2015’s Cities with the Most & Least Efficient Spending on Education
2015’s Cities with the Most & Least Efficient Spending on Education Boston is #66 on list for least efficient spending on education Cities with the Most Efficient Spending on Education Cities with the Least Efficient Spending on Education 1 Miami, FL 81 St. Paul, MN 2 Grand Rapids, MI 82 Syracuse, NY 3 Richmond, VA […]
Money and Earnings
The Great Recession was hard on all American families. But even as the economic recovery has begun to mend asset prices, not all households have benefited alike, and wealth inequality has widened along racial and ethnic lines. The median wealth of white households was 13 times the wealth of black households and 10 times that of Hispanic […]
YogaBox Everywhere?! Win FREE Class!
What can boxing do for you? The Fitness Magazine link below was ultimate stress reliever for Caroline McDavid-Seidner and helped her lose 115 pounds. What can yoga do for you? TEDxTalk yoga teacher used yoga to help criminals reconnect with themselves to find their way back to living with society. What about boxing and yoga as […]
Words That Mean Something Else in MA
22 Words that mean something totally different in Massachusetts than they do anywhere else from Movoto. Do you know what they mean? My personal favorite: #20 Packie Source: wikimedia user Fletcher6 What it means everywhere else: Something you do when your going on a trip. What it means in Massachusetts: Where you buy your booze […]
Shear Madness Holiday Schedule
Shear Madness Regular Schedule at the Charles Playhouse. Shear Madness is one of the most popular entertainments in the world, delighting audiences night after night with its unique blend of madcap improvisation and spine-tickling mystery. This unique comedy-whodunit takes place today in the “Shear Madness” hairstyling salon and is chock full of up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor. […]
Ice Skating at Boston Common Frog Pond
Ice Skating at Frog Pond! Where: Frog Pond When: 10:00 AM ending time varies by day Who: The whole family How: Just come, ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing Cost: Varies by height: 58 inches and Over: $5, under 58 inches free. Adult skate rental: $10, kid skate rentals $5 Open daily: Monday 10am-4pm, […]
What’$ Your Rate? How to get a mortgage book GIVEAWAY
I met Mark Maiocca at boxing. My gym is co-owned by a group of cousins who grew up Nonantum. He’s not a cousin but also grew up with this crew, hence he grew up boxing too. Mark Maiocca looks tough here but he’s really a nice guy! He’s usually in the gym training on the […]
High School Finalists in Math/Science Competition
SIEMENS FOUNDATION AND DISCOVERY EDUCATION CONVENE TOP INNOVATORS AND NEXT GENERATION OF STEM LEADERS FOR EXCLUSIVE WEBCAST EVENT — ‘Innovators Lounge,’ Hosted by CNN Anchor Fredricka Whitfield, Will Bring Together Student Scholars and Top Executives from Kiva.org, StreetLight Data, RISE and 3D Robotics for Live, Interactive Mentoring Event — WHAT: On Monday, December 8, the […]
How Do Artists Create? Make Do
If you are interested in artists’ process, here is a short documentary film (about 30 min.) by a young filmmaker, Brian Frank, who set out across the country to interview artists in different media about the idea of “Make do” in their work and processes. My friend, Lisa Rosowsky, is one of the people he interviewed, […]
Neighbors Recommend Wildlife Removal Service
Recently a neighbor asked for help in getting a wildlife removal service to remove a skunk living under her porch. Our neighborhood listserv kicked in and this is what they said: EHS (Environmental Health Services) for pest control 781-769-9111 and when we had skunks next door they recommended Bob Walsh (trapper) 781-727-0894 Waltham Pest for […]
