text:
A large crowd attended the opening weekend celebrations for unDisclosed. Visitors took the opportunity to hear curator Carly Lane and sixteen artists speak about their work in the exhibition. A performance by artist Gunybi Ganambarr in front of his work was a highlight, as was the joint presentation to curator Carly Lane by all the artists at the end of the day's events on Saturday.
On Sunday workshops were led by artists Lena Yarinkura, who taught weaving techniques using pandanus, and Bob Burruwal from Maningrida, Arnhem Land, who demonstrated sculptural techniques used to create his Wurum spirit figures.
Click the image above to see a Flickr gallery of images from the opening.
Artist Danie Mellor assisted visitors to draw using similar materials and techniques as his own. In addition Gallery educators led workshops in response to works of art in the exhibition with a focus on the sculptures of Alick Tipoti and Lorraine Connelly-Northey and the paintings of Naata Nungurrayi.
Events accompanying unDisclosed continue in June and July, for a full listing visit our online calendar. Highlights include the following NAIDOC week celebrations:
Sunday 1 July 2.00 pm Performance: Alick Tipoti and dancers from the Torres Strait Islands
Sunday 8 July 2.00 pm
Screening: The Tall Man
(main image) Danie Mellor 'Welcome to the Lucky Country' 2009
(detail) pastel, pencil and wash with glitter and Swarovski crystal on Saunders Waterford paper, on loan from artist and Dr Clinton Ng.
(left) Alick Tipoti in front of his works at the opening weekend of 'unDisclosed'.
Jirra Lulla Harvey, the 2010 Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellow, introduces unDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial | More NGA videos
On Friday 18 May the Gallery announced our exhibition for summer 2012-13, Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge. This major retrospective exhibition devoted to the art of French 19th century artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in painting, drawing, posters and prints will run from 14 December 2012 to 2 April 2013 in Canberra only.
The exhibition will trace Toulouse-Lautrec's career from his earliest works to his extraordinary depictions of the Paris social scene, the dance halls, the café-concerts, the brothels and theatres.
Works are drawn from 35 collections, both public and private, including major international institutions such as the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Tate, London, the Courtauld, London, the El Museo de art Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid and many others.
Works will also be drawn from the NGA's own collection of Toulouse-Lautrec prints and posters; most of which have been acquired recently to be shown for the first time.
Tickets will go on sale through Ticketek in September.
(main image) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
'La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge' (La Goulue entrant au Moulin-Rouge) 1891-92 (detail) The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Gift of Mrs David M. Levy
(left) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
'Moulin Rouge: La Goulue' 1891
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Acquired through the National Gallery of Australia Foundation and the Poynton Bequest, 2010
Members recently enjoyed the opening of unDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial. If you haven't yet seen the exhibition we have two members events coming up in June. On Thursday 21st June, Tina Baum, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, will tour the exhibition followed by refreshments in the Members Lounge. Then on Thursday 28th June, we have a special after hours viewing and talk by Danie Mellor – one of the artists represented in the show. For more information or to book these events please click here.
On Saturday 19th May we welcomed the Austrian Ambassador, His Excellency Dr Hannes Porias, for a special high tea in conjunction with von Guerard: Nature revealed. Members toured the exhibition with Roger Butler, Senior Curator, Australian prints and drawings followed by a high tea in Gandel Hall.
To find out about upcoming members events and book online visit the members page at www.nga.gov.au/members.
Recent improvements to the Collections area of our website allow you to browse our permanent collection with greater ease and more satisfying results. Users can view works currently on display as they are grouped in the gallery space by the curator, a level of information not previously available online.
Major collecting areas such as Asian Art, Indigenous Art or International Art are now broken down further into sub-categories. For example, within Australian Art you can now browse Colonial NSW & Tasmania
or Australian Impressionism, among others, allowing you to follow the narrative of groupings and discover unfamiliar works within an area of interest.
This new search structure lends itself to people who want to leisurely browse the collection. For those who are after information on a specific work, our Collection Search remains the ideal tool.
Visit the Collections area of our website today and discover something new.
(image) A detail of Claude Monet's 'Waterlilies'
from the
NGA website.
In 2009, the NGA and Wesfarmers Limited established the Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellowship and Leadership programs to address the relatively small percentage of Indigenous professionals participating in the visual arts sector.
The Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous
Leadership program provides the opportunity for
up to 10 Indigenous Australians to travel to the NGA and learn about the visual arts and museum sector over 10 days. The 2012 program will take place from 12–21 September.
(main image) Installation photograph from 'unDisclosed' showing works of Lindsay Harris and Jonathan Jones.
The Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellowship focuses on the professional development of Indigenous people in roles supporting the visual arts, such as curating, marketing, exhibition management, art handling, conservation, registration, publishing, photography and fundraising. The program fosters Indigenous leadership and professional development in the visual arts.
Every two years, two Indigenous Australians are awarded a Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellowship to complete a project of their choice.
For further details about both programs, including application forms, visit the NGA website.
The closing date for applications is Monday 2 July 2012.
The National Gallery of Australia is renowned for its national leadership role in showcasing the very best of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. This was once again reflected by the recent opening of unDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial.
This role has more recently been expanded to include supporting and building the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts sector through unique and innovative programs such as the Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Leadership and Fellowship programs.
With the opening week of unDisclosed, the Gallery once again reinforced its strong reputation as a leader in the sector by hosting not only the diverse range of artists featured in the exhibition, but over 20 Aboriginal art workers from across Australia.
Nine Aboriginal art workers and four support officers attended the Gallery as part of the Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists art worker extension program to undertake a variety of professional development opportunities.
These art workers were joined by six Aboriginal cultural development officers and two support staff from across the NSW regional arts network to attend the opening week program of unDisclosed.
In addition to these two groups, the steering group of the recently formed Aboriginal Art Centre Hub Western Australia also attended the opening week program of unDisclosed.
This year's Masterpieces for the Nation Fund is dedicated to the acquisition of an impressive and important bark painting by prominent Kuninjku artist Yirawala. Kundaagi – red plains kangaroo was painted in 1962 and shows the critical moment when an evil mimih spirit captures Kundaagi the kangaroo, before ceremoniously killing and eating him. This powerful painting depicts the moment of an ancestral story related to traditional burial ceremonies of the Kininjku people of western Arnhem land.
The quality of this painting is exceptional and its acquisition presents the opportunity to reunite the work with its original family of Yirawala barks currently in the national art collection.
To help us in our efforts to acquire this painting, please follow
this link or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Warm thanks are given to the many generous donors who have already contributed towards the Masterpieces for the Nation Fund 2012. All donations over $2 are tax-deductible and all donors to the Fund will be invited to view the work at a special thank you event hosted by the Director of the National Gallery of Australia,
Ron Radford AM, in September this year.
What has been your most satisfying moment as an educator?
There have been quite a few, but I'll mention an example from yesterday. After a discussion of Blue Poles a group of year 10 students looked unimpressed and told me they didn't 'get' this kind of painting and in fact weren't really into art at all. They wanted to look at 'something 3D and kind of interesting', which sounded like Robert Smithson's Rocks and mirror square II. They loved the piece and were impressed by the banality of the bathroom mirrors and rocks showing alternative and virtual landscapes. We then discussed Anselm Kiefer's Abendland [Twilight of the West] with a focus on its material meaning. I think they left with a new understanding of art and reminded me that people don't always see the same things in a work as I do.
If you were a work of art in the collection what would you be?
Any of Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly series: roughly strewn on a kitchen table and with a story to tell.
What is your favourite work currently on display?
Chuck Close's Bob. A brilliant confluence of process, discipline and material.
Are there any works in the national collection that pose a special challenge for educators?
Smithson's Rocks and mirror square II, mentioned previously, is (physically) challenging for both educators and viewers because it is best viewed on hands and knees. This is not a dignified posture and I like to think Robert would have enjoyed the thought of moving viewers around his 'landscape'. Sitting on stools around it changes it's meaning from a participative experience to an art object. I think young people enjoy and understand this piece almost universally due, in part, to its physicality and to it's origins as bathroom mirrors and rocks.
What is the strangest / funniest question you've had from a school student?
A student asked me while touring the Renaissance exhibition 'Do you believe in God? Surprised by the question, I stuttered 'Well, no, maybe, well I used to, etc.' after recovering my composure slightly, I asked him why he wanted to know. He thought someone who knew as much as he thought I did about religion would be a believer. I pointed out that my religious knowledge had more to do with the subject of the art and the environment in which the artists had lived and that I'd learnt it so I could tell him all about it. He seemed bemused that he'd surprised me. It's nice to be jolted out of your own narrative occasionally by an unexpected question.
(image) A self portrait by John Carey
Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix opens at QUT Art Museum in Brisbane on 29 June. We are giving you and a friend the chance to attend the opening of the exhibition, plus a copy of the Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix exhibition catalogue.
To enter email firstname.lastname@example.com. Winners will be notified by COB 22 June 2012.
Natori Shunsen
'Okochi Denjiro as Tange Sazen' 1931
from the series 'Supplement to collection of portraits by Shunsen'
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra,
Pauline and John Gandel Fund, 2011
Stars of the Tokyo stage: Natori Shunsen's kabuki actor prints | RMIT Gallery, Melbourne Vic.,
29 June – 25 August 2012
Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix | Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Vic.,
19 April – 11 June 2012
Fred Williams: Infinite Horizons | The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne Vic.,
7 April – 5 August 2012
Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix | QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD,
29 June – 26 August 2012
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift: Blue Case: Technology |
Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie QLD,
30 May – 10 July 2012
South Australia
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift: 1888 Melbourne Cup | Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery Port Pirie SA, 19 April – 25 June 2012
New South Wales
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift: Red and Yellow cases | Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW, 22 May – 9 July 2012
In 2004, the NGA published 'Eat Art', a cookbook featuring recipes by well-known chefs in response to works of art in our collection. In this issue of artonline we share with you Stephanie Alexander's recipe inspired by George Baldessin's Pear - version number 2 1973.
'The bronzed and glowing finish on the braised pears in this recipe echoes the marvellous lustre and sensual curves of the Baldessin sculpture. The Queen of Nuts cake is a perfect partner to the pears. Both recipes are originally from Italy, which is also appropriate, as this was Baldessin's birthplace. In fact I learnt to prepare the pear dish in Venice in Marcella Hazan's kitchen. Marcella used bay leaves. I have substituted the indigenous lemon myrtle. Cooking the pears in butter and sugar and then gradually adding the wine results in a caramelised finish that is much bolder in flavour then the more usual poached in red wine.'
View Stephanie Alexander's recipe for Braised Pears with Australian Lemon Myrtle Leaves and Queen of Nuts cake.
Win tickets to the artist talk by Danie Mellor followed by refreshments on Thursday 28 June 2012. Enjoy two night's accommodation*, including breakfast, courtesy of unDisclosed: 2nd Indigenous Art Triennial Accommodation Partner Mantra on Northbourneand receive a copy of the exhibition catalogue! Total prize package valued at $550.
To enter respond by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Winners will be notified by email by COB 14 June 2012.
*Twin share accommodation for Thursday 28 June 2012 and Friday 29 June only. All additional expenses including travel are at the expense of the winner and their guest.
Congratulations to Clare Hinchey, winner of the NewActon experience promoted in the last issue of artonline.
Danie Mellor in front of his work
'Paradise in the sun' 2010
Mantra on Northbourne


text:
Cinematographer Jeff Kimball, ASC embraced the opportunity to collaborate with Stallone in bringing the action drama to movie screens. The DP shot the 1994 film The Specialist, which also starred Stallone. The Expendables was Kimball's chance to shoot a feature with Stallone at the helm.
There was about four weeks of preproduction planning that included finding, assembling and dressing locations, as well as assembling the cast and crew. The Expendables was mainly produced at practical locations and sets in New Orleans, La., and exterior scenes on the island were filmed on the coast in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. New Orleans Location Manager Ed Liscomb knew the lay of the land in Louisiana, and Stallone and Kimball met with Production Designer Franco-Giacomo Carbone, who did double duty by scouting locations in Brazil, where he has worked on many films. "There's a mansion built up against a hill that has a big statue of Jesus on top of it in Rio," Kimball says. "It was built during the 16th or 17th century. The visual effects team led by Wes Caefer used shots that we took of the mansion and statue for blue screen composites as backgrounds for exterior scenes that we shot in New Orleans."
New Orleans was familiar territory, as Unit Production Manager Joshua Throne has done four films in Louisiana in the past six years, and Kimball shot Glory Road there in 2006. The state offers attractive tax incentives, and Kimball notes that there's a deep pool of talented camera crew. Locals made up most of Kimball's crew; the main exceptions were Dan Delgado, who is Kimball's regular gaffer, and A Camera Operator/Second Unit DP Vern Nobles.
An early decision was made to produce The Expendables in Super 35 film format coupled with digital intermediate (DI) timing during postproduction. Kimball explains that the scope of backgrounds and action scenes with multiple characters called for a widescreen 2.4:1 aspect ratio.
Nobles has been on camera crews on several films featuring Stallone, most recently Rambo in 2008. For The Expendables, Nobles provided most of the cameras and lenses from his own, well-maintained collection with additional gear from Keslow Camera. The first unit carried ARRICAM LT, ARRICAM ST and ARRIFLEX 435 cameras with a full set of Zeiss Ultra Prime lenses. The second unit carried ARRIFLEX 235 and 435 cameras also with Zeiss Ultra Primes. A compact Bell & Howell Eyemo camera was used occasionally. Chapman/Leonard and Panavision Remote Systems provided most of the other gear, ranging from camera cars and dollies to cranes and a Technocrane with a Libra head. That combination allowed the crew to cover scenes from any perspective.
Kimball asked Stallone if he wanted test shoots with the actors. "[Stallone] said, 'I trust you. You know how to shoot faces,'" Kimball recalls, giving a good example of their collaborative process. After reading the script, seeing locations and listening to Stallone's vision for covering scenes, Kimball chose three KODAK VISION 3 color negative films for his palette. He made extensive use of 5219, a 500T stock for evening, interior and darker daytime scenes. Most daylight sequences were recorded on either 5201 50D or 5205 250D film, depending on where and when they were shooting and what the light was like.
Stallone set up scenes, rehearsed with the actors and checked where Kimball set up the cameras –– some were on wider shots and one or two were usually on close-ups of Stallone or another actor. Sometimes one or more cameras would cover the physical explosions. The second unit crew occasionally covered action sequences with aerial shots taken from a helicopter. "There were almost always three or four cameras rolling," Nobles says. "Some of the actors, including Jet Li and Mickey Rourke, were only there for a fixed amount of days. On certain days, Jeff had three units working around the clock."
For the film's opening when the mercenaries rescue the imprisoned hostages from the hold of a boat, the scene was literally shot in the dark. "The mercenaries were wearing special glasses that enabled them to see in a dark, smoky environment, which gave them an edge over the pirates," explains Sean Fairburn, SOC, who operated the thermal imaging camera used to shoot that scene. Manufactured by FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared), the camera was mounted on a rig, which enabled Fairburn to shoot from the point of view of the mercenaries. The camera registered everything warm in different colors. "We tested to see how we should set the camera to record facial expressions on the actors and stunt men playing pirates," Fairburn says. "I spent several days with the film effects and stunt people designing a way to create an illusion of bullets hitting the bodies of pirates. We had the AD drop the ambient temperature on the set by 20 degrees [Fahrenheit], so body heat stood out better against the background."
For a shot of a mercenary punching someone in the chest, the heat from the actor's fist left an imprint that registered on the infrared camera. Fairburn explains that he asked the stuntmen to hold hot tea in their mouths before they were punched, so the infrared images would look as though the men had blood on their lips. The infrared shots were integrated with live-action film during DI timing when the images were fine tuned.
When the film's mercenaries rescue Sandra from prison, the scene was filmed in a dark tunnel with brick walls in a Civil War fort in New Orleans, and Kimball shot it with 500-speed film. For ambience, the DP put a 4-foot-long piece of LumiQuest UltraBounce on the ceiling to bounce a fluorescent light. Kimball says the result looks like moonlight coming through windows. His gaffer also used xenon flashlights reflecting off "little" silver or gold cards to simulate flickering firelight.
One huge scene takes place on a set for a 2-acre military compound that was built on a backlot in New Orleans. The compound was filled with army trucks and tanks and had a blue screen in the background, where a mansion and statue were later composited into the scene to establish the setting. "One of the first things the mercenaries did when they returned to the island was attack the military compound to destroy the tanks and trucks," Kimball explains. "We used real explosives. Usually, those were one-take shots covered from different angles and perspectives by the first and second units working together." If Stallone didn't like what he saw, the scene was reshot. In one sequence, the crew blew up a stripped-down Huey helicopter. Stallone wanted helicopter pieces flying in all directions, so when it didn't come apart in the way he had envisioned, the crew put the Huey back together and blew it up again the next day.
Kimball brought essentially the same crew and camera gear to Brazil but Delgado had another commitment, so Kimball brought Mike Ambrose on board as gaffer. There were some glitches when the production got to Rio, such as the camera car and a tow dolly they reserved for rental were no longer available. Also: "We were supposed to shoot a scene that had gunfire, but we were told that the noise would disturb the monkeys," Nobles says. "Another time, we had a 45-minute delay because of a fireworks display for tourists who were visiting the area." The crew planned on filming what Kimball describes as "a huge battle" in the Rio area, but Stallone decided to shoot the scene in Louisiana and composite jungle settings filmed in Brazil for the backgrounds.
Lionsgate has The Expendables scheduled for release later this summer, but here's something to think about in the meantime: When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the production in Louisiana, he was filmed in a cameo role. What's that about? You'll soon see for yourself.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Describing all the accomplishments of Highlands Ranch High School's class of 2013 would take a very long time, Principal Jerry Goings said.
"If I started to name off the number of unbelievable scholarships, you'd be writing several pages about our senior class," he said. "This is an unbelievable class in terms of outstanding kids on the academic side. But not only that, this class is going down as the most civic-minded, responsible, nice group of kids. They are just so pleasant and so well-rounded."
The graduates include two Boettcher scholarship winners: Floyd Pierce and Amy Chen. Chen was also honored with the U.S. Presidential Scholar award.
Overall, HRHS seniors have received a conservatively estimated $5 million in scholarships, and the tally still is growing.
Beyond their scholastic achievements, the seniors have changed the larger community. Students are required to log at least 20 community-service hours during their four years of high school, but several members of this class left that initial mandate in the dust.
"We have right at 20 kids that have served over 250 community service hours," Goings said. "A couple of those students served over 1,000."
Sad as he is to see them go, Goings looks forward to hearing back from the members of the class of 2013.
"I tell you, they're going to do amazing things," he said.
HRHS Class of 2013 fun facts:
Commencement date, time and place: May 22, 9 a.m., Red Rock Amphitheatre
Total enrollment: 1,634
Graduating class size: 402
Senior class officers: Student Body President Allison Corwin, Student Body Vice President Michaela Macre, Senior Class President Alex Lammle and Senior Class Vice President Christina Turcanu
Valedictorian: Thomas Wu
Mascot: Falcon
Class Song: "Little Wonders" Rob Thomas
Class motto: "Whatever you are, be a good one."


text:
San Antonio Freeman, 17, Lebanon is wanted on many active warrants for the aggravated armed robbery attempt on Curd Road, July 11.
Freeman was the shooter in the incident. The victim was approached by two male suspects outside, who attempted to rob him. A third suspect was nearby in a vehicle. A struggle ensued, and a Freeman fired a shot toward the victim. After the shot, the suspects fled in a silver car. The victim was not hit.
Investigators have already identified and arrested two of the suspects, Roderick Majors, 23, Lebanon and Mario Newsome, 24, Nashville. Freeman is still at large and considered armed and dangerous. Freeman also has warrants on file from the Wilson County Sheriff's Department from a pursuit involving a stolen vehicle that took place Sunday, July 14.
Freeman is wanted for Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Robbery, Reckless Endangerment (three counts), Possession of a Prohibited Weapon, Felony Evading.
Anyone who has any information in regards to the location of this suspect is asked to contact the Mt. Juliet Police Department at (615) 754-2550. To remain anonymous and receive a possible reward, contact (615) 754-TIPS (8477). Anonymous tips can also be submitted on the Mt. Juliet Police Department website at http://www.mjpd.org/.


text:
Windsor High School graduation rate of 88 percent surpasses state expectations
February 2, 2013
Other area schools' grad rates
Greeley-Evans District 6 — 78.8 percent
Valley Re-1 — 100 percent
Eaton Re-2 — 89.2 percent
Keenesburgh Re-3J — 90.7 percent
Johnstown-Milliken Re-5J — 79.1 percent
Platte Valley Re-7 — 90 percent
Fort Lupton Re-8 — 75.2 percent
Ault Re-9 — 93.2 percent
Briggsdale Re-10 — 100 percent
Prairie Re-11 – 100 percent
Pawnee Re-12 100 percent
Poudre R-1 — 86 percent
Thompson R2-J — 77.3 percent
Source: Colorado Department of Education
Windsor High School once again exceeded the state's expectations regarding the on-time graduation by graduating 88 percent of its students in 2012.
The Colorado Department of Education released graduation rate numbers Wednesday, and the expectation rate in the state is 80 percent. A total of 75.4 percent of the Colorado seniors graduated on time in 2012.
Windsor's 2012 numbers surpassed its class of 2011 numbers of 86.3 percent grads, the class of 2010 numbers of 86 percent and 86.2 percent for the class of 2009.
According to the Department of Education, 120 (65.6 percent) of Colorado's schools districts achieved a four-year on-time graduation rate at or above the state's expectation of at least 80 percent.
"We are proud to be one of the 120 districts in the state to be above the state expectation of 80 percent; however, we always know that improvements can be made," said Amy Heinsma, Windsor-Severance Re-4 School District assessment coordinator.
"Our graduation requirements are high in comparison to our regional counterparts, so sometimes it is difficult for students to meet those requirements, especially for students who are struggling. Windsor High School has a goal to address how to schedule and support struggling students more effectively as part of their school improvement plan."
Windsor High School principal Michelle Scallon said she's proud of the numbers, but the ultimate goal is to graduate everybody.
"That's always going to be one of our top priorities is to give the kids a good education, and keep that graduation rate up," Scallon said. "We'd love to have 100 percent. That's every educator's goal. We're just going to keep working every year, and keep that a priority."
Scallon said the high school has several programs or ways to make sure students are on target to graduate.
"We have the 10-day absent policy where if a student misses more than 10 days, they have to go through an appeals process to the administration," Scallon said. "Our truancy rate is very low, and I think that's due to the policy adopted. The kids are in school, and they can't miss more than the 10 days excused or unexcused or they'll get put on a no-credit status."
Scallon said it takes 28 credits to graduate from the high school.
"It's a full load for kids for four years," Scallon said. "If you look at our regional counterparts, we're actually a little higher than anybody in this area. It's four full years of classes to meet that requirement."
Scallon said freshmen are indoctrinated into the importance of graduating. The school does a program with Jostens, the class ring and yearbook company, called "Commitment to Graduate."
"We have the presentation given by a gentleman from Jostens, and we talk about the importance of doing well in the next four years," Scallon said. "I show the kids a signed diploma, we actually have them sign a commitment to graduate banner that we display in the commons area. This is the second year we've done it."
Scallon also said there is a piece on the importance of graduation in the freshmen Wizard 101 class that all ninth-graders are required to take.
"The kids actually get to take a picture of themselves in a cap and gown, and they write a letter to themselves reminding them of the importance of education and staying in school," Scallon said. "They get that letter back when they're a senior and are ready to graduate."


text:
Marmon/Keystone adds new equipment to Fort Worth facility
Marmon/Keystone, Butler, Pa., has completed installation of a model 6S modern automatic cutoff system at its Forth Worth, Texas, branch. The lathe system can process materials from 1 to 7 in. OD and handles jobs requiring high-speed, close-tolerance cutting.
A second Amada PC saw 300 also has been added. The high-speed band saw has a capacity of up to 13 in. OD and primarily handles orders over 7 in. OD.
Marmon/Keystone is a wholesale distributor of tubular products, inventorying more than 15,000 sizes and grades of carbon, alloy, stainless, and aluminum tubular and bar products.


text:
- Discover CSUB
- |
- Academics
- |
- Admissions & Aid
- |
- Student Life
- ASI (Student Government)
- Antelope Valley Campus
- Bookstore
- Campus Dining
- Campus Programming
- Career Education & Community Engagement (CECE)
- Children's Center
- Counseling Center
- Health, Safety And Wellness
- Housing & Residence Life
- Services for Students with Disabilities
- Student Financial Services
- Student Organizations
- Student Recreation Center
- Student Rights & Responsibilities
- Student Union
- Vice President for Student Affairs
- |
- Athletics
- |
- News & Information
- Liberal Studies Program Information
- Liberal Studies Staff
- Degree Tracks
- Roadmaps
- Antelope Valley (AV) Program
- Test Information
- Orientation Information
- Career Issues
- Scholarships and Funding
- Student Teaching
Liberal Studies
The best preparation for those who prepare the next generation.
Students majoring in Liberal Studies take courses in all areas of humanities, arts, sciences, and social sciences. The B.A. degree in Liberal Studies is excellent preparation for a career in teaching, and most majors go on to credential programs for K-8 multiple subject classrooms in California. However, there is also a non-credential track for students who want a liberal arts degree without specialization in a specific discipline.
Within the Liberal Studies program, students can choose from a number of different options, including:
- Traditional Credential Track
- Integrated Blended Credential Program (IBEST)
- Integrated Special Education Program (ISPED)
- Introductory Majors (for students seeking Subject Matter Authorization in Mathematics, English, or Science)
- Non-Credential Track
Courses are offered at CSUB's two campuses in Bakersfield and Antelope Valley.Please click on the links at left for more information about the Liberal Studies program at CSUB. Also, revisit this site between now and Fall 2016 to obtain updates on revisions in the curriculum as CSUB moves to the semester calendar.
Liberal Studies Program
California State University, Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93311-1022
Pam Conners
Director of Advising
Phone: (661) 654-3337
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Office: Education 134
Sally Johnson
Program Coordinator
Phone: (661) 654-3337
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Office: Education 135


text:
Mechanics Files
Where the best mechanics rise to the top
Dan Auto Repair
- 9545 Kearny Villa Rd, #106, San Diego, CA 92126, us
- (858) 549-0711
- Is this YOUR shop? Claim it and stay up to date!
Questions Jump to reviews
|They are always honest (3.00)
|They are competent (3.00)
|Their repair price is reasonable (3.00)
|They complete the work in a timely manner (4.00)
|They respond well when they screw something up (1.00)
|They take the time to explain the problems and necessary repairs (3.00)
|They treat male and female customers in the same manner (3.00)
|I would use this mechanic again (1.00)
|I would recommend this mechanic to others (1.00)
Other facts you may want to know
|They fix the problem the first time (3.00)
|The shop is located in a safe neighborhood (4.00)
|The hours of operation are convenient for customers (4.50)
|They are near public transportation (or provide loaners, shuttle bus, rides as needed) (3.50)


text:
Top Definition
Jerrymeandering: The process of perusing thrift stores in search of Jerry Maguire VHS cassette tapes.
Why don't you go Jerrymeandering with your family?
by AUMEYEGOD April 14, 2011
The Urban Dictionary Mug
One side has the word, one side has the definition. Microwave and dishwasher safe. Lotsa space for your liquids.Buy the mug
The Urban Dictionary T-Shirt
Smooth, soft, slim fit American Apparel shirt. Custom printed. 100% fine jersey cotton, except for heather grey (90% cotton).Buy the t-shirt


text:
James Naughton
News about James Naughton, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Review: 'Battle for the Airwaves,' a Rock 'n' Roll History
The show, part of the 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & Lyricists series, was hosted by James Naughton.
February 29, 2016, Monday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Music , Ninety-Second Street Y , Naughton, James , Rock Music
Symphony Space Marking 30 Years of 'Selected Shorts'
A special performance and an opening-night benefit party will mark 30 years of Symphony Space's radio program "Selected Shorts."
October 12, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Cerveris, Michael , Lahti, Christine , Naughton, James , Rose, Anika Noni , Tamblyn, Amber , Public Radio International , Symphony Space , WNYC , Books and Literature , Radio
Wry Hybrid of Debonair and Tetchy
James Naughton opened Lincoln Center's American Songbook series on Tuesday with a selection of Randy Newman's songs.
January 30, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Newman, Randy , Music , Naughton, James , American Songbook (Music Series) , Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Recalling the Life of the Party
James Naughton hosted a Bobby Short tribute, with performances by Barbara Carroll, Paula West, Billy Stritch and the rising cabaret star T. Oliver Reid.
May 17, 2013, Friday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Music , Short, Bobby , Naughton, James
Tunes for the Swank Who'd Rather Cha-Cha
"The Crowds at El Morocco," a retrospective of songs reminiscent of cafe society and Manhattan nightlife, was performed by Billy Stritch, James Naughton, Karen Ziemba and La Tanya Hall.
May 2, 2011, Monday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Music , Stritch, Billy , Naughton, James , Ziemba, Karen , Nightclubs and Cabarets
Setting the Stage for Christmas
The holiday season is normally a predictable time in regional theater, but this year in Connecticut, there are some surprises.
December 7, 2008, Sunday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Christmas , Theater , Connecticut , Woodward, Joanne , Naughton, James , Ayckbourn, Alan , Vogel, Paula , Long Wharf Theater , Westport Country Playhouse
At the Top of the Ladder, Confronting His Demons
This stiff production of Ibsen's complex play, directed by Ciaran O'Reilly, employs a starchy new adaptation by the Irish playwright Frank McGuinness.
October 24, 2008, Friday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Theater , Ibsen, Henrik , Naughton, James , O'Reilly, Ciaran , McGuinness, Frank , Foster, Herb , Parry, Charlotte , Talbott, Daniel
A symposium on R. Buckminster Fuller is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Cooper Union's Great Hall.
September 9, 2008, Tuesday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Fuller, R Buckminster , Landau, Martin , Zahn, Steve , Buscemi, Steve , Livingston, Ron , Naughton, James , McGuinness, Frank , Irish Repertory Theater , Whitney Museum of American Art
War, Loss and the Importance of Remembering
"Surface to Air" David Epstein's new play, which made its debut at Symphony Space on Wednesday, is a play about Vietnam that is for all intents and purposes a play about Iraq.
July 21, 2007, Saturday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Theater , Symphony Space , Smith, Lois , Naughton, James , Bryggman, Larry
Arts, Briefly
A new chief for N.Y.U. Institute, Avery Fisher Career Grants winners announced, James Naughton to direct David Epstein's play at Symphony Space and more culture news.
April 10, 2007, Tuesday
MORE ON JAMES NAUGHTON AND: Borromeo String Quartet , Naughton, James , Spencer, Elizabeth
Rss Feeds On James Naughton
Subscribe to an RSS feed on this topic. What is RSS?
Get Alerts On James Naughton
Receive My Alerts e-mails on topics covered on this page.More Alerts >>


text:
At the National Title I Conference this week in San Diego, district representatives will present a breakout session on how Washington County closed its early education gap by opening 12 Title I preschools. The session titled, "Early Intervention: Closing the Academic Gap Before Kindergarten," will be held on Sunday, Feb. 2 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in Room 10 at the San Diego Convention Center.
Research showed low-income children were entering kindergarten in Washington County School District already behind their peers. District representatives Brittany Nelson, Kathleen Petersen, and Bonnie VanAusdal will share how, in just a three-year period, their district grew its number of Title I preschools from two to 12 and used early learning curriculum, including computer-based programs like Waterford Early Reading, to close that achievement gap before kindergarten.
"Washington County School District is an excellent example of why closing the academic gap before kindergarten is fundamental to the short- and long-term success of a child's education," said Dr. Benjamin Heuston, president of Waterford Institute, a nonprofit research center that develops personalized early education curriculum and programs. "We're proud that through our reading program we've been able to work with WCSD to help academically assist over 600 lower-income pre-K students."


text:
Celebrating the power of film to inspire, Nat Geo WILD announced today, in partnership with the Sun Valley Film Festival and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), that three finalists have been chosen for the first annual WILD to INSPIRE Short Film Competition. Finalists include Always Endangered by Jim Laybourn; Bee Happy by David Thompson and Jacob Taylor; and Wolf Mountain by Dan Duran, Sam Price-Waldman and Brendan Nahmias.
Earlier this week, former NBA star Yao Ming delivered a petition to the Chinese government asking it to ban domestic trade in ivory. The petition was delivered during the opening session of China's annual National People's Congress in Beijing and signed by a number of leading business figures.
Earlier today local Ambassadors, including Musicians Quoc Trung, Do Bao, Producer-MC Anh Tuan, Actresses Hong Anh and Minh Trang, MC Phan Anh, Miss Vietnam Thu Thuy, and Singers Duc Tuan and Le Cat Trong Ly, were at the Sheraton Hanoi Hotel at the "Stop Using Rhino Horn" campaign launch to raise awareness of the rhino horn crisis and urge people to stop consuming this product because "when the buying stops, the killing can too".
February 13, 2014 – As government leaders gather in London to discuss new measures to counter wildlife trafficking, WildAid and conservation's top stars released two new messages as part of the world's largest campaign to reduce the demand for endangered species products. One message, "Whole World", features The Duke of Cambridge, David Beckham, NBA great Yao Ming, and a crash of rhinos courtesy of GreenScreen Animals.
Today the U.S. government unveiled a new national strategy for combating the global illegal wildlife trade. In response, the African Wildlife Foundation released the following statement from its CEO, Dr. Patrick Bergin. Bergin is part of the eight-member Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, which provided suggestions for the development of the strategy and which will be offering further input on its implementation.