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DeKalb school board member Don McChesney lost his District 2 seat to challenger Marshall Orson. Here is McChesney's farewell statement:
Ladies and gentlemen. Tonight I would like to take a few minutes to comment on my four years on the DeKalb Board of Education. I would first like to sincerely thank the voters of District 2 for allowing me the honor of representing you for the last four years. It has been a challenging four years with very few dull moments.
I would also like to thank my colleagues for their contributions to my education about board service. I have truly learned something from each one of you, both past and present.
I have worked for three superintendents in 4 years. I have definitely been broken in properly. My experiences are probably more like having served multiple terms. I definitely know what change is about.
Please allow me to give a few thoughts on areas that we all need to work on. Let's look at how this school system appears to define diversity. The dictionary defines diversity as having to do with variety. People and processes that are different from one another. I do not believe we understand that in our school system. Our student body is about 75 percent African-American. Our workforce is probably in excess of 80 percent African- American. Our direction has been to increase those percentages and call it diversity. That definitely skirts the true meaning of the word. There definitely needs to be an increase in Asians, Hispanics, and Caucasians. Failing this, we will not have diversity of thought or action.
Let's look at our future seven districts and their interaction. Did you know that school board members are the only elected officials that are specifically held to voting on issues that affect the entire district? That means ignoring the very constituents that elected you on many issues. That is one reason why there is so great a misunderstanding amongst the public and the board. It puts terrible pressure on your board to accommodate the very people who put them in office.
Let's expose the issue where this is most apparent to the Board of Education and those that elect them. How about redistricting? The main question I am always asked is "How can you send children from a school that passes state testing guidelines and send them to a school that does not pass? Last year this would be referring to AYP.
Ladies and gentlemen, the BOE cannot build fences around the performing schools and exclude those from the poorer performing schools. There are those coming that want to cherry pick students for their neighborhood schools at the expense of other schools. Look at any redistricting plan DeKalb has done and you will see gerrymandering or social engineering. Remember every parent wants the best teachers, buildings and leadership for their child no matter where they live. Just ask Cross Keys and their feeder schools.
Did we redistrict two years ago with catering to those who wanted SPLOST funds to build them a new school? How do you get on top of the list? Is it by political influence or need? Why do we continue to pour money into districts that continue to decline in enrollment and leave their schools open even when it is bad for all county taxpayers?
Why did Ashford Park not get a new school? These are questions that deserve real answers that should factor out politics. The hardest decision for a school board member to make is… Will I vote against my district's narrowed wishes if it has ultimate negative impact on the entire school system? It is hard to do that. Beware of those who only represent their own interests and pummel you with excess verbiage.
Let's look at ethics for a moment. The school board has a very good ethics policy based on state guidelines. Ask your board to abide by those guidelines as they govern themselves. One of those areas is attendance and punctuality at meetings. I am proud to say I did not miss one board meeting in 4 years.
This board has had extreme pressure put on it from outside of their control. Remember some of the BOE's major critics about the way we ethically approached things was the DeKalb delegation. It is interesting that those that charged the BOE with ethical questions refuse to have an ethical policy for themselves. They can look at my emails, but I cannot look at theirs.
In closing let me address one more issue. You have been told by someone that I have a bias for women. I would like to comment on that. On this board I have two very close friends. They are both women. Dr. Pam Speaks and Nancy Jester. They have been wonderful to work with and have always shared their thoughts with me. They also have always had my back. They are great board members. They inquire, study, and know that it is about the students and not the adults. You should always seek people like them to represent you. I will let you ask them if I am gender biased.
The most important person in my life is also a woman. My wonderful wife Melinda. We have been married for forty one years. She is the greatest supporter anyone could have. She always stands with me, encourages me and accepts me for what I am. All that I may have accomplished over those 41 years is in great part owed to her. I wonder often how she could have lived with me all these years if I did not put women on an equal plane. Thank you dear for being the best. I chose well.
Finally, beware of those who only represent their own interests and the interests of a narrowed view. They will not help the school system return to greatness.
Remember two things. One is bumper sticker philosophy. It says "Don't believe everything you think." The second is that it is about the "kids" not the adults.
Thank you for letting me serve you.
Don McChesney
December 13th, 2012
7:10 am
Question to "all:" When a Georgia school district decides they are going to change things up and put school A over here and B over here, and combine schools C and D and take apart schools E and F, etc. and so on, and tell a bunch of students to move (change schools) and repurpose buildings, principals, and teachers, and then maybe do the whole process again a couple of years later, my question is "Who is making this strategy and who is making these decisions?" How many people? At least from the worker point of view, you are sort of informed of these thing but do not know where they come from. There tends to be no name on it, no architect plan with signature sign off lines at the end of it. It just happens due to a "vision." The "vision" is then promoted etc. etc. So anyway, where does this come from who is "behind it?" That sounds conspiratorial, but it's like the brass band plays, beat the drum, proclamation issued (usually through the local media), but no "who" associated with it, it is just given like an announcement.
December 13th, 2012
7:19 am
To be honest, this guy sounds like he has gotten "the routine" and been harassed by crafty folk. I could names names of serveral people in Georgia where that is or has been their full time job, choosing out and harassing certain people and shaping and directing "connections" and political power. They often pick out people who are completely unsuspecting, and it seems to be more of a thrill for them, they who do the harassing and shaping. "Accused of bias" That's kid's stuff, Don. It's what an adult does when they're screwing with you and you're on their menu like a baby deer is to a hungry crocodile. They say absolute power corrupts absolutely.
December 13th, 2012
7:22 am
Anyway, when a school district plays "visionary" and mix-master with the schools, how does it work? Who comes up with the ideas? 3 or 4 people? I mean, this stuff is profound. They make people sell their houses and stuff.
December 13th, 2012
7:50 am
"Everybody wants the best for their kids." In most cases, that's true, but it varies by class. For some folks, the focus is on graduating – the high school diploma is the definition of educational success. For some others, it's getting your kid into a college. For others it's getting a meaningful, rigorous diploma that will equip your kid to succeed in college. At this point, there are only a few high schools left in DeKalb where the emphasis is on an education that equips kids to compete at Georgia Tech, Emory or Morehouse, and they're deteriorating. Got kids? Time to move.
December 13th, 2012
8:31 am
Hey Starik – I agree about the lack of schools focusing on education. But that's what happens when there is a large percentage of parents who are sending their kids to school so they have free babysitting. Walked into a DeKalb Elem school lately? It's a joke. In my child's third grade class, more than half of the kids don't bother to do their homework, don't bother to be quiet. And this is at one of the top Elem schools in the county (yeah, that isn't saying much). When a teacher has to consistently repeat the same information to a group of kids who don't care, the top kids get bored. On top of that, you have overly liberal DeKalb parents saying "every child needs an education." Yeah, maybe. But if these kids aren't accepting what you're trying to force feed them, it's time to separate the classes into those who want to learn and those who need information repeated a thousand times. Unfortunately not all parents care if their kids graduate or go to college. Yes – it's time to move – and although I'm going to take a huge hit to the pocketbook, in the spring I'll be headed to N. Fulton. Sad…
December 13th, 2012
8:45 am
Can't succeed with incompetant folks in a no-win situation. No way to keep race out of it….it is too much of an issue. Yes, African Americans were discriminated against. However, once much of that was lifted it still did not mean that since you were now eligible to vote and hold a position that you were competant to do so, more so in education than other offices especially. Hurtful words, but true. This is not the case all the time. Many folks have taken advantage, gotten an education, and moved on into a productive situation. However, the inner city crowd, perhaps because of economics but as well the breakdown of the family and different ideas of "success" has placed its brand on the public school system. It has morphed from school to warehouse and political battleground. These are hard words, but as I have said so often, check back in ten or so years and see where this system is. Cuss me all you want…..it will not better until competancy becomes a pre-requisite to be on a school board and in administrative positions as well.
December 13th, 2012
8:48 am
one thing i agree with him is the idea of social engineering…. in my opinion that is all public education in georgia is about. making sure you have black kids going to school with white kids no matter if you have to bus kids from one part of the county to the other or if you have to redistrict by expanding school districts to allow more black kids into schools that are surrounded by predominately white neighborhoods. dekalb does not try and bring up the failing schools, but instead brings failing students from failing schools into schools that are succeeding thus bringing down the flourishing school to the level of the failing school all for the idea of fairness and equality?? the problem with this philosophy is that it does not WORK… all it does is dumb down the successful students in the schools that are working, and this is why most white families that live in dekalb that can afford to have moved their kids into private schools… leaving dekalb with a bunch of schools filled with Hispanics and blacks. when this happens you have the lowest test scores in the state, home values plummet, neighborhoods go to hell, and you are stuck with some of the worst schools in the state,
December 13th, 2012
8:49 am
So, we have way too many school kids and way too little money.
So, what else is new?
December 13th, 2012
9:16 am
it will not better until competancy becomes a pre-requisite to be on a school board
read that as it will not better until complacency becomes a pre-requisite to be on a school board
December 13th, 2012
9:20 am
I was actually talking about the "moving" issue for staff and teachers due to unfriendly mix-master environments. Where I live, instead of moving, one teacher commutes / drives 40 miles each way to get to work to get away from the one district with the mix-master and churn.
Why can't kids go to school at the school that is nearest to their home? Pretty simple idea. In stodgy Britain where hardly a leaf moves in some towns, they sure do not keep changing the schools and concepts.
December 13th, 2012
9:23 am
School boards should hire consulting firms before enacting "visionary" "big-change" concepts. It is like the crazy person running the cocktail party decides to rearrange the chairs. It's a real keen way of depowering everybody and keeping them in adjustment and conflict and receptive to "new ideas" and on edge.
December 13th, 2012
9:41 am
On Tuesday, SACS put Florida A&M on probation because the university "is failing to meet basic educational standards when it comes to finances, student safety, operational "integrity" and leadership".
How soon until SACS reaches the exact same conclusions about DCS?
December 13th, 2012
9:44 am
Ignorant DeKalb County voters lost a great and principled board member in Don McChesney. I think what they're getting is a fast-talking and sophisticated radical (that was my impression of him at a forum).
December 13th, 2012
9:47 am
"Beware of those who only represent their own interests and pummel you with excess verbiage."
Translation: Beware of the guy who beat me (overwhelmingly with broad support from across his district) last July. He is bad. I am good. I don't cater to any special interest. I did a good job.
Reality: Indicted superintendent, endless legal expenses, Board dysfunction and infighting, SACS probation, lack of transparency, failing schools, etc, etc, etc, etc….
District 2 voted for change…any change (like District 4). This speaks volumes, regardless of who beat you.
December 13th, 2012
9:54 am
Bill & Ed Adventure, you're describing a situation with weak regulation.
December 13th, 2012
10:12 am
@ Bill and Ed The person taking Mc Chesney's place is out for himself and his area. Fernbank just had an addition added on within the last several years. Now they want to tear the school down and put a 900 student school in its place. This is not a good use of funds or planning. It is not a needed new school or necessary use of funds for building.
People did not think through the changes that they voted for, and I will miss Don, as he really did care about ALL of the children in DeKalb and not just those in his district.
December 13th, 2012
10:22 am
I hope they don't destroy Fernbank. Somebody in rural NC said that's what their county does there, goes around and destroys things.
December 13th, 2012
10:25 am
Some of the old schools have a nice sense of coordinated architecture. I think we've slid a little on the aesthetic of new buildings. This is a happy painting. http://schools.dekalb.k12.ga.us/fernbank/images/8233478FA20B474FB66FF49D381247F4.jpg
December 13th, 2012
10:33 am
other news: Just got an announcement email from Larry Lessig. I looooove Larry Lessig, ethics guy from Harvard http://www.rootstrikers.org/
December 13th, 2012
10:47 am
from Larry Lessig: Before we could answer, she said "How am I supposed to vote? I can't get time off work, and it's late — I gotta feed my kids. And I don't even know where to go." Her son pointed to the MacDonald's across the street and tried to get her attention. She said "I'm only gonna vote for one guy anyway. Obama." And before we could say more, she was gone. This woman has a lot on her shoulders. A job. Kids to feed. She relies on politicians to do right by her, and when they don't, what can she do?
December 13th, 2012
10:54 am
@ Private Citizen. From your posts here, you obviously know little to nothing about redistricting, DeKalb politics, the local context of DeKalb K-12 public education, or the past decade's history of race relations in DeKalb County. Also, as you usually do, you introduce subjects (10:25 am and 10:33 am) that have nothing to do with the blog-subject, I guess to draw attention to yourself since no-one is responding to your earlier posts. Why don't you just stay quiet and let others who are knowledgeable about this post their thoughts?
December 13th, 2012
12:01 pm
This is the problem with the internet culture today.
We now have many people such as 'private citizen' who have, since 2008, become "involved" in politics. These people have many 'thoughts' (but dont know much) about how the institutions of the county, state, and country should be run, but have absolutely no basis in fact or logic for their thought. They do not intend to investigate the platitudes espoused by their politicians and believe anything their 'team' (read political party) tell them to believe. For instance, all democrats are marxists and all republicans are racists. Neither is true.
These newcomers dont know any history of the county, didnt go to school here, and dont have any experience in the business world or the ability to create successful teams. They simply sit at home and 'think' they know how to better run the county.
Many do not realize there are people on both sides of the aisle from the local to the federal to the highest levels of politics in this country who absolutely rely on the facts they know about you, the voter:
1. you dont know much (cause we made sure of that in the school system…. 1 six week course on economics??????)
2. we will gamble that you will never research the claims we make
3. We know that a sympathetic media will NEVER call us out on our misleading statements
December 13th, 2012
12:20 pm
I wish this person lived in Clayton County and could run for the Board of Education in Clayton
December 13th, 2012
12:50 pm
Don McChesney is not 'diverse' enough to be elected in Clayton
December 13th, 2012
1:54 pm
Don McChesney sounds like a racist crybaby who didn't get his way. I wonder if he complained when Dekalb County School System was virtually all white? Dekalb Schools has a white CFO, white head of technology, white head of instruction and a white head of communications. What more doew McChesney want?
December 13th, 2012
3:28 pm
Chilly–there is more to a diverse population than black and white.
December 13th, 2012
3:28 pm
Dekalb does not have a "white head of technology" or a "white head of communications". It doesn't have anyone in communications. It does pay an African-American consultant for "communications". The "white head of instruction" doesn't seem to have any input into how the schools should work. I wonder why?
"Why didn't he complain when Dekalb County School System was all white?" How would you know what he did or didn't complain about a decade or more ago? He wasn't on the board then. He was busy teaching children for many years in majority African-American schools.
@Chilly, does it make you feel better to use the R-word when you have so little command of the facts? The R-word is no substitute for facts and experience.
"What more does McChesney want?" I don't know. Maybe he thinks that everyone should be judged by the content of their character and their record of performance for all children, not just those in an affluent enclave. Maybe he prefers lasting system wide success rather than random accomplishments of a few that thrive despite the systems many failures.
Keep talking Don McChesney.
December 13th, 2012
3:53 pm
Concerned parent: Yes, N. Fulton is the place.
December 13th, 2012
4:59 pm
Thanks Don!
December 13th, 2012
5:34 pm
Actually a bigger problem is those who want to silence those who don't agree with their point of view.
December 13th, 2012
5:37 pm
Don was on a dysfunctional school board that failed in about everything it did. He deservedly got soundly beaten. His speech sounds kind of bitter. But I do like his last line. "Don't believe everything you think." Its sound advice.
December 13th, 2012
5:57 pm
@Teacher reader
I have to agree about the planning. But that Fernbank wing from 2005 was a couple of classrooms and a gym, which it never had before. It is the oldest of the 7 schools being replaced and is in pretty bad shape. And I don't think anyone knows yet whether they will utilize the gym or tear it down as well.
December 13th, 2012
6:15 pm
A little hypocrisy too:
"There are those coming that want to cherry pick students for their neighborhood schools at the expense of other schools." McChesney was quite proud of getting the 100 students from Sagamore Hills zoned to Druid Hills HS/MS rezoned to an overcrowded Lakeside HS/Henderson Mill MS. That came at the expense of students who were in Pleasantdale who got sent to Tucker HS/MS. Sagamore Hills is mostly white, mostly middle class. Pleasantdale is all minority and overwhelmingly free lunch.
December 13th, 2012
8:13 pm
Thank you for your dedicated,and thoughtful service.
December 13th, 2012
9:13 pm
I think that anyone who thinks that one person (or two or even three) can make a difference on this dysfunctional DCSS board is fooling themselves. The culture of DeKalb, and it isn't just the school system but the county government as well, leans towards nepotism and mediocrity. I think people run for school board thinking they can make a difference and quickly find out that it isn't true.
The students from Sagamore were moved as part of a system wide effort to end split feeders. While it sounds like a good idea, not having split feeders has failed in numerous school systems around metro Atlanta. Sometimes geography just makes it necessary. No one from Pleasantdale was moved to Tucker in the last round. They were moved to Evansdale which currently feeds into Lakeside, as does Pleasantdale.
Bu2, what has everyone scratching their heads right now is that in the proposed attendance zone for Fernbank, only the "best" areas of Briar Vista and Laurel Ridge are carved out. Of course, if more students were removed from either school, they wouldn't be viable anymore.
December 13th, 2012
9:31 pm
I also want to add that being a school board member is like no other elected position I can think of, except for those elected at large, where you are expected to be elected by a district but represent the entire system. It is very difficult especially at a time of dwindling resources and increasing needs.
However, it took Don years to get around to asking hard questions. However, it doesn't really matter because this administration, like past ones, doesn't answer the questions anyway.
December 13th, 2012
10:27 pm
Observer, / Ueeediot, you sound so comfy and cozy with Dekalb County. Isn't this the place, school system with two law firms on hire? I really could care less about "race relations." I think you need to flush all of that down the toilet and throw some lime on top. Bury it with the "Georgia Standards." Observer, good engineering and good policy applies everywhere. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but if you think otherwise, you and me have a difference. You seem to have gamesmanship priorities that come before you get your house in order. I attended a meeting one time at Dekalb County Schools. The person running the meeting was one of the nastiest haughtiest rude self-important persons I've ever seen anywhere in my life. Not necessarilly dishonest or crafty, but Very self important.They spoke to the audience like we were a bunch of cattle and they were giving orders, sort of with their nose in the air so they didn't have to smell us or something. I had a friend whose parent was a career Dekalb County teacher for years and years and did not like it at all and sold their house and left Georgia and Dekalb County. They were nice people, progressive, lefty to the left of anybody, lefty enough to make you nuts, but even will all of that cool and heart and soul, they left. I think the building where they worked was in rough shape and the kids were rough, too. Not terrible bad, just a little rough. From my own experience, I know what it is to work in a raggedy building. Does not mix well with lots of "demand!" propaganda from the managers.
hey let's take just a minute and honor Ravi Shankar. He just died two days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXXBfL5lRqE His daughter took after her daddy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YLL7ClpTTs
Here's a track for Mr. Erroll Davis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcZ5NNuPq-c
Observer, / Ueeediot, you are correct, I know absolutely zero about redistricting and redistricting in Dekalb County. I know Dekalb County is a huge populated geographic space, miles and mile across. "Redistricting" I associate with what is done to manipulate votes in politics, where on of the districts ends up in an irregular shape and looks the shape of a boot or something because they want to keep on street and not have another. The term makes me uncomfortable. Is there any good to the term? I likely need to read up on it. Maybe you can comment (this is a discussion forum?) and educate me, or anyone else, on the A, B, and C of redistricting and Dekalb County. Allow me to "Thank you in advance" as they say in business.
December 13th, 2012
10:29 pm
I really need to replace the keyboard on my machine. The keys are not responding evenly, hence some dropped letters here and there when I'm typing. on/one
December 13th, 2012
10:51 pm
The teacher who left Dekalb County took spouse with them. The spouse was a nurse and also was uncomfortable, working under minimal staffing at hospital and the nurses were given computers and told to type a record of everything while dealing w/ life and death situations. The teacher had a .phd in their content area, not an education degree. This was a pretty serious HR loss, folks, when these two split the scene like a beatnik. They were both good at what they did and were both public servants. They gave Dekalb County (and Georgia) the "bye bye." Ouch.
December 13th, 2012
11:02 pm
Observer, if I were you, I'd pay Larry Lessig $100k and ask him to write a consulting paper and specification recommendation for Dekalb County (schools). You'd get your money's worth and he might be interested.
December 13th, 2012
11:14 pm
Ralph knew what's up. He was a world citizen. http://fsc.fernbank.edu/Archive/ralph/index.html
December 14th, 2012
6:13 am
Private citizen, wish you were a little more private.
December 14th, 2012
7:49 am
Local BOEs in the metro area are all about race. It's "payback" time. My children are supposed to suffer because someone unknown ot me and my family discriminated against black people. It wasn't me. It wasn't my family but now my children and I are supposed to pay for it.
It's time to move OUT of the state of Georgia.
December 14th, 2012
9:00 am
The really confronting part about the neighbors is that the adults seem well-read and learn-ed, but the kid has no vocabulary. Is it from no vocabulary at the school? Is it from home with other priorities? Anyway, pretty stark reality. With all of this official science / math emphasis, future not looking so bright for use of vocabulary here in Georgia. I guess it is not a "business priority." Use of language will become an art form, like pottery or paintings or something, not something we communicate with.
December 14th, 2012
9:52 am
Maureen, thanks for sharing the closing comments by Don. I met him during the 2008 election and found him to be a caring and passionate person with respect to educating children. Finding out he was also a coach told me a lot about his outreach to young student athletes. We are not going to agree on every single issue (there are many) but I could always count on Don to explain why he voted the way he voted. I would always come out of conversations respecting his position.
It is hard to disagree with his point that though elected from a district, he and other Board members are responsible for the entire school district. Unfortunately too many people attempt to pit schools, communities and sides of the county against one another. This is the worst distraction we have in DeKalb and has been going on too long.
Another closing comment by Paul Womack also bears repeating. He indicated he believed the toughest elected positions in the country were the President and school Board members. I can definitely understand why school Board members are on his list after this past decade.
Best wishes to Don, Paul and Tom going forward. I appreciate and thank you for your service!
December 14th, 2012
10:26 am
I looked it up. There were 51 students moved from Pleasantdale (Lakeside) to Livesey (Tucker). Some were also moved to Evansdale as you thought.
As for the attendance zones, it is neighborhoods that were split before and the most geographically close areas. It looks pretty logical in central Dekalb. The exact opposite is what can be said about Dunwoody Elementary which is the heaviest minority school in Dunwoody. They wrap around the far side of Chesnut ES and pick up 88 students from the far side of that school and pick up 203 students from a small area that used to go to Hightower (with such a small area, I'm guessing its apartments). In the 1st draft the new Austin ES picked up some of the perimeter mall area which now goes to Dunwoody, but that was changed (maybe so apartment kids don't go to Austin?). So these Nancy Jester fans keep pointing to logical changes in Central Dekalb as being some kind of "special influence" when the oddest things happen in Jester's district. Instead of complaining about the newest school and the only school not listed as unsatisfactory (Austin) being replaced, somehow its the oldest school being replaced that is sign of influence.
The Druid Hills HS zone has far and away the oldest high school and the oldest elementary schools. In the last redistricting it got hundreds of kids from the poorest performing and poorest economic school in the district. Not that there was anything wrong with that, but its the exact opposite of a sign of influence. Yet there is a group of N. Dekalb people who are just flat out delusional and always attack Druid Hills. Its bizarre and hypocritical. They and Nancy, sometimes, should follow Don's last piece of advice.
December 14th, 2012
10:42 am
@bu2..Yet there is a group of N. Dekalb people who are just flat out delusional and always attack Druid Hills
Who attacked Druid Hills? And YOUR continued attacks on N. DeKalb obliterates any sound arguments you may have. You are pointing fingers at other areas in an attempt to turn the conversation away from your views and those of Marshall Orson. There are times you have legitimate comments, but they get lost and ignored with your biting attacks on others.
December 14th, 2012
10:48 am
@bu2, why do you ignore the fact that Fernbank had a renovation and addition in 2005? There are schools built around the same time as Fernbank that have never had a renovation or addition.
December 14th, 2012
10:50 am
Basically, bu2, you are solidifying the negative opinion that many have of the Fernbank community.
December 14th, 2012
10:59 am
If "Dekalb" was smart. they would hire a consultant to match up student demographics and school building resources. Someone who knew what they were doing could probably do the main of it in a day. The "board" etc. would be off the hook as far as conflict and favors, and the public could focus on the "why" of how this connecting students to schools was/is done. Good consultants have a track record of good, effective work. There is no mystery to it.


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5 Terrariums That Are A Cut Above
In our everlasting quest for more and more ways to make a terrarium we ran across a couple of terrariums that really stood out from the crowd either for scale, creativity or just being awesome:
1. Carnivorous Plant Terrarium: This one might look normal, but it's filled with Pitcher Plant, a plant rumored to eat flies like the Venus Fly Trap. They aren't easy to grow and growng one as nice as this in a terrarium is pretty impressive.
2. GreenMeme Human Scale Terrarium: Back in 07, Fritz Haeg commissoned GreenMeme to install a human scale terrarium in a home he was working on. Viewable from different portholes in the house, everything about this terrarium is larger scale than what we're used to seeing. And we love that each view is different and exotic.
3. The Water Jug/Air Plant Terrarium: This is a more traditional terrarium except that it was made using our favorite water pitcher (at least it's what we use as a water pitcher) and sand and what looks to be an airplant. This is the definition of a low maintenance terrarium that's still lovely and charming.
4. Holly Vesecky's floral planetarium: is maybe not really a terrarium, but having experienced it first hand, it's the closest thing we've seen to walking into the world of a terrarium: a geodesic dome filled with plants and flowers. Holly has made a lot of interesting projects at Machine that are worth checking out.
5. Paula Haye's Terrariums: more artwork than garden, her large hand blown glass terrariums feature unusual shapes and, our favorite, a good graphic use of layering soil and rocks.
(Images: Ken Marten, Green Meme, Koko Studios, Machine Project, Jason Wyche)
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The first one is gorgeous.
I looked at the other stuff the 1st designer did (from his flickr) and WOW! Too bad he is in London and not in Boston.
The first one is beautiful, I wonder how they did that is it from seeds.
Point #1: They are not rumored to "eat" insects...they DO "eat" insects. I wouldn't be surpised if the fertilizer for this terrarium was purchased at your local pet shop and not the nursery.
I'm wondering how many times AT is going to recycle this story. Perhaps AT needs some new writing talent and fresh eyes. You just covered this less than, oh, maybe two months ago, with some of the same terrariums. Not too mention your writers don't seem to know much about editing and proofreading most of the time.
They have just discovered a new species of pitcher plant and named it after David Attenborough - its large enough to catch and eat rats!!


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President Obama will visit City of Decatur Schools pre-k on Thursday. (My 14-year-olds attend Decatur schools and attended pre-k at the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center that the president will visit.)
Oddly, Decatur schools are closed this week as part of the district's balanced schedule calendar, which features a shorter summer and week-long breaks throughout the year. Many folks had vacation plans already in place and are out of town. (Some families went to Washington, D.C. Turns out that they'd have had a better chance glimpsing the president if they stayed in Decatur.)
Apparently, Decatur intends to reconvene its pre-k for the president's visit. I'm not sure how many 4-year-olds from the pre-k classes can be rounded up Thursday. The quandary for parents may be: Go to the beach or go to school to meet the president? I would suspect most 4- and 5-year-olds would take the beach, but their parents may disagree.
College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur also houses early learning classes for 3-year-olds and younger, and those programs are in session this week. So, the president will see children regardless of how many Decatur pre-k students give up a vacation day for his visit and remarks. And as one poster noted, the purpose of any presidential visit to a school is not for the president to see schoolchildren, but for the president to be seen.
According to the AJC:
Georgia's pre-kindergarten program will get a turn in the national spotlight this week when President Barack Obama uses Decatur as a backdrop to promote an education initiative to give low-income preschoolers an earlier start on their schooling.
Although White House officials are mum on the details, several people briefed on the plans said Obama plans to address a proposal that would give more 3- and 4-year-olds from low-income families a chance to go to pre-k programs. On Thursday he will visit Decatur's College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center.
College Heights' website says the school serves 326 children through a partnership with City Schools of Decatur and Partners for Community Action, Inc. (Head Start Program).
Georgia is a fitting place for the announcement as the state was considered far ahead of its time two decades ago when it used lottery funds to launch a statewide pre-kindergarten program. In recent years, though, flattening lottery revenues and increasing enrollment have forced the state to reduce pre-kindergarten schedules and increase class sizes.
"Our pre-k program is still a national example. But certainly we can do more to increase quality and access," said Mindy Binderman, the executive director of Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students, an advocacy group. "We have to be sure we don't rest on our laurels."
Steven Barnett, director of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University, said the president's expected proposal has the potential to offer "a remarkable boost" to efforts to provide educational and economic opportunities for all.
"Well-designed preschool education programs could close the entire achievement gap between children from low- and high-income families at school entry and as much as half the gap permanently," Barnett said.
After Tuesday night's State of the Union address, the president is scheduled to travel to North Carolina, Georgia and Chicago to amplify some of the policies he lays out Tuesday. A White House official, briefing reporters in advance of the State of the Union speech, declined to "give away the secret" of any new education policy.
Details of Obama's Thursday visit haven't been released, but he's expected to visit pre-kindergarten students at College Heights and swing by the Decatur Recreation Center. Courtney Burnett, the Decatur school system's legislative liaison, said employees are scurrying to prepare for Obama's arrival. "Everyone is very excited. This is a big honor for us," she said. "It's the first time we can recall a visit to a Decatur school by a president."
State Sen. Fran Millar, a Dunwoody Republican and former chairman of the Senate education committee, said he's optimistic that Obama's proposal will mean significant changes to the early-childhood education system. "I firmly believe that early learning is critical for long-term success and believe investment in this initiative by the feds and states makes sense," Millar said. "The president got this one right."
Georgia initially opened pre-k to children from low-income families but quickly expanded admission to all 4-year-olds regardless of family income. But in recent years, legislators and Gov. Nathan Deal made unpopular changes to the program amid soaring enrollment and flagging lottery earnings.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
February 12th, 2013
8:52 am
Should've scheduled it for one of the teacher furlough days. Now, THAT would have been ironic.
"Yessir Mr. President, normally on a school day such as today, this school would have been full of students. But, we cannot afford to pay teachers. So, now you're wanting MORE students to be able to NOT attend school on a day like today?"
Lewis Carroll couldn't have made this stuff up any better…
February 12th, 2013
9:11 am
From the article, above: " 'I firmly believe that early learning is critical for long-term success and believe investment in this initiative by the feds and states makes sense,' (State Senator Fran) Millar said."
I fully agree. Furthermore, "early learning is critical" not only for the "long-term success" of the children involved in the early learning programs, but for the success of Georgia, itself – economically, educationally, and socially.
February 12th, 2013
9:26 am
The DeKalb political system is modeled on the Chicago system. Obama should feel right at home.
February 12th, 2013
9:32 am
Wouldn't a visit to the AJC newsroom provide him with all the wide-eyed worshipers he could ever hope for?
Leave the kids and teachers to their vacation.
February 12th, 2013
9:32 am
Two corrections to the above posts: One, the City Schools of Decatur system is not part of DeKalb. Second, I don't believe the CSD system has had to furlough teachers.
February 12th, 2013
9:37 am
Go to the beach. They might remember the beach 20 years from now.
President Obama should visit a middle school. Potential future topic for you Maureen-why are urban middle schools so bad? What could be done differently? Even places with good elementary and high schools often have problematic middle schools.
February 12th, 2013
9:38 am
Whoever schedules the school's visitors did a poor job.
February 12th, 2013
9:41 am
Don't you just love it! I think he could care less that some parents may have planned to be out of town that week, he expects people to fall all over themselves to bow at his feet! Instead of visiting a school perhaps it would do him good to stay in Washington and actually put in a days work. While education is a concern, the economy, the budget and foreign conflicts should have his focus.
February 12th, 2013
9:47 am
Let's see … go to beach and have fun …. or, drag yourself to school on a day you don't have to be there … AND, as an added bonus, you get to listen to a lying politician … TOUGH CHOICE!!
February 12th, 2013
9:50 am
@bu2 – I agree; most ,middle schools are awful and are what I consider the downfall of public education and not just urban middle schools- ALL middle schools!
February 12th, 2013
9:52 am
There are 180 city and county public school systems in Georgia with pre-K programs. Not all of them are closed Thursday. Just have him shift his visit to another city or county in Georgia and there is no logistical problem at all. Is that too complicated?
February 12th, 2013
9:52 am
What about the teachers? Everyone who has, or is, a teacher knows well that the teachers will be "required" to be there, regardless of the fact that it is their time off. How in the world did this happen. Didn't the school system know that the week was a vacation week when they agreed to have the President in the building. Stupidity continues to reign in education in Georgia. If I were still teaching I would refuse to give up my time because the district was too ignorant to schedule a visit during school hours. This is absolutely no surprise to me at all. We "must" make sure the Superintendent looks good.
February 12th, 2013
9:54 am
First off, visiting a school is a days work because it all falls under his job category. Secondly, know the facts Decatur City Schools have not had to furlough teachers. Thirdly, this is the dead middle of winter and I've done my fair share of traveling who would plan to take there kids to the beach unless you travel to a Caribbean or Hawaiian destination because the ones here in the states are way too cold. Lastly, his schedule doesn't revolve around you as I'm sure yours doesn't revolve around his. Like it or not we have 4 more years!
February 12th, 2013
9:55 am
" the president will see kids regardless of how many Decatur pre-k students give up their vacation to return to school for his visit."
This visit isn't to see, it is to be seen. Leave the kids to their day off and go find your props somewhere else.
February 12th, 2013
9:56 am
Perhaps he should go to a school in Adairsville and then he could also see the destruction caused by the Tornado and why they need assistance!
February 12th, 2013
9:57 am
Agreed, thinks he needs to stay in Washington and quit dictating and threatening and get something done..that's a thought!!
Wow, maybe someone should show him the article that ran yesterday on our schools that are now failing due to the new core Math that should be started in first grade!!
February 12th, 2013
9:58 am
Here I come to save the day…
February 12th, 2013
10:00 am
" But, we cannot afford to pay teachers. So, now you're wanting MORE students to be able to NOT attend school on a day like today?""
We could afford more and better teachers if the overpaid, overpromoted administrators and assistant vice associate directors of diversity with sustainability would stop stealing the money that we pour into the school system. These are make work, extraneous,money pit jobs and the crooks that hold them know it.
m flabbergasted why real, in-the-classroom teachers haven't risen up against these leeches.
February 12th, 2013
10:07 am
he is coming to a school district that is closed during his visit time on purpose folks. Haven't you guys figured this guy out yet? LOL
February 12th, 2013
10:09 am
Why Decatur? Any school outside of Decatur would have given him a better indication of education in America. Decatur is the anomaly in our area. I doubt he will learn very much, but I don't think that's the purpose of the visit.
February 12th, 2013
10:09 am
I never had to drag my children to preschool. They couldn't wait to go. I'm sure those kids will be thrilled to have an extra day at school.
February 12th, 2013
10:21 am
@Decatur Schools — please contact me if you need 4-year-old extras to stage the President's visit! I'd love for my child to meet & sit with a U.S. President.
February 12th, 2013
10:30 am
WOW! I am amazed at the amount of anger and let's just be kind and use the word respect that is out there about the president. I can agree that there are many problems that need to be focused upon. However, much of what he planned to address and try to make better was stopped by the "Tea Party" (which did not exist until the man you all think is Black because of the color of his skin got into office). We as Americans don't stop to respect the man and it seems that we don't even respect the position or title.
When will you people who do not respect Obama for an unintelligent reason, accept he walked into the mess that has affected the economy. He cannot and will not be able to fix this mess in 8 years. The sad thing is, that each term when a new official is elected they have their own agenda and how to fix the problems. However, for that reason nothing will ever be truly fixed. There is no stability or consistency from one political party to the next.
People we must become a part of the solution to the problem and not a part of the problem. Anger, racism, hate, fighting, etc. is not and never has been a solution to any problem. Not even in your own household or race.
@Lee – I agree with Lee. It should be a teacher furlough day. I want my 30k back. DCSS seems to have quite a bit of funds (that they claim not to have) to pay out lately.
February 12th, 2013
10:30 am
I was thinking exactly Lee's first statement. The visit is happening when school is out due to the lack of money. Hahaha
February 12th, 2013
10:36 am
RCB…."Why Decatur? Any school outside of Decatur would have given him a better indication of education in America"
Good question !!! How about getting him to a school where kids are involved in the mindless exercise of bubbling in answers so that they can Race to the Top???
February 12th, 2013
10:42 am
this is a trick question, right?
February 12th, 2013
10:44 am
Decatur is an independent system so please don't lump it into your rants about the DCSS mess.
February 12th, 2013
10:53 am
I am sure their are many schools that are open that he could visit only in Georgia.People all problems in schools come from home no teacher can make any child due any thing.Marm Decatur schools are a long ways from being perfect and I got that from the inside.Their are no picket fences anymore have you check the dam news lately.
February 12th, 2013
10:54 am
Angela, why is it that any time anyone disagrees with, or has no respect for the man who holds the office of President, someone automatically throws the racist card? Using that crutch doesn't make him a leader.
February 12th, 2013
10:57 am
When areyou going to report on the U.S. Dept. of Education study that showed these Pre-K/Headstart programs were at best worthless and generally harmful? http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/01/head-start-impact-evaluation-report-finally-released
February 12th, 2013
10:59 am
"It's the first time we can recall a visit to a Decatur school by a president."
Ms. Burnett must be new to Decatur.
While not a sitting president, former President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter visited frequently when their grandchildren attended Decatur schools. Mrs. Carter attended the dedication of the Frazier Center at the high school, and former President Bill Clinton held an election rally in the DHS stadium.
February 12th, 2013
11:01 am
@George, who said they were perfect? Are you saying they have the same corruption as the surrounding county?
February 12th, 2013
11:02 am
Most travel plans are not changeable without penalty. Since there is no guarantee I would meet the President (I mean shake his hand, etc.), I'd go to the beach.
February 12th, 2013
11:11 am
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Some of you guys are some sad bitter people. Half of you don't even care about the topic. This is just an opportunity to spew more venom. Since most of you know so much and have all the answers, why not send and open letter to every major publication in the country. Get yourself heard. Let the rest of the country know. SAVE US oh great and awesome ones.
February 12th, 2013
11:11 am
Angela, are you kidding me! Of course with your liberal head stuck in the kool-aid bucket it's only natural that would come up with this absolutely ignorant comment. Excuse me but it was YOU who brought up race. Did I miss it? Nobody was saying anything about race. Classic!
You are yet another uninformed voter who has totally been sucked in to the rhetoric that the media spews on a daily basis. Can you not sit back and have a rational thought? Can you not take a look at the facts? Your president is a pathological liar which can easily been proven basically every time he opens his mouth. Have you looked at your paycheck lately? Have you seen your health care cost go down? He's making it worse stupid. Wake up!
February 12th, 2013
11:23 am
He could go to CNN where all the employees worship him and praise him as a second GOD.
February 12th, 2013
11:25 am
@Angela – I am sure you felt the same way when President Bush was villified at every turn. His was not an easy presidency either starting with 9/11 and all the economic challenges that caused as well as trying to keep American's safe.
February 12th, 2013
11:43 am
John M is correct. Decatur is not part of the Dekalb school system. There have never been any furlough days. I speak from experience that City Schools of Decatur is a wonderful place to work. I'm sure the students and staff at College Heights will make a great impression on the President.
February 12th, 2013
11:50 am
Unintentionally, this highlights the silliness of the "winter break" (in addition to the one week fall break, one week Thanksgiving break, one week spring break) that is part of the new "balanced" school calendar. I'm sure Obama's people had no idea that a school would be on break in mid-February. These frequent one week breaks may be great for some teachers, and for stay-at-home moms or families with very generous or very flexible vacation options, but for most of the working world they are a little exasperating.
February 12th, 2013
11:50 am
50% of the students in this school are on subsidized lunch plans so I suspect they are not going to be taking trips to the beach. The school is 73% black, 25 % caucasian and the remainder are Asian and Hispanic (total of 3 in this category). I strongly suspect it is easier to adjust the schedules of fewer than two dozen pre-k students than that of the president of the United States. Somebody needs to grow up and realize like him or not, the President is coming and that is an honor for the community and the school system. Maureen, I expect better reporting from you with more facts investigated before speaking/writing. This is not an area where folks flock to the beach during breaks, just as many of us do not.
February 12th, 2013
11:51 am
With all due respect, your views of the 'Tea Party' are wrong.
The vast majority of those that consider themselves a part of the Tea Party subscribe to an IDEA not to a party. I 100% agree with you on giving the office of the President the respect it deserves but because one opposes the IDEAS of the office does not make that person a racist.
Most in the Tea Party do not like the ideas of BOTH Bush and Obama. Both Bush and Obama have increased our debt. Bush through questionable wars and senior drug plans and Obama through massive spending on bailouts for the financial, automotive and green energy sectors. Future spending on the new Healthcare plan will add gasoline to the inferno. Not just the money to fund the program but the path I decribe below……(please read with an open mind, I look forward to your response)
A bigger governement means that the government has a hand in more parts of our society. Why is this 'bad'? When more and more industries, markets and yes even education, is run by the Federal government, more and more 'rich' lobbyists can influence the system and less and less parents/citizens have influence in how OUR money is spent. This leads to CORRUPTION and DEBT!!!! Think this is what is happening right now? In BOTH parties!!!!!!
When a family goes deep in debt, they don't add more debt to solve the problem. Until our Federal Government does the same and changes the trajectory of our debt there will be less and less economic resources available for all of us. So, the IDEA of the Tea Party – The government works for US, we pay for the governemt and we get a say in HOW our government should run and spend OUR money. When it is the other way around and you depend upon the government….Liberty and freedom is eroded. Less liberty and less freedom will instill more dependence to a point of no return.
If you are a parent trying to teach your children that you work for what you get to create a mindset of desire to achieve/provide/survive or do you give that child an ongoing handout to stay at home/do nothing and remain under 'your control/roof' or do you provide tough love and tell your child to get a job and start paying rent once they are 18 and out of HS (if not going to college for example)? One path, while tougher, teaches work ethic. The other path teaches dependence.
A drug adict gets the short term euphoria from the drug but in the long term……..Is the solution more drugs? The easy path is more drugs but a path to destruction.
History has shown us that when a country is not financially strong it is very vulerable to collapse. Short term the easy path is to want someone else to provide for you. Once too many people are 'using' instead of 'providing', collapse will happen.
What is your idea? Seriously what is your idea? More Spending?
In my opinion 99% of the people who consider themselved a part of the Tea Party are not racists, they simply want a smaller and less wasteful/corrupt government. And in this regard you and I are far more alike and on the same page than most would realize.
February 12th, 2013
11:56 am
February 12th, 2013
10:30 am
WOW! I am amazed at the amount of anger and let's just be kind and use the word respect that is out there about the president.
I tell you what, Angela……when he does something worthy of respect, I'll give it some thought. When a person lies everytime he opens his mouth, in my humble opinion, that person is not worthy of my respect.
February 12th, 2013
11:58 am
I vote "beach". That was easy.
February 12th, 2013
12:05 pm
Obama should go to Grayson HS and address the loss of 4 of their students. 3 students that murdered another over high end apparel.
February 12th, 2013
12:06 pm
I focused my search on College Heights not all of Decatur since that is the school under discussion. Your comments about Decatur as a whole are right on target, I just didn't think that was pertinent for this discussion. http://www.schoolfamily.com/find-a-school/statistics/16570-college-heights-elementary-school and http://georgia.educationbug.org/public-schools/elementary/16278-college-heights-elementary-school.html are the sites I used. You're just usually so on target ( in my humble opinion) it seems odd to read these families will be at the beach. Keep up the good work of making us all think.
February 12th, 2013
12:11 pm
@ angela
try moveon.com or dailykos. you'll find kindred spirits there.
February 12th, 2013
12:13 pm
why Decatur?
its a public school system that works, and most of its population is favorable towards him.
upper middle class white people with more tons of liberal guilt.
February 12th, 2013
12:17 pm
@Retired – You have no clue what you are talking about. As a City of Decatur resident, you . . . well, it is clear you don't know. We'll just leave it at that.


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(Sports Network) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games when they visit the Ottawa Senators for tonight's Northeast Division matchup at Scotiabank Place.
They'll have some additional help as forward Brian Gionta is expected to return from injury for Montreal tonight. Gionta, who has eight goals and five assists this year, has missed the last 21 games with a broken left foot.
The Canadiens are in the midst of their second four-game winning streak of the season, but the club hasn't won five in a row since October 11-20 of last year.
The winning streak has coincided with the start of a seven-game road trip that will take Montreal to the end of the 2009 calendar year. After tonight, the Canadiens, who are 10-9-1 as the guest this year, will visit Tampa Bay and Florida to close out the swing.
The Habs are coming off Saturday's dramatic victory over the rival Toronto Maple Leafs. Jaroslav Halak made a whopping 47 saves and Andrei Kostitsyn scored the game-winner just 34 seconds into overtime, as Montreal nipped Toronto, 3-2, at Air Canada Centre.
Halak has started the last four games for Montreal and will likely get the call over Carey Price again tonight. He has faced 186 shots during the Habs' winning streak and has stopped 180 of them for a stellar .968 save percentage.
Scott Gomez and Tomas Plekanec each scored in regulation for the Canadiens on Saturday.
The Senators, who are one point ahead of Montreal for third place in the Northeast standings, ended a two-game skid with Saturday's close win in Buffalo. The victory helped Ottawa wash away the bad taste left by Wednesday's embarrassing 8-2 loss in Pittsburgh.
Alex Kovalev notched the winner in the shootout on Saturday, as Ottawa topped the Sabres, 3-2, at HSBC Arena. Kovalev began the extra session with a nifty backhander under the crossbar, then Thomas Vanek's shot for Buffalo sailed wide. Mike Fisher followed with a goal, before Tim Connolly's wrister hit Pascal Leclaire in the pads to end the contest.
Ryan Shannon and Chris Neil tallied in regulation for the Senators, who earned their seventh straight victory over the Sabres. Leclaire finished with 20 stops.
"I thought that overall we were pretty solid. In the first period we could have been up a couple goals," said Senators head coach Cory Clouston.
Tonight marks the first of five straight on home ice for the Sens, who are 13-5-3 as the host this year.
The Senators and Montreal have split two meetings this year with each club winning a game on the road. The Habs have taken seven of 10 overall in the series and four of their last five in Canada's capital city.


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I stood there at graveside in the cold morning mist, collar of my dark blue, (but not too warm coat) turned up-in an effort to--ahh hell, I don't know--I saw it in a film noir flick once--let's just say--that it looked appropriate for the occasion--"the occasion"? The laying to rest of my mother-my mother of soul-of laughs-of tears (the very same that I'm drowning in as I write this bit of text about my mother who I never thought that I had the mother that I now know that bequeathed to me the key to all the doors where the ...read more
Backstage at a concert I was doing a few years back, I heard the house announcer getting ready to bring me on, doing his thing. As I'm checking to see if my fly was zipped I heard the words (not in any particular order): jazz, clarinet, septuagenarian and Mort Weiss. I remember thinking--what the f**k? OK, I was asked to write something about a now-well-known little break I took from the scene for 40 years, and that upon returning in 2001 led Scott Yanow, critic, reviewer and internationally acclaimed writer and jazz historian to proclaim that ...read more
O.K. Now that I've got your attention, what should I write about? The many articles here at AAJ have damn near covered each and every aspect on the topic of jazz and its place (albeit) always in flux and change with each and every up and coming generation of players. Where is jazz in the scheme of worldly import and does its relationship to the here and now pay proper respect to all the cats that came before, laying each foundation brick on the yet to be house of pain--sorrow--love--happiness--hopes and dreams of the artists who were destined to dwell ...read more
When we think of an art form, the tendency is to look in every and all directions except inward--wherein all answers lie, although shielded and hidden from one's self and any that choose to be within your sphere of understanding and passion. Why must it take years of self- study and searching the myriad avenues and paths that lead directly to one's innermost feelings of hope, love, fear and despair? And reaching that destination, only to find that every hope and dream that you dare dream is not enough--not enough to quench the thirst of your passions that any & ...read more
Opening!Screaming through the quagmire of being, I see--nay, feel--justification of the heat of singularity of thought. Yearning of (and for) all energies spinning--not only in the dance of Shiva, but in the fulfillment of a manifest destiny of understanding and love that gives forth its eternal fires of hope and the many tomorrows that can & will exist in the immutable paradigms of reception and order, thus bringing together the complete schism of an entity of pre- and/or post-existence on the plains of destiny thereof. Enabling the existence of the mere act of existing itself, to be put ...read more
Hello, once again. Still above ground and taking nourishment while most any of my contemporaries who haven't left the building as of yet are listening to smooth jazz, taking their Lithium and writing with crayons. Having shared that thought with you, last month I had my 78th birthday--another strange custom (why do people celebrate one's arriving at a year closer to their death?).But I digress, having said that, I guess I could be thought of as an elder statesman of jazz (yes, I said statesman). For any of you reading this who would like to know more about ...read more
It was some time in the early 1960s and this story finds me, still Mort Wise, and my band--still named the Wisemen--having just signed a contract with World Artist Management services, a very happening company whose roster had names like Red Skelton, Ray Charles, Jacqueline Fontaine and many others. I would be one of the many others to begin with, at the time, after working the toilets and rough and tumble out of the way places like the Bank Club in Ely, Nevada, where the world's largest open face copper mine just happened to be, giving employment to multitudes of ...read more
Hello again. This remembrance takes us back to the early 1960s when I went under the name of Mort Wise and my band's name was The Wisemen. Go ahead and Google Mort Wise And The Wisemen, and you'll probably come up with the recording we did (on a 45 rpm) called Wild Boy." Also, you might read the AAJ article/profile Mort To Come, which takes one back to a literal What Makes Morty Run" experience (knocked me out!). So, at this juncture you have me heading up show bands, on tenor sax, working and playing in and around Hollywood, Los ...read more
The following is taken from the chronicles of a gold panel Committee of select persons from the international confines of various state institutions that hold such findings sacred--the long-term commitment of these individuals that have given rant to their multitudinous ravings on this highly personal topic.In my course of dumpster diving for salvation, I found these discarded records from the Harding administration that are the most revealing about these ubiquitous and reoccurring problems.And Now the Brutal Truth!I actually don't know much about the sex life of a jazz musician even though I am one. ...read more
As a result of the efforts of one Michael Ricci and what he has given to the jazz world, the above title means just that! Michael has given you--musicians, club owners, booking agents, food and beverage servers, the people that provide such services, all concert and festival artistic directors, venue management, fans, transportation folks and music stores, vendors...I could go on, but I think some of you are starting to get an idea where I've been and where I'm going with this giant light bulb of thought. Having been on the scene since 1948, playing clubs and concerts, owning music ...read more
The following will be an exercise in candor. I like to see my name in print on a Major--the major jazz web site. And I hope it will further better my record sales. I like to think that folks/people are finding things of interest in my remembrances that I've accumulated within my persona over a long life time--most of which was lived in and around the highly complex (yet very simple) world of jazz. And last but not least, it gets my dick hard! What that leads to is yet another story--albeit a very short one. To have reached the ...read more
How the above title turned me on to the love of jazz. It was 1939 and I was four years old and my parents took me to my first moving picture show that being the above (I kinda had eyes for Gone with the Wind) and to hear Clark Gable say that filthy word at the end of the movie--but they had other plans--maybe because the title on its release was Tell your Children. It was financed by a church group as was Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space--hmmmm. Whatever, but when it got to the part were this ...read more
This is the story of two collaborations with Joey DeFrancesco that you almost never saw--or the difference between music ... and the music business." The first unreleased album I recorded with Joey DeFrancesco is now known as the Mort Weiss Quartet CD featuring Joey, Ron Eschete and Ramon Banda, followed by 2006's The B3 and Me. Both of them eventually appeared on my own SMS Jazz label, but more on that in a minute.The original title of the first album was Mort Weiss Meets Joey DeFrancesco, while the follow up was to have been The Joey ...read more
This time out, I'd like to delineate how it is for me when I go somewhere to appear as a guest artist. Specifically, I'm thinking about the time I headlined the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival in Portland, Oregon.The phone rings, and it's Joe Beeler, the artistic director and producer of said festival. We had talked before about my appearing at the festival, but now Joe had a problem: Jack Sheldon and Ernestine Anderson were to appear, but a medical problem for Jack meant that he couldn't fly. Then, suddenly, Ernestine wanted more bread to carry the show. So, ...read more
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Twelve men were charged with solicitation of prostitution and use of a vehicle to promote prostitution:
• Jean Paul Bigirimana, 27, of the 100 block of Spanish Trail in Hampton
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• Charles Gainer, 26, 600 block of Lee Blvd. in Newport News
• Das Narayan, 41, of the 300 block of St. Thomas Drive in Newport News
• Darius Lamont Newsome, 21, Riverlands Drive in Newport News
• Dave O. James, 35, of the 100 block of Scotts Point in Hampton
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• Wayne Powell, 49, of the 800 block of Hampton Avenue in Newport News
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• Jerry Eugene Ayers, 46, of the no hundred block of Sinton Road in Newport News
• Joseph Anthony Smith, 44, of the 600 block of Moring Court in Newport News
• Anthony Romelle Bright, 20, of the 3800 block of Peach Orchard Circle in Portsmouth
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• Santiago Amica Vasquez, 30, of the no hundred block of Felix Drive in Williamsburg
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• Khorbyn Edwards, 19, of the 500 block of Charlemagne Court in Newport News
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• Michael Lynn Carey, 38, of the 6100 block of Jefferson Avenue in Newport News
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• Morena Lisa Morrell, 44, of the 1000 block of Harpersville Road in Newport News
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Day #1: Your Favorite Doctor
Okay, so I started watching the show back when season 5 was first starting… except I didn't know it was starting- I was just watching episodes on On Demand and online at the time. My first episodes of Doctor Who were a mix between series 4 and 5. I didn't know which ones were which and just watched whatever I could find. At first I actually thought they were just switching on and off between David Tennant and Matt Smith as the Doctor every few episodes. I watched the show only a little at first and then, over the course of probably about six months, it progressed into the obsession it is today. In those months I became more acquainted with the show and came to the realization eventually that they were two different seasons. The bottom line is though, I can't remember which Doctor I watched first.
I'm a strong believer in "your first Doctor= your favorite Doctor." I've watched my friends as I show them Doctor who and have noticed that almost all of them remain with their first Doctor as their favorite. I'm the same way with my favorite Doctor- both 10 and 11 are my favorites and I think that's because I kind of have both of them as my first Doctor.
10 and 11 are my Doctors and I will forever love both of them.
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Got my driver's license yesterday, first drive somewhere today: going to get the newest edition of Entertainment Weekly that features Doctor Who. It was supposedly "on sale at newstands everywhere" today, but, ummm, I can't find it. My friend and I went around to SIX stores today looking for it.
First Stop: Barnes and Nobles. It's giant, they must have it there, right? Nope. But that's okay, I'm sure it'll be at CVS, I think to myself.
Second Stop: CVS. "7 Eleven sells Entertainment Weekly- go check there," the man behind the counter suggests.
Third Stop: 7 Eleven. The fine selection of gun magazines there failed to suffice our search for EW. Where the Hell did this magazine go??? I feel like I see it all the time, and now that I'm looking for it it's no where in sight??
Four Stop: Krogers. Giant selection of magazine and… let's see… damn it. No Doctor. Nowhere. I mean, COME ON! You guys have the Celebrity Astrology magazine, but you don't have Entertainment Weekly, a fairly popular magazine that actually matters!?!?!?!?!?
Fifth Stop: Rite Aid. At last! Entertainment Weekly! Oh wait, no… there's a fucking hobbit on the cover, not Matt Smith (no offense Mr. Tolkien; don't get me wrong, sir, I love hobbits and find them to be quite adorable, and your work is truly amazing, but Bilbo Baggins is no Doctor).
Sixth Stop: 7 Eleven. This time a different one. Once again, gun magazines galore, but absolutely no Entertainment Weekly. At all. Well, I'm at least gonna get a Slurpee.
Looks like my best bet will be Rite Aid again in a day or two…
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I'm just a fangirl wish I was at Comic Con and I was just wondering, Anyone Out There Who's Been To Comic Con, what's it like?
Also, for future reference (I hope!), is it worth it to get a 4-day pass, or can you still see a pretty good amount of stuff in one day?
Please inbox me with your answers! Thank you!
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