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British Columbia has more than 1,100 different wildlife species and some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.
Spotting wildlife in BC can take place at unexpected times and places. Hiking, boating and even driving BC's highways present opportunities for wildlife viewing. Bighorn sheep, moose, mountain goats, bears, whales, and sea lions are a few of the wildlife species that can be seen here.
For the best experience, consider a professionally guided wildlife tour. Trained guides and naturalists take visitors into natural environments safely, informatively and in comfort.
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Kootenay Rockies: Bears, elk, bighorn sheep, cougars and wolves roam national and provincial parks set in the dramatic scenery of the Rocky Mountains.
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast: Wildlife-rich region that ranges from whales, grizzly bears, and rare white Kermode bears on the coast to bighorn sheep, moose and beaver in interior provincial parks such as Bowron Lakes.
Thompson Okanagan: Enormous salmon runs, Canada's only desert climate and viewing opportunities in Wells Gray and Mount Robson provincial parks.
Vancouver Island: Stunning coastlines populated with whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions and other marine animals, in addition to colourful tidal pools and inland parks with bears, deer and more.
Vancouver, Coast & Mountains: Whale watching from coastal towns, bald eagle viewing in Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park and abundant wildlife in parks such as Garibaldi and Manning.
Northern British Columbia: Enormous terrain including Canada's only grizzly bear sanctuary, the unique wildlife of Haida Gwaii and a wildlife area known as the "Serengeti of the North."
Vancouver: Large urban parks home to birds and small mammals, shoreline wildlife and more than 70,000 aquatic creatures in the Vancouver Aquarium.
Victoria: Ocean animals and seabirds on picturesque coastlines, salmon runs and bald eagles, and vibrant islands accessible only by boat.
Whistler: Spot bears and deer from chairlifts, meet pikas and whiskey jacks on mountain tops or take a canoe tour to see beaver, otter and birds.
Go cruising to experience the rugged BC coast – take a bear-watching tour to spot rare Kermode (Spirit) bears that wander the coastal forests, or look for black and grizzly bears in almost every region.
Marine wildlife is abundant in BC. There are thousands of kilometres of coastline teeming with seals, sea lions, porpoises, fish and marine birds. Whale-watching tours look for Orcas year round, and BC's coast lies in the migratory path of more than 20,000 grey whales.
Hiking is a great self-guided way to see wildlife in the mountains. Inland, the parks, grasslands and forests are alive with moose, mountain goats, and bighorn sheep. Canoe the countless lakes, rivers and wetlands that make for prime bird watching habitat.
A driving tour is a great way to view the wildlife and landscape; in BC, even the highways are prime wildlife viewing areas.
Animals are most active around dawn and dusk and many species of wildlife are seasonal. Visitor centres can provide information on local wildlife, habitat and behaviour and can also help book tours.
Check out nature and wildlife viewing trip ideas for some suggestions on where to see bald eagles, bears, tidal pools and more.
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Lord-Rip-Van-Coyle must be fumming mad! How dare this sucessful and growing company actually come up with a better idea than the Grady/Coyle RAT FARM courtesy of Barron Collier. Atherex has already given back the swampland and all its gopher tortises that the Collier Corp. gave them. It was a smart choice to make when they moved into an existing building instead of trying to build in this County. They would still be working on the permit process now, you know only Kraft construction get stremlined permiting in this County. What is Tom(quiter)Grady gonna do now, looks likeAnn(human-shield)Grady doesn't stand a chance and the RAT FARM ain't gonna happen oh dear he might have to work for a living. Hey Lissack have you grown up yet, if you want to critisze someone (georgia Hiller) do it with appropriate issues. Looks like shes working for you and your district 2 pals even before she has the job so GROW UP ya big baby. Hey if Freddy gets picked for another f4 years we can put his office out on that land and see how he likes the commute to work. Aterex isn't the be all end all but it sure is a much safer and more proven bet than the Grady/Coyle RAT FARM. I can't wait to see how The CC BO County Cronies are gonna take more of my TAX $$$$ and not call it a TAX!!! Seems thats the only creative thing they can do, come up with new methods and names for new TAXES and TAX INCREASES.
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The guy was just spinning other people's content and his whole network got nailed.
That really warms my heart. To think these people have the audacity to complain to Google once they get caught.
Scraping is nonsense, Google IS the biggest scraper going - every day it sends out its bot and takes/collects extracts of web pages without permission, been doing it for years and nobody cares as they get free exposure.
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Teamsters Union members at the trucking operation, UPS Freight, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new national five-year master agreement that increases wages, significantly strengthens pension benefits and takes on the issue of subcontracting.
The vote, which was 5,195 to 2,094 as of Sunday night, was held at local union halls during the weekend. Participation was 69%, which far exceeded the previous ratification vote last June, which was 58%. The contract is separate from the one covering Teamsters members who work at the parcel operation of UPS.
A handful of local unions covering less than 50 members had not reported their results as of Sunday night. Vote results can be viewed at http://teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/01.12.14upsfvotecount.pdf.
The new five-year national contract, which covers 13,000 UPS Freight workers, improves and protects wages, benefits and working conditions at a time when most freight companies are making cuts, according to the union. It also provides $2.50 in wage increases over five years.
Last summer the Teamsters and UPS Freight reached an agreement on a new contract but it was voted down overwhelmingly, sending negotiators back to talks.
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Genre/Form: | Fiction Fictional Works |
Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Death of Ivan Ilych. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House Pub., c2008 (OCoLC)654681909 |
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
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Leo Tolstoy, graf; Ian Dreiblatt |
OCLC Number: | 182737013 |
Description: | 106 p. ; 18 cm. |
Series Title: | Art of the novella.; Melville House classics. |
Other Titles: | Smertʹ Ivana Ilʹicha. |
Responsibility: | Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Ian Dreiblatt. |
There is no explanation. Here in a vibrant new translation, the tale of a judge who slowly comes to understand that his illness is fatal was inspired by Tolstoy's observation at his local train station of hundreds of shackled prisoners being sent off to Siberia, many for petty crimes. When he learned that the sentencing judge had died, Tolstoy was roused to consider the judge's thoughts during his final days--a study on the acceptance of mortality only deepened by the death, during its writing, of one of Tolstoy's own young children.
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Last week an article went around about a nine year old girl who was being bullied about her weight at school. Her peers would yell "how do you fit into pants?" and other charming things. The solution? She would post her before photos on a website and start dieting and working out to become worthy of their praise.
Another article reports an overweight high school student becoming the school's "healthy project." How? Everyone in the school is "encouraging" him to eat better and to exercise. Some think that the original bullying he suffered was a good thing because it has motivated him.
Stop right there.
Every single fat person you talk to who was fat as a child was bullied. We all suffered similar taunts as we walked the halls of our schools, played on the playground, and lived with our families. For me, it was walking through my high school every single day with the boys yelling, "Sue-ey" every damn time. I learned at an early age that complaining accomplished nothing because…well, I dared to be fat. No one should have to live like that.
Listen, Mom, the problem isn't with your fat child. The problem isn't with your parenting.
As a mother, I know how guilt-wracking parenting is. We stress 24-hours a day about doing it right, doing it as good as the lady down the street, and creating children who will amount to something. Every single thing our children do reflects on us. Unfortunately, in our modern times, being fat is the worst thing you can be. And some of you are feeling the guilt of having a fat child.
Stop right there.
I'm not going to repeat the research here. Go research Health At Every Size, and see the statistics on dieting, weight loss, and regaining. See how overweight people can still be healthy when they eat healthy and get exercise. Learn about eating disorders and how girls and boys are being treated for them at earlier ages than ever before. Learn about the $65 billion diet industry in our country.
But please understand that the problem is not you. The mean kids are the real problem here, the bullies themselves. They are the ones who need to change.
Who in the hell gave these little monsters the right to terrorize your kids at school or on the streets? Who made them better than your kid? Who made them decide to make your child's life miserable because of they way they look?
I say their own bad parenting did it…and that's what you have to remember.
Honestly, no one knows why your child is fat. There are so many reasons up for grabs. You can only control some of them. You can–up to a certain point–provide healthy food and encourage exercise. The rest is genetics, environment, economics…lots of things many of us don't have as much control over as we would like.
What can be changed are the children who are bullying your child. They can learn to control their behavior and learn that bullying is not allowed. Ever. For anything. Their parents can feel the guilt of having raised children who are mean and ill-spirited.
Schools need to intervene for weight bullying as much as they do for other forms. However, from my experience, the bullying interventions at my sons' schools has been hit and miss. I don't have a lot of faith that there are consistent policies in place for any of our kids. That's why parents need to be involved and in the school's face. Also, the schools need to face their own stigmas against the overweight.
I know it's difficult because of the stigma on being fat in America. If you take away nothing from the weight discussion, at least consider the research on yo-yo dieting that shows that while people might initially lose weight on a diet, the majority (around 95%!) inevitably gain it all back, plus some more! This happens every time you diet. Don't let your child start dieting and stop the cycle in the beginning.
Ask yourself: Would you let your child be bullied for a lisp? For wearing glasses? For being handicapped? Of course not!
So be your child's hero and step in. Fight the fight for them. Understand that letting kids be bullied–and putting the responsibility for this wrong on their shoulders–is misplaced. Your child has one body. Don't make her hate it. Make her love it as much as you love her.
Give the bullies hell.
I wish there was a way for me to find the true, monetary price of bullying. Because the figures have to be out there somewhere, but I'm not in a statistical state of mind.
Unfortunately, bullying seems to be something that sticks with us long after it is over. It seems that no matter the age of a person I discuss this with, incidents of bullying can be relived verbatim in an instant. Whether it was school yard teasing or comments from siblings, these hurtful taunts affect us long after they should.
Last week I had lunch with a dear friend and we discussed our children and the subject of bullying came up. We started with a harsh view of it: "bullying happens, there's not much we can do about it." Then we started exchanging horror stories. I have some. She has some.
By the time I got home and re-lived the conversation, I was feeling pessimistic and optimistic. Part of me agrees with our assessment that bullying seems to be a big part of growing up. No one seems to escape the wrath of their peers. And nothing is off limits. Looks. Weight. Intelligence. Grades. Economic status. It's a never ending barrage of potential bullying subjects.
I am, however, optimistic, that there are some among us who no longer believe bullying should be part of childhood. These are the people who push anti-bullying campaigns and are passionately trying to save the new school children from suffering like the old school children. And isn't that what we all are–school children at heart.
No, we don't have to dwell on what happened to us as children. We can't use that as an excuse for being less than we can be. But by remembering, we might be reminding ourselves of why it is so important to be kind and loving. To everyone, not just the people we like.
If you didn't see it on Thursday, I hope you'll give this video a gander. And treat someone just a little kinder today.
In a perfect world, bullies would grow up and be good citizens. They would realize the error of their ways and work to make the world a better place. I think this does happen to many childhood bullies. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen for some. I think William Bailey–facing jail time for mocking a disabled classmate of his son–is an example of a childhood bully who didn't grow out of it.
It takes a special kind of stupid to be an adult who makes fun of a child for any reason. Adults are supposed to be helping children. Adults are supposed to be the protectors of children. Mocking and bullying a child is absolutely wrong.
Once again, I feel the need to point out that childhood bullies learn their behavior somewhere. Probably at home, considering the behavior of some of the parents I've seen in action at schools in my neighborhood. Imagine the behavior of the children of Mr. Bailey.
Making fun of any person for any reason is never okay. It doesn't matter what someone looks like or how they behave, making fun is not allowed. It doesn't matter how different someone is, bullying is not allowed. It doesn't matter if you don't like the person, making fun is not allowed. It doesn't matter if the person next to you is doing it, bullying is not allowed.
Black, white, fat, thin, attractive, not attractive, smart, less smart, boy, girl, short, tall…it's all off limits. No one gets to comment about another person's disability or appearance, ever.
Remember, this applies to everyone–adults too. You can't sit at home and make comments about someone on television looking or acting differently. You can't report in the media about someone's weight gain or weight loss. You can't comment about a celebrity's bad dress, bad hair cut, or bad anything.
Looks. Disabilities. Off limits.
Maybe, we just need a reminder about the niceties of a polite society. Hopefully it won't take jail time for any more of us to learn the lesson.
Here in America, we have a tendency to focus on something and suddenly it happens everywhere. I don't know if this happens in other cultures. I don't know if it happens more because we live in an instantaneous/share everything/share immediately society. We no longer have to be the nosy neighbor on the front porch checking out the neighbors; we can read their blogs and their twitter streams to see what's happening.
Suddenly, information is everywhere about bullying. Everyone has a story about being bullied (I've told some of mine). A few of us have admitted to being a bully (yes, I've done that too). But not every cross word spoken your way is bullying.
I cheered when I saw journalist Jennifer Livingston spoke out to the man who criticized her for her weight. He made assumptions about her health from her looks and deserved to be publicly chastised. She didn't ask him for his opinion. As far as I know, she never asked any of her viewing audience for comments on her appearance and health.
But was she bullied? When I saw the upsurge in comments about Livingston being bullied, I kept thinking: "nope, she was criticized." Because it was a one-time thing and he wasn't exactly cruel. Unless there's more to this story and the gentleman has been writing her and calling her repeatedly, calling her fat. Since that hasn't come out, I am assuming it hasn't been happening.
Finally, I saw an article about Octavia Spencer's thoughts about the incident and they were in line with my own.
It isn't bullying if it only happens one time. According to the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary, bullying is defined as: 1. to treat abusively and 2. to affect by means of force or coercion. Spencer's definition is "facing coercion or physical repercussions on a daily basis."
Bullying is a problem. And where it exists, it should be fought. People should be enlightened about the how and why of bullying. But defining every cross or critical word as bullying diminishes it when it really occurs.
Livingston is a hero to many people, me included. She had the means and the guts to do what many people dream of daily. But her experience is completely different than the children who are bullied every day for being different. They are the ones being truly bullied. They are the ones who can't or won't or don't know how to fight back. They're the ones that need our help.
I was getting ready to write a scathing post (would have gone viral for sure) about the kinds of kids who dare bully adults. What kinds of parents they must have! The kids of today are out of control!
Then, mid-rant to Kelly about this, I remembered when I was guilty of bullying an adult.
Yes, I, along with many members of my freshman class at an all girls Catholic high school, tormented our religion teacher. We were horrific to her. We made fun of every aspect of her. There were practical jokes. Insulting limmericks. Anything and everything to be mean to her.
It was Mean Girls before there was a Mean Girls. It was so common with some of us that we never even stopped to think about what we were really doing. We were having fun at the expense of another human being and it felt good.
It must have, right? Why else would we have done it?
One thing sticks out so clearly in my mind: when another teacher found something we had done to our religion teacher and she cried. I didn't understand it then. I was 14 years old and needed to fit in. I needed to be liked. I needed to be cool. I thought she was over-sensitive and walked away without another thought.
Today I get it. Kids have no idea of the permanence of what they say and do. It's all part of the adolescent egocentrism that consumes them. They are invincible! The world revolves around them! The world is theirs! Everyone's watching and no one can do anything about their behavior. It's fun to finally get something over the adults who have ruled their worlds since birth.
As an adult, I recognize the frailty of the human spirit. I know how much remarks made to me throughout my childhood and adolescence from family, friends, and acquaintances have stuck with me long after they were made. I can't imagine the hurt we caused this woman who only wanted to teach religion to little girls.
Words and actions are weapons. Sure, we are taught that only we can let words hurt us. They aren't actual weapons, so we can control how we react.
Bull shit.
Words are mean, hurtful, and are sometimes more powerful than being attacked with an actual weapon. Words scar. Words damage. Words kill.
Hopefully, words can also heal. Because I offer a heart-felt apology to that religion teacher. I offer an apology to the math teacher who cried over our horridness. I apologize to my fellow-students who knew this was wrong and didn't know how to stop us.
Most of all, I hope that our words and actions have been forgotten.
Bullying is a much-discussed issue right now because it's an important one. We all have been bullied or have bullied. As adults, we are now in a position where we can do something to prevent children from going through what we went through. A school has taken the harsh stance of not allowing students to talk between classes because that's when they noticed the bullying happening most. (Sorry, I can't find a link to any stories about this…so it just might be an urban legend!)
Is not allowing students to talk the best way to deal with bullying?
On the forum where this information was posted, some commented that if it's what finally ends the bullying, then it's the solution. Some said that even if one child misses being bullied at that moment then it's effective.
This is a way to deal with the children and their input into the bullying situation. But when are we going to make the adults responsible for their part in it? After spending time in the elementary school with my son and as a substitute teacher, I've seen what happens.
I never witnessed outright bullying by a teacher. What I did see was the attitude of some adults that could suggest that some bullying was warranted. Yes, teachers are allowed to not like all children. What they shouldn't be allowed to do is demonstrate that dislike. While subbing one day, I actually heard a teacher call out–over the heads of children returning from recess–that she couldn't stand a particular child. She identified him by his full name!
Had that child been bullied in front of her, would she have done her absolute best to ensure that the bullying stopped? Or would her attitude send the unspoken message that it might just be alright in this case.
I've read plenty of articles on bullying to know that no one is even comfortable enough to define exactly what bullying is. Physical violence? Bad. Commenting on physical appearance? Fine if the person deserves it by being fat or different.
Honestly, I don't know what the line is between bullying and teasing. Is teasing a part of growing up? Is teasing a precursor to flirting? Is it considered bullying when it actually bothers the person it's aimed at? That is awfully subjective.
We could teach our children compassion from birth. That would mean parents couldn't gossip, comment, complain, or feel superior to any other person to properly model this behavior. Have you stood outside a school for any length of time? If you have, you realize that there's even a pecking order among the parents. Divorced moms over there. Dads of popular kids over here.
What about the parents idling in their vehicles under the very signs that proclaim "No Parking! Anytime!" Those who refuse to move their vehicles when asked or threatened, and who sometimes respond with obscenities are demonstrating their own brand of bullying.
Also, don't think that all women have evolved beyond middle school, because there are some of us still firmly entrenched in the "let's all be mad at X at the same time to drive her crazy" mentality.
As a parent, every time you comment about another person's appearance, behavior, social status, etc. you are making an impression. Remember, your kids will do what you do…not what you tell them to do. Every time you think you've got special rights that others don't have–like obeying traffic laws, school drop-off rules, etc.–you've just taught your children that they are above those things also. Except their rude behavior comes out as snarky comments between classes, rudeness in the lunch line, and not sharing the swings at recess.
It seems to simplistic, really. If we, the adults, could act like the compassionate beings we say we want the world to be filled with, we would teach our kids a valuable lesson.
Maybe keeping students silent between classes can help. I just hope that there is also silence in the parking lot and teacher's lounge, because little ears hear everything and little eyes see everything.
I first came across this article over on Ragen Chastain's blog Dances With Fat (which I love, love, love). She does a great dissection of the news article, so I won't repeat her work. I want to focus on one little piece of it.
The gist of the article is that an Ohio teacher and teacher's aide were proven by hidden tape recorder to have been bullying a 14-year old special needs student. The aide has been let go. The teacher has been placed on probation and is undergoing an eight-hour class on bullying.
What the hell?! Frankly, the minute a teacher creeps toward the line of bullying and child abuse, he needs to be booted to the curb. No second chances! No do-overs!
It's not even a case of baseless accusation here. They have the abuse on tape! The article mentions several different episodes of abuse being heaped on this girl, so it wasn't a fleeting, one-comment faux pas.
We trust that our kids are being protected and cared for while they spend a majority of their time away from us. We believe they are being taught in the best way possible. We believe they are being properly socialized with other children. We believe that teachers and aides are not bullying them! When even one teacher crosses the line, it's a failure for the entire school system.
Here's where the original article got me. Although I am completely confused why an article about Ohio teachers has a reference to a Michigan law. I guess that just says something about the state of journalism these days!
Here it is…
After a law allowing verbal bullying in schools by teachers and students as long as it was backed by religious beliefs or "strong moral convictions" [emphasis mine] was passed in the Michigan state Senate, lawmakers in the house have responded to a wave of controversy and vowed to make changes that "provide protection to all students."
In Michigan it's wrong to bully. Yay! They did they right thing. Unless…(unless is as bad as a but, by the way) the bully really really believes it.
It is wrong to bully in Michigan unless the bully really believes in what he's being a bully about.
- Skin heads can legally bully the non-white citizens of the state.
- Gay bashing is OK if done from the premise that God made me do it.
- Fat kids can be targeted because we all know fat=evil.
Once again, this article confirms my belief that the people in charge of our lives (i.e., politicians) are complete idiots. For the people, by the people? Bah! Because the majority of citizens aren't idiots and can recognize crap when we see it.
Bullying is never right. Not even when the bully really really really believes it is.


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In the three games of the NLCS, Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, & Adam Wainwright — who are only three of the what, six or seven best starters in the NL? — have all pitched. They've all pitched well… and not a single one of those aces left the park after their starts knowing that he'd pitched his team to victory. Baseball is a weird, weird game sometimes.
In what was clearly the toughest matchup of the first three games for the Dodgers, Hyun-jin Ryu came up huge. He came up huger than huge; in what was unarguably the biggest game of the year to this point, Ryu was not only phenomenal, he was rarely even in trouble. With a fastball that occasionally touched 95 (higher than I've seen it all year) and taking advantage of what was a big strike zone for both sides, Ryu allowed three lone hits, at one point setting down 11 in a row.
The Cardinals didn't have a man reach second until the fifth, when David Freese & Matt Adams led off with back-to-back singles. But even that led nowhere quick when Jon Jay flied out to left, and Carl Crawford easily doubled Daniel Descalso (running for the injured Freese) off of second. Ryu came back to get a 1-2-3 sixth and finish off his night by striking out Adams to end the seventh; he is the first Dodger lefty with seven shutout playoff innings since Jerry Reuss in 1981 (h/t Jon Weisman).
But we've seen good pitching before, obviously, and that alone doesn't win playoff games. After 22 scoreless innings, the Dodgers finally broke through in the fourth, when Mark Ellis "doubled" — if you wonder what those quotes are for, you didn't see Jay try to play center field tonight — and advanced to third on a Hanley Ramirez flyout. Adrian Gonzalez doubled in Ellis for the first run, and I shouldn't be glossing that but I am because then (after Andre Ethier grounded out) Yasiel Puig came up and THAT BAT FLIP:
The best part, of course, is that this ball did not go out of the park, and so after a few steps Puig realized he was going to need to start moving… and he still turned the play into a stand-up triple without a throw. (Yes, as some will note, had he been running hard off the bat he may have had a chance for an inside-the-parker. Don't suck our joy here.) I get why fans of every other team hate him; I do. But it's not hard to get why we love him, is it?
The Dodgers tacked on an insurance run when Crawford came around to score on a Ramirez blooper in what was an extremely close play at the plate, and there was a dancing rally bear who got kicked out of the park, and Brian Wilson & Kenley Jansen nailed down the final two innings for the win.
Down 2-1, the Dodgers are still in a hole. But Matt Holliday is hitless in the series, and Adams has only one hit, and Freese may be hurt, and Carlos Beltran didn't have a hit in Game 2 or 3, and the Cards looked pretty goofy on defense and the basepaths today. It won't be easy, but it's not over. With the win, Wednesday's Game 5 (at 1pm!) is now guaranteed… and we wait to see if Ricky Nolasco really starts tomorrow in Game 4.


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Last month, the discerning New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini reviewed this summer's Glimmerglass Festival production of "Annie Get your Gun." As part of that glowing report, Tommasini said, "The conductor Kristen Blodgette, who has extensive experience in musical theater, led a stylish performance." He also advised New York City show producers to come see the Glimmerglass production in Cooperstown to learn how the show should be performed.
Since I am a member of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra, I worked under Blodgette's direction all summer, and this offered a welcome opportunity to learn about her career as a music supervisor and conductor. She has been the music supervisor for the Broadway show "Cats" and she has served as the music supervisor and conductor for "Phantom of the Opera" since its opening night. I wanted to learn how she had achieved her success, and to ask her advice about how young musicians in our area could prepare themselves for the type of professional life she has built for herself as a music supervisor.
What does a music supervisor do?
A music supervisor for musical theatre is responsible for the overall quality control of the music in a production. The supervisor has to understand the needs of the producer and director, and must be able to choose effective conductors, or, as in Blodgette's case, conduct the orchestras herself, when necessary. A music supervisor needs to be comfortable as the person who is "in charge" of all the musical aspects of a show, but must also find ways to help singers and musicians respond to her encouragement, rather than bow to her authority.
Blodgette said, "I am a negotiator. I work with many people to achieve good artistic results."
Preparation to be a music supervisor
If you love music and theater, and if you think you're well-organized and can work with many different types of people, you may wish to consider a career as a music supervisor. There is no "standard" education for this career, but strong musical skills and a good working knowledge of vocal technique are certainly among the items on the list of necessary qualifications.
Blodgette had an excellent musical education at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. She studied piano, voice and French horn, and worked as a vocal accompanist and coach as she learned how to help singers give their best performances.
After Blodgette completed her formal education, she went to New York to earn a living as a vocal coach and accompanist. She had very little money and very few professional connections, but she was willing to work in any musical job, and she began to build a reputation as a talented and dependable musician. She accepted jobs as musical supervisor for dinner theater, as accompanist and vocal coach for many types of productions and as a rehearsal pianist.
The high quality of her work brought her to the attention of famous producers and composers such as songwriter Cy Coleman, Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Caddick, who learned to trust her dedication and ability to "get the job done."
I asked Blodgette how she feels about her job, and what advice she would give to musicians in our area who would like to work as music supervisors.
She said, "I love my job. I like supporting myself by making music, and I like to encourage singers and actors to do their best. That's important. At the beginning of my career, I worked with lots of conductors, and that's when I learned that I really want to be in charge. Any career in music requires an extraordinary amount of discipline, but the rewards of helping to make a successful show are enormous.
"As a conductor, you need ego, but don't let it get in your way. Don't undercut yourself by allowing your ego to lead the way. To be an effective leader, your personality has to come through. You must help vocalists learn a role and make it part of themselves."
Blodgette is a strong leader, but she is also a quiet and kind person whose talent and willingness to consider the needs of others were greatly admired by everyone who worked with her at the Glimmerglass Festival.
If you would like a career in music, her example would be a very good one to follow.
Dr. Janet Nepkie is a member of the music industry faculty in the music department of the State University College at Oneonta. Her columns can be found at www.thedailystar.com/musicbeat.
It takes hard work, dedication to become a music supervisor
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Life in a fish bowl: Careful planning needed when setting up aquarium
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Focus on health helps restore Sharon Springs
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What would you do if you were president?
Presidents Day is Monday. Not only is it a day to reflect on past presidents, it can be a day for people to imagine what they would do if they were president. We asked local elementary students their thoughts on the subject, and below are their responses, exactly as written:
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- Around The Arts
Volunteers are the SWAT of the arts world
When you work at an arts organization, particularly a nonprofit, employees often wear many hats -- accomplishing the duties that appear in the traditional job description, and then some. It happens everywhere. It's a running joke among people who work at nonprofits. There is too much to do, and not enough people to do it. That's when you call in the back up -- SWAT if you will.
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Let creativity flow with unstructured art projects
As I sit here writing this, the holiday glow is still going strong (my column deadline is two weeks before the publication date), and I've been spending a great deal of time not only with my daughter, but her stuff. We're incredibly lucky to have a loving network of family and friends that spoil her, so I've been merging her new goodies with her old.
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Opportunities abound for career in the arts
I was recently asked to speak at a local high school about my career path and how I came to work in the arts. It was interesting speaking with these seniors, and discussing their hopes for life after high school.
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The art of the appraisal explained by one who knows
So often in this column my co-writer, Brittany, and I talk about how art is everywhere and can be appreciated by all. Perhaps because of my passion for everyday art, there is one part of the art world I just cannot grasp -- art appraisal. How can you put a value on something so seemingly subjective? So, I set out to learn more about this industry.
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Flash mobs more theatrical production than dance
Most people are familiar with the term "flash mob." It's associated with groups of people congregating briefly to the surprise of the surrounding public, and often incorporates a choreographed dance. You've probably been witness to one, or you've probably seen one online, as they are extensively documented -- there are more than 10,000 results on YouTube if you search for flash mobs.
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Volunteers are the SWAT of the arts world
- Music Beat
Copyright royalties can make you smile
A few years ago, I wrote an article on the skill and dedication necessary to become a songwriter.
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Build a team to build a career
People love music because music is that magical means of communication that never fails. The music industry is going through some rough times, but it is not going to die because music is a basic, central need in everyone's life.
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Hairstylist finds balance through playing cello
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- Parenting Imperfect
It is in February when the breaking point is reached
If I could edit the calendar, the two months I'd do away with are August and February.
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Ibuprofen saved the vacation
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The write stuff is often hard to find in my household
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Of kids, phone calls and toilet paper
We have reached that golden age when both kids are responsible enough to be trusted alone for short periods of time.
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A Halloween message to my future self
I'm writing this column a few days before Halloween. And I'm writing this mostly for my future self, as a reminder of the lessons learned this particular last week in October.
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- Senior scene
Social Security: 2014 is a year of changes at Social Security Administration
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As Time Goes By: Identity thieves, beware of what you would get with me
I like to make slogans for each year of my birth. For example, when I was 75 I was "still alive," when I was 76 I was "learning new tricks," and this year on turning 77 I have "One foot in heaven." (With the other on the "slippery slope.")
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From the Office: Laws work to help protect those in need of guardianship
Sometimes individuals cannot care for themselves. In New York, guardianship laws exist to empower others to take care of children and adults who need help to care for themselves and or their property. This is the second of a two-part column that explores the issues and the law of guardianship in New York state.
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Looking Back: Dressing modestly for success never goes out of style
Where have all the years gone? It seems like just yesterday that I was able to go and go… do and do so much more: Shopping all the "clearance racks" store after store and enjoying seeing all the new items and keeping up-to-date with what the fashions will be for the next season (that is if they weren't too hilariously out of line with good taste and lacking modesty). I really enjoyed "shopping 'til I drop."
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Social Security: Sometimes some of your Social Security income is taxable
Around this time every year, I get many questions about Social Security benefits and filing taxes.
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- Tech, GP
Thankful hard-disk shortage is about over, and counting my blessings
Well, I'm almost ready to let out a cheer.
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Businesses need backups for their computer people, systems
In the interest of full disclosure, I want to let you know that I have taken a new position, professionally. I recently joined Eastman Associates, a local general contractor, to do its IT work, as well as taking care of some other functions of the business.
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Windows 8 seems to be made for the good of Microsoft, not the user
By Bruce Endries The software company everybody loves to hate, Microsoft, recently released what it calls a "consumer preview" of their next operating system, Windows 8.
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The Granite State got it right on software purchases
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Visit a construction site and you'll probably find an iPad
It was just about two years ago now, that the iPad came out, and I wrote a column about it. At that time, I went out on a limb and said that thought it was a product which would fill certain niches very well, but that it wasn't very likely to fill in for what is normally considered a computer.
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Thankful hard-disk shortage is about over, and counting my blessings
- Teen Talk
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"Hadestown" started as a folk opera created by Anaïs Mitchell that was performed live in Barre, Vt., and later all across New England.
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Teenhood Today: Change can be scary, wonderful
Change can be a scary thing. Not knowing where you'll be, what you'll be doing, or what delicious restaurants will be nearby is a very scary thing.
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A Word of Advice: It's never too early to work on soft skills
If somebody on the street asks you your best characteristics, you'll probably start telling them about how good you are with kids or how articulate you can be.
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On the Go: Rainbow connection to principles that I follow
During the fall, I had an assignment at school to write a Mad-Lib style poem about where I am from. In the section for religious beliefs, I wrote about sleeping in on Sundays and the rainbow principles.
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Weekend Reviews: Poetry of 19-year-old sharpens view on life
Almost all high school students I know claims they "don't like poetry." Or at least they wouldn't go out of their way to read it.
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