Year: 2011

That The Shalin Liu Performance Center was named after Shalin Liu, A Taiwanese-born philanthropist who donated $3 million toward the Rockport Chamber Music Festival concert hall, with a caveat that $500,000 of the gift be devoted to music education programs for students?   She is an avid concertgoer and supporter of the Center’s educational and outreach efforts.  Long before she had money to give away, she was reaching out to help others.  When she was an 18-year-old student in Taipei, she got word that a former classmate had lost a leg in an accident. She wrote to the son of Taiwan leader Chiang Kai-shek, who was running a government agency that focused on the young. She implored him to help the badly injured student. Her persistence paid off. The boy received an artificial leg and was able to walk again.

Lui attended Taiwan University, where she studied philosophy and literature. In 1973, she moved to the United States to pursue a master’s degree in Asian philosophy at Indiana University. She later moved to the Boston area where she raised a family and worked at Harvard University’s Harvard-Yenching Library and the Harvard Law School library.  Concern for the terminally ill motivated her to train as a hospice worker and work in nursing homes.  Her life is highlighted by big and small acts of kindness.  Her kindness has certainly greatly benefitted Cape Ann.  If you haven’t been to the Shalin Liu Performance Center yet, check out their upcoming performances and go to one.  It is one of the most beautiful performance spaces I have ever been to, and its right in our backyard.  Go to http://www.rcmf.org/newperformance.html for info.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Holiday Trash Collection Schedule for the week of January 17th
In observance of Martin Luther King Day, trash will not be picked up on Monday January 17th. Collection will be delayed one day.Monday trash & recycling will be collected Tuesday, January 18th
Tuesday trash & recycling will be collected Wednesday, January 19th
Wednesday trash & recycling will be collected Thursday, January 20th
Thursday trash & recycling will be collected Friday, January 21st
Friday trash & recycling will be collected Saturday, January 22nd

 

John Nesta’s view of Captain Joes

Maybe my idea of blogging is all wrong.

posting photos of Joey sitting on the toilet cost GMG a subscriber.

My sincere apologies for all who were offended! not really 🙂

Here’s a web page on ideas on how to blog.

http://www.artofblog.com/

Here’s one article from them;

Keeping the attention of a reader is important, especially if the reader is expected to convert.  There are four critical elements to getting and holding attention with copy: usefulness, conciseness, urgency, and a promise kept. 

Usefulness: What Does a Reader Want?

People do not tend to read texts or watch videos without a reason.  You need to give them that reason again and again.  This article starts with the main reason: keeping the attention of a reader, and it hits that point again and again.  You need to do the same thing with your writing by discovering what the reader wants to hear about and coming back to that point.

Here are a few ways to get a message across while constantly getting back to the focal point and providing useful information:

• Headings and sub-headings – These should be logically broken up but also offer a promise of value.  Headers that start with phrases like ‘how to…’ or ‘why… does/doesn’t work’ are great ideas because they provide useful answers to questions.
• Facts and figures – If there are any facts, figures, or projections, feel free to toss them in to drive home the point.  Be sure to quote sources and consider mixing facts and headings whenever practical.
• Anecdotes are nice, but they need to be tied in – keep them short and bring them right back to the point quickly.  Leave no dots that need to be connected as your readers may not want to connect the dots for you.
• Finally, be concise

Concise: Don’t Lose Your Readers

If there is one copywriting sin that I commit time and again, it is that I’m not concise enough.  This is a huge problem and it is one that loses readers.  To that end, do everything you can to tighten up your copy.  Re-read it again and again and chop out that which is not necessary.  I like to call this trimming the fat, and it is critical to keeping the attention of readers.

MASS HEALTH CARE LEADERS TO PARTICIPATE IN INNOVATIVE HEALTH CARE REFORM PANEL
Northeast Health System CEO Ken Hanover and MHA President Lynn Nicholas to discuss impacts of health care reform on area families, hospitals and communities
What: Health
Care Reform: What does the Changing Landscape Mean to Me and My Family? This innovative panel discussion centers on the impacts of health care reform on Massachusetts, the North Shore, hospitals and families. The expert panel features Northeast Health System President and CEO Ken Hanover and Massachusetts Hospital Association President and CEO Lynn Nicholas, who will discuss a variety of topics, including the current climate for hospitals, industry trends, issues driving

the cost of health care, and the future impacts of health care reform. The panel is moderated by Bob Hastings, executive director of the Cape Ann
Chamber of Commerce. Audience members will also have the opportunity to ask questions.
Note: the event is invitation only, and is open to the media.
Who: Ken Hanover, President and CEO of Northeast Health System
Lynn Nicholas, FACHE, President and CEO of Massachusetts Hospital Association
Bob Hastings, Executive Director of the Cape Ann
Chamber of Commerce (moderator)
Northeast Health System staff

When: Thursday, January 13th, 2011
6 to 8 p.m.

Where: Cruiseport Gloucester
6 Rowe Square
Gloucester, MA

About Northeast Health Foundation
Northeast Health Foundation is the fundraising arm of Northeast Health System, which is based in Beverly on Massachusetts’s North Shore. The Foundation works to build philanthropy for Beverly Hospital, Addison Gilbert Hospital, BayRidge Hospital, CAB Health & Recovery Services and Health & Education Services, Inc.–all not-for-profit affiliates of Northeast Health System. For more information please visit www.nh-foundation.org.

About Addison Gilbert Hospital
Addison Gilbert Hospital is a full service, medical/surgical acute care facility. The hospital, founded in 1889,
provides state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient care to residents of the Cape Ann community in specialties such as primary care, emergency services, radiology and mammography, cancer care, day surgery, physical and occupational therapy, gynecology, inpatient senior health services, and a variety of specialty physician services. Among all other Massachusetts hospitals, Addison Gilbert continues to score among the top hospitals in the nation for patient satisfaction in surveys conducted by Press Ganey Associates.

 

notte scatti

http://www.frontierogallery.com

 A walk down Main Street this morning during the Nor’easter.

Enjoy the video.

Stuck here in Fla and Sharon has the keys to GMG. Make me proud girl