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2010 – 2011 WV INNOVATION ZONE APPLICATION SCORING RUBRIC What items will be used to determine approval of an innovation zone application and plan of innovative activities to support increased student learning? The actual award will be based on a consensus reached through discussion of the selection committee. The items below are only a guide for individuals on the selection committee to prioritize grants in their best judgment. Interviews, phone calls, email and site-visits are other methods that might be used to determine success of applications and to negotiate the amount of the grant award. The Innovation Zone Scoring Rubric is based on the Project Design The seven elements of the Rubric for Scoring Innovation Zone Applications and Plans will primarily be used to determine the strength of the application and help determine which applicants will be designated as Innovation Zones. Additional statutory requirements, such as the percentage required in the affected staff vote, in the application must be evident in order to consider the application eligible. The rubric will have a secondary use as a guide to provide feedback to applicants as they continue to plan the innovation that will be implemented, and for those applicants who are not designated as innovation zones to improve their applications for resubmission. Project Design: The design of the application is clearly organized and is a written description of a vision of the intended innovative project and how it will positively increase student learning and achievement. This narrative description has several parts which are sequenced to clearly build on one another. A representative leadership team has contributed to the planning of all parts of the narrative. This team has gathered input for the plan from the stakeholder groups they represent leading to widespread support culminating in the required percentage of staff voting support for its implementation. The written description of the planned innovation includes how the group determined the priority need for the innovation and what data was analyzed to determine this need. The team sets shared, specific, measurable, goals that realistically will meet the described need within a period of time. The written plan contains a sequence of research based innovative activities that logically support the probable accomplishment of the goals and create the new mindset that will sustain its vision of improved student learning and achievement for the innovation zone. The narrative also describes what waiver of a specific part of state law or state or local policy is needed that constrains the implementation of the innovative activities. The plan outlines a method of self monitoring and adjusting the innovative activities based on feedback and data collected from those who have a stake in the outcomes of the innovation. The description also includes the method that the team will use to evaluate whether or not the goals have been met and how the results will be communicated with those needing to understand the results. Elements Required for Scoring the Application or Plan 1. Application is timely, complete and has required signatures. 2. Application contains assurance that 80% of the affected staff is supportive. 3. Application contains the appropriate evidence of stakeholder support. 4. Application contains request for waiver of policy, code or interpretation, if needed. 1 1. Needs Assessment Derived from Data: The needs assessment should indicate a clear statement of prioritized needs derived from an analysis of data, and how the goals and objectives of the program are directly related to those needs. Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory The needs assessment: The needs assessment: The needs assessment: Provides clear and Provides evidence of using data Provides no evidence of using convincing evidence of using to determine need for the data to determine the need for multiple sources of data to proposed innovation zone plan. the proposed innovation zone determine the need for the plan. proposed innovation. Descriptive Feedback: 2. Goals: The stated goals are specific, measurable goals that realistically will provide a remedy for the described need within a period of time. In other words these characteristics: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Rigorous, Time bound (SMART Goals). NOTE: These are goals for the planning process, not necessarily for the implementation phase. Examples of planning activities may include staff professional development, communication and building consensus activities, and protocols for conducting research. Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory The Goals: The Goals: The Goals: Contain all the SMART Might contain two or more, but Might contain one of the elements. The goal states very not all of SMART elements. SMART elements, but are clearly and specifically what is vague, have no way of being going to be accomplished in measured, no realistic terms of increased student method of being attained, are learning and achievement, easily accomplished, and explains how that increased there are no time limits on learning will be measured, is when they are to be described in realistically accomplished. attainable terms, is rigorous enough to challenge those trying to implement the innovation, and sets a time when the goal is to be achieved. Descriptive Feedback: 2 3. Research-Based Innovative Activities: The written plan contains a sequence of research based innovative activities that logically support the probable accomplishment of the goals and create the new mindset that will sustain its vision of increased student learning and achievement for the innovation zone. Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory The activities: The activities: The activities: Are reflected in the research Are reflected in the research Are not supported in the literature, appear to provide literature, appear to provide research literature, do not support for the accomplishment support for the accomplishment appear to be aimed at of the stated goals and a of the stated goals or a probable accomplishing the goals or probable change in the mindset change in the mindset or creating a change in the or culture of the schools vision of culture of the schools vision of mindset or culture of the excellence for student learning. excellence for student learning. schools vision of excellence for student learning. Descriptive Feedback: 4. Waiver of State Law or local or state policy: The narrative describes what waiver of a specific part of current state law or state or local policy may be needed to avoid the constraint of the implementation of the innovative activities. The necessary components for a complete waiver request include clarity, a narrow focus, and explicit specification as to why current policy constrains implementation and how the waiver will resolve the issue. Please note, that waivers may not be necessary to the implementation of the innovative activities. Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory The requested waiver: The requested waiver: The requested waiver: Is clear in terms of what is being Is clear in terms of what is Is vague in terms of what is requested. The citation is of a being requested. The citation is being requested. The selected portion of law or policy, of a selected portion of law or citation is of a total law or further describes how that policy, and further describes policy, such as WV Board of portion of policy or law how that portion of policy or Education Policy number constrains the implementation law constrains the 2510, which if waived would of the described activity, and implementation of the allow many changes in how the waived restriction will described activity. operation which are allow flexibility for unrelated to the activities implementation. and which do not constrain the implementation of the described activity. Descriptive Feedback: 3 5. Monitoring and adjustment of the implementation of activities: The plan outlines a method of self monitoring and adjusting the innovative activities based on feedback and data collected from those who have a stake in the outcomes of the innovation. Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory The monitoring process: The monitoring process: The monitoring process: Is clearly described in terms of Is clearly described in terms of Is not described, or is vague who is responsible for who is responsible for in terms of who is accomplishing what, feedback accomplishing what, how responsible for loops are built in to each activity feedback will be collected from accomplishing what, how to collect data about the level of all stakeholders to gauge the feedback will be collected concern from all stakeholders level of concern as the activities from all stakeholders to about the activities as they are are being implemented, and gauge the level of concern as being implemented. In addition, what data will be collected the activities are being specific data collection is about the success of the implemented, and what data planned to gauge the success of activities. will be collected about the the activities. success of the activities. Descriptive Feedback: 6. Evaluation of the success of the plan in terms of student learning: The application narrative includes the method that the team will use to evaluate whether or not the goals for increased student learning and achievement have been met. The plan clearly defines the process for verifying evidence for judging the potential for success of the innovation. The applicant has defined what they are seeking to achieve and how it will be evaluated, i.e. changes in habits of mind, teacher practice, increased teacher leadership, etc. Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory The evaluation process: The evaluation process: The evaluation process: Is clearly described in terms of Is clearly described in terms of Is not described, or is vague what will be used to measure the what will be used to measure in terms of how the stated expected level of student the expected level of student goal for student learning and performance to understand performance to understand achievement will be whether or not the stated goal whether or not the stated goal measured. has been met. The evaluation of has been met. the planning activities is designed to inform implementation. Outcomes for increased student performance are included and acceptable evidence to judge success accompanies the plan. Descriptive Feedback: 4 7. Scalability and Sustainability Plan: The plan clearly describes how the planning activities will impact stakeholders and others interested in the progress and results of the innovative planning activities to be implemented. The narrative describes the process the team will use to determine how the proposed innovation may be scaled up and its potential for sustainability after implementation and beyond the funding cycle of the grant. Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory The scalability and The scalability and The scalability and sustainability plan: sustainability plan: sustainability plan: Is clearly described in terms of Is clearly described in terms of Is not described, or is vague how the activities will impact how the activities will impact in terms of how stakeholders, stakeholders, and others stakeholders, and others and others interested in the interested the progress and interested in the progress and planning activities that are results of the innovative results of the innovative being implemented will or planning activities that are being planning activities that are might impact them. implemented. The plan includes being implemented. communication of results of any evaluation of student achievement. Descriptive Feedback: 8. Budget Justification: The budget justification should clearly be tied to the scope and requirements of planning the innovative activities, as this is a planning grant. The budget narrative should describe the basis for determining the amounts shown on the budget page. Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory The budget provides: The budget provides: The budget provides: Strong justification of costs Justification of costs of No justification or of planning the innovative planning the innovative justification is vague for activities is reasonable and activities is reasonable and the program costs. necessary to meet the needs necessary to meet the needs for planning. for planning. Descriptive Feedback: 5
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Oklahoma City Thunder: Memphis Grizzlies point guards Beno Udrih and Mike Conley set the tone in Game 2 win
No wonder the Grizzlies decided to press the issue even more in Game 2.
"We wanted to be aggressive as guards," Conley said.
Joerger admitted that it wasn't a matter of scheme. It wasn't a matter of him going onto the chalkboard and drawing up a bunch of new sets and plays. It was a matter of attitude.
Conley and Udrih had to embody that Memphis grit-and-grind mentality.
"Those guys, they put their heads down," Joerger said. "They got around the show guy. They got in the paint."
That wasn't a surprise with Conley. He's given a lot of team fits, including the Thunder.
But Udrih?
He got cut by the Knicks.
"Beno was a guy that came in with the motto, 'You stay ready,'" defensive stalwart Tony Allen said. "He was huge for us."
Conley said, "I can't say enough about him. When the point guards are making plays for our team, we go to another level. We definitely wanted to try to do that tonight."
The Grizzlies did, and now the Thunder is going to have to figure out what to do with those point guards.
Maybe they should hope that backup Nick Calathes gets his drug suspension overturned. He couldn't possibly be any more of a handful than Pistol Pete Udrih.
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Creator: Dave Hackel | Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Ted Danson, Terry Farrell, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith
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Creator: Terence Winter | Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
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A drunken binge gets Charlie in jail and an appearance before the Ethics Committee, and his therapy group searches for a new therapist to replace him.
Creator: Bruce Helford | Director: Bob Koherr | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Selma Blair, Shawnee Smith, Laura Bell Bundy
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Cheryl decides to sing in Jim's band to prove to her cousin that she has talent. Trouble is, Cheryl cannot sing.
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Votes: 53
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Code of Honor
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When the leader of an alien culture takes a romantic interest in Lt. Yar, he claims her for his own, to the dismay of his own wife, who, in turn, challenges Tasha in a fight to the death.
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SQL Johannesburg User Group Meeting – 10th March 2015
Second user group meeting of 2015, nice to start the year with lots of energy and dreams that need to get converted into reality!
It was our first of two SQLSkills webinars for this year and Erin did a fantastic job.
I personally learnt a lot about the wide application of the DBCC command. I believe that was Erin's opening statement, she wanted to ensure that we all understand that DBCC is not just about fixing database corruptions.
Veronica and I have spent quite a bit of time discussing the interaction we had with Erin and this has spurred me to write about the SQL User Group and our professional development.
When we booked the two sessions with SQLSkills there were several points of view that we need to take into consideration:
- Development of local speakers
- Applicability to our audience which is made up of 3 major categories BI, DEV and DBA
- Effective use of our time
Development of Local speakers
This one is the most difficult, so let's tackle it first. The session with Erin took the entire meeting which meant that we couldn't have the other people speaking. This basically means that 2 out of the 11 sessions for 2015 will exclude local speakers. We have a general structure of 3 sessions per event. One SQL 101 session to spend time on the basics. One session on Tools and patterns that focusses on the tools of our trade and recognizing good and bad solutions. And one long session that attempts of add real detail value to our community.
In our first session of 2015 we had 2 new speakers (Veronica and Donavan) which was impressive as during the 2014 session I believe we had around 4 or 5 regular speakers. So whilst I agree that we are removing available slots we have a more fundamental problem and that is we are not doing a great job in growing the local speakers and it is certainly something we need to manage.
We are committed to this process this year and have tackled it slightly differently, we are appealing to our sponsors to play a more dedicated role in this regard by idenfying people that they would to grow in this regard. As contractors and consultants that are providing customers with services, we all need to be stretched in the area of presentations.
Just this week I made an effort in this area and watched the presentation by Boris. It really got me thinking about how lazy we are when it comes to presentation preparation. Basically our presentations are repeating us and doing a bad job at that. It is up to us to ensure understanding and comprehension of the subject we are presenting on. Sales people realize very quickly that if you don't connect with your customer you are not going to get the business – fortunately for them they get instant and direct feedback as to their performance, unfortunately techies don't see and feel the impact of bad presentations.
Applicability to our audience
Once again Erin's session only directly addresses the DBA and as a DBA this understanding is vital. I can vouch for that as one of my customers was sitting with a corrupt table and I had to go back that evening / morning and make use of what I had learnt.
In discussion with Veronica who is not a DBA and spends her time on SQL training, I realized something important, she enjoyed the session for several reasons:
- Another woman presenting who did a fantastic job (Women In Tech)
- Presentation with passion
- An area of understanding she would never had got to if all she did was focus on SQL language training
Whilst the first two are very important, it was the third one that struck me. We can't afford to restrict or govern our fundamental understanding of the technologies we are working with every day! Yes we are all busy and we have to make tough decisions on where we spend our time but if for example we are BI practitioners and one day we issue a SQL query and we get the dreaded error, do we spend the next hour trying all sorts of clever tricks to get around the issue or do we with understanding notify the appropriate DBAs or fix it if there are no DBAs?
The hour that we spent listening was well worth it even if we can't say it was directly career related. The world is certainly moving into a more focussed career direction but that does not mean that we don't understand what our peers are going through. We will and can switch our careers more regularly these days so none of this time will be wasted.
Erin Stellato's slidedeck
Effective use of our time
At this stage, the number of free and globally available webinars is unlimited and if you are like me, I cannot watch all the amazing webinars that are available. So I need to be very careful about my choice of learning. Basically what this concern is saying that if all I am doing is listening to a remote speaker I could be doing this at home.
Well, to be honest, I have never interacted so much with a Remote Webinar as I did on Tuesday night. This may have been because I felt that Erin and SQLSkills had given up their time for us / me but that wasn't the major reason. I believe we are interacting more because Erin invited the interaction and was able to answer most of our questions immediately which is not always possible with a global presentation. Typically this interaction is done after the presentation. In South Africa we typically watch these webinars during after hours, which means we are compromising important family time, so by the time the webinar is finished I am done and can't wait to switch off my PC.
In Summary
Yes, we did reduce the number of opportunities for local speakers and it was not directly related to everybody and YES, we could have watched a global presentation but NO it was certainly not a waste of time and the value that most of our community got out of this interaction far outweighed the downside.
I feel like I haven't addressed other benefits like external relationships and input but that can take into another discussion altogether.
I did a quick check with the people at the end of the night and the response was favourable. So well done to all those who contributed and helped make the evening a success and a special thanks to SQLSkills, Erin Stellato and Michael Johnson.
Until next month!
Howard Diesel
First meeting of 2015
A big thank you to everyone who came out to the February 2015 meeting, there was a great turnout for so early in the season, we hope to continue building on this good start throughout the year. This year we began with a new format having three speakers with two short session and one long sessions. The short session are a great way to start you speaking career so please let us know if you would be interested in filling a slot.
Below are the slide decks from the meeting.
Note: The creators of minion reindex have said that they would be happy to answer any questions about Minion, see here for more http://www.midnightsql.com/Minion/
SQL User Group meeting – 9 December 2014
SQL User Group 2014 year end
As this is our final event of the year we want to make it a bit of a fun one. There will be no technical presentations this time, instead we will have two event where the audience can take part and win prizes.
# I also have a number of Pluralsight subscriptions that we will be giving to anyone who brings a first timer along with them.
SQL Panel
This month we will be hosting our first ever panel discussion. During this discussion attendees will have the opportunity to ask our panel of speakers a variety of questions ranging from SQL specific questions to general thought on where they think the data world is going. Our panel of speaker's consists of:
- Gail Shaw [Twitter]
- Mark White [LinkedIn]
- Jacques Mostert [Twitter]
- Andrew Senior [Twitter]
- Donovan White [Twitter]
If you have any questions that you would lie to ask please send them to me at this address or ask then from the floor on the night.
SQL Quiz
Our audience will also have to opportunity to take part. We will also be hosting a SQL Trivia Quiz, the quiz will consist of a number of general knowledge SQL questions. The top 5 participants will each get to pick a prize from the following items
- Microsoft arc mouse
- Signed SQL Books
- Microsoft azure branded Kit bag
- more
2015 Schedule
With 2014 coming to a close we will be opening the schedule to speakers in 2015. If you would like to speak or if there are any topics that you would like to hear about then let us know.
SQL User Group meeting – 14 October 2014
Meet Microsoft South Africa's GM Zoaid Hoosen.
Microsoft South Africa's general manager Zoaid Hoosen is planning to host a session at the next community night to get you know you. He will have a short session and also take your questions between 18:00 and 18:20 so come by a little earlier than usual. If you would like specific questions asked send us your questions and we will forward then on to Microsoft.
This month Gail Shaw will be presenting her PASS session to the user group so if you are keen to see what a PASS level talk looks like make sure you are there. We will also be introducing a new "Beginners" series, this will be a short 10 minute talk where a presenter will talk about a beginner level topic to help our new attendees the opportunity to upskill themselves.
Meeting Agenda:
Short talk 1:
Jan Potgieter – Basics of SQL Server Execution Plans
Short Talk 2:
Howard Diesel – Dynamic Access Control for SSAS
Full presentation:
Gail Shaw – Guessing Games: Statistics, Heuristics, and Row Estimations
JHB SQL User Group – September 2014
Following SQL Saturday we were happy with the number of people who attended this month's regular meeting. Attendance has traditionally been lower than usual but we had over 20 attendees. The Meeting began with Carel demonstrating some of the cool new functionality that SQL windowing functions allow, including a cool de-dupe trick that the audience was very impressed by. This was followed by Michael Johnson who dug out an often forgotten feature in SQL server, SQL spatial. After the presentation we had an opportunity to talk to the attendees about what they would like to see out of the user group, below are some of the common themes
- More BI Focused topics
- More beginner\foundational talks
- Earlier time slot
- More communication
- More "soft skill" talks
- Specific technologies talks.
We will try to incorporate all this feedback into the user group meetings and perhaps offer a revised format for the next year.
JHB SQL User Group Schedule – 12 August 2014
Due to the success of last month's user group meeting we have decided to change format. Instead of having two full presentation we will move to having one full presentation complimented by two short 10 minute presentations. If you are interested in presenting any of these please let us know and we will schedule you in. This month's topics are:
Short talk 1: Alain Dormehl – SQL 2014 Resource Governor I/O
Short Talk 2: Greg Nicol – Getting started with BIML using BIDS Helper
Full presentation: Anish Sana – Performance tuning your tabular model
To register for this event, click here
We also have seats available for the SQL Saturday Pre-con to be held on the 29th August
SQLSaturday Precon- Understanding SSIS internals and performance tuning with David Hansen MCM
For more details
July user group slides and summary
July was a great session with 7 users presenting lightning talks on a wide range of topics. Below you can find the slide decks used during the presentations.
Luis de Sousa – Buffer Pool Extensions
Minette Steynburg – 5 SQL TIPS you may not know
SeanPearce-Database Compression


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Cinnamon Crescents
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Knead on a floured board until smooth.
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Today on Seattle's Morning News; Chokepoint: June is not going to be an easy month to get across Lake Washington on the 520 Bridge. Major construction closures are planned for three of the four weekends. The pain begins this weekend.Mental illness is still a scary thing to a lot of people. But Katherine Switz says the way to de-mystify it is to talk about it.
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What did the buyers, who had to declare that they were "sophisticated investors", know that was not in the extensive written materials? What did the buyers know about the process by which the portfolio was selected and, given that they certainly knew what was in the portfolio at the time of purchase, what did they really need to know about exactly who had input into its selection? Could not the buyers be said to have simply had an opinion different from that of John Paulson on the direction, generally, of the US domestic housing market and, specifically, of the properties whose mortgages were the basis for the synthetic CDOs in which the buyers were investing? Isn't this simply a case in which Paulson thought the portfolio would go down in value and placed his bet on that and the buyers thought the portfolio would increase in value and placed their bet that way. Incidentally, was an academic lawyer, albeit a fine academic lawyer, the only securities expert who would support the SEC's point of view?
I thought it was all about RICO statutes!
Who writes this nonsense. The SECs case is not a section 11 action, its a 10b action. Accordingly, the case is going to turn on SCIENTER, not materiality. Additionally, its also going to turn on loss causation under Dura, which is a huge problem for a 10b case against GS because the ultimate losses were not tied to any revelation.
April 19 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. faces a regulatory probe in Britain and scrutiny from the German government after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued the firm for fraud tied to collateralized debt obligations.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown called yesterday for the Financial Services Authority to start an inquiry, saying he was "shocked" at the "moral bankruptcy" indicated in the suit. Germany's financial regulator, Bafin, asked the SEC for details on the suit, a spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
Politicians that were forced to bail out their banks during the financial crisis are turning on Goldman, which critics say helped cause the turmoil and profited from it. The European Union is also probing Goldman's role in arranging swaps for Greece that may have masked the country's budget deficit.
President Obama has portrayed himself as the scourge of Wall Street, but that's not how Goldman Sachs's employees and executives saw in in 2008. In his successful White House bid, Obama had no better source of funds: He raised $996,595 from people identifying Goldman as their employer.
Let's put that number in perspective:
* It's the most any politician has raised from a single company since campaign finance reform.
* It was four times what John McCain raised from Goldman.
* It's more than the combined Goldman Sachs total of every Republican in 2008 running for President, House, and Senate.
Can't wait to see who GS turns evidence on in order to get out of this one ...
Could it be that BHO era politics are plain old materiality. Timing in this case answers that in spades.
It's bizarre, even frightening, that anyone would ever suggest that the SEC would settle a case for lack of resources. I would rather the treasury print more money to fund the SEC than have them give up on any meritorious case for lack of resources. Plainly, this case has some merit given the split of perception by knowledgeable lawyers.
I would like to know, however, whether it was common, expected, unexpected or even a precluded practice among the "sophisticated" level of bankers in the complex mortgage portfolio trading industry at the time, that an entity seeking to bet against a trade would alone get to secretly hand select substantial components of corpus of that trade before a purchaser is found, and that that fact of the involvement in selection (not in betting against the trade) would not be revealed? Or was the common practice that the investment bank alone would make the selections (here Goldman) followed solely by review of an independent analysis firm (here ACA)?
Excellent and enlightening reporting. Thanks for the great work on this and other articles.
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A beautifully and newly renovated house situated in a peaceful secluded area with mountain views.
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Enter house into ground floor kitchen diner, with oven, hob, dishwasher, fridge freezer.
Also on this floor is a small washing area with washing machine and a shower room.
On the first floor there is comfortable living room with plenty of seating and a fireplace. SAT TV, DVD and CD WIFI
On the second floor there are two double bedrooms (one with balcony) and a bunk room .
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The Tuscany region
The Garfagnana
is an area exceptionally rich in nature, and is one of Tuscany's best kept secrets! When the rest of Tuscany is busy with people and traffic, the unspoilt Garfagnana is having another quiet and peaceful day. Thanks to its location in the green lush Serchio River valley north of Lucca and Pisa, surrounded by two mountain ranges, the area remains largely unaffected by tourism. The Apennines and the marble mountains of the Apuane dominate the area, and provide spectacular views. You cannot see or hear the noise of the cities, but you are still close enough to experience them.
Nature is at its best here - canyons carved out of rock, mountain pastures, basins extracted from ancient glaciers, rock arches silhouetted against the mountains and lakes derived from the construction of dams. There are pastures and chestnut groves developed from old forests, fruit of the thousands of settlements that have taken place over time. It is a vibrant area where the culture and natural character have been preserved thanks to the existence of parks and nature reserves.
From the northern end of the Garfagnana, the river Serchio winds roughly parallel with the coast for about 30 miles down to Lucca. There is some industry on the flatter valley bottom but the sides generally run up quite swiftly into a patchwork of woods and farms, and green countryside.
The skies feel spacious, because the summits of the mountains lie well back providing stunning vistas, and giving room for spectacular sunsets!
The largest towns in the region are Barga and Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, but the area is a scattering of small communities, and hilltop villages whose orchards, vineyards and grazing lands are separated by oak and chestnut forest.
For the tourist there is an abundance of landscapes, picturesque villages, churches and castles, good traditional local fresh food and wine, and a wealth of time to relax in peace in the atmosphere of yesteryear.
Come from Mid May to Mid June and enjoy the fireflies twinkling around the countryside with their 'fairy' lights – a real sight to see! Or in August when one can relax outside in the evenings and see shooting starts whizzing past…Such experiences are just magical…
What to do in the Garfagnana
When people think of Tuscany, they think of rolling hills, villas and cypress trees. In Garfagnana there are mountains and alpine scenery.
Country Activities
The area is great for walking the many great marked trails, trekking, horse-riding and biking through the amazing and lush tranquil valley, and kayaking on mountain lakes. There is fishing both in the rivers (famous for their trout) and lakes too. Not forgetting the many medieval villages and old fortresses worth exploring, pretty local towns, busy little markets, and plenty of opportunity for sunbathing and picnics, there's something for everyone.
Days out
If you are looking for a cultural day out, or just fancy meandering through pretty towns and feasting on pastries and ice cream, there are many local sights of interest that can be visited:
With its cobbled lanes and impressive duomo with panoramic view, Barga is a naturally beautiful and quaint town, untouched by mass tourism. It's is a gem: ancient, immaculate and prosperous. In an incredible location, it has retained its medieval foundations, narrow streets, tiny squares and steep stairwells. There are many good restaurants, bars, gelaterias and patisseries too for when exploring is just too much!
Of an evening, especially in July, the town comes alive with live free music in its many Squares, markets under the stars, and traditional festas.
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
This splendid medieval county town provides excellent facilities. The region's 'capital', is guarded by its Rocca, a castle decorated in the best 14th century manner. This is also reflected in its piazzas and pavement cafés. It has plenty of bars and restaurants, a good selection of shops and a lively market on Thursday mornings.
Lucca is a wonderful small city protected by massively thick 16th-century walls, which are still intact, and around which one can stroll or cycle. The historic centre within the walls features some of Italy's finest medieval and Renaissance architecture, superb dining, antique markets, designer shopping, and classical and rock music festivals. Easy to access from Lucca are the stunning nearby Lucchese Villas in the surrounding hills and the Wine Trail or 'Strada del Vino'.
Pisa is known throughout the world for its famous Leaning Tower, but there is so much more to Pisa than this striking landmark. This ecclesiastical city began life as a seaside settlement around 3,000 years ago and was first laid out in the mid-eleventh century. Pisa is crammed full of wonderful, historical monuments and buildings dating back many hundreds of years and much of the city has retained its medieval appearance. Pisa is also known for its excellent university, which gives the city a young vibrant feel. Plenty of cafes to stop and watch the world go by.
The capital of the region of Tuscany is a beautiful and busy city. It attracts millions of tourists each year and is regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Its artistic, historic and cultural heritage and impact in the world remains vast up to this day. The Ufizzi Gallery and the Academia are a must to see especially Michelangelo's "David". Stroll the Ponte Vecchio and Boboli Gardens and experience the amazing views from Piazzale Michaelangelo. After the Duomo and Santa Croce, wander the markets for a bargain.
The Seaside
The coastal area of Tuscany is an entirely different site to discover. The waters are clean and a perfect temperature for swimming; the beaches are spotless and well kept - an ideal seaside retreat. The sandy beaches of Pisa, Viareggio and the famous Forte dei Marmi are spacious and ideal for children, and up at Marinella there is a large protected bay with shallow waters. The beautiful coastal towns of the Cinque Terre are also worth a visit.
The Wind Caves
Situated in the centre of the Apuan Alps' Natural Park, this is one of the most complete European caves. Follow illuminated and easy-going trails and admire the many wonders of the underground world. Shining stalactites and stalagmites, to crystal brimmed lakes are just some of the amazing things you will see.
Yearly Events in the Garfagnana.
Each year the main time for festivals is really the holiday period of June, July and August. This is when most small villages in the valley start to have their local fairs and festivals. Celebrations with local foods and traditions, have for example themes of trout, polenta, mushroom, maccheroni, steak and cheese rolling to name a few! There are music festivals also is the summer months which range from Opera to Rock and local folk music. Information can be found at the local Tourist Information Offices.
Poggio itself is an historic village situated in the hills, some 10 minutes north of Castelnuovo which has all facilities including bars and restaurants (9kms ). This is a quaint historic village with cobbled streets and wonderful views. Here there is a bar and basic shop and a train station for easy exploring.
Camporgiano 4km away from the property, has a couple of restaurants and bars, an inhabited castle, supermarket, and small Monday morning market.
Castelnuovo, the local market town is a 15 minute drive away, and the mediaeval town of Barga is a circa 30 minute drive. Take a trip to Pisa in 90 mins and Florence in under 2 hours...
The real beauty of the area though is its proximity to two important Protected National Parks, the surrounding mountains and the hundreds of hill top villages where it seems that time has stood still
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This property does not have elevators.
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