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According to media reports, former Ohio State head football coach and current University of Akron administrator, Jim Tressel has been offered the presidency of Youngstown State University.
Let me put this as simply as I can: Hiring Jim Tressel as Youngstown President is a mistake at best. An insult to the academic mission of the university at worst.
For those unfamiliar, Jim Tressel led the Ohio State Buckeyes to the national championship in 2002. Tressel was considered one of the top coaches in the game at one of the top football schools in the country. Prior to his tenure at Ohio State, Tressel coached at Youngstown State from 1986-2000 winning four Division I-AA championships.
A history of winning and national championships isn't the only similarity between his time at Youngstown and Ohio State. Both schools were found to violate NCAA regulations. In both cases, Jim Tressel pleaded ignorant.
In 2011, Ohio State forced Tressel out after reports that several football players traded memorabilia for tattoos. Many who find the NCAA regulations burdensome might suggest this isn't a big deal. They may have a point.
However, Jim Tressel's actions were clearly wrong and prove a lack of integrity. He knew about the rule violations and did not report them to the university, the Big 10 conference, or the NCAA. The NCAA issued a five year ban on any NCAA school that wanted to hire him as their coach.
So the man about to be hired as president isn't even fit to coach his university's football team. Think about that.
Hiring Jim Tressel as Youngstown President is a mistake because he lacks the integrity to lead a university. Or an other organization for that matter.
I'm more concerned about what this issue and other trends in hiring college presidents means for higher education. I'm currently working on a study that has shown the number of college presidents getting fired is at a 25-year high. Is this the time to start hiring questionable candidates?
Apparently, many boards in addition to Youngstown's board think so. The controversy surrounding the College of Charleston's recent hiring of the state's lieutenant governor proves another example.
Do we have so little faith in the importance of leading a university? Can anyone do it?
Many have argued that college presidents only need to provide fundraising prowess and the ability to influence political stakeholders. Of course, these skills are important. But, I am unwilling to diminish the role of the presidency to these two elements. The job is much more significant and complex.
A strong university president sets a vision and direction for campus. A strong university president hires an executive team to lead and support the university's mission.
The days of the president focusing substantial time managing the academic side of the university are gone. I get that. Yet, the best college presidents still foster an environment to support the entire university—not just fundraising and government relations.
There are many examples across higher education.
Michael Crow of Arizona State University has won fans and critics for his efforts to innovate and transform ASU as well as all of higher education.
Freeman Hrabowski at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County has worked to improve minorities enrolling STEM programs.
Amy Gutmann of the University of Pennsylvania has fostered interdisciplinary programs on campus and improved the academic excellence of Penn.
All these presidents have to fundraise, work with federal, state, and local governments, and still manage to provide leadership to their institutions' academic missions.
I find the statement of Youngstown State Board Chair Sudershan Garg to be most disappointing. "Mr. Tressel has the personality and leadership skills, in addition to widespread community support, to dramatically raise YSU's profile and prominence across Ohio and the nation," Garg said in a news release on the hiring of Tressel.
The "personality and leadership skills," but a noticeable absence of integrity. He will "dramatically raise YSU's profile and prominence." I can't ague against that. Would I be discussing who Youngstown had hired if they had hired another candidate? The answer is unequivocally no.
Tressel was willing to throw out the integrity and following the rules to win. Youngstown's board seems ready to throw out the integrity and values of the university in order to win at the game of institutional prominence. Maybe hiring Jim Tressel as Youngstown President is not a mistake after all. Maybe the board is getting exactly what they deserve.
Question: What do you think of the idea of hiring Jim Tressel as president? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. You can leave a comment by clicking here.


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White House officials unveiled a series of measures to help local communities and cities prepare for extreme weather and climate impacts due to impending climate change scenarios, all recommended by a task force of US governors, mayors, and tribal leaders. More from Reuters:
The task force, appointed last November by Obama, said recommendations focus on how Washington can modernize programs and policies to incorporate climate change and provide tools to help local communities better design their own adaptation measures.
One measure calls for tools to track health problems linked to climate change, such as asthma.
Another asks Washington to integrate climate resilience planning criteria in all federal programs, such as those that provide transportation funding, "to ensure these projects will last as long as intended."
The recommendations would "reorient" existing funds at a time when seeking new funding in Congress would be problematic since the new Republican leadership has said it will use federal budgets to weaken the president's climate plan.
"At the local level, we just shake our heads at Washington. The congressional dialogue seems to be a fight over ideology rather than the realities on the ground which we deal with every day," said task force member Ralph Becker, Democratic mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Another task force participant, Republican Mayor Jim Brainard of Carmel, Indiana, added since local leaders interact more frequently with their communities, they are more in touch with climate change concerns than Washington lawmakers.
"Neither party should want to be the party for dirty water or dirty air," Brainard said.
Full story: White House offers climate change help to U.S. cities
Source: Reuters, November 17, 2014
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Chef Central Purchased by Bed Bath & Beyond
Chef Central, a retailer of kitchenware, cookware and homeware items that attracted both amateur and professional chefs in Paramus, N.J., closed in December 2016 but was recently purchased by Union Township, N.J.-based Bed Bath & Beyond for $1 million.
Ron Eisenberg, founder of Chef Central (and son of Warren Eisenberg, co-chairman of Bed Bath & Beyond, who recused himself from the acquisition deliberations), will become an employee of Bed, Bath & Beyond and oversee the creation of up to 50 Chef Central stores or departments within Bed Bath & Beyond Stores, with the potential to earn up to $1.25 million in incremental payouts.
The 15,000-square-foot Chef Central opened in 1999 and featured a professional kitchen, which hosted cooking classes and contests. That "experience retail" is what made the acquisition attractive to Bed Bath & Beyond.
Bed Bath & Beyond also acquired PersonalizationMall.com, an online retailer of personalized products based in Burr Ridge, Ill., for $190 million. PMall.com, which began 18 years ago, has developed a fully-integrated, proprietary technology platform that drives quality, speed and efficiency throughout the process of personalizing a variety of products to each customer's preference. The personalization processes include sublimation, embroidery, digital printing, engraving and sandblasting.


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This 3 bedroom, 2 bath ocean front cottage is located at the South end of Spruce Point, just beyond the Famous Spruce Point Inn. Our guests may use all the amenities of the Spruce Point Inn. We are private and only a skip to the Inns Property. 1.6 walking miles distance to the Harbor footbridge and Harbor activities. With the cottage sea wall and a 70ft. pier, the cottge affords due South exposure with views of the open ocean and Islands. Built of native cedar and pine, including all pine interior, custom vaulted ceilings, fieldstone fireplace, open granite kitchen, dining and living room to the raised waterfront deck.
With interior views of crashing waves, one may get the sense of being on a large yacht. Tucked under spruce trees with lobster boats working and the distant sound of an occasional fog horn, (3 lighthouses in area) one feels the charm of this Down Maine cottage. This cottage is all the above and more.
WE moved from New Hampshire in 1987. Settled on the East Side of Barters Island in the Village of Trevett, which is part of the Boothbay area. Our house built in 1800, is also available for rent: 4bedroom, 2bath, tidal waterfront with a dock. Dick is a builder and built this beautiful cottage and I am a retired Real Estate Appraiser. Our two children live in the New York area: Brooklyn and Cat Skills.
Brenda Wood purchased this cottage in 2009
We were blessed to buy the Spruce Point property in 1989, which was a redwood log seasonal cottage. We loved it, but it was built in 1940s and was only seasonal and too much to renovate to a year-round home. We tore it down piece by piece to preserve the redwood. Then built an all wood year-round home with municipal sewer and town water, installed a gas hot water furnace. Then added a pier and recently a new aluminum runway and float.
Our relationship with the Spruce Point Inn, affords our guests to use their amenities/facilities, which is a great pleasure to us and our guests. We are waterfront and private with just a skip to the Inns property.
Short distance to the Harbor activities, approximately 1.6 walking distance along the shoreline to the Harbor footbridge, restaurants, catholic church, Barretts Park, added new walking trails, retail fresh fish sales, which will also steam lobsters for you.
Beautiful walk.
My family stayed at the Wood Cottage with another family in July. It was absolutely perfect. 4 adults and 4 kids and plenty of room for all. The location provided the ideal combination of "peace and relaxation" and fun and activities. The connection with Spruce Point is ideal, allowing for kids (teens, near teens) to roam around and use the facilities (pools, fishing, kayaks and paddleboards, smores table, rec room, etc). The house offered all the necessary equipment. Beautiful spot right on the rocky coast - no better place for a morning cup of coffee or a late day libation. Highly recommended, and Brenda was a pleasure to work with.
This was our third wonderful year at Wood Cottage. Plenty of room for our kids and two grandkids. Beautiful location and access to the facilities at the Spruce Point Inn. Used the pool and playgrounds. The owners are lovely and always helpful when needed. See you next year same time! The Morrisons
This place is beautiful! It has amazing view of the ocean; I sat on the deck almost the whole time. It's very close to downtown. It's so close to the Spruce Point Inn and we were able to use the kayaks, hot tubs and pools without any additional cost to us. The photos don't do it justice. We can't wait to visit again!
Wood Cottage @ Spruce Point, Boothbay Harbor,ME on Linekin Bay is 1.6 miles walking distance to the harbor foot bridge and harbor activities including boat excursions, kayaking, playhouse, deep sea fishing, whale watching. Harbor also has a YMCA, public 18-hole golf course, famous Botanical Gardens. churches, working lobstermen and fishing, Hodgdon Yachts boat building facilities and Samples Shipyard restores old schooners, such as 'the Bounty' lost during 'Sandy', lighthouse and Island tours (Burnt Island Light and Damiscove Isand Preserve) original manual and operational swing bridges, sea aquarium and Coast Guard Station, shopping, restaurants, Botanical Gardens and entertainment. Within 45 min. to Freeport Outlets and LLBean, 3 hours to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. 1 hour to Camden and Rockland ME for additionl activities.
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there's this girl in my school and I really like her hair, I want my hair to kinda be like that, and because I want to impress my boyfriend because I know he talks to her and I just want to have perfect hair like that. when I straighten it it always looks really frizzy, dry and thick but when you feel it, it feels soft but it definitely doesn't look like it. so I'm gonna go to get my haircut sometime this week and I want my hair to look like that. it's kinda short, a little past the shoulders, she has layers but they go straight down so it blends in (I already have layers so maybe I shouldn't get anymore?) and its extremely shiny!. by the way she has dark brown hair. now my hair is blond and kinda long and its not straight or curly, it has no certain definition its different every time and its always static-y after I straighten it! please help me and give me some advice on what to say when I get it cut and what I can do to make it shiny without having to spend a lot of money. by the way I'm thinking about getting it thinned because I think that might help, is that a good idea or no?
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On top of what catgirl said... make sure your straightener is ionic with ceramic plates... It gives super straight very shiny results..I don't have an expensive one (I got mine at CVS and its by Revlon...cost about $50 I think) but it does an amazing job. I rave about it.
Also, be sure to use a straightening balm when your hair is wet, before you blow dry and straighten...helps to protect your hair/keep it healthy and helps with straightening. And always start with clean hair...never try and straighten "dirty" hair..ie youve had it out and put product in it or havnt washed it within the last couple hours.
On top of all that..keep in mind that its probably something in this girls genes making her hair behave a certain way, so don't be disappointed if your hair isn't exactly like hers...the only way it woudl be is if she's your sister..and even that's not a garuntee! My daughter and I have completely different hair textures...its impossible for us to recreate each others hairstyles.00|00|0


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Here are the restaurant fundamentals of VegiLicious told from the bottom of the owners/chefs' hearts. We just want to make people & the planet happy and share with the world.
We are on All About Vegan Food
All About Vegan Food contributor Ashley writes a great article about VegiLicious!
It is on the top page of their great website.
Here is the link:
Happy Valentine's Day!
We would like to make you and your Valentine extra happy and are pleased to offer the following special meal that are going to be made with love:
Valentine's Special Prix Fixe Menu for 2
Creamy Sweet Corn Chowder
Angel Hair Salad
Pan-fried Breaded Vealless Cutlet
5-Grain Rice or 9-Grain Rolls
Organic Raw Cake a la mode (1 plate for two)
Coffee or Tea $49 / two persons
Please make a reservation for the above special Prix Fixe menu by Thursday for lunch and by 3pm of the day for dinner.
Of course, our regular menu will be available, too.
Please call 714-377-3928 for a reservation.
We are looking forward to serving you soon!
Thank you for dining with us on Valentine's Day!
Thank you for dining with us on Valentine's Day as well as giving great comments!
We make every single meal with all our hearts and love every day ^^
1st Anniversary Special
It will be our 1st anniversary of our grand opening this month.
Thank you very much for all your support!
We would like to offer you a special present on this occasion.
If you are not on our email list yet, please join us online so we can send you our 1st anniversary special offer to you.
Register here
This offer is valid only today(5th), tomorrow(6th) and Friday(7th).
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October 9th, 2010
I Made This: Lemon Cupcakes
Posted at 7:41 pm | 2 comments | Category: Food | Tags: baking, Cupcakes
June 14th, 2009
My Favourite Cookbooks
I love my cookbooks. I have tons and tons of them but I have my firm favourites too. The Hummingbird Bakery is a cupcake bakery in Notting Hill and their cakes are to die for. When I heard they were releasing a cookbook I pre-ordered it straight away and was dead excited when it finally arrived in the post. I have used it countless times and it never fails to disappoint. I have many books with delicious American baking recipes but this one is much easier to follow as the measurements and ingredients are geared for the British reader. I have made the Red Velvet Cupcakes many times and recently the Chocolate Muffins (pictured below) which turned out really moist and were an instant hit at a family picnic. I can't recommend the The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook enough!
Posted at 7:47 pm | 3 comments | Category: Style | Tags: baking, cookbooks, Cupcakes, Food
February 11th, 2009
Valentine Gifts for a Domestic Goddess
I heard someone on the radio say that Valentine's Day is "looming"; a bit sinister dontcha think?! Well here are some heart themed gifts to bring the sweetness back into your weekend. (I think the heart plates would look just as nice as decor on a kitchen wall.)
- Hearty Tea Pot Set – $140 (delivery to UK available)
- Pack of 4 Sweetheart plates – £18
- Heart Measuring Cups – £4.50
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It's still way too hot to bake, and I'm having withdrawals. Usually I'm baking three times a week, so it's been tough to hold back while I wait for fall. I just want to bake cakes and cookies, but I've settled for searching for no-bake desserts to satisfy my urges. There's only so much cheesecake and ice cream I can make, so this time around I thought it would be nice to make some truffles. It's been a while since I made anything with Nutella, and the new, unopened jar of hazelnut spread was screaming from the pantry. It turned out to be the perfect addition to a classic truffle recipe.
These no-bake 3-ingredient Nutella truffles are deliciously smooth, and the chocolate is rich with just the right amount of sweet. The taste of Nutella is pretty light and easily overwhelmed by chocolate, so I recommend adding chopped hazelnuts on top so that you don't lose that hazelnut taste. With only three ingredients, these truffles are incredibly easy to make and you can take this recipe and adapt it to so many other options, which are my favorite kind of recipes. I made a somewhat small batch, but you can easily double or even triple this to make as many truffles as you want and decorate them multiple ways with different toppings.
Ingredients (makes about 12 truffles):
- 8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate (or 1/2 cup chocolate chips)
- 1/3 cup hazelnut spread
- 3 tbsp heavy cream
- Chopped hazelnuts, peanuts or sprinkles, topping (optional)
In a small saucepan, heat the heavy cream on low heat until sizzling (not boiling). Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips or 4 oz. of chopped chocolate to the sizzling cream, and turn off the heat. Stir with a spatula until the chocolate is completely melted into the cream, and pour into a bowl. Stir in the Nutella or hazelnut spread with your a spatula and leave in the fridge for about 2 hours to set.
Line a baking sheet with parchment or foil.
Remove from the fridge and use a cooke scoop or spoon to ball the chocolate-nutella mixture into 1-inch balls, and set on the lines baking sheet. Refrigerate for another 30 minutes.
Heat the remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips or 4 oz. of baking chocolate in a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds on defrost mode, stir and repeat until the chocolate is completely melted. If it's too thick for dipping, stir in a tsp of vegetable oil to thin it out.
Remove the truffles from the fridge again, dip in the melted chocolate and replace on the baking sheet. Then repeat with a second coat of chocolate. Sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts, peanuts, or sprinkles and refrigerate until you're ready to eat them. Enjoy!


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1. They got much _____ from those new books. A. ideas B. photos C. news D. stories
2. I have two _______ and three bottles of _________ here. A. orange, orange B. oranges, oranges C. oranges, orange D. orange, oranges
3. Every evening M r. King takes a _________ to his home . A. 25 minutes' walk B. 25 minute's walk C. 25 minute walk D. 25 minutes walk 4. An old _______ wants to see you.
A. people B. person C. the people D. the person 5. Help yourself to __________.
A. chickens and apples B. chickens and apple C. chicken and apple D. chicken and apples 6. Oh, dear. I forgot the two _________.
A. room's number B. rooms' number C. room numbers D. rooms' numbers
解析: room number 房间号码. room可直接用作定语修饰后面的名词 . 类似的还有my phsics teacher, two bus drivers 等. 应选C。
7. She has been in Tianjin for ten years. Tianjin has become her second _________. A. family B. house C. home D. room
解析: family指的是家庭或是家庭成员; house指的是房子(住所); room 指的是房间;而home 指的是家, 因此选C.
8. ________ mothers couldn't go to the meeting, because they have gone to Shanghai .
A. Mary and Peter's B. Mary and Peter C. Mary's and Peter D. Mary's and Peter's 9. Li Lei has been to __________ many times this month.
A. her uncle B. her uncle's C. her uncles D. aunt's 10. He is a success as a leader but he hasn't ________ in teaching. A. many experiences B. much experience C. an experience D. a lot experience
解析: experience 作 "经验" 讲时是不可数名词, 作 "经历"讲时是可数名词. 本句中应理解为 "经验",因此是不可数名词,排除 A C. 又因 a lot of , lots of, plenty of 只用于肯定句, 不用于否定句, 因此选B。 11. A classmate of _________ was here ten minutes ago.
A. you B. your C. your sister D. your sister's 解析: 此题考查名词的双重所有格.应选D。
12. A group of _________ are talking with two ___________.
A. Frenchmen, Germans B. Germans ,Frenchmans
C. Frenchmans , Germen D. Germen , Frenchmen
解析: Frenchman 是复合词,其复数形式为 Frenchmen; German 的复数为直接在单词末尾+S, 应选A.
13.The team ________ having a meeting .
A. is B. are C. am D. be
解析: team 是一个集合名词,即可表示复数意义(指整个小组) , 也可指小组中的成员(表示复数), 此题意为后者, 因此选B。
14. "Would you like _________?" "________, please."
A. drink, Three coffees B. a cup of drink, Coffees
C. a drink, A coffee D. a drink, Three cups of coffees
解析: drink 和coffee是不可数名词, 可以用…of来表示数量, eg, three cups of coffee,
当前面加a 时,则表示 "一杯".因此选C。
15. The Great Wall was made not only by _______, but also the flesh and blood of ________ men.
A.earth and stone, millions of B. earths and stones, millions
C. the earth and stone, million of D. the earths and stones, millions
解析:earth 是不可数名词,因此删除B D,数以百万的应为millions of .
名词练习题 答案
1. This is ___ reading-room.
A. the teacher's B. teacher's C. teacher's D. the teachers'
2. Nothing was found but ___ broken.
A. the room window B. the room's window C. the room of the window D. the window of room
3. How many___ would you like?
A. paper B. bread C. pieces of papers D. pieces of bread
4. He was praised for his ___.
A. brave B. bravery C. bravely D. great brave
5. Please get me a new ___ when you go to town.
A. clothes B. dress C. clothing D. trousers
6. There are 34___ doctors in the hospital.
A. woman B. women C. woman's D. women's
7. Some___ are even thinner than your little finger.
A. bamboo B. bamboos C. kinds of bamboo D. kinds of bamboos
8. He was born in this town and now he lives in ___.
A. Building second B. Building Two C. the Building Two D. Building the
9. Old as he is, he has ___to do every day.
A. a lot of work B. much works
C. lots of homeworks D. quite a lot of homeworks
10. Jack's room is furnished with ___.
A. new furnitures B. many new furnitures
C. many new pieces of furnitures D. many new pieces of furniture
11. Have you read ___newspaper yet?
A. today's B. Today's
C. the today's D. your today's
12. It's not far, only ___walk from here to our school.
A. a ten minutes B. ten minutes
C. a ten minutes' D. ten minutes'
13. Last month, he wrote me ___letter.
A. a 1000-word B. 1000 words
C. a 1000-words D. 1000 words'
14. He had a ___sleep yesterday.
A. a good night B. a good-night
C. a good night's D. good-night's
15. ___is not a long way to drive.
A. Three miles distance B. Three-mile distance 16. His isn't fit for the work. Please get me ___.
A. something else B. somebody else
C. someone else's D. somebody's else
17. Do you know how large ___ is?
A. population of China B. Chinese population
C. China population D. China's population
18. ___ is too much for the boy to carry.
A. The box weight B. The box's weight
C. The weight of the box D. The box of the weight
19. Excuse me, how can I get to the nearest ___ shop?
A. shoes B. shoe
C. shoes' D. shoe's
20. What ___ weather we're having these days!
A. nice B. a nice
C. a bad D. worse
21. They say that the meeting will be ___.
A. of very important B. great importance
C. of great importance D. great important
22. I'm going to call at ___ this evening.
A. Mr Black B. the Blacks
C. Mr Black's D. Blacks'
23. What Darwin said was an attack on people's religious ___.
A. belief B. beliefs C. beliefs D. believs
24. There are some ___waiting for you outside.
A. German B. American
C. grown-up D. Japanese
25. Their factory has developed a kind of ___ to help people walk.
A. machine B. machines
C. a machine D. the machine
26. There're many ___ in my brother's album.
A. leafs B. toys
C. books D. stamps
27. Yesterday I went to the super market and bought a lot of ___.
A. tomatoes B. potatos
C. vegetable D. meats
28. Upon hearing what I said, his ___ rose.
A. anger B. angry
C. angrily D. angriness
29. Excuse me, can you change this ___ for me?
A. five-pound note B. five pounds note
C. five-pound notes D. five pounds notes
30. You have to make ___ for your journey
A. preparing B. preparation
C. a preparation D. preparations
31. While washing up, she broke a ___.
A. glass wine B. wine glass
C. glass of wine D. wine of glass
32. You have worked out the plan and now we must put it into ___.
A. fall B. reality C. practice D. deed
33. Here's my card, Let's keep in ___.
A. touch B. relation C. connection D. friendship 34. I'll look into the matter as soon as possible, just have a little ___.
A. wait B. time C. patience D. rest
35. If by any chance someone comes to see me, ask him or her to leave a ___.
A. message B. letter C. sentence D. notice
36. We walked all the ___ to the museum.
A. trip B. road C. way D. journey
37. Scientists are watching for the earliest ___ of harmful ___ on the world's weather.
A. signs; effects B. marks; affect
C. tracks; affections D. instance; effections
38. These young people are now making an active ___ to save the old temple.
A. part B. effortC. decision D. plan
39. Don't push to the front; you have to wait your ___.
A. chance B. dutyC. line D. turn
40. You need more ___ to keep fit.
A. practice B. trainC. exercises D.exercise


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It is here. It's been a long and painful four years under President Obama, and the day has arrived where Americans all across the country will go out to the polls and exercise their constitutional rights. But how much do you really know about the history of what you'll be doing? And do you take it for granted? Take it from a more-than-politically-literate 16 year old – you better appreciate the fact that you'll be able to stand in front of a small, automated machine and cast your ballot today.
I unfortunately will not be able to vote this go-around because of my age. However, this doesn't stop me from realizing the significance of something that many in this country take for granted.
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Not everyone in the world is lucky as we are here in America. In some countries around the world, people are not able to participate in a free and fair election (and in some cases, even an election itself.) We are lucky, and we must cherish this small, yet powerful, right that we have so wholeheartedly extended throughout the history of our country.
We love our rights, our liberty, and our freedom; and we love to exercise those rights. Arguably, we hold the right to vote closest and most dear to our heart. Since the passing of the Bill of Rights in 1791, we have added only 17 amendments. Of those 17, six of them have been used to expand the right of the people to simply cast their ballot.
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- Amendment 15 – The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
- Amendment 17 – The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.
- Amendment 19 – The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
- Amendment 23 – The District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a state, but in no event more than the least populous state; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the states, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a state; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
- Amendment 24 – The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
- Amendment 26 – The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.
When you go to the polls today to cast your ballot, please remember these amendments, especially if you are someone who falls within the boundaries of these amendments. Maybe if we didn't hold the right to vote so near and dear, some of these amendments would have never been passed; and thus, some of us might not be able to cast a vote today.
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I hope we all now have a greater understanding and appreciation for something that is so simple, yet so powerful.
Happy Voting!
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Readying a Broader Definition of Diversity for Seats at Board Tables
WWLI and George Mason University partner to create Access Leadership Board Preparedness Program
Nov 07, 2016, 09:26 ET
VIENNA, Va., Nov. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Women's Leadership Initiative is pleased to announce a partnership with George Mason University — the creation of Access Leadership Board Preparedness Program, a course designed to prepare and promote more women and a broader definition of diversity to serve as board directors.
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This board preparedness program, which offers 40 hours of continuing professional education credit, has two options — the first from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on the fourth Friday of each month between January and July 2017. The second, a weeklong summer session, will meet from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. from July 24-28, 2017. Both programs will meet at George Mason University's Arlington, Va. campus.
"Effective non-profit and corporate governance requires a wide range of perspectives and opinions — especially as organizations work to keep pace with changing dynamics," said Carolyn Thompson, founder of Washington Women's Leadership Initiative."We recognized the importance of creating a program that helps women and people of color prepare for and make the most of opportunities to serve as directors to lead organizations."
Senior-level executives who represent a diversity of thought, experiences, industries and backgrounds are the program's target audience.
"Board diversity is a critical factor for success. On almost all measures, strategic decision making and long-term growth are fueled by a variety of perspectives and play a critical role in the continuing American success story," said Laura Gross, co-director WWLI-Mason's Access Leadership Board Preparedness Program.
Beyond learning why serving on boards is important, participants will:
- Gain understanding of Board Source: 12 Principles of Governance that Power Exceptional Boards
- Learn what areas of finance, treasury, tax reporting are necessary in order to stand out amongst peers
- Gain new insights into group dynamics and high performing teams versus empowered teams — basic dynamics of forming, storming, norming, performing
- Experience real-time board interviews and much more.
Members of WWLI should use the code WWLIMEM for a discounted registration (WWLIGROU for groups). GMU alumni use code ALUM0127.
For more information and to apply, click here.
The WWLW (WWLI.org), a 501(c)3, is a cross-industry, multi-discipline, non-partisan, non-competitive professional education and networking organization for executive-level women. It offers affiliates and guests an open forum for networking, sharing ideas, the chance to mingle with nationally recognized, inspiring motivational speakers and opportunities to participate in thought-provoking, fun events.
For more information contact Joelle Polisky at 615-516-0358.
To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/readying-a-broader-definition-of-diversity-for-seats-at-board-tables-300358321.html
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Data Breach Cause for Concern for Olympia School District Employees
The personal breach epidemic has made itself known in Olympia, Washington and for Olympia School District employees it is cause for concern. Personal information of some current and former has been stolen by someone posing as the district's superintendent.
There have been more than 175 breaches already in 2016, make that 176.
An estimated 105 million U.S. adults have been breached, and about 64 million of those people received notifications their information was stolen in a hack at some point in the last year, according to a survey by Rand Corp.
The district said in a statement Wednesday that a person pretending to be the superintendent over email requested and was given an extensive list of employee names, addresses, salary information and Social Security numbers.
The president of the district's teacher's union, Adam Brickell, said he's upset but only to a degree. He says it's easy to get access to email these days.
"It happens, and when our students make mistakes, it's an opportunity to have that conversation and move forward with it. You could call it a teachable moment if you want to," he said.
The list had information from 2,164 employees who received a W-2 tax form for 2015.
The district issued a statement acknowledging the breach.
"We learned at the end of the work day yesterday that we had a district data breach. The "phish" resulted in an outside entity "spoofing" the email address of the superintendent.
The person posing as the superintendent requested via email a listing of employee names, addresses, salary information and social security numbers. The list included information for employees who received a W-2 form for the calendar year January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
When learning that an outside entity "phished" our district for confidential information, we responded immediately by convening a team to discuss appropriate steps regarding potentialimpact on current and former employees.
In addition, we notified the Olympia Police Department, Internal Revenue Service, and the Washington state Attorney General's office as required by law.
This morning we have been working with security experts, legal counsel, insurance carrier, and the district technology team regarding a number of issues associated with this breach of information. Our first priority is to ensure our employee's personal data.
We understand the severity of this issue and are advising employees on protective measures."
School officials have contacted police and technology staff is gathering information that may aid the investigation. The district says it will help employees monitor their finances.
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The Tree Fort Code. Interview with Kelly Hogan & Matt Bibeau: Advanced Teacher Training in Youth & Child Permaculture Education Course, June 2012, Portland, OR. By Willi Paul & openmythsource.com
Submitted by Willi on Sat, 10 Mar 2012 - 09:48
The Tree Fort Code. Interview with Kelly Hogan & Matt Bibeau:
Advanced Teacher Training in Youth & Child Permaculture Education Course
, June 2012, Portland, OR. By Willi Paul &
I'm saturated. I'm wet with your tears, you spill so easily.
In reflection I'll see you again.
Approach me, soak me.
Faith, faith, breathe.
'Cause it's here, it's where the air is clear,
Where far off things could be quite near.
No repairs are needed, just a spark.
I'm interested, you've always been a subject, that I could learn.
Splendid hills, unconquerable mountains.
Climb, don't ever turn back.
Seed, seed, grow.
, The Church Live
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Introducing a Special Class:
Advanced Teacher Training in Youth & Child Permaculture Education
Permaculture is the conscious creation of a regenerative system that reflects the inherent balance, stability, and harmony of nature. Education should be the same. This course applies permaculture principles and design to popular and alternative educational models. It offers a wide range of learners and teachers an opportunity to explore new possibilities and practice new skills. It supports the shift towards regenerative learning and living, and the recognition that each are inextricably connected in the practice of life.
This course is designed for parents and teachers of children ranging in age from early childhood to middle school who desire to integrate these principles into the classroom and beyond
. Some of the time we will be working together as a large group, and other times we will hold break-out groups focused on early childhood, grade school and middle school.
Many hands-on and experiential aspects will be integrated into the course, modeling and practicing these and related topics:
* Application of PC Principles to Teaching
* Therapeutic Effects of Nature-Based Activities
* Classroom Management
* Strategic Community Building
* Curriculum & Site Design
* Creating Garden Classrooms
* Forest & Garden-Based Learning
* Education through Movement & Exploration
* June 15
, 7pm-9pm - Alternative Education Panel (open to the public)
* Saturday June 16
, 9am-5pm - Sunday, June 17th (Weekend-only registration option) $180
* Saturday June 16
, 9am-5pm - Thursday June 21st (Full certificate course registration option) $480
* 72-hour PDC or 12+ hour 'Intro to PC' are prerequisite for the full course, PDC required for receiving an advanced teacher training certificate.
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Interview with Kelly & Matt by Willi
Kids are seemingly glued (forever!) to electronics, social media and the Internet. Is this a competitive space as you try to teach forest lore or regenerative systems?
The challenge for almost every educator is how to reach a generation of children who have grown up less in the natural world and more in the digital and virtual one. Of course, with the younger children, they've had less exposure to it, so the strategy is a little bit different than with school-aged children. For example, with the Mother Earth School (MES) children, ages 3-6, they are in most cases not using electronics. MES is a media-free school and our approach to education encourages the children to develop their imaginative capacities. These faculties are greatly diminished when the media feeds images of characters and stories that leave little room for individual interpretation. Although some children at Mother Earth School may start the year wondering why there are no toys to play with, they inevitably finish the year in a rich world of imaginative play where sticks are transformed into fire hoses and ferns become the fire. The benefits of such open-ended play are clear, especially during our summer camps when MES children play alongside children from more traditional educational settings.
Older, school-age children have bitten the line a lot harder. Some have their own I-pods and cell-phones in addition to TV, video games, computers and internet access. Exposure varies widely, from children whose parents don't let them watch TV to children who have their own TV, for example. As a strategy-especially in the public school setting-an educator should be looking for the most accessible and regular opportunities to engage the children in more natural settings. Purely from a zone analysis perspective of a child's educational setting, the most accessible place outdoors is the school grounds. This is where the school garden becomes an excellent leverage point with an education system that puts a premium on performance and unintentionally reinforces the notion that out-door time is for playing and indoor time is for learning.
Children who have regular time in a school garden will not only absorb what we adults understand as the principles and ethics of permaculture naturally through their own observations and experiences, but also the fuller utilization of their senses and capacities makes learning easier for a lot of kids. Many of them actually perform better on tests because nature engages more intelligence types than the classroom ever could and the learning is retained to a higher degree. Recent research has revealed this benefit of garden-based learning. Under the current circumstances, there's no better leverage point for shifting school culture than this: nature learning helps the students-and the school-perform better in the ways that success is currently measured. Everything else from ecological literacy to youth development healthy food habits are the surplus, as well as the primary motivators for many alternative educators.
There is so much fear in the world. How will your course address the sources and solutions for kids?
As a general approach, an effective design for education is to not necessarily pass information, but to offer the opportunity for the information to be absorbed through observation and experience. So when we're looking at teaching permaculture, it's really more like creating opportunities for permaculture-or the inherent patterning, wisdom and efficiency of nature-to be revealed to the children. Referring back to a zone analogy, when a child is taught about the plight of the rainforest in the Amazon, an example of a zone 5 issue to the American child, this information has very little context and can actually jade the child from developing an empathetic relationship with nature. This unintended consequence of the first wave of the environmental education movement has partially informed how we approached the 2nd "sustainability" wave and how we will continue to approach the emergent 3rd "regenerative design" wave.
Now, if the developing child first learned what it takes to maintain the life of a plant, and what supports and impedes its health and growth, and learns now to extrapolate this knowledge to the whole garden, then the neighborhood, local farm, bio-region and beyond, the child would then have a much greater ability to contextualize the issue at the scale and distance of the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. This is ecoliteracy at its best: taking ecological knowledge from a learned experience at a smaller scale and appropriately applying this knowledge to develop an understanding of other ecological patterns and phenomenon. Ecoliteracy is a true pattern language.
So in this way, solutions begin at the very local scale-the zone 1 of the child's world of experience-and grow out from there. We refer to this as a permaculture design for education. To a young student, we don't need to define permaculture and explicitly teach its principles for the child to absorb the virtues of what such an ecological design has to offer. That would be reserved for the more mature student in the later years of middle school and throughout high school.
What are some of the more important skills that a parent should have in their permie tool kit?
In the words of Henry Thoreau, "Simplify, simplify." Do less. Cut out what is not necessary or what isn't supporting a balanced child. A fully scheduled day is an imbalance in the child's activity and stimulation threshold.
Create a rhythm. Daily, weekly. Yearly. Rhythms and patterns help create ease, flow and consistency. Nature speaks to us in rhythms and can guide us in creating our own. The need for discipline is greatly reduced when children know what to expect and can be given age-appropriate, meaningful ways to contribute. In this way, the natural consequence of disrupting a cycle, pattern or flow is a learning moment in itself.
Assess the degree that your child's optimal schedule and flow is compromised by the parent's schedule. Instead of expecting children to adjust to every aspect of an unnaturally intense, fast-paced lifestyle, identify where you can adjust yours to meet the needs of your children. (But be careful here! This is quite different than creating a flow that revolves around the desires of your children. )
Give children age-appropriate choices rather than the burden of making large decisions. This is the edge between freedom and boundaries. For example, instead of asking a child what they want to eat, instead ask "do you want this [healthy food] or this [healthy food]?" It is our responsibility to simultaneously teach and care for our children.
Redirection! Tell children what they can do instead of what they can't do. This effectively averts a majority of power struggles while giving them some choice and say in the matter.
Be careful not to make everything too easy for your child. The virtues of patience, motivation and determination are being lost in a culture where everything is fast, instant and easily accessible.
Prioritize establishing a parenting community to share childcare, skills and resources, transportation and even things like bulk food ordering. Make sure that you are modeling 'self-care' for your children (this just may be the most important thing that you can do).
Is it difficult to relay the ethics and principles to a 7 year old? Techniques?
Permaculture education for children need not be explicit to be effective. Provide them with the experience, and as they grow older and have a greater capacity for abstract thought, introduce more complex systems that further describe, inform and affect the things that were absorbed at an earlier age. (Examples: food web, water cycle, seasons, etc.)
By living these techniques, children will begin to embody them. Implementation of permaculture ethics and principles in the classrooms of young children should put the need for intellectual adult training courses out of business someday if we are truly successful at modeling permaculture principles and ethics for them.
How do you evaluate your success these days? Has this process changed since you started?
Ask yourself, "Do I have authentic, powerful and trusting relationships with my students and their families?"
We are all coming out of an educational system based on external motivation and standardized evaluations of success. It takes a huge amount of time and energy to shift away from that paradigm as educators. This process is constantly evolving. Sometimes the greatest measure of success is a direct experience of a child coming to life.
Do we need new symbols, stories, myths and/or language to engineer the Transition?
Yes. Also, we need to remember the old ones as inspiration and muse. Storytelling is an art and a way of teaching that has been assaulted by settler culture and the historical and ongoing effort to strip first-nation people of the very values, traditions, and languages that most accurately could express what we could call an embodied permaculture ethic. Pattern language, ecoliteracy and the kind of knowing that is nature-based and nature-informed are essential to shifting the ways that we learn and communicate.
Talk about spontaneous learning vs. the classic syllabus? What's working?
A balance is what works. A purely scripted education misses out on the thousand teachable moments that are instead treated as 'distractions.' On the other hand, not having a solid plan often lacks the kind of rhythm and accountability that creates a well-rounded learning experience. This balance is somewhere between a standard public school teaching approach and a purely child-directed education. A "living curriculum" is one that is intentionally designed through attunement to the needs of the specific children in the class. Imagination and creativity are the mechanisms by which children are able to problem-solve and find solutions that might otherwise be overwhelming if they are not supported in stepping outside of their comfort zones. This is where the role of the holistic educator is vital to their development as a well-rounded individual and active member of their community.
Is what you call "movement games" a form of dance? Examples please.
Movement games engage the body in therapeutic ways. Diversity of movement is essential for sensory and brain development and is achieved most completely in an outdoor, natural environment. Most (maybe all) challenging classroom behavior can be traced back to some sort of sensory (including emotional) over-stimulation. Movement and relationship-based education balances the modern technology-driven culture that has contributed to sedentary isolation from each other and our bodies.
Movement is therapeutic in many ways, including as a form of relaxation for children who actually strain to sit still. Playing games that encourage balance, coordination, crossing the midline, spatial awareness, crawling, spinning, jumping, etc. is crucial to even academic success. Games make it fun!
There are many examples of movement games and activities, from simple traditional games that we all played as children to more complex and specialized versions. Dancing is an excellent example of healthy, developmental movement. This is perhaps one reason why dance is commonplace in most indigenous traditions. It is also a form of learning.
Can this course, focused on children, also be taught to seniors?
The course really focuses on how to design our approach to education, so in a way, yes, it could apply to seniors. However, unlike a young child, a senior might actually enjoy attending a permaculture design course, and if they are looking for tangible ways to apply what they learn, attending our teacher training offers that opportunity. Multi-generational experiences modeling meaningful work have been at the seat of culture until only recently.
What do you want educators to take away from "Strategic Community Building?"
Our course aims to shift the paradigm that teachers are the only educators, that schools are the only places of learning, and that competition is the only pathway to success. By offering a design approach to community education, we discover that a bit of strategy goes a long way in weaving a connection between education and community. The children benefit from our work as educators-classroom, community or otherwise-in making these opportunities accessible to them.
Are you teaching localization?
Yes, absolutely. Zone mapping is a fantastic way to teach localization to children and adults alike. While the level of complexity would vary depending on your audience, the concept of relative location (and localization as an example of this at a specific scale) is one that can be designed for the grade school ages and up. In early childhood, the work of the educator is most effectively achieved through embodying the educational design, since in those youngest years, children are learning from modeling what they are witnessing.
How has Occupy impacted your goals and programs?
As educators, we have a rich opportunity to activate and develop the cohesion necessary for a more rapid transition in the direction of holistic education. This is the kind of education reflective of permaculture principles and ethics. This is the kind of education that promotes 'earth citizenship' and regenerative cultural values & practices through the integration of nature & community in the learning process and setting.
Educators have to work harder than ever to mitigate the damage caused by a media-saturated society & life experience, reinforced by (amongst other gimmicks) child-targeted advertizing that perpetuates the young onset of materialism and subscription to false needs. This life experience is also reinforced by parents, peers and even the industrial education system itself, in that it neglects its responsibility for modeling a balanced physical, emotional, cultural, ecological and socio-economic pathway to adulthood and citizenship.
We as permaculture educators are in essence occupying the industrialized education movement that has enjoyed a prolonged occupation itself, emerging alongside the colonizing interests and industrial developments of the last several hundred years. The Occupy movement has given many of us fresh hope that the influence of corporations and the boldness of their assault on nature, culture and even the psyche of our youngest citizens, may be finally met by a game-changing force that will no longer sit idly amidst a call to action in a historic period of reclaiming control of our lives and right livelihoods.
Having compassion and integrity through this time of transition will be essential to gaining the trust-and taking the hand-of those around us. We have to be careful who we're marginalizing in this work. While the Occupy movement has experienced high success with its 99% rhetoric, we need support from all ends of the current economic spectrum to transition in a way that offers hope of a peaceful world for our children. There are some 1-percenters that are more actively rebalancing the political and economic landscape than many of the 99-percenters. This has largely been overlooked by the Occupy movement.
Money is a form of energy that has its own flow. Learning how to capture this as you would rainwater over a landscape will assure that we're not overlooking our own design as "99-percenters" when decrying that our landscape is too dry. Every challenge is a design opportunity, and I'll bet there are more willing 1% financers of this work than we've prepared to absorb into our social and political landscapes and communities. These financers will want to be sure that the one hand holding the bucket isn't going to be followed by the other wielding a hammer. Nature doesn't operate on that kind of economy either.
So, how has it affected our programs? By reinforcing our call to action as well as offering the reminder that we are only going to accomplish our goals together - and not only with just 99%. The fact is, we have allies in our Mother Earth School community who range from being below the US poverty level of income to the upper 1%, and you'd be surprised where our 1-percenter has been active lately!
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Matt Bibeau
is a permaculture educator, youth mentor and community organizer based in Portland, Oregon. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Science and an M.S.Ed. from PSU's Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning program. Matt's graduate work focused on the design, development and capacity-building of school garden programs and urban educational farms. Receiving a PDC from Toby Hemenway in 2006 and a Permaculture Teacher Training Certificate from Tom Ward and Jude Hobbs in 2008, Matt wasted little time applying permaculture to his work in the field of garden-based education. In 2006, through a partnership with the City Repair Project's Village Building Convergence, Matt co-coordinated the design and construction of an outdoor classroom at a SE Portland school. A diehard VBC volunteer ever since, Matt currently serves as the core organizer of the event's programming committee for this annual 10-day community event.
From 2008-2011, Matt lived at Tryon Life Community Farm, offering workshops, hosting school groups and co-organizing/co-teaching PDC's with Marisha Auerbach (2008-09) and Toby Hemenway (2009-11). He continues to work with TLC Farm as the Development Director of Mother Earth School and as the farm's representative to the board of the Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust (OSALT). He is also active on the board of the Learning Gardens Institute and this organization's transition into a lease and a season of farming and programming at Jean's Farm in SE Portland. Matt and his wife Kelly are also organizers and teachers in a week-long permaculture training for educators titled Youth & Family Permaculture Education, likely being held at the Jeans Farm site. He currently resides just a short bike ride up Johnson Creek from Jeans Farm and looks forward to a splendid season of gardens and learning!
Kelly Hogan
is Mother Earth School's Head of School. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and spent over ten years providing therapeutic care for adults with severe mental and physical disabilities. She began studying Anthroposophy when her son entered preschool in 2004 and became deeply inspired by the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. She received her Waldorf teaching certificate from the Micha-el Institute in Portland, OR and has been teaching since 2005. She moved to the intentional community at Tryon Life Community Farm in 2007 where she began to work as the assistant kindergarten teacher for Mother Earth Kindergarten - the first all-outdoor kindergarten in the United States. It was at the farm where she also became exposed to Permaculture.
After receiving her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2009, she realized that integrating Waldorf teaching methods with permaculture and wilderness skills would create an educational movement that serves the needs of today's world. She began to run Mother Earth School in partnership with April Blair as a project of TLC Farm. She lived in the intentional community at TLC Farm for almost 5 years with her two children, Talon (born Feb. 2000) and Yarrow (born April 2002), and her husband Matt. Her focuses at the farm included animal husbandry, beekeeping, social ecology, rites of passage, event coordination, and lead teaching the Faery Garden preschool. She is currently training in wilderness survival and primitive skills.
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Miles Okazaki
Miles Okazaki is an American musician based in New York City. He is known for his technical command of the guitar, his rhythmic approach to improvisation and composition, and his work in contemporary music theory.
Okazaki grew up in Port Townsend, Washington, a small town near the Olympic Mountains in the Pacific Northwest. He got his first classical guitar at age 6, and began playing regular gigs on electric guitar by age 14, after studying for several years at the Centrum Jazz Workshop. He received many awards as a guitarist throughout his early years, and eventually placed 2nd in the Thelonious Monk International Guitar Competition.
Okazaki moved to New York City in 1997 to pursue a career in music and begin writing his own material. His teacher on guitar at this time was Rodney Jones, who recommended him for his first gig, with Stanley Turrentine. Okazaki spent four years on the road with vocalist Jane Monheit, while also writing and rehearsing the music for his first album, Mirror. The album received a "Critics Pick" in the New York Times, who called it "a work of sustained collectivity as well as deep intricacy." He expanded to a septet for his second album, Generations, described by pianist Vijay Iyer "the sonic equivalent of Escher or Borges, but with real emotional heft," His third album, Figurations, was recorded live with a quartet, and was selected as one of the New York Times top ten albums of 2012, described by Ben Ratliff as "slowly evolving puzzles of brilliant jazz logic." In January of 2016 Okazaki recorded a new album, Trickster that will be released later this year. Okazaki wrote, produced, and illustrated these albums.
As a sideman, Okazaki works in many areas, ranging from Standard repertoire to experimental music. Recently he has been seen most frequently as the guitarist for Steve Coleman and Five Elements. In the last few years, he has worked with a wide variety of artists including Kenny Barron, Jonathan Finlayson, Amir El Saffar, Adam Rudolph, Dan Weiss, Linda Oh, Darcy James Argue, Jane Monheit, Vijay Iyer, Francois Moutin, Doug Hammond, Carl Allen, Ohad Talmor, Mary Halvorson, John Zorn, Jen Shyu, Mark Giuliana, Patrick Cornelius, Rajna Swaminatham, Matt Mitchell, Craig Taborn, Tony Moreno, Ben Wendel, Donny McCaslin, and many others.
Okazaki currently teaches guitar at the University of Michigan. His first book, Fundamentals of Guitar, was released in 2015. He has also taught at the Banff Institute, The New School, Queens College, The Juilliard School, Amsterdam Conservatory, and many other institutions. Outside of guitar, his past teachers include Anthony Davis (composition), Ganesh Kumar (Carnatic percussion), and Kendall Briggs (counterpoint). His awards and grants include Chamber Music America's "New Works" (2007), Chamber Music America's "French-American Jazz Exchange" (2009), the Jazz Gallery and Jerome Foundations Residency Commission (2010), the American Music Center's Composer Assistance Program (2011), the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation's US Artists International grant (2012), the Rockefeller Brother's Fund Artist Residency (2012), and the Jazz Gallery Mentorship program (2015). He holds degrees from Harvard University, Manhattan School of Music, and The Juilliard School, and lives in Brooklyn, NY.


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It's official : iPhone 4 is out and it looks like the leaked one
Well, Steve Jobs unveiled today the new iPhone ver. 4 and to nobody's surprise thanks to the leaked prototype, it has the same capabilities we have seen already, like new case, new processor – Apple A4 ,similar with iPad and 256Gb SDRAM for a total of 32GB of storage. The screen has a beautiful resolution of 960 × 640 which will improve pretty much everything, but I have high hopes to use it as an eBook Reader. Also important and a first for the iPhone line and industry as well is a front facing VGA camera to be used in the video conferences – called FaceTime (can we hope for a new Skype client?), a better back camera (5MB with back illuminated sensor, also capable of HD video recording at 720p, 30fps) and a 16% improvement in battery life. the official numbers are: 7hrs 3G talktime, 6hrs 3G browsing, 10hrs WiFi browsing, 10hrs video, 40hrs music or 300 hrs standby. The new gyroscope addition should make it able to better track your movements for even better games.
In terms of software, a nice addition is NETFLIX (yay) and Farmville (urgh – I played it for a month and I'll regret the wasted time forever). Apple was also nice enough to implement a version of iMovie for iPhone. Not part of the installed package, so you'll need to cough up some dough (@4.99 to be precise). But neat anyway! …And yeah, multitasking support (sort of)…but you already knew that as well. Bing also found its place among the available search engines, but Google keeps its default position. Sincerely, I prefer it this way. You can not image how bad Bing sucks compared with Google in terms of performance when indexing new websites…trust me on this one.
The new iPhone will cost $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB with two year agreement, starting June 24th 2010 and will be available in two colors, black and white. You'll be able to pre-order your on June 15th.
No news today about a possible availability of the iPhone on Verizon network, although Apple should take it more seriously. Steve Jobs repeatedly asked the audience to turn off their network access so he can proceed with the demo. A wonderful example of the current troubles AT&T goes through with their network.


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Irvine Park is incredibly family-friendly, and Irvine Park Railroad is one of my son's favorite stops- we HAVE to ride the train every time we visit…and we visit at least twice a month. He's seven years old now, so that's added up to a lot of train rides with the fabulous engineers. Know what he loves most about the train? When it's the Christmas train! This year is a milestone- the 20th annual Christmas train- so it feels extra-special to the little guy. He can't wait to see the train adorned with lights and garland to take its trip through an OC Parks sparkling winter wonderland. Latina Moms OC has been invited to attend a media night, so we're very excited.
The Christmas Train at Irvine Park Railroad ride takes travelers to the "North Pole", where families can take photos with Santa while enjoying cocoa and snacks. Visitors may take their own pictures with Santa, or you may purchase a 5×7 picture taken by Irvine Park Railroad. Santa is always welcoming, and the couch is big enough for the family to all tell Santa what their wishes are this year. Please note- you MUST ride the train in order to visit Santa. Tasty food and drink items are available for sale at both the Train Station and the North Pole.
Christmas Train tickets are $12 each (free for 24 months and younger). Tickets may ONLY be purchased online through the Irvine Park Railroad website, so get your tickets early before they sell out, as they won't be available at the park. Near the train station is Santas Village and the Christmas Tree Ranch. Activities open one hour before the Christmas train, so get there early, beat the crowds, and listen to Mrs. Santa Claus read Christmas tales to the kids. Santas Village requires activity tickets, $5 each or $60 for a book of 15. Coloring and Story time with Mrs. Claus are FREE.
It's always been chilly when we've visited, so dress warmly and don't forget to bring a camera for all those glorious photo opportunities! Have some hot cocoa while the wind nips at your nose, enjoy some cookies and popcorn, and best of all- make some family holiday memories this year at Irvine Park Railroad.
Christmas Train at Irvine Park Railroad
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Irvine Regional Park, 1 Irvine Park Rd., Orange, California 92869
Irvine Park Entry is $5 per vehicle on weekends, $3 during the week; however, parking for the Christmas Train is FREE after 5:00 PM. To purchase tickets and for more information, pricing, and the schedule, please visit http://www.IrvineParkRailroad.com or call 714-997-3968.
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Visit Irvine Park Railroad's Christmas Tree Ranch! Noble, Grand, and Douglas fir trees in all shapes and sizes. Open daily at 10:00 am beginning Friday, November 27th; click here for details.
This is not a sponsored post. Latina Moms OC has been invited to attend a media night and if attending, will receive admission, activities, and coupons for snacks. All thoughts and opinions remain our own.
14 comments on Take a ride on the Christmas Train at Irvine Park Railroad
My husband is a HUGE train fanatic and would love to take our son on his first train ride!
My husband and I are always looking for family friendly things to do with our 2 year old twins during the wintertime, this weather is our favorite! Their birthday theme this past July was actually of their favorite show, Thomas and Friends (thank you Pinterest for all the deco ideas!) This is the perfect opportunity to combine our love for the winter season and trains!!! 🙂
We have never gone, seeing all the pictures has definitely boosted our interest. Definitely a great way to make memories with the family.
My 2 kids love riding the train! My husband and I love it, too 🙂
I would take my three children. It looks like so much fun!
I would love to take my 3 kids to see santa, never been there
Truly hope to win! ♡
My husband and 2 daughters! Thank you for the chance!
we are new to the area, and I would love to take my two boys!
My son loves trains and we would love to experience this!! Perfect mommy son date night!!!
I would take my 3 boys with me to Irvine Railroad. We've never been there during Christmas.
I'd love to go with my little family! Crossing my fingers 🙂
Wana take my 3 boys 🙂
I would love to take my 3 year old son and husband. My son's birthday is coming up and he LOVES trains!


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Room in the Inn
Given their involvement with Homeward Bound's Room in the Inn as coordinators for the All Souls' program, one has to wonder if retirement will ever be in the cards for Mike and Susan Stevenson. They began volunteering for Room in the Inn during summers when school wasn't in session (Mike was a principal, and Susan was a teacher), and with their retirement in 2002, they took on the responsibility of running the program.
For those who aren't familiar with Room in the Inn, it is Homeward Bound's most community-driven program, with more than 2,000 volunteers from 40 faith organizations mobilized every year. Room in the Inn partners with churches and synagogues to provide shelter for 12 women, one week at a time. The simple goal is to keep women without homes from sleeping on the street. The greater goal is to build caring, supportive relationships with them.
"We didn't know what we were doing at first," said Susan. But armed with Mike's truck and Susan's trailer, the Stevenson duo soon established a routine of mattress pickup from church-to-church and a stop at the Mission Hospital laundry for sheets and pillowcases. Susan found plates and other tableware at a thrift store, and "we use real napkins and tablecloths to make the experience as nice as possible," she said.
Room in the Inn is a national model, and in Asheville, it was begun by a small group of women in 2001. In 2010, it became a program of Homeward Bound and expanded from its primary shelter role to include case management and working with the women toward finding permanent housing.
According to Mike and Susan, a typical day in a Room in the Inn week begins with picking up the women at the AHOPE Day Center at 5 p.m. AHOPE is also a Homeward Bound program and is the only day facility for homeless people in Western North Carolina. AHOPE provides basic services like showers and toiletries, as well as an address where homeless people can receive mail. But more importantly, AHOPE works with clients to find employment and transition out of homelessness.
The women in the program arrive at All Souls in time for dinner, and between a nutritious meal and lights out at 10 p.m., the week of evenings includes activities like music, chair massages, and hairdressing services. One parishioner provides flowers, which prompted a woman to remark, "You can tell there's love here."
"It's a busy week, and we don't do it alone," said Mike. Approximately 60 to 65 volunteers come and go from Sunday to Sunday, providing setup, cleanup, bag lunches, and a host of other needs. Volunteers frequently stay for the evening meal, and Todd and Thomas have also broken bread with the women. "Todd usually comes once a week to eat with us," Mike said, "and recently, Milly's family provided one of our meals."
"Our motivation has been not to participate as strangers but as a form of family," Mike said. While other volunteers (two are required) spend the night at Room in the Inn, Mike and Susan arrive early each morning to provide breakfast for the women and transport them back to AHOPE with a sack lunch for the day.
Women who participate in Room in the Inn are carefully screened. They must be emotionally stable, not currently using drugs or alcohol, and willing to abide by the rules of the program, which prohibit drinking, smoking in the building, weapons, fighting, and foul language/abuse.
"They also have to be tolerant because they get a lot of the same food as they move from church to church," Susan said. "We try to provide a good variety. I'm sure they get tired of tossed salad and spaghetti."
Susan and Mike have started taking the women out for dinner on Saturday nights. They typically go to Ryan's, where the enormous buffet is a big hit.
Participating churches pay $1,200 annually to Homeward Bound to be in the program, and each faith community commits to serving at least one week per year. At All Souls, the outreach committee provides additional funding for the Saturday evening dinner out, while parishioners contribute to weekly grocery bills and prepare daily bagged lunches.
Proselytizing is prohibited in the program, but there is always a blessing before a meal. "Sometimes the ladies want to do the blessings, and we offer a tour of the church, but participation is voluntary," Susan said.
As women in the program move toward stability and permanence, Mike and Susan derive satisfaction from their journey and more importantly, the connections they make. "We've made friends through all the volunteers and through the ladies in the program," Susan said. She recalled a trip downtown with her granddaughters when they happened upon several of the women from the program. "We got big hugs," Susan said.
On the way back to All Souls following dinner at Ryan's during August's Room in the Inn week, one of the ladies sang the soulful ballad, "Lean on Me."
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Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow
But if we are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long before I'm gonna need somebody to lean on.
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Chocolate days
On Valentine's Day, February 14, girls give boys chocolate.
On White Day, March 14, boys give girls twice as much chocolate as the girls gave them.
On Black Day, April 14, everyone who didn't get any chocolate on any of the other days, that is to say, everyone who doesn't have a boyfriend or girlfriend, gives each other chocolate to make up for missing out.
At least that's how my students say it goes in Korea.
Today was Valentine's Day, so the process just began. I got chocolate and more chocolate and more chocolate.
One boy got chocolate from his mom to give to his teacher, the Korean teacher. He brought the whole bag up to her and said, "Here, I brought you some chocolate." He paused. "Do you want the whole thing?"
The teacher, nice as she is, said, "Oh, thank you – I'll just have one." She thought the chocolates on the inside were individually wrapped. Turns out, they weren't. Seeing this, she said, "Be sure to give some to Marshall too."
And so the process repeated for me, only he never offered me the whole bag. He just said, "Teacher, I brought you some chocolate." And then he pulled one out and gave it to me.
I'm sure his mom wanted the whole bag to go to the Korean teacher. Instead, he gave away two pieces and ate the rest himself. And somehow he pulled it off without losing his innocent attitude.
In contrast, one of my girls made homemade chocolates. She made enough to give to all the students in class too. I'm pretty sure she's going to be an amazing wife someday.
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A benefit cheat swindled taxpayers out of over £20,000 over a three year period a court has heard.
The abuse was discovered after Harrow Council brought a case against Nadeem Shabbir Qureshi, 31, formally of the Greenway, Wealdstone, currently living at Chasewood Park, Sudbury Hill.
Mr Shabbir was sentenced on 1st June 2012 at Harrow Crown Court to a 12 month Community Order and 160 hours unpaid work. Confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 are also underway to recover the money overpaid through identified assets.
He had previously pleaded guilty at Brent Magistrates Court on 27th March 2012 to five charges of benefit fraud in which he was overpaid housing and council tax benefit of £20,250.72.
The father of three had claimed housing and council tax benefit from Harrow Council in 2005 on the basis that he was earning the minimum wage and held two bank accounts. However, in February 2008 he purchased a property in Harrow on the Hill for £290,000 and failed to inform Harrow Council of the purchase. This property was subsequently let for £1,200 a month.
People who are making fraudulent claims are depriving families in need
Portfolio holder for Performance, Customer Services and Corporate Services, Cllr Graham Henson said: "At a time of severe financial pressure for our residents cases like this one are all the more important for Harrow Council to pursue. We are working hard to ensure that residents who genuinely need our support get it and to protect our frontline services, the money lost through fraud puts added pressure on all council budgets. People who are making fraudulent claims are depriving families in need and we will continue to take action to put a stop to this."
Harrow Council began the investigation in January 2009 after information was received into Qureshi's claim for benefit. The investigation uncovered bank accounts that Qureshi had failed to declare on his claims for benefits. The bank was contacted and bank statements for this undeclared account were obtained. The statements showed income well in excess of what Qureshi had declared and as a result of this and the property purchase the council calculated Qureshi had been overpaid by £20,250.72.


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ACLS Online Certification Website ACLS-PALS-BLS.com Announces New and Updated Training Materials
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PHOENIX, Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- United Medical Education, a website that offers official PALS certification, BLS certification, and ACLS online certification, has just announced that it has updated the site with new training materials. The new design of the training materials features user-friendly formatting and images, which means that they are now easier than ever for people to understand and use.
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Since the day United Medical Education launched their website, they have strived to help people get the online training and certification they need for Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support. From healthcare employees who need an online PALS recertification course to a student who hopes to become certified in BLS, PALS or ACLS for the first time, ACLS-PALS-BLS.com is a one-stop shop. As a bonus, all of the online courses have been endorsed and accredited by the Accrediting Medical Education and Certification Commission (AMECC).
In addition to providing top-notch training materials, United Medical Education features the fastest provider card delivery in the industry. Immediately after completing the ACLS, PALS or BLS recertification course online, students will receive an instant digital provider card. A hard copy of the provider card will also be snail mailed to the student.
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It bugs me that I can't remember where else I've seen the actor in the white jacket in Afonya. It was some bit part in a film, just like in this one.
It was good to see another Georgi Daneliya film. So far I've seen:
- I Step Through Moscow (1964)
- Afonya (1975)
- Mimino (1977)
- Autumn Marathon (1979)
- Kin-Dza-Dza (1985)
One of these is not like the other four. The last four have good character studies and have elements of "sad comedy," a term most often used for Autumn Marathon. It's pretty hard to see that in the first one. Of course there were eleven years between I Step through Moscow and Afonya. One wouldn't expect the full range of talent from a 34-year-old director that would develop later. But now I'm interested in watching some of the films from that period between 1964 to 1975 to look for clues as to how that talent developed.
By the time Afonya was made it was there. Good film. I expect it will bear much re-watching.