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Gluten-free Dairy-free Holiday Persimmon Cookie Recipe
When we decided to buy a house in California, we knew that fruit trees often came with the deal. Honestly, it seems like around here you would have to go to some effort to find a house without at least an apple or lemon tree on the property. True to form, our house came with apple, apricot, plum, avocado trees, and then a hearty volunteer branch of a persimmon tree that drapes from our neighbor's yard into our back yard garden. The persimmon and avocado tree delighted but confused me by bearing their fruit in winter. Last year persimmons found their way into smoothies,streusel topped persimmon muffins, and even a flaming persimmon pudding (cake). This month I have been a little under the weather with family colds, and I've been working on my dissertation research too. But last night I got into the holiday spirit and made this scrumptious persimmon cookie spiked with all my favorite spices, pecans and raisins too. Ohhh it was good. And they were good for breakfast, too. Oh, c'mon, they have fruit and nuts- really, they are like a (sweet) granola in a cookie, so it isn't that shameful to have them with a morning americano, right? Right?
Here are some more gluten-free cookie recipes:
Gluten-free Vegan Carrot Raisin Un-Oatmeal Cookies
Vegan Gluten-free Quinoa Peanut Butter Monster Cookies
Gluten-free Nutmeg Shortbread Flat Cookies
Grain-free Low-processed sugar Chocolate Pecan tollhouse PIE recipe (ok, inspired by a cookie!)
Healthy Gluten-free Gingerbread Cut Out Cookie Men
So much for dieting!
Gluten-free Dairy-free Spiced Persimmon Cookie Recipe
1 cup peeled persimmon, pureed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup +2 tablespoons brown rice flour(or sorghum)
1/2 cup almond flour
1/2 cup +2 tablespoons tapioca starch
1/2 cup brown sugar (or coconut sugar)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 tsp salt
1 beaten egg
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup melted palm oil shortening, vegan margarine or butter (I used shortening)
Preheat oven to 375F. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and reserve.
Whisk your baking soda into the persimmon puree and reserve.
Scoop out small spoonfuls of dough (a full regular spoon or a scant tablespoon works well) onto your prepared baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes or until cookies are baked but still slightly soft. They are very tender when first baked but firm up as they cool.
I used about 2 ripe hachiya persimmons for this recipe but I think any nicely ripened persimmon would work.
The pictured cookies were frozen first, and then baked. The first time around, I used the room temperature dough and they spread out more, which looks a bit prettier. Either way they taste great!
You can freeze the dough and bake later in a preheated oven at 375F. Just add a few minutes on to the baking time. I usually throw my dough into a quart ziploc freezer bag and label with baking instructions and recipe title. However, when you cut off the cookies you get funny block-shaped cookies then. I recommend you freeze them in a tube shape or freeze them on wax paper in spoonfuls just how you'd like to bake them for the prettiest cookies. Freezing cookie dough gets rid of some of the graininess of gluten-free flour and also results in a fatter cookie. This recipe is also good baked straight out of the bowl, but we like the flexibility of freezing the leftovers so we can have fresh cookies any time we want.
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Savills Studley Secures Lease for Indigo Resources Inc and M5 Midstream LLC at JPMorgan Chase Tower
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At 67,710 SF, the transaction ranks as one of the largest for a Houston energy tenant in 2016.
Savills Studley Acquires RP Capital
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Austin is the world's foremost 'tech city', offering the infrastructure, business environment, talent pool and lifestyle to make it a strong base for tech companies. Two other US cities – San Francisco and New York – were ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively in Savills Tech Cities 2017 research programme, followed by London in 4th position.
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Hope College Theatre will present "The Skin of Our Teeth" by Thornton Wilder in the DeWitt Center main theatre beginning Friday, Oct. 23.
Performances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24; and Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 28-31, all with an 8 p.m. curtain.
Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth" combines modern elements and timeless human themes to create a three-act play which focuses on one family, the Antrobuses, and their maid Sabina. Though the play earned Wilder a Pulitzer Prize for drama, "The Skin of Our Teeth" includes a great deal of comedy as well.
"The Skin of Our Teeth" features the work of guest scenic designer Joseph Flauto. As a member of the faculty at the University of Evansville for 30 years, Flauto has had numerous designs appear at regional and national Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festivals, including "Anatomy of Grey," which was invited to appear at the KennedyCenter in Washington, D.C., in April 2006. His set design for the University of Evansville's production of "The Comedy of Errors" was seen as part of the city-wide Shakespeare in Washington Festival in April 2007. Flauto is a member of the United Scenic Artists and has worked at professional regional theatre designing both sets and costumes in North Carolina, England, Philadelphia and Indianapolis.
Flauto is no stranger to Michigan: for many years, he has designed for Hope Summer Repertory Theatre. He is retired from University of Evansville, but not the theatre and theatre design. Since retiring in May 2008, Flauto has designed five productions, including this production of "The Skin of Our Teeth" at Hope College. Next spring he will design the costumes for a new play, "Bud, Not Buddy," at the University of Michigan in Flint.
The production is directed by John Tammi of the college's theatre faculty. Other faculty members working on the production team are Michelle Bombe, costume designer and Perry Landes, lighting designer. Katie Terpstra, who is a 2009 Hope graduate, is the properties designer and serving as technical director is staff member Paul Anderson. Students serving on the production team are senior Ken Chamberlain of Metuchen, N.J., sound designer; and sophomore Elizabeth Dwyer of Ypsilanti, stage manager.
The cast of "The Skin of Our Teeth" includes: freshman Skyler Adams of Holland; senior Tom Bird of Baraboo, Wis.; junior Lindsey Brand of Beverly Hills; sophomore Noah Busman of Scotia, N.Y.; sophomore Kelsey Cratty of Rockford, Ill.; freshman Sophia Daly of Plymouth; freshman Skye D. Edwards of Morrison, Colo.; freshman Erik Thomas Durham of Holland; senior Joshua Headapohl of Livonia; junior Ben Hertel of New Richmond; freshman Haley Hodges of Hart; junior Katie Hoekstra of Kalamazoo; senior Carl Morrison of Pickford; senior Meghan McNamee of Hartland; junior Cassie Niespodziewanski of Clarendon Hills, Ill.; sophomore Daniel Pesch of Western Springs, Ill.; sophomore Amberlyn Scheeringa of Schererville, Ind.; freshman Jesse Swatling-Holcomb of Oakland, Calif.; junior Jenny Tremblay of Oostburg, Wis.; sophomore Madison Tustin of Plainwell; sophomore Christoff Visscher of Silver Spring, Md.; freshman Kaija von Websky of Holland; and junior Christine Worden of Midland.
Tickets for "The Skin of Our Teeth" are $7 for regular admission, $5 for Hope faculty and staff, and $4 for students and senior citizens, and are available at the Hope College ticket office located in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, which is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, the theatre lobby ticket office in the DeWittCenter will be open on performance nights at 7 p.m. The ticket office may be contacted at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Avenue between Ninth and 11th streets. The DeWitt Center is located at 141 E. 12th St., on Columbia Avenue at 12th Street.


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There's a lot of post-debate analysis going on — some would say too much — but not enough is being said about the ace in the Democrats' deck: defending Social Security and Medicare. That's not just a winning card for the candidates who play it.Seniors, young people, the disabled, the jobless: Everybody at the table wins.
Everybody, that is, except the Republican in the race.
So why didn't the President play this winning card last night? Why aren't more Democrats using it? It's as if they've all signed a secret pledge to appear fair and reasonable – by not admitting they hold a better hand.
One-Sided Argument
Jim Lehrer asked the President, "Do you see a major difference between the two of you on Social Security?" The answer: "You know, I suspect that on Social Security, we've got a somewhat similar position. Social Security is structurally sound. It's going to have to be tweaked the way it was by Ronald Reagan and Speaker — Democratic Speaker Tip O'Neill. But the basic structure is sound."
The President didn't mention the deeply unpopular Republican attempt to privatize Social Security, which was spearheaded by Romney's running mate and would have led to financial catastrophe for millions of people after the 2008 crisis. (Which, he might have added, was created by financiers not unlike Mitt Romney.)
The Reagan/O'Neill mention was also significant. It's been clear for a long time that the President almost venerates the Social Security agreement those two leaders made in the 1980s. But that agreement was striking because Reagan and O'Neill shared a characteristic which both the President and Mr. Romney lack: They were passionate and eloquent voices for their political philosophies.
The agreement between O'Neill and Reagan was remarkable, not because they weren't "ideological" (a word which has been unfairly tarnished in today's Washington) but because they were.
You can't "rise above your differences" if you don't express those differences.
Fair, Smart, Popular
More importantly, back then the program really was in crisis. Today's funding concerns are long-term and will only become problematic in the late 2030s. That's no reason not to act immediately, of course, and we should. Fortunately there are immediate solutions available which are both practical and popular.
The most effective solution is to lift the payroll tax cap, which currently stops collecting for Social Security at roughly $110,000 in income, or to offer a 'window' and begin collecting for it again at $250,000 in income or a similar figure. (Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a bill along these lines.)
This would be both effective and eminently fair, since economists like L. Josh Bivens have shown that these long-term shortfalls were caused in large part by a radical shift in our national earnings that has favored the "1 percent" – and has favored the "0.01 percent" even more.
The other practical solution is equally fair: A very low tax on financial transactions could make up any remaining shortfall. Social Security's revenues have also taken a hit from the unemployment caused by Wall Street misbehavior, so this solution is also fair. (This tax would also have the side benefit of discouraging high-speed, high-volume computerized trading, which is dangerous and non-productive.)
Out of Commission
So why didn't the President bring it up? Both his 2008 and 2012 campaign comments have included the idea of lifting the payroll tax cap. But as soon as he was elected he appointed the now-notorious "Simpson/Bowles Deficit Commission," which deadlocked and failed to reach an agreement. Social Security was included in its mandate, even though it doesn't contribute to the deficit, and even though both Simpson and Bowles were on record in favor of cutting its benefits.
In another failure to draw distinctions, both the President and Romney had kind words for the private proposal these two gentlemen issued after their commission failed to issue a report. Why? Perhaps the President genuinely believes these cuts – which he described as "tweaks" – are necessary.
But that position is both unpopular and economically unsound one. And for the seniors, disabled, and children on Social Security, those "tweaks" would actually be a hard blow. Obama's campaign advisors, and his fellow Democratic candidates, should demand that he instead join with Vice President Joe Biden and "flat guarantee" that there will be no benefit cuts to either Social Security and Medicare.
Democrats have already squandered an political advantage on Social Security once before, according to polling data, in large part because of both parties' inside-the-Beltway fascination with Simpson Bowles-style austerity:
Dems led Republicans by 25 points after the GOP's disastrous privatization attempt, but had squandered it and let the Republicans gain a slight (and very undeserved) lead by the time the 2010 election rolled around. Republicans were able to run against the Democrats with a fraudulent "Seniors' Bill of Rights" that year. And they retook the House.
As for the supposedly "bipartisan" team of Republican Alan Simpson and Democrat Erskine Bowles, here's all you really need to know: They just endorsed a Tea Party Congressional candidate in New Hampshire over a progressive Democrat who's pledged to fight any benefit cuts.
When Dems give lip service to the Simpson Bowles plan, they're "riding with Dick Armey."
Voucherize This
The President was almost diffident in the face of Romney's repeated Medicare lies. He did bring up the Romney/Ryan Medicare voucher plan, which was smart. But he immediately did his opponent's work for him, too, by offering a rebuttal to his own words: "Now, in fairness, what Governor Romney has now said is he'll maintain traditional Medicare alongside it."
Let's have a show of hands: How many people believe Romney and Ryan will really preserve traditional Medicare if elected?
Obama then launched into a very accurate description of the problem health economists describe as "adverse selection." That's one of key economic issues, but if it isn't one of your, you probably think it's boring as hell. I doubt that one voter in 1,000 was really listening to Obama's exposition. (Even I was tweeting like crazy by that point. We all have our coping mechanisms ..)
The Simpson/Bowles plan would inevitably lead to benefit cuts for Medicare as well. It doesn't address the real driver behind Medicare's cost problems, one that neither candidate has raised: our for-profit health care system, which encourages needless and dangerous overtreatment, drives physicians into high-cost specialties while leaving other critical ones understaffed, and spikes up prices for everything from drugs to diagnostics.
That's a shame, because the President could also have pointed out that Romney's own business model at Bain Capital has encouraged exactly the kinds of fraud and patient abuse that are sending our health care costs through the roof – and are the real root cause of our country's long-term deficits.
Battleground: Senior America
Polling data continues to show that benefit cuts are unpopular across the political spectrum. Even two-thirds of self-described Tea Party members oppose them. Democratic advisors may be pointing candidates toward key words like "significant" to describe those cuts, which is why the President and so many others lean toward using words like "tweak." But those "tweaks" are actually significant (see above) – and unpopular – benefit cuts.
But the electorate is very supportive of higher taxes on the wealthy, so the most practical solution would also be the most politically savvy one.
And when it comes to battleground states, these issues don't just affect Florida. Many battleground states have high percentages of senior voters. Seniors are 17.3 percent of the electorage in Florida, but they're also 15.4 percent in Pennsylvania, 14.1 percent in Ohio, 13.7 percent in South Carolina … the list goes on and on.
What's more, Ohio voters are even more supportive of Social Security than the country as a whole, which likes the program very, very much. Sure, the President has a commanding lead there at the moment. But is it a good idea to endanger that lead?
Here's a campaign slogan to consider: "No senior left behind."
The Real Generational War
Then there are youth voters, a critical Democratic voting bloc that has lost a lot of enthusiasm for this race. While people think of Medicare as an "older person's issue," Obama missed a chance to present himself as a youth advocate. Romney said "neither the president nor I are proposing any changes for any current retirees or near retirees, either to Social Security or Medicare. So if you're 60 or around 60 or older, you don't need to listen any further. But for younger people we need to talk …"
Obama could have used that moment to point out that these benefit cut proposals, which increase over time, are the real "generational war" in today's politics. These cuts – excuse me, "tweaks" – would make young people pay the price for today's lack of political resolve on these programs.
Democrats can position themselves as youth's champions, too, by fighting benefit cuts that unfairly target a generation whose long-term financial security has already been battered by unemployment.
You Gotta Know When to Hold 'Em …
But time is growing short. Last night's debate further weakened the Democrats' position on these key political issues. Who'll tell them that? Who can convince the President – and other Democrats, like Minority Leader Pelosi – that Simpson/Bowles is policy puffery and political poison, that benefit cuts are unnecessary, unwise, and unpopular?
To be sure, there are some heroes out there. Bernie Sanders' Social Security bill created an ironic situation: The Senate's only socialist was also its strongest spokesperson for the views of most Republicans.
Harry Reid's been a stalwart defender of Social Security, no doubt against tremendous pressure. That makes him a hero in my book. Joe Biden's "flat guarantee" promise was terrific, and should be followed by a signed pledge from his fellow party members – from the President ond own.
The Dems are still holding that ace, and when it comes to these programs all the Republicans have up their sleeve is the Joker. (I mean the card, not the psychopathic archvillain from Batman – but, hey: If the shoe fits, wear it.)
But you can't beat the other guy, with the best hand in the house, unless you play it. Word to the Democrats: It's time to lay your cards on the table. It's time to fight for Social Security and Medicare – no cuts, at no time, no how.


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After making a scrumptious roast chicken, I decided to make my own chicken stock to not waste the carcass. I've purchased plenty of store-bought chicken broth and in a pinch it works perfectly. However, it doesn't compare to the homemade variation, which has a rich, strong chicken flavor and insanely delicious smell.
While the entire process is long, it requires little attention — only a quick skim and water check, periodically. This recipe makes about 16 cups of chicken stock. Since I can't imagine using it all at once, and want to have it on hand when I need it, I cooled the liquid and froze it in individual bags.
Homemade Chicken Stock
- 4 pounds chicken carcasses, including necks and backs
- 1 large onion, quartered
- 4 carrots, peeled and cut in 1/2
- 4 ribs celery, cut in 1/2
- 1 leek, white part only, cut in 1/2 lengthwise
- 10 sprigs fresh thyme
- 10 sprigs fresh parsley with stems
- 2 bay leaves
- 8 to 10 peppercorns
- 2 whole cloves garlic, peeled
- 2 gallons cold water
- Place chicken, vegetables, herbs, and spices in 12-quart stockpot. Set opened steamer basket directly on ingredients in pot and pour over water.
- Cook on high heat until you begin to see bubbles break through the surface of the liquid. Turn heat down to medium low so that stock maintains low, gentle simmer. Skim the scum from the stock with a spoon or fine mesh strainer every 10 to 15 minutes for the first hour of cooking and twice each hour for the next 2 hours. Add hot water as needed to keep bones and vegetables submerged. Simmer uncovered for 6 to 8 hours.
- Strain stock through a fine mesh strainer into another large stockpot or heatproof container discarding the solids. Cool immediately in large cooler of ice or a sink full of ice water to below 40°F. Place in refrigerator overnight. Remove solidified fat from surface of liquid and store in container with lid in refrigerator for 2 to 3 days or in freezer for up to 3 months. Prior to use, bring to boil for 2 minutes. Use as a base for soups and sauces.
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Step into the dark and tormented world of Saw 2 and experience the gruesome traps that Jigsaw has created to test your will to survive. With new traps, puzzles, and combat system players will need to think fast and act quick to pass the rigors of the tests Jigsaw has engineered. Set between the Saw and Saw II movies, the game follows Detective Tapp's estranged son Michael, who become Jigsaw's next subject while he is investigating father's recent death.
Also known as: Saw 2, Saw: The Videogame 2, Saw II: The Videogame
Release Region: United States
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Publisher: Konami
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I can't help thinking that the Y chromosome was aptly named. "Why?" is a question I have asked my boys innumerable times since the day they were born.
"Why is there peanut butter in my shoe?"
"Why are there Twizzlers in the hamster cage?"
"Why did you stuff a Lego up your nose?"
Why... why... Y?
As amusing as life was back then, I couldn't help but wonder if I was the crazy one. It seemed as though I was the only one in my family who thought those things were not normal.
Then, one day, fourteen years ago, another being with an extra X entered my life and I suddenly knew without a doubt that it was the rest of my family who were a bunch of lunatics. My daughter, my extra X, had arrived.
X is for X-quisite, X-ceptional and X-citing! Here, in this tiny scrap of feminine humanity, I would find my sanity.
My little girl grew into a lovely young lady who seems to be wise beyond her years.
I never had to dig a Lego out of her nose. In fact, I never had to dig anything out of her nose.
She likes fruits and vegetables so it's unlikely that she'd be the one who put peanut butter in my shoes.
The hamster didn't make it through the Ys' adolescence, so my daughter put herself in charge of our two cats so they would survive.
However, she, like her mother, has to constantly gird herself against the Y's in our household who like to mess with her just to see if they can tick her off. It's as if they can't stand to see peace and contentment on the face of an X.
To be fair, though, the Y's are extremely protective of their X. If she ever brings a boyfriend to the house to meet the family, he may not make it out alive.
Not to worry, my 14-year old young lady has said that boys are immature and that based on the Y's in her family, she may never have a boyfriend.
She X-plored the library last week and brought back the first book in the "Twilight" series. The Y's went ballistic! You'd have thought she'd brought home a boyfriend!
One of my older Y's said to me "I can't believe you are letting her read that stuff! It's not even believable; the vampires sparkle in the sun! How ridiculous! Everyone knows vampires don't sparkle!"
This coming from someone who thinks it's okay for his younger brother to play "realistic" video games where the object is to shoot people and blow up buildings.
My daughter, in order to soothe her Ys' feelings, has started to cover her reading material with book covers, so that they can't see what she is reading. X-pansive.
Because my Y's know that they are not allowed to hurt a girl, they will satisfy their need for conflict by poking my daughter or invading her space. She has decided to take up Combat Hapkido "for X-ercise," but she X-hibits restraint when demonstrating on her Y's to save their pride. X-cellent.
This young lady began reading the last of the "Twilight" series yesterday. She suddenly got up, closed the book and announced, "This book is getting weird now. She's pregnant! How stupid can she be?"
My daughter never picked up the book again. She is... X-traordinary.
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Free agent forward Grant Hill is still considering at least two other teams–the two teams in last month's Finals, Miami and Oklahoma City–as well as the Lakers as he decides where he's going to play next season, according to a source with knowledge of the 39-year-old forward's thinking.
Reports Tuesday indicated that Hill has decided either to play for the Lakers or retire. But the source strongly indicated that Hill has not limited himself to Los Angeles as he makes up his mind. The Lakers emerged as a strong favorite for Hill after they agreed to terms with the Suns last week on a sign-and-trade deal that will send Steve Nash to the Lakers after the end of the July Moratorium on the 11th for four Draft picks and $3 million. But Hill is looking at the Heat and Thunder as well.
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• Effective writing instruction encourages students to reflect on their writings, using various methods such as conferences with tutors and teachers, structured review of model examples (7), portfolios (8), and students' written analyses and reflections on their own writing (9).
• Effective writing instruction uses writing as a means of exploration, critical thinking and disciplinary learning, even while helping students to understand the complicated relationship between communicative writing and writing to learn. (10)
• Effective writing instruction asks students to learn the transferrable concept of genre. Students need to practice the conventions of various genres and reflect on the conscious decisions that they are making as they use these conventions. By this means, writing instruction should help students consciously consider how they might transfer strategies across different contexts for writing, rather than simply perfect their responses within a particular and narrow setting. (11)
• Effective writing instruction trusts mainly in the proven global effect of the practices above to improve written expression. The best writing instruction approaches sentence-level concerns only through approaches with proven effectiveness, such as sentence combining, varied imitation and functional grammar, and eschews approaches that lead to less effective writing, such as direct grammar instruction. (12)
• Moreover, effective writing instruction takes place within effective programs that nurture writing ability throughout undergraduate education. Students should have upper-level writing-intensive courses in which they learn the genre expectations common to their disciplines and projected career fields. (13)
1. Writing teachers should ground effective teaching practices in effective general teaching and learning practices. College writing students should be offered respect, high expectations and fair assessments. Teachers should fully communicate their goals, assignments, and assessments. Learning experiences should engage all learning styles with appropriate balance. Students should be invited to attempt performances that are challenging yet feasible, guided by well-timed feedback. In all aspects of teaching, composition teachers should maintain a professional focus on student development. We have no reason to believe that the vast scholarship on teaching and learning practices generally applies differently to writing classes. Furthermore, college writing teachers should also attend to scholarship in their field. Writing teachers should connect writing with larger philosophies and theories of language, media, communication, and processes. The state of knowledge about writing instruction grows and changes rapidly, so that no teacher can responsibly avoid current scholarship.
2. Hillocks, George Jr. Research on Written Composition. Urbana: NCTE, 1986. Print.
3.National Center for Education Statistics. "Can Students Benefit from Process Writing?" NCES 96-845, NAEP-ACTS 1(3). Washington: NCES, 1996. Web. <http://nces.ed.gov/pubs96/web/96845.asp>.
4. Hillocks, Research.
5. Council of Writing Program Administrators, National Council of Teachers of English, and National Writing Project. Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing. Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2011. Web. <http://wpacouncil.org/files/framework-for-success-postsecondary-writing.....
6. Goldberg, Amie, Michael Russell, and Abigail Cook. "The Effect of Computers on Student Writing: A Meta-Analysis of Studies from 1992 to 2002." Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment 2.1 (2003): 1-51. Print.
7. Hillocks, Research.
8. Greenwald, Elissa A., Hilary R. Persky, Jay R. Campbell, and John Mazzeo. The NAEP 1998 Writing Report Card for the Nation and the States. NCES, 1999. Web. <http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main1998/ 1999462.pdf>.
9. Yancey, Kathleen Blake. Reflection in the Writing Classroom. Logan: Utah State University Press, 1998. Print.
10. Langer, Judith A., and Arthur N. Appleby. How Writing Shapes Thinking: A Study of Teaching and Learning. Urbana: NCTE, 1987. Print.
11. Devitt, Amy. Writing Genres. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2004. Print.
12. Weaver, Constance. Teaching Grammar in Context. Portsmouth: Boynton/Cook, 1996. Print. See also, Hillocks, Research.
13. National Research Council. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington: National Academy Press, 2000. Print.
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Universities' Dirty Secret: Post-Secondary Institutions Dumbing Down First-Year Courses Times Colonist (Victoria, B.C.)
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Plagiarism can be avoided when classes are well planned, students are engaged in assignments, and instructors provide frequent feedback on student work. Check out the Plagiarism resources page to learn more.
SAT/ACT Writing Exams
Successful writing requires drafting, revising, and editing. The new writing component of the SAT/ACT exams do not allow for these activities. Instead, students are expected to respond to a question in 25 or 30 minutes and one, handwritten, draft. While we applaud inclusion of writing in the exams, students will not use the approach to writing that is the hallmark of success for these tests.
Because the exams include a one-draft sample, written quickly, it also is inappropriate to use these samples for placement in college writing courses. They do not reflect the process used in real writing situations of drafting, revising, and editing and do not reflect the test taker's ability to produce writing under real-world circumstances. Check out the SAT/ACT resources page to learn more.
Machine Scoring
Computers cannot evaluate writing. They cannot be programmed to evaluate the ideas in a piece of writing; they cannot understand the tone, style, or context for a piece of writing. Machine-scored writing supports an emphasis within writing on how effectively a piece of writing mimics a template, rather than on the effectiveness of conscious choices made by a real writer to represent her or his ideas about an issue. Check out the Machine Scoring resources page to learn more.
Grammar and Mechanics
Effective writing is free of surface errors. Typically, people use the term "grammar†to refer to these errors, but it is more precise to refer to the different kinds of errors that frequently appear in writing such as errors of punctuation, sentence construction, or usage.
Direct work on these important aspects of writing is most successfully done at the end of a writing process that involves invention, drafting, revision, and editing. However, writers develop skills to address them through the process of writing and reading that ask them to acquire fluency so that it becomes a habit of mind, not just knowledge of rules.
Studies of writing conclude that there is no evidence that the constant and comprehensive study of traditional grammar rules helps improve student writing. Understanding the rules of a language by studying it in context – that is, within a body of writing – can help all writers make conscious and critical choices, especially during the editing stage. Check out the Grammar and Mechanics resources page to learn more.
Citizenship and Writing Courses
The language abilities taught in college composition courses are essential for active citizenship. Careful reading and research helps students to stay informed. Critical thinking skills help students to better understand what is at issue in civic debates. The Citizenship and Writing Courses page has additional language and information.
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Breaking Bad Beaker Mug
Because being bad feels good
- Try to remain calm while you drink your coffee
- You wouldn't want to upset Heisenberg
- Goes great with a blue rock candy stirrer
Those of us in jobs that don't pay enough for what we put into them have in the backs of our heads our secret plan for going rogue and taking up into some criminal enterprise. One that'd make us millions of dollars, and turn us into celebrities, and ruin the lives of all the people we love, and. Wait. This doesn't sound like such a good plan. Maybe we'll stick to our low-paying jobs. For now.
Start up your own
meth lab mug collection with this Breaking Bad Beaker Mug. This mug features graduated measurements, the Breaking Bad logo, and a scary photo of Heisenberg. Remember, he is always watching you, even when you drink your coffee. Oooh. What's that blue crystal sugar you're putting in? Looks tasty.
Product Specifications
- Glass Breaking Bad Beaker Mug
- Officially-licensed Breaking Bad merchandise
- Mug features measurements in milliliters and the face of Heisenberg
- Not ideal for cooking up "the blue," but makes a great gift
- Goes great with a blue rock candy stirrer
- Materials: Glass
- Not dishwasher or microwave safe
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Marcel Hirscher added a landmark trophy to his record and salvaged Austrian pride when he won the Kitzbuehel World Cup slalom on Sunday.
The overall World Cup holder and leader skied a perfect second run to clinch his fifth slalom victory of the season in a combined time of 1 minute, 44.34 seconds.
Victory was all the more important for Hirscher as it was his first win in the stronghold of Austrian skiing, while he became the first skier from his country to win the Hahnenkamm slalom since Manfred Pranger eight years ago.
The last Austrian to have won in Kitzbuehel was downhill specialist Klaus Kroell in 2009.
"It's a kid's dream I have achieved today, this race is huge, I'm really incredibly happy," he said.
Hirscher now leads Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, his closest rival in the race for the big globe, by 154 points on 1,035 points.
Germany's Felix Neureuther, the winner in Wengen last week and was second and Croatia's Ivica Kostelic third. Kostelic won the classic combined, adding up the times of Sunday's slalom and Saturday's downhill.
The leading trio was the same as in Wengen last weekend, a sign of what to expect at the world championships in Schladming in two weeks.
"I fought very hard, as I knew Neureuther skied another great run. It was a nice rehearsal for the worlds for sure, as the pressure almost can't be bigger there," Hirscher added.
Hampered early this winter by a lingering knee injury, Kostelic is reaching his peak right on time for the world championships and could be a serious threat in Schladming, especially in the combined, a race he relishes.
"It's a great honor and pleasure to be on the podium again next to Hirscher and Neureuther like in Wengen, it's pretty exciting. I am also very proud to have won the classical combined again here, I hope it's not the last time it took place," the Croatian said.
The International Ski Federation is planning to drop the Kitzbuehel combined event next season.
"I can't imagine this combined going away as it's such a big part of skiing history. In a few years, I'll be away and so will [men's World Cup director] Gunter Hujara, but it will not be possible to bring the classical combined back. It's been around since the 1930s," Kostelic added.
Kostelic finished ahead of Frenchmen Alexis Pinturault and Thomas Mermillod Blondin for his fourth back-to-back victory in the Hahnenkamm combined event.


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An all new shutdown utility that get you faster access to the "Turn Off Computer" of Windows Xp, Vista, 7 and 8. To access this utility main feature, just click on the white button you see in the above image when the application is running.
Whats new in this version:
- Complete redesign interface, with transparency and glass effect even in Windows 8.
- Possibility to update to newer version without having to re-install.
- I Created for Windows 8. Tested on 64 bits PC.
- Check box for auto start feature.
- Fast installer.
- Easy to use.
- Screen transparency.
- Shutdown function.
- Restart function.
- Log off function.
- Lock function.
- Switch user function.
- Hibernate function.
- Shutdown timer function.
- And the function of auto starting the application at boot time.
- Should work on any windows version 32 bits or 64 bitsOS.
- .Net framework 4.5 The installer should install it if needed
- Download the setup.exe file and double click on it.
- Then enjoy! Another release without no catch, no nag screen or cripple function.


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My DK bandages are leet! I even have the plethora of bandages achievement!
Ok Ok, you won't see much about healing on this blog, except for pug/raid experiences as this is a DK blog after all, but I thought Jessabelle had a fun idea, so I filled out the meme-that's-not-a-meme. :)
What is the name, class, and spec of your primary healer? Hinetitama, resto shaman
What is your primary group healing environment? Just about everything. Heal the daily heroic whenever possible, but gearing/speccing for TOC10/25. Previously healed near-Immortal Naxx runs and hitting alt Ulduar runs occasionally.
What is your favorite healing spell for your class and why? Chain Heal, with a close second on Riptide. I love that fuzzy chain of awesome goodness! Riptide gives a satisfying sploosh and instant heal + hot, but since it's a fairly small heal, it takes second place. Oooh, and don't forget that lovely Earth Shield. Running heroics with my main tanks, I could heal the tank almost entirely with ES and Riptide.
What healing spell do you use least for your class and why? Healing Wave. It's a good spell, but the long cast time is meh. I usually only use it with my macro of instant get better or sometimes to get a single player back to full health with one go (but a couple fast LHW will do the trick nicely).
What do you feel is the biggest strength of your healing class and why? Like most healers now, resto shammies can do many things well. Healing melee would be the specialty, however. CH bouncing for the win.
What do you feel is the biggest weakness of your healing class and why? Very little instant healing, very little ability to heal on the move. Single target sustained big damage healing is mediocre (but not bad; I healed a couple players through a full toxin duration on Northrend Beasts while raid healing last night).
In a 25 man raiding environment, what do you feel, in general, is the best healing assignment for you? Raid healing, especially if ranged can group up a bit. Even so, I love my earth shield on the tank, then chain heal on melee, with spot LHW on ranged.
What healing class do you enjoy healing with most and why? Resto shammy. I love my healer, but tbh I haven't played any other healer at 70 or 80. I liked my impressions of the style compared to my other lowbie healers and still like it now. I sometimes think I'd like the instant/hot approach of druids, but never really been there.
What healing class do you enjoy healing with least and why? Disc priests. Sorry, Jess. :) I love having one on my side in pvp, but it's hard for me to make the mental transition of mitigation = healing.
What is your worst habit as a healer? Chain Heal on single target of course. Other than that, probably losing situational awareness/too much focus on grid. I rarely die to silly stuff, but can miss an event or take too much damage because I'm not 'looking around.'
What is your biggest pet peeve in a group environment while healing? People standing in fire and not moving out of it - and hoping/expecting that I'll heal them through it.
Do you feel that your class/spec is well balanced with other healers for PvE healing? I do. Paladins can do some amazing healing, particularly on single targets. Druid's hots are lovely for topping people up and keeping us all alive when we're on the move. Priests are truly versatile, but I do feel shammys can do whatever is needed in a raid. Some fights we're unbeatable, while on others we struggle. That's as it should be.
What tools do you use to evaluate your own performance as a healer? Did we kill the boss? Good. I love not having the pressure to always be doing something that I have as a dps main class. I can survey and heal what needs to be healed. I don't have to strive to always be healing, or even keep everyone at 100% if I'd be wasting resources. I do look at healing meters, but also at my overhealing. I try to keep my overheals below 40% - although some fights more overheal is fine if needed to spam a heal target. Did I use an appropriate set of spells depending on fight mechanic? (Lord Jaraxxus should have more LHW, Twins almost all Chain Heal except for earth shield on tank and riptides).
What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about your healing class? That all we can do is chain heal. That our single target healing sucks. That we're squishy (with mail + shield and earth shield/riptide/lesser healing wave, I can take a beating).
What do you feel is the most difficult thing for new healers of your class to learn? Don't forget 1) to keep earth shield up on the tank when you're raid healing (unless another shammy already is), and 2) use your riptide. Riptide gives a nice buff to the rest of your heals and isn't too shabby itself - use it often! Also, in a raid, check your replenishment. There's a good chance your mana totem is not needed, and you can provide some pretty good healing via healing stream totem.
If someone were to try to evaluate your performance as a healer via recount, what sort of patterns would they see? I'm usually one of the lowest on overhealing. Chain heal does a good job - maybe too good. I may do over 60% of my heals with CH and it probably shouldn't go much higher in most full raids. I'll have lots of casts compared to other restos at least - since I stack haste (see below).
Haste or Crit and why? Theorycrafting pegs haste as about twice as good as crit. Crit can deliver nice heals and mana regen for shammies, but in general, pumping out spells is better. We want - depending on who you ask - at least 1000 haste (I'm hovering around 700 at the moment). Getting Lesser Healing Wave down to 1 second is far better than a huge crit stack. I won't avoid crit, but I won't gem or gear for it at all.
What healing class do you feel you understand least? Disc priests and resto Druids. I still forget druids can rez these days.
What add-ons or macros do you use, if any, to aid you in healing? I have a few macros, mostly my insta-heal one. Grid for heal selection. Clique, but I don't use it as much as I should/could. I don't have a huge amount of healing addons as I'm a main dpser.
Do you strive primarily for balance between your healing stats, or do you stack some much higher than others, and why? I stack haste. But, I'm happy to gem for spell power in red slots, since 23 sp is pretty good. MP5 is considered a very poor stat, but I don't mind seeing it on gear - it's just that it's so hard on the item budget. At TOC levels of gear, mana pools/regen isn't really a problem so throughput is king.
And there you have it!
A DK who enjoys a nice break from dps to toss out the heals!


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January 26, 2012
Contact: Bryan Hubbard
(202) 874-5770
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Supports Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day, January 27, 2012
WASHINGTON — Acting Comptroller of the Currency John Walsh today issued the following statement recognizing Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day.
EITC Awareness Day helps get the word out about a valuable tax credit that working families can receive and highlights where people can get help preparing their taxes for free.
Unfortunately, only one in five eligible Americans claim the EITC. The free tax preparation sites promoted on EITC Awareness Day can help more working families take advantage of this valuable tax break during a recovering economy.
National banks and federal savings associations around the country are commended for the work they do in their communities to promote the use of the EITC. By partnering with nonprofit organizations and government agencies, these efforts:
The OCC provides resources on the EITC at its web site at www.occ.gov. These resources include the Leveraging Earned Income Tax Credits to Reach New Bank Customers Fact Sheet. OCC's District Community Affairs Officers are available nationwide to provide information about these and other initiatives to national banks and federal savings associations interested in promoting the EITC in their communities.
Created in 1975, the EITC is the federal government's largest program for benefiting working families. It is a refundable tax credit for people who work, but do not earn high incomes. More than 26 million taxpayers received about $59 billion in EITC on their 2010 federal income tax returns.
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|Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide
Release 2.6.3
Part Number B10283-02
The components of Oracle Workflow require the following hardware and software configurations. Some of the requirements are different for standalone Oracle Workflow and Oracle Workflow embedded in Oracle Applications. Check the installation documentation for your installation of Oracle Workflow to determine the exact requirements for your version.
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Note: To determine which database versions are supported by your version of Oracle Workflow, please refer to the installation documentation for your installation.
Attention: While the version of Oracle Workflow offered to Oracle8i Database Standard Edition customers is exactly the same as the version offered to Oracle8i Database Enterprise Edition customers, it is important to note that Oracle Workflow leverages Oracle8i Database functionality. Consequently, using an Oracle8i Database Standard Edition database limits some of the features available for use by the Oracle Workflow Business Event System.
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BRIDPORT — Sen. Harold Giard, D-Bridport, who has represented Addison County and Brandon in the state senate for the past eight years, will not seek a fifth consecutive term in the state's highest chamber this November.
Giard confirmed this news during an interview with the Addison Independent late Wednesday afternoon. He said his decision was made out of respect for Vermont's citizen Legislature and out of a desire to allow someone else to serve in a role he has found so fulfilling during the past eight years.
"It is a decision I have been thinking about for some time," said Giard, 60, who served on the Senate Agriculture (vice chair) and Institutions Committees this past biennium.
Giard said he is still mulling over what he will do next in his life and believes it would not have been fair to ponder that question as a sitting senator next year.
A more complete story about Giard's decision — and the confirmed field of candidates — will run in Monday's issue of the Independent.
Giard's announcement came the day before the June 14 deadline for candidates to file their petition papers for statewide office. Confirming their intent to file for the two Senate seats that represent Addison County and Huntington (Brandon was swapped for Huntington in re-districting that goes into effect next year) were incumbent Democrat Claire Ayer of Addison, New Haven Democrat Chris Bray, and Robert Wagner, an independent candidate from Ripton. Had Giard run, it would have set up an Aug. 28 primary contest between the three Democrats.
Bryan Young, leader of the Addison County GOP Committee, said on Wednesday his group was speaking with some prospects for the state Senate seats.
Reporter John Flowers is at [email protected]


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Chinatown Safehouse
The Chinatown Safehouse is a safehouse located east of the Chinatown, San Fierro archway in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Wu Zi Mu's apartment is located nearby. Carl Johnson, the player character, can purchase the safehouse for $20,000. The safehouse does not have a garage and cars can not be stored there.


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* Thanks to Zoe Bakes blog for the inspiration and cupcake recipe (which I modified slightly)
Later in the day we enjoyed Chicken and Dumplings, click here for the recipe.
Those little bees are so cute! Beautiful cupcakes :D
SO cute! And a delicious sounding cupcake recipe also :)
Hi! Visiting from Pinterest. These are adorable and sound delicious. I will be visiting your blog again! xo
Those cupcakes just couldn't be cuter or more appealing. Love them!
hello i want to make these for my daughters 3rd birthday,however i only have a hand mixer and i'm new to baking just wondering if it will get good results without a stand mixer. Any advice?
Yes you can make it by hand!! A big bowl and a whisk, that's what I prefer to a kitchen aid mixer. hehe. I'm old fashioned that way. If you're going to do buttercream like the swiss meringue it's tricky and you need a handmixer at least but if you want to do whipped cream then you can whip it by hand, it's a little effort but it works (I do it outside in the garden to avoid splashes of the cream on me) sweeten it with a bit of honey.
I love Winnie the Pooh and I love these little cupcakes. They are beyond adorable.
These are adorable, especially the "hives." I thought for sure the bee decorations were storebought, so I'm mighty impressed.
hi! can you tell me how many cupcakes this recipe makes? thanks!
All I remember was that they were all gone, pretty sure it made about 20ish.
Made these cupcakes this morning, they are super good! The browned butter was easy to make and added a lot to the final flavor. I was able to yield about 30 cupcakes and topped them with a honey Chantilly. Thanks for the great idea!
Awesome cupcakes