grown daughters and three grandchildren She is a doting grandma who uses Skype to communicate with her 2-year-old grandson in Washington state there is a tiny menagerie of miniature animals that she plays with during these conversations the kid has picked up grandma’s favorite word: “Bleh!” an iconic Southern restaurant in Social Circle We happen to stop by the Blue Willow gift shop she was devastated when her husband left her she has chronicled the ethnic cuisines of Atlanta from Buford Highway to the Korean boroughs of Duluth she can indulge her curiosity for new discoveries “very few people go to a restaurant they have never heard of I’ll be driving around and I’ll just be going in and out you shouldn’t be able to talk about the good places So that’s very much the way I conduct my life.” This endless pursuit of the city’s changing dining demographic is part of her remarkable legacy and one of the reasons she is Atlanta’s most essential omnivore Lauterbach says she wanted to become a librarian But her grandmother told her she’d never get married if did how she entertains me during our first interview at Little Tart She ended up being a preschool teacher in the Paris public school system “I was very impatient as a teacher,” she says “You terrorized the children?” I ask her teasingly I’m a disciplinarian in many ways,” she answers In her early 20s, Lauterbach met Volker Süssmann, a man almost eight years her senior, the son of Gen. Wilhelm Süssmann, a German air force officer who was killed in the Battle of Crete “He taught me how to travel in style,” Lauterbach wrote in the 2004 issue of Atlanta magazine celebrating her 20th year as the publication’s restaurant critic Süssmann was a corporate lawyer for a subsidiary of an American pharmaceutical corporation and the two moved to New York in the early ’70s She was excited and invigorated to be back in a big city Süssmann introduced her to a paralegal named Jeffrey Lauterbach who was five years younger than me,” she tells me later in an email When I asked her if she was not in love with Süssmann “I was a confused and ambitious chick on the make …  I was also seduced by the New York lifestyle —  so free To stay with Süssmann would have meant returning to Germany she and Lauterbach married and moved to Atlanta in 1974 so he could study law at Emory University which was then a rather provincial black-and-white town.  “I loved the city and the trees kind of thing,” she says in her curious English It was very difficult just to even conceive of that in Atlanta but I was charmed by the vegetation and a new culture invading a new culture is incredibly interesting.” she is still investigating this strange city where she has maintained the tricky duality of being both an outsider and an insider That is the great contradiction that is Christiane Lauterbach Soon they were reviewing restaurants as a couple they formed Knife & Fork with three friends: Bill Cutler can’t remember a time when the family wasn’t reviewing restaurants “I remember them doing the paste-up for the layout on the floor or the kitchen table every week,” says Brown who has been proofreading the newsletter since she was a kid and has been the designer since she was a high-school teenager at The Paideia School the original group met to assign reviews The couples often paired up to write; at the end everybody got together again for a group edit rather dandified Old World tone that Lauterbach attributes to Cutler “We used the ‘royal we’ from The New Yorker Knife & Fork hasn’t changed much in its three decades; it has retained its eight-page three-hole-punched format so that it can be filed in a folder a subscriber will call me and say: ‘I have 25 years of Knife & Fork Can I give it back to you?’” says Lauterbach doing a very good imitation of a creaky-voiced elderly person writing in a tone that is consistent with the earliest issues Today Knife & Fork remains the single most comprehensive record of Atlanta dining history — an encyclopedic 30-year database that exists in written form and in the brain trust that is Lauterbach “She is the holder of our collective culinary knowledge in Atlanta,” says Bill Addison who replaced her as Atlanta magazine’s chief dining critic in 2009 “At a time when criticism is transitioning in Atlanta and her voice remains not just authoritative but enlightening.” the AJC dining critic who befriended Lauterbach after he moved to Atlanta from Denver in 1997 “Knife & Fork is such a living document of where Atlanta was the way nothing else has really been,” he says “It’s not prettied up and presented at all It is a snapshot of a month in the life of Atlanta’s restaurant scene.” They pay $28 per year or $46 for two years “We virtually never go out to eat without consulting Knife & Fork and make a practice of giving it to new colleagues when they arrive in Atlanta,” Bill Amis “We currently give Knife & Fork to 11 friends.” And yet Lauterbach is so fiercely competitive that she has been known to ignore subscription requests from some Atlanta food writers and news outlets Some get around that by subscribing anonymously “She does not make it easy to subscribe to Knife & Fork,” says Brown, who has followed in her mother’s footsteps and reviews restaurants for the Athens publication Flagpole Knife & Fork consistently scoops competing publications like the AJC and Atlanta magazine now a Philadelphia-based financial planner But in the circle of American dining critics she has been a member of the James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards Committee when Atlanta magazine hired Lauterbach to review restaurants the trend in Atlanta fine dining was “continental.” Her European background was an obvious plus we were fascinated with her European savoir faire at the beginning,” Addison says “while she herself found a devotion to Buford Highway and the cuisines that were much more far-flung I feel like over the years she has tried to blend the two in the publications that she’s written for.” “the rest of the population has caught up with Christiane’s curiosity.” Lauterbach has never been shy about talking to restaurateurs — unlike reviewers for American newspapers “I think there is no conflict in that in her mind,” Kessler says Says Lauterbach: “Anonymity is very overrated … I’m sure I know the 20 most important food critics in the nation believe me.” According to Lauterbach and every restaurant critic I know there is only so much a chef can do to alter a restaurant experience once a reviewer has been spotted in the place Lauterbach never makes a reservation in her own name she will ask that it be removed from the bill comes over and says: ‘Is it fantastic?’ And she goes This is inedible.’ And you’ll just see this girl going And you have to take it away.’ And [the server] goes: ‘Oh Everyone else loves that dish.’ And then she’ll go: ‘I don’t care what everyone else says In her words: “If you are a restaurateur and I say something bad about you you should seriously consider that it was bad You could be paying dearly a consultant to find out why this or that aspect of your business sucks.” Kessler quotes her as saying the best advice she could give him was this: “If they bring the wrong dish to your table Lauterbach championed the Southern restaurant during its heady early days when Alabama-born chef Scott Peacock ran the kitchen A protege of Southern-food doyenne Edna Lewis Peacock won a James Beard Award while at Watershed while driving them back from an event in South Georgia in the middle of the night But when Peacock passed the toque to chef Joe Truex and the restaurant moved to Buckhead She panned Truex’s cooking and wasn’t so crazy about designer Smith Hanes’ gray decor who moved to Dubai late last year to operate a pizza joint and Lauterbach wanted to sample the new executive chef’s menu I make a reservation under an assumed name She tells the server she wants to try Stevenson’s new menu items and that’s all she cares about Stevenson arrives at our table to say hello The server has told him about this rapt woman who is only interested in his food When he asks if the lady has a French accent and the staffer tells him “yes,” it’s a giveaway Lauterbach tells him the half-pint portion size of his chicken-liver mousse is too large that it could give somebody a heart attack “She said the portion size was ‘immoral,’” Stevenson recalls on the day I call him to ask about the experience “I now make it in a terrine mold and cut a slice for service,” Stevenson says Knife & Fork may have a small readership a kind word from Christiane is equivalent to bragging rights,” Stevenson says “When I am fortunate enough to have her say something nice about me in Knife & Fork you better bet that I get text messages from other chefs in the city saying getting too close to Lauterbach can be a slippery slope be aware that it doesn’t buy you a better opinion I may be harder on you because I know you.” “A chef being charming and speaking to her at the table for a few minutes does not sway her judgment She will say what she feels needs to be said about a restaurant.” During the course of our meal at Watershed I ask Lauterbach if she considers herself Southern after living in the region for so long She responds with an unequivocal “Noooooooooo.” The kitchen has an industrial-size stainless-steel refrigerator and sink and a movable worktable with a white marble top of the sort you might find at Parisian café A central skylight illuminates a small collection of tall Her dining table originally came from a school A pair of white slippers are on the floor next to her bed — Japanese style — and when I comment on the TV she reminds me that it is a computer monitor Lauterbach rarely lets strangers into her home well-lighted space and in showing me and a photographer around a garden where she grows tomatoes Once I arrive to find her with a reference book on weeds in her hands: She is trying to find the name of  particularly invasive specimen — using the approach of a librarian But there is one thing beside the door she will not allow us to photograph even though she points it out with her usual chattiness while her daughter and grandchild were sleeping in a bedroom Lauterbach awoke to find an invader prowling through her home When they went for takeout at Taqueria del Sol in Decatur Lauterbach was so spooked that she only ordered one fish taco instead of her usual two And she refuses to stop doing what she loves When I ask her if she is tired of reviewing restaurants she seems to have trouble understanding the concept indefatigable Parisian intellectual with the rapier wit and ravenous curiosity is nowhere near pushing back from the table She was born hungry — always ready for her next great bite SUBSCRIBENEWSLETTERGENERAL STORE STORIESPODCASTFOODWAYSPARTNERSHIPS ABOUT USTEAMCONTACT MEDIA KITCUSTOMER SERVICESUBMISSIONS First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work First Draft celebrates creative writing and the individuals who are dedicated to bringing their carefully chosen words to print as well as the impact writers have on the world we live in In this episode, Mitzi talks to Ann Lauterbach about her new poetry collection, Door Subscribe and download the episode Mitzi Rapkin: One of the things that I think is really interesting about this collection is that you have so many different poems called Door I don’t know if you’ve done that before I’m curious if you have and your choice about that likes to use the same title over and over again it amused me to think of the book as a kind of architecture stanza means room and I like this idea that the doors in it are literally like you’re going to go into another space that there were just all these entrances and exits and entrances and exits that they were not necessarily into anything of great merit or interest the earlier collections have had very distinct separations between their parts It didn’t seem to have that shape at all the way in which maybe the recurring motif like a pattern in anything door is such a symbol in your poems and you do start one of the poems saying “let’s explore what words cannot.”  It seems very ironic on the face of it for a poet because that’s all you have as a poet You have the images and symbols too but there are some boundaries to what words can convey You know Auden said poetry makes nothing happen But I don’t know that he believed that for a second And I think that question about the efficacy of language and the use of language and the misuse of language and what it does to cultures is so relevant right now and after suffering through the years of Donald J a kind of terror that language was going to no longer have any tenacity or relevance or way to touch down on how things are And some of these poems were written in that sense of turbulence and terror that words were just going to not be effective at all because they were being emptied out of any kind of significance that we could count on to go back to that Ann Lauterbach is the author of ten books of poetry and three books of essays, including The Night Sky: Writings on the Poetics of Experience and The Given & The Chosen was a finalist for the National Book Award Lauterbach’s work has been recognized by fellowships from She is the Ruth and David Schwab II Professor of Languages and Literatures at Bard College Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature Masthead About Sign Up For Our Newsletters How to Pitch Lit Hub Privacy Policy Support Lit Hub - Become A Member Lit Hub has always brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall you'll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving 2015-16: Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll 2015: Ranked 78th nationally in hits allowed per seven innings (5.82)...Finished second on the team in strikeouts (35) innings pitched (68.1)...Held opposing batters to .219 batting average...Threw three complete games...Earned victories over Coastal Carolina and La Salle...Finished with a team-best 2.64 ERA in conference only games...Posted a 2-6 record 2014: Finished second on the team in wins (six) and saves (two)...Earned both of the team's victories at the A-10 Championship...Picked up wins versus Western Michigan Bonaventure...Made five starts with 20 appearances...Ranked second on the team in strike outs (34) and innings pitched (56.0)....Finished with a 6-4 record 2013: Appeared in three games...Struck out four while allowing six runs over three innings against Central Michigan...Recorded a strike out in an inning of work versus Western Michigan...Threw 0.1 innings against St High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner and three-year captain...Three-time Pittsburgh Post Gazette South All-Star Team and WPIAL All-Section Team honoree...Named All-Pennsylvania three times...Four-year letterwinner was named Player of the Week numerous times by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette ESPN Radio 1250 and ESPN Rise Magazine (Eastern United States Region)...As a senior strikeouts (142) and ERA (0.61)...Batted .491 with eight home runs and an .875 slugging percentage in 2012...Named to the 2012 Adidas Futures Team and North American Select CUP Team...Member of the 2012 Steel City Cyclones travel team finishing with a 13-1 record 12 saves and a 0.93 ERA...Also lettered in basketball garnering 2012 Roundball Classic All-Star Team honors..Majoring in elementary/special education There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Poet Ann Lauterbach’s 11th book contains a challenging invitation: poems that offer fresh perceptions of life’s beautiful enigmas Door by Ann Lauterbach If you think that Door is a curiously odd title for a book of poems “I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door,” writes the Canadian author Michael Ondaatje “I have always knocked at the door of that wonderful and terrible enigma which is life,” wrote the Nobel Prize-winning Italian poet Eugenio Montale And this connection between symbolic doors and poems was heralded by two major 19th-century American poets and “Be an opener of doors for such as come after you,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson I welcome you to the latest poetry book by Ann Lauterbach and Emerson resonate with the heart of the 44 poems comprising Lauterbach’s Door Put simply: Lauterbach is a poet for whom daily life teems with open-ended enigmas wonderful and terrible mysteries which even the most exquisitely crafted poetic language (which Lauterbach fashions) can only suggest indirectly Yet her poems do considerably more than simply insinuate life’s unanswerable questions With stunning emotional force and intellectual power Lauterbach compels us to question our everyday assumptions about what is most beautiful and true in our lives Here is an example from a poem entitled “Interiors” — and note how often Lauterbach’s titles favor architectural terms: I am done with the sun and the mountains and the river This poem displays several features evident throughout Lauterbach’s Door Notice how “The Interior” moves from an opening vista of the natural world (oddly dismissive) to the vantage of a home library The image of book spines morphs into the surreal with suggestion of a door (“and the hinges We end up with an assertion that reading brings a commingling of the living and dead This underscores “Interiors” as a dreamy sequence of digressions Lauterbach’s poem zigzags from this claim to a philosophical reflection on the adequacy of poetic language to reflect a daily reality that is in constant flux: At this point in the poem Lauterbach turns to paradox At the conclusion of “Interior,” Lauterbach claims that “Questions burden us…”.” But she often poses unanswerable questions in her verse reminding us that burdensome questions can be poetic opportunities in disguise The picture I have presented thus far of Lauterbach’s poetry might discourage readers who favor verse in which the poet straightforwardly confesses his or her stressed personal life a fashionable psychological stance popularized by poets who foreground their complex racial and sexual identities revelations of personal sorrow and grief can have as much — if not more — emotional resonance when presented obliquely Many of her poems of this type see the door as a symbol that separates life from death intimations of mortality no doubt propelled by memories of the unexpected early deaths of her father and sister Here is a taste of the elegiac tone of Lauterbach’s poem entitled “Door,” one of eight poems with “door” in their title in this book: Yet Lauterbach’s door poems also open out to supply whimsical delight She began her artistic journey with a desire to become a painter in New York decades ago The play of color in her poems reflects her continued passion for painting Look at a color wheel: “alizarin red” is a red that is closer to a purplish-blue than it is to an orange Perhaps it is the color most associated with red doors at the front of homes and commercial buildings It seems to match the color of American painter Kenneth Noland’s painting on a wooden door panel entitled “Parisian Bar,” one in his series entitled “Doors” (1987-89) the exotic sound of “alizarin” may have also smitten Lauterbach leads readers on a journey where the everyday becomes marvelous Lauterbach’s Door encourages us to think more flexibly and sensitively about the exotic curiosities that circulate beneath the prosaic It will never be more fascinating,” advised the poet and art critic James Schuyler Lauterbach’s urgency in these poems is at the service of expanding where we find the fantastic of encouraging readers to look to the ordinary for their enchantments His books include A Night in Tunisia: Imaginings of Africa in Jazz and No Wrong Notes He can be reached at nweinstein25@gmail.com The Lady’s Dressing Room (1732) BY JONATHAN SWIFT Five hours (and who can do it less in?) 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Pauline goes at it with so much innate curiosity and enthusiasm, while Hillary has earned her own wings as a critic (for Flagpole in Athens But since I didn’t have a husband to bully around Sometimes it’s like finding a babysitter—you call one Kessler: You also like eating alone at the bar right?Lauterbach: I love to eat by myself because I’m such a voyeur I’ve been known for hooking up with perfect strangers but by sitting next to them at the bar and asking if I could buy them dinner so I could try more dishes Kessler: I’ll always think of you as the greatest chronicler of Atlanta’s brilliant international dining scene. When did Buford Highway become Buford Highway?Lauterbach: In the late ’80s The first time I went was to try Mexican food in some construction trailer There were a lot of contractors who moved to Atlanta to get it ready for the Olympics But soon there was that mixture of South American And I love the taste of Korean food because I love fermentation and all that funky stuff but it was perfectly raw to crack into the bubbling stew Kessler: I hate it when restaurant critics use the word “discover,” but you are always first with news of a new place and/or cuisine What motivates you?Lauterbach: It’s almost an obsessive-compulsive disorder Kessler: Any great ones come to mind—places where you were the first food writer on the scene?Lauterbach: Of course. What’s that great Chinese restaurant way, way out?Kessler: Masterpiece?Lauterbach: That’s it I’m sure I was the first [non-Asian] person to walk in there Now [the chef] is doing some upscale stuff I don’t like as well His own eccentricities destroyed his efforts in town but he created his own contained world that was so remarkable Kessler: What has most bothered you about Atlanta’s upscale dining culture?Lauterbach: This city is so ungrateful Most “Atlanta” chefs who become famous only do so after leaving Seeger and Soto both had to go to New York and do you remember Teaspace in Little Five Points The chef there [Joshua Skenes] went on to open the most acclaimed tasting menu in San Francisco [Saison] when great chefs from other cities throw their hat in the ring Jean-Louis Palladin [Jean-Louis at the Watergate] opened a beautiful place serving rotisserie à la ficelle in Buckhead Kessler: You witnessed a murder in a restaurant once What happened?Lauterbach: It was at Babette’s Cafe when it was on the southern end of Highland My waiter was shot as he was bringing me my check back I can still see the white napkins held against his neck.Kessler: Where did the assailants come from?Lauterbach: Oh they just walked in the front door and started quietly robbing the people at the bar The [robbers] walked through the dining room to go out the back when one of them turned to the other and said that’s horrifying.Lauterbach: I’ve seen guns in restaurants three times since Kessler: Let’s change the subject. Did you ever make a bad call about a great restaurant?Lauterbach: I’ve always been ashamed that I did not immediately recognize Bacchanalia in its original location It seemed like another one of those cramped little house restaurants Did you ever get threats?Lauterbach: All the time One anonymous threat was serious enough that I recorded it and brought it to a police station Kessler: And then some restaurateurs said they’d ban you. What was that place where [former Atlanta magazine dining editor] Bill Addison and I joined you as backup?Lauterbach: Lure The owners [Fifth Group] told me I would be escorted out after I reviewed their so-called Mexican restaurant but I said in a Knife & Fork review that I’d rather eat at Hooters down the street than at their restaurant I began to understand the point of restaurant criticism isn’t gourmandise but taxonomy It’s about creating categories in your mind like a Philly cheesesteak or red beans and rice; maybe it’s something I’ve had bad versions of before but there’s nothing like that feeling of having foods revealed to you I learned to make fun of chefs who think they’re so special but there are so many different idiots doing the same thing in every city in America.” Kessler: The world of dining has changed so much in 40 years. Do you take pictures of your food now?Lauterbach: Please. If I wanted to take pictures of cheeseburgers Kessler: Which is?Lauterbach: All those unidentifiable dishes I get served Have you ever read those online lists about what disgusting foods you’ve eaten I’d rather eat the asshole of a pig than some of the fancy food I’ve been served by big-name chefs what’s the grossest thing you’ve eaten on the job?Lauterbach: I believe it was Soto who served me the fermented intestines of a sea slug Then there was a Korean restaurant that served lobster that was still alive and moving around but I do not want my food to move of its own volition Kessler: What about the silliest?Lauterbach: I remember when Canoe hired an Australian chef who served kangaroo but I don’t need to be looking at the Chattahoochee and eating kangaroo Kessler: Where do you spend your money freely in Atlanta?Lauterbach: Taqueria del Sol. It is a cult, and I am a proud member. Also Fellini’s; I’ve been to it a million times I always used to say if they’d sprinkle vitamins on their pizza Kessler: What food did you most learn to love in Atlanta?Lauterbach: No question: The food that has had the most impact on my taste has been soul food Christiane’s quick take on some Atlanta restaurants Pano’s & Paul’sI can’t overstate how influential it was The Coach and Six[Owner] Beverlee Soloff hated me and I hated her The ColonnadeThe gays and the grays? Of course I went there, but it was always puzzling that people love it so Nino’sI like its sinister space I know the father of our junior senator loves it There were so many things there I had never heard of I was so surprised [to learn] you eat the wing separate from the body Seeger’sThe best restaurant Atlanta ever had or ever will have. That is, unless Günter opens up another AlluviaThat place in the Cheetah One of the first destinations in the suburbs for me The Busy Bee CafeI adore the space It’s where civil rights leaders went when they couldn’t get into Paschal’s This article appears in our March 2024 issue By In the impish arc of history that’s seen the far reaches of Park Slope turn from desolate junkie haven to stroller central it’s somehow fitting that the space once occupied by über dive bar Lauterbach’s is now the premises of a day care center When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water and Chemical Wedding is currently putting together a documentary about the Brooklyn Beat scene and this forgotten side of our borough’s musical heritage—and especially the dive bar that spawned it If you played at Lauterbach’s, drank there or have any related memorabilia, the filmmakers would love to hear from you. Contact them at bklnbeatfilm@gmail.com Andrew Mason is the former editor of Wax Poetics Magazine and co-owner of the Brooklyn-based independent label Names You Can Trust Anyone in Germany who protests the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians is regularly defamed as an “antisemite” or “Jew-hater.” Demonstrations are banned by the dozen Expressing the slogan “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free” is now considered a criminal offence and can be punished with up to three years in prison anyone who condemns the mass murder in Gaza is not an antisemite; rather it is the German elites who are returning to their fascistic traditions in their support for Israel This was particularly evident in recent days when leading German politicians journalists and academics disseminated a video justifying the murder of Palestinian children while at the same time trivialising the extermination of 6 million Jews by the Nazis British television station TalkTV had interviewed the notoriously Islamophobic Douglas Murray who—equipped with a bullet-proof press jacket—was standing directly on the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip The almost eight-minute interview is an uninterrupted fascist tirade of hatred Murray justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian population accuses the Nazi henchmen who shot Jews en masse of having a sense of shame and accuses the right-wing British government of not being brutal enough in its actions against immigrants German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (Social Democrat He reposted the interview with the comment that it was “indeed extremely worth seeing.” Here “a lot is said that is otherwise only thought.” Right-wing columnist Jan Fleischhauer declared: “This is great.” This was then reposted with the words “watch and listen” by deputy Christian Democratic Union (CDU) chairwoman and Schleswig-Holstein’s education minister Karin Prien The influential economics professor Veronika Grimm also joined in with the words “really great.” Murray is a well-known figure in right-wing extremist circles The co-editor of the ultra-conservative magazine The Spectator advocates the theory of the “Great Replacement,” according to which the immigration of non-whites and Muslims is a conspiracy to displace white majority populations He has written books that defend neoconservatism and Brexit condemn Islam across the board and accuse Europe of committing “suicide” by allowing the immigration of Muslims Murray gives free rein to his racist and fascist ideas Asked by presenter Piers Morgan whether the collective punishment of a population half made up of children is not contrary to international law he defends this mass murder on the grounds that the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip are collectively responsible for the actions of Hamas There was “no peaceful population” in Gaza One could not simply compare Hamas to the Nazis “Even the Nazis were ashamed of what they did SS battalions who spent their days shooting Jews in the back of the head and throwing them into ditches had to get very very drunk to forget what they had done.” The actions of the Hamas fighters were “at least as barbaric” as those of the Nazis but there was one major difference: “They did it with pleasure.” and pride with which members of the SS carried out the mass murder of Jews Sinti and Roma and millions of Soviet citizens is documented thousands of times over Grimm and everyone else who cheers him on also know this “There are hundreds of photos of SS men and soldiers posing in front of corpses Some had lampshades made from the tattooed skin of murdered Jewish women,” commented Professor Jürgen Zimmerer from the University of Hamburg on X/Twitter “But when an Islamophobic right-wing radical says they were ashamed Murray and his defenders make clear who really stands in the murderous tradition of the Nazis in the Gaza conflict who have been oppressed and expelled from their homeland for 75 years which includes avowed racists and fascists A Zionist state was never a solution to the historical oppression and persecution of the Jewish people The establishment of Israel was based on the violent expulsion of the Palestinian population in which predecessors of Netanyahu’s Likud party carried out numerous brutal massacres of civilians have supported and armed Israel as a military bridgehead for their own interests in the Middle East with which oppressed people in the Middle East and around the world sympathise must be eradicated and crushed in order to re-establish imperialist domination in the region after the bloody but unsuccessful wars in Afghanistan From Washington’s and Berlin’s point of view the Gaza conflict is another front in a third world war alongside the Ukraine war in which they want to defend their world power position against Russia and China This explains the apparent contradiction that on the one hand they denounce anyone who opposes the genocide in Gaza as an antisemite while at the same time they trivialise the Nazi mass murderers and wage war against Russia in Ukraine in alliance with the successors of Nazi collaborators such as Stepan Bandera when historian Jörg Baberowski announced in Der Spiegel that Hitler was “not vicious” and was unanimously supported by the ruling elites the WSWS warned that Hitler was being rehabilitated in order to prepare for new the militarisation of Germany is well advanced and government officials are circulating tweets attesting to the supposed shame and guilty conscience of SS members “who spent their days shooting Jews in the back of the head.” Lauterbach has since quietly deleted his tweet with the Murray video—without distancing himself from it or justifying himself He reposted the interview along with a comment by right-wing rabbi Shmuel Reichman: “The Nazis believed they were doing a necessary evil for something ultimately good; they still possessed a spark of humanity at their core; their main flaw was that they believed the ends justified the means; though they fully believed in the ‘outcome’ they still fundamentally opposed the ‘actions’ they undertook.” The antisemitism commissioner of the Green Party-governed state of Baden-Württemberg has also quoted Murray and Reichmann with unqualified approval Nazis who retained a “spark of humanity,” murdered out of good intentions But anyone who takes to the streets in horror at the daily mass murder in the Gaza Strip is an antisemite And all this is being spread by a social democratic member of the German government and labelled as “extremely worth seeing” This rehabilitation of the Nazis is directly linked to the ruthless policies of the German government Lauterbach himself was responsible for the avoidable deaths of tens of thousands of people during the COVID pandemic with his “profits before lives” policy he slashed the healthcare budget by more than two-thirds from €64 billion in 2022 to €16 billion for 2024 Lauterbach speaks for a ruling class that no longer values human life. It is in the process of making Germany “war-ready” again in order to pursue its imperialist interests by force it is sacrificing the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a NATO proxy war against Russia Chancellor Scholz (SPD) has just announced that Germany will send €8 billion worth of weapons and ammunition to Kiev next year to ensure the slaughter continues In the name of the fight against “antisemitism,” of all things the German ruling class is echoing the aims and methods of the Nazis That is why it justifies the slaughter of civilians and trivialises its own crimes against humanity Fill out this form and we’ll contact you soon Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.