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AreYouInterested is one of the largest online dating websites, with over 30 million users, and 14 million unique visitors each month. Although we have a lot of users, our iPhone install numbers can be much higher - we want to improve this with a redesigned iPhone application icon.
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Irwin, Rangers fall behind early, lose to Astros
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers have issues across the board, from a bullpen increasingly being overworked to a batting order that is being made up nightly on the fly by manager Ron Washington.
But the manager believes there is one issue that stands out above all else. Starting pitching.View Full Game Coverage
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers have issues across the board, from a bullpen increasingly being overworked to a batting order that is being made up nightly on the fly by manager Ron Washington.
But the manager believes there is one issue that stands out above all else. Starting pitching.View Full Game Coverage
"Of course our offense has to grind it out and I think it will," Washington said. "If we can straighten out the starting pitching and put less work on the bullpen, I think everything else will straighten out."
Straightening out the starting pitching remains a daunting task. They sent starter No. 12 to the mound on Tuesday night but Phil Irwin had trouble controlling his first-inning jitters, gave up two runs right away and the Rangers spent the rest of the night trying futilely to chase down the Astros.
They were unable to do so as the Astros pulled away to an 8-3 victory and now the Rangers are just one game out of last place after their 17th loss in the last 20 games.
"We're fighting, we're playing," outfielder Alex Rios said. "We're coming here to play every day, every night and we're going to keep doing it with what we have. You just play the game the right way and if you do it right, it's going to come. Good things are going to happen. You just can't force things in this game. You just have to play it."
The Rangers have now lost two straight to the Astros this week and five of eight to them this season. They were 36-7 against the Astros over the past the past five seasons, including 17-2 in 2013.
"It's nice to beat them this year after last year they beat up on us pretty good," said designated hitter Chris Carter, who hit two home runs on Tuesday. "We're having success this year against them and I'm happy about that."
Irwin, who was the 1,000th player to appear in a game in the history of the Washington/Texas franchise, went four-plus innings and allowed three runs, six hits, two walks and two strikeouts.
Rangers starters are now 24-36 on the season with a 4.93 ERA that is the highest of any rotation in the American League. They have a 6.54 ERA in their last 20 games averaging 5.3 innings per start. Rangers starters have pitched at least six innings in just eight of those 20 games.
Irwin's chances of going that deep were scuttled by throwing 33 pitches in a strange first inning. During that inning, Irwin faced seven batters and didn't get an out until the seventh and final batter.
"Basically just came down to the first inning and I kind of wasted all my pitches there," Irwin said. "I was overthrowing out of the gate and command was bad. After that, after I went in and sat for a while, I calmed down and came out and felt like I threw the ball well."
Jose Altuve opened the first inning with a single up the middle and then stole second base with Robbie Grossman at the plate. Irwin then struck out Grossman on a 2-2 curve that catcher Chris Gimenez blocked in the dirt. Grossman broke for first but Gimenez got too obsessed over making sure Altuve didn't advance. He took too long to throw to first and Grossman ended up being safe.
"I absolutely messed that up," Gimenez said. "It's nobody's fault but mine. It wasn't one of my finer moments. There is nothing to say except I screwed up."
Irwin walked George Springer to load the bases. Gimenez, with Jonathan Singleton at the plate, made up for his gaffe by picking off Altuve at third, then a wild pitch moved the runners to second and third.
Singles by Singleton and Matt Dominguez drove home two runs and Irwin hit Chris Carter to load the bases. But he got out of it by getting Chris Corporan to hit into an inning-ending double play.
"I just need to trust myself and not feeling like I've got to do more than I already have to get here," Irwin said. "That's what happened in the first inning. Just trying to throw it harder and blow it past people, and that's not my game -- locate and change speeds. Same thing happened last year when I debuted in Pittsburgh. Just bad energy."
The only other run Irwin gave up was a home from George Springer to lead off the fourth. The Astros added five against the Rangers bullpen, which was needed for another five innings.
"It's always a challenge when your starters give you 4-5 innings," Washington said. "You try not to overuse guys but it's hard to do. Irwin did keep us in the ballgame. He threw a lot of pitches and he was nervous in the beginning but he settled down. But when he got the ball too much over the plate they hit it."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.

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An emotional Liam Neeson has received an award from the President of Ireland for his contribution to the country and humanity.
Receiving the honour, the Irish actor revealed that he was wary of giving public addresses.
"My fear, and it's a genuine fear, is public speaking.
"Everyone says 'oh, you're an actor, you should be good at that.' It's just not true," he said.
Neeson was presented with the Presidential Distinguished Service Award by President Michael D Higgins at his official residence in Dublin – the Aras an Uachtarain – on Friday.
The award highlights the outstanding work by Irish people living overseas across a range of areas, from sport to science, charity or community support.
The Taken star, who appeared slightly emotional as he received the award, said he was "honoured" and "very humbled".
He said he would continue to "fly the flag for Irish arts" and the charity Unicef, of which he is a goodwill ambassador.
President Higgins described the Ballymena native as a "splendid Irish man abroad" and a "worthy recipient" of the award.
"We started the awards in 2012 to give recognition to the contribution of Irish people living abroad who have made a distinguished contribution, not just to Ireland, but to humanity in general.
"And indeed, that is the case in the case of Liam Neeson", he said.
Mr Higgins added: "I think our reason for having the award is to be able to say the Irish family isn't defined by national borders or territories.
"It is defined by care, compassion, a shared culture and heritage, a common sense of responsibility, a consciousness of our historic experience and also the importance of Ireland contributing dynamically to a future that would be humane and more compassionate and just.
"Liam Neeson qualifies by all of this criteria".
The citation for Neeson's award reads: "As an extremely gifted and internationally renowned film actor, Liam Neeson has helped to raise Ireland's profile and awareness of Ireland and Irish artists around the world, especially in the United States where he is based."
The actor, who also starred in Steven Spielberg's highly acclaimed Schindler's List, is a strong supporter of the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, where he started his career, and the Irish Arts Centre in New York, where he currently lives.
While in Dublin the star is due to attend the gala screening of his new movie The Commuter on Friday evening.


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|2006-05-09, 00:17
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|2006-05-09, 02:10
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Higurashi no Naku Koroni is a sound novel, there are no selection points within the story, no choices to be made by the player, no interactions whatsoever: you click, read, click, read, click, read, and continue until a chapter is over (well, actually, in the past 7 chapters, there has been a couple of selections, but they were all gimmicks, they don't mean or do anything).
The game is split into 8 chapters (scenarios, if you would), the first half (1 - 4) consists of what we call the "question" chapters (Onikakushi-hen, Watanagashi-hen, Tatarigoroshi-hen, Himatsubushi-hen), while the second half (5 - 8) are considered to be the "answer" chapters (Meakashi-hen, Tsumihoroboshi-hen, Minagoroshi-hen, and the yet-to-be-released Matsuribayashi-hen). Although we call them "chapters" in this forum, each scenario are completely stand-alone: they each contain their own stories, development, and ending, and are not related to any other chapters directly.
Now, as for the relationship between these parallel scenarios. Like I mentioned in another post, for the sake of defining it as something, you should consider the scenarios (chapters) to be different stories occuring in parallel worlds (although Minagoroshi-hen revealed that this isn't quite the case either).
The important thing here is to realize that all characters and settings remain exactly the same throughout all scenarios, the only things that are different between the scenarios are the circumstances and happenings. The primary function these parallel worlds is to provide a multi-faceted view for the reader (you) to analyze. For Keiichi and the others, the world within each scenario is their only world. But you, the reader, an outsider, can watch from the sidelines, blessed with the ability to make comparisons, deductions, and determinations based on information gathered from across all the worlds.
Timeline wise, it might not be exact, but yes, all the chapters take place at roughly around the same time period, early summer in Hinamizawa (although there are a few exceptions, but you will know them when they come).
The anime, then, is basically doing the same thing: showing one scenario, then moving on to the next after the current scenario ends, etc.
|2006-05-10, 14:58
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Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
|2006-05-16, 12:32
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Hi, I'm glad I read the forums else I'll be watching the show in a totally DIFFERENT direction!!!
I have some doubts which I hope some kind soul will help to clarify cos I am really confused now.
Initally, I thought that the purpose of the different arcs was to explain what happened in the first arcs\ but it seems like the arcs actually portray different realities in a parallel world at the same time?
1) If so, how could some of the events which happened in the second arc explain some of the events in the first arc?
For eg. some people said that the reason that Mion knew K1 was talking Oishi (in the first arc) was because she actually disguised as Shion and happened to be in the same restaurant that K1 and Oishi went to for lunch. (second arc)
-> But if the second arc does not happen in the same world as the first arc, how could the above arguement be held true?
2) Also what is the role of us viewers when we view thru the different arcs. Eg. intially I thought that the different arcs happen in the same world and we are supposed to piece the story of different timeframe to get the full story (similar to boogiepop phantom anime), but if the different arc portarys different reality, how should we go about watching it?
I know this questions are really fundamental but I do hope someone could give me a clearer explanation so that I am able to view this anime in the right direction =)
This anime rockS! Thanks!
|2006-05-16, 13:34
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|2006-05-16, 14:19
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I'm going to be careful in answering this one:
|2006-06-13, 10:10
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Do Keiichi's parents and Chie-sensei (I think that's her name?) serve any real important purpose to the plot, or should we not be paying much attention to them? They don't seem to be getting much screentime, leading me to believe that they don't have much of an impact on the storyline, but for some reason I still find them suspicious.
|2006-06-13, 15:07
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I have a what I thought was a simple, very quick question, but I've realised it's a little more complex. :/ I don't think it's been answered anywhere.
It's about the TIPS, and how far they can be trusted. First of all, I'm assuming that the information in them can be taken as it's presented; there's nothing twisted by a character's point of view/mental state, like there was in Onikakushi-hen. Is that correct?
Secondly, I'm also assuming that in the ones that are conservations between characters, what the characters say could be lies or misinformation. I'm unsure as to whether the TIPS are supposed to provide concrete facts or whether they're just like everything else, and open to interpretation.
Sorry if it's a stupid question, but I'm feeling a little confused. x_x;
|2006-06-13, 15:40
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Sunny Island
With that said, the TIPs are there to help you solve the mystery behind everything (if that's even possible) and not to mislead the readers.
|2006-06-13, 17:24
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
What's written in the TIPS are evidences, fact, clues, and hints.
If the coroner's report says it's a woman, it is a woman Although you don't see the report, what good will Oishi and his partner have in lying at that scene about the coroner's report being a woman? They are talking to their fellow police officers - they can check them out if they want to; and that's what Oishi and Kuma tells them to do. That's how you connect the dots for the TIPS.
If the newspaper report says that so-and-so occurred, it occurred. If a character thought that way, that's what he/she thought (psychological state of mind aside). If you see an episode where Rika refers to a call that Satoko made when she was young, there's a record of it that you can read. It's interesting. And, that actual record is factual evidence.
How you use the TIPS is another matter. Scrapbooks for instance - it's written down, but it's mainly a theory. How far can you trust that source?
It's just a matter of sorting through the evidence just like an investigator - what is reliable and what maybe questionable. If it's between a coroner's medical autopsy report versus some person's theory written in a scrapbook....which one do you trust? How much can you trust? Then again, if you negate the coroner's report becaus he might be "in on it," what do you trust? On the other hand, what are the chances of the coroner misidentifying a corpse as a woman than a man? The body is rather intact, it's not charred up like Takano's corpse from the previous arcs. So, what do you think?
Are the TIPS misleading? Perhaps. But these are presented to you directly. Even if they some might seem to take you off-track, you then have to think - what was the purpose of that TIPS to make you go off track? That's where more thinking kicks in.
So, write down to yourself notes on which TIPS give you reliable facts, versus some that are highly questionable. You are your own detective - see if you can best Oishi or even Rena!
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|2006-06-14, 03:55
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Thanks for that, both of you. It helped a lot... especially since kj1980 seems to have read my mind by using the coroner's report as an example. Sadly I don't think I'm going to be besting Rena or Ooishi any time soon, but this will definitely help my attempt.
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|2006-07-07, 14:00
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What was the inspiration for Higurashi no Naku Koroni?
Explaining, if the idea of placing the plot in a rural village came from the experiences that one or many members of Ryukishi07 had in their childhood growing up in similar villages in the Japanese countryside.
|2006-07-07, 21:09
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|2006-07-07, 21:35
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(Looks like kj tossed my post into the game thread for the game-related contents ^^; , so I'll cut and paste this part back here)
The script itself can be said to be Higurashi's essence: all the most important plot devices came from this play script. But it took a lot of planning and organizing for the story to become what we see in the games today.
|2006-07-10, 05:57
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i understand that the arcs are the same world but with differant happenings to give you answers so that you can solve the mystery.
But is the first arc something like a main-arc? And you have to see the other ones to fill the holes of this "main-arc" ? because i think there have to be at least some kind of main story...
well english is not my mother-tongue so forgive me for mistakes and maybe i have read something wrong...in that case just delete this post :P
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April 25, 2012 -- It took Michelle Hickey and her daughter Christina, both in wheelchairs, nearly six hours to get to the We Care Dental Center, but it was worth it. Most dentists had turned them away because they didn't have the thousands of dollars in down payments required for the extensive treatment they both needed.
Although they qualify for California's Denti-Cal program, it only covers extractions, not restorations.
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So she and her 32-year-old daughter -- who suffered a traumatic brain injury in an accident -- set out in their wheelchairs at 6:30 a.m. last week from Riverside to catch the first of many buses that would take them to the dental clinic in Rancho Mirage, a community in Southern California's high desert.
"My teeth are falling out, and my daughter's teeth are turning black," Michelle said. "She brushes her teeth twice a day but has lots of cavities and barely has any teeth left."
Before her husband died, the family had great dental care. Now Michelle and her daughter depend on Medicaid and Medicare.
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"Oh, God, it means everything," Michelle said of the opportunity to finally obtain dental care for her daughter. "They were very kind and personal. I do everything I can, but I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place."
The main way we treat our patients is with kindness and love, Dr. Glick told DrBicuspid.com.
"That's what they respond to. You just need to take time with them, let them know what you're going to do, stroke them a little, talk to them a lot, have someone hold their hand if necessary, and believe me, you get results."
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After undergoing two back surgeries, Dr. Glick retired from his Northern California practice in 2000, but he said he got bored and needed something to do. A few years ago he saw an ad for volunteers to treat people with disabilities and started using various dentists' offices before deciding to open a dedicated center.
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The biggest challenge is finding sufficient funds to stay open, and Dr. Glick often holds fundraisers and constantly searches for grants.
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He would like to see more dentists step up and volunteer to treat the poor and patients with disabilities.
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There are as many ways of saving for higher education as there are majors at college. Here are a few of them:
The Head-Starters. Three-year old Jake is lucky his mom is in the financial planning business. Melissa, a New York City fi nancial adviser, and her husband set up a 529 college savings account for Jake two weeks after he was born, which has since grown. With tuition costs skyrocketing to more than $10,000 a year for the average public college and over $25,000 for the average private university, Melissa and her husband have calculated that sending little Jake to an Ivy League school in 2020 will cost well over six-figures in today's dollars. Earnings and withdrawals on state- sponsored 529 college savings plans are completely tax- free, making 529 plans a very smart choice.
The Shifters. Donald and Pamela didn't waste any time starting a college fund for their two children either. A few months after the birth of their first child, Rachel, the couple invested $15,000 for her in a custodial account.
They deposited the same amount in a similar account when their son, Don, was born. For Rachel, now 15, and Don, now 12, the bull market resulted in big returns in their accounts in the late 1990s. But when the market started to head south, Donald and Pamela weren't sure their college savings would weather the market's downturn and still cover rising tuition bills. The Florida couple decided to take $13,000 out of each child's stash to buy contracts in the state's prepaid tuition plan, a program designed to cover four years of future tuition and dorm expenses in today's dollars. Donald and Pamela didn't expect to qualify for financial aid, so they looked for other college savings vehicles with even better tax breaks. So, their next step was to move the bulk of college money from the custodial accounts into state- sponsored 529 college savings plans for more tax- advantaged growth.
The Borrowers. Joe and Pam were thrilled when their oldest son earned an academic scholarship for college, but they knew that sum would make only a small dent in his $26,000- a-year tuition bill. Joe and Pam agreed that Delaware Valley College was a good fit for Joe Jr. but it cost a lot more than they'd planned, and they wondered how they would swing it. Joe, an accounting manager, and Pam, a stay-at-home mom, didn't qualify for financial aid, but they've since managed to cover his college costs with a combination of federal and state loans.
You don't need a college degree to realize that college costs are skyrocketing.
As much as parents may wish they could foot the entire bill for higher education for their children, the rising cost of campus life could make that impossible. Ideally, when a couple decides they want to have children, they should start putting money in some type of college fund, preferably one that offers some tax advantages.
You can even open the account before the child is born. It's even a wise idea to start when you begin trying to have a baby—if things don't work out, and one hopes that they do, you can always use the money for a vacation, or for adult education of your own. Soon after I learned I was pregnant with our first child, I opened a 529 college savings plan, naming myself as the beneficiary, and made my first deposit. Then I changed the beneficiary to my son a few weeks after he was born, and we now contribute to our daughter's college savings in another account as well. (Each year, my husband and I each try to contribute $5,000 to their college savings. We don't always reach that goal, but we try. New York state offers residents a tax break on 529 plan contributions. The maximum state tax deduction for a couple in New York is $10,000.) Most parents don't begin saving for college that soon—or that regularly. So many families will have to take out federal and/or private loans—and we may too—to supplement their college savings, if they've been disciplined enough to save at all.
First step. Figure out what you're getting into. Many brokerage houses, banks, and other financial Web sites offer online college cost predictors. T. Rowe Price's Web site (www.troweprice.com) offers a very clear breakdown of how much money you need to save each year for your child or children based on projected tuition at major colleges and universities in the United States, and on the investment return and rate of inflation you chose.
Using the calculator, we figured out it will cost more than $1 million to send son and daughter who are just in elementary school to Harvard one day!
That's provided college costs don't rise more than 7% a year. We could get depressed by those numbers, but we won't. Knowing the amount that we ultimately need to save has helped us figure out the best approach in terms of the plans we've chosen and how we've decided to allocate our investments.
To help you figure out a college savings strategy for your family, you first need to know what options are available. No matter which path you take, the key to building a college fund is to start saving as early as possible and put money in regularly. But don't make the mistake that fi nancial advisers tell me they see all too often. Don't dump huge sums of money into college savings and neglect retirement. Remember, there's always a chance you can get grants and loans for college, but not for retirement. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation isn't going to pick up the tab for your condo in Florida.
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This article says it's an 11 ep run. The Super Bowl airs on Feb. 3/2008, so the latest it can air is probably Jan 27th. If CBS is airing a playoff game on the 20th, that will be to TAR's benefit.
straight from CBS~CBS TO BROADCAST THE FINALE OF "SURVIVOR: CHINA" ON A SPECIAL NIGHT, SUNDAY, DEC. 16, 8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT Jeff Probst Hosts "SURVIVOR: CHINA REUNION" Live From Los Angeles, 10:00-11:00 PM CBS will broadcast the finale of SURVIVOR: CHINA on a special night and time, Sunday, Dec. 16 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT). The finale will be immediately followed by SURVIVOR: CHINA REUNION, hosted by Jeff Probst live from Los Angeles (10:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT). The program will mark the first time all 16 castaways will be together again since being in China.
Do you think a January move due to football is likely??
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taking at least one law-related class is good to help you make sure you like discussing cases. class in logic also can be helpful on lsat.
I would say go wherever you want- but if you are trying to choose between 2 or 3 schools, pick the one that has a pre-law advisor. Ours has been an amazing resource and I don't how people at schools without one find out all the stuff that she tells us (I guess they read message boards).Also, she is very connected with the law school community so we get almost every dean/admissions director from texas law schools and some out-of-state schools as well. Very nice resource to have.PM me if you have any questions for me (doubt you will) b/c I don't usually check this board.


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Take pizza dough, fill it with your favorite pizza toppings, bake it a cupcake tin, and "frost" it with tomato sauce, melted cheese, and a cherry (tomato) and you've got a calzone cupcake!
Have a peek inside:
And now, the details.
How to Make Calzone Cupcakes
For the pizza dough, I used a bread machinepizza dough recipe from this month's Taste and Create* partner, Dragon Musings. Here is the recipe that I used:
- 3/4 C water
- 1 tbsp garlic olive oil (I used regular extra virgin olive oil.)
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 C flour
- 1 3/4 tsp yeast
- Put all ingredients in a bread machine on the dough cycle according to the instructions for your model.
2. Prepare your favorite calzone filling.
Like the pizza dough, I used a calzone filling recipe from my Taste and Create partner. The filling had zucchini, corn, onions, and lime. I'd never had corn in a calzone before and was somewhat skeptical, but Dragon Musings did not let me down! The combination was tangy and fresh with a mild kick. It's one that I'd likely make again and gladly serve to company. Here's the recipe with some very minor changes:
- 1/2 large zucchini, roughly chopped
- 1/2 large onion, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup frozen corn kernels
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- juice of 1 lime
- Mix everything together. (Jonathan says that it's silly to have only one step. But, I love ending lists at one. It makes things seem easy.)
3. Prepare the calzone cupcakes.
- Pizza dough (from above)
- Filling (from above)
- 2 C shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 C crumbled feta cheese
- Preheat oven to 450 F.
- Roll out the pizza dough about 1/4″ thick and line the bottom and sides of the indentations in a cupcake tin.
- Put a thin layer of shredded mozzarella cheese on top of each piece of dough.
- Fill the cupcake with the filling.
- Top with another thin layer of mozzarella cheese and some crumbled feta.
- Top each cupcake with another piece of pizza dough and press firmly around the edges of the cupcake to seal it (as shown below). If necessary, use a butter knife to cut off any excess dough.
- Bake for 14 minutes. Don't turn off your oven yet. You'll need it for the next step.
4. "Frost" the calzone cupcakes.
- Hot unfrosted calzone cupcakes (from above).
- 1 C pasta or pizza sauce
- 12 slices of mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 C shredded mozzarella cheese (optional)
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- Transfer the hot calzone cupcakes to a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Spoon a small amount of sauce on top of each cupcake.
- Use a cookie cutter or the rim of a glass to cut the mozzarella into circles that cover the top of the cupcake (as shown below) and place the cheese on top of the sauce.
- If desired, top the cheese circles with a small amount of the shredded cheese. This makes the top of the cupcake look a bit bumpier – like it has sprinkles.
- Put the cookie sheet of cupcakes back into the oven for one minute or until the cheese is just melted.
- Remove from the oven, top with cherry tomatoes, and serve warm.
*A Note On Taste and Create
Taste and Create is the monthly event where food bloggers are paired up to make each other's recipes. Any food blogger can join the fun and I highly encourage you to do so. It's a fantastic opportunity to explore new food blogs.
Dragon Musings and I were partners once before and I was excited to be her partner again! Last time, I made her peaches n' cream. It ended up going into my peaches n' cream cupcakes which were picked for Wedding 3.0! If you like my calzone cupcakes, you should definitely check out what shape she made her calzones in (hint: they are so good that they will quickly be extinct).


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Geocaching.com Caption Contest 18 – Win a Barely Coveted Prize
Try your caption writing skills in the eighteenth installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest. You could become the proud winner of a barely coveted prize! What caption would you write? "I really feel at one with nature when I geocache." You can do better!


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James Franco gets artsy with Ovation channel
August 21, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Franco is coming back to TV, but this time it's not for the Academy Awards.
The Ovation channel said Wednesday that it's joining with the actor-writer-filmmaker on a new series, "James Franco Presents."
Ovation said the series will document Franco's explorations of the art world, including his gallery exhibits and other "passion projects." The prime-time series will include Franco's "heroes" in various areas of the arts, the channel said.
The film actor has dabbled in TV since his breakout role in the series "Freaks and Geeks" in 1999 and hosted the 2011 Oscars with Anne Hathaway.
"James Franco Presents" will debut this year on Ovation.


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Two Lawyers. One Writer. Two Vegans. One Pop Culture Junkie. One Bar Taking Law Student. One Southern Trendinista. One Pastry Chef. One World Traveler. One Rock Climber. Many Ideas. One Blog. We really wanted to call this "Think!" but all we could get to is Maybe. One Rule - Keep it short. (If you can)


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UPDATE: Woman who died on Barn Bluff identified
One person died after falling on Barn Bluff Monday afternoon, the Red Wing Fire Department reported.
Mavis Knudson, 75, of Edina, Minn., was hiking on the north trail coming back from the west overlook when she fell shortly before noon. She was pronounced dead at the scene, the fire department reported.
A second person, identified by Red Wing Police as Knudson's son, attempted to rescue her, but also fell and broke his left leg.
A helicopter was requested to assist in the rescue, but could not land in the area. Instead, the man was rescued using ropes and advanced life support.
He was transported to Fairview Red Wing Medical Center at about 2:45 p.m. The patient was in stable condition at the time of transport.
Knudson's body was transported to the Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office and an autopsy is scheduled for today.
Red Wing police assisted firefighter/paramedics at the scene.


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If I have learned nothing else over the years, it is words cause confusion. I have seen, and been in, arguments over word usage and people never realize, until later, they are essentially saying the same thing or thought someone was saying something they were not. With that, I ask you to expound on your question to prevent an incorrect response due to a misunderstanding.
In other words, he fully expected that fasting would be part of our spiritual warfare when he was taken away from us.
Some Charistmatic and pentecostal pastor/ leader teach that we have to fast in order to release and obtain the (Spiritual) Power of God . Do Orthodox Christian agree with it?
If you spend long enough on this forum, you'll come away with all sorts of weird, untrue ideas of Orthodox Christianity.
I would suggest most persons in general avoid any question beginning with why.
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Cloud Certification
Target group
Certificates and attestations demonstrate proof of the offered information security of a cloud provider. However, the cloud user must know the significance of the certificate/attestation to be able to assess whether their own security targets can thus be complied with.
Role: Cloud Users (primary) and Cloud Providers (primary)
Target group: Management (primary), Professionals (secondary)
The basic idea behind certificates/attestations is that a cloud provider submits to a set of controls and can be audited by an independent third party verifying compliance with these controls. The audit is carried out on the basis of the audit scheme for the certificate/attestation and the audit result is documented in a defined format.
The user (or customer) can compare their controls with those on which the certificate/attestation is based and decide if their own controls are covered. Certificates and attestations, however, also serve to build trust, since the cloud provider makes their own security safeguards transparent to an external party and publishes the result or at least parts of it.
The complexity of cloud computing makes it even more difficult for cloud users to inform themselves of the security safeguards of the cloud provider, which is why the call for (internationally accepted) certificates regarding cloud security is strong.
Overview of Certifications
Some certificates for cloud offers have already been on the market. The most well-known include the SaaS seal of approval of EuroCloud, CSA STAR, TÜV Trust IT.
The BSI's IT-Grundschutz certificate can also be used by cloud users, as IT-Grundschutz was supplemented by several cloud-specific topics.
Attestation in accordance with the BSI's Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalogue (C5)
The BSI's Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalogue (C5) can be attested via an ISAE 3000 like audit which ends in a SOC 2 report in order to demonstrate proof of compliance with the controls. This attestation, however, is not issued by the BSI, but by a certified public auditor.


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LaSalle PRIDE Inc., in conjunction with the LaSalle Library, will present a lecture by Teresa Lasher Winslow on the "Street Name Changes of Historic LaSalle" at 6 p.m., Monday, March 4, in the LaSalle Library, 8728 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls.
LaSalle, once a part of the Town of Niagara, became a village in 1897, until it was annexed into the City of Niagara Falls in 1927. After the annexation, the streets of LaSalle were renamed.
For more information on LaSalle PRIDE's series of lectures, call 716-283-3295 or 716-425-4005.


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Three accountancy professors at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business recently won a major research award for their study examining the role of fair-value accounting during the recent financial crisis.
Brad Badertscher, Jeffrey Burks and Peter Easton received the American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Best Paper Award for 2013. Their paper, "A Convenient Scapegoat: Fair Value Accounting by Commercial Banks during the Financial Crisis," published in the January 2012 edition of The Accounting Review, was selected from among all financial accounting and reporting studies published in the last five years.
The Best Paper Award is intended to enhance interaction among academics and practicing members and to provide an incentive for researchers to focus their efforts on topics relevant to the practicing profession and standard-setters.
Fair-value accounting, also known as mark-to-market accounting, has been an evolving part of Generally Accepted Accounting Practices in the United States for more than half a century. It requires banks to report assets at current market value versus the historical value, or original purchase price. As the U.S. struggled to come out of the economic recession, many critics—most notably, the banking industry—blamed fair-value accounting for exacerbating the impact by forcing them to tighten loan requirements. Congress subsequently held hearings on the subject and pressured the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which responded swiftly with changes.
Among their conclusions, however, the Notre Dame researchers contended the effect of fair-value accounting was negligible, and that banks simply had a lot of charge-offs for bad loans. (Read more about the study in the Notre Dame Business magazine story, "Is Fair Value Really Fair?")
"Our findings suggest that Congress was rash in demanding rule changes," said Easton. "This should give pause to advocates of even more government involvement in accounting standard setting."
The award committee, while noting that the Best Paper Award is not intended as an endorsement of a particular research conclusion, provided the following comment regarding the study: "The award committee commends the authors on addressing one of the most pressing and important research questions for accounting scholarship and standard setting in recent years. Research on fair value accounting is ongoing and this paper will play an important role in the debate."


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If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
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You are in a passageway running north and south (the room you fell into is to the north). A stream flows by running east to west.
Go north, toward the room you fell into.
You have an apple.


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Sad, Dull Desk Lunches Made Beautiful
Eating your lunch at your desk is a common, mostly depressing topic. But these photos by Stephanie Gonot show something new –– a humorous, and dare I say beautiful take on lunch at the office. Baloney sandwich, anyone?
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The photos were done as a project for NEON magazine. It's the colorful background and tiny, silly details that make these photos stand out. My personal favorite is the Lo Mein take-out box with the pencils for chopsticks.
Stephanie Gonot is not new to creative food photography –– you might recognize her glorious photos of fad diets.
See more of Stephanie Gonot's work here
(Images: Stephanie Gonot for NEON magazine)
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While Boston is well-known for its role in the American Revolution, there is a lot more to this small city than than its history. From alternative and inventive to artsy and foodie, Boston buzzes with incredibly local culture – well-loved by its residents but often overlooked by visitors. The unexpected spots in this guide provide a sampling of the city's best offerings.
11 Places
6 City Tips
11 Places
Jazz Clubs & Bars
Historic Walking Areas, Biking Trails
Art Galleries
Educational sites
National Parks, Islands
Points of Interest & Landmarks
Although I've visited this wonderful jazz club many, many times, I still sometimes miss it when walking down the street. A narrow, unassuming entrance on a residential block takes you into an equally narrow, long interior, packed with regulars moving, drinking, and socializing to the energetic tunes of a nightly jazz band playing at the very back.
The Minuteman Trail is a converted railway which now serves as a 10-mile park for biking, skating, running, and walking. It's a beautiful way to get out of the city center, do something active, and people-watch during your visit.
Set in trendy Davis Square, the Somerville Theater was originally designed for opera, vaudeville, and film screenings in the early 1900s. Today, it's a multi-purpose venue for first-run movies, independent film festivals, dance, music, and comedy.
The SoWa Artists Guild is an association of studio artists with a collection of art galleries in Boston's South End. Every Sunday from May through November, the association hosts a giant market with four parts: an open-air lot of art stalls, a lot for food trucks, a historic space set up as an antique market, and a block of artists' studios open to the public. Throughout the year, more than 60 artist studios also open to the public the first Friday evening of each month.
Boston is lucky to be home to the Berklee College of Music, the world's largest independent school of contemporary music. This means that during the academic year, the college hosts a diverse program of daytime and evening performances each day, given both by its talented students and visiting artists.
This Portuguese-American, family-owned spot has to be one of the best brunch experiences in the city. There is always a line on weekends, but you can help yourself to free pastries and coffee (or check out hip Union Square!) while you wait. Neighborhood serves up generous portions of hearty, inventive, and flavorful food, and the family service is welcoming and efficient. Bonus: Sitting out on the colorful terrace in the summer is a pleasure.
For a real community feel, head to City Feed and Supply in Jamaica Plain. This is a combination grocery store and cafe that specializes in natural and local foods. The Centre Street location is a perfect starting point for exploring Jamaica Plain, a diverse family neighborhood.
Cambridge and Somerville, an easy walk or 'T' ride across the river from Boston, are known to be somewhat snobby about their beer. To meet customer demand, many bars have a variety of IPAs, Belgians, dark ales, and craft beers on tap, including brews from nearby Vermont and Maine. But Cambridge Brewing Company keeps things local. The microbrewery has been turning out craft brews and seasonal New England grub since 1989, and is known for its funky experimentation. Case in point: My favorite CBC try was a beer and sake hybrid. Beers rotate out seasonally, but no matter when you visit you can expect other innovate drafts, like beer with notes of roasted jalapeños, green tea, or butternut squash.
For a night of dancing, skip the club district and head to Middlesex Lounge in Cambridge. The layout is simple: a relatively small, square room. The music: a perfect mix of favorite dance tunes and funky DJ mixes – think pop and '90s, with smooth transitions between variations on favorite songs. The crowd: just plain fun.
One thing that even locals take for granted is how easy and inexpensive it is to get out on the water. Take a ferry to Boston Harbor Islands to enjoy a 20-40 minute ferry ride (depending on which island you visit), along with beautiful views of the skyline and a chance to picnic or relax on the beach.
Smack in the middle of Harvard Square and right next to 'The T' station, Out of Town News is an iconic site and may just be the most common meeting point for connecting with friends in the Square. But you also need to spend some time inside – this typical-looking news-stand sells foreign magazines and newspapers from all over the world.


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Here is a good magazine article (PDF format) that explains the internals of PHP's reference mechanism in detail: http://derickrethans.nl/files/phparch-php-variables-article.pdf
It should explain some of the odd behavior PHP sometimes seems to exhibit, as well as why you can't create "references to references" (unlike in C++), and why you should never attempt to use references to speed up passing of large strings or arrays (it will make no difference, or it will slow things down).
It was written for PHP 4 but it still applies. The only difference is in how PHP 5 handles objects: passing object variables by value only copies an internal pointer to the object. Objects in PHP 5 are only ever duplicated if you explicitly use the clone keyword.


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I was surrounded by some gorgeous shoes from Bertie's new SS11 collection, not only that but a bucket full of Crabbie's Ginger Beer, a photobooth (complete with some fun props), a popcorn machine, DJ and of course lots of beautiful bloggers.
Now, I'm not really into shoes that much. Give me a pair of ballerina flats for the day and some plain wedges for the evening and I'm all set. But my oh my, was this about to change. Recently I've become a bit of a wedge-o-holic and these peep toe ones were the first to catch my eye. Available in black and tan these beauties are just thing to rock with a sheer shirt and some hareems for the spring. What with all the beautiful weather we've been having recently – it's time to start pushing the winter garments to the back of your wardrobes and bring out the spring clothing!
Last season I was lusting after Bertie brogues and walked away with a red pair with purple velvet laces and this season they yet again have produced more fabulous pairs! These tasseled ones come in red, brown and navy with contrasting coloured tassels. So beautiful! I was really torn between the navy ones and the red...
But then I spotted these...
These cherry buckle wedges were being picked up left, right and centre by everyone and safe to say they were the most popular shoe of the evening so I knew I had to have them. They have a really grungy feel but the maroon colour made them girly at the same time. I knew these would go perfectly with my floral midi skirt from Urban Outfitters and sequin moustache tee from River Island. I didn't even bother trying them on because I knew straight away they were coming home with me. I left it to lovely Catherine to let me know what the fit was like and then headed straight to the till.
Check out some more of the collection...
I also would very much like this bag in my life!
Catherine, Jinny and I have having fun in the photobooth. (Don't ask what on earth I am doing in the second picture)
Massive thank you to the team at Bertie for putting on such a fabulous event and the wonderful goody bag (yes there was a goody bag on top of the free shoes - we were spoilt!) It was really lovely to meet more bloggers at the event, including the guys from Louder than Silence, beautiful blog which if you haven't read - go and take a look!
So what are your favourites from the collection? Were you at the Bertie event? If so which ones did you nab?


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The School of Arts and Sciences
|Tallahassee, Fla.
|Year First Chartered and Authorized
Local district
|English Learners
|Subsidized Meals
|Special Needs
|Per Pupil Spending
A visitor to this school sees little that is typical of a traditional classroom. Students in multi-age classrooms range across three grades-K-2, 3-5, or 6-8. They are seated collegially at round tables rather than in rows of desks. They may be working on independent seatwork, cooperative learning with a partner or small group, or an interdisciplinary project. The goal sheets and checklists in students' folders let them manage their learning activities. The artifacts students select for their portfolios are an important measure of their achievement. Peer mediation and a student court help maintain school discipline, and all teachers and students are trained in conflict resolution and mediation.
According to Principal Debo Powers, the vision for the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) emerged from a group of educators and parents. The result is a school that centers around beliefs that learning is natural-since human beings are inherently curious-and that academics are only one component of education, best learned through hands-on activities that tap into real interest and through interdisciplinary approaches framed by large themes. High among the qualities valued at SAS are self-motivation, critical thinking, and creative expression. The school's unique curriculum design and program structures dovetail to support its mission "to facilitate individual educational ownership and responsible lifelong learners through interdisciplinary approaches to arts and sciences in a safe and nurturing environment."
SAS greeted its inaugural students in 1999, three years after first seeking a charter from the Leon County School District. Delays getting charter approval were followed with a series of frustrations in finding a suitable facility. In what might have been the last straw, just six weeks before the school was to open in August 1998, the school year had to be cancelled. Another facility had fallen through. The principal and teachers scrambled to find other positions for the year, a year that they turned into an opportunity to think and plan for yet another August. The continuing commitment to open the school was remarkable. "When you think about it," Powers says, "it's just amazing."
The students who are drawn to SAS, teachers estimate, include about one-third who have been home-schooled, one-third who select SAS specifically for its alternative pedagogy, and one-third who choose the school because previous schools did not meet their needs. Currently, SAS has a waiting list of 400 students for the school's 226 places. The student population is 62 percent white, 22 percent African American, and 9 percent Hispanic and Asian American; 22 percent qualify for special education services.
Program and Operations
SAS has three classrooms for each multi-age cluster-primary, intermediate, and middle school. Primary and intermediate classes have a maximum of 25 students and each class has a credentialed teacher and an associate teacher working as a team to facilitate instruction in all academic subject areas. In the middle school, classes rotate to different subject area teachers. Students in all grades take music, drama, art, Spanish, and physical education. Daily hands-on science is also a feature at every level.
Learning is driven by students' curiosity and is focused through a project-based interdisciplinary approach. Arts, science, foreign language, reading, writing, and mathematics are all integrated. For example, older students learning about Asia spent six weeks preparing projects whose topics ranged from sushi to Genghis Khan to modern-day sweat shops in China. Regardless of the topic, their teacher points out, "You get speaking skills, you get writing skills, and you get research skills."
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Instruction at all levels is highly individualized. In a K-2 classroom, where students are working in small groups with math manipulatives, some are learning subtraction using beads, others are learning about number place, while yet another group uses plastic coins to learn addition. Every student has an individual folder, indicating which activities he or she is ready to work on. The two teachers and a parent volunteer circulate around the room, working first with one child and then on to the next, asking questions, assisting, and providing direct instruction and support when necessary. Next door, students in another K-2 classroom work on literacy projects. A small group sits reading a story with one teacher, while another group works at a table with a teacher creating books. A few students work independently on a word game, and it is not easy to tell age or grade distinctions among students within the class.
Teachers find the multi-age classroom a powerful factor for cooperative learning, with older students naturally helping younger ones. Students are taught to work together, support is provided as needed, and no one is restricted from learning more by his or her particular age or grade. The principal explains that the younger students try to emulate the older students, and it raises the standard of work for everyone. SAS students are expected to work toward their personal best and to respect everyone. "No put downs" is an operating principle of the school and contributes to the self-confidence exhibited by students. "It's very, like, peaceful," a middle school student reports. "I've never seen a bully here."
Students stay with the same teacher for a three-year period, so teachers really get to know the individual needs and learning styles of their students. In addition to the continuity this provides, it contributes to the secure learning environment the school strives for. As one student says, "It's really a priority to have respect between the teachers and students. You don't have to be afraid of being embarrassed in front of the class or having them get mad at you. You feel free to talk to them." Students appreciate the freedom they are given to express themselves. For some this manifests in capes and plumes, one enjoys a spot of blue hair.
Teachers describe the natural transition of students who are new to the school and new to taking personal responsibility for their learning. "I don't want to tell them every move to make at every moment," one teacher explains, "so we do a lot of modeling. And we're constantly explaining our way of work. You just watch them flounder for a little while, you know. Their first projects aren't like everybody else's, but when they see what everybody else has done, their next projects are. You can just watch their growth."
Continuous Learning
Each year the staff analyze students' progress and use what they find to develop the schoolwide improvement plan and to set annual goals, which are published in the annual School Public Accountability Report. This process helps to keep teachers, administrators, and parents focused on the mission of the school, in both planning and implementation throughout the school year. Data from standardized tests are part of the mix, even though teachers uniformly say, "We don't teach to the tests."
Teachers do, however, use Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores to inform their practice. In reading, teachers use Scholastic's STAR reading inventory to get a baseline and then measure progress using FCAT scores. In 2002, when FCAT math scores were below the district average in grades 3-5, teachers developed school improvement objectives to focus on math instruction. With a $10,000 grant, they engaged in professional development around multi-age math methods. They adopted a hands-on approach to math instruction for grades K-5. After the training, when the new curriculum was implemented, third-grade FCAT math scores rose from 299 in 2002 to 335 in 2003, exceeding the state and the district averages, and showing an increase of 32 percent. Seventh- and eighth- grade FCAT math scores in 2003 were the highest in the district, and eighth-grade FCAT scores were second in the state, behind a school that admits only gifted students. This year FCAT math and reading scores exceeded the district average at every grade.
In a school with no grades and no report cards, students are very involved in evaluating their own learning. Students select all the work in their portfolios, choosing the work that best demonstrates progress towards academic goals and mastery of the appropriate Sunshine State Standards, as well as the work of which they are most proud. Students organize their portfolios on the basis of the multiple intelligences identified by scholar Howard Gardner.
Parents and Partners
At least twice a year parents meet with their child and the child's teachers to go over the child's portfolio. Typically, a student and his or her parents come in before the scheduled meeting with the teachers so that the child has a chance to orient parents to the portfolio. Then the teachers join them and the teachers talk with the child and ask questions about various pieces of work, with the parents observing. According to one teacher, the process is very affirming: "The child is able to tell, 'This is me. It's all about me.' And it really is."
|In a school with no grades and no report cards, students are very involved in evaluating their own learning.
Parents like the fact that the school's developmental approach is grounded in the principles of how children learn and that they can be highly involved in their children's education. For the many parents who home-schooled their children, enrolling them in SAS was the first time they were willing to entrust their children to a public school. Parents also express satisfaction that there is not a lot of homework at SAS, so children have time to develop artistic, theatrical, and musical interests. Almost half of SAS students participate in an after-school program that features specialty classes such as yoga, puppetry, African dance, nature craft, chess, track, moviemaking, and the like.
Six parents serve on the 13-member school board. Other ways SAS parents are involved include personnel hiring, fundraising, acquiring furniture and supplies, providing transportation, maintaining the school building, volunteering in classrooms, supervising on the playground and on field trips, and organizing teacher appreciation events.
Maintaining its early support from educators at nearby Florida State University (FSU), SAS has relationships with a number of programs there: the fine arts museum, the science education department, the family and child services department, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the music school, and the physics department all contribute to the school. Science mentorships-at FSU and local wildlife centers-have involved students in scientific inquiry and the work of real scientists.
Governance and Accountability
Governance of the school is at several levels. The school advisory council consists of three students, three teachers, three parents, and one board member. Their role is to write the school improvement plan and to recommend individuals for the school board. The 13 board members make a three-year commitment, with a third of the members changing each year. Their role is to set policy, oversee finances, and evaluate the principal. Each spring the board engages in strategic planning. The school also has a teacher leadership council, student government, and PTSO. A management team includes the principal, assistant principal/CFO, and the office staff.
|Parents like the fact that the school's developmental approach is grounded in the principles of how children learn.
SAS has a supportive, positive relationship with its charter authorizer, the local Leon County School District. SAS is electronically connected to the district database system and has access to district e-mail. The principal attends district principals' meetings, and SAS staff are welcome to participate in district professional development opportunities. The district provides physical plant consultation and inspections, and SAS pays the district for food, transportation, and insurance services. The school also pays the district 5 percent of its state and federal funding.
The school operates on an annual budget of about $1.3 million, which includes funding of about $5,000 per pupil. Finances are tight, and board members look enviously at the half-cent sales tax revenue that other Leon County public schools receive. Yet when the school's state funding was cut by $60,000, instead of economizing by leaving a position vacant when the music teacher took maternity leave, parents raised the money necessary to continue the music program.
Success is measured many ways at the School of Arts and Sciences. Recent FCAT math and reading scores exceeded the district average at every grade. Seventh- and eighth-grade math scores were the highest in the district, with the eighth-grade scores ranking second in the state. Last year only one teacher left the school. Not a single student was on a behavior contract. A teacher laughingly recalls the complaints from members of the Student Court. "They think everybody is too good. They never have enough court time." Another teacher reflects on the compassion engendered in the students. "When extremely low, low, low kids get up to do their presentations, the audience is rapt. I mean these kids cannot give them enough attention and support."
For Principal Powers, the performance of SAS middle school students at last year's Model United Nations Conference at FSU is emblematic. Two middle schools were invited and all the other teams were from high schools. "Well, they gave six awards, and our students took three of them. Afterward, we were saying, 'How did our kids win against those high school students? They're obviously younger, they haven't had as much experience, they're not any smarter. What is it?' I think it's that they get to speak and perform in an environment where you're not laughed at, ridiculed, put down, made fun of, so they develop this kind of confidence. They can get up there and they can put together their ideas and communicate. That's success to me."


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How To Refinish Flaky Cabinets From the 60s Jessi's February Jumpstart Project 2009
Project: The 60s Cabinets Finally Get a Facelift!
Name: Jessi
Time: 2 days
Cost: Less than $40
Are you stuck with ancient wood kitchen cabinets, peeling and flaking with old paint or glaze? If so, take heart, because Jessi tackled a similar problem and conquered her kitchen with some hard work and green paint (perhaps it should go in our gallery of green kitchens). To see more of her project, read on.
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AACK! 1960's flat panel kitchen cabinets with a terrible flaking orange-glaze! I've hated these cabinets for the 4 years I've lived here, but the daunting mess of old flaky lacquer was just too much. Finally, after hearing about "Do It Now!", and with the help of my brave boyfriend, I decided to give the cabinets a simple and economical facelift.
All hail the mini-roller!
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An artist's brush for the small areas
Trash bags for dust and paint drippings
A couple of screwdrivers
Mini palm sander
2 dust masks
A can of primer
2 colors of paint
First step: Unscrew all the doors off and remove the handles. Simple enough. Next, outside with the palm sander. The old finish came off pretty easily — what a dusty mess! Then the worst part: INSIDE with the palm sander to complete the lacquer removal on the cabinets.
As my boyfriend sanded, I held up the vacuum cleaner in an effort to minimize clean up! (I pretended this was working.) Don't forget your dust masks!!
The next day we used the most wonderful invention in the history of painting: the roller. In no time, we had the cabinets primed.
A short while later, we began with the chocolate brown on the cabinets along the floor and the background of the wall mounted portion.
Then, vibrant lime green on the doors.
Finally, it was time to screw the hardware back and re-mount the doors!
In the future, Stage 2 of the 60s Cabinet Facelift Project will be to frame a wonderful lime and chocolate fabric I have and attach the frame to the center of the doors. They will look like outdated flat-panels no more! Now I just have to get up the ambition for Stage 2…..
Leftover paint that I had used on the walls of my house! I combined a wonderful green with brown to create the two-toned cabinets. Often times, you can create a totally different look with supplies lying around the corners of your home!


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Hello all! Many have stated in their conversion stories that they simply had to convert to Orthodoxy once they figured out that the early Church was completely sacramental. Can I ask for what sources led you to believe this? I'm wondering about specific passages of Holy Scripture and other writings that helped to totally convince you of this.Thanks!
Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. - I Cor 11:27-29
Contrast this with being told that I'm supposed to take the Bible literally, but it seems only in parts that have to do with things like six day creations, long life spans, and locusts with human faces.
This isn't really an answer to the OP, but I have evangelical friends who insist that the Lord's Supper as observed by the Early Church was by no means sacramental; it was a sort of potluck meal.
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U.S. employers in June advertised the most monthly job openings in more than 13 years.
The Labor Department says that employers posted 4.67 million jobs in June, up 2.1 percent from May's total of 4.58 million. The number of advertised openings was the highest since February 2001, a positive sign that points to the possibility of stronger economic growth.
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Brewers not surprised by fast start to season
PHILADELPHIA -- Most baseball teams that make it to the postseason will, at some point, suggest that few people outside its own clubhouse believed in them. Often this is revisionist history, at best. If the Brewers make the playoffs this season, it will be absolutely true.
The Cardinals and Pirates are the teams most experts picked to dominate the National League Central this season. The Reds got some support. The Brewers, not so much.View Full Game Coverage
PHILADELPHIA -- Most baseball teams that make it to the postseason will, at some point, suggest that few people outside its own clubhouse believed in them. Often this is revisionist history, at best. If the Brewers make the playoffs this season, it will be absolutely true.
The Cardinals and Pirates are the teams most experts picked to dominate the National League Central this season. The Reds got some support. The Brewers, not so much.View Full Game Coverage
There's still a lot of baseball to be played this season. But after sweeping the defending World Series champion Red Sox at Fenway Park, the Brew Crew at least qualifies as a pleasant early-season surprise after ruining the Phillies' home opener with a convincing 10-4 win at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday.
At 5-2, Milwaukee sits at the top of the division after their first 4-0 road start since winning their first seven away from home in 1987.
Catcher Jonathan Lucroy, who reached base four times on two doubles, a single and a walk, was asked if he thought the Brewers were starting to open some eyes around baseball.
"Maybe. But we're not surprising ourselves," Lucroy said. "We knew we were good. We hit. We can throw. Obviously we can hit and play defense. I think we've got a great club here. If people are surprised by us, then they're not doing their homework."
Teams that win tend to pick each other up. The Brewers did that Tuesday. During the first week of the season, their starting pitchers (Yovani Gallardo, Kyle Lohse, Matt Garza, Marco Estrada, Wily Peralta) combined for a 1.64 ERA and held opponents to a .196 batting average.
Lohse struggled his second time out, allowing three runs on seven hits and five walks in five innings. No sweat. The offense, powered by Ryan Braun's three homers, had its most productive game of the young season.
"It's one of those things where we kind of play off each other. If we're not pitching the best one day, then we're going to hit and play defense, and vice-versa," Lucroy said.
Lohse said in Spring Training that he thought the Brewers had a "sneaky shot," and nothing that's happened so far has changed his mind.
"We don't care what anybody outside thinks, to be honest with you," he said. "We knew coming into camp we were deep in the rotation, we were deep in the lineup. It was time to turn the page on last year. We don't care what anybody thinks. We come here every day and forget about the last one and try to get the job done. It's a fun group to play with. We try to keep it simple like that."
Braun said it's important to keep seven games in perspective, but didn't downplay the importance of what has been accomplished so far.
"It's exciting and encouraging, especially since the last couple years we've gotten off to really poor starts," he said. "Our division is so good. There are so many great teams that we don't have the luxury of digging ourselves a big hole and having any realistic chance of digging ourselves out of it.
"So we need to get off to a good start. Obviously there's no reason to be overly excited or overly optimistic. But we feel good about our team. We really do."
Winning three straight in Boston could be a springboard to bigger and better things.
"Absolutely. It was an extremely exciting series. An encouraging series," Braun said. "You go in and sweep the defending champions for their home opener. That's extremely difficult to do. Especially for some of the young guys here to be able to say, 'Hey, we're good. We have a really good team and we have a chance, if we continue to play good baseball, to have a good season.'"
While pitching may have carried the team to this point -- the bullpen has allowed just three earned runs in 21 2/3 innings, a 1.25 ERA -- there is also a quiet confidence that the lineup will be a strength as the season wears on.
"I know teams don't like facing us, because we're going to run, we're going to hit, guys are aggressive and make contact. Other teams don't like that," Lucroy said.
Added manager Ron Roenicke: "Guys really came out swinging the bats well [Tuesday], and really all through the lineup. When I talk about the deep lineup, it was deep today. And I think we need to do that. I'm not saying we're to score this amount of runs all the time, but I think we need to get production all the way through to that eight spot. If we can do that, I think we're going to pitch well all year. And hopefully that's what happens."
The Brewers won't have to wait long to see how they stack up head to head against the favored teams in their division, either. After the Phillies series is over, they go home to play the Pirates and the Cardinals, and then go to Pittsburgh for a four-game series.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Published on Aug 12, 2014
Meet Herman Haydin, the designer of Yura. In this video he visualized the inspiration for his design.
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Yura is your personal flying bartender creating custom cocktails and juices for you. It can receive your voice commands or take tasks from his sensory body screens or your phone. It has a smart cartridge for liquid that can heat or cool cocktail for your needs. Smart brain will configure power settings, navigation map, voice commands, wi-fi, mail and soft downloads. Creative brain will configure temperature of liquid, the number of calories, carbohydrates, fats and proteins. And of course you can set how much liquid you want to drink.
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Since the earliest days of pop music, great vocal duets have conveyed a unique emotional power that has given them a special place in the hearts of music fans everywhere.
Singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins shines a light on 12 of the greatest duets in music history, showcasing some of the best superstar pairings in classic music videos and television performances, including Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, Elton John and Kiki Dee, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes and many more.
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- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
- "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John and Kiki Dee
- "Up Where We Belong" - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
- "We've Got Tonight" - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton
- "Solid" - Ashford and Simpson
- "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" - Luther Vandross and Dionne Warwick
- "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" - Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
- "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me" - Aretha Franklin and George Michael
- "On My Own" - Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
- "I Got You Babe" - Chrissie Hynde & UB40
- "Don't Know Much" - Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt
- "Islands in the Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton