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Electrify Your Christmas with These Dazzling Light Displays
Your tree has plenty of twinkling lights, but one darn bulb keeps shorting out the whole strand. Your block has a house or two with a tree hit here, and some eaves dripping with lights there, but you want to see a spectacular display that will give make Times Square look dim. You're craving the sight of a street or home that looks like it might short circuit a whole city block or two (forget about saving the earth for a minute – it's Christmas!). You want to dazzle your kids and celebrate the season with some serious holiday wattage. Bundle up, fill the thermos, and head to one of these bright spots.
The Biggest Tree: The Grove, Los Angeles
Complete with Santa and his reindeer streaking across the sky, The Grove is a great spot to see some beautiful holiday lights. With the Los Angeles' largest Christmas tree and the fountain's water show set to holiday tunes, this place is sure to elicit "oohs" and "ahhs" from your little ones. While you're there you can try to catch Santa in his gingerbread-themed workshop.
Not So Sleepy: Sleepy Hollow Christmas Lights Extravaganza, Torrance
One of the more popular light displays on this list, the entire neighborhood comes out with lights, Christmas icons, and tons of holiday cheer. You'll find this California winter wonderland at Robert Road off Pacific Coast Highway North of Calle Mayor. This neighborhood comes out in full force for the holiday with groups touring the area in golf carts and local kids selling hot chocolate. Park and walk – traffic moves at a turtle's pace.
A Beachy Display: Naples Island, Long Beach
If you are looking for a beachy Christmas vibe, check out the canals of Naples. Nestled in a Long Beach inlet, this tiny island provides some really splendid private home light displays, a Christmas Boat Parade on December 21, and a stunning view of the bay dotted with floating lighted Christmas trees. A great spot for an evening stroll, the waterfront walkways are child friendly, and not adjacent to traffic.
Drive By Lighting: Candy Cane Lane, Woodland Hills
This little West Valley neighborhood is a couple blocks, centered on the intersection of Oxnard Street and Lubao Avenue in Woodland Hills. It's more of a stay-in-your-car adventure, but roll down the windows and crank up the carols for some sure-to-delight Christmas magic. Not for night owls: most of the neighborhood turns their lights off around 10 p.m. during the week and 11 p.m. on the weekend to discourage people from driving through late at night.
Posh Electricity: Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
For a more glamorous excursion, check out the brightly lit storefronts and street displays on Rodeo Drive. Grab a hot chocolate and stroll south down Rodeo Drive starting at South Santa Monica Boulevard. Make sure you make it down to Rodeo Two, a pedestrian street between Dayton Way and Wilshire Boulevard, where you can catch Santa, the Mrs. or some carolers, depending on the night.
Thematically, Spot On: Hastings Ranch, Sierra Madre
This Pasadena neighborhood will be a sure hit with your little elves. Each block has its own theme, from Santa's Toy Shop to a snowy Winter Wonderland. Displays can be seen all throughout this large neighborhood, so driving is your best bet.
Oldie & Goodie: Christmas Tree Lane, Altadena
Purported to be the oldest large scale Christmas light display in the country, Altadena's Christmas Tree Lane is sure to delight. If you head out this way be sure to save time to visit the Balian House, a 4-acre property and mansion with over 10,000 holiday lights and Christmas decorations.
A Majestic Stroll: Saint Albans Road, San Marino
Saint Albans is lined with tall majestic pines that are all bedecked in colored lights for the season. This old San Marino neighborhood will delight munchkins and grownups alike with its stately old California architecture all dressed up for the holidays. This is a short trip, so bundle up, park the car and take a stroll.
Tunnel of Lights: Yolanda Lights, Reseda
Located on the 7300 block of Yolanda Ave south of Valerio, this holiday light tunnel is ideal for those who want to walk, bike, blade, or take a stroller through a beautifully lit tunnel. It runs down both sides of the street, so there's plenty of room for your little ones to go zooming through. Don't forget to sign their photo guestbook at the end of your walk.
There's Light at the Inn: Mission Inn, Riverside
The Festival of Lights at the Mission Inn Hotel features one of the nation's largest holiday light displays of its kind. The castle-like, historic hotel is illuminated nightly with nearly 4 million holiday lights. There are also visits from Santa Claus, the world's largest man-made mistletoe, horse-drawn carriage rides, freshly fallen snow, an elaborately decorated Christmas tree in the hotel lobby and tasty holiday confections at Casey's Cupcakes in the Inn.
Do you have a favorite neighborhood spot to see festive lights? We want to hear about it!
-Kate Felton
Photo Credits: The Grove facebook page, Kris S. via yelp, Naples Island facebook page, Love Beverly Hills facebook page, Jen S. via yelp, Wikimedia Commons andyolandalights.com
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New species of antelope discovered
Erik Verheyen, Gontran Sonet and Zoltán T. Nagy, three scientists from the Museum, have, with the team of international researchers they are members of, discovered a new species of antelope that occurs in Togo, Benin, and Nigeria.
It is a very small antelope, measuring no more than around 40 cm at the shoulder and weighing four to six kilograms. It belongs to the duiker subfamily of antelopes. The Afrikaans name, 'duiker', meaning 'diver', comes from the habit these timid animals have of diving into the vegetation at the slightest sign of danger.
The new species has been named Philantomba walteri, or 'Walter's duiker' in homage to Erik Verheyen's father, Professor Walter Verheyen (°1932-†2005). As professor at Antwerp University, he was the first scientist to collect a specimen of this species.
Until now only two species of antelope had been recognised within the genus Philantomba. Both are widely distributed in West and Central Africa where they are hunted extensively. Their horns are used in traditional medicine and their meat is much in demand at bushmeat markets. It was known that one of these species, namely Maxwell's duiker (Philantomba maxwelli), showed a geographical variation between different populations. Morphological studies and DNA tests have now shown that some of these populations form a distinct species.

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By Janet Wiens
The quality and features of the buildings where we work, play and live, influence productivity, comfort and health. We want to spend time in environments that are open, bright, and have materials and design features that draw us in and make us want to stay. If these premises are true, then it's easy to see why the new $33.6 million Kelley Engineering Center at Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis, OR, has been so well received.
"A number of key goals set the course for our design," says Nels Hall, AIA, LEED® AP, principal design for Yost Grube Hall Architecture (YGH), Portland, OR, the project's designer. "We were charged with designing a facility that would jumpstart OSU's goal to become one of the top 25 engineering schools in the country (OSU currently ranks 33rd in size and 84th overall among the country's top 300 engineering schools). The University also wanted a sustainable design with the goal of achieving a LEED® Gold rating. Finally, the design had to respect the historic character of the OSU campus."
YGH first developed a master plan for the engineering precinct on campus. The 153,000-sq. ft. Kelley Engineering Center is the first of many new engineering buildings scheduled to be built as the master plan includes a blueprint for several more new buildingsadding an additional 500,000 sq. ft. of engineering space.
The center has two rectangular volumes that are linked by an atrium. The north façade shapes the future campus quadrangle for engineering and science while the south façade edges the historic campus.
"In massing and materials we respected the existing buildings on the campus," says Hall. "The center's four floors and exterior materials of red brick, limestone and precast trim, recessed windows, and entry portals framed in stone, connect our building architecturally to other structures. We established a more modern presence through detailing and through the extensive use of glass at the atrium, which was important both from a design and sustainability perspective."
Exterior materials were carried into the center's interior spaces, and were combined with exposed concrete, steel, aluminum panels, and wood to create a palette that is warm and inviting. The interior design provides a setting that is perfect for learning, relaxing and for housing social events.
"We organized the space based on circulation and communication requirements," says Bethany Clouse, IIDA, LEED® AP, interior designer for YGH. "The atrium is obviously the center point, with all other spaces placed (based) on their function and/or relationship to one another."
The four-story atrium is a wonderful space that is very important to the building's functional and operational abilities. Light cascades into the atrium through glass facades and skylights to illumine both the atrium and the spaces located along its perimeter. Varied seating areas provide opportunities for individual or group study, which is enhanced by the availability of wireless network connections. The atrium is also used for social gatherings and can accommodate more than 200 people for sit-down functions. The first floor features a computer lab, a grab-and-go café, seminar and conference rooms, a boardroom and various informal seating areas. Wool, paprika-colored rugs beneath the soft seating areas add splashes of color to the otherwise neutral palette. The walnut and maple panels in the atrium are natural veneer with a clear finishexhibiting a richness that is simple yet elegant.
The seminar and conference rooms as well as the boardroom all have full AV capabilities. Seating varies in the seminar and conference rooms based on the end-user's requirements, and each space accommodates groups of varying sizes. The boardroom has a paprika-colored accent wall, a semi-recessed walnut credenza, faux leather seating and a beautiful table crafted from Oregon Big Leaf Maple.
"Bringing natural light into as many areas as possible was a key issue, both for the University and our design team," says Clouse. "The interior plan and location of offices and other components maximizes the flow of daylight into all areas that do not have sensitive equipment." The center can house up to 150 faculty and 300 graduate students. Spaces for both groups are located on the second through fourth levels. Graduate students' offices can be found next to the atrium while offices for faculty are located along the facility's outside perimeter. Labs were placed between the two office typesan arrangement that fosters collaboration and, again, the flow of natural light throughout the offices.
Natural light is augmented by various sources according to Richard Grace, a YGH team member responsible for lighting design. He says that the concept was to not feature fixtures in the space with the exception of the floor lamps, which appear as street lights in the atrium. Indirect linear light fixtures and other sources combine to meet requirements for work or general illumination.
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Clubhouse Updates http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/ en-US 2014-09-18T12:42:36-07:00 ezFRIP & Linkshare News! http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/09/ezfrip-linkshare-news-.html Listen to Ben Avery explain how your ICO group can...
Listen to Ben Avery explain how your ICO group can earn 100% of the initial membership dues of newly recruited members by setting up a LinkShare account and using your ICO FRIP code.  This pilot program will run from 10/1/14 through 3/30/15 (but may be extended). Review this page to learn more.
 outings-all outings-ico outings-local outings-training Sascha Paris 2014-09-18T12:42:36-07:00 July 2014 Chapter Statement of Activity Uploaded in QuickBooks http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/08/july-2014-chapter-statement-of-activity-uploaded-in-quickbooks.html Marlena Lee <email@example.com> 12:18 PM (20 hours ago) to FIN-CHAPTER-RC....

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The July Statement of Activity has finally been uploaded to your QuickBooks Online account.  The new software used to upload the chapter funding allocation entry uses account names to map the information to the respective accounts.  Please DO NOT edit account names or account numbers.  National will be sending out a revised chart of accounts in the coming weeks.  As a reminder, please do not make any changes at this point.  Please review the journal entry with the Chapter Funding reports for accuracy and include applicable departments and class codes.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

 finance Sharon Tsiu 2014-08-15T08:50:11-07:00 ICO E-News: August 14, 2014 http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/08/ico-e-news-august-14-2014.html Learn more about: Chair Training at NatureBridge in Sausalito, CA...
Learn more about:

Chair Training at NatureBridge in Sausalito, CA October 31-November 2

Value of Annual Reports to you and Mel

ICO web templatesLinkShare - get $ for SC memberships.

To read more: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/outings/ico/publicity/e-news
 outings-ico Sascha Paris 2014-08-14T15:44:43-07:00 ICO Chair Training Applications Due 9/15!! http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/08/ico-chair-training-applications-due-915.html New ICO Chair? Never been to an ICO Chair Training?...

New ICO Chair? Never been to an ICO Chair Training? Are you part of the ICO leadership in your group?

If yes, then the upcoming ICO Chair Training October 31 - November 2 at NatureBridge Conference Center in Sausalito, CA may be for you!

This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with Sierra Club staff, other ICO volunteers, and some of our Sierra Club Outdoors partners to improve your skills in program planning, building community partnerships, using Sierra Club resources, promoting your program, and sharing best practices on common ICO issues. It is guaranteed to refresh, rejuvenate, and make one feel like you are part of a supportive network of other ICO leaders.  Click her to learn more and apply.

 clubhouse outings-all outings-ico outings-local outings-training training Sascha Paris 2014-08-07T18:07:05-07:00 Leader News: Issue 60 & Summer 2014 Inside Outings http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/07/leader-news-issue-60-summer-2014-inside-outings.html Check out the May issue of Leader News and the...
Check out the May issue of Leader News and the Summer 2014 Issue of Inside Outings.
 outings-national Sascha Paris 2014-07-08T16:39:07-07:00 Take my pulse...please, cold weather survival & more http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/07/take-my-pulseplease-cold-weather-survival-more.html Check out the following interesting and informative articles by Dr....
Check out the following interesting and informative articles by Dr. Gus Benner (and others) in the Medical Library.

Take my pulse....please (Summer 2014)

Cold Weather Survival (Winter 2013/2014)

Trip Members on Anti-Coagulants (Spring 2014)

 outings-medical outings-national Sascha Paris 2014-07-08T16:21:37-07:00 June issue of The Compa$$ http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/06/june-issue-of-the-compa.html Marlena Lee <firstname.lastname@example.com> 3:32 PM (1 hour ago) to FIN-CHAPTER-RC....

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Hi Treasurers!

The June issue of "The Compa$$," a quarterly chapter treasurer newsletter, is now available on Clubhouse:http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/administration/finance/newsletter.aspx

June's issue provides first-hand experience on what to expect if your chapter is selected to be audited by National's external auditors.  There is also helpful information about creating a chapter finance committee.  As always, we welcome feedback and suggestions for future issues.

Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!

The CTAST

Chapter Treasurer Assistant Support Team

 finance Sharon Tsiu 2014-06-30T16:56:18-07:00 ICO E-NEWS: JUNE 16, 2014 http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/06/ico-e-news-june-16-2014.html ICO Name Change | Welcome Knoxville ICO | ESR training:...
ICO Name Change | Welcome Knoxville ICO | ESR training: 6/26/14  5pm PT |
ICO Chair Training 10/31/14 - 11/2/14 | OARS for quarterly insurance |
Calling for Inclusion | July vacations

To read more: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/outings/ico/publicity/e-news
 outings-all outings-ico Sascha Paris 2014-06-17T11:50:49-07:00 Train the Trainer http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/06/train-the-trainer.html On the weekend of May 17th, 12 Sierra Club Outdoors...
On the weekend of May 17th, 12 Sierra Club Outdoors volunteers and partners met in Hampton, GA for our inaugural Outing Leadership Training-For-Trainers. This T4T was our first step towards reaching a new Sierra Club Outdoors goal of training 600 new volunteer trip leaders who will connect 3000 participants to the outdoors by the end of 2015.

Volunteer representing local Sierra Club Chapters, Inner City Outings, Military Outdoors program and partners from GirlTrek (a national organization that inspires and supports African American women and girls to live their healthiest, most fulfilled lives - simply by walking) came together to practice teaching core Outing Leadership Training 201 training sessions to their peers. Each trainer commited to facilitating two workshops this year: one for their own group and one for another group. Not only will more people get the training they want, but a larger community of leaders will grow.

The trainers in training hailed from Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Maryland and Washington, DC. Each  brought their breadth and depth of personal trip leadership and group facilitation experience to create a powerful weekend of learning for all!

"I really enjoyed learning about how to tell my own personal story in order to help inspire trip participants to enjoy the outdoors."

"Getting feedback from our peers - especially the areas needing improvement – was most important and valuable to me."

"I enjoyed building relationships with folks I hope to teach with in the next year."

 Melanie MacInnis 2014-06-06T15:18:25-07:00 Working with the Military Community http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/04/working-with-the-military-community.html Check out Joshua Brandon's (the Sierra Club's Military and Community...
Check out Joshua Brandon's (the Sierra Club's Military and Community Outdoor Recreation Organizer) white paper on "Working with the Military Community" and call notes from our first in our Continuing Education Call Series.

If you have a topic you are interested seeing discussed (especially if you would like to help run it!), please contact Sascha Paris (email@example.com) or Mark Walters (email@example.com).

 outings-all outings-ico outings-local outings-national outings-training Sascha Paris 2014-04-02T17:14:56-07:00 Applications due April 15 for OLT 101/201 Training For Trainers http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/03/may-16-18-2014-olt-101201-training-for-trainers.html Come join us May 16-18, 2014 in Hampton, GA for...
Come join us May 16-18, 2014 in Hampton, GA for our first Training for Trainers!

Sierra Club Outdoors has set a goal of training 600 new Outing Leaders who will connect 3000 new participants on Outings by the end of 2015. In order to accomplish this ambitious goal, we need to develop an energetic, regionally diverse pool of trainers who are able to facilitate high quality OLT 101, OLT 201 and Basic First Aid trainings.

Are you excited about taking part in this ambitious goal of connecting the public to the great outdoors? Are you interested in developing your presentation and facilitation skills? Are you able to conduct at least two OLT 101 or 201 regional trainings annually for the next two years? Then this training may be for you!

To learn more and apply!  APPLICATIONS ARE DUE APRIL 15!
 clubhouse outings-all outings-ico outings-local outings-training training Sascha Paris 2014-03-28T16:52:43-07:00 August 2014! New Lodge-Based National Training Trip! http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/03/august-2014-new-lodge-based-national-training-trip.html Learn to lead the trips you see in the Sierra...
Learn to lead the trips you see in the Sierra magazine! We are running a lodge-based National Training Trip running this August at Sierra Club's own Hutchinson Lodge.  To learn more about the five-month pre-trip homework and the five-day trip (and apply), visit: August 20-24 at Hutchinson Lodge in Norden, CA  (First homework is due in April.)
 outings-all outings-national outings-training Sascha Paris 2014-03-07T15:02:00-08:00 ICO E-News: January 30, 2014 http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/02/ico-e-news-january-30-2014.html Our new Sierra Club Outdoors website, new background screening service,...
Our new Sierra Club Outdoors website, new background screening service, Scholarship opportunities for teens and adults this summer, using OARS for insurance data entry, and reminder that Sierra Club Financial reports are due 2/12/14.

To read more: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/outings/ico/publicity/e-news
 outings-ico Sascha Paris 2014-02-04T11:38:43-08:00 CANVOS Sponsored WFA in Mill Valley, CA http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/02/canvos-sponsored-wfa-in-mill-valley-ca.html Space is available on a WFA at the California Alpine...
Space is available on a WFA at the California Alpine Club May 8-9, 2014. This course is being hosted by the CANVOS subcommittee.  Food and lodging option is available.  To learn more and register, visit the brochure.

 outings-national outings-training Sascha Paris 2014-02-03T12:51:00-08:00 Leader News: Issue 59 http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2014/01/leader-news-issue-59.html Satellite Phones | Program Safety Update | Publicity Update |...
Satellite Phones | Program Safety Update | Publicity Update | Participant Approval Forms | Leader Discounts

Visit the Leader News page to learn more!
 outings-national Sascha Paris 2014-01-23T15:45:54-08:00 Two 2014 National Outings Training Trips! http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/12/two-2014-national-outings-training-trips.html National Outings (the program that runs the trips in the...
National Outings (the program that runs the trips in the Sierra magazine) is offering two backpack Training Trips - one in the Northwest and one in the Southwest.  To learn more about the five-month pre-trip homework and the five-day trip (and apply), visit:

June 25-29 in the Columbiar River Gorge National Scenic Area
(Homework starts in January!)

September 21-25 in the Grand Canyon
(Homework starts in April)

 outings-all outings-national outings-training training Sascha Paris 2013-12-23T11:53:48-08:00 2014 WFR and WFR-R Courses! http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/12/2014-wfr-and-wfr-r-courses.html Do you lead others on trips in remote outdoor settings?...
Do you lead others on trips in remote outdoor settings? Learn and practice your skills in the recognition, assessment and treatment of medical emergencies in the beautiful Sierra Nevada (and stay at the Sierra Club's famous Clair Tappaan Lodge in Norden, CA).  Instruction, food and lodging are available for both courses.  To learn more and register:

May 3-5 WFR-Recert - If you have a current Wilderness First Responder and need to recertify, this is the course for you! These rigorous three days of training will help you refine your skills.

May 17-26 WFR - This full Wilderness First Responder is ideal for those who are leading groups (or recreating) in remote settings where 911 is not an option.

 outings-all outings-ico outings-local outings-medical outings-national outings-training training Sascha Paris 2013-12-23T11:50:25-08:00 Sierra Club 2013 Year-End Financial Statements Due March 12, 2014 http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/12/sierra-club-2013-year-end-financial-statements-due-march-12-2014.html From: Marlena Lee <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: Chapter Treasurers and Chairs CC:...
From: Marlena Lee <email@example.com>

To: Chapter Treasurers and Chairs

CC: Finance Committee, Audit Committee, and Chapter Treasurer Assistance Support Team

Happy Holidays Everyone!

It's that time of year again! We sent the 2013 Year-End Financial Statement forms, instructions and cover letters for the Consolidated, Chapter-only, Group/Activity Sections, and PACs (Political Action Committee) to all Chapter Treasurers yesterday.

All financial statement forms can be found on the finance page on Clubhouse: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/administration/finance/chapter/ch_fs/2013fs.aspx

username: clubhouse
password: explore

We entered beginning balances and linked the chapter and consolidated forms for each chapter, so please use the emailed version of the chapter and consolidated files.

Hard copies of all the forms are due to National on March 12, 2014.  Please note that the due date is the date everything must arrive at National, not the postmark date.  Please send electronic versions of the consolidated and chapter-only excel files to firstname.lastname@example.com after mailing the hard copies to National.

If you are a Chapter Treasurer and did not receive these forms please email Marlena Lee at firstname.lastname@example.com.

If you are a Chapter Chair and have a new treasurer that is not listed in WILD please ensure the new treasurer receives all financial statement forms, instructions, and letters. Please also send the new treasurer's contact information so the Finance Department can welcome them and offer them support through the financial statement process.

The ICO financial statements were SENT directly to ICO Treasurers. We asked the ICO Treasurers to complete their financial statements and send them to the Chapter Treasurers by February 12, 2014.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.  We appreciate all your hard work and dedication.

The National office will be closed from Tuesday, December 24thuntil Wednesday, January 1st.  We will be available for questions through December 23, 2013 and starting January 2, 2014.

We hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

Thank you,
 finance Sharon Tsiu 2013-12-18T14:26:14-08:00 Important Message! IRS FORM 1099 REPORTING for 2013 due *1/13/14* http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/12/important-message-irs-form-1099-reporting-for-2013-due-11314.html PLEASE NOTE: This message is intended for chapter/field office treasurers...
PLEASE NOTE: This message is intended for chapter/field office treasurers re: 1099 payments made to independent contractors/legal firms outside of headquarters (and not including payments to employees or volunteers).
This is a reminder for the period 1/1/13 through 12/31/13.

If you have questions, please reply to me individually and not the entire list. Thanks!

IRS FORM 1099 REPORTING

TO: Chapter Treasurers, RCC Treasurers and Field Offices
FROM: Jean Davis, Finance Department

One of the requirements of year-end reporting is to submit to the national Finance Department a list of individuals (excluding employees and volunteers) and unincorporated companies to whom you have made direct payments totaling $600 or more for services rendered during the calendar year. These services/expenses would include, but are not limited to, all consulting fees, commissions, speaker fees, honoraria or awards, rent payments not paid by headquarters, royalties, permission payments for use of photographs, and any other non-employee compensation. All payments for legal services, including settlements and reimbursements of expenses, regardless of whether they were provided by an individual, partnership or corporation, must be reported if they totaled $600 or more. We are required to disclose this information to the IRS on separate Form 1099's; a copy of each is sent to the respective individual, partnership or corporation.

This list must be submitted no later than January 13, 2014 in order for Sierra Club National Office to send out 1099 forms by the federally mandated deadline. Failure to comply may result in penalty payments levied by the IRS. If penalties are assessed, these charges will be allocated to the entity that failed to meet this deadline. You may email, fax or send regular mail, but do not miss the deadline or your payees will not be able to file their taxes in a timely manner.

To make it easier to report 1099 info to headquarters at year-end, it is recommended that you track 1099 payments on a spreadsheet throughout the year. To make this easier, we've created a sample spreadsheet for you to use. The spreadsheet is available in pdf format on the Finance area of the Staffnet Site on the extranet, and also in the Clubhouse, under Money/Finance Dept. If you'd like us to email a copy of the Excel version of the file (or a list of 1099-related FAQ's), please contact Jean Davis in AP. You should always get all necessary tax info from the vendor before you issue any payments, as it is often more difficult to reach vendors at year-end to gather any missing info.

If you have any questions about whether 1099 reporting is required for some specific entity activity, please call Accounts Payable for assistance at (415) 977-5514.

The required information is as follows:
Name
Address
Social Security Number (or Taxpayer Identification Number)
Description of Services
Total Amount Paid for Services *
Total Amount Paid for Expenses *

*Please note that the amount paid for services should not include payments made as reimbursement of expenses. You must separate these amounts for 1099 reporting purposes.

Submit (with your name and phone number) to:
Jean Davis
Sierra Club
85 Second Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
-OR- Fax: Jean Davis (415) 977-5791
-OR- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

If you have any questions regarding 1099 reporting, please contact Jean Davis at (415) 977-5514.

Thank you for your cooperation and promptness regarding this matter.
 finance Sharon Tsiu 2013-12-04T11:13:56-08:00 Revisions to Sierra Club Policy on Civil Disobedience http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/12/revisions-to-sierra-club-policy-on-civil-disobedience.html To: Sierra Club Leaders and Staff From: David Scott, President...
To: Sierra Club Leaders and Staff
From: David Scott, President

Following a 6-month review of the Club's civil disobedience policy, the Board of Directors decided on November 16 to make some changes to its standing rule on civil disobedience and to make it clear that future exemptions to the policy can be granted by the Board, as it did earlier this year.

The changes to the standing rule remove restrictions on reporting on civil disobedience in Club publications and allow for the Club to support rallies, protests and other events where a subset of participants may engage in civil disobedience.

What follows is a copy of the Board resolution and the Standing Rule amendment adopted 11/16/13. It is followed by a Frequently Asked Questions section. If you have any additional questions feel free to contact Bruce Hamilton at email@example.com.

Resolution:

The Board recognizes the importance of civil disobedience in promoting social change. As a result, it reserves the right to continue to entertain future requests for exemptions from the organizational prohibition on official Club participation in civil disobedience, as it did when it granted an exemption in February 2013. The Board agrees with the recommendation of the Civil Disobedience Review Task Force that Standing Rule 2.2.1 should be amended to not restrict freedom of speech about civil disobedience and to allow Club members to participate in and help organize marches, rallies, and protests where only a subset of the participants plan to engage in civil disobedience, as long as participants do not carry out civil disobedience in the name of the Sierra Club.

Adopted 11/16/13

Amendment to Standing Rule: SR. 2.2.1: Civil Disobedience

(a) The Club will not encourage, request or direct any person to violate the law. No chapter, group, or other entity of the Club shall encourage, request, or direct any person to violate the law.

(b) The Club recognizes that it cannot control the private actions of its members, and in particular cannot prevent its members from engaging in acts of civil disobedience. However, no member of the Club is authorized to use, display, or invoke the Club's name or logo (including the name of any chapter, group, or other entity of the Club) in connection with committing, encouraging, requesting, or directing any other person to commit any violation of the law.

(c) The Club recognizes that some of its members have become closely identified with the Club in the minds of the public. The mere involvement of such members, either individually or collectively, in an act of civil disobedience or other violation of law, without any effort on their part to use, display, or invoke the Club's name or logo in connection with that act, shall not be deemed a violation of this Standing Rule. Members shall take all reasonable precautions to avoid confusion over whether the Club is involved in such acts.

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(d) If an act or acts of civil disobedience or other violation of the law have taken place, the Club or any chapter, group, or other entity of the Club may publish a factually accurate report thereof,regardless of whether any member of the Club participated in such acts, so long as the report does not approve of such acts or advocate similar acts, and so long as the report does not refer to the Sierra Club affiliation of any person involved in such acts.

New replacement section d:

(d) If there is a coalition event such as a march, rally, protest, etc., that is peaceful and lawful, but where a subset of the participants plan to participate in an act of civil disobedience in association with the event; the Sierra Club may endorse, organize support for, and participate in the event, but it may not use Club resources to promote participation specifically in the civil disobedience activity.

Resolution of 11/15/92; amended and adopted as a SR. 05/2/93; amended 05/19-20/06, 02/24/07; amended 11/16/13

Frequently asked questions:

Q: May Club leaders and staff members engage in civil disobedience as individuals?

A: Yes, but unless the Board has authorized an exemption, they may not use Club resources to organize on behalf of civil disobedience, and they should not identify themselves as Sierra Club leaders or staff members so that it might give the impression that the Club was endorsing the action.

Q: How could a volunteer entity such as a chapter or a campaign committee request an exemption to allow officially sanctioned Club participation in civil disobedience?

A: While the board did not repeal SR 2.2.1, the adopted resolution states that the board "reserves the right to continue to entertain future requests for exemptions from the organizational prohibition on official Club participation in civil disobedience, as it did when it granted an exemption in February 2013." I believe that the intent was to consider future exemptions in rare but compelling circumstances. A volunteer entity such as a chapter or campaign committee can send a request for consideration of an exemption to the board at email@example.com. As of now, there is no formal process and no form or set of questions to be answered, but providing as much information as possible is advisable to speed action on any request.

Q: What is to prevent the Club from becoming associated with protests that turn violent or involve property destruction?

A: Throughout this 6-month review process, the Board, the Civil Disobedience Review Task Force, and Club leaders made it clear that the Club would only consider endorsement and participation in civil disobedience actions that were non-violent and did not involve property destruction. Those conditions are our definition of civil disobedience, so we would not entertain requests to participate in any action that did not meet these criteria.

Q: How does one judge if a coalition event is being organized primarily to promote civil disobedience or if civil disobedience is a side activity conducted by a subset of participants?

A: This will be a judgment call based on the nature of the event, how it is being promoted, and the nature of the invitation to the public and our members. If the event is billed as a civil disobedience action and all participants are being encouraged to come and get arrested, the Club could not participate without a Board-granted exemption. If it is a march or rally to protest a specific project, decision, etc. ,we can endorse the event and encourage participants to show up and peacefully and legally protest, but we should not endorse or publicize the optional civil disobedience action. If a partner organization chooses to advertise a particular event as an opportunity for civil disobedience, that would not exclude the Sierra Club from promoting the same coalition event with a different emphasis advertising the non-civil disobedience components. If you have any questions, contact email@example.com.

Q: Now that the standing rule prohibiting reporting on civil disobedience has been repealed, may Club publications report favorably on civil disobedience actions taken by other organizations and report on Club members who have participated?

A: Yes, there are no restrictions on reporting on civil disobedience events taken by others, but any reporting should be careful not to give the impression that the Sierra Club endorsed the event just because some of our leaders and staff chose to participate as individuals.
 announcements clubhouse The Sierra Club 2013-12-02T10:37:09-08:00 Sierra Club 2014 Final Chapter Affecting Programs Memo http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/11/sierra-club-2014-final-chapter-affecting-programs-memo.html From: Adrienne Frazier <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: Chapter Chairs and Treasurers, Council,...
From: Adrienne Frazier <firstname.lastname@example.com>

To: Chapter Chairs and Treasurers, Council, Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Audit Committee
CC: Selected Staff

The 2014 Budget and Chapter Funding Allocation has now been approved by the Board of Directors and you find the final Chapter Affecting Programs Memo and allocation estimate worksheets at the below link on Clubhouse. There were no changes made to the preliminary version which was sent on November 4, 2013.

Link to Chapter Funding Page of Clubhouse:
http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/administration/chapter-funding/changes2014/default.aspx

At the link you will find the 2014 memo and worksheets as well as past memos and worksheets.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you and I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving.

Adrienne Frazier
Director of Financial Analysis and Risk Administration

Sierra Club

(415) 977-5569

Explore, enjoy and protect the planet

 finance Sharon Tsiu 2013-11-21T10:01:56-08:00 ICO E-News: November 12, 2013 http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/11/ico-e-news-november-12-2013.html Background screening changes in 2014 | Q4 insurance due 1/5/14...
 Background screening changes in 2014 | Q4 insurance due 1/5/14 | OARs for insurance in 2014| Outings Trainings in 2014 | Train the Trainer| Holiday Office Closures

To read more: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/outings/ico/publicity/e-news
 outings-ico Sascha Paris 2013-11-13T11:40:03-08:00 ICO E-News: September 5, 2013 http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/11/ico-e-news-september-5-2013.html Annual Reports | Best Practice: Recognition and Retention | Donations...
Annual Reports |  Best Practice: Recognition and Retention | Donations to TSCF |  Q3 Insurance  due 10/5/13 | Debra out of the office

To read more: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/outings/ico/publicity/e-news
 outings-ico Sascha Paris 2013-11-13T11:38:59-08:00 Sierra Club 2014 Preliminary Chapter Affecting Programs Memo http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/11/sierra-club-2014-preliminary-chapter-affecting-programs-memo-1.html To: Chapter Chairs and Treasurers, Council, Board of Directors, Finance... To: Chapter Chairs and Treasurers, Council, Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Audit Committee
CC: Selected Staff

You can now find the preliminary Chapter Affecting Programs Memo and allocation estimate worksheets at the below link on Clubhouse. Please note that the memo and worksheets are based on the draft national 2014 Budget, as recommended by the Club's Finance and Risk Management Advisory Committee, and to be considered for adoption at the Board of Director's meeting on November 16th, 2013. This memo, distributed per request from the Council of Club Leaders, is intended to provide preliminary budget-affecting numbers in early November, so as to aid in the chapter budgeting process.  A final chapter affecting memo will be sent later this month after final adoption of the national 2014 budget.

Link to Chapter Funding Page of Clubhouse:
http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/administration/chapter-funding/changes2014/default.aspx

At the link you will find the preliminary 2014 memo and worksheets as well as past memos and worksheets.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Adrienne Frazier
Director of Financial Analysis and Risk Administration

Sierra Club

(415) 977-5569

Explore, enjoy and protect the planet

 finance Sharon Tsiu 2013-11-04T15:06:09-08:00 September 2013 Chapter Treasurer Newsletter http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/11/september-2013-chapter-treasurer-newsletter.html Hi Treasurers! The September issue of "The Compa$$," a quarterly...
Hi Treasurers!

The September issue of "The Compa$$," a quarterly chapter treasurer newsletter, is now available on Clubhouse, a copy is also attached to the email: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/administration/finance/newsletter.aspx

September's issue provides information on non-cash donations and chapterbudgeting.  We welcome feedback and suggestions for future issues.

Thank you and have a wonderful week!

The CTAST

Chapter Treasurer Assistant Support Team
 finance Sharon Tsiu 2013-11-04T14:13:20-08:00 Chapter Funding 101 Training for New Chapter Staff http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/10/chapter-funding-101-training-for-new-chapter-staff.html Chapter Funding has developed a new c3/c4 compliance phone training...
Chapter Funding has developed a new c3/c4 compliance phone
training which is specifically tailored to new staff.

Who this call is for:

Staff who work on c3 projects
Staff who work on c3 and c4 projects
Staff who code time to multiple projects

What is covered in the call:

The basic differences between c3 and c4 funds
Why it is important to know the difference
How to use c3 funds correctly
How to code your staff time correctly based on c3/c4 rules

Details about the training:

It is an approximately one hour phone training. I can
schedule these anytime it is convenient for you,
but the next one is scheduled for
October 23 at 2 pm Pacific time.
Please rsvp to attend and I will send out
more information about the call. If you would
like to attend this training, or
schedule this training at a different time,
please contact Catherine Butler,
email@example.com.
 announcements chapter-funding training email@example.com 2013-10-15T11:56:05-07:00 Don't Forget: State of the Chapters Surveys Due Aug. 31! http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/08/dont-forget-state-of-the-chapters-surveys-due-aug-31.html The summer has flown by, and we're nearing the end...
The summer has flown by, and we're nearing the end of August already. That can only mean one thing: the State of the Chapters Surveys are due soon! We need chapter leaders' help in completing the picture of our 63 chapters so that we can showcase what chapters contribute to the Sierra Club at the September Annual Meeting.

Go to http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/people/chapters/chapter-assessment/ to access the 2013 Chapter Worksheet and the link to submit your data.  All instructions and materials are available on this web page.  Members of the State of the Chapters Support Team will be checking in with each Chapter Chair.

Questions? Contact Greg Casini (email@example.com).
 announcements ccl clubhouse leadership Gwyn Jones 2013-08-21T11:31:26-07:00 Updated Events Reimbursement Form http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/07/updated-events-reimbursement-form.html We have added built-in formulas into this excel form that...
We have added built-in formulas into this excel form that will calculate the total expenses and revenue (if any) of your event.  Please use the updated form that is available on our forms and instructions page on Clubhouse.

http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/administration/chapter-funding/forms/

Please let us know if you have questions about the form or anything else related to your 501c3 funds.

Thanks
Chapter Funding
415-977-5771
email@example.com
 chapter-funding firstname.lastname@example.com 2013-07-30T13:52:56-07:00 New Fundraising Reimbursement Request Form http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/07/new-fundraising-reimbursement-request-form.html We found an error in our Fundraising reimbursement request form....
We found an error in our Fundraising reimbursement request form. The excel document was not programmed to round the 501c3 percentage correctly.  We have fixed that now, so please use the updated form that is available on our forms and instructions page on Clubhouse.

http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/administration/chapter-funding/forms/

Please let us know if you have questions about the form or anything else related to your 501c3 funds.

Thanks
Chapter Funding
415-977-5771
email@example.com

 chapter-funding email@example.com 2013-07-29T17:17:15-07:00 New Food Vendor - Cache Lake! http://blogs.sierraclub.org/clubhouse/2013/07/new-food-vendor-cache-lake.html Check out the new Trip Outfitter Order sheet from Cache... Check out the new Trip Outfitter Order sheet from Cache Lake!   outings-national Sascha Paris 2013-07-15T10:34:59-07:00


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|Peter Chiarelli on Tomas Kaberle: 'We weren't able to reach common ground'
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Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli didn't want to spend much of Joe Corvo's introductory conference call discussing the loss of Tomas Kaberle, but did admit that there was a connection between the B's losing their puck-mover to Carolina and trading for the man he replaced on the Hurricanes.
"They are connected to a certain degree," Chiarelli said. "We had some talks with Tomas and with his agent. I think one of the stumbling blocks was term, and I can completely respect why Tomas would want some form of term. We weren't able to reach common ground in that respect, and I've been nibbling at this opportunity for a bit to acquire Joe. It came down to maybe Carolina was going to sign Tomas."
The Hurricanes inked Kaberle to a three-year, $12.75 million deal, meaning he did not take a pay cut from the $4.25 million cap hit over the course of his previous deal. Corvo is in the final year of his current contract, and the 34-year-old will carry a $2.25 million cap hit.
Corvo has played with two members current members of the Bruins in center Chris Kelly (Senators) and fellow blueliner Dennis Seidenberg (Hurricanes). He had 40 points with the Hurricanes last year.
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Minutes after losing defenseman Tomas Kaberle to the Hurricanes, the Bruins acquired his replacement in Hurricanes puck-mover Joe Corvo. The B's sent their fourth-round pick in the 2012 draft to Carolina in exchange for the 34-year-old.
Corvo is coming off a career year, as he played in all 82 games for the first time and scored 11 goals and had 29 assists for a career-high 40 points. He has one year remaining on his contract and will command a $2.25 million cap hit, which is $2 million less than what Kaberle will make in each of the next three years.
In adding the Illinois native, the B's also have add another right shot to their blueline, and assuming he replaces Kaberle in the lineup, the B's blueline will now feature three left-handed shots (Zdeno Chara, Dennis Seidenberg and Andrew Ference) and three righties (Corvo, Adam McQuaid and Johnny Boychuk).
In his career, Corvo has played for the Kings, Senators, Hurricanes and Capitals. He is coming off his second stint with Carolina, as he returned to the Hurricanes in 2010 after previously being traded to Washington.
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Orlando Bloom performs a scene from the new Broadway production of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
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Teaching ideas based on New York Times content.
A play that the Times theater critic Charles Isherwood recently called "the ur-drama of young love," "Romeo and Juliet" has been performed countless times in countless ways over its 400-year history, yet has managed to seem fresh and relevant whether staged in Stratford-upon-Avon, Central Park or an Italian prison.
In fact, putting the title "Romeo and Juliet" into Times search returns more than a million articles, essays and reviews, including nearly a thousand from the 19th century. (For instance, from 1896: "'Romeo and Juliet Interrupted: An Insane Man Intrudes on the Balcony Scene in Chicago.")
We combed through several years'-worth of articles to find one piece we thought illustrated the play's power particularly well, but we've linked to 25 more you might choose to substitute for your own Text to Text.
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recovering a deleted branch using git reflog
So after finishing something on a topic branch called "gamelan", i wanted to switch back to the master branch, so this is what i just did:
$ git checkout master
$ git branch -D gamelan
Shoot! Now in a i just deleted the branch without merging it beforehand. (Why, but why!?). Fortunatly Git has some divine powers which can help you recover. Git records your changes in a log, which you can show using git reflog:
$ git reflog
bc2ff27 HEAD@{1}: checkout: moving from gamelan to master
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8592aac HEAD@{3}: commit: WIP mehrere stimmen über gamelan scheduler
These commits are still "somewhere out there". So to merge the changes from the deleted branch, i just merged the last commit from the deleted branch:
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Eric He, our colleague over at Golden Gate Sports, makes a good point and slams to a close the door on any thoughts that soon-to-be former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings will end up in Oakland playing for the Raiders.
Any news about Jennings, one of the top five wide receiver free agents on the market, has been nearly nonexistent.
But in a recent interview with USA Today, Jennings was asked about what he was looking for in a team – and considering his answers, he would like to transplant everything that he had in Green Bay.
Here's how Jennings answered:
"Coaching means a lot, the dynamic of the team. To me, the quarterback means a lot, if they have one or not, and I have to make sure my family is comfortable."
He, who covers the Raiders through his fansided.com website, assures his readers that Jennings will not be headed to Oakland anytime soon. We're sure there will be plenty of other teams that may fall into the same category, but some of the reasons He said Jennings wouldn't be a Raider anytime soon were that the team didn't have an established coach, there were no dynamics to the team, quarterbacking for the Raiders was questionable at best, and living in Oakland is, well, I'll let He say it: "Oakland isn't exactly the best place to live."
Jennings obviously has some stringent guidelines and that's a good thing. We want him in the best possible situation as he makes his move to a new team … we just don't want him in Detroit, Chicago or Minnesota.
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Turkey's benchmark ISE National 100 Index (XU100) gained 1.3 percent to 59,300.29 at the close in Istanbul, bringing its gain this week to 3.4 percent.
The following stocks were active.
Adel Kalemcilik Ticaret & Sanayi AS (ADEL TI), a maker of office supplies, gained 2.1 percent to 28.6l liras after saying it started feasibility studies to build a new factory in Kocaeli in northwestern Turkey.
Deniz Yatirim Menkul Degerler AS (DNZYO TI), an investment trust, dropped 7.1 percent to 2.08 liras after broker Deniz Yatirim Menkul Degerler AS said it had sold 1 million shares in the company.
Dogus Otomotiv Servis & Ticaret AS (DOAS TI), the distributor of Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche cars in Turkey, dropped 2 percent to 3.90 liras. An increase in the government special consumption tax to as much as 130 percent for vehicles with engines larger than 1.6 liters will raise the cost of luxury vehicles as much as 25 percent and hurt distributors with significant vehicle inventories, Hurriyet newspaper reported. The shares have fallen 8.7 percent this week.
Finansbank AS (FINBN TI), the bank owned by National Bank of Greece, fell for the first day in five, losing 0.4 percent to 5.18 liras.
Shares in Finansbank and Denizbank AS (DENIZ) , owned by Belgium's Dexia SA (DEXB), have surged as investors bet European owners would sell the Turkish banks to help raise capital. Finansbank has gained 57 percent in the week, while Denizbank gained 83 percent.
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The Rev. C.W. Potter House (1853)Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Cromwell, Houses, Italianate | Comments Off
At 353 Main Street in Cromwell, between the First Congregational Church and the former Baptist Church building, is an Italianate house built around 1853. It was constructed for Rev. C.W. Potter, pastor of the Baptist Church, who had acquired the land to build the church and then built his own house next door. Rev. Potter sold the house when he left Cromwell in 1855.
Former Parsonage of the First Congregational Church of Cromwell (1835)Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in Cromwell, Greek Revival, Houses | Comments Off
The former parsonage of the First Congregational Church in Cromwell was constructed in 1834-1835 on Main Street. It was the second of three buildings to be constructed by the Church at the time, following the Academy building of 1834 and preceding the Meeting House of 1840. All three buildings are brick and in the Greek Revival style. The house remained a parsonage until the Church sold it to a private owner in 1965. The house's Stick style circular side porch is a later addition. Read the rest of this entry »
First Congregational Church of Cromwell (1840)Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Posted in Churches, Cromwell, Greek Revival | Comments Off
Middletown's Second or North Ecclesiastical Society was incorporated in 1703 in the community known as "Middletown Upper Houses," now the Town of Cromwell. A minister was settled in 1715 and the congregation had their first meeting house on Pleasant Street. This was succeeded by a larger second meeting house, built in 1735-1736 on the town green. When Rev. Zebulon Crocker was pastor, the congregation undertook several ambitious building projects, constructing an Academy (1834), Parsonage (1835) and the third meeting house (1840), all designed in the Greek Revival style. The foundation stones of the church were dragged by volunteers across the ice on the Connecticut River from the Portland brownstone quarries. The architecture of the church was influenced by the Greek Revival of the old Middletown Court House, designed by Town and Davis. The upper tier of the steeple was lost in the 1938 hurricane and replaced in 1976. Read the rest of this entry »
The Riley-Gridley House (1780)Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Colonial, Cromwell, Houses | 2 Comments »
The Riley-Gridley House was probably built around 1780 by Julius Riley, in Cromwell, at a time when it was a part of Middletown known as "Upper Houses." Riley sold his house in 1784 to Isaac Gridley, with the stipulation that his two unmarried sisters could live in the house until they married; they never did and remained in the house, both living to be over 100 years old. Isaac Gridley was a graduate of the Yale Class of 1773 and had been a roommate there of Nathan Hale. He bought the house in Cromwell the same year he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Capt. John Smith. From 1855 to 1880, the house was owned by Elizabeth Crocker, the widow of Zebulon Crocker, the former minister at the First Congregational Church of Cromwell. Read the rest of this entry »
The Albert J. Briggs House (1891)Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Cromwell, Houses, Queen Anne | Comments Off
D. Luther Briggs and Albert J. Briggs were brothers from Sackville, New Brunswick, who came to Cromwell in 1871 and set up D. L. Briggs & Company, a wholesale meat-packing firm which imported western beef by railroad. The company is described, in The Leading Business Men of Middeltown, Portland, Durham and Middlefield (1890), as "dealers in Chicago Dressed Beef, Lamb, Mutton, Pork, Lard. Hams, etc." D. L. Briggs moved to Middletown (to a house on Washington Street), eventually becoming the mayor (1890-94). Albert Briggs remained in Cromwell, living on Main Street in an 1891 Queen Anne style house, with Stick elements, until his death in 1901. His widow, Eugenia C. Briggs, was in Europe when the First World War started in 1914. 400 American "refugees," who had gathered in Genoa, found passage home on the steamship Principe Di Udine.
The Edward S. Coe House (1876)Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Cromwell, Houses, Italianate | Comments Off
The Edward S. Coe House, on Main Street in Cromwell, was built in 1876. Coe was the son of the Middletown butcher, Samuel Coe. He married Elizabeth Strickland Savage, a daughter of Ralph Bulkely Savage. By 1869, Edward Coe was treasurer for the J. & E. Stevens Company, founded by his uncles, John and Elisha Stevens. He eventually became president of the company (1898-1907). He was also president of the Cromwell Dime Savings Bank and was Cromwell's delegate to Connecticut's 1902 Constitutional Convention. Coe's house is in the Italianate style, which was favored by other members of the Stevens Family.
Upper Middletown Academy (1834)Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Cromwell, Greek Revival, Schools | Comments Off
Constructed on Main Street in Cromwell in 1834, when it was still part of Middletown, the Upper Middletown Academy served as a private and a public school from 1834 to 1902. It was originally built as an extension of the Ecclesiastical Society, being right across the street from the old Congregational Church. In 1938, the Academy was acquired by the Belden Library Association (which later moved to a new location on West Street). The Greek Revival building, now used as offices, originally had a bell tower which was later removed.


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PW-funded Thomas Lux blogs about his readings at the Dodge Poetry Festival and with The Poetry Initiative in Santa Barbara, California. Lux is Bourne Professor of Poetry at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. He has two new books out this fall—the poetry collection Child Made of Sand (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and his nonfiction debut From the Southland (Marick Press).
From October 11 to 14, about fifty other poets and I participated in the Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark, New Jersey. I'd been once before, in 2000. It's held at the gleaming New Jersey Performing Arts Center and other venues close by. On Friday, October 12, High School Student Day, Prudential Hall was filled to capacity with 2,800 students and teachers, mostly from New Jersey and other nearby states. I did meet one couple, both teachers, who drove sixteen hours straight from Gainesville, Georgia, in a van with a bunch of their students. I feel special respect for teachers, especially public school teachers. They're overworked, undervalued, and immensely important. The Georgia teachers were operating above and beyond the call of duty. A high school teacher once said to me after a reading at her school: "You performed a miracle." I said: "How? Because the kids didn't throw hockey pucks at me?" She said: "No, at one point you held the entire assembly totally silent for twenty-seven consecutive seconds."
Well, during readings at Prudential Hall, with many poets reading, the entire audience (remember, mostly teenagers) was silent—when they weren't cheering, applauding, laughing. Not a dead silence, not an eerie silence, but the silence of complete and rapt attention. I think it was Edward Hirsch who said: "The state of poetry would be better if every state had The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival." May it live long. It's held every other year (and has been since 1986), so you have time to start planning for 2014.
After a few days at home in Atlanta, my wife and I went to Santa Barbara, California, where I'd been invited to read and teach a workshop for a new community-based group called The Poetry Initiative. The reading was in El Presidio Chapel, part of a Spanish Mission that was restored to honor Santa Barbara's heritage and history.
A terrific bonus was seeing my sweet friends, the poets Kurt Brown and Laure-Anne Bosselaar. Stanley Kunitz said somewhere: "I have a tribe, but we are scattered." Kurt and Laure-Anne recently moved from New York City to Santa Barbara. I have known Brown since the '70s (during our reprobate years), when he was director of the Aspen Writers Conference. I met Laure-Anne a decade or so later, when she was my student in the Warren Wilson MFA Program.
More and more, I love my friends, especially those with whom I can "trace the laughing days." I saw many pals, old and newer, at the Dodge Festival, too. I hope it's clear by this third blog (I hate that word by the way) that I feel there is a great deal of good poetry—many kinds, room for many kinds—being written and disseminated, spoken, throughout this country today and ditto in many others countries. For those who think: too much, too many, not good enough, etc.—relax. Time will do its work. And it's a good time to be alive for those of the tribe. It's an even better time to be a young poet of the tribe (which I'm not) and alive.
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I have come to you in this season to bring those things that were scattered together again. There are so many of My people whom I have allowed to be broken; however, now I am bringing those pieces back together; for this is a time when situations and circumstances are put in order. I have come to gather those broken pieces to rebuild and restore you according to My fashion.
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It's Bullying Awareness Week and we're spreading the word to stand up and stop bullying. The cast of Degrassi stand by this sentiment and Melinda Shankar, Lyle O'Donohoe, Chloe Rose, Annie Clark, and Demetrius Joyette all spoke out on the subject matter. They came to the conclusion that bullying is NOT COOL and that you should think before you speak because your words might hurt someone. See what they had to say about bullying in the video below.
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In Gauging Learning: A New Type of Performance-Based Curriculum
"We ask, 'What do students need to learn, what strengths do they bring to the task, and how can we best teach them?'" says Frederika French, principal of Morristown Elementary School in Vermont.
For many years, the pre-K through sixth-grade school has been piloting a wide variety of assessments to supplement traditional tests.
To help gauge a student's readiness to learn, the school uses portfolios containing samples and revisions of a student's work that reflect progress toward criteria in each content area. The goals for student work are clear, and the standards against which their progress is measured are modeled by benchmarks -- examples of work ranging in quality from poor to excellent.
The school has also adopted the New Standards Assessments in mathematics, a rigorous performance assessment based on real tasks and projects. Fourth-grade students, for example, are asked to show how they could set up an aquarium with a budget of fifty dollars, explaining their choices of equipment, fish, and food.
In order to implement this or any other performance-based assessment successfully, Morristown has learned that it is critical to help students understand the standards they are expected to meet. Since audiences of classmates, parents, teachers, and other community members often help evaluate performances, they too have to understand the standards. One of the ways Morristown has communicated the importance and usefulness of standards is to enlist community members to share the criteria for excellence in their own fields.
The school's leadership role in the assessment field continues to evolve. "In order to help a child move from one point to another, the teacher needs to continually assess where the student is in relationship to the standard or desired result," French says.
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Canadian National Railway, a Class I railroad, will construct an intermodal ramp at its freight yard in Joliet, Ill., to offer importers and exporters access to distribution centers in the Chicago metropolitan area.
The new ramp will offer importers and exporters improved access to the Joliet-Will County area of Chicagoland, which has one of the highest concentrations of distribution centers in the U.S., Jean-Jacques Ruest, CN's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, said in a written statement.
He added that CN expects to offer daily West Coast service starting in June 2013, with transit times of about 100 hours between the West Coast and Joliet.
Earlier this week, CN announced its plans to partner with Indiana Rail Road on intermodal service from the west coast of Canada to Indianapolis.


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More comments on Oliver Twist from Tom:The casting of Oliver himself was crucial to the production's success, as actor Tom Hardy, who plays a suitably brooding yet menacingly sexy Bill Sikes, testifies. "William is a particularly special young man," said 30-year-old Hardy, last seen to devastating effect in the title role of BBC2's adaptation of cult novel Stuart: A Life Backwards.
"He took such a heavy weight on his shoulders, at such a young age. The good thing about William is that he's very good-looking, but in a real way - he's not pretty. There's always the danger that Oliver can go the way of that Where is love? song - and we didn't want that, no way! For me, that's toe-curlingly saccharine .
"I like my boys to have a little bit of Cool Hand Luke in them. There's a little Cool Hand Luke in Will. He can sit and listen, and I think that's really important to learn like that, early in life. He personifies that as a young man.
"It wasn't easy for William. If I come running at you as Bill Sikes with a pair of gloves and a long frock-coat, all scarred and menacing, I'd put the wind up you. For a little lad to put up with that, I know it must have been frightening.
"I remember having to do scenes where I'd be grabbing him, carrying him and threatening him, and that's a lot to put onto a young mind. I know it's before the watershed, but it can affect kids - the Fagins, the Nancys, the prostitutes, peddlers, murderers, big dogs."
Tom Hardy gets into character.Sikes is the black heart of the show and Tom Hardy who plays him is fast making a reputation for himself thanks to shows such as Cape Wrath. For Oliver, Tom admits he got a little bit too into character at times.
He said: "I was having a laugh with one of the crew, wrestling him, then I bit him on the head as a bit of a joke.
"It was just me keeping the character ticking over but the team did say, 'Tom, can you calm down?'."
Tom on his powerful portrayal of Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist:
"In previous versions, there has been a kind of hamminess to Sikes. He has been played as a towering rock of emotionless violence.
Oliver Reed's portrayal, magnificent as it was, showed him as a Neanderthal beast, and you did wonder what Nancy was doing with him.
In Sarah's script she sees much more tenderness in the relationship. In the end, he kills Nancy, but he is haunted to his own grave by her death. Don't get me wrong; I'm not playing him crying over kittens. Sikes is still a turd that's managed to float to the top of a shit pile that the Dickensian underworld represents."
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Dear Simon,
SS>> Selling exploits to just anyone is irresponsible.
Fully agree, I interpreted your intial post as being US centric and
based on ethical judgement, hence my comments. No hard feelings =)
Thierry Zoller
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