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Henry Fairfield Osborn
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Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) "was the leader of the American Museum of Natural History for a quarter of a century, and to him must go the lion's share of the credit for its movement into the limelight during that period as the world's top such institution. Osborn was also a professor at Columbia and head of the vertebrate paleontology department at the AMNH for many years. Further, he was a world-renowned vertebrate paleontologist who published nearly a thousand works and well over ten thousand pages of writings. Osborn had a bent for theorizing, especially when it came to evolution: he was not a fan of natural selection, preferring to recognize various "laws," mostly of morphological trends, that were based on his paleontological investigations. At the same time, he distrusted experimental approaches, or the advances being made in genetics. He was not considered a good taxonomist (many of the names he applied have since been overturned), and had some strange views in the direction of eugenics. Still, for all these foibles he was a force to be reckoned with, both as a synthesizer of information and popularizer of same, and as a progressive administrator." [1]
Cofounder, American Eugenics Society
Founder, World Conservation Society
His son was Fairfield Osborn.
1 Life Chronology [2]
2 Biographies
3 Criticism
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Life Chronology [2]
born in Fairfield, Connecticut, on 8 August 1857.
1873: enters Princeton University
1877: A.B., Princeton University
1877, 1878: takes part in field expeditions to Wyoming; meets E. D. Cope
1879-1880: studies at Cambridge University under Huxley and Balfour; meets Darwin
1881: Sc.D., Princeton University
1881-1890: assistant professor of natural sciences and comparative anatomy, Princeton University
1891-1910: Da Costa professor of biology/zoology; curator of the department of vertebrate paleontology, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
1892-1895: dean of the faculty of pure science, Columbia University
1894: publishes his From the Greeks to Darwin
1898-1899: president, New York Academy of Sciences
1908-1933: president, AMNH
1909-1924: president of the New York Zoological Society
1910: publishes his The Age of Mammals in Europe, Asia and North America
1915: publishes his Men of the Old Stone Age
1917: publishes his The Origin and Evolution of Life
1918: receives the Darwin medal of the Royal Society of London
1921: receives the medal of the Pasteur Institute of Paris
1926: awarded the Wollaston medal of the Geological Society of London
1928: president, A.A.A.S.
dies at Garrison-on-Hudson, New York, on 6 November 1935.
1936-1942: posthumously publishes his Proboscidea. A Monograph of the Discovery, Evolution, Migration and Extinction of the Mastodonts and Elephants of the World, in two volumes
Ronald Rainger, An Agenda for Antiquity: Henry Fairfield Osborn & Vertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, 1890-1935 (1991).
Brian Regal, Henry Fairfield Osborn: Race, and the Search for the Origins of Man (2002). Review
Michael Barker, "The Life And Controversies Of Henry Fairfield Osborn", Swans Commentary, February 13, 2012.
Related Sourcewatch articles
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↑ Henry Fairfield Osborn, Western Kentucky University, accessed October 7, 2008.
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Dr. Tracy L. Cross named 2020 Palmarium Award winner
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The Office of the Daniel L. Ritchie Endowed Chair in Gifted Education at the Morgridge College of Education is pleased to announce Dr. Tracy L. Cross as recipient of the 2020 Palmarium Award, an annual award given to an individual who most exemplifies the vision of the Office of the Daniel L. Ritchie Endowed Chair in Gifted Education. The office seeks a future in which giftedness will be understood, embraced, and systemically nurtured. Recipients of the Palmarium Award demonstrate the vision through understanding of giftedness in the areas of:
Practice by impacting graduate education, pre-service, and P-12 community
Outreach through advocacy at a variety of levels (local, national, international)
Publications informing teachers, children, parents, policy makers, and academia
Research influencing theory, practice, and policy
"Through the generosity of the Considine Family Foundation, the Palmarium Award provides professional acknowledgment and tangible support to eminent leaders in the field of Gifted Education," said Norma Hafenstein, the Daniel L. Ritchie Endowed Chair in Gifted Education. "Dr. Cross' commitment to the social and emotional needs of gifted learners is inspirational. We are pleased to recognize Tracy's visionary leadership in support of mental health challenges and positive intervention."
Cross is the Jody and Layton Smith endowed chair and Professor of Psychology and Gifted Education and Executive Director of both the Center for Gifted Education and Institute for Research on the Suicide of Gifted Students at William & Mary. He previously served Ball State University as the George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Gifted Studies, and the founder and Executive Director of both the Center for Gifted Studies and Talent Development and the Institute for Research on the Psychology of the Gifted Students. For nine years, Cross served as the Executive Director of the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, a residential high school for intellectually gifted adolescents, and was the former director of two state associations for gifted education: Wyoming Association for Gifted Education and Indiana Association for the Gifted.
He has published over 200 articles, book chapters, and columns; made over 300 presentations at conferences; published ten books, with number 11 in press; edited five journals in the field of gifted studies (Journal for the Education of the Gifted, Gifted Child Quarterly, Roeper Review, Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, Research Briefs) and two general education journals (The Teacher Educator and the Journal of Humanistic Education). In 2011, Cross received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and the Distinguished Service Award from both The Association for the Gifted (TAG) and NAGC. He is President Emeritus of NAGC and TAG, having served terms as President of TAG on two occasions. In 2009, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the MENSA Education and Research Foundation.
Cross will receive his award and present the lunchtime address at the 10th Annual Gifted Education Symposium and Conference, "Celebrating Gifted Education: Reflecting on our Past and Impacting Our Future" at the Wellshire Event Center, Denver, CO on Jan. 30 and 31, 2020. Please visit the conference link for registration and other conference details. For more information about this award, visit the conference webpage.
CRSHE Hosts Workshop for Rural Wellness Coordinators
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PUEBLO, CO – On Monday, September 9, experts from the University of Denver (DU) Morgridge College of Education (MCE) Center for Rural School Health & Education (CRSHE) went to Pueblo to work with rural wellness coordinators to shared district-level comprehensive health and wellness plans and prepared for the implementation process. The event, held at Pueblo Community College, signified a milestone in CRSHE's commitment to rural communities.
CRSHE is a research and education institute housed within MCE. Its vision is happy, healthy children and families living in vibrant rural communities. CRSHE partners with rural schools and communities to improve health and education outcomes through four focus areas: comprehensive health and wellness planning and implementation in schools; social-emotional health for students, teachers, and service providers; workforce development for professionals working with children and families; and economic development.
"This event brought together wellness coordinators from 21 districts across southeastern Colorado and the San Luis Valley to celebrate their completion of 5-year comprehensive health and wellness plans," said Shannon Allen, PhD, Director of Community Services and Resources with CRSHE. Allen is the project manager for the project, designed to help coordinators identify areas of need in their district and work to create evidence-based solutions.
"The top student health problems that districts are focusing on include poor mental health; alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use; physical inactivity; bullying and violence; nutrition; and sexual health and healthy relationships," she said. "Over the next 5-years, districts in these regions will be working on strategically improving student health by implementing evidence-based policies and programs in their districts."
Morgridge College of Education Hosts NEXUS Summer Program College-Bound Teens
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From dreaming up a competitive gaming event to reimagining how to expand the historic Lincoln Hills resort, more than 50 Colorado high schoolers got the chance to put their creativity to the test by developing business plans at the Inaugural Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge. The University of Denver's Morgridge College of Education hosted the NEXUS Summer Program, which aims to set up college-bound teens with resources to thrive on campuses across the country. Read the full story.
How can you use a degree in counseling psychology?
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Alumna Karen Philbrick has a PhD in educational psychology. She decides how tax dollars are spent in San Jose, CA. The executive director of the Mineta Transportation Institute is leading the research within the California State University system to make sure gas taxes are spent on solutions that actually improve commutes, advance safety and save money.
MLIS Program Granted Continued ALA Accreditation
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The Master of Library and Information Science program at the University of Denver Morgridge College of Education has been granted continued accreditation status by the American Library Association (ALA). The decision to grant continued accreditation to the program was based on the "totality of the accomplishment and the environment for learning."
The Master of Library Information Science is a both theory and practice-based curriculum, focusing on 21st century informational science and data management, and developing the skills needed to evaluate, manage, and adapt to technological change. Graduates of the program have chosen various areas for their fieldwork, including:
Archiving at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Archiving interstate projects for the Colorado Department of Transportation
Digitization project in the British Library
Digitization projects at the Denver Public Library
Oral history digitization project at the Jeffco Public Library
Creating a digital library about sensory learning
Developing and launching a usability study for academic libraries
Rebuilding the digital repository of a medical library
The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Founded on October 6, 1876 during the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the mission of ALA is "to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all."
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Graduate Receives Dissertation Award in Curriculum
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Morgridge College of Education graduate Dr. Jennie Mizrahi (EdD '18) has been awarded the John Laska Dissertation Award in Curriculum from the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). According to the AATC, each year it recognizes two outstanding dissertations in teaching and curriculum that best represent its mission and founder, Dr. John Laska. Laska earned his doctoral degree from Teachers College and was a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Texas at Austin from 1967 until his death in 1995.
Mizrahi's award-winning dissertation, Underachievement of Creatively Gifted High School Students, tackles why under achievement is a common issue with gifted students, specifically creatively gifted students who may be at greater risk because of personality traits, lack of challenge in strength areas, a mismatch between school environment and student needs, low status associated with creative achievements and behaviors in the school system, and other factors.
"I am humbled by the honor," Mizrahi said, "and hope that this will give me an opportunity to help raise awareness of the issues faced by creative underachievers so that we as educators may better meet their needs."
Her research focused on "…six creatively gifted, underachieving high school students from an urban-cluster area in the western United States. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used to gather data in the form of interviews with underachieving, creatively gifted students, their parents, and teachers; observation of classrooms; and creative artifacts to uncover the essence of the experience of underachievement for these stakeholders. These data groups were then compared to each other and existing literature to help generate recommendations for changes in school programming and practice for helping this student population."
According to Dr. Norma Hafenstein, Daniel L. Ritchie Endowed Chair in Gifted Education at the University of Denver and Mizrahi's academic advisor, Mizrahi's conclusions "focus and elaborate on the themes of emotionality, learning versus achievement, shaping the student self, motivation and power, and student creativity in crises."
Mizrahi's results saw creative high school students, their parents, and their teachers experience underachievement in many ways. According to her, several major themes emerged; the first was the interaction of creativity and underachievement, which included differences in priorities and contradictory goals for various participants in various contexts. The second was motivation. Participants tended to discount or undervalue intrinsic motivation for creative tasks and experienced lack of motivation for school tasks (often seen as "hoop jumping") as a character flaw on the part of the student, who was often viewed as having a poor work ethic. Participants had little understanding and no tools for increasing motivation. The third theme was the student self. All three sets of participants had similar perceptions of the student self, but the conflict between student needs and student perceived self, and the values and expectations at school and at home placed students sense of self under threat. The fourth theme was power. While a sense of student autonomy is key for creativity and academic success, when students underachieved, parents and teachers tended to exert types of power which undermined student autonomy, sometimes triggering reactance (rebellion against the attempted power influence) in an attempt to protect student autonomy and sense of self.
Mizrahi recommended separate support groups be formed for parents and students, a review of grading policy and goals at the school site, and the formation of a gifted and talented program at the site to help advocate for students and train teachers in differentiated curriculum and the needs of gifted students. The gifted and talented program would also provide extension and exploration opportunities for students.
"Dr. Mizrahi was an exceptional graduate student, a leader in her cohort and a meticulous and thorough researcher," Hafenstein added. "Simultaneously, her passion for the arts and for a special population of gifted students created the context in which this extraordinary project occurred."
Part of her award includes a one-year membership to AATC, a conference fee waiver to the annual AATC meeting where the award will be presented, and an invitation to present the dissertation at an AATC conference session. Mizrahi will accept her award and present in person at the 25th AATC annual meeting in Dallas, Texas in October 2018.
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MCE Student Featured in Denver's 40 Under 40 List
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MCE Faculty Honored with University Awards
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The University of Denver recently announced its 2018 professor awards and four Morgridge professors were honored, with two taking home the top award of Distinguished University Professor.
Drs. Douglas Clements and Julie Sarama, from Morgridge College of Education Marsico Institute, are the inaugural recipients of the Distinguished University Professor award at the University of Denver. This new award is the highest award that the University bestows on its faculty members. Selection for this honor is based on scholarly productivity, national and international distinction in a field of research/scholarship, and work that makes a positive impact on society. Their title will remain in effect until resignation or retirement from the University of Denver, at which time they will be named Emeritus Distinguished University Professor.
Clements is a professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Teaching and Learning Sciences department as well as the Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning, Kennedy Institute for Educational Success, and the Director of the Marsico Institute for Early Learning. He received his PhD from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Previously a preschool and kindergarten teacher, he has conducted funded research and published over 500 articles and books in the areas of the learning and teaching of early mathematics and computer applications in mathematics education. Clements was a member of President Bush's National Math Advisory Panel, the National Research Council's Committee on Early Mathematics the Common Core State Standards committee and a coauthor of their reports. His research interests include creating, using and evaluating research-based curricula, taking successful curricula to scale using technologies, and learning trajectories in standards, assessment, curriculum and professional development.
Sarama is a professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Teaching and Learning Sciences department as well as the Kennedy Endowed Chair in Innovative Learning Technologies, Kennedy Institute for Educational Success, and Co-Director of the Marsico Institute for Early Learning. She received her PhD from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She designed and programmed over 50 published computer programs, including her version of Logo and Logo-based software activities (Turtle Math™, which was awarded Technology & Learning Software of the Year award, 1995, in the category "Math"). Sarama has taught secondary mathematics and computer science, gifted math at the middle school level, preschool and kindergarten mathematics enrichment classes, and mathematics methods and content courses for elementary to secondary teachers. Her research interests include developing and evaluating research-based educational software and other technologies, using learning trajectories in standards, assessment, educational technology, curriculum and professional development, developing and evaluating research-based curricula, and asking successful curricula to scale using technologies.
Clements and Sarama will be able to share their expertise with the University faculty, staff, friends and DU community at large through the University of Denver Distinguished University Professor Lecture and Performance Series, which will showcase their work.
Dr. Kathy Green was honored as the 2017-2018 Distinguished Teaching Award, as recommended by the Faculty Senate Awards Subcommittee. This award is presented in recognition of excellence in teaching. Green is a professor of Research Methods and Statistics in the Research Methods and Information Sciences Department. She received her PhD from the University of Washington-Seattle. She was named University of Denver United Methodist Teacher/Researcher of the Year in 1999 and honored with a Fulbright Scholarship to the Slovak Republic in 2002. Her research interests are in applied measurement, specifically applications of the Rasch model, survey research, and teaching statistics.
Dr. William E. Cross, Jr. has been awarded the rank of Emeritus Professor. Cross retired from Morgridge College in June 2018 after serving as a Professor of Higher Education and Counseling Psychology. Cross received his PhD from Princeton University. He holds professor emeritus status from another university but remains active, and he is President-Elect for Div. 45 (APA). His recent publications interrogate the structure of the self-concept; the range of identity profiles found among African American adults; cultural epiphanies; the identity implications of cultural miseducation and false consciousness; and the multiple ways racial identity is enacted in everyday life.
MCE Announces Faculty Promotions
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In anticipation of the upcoming academic year, Morgridge College of Education is pleased to announce four faculty promotions within the College.
Dr. Patton Garriott, formerly Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology, had been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in the Counseling Psychology Department. Garriott received his PhD from the University of Missouri. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) of the APA, and the Society for Vocational Psychology. His work has been recognized by Division 17 of the APA and the National Career Development Association. He is currently a Co-Investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, which focuses on the career development of women and Latinas/os in engineering. Garriott's primary areas of research include the academic and career development of students underrepresented in higher education, multicultural issues in vocational psychology, as well as race and racism.
Dr. Ryan Evely Gildersleeve, formerly Associate Professor Higher Education, has been promoted to full Professor. Gildersleeve recently completed his term as Chair of the Higher Education Department and will continue as a professor when he returns from a fall 2018 sabbatical. Gildersleeve received his PhD from the University of California-Los Angeles. He was a 2012 National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Gildersleeve received the 2011 Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association's Division D – Research Methodology. His practical experience ranges across P-20 education in primarily out-of-classroom learning contexts with non-dominant youth. Dr. Gildersleeve's research agenda investigates the social and political contexts of educational opportunity for historically marginalized communities, focusing on college access and success for Latina/o (im)migrant families, critical higher education policy, and critical qualitative inquiry. He was recently appointed Executive Editor of About Campus: Learning in the College Environment, a flagship journal for ACPA: College Educators International. His editorship is a five-year term and begins this summer.
Dr. Jesse Owen, formerly Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, has been promoted to full Professor. Dr. Owen recently completed his term as Chair of the Counseling Psychology Department. Owen earned his BS from Ball State University, his master's degree from U of Miami, and his doctorate from DU. He has worked at Gannon University and University of Louisville prior to joining the faculty at DU. He is a licensed psychologist and has had a private practice at times over the last decade. His research focuses on psychotherapy processes and outcomes as well as romantic relationships. Owen is currently an Associate Editor for two APA journals (Psychotherapy and Journal of Counseling Psychology) and another top tier journal (Archives of Sexual Behavior).
Dr. Andi Pusavat, formerly Clinical Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology, has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor. She will continue as Counseling Services Clinic Director. Pusavat received her PhD from the University of Denver. She was formerly with the Iliff Counseling Center where she served as the Director for six years. Other career highlights include President of the Colorado Society of Psychologists in Private Practice for two years; founding member of the Colorado Psychological Association Society for the Advancement of Multiculturalism and Diversity; and presenter at the American Psychological Association and National Summit on Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan. Pusavat's research interests include multicultural counseling, social justice, trauma, interpersonal partner violence, and training and supervision.
MCE Honors Outstanding Students
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On Thursday, May 31, the Morgridge College of Education community came together to honor students in the inaugural Student Awards Celebration. Held in Katherine Ruffatto Hall commons, the awards ceremony was an opportunity for faculty from each program to honor students for their outstanding work and also an opportunity for the College of Education Student Association (COESA) to present four awards of their own.
List of awards and awardees:
Emerging Scholar Award: Talia Thompson
Emerging Practitioner Award: LeAnn Risten
Outstanding Contribution to CFSP: Aaron Bagley
Outstanding MA Student: Lisa Fuentes
Outstanding PhD Student: Eve Faris
Outstanding Student in Curriculum & Instruction: Jodie Wilson
Outstanding Student in Curriculum & Instruction: Brianna Mestas
Emerging Leader Award: Jaclyn Bauer
Leading Change: Educational Funding Policy: Kendall Reiley
Leading Change: ELPS Department & COESA: Lorna Beckett
Leading Change: School & Community Partnerships: Kara Blanchard
Outstanding Achievement in Higher Education Praxis: Jillian Martinez
Outstanding Achievement in Higher Education Praxis: Liliana Diaz
Outstanding Achievement in Higher Education Praxis: Katherine Robert
Student Mentorship Award: Micah Saxton
Pacesetter Award: Jennie Stevens
Leadership Award: Hannah Craven
Star of the Year Award: Lilian Chimuma
Outstanding Scholarship Award: Myntha Cuffy
Program Service Award: Peiyan Liu
Outstanding Student in the Teacher Education Program: Carolyn Heaney
COESA Awards
COESA Inclusive Excellence Award: Syah Taylor
COESA Leadership Award: Perri Moreno
COESA Service Impact Award: Jessica Bishop
COESA Research Impact Award: Katrina Vandeven
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Morgridge Grad is a "Pioneer for Life"
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Diana Estrada is passionate about higher education. So much so, that she has spent the last six years pursuing both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Denver. When she walks across the stage this time, she will be graduating with a masters in Higher Education and plans to use her degree to improve financial aid opportunities and reduce the likelihood of college debt for other students.
Two-Week Blitz Honors Area Educators
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Morgridge College of Education (MCE) alumni serve in every school district in the greater Denver area. MCE grads are in approximately 300 leadership positions in the Denver Public School District (DPS) alone. Those positions include 82 principals, 107 assistant principals, and 4 instructional superintendents from the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies program (ELPS). That number doesn't even include the hundreds of MCE alumni who have graduated from the Teacher Education Preparation program (TEP) and now serve in high-needs and high-achieving schools across the front range and beyond.
With such a long list of educators, it became something of a challenge to determine the best way to recognize them during the annual Teacher Appreciation Week. That's when University of Denver's (DU) Vice Chancellor for Advancement, Armin Afsahi, MCE's Director of Alumni Engagement, Megan Stribling, and TEP Field Coordinator, Betsy Leonard, joined forces to create an extended two-week long Educator Appreciation Event in conjunction with DU's Alumni Weekend activities.
According to Stribling, "At MCE, we love our teachers so much, we couldn't show our appreciation in just one week – we had to do two! With Teacher Appreciation Week and DU's Alumni Weekend back to back, combining them just made sense."
The Appreciation Blitz kicked off during the traditional Teacher Appreciation Week and culminated with a visit by MCE Dean Karen Riley and Vice Chancellor Armin Afsahi to Carson Elementary School. At each school, recipients were presented with a basket of DU appreciation items, along with a Distinguished Partner certificate.
"Morgridge College is intentionally community-focused. We place upwards of 600 students in schools, mental health clinics and non-profits throughout the Denver area. We created the MCE Distinguished Partner designation this year, as a way to recognize those key organizations with whom we work. It's a very symbiotic relationship," said Dean Karen Riley.
Principal, Anne Larkin, seemed to agree with that description, "We love getting DU students and hiring them as teachers. They are so prepared when they come to us!"
Carson Elementary was selected as the final stop on the Appreciation Blitz due to the high number of MCE alumni that currently serve there, including Assistant Principal Valecia Von Weiss and School Lead for Teacher Mentoring Natalie Jacobsen.
Like many schools, Carson is not just home to MCE alumni, but also to current TEP student teachers. While touring the school, Riley and Afsahi made stops at each classroom where a mentor teacher was providing leadership to an MCE student educator. Mentor teachers, most of whom are MCE alumni, included Corey Broker, Natalie Jacobsen, Cynthia Smith, and Whitney Adams.
At one stop, Dean Riley was invited to participate in an impromptu sign language conversation with students in Ms. Diniro's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program (DHH) classroom.
"This visit was the highlight of my day. It reminds us all of why we do what we do, and the profound impact our teachers make every single day," said Riley.
Armin Afsahi seemed to agree with that sentiment, as upon returning to the DU campus, he asked, "So, can we do that again tomorrow?!"
Although the senior leadership will probably not be making daily school visits, they will be hard at work raising awareness around the critical advances that DU alumni and all teachers are making to create more possibilities through access to quality education.
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Major Grant to Fund "Spotify for Books"
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Dr. Peter Organisciak and Dr. Krystyna Matusiak, faculty in MCE's Library and Information Science program, have been awarded a $277,000 grant from the Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS). The two-year grant will support a content-based study of text duplication and similarity in massive digital library collections.
Dr. Peter Organisciak and Dr. Krystyna Matusiak
The emergence of massive digital collections presents an opportunity to pose novel, collection-wide questions of published history, offering new ways to access and use library materials.
As Organisciak explains, access in libraries is usually driven by information describing materials, such as time, location, and subject matter. Digital libraries allow a new form of access: by peering inside the books. At large scales, such information can yield fascinating insights such as what types of books were being published in different parts of the country, how were issues of the day being addressed, and even what were the most popular terms being used at key points in time.
The problem with searching and analyzing these huge libraries is that, at present, these digital archives contain an unknown number of duplicate copies of publications. In a physical library, that's a good thing. Multiple users can check out and read multiple copies of the same book. When you're looking for trends across culture or history, however, duplicated or repeating text can lead to a misleading understanding of reality.
Organisciak explains, "Massive digitalization projects are perhaps best exemplified by the HathiTrust Digital Library, which contains roughly 16 million books collected from a broad consortium of university collaborations. There is much potential to learn from so much of the published record, and the purpose of this project deduplication efforts is to make those insights easier to observe. Eventually, we hope to extend our methods to better make content recommendations."
Such a similarity algorithm could be used by libraries to make book recommendations to readers based on their themes, complementing existing approaches such as reader advisories. If a reader is interested in books like The Da Vinci Code, the algorithm could suggest books that share contextual similarities.
"Think of it like Spotify for books," says Organisciak.
Could this new study mean the end of the aimlessness readers often experience upon finishing the last book by their favorite author?
In time, perhaps. But, for now, it means that Organisciak, Matusiak, and Benjamin Schmidt, their research partner from Northeastern University, will be hard at work, digitally combing through more than 16 million books, to help researchers analyze publications with increased accuracy, and help readers find the next book they're most likely to fall in love with.
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Rural Experts Join MCE
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Children in rural America face a unique set of health and education disparities. In comparison to urban students, rural youth demonstrate higher levels of mortality; suicide; obesity; tobacco, alcohol, and illegal substance use; drinking and driving; teen births; and carrying weapons. They also have lower rates of school readiness, proficiency on standardized tests, and math performance.
Tailored solutions are needed to address these challenges particularly since more than half of US school districts are located in rural settings. These and other challenges fueled MCE's decision to launch the Center for Rural School Health & Education to be led by rural expert, Elaine Belansky, PhD.
Belansky is a community-based participatory researcher who has been working in rural, low-income schools for 19 years. She studies how universities and communities can work together to make schools healthy places. Her team developed a strategic planning process called "Assess. Identify. Make it Happen." (AIM) which helps schools implement school-based environment and policy changes that support physical activity, healthy eating, mental health, and school engagement and decrease bullying, high risk sexual behavior, and drug use. Currently, her team is partnering with rural schools in Colorado to create comprehensive health and wellness plans that ensure students are healthy, safe, engaged, supported and challenged.
Belansky has received over $13 million in grants from the CDC, NIH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and The Colorado Health Foundation. She will begin her duties at Morgridge College May 1. Her six-person team will join her June 1. The research team includes:
Shannon Allen – Research Faculty
Ben Ingman – Research Faculty
Shirley Berg – Business Manager and AIM Facilitator
Jerry Jones – AIM Facilitator and Community Coordinator
Carla Loecke – Director of Curriculum and Training
Susan Portner – AIM Facilitator
The team of rural experts will engage rural school and community partners in Colorado and beyond to identify and address the most pressing issues facing rural education. The goal of the Center for Rural School Health & Education is to be the catalyst for achieving health and academic equity in rural communities across the nation.
Morgridge Honors Distinguished Community Partners
Lori Westermann appreciation breakfast, Campus Compact of the Mountain West, Colorado African Organization, community, Denver Health, Denver Jails, Denver Public Schools, Denver Sheriff, Morgridge College of Education, Museo de las Americas, partnership, social justice
Morgridge College recognized the innovative service of community partners at this year's Appreciation Breakfast held in the MCE Commons. This annual event seeks to honor this group that inspires, mentors, and partners with MCE to provide enriching opportunities for students while bringing about social impact in a variety of community and educational settings.
Learn more about the 2018 Honorees:
Department of Counseling Psychology: Denver Jails Correctional Psychology Program
The Denver Jails support opportunities for our students to provide individual and group therapy to incarcerated men and women. In addition to this unique clinical placement, with a myriad of diagnoses, presenting problems and intersecting traumas, the Denver Jails correctional psychology team is dedicated to providing outstanding individual and group supervision. Our students have opportunities not only to learn about the intricacies of counseling with an underserved population, but also to learn about the dynamics of intersecting a system of criminal justice and health care that impacts the mental health and well-being of their clients. We appreciate and acknowledge the efforts of the psychology team in their support of the professional development of these emerging clinicians.
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies: Amy Keltner, Deputy Chief of Schools, Denver Public Schools
The goal of the Tiered School Supports team is to accelerate improvement in the highest needs schools in order to increase the number of students with access to high performing schools in Denver Public Schools. The team does this through alignment of supports, resources, and interventions to a school's unique needs, and through partnering with the community to design new or innovative high performing district schools. They partner with schools, district departments, network teams, communities, and other partners to develop and implement improvement strategies that will result in dramatic gains for all students.
Department of Higher Education: Campus Compact of the Mountain West
Campus Compact of the Mountain West is a membership organization of college and university presidents devoted to promoting civic learning. They have served as an invaluable resource to Higher Education students by acting as an important link to the national Campus Compact and the Colorado Civic Health Network, as well as providing opportunities, such as AmeriCorps leadership jobs. The initiatives of the Compact align well with Morgridge's overall goal to investigate how institutions embed civic and democratic commitments.
Department of Research Methods and Information Science: Museo de las Americas
Museo de las Americas is a fine arts museum in Denver, Colorado. It is dedicated to educating the community through collecting, preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting the diverse arts and cultures of the Americas, from ancient to contemporary. The Museo offers cultural workshops, professional development for educators, and summer camps for children. The Museo was selected as one of the honorees this year because of their close alliance with Dr. Bruce Uhrmacher's work in the arts and aesthetics. Since 2005, the Museo provided Bruce's classes with special tours of the museum, offered space for seminars, and hosted Morgridge internships.
Department of Teaching and Learning Sciences: Colorado African Organization
The Colorado African Organization is a nonprofit agency located in Denver whose mission is to "support Colorado's migrant – refugee, immigrant, and asylum-seeking – populations in their pursuit of integration, self-sufficiency, and freedom." From its inception, CAO has been at the forefront in promoting the role of Community Navigators – who are former refugees with a deep appreciation of the resiliency displayed and the challenges faced by newcomer families and students, as they adjust to new systems in our country, including our public education policies, practices, and expectations. This award reflects our sincere gratitude and appreciation of the insights willingly provided by the Community Navigators at CAO over the last nine years and their help arranging meaningful preservice, social-bridging experiences between our students and newcomer families.
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It can be very easy to decide that a plant is labelled incorrectly: the flower is white when it should be red, single when it should be double. It is almost never as simple to decide what it actually is.
There is in Section 1G a low, wide spreading plant that is flowering white in December. It is labelled 'Chansonette'.
The true 'Chansonette' has semi-double blooms about 6cm across and cerise in colour. It would be flowering at about the same time and its foliage would be very similar.
In the collection records the bush is said to have come from Coghurst Nursery, one of two planted in 2002. The other plant is growing in a different place, struggling somewhat and not in flower.
It is not neccessarily the case that the nursery supplied the wrong plant but it does happen. They may have bought in young plants, grown them on to a saleable size but not seen some or any of the batch in flower.
Looking at their website reveals that they list only three pure white sasanqua type camellias and two of them are clearly different. The third, 'Kenkyo', looks to be a very good match.
Looking at pictures I have taken of 'Kenkyo' and every other picture of it that I can find, in print and online, I am fairly confident that I have a match.
One of functions of National Collections is as a reference against which unknown material can be matched. To be fit for purpose they have to be accurately labelled. The question is what level of certainty is acceptable?
To jail a man for life the standard is beyond reasonable doubt, to win a civil case it is on the balance of probabilities. Both tests will mean different things to different people. The label on a plant could be very important to one person and of no interest whatever to another. Some gardeners keep notebooks of everything they plant and keep labels on the plants, others throw the labels away at planting time and are happy not to know the name.
Is it better to have a name on a plant that is probably right than one that is definitely wrong? Is a label that says Camellia sasanqua var. any use to anyone? What is the worst that could happen if it were wrong?
I want it to matter enough to justify making the effort of getting right in the first place, otherwise why bother labelling them at all?
I have looked online and in various books and think you are absolutely right with 'Kenkyo'.
I appreciate you taking the time to do that, thank you. I think 'Kenkyo' goes onto my list of labels to get printed.


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Q: Discovering and RECONFIGURING devices on an IPv4 network [Warning: network programming newbie here]
We manufacture embedded devices that get connected to customers networks we know nothing about. They might or might not have DHCP enabled (but usually, they haven't).
What would be the easiest way to:

*

*programmatically discover (I see several solutions for this) but also

*CONFIGURE these devices (for example, CHANGING their IP address and netmask)

with a setup software we would ship with these devices? Would I be able to do the
"configuring" part with LLDP? Would I have to implement my own protocol on top of it?

A: Auto-configure is going to be as good as impossible if the network operator doesn't provide the facilities for it...
If you only need to communicate on the LAN then IPv6 link-local addresses are probably the easiest as they need no autoconf facilities.
LLDP is completely unrelated to what you need.

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Nothing prepared Mia for that day when an intimate picture of her was spread all over the net, and her life was suddenly destroyed. She suffered humiliation, ridicule, intrusive comments, rude and violent enquiries by friends who themselves become suspects and abandoned her. We accompany Mia throughout the difficult period and meet her again, a year after the great crisis, when she returns to the school she left and stands before the school staff and her former classmates, with all the lessons she has learned, the pain and the insights.
A play about personal responsibility, respect, friendship, love, betrayal and forgiveness.
The play is based on a true story. Combined with video clips of investigations projected onto a giant screen.
With: Shira Levi, Lior Cohen, Adi Alon, Steve Friedman, Noam Shenhav, Tutti Ninio.


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According to The Gerontological Society of America, malnutrition is a prevalent, serious, and often unrecognized health threat for older adults. Published clinical reports show that as many as 60% of older adults (age 65+) admitted to the hospital may be malnourished. Age-related health challenges that many River House members face, including dementia, depression, disabilities, medications, and restricted diets, can cause a loss of appetite often leading to malnutrition.
River House combats malnutrition among members by providing a morning snack, a balanced lunch, and an afternoon snack to all members each day. In total over 12,000 lunches and 24,000 snacks are served each year. All meals meet the Child and Adult Care Food Program guidelines and adhere to members' dietary restrictions to ensure that members are receiving the nutrients they need to remain healthy and energized throughout the day. River House also strives to make meal time social to encourage eating. Members dine overlooking the beautiful Mianus River while listening to uplifting music, chatting with friends, and often enjoying visits from volunteers. After they fuel their bodies, members are invigorated to participate in a variety of physically and cognitively stimulating recreational activities.


There's a new website called Buyingpoultry.com (a Farm Forward initiative) that is promoting a poultry labeling graphic that lists three categories of poultry classifications for consumers: avoid, better, and best. In the avoid category, Buying Poultry places "pasture-raised." This graphic was subsequently posted by Slow Food USA on their blog.
APPPA took issue with the classification of pasture-raised while plant-based alternatives (e.g., laboratory produced chicken substitutes) were listed in the best category along with several closely related animal welfare certifications.
APPPA sent the following letter to Slow Food USA, Farm Forward, and Buying Poultry.
For nearly 20 years, the American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA) has been educating, coaching, mentoring and providing other assistance to exceptional quality poultry producers. APPPA was started as a grass roots organization with the assistance of Heifer Project International. The inception vision was to provide high quality poultry in local food sheds. APPPA believes that all types of poultry should be raised on pasture using the time tested farming technique that utilizes constant movement onto fresh grass as the basis for a healthy, delicious, and happy bird. Our vision has always been to promote an opportunity for families to work together and to manage small non-threatening animals. This type of farming is a fabulous way to get children interested in animals, nature, and growing good local food.
Our producers believe that all types of poultry will be raised on pasture. Pasture is a rich environment full of fresh vegetation, insects, direct contact with soil, fresh air, direct exposure to sunlight, and the opportunity for the poultry to express their natural behaviors in an optimum environment. APPPA members will manage their poultry on pasture for at least half of the poultry's' lifetime.
With all due respect, please reconsider your categorization of all "Pasture Raised." This type of stereotyping will have severe direct financial effects to thousands of small, local, high integrity pastured poultry producers! You really should visit some of our members before condemning all of us.
Fortunately there is an APPPA to correct the misinformation and lack of appreciation for what our members do. Thank you for watching out for us!


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Character Appearances: with Iron Fist. Vs Quan-St'ar, a magician.
Credits: Doug Moench (Script), Keith Pollard (Pencils), Duffy Vohland (pages 1-17), John Tartaglione (pages 18-47) (Inks), Petra Goldberg (Colors), Gaspar Saladino (page 1), Jean Hipp (Letters).


One of the very first artists to sign to the fledgling Hospital label way back at the turn of the millennium, Danny Byrd's own inimitable take on soulful, vocal Drum + Bass has become a staple in the scene. His use of hip-hop, house and R&B influences has turned heads ever since his inception. The Bath based, brandy-drinking producer has been responsible from some massive rave anthems over the years, which has gained him Radio One success and international recognition.
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Warren A. Taylor, Warren Wm. Taylor, Fairbanks, Alaska, for appellant.
George M. Yeager, U. S. Atty., Philip W. Morgan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fairbanks, Alaska, for appellee.
Before HEALY, ORR and FEE, Circuit Judges.
Carrie Eleazar appeals from her conviction in the District Court for the District of Alaska, after a trial by jury, of the misdemeanor charged by information of keeping a bawdy house for the purpose of prostitution at a defined location in Fairbanks. Based upon the verdict of guilty, the court imposed a sentence of imprisonment for three months and suspended two months thereof until the further order of the court.
A careful reading of the transcript indicates that there is no substance in the assignments that the verdict was (a) contrary to the evidence, or (b) not supported by substantial evidence, or that the District Court erred (c) in denying the motion for acquittal, and (d) in denying the motion for a new trial.
The bad reputation of the premises as a house of assignation was clearly proved. There was indirect proof of acts of prostitution in the house. It was circumstantially proved the defendant knew of such acts, solicited such business and profited thereby. It was shown that such house was frequented by prostitutes and by men who were apparently attracted by them. This evidence was sufficient to corroborate the proof of this reputation.
There is an attack upon the testimony of a witness who testified to many of these acts and circumstances. The familiar charge was made in the motion for bail that the prosecutor knowingly used perjured testimony. The witness was a man who worked for his keep in and about the place during the occupancy of defendant. The charge is based upon the fact that this witness had given two statements, one under oath, repudiating as false a previous affidavit given to the Deputy United States Marshal. But these repudiating statements were introduced in evidence. At the insistence of defendant, the affidavit given to the Deputy United States Marshal was also introduced. This document fully corroborated the testimony given by this witness on the stand. Besides, it was proved that this witness had voluntarily placed himself in protective custody of the United States Marshal forty-five days before he gave his testimony, apparently through fear of defendant or her sympathizers.
The defense complains of unlawful search and seizure, which was raised by motion before the trial. The search and seizure was as a result of the arrest on warrant of defendant on the premises and was therefore lawful. The only article so taken which was introduced in evidence was a hotel register required to be kept by law, as all the lawyers in the case agree.5 As to the other articles taken, if the rights of defendant have been violated, she may have other recourse, but, since these objects were not introduced in evidence and no reference was made to them at trial, there is no point upon which appeal may be maintained. It is possible that the hotel register may be regarded as "evidentiary material" rather than an "instrumentality,"6 and therefore its seizure and introduction might be subject to question if it were not for its character. It is difficult to see what purpose or effect this piece of evidence had. In any event, a hotel register is not kept in a private dwelling, but must be in a place to which the officers have access. The register was a public document and evidence of its contents could have been introduced in the case in any event. The register was introduced by the government on cross-examination of defendant after complete identification by her thereof as the public document which was required to be kept. While it is improper to introduce documents on cross-examination, counsel for defendant objected only on the ground of incompetency, irrelevancy and immateriality. There was no objection at the time that the register had been seized contrary to law. If such objection were conceived to be valid, it was waived.
The record shows that the trial of defendant was fair and impartial. The contentions were submitted to the jury based upon the evidence. The charge was full and complete. No exception was taken to any portion thereof by defendant. The verdict of the jury under such circumstances should be upheld.


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Николай Васильевич Кутловский (род. 17 декабря, 1944 год) — заслуженный тренер России, тренер по боксу, почетный гражданин Кемеровской области.

Биография
Наставником Николая Кутловского был заслуженный тренер Украины и России Виталий Николаевич Дорофеев.
Стал тренировать спортсменов в Кузбассе в 1970—1980-х годах.

В 2015 году старшему тренеру сборной Кузбасса было присвоено звание Почетного гражданина Кемеровской области. Николай Кутловский работает тренером-преподавателем областной специализированной детско-юношеской спортивной школы олимпийского резерва по боксу. Стаж тренерской работы — 52 года. Николай Кутловский сумел вырастить больше 20 победителей и призеров, добившихся сильных результатов на всероссийских европейских и мировых соревнованиях. Среди его подопечных — десятикратный чемпион мира по боксу, заслуженный мастер спорта Юрий Арбачаков, бронзовый призер Олимпийских игр в Лондоне Миша Алоян и Алексей Никифоров.

Тренер Карена Арутюняна — спортсмена, занявшего в мае 2012 года 1 место в весовой категории до 52 килограмм на чемпионате СФО по боксу и чемпиона Сибири — Алексея Зубка, в категории до 64 килограмм.

Воспитанник Николая Кутловского — Иосиф Центер победил в весовой категории до 57 килограмм в первенстве Сибирского федерального округа по боксу среди юношей 1998—1999 годов рождения.

Генеральный директор боксерского клуба ОАО «Кокс».

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Could turmeric help solve the antibiotic resistance crisis?
Written by Lisa Templeton on October 28, 2019 — Fact checked by Paula Field
Researchers around the globe are scrambling to find ways to tackle the superbug crisis. Now, scientists have found an interesting way to foil a common antibiotic resistant bacteria, using turmeric.
Turmeric may contain a compound that could be helpful in the fight against superbugs.
Resistance to antibiotics poses a significant threat to our health. Around 24–79% of the world's population is infected with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).
Like other bacteria, H. pylori has grown ever more resistant to traditional treatment using antibiotics.
Indeed, drug resistant bacteria are one of the biggest threats to global health, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Some experts predict that it will cause more deaths than cancer by 2050 unless scientists can find some way to counter the threat.
However, scientists from the United Kingdom and Germany may have found an innovative way of stopping H. pylori infection without using antibiotics. Instead, they used minuscule capsules filled with natural ingredients, notably curcumin, to stop the infection. Some studies have suggested that curcumin, which is an ingredient in turmeric, has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant qualities.
"[H. pylori] is a globally-spread pathogen. It is estimated that up to 70% of people host this pathogen worldwide," says professor Francisco Goycoolea of the School of Food Science and Nutrition in Leeds in the UK, and co-author of the paper that the team recently published in the journal ACS Applied Bio Materials.
Goycoolea adds that scientists need to find 'new integral approaches […] to tackle antimicrobial resistance," and must try to find new alternatives to antibiotics.
He believes that "this novel formulation, consisting of small capsules made of natural ingredients, could offer a new means to deter a globally-spread 'superbug' pathogen."
In 2017, the WHO included antibiotic resistant H. pylori strains as a high priority pathogen on their list of drug resistant bacteria that present the biggest threat to global health.
Resistance occurs because bacteria change and adapt, meaning that antibiotics can no longer cure bacterial infections. Although resistance does happen naturally, the inappropriate use of antibiotics to cure colds, for example, has exacerbated the situation.
At the moment, doctors treat superbugs with a cocktail of antibiotics, which has only served to encourage resistant strains.
Natural ingredients help fight the superbug
Estimates suggest that 4.4 billion people globally carry H. pylori. It does not always show symptoms, although it can result in ulcers, inflammation of the lining of the stomach, and an increased risk of stomach cancer. Doctors find H. pylori very challenging to treat.
"The bacteria hide under the gastric mucous layer where antibiotics do not penetrate effectively. This often leads to recurrent infections and gives rise to resistant strains," says Goycoolea.
Now the research team, based at the universities of Leeds in the UK, and Münster and Erlangen in Germany, has discovered that billions of minute nanocapsules loaded with curcumin and used in the right dose, can stop the bacteria from sticking to stomach cells. This in turn, could helps antibiotics do their jobs.
This novel solution uses nontoxic food and pharmaceutical grade ingredients. The scientists coated the nanocapsules with the enzyme lysozyme, which helps to fight bacterial infections. The scientists also used a small amount of dextran sulfate, which scientists have used to suppress H. pylori infection.
"Small capsules made of natural ingredients could offer a new means to deter a globally-spread 'superbug' pathogen," says Goycoolea.
The scientists carried out the research in vitro, using stomach cells and the bacteria.
"A new generation of antibacterials might be based on more specific molecular targets of the bacteria, acting probably not as broad as the older compounds, but therefore more precisely against specific virulence factors of specific bacteria," says co-author professor Andreas Hensel of the Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry at the University of Münster.
"The research published in ACS Applied Bio Materials might pinpoint a new way towards controlled drug targeting against H. pylori and its specific adhesion and virulence factors."
Prof. Andreas Hensel
The research team hopes that scientists will use the nanocapsules to help eliminate H. pylori and reduce antibiotic resistant strains. They have filed a patent based on this formulation.
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It always makes me so happy to see a comedy at my favorite "haunt". "Lend Me a Tenor" is a fabulously funny ride. I almost bust a "ghoulish gut" during some of the antics in Act II.
Judson Wright takes the stage as a lead after quite a sebaticle. He does a great job as Max. I have a feeling that the character wasn't that big of a stretch for him. At times, I did feel that he was pushing too hard for some of the laughs. I think a lot of his comedy was a bit strained and forced. In his defense the audience the night that I saw the performance was well...how should I put this...more "dead" than I am! However, that being said...I do feel that he carried the show well and really did an excellent job as a leading actor.
Damon Frost is a newbie to the Holly stage as well, I believe. He plays Saunders. He is a very cute man and enjoyable and likeable on stage. Saunders is such an agressive and biting character and Damon was such a sweet-seeming man that at times I had a hard time seeing him as Saunders. On the same hand however, I believe that some of his "sweetness" comes from his voice. He doesn't have one of those huge, loud booming voices that you would expect from his character. That being said, he made the character work with his voice. I don't know if I am making any sense at all...but Damon did a very nice characterization of Saunders.
Linda Thompson...my favorite character in the entire play! Maria...Tito's wife. I can't say enough good about her. Her Italian accent was fantastic, her look was fantastic, her comedic timing was fantastic! I hope that she will be in more shows at the Holly. I have been going around saying "I'm'a gonna geeve a you tree numbers...one, two, tree". So funny. Bravo.
Tito Merelli a.k.a. Bill Wilson graces the stage with another bought of post-prandial pains. I am beginning to wonder if it is in this guy's contract that he will only play parts that the characters suffer from gastric grief (Big Daddy...need I say more?) Okay...enough said about his gas. Bill is hysterical! I was so pleasantly surprised to see that he was such a talented comedic actor. I assumed that he was mostly a dramatic actor after having seen him in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". His performance as Tito was great! His bewildered looks in that black-face are unforgettable!
Craig Lovell, like Linda, plays a very small part in the play. But I think I am safe in saying that he is an audience favorite with the few lines that he does have. He plays the singing bell hop and even the senior audience that I viewed the show with was applauding him by the end of the show. I wonder if the singing of the scenes was written in the script or added to the show. If it was added BRAVO to whomever decided to do that. I found it funny that the bellhop sang better opera than any of the rest of them.
Colleen Quigley, appears once again as Maggie on stage. The scenes between she and Judson were great. Her character was very youthful and fun. I don't know how she kept a straight face at times...especially the times when she had the black grease paint all over her face. Very funny stuff.
This show surprised me with appearances by several greenhorns. Jan Fambrough and Marissa Chancon are two former OK chorus girls. In "Tenor" they grace the stage as leads.
Jan Fambrough (who just so happens to be the director's mother) is outstanding. I was able to cast from my mind any thoughts of nepotism after her first scene. She plays the part of Julia...the chairman of the opera guild. She is delightfully "high-society" and her chrysler-buildingesque gown topped off with that lovely silver/grey hair was too much. She was beautiful.
Marissa plays the part of Diana...the opera company's whore. She did a very good job, but sometimes she seemed a little uncomfortable on stage and her lines a little stiff. That being said, I did laugh the hardest at one of her scenes. The double-entendre laiden scene between she and Tito is hysterical. I hope to see her again on stage soon.
Overall...great show. Director Jamie Fambrough has masterfully directed another side splitting comedy. The curtain call was very innovative. They did the entire show in 90 seconds...very funny and amazing to watch all of those doors opening and closing without someone running into them. Jamie adds so much to the Holly shows he directs and they are very fortunate to have him as a director. Justin Gilstrap on lights and sound did a wonderful job as there were not snaffoos in the sound or light. KUDOS to all.
Hope you guys get bigger crowds...it's a shame audiences are missing it.
If A = a beautiful script, B = a talented cast, and C = amazing direction, then the sum of these exponents is The Holly Theater's production of "Proof." To my knowledge, the Holly hasn't really tackled a contemporary drama to date, but it's something they should certainly do more often.
"Proof" centers around Catherine, 25, who has to adjust after her talented father's death. Over the course of a week, relationships are created, broken, and finally changed forever as she accepts her genetic predispositions for both brilliance and madness. Auburn's script is refreshingly blunt, with little excess dialogue. Every line pushes the story forward. Funny at times, but strikingly poignant most often, it was an 'honest' script. I don't think there was a single person that left without identifying with the characters.
The rest of the cast I lump together, simply because the show really is Catherine and everyone else. Jamie Fambrough once again shows that he is perfectly comfortable in either comedy or drama, his character Hal having its share of both. I get the sense that Jamie very well is a geek in real life. If that thought is incorrect, I mean no disrespect. Simply that as the geeky Grad student, Jamie really plays the part quite convincingly. Jennifer Rager plays Claire, Catherine's older sister. I wonder if Valerie and Jennifer really are sisters separated at birth, because the fights were positively amazing. Jennifer's comments and slightly snobbish attitudes were perfect. I hope to see Jennifer in future productions for sure. Then there's Foy Tootle as Robert, Catherine's dead father. I am almost at a loss for words. Foy was able to capture a man at war with himself, literally. His facial expressions during scenes where he struggles to keep his mind intact were nothing short of brilliant. Watching his character 'decompose' almost, it really was both awe-inspiring and frighteningly painful to watch. I don't know where Foy came from, but don't let him get away!
And finally there's Colleen Quigley, director. With such an intimate setting, the play almost came across as a film, playing itself out with detail. Everything seemed to just blend, the actors, the music, the lighting, the set, everything. And though the action in the play isn't very complex, there was a sense of layers, of everything having more than one meaning, of ordered chaos. It was mind blowing how simple actions meant so much more in this production. It couldn't have been an easy journey. But the results were incredible.
I know the show has closed, and to be honest that might be the biggest tragedy of all, but I felt it my duty to report on the show and its success. My highest congratulations and kudos to the cast and crew. If you missed out on this show, its quite possible that you missed the best show that the Holly has produced. I give out 5's only to those shows that I can find absolutely no fault with. That being said, I gladly bestow a 5 on the Holly's "Proof." You have more than earned it.
The Holly did something different this year. They opened their 2006 season with a show they already presented back in 1999. An encore, if you will. Not a particularly large gamble, it�s a solid show with recognizable music, and judging from the Holly�s track record, these �western� type musicals seem to go over well with audiences. But, if a company has already done a show, it only puts more pressure on them to do it well. They�ve had practice. They know what does and doesn�t work for the show. And �the little theatre that could� certainly pulled it off.
�Oklahoma!� is one of my favorite shows, so I was extra excited to see the Holly present it once again. A new cast and a fresh feel to it really make this show come to life. The characters are entertaining, and the music is quite beautiful. Kudos to Leigh Ann, Butch, and Bob. Since I didn�t see Joseph, I�ll assume that it was as wonderful a show musically as this one was. The set was simple and quite suiting to the show. The lighting was subtle and complimentary. The costumes looked fantastic. All in all, the technical aspects were just great. And the model train was a nice touch.
Making their debuts at the Holly, Steve Batchelor and Leah Colston, Curly and Laurey respectively, did a fine job. I�m not sure if it was nerves, but both sounded a little softer than I would have liked, but nevertheless, both did a great job with the characters. Gloria Szokoly once again proves she�s one of the most versatile actors the Holly has, and as the spitfire Aunt Eller, she shows us who wears the pants in the family. Karla Brookreson-Owens returns to the Holly once again as the very funny, and slightly confused Ado Annie. Opposite her, Nick DeMore gets his first big shot on the Holly stage, as Will Parker. Both Karla and Nick positively steal the show. Their chemistry is palpable, and they play their characters effortlessly. A wild standing ovation for Karla and Nick! Craig Lovell plays the unfortunate Ali Hakim caught in between Ado and Will. A great actor to be sure, I�m gald to see him in another role that stretches his range. He obviously had fun playing the part. Also new to the Holly, David Pylate plays the moody ranchhand, Jud. He plays the part quite well, and I hope to see more of him att the Holly in the future. The other actors and the Ensemble did a good job too. Many new faces and several old stand-bys gives the show a great mix, and the voices join together for a beautiful sound. In particular, �The Farmer and the Cowman� which opens Act II is very entertaining and is one of the best numbers in the whole show. And the ballet at the end of Act I is haunting, with style and a foreshadowing that really makes it a fantastic piece of theatre.
�Oklahoma!� isn�t generally considered to be the toughest show to produce, but the Holly Theatre certainly makes it seem easy. Beautiful to watch and delightfully acted, director Tim Quigley once again brings a fine show to life on the Holly stage. Keep up the good work!
Overall, an enjoyable show. It could have been better, but I think that may just be my particular tastes coming in. I don't know. Worth seeing for certain though.
Anyway. On with the review.
A Christmas Story is a delightful script. I would expect nearly everyone has seen the movie, so I won't summerize the plot. But even if you don't like the film (which I'm not very keen on), you'll love the play (which I did). The show is perfectly cast, and all parts are played with overwhelming enthusiasm. They really care about this show. Jamie Fambrough makes a fantastic sophomore directing effort, and should be commended for his ability to make such a technically challenging show seem so effortless.
Speaking of the technicalities... The show is full of sound cues, light cues, scene changes, costume alterations, and props. I'm not sure I've seen a show that is this laden with props. But it all comes together to paint a brilliant painting of Christmas pre-WWII, with no technical mistakes that I could see. I saw plenty of opportunities for things to go wrong, but they never did. The sound cues were on time and the volume was good (one of my pet peeves), the lights set the mood without being intrusive, and the stage crew should be commended with a congressional medal. I can only imagine the chaos that is backstage during this show. Some scenes require full set changes and only last a few lines before changing to something else. The "running" crew certainly earns its name in this show. Kudos!
The cast is delightful to watch. The kids are amazingly talented. The girls Samantha Rotuno and Cassie Reichert capture that giggly schoolgirl perfectly. Ben Higgins and Taylor Hall are the perfect best friends for Ralphie, and add so much comedy to the show. The four characters are barely mentioned, if at all, in the movie, but here they are fully realized beautifully. Karla Owens (though I see in the program that she got married...?) is the perfect school teacher. Firm, yet a slightly crazy streak to her. Two "dream sequences" really let her cut loose and she's fabulous in both. And rounding out the supporting roles, Kevin Riddle makes his Main Stage debut as the neighborhood bully. And as nice a guy as he is, he plays a great bully. My favorite part is when he hitches up his pants after most scenes.
That brings us to the family. Sydney Oliver, only 5, is Randy Parker if I ever saw him. And he's a complete ham on stage. I get the sense that you never really know what he's going to do next, though he is always ready with his lines. He's a nut and I really hope we see more of him in the years to come. Gabe Russo and Heatherly Wannamaker-Nelson are the perfect parents. They both parent their "sons" as if they really were related. The two of them have a brilliant comedic timing that would be hard to duplicate. Their chemistry is second to none, and my favorite part is the Nutcracker "Dance" scene. I can only imagine how long they had to practice that. And rounding out the cast are the two Ralphs, Sean Newman, the younger and Tim Quigley, the older. They look almost alike, they talk alike, and their physicality is alike too. In one scene, Ralphie is being "scolded" in the classroom, and though Tim's Ralph is only the narrator and "not really there", they both rock back and forth simultaneously. They must have studied each other's movements forever to achieve the effect. Both play the role amazingly. And a big standing ovation to Tim for his memorization skills. He must have half the script all to himself. Good grief!
My only complaint with the show is it runs a little long. Not really the fault of the actors, as pacing was quite good. But the script is just kinda long. The show started at 8pm and the show ended at about 10:40. Just kinda long for a show that I know lots of families and kids came to see. However, that being said, I only know of one person that left the show not liking it, but that was for their own reasons. Everyone else that has come to see the show has loved it, and most of the comments I overheard were quite complimentary.
Overall, an absolute delight. If you haven't caught this one, I suggest you do before it closes. Tip-top job Holly Company. You do me proud!
Well I am back from the dead...I was unable to review the Holly's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as I was away at my GHP Conference (Ghosts of Historic Places). I did hear very good things however upon my return in regards to the production.
The Holly was very ambitious in it's selection of the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I must admit that I was a little frightened that this one would not come together from health related problems with the director and leads, to casting difficulties, to scheduling conflicts, to problems with a lighting technician, this show had all the drama off stage as it does on. HOWEVER, none of this is evident in the production itself. I feel they did a nice job with this production and deserve a hearty pat on the back.
Big Daddy is played by Bill Wilson who is only in his late thirties I believe. Not once does anyone realize his young age while he is on stage. He is so incredibly believable as 65. Big Daddy and Big Mama truly steal the show. Mr. Wilson has such a commanding stage presence and does an impeccable job. Gloria Szokoly plays big Mama. As Big Mama, Ms. Szokoly sparkles and flits about the stage being a busybody. She is such an endearing character and Ms. Szokoly makes the audience sympathize with Big Mama even more in the scenes where Big Daddy is verbally assaulting her. I do wish that I could just wrap Big Mama up and take care of her myself. Her fragile side that she tries so desperately to hide/ignore is evident in Ms. Szokoly's portrayal. I can't be sure, but I think that the night I saw the show, Big Mama may have forgotten one of her lines, as she seemed to fumble around for a few moments, but then she covered just fine.
Sandee McGlaun and John Hammond play Mae and Gooper. As the pesky sister-in-law, Ms. McGlaun does a fantastic job. Her voice is so shrill, like nails on a chalkboard, and every time she entered the room a wave of irritation crawled over me. She really does have the pregnant walk down to a "t". Although, towards the end of the show she started walking really kind of fast for someone as pregnant as she is. I didn't realize that she was a blond until after the show. I thought that her wig was her real hair. Props to whoever found that ugly wig. Mr. Hammond played Gooper as the needed comic relief in this show, sometimes he took it a little far, but overall he was very funny and entertaining to watch. I am not sure if he was having trouble with a few of his lines or not towards the end of the play, but it seemed that during a scene between he and Big Mama, there was a bit of confusion.
Tim Quigley and Bob Miller play Doc Baugh and Reverend Tooker. Both men did a nice job with such small roles. Mr. Quigley was very believable as the doctor. Mr. Miller did a great job with the Reverend and managed to really work in some great moments, and his accent is delightful.
The show fell under the direction of Mrs. Rhonda Brown and Ms. Jennifer Rager. I feel that it was a well-directed show, however I do feel that the characters could have undergone a bit more character development. Other than that I am amazed at how great this show is given its short rehearsal period. Mrs. Brown did a fantastic job conveying her vision of the show on stage. It is obvious that a lot of time and effort went into her plans. Ms. Rager also did a very nice job "substituting" for Mrs. Brown when she was unable to attend rehearsals.
The tech side of the show was all right. There were several things that bothered me. Some of the sound cues were a little modern for this time period, such as the fireworks. At times the volume was a little loud on cues such as the children's laughter. The sound effects were a little more distracting to the show than enhancing. Some of the cues were not delivered on time...AND IT WAS NOT MY FAULT...everyone always blames it on the ghost! There was also a lightening effect that was done with a red light during the storm. It looked more like fireworks than lightening. The placement of intermission was a bit off. It felt like an awkward point to have everyone get up and stretch. These are my only complaints. Otherwise I hope that the Holly will plan more dramas in their seasons to come.
Looking forward to �A Christmas Story�!
"Crimes of the Heart" is at its core a moving drama about being happy about what you have and who you are. The play takes place in the kitchen of old Granddaddy MaGrath, over the course of about 24 hours. The Greeks would be proud. Granddaddy is in the hospital, his health failing. Lenny, the oldest of the three sisters, has moved in with the old man to try to help out where she can. Meanwhile, Babe, the youngest sister, has shot her husband in the stomach for no real reason. Meg, the middle and "wild" sister, comes home from Hollywood to see about Babe and Granddaddy. More troubles in the forms of local gossip Cousin Chick, a shrunken ovary, old boyfriends, new boyfriends, and a forgotten birthday all make this a funny, yet quite poignant story.
Kerry Rosewall, as Lenny, nicely portrays the eldest of three sisters. She does a great job acting more maternal than fraternal as older siblings can often do. Her hard work on the role is easily visible, as the character seems completely effortless to her. She is a quite welcome newcomer to the Holly stage.
Charity White plays Babe, and her vacant looks as she talks about shooting her husband are downright hysterical. She does an amazing job of balancing the just slightly crazy side of the character with the completely sane side. This creates a character that we love, simply because she�s so cute and almost innocent, despite anything wrong she may have done. Charity also worked very hard on her character, and it too shows. Another welcome newcomer.
Brooke Adams, as Meg, adds an electricity to the stage that ignites the tension in the air. The most vibrant of the three sisters, Brooke somehow manages to not overpower the other two, but keep the character even with the others. In Brooke, I completely believed that she was the role. She convinced me that she was in fact Meg. And she should be applauded for that alone. Though not new to the Holly stage, I would certainly love to see her in more shows in the future.
Therena Cook, Cousin Chick, plays the gossipy counterpoint to the other three. All the �he said�s and �she said�s and �did you know�s are all played so well, makes you wonder if she used to be a gossip in a former life�? And though Chick has that amazing talent of killing your self-esteem at precisely the right moment, what happens in Act III elicits an ovation all by itself. Playing the �villain� in a show like this one isn�t easy, but Therena pulls it off just right.
John King, Barnette Lloyd, Babe�s young attourney, earns the most improved award. Stepping up from parts like �Fairy #3� and �Dungeon Keeper #2�, a part with substance was due him. He took the role seriously and has turned himself into a lawyer with more than just Babe�s interests in mind. Young, relatively inexperienced, and passionate, the part actually mirrors the actor somewhat, and it has proved a good match. I expect big things from John in the future.
Finally, Jamie Fambrough plays �Doc� Porter, Meg�s former flame, whom she left after a hurricane smashed his leg. Jamie seemed quite comfortable in the role, and as the only real laid back character in the whole show, provided a nice change of pace. My only gripe is that his limp, like his accent, would sometimes disappear. But both were slight to start with, so perhaps I�m just being really picky. But overall, his acting was just fine.
Colleen Quigley�s direction for the play was brilliant. Her blocking was subtle, but powerful at the same time. She easily understood the odd nature that is sibling dynamics, and it translates to the stage beautifully. This is the second show in a sprint of three that she is directing back to back.
You can do it Colleen! I believe in you!
Overall, a good example of what the Holly has to offer. Cast and crew, I applaud you!
I have sat in the back and watched the Holly Theatre's productions for a long time. Finally, I feel the need to start voicing my opinions on their efforts. Granted I don't get to see much other theatre (I follow the Holly wherever it goes), but I enjoy the Holly's shows immensely.
At any rate, Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree is an exciting continuation of the Nunsense series. Though the script itself is weaker than the original, in my opinion, this one dances along with a fun country theme that leaves one laughing until it hurts.
Colleen Quigley's direction was rather simple (it was quite a small stage), and the influences from Hee-Haw and the Grand Ole' Opry were easily visible. The staging for the dialogue between songs seemed more natural that the staging of the actual music, but that may have been intentional as it is supposed to be a traveling music revue of sorts. There were a few glitches in the music, but when Sister Robert Anne stopped the show to make "Brother Nick" start over, it became a cute and quite funny way to fix said problem.
The cast as a whole worked well together. Nathan Gerrells was a little unsure at times, and I felt like he backed off a bit on some of the higher notes, but his voice has that purity of innocence that sometimes is lost after a singer goes on to bigger and better things. Overall, he was very good, especially being the only male in the whole cast. Suzanne Higgins was good, as is expected from her. Her younger sounding voice added a degree of variety to the chorus, not overpowering, but a nice counter to some of the more classical voices in the show. Gloria Szokoly brought a warmth and maturity to the show that made you smile whenever she appeared on stage. And her voice is beautiful! I could listen to her sing anything... *happy sigh* Rebekah Williams was relatively new to the Holly, having only recently appeared on the scene in Man of LaMancha last month, but her portrayal of Amnesia was top notch. I do wish she had been more puzzled by some of the jokes and such, but her vacant stare in some of the scenes are positively hysterical.
The whole cast was great, but Valerie West as Robert Anne was simply stellar. Her voice soared in her solos, specifically in her song about Sister Rose Francis, the notes floating out of her mouth effortlessly. The song is awe inspiring and at the same time modest in its content. Bravo! I cannot wait to hear her again and again at the Holly.
The show was not the best the Holly has offered, but certainly on par if not a birdie (to use golf lingo). And knowing what the show (and its cast and crew) has gone through during the production process, it is quite a pretty gem. I look forward to Crimes of the Heart next month, and Joseph after that.