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Yale University President's Public Service Fellows enjoy a boat tour of the New Haven coastline aboard the Quinnipiack Schooner.
Directory of Placement Possibilities
Below is a list of accepted Fellowship sites for the Summer of 2014 along with a short description of the agency and proposed project. Placements have been categorized into eight areas: Arts, Economic Development, Environmental, Families, Law, Urban Initiatives, and Youth. Placements that fall under more than one category have been listed in each corresponding area. Click on the agency name to view the full proposal for that agency.
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Placement Sites for the Summer of 2014:
Artspace is New Haven's leading contemporary art venue with a mission to catalyze artistic activities; connect contemporary artists, audiences, and resources; enrich art experiences; and activate art spaces. Artspace's 5,000 square-foot gallery space, anchored in an affordable housing complex in downtown New Haven, features a mix of group and solo shows of both local and nationally recognized artists. Programs (gallery-based, outdoors at the Lot on lower Chapel Street, and citywide, as in the huge City-Wide Open Studios festival) give hundreds of local visual artists unparalleled opportunities for visibility, leadership training, income, space, and time to network with fellow artists. Its acclaimed Summer Apprenticeship Program, in which public high school students collaborate with distinguished artists to create a major installation, is now in its second decade. The Fellow will join a small, hard-working team (the Gallery Manager, the Communications Coordinator, and the Executive Director) as a fourth partner and will assume a high level of responsibility in helping to develop Artspace's programming, assist day-to-day operations, and shape engagement with the community. Artspace offers a fast-paced, dynamic environment that uses the visual arts to effect positive change in New Haven.
City of New Haven--Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism
The mission of the Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism is to improve the quality of life in New Haven and to support the economic development of the City by assisting, promoting, and encouraging artists, arts, and cultural organizations and events in New Haven. It also serves as the steward for the municipal collection of public art. This position offers the Fellow the opportunity to learn about the City's arts and creative community, develop critical program development and program management skills, and will teach him/her how the arts can be used to grow economies.
Creative Arts Workshop is an educational and cultural resource center devoted to fostering creativity through participation in, appreciation of, and leadership in the visual arts. The Fellow will have the opportunity to work on projects that will provide a broad overview of how a community-based art school/organization works and is managed. All areas of management will be addressed with opportunities to focus on the Fellow's particular interests. In order to gain a thorough understanding of the Workshop, the Fellow will be encouraged to take an art class, free of charge, of his or her choosing during the summer.
International Festival of Arts and Ideas
The mission of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas is to create an internationally renowned festival in New Haven, Connecticut that features the highest quality with world-class artists, thinkers and leaders, attracting and engaging a broad and diverse audience. The Festival's core activity is a 15-day festival of performing arts, lectures, and conversations that celebrates the greatest artists and thinkers from around the world. Now in its 19th season, each June the Festival takes over the theaters, open spaces, and courtyards of New Haven, attracting an attendance of more than 100,000 to its events, of which more than 80% of are completely free to the public. Festival events have featured some of the most prestigious jazz, classical music, dance, and theater artists in the world, and the Festival's free Ideas programs bring inspiring, provocative, challenging and delightful ideas to a wide public. The Fellow will be responsible for coordinating the Festival's annual Economic Impact Survey, working as a member of the Festival's Marketing and Communications team. The survey measures the impact of the Festival's programs on the community, the city, and the region, and is of vital importance to the Festival and its overall funding and communications portfolio.
Yale Repertory Theatre/Yale School of Drama's The Dwight-Edgewood Project
The Dwight/Edgewood Project (D/EP) is a community outreach program started in 1995 by the Yale School of Drama in concert with its professional theatre institution, the Yale Repertory Theatre. Initially modeled after New York City's acclaimed 52nd Street Project, D/EP pairs children in grades 6-7 from New Haven's Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet school, in a one-on-one with students from the Yale School of Drama (YSD). Over the course of four weeks, the students participate in an intensive after-school theater mentorship program designed to provide them with an experience of success and empowerment through the arts on the Yale School of Drama campus. The Fellow will serve as a mentor by being paired with one middle school student throughout the playmaking process, and will also provide critical administrative support for the program's Management Team and the Director of Education and Accessibility Services.
City of New Haven--Office of Economic Development
The Fellow will work closely with economic development staff on real estate development and business assistance projects as well as related policy analysis. In particular, the Fellow will conduct the City's annual Downtown Housing Survey, which requires careful data collection and quantitative analysis. The Fellow may also provide support and research for special initiatives and/or task forces focused on policies related to affordable housing, transportation and/or business attraction and retention.
City of New Haven—Office of the Mayor
(Placement 1-Community Engagement) (Placement 2-Financial Empowerment)
As the Chief Elected Official of the City, the Mayor exercises executive responsibility for all components of City Government including departments, bureaus, agencies and commissions. The Mayor is also responsible for setting the policy and direction of City Government. Staff in the Mayor's Office is responsible for research, policy development and implementation to advance the goals of the Mayor to better the city and its residents. Placement 1: The Summer Community Engagement Fellow will work collaboratively with Mayor's Office Staff to support existing community engagement activities and will work to develop new community outreach strategies.
Placement 2: Building upon existing capacity within City and Community Agencies, the Summer Financial Empowerment Project for the Yale University President's Public Service Fellowship will work to build upon the existing capacity.
Connecticut Mental Health Center Foundation
The CMHC Foundation proposes an expansion of the project it began in 2011 and continued with the support of a PPSF Fellow in the summers of 2012 and 2013. Since 2010, the CMHC Foundation has been exploring ways to support CMHC clients to reduce stresses related to their financial and economic problems, recognizing that these problems can not only exacerbate but can also be the direct cause of mental health problems. This exploration has included studying the feasibility of linking clients with existing local service providers to help them manage their money more effectively, developing peer group support mechanisms around budgeting and saving, and working with local service providers to improve the types of services that meet the specific financial service needs of low income people with mental health problems.
The President's Public Service Fellow at DataHaven will be charged with developing and expanding upon its existing Community Index series of reports. DataHaven is a formal partner of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP), a collaborative national effort by the Urban Institute of Washington, DC, to further the development and use of neighborhood information systems in local policymaking and community building. Modeled upon similar reports from every major city in Canada and many in the U.S., Community Index reports increase shared understanding of the key strengths of and opportunities faced by the region and its local neighborhoods, and provide suggestions for policy priorities that can improve the economic competitiveness and livability of Greater New Haven. The Fellow will analyze key demographic, community and economic indicators that have been developed by the Connecticut Data Collaborative and DataHaven. He or she will seek input on the report from DataHaven's numerous public sector and community partners, including the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven, Community Foundations, Yale University, neighborhood associations, and the City of New Haven.
Elmseed Enterprise Fund
The Elmseed Enterprise fund is a non-profit microcredit organization that provides microloans, business training courses, and individualized business consulting to local entrepreneurs seeking to start or expand small businesses in the New Haven area. Elmseed serves individuals who might lack the experience or means to secure a loan from traditional sources of credit. By empowering individuals to develop their businesses with small loans and technical knowledge, Elmseed promotes economic stability and self-sufficiency through the growth of small businesses in the New Haven community. The Fellow will work with 2 or 3 other Summer Managers (chosen from experienced Elmseed staffers) to ensure that the operational needs of the organization and its clients are met. Additionally, because the Summer Managers will be working full-time during this period, the position presents an opportunity to initiate and execute new projects that may not be otherwise feasible due to time constraints during the academic year.
Greater New Haven Business & Professional Association, Inc.
The Greater New Haven Business & Professional, Inc. (GNHBPA) grew out of the need in the early sixties for minority businessmen and professionals to band together for: (1) Mutual support; (2) to become aware of services being provided by black professionals other than the legal and medical/dental areas; (3) to gain access to business capital; (4) create a nework of trained, knowledgeable and influential friends with a common ethnic background. The Fellow will network with contract providers, service providers, work providers, and financial resource providers to survey for size, strengths, and needs in order to assist them in survival and growth.
City of New Haven—Department of Parks, Recreation and Trees
The outdoor adventure and ranger programs offer new, unique, challenging, safe and fun learning experiences for children, youth and adults. The goal is to foster an appreciation of local resources by providing truly amazing exposure to bio-diversity and outdoor adventure activities. These activities, specially tailored to the needs and abilities of the participants, will help raise eco-consciousness as well as the self-confidence levels of the participants. The Fellow's work will be primarily with the summer camps and the outdoor adventure program geared towards the general public.
Greater New Haven Water Works Coalition
The Greater New Haven Water Works Coalition was founded in January 2013 to promote implementation of green infrastructure in the sewer plant's Long Term Control Plan. The coalition would like to encourage private property owners to disconnect downspouts and manage rainwater runoff from impervious surfaces on their property in order to reduce raw sewage in the rivers. The Fellow will gather data provided by the City of New Haven so that the coalition can enlist public support to help manage this problem.
New Haven Ecology Project/Common Ground
(Placement 1-Summer Camp Teacher) (Placement 2-Youth Crew Assistant Leader)
The New Haven Ecology Project is the 501(c)3 home of Common Ground – a center for environmental learning and leadership located at the base of West Rock Ridge. Its mission is to cultivate habits of healthy living and sustainable environmental practice among a diverse community of children, young people, and adults. Placement 1: The primary work of the Fellow at Common Ground will be to serve as one of the lead camp counselors for campers ages 4 – 13. Placement 2: The Fellow will assist Common Ground with successfully operating its summer Youth Crew Program, an offshoot of the overarching Green Jobs Corps, one of its most important and successful programs.
New Haven Farms was founded in 2011 to promote health and community development through urban agriculture. On eight urban farm sites, New Haven Farms cultivates nutrient-dense produce in some of the city's most disadvantaged communities. Produce is distributed weekly to patients referred by the local health clinic, all of whom live within 200% of the federal poverty level and are at risk for, or already suffering from diet-related chronic disease. During its sixteen-week summer season, New Haven Farms delivers two programs—adultbased and youth-based Farm-based Wellness Programs. A third program, the Youth Composting Program, partners with a neighboring primary school to facilitate garden and compost education. The Fellow will be responsible for developing and executing a summertime communications and marketing initiative.
New Haven/León Sister City Project
The New Haven/León Sister City Project is a progressive, bi-national, grassroots organization that promotes education, sustainable development and social justice in the communities of Greater New Haven, Connecticut and León, Nicaragua. The Fellow will work with the Director to advance New Haven Healthy City/Healthy Climate Challenge and WalkBikeTransit Campaigns, which work to reduce greenhouse gases and improve public health in New Haven.
Solar Youth's mission is to provide opportunities for young people to develop a positive sense of self and connection and commitment to others through programs that incorporate environmental exploration, leadership and community service. Solar Youth's vision is for youth to become happy and healthy stewards of their own lives and communities, who are prepared and motivated to succeed in life. The Fellow will work in close collaboration with Solar Youth's Program Director and other Solar Youth adult Educators to coordinate one of its Summer Camp programs: Citycology (4-8 year olds) or Steward Teams (9-13). In addition, the Fellow will help youth identify and develop Community Service Action Projects to address problems youth identify, and figure out ways to teach others what they have learned and accomplished via Public Education Projects.
Urban Resources Initiative (URI)
Urban Resources Initiative is a not-for-profit university partnership whose mission is to foster community-based land stewardship, promote environmental education and advance the practice of urban forestry. URI collaborates with the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (CFGNH) and the New Haven Parks Department, to implement the Community Greenspace Partnership: a city-wide environmental restoration program. The Greenspace program encourages neighborhood organizations to undertake community-based, as well as private, tree planting, care and maintenance. Depending on community interests and applications to the program, projects include planting street trees, converting abandoned lots to "pocket" parks, as well as tree, bush and flower planting and soil lead abatement activities on private property. The Fellow, through the Community Greenspace Program, will work with local residents with the goals of conducting environmental restoration, building community, and fostering stewardship and empowerment.
All Our Kin trains, supports, and sustains community child care providers in order to ensure that children and families have the foundation they need to succeed in school and in life. All Our Kin has a proven track record of increasing the supply of quality child care in the New Haven community. Its programs equip parents, relatives, and informal caregivers with the skills and resources to open child care businesses in their communities and move out of poverty. All Our Kin builds the capacity, quality, and viability of existing child care businesses, through individualized mentorship and support, and furnishes working parents with the resources to find and keep high-quality child care. The Fellow will work closely with All Our Kin's directors around aspects of the organization's geographic and programmatic expansion.
Connecticut Voices for Children
The mission of Connecticut Voices for Children is to promote the well-being of all of Connecticut's young people and their families by advocating for strategic public investments and wise public policies. Connecticut Voices for Children advances its mission through high quality research and analysis, strategic communications, community education, and development of the next generation of advocates. The Fellow will work with Connecticut Voices senior staff to study health reform and its implementation in Connecticut, to develop policy and program recommendations, and to inform efforts to ensure continuous affordable health insurance coverage for Connecticut's low-income children and families.
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) helps refugees and other displaced people establish new lives, regain hope, and contribute to the vitality of Connecticut's communities. The Fellow will assist with all IRIS Education and Youth Services activities with a focus on parent education workshops and summer enrichment opportunities for youth and families.
Yale Law School—The Ludwig Community and Economic Development Clinic
The Ludwig Center for Community and Economic Development (CED) is an interdisciplinary, transactional legal clinic that emphasizes collaboration with community organizations to promote economic growth and empowerment in underserved neighborhoods. CED focuses on neighborhood revitalization, social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, and financial access. Fellows, supervised by Law School faculty members and other experienced attorneys, review and draft legal documents, participate in the development of real estate deals and commercial transactions, conduct negotiations, and work on legislative advocacy. The work in CED touches on many areas of law, including tax, real estate, exempt organizations, securities, and land use. Fellows meet often with clients both at the law school and off-campus. In order to apply, students must have completed one year of law school by the end of the 2013/14 academic year.
Yale Law School--Jerome N. Frank Legal Services
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization (LSO) provides legal representation to individuals and organizations in need of legal help but unable to afford private attorneys. Students, supervised by Law School faculty members and participating attorneys, interview clients, write briefs, prepare witnesses, try cases, negotiate settlements, draft documents, participate in commercial transactions and argue appeals in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Connecticut Supreme Court. In order to apply, s tudents must have completed one year of law school by the end of the 2013/14 academic year.
Beulah Land Development Corporation
Beulah Land Development Corporation's (BLDC) mission is to revitalize the Dixwell/Orchard community and provide a safe, decent living environment through the development of affordable housing and increased homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents. BLDC's current project is Orchard St. Redevelopment (OSR), which utilizes existing housing stock in the area to increase the supply and availability of housing that is not only beautifully renovated, but affordable for lower income households. BLDC is seeking a fellow with a strong interest in participating in community and economic development in distressed communities, and working with a grassroots faith-based organization.
City of New Haven--City Plan
Placement 1: Comprehensive Plan
The City Plan Department is responsible for policies, plans and regulations concerning the physical development of New Haven and encourages a sustainable land use, economic, cultural and environmental agenda. The Department is responsible for maintaining the Comprehensive Plan of Development as well as other area-specific development plans, and writes reports for the City Plan Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals and provides administrative support, planning assistance, project management and design review to a number of city programs and projects. It assists residents, neighborhood organizations, businesses and developers in achieving the city's development objectives. Placement 1--Comprehensive Plan: The Department is seeking a Fellow interested in urban planning and development to assist the City's Comprehensive Planner in this effort by conducting research work on various planning topics, participating in public outreach meetings as well as preparing presentation materials and draft reports. Placement 2--Coastal Zone: The City of New Haven is seeking a Fellow interested in urban planning, waterfront development, and sustainability (planning for the effects of climate change) and project management to assist the Executive Director with a number of projects in the City's Coastal Zone, including the on-going construction of the Boathouse at Canal Dock, shoreline stabilization in Long Wharf Park, and the creation of plans to prepare the City for the effects of sea-level rise in low-lying coastal areas. The Fellow is expected to draft reports, memos, white papers and PowerPoint slide presentations, explanatory summaries, and make public presentations. The Fellow will be exposed to many aspects of planning, landscape architecture, engineering and development, as well as engagement with the public and elected officials on these topics.
City of New Haven--Department of Traffic, Transportation and Parking
The Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking is responsible for the 300+ traffic signals, 1,400+ pedestrian signals 125,000 street, regulation and wayfinding signs in the City, 3,000+ on-street parking meters and the safety component of the Complete Streets legislation. The Department also partners with City's Engineering Department to institute traffic calming measures throughout the New Haven. The Department is looking to create a Street Smarts campaign dealing with pedestrian safety. This would entail an educational aspect to teach safe walking habits to children as well as teens and adults. Secondly, the Fellow would research and observe current conditions at popular crossing areas to maximize safety measures at these locations. An additional project would be the analysis of the current bus shelter network and ridership conditions of all downtown bus stops. The Fellow would be required to document which stops have shelters and which stops need shelters. The Fellow would work closely with CT Transit to find ways to improve ridership for the CT Transit customers.
Elm City Montessori School (ECMS), a local charter magnet serving PreK3, PreK4 and Kindergarten and opening in 2014, will be New Haven's first public Montessori School. Core to the Montessori approach is a focus on interactive, self-directed learning and hands-on inquiry in multi-age classrooms that foster independence, creativity, critical thinking and leadership. Public Montessori schools around the country have been successful in providing a high quality, child-centered education and attracting a diverse population of students. The goal of ECMS during the summer of 2014 is to create a strong partnership with incoming families and continue itsoutreach to the broader New Haven community. The Fellow will be integral to the school start-up process, assisting the Principal in setting up the school, soliciting volunteer support, creating a school library and parent resource room, and helping to design an outreach program to make Elm City Montessori a community hub.
Junta for Progressive Action's mission is to improve the economic, social and political conditions of the Latino community of greater New Haven as it builds bridges with other communities. Junta provides direct services (basic needs, adult education, employment and computer training) along with advocacy and community organizing to address the challenges of Latinos, low-income and immigrant communities. The Fellow will work with Junta to finalize details and events leading up to Junta's 45th anniversary celebration in September 2014. The Fellow will assist with creating marketing and communications materials, building social media communications, learn to draft media releases, op-eds. The Fellow will also shadow various senior staff and learn about grant writing and programming.
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (NHS)
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven's goal for the Public Service Fellowship is to obtain general support of the staff of our nonprofit, community-based organization, with particular emphasis on our Community Building and Organizing Department. NHS of New Haven features affordable housing development, housing rehabilitation assistance, homebuyer education and counseling, foreclosure intervention, and community support services throughout the City of New Haven. By participating in the Public Service Fellowship, NHS strives to provide the Yale Fellow with an in-depth awareness of how a nonprofit community development corporation operates. Proposed work includes general assistance to the Community Building and Organizing Department and the community service and volunteer activities inherent to that department. To provide additional depth to the position, the Fellow may also choose a specific project on which to take the lead during his or her time at NHS.
New Haven Public Schools--College & Career Pathways
New Haven Public Schools is an urban school district serving approximately 21,500 students in 46 schools, with nine high schools. In 2009, NHPS launched the New Haven School Change Initiative, a comprehensive reform effort seeking to eliminate the gap between the performance of New Haven students and the rest of the State, cut the district drop-out rate in half, and ensure that every graduating student has the academic ability and the financial resources to attend and succeed in college. The overarching goal of the College & Career Pathways division of New Haven Public Schools is to ensure that students have the skills necessary to be successful in college, career, and life. NHPS is in the process of engaging with higher education and industry partners to identify the skills our students need to be successful and to identify co-curricular and extra-curricular experiences which will support the personal development of our students. As such, NHPS is seeking a Fellow who will lay the foundation for a Student Internship Pipeline Project.
New Haven Public Schools--Communications
The New Haven Public Schools Office of Communications strives to facilitate strong internal and external communication that reflects the district's commitment to transparency, openness, and engagement of students, parents, staff and community. The Office also handles media coordination, public relations and marketing of New Haven School Change and continuously seeks ways to promote and share the inspirational success stories of our students in our schools. Social media platforms play an increasingly important role in the district's communications with parents, public and community and the district's promotion of school and student success stories. The fellow assigned to the Strategic Communications and Student Voices Project will be expected to (1) work with the Director to identify and develop communications strategies to market and brand New Haven School Change at the community, state and national level, (2) research best practices and innovative ideas from other school districts and youth and community organizations that do an exemplary job conveying student stories and cultivating strong student voices, (3) create a plan for identifying and collecting school and student success stories, and (4) create an end-of-summer report on their work and a long-range plan to continuously communicate the goals, progress, challenges and future direction of New Haven School Change.
New Haven Public Schools--College & Career Pathways
New Haven Public Schools Student Services Department primarily services the 2,500+ students ages 3-21 in and out of the New Haven Public Schools who have disabilities. Additionally, this department works with students who are placed on Homebound via expulsion as well as to assist with the transition of students who return from incarceration. The Fellow will assist with looking at building capacity to educate this unique population of students. This capacity-building work would be done by way of examining best instructional practices coupled with building data collection methods to make the most impact on student achievement. In turn, those data collection methods and best practices would be developed into action steps for the Student Services Department.
Believe In Me Empowerment Corporation (BIMEC)
Believe in Me Empowerment Corporation (BIMEC) is a non-profit social service agency dedicated to providing community-based services to residents of New Haven's Dixwell/Newhallville neighborhood and the surrounding Greater New Haven areas. BIMEC offers a number of programs that directly and substantially improve the lives of clients including case management, counseling services, training skills and placement assistance, a monthly Food Bank, Access Treatment and Recovery services, Sober Housing, an afterschool Reading for Reasoning Program for Children of Incarcerated Parents, a Reading for Reasoning Program for Children of Incarcerated Parents Summer Camp, and other enhancing services. It is the goal of BIMEC to help develop responsible and contributing members of society. The Fellow will document the activities of BIMEC's Reading for Reasoning Program for Children of Incarcerated Parents Summer Camp. The RRP summer camp hosts a variety of activities including, but not limited to, group meetings, reading/discussion groups, outdoor activities, trips, community events, etc. The Fellow will also develop and update website that reflects these activities.
Boys & Girls Club of New Haven
The mission of the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven is to "Inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens." Its goal is to provide children and teens with a safe positive fun place to learn and grow. It seeks this goal and fulfills its mission through delivery of five major programs: After School, Summer Vacation Camp, The Club for Teens, Weekend Kids Club, and competitive Sports programs. The Fellow will serve as a Special Projects Assistant and will work on a variety of assignments that will help to advance the Club's programs and operations.
Breakthrough New Haven at Hopkins
Breakthrough New Haven, a member of The Breakthrough Collaborative, is a tuition-free, year-round academic enrichment program for high potential middle school students from New Haven's public and parochial schools who come from backgrounds with limited economic and educational opportunities. Hosted by Hopkins School, an independent school for students in grades 7-12 located in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven, this program also serves as a unique workshop in education by providing experiences for college undergraduates and high school students interested in teaching. The Fellow, with the training and support of professional mentor teachers and the program directors, will teach during the summer program, conducting all of the classroom teaching and implementing many of the program's other direct services. www.hopkins.edu/community/breakthrough
Calvin Hill Day Care Center and Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten
The Calvin Hill Day Care Center and Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten are nationally accredited, model educational preschool programs. The Center is a community of parents and highly experienced teachers who work together to nurture children and to provide an interesting and beautiful environment in which children's work is highly valued and families are welcome. The Fellow will work hands-on in one of Calvin Hill's three programs providing high-quality care and educaiton to children between the ages of 2.9 - 6 years old. The Fellow will support overall program quality, integrated and intellectual play-based emergent curriculum, and create opportunities for children to have more individualized and high-quality interactions with caring adults.
City of New Haven--Youth Services Department
Over 22,000 children and youth live in New Haven. The Youth Services Department aims to support youth in obtaining skills and opportunities that enhance their lives and enhance our communities. The Fellow will convene 15-20 youth leaders for meetings and trainings once a week. The Fellow will provide logistical support for the weekly meetings, as well as working with Youth Department Staff. The Fellow will assist in developing an outreach plan with the youth leaders to hold focus groups throughout the City. In addition, the Fellow will assist with the Youth@Work program with site monitoring and help compile the worksite visitation list, data received from monitoring forms and Youth@Work survey distribution, and compile the data received.
Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT)
The mission at ConnCAT is to inspire, motivate, and prepare youth and adults for educational and career advancement, through after-school arts and job training programming. Unemployed and underemployed adults are provided with the academic training and personal development necessary start over in a new field. The youth program is designed to propel students who are not working to potential towards higher achievement and higher education. The selected Fellow will be provided with a comprehensive work experience as it relates to the broad functions of the Director of Programs and the organizational structure and mission of ConnCAT.
The Consultation Center, Inc. (TCC) is seeking a Fellow to work on a special neighborhood youth engagement initiative in New Haven during summer 2014. The goal of the initiative is for young teens to learn about themselves, and to build stronger positive connections within their neighborhoods, and public spaces in their city. The Fellow will work closely with a team of people involved in the new Mayor's Transition Team, paid staff and community volunteers, and youth development specialists to coordinate three cycles of a concentrated 3-week youth leadership and community engagement project during the 11-week fellowship. The Fellow will organize cohorts of young teens who will have an opportunity to connect with community resource people and experience a range of community activities, local events, recreational/educational and outdoor environmental activities available within New Haven's public spaces.
Creating Kids Childcare Center at the Connecticut Children's Museum
The mission of the Creating Kids Childcare Center at the Connecticut Children's Museum is to provide all children, their families and teachers with innovative and inclusive, exciting, educational programs and learning opportunities. Supporting high-quality early childhood education and the development of early literacy competency are two driving forces of the center's work. The Fellow would work primarily in the Creating Kids Childcare Center alongside master teachers. Additionally, the Fellow would learn about early childhood education in myriad settings by accompanying the director to meetings of the New Haven Early Childhood Council and its Quality Enhancement Committee and working on curriculum development using the Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards. The Fellow would also be invited to participate in museum-based projects such as the weekly Dual Language and Literacy project being implemented at a New Haven-based Head Start program through Family Literacy Workshops or be part of a literacy mentoring project with family childcare providers.
CT Students for a DREAM (C4D) is a statewide organization of youth and allies whose goal is to advocate for the rights of undocumented students and their families, raise awareness, and increase access to higher education for all students. C4D seeks to empower youth through organizing, advocacy, and leadership development with the goal of organizing youth to be a voice of change in their communities. The Fellow will serve as C4D's New Haven Region Community Organizer and will work within its "Immigrant Access to Education" Project, which involves the complementary components of grassroots organizing, community education, and policy work.
The Eli Whitney Museum is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers and families. Eli Whitney collects, interprets and teaches experiments that are the roots of design and invention for children ages 5 – 14. The Fellow will be an integral part of that teaching – not only for daytime students but also as a teacher, role model and leader for the 50+ young apprentices who help design, prepare and teach Eli Whitney Museum's programs.
Footebridge is a collaboration between Foote School and the New Haven Public Schools combining a comprehensive summer program for public school kindergarteners and first graders with teacher training in curriculum development, classroom management, and all aspects of literacy instruction. The curriculum includes reading, writing, math, science, art, singing, dramatic play, library visits, field trips, cooking and plenty of outdoor exploration. The project at Footbridge will immerse the Fellow in an early childhood educational experience from a teacher's and administrator's perspective. The Fellow will be involved with all of the planning and preparation of curriculum and classroom materials.
Gesell Institute of Child Development
Gesell Institute of Child Development has been associated with understanding how children grow and learn since 1950. The Institute was named in honor of Dr. Arnold Gesell (1880-1961), who founded Yale's Child Study Center in 1911, and is known as the nation's first school psychologist. Gesell programs, publications, and research efforts help parents, educators, psychologists, social workers, and medical professionals worldwide in understanding the ages and stages of childhood. To celebrate the institute's 65th anniversary in 2015, the Fellow will plan a half-day symposium that will help make a lasting contribution to the field of early childhood education.
Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs, Inc.
Founded in 2004, Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs, Inc. provides college access services to high school students, grade 9 through 12, and their families, throughout the New Haven and Fairfield Counties. Higher Heights also provides technical assistance and professional development to school districts and community organizations. In collaboration with the Executive Director and program staff, the Fellow will conduct and produce a case study that analyzes the effectiveness of its College Access Program.
LEAP's mission is to develop the strengths and talents of young leaders who implement year-round community and school-based programs designed to achieve positive academic and social outcomes for children living in high poverty urban neighborhoods. The Fellow will provide service to the community in the role of Youth Development Coordinator with LEAP's Leaders-in-Training (LIT) Program. The Youth Development Coordinators are responsible for the implementation and management of the LIT Program for 13-15 year olds. The YD Coordinators also assist the Youth Development Manager in the creation and implementation of LEAP's youth development work.
New Haven Ecology Project/Common Ground
(Placement 1-Summer Camp Teacher) (Placement 2-Youth Crew Assistant Leader)
The New Haven Ecology Project is the 501(c)3 home of Common Ground – a center for environmental learning and leadership located at the base of West Rock Ridge. Its mission is to cultivate habits of healthy living and sustainable environmental practice among a diverse community of children, young people, and adults. Placement 1: The primary work of the Fellow at Common Ground will be to serve as one of the lead camp counselors for campers ages 4 – 13. Placement 2: The Fellow will assist Common Ground with successfully operating its summer Youth Crew Program, an offshoot of the overarching Green Jobs Corps, one of its most important and successful programs.
The New Haven Free Public Library is a community treasure focused on
creating experiences for all ages that support cultural connections, economic engagement, lifelong learning, and young minds. The Fellow will participate in all aspects of the NHFPL's READy for the Grade program, which is designed to prevent "summer slide", the drop in children's reading levels from June to September.
The mission of New Haven Promise is to provide financial opportunity for qualified New Haven public school students to not just attend college, but complete college and ultimately have options to return to New Haven to begin both careers and families. Promise personnel are very active in the community to create a college-going culture for students as early as elementary school and provide parents with the knowledge to navigate the process and ensure the success of their children. The focus of the Fellow would be to develop a mentoring program which would connect and network
the 2014 cohort with the previous recipients.
The overall goal of New Haven Reads (NHR) is to provide after school tutoring for children who are struggling with reading, and to provide free books for the community. Particular emphasis is placed serving children and families who otherwise would not have easy access to books and have not yet acquired a love of reading. NHR also operates a book bank in which anyone can walk in and take free gently used books. The Fellow will be incorporated into the tutoring program and book bank operations.
Solar Youth's mission is to provide opportunities for young people to develop a positive sense of self and connection and commitment to others through programs that incorporate environmental exploration, leadership and community service. Solar Youth's vision is for youth to become happy and healthy stewards of their own lives and communities, who are prepared and motivated to succeed in life. The Fellow will work in close collaboration with Solar Youth's Program Director and other Solar Youth adult Educators to coordinate one of its Summer Camp programs: Citycology (4-8 year olds) or Steward Teams (9-13). In addition, the Fellow will help youth identify and develop Community Service Action Projects to address problems youth identify, and figure out ways to teach others what they have learned and accomplished via Public Education Projects.
Squash Haven provides individually directed academic enrichment and squash instruction to New Haven public school students in fifth grade through high school. Through intensive tuition-free academic and squash sessions at Yale, Squash Haven supports New Haven youth to achieve school success, physical fitness, athletic excellence, and access to compelling academic and summer opportunities. The Fellow will join Squash Haven's staff of six in their office at Payne Whitney Gymnasium and will be a key leader in the development and implementation of their five week summer academic program, where the Fellow will be in charge of four academic sessions per day for four different groups of youth in a subject of his/her choice.
Yale Repertory Theatre/Yale School of Drama's The Dwight-Edgewood Project
The Dwight/Edgewood Project (D/EP) is a community outreach program started in 1995 by the Yale School of Drama in concert with its professional theatre institution, the Yale Repertory Theatre. Initially modeled after New York City's acclaimed 52nd Street Project, D/EP pairs children in grades 6-7 from New Haven's Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet school, in a one-on-one with students from the Yale School of Drama (YSD). Over the course of four weeks, the students participate in an intensive after-school theater mentorship program designed to provide them with an experience of success and empowerment through the arts on the Yale School of Drama campus. The Fellow will serve as a mentor by being paired with one middle school student throughout the playmaking process, and will also provide critical administrative support for the program's Management Team and the Director of Education and Accessibility Services.
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Ross Taylor has been left out of the New Zealand side for Friday's second Test against India in Wellington.
Taylor's wife is due to give birth to their second child during the Test and has remained at home in Hamilton, with the uncapped Tom Latham replacing him.
The other change from the first Test sees all-rounder James Neesham drafted in at the expense of leg-spinner Ish Sodhi.
The Black Caps will take five seamers into the match as they look to wrap up the series after winning the first Test by 40 runs. Kane Williamson will act as the spin option.
"With this wicket the best method of attack against this Indian side is to roll out another seamer so Jimmy Neesham comes in for Ish Sodhi," said captain Brendon McCullum.
"Neesham's batting is a bit of a bonus but he comes into the frame for his ability to bowl it pretty heavy as well."
Latham will bat at number four for New Zealand with Neesham coming in at number eight.
Troubled star Jesse Ryder was initially named as cover for Taylor but was dropped from the squad after admitting to being out drinking just hours before the first Test started.
The India team will not be named until the toss on Friday morning.
New Zealand: Peter Fulton, Hamish Rutherford, Kane Williamson, Trent Latham, Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, B.J Watling, James Neesham, Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.
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As the Zodiac's first astrological sign, Aries is considered to be the pioneer of the Zodiac, and therefore Arians like to be first in whatever they are doing. Symbolised by the Ram, Aries is a positive sign, often classified as being neurotic and task-oriented. Aries is also a fire sign, ruled by the planet Mars.
Born between March 21st and April 20th, Aries' compatibility signs, in general, are with Leo and Sagittarius, other fire signs, while some air signs, such as Libra and Aquarius are also Aries' compatible signs.
An Aries-Aries match would appear, on the surface, to be a recipe for disaster, but surprisingly, if both partners feel strongly enough about the relationship to sacrifice and are willing to consider the other's feelings, it can work, but not without a LOT of work.
An Aries-Taurus relationship is similar, with the potentially biggest hurdle probably being Aries having difficulty adapting to Taurus' deliberate, predictable nature which conflicts with Aries' fun-loving, spontaneous nature.
Aries-Gemini unions can be very successful due to the many similarities between the two. Aries' are intelligent and dynamic, while Geminis are one of the more versatile Zodiac signs. The Arians' tendency to dominate is countered by the ingenuity of the Gemini.
Another union rarely recommended is the Aries-Cancer match. Cancer's caution flies in the face of Aries' natural spontaneity, and neither are good compromisers.
Because both Leo and Aries have a need to dominate, and neither easily share the spotlight, a Leo-Aries match, although perhaps successful at first due to their similar sexual attitudes, will eventually succumb to irreconciliable differences.
Although Virgo is inherently shy and reserved, the audacity of Aries may intrigue Virgo initially, but in time, Virgo's finicky attitude will clash with Aries' spontaneous outlook and doom the union.
Perhaps fireworks will occur at first with an Aries-Libra match due to the opposites attract phenomenon, but eventually Libra's habit of idealising will turn Aries off and success will be difficult to attain.
Both Aries and Scorpio are too independent to allow for a harmonious union, although in certain situations, the sexual chemistry could be awesome.
One of the better matches exist with an Aries-Sagittarius union, especially sexually. Both are doers and share a common taste for the extravagance in life.
Aries' spontaneity will probably doom an Aries-Capricorn match, since Capricorn is ultra-cautious and bottom-line oriented, clashing greatly with the Aries' impulsiveness.
Aquarius is one of the Zodiac's most unpredictable signs, prone to procrastination which is in direct conflict with Aries tendency to act with little or no regard for the consequences.
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The portable classroom is designed to meet the 20 imperatives of the Living Building Challenge, an international sustainable building certification program known to be more rigorous than LEED and BREEAM, and requires a 12-month occupancy period before a building can be certified. The 900 square-foot prototype classroom meets all the requirements for becoming completely self-sustaining. It features a rainwater collection system which provides water to the labs and toilets as well as agriculture. The SEEDClassroom also filters and reuses greywater, and even has a composting toilet.
The project was inspired by the SEED Collaborative's previous work on the Bertschi School which was recently certified as the 4th Living Building in the world. The success of the 3,380-square-foot interactive school in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood inspired the team to try and bring the same to more students. The portable classroom will not only provide a green environment for the kids, but will also teach them about sustainability. The Collaborative has teamed up with the International Living Future Institute to create an integrated K-12 curriculum called the SEEDpacket which will combine science, technology, engineering, mathematics, social studies and art education.
The classrooms come in various configurations and can be ordered and shipped inside the U.S. and western Canada.
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Educators in Orange County and the country are trying to boost STEM education and figure out why the U.S. ranks so low.
Today's article continues a yearlong look by the Orange County Register into the challenges of providing STEM education – instruction in science, technology, engineering in math – to prepare students for the demands of the world's changing job markets.
Previously: Why STEM is important, what challenges face the U.S. education system.
PISA: Program for International Student Assessment is an international study launched in 2000 by the France-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. It aims to evaluate education systems worldwide every three years by assessing 15-year-olds' competencies in reading, mathematics and science. The data is used to assess the impact of educational quality on incomes and growth and to understand what causes differences in achievement across nations. More than 470,000 15-year-old students representing 65 nations and territories participated in 2009.
TIMSS: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study is an international assessment developed by Netherlands-based International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement of the mathematics and science of fourth-graders and eighth-graders worldwide. More than 425,000 students from 35 countries participated in 2007. 2011 results are due out in December.
Orange Lutheran High School seniors Kailey Fox and Niki Khajeh shined an ultraviolet light over a bacteria sample, looking for a gene found in a particular species of jellyfish.
Under the light's glare, the gene's proteins began to emit a fluorescent glow, enabling the duo to isolate it; then, they meticulously placed test tube samples into a centrifuge to extract and purify the protein.
The lesson is part of the private school's molecular genetics honors class, believed to be the first of its kind high school course in Orange County, and perhaps the state.
But, as rare and innovative as the class seems, it wouldn't even raise eyebrows in a number of other nations – the ones that routinely shame America in international math and science tests.
For example, South Korean seventh-graders learn quadratic functions, and polynomial and linear equations, two years ahead of the typical American student. In Finland, students begin learning chemistry and biology concepts through experimentation, observation and theoretical models as early as the fifth grade.
Other issues play a part in America's lagging performance on international tests, but the disparity in curriculum looms large as a major factor behind a coast-to-coast drive for better instruction in science, technology , engineering and math, known as STEM subjects.
"We have a systematic problem in producing students who want to pursue STEM careers. We are losing a whole generation while other countries pass us by," said Santa Ana High physics teacher Gary Reynolds, a former environmental researcher.
"Furthering STEM education is one of the most important priorities we should have as a nation."
Reynolds is part of the movement to improve STEM education efforts – a goal that has found its way into the new nationwide education standards known as the common core.
But even though these efforts could improve America's performance, the nation's sheer size and diversity makes it impossible to create an educational system that surpasses the highest achieving countries.
"We don't have enough resources in this country to make every school spotless. We have students who can compete with anyone in the world, but we also have students who struggle just to learn English and math," said James Brown, executive director of the STEM Education Coalition, which works with educators, business leaders and policy makers to promote science and math initiatives nationally.
"As a country, our priority should be to create enough qualified workers to fill the demand set by industry. Right now, we're not close to meeting that goal."
The United States muddles in the middle in a series of international comparisons in science and math. America's students ranked 23rd in science and 31st in math in the latest ranking of 65 nations from the Program for International Student Assessment, which measures literacy in math, science and reading among 15-year-olds.
Another assessment, Trends in International Math and Science Study, ranks U.S. students between 11th and 17th in fourth- and eighth-grade science and math among the top 35 industrialized nations. PISA was last assessed in 2009; TIMSS results are from 2007.
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This happened about a week ago. I thought it'd be funny to share. I can be pretty lazy at times so when I woke up one morning, I was eating dry fruit loops with marshmallows straight from the box and I started getting tired of holding them so I started putting them on my bare stomach. And when I was done, I had made a lot of crumbs so I grabbed my dust buster (mini handheld vacuum) and cleaned it all up..it felt so strange. Kind of like when I was a kid and I'd stick the vacuum to my cheek to see the funny faces I could make. Try it some time, it's fun!
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Hmm..where to start. Lately, I've been very frustrated with my boyfriend. I talked to my ex-b/f (from 2 years ago) - Bruce - who's only a friend now for a long time on the phone the past week and my boyfriend freaked out today and started yelling at me because of it. He doesn't trust me and I hate it. He is constantly telling me I'm the one who does EVERYTHING wrong. I feel like he's controlling me and it's not fair. I can't take it anymore. I feel like I'm being babysat. When I told my b/f (Louis) that Bruce was coming to visit, he didn't like that either. I have to fight with him to get the simpliest things. Maybe it's just something guys do, I don't know. I've had similar problems in the past and I just want it to stop. I wish I could find a guy who trusted me more. That's really all for now.
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AUGUSTA - May 6-10 is Teacher Appreciation Week, a time when Americans take a moment to recognize the hard and important work teachers do every day. Today, Representatives Ken Fredette and Alexander Willette took time to share their stories of the teachers who have made the biggest difference in their lives. Each day for the rest of the week, Republican state representatives will tell their own stories of teachers who made a difference in their lives.
House Republican Leader Ken Fredette of Newport issued the following statement.
"The teacher who has made the biggest difference in my life is my wife, Cynthia, who has worked tirelessly as a first grade teacher for the past 20 years. Every evening she heads to bed at about seven o'clock and works on her lesson plans for hours. When she tells me about the challenges students face these daysincluding some challenges my own children have facedand her efforts to help them overcome those challenges, I can't help but be amazed by her dedication and patience. I try every day to let her experiences guide my decision-making process on multiple matters before the Legislature, and I can only hope that every Maine student is fortunate enough to have a teacher as caring and committed as my wife, Cynthia."
Assistant House Republican Leader Alexander Willette of Mapleton said the following.
"This weekend, I had the opportunity to visit Wellington Elementary School in Monticello to learn about some of the great things that small, Aroostook County schools are doing. The visit reminded me of my great experience at Mapleton Elementary School. Mrs. Brabant, my first grade teacher, instilled in me a love of learning that follows me to this day. Mrs. Hallowell and Mrs. LaPointe, in second and third grade, helped make me a stronger readera skill that has helped me to succeed in law school. In fifth grade, Mrs. Hamel brought current events to the classroom and sparked my interest in politics with discussions about the 2000 presidential primary races. I am thankful to all of the teachers who went the extra mile so that I could have the opportunities I have today."
David Sorensen
Maine House Republicans
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Deserts and Beyond
Deserts and beyond...places in and around the southern California deserts and beyond. Photo taken at Canyon Lake, in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona, December 2011. A few minutes later, after the sun disappeared, these cliffs were their normal color. They were only golden for a short time and I'm glad we were able to view them in their glory.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Oak Glen
So the son & his family piled into the XTerra Sunday (I was stuffed into the front seat) and off we went to Oak Glen so the grandson, who is 4, could see the apples at one of the big apple ranches there. It is way past apple time and it was fairly deserted. But, we did see snow on the ground and the top of their roof was covered with frost. They also had a smoker outside and they were smoking tri-tip roasts. They all got to sample apple cider and our son bought a gallon jug of it to take home. The grandson got to run around and climb over some rocks in their kid-friendly play area. It was good to get outdoors. I had been cooped up in the house for 8 days...back to work today, however!
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The Crosskeys,Goodrich Set in the rural country side surrounded by many beautiful land marks such as Goodrich castle,Symonds yat rock and the River Wye also popular tourist towns Hereford and Monmouth the Cross keys, Goodrich offers something for everyone.
The landlady 'Helen' and staff team at the Cross keys, Goodrich, would like to provide a warm and friendly atmosphere to everyone in this family run bar and restaurant
The Cross keys itself consists of an open plan bar area, cosy restaurant, inviting conservatory, A beer garden with childrens play ground and a skittle alley/ function room ( to seat up to 40 guests).
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How would you ladies feel if Trey got Exclusive with a Woman? Be Honest Please!
How would you feel if Trey Gets a Woman?
How would you ladies feel if Trey got Exclusive with a Woman? Be Honest Please!
okk ima be honest really i would be happy for trey because i know its hard for him to find a girl who understands his lifestyle cuz you know how some females would just be with him too have sex get publicity or just try to get his money, aslong as she's treating him right and he's doing his part too.
Trey is a person, just like you and I; and a grown man at that. He has needs outside of this madness. I love his music, performances and yes....he is pleasing to my eye too, but lets not get things twisted; who doesn't want something real? I would take a deep breath and send him well wishes. I would hope that the next CD he drops is better than the previous one, and buy it. This was a great discussion topic MZ. Yuup I'm Classy.
i would be sad. lol but i mean. its his life. we already are a big part of him . && control an aspect of him as trey songz. but we cant control Tremaine . thats where his heart is && we cant control who he loves let alone who we love. so if he got a woman i'd be happy for him. b/c thats what he deserves . is someone who would see him for him. && treat him the way he needs to treated.
I would be truly devastated too...but I kind of would be happy for him Everyone deserves to be in love. I just hope the day that it ever happens...ITS WITH ME..LOL. Nah but I hope he gets a down to earth non industry chic who doesnt want money or fame. Someone who understands that when he's on the road he's Trey Songz but when he's home he is Tremaine.
I would be DEVASTATED!!! Like, "NOOOOOO!!!!!! TREY Y MUST U DO THIS TO MY HEART?!" I would be rollin around on the floor screamin "WHY!!!" and sobbin for like a month straight. LOL
Sike nah but right now it would suck cause like the girl said it ruins the fantasy. But from a different view if thats what would make him happy, I'm happy for him.
I mean I'd be a little jealous but u have to remember that he's one man and when he settles down there's only gonna be one out of the thousands of women that wish they were that one. Also its rare that people that have fame date ppl outside of the famous circle. That's not to say don't dream big lol but realistically u can't be mad when he finds somebody even if u do get a lil jealous. I'd be jealous but I love music and as long as the music is good I'm all 4 Trey.
LOL @sOUTHRNDelicacy for saying Trey doesn't need to play step dad for wayne son! LMFAO!!!!!!!! CO-SIGN!
Let me get into this discussion!!!! LOL
To be honest it would sting my heart a little bit if Trey gets exclusive with a woman! LOL It would just ruin the fantasy of imagining that he's singing to me or claiming him as my man. However I would get over it! I know where to draw the line between fantasy & reality : ). If he did get a woman it wouldn't stop me from being a fan. I watched an interview he did about a week ago and he was asked what he looks for in a woman. He said beautiful women come a dime a dozen, meaning he looks for something deeper other than beauty. He also said it's hard to distinguish who is really here for him "Tremaine" or who is here because of everything that comes along with being "Trey Songz"
If he is able to find a woman that fits into his world & who he loves & is happy with than heeey!!!.... I'm happy for him. I'm all about genuine love. But with his career I don't even see how it would be possible to even be able to maintain a consistent relationship with any female. In another interview I saw a while ago he said that was a issue in his past relationship.
I couldn't even imagine dating Trey or really any celebrity. The media is always in your business, women throwing themselves @ your man. It would take a lot of trust & commitment to make a relationship like that work. I will settle with just having him in my fantasies! LOL As far as that Lauren London rumor... I heard Kevin Liles cleared the air & said that it wasn't true. I hope that's the case....Trey doesn't need to be playing step dad to Lil Wayne's son! lol
honestly at first i would be jealous, i mean lets be real, secretly we all have dreams of it being us with Trey. but that wouldn't change my love for Trey and i would soon get over it =)
I agree she lost me when she had the baby with Wayne.
Yeah not trying to report gossip, but for all we know it could be true.
She bad but she lost points from me when she birthed lil wayne's baby! I'm gonna pass, he can do better!
Lauren is a pretty lady. She seems like she doesnt' take any mess though. :) If he is dating her they make an attractive couple
I guess I read to much on the internet, but it's reported that he has been seeing Lauren London. They went to his manager's wedding together over the summer. She was with him on the first leg of his tour. I heard that they are happy. If he's happy, then I'm happy for him.


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There seems to be lots happening with Twitter at the moment, the recent OAUTH changes resulted in lots of people telling me they had problems with twitter applications on their phones (in particular the iphone) and today I logged on to the main twitter.com website to find a massive change is happening to the user interface.
OAUTH is twitter's way of managing security as many people use other applications such as LinkedIn and TweetDeck to manage their twitter accounts. The new protocol for OAUTH means that you should no longer need to provide your twitter logon details to third parties in order to use their applications with your twitter account.
This change was first announced to developers in December, however there are still a few apps who have not updated the way their security connection with Twitter works and if you were using one of these when the system was changed it is likely that it will have stopped working. However I have heard from quite a few people who found that other apps which should already be using the new authentication method still stopped working for them, the solution was simply to uninstall and reinstall the app so hopefully everyone will have figured that out by now or changed to a different app that does work.
The changes to the twitter interface are very good. The new system gives you much more information on one screen and is very easy to navigate. For all those people who spent time and/or money getting their background sizing just right so it displays on most screen resolutions, the new twitter window takes up much more of the screen so you may need to re-think your branding. On the plus side the right hand part of the pane is opaque so a bright, tiled logo may be the best option.
The 'New Twitter' is currently being rolled out as a preview so you may not see it until a bar appears at the top of your screen asking you to click a link to change your view. Don't worry if you don't like it, for the next few weeks at least twitter are allowing you to turn off the preview and return to the original screen.


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Party Lines Slideshow: Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Darren Aronofsky, and More at the Black Swan New York Premiere
Last week, at The Black Swan's New York premiere, Vulture caught up with Mila Kunis to talk about the hard parts of turning into a ballerina. "I think the physicality of having your body look a certain way," Kunis told us. "I mean, actresses are skinny to begin with, but to get en pointe and not break your ankle, you have to have a certain amount of muscles to sustain your body and no fat whatsoever. The ballet world, they are fit. They are little rocks. They just have no fat on them whatsoever. [After the movie] my stomach was a little bit on the rocks for a time. It was a little hard to go back to eating the way that I normally eat. You know, human portions and not little bird portions." For more celebrity quotations, click through our Party Lines slideshow.


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1953-1954 Ford Radio, USA-230
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The USA-230 is our most popular classic car radio. It has the exact same appearance as the USA-630, but it does not come with the USB port for a flash drive or the CD changer control. This classic car radio allows you to listen to AM/FM radio or plug in your iPod or satellite radio tuner. The USA-230 comes with the RCA to Mini Stereo (1/8" pin) cable so no other parts are needed to connect to your external music source.
Our USA-230 Classic Car Radio has the following features:
- AM-FM Stereo
- 200 Watts (4 x 50)
- Electronic Tuning & Volume Control
- 4 way fader
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- Digital Clock
- 2 Channel RCA Aux Input for iPod or Satellite Radio Tuner
- 12 FM and 4 AM Presets
- 4 Channel RCA Pre-outs for an external amplifier
- Bass & Treble Controls
- Power Antenna Lead
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