The PGA TOUR has announced further schedule modifications for the remainder of the 2023 season, as well as plans for the opening portion of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Regular Season. Summary of PGA TOUR events may be subject to change. MARCH PGA SCHEDULE MAR 2 - 5 Puerto Rico Open Grand Reserve Golf Club Rio Grande • PUR PURSE $3,800,000 WINNER Ryan Brehm $666,000 MAR 2 - 5 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge Orlando, FL • USA PURSE $20,000,000 WINNER Scottie Scheffler $2,160,000 MAR 9 - 12 THE PLAYERS Championship TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL • USA PURSE $25,000,000 WINNER Cameron Smith $3,600,000 MAR 16 - 19 Valspar Championship Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) Palm Harbor, FL • USA PURSE $8,100,000 WINNER Sam Burns $1,404,000 MAR 23 - 26 Corales Puntacana Championship Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course) Punta Cana • DOM PURSE $3,800,000 WINNER Chad Ramey $666,000 MAR 22 - 26 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play Austin Country Club Austin, TX • USA PURSE $20,000,000 WINNER Scottie Scheffler $2,100,000 MAR 30 - APR 2 Valero Texas Open TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course) San Antonio, TX • USA PURSE $8,900,000 WINNER J.J. Spaun $1,548,000 APRIL PGA SCHEDULE APR 6 - 9 Masters Tournament Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, GA • USA PURSE $2,700,000 WINNER Scottie Scheffler APR 13 - 16 RBC Heritage Harbour Town Golf Links Hilton Head Island, SC • USA PURSE $20,000,000 WINNER Jordan Spieth $1,440,000 APR 20 - 23 Zurich Classic of New Orleans TPC Louisiana Avondale, LA • USA PURSE $8,600,000 WINNER Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay $1,199,350 APR 27 - 30 Mexico Open at Vidanta Vidanta Vallarta Vallarta • MEX PURSE $7,700,000 WINNER Jon Rahm $1,314,000 May PGA Tour Schedule MAY 4 - 7 Wells Fargo Championship Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, NC • USA PURSE $20,000,000 WINNER Max Homa $1,620,000 MAY 11 - 14 AT&T Byron Nelson TPC Craig Ranch McKinney, TX • USA PURSE $9,500,000 WINNER K.H. Lee $1,638,000 MAY 18 - 21 PGA Championship Oak Hill Country Club Rochester, NY • USA WINNER Justin Thomas $2,700,000 MAY 25 - 28 Charles Schwab Challenge Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, TX • USA PURSE $8,700,000 WINNER Sam Burns $1,512,000 June PGA Tour Schedule JUN 1 - 4 The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, OH • USA PURSE $20,000,000 WINNER Billy Horschel $2,160,000 JUN 8 - 11 RBC Canadian Open Oakdale Golf & Country Club Toronto, Ontario • CAN PURSE $9,000,000 WINNER Rory McIlroy $1,566,000 JUN 15 - 18 U.S. Open The Los Angeles Country Club (North Course) Los Angeles, CA • USA WINNER Matt Fitzpatrick $3,150,000 JUN 22 - 25 Travelers Championship TPC River Highlands Cromwell, CT • USA PURSE $20,000,000 WINNER Xander Schauffele $1,494,000 JUN 29 - JUL 2 Rocket Mortgage Classic Detroit Golf Club Detroit, MI • USA PURSE $8,800,000 WINNER Tony Finau $1,512,000 July PGA Tour Schedule JUL 6 - 9 John Deere Classic TPC Deere Run Silvis, IL • USA PURSE $7,400,000 WINNER J.T. Poston $1,278,000 JUL 13 - 16 Barbasol Championship Keene Trace Golf Club (Champions Course) Nicholasville, KY • USA PURSE $3,800,000 WINNER Trey Mullinax $666,000 JUL 13 - 16 Genesis Scottish Open The Renaissance Club North Berwick • SCO PURSE $9,000,000 WINNER Xander Schauffele $1,400,000 JUL 20 - 23 Barracuda Championship Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood) Truckee, CA • USA PURSE $3,800,000 WINNER Chez Reavie $666,000 JUL 20 - 23 The Open Championship Royal Liverpool Hoylake, Wirral • ENG WINNER Cameron Smith $2,500,000 JUL 27 - 30 3M Open TPC Twin Cities Blaine, MN • USA PURSE $7,800,000 WINNER Tony Finau $1,350,000 August PGA Tour Schedule AUG 3 - 6 Wyndham Championship Sedgefield Country Club Greensboro, NC • USA PURSE $7,600,000 WINNER Tom Kim $1,314,000 AUG 10 - 13 FedEx St. Jude Championship TPC Southwind Memphis, TN • USA PURSE $20,000,000 WINNER Will Zalatoris $2,700,000 AUG 17 - 20 BMW Championship Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course) Olympia Fields, IL • USA PURSE $20,000,000 WINNER Patrick Cantlay $2,700,000 AUG 24 - 27 TOUR Championship East Lake Golf Club Atlanta, GA • USA WINNER Rory McIlroy By ML Staff. Images: Photo by Allan Nygren on Unsplash,

For the second year in a row, the giant canvas comprised of stacked shipping containers appropriately dubbed “The Stacks”, sponsored by Amerant Bank, was a showstopper at the 59th annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival (CGAF). The Stacks by Amerant was a live art display with a DJ booth situated at the very top, featuring a line-up of rising artists and musicians. Situated at the epicenter of the festival, The Stacks by Amerant were painted live over the course of the weekend by local artists: DaveL, Atomik, Ivan Roque, Cpwon and Carlos Solano. On the last day of the festival, artist Vic Garcia joined The Stacks to sign adult coloring books by Amerant. “We’re excited to have sponsored The Stacks by Amerant again this year, which has become the centerpiece at the Coconut Grove Arts Festival,” said Jerry Plush, Chairman and CEO at Amerant Bank. “This festival is a staple for the South Florida community, and we certainly believe that our event is quite a memorable one. At Amerant, we’re proud to support various art programs and organizations in the communities we serve, and being part of this festival, in particular, is truly a highlight for our team members and their families.” For more information about Amerant Bank, visit amerantbank.com and follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn @AmerantBank. The centerpiece of the 59th annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival, The Stacks by Amerant were painted over the course of the festival. Artist Atomik works on his mural in The Stacks by Amerant. Artist Vic Garcia painted and signed Amerant reusable tote bags and adult coloring books for festival goers. By ML Staff. Images Courtesy of the Coconut Grove Arts Festival

Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on March 3, 1923, in Stony Fork, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but his music is as influential now – more than a decade after his 2012 death – as at any time during his long career. During that time he was arguably America’s most beloved folk musician. Today, Watson is viewed by artists and fans as one of the greatest guitarists of American roots music. Making music came naturally to Watson, who grew up in a large music-loving family. Recordings made in people’s homes by folklorists during the early 1960s documented music gatherings featuring various Watsons alongside neighbors and friends, collectively celebrating their community’s musical culture – a shared repertoire of Appalachian ballads, songs and tunes. Watson is widely credited with popularizing the guitar style known as flatpicking, a rapid-fire approach to playing notes and chords on guitar strings by use of a plectrum, or guitar pick. Virtually all guitar players who have used a pick over the past six decades have labeled Watson a pioneer of that style. These include roots music masters like Clarence White, Norman Blake and Tony Rice; newer bluegrass stars like Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle; and guitarists in other genres, like Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder and Stephen Stills. This blind musician with a strictly local reputation might never have entered the national folk music spotlight without serendipitous intervention. In September 1960, musician and folklorist Ralph Rinzler arrived in the Blue Ridge from New York City to document old-time music in informal recording sessions. These sessions were led by Clarence “Tom” Ashley, a journeyman country musician known for “The Coo-Coo Bird,” his 1929 recording made in Johnson City and incorporated onto Folkways Records’ influential 1952 multi-LP set “Anthology of American Folk Music.” When Rinzler asked about nearby musicians to include in the sessions, Ashley recommended Watson. Upon meeting Watson, Rinzler was baffled because Watson brought his electric guitar to an acoustic jam session. Watson had been playing electric guitar and didn’t own an acoustic guitar at the time. He had to borrow an acoustic guitar for the session. Rinzler’s recordings were released on a 1961 Folkways album, and Watson was soon recognized as a generational talent. Playing acoustic guitars exclusively, Watson toured the folk revival circuit, publicly showcasing his broad and deep repertoire and his unparalleled instrumental technique and tone. ‘Traditional plus’ Watson initially toured the U.S. as part of old-time ensembles headlined by Ashley, but it was Watson who received the lion’s share of the attention. He wowed audiences with his musical skills as a vocalist as well as an instrumentalist and delivered entertaining anecdotes, reflections and good-natured quips. Before long, his management booked gigs nationally for Watson as a solo act, including an appearance at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival. While Watson had previously played a broad range of music – commercial country, blues, rockabilly, pop, jazz and Broadway – his management initially encouraged him to perform music associated with the rural culture of Appalachia. But as Watson expanded his on-stage repertoire in defiance of the perception that folk revival audiences only wanted to hear “authentic” folk music, no one complained. Indeed, his fan base steadily increased. President Jimmy Carter hosted a performance by Doc Watson at the White House on Aug. 7, 1980. Watson recognized that any sustained success he might achieve as a full-time professional musician would depend on appealing to younger people. After touring alone and recording his eponymous debut album solo for Vanguard, Watson decided in 1964 to invite a musician half his age to be part of his act – someone who could help him reach younger fans and guide him from gig to gig. That someone was his son Merle, then 15, whose slide and fingerstyle guitar would complement his father’s vocal and instrumental work. The father-son duo became a top concert draw and recorded a string of beloved albums for United Artists and independent labels Vanguard, Poppy, Flying Fish and Sugar Hill. In 1972 Doc Watson contributed memorably to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s legendary collaborative album “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” and that recognition dramatically expanded interest in Doc and Merle Watson. While they knew countless traditional tunes, songs and ballads, Doc and Merle were equally devoted to interpreting newer material. Doc began to refer to the repertoire the duo performed, which drew from several genres of American music, as “traditional plus.” After Merle’s tragic death in a tractor accident in 1985, Watson continued to perform a “traditional plus” repertoire in collaboration with other musicians, including bassist T. Michael Coleman, guitarist Jack Lawrence, multi-instrumentalist David Holt and guitarist Richard Watson, Merle Watson’s son and Doc Watson’s grandson. ‘Just one of the people’ Watson said that his blindness had allowed him to focus on honing his musical talents. As Coleman said in my interview with him for the notes I wrote for the Doc Watson album “Life’s Work, A Retrospective”: “Doc told me that, being blind, he was not afraid to be anywhere or to do anything.” Certainly, Watson was fearless in many of the things he did throughout his life: cutting firewood, climbing a ladder to repair an upper-story window, constructing a utility building, hitchhiking to nearby towns to play music on the street, traveling by bus to perform in faraway cities and appearing on stages before thousands of people. Fearlessness also infused his live performances and recordings. Whether playing fiddle tunes on his guitar at lightning speed with a flatpick or singing traditional and contemporary songs to fingerstyle accompaniment, he was a daring improviser. Watson received numerous honors during his lifetime, including the National Heritage Fellowship in 1988, the National Medal of Arts in 1997, the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 2000 and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. But fame did not matter much to Watson. He considered himself “just one of the people.” Watson committed himself to a life in music because he loved entertaining others and because he was proud to make a living for his family Words By Ted Olson Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University. Special thanks to The Conversation for republishing permission.

On Saturday, April 8, Feeding South Florida®, the leading hunger-relief organization in South Florida, will host its 12th Annual Outrun Hunger 5K. Runners, walkers, families and community leaders of all ages will come together to take steps to raise funds and awareness to end hunger in South Florida at the scenic Charnow Beachfront Park overlooking the ocean. Currently in South Florida, there are over 1.1 million food insecure individuals, and 1 in 9 individuals in South Florida remain uncertain about where they will get their next meal. Registration is currently open to all four counties that Feeding South Florida serves including Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe at: https://feedingsouthflorida.org/runFLL Participants can join the event as an individual or a team. Those not participating in the race may also support the organization by creating a personalized fundraising page. To create a customized fundraising page, visit: https://feedingsouthflorida.org/runfund Registration begins: 6:30 a.m. Outrun Hunger 5K start: 7:30 a.m. Event sponsorships and in-kind donations are available. For more information, contact Kimberly Heimiller at 954.518.1818 x1856 or kheimiller@feedingsouthflorida.org. By ML Staff. Top image courtesy of Unsplash

Miami is currently experiencing ideal weather conditions with bright, sunny skies and a refreshing cool breeze, making it the perfect time to indulge in some al fresco dining. To help you make the most of this delightful weather, we have curated a list of some of Miami's top eateries boasting exceptional outdoor dining experiences that are well worth exploring. Venue: Avra Miami Description: Transport to the islands of Greece with Avra Miami’s unforgettable views of the Atlantic Ocean and fresh Greek cuisine. Located in Sunny Isles at the Acqualina Estates, the restaurant oozes luxury with its waterfront views and elegant tones. With fresh fish flown in from the mediterranean daily- this is a must try. Indulge in rich flavors like the Chilean Sea Bass Plaki or their iconic Lobster Pasta with whole maine lobster. Top the night off with a stroll on the beach while sipping on transformative cocktails like Mykonos Breeze with notes of passion fruit. Venue: Fabel Miami Description: Fabel Miami, located in the heart of Wynwood, offers a unique dining experience that stimulates the five senses. With the warm Miami breeze and unique melodic beats in the background - it’s easy to forget you’re in Miami and not at a beach club in the mediterranean. Their 44oz Allen Bros. Porterhouse with roasted garlic and blue fenugreek adijka and whole Heritage Roasted Chicken with taouk spice and iranian oregano are sure to spice up your night, along with unique drinks like the Tumeric Aguardiente with mezcal and mango puree, or the Italicus Summer with reposado tequila and mediterranean tonic. Venue: ADDiKT Modern Kitchen Description: ADDiKT, located on the 15th floor of W Miami, boasts a stunning skyline view of Downtown and Biscayne Bay. For a casual elegant dining experience and a 360 degree view of Miami, ADDiKT is a top of the line restaurant experience. Executive Chef Juan Rivera has curated a diverse menu for guests to experience innovative American and International cuisine, drawing inspiration from across the globe. ADDiKT’s rooftop terrace is the perfect spot for an outdoor brunch with Biscayne bay as the backdrop to all your Instagram stories. By ML Staff. Images Courtesy of each featured venue

Showcasing her extraordinary versatility, top recording artist and performer South Florida’s own Nicole Henry will be making two area appearances in March. Friday, March 10, she will be headlining the annual Festival of the Arts BOCA at the Mizner Amphitheater in Boca Raton performing songs from her latest critically acclaimed album TIME TO LOVE AGAIN. On Thursday, March 16 she will perform a benefit concert for the JCC Alper Special Needs and Youth Programs featuring her theatrical concert in tribute to Whitney Houston. “(Henry) can sell a power ballad as well as Whitney, Diana and Patti.” - Jazz Times “I had the sense of being in the presence of a pop-soul superwoman whose every gesture and inflection conveyed confidence and mastery.” - Stephen Holden, The New York Times “A paragon of perfection. The voice that pours out of her is even more impressive…the vocal love child of Whitney Houston and Sarah Vaughan." - Miami Herald “Listen and you’ll hear an artist who knows how to make a song her own… Henry aims right for the emotional center…". - Billboard “(She) should be standing on the biggest stages of the world, alongside the biggest divas in the world. Everyone everywhere needs to be exposed to this magical force of musical artistry. – Broadway World March 10, 2023 Showtime 7:30 PM Festival of the Arts BOCA - Mizner Park Amphitheatre 530 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 33432, www.festivalboca.org (Time To Love Again performance) March 16, 2023 Showtime 6:30 PM Concert to benefit Alper JCC Special Needs & Youth Programs Alper JCC Miami, 11155 SW 112 Ave, Building 3: Rotunda, Miami, FL 33176 www.alperjcc.org (I Wanna Dance with Somebody: The Songs of Whitney Houston) More About Nicole Henry Nicole Henry is among the jazz world's most acclaimed performers, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance. She’s headlines concerts in 20 countries and earned four TOP-10 charting CDs in the U.S., the U.K. and Japan. Her Festival of the Arts Boca concert is part of her new tour celebrating her eighth and latest album, Time to Love Again. On her new release, Henry performs an eclectic mix of jazz standards and reimagined pop tunes with the sweet yet powerful voice that has made her a favorite with audiences and critics alike. It includes songs like “Feeling Good,” a standard by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, and “Midnight at the Oasis,” made famous by Maria Muldaur in 1973. And, Henry says, “Like any sensible person, I’m a big fan of James Taylor,” and she will likely sing her rousing version of Taylor’s “Your Smiling Face.” It’s a bit of Sade, Stevie Wonder and so much more. Henry grew up in a musical family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She immersed herself in the arts early on, singing in school and church, and studying cello and ballet. After graduating from the University of Miami with a degree in communications and theatre, she launched a successful acting career, appearing in national commercials as well as a series of voiceovers. In late 2019, Henry garnered critical praise in the musical version of “The Bodyguard,” and, she co-starred in the world premiere of the new musical about the life of Louis Armstrong, “A Wonderful World,” at the Colony Theater in Miami Beach, presented by the Miami New Drama theater company. She also recently portrayed ‘Brenda’ in a Boston-area production of “Smokey Joe’s Café. Among her numerous accolades, Henry received the Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance” and was named “Best New Jazz Artist” by HMV Japan and “Best Solo Musician” by the Miami New Times. More About Festival of the Arts BOCA Established in 2007, Festival of the Arts BOCA was designed to promote the cultural arts and to enrich the quality of life of the residents of Boca Raton, North Broward and Palm Beach County. The Festival is special, because of the venue, the season, the quality and diversity of its cultural offerings and because of the opportunity for young and old to celebrate the traditions of the great arts and to be exposed to the incredible diversity of the performing and literary arts, at the highest levels. Since its inaugural year, the Festival has been an unprecedented cultural arts festival, and has been heralded as a resounding success, with artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell, Lang Lang, and Pat Metheny. The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, West Side Story and Raiders of the Lost Ark have been performed with live orchestra. World-renowned speakers over the ten years have included Edward Albee, Sir Salman Rushdie, acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin, Daniel J. Levitin, Thomas Friedman, and Fareed Zakaria. The Festival attracts over 15,000 attendees a year. These attendees live primarily in southern Palm Beach and northern Broward counties. The Festival’s annual economic impact on South Florida is over 1.3 million dollars. More About the Alper JCC Miami For over 30 years, Alper JCC Miami has been a much-loved source of enrichment, inspiration, education and recreation, offering a sense of community and belonging to those in South Miami-Dade County. Welcoming people of all faiths and ages regardless of social or economic background, gender, sexual orientation or ability, the Alper JCC annually impacts more than 140,000 residents. The center provides need-based scholarships to its award-winning Early Childhood Development Center, Winter and Spring Mini-Camps, Summer Camp, youth sports, and membership to its 8,000 square foot, state-of-the-art Fitness & Wellness Facility, which boasts over 45 group fitness classes per week and personal training. A large outdoor pool offers classes for infants through seniors, providing exercise, skill development and most importantly, water safety. Coming soon, a Splash Pad and new baby pool will enhance family fun. In its Cultural Arts Facility, robust cultural arts programming takes place in a 380-seat professional theater, a well-appointed fine arts gallery and a children’s museum. STAY CONNECTED Website: www.nicolehenry.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/NicoleHenryMusic IG: www.Instagram.com/NicoleHenryMusic Twitter: www.twitter.com/NicoleHenryJazz By ML Staff. Images Courtesy OF Nicole Henry

American Heritage Schools is pleased to announce that 23 students from the Class of 2023 (16 from the Broward Campus and seven from the Palm Beach Campus) have been nominated for the Presidential Scholars award. American Heritage Schools is the No. 1 ranked PK3 through 12 college preparatory schools according to Niche, and are the No. 1 and No. 2 high schools in the state of Florida with a combined total of 86 National Merit Scholars semifinalists. The U.S. Presidential Scholars program is the nation’s most prestigious recognition for distinguished graduating high school seniors. The two campuses of American Heritage Schools account for 11% of all Presidential Scholar Candidates in the state of Florida. The Broward campus is the No. 1 school in Florida with the highest number of Presidential Scholar candidates. The Palm Beach Campus is the No. 1 school in Palm Beach County and No. 2 private school in Florida with the highest number of Presidential Scholar candidates. “Being a Presidential Scholar is one of the highest academic honors a student can achieve, and we couldn’t be more proud of our students who have achieved this incredible honor,” said Dr. Doug Laurie, president of American Heritage Schools. The United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964 by Executive Order of the President to recognize and honor some of our Nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors. In 1979, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, creative, and performing arts. In 2015, the program was again extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields. Approximately 650 candidates will be named semifinalists and forwarded to the Commission for further review. In April, the Commission on Presidential Scholars will review the applications and select 161 outstanding students to receive the nation’s highest scholastic honor. Students are selected based on their academic success, artistic excellence, essays, school evaluations, and transcripts, as well as evidence of community service, leadership, and demonstrated commitment to high ideals. U.S. Presidential Scholars are honored for their accomplishments during the National Recognition Program in Washington D.C. each June. To commemorate their achievement, the Scholars are awarded the Presidential Scholars Medallion during a White House-sponsored ceremony. For more information about the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program and American Heritage Schools, please visit: https://www.ahschool.com/presidential-scholars-2023 More on American Heritage Schools American Heritage Schools, founded in 1965, is a nationally-ranked private, nonsectarian, and co-educational college preparatory day school with two 40-acre campuses; the Broward Campus is located in Plantation, Florida, and the Palm Beach Campus is located in Delray Beach, Florida. Its campuses serve approximately 4,800 students in PK3 through 12th grades, and the student body represents over 60 different countries throughout the world. Approximately 70 percent of the faculty hold postgraduate degrees. American Heritage Schools is nationally and internationally accredited by the following associations: Association of Independent Schools of Florida (AISF), Middle States Association (MSA-CESS), and National Council for Private Schools. The Lower School includes advanced classes and 15 electives, and the Upper School offers over 300 courses with 138 honors classes, 28 Advanced Placement classes, and 75 fine arts classes. Pre-professional programs are offered in pre-med, pre-law,pre-engineering, biomedical engineering, business & entrepreneurship, and computer science with classes taught daily by doctors, surgeons, lawyers, judges, engineers, and computer scientists currently practicing in their fields. For 13 years, American Heritage Schools has been ranked the No. 1 high school in Florida for the highest number of National Merit Scholars, and the school is home to the No. 1 math competition team out of all private schools in the U.S. The Model UN team is top 3 in the nation, and the Speech and Debate team is in the top 1% in the nation. American Heritage Schools is ranked among the top private schools in Florida in STEM, according to Niche. For more information about American Heritage Schools, visit its website at www.ahschool.com Broward Campus: (954) 472-0022 ext. 1 or email admissions.broward@ahschool.com Palm Beach Campus: (561) 495-7272 ext. 1 or email admissions.palmbeach@ahschool.com By ML Staff. Image courtesy of American Heritage Schools

Bryant Miller Olive P.A. (BMO) is pleased to announce that shareholders Alecia Ingram Smith, Esq. and Misty Taylor, Esq. have been appointed to the 2023 Board of Women in Public Finance Florida Chapter. Caroline Barnes, manager at Integrity Public Finance Consulting (IPFC), BMO’s wholly-owned subsidiary, has also been appointed to the 2023 Board. Ingram Smith is remaining on the Board for the second year of a two-year term. Taylor and Barnes began a two-year term on Jan. 1, 2023. In addition, Laurie Scott, CEO of IPFC, has been appointed the 2023 president of the Board of Women In Public Finance Florida Chapter. The Women in Public Finance Florida Chapter was founded in 2016 as a chapter of the national organization, Women in Public Finance – a professional networking organization for women in the public finance industry. The mission of the Florida chapter is to further the goals of the national organization which are to support and advance the careers of women in public finance by fostering relationships and networking and providing educational and learning activities and forums. “We are very proud of Alecia, Misty, Caroline and Laurie for being appointed to critical roles on the 2023 Board of Women in Public Finance Florida Chapter,” said JoLinda Herring, Esq., BMO’s CEO and Managing Shareholder. “They are all superb professionals in public finance and will serve as impeccable leaders for the organization.” Ingram Smith began her employment with BMO as a law clerk in October 2006, where she gained knowledge and experience in all of BMO’s practice areas. She joined BMO as an attorney in 2008 in the firm’s Tampa office. She is a member of the firm’s Public Finance Practice Group and has represented clients in all aspects of public finance transactions, including bond, disclosure, underwriter's and bank’s counsel representations. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, with a Sports Management specialization, from the University of Florida, and earned her law degree from Stetson University College of Law. Taylor joined BMO as a paralegal in 2001 and has been an attorney in the firm’s Orlando office since 2008. She serves as chair of BMO’s Special District Finance practice group and also currently serves on BMO’s Board of Directors. Since joining the firm, she has participated in hundreds of public finance transactions, including bond, disclosure, lender and underwriter’s counsel representations. Her practice focuses on community development and stewardship districts, affordable housing, healthcare and general local governments. She received her law degree from the Florida A&M University College of Law with honors. Barnes began her career with Integrity Public Finance Consulting in May 2015, after graduating from Clemson University with a focus in marketing and finance. In her tenure with Integrity, she has performed over 1,500 arbitrage rebate calculations requiring acumen in tax review, records analysis and financial modeling. Now in her eighth year, Barnes is a seasoned professional managing client relationships to assist them with monitoring and maintaining compliance with the arbitrage requirements. Scott entered the arbitrage field in 1989. For the first 17 years of her career she was an arbitrage specialist with Ernst & Young LLP. In 2006, she served as executive director with Ernst & Young, charged with final technical reviews, operations and marketing for the Florida office. Immediately upon her departure from Ernst & Young, Laurie established Integrity Public Finance Consulting in concert with BMO. She received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with honors in Finance from the University of Florida. More on Bryant Miller Olive With a distinguished history of over 50 years serving its clients’ needs, Bryant Miller Olive represents governments, businesses and agencies in legal matters relating to public finance, real estate, state and local government law, complex transactions, project finance, litigation, and labor and employment. Firm attorneys are often called upon to handle some of the most complex legal issues in the boardroom and in the courtroom. The firm has offices in Tampa, Tallahassee, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.bmolaw.com. By ML Staff. Images courtesy of Bryant Miller Olive

Chubb: “You’ve got to be prepared to take the rough with the smooth.” AAP/Alan Porritt Welcome to In Conversation, our series of discussions between leading academics and major public figures in Australian life. In this, the second instalment, Rod Lamberts, deputy director of the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science at the ANU, is in conversation with Australia’s recently-appointed Chief Scientist, and former vice chancellor at ANU, Professor Ian Chubb. Ian Chubb was appointed to the role of Chief Scientist on April 19 of this year following the departure of previous chief Penny Sackett, who left half-way through her term. Professor Chubb is a neuroscientist by training and has authored or co-authored 70 academic papers and one book. This conversation is not intended as a traditional media interview: it is a discussion between a leading academic and a senior figure in Australian science. It touches on a wide range of themes including: the role of the Chief Scientist in Australian politics “trolls” and anonymous critics the damaging illusion of “balance” in the climate change debate supporting colleagues who come “under-fire” for their opinions reinvigorating science education in Australia why science matters to Jane and Joe Public We hope you enjoy it. There are five short videos below. Lamberts: It’s not everyone’s plan of attack for retirement, becoming Chief Scientist … Chubb: I told the Chancellor [of the Australian National University] in January 2010 that I was going to retire. I had to give a year’s notice, so I told him in January, and we announced it in June. They appointed my successor at ANU a bit earlier than they thought they would, so I left in February. Very soon after that I was asked whether or not I’d be interested in taking on this job [of Chief Scientist]. I thought: I’ve always loved science. I mean, I’d been out of it for a bit with the role that I’ve had [as Vice Chancellor of ANU] but this was a good opportunity to get back into it, and probably at an important time because of what we call a “debate” going on at the moment. I think this “debate” is beginning to have an impact on community regard for science overall. I’d hate to be one of those retired, grey-haired, portly gentlemen who sit down with lots of time on their hands and fire off letters to the editor on a daily basis. Lamberts: Did you ever think you would become Chief Scientist? Did it ever cross your mind? Chubb: No. I mean, I was on the selection committee that appointed Penny [Sackett, former Chief Scientist, who resigned ] but I never really thought: “one of these days …” I mean, I’m a fair bit older than Penny. I hadn’t especially thought it would be a job for me. I talk to the minister [Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research] from time to time about the place of science in Australia and all that sort of stuff. The whole issue of whether you want to go back into a job with a public profile when you’ve just left one was an important consideration for me. Despite what people think of me I was once very shy, although I don’t think anybody would say that of me now [Laughs]– Lamberts: –I didn’t want to say anything … Chubb: I think the possibilities of the job were too great for me to ignore. Lamberts: I can imagine it would have been quite a temptation … Chubb: Yes, I didn’t have to think too long once the job was offered. Part of my interest is influencing policy outcomes and based on science, and this particular position gives me the opportunity to do that. We give advice, we give good advice – we can put it on the table and what the government does with it is the government’s business. We’re not policy writers – the department will write the policies that will ultimately be sent up the line and end up on the minister’s desk and end up on the cabinet table if it goes that far. Lamberts: How political do you think this position is? How political would you like it to be? Chubb: I don’t want it to be political. It’s not my job to defend government policy; it’s not my job to go out there and talk about something that might have been based on scientific advice but is actually the policy response to that advice. So it’s not my business to talk about a carbon tax. I will make sure that the government either has available to it the real expertise or the advice we can give that might summarise some of that expertise so that they can choose from the options given to them. That’s my role. Impartiality Lamberts: This position is appointed by a Labor government. Do you feel that you could equally and fairly critique or support any side of government? Do you feel freedom is a part of the role of Chief Scientist? Chubb: You mean if the Coalition wins government? Lamberts: Yeah, or if there are quite-strongly non-science-based policies going up – do you just need to say: “Well it’s up to them, they’ve made the call”? Or would you be a little more pressing? Chubb: I think it would depend on what it was and how significant it is. So I said this week in my Press Club address that if politicians consistently ignore good advice then basically they’ll do a disservice to the nation and they willl have to answer for it at some point. With respect to working with the Coalition, as ANU Vice Chancellor I had to work for a lot of my time with Coalition ministers and I always got on pretty well with them. I can work with any able and committed people. Come election time, I’ll go and vote and, as far as I know in Australia still, who you vote for is your business. I think we still have a secret ballet … and where I put the “1” is my business. Narrowing focus Lamberts: I can imagine, having worked briefly with you in other roles in the past and seeing the role of a vice chancellor from a very distant point of view, this must be kind of relaxing: you can just focus on the science – you can narrow your focus down a little bit more. Chubb: Yes, that’s true. The minister asked me the other day how I was coping and I said: “I think I’m working using about 15% of the energy level that I was working at four or five months ago”. Of course, it’s not quite like that but it’s a different job and it’s a different operation and it’s a different style and a different set of outcomes. I was responsible for 4,000 staff and 12,000 students six months ago, now I’ve got ten or 12 staff out there and a different set of responsibilities; and a different focus, as you say. I think that’s a very accurate depiction. I’m not having to worry about how many tree branches fell on cars the last time the wind blew hard – all of that sort of stuff is gone. Anonymous critics Lamberts: Is there anything in this job that would make you walk away from it, other than family or health concerns? Chubb: I don’t think so. You’ve got to be prepared to take the rough with the smooth and some of the sillier comments that were made about my speech yesterday, you’ve just got to roll with. Whatever you say, people will interpret it their way. I made a comment yesterday that, while I wasn’t a climate change scientist, I could read English and understand it so I thought the science was in. I got an email from someone saying: “So I suppose that means I can opine about climate change as well?”. Well of course this person can. What I’ve argued is that it should be rational, that the debate should be civil and that people should be able to debate different perspectives in a reasonable and decent way, instead of the person who rang my quite new staff member and was angry with her because he didn’t like what I’d said. It’s what I define as outrageous. Weak and pathetic actually. He might have wanted to speak to me but he got through to her. There was no reason he should have been discourteous to her and I think it’s a sad reflection on that person, who wouldn’t give his name. Lamberts: They never do. I don’t know if you’re a follower of the commentary response on online articles – they’re quite spectacular some of them. Chubb: Yeah, I don’t think they [comments] should be published if people aren’t prepared to own them. To call yourself Fred the Chimney Sweep and slag somebody off is pretty bad behaviour – pretty poor form that does not reflect well on the organisation that publishes it. Lamberts: Do you think maybe [media outlets] should I.D-check people or something before they can comment? Chubb: No, but I think people should be made to put their name on comments. They may put false names or whatever – people always play games … but they should be prepared to own their opinions. I didn’t go out there wearing a funny mask yesterday nor will I in the future. I’ll be out there as me so they can aim it at me yet they don’t have to tell me who they are. And these comments get published. Personal criticism Lamberts: Possibly the closest thing to real criticism I heard about your appointment from within the university sector was: “He hasn’t been a practising scientist for ages”. What do you think of that? Chubb: Well, I mean, it’s true, but is that what I have to be? Do I have to come here with ninhydrin-stained fingers actually to prove that I can do the job? I don’t think so. There are a lot better scientists in Australia than I was and ever would be, but not many of them could do my job. They have a different instinct, they have a different experience base, they have a different concept of what the sort of role is and how you play it. So I think you bring a whole lot of experience to a job like this and the important thing is that you are able to be a serious advocate for science, which means you know how science works, you know how scientists think, you know how science progresses knowledge, you know what the issues are for getting research funding or getting papers published – all of the things you need to know. Again it’s a sort of easy free-kick really: “Oh yeah, well he hasn’t stood at a bench for 25 years”. Well, it’s true. Lamberts: Well, I confess I was surprised by the criticism because actually I think the last person I’d want in a job like this is someone who has just stepped away from the bench. Chubb: Yes, because they don’t know how the political system works, necessarily – very few do. They don’t know how to manage and massage the political system. Lamberts: That was literally the only criticism I heard, other than the one you defended at the Press Club yesterday on the partisanship we’ve spoken about already. Chubb: The press has had a report of that in a couple of places today. I did a radio interview a little earlier where I was asked whether I was partisan because I came to the position with a view on climate change. So I said: “Well, what do you want me to do, stick my head in a giant magnet so that I try to come in with no knowledge at all and start from scratch?” I mean, it’s the sort of stuff you’ve got to put up with, I know, but … Enthusiasm Lamberts: So do you still keep up with your own science? Are you still enthused about your original work [in neuroscience]? Chubb: No, but I was certainly enthused about it when I did it. As I’ve said in many interviews, I turned 40, life was very comfortable, I had a good and flourishing research lab with a lot of money in the middle of the 80s, and I turned 41 in fact, and I said to my wife: “Life’s got to be harder than this” and I was right: the one testable hypothesis that I think was actually proven … If I had my time again it would be great to be a philologist or a linguist or a physicist. Actually no, not a physicist, that would be too hard! [Laughs] And then you read some of the stuff and you go and you meet the people; you go to the seminars and the lectures and things and it’s just mind-boggling where things have got to. In my field, what we did in today’s terms is pretty primitive. The equipment, the facilities, the capacity to do things these days is so much greater than it was when I was younger. One of my former colleagues – who’s still a great friend – sent me a paper which referred to a number of our papers from the 1980s and so all the work you do, if it’s any good at all, will have had some consequence on later work. So some of what we did, no doubt, has lead to some of what’s been done today, and if I had not stopped doing it, could I still be doing it today? Sure, but when you think about science as a whole and you look at what people do you look at some of the discussion pieces in The Conversation – it’s awesome. I’ve resolved not to present myself as a deep and meaningful expert on too many things because if I do I’ll be able to be tripped up by the next question and I don’t think that’s my role in any case. My role is to know where the experts really are, to be in contact with them on the understanding that we may need to be in contact with them regularly or very intermittently or whatever, but to use those contacts in a way that means we can get the advice we need from the expert pretty quickly because to pretend that you know … I’m looking at setting up a small group of people who can be here and talk to us and talk about what’s happening in physics, what’s happening in mathematics, where you can go to get more advice about a particular aspect of physics or mathematics. We’ve got to look at the whole science; we’ve got to keep the focus of the office on the whole of science, and that means we’ve got to have some people who can keep feeding us information we can call on regularly. A society-wide approach Lamberts: I want to ask, the integration of social sciences and humanities and arts into this bigger practice, do you see that happening? Should there be a chief social scientist? Should there be a chief humanist? Any thoughts on how that might stick together? Chubb: The big advances that will potentially change humanity are going to come out of the sciences. The question then is how do you get them embraced by the community. I don’t know that you need one bunch of people working here on their thing and another bunch of people there working on their thing and then having a meeting from time to time. I think the real issue is how we get the scientists – who are going to provide the bulk of the inventions – and this knowledge turned into something that is used and useful. That’s the work of all those other groups and I think working with them is important. You’d have to totally avoid setting up little silos where the scientists did their thing and said: “Oh by the way …” Lamberts: You had a part in, or at least a sign-off on Inspiring Australia Conference. Coming from my background of science communication, I’m very interested in that sort of science in the greater public eye, and you’re throwing up that idea of enhanced science literacy in the population. My question really is: what would that look like and how would you get there? Chubb: Well I think it’s got two or three elements to it. One is making sure that you start teaching science properly and adequately in primary school and that you take it through secondary school. Whether people then go on to do science degrees and PhDs and all the rest is one issue, but even if they don’t they’ve got some science literacy. By the time [these students are] into middle secondary school, they’d be beginning to understand that scientists test hypotheses; they critique their results and observations; they put them out for the peers to critique them; they go back and do it again to replicate or change or do all the things that we know about science and how it works. And I think it’s important that there’s a higher level of that understanding in the community. If some percentage, say 5%, 10%, 15%, go off to be real scientists in the sense of doing a BSc [Bachelor of Science] and a PhD and going off and working in their field as researchers it would be good; if we can increase that number through this process, that would be good, too. But I do think that in the present debate on scientific matters, whether it be vaccines or whether it be climate change, what you have is a community trying to understand and needing to understand. But that community might not have the capacity or the background that lets them start off and say: “Well I understand there will be uncertainty always in science. I understand scientists will always have a dispute about some issues sometimes. I understand that science is not unlike the law, really: you’ve got an advocacy, you’ve got a prosecution and a defence. You’ve got an argumentation that has to go on for science to be prosper.” And “beyond reasonable doubt” is where we get to. Lamberts: I think that’s a much better way of putting it than “uncertainty”. Uncertainty gives a very different impression but using the phrase “beyond reasonable doubt” – I think is a language that people can actually understand. Chubb: It’s important that people understand it. So when people come in from the outside and say: “I think scientists are a bunch of creeps who are only saying this or that because the government funds them”, people will actually begin to understand, or they’ll have some inkling that if they’re interested they can go and read more. I think it’s getting that interest to the point where if they want to, people can go and read more, find out more: that’s important. Supporting teachers Lamberts: I’d agree with that. This solution of better teaching in primary school and all the way through [schooling] is a solid one. What it would mean is, if we started that today, there’s a lag of people who are 15 to 100. Chubb: I think you’ve got a large teaching workforce, and I think that somebody somewhere should be investigating how well we’re supporting our teachers to do the job they need to do in 2011 and beyond. And so it’s true – you can’t start from today and say: “We’ll change Australia’s way of doing this by 2020”. You can say: “Well, that’s what we’re going to do and we going to have changed the way Australia goes about this”. One way to do that is to make sure we develop properly the teaching workforce and [to ensure] the existing teaching workforce is properly supported. The Academy of Science told me, and I think this figure’s right, something like 80% of teachers are teaching out of field – it’s a tough gig. If they’re not getting adequate support to go out of field, it must be discomforting for them – and their students probably realise it – that the system is not supporting the discipline well enough yet we say that we need it. So, if we’ve really got the need, we’ve got to give the support. Lamberts: But if the teaching magically got better today, what about the people that have left school? We have this whole backlog of society, so to speak, who won’t have had the benefits of the new system, and reaching them and dealing with them is the question. Chubb: I think part of that is sort of the communication job all scientists have. The big danger with the calibre of the present debate is that people just won’t do it and I’m not going to say there’s an explicit intention to intimidate people into silence because I wouldn’t know whether that’s true. But I am going to say that if you’re sitting over there and your colleague says something publicly and gets a string of abuse of invective or whatever and you’re asked to do it, you might well say: “No, I’m not going to put myself through that”. I’m talking in general terms now. I’m not saying that it’s peculiar to one particular part of the scientific community, but I think as a general rule you would imagine that, if people are treated with gross disrespect when they speak publicly, when they do have expertise, just because people don’t like what they’re saying, then other people will be less willing to stand up and say it. Our democracy suffers when that happens. I don’t think we can afford to let it happen, and that’s part of my job. At ANU I used to put out statements saying “academics have an obligation to speak publicly in their field of expertise and if they get attacked they can look to the university to support them” – if they got attacked personally, not their ideas. That’s what we tried to do then and I think it’s important we continue to do it. Why science matters Lamberts: I’ve given presentations to the Australian Skeptics Society and things like this, and they’re extremely passionate, verging on zealots for science. Their question to me invariably is: “How the hell do we make people listen?” One of the comments I say to them is: “Why would they listen, their lives already work.” What’s your take on that? How do you make people, Jane and Joe Public, actually give a toss about this stuff? And why? Chubb: Well I think part of the answer – and I don’t know the full solution – is to point out to people and make sure people are constantly reinforced with the knowledge of what science has done for them and what’s around them. You only have to think of what science has done for you as you’re sitting here today on that chair, with that watch, with that material in your trousers, with whatever it is in your shoes. I mean, what would we be like without science? I think it’s so much a part of our lives we just don’t give it any thought. I don’t pick up a pen and think to myself: “Isn’t science wonderful?” I pick up a pen and use it. But I wouldn’t have the pen if somebody hadn’t invented the plastic, the ink, the spring, the device. I think an important part of the message is to indicate to people broadly, constantly, what science has actually done for them up to this point, and then they don’t need so much to keep being told what’s going to happen in 10 or 15 years. I think that’s eventually part of the story but the short-term issue is: how would people actually think science has had any impact on them? Lamberts: To get to the point where science is seen as an investment, not a cost … Chubb: One of the ways to do that is for the community to want it and to be something we want. That means the community will be aware of the fact that scientists will always be having some sort of debate about the meaning of results that have been observed or going from experimentation. It’s a legitimate part of science, it’s always been a part of science, and should still be part of science; but in my day it was done with a certain level of civility and shared respect. Science under attack? Lamberts: There’s a lot of talk (and I’ve written things and so has my colleague) about science being under attack in Australia from the public, from government, from private sector etc. Do you think it is? Chubb: Well, I don’t think it’s necessarily under attack from government. I don’t think it’s under attack from the politicians. There are individuals who’d like to fight science in a dark alley one night I but I think it’s a small number. Generally speaking, I think the groups you mentioned are supportive and just wished it [science] gave better answers to things like climate change Lamberts: “Solve my damn problems.” Chubb: Right, I mean it’s inconceivable that any political party in the history of government wants it to be incontrovertible evidence for climate change. I can imagine everyone wishes it would go away tomorrow but I don’t think it is going to go away tomorrow. Different parts of the media are feeding the public different lines. I think the public is probably quite genuinely confused about it, and where are they turn to to get better advice? I bet you the people who get some of our newspapers in our country do not read The Conversation, where they probably could get better advice. I can understand why the public is confused. It’s partially because scientists have an argument about climate change, who’s right and who’s wrong. and about the validity of the projects, and all of that will get published in a particular way. I said that I thought the media conversation should be published with regard to the weight of the evidence and– Lamberts: –and not the decibels– Chubb: –not the decibels. If 99 people say one thing and one person says another thing, the one person has a right to have their view on the table but they don’t have a right to be given the same amount of time and space as the 99 without qualification. The point is that they will get the same amount of space [in the media] but the article doesn’t say there are 99 people thinking this and there’s one person thinking that: we’ll give them each two column inches so the public can get a distorted view of where the arguments really are. I think that’s a great pity I don’t think that adds a great value to the public debate. The media has a particular and important role to play and the sooner they play it better, the better. I don’t care if they want to be hostile to the notion of climate change but I do think they’ve got to be reasonable and rational about the approach they take. Lamberts: I’m going to close on a classic blue-sky question: when you leave this office what would you like to leave behind? Chubb: I’d like to leave behind an office that’s had quite a lot of influence in future policy options of the country, and based on the scientific evidence that is needed to make that policy better. I didn’t take this job just to be called chief – none of those things are of interest to me. The reason for taking the job is because I think it’s important that science has a voice and that somebody with a voice knows how it works. One message is that this office is not the office of the chief climate-change scientist: this office is the office of the chief scientist and our job is to worry about, concern about, and advise about public science in Australia and its place in the world. This is an edited transcript of the conversation between Professor Ian Chubb and Dr Rod Lamberts. Words by Rod Lamberts Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University. Special thanks for The Conversation.

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