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Former White House chief of staff Andy Card told MSNBC that he supported the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry of President Trump, saying that "clearly lines have been crossed."
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Iconic rockers SCORPIONS will hit the road in May for twelve North American headlining dates with Mikkey Dee formerly of Motörhead sitting in on drums for James Kottak, announced today. Kottak is currently on break while he seeks medical attention. Swedish-born Mikkey Dee joined Motörhead in 1992 and is well-respected among the rock and metal community. SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine states "we would like to continue our Return to Forever tour with James, but we have to realize that his health is priority. We wish James a speedy recovery and he will be back to Rock with us very soon! We look forward to seeing all our fans this month."
SCORPIONS kick off the 2016 U.S. leg with twelve dates in May beginning at Carolina Rebellion in Charlotte, NC on May 6th and includes a Las Vegas residency.
More info on the band's webpage https://www.the-scorpions.com/tour

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3 -- In order to clear extra rush of passengers, the South Central Railway will run eight special trains between Secunderabad and Bikaner.
The ammunition was found during preparation work for a new building for the primary section of Government Boys' High, Trishul Park, in Secunderabad.
Summary: Secunderabad (Telangana) [India], August 30 (ANI): Three Telangana ministers, including all 11 accused were acquitted on Wednesday by a Railway court in Secunderabad in a 2011 "rail roko" case after the eye witness turned hostile.
Summary: Addressing a public rally in Secunderabad, chief of India's ruling congress party, Sonia Gandhi on Saturday indicated that her party was not against creating a separate state of Telangana.
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"What do these stones mean?
"Memory is an extraordinary thing. Memory generates some of life's happiest experiences—and some of our darkest nightmares. How is it that we can conjure up experiences from our past, reconstitute them in our minds, and, in effect relive them? In an age when we store vast loads of information on a tiny computer chip, perhaps the capacity of the human mind to record and replay life's experiences may seem less magical. But it is no less astonishing. No foreseeable computer will be able to record and play back life's learnings like the human mind. Human memory stands unique.
No doubt this unique gift is ours by design. God encourages us to use our capacity to remember as one of our strategies for spiritual growth. The ancient Israelites were furnished numerous object lessons, such as the Feasts of Passover and Tabernacles, all with the goal of helping them to remember. In a similar way God has provided us the Lord's Table: 'This do, in remembrance of me,' said Jesus. God apparently considers it important that His people remember.
Almost ten years ago, dear friends, Phyllis and Scott Lorenz, used the words above as their affirmation of me as an advisor to Jay and Molly. The words from this book and from the accompanying scripture were such a vivid reminder of what we are called to do in ministry….to be one who comes alongside people to help them remember God's love for them. This ability comes from the times you have been hurting, and have felt God's presence soothe and protect you through the valleys.
I am grateful to have so many "tangible reminders", forces of "memory" that lead myself and others into a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God and with each other. It is my hope that any encouragement, amusement or crazy inspiration that comes from what is shared here might be a reminder to those who read it of a deeper purpose for our lives.
This is so beautiful and I am so deeply touched. It just goes to show that what one says/shares can have an impact far beyond awareness . I am grateful to know what these words have meant to you, even though I did not pen them. Found Words.
Love to you and your dear family.
ps. What a lovely Blog! Where DO you find the time?


The greatest New Year's Eve in the world keeps getting bigger.
Once again, we were responsible for the planning, artistic direction and production of the greatest New Year's Eve in the World. This year, the celebrations at Copacabana beach started earlier.
As a warm-up for the big day, the Tabajara Orchestra excited the audience with a beautiful performance on December 29th. And on the night of the 31st, the traditional New Year's Eve party was even more exciting. The nearly 2 million spectators were entertained with 17 minutes of fireworks, synchronized with a track specially created for the occasion by music producer Daniel Lopes, and 10 hours of concerts by great Brazilian artists such as Cidade Negra, Frejat and Anitta.
The concept, inspired by the "hug", was present in every detail of the show. In honor of the song "That Embrace", all of the invited artists included in their repertoire an interpretation of the famous song. In addition, minutes before midnight, following the invitation of the master of ceremonies André Marques, the public gathered in a great collective "hug". Certainly, another moment that was recorded in the memory of who went to Copacabana Beach.


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Racine – Connie Cobb Madsen, Racine County Register of Deeds, announces that it is now easier to obtain a copy of your marriage certificate.
Effective Jan. 2, 2020 - individuals married in Wisconsin will be able to go to any Wisconsin Register of Deeds office to obtain their marriage certificate. Register of Deeds offices are currently able to issue birth certificates from all Wisconsin counties. Certificates of death are available statewide for deaths occurring on or after September 1, 2013. Certificates of divorce are available statewide for divorces occurring on or after January 1, 2016 to present.
While not all vital records are eligible for statewide issuance; the State Vital Records Office continues to work with Register of Deeds offices to add or update specific vital records on demand – with the goal of having all eligible records available.
Register Madsen notes that statewide issuance provides an easier and more efficient method of serving County residents by providing better access to Wisconsin vital records. Individuals can contact the Register of Deeds office to receive more information about the statewide availability of records.


Carolina Lanai Homes have created a new way of living in the Lowcountry!
The concept is centered around the Carolina Atrium, a screened outdoor room which seemlessly merges indoor and outdoor living. The Atrium is often enhanced by a pool, spa, waterfall, summer kitchen, or outdoor fireplace.


The Lord has provided the means for Fran and I to enjoy our first vacation road-trip in decades. We will be driving a new Prius hybrid to see if the mileage claims are true. We plan being away from home for two weeks and have few "hard" date commitments!
Several thoughts come to mind as Teryn, our guest / home-sitter prepares breakfast before we leave.
I have dabbled in the social network apps and always seem to get lost. Thus – I avoid them as much as I can. This should explain why I have not responded to the many comments and invitations from our friends. E-Mail works for me – please.
The result – We hear nothing about the wonderful things God is doing around the world and nation. I see only two alternatives. – One is pretty dark – as evil divides our society to fight against ourselves and bring this experiment in civil-self-government crashing down around our ears. The other is encouraging – As the humble prayers of God-fearing people, confessing our personal and national sins, ask for mercy rather than the justice we deserve for having turned God out of our society.
Human history is full of examples of national redemption in response to prayer. I choose to pray for it!! — Prius is here – Bye…..


This week at the Carrot Ranch Charli Mills is talking about dirt and has challenged writers to In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about dirt.
and talks about sowing compassion to make our world a "worthier place to live".
These are wonderful ways of thinking about dirt and good reminders of the importance of the earth beneath our feet, which is often taken for granted, even ignored, unless one is a farmer, a gardener, perhaps a miner, or possibly a child.
Children are often admonished about playing in the dirt, as if washing off a little soil was the greatest difficulty. In our towns and cities we cover the soil with concrete and leave few patches of bare earth where children have an opportunity to dig.
Soil, though an essential resource of our Earth, is often overlooked. Ask a young child what living things need and they may say "water, air, food, sunshine and shelter". Soil won't rate a mention. But without it we wouldn't have a thing to stand on! Nor would we have our other essentials: air, food and shelter – all dependent on the soil for their production. The importance of soil and of conserving becomes even more evident with the realisation of how little of the Earth's surface is available for producing food.
© Norah Colvin If Earth was an apple . . .
Another great gift from the soil is knowledge. Much of what we know of Earth's history and human history has been revealed by the soil as successive layers have been exposed or excavated; uncovering secrets of the past and enabling a much richer understanding of earlier times.
Our knowledge of dinosaurs has all been revealed from the earth with the first discoveries and identifications made only a few hundred years ago. And there is still much more to be discovered. My children and grandchildren, along with many other children and adults, are fascinated by dinosaurs. How exciting it would be to make a new dinosaur discovery, find hidden treasures or unlock secrets of the past!
It is possible that many more dinosaur, and other, discoveries are yet to be made. The world's only known evidence of a dinosaur stampede was found in Australia just a little over fifty years ago. Even more recently a gardener in the UK found a dinosaur bone in his backyard! In the US, if you find a dinosaur fossil in your backyard it's yours to keep!
The excitement of making new discoveries and finding answers to questions is motivation for many.
In his book Good Ideas: How to Be Your Child's (and Your Own) Best Teacher Michael Rosen relates a story told by David Attenborough. He says that, as a child, David took an interest in bones and if he was out walking and found some he would take them home and ask his father (a GP so would probably know) about them.
Knowing that it is through the comparison of found bones with bones of familiar creatures that scientists have been able to work out much of what we now know about dinosaurs and other extinct creatures makes such an activity even more exciting and inspirational.
A sense of wonder and curiosity, and a desire and willingness to find out for oneself answers to one's own questions is fundamental to learning. Digging in the dirt occasionally can't do that much harm. You never know what new discovery you may make!
This entry was posted in Creativity, Dinosaurs, Early childhood education, Education, Flash fiction, Quotes, Writing and tagged arable land, Curiosity, dirt, discovery, earth, education, learning, Questions, soil on June 29, 2015 by Norah.
Recently, in a post introducing the idea of S.M.A.G. (Society of Mutual Admiration and Gratitude), I reflected upon my blogging journey and the gradual growth of readership and development of a S.M.A.G. over time. With this reflection came the realisation that many have missed earlier posts. That realisation, along with a comment by Sarah Brentyn, prompted me to share a few of my favourites.
The first posts I will revisit are from a series about using Eric Carle's picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar for educational purposes in an early childhood setting.
suggests the importance of teaching critical literacy from a young age.
I will provide a brief overview of each post. I would be delighted to have you follow the links to read the posts in full.
It can help strengthen the parent-child bond, becoming a special time of togetherness and of sharing stories and ideas.
It has a very positive effect upon their learning, helping them develop language, knowledge of print and books, and exposes them to new ideas and concepts.
In this post I discuss some purposes for using picture books and raise some questions about their content.
Do fictional picture books have a role, and do picture book authors have a responsibility, in imparting factual information in their books?
that, although lions don't live in jungles, they are often referred to as "King of the jungle" and appears in that setting in many stories?
if animals that don't co-exist, for example penguins and polar bears, appear in stories together?
if the portrayal of animals in stories is not anatomically correct, for example spiders shown with legs joined to their abdomens rather than cephalothoraxes?
Do errors such as these influence children's understanding of the world?
How should adults handle the misinformation when sharing books with children?
In this post I refer specifically to inaccuracies in The Very Hungry Caterpillar and the pervasiveness of the misconceptions, if not totally attributable to the book, then at least in part. I suggest how acknowledging the inaccuracy can help develop critical literacy.
However, as this (hopefully correct) information from the Australian Museum shows, butterflies do not spin cocoons around themselves. Moths do. Some butterflies and skippers do form a silken shelter, but not a cocoon as in Carle's picture book.
Unfortunately many articles found in an internet search share the same misinformation. I wonder how many adults grew up believing what Carle shared through his picture books. Even teachers have been surprised to learn that butterfly caterpillars do not spin cocoons.
In the original post I share some lovely videos related to butterfly and moth metamorphosis. It is worth taking a peek at them.
Does it matter if children (and adults) think that butterflies hatch out of cocoons? Eric Carle didn't seem to think so. Do you?
In this post I argue that The Very Hungry Caterpillar has no place in a science lesson because of the misinformation contained therein: caterpillars do not eat many different foods and butterflies do not come out of cocoons.
The greatest value of the book is as a tool for teaching critical literacy; for teaching children that just because something is in print, doesn't make it true. It is also important to realise that misinformation is not restricted to picture books, and that they need to question all sources of information for the author's credentials and purpose in writing.
encourage them to question, question, question.
What do you think? Do picture book authors have a responsibility to be accurate? Is a butterfly coming out of a cocoon in the same realm as giants tied down by dwarfs? Would we accept a child hatching out of an egg? What parts of a story should be based in reality and which parts can be imagined?
"Why can't a butterfly come out of a cocoon?" asks Eric.
Well, Eric, they just don't.
Thank you for reading. I appreciate your feedback. Please share your thoughts about any of issues I have raised in these posts.
This entry was posted in Blogging, Early childhood education, Education, Literacy education, Mathematics, Picture books, Quotes, Stories and tagged critical literacy, Early childhood education, Eric Carle, misinformation, Picture books, questioning, Questions, The Very Hungry Caterpillar on June 12, 2015 by Norah.
I think few of us would deny that each of us is unique, or question the importance of an individual's interests and abilities to learning. Much has been written about learning styles, multiple intelligences and differentiation of instruction.
Most teachers try to incorporate a variety of experiences into their programs in order to maximise learning opportunities in the hope that, if students don't "get" it one way, they will "get" it in another. The imposition of national standardised assessment makes doing this a challenge for teachers. The increased requirement for the implementation of particular approaches to teaching makes it even more so.
To say that I hold fairly strong views about learning, and the differences I consider there to be between education and schooling is perhaps an understatement, but it wasn't always so.
My memory tells me that, while I probably didn't "love" school, I probably didn't "hate" it either. It was simply something that I had to do. I didn't question it. I did my best to be a "good" girl, do what was expected of me, and conform. All of which I think I did pretty well.
The questioning came later and had more impact upon my teaching and parenting than it did on my own schooling. I came to view schooling as something that is "done" to us, and education as something that we do for ourselves. That is not to say that no worthwhile learning takes place in school, for it does, but education is a whole-of-life experience and schooling is but one small part of that.
However, if the importance of schooling, and here I mean learning of particular content by particular ages, is inflated and rated more highly than children's natural curiosity, interests and abilities, then the consequences to individuals and the community in general can be more negative than positive. One consequence may be that children don't enjoy school; another may be the view that only school knowledge is important; and yet another may be that children are turned off learning all together.
My first conscious discomfort with what, for convenience, I'll call a factory model of schooling (children go in one end, have things "done" to them, and come out the other end all the same) was as a young teacher when all five year two teachers were expected to be doing the same thing at the same time. That imposition, along with other inadequacies that were beginning to become apparent, set me on a quest to learn more about learning and education. My quest has never ceased and I am still searching for answers.
Recently I read a book by Daniel T. Willingham entitled "Why Don't Students Like School?" The title had instant appeal, of course, and I thought I'd recognise a few of the reasons at least. My initial expectation was of reading views similar to those of authors like John Holt, Ivan Illich, A.S. Neill and John Dewey whose books I had read in the 70s and 80s; but a closer look at the subtitle told me I was in for more: "A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How The Mind Works and What It Means For The Classroom".
The book is a wonderful read and I'm certain to share many of Willingham's ideas with you in future posts. I enjoyed it because, in almost equal measure it reinforced, challenged and extended my thinking about many aspects of learning and how best to provide for and stimulate it in a classroom setting.
Sometimes Willingham would make a statement with which I agreed, and then go on to explain the faulty thinking behind it. Sometimes his statement would seem to completely contradict what I think but his explanation would show that we simply had different ways (mine perhaps inadequate) in explaining it.
What I really appreciate about the book is that Willingham carefully translates what has been learned from research into practices that can be implemented in the classroom to enhance student learning. Often research seems only to tell teachers what they already know from experience and observations, or provides information in such an abstract way that nothing of practical use can be gleaned.
"It seems that tailoring instruction to each student's cognitive style is potentially of enormous significance".
What Willingham says is of most importance for a learner to learn is background knowledge. If a student does not have sufficient background knowledge to understand the content or concepts which are presented, learning will not take place. This supports the advice that I repeatedly give to parents: read to your children, talk with them, and provide them with a wide range of experiences and activities. The same is true for teachers: ensure the students have sufficient knowledge on which to build the new work you are expecting them to grasp.
This week at the Carrot Ranch Charli Mills has thrown a prompt with which I have struggled: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about the day the earth turned brown. I always like to tie my responses to the educational focus of my blog and this one had me stumped for a while. A mind journey following various twists and turns, retracing well-worn paths, and hitting many dead ends, finally led me to an oasis in the parched brown earth: the uniqueness of each of us; the amazing potential of each new child to create possibilities beyond our imagining; and the contrasting effect of a narrow test-driven school system that attempts to reduce each to the sameness of minimum standards and age (in-)appropriate benchmarks. A paint palette seemed a suitable medium for the story.
For those of you who have been following Marnie's story, I apologise. She makes no appearance this time, though I have not ruled out the possibility with student M. I'd be pleased to know what you think.
This entry was posted in Alternative / non-traditional education, Blogging, Creativity, Early childhood education, Education, Flash fiction, Traditional schooling, Writing and tagged assessment, Children, creativity, Curiosity, learning, learning styles, multiple intelligences, Questions, schooling, science, teacher, thoughts and ideas on April 6, 2015 by Norah.


FLINT — Mott Community College (MCC) will join the national celebration of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month by hosting multiple activities and events, culminating with "Women in Technology Day" Feb. 22.
"CTE encompasses 94 percent of high school students and 13 million postsecondary students in the United States and includes high schools, career centers, community and technical colleges, fouryear universities and more," said Dr. Madonna Jackson, Disadvantaged/LEP Coordinator in the Learning Center at MCC. "CTE is a major part of the solution to myriad national economic and workforce problems, such as high school dropout rates, a weakened economy, global competitiveness and massive layoffs.
• February 4-7–Awareness Hubs to let students know what occupational and career fields are available and what types of jobs a Mott degree can lead to.
"The activities planned over the month of February will illustrate the rigor and relevance CTE courses offer our students," said Jackson who works directly with CTE students to help them complete their degree and enter the workforce. "By partnering with the business community, CTE programs are investing in students and providing them with the latest technology and skills that will prepare them to become successful employees and future leaders." — G.G.


According to eSports professionals at GDC, the best way to make an eSports game is to not make an eSports game – it's actually more about building strong communities and reacting to the feedback they supply.
Most big eSports communities are attached to free games, so making your game cost nothing like the titles in our list of PC's best free games is probably a good place to start, too.
While 'don't build an eSports game' might not seem like particularly helpful advice, you only have to look at the success of something like Rocket League to see that it's true. That game was never marketed as the next big eSports thing. Its eSports popularity just kind of happened, like it did with the best MOBAs – hundreds of other MOBAs have failed to imitate this success, and not for a lack of trying.
"You can't come out and say 'I'm gonna make an eSports title', which is one of the biggest misconceptions that a few game developers I've spoken to have had," said former League of Legends pro Stephen 'Snoopeh' Ellis, during a GDC talk attended by PCGamesN. "You can implement a competitive system within the game. You can implement spectator features, replay features, but you can't come out and say you're gonna make an eSport title. By and large, that's what you community does.


The open data initiative focuses on freeing data so that it can be access by anyone who needs it. This initiative has taken momentum around the world and at present time more than 20 governments have adopted this initiative, providing more than 200 local, regional and national open data catalogs, as part of their strategy to strengthen their democracy and incentive transparency in their society. The goal of this initiative is to allow access to data so that social innovators can use it as a tool for creating solutions to problems that affect their society. The approach of sharing data allows individuals and organizations understand where problems are located and where solutions are needed. This approach has many benefits for different types of organizations, such as government agencies, NGOs, private companies and clusters.
This article aims to explore how an open data initiative can drive social innovation in a community. To achieve this, we will explain different aspects of social innovation such as the definition of social innovation, the importance of social innovation for creating change in a community and the barriers that exist for social innovation to prosper. With a clear understanding of social innovation we will precede to explain the importance of an open data initiative, how the open data initiative by itself is a social innovation and how it can also be a platform for driving social innovation. To show how the initiative is an enabler of social innovation we will present four cases on open data initiative and the impact they have had in their community.
2. What is social innovation?
Defining social innovation has been a difficult task for both scholars and practitioners since there has been little consensus over the concept of social innovation. One problem is that the concept of social innovation can be interchangeable with other concepts such as social entrepreneurship and social enterprise (Yeung, 2007). Many view them as different concepts, but reality is that social innovation is compose of social enterprises and social entrepreneurship (Phills et al, 2008). Innovation in general needs enterprises and entrepreneurs to thrive and so does social innovation. These misunderstandings of the difference ignore the greater impact that social innovation has. Social entrepreneurship focus on social change in the individual level, social enterprise focus on social change in the organizational level where social innovation focuses on social change in the system level, which would also require change in the organizational and individual level (Westley and Antadze, 2010).
According to Goldenberg (2004), social innovation is the development and implementation of new or enhanced activities, initiatives, services, processes or products to address social and economic problems experienced by individuals and communities. From another point MaRS (2007) defines it as a new set of creative solution to unmet social needs that goes from environmental degradation and homelessness to global poverty. Frances Westley provides a broader definition by saying that social innovation is a complex process of introducing products, process or programs that profoundly change the basic routines, resources and authority flows or beliefs of the social system in which they arise (Westley, 2009). Westley also adds that for a social innovation to be successful it has to be durable and of broad impact (Westley, 2009).
In a much simpler way Mulgan et al. (2006) defines social innovation as new ideas that work to fix problems that affect society by providing solutions to unmet needs and by improving the lives of the people of that society.
From the preview definitions we can identify that the purpose of social innovation is to transform social problems that are deeply rooted by providing new ideas, solutions, guidelines and/or policies for the benefit of the community at large. With this we follow Phills et al. (2008) more generic definition that social innovation is a novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable and/or just than existing solutions and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole. This social innovation can be presented much like other type of innovation as a product, a production process or a technology. It can also be a principle, a piece of legislation, a social movement, an intervention or a combination of them (Phills et al., 2008).
The main difference between social innovation and other types of innovation is that social innovation takes place in daily life, social relationships and behaviors. Other types of innovation are trapped by any standard measures of economic activity making them to be located within the market economy. Another main difference is that social innovation aims to create social value for the wider community rather than for personal profit (Hazelkorn, 2009). It is widely known that innovations in general are created with the intent to revolutionize the world, but not all innovations are social. They are only social when they considered the gain of society in the overall as their main target (Phills et al, 2008).
Just like innovation in science, technology, business and other areas, social innovation has to be adopted and diffused; normally this is done in the context of a period of time. The great depression of the 1930s created social movements in the US that led to the creation of the New Deal. Back then governments developed the social innovation needed to fix the problems that societies were facing, but now the roles have change and social innovation is being led by individuals that identify solutions to problems that are affecting their society. Shifting roles and relationship between sectors is not new in the innovation literature and social innovation is not saved from this. Collaboration is needed from many different sectors for social innovation to thrive. This means that governments, enterprises and entrepreneurs need to collaborate so that social innovation can flourish. These variety of actors will incentive and develop this social innovation for the greater good of the society.
Social innovation doesn't occur in markets driven by supply and demand, but mostly in failed markets. The interactions between the concepts of supply and demand in these markets are more complex, than where typical innovation occurs (Antadze and Westley, 2010). The outcome of social innovation is targeted to fix problems in a society and normally the consumers of these solutions are not the ones that can afford the cost of them, this implies that the demand is consume by someone and paid by another. As an example we could mention shelters for homeless people, the homeless are the consumers of this service but the cost of maintaining the shelters are covered by donation or financial help by other organizations. These circumstances accentuate the need of collaboration from different actors to thrive social innovation.
Social innovations is born as a response to needs or problems that are surrounded by circumstances under certain contexts, this means that the birth of a social innovation is dependent on the existing framework and its impact will be based on the strategies taken by the governments, the media and foundations. The government should create the conditions for social innovations to operate, the foundations should stimulate the relationship between the innovations and system awareness and finally the media should stimulate and promote these social innovations.
There is a lack of strategy for the development of social innovation and governments need to realize that future growth and well-being depends on social innovation as much (or even more) than on the development of new technologies. Most countries develop strong strategies for innovation in business, science and technology, but few have made similar strategies for social innovation.
The importance of social innovation relies on how it helps the evolution of a social system. A system that doesn't evolve will fail because it will become inefficient and will neglect important aspects of the society that built it. Social innovation will facilitate the introduction of new ideas or new ways of thinking; this will realign the systems to its intentions, and help preserve a system that takes care of it society. If this fail, and the system can still not provide the proper care for its society then by means of social innovation a new system will replace the faulty one. All of this is possible because social innovation comes in different sizes.
Innovators are unique characters because they find creative solution to problems many don't realize that exist. They create new products or services that once they are here we can't leave without, but before they existed we didn't even know we needed them. The case of a social innovator is different, they identify the problems and inefficiencies that affect their society and they persuade their entire society to change. A true social innovator doesn't wait for their government to act on this needs, he take the initiative and forces the change. This is done because, normally, dominant players, like a government, tend to ignore solution that breaks from the traditional system. They do this because it breaks the model they are accustomed (Christensen et al., 2006). However, as mention before, collaboration is important for social innovation to thrive and lack of willingness to collaborate and support innovative solutions to social problems by the different actors is a major barrier to the existence of social innovation.
For social system to change in a positive way it needs the involvement of all the participants of that system. Novelty occurs by recombining the existing elements, if any group of the social system is excluded their viewpoint, diversity and particular element will be lost. This lost can have a major impact on the outcome of the new system. Social innovation is all about this (Westley, 2008).
Resistance to change is another possible major barrier to social innovation. Most people fear major changes simply because they don't understand their importance. The main reason for this is that people tend to have high interest in stability and continuity. Some are reluctant to give up what they already know, to adopt new things; simply because at first it looks complicated (Yeung, 2007).
Even if the purpose of social innovation is to improve the quality of a society, to incorporate all the actors that form part of it and bring equality between them. These changes can affect many parts of the society, and just like any other change it will have different forces that oppose those changes.
On last important barrier is that most people feel threaten by any radical change. We built our society based on relationship, these networks positively affect the productivity within our system but these networks also threaten any notion of radical change.
Just like the great German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer observed about the three stages that every truth passes through (first it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed and lastly it is accepted as being self-evident), any social innovation will pass through these same stages.
Opening the data can create a possibility of innovation that government agencies or NGOs can't elaborate by themselves because of their limited resources. Governments, NGOs and private companies have big amount of data that can be used by the public in general. By harnessing the power of the crowd, these organizations can allow for individual to turn that raw data into visual representations that can help understand connections more easily, eventually providing solutions to social problems that would have not been possible without this representation (Boss, 2012).
The more data is share the easier it is for individual to grasp the usefulness of it. Data can be used for many purposes and it can illustrate and engage the society with its representation. Data can be used to promote events that have social impact, to engage communities and incentive participation in movements with social impact or to report and bring awareness of problems that are affecting the society (Ward, 2012).
With open data you can map the collective impact and identify new opportunities for partnership and collaboration to bring solution to social problems. The possibilities of opening the data could provide a map of hunger in a city, making people aware of the issues that are causing hunger in their community and have a more clear view on how to tackle the problem. Duplication of efforts from different organizations can be visualized by the usage of maps and this can help other to understand where help is needed and where investment is lacking. Opening the data is not about creating applications for restaurant reviews but more for creating applications that will bring awareness for problems that affect the society such as analyzing spreadsheets about traffic stops in a city and converting that into a map of potential accident hot spots in that city.
The open data approach focus on developing a platform and network that brings people together so that they can solve problems that are important to their society. This approach allows organizations to reach people they cannot reach by themselves (Kanani, 2011). The right information available to the right people at the right time can be transformative.
Long time ago electricity was locally produced by every factory that needed its usage and this was disrupted with the development of the electrical grid. A similar grid most be created for the sharing of data, this is because data is the new platform for change. In electricity the grid is being transformed so that electricity can be generated in a decentralized way but distributed where needed. Data has to take this approach, generated decentralized but accessed in centralized way (Bernholz, 2010).
The open data initiative creates a break from the traditional form of our social system in many ways. In a first look, this initiative brings transparency to organizations that implement it. By opening their data they allow other organizations and/or individuals to access this data and understand their actions. In the government level, it enables the elimination of corruption. Also with this initiative government can encourage participatory democracy and allow citizens to take action where is needed with this data. This openness in government is a break to the traditional way of operation in governments, by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of them. This open data initiative is a way to strengthen democracy in any country.
Form the position of NGOs, an adoption of this initiative would create a better understanding on social need and where investment is needed the most. With an open data initiative organizations can clearly identify where help is being provided, what type of help is given and more important what is still needed. Open data will provide the opportunity for new partnerships and collaboration between different organizations. This would ultimately reduce duplicity of investment and help identify places where help is lacking, making it easier for help to come where is needed, when is needed.
These organizations not only benefit by having a better understanding on where and what type of help is needed, they also benefit on the transparency advantage that adopting this initiative provides. By having a transparent look on their data, donors can have better understanding on what their operation is and people who do not know them can get to know them. This could create a better situation for them to attract donor for sustaining their operation.
Since the data would be available to individuals too, this would provide an important tool for social innovators, after all they will be the ones that will identify the problems and inefficiencies that affect our society.
Open data challenges the social system and social institutions which govern our conduct. Free sharing of information is not something we are accustoms to do at the moment, and free sharing of data is even more difficult to do. The open data initiative needs legislation that supports the cause so that important actors (such as the government) accept it.
This initiative is sustainable with the interaction of all the actors of the society. Data would be generated in a decentralized way, and anyone can contribute. Government agencies and other organizations already collect data from the society, and some of this data are not used properly. Engaging the locals to analyze this data can be more productive for those who gather the data, than them doing it alone.
This initiative call for all actors of society to collaborate for a better system that takes care of the needs of all.
6.3 While social innovation has recognizable stages and phases, achieving durability and scale is a dynamic process that requires both emergence of opportunity and deliberate agency, and a connection between the two.
Different to other types of innovation, social innovation flourish when there is an opportunity for change and when the right actors collaborate for this change to happen. An open data initiative needs the involvement and collaboration from social entrepreneurs that seek changes and social enterprises that can back them and help with the institutionalization of this change.
The opportunities for an open data initiative are everywhere. Citizens are demanding more transparency and less corruption. They wish for stronger democracy. This are changes that opening the data provide. Key individuals have created the mechanism for countries like the US and the UK to adopt this initiative and many other individuals are lobbying for their country to adopt it as well.
The open data initiative allows anyone to access the data and provide solution to problems that affects them. This initiative creates the possibility to use the data in the best way to solve a problem or to bring awareness to the problem. Most solutions come from people who are affected, or who believe in a cause.
The open data initiative builds a capacity for social innovation since it offers continuous novelty by providing data to those who need it, at the same time it draws on the diversity and abundance of the crowd that utilize it by engaging vulnerable and excluded elements. This initiative re-engages vulnerable population by providing a mechanism to better understand their need and bring awareness and possible solution to these needs. They are important because they will bring their unique view to problems to which others outside of this population can't understand. Finally the open data initiative brings resilience in that it links social problems and solutions, providing social justice with elements of a healthy vibrant economy.
The open data initiative can work as a platform to allow the birth of other social innovations. To prove this point we will analyze four cases where the initiative has been adopted and present we will present evidence on how this initiative has allowed the creation of innovative solution to problems affecting the society and how they have had a positive impact on their society.
7.1 City of San Francisco, Ca.
The city of San Francisco in California launched the open data initiative in August 2009. With this, San Francisco provides datasets in various categories such as Environment, Geography, Housing, Public Safety and more. To incentive a broad community around the data, the city allows developers and interested citizens to comment on the dataset, rate the quality of the dataset among other types of feedback.
To access the data the city requires individual to register. Once they are register they can have access to the more than 200 datasets that they provide. From this form of collaboration the city has incentive the development of applications (web and mobiles) that utilize these datasets. By now, more than 60 apps utilize one or more of these datasets. The applications cover various aspects of the city, for example finding the nearest park with opening time, available traveling distance using public transportation in a time frame, collaborative platform to tackle issues of public safety and the environment by reporting incidents to government agencies, applications to map every tree in the city and the amount of oxygen it produces, a locator service for open parking space, applications for mapping criminal activity and violent incidents in the city, and overview of restaurant health inspection score, among others.
Recently the city improved their platform and introduced cloud capabilities to their open data initiative. With this they now offer social citizen interfaces and APIs to the existing datasets. This improves the access to information which enhances the engagement with developers and drives innovation.
This approach of opening the data has proven to San Francisco that it can engage developers to create tools that can increase quality of life in the city.
Washington, DC opened their data to the public in early 2008. At the moment they have more than 487 dataset from multiple agencies in the city. To incentive the usage of their dataset, the city created a contest they called "apps for democracy". With this the city of Washington, DC engages its citizens to present ideas about problems that can be solved through the usage of this data sets. This allowed the city to engage the populace of Washington to ask for their input and their unique views on the problems that are affecting the city.
The contest provided 47 apps that used the city's dataset. The apps generated in this contest provided solutions to users such as allowing users to access the city's 311 service site through their mobile devices and through Facebook, this application allowed them also to report specific issues to the service by also allocating the location on where they are occurring. Other applications allow users to submit service request by problem types, map vacant buildings in the city, wiki based architecture combined with the city's 311 service, crime map of the city, among others.
The success of this approach of opening the data and conducting a contest to stimulate the development of applications with the usage of the open dataset inspired other cities (both in the US and abroad) to create similar approach to the open data initiative and the linking it with a contest.
In February 2011, the city of Amsterdam decided to open some of its data. To incentive the usage of this datasets by local developers it decided to create an app development contest that utilized one of these datasets, similar to that of "Apps for democracy". For the contest and the opening of datasets the city of Amsterdam partnered with Waag Society media lab and Hack de Overheid.
In the initial launch there were 5 dataset available but 3 month after more than 20 datasets from the city were available for developers. Some of the available data where regarding incident data from the fire department, soil pollution, traffic flow, trash collection, location of public facilities (toilets, schools, art work, etc.) and special needs parking.
With this the city obtained 48 applications that covered different needs from the local community. The top applications allowed users to see how energy efficient the buildings in their neighborhood are, public school ranking based on criteria set by the user, explore and enjoy the different nationalities that live and form part of Amsterdam, available public toilets around the user, among other applications.
This initiative has also permitted the sharing of dataset by different agency that forms part of the city; this has enhanced the transparency of the city government and the efficiency of them.
The Obama administration has made part of their legacy the initiative of open data. This initiative has been supported for more than 3 years now and holds more than 445,000 open datasets. These datasets are contributed by all the departments, agencies and organizations that form part of the US federal government.
The data is open to anyone who wants access to them This has led the development of more than 1,200 applications that range in the fields of education, energy, ethics, health, law, manufacturing, ocean, safety and the semantic web. More than 200 of these applications have been developed by citizens.
This data are available raw or through the utilization of APIs. With the API the developer has a simpler way to mashup different data for the application. The service also covers those that do not have developer skill by allowing them to submit ideas that can be developed by others. This platform not only works by providing the data needed but also by allowing the citizens to connect with others to provide solutions to existing needs.
Open innovation provides a way to enhance the way that a society operates. It does this by improving all the organizations that operate in the society. It brings transparency and accountability to the government; it allows NGOs and private organization to operate more effectively. This initiative also allows both social entrepreneurs and social enterprises to better understand the problem that are affecting a society and to deploy help where is needed when is needed.
A fully operational open data initiative is scalable and grows with the entrance of new organizations that provide their data; allows to identify when needs are either over-served or not served at all; offers a solution that is simple and less costly; and generates its own resources by captivating new datasets and volunteer man power that makes it scalable and sustainable.
For the open initiative to succeed it is important to know what data should be open. It is also important to understand how data will be shared and how collaboration with partners will be handled. These aspects are important because it covers sensitive issues such as national security and citizen's privacy. Future research can concentrate on determining the proper framework to identify what data is safe to open considering these two issues.
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Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition Announced
By Tara Anderson
Photo: J. Tyler Franklin
A collection of songs from the point of view of Shakespeare's Ophelia is the winner of the 2016 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.
Hans Abrahamsen
"Let Me Tell You" is a collection of songs for soprano and orchestra, composed by Hans Abrahamsen, with a libretto by Paul Griffiths. All of the text is taken directly from Ophelia's lines in "Hamlet." The piece was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, which premiered it in 2013 with soprano Barbara Hannigan.
Abrahamsen was born in Copenhagen and teaches at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. One of his composition teachers was the 1986 Grawemeyer Award winner György Ligeti. He is currently at work on his first opera, based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen."
The Grawemeyer Awards are presented annually by the University of Louisville for achievement in the areas of music composition, psychology, education, ideas improving world order, and religion (given jointly with the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary). Each winner receives a $100,000 prize, and is invited to present a free lecture in Louisville in April.
Here's an excerpt of the award-winning piece:
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Tara Anderson is the host and producer of Five Things, a podcast about the objects that tell our stories.
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2012 Barclays: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Parings For Saturday
By Jeff Newman Aug 25, 2012, 8:51am CDT
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Nick Watney and Sergio Garcia are tied atop the leaderboard at 8-under entering Saturday's third round of the 2012 Barclays at Bethpage Black. Meanwhile, Tiger Woods, who is battling a bad back, sits three shots back at 5-under.
Garrettsville, Ohio, native Colt Knost missed the cut of 1-over 143 after hitting a 79 during Friday's second round and ending the day at 6-over for the tournament.
Here are some notable tee times for Saturday's third round:
1:05 p.m. ET: Tiger Woods, Gary Christian
1:35 p.m. ET: Vijay Singh, Bob Estes
1:45 p.m. ET: Nick Watney, Sergio Garcia
The Golf Channel will have coverage of the tournament from 1 p.m. ET until 2:30 p.m. ET. The broadcast will continue over at CBS from from 3 p.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET. For the live leaderboard, go to Golf.com.
Keep it with this StoryStream for updates throughout the 2012 Barclays. For even more news and analysis during the 2012 FedEx Cup, head over to SB Nation's golf hub.
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Good actors sometimes despair of finding worthy opportunities. They cheerlessly attend a premiere of their new film and think, "I could direct better than this dingbat." Sometimes they're right. I give you Michael Keaton, whose "The Merry Gentleman" is original, absorbing and curiously moving in ways that are far from expected. Keaton once starred in "Jack Frost" as a boy's father imprisoned in a snowman. Think about that.
Keaton is one of the most intelligent men I have met in the acting profession, where you don't have much success these days if you're dumb. His mind is alive and present in many of his characters, and sometimes you get the impression the character is thinking, "I could say a lot more if the screenplay allowed me." What is uncanny about "The Merry Gentleman" is the way he implies that his character sometimes wishes he had said less.
Keaton plays Frank Logan, a Chicago hit man who is efficient and deadly but suicidal. But no, this isn't a crime movie. Nothing as easy as that. It's a character study as Simenon might have written, and Logan isn't the most important character. That is Kate Frazier, an abused wife newly employed in an office. A crime movie requires a skillful actress, but "A Merry Gentleman" requires a gifted one, and Keaton as director correctly places his focus on Kelly Macdonald, who played Josh Brolin's small-town wife in "No Country for Old Men." Keaton wisely allows her to use a mid-Atlantic version of her Scots accent, because why not? She gets another aspect to her character for free.
These two first encounter each other through what is technically a Meet Cute, but they don't collide while entering a revolving door. Logan has just used sniper scope to murder a man in an office window across the street. The job performed, he stands on the ledge of a rooftop and prepares to jump off. Kate, emerging from the street door of the building, looks up, sees him and screams. He is startled and falls back onto the roof. He knows she has seen him. Now they will have to meet.
Is the movie about his intention to kill her before she can identify him? It's legitimate for us to think so. Although Logan goes through the motions of preparing for that, there is the possibility that he might have murdered for the last time. Yet how can we know? Kate reports the incident to the police, who file a routine report. Then the dead man is found, and a cop named Murcheson (Tom Bastounes) realizes she must have seen the killer.
Murcheson, a recovering alcoholic, is immediately attracted to her. He invites her for "a coffee or something." Recovering from marriage, she is not eager to make a new friend. Murcheson, who is not a bad person, persists. Logan must realize the woman who saw him is dating the policeman on the case. There are other elements in play, but discover for yourself.
What is so good about the movie is the way Kate relates to these two men, who both hunger for care and sympathy. The screenplay is by Ron Lazzeretti, who writes dialogue of a very high order, subtle, cautious, aware. We understand this will not be a movie about a triangle, and will not hurry to a neat conclusion. It will be about a worthwhile woman trying to relate to two difficult puppies left on her doorstep.
"The Merry Gentleman" isn't jolly. There are undercurrents of sadness and dread. Both men are frightened of their flaws. What will happen may be unforeseeable. Watch Keaton. His is a complex performance, evoking a damaged man who has, somewhere inside, ordinary emotions. As a director, he is attentive to the inner feelings of all three main characters; it is there that a lot of the film really resides.
Of writer Ron Lazzeretti I know little, except that he directed a feature in 1999 named "The Opera Lover," and it also starred Tom Bastounes, an intriguing actor. I believe they met through Second City. Lazzeretti set out to write a film about humans, not genre stereotypes, and I suspect that's what attracted Keaton. The hit man-possible victim situation provides a reason for this unsocial man to need to meet her and also adds potential suspense, but I was pleased the movie ended ... in the way it did.


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Passion to Learn
Posted by Leslie Bushara on June 18, 2013
Ed Note: This is a cross post from the blog of whitehouse.gov. You can find the original post here.
Leslie Bushara is being honored as a White House Champion of Change for her leadership and commitment to libraries and museums around the United States.
The Children's Museums of Manhattan (CMOM) aims to inspire the next generation of thinkers, dreamers, and creators. My work at the museum over the past eighteen years has given me incredible opportunities to see firsthand the impact of the museum's interactive exhibits, educational curricula, and outreach programs on families both within and far beyond the museum walls.
I am particularly moved by the story of a young single mother, Angelica, and her 4-year-old son, Jose, who, after six months participating in our Head Start program, ventured beyond their South Bronx neighborhood for the first time and came to Manhattan to attend a cooking workshop at the museum. For Angelica and Jose this was a day of many firsts—their first trip to Manhattan, their first trip to a museum, and the first time either had tried broccoli! Since then Angelica has become an inspired cook, seeking out healthy recipes to try with Jose.
At CMOM, much of our work is about these first experiences. This is evident in PlayWorks™, CMOM's early childhood exhibit on preschool readiness and language development that features Alphie, the talking dragon who eats alphabet letters! Alphie was inspired by the museum's literacy work with young, homeless mothers. The mothers often told me they couldn't "teach" literacy skills or help their children learn vocabulary. Alphie provides them an unusual, unintimidating way to engage in language play that opens the door to enjoying books.
Building on our experience developing PlayWorks™, CMOM created EatSleepPlay™, an intensive health initiative addressing childhood obesity prevention and aligns with our goals as a Let's Move! Museum. EatSleepPlay™ employs a series of arts and literacy workshops that make the latest medical and scientific research accessible for families. Our short-term goal is to teach families and educators to make healthy choices; our long-term goal is to inspire a lifetime of healthy decisions.
EatSleepPlay™ is already showing signs of impacting childhood obesity‐prevention efforts and policies at both the local and national levels. The National Institutes of Health advised the museum on EatSleepPlay™ and developed an interactive early childhood health curriculum. In the exhibit, families can step inside a brain, crawl through an intestine, and even get advice about a healthy diet from a talking toilet! Researchers studying thousands of Head Start participants, found that over 90 percent of them made significant shifts in health behaviors and attitudes.
This summer, components of EatSleepPlay™ and PlayWorks™ exhibits will be installed in a public housing Head Start center in East Harlem, creating a first-of-its-kind early learning hub. We aim to deliver early childhood literacy and health programming using the magic of a museum environment.
Weekly visits to the museum have opened up a world of possibilities for a young mother and her son. CMOM provides that opportunity for Angelica, Jose, and thousands of others—to be surprised, to be challenged, to see themselves, their children, and the world in new ways where the lifelong possibilities to learn, change, and discover are endless.
Leslie Bushara is the Deputy Director of Education and Guest Services at the Children's Museum of Manhattan.


Four goals from Holly Fenton ensured Cheltenham Town Ladies (Youth) Under-18s will compete in their first GFA Women's Challenge Trophy final next month after a comfortable victory over league rivals Bradley Stoke.
The Robins started brightly and despite the gusty wind, played their excellent passing game to take control of the game.
Despite having most possession, it wasn't until the 29th minute when the home side took the lead as Fenton finished well.
The lead was doubled on 37 minutes, when good build up play from Holly Esson led to Fenton to score her second.
The home side continued to press after half-time and it was no surprise when on 56 minutes it was again Esson to feed a pass to Fenton to score her hat-trick.
Bradley Stoke had a bit more possession from then on without really threatening the home side and from a quick break away after a slick passing move, Fenton scored her fourth, with another fine finish.
The home side comfortably saw the game out to reach the final, where they will play Cirencester Town on Thursday, April 4 (7.30pm) at Oaklands Park.
It's been quite a season so far for a very youthful Cheltenham side, who have long been knocking on the door of the County League leadership in unbeaten fashion with games in hand to bolster their bid to knock table-topping Bradley Stoke from their lofty perch.
Manager Graham Fletcher said: "We are delighted, in our first season in women's football, to be challenging for promotion from County League Division Two.
"Now we're also in the final of the GFA Challenge Trophy and it's credit to the team who are all Under-18s.
"The nice thing is most of our girls have been together since they were playing Under-12 football and they have shown continuous improvement every season to get to where we are now.
"Last season the team were double winners, winning the League and Cup, playing in the GFA Under-18s league.
"I have been very pleased at the way the team has adapted to playing at this higher level and they are coping well.
Intriguingly the Cheltenham young-guns and Bradley Stoke have yet to face each other in league combat this term.
The first of what promises to be two crucial Division Two fixtures takes place at Bradley Stoke Community School at Fiddlers Wood Lane on Sunday, March 31 (2pm).
The return meeting is scheduled for Sunday, May 12 (2pm) at Cheltenham's Dowty Staverton HQ.
Cheltenham beat Mitcheldean 6-0 on Sunday to take top spot for the first time this season.


A: Pilates exercises can be practiced every day, but we usually recommend two to three times a week. Pilates is very low impact and different from many other types of exercise.
A: Pilates has become so popular because it is safe to practice with almost any injury or limitation. Once clients have been cleared by their physician/physical therapist, we use Pilates to correct any muscle imbalances that may have caused the injury by strengthening weak muscles and stretching tight muscles around an injured joint. We have helped clients with: knee and hip replacements; back, shoulder, wrist and foot surgery; stroke; MS; scoliosis; herniated discs; compression fractures; osteoporosis/osteopenia; cancer treatments (we are certified post-rehabilitative breast cancer exercise specialists).
Q: How long are our classes/sessions at Alexandria Pilates?
A: We offer 55 minute sessions (private and group).
Q: Can you do Pilates when you are pregnant?
A: Yes. When performed safely and correctly, Pilates exercises are ideal for pregnant women. Pilates strengthens the body's pelvic floor muscles, aids in proper body alignment, and strengthens the deepest abdominal muscles. These deep abdominal muscles can be accessed during the pushing stage of labor and can ease childbirth.
A: Pilates exercise is not a cardiovascular workout and burning calories is not the main focus. However, in conjunction with a sensible diet and some cardio work, Pilates can factor into a weight loss program. Pilates exercises help strengthen, sculpt and tone the body while building long, lean muscles.
A: Dress comfortably so your movement is free but try not to wear clothing too loose fitting. It is important that the instructor be able to observe your body as you move.


Since the age of 10 when I first laid my hands of my first camera I have been hooked on Photography.
At the year 1978 I began to work as a freelance for the major daily newspapers in Israel (mainly Maariv, but also Yediot, Ha�Aretz, Davar, Al-Hamishmar,Al Etichad and Jerusalem Post).
In 1985 I started to specialize in aerial photography and in industrial / promotional applications. I ran a top-of-the-line professional photography services lab in Haifa and pioneered the use of CIBA-Chrome service for northern Israel.
With the dawn of the digital era I added other services such as the production of short videos for businesses and vacation operators for image management use on the internet. I also provide digital editing and finishing services for stills and video.


Book your tickets for the Autumn Nineteen Concert Series at Hessle Memorial Hall. East Riding of Yorkshire Band will be playing on the 6th October and 1st December at 2pm and 6pm.
We have also invited some amazing bands with concerts from the Hull & East Yorkshire Concert Band, and the Hull Big Band. And finally Humber Harmony Chorus are a male voice chorus who sing a capella music and are not to be missed.
You can even book a season pass for a 10% discount.