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November 2011 E-News Brief
Jan Hochstim, a longtime professor at the University of Miami's School of Architecture, historian of the modern movement, and Docomomo US board member, passed away on November 5. He was 80.
UM released this statement which pays homage to Hochstim's illustrious career. In addition his work as a professor, Jan was also author of Florida Modern: Residential Architecture 1945 - 1970 and Paintings & Sketches of Louis I. Kahn.
A gathering to celebrate Hochstim's life will be held at the School of Architecture's Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center, Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Lecture Hall, on Friday, December 2 at 4 p.m. A reception will follow. To RSVP visit http://arc.miami.edu/rsvp.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Hochstim's memory to: University of Miami School of Architecture, Materials Lab, P.O. Box 249178, Coral Gables, FL 33124-5010.
The Docomomo US Tour Day was an unprecedented success! During the weekend of October 8-10, over 2000 modern architecture enthusiasts across the country came out for tours and events. Along with Docomomo US regional chapters, we were thrilled to partner with a dozen new organizations including a2Modern, Salt Lake Modern, Palm Springs Modernism Week, the Historic Albany Foundation, the Architectural Heritage Center: Portland, the Society of Architectural Historians and Archtober.
Here are some highlights from Tour Day 2011.
Docomomo US/Florida organized two very successful tours in Jacksonville. A morning lecture at Robert Broward's 1965 Unitarian Universalist Church was standing room only, and concluded in a self-guided tour of 1950s and 1960s homes in the area. One of the sites visited was a pristine example of a Cemesto, redwood, and glass structure still occupied by its original owner. A second waterfront residence by William N. Morgan was visited which had been saved from certain demolition. In the afternoon a second tour offered visitors a chance to visit the former Ford Motor Company assembly plant designed by Albert Kahn.
To celebrate Docomomo's national Tour Day, Palm Springs Modernism Week offered its most popular event, the Modernism Double Decker Architecture Bus
|The famed Richard Neutra-designed Kaufmann House is among one of the many iconic buildings seen on the Palm Springs Modernism Week Double Decker Tour. Photo credit: Lydia Kremer
Tour, a fun 3-hour, open-air, double-decker bus tour of Palm Springs' notable midcentury modern architecture. With more than 300 guests, the tour group visited some of Palm Springs' notable residential and commercial buildings throughout the City, including the famed Kaufmann House. Also in California, the Los Angeles Conservancy offered their Modern Skyline tour and nearly quintupled their attendance. More than sixty people enjoyed a delightful afternoon amongst Los Angeles' tallest.
Modern Phoenix didn't tour just one day, but three weekend days over the course of two weekends. Modern Phoenix welcomed one hundred people into modern homes and civic buildings alike, a tremendous turnout. The tours also included living architects and remodeling architects as well as current homeowners.
The Architectural Heritage Center: Portland welcomed a few dozen people for their Reedwood Neighborhood Tour. Led by Gabe Headrick and Leland Hanson, the tour included a brief history of the neighborhood and the opportunity to see inside one of the landmark homes as well as some fantastic mid-century landscaping.
|A view of the reading room with architectural drawings and Island Park rendering from the Robert C. Metcalf collection
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, a2modern partnered for Tour Day 2011 with the program "Growing Up Modern: Experiencing, Remembering, and Researching Architectural Modernism at the Bentley Library." Along with speakers Nancy Bartlett and Nancy Deromedi, Peter Osler, Director, Program of Landscape Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology was the main speaker for the afternoon event. Peter is the son of David C. Osler, architect and grandson of Emil Lorch, former dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Michigan. Peter gave a delightful presentation reflecting on how he felt growing up modern and how he has looked back at the experience. Following the talk, there was a short panel discussion and a viewing of original drawings from the collections of David C. Osler, Gunnar Birkerts, Albert Kahn, William Muschenheim, Robert C. Metcalf, George B. Brigham, Bill Scott and Tivadar Balogh. a2modern would like to thank the Bentley Historical Library in particular Francis Blouin and Nancy Bartlett, Peter Osler and Claire Zimmerman, Ted Ligibel and Martin Schwartz.
In upstate New York, the Historic Albany Foundation hosted a tour of Edward Durell Stone's State University at Albany campus.
|SUNY Albany Theater Interior. Photo: Liz Waytkus
With more than fifty people in attendance, the group viewed exterior and interior settings including the Main Theatre on campus with detailing reminiscent of Stone's work at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. At the conclusion of the tour, Hicks Stone, Edward Durell Stone's youngest son, gave a short slide show lecture about his famous father and his legacy.
Back in September, twelve Docomomo US/New England members visited three modern buildings in Maine: Edward L. Barnes' Haystack School of Arts and Crafts on Deer Isle; a private residence by Nat Saltonstall in Camden; and a private residence by Serge Chermayeff in Falmouth. The tour was arranged by NE President David N. Fixler, FAIA, and NE Content Coordinator Marie S. Sorensen, Associate AIA. Docomomo US/New England would like to thank Stuart Kestenbaum, Director of Haystack; Georgiana McCabe, owner of the Saltonstall house; and Barbara and Michael Payson, owners of the Chermayeff house, for sharing these resources with our members. We would additionally like to thank NE members David Eisen, AIA and Kim Markert, AIA; John Schulz, AIA; and the Maine Historic Commission for making introductions that facilitated the event.
|Ira Rakatansky
On Sunday October 9, Docomomo US/New England and partner organization, the Society of Architectural Historians, toured a half-dozen works by Providence, RI based architect Ira Rakatansky. RISD professor Lynette Widder, author of the book Ira Rakatansky: As Modern as Tomorrow, organized the tour, which was led by Ira Rakatansky himself. The event included several notable interiors and all were appreciative of the generosity of the homeowners for making the visits possible. Additional information about Ira Rakatansky can be found at http://thedesignoffice.org/ira/
The Docomomo US/Minnesota tour featured Modern homes around the Twin Cities area. The tour welcomed more than 200 attendees and included a variety of Modern houses from local and nationally-recognized architects. The tour day was highlighted by a party at Sankaku, designed by John Howe, Frank Lloyd Wright's chief draftsman. The Minnesota chapter thanks Kim Palmer at the Star Tribune and homeowners Sue and Patty Amidon at Sankaku, Martha Raup at the Close home in University Grove, Tony Branfort at the Graffunder home, Stephen Bubal at the Stageberg home, Dobson & Jane West at the Dalyrumple House, and Jim & Sharon Rupp at the Lloyd Wright House.
|Photo: Kirk Huffaker
Tour Day in Salt Lake City was a crisp fall day where seventy-five people gathered at one of the most renowned homes designed by architect Taylor Woolley. Representative of Woolley's strict Prairie style work he did on his own, as a partner in firms, and for Frank Lloyd Wright, the W.W. Ray House is one of the first homes in the city to be built in a new, modern style. Highlights of the Salt Lake Modern event included architectural historian and photographer Peter Goss providing a vivid description of Woolley's career, and a display of several plates of Wright's Wasmuth Portfolio that Taylor Woolley created. Several members of the Woolley family also took the occasion to attend and meet guests. Salt Lake Modern thanks event sponsors: Evergreene Construction, Lloyd Architects, Mony Ty-Mid Century Modern Realty Specialist, The Green Ant, and Whole Foods Sugar House; and to the homeowners for allowing guests into their homes.
The North Texas Chapter of Docomomo US organized a walking tour of the Green Meadows neighborhood, entitled The Road to Texas Modernism. During the tour guests viewed several homes by noted Texas architects, including David Williams, O'Neil Ford, and Howard Meyer. The first house was a two-story home completed in 1932 and unofficially attributed to O'Neil Ford, which features copper light fixtures and handsome woodwork by Ford's brother, Lynn. The second home, completed in 1931, was originally designed by David Williams and O'Neil Ford with more recent, sensitive renovations and additions by Frank Welch and Bentley Tibbs, successively. The gracefully sited, unassuming home, addresses its expansive back yard with a double-height gallery, reminiscent of other Williams/Ford homes. The final stop was at a 1937 design by Howard Meyer, said to be his first modern house. Nicely restored and maintained by its current owner, the house features numerous signature elements of the International Style, including glass block, industrial sash, and an open, flowing plan. In spite of the continuing rain, the afternoon ended with a North Texas tradition - a cookout accompanied by good conversation.
In Connecticut, the New Haven Preservation Trust toured an often neglected yet architecturally robust Yale Medical section of the city. Stops on the tour included the Yale Psychiatric Institute building designed in 1989 by Frank Gehry and the Egyptian-inspired post-modern BCMM building designed by New Haven's own Cesar Pelli.
|Foothill College. Photo: Gretchen Hilyard
Back in California, Docomomo US/NOCA Board member Chandler McCoy and Peter Montgomery led a tour of Foothill Community College. Attendees included interested visitors from as far away as New Zealand. One of several "junior colleges," designed in the early 1960s by the architecture firm lead by Ernest Kump with landscape design by Sasaki Walker Associates, Foothill College, in Los Altos, 30 minutes south of San Francisco, benefited from California's then-flush public coffers and the State's mission to deliver first rate educational services to its growing population. The results are a characteristically Californian campus: grass-covered landscapes shaded with native evergreen trees that flow between pavilions of poured-in-place concrete and redwood cladding. The buildings are grouped in clusters with deeply overhanging roofs that shelter intimate courtyards from the sun, and in winter shed rainwater into pools and lushly planted areas carved from the exterior paving.
|Confluence Theater, part of the U.S. Pavilion at HemisFair '68. Photo: Marlene Richardson
Mid Tex Mod, the Central Texas chapter of Docomomo US, organized an extensive walking tour of the modern art and architecture at the former site of HemisFair '68 in San Antonio. HemisFair '68 was the first official international exposition in the Southwest US. Highlights of the tour included the artwork of Juan O'Gorman of Mexico, Carlos Mérida of Guatemala, and Fred Samuelson, an American based in San Miguel de Allende. Their artwork reflected the theme of the Fair, the Confluence of the Civilizations in the Americas. The tour highlighted buildings presently threatened with potential demolition as the City of San Antonio moves forward with the most recent redevelopment plan for the area. These buildings included the new formalist Confluence Theater (designed by Marmon and Mok Associates and Donald Desky Associates; presently the John H. Wood Federal Courthouse), the Women's Pavilion (designed by Cyrus Wagner), and the Institute of Texan Cultures (designed by Caudill Rowlett Scott). The tour concluded 622 feet above the ground on the observation deck of the Tower of the Americas (designed by O'Neil Ford and Associates). The Tower was recently honored by the San Antonio chapter of the American Institution of Architects for its lasting architectural importance.
The Louisiana chapter of Docomomo US and AIA New Orleans sponsored a bicycle tour of Modernism Along and Around St. Charles Avenue led by Tulane School of Architecture professor John Klingman. The tour began at the AIA Center for Design on Lee Circle and culminated with a reception uptown at the home of architect Marcel Wisznia, a 1936 "House for Tomorrow" designed by Nathaniel Cortlandt Curtis Sr., for Moise Goldstein, architects. Other highlights included stops at the Steinberg House (Curtis and Davis, 1958) and an interior tour of Unity Temple (Leonard Spangenberg Jr., 1960).
|SOM, John Hancock. Photo: Francine Stock
Docomomo US New York/Tri-State held a tour of Roosevelt Island in New York's East River, site of an ambitious "new town in town" developed in the 1970s. The event focused on the exemplary Modern work of that period, based on an urban plan by Philip Johnson and John Burgee and including: residential complexes for a total of about 5,000 people designed by Johansen & Bhavnani and Sert Jackson & Associates; a centralized parking garage by Kallmann & McKinnell; a sports complex and a station for the island's unique aerial tram by Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen. The sell-out group were briefed on the development by Theodore Liebman, chief architect for the New York State Urban Development Corporation during the construction period, two of the architects responsible for key buildings, and a resident who spoke knowledgeably about preservation issues at the cooperative where she has lived for decades.
|Photo: David Bucek
In Houston, Houston Mod organized a tour of three very special houses by Houston's modern masters. Featured was the house that MacKie & Kamrath designed in 1953 for the family of architect Karl Kamrath FAIA. Set on a site next to Buffalo Bayou, the Usonian-inspired house stretches out along a ridge overlooking a deep ravine, a rarity in flat Houston. Just as stunning, and totally different, was the house that Anderson Todd, FAIA, professor emeritus of architecture at Rice University, designed for his family in a 1920s subdivision near Rice University. The house is an extraordinary, one-story, flat-roofed, steel-framed pavilion of brick and glass, which Philip Johnson called, "more Mies than Mies." The third masterwork was the house that John Zemanek, FAIA, professor of architecture at the University of Houston, designed for himself in 2001. It is a moody house, built of exposed timbers and concrete block, and combines the shadowed spaces of rural Texas barns that Zemanek remembers from his youth with intimations of the courtyard houses of northern China. A festive reception followed the tour at John Zemanek's newest house for himself, which he just moved into.
|Savannah Theater. Photo: Tom Little
Docomomo US/Georgia held a wildly successful two-day Tour Day event in partnership with the Historic Savannah Foundation. The Friday event took place at the Benedictine Military School and Priory and included a reception, panel discussion, and tour of the 1962 Juan Bertotto designed facility and its remarkable Priory Chapel. Saturday's event began with a breakfast hosted by the HSF before a walking tour of downtown Savannah, followed by a tour of historic post war neighborhoods during the afternoon. A reception at the 1962 Carl Helfrich-designed Lane/Kaminsky House closed out the weekend's events. Special thanks to all those who made the event possible including the Historic Savannah Foundation, Lord Aeck & Sargent, Don Callahan Real Estate Group, the Savannah College of Art and Design, the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Robert A. Ciucevich of Quatrefoil Consulting.
Last but not least, Docomomo US/WeWa welcomed100 participants to homes on 10th Ave Northwest in Seattle, overlooking Boeing Creek and Hidden Lake, on a beautiful afternoon (a rarity in Seattle!) Highlights included the 1961 Sinclair House owners Laura Brodax and Erik Volkstorf, who shared stories of their renovation, and Nick and Nancy Rust, the original homeowners who shared amazing stories of working with the architect Al Bumgardner on the design of their 1959 home.
Thank you to all who participated!
Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum (1967-1972), generally hailed as Louis Kahn's masterpiece, was recently the focus of a cooperative preservation initiative by a number of organizations, including Docomomo US/NTX. As is widely known, the Kimbell is undergoing a badly needed expansion designed by Renzo Piano. After several false starts in the 1980s and 1990s by other architects, the proposed addition has been well-received in most circles. By placing most of the expansion and its connection to the existing building below grade, Piano's design provides sorely needed space for the museum while leaving Kahn's design - and the visitor's experience of it - largely intact.
However, the construction process for the expansion will require reconstruction of several existing exterior stairs, including those at the iconic formal west entrance. The intent of Renzo Piano and of Kendall Heaton Associates, the architect-of-record, has been to rebuild these stairs exactly as originally designed. However, concerns were raised by the buildings department of the City of Fort Worth about compliance of the original stairs with current codes. None of the stairs have handrails and their riser heights are below a current code minimum of 4 inches.
Local architects and preservationists, as well as the museum itself, became very concerned over the potential impact that changed proportions and added handrails would have had on Kahn's subtle entrance sequences. A number of organizations - including Docomomo US, the American Institute of Architects, the Texas Society of Architects, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation - worked together to express concern about these possible modifications and to highlight the impeccable safety record of the existing museum.
|Photo: Mark Gunderson
As Docomomo US President Theodore Prudon, FAIA wrote:
"The walk from the south parking lot through the Noguchi garden, past the reflecting pool, and up to the west entrance is a sequence of delightful subtlety that is rarely, if ever, encountered anywhere else...It is this latter experience that is threatened by the proposal to add handrails and to adjust the height of stair risers. We fully recognize that current code requirements are not to be taken lightly and that your charge is protection of the public safety, but we also ask you to note that the Kimbell has now been served by the existing stairs for almost 40 years without incident. We urge you to recognize this exemplary record - and the Kimbell's status as an international symbol of great architecture - as you consider this issue."
Happily, the City of Fort Worth, swayed by the coordinated display of public concern and highlighting of pertinent facts, opted to allow the existing stairs to be rebuilt as originally designed and as they have successfully functioned for almost four decades. Kahn's masterful entrance sequence will remain intact for future generations of museum-goers to experience.
Contributed by Robert L Meckfessel, FAIA
This past summer the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey unveiled plans for a $183.2 million renovation project of the monumental George Washington Bridge Bus Station. Completed in 1963, this iconic structure was the one of the first American projects by the architect and engineer Dr. Pier Luigi Nervi (1891 – 1979). Invited by the Port Authority to design the building, Dr. Nervi
|Bus station, 1963. Photo courtesy Port Authority of NY & NJ
was recognized at the time for such celebrated structures as Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy (1957) for the 1960 Olympics, and the Exhibition building in Turin (1949). Often hailed as an architectural and engineering gem, the transit hub is easily identified for Nervi's sculptural, wing-like roof made of poured in place concrete. Whether approaching by bus or automobile via its namesake bridge or on foot from the neighborhood at its base, the monumental multi-peaked roofline of the Bus Station is a compelling vision of a great engineering mind.
Located in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, the Station straddles the Trans-Manhattan Expressway (I-95), while its main entrance sits along the busy thoroughfare of Broadway, allowing for easy retail access. Once inside, the local neighborhood resident or traveler may enjoy the second floor retail space alongside the more practical transit kiosks. Not limited to the bus, a commuter may also access the subterranean A-train of New York's Subway system. Yet it is at the uppermost floor that one understands and embraces Dr. Nervi's vision. Here, sheltering rows of buses are the triangular vaults of exposed concrete, deliberately ventilated to allow fresh air and light for the occupants' comfort.
|Truss detail. Photo: Michelle Taylor
However, despite its dynamic form and celebrated creator, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station has long seemed like the neglected transit hub to its busier counterpart, the Port Authority Bus Station. Of course, the Port Authority's willful lack of maintenance has not helped to improve one's impression of the building. Once a local hub, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station boasted about a dozen retailers including a barber and a credit union. However, following an announcement of a similar, but failed, renovation plan in 2008, several retail businesses closed their doors; the most visible evidence of the stilted plans can today be seen along the shuttered block long frontage along Broadway.
This summer's press release has reinvigorated the shelved renovation proposal of 2008, yet this time the Port Authority has joined forces with private developers, while working with the previously commissioned New York based architects, STV. Scheduled for completion in 2013, the project proposes expanded new retail space from the existing 30,000 square feet to 120,000 square feet. Additionally, the proposal
|Rendering via STV Inc.
includes a refurbished waiting area and twenty-one new gates to replace the existing seventeen. Released renderings also display a "modernized" facelift of the nearly fifty year old building that include what appear to be a replacement of the original blue panels with large windows along the Broadway façade. Unfortunately, no clear floor plans or a detailed scope of work has yet been released from the Port Authority vault, and so it is unclear as of yet how much of an impact the proposed project will have on this transit icon. Although a good scrubbing and a fresh coat of paint may in fact reinvigorate this modern icon, let's hope the final product of the Port Authority's undertaking does not detract from the dynamic structural form and intention of Nervi's work.
Contributed by Columbia University Historic Preservation student Michelle Taylor. The Nervi terminal is the subject of Michelle's graduate thesis.
As the holidays quickly approach, Docomomo US has assembled a list of all the books reviewed this year, plus a few bonus items that we recommend for the architecture and design enthusiasts on your gift list (or for your own personal enjoyment!) Best yet, every purchase originating from the Docomomo US website is a small gift to us, via our partnership with Amazon Associates.
Visit our Holiday Book List at www.docomomo-us.org/2011_holiday_book_list
Staged Reading of GLASS HOUSE: A PLAY
Written by Bob Morris and directed by Hal Brooks.
Friday December 2, 7pm
Center for Architecture, LaGuardia Pl. New York, NY
$10 Docomomo members, $15 all others
"Anthony is an architect who idolizes mid-century modern design. When he and his wife, Abby, move into a glass house in the suburbs, Anthony's obsession with order surfaces as his persona begins to shatter..."
Bob Morris is the award winning author of Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating With My Dad and other books. As a playwright and performer he has worked with MCC Theater, Daryl Roth's D Lounge, New York Theater Workshop, The Jewish Repertory Theater, Theater for the New City, Dixon Place and NPR's "All Things Considered." He is a frequent contributor to The New York Times.
Organized by the Center for Architecture and Docomomo US.
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Columbia University
October 22-26, 2012
New York, NY
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February 16 - 26, 2012
Palm Springs, CA
Modernism Week is an exciting 11-day celebration of mid-century design, architecture and culture in Palm Springs, CA, home to some of the best examples of 20th century architecture in the United States. The festival includes architectural tours, films, lectures, parties and more. Organized by Palm Springs Preservation Foundation, the Palm Springs Modern Committee, the Palm Springs Historical Society, and the Architecture and Design Council of the Palm Springs Art Museum.
Visit www.modernismweek.com for more information and to reserve tickets.
May 31 - June 3, 2012
Brussels, Belgium
The European Architectural History Network (EAHN) Conference will be taking place in Brussels, Belgium from May 31-June 3 2012. For more information please visit www.eahn2012.org
Docomomo International Conference
August 2012 Espoo, Finland
Docomomo Suomi/Finland will host the 12th Docomomo International Conference in Espoo, Finland in 2012. The conference will be held in cooperation and with the support of the City of Espoo and Espoo City Museum.


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Voters in the Kyrene school district, which serves students in Tempe, Phoenix and Chandler, Arizona approved spending $33 million on education technology, and are being asked to fork over another $46.5 million in November. The funds have purchased a lot of laptops, interactive whiteboards and software. What it hasn't bought is higher test scores. The New York Times reports reading and math scores have stagnated in Kyrene since 2005 while rising statewide. "To many education experts, something is not adding up — here and across the country. In a nutshell: schools are spending billions on technology, even as they cut budgets and lay off teachers, with little proof that this approach is improving basic learning," the paper reports.
"This conundrum calls into question one of the most significant contemporary educational movements. Advocates for giving schools a major technological upgrade — which include powerful educators, Silicon Valley titans and White House appointees — say digital devices let students learn at their own pace, teach skills needed in a modern economy and hold the attention of a generation weaned on gadgets."
Anyone shocked? Regular readers of this blog will note we have regularly questioned the rush to fill classrooms with technology without asking how–how exactly–it improves outcomes or what we expect kids to learn. Breathless pronouncements about the needs and preferences of "digital natives," and the imperative of endlessly individualized curriculum and instruction, elevate tools over their use. It's magical thinking and overlooks that every piece of educational technology—from a piece of slate on a child's lap and bound books in a one-room schoolhouse to Smartboards and Twitter—is a delivery mechanism, a means of displaying, transmitting, or manipulating ideas and information. The bottle is not the wine.
There is a broad tendency among edtechnophiles to conflate student engagement with achievement, and the Times is particularly strong in puncturing that myth. "The research, what little there is of it, does not establish a clear link between computer-inspired engagement and learning," notes the Times, citing Randy Yerrick, associate dean of educational technology at the University of Buffalo:
"For him, the best educational uses of computers are those that have no good digital equivalent. As examples, he suggests using digital sensors in a science class to help students observe chemical or physical changes, or using multimedia tools to reach disabled children.
"But he says engagement is a "fluffy term" that can slide past critical analysis. And Professor [Larry] Cuban at Stanford argues that keeping children engaged requires an environment of constant novelty, which cannot be sustained. 'There is very little valid and reliable research that shows the engagement causes or leads to higher academic achievement,' he said."
The Times is as guilty as any news organization of mooning over the need for "digital-age upgrades" and to liberate schools from their 19th century mindset. Thus it's gratifying to see the Grey Lady take a clear-eyed look at what exactly we get when we fill our classrooms up with tech toys. The answer needn't be "not much." But that will always be the answer unless we make an equal effort to thoughtfully design a content-rich curriculum and stop assuming that mere "skill" with technology is a meaningful goal for schooling.
Every trade celebrates its tools, but education has made a fetish of it, too often treating technology as an end, not a means. It is hard to imagine a chef saying, "it's not the meal that matters but the ingredients"; or an architect declaring, "Buildings aren't important. Building materials are important." But when someone says what we learn doesn't matter, but that we learn to learn–that skills and tools are what really matter, not content and products–we nod knowingly as if we have heard something profound.

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Big day for me is coming in a few weeks. Got a plain platinum ring. Not sure if I like it (too late now I guess). What do others on here have? Any cool designs, something different? Post pics if you have. Thanks.
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Posted on February 11, 2012
Most of the Chicago Genealogical Society meetings are held at the Newberry Library on the first Saturday of the month at 1:30 PM. At these no charge meetings attendees can hear from speakers who discuss a wide variety of subjects from how to do basic and valid genealogical research in both paper and on line records to discussions of government, ethnic, corporate, and other rarely thought of record research sites and types. On occasion panels of experts provide suggestions as how to break through Chicago "brick wall" research. One of the monthly meetings is a bus tour of Chicago genealogical and family history sites. In 2011 a "Chicago Fire" tour was held on the 140th anniversary of that event.
CGS attempts to emphasize both formal genealogical (names, events, dates, and places) and family history (placing one's family in a context of the events of the area and nation which were swirling around them) research.
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Alexandra Fletcher and Rachel Swift are a curator and a conservator working at Domuztepe, a Late Neolithic site (about 6200-5500 BC) in south eastern Turkey. This series of posts traces the progress of their recent excavation season.
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I always arrive home to a weird feeling of disorientation. After being away for so long it takes a few days to adjust back to luxuries such as hot water on tap and comfy chairs to sit on. My surroundings also look shockingly green after the dry, baked fields of south eastern Turkey.
After the excitement of getting home has faded, it's back to work for the Domuztepe team. Although the dig only happens for a few weeks every year, the project is running all the time with people analysing the data collected, writing up the results, updating our databases and digitising field records, plans or drawings. As soon as we arrive home we also begin our permit and funding applications for next year's dig. The excavation is therefore a year-round activity and the site is never far from my mind.
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While American media has been honored through the years for its journalistic excellence, it has also been timid when it came to certain aspects of our social and economic culture. As far back as the way Henry Ford supported Adolf Hitler and got an award from Hitler for his Nazi/fascist support, the gaps in credibility here have been alarming at times. While American media seems to have simply overlooked duPont's attempts to build a revolution to overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt, there are things that are happening in the U.S. today that seem to be ignored in an ongoing vacuum. Here are a few that get little or no attention...
Leading figures in America made some outrageous claims against Barack Obama that seem to have simply been ignored. Some famous Americans and some famous American organizations claimed Obama was not born in the United States. There also were quotable statements by individuals and groups that Obama was a Moslem. Why didn't American media call these people to account for their lies and blatant deceptions?
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but its the same as saying if Orochimaru summoned the Hokages then went to take a nap and left them to fight the Third, he wouldnt be doing anything the Hokages would be doing it
RedPan@ It's totally Ok if you disliked the way I put it..
At least you're being open minded about the idea. And acknowledged the fact that hes accomplished so much. Something certain fanboys were unable to..>_>
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Kakashi knew Orochimaru and his abilities? Creating falls assumptions are we?
Ive never seen him show any sign of knowledge of What Orochiamru could actually do. That may be because they never really communicated long enough to tell anything nor show.
When you mention hype, why not mention how Itachi is know for taking out his clans singlehandedly, when he really was assisted by Madara, also when people say he joined Akatsuki, because he was "Akatsuki lvl at age 11" while truth suggests that he was trained by Madara inn order for him to be Akatsuki lvl.
I do not intent to mention random things but the reason I did was because I find it funny, how you're posts are getting hypocritical above anything els.
A character needs to be build, if Kishi build him that way why is there any need to call it hype? So next time Kishi creates a powerful character it's hype too? Hype exists only when something different state's on the Databook or afterwards disproves off something that was made to look impressive at first but really wasn't... There is nothing that state's that Orochimaru's actions were blatant or got sensationally promotion...
the Kakashi thing was to build up Orochimaru's character. Kishi had to make Kakashi scared of Orochimaru for these reasons. 1. Kakashi was the strongest ninja we had seen at that point. So by making Kakashi scared of Orochimaru we would all think like this ( O shit if Kakashi the man that copied over 1000 jutsu is that scared of Orochimaru he must be one bad muthafucka). 2. Kakashi is a main character and he wasnt going to kill him off that early in the storyline. If he would have fought Orochimaru then he would have kept up with Orochimaru (im not saying he would win but he wouldnt of got owned either) that would have made Orochimaru a good ninja not a great one, and if Orochimaru had trouble with a jonin what would he have done with a Hokage. Ill tell you (got OWNED). So Kishi had to make it this way
And Orochimaru is known for his forbidden techniques. In other words,
Sarutobi didn't 'make' Orochimaru, Orochimaru later on made himself.
(In Itachi's case, I'm not saying he was 'made', just that when Hand Banana kept mentioning something totally unnecessary, I pointed out why it would be invalid to call it hype when a character needs to be build and developed. As if people would expect him to be the same threw out the series..
Even itachi changed in everyway! Can we call that hype to? Personality development? Itachi was introduced as a weird side character who wasn't really frightening due to lack of personality, but yet still had impressive refutation, then reality caught up and explanations for certain reasons were made and people have harsh time accepting them. While not realizing it only makes the series better and more solid.
orochimaru would have raped kakashi, killed him in under 2 mins look just read these pages http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/70/00/
kakashi even knew when orochimaru left,, kakashi was just to sacred...
naruto was not even that sacred,, even after knowing what orochimaru do,, naruto just went ape shit on orochimaru with 4 tails
What do you know, a thread by Freakshow that's not about Orochimaru, Kabuto, or Sasuke?
Anyway, the Konoha people are scared of Orochimaru not because of his power, but because of what he can do. Just like how cops stay away from sex offenders even though they can beat him up anytime. I'm not saying by any measure that he is not strong, but the fear of Orochimaru is more of zombies than of serial killers.
Also, Kakashi could've been scared because he was in a difficult position of having to protect a motionless body.
I agree, orochimaru is also part of my greatest shinobi of narutoverse-list, simply because he had his own country, defeated 2 kages. One can say he defeated an old geezer and ambushed the other, but it takes quite a feat to accomplish that, takin down the leaders of 2 great shinobi villages. Dunno bout the kazekage, but the "old geezer" was none other than the professor who knew shitloads of jutsus. And oro invented his own way of being immortal.
But I admit he isnt part of my top 5, there are other shinobi that I deem stronger (Hashirama, Minato, Pain, Madara, Itachi)
What is your obsession with Orochimaru.
Oro is a great character. But right now is out of the picture. And nobody knows when he and Kabuto will return.
Including this new thread of yours I have counted, 9 different threads. Each one of them devoted to the same thing.
The Worship of Orochimaru.
So once again i'm going to say to you, what I feel like I say every time I log into mangashare.
Stop dreaming about Orochimaru all day, Freakshow. And, get a life.


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The One70 catcher is similar to the Bauer One60 but with the option of the one-piece cuff design. The one-piece cuff design offers goaltenders more protection at the cuff and a larger solid blocking surface that is generally preferred by butterfly style goalies. The One70 Bauer catch glove offers a flared cuff design that helps direct the puck into the catcher pocket. Bauer is using a Double-T pocket giving goalies a wider and deeper catching pocket. Palm protection comes from the HD foams and plastic inserts that help dampen impacts as well as help protect your palm from stingers. Protection on the backside of this catcher comes from the one piece backhand flap constructed from medium density foam offering goalies lightweight protection from slashing. Protecting the inner wrist from shot vibrations is the padded air mesh hand bridge, slightly different then the One90 padded Nash leather hand bridge.
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Everyone on our liveblog loved the print on this dress. I just think sometimes the right dress gets the wrong wearer. Or the right wearer picks the wrong dress. You can decide which sentence works for you in this particular instance but whatever you choose, the point is, Sarah Michelle Gellar and the dress did not make a good match.
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Mississauga, Ontario, (June 15, 2013) Canada moved into top spot in Group C in men's World League volleyball after defeating South Korea 25-23, 25-20, 25-20 on Saturday night before 2,300 fans at the Hershey Centre.
The Canadians swept the two matches this week against South Korea and improved to 4-2 for 12 points. Finland, which was upset by Japan earlier Saturday, and idle the Netherlands both have nine points. South Korea have seven, Portugal five and Japan three.
Only the top team in the Group advances to next month's World League final. Canada now heads overseas for its final four matches in the preliminary round."Our goal is to be number one in our pool and to do that we need to have weekends where we get two wins in a row," said Gord Perrin (Creston, B.C.),Canada's top scorer with 16 points. "It's really tight in the standings and it is huge for us to get these wins."
South Korea was no match for the larger Canadians in front of their home crowd fans. Although the Koreans looked sharper off the start tonight with their middle blockers attacking well, Canada responded with another straight-set win.
Right side Dallas Soonias of Red Deer, AB, added15. Soonias hit his stride this weekend, as he is replaced Canada's star attacker Gavin Schmitt who is injured.
"Dallas put together two very strong matches in a row," said Canadian head coach Glenn Hoag.
Korea's Kwang-In Jeon did manage 16 points and was Korea's top scorer against Canada this weekend.
Hoag was satisfied today after losing the second match of the previous weekends games (against Netherlands and Portugal respectively). "I'm very happy with the win. Korea played better (than last night). We made some tactical adjustments and got some key points," Hoag said after tonight's game.
Canada's captain Fred Winters of Victoria, B.C. knew Korea would bring a better game tonight, but the Canadians didn't panic. "We were firing on all cylinders, even when they were beating us, we were composed," he said.
"One of the key factors in tonight's win was an improvement in the Canadian team's ability to match the Korean defense. We were able to win many of the long rallies, which doesn't usually happen," said libero Dan Lewis (Oakville, ON).
Korea's coach Ki-Won Park was obviously disappointed: "We did play better in the serve receive and ran a few more attacks in the middle, but it is very hard against Canada to sustain a run of points."
Canada now heads to Finland (June 28-30) and then Japan (July 5-7) to continue its campaign to finish at the top of Pool C and advance in the tournament.
In World League, each pool will play over six weekends before the finals take place from July 17 to 21 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Six teams will qualify for the World League Finals featuring the top two teams from Pools A and B, plus the winners of Pool C and the host country (Argentina).
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- 1 yellow pepper, diced -
- 1 orange pepper, diced -
- 1 onion, diced -
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TIP You can cook the rice the conventional way, or you can do it in the oven (and free a much-needed flame on Erev Yom Tov!). Proportions are 1 cup of rice to approximately 2 cups of boiling water. I put the rice in a 9x13-inch pan, and I add the boiling water, salt to taste, and a little oil. I mix it gently together, cover very tightly with foil, and bake in a preheated 350°F (180°C) oven for about 45 minutes. I don't mix it midway. After it's removed from the oven, I let it sit until cool and fluff it with a fork. The rice comes out beautiful — and this way, it's not sticky!
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Emery School District Superintendent Kirk Sitterud responded to the grades which came out on Sept. 3 for all Emery County schools and schools throughout the state of Utah.
Superintendent Sitterud said, "On Sept. 3 the Utah State Office of Education released the results of Senate Bill 271 which required that a letter grade be issued to every school in Utah. The issue of letter grades has been controversial since it was first discussed two years ago.
"Letter grades under SB 271, reflect data that is reported on a bell curve, which means that at least half of the schools must score below average and half above average regardless of the proficiency levels demonstrated by Utah students. The bell curve model of grading students was discontinued by schools decades ago because it did not accurately report a student's proficiency level. SB 271 letter grades do not include data on the growth and proficiency of all students and does not account for students that, even though they are still not at grade level, made tremendous growth during the school year.
"Letter grades do not reflect the many indicators of school success, only a small snapshot of student achievement and do not give schools any data from which to plan for improvement.
"That information is provided through student assessment data which is at the center of the school improvement efforts of every school in the District. The letter grades are also based on assessments that are not matched yet to the new Utah Core Curriculum.
"The grade also does not take into account the challenges faced by rural schools and our limited ability, due to resources, to offer higher level courses and expose our students to a broader curriculum that is available to the more suburban and urban schools. It is also impacted by taking a snapshot measure at a time of changing assessments and a new core curriculum and fails to consider the impacts of poverty, as well as factors such as ELL (non to limited English language skill) populations.
"Even with all of the factors being considered, our schools did reasonably well. All but one of our schools performed at average or above. Emery High - B, Green River High School - C, San Rafael Jr. High School - C, Canyon View Jr. High School - B, Book Cliff Elementary - D, Huntington Elementary School - B, Ferron Elementary School - A, Cottonwood Elementary School - B, Cleveland Elementary School - C, Castle Dale Elementary School - C.
"All of our schools work hard at insuring the success of all students. Book Cliff Elementary faces challenges that most schools do not encounter. Book Cliff has 34 percent of its students that are non or limited English language speakers, has a 57 percent minority rate, and a nearly 80 percent poverty rate. It also has a small enrollment, which makes each student's value higher in impact. The District feels good about their efforts and the great staff that values the education of all students.
"Once we receive our identified Accountability Reports (UCAS) the end of September, we will be directing schools to look at their own school improvement plans and make any necessary adjustments to reflect the areas that need attention. We will continually work to make sure that our students have the best education possible without becoming distracted by reports that do not reflect all of the important measures of school success" said Sitterud.
Below is information about the school grading system that was prepared by the Utah School Boards and Superintendents Association and may provide additional historical background as well as additional concerns with letter grading of schools:
19 Facts about the School Grading Program in Utah
Based on SB271 S3 as Passed in the 2013 Session
Compiled by Dr. Patti Harrington for USBA/USSA/UASBO
1. SB271 (third substitute) was originally written by Parents for Choice, the same group that advocated for vouchers in 2007, seeking to use public taxpayer dollars to support for-profit schools. The bill was sponsored by Senator Stuart Adams but President Wayne Niederhauser developed the bill with PCE and asked Senator Adams to carry the bill. SB271 S3 was co-sponsored in the House by Representative Greg Hughes. No public education representatives were included in its development.
2. SB271 S3 passed on the final day of the 2013 Legislative Session by a narrow margin (38-36 in the House and 16-10 in the Senate).
3. This legislation adds yet another school accountability system on top of the Utah Comprehensive Accountability System (UCAS) that was created in response to 2011 legislation and for use in federal accountability and is also in addition to the required annual school improvement plans developed at the local level by school community councils.
4. The primary political purposes of the bill are touted by Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida. At the time of Florida's school grading implementation, Utah outperformed Florida in almost every indicator. Utah still outperforms Florida in many indicators. There is no research that connects school grading with school improvement; it remains much more of a political ideology than a research-based practice.
5. UCAS requires measuring both student proficiency and individual growth scores by all students; SB271 S3 only counts proficiency for all students, thus failing to measure improvement made by students who have the greatest struggles in learning.
6. The factors in SB271 S3 make it highly unlikely that any high school can change the initial grade they receive and fail to offer any meaningful measures of student or school improvement.
7. The forced stratification of grades around a mid-point in SB271S3 limits the ability of a school to demonstrate improvement and may actually lower some grades as proficiency rates increase.
8. Many public education stakeholders actively opposed SB271 S3 and encouraged Governor Herbert to veto it. The bill was not vetoed in exchange for making some amendments to the bill in a Special Session of the Legislature; President Niederhauser refused to support the call for a Special Session.
9. The first SB271 S3 grades were released on Sept 3, 2013.
10. The School Grading Program will assign failing grades based on participation in end of year tests regardless of unique circumstances at the school level.
11. The School Grading Program does not allow counting the growth of students who still may be sub-proficient but have made tremendous learning gains.
12. The School Grading Program treats all schools the same; schools that serve students with disabilities, students in mental health settings, and students in alternative schools will all be graded with the same one-size-fits-all metric. It is likely that schools serving special populations will receive failing grades.
13. The School Grading Program appears to be roughly aligned with economic factors in a community, giving higher grades to schools located in wealthy areas and lower grades to schools located in areas of high poverty.
14. The School Grading Program will label schools in inaccurate and simplistic ways; not accounting for the myriad of school factors that should be included in a sensible accountability system that reflects complexity and growth aspects of schools and students.
15. There is no current plan from the Legislature to help schools who receive poor grades; in fact, the Utah Legislature significantly decreased funding for at-risk and accelerated students the past few years.
16. The per-pupil legislative allocation in Utah for FY14 is $2,899, up $57 from FY13. Utah continues to be ranked 51st in the nation in public education per pupil spending.
17. Ninety-two percent (92%) of parents choose to send their students to Utah's public traditional schools, including their online and special purpose options; the remaining students attend charter schools.
18. A recent poll conducted by Phi Delta Kappa and Gallup Poll measured the public's attitudes toward the public schools. Seventy-seven percent of America's parents gave the school their oldest child attended a grade of A or B. These are the highest grades parents have assigned to their oldest child's school since the poll began 44 years ago. Twenty years ago the number was 64 percent. Locally-elected school board members listen carefully to their parents and work to continue to improve their local schools and the achievement of every child.
19. Local boards of education support school accountability that:
Honors growth by concentrating attention on helping every child grow in their academic achievement and a system which values and recognizes that growth.
Makes clear to schools what is needed in order for them to improve in a way that even small increments of improvement can be recognized, reinforced and rewarded. Is devoid of limitations which arise from reliance upon a bell-shaped curve.
Uses a system which accurately reflects the performance and growth of the school and has a common perception as to the meaning; and provides assistance to schools which have created an improvement plan, and the resources to implement that plan.


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