Labor Day weekend

Monday morning, 1 September 2013

CPOA end-of-season BBQ

After the rains:

4th of July 2013 weekend

Several dozen attended our annual CPOA BBQ. After, a bonfire was lit, and some (very carefully) toasted marshmallows and made their own 'smores.

CPOA volunteer Saturday

Phoenicia Voice Festival

We attended two events of this year's edition of the Festival:


Puccini's Madama Butterfly
  and
Barbershop! ‘Round Midnight and Voices of Gotham

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We're back, or The bonfire that wasn't

On the weekend of June 30-July 1, a few intrepid and industrious Chichesterites/Silver Hollowites trekked down to the CPOA grounds, volunteering their services to clean up the community house and grounds. Much sweat was rendered as the clubhouse floor was mopped over and over and over, weeds whacked, and the grounds groomed. The remaining detritus was collected, in order to become a bonfire the following weekend. We were to sing, eat 'Chi-made' smores, and while the evening away beside our very own bonfire. Alas, due to the very-dry conditions and lack of rain, it was decided we should be prudent and safe.

It woulda been somethin' Yet a good time was had by all who did attend.

Chichester wedding

4 July dinner & dance

Thunderstorms boomed at 5 in the morning, and rains fell most of the day. Yet our spirits were not dampened; we held our annual 4th of July weekend  cocktail hour and dinner inside the CPOA clubhouse. Following dinner, square dancing.

(Note the effects of the rains on Stoney Clove Creek: the video is from July 4th, around 4pm.)

Labor Day 2010

Blast from the past

Found these pictures in my archives

Last night at the Lobster

O'Nan, Stewart. (2007). Last night at the lobster. New York: Viking.

Book discussion, CPOA clubhouse.

Cowgirl

Holly George-Warren read excerpts from her new book, The cowgirl way : hats off to America's women of the West (2010). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children.

Robert Burke Warren serenaded us with cowgirl (and cowboy) songs, including Dale Evans's Happy Trails to You.

Phoenicia voice to be annual event

This article that appeared in the Daily Freeman, on 17 August 2010. Click here to see entire article.

PHOENICIA — The first Festival of the Voice in Phoenicia this past weekend proved to be such a success that organizers plan to make it an annual event. Audiences for the main stage productions were several hundred each. At the smaller inside venues, events were sold out to the point that, after packing as many people as could fit, some ticket holders were given refunds and an apology. After being turned away, some stood outside and listened through open windows to catch some of the experience. For a three days starting last Friday, Phoenicia was converted into a haven for lovers of music, voice and stage.

Chichester writers

3 Chichesterites, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Roni Natov and Linda Meyers, graced us with reading samples of their writings. For the meaning of the Queen Anne's Lace, ask Professor Natov.

Grahamsville Fair Horse Pull

A few of us went to the Little World's Fair in Neversink Township, Sullivan County. We went to see Randy O and Randy J in the Horse Pull event.

Despite having had his leg injured, Randy J soldiered on

Progressive Dinner 2010

Bagel Breakfast 2010

It simply never gets old, and one must never get complacent: this year's Renowned Bagel Breakfast was better than ever (did you notice the leaf-shaped dishes used to serve olives?).

Outliers

Book discussion at the CPOA Community House, 10am.

Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers: the story of success. (2008). New York: Little, Brown and Co.

Dewey Decimal number: 302 G

300 – Social sciences
302 Social interaction


The book is divided into two parts; in turn, each part is subdivided into chapters:


I. Opportunity

1. Matthew Effect
2. 10,000-hour rule
3. Trouble with geniuses, part 1
4. Trouble with geniuses, part 2
5. Three lessons of Joe Flom

II. Legacy

6. Harlan, Kentucky
7. Ethnic theory of plane crashes
8. Rice paddies and math tests
9. Marita's bargain

An Epilogue follows: a Jamaican story.

Several points of interest are raised; these are some of the hyperlinks that lead to some of these points:

Eli Wald. Legal Ethics and Legal Profession. Charles W. Delaney Jr. Associate Professor of Law. University of Denver. Gladwell cites Professor Wald's work in discussing Jewish law firms (in chapter 5). One of the professor's publications is The Rise and Fall of the WASP and Jewish Law Firms, 60 Stan. L. Rev. 1803 (2008). A companion paper by Professor Wald is: The Rise of the Jewish Law Firm or is the Jewish Law Firm Generic.

Reference is made to: Howe, Michael. Genius explained. (1999). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Harold C. Schoenberg is quoted as saying that "Mozart developed late."

Geert Hofstede's work on cultural dimensions is cited.

Concepts and programs:
TIMSS (http://nces.ed.gov/timss/) - Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
KIPP - KIPP: Knowledge Is Power Program

Other books mentioned:

Auchincloss, Louis. (2003). The scarlet letters. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Skadden.
Caplan, Lincoln. (2003). Skadden: power, money, and the rise of a legal empire. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux.




Googling certain terms and scouring the daily media produced other results:

Perfection in the Horseshoe Pit: an article in the New York Times directly relevant to Gladwell's thesis of 10,000 hours of practice.

Malcom Gladwell's new book Outliers The Story of Success: a blog post at Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips.

And a good time was had by all

John Zirinsky's Birthday party, Saturday, 17 July 2010

July 4 BBQ & Dance