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Best Savory Treats and Gifts for Valentine's Day?
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Q: I know that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and with Valentine's Day fast approaching I'm planning to shower my fiance with small yummy things throughout the day. Problem is, he doesn't really like chocolate or sweet things in general, so most V-day appropriate treats like candies and cupcakes. he exceptions are caramel and toffee, but he still doesn't like those in large quantities.
I'm wondering if you have any suggestions for some small special gifts on the savory side of the spectrum?
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Editor: Gillian, what about these palmiers? You can work in a little cheese and cayenne, or some herbs. They're rich but still simple and savory:
• Surprisingly Simple Recipe: Petite Palmiers
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How about the goat cheese panna cottas from Thanksgiving? I have heart shaped molds that I use for my panna cottas, or you could just cut the cranberry slice in to a heart.
Meatloaf cupcakes (mashed potato icing)? Brie parcels (baked brie but in a little square of phyllo dough, twisted shut)? Mini lobster thermidors?
@monkeymilk oh what a good idea! Here's a direct link to that post. I might have to do that heart-shaped cut-out idea now. I still have cranberry jelly in the pantry...
- Savory Goat Cheese Panna Cotta with Canned Cranberry Jelly Cut-Outs
I'm like that, not a fan of chocolate and not much of a sweet tooth. I'd go for some really good smoked salmon on tasty toast points with chive cream cheese. Stuffed mushrooms if he likes those. I'm sure most non veg men would love an assorted charcuterie platter/box. You can do a bento box style thing with different meats: panchetta, prosciutto, good salami, a pate/terrine etc.
Ok now I know what I'm going to do for me while baking the bf a chocolate cake :)
I love all this! I'm drooling over the meatloaf cupcakes myself. Thanks!
I once put together a dinner of prosciutto, cheese and wine. A friend of mine told me that was one of the best meals I had ever made. :(
It doesn't have to be a dessert item to be enjoyed. Think tapas.
I second this question. But my further problem is that V-day falls on a Monday and he does Meatless Mondays.
How about a batch of home made cheez-its? I believe there is a recipe here somewhere for them. I think it was originally a Mark Bittman recipe. You could cut them into cute heart shapes with a small cookie cutter. Just roll them a bit thinner than the recipe says, so they come out extra crispy.
Along the same cheesy route, you could take larger heart shaped cookie cutters and sprinkle a small layer of parmesan in them on a non-stick cookie sheet and bake them until they are lightly golden. Voila, cute little heart shaped fricots.
What about an assortment of his favorite dips, and some pita chips cut into the shapes of hearts or half hearts?
Two words that combine the best of both worlds: bacon candy.
ebarrett3 - Seafood is, in my opinion, also a great vday treat. Any seafood which can be dipped in hot butter flavoured with herbs/chili flakes/garlic etc. is very rich and sexy - especially if you share.
If you're looking for an alternative to shrimp cocktail, try this: mix cold peeled/deveined/detailed shrimp with a sauce of mayonaise, paprika, ketchup, and horseradish (think cocktail sauce with added richness and flavor). Mound torn lettuce into a shallow bowl, top with prepared shrimp. Finish with 2 cherry tomatos halved for garnish.
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okay after the wait and a new notebook it's jays turn.
Jay walked down the halls of new olimpus high school
He stoped at a door near the end of the hall. The name tag said Mr.Corone. He twisted the handel and steped into the tiney office. The office was rather messy, There was a desk in the middel of the room it was cluttered with papers and art work that students made for him.At the far end of the room was a book shelf with tons of algebra,wether,since,dictornays and tons of other books.Beside that was a plant. Jay walked over to the desk and took a seat in front of it.(can you guess where he is?) In front of him sat Edward Corone. Edward (Ed for short) Was a black man( I don't mean to be rude.) with little hair and a friendly face. Ed was in his early 30's and was one of the two guidence counclers at the school.
" So Jay how are things this week?" He asked. Jay shruged and anwsered " They could be better," He paused a moment then mumbeled " Way better." "Okay so what seems to be the matter?" Jay held his head down not making eye contact at all. " Well I'm still in shock from the news I got." " And then it turns out that my family is broke now so I can't even go up to see them." " Okay well you must be upset anybody would," Ed paused then looked through the mess on his desk finaly he puled out an old magiezene and handed it to Jay. " I want you to take a look at this okay?" Jay just sruged and took it. It said, Dealing with greef. " You don't need to read it now just go home and look throught it okay?" He asked. Jay noded and headed out the door. But before he left Ed said one final thing. "Oh and Jay you might if you need to consider taking a few days off." And with that Jay left the office.
At lunch
The team mates sat at a tabel in the cafe, Eating away at there food all execpt Theresa who apperantly was not feeling well. Atlanta was getting worried about her she seemed not to be eating at all latly.Mabey she just isn't hurngy she thought to herself, But she had a bad feeling that it was way more then that.Archie sat beside her he looked really bad,She could tell that he hadn't brushed his hair today and he didn't shower eathier. Herry didn't seem to be very happy two,What was wrong with everyone. The only people who didn't look like they were going to die were Odie and Neil.Odie looked freakishly happy and Neil was just well being Neil, This was the only time of day when he wasn't looking at himself.There was a freaky silence between them.
Then finaly Neil spoke up, " Aurgg this soda isn't diet like I asked for," Nobody seemed to care about this soda problems. Archie was thinking about Atlanta the heart breaker sitting next to him.Odie was thinking about Melissa who was sitting with the other cheerleaders.Theresa was thinking about how she looked ( witch is Neils job).Herry was thinking about Atlanta and how she didn't have a boyfriend with beautiful features like that. And Jay was thinking about the meating he just had. Even Neil wasn't paying attention to himself he was thinking about the upcoming event this friday. Suddently the bell indaciting that lunch was over rang.There were groans form the friends as they walked away in different ways. Atlanta was headed to english sadly none of her friends were in the class with her. Theresa was headed to gym along with Odie. Jay and Neil were off two math. Herry was going tosocial studies and Archie was off to the libray.
In Mr.Grahms math class Jay's head was in the clouds he missed him famly very much and longed to see them. He missed his new sister Kia he only saw her once sence she was adopted.Kia was turing 7 this month he wished he could visit her after the crash this current month he knew that he should be up there with her. His thoughts were inturepted by Neil poking him in the side with a pencil." Jay whats number 3?" Neil whispered. Jay igored him and got back to his work.
In Mr.Aries gym class Theresa was completly wiped she couldn't move another inch so aries decied to sent her to chiron of course he didn't say it out lould he told her in privite. Odie snaped back to reality when a soccer ball hit him in the head. Odie fell to the ground in pain. Aries came over to him cursing under his breath. " Whats wrong boy?" He asked.A kid near the back of the huddel spoke up. " Jared kicked the ball and hit Odie in the head." Aries cursed some more but this time the others could hear. Aries told the other kids to let him talk to Odie alone.Once they were gone Aries sent Odie to chiron, And the others got back to the class.
Archie was in the back of the libary reading some greek love poem.Hoping it would somehow help take away the pain he was feeling inside him.Mabey he should go to the guidence councler.He quickly shok that thought from his head no way those were for geeks with probelms with homework and stuff like that.Little did he know that was were his leader spent most of his free time.
School was finaly home and the five friends got on the school bus. " Um has anyone seen Theresa or Odie?" Herry asked. " Uh yeah they got hurt in gym so now there staying with hera and Chiron." Neil said as if it were the most obiouse thing in the world. In return he got alot of puzzled looks form everyone execpt Jay who didn't care that the girl he loved was in deep trouble.
wow that was a longer chapter or at least it felt like it well there you have it so please tell me what you think I'll try to have Neils up soon.


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CROWN POINT | A defense lawyer for a Lowell-area woman accused of locking her son in a dog kennel said she eventually will be exonerated.
Crown Point lawyer Walter J. Alvarez, who is representing 40-year-old Tina Graham, said police and state child service investigators should be more skeptical of claims being made by a 14-year-old that his mother and her fiance beat, caged and starved him.
"Investigation in this case, in my opinion, was not as thorough as it should have been, and I believe it is totally unjust that without corroborative evidence to support this young man, who has had certain emotional problems since he was a youth, a parent should be arrested," Alvarez said in a written statement after Graham was freed on bond.
"Otherwise, every child in the United States can go around making accusations about their parents, resulting in ultimately having their parents arrested."
Graham and Vernon D. Widner, 55, of the 12000 block of West 162nd Avenue near Lowell, are charged with 16 felony counts alleging criminal confinement, battery, intimidation, neglect of a dependent and strangulation of Graham's 14-year-old son.
The Lake County prosecutor's office, county police and the Indiana Department of Child Services allege the teenager provided them with credible testimony of abuse.
The couple have denied abusing either the teenage boy or his siblings, a probable cause affidavit filed in Lake Criminal Court states.
Police said the boy came to their attention about a year ago when the couple called officers to their home to report him as a frequent runaway. Police said once they found the boy, he told them he was fleeing abuse.
He said his mother and her fiance had forced him to remove his clothes for severe beatings; locked him repeatedly in a dog kennel, once for an entire day; forced him to take extremely hot showers; and poured bleach into his bathwater.
The Lake County prosecutor and police allege the couple denied the boy regular meals when he was in sixth grade, forcing him to steal food from school.
Police said the couple removed the boy from Lowell Middle School in January, telling school officials they would home-school him, although the boy said he received no education there.
The boy told police Widner beat him with a horsewhip and a belt, pulled a knife on the boy, threatened to cut off his genitals, pointed a loaded gun at his head and and threatened to shoot him.
Police said a neighbor saw Widner hit the boy in the summer of 2010.
An Indiana Department of Children Services investigator conducted a surprise visit at the couple's home in February and spoke with the couple and the boy's juvenile sister. They reportedly denied any child abuse or neglect, although the sister appeared nervous and spoke in a monotonal voice.
The investigator reportedly found and photographed a dog kennel matching the boy's description and couldn't find any evidence the boy was taking part in an alternative education arrangement.
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No More Sad Sandwiches: 5 Tips for Making Lunch at Your Desk Better
Get away from work. If you work on a computer all day, try bringing a book instead of surfing the web while you eat. Somehow doing a completely different activity during lunch makes it feel like more of a break. For even more of an escape, try bringing headphones and listening to music, news, or a podcast while you eat.
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Thank you! These are good suggestions and i believe would break up my day a little and provide that 30 minuet oasis i most definatly need.
I always get away from my desk. Always.
How many of us are sitting at our desk eating lunch while reading this article?
jbatman, I was just thinking that same thing...
Spending extra time to make my lunch appealing has really helped me. I cut up a fruit salad instead of just throwing in an apple. I make a nice panini instead of a plain ham sandwich. I put in some yogurt with diced fruit, granola, and honey instead of the yogurt container. It is a little extra work, but it makes my lunch seem extravagant instead of thrifty. Also, I'm not jealous of others' takeout food because I know I have something good waiting for me.
I've taken sandwiches off my home made lunch entirely, but today was leftover pork tenderloin, cheese, and siriacha, wrapped in a tortilla. Mmmm, better than takeout! Apple sandwiches always are a treat, too. Thanks!
My office is FINALLY getting an actual kitchen installed... before we just had a fridge and a microwave propped up on a box (startup company anyone?). So just today I was put in charge of buying kitchen "stuff", and I'm excited to have actual dishes and flatware, and a cutting board and knife so I can cut up fruit at work instead of at home and having it go brown. I think I'm going to get a toaster too. I think these items will help make lunch much more enjoyable.
Having two picky kids at home means my lunches are often the best meal of the day! It's when I eat exactly what I want without questioning who might not like it.
I keep a cutting board and knife in my desk drawer in my office. The grounds people plant fresh herbs on the company grounds and I've been known to grab a few to add to a lunch time dish. Fresh mint makes everything better.
I have a kettle with a real tea pot, a library of loose leaf teas and a favourite mug for tea breaks as well. Real cutlery is a must.
Good suggestions, but where are the recipes? :) I'd love to see a workday lunch series with easy, good, preferably affordable lunch ideas that go beyond the obvious salad.
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My brother tells me he puts up an "At lunch; please don't disturb" sign. I haven't quite gotten brave enough for that, though he claims it works!
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There are 15 of us in our office, and we normally co-ordinate lunch (that is we leave to go buy some lunch together and those that have bought food wait for everyone else to get back before they start eating). We all eat together on a big dining table and chat for a good half hour before taking the last 15 minutes to call our other halves/read some news/enjoy doing nothing in particular.
Having space to eat together and making a point of being sociable at lunchtime is such a small thing, but it makes a massive difference to how effective our team is. It also ensures that everyone has time to relax in the middle of the day, which makes the eight hours we actually spend working so much more productive.


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John Lasseter surprised fans with a screening of the first 10 minutes of Disney Pixar's Toy Story of TERROR! The D23 Expo audience was the first ever to see footage from the spooky new 30-minute special that features favorite characters from the Toy Story films. Check out the image that was released with the announcement.
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of TERROR!
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July 31, 2001 -- The dating game is difficult enough for teens when all goes according to plan. But new figures show for many teenage girls, dating is more than just difficult, it's dangerous.
As many as 20% of teenage girls have been physically and/or sexually abused by someone they've dated, according to findings from a new study of several thousand female high school students published in the Aug. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"It's certainly quite disturbing to think about this large a number of young women -- one in five -- being victims of date violence while in high school," says study author Jay G. Silverman, PhD. But he says the findings are not incredibly surprising when you consider the rates of violence toward older women. "About one in four adult women report that they have been victims of violence by a male partner and the younger those women are, the more likely they are to have been victimized."
Girls most likely to report dating violence in Silverman's study were also nearly five times more likely than nonabused girls to use cocaine, three to four times more likely to use laxatives or induce vomiting to control weight, four to six times more likely to have ever been pregnant, and eight to nine times more likely to attempt suicide.
Risky sexual behavior was also significantly higher among abused girls. They were more likely to have sex before age 15, use drugs or alcohol prior to sex, and not use a condom, putting them at higher risk of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
It's difficult to know whether the unhealthy behaviors may be a result of being abused or vice versa.
Silverman, of the Harvard School of Public Health, tells WebMD the findings are important because they highlight a growing problem.
Unlike older women who can turn to battered women's shelters or other community services for help, Silverman says teenage girls have fewer places to go when dealing with abuse. Without that help, they may not be alert to warning signs and subsequent relationships may continue to result in violence.
While getting counseling and support is important, another problem facing parents, siblings, or friends who want to help is not knowing whether a teenager is even in a relationship.
The definition of teen dating can range from one night of 'hooking up' to a steady long-term relationship. "And, of course, 'long term' for teenagers may be a matter of weeks, so [it's not] an easy issue to address by any means," Silverman says.
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Kafir and Usagi go on their date, unkwoingly stalked by Mamoru.
** In the Tokyo Minimal Security Prison **
Mamoru clenched his fist around the receiver of the phone as he stared at his contact to the outside world.
"So this Kafir is taking my Usa-ko out on a date." Mamoru said, seething.
"Hai, boss. To the most expensive restaurant in town too," the informant said, his rat-like face taking on a thoughtful look, "He was also carrying around a small box. It was around the size of a ring box."
Mamoru's face tightend in rage a he spoke through clenched teeth, "Do you have what I need?"
"Hai, boss"
** Tsukino Residence **
"'Kaa-chan, 'Tou-chan!!" Usagi cried out as she entered her home.
Kenji looked up from his newspaper and Ikuko rushed from the kitchen to see what was going on.
"Kafir-san asked me out on a date!" Usagi cheerfully squealed.
"That is wonderful!!" Ikuko exclaimed, smiling at her daughter as Kenji smiled ever so slightly.
"He said to dress formally! What should I wear?!" Usagi asked her mother.
"Let's go look through your closet..."
Usagi sighed as she leaned back in her bubble filled bathtub. She closed her eyes and allowed her mind to wander...
"Serenity-hime." Usagi blinked and looked up. She would have gasped but she felt her features melt into a smile. Before her, dressed in what appeared to be a combination of the Japanese Kimono and Arabic Robes in the colors of black and dark purple.
= I swear by the moon and the stars in the sky
And I swear like the shadow that's by your side =
"Kafir-san! Will you be coming to my coming out party?" Usagi heard her voice ask of this royal-looking Kafir.
"Of course, Serenity-hime. You will, I hope, save a dance for me..."
Usagi jerked upright in the bathtub at her bellowed name. She looked around to see an impatient Luna sitting on the towel rack at the foot of the bathtub.
"Nani, Luna?! I was having a memory of the Silver Millennium!!" The hime-sama growled.
"Gomen, Usagi-chan, demo, its 5:15. I thought you wanted to do your hair for your date with Kafir-san." Luna said, her apology sincere.
"Doomo, Luna."
"Maybe after your date you can tell me about your memory if you are not too tired," Luna suggested.
"I'll do that," Usagi said as she began to shave her legs.
Kafir adjusted his bowtie before he knocked on the front door of the Tsukino Residence with a loosely balled fist. Shingo opened the door, and the boy's jaw dropped slightly.
= I see the questions in your eyes
I know what's weighing on your mind
You can be sure I know my heart =
"Nani? Is my tie crooked?" Kafir asked of the boy.
"Iie. It's the fact you are actually wearing one. You'd look better without it. You look like it is strangling you," Shingo replied truthfully.
"I agree with my musuko-chan. Maybe you should take it off." Ikuko said from her seat beside her husband.
"You think so? I'm not sure how appropriate it would be. I'm taking Usagi-hime to Yue's Palace. (A really fancy restaurant I made up ^_^ Yue is Chinese for Moon, cool, ne?)" Kafir told them.
"Yue's Palace?!" Shingo exclaimed, "That place is expensive and Odango Atama eats a ton!"
Kafir's face seemed to tighten as he towered over Shingo, "Do not call her that."
"Never call Usagi-hime 'Odango Atama' again." Kafir set down the bouquet of flowers her had brought Usagi and stealthily placed one of his ungloved hands at the base of one of Ikuko's plants.
= `Coz I'll stand beside you through the years
You'll only cry those happy tears
And though I make mistakes
I'll never break your heart =
"Why?" Shingo demanded crossly while wondering why Kafir was calling his older sister a princess.
"It hurts her. I will not allow that." With that said, the plant Kafir was touching wilted almost to the point of death.
"Nani?!" Kenji exclaimed.
Then before their stunned eyes the plant was instantly revived and bloomed, now in better health then before it wilted. Kafir discreetly removed his hand and picked up the bouquet of flowers.
"Kafir-san?" Usagi's voice floated down the stairs to the group in the foyer before she appeared at the head of the stairs.
= And I swear, by the moon and the stars in the sky
I'll be there
I swear, like a shadow that's by your side
I'll be there =
Only the intense training that Kafir went through kept him from dropping the flowers; his jaw was another matter entirely.
"Usagi-hime. You out do your mother and the moon itself." Kafir said, referring to both Queen Serenity and Ikuko.
"Doomo Arigatoo, Kafir-san." Usagi said as she seemed to float down the stairs, dressed in a silver and ivory version of her Princess gown. Her hair was upswept in her usual style, but the streamers were curled ribbons of silver and gold that cascaded down her shoulders and back.
= For better or worse, till death do us part
I'll love you with every beat of my heart
And I swear =
"I merely speak the truth," Kafir stated as he held out the bouquet of pink and white roses and pure white lilies and assorted white flowers.
= I'll give you every thing I can
I'll build your dreams with these two hands
We'll hang some memories on the walls =
"I'll put these in a vase, you two go on your date," Ikuko told them.
"Doomo Arigatoo, Tsukino-san," Kafir said as he bowed to Ikuko and Kenji.
Kafir straightened and offered his arm to Usagi who took it after she wrapped herself into a long shawl of ivory and silver wool. The couple walked towards a black and purple Porsche with silver trim. Usagi slid into the black and silver interior of the vehicle and raised a brow at the leather seats.
= And when just the two of us are there
You won't have to ask if I still care
`Coz as the time turns the page, my love won't age at all =
"Nice car, Kafir-san." Usagi commented.
"Doomo Arigatoo, Usagi-hime," came Kafir's voice as he slid behind the wheel. His lips quirked up into a slight smile as he brought the car to life.
Mamoru grinned to himself as he stared at the dead body of his informant. The dead man's rat-like features were composed in horror and pain. Now to find this Kafir guy do much worse to him. And to find his Usa-ko...
** 6:30 PM, Yue's Palace **
Usagi's jaw all but dropped as Kafir helped her out of the Porsche.
= And I swear by the moon and the stars in the sky
I swear (and I swear) like the shadow that's by your side
I'll be there =
"Yue's Palace?!" she exclaimed in a whisper.
"You are more than worth it, Usagi-hime." Kafir stated, looking distinguished and very handsome in his purple-black tuxedo pants, vest, and jacket, and pristine white shirt that was open at the throat, exposing his strong neck, his Adam's apple, and collar bone. Once more he offered her his arm and as she took it, he led her into the large and expensive restaurant.
"Konban wa, welcome to Yue's Palace. Name of reservation?" The hostess asked them.
"Shino, party of two." Kafir said to the hostess.
"Follow me, Shino-san." The hostess said as she picked up two menus and led them to a table beside the large bay windows overlooking the bustling street.
Kafir and Usagi sat across one another. Usagi peered inside the menu and stifled a gasp. These prices were outrageous! Kafir merely glanced through the menu with a bored air. He was well used to such prices, due to his family's wealth and his own work in the Arabian oil wells. He could sense Usagi's trepidation and smiled slightly.
"Order whatever you wish. I assure you, I can well afford it," Kafir said, his tone reassuring.
"You're certain?" She asked.
"I would not tell you otherwise." Kafir replied.
= For better or worse, till death do us part
I'll love you with every beat of my heart
And I swear =
** Outside Yue's Palace **
Mamoru seethed as he stared at Kafir and his Usa-ko ordering dinner from a waiter. After the waiter left Kafir looked at Usa-ko, took a deep breath and said something to Usa-ko that had a look of shock on her face...
** In Yue's Palace **
Kafir watched as the waiter left with their orders and took a deep breath, preparing himself to say what he had been wanting to say for over a thousand years.
= I swear (I swear) by the moon and stars in the sky
I'll be there
I swear like the shadow that's by your side
I'll be there =
"Usagi-hime," Kafir began hesitantly, "I have been wanting to tell you something for over a thousand years..."
"Soo ka?"
"Soo, Usagi-hime. Usagi-hime...Ai Shiteru...(I love you...)"
Usagi's jaw dropped at that statement.
= For better or worse, till death do us part
I'll love you with every (single) beat of my heart
I swear, I swear,
Oh... I ... swear... =


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Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Charting celebrities from rehab to retox, to jails, cults, institutions, near-death experiences and the Democratic Party, Hollywood, Interrupted takes readers on a surreal field trip into the amoral belly of the entertainment industry. Each chapter - covering topics including warped Hollywood child-rearing, bad medicine, hypocr
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Wow… just wow. This was only my second festival ever, the first one was FLAME 2013. Some thoughts:
1. What an amazing property. The river… the bridge…
2. We should mow the entire lawn if feasible. Walking through calf-high grass for a half-mile every time we gotta go back to camp is tiring.
3. Fire walk – between last year and this year I now have 11 fire walks. Woot!
4. Flowcase… fucking AMAZING.
5. My class – I thought it was going to be mostly noobs but most that showed up were veterans of gigging. Made for a much more advanced conversation, perhaps next year I'll suggest two business classes, beginner and advanced. The expanded outline from the business class is available on the link below:
Somebody told me that my workshop was one of the most useful they've ever taken. Right in the feels!
6. People have really strong opinions about RVs.
7. I prefer the type of volunteering where someone drives up and says "dude, I need volunteers!" rather than signing up on paper. I made 250 bean burritos (team bean!) and did a lot of safety work. Interesting thing: after being pulled away from the fire circle to do the burritos, I had no desire to return to the fire circle, or even firedance at all.
8. Epic moment of my life: After a full night of laughing at the top of the dome, talking to trees, closed-eye visuals, and the setting of the moon, I finally decided to do some burning. Patrick Spidey and I were two of the only people around, he came into the circle to safety me. Towards the end of my wicks, as the dawn light awoke, he challenged me to learn a chest spin (staff), and taught me the technique. Nailed it 3x or so, hugged him, and held back tears of humble joy. At the end of my life, when my entire existence is flashing before my eyes, I am certain that scene will make an appearance. I have been dying to know that move.
9. This conversation happened the same night, pretty epic as well:
"Dude, are you Julian Campolo?"
"Dude, you're Johnny Alvarez"
"Dude, you're a legend in Florida!"
"Dude, you're JOHNNY FUCKING ALVAREZ!"
Spoiler alert: This conversation ended with talk of Florida workshops :).
10. Food freely distributed in the middle of the night – supery dupery awesome. This should be expanded to breakfast as well. I like the idea of communal meals, it's a group bonding thing.
11. Port-a-potties: should be emptied daily. I'm not squeamish about it, but when the thing fills up to the height of the seat, ewwwwwwwww.
12. Nick Garcia is the whitest Garcia I know. Dude's super nice.
13. Ky will be so missed. This east-coast-feeds-the-west-coast-all-our-jedis dynamic is getting depressing.
14. I absolutely suck at festival life. Everything I did was wrong, from not having a large water bottle to not having enough warm clothes to prevent hypothermia, there was some self-inflicted misery. Definitely going to work on that for next year.
15. Dry heat is a challenge for a Miamian – there's no sweat warning like in a more humid location that tells you you're getting too hot, you just go from warm to sun-baked.
16. Got to spend a few minutes with Teddy Pedrosky – he helped me with my upper arm propellers, so I hope to have those flowy by the next time I see him. Can't believe that dude's only 23 years old.
17. I have never watched a Tim Goddard video before. then he jumped in front of me at the fire circle and threw down a firepoi set that melted the faces of all who saw it. Holy shit dude, Tim Fucking Goddard.
18. Dark Monk is the kind of vendor I would wanna be if I were to a vendor. From Trajan Pro font (my fave) to silicone-lined staves, to tea served at the booth, these guys have a style that is upscale and unique, yet still warm, friendly, and down-to-earth. That is not an easy trick to pull off.
19. Between the secret skull initiation and the prop-roulette-meets-fire-tag, I have never been more terrified of a fire catastrophe than I was when those two events were going down. Particularly during the latter, I was one of only 2 or 3 safeties on point at that time. The fact that everybody IN the exercise was laughing their asses off just scared me more. Apparently, I must be getting old lol.
20. That fire dome was SICK!!! Thank you Jeremy Croxton for, upon learning I was altered, told me that I should head over there and chill out. He called it the hippiedome, and when I got there and the flames were as trippy as life gets, I laughed for 30 straight minutes, mostly at how awesome Jeremy was for making such an on-point suggestion.
21. Loved watching Noel Yee walk around the fire circle like a street-kid on a poor sidewalk. Head down, free hand in pocket, hoodie up, but casually rocking two-poi in his other hand. The contrast of "I got mad skillz" and "I'm as nonchalant as I get right now" was amazing and made me, for a moment, rethink what flowy is.
22. I cannot WAIT until next year :). To all of you I say have a wonderful year of peace, love, happiness, and flowy, flowy propping.


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Not sure if you "ES Nerfed!" people are playing Elemental or Enhance. As Elemental, this is a huge buff.
Our rotation depends entirely upon Flame Shock being on the enemy first and foremost, and being re-applied every 18 seconds. If you have to interrupt in a fight (such as KT or Yogg p1 or going for Less-Rabi), you're potentially sacrificing DPS to do so. A lot of DPS for that matter. If you had to interrupt right before the dot ticked off, then you'd have to wait 6 seconds to do so again. That's six seconds without proccing the Lava Burst crit. And any Elemental knows that our DPS is almost entirely dependant upon rolling crits, which is why starting that first crit is so important to the rest of the rotation.
This is a buff. Will I miss Earth Shock in PVP getting that last huge interrupting hit I need to finish off a healer? Yes. Will I like a GCD-free off-shared cooldown interrupt even more? Hell yes.


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It's basically the naruto story, but It starts off before the leaf village was built. It also tells a lot about the history, of the leaf village, plus more...
The four main clans (and the other clans) have been walking for several months, to find a place they could call home. (Before I forget, two families have both carrying a burden in their stomach for some time now.)
As the daylight grew dimmer, the first hokage said, "I need you three to take a look up ahead, ok?" "Ok sir!!!" said the three, before they left to look ahead.
"Hey look you two, I found something!" said one of the runners. "Wow..." said the two, when they finally got to the spot. "That spot must go on for miles. Him and I will run to the hokage and tell him." said one of the runners, grabbing another runner to come along.
A half an hour later, the two finally met up with the hokage. "Sir we… finally found a spot…" said the two runners, out of breath. "Then let's go before it gets any darker. Every one, farther ahead is where we'll finally set up our village!" said the hokage, following the two runners.
"Ok sir, we're finally here." said the runners. "Yes this will do, (I don't know the name of the jutsu the hokage used, so I came up with my own name for it.) Tree summoning jutsu!!!" said the hokage. "Wow, this is so amazing…" said a few villagers awing silently, because of the amazing work the hokage did. "This place shall be called Konoha, Village hidden in the leaves! Foxtail and Wolftail, you gather food and water, Mistwater and Sabaku start building houses, and for any other person/clan help out in any way you can!" said the hokage.
After several more months of house building and food gathering, the village was finally complete. A few days later, the Foxtails had a new-born baby Foxtail. "Dear, do you think she is one of the few chosen Foxtails, because she is born with two tails, and we still only have one tail?" said the mother. "I say it's possible… how about we name her Kitsune?" said the father. "Yes, that is what her name shall be…." said the mother, quietly.
A few days later the Mistwater clan also had a baby. "Awe, doesn't he look adorable?" said Kiery, the baby's mother. "Yes he does… what is that on his left shoulder?" said Felix, the baby's father. "It seems to be a mark on him. It will most likely go away." said Kiery "No…that is no mark at all, it's a curse mark, it's…it's the Water Demon Ryou's curse mark…we can't let anyone know about this…" said Felix, stuttering. "I don't care if he has a demon sealed inside of him, he's still my baby…Mist, and for all I care he could be the most horrible looking baby, or he could be severely/permanently deformed, I'll still love, care, and protect Mist no matter what he is or what happens to us/him." said Kiery, starting to get angry. "I'll still care for him, but as soon as he is one or two years old, I'll start training him, so he'll be able to defend himself." said Felix, pointing at his son.
Three to four years later. "Kitsune!!! you get back here now!!!" said a super angry Jonin. "Only if you can catch me! Nya, Nya!" said Kitsune, running from the Jonin. "Can somebody find someone fast enough to catch Kitsune?!" said the Jonin. "I'll catch Kitsune!" said Kia. "Don't even try Kia, you're five, and you're no where near fast enough to catch Kitsune." said the Jonin. "So what if I'm 5, and so what if everyone says I can't catch her, I know that I'll catch her, and that's a promise!" said Kia, as she ran to catch up to Kitsune. "Wow that's the fastest I've ever seen Kia run, she better catch her, if not, and at least she'll be known as the person who almost caught Kitsune…" said the Jonin to himself.
"Hey Kitsune can't you go any faster, cause you're not even making this a challenge?" said Kia. "Nice Kia, I've never seen you go this fast, if you really want to catch me you'll have to be faster." said Kitsune, as she started to run even faster. "Ok then Kitsune, shadow clone Jutsu!" said Kia. Then after a couple hand signs a poof of clouds came up. "Now everyone let's get Kitsune at our top speed!" said Kia. "Ok!" said the clones. "I guess you finally got me Kia." said Kitsune poof "Gross! It was a mud clone." said Kia as her clones went poof, with a cloud of dust then disappeared. (Kitsune reveals herself behind a piece of camouflage.) "I guess you didn't catch me Kia." said Kitsune. "No I will catch you Kitsune!" said Kia, before she tapped a wire that trapped herself in a net. "Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, Kia I thought you could do better that that, well I'll be seeing you later, bye-bye Kia!" said Kitsune, as she poofed away. "I'll get you some day Kitsune!" said Kia, as she shook her fist in the net.
"KITSUNE!!! You're late!" said her teacher angrily. "I know, I know." said Kitsune. "And since you're late we'll be practicing… hey where's Collin?" said the teacher. "Here I am, I was helping two old men cross the street." said Collin, as he walked in. "Yeah right, you were sleeping in." said Kitsune, taunting Collin. "No! I do actually help out with that kind of stuff. "Whatever Collin, I have no time to argue with you." said Kitsune, folding her arms.
Then a couple minutes later, Kitsune jumped out the window to have lunch. Just as soon as Kitsune was about to take a bite of her lunch, someone threw a rock at her lunch. "Ok! Who the hell was the person that threw a rock at my ongori?!" said Kitsune holding up a fist angrily. "I…. I did…" said a kid in a very scared voice. "That was my only lunch, you bastard!!!" said Kitsune walking up to the group angrily. "We're really sorry Kitsune, we meant to throw the rock at the kid at the other table. "Ok then, who's gonna pay for it, and who's the person that actually threw the rock?!" said Kitsune. The group pointed to a young boy with red spiky hair, with yellow tips at the end of each spike. "I should punch you, but I'll let it go this time, but if it ever happens again, I'll make sure you get a broken/Bloody nose!" said Kitsune as she walked away. Then the group ran away, coming close to wetting their pants.
"Oh man I hope I'll have some time to spy on Konema?" said Kitsune, performing a jutsu that made her turn invisible temporally. (Konema is Kitsune's crush, yet he doesn't realize it.) "Wow, I didn't catch Kitsune spying on me today!" said Konema. ring! "Man I hate it when the bell rings…" said Kitsune, as she made herself visible once again.
"Ok class, your homework is to practice molding up chakra." said the teacher "Awww, I was hopeing that we didn't have any homework." said someone. "Yeah, me too" said another kid.
Just as Kitsune was leaving the academy, to go to the Foxtail dorm, someone threw a rock at her torso. "Ouch! That hurt!" said Kitsune, dropping to her knees. "Get up Demon, well only if you can!" said a boy with yellow hair. "You'll want to stop throwing rocks at me, or you'll get hurt." said Kitsune, getting up, while cracking her neck. "Why don't you make me, Oh wait you can't, because you only have three tails, and Kyubi isn't here to help/protect you!" said the Boy throwing a few more rocks. "You'll regret you continued to throw those rocks at me!" said Kitsune. Then all of the sudden, Kitsune went into a trance like state. "You'll die now!!!" said Kitsune, running up to the boy, and then disappeared on top of a building. "Wha… Where did… she go?" said the boy look in all directions, then running off, while wetting himself.
A couple seconds after the boy ran away, Kitsune came out of the trance. "Where am I, what just happened?" said Kitsune. Because Kitsune was confused and did not know where she was, she too one single step, and started to fall off of the 100ft building. "Ahhhh! Someone, please help me!!!" said Kitsune, screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Huh? I wonder what that is about…Don't worry I'll help you Kitsune!" said a Boy, running to catch Kitsune. tap… tap…tap was all you heard as the boy ran, then he made a huge 77ft jump, and caught Kitsune.
When Kitsune finally opened one of her eyes, she realized that someone had caught her. "Kyubi-san, is that you?" said Kitsune, still in the arms of the person who caught her. "Ummm… I'm not Kyubi, I am Mist, Kitsune." said Mist, still holding Kitsune. "Thanks for catching me, and saving my life Mist, but how do you know my name?" said Kitsune blushing in embarrassment. "I'm in the same class as you Kitsune, and I sit in the back, and I'm quiet most of the time, also, don't forget to practice molding up chakra, it's gonna be on the exam." said Mist, as he put Kitsune down. "Thanks Mist." said Kitsune, as she walked away. Then as she started to walk away, a mist started to surround her. "Kitsune, I put a mist veil around you, that will only last till you get home, and so no one else will throw any more rocks at you!"said Mist, shouting, as he walked away.
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U.S. Commission On Civil Rights Announces Audio Webcast Of Briefing On Reconciling Non-Discrimination Principles With Religious Liberty
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Commission on Civil Rights announces that it will audio webcast its public briefing examining recent legal developments concerning the intersection of non-discrimination principles with those of religious liberty. The briefing will take place on Friday, March 22, 2013 from 9:30 AM EDT to 1:00 PM EDT, and will be available to the public for listening on the web at http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=92992 (registration required).
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Emo Girlbytheoncomingstorm©
Emo girl
She was born into pain, a child of neglect.
She lived too many places to count, studied pain and trauma.
She worked at building a brick wall to shelter her heart.
She is always on guard, never fully trusting anyone.
She has been hurt so much she is use to it.
She loves only one but she knows her love goes unrequited.
She is painfully aware that she is just an option to him, the bottom of the barrel to him.
His power over her makes her weak, she'll love him even though he rips out her heart daily.
She wears black to mourn all she has lost.
She cries silent tears knowing that no one cares.
She screams into the night.
The scars upon her skin remind her of her pain, the scars upon her heart remind her of her love.
Her memories rip her apart, her hopes are deadly.
She gives and is used, she loves and is abused.
Her voice is lost to the world, it falls upon deaf ears, her cries for help unanswered.
She wishes that someday she will be his girl, knowing it will never be...He made that clear...He makes that clear.
He is more important to her than she will ever be to him.
She is an idiot in love, the loneliest person, the kindest heart, the saddest girl.
A bright smile is painted on her face to hide the damage and the pain.
She is wise beyond her years, wisdom gained from aching in the misery of a broken heart.
She sacrifices everything.
She is surprised that he is mad because she doesn't care anymore especially since he was too blind to see how he hurt her, to see how he sucked the life out of her.
She goes through life saying "I'm fine"... it is her biggest lie.
She loved him so much it physically hurt.
He came into her life so unexpected, he robbed her, he hurt her, he toyed with her heart, he lied to her, he treated her like she mattered only to ignore her.
He chased every girl under the sun but her. She asked in whispered tones, "Why not me?"
"Why her or her or her when no one could ever love you the way I love you?"
She bore her soul to him, she trusted him.
He thought it was just a game. He quit. She lost.
Her worth and value determined by how he treated her and discarded her.
She died a thousand deaths loving him.
To her he was perfect.
Then he used her and left her lonelier than the last person left on the earth.
She didn't want to change him. But he changed her.
He didn't need her. She needed him.
He made her bloom like a flower. Then he crushed her petals.
He taught her to laugh again. Then reminded her why she had started to cry in the first place.
His words touched her until she realized they were empty but his actions spoke volumes.
She was just his entertainment for a fleeting moment. He was her love for a lifetime.
She asked about him, took an interest in his life but he gave one word responses and acted like she was a bother to him.
Her hurt her. Over and over again. But she kept going back to him.
It didn't matter that she was there for him. He wasn't there for her especially when she needed him most.
She had to be her own superhero.
She had to be her own knight in shining armor.
She had to be her own best friend.
If she couldn't be then who would?
He wouldn't.
He told her it was okay to be herself, told her she was good enough, then he proved himself a liar.
She'll never be good enough.
She'll never be loved.
She'll forever live in sadness.
It is her fate.
It is my fate.
She is me.
Emo Girl.
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Cutest Lil' Critter in HoennWell I'm enjoying it so far. No TV Tropes posts about it, though you'd expect that of a racing game to be honest. Well, anyone got some advice for me? Are there any cars that function off-road/mixed surface in class R1/R2? I'm sure that the Ford RS 200 Evolution is the fastest rally-bred car in the game, but I've already got that for R3 and I don't want to duplicate for some crazy reason only known to me. Anyway, I've got a handy list of my vehicles of choice. Any feedback in these too?
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Jonah FalconI haven't played Forza since 3 (though I rented 4). Horizon's getting a ton of rave reviews, but right now, I have AC 3 and Halo 4 etc. Turn 10 always backs its games on a monthly basis, so I'm confident I can wait a month or two and not miss anything.
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Last night was the Taste of Texarkana at the 4-States Fair Entertainment Center. What a great night with fantastic food and all benefiting Harvest Texarkana!
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DeWine consults with county prosecutors
May 28, 2010, 11:07 am
MOUNT VERNON — Former Ohio Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senator Michael DeWine met with Knox County Prosecutor John Thatcher Thursday afternoon as part of his tour of county prosecutors throughout the state.
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John Q. Public
Thanks Knoxcat for your correction to my response in my comment. However, there are no term limits for Senators. To be more to the point, basically, all any Attorney General does is to argue against the common citizen in favor of the state. This was not the original role of the A.G.. and our state public defenders' office is not doing their job to the best interests of the citizens of our state. I am still trying to hold on to the belief that our Constitutional rights have not vanished from the face of the earth, and I'm happy to finally see a Democrate in the Ohio Supreme Court.
One correction, John. It does say in the article he is a former senator. He had to leave because of term limits I believe. Anyway he was replaced by Sherrod Brown. If you want to know why he wants to be AG you should read his campaign positions, which this story does not go into in great detail. It does seem to state he does have concerns with the state of law enforcement in the state, especially the BCI's lack of whatever it takes to do a faster job of what it does.
John Q. Public
Why would a U.S. Senator want to become the Ohio Attorney General? It simply does'nt make any sense. Does Mike DeWine believe that he is useless in the Senate? I get sick and tired of these people refusing to take a job in the public sector, and instead, want to play political musicial chairs in trying to somehow advance their own political agenda. Even though Ohio Attorney General Cordray won his case opposing me in the 6th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals I still respect the man. I think Cordray is an honorable man, even though I'm a registered Republican. I've had enough of Mike DeWine, he should get off the public dole and start working in the real world that all of us have to put-up with.
John C. Davidson
I have always embraced the concept of the laws and how they are applied in a selective manner. If one were to scanned through the pages of the Ohio Revised Code, one would be amazed that they weren't continually harassed while walking in public.


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Paul Torrance thought IQ tests were an inappropriate way to gauge true intelligence. So he devised methods of testing creativity that are now employed the world over.
velyn Bain walks through the playground at Barrow Elementary in Athens, stops near the swings, and calls out to her first-graders, who bump into each other like keystone cops.
"Spectrum!" she shouts as a young girl runs over and hugs her hard around the waist.
"Hello, Liza," she says.
"Hello, Ms. Bain."
Then Liza also starts to shout:
Soon, eight first-graders are zig-zagging to the Spectrum trailer while the other first-graders continue recess.
Inside, Bain's "gifted" students sit at small tables and work on exercises inspired by the research of UGA's Distinguished Professor Emeritus E. Paul Torrance. The purpose of the activities is not to push as many facts into their brains as possible, but to expand their ability to think originally.
Torrance (top of page) teaches a problem-solving technique to students in Santa Rosa, Calif. The Torrance Test shown above measures creativity by asking students to embellish sets of supplied shapes.
Thinking originally has been the crux of nearly 60 years of work for Torrance. In that time, he has invented the benchmark method for quantifying creativity and has arguably created the platform for all research on the subject since. The "Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking" helped shatter the theory that IQ tests alone were sufficient to gauge real intelligence; they solidified what heretofore was only conceptualnamely that creative levels can be scaled and then increased through practice.
Torrance's soon-to-be-released book, Manifesto: A Guide to Developing a Creative Career, includes the results of his 40-year longitudinal study of creativitythe only one of its kind.
"I suppose creativity is a part of intellect, but there are many abilities involved in intellect," says Torrance, who still keeps office hours at age 85. "For the full development of creativity in children and adults, I am convinced they have a better chance in life if their best abilities are identified and encouraged.
"Originally, people thought a test could not be created. One issue was creating a test anyone could respond toregardless of previous experiences. We did that and now the test has been translated into over 50 languages."
"He is the father of creativity," says Joan Franklin-Smutney, director for the gifted at National-Louis University in Evanston, Ill., and creative editor at Ablex-Greenwood, which will publish Torrance's upcoming book. "His research has become the framework for the field and he is a catalyst for expansion."
Heightened awareness of the importance of creativity has led to the development of gifted programs all over the world. In Georgia, a student's success on the Torrance Tests is key to admission into gifted programswhich exist, according to Sally Krisel, because every school system is charged with targeting students' learning levels. When students excel, they deserve to be challengedand gifted programs are a great way to accomplish that.
Torrance with his sister at the family farm near Milledgeville (1922), where his shortcomings as a farmhand convinced Torrance's parents to send him to college.
"Georgia was one of the first two states to mandate gifted programs in all state systems for kindergarten through 12th grade," says Krisel (MEd '82, PhD '00), who is the state's director of gifted programs. "I have no doubt Georgia has excelled because of the influences of people like Torrance."
The Torrance Testscombined with longitudinal studies, heightened creativity awareness, and improved teaching techniquesgave rise to the field of creativity. A natural by-product of Torrance's research is UGA's Torrance Center for Creative Studies.
"Our purpose is to continue Paul Torrance's work and to provide a forum for research and foster academic and applications discussion," says Torrance Center director Juanita Matthews-Morgan. "The Center promotes programs for children, training for teachers, new publications, and helps cross-fertilize ideas by bringing visiting scholars from all over the world."
In Bain's gifted classroom at Barrow Elementary, students are at work on their first activity. Encouraged to come up with as many ideas as possiblea concept that is central to Torrance's creative problem-solving researchthey brainstorm possible uses for an empty cream cheese container each has in front of them.
"And children," says Bain (BSEd '74, MEd '75), "there's no such thing as . . . ?" "Wrong ideas!" they say in unison. Next, the students work as a team to transform a random shape Bain has drawn on the board into something recognizable.
"Without Spectrum," says six-year-old Liza, "I'd miss all the fun challenges."
"These Torrance activities are similar to ones found on the Torrance Tests," Bain says after dismissing her class. "It's amazing how much teachers learn about the talents of children through this process. We learn that different kids have different ways they need to be challenged."
The Torrance Tests take two forms: verbal and figural. The verbal consists of the student inventing uses for common things, such as a stuffed animal. First, the proctor asks, "How would you make this a better toy?" Students' responses are then evaluated for originality (based on past responses), fluency (number of ideas), flexibility (number of different categories), and elaboration of the ideas.
As director of the Air Force Advanced Training Survival School in 1951, Torrance learned that, under extreme conditions, the best pilots always demonstrated creativity.
The figural is more objective. The student starts with a simple shape like a circle and tries to incorporate it in a more complicated picture. The results are judged on the same criteria as the verbal. Props and shapes are scrutinized constantly for effectiveness.
"They don't feel like tests," says Bonnie Cramond (PhD '82), a professor in the University's educational psychology department and a research fellow at the Torrance Center. "As opposed to written intelligence exams, the Torrance Tests don't ask questions that inherently exclude some students. For instance, a question about a regatta might make sense to a student from Savannahand no sense to someone else. The Torrance Tests are blind to culture; they can be given to a kindergartner or a grad student."
orrance's home, in the Five Points area of Athens, is designed to hold and disseminate information. "Hello," he says after opening the front door, and then it's through the living room to the most important room in the house, the office. On one wall, he keeps hundreds of alphabetized books; against the other, a domino-like line of gray file cabinets with meticulously filed folders on anyone who has had the pleasure of working with Torrance.
Asked how he has managed to be so prolifiche's written dozens of books and more than 2,000 published articles on creativityTorrance is characteristically modest:
"I've had a lot of time."
But the truth is, his curiosity burns as brightly today as it did more than six decades ago, even before he earned his his undergraduate degree from Mercer, his master's from Minnesota, and his doctorate from Michigan.
Before Torrance demonstrated how creativity could be tested and accounted for as a legitimate aspect of intellect, IQ was the test of meritto the exclusion of all else. If you had Cezanne's vision or Einstein's imagination, but you had trouble with math (Einstein flunked it in in high school), you would miss out on all the learning opportunities gifted children have and, thus, have a tougher time reaching your intellectual potential.
Such scenarios puzzled Torrance, who began teaching high school in his hometown of Milledgeville in the late 1930s. He remembers encountering two rowdy Georgia Military College students, whom he knew had potential.
"It became my ambition to channel their energy," Torrance recalls. "And then I read Square Pegs in Square Holes by Margaret Broadley. It described how the boys were just 'too full of ideas' and 'like wild colts.' Their energy just needed to be harnessed."
Torrance and his wife Pansy were married in November 1959, just after he began testing elementary school students in what would become a 40-year longitudinal study of the value of creativity.
Torrance laughs when he thinks back to how he helped them eventually corral their creativity: "One became a school superintendent and the other was Secretary of Labor in Ford's cabinet."
Two hours into the interview, the sun begins to set and Torrance is just getting started. This is a man who still rises at six every morning and spends the day dictating to his secretary, answering e-mails, and editing his latest book. He diplomatically cuts the interview short by signing a poster for Manifesto for Children, which outlines his seven tenets of creativity, the first of which is "Don't be afraid to fall in love with something and pursue it with intensity."
Manifesto, the book, which includes results from his 40-year study, describes, says Torrance, how over time his test subjects "struggle to maintain their creativity and use their strengths to create their careers." The exhaustive researchwhich correlates test scores of 1950s elementary school students with what they achieved later in lifeshows that factors such as war and raising families can be obstacles to a creative career.
"We found that after 30 or 40 years other things became more important than achievement, intelligence, and creativity," says Torrance. "I call these 'Beyonder' characteristics, such as persistence, courage, willingness to take a risk, and loving and doing what you can do well."
The study led to the publication of the Torrance Testsand with his return to his home state as chair of UGA's educational psychology department. The Torrance tests, although refined over the years, have been the test of choice ever since.
"Dr. Torrance's work gives us breakthrough information we mortals can pick and choose from, according to need," says Krisel. "Parents learn how to support their children, teachers find ways to tap into the students' learning processes, and counselors discover ways to increase students' opportunities."
But as much as anything, the study confirms creativity as an aspect of intelligence. Based upon Torrance's vast platform of work, creativity is not just an extravagance or embellishment of personality; it's a critical life-skill that all sectors of societyfrom hospitals to the militaryteach in order to create better problem-solvers.
Torrance was director of a field unit doing research in support of Air Force survival training in 1951, when he first defined creativity as:
The Torrances flank Gov. Joe Frank Harris, who proclaimed April 8-14, 1984, "Georgia Future Problem Solving Week."
"Whenever a person is faced with a problem for which he has no known or practiced solution, some degree of creativity is required." It was obvious to him, then as now, "that people who employed creativity were the best at what they did. The best pilots were creative in their performance."
Fifty years later, the world has caught up to Torrance's thinking.
"The focus no longer needs to be whether or not it can be testedwe see now that it canbut on its application," says Freddie Reisman, director of the Drexel/Torrance Center for Creative Studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Reisman, a former chair of the department of elementary education at UGA, founded the center in 1999 and says she doesn't believe there is another person who holds the distinction of having two centers named after them and focused on the essential tenets of their research. Reisman is now director of Drexel's school of education. "We are now learning to combine creativity with everything."
t is with considerable humor that Torrance recalls how he wound up in educational psychology. Born on a Milledgeville farm in 1915, he walked and talked at a very young age. But he also had learning disabilitiesmainly problems judging depth perception. Ironically, those disabilities were a turning point in his life.
"I couldn't plow a straight line," he recalls. "So, when I was about 13, my father said to me at the dinner table, 'It's plain to see that you could never earn your living on a farm. You have to get educated. And it's time you ate your peas with a fork.'"
Torrance's self-effacing nature has contributed to his ability to communicate with and influence several generations of educators. Indeed, when you talk to anyone about Torranceregardless of the task in front of themthey drop everything and say:
"Absolutely, I'll be glad to talk to you about Dr. Torranceanything you need to know."
There is an undeniable sense that those who have been taught by him, either directly or indirectly, are indebted to him.
"Over a period of years, he continually proves himself a geniusand not just in theory but in application, which has affected thousands of teachers and millions of students," says Joan Franklin-Smutney. "His work will not perish because he genuinely wants to see humankind progress."
Torrance, 85, maintains regular office hours and is about to publish a landmark book.


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