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Self-Care at Home
In light of everything going on in the world around us, it's now more important than ever to practice self-care. Today I wanted to share some of my all-time favorite self-care essentials.
Let's start by highlighting my favorite beauty essentials. If you're like me, you want to look "golden" even when going to the beach is not an option. I love self-tanner, especially tanning water. To keep your skin nice and healthy make sure to use your favorite hydrating cream often! Hydrated skin is glowy skin and who doesn't love that? For extra hydration, try glow spray or serum for a natural glowy look at home.
Another way to achieve that "glowy" look is with my favorite DIY sugar scrub. It's super easy, smells great and makes your skin so soft! You only need a few simple household ingredients; 2 cups of Brown sugar, 1 cup of solid coconut oil and any other extra additions, for example, essential oils or vanilla extract.
To make your DIY sugar scrub follow these two simple instructions:
- Stir together the brown sugar, coconut oil, and your essential oils or vanilla extract until the mixture appears smooth.
- Now your sugar scrub is complete and you're ready for an at-home spa day! Make sure to store the scrub in an airtight container. This scrub will last for weeks.
While practicing social distancing you should still try to keep your normal routines, and that includes doing your hair. For effortless waves or a beachy look, try a wavy spray or sea-salt spray to change things up. Another way to change up your look is with hair accessories! I've personally been obsessed with headbands, hair clips and printed scrunchies. You can elevate a simple look real quick with these trendy accessories.
I hope you enjoy these easy self-care tips and my favorite DIY to do while at home.
Blog By: Grace Myler | @gracemyler
How to Repurpose Your Styles
Hey girl! Do you have a few favorite pieces in your closet that you would wear over and over if you could, but you don't want to repeat the same outfits? I feel you! Here are some ways that you can start repurposing and wearing your favorite pieces in many different ways!
The Classic Hoodie:
Who doesn't love wearing a hoodie all day, every day? If you're the type who only thinks of wearing leggings with your hoodies, I'm here to change your mind! There are so many cute trendy ways to style a hoodie, but here are a few of my favorites:
- Layers - Wear a hoodie under a classy knee-length jacket or jean jacket. Then for bottoms, I'd go with a pair of your everyday boyfriend jeans or leggings!
- Athleisure Wear - Matching sets of sweatpants and hoodies are so in right now and they're also super comfy when paired together!
- Oversized - Looking for a laidback, but put-together look? Grab your oversized hoodie, boyfriend jeans, chunky sneaks, and you're ready for a day with your girlfriends! Or, for more of a spring option, swap out the boyfriend jeans for biker shorts.
Doc Martens/Lace-Up Boots:
Are you a doc's girl? I recently got a pair of off-brand white lace-up boots that I'm in LOVE with! I was unsure at first if I could pull off these statement boots, but I love how classy and stylish they make my outfits look. If you are into wearing chunky boots, then girl, here are a few looks you can pull off wearing the same statement boots:
- Rolled Mom Jeans - This is such a classic look that you can't go wrong with. Plus, your options for tops are basically endless! A dainty blouse, a graphic tee, or a chunky sweater, anything works!
- Dressed-Up Doc's - Now what a spicy, yet girly look! What's more trendy than a flirty dress with some statement boots?
- Midi Skirt and Tee - Start by finding your favorite oversized tee and tucking it into a midi skirt, then just add your boots, and you're golden!
The Favorite Midi Dress:
Do you have a few midi-dresses in your closet that you feel like you can only wear them during the spring or summer? Well, girl, it's time to pull out your dresses and mix it up!
- Turtlenecks, Turtlenecks, Turtlenecks - If it's still chilly where you are, pair a neutral-colored or mesh long sleeve or turtleneck under your dress. I promise it looks stunning and it's so simple!
- Sneaks & a Dress - Who doesn't have a pair of old chucks hiding in the back of your closet? It's an easy throw-together outfit because it's so basic, but it's still always cute and trendy!
Did this help you? I hope now you can look at your closet with a pair of fresh eyes and are inspired to find all the new ways you can repurpose your favorite pieces in different ways!
Blog By: Taiya Maddison | @taiyamaddison
Sustainable Spring Styles
Spring is fast approaching, which means that it's time to swap your winter wear out for some fresh spring styles! Going to secondhand stores and thrift stores is my favorite way to revamp my wardrobe, for the new season, without spending too much money. I recently took a trip to my local Plato's Closet and picked up some adorable items that are perfect for this upcoming season. I had so much fun styling these pieces and I hope they provide some spring outfit inspiration!
Outfit 1:
For this first look, I picked up this bright pink sweater for only $6! Spring is the perfect time to step outside of your usual color comfort zone and rock some super bright pieces! I also found this adorable mint green purse for just $10, which was originally from TopShop. The pastel green and classy pearl details make this purse the perfect addition to any spring look.
Outfit 2:
Although spring brings a little bit of warm weather, those chilly breezes may require you to do some layering. I picked up this white cardigan, that was originally from Hollister, for only $14 at Plato's Closet! I love how cozy and warm it is and it's perfect to throw on over any floral dress. A white cardigan is definitely a spring essential!
Outfit 3:
Can you guys believe that I thrifted everything in this outfit (except the purse) from Plato's Closet?! I got this cute graphic tee shirt for only $6 and then these green linen pants for $12! The earth tones and linen make this the perfect spring look. I topped it off with these Sam Edelman sandals that I also picked up for only $10. Lastly, I added a straw bag to complete this laidback spring look.
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As the weather slowly warms up, jean skirts are a great addition to any wardrobe. Plus, the little details make it more interesting and unique compared to a typical jean skirt. For this look, I paired this studded jean skirt, that I found for $6, with a white tee and a red bag to pull out the embroidery on the shirt.
I hope you guys can find some inspiration in these spring looks! Just remember that you don't have to splurge on a new wardrobe every season! Thrifting is an affordable, sustainable, and fun way to revamp your wardrobe!
Blog By: Ember Sierra | @essentiallyember
Trendy, Effortless School Outfits
Hey girl! Are you getting tired of repeating the same outfits over and over for school? Wanting some new inspo and some new ways to pair your clothes for effortless school looks? I got you! In this post, I'll be sharing with you my top 3 school looks!
Outfit 1 | Black + Nude Tones Together Always
Do you have a pair of favorite black jeans sitting in your closet? Do you also have a nude/creme/brown top? Pair them together and see what happens! I love pairing my black denim jeans with tops like this light brown, button-up cardigan. I've also layered a cheetah top under the cardigan so the top of the shirt showed. A cardigan like this is perfect for an easy school look because you can wear it in so many ways! For the colder days, I paired a brown turtleneck under the cardigan and I got so many compliments!
Outfit 2 | Oversized Sweatshirts Every Day
Have you ever felt you couldn't wear a sweatshirt to school because it was too oversized or not cute enough? Well if so, I'm here to change your mind! For a comfy, casual look, simply roll the sleeves up on your sweatshirt twice, tuck one side into your favorite pair of jeans, and put on your favorite sneakers. Lastly, layer it with some gold necklaces for that effortless "fashion blogger" look. I found this secondhand grey sweatshirt for only $10 and I've been wearing it more than anything else in my closet right now!
Outfit 3 | Layering Your Favorite Cami
This next look if for you if you have a bunch of cute cami tops in your closet that you rarely get to wear because of school dress codes! Just grab a white tee or a plain colored long sleeve, and layer it underneath! This is one of my go-to outfits for school if I want more of a dressed-up look! It looks super put together, but it really doesn't require a lot of effort!
*Style Tip: Cropped and oversized zip-up hoodies are also in! Throw one over any outfit for a comfy-cozy look!
What did you think of my effortless school looks? I hope these outfits give you some ideas on how to style yourself for school without breaking the bank! As always, thanks for reading!
Blog By: Taiya Maddison | @taiyamaddison
Sweet Valentine's Day Outfits
Who doesn't love getting chocolate and cute teddy bears? Whether you're celebrating Valentine's Day with your significant other or celebrating with the girls, you want to look your best. I've put together 3 fun and different outfits to help inspire your Valentine's Day outfit.
Outfit 1:
For my first outfit, I chose to wear a basic white long sleeve under a fun red slip dress. To accessorize this outfit, I wore my favorite black boots paired with a matching belt, a layered necklace, and pearl hair clip. This is the perfect Valentine's Day outfit for a date night with your special someone! I love this outfit because you can still stay comfortable and warm while still dressing to impress!
Outfit 2:
"Donut" you love a good sweater? All jokes aside, this outfit is perfect for a casual date or for hanging out with your girlfriends on Valentine's Day. You can achieve this look with any sweater and your favorite pair of jeans. If you're looking to achieve a Valentine's Day look, you can't go wrong with a red or pink sweater.
Outfit 3:
Lastly, if you're looking for the perfect Galentine's outfit this one's for you! To recreate this look, simply pair any Valentine's-themed graphic tee with your favorite ripped jeans and sneakers and then you're ready to go! For this outfit, I decided to wear my favorite distressed "love" tee! I had fun with this outfit and will definitely be wearing it to celebrate with my BFF!
Whether you're celebrating with your special someone or best girlfriends, I hope these outfits give you inspiration for this Valentine's Day!
Blog By: Grace Myler | @gracemyler


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If you attended public school in North Carolina in the last twenty years, the Healing Force quite likely contributed to your education. Formed by "Baba" Joseph and Gail Anderson in the late '70s, the familial unit created curriculum that combined story telling, lesson learning, and African drumming into one assembly-worthy affair. Although their most enduring selection "Funga Alafia," can be sung in unison by pupils from Murphy to Manteo, Joseph's musical career started decades earlier at Harlem's Apollo Theatre.
A recent transplant to New York City from Jacksonville, Florida, Anderson's swampy accent frustrated notorious manager and music mogul Clarence Avant, whose only advice to the self described country boy in 1963 was "Go, live, and then come back." When he did, he swept the Apollo's notorious amateur night contest four weeks in a row, singing Tommy Hunt's "Human." On the strength of his performance, he was invited to join the Apollo's in-house theater company, Listen My Brother, where he met his future wife and Winston-Salem native, Gail.
Two records materialized on Ben E. King's Atlantic subsidiary, Heidi, giving the world "So Glad" b/w "How Long Will It Last" and "I Can't get Enough of You" b/w "Don't You Know." Before the end of the '60s, the couple left Listen My Brother (Just missing the arrival of Luther Vandross) to form the message music duet, Deuzez (pronounced: Deuces).
The possibility of getting back into commercial R&B music was appealing to Anderson, who had since gained employment driving a gypsy cab. A songwriter and ally David Jordan penned a few love songs for Anderson, which found favor with disco foundry Buddah Records, who minted "(Your Love) Gives Me Fever" b/w "Forever Grateful" on 45. Sung in an Isley fashion and brandishing the disco badge of honor that is "A Tom Moulton Mix", the record was projected to be a modest hit for the reinvigorated singer. "You and I" followed later in the year, but a series of Payola investigations and Buddha's dodgy mob ties sent the Anderson's for Gail's hometown of Winston-Salem in 1976, abandoning pop music for good.
The Healing Force started with Joe and Gail, and incorporated their growing family as the years went on. Their live show has changed very little over the years, and "Funga Alafia" is still the group's signature song. It is a Yoruba chant whose lyrics "Funga alafia/ashe ashe" translate loosely into "I welcome you into my heart/amen amen." Perhaps it is the call-and-reponse attributes of the West African folk song that resonates with young people so well. The way it is sung with a smile, or the simple and positive message it impresses upon young minds. Whatever it is, "Funga Alafia" is part of our shared history as North Carolina public school alums, and we are no doubt better adults, friends, and neighbors for it.
From the cassette The Rhythm of the Drum (1996) "Funga" by the Healing Force

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This information is taken from Biological Report #18 of the Minnesota Natural Heritage and Nongame Wildlife Programs, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; prepared in cooperation with the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Minnesota dwarf trout lily is an endangered species. Endangered species are animals and plants that are in danger of becoming extinct. Identifying, protecting, and restoring endangered and threatened species is the primary objective of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species program.
What is the Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily?
The dwarf trout lily occurs on fewer than 600 acres of woodland habitat, rich slopes dominated by maple and basswood and adjoining floodplains dominated by elm and cottonwood. Like spring beauties and dutchman's breeches, trout lilies are "spring ephemerals," adapted to flower and grow before the deciduous trees develop their leaves. When summer shade darkens the forest floor these plants have already bloomed, generated their food reserves for the coming year and lost their leaves.
Why Is the Dwarf Trout Lily Rare?
The rarity of the dwarf trout lily is probably partially explained by its unusual mode of reproduction. Trout lilies often reproduce by producing offset runners. It was formerly believed that dwarf trout lilies did not set seed and that populations increased only when each flowering plant produced one runner with a new bulb. However, recent studies show that population increase is sometimes too rapid to be accounted for only by a single runner borne on flowering plants. Many populations set seed, but seed viability remains unknown at present, nor do we know whether the seeds will produce dwarf trout lilies or hybrids with common white trout lilies. Some known dwarf trout lily colonies are almost exclusively dominated by large beds of sterile leaves.
The origin of the Minnesota dwarf trout lily is not fully known, but genetic research suggests it evolved from the white trout lily shortly after the last glaciation. It is likely that the plants were spread by floodwaters uprooting them from an original location somewhere on the uplands between the Cannon and Zumbro rivers. Torn loose from their original habitat, these plants would have been redeposited on slopes and floodplains downstream. Perhaps this mode of dispersion explains the plant's limited geographic distribution at elevations of 960 to 1000 feet within the Cannon River watershed and tributaries.
How is the Dwarf Trout Lily Endangered?
The dwarf trout lily was listed as a federally endangered species because it is jeopardized with the possibility of extinction. This is a plant that has probably always been rare; it is presently known to occur in only three counties in Minnesota. Such a narrow range allows little leeway for a wild species to adapt to new threats or changing environmental conditions. Today housing developments, increased pressure for recreational land use, abnormal flower development and the challenge of controlling expanding populations of exotic invasives like garlic mustard increase the chances that the few remaining populations could be destroyed.
In addition to direct destruction of plants by human activities, increased conversion of floodplains to cropland reduces the probability that plants dislodged by upstream floodwaters will find suitable downstream habitat. Disturbance of uphill areas can cause erosion and siltation in areas where the lilies occur.
Why Be Concerned About the Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily?
Like all native species, the Minnesota dwarf trout lily has its own specific niche in the ecosystem and relationships to other plants and animals with which it lives. As such, it is a part of the whole, a part whose unknown utility is best expressed in the words of Wisconsin conservationist Aldo Leopold: "The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.
The Minnesota dwarf trout lily possesses a genetic and chemical makeup unlike that of any other plant. It is known to be most genetically similar to the closely related white trout lily from which it is believed to have evolved no more than 9000 years ago.
The unique genetic information in each species is potentially valuable to all of us. Alkaloids from many wild plants are active ingredients in medicines and other useful products. Loss of the dwarf trout lily would eliminate forever the potential for such benefits
What Does the Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily Look Like?
Photo by USFWS; Phil Delphey
There are three species of trout lily in Minnesota: the Minnesota dwarf trout lily, the white trout lily (Erythronium albidum), and the yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum). All are spring ephemerals. All have tapering green leaves lightly mottled with a greyish-white pattern. Huge patches of leaves with very few flowers are characteristic of trout lilies and are common in all three species.
The leaves of white trout lilies and dwarf trout lilies are very similar and often overlap in size. Therefore, it is difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish between species in large masses of leaves without flowers. However, flowering dwarf trout lilies are distinguished by the very small size of their flowers. Flowers of the dwarf trout lily are about the size of a dime or less, pale pink, with a variable number of perianth parts ("petals"). Most members of the lily family have 6 "petals", but dwarf trout lilies may have four, five or six. Typically, dwarf trout lily pedicels ("stems") are about the width of a pencil line, whereas those of white trout lilies are approximately 1 mm wide (closer to the diameter of string or a rubber band).
Where is the Dwarf Trout Lily protected?
Approximately half of the known dwarf trout lily sites are included in state Scientific and Natural Areas, sate or county parks or private preserves such as those of The Nature Conservancy.
A large number of dwarf trout lily populations occur on private land where farmers or other landowners have maintained the species by protecting its woodland habitat. many of these families have entered into a voluntary private registry program that acknowledges their role in preserving the state's rarest plant species.
How are Dwarf Trout Lily preserves managed?
The Minnesota dwarf trout lily's woodland habitat is a mature self-perpetuating forest ecosystem that requires little or no manipulation of the vegetation. For this reason most management activities are directed toward protecting dwarf trout lily colonies from erosion caused by upstream activities or from direct damage caused by human traffic. Preserves are closed to motorized traffic to prevent soil compaction or disturbance.
The boardwalk at Nerstrand Woods Sate Park was constructed to allow visitors to observe and photograph the Minnesota dwarf trout lily without disturbing colonies of this endangered plant.
A retaining wall was constructed to stabilize the bank of Prairie Creek at Nerstrand Woods State Park, where spring flood waters were undermining dwarf trout lily colonies.
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The Champaign Community Coalition agenda for February 14, 2018 All Goals Team Meeting is now available online. This meeting will be held in the Robeson Pavilion, Rooms A & B of the Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green Street in Champaign, at 3:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and participation is welcome and encouraged.
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I have made a similar stir fry before, but this time I experimented with different vegetables and spices and different method of cooking the fish. I do like the poaching method; it is just so stress free and it makes it very easy to control the cooking, especially if you prefer the salmon a bit pink in the middle. Sea salt flakes taste delicious on the fish and in my opinion it doesn't need any other seasoning (part from crushed pepper perhaps) next to the flavoursome noodles.
Simple noodle stir fry with poached salmon (serves two noodle needy people)
1 red onion, thinly sliced
half red chilli, finely sliced (add more if you can palate it, I can't!)
thumb size piece of ginger, grated
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 bok choy, sliced
1 telegraph cucumber, peeled, seeded and cut into thick slices
200 g bean sprouts
3 tbs kecap manis
sesame seeds, to taste
shichimi togarashi
sesame oil, to taste
300-400 g salmon file
sea salt flakes
crushed black pepper
Heat some oil in a frying pan or a wok and add the onion, chilli, ginger and garlic. Cook until the onion is soft. Add bok choy, cucumber and bean sprouts and cook until the vegetables have wilted. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Place the noodles in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Use fork to loosen the noodles, then rinse well. Add the noodles in the pan and season with kecap manis and sesame oil. Return the vegetables to the pan, add sesame seeds and shichimi togarashi and mix well.
Place the file of salmon in boiling water, cook for a few minutes or until cooked to desired point. Fork into smaller pieces, season with sea salt flakes and crushed pepper and serve with noodles.
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Simple noodle stir fry with poached salmon
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Erin Moran
Erin Moran is a former child star best known for her role on the hit 1970s-1980s sitcom, Happy Days. Moran went from one of the hottest young TV stars in the early 1980s until Happy Days was cancelled, at which point her career completely derailed until she attempted an-ill advised comeback on Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp nearly 25 years later. [Summaries of the Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp episodes may be found here.]
Erin Moran was born on October 18, 1960 in Burbank, California and broke into the acting business at a young age. As a 7-year-old child, she had a recurring role on the TV show, Daktari, appearing in 15 episodes during the fourth season of the show about a veterinarian running an animal study center in Africa. Moran followed up on this initial success with minor roles in several other TV shows, such as Death Valley Days, My Three Sons, Family Affair, Gunsmoke, and The Waltons. Moran also appeared in several motion pictures such as 80 Steps to Jonah, The Happy Ending, and Watermelon Man.
Moran's star was rising as she was becoming known as a child actress, leading to her being cast in her signature role as Joanie Cunningham on the long-running hit 1950's-era nostalgia sitcom, Happy Days, in 1974.
Happy Days was one of the most popular TV shows during its original airing of 11 seasons between 1974 and 1984. Moran was a regular on the show as the young teenage daughter of the Cunnginham family for all but the 10th season of the show, at which point she was cast in a lead role in the unsuccessful spin-off show, Joanie Loves Chachi.
Joanie Cunningham was a somewhat annoyed, yet wholesome, young woman on Happy Days and a popular character among American youths. Erin Moran must have thought that she was on top of the world by the early 1980s as she undoubtedly made millions during her time on Happy Days and became incredibly famous.
However, Moran was in for a rude awakening after Happy Days was cancelled in 1984 as her career quickly derailed. Moran appeared in two episodes of The Love Boat in 1985 and in an episode of Murder, She Wrote in 1986. Moran has appeared as herself in TV shows such as Hollywood Squares and in the movie Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. However, Moran had to wait 12 long years until 1998 until appearing in her next role other than as herself in a single episode of Diagnosis Murder. Unfortunately, her role in Diagnosis Murder did not reinvigorate her career as she must have thought it would.
With her back up against the wall, Moran made one last-ditch effort to return to the limelight by agreeing to appear in 2008's Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp. Moran also appeared in a single episode of Scott Baio Is 45... And Single the prior year, in 2007. Moran embarassed herself on Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp, coming across as almost as washed up as the poster child of washed up actors, Dustin Diamond. Moran was the only contestant on the show who didn't seem to take the show seriously as show lost only 3 pounds, a mere 2.4% of her body weight, during the show. Her lack of effort completely screwed over her own team, costing them a victory in a competition to lose weight and body fat. Her lackadaisical effort cost she and her three teammates about $150,000 in prizes, as I discuss in detail in the summary of the last episode of the season on which she appeared.
During Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp, Moran all but admitted that she didn't care about losing weight and claimed that she only came onto the show because she needed the money.
Her appearance on Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp did not reinvigorate her career the way she must have hoped it would. She did appear in minor roles in the TV movie Mother Goose Parade, the TV show The Bold and Beautiful, and the movie Not Another B Movie, in 2009-10. However, she has not had any other roles since 2010. She was rumored to be appearing in the fourth season of Arrested Development in 2013, although she did not end up appearing in the show.
As Moran's career floundered, it appears as though her personal life has also floundered, possibly as a result of burning many bridges while she was at the height of her career. Moran supposedly appeared on an episode of the Maury Povich Show and claimed that she was "molested" by several male cast members when she was on Happy Days. However, Moran neglected to corroborate these claims and she disappeared after a return from a commercial break. Moran later claimed that her own family, not any other actors, abused her.
Moran also joined in a lawsuit with several other former Happy Days cast members, claiming that they not been paid for merchandising revenues owed under their contracts. Moran eventually received a $65,000 settlement. Unfortunately, however, the windfall did not last long for Moran.
In 2012 it was reported that Moran was broke and lost her California home to foreclosure, forcing her to move in with her husband's mother-in-law in a trailer park in Indiana. It was also reported in 2012 that Moran flashed her saggy breasts while at a bar in 2012 and apparently nobody knew who she was! One of the bar's patron's reportedly said, "Who the heck is Erin Moran?"
Moran also supposedly really boozed things up, to the annoyance of her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law eventually decided that she had enough of Moran's "hard-partying ways" and kicked her out near the end of 2012, rendering Moran homeless, causing her to bounce from hotel-to-hotel.
There is apparently no love lost between Moran and her former Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi co-star Scott Baio. Baio stated that he knew about Moran's personal troubles, but did not want to help her. One can only speculate as to what Moran must have done to cause this lack of concern from Baio.
Erin Moran was once one of the most promising young actresses in Hollywood between the mid-1970s and hte mid-1980s. However, she apparently burned too many bridges and spent her money unwisely, resulting in her being essentially homeless and destitute today. Accordingly, there can be no doubt that she is one hell of a washed-up celebrity!


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Autobiography of composer Raymond Deane.
Full-length musical biography of composer John Buckley.
An analysis of Seóirse Bodley's musical settings of Goethe's poetry.
An analysis of Seóirse Bodley's Song Cycles on the Poems of Michael O'Siadhail.
The first in a series of biographical books on composers in Ireland.
The second in a series of biographical books on composers in Ireland.
Different Voices: Irish Music and Music in Ireland provides new insight into contemporary music in Ireland. Through twelve interviews with Irish or Ireland-based composers ranging in age from 26 to 80, the book delves into the compositional and stylistic eclecticism of Irish music.
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An anthology of six short and attractive pieces by some Ireland's leading composers. An ideal introduction for children to contemporary music.


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I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with a grandmother named Angelita. She has been using micro-finance for the last 15 years. I thought she would have some interesting things to say about micro finance.
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Leo Della-Moretta is a former Captain in the US Army where he served as an Infantry and Logistics Corps officer. He has lived in 10 countries on four continents, speaks Spanish fluently, an adequate amount of Italian, and basic French with a horrible accent. Leo attended college at the University of Kansas where he studied Political Science and International Studies. Upon graduation he entered the US Army and is a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and has served as a peacekeeper with the Multinational Force and Observers in Sinai, Egypt. In between his trips to the Middle East Leo lived in Europe where he grew to love smelly cheese and developed an aversion to ice in his drinks. He is interested to see how Kiva's capital distribution system can improve the economic security of people around the world and is particularly interested to see it's positive effects on women's empowerment. He will be attending an MBA program in Europe in the fall of 2013.


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O`Henry Museum is a place of kind Building belonging to the County of ( Travis ).
The closest populated place is that of Austin that is0.43 miles far from O`Henry Museum.
O`Henry Museum is also 0.85 miles far from the closest airport or heliport, the Capitol National Bank Building Heliport .
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The Zip Code of O`Henry Museum is 73301.
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Evgeni Malkin has points in 8 of 10 visits to ACC (3g, 17pts). Overall, he has 12 multi-point games in 21 meetings vs. Leafs
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Farmingdale State - 4, RPI - 2
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Farmingdale State scored three runs in the first inning en route to a 4-2 victory over RPI in the 2013 Spring Classic this afternoon. The Rams improved to 3-5 on the season, while the Engineers fell to 0-1.
Sophomore second baseman Tom Rydzewski (Franklin Square, N.Y.) led off the bottom of the first with a double down the left field line and advanced to third on a bunt single by sophomore left fielder Mike Scarlato (Holbrook, N.Y.). After Mike Marino (Franklin Square, N.Y.) was hit by a pitch to load the bases, sophomore designated hitter Ryan Levine (West Babylon, N.Y.) hit a 2 RBI single up the middle to give Farmingdale State a 2-0 lead. The Rams increased their lead to 3-0 on an RBI single to left field by freshman third baseman Jorge Ruiz (Shirley, N.Y.).
In the bottom of the sixth, Farmingdale State increased the advantage to 4-0 on a Ruiz RBI single to shortstop which scored Terrence Bohonan (Patchogue, N.Y.)
RPI senior first baseman Chuck Erickson (Mansfield, Mass.) cut the deficit in half with a 2 RBI ground rule double in the top of the ninth inning. Farmingdale State junior pitcher Chris Dragone (Hicksville, N.Y.) forced the final two outs in relief to cap off the 4-2 victory.
Junior starting pitcher James Powers (Jamesport, N.Y.) earned the win after tossing five hitless innings with eight strikeouts.
Levine was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, while Rydzewski had two hits and a run scored. Ruiz was 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs batted in for the Rams.
Farmingdale State will host #1 Wheaton College tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.


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We had a great day on Saturday. Love full days that are full of fun! Ben spent the night at Evan's house so he wasn't around in the morning but Kate was so she got to work on her 100 day project. She is so excited about the 100th day of school this week so she couldn't wait to do her project. I will share the completed project later in the week but know it is awesome!
Saturday night we met the Cabras for dinner and the Havoc game. It was a crazy night full of lots of laughs. Nothing quite seemed to go our way but we made the best of it and laughed. Dinner was a giant debacle but I won't go into that! We made it to the hockey game which was lots of fun.


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Annual, perennial herb, shrubs, generally bristly or sharply hairy
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves cauline, often with basal rosette, generally simple, alternate; lower sometimes opposite, entire
Inflorescence: cyme, generally elongate, panicle-, raceme- or spike-like, coiled in flower, generally uncoiled in fruit or flowers 12 per axil
Flowers generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals 5, free or fused in lower half; corolla 5-lobed, generally salverform, top of tube generally appendaged, appendages 5, alternating with stamens, sometimes arching over tube; stamens 5, epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed, style generally entire
Fruit: nutlets 14, smooth to variously roughened, sometimes prickly or bristled
Genera in family: ± 100 genera, ± 2000 species: tropical, temp, especially w North America, Medit; some cultivated (Borago, Echium, Myosotis, Symphytum ).
Almost all genera may be TOXIC from alkaloids or accumulated nitrates
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Hydrophyllaceae [Olmsted et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96112]
Family description, key to genera by Timothy C. Messick.
Annual, perennial herb, generally strigose
Stem prostrate to erect, branched at base or above, < 5 dm
Leaves simple, 0.510 cm, generally smaller upward; all cauline (lower opposite, linear to oblong, upper generally alternate) or both basal (often in rosettes) and cauline (alternate, linear to oblanceolate)
Inflorescence: raceme or spike, coiled in bud, generally elongate in fruit; bracts 0many; pedicels generally 01 mm
Flower bisexual; sepals fused below middle, 210 mm in fruit; corolla 112 mm wide, all white or yellow inside tube
Fruit: nutlets generally 4, 13.5 mm; back generally with midrib, lateral ribs, cross-ribs, interspaces, generally tubercled, sometimes prickled or bristled; scar generally lateral (on side) near middle or base, sometimes basal (on bottom) or oblique (between side and bottom), sometimes on a stalk or short peg, generally ovate to triangular
Species in genus: ± 65 species: temp w North America, w South America
Etymology: (Greek: sideways pit, from position of nutlet attachment scar)
Reference: [Higgins 1974 Great Basin Natur 34(2):161166; Johnson 1932 Contr Arnold Abroretum 3:1102]
Fully mature nutlets critical for identification; intergradation common in some species groups; sect. Allocarya often treated as a separate genus; many species need further study.
Annual; hairs stiff, spreading; sap purpleSee the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Stem decumbent to erect, 0.52 dm
Leaves: basal in loose rosette, 12 cm; cauline alternate
Inflorescence bracted throughout
Flower: calyx 22.5 mm, hairs minutely hooked at tip; corolla 1.52 mm wide
Fruit: nutlet 11.3 mm, widely ovoid; midrib, lateral ribs narrow; cross-ribs wide, irregular; interspaces narrow; scar lateral near middle, ± round
Ecology: UNCOMMON. Canyon sides, chaparral
Elevation: 300600 m.
Bioregional distribution: n South Coast Ranges (Gabilan Range, Santa Lucia Mtns).


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Back in November, it was revealed that Meek Mill was forced to miss his own release party for his album Dreams and Nightmares after Philadelphia police detained the emcee with no charges. Now, in a recent report from HipHopWired, it looks like Meek is looking for a little compensation in the matter.
Meek Mill, born Robert Williams, is apparently suing police officers Andre Boyer and Michael Varga and the city of Philadelphia over the nine-hour ordeal. He is suing for a litany of charges, including false imprisonment, civil rights violations, civil conspiracy and invasion of privacy.
The Maybach Music Group rhymer is seeking punative damages in the case.
"On October 31, 2012, at approximately 7:30 p.m., plaintiff was driving a Range Rover SUV when Philadelphia Police Officers Andre Boyer and Michael Vargas, without cause or justification, conducted a motor vehicle stop," the complaint reads. "Following the vehicle stop, police officers Boyer and Vargas handcuffed plaintiff at the scene, transported him in custody to the 22nd Police District, took photographs of plaintiff which the officers posted and published…on Instagram and other social media websites, depicting plaintiff in police custody…without being charged with any criminal activity and having caused plaintiff to miss a scheduled promotional appearance in Atlanta, Georgia."
DX will keep you updated as more information comes to light in the case.
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Linux Alternatives to Windows Software
Submitted by chadm on Wed, 2006-12-13 23:26.
I've always intended Linux App Finder to have a section where you can start with a Windows app to find an alternative that runs on Linux, and I'm pleased to announce that it's complete. Click over to the Windows section to check it out.
There is a good list of Windows titles there now, but anyone who's logged in can add new ones. In addition to the Windows list itself, links appear just under the tags on a Linux app's page to show what Windows software it is an alternative to.


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July 5, 2000
Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today wrote to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright with recommendations for a stronger U.S. government response to the Muslim-Christian violence wracking Indonesia's Maluku Islands, formerly know as the Spice Islands. The violence has reportedly killed at least 3,000 people in the past year. The text of the letter follows below:
The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20520
Dear Secretary Albright:
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom is gravely concerned about the current communal violence in the Malukus region of Indonesia. There are reports that at least 3,000 Muslims and Christians have been killed since the outbreak of violence in January 1999, and hundreds are believed to have died in the last two weeks. The situation worsens as the killing continues and supplies of food and medicine reportedly dwindle in the region.
The Commission is particularly concerned because there is evidence to suggest that the Indonesian government is tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom such as murder, forced mass resettlement, and torture. There appears to be little question but that the targets and victims of such violence are selected on the basis of their religion. Moreover, places of worship have been primary targets for destruction.
The Commission is aware that the Administration and you personally have spoken out in response to the recent violence, and have sought, in our bilateral relations with Indonesia, to support President Wahid in his efforts to control the unrest. However, the Commission believes that the serious escalation of violence in the Malukus in recent weeks requires a more energetic response on the part of the United States.
The Commission respectfully recommends that the United States Government: 1) use all diplomatic means at its disposal to encourage the Indonesian government to stop the violence and to investigate and prosecute those responsible; 2) provide whatever assistance is necessary to help the Indonesian government in these efforts as well as to alleviate the humanitarian situation; 3) monitor closely the implementation of the state of civil emergency in the Malukus that President Wahid declared on June 25, 2000; and 4) if the Indonesian government is unable to control the violence, press for the deployment of an international peacekeeping force, as was done in East Timor.
The efforts undertaken so far by the Indonesian government have been inadequate to quell the violence. Moreover, there is evidence to suggest that the government can do more, but is unable or unwilling to do so. There are reports that members of the Indonesian security forces in the Malukus have taken sides in the fighting between Muslims and Christians; some have participated in the fighting while others may have supplied weapons to the combatants. The so-called "Lasker Jihad" group, led by Jaffar Umar Thalib, has for a number of weeks openly called for violence against Christians in the Malukus. Thousands of the Lasker group have been able to travel, and ship weapons, to the Malukus despite the government's announcement of a blockade of the region.
Because the Commission has been denied access to cable traffic with any U.S. embassy, including the one in Jakarta, we would appreciate additional information from the Department regarding:
are there factions within the military encouraging or participating in the violence and, if so, at what level of the military hierarchy; has the military failed to carry out any of President Wahid's orders in relation to the situation in the Malukus?
what is the Indonesian government doing to ensure the neutrality and effectiveness of the security forces in the Malukus, and to control outside provocateurs and paramilitary groups?
what legal power does President Wahid possess that would allow him to respond more effectively to the violence, and is he able as a political matter to carry out his full legal powers?
are investigations and prosecutions taking place with respect to previous incidents of violence?
are sophisticated weapons being used in the violent attacks, and, if so, where are the weapons coming from?
has the Indonesian government been able to do more to stop communal violence in other situations, such as Aceh or East Timor?
what has the Indonesian government done to promote tolerance among Christians and Muslims?
The Commission fully appreciates the enormously difficult situation confronting President Wahid and the obstacles facing him and Indonesia in that country's transition to democracy, and in the struggle for human rights and religious freedom there. In that context it is all the more important to urge that whatever measures the Indonesian government takes to prevent further violence are consistent with democratic principles and international humanitarian and human rights standards.
The Commission will continue to monitor closely events in the Malukus, and we appreciate your consideration of our recommendations and our request for information. Thank you for your close attention to this urgent matter and your continuing support for religious freedom in Indonesia.
Respectfully yours,
Elliott Abrams
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to monitor the status of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief abroad, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international instruments, and to give independent policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and the Congress.
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The first thing that comes to mind is the pizookie by BJ's Restaurant. So I decided to turn this samoa cookie into a Samoa Pizookie for my boyfriend.
He loved the results. I made it twice now, and each time he and I would eat it all up. =]
Samoa Pizookie (aka Caramel de-Lites)
For Cookie Base:
1/2 stick of butter, soft
1/8 cup sugar
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
up to 1/2 tbsp milk
For Coconut Topping:
1 cup shredded coconut (sweetened)
4-oz good-quality chewy caramels
1/8 tsp salt
1 tbsp milk
3 oz. dark or semisweet chocolate (chocolate chips are ok)
1 cup shredded coconut (sweetened)
4-oz good-quality chewy caramels
1/8 tsp salt
1 tbsp milk
3 oz. dark or semisweet chocolate (chocolate chips are ok)
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Spread coconut evenly on a parchment-lined baking sheet (preferably one with sides) and toast 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes, until coconut is golden. Be careful not to burn the coconut! Check frequently to make sure it's not getting too toasted. Cool on baking sheet, stirring occasionally. Set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Mix in flour, baking powder and salt at a low speed, followed by the vanilla and milk, adding in the milk as needed to make the dough come together without being sticky (add the milk a bit at a time — you may not need much, or any at all). The dough should come together into a soft, not-too-sticky ball. Add in a bit of extra flour if your dough is very sticky.
4. Roll the dough into an 8 inch diameter circle. Spray an 8 inch cast iron skillet with pam (vegetable spray). Place it into the cast iron skillet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
5. While the cookie is baking with 5 to 7 minutes left, unwrap the caramels and place in a saucepan. Melt the caramels with milk and salt on the stove-top over low-medium heat. When smooth, fold in toasted coconut with a spatula.
6. Remove the cookie from the oven, and spread the coconut caramel mixture all over the cookie.
7. Melt the chocolate in the microwave (or double boiler), and drizzle all over the top of the coconut caramel mixture.
8. Serve with 3 giant scoops of vanilla bean ice-cream. Sprinkle with some shredded coconuts if desired. Enjoy.


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Character Designer(s): Tetsuya Nomura & Roberto Ferrari
Quote from: Yggdrasil on June 24, 2013, 05:45:47 PMCharacter Designer(s): Tetsuya Nomura & Roberto Ferrari...wut?
Well, I've already seen people claiming that there are similarities between the cityscape seen in the trailers to real world Shinjuku. See here.I don't know, part of me things that sounds like a stretch but I don't really know these locals well enough to comment. But it doesn't seem to be as simple as they set the game in Tokyo or something. More like a parallel world or two overlapping worlds or something...
A fantasy based on reality... I'm actually curious as to what reality this is being based off of.


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Best to watch them all in order. You can catch up on episodes 1-15 here - http://www.youtube.com/user/RollToTheRescue/videosPrimeStriker wrote:With Prime on the threads for me, and I'm trying to learn more about the Aligned Continuity outside of WFC & Prime...I'll be watching Rescue Bots a bit more.
I only watched the Pilot, Flobster, and Bumblebee's episode.
And this guy has Episodes 14-19 - http://www.youtube.com/user/GeneralBri/videos
Though, episode 20 (yesterday's episode) seems to not yet be up for anyone.
Also, do note that the episode titled "Walk on the Wild Side" is really episode 6 instead of 8. The reason it aired as the eighth episode was due to it being pushed back to air on Earth Day weekend.
Here's an episode guide for the the correct viewing order of each episode:
1. Family of Heroes
2. Under Pressure
3. Hotshots
4. Flobsters on Parade
5. The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock
6. Walk on the Wild Side
7. Cody on Patrol
8. Four Bots and a Baby
9. Christmas in July
10. Deep Trouble
11. Return of the Dinobot
12. The Other Doctor
13. The Reign of Morocco
14. Small Blessings
15. The Griffin Rock Triangle
16. Rules and Regulations
17. The Lost Bell
18. Bumblebee to the Rescue
19. You've Been Squilshed
20. Countdown
The following have not yet aired on TV, and so aren't yet available.
21. The Haunting of Griffin Rock - airs July 28, 2012
22. Little White Lies - airs August 4, 2012
23. Shake Up - airs August 11, 2012
24. Rescue Boy - airs August 11, 2012
25. It's a Bot Time - airs August 18, 2012
26. Bot to the Future - airs August 18, 2012
Also, 8if you're looking to learn more about the Aligned continuity, have you taken to reading the novels yet?


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Forum addresses need to improve access to education
Some 100 representatives of colleges and universities, high schools, nonprofits and other organizations convened at Princeton for a major forum addressing the critical need to help disadvantaged youth gain access to and succeed in college.
The Nov. 9-10 forum, "Opening Doors and Paving the Way," was sponsored by the Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP) and the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Participants discussed challenges and best practices related to helping low-income and minority students prepare for admission to selective colleges and universities. They also took steps toward establishing a national network of programs and professionals that work to assist disadvantaged but promising students.
"The wide range of programs across the country that are working to increase both college preparation and access for underrepresented minorities suggests there is a lot of expertise that we can learn from," said Jason Klugman, program coordinator for PUPP, an intensive, three-year college preparation program for academically gifted high school students from economically disadvantaged families. Graduates of PUPP, which was founded in 2000, are now attending colleges and universities around the country, including Princeton.
"I've been asked many times about the goals and structure of PUPP by people who either do similar work or who are looking to launch similar efforts at their schools or in their communities," Klugman said. "By convening this forum we have been able to bring together individuals from a range of backgrounds, including well-established community-based programs, new initiatives at public and private universities, admissions, financial aid, student support and high school guidance counseling. Each one brings experience with initiatives that worked or challenges they've faced that can add to what the group knows. Over time, as we develop a professional network, we can build on this collaboration to support our own programming and our students."
Participants in the forum represented more than 70 institutions and programs from around the United States, as well as the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. They discussed themes such as: key components and goals of college-preparation programs; college admissions advising; partnerships between families and schools; and collaboration between educational institutions and philanthropic supporters. They also heard success stories from graduates of PUPP, the Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America's college preparation program and Prep for Prep, a program that develops the leadership potential of underrepresented students in New York City.
"The event confirmed that this is much more than a Princeton-specific challenge, but one that all selective colleges and universities must face and address," said Princeton faculty member Miguel Centeno, who founded PUPP.
A major goal of the forum was to initiate the publication of a "how-to" manual for educational institutions and other organizations to launch or improve college-preparation programs, as well as a paper "that will lay out a comprehensive argument for investment in these kinds of efforts," according to Klugman. The paper should be completed by the end of the year and the manual should be published by the spring, he said. They will be sent to forum participants and to representatives of colleges and universities around the country, in addition to being posted on the PUPP and Goldman Sachs Foundation websites.
"It's not enough to offer a two-day campus experience, a summer internship or an SAT preparation course. The work of most professionals in this field ranges broadly from home visits and one-on-one, long-term mentoring to extended, residential academic and cultural enrichment summer sessions," Klugman said. "We need to better inform colleges and universities about the experiences of these students in poor rural and urban communities who have extremely limited access to quality educational (and emotional or cultural) services."
Kim Ransom, director of the University of Chicago's Collegiate Scholars Program, said, "It is important for our organizations to become great evaluators of our efforts to prove what really works. The more we are able to come together in forums like this, the more connected we become. This conference broadened my network by leaps and bounds. I learned a great deal and walked away with countless ideas for practices, programming and funding.
"It was inspiring to see so many programs growing across the country and stretching across the globe," Ransom said. "If there is a 'glass ceiling' in terms of accessing selective colleges for underrepresented and low-income students, these universities are taking an active role in demystifying their campuses and providing access for these talented young people."
Stephanie Bell-Rose, founding president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, said the work performed by participants in the "Opening Doors" forum "is critically important to the future of our country and, in no small way, to the vitality of nations across the globe."
"The need for real leadership -- which is based on inclusion rather than power -- and for effective leaders is hardly confined to this nation or society alone. It is a global question, touching on matters of security and prosperity, as world events remind us continuously," she said. "The need to close the achievement gap affecting low-income, underrepresented students is thus a global issue."
The networking efforts initiated at the forum will be a key factor in helping to address this issue, Bell-Rose added.
"The problem we seek to address is simply too large for any one organization or any one process," she said. "It will take many approaches by a variety of organizations -- universities, nonprofit organizations and funders -- to have a significant impact. To advance achievement of our goals, collaboration can reduce inefficiencies and lost time."


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Anne Lingard (invited committee member)
Anne Lingard has been teaching full time in mid-Kent for well over 50 years – now teaching just professionals or qualifications in all the Dancesport faculties at her younger daughter's studios in Maidstone.
Always having been a very keen dance technician, Anne was appointed examiner in Ballroom and Latin American in 1971 adding Sequence in 1977. She was then very much involved in the Disco 'explosion' in 1978 and co-chaired the Disco, Freestyle & Rock 'n' Roll Committee from its inception until it became an elected committee.
Anne also chaired the Ballroom Teachers' Committee for nearly 20 years from 1980 and organised and Compèred the four-a-year Ballroom and Latin Medallist Competitions for the Society.
Election to the Ballroom Committee came in 1982 and soon after Anne was appointed Secretary/Organiser for the Dancesport Faculties – continuing today with this job for the Modern Ballroom and Dancesport Faculties' Board.
Anne has a strong belief in the teaching of Formation Dancing in a school to promote team spirit and a feeling of loyalty. She has adjudicated Formation World and European Championships in many countries for many years. Anne has lectured on all Dancesport Faculty subjects, both in this country and world-wide.
Latterly Anne was appointed Senior International Dancesport Co-ordinator for the Society – a post that she held for 20 years until recently. This stimulating, interesting work took up much time during the last years and satisfied her missionary zeal in spreading the word of dance in many countries.
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In Mexico, practically every meal is accompanied by a stack of fresh warm corn tortillas, much in the way that bread is served here in America. As you eat, you can wrap whatever is on your plate in a fresh tortilla, and voilá, you have a taco.
Almost everything tastes good in a taco smothered with fresh salsa, and that goes for fish as well. Preparing fish tacos is much like preparing a sandwich; it's all in the assembly. For these fish tacos you will be preparing and then assembling the fish, the tortillas, the salsa, and the cabbage or lettuce.
Fish Tacos Recipe
- 1 lb of very fresh fish fillets - (Good fish for tacos are firm fish like swordfish or halibut)
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
- 1 doz corn tortillas (3 tortillas per person)
- Vegetable oil or butter (optional, depending on how you heat your tortillas)
- Salsa - (see Mango Salsa Recipe)
- 1 ripe Avocado
- Cabbage (or iceberg lettuce)
- Cider vinegar
- Salt
1 Prepare the salsa: Either use store bought or make your own. (See above link for Mango Salsa, which is especially good with fish.)
2 Prepare the cabbage and avocado: Thinly slice cabbage. Put in a small serving bowl. Sprinkle with cider vinegar (about a Tbsp) and salt (about a tsp). Mix in the vinegar and salt. Peel avocado and remove seed. Chop and reserve for later.
3 Heat the tortillas: Unless you have made fresh tortillas from scratch, you will need to soften them somehow. One way to easily soften and heat a tortilla to simply heat it in the microwave for 20-25 seconds on high heat, on top of a napkin or paper towel to absorb the moisture that is released. We often will heat two tortillas at once in the microwave, heating them for a total of 40 seconds.
Another way is to heat a well seasoned (black) large cast iron skillet to medium heat. Add a teaspoon of oil to the pan or spread a half a teaspoon of butter on one side of one tortilla. Place tortilla in the pan (butter side down if you are using butter).
As the tortilla sizzles, flip the tortilla with a spatula so that the other side gets some of the oil or butter from the pan. Continue to flip every 10-30 seconds until the tortillas begins to develop air pockets, about a minute. If the pan begins to smoke, lower the temperature.
You can skip the butter or oil if you wish and just heat the tortillas up on the skillet without them. We have found that the flavor of packaged tortillas benefits from heating them with a bit of oil.
Remove the tortilla from the pan and place it folded on a plate. If the pan is large enough you can prepare two or more tortillas at once. Continue until all the tortillas (estimate 3 per person) are cooked. Set aside.
4 Cook the fish: Rinse the fish fillets in cold water. Pat dry with a paper towel. Heat a large stick-free skillet to medium high heat. Add a couple of teaspoons of olive oil to the skillet. Place fish on skillet.
Cooking time depends on the thickness of the fillets. A thin fillet may take only one minute on each side to cook. A thicker fillet may take a couple of minutes. Fish should be still barely translucent when cooked.
Break off a piece and test if you are not sure. Do not overcook the fish. Remove from pan when done to a separate plate. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
5 Assemble the fish tacos: I think tacos are best when you assemble them yourself. Place the plate of tortillas, the plate of fish, the salsa, the cabbage, and the avocados on the table and let everyone assemble their own.
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Leadership: UConn Prof Joseph Helble Named Dean
Joseph J. Helble, professor of chemical engineering and a member of the environmental engineering program at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, has been named the twelfth dean of Thayer School. He will assume the appointment in September.
"I'm honored and excited to join the Thayer School of Engineering," Helble said upon the April 4 announcement. "The Thayer School and Dartmouth are well known for their strong commitments to research and teaching. I am particularly impressed by the ability of the Thayer faculty to blend the two by incorporating the latest research, both from their labs and from the scientific community, into the classroom."
"We are delighted that Joe Helble will be joining Thayer School as its next dean and as a member of its faculty," says Professor William Lotko, who has served as interim dean since July 2004. "It became clear during interviews that Joe's professional outlook and interests are well aligned with Thayer's aspirations and interdisciplinary style of engineering education and research. The broad consensus for his appointment among faculty, staff, students, overseers, and friends of Thayer School indicates not only that he is the right leader for the School today, but also that the School's various constituencies will be working together to ensure his success."
Helble earned his B.S. in chemical engineering at Lehigh University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at MIT in 1987. He joined the UConn faculty in 1995. As department head he increased the number of Ph.D. candidates and doubled undergraduate enrollments in chemical engineering. His research interests include air pollution and nanotechnology.
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Luke Coppen highlights a fascinatng article in two parts by James Hitchcock: The Failure of Liberal Catholicism which mainly deals with the US but is relevant to us.
Part One
Part Two
Why discontented liberals remain in a Church that continuously frustrates them is not easy to understand; it is not because of a belief in the Church's divine character. They sometimes cite the Eucharist as their reason for staying, but logically their principles require them to believe that Protestant eucharists are equally valid.
Being a Catholic is reduced to the lowest common denominator, as by an NCR reader who explains it thus—"Relationships that I simply could not continue in a practical way with the hundreds of people over all of these years," an explanation that could apply equally to professional organizations, alumni clubs, or groups of hobbyists. Another reader attends a "progressive" parish, "not because I need Catholicism to grow spiritually, but because this inclusive community nourishes me in ways I have not found elsewhere."
A feminist declares that "women don't need the Vatican. We don't need the bishops. That is the real threat." But in fact they do, because their identity is forged in obsessive rebellion against Church authority.
The repeated charge that those within the hierarchy are power-hungry is to a great extent an expression of the liberals' own obsession with power, which is a major reason why they remain in the Church. A woman recounted in the NCR that she had not attended church for a long time, until another feminist "helped me see the power in greeting people before Mass."


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States Use School Score Cards to Target Climate Problems
Accountability isn't just for academics anymore.
In 11 states, a new score card for high schools has been designed to measure school climate in an attempt to put safety and discipline, student engagement, and students' connection to school on the same footing as their performance in mathematics and reading. The new report cards or indices—which must be posted online in an easy-to-find place—are based on a combination of student, staff-member, and parent perceptions of school climate and hard data on discipline, attendance, graduation, and dropout rates.
States are enacting the new measures with support from roughly $37 million in Safe and Supportive School—or S3—grants won three years ago from the U.S. Department of Education.
"This project has brought climate to the forefront," said Kim Schanock, a social worker at West High School in Green Bay, Wis. She oversees the S3 grant project for all four of the Green Bay district's high schools.
While schools there and across the country may already have been addressing climate-related issues to an extent, academic initiatives driven by student-achievement data have always taken precedence in the past.
Balancing Priorities
Especially as states tackle the implementation of the Common Core State Standards, the balance between addressing the conditions necessary for students to learn and what students are actually learning has become more difficult to strike. The S3 grants aim to eliminate the need to prioritize one or the other.
Winning states chose high schools—about 400 in all—at which to administer anonymous climate surveys that ask about a collection of issues, such as whether students feel there is an adult they connect with on campus, if students have experienced or witnessed bullying, and if they have used drugs or alcohol recently. The states are now using the bulk of the grant money to implement specific evidence-based interventions to address the problems revealed by the surveys and the data on student discipline and graduation rates collected from the schools. Schools will give the surveys at least until the grant ends next school year. Some will be able to query their students annually now that the survey instruments have been developed, and in many states, the surveys are now available for any school to use, albeit without the money to respond to the findings.
Anonymous school climate surveys are not new, nor is the separate tracking of school discipline statistics, though for years, the two sets of information were collected and circulated in independent orbits. Typically in the past, those data were used to inform officials about what needed to stop occurring at their schools or were collected but not acted on.
Eleven states were awarded federal Safe and Supportive School grants in 2010. They must spend 80 percent of their grant money on interventions at low-performing high schools to address concerns raised by school climate surveys and student-suspension and -behavior data.
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The Safe and Supportive School grant work is intended to help schools continue to dissuade students from making poor choices and behaving improperly, and also to promote measures that are working, said David Osher. He is the principal investigator at the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, which is overseeing the grant program, and a vice president of the American Institutes for Research, in Washington, where he is an expert on school climate.
"It's that subtle but not unimportant difference between not staying home [from school] because you're scared but wanting to be there because it's an exciting, supportive place," Mr. Osher said. "It's really understanding that what you want to do is create emotionally safe and supportive conditions in school so people work together better and learn better together."
In recent testimony before a U.S. House of Representatives committee about school safety, Mr. Osher noted that in the 3½ months since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., he has been collaborating with other branches of the federal Education Department that address school safety and emergency response.
"That work doesn't begin and end with preventing a horrible thing from happening," he said. When students feel comfortable talking to adults at their schools, they are more likely to share information about planned events of violence, episodes of bullying, and other issues that can affect school safety.
"This [grant program] was the first attempt at this benchmark—really measuring in some tangible way—school climate, and then blending that with incident data like attendance, referrals, suspensions, then saying, 'Here are areas that need to be addressed,' " said Sandy Keenan Williamson, the director of the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments.
Surprising Findings
The competitive S3 grants replaced larger, formula-based chunks of money that every state received in the past for enhancing school safety and drug prevention. Another indication of how much the federal government values school climate endeavors: In the plan to improve school and community safety that President Barack Obama unveiled after the Newtown shootings, he recommended a $50 million initiative to help 8,000 schools train teachers and other staff members to implement evidence-based strategies to improve school climate, among other proposals. The president said his administration also will devise a school climate survey designed to provide reliable data to help schools implement policies to improve climate.
A few of the 11 state S3 grantees have a long history of using a tool to measure student and staff perceptions of school climate, including California and Kansas. For other grant-winning states, such as West Virginia, the survey process was entirely new.
The states asked students, staff members, and parents an array of questions that were answered anonymously. The results factored into schools' climate scores and were the basis for interventions. Among the questions:
Answer one of the following:
not at all true, a little true, pretty much true, or very much true.
At my school, there is a teacher or some other adult ...
1. Who really cares about me.
2. Who tells me when I do a good job.
3. Who notices when I'm not there.
4. Who always wants me to do my best.
5. Who listens to me when I have something to say.
6. Who believes that I will be a success.
Answer strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree to the following:
1. Students in my school treat each other with respect.
2. Students have friends at school they can turn to if they have questions about homework.
3. Students have friends at school they can trust and talk to if they have problems.
4. Students generally work well with each other even if they're not in the same group of friends.
5. Students have friends at school to eat lunch with.
6. Students try to make new students feel welcome in the school.
Answer strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree to the following:
1. I feel safe…
__At this school.
__Going to and from this school.
2. How do you usually get to and from school?
__Ride the bus
__Ride in a car driven by a parent
__Drive yourself
At some participating schools, administrators suspected one thing was a problem yet found students saw something else to be an issue.
"There were a lot of surprises," said Andrea Alexander, the specialist for school climate initiatives in Maryland who oversees that state's S3 program. "People are learning things from this data."
A number of schools have found that problems are best addressed by instituting a formal anti-bullying program or training teachers in restorative practices to work on changing students' behavior. Many schools are adopting Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, or PBIS, which addresses both student behavior and students' engagement in school, or pieces of that approach.
Changing Policies
For example, in Maryland, Ms. Alexander said, some schools are taking cues from PBIS by asking teachers or other staff members to check in with particular students every morning to see how they are doing and do so again before school lets out. In other cases, teachers have been asked to mentor students who seem disengaged or disconnected. The grant provides money for a stipend for those teachers.
At schools in Arizona with large numbers of out-of-school suspensions and expulsions, administrators have changed their procedures to cut down on disciplinary actions that eject students from school.
"Suspensions were being handed out very loosely," said Jean Ajamie, the director of school safety and prevention for the Arizona education department, "as though that's going to change behavior and help that student." At these schools, the intervention—an overhaul of school disciplinary procedures—"is a reduction in the problem behavior of the administration."
Out-of-school suspension rates are dropping in some schools already, she said, a first step toward improving student engagement and, in the long run, academic performance.
At other schools, formal intervention efforts are being coupled with very small changes that administrators believe could have a profound effect on students' school experience—or that students have asked for specifically.
Students at one Louisiana high school, for example, reported that they simply wanted their teachers to occasionally offer them a smile, so now, teachers make a point to do that. At another, teachers occasionally send postcards to parents about positive school moments, connecting with those who are used to hearing nothing from the school or only hearing something when there's a problem.
Teachers in some of the Green Bay schools, Ms. Schanock said, are being trained in a classroom-management model, and school aides who monitor the hallways and cafeterias, escort students around campus, and stand watch in study halls are being trained in calming a situation in which a student may begin behaving improperly. The training was a direct result of a close examination of schools' out-of-school suspension data.
"Our most frontline staff often have the least training," Ms. Schanock said.
As a result of the grant program, some schools have also invested in additional supports for students moving from middle to high school, a time when many can become lost in the shuffle and begin skipping school, falling behind, and ultimately, dropping out.
Others have created youth-leadership teams to attract students who aren't naturally inclined to be involved in school activities.
"We wanted students [who were] experiencing specific barriers to their education," said Cyndy Erickson, a consultant to the Iowa education department who oversees state's grant. These teams may include teenage parents, students with disabilities, and students who had dropped out of school.
While every Iowa school involved in the program faces different issues, student engagement—or a lack of it—showed up as a factor nearly everywhere. The student teams can advise administrators about student needs, Ms. Erickson said, and simultaneously, they can build relationships with adults at their schools, another critical area of need illuminated by the climate surveys. And as in other states, schools are asking teachers to make an effort to get to know students better, greeting them in the morning and wading into the hallways during class changes.
"It's not necessarily a special program," she said. "It's just those simple things."
Vol. 32, Issue 26, Page 12Published in Print: March 27, 2013, as States' Score Cards Pinpoint Problems of School Climate
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