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If you hear any of these three sentences at work more than once or twice, you can be certain that your company is heading down a dead-end path:
1. "We've always done it this way."
If there's anything true in the business world, it's that what worked in the past isn't going to work in the future. Clinging to what's "tried and true" leads to pursuing wooden-headed strategies long after it's clear that those strategies aren't working.
A perfect example of this is Microsoft's belief in the concept of "Windows Everywhere." The company keeps trying to launch tablets and phones with Windows on them, even thoughthe market has repeatedly made it clear that nobody wants the darn things.
In smaller companies, "we've always done it this way" manifests itself in an unwillingness to build process and structure as the company grows. A freewheeling approach to doing business works inside startups but is toxic inside a larger firm.
The Cure: "What worked in the past won't work in the future."
2. "But that can't be true!"
Human beings have an innate tendency towards what psychologists call "confirmation bias." This consists of sorting incoming information as being true/untrue and relevant/irrelevant based on how well that data fits with previously-held opinions.
Here's an example from my own experience. Back in the 1980s, I gave a presentation to the C-level executives in a minicomputer firm which showed that PC sales were growing exponentially while minicomputer sales were flat. Even though the data came from SEC filings, the executives simply refused to believe that the data was true.
Similarly, entrepreneurs often believe so strongly in their company and product that they miss trends that are changing their industry and making their "vision" no longer valid.
The Cure: "Let's not throw good money after bad."
3. "We'll make it happen… somehow."
While there's value in thinking positively, expecting something miraculous to happen sets you up to fail. Success in business is about assessing reality and taking appropriate action. It's not about waiting for the magic fairy of profitability to fly in the window.
This type of wishful thinking results, for instance, in sales forecasts that crutch on winning huge amounts of business in the last two weeks of the fourth quarter. Which ain't gonna happen.
Similarly, it turns up in implementations plans that walk backwards from an unrealistic release date. Healthcare.gov is a perfect example, but I've seen the same thing in small organizations, when managers grossly underestimate the amount of time and work it takes to create a truly great product.
The Cure: "Don't hope and pray. Plan then act."
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Big Dams, big trouble
Big dams are plain bad. They flood people out of their homes and off their lands; wipe out endangered habitats and species; spread water-borne diseases; deprive flood plains of the water and sediments of life-giving floods (while increasing the damage floods cause to people); ruin beautiful landscapes and submerge places of great cultural or spiritual importance. And that's just a partial charge sheet.
Big dams even cause earthquakes (because of the weight of water in reservoirs), release greenhouse gases (because of the rotting of flooded vegetation), destroy marine fisheries (because they disrupt river-borne flows of freshwater and nutrients into oceans) and lead to coastal erosion (because the sediments that eventually fill reservoirs would previously have flowed out through estuaries and then been washed back by waves to protect the shoreline). Occasionally, they collapse and drown people. In the world's worst dam disaster – a mega-catastrophe that struck central China in 1975 when two large dams burst – as many as 230,000 people died.
The world's baddest big dam has to be the gargantuan Three Gorges project in China. It will cause all of the problems above – on a mind-bending scale. More than half a million people are scheduled to be moved from their homes along the Yangtze by June 2003 when the first stage of filling the Three Gorges reservoir begins. By the start of the final phase of reservoir-filling in 2008 – just in time for the Beijing Olympics – a further 700,000 people (according to government statistics) will have been evicted. Chinese critics claim the final number will reach nearly two million. For their trouble, these critics have been beaten up, imprisoned and had their books and articles banned.
Human-rights abuses regularly accompany big dams – not just in China. In the 1980s more than 440 Guatemalans, mainly women and children, were murdered by paramilitaries because of their refusal to accept the resettlement package offered by the World Bank-funded electricity utility building the Chixoy dam.
Today, almost everywhere that a big dam is being proposed or built there is a community or a group of activists organizing against it. In southern Mexico, indigenous communities are fighting to win reparations for dams built 50 years ago.
While not every big dam causes huge damage, cumulatively the world's over 45,000 large dams have done major harm. The World Commission on Dams, a World Bank-sponsored initiative backed by both dam supporters and critics, estimated that 40 to 80 million people have been displaced by dams. Sixty per cent of the length of the world's large river systems are at least moderately or severely fragmented by dams and related withdrawals of water for irrigation.
This massive replumbing of the world's rivers is a major reason for the rapid loss of freshwater species. Around a third of freshwater fish species are classified as extinct, endangered or vulnerable. A significant but unknown share of shellfish, amphibians, plants and birds that depend on freshwater habitats are also extinct or at risk.
But aren't dams, like dentists' drills and taxes, just a necessary evil that we must grudgingly accept for our greater good? Don't we need to store water to keep us and our crops alive through dry seasons and dry years? Don't we need to block floods? Don't we need hydroelectricity?
We do need to store water. In large parts of the world rain falls only during one or two wet seasons, and within those seasons almost all the rain might fall in just one or two storms. And global warming is going to make rainfall even less dependable.
But the best form of water storage is in the ground, not in huge surface reservoirs created by damming rivers. Storage in the form of groundwater does not flood homes or habitats, and does not evaporate as does water in reservoirs.
Aren't dams, like dentists' drills and taxes, just a necessary evil that we must grudgingly accept for our greater good?
Groundwater is the primary source of drinking water for roughly a third of the world's people and the great majority of rural dwellers. Land irrigated with groundwater tends to be far more productive than that watered from huge dam-and-canal irrigation projects. The difference is mainly because a farmer can control when they use water from their own well – with big dam irrigation schemes the quantity and timing of water supplied is at the mercy of an often inefficient and corrupt bureaucracy.
A growing movement, especially in India, but also in many other parts of the world, is now seeking to revive and update the age-old practice of augmenting the natural recharge of groundwater by trapping rainfall behind small embankments and dams long enough for it to soak through into the ground. In Alwar and neighbouring districts of northeast Rajasthan state alone, around 700,000 people benefit from the improved access to groundwater for household use, farm animals and crops. Not a single family has been displaced in order to achieve this. Rainwater harvesting also works in urban areas, where rain can be caught on rooftops and channelled into tanks.
Another benefit of water harvesting is that by slowing run-off from storms it reduces flood peaks downstream. Particularly in the US and Europe there has been a sea-change in attitudes towards floods in recent years. The old and failed approach of attempting to 'control' floods through building dams and embankments has now given way to a realization that it is much more effective to 'manage' floods.
Flood management means recognizing that floods are going to happen but trying to minimize the damage they cause. This can be done through better watershed management (including rainwater harvesting, halting deforestation and restoring wetlands) and urban planning, and early-warning systems to get people out of harm's way.
While there is no alternative to life-giving water, there are many alternatives to hydroelectricity. The first is just to use electricity more efficiently. In India, as much as half the electricity generated is lost before it gets to consumers. The second is to explore new renewable sources of energy that can go a long way towards meeting needs.
So why have way too many dams have been built on the world's rivers? There has never been a fair playing field when dams have been compared with their alternatives. Corruption and the power of the big-dam lobby, both in government and corporations, has meant that feasibility studies for new dams have regularly underestimated their costs and exaggerated their benefits. If assessments of options for water and energy needs were made comprehensive, transparent and participatory, very few large dams would make the grade. This is no doubt a major factor in the dam industry's squeals of protest over the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams, which include just such assessments.
History shows that trying to dam our way out of our water problems will just make them worse. It also shows that a better water world is possible.
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Thirty great memories about music that caused 20 of our parents and teachers grief! Take the quiz and see how you score as a true 'Oldies Fan.' Write down your answers and check them against the answers at the end.
1. When did 'Little Suzie' finally wake up?
(a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
(b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
(c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock
2. 'Rock Around The Clock' was used in what movie?
(a) Rebel Without A Cause
(b) Blackboard Jungle
(c) The Wild Ones
3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint? Earth _____
(a) Angel
(b) Mother
(c) Worm
4. 'I found my thrill . . .' where?
(a) Kansas City
(b) Heartbreak Hotel
(c) Blueberry Hill
5. 'Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream,:
(a) Mr. Sandman
(b) Earth Angel
(c) Dream Lover
6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
(a) Atlantic
(b) RCA
(c) Sun
7. He asked, 'Why's everybody always pickin' on me?' Who was he?
(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(b) Charlie Brown
(c) Buster Brown
8. Bobby Darin's 'Mack The Knife,' the one with the knife, was named:
(a) MacHeath
(b) MacCloud
(c) MacNamara
9. A Name the song with ''A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom.'
(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly
(b) Be-Bop-A-Lula
(c) Tutti Fruitti
10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term 'Rock And Roll'?
(a) Dick Clark
(b) Wolfman Jack
(c) Alan Freed
11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher
(a) Little Richard
(b) Frankie Lymon
(c) Tony Orlando
12. Paul Anka's 'Puppy Love' is written to what star?
(a) Brenda Lee
(b) Connie Francis
(c) Annette Funicello
13. The Everly Brothers are . . .
(a) Pete and Dick
(b) Don and Phil
(c) Bob and Bill
14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
(a) Jiles P. Richardson
(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
(c) Marion Michael Morrison
15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr. started a small record company called
(a) Decca
(b) Cameo
(c) Motown
16. Edd Brynes had a hit with 'Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb'.
'What TV show was he on?
(a) 77 Sunset Strip
(b) Hawaiian Eye
(c) Surfside Six
17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
(a) Carol Lynley
(b) Sandra Dee
(c) Natalie Wood
18. They were a one hit wonder with 'Book Of Love':
(a) The Penguins
(b) The Monotones
(c) The Moonglows
19. The Everly Brothers sang a song called 'Till I ________ You.'
(a) Loved
(b) Kissed
(c) Met
20. Chuck Berry sang 'Oh, ___________, why can't you be true?'
(a) Suzie Q
(b) Peggy Sue
(c) Maybelline
21. 'Wooly _______'
(a) Mammouth
(b) Bully
(c) Pully
22. 'I'm like a one-eyed cat . . .
(a) can't go into town no more
(b) sleepin' on a cold hard floor
(c) peepin' in a seafood store
23. 'Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do . . .'
(a) cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze
(b) cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
(c) cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready to cruise
24. 'They often call me Speedo, but my real name is .......'
(a) Mr. Earl
(b) Jackie Pearl
(c) Milton Berle
25. 'You're my Fanny and nobodyelses...'
(a) girl
(b) butt
(c) love
26. 'I want you to play with my . . .'
(a) heart
(b) dreams
(c) ding a ling
27. 'Be Bop A Lula . . .'
(a) she's got the rabies
(b) she's my baby.
(c) she loves me, maybe
28. 'Fine Love, Fine Kissing . . .'
(a) right here
(b) fifty cents
(c) just for you
29. 'He wore black denim trousers and . . .'
(a) a pink carnation
(b) pink leotards
(c) motorcycle boots
30. 'I got a gal named . . .'
(a) Jenny Zamboni
(b) Gerri Mahoney
(c) Boney Maroney
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Research from the Harvard Business Review last year showed that women get less love on Twitter than men. While the random sample of 300,000 Twitter users showed that men and women follow a similar number of Twitter users, men have 15% more followers. "This is intriguing," the authors noted, given that there are more women than men Twitter users: 55% to 45%. Further, men are almost twice more likely to follow another man than a woman while women are 25% more likely to follow a man than a woman.
What can be done about this? We can start by seeking out and following more women on Twitter and other social networks. Below are 20 absolutely inspirational women who are tweeting up a female storm.
@aaker: Jennifer Aaker is a marketing professor at Stanford University who researches time, money and happiness. She tweets about social innovation, life as an academic and girl power.
@chefannc: Anne Cooper is the "Renegade Lunch Lady" transforming how we feed our children in school. She is an activist and author with a skill for putting her heart and complex issues into 140 characters. Follow her to keep abreast of the school lunch movement.
@developingjen: Jenny Stefanotti is a former Googler finishing up her master's at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She both writes and tweets about the application of technology in socioeconomic and international development.
@EmilyChang: Emily Chang is a designer and entrepreneur in San Francisco. Her twitter stream is full of fascinating and creative links to all things design--giving followers reasons to think outside the box.
@GirlyGeekdom: Sarah Blow is the founder of Girl Geek Dinners, which was created in London after attending a networking event for IT professionals at which she was one of about 10 women in a group of 150, and was assumed to be someone's girlfriend. Follow her for the latest news about women in IT.
@harrislacewell: Melissa Harris-Lacewell is a professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University. She's a regular on MSNBC and a contributor to The Nation. Her Twitter feed revolves around politics and gender, race and religion.
@jennpozner: Jennifer Pozner is the founder and executive director of Women In Media & News, a nonprofit aimed at increasing women's presence and power in the public debate through media analysis, education, advocacy and reform. She's a progressive feminist and activist, and tweets along those lines.
@JessieNYC: Jessie Daniels is an anti-racist, sociologist and professor who researches how the Internet is (and is not) changing social inequality. Her tweets are informative and interesting links to blogs, news and research in this new field.
@KellyMcGonigal: Kelly McGonigal is an author, yoga teacher and psychology professor at Stanford University, where she focuses is on the mind-body relationship. She is a leader driven by compassion and pragmatism, and her tweets often discuss her interesting life as a vegan, animal-lover, yogi and scientist.
@kenyanpundit: Ory Okolloh is the founder of Ushahidi, an open source project that aggregates information from the public for use in crisis response. Right now the home page is all about Haiti. A Harvard Law School graduate, she tweets about citizen journalism, technology in Africa and the role of young people in reshaping the future of the continent.
@leila_c: Leila Chirayath Janah is the founder of Samasource, a platform connecting women, youth and refugees living in poverty to microwork--small, computer-based tasks that build skills and generate life-changing income. Her tweets revolve around social entrepreneurship, technology and international development.
@lissarankin: Lissa Rankin may be the coolest OB/GYN on Twitter. She is also the founder of Owning Pink, where women can explore the healing power of art, writing and femininity through workshops that facilitate health and wellness.
@pistachio: Laura Fitton is a Twitter addict and entrepreneur who founded the Twitter tool site, OneForty. Her tweets are a colorful look into the life of a woman balancing motherhood and running a tech company. And she's generous about following people back.
@RuthReichl: Ruth Reichl is the former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Gourmet magazine and a former restaurant critic for the New York Times. She's been writing about food since 1972, and has written or edited myriad books, including the 10-volume "The Modern Library Food" series. Beware: Her tweets will make you hungry!
@ShelbyKnox: Shelby Knox began her career as the 15-year-old star of the PBS documentary The Education of Shelby Knox, which was about her battle against conservatives in her hometown of Lubbock, Texas, to exchange abstinence-only education for more comprehensive sex ed. Now all grown up, she continues to express her views.
@Sloane: Sloane Berrent is an independent do-gooder, bouncing around the world in hopes of making it a better place. I met Sloane before she took off for a 12-week Kiva fellowship in the Philippines; now working her magic in New Orleans, and tweeting the entire time.
@staceyannchin: Staceyann Chin is a full-time artist, New York City resident and Jamaican national. She has been a poet and political activist since 1998 and tweets about her dynamic life in the Big Apple.
@YogaHopeSue: Yogi and social entrepreneur Sue Jones is the founder and executive director of yogaHOPE, a non-profit bringing yoga to underserved women in recovery or life transition: the incarcerated, those in drug and alcohol treatment, those living on the streets, battered women and women transitioning from hospital treatment for disordered eating issues. Follow her to learn more about making compassionate service your life.
Halle Tecco is a social entrepreneur, writer, and MBA student at Harvard Business School. Follow her on twitter at @halletecco.
Share Your Favorites: Got a name or names you'd like to see on this list? We invite you to add your picks in our Comments section below or on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.
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'Manly men' bounce back better from injury
For years, experts have said that the strong, silent male is not one to ask for help when he's hurt, and therefore at a disadvantage when it comes to getting better. But new research says this might not be completely accurate. This masculine identity often associated with men in the armed forces and other high-risk occupations may actually encourage and quicken a man's recovery from serious injuries, says a new exploratory study from the University of Missouri-Columbia. The study is the first to quantitatively confirm correlations between masculinity and men's recovery.
The study assessed men's conformity to masculine roles and included a longitudinal component in which their level of improvement in functioning was assessed. It found that men with higher masculinity conformity levels were observed to display greater improvement from initial hospitalization to one year after leaving the hospital.
Though more research is needed, Glenn Good, associate professor of educational, school and counseling psychology in MU College of Education, said the study provides some unexpected findings. Previous studies have generally found that more traditional views of masculinity are barriers toward health and recovery, in that it encourages dangerous activities and discourages men from seeking help with their problems or accepting vulnerability.
"It has long been assumed that men are not as concerned and don't take as good of care of their health," Good said, "but what we're seeing here is that the same ideas that led to their injuries may actually encourage their recovery."
The tenets of traditional masculinity have been said to include the ability to withstand hardship, 'stick-to-it-iveness' and the willingness to see something through to the end, according to the study.
"The immediate message here is to encourage psychotherapy along with traditional methods of healing," Good said. "Most people with serious injuries are provided primarily biomedical treatments, but it is important to look at psycho-social issues that affect their recovery as well. In terms of a social response, this study encourages us to redefine strength and masculinity in ways that benefit every stage of health care."
This study also can shed some light on what the wounded soldiers from Iraq may be facing," Good said. "The war in Iraq is the first in which such a large number of soldiers are surviving injuries that would once have been fatal, and we as a nation are going to be living with their care for a while."
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2014 Chevrolet Silverado Test Drive
We climb behind the wheel of the all new Silverado and see what the newest generation of Chevy truck has to offer.
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In the 38 years since the Silverado nameplate first appeared on a Chevy truck, the name has become iconic, and synonymous with tough, rugged, capable, and long lasting trucks. The guys under the blue oval may have sold a few more of theirs, but look around today, and you see more Chevy trucks still going than anything else. Having Bob Seger's "Like a Rock" as the theme for Chevy trucks all those years was an apt pairing. Your author still drives a '92 Silverado every day, with 250,000 miles on the odometer and still spinning.
Even since '92 the nameplate has a seen a lot of changes, with many more comfort and luxury accoutrements finding their way into what used to be strictly a working vehicle. Heated and air conditioned leather seats, nav systems, adjustable pedals, enough power ports to run a Navy destroyer off of, air bags, auto headlights, power sliding rear window, high end aluminum wheels, and more comfort and convenience options than you get at a five star hotel.
The 2014 Silverado ain't your father's truck!
The tester GM dropped off to us was a Silverado 1500 Z71, 4WD crew cab model. Just seeing this truck made us stop and admire it. It also made the author notice how it seemed to dwarf his '92 longbed Silverado enough that you would almost thing it was parked next to an S-10.
Painted in Deep Ruby Metallic with a Cocoa/Dune two-tone leather interior, this truck was just beautiful, even before we got behind the wheel. Massive 20-inch chrome wheels accented the Deep Ruby Metallic nicely. Other options our test truck had were Driver Alert Package, LTZ Plus Package, Chevrolet MyLink Audio System, assist steps, Heated and cooled front passenger seats, front full feature leather buckets, trailer brake controller, movable upper tie downs, and LED cargo lighting. Standard price of this truck is $43,650, and as equipped, our test truck had a bottom line price of $50,475, including destination charge.
The sticker showed a combined average fuel economy rating of 18 MPG, pretty damn good for a truck this big and heavy with 4x4 drivetrain. This was due in no small part to the highly efficient, and powerful, new EcoTec3 5.3L V-8 under the hood. With Displacement-on-Demand, VVT (variable valve timing), direct injection, and the natural efficiency of the modern small-block Chevy, the new EcoTec3 family is the best lineup of truck engines on the market. All the other pretenders can keep making bogus commercials about trucks pulling a space shuttle or complicated twin turbo equipped V-6s or being as tough as a horned mountain animal, they still can't touch the newest generation of small-blocks.
The new EcoTec3 5.3 comes rated at 355 HP, and 383 lb/ft of torque. That's 40+ more horsepower than the previous 5.3, with no increase in displacement. Thanks to the same direct injection the new LT-1 has (2014 Corvette), VVT, D.O.D., and excellent intake, head, and exhaust design, this is one efficient and powerful engine. It's joined in the lineup by two others, a 6.2L EcoTec3 V-8, and the all new 4.3L EcoTec3 V-6. Just like its progenitor, the Gen I based 4.3 V-6, the EcoTec3 version is essentially a V-8 with two cylinders chopped off.
What that gives Chevy (and GMC) buyers is the best base V-6 on the market, with 285 HP and 305 lb/ft of torque, more torque than any of its competitors. And when it comes to trucks, torque is the key. Essentially the new V-6 makes the same power as the old 4.8L V-8, but more efficiently, with two less cylinders burning fuel. It also has VVT and D.O.D. like its V-8 brothers.
The transmission in our tester was the six-speed automatic. It shifted beautifully, and also helped contribute to our truck's great MPG. More on that later. Driving this truck in a city environment was, quite frankly, AWESOME! The ride is as smooth as any luxury car, but not too soft or couch like, so there was still some pleasant truck feel to it. Sometimes these new luxury trucks/SUVs can ride like a '60s Cadillac, akin to driving a couch down the street ride wise. Not with the new Silverado though. It was perfect, a great balanced feel of cushion yet truck stiffness. Even on rough brick streets, railroad crossings, etc., the ride was impeccably perfect. Steering feel and control with the new electric power steering system was excellent. It was tight, responsive, and even in heavy winds didn't allow the truck to wander. If one didn't know better, you'd think it was a conventional hydraulic assist rack.
Even with a 4x4 drivetrain adding some extra parasitic power loss, the new 5.3 felt strong, with great bottom end and top end power. It was quick to respond when the hammer was dropped, and got this truck moving quick. Economy wise it proved to be quite good. Around town we'd see 15-17 mpg, and on the highway running 75-80 mph, we were getting an impressive 22-23. That's out of a big, 4x4, quad cab pickup! That's the same kind of economy a competitor claims to get out of a twin turbo V-6.
Inside the 2014 Silverado was a dream. The new main display in the dash worked great for navigation and controlling the satellite radio. In the past, this is where some GM vehicles have fallen short. But the interface, display, everything was great, worked well, and easy to use. The leather clad buckets were very comfortable on a long road test, and the redesigned steering wheel was not only sporty feeling, but comfortable as well. All the analog instruments were easy to read and also looked good, while the info center in the gauge cluster gave many options for keeping tabs on the truck's operation, including fuel economy. The Driver Alert Package was also nice, and did help to keep us on our toes and aware of any trouble ahead.
Overall, this truck just flat out kicks some serious tail. It's no wonder the new Silverado earned 2014 Truck of the Year at the Detroit auto show. We can easily see where someone would buy this truck, and keep it long enough to pass on to their son or daughter, then go buy another new one. In fact, the only thing we'd like to see available is a manual transmission option, for those who want a sportier truck to enjoy.
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A conversation with Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, known to many educators as "The Sisters," will conjure far-flung thoughts of your favorite primary school teacher. They're cheery, energetic, and generous yet sincere with praise. The biological sisters are also self-described best friends.
Boushey and Moser have taught grades K-6, special education, and reading resource, totaling about 60 years of teaching experience between them. In 2006, they published The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades, which lays out a structure for getting students to read and write independently during a literacy block, freeing up the teacher for one-on-one conferences. The CAFE Book: Engaging all Students in Daily Literacy Assessment and Instruction, their 2009 follow-up, addresses the natural next question: What exactly should the teacher be doing during those individual conferences?
An acronym for comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expand vocabulary, CAFE is a system designed to help teachers work methodically through literacy standards based on students' individual needs. Teachers introduce reading strategies to the whole class, then assess and guide the use of those strategies in small groups or individual conferences. CAFE is also a visual tool—students refer back to a large poster with the strategies listed, placing a sticky note with their name next to the one they're working on.
Since they began using the CAFE system in their own classrooms, Boushey and Moser say, their students have consistently averaged an astounding two and a half years of growth in reading per year. In fact, every single student they've taught, including those with the most challenging needs, has made at least one year of growth—and some have made as much as five years. It's no wonder the two, who are now literacy consultants, consistently sell out professional development workshops and have become must-see presenters at reading conferences across the country.
In an interview with the Teacher PD Sourcebook's Liana Heitin, Boushey and Moser discussed why their system works, how it changed their classroom culture, and the importance of staying faithful to the current reading research.
Can you describe the process of developing the CAFE system? How did you do this in a collaborative way?
Moser: In our own classrooms, it really started with "Daily 5." We knew we wanted to work with individuals and small groups of kids but we couldn't figure out what to do with the rest of the class. Once we figured out how to manage them, our kids were so independent that all of the sudden the dirty secret was, O.K., what are we teaching them? And how are we managing our assessments so that they really do inform our instruction?
Boushey: Before CAFE, we would assess and put the assessment away and go back into whatever teaching we were doing. CAFE really is a way to simplify our assessing, so that we can make it a guide for instruction.
Moser: And collaboration just has always come naturally for us. By the nature of our personalities, but also because we both were in the same spot with the same question. As a matter of fact, the first glimmer of CAFE came while we were on a family vacation, sitting around the kitchen table.
A concept that you emphasize in your book—and seem to have lived by in the classroom—is that "fair is not always equal." Can you explain why this is so central to your teaching and how it applies to reading instruction?
Moser: I think it stems from the beginning of our careers where we were given a resource that was one-size-fits-all. We had one basal anthology and we did mostly whole-group instruction. Everybody got the same thing. But one of the reasons we love this job so much is that students are all so different. And every single one of them has completely different needs. Some of our kids don't need to be met with one-on-one as often. In fact, some of the research shows that if you meet with them too much it's even more of a hindrance. With the use of Daily 5 and CAFE, we're able to really look at those kids and pinpoint: What are those next steps over the course of the next couple of weeks that we can support you with to help you move forward?
But somebody could argue that the kids you meet with less often, even if they're on par with the rest of the class, might not be excelling to their potential. How do you respond to that?
Moser: We think about Kelly Gallagher's book Readicide, where he talks about how we really want to let kids get into the reading flow, which is that uninterrupted time to read. We are by no means saying that we don't meet with those kids. But I look at somebody like Tiger Woods in golf—we don't want to coach him as much as we want to coach players like me and Gail. If we are doing too much coaching with him, we're going to interrupt his flow of the game, whereas I would need a coach side-by-side.
Boushey: Our goal every single day is to meet with three small groups and nine to 12 individuals. So when we say that we're not meeting with those accelerated kids, that means not every day. But it might be three times a week.
According to the book, the first reading strategy you teach each year is a comprehension one—"check for understanding." Why is that at the top of the priority list? Can you teach that before students are fluent readers?
Boushey: Yes, it's first and the reason is two-fold. We start with comprehension because if we don't comprehend, we're not reading. It's also really an easy strategy to teach because we teach it with our read-alouds. So whether kids are traditional readers or preschoolers, they can start that process of checking for understanding. It becomes an anchor for absolutely everything we do. We teach it whole-group with our first read-aloud.
Moser: If we wait until kids crack the code or become more fluent to talk about comprehension, we're really sunk. Because then we send the message to children that reading is just word calling, whereas reading is really all about comprehension. It's all about making meaning.
How often do you assess students' reading?
Moser: Every time we sit down and confer with a child, that line between assessment and instruction blurs. It's a constant cycle of asking, "Are they getting that? Is my instruction taking hold? If it is, how am I going to move them forward? If it's not, what am I going to do differently to help them?"
Boushey: We kind of laugh at each other when we hear about RTI [response to intervention] and progress monitoring because we truly have been doing this since CAFE came out. Every time we meet with a student, at the end of that we say to ourselves, "OK, did I meet the mark on that? Is my instruction working?"
We've come up with what we call "touchpoints," which are just a way to quantify the work we're doing and get a holistic score. For example, at the end of each conference or small group, we'll give a student a one, two, three, or four—below the standard, approaching, meeting, or exceeding. So at the end of two to three meeting times, if kids are still below standard, we have to change something. We have to change our instruction. Because if we keep teaching the same way that we're teaching, we're going to get the same results.
How do you decide when to re-teach the whole group rather than individual students? Is it when a percentage of the class isn't getting something?
Moser: When we look at going from small group to whole group, we've really changed our approach based on the most current research by Richard Allington. He says the largest a small group should be is two to three. So what we look at is, OK, if I've got more than two to three kids that need instruction on one of the strategies, do I want do two groups, do I want to do three groups, or is it so many kids that I'm going to teach it whole group? Would the majority of my kids benefit from that? We don't have an exact percentage.
Part of that is because we do short bursts of instruction. The rule of thumb from [education consultant] Dr. Ken Wesson is that the average number of years your children are in age is the average number of minutes they can maintain upper-level cortex thinking during direct instruction. Let's say you have mostly 8-year-olds. You have about eight minutes of direct instruction—whole-group, small-group, or one-on-one—where their brain function is in their upper-level cortex—where all of our higher-level thinking, all of our processing, and vocabulary development, and retention take place. So we don't have to worry about wasting 40 minutes of kids' time having them sit through instruction they may not need. The review is going to be in a short burst.
With the CAFE system, you're forthright with students about their assessment scores and weaknesses so that they know what to work on independently. How does this kind of transparency change a classroom?
Boushey: Before, we'd just say, you're reading at a 2.0 level, good luck and we'll see you next time. Now, we may talk about the reading level but the next step is digging deeper. If we want them to become a better reader we ask, "What are one or two strategies I could teach you in the next three weeks that would make you better at reading?" And once they're part of that discussion and part of that ownership, they feel so much more empowered.
And when you say here's a goal and strategy you can work on … they're not in competition with each other to become a 2.5 reader, they're in competition to have more reading strategies so they can access any text.
Moser: It becomes a group of people working together to get better at reading. I found that it really becomes more like cheerleading. They spend a lot of time reading together and they celebrate each other's utilization of strategies. … We hear that from people all over world, that CAFE changed their culture.
Can you explain why you made the change from using static small groups based on ability to using flexible small groups based on the strategies students are working on?
Boushey: I think the reason we used to do leveled groups was that was all we knew. We would assess kids and put them in those leveled groups. But Joan and I started thinking that when we pull kids in small groups who are reading at the same level, they still had a lot of differences. They might be reading at a 2.5, but one child needs comprehension, another one needs accuracy, another needs fluency, another needs vocabulary. So we started thinking, "How about if we just pulled them together by strategies?" That was not an easy thing.
That's scary for a lot of teachers.
Boushey: It's really scary. For us, it's about how to manage it. If I know how to manage it, I might be able to do it. We created this little six-block form. When we were assessing kids, we would just write down the goal and strategy of the child and put their name in the box. Sebastian is going to need the goal of comprehension, with the strategy of check for understanding. If I assess my next student, Amanda and she needs the same thing, I'm going to put her name in that same box. So by the time we're done assessing all our kids, we have a two-page form and we have now put kids into groups by the strategy they needed.
And whatever we're working on in a small group, we're working on the exact same strategy one-on-one. It goes back to the idea of "curricular coherence." RTI's been talking about this really a lot, too. We're wrapping around that child, we're not jumping from strategy to strategy. We're going to have laser-pointed vision on one or two strategies until we're ready to move onto another one.
The CAFE "menu" has 38 reading strategies (divided into the four categories) that you teach throughout the year. Would you recommend that teachers alter those strategies based on their state standards or the Common Core State Standards? Or should they stick with those strategies you've identified?
Boushey: We always say our strategies are not the end-all be-all. So if you have a program, if you have district requirements, whatever you're teaching the whole group, that's what gets posted on the board. We aligned our menu to the Washington state standards. The whole idea is to post the standards you're teaching so kids can see them.
Moser: In January we released the CAFE alignment to the common core on our website [www.thedailycafe.com].
Other than your books, of course, what should literacy teachers be reading to stay up-to-date with their instruction?
Moser: We are constantly going to publishers—Stenhouse, Heinemann, Scholastic, etc.—which usually publish all the new reads twice a year. And we pour through that list of new books. What is it that it looks like we should be reading? We really talk a lot to teachers about building your toolkit, having read many different resources to put in that toolkit so you have a lot to draw from.
That said, we really think that everything written by Dick Allington, teachers need to read. [See "Responding to RTI," Spring/Summer 2010, for an interview with Allington.]
We tell teachers to get on listserves, get reading these things online. The Marshall Memo, for example. There are so many that are quick and easy to skim through.
And as silly as this sounds, we are right now running a brand new feature on our website about Twitter. There are huge communities on Twitter around elementary, around every grade level, around writing, around comprehension. My goal is to set aside 10 minutes a night and to flip through that day's posts. I am shocked at how much professional development I get from Twitter.
A version of this article appeared in the March 01, 2012 edition of Teacher PD Sourcebook as CREATING A MENU For Reading Instruction


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Jim Leyland held court for the media today at baseball's winter meetings, and by all indications, he put on quite a show. Craig Calcaterra over at Hardball Talk has all of the highlights—Leyland on the World Baseball Classic: "I support it because the Commissioner gets mad when I say I don't support it"—but toward the end there's this little gem:
Leyland apparently just attended his 50th high school reunion. He said he had a good time. He was asked about the women at the reunion: "They looked pretty good to me. I wonder how they thought old Jimbo looked." When people laughed he noted that, back in high school, he was voted "Most Popular Boy" and said that if we didn't believe him we could go look in his yearbook.
Calcaterra concluded his blog post with skepticism: "'Most Popular Boy,' my foot," he wrote. But wait! Leyland's son, Patrick, is a catcher who spent 2012 with the West Michigan Whitecaps, the Tigers' Single-A affiliate in the Midwest League. (Let's pause for a moment to consider that Jim Leyland, who will be 68 on Dec. 15, has a 21-year-old son. OK? OK.) And unlike his old man, Patrick is on Twitter. Several weeks back, Patrick tweeted that, while watching a football game of some sort, his father got all nostalgic for his high school years and suddenly whipped out his yearbook. Because those were the days:
Soon enough, Patrick started tweeting out photos from the yearbook:
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Cameo in Michelle Phan's "Catch My Heart" Video!6:00 AM
Hey everyone! I'm currently enjoying the wonders of France, but I realized that I forgot to post on my blog a really fun experience that I had recently.
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending a couple days hanging out with Michelle Phan and Joseph Vincent while they shot Michelle's "Catch My Heart" video. If you watch below, there are a few scenes where you can see Michelle, Hannah and me having fun and being friendsies. ^_~
Can you spot us?
Here are a few pics that I snagged from Michelle's site. LOVE these! We look ridiculously happy, right?
Thank you so much Michelle for letting me tag along with you to the festival! I had tons of fun and it's something that I will definitely never forget. Joe, you are hilarious and you are both great balls of awesome to be around. Please also tell Richard thank you SO MUCH x100 for going out of his way for us. :] Love you guys!!! I hope I can see you again soon!!
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Looks like a LOT of fun!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 6:28 AM
you look really pretty, loving MP's new vid <3ReplyDelete
love the hatsReplyDelete
Ohhh! Looks like you guys had a blast! :D So much prettiness in one video!ReplyDelete
Hope you're enjoying Paris and sleeping that jetlag off!
You looked really cute in Michelle's video, I love your hat!ReplyDelete
Seem you have a fun and great time! :DReplyDelete
Seems like you had lot of fun :) Great pics!ReplyDelete
You looks pretty, love your hat and blouse!ReplyDelete
Jen, you are *seriously* photogenic!ReplyDelete
Did you end up getting a blazer from Aritizia? I went back and got the shrunken one for myself. I'm going to have to take in the waist, but I'm happy with it. I spoke with my sister, and she said that the price point is extremely low for the quality of the fabric because they were able to negotiate an amazing price with the fabric manufacturer.
I spotted you immediately when I watched the video when it was uploaded :) Looks like y'all had a really fun time! Super cute! Y'all are gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
Have fun in France Jen!ReplyDelete
wow looks like a lot of fun!!! I didn't know you were friends with Michelle Phan!! But may I say...you are the prettiest of the three! ;DReplyDelete
Oh god, when Michelle uploaded the video I watched it but was only paying attention to her and the boy. I TOTALLY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU I FEEL SO BAD, I'M SORRY ):ReplyDelete
You all looked very pretty! Love the video haha <3ReplyDelete
aww really cute!ReplyDelete
Not gonna lie.. I don't like Michelle! >.<ReplyDelete
I used to watch her a lot but I've always thought she was too sappy and over dramatic. I'm a very abrasive, brusque, and "get-to-the-point," kind of girl so her tendency to make cutsefy and pretty up everything and her constant waxing on about how "beautiful" or "special" or "wonderful" everything is got on my nerves after awhile. I also think stuff she does on social networks (blogs, facebook, twitter) tend to be very juvenile or immature...
But that's why I prefer you! LOL.
woaaah , u surely had so much fun there! Michelle is one of my favorite vlogger too =DReplyDelete
Have fun in France!!! Take more pics/vids for us please please ^-^ReplyDelete
I enjoy watching "Catch my Heart" vid, the story is so beautiful !!!
Thanks for sharing this~
♥ http://www.youtube.com/luvjji ♥ http://cottoncandyc.blogspot.com/ ♥
I live in Paris! I wish I could meet yooou i__i ... but you might be busy =(ReplyDelete
Enjoy your trip!!!
Preety ladies! =DReplyDelete
Loved that video! I'm so jealous! hee heeReplyDelete
i definitely didn't notice you! whoa .. :) congrats on being in that ultra cute video and you look so darn pretty jen!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM
You look lovely as always! xReplyDelete
jen! is the top you're wearing in michelle's video from zara? i actually have a similar top that i bought when i visited france in the summer! what a double coincidence :)ReplyDelete
hope you're having fun and videoing all the food and fashion you're encountering!
Loved your lovely outfit!! You looked gorgeous in this video :) xXReplyDelete
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I've seen the video and enjoy it(:ReplyDelete
Three of you look beautiful, had so much fun. LOVE<3
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- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 11:41 PM
love the video!!! i thnk u guys really had so much fun!!!=)ReplyDelete
Looking great, as always.ReplyDelete
Really like your necklace =]
I hope you come to London one day.....*sigh*.ReplyDelete
I miss you! I miss our emails.....so happy that you are doing amazingly well.
omg...I can't believe that I met you in france,I thought u were someone else, did you remember there's a girl keep looking at u in the second floor in LV? haha...well I am just too shy to say hello...i always read your blog and watch your video, u ar just sooooo beautiful and your blog is so useful and informative,I will always support u~ReplyDelete
o....no, I should take a pic with you....so regret!! ><
omg..luv your pink t shirt btw..!! u three look beautiful~ XDReplyDelete
it's like a dream,,,my makeup gurus met and even went to France together its a Mosaic, a puzzle, ah yuo named it,,, it's awesomeReplyDelete
Looks like you had a lot of fun! May I ask where you got your necklace? I love it :)ReplyDelete
OMG I am in LOVE with your videos ~!! That Tsubasa make tutorial was perfect ♥♥ReplyDelete
Hope you like to visit my bloggie too ~~
{ B e r r i e ~ P O N }
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2011 at 7:20 PM
That is really cool! And I love your necklace.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 4:07 PM
Did you get your top from H&M?ReplyDelete
I have the same one, except it's a crop top on me. HAH. I'm like 6-7 inches taller than you.
The video is sooo cute! And I have the same top as the one you wore in the video :D! I love it so much I have it in all the possible colours lol.ReplyDelete
Just want to let all fellow asian makeup and beauty enthusiasts that I am currently doing a project and would really really appreciate it if you lovely bloggers would help me with a very very quick survey - only takes 5mins max! Just click on the link below :), it is especially useful if you are British Asian :).
Thank you ever so much! Lots of love,
- W xx
my two favourite beauty gurus :)ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh!!! I watched this video when michelle posted it and had no idea you were in it, omg thats so awesome though :D glad you had fun and you look supeeeeer pretty like alwaysReplyDelete
Why is it that you look perfect and cute in every photo? wait dont answer that :) the festival looked so pretty!ReplyDelete
I love the video, it was really sweet! Looks like you had so much fun:)ReplyDelete


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Notes of interest on Apple's desktops: Mac Pro gets Xeons early
While most are familiar with Apple's desktop overhaul, a number of important details have slipped through the cracks — including confirmation that Apple is receiving access to Intel's next-generation Xeon processors ahead of schedule.
People familiar with the matter say the new Nehalem-based Xeon processors in the Mac Pro are the same chips not due until late March for virtually all other customers, including powerhouses like Dell and HP.
Apple has apparently received them ahead of other manufacturers since the Mac Pro is a workstation product based on the new chip architecture, and not a server product; the smaller footprint of that market, as well as Apple's relative share, means enough stock should be on hand to cover the Mac Pro until the wider launch a few weeks later.
The early access fits a historical pattern that has seen Intel give Apple early access or non-standard parts: the 2007 Mac Pro update used a special 3GHz Xeon that didn't appear in shipping products from competitors until weeks later, while the just-replaced iMacs had the same Core 2 Duo system buses and clock speeds of notebook processors in April 2008 that weren't widely available until that summer.
Mac Pro requires Mac OS X 10.5.7
A graphics upgrade has turned up in the Apple Store possibly hinting at an imminent release of Mac OS X 10.5.7, which was first reported late last month.
The ATI Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro is described as "the ultimate choice for visual creative, scientific, and technical applications." It's intended for the Early 2008 or Early 2009 revisions of the Mac Pro workstation; however, one of the requirements is "Mac OS X v10.5.7 or later", which has not yet been released. Given that the new Mac Pros announced today are expected to reach customers next week, this may signal a Leopard update being released very soon, in the next one to two weeks. [Update: Apple recently changed this back to 10.5.6]
One late leak ahead of Apple's refresh pointed to the drivers being contained in a 10.5.7 beta seeded to developers.
As for the new Mac Pro itself, performance benchmarks provided by Apple show processing speed increases in key apps despite running at lower clock speeds, including 1.8 times faster on Mathematica 7.0 and 1.5 times faster ProRes to H.264 encoding in Final Cut Studio 2; the gains come mostly from the extra channel of memory bandwidth and the reduced memory latency but are also helped by optimizations that let each individual core in the workstation talk to each other more effectively.
However, the Mac maker is still far from being ready to ship its RAID card, which is rare in the industry for not requiring a direct cable link to each hard drive in the RAID array. Readers tell AppleInsider that placing an order for a Mac Pro with the card changes the estimated ship date from just 2-3 days to between 6 and 8 weeks. Why this is remains unclear.
The iMac brings a new keyboard offering. The wired Apple Keyboard is slimmed up, adopting the style of the Apple Wireless Keyboard by omitting the numeric keypad. The original model with the keypad is still available as a free upgrade to online orders.
Customers can also get up to 4GB of standard memory, with optional memory up to 8GB; this mirrors an extra level of headroom added when the 17-inch MacBook Pro was introduced earlier this year.
An upgrade to a discrete ATI Radeon HD 4850 chip is also new and reverses Apple's longstanding preference for giving iMacs stock ATI graphics and making NVIDIA graphics an option. It too will likely need Mac OS X 10.5.7 as it too first appeared in Mac OS X 10.5.7 development builds.
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Like the iMac, Apple has paid a great deal of attention to the environment, but not always in immediately apparent ways. Apple says the volume of the shipping box has decreased by 60 percent compared with the first-generation Mac mini, for example.
The new Mac mini also uses an advanced power management system which is ultimately drawn from the MacBook family, which shares the same GeForce 9400M chipset and mobile Core 2 Duo processors. It uses up to 45 percent less power when idle than its predecessor at 13W, according to Apple, although this doesn't necessarily represent the Mac mini's actual footprint. The processor in the desktop has a thermal design power ceiling of 25W, so any significant use of the system is likely to increase energy consumption well beyond Apple's figures.
Waving goodbye to FireWire 400
The Mac maker's new desktop updates complete the phasing out of FireWire 400 ports from its hardware in favor for the faster Firewire 800 specification. When announced in January 2008, the Mac Pro supplied two FireWire 400 and two FireWire 800 ports, but today's new model has four ports, all of them FireWire 800.
Similarly, the iMac has lost its FireWire 400 port in favor of another USB connector, making it four USB 2.0 on the back, a FireWire 800 port right beside, and two USB ports in the keyboard.
The new Mac mini has also upgraded to FireWire 800, making every new Mac with FireWire at least as fast. The MacBook Air and unibody 13" MacBook lack FireWire due to their internal design constraints.
While Apple hasn't publicly explained why the shift has come so quickly, the answer likely rests in the speed of external hard drives and other high-speed storage. Even regular 3.5-inch disks can transfer data as quickly as 160MB per second, which completely eclipses FireWire 400 and is still bottlenecked by FireWire 800's peak 100MB per second.
MacBook and MacBook Pro
Almost overshadowed by the desktop updates, Apple on Tuesday upgraded its portable options to make a 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo standard on the higher end 15-inch MacBook Pro and to give it the same stock processor and processor/storage upgrade options as the 17-inch MacBook Pro. A buyer can now opt for a 2.93GHz Core 2 Duo and a 256GB solid-state drive where before 2.8GHz and a 128GB drive were the maximum options.
Although the MacBook Air was one of Apple's first systems with a solid-state drive, it remains at 128GB. This likely stems from the size difference, as it requires a 1.8-inch drive where the larger enclosures of the other notebooks can afford roomier 2.5-inch drives.
A recent battery update helps the system maintain a charge when the system is shut down and goes unused for an extended period.
AirPort and Time Capsule
Apple now offers Time Capsule registration with a MobileMe account to allow remote access to the disk from anywhere with an internet connection.
Meanwhile, an AirPort Client Update addresses issues with roaming and network selection in dual-band environments, while Apple's AirPort Utility 5.4.1 has been released with no specific changes outlined. Presumably, it aids in compatibility with the new features and client update.
Mac pricing
We've updated our Mac Pricing Guide following today's updates to make it easy for readers to find the lowest price on all of Apple's current generation Mac models. The best prices are highlighted in bold. The "Discount" column to the far right reflects the amount of savings between Apple's retail price and the lowest price offered on March 3rd for that respective model through the company's authorized resellers. Discounts on the just released Macs range from $30 on Mac minis to $255 on current iMacs, and from $119 to $444 on their previous generation equivalents.
Please Note: With Apple having refreshed its entire desktop line (and tweaked its MacBook Pro line) on March 3, there's considerable overlap in product inventories at resellers. To make our Mac Price Guide as clear as possible, we've split the guide into two tables for the time being. The first lists all of Apple's current Mac products, including the new models introduced March 3rd. The second lists last generation models that were replaced on March 3rd, and which are now heavily discounted at some resellers.


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Pont-l'Abbé (Breton, Pont-n'-Abad, 8,400 inhabitants) is the capital city of the Pays Bigouden, a traditional district located in southern Brittany (Cornouaille).The city of Pont-l'Abbé is located between the end of the estuary of the Rivière de Pont-l'Abbé (in Brittany, rivers are often named after the city built on their estuary) and a big pond.
Like (mostly) everywhere in Brittany, prehistorical megalithic
monuments have been found near Pont-l'Abbé, namely the menhirs
(erected stones) of Guiric and Pen Laouic (today in the river), and the
dolmens (lying stones) of Menez Bodillo and Merc'hen (both
After the conquest of Brittany, the Romans built a castrum (fortified camp) on the top of the hill dominating the today's city of Pont-l'Abbé, a place locally called Menez (mount) Roz Ar Hastel. There was a Roman way between Quimper and the point of Penmarc'h.
The name of the city (lit., the Abbot's Bridge) comes from the bridge built between the port and the pond by the monks of the abbey of Loctudy, located on the mouth of the Rivière de Pont-l'Abbé. In the IXth century, the Northmen sailed back the river and trashed the abbey. The monks abandoned the domain of Pont-l'Abbé to feudal lords, who built a small fort in the XIth century. The first known Lord of Pont-l'Abbé is Juhel du Pont, who was captured during the siege of Dol in 1173.
The dynasty of the Barons of Pont throve during the nexts centuries.
Several Barons of Pont played an important role in the military and
religious history of Brittany. In 1214, Hervé du Pont and his brother
Eon were bannerets (i.e., they were allowed to lead their vassals
under their own banner) during the battle of Bouvines, when King of
France Philippe-Auguste defeated a coalition set up by German Emperor
Otto IV, John Lackland, the Count of Flanders and the greater vassals
of the Kingdom. In 1223, Hervé du Pont retroceded to the Abbot of
Loctudy the rights on the parish and the tax on wine. In 1294, Robert
du Pont, Baron Geoffroy's brother, was appointed Bishop of Saint-Malo. Baron Hervé III founded in 1350 the St. Johns' Hospital near the river
and the St. Tudy's chaplainy in his castle. In 1383, Baron Hervé IV
built a White Friars' monastery, whose chapel became later the parish
church, and the first wharf of the port. Baron Hervé VI was killed in
1426 during the siege of Saint-James-de-Beuvron.
In 1441, Jean I du Pont was appointed haut baron (Greater Baron) of Brittany and was invited to the crowning of Duke François I. Baron Pierre fought in 1488 during the siege of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier.
The last Baroness, Louise du Pont, died in 1426. Jean V du Quélennec, grandson of one of Louise's aunts, was granted the barony. Quélennec was sent two times to the King of France Henri II to negotiate franchises for the Duchy of Brittany. In the beginning of the XVIth century, Charles du Quélennec, aka Soubise, converted to the reformed religion. He expelled the chaplains from his castle and led an uprising in Périgord (south-west of France) during the Religious Wars. He was captured and jailed in Jarnac but escaped. He was killed in the court of the palace of Louvre in Paris when defending Admiral de Coligny (1519-1572), the leader of the Protestant party, during the St. Bartholomeuw's slaughter (23-24 August 1572) ordered by Queen of France Catherine de Medicis and the Guise family.
At the end of the XVIth century, the civil war between the Holy League and the Royalists spread to Brittany. The Royalists seized Pont-l'Abbé in 1588 and the castle was looted; its clockwork, then the best in Brittany, was shipped to the neighbouring city of Concarneau. The warlord Guy Eder de la Fontenelle trashed Cornouaille. He set up his headquarters on the Tristan island, off the port of Douarnenez, whose fortifications he had destroyed. In 1595, Fontenelle trashed the village of Penmarc'h; the next year, he killed 1,500 peasants in Plogastel-Saint-Germain. The garrison of Pont-l'Abbé besieged Tristan island, to no avail. In 1598, King of France Henri IV appointed him Governor of the island, provided he stopped his criminal acts. Fontenelle was involved in a plot, arrested, sentenced to death and put on the wheel on the place de Grève in Paris in 1602. Baroness Hélène de Beaumanoir, aged 18, was besieged in 1604 in her castle by an army commanded by her husband and had to surrender.
After the end of the Religious Wars, the Catholic religion was
reestablished in Pont-l'Abbé and Loctudy by Reverend Father Le Nobletz.
In 1622, the first municipal council was set up in Pont-l'Abbé. The
council included 12 bourgeois and 12 craftsmen, and was presided by a
Syndic. In 1674, the barony of Pont was transfered to Armand Jean de
Vignerot, the grand-nephew of Cardinal de Richelieu.
In 1675, the peasants revolted in the so-called Révolte des Bonnets Rouges (Red Caps' Revolt). Colbert had imposed high taxes in order to fund Louis XIV's war againt Holland. The peasants released their claims in the Code Paysan, approved on 2 July 1675 in the chapel of Treminou. The uprising spread to the whole Pays Bigouden: the lord of Cosquer-en-Combrit was hung by the peasants and the castle of Pont was looted and burned. The White Friars of Pont-l'Abbé were forced to approve the Code Breton, which suppressed the corvée. The revolt was severely repressed by the Duke de Chaulnes, the Governor of Brittany. The bell-towers of the revolted villages (Combrit, Lambour-en-Pont-l'Abbé, Lanvern and Languivoa-en-Plonéour) were pulled down.
In 1685, the barony of Pont was sold to François Joseph d'Ernothon. In 1718, Ernothon approved the claims of the States of Brittany against the absolute power of the King of France and was exiled. His successor Jean Théophile d'Ernothon went mad and jumped out a window of the castle in 1738. The barony was purchased by Henri Baude de Saint-Père in 1753 for 500,000 pounds. The literary critic Elie Fréron (1718-1776), born in Quimper, married in 1766 in the chapel of the castle. Fréron is mostly known as the unfortunate rival of Voltaire, who ridiculed him under the name of Frelon (in French, hornet) in several epigrams.
Pont-l'Abbé lost its prerogatives in the States of Brittany in 1779.
The municipality of Pont-l'Abbé was established on 1st February 1790.
The village of Lambour was incorporated to the new municipality on 13
December 1790. In 1791, the Constituante Assembly prescribed the
limits of the municipality of Pont-l'Abbé, which was increased with
four rural districts taken from the neighbouring municipalities of
Combrit, Loctudy, Plobannalec and Plomeur. The parish of Pont-l'Abbé
was set up the same year. Beforehand, Pont-l'Abbé was divided between
the two parishes of Loctudy and Plobannalec, whereas Lambour belonged
to Combrit.
In August 1792, baron Jean Georges Claude Baude was involved in the fail attempt of escape of the royal family and had to exile. On 7 November 1793, the name of the city was changed to Pont-Libre (Free Bridge). The castle of Pont was sold in 1799 to François Jérôme Le Déan, and eventually bought by the municipality in 1836, in order to house the City Hall, the Court of Justice, the Gendarmerie and the School.
In 1847, a riot broke out in Pont-l'Abbé when potatoes were loaded on a ship whereas the local population starved.
In the beginning of the XXth century, lace industry was the main activity in Pont-l'Abbé. Strikes regularly broke out because of the miserable condition of the working-class life. In 1961, the farmers demonstrated violently against the low price paid to early potatoes.As the center of Pays Bigouden, Pont-l'Abbé has two museums dedicated to the Bigouden culture: the Musée Bigouden was set up in 1955 in the castle of Pont, and the Maison du Pays Bigouden was inaugurated in 1984 in the Kerazegan farm.
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 24 October 2004
The municipal flag of Pont-l'Abbé, as photographied there by Hervé Prat, is horizontally divided in seven stripes, yellow-black-yellow-black-yellow-black-yellow. The first vertical third of the flag (near the hoist) is plain yellow with a red lion.
The municipal arms of Pont-l'Abbé, as shown by Brian Timms, are:D'or au lion rampant de gueules armé et lampassé d'azur.
that is, Or a lion rampant gules armes and langued azure.
Timms notes that the cover of the Municipal Bulletin of Pont-l'Abbé shows the lion plain red, as does the municipal flag.
Ralf Hartemink shows the greater arms of Pont-l'Abbé, from the Armorial du Finistère by Froger and Pressensé (2001). Here again the lion is plain red. The supporters of the arms are a fisher wearing a red sweater and yellow trousers and holding an anchor, and a peasant wearing the traditional Bigouden costume and holding the flag of the Pays Bigouden. These greater arms must therefore have been designed not earlier than 1996, the year of adoption of the Bigouden flag. I suspect that the flag of Pont-l'Abbé was also inspired by the Bigouden flag.
According to the municipal website of Pont-l'Abbé, the arms or a lion gules belonged to the first dynasty of the Barons of Pont, which dates back at least to the XIth century. The motto of the lords of Pont was Heb Chang (Relentlessly). On the municipal arms, the motto was changed to Heb Ken. According to Per Jakez Hélias, the exact meaning of Heb Ken is obscure; it can be read "No more no less", as a symbol of the Bigoudens, "true to all their defaults and their few virtues" and abalamour eo kaletoh or penn eged kerniel an diaoul ruz (with the head harder than the horns of the red devil).
Ivan Sache, 24 October 2004


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We've been talking about it for weeks, but the big day is almost here: On March 1, Google will implement its new privacy policy and terms of service, unifying 70 separate privacy policies and extending them across most of Google's offerings.
This grand consolidation means that all of your Google account data will live in a single database that every Google service can access. Google Maps will have access to your Gmail data, which will have access to your YouTube history, and so on. Google insists that this change will ultimately benefit users, but privacy advocacy groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation fear that users will lose control over the personal data they've shared with Google.
If you'd like to exert control over your Google-based data, you still have time to act before March 1. Google's privacy settings can be tricky to navigate–the privacy Dashboard doesn't provide full access to all privacy settings, and Google's Data Liberation tool doesn't support everything yet. But these tips should help limit what Google can find out about you.
Check the Dashboard
Your first destination is Google Dashboard. It provides an overview of the information Google has stored on your account across many of its most popular services. To get started, go to google.com/dashboard and log in with your Google account (typically an email address). There, you can see much of the data that Google has on you–from your Google+ account to your Gmail account.
Take a few minutes to click through the various services and to review the information Google is storing. Then clear out any data you no longer want associated with your account.
Clear Your Google Web History
Google Web History keeps track of your Web browsing in order to help Google serve up more-relevant search results, According to the company, Google Web History "saves information about your web activity, including pages you visit and searches on Google. Over time, the service may use additional information about your activity on Google or other information you provide us in order to deliver a better search experience."
Even while you're logged out of your Google account, Google achieve a similar effect by tracking your search history via a browser cookie.
To turn this off, visit google.com/history while signed into your Google account and click Remove all web history. In the next screen, click OK to confirm your decision, and thenceforth Google will no longer track your Web history for the sake of improving search accuracy. As the EFF notes, however, Google may still log this information for various internal purposes.
If you don't have a Google account, or if you're logged out of your account, visit google.com/history/optout and click Disable customizations based on search activity.
Tweak Your Ads Preferences
By default, Google serves up "personalized" ads, based on search queries or on the content of your Gmail messages. For example, if you run a search for "Mobile World Congress," Google may serve up an ad for a phone or a tablet. If you find that kind of activity too invasive (or just plain creepy), you can dig into Google's privacy settings to disable personalized ads.
Head on over to Google's Ad Preferences page; and in the left-hand column, under 'Ads on Search and Gmail', click Opt out. From there, click the Opt out button to the right, and Google will stop serving up personalized ads based on your search results.
You can also opt out of personalized ads that appear on other sites through Google's Web ad services. In the left-hand column of the same Ad Preferences page, under 'Ads on the Web', click Opt out, and then click the blue Opt out button to the right.
Liberate Your Data
If you want to remove some (but not all) of your personal data from multiple Google services, head over to Google Takeout, which lets you download a copy of your data from Google Buzz, Circles, Docs, Picasa Web Albums, Gmail contacts, and other tools and services. Get started by logging in to the Google Takeout page. Once there, you can download your data for all supported services, or you can pick and choose the data you want to download. Once you've chosen what you want to download, click the Create Archive button at the bottom of the page. Google Takeout will create an archive consisting of your downloadable data (it may take a few minutes for Google Takeout to create the archive for you).
After downloading the archive, you can delete the data from the individual Google services. Unfortunately, doing so is a manually operation–Google doesn't let you automatically delete the data you download from its servers. In addition, Google Takeout doesn't yet support all of Google's services, so you won't be able to take everything with you. Still, some data removal is better than none.
The Nuclear Option: Delete Your Google Account
If you feel truly paranoid, you can remove your Google account completely. Deleting your account will mean losing all of the information associated with it, including your Gmail account, your Google+ profile, and anything you've stored within Google Docs.
If you're willing to take the leap, log in to your Google account and visit your account settings page. Scroll to the bottom and, under Services, click Close entire account and delete all services and info associated with it. On the next page, Google will ask you to confirm that you really, truly want to delete your account. Follow the instructions, enter your password, take a deep breath, and click Delete Google Account.
On the other hand, you may want to delete just your Google+ account. If so, scroll to the bottom of the account setting page, and click Delete profile and remove associated Google+ features. From there, you can delete your Google+ content or your entire Google profile, which will remove you from Google+, Google Buzz, and several other services.
We're all for personal privacy, of course, but we also appreciate convenience. If you feel the same way, and you can deal with the reality that Google probably already knows a lot about you (and will soon know even more), you can leave your Google account as it is.
If you're on the fence, or just want to be fully informed about how Google collects and uses personal data, we recommend that you take one more step: Read Google's overview of its new privacy policy, or take the plunge and read the revised policies for yourself.


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