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How I Met Your Mother Producer Carter Bays Tells Vulture What's Next After Tonight's Big Episode
Plus: A new Robin Sparkles episode is in the works!
September's season premiere of How I Met Your Mother revealed that the on-again, off-again relationship between Barney and Robin would, one day, lead to the wedding altar. What we didn't know — and if you didn't watch tonight's episode, look away! Now! — is how and when their engagement would take place. The answers came last night (read our recap here), but as always with HIMYM, answers led to more questions: Why did Barney pull such an elaborate con to land Robin? What does this all mean for Ted? And how much longer will the show go on? Co-creator and exec producer Carter Bays agreed to answer a few of our queries.
So: Why did you trick us? Why did you opt to keep Barney's deception a secret from the audience as well?
Given the fact that we've known from the start of the season that they end up getting engaged, we felt like Barney winning Robin had to be wrapped in something big and surprising. And Barney has gone to such great lengths to successfully seduce so many women, it felt like anything less than spectacular would be a disservice to Robin. Also, we liked the idea of a long con. I think the final run of episodes in season four of Breaking Bad was a big influence. We wanted a moment of, "Ohhhhh, that's what's been going on." Just without anyone getting blown up or poisoned.
I had the same initial reaction Robin had when she realized Barney had been running a play on her: Really? He tricks her and manipulates her … and now she's supposed to fall for him? And yet, because the deception is the final one — the last play — Robin gives in. It does make sense, given who Barney is and given that Robin accepts, and even appreciates, Barney's inner player. And yet … it's a lot to expect the audience to accept, isn't it?
We're not blind to the possible ickiness of how Barney went about getting Robin to say yes. And neither are the rest of the characters. It'll come up that there's two sides of this coin: Was this a big, whimsical romantic gesture, or was it emotional manipulation? Ultimately, I think that's really Barney in a nutshell: loveable amorality. The next chapter in this story is about Robin deciding if that's really what she wants in a husband, and Barney deciding if he's about more than just magic tricks.
When did you for sure for sure decide that Robin and Barney would get married? Was there ever any doubt?
It was the summer between seasons five and six, and after that there wasn't really any doubt. We built the last two seasons around the reveals of Barney getting married, and then Robin getting married. It felt right, for Barney and Robin, but also for where we hope to go with Ted's story.
Part of Barney's scheme was making sure he had Ted's blessing, even if he had to trick him into giving it to him. Is this also a defense against the notion that Ted is a wuss for urging Robin to go after Barney? You're basically saying, "This isn't Ted being nice. This is Ted realizing Robin isn't his true love."
I think sometimes wussiness and niceness are so confoundingly tangled up that it's hard for people to know what their own motivations really are. Ted wants Robin, but he also wants Robin to be happy. Both urges are enormously strong. It's a complex moment for Ted, and there's not really an easy answer.
In some ways this episode was as much about Ted as it was Robin and Barney. Our hero is looking damn pathetic at the end of this hour: Now, every one of his four best friends has found happiness. We know Ted finds The One, but how quickly will things move now toward that resolution? You've got anywhere from 12 to 36 episodes left in the show; no matter the final number, can Ted stay this low for long?
The short answer is no, he can't. This current condition will lead him down some unexpected paths, and he's not going to sit around and mope for the rest of the series. I think the honest human reaction to a situation like what Ted's in is to charge headlong into a terrible relationship that's absolutely wrong for you. And that's exactly where Ted's headed.
Would you like to take this opportunity to announce that Ted will, in fact, meet his future wife at some point this season — regardless of whether season nine happens?
That question has been coming up for eight years now, and our answer never changes. I don't want to seem unnecessarily opaque, but we're just never going to announce that. We're going to tell the story we set out to tell. I hope it's all right with everyone that we don't divulge huge spoilers for our own show. I get it. I get the frustration. It's a frustration that's built into the DNA of the show, and very much shared by its protagonist. You just have to wait and see.
Speaking of which: You've got your own version of the Fiscal Cliff brewing behind the scenes, in terms of whether or not there will be another season of the show. Industry buzz is that you very much want a deal to be done with the cast within the next few weeks so you can effectively plan the show's endgame. Are you optimistic?
Yes, advance notice is crucial, and so far everyone's been taking that very seriously. In my mind, the cliff is the TCAs in January. We'll be able to announce something by then.
One of your crew announced on Twitter that Rachel Bilson and Ray Wise are headed back to the show. CBS also announced that Ashley Benson will be on the show, but was coy about what she'll play. Any details you can offer on those three roles?
Ashley plays a love interest for Ted, who is wrong for him in a very funny way. Rachel and Ray will be showing up as well, though I'd rather not get into when exactly they'll be appearing. And just to be clear, that's Rachel and Ray. Not Rachel Ray. Rachel Ray will not be on the show as far as I know.
I feel obligated to always ask about the status of the Slap Bet, as well as the possibility of a full-on new Robin Sparkles song. Will the first half of 2013 be a good year on these fronts?
We'll have a new Robin Sparkles episode on February 4. And by the way, that episode will be a big huge giant monster, for a bunch of reasons. Definitely the most astonishing lineup of guest cast we've ever assembled for one show. There's a lot more info to come on that one.
Final question: Can we assume that Barney Stinson's bachelor party will be legen … well, you know? I assume it will put The Hangover to shame.
I think you could make the case that the past eight years have been Barney's bachelor party. But yeah, I'm sure there's a hotel room and some dead hookers in Barney's immediate future.


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Seniors Present Research at Boston Economics Conference
Two St. Lawrence University seniors presented their senior honors theses last month at the annual Eastern Economics Association conference in Boston.
On March 8, Andrew Chan '14 of Niskayuna, N.Y., was featured in the conference's undergraduate finance panel, while Garrett Watson '14 of Mooers, N.Y., was featured in the undergraduate labor panel.
Andy's research is motivated by his lifelong interest in financial markets and his experiences during the New York City semester. His work, titled "Quantitative Easing and the Performance of Money Managers," uses the Fama-French-Carhart Four Factor Model to analyze the performance of Kiplinger's top performing mutual funds over the last 20 years. His preliminary results indicate that these mutual funds are not adding long-run investment value and that investors are better off allocating funds in alternative, lower cost, financial products.
Garrett's presentation, titled "Skill Specific Human Capital Transferability: An Application to the Contemporary U.S. Labor Market," worked through his economics Senior Year Experience research. His research focuses on the contemporary rise in long-term unemployment in the U.S. labor market, and hypothesizes that an increase in human capital skill is partially responsible for the plight of the long-term unemployed. Using data from the O*NET Skills Survey and the Current Population Survey, Garrett proposed several empirical models that will test his hypothesis.
Andy and Garrett credited their respective advisors, Cynthia Bansak, Eggleston Associate Professor of economics, and Steven Horwitz, Dana Professor and chair of the Department of Economics, for their guidance and mentorship throughout the research process. The Department of Economics and alumni helped fund their trip to Boston.
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BAYAMO, Cuba – Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez and her husband were arrested Friday while on their way to the city of Bayamo, east of the island. They were planning to attend the trial of Angel Carromero, the Spanish activist accused of negligent homicide for the death of two government opponents, including prominent dissident Oswaldo Payá.
According to pro-government blogger Yohandry Fontana, Sánchez and Reinaldo Escobar were arrested while trying to create "a provocation and media show" and "disrupt" the trial of Carromero.
Calls by the AP to the 37-year old writer went unanswered, but human rights monitor Elizardo Sánchez in Havana also reported the detentions of Sánchez, her husband, Reinaldo Escobar and a third man in the vehicle. He said at least a half-dozen other dissidents in and around Bayamo also were detained.
The government has not confirmed the detentions and rarely does in such cases.
The critically-acclaimed writer of the blog "Generation Y" had traveled to Bayamo to reportedly throw her support behind Carromero, who now faces up to 10 years in prison. The Spaniard has said he lost control upon driving into an unpaved section of road, and the vehicle skidded into a tree.
Through her blog "Generation Y" and other writings, Sánchez has become Cuba's best-known dissident and has won various awards overseas, but is never allowed out of Cuba to collect them.
Last week it was reported she had filed a complaint against Cuba with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission for repeatedly refusing to grant her a travel visa.
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A woman accused of pretending to be pregnant to scam prospective adoptive parents in Kansas and elsewhere will remain held without bond while awaiting trial.
A federal magistrate judge in Kansas City, Kansas, ruled Tuesday that 34-year-old Chrystal Marie Rippey, of Marshall, Texas, is a serious flight risk. Rippey's attorney did not immediately return a phone message.
Rippey was indicted in February on federal charges of mail and wire fraud.
Prosecutors allege Rippey contacted adoption agencies and individuals, pretending she was pregnant and seeking to give up her unborn child for adoption. The indictment says prospective parents bought her meals and gifts, believing she was willing to let them adopt her baby after birth.


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Lohse retires 23 straight in Brewers win
Carlos Gomez went 3 for 4 with 5 RBIs while Kyle Lohse retired 23 consecutive batters at one point and finished with a four-hitter, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
Cincinnati had three consecutive hits to open the second, but then had 23 batters in a row retired before Jay Bruce walked with two outs in the ninth. The Reds have dropped three of four.
Lohse (10-9) started the season 1-6 after missing most of spring training, signing with the Brewers as a free agent on March 25. Since the slow start, he has gone 9-3.
After allowing three consecutive singles to open the second, Lohse recorded an out on Devin Mesoraco's RBI fielder's choice grounder to third.


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Author Notes: When I think of eating ham, I think of savory and sticky sweet at the same time. I love making these little sandwiches which are perfectly paired with a steamy bowl of soup. My secret ingredient is the orange marmalade. It's an unexpected surprise that pairs well with the spicy Dijon mustard on the opposite side of the sandwich. If you don't have a panini press, grilling them on a saute pan is great too. I also love to cut these up into quarters and serve at cocktail parties. They pair well with a bubbly Prosecco...As always, Happy Eating! —jonewman
Serves: 1 sandwich
Slices of Rosemary Artisian Bread
teaspoon Orange Marmalade
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Thin Slices of Fresh Pear (Your Choice)
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- Place two slices of bread onto a plate. On one slice, spread the Dijon mustard and on the other slice spread the orange marmalade. Use more or less than a teaspoon, depending on size of bread and your personal preference.
- Now place two large, but thin slices of pear on top of the orange marmalade and then add the two slices of ham and the one ounce of cheese on top. Now put the other slice on top, dijon mustard side down.
- Butter the outsides of the sandwich and either place in a panini press or on a saute pan on medium - high heat. Grill until the cheese is melted and the outside of the sandwich is golden and toasted. Slice in half and serve immediately.
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Fela Kuti resonates in shrine at Shea's
In a dodgy neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria, the Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti built a shrine to his music, his people and perhaps most of all to himself.
That shrine – long since razed by Nigerian soldiers and later rebuilt by the great musician's son Femi Kuti – reappeared Friday night on the stage of Shea's Performing Arts Center, where the excellent musical "Fela!" is in the midst of a two-day tour stop.
Kuti's shrine, to which musicians as different as James Brown and Paul McCartney made pilgrimages to absorb some of Kuti's ineffable style, is a raucous and colorful place. It reverberates with the sound of ancient African drumbeats mixed with guitar riffs borrowed from American funk and choral harmonies that owe something to old Europe.
That strange, polyglot sound so soaked in sex and unassailable in drive is what vaulted Kuti, who died in 1997, into a hallowed place among 20th century musicians and composers. Echoes of his music can be heard everywhere from the work of Brian Eno and David Byrne to the thriving global Afrobeat scene and its many derivative movements.
The show's performers and creative team have done everything possible to transport the audience into Kuti's crazed, unpredictable and altogether fascinating universe of music and politics. With a book by Jim Lewis and the extremely smart choreographer and thinker Bill T. Jones and music by Kuti himself, it's impossible to walk away from this show (as I had to do well before the final curtain in order to file this review) without a sense that your world has just grown a little bit bigger.
The show, in addition to providing some of the more danceable beats to come to the Shea's stage in recent memory, serves as an engrossing crash course in the polyglot stew of influences that made up Kuti's style. And along the way, it also manages to teach audiences about the vagaries and injustices of Nigerian politics and the way they connect to injustices on our side of the Atlantic.
It is driven chiefly by the engaging Adesola Osakalumi, who has a handle on Kuti's likeable traits – his confidence, his charm, his explosive musical talent, as well as his less likeable ones – his megalomania and rampant sexism (he is famous for having had 27 wives). Osakalumi gives us Fela Kuti warts and all, the only way to truly appreciate the man and his contributions.
Kuti's by no means constant love interest in the show is the American activist Sandra Isador, played with verve here by former Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams. Isador was Kuti's mentor of a kind, and in the musical she serves as a bridge between the political turmoil that so vexed Kuti in Nigeria and the endless struggle for racial equality in the United States.
The performances, from the moving "Kere Kay" to Kuti's troublemaking hit "Zombie," had the audience going nuts.
Prospective audience members should also know that "Fela!" includes many more involved audience participation bits than the typical Broadway show. There is, for instance, a five-minute lesson in booty-shaking that has the entire crowd doing borderline inappropriate things with their posteriors. And another extended bit involves Osakalumi holding forth on the wonders of Nigerian pot.
"Fela!" is a complex musical, its eclectic score drawn from disparate styles and eras and a political backdrop that will take more sorting out than the show itself can effectively provide. You may want to see it more than once.
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Most gardeners know the advantages of honeybees visiting the garden. Bees play a critical role in the pollination of many fruits and vegetables. New research from Germany shows that honeybees can also protect plants from caterpillar damage as well.
Leaf-eating caterpillars have fine hairs on their bodies to help them identify when predatory wasps are buzzing nearby. Unfortunately for the caterpillar, these hairs don't distinguish between an insect-eating wasp and a harmless bee. If it detects some activity the caterpillar often stops feeding and may even drop to the ground to protect itself. German researchers measured the amount of damage on pepper plants grown in a tent with honeybees and caterpillars against those with just caterpillars. There was a 60 to 70 percent decrease in damage in the tent with honeybees.
When designing your home garden include a variety of honeybee-attracting flowers that will bloom throughout the growing season to help protect your vegetables and fruits. Some bee-attracting flowers to grow include agastache, California poppy, oregano, gaillardia, and cosmos.
For more information on this research, go to: Science News .


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Information technology: It's the circulatory system of any modern company, especially in a data-driven, document-heavy industry like real estate. Launching marketing initiatives, keeping track of listings and closings, identifying and evaluating market trends and pricing, managing the blizzard of paperwork that surrounds every transaction, staying in touch with clients—without IT, it almost can't be done.
When Roy H. Long launched Long Realty in 1926, his tools were simple—telephone, typewriter, filing cabinet, maybe an adding machine. But times have changed, and Long Realty has changed with them. Today our sales associates, clients, and support staff rely on the very latest technological resources.
Our sales associates have access to a suite of highly integrated technology and marketing tools and systems. Smartphones and other devices untether agents from their desks, freeing them to be more efficient and productive than ever. Many of our agents say the support provided by our information services played a big role in their decision to join the Long Realty team.
But that's all behind the scenes. Our public face is what we offer consumers. Just take a look at our website and mobile app— they're brimming with timely information and useful links. It also gives you direct access to know first when new properties are listed, when prices change and when properties sell.
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Even University of Tennessee at Chattanooga linebacker Gunner Miller was able to get in on the scoring fun Saturday in the Mocs' 42-10 rout of Austin Peay at Finley Stadium.
It was that kind of evening for the Mocs, who in front of an announced crowd of 9,189 enjoyed their second blowout win in as many weeks. UTC had 509 yards of offense in the Sept. 7 42-14 thrashing of Georgia State and gained 412 against the Governors, who have lost to Tennessee, Vanderbilt and UTC to start the season.
Miller's interception return for a touchdown -- the second of the senior's college career -- put UTC up 35-7 at the end of a dominating first half. It was the most points the Mocs have scored in a half since 2000.
"I think we've got a lot of great players on this team," Miller said. "[From] when I came in five years ago, the talent has completely changed. It's only going to get better, and we've just got to learn how to win games, win the big games."
The Mocs have their third 2-1 start under coach Russ Huesman (2009 and 2011) and just the program's fifth since 2000. UTC is off this Saturday and will go for its third win on Aug. 28 against Georgia Southern in Statesboro.
"We did what we had to do. We did what we were supposed to do," he said. "We've got good players, and when you play with good players, those are the kind of results you should get."
Running back Keon Williams, fresh off a career-high 147 yards and a touchdown a week earlier, finished with 106 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, including a 25-yarder in the third quarter that made it 42-7.
Williams wasn't UTC's only offensive standout. Wide receiver Tommy Hudson did a bit of everything, the least of which was receiving. Hudson finished with three carries for 63 yards, he had a key block on a third-down screen on UTC's second scoring drive and he caught a pass for 8 yards.
Hudson also was effective returning punts, with a long of 15.
"It's awesome," Hudson said of making plays in numerous areas. "There's no feeling in the world like it."
The Mocs scored on their opening possession, gaining 8 or more yards on six of the eight plays in the 76-yard drive. Marquis Green took a handoff, bounced to the right side and scored a 9-yard touchdown to make it 7-0.
UTC's defense forced a quick three-and-out and the offense was soon back in business. A 19-yard pass from Jacob Huesman to tight end Faysal Shafaat -- it was an up-for-grabs lob that the 6-foot-5 Shafaat grabbed over a 5-10 cornerback -- gave the Mocs a first down at the 9 again.
Williams scored on the next play, fighting through several would-be tacklers to get into the end zone.
Austin Peay got on the scoreboard late in the quarter with an 8-yard touchdown run by Tim Phillips. The Govs' drive was kept alive by a 23-yard completion on fourth-and-8 at the Mocs' 39. Coach Huesman said the defense Saturday was "decent."
A 36-yard kickoff return by Chaz Moore got the Mocs' next drive going. It ended with an 8-yard Terrell Robinson touchdown catch, which made it 21-7 with 13:30 left in the half. The score was set up by a 24-yard Hudson reverse. Robinson led the Mocs wideouts with six catches for 53 yards.
One of the offense's few mistakes -- an interception inside the Govs' 20 -- was immediately corrected by Miller, who picked off an Andrew Spivey tipped pass and returned it up the left side for a 20-yard touchdown to give UTC the 28-point halftime lead.
The Mocs' defense held the Govs to 210 yards and made seven tackles for loss. Moore had seven tackles, including 1.5 for lost yardage.
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Re: big shrub small tree
That's good advice. I am always on the lookout for suitable small evergreen trees besides Oleander. We forget that many of the shrubs that we work so hard to keep "in bounds" really are small trees. ( 10'-12')
How many times have I seen one of these planted in front of a first floor window and then seen it clipped and butchered just to keep it small when actual smaller growth shrubs are what are called for in that location ( like a dwarf hawthorn)
I plan to train a couple of these into small trees for use around small patios.
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There are so many different interpretations of what the Bible is saying. How do I know which one is right?
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How do you explain discrepancies in the Scriptures—such as those between the four Gospels—in light of scriptural inerrancy?
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... surrounded by olive orchards and vineyards. San Gimignano is just 3 Km away, the other major Tuscan historical tourist zones are all nearby: Firenze 40 km, Siena 30 km, Arezzo 90 km, Volterra 30 km, Pisa and Pistoia 90 km, Lucca 100 km , the Chianti region 30 km and the Tyrrhenian sea 90 km away. The region has a great culinary tradition; everywhere you go you can enjoy the wonderful dishes of Tuscan cuisine, accompanied by the fine wines.
Sport and nature enthusiastic may take excursions on foot, on horseback or on mountain bike and wander through woods and vineyards, ruins of old churches, castles and lovely old farm buildings. Golf Club (18 holes) is 12 km away , tennis-courts and horse-riding are 4 km away. Airports: Firenze Peretola 50 km, Pisa Galileo Galilei 80 km.
The accommodation is divided into apartments of different sizes and typology to better satisfy the varying needs of the guests. Some have a fireplace and all are furnished to recreate that typical Tuscan atmosphere that is characterized by the style and taste that have always distinguished this region.
The Villa is surrounded by a large park where the guests may stroll through vast green areas. To further relax in the peaceful Tuscan countryside, the guests may also enjoy a pergola with wrought iron tables and chairs and a large swimming-pool (m 16x8).
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VIII. Conclusions
This PHA evaluates potential inhalation exposures to air contaminants released from the Navy property on Vieques. ATSDR has been examining, and continues to examine, potential exposures to contamination from other environmental media (e.g., drinking water, soil, and food products). After completing its evaluations, ATSDR will assess the public health implications of the cumulative or overall exposures from the other potential pathways the agency has considered.
For the air exposure pathway, ATSDR concludes the following:
- As of the writing of this report, more than 400 valid air samples have been collected on Vieques on days when bombing exercises did not take place. All samples have shown that levels of particulate matter are much lower than health-based air quality standards. Thus, wind-blown dust from the LIA is not a health hazard on days without military training exercises.
- Military training exercises using practice bombs release various contaminants to the air, but the available sampling data indicate that ambient air concentrations of particulate matter, metals, and explosives did not reach levels that present a public health hazard.
- The past military training exercises involving live bombs released many contaminants to the air, but most dispersed to extremely low concentrations over the 7.9 miles that separate the center of the LIA from the nearest residential areas of Vieques. ATSDR's best estimates of ambient air concentrations suggest that past exposures during the live bombing exercises were at levels below those associated with adverse health effects. This conclusion is based entirely on modeling results and therefore involves some uncertainty, though ATSDR believes its approach to evaluating the live bombing exercises provides a reasonable account of past exposures.
- Though open burning and open detonation operations to treat unused munitions and unexploded ordnance have undoubtedly released contaminants to the air, these operations account for a small fraction (<10%) of the high explosives that were previously detonated during military training exercises using live bombs. ATSDR's modeling analysis indicate that emissions from the open burning and open detonation operations do not cause levels of pollution that could present a public health hazard in the residential areas of Vieques.
- Residents of Vieques are not exposed to levels of environmental contamination that could present a public health hazard, whether chemical or radiological, as a result of the Navy's limited past use of depleted uranium penetrators during military training exercises. Further, no adverse health effects are expected to result from the Navy's usage of chaff, because this material disperses considerably between the time it is released (several thousand feet above sea level) and the time it settles to the ground.
- Overall, ATSDR found that the residents of Vieques have been exposed to contaminants released during the Navy's military training exercises, but these exposures are far lower than levels known to be associated with adverse health effects. As a result, ATSDR finds that the air exposure pathway at Vieques presents no apparent public health hazard.
Aware of the level of community health concerns at Vieques, ATSDR is committed to reviewing additional air sampling data and health outcome data as they become available. The Public Health Action Plan (Section IX) outlines future actions that various agencies will take to evaluate environmental health issues at Vieques.


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At dusk, bats leave their homes in warm spaces under city roofs to feed on flying insects. Join Brad Klein, Danielle Gustafson, and other members of the New York City Bat Group for a walk through Central Park. Aided by a detector that amplifies the bats' otherwise inaudible high-frequency chirps, bat watchers can monitor and catalogue the species that call the city home.
Meet at the Museum entrance on 77th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Enrollment is limited. Please register no later than one week in advance.


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This glossary explains terms in the Medicare program.
A process where external organizations (or "accrediting bodies") evaluate health care facilities' policies, procedures, and performance to make sure they are meeting predetermined criteria.
Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN)In Original Medicare, a notice that a doctor, supplier, or provider gives a person with Medicare before furnishing an item or service if the doctor, supplier, or provider believes that Medicare may deny payment. In this situation, if you aren't given an ABN before you get the item or service, and Medicare denies payment, then you may not have to pay for it. If you are given an ABN, and you sign it, you'll probably have to pay for the item or service if Medicare denies payment.
Advance coverage decision
A notice you get from a Medicare Advantage Plan letting you know in advance whether it will cover a particular service.
Advance directive
A written document stating how you want medical decisions to be made if you lose the ability to make them for yourself. It may include a living will and a durable power of attorney for health care.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Ambulatory surgical center
A facility where certain surgeries may be performed for patients who aren't expected to need more than 24 hours of care.
Angina pectoris
Chest pain.
A medical procedure used to open a blocked artery.
An appeal is the action you can take if you disagree with a coverage or payment decision made by Medicare, your Medicare health plan, or your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. You can appeal if Medicare or your plan denies one of these:
- Your request for a health care service, supply, item, or prescription drug that you think you should be able to get
- Your request for payment for a health care service, supply, item, or prescription drug you already got
- Your request to change the amount you must pay for a health care service, supply, item or prescription drug.
You can also appeal if Medicare or your plan stops providing or paying for all or part of a service, supply, item, or prescription drug you think you still need.
An agreement by your doctor, provider, or supplier to be paid directly by Medicare, to accept the payment amount Medicare approves for the service, and not to bill you for any more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance.
This glossary explains terms in the Medicare program, but it isn't a legal document. The official Medicare program provisions are found in the relevant laws, regulations, and rulings.


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Ask a supporter of charter schools whether that vogue new concept holds promise for inner-city children. By way of an answer, you might get invited to a quiet corner in the hardscrabble Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.
There, in a building one could easily miss while searching for a school, a remarkable story is unfolding. Inside the warm, cozy classrooms of the Neighborhood House Charter School, the 180 students enjoy class sizes of 18 students–and two teachers. The student-teacher ratio, at less than 10 to 1, would be the envy of some expensive private schools; the typical public school ratio is 17 to 1. Founded by the local settlement-house network–a movement that has long offered services to ease the transition of new immigrants–the school serves as a center for healthcare, social services, after-school activities and adult education. A local newspaper reports, "Collaboration has been expanded beyond the building walls, and the entire community is recognizing the benefits."
New families are welcomed by a coordinator in the school's parent center, who visits homes and helps connect parents to services they need. The coordinator also oversees the "family learning contracts"–a promise parents sign to help with their child's studies, get their kid to school on time and help develop the child's "Individual Learning Plan." An independent evaluation notes, "Every teacher in the school makes detailed observations about each of his or her students every day. The teacher-student ratio is so low that most teachers have totally internalized the ILP of their individual advisees." Students attend school from 8 am until as late as 6 pm, when adult education begins. And they attend with a vengeance, posting an impressive 97 percent attendance rate. No child has ever been expelled from Neighborhood House.
The student body, while not a precise mirror of the neighborhood, is mostly black and mostly poor; white students make up less than a third of the enrollment, and 51 percent of the students are eligible for a free lunch. Yet Headmaster Kevin Andrews, who worked as a principal in the posh Newton and Brookline suburbs, has brought the standards of affluent, largely white schools to the inner city. Despite a pay scale at least $5,000 below other Boston public schools–a trade-off for the small classes–he has attracted a staff dominated by experienced teachers. Many are graduates of Ivy League schools and hold master's degrees.
Among parents, he has tried to build the same sense of "entitlement," as he puts it, that prevails in the suburbs. Some parents accustomed to busing their kids to the suburbs, Andrews says, hesitated to raise their voices in those schools "to avoid blowing it." Here, he pushes them to fight for the best. The results have drawn national notice. On recent statewide tests–which despite all their limitations are the main measuring stick for the media and the public–Neighborhood House fourth graders outperformed every other school in Massachusetts in English and language arts. In math and science Neighborhood House took the top scores in Boston.


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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Jacqueline Ouelette,
v. Docket No. CR-08-219
Haverhill Retirement Board
Public Employee Retirement
Administration Commission
Appearance for Petitioner:
Joseph G. Sandulli, Esq.
Sandulli Grace
One State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Appearance for PERAC:
Derek Moitoso, Esq.
5 Middlesex Avenue, 3rd floor
Somerville, MA 92145
Appearance for Haverhill RB:
Michael Sacco, Esq.
285 College Highway
PO Box 479
Southampton, MA 01073
Administrative Magistrate:
Maria A. Imparato, Esq.
PERAC was correct to employ the 75% limitation in G. L. c. 32, s. 7(2)(a)(ii) because the Petitioner was not continuously a member in service from January 1, 1998 to the date her accidental disability retirement allowance became effective on February 14, 2005.
Jacqueline Ouelette filed a timely appeal under G. L. c. 32, s. 16 (4) of the March 24, 2008 decision of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission ("PERAC"), to apply the 75% limitation contained in G. L. c. 32, s. 7(2)(a)(ii) to her accidental disability retirement allowance. (Exs. 1, 2)
I held a hearing on September 30, 2008 at the office of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, 98 North Washington Street, Boston.
I admitted documents into evidence. (Exs. 1 - 16) I marked the joint pre-hearing memorandum "A" for identification, and Attorney Sacco's letter of September 19, 2008 "B" for identification. The Petitioner testified on her own behalf. John Boorack, a Senior Actuarial Analyst, testified on behalf of PERAC. There is one tape cassette of the hearing.
The record remained open to October 30, 2008 for the filing of briefs.
1. Jacqueline Ouellette, d.o.b. 3/17/1957, worked as a police officer for the City of Haverhill from January 1981 until December 5, 2003. She retired for superannuation effective December 31, 2003. (Exs. 3, 4, 5)
2. Starting in 2000, Ms. Ouellette worked with sexual assault cases, domestic abuse cases and cases involving sex offenders. In October 2002 she transferred to the information technology department where she worked until her retirement. (Ex. 6)
3. On or about August 14, 2005, Ms. Ouellette filed an application for accidental disability retirement benefits citing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the result of two incidents that occurred in or about November 2003: she learned that a sexual assault victim had committed suicide; and she learned that there would be a retrial of a case involving a girl who was sexually abused by a priest. (Ex. 5)
4. Ms. Ouellette was evaluated by a single-physician regional medical panel in October and November 2005. The panel majority certified in the affirmative to the existence of a disability and the likelihood of its permanence, and in the negative with respect to causation. One panel member answered in the affirmative to all three certificate questions. (Exs. 6)
5. One member of the medical panel majority, Michael Rater, M.D., diagnosed psychotic disorder not otherwise specified; mood disorder not otherwise specified; and rule out Factitious Disorder. (Ex. 6)
6. The Haverhill Retirement Board ("Board") asked Dr. Rater to clarify his opinion with respect to Factitious Disorder, and to state whether it was medically possible that Ms. Ouellette's permanent incapacity could be the result of her claimed personal injury or hazard undergone. (Ex. 9)
7. Dr. Rater opined in September 2006, "Despite my skepticism of Mrs. Ouellette's story and my belief that there is a high likelihood that she is Malingering, it is medically possible that she has a pre-existing psychiatric condition, such as trauma from sexual abuse, that she refuses to disclose for personal reasons, that was exacerbated by her workplace exposure to traumatic material. … I believe it is more likely that she is malingering, but it is medically possible that she is not." (Ex. 7)
8. Based on Dr. Rater's response, the Board believed it had a panel majority answering in the affirmative to all certificate questions, and voted to award accidental disability retirement benefits to Ms. Ouellette, contingent on PERAC approval. PERAC remanded the matter to the Board for further proceedings. (Ex. 9)
9. On February 7, 2007, Ms. Ouellette's counsel wrote to the Board indicating that new evidence had come to light during Ms. Ouellette's treatment sessions with a psychiatrist, Greg. R. Thompson, M.D., indicating that Ms. Ouellette had suffered childhood sexual abuse. Ms. Ouellette's counsel requested that the Board petition PERAC for a new medical panel to evaluate Ms. Ouellette for her accidental disability retirement claim. (Exs. 8, 9,10,11)
10. Ms. Ouellette was evaluated by a new regional medical panel on September 28, 2007. The panel answered unanimously in the affirmative to all certificate questions. Ms. Ouellette was retired for accidental disability effective February 14, 2005. (Exs. 12, 15)
11. PERAC determined that Ms. Ouellette's accidental disability retirement allowance should be subject to the 75% cap provided for in G. L. c. 32, s. 7 (2) (a) (ii). (Exs. 1, 13, 14)
12. Ms. Ouellette appealed PERAC's ruling. (Ex. 2)
13. By letter of March 3, 2008, the Board requested that PERAC reconsider its decision to implement the 75% cap provided for in G. L. c. 32, s. 7 (2) (a) (ii). (Ex. 16, "B")
14. When Ms. Ouellette began receiving a superannuation retirement allowance on December 31, 2003, she became a member inactive under the provisions of G. L. c. 32, s. 3 (1) (ii).
Ms. Ouellette's accidental disability retirement allowance is subject to the 75% cap provided for in G. L. c. 32, s. 7 (2) (a) (ii) because Ms. Ouellette was not continuously a member in service from January 1, 1988 until her accidental disability retirement allowance became effective on February 14, 2005.
G. L. c. 32, s. 7 (2) (a) (ii) provides that the amount of an accidental disability retirement allowance shall be equal to a "yearly amount of annuity equal to the yearly amount of the regular life annuity specified in clause (i) of Option (a) of subdivision (2) of section twelve," and "a yearly amount of pension equal to seventy-two per cent of the annual rate of his regular compensation on the date such injury was sustained or such hazard was undergone, or equal to seventy-two per cent of the average annual rate of his regular compensation for the twelve-month period for which he last received regular compensation immediately preceding the date his retirement allowance becomes effective, whichever is greater."
The section further provides that "for any employee who was not a member in service on or before [January 1, 1988] or has not been continuously a member in service since that date, the total yearly amount of the sum of such pension and the annuity …shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the annual rate of regular compensation as determined in this paragraph." (emphasis supplied)
Under the provisions of G. L. c. 32, s. 3 (1) (i), a member in service is a member who is regularly employed in the performance of his duties.
Under G. L. c. 32, s. 3 (1) (ii), a member inactive is any "member in service who has been retired and who is receiving a retirement allowance."
When the Petitioner retired for superannuation on December 31, 2003, she became a member inactive. She therefore has not been continuously a member in service from January 1, 1988 to February 14, 2005 and is subject to the 75% cap cited above.
The Petitioner argues in her brief that the 75% limitation should not apply to her, citing the cases of State Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 12 Mass. App. Ct. 306 (1981) (the "Olson case"), and Leal v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 42 Mass. App. Ct. 330 (1996).
These cases are inapposite. The cases hold that a government employee who is a member in service at the time of an on-the-job injury may apply for accidental disability benefits, notwithstanding that the employee had previously applied for and had received superannuation retirement benefits.
In accordance with these cases, the Petitioner was permitted to apply for and receive accidental disability retirement benefits after she had retired for superannuation because it is "the employee's status at the time of [the] accident that determines eligibility under G. L. c. 32, s. 7 (1)." 42 Mass. App. Ct. at 332, citing the Olson case.
The instant case presents an entirely different issue. In accordance with the plain language of section 7 (2) (a) (ii), the Petitioner is subject to the 75% limitation because she was not continuously a member in service from January 1, 1988 to the effective date of her accidental disability retirement.
The decision of PERAC is affirmed.
Maria A. Imparato
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The Winnipeg Jets made moves with the future in mind on Wednesday.
Winnipeg traded veteran forward Alex Ponikarovsky to the New Jersey Devils just hours after acquiring 24-year-old left-winger Eric Tangradi from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Jets sent their 2013 seventh-round draft pick to Pittsburgh for Tangradi. Winnipeg then got a 2013 seventh-round draft pick and a 2014 fourth-round pick from New Jersey in exchange for Ponikarovsky.
"We went out and acquired (Tangradi) and upon acquiring him we had the opportunity to open up some roster space and some ice time for him," said Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff. "We're very hopeful that he is someone that, given an opportunity to play within our organization, is going to blossom and continue to move forward.
"It was really more about creating an opening and an opportunity for Eric as opposed to anything with Alexei."
The deal will also help New Jersey, which announced Wednesday that forward Dainius Zubrus will undergo wrist surgery on Thursday that may end his season. Ponikarovsky was a natural choice to replace Zubrus—he played 33 games for the Devils last season with seven goals and 11 assists.
"He fit in so well for us last year. He played our style and he played in all situations," said Devils GM Lou Lamoriello. "He was a player that played extremely well for us in the playoffs."
New Jersey was the Eastern Conference champion last year, losing the Stanley Cup to the Los Angeles Kings in six games.
"We've been talking over a couple of days on the Tangradi deal, but how the other things laid out really just started to take fruition as the deal was being announced," said Cheveldayoff. "With New Jersey having their issues with injuries and stuff like that, it really just made things work for both sides."
The 32-year-old Ponikarovsky signed with Winnipeg as a free agent in the off-season, agreeing to a one-year deal worth US$1.8 million. He had two goals in 12 games with the Jets.
"I probably didn't click in," he said of the Jets (5-6-1), who are in third place in the Southeast Division. "But I appreciated the Winnipeg organization, and I'm happy now to go back to the team I played for last year."
Cheveldayoff had no regrets when asked if the deal with Ponikarovsky was a mistake.
"If you're worried about taking swings and missing you're not going to get up to the plate," said the Jets GM. "You have to try and do some things. Again, there's different reasons why guys are available—age, opportunities, teams looking to use younger players within their organization—so free agency is a time where you look at what's available, you try to fit some needs, some of them fit, some of them don't.
"Alexei is someone we wish all the best."
Ponikarovsky has played in 648 career NHL games between the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Carolina Hurricanes, New Jersey and Winnipeg. He has 137 goals and 179 assists in that span.
He was originally selected by Toronto in the fourth round—87th overall—in the 1998 NHL Draft.
Cheveldayoff acknowledged that Ponikarovsky's 12 games in Winnipeg wasn't a large sample size, but because of the NHL's lockout-shortened season he had to evaluate his roster quickly.
"I think that this season every game is magnified to the point though where, while the time frame might be compressed, each and every game has a greater magnitude," said Cheveldayoff. "We had to make some decisions and I've had the opportunity to see the majority of the games our team has played, talking to our coaches and obviously trying to look at a long-term plan to continue to get better as an organization.
"The opportunity to make these moves today is something that we're hopeful will grow into something great."
The six-foot-four Tangradi had 67 goals and 101 assists in three seasons with the Ontario Hockey League's Belleville Bulls before being drafted 42nd overall in the 2007 NHL entry draft by the Anaheim Ducks. He had 60 goals and 61 assists over four seasons with the American Hockey League's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
"We're going to give Eric an opportunity to grow into it," said Cheveldayoff. "He's a big player. He's a former second-round draft pick that had a very good junior career, had a very good American Hockey League career.
"A lot of these players that move into the National Hockey League and find their way do so because they're given opportunities and sometimes it's not within the organizations that develop them."
Tangradi had a goal and four assists with a plus-5 rating in 45 games with Pittsburgh.
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Google's Nexus S isn't officially scheduled to launch for a few more days, but that doesn't seem to be stopping Carphone Warehouse from listing the handset on their website. While is may be nice that the phone is available a bit early it doesn't offset the fact that UK customers will be paying £549.95 (about $865), quite a bit more than those of us planning on picking up the Nexus S at our local Best Buy store.
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Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid hinted all week that rookie quarterback Nick Foles would make his third NFL start this Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. That's all but certain now.
|Take a look back at Michael Vick's career.
Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Thursday that Michael Vick failed to reach the baseline status on his Wednesday ImPACT test, meaning the concussion that has sidelined him for two consecutive weeks will prevent him from suiting up against the Cowboys, according to the report.
The Eagles announced the results of the test Thursday.
It's unlikely the Eagles would have played Vick even had he passed the test. Reid and his coaching staff haven't shut their starter down for the season, but this sinking team is doing what it can to look to the future.
Jason Babin was released this week to give the younger players time on defense, and Foles likely will see plenty of action down the stretch.
Nothing surprises us about the Eagles anymore. We might see Vick again this season, but the writing is on the wall: He's unlikely to be with the team in 2013 -- not with that $15.5 million price tag -- and he already might have played his last game with the team.
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While "Arrow" and "The Flash" are busy expanding the depiction of the DC Universe over on the CW, "Constantine" is coming to NBC. And according to executive producer David S. Goyer, they "have access to the occult corner of the DC universe."
The series stars Matt Ryan as John Constantine, an exorcist who carries the guilt of what happened to a friend's daughter when her exorcism went horribly wrong.
While a very familiar DC hero mask makes a cameo appearance in the pilot episode, which screened during the show's panel on Saturday afternoon, Goyer cautioned that the series wouldn't become a "guest star of the week" type of series.
That said, Goyer said that the series wouldn't shy away from its comic book roots.
"There are over 300 issues of 'Hellblazer,'" Goyer said. "Some of the best writers in the business have been writing Constantine, and we're going to use that as our source material."
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Goyer was joined on the panel by writer and executive producer Daniel Cerone, Ryan, who plays Constantine, cast members Harold Perrineau, Angelica Celaya and Charles Halford. Missing was actress Lucy Griffiths, the female lead from the pilot, who will be replaced by Celaya in the second episode.
While Griffiths played a character invented for the series, Celaya will be playing Zed, a magic-using character well known to fans of the comic book series.
"We felt like [Griffith's character] couldn't go toe-to-toe with Constantine," Goyer said of the change.
Goyer also announced that the music for the series would be composed by Emmy-winner Bear McCreary, who bounded on stage long enough to wave to the audience.
Cerone did say that by the end of the first season, all of Constantine's "Newcastle Crew," a group of occult experts, would be introduced.
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All the teachers at Freedom 7 Elementary School in Cocoa Beach, FL, have large, oblong heads and big Cheshire-cat smiles that occupy the majority of their large, oblong heads. At least that's how they are portrayed in the student-drawn portraits that tile the school's administrative office.
The office door opens. "OK, you all can follow me," says a woman with a walkie-talkie. (Not smiling; typical cranial shape.) She's taking a gaggle of parents on a tour. We stroll down Creativity Court (all of the school's walkways have names like this), and pop in and out of classrooms. Piles of nails, screws, pennies, and keys sit on the counter of the science laboratory. Inside the library, a poster of a Magic Marker-ed snake reads "Got Ssss-shots?" (The students have been learning about poverty and disease.) The playground is on the corner of Appreciation Avenue and Integrity Boulevard.
This is what one of the best elementary schools in America looks like. In its state assessments, Freedom 7 performed better than 99.8 percent of Florida's elementary schools.Neighborhoodscout.com, a research and data website that ranks schools based on national and state-specific test scores, reports that Freedom 7 is the best public elementary school in the South. Moms and dads are required to volunteer 20 hours every year, or their child isn't reenrolled. Because of its reputation, the school receives parent inquiries from as far as Mexico and South America.Dr. J. Michael McGrath Elementary school in Newhall, CA, has students originally from Mexico and South America. Here, some students leave at day's end and head to a job. They might work on their father's food truck late into the night, moving inventories of oranges and corn chips in near darkness. Others skip school to care for younger siblings because their parents work two or even three jobs. There is no measurable parental involvement. A number of students live in rented-out bedrooms with their entire family, sharing twin mattresses on the floor.
McGrath is a Title 1 school, which means the overall poverty level of the student population is at least 40 percent, and therefore receives federal support. More than 85 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, compared with 12 percent at Freedom 7. Nevertheless, earlier this year McGrath was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the Department of Education. (Freedom 7 received this distinction in 2008.) The K-6 population, 64 percent of whom speak English as a second language, scored 83 percent proficiency in math and 70 percent in language arts. McGrath outperforms 75 percent of California's elementary schools. OK, so this is what one of the best schools in America looks like.
There are about 99,000 public elementary and secondary schools in almost 14,000 districts in the United States. Districts stricken by poverty neighbor districts graced by corporate bonuses. Schools in pristine, architecturally sound structures can be subpar, while schools in retrofitted shopping centers and grocery stores (Freedom 7 was a senior-citizen center in the 1990s) can be remarkable. Great ideas are born at failing schools. Great schools fail. Because each state has its own way of assessing student progress, a great school in Florida is not a great school in California is not a great school in Massachusetts. How can a school that has everything going for it be great, and a school that has very little going for it be great, too?
"I've been to hundreds and hundreds of schools," says U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "I've seen poor, rich, rural, and urban. I've been to places surrounded by violence, gang issues, and decay. But even in these places, I'm seeing children's lives being transformed."
This story began as many buzz-seeking stories do: as a search for The Best. Sadly, there is no such thing. There are no rose-wielding bachelors, no Sweet 16s, no panel of reality-show judges to give us the finite answer we crave. But what if we collected the freshest ideas, practices, and philosophies related to childhood education and told you how to fold them into your kid's life? In short, what if we brought the best schools in America to you?"Kids sitting in rows is outdated."
"I'm never at my desk," says Duncan. When we spoke, it was National Teacher Appreciation Week, so he was out visiting schools, doing the hello hug thank you for what you do. His office has personal touches—a poster of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Duncan's hero), snapshots of childhood friends, a dry-erase board with drawings by his two children—but no actual person.
Duncan wants to see more students away from their desks. "Kids sitting in rows is outdated," he says. "Learning is more impactful when you're out experiencing it."
Amy Goodloe, principal of Oak Hill Elementary in Oak Hill, VA, is rarely at her desk either. In fact, you're most likely to find her in the school garden. Oak Hill does almost everything right—it's in the 98th percentile in statewide performance and math and reading test scores. Its one blight was a patch of land behind the school, an overgrown thicket of butterfly bushes and milkweed sectioned off with railroad ties. ("The kids used it for hide-and-seek," she says.) In the fall of 2010, one of the staffers got wind of the Teaching Garden, an American Heart Association initiative to install "real-life learning laboratories" at elementary schools.
Today the garden is Oak Hill's headline attraction, and the center of its curriculum. The vegetables inform lessons on nutrition, health, and wellness. First-graders use it to learn about earthworms. Second-graders monitor the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. Fourth-graders use it to discuss weather and measure rainfall. The garden also provides lessons in character education: The entire student body pairs off, and each twosome takes ownership of a one-square-foot section.
"Even when it's not for class, the kids are in the garden," says Goodloe. "They're checking the growth of the lettuce. They're observing the insects. It's a real-life way to engage kids and connect concepts in a way that a book or blackboard simply cannot."
"The whole child."
"No child left untested."
Speaking to a Baptist church congregation, Lily Eskelsen says this phrase slowly and deliberately. Eskelsen is an elementary school teacher in Utah and the vice president of the National Education Association (NEA), the labor union dedicated to representing teachers and improving public-school life. It's an appropriate setting (pulpit, pews, stained glass) for her to preach about the government's fascination with "fill-in-the-bubble tests." "The best public school," she says, "cares about the whole child."
The "whole child" approach isn't just about intellectual health but social, emotional, cultural, and physical health, too. "We've found that academic excellence flows from this concept," Duncan says. He raves about a recent choral performance at his daughter's elementary school in Arlington, VA. The concert was titled "Five a Day," a reference to the common phrase that encourages people to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables daily. "They were singing about fiber," Duncan says with a laugh. "It integrated a number of ideas in a fun, nontraditional way."
In an era when just 4 percent of elementary schools have daily physical education, Bauder Elementary in Fort Collins, CO, has embraced a new wellness philosophy. In the school's kitchen, two women work at a stainless-steel sink slicing 500 chartreuse-green Anjou pears. The slices fill coolers, which are then distributed during the morning. "This is how I know that every kid eats a healthy breakfast," says principal Brian Carpenter. When the students hit a lull, the teachers order "brain breaks." The children lift balance balls and use the Railyards. Like step-aerobic benches, only taller, the Railyards inject exercise (push-ups, tricep dips) into sedentary classrooms.
A 2009 report by Active Living Research highlighted seven elementary school studies that connected regular physical-activity breaks to enhanced academic performance, and classroom behavior. Since 2008, the year the wellness program was introduced, Bauder's third-grade students have improved on the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP), which measures performance in reading, writing, and math. Over the past two years, student proficiency jumped from 66 percent to 78 percent.
"We make no excuses."
Larry Heath started his career in education in 1979 and has more satin ribbons and Lucite plaques than he can display. "My schools won all the awards," he says. "But I realized the bar was set way too low." And so in 2003, he accepted the job as principal at McGrath. Poverty, joblessness, gang culture, violence, language barriers: failure's Big Five. Interestingly, it was Heath's son who made success seem possible.
Thirty-five years ago, Heath's youngest son suffered a brain hemorrhage after birth, leaving him mentally disabled. Over time, the father observed the son working on his letters, his numbers, his reading. "I learned a lot about how much you can learn," Heath says. "My son has a 57 IQ. I look at our schooling system, and how many kids aren't performing at their grade level." Inhale. Exhale. "If my son can do it, these kids can do it. We make no excuses."
The school sets high expectations and, in turn, provides big rewards. As a bonus for meeting their annual goals, McGrath students see a movie together. Recent favorites include Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Spy Kids 4.
"The process of celebration is acquiring the energy to restart the process all over again," says Heath.
"Love children first, and teaching second."
Dorine Zimmerman is annoyed. The light at Wickham Road and Pineda Causeway is too short. During morning rush hour, she may have to wait four times before making the light. The Freedom 7 principal likes to get to school very early, long before the teachers arrive. "Because once they're here, people stop by and"—Zimmerman raps her knuckles on the conference table—"they ask, 'Can I just have a minute?'"
That question is what makes a good school a great school. It starts with great teachers, she says. "I have very high standards for my teachers," Zimmerman says, then breaks into a wry smile. "I'm not very popular."
There's one quality a Freedom 7 teacher must absolutely have: "They have to love children." A couple of weeks ago, Zimmerman was stunned during an interview when the gentleman said that he liked teaching because he didn't want to work nights and weekends.
"If they love children, you can teach them a lot of other things," explains Zimmerman. "But you cannot teach them to love children. You have to love children first, and teaching second.""Science is everywhere."
In 2009, newspaper headlines and cable news crawls lit up like Bunsen burners when the results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) were released. After 470,000 15-year-olds were tested worldwide, the U.S. ranked 17th in science (behind a slew of lands: Finland, New Zealand, Switzerland, the Netherlands) and 25th in math (can I cheat off your paper, Slovak Republic?).
But seeds of change are being planted at John F. Kennedy Magnet School in Port Chester, NY. Even with 8.5 out of 10 students coming from Spanish-speaking homes, it outperforms 83 percent of all New York public schools. In 2010, it received a National Blue Ribbon award.
Like Duncan, principal Louis Cuglietto is never in his office. Known to the students as Mr. C., Cuglietto prefers to be on the move, pushing a cart holding his laptop and phone, gathering children to solve math problems. On rainy days, he'll corral everyone in the auditorium and bring up Thinkfinity, a fun lesson-plan website created by Verizon. The kids recently learned about the Maglev trains in Japan, and how they work on magnetic levitation.
JFK is a magnet school: It uses a specialized curriculum to attract students from across traditional district boundaries. The focus is math, science, and technology, and it's apparent in every classroom and trophy case. It's even apparent in the clock hanging in the main office. Here, school doesn't begin at 8—it begins at ?64.
"When you're a child, science is everywhere," says Cuglietto. "It's the air you breathe. It's the ants on the ground. It's the weather outside. It's the technology we use every day."
While grown-ups see Singapore and South Korea as distant symbols of success, the kids at JFK are being taught they can be scientists, too. At the beginning of the school year, the first-graders are asked to draw a picture of a scientist. They hand in sketches of crazy-haired Einstein types and figures resembling wizards and magicians. After they share their pictures, the teacher hands them a mirror. That is what a scientist looks like.Despite all these big ideas and proven philosophies, we do not believe in our public schools: One percent of Americans give the nation's schools an A, according to a recent Gallup poll. But here's something we didn't know about ourselves: The percentage of Americans who give the schools in their community an A is 14 percent, the highest that figure has been in 28 years. Thirty-seven percent give their own child's school an A.
Here's the lesson, boys and girls: What does the best school in America look like? It looks like your child's school.
Better their education:
•Grow something. Plants are a hands-on way to cover a number of topics (measurements, nutrition, weather, seasons, etc.).
•Fill in any curriculum blanks at home. Stage a talent show, set up a science lab, or work on an art project together. (Get inspiration at educationaltoysplanet.com.)
•Set specific goals, with a clear timetable. The goal shouldn't be "Do better on your spelling." Instead, try "Getting eight out of ten correct." Share the goals with family members: Making it public helps increase motivation. Rewards should be relative to the achievement. Don't buy them a scooter for completing a collage.
•Love your child first, and your student second. Here's one idea: "Don't send kids off by themselves to do homework. That makes it seem like a punishment," says Eskelsen. Instead, "when they're doing homework, that's when you pay the bills or make a grocery list. It sends the message 'We all have homework."
•Make science cool. Thinkfinity.org has tons of fun lessons, webinars, worksheets, and videos.


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Former NCAA All-American and two-time Major League Soccer (MLS) Champion Ryan Cochrane was named assistant men's soccer coach at his alma mater, Santa Clara University in January 2013. He finished his second season as a coach with the program in 2014. Cochrane capped off an outstanding collegiate career at SCU by helping the Broncos reach the 2003 NCAA College Cup Final Four. He went on to enjoy nine years playing professional soccer, which included winning a pair of MLS titles with the Houston Dynamo.
A native of Portland, Ore., Cochrane became one of the most accomplished players in school history during his three years on SCU's Mission Campus (2001-03). Cochrane started every game he was available for, serving as the team's central defender. He earned Soccer America Freshman All-America honors in 2001 and All-America Honorable Mention recognition in 2002.
In 2003, Cochrane anchored a Bronco defense that went 16-4-4, posted 12 shutouts, won the West Coast Conference Championship and advanced to the NCAA College Cup Final Four in Columbus, Ohio. He was named an NSCAA/adidas Second Team All-American in 2003 and a M.A.C. Hermann Trophy semifinalist.
More recently, during his last two years playing professionally, Cochrane served as an assistant coach at the collegiate level with San Antonio's Trinity University in 2012 and at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. in 2011.
"I had been looking to move into coaching full time, and when I found out there was an opportunity here, it was an opportunity I could not pass up," Cochrane said. "I came to Santa Clara in 2001 and it was the best experience in my life in terms of growth as a person and player. Without the years here at Santa Clara I would not have gone on to such a successful professional career. I owe a lot of that to Cam (Rast) and Yamo (SCU Associate Head Coach Eric Yamamoto)."
"To be able to come back and share my experiences with the guys, sharing my pride of being a player here and what this program has meant to me, how it has shaped who I am now and influenced what I did after I left Santa Clara, that's exciting to me. I am thankful for Cam and Yamo and the staff for giving me that opportunity," Cochrane said.
Throughout Cochrane's three years at Santa Clara, he also started for the U.S. Under-20 National Team (2001-2003), representing the U.S. in the 2003 U-20 World Cup in Dubai, U.A.E. Cochrane and SCU teammate at the time, goalkeeper Steve Cronin, led the U.S. to a fifth-place finish among more than 25 countries at the World Cup.
Cochrane was selected fifth overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes and stayed with the team when it relocated to Houston in 2006. As the team's starting central defender, Cochrane led Houston to a pair of MLS titles in 2006 and 2007. His nine-year professional career was also highlighted by claiming a pair of MLS Western Conference Championships with Houston, earning an MLS Supporters Shield trophy with San Jose in 2005, and being named one of the North American Soccer League's (NASL) Best XI Players in 2012.
In all, Cochrane played in 145 MLS games spanning three different organizations (San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo, New England Revolution). He started in 120 of those 145 games played, logged over 10,500 minutes and totaled five goals and five assists.
Cochrane's Playing/Coaching File
1998 U.S. Under-16 National Team
1999-2000 U.S. Under-18 National Team
2001-2003 U.S. Under-20 National Team
2001-2003 Santa Clara University
2004 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
2005 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
2006 Houston Dynamo (MLS)*
2007 Houston Dynamo (MLS)*
2008 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
2009 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
2009 Houston Dynamo (MLS)
2010 Houston Dynamo (MLS)
2011 New England Revolution (MLS)
2011 Assistant Coach Wheaton College
2012 San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)
2012 Assistant Coach Trinity University
*MLS Cup Champions