Remaining Spots for Scholars in Somerville CDF Freedom School Program This Summer

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Remaining Spots for Scholars in Somerville CDF Freedom School Program This Summer

Scholars completing kindergarten through eighth grade will learn to make a difference through reading this summer at no charge to parents.

Somerville, MA (June 13,  2012) – This summer 30 Somerville scholars (K – 8) will participate in a six week Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School at no charge to parents.  This exciting summer program will focus on high quality academic enrichment (with a nationally recognized integrated reading curriculum), parent and family involvement (with weekly informational meetings), social action and civic engagement (with action on voter registration), intergenerational servant leadership development (with our successful college student teachers and mentors), and nutrition, health, and mental health (with nutritious meals and fun).

Each day begins at 8:00 AM with a nutritious breakfast, followed by Harambee! (“All pull together” in Swahili), an exciting time of celebrating accomplishments with song, chant, dance, and reading.  The remainder of the morning consists of scholars working through the nationally-recognized Children’s Defense Fund Integrated Reading Curriculum in smaller groups of 10 with a trained college scholar.  The afternoon begins with a nutritious lunch, followed by afternoon activities which include learning about different cultures, arts and crafts, outdoor games, and weekly field trips.  The scholars are dismissed at 3:00 PM.

The program will be held at CAAS Head Start’s Jack Hamilton Center, 29 Allen Street, Somerville from July 2, 2012 through August 10, 2012.  While College Avenue United Methodist Church (Connexion) is running the program, it is completely secular in content.  No scholar or family will be discriminated against on the basis of faith tradition, race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, or ability.

If you know a child who would benefit from this program, please visit connexionumc.org/freedomschool, email justin@connexionumc.org, or call 617-776-4172.  Enrollment will be taken on a first come, first served basis so please contact us soon.

Charlie Card system-wide shortage?

[taipeitigers.livejournal.com]

I was trying to get a blank Charlie Card at the Davis Square Station today.  I was told there was a "system-wide" shortage so there was none at the MBTA booth.  I had to settle for the more expensive Charlie ticket.

Did anyone else hear about the "system-wide" shortage problem?

Second-hand academic-ish books

[pukwudgie.livejournal.com]

Now that McIntrye and Moore is gone, are there any book stores around here that will take used academic-ish books? I don't necessarily need money for them, just would like them to go to someone who wants them eventually.

Along those lines, if anyone here wants any of the below, let me know and they are yours:

Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women by Suzanne Hull (not scholarly, primarily a collection of quotations, rather out of context)

The Planting of Civilization in Western Pennsylvania by Buck and Buck

The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China, 221 BC to AD 1757 by Barfield

Feudal Society volumes 1 and 2 by Bloch

Enclaves of America: The Rhetoric of American Political Architecture Abroad, 1900-1965 by Robin

Philadelphia Preserved: Catalog of the Historic American Buildings Survey by Webster

The 2005 issues of American Anthropologist

Anyone know anything about "Clear 4G Wireless?"

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I've gotten a number of fliers from Clear, (edited to fix URL) offering home Internet service over a 4G wireless connection. Anyone tried it? Is it any good? It's cheaper than Comcast and they say their $50/month plan is 3-6 mbps download, which is pretty good, although not as good as wired plans... 

Anyone tried it?

1BR Available in 4BR House in North Cambridge Starting July 1st

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- $725/mo including all utilities (water, electricity, gas, internet, limited cable)
- just off Rindge Avenue in North Cambridge, 3 minute walk from Alewife, 15 minute walk from Davis Square
- 4 bedrooms (3 upstairs and one downstairs, one upstairs bedroom is available), 2.5 bathrooms, 1600 sf
- side-by-side two unit condo on three levels, built in 2005
- owners live in other half (and they're pretty awesome)
- modern appliances including gas stove, dishwasher, microwave, washer/dryer, fridge
- shared grass back yard
- driveway with off-street parking spaces for two cars (tandem)
- central air conditioning, natural gas heat
- real hardwood floors, central vacuumm

Who we are:

Brynn: female, 33 years old, geek, pagan, poly, gamer (video games, RPGs, LARPs), acupuncturist and molecular biologist, once and future biker (once my motorcycle gets repaired), Significant Other of Jeff

Jeff: male, 39 years old, geek, poly, gamer (video games, RPGs, LARPS), customer service provider, likes comics and heavy metal (on headphones), Significant Other of Brynn

Matt: male, 25 years old, geek, gamer (video games), software engineer, likes movies including anything by Pixar or Tarentino

Who you are:
A professional/student who thinks the aforementioned people would be neat to live with.

Anyone who is interested should e-mail me at bykerdragon@gmail.com or call me at 617-383-4455.

Looking for kefir grains

[herbert42.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about trying to make my own kefir and am looking to get some of the grains to start it. I know you can buy these from a place online, but I'd prefer to get them for free/trade from someone that has some going.

On offer for trade is a split of my King Arthur sourdough starter and/or a loaf of fresh baked bread.

Bike Friday this, er, Friday

[ceo]

I haven't seen any publicity about this, but this coming Friday is the second Bike Friday of the summer. This is Boston's monthly bike commuter party at City Hall Plaza, with free breakfast and coffee and a bike expo with live music, and they run guided bike convoys from various places. The Cambridge convoy leaves Davis at 7:00 am, and the Lexington/Arlington one stops in Davis at 7:40, both at the Holland St entrance to the T station.

They would like you to register (at the link above), but I don't think it's a problem if you don't.