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Matt Crowder defeated Brandon Cissom, 1-up, and won the 21st Chattanooga TPC championship at Sunday at the Council Fire Golf Club.
Crowder made a 60-foot ptt on the 18th hole for a birdie while Cissom missed a 25-foot birdie attempt.
Crowder defeated Jay Potter in 20 holes in a morning semifinal. Cissom beat Joe Markham Jr., 3 and 2.
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The United States Department of Transportation has announced Chattanooga has received a $400,000 Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to study the potential use of existing railways for a passenger rail system in Chattanooga. There were 72 awards announced in 46 states and Washington, D.C. Out of numerous grant applications across Tennessee, ... (click for more)
Former Chattanooga Police Department Assistant Chief Kirk Eidson was not charged in the shooting of stepson Robert Ingle, 18, on Sunday morning in North Chattanooga. However, Ingle was charged with domestic assault and vandalism. In the incident shortly after 9 a.m. at 1049 Englewood Ave., Mr. Eidson said Ingle came to the house asking him to take him to their other house ... (click for more)
Wow. I thought the arrival of Bass Pro Shop would help bring East Ridge back to a position of prominence in the Chattanooga area, but the Council proved otherwise last night. To the council - There is a reason that the developers want that dirt: It's valuable . You currently own it and the developer wants it. Bass Pro has already agreed to set up shop. They were going ... (click for more)
The month of August turned out to be unkind, with my dog, my favorite aunt and my magnificent mother all dying within three weeks' time. As I finally begin to push out the three newest dents in my soul, my habit has been to write something akin to a goodbye note to those I have loved. I'm not ready for Aunt Martha and Mother yet – not by a stretch -- but I remembered Scooter with ... (click for more)

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What kind of help can you expect from your insurer?
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May 15, 2000 -- I've tried everything for allergies and asthma. Well, almost everything. I refuse to get rid of my beloved St. Bernard, and I won't move away from my dust-blown neighborhood. As a result, I have spent days at a time holding tissues to my nose, coughing into the phone, and grabbing my inhaler like a lifeline. I've been on hiking trips where I had to stop high atop a mountain, gasping for air, hours away from emergency medical care. And I've often awakened at night frightened and unable to breathe. Nothing my doctor offered eased my symptoms reliably. Before I resorted to getting injections -- a last-ditch treatment -- I decided to try some therapies that I hoped would get to the root of my overactive immune system: herbs and acupuncture.
So lately I've been making regular visits to an acupuncturist and brewing up medicinal teas. There's no guarantee that my offbeat approach will work, but so far the signs are good. I no longer fumble for an inhaler at 4 in the morning -- and today I even forgot where I left the box of tissues. Unfortunately, when it comes to finances, I'm pretty much on my own. My insurer referred me to an acupuncturist who agreed to a discount rate. But the help stops there.
As consumers like me flock to alternative treatments, however, more and more insurance companies are offering at least some assistance. Some major health plans select a few therapies, typically chiropractic and acupuncture, to offer as core benefits. Unfortunately, coverage still tends to be spotty. Still, even if your insurer isn't one of those offering regular coverage, insurance experts say there are some little-known strategies you can use to boost your chances of getting helpful alternatives covered.
A Sea Change
Ten years ago, the notion that mainstream insurance companies would be paying for things like acupuncture would have seemed unthinkable. But consumer interest in complementary medicine, together with increasing scientific evidence of its effectiveness, have spurred big changes.
Four out of ten Americans used alternative therapies at least once in 1997, spending a total of $21.2 billion on such treatments, according to a study published in the November 11, 1998 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. According to recent surveys, as many as 90% of employer-paid plans cover chiropractic care and about 30% offer acupuncture, says John Weeks, publisher of an industry newsletter called The Integrator for the Business of Alternative Medicine. In Washington state, a recently upheld law gives health insurers no choice but to pay for the services of about two dozen types of licensed alternative providers, including naturopaths, massage therapists, and acupuncturists.
Still, most big insurers, including Aetna and U.S. Healthcare, have only dipped their toes in alternative waters. Like my insurer, they're setting up "affinity programs" that provide discounts to a network of affiliated providers.
Many insurance companies hesitate to jump all the way in because they don't know just how much these treatments will cost over time. While they certainly hope the preventive thrust of alternative care will save them money, most don't have a clue, says Lee Launer, a partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers in New York. "What is the cost structure?" asks Launer, who is working on a cost analysis for the Society of Actuaries. "We don't know. Do you spend less to get more care? Or more?"
What You Can Do for Yourself
Of course, most consumers are more interested in their own pocketbooks than health care costs for the nation at large. If you're convinced an alternative therapy is right for you, Weeks and other experts offer these tips to help you get coverage:
Pressure from consumers, leading to pressure from employers, definitely makes a difference, says Richard Coorsch, spokesman for the Insurance Association of America. "If there is demand, insurers will write policies," he says. "You're seeing more of it."
Because I'm self-employed, the only person I can pressure is myself. But since I'm feeling so much better, I'm counting on big savings on the costs of prescription co-payments and facial tissues.
Sally Lehrman is a freelance writer based in San Francisco who specializes in medical technology and health issues. Her work has appeared in Health, Nature, GeneSage.com, and other publications and web sites.
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A Rio Rico produce company can start buying and selling cucumbers again after a salmonella scare earlier this year.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration put Tricar Sales on an import alert list after the company was "linked" to a salmonella outbreak. Dozens of people reported getting sick between the months of January and April.
The FDA says the company has tested clean.
It's back to business as usual at Tricar sales, according to a released statement.
Company officials say "we are happy the investigation is over. We believe this situation has strengthened Tricar as a company."
"This was a unique case. The FDA never found a cucumber that had
Salmonella on it related to this company," said Lance Jungmeyer with the Fresh Produce Association of America.
FDA officials were in this warehouse several times, closely inspecting the product for any signs of contamination.
Company officials say they do everything they can to make sure fresh produce remains fresh.
"We keep our warehouse at a temperature of 40 degrees... up to 48 to 50
degrees in some rooms. We maintain cleanliness at all times," Tricar Sales Director of Sales and MArketing Rod Sbragio said.
Cucumbers are big business for this company. They get the product from growers in Culiacan, Mexico.
We went to the Fresh Produce Association of America and asked officials how we know if Mexican standards are up to par with U.S. FDA guidelines. Jungmeyer says billions of dollars are at stake for growers there in exports.
"They're testing water quality weekly, they're testing packing soils, the controls are in place throughout the system including at warehouse here in Nogales," Jungmeyer said.
Consumer safety is key for those working in the produce industry. FDA officials can walk in to inspect these vegetables in the warehouse at any time with technology officials say testing is much more sophisticated today.
"Kind of like our ability to detect cancer and other diseases. The ability of science to detect microbes has increased dramatically," Jungmeyer said. "Twenty years ago what we called diarrah, now we call Salmonella."
"Really the goal is from the time piece of produce is put into the box in the packing skid till the time it reaches the end buyer, the retailer or restaurant, the goal is no one ever touches that piece of produce."
Officials at Tricar Sales say they have now increased the frequency of our testing procedures of product, water, soil, and food contact surfaces.
Company officials go on to say they hope those who were contaminated by the salmonella have gone on to make a speedy recovery.
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Getting Your Dog to Take Pills - Training, Trickery or Disguise
If you have ever had to give your dog a pill, you know it's not a pleasant or easy task. Somehow my dog always knows when I'm trying to trick him... except when I'm using something like Greenies Pill Pockets. Thankfully, we are the more intelligent species (sometimes) and there are some helpful solutions to this common problem:
The Hard Ways
You always have the option of training your dog extremely well and teaching him/her the command "eat". I have witnessed this on a few occasions. The only down fall is it might not be practical if your dog needs the medication before training for this specific command.
I suppose you can try your best to force your dog to eat the pill, however I don't suggest it unless absolutely necessary. This process will not be pleasant for you or your dog and could cause the dog to become aggressive.
Utilizing Trickery
If your dog is a speed eater it's possible that you could put the pill in his/her bowl and they would never know. If they do seem to know something isn't quite right pour a little gravy over their food and watch it disappear. The downside to this method is that you can never really be positive that the pill was eaten.
Sometimes dogs want something simply because you have it (especially dogs that are fed scraps). Allow your dog to watch you sniff and gush over the pill, get them really excited and make them do a trick or obey a command for the pill, then give it to them. This might not work with all dogs; however it has worked with my lab before.
The Easy Way
I have found this option to be the easiest, and it's also the option that will work with most dogs. If you can't trick your dog into thinking the pill is a treat, it will prove helpful to dress it up as a treat. This can be achieved by wrapping the pill in a piece of food, (like turkey, cheese, ham, etc.) You can also use a soft treat that you can easily push the pill into. There are even special dog treats specifically designed for aiding disguising a pill such as Greenies Pill Pockets.
If your dog is required to take several pills a day, then unfortunately it might not be the healthiest option to continuously give him/her treats all day, even if they are healthier treats. In this instance, one of the other options, such as training or hiding the pill in the food might be better; this is something you should discuss with your vet.
Nobody really likes to take pills, our canine companions are no different. Dressing up a pill as something fun and yummy might just be your ticket to getting your dog to take that pill without a wrestling match!


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Genomics & Health Impact Update
Published by the Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG), the Update includes CDC announcements, publications, blogs and other products. The Update also includes links to genomics and health impact news and publications. The Update features genomic tests, family history, programs and practice, policy and legislation and public health science. To receive this update electronically every week sign-up here.
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Highlights of the week
Genomics, Epidemiology and Cancer: Where are we Going?
New publication: Frontiers in Cancer Epidemiology: A Challenge to the Research Community from the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program at the National Cancer Institute
Khoury MJ, et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2012 Jun
- Cancer Epidemiology Matters Blog: What Scientific Questions Should Cancer Epidemiology Address in the Next Decade to Impact Public Health?
- Why Hasn't Genomic Testing Changed the Landscape in Clinical Oncology? [PDF 71.56KB]
Hayes DF, Khoury MJ, Ransohoff D. ASCO 2012 Educational Book e52-55.
- Recommendations and proposed guidelines for assessing the cumulative evidence on joint effects of genes and environments on cancer occurrence in humans.
Boffetta P, Winn DM, Ioannidis JP, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2012 May 16.
- Blog on gene-environment interaction: Shall we have pie or stew?
- Genetic epidemiology with a capital E, ten years after.
Khoury MJ, Gwinn M, Clyne M, Yu W. Genet Epidemiol 2011 Dec;35(8):845-52
Genomic Pulse
- Since 2001, there have been more than 15,000 articles published on the relationship between genetic variations and various cancers, including 263 genomewide association studies and 961 meta analyses of specific genes. Since 2009, 272 genomic tests have been identified for cancer treatment and prevention. To find out more, please visit the CancerGEM Knowledge Base website
- New: CDC Public Health Genomics 2012 At a Glance: Realizing Opportunities for Genomics to Improve Health
- CDC Grand Rounds: Newborn Screening and Improved Outcomes. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Jun 1;61:390-3.
- New Publications: National Institutes of Health Approaches to Dissemination and Implementation Science: Current and Future Directions.
Glasgow RE, Vinson C, Chambers D, Khoury MJ, et al. Am J Public Health. 2012 May 17.
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- Overcoming the odds, CDC Feature
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Multisite Validation Study To Determine Performance Characteristics of a 92-gene Molecular Cancer Classifier
Kerr SE, et al. Clin Cancer Res 2012 May
Cost sharing and hereditary cancer risk: Predictors of willingness-to-pay for genetic testing.
Matro J, Ruth K, Wong Y, et al. J Clin Oncol 30, 2012 (suppl; abstr 1544)
Not all patients will pay for genetic testing, study suggests, Science Daily, June 1
Noninvasive identification and monitoring of cancer mutations by targeted deep sequencing of plasma DNA.
Forshew T, Murtaza M, Parkinson C, et al. Sci Transl Med. 2012 May 30;4(136):136ra68.
- Detecting cancers -- from tiny bits of tumor DNA in blood, The Los Angeles Times, May 30
Cardiovascular Disease
Folate Network Genetic Variation Predicts Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Non-Hispanic White Males
Wernimont SM, et al. J Nutr 2012 May
Guidelines and Recommendations
ESHRE PGD consortium best practice guidelines for organization of a PGD centre for PGD/preimplantation genetic screening
Harton G, et al. Hum Reprod 2012 Jun
Polygenic Risk, Rapid Childhood Growth, and the Development of Obesity: Evidence From a 4-Decade Longitudinal StudyPolygenic Risk for Adult Obesity
Belsky DW, et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2012 Jun;166(6):515-21
- Translating Developmental Genetic Findings Into Obesity-Related Clinical Practice: Are We There Yet?
Fernandez J. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(6):576-577
- Genetics, rapid childhood growth and the development of obesity, EurekAlert, June 4
- Translating Developmental Genetic Findings Into Obesity-Related Clinical Practice: Are We There Yet?
Smoking Cessation
Interplay of Genetic Risk Factors (CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4) and Cessation Treatments in Smoking Cessation Success.
Chen LS, Baker TB, Piper ME, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2012 May 30.
- Genes predict if medication can help you quit smoking, Science Daily, May 30
- Odds of quitting smoking affected by genetics, NIH News, May 30
Public Health Sciences
APOE {varepsilon}4 Status and Traumatic Brain Injury on the Gridiron or the Battlefield.
Gandy S, Dekosky ST. Sci Transl Med. 2012 May 16;4(134):134ed4.
A call to consider genetic testing for young athletes, NewsPlex, June 4
The 1000 Genomes Project: data management and community access.
Clarke L, Zheng-Bradley X, Smith R, et al. Nat Methods. 2012 Apr 27;9(5):459-462.
Whole-Genome Sequencing
Pharmacogenetics of statins: achievements, whole-genome analyses and future perspectives.
Postmus I, Verschuren JJ, de Craen AJ, et al. Pharmacogenomics. 2012 May;13(7):831-40.
Noninvasive Whole-Genome Sequencing of a Human Fetus
Kitzman J, Snyder M, Ventura M, et al. Sci Transl Med 6 June 2012: Vol. 4, Issue 137, p. 137ra76
- Baby's genome deciphered prenatally from parents' lab tests, Science Daily, June 6
- DNA blueprint for fetus built using tests of parents, The New York Times, June 6
CDC-Authored Genomics Publications
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Use of tuberculosis genotyping for postoutbreak monitoring
Miramontes R, Winston CA, Haddad MB, Moonan PK. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2012 Jul;18(4):375-8.
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Counting Pencils and the Days Until Spring
- Friday, January 18, 2013
Here in the Northern Hemisphere where I live, winter sneaks in during our delightful but busy holiday celebrations. It follows us into a brand-new year, as we settle back into the normal pre-holiday rhythms and activities of our day-to-day homeschooling and the work of being keepers of our homes. But as we leave the holidays behind, winter lingers, and we soon become weary of the wet and cold weather that keeps us inside for most of the day. We begin to long for the warmer, sunnier days of spring, when we can spend more time outdoors.
What if we take a couple of weeks to rest up a bit and recover from the holiday frenzy, get our children back in the groove of schooling, and then get busy with the deep cleaning and organizing chores we often put off until spring? The winter days will pass more quickly, and when spring weather comes and beckons us outdoors, we'll be ready to head outside with our families.
After all the holiday decorations have been put away and we've restored our pre-holiday routines, let's give ourselves the rest of the winter to clean and organize. I'm going to write it on the calendar—one room or area a week. Or maybe I'll just make a long list, and work my way through it as time and energy allow.
I'll be conducting a comprehensive inventory of our school and office supplies as part of my deep cleaning and organizing routine at the beginning of this new year. Many of these supplies were depleted over the holidays as we worked on decorations, craft projects, and school projects.
It's also the time of year that I begin thinking ahead to our needs for the next school year. Have you ever ordered something—like a map or poster or even curriculum—only to discover later that you already had it stored in the closet or on the top shelf? I have—more often than I care to admit. It's just one more reason to include an inventory in my cleaning and organizing steps. When the time comes to order next year's books and curriculum and supplies, I'll be more prepared.
Some of you might be able to keep all that information in your head without an inventory, but my memory often fails me. A few years ago, I discovered multiple unopened packages of sticky notes—more than enough to last us a lifetime. Thinking that surely we'd need them somewhere down the homeschooling road, I'd been guilty of picking up a package or two of sticky notes, and paperclips, and glue, and other arts and crafts supplies whenever I found them on sale. As a result, I ended up with more sticky notes and paperclips and glue than we will ever be able to use.
My goal was to be frugal, to save money by taking advantage of sales, but I'd actually been wasteful, buying supplies we already had at home. I could have prevented the waste if I had remembered what I had in the desks and closets and storage bins. I needed a more reliable way of keeping track of what supplies I had at home so I would know what sale purchases were really wise for me to consider.
This is what I intend to do. After making a list of all the places I keep or store school, craft, and office supplies that need to be inventoried, I'll choose to clean out just one of them at a time, and then the task won't seem so overwhelming.
The last time I cleaned out the linen/school supply closet (I'm not the only homeschooler whose school supplies have taken over the linen closet am I?), I organized everything into piles as I removed items shelf by shelf. When I put the supplies back in the closet, I recorded the number of each item. When everything was back on the shelves, I taped a copy of the inventory to the inside of the closet door. I repeated this process for all the closets, cabinets, shelves, and supply totes, leaving a copy of the inventory in each location where a significant amount of supplies were stored.
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That kid over there is so a Dean, all sexy and cool.
I want to get somewhere in life, where is Dean?
"you are sooo Dean, you rock!"
I want to get somewhere in life, where is Dean?
"you are sooo Dean, you rock!"
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A man that can impregnate many girls, while at all times staying anonymous
"Dean you are such a Dean lol"
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BOISE -- The Coeur d'Alene football team won it's second straight 5A state championship on Friday night by taking down Eagle 49-28 on the blue turf at Boise State University.
The Vikings become the first 5A school in Idaho to win back-to-back titles since 1997-98.
Chad Chalich completed 16 of 29 passes for 449 yards. He threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more.
Deon Watson was Chalich's favorite target, making five catches for 129 yards and two scores. Bubba Duran also added 110 yards receiving.
Coeur d'Alene finishes the season 12-0. Dating back to last year, the Vikings have now won 21 straight games.


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18 Crafty Ideas for Celebrating New Year's With Kids
For children, New Year's Eve has all the magic and appeal of a special occasion—the chance to stay up way past bedtime, toss confetti in the air, sport silly hats, and raise fruit-punch toasts. Whether you want to ring in the New Year with your young child at a family party or throw a sleepover bash for all her friends, here are some ideas for a fabulous New Year's Eve.
New Year's Eve Craft Fun
Shakers: Purchase several strong cardboard paper bowls or small plates. Encourage your kids to decorate the plates with an assortment of art materials (felt and paper scraps, newspaper and magazine clippings, and so on). Write "Happy New Year!" on the outside of each plate or bowl. To assemble your noisemakers, place a handful of dried beans on a plate or bowl, and cover it with another plate or bowl, then staple shut. Now your child will have a homemade noisemaker.
Time-Capsule Noise Maker: Make a shaker, as described above, and hide a time capsule inside. Have your child draw a picture of the family, answer questions about themselves, and include dreams or goals for the New Year. Tuck the paper inside the noisemaker before you staple the plates shut. On New Year's Eve, let the children shake some noise into the midnight hour. Then, store the noisemakers away (for at least five years) and bring them out to enjoy in the future.
Rattles: Use two clear plastic cups and invite children to make rattles by placing a handful of dried beans, rice, clean fish tank gravel, shiny pennies, or colorful beads inside one glass. Place the other glass on top, then tape the two cups together (rim to rim) with colorful plastic tape. For decoration, you can also use this tape to make stripes around the rattle.
Recycling the Holiday Tree
Why not make a "New Year's Tree" with your holiday tree? Recycle the old and bring in the new! As a family, take off your holiday ornaments but leave the lights on your tree. Collect odds and ends—such as paper horns, party hats, ribbons, bows, and wrapped candy with ribbons (on higher branches, far from inquisitive toddlers)—and help your children make New Year's ornaments for the tree. This great project breathes new life into your holiday tree.
The Resolution Box
Decorate a shoebox with colorful paper, scrap material, and so on. Explain what a "resolution" is to your children and have them (or help them) write down their new resolutions for the coming year. Then, have your children sign and date their resolutions. Add a photo of your child to the box and include some party items like a hat, horn, or confetti. You can also add the front page of your New Year's Eve or New Year's Day newspaper. Other fun items to include are baseball cards, a list of goals, a lock of hair, and the movie section of your local paper. Store these boxes and make this a tradition each year.
Write a New Year's Letter
Imagine getting a letter written by you, only many years ago! Here's a fun way for kids to record their thoughts and revisit their past. To start, give your child some fancy paper and pen to write a letter that answers a variety of questions about the future (for example: What will you be doing ten years from now? Where will you be living?) Don't forget to add facts about the present, like favorite subjects in school, favorite music, and so on.
Next add some predictions about the future (such as what kind of cars people will be driving, what clothes might look like, and what new inventions will be available).
Seal these letters and have an adult place them in a special hiding place. (This fun project can make a lovely high school graduation gift in the future.)
The Final Countdown
Spend New Year's Eve decorating your house with streamers, balloons, Happy New Year's banners, and even sprinkle confetti on your floors. As the hours pass, gather your family together and collect all of your clocks in one spot. Set the alarms for midnight and wait for them all to strike. (You can set clocks for an hour or two earlier if you'd like younger children to join in the fun!)
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Less than 2 percent of the nation's teachers are black males.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, film director Spike Lee and Congressman John Lewis will try to change that Monday when they appeal to the men of Morehouse College to consider teaching as a career.
In a phone interview Friday, Duncan said the nation's teacher workforce does not reflect the diversity of its student when only one in 50 teachers is a black male. "This is a national problem," he said, "and one in which most schools of education have not shown leadership or foresight."
So, Duncan has been traveling the nation to appeal to students of color "to consider coming back to the community and making a difference."
Wouldn't those students or any students, I asked Duncan, be more interested in coming to New York and being Spike Lee? (Lee is a Morehouse grad.)
"Maybe," he said, "but I went to Howard University with John Legend who talked about the importance teachers made in his life. I think it is effective message to hear people like John talk about the role of teachers in his life."
I told Duncan about a blog comment posted here at Get Schooled from the wife of an African-American male teacher about the pressure on her husband in the school since people expect him to mentor the many fatherless boys.
Isn't that asking too much of a teacher, to teach kids algebraic equations and how to be a good person?
"It wouldn't surprise me if her husband was the only black male in that school," said Duncan. "We have to make this much more the norm. We need everybody to step up and help. We need more men of color in our schools, especially at the elementary schools."
He agreed that a single caring adult often can make a difference for a child. I mentioned to Duncan that during a speech he made in Atlanta, I talked to Kerrie L. Holley, one of the thousands of South Chicago kids who attended the after-school math and reading program run by Duncan's no-nonsense mother, Sue.
Holley talked about the role that Duncan's mother made in his life. He attended her program from age 7 to college, and said Sue Duncan became his second mother. (Sue Duncan opened her educational and recreational after-school program in 1961 and still operates it today as a free service for neighborhood kids.)
Based in San Francisco with IBM, Holley was named an IBM Fellow in 2006, IBM's highest technical leadership position. And in 2004, Holley, who used to tutor the sixth grade Arne Duncan in math, was named one of the 50 most important blacks in research science.
Duncan said, that if schools could increase the pool of mentors, drawing from the community as a whole, "mentors who could really get behind that child not at age 15, but at age 5, the impact could be powerful. We know in kindergarten which students are struggling. We don't have to wait for high school."
I told the education secretary that Georgia teachers were wary of Race to the Top's requirement for a teacher performance evaluation system as they don't think there is a fair way yet to measure performance.
"There are a handful of places around the country where this is being done really well," he said. "There is not one that is perfect, but the teacher evaluation system is broken. The status quo is broken. Great teachers don't get encouraged, and teachers who need improving don't get support. A handful of districts are doing this in a thoughtful, creative way in partnership with labor and management working together."
Duncan said 12 of those places will present their programs at conference in Denver in February being hosted by his department.(Denver is one district, he said, that has made a good start at a teacher evaluation system.)
With $4 billion dollars aimed at improving the nation's lowest performing schools. Duncan also talked about how those struggling schools are in the process of making fundamental differences, of doing what he called transformational work.
You can see Duncan at Morehouse at noon on Monday. I have not received any word yet on whether his second appearance at Gwinnett's Meadowcreek High School is open, but will post if the public can attend that event.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
January 29th, 2011
9:32 am
Too bad Mr. Duncan didn't have the opportunity to meet Willam Blackwood, the teacher from Southwest DeKalb.
January 29th, 2011
9:39 am
I would love to see community support. Teachers can't do it all. I work 10-12 hours per day at my teaching job, thereby neglecting my own child. Her grades have dropped. She could certainly use a mentor.
January 29th, 2011
9:39 am
I think this is a great idea, but if you read this blog, there is such disrespect and distain for teachers in general, that a smart young person would be crazy to choose teaching. I have spent my life in education and I love so many things about it, but I would advise my own children to do something else, or at least stay away from public schools. The disrespect for teachers and administrators is at an all time high, budgets are being slashed and no one is hiring.
January 29th, 2011
10:09 am
More of the same old, same old.
The politically correct keep tap dancing around the root cause of the issue with these pie in the sky cures.
"More black men in the classroom." "Six minutes of segregated time." "More money – BILLIONS more." Ad infinitum.
Guess what, years ago, you had black males in the classroom. You had segregated classrooms. You had teachers that "looked like" the students in the classroom. You have spent billions upon billions with your pie in the sky schemes.
All to no avail because you have yet to figure out a way to pour more brain matter into the skull. Sixty years since Brown vs Board and you still have the black/white achievement gap and you still deny the disparate IQ's between the races.
"We know in kindergarten which students are struggling…"
Yes, you do. Actually, you probably know within the first nine weeks, but what do you do about it?
You push students along until one day, they are sitting in a high school classroom although they are functioning on a third grade level.
And you still push them along until one day, they "graduate" and we taxpayers have to hire somebody to help them fill out the application to receive welfare and food stamps.
January 29th, 2011
10:19 am
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January 29th, 2011
10:43 am
Lee, If there is a disparity, it is about family values; not IQ differences. Many lower socio-economic white children fall into this same category. I have seen both white and black poor children succeed if their families value education. And I have seen children from middle class homes fail if the children are allowed to decide if they will do homework or obey rules and the parents defend them. There are differences in IQ test scores among individuals within all cultural groups, but from my experience, an extremely high IQ is not necessary to succeed in school or life. If the family teaches the value of education and the child has average intelligence and tries, he or she will succeed. It is not about race.
January 29th, 2011
10:52 am
"…a single caring adult often can make a difference for a child."
Yeah, and in my opinion the color of that "caring adult's" skin makes little difference.
"Duncan said, that if schools could increase the pool of mentors, drawing from the community as a whole, "mentors who could really get behind that child not at age 15, but at age 5, the impact could be powerful."
Yeah, and if frogs had wings….he's right, though…some one's got to do the parents' jobs for them. Good luck drawing capable mentors from the community.
January 29th, 2011
11:00 am
$$$$$$ Can someone investigate how much money is spent on Gateway tests in Gwinnett County? Test, time, empoyees, student time focused on passing or retaking these tests.
Classroom student/teacher ratio continues to climb, but the Gateway stays. When is enough Enough?
Save money and teacher jobs.
Obviously, the gateway is more important than graduation coaches and teacher jobs according to Gwinnett administration.
This should be as big a scandle as the cheating in Atlanta and Dekalb.
It is time to know the real cost of Gateway and to students and faculty.
January 29th, 2011
11:00 am
The fabulous young black teachers at our school are now currently retraining themselves or trying to figure out how to get into a performing school. They see the writing on the wall……..so perhaps Duncan could address this issue before he goes recruiting. How do we keep the great teachers we have especially our African-American ones?
And don't tell me merit pay…these teachers are exhausted and discouraged. I don't think merit pay matters especially as they will likely never see it because of circumstances out of their control.
January 29th, 2011
11:08 am
@ long time teacher: I agree completely with what you say, as I came from a "poor white family," and had many close friends in the same circumstances. A little adult encouragement – a little 'attention'- goes a long ways. Personally, I think there needs to be pushed to the point of headache that we need more black men in the *homes*- that happens, you'll get them in the schools. Sorry to have to state the obvious, but if you come from "disadvantaged" circumstances, you will, yes, have to work harder, probably for your entire life, than someone who's born into wealth. That said, I'm well over 50 and a lot of the kids I grew up with in more economically favored families are not generally doing so well: it seems the struggles I learned to accept (and I didn't take them up willingly, at first) made me a bit more fit for a life filled with adapting to circumstances. Plenty of adults told me what I needed to hear as a kid; it was only with finding that "my way" led to the highway did I become willing to be open-minded to hard work and honest effort. Any person of any race can teach that, but only from their own experience. Without that experience, that testimony has no credibility, and the kids pick up on that right quick (That's why all those "Doctors" in the various school administrations have no positive effect on behavior or aspirations of skeptical students).
January 29th, 2011
11:22 am
Surely many of our students need more male teachers and more male mentors.
Recruiting good men to be teachers and mentors will meet some of our kids' need for manly attention and example.
But an even more pressing need for many of our students is a present and engaged father.
How might we motivate many males to recognize and "man up to" their duties as fathers?
January 29th, 2011
11:31 am
Yes but… and Chris Murphy:
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January 29th, 2011
11:37 am
@LongTime, of course there are low IQ whites and high IQ blacks. It's called a statistical normal distribution. Here is a good primer on the subject:
Ability and attitude are probably the two most important factors in attaining an education. The politically correct discount the importance of IQ on the ability side of the equation and our schools have suffered the consequences.
January 29th, 2011
11:42 am
If it boils down to ability and attitude and ability is given and attitude is the only variable you have any control over, you focus on attitude. To do otherwise would be foolish.
January 29th, 2011
11:55 am
How about making the big CEOs go to the classrooms and exchange salaries with the teacher for awhile. Some serious will be made. Most AA males are only interested in teaching if sports and or coaching is involved. In order to get the AA males to become teachers, they must graduate fro high school and college first.
Amen to the comments from"long time educator" . It is a shame to see the comments from "NWGA" in that her own child is "suffering" because this "teacher-parent" is exhausted.
When I mentioned to my own daughter about choosing the field of teaching about 6 years ago, she told me "no" and she had some information as a "8th" grader to support her decision. Heading her list was the low salary, lack of respect, politics, long hours. She is now a senior in college majoring in computer engineering and made more money working an internship in engineering this year than I make working in a non-teaching role for a school system. Grant you, I am a career changer to education but I came to this field degreed, with lots of corporate experience and countless hours of school volunteer work whereby I wore many hats: worked car pool, tutor students, taught students multiplication facts, worked in lunch room, served in various roles with PTAs, made copies for teachers, laminated stuff, made file folder games, worked with small groups, ran to the store to buy clothes for children that needed them, combed hair, washes faces, changed diapers, used my money to buy and buy to support these teachers and students and the list goes on and on. It brings tears to my eyes that teachers do not get the respect and pay that is deserved and even sadder that I am about to get a masters in special education as a career changer. Part of me says, I should have stayed in corporate America but I made the change to help my only child who diagnosed with a disability. Now she is a successful college student in the STEM field. Kudos to all of our teachers. I do not care how and where an individual got their education whether public school, private school, home school, boarding school, there were teachers involved(paid and unpaid). I think I will spend the rest of my life bringing honor and respect to this profession and continue to thank "teachers" for choosing to "touch lives forever"…. Rah Rah for teachers….
January 29th, 2011
12:01 pm
So sorry…corrections for my last posting…meant :"Something serious" in reference to the CEO's in the classroom and …corrections: AA males must from high school and college first…
January 29th, 2011
12:10 pm
I'm lucky to teach in a MS with an above-average number of male teachers (both black and white) on our faculty, and I would *love* to see even more in the classroom. But given all the paranoia in society these days, I can't really blame prospective male teachers from reconsidering, especially in the early grades. We've created such an air of suspicion around men working with very young children. I'd bet that 99% of male teachers are honorable, morally upright people, but all it takes is that one bad apple for others to cast aspersions on all of them. One of the 8th grade teachers at my school said that he's constantly vigilant not to say anything that could possibly be construed as a "come on" to his female students. I've even heard parents of elementary schoolers in my community and church admit that although they "support" having more male teachers in their classroom, they just don't think men "belong" in K-3 because "what if something happens?" Female teachers certainly have similar pressures — my admins have told us not to even pat a student's shoulder in encouragement — but there's such an unspoken air of suspicion around many male teachers. Obviously, parents and schools need to be vigilant because abuse does happen in rare cases, but I must say that I can't really blame prospective male teachers who choose another career because they don't want the world to constantly fear they'll behave inappropriately or even illegally.
January 29th, 2011
12:12 pm
I applaud you for choosing to give your life to special education students; you will touch their lives and their families' lives forever. Special education teachers are the kindest, most giving people I know. I am still an educator for all the reasons you named, but young people do need to know going in that teaching has become a very rough road and to succeed, they will need to be self-directed, intrinsically motivated and in a "Peace Corps" frame of mind.
January 29th, 2011
12:21 pm
We also need more black males in the homes, providing for their families and raising their children. Bill Cosby's been saying it for years.
January 29th, 2011
12:26 pm
"How might we motivate many males to recognize and "man up to" their duties as fathers?"
Thank you Dr. Spinks…that is the $10,000.00 question? Unfortunately, there is no force motivating fathers (or mothers, for that matter) to "man-up" and raise their children responsibly. There is no longer any social stigma attached to being an absentee father. And Arne Duncan can go on about the need for mentors (mentors = substitute parents), and more black male teachers, until he's blue in the face, but all he's doing is dancing around the root issue: lack of parental responsibility. This is not an "educational" problem…it's a societal problem, and one we didn't have 40-50 years ago when most parents, black and white, understood the importance of education.
I worked for several years in a metro Atlanta alternative school. I would often wonder: How in the world did these students get like this? Many times, meeting their parents (or parent…usually a single mother), answered that question.
Folks, it begins and ends with the family; mentors are good, but they're simply a band-aid…there is no substitute for good parenting. And unfortunately for our young people, good parenting cannot be legislated, or outsourced. But that reality has no place for those who believe schools exist, not only educate children, but to raise them as well. And many parents are more than happy to have the schools do this…after all, they have more important things to do.
January 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
I'm just so tired of schools being expected to solve all of society's problems. Of course, it has been that way since public schools began, but still…
January 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Musical Top Girl meets Top School-Cross the Line with rezoning and redistricting, North vs. South, Awards, Faking your way to the TOP, and the political power of the board members. BRING IT ON captures the challenges of APS and Dekalb schools. The perfect combination of elementary/high school drama on the NORTHSIDE of Atlanta. Story told by my friends. Jackson school has crossed the line
January 29th, 2011
12:38 pm
@Longtime, and I think it foolish to place the future valedictorian and a low ability student in the same classroom and expect them to learn in the same manner and at the same pace.
But that is what our schools do for the first eight years or so of a student's education. It is only in high school that they can begin to segregate by ability by enrolling in A/P, Honors, College Prep, Vocational, etc, etc, classes.
Too little, too late, IMHO.
January 29th, 2011
12:48 pm
"I'm just so tired of schools being expected to solve all of society's problems. Of course, it has been that way since public schools began, but still…"
ScienceTeacher…it wasn't always that way, but it's definitely "become" that way. Any societal problems that can't be solve by the appropriate institution (usually the family), gets dumped on the schools. Used to be schools existed to educate…now they also have to transport, feed, mentor, counsel, etc.. And it gets worse every year.
January 29th, 2011
12:53 pm
FORGET SCHOOLS We need more black men in homes, in marriages, raising their children. It is the root cause of so much of the societal ills that plague a large portion of the black community.
Not nearly enough attention has been given ti the evil (that's right I said EVIL) that social programs have wrought on the black family by making it desirable for woman forgo marriage in favor of government scraps.
January 29th, 2011
12:57 pm
First, the focus is on the wrong thing. The focus should be on attracting and retaining the BEST TEACHERS into the field. Everyone misses the mark on this. From suggesting merit pay is the way to go, to the idea the "equitable distribution" of effective teachers should be utilized. None of these ideas will get the best teachers into the classrooms and keep them there. It really does not matter whether the teacher is male or female. It does not matter whether the teacher is black, white or any other race. What matters is that the teacher is well equipped with knowledge and ability to teach children the subject matter required. We don't need to make it any more complicated.
Here are the things we do that run off good teachers -
1. Drown them with meaningless paperwork and methods of "teaching".
2. Derail their efforts to maintain orderly classrooms where learning can take place by not enforcing good discipline plans.
3. Undermine the importance of high standards by allowing weak parents to make excuses for their children's lack of academic performance.
4. Develop a media and political system that places the blame for all the social ills that affect student achievement upon the teacher.
5. Continually underfund the education budget so that teachers do not receive the pay and benefits commensurate with the expectations and qualifications placed upon them.
6. Implement ridiculous grading schemes for schools and teachers that over-emphasize one-time tests.
Should I go on?
It's great that our leaders want to reach out to this group to recruit teachers. However, they must accept the reality that they are pushing the wrong agenda with their currect ideas of "reform."
January 29th, 2011
12:58 pm
Thanks "long time educator" for the encouragement…as a mom of a child with a disability..I have truly logged in some hours doing everything humanly possible for my child to succeed and the results have been outstanding…Helena, thank you for the reminder of the "ugly" side to males being in the classroom. I too do not blame males for not choosing the profession for this very reason. This was the first piece of information that I shared with a young AA that I trained last school year in my department. However, I was floored when he told me about his previous work experiences on what some of the females did and said to him while he worked in another large school district in the Atlanta Metro area. I got a "headache" listening to some of the things that he said. It is so amazing how the male educator can be "destroyed" on just hearsay with the females and the females go on leaving their lives carefree. The more I read your posting Helena, the more I am of the mindset to say to the males: if you want to go into education, choose Higher Education or some other field or have millions upon millions of dollars of liability insurance. Being in public education is not worth the risk of adding to the male population in the penal system.
January 29th, 2011
1:00 pm
irony alert.
January 29th, 2011
1:00 pm
Wait, I missed one -
7. Continue to allow colleges and university to allow low standards for entry into teacher education programs.
January 29th, 2011
1:02 pm
God help us all when the gov't turns to Spike Lee of all people for guidance on education.
no wonder we're screwed.
January 29th, 2011
1:04 pm
@ Tony
what, you want smart people to be teachers?
instead of the barely literate?
silly man.
seriously, if we weren't treated like crap by society, we probably wouldn't need low standards.
only a fool would choose to go into education at this point in time
January 29th, 2011
1:09 pm
The problem is not exclusively a Black-Dad problem. There are many White Dads who also won't "man-up to" their paternal responsibilities.
Will we ever get serious about "dead-beat" Dads? and Moms?
January 29th, 2011
1:10 pm
Finding "better" teachers should not be the object; we need to find ways to ensure that our students work harder – from elementary school up! Maybe we need to hire "Tiger" Moms to instill a sense of work-ethic in our students at a young age.
January 29th, 2011
1:14 pm
And HOW does he plan to increase the number of black males in the classroom? Offer them more money? Give them some sort of incentives to go to college and major in education? How? How?
We also have a dearth of true science-major teachers, especially female in the physical sciences. Many of our girls might aspire if they had role models and mentors. What will he do about that?
January 29th, 2011
1:15 pm
How about a long-term solution: free vasectomies (for any male). Seriously.
January 29th, 2011
1:19 pm
The first thing we have to do is stop making excuses. Major changes are needed in minority cultures. First, the marriage rate has to increase above 20 percent. To many kids are growing up without dads. Place a value on marriage. Value education more. Sadly, many kids don't have a strong academic push. You can have a school full of black teachers, but if the structure isn't there, nothing changes. Oh by the way, I thought we figured out in the 60's that skin color should not be a factor in hiring. Can't have it both ways.
January 29th, 2011
1:20 pm
I'm a fan of teachers and especially good ones and getting rid of the bad ones. I'm not a fan of hiring quotas based on race or sex though…that's racist and sexist. Let the best teachers teach, regardless of the color of their skin or their gender!
January 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
Good luck on finding any men to be teachers with the kind of testing/pay/tenure/evaluation/lack of administrative support baloney that is coming from the so-called "reformers" and politicians. I know I'm counting down the days until I can retire. I would NEVER become a teacher in today's political climate.
January 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
BTW, my younger daughter ended up as a math/astrophysics degree-holder, in large part, because of two MALE teachers (both fathers of daughters) who were absolutely convinced that women have a "place" in those disciplines. I don't think color is the key, but the absolute conviction, expressed every day in every way, that students (male/female/black/white/whatever) are limited by their own actions, rather than having to fit what society thinks they "should" be capable of.
January 29th, 2011
1:28 pm
Are you kidding? More black mean to teach? Does he not see what poor leaders black people make? APD, Atlanta mayors, Obama, Clayton County Schools, Grady (before a white guy fixed it), DeKalb Schools, etc. There is a reason you don't see many black Presidents of companies, CEO's, teachers, doctors, pilots, etc.
January 29th, 2011
1:28 pm
men, not mean.
January 29th, 2011
1:29 pm
Helena – I've considered becoming a math teacher many times. What you described is one of the main reasons I didn't do it. Also the general perseption that somehow it's "if you can't do, teach". Also the BS politics that keep teachers from being able to really teach and the kids rule the room in ways that wasn't the case 20-30 years ago.
January 29th, 2011
1:29 pm
You can't have a criminal record and teach. Maybe we should take shows like gangland, locked up, 16 and
pregnant and skins off TV. Kids are being poisoned with that trash. Don't make the criminal lifestyle cool to kids. Maybe we should consider other children than just blacks sometimes. Why do they score lower than Hispanic kids that also come from poverty and have a language barrier. Blacks have to make changess more than excuses or nothing will change.
January 29th, 2011
1:44 pm
I look forward to Arne Duncan having to pass through the NOW REQUIRED naked body scanner! A LITTLE DOSE OF BACK SCATTER RADIATION NEVER HURT NOBODY! According to an eye witness account, the DOMESTIC FLIGHT security now herds ALL passengers through what appears to be a metal detector….BUT IT IS REALLY THE BODY SCANNER! No option is given to avoid it for a pat down. I HOPE OLE' ARNE DOESN'T HAVE A PACEMAKER OR ARTIFICIAL HIP. He just might get zapped REAL GOOD!
January 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
Ho Hum……ANOTHER column on NEEDING MORE BLACK THIS or BLACK THAT……
More black men need to LEARN before they TEACH.
January 29th, 2011
1:46 pm
That's a joke…right?
January 29th, 2011
1:53 pm
If we want more black men available to teach, maybe we could stop locking them all up for selling drugs to willing white people.
January 29th, 2011
1:56 pm
Maybe if more AA men stayed around to raise their children none of this would be an issue. And I blame AA women just as much for this problem.
January 29th, 2011
1:59 pm
Aquagirl are you that big of a moron? Just as many black people do drugs as white. At least white people don't kill everyone, rob stores, sell drugs, etc. Pathetic thugs. This world would be a much better place without you people.
January 29th, 2011
2:21 pm
The more I read about this guy, the more of a swindler and panderer he seems to me. The way he is treating current teachers (of any color) in an oppressive and disrespectful manner, why would a minority male seek to be under the rule of this man of no color?


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Home store Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) reported lackluster third-quarter sales growth. Revenue fell short of expectations, up 15% year-over-year to $2.7 billion. Earnings, on the other hand, jumped 8% year-over-year to $1.03 per share, a penny better than consensus expectations. Though we don't expect a material change to our valuation, we plan to update our report soon.
Earnings guidance was the real disappointment, as the company provided a fourth quarter earnings range of $1.60-$1.67 per share compared to the consensus calling for $1.75 per share. During the company's prepared remarks, it blamed the integration of Cost Plus World Market and Linen Holdings for half of the margin weakness in the fourth quarter, with the balance attributable to higher couponing and an unfavorable product mix. Given the firm's long-term track record of managing Bed Bath & Beyond incredibly well, we think it will be able to improve profitability at World Market, though it could take a year or two.
Not only was guidance relatively weak, but the firm also posted lackluster same-store sales expansion during the third quarter. The 1.7% growth rate the company posted during the third quarter was negatively impacted by 0.9 percentage points as a result of Hurricane Sandy, but even a 2.6% growth rate is disappointing, in our view. The company should disproportionately benefit from a housing recovery, but we think it could still lag homebuilders and home-repair stores such as Home Depot (NYSE: HD). It takes some time for actual housing market improvements to translate into increased consumer confidence, but the lag at Home Depot should be lesser since it includes more necessities than luxuries.
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Very weak, mild flavor
By pictureman62
from east tenn
About Me Coffee Connoisseur
Comments about Green Mountain Coffee Chocolate Glazed Donut K-Cup:
Great aroma when brewed, The bad, weak flavor,very weak brew, even for light roast. Even tried smallest brew size and still to weak. I so wanted to enjoy this flavor, but very disappointed. Gave the rest of box to a friend, but told them not to expect much. I don't care for bold , heavy roast coffee, but don't want coffee that looks like you brewed a cup of tea
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Bitter aftertaste and no chocolate
By SciFi junkie
from Houston, TX
About Me Average Joe
My wife picked these up on sale to go with a new Keurig for Christmas. Ended up taking the box to work and letting others drink it. There is a bitter aftertaste and very little flavor. The first cup I brewed on the 10oz setting, so I gave it another go on a different day with 8oz and got the same result. I thought it might just be me so I had a coworker try it without telling them my opinion, and they expressed the same thoughts afterwards (bitter, no chocolate flavor, would need to add sugar/creamer to drink it again).
By Ally
from Ohio
I loved this coffee. Chocolate flavor is not lost.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Good, subtle chocolate flavor
By Lynn
from Birmingham, AL
This is a good light roast. This tastes great with a splash of milk and a little sugar. It's like dessert and coffee in one.
Love it!
By Parent of teens
from Chesapeake, VA
One of my friends recommended this flavor to me. I had been experimenting with flavors and hadn't found one I really loved. So I tried it and absolutely loved it! Very smooth taste with no bitterness. Just the right amount of sweetness. The aroma is heavenly. I use to drink a cup of coffee a day. Now I drink 2-3 cups a day.
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Aroma far from "pleasing"!
By Mom2Chunk
from Atlanta, GA
I really wanted this to be great...it wasn't. The smell was very sharp as it brewed and continued as I drank it. The coffee was sharp - so sharp that I couldn't even truly detect chocolate flavor. I could smell a bit of the chocolate, but the taste wasn't there. I like a medium-to-dark roast and while this was somewhat dark, it still felt very watered down.
Watered down chocolate syrup
By Robinitis
from WV
This tastes just like you added hot water to a small amount of chocolate syrup. It smells good, but it has no coffee taste at all.
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Chocolate lovers, this is for you!
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This is the most delicious coffee I've ever tasted! I feel as though I'm having a special treat when drinking it.
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Like eating a Doughnut without the sugar
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I have been ordering this coffee for 2 years without fail. It has a wonderful chocolate flavor that is satisfying yet not too sweet. It is more like a bittersweet chocolate to me, which I love! It is my favorite coffee that I have ever had. However, I don't need/want the caffeine, so I hope they make this in DECAF soon so I can continue to enjoy it! I would drink it all day if it came in DECAF.
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I was never a big coffee drinker, but my husband was. I bought him a Keurig as a gift, so we started experimenting with flavors. I tried several, then the Chocolate Glazed Donut and was hooked; nothing else tasted half as good.We would drink coffee only on the weekends, now I want my Chocolate Glazed Donut coffee several days a week, and double on the weekends!LOVE THIS FLAVOR - PERFECT BALANCE OF COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE!!


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Haifa Wahbi jumps from one concert to the next on New Years Eve
New Lebanese singer Haifa Wahbi, who was a model previously, has announced that she will be hold three different New Years Eve performances. Her first performance will be with Iraqi singer Kathem El Saher at the Bristol Hotel in Beirut, the second will be at the Cassino, and her third performance will be with Lebanese singer Yuri Imra'adi.
Earlier this month Haifa was contemplating in her head whether or not to sing alongside Kathem El Sahir. Haifa's decision came after she realized that singing with Kathem is a chance she should not pass up adding tremendously to her career and so she accepted the offer and two others for the night.
Haifa told the London based Elaph that she finds no difficulty in having to go from one concert to the next to host her three performances. She added that the time span between each concert gives her enough time to move around and prepare herself.
Wahbi is currently working on filming a music video from her latest album with director Salim Al Turk, who also filmed her only music video "Tagool Ahwak" (You Say I Love You).
The video was said to have included seductive scenes that cannot be permitted by the censors. Many critics say that Wahbi's music style is easily distinguished from other singers, using her seductive figure and voice as a mean to attract her audience.
The singer had just returned from Syria after being the guest on one of the talk shows. She will be travelling to Jordan in the near future to sign agreements to hold a number of concerts.
After the huge success she received for her album "Huwa el Zaman" (It's the Time), Haifa announced that she is to quit modeling with no intentions to any return dedicating all her time to her musical career. "Though lots of people advised me to stick to modeling, I decided to leave this stage behind me, moving on to add a singing career to my portfolio," Wahbi said.
Despite all criticism Wahbi faced concerning the shift in career last year, she stuck her ground and continued recording her ten-song album "Huwa el Zaman", which took her almost a year to complete. - Albawaba.com
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Patrons at the Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee have been very critical of security guards' behavior during a shooting there Sunday. Patrons wrestled away the gun from the shooter while guards did basically nothing. Spokespersons for other tribal casinos in Wisconsin say they have the same type of policies; security guards are not to engage an active shooter.
That means active shooters in casinos are fishing in a barrel, or shooting in one. You put up a sign saying "no guns allowed," which only law abiding citizens will obey. That means shooters know the only threat of another gun comes from another lawbreaker. You throw in security guards told not to engage a shooter and patrons are left to fend for themselves. Because of the heroic actions of patrons in the Potawatomi Casino that strategy worked, this time. It's what my dad would have called "bleephouse luck." Luck is a lousy business model.
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Dearest The Mayor,
As an Irish, I'm first and foremost confused by the idea that the Dallas St. Patrick's Day Parade could be any more family-friendly than it already is. What is more family-friendly than holding a toddler in one arm and a yard of beer in the other?"
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The injury woes of the Vancouver Canucks continue to mount as the team learned Tuesday that they would be without defenceman Sami Salo for up to six weeks after the blueliner sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
The injury occurred during the first period of the Canucks victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday. The 35-year old Salo has one assist in five games this season.
The injury comes at a particularly bad time for Vancouver after it was revealed that forward Pavol Demitra's recovery from off-season shoulder surgery is going much slower than expected. In addition the Canucks will be without sniper Daniel Sedin for four to six weeks after breaking a bone in his foot. To make matters even worse, off-season signing Mathieu Schneider has yet to play a game for the Canucks following shoulder surgery. He hopes to return to the team by the end of October.
Salo has a long history of injuries and has not played more than 67 games in a season since the lockout. He is however a very effective weapon for the Canucks on the powerplay as more than half of his points since arriving in Vancouver have come with the man advantage.
Aaron Rome is expected to take his spot on the blueline.
The team will also likely call up a forward from Manitoba of the AHL following the Moose's game Wednesday against the Abbotsford Heat.


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BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO) -- Whirlpool Corporation is being recognized for its donation to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
The American Red Cross of West Michigan presented a certificate at the Whirlpool Headquarters in Benton Harbor Thursday to thank the corporation for its donation of $75,000. Whirlpool Corporate V.P. Jeffrey Noel made clear the importance of the Red Cross.
Out of the nearly 17,000 Red Cross trained workers that were deployed out east, 328 of them were from West Michigan.