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At least, for those lucky enough to reserve one before AT&T's Website crashed and Apple ran out of stock last week.
But if you're throwing down for a new iPhone, buyer beware: AT&T, still the iPhone's exclusive U.S. wireless network, is going to wrap you in their tentacles tighter than ever before.
Effective June 1, 2010, AT&T has increased the early termination fee for netbooks and smartphones (including the iPhone), from $175 to $325. (The change only affects new two-year contracts, and AT&T will reduce the fee by $10 for every month of the contract you complete). Still, $325 is steep.
The increased early termination fee is just one more line item in the real cost of an iPhone.
But why'd they do it? Perhaps AT&T knows something we don't. For example, maybe the age-old rumors will materialize and Verizon or another carrier will also offer the iPhone soon. Either way, based upon many customers' disgust with AT&T's service of late, it's no surprise the network will go to lengths not to keep customers happy, but to keep them trapped.
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Chrysanthemums – or mums, as most of us refer to them – are the quintessential fall favorites, both in beds and borders and as cut flowers.
Hawked by every corner grocery store, supermarket, big box store, garden center, nursery, and farmers' market, they are best known for firing up fall with their incredible color.
Planted by the gazillions from single plants popped into containers adorning our porches, balconies, and front steps to the numerous varied or intricate displays at industrial parks, city parks, and botanical gardens, mums are, nevertheless, reviled by many.
During one of those rare moments of introspection that come sometimes when one reaches a certain age, I realize that I've spent many memorable and fun moments of my life in the company of mums.
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In my own gardens, I never thought of my gangly plants as some horticulturally exotic friends, but rather more as constant companions -- warm and fuzzy remnants of my childhood.
I remember clearly those overcast, crisp October days when as a mere child I trailed behind my mom or grandmother as they strode about their garden ablaze in vivid gold, bright purple, pale lavender, creamy white, butter yellow, and bold red mums stuck in odd places, hither and yon, throughout their small yard.
I would lug a bucket nearly as big as I was – or so it felt at the time – filled with a few inches of water to hold the precious blooms of the dozens upon dozens of stems of the bright, bold beauties they cut off right before the oncoming frosts. Later, back in the house, hours were spent in creating dreamy arrangements full of multi-hued color with these vivid blooms that decorated the house for weeks.
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Nostalgia & History > Antonito, ColoradoDate: 06/25/08 04:53 Antonito, Colorado Author: flynn Drew1946 in the posting, "Late Wednesday Afternoon, #315 heading for Osier," on Steam and Excursion has a nice picture. In the posting Drew1946 writes, "The train has reached the first major trestle after leaving Antonito and a photo stop was staged there. I know this location MUST have a name, but whatever it is, I don't know it." In a reply to drew1946's posting drgwAZ1986 writes, "Ferguson's (Hangman) Trestle."
I thought I would try to find out more about this trestle. I did a Keyword search on the Denver Public Library digital photo web site, http://history.denverlibrary.org , for Ferguson's Hangman Trestle, Ferguson's Trestle, and Railroad Ferguson and got 0 photos. I did a Keyword search for Ferguson and got 49 photos but none of them were related to the railroad or to a trestle. I did a Google search for Ferguson's Trestle and got a number of web sites. Below are web addresses for four of the results. [If when you click on any web address below and it does not work do a Google search for Ferguson's Trestle and find the web site in the results.] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbres_and_Toltec_Scenic_Railroad "Westward To Osier This section covers the eastern portion of the line from the small cattle town of Antonito to Osier, the midpoint of the line. Antonito (MP 280.70) is a small company town of the former Denver and Rio Grande Railway, now Union Pacific. Here, the car shop, balloon loop, water tank, and other relics of the C&TS reside. The water tank was brought in from Lava (MP 291.55) after the original water tank at Antonito burned in 1971. For a time firetrucks had to refuel the K-27, 36, and 37 locomotives that provide the motive power for the train. Most of the facilities were made by the Cumbres & Toltec, as the original rail yard, wye, and station were not sold to the states of Colorado and New Mexico. Shortly leaving the station, the train heads straight for 3 miles, until coming into some hills. Shortly afterwards, the train crosses Ferguson's Trestle (MP 285.87), made famous when a man by the same name was hung from a locomotive on the bridge. It was featured in the 1988 TV movie "Where the Hell's That Gold?" starring Willie Nelson and Delta Burke. The bridge burned and traffic was halted for a week while the C&TS rebuilt the trestle." http://www.betterdaysarecoming.com/views/colorado2002/train/hangmans_trestle.html http://community-2.webtv.net/steamrailroader/EngineerLlamasPhoto/page3.html http://www.jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/adventure/rail/toltec/toltec.html I did a Keyword search on the Denver Public Library digital photo web site for Railroad Antonito, Colorado and got 84 photos. Seven of these photos are below. Picture 1 below, is DPL photo OP-8269. "Title: D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 473, engine type 2-8-2 and engine number 478, engine type 2-8-2. Summary: Deadhead passenger; 14 cars, rear view of engine. Photographed: leaving Antonito, Colo., June 1, 1964. Creator: Otto C. Perry." Picture 2 below, is DPL photo OP-8373. "Title: D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 476, engine type 2-8-2. Summary: Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion; 11 cars. Photographed: at Antonito, Colo., May 29, 1959. Creator: Otto C. Perry." Picture 3 below, is DPL photo RR-1844. "Title: D&RGW flanger train leaving Antonito, Colo. (2-8-2's) 487, 491 caboose 0584. Summary: Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives 487 and 491 (2-8-2's) pull caboose 0584, section cars, and a flanger car near Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows snow, utility poles, and a sign: 'End of Standard Gauge.' Date: February 20, 1956. Creator: Robert W. Richardson." Picture 4 below, is DPL photo Z-6196. "Title: Antonito, N.M., Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion. Summary: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 499 vents smoke in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado; a water tower and shop building flank the tracks. The locomotive has a wedge plow. Date: (May 1955). Creator: John Krause." Picture 5 below, is DPL photo RR-1004. "Title: D & R G W R P O car of 'San Juan' Antonito 119, CC Rollins in doorway. Summary: C. C. Rollins looks from Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad car 110, in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. Date: January 30, 1951. Creator: Robert W. Richardson." Picture 6 below, is DPL photo RR-2028. "Title: D&RGW. Summary: View of Texas Company oil tank cars on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on a bridge in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Tank cars read 'TCX' and are numbered 77, 70 and 76. Tank car 70 has a double dome. Shows the shadow of the photographer on a gravel covered slope. Date: December 9, 1948. Creator: Robert W. Richardson." Picture 7 below, is DPL photo X-6623. "Title: Antonito where the Santa Fe Branch went to the left and Durango Branch to the right. Summary: Denver And Rio Grande Western passenger train pauses at the Antonito station, Conejos County, Colorado. Scene includes stone depot with hipped roof and passengers and conductor on sidewalk. The last car is the 'Champa.' Date: (between 1935 and 1945). Source: Gift of C. Bancroft." In the Mountail Mail, http://www.themountainmail.com , June 24, 2008, there was a picture of a group of Ride the Rockies bicyclists on Cottonwood Pass. Picture 8 below, "A group of Ride the Rockies bicyclists makes its way eastbound over 12,126-foot Cottonwood Pass Friday [June 20, 2008] during the second to last day of the 435-mile Colorado tour. More than 2,000 cyclists stayed Friday night in Buena Vista where various clubs and organizations assisted with their stay. Saturday [June 21, 2008] was the last leg of the tour as cyclists pedaled from Buena Vista to Breckenridge. Photo by Norm Dorn." I know there is no railroad over Cottonwood Pass but I thought I would do a search on the Denver Public Library web site for Railroad Cottonwood Pass and see what happens. I got two photos. The text to the photos have the words railroad cottonwood and pass but not in that order. One of the photos is below. Picture 9 below, is DPL photo GB-6531. "Title: Ruby Canyon. Summary: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in Ruby Canyon, Utah or Colorado, pass over a bridge between sandstone cliffs, cottonwood trees, and the Colorado River. Date: (between 1922 and 1930?). Creator: George Lytle Beam 1868-1935. Collection: James Ozment collection of George Beam photographs." Date: 06/25/08 04:55 Re: Antonito, Colorado Author: flynn Date: 06/25/08 04:57 Re: Antonito, Colorado Author: flynn |


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An Orange County Wedding Coordinated by A Good Affair
If you love pink, ombre, sparkly chandeliers hanging over the ceremony, lanterns, and gorgeous fashion … then this is thee wedding for you! The paper flowers at the ceremony are overkill … in the best possible way. This bride had two beyond beautiful dresses … one that reminds me of Gwen Stefani's wedding dress … pretty in pink! I absolutely love this venue: Seven-Degrees … so any Orange County brides take notice! This could be the inspiration you've been waiting for!
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Our wedding theme and concept was Ombre Pink with an Edge, with decor and monograms that hinted Paris (where we were going for our honeymoon)
As the bride, I've always dreamed that my wedding would be a blanket of pearly white with shades of pink. This of course, was probably almost every other girl's dream wedding. To make it more customized and personal, my planner Natalie Good of A Good Affair and I brainstormed and decided to add a gun-metal grey as it would give us the 'edgy vibe' we were looking for. As for the shades of pink, Natalie thought it would be cool to do an ombre of pinks – which I matched with an Ombre Pink banquet gown that was absolutely perfect!
Natalie Good with A Good Affair was our wedding coordinator. To start off our wedding planning, I dragged Arthur with me to 10 pre-selected planner interviews that I had set up as I was browsing planners online. Natalie was the first to respond when I called each and every one of them, and she also happened to be the first one we interviewed. To put it short, we should have just gone with her after the interview instead of wasting our time with all the rest! Natalie is an amazing listener and so talented with the random shenanigans of a wedding. She was able to do my florals and come up with the beautiful decor throughout our wedding. There were so many instances where she saved our day and just took that weight off of our shoulders – a definite problem solver and extremely reliable to make sure any bride gets exactly what she wants in her wedding. Couldn't thank her more for what she has done for us!
7 Degrees in Laguna Beach was our amazing wedding venue. First I must thank my planner again for really listening to us and from her experience, she knew exactly which venue she wanted to show us first. When we first stepped foot into 7 Degrees, Arthur and I immediately knew that's exactly where we wanted our wedding. Everything from the awesome tech features in the banquet room, to the beautiful rooftop scene, the venue was everything we wanted. Huge pluses were that you could still feel the ocean breeze on a summer day without paying the premium of being on a beach, and they offer this really cute picture op when the bride and groom exits off into the night with sparklers for everyone to cheer with! It was pretty spectacular.
John Robert Woods was our photographer. This was an easy decision for us. John is one of our close friend's brother! We tried him out for our engagement photos and loved him! And as you can see from our pictures, we love him even more now and would highly recommend him to anyone who has a wedding coming! :)
Take a moment during your big day and just take it all in. All of your hard work, amounted to this wonderful day, and even though you guys are probably running around making sure everyone has been greeted, you will have this one moment just to yourselves. I can still remember my moment… everything else was just a blur!
Photographer: John Robert Woods
Reception Venue: 7 Degrees in Laguna Beach
Wedding Coordinator: A Good Affair
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Wedding Cake: Simply Sweet
Cinematographer: Alex Twu
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by Eric Jackson On one of Telemetro's talk shows, somebody quoted me as a source alleging that Bosco Vallarino got his US citizenship for being a CIA agent. Well, I asked some rude questions but I never did say that. Vallarino would have been an "asset" in the US destabilization and invasion of Panama in the late 1980s, but I seriously doubt that he was a CIA "agent" in the company's strict usage of the word. And why the rude question? Because according to the time lines of Bosco Vallarino's own story, he never resided in the United States for five years. You generally need to do that to become a naturalized citizen. Exceptions are made for foreigners who serve in the US military, by rare acts of Congress, and for those who get citizenship as a reward for services to the United States, generally to covert operations. Plus, we do know from the published account of Kurt Muse that the clandestine radio station that Bosco Vallarino says he headed was CIA-funded. People who lost relatives in El Chorrillo would have reason to question both the details of Vallarino's naturalization as a US citizen and his activities in the late 1980s. But to me --- a Panagringo by birth who believes that people in Vallarino's situation ought to enjoy full political rights in Panama --- the man's citizenship problems are merely Exhibit A about the mental powers he brought to the mayoral race. I was once a politician whose formal educational status was as a high school dropout. Afterwards I went on to get more schooling, but let me not be an academic snob here. The problem with Vallarino is not his lack of diplomas. It's that he exhibits the mind of a relatively bright... block of granite. (Yes, I know. The Bernal people protest the simile. "Granite's useful," somebody in that camp complained.) But consider, in addition to both the citizenship problem that Vallarino should have foreseen and his multiple ridiculous responses once nabbed ("Wait until my daddy comes home" was my favorite), his behavior throughout his campaign:
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Over the years, consumers and reporters have asked me many times whether credit counseling "works." Reporters wonder whether it's a legitimate solution for those in debt, while debtors want to know, "Will it work for me so I can get out of debt?"
It's an important question. Credit counseling is often promoted as the best option for consumers who are having trouble managing debt. In fact, the Credit CARD Act requires credit card issuers to publish, on card statements, a toll-free number for consumers to get credit counseling help.
But until recently, data about the success (or failure) rates of credit counseling programs has been hard to come by. When asked, counseling agencies will often point to numbers of consumers they have helped, or talk about the educational services they provide to consumers. Critics, meanwhile, counter that these programs offer far too little relief, only help a fraction of the people who are in over their heads, or even that counselors are really glorified debt collectors.
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Now one national counseling agency, Cambridge Credit Counseling, is revealing detailed data about its credit counseling business. Its Transparency Project finally sheds light on whether credit counseling works, and how many consumers it helps.
"This marks the very first time I can think of when a credit counseling agency has embraced disclosing its performance measurements," says Steve Rhode, founder of GetOutOfDebt.org. Rhode formerly founded and ran a national credit counseling agency. When writing this story, I asked the National Foundation for Credit Counseling whether similar information was available from member agencies, but I was told it was not.
First, some quick background: When consumers contact a credit counseling agency, they are typically offered a counseling session where they share information about their income, expenses and debts. As a result of that consultation, they may be offered a Debt Management Plan (DMP). Debtors who decide to enroll in a DMP will receive concessions from some or all participating creditors, usually in the form of lower interest rates and/or waiver of penalty fees such as late fees. In a DMP, debtors must typically repay 100% of the principal balance owed, plus interest, to participating creditors within 60 months or less.
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- After a comprehensive credit review, counselors recommended a Debt Management Plan (DMP) to just over one-third (34%) of consumers. Just under one-quarter (23%) of consumers enrolled in a DMP.
- Of those who enrolled in a DMP, the typical Cambridge client received an interest rate reduction from 21.62% to 7.96%, saving $181.86 in interest charges per month. Payments were reduced by $192.70.
- In 2010, Cambridge clients who completed their DMP had done so in an average of 41 months.
- Clients paid an average initial fee of $41.55 and $24.99 per month for the service. (Fees were waived or reduced for about 27% of clients.) Creditors also paid the agency an average $12.32 per account per payment, in what's called "Fair Share."
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LAS CRUCES — Two men believed to have been invovled in a weekend Pik Quick robbery were arrested on multiple charges.
Juan Emilio Rubio, 21, and Sebastian Carreon, 19, are charged with one count each of armed robbery and conspiracy. Rubio was also charged with battery upon a peace officer while Carreon faces one count of possession of a stolen vehicle.
Las Cruces Police learned that shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, two young men walked into the Pic Quik store on Telshor Boulevard. Rubio threatened a store clerk with what appeared to be a handgun and demanded cash from the register. Meanwhile, Carreon cut open a locked refrigerator door and took an 18-pack of beer.
Both men left the store in what was described as a stolen, white four-door Saturn.
As officers approached an apartment complex where Carreon lived, they spotted Rubio and Carreon who both began to run from police. Carreon was caught rather quickly however a K-9 helped subdue Rubio.
Rubio and Carreon are both being held at the Dona Ana County Detention Center on $100,000 bonds.


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Ballard also had two assists while teammate Maddy Bowles ended with four goals and three assists. Seven players scored for Chatham (7-7), including three tallies from Alex Frenzel and two apiece by Emily Wingate, Beth Kuyk and Maggie O'Neill. The Lady Cougars also got a goal from Abby Morgan and two assists from Morgan Sullivan.
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According to St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert, during the last 24 hour reporting period the Sheriff's Office responded to 46 complaints and reports the following arrests:
Gregory Marcus Parker, 18, 1522 Bernice Street, Morgan City, LA was arrested on May 13, 2013 at 1:27 pm on a warrant for second degree cruelty to juveniles. On May 2, 2013 the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office received a report from a physician with Children's Hospital, New Orleans regarding a 3 and 1/2 month old male infant who sustained injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome. Through interviews with the parents and family, the detective determined that the injuries occurred while the infant was in the care of Parker who is the father of the child. The infant suffered neurological damage and is currently listed in critical but stable condition. Parker was brought in for questioning regarding the case and was subsequently arrested on the warrant. He was transported to the parish jail for booking and incarceration. No bond is set.
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Thursday, March 27 2014
Greasy Luck! The Whaling World of the Charles W. Morgan
In celebration of the relaunching of the last surviving wooden whaleship, Lyman Allyn presents Greasy Luck! The Whaling World of the Charles W. Morgan.
The exhibition, which runs from September 21 through June 8, 2014, will look at how whaling—its myths and reality, risk and reward—left its mark on Connecticut and American identity.
In the 1800s, friends and family gathered on the docks to wish "greasy luck" for a successful voyage to departing whaleships.
To most people, whales were mysterious creatures. Yet whaling was big business.
The thousands of barrels of oil the whalers brought home made ports like New London and Mystic some of the wealthiest places in the young nation, supporting a wide array of dockside occupations.
Giselle - Moscow Festival Ballet
Founded in 1989 by legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Radchenko.
the Moscow Festival Ballet brings together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi.
Kirov Ballet companies to perform one of the most famous and enduring of the romantic ballets.
Over fifty leading dancers from across the Russias bring this tragic tale of innocence and doomed passion to life with ethereal choreography and a hauntingly beautiful score by Adolphe Adam.
Founded in 1989 by legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Radchenko.
the Moscow Festival Ballet brings together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi.
Kirov Ballet companies to perform one of the most famous and enduring of the romantic ballets.
Over fifty leading dancers from across the Russias bring this tragic tale of innocence and doomed passion to life with ethereal choreography and a hauntingly beautiful score by Adolphe Adam.
A.K. Smith Reading Series: Brenda Shaughnessy
A graduate of Columbia University, Brenda Shaughnessy is an award-winning American poet that currently teaches at Rutgers University.
She has published her own poetry books as well poetry anthologies, and has been featured in multiple poetry anthologies.
For more information, visit www.trincoll.edu
The Book of Mormon
Nine 2011 Tony Awards. The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion.
One missionary, Elder Price, is an enthusiastic go-getter with a strong dedication to his faith, while his partner, Elder Cunningham, is a socially awkward but well-meaning nerd whose tendency to embroider the truth soon lands him in trouble.
Upon their arrival in Africa, Elders Price and Cunningham learn that in a society plagued by AIDS, poverty and violence, a successful mission may not be as easy as they expected.
Contains explicit language.
"Thingamabob" Exhibit at Maritime Garage Gallery
Machines, gadgets and all things technology inspire the artwork at a new exhibit at the Maritime Garage Gallery. "Thingamabob" features art that is in the eye of the mechanically inclined in a group show of artists, including John Jackson of Jefferson, New York, Tom Hlas of Norfolk, CT, Lewis Schaffer from Ridgefield, Deborah Rauh from Westport, Sara Roche from Weston, and others.
The Maritime Garage Gallery, located at 11 North Water Street, is part of the Norwalk Parking Authority's "Art in Parking Places" initiative, an effort to support art in public spaces making Norwalk a more vibrant destination. The gallery is free and open to the public from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Hamden Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal - Musicians Wanted
Hamden Symphony Orchestra is seeking musicians interested in joining an established community orchestra for our spring 2014 cycle.
We are in need of additional string instrumentalists, as well as french horn. Concert repertoire includes Beethoven Symphony # 5.
Rehearsals are Thursday evenings at 7.15 pm.
If you are interested in participating please email [email protected]
Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival
Hit Films, Big Stars, Hot Topics and Cool Parties Coming March 20-30, 2014; Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival Grows, Spanning Cinematic Jewniverse
The 18th Annual Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival rolls out the red carpet for Hollywood legends, Oscar hopefuls, sleuths and spies, glitzy singers and a gutsy beauty queen March 20 – 30, 2014, with 23 features, thrillers, romantic comedies, shorts and documentaries from 13 countries, screening in 5 venues over 10 days.
Bank-robbing oldsters, thrill-seeking youngsters and Big Apple hipsters share the spotlight with larger-than-life historical heroes, talking animals and even a singing Jewish cowgirl at Connecticut's largest Jewish global cinema event. Parties, live concerts and Reel Talk conversations with visiting filmmakers and musicians, an author, film subjects, historians and experts will enhance many films. For the first time, the Festival presents free student screening events at one high schools and six university campuses in Hartford, Farmington, New Britain, New Haven, Storrs and West Hartford.
28th Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustin Music in the United States
The 28th conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, founded in 1984, will be held in New England for the first time since 1998. Throughout the three days, over a dozen concerts featuring new work from composers, performers, sound artists, improvisers, and scholars from around the country will be presented on the Wesleyan campus. Special events include performances involving Memorial Chapel's computer-controlled organ, sound works for sound systems emanating from MiddleOak corporate headquarters off Main Street in Middletown, live-coding, and a recreation of David Tudor's "Rainforest IV" in the Zelnick Pavilion. For more information as well as a detailed listing of events, please visit www.wesleyan.edu/music/seamus.
Goblin Market at CRT!
By Penny Benson, adapted from the poem by Christina Rossetti Studio Works Series A Puppet Arts Production
Studio Theatre
The full, exhilarating, creative power of the University of Connecticut's Puppetry Program will bring an adaptation of Christina Rossetti's entrancingly atmospheric narrative poem Goblin Market to our studio stage.
Two sisters, in the service of a troubled household, must resist the hypnotic call of seductive goblins who tempt them with luscious fruits and promises of unimagined ecstasies. When one of the sisters is sacrificed to the goblins, her sibling must risk her own life to bargain with the supernatural creatures in order to save her sister from certain demise. With actors, imaginative puppetry and surprising theatrics, Goblin Market promises to weave an enchanting spell.
ThursdayMarch 27, 7:30 pm - Preview
FridayMarch 28, 8:00 pm - Opening Night
SaturdayMarch 29, 8:00 pm
WednesdayApril 2, 7:30 pm
ThursdayApril 3, 7:30 pm
FridayApril 4, 8:00 pm
SaturdayApril 5, 2:00 pm
SaturdayApril 5, 8:00 pm
SundayApril 6, 2:00 pm
Brave Miss World
Miss Israel, Linor Abargil, was abducted, stabbed, and raped in Milan, Italy, at age 18. Only six weeks later, she had to represent her country in the Miss World competition. When she was crowned the winner, she vowed to do something about rape. The film follows her from the rape to her crowning and through her crusade to fight for justice and break the silence. Sponsored by Trinity College Hillel.
For more information, visit www.trincoll.edu
A.K. Smith Reading Series: Brenda Shaughnessy
A reception and book signing will follow.
For more information, visit www.trincoll.edu
Silent Poem, Spoken Light
The Kehler Liddell Gallery is pleased to present "Silent Poem, Spoken Light" with work by Maureen M. Squires and Sarah Beth Goncarova, on view March 20 - April 20, 2014. An Opening Reception will be held on Sunday, March 23, 3:00 - 6:00pm. On April 5 from 3:00 - 5:00pm, there will be a poetry reading and artist-led discussion with poet Judith Vollmer, Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, featuring poems from her newest work The Water Books. Both events are free and open to the public.
The exhibition "Silent Poem, Spoken Light," explores one of the most integral yet continuously perplexing questions of the art-making practice; how does one create work that is highly communicative yet largely unspoken? Artists Maureen M. Squires and Sarah Beth Goncarova examine this concept through calligraphy, poetry, painting and installation. Through using vastly different media, both artists look to natural forms as metaphor and message, drawing parallels between inner and outer landscapes.
Painter and calligrapher Maureen M. Squires interprets the words of writers and poets through paint and ink. Through the use of color, illustration, illumination, alphabet and gesture, she both abstracts and clarifies the meaning of the words. Movement and gesture are key components of Squires' practice, making work that is at the same time bold and subtle, beautiful and evocative.
Like Squires' luscious calligraphic works, the installations of Sarah Beth Goncarova tease metaphor from imagery of the natural world. Using intricate combinations of sewing and circuitry, Goncarova creates otherworldly illusions of seemingly natural phenomena. The fragile branches of her piece The Cherry Tree beckon the viewer in—Goncarova's own invitation to the viewer to become part of the work itself. Only when the viewer enters the tree crown does the tree surprisingly awaken. In her piece The Web, women quietly weave at an ancient loom, creating a magnificent web out of spider silk and dew drops. In both pieces, we are drawn into another world, that entirely of Goncarova's own making.
Squires' background in Fine Arts began formally at Seton Hill University, where she majored in painting and where she first studied calligraphy. This took her to Carnegie Mellon University where she studied Advanced Calligraphy for two years with noted calligrapher and type-designer Arnold Bank. Over the years, Squires has studied with many notable lettering artists, but studying with Bank was a turning point in her approach to the alphabet and painting. Since then, Squires' work has become an exploration of letters and words through paint, interpreting the words of favorite poets with abstract forms and graceful brushwork. Her tools range from traditional steel nibs, to brushes to reeds to bamboo. Her preferred media are ink, gouache, Japanese watercolors and acrylics.
Goncarova earned degrees in sculpture and architecture at Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Maryland, and has worked for the theater as costumer, puppetmaker and scenic designer. Her art practice has evolved to include such varied media as painting, textiles, light, dance, sound and animatronics. To date she is a finalist for the 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship for installation/performance.
Squires and Goncarova offer visually and conceptually compelling work in "Silent Poem, Spoken Light," rewarding the curious and even quickening the pulse.
Kehler Liddell Gallery is located at 873 Whalley Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Gallery hours are Thursday through Friday from 11:00am - 4:00pm: Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am - 4:00pm.
Lois Eldridge: 100 Pears – 50 Years of Clay, Wesleyan Potters Gallery/Shop
Wesleyan Potters is hosting a very special show celebrating Lois Eldridge's fifty years as a potter. "For me, it is an amazing process to take clay and to imagine all of the things it can become: a sculpture, a bowl, a pear, or a birdbath. Anyone who hasn't had his or her hands in clay is missing a wonderful experience."
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 20, 5 - 7.
Lois Eldridge:'s work will be on exhibit and for sale during regular gallery hours. At Wesleyan Potters 350 S Main St, Route 17, Middletown, CT, Gallery hours: Wed
Bobby Valentine discusses Baseball at the Trumbull Library
Join us for Bobby's colorful impressions, opinions, and memories from all of baseball: high school, college and professional; managerial and media! Drop in.
For more information about Trumbull 's One Book One Town book selection and event schedule visit here.
Music Business Colloquium: Christopher Houlihan and Patrick Greene
Critically acclaimed organist, Christopher Houlihan '09, joins composer and vocalist, Patrick Greene '07 as they return to their alma mater, Trinity College to share their experiences in the music industry. Presented by the Music Department.
For more information, visit www.trincoll.edu
Mari Skarp-Bogli: Architecture of A Memory
Reception on Tuesday, April 8th, 6:00-7:30 pm
Mari Skarp-Bogli's "Architecture of a Memory" addresses the subject of memory and its operation within the human brain. Her paintings, sculpture and interactive drawings employ abandoned locations, discarded materials and objects that transmit associations of loss, abandon and decay. These works are assemblages of memory evoking relics of attics, basements, barns and the garages of home in as much as representations of the physiological, psychological and neurological functions they interpret.
Skarp-Bogli earned her M.F.A. from Maine College of Art and B.F.A.'s in both painting and sculpture from the University of Hartford. She is an adjunct art instructor at Tunxis Community College and at the University of Hartford. See more of her work at www.mariskarp.com.
Pegasus Gallery is located within the library on the first floor of Chapman Hall
Hours: Monday - Thursday 9am-8pm, Friday 9am-4pm & Saturday 10am-4pm, when classes are in session.
For more information please contact:
Matthew Weber, Art Curator
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Professor of Art
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Homepage: http://oz.plymouth.edu/~annette/
About Professor Mitchell
Professor Annette Mitchell Coordinates the Drawing Program at Plymouth State University. She teaches Drawing: Figure in Color and a graduate level printmaking course for the College of Graduate Studies.She teaches workshops in the printmaking process that she pioneered using polystyrene foam as a block printing medium. Her book and DVD teaching her process, Foam Is Where The Art Is–New Ways To Print, are nationally known and carried by a major art supply catalog. Mitchell's print process has been acknowledged and reviewed in magazines such as American Artist Magazine, Somerset Studio and SchoolArts Magazine. She maintains an active studio at home and participates in many exhibitions.
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Program Requirements
Hours: 39
The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership program requires successful completion of 39 hours - 12 three-hour courses and an integrative project. There are 24 hours in required courses. The remaining 15 hours may be chosen from offerings in any area of the MSOL curriculum, subject to distributional requirements as indicated below. MSOL courses and requirements are distributed among the following four areas:
Leadership Core - 9 hours
MOL 600Exploring Leadership (3)
MOL 690Integrative Project (3)
RPS 514Spirituality of Leadership (3)
Organizational Decision Making - 9 hours
BUS 600Finance and Accounting for Leaders (3)
MOL 605Methods of Organizational Research (3)
PHI 660Ethical Issues in Organizations (3)
People & Organizations - 9 hours
MGT 610People in Organizations (3)
Choose two courses from the following:
ECO 600Global Economic Issues (3)
MGT 640The Changing Workplace (3)
MGT 675Leadership: Communication and Influence (3)
HUM 670Reading and Writing: The Culture of Work (3)
PSY 635Social Influence (3)
Technology - 6 hours distributional requirement
(CIS 610 is a pre-requisite for MGT 620)
MGT 620Managing Information, Technology and Projects (3)
Choose one course from the following:
CIS 610Understanding Technology (3)
SOC 680Culture & Technology (3)
Organizational Leadership Electives - 6 hours
Choose from the following courses, or any MSOL suggested courses not taken to meet major requirements
LGS 625Legal Issues in Organizations (3)
MGT 630Organization Development (3)
MGT 645Organization Theory & Design (3)
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university; however it does not have to be a business-related degree. The MSOL program encourages applicants in any career from any kind of organization. Other admission requirements include:
- an undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.0 ("B").
- at least three years of significant workplace experience showing career growth, increasing responsibility and leadership potential.
- a commitment to values and ethical conduct.
- a completed graduate application form.
- a letter indicating your reasons for applying for admission to the MSOL program.
- a current résumé describing your work history.
- three letters of reference from employers or teachers speaking to your character as well as to your abilities. References should be sent directly to the Office of Graduate Admission, Mount St. Joseph University, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233-1672 or submitted along with your application in envelopes sealed by the reference writers.
- Official transcripts with a baccalaureate degree noted, sent directly from the undergraduate institution(s) attended directly to Mount St. Joseph University, Graduate Admission Office, 5701 Delhi Rd. Cincinnati, Oh 45233. Mount graduates need not submit transcripts.
- An essay (300-500 words) about a difficult ethical or moral decision or dilemma experienced or observed at work or in another situation. Applicants should describe their thoughts and feelings about this situation and what was learned.
- An interview with the MSOL Program Director.
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Backstreet Boys: 'Fans Are Gonna Freaking Love' Our Tour
Backstreet Boys exclusively announced their In a World Like This tour with On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Monday … and now, they're sharing more details.
The guys opened up to Rolling Stone this week about the tour and the songs from their upcoming album, also called In a World Like This.
As for the tour, AJ McLean reveals, "We're bringing back old choreography, stuff that people haven't seen in probably 15 years, from the hat routine to the original 'As Long As You Love Me' mic routine, stuff like that that is gonna take fans down memory lane and really bring them back to the Never Gone tour, the Backstreet's Back tour, the first album."
EXCLUSIVE: Emblem 3 Joining Selena Gomez's Stars Dance Tour!
AJ also gave a little sneak peek about what fans can expect from BSB's stage show. "The whole premise of the show is we wanted to write out a script and make this like a mini-film or like a Broadway show," he says. "It's very theatrical; it's unlike any tour we've ever done before and we're taking it back to the grassroots of just being about us and our music. And I think the fans are gonna freaking love it."
They're also going to go crazy for Backstreet's upcoming eighth album, which is expected to be released on July 30.
Since it's the boy band's 20th anniversary, they have grown up so much and that comes across in the new material, explains Howie Dorough.
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"This album, Kevin [Richardson] came back in and said, 'Twenty years have gone by, our lives have changed and not only our lives, but the lives of the fans have changed. And we have a lot more to talk about: we've grown up, our fans have grown up. Now four of us have kids, four of us are married, Nick [Carter's] engaged, we have a lot more to talk about now.' And that's what we did on this record: when it came to writing, we touched on subjects and really not putting any boundaries or limits on where we go with our music."
And don't just expect pop songs on the new album. AJ says there will be a "big rock ballad" called "Show 'Em What You're Made Of." "It reminds me of a U2 record or an Aerosmith record."


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Nondeductible Versus Deductible Expenses
By Mary Wilson
Tax deductions are limited by IRC sections 183 and 162. Under section 183, losses are deductible only if they are the result of a bona fide business that is engaged in for-profit activities. Under IRC section 162, expenses are deductible when they are "ordinary and necessary" for conducting a trade or business. An activity not engaged in for profit is a hobby. Whether a taxpayer's activities are engaged in "for profit" and whether the expenses are "ordinary and necessary" will determine whether a taxpayer's deductions will be allowed.
Factors the IRS uses to determine if an activity is engaged in for profit include:
In Topping v. U.S. (T.C. Memo 2007-92), the U.S. Tax Court ruled in favor of a taxpayer who was an accomplished equestrian rider and deducted her equestrian losses against her interior-design business income. The IRS had disallowed the deductions on the grounds that the petitioner's equestrian activities were unreasonable and were not ordinary and necessary because they represented personal expenditures of the taxpayer. The Tax Court, however, found that: 1) the equestrian and related activities were part of the design business, 2) the activities were conducted for profit, and 3) the equestrian-related expenses were ordinary and necessary.
The case involved a recently divorced woman named Topping with no means of independent support, a debt-laden condominium, and her 16-year-old horse. She had neither a college degree nor any full-time employment for the past 25 years. Topping supported herself by building a business designing horse barns and homes. Her plan was to develop a reputation among the wealthy families of the equestrian circuit who own multiple residences and use interior designers.
Topping did not have a written business plan, and did not conduct a formal market study. She used her home office to conduct all financial aspects of the design business. She possessed the artistic ability to draft structural designs freehand and used her specialized knowledge of the idiosyncrasies of her clients' horses to tailor barn designs. Topping would analyze a horse's particular injury or temperament and then design a barn with stalls suited to the horse's individual needs. Some designs incorporated mudrooms and expanded storage for boots, saddles, and other equipment.
The taxpayer was an experienced equestrian, having ridden horses and competed on an amateur level since she was a teenager. Her contact list was developed by participating in these expensive equestrian activities. It was these expenses that were offset against the interior design business income on her tax return.
Most equestrian events are held at elite private clubs that are not open to the general public. Topping testified that she neither used traditional advertising media nor displayed banners at any equestrian event. She stated that this type of generic advertising of a personal service business would be considered tacky to a jockey club and its members. The petitioner relied upon her exposure and reputation as both a rider and owner, and also her popularity among the club members, to attract new clients.
When the IRS audited Topping, it segregated the equestrian from the interior design activities and disallowed all of the petitioner's Schedule C horse-related expenses. The IRS reclassified the horse-related income from Schedule C to other income. The IRS decided that the horse-related expenses should be disallowed because the activity was not engaged in for profit and that some of the expenses were not ordinary and necessary.
Tax Court Decision
The Tax Court, however, found that a close organizational and economic relationship existed between the equestrian and design undertakings. The taxpayer's success as an equestrian competitor created goodwill that benefited her design business. The court determined that the facts in the case supported a finding that the equestrian and design undertakings were to be considered a single activity, and that a significant business purpose joined both undertakings. Her prominence as a competitor gained her respect among her peers and caused them to seek her out when they needed a designer for their horse barns and recreational homes. (Interestingly, the petitioner filed two separate Schedule Cs for the years in issue, one for the equestrian business and one for the interior design business. The court commented that, regardless of this fact, the evidence proved that the two undertakings constituted a single activity.)
The court noted that the interior design business was a success and turned a profit almost every year. Therefore, the court found that the taxpayer clearly demonstrated an intent to make a profit and that she conducted her equestrian and related activities as part of her interior design business. Thus, the equestrian expenses could be deducted as ordinary and necessary. The design and equestrian activities were found to be part of an integrated business plan and the petitioner's clientele was almost exclusively derived from equestrian contacts.
Lessons for Other Businesses
Although Topping is a positive ruling for taxpayers with hobbies that dovetail with their business plans, it should not be interpreted to mean that every hobby can be linked to a business. Remember the case of the CPA/attorney with the tax practice who tried to write off his yacht? He flew a red, white, and blue pennant with "1040" on it. His goal was to provoke inquiries and promote business by giving him contact with potential clients in yachting circles. The court held that the yacht expenses were not deductible as ordinary and necessary expenses of carrying on a business. He failed to show how any of his clients were referrals from his boating activities.
Taxpayers must follow detailed recordkeeping and accounting practices to demonstrate that their activities are directly related to a business purpose.
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Anyone with information is asked to call state police in Warren at 814-728-3600 or Warren County Crime Stoppers, at (800) 83-CRIME.


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Roxanne Glans, business presentation coach and events management specialist, has a very short answer to that question. The longer answer is below in a detailed walk through of how business presentation coaching works. In this exclusive interview for write-out-loud.com Roxanne shares the nitty-gritty essentials of business plan presentation. Read and you'll find out the why, what and how of excellent business presentation skills and what business presentation coaching could do for you. For the purposes of this interview Roxanne sets a scene. The story begins with your senior manager/colleague/boss saying: What follows are Roxanne's own words; her story, talking you step by step through the process of a typical business presentation coaching session Picture her in your mind working with a client called Joe. Roxanne: The Business Plan Presentation TrapRoxanne: When you walk onto a stage or into a room, you have approximately 7 seconds to make your first impression and it goes either up or down from here. The choice is yours as to where you end up! I have worked with colleagues presenting on stage to large groups on their tonality, content and physical movements, as well as making sure that what they are about to say is relevant to the audience at hand. I have also done business presentation coaching with company experts and sales staff; working together from preparing their material to how they will actually present it. Those 7 seconds count! Many corporate enterprises have incredibly intelligent people, assets due to their level of expertise and knowledge; and yet it can all fall flat when they get stage fright or their material doesn't back up what's coming out of their mouths due to lack of preparation. Often they don't know who they are meeting with or how to get their message across. That's why business presentation coaching is essential! A Typical Business PresentationRoxanne: Now Joe is a world class expert in his field. His colleagues and the company's customers all rely on his knowledge in the field of xx. So when Joe gets the call from the Key Account Director for customer YY he puts together his usual 150 slides on the subject with the thought that they've always worked in the past. Is this good enough? It is absolutely essential that you take each and every situation as a new situation. PACK in Business PresentationsRoxanne: Do not take PACK lightly. It's not easy to do and demands a certain share of sit and think time to get it right. But back to Joe. How does PACK apply to his presentation? His Director has decided that this time they are going to something more than 'business as usual' and calls me in for business presentation coaching. I begin to slog through the mastodon presentation and realize that it is not up to standard. I speak to Joe using the PACK principles. 1. Why he is doing this business plan presentation and what is the outcome expected? (Purpose) 2. Who will be in the room? Is it only customers from YY? Will it be just R & D folk or a blend of scientists and management? Who are the decision makers amongst them? (Audience) 3. How does he intend to show the new product/development? Will he need power point, films with sound or is there a need to show physical products? Taste, smell, touch – can we and do we want the customer to experience this? (Channel) 4. What key message will the customer take out of the room with him? How do you want him to remember what you have just said? (Key messages) When Joe has answered the above, I'll ask him together with his Director what their prior knowledge of the customer is. Do they have previous installations with them or are we bidding on a first time opportunity? When we have begun to get a better understanding of what the outcome of the meeting is going to be, we can then begin to structure the presentation material. Most of what Joe has is totally irrelevant to what we really want to say to the customer, so my advice to Joe is to start at the end and rebuild his material from scratch. Knowing what you want to say at the end of the presentation and the key message(s) involved, helps you know how to open your material – your lead in to the end message. Once these two areas are established, then you can begin to work on the content and build up the structure of your presentation. Structuring Business Presentation MaterialRoxanne: The idea is that Joe can relax as he can talk about what he knows and loves best. Afterall this is his area of expertise! He doesn't need to panic about what's coming up on the 144th slide. The customer will appreciate the dynamic approach instead of falling asleep watching slide after boring slide! Rehearsing a Business PresentationRoxanne: (Yes, that's right; rehearse, rehearse and rehearse it again! This is another essential step in my business presentation coaching.) So Joe, how much time do you have? 20 minutes. Now we set up a mock customer presentation covering everything from when Joe walks into the room, does his introductions and begins. It's no good to just start at the beginning of his first slide. The rehearsals must include the entire scenario; from entry into the room and how he introduces himself. Is there the possibility to go around and shake hands with all in the room? (This brings us back to knowing the audience and how many will be there.) It includes where he will stand in the room. Now Joe, how do you finish up? Good transitions are essential and to ensure the presentation runs smoothly everyone must know the part they are to play. Is giving a good business presentation like a movie or a play I hear Joe ask me? Well yes, you could say that it is. We want to take the audience on a journey and to leave them feeling satisfied and excited about what happens next. Personal PresentationRoxanne: This is also a common mistake. You don't want to look like you are going to a ball and nor do you want to look like you've slept in your clothes! The decision on what to wear comes back to knowing your customer. Have they just walked out of the workshop or dairy to meet you and are in overalls? Or are they all sitting in a board room in suit and tie? You must dress accordingly and it's not always easy to do! My hint to Joe is to dress in a suit and tie and if they are all looking a little more relaxed and informal, then he can always take off his jacket and tie. It's easier to dress down than to dress up! Final Business Presentation Coaching TipsRoxanne: We have created a new presentation with only relevant slides; Joe has rehearsed with his colleagues, his family as well as me. He is feeling very confident and that's a great way to walk into the room. Now Joe has last minute questions. He says to me: "What if they ask me a question in the middle of my presentation?" Well, that can be handled in a couple of ways. Is the question pertinent to what you are talking about? If yes, you need to make a judgement call. Sometimes there are folks in the meeting room who just like to be seen and heard and you, as the presenter, need to quite simply listen to the question, hear and acknowledge them. Or you can say: "Thank you for that and I hear what you are saying. If you don't mind, I'd like to park that question until later on so that I can answer it more fully". Next Joe asks me, "What if their mobile rings and they have to take the call?". That's fine as it does occur and it's something that we sometimes must accept. Should this happen, then put the question to the room like this: This is just an example of what you can say. Naturally every situation is different but there is no point in getting upset about what you have no control over. Yes, it can be perceived as very rude if people walk in and out of the room and Joe is going to have to handle that in the best way he can without upsetting the customer. Due to interruptions it is quite possible that your time is cut short and you need to have rehearsed how to handle that. So I tell Joe; know your material so well that if this happens, you can move forward to the end and give your key messages which are contained in the final three slides. You still finish up strongly and the customer will walk away remembering your closing as being relevant to the subject at hand. Joe then asks:"How will I know if they are listening to me?" That's a great question! Often presenters talk in a monotonous tone without paying attention to what their audience is doing. If you are presenting and you see that people begin opening their laptops and answering emails or fiddling with their mobile phones you really need to ask yourself WHY. What's the speed of your speech? If you aren't engaging your audience in what you are saying it's going to be very obvious in how quickly they decide to switch off. Joe asks me if he should leave his power point material behind. I have to ask the question WHY? A powerpoint presentation contains your thoughts and words. They are only support to what you have to say and should not be left behind due to the very real possibility of misconstrued information being passed further into organisations. Instead leave behind product leaflets or other sales material (including specially prepared power points) that are appropriate to what you are talking about.
Roxanne: If possible, directly after the meeting have a feedback/evaluation meeting with the team involved. How did they perceive the presentation? If there is negative feedback make sure it's given in a way that is constructive and that team members can learn from it. When should Joe call the customer?Roxanne: But if applicable, then Joe should call the customer after 2 days and within one minute after the initial social "how are you", get straight to the point. Tell them why you are calling and ask if there is anything that they would like to know regarding the presentation and if clarity is required on any points. If so, he is happy to either do so via email, phone etc. If the answer is negative, then make sure you don't hang on the phone waiting for it to change. Know when to end the call gracefully and you'll be remembered in a positive light.
You know, standing in front a group of people can make anyone's legs go to jelly and it takes practice and many hours of actually presenting to get that comfortable feeling in your backbone but when you get to the point that your stomach isn't tied in knots and that it's just another walk in the park, then it's time to do something else! That nervousness is what's keeping you sharp and ensuring that you put on the best show every single time. And remember, there are business presentation coaches such as myself who quite simply get a buzz out of watching you grow and develop to become a more proficient and confident presenter whether it's in front of the small group or on a large stage in front of a huge audience. Many thanks to Roxanne for sharing her expertise! A reminder of where you can find her for business presentation coaching: If you're not in her area and would like to explore the possibility of working with her, ask her about traveling. She loves it and holds dual Australian and Swedish passports. Related links:


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You might want to read Tom Woodward's Bionic Teaching and Michelle Bourgeois' Milibo's Musings response before reading my thoughts on both of those. Part of the background conversation also happened at Tom's Bloom's and Technology Pyramid, Mike Fisher's Digigogy blog, and Visual Bloom's and Bloom's rubrics as well.
Tom and Michelle have been thinking about a teaching/learning challenge for a while. Initially Tom's idea was "Pimp My Lesson Plan" and it turned into a challenge based on the "Iron Chef." Having gotten a comment on the challenge on Tom's blog, Michelle responded and tweaked the challenge potential a bit. Here's my two cents to add to their challenge.
We all know it's not necessarily JUST about the lesson plan, or the hook, or the activity, but about a combination of all of those things that will allow people to put good ideas out for others to use, and that will engage students in important work. When thinking about engaging students in activities that support "higher level thinking" I think about at least the following 3 facts:
Thus, a learning activity not only has to be tied to good teaching, to the three R's (rigor, relevance and relationships), and to worthwhile content, but also engage the students in quality ways.
Michelle described two scenarios where students were clearly engaged and the learning activities were built around the objectives for learning. Teachers were thoughtful about how to engage students so that interest was high, interactions between students were heightened and students received feedback throughout the activity. Teaching was centered around the task, which was clearly tied to the learning objectives. Teaching to the task is a GOOD thing!
Tying together the components of what John Antonetti calls "The Engagement Cube" is what I believe is critical to setting up learning opportunities that do what Tom and Michelle (and Mike Fisher and I and @beckyfisher73 and @mwacker and @barbaram and a bunch of other educators) are thinking about as we engage in these conversations around quality education.
Like the title of this blog, I say teachers must be MASTERS of task-making. I do not mean in the traditional sense of the word, as in making sure the work gets done, but as in MASTERFULLY crafting tasks. These tasks should be ones that engage, teach, allow for diversity of thought, stimulate creative juices flowing, and evoke a proud sense of accomplishment. They may even take on a life of their own, resulting in students taking the task to places the teacher may never have envisioned. Through rich tasks that demand rigor in thought and performance, that elicit cooperation and teamwork, students may also discover a passion for the subject or the discipline as well.
I hope my thoughts add TO the conversation and don't detract from what Tom and Michelle are trying to encourage. These two educators have challenged other teachers to craft great lessons and share them. Let's support that challenge and collaborate to create some incredible tasks!
Are you going to play Paula? The more, the better. I'd like to see what you might come up with.
The cube is interesting. I haven't seen it before. 3 dimensions on an organizer like this is pretty interesting as well. I'm thinking about that.
I've been struggling with the concept of how to get teachers thinking more clearly about what makes a lesson interesting for students. I'll give the cube a shot.
"These tasks should be ones that engage, teach, allow for diversity of thought, stimulate creative juices flowing, and evoke a proud sense of accomplishment. They may even take on a life of their own, resulting in students taking the task to places the teacher may never have envisioned." After reading through all the links and digesting the information, this quote is what spoke to me. It really speaks to valuing the individual student and what we as teachers hope to provide for each student we teach. Watching kids take off with an idea and create something beyond the teacher's original plan is what makes learning exciting for both entities. It places the teacher beside the student, both learning and growing together. What could be better? That "proud sense of accomplishment" then encompasses all.
Hi Paula & Michelle,
This is the first time I've seen the Engagement Cube. Michelle you make a really good point about teachers not always bridging lesson design models with activities. When I look at the Engagement Cube, among other innovative learning possibilities, I see that it justifies and legitimizes using the new technologies to engage students. One example could be having students work in groups to build an interactive wiki on any subject for others to visit/comment/build upon. Another example could be for students to create or add to a blog for a real-life audience – even if that audience is each other to start. How about students sharing photos or videos to learn about a topic? . . . .or creating a Voicethread and inviting classmates or a larger audience to add comments. I recently worked with two students who wanted to make a video explaining how important their little off-site high school is to the students by making a "If it wasn't for this school" video to share at their grad and also with the school funding agency.
I'd be interested in what others see and think about when they look at the engagement cube.
Regards, Rhonda
This was a very interesting topic to choose. Great informative post. Thank you for sharing.
We have gotten a new principal and she wants us to work on authentic engagement. Help! I don't know where to start. How do I learn this? Are there workshops? Does everybody do something different? What about students who don't know where to start and they are defeated before they start? Are there different levels for everyone? Do some students have lower achievement goals than others? Do we still have to grade A,B,C,D?


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66 Apply For Superintendent Post
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Garth Harries has 65 contenders in his quest to lead New Haven's public schools.
Harries (pictured), the system's assistant superintendent, was one of 66 people who sent in applications by a June 25 deadline to be considered for New Haven's open school superintendent job. Reggie Mayo, who's been superintendent for 21 years, plans to retire as soon as the school board finds a replacement. The job was posted on May 31.
PROACT Search, the private firm New Haven's school board hired to conduct a search for the superintendent's job, collected the applications. The firm plans to work with the school board to narrow the field down to eight to 12 candidates by July 8. Then board members plan to interview those candidates by Skype or in person to narrow the field to three.
The school board plans to hold a special public hearing for on Saturday, July 20, where the public will get to ask questions of three finalists, according to board President Carlos Torre. The time and place are yet to be determined.
The school board plans to appoint the next superintendent on July 22. The person would start right away if they are able to; if not, they'd start as soon as possible, Torre said.
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posted by: Curious on June 28, 2013 10:12am
People, please read just ONE example of how this was done in Massachusetts…
With consultation from the Executive Search firm, an Advisory Search Committee (ASC) of approximately 12 members will be appointed from a broad cross-section of the community. The ASC will review resumes, participate in interviews and evaluate candidates in order to select two to five finalist candidates.
Finalists will be interviewed for an entire day by a broad cross-section of the community in small interview groups and community forums. Incorporating the feedback received, the School Committee will make the final decision on a Superintendent in an open meeting.
At any point in the process, if it is determined that Wellesley will be unable to attract an outstanding candidate as defined by the search selection criteria, then an interim Superintendent will be hired.
Why are your kids any LESS important than those elsewhere?
Demand the same!! Why don't you have input until the final three? Why don't you get a FULL DAY to ask questions?
Why jam in a candidate who doesn't meed the needs of your children just because you can't find them by July 22?
posted by: Atticus Shrugged on June 28, 2013 12:23pm
The City of New Haven has done a horrible job with hiring. Whoever replaces the current superintendent needs to be on an interim basis only. The current mayor and/or school board have no right to saddle a new administration with a superintendent not of their choosing.
I, for probably the second time, agree that meetings via skype and less than a full day's interview is probably insufficient. And as Mr. Carolina's ranking by his co-workers has taught us, the superintendent should also be interviewed by each principal and department head. There needs to be a well thought out process to every step of this application and hiring. Right now, that's not being done.
Let Garth stay on as interim superintendent until a more thorough search can begin next January with the permanent employee to arrive and begin working in June once the school year ends.
posted by: Teacher in New Haven on June 28, 2013 1:49pm
The new superintendent, by law gets a 1 year contract. So by default the district will follow your plan with the small amendment that if the new mayor wants a replacement, he or she will have to wait until July 22, 2014.
If the new mayor doesnt like the process, they will have 6 months to find someone else and convince the board.
posted by: urban ed on June 28, 2013 3:33pm
Teacher, thanks. People keep forgetting that. I just wish they'd dispense with the sham search, since it's not fooling anybody, before any more money is wasted, and give Garth the shot he's earned.
posted by: Threefifths on June 28, 2013 8:45pm
Make sure this does not happen here.
School's out for Vallas
Daniel Tepfer
Published 8:02 pm, Friday, June 28, 2013
posted by: ISR on July 1, 2013 9:20am
The Valas case in Bridgeport, where a judge ruled that he did not have the requisite courses to be a certified Superintendent in CT, disqualified a person who had led the Chicago and Philadelphia school systems.
This is akin to disqualifying a PhD in math or physics (Einstein) or Yo Yo Ma from teaching in a public school because of a lack of Mickey Mouse education courses.
I'm a big critic of Teach for America, but because of their low number of years commitment, not because the best qualified in a subject area, with mentoring, make the best teaches.
posted by: Atticus Shrugged on July 1, 2013 4:01pm
Teacher, thank you. I had wrongly assumed that the Super gets more than a one-year contract as that would seem insufficient to make any headway in leading a school system. I suppose that it was not an issue with the DeStefano-Mayo administration, which accomplished many good things. But it certainly seems like it could be for anyone thinking of uprooting to move to CT to run a school district.