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Governor's & Region Report
Governor's + Region Report –
Slow Food Sacramento's successful membership drive has earned the chapter a visit — and meal prepared by — Matt Jones, the newly elected President of the Slow Food USA Board of Directors. Congratulations! Still haven't joined? We're hoping to sign up just as many new and renewing members by the end of the year. Consider a gift membership — it's easy to arrange.
As we go into end of the year harvest celebrations, we're focusing on the Slow Food Biodiversity Foundation's Ark of Taste project — the FAO-recognized effort to save delicious foods and meaningful food cultures from extinction. Read more about Slow Food Sacramento's celebration of Ark products elsewhere in this newsletter. And thank Snail of Approval Awardees including Elegant Beans/Mohr-Frye Ranch and Kingbird Farms for growing several Ark varieties of beans, fruits, and vegetables. Then take a moment to notice that Snail of Approval Restaurant Magpie Café & Catering notes on its menu when it serves AOT foods. In 2014, the 25th Anniversary of Slow Food, let's celebrate the farmers and chefs who are rescuing these foods. And let's identify and nominate more candidates for the Ark. The Karakul or Fat-tailed sheep, raised at Oregon House in Yuba County, has just been boarded. Spring lamb anyone? Our chapter nomination, Chenin Blanc Clarksburg AVA is being reviewed. Want to join the Slow Food California Ark of Taste Committee? Email email@example.com
The Slow Food California Regional Leaders meeting in San Diego November 2-3 gathered over 50 leaders from across the state as well as Executive Director Richard McCarthy and Jovan Sage and Isabel Eljaiek from the Brooklyn staff as well as Matt Jones of the Board of Directors, plus Alfonso Rocha from Puebla, Mexico (International Councilor representing Mexico and Central America) and representatives of Slow Food Baja. Our focus was on what it means to be a region within Slow Food USA and what big ideas we have for the California region. Our Policy and Ark of Taste Committees are up and running. We formed new committees on Transnational work within the Americas and on Snail of Approval as well as for a series of Master Classes — Master of Meat? Wine? Cheese? – patterned after a very successful Slow Food Italy program. More coming soon, including how to volunteer and opportunities for training. Our policy, ark of taste, events, and fundraising workshops were terrific. And we know we need to spread these opportunities around the state. Best part – meeting all these energetic, interesting, involved volunteers, farmers, chefs, educators, gardeners, and you!
Next up for a regional meeting is Sacramento in connection with the Green Schools National Conference March 27-29, 2014. Stay tuned.
Charity Kenyon
Slow Food USA Governor
Central Valley California Region &
International Councilor
Growing Farm To Fork in Sacramento
What's next as Sacramento seeks to earn and hold on to its title as America's Farm To Fork Capital? Some interesting ideas collected by Chris Macias in The Sacramento Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/30/5860288/growing-sacramentos-farm-to-fork.html
Snail of Approval Winners Announced for 2013
Fourteen local businesses recently received the Snail of Approval award from Slow Food Sacramento, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting good, clean and fair food.
The Snail of Approval program is designed to recognize local busineses that contribute to the quality, authenticity and sustainability of food in the Sacramento community. The Snail of Approval is granted based on the three basic principles of the Slow Food movement: good (authentic flavor), clean (grown and produced so it does not harm the environment) and fair (food producers receive fair compensation).
Businesses are recognized in three categories: Producers, Supporters, and Restaurants. The businesses receiving the Snail of Approval this year are:
Elegant Beans and Beyond
Chocolate Fish Coffee
Temple Coffee Roasters
Insight Coffee Roasters
The Good Stuff
Kingbird Farm
Capitol Garage
Mama Kim's on the Go
Two Flew the Coop
Edible Sacramento
Local Roots Food Tours
The awards will be presented on Sunday, November 3, at the annual Harvest Dinner. For more details on the event, please visit https://slowfoodharvestdinner2013.eventbrite.com/.
For more information about the Snail of Approval program, visit http://slowfoodsacramento.com/snail-of-approval/about/.
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Slow Food Sacramento is the local chapter of the international nonprofit Slow Food, which has more than 100,000 members worldwide. Slow Food believes that the food we eat should taste good: that it should be produced in a clean way that does not harm the environment, animal welfare or our health; and that food producers should receive fair compensation for their work.
Slow Food considers its members and all who eat to be co-producers, not consumers, of food. By being informed about how our food is produced and actively supporting those who produce it, we become a part of and a partner in the production process.
2013 Midterm Report from the California Policy Committee
To: Slow Food CA Region Chapter Leaders
From: Slow Food CA Region Policy Committee
Date: July 30, 2013
Re: Midterm report on policy actions taken by Slow Food CA Region in 2013
To the terrific chapter leaders of Slow Food California Region:
We will soon complete our first full year as a Slow Food California Region. Though we have yet to devise the optimum method of communicating with Slow Food California members, we wanted to report to chapter leaders on our activities and challenges as your Slow Food CA Region Policy Committee.
First, some context: At the end of last year on short notice we sent to California Chapter Leaders our first ever Policy Priority Survey. We asked for your areas of interest weighted in terms of your willingness to take action. Over half the California chapters responded, with these priorities: 1. Farm Bill, 2. GMOs, 3. School gardens, 4. Food Policy Councils, 5. Cottage Food Law implementation, 6. Urban Agriculture.
Chapter leaders will receive a new survey this Fall. You will also be asked to identify chapter members who would like to be more involved in taking action on policy at the state and national level. We will create a special email list for focused communications.
Next, our early success: AB 343 (Ag Gag) – with Slow Food California support, a coalition lead by the Humane Society of the United States, persuaded Assemblymember Jim Costa to withdraw his bill before it was heard. Whistleblowers who report animal abuse by feedlots and similar operations can continue their undercover work.
And then there was the Farm Bill: Our committee members spent a lot of time working with National Sustainable Ag Coalition, Environmental Working Group, and others trying to persuade California Representatives to support amendments and spot bills that would yield an equitable farm bill. Our success was mixed, with some surprising disappointments and some gratifying surprises. Of course the House failed to pass a comprehensive bill and has since passed a bill stripped of food stamps (SNAP).
Slow Food USA, Slow Food California, and Slow Food Orange County are on record with 243 groups from all over the country demanding a full and fair Farm Bill to be passed this summer. The NSAC press release is here http://sustainableagriculture.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Full-and-Fair-Farm-Bill-Now-Statement.pdf
– we are in very good company.
We authored blog posts for Slow Food USA about why the Farm Bill matters: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/slow_food/blog_post/farm_bill_july_2013_update
spoke on the radio http://ecotopiakzfr.weebly.com/program-archives.html
and debated the best way forward. We're still at it!
GMO labeling initiatives on the federal level (Boxer) have our support. The King Amendment to the Farm Bill (which would preempt state labeling laws) earned our opposition. We are working with Slow Food International to build the coalition of Slow Food members who support GMO labeling and are interested in related issues.
More on the State level: Urban Agriculture Incentives AB 551 (Ting) has our support. A proposal to require CSAs to register with the State and imposing new statewide standards AB 224 (Gordon) is under consideration. We're asking CSA's within our network for their views.
Draft training materials plus legislative contacts with staff for each chapter – Stephanie Georgieff with the help of an energetic intern has created a draft of training materials plus contact lists for each chapter, including the staff names associated with food policy. It's a huge task and will be ready for roll out at a Regional Meeting proposed for November in San Diego – with regional trainings to follow.
Policy work is a small but meaningful part of what we do as Slow Food members supporting good, clean, fair food for all: Eat, Learn, Act.
We welcome your interest, comments, suggestions – and participation!
Charity Kenyon (Sacramento), Chair
Stephanie Georgieff (Redlands) Vice-Chair
Dom Fiume (So. Cal. Gov., San Diego)
Matt Jones (SFUSA Bd. Directors, liaison)
Ruth Begel (Solano County)
Peg Champion (South Bay)
Kari Hamerschlag (East Bay)
Laurie Koran (Solano County)
Rick Neugebauer (Temecula)
Jessie Phillips (Tahoe)
Mary Rousseve (Sacramento)
Brenda Ruiz (Sacramento)
Diana Tierney (Orange County)
Slow Food International Council – June 15-16, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
Hosted by Slow Food Istanbul in the midst of the Taksim Square Gezi Park protests, the June 2013 International Council meeting was exciting, inspiring, and tasty. The International Council includes representatives of countries with at least 500 members. (Slow Food USA is represented by two Board members – Matt Jones and Nazli Parvizi and two Governors — Joel Smith and Charity Kenyon). The Council, together with the Executive Committee, plans and promotes the Slow Food movement's development worldwide. As a result of action taken at the October 2012 Slow Food International Congress in Italy, the International Council for the first time includes representatives of Terra Madre communities where the convivium structure is not developed, but Slow Food is working with producers and gardeners — largely in the global South. This expansion made for a rich and rewarding exchange that demonstrated the strength and breadth of the organization.
All but one Councilor was able to attend, notwithstanding the close proximity of the meeting to the rapidly developing demonstrations. Our hosts were fully engaged in supporting the protests, even planting a symbolic vegetable garden in Gezi Park. The Council adopted a resolution in support of those demanding: "a new Turkey, able to value simple but important things, like the trees in a park."
Friday night's dinner started the meeting – on a boat on the Bosphorus – what more need we say? The pleasure of shared food and conversation helped make and strengthen connections across continents and hemispheres; the weather was calm and mild; the lights on mosques and old palaces was dramatic. The demonstrations were far away.
On Saturday Carlo Petrini welcomed us, pointing out that next year 2014, will be the 10th anniversary of the Terra Madre Network and 25th Anniversary of Slow Food. And there is no going back. The question for the Council was how to manage and lead this complex movement for the common good.
To that end, Slow Food has adopted three areas of emphasis to meet our goals for change: (1) 10,000 products boarded on the Ark of Taste — the FAO recognizes Slow Food as the only movement formally safeguarding the biodiversity and the fight against malnutrition. This gives us the responsibility to follow through. (2) 10,000 Gardens in Africa — a movement spreading education and training with knowledge of local seeds to fight both land grabbing and malnutrition. We cannot close our eyes to the injustice of 24,000 people dying every day from hunger, mostly in Africa. Our 10,000 gardens in schools, at hospitals, and in communities can set an example for other NGO's and African governments. (3) 10,000 Convivia and Food Communities — networks have knots and we are currently at 1,600 chapters in 170 countries and 2,200 food communities for a total of 4,000 toward our goal of 10,000.
The growing Youth Food Network is under new leadership of Joris Lohman from Amsterdam who sits on the SFI Executive Committee. Foodstock will take place in Polenza in 2014 – 1,000 students from 67 countries are expected. The SFYFN is developing, including its governance, but it represents our future.
Finally, we need to carry out a census that somehow documents all the different SF projects around the world, so that we can more accurately understand and convey our impact.
We next heard about the re-launch of the Ark of Taste, including review of new documents in draft to explain the relationships among AOT, Presidia, and the Biodiversity Foundation. The point is to make boarding products easier, fun, and rewarding. We may make mistakes, but must not hold back for fear of error. Mistakes can be corrected later. The only mistake is failing to act now to capture and document the wealth of our food communities. There was robust discussion of other knowledge we are losing, including methods of production and processing, as well as of the dangers of bio-‐ piracy. The exciting Alliance of Chefs and Presidia is developing as a way to bring AOT products to the attention of consumers and to support markets for producers. Menu language has been approved.
In the afternoon we met as regional groups, including a meeting of the Americas — from Canada to the tip of Chile. And each group reported out on action items agreed upon within the groups. We will be hearing more about these plans, including a likely Slow Meat conference (like Slow Cheese and Slow Fish) in Colorado in 2015. The more we talked, the more it became obvious that we had links already and could use them to build our networks across the Americas — from Terra Madre communities to chapters. A current example is Slow Food Philadelphia's work with blue corn tortilla makers in Mexico, uniting two halves of a small indigenous Puebla minority and promoting their special corn. We look forward to making more of these connections.
Dinner was in a small, intimate restaurant in the Nisantasi neighborhood. Lovely, diverse, conducive to discussion and very close to the demonstrations. Towards the end of the evening the government ruthlessly cleared Taksim Square, demonstrators fled into the neighborhood, a small hospital was erected around the corner from the restaurant. Our hosts and guests were calm; taxi drivers were able to get us back to our various hotels without much trouble.
Our half-day meeting on Sunday focused on funding, membership: the numbers. We approved the 2013 budget — half way through the year and agreed that future Councils will receive, discuss, and act on the budget at the beginning of the budget year. A lengthy financial report and social report with commendable detail were presented by the external auditor. I, for one, was impressed both by the amount accomplished on a small budget and by the commitment to transparency and accuracy.
Next, we discussed Strategic Goals, which had been presented in draft shortly before the meeting. Another draft will be prepared by October. Councilors are to prepare their responses to the current draft by mid July.
Finally, we were all energized by an upbeat presentation of the Slow Food Youth Food Network, and by a delicious tasting of traditional Turkish foods with a presentation by a well known chef and journalist. Wow! Lots to do and lots of great people to do it with! It was a great honor to represent Slow Food USA in Istanbul.
Charity Kenyon
Slow Food USA Governor, Central Valley Region of California
International Councilor
Sacramento's Chenin Blanc Nominated for Ark of Taste
Slow Food Sacramento is engaged in another international program, the Ark of Taste project of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity.
To make this work possible, Slow Food USA has regionalized its Ark of Taste Committees. Slow Food California's new Ark of Taste committee is headed up by Linda Elbert of the Orange County Chapter. Our own Suzanne Ashworth of Del Rio Botanical has agreed to serve on the jury that selects foods to be boarded. And David Baker of GRAS has submitted Slow Food Sacramento's application to board the Clarksburg Chenin Blanc — a grape variety we are losing to Chardonnay. Chenin Blanc grows best in three places in the world: Clarksburg, the Loire Valley of France, and South Africa.
If you attended our mixer and tasting at Revolution Wine, you know we want to keep the grape in production here! We owe a big debt to Revolution Wine's Gina Genshlea, David Baker, Darrell Corti, and all the vintners that have helped David and SFS with this project. Want a good Chenin Blanc? Stop by Revolution Wine. Want to help with the work of the Ark of Taste Committee? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Read more about the program to protect threatened food varieties of all kinds here: http://www.slowfoodfoundation.com/pagine/eng/arca/cerca.lasso?-id_pg=36
Slow Food Sac and Grant High School Supporting School Gardens in Africa
Slow Food Sacramento has created, through a donation by Kingbird Farms, its first relationship with one of Slow Food International's 1,000 Gardens in Africa. We have partnered the GEO Program at Grant High School in Sacramento with Victoria School Garden in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
We're looking forward to some photo sharing between Annmarie Kennedy of GEO and Sifuni Wilson, Head teacher of Victoria Primary School. The school is currently focusing on improving access to water.
Read more about this program of Slow Food International here: http://www.slowfood.com/terramadreday/pagine/eng/pagina2.lasso?-id_pg=113
Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow Food, wants to grow this program to 10,000 gardens! Would you like to help support the Victoria School project or help Slow Food Sacramento adopt another garden? Contact email@example.com
Spring Fever Catches On In Sacramento School Gardens!
Slow Food Sacramento would like to extend the kindest words of gratitude to our greater community of partners, supporters, and amazing members who last year helped support the soft launch of the School Garden Coalition through their participation in Urban Ag Fest IV.
Last year's beneficiary of funds raised at Urban Ag Fest IV was Rosemont High School Green Academy. And they have put the funding to good use! In addition to adding much needed fencing, Green Academy students completed the ADA beds; graded and plumbed; planted fava beans, asparagus, cilantro, and potatoes; and reserved the clay extracted during excavation to build wood burning ovens!
Culinary Arts teacher Chef Scott Singer, Masonry Program educator Brett Hutchison, and Principal Leise Martinez are excited to demonstrate the practical life and job skills, linked learning, and critical thinking applications possible in a school garden environment. And in the 3rd week of April, almost 70 Rosemont HS Green Academy students walked to neighboring Sequoia Elementary to do a full day of work in that garden alongside their younger friends.
See some photos here:
or on twitter at @RHSCulinary.
Please join us for Day on the Farm, May 19, at Soil Born Farms American River Ranch at the School Garden Expo. At this event, you can get connected to a few of the region's school gardens and edible education programs. Thanks to Assemblyman Roger Dickinson for in-kind support helping to make the expo possible. Help needed on May 18 and 19th! To volunteer, learn more about the Coalition and the exciting work ahead, or to donate resources contact Brenda Ruiz at firstname.lastname@example.com.
What's So Special About Sacramento's Chenin Blanc?
Chenin Blanc from the Clarksburg AVA is described as a light, dry white wine with notes of light honey, nectarine, and peach.
The grapes are native to the Loire Valley in northern France. In addition to the Loire Valley, the world's finest and most distinctive Chenin Blancs originate from South Africa and right here in our backyard, in Clarksburg in the Sacramento River Delta.
Chenin Blanc thrives in the Sacramento Delta because of the welcoming natural conditions: the Delta soil, which is composed of various alluvial layers including sandy loam and dense clay, paired with the hot summer days and maritime-influenced cool nights. Gerald Asher of Gourmet magazine once wrote "It's the right grape in the right place." And local gastronome Darrell Corti proclaimed "Chenin Blanc loves rich Delta soil."
Chenin Blanc was once a popular and prolific grape grown throughout California. In the late 1970s, Charles Krug produced 125,000 cases of dry Chenin Blanc. Yet, today, its production is threatened by wine industry trends. Acreage is at an all time low, falling almost 80% since the 1980s, and most is grown in the Central Valley as an anonymous blending grape. While many vineyards have chosen to replace Chenin Blanc with better selling varietals, several wineries have continued to carry on the tradition of Chenin Blanc, creating unique and award-winning wines, and preserving this distinctive expression of our local region. Producers of Chenin Blanc in our region include Wilson Ranch, Bogle Vineyards, Heringer Vineyards, Baranek Vineyards, Six Hands, and Dancing Coyote.
Originally settled just after the 1849 Gold Rush, Clarksburg has been a productive agricultural area for over a century (producing pears, alfalfa, tomatoes, and cattle). The transformation to vineyards began in the early 1960s. Chenin Blanc was first introduced to the area and quickly became a star, putting Clarksburg Chenin Blanc on the national stage through the 1970s. Almost all of the growers have been farming here for five or six generations, since prior to 1900.
Because of Chenin Blanc's uniqueness and rich history, Slow Food Sacramento and the Green Restaurant Alliance of Sacramento are working on a nomination of Chenin Blanc from Clarksburg AVA for Slow Food's Ark of Taste, which preserves unique flavors from particular regions. We are proposing it be certified as a heritage product, outstanding in terms of taste—as defined in the context of local traditions and uses, at risk biologically or as culinary traditions, and produced in limited quantities.
To learn more, join us for an upcoming Chenin Blanc tasting and Slow Food mixer on April 23. Details and tickets available here.
The tasting will feature these great wineries:
- Revolution
- Bogle
- Rendez Vous
- Heringer
- Clarksburg Wine Company
- Dancing Coyote
- Blue Plate
- Twisted River
- Dry Creek Vineyards


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Last year I was lucky enough to be part of The Big Shakeout at Thornbridge Outdoor Centre in the Peak district. I was there to document the event for the team at Alpkit, and to enjoy the film, music, outdoor activities and friendly banter on offer. I even ended up in a late night rock jumping competition with Johnny Dawes! I went with my 6 year old, Leo and my partner Hel, and we all had an amazing weekend, with activities tailored for everyone. The events and activities for kids were especially good. The highlight for me was standing round a roaring fire with a bottle of fine ale listening to this man, Rick Warren singing the blues –
There is no way we would miss The Big Shakeout this year and I'm very happy to say I will be running one half of an Adventure film and photography school with Alex Ekins, a talented and well respected climbing photographer.
The course will be tailored for keen amateurs who hope to take their skills up a notch or two. Together we will capture the many activities that will be ongoing thoughout the weekend. As well as many 'on the go' topics that come up, we will look at:
~ What kit?
~ Using and protecting your kit in harsh environments.
~ Basic capture settings and frame speed.
~ Composition.
~ Dynamic shooting – movement and style.
~ Engaging your viewers! Subjects and stories.
~ Behind the edit. What the viewers don't see!
Participants will be expected to bring their own equipment along, preferably a DSLR or high end compact and lightweight tripod. As we all know though, it isn't the technology, its the person using it. So if you don't have a spangly camera, just bring something that records video and plenty of creativity and adaptability.
Here is an example of my work –
My Own Hands from Land and Sky Media on Vimeo.
You can see a list of available courses at this years Big Shakeout here –http://www.alpkit.com/bigshakeout/schoolofadventure
And here is the video I made from 2011, hope to see you there this year!
The Alpkit Big Shakeout 2011 from Land and Sky Media on Vimeo.


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A Little Ash Wednesday Voodoo
Last year about this time I was already discussing the Tigers' World Series victory parade and trying to figure out how I would attend. Turns out I may have been a little premature in my expectations. Luckily, I learned my lesson and will never again have expectations about the Tigers.
Or at least that's what I thought until this article popped in my Yahoo today. What am I supposed to think when I read this:
Rick Knapp, the new pitching coach in Detroit, held up his hands. "We're only 10 days into camp," he protested. But his eyes shone. And the corners of his mouth couldn't beat back the grin.
The last thing that anyone who roots for Detroit (the city or any of its teams) needs is hope. And that's exactly what stories like this provide.
I prefer the "What strange disease did Joel Zumaya contract this offseason" type of story. That rings true. Even the "Fernando Rodney wrestled an alligator" story is acceptable because then you just kind of expect the worst. But all of these Miguel Cabrera looking relaxed and Dontrelle Willis actually hitting the strike zone stories have the opposite effect. They make you re-evaluate the lineup and wonder if maybe we do have a chance in an admittedly weak AL Central.
It's kind of like the lead up to Obama's inauguration. You keep telling yourself that he's just a man and there's no way he can right all the wrongs of the past eight years overnight. But you can't help it. You hear the news. You see what's happening. And you start to think, well, maybe it could happen.
No, not for me that kind of optimism. I'll take my seat over here, firmly ensconced in the misanthrope camp. Rick Porcello looks good? So did Dontrelle. Cabrera is finally coming into his own? We thought the same of Renteria. With both Rodney and Zumaya healthy, the most heated battle is for the closer position? I'm sure Zumaya has a travel version of Guitar Hero with him.
See, I've been a fan of the Lions and Tigers for long enough to know better. So, how about you check in with me at the All-Star break and then we can chat about Porcello, Cabrera and Zumaya, ok? Until then, I'll just be sitting here with my Ozzie Guillen voodoo doll, trying to figure out what crazy thing I can make him say next.
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Don't worry, Allen, the Tigers will be just fine this year. You guys got…Adam Everett and Juan Rincon, so I'm sure you can start planning that WS parade now. And I thought Brandon Lyon was supposed to be the closer.
Of course, baseball prospectus thinks my Twins will only win 79 games this year, so I have no business mocking the Tigers.
Where can I get one of those Ozzie Guillen voodoo dolls? That sounds like a fun Saturday night. haha
being hopeful or optimistic about the tigers is like being hopeful that the house you bought in Florida in 2006 was gonna double in value in the next year. some things were just never meant to work out.
when the tigers crush your soul as they inevitably will, just remember to look on the brightside, we still have the Red Wings.
You Tigers fans are a sorry lot. I agree with DK: stick with the Red schWINGS.
Three words, Allen: Tampa Bay Rays. If that team can go from last to first, why not the Tigers? Cheer up! And take your Zoloft!
Tigers are going to have a better season than people think. I would love to see Miguel Cabrerra in a Giants uniform. lol
~King of Cali
Hey, weren't the Tigers in the World Series just a couple of years ago? Things are much better now than earlier this decade when they were losing 150 games per year. I think the AL Central will be pretty competitive this season, but the Tigers have just as good a chance as any (well, maybe a better chance than the Royals) to win that division.
So is that a picture of your seat when last year's expectations went up in flames?🙂 Sorry, couldn't resist. But that's the great thing about baseball – anything can happen this year!
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
Trust me on this.
By the end of the Spring Training, you will love Edwin Jackson. The kid will just charm you with the way he is going to become better and better this year.
He might end up in the fifth slot, but that is fine. He will do great in that position. Remember, he did win 14 games with the Rays in 2008, and had two games taken from him by two blown Troy Percival save opportunities going awry.
Detroit's pitching coach has good reason to grin, smile or even do an Irish jig. They will be so much better than 2008.
Rays Renegade


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The Animal Rescue Shelter in Huntley recently won $1,000 in an online contest from Petfinder.com that is meant to help animal rescue groups across the country.
The Huntley no-kill shelter won the weekly prize as part of Petfinder.com's "Animal Rescue Site's $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge." The public is allowed to vote once a day until April 28 for their favorite rescue shelter in the online competition.
The grand-prize winner takes home $100,000. The Huntley shelter is eligible for the grand prize.
To learn more about the competition, visit www.petfinder.com/shelterchallenge


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Thanks for all the good wishes! My niece was born at 4:37 pm, and her name is Marley Savannah (my mom's name is Martha and they wanted to name her for my mom, but my mom begged them not to call her Martha ), and of course, she is beautiful. Not that I'm biased or anything.
I need some help from you mamas who have experience with NICU though; she is having some pretty significant trouble breathing and is on a ventilator. The doctors think it's related to her CMV exposure during pregnancy but aren't sure. I don't even know what to ask about that, but I need your help for my SIL. She is (understandably) having such a hard time. She's scared to see or touch her and feels like this is her "fault" for being exposed to CMV during the pregnancy (which of course she couldn't help) and having to deliver early due to pre-eclampsia. I am worried about my niece and it's breaking my heart to see my SIL hurting so much. What did you need in terms of support while your babies were in NICU?
ETA: I just realized that this went from a "big grin" to not so much a grin. I think I'll also post a separate thread somewhere else.
Hey mama...ok first things first.
Do they KNOW that CMV is at play here? Was your SIL tested? Was the baby tested? From everything that I know about CMV, the breathing problems don;t seem to fit...but of course I am no doctor.
How big was baby? Head, weight, length. Those are also some ways to tel if CMV is to blame for some of the problems because it can cause some differences in those areas.
How long has she had the symptoms of pre-e? Do you know what her blood pressure got to? Liver enzymes? Protein levels?
As far as baby...tell your SIL to be with her as much as she can. I know it is scary...there is so much going on and it looks so frightening. If she was born smaller of course you think that you are going to hurt them. We weren't able to hold Nolan for the first few days because of the vent but we were there touching him through the isolette as much as we could. She will know that her mama is there, and daddy too, and that is the best thing. She could also record her voice and play on a tape recorder inside the isolette if the hospital will let her bring one in.
Is she pumping? I found this too if she is hesitant about that
Good luck mama. Lots of well wishes coming their way!Breastfeeding benefits outweigh the minimal risk of transmitting CMV


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How frustrating! And here I've been whining because I can't get the lights working on my 5 year old tree. If it was a new one id be steamed. And undecorating... I'm so sorry. How awful!ReplyDelete
How frustrating! And here I've been whining because I can't get the lights working on my 5 year old tree. If it was a new one id be steamed. And undecorating... I'm so sorry. How awful!ReplyDelete
Oh no! And it was so pretty :( Sorry.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 17, 2011 at 4:37 PM
I bought a Martha Stewart pre lit tree from Kmart and I am having trouble with the lights. This is the 3rd year owning the tree and each time more lights burn out. Has anyone found out how to fix the lights? I no longer have the original box to call the number on it, so if anyone has the number it would be appreciated.ReplyDelete
I do in fact have the number for you! Here it is: National Tree Company 1-800-280-TREE. I hope they are able to help you! :-(ReplyDelete
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The hope and hype of MOOCs
A panel discussion on a new model of education and a new platform of engagement
At the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting, the OCLC cooperative hosted an expert debate panel on MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses. More than 400 librarians—live in Philadelphia and via online streaming—turned out to hear whether MOOCs truly represent a sea change for both public and academic libraries, or just a new twist on distance learning. (For an introduction to MOOCs, see MOOCs: a quick background)
And, above all, what roles might libraries play? What are the potential ways libraries might create and support MOOCs? How are libraries already involved in MOOCs, and what are strategic opportunities and challenges going forward?
The panel was a star-studded cast, including Bryan Alexander, Anya Kamenetz, Ray Schroeder, Audrey Watters and Cathy De Rosa—who shared new OCLC research on MOOCs, online education and what it means for libraries.
The panel was in agreement that the technology is exciting and offers a chance to redefine—or at least alter—learning and education for the better. But how this will work out and what shape it will take is not entirely clear.
Following is a summary of the thoughtful and provocative discussion that took place, as the panelists debated the future of education and where libraries fit in.
The symposium was hosted and the debate moderated by Skip Prichard, OCLC President and CEO.
The event began with a brief keynote by Bryan Alexander, Senior Fellow at NITLE, author of the book, The New Digital Storytelling (2011), an editor of the Horizon Report and a frequent writer/speaker on topics including social media, digital storytelling, mobile devices, gaming, pedagogy, scholarly communication, forecasting and the future of academia. Bryan gave a quick intro to the topic of MOOCs, before joining the rest of the panel for a lively debate.
Joining Skip and Bryan were:
Cathy De Rosa, OCLC Vice President for the Americas and Global Vice President of Marketing. Over the last decade, Cathy has led quantitative library research work that has resulted in seven major membership reports that explore library users' behavior and the perception of libraries. The urgent need for funding for public libraries also led to Cathy's work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant-funded "Geek the Library" advocacy campaign.
Anya Kamenetz is NPR's lead education blogger. She joined NPR in 2014, working as part of a new initiative to coordinate on-air and online coverage of learning. She is the author of several books about the future of education, including: Generation Debt (2006), DIY U (2010) and the forthcoming The Test (2015). Previously, Anya covered technology, innovation and social entrepreneurship for five years as a staff writer for Fast Company magazine.
Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus and Associate Vice Chancellor for Online Learning at the University of Illinois at Springfield, and Director of the Center for Online Leadership and Strategy at the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA). Ray has delivered numerous national presentations and publications in online and technology-enhanced learning. He has published the popular "Online Learning Update" and "Educational Technology" blogs for the past dozen years.
Audrey Watters is a technology journalist and founder of Hack Education. Audrey has written extensively on MOOCs, including a Library Journal "Digital Shift" blog post, "MOOC Mania: Debunking the hype around massive open online courses."
In their relatively short history of six years, MOOCs have rapidly grown into a major force in higher education, presenting new opportunities in online learning, academic credit and pedagogical approaches.
Why? The rational is straightforward. They offer hope in a higher education landscape that is reeling from reduced funding, shrinking enrollment, and the sky-rocketing expense of obtaining a college degree. MOOC mania is happening at a time when the cost and quality of education at all levels is being questioned.
"The economic case, not the ethical and pedagogical, for MOOCs is pretty strong, at least to reduce costs. One of the greatest benefits of open learning and MOOCs is informal learning. For people who don't have good libraries or schools or homes, this is a tremendous opportunity."
Bryan Alexander
MOOCS can drastically reduce costs—most are inexpensive or offered for free, and the possibility of using another organization's MOOCs can cut instructional expenses. They also provide greater flexibility in course delivery and can reach an audience well beyond the local campus—which may provide an alternative revenue source other than simply raising tuition.
Populism vs. prestige
Because they are widely available, successful MOOCs can raise the profile of a university or an individual in the globally networked, educational environment. The cost of traditional degrees is heavily influenced by scarcity: there are only so many chairs in a room and so many hours of faculty time in a day. Small class size and individual learning opportunities have long been a hallmark of high-end, prestigious institutions. But MOOCs turn that calculus on its head, rewarding audience size—popularity—rather than scarcity. This provides an incentive to develop materials and processes that can be effective at scale, which in turn drives popularity—a virtuous cycle which, in the long run, may support both the best content, and the best ways of delivering online education.
"For hundreds of years, [exclusive universities'] prestige has been predicated on how few people they reach. And suddenly, in two years, they decided their mission statement and their prestige was going to come from how many people they reach."
Anya Kamenetz
The Internet is the new learning place
The most compelling reason, however, to see MOOCs as a positive force is their promise of establishing new learning models and innovative teaching techniques that could lead to improved student performance.
Everyone on the panel agreed that educational technology in general, and MOOCs in particular, are poised to potentially redefine learning, reshape the student experience and extend quality education opportunities to almost anyone anywhere with an Internet connection.
"This is an amazing time to be a learner. The Internet affords us a lot of opportunities to not just connect with more content but to connect with more humans. And I think that has amazing potential for how we learn and how we teach. The vision of the MOOC is profoundly transformational—community-based, learner agency, on the open Web."
Audrey Watters
The panelists remarked on the fact that the technology used to deliver MOOCs isn't particularly cutting edge—it's largely delivered through online video, wikis, bulletin boards, blogs and comments. What's changed is their familiarity and ubiquity. Teachers have been working online resources into their curriculum for almost two decades, and have had almost as much time to begin using online courseware, scheduling apps, grading systems and other learning management tools. More importantly, today's traditional-age undergraduates have grown up with the Web as a comfortable and constant partner in their education. As a result, many MOOC students come to the medium with enough digital literacy skills to join in immediately. In short, not only is the Web now ready for massive numbers of students…the students are already there.
"With MOOCs, students and users are excited about breaking the mold and thinking about education in a different way with a different model. Students are going to have a bigger voice than they've ever had to really shape education"
Cathy De Rosa
Despite the potential of MOOCs to radically reduce costs, raise a university's profile and improve education, a number of issues and questions remain. The first and foremost is: can they possibly live up to the expectations placed on them—affordable education for everyone with few if any learning problems? Do they really represent a turning point in online education? Or are they simply a popular and headline-friendly trend in a more general move to online education?
As Bryan notes, it is important to know that in 2014, MOOCs are coming off of a giant hype wave, and criticism and opposition to MOOCs, some well-informed some not, is mounting.
"When it comes to MOOCs, we've seen over-hyped, over-promised statements. The technology press in particular is prone to these hyperbolic statements about the death of the university—in 50 years time there will only be 10 universities left in the world. If we look at the demand for education globally, it's hard for me to imagine that we won't actually have many more providers of education in the future. Certainly I have a hard time imagining how we would get down to 10."
Audrey Watters
MOOCs—the opiate to technologists?
Proponents—the entrepreneurs and technology leaders who stand to benefit most—say that MOOCs and online courses will disrupt and even end education as we know it. And it's about time, they say, because students today cannot be educated like their parents or grandparents were—the world is vastly different. They argue that today's world is digital, interactive, online, and the education system needs to reflect that in order to connect with students and bring new excitement to learning.
Others see it quite differently. Opponents say the push for MOOCs is driven by Silicon Valley corporations whose primary interest is beefing up revenues and boosting stock prices, not education. Lacking is any robust analysis and honest critique of the value of the technology or its potential downside—job losses, colleges merging or closing, and the loss of spontaneous, spirited classroom interaction, a key element in today's learning and one of the most valuable aspects of a face-to-face approach. A much more rigorous examination of the ethical and pedagogical benefits of MOOCs is gravely needed, they say.
Waiting for the results
Proponents also declare that MOOCs are a planetary learning platform—open to anyone who wants to look—that not only provides unrestricted access but also boosts student performance due to their self pace and repeatable nature. MOOCs have an enormous global reach that can educate and improve the lives of anyone, they say.
"There's a lot of money in educational technology in general and an arrogance about its ability to solve the world's problems."
Anya Kamenetz
Many faculty are skeptical of the pedagogy of MOOCs, however, and there is little data on how well massive online courses work. They worry that MOOCs will not match the quality and standards of on-campus programs. The majority of faculty are not using or creating MOOCs and are not incorporating them into their classes. Also, the vast majority of students aren't taking MOOCs; they aren't widely accepted since most offer no credit and do not lead to a degree. MOOCs also have not been integrated or mixed into the curriculum—they have a very light presence on most campuses.
Some early casualties
Among the specific criticisms is poor attendance, low completion rates, lack of credentialing and copyright violation. And, despite the claim to cut education costs, no successful business model has emerged. A number of MOOC startups, most notably Fathom and AllLearn, have shut down, unable to sustain themselves and losing more than $30 million from university endowments in the process. Others are still operating but at financial deficits that cannot be sustained indefinitely by venture capital investments. The reason venture capitalists are interested in MOOCs is that with 200,000 people signing up for a course, that type of traffic and that type of audience is eventually going to produce an online media business. But early results don't bear out that kind of thinking.
Gains in student achievement and performance also have yet to be consistently proven. A Udacity program with San Jose State University to offer three basic math courses was paused because of underwhelming student performance.
"Credentialing and course credit is something we have to continue to address. We have to assure that every element of the class was completed 100%. There must be an emphasis on quality assessment."
Ray Schroeder
A new role for libraries
The wave of excitement and offerings around MOOCs is causing libraries to think about the place of open, online learning in their overall mission. Traditionally, libraries have provided access to library services and scholarly resources with an appropriate level of currency, depth and breadth to support the institution's mission, core themes, programs and services. Distance learning students were entitled to the same library services and resources, including direct communication with librarians, as on-campus students.
Should libraries support MOOCs, even though many of the class participants won't even be attending their university? MOOC enrollments can far outnumber traditional university course enrollment, and many of the participants are not traditional college-age students.
Ray, who has directed two MOOCs with students in 70 countries, believes the role of the library is essential for a successful MOOC experience. "The library can serve as the anchor, that physical anchor with people to help students identify the resources that they need to complete classes."
Audrey agrees that the library presence is not only essential but worthwhile. "Access to knowledge is the mission of the library," she says. "If we are talking about a global knowledge project, if we're talking about opening up research to everyone, then to me, the library feels like a pretty natural place for that to rest."
"Since we don't have good gateways into MOOCs, I think public libraries can help people, especially adult learners, identify what MOOCs would be good for them to explore."
Bryan Alexander
Should libraries produce content, curate content or gather content to support MOOC development on their campus? As courses are being offered online to diverse and geographically distributed audiences, what are the challenges for licensing and clearing copyright for materials used in courses? Are there opportunities for libraries to advance the conversation on open access? And what about grades/course credit? And how do you serve learners of all different age ranges?
According to our panelists, there is potentially a powerful support role for libraries to play depending on which sector they belong to. Some of the roles are new, some traditional.
- Libraries can be more and more involved in media production and in selecting content to support MOOCs.
- Managing the issues of copyright vs. license vs. accessible material—that's another key role libraries can play.
- Special collections librarians have the opportunity to connect their collections to MOOCs.
- Public libraries can be an access point to MOOCs and extend their broad public education mission. They have this great underappreciated role for furthering access to the Internet for so many people, especially rural and poor people.
- For academic libraries, there is a wonderful support role to be played in helping curate the content for MOOCs.
The emergence of MOOCs clearly presents challenges to libraries in how these courses interact with scholarly resources and library services. But they also offer some potential new pathways for libraries that could change their responsibilities and extend their influence into new communities in order to help shape this new development in education.
A promising yet unclear future
As we weigh the benefits with the concerns, what will the future be for MOOCs? Are they sustainable, or just another stop on the long stream of online or individualized learning, which some say started in the 1930s with correspondence courses. One thing for sure is that MOOCs have galvanized a conversation within the university about technology in teaching. If the mission of the university is the creation and dissemination of knowledge, how can the academy not be involved?
"I actually have a lot of hope about people's ability to connect and learn together and keep alive areas that are not economically viable, such as digital humanities, perhaps."
Anya Kamenetz
Libraries must be involved as well. They may have to reimagine curriculum support and information delivery, and they may need to become involved in supporting faculty in the production of MOOCs and becoming the technical intermediaries between content creators and MOOC platform providers. But libraries can play a defining role in the digital management strategy for MOOCs.
Odds are good that online learning will continue to spread. But whether MOOCs are the right approach to bring real change is not clear. It may be that we just have to wait until, like so many other technology-based media, the tools simply become part of our daily lives. As Bryan says, "We will eventually stop saying blended learning and just say learning."
OCLC market research indicates that we may have reached a tipping point in online education. "MOOCs may provide libraries with a new opportunity to enable people not only to learn, but to construct and share their knowledge and stories in new ways and to new audiences," Cathy says. "Libraries can really help catapult their communities forward in terms of how we think about content creation and teaching."
ISSUE 23 contents
- Index
- President's Report
- The hope and hype of MOOCs
- MOOCs: a quick background
- MOOCs by the numbers
- WorldCat Works linked data: connecting library resources into the core of the Web
- Right-scaling stewardship of the collective print resource
- EMEA Regional Council 2014 Annual Meeting
- 200 WorldShare Management Services libraries live
- OCLC rolls out new discovery, knowledge base services
- Making a place in the community: public libraries go outside the box
- At a Tipping Point: a tipping point is coming to education
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Since her acclaimed indie film breakout "Another Earth" in 2011, word of Brit Marling's acting and screenwriting talents have spread like wildfire around the globe, making her one of the hottest talents in Hollywood.
Her latest film in front of and behind the camera, the espionage thriller "The East," comes after a busy nine months that has found Marling acting opposite the likes of Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon in "Arbitrage," and working with Robert Redford -- the actor and director -- and a talented ensemble cast in "The Company You Keep."
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The two also collaborated on the screenplay for "The East," which is once again directed by Batmanglij.
Expanding into more theaters Friday, the film stars Marling as Jane Owen, a former FBI agent-turned-undercover operative for a private security firm who is saddled with the daunting task of infiltrating The East -- an eco-terrorist group which has been exacting covert attacks on major corporations that have covered up crimes against humans and nature.
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"The film is a sort of thrill ride -- but it's like an espionage thriller that cuts through a more prescient landscape -- a landscape about the now, which I think raises a lot of questions about things like activism, authority and accountability," Marling explained.
Marling said the film is not politically divisive, and that people on both sides of the aisle will share common frustrations.
"Whether (they're) on the right or the left of the spectrum or somewhere in-between, I think everybody is feeling really frustrated with corporate greed and corporate accountability," Marling said.
In an unfortunate bit of serendipity, Marling said some events she and Batmanglij initially wrote as fiction actually came to fruition as real-life events a short time later.
"There are instances like the BP oil spill. We actually wrote that scene that happens at the beginning of the film, and a couple weeks later, that occurred," Marling said.
Whether it's portrayed in a film or happens in real life, Marling, 30, said events like major oil spills can't go on without some sort of follow-up questioning.
"Here this massive disaster happens, and in the PR nightmare to clean it up, they dump dispersant on the oil that's just as bad for the environment as the oil spill is. Then they get slapped on the wrist with a fine that they could probably pay in a week, and it all disappears. I think everybody feels like, 'Wow, there's something that doesn't feel right here.'"
Marling says in the complicated world of filmmaking, it's not often the timing of film can be in sync with the news of the day, and she's thrilled "The East" is coming out at the right time.
"The thing we keep hearing over and over again is, 'The film is so zeitgeisty -- it's so about what's happening right now," Marling said. "Usually there's a lag in filmmaking -- it takes so long to get a film made -- and when it's done, it ends up talking about the past. It is rare to get to be able to put your finger on the pulse of what's happening around you."
The only thing better, Marling added, is the satisfaction of knowing she's accomplished a rare feat in industry -- releasing a movie that can be every bit as informative as it is entertaining.
"As a storyteller it's your job to entertain and keep moviegoers on the edge of their seats and show them something they've never seen before," Marling said. "That was our primary focus, and if you can do that and set it in world in which all this rich stuff is happening, then maybe it will connect with somebody."


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As a business librarian at a public library, I get the full range of questions from a huge variety of people. Some are interesting and challenging. Some are mundane and repetitive. Some are just … really, really odd. But if you asked me what my job at the library is, I wouldn't leave it at "answering questions," even though that's what takes up a lot of my time.
My job is also to help you get your next job, maybe to help you create your next job. It's to help you promote and enrich your start-up or growth-stage business. And networks and platforms are probably where some of that's going to happen.
I'm not using this term in the broad, fuzzy sense of "anywhere something happens." Yes, the Web itself is a technology platform and network for delivering information and apps. And the library's common rooms can be—should be—community spaces for meetings, learning, discussion. But that's too easy. It stops short of where we can be as 21st century institutions and it probably won't do much to help you get your next job, grow your business or connect to your cause.
Networks and platforms, as discussed by Phil Simon and David Weinberger in the cover article, are designed not just to provide a particular set of services, but to allow and encourage others to connect to and build surprising, creative and innovative things.
Libraries, of course, can do that in spades. My library has a terrific set of programs that connect to our local art community. And others related to sustainability efforts. And still others that work with local authors. What differentiates the "Gang of Four" giants' efforts from programs like these, though, is that we tend to build them as one-at-a-time, "Hey, this is a neat idea!" activities. Someone has a need, we have a resource, there's a group of interested people … boom! A new program.
That's OK—many of them are great—but it's like building a new social networking service every time you make a friend. We need to think much more broadly about what it means to help connect people and programs in today's information environment.
I, and other librarian friends of mine, have had people come into the library because of recommendations they got on Twitter. Groups that formed on Facebook have come in for a real-life place to meet with those they've known only online. That may be one of the most important roles in our near future—the library as a "physical place to engage with virtual connections"—Ray Oldenburg's "Third Place" with an Internet component. Rather than doing this as one-off programs for specific local groups, though, what would it look like if we provided generalized tools and resources? What if we put our assets out there—like Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook do—and let our users figure out what they wanted to do with them? Working with patrons until we are providing not just services, but meta-services.
We can't stop doing those things our users expect. I have to answer the question about how to fix bullets in Microsoft Word. And we have to teach basic "digital literacy," both to people who are, on the one hand, scared to death about privacy issues, and to those who are so gung-ho that they neglect even basic online security measures. But if we don't also start seeing the library as a place where others can design and promote their own answers, we'll lose out. Even if your next job is not directly building apps for the iPhone or selling crafts on Etsy, chances are greater every day that you will find it or do it with the help of a variety of networks and communities. And if I'm not out there making the library one of them … then I'm not doing my job.
ISSUE 20 contents
- Index
- President's Report
- From community to technology ... and back again
- Moving to meta-services
- Gates Foundation, OCLC continue partnership for library staff development
- First Global Council President from Asia Pacific shares his thoughts
- Exploring shifts in user engagement
- OCLC maps the future of cataloging, discovery and interlibrary loan
- How Kindred Works ... works
- We live in a networked world
- WorldCat statistics
- Updates
About the Author
Nicolette Warisse Sosulski
Nicolette Warisse Sosulski is the Business Librarian for the Portage Michigan District Library and was the 2011 recipient of the Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship.
The Portage District Library is located in the heart of Portage, Michigan, just south of Kalamazoo, about 50 miles east of Lake Michigan.


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For Immediate Release
January 26, 2012
State Board recommends responsible increase in education funding
$265.2 million increase from FY 2012 still below previous state funding levels for education; State funding has been reduced by about $650 million since FY2009
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Board of Education today approved a Fiscal Year 2013 State General Funds budget recommendation that provides a nearly $265.2 million, or 3.9 percent increase over the current year. The Board's Fiscal Year 2013 proposal is still about $426 million less than the funding received in Fiscal Year 2009, the year with the highest level of education funding.
"We are taking a responsible approach to championing education in the state of Illinois," said State Board of Education Chairman Gery J. Chico. "This budget reflects our efforts to balance the current economic situation with our role to advocate for education and fight vigorously against any more cuts in this area so critical to our future. Investing in education is an investment not only in the individual lives of more than 2 million students and their families, but also the economy and welfare of our state and nation."
The Board's recommendation provides increased funding in some specific line items such as early childhood education, bilingual education and several reform initiatives already under way in Illinois. Board members are recommending an increase of $201 million in General State Aid (GSA) during FY 13. Last year, insufficient funding was appropriated to pay GSA at the statutory Foundation Level of $6,119, which resulted in a statewide proration of 95 percent or an effective GSA Foundation Level of $5,953. However, attempting to increase transparency in budgeting, the Board's FY 13 recommendation shows a decrease in the per-pupil GSA Foundation Level, despite the increase of $201 million in this line, from the FY 2012 level of $6,119 to $5,972.
"On behalf of the Board, I urge legislators to seriously consider increasing education funding for the first time in more than three years," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "Our proposed budget reflects a very modest increase that would support local schools and ongoing reform efforts. We are implementing some of the more meaningful education reform measures in the history of our state, and nation, but we need lawmaker support to turn many of these initiatives into reality."
The progress Illinois is making with its reform efforts was recently recognized by Education Week in their just released "Quality Counts 2012-The Global Challenge," the publication's annual edition grading states on their education systems. While the Board recognizes much work still needs to be done, Illinois' standing improved 11 spots, from 40th to 29th. Illinois' highest score was an A- in Standards, Assessments and Accountability, in recognition of work to adopt and implement the new Illinois Learning Standards based on the internationally benchmarked Common Core and our work with the Partnership for the Assessment of College and Careers. The ongoing implementation of recent education reforms means Illinois' overall ranking will continue to improve.
The Board's recommendation includes new line items to support comprehensive reform initiatives under way in Illinois. Continued work on these reform initiatives will ensure the state meets criteria outlined for the federal waiver to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, more commonly known as the No Child Left Behind). Some of proposed FY 2013 increases or expenses include:
- $201.3 million increase for General State Aid (GSA)
- $19.9 million increase for early childhood education, providing a 6.1 percent increase over FY12 levels but still falling short of the FY09 levels.
- $7 million increase in the bilingual education line item to help districts meet the needs of the growing bilingual population across the state and meet new mandates to provide bilingual preschool programs.
- $5.8 million increase for State Assessments which were cut by nearly 9 percent in FY11, to be used to assess the academic growth of additional students consistent with the parameters of the waiver application. This increase would also cover the cost of restoring the 11th grade PSAE writing exam, which was eliminated this year due to budget cuts.
- $4.1 million in additional funding to support new principal and teacher mentoring as outlined under comprehensive reform legislation, referred to as Senate Bill 7, signed into law last spring.
- $3 million appropriation for improvement strategies and interventions in the state's lowest performing schools.
- $2.8 million increase in the amount of funding to pay incentives for recently-consolidated districts, and for feasibility studies as districts consider consolidation or another form of reorganization to increase efficiency.
- $2 million toward training educators on Common Core Standards implementation.
- $1 million appropriation toward support and resources for the growing population of homeless students in Illinois schools.
As part of the budget making process the Board conducted a series of five public budget hearings around the state last fall where citizens, local and state politicians and candidates were invited to voice their priorities. More than 80 people signed in at those hearings to advocate for increased funding and another 1,300 sent written comments, also calling on the Board to restore, maintain or expand funding for General State Aid and specific programs.
The Board based its decisions regarding programs and funding on several key principles, including support for the largest number of students and greatest flexibility for districts, minimizing the introduction of new programs and mandates in order to conserve resources and the alignment to ISBE's strategic plan goals:
- Every student will demonstrate academic achievement and be prepared for success after high school.
- Every student will be supported by highly prepared and effective teachers and school leaders.
- Every school will offer a safe and healthy learning environment for all students.
The Illinois State Board of Education will provide its budget recommendation to the Governor and General Assembly for consideration as part of the overall State FY2013 state budget. The Board's budget proposal is posted on www.isbe.net/budget.


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Is it true? HV says that if I give my 22 mths old daughter more calcium products she will not want BM so much? This seemed a bit weird and far out to me! (I noticed there was a typical sense of urgency and relief that I wanted advice to wean)
Is it true? HV says that if I give my 22 mths old daughter more calcium products she will not want BM so much? This seemed a bit weird and far out to me! (I noticed there was a typical sense of urgency and relief that I wanted advice to wean)
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Not that I'm aware of.
That wasn't very helpful, was it? Here's a resource on calcium. Maybe it will help a little?
My daughter got LOTS of calcium.. cow milk, enriched soy milk, broccoli, cheese, yogurt... These were her favorite foods/drinks. And she liked blackstrap molasses added to cow and soy milk. And she was always game for BM. I can't imagine what I'd do if she wanted it even more than she did! Nursing was her favorite thing to do for the first three years of her life.
And now she can't remember it!
But, if I warmed and sweetened some milk, she WOULD often settle for it if I didn't want to nurse. But I know another kid who'd settle for water if it was in the right kind of sippy cup. And another kid who'd settle for cuddles.
This sounds doubtful to me. Breastfeeding, even if we're only talking about nutrition, is about a whole lot more than calcium.
Nursing the girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Mama to Daniel (12/3/06) and Lucy Jane (8/28/08)
I won't go to see this particular HV again, I shall go to another one. But, I have sort of taken up on a part of her advice about calcium, cos I wasn't really thinking about 'the calcium part of things' in my daughter's diet (I just go with the flow). So I have introduced along with her daily yogurt which she gets anyway; a cup of cow's milk in the afternoon and some cheese with raisins as a snack mid morning just to get her used to eating a bit more dairy and actually drinking cow's milk. Plus as much BM as she likes to her dear heart's content! I do have an intention to start slowly wean my daughter when she's two in July and I thought she might as well get used to the substances, but then again I may change my mind.
Thanks for your replies girls!!! Any more suggestions welcome!
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I had my first daughter in England, and my second daughter in Sweden. I'm American as well, so I have gotten information from quite a few different sources.
I have to admit I wasn't too impressed with the first HV that I saw in England! She yelled at us for taking turns sleeping with my week old daughter on our chests, half sitting up. She had a terrible cold and it was the only way she could sleep. Her concern was that the baby would get used to co-sleeping and 'never stop'. I must say, she's 5 now and has slept in her own bed consistently for 2 years now.
It doesn't seem wrong to add more calcium!


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The baby humpback whale that stranded itself off East Honolulu in January was very sick, according to scientists. They explained what they found, just before a memorial service for the whale in Aina Haina Friday night.
It was just before 4 p.m. on Jan. 14 when a fisherman noticed a baby humpback struggling near the surf spot known as Secrets. By 9 p.m., the whale was dead.
Scientists found it had enlarged lymph nodes, lung problems and was basically, terminally ill.
"It was fighting a systemic infection, or an infection all throughout its body," said David Schofield, the Pacific Islands stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He said if the whale was healthy, or if other whales were spotted in the area, they would have set it free.
"We had two veterinarians on scene, we had probably five marine mammal experts on the beach and we would have done everything possible. But unfortunately, it was a hopeless case," Schofield added.
People who witnessed the events that evening and watched the whale struggle to its death say it was a very traumatic experience.
"That couldn't be our last thing we saw, was the whale. So we needing to have some kind of coming together as a community to return the ashes back to sea to get balance again and to really begin the process of healing," said Tim Mason, pastor at Calvary by the Sea Lutheran Church, which hosted a community meeting and a Hawaiian cultural ceremony for people to learn more about what happened that evening.
Hawaiian cultural practitioner Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu said, "It was a way to honor its place in and amongst us and to remind all of us it's important to live in harmony and balance with nature and the environment."
"It makes me remember how lucky we are to live Hawaii, where people value the land, they value the animals that live in the ocean and on the land," said Steve Pherigo, who attended the meeting and ceremony.


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Our efforts to help lift people out of poverty got extra help from the Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law by President Obama in 2010. This bold new legislation created comprehensive health insurance reforms that will take full effect in 2014. The law also provided crucial funding for health programs to help most in need and served by ACF programs.
The Affordable Care Act funds:
1. Programs that improve the health outcomes of at-risk children in Native American communities through the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program,
2. Partnerships with states, Tribes and local programs through the Personal Responsibility Education Program to prevent unplanned pregnancy and prepare adolescents for adulthood,
3. Work with states to promote abstinence and HIV/AIDS education among teens in the State Abstinence Education program,
4. And an innovative effort that connects out-of-work Americans with health careers that are in demand. The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) provide education and training to people receiving Temporary Assistant for Needy Families and other individuals struggling to get into the middle class. These health care positions pay well and are expected to experience labor shortages. As more people get access to health care in the coming years, there will be a growing market for:
Anticipating this growth, the Affordable Care Act gave ACF's Office of Family Assistance funding for 32 HPOG programs throughout the nation. Grantees that educate this future workforce partner with community organizations to enhance supportive services for Health Profession Opportunity Grant students, such as transportation, dependent care and temporary housing.
As you can see below, for many of these future medical professionals, this opportunity is a second chance at life.
Luz Torres was out of a job, living out of a car and couldn't provide for her family of four in the Seattle-area — until a Food Bank worker referred the young Latina to an HPOG program administered in Washington state.
Quinton Sanders dropped of out of high school to take care of his elderly grandmother. Having no diploma or career prospects, the African-American teenager was determined not to become another statistic and sought help from a South Carolina works program that showed him a pathway to self sufficiency.
Van Dinh Kuno, a former Vietnamese immigrant, is able to help other new citizens fulfill their American Dream on a regular basis. Kuno's Refugee and Immigrant Services Northwest center has successfully placed 50 HPOG students in good paying jobs with full benefits since 2011.
ACF is working hard with communities of color to help promote these great opportunities provided by the Affordable Care Act. For more HPOG success stories, visit the HPOG Community.
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Talk of the TownFebruary 07,2013
Happy new year?
BARRE TOWN Sure, 2013 is more than a month old in the good old U.S. of A., but the Year of the Snake hasnt yet started in China, where theyll be ringing in the new year over the weekend.
Theyll have some help right here in Barre, where celebrating the Asian New Year has become something of a tradition thanks to the Friends of the Aldrich Public Library.
For the 12th straight year the group of library boosters will be holding its Chinese Banquet and Auction on Saturday at the Knights of Columbus hall on Pine Hill Road.
It starts with a social hour at 5 p.m.; dinner, courtesy of guest chefs Chet Briggs and Henry Huang, will be served at 6 p.m.
This years menu features appetizers ranging from Smoked Soya Eggs with Mandarin to Five-Fragrant Chicken with Szechuan Pepper Salt and dishes that include Braised Fish with Garlic and Bok Choy with Pepper Bacon.
Were told you can find the complete menu on the librarys Facebook page (the URL is www.ow.ly/htWS6).
It wont be all about the food Saturday night, because once dinner is done a live auction featuring a long and diverse list of items will begin. Proceeds from the dinner and the auction, which will be run by David Sanguinetti, will go to the library.
Tickets (theyre $25 apiece) are still available, though the number is dwindling and seating is limited to 160. Were told reserving a table for eight is still an option, though the banquet typically sells out.
So, if youd like a ticket or two (or eight?) just call the library at 476-7550 and make your New Years Eve (thats what Saturday is in China) reservations.
Pie time
WATERBURY Theres a whole lot of baking going on in Waterbury as local Rotarians prepare to turn the concept of breakfast for dinner on its head for the third straight year.
Thats right, its pie time in Waterbury, where it will be a sweet and savory mix of dinner and desserts for breakfast Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. at the American Legion on Stowe Street.
They call it Pie for Breakfast, and they arent kidding.
There will be more than 100 kinds of pies from chicken pie, shepherds pie and pizza pie to apple pie, blueberry pie and banana cream pie served up during an all-you-can-eat benefit for the clubs youth exchange program.
How much does it cost?
Adults can indulge for $7, and its $5 for children 10 and under.
Puppet masters
BARRE When it comes to explaining things, sometimes its best not to stray too far from the script. When it comes to the Bread and Puppet Theater, weve found thats a rule worth remembering.
Want proof?
We give you The Circus of Possibilitarians a show that were assured will go on at the Old Labor Hall on Granite Street on Feb. 14 (remember, thats Valentines Day!) at 6 p.m.
The circus of what?
Our point exactly.
What we know for sure is admission is $5, soup and sourdough bread will be served before the puppets are unleashed, and for more information you can call 456-7456 or email email@example.com.
Here is what were told (verbatim because we really dont want to mess this up): The Circus of Possibilitarians is a satirical horse and butterfly circus, addressing pertinent national and international issues in a clownish fashion, including rotten ideas, a wild dancing horse and some mellow lions, a solemn salute to the worlds casualties and much more! The Dire Circumstance Jubilation Ensemble provides a little bit of brass and a lot of noise. Please take note that if some of the circus acts are politically puzzling to adults, accompanying children can usually explain them.
Translation: If youve got kids, bring them. If you dont, sit next to someone who does and enjoy the show.
Vacation getaway
MONTPELIER If you dont know what to do with the kids during school vacation, dont despair: The Vermont History Museum will be putting on school vacation adventures.
On Feb. 27, the museum at 109 State St. will offer a program called Art of the Civil War, and on Feb. 28 the program will be Vermonts Natural Resources.
The programs are for children 6 to 12 years old and include a visit to the museums exhibit Freedom and Unity, crafts, games and a snack related to the days topic.
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In Toronto INQMND, GOODFOOT and SMPLSZ will host a fundraiser and hat release party on Nov 23rd 2006 at Supermarket 268 Augusta Ave., Toronto. (Augusta just south of College).
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Doors open @ 9PM and donations are $5.
DJs for the night will be 88.1's Mixtape Massacre massive (Taktiks, Linx, Seven:30)
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All proceeds to go to the J Dilla Foundation.
Toronto: J Dilla Benefit Nov 23rtd 2006
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