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Recipe: California BLT with Avocado and Basil Mayonnaise
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I'm a Los Angeles native, which means I have never owned a decent umbrella, I describe distances not in miles but in the number of minutes it takes to drive, and I believe sliced avocado belongs on a BLT. My first BLTA was probably at a diner — any Southern California diner worth its salt has at least an add-on avocado option for its BLT — and it was probably fine. It's hard to go wrong with the combination of crisp lettuce, salty bacon, ripe tomato and avocado. But this homemade version is much better, if only for the addition of a bright basil mayonnaise that makes every bite taste like a mouthful of summer.
Summer is the right season for this sandwich since you need a good tomato to make a good BLT. And when the weather is hot and the markets are bursting with fat heirloom tomatoes, you probably don't want to do much more in the kitchen than fry a few pieces of bacon and slice up an avocado.
But if you want to do just a little more work in exchange for a big reward flavor-wise, make a batch of garlic-basil mayonnaise. It's simple to throw together — basil, garlic, olive oil and lemon zest are blitzed together into a paste and mixed with store-bought mayonnaise — and makes more than you need for one sandwich. You'll have plenty left over to use for dipping raw vegetables or mixing into salad dressings. The recipe comes from Molly of Orangette, who tops deviled eggs with it, a use I highly recommend.
And while one could argue that nearly any sandwich is improved by a generous helping of avocado slices, I would say there is something particularly special about a BLT with avocado, as if there, nestled alongside salty bacon, tart tomato and crisp iceberg, is exactly where an avocado was meant to be.
Or maybe that's just me being an Angeleno.
California BLT with Avocado and Basil Mayonnaise
3 slices bacon
2 slices good-quality white bread
1 tomato, the best you can find
1/2 ripe avocado
Iceberg lettuce
Basil Mayonnaise (recipe follows)
In a large skillet, fry the bacon until crisp. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels. Toast the bread. Slice the tomatoes and avocado.
Spread one piece of bread with the basil mayonnaise. Top with the lettuce, tomato, bacon and as many avocado slices as you are happy to eat. Place the other slice of bread on top and cut in half if desired.
Basil Mayonnaise
Adapted from Orangette
1/4 cup packed basil leaves
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1 medium garlic clove, chopped
Zest of one lemon
1/2 cup mayonnaise
In a blender or small food processor, combine the basil, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and lemon zest. Process until finely chopped and relatively smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally. (Large, tough basil leaves will probably stay fairly chunky, which is fine.)
Place the mayonnaise in a small bowl and whisk in the basil mixture until thoroughly combined. Store in the refrigerator, where it will keep for up to a week, though the color will dull after 2 days.
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I've seen them called BLATs in many sandwich joints in the East Bay. Easier to say, easier to order.
Maybe it is just a NorCal thing to call them BLATs. I'm from Sacramento and I have always seen them that way. Also probably BLATs being on Sourdough bread and never white bread is a NorCal thing as well.
This exact sandwich is one of my favorites at a local shop in Tallahassee, FL called Tomato Land! The combination of basil mayo and avocado (and fresh bacon) is what makes it so great. They also have another version with fried green tomatoes, and it's amazing too.
perfect, now I know what i'm having for dinner tonight.
Sounds wonderful. But a BLAT must be on lightly toasted sourdough!
made these friday- great way to use up the over abundance of basil in our garden. Husband was not as big of a fan of the basil mayo as I was, I thought it was incredible and with the garden tomatoes exploding out of the garden, it was a nice twist on the BLT, which we eat a ton of in the summer to use up tomatoes (along with the blt salad with bacon vinagrette, another kitchn find, one of my favorites)
For a vegetarian version, substitute the bacon with thin slices of pan-fried king oyster mushrooms. Had it last night and it was delicious.


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But also that awkward moment when the Forest of Cheem's sacrifice is relegated to unimportance in Moffat's world. Her bravery and kindness don't matter, and she's turned into yet another cheap joke about women being infatuated with the Doctor.
That she fancied the Doctor did not feature at all in the season 1 episode. She was curious about his origins, she had sympathy for him, and she gave her life so he could save the rest of the people aboard the base. I personally don't see her fawning over him (like so many of Moffat's women do). Thus, with no real evidence to draw this from, Moffat seems to be interpreting her sacrifice as "fancying" the Doctor, which is immensely problematic: It suggests that she did this only for him rather than to save everyone on the ship, and it shows yet another example of Moffat thinking that any woman who interacts with the Doctor must be infatuated with him.
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The Consumer Guide has a long history. I wrote my first batch of letter-graded capsule reviews for The Village Voice in July, 1969, and published them regularly till I was hired by Long Island's Newsday in March, 1972. A monthly Consumer Guide was compiled from my Newsday work in Creem, which then reprinted the column after I returned to the Voice in August, 1974, which published the Consumer Guide until August, 1006, when I was fired by new owners. Since I was hardly the only reject, this was no shock, and it worked out well for me, because now I have three gigs. My Rock & Roll & essays appear online in The Barnes & Noble Review. I do regular record pieces at NPR's All Things Considered. And Microsoft MSN Music publishes the Consumer Guide monthly.
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Though I try to be timely, I won't rush to judgment and lay off for a spell when I feel myself forcing a grade. Most A records I get on pretty quick -- I like them once and keep going (although since it's now common for labels to service reviewers slowly or not at all, I often get started later than I'd prefer). But I have no compunctions about giving an A to a record most critics wrote about many months ago, and will occasionally pluck up something several years old. This is even truer among Honorable Mentions, many of them records that hit me right first time, sounded flat the next, and disappeared into a temporary limbo as more engaging music hogged my ear time. It's even worse with Choice Cuts, which list the special track or two that attracted me to a record with no other salient virtues; because determining the latter is such dull work, I often come in very late on these, which can look pretty weird with a song that's long since exhausted its chart run. Duds simply list records unworthy of further comment. I also maintain an unpublished file called Neither for twixt-Dud-and-Honorable-Mention entries. An explanation of the current grading system, with Honorable Mentions broken down for book purposes, was published in Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. With Voice features like the Christmas gift guide and Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot eliminated, my monthly column in this space generally includes eight to 10 featured records plus a Must to Avoid pan and loads of Honorable Mentions, arranged in order of preference. (Choice Cuts are too. Duds are alphabetical.)
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Daily Dot | Tumblr members calling for silent protest:
More than 10,000 Tumblr users—and counting—are hoping that Saturday will be one quiet day on Tumblr.
That's when they plan a day of silence to protest protest recent feature changes on the popular blogging site.
The event, "Tumblr Blackout Day," begins at 12 AM in each user's respective time zone and lasts 24 hours.
The Chicago blogger told the Daily Dot that (she) called for the event to protest Tumblr's banishment (at least temporarily) of popular Tumblr extension, Missing E.
Huh. I just don't know.
Note: I have not been involved in this protest in any way. I do not endorse it, nor support it. I am not voicing any opinion against the action, either.
Source: dailydot.com
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I don't really care about Missing E, honestly. But I've read about it and it's pretty cool. I'm in. You won't see my...
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Those of you that haven't tried missing E on Tumblr please do so. Tumblr wants to get rid of this amazing tool.
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In a new public service announcement, the Virginia Tech softball team is showing its support for Morgan Harrington's family in a pledge to "Help Save the Next Girl."
"We want to take a moment to recognize an absent honorary member of our team today, Morgan Dana Harrington," says the members of the team in the PSA.
In the video, head coach Scott Thomas is joined by his daughter and four senior players.
They stress the importance of women being aware of their surroundings and pledge to look out for one another - a big part of the initiative.
The PSA is expected to be on the "Help Save the Next Girl" website soon.
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When you keep blaming yourself for every person that does not like you back,
for every single person that refuses to give you the time of day,
for every person that doesn't care like you do.
When you keep telling yourself that your worth is based off of the approval of the boy you've been crushing on,
or the girl that has been on your mind the past four months,
when you look at yourself in the mirror and you aren't attracted to yourself,
when you need to find someone else to be attracted to you,
when everyone's existence becomes something you need to lean on so you don't fall,
when you realize that people aren't walls,
they are like tables or chairs,
if you continue to lean on them, they will move,
they will fall over,
and you will go down with them.
When you start to see that you are the only person that is able to see your own beauty,
whether it's within you or whether it's plastered across your face,
as that smile that you can't hold back.
You are your own wall,
you must learn how to lean on yourself.
You are strong, you are self-reliant, you are independent,
you will not let his lack of feelings for you bring you down,
it is not your fault.
You will not let her lack of commitment with you convince you that you aren't worth it,
you are worth so much more than her rejection,
sometimes feelings don't correspond,
sometimes love is unrequited,
and sometimes emotions or lack of them are impossible to tame.
I have found that love isn't supposed to come easy,
it isn't important to be constantly looking for it.
It'll come eventually,
I haven't found it yet,
but I am building myself.
I am my own wall,
I lean on myself,
I have others to lean on,
but I will not put my entire body weight on them,
for I know they will fall,
and I will fall with them.
I'd like to formally apologize to anyone i've disappointed with my terrible friendship skills
when i was little i actually questioned why girls were supposed to cross their legs and when i was told "because boys will look up your skirt" i said "then tell boys not to look up our skirts" and my grandma got really angry with me but my uncle thought i was great and gave me a high five
just to avoid accidentally using offensive language i'm going to start using 90s surfer dude slang because inadvertently offending someone is totally bogus dude
people might not want to be called dude
you are radically right and that is so not tubular my friend i apologise
I find your poor grammar and spelling to be offensive to my eyes.
watch me catch this gnarly wave of i don't care
group projects when no one knows what they're doing
Kai Samuels-Davis repro


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Mount Kelly embraced the worlds biggest coffee morning raising money for Macmillan. Read more here.
U10 Girls took part in Exeter Schools Hockey Tournament on Saturday 27th
September; find out how they got on here.
The Language Department at Mount Kelly led the School in marking the European Day of Languages
Joseph Leahy and Indi Falle received awards at the Britain in Bloom Competition
A great start to Mount Kelly's swimming season at the South West Regional Relay Championships on Sunday winning 10 golds, 4 silvers and 1 bronze.
Lauren Steadman who attended the College from 2007 to 2011 has recently been crowned IPC World Paratriathlon Champion.
Year 10 have returned from a week away in North Wales as part of the Learning Outside the Classroom programme, read more here
The Prep took part in St Peter's annual Hockey festival this week. Read a full report here
Mount Kelly 1st XV unveil new kit for the season opener today
Two of Mount Kelly's staff took part in the gruelling River Dart 10km swim marathon last weekend.
The Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon teams went out for their first on the water training.
Congratulations to the U9A Hockey team who beat Stover 14 - 0 in their first game of the season.
Mount Kelly Concert Society announce their 55th Season for 2014-15


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I've got a bone to pick about how a lot of people perceive Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) relative to all of the other marketing gobbledygook they do. What's inspired me to pick this bone right now? Well, it's the holidays, with the New Year right around the corner, and I am willing to bet that a lot of these people are hovered over their desks, forehead planted firmly in one hand, tapping their pencils on their college-ruled, recycled, legal pad with the other, in a staring contest with their 2011 marketing budget. And I'd like to set them straight before they do something they will regret. Although there are still a number of people that confuse CRO for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or Analytics, many of the people I've spoken to over the years rightly do recognize that Conversion Rate Optimization is all about making your website better (meaning more action from your visitors), and seemingly understand that this is accomplished by making marketing work more efficiently (meaning more output for the same amount of input). Some of them even get how and why this is fundamentally different from the goal of other marketing efforts. Many even understand that making your website convert better is not just about addressing a speed or platform issue, incorporating the latest design craze, or adding hot technologies like video and chat.
So, if everyone "gets it" when it comes to Conversion Optimization as a method for improving website performance, what exactly is this bone I want to pick? Well, if these incredibly savvy marketers truly recognize all of those things about CRO, why then, when it comes time to decide how to spend their marketing dollars, do so many of them say things like, "I'm trying to decide whether or not I should do CRO or more PPC"? These folks know they want more sales, but when they go looking for a solution, and decide how to spend their budget to achieve that, they are comparing apples to oranges. The evidence is in the countless number of times I've heard that comment or one like it, lumping CRO together with SEO, PPC, email campaigns, social media campaigns and other outreach efforts intended to bring people to their site. Why do they do this? Because they just can't break out of the 20th century belief that selling more is all about reaching more people. They are stuck in a rationale that looks something like this:
Their first mistake occurs at step number 2. While they are right that reaching more people, and getting them into your store (online or otherwise), typically does lead to more sales, that is certainly not the only way to make more sales, and it is not what CRO is about. The goal of CRO may be to generate more sales, but it's mechanism is not the same as PPC or even SEO: its intent is not to generate more traffic to your store, but to make the things you already do, produce more results.
Unlike other marketing efforts, CRO actually can make your website better. It can make your marketing efforts better too. In fact, CRO doesn't even make sense unless you have other marketing efforts (at the very least, a website) to optimize. Regardless of the Conversion Rate Optimization system you use, the rationale behind the practice looks more like this:
So now we have an alternative mechanism for increasing sales. This CRO mechanism for increasing sales can actually enhance the results of your traffic generating efforts, generating comparatively exponential results. Let's say that you currently get 10,000 visitors each month. That traffic produces 300 sales (your conversion rate is a little above average, at 3%). Let's do a comparison between the sales generated by increases in traffic alone versus the sales generated by those same increases in traffic coupled with CRO efforts that yield 10% increases in your conversion rate each month. Over the course of four months, starting at 10,000 visits in month 1, increasing to 20,000 in month 2, 30,000 in month 3, and holding at 30,000 in the fourth month, here's what you'll see:
And what's more, increasing the effectiveness of your marketing has lasting effects, unlike the traffic approach to increasing sales. If you decide to stop investing time and energy in conversion optimization efforts after you've doubled your sales, your sales continue at that doubled rate. Can you say the same for PPC efforts?
The single biggest reason you should not lump CRO in with traffic-generation efforts is because if you have traffic generation efforts, you want to make sure they are working efficiently, driving traffic with a high percentage of action, and getting the most bang for your buck. It's CRO's job to make sure that is happening. If you're putting resources toward other marketing efforts (even just a website), you owe it to yourself to plan CRO into the mix. So do yourself a favor, when you sit down to plan your marketing budget, give CRO it's own line item, and budget for it accordingly. What marketing efforts are currently competing for a line item in your 2011 budget? Tell us!
I agree with what you are saying, it's not necessarily about the amount of traffic that you are receiving but the QUALITY of traffic and how targeted that traffic that is. It's possible to receive a large amount of traffic with terrible conversions at 1:1000 plus. I think the key is in part to work on the traffic numbers, but I agree that time and effort also needs to be focused in order to prompt surfers to take action once they are on your site; that involves tweaking the site and a/b multivariate testing etc.
If you want to make a lot of money, I think you really need both.
Great Point Marijayne,online marketers should really consider to pay more attention and invest more energy to optimize their conversion rate. Unlike SEO, CRO is something you can totally control. It would generate more income with the same amount of effort you put on SEO.
Excellent article..CRO is so important but its overlooked by the majority of people doing IM of any sort. This is great advice and should be utilized by everyone who reads this
Yea, I'm also amazed at how folks view visitors as just a number and pay no attention to the sources of traffic. One source can convert totally different than another. Google Shopping is great example. You can get tons of traffic from it if you spend the time to optimize and drop your prices, but the conversion is bad and your ROI is horrible b/c of the low prices necessary to rank high. So focusing on a different source is usually a better idea.
Great Point Marijayne,online marketers should really consider to pay more attention and invest more energy to optimize their conversion rate. Unlike SEO, CRO is something you can totally control. It would generate more income with the same amount of effort you put on SEO.
I think the key is in the works in the traffic figures, but I recognize that the time and effort should be directed to encourage people to act once the difference in SEO, CRO something that can completely control. Would generate more revenue with the same amount of effort you put into SEO.
Agreed that CRO deserves it's own line, but how do you convince management of the ROI on it when you haven't done anything yet? I struggle in my own projects to convince leadership to give more money to initiatives like this, as they only want to cut costs during this economy.
Hi… CRO is so important but its overlooked by the majority of people doing IM of any sortGreat Point .Marijayne, online marketers should really consider to pay more attention
Conversion rate optimization is simply an art of strategically encouraging the site visitors to take certain actions that benefit you. It helps in increasing profits and sales without having to spend more to acquire website traffic.
I have focused too much on SEO and not enough on CRO – though to be fair my website is still new so I need the traffic before I can measure to impact of changes on conversion.
Are there any particular websites or books that anyone could suggest on CRO as I'm a newbie to this and working on a small budget.
Sean the Pay Raise Guy
CRO is so good for the same . for SEO i spend more then 300$ for my hotel's website .. such a pain
@Pay Raise Guy: since it is the season of horn tooting, I might as well go out on a limb and say: Yes! Our books could help! There are three available on Amazon: 1) Call to action; 2) Waiting For Your Cat to Bark; 3) Always Be Testing. If you want, you can just start by checking out the whitepapers on the resource section of our site. But I would be remiss if I didn't also point out that there are a number of resources written by other respected industry-leaders too. Check out this Grok post listing resources across a variety of areas that will help you gain a better understanding of how a number of fields play a role in CRO.
Excellent article..CRO is so important but its overlooked by the majority of people doing IM of any sort.
Conversion rate optimization is simply an art of strategically encouraging the site visitors to take certain actions that benefit you. It helps in increasing profits and sales without having to spend more to acquire website traffic.
@DVD Film izle – you are definitely onto something here, but I would take it a step further:
CRO is the art and science of strategically persuading the site visitors to take certain actions that benefit you. It helps in increasing profits and sales without having to spend more to acquire website traffic. It is the process of making your website and marketing efforts more efficient via an interdisciplinary approach to marketing (using design, technology, statistics, psychology, etc). It makes the marketing dollars you already spend more effective, increasing the ROI on those efforts and decreasing CPC. Higher Average Order Value (AOV), increased traffic quality (for leads, sales, etc), and better search engine rankings, are often a by-product of the practice.


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Stefan Struve, just six weeks removed from suffering a broken jaw, is already back in the gym.
Not only has the seven-foot-tall UFC heavyweight started training again, he's also got an eye out for his return to the Octagon.
"6 weeks after having surgery on my jaw I had my 1st full contact mma training tonight, it went GREAT!" Struve exclaimed Tuesday night on Twitter. "Aiming to be back in a couple months!"
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It's somewhat surprising that Struve has already returned to full-contact training considering the nature of the break he suffered.
Heavyweight contender Mark Hunt broke Struve's jaw in the third round of their UFC on Fuel TV 8 bout on March 3 in Japan. Hunt landed a perfectly timed left hook that sent Struve crashing to the canvas and then off to the hospital.
The loss ended Struve's four-fight winning streak and dashed his dream of jumping into the heavyweight title talk.
At just 25 years of age, Struve already has 13 UFC bouts to his credit – winning nine and losing four – so he has plenty of time to get back into the mix. But it sounds like he's already chomping at the bit to do so.
(Photo courtesy of Stefan Struve)
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Its takes courage to come back from a broken jaw and not fight scared. Hope Struve learned something from that fight and changes the way he uses his size and implements a game plan.
You're right. Some of them aren't the same after something like that – fight with a hesitation or reserve that wasn't there before. Which is different than learning from mistakes and fighting smarter till the right moment.
Though Stuve's been KO'd before and he's game as ever – you never know when that last frag is one too many and they've no more time for it.
Like Struve, a different sort for the HWs. Hope he comes back strong.
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Here is part of former APS Superintendent Beverly Hall's op-ed published by the AJC today in response to the state's devastating report on the extent of cheating in Atlanta schools on the annual state exam, the CRCT.
Please, keep responses on topic.
I am interested in the district's NAEP scores, which Hall cites in her piece. I have attended several national panels and conferences where Atlanta's NAEP scores were recognized and praised by speakers, including Andre Alonso, the highly regarded CEO of Baltimore schools who commented that APS had to be doing something right to see such gains. (Atlanta and Baltimore are both part of a trial project in which some urban districts are allowing their scores to be separated out and published — NAEP has only published state level scores in the past.)
(For information on what NAEP is, go here. Called the Nation's Report Card, NAEP is considered an objective and rigorous — some say overly rigorous — test.) For those of you with testing expertise, including Jerry Eads, I would love your view on Atlanta's performance on NAEP.
I am shocked and saddened by the facts uncovered by the investigators. The cheating documented is serious and cannot be ignored. I am particularly concerned for those students affected by misconduct and whose education has fallen short as a result
I am also disturbed by the repeated statements by teachers and other professionals that they cheated or chose not to reveal cheating because of a perceived atmosphere of intimidation and retaliation. A number of years ago, we installed a hotline whereby persons with knowledge of misconduct could report it, even anonymously if they so wished. Anonymous emails and letters provided a further channel of communication. Even so, it now appears that our efforts and procedures were not enough.
To the extent that I failed to take measures that would have prevented what the investigators have disclosed, I am accountable, as head of the school system, for failing to act accordingly. I sincerely apologize to the people of Atlanta and their children for any shortcomings. If I did anything that gave teachers the impression I was unapproachable and unresponsive to their concerns, I also apologize for that. Where people consciously chose to cheat, however, the moral responsibility must lie with them.
I do not apologize for the reforms my staff and I implemented. The public has a right to hold educators and administrators accountable if they fail to teach children what they need to learn. We set goals for our schools because our students deserve no less. But, most importantly, we accompanied our targets and the targets mandated by No Child Left Behind with programs and facility improvements designed to give principals and teachers the means to achieve them.
It is my hope that APS parents and supporters will not read the report as a sweeping indictment of the Atlanta Public Schools and the accomplishments of the past decade. The vast majority of our educators are dedicated, hardworking and innocent of wrongdoing. They deserve our respect and gratitude.
Progress has been made, and continues to be made, in Atlanta's schools. Cheating on the CRCT in 2009 or earlier by no means undermines the clear indication of improvement shown by the annual testing of all segments of our student population as part of the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) of the federal government's National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). Only 35 percent of APS fourth-graders taking the reading assessment in 2003 scored at or above NAEP's level of proficiency. By 2009, that number had risen to 50 percent. Of the eighth-graders who were tested, 60 percent met or exceeded NAEP's reading proficiency standard in 2009, compared to only 42 percent in 2003.
The sad events of 2009 are shameful, but those events are in the past. Much has been accomplished, but much remains to be done. I have every confidence that, under Superintendent Erroll Davis and under my ultimate successor when chosen, the Atlanta Public Schools will move forward, not back. I will cheer for them the loudest as they continue their "Race to the Top."
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
July 10th, 2011
1:33 pm
I'm sorry, but it really bugs me when people try to dismiss horrible things by saying, "that's all in the past, let's move forward". That is such a cop-out. You can't move on with anything until you deal with it. Deal with it lady.
July 10th, 2011
1:40 pm
too much, too little, too late
Apologies fix nothing. She needs to go to jail.
July 10th, 2011
1:41 pm
I am EXTREMELY bothered by the notion that she would defend herself by stating cheating does NOT undermine your test scores on another test. I'm certainly suspicious now… it's the same reason lawyers try to establish credibility of people on the stand by their history of lying. Lying and cheating most definitely undermine your credibility and get at the essence of why this scandal is so awful. That comment is the most important in this passage.. she should be taken to task on it.
July 10th, 2011
1:52 pm
The only crime here is IF everyone guilty does HARD time. They not only sacrificed the children of Atlantas education for their own monetary gain, they took nationwide accolades and pats on the back as if they did something right. Something is REALLY wrong here if fatass hall deosnt do time. BTW our Farm industry needs lots of help due to immigration reform. My advice to the guilty of the APS, dress in loose white clothing and WEAR a HAT!
July 10th, 2011
1:53 pm
correction….doesnt do hard time sorry.
July 10th, 2011
1:53 pm
Some teachers were cheating on ITBS in several schools according to testimony provided in the report. How do we know that any test scores that have been produced in any of these schools are genuine? I find it difficult to believe that she did not know that there was cheating going on in any of her schools especially after the presentation of Dukes' report, what she did with the Payne report, and even the Porter report. I know that is an educator's blog so please excuse any grammatical errors because English in my second language
July 10th, 2011
1:55 pm
She's a lying piece of crap that made almost 500k a year who led by intimidation through HR and her flunkies, discredited the hard working honest teachers by having a "black" good ole boy system of promotion, and destroyed the 9 years of education for thousands of "black" inner city kids that need an education to survive. The Supreme Court is going after barry bonds and roger clemens for cheating at baseball, they are going after the wrong people. I WORK FOR APS AND I HATE IT! YES I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO DISAPPER LIKE OTHERS BECAUSE I HAVE TWO OTHER MOUTHS TO FEED THAT DO NOT ATTEND APS. GOOD RIDDENS!
July 10th, 2011
1:58 pm
Tiffany, you write much better than the teachers in question, I am sure!
July 10th, 2011
2:05 pm
I am sick and tired of hearing garbage spewed by Hall. You were the leader, you were paid to be responsible for the school district. Take responsibility for your actions, and what has happened during your tenure of APS or give back every single dollar that you earned while holding that position.
I hope that EVERYONE involved gets put away for some time and has their teaching and all education licenses revoked. They are a poor excuse of teachers and should not be able to be in front of any child ever again.
Ms. Hall, actions speak louder than words.
July 10th, 2011
2:10 pm
Dr. Hall has done great things for Atlanta Public Schools and she is a woman of high integrity and morals. The problem is that the people that she chooses to surround her took major steps to control how she received information. I can attest that when she is independent and gets information she responds swiftly and yes, quite aggressive to get the issue resolved. The problem in the City of Atlanta is the people; they are morally bankrupt and will do anything for praise in their sad attempts to look good on her coat tail. The GBI twisted and lied also in their report. I spoke to a principal friend of mine and asked him why he said that Dr. Hall was unapproachable and he responded that the information released was taken completely out of context. "They asked him if he believes she asked people to cheat" and the response was "no because it was so hard to get to Beverly because she was so protected by her staff". "You can see the president before you can see Beverly Hall". Also telling teachers that if they continue to fail students that they will be placed on Professional Development Plan does not constitute cheating, it constitutes responsibility and accountability.
The investigators choose to interviewed the losers on the spectrum, the no good teachers who principals held accountable. Yes some principals are unethical but to place the blame on one woman in a district the size of Atlanta Public Schools is unreasonable. Leave that woman alone and let her enjoy her life and her retirement. There are principals that should be held accountable like the "Dirty Dozen" but to accuse all thirty eight principals investigated as ethically bankrupt is politics and hate from a governor who she put in his place. Black folks are sad, if they allow this man to put a well established, distinguished African American woman in jail would be a sad day for civil rights.
We have a woman in Florida who killed her child and she received reasonable doubt because she is white. Dr. Hall and many of the principals mentioned deserve reasonable doubts. This is still the south and it is still Georgia.
July 10th, 2011
2:11 pm
Me thinks doth protest too much.
It would be difficult for me to believe that her attorney endorsed this. I am certain she never cleared this with him, as it is apparent, she is always right. "I don't appologize" wow…I bet when the editors of the AJC read that they felt like they hit the jackpot. If you had any question about who Beverly Hall is those 3 little words summed it up. Obviously she thinks if she just keeps talking that sooner or later we are going to believe it.
Beverly Hall is beginning to make Bernie Madoff look good.
July 10th, 2011
2:11 pm
BEV stills blows a lot of hot air…….she's pathetic!
July 10th, 2011
2:14 pm
as long as the teachers and administrators continue to tell similar tales of coercion and intimidation from hall and her minions, there is no way anyone can believe hall is doing anything but trying to distance herself from the truth: she coordinated systematic cheating and no oversight from the state board of ed did anything to prevent her. what's worse is the complicity of ajc in championing hall without bothering to investigate such statistically improbable test scores. i hope an outside news agency gets involved with this to discredit once and for all the horrible job ajc does as a journalistic organization.
July 10th, 2011
2:17 pm
Beverly Hall deserves jail time. Period. Not only was she overpaid in her job as superintendent, but she also destroyed what little positive reputation APS had. For years to come, people will deride APS as the district of cheaters. The fact that she harmed the minds of those whose tests were altered is even more immoral. We may never know how many kids undeservedly graduated APS, having flunked the CRCT. Shame on her for betraying the trust of parents, students and Atlanta taxpayers. While the world was transfixed on the meaningless case of Casey Anthony, this sorry excuse for a human being had already murdered the intellects of pupils entrusted to her care for many years.
July 10th, 2011
2:27 pm
Please APS Principals…can we just leave race out of this….it is getting old.
July 10th, 2011
2:31 pm
Well, my first comment was edited out. Here goes again.
While the simpletons in this country were transfixed on the meaningless trial of Casey Anthony thanks to stupid Nancy Grace, Atlanta was the scene of a serial murderer of student minds, a crime perpetrated by Beverly Hall and her lackeys. they were also traitorous to the parents and Atlanta taxpayers who entrusted their sacred positions to them.
Prison time is too good for them. Send them to Guantanimo Bay.
July 10th, 2011
2:34 pm
@APS PRINCIPALS – I was trying to keep my religion today, but after I read your comments, I lost it. Don't give me that "African American & Black sh$t". I'm black as hell and prefer to be called Black American, not African American. What the hell is that anyway? With regard to Beverly Hall, she has demonstrated that she is a crook of the worst kind. She surrounded herself with rogues and even appointed them to high ranking administration positions. The investigation determine that principals, teachers and administrators cheated, period! They all should be arrested and serve prison time, in my opinion. Use your energy to find out why the so-called black leaders are so quiet on this educational travesty. Have you noticed how eerily quiet the NAACP, SCLC, The 100 Black Men and the rest of the blind Beverly Hall supporters have been since the release of this report? They ought to be mad as hell that the poor little black children have been CHEATED out of an education by their own people (Blacks). So don't start that racism sh$t. You can blame a lot of mess on white folks, but you can't blame this one on them. This one is on US!!
I recommend that Mr. Davis dismiss every top administrator at APS. They were Beverly Hall appointees and I'm sure she surrounded herself with people "just like her". CLEAN HOUSE!!!
July 10th, 2011
2:39 pm
We have a woman in Florida who killed her child and she received reasonable doubt because she is white.
We have a Man in Florida who killed his wife and He received a innocent verdict because he is a famous black athlete.
July 10th, 2011
2:41 pm
One may wonder how bad the grade inflation in the High Schools must have been for these children that certainly were not receiving an education. I would like to see a study on how many of these children received the HOPE and then lost it in the first year of college.
July 10th, 2011
2:43 pm
Hopefully, APS can now become more diverse by allowing more honest, dedicated, and masculine African-American males or white males to serve in leadership roles…especially in disadvantaged areas where positive minded men are not present!!! Indeed, APS is a system that favors a particular gender,(female) race,(black)and in many cases a light complexion "Delta" to serve in leadership roles. Hence, I am really looking foward to working with Enroll Davis!!! With that being stated, Mr. Davis please help us to motivate our black youth to highly value their education and become their brother's keeper!!!
July 10th, 2011
2:46 pm
This is no apology – just more cover-up of Hall's outrageous conduct and management ! She should be tarred and feathered to jail – by the kids !
July 10th, 2011
2:52 pm
@aps principals: further proof that a city once to busy to hate is TOO STUPID TO INTELLIGENTLY BLOG,racist moron……
July 10th, 2011
2:54 pm
I watched "Georgia Gang" this morning and now think Mr. Davis was a good pick for the job. It was reported that he walked into his office and announced that he wanted all 178 people involved in the scandal fired immediately. Unfortunately, the staff told him all of them had due process rights and it could not be done that fast. I hope he gets his way on this one.
July 10th, 2011
2:57 pm
Re: APS Principals. Lets gett over the RACE CARD you are once again using by comparing the superintendent to a white woman in Florida. The superintendent is FULLY responsible for the integrity of the school system, even if she is green-skined. Get over it. She knew exactly what was going on. If she didn't, that is even more damaging to her abilities. APS needs help, not excuses.
July 10th, 2011
3:02 pm
The information you want (lost HOPE first year by HS) was recently published- I can't find it on the AJC site, but I'm still looking
July 10th, 2011
3:04 pm
@ APS Principals -
I'm a resident of Mechanicsville (home of Dunbar Elementary) and can attest to the atrocious job our inner city teachers, principals and administrators are doing. Many of the children we've mentored have not been able to spell and read at levels compared to those years younger in the suburbs. How are these children going to succeed in a global market?
You should be ashamed that you're pulling the race card. Beverly Hall called the shots and that has nothing to do with race but everything to do with integrity. Her retirement should be spent behind bars because that's where many of the children she was responsible for will be.
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July 10th, 2011
3:07 pm
Beverly Hall has a gift for damage control. She always knows how to speak, what tone to take, which pose to strike. She's shocked and saddened by WHAT? She's concerned about WHAT?
No! She's worried that she might be criminally charged.
She's disturbed by WHAT? "…a _perceived_ atmosphere of intimidation and retaliation." Perceived. As if that atmosphere were merely a mistaken impression on the part of all those teachers.
"Even so, it now appears that our efforts and procedures were not enough." Excuse me for laughing.
She apologizes for some little mistakes in order to show that she is a humble person who apologizes when an apology is due, suggesting that if she would also apologize for any Big Mistakes or Deadly Sins, if she were guilty of any of them. Very clever.
And then she has the audacity to brag about APS gains on the NAEP during her tenure, as if we didn't remember how those gains were made, namely, by dumping the bottom third of the district's enrollment through the mechanism of "alternative schools," which led to about 18000 school-age children dropping out and being mislabeled as transfers by the last school they attended. Of course, that's going to raise the district's average NAEP score. But it's just another form of cheating at the expense of children.
July 10th, 2011
3:14 pm
@chilliwilli, Thank you for your honesty and sincerity in your response to APS Principals. It seems so rare that an intelligent Black American, a new term for me, stands up and tells it like it is. I am sure you are a part of the "silent majority" in the black community who have high values and integrity in life. What has happened in APS is a true travesty of administration. I totally agree that there needs to ba a house cleaning.
I applaud your term "Black American," because a vast majority of blacks in America have no recent connection to Africa. I truly feel that your attitude would go a long way in decreasing or eliminating the racism in America against blacks. America would not run without blacks nor any other race. It is a country of immigrants. If we all consider ourselves "Americans," perhaps we could get along together.
Thank you for your comments. Why don't you apply for an APS position. You seem to have much more common sense that the leaders they now have.
July 10th, 2011
3:15 pm
We should all be "shocked, saddened and sorry" that such Atlanta school children were being cheated at the same time Beverly Hall and APS were being patted on the back and given awards. This is shameful. No, it's criminal and somebody needs to go to jail! Where were the whistleblowers when we needed them? This does not appear to be a few bad apples. Something about APS is rotten to the core and it needs to be cut out. No band aid approach please. Major surgery is needed. Changing the head, while the body remains sick won't get it. Now all eyes are fixed on the district, why not take this sad state of affairs and use it as an opportunity to make APS the BEST urban school disrtict in the country. I think it's called making lemonaide when you are handed lemons.
July 10th, 2011
3:16 pm
Maureen, your question about NAEP scores and their validity is a good one. NAEP is a test administered not by the regular teachers or administrators at a school. People from the state DOE come to the school and administer the test. The school's teachers and administrators are not even allowed to touch the tests. If there is more than a certain percentage of students absent, they return another day for a make up session, so you can't try to keep low performers home. It is a pretty good measure of student performance. Hard to manipulate or cheat.
The only issue is that usually those who are hired by the DOE to administer it are retired teachers and administrators. At my APS school (which is COMPLETELY clear of any wrongdoing, never even investigated because we had the lowest erasures in all middle schools), about 75% of them had retired from APS. I'm not saying there was any wrongdoing, but just pointing it out.
July 10th, 2011
3:17 pm
@td. Thanks. I didn't know that. I'm glad to hear that Mr. Davis at least intends to do the right thing by firing all of the APS teachers and principals who are guilty of cheating on the 2009 CRCT.
He would do well to get rid of those members of his predecessor's court who contributed to the pressure, upon those principals and teachers, to get good test scores "by any means necessary." Sharron Pitts, Tamara Cotman, Millicent Few, and Kathy Augustine should, each of them, be examined for any such contributory involvement, and if found guilty, fired.
July 10th, 2011
3:21 pm
Mr. Davis please watch your BACK because you still have to many of Dr. Hall Administrative Team hanging around watching your every move. Once you start the hiring process please consider more MALE applicant black and white, because Dr. Hall team consist of the wicked witches from HELL.
July 10th, 2011
3:31 pm
@ APS PRINCIPALS – Your way of thinking is how things get so out of control, particularly in government positions. People use the race card as an excuse to avoid having to face the reality of the situation.
Hall is not being accused of cheating because of her skin color. She is being accused because on some level she is guilty. Three scenarios, occurred ALL of which makes her guilty.
1. She encouraged the cheating to fatten her wallet
2. She did not encourage the cheating BUT knew it was happening and choose to ignore
3. She hired incompetent people that were responsible for the cheating. People that had no
business in these positions but because they were her friends, neighbors and family she
gave them a job.
Furthermore @ APS PRINCIPALS – your way of thinking is why public education is going downhill. I work in a nearby system and have seen time and time again people of color promoted who have no business working to begin with. Teachers that can't spell, dress inappropriately and could care less about the children. And when those that actually care about the children try and have these teachers fired, they use the race card, get a lawyer and keep their jobs.
And THAT is why public education keeps declining! The chidlren (of all colors) suffer. However, if you want to use the race card then this would be the situation to use it. In my experience, the chidlren that suffer the most are those of color.
July 10th, 2011
3:31 pm
My concern in all this is where does APS go from here. We do have outstanding educators working in APS who truly care about children and their future. If the 38 principals are removed, I hope that Mr. Davis looks toward the educators at the schools who were not involved to fill those vacancies.
July 10th, 2011
3:34 pm
@ APS Principals. You're proof that at least one of the APS principals named in the report is reading this blog……….
July 10th, 2011
3:35 pm
We cannot omit that there have been numerous teachers unfairly forced out of their jobs under her administration. Karma can be something else.
July 10th, 2011
3:35 pm
@ Black or White,
How about more non-black teachers? Great teachers are humanitarians and can teach children of any race. It seems too many underqualified individuals are teaching in APS because they are black – not because they are the best teachers that could be found.
@ Chilly Willy,
Thanks for summing it all up!
July 10th, 2011
3:37 pm
Non "girly" men will be a good start.
Take all Principals and Academy Leaders in the district who have been in place more than three years and not implicated in this foolishness and move them around to change the toxic culture of APS.
Step two: Prosecute to the fullest extent anyone named in the report
Step three: Cut center office employees by fifty percent, then restructure the SRT offices and HS office.
Step four: Make a good hire for the new Head of Human Resources
Step five: Hold everyone accountable and tell the truth.
The five step plan to rescue APS from itself
July 10th, 2011
3:38 pm
And I would have to agree with those on here with regards to hiring male teachers. Particularly articulate, educated black males – something Hall seemed to look down upon (although that is based on rumors and opinions of colleagues that used to work at APS).
July 10th, 2011
3:39 pm
What a mess she got Atlanta's school system in! She should be punished!
The responsibility is on her. But the ones who participated in this
scandal should also be punished.
What a reflection on the city of Atlanta and the state of Georgia!
And I bet 90%, if not more, of these participants are black and what they have done has affected their own children because they think they are above the law.
July 10th, 2011
3:39 pm
All teachers who were fired or forced to resign for whistle-blowing should be contacted and offered a job to fill the4 looming vacancies before outsiders are considered. Also, APS should offer them a letter of apology!
July 10th, 2011
3:40 pm
Hall fooled them all. Or enough of them. Everyone inside the system knew but couldn't afford to say. Black president must be disappointed. Good thing the evil Republicans stopped it or they would still be doing it. Atlanta exposed. Blk leadership is at a cross roads. Where are the preachers, doctors, parents, family. We have proved are enemies right.
July 10th, 2011
3:43 pm
@Chilliwilli: Thank you for your honesty and courage in sharing your post. And please accept my apology for my fellow caucasian's (Middle School Teacher) racist remarks. It is unfortunate, but some forms of ignorance are terminal.
July 10th, 2011
3:56 pm
Im black and Believe Bev. Hall should be indicted and PUT IN JAIL!!!!!!!
July 10th, 2011
4:03 pm
I sure hope Ms Hall is not being paid a pension by APS, she has not earned her salary let alone a pension, imho!
July 10th, 2011
4:26 pm
Regarding students who self-reported their "race" for the NAEP TUDA, APS "White" students tended to be among the national top scorers and APS "African-American" students tended to be among the national bottom scorers. The average of the two can be used to tell a deceitful story. So, persons who choose to egg on APS based on APS' average scores on the NAEP TUDA choose to promote deception. They aid and abet hiding the truth and, in so doing, help to rob mostly "African-American" children of getting a quality education. Jim Crow couldn't do it better.
July 10th, 2011
4:34 pm
certain people can't be tought and are just not academic material. everyone just wants to blame the teachers. they are expected to do the impossible.
July 10th, 2011
4:35 pm
Maureen, do you know if APS will offer any programs of remediation for those former APS school-children, or any retesting for them? Any encouragement for them to at least get their GEDs since it's likely that they had problems graduating from high school? For APS cheated them out of their one chance at education….seems to me they are sure owed something.
July 10th, 2011
4:37 pm
What happened to the APS' annual administrations of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills(ITBS)?
And don't tell me that the APS didn't have the money for such testing, Dr. Hall.
July 10th, 2011
4:38 pm
Ever heard of the term "the buck stops here?" If you were in charge, you are responsible. I hope the PSC throws the book at every single person who did this, including BH.


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In the June 25 editorial, "Negotiate What?" The Longboat Observer contends that Islandside residents who oppose the Longboat Key Club and Resort's development plan are asking for a "free, unearned benefit" and that the club's property rights are being thwarted by the Islandside Property Owners Coalition. The editorial implied also that there is no reason for the club to negotiate.
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