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Gyu-Kaku - Miami
- Address:
34 SW 13th St.
Miami, FL 33130Neighborhood:
Downtown Miami
- Cuisine:
JapanesePrice: $30 and under
Gyu-Kaku - Miami
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.gyu-kaku.com/fl/miami.htm
- Phone: 3054008915x
- Hours of Operation:
Monday - Thursday: 11:30am - 11:00pm, Friday: 11:30am - 12:00am - Saturday: 11:30am - 12:00am, Sunday: 11:30am - 10:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Late Night, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
A word from Gyu-Kaku - Miami
Gyu-Kaku"s specialty is Yakiniku where our guest become chefs, cooking up a variety of luscious marinated meats, along with a wide variety of delectable dishes, served with our invigorating spirit and sublime atmosphere, you will definitely enjoy your experience.Continued
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerKid Friendly
- Diners' Choice WinnerJapanese
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Gyu-Kaku - Miami reviews from OpenTable diners
43 reviews since May 26, 2014
- Food4.5Service4.2
- Ambiance4.3Noise LevelModerate
good for groups (34)special occasion (18)fit for foodies (17)neighborhood gem (13)late-night find (12)romantic (11)great for lunch (11)hot spot (10)kid-friendly (9)great for brunch (7)great for outdoor dining (3)vibrant bar scene (3)scenic view (2)notable wine list (2)Show More
- Great experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 9/18/2014Service and food was great. Definitely recommend it to friends/family.Special Features:
- Japanese with a TwisttjelkeDined on 9/5/2014Cook your own food, but in a stylish setting. Quality beef, chicken, pork. Cool concept I saw while in Japan. Make a reservation.Special Features:
- A Must Go!!Food2Dined on 9/2/2014Very nice place. Great food. Great staff.The enviroment is quite and romantic. I will eat here everytime we visit miami. A experience you will remember. Fast courteous staff. Great place!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Hidden gem in brickellWilsonDined on 8/31/2014Amazing food and experience! Hidden gem in brickell.. Go on Sundays it's happy hour all day long! The steamed shrimp dumplings and the duck are personal favs but everything on the menu tastes great! Great for date nights and not super expensive for a great experience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great food in a looking cheap placeOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 8/30/2014Do not be discouraged by looking cheap laminated menus with photos! The food is great! They have a limited choice of appetizers and don't have sushis or sashimis. But the quality of appetizer is very very high! We also enjoyed delicious fried rice with shrimps. The speciality of that place is that you may cook your food right in front of you at every table. The menu carries an extensive list of different kinds of meat. Its funny though that literally nobody did that when we were there and the place was packed!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- BBQ!!moltomamaDined on 8/28/2014LOVELOVELOVE this place. So many food items to choose from. I'm still dreaming about those chicken wings. they are amazing. Pretty good happy hour deals too. Fun place for kids/families...the only thing is that the grill can get REALLY HOT and if you're sitting right in front (and you're a lady) you makeup will melt!!Special Features:
- It's a different experience!GauchaemMiamiDined on 8/16/2014It's a nice place! It's different because we can cook on the table! Therefore, be prepared to take the smoky smell with you! There are few chairs and sitting on a bench is nor quite confortable! The food was good! The plates can be shared. I think it's a different taste and experience that is worth trying!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fun reunionFoodieVIPDined on 8/13/2014This was the 3rd time in 3 months to come here with a large group, and had another fun great reunion dinner! Meat was great as usual, and also the salad is excellent. S more's at the end is a cherry on the top!Special Features:
- The 3rd time here, and still greatFoodieVIPDined on 8/4/2014We were there for lunch with another large group, and all had plenty of food and had a lot of fun grilling, eating and chatting!Special Features:
- Food is goodMoniqueTheFoodieDined on 7/27/2014.... But Went back a second time & the service was equally as bad as the first. Wait staff takes forever to bring you essentials. First visit, bottled water- 20 minutes! Second visit, rice bowls- we had to ask several times while our rice was getting cold. Other minor service details must be improved upon.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- servicemanmanDined on 7/22/2014The food was great, but the service was a little bad! People always forgot what I ordered!Special Features:
- honest suggestions from a fanReviewerVIPDined on 7/22/2014gyu-kaku is the best!!! so happy that they opened a location in miami but this location needs better service, please! having visited many other gyu-kaku locations in different countries, these are what i noticed for this location: 1. please clean the sauce bottles.. including making sure the outside is not sticky and unclogging the cap so that sauces can flow out easily 2. please wipe tables clean a little better.. often they are still kind of sticky or oily when you sit down 3. the wait staff often mix up orders and/miss orders.. there may need to be a little bit more training here the food is AWESOME and i will keep coming back.. keep up the good work and i'm super looking forward to the next visit! (probably soon) :)
- A fun interactive eating experienceMichelleV26Dined on 7/19/2014I had been to the one in New York with some Japanese colleagues and this restaurant did not disappoint. The group had a great time, tried all different types of meats and it was definitely an experience cooking on our own personal grill. Everyone loved it and the food was great!! The only thing this place really needs improvement on is their selection of spirits! Kinda weak.Special Features:
- Good timemichyVIPDined on 7/14/2014I had been to this restaurant in LA and had a grea time. This location definitely did not disappoint. Great food, great service and decent price.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great lunch deal!FoodieVIPDined on 7/8/2014We were here for a large group dinner before, and enjoyed it very much. We came this time for lunch with a smaller group, and it's a great deal!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Service was unbelievable!NomiVIPDined on 7/3/2014I love the chain (yes, chain) Gyu-kaku. Normally, when dining at this restaurant you get the full service top to bottom, no questions asked! Umfortunately, the Miami location was the worst that we have encountered. The wait staff never explained to our friends who were first timers, what was what , etc. The waiter was slow and had no clue. It is unfortunate because the restaurant itself offers very good food at reasonable prices. Sad, really...Special Features:
- Great Service!TorontofoodieDined on 6/30/2014I have gone to the one in Chicago, and enjoyed it! So I thought to bring my sister for her first time. This location was 10x better than Chicago. Amazing service, on top of everything. They changed the grill very frequently which made it so impressive. In Chicago, I had to ask the waiters to change it. Quick service, amazing food.. just what we were looking for! Highly recommend this location. Thanks for a enjoyable experience. Just set the standards, and when going to other cities, I will be comparing it to this experience. Never had such great service! Very friendly staff members!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AMAZINGGGGcochiDined on 6/28/2014I went to the New York restaurant 5 years ago and I was amazed by this place. The food is awesome the atmosphere is great. I was super excited when I heard it was coming to Miami and it didn't disappoint at all. It was wonderful, delicious and the ambiance and waiter were very nice. I cant wait to go again. I recommend the kobe beef, noodles (yum) and green tea dessert (to die for)!!!Special Features:
- Trendy and TastySugartime4Dined on 6/21/2014We were a party of 8, celebrating a birthday. Gyu-kaku is an evening of fun, but expensive! Great variety of specialty drinks, served large but weak on alcohol. Bar had no Crown Royal and hot sake had to be sent back to be heated. The menu is huge and the choices for individual or combo orders is confusing. Once ordered, our individual table grills were started and table was slammed with food. We asked servers to slow down so we could savor the evening! The fun begins as you start grillin'. Lots of beef, poultry and seafood choices. Each plate ($8-15) has a few slices of raw protein or veggies to grill. The skimpy Kobe was $17. B-day cake was comped and s'mores were fun. You won't be "stuffed" but it's a fun evening. ($50 or more pp)Special Features:
- Good food & service!FoodieVIPDined on 6/2/2014We were a large group, but they accommodated us in the back room very nicely. All of our teenage kids and parents had a great food, and a lot of fun BBQing meat, veggies and s'mores! We all said, we hava to come back here again soon!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Energy was great. service was ok.OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/26/2014I would go back again just to see energy of a different waiter/waitress.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 22 reviews are from the Gyu-Kaku - Miami reviews archive.
- the best Japanese restaurantmrkrownDined on 5/16/2014Great service and exelent food. Great for family dinners or group dinners. Not too noicy you can tell everyone is having a good time the staff is very welcoming and the fod selection is just amazing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fun for the whole familyManny32VIPDined on 5/11/2014Who doesn't like to cook their own food? The prices are cheap enough to sample many meat dishes. The best part...the SMORES dessert! Gotta try it.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 5/10/2014music was too loud. it was hard to have a normal conversation without having to yell. you can even hear the staff (if you are seated close to the kitchen) yelling at each other. we ordered a fixed-course menu, the meat came in installments. poor service. the food was very good, but the service definitely needs improvement.
- ServerMiamipandaDined on 5/10/2014Great atmosphere, delicious foods and drinks, impeccable service!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Just like in JapanMobileOneDined on 5/10/2014I've been at Gyu-kaku in Japan and the restaurant and food is pretty similar if not identical with few exceptions. It is on the pricy side if you want to get very satisfied but worth the quality and service.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fun spot!Manny32VIPDined on 5/2/2014Good for the family to cook their own food. Succulent pieces of meat very savory. Although most were a little salty and you really have to like their marinades. Fun to do in a group but it does take a while prepare for a least 1.5 -2 hours being there.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- No space in tablesmiguelDined on 4/26/2014The seats were uncomfortable. Not have room for the feet. The tables are too attached to people. The food was normal. Normal service.
- Fun ExperienceOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 4/26/20145 of us were very excited to try Gyu Kaku especially my BFF since she has been to one in another location. The atmosphere was modern and none of us walked out hungry or with our clothes smelling like BBQ (this is not true with many Asian Korean BBQ places). We had a fun experience cooking in the grill, especially with our s'mores desserts. Overall I would recommend this place. The only thing I wasn't too impressed with was the Kobe beef. I was expecting better quality for the price.Special Features:
- Incredible experienceNorthBayVillageFoodieDined on 4/19/2014This restaurant is a must do in Miami! Twice! It's great entertainment cooking your own food in the BBQ pit, but I was also unexpectedly thrilled at how the food, start to finish, was exceptional quality. The Korean dumplings were the best I've even had, amazing fresh-off-the-farm tasting salad, steak that melts in the mouth, etc. The restaurant is quite new, thus impeccably decorated in contemporary Asian high style and spotlessly clean. The prices are very reasonable, but if you're starving you can still run up a bill. 2 beers and stuffing ourselves ran about $40. Service was competent: friendly and reasonably knowledgeable, but as is true with most restaurants these days, it's a weird team effort with multiple servers. Rush down!Special Features:
- Disappointed VisitmidoparisDined on 4/1/2014Only the ambience is good. The food was not that fresh; my husband and I both had stomachaches after eating there. The service was the most disappointed part, the server seemed to be overwhelmed and made several mistakes on our order. Honestly, I will not come back to Gyu Kaku ever again.
- The second time experienceStalkerBoDined on 3/29/2014Great taste of BBQ beef, and the seafood & veggies are not as great as beef, but still keep a high-quality. The surrounding is quiet and comfortable in general, except some customers made some noises. The service is good enough to fit the level and reputation of the restaurant, sincere and enthusiasm.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not as expectedHkFoodieDined on 3/14/2014It was our first time dining in this restaurant. We had expected to be good because of all the positive reviews. When we personally experienced the service and food it was quite disappointing. All of us are foodie and enjoy dining out but as we received our appetizers it all went bad. The food was disappointing. The server was not attentive and some of the food we ordered was missing. Overall experience was disappointing.Special Features:
- new inovative amazing Restaurant.OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 3/10/2014Great place to eat. Happy hour is excellent drink and food included. New experince in cooking. I recomend this place to anyone that will like to enjoy a good time with wife , girlfriend or friends.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great food better atmosphereOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 3/3/2014The food there was great I went with my girlfriend and we both loved it. I suggest to order meats from the alacarte menu that way you can order exactly what you would like.Special Features:
- Great BBQ for groups!ihern06VIPDined on 2/22/2014We were a party of 6 and really enjoyed our experience. We ordered the meal for 4 and another for 2 to get a variety of meats and appetizers and it was worth it. We were all full! The cheese dumplings and miso chilli chicken wings are a must. I wish we had more s'mores! Music was a little loud but overall, fun, and food was easy and quick to cook. Plus, we didn't smell like food when we left which happens at other "fondue" places. I definitely recommend giving it a try!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not badcatalanDined on 2/21/2014Food correct, good service. But a bit expensive for what they offer.Special Features:
- Theme diningGmanDined on 2/15/2014Food is not fit for a foodie but there is a time when u would visit . Theme restaurant on same level of a Benihana .. Great for birthdays but would not go there for a culinary experience . It is what it is . Fun to cook food but gets old after the first strip of steak . Good service and well executedSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good food, slow serviceAnonymousDined on 1/25/2014I'll start by saying the food was good. Nothing outstanding, but we enjoyed everything. We had the steamed dumplings, miso chicken wings (probably the best item of the night), and a variety of meats to grill after the appetizers. Our night was soured by the terrible service though. We were at our table for nearly 30 minutes before we were even acknowledged. I did not receive my water until after we were done with our appetizers and after I had asked for it 4 times. It was a Saturday night, but it was not terribly busy, so I just don't know what the hold up was with everything. For the two of us, we were there for over 2 hours. Considering 3 tables that came in an hour after us finished when we did, that felt like a very long time.Special Features:
- great!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 1/25/2014Beautiful clean restaurant with energetic,smiling staff.The whole restaurant greets you as you are led to your table . The food is delicious well seasoned and fresh and beautifully presented.We had a great time!Special Features:


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Android: I'm (very) excited
Today is a good day for technology. Google just released the Software Development Kit for Android, the open (Oh snap, iPhone) operating system for mobile phones they've been working on. I'll just say it: I've had a quick look and it rocks. Not only does it rock from a developer perspective – because it is a pretty comprehensive SDK -, but the platform's user experience is surprisingly good for something that's not considered ready to go yet.
The fact that Android is open and extensible is the most exciting bit – in fact, I've written about the need for an open connected device quite like this back in 2006, and now it's finally here. Being completely open means one very important thing: you get to control the experience. I'm betting we're going to see people (finally) put their time into producing a compelling mobile experience (both apps as well as the device's own UI) without the feeling that they're losing their time (and mind). Actually, I'm definitely going to be working on it.
Another part of the announcement – and no less important for quite a few people – is that Google has a grant of $10 million dollars to reward the best applications built on top of Android. So if you have development chops, get cranking on some of those mobile ideas!
To grab the SDK and start working on Android-based applications, visit the Android page at Google Code.

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Quentin Bajac, the new chief curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, writes for LightBox about his inaugural exhibition exploring the history of photography made within the four walls of the studio space.
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Habit House Halloween Stage Set
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Name: Habit House
Location: Lower East Side, Manhattan
Size: 700 square feet, 2 bedroom house built, temporarily, inside Essex Street Market Building B
Years Lived In: 10 days
While this is far from the home design we usually promote on Apartment Therapy, it is likely that most of our readers have experienced a scene of this nature at some point in their lives. This particular home happens to have been hand-crafted from scratch for theatrical purposes only.
Marsha, a set designer and installation artist, was asked to create a setting for a project called Habit, which blurs the line between theater and performance art. The project took place in a house created inside a warehouse space on the Lower East side, where 3 actors continuously re-enacted the same play over and over while 'living' in the house.
Habit is unique in that audience members were permitted and encouraged to move around the perimeter of the house and even peek in the windows to watch the actors. Some viewers chose to follow the actors from room to room, while others picked one vantage point and watched the scenes unfold around them. I had the opportunity to photograph the house before the performance began, as well as during the performance. The play lasted anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes and was on a continuous live loop for 8 hours per day! Any and all eating and other daily needs took place 'on stage.'
Marsha's work is meticulously accurate, down to the dust on the video game control box falling out of the glass cabinet under the TV or the crushed beer can in the bowl of bananas. It may be far from our ideal domestic setting, and it may be easy to turn our eyes away from it all, but this is reality for many. For me, it was nostalgic, as I tried to remember times I've spent in settings such as this, as well as awe-inspiring — I marveled at how this home didn't devolve over time, but was rather curated to evoke as much emotion and unease as the actors and the script itself. Marsha's work is a testament to the power of place and the impact of design. And that is certainly a lesson worth learning.
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Style: Theatrical "realism" encounters minimalist sculpture. Truth in materials. We used raw drywall for all wall surfaces, with visible structural supports (metal studs) on exterior. All the mechanics of the house are laced inside apertures in studs and exposed to the audience. By contrast, the interior is completely "realistic" and the interior design is in sync with the script: drug dealer dude inherits dead auntie's house.
Inspiration: Photos I shot of ranch house exteriors in upstate NY during autumn; online ranch house design kits; minimalist sculpture (Robert Smithson, Donald Judd); photographs by Robert Adams, What We Bought: The New World; Steven Shore, American Surfaces. Goodwills, Salvations Armys, Restores, throughout the Northeast.
Favorite Element: The contrast between the house exterior as machine-like box and its realistic interior, sited in the raw warehouse space of Essex Street Market. The accumulation of Halloween decorations as the 8-hour performance progresses, to insane and surreal effect.
Biggest Challenge: Fitting the house into the Essex Street Market space seamlessly and utilizing the natural light (the primary source being skylights) to the greatest effect. Installing and maintaining working plumbing.
What Friends Say: "A house that is replenished every night with canned soup, peanuts and Halloween candy, what could be better than that?!"
"Very much like the contemporary white trash feel. It's really hard to get contemporary white trash just right."
"Creepy, depressing, thoroughly effective in creating a mood for what unfolds."
Biggest Embarrassment: If the actors use the toilet too much during the durational performance, our RV waste holding tank is not big enough and in a couple of performances we experienced overflow.
Proudest DIY: DIY is what the actors do to the space. Among my favorites was the shrine on the TV set the character Mitch created: juxtaposing a Martina Navratilova VHS tape with a Suzanne Somers one. Another proud DIY moment of mine (and director David Levine): an actor placed two human-scale paper skeletons in chairs, and imagined them as other "live" characters.
Biggest Indulgence: Working appliances and plumbing, finished flooring throughout the house: laminate wood flooring everywhere except carpet in the bedroom and chill-out room.
Best Advice: If you need to have unfinished drywall and studs put up quickly, hire a sheetrock crew. However, if you wish to use it as a finished material you must supervise, as it's counter to their typical working method: start from the top down; use finished sheet seams on window opening.
Dream Source/Resources: Value Village, Toronto. Truly one of the most amazing and ever changing thrift shops — selling inspired bric a brac, large furniture and clothes.
- • Sofa: Sofa: Value Village, Toronto
• Lamps: Craigslist, Westfield, MA
• End tables: Craigslist, Westfield, MA
• Hannah Montana Pillow: Walmart, North Adams, MA
• Crocheted blanket: Salvation Army, Pittsfield, MA
• Curtains: Goodwill, Rochester, NY; Salvation Army, North Adams, MA
• Mirror: Restore (Habitat for Humanity), Pittsfield, MA
• Leather side chairs: Craigslist, Westfield, MA
• Coffee Table: Restore, Pittsfield, MA
• Leather reclining chair: Craigslist, NYC,
• Halloween Decor: Partycheap.com
- • Cabinets/sink: Restore, Pittsfield, MA
• Dining Table and Chairs: Craigslist, Toronto
• Curtains: Veterans of America, Rochester,NY
• Hutch: Craigslist, Westfield,MA
• Chandelier: Restore, Pittsfield, MA
• Bric-a-brac: Value Village, Toronto
• Artificial flowers: Chinatown, NY
• Dying spider plants: PS122, NY.
- • Sink/vanity/Bathtub: Restore, Pittsfield, MA
• Mascerating toilet, North Adams, MA
• Tile Board: Home Depot, NYC
• Medicine Cabinet, Restore, Pittsfield, MA
• Light fixture, Restore, Pittsfield, MA
• Framed Skunk Collage (by Kathy); Value Village, Toronto
• Tile Board: Home Depot, NY
- • Bed: Restore, Pittsfield, MA
• Dresser and mirror: Restore, Pittsfield, MA
• Side tables: Craigslist, Toronto
• 80s sconces: Restore, Pittsfield, MA
• Bedding-Vintage patterned sheets and textured bedspread: Value Village, Toronto
• Curtains: Am Vets, Rochester, NY, Kmart, North Adams, MA.
Thanks, Marsha!
(Images: Jill Slater)
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This is genius.
I ditched my antlers for a gatorade bottle on my bookshelf but I worry that it might be over propping!
Love the rolled up dollar bill. Their stereo shelf is organized as well as mine, sadly.
Why did I just click on every picture in that tour?
My favorite was the can of "Maxwell" House coffee.
Hehehe. Reminds me of a prank my friends and I once pulled on another friend who was out of town. I was house sitting/pet sitting for her, and while she was gone, we staged a fake out of control party in her apartment and took polaroids. The pics started with piles of beer bottles and people dancing, then devolved into more people getting sloppy, passing out, a group of strangers in drag, suddenly there is a motorcylce in the living room (ridden by the cat). None of this actually happened, it was all staged for the photos. Then we cleaned it all up and simply left the photo album on her coffee table for her to discover when she got home. Ahhh, good times.
That's not "White Trash", that's "undergrad".
If I was there watching I would have to fight to urge to go in and clean up the place! Love the whole concept, and wish I was in NYC so I could go see. The interior space is done in such detail, I don't quite get why they left the drywall unfinished and unpainted.
"Turn this picture into a paint palette. Click the Chip It! button" ~ or not...
Amazing installation!


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Almost all the elementary and junior high school children of Kamaishi, a small coastal town in Iwate, managed to survive the tsunami. Many people said it was a miracle, but it wasn't. The response capabilities they learned at school helped them to overcome a disaster that exceeded all worst-case scenarios.
Following the tragic 3.11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, New Zealand's GNS Science in collaboration with Washington State Emergency Management and other stakeholders set out to further analyze the successes of the evacuation and messaging approaches used in this event. A key element of this research was to investigate both traditional tsunami evacuation strategies used in communities, schools, etc.
National Tsunami Preparedness Week began March 25, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Washington Emergency Management Division (WA-EMD) urge all citizens who live along coastlines to take the threat of tsunamis seriously.
Cannon Beach has been proactive on preparing for earthquakes, with a vital emergency preparations committee, leadership and citizens. Cannon Beach recently completed 2 important studies, one on geotechnical conditions which confirmed weak soils at the existing city hall location, and another on tsunami evacuation simulation.


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I am so glad to read that the school sounds so much better than when I was a student in the early 70's. The teachers were cruel and sadistic, the other kids were mean and uncontrolled. I had many horific expriences at this school to inculd frequent beatings by fellow students and sometimes the teachers as well. I am turely happy that it sounds so different.
The trouble I am having with the school is when my son gets in trouble and does something wrong, I dont hear about it until AFTER school is out. Never once have I been called and told about anything happening until after the fact. Thats one thing I wish would change but his teacher, she is amazing and helps him in so many ways!
I love the teacher but have had some problems with others.
I am a 35 year old parent. I went to this school and have seen 2 of my children go through this school. I could not say anything but great things about this school. Never a complaint. Should be voted one of the best schools in the country. I am so thankful that my children and I received the opportunity to be molded by such an impressive institution.
All 3 of my boys attend DES, and my neice. I have nothing but good things to say about DES, I have been in love with it since we moved up here. When their father passed, they went above and beyond to help us. The teachers are so caring and helpful.
I have 2 children out of des and 2 currently in des this school is incredible. They have made many achievments in the last couple of years. Including the problems with the comments below. I have never been happier with this school. The staff and the volunteers have really given their all here and should be awarded on this. For an elementary school i give this school an easy 5 these days.
I have had 2 children already go through dacusville elementary school. I have been very pleased. The teachers are great. I do agree with the other parent who wrote, there has been a lice problem. I have 2 more to go through the school. The school is very clean and organized and the learning experience is great my 2 children who have completed elementary school are both in honors classes in high school. The parent involvement is wonderful a real sense of community.
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This actually looks really nice. I wish the website had an english version though.
My only concern is the Atom eating the battery. I'd think it'd be a lot more power-hungry than the A4. That, and how well is Android really suited to applications of a larger nature? I know when there was first talk of it being used on nettops there were a few concerns about it running on larger screens and the like. I can't say I've been following things much lately, but is there still any sort of concern there?
I like the design just like the ipad one :D. Everyone is adding all the features to compete against apple and one thing that they all have is flash and usb ports :P lol. I would go for anyone of these pads that came out the past few weeks (The ideas at least) :)
Impressive, but I'm more curious as to when it'll hit the US.
Unless they can price it competitively I'm not sure how well it'd sell anyhow. The Ipad really needs competition, and I certainly hope this (among others) can bring it.
The iPad will laugh, when the "We"pad only gets 5 hour battery life
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They should be calling it the ......VolksAuflage!
That would have been totally appropriate.
If it comes down to the battery, I am sure faster than it takes you to go to the store, others will find a way to integrate the Apple battery into this unit! Then Apple will wonder why everyone is buying replacement batteries :P
My only question is does this one have the motion Gimbal?
That seems to be the main visual selling point for so many people, like it doesn't matter what it does as long as the screen stays upright when you rotate it :P
LOL WILLIAM! You think you can just come in as a apple fan boy and talk trash about other products then link to your site? :)
LOL animatortom, that would be so funny if they did. Apple is supplying other companies now :P
"somehow, that just seems so 1984" I absolutely love it :)
What makes these products great and even better as time goes along is the increasing amount of apps that gets developed for these devices. That is going to be one of the biggest obstacle for the WePad. Developers want to develop on a platform that is widely used, just compare the app store from Apple and the one from Google. People buy the product that has a bunch of apps. This cycle has to be broken somehow to make the WePad successful. But how can they? This is like the chicken and egg dilemma. Apple is just too far ahead, not in the actual tech specs of the iPad, but in the app store. That is the x factor.
its not poking fun at it..... its actually better than the iPad.....burnnn
Dear lord, we need a report spam button or a post rating or something.
Why is it that everyone copies Apple's style in terms of design? First, the iphone...everyone started copying them. Now, the iPad. There are other colors than black you know.
" 'somehow, that just seems so 1984' I absolutely love it :) "
Reminds me of how "far" Apple has gone since their own infamous 1984 commercial. Think about it: they were bashing IBM, and saying how they (Apple) will be personal and customizable and everything. Now, all Mac products look the same. The talking head on the screen is now oddly reminiscent of Wonderful Leader Steve Jobs. The androgynous people staring at the screen are now in Apple's own ads. And you can see a sort of sheep herd mentality in Apple users today. Hmm...
"There are other colors than black you know."
What are you talking about? Black is the new black! :P
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Business Owner - Right ON!
NOW, all we need to do is be very watchful as the schools are now getting in place to raise the rate to make up for the short fall from the Texas Budget coming down the road! When I was growing up I had to pack a lunch and eat before I left for school, or I could starve. When I was 14, if I wanted something like a new dress, shoes, it was "get a job" and then get it! I was happy to do it. It is called INDEPENDENCE and it is a wonderful feeling to not OWE anyone!
I am sick and tired of paying for LVISD to build a 1000 seat auditorium so the locals can use if for their Church Plays, and no telling whatever is coming down the road. Wonder what or who is using the "lighted" tennis court we paid for? Are the business making more money now that LV made them pave the parking lots? In a town of 961??????????
Also, I predict that the city of La Vernia will be purchasing the 89 acres from the LVISD in 2 years - they need to get more money from HEB and their city taxes before they can muster up the money though!
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Just how many of you out there would want to be a teacher now? The kids have no respect for anyone, much less authority. They have not desire to learn, no reason to learn and nothing to do with their lives but play!
Maybe, just maybe, the American public and the local people in Wilson County have learned a lot and are sick and tired of the wasteful spending - AND remember, it starts at the local level.
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Look who's sporting a daring new do. Anne Hathaway psyched us out once before while filming One Day a few years back when she showed off a pixie cut, but we later found out it was only a wig. This time it appears that she has hacked off most of her hair for real.
Wow. It takes a minute to adjust, but while I'm sure there are people that will hate it, I'm loving it.
According to People she did it in preparation for her role in the upcoming movie adaptation of Les Miserables. In it, she plays a single mother who sells her hair and works as a prostitute to feed her child. Talk about embracing a role. Women will do a lot of things, like starve themselves (apparently she's losing a bunch of weight for the role too) or pack on pounds for a film, but it's a brave few that will actually do something this drastic to their hair.
Also, few could pull it off and look this good, but Anne can rock this look. She has strikingly strong features and isn't traditionally pretty, but she's gorgeous nonetheless. She has one of those faces that make you want to stare, and her flawless skin and gorgeous eyes and lips will just stand out even more with her shorn locks. We've seen her with numerous up-dos over the years, and she doesn't need her hair flowing to shine.
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I have cut it that short... I'll never do it again.
Personally, I think it looks horrible. Very few women can pull off a short pixie cut, and she isn't one of them. Her features look kind of manish combined with the short hair. Oh well, it'll grow back, and if she likes it, that's all that matters.
I agree that Anne has very strong features. I wouldnt call her classically pretty, but there is a sense of the "unusual" with her features. To probably be more exact, her features are very "intense" which can throw people out and totally understandable.
I think the hair looks ok, but not terrific. Whereis she had strong features before, they have now been magnified. In Anne's case for some reason, the short do seems "wrong" even though it looks aight.
And yes, I have had a pixie cut. Personally I don't believe it suited me.


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Yeah, it started with just those things
and it never ended.
I have a friend who keeps telling me that she just wants to be a normal girl but then changes her mind and continues to act strangely, which I like and admire. (Specifically the part about indecision and unwillingness to commit.) I guess it's true that there are different types of girls that you can be at any given time. At most, I was probably 24 different girls at once. I'm not a callous girl, or an unfeeling one, but I'm certainly not a lonely girl. Or a sad one. In the hotel room, I just wanted to be one of many. I wanted each individual act of living on our bed to be anthologized, highlighted in their glut. There is something in being where so many bodies have been that I can romanticize easily. The sheets were neither mine nor yours but I ate them anyway. We stood the excitement of ruining that which belonged to no one. There was nothing on the walls — just prints of flowers and fruits from some generic retailer. The title of my memoir will be Still Life. You know as well as I do that to entertain a new person is just an exercise in amusement. I could perform all my faces for you and it would be a nu romance. But tru love? I don't know about that. A forgetful girl, I left comfort on some shore that I sometimes imagined returning to – though it seemed more like a fantasy now. I could never return because, for example, I started dreaming of libraries, consuming bodies and swallowing human hair. I'm ruined and I belong to no one now. There are strangers whose hair I eat on accident. And then there is my own hair that I chew on deliberately. And then there is your hair that I patiently swallow at night. And then there are always other things that can't be accounted for and unfortunately, there is this new sadness that hangs over us. But I ate the sadness. And when it wouldn't fall away, I ate your body with the sky still attached to it. And when you called me a curious girl, the whole room took blueish tint. We became so quiet. Our own bodies towered over us in the absence of other images on the wall. To replace genuine feeling, I started performing this person who marveled at small things and I just wanted to touch everything at once. I just wanted. I was a Good Girl. I just wanted. I guess it's true that I probably pout more now than I did in 2012. I guess it's just the new thing that I do in the bathtub or at a restaurant when I'm subtly pushing my tits together and you're not noticing. I just let the juice from the watermelon drip down my fingers and I licked them clean. I threaded my wet fingers through the handle of the mug that said #1 WIFE, though I didn't deserve it. Oh well. I just hope that when you picture my body, I am two fingernail painting emojis and a knife emoji.
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A collection of case studies of nine African countries, "Civil Wars in Africa" provides a comparative perspective on the causes of civil war and the processes by which internal conflict may be resolved or averted. The book focuses on the wars in Ethiopia, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda as well as the experiences of Tanzania and Zimbabwe, where civil war was averted, to underline conditions under which conflict can most successfully be managed. John Kiyaga-Nsubuga focuses on Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement regime's attempt to bring peace to Uganda. John Prendergast and Mark Duffield look at Ethiopia's long civil war and the role of liberation politics and external engagement. Bruce Jones studies the ethnic roots of the civil war in Rwanda. Elwood Dunn explores political manipulation and ethnic differences as causes of civil strife in Liberia. John Saul examines the role of Western powers in establishing peace in Mozambique. Hussein Adam describes the collapse of the authoritarian regime in Somalia and the subsequent rise of inter-clan and sub-clan rivalry. Taisier Ali and Robert Matthews argue that the forty-year conflict in Sudan is much more complex than the usual view that it results from the pitting of the Arab, Islamic North against the African, Christian South. Shifting the focus to how internal unrest may be managed, Hevina Dashwood examines government initiatives undertaken to maintain stability in Zimbabwe and Cranford Pratt describes the policies and institutions developed by Nyerere that enabled Tanzania to avoid ethnic, regional, and religious factionalism and intra-elite rivalries. James Busumtwi-Sam explores multilateral third-party intervention, highlighting the changing role of the OAU and the United Nations and their effectiveness in averting war. The concluding chapter draws together findings from the individual case studies and incorporates them into the larger corpus of the literature. Taisier M. Ali, formerly professor of political economy at the University of Khartoum, is presently a visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. Robert O. Matthews is professor of political science, University of Toronto.


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Library News for 2010
The library's summer hours begin on Monday May 24th and continue until the fall semester starts at the end of August. Our hours are:
Mon - Thurs: 8:30am - 7pm
Fri: 8:30am - 5pm
Sat: 11am - 6pm
Sun: Closed
The library will also be closed the following days during the summer:
Sat May 22 - Sun May 23
Sat May 29 - Mon May 31 (Memorial Day)
Wed June 9 10am - 3pm (Staff training)
Mon July 5 (for Independence Day)
We'd like to welcome Anthony Viola, the library's new Electronic Resources Librarian. When you get the chance, please stop by and say hello to Anthony!
We will be offering extended hours for exams beginning on Monday morning, May 10th. Hours for the exam period will be:
- Mon. May 10th - Fri. May 14th: 7:30am - 10pm
- Sat. May 15th: 9am - 6pm
- Sun. May 16th: 11am - 8pm
- Mon. May 17th - Thurs. May 20th: 7:30am - 10pm
- Fri. May 21st: 7:30am - 5pm
- Sat. May 22nd: 9am - 2pm
The Upstairs will remain open until the NECO building closes.
Summer library hours are:
- Mon. - Thur.: 8:30am - 7pm
- Sat.: 11am - 6pm
- Sun.: Closed
The library will be closed on the following days during the Summer:
- Sunday, May 23rd
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I am a crazy fangirl. This blog will be dedicated to all my random ships and fandoms. This includes but is not limited to:
-Teen Wolf
-The Avengers
-Young Avengers
-Doctor Who
-Young Justice
-Legend of Korra
-Common Law
-and the ships therein
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Here's a situation every woman is familiar with: some guy she knows, perhaps a casual acquaintance, perhaps just some dude at the bus stop, is obviously infatuated with her. He's making conversation, he's giving her the eye. She doesn't like him. She doesn't want to talk to him. She doesn't want him near her. He is freaking her out. She could disobey the rules, and tell him to GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER, and continue screaming GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME every time he tries to step closer, or speak to her again. And then he will be all, "I was just talking to you! WTF!" and everybody else will be all, "Yeah, seriously, why'd you freak out at a guy just talking to you?" and refuse to offer the support she needs to be safe from dude. Or, the guy might become hostile, violent even. Ladies, you've seen that look, the "bitch can't ignore me" look. It's a source of constant confusion, as soon as you start budding breasts, that the man who just a moment ago told you how pretty you are is now calling you a stupid ugly whore, all because you didn't get in his car.
You could follow the rules. You could flirt back a little, look meek, not talk, not move away. You might have to put up with a lot more talking, you might have to put up with him trying to ask you out to lunch every day, you might even have to go out to lunch with him. You might have to deal with him copping a feel. But he won't turn violent on you, and neither will the spectators who have watched him browbeat you into a frightened and flirtatious corner.
So we learn the rules will protect us. We learn that, when we step out of line, somebody around us might very well turn crazy. Might hurt us. And we won't be defended by onlookers, who think we've provoked the crazy somehow. So, having your ass grabbed at the bus stop, having to go out to dinner with a guy you fucking can't stand, maybe even having to fuck him once or twice, it's a small sacrifice to avoid being ostracized, insulted, verbally abused, and possibly physically assaulted.
It's a rude fucking awakening when a woman gets raped, and follows the rules she has been taught her whole life — doesn't refuse to talk, doesn't refuse to flirt, doesn't walk away ignoring him, doesn't hit, doesn't scream, doesn't fight, doesn't raise her voice, doesn't deny she liked kissing — and finds out after that she is now to blame for the rape. She followed the rules. The rules that were supposed to keep the rape from happening. The rules that would keep her from being fair game for verbal and physical abuse. Breaking the rules is supposed to result in punishment, not following them. For every time she lowered her voice, let go of a boundary, didn't move away, let her needs be conveniently misinterpreted, and was given positive reinforcement and a place in society, she is now being told that all that was wrong, this one time, and she should have known that, duh.
For anybody who has ever watched the gendered social interactions of women — watched a woman get browbeaten into accepting attention she doesn't want, watched a woman get interrupted while speaking, watched a woman deny she is upset at being insulted in public, watched a woman get grabbed because of what she was wearing, watched a woman stop arguing — and said and done nothing, you never have the right to ever ask, "Why didn't she fight back?"
She didn't fight back because you told her not to. Ever. Ever. You told her that was okay, and necessary, and right.
You didn't give her a caveat. You didn't say, "Unless…" You said, "Good for you, shutting up and backing down 99% of the time. Too bad that 1% of the time makes you a fucking whore who deserved it."
Nobody obtains the superpower to behave dramatically differently during a frightening confrontation. Women will behave the same way they have been taught to behave in all social, professional, and sexual interactions. And they will be pretty goddamned surprised to come out the other end and find out that means they can legally be raped at any time, by just about anybody.
i had the sudden and shocking realization this morning that some people have never heard the 'oh where is my hairbrush' song and don't automatically sing it in their heads when they're looking for something
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To sum things up, if this doesn't get enough signatures, tumblr is GONE.
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What I look for in a girl:
- Water, 35 litres
- Carbon, 20 kilograms
- Ammonia, 4 litres
- Lime, 1.5 kilograms
- Phosphorus, 800 grams
- Salt, 250 grams
- Saltpeter, 100 grams
- Sulfur, 80 grams
- Fluorine, 7.5 grams
- Iron, 5 grams
- Silicon, 3 grams
- Trace amounts of 15 other elements
It'd probably cost you like an arm and a leg for this deal
That is not okay.
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Apparently I was referred to some pageant thing? I am confused? I am not nor have I ever been a pageant girl? Not even when I was little and actually cute? I am not an attractive human being? I am a little chubby child?
So confuzzled.
do i prefer supernatural when cas is in it?
am i sorry?
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It sucks when someone you have feelings for doesn't share those feelings; it happens to women all the time, too. We hear "I just want to be friends" and "you're like one of the guys" and "you're like a sister to me" just as often. But you'll never hear a woman complain that guys just don't appreciate a Nice Girl because we're taught it's our own fucking fault when we're rejected—we aren't pretty enough or thin enough or sexy enough, we weren't sexual enough or were too sexual, we put out too much or too little or too soon or not soon enough, we didn't wear our hair the right way or our skirt the right length, we're "too tomboyish" or "too butch" or "too feminine", or we're "not their type", or we're otherwise not good enough in various ways to entice the man to grace us with his affection.
But when we're not interested in someone, we're vilified. We're the bitch that lead them on, the bitch who let them buy us dinner but didn't want to date them, the bitch who doesn't appreciate a nice guy, the bitch they were nice to and then got nothing in return from.
And, frankly, fuck those people. Showing interest in me, being friendly with me, getting close to me, or eating a meal with me (even if they paid for it) doesn't obligate me to open my heart or my legs. And anyone who doesn't appreciate my friendship sure as hell doesn't deserve my love or my pussy.
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I'm a huge fan of testing new technology. When a new piece of software looks interesting I normally download the beta version and test it out. Well, last week I downloaded an iPhone app called "Highlight" to play around with, which led me to start thinking about where my life is headed. (I know, bare with me…)
Highlight has what many people will consider "creepy" aspects to it. With the app running (in the background draining your battery!) it will "find" anyone nearby with the app running as well and show you who is close by and what you have in common. For example, I ran the app during part of my commute home from work and it showed me several people who were in Grand Central at the exact moment I was there. I saw our similar interests and if we had any friends in common. (Out of the dozen or so people, I had a mutual friend in common with one.)
I was just interested in the technology behind it, and what it was capable of. It's probably too creepy for enough people to actually start using (and a battery hog), but I think parts or aspects of it could eventually be used for other hardware or software. Anyway, I'll probably delete the app this week.
What it got me thinking about though was where I am going in life… Here me out.
I noticed several people in Grand Central at the same time as me worked for Facebook! I thought that was kind of random considering their headquarters is in Palo Alto, California, so I looked it up and it turns out they opened an office in NYC. That eventually led me to look at their job openings, as I was curious what kind of office they were running here. Their Engineering is mostly done in Cali, and it turns out their NYC office mostly deals with Advertising.
After looking at the benefits and perks offered by the company it got me thinking… where am I going? I've been attempting to move up in my company for awhile now, busting my @$$ to improve my skills, volunteering for responsibilities outside of my position, and even asking for meetings to discuss how I can improve my skills and be more valuable to the company (which led to, "you're doing just fine." …Yeah, thanks.)
I'm not saying I want to leave my company, cause it is a good job, but I want to know that I'm headed somewhere: a higher position, better pay, and an expansion of my abilities and responsibilities. I am not the kind of person who can do the same thing over and over again for several years in boredom.
So with those thoughts floating around my head I did a lot of personal chores this weekend to help me feel like I was moving forward. I contacted Chase again about refinancing the house, took the car in for an inspection, went through my E-Mail Inbox, started digitizing all my old Mini-DV tapes to back them up, cleared out a "Pictures To Sort" folder on my computer, paid a few bills, renewed my parking permit, scheduled a vet appointment for T.K., and most importantly bought several new pairs of much needed jeans! (I think dating an Italian is doing a toll of my waistline ) I just needed to accomplish a whole slew of tasks, and I have to say it felt very good afterwards.
I typically run into the issue when I have a day or weekend off of just want to relax and do nothing. I need to start setting deadlines for tasks on my To Do List, or specifically allocating a period of time on a weekend to finishing said task. It feels good to make progress, and this year I have a lot on my plate: refinance the home, purchase a new car, pay off credit cards, go to Hawaii, etc..
It's going to be a fun and expensive year. My goal is to end it with a big smile and no credit card debt.


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Lots of news and information to pass on this week:
3) Please join the IHS Boosters! Boosters provides Financial and Volunteer support to ALL areas of education: Education, The Arts, Athletics, Career Planning, Technical Support, Teacher Support, etc. YOUR Boosters membership creates excellence in your child's education. Help us support excellence in education in Incline!
The first home events are coming up soon - you want to have your membership taken care of ahead of time so you can get into the games quickly. I have attached the membership form. Or you can use this link to join online: https://creator.zoho.com/ihsboosters/ihs-boosters-membership/#Form:Registration
4) The first Boosters meeting is tomorrow (Monday 9/9) at noon in room 203. Please join us and hear what is going on at IHS this year.
5) This year the Boosters will be offering a School Directory. We also will have Class Parents for each grade to keep parents updated with grade specific information.
If you wish to OPT OUT of the Directory and the Class Parent email list, please go into the school office to sign the 'OPT OUT' form prior to FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.
If you do not opt out, your name, address, and phone number will be provided in the school directory and the class parent will use your email to send you class-specific information.
6) If you anticipate driving students (other than your own) to or from IHS events (athletic or academic) you must take the Defensive Driving class and fill out the required paperwork. (The class is only required once but the paperwork must be completed each year.) For more information go to http://www.inclineschools.org/index.php/schools/36-high-school-news/2631-defensive-driving-course.
7) The IHS Calendar on Google Calendar has many of the upcoming IHS events listed. You may access it by searching for Incline High on Google Calendar (you can even add it so it always shows up on your Google Calendar) or by going to http://inclinehs.org/index.php/calendar. Note that IHS picture days are this coming Thursday and Friday and Back To School Night is Wednesday, 9/18/13 at 5:30pm.
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Interim Special Education Director Marisa McCarthy could have a long-term future in the Attleboro school district—if she wants it. The school committee voted 6-0 Wednesday to approve Superintendent Pia Durkin's request go grant McCarthy a three-year contract. However, McCarthy is one of two finalists for the same job in Arlington, and School Committee Chair Mike Tyler said she would not remove her name from consideration there.
The decision to appoint McCarthy was a sudden departure from the previous plan to do a full search and accept applications. A job notice appears online with a Feb. 25 application deadline. Tyler said he re-convened the search committee last week to determine if its members favored giving the job to McCarthy. He said the support from the committee was "overwhelming." Among those on the search committee is School Committee member Bill Larson.
"It was quickly evident through people's comments and the stories that they shared that there was such a high level of professionalism that [McCarthy] brought to the job, and also the passion she has for the job," said Larson at the meeting Wednesday night.
Although support on the search committee for McCarthy may have been "overwhelming" (Tyler declined to give an actual vote tally), it was not unanimous. School Committee member Barbara Craw, who did not attend the meeting Wednesday due to an illness, wrote in an email to Attleboro Patch that she opposed giving the job to McCarthy without doing a more thorough search.
"The process that was told to the public in regards to the special education director was not done," Craw wrote. "Ms. McCarthy could have applied and went through the proper process and then we all could state without any doubt that she was the best candidate for the position. Because a meeting behind closed doors was held and a decision was made only by a few chosen people, who were school committee members, [special education parent advisory council] members, teachers or administrators, it was not a fair and reasonable interview process."
Stressing she had no personal problem with McCarthy, Craw added, "I feel the school committee let down those who could not express their opinions and we should be ashamed for lying to the public and telling them on television and publicly that a fair and thorough interview process would be conducted for this position."
Fellow School Committee member Brenda Furtado, who said she was not in attendance Wednesday due to a family obligation, had a similar opinion, which she shared in an email to Patch.
"We again did not fully advertise this important position," she wrote. "We took the easy way out! We only had six or fewer applicants when we advertised for the interim position. We failed the district, in my opinion. This is not personal to Ms. McCarthy, but her resume did not have the experience that I feel is needed for a district of this size."
Several people who spoke at the meeting Wednesday did not share Furtado's opinion on whether McCarthy is the right person for the job. Thacher Elementary School principal Catherine Zinni and two parents were among those who spoke in favor of McCarthy.
"Marisa has brought a level of expertise that I have been looking for for my son," said Angela Ferreira, who has two children in the district's special education program.
School Committee member David Murphy said he believes a thorough search was done.
"A full search is defined by having a beginning and an end, and it ends when you find the right candidate," he said. "And it's not defined by a specific length of time. I think as evidenced by the support and the unanimous vote [by the school committee], this search ended when the right candidate was found."
Whether the search will need to continue is now up to McCarthy. She did not say at the meeting whether she would accept the Attleboro job. Tyler told Patch she had told him she would continue with the application process in Arlington.