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This store is definitely deserving of the Philly moniker, despite the lack of Cheese Whiz. Walking into Frank's, you're greeted by Eagles and Flyers pennants, Donovan McNabb pictures (No. 5, you will be missed) and the sounds of sports on the TV. More important, you can smell and see the delicacies that will have you loosening your belt once you get down to business. Their long rolls are filled with succulent chopped-up steak that has been grilled to perfection and covered with your choice of provolone, American, Swiss or cheddar cheese. For the genuine South Philly article, though, get your steak with provolone and fried onions. For the "Works," include some silky mushrooms, or opt for "Frank's Choice," with extra cheese and hot and bell peppers to make a perfect sandwich that satisfies without being too greasy or gooey. If you aren't in the mood for the steaks, the shop has a variety of hoagies including pastrami, roast beef, vegetarian or the Michelangelo (salami, pepperoni, ham, cappacola, provolone and mortadella). Watch out, transplants: This place will get you teary-eyed thinking of home.
Foodies have long loved Break of Dawn for its extraordinary breakfasts and lunches—including this paper, which deemed it Best Breakfast last year. But let's call Break of Dawn what it is—an extraordinary restaurant, period, a culinary treasure with few peers. It's not just the food—chef/owner Dee Nguyen uses his ethnicity (Vietnamese) and experience at the Ritz-Carlton equally, offering everything from abstract chilaquiles to a Hawaiian-style breakfast combining papaya slaw with a purée of green scallions. But Nguyen's great attribute is that he's constantly experimenting, whether offering piping-hot cinnamon buns that are more frosting than bread yet light on the stomach or surprising eaters with a habanero salsa. Add in Nguyen's limited hours, necessitated by his caring for his disabled son, and Break of Dawn becomes as fragile and beautiful—and necessary—as what it's named after.
A pizza buffet replete with a fresh-doughnut maker and all-you-can-pour soft serve is exactly what parents don't want for their already sugar-loaded, barely controllable offspring. But at least John's Incredible Pizza—a gigantic, kid-friendly über-eatery that takes up almost the entire lower floor of what used to be Buena Park Mall—has multiple themed dining areas, some of them geared toward adults. Plus, there's no giant rodent singing rote songs. Instead, you can train your future Las Vegas compulsives on the excesses of Sin City with token-based games of chance and all-you-can-eat binging. The peanut-butter pizza is exactly as it sounds: terrifying. Same goes for the nacho pizza, which actually isn't that bad. But for an 8-year-old, it might as well be Thomas Freakin' Keller.
It takes a certain kind of blind optimism to call your hot-pot restaurant "Four Seasons." Such places are decidedly one season. It's a heat-generating meal that's only apt and appetizing when the weather is chilly and you can see your breath. But whatever the climate, the balding owner is always dressed in a suit and tie to welcome guests. In the summer months, most customers shun him and his cook-it-yourself Mongolian hot-pot concept. No one wants to sit over a roiling vat of broth spiced with aromatic spices, ginger and garlic, dipping thinly sliced meats, veggies, and tofu, especially when they've got a day at the beach in mind. But the man is still at it, going on four years. Let's hope he can last till this year's winter.
Motel restaurants, when they exist, are typically eateries of last resort, places where dried-up chicken, overboiled vegetables and bland starches go to die. Open the menu at Formosa Chinese Restaurant, inside a Best Western-turned-Quality Inn, and you'll wonder what it was smoking. The first half of the menu is a depressing hodgepodge of fried junk tossed in sweet, sticky sauces or brown, cornstarch-y glop. The back page, however, contains the reason to seek out the place: a laundry list of Taiwanese specialities, from pai gu fan (pork chop rice) to san bei ji (three cup chicken—soy sauce, rice wine and sesame oil, in case you wondered). A bowl of niu rou mian (beef noodle stew), fragrant with ginger, star anise and just a hint of preserved cabbage, is the perfect dish to chase away winter rains or June gloom. The xiao long bao (soup dumplings) are light and juicy, an awesome find so far from their U.S. spiritual home in the San Gabriel Valley. On weekends, stop in for the traditional Taiwanese breakfast of hot soy milk with fried-to-order you tiao (huge savory doughnut twists). Daily specials are written in Chinese on a whiteboard near the kitchen door; insist politely that the staff translates them. Prices are as low as you'd expect, given the proximity to McDonald's.
Hangover remedies abound in every culture, from coconut water to tripe soup, but they involve insider information: You have to know what dishes are meant for the overindulgent. In the Korean culture, it's simple: Their hangover cure-all, haejangguk, translates as "soup to chase a hangover." Made of pork bones, doenjang (the Korean answer to miso), garlic, ginger, mushrooms and radish, the soup arrives unsalted; you spoon salt from the large pot on the table to your liking. Die-hard hangover nursers should consider requesting ox blood be added to the soup. Get your fix, which will run you about $8 for a huge bowl, in this pair of no-décor one-stop shops located in the Korean-heavy areas of Garden Grove and Buena Park, and make sure to drink the bland toasted-rice water you'll be given for hydration—the Koreans have morning-after syndrome down to a science.
You never know when terrorists, Commies or zombies will make their way down PCH from Long Beach, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be prepared to defend your way of life. Oh, you'll shoot them with your cherished firearms? Well, what happens when you run out of ammo, smarty-pants? You'd better hope you're in the re-creation of Don Beach's tiki paradise when it happens; you can pry his prized collection of South Seas daggers from the walls, do a Maori war cry and have at the enemy with the fury of a thousand angry moai. Once you've driven the Taliban, the Soviet Menace or the Nazgûl off to find easier pickings, celebrate with a huge, fruity rum-based drink and a pupu platter.
Sit down at Stephanie Dinh's upscale Vietnamese dining room in an outlying building of the Westminster Mall, and you'll be given three menus: the food menu, the wine list and the tea list. Ask for a fourth. There is a separate vegetarian menu of surprising length and creativity, full of foods such as an outstanding lotus-root salad with Vietnamese mint and tofu, deep-fried vegetable spring rolls, and mock fish bathed in a light coconut curry. The main menu features family-style specialties far removed from the corner pho shop. Oc nhoi are periwinkles and pork steamed in banana leaves; thit kho trung cut is pork loin and quail eggs braised in caramel and black pepper. Even the children's menu is an upgrade from mac and cheese: Fried wonton purses of pork and shrimp or grilled boneless short ribs with jasmine rice and a cucumber salad are comforting enough for the little tykes. The service is excellent by anyone's standards, a refreshing change from the sullen glares of the counter help at the county's bánh mì shops.
They never say "sir" or "madam." Instead it's Mr. or Ms. [insert your surname here]. What's more, the servers at Studio Restaurant remember to use it throughout the night. Ask where the restrooms are, and they'll not just point you the way, but they'll also escort you there. When you come back to your table, your crumpled napkin has been folded neatly. If you're part of a large party, each plate served gets its own attendant, who will put the food in front of the diner who ordered it without asking whom it belongs to—and at precisely the same choreographed moment as everyone else. No detail is missed. Everyone has a demeanor that is nothing short of impeccable. You will be eternally spoiled.
Park Avenue is Mad Men brought to life: satellite chandeliers, faux-stone walls, pictures of celebs in a bar where the Old-Fashioned isn't an adjective but an intoxicating noun, and a menu in which early-1960s-Americana grub rules. But chef/owner David Slay has improved on his restaurant over the past couple of years, adding a lawn for receptions and an ever-growing garden from which he picks most of the veggies for his salads and sides. Expect those offerings to increase as the planters bloom—and for Park Avenue to do the same.
Ah, Paris. It's expensive. Pascal Olhats knows this, which is why the French-food impresario has created what is arguably the most Gallic of all his French restaurants as an affordable alternative to a plane ticket. The space, inherited from the failed French 75, evokes the City of Lights, but the food is mostly Provençal-inspired. The ratatouille comes fuming-hot in its cooking vessel, every bit tasting as you imagine a certain Pixar rat would've prepared it. Olhats' roasted beef-marrow bones are served with a tiny spoon to spread the fatty bone butter on toasted bread. Feed it to your partner, and then daydream together of the day you two can finally see the Eiffel Tower.
The businesses on Avenida Victoria as the street dips near the Pacific offer perhaps the most underrated beachside view in Orange County—the train track, the beach, the ocean, tourists, hills, cars, all of what makes San Clemente so damn charming. And the restaurant to enjoy this view is La Galette Creperie, home to paper-thin crepes stuffed to burrito proportions. Don't let the Amtrak horns scare you too much!


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Revere rests sore quad, may miss rest of series
By Jay Greenberg / Special to MLB.com
NEW YORK -- John Mayberry was in center field for the Phillies on Friday night as Ben Revere rested his sore quadriceps muscle for the second consecutive game.
Manager Charlie Manuel said a move to the disabled list would be premature, but it appears Revere will be shut down for the three-game series with the Mets.
"It's been off and on," the center fielder said. "Finally we just needed to rest it so we wouldn't reaggravate it. If you rip it, you'll be out most of the year.
"They want something like this to be 100 percent and Monday is an off-day in Cleveland. I need to be able to run comfortably. But a miracle could happen. Tomorrow, it could be good to go. I'll see how it feels tomorrow and Sunday."
Revere, who is hitting .207 with a .242 on-base percentage, agreed he could use a mental break as much as a physical one.
"Look at some tape, clear my mind, and get back on my feet again, yeah," he said.
Manuel agreed.
"I think this is not hurting him," said the manager. " He definitely needed a blow. Sometimes a couple days off helps you, yeah."
Manuel not worried about Utley's miscues
NEW YORK -- Chase Utley has five errors in the first 23 games, tied for the lead among National League second basemen entering Friday.
He committed one of them during the Phillies' 3-5 homestand, when he was unable to make an over-the-shoulder catch on a popup. By no means was that an error, but it wasn't exactly Utley, either. Neither was forgetting the number of outs during the Cardinals series and being doubled off.
Manager Charlie Manuel says he is not worried.
"No, when he starts making mistakes he will work and eliminate them," said the manager. "But he might be trying to do a little too much.
"I saw him bunt twice [for a hit] this week. That's a little bit different. He was bunting to get the tying run on base, which is understandable. At the same time, he is trying some different things that shows he might be trying to get us going a little too much."
All that noted, Utley led the Phillies in home runs (four) and RBIs (16) entering Friday. Plus, his .309 batting average coming into the opener of the three-game series with the Mets was second among their regulars to Michael Young's .312.
Worth noting
• For the third time this season, Manuel separated Chase Utley and Ryan Howard in the lineup, with the right-handed-hitting Michael Young in the No. 3 spot.
"[The Mets] have three lefties in the 'pen and I have a feeling we are going to be seeing them," said the manager. "I like to have a right-handed hitter in between them, I think that's really important. Now, if we want to go out and start banging lefties, I might line them all up and let them go."
• When the Pirates rallied from behind to win the final two games of the series this week in Philadelphia, it was only the second time in 60 years that a Phillies opponent had come from behind in the seventh inning or later to win consecutive contests. The Mets did it May 8-9 of last season.
Jay Greenberg is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Legislature considers fee on disposable shopping bags
Lawmakers have revived the notion of placing a fee on disposable shopping bags.
Sen. Robert Hartwell, chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee, has introduced legislation to place a 10-cent fee on disposable carryout bags from retail and grocery stores.
According to the bill, S.205, retail stores include supermarkets, grocery, convenience and retail merchandise stores, and restaurants.
Hartwell said Friday some stores could be exempt, such as those that already encourage the use of non-disposable bags or those that sell products requiring specialty bags.
Retailers would receive one penny back on the fee and the remainder would go into a solid waste assistance account.
Testifying before the committee Friday, retail store representatives warned the fee could be bad for business.
"I'll be very honest with you," Jim Harrison, president of the Vermont Grocers' Association, told the committee. "We have a lot of members who are very concerned about adding a new fee on our customers."
Marc Sherman, owner of Stowe Mercantile, which makes a 5-cent charity donation every time customers use their own bag, says the bill as proposed would put small retailers at a disadvantage with online and out-of-state stores.
Hartwell said the bill would likely include a tax on both plastic and paper and include a waiver for some retail stores.
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Should states be allowed to decide whether to drill for oil and gas off their own coasts? How much drilling revenue should go to states? And how much to coastal conservation? Joining OnPoint is Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, a major oil and gas producing state, to talk about expanding offshore drilling, the states' role in it, the energy bill and the search for a Senate compromise to avoid the "nuclear option."


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Maurice Stevens, Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at the Ohio State University, recently held a course that directly engaged students with our exhibition of Blues for Smoke. He divided the class into groups and we're sharing their responses. Today's entry comes from the Sage Group discussing the work of Mark Bradford. For more background on this series, head here.
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At the beginning of October, our group first met at the Wexner Center for the Arts to view the Blues for Smoke exhibit. During that trip we each chose two pieces of art that we were attracted to. After gathering together to discuss the pieces, we determined that it was important that each of us feel connected in some way to the piece and that we could each see something intersectional about the art.
After some conversation, we chose to engage with the Mark Bradford piece entitled The Idea Would Never Travel. This work of art is on a very large canvas. The left side of the canvas is entirely black. About mid-way across the canvas there is a diagonal line from top left to bottom right where there is a break and the black paper that covers the left side has been sanded away on the right side to reveal layers of signage that all carry the same message but oriented in different ways. The phrases 'promise land', 'sober living' and 'men and women' are legible upon close examination, as well as the repeated appearance of numbers 5, 7, 0, presumably a phone number. We spent some time viewing the piece together and determined that we would each like to write our own separate responses and find some background information on Mark Bradford. Subsequently, we created a shared document where each group member could post his or her response and findings.
The members of our group had an array of reactions to the piece. A number of interpretations were focused on the difference between the almost entirely black left side of the piece, and the words and phrases on the right. This divide was described as a 'fault line of intersectionality'; it drew comparisons to both urban sprawl and white flight. Additionally, some saw the words and signs as emerging from the black, while others took a less hopeful reading and saw it as a black hole or void threatening to take over the whole canvas. The words and phrases on the canvas also represented differences in opinions. Some members of the group felt that they were unclear or could represent uncertainty while others felt that they were hopeful and still others felt they might be suggestive of something unknown to the audience.
Through our research on Mark Bradford, we learned that he likes to work with found materials from his surrounding environment. He often removes signage from fencing which has been erected during the demolition of buildings in his neighborhood. These signs are advertisements for different things such as barber school, child custody representation or information on how to start a sober living facility and so one. In this way, Bradford believes the signage can tell us about what is happening in anyplace at a particular time (citation: PBS). His work is described as both collage and dècollage. Bradford says about his use of layering: "It's about…tracing the ghost of cities past. It's the pulling off of a layer and finding another underneath" (ICA Boston).
The Idea Will Never Travel displays the layers and multiple identities that every city and individual possess. As each layer is removed, we gain a new element of understanding about that particular place or person. The beauty of that is that we each see and interpret those elements differently. Therefore, our group chose not to come to a definitive conclusion about the Mark Bradford piece as a whole. We were each able to find our own meaning; regardless of whether our individual interpretations bent toward a hopeful or negative outlook.
Art21. (2007). Mark Bradford. PBS. http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mark-bradford
ICA Boston. Mark Bradford. The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. http://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/exhibit/bradford/


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Washington 2000-ft Prominence Peaks > Mount Bonaparte > Climber's Log
Mount Bonaparte Climber's Log
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|Lake Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2016
|Hiked up from Lake Bonaparte. About 16 miles round-trip. Gorgeous 360 degree views on a clear day. Well worth it.
|Posted Aug 14, 2016 6:36 pm
|Camp on summit
Date Climbed: May 23, 2015
|Had a great camp right on the summit with my family and more extended family. More snow than expected on the trail, postholing for awhile.
|Posted May 26, 2015 12:53 pm
|Bonaparte and Moses
Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2014
|Left Seattle at 4:30am. Drove to Bonaparte and snowshoed up. Then drove to Moses and hiked up. Then drove back to Seattle, arriving at 12:45am.
Video by Bryan
|Posted Apr 22, 2014 4:02 am
|Le Bonaparte
|Tried to bike up it, gave up cause I'm lazy/weak/whiny/tired, and hiked it as a cool down to a three day adventure I was on...pretty neato.
|Posted Jul 22, 2013 3:37 pm
|Mt. Bonaparte
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2010
|Did this one as a warmup on the way to Remmel.
|Posted Sep 15, 2012 7:59 pm
|Bona Party
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2012
|Slept in the truck at the upper TH. Good morning hike to the summit with views in all directions.
|Posted Jul 7, 2012 2:05 am
|A Nice Hike, A Nice Lookout
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2011
|I really enjoyed this hike. The only thing that would have made it better would be if the clouds had not ruined many of the views. Two Forest Service workers were at the summit examining the health of the trees there, but the lookout itself was locked-up. This was my 17th (out of 18) Washington peak with at least 25 miles of isolation from the nearest higher ground.
|Posted Jul 19, 2011 8:51 am
|North trail
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007
|A sweet hike to a functioning lookout. We (Eric and I) met the lookout and he gave us a tour of his new home, having just moved in the day before. This lookout fellow had been the lookout on Oregon Butte the previous year. Not much of a view today since the weather was cloudy and cold but the fact that this peak is one of the bigger ones in this section of E. Washington made it a nice target.
|Posted Jul 1, 2007 9:15 am
|Trail from North
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007
|I did this one for the second time today with Dean. Thankfully it was much cooler today than the last time I was here. Most of this trail is through very pleasant forest and the trail is in excellent shape. I think this is my favorite hike (so far) out of the admittedly somewhat limited peaks I've done in what I think of as Eastern WA (east of the Okanogan->Columbia Rivers).
|Posted Jun 30, 2007 11:44 pm
|Bob Bolton
|Route Climbed: Mt. Bonaparte Trail Date Climbed: October 9, 2004
|Bagged this one with Roberta Arden (theplugger) on a weekend prominence-bagging trip to northern Washington. Nice hike.
|Posted Dec 4, 2005 10:40 pm


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The usual sting of Massachusetts politics was leavened with humor as pols poked fun at themselves and launched zingers at the annual South Boston Saint Patrick's Day Breakfast.
The usual sting of Massachusetts politics was leavened with humor as pols poked fun at themselves and launched zingers at the annual South Boston Saint Patrick's Day Breakfast.
"I was going to wear a big 'Kiss me I'm Irish' button today, but Lord only knows what the Herald would have said," Sen. Elizabeth Warren told the crowd at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, referencing the tabloid's coverage of her avowed Native American ancestry.
Irish ballads interspersed elected officials' forays into stand-up comedy, and master of ceremonies and Boston City Councilor Bill Linehan bounded about the dais, singing and commenting on the material.
"It'd be easier if I was drinking," Linehan said at one point.
Rep. Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk) was the lone Republican contender in the special U.S. Senate race to attend the breakfast, and Winslow didn't take the microphone, though the two Democratic challengers for Secretary of State John Kerry's former seat did.
Both candidates stressed the blue collar jobs they held before running for public office, and those stories were fair game on Sunday.
"The Democratic election will be historic no matter who wins. Either I will be the first ironworker elected to the United States Senate," Congressman Stephen Lynch said, pausing for applause before the punch-line. "Or Ed Markey will be the first ice cream truck driver. So we'll either have a voice for working families or we'll have a voice for Ben and Jerry's."
The dean of the Congressional delegation who was first elected to Congress in 1976, Markey had his own take on his and Lynch's beginnings.
"I'm prepared to show my long-form birth certificate, proving that I was born in Congress," Markey said. "And Steve and I are good friends. Steve and I are good friends. This is a really good race. And we're really going to maintain our friendship out of it. He's prepared as well. He's got his long-form birth certificate saying that he was born with his workboots on, in a manger that he welded together himself. That's Southie."
Lynch, who hosted the breakfast when he was the state senator from South Boston, was seated closer to the podium than Markey, who sat to the right of Boston City Council President Stephen Murphy, and Markey referenced Southie's solid support of Lynch when he said his South Boston coordinator is "in a witness protection program at an undisclosed location."
Markey also took a shot at the neighborhood's annual parade, which has long been subject of criticism for excluding contingents from gay rights groups, using the conclave that recently selected Pope Francis as a point of reference.
"That conclave was really something, a bunch of old men, nearly all of them white, believing themselves to be infallible, ignoring all external pressures, remaining immune from all accountability no matter what they do. It kind of sounds like the South Boston Parade Committee," Markey said.
"Okay, he's bait," Linehan responded. Later, Linehan said, "Isn't he a great sport? Coming into the lion's den, and even picking on us."
Both Markey and Lynch left the breakfast early to march in a parade in Holyoke.
Former Gov. Bill Weld endorsed, in his own humorous way, Gov. Deval Patrick's proposal to raise taxes, as part of a $1.9 billion revenue package.
"I alone perhaps of all people in the room think this is a great thing, because it's the rebuilding platform and program for the Republican Party of Massachusetts," said Weld who was elected on the heels of Gov. Michael Dukakis' tax hikes, beginning a 16-year streak of Republican governors.
While Winslow was the lone Republican Senate candidate on hand, his two rivals for the seat, Michael Sullivan and Gabriel Gomez, as well as the party itself were the butt of some jokes.
Noting that the Republicans had held their first candidate forum at a yacht club, Markey launched into a satirical rousing refrain.
"They've organized every yacht club, every country club, every golf club. From the greens to the fairways, it is a true grassroots movement," Markey said. "The Republicans, they're going to knock on every six-room summer home in Massachusetts to get the vote out."
The breakfasts were previously hosted by former Senate President William Bulger, who lives in South Boston. Bulger's brother, the notorious alleged killer and mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, is heading toward a trial at the nearby Moakley Federal Courthouse. That particular fraternal relationship was not the subject of any dark humor at the Sunday breakfast.
After the ceremony, Weld told reporters that he had seen the former Senate president Saturday night.
"I was with Bill Bulger last night at the Clover Club at the Park Plaza in Boston," Weld said. "It was great."
Linehan exercised his vocal chords singing along to Irish tunes, which gave Warren an opening to discuss another type of "singing."
"I understand Bill wants more people to sing this year," Warren said. "On Beacon Hill I understand that usually means going before a grand jury."
Treasurer Steven Grossman, who is considering a run for governor, made himself the punch-line, when he said, "I do have something else going for me that nobody else in the race could have: charisma."
Grossman also referenced patronage hires, which have allegedly been a way of business at the Treasury before Grossman's time there.
"We've done a lot of reform at Treasury since I got there. We now hire at the Lottery totally based on merit," Grossman said. "So now the jobs at Treasury are given away based on who's going to work the hardest on my campaign and who gives me the most money."
Mayoral politics were on the menu as well, as Boston Mayor Thomas Menino once again provided clues but no definite answer to the question of whether he will run for re-election this year. The rare retirement of a pope provided a ready allegory for Menino, who has been in office a record nearly 20 years.
"Interesting that no one told the pope that it was a lifetime job, you know, like mayor of Boston," Menino said. "So no pope has retired in over 600 years. See, don't worry guys, only 580 more years to go . . . Can you imagine someone with supreme power stepping down and letting someone else take over? Me either."
Boston City Councilor John Connolly, who has announced his own run for mayor, slipped into the mayor's seat while he was speaking, only to be scolded by Menino from the podium.
"Hey kid, get your own seat. Get in the back row, will ya," Menino said.
Later, as Menino was making his way out of the building, Connolly took the microphone and said, "If anyone has any questions on my candidacy I'll be out in the parking lot. My car will be the one that's been towed."
Boston City Council President Stephen Murphy's jokes at the expense of the mayor later in the program left him wondering about the fate of his car, as well.
"I've known Tom Menino for 41 years. And he looks the same: old," Murphy said. "I won't say he's losing his step, though, but last week it took him an hour and a half to watch Sixty Minutes." As the crowd reacted, Murphy said, "My car is being towed now, folks."
Rep. Nick Collins (D-South Boston) also unleashed some zingers at the expense of House Speaker Robert DeLeo and the treasurer, and the crowd's reaction left the candidate for Sen. Jack Hart's recently vacated seat contemplating the necessity of leaving the lower chamber for the upper chamber.
"We all know the speaker isn't that funny, so I just wanted to make sure we got the reps here as much as we could to laugh at his jokes. You think it would be tough to get all of them in one place on a Sunday, but actually all you need to offer them is a free meal and a per diem," Collins said, referring to the payment that some legislators receive for their travel to work. Collins followed up those quips by saying, "I'd better win this race."
The treasurer was also a target of Collins' wit.
"Thank you for putting me on after Steve Grossman. I think I've had vanilla ice cream with more flavor than that guy," Collins said, eliciting some shocked sounds from the crowd. "Oh, we love Steve."
Patrick delivered a video message, which featured a cameo by Lt. Gov. Tim Murray in a racecar driver's suit, and Senate President Therese Murray attended an event her district.
The video showed a fake press conference, where Patrick said that the new reality shows "Southie Rules" and "Wicked Single" were so bad he had declared a state of emergency and issued a driving ban.
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While jokes got the most laughs, about half the program was devoted to music. Sen. Barry Finegold (D-Andover), who was Barry "O'Finegold" for the day, showed off his musical talent, playing trumpet for a rendition of the sea shanty "What shall we do with a Drunken Sailor."


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 9:48 AM
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Counseling, Paly gym on school board agenda tonight
Original post made on Mar 19, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 9:48 AM
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a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 19, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Web Link
Proposal 2 is: "Expand Titan 101 structure to cover all 4 years of high school. Small group of students assigned to one staff member who would meet in a non-academic setting at regular/frequent intervals. This group would be consistent (adult/student pairing) from 9th through 12th grade" and had 80% parental support.
Proposal 4 is: "Guidance Model – Counselors in the Lead " and had 100% teacher support.
They couldn't get consensus so came up with "40 recommendations for counseling reforms".
The objections to #2 were:
a) more substantive change to the Master schedule
b) it is not a natural step from the current system
c) existing structures will be disrupted
d) will add more students to teacher loads (potentially from 150 to 180)
e) will fulfill a need in grades 9 and 10 (Titan 101 & 102), but does not address the needs of grades 11 and 12, which need more time with counselors and college prep.
f) Is there is enough staff to do this?? 21 current Titan 101 coaches. This would be a huge shift and change
Come on board, take a stand here. There isn't really anything in the objections that can't be worked through with the teachers and it's what the parents want.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Mar 19, 2013 at 1:41 pm
No PR officer needed to see around corners (in the words of Dr. Skelly) to see this one coming. The board wouldn't give Gunn parents what they wanted so they sent them to "work it out" with the site. 2 years later the parents still want what Paly has and the teachers are still against it. Who is in charge? The teachers or the parents and taxpayers? At some point the board has to take control and stop letting the Gunn admins call all the shots. How is this fair? We played by the rules and did your committee and they STILL won't do it. Please board give Gunn kids what Paly kids get. And I am not in WCDB but I did vote for Ken.
a resident of Barron Park
on Mar 19, 2013 at 1:56 pm
Hi All:
We have made a comparison table that shows which of the Guidance Advisory Committee (GAC) 40 recommendations are in the Gunn Year One Plan. As you will see only 8 of the 40 recommendations are even suggested to be adopted. Most of those are only just in the very beginning stages of development and won't be completed by the end of 2013-14. You can access it here: Web Link
The Board's focused goal for 2012-13 was for Gunn to produce a plan for comparable services to be delivered in 2013-14. Obviously we are a long ways from that. What is unfortunate is that we don't have a plan for that ever -- it's not a question of a multi-year plan. There is no multi-year plan. A multi-year plan for comparability would be great. That's not what this is.
Please note that the Gunn administration has not made any commitment beyond this plan. If the Gunn administration were to produce a plan for all 40 of these recommendations to be implemented on a 2-year timetable with assessment and metrics that would establish comparability, that would be a great start toward the goal of implementing the 40 recommendations. However, at this point the school administration has made no commitments whatsoever beyond what is in its board packet for "Year One."
Thank you for looking at the data.
a resident of Barron Park
on Mar 19, 2013 at 2:15 pm
@See around corners - the parents are not in charge, nor the taxpayers. Funny how some people think that is the case. The board is in charge, and they should do what they view as in the best interest of the students. Listening to the input and advice from the teachers and administrators seems like a sensible part of that assessment.
a resident of Terman Middle School
on Mar 19, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Why would the Board decide that what's in the interst of Gunn kids is less than what is in the interest of Paly kids? Unless the Board members' kids go to Paly that is...
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 19, 2013 at 3:33 pm
@Who's in charge,
I agree the board is in charge. The problem is that you have 80% of the parents at Gunn wanting Option #2. It's not even close.
Look at the objections. The teachers aren't rejecting this based on whether it wasn't good for the kids, they're rejecting it based on teacher load. This is what the board's there for - to bridge this divide.
I also didn't vote for Ken or WCDBPA. One major strength the current board members do have is that they do listen and are willing to change their minds. These attributes are sadly lacking with WCDBPA, which makes them totally unsatisfactory candidates for the board as has been shown the last two elections.
The Gunn parents made a clear choice. Hopefully the board is willing to do what is necessary to make it happen.
a resident of Terman Middle School
on Mar 19, 2013 at 3:52 pm
I have not been a support of WCDB, but the Board's lack of action is driving me in that direction. I hope the Board takes strong action and gives a strong message tonight - an action plan with a short timetable.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Mar 19, 2013 at 4:08 pm
@one for all: On one hand, you seem to support the parents on the GAC. On the other hand, you trash WCDBPA for not being "willing to listen and ... willing to change their minds."
Yet, at the top of the article it says the GAC parent quoted is "One of the sharpest critics of the guidance counseling program at Gunn High School" and a member of WCDBPA. The GAC operated by consensus and from everything I've heard Amy was one of the most respected people on the committee. This completely undercuts your WCDBPA-bashing. Maybe that's a sign you are wrong about the members of WCDBPA.Unless you are one of those people who isn't "willing to listen and ... willing to change their minds."
Oh, and by the way, there was only one election with a WCDBPA candidate - the last one. In the previous election WCDBPA did not yet exist and two current board members ran unopposed. I understand that facts can be inconvenient when they don't agree with your opinion. But still, that's an easy one to verify.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 19, 2013 at 4:36 pm
No, the WCDBPA member on GAC didn't listen or change her mind. It was set going in and didn't change. If she didn't vote for option#2, I'd agree with you. However it actually proves my point.
In the end it isn't her opinion that matters, it is that 80% of the parents want it.
And there have been WCDBPA candidates in the last two elections that have happened. Wynn Hauser ran in the previous election. He went after Camille and lost - sort of a pattern here.
a resident of Gunn High School
on Mar 19, 2013 at 4:41 pm
I did vote for Ken Dauber, and on this issue among others. Gunn students deserve the same quality of counseling as Paly students. We pay the same taxes as Paly parents. Our kids should get the same standard of services.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Mar 19, 2013 at 4:56 pm
One for all I agree that it's time for the gunn community to get equal treatment. I know Amy and you are wrong. She's a lovely person who cares about kids and listens. Ken Dauber and Wynn Hausser are also wonderful caring people. I don't care much for Camille as a board member but she seems like a nice person and there is no need to go to personal attacks on Amy Wynn Ken or anyone else. I'm glad we agree about giving Gunn a fair shake now though. :)
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 19, 2013 at 5:16 pm
[Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.] The problem is that the one-size-fits-all, top-down-decision making by a pressure group--or even the Board--is not the best way to go. It makes perfect sense to make some small steps at Gunn--an outstanding high school, by the way--and see how they work out.
Oh, and by the way: Those Gunn teachers--who supposedly are only concerned with teacher load--are the ones who work with your students in class and outside of class, and spend evening after evening doing the preparation that make their classes and students so outstanding. They, like Paly teachers, deserve respect for what they do.
I never worked in the Palo Alto Unified School District, although my kids graduated from Paly and seem to be doing pretty well. But I've seen so-called quick fixes by parental pressure groups, and top-down decision making by board members who thought they were more qualified than they actually were. Oh yes, and suits against districts by parents with highly-paid lawyers. Not a pretty sight, in any way.
It would be great if we could let our Board, administration, and teachers do their job and work their way to the best possible outcome.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Mar 19, 2013 at 5:27 pm
Retired Teacher -- [portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff] Pardon my saying so but why do you feel it's appropriate for you to speak so condescendingly to Gunn parents? We want what your kids got at Paly. Totally reasonable. And it's not what WCDB thinks. It's what the districts own multistakeholder staff dominated GAC unanimously recommended. Thats what we want. You have a lot of advice for Gunn parents without having educated yourself in the least.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 19, 2013 at 5:50 pm
A handful of parents submitted an application to be considered for membership on the Gunn Advisory Committee. Of the 6 parents selected 2 were pro-TA WCDB members and, from what I heard, another 2 or 3 were pro-TA from the start too. It was hardly a balanced parent group.
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a resident of Gunn High School
on Mar 19, 2013 at 5:55 pm
That is totally false. The district selected a diverse group of parents. Only one was a WCDB member, Amy Balsom. No others. Speaking as a staff member Amy was a real pleasure to work with. I don't know who you are observer but you have no idea what you are talking about. The entire group worked very well together!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 19, 2013 at 6:28 pm
@Who's in charge,
You wrote, "the parents are not in charge, nor the taxpayers. Funny how some people think that is the case. The board is in charge, and they should do what they view as in the best interest of the students. Listening to the input and advice from the teachers and administrators seems like a sensible part of that assessment."
You seem to think that what they parents and taxpayers want for their kids education is beside the point. Administrators in a district work for the families of the district.
Governance of schools is set up in this state so that school districts are almost entirely autonomous governmental bodies, for the purpose of local control. Control by the local people, not for the purposes of local bureaucrats. Control by local families because it's presumed they know best about what their children need than anyone else. Capiche?
Even the National School Board Association, the national cheerleaders for school boards, says things like, "The school board represents the public's voice in public education providing citizen governance for what the public schools need and WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS [emphasis mine]." and "Your school board is accessible to you" and "School boards are accountable to the total community." This Illinois District expresses it well:
Web Link
"What a School Board is
... the basic function of school boards today remains the same: to provide local citizen control over education at a point as close to the parent and child as possible. This means that the school board should represent the citizens of the school district "
The school board is vested with power in order to represent the citizens of the district, not so that they can do WTHTW.
But you would be right in your sentiment that the rules are imperfectly set up so that, despite the purpose of school boards to vest the power to run schools with the local citizenry, actual control often ends up in the hands of a few insular bureaucrats who are essentially autonomous from above AND below.
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 19, 2013 at 6:44 pm
Why in the world can't Gunn and Paly be equal? This is so wrong...they are in the same district, after all.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 19, 2013 at 7:03 pm
All for One: You accuse me of speaking condescendingly to Gunn parents. I have the greatest respect for parents--and the involved parents were the ones whose students did best in every school in which I worked. No, All for One, it's the pressure groups I'm not so fond of. The ones who hammer on the administration and teachers wanting to get their way when they can't win school board elections. WCDBPA claims to represent the parents--but before they lost the last election, they claimed to represent the voters as well.
All I ask for, All for One, is respect for an administration and teachers who are trying to make things work for the best at Gunn.
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a resident of Greater Miranda
on Mar 19, 2013 at 7:24 pm
Sorry for stealing your name AFO. Retired teacher 16000 is a lot of voters and parents. Wynn Hausser lost by fewer than 200. They didn't win but they aren't marginal. There is a very large constituency for the WCDB goals. Lastly, your last sentence is still condescending.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 19, 2013 at 9:16 pm
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They're two different schools, with two different cultures. This one size fits all, parent-pressure group mentality seems characteristic of WCDBPA. How about giving the school time to explore how to make things work at Gunn? How about respecting the work teachers and administrators do, instead of assuming that they're dragging their feet because of "teacher load?"
Gunn and Paly-two great schools! Two different great schools! Let's value them as they are, not try to put one into the other's mold.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 19, 2013 at 9:28 pm
I'm a recent Paly grad (now in college) and I am not convinced at all that the TA system at Paly is superior to the traditional college counselor system employed by Gunn and most high schools.
The quality of TAs varies tremendously and most TAs, with the exception of two or three, were downright terrible. TAs don't get to know their students well since TA sessions are infrequent and simply involve TAs reading off a couple announcements. Very few TAs are actually familiar with the demands of the college admission process — we received little advice about teacher letters of recs and how to approach the common app essays — and most do not understand the importance of letters of recommendation: one page of boilerplate with one or two anecdotes is no going to cut it when students at other schools are receiving 2 page, personal letters.
When Gunn has far more students getting into top schools than Paly (even though the two have nearly identical average test scores), I find it difficult to believe that the TA system is working. In fact, the year I was applying to college Paly's scores were better than Gunn's and our top students just as or even better qualified. But only a handful got into Stanford (as opposed to 25+). The same applied to almost any other top school.
a resident of Gunn High School
on Mar 19, 2013 at 10:53 pm
I am STOKED. I loved the positive collaborative effort of the GAC committee between parents, students, teachers, and staff. The excitement and momentum they presented tonight was awesome. What a role model for our kids to see. This is exactly what gives me hope in the American way. And this momentum carried on through to the Gunn leadership team that created the first draft of an action plan for the first year. Everyone seemed optimistic about Gunn's counseling future. Goes to show you what positive team effort can produce.
Made me realize that comparable services may not be the way to go. So if Gunn continues on this track they may very well exceed the counseling services offered by Paly. Then will Paly have to catch up or does Gunn have to hold back to make it comparable. Gunn recognized there was room for improvements and went after it. Already noticeable in Gunn's thorough Counseling website and the new counseling email that explains exactly what's happening weekly in the counseling world at Gunn.
What to go GUNN!!
a resident of another community
on Mar 20, 2013 at 10:10 am
My daughter had a terrible experience with the TA program at Paly. Without the support of Susan Shultz, and other caring teachers, she would not have survived Paly.
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Can they adequately address their pitching and bench needs before the start of Spring Training?
Most importantly, though, will new general manager Josh Byrnes' wish list look much like his predecessor, Jed Hoyer? How does Byrnes, the former D-backs GM, feel about the 13 arbitration-eligible players and where they potentially fit?
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Free agents: RP Heath Bell, 1B Brad Hawpe.
Eligible for arbitration: First time eligible: SP Clayton Richard, RP Luke Gregerson, RP Joe Thatcher, C Nick Hundley, OF Will Venable.
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