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Cost for Normandy transfers could fall on state taxpayers
The State of Missouri may have to pay part of the costs for the school transfer program. The unaccredited Normandy School District will spend between 15 and 18 million dollars to send hundreds of students to Francis Howell and other, better performing districts. Missouri Education Commissioner Dr. Chris Nicastro told Fox 2 News that at that rate, Normandy will likely run out of money before the end of the school year.
"If Normandy cannot meet their obligations, then there's going to have to be some money come from somewhere," Nicastro said. "The legislature's the only body I know of that can appropriate those funds."
Dr. Nicastro says the costs could go up next year. That's when new education standards kick in across the state, which she believes will cause more districts to become unaccredited.
Missouri school transfer ruling opens old wounds
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) - A wave of school transfers spurred by a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling is opening old wounds and reviving difficult conversations in St. Louis about race, class and equal access to public education.
Nearly 2,600 students from the unaccredited Normandy and Riverview Gardens districts are leaving for better-performing schools in other districts, with the two troubled districts required to pay an estimated $30 million to accommodate the moves. School leaders say it's only a matter of time before they go bankrupt.
Parents, politicians and community leaders in some outlying districts say they worry the newcomers will bring increased delinquency, larger class sizes and lower test scores. Much of the outrage was on display last month at public school board meeting of the Francis Howell district, which begins classes on Thursday.
Kirkwood parents learn details of school transfer plans
School starts in Kirkwood on August 20th and Tuesday night parents in the south county district learned how their schools will be affected by the transfer of more than 150 students from Normandy and Riverview Gardens.
Kirkwood School Board spokesperson Ginger Cayce says class sizes may fluctuate slightly, but not enough to cause concern. Cayce says the $12,000 per transfer student that the district will receive will cover the cost of any extra resources needed. Cayce says the money would be spent on "technology, support staff resources, and any additional teachers or teachers aides we might need in the classroom."
About 650 people attended Tuesday night's meeting at Kirkwood High. There were questions about test scores and athletic opportunities, but most showed support for the students coming from the unaccredited districts. One man even donated money to help cover "incidental costs" for transfer students. He called on others with the means to do so as well.
After lawsuit threat, Mehlville says they're trying to comply with transfer rules
Mehlville Superintendent Dr. Eric Knost says the district is making every effort to place students transferring in from Riverview Gardens without compromising the education of any student in the district.
Knost released a statement Monday evening in response to a lawsuit from the Children's Education Alliance of Missouri on behalf of three Riverview Gardens parents.
Mehlville has limited the number students it will accept from the unaccredited district in an effort to retain current class size limits and staffing levels, but the school-choice advocacy group says there's room for more than the 216 the district has accepted.
Knost says the District will work with legal counsel to respond appropriately to the court action.
Transfer deadline extended for Riverview and Normandy students
As the start of the new school year fast approaches, more than 300 students who want to transfer out of the troubled Riverview Gardens and Normandy school districts still don't know where they'll attend classes. That's because of the limited availability of open seats in some districts they've applied to attend.
Many students didn't get into one of their first three choices of districts, or didn't list more than one choice. So officials with the Cooperating School Districts have extended the application deadline for the still unassigned transfer students.
Families can submit a new list of choices. Those who don't re-apply on the Cooperating School Districts website by noon Monday will not be able to transfer out of the unaccredited districts.
All of the Normandy students transferring to Francis Howell Districts did get their requests filled. About 2,400 Riverview Garden students have also received transfer assignments.
Mehlville sets class sizes, limits number of transfer students
The Mehlville school district won't hire more teacher or enlarge class sizes in order to accommodate students transferring in from the unaccredited Riverview Gardens School District.
The Mehlville school board supported their superintendent's position and set class size limits Thursday night. That will allow the district to accept only 150 of the roughly 450 students who've applied to transfer.
A lottery will be held August 2nd to determine which students can make the switch from Riverview Gardens to Mehlville.
More than 200 parents attended last night's school board meeting at Mehlville High School. Many expressed concerns about the cost of busing and the number of hours students will spend in transit. Others were concerned that the transfer students will put a drain on the Mehlville district.
Mehlville Superintendent Dr. Eric Knost has said that maintaining the district's small class sizes is key to maintaining educational excellence.
Riverview Gardens must pick 2nd district for busing transfers
As the August 1 transfer deadline looms for students in the unaccredited Riverview Gardens School District, a snag has developed that could throw the whole process into chaos.
Riverview officials will have to pick a second district to bus students to. That's because the first district they selected, Mehlville, reports that they only have room for about 150 transfer students, about one-third of the more than 400 who've applied to transfer.
Under state guidelines the Riverview Gardens District must now choose a second district where it will provide free bus transportation.
Students were required to list their top three choices of schools on their transfer applications. And that information could help Riverview officials select the second destination district.
Riverview Gardens officials have not yet selected a second district for free bus transportation.
Educators, community leaders and parents meet to discuss Normandy and Riverview Gardens schools
Officials with the Normandy and Riverview Gardens school districts are hoping they can talk parents into keeping their kids enrolled as they try to rebuild the failing districts.
About 1,000 people gathered Monday night to listen to improvement plans from both districts' superintendents at a meeting at Shalom Church City of Peace in Florissant. Both men took over leadership of their districts on July 1.
So far, more than 1,300 students have applied to transfer out of the unaccredited districts. Both superintendents admit that will hurt the districts financially.
Riverview superintendent Scott Spurgeon said, "Any student, even one child that wants to leave our district, certainly would have a financial impact on us."
"I don't think it will bankrupt us, but it might put us in financial distress," Normandy Superintendent Ty McNichols said.
Superintendents of Jennings, Hazelwood and Ferguson-Florissant school districts attended the meeting to show support for those charged with rebuilding the failing districts. But also say they'll welcome any students who chose to transfer.
The transfer application deadline is August 1.
Francis Howell town hall meeting gets heated over Normandy tranfers
Many parents in the Francis Howell School District say they're concerned about the impact of students from the unaccredited Normandy District transferring to their schools. Several sounded off at a town hall meeting Thursday night at Howell Central High School in Cottleville.
Some expresses concerns about resources being channeled to transferring students who are academically behind. Other's were concerned that about violence that may come to Francis Howell from Normandy, a district that has struggled with violence in its schools.
Francis Howell superintendent Dr. Pam Sloan spoke openly about her opposition to the transfers, saying that busing kids to a new district isn't the way to fix a failing one.
But not everyone in the district is so concerned. Francis Howell senior class president Eric Lee cautioned the crowd not to make assumptions about the students transferring in from Normandy. Lee said it's not right to assume the kids who choose to transfer are going to cause problems.
District officials won't know until August 2nd how many Normandy students plan to transfer.
Riverview Gardens will bus to Mehlville
Many parents in the unaccredited Riverview Gardens school district are unhappy after district officials announced they'll bus students to the Mehlville School District in order to comply with a Missouri Supreme Court ruling. The South County district is about 30 miles from the failing one in North County.
Parents aren't the only one's expressing concerns. Mehlville's superintendent says his district lacks the space for transferring students. Eric Knost says his district welcomes the transferring students, but warns that Mehville's classrooms are already at capacity.
Riverview officials say they're working to re-earn accreditation quickly and hope that parents will keep their kids enrolled there.
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"Photosynthetic complexes are exquisitely tuned to capture solar light efficiently, and then transmit the excitation energy to reaction centres, where long term energy storage is initiated." The problem has been one of understanding how 95%+ efficiencies are possible in a natural system.
The photosynthetic apparatus is constructed so that adjacent chlorophyll molecules have different energy levels. "When light shines on one of these molecules, an electron is momentarily excited before passing its energy over to a nearby molecule with a slightly lower energy level. In this way energy can flow "downhill" from energy level to energy level until it reaches the crucial "reaction centre" where the actual photosynthesis occurs. Scientists had assumed that the energy moves downhill in a "random walk", which is essentially an incoherent "hopping" between energy levels." But this mechanism does not yield the "extreme efficiency" of photosynthesis.
Researchers in the US have "discovered regular variations of signal that sustained for hundreds of femtoseconds, which the physicists interpreted as "quantum beats" coherently linking all the energy levels together." This "quantum trickery" has an analogy in "Grover's algorithm" (proposed in 1997) which determines "the fastest possible search of an unsorted database in quantum computation." With this mechanism, "vast areas of phase space can be sampled effectively to find the most efficient path for energy transfer."
Those involved in a quest for simplicity in the machinery of molecular biology are not having a very happy time. The story being uncovered is one of complexity in the details, as Michael Behe demonstrated in Darwin's Black Box. Knowing that quantum paths have been used in photosynthesis, the "primary energy source for almost all life on Earth", provides yet more grounds for making design inferences.
Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems
Gregory S. Engel, Tessa R. Calhoun, Elizabeth L. Read, Tae-Kyu Ahn, Tomas Mancal, Yuan-Chung Cheng, Robert E. Blankenship and Graham R. Fleming.
Nature 446, 782-786 (12 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/nature05678
Abstract: Photosynthetic complexes are exquisitely tuned to capture solar light efficiently, and then transmit the excitation energy to reaction centres, where long term energy storage is initiated. The energy transfer mechanism is often described by semiclassical models that invoke 'hopping' of excited-state populations along discrete energy levels1, 2. Two-dimensional Fourier transform electronic spectroscopy3, 4, 5 has mapped6 these energy levels and their coupling in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) bacteriochlorophyll complex, which is found in green sulphur bacteria and acts as an energy 'wire' connecting a large peripheral light-harvesting antenna, the chlorosome, to the reaction centre7, 8, 9. The spectroscopic data clearly document the dependence of the dominant energy transport pathways on the spatial properties of the excited-state wavefunctions of the whole bacteriochlorophyll complex6, 10. But the intricate dynamics of quantum coherence, which has no classical analogue, was largely neglected in the analyses-even though electronic energy transfer involving oscillatory populations of donors and acceptors was first discussed more than 70 years ago11, and electronic quantum beats arising from quantum coherence in photosynthetic complexes have been predicted12, 13 and indirectly observed14. Here we extend previous two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy investigations of the FMO bacteriochlorophyll complex, and obtain direct evidence for remarkably long-lived electronic quantum coherence playing an important part in energy transfer processes within this system. The quantum coherence manifests itself in characteristic, directly observable quantum beating signals among the excitons within the Chlorobium tepidum FMO complex at 77 K. This wavelike characteristic of the energy transfer within the photosynthetic complex can explain its extreme efficiency, in that it allows the complexes to sample vast areas of phase space to find the most efficient path.
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Making photosynthesis tick (Editor's summary, Nature 446,(12 April 2007).
Sension, R.J. Quantum path to photosynthesis, Nature 446, 782-786 (12 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/446740a
Knowing how plants and bacteria harvest light for photosynthesis so efficiently could provide a clean solution to mankind's energy requirements. The secret, it seems, may be the coherent application of quantum principles.
Cartwright, J. Photosynthesis takes a leaf out of the quantum book, PhysicsWeb, April 13 2007.
Quantum computers and blades of grass have more in common than you might think. Physicists in the US have shown that electrons involved in photosynthesis reactions "sample" different energy-level routes in much the same way quantum-computer algorithms can - at least in theory - quickly search through unsorted databases. The researchers claim that the discovery could explain how photosynthesis can proceed at efficiencies unparalleled in manmade solar cells.
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We are a group of individuals, coming from diverse backgrounds and not speaking for any organization, who have found common ground around teleological concepts, including intelligent design. We think these concepts have real potential to generate insights about our reality that are being drowned out by political advocacy from both sides. We hope this blog will provide a small voice that helps rectify this situation.
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Most guys going through midlife crisis buy a convertible. Austrialian Stephen E. Jones went back to college to get a biology degree and is now a proponent of ID and common ancestry.
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Intelligent Design The Future is a multiple contributor weblog whose participants include the nation's leading design scientists and theorists: biochemist Michael Behe, mathematician William Dembski, astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez, philosophers of science Stephen Meyer, and Jay Richards, philosopher of biology Paul Nelson, molecular biologist Jonathan Wells, and science writer Jonathan Witt. Posts will focus primarily on the intellectual issues at stake in the debate over intelligent design, rather than its implications for education or public policy.
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You have to really remember what it's like to be in the hothouse of high school to realize how brave such a statement is. Kropp was recently the victim of a mean-spirited prank, when classmates at her Michigan high school nominated her to the Homecoming Court. As a joke. According to the Huffington Post, Kropp was so embarrassed she said she contemplated suicide. It makes the heart ache to even read. Then something unprecedented happened: the entire community rallied to support the sophomore, who had been repeatedly bullied because of her black clothing and multicolored hair. (If I'd gone to her high school I would have had a total friend-crush on her for these very reasons, but apparently there are not so many me's in West Branch, Michigan.) The Huffington Post reports that "Instead of allowing Kropp to be defeated by the bullies, the small farm community rallied around her, convincing her to attend homecoming despite the joke. Several business in the town volunteered to buy Kropp dinner, take her picture, do her hair and nails, and dress her in a stunning red gown and heels for the big day." And most importantly, the support from her hometown should help Kropp to know in her heart what a local nail technician said: "In high school, everything means everything to you. You don't realize that none of it will matter after you leave." Truer words, I suspect, have never been spoken. The Support Whitney Kropp Facebook page has over 60,000 likes -- head on over to show your own support, and to get updates from the team. And even if you escaped high school decades ago, it never hurts to look yourself in the mirror and repeat after Whitney: "I'm a beautiful person and you shouldn't mess with me!" Read More: How to Deal with a Bully The High Price of School Bullying
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In part the family bike came out of Finch's desire for her large family to create a smaller carbon footprint. But also, as she put it, "When I saw that bike, I knew it. I said, 'This is it. This is going to change my life.'" And she's right, the bike has transformed her life and the life of her family: they've saved lots of money not having a big car; Finch lost the 25 lbs she thought she never would; they even ended up moving to Portland because it was more bike-friendly and open-minded than the small town they lived in before. Trading the car for the family bike has changed the scope of their days and outings, and has introduced Finch into the welcoming community of fellow bikers. As you might imagine, it's not always (ever) easy, but Finch says, "it's changed my life. I can't really explain it. In the end, my bike just brings me happiness." And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is how you tell a Life Traffic Jam who's boss. Read More: Try Biking to Work Workouts for Any Schedule There's nothing like a good old-fashioned "We Are the World"-style anthem, am I right? Many voices (preferably with a high percentage of celebrities), joining together in catchy song, to support a cause you weren't totally completely sure was a cause at all? Turns out, today is National Voter Registration Day, and guess what -- according to the nonpartisan group L.O.V.E., AKA "Let One Voice Emerge," the largest group of non-voters in America is unmarried women. What? Ladies, nearly 20 million of you are not voting! Not to nag, but remember how just a few generations ago, it was illegal for women to vote? It is a mighty power we have been given. Let's not abdicate it because it seems like a pain to get to the polls, or to get registered (it's not).
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I like fun months, like National Honey Month (September) and Women's Friendship Month (also September). Then there are the not-fun-but-important months, like Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (uh, also September). I'm not sure there's any combination of words more awful than "childhood" and "cancer." Okay, so I wrote that sentence and then stared at it for about ten years. How to transition from there? It's just too awful. Arnold Palmer Hospital's Illuminate Blog acknowledges the difficulty of Childhood Cancer Awareness: "People really don't want to talk about it...We don't talk about it because it scares the living daylights out of us. The very idea that it could happen to my child, to my
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The bakery chain Sprinkles has begun a "Pay It Forward" campaign designed to bring a little more, ah, sweetness to the typical partisan squabbles. Every day until Election Day, members of Congress can get a dozen cupcakes from the Georgetown Sprinkles shop for free -- if they have it sent to a representative or senator from the opposing party. According to Washington City Paper's Young and Hungry blog, Sprinkles founder Candace Nelson hopes "to inspire a spirit of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill." I'm sure political junkies and sugar fiends alike can agree that this is one of the more original ideas we've heard out of Washington DC in some time. Read More: What Oprah Knows About the Importance of Voting
Like Julie Mangano, a blogger who recently lost her elderly father, and has written eloquently about the grieving process on her blog. In a post called "Driving With Dad," Mangano writes about the special bond she always had with her father, and in particular about a game they used to play: "Very early on in life my dad tried to teach me to read his mind. He created some flashcards with names of colors on them. He would hold up the blank side of the card to me and tell me to close my eyes, focus on what he was thinking (what?) and guess which color was named on the back of the card...After a few hours, I could name the right color every time he held up a different card. In retrospect it probably was more because I learned the patterns he used to switch around the cards and try to trick me... Whatever the reason, our bond was established and we remained deeply in sync for the rest of his life."
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The U.S. Department of Education has advised the Texas Education Agency that the state's waiver request to address the issue of multiple assessments for students taking Algebra I at the middle school level will not be granted.
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The Texas Education Agency today released accreditation statuses for school districts and charters across the state. Accreditation statuses are based on state academic accountability ratings, the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (known commonly as School FIRST), data reporting, special program effectiveness, and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
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Commissioner of Education Michael Williams announced today that Project Share, the Texas Education Agency's online learning community, has surpassed three million subscribers.
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The February issue of the Texas Education Today newsletter offers information about new graduation requirements, missed instructional day waivers, and celebrates outstanding teachers and schools.


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Distant glaze of North Chinese Leopard, Atara.
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I'm glad it's Fall. I think it's my favorite season of the year. Pumpkin and apple scented things, cardigans, clear blue skies, golds, browns, olive greens….the list can go on!
When I think of Fall I think of warm drinks…I love warm drinks, even in the middle of Summer…hot tea, coffee, cider, etc. And I like my drinks hot: lukewarm, no thanks!!
So as quick, during a movie, or lazy afternoon (like we get those a lot ;p) I like to knit up cabled cozies. This one is probably my all time favorite:
Here's another cute Fall idea:
I would make them big enough to use for pot holders or hot pads.
2 great shawl patterns in Fall Interweave Knits and Knitscene:
Pembroke Wrap. Only 2 skeins of Baby Alpaca Chunky can make this warm soft delightful shawl!
1 skein of Madeline Tosh Sock (soon to come!) will make this sweet little thing entitled Live Oak Shawlette.
Or as I like to wear it…
Remember everyone!
Tomorrow morning at 10:30 Knitting Techniques; it's free, come with some yarn and 2 sets of medium sized needles (between a 7 and 9).
Saturday at 11am- Fixing Your Mistakes- $10 and includes a crochet hook. Come prepared with 2 swatches, 1 garter stitch and stockinette stitch that are NOT bound off so we can work with them.
I had to go ahead and knit something with the Sari SIlk with Gold! I had been wanting a market bag, so I decided to knit one of those. I really like how it came out. It took me exactly 1 skein (I literally had 1 foot left), so if you knit any differently or want thicker straps or a larger body, it'll definitely take 2 skeins. Not to mention I had to sew it together with some other yarn, so there's that too. I did this in a matter of hours today, so it's a really quick, nice knit.
The handles criss cross, I thought it might add durability plus it looks cool!
I am offering this pattern free with purchase of yarns.
Yummy yummy banana fiber, sari silk, and sari silk WITH GOLD!
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Maybe I'll start it today.
Here are our finished products from the entrelac class:
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With handles
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What the heck is up with him? I just got back from the game and I am quite upset with Jack. Why? He doesn't hustle at all, he isnt consistent AT ALL and he is ALWAYS whining.
What really set me off is when he was complaining about a non call and he sat under the goal while the rest of the team busted their arses down to the other end.
If he's gonna be a little b**** this season then deal him and Diaw to get some other pieces that want to hustle and make shots. We need a BIG upgrade at center fast. Jack=Who?
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IS THERE HANDICAPPED PARKING?Yes. Handicap parking is available but on a first come first serve basis.
WHERE DO I GET MY DIPLOMA?Diplomas will be issued immediately after commencement in the room 7 of Elmore.
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Serves 6
When you want a hot, homey breakfast that's special enough for company but without the morning fuss, this French toast bake is the answer. You pull it together the night before and while you sleep the eggy goodness seeps into the bread and all the flavors meld together. In the morning you just need to pop it in the oven. It comes out fragrant, with juicy, brown sugar–laced peaches atop tender vanilla and cinnamon–scented bread that has just the right amount of chewiness from the baguette crust. A drizzle of maple syrup and a dollop of cool, creamy yogurt complete the picture and everyone's left wondering just how you manage to do it all with such grace.
Coat a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Cut the baguette into 1/2-inch-thick slices and arrange them in a single layer in the pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, egg whites, milk, and vanilla. Pour the egg mixture over the bread in the pan. Scatter the peach slices evenly over the bread. Sprinkle with the brown sugar and cinnamon. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Uncover and bake until it is slightly puffed and the bread is golden brown, about 40 minutes. Top with yogurt and drizzle with maple syrup, if desired.
nutrition information (per serving): Calories (kcal): 254; Fat (g): 6; Fat Calories (kcal): 54; Saturated Fat (g): 1.6; Protein (g): 12.5; Monounsaturated Fat (g): 2; Carbohydrates (g): 40; Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 1.4; Sodium (mg): 288; Cholesterol (mg): 144; Fiber (g): 5;
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by brava313, 10/16/2013I used Cascadian Farm frozen peaches, and they were still hard after baking. I used them juice and all, and the French toast came out soggy. The bread never browned, because it was completely covered with peaches.
by Onymous, 8/17/2013Mmm mmm delicious. I love easy-in-the-morning breakfast recipes and this is king. Blueberries are delicious as well, and I just made a batch with cranberries for in the morning, with a couple extra tablespoons of sugar on top, so we will see how that goes. All in all, this recipe is easy, delicious and versatile.
by kpouncey1, 10/20/2012I made this for our family gathering at my sister's house in the mountains and it was wonderful. It only took a few minutes to prepare the night before and it was wonderful to just pop it in the oven in the morning so I didn't miss a bit of family time! I added blueberries to the topping just for color and added a little apricot jelly to the yoghurt. Everyone raved. Next time I make it I will probably add cinnamon and nutmeg to the egg mixture as well as adding walnuts to the topping. I do think when available it would be better with fresh fruit so I am going to try other fruits in season.


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One man who made that unfortunate mistake was Brigadier General Michael Walsh, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. While testifying about efforts to restore the Louisiana coast after Katrina, Walsh called Boxer "ma'am," obviously following military protocol. This triggered the following exchange:
Sen. Boxer: You know, do me a favor, could you say "senator" instead of "ma'am"?
Brig. Gen. Walsh: Yes, ma'am.
Sen. Boxer: It's just a thing--I worked so hard to get that title, so I'd appreciate it, yes, thank you.
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Walsh was simply showing the respect he would use when addressing anyone higher than himself in the chain of command. But that was an insult to the senator from California.
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This is a superb Arriba chocolate, perhaps the archetpye of this cacao. It demonstrates an unyielding power and well-balanced character that clearly shows Slitt's mastery over this bean.
Alex Rast: 10-Oct-2005
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Aroma: | 8 | 10% |
Look/snap: | 8 | 5% |
Taste: | 9 | 35% |
Melt: | 8.5 | 5% |
Length: | 8 | 15% |
Opinion: | 8.5 | 30% |
Total/100: | 85.25 | 100% |
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The definitive Ecuador Arriba. With a strongly characteristic nature, it might inspire mixed feelings in those who shy away from the assertive Arriba presence, but all others will be very pleased. Not only does this bar show how it's done for this bean, it shows how it's done in the extra bitter class. A study in letting the bean shine through while maintaining just enough sweetness that it's not austere.
Just as one expects from an Arriba, this bar displays the textbook purple-black colour, an extreme darkness that you can see through the wrapper (something of a chore to remove, in a case of poor packaging). The bar itself is a bit unevenly moulded and has some bubbling, but is finished to a superb temper. The aroma shouts Arriba with every breath. It prevails over you with mighty blackberry presence and with that slight woodiness that is almost as if you'd just trampled through a bramble patch in the middle of a wood. There's not much complexity here, however, it's the single-bean character that is coming to the fore.
The flavour is a display of balance and superb interpretation. First it has a burst of delicate strawberries and cream, and then it kicks into high gear with a powerful chocolatey wave accented with pecan traces. There is some decided bitterness here, coming not just from the low sugar but also from the bean type itself. But the small amount of sugar counterpoints the power and allows the chocolate to avoid a flat, uninspiring presentation.
The texture is likewise superb, as one expects with chocolates of this percentage where low sugar and high cocoa butter prevent anything from interfering with a very creamy melt. It's also super-smooth, fairly typical for Slitti. However, in the past Slitti has had a reputation for being somewhat mild and passive in flavour – unassertive chocolate for those not looking to be assaulted. Not so with this bar which is everything Slitti usually is not – assertive, bold, and powerful – just what one wants from the Arriba bean.
Hans-Peter Rot: 9-Oct-2005
SCORES | Score/10 | Weight |
Aroma: | 9.5 | 10% |
Look/snap: | 9 | 5% |
Taste: | 9 | 35% |
Melt: | 8.5 | 5% |
Length: | 9 | 15% |
Opinion: | 9.5 | 30% |
Total/100: | 91.75 | 100% |
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If Arriba already were an intimidating looking bar, at 90% it looks even more so, and Slitti's masterful temper and mold make the visual appeal all the more magnificent. Continuing this trend, the aroma is simply seductive yet ironically sweet in some regards, as blackberries dominate with hints of cinnamon and sweet coffee. Despite the power behind the aroma, however, something about it is sweeter than one would expect, that perhaps at 90% the bar might not be as strong as the percentage suggests.
This is an assumption one should never make! The chocolate is bold beyond belief, weighing down the tongue like a ton of bricks, so powerful and deep this tone is. Sweet cinnamon starts off the flavor, though, then mellows into tropical fruits and finally the blackberries we all know and love from Arriba with some floral highlights as well, but for the most part, the bar is intense and chocolaty, with blackberries dominating but not in an aggressive way.
At this level, the texture is dead-on pasty and thick, melting at such a reluctant speed that the intensity is made even more intense. At long last, the definitive Arriba has arrived, and delivered by none other than Slitti, who with a 90% shows how to treat this varietal: with force. Force, then, seems to be the key to achieving great things with this cacao, since at this level the cacao's natural intensity is maximized and the flavor components kept at a minimum without much concern over complexity or fancy embellishments. A lesson is to be learned here, but at such an inaccessible percentage, sadly, many may not pay attention.