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When you read the Scriptures, passion for God oozes out. Moses sought God every day. Job followed Him through the most devastating circumstances. Esther relied on Him at the risk of her own life. David chased after God, and his passion bleeds through the Psalms. The prophets craved hearing the voice of the Almighty, and the apostles joyfully followed Him to the grave.
These men and women were great leaders, yet modern influencers often overlook this trait. Too many build up their heads without minding their hearts. They read books on better business practices and attend marketing conferences, but spiritual development is often ignored. According to our research, only 11 percent of Christian leaders say "passion for God" is the leadership trait that best describes them. And yet, my experiences with Christian leaders who are most successful today tell me that spiritual ardor is integral, rather than accessory, to leading well.
Easter is often the most difficult week of the year for pastors.
Not only do we have the stress of our congregation, but weird things seem to happen during that week. Family stress goes up, financial stresses skyrocket … and our time schedule is rigid because of the many activities. And then it is over.
Are you ready for a rest? It might be easy to go through the routine—do the post mortem on Easter week and then focus on what is next without taking time to let your body and soul catch up.
Instead, this week, let's take control of the calendar and focus on silence. Silence is the spiritual discipline most often avoided in today's society. We "need" noise to propel us forward. If we aren't listening to news, watching a TV show or letting music calm us, we talk to ourselves … or anyone else who will listen.
A decade ago I went through the darkest time of my adult life that threatened my marriage and my leadership. It was a classic case of leader burnout. For me, it was an eclipse of the sun.
The problem was that I lost touch with my own core connection on the inside. My deep love for my God and my wife became compromised. I became an angry, dark soul at home. I made bad choices and barely held serious depression at bay. In public, I hid my loneliness and torment. At home I didn't.
Can you imagine a time when key apostolic leaders—both in the church and marketplace—would come together to exert strong influence over cities, communities and nations, with or without the cooperation or partnership of local church pastors and congregations? A time when the local church would almost be irrelevant when it comes to societal transformation because leaders would form their own ecclesia that would be mobile and not nuclear in nature? A time in which the local church would be relegated merely to shepherding our families, pastoral counseling, and Sunday school for our children?
There is a growing tendency in the body of Christ among practitioners in kingdom societal transformation to bypass the local church in order for the reformation of society to take place. This is due to the frustration of many marketplace leaders with the slow pace, bureaucracy, myopic local view and lack of high-level leadership found in many of this nation's congregations.
I will forever remember as though we were standing there now, as you read these words.
The place: The walking bridge connecting the student parking lot to the bustling campus of Oral Roberts University, where the grandiose buildings and space age architecture were a daily reminder to the thousands of us students of Dr. Oral Roberts' charge to "Make no small plans here."
The time: 25 years ago.
The experience: A life-changing encounter that would set the course for my spiritual future in ways I would never have imagined when I woke up almost late for class that beautiful spring morning in Tulsa.
With a mere six weeks remaining before graduation, and with a dream in my heart far bigger than myself, I was ready to go from this incredible place of preparation to be used by God to fulfill the Great Commission and reach our world for Christ.
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It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid… Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heart warming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. It includes the well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten; and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey - an Indian leopard slips into a village every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness mothers a baby oryx. Ms. Holland narrates the details and arc of each story, and also offers insights into why - how the young leopard, probably motherless, sought maternal comfort with the calf, and how a baby oryx inspired the same mothering instinct in the lionness. Or, in the story of Kizzy, a nervous retired Greyhound, and Murphy, a red tabby, how cats and dogs actually understand each other's body language. With Murphy's friendship and support, Kizzy recovered from life as a racing dog and became a confident, loyal family pet. These are the most amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of full-colour candid photographs.
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Doris Heath of Franklin, North Carolina shared this out-of-the-ordinary Stroganoff, made with snap peas and a mild blue cheese sauce. "You can use any kind of pasta you wish…even leftovers," Doris notes.
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Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
1 bacon strip, diced
1/2 pound boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
1/4 teaspoon beef bouillon granules
1/4 cup hot water
3/4 cup frozen sugar snap peas
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/3 cup 2% milk
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2009
Opening credits mirror its main character's illiteracy by misspelling the title, which is given as "Precious (Base on Nol by Saf)" with the correction "(Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire)" underneath
Special features: Audio commentary with director Lee Daniels; "From Push to Precious" featurette; "A Precious ensemble" featurette; "Oprah and Tyler: a project of passion" featurette; a conversation with Author Sapphire and director Lee Daniels; Deleted scene: the incest survivor meeting; Audition: Gabourey Sidibe; "Reflections on Precious" featurette; theatrical trailer
Principal's office
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Big day tomorrow
First day
Still hungry
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All look the same
Eat it up
Home life
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Talk to somebody
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Dear Precious
Can I hold him?
Ruined my life
Just a teacher
Making progress
Your story
On her own
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I thought this movie was very disturbing to watch. To see how she was raped by her father and abused by her mother. Monique played her part in this movie so well that it was almost realistic. To me it was inspiring because despite everything Precious had been through she wanted her education and she went and got it. Whether you have been raped or not don't give up on your education because a minds a beautiful thing to waste.
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this one of my favorite movies
This was a very intense movie but it was very interesting
This movie was wonderful all the actorsin the movie were great the movie is a must see not for young children.
Remarkably innovative in its use of language & its counterpoint between monologue & dialogue. (Screenwriter Geoffrey S. Fletcher rightly won an Academy Award for his brilliance.) Knockout acting debut by Gabourey Sidibe in the leading role. Wow.
PS on 16 June 2010: This film isn't about human degradation, guys; it's about human resilience.
One of the most depressing films ever.
Must See - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) 109 min. Mo-Nique is brilliant as the abusive mother to Precious played by Gabourey Sidibe. If you've read the book, there is no way you could've imagined the mother being portrayed in this light (or rather, darkness). As in the book, the film switches over to "dream" sequences where Precious escapes to whenever there's conflict in her life – some of them work; other times, I found them to be distracting (which is probably their intent). This film is not for the weak of heart – it's brutally vicious. This was one of the 10 films nominated for a 2010 Oscar – Mo'Nique won for best supporting actress and rightly so.
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Casslyn Welch told jurors Monday that she heard gunshots and McCluskey stepped out of the couple's travel trailer with blood on his clothes.
Welch wiped away tears while testifying for the prosecution.
Welch pleaded guilty last year to charges related to the 2010 slayings of Gary and Linda Haas of Tecumseh, Okla. She faces life in prison.
McCluskey is being tried on federal carjacking and murder charges. If convicted, he could face life in prison or the death penalty.
The Haases' bodies were found incinerated in their burned travel trailer in eastern New Mexico.
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Rebecca Little is a young woman who works at her family's bed and breakfast, Tennessee Riverplace, in Lookout Valley.
Her family has struggled with the city of Chattanooga to bring sewer and other services promised when the community was annexed in the early 1970s — or allow the area to de-annex.
Little just won a rather significant victory for citizens in this state who believe in open government.
Little has been locked in a public records suit against the city for almost three years. She had filed an open records request in 2011 seeking records that would document the progress of delivering services to her community.
But the city did not respond to her request as required by the Tennessee Open Records Act. So to gain access, she filed a petition in court.
The city did not deny it failed to properly respond to Little's records requests, but it argued that it did not act willfully or with bad faith — an argument that Hamilton County Chancellor W. Frank Brown agreed with.
Brown noted bungling by the city and said, "The ball was dropped." But essentially, no harm, no foul.
An appeals court found differently. It pointed to an email written by former Public Works Administrator Steve Leach to the Deputy City Attorney Phil Noblett asking if there was any way to seek an injunction against Little.
"I assume her motive is harassment of the staff in order to prove that she should be let out of the city," Leach wrote.
When the city brought boxes of records to the first hearing, it announced that these were all the records she had requested. However, a few hours after the hearing, Little received an email from a city staffer who said she needed "search terms" to fill part of Little's request related to emails — an acknowledgement that the city was still holding something back.
Those actions, the appeals court said, showed the city was willful in its denial of records.
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Again, an appeals court studied the evidence, and in an opinion this time written by a different judge, found that Brown based his decision on a "clearly erroneous assessment of evidence" and said Little was owed the full amount.
Little had spent money — lots of it — on a fight to enforce the public's right to access to public documents, not knowing if she would get that money back. "At the end of the day, to me, it's exciting that we finally prevailed," she said. "But it's also depressing because most people don't have $70,000 to get public records. To me it says the average citizen doesn't have access to public records."
"When citizens don't follow the law," she added, "they are held accountable. It's frustrating when the city doesn't follow [the] law, no one holds them accountable."
Citizen Little, I think you just did.
Deborah Fisher is executive director of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, an alliance of media, citizens and good government groups that works to preserve and improve access to information.


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It will be like a scene from a musical version of "Toy Story." The lights will go off and the old instruments will come down from the shelves. Each will play, and music of the past will fill the room and transport us back to different eras in history.
Music from 18th century Harvard Shaker Village, an 1804 church cello, an 1849 reed organ, a 1905 phonograph, a 1920s rolmonica, and more will fill the Harvard Historical Society's meetinghouse. "Playing with History" will showcase the society's extraordinary collection of historical instruments and feature accomplished local musicians playing period music on them. Each instrument will be introduced with a story of its connection to Harvard's past.
Refreshments and conversations will follow the program. A donation of $5 will go toward the Organ Restoration Fund.
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I used to own a couple of shares (bought at $7), but sold at $6 when they decided to pay for interest by shares:
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State resumes kosher meals in jails after 5 years
The state says it will again serve kosher meals to inmates after more than five years without them.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections confirmed the change Monday.
It comes five months after the federal government sued the state, saying the lack of kosher meals forced inmates to violate their core religious beliefs each day.
Many Muslim inmates had also relied on the kosher meals because the state doesn't offer halal food to prisoners. When corrections officials ended the kosher meals in 2007 they cited cost and said it would be unfair to satisfy some religious preferences and not others.
They instead ended the use of pork products and encouraged those with religious diets to choose vegetarian or vegan meals.
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DEFINITION of 'Quick Ratio'
An indicator of a company's short-term liquidity. The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets, and is calculated as follows:
Quick ratio = (current assets – inventories) / current liabilities, or
= (cash and equivalents + marketable securities + accounts receivable) / current liabilities
The quick ratio measures the dollar amount of liquid assets available for each dollar of current liabilities. Thus, a quick ratio of 1.5 means that a company has $1.50 of liquid assets available to cover each $1 of current liabilities. The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position. Also known as the "acid-test ratio" or "quick assets ratio."
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For example, consider a firm with the following current assets on its balance sheet:
Cash $5 million, marketable securities $10 million, accounts receivable $15 million, inventories $20 million.
This is offset by current liabilities of $20 million.
The quick ratio in this case is 1.5 and the current ratio is 2.5.
The quick ratio is more conservative than the current ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.
Whether "accounts receivable" is a source of ready cash is debatable, however, and depends on the credit terms that the company extends to its customers. A firm that gives its customers only 30 days to pay will obviously be in a better liquidity position than one that gives them 90 days. But the liquidity position also depends on the credit terms the company has negotiated from its suppliers. For example, if a firm gives its customers 90 days to pay, but has 120 days to pay its suppliers, its liquidity position may be reasonable.
The other issue with including accounts receivable as a source of quick cash is that unlike cash and marketable securities – which can typically be converted into cash at the full value shown on the balance sheet – the total accounts receivable amount actually received may be slightly below book value because of discounts for early payment and credit losses.
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Judge rejects lottery for medical marijuana growers; orders health department to write new rules11/14/14 Blog
An administrative law judge on Friday ordered the Florida Department of Health to start over and map out a new plan for growing, processing and selling a form of medical marijuana, known as Charlotte's Web.
Judge W. David Watkins of the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, rejected the idea of a controversial lottery to pick the nurseries that would grow the plants, a decision that could impact when the marijuana oil will be available to patients....
State committee examines Florida's share of the gaming industry11/13/14 Blog
The closing of Dania Casino & Jai-Alai's gaming operation is expected to cost the state an estimated $3 million in tax revenue, a state committee reported on Thursday.
The Revenue Estimating Conference looked at money received from slot machines and Indian gaming in one of its three meetings of the year -- the last meeting was in July.
Gaming revenues grow about 1.5 percent per year, said Amy Baker, coordinator of the state Office of Economic & Demographic Research. The forecast is slightly lower for the upcoming year because of the loss of the Dania Beach gambling. The state revenue from slot machines is an estimated $181.7 million though figures were adjusted slightly at Thursday's meeting and the final numbers aren't yet available.
While jai-alai games are continuing at the longtime Dania Beach facility until Dec. 30th, the slots have already been shut down. The casino has announced that it would close for at least a year for a $50 million renovation. The Miami Herald reported in August the facility had the worst revenue performance in the South Florida gaming market....
Report: Florida's business tax climate 5th best in the country but TaxWatch says there's a need for reforms11/12/14 Blog
A new national report ranks Florida's business tax climate as fifth best in the nation, but it doesn't reflect the whole picture of the state's tax system, according to Florida TaxWatch.
"In a couple areas, it overstates the quality of Florida's tax structure," Kurt Wenner, vice president of Tax Research for Florida TaxWatch, said.
Florida's ranking was published in the 2015 State Business Tax Climate Index, an annual report that analyzes how tax structures compare across states....
Movers & Shakers11/10/14 Blog
Retired analyst for Children, Families and Elder Affairs Committee back on the job
Carol Preston, who retired as chief legislative analyst for the Senate Committee on Children, Families and Elder Affairs the end of last year, has returned to the post.
Preston served for five years in the Senate and 14 years in the House before her retirement. At a December Senate meeting, Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, paid tribute to Preston's work, saying the analyst "personally wrote most of the laws that we're dealing with and fixed the ones that needed fixing."...
Simmons named new Senate Rules Chair11/10/14 Blog
Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamone Springs, has been named by Senate President-Designate Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, as the new chair of the Senate Committee on Rules.
"David is a loyal advisor, a trusted confidante and good friend," Gardiner said in a press release. "With over three decades of experience practicing law and ten years of service in the state legislature, he is well-qualified to assume this critical leadership position. Throughout his years of public service, David has exhibited sound judgment and a fair-minded, reasonable and thoughtful approach to decision making that, I am confident, will be a great benefit to the Senate over the next two years."...
Bipartisan coalition to push for ban against anti-gay and LGBT discrimination in the workplace11/06/14 Blog
Looking ahead to the 2015 legislative session, Florida Businesses for a Competitive Workforce has hired a team of bipartisan political operatives to push for a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
President Obama's top 2012 Florida strategist, Ashley Walker, will be campaign manager of the coalition. She'll be joined by longtime Republican lobbyist Towson Fraser, who was communications director for former House Speaker Allan Bense; Ann Herberger, a Miami-based Republican fundraiser and an advisor to former Gov. Jeb Bush; and Christina Johnson, a Tallahassee public relations executive who worked with the Republican Party of Florida and the Republican National Committee....
Ken Detzner predicts a smooth Election Day at the polls11/04/14 Blog
Voting is going "very smoothly" this morning, with all polls opening on time in the state's 6,222 precincts, Secretary of State Ken Detzner said at an elections briefing in Tallahassee.
While millions are expected to vote today, the number of early votes cast could be a record, he said. As of last night, 1.7 million Floridians voted by absentee ballot and 1.3 million voted in-person at the polls. By party, 655,020 Democrats and 791,324 Republicans voted by absentee ballot and 555,473 Democrats and 518,476 Republicans voted early in-person at the polls....
Medical marijuana supporters blast latest web ad from opponents10/29/14 Blog
With less than a week until the election, supporters and opponents of Amendment 2, which would allow marijuana for medical use, are still waging a fierce battle to sway voters.
Amendment 2 advocates, United for Care, is blasting the latest salvo from the Drug Free Florida Committee. The political action committee on Wednesday launched a web ad featuring Polk County Sheriff Gray Judd....
Report: Florida leads nation in disenfranchising offenders released from prison10/27/14 Blog
The Sentencing Project has released a report showing that Florida has the highest felony disenfranchisement rate in the country, another issue dividing Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist.
In 2011, Scott and the Cabinet imposed strict new barriers on felons who want to regain the right to vote, tossing out a streamlined policy adopted in 2007 by Crist and a different Cabinet. The discarded policy allowed tens of thousands of nonviolent offenders to regain their civil rights without a time-consuming application and hearing process. Murders and sex offenders were not eligible for faster review under the system approved by Crist and the Cabinet in 2007....
Movers & Shakers10/27/14 Blog
New leadership for Senate Democratic Office: David Cox, previously a senior legislative analyst for House Democrats and a former newspaper reporter, will be jumping into a new role as staff director of the Florida Senate Democratic Office on Nov. 1st.
"David is a wonderful addition to the office staff," Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, the incoming Senate Democratic Leader, said in a press release. "His energy and knowledge of the legislative process will not only benefit our Democratic members, but the Senate as well."
Cox, a University of Florida graduate, began working for the House in 2005. His journalistic career includes covering state government and the legislature for The Tampa Tribune and The Orlando Sentinel, among other publications. He also worked as a member of the Florida State University's media relations team....
Public records available -- for a tab of $132,34810/09/14 Blog
State agencies often charge for public records, but one news organization encountered sticker shock when it received the bill for its request. Florida's 17th judicial circuit court charged the Center for Public Integrity $132,348 for records regarding the procedures and policies surrounding foreclosure cases last summer
A story from the investigative news organization states that Alexandra Rieman, general counsel for the circuit that includes Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, said the public records request would require staff to sort through 149,000 emails. That, in turn, would require 2,500 staff member hours at rates of either $45 or $53 an hour, which added up to the $132,348 figure. And whatever records the court system did provide would cost another 15 cents a page, Rieman added, without including estimates of staffer hours and hourly rates....
Florida's hangup: High cell phone taxes and fees10/08/14 Blog
If you think you're forking over too much of your paycheck to pay your cell phone bill, you're not imagining things.
Florida has the fourth highest average state-local cell phone tax and fee rate in the country at 16.55 percent, according to a study by the Washington-D.C.-based Tax Foundation.
"If you add in the 5.82% federal rate, Floridians are actually paying 22.38% of their wireless bill in taxes fees on average. The U.S. average combined federal, state, and local rate is 17.05%," according to the group's press release....
Survey: Public lacks information on amendments, rates state badly for health care for seniors10/08/14 Blog
A majority of Floridians believe the passage of a constitutional amendment to allow medical marijuana will lead to recreational use, according to the latest report from the Sunshine State Survey. But most of those surveyed said they didn't get enough information about proposed amendments or only heard one side.
The survey, administered by the University of South Florida School of Public Affairs and Nielsen, also offers Floridians' views on health care, race relations, elections and transportation....
Movers & Shakers10/06/14 Blog
Update on the Status of Women: Melissa Hagan has been appointed by Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, to the Florida Commission on the Status of Women.
Hagan and her husband, Aaron, own Emerald Coast Interview Consulting, and she recently served as chief development Ooficer for Gulf Coast State College. Hagan, of Lynn Haven, is a former teacher, curriculum designer and caseworker for at-risk youth....
Smith and Rader co-sponsor legislation10/03/14 Blog
Prompted by stories written by a Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald capital reporter on problems plaguing the greyhound racing industry, Sen. Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale and Rep. Kevin Rader, D-Boca Raton, have filed the Greyhound Safety Act to tighten regulations. Reporter Mary Ellen Klas found myriad concerns in areas ranging from greyhound injuries to rogue operators being allowed to train and own racing dogs....


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The impact of the surgical margin status on long-term local control rates for breast cancer in women treated with lumpectomy and radiation therapy is unclear.The records of 289 women with 303 invasive breast cancers who were treated with lumpectomy and radiation therapy from 1972 to 1992 were reviewed. The surgical margin was classified as positive (transecting the inked margin), close (less than or equal to 2 mm from the margin), negative, or indeterminate, based on the initial biopsy findings and reexcision specimens, as appropriate. Various clinical and pathologic factors were analyzed as potential prognostic factors for local recurrence in addition to the margin status, including T classification, N classification, age, histologic features, and use of adjuvant therapy. The mean follow-up was 6.25 years.The actuarial probability of freedom from local recurrence for the entire group of patients at 5 and 10 years was 94% and 87%, respectively. The actuarial probability of local control at 10 years was 98% for those patients with negative surgical margins versus 82% for all others (P = 0.007). The local control rate at 10 years was 97% for patients who underwent reexcision and 84% for those who did not. Reexcision appears to convey a local control benefit for those patients with close, indeterminate, or positive initial margins, when negative final margins are attained (P = 0.0001). Final margin status was the most significant determinant of local recurrence rates in univariate analysis. By multivariate analysis, the final margin status and use of adjuvant chemotherapy were significant prognostic factors.The attainment of negative surgical margins, initially or at the time of reexcision, is the most significant predictor of local control after breast-conserving treatment with lumpectomy and radiation therapy.
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UW-Green BaySummer Camps
Watercolor Painting
Watercolor is a beautiful balance between skill and happy accidents. In this class, campers will learn both. Working with instructor Dawn Flores, campers will learn brush control, gain an expert understanding of color theory, and learn basic wash techniques. By experimenting and working on finished paintings they will learn how to play with watercolor and spontaneously respond to the painting process. Looking at master watercolor works they will come to understand composition, tone, and what makes a great painting.
June 22-27, 2014
For campers entering grades 8-12+
Onilne registration for this camp has now closed. To register please call 920-465-2775.
Instructor: Dawn Flores
As a teenager, Dawn Flores attended UW-Green Bay Summer Art Camp on a scholarship she won through the Neville Public Museum. She went on to major in art and theatre at Edgewood College, UW-Madison, and Loyola University-New Orleans, before getting a certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration from the New York Botanical Garden. Before becoming a teacher, Dawn worked as a commercial artist painting everything from furniture and ceiling murals, to manikins and gymnasium floors. She lives in Richmond, Virginia where she is an adjunct faculty member at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She teaches throughout Virginia and Wisconsin at schools, botanical gardens, art centers, and museums. Her work hangs in private collections throughout the United States and Canada.
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Big Bend Districts Show Improvement on End-of-Course AssessmentsTallahassee, Fla., June 16, 2014 - Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart today recognized school districts in Florida's Big Bend for improved student performance on state end-of-course (EOC) assessments in Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology 1 and U.S. History.
"I am so appreciative of Florida's teachers and school leaders who have worked incredibly hard this year to improve student performance," said Commissioner Stewart. "Their increased focus and dedication will ensure Florida's students are prepared for success in college, career and in life."
- Gadsden County improved from 2013 in two of the four assessment areas released today with Biology 1 scores increasing five percentage points.
- Lafayette County is one of 13 Florida school districts that improved in all four assessment areas from 2013. Scores jumped 36 percentage points in Geometry, 12 percentage points in Algebra 1, six percentage points in Biology 1 and four percentage points in U.S. History.
- Madison County increased from 2013 in three of the four assessment areas released today. Students scored 34 percentage points higher in Algebra 1, 12 percentage points higher in U.S. History, and three percentage points higher in Geometry.
- Florida State University School improved from 2013 in three of the four assessment areas released today. Geometry scores rose 23 percentage points, Algebra 1 scores rose 13 percentage points, and U.S. History scores rose eight percentage points.
Overall, statewide student achievement improved in all of the EOC assessment areas released today. Compared to last year, students improved in U.S. History by 10 percentage points, followed by a two percentage point increase in Biology and a one percentage point increase in both Algebra 1 and Geometry.
The Algebra 1 EOC was administered for the first time in spring 2011, the Biology 1 and Geometry EOCs were first administered in spring 2012 and the U.S. History EOC was administered for the first time in spring 2013. More information about EOCs can be found at Florida End-of-Course Assessments.
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- EMZ Dec 12, 2005 04:31 PM
In hopes of saving some $$$ this year, we're thinking of making gifts for family. I'd love to do something canned (like, with Mason Jars) and buy some cute labels from the site listed below. Does anyone have any good ideas for Canned gifts?? And, say I wanted to make something like tomato sauce - would I have to do anything special to the can (like boil it) or do I have to be careful with ingredients like garlic (I seem to recall some connection with the possibility of botulism)???
I really don't know anything about canning... I've always wanted to learn, but heard it's a pain in the a**! However, there are three bbq sauce recipes in "Not Your Mother's Slowcooker Cookbook" and I had thought about doing a trio of those for everyone for Christmas. I decided not to do it, just because we are doing a gift exchange, but I still think it could be fun. The book says they keep for up to 6 weeks, so that's not bad. Just an idea!
I have made canned albacore for gifts.
I used a neighbor's All American Pressure Cooker. IIRC, 20 minutes at 10 lbs. 18 to 19 pints at a time. I won't can fish inside the house again because of the smell. The cooker costs ~$200.
FDA and UC Extension have canning guidelines available on the internet, the cooker has an instruction book.
I think there are other (non pressure) canners that are not as expensive as the pressure canner.
You could also give away frozen tomato sauce, I have given as gifts, "Sunday Sauce", frozen in plastic containers.
I'm with prior poster, if making sauce just put in plastic container and have them freeze it. One year I made a huge pot of sauce and made up baskets (painted wooden clementine containers red and green), put in a pretty dish towel, container of sauce, macaroni and homemade biscotti and had my pups make decorative wooden spoons...I recall my grandmother canning a lot of things, namely jars of tomatoes and beans and pickling all sorts of stuff, I've never attempted it. Good luck!!
I don't want to discourage you, but the canning season is pretty much over for this year. It depends on what you have in mind,you could make a jam or a sauce from frozen fruit or a bbq sauce at this point, but finding jars at this time of year is difficult also. Best of luck, and try canning next summer and fall, it is work, but so satisfying too. Get the Ball Blue Book of canning, the instructions are all there.
PS You could try a hot pepper jelly at this time of year if you can find the jars.
re: Amy G.
sorry, no suggestions for gift ideas, but i believe fishes eddy carries the ball mason jars year round, so if you can't find any jars this'll be a good place to look. and if you're not in nyc, they do ship, but by ups so it might be expensive depending on how many jars you need. goodluck.
The botulism issue depends on what you are making, it requires an anaerobic and non-acid environment. It is a bit late anyway except for making some jams and jellies with winter or frozen fruit. Do get a copy of the Ball Blue Book, it is inexpensive, a large oversized thin paper book which will tell you all you need to know. One thing I used to make as Christmas gifts were hot dilly beans. In one case I had to give a husband and wife each their own jars becuase they got so territorrial about them. There is a recipe in the book. I always pack the jars with garlic slices which were cooked up in the brine to begin with, fresh dill and hot peppers.
Here's a recipe for meyer lemon marmalade that I have made and given as gifts. I add some pink grapefruit (a la June Taylor) to great result.
Making marmalade isn't particularly difficult (but it does help to have some experience). This marmalade lasts quite a while in the fridge, so you could get away without really canning it (i.e., using the water bath method). Just pour it into hot, sterilized jars, then immediately wipe the rim, place the lid, and tighten it. (Sometimes the jars will even self-vacume seal.) Allow jars to cool completely, then store in the fridge.
I also recommend the Ball Blue Book of canning. That's my starting reference.
Personally, I have no trouble finding canning supplies year round in my area (northern california). Try hardware stores such as Orchard Supply Hardware or ACE.
You can try those jars with layered ingredients that you friends can use to make cookies, cappuccino, soups etc... there are books with those ideas such as http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1563...
It takes no experience, just some creativity, and if you're decent with your computer skils, you can buy some pretty blank labels from a stationary or office supply store, and personalize them yourself.
This recipe is delicious and can be served with meats, on a burger, sandwich, or on cottage cheese. And it looks festive, like confetti.
Canning is really easy and simple as long as there is plenty of vinegar or sugar in what you are canning. This has both. It's plain green beans that can get botulism and kill you--that's where you need to boil the food in the jars or better pressure can. I don't can that kind of stuff. Not even pickled green beans can hurt you. I usually do 50 pints of tomato sauce and about 50 1/2 pints of jam or relish every year.
If I recall this festive and beautiful recipe makes about 20 1/2 pint jars. You can halve the recipe or you can can make pints instead of 1/2 pints. I keep it simmering while I fill, wipe the rim of the jar with a paper towel, and seal the jars. You can boil your jars if you like but remember you are putting a liquid that is very hot in the jar. I wash them before I start and then put a little water in each one and then nuke the jars before using. They are very hot. Then I turn them upside down on a papertowel until I am ready to fill them.
Be sure to clean the rim before sealing, and any of the jars where the lids don't seal should be put in the refrigerator and used within a few months.
Sweet Red Pepper Hash
6 yellow peppers
6 red peppers
6 medium onions, peeled
1 or 2 hot peppers, optional
1 pint cider vinegar
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1.De-stem, de-seed, and quarter the peppers. Blanch in boiling water for 1 minute and drain thoroughly.
2. Grind or chop the peppers and onions.
3. Mix the peppers and onions together with the remaining ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Prepare pint or half-pint jars. Transfer pepper hash with slotted spoon into hot sterilized jars. Add a little of the liquid, leaving ¼ inch head space. Seal according to manufacturers instructions, cleaning the jar rim and using a new lid. Turn the hot jars upside down for 5 minutes and then turn jars right side up and allow to cool completely.
5. You can use the pepper hash immediately, but it gets better after a few weeks.
don't be discouraged. i discovered canning this year and it's been great, and really easy. i started with the spiced apple chutney in Nigella's domestic goddess book, and it is wonderful. last night i made her pink grapefruit marmalade, and it's so delicious and a gorgeous color too. and apples and grapefruits are abundant right now, at least here in the UK.
the trick is not to try to do too much. i'd loved the look of the recipes in the Joy of Cooking, but the yields are all massive. the idea of starting out with those amounts, when i wasn't even sure what i was doing, put me off. but the recipes in the Nigella book are completely manageable.
i used regular canning jars, not mason jars (though i did use masons for preserved lemons and quince brandy). washed them carefully, let dry in a hot oven, took them out to fill, then sealed and boiled in a deep pan. other than the jars themselves, i didn't need any equipment that i didn't already have (though i think one of those silicon oven mitts would be really helpful).
i'm much more comfortable with the whole process now, and have started experimenting a bit with the recipes. it's been really great, and i can't wait to give my jams and chutneys as gifts.
re: hobokeg
You're recipients are soooo lucky, red grapefruit marmalade sounds divine!!!(And beautiful to boot!) I recently bought a jar of regular grapefruit marmalade and loved it. Happy Holidays!
re: hobokeg
Is there anyway you could paraphrase and post the recipe for the pink grapefruit marmalade? No big deal if you can't! Thanks!
re: Katie Nell
Sure. It's so easy it's ridiculous...
* 2 pink grapefruits (you want about 800g total)
* 1kg preserving sugar (i think granulated would be fine, and i subbed light brown for about 1/3 of it)
* juice of 2 lemons
put a small plate or saucer into your freezer.
make sure the grapefruits are clean. put them in a big pot with enough water so that they float freely. boil them for about 2 hours, till they're very soft. you may need to add water; i didn't because i kept them covered most of the time.
drain the grapefruits, then slice in half. when they're cool enough to tolerate touching them, put them flat side down and slice very thinly. chop a bit, too, so the pieces aren't too big. this gets very messy, so you might want to have something under your cutting board to catch all the juice.
put all the juice and sliced fruit back into your pot. add the sugar and lemon juice. heat gently just to melt the sugar. then turn up the heat and let mixture boil for about 15 minutes, till set. you can test this by taking your plate out of the freezer and putting a small spoonful of the marmalade onto it. wait a few seconds, then push at it with your finger. if it wrinkles, it's ready.
spoon into hot sterilized jars.
Note: Nigella says you can do the same thing with the same weight of Seville oranges to make orange marmalade, and you can also add some ginger for a spicy flavor. i used some brown sugar in the marmalade, and also a touch of vanilla extract. i have nothing to compare it to, but it is absolutely delicious.
re: hobokeg
Thank you... it sounds SO good! I think my New Year's resolutions is to try my hand at canning!
Like others, I recommend getting the Ball Blue Book for basic canning instructions (buy through link below to help out Chowhound). Water bath canning is really fairly easy, and you don't really need special equipment; you probably already have a large pot and a rack that will fit in the bottom. A canning funnel and jar tongs aren't totally necessary, but are cheap and helpful.
While it is too late for canning many fruits, you can use many things like apples, pears, and citrus, and vegetables, to make butters, marmalades, chutneys, and pickles. Apple butter, chutneys, and pickles are a good place to start, because you don't need to worry about them jelling or setting up, like jams and marmalades.
Some recipes I like are
sweet and chunky apple butter (I like the spiced variation)
tomato chutney
spiced persimmon chutney
An alternative to canning would be to make som infused vinegars (with fruit and/or herbs) and dress them with pretty labels. There are lots of recipes out there.
I attended a crafts show this weekend where the hot item was kahlua chocolate cakes that were cooked in jars. The baker bakes the cakes for 50 minutes in quart jars (prepared just as you would for jams and jellies) and then after they cool for five minutes adds the rings and lids and voila..they seal.
I looked up some recipes on the net for cakes in a jar. There is some discussion re: botulism, but there are also dozens of recipes. The baker at the crafts fair says they last sealed up to six months and she's never had any problems or complaints.
They look lovely wrapped with clear celophane and pretty riboons. I'm going to try some myself next week.
I attended a crafts show this weekend where the hot item was kahlua chocolate cakes that were cooked in jars. The baker bakes the cakes for 50 minutes in quart jars (prepared just as you would for jams and jellies) and then after they cool for five minutes adds the rings and lids and voila..they seal.
I looked up some recipes on the net for cakes in a jar. There is some discussion re: botulism, but there are also dozens of recipes. The baker at the crafts fair says they last sealed up to six months and she's never had any problems or complaints.
They look lovely wrapped with clear celophane and pretty riboons. I'm going to try some myself next week.
I attended a crafts show this weekend where the hot item was kahlua chocolate cakes that were cooked in jars. The baker bakes the cakes for 50 minutes in quart jars (prepared just as you would for jams and jellies) and then after they cool for five minutes adds the rings and lids and voila..they seal.
I looked up some recipes on the net for cakes in a jar. There is some discussion re: botulism, but there are also dozens of recipes. The baker at the crafts fair says they last sealed up to six months and she's never had any problems or complaints.
They look lovely wrapped with clear celophane and pretty riboons. I'm going to try some myself next week.
I was a bit miffed at the people who said canning season is over. I beg to differ - It depends on what you are canning and how. Certainly, if you want to make jams\jellies from berries, than yes, canning season may be over (unless you are able to pay the premium for those berries out of season - possible but if you are canning to save money, not very probable OR if you live in Southern California. I remember several years where I was making strawberry jam in February and I had picked the berries myself). However, there are quite a few other options available in the winter for making jams and jellies. You can make grape jelly by using unsugared grape juice. I've also done a cranberry jam (in season now) for the holidays as well. Not very many people had even heard of cranberry jam but once they tried it, found it quite delightful. Another favorite of mine (especiall for the holidays) is making sparkling jelly out of champagne (I've used cheap champage from Wal-Mart at 1.99 a bottle - it sounds weird I know but it's quite good as a jelly) All recipes are included in the Blue Ball Book. For an added touch, I include one bag of "The Original Fisher Fair Scone Mix" in a basket with two or three jars of jelly\jam. As another reader posted, this type of canning is quite simple and does not require expensive equipment.
Additionally, if you are interested in canning meat or sauces or soups, canning season is most definately NOT over. In fact, for several people it is just getting going (especially if you are canning venison)... The Blue Ball Book is an excellent start for ideas and suggestions. Personally, I think home made chicken soup makes a wonderful homemade gift and stores well. I like to have a stash on hand for when the people I know get sick. It makes a nice gift basket with some OJ and\or Gatorade and saltines. This type of canning requires a pressure cooker which can be expensive but in the long run, is worth it. Additionally, pressure canners have come a long way from what some people may remember growing up.
Canning can be a lot of fun!
re: bethany
As a last note, I did a google search for another posting on lemon\lime curd and stumbled onto a pretty cool site for canning recipes if you are interested. A lot more than what I've seen in the Blue Ball book even.
My sisters cans all kinds of vegetables in her garden in Minot ND, and sells it at a local co-op. she has purchased labels from www.rippedsheets.com, and also has sent out holiday wristbands from www.wristbandfactory.com with orders.


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