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This time of the year, there's no shortage of fun things to do in Henrico County. For example, on two recent weekends, some of the county's diverse music and dance offerings were on display at three events. You could enjoy performances by a Latin ballet company, a church choir and Asian Indian dancers. Ana Ines King, director of the Latin Ballet of Virginia, and two members of the Glen Allen-based company performed June 23 at the CultureWorks CultSha Xpo. Dressed in a shimmering, floor-length red dress and fringed shawl, King performed a Spanish flamenco on the Science Museum of Virginia's rotunda stage. Her dance featured beautiful fluid motions alternating with swirling spins as her shawl stayed in almost-constant motion. She twirled across the small stage, punctuating the dance with rapid-fire footsteps. Afterwards, King introduced two young dancers costumed in brilliant, tropical colors. The duo performed a hot Caribbean rumba. For the finale, the trio invited spectators onto the stage for a group dance lesson. King, who founded the company, said the arts play a dominant role in Latin cultures. "The most important part of the culture and part of the history is actually dance and music and without that we cannot live," King said. The following day in Chester another kind of dance took center stage. Henrico County resident Bina Shah hurried around the expansive Cultural Center of India making last-minute arrangements for the final day of the Taste of India event. About 100 people, many from Henrico, performed at the two-day festival. Sunday's opening performance was a classical Indian dance called Bharat Natyam. The dance, performed by four teens, featured elaborate traditional dress and a tribute to Lord Ganesha, the Indian elephant god. Shah said the event's music, dance and food were an opportunity for people to learn about India's culture without leaving the country. "We take them to India without going to India… you experience India here," she said. The following weekend it was busy at Gravel Hill Center in Varina despite damaging storms the night before and a temperature of 100 degrees by noon on Saturday. The historic community hosted its "Civil War to Civil Rights" event as part of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Glendale. About a dozen members of Gravel Hill Baptist Church's combined choir gathered under a large white tent dressed casually in the steamy weather. Accompanied by Alvin Campbell, a music teacher at Highland Springs High School, the choir sang four songs including, "We've Come This Far By Faith" and "Amazing Grace." James Washington Jr., chairman of the church's music committee, said gospel music appeals to people across many cultures. "Anybody can sing gospel music. As long as your heart is right and you have the right spirit, you can sing gospel music," Washington said. "Gospel music is something that everybody can relate to." Even if you missed these performances, Henrico County's broad range of cultural events take place year round. The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen is one of the county's busiest venues. "We make certain that our performance offerings are culturally diverse," said Anita Waters, director of public relations and marketing for the center. "Over the [past] five years … we have strategically included the Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats, The Harlem Gospel Choir, Kenya Safari Acrobats, Ezibu Muntu African Dance Company and Eleone Dance Theatre to name a few, as a way to allow our patrons the ability to experience the artistic styles from different cultures and ethnicities." So even when this summer's heat melts into fall and eventually winter, there will still be plenty of opportunities to experience a diverse range of arts, music and dance in Henrico County. This story is part of the Virginia Tapestry series, which is produced by In Your Shoes Media. For details about each of the organizations described in this article, visit http://www.artsglenallen.com; http://www.gravelhillbaptistchurch.com/home; and http://www.latinballet.com |
RAMPS receives $8k grant
Citizen Staff Reports 03/03/2015
RAMPS (Ramp Access Made Possible by Students) recently received an $8,000 grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. The award was one of 75 grants totaling more than $600,137 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit organizations nationwide that provide more opportunities, access, and daily quality of life for individuals living with paralysis, their families and caregivers.
RAMPS, an organization founded by then-Henrico County high school students to build ramps for local low-income residents who need them, will use the grant to purchase modular wheelchair ramp supplies. These supplies will be used by local high school RAMPS clubs, who provide volunteers to build the ramps. > Read more.
Henrico man to compete in Liberty Mutual Invitational National Finals
Citizen Staff Reports 02/19/2015
Henrico resident Larry Loving, Jr., will compete with three other locals – Thomas Scribner (Richmond), Roscoe McGhee (Midlothian) and Larry Loving (Richmond) in the Liberty Mutual Insurance Invitational National Finals at TPC Sawgrass, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Feb. 26-Mar. 1. The foursome qualified for the national golf tournament by winning the Liberty Mutual Insurance Invitational, held at Whiskey Creek Golf Club in Ijamsville, Md. on June 11. That event supported the RiteCare Center for Childhood Language Disorders.
In total, 240 amateur golfers will compete in Florida. > Read more.
In total, 240 amateur golfers will compete in Florida. > Read more.
Henrico PAL recognizes supporters, HSHS athlete
The Henrico Police Athletic League (PAL) held its Sixth Annual Awards Banquet Feb. 5 at The Cultural Arts Center of Glen Allen, celebrating accomplishments of 2014 and recognizing outstanding contributions to the organization. Henrico County Juvenile Domestic Court Judge Denis Soden served as master of ceremonies and former Harlem Globetrotter Melvin Adams served as keynote speaker.
Among the 2014 honorees were Richmond International Raceway (Significant Supporter), Richmond Strikers Soccer Club (Significant Supporter), Henrico County Schools-Pupil Transportation (Summer Camp Supporter), Bruce Richardson, Jr. (Youth of the Year), Sandra Williams (Volunteer of the Year), Thomas Williams (Employee of the Year), Mikki Pleasants (Board Member of the Year), and Michelle Sheehan (Police Officer of the Year). > Read more.
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Travinia brings contemporary elegance to Willow Lawn
It was another win for Willow Lawn when Travinia Italian Kitchen and Wine Bar opened there six months ago, nestled in the heart of the re-made shopping center. The contemporary American Italian restaurant boasts 13 locations up and down the East Coast, with the Henrico location opening in August.
In the same week, I hit up Travinia twice, once for lunch and once for a late dinner. At lunchtime on a weekday, I was overwhelmed by the smell of garlic and by the number of working professionals in nice suits on their lunch breaks. When we first walked in, I was concerned our meal would be a little too pricey based on the décor – it's a really nice place. Luckily, the menu has a variety of options for every budget. > Read more.
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'SpongeBob' movie energizes with wit, laughter
There's a ton of sugar in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. Literal sugar, as SpongeBob Squarepants (Tom Kenny) and Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) inhale their own weight in cotton candy and eat ice cream, one scoop per mouthful.
At one point we burrow into the brain of our boxy yellow hero and discover the inner workings of his brain: googly-eyed cakes and candies that giggle and sing. All of which is extremely appropriate for a film like Sponge Out of Water. Because not only is the movie sweet (the "awwww" kind of sweet), but it's the equivalent of a 30-candy bar sugar rush, zipping between ideas like a sponge on rocket skates.
The story under all this is really not that complicated. SpongeBob flips burgers at the Krusty Krab. > Read more.
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Physical evidence has been obtained from a truck used to smash through an enclosure at the SCV Senior Center Sunday morning, helping detectives to get a little closer to the suspect who stole a specially-equipped truck used in the center's Home Delivered Meals program.
During the early-morning incident, the suspect got into an enclosed yard where the trucks were parked, pried open the front door of an office building where keys were kept and used one of the temperature-controlled vehicles as a battering ram on the cyclone fence gate. Once the gate was down, he abandoned the damaged truck and grabbed keys to another truck to make his getaway.
The damaged vehicle has been impounded by the sheriff's department, which is conducting tests on blood and fingerprints found inside the cab.
After giving a rundown of the crime, Sgt. Darren Harris of the Santa Clarita Valley station said he found this crime particularly cruel.
"For a person to go to this extent to harm an organization that does this much good in our community," he said. "We definitely want to get this man in custody."
The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s or 30s, with brown hair, 5' 10" to 6 feet tall.
The truck, a white 2008 Ford Ranger truck (pictured) had the SCV Senior Center's information painted on the sides and rear, where the name and logo of the truck's sponsor, Boston Scientific, was also emblazoned.
"It's very sad in this day and age for some to think that this is funny," said Patti Rasmussen, President of the SCV Senior Center Foundation. "The need for this program is growing and Boston Scientific had just come on as one of our sponsors. We couldn't do this without the sponsors' help."
Frontier Toyota donates the basic trucks, but it's sponsor money that outfits the bed with heating and refrigeration units to keep food at the proper temperature.
"We just expanded from nine to 10 routes," said Kathy Crone, who handles fundraising for the center's foundation. "We are waiting for the 10th truck to be finished, now we're down two. With only seven trucks, it's taken a toll on our volunteers, who have doubled up to make sure the meals get delivered."
Crone said that the program provides 350 meals per day, six days a week, to seniors and the home-bound, who depend on both the food and human contact for survival.
What is particularly poignant is that the foundation members were not told about the vehicle theft until the next day, when they were conducting a golf tournament to raise money.
"I just teared up," Crone said. "I couldn't believe someone would do that. We made an announcement and people started passing the hat. We collected about $1,500 right then towards replacing the truck.
Anyone who sees the vehicle is asked to call the SCV Sheriff's station at 661-255-1121.

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Simon Hooper and Phil Gibbs have been confirmed as the referees for our two games against Charlton on Saturday and Barnsley a week tonight.
The last time Hooper refereed us was last season at Millwall when a Jay Rodriguez goal gave us a 1-0 win. Gibbs follows him and that's what he did last season when he refereed our next game after Millwall, the 1-0 home defeat against Reading, his last Burnley game.
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Since Wednesday's horrific Achilles tendon injury to Erik Karlsson, Senators fans have been working through their stages of grief.
Initially, there was denial and anger. How could this happen to Ottawa's best player? The fact that serial offender Matt Cooke wore the skate blade that did the deed - even if Cooke was ruled blameless by the NHL - only fuelled fan fires.
The next stage in the process was self-pity. Woe is Ottawa. What else can go wrong? And how did things turn so quickly? As of Friday, it had been just 33 days since the club held a post-lockout media conference, off the charts bullish about the pending season. Team owner Eugene Melnyk beamed as he spoke about the Senators hitting the ground running - with 17 of 23 roster players having played during the lockout.
One of those players, centre Jason Spezza, who spent 28 games with Raperswil-Jona in the Swiss League, was booked for back surgery five games into the NHL season. By then, cornerstone defenceman Jared Cowen had already had his hip surgery and was ruled gone for this season.
A string of other minor, short term injuries hit several others in the organization before Karlsson went down so horribly.
And yet, even as the injuries mount, and as Karlsson begins the long road to recovery and rehabilitation for next season, there are several reasons why this injury, at this time, is not the end of the world some would have you believe.
After being disgustingly healthy in 2011-12, the Senators were due to run into injury issues. Maybe that means next year they're relatively healthy again. Most importantly, the prognosis for Spezza, Karlsson and Cowen is excellent.
Barring setbacks, they should all be at 100 per cent next fall when the club can finally assemble the roster the organization imagined coming out of the quarterfinal playoff series against the New York Rangers.
The moment Cowen was pronounced gone for the season, there was a growing sense in Ottawa that the lockout wasn't such a bad thing after all, from a local point of view. And if the NHL did return to action in the New Year, most Senators fans understood this wasn't likely to be THE year to contend. Not with Cowen out. Not with the team trying to break in an array of rookies: at forward - Jakob Silfverberg for sure, and possibly Mika Zibanejad or Mark Stone as well. And on defence - Patrick Wiercioch and Andre Benoit or Mark Borowiecki. As it turned out, with added injuries up front and on the blueline, the march of rookies out of AHL Binghamton to Ottawa became a parade in this year of regrouping.
This one is key. As painful as it was for members of the organization to watch Karls-son hobble off the ice in Pittsburgh on one good leg, general manager Bryan Murray made the salient point at his media briefing on Thursday - Murray has Karlsson, 22, under contract. Not for the short term, but the long haul, for seven years, through to 2019. Considering Karlsson was in the process of raising the bar on his Norris Trophy winning season, his $6.5-million salary cap hit is more than manageable. It's a bargain. He will return to form. Does anyone even remember Teemu Selanne tearing his Achilles - by 85 per cent, more severe than Karlsson - in his second NHL season? The Finnish Flash went on to score another 566 NHL goals after his surgery and at age 42 is still going strong with the Anaheim Ducks. By the time Karlsson is done playing, this injury will register as a tiny blip on a brilliant career. The best is yet to come.
Fortunately for the Senators, their style of play is not predicated on run and gun, a Pittsburgh Penguins or Chicago Blackhawks-style attack. Karlsson was the anomaly. The one player with free reign to wheel. Why not, when he is blessed with unrivalled skating ability and anticipation.
Otherwise, the Senators score by committee, and have to work their tails off at that. What endeared the Senators to their fans last season was head coach Paul MacLean's lunch pail approach. They played hard. Ticket buyers appreciated the effort. That shouldn't change just because the two most talented offensive players, Karlsson and Spezza are missing. If anything, the blue collar approach is all the more necessary. Ottawa players won't have trouble buying in - they've already seen it work.
The proverbial Bingo bus unloaded a few more players on Friday, prior to the road trip to Toronto and New Jersey. Dave Dziurzynski, Derek Grant and Eric Gryba are just the latest in a string of minor league call-ups since the start of the season. Not that the Senators don't believe they can take a run at a playoff berth - they do, against all odds. But whether they achieve a top eight position in the Eastern Conference or not, players like Silfverberg, Zibanejad and Wiercioch are going to get more minutes, experience more situations, take on more responsibility than they otherwise would have. That should make them more valuable down the road, when the core group is healthy and the Senators have a chance to be a legitimate contender in the east.
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When Rusl woke up, he was positive that he should still have been asleep. He could hear night birds singing, and they always stopped a good hour before the cuckoos crowed. So why was he awake?
The swordsman lazily turned over, so that he was facing the wall. Except he couldn't see the wall. He was startled to find two blue orbs floating an inch from his eyes.
"Oh good, you're awake! I was beginning to think that you'd sleep forever."
"Link," yawned Rusl, "why are you up?"
"You said that you'd tell me story tomorrow. Well, tomorrow's today and today is yesterday now!"
Rusl tried to wrap his groggy mind around the boy's logic. It took a while to figure out.
"Go back to sleep," he mumbled eventually. "I'll tell you after breakfast, I promise."
The second that the breakfast dished were cleared away, Link was tugging at Rusl's shirt, trying to pull him towards the couch. Instead of sitting down, the swordsman grabbed his blade and left the cottage, leading the boy behind him.
"Uncle Rusl, where are we going?"
"To your house," the man replied, walking towards the spirit's spring. A lone building stood them and their destination, tall and lifeless compared to the carefree dawn.
After the door was unlocked, both figures entered. Everything was neat and clean; Rusl came here to be alone and remember old times. He and Link sat down on the couch, and the man unsheathed his sword.
"Link, do you know who this sword first belonged to?"
The boy shook his head.
"It belonged to you father, Colin, and before that it was your grandfather's. He used to teach Colin and I how to be swordsmen. That was how the adventure began
"Come on, boys; put a little more effort into it! Rusl, thrust lower! Colin, don't just stick your blade out and hope that it blocks him. Watch the way he's fighting and anticipate his next move. Parry!"
"Dad, we need a break," Colin panted between strokes. "We've been practicing for hours."
"Yeah, it's hot and we haven't had anything to drink," added Rusl breathlessly. "We can't do this much longer."
"All right, boys. Get some spring water and cool off. I guess you've earned it."
The young men walked to Ordona's Spring and flopped onto their backs in the cool water. Both were sixteen years old, although Rusl was roughly five inches taller that his friend. Colin had sandy blonde hair that stuck out from the back of his head in a very short, very sloppy ponytail, and his blue eyes always twinkled mischievously. On the other hand, Rusl had warm blue-green eyes and hair such a pale blonde that it almost looked silver. They were complete opposites in terms of personality, but they were the best of friends.
"Your dad's so tough on us," complained Rusl. "Did you ever talk to him about letting up a bit?"
Colin moaned in remembrance. "He just said 'If you want to a knight of Hyrule, you'll have to work at it.' Then he made me clean his stupid sword. Again."
Rusl was going to add a snide comment, but the arrival of his girlfriend made him bite his tongue.
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I like Mezzmo, and expect that the glitches will be cured either by them or Sony with a firmware update. At least the Mezzmo maintains the original quality, unlike the server in Windows Media Player, which apparently transcodes everything, which reduces quality and uses a lot of CPU power.
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By Katie Levine on January 27, 2014
What are Spaniards adding to their red wine? Why can certain people taste colors and smell sounds? What year is it? Find out the answer to all of this and more as Ryan Sickler (The CrabFeast, stand-up comedy) joins the guys in the studio. Today's episode is brought to you by TeeFury, so be sure to check out their awesome pop culture clothing options at http://www.teefury.com/nerdist!
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In a group of 40 students entering the ninth grade in Charleston County, about eight of them were unable to read beyond the fourth-grade level in 2009. This year, roughly five would be in that fix.
That's a solid improvement in the most essential task for public education. Clearly, there's more to be done, but the school district and the board are on the correct track in focusing on reading skills.
Superintendent Nancy McGinley, who initiated the district's literacy program, is right to be pleased. She is also right to say more progress is necessary — in math as well as reading.
Charleston County students who lack reading skills are not alone. State Education Superintendent Mick Zais is so concerned that he has asked the Legislature to mandate that no child be promoted to the fourth grade until he can read at a third-grade level, at least.
Perhaps CCSD's reading initiative can serve as an example for other districts to help accomplish that goal.
The specifics of the district's reading program have changed to meet students' needs over the last four years. Initially Dr. McGinley created literacy academies to give additional instruction to primary and sixth graders who were struggling.
Efforts being made in the sixth grade were enjoying success, so they were expanded to include seventh and eighth graders also.
And as those students get to high school, they will have had the advantage of literacy efforts all along the way.
But this early success doesn't suggest the district has arrived where it needs to be, and Dr. McGinley and her staff are looking for other answers. For example, all middle school teachers now must be certified in reading instruction.
Some make the point that nearly half of this year's freshmen who read at or below a fourth-grade level are either special needs students or among the growing number of students whose primary language is not English.
Indeed, those students present challenges to teachers. But it is just as important for them to learn to read as it is for their classmates. The district should pursue efforts on their behalf with the same vigor that it has for traditional students.
Dr. McGinley and her staff and teachers are blamed when things go poorly. They should be credited when things go well.
A five-year low for the rate of ninth graders reading at a fourth-grade level or below is worthy of praise.
And we shouldn't forget to give a pat on the back to those hard-working students who are improving their reading skills as part of the district's enhanced literacy initiative.
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Any further thoughts?
A quick check of the Google cache of a Yahoo directory cat shows they don't cloak.
Yahoo uses 302 redirects to their indirect links to the destination website. Googlebot simply sees the URL in the directory then attempts to follow it. It then sees that it is a redirect and then treats it as if it were a direct link to the site.
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Comfortable king size bed. The court yard with pool was beautiful.
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The property is 1 mile from the Bayshore Municipal Golf Course and a 3-minute drive from the Miami Beach Convention Center. Lincoln Road Mall is 2 miles away.
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Comfortable king size bed. The court yard with pool was beautiful.
Their food & beverage program was on point. Even if you don't stay at the freehand you must visit broken shaker & 27!
Hotel staff can be a bit dry and hard to find at times but for the price of the rooms its cheap enough to overlook it
Pool and outdoor area - great . Bedroom nice , clean. Restaurant 27 beside hostel had a great atmosphere and even better cuisine!
toilet old and shabby. Could not open window in bedroom. AC was very noisy and road traffice very noisy throughout night did not get much sleep. I expected better AC, toilet and sound proof windows for 200 dollars! Very expensive for a hostel room.
If you are alone and look for an hostel atmosphere to mingle, leave as quick as possible. Every evening the place get crowded with groups of fancy people who come to the bar - restaurant which is in the backyard of the hostel and very popular in Miami beach. Not convenient at all to meet new people.
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The courtyard bar and pool is very nice, and the restaurant next door is fantastic. The decor maintains the old world charm without being stuffy. The location is good for Miami Beach.
The beds (while comfortable for a bunk bed) were too short for me (187cm). The reception always had a long wait and often took several tries before they resolved the issue. The included breakfast needs more fibre or something healthier than frosted flakes. Finding parking is almost impossible.
Lots of character and more like a youth hostel than a hotel. Restaurant was excellent.
There is NO parking. Not for the hotel, and not on the street -- and I didn't know this until I showed up and had to park nearly a mile away. Room was tiny and with no real work-space. It would fine as a base for site-seeing but definitely not for the business traveler
It is quite funky/grungy. Good for young travellers.
We checked out after 2 days (had intended to stay longer) as the noise by the pool prevented sleep. Partying went on until after 2am on our first night and we were jetlagged! It is pretty basic accomodation and quite a way from South Beach, where we found Hotels at a similar price which were more luxurious. Perhaps we are too old....!
groovy retro like 5 star resort looks and comfort
Beds and rooms!
Recreation spaces like pool Are converted in drinking places For partying!
The room is very clean and forniture is now. Also the beds are very comfortable compared to other hostels.
Never again!!!!!
Me and my friends twice at different times reserved the room in this Hostel and we paid in full for that. But the staff and manager were very unfriendly and rude to the clients! At 3 o'clock the hour check-in the staff and manager(a black-latino man) did not start to work. On the clients request to start check-in they said:...wait for more:... "5 minutes" .., then another "5 minutes" ... and so it went until 3:15 pm! They laughed together and did some work is not known, but not for the clients. The paperwork for the settlement lasted until 4pm! Staff stole 1 hour from customers. But our room was not ready, room cleaning continued until 4:15pm! The breakfast was very poor!
I liked the staff
I didn't like that there was no parking for this hotel, we parked 7 blocks away because the lot that they say you can park in was full, with residents of south beach. I didn't like the blankets they provided for the bed they were cheap itchy and didn't do any justice last night when miami was freezing. What didn't help was the paper thin windows where you can hear the drunks past by your window, keeping you up at night.
Arrived here late on a Friday night and the place was buzzing from the outside pool/bar area. Apparently the Broken Shaker and 27 Restaurant/Bar draw a lively crowd. Good drinks, friendly people, nice staff that are pleasant and attentive. Comfortable beds and clean.
The hallway smelled of urine the next morning since there is a public restroom that was used by the attached bar's patrons.
Atmosphere and staff. Restaurant 27 was awesome too.
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Greensburg, La. — t's been a year of polar opposites for schools in St. Helena Parish, as the district went from the worst performing in the state, to showing by far the most improvement out of every other district, on state test scores.
"Very proud of students, parents and teachers," said Superintendent Kelli Joseph.
Starting with a new superintendent, the district also completely overhauled its supervisors at the central office, bringing in a team of young doctoral graduates with fresh ideas on how to deliver overall improvements, of scores and personal character.
"First thing we did is set a clear vision for the system," Joseph said.
Every student in the district starts the day by reciting a daily affirmation of principles and goals.
"Setting high expectations, doing their best, being a leader," Joseph said.
Double-digit gains were accomplished in all subjects. The most dramatic with fourth grade social studies, where students went from a dismal 20-percent pass rate last year, to over 60-percent pass rate this year.
"I mean they really worked hard to accomplish what we did this school year," said Reginald Douglas, principal of St. Helena Central Elementary.
While working on student achievement, the district also battled back one of the biggest budget deficits in the state. Starting at $1.4 million, it's now been trimmed down to over $300,000.
"We are doing a whole lot more with the bare minimum," Joseph said.
School officials said the work is far from over. They plan to work on increasing dual enrollment for high school students, increaing their graduation rate and continued improvement on test scores.


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GOOD ART IS LIKE GOOD FOODThis is something I've been noticing a lot latelyAnd I really wanted to add my input about thisPeople need to think of art the same way that they think of food, price and quality wise. Basically what you pay for is what you get. You can't go into a gourmet 5 star restraunt expecting a 10 dollar meal. WHY YOU ASK? paying more than 25 dollars on a meal at a restaraunt like that is rediculous? is it really though? Each member of the staff in that kitchen has spent YEARS of learning, trial and error and practicing to perfect their recipes to make sure they are the best of quality for you to enjoy. They use the best ingredients, and they put TIME into everything they make. This meal is the cultivation of all those years of effort, practice and wisdom. If you want a cheap meal, you can go to mcdonalds where they slap some chicken and fries in a fryalator. you only have to wait 5 minutes and pay 5 bucks.This is the same when it comes to art. It really bothers me when people naively s
Tips on Making a Successful Fan Comic!I am by no means the most popular fan comic artist on DA, and by no means have the best TLK comic. I can think of many who have amazing comics. To name a few ones I know about and enjoy::iconkoai: :iconsavu0211: :iconmissaudi::iconhydracarina: :iconaudreycosmo13: :iconnala15::iconthecartooner1996: :iconrinjapine:And I know a lot of you enjoy my comic as well. So here's the question I hope to tackle slightly in this journal. What makes the comics I've listed, and my own, successful? Everyone has different style. Some mimic TLK style very well, others have their own spin on it. So it's not the style, it's not how identical it is to the movie that makes people enjoy them. So here are some key points I think are important, if you want to start your own comic.Original Art Work:This is very important. Not to offend you base users, but when has anyone seen a comic, especially in the TLK fandom, that has used bases and been successful? I mean successful as in the number of views,
Design contest! Point,PM and Art prizes!!!CLOSED I'm hosting a design contest! So all you have to do isdesign me a character!I will put list what I like and what I don't.IMPORTANT:-I will NOT judge by drawing skills but if you really want to use a lineart,you can.-If you don't win you can sell the design.What I like:-Simple cute design-Natural bright colors-Pastel colors-Corgi dogs-Hybrids-Horns-AnthrosWhat I don't like:-Sparkle dogs-Many accessories-WingsSo here are the prizes. There will be only 1st place because I can't afford more, sorry... Winner gets 1. 100 from me. 2. One month PM or 396 from me. 3.Full shaded piece from me,pixel icon and character design.4.Watch,llama,3 favs from Akasi33 Watch,llama,5 favs from me Lots of favs from viciouschocolatebarrsorry, I don't have muchIf you want to donate some prizes please comment.And thats it! I hope y
You know what's odd?Do you remember back when art thieves were actually 'sorry' for stealing?This isn't going to be some kind of rant or anything but I watch a lot of people and I've been seeing lately (at least over the last year or two) that many people have been dealing with art thieves and it seems more or less like a lot of the art thieves either won't admit to stealing or even apologize nowadays.I can still remember confronting a few people who used to trace and copy my work and they were sincerely apologetic about it, complied with taking down the stolen work without much of a fight, and then I even became pretty good friends with a few of them (and still am today).It's a bit weird how things have changed in that area. Now it seems almost every(other) art thief either puts up a fight or when caught they try to 'troll' or act tough, even when obvious evidence of their thievery is presented.Now, I'm not talking about people who reference poses or something like that, you can't copyright a pose (d
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!Heyyy!! You know I really support my sister.. She is an extremely talented artist and she wants to establish herself with her art.. She created a "1 Million Likes"-post on facebook and this could be her breakthrough! Please people, it would mean THE WORLD if you helped us by sharing and liking the post! There will also be 7 winners of free commissions by her!!Here is the post: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=577027998974219&set=a.398558616821159.98223.398407720169582&type=1&theater It only takes 10 seconds people And it would make her and me so happy!!!! Thank you!!
Wow my first Daily Deviation, thank you!!I did not expect this at all haha.. I came on just now to read through comments and aha saw some congratulations on the DD for this image...I was like "Wait whatttt youu all must be mistaken--!!"But gosh wow haha this really made my day!! I had no expectations for this but wow I don't even know what to say Huge thank you to ValaSedai for choosing/featuring it! ^-^ //screams as much as I can scream mentally in class// Thank you all though for the support ever since I joined dA ;u; It's been one of my major steps in learning what I wanted to do for a living and how to pursue it. I've picked up so much from all the artists here and although many may say the community has flaws or that the website bugs are truly annoying, I find this something I still check in everyday to see what I can learn from others and teach as well ^-^So haha thank you all :DMay everyone have a lovely day x3-Capu Ohh psssstt, I know there's been a lot o
Different Species Contest!Time for another contest!Premise:Take a Future Of Our Past character that has appeared thus far in the comic, and draw them as a different animal species. It could be human, house cat, platypus, anything! Just make sure its a species that can, or could have been, found on this earth and is, or was, real.Rules:- anyone can join- digital and traditional entries accepted- Characters must be canon, semi canon, or OC that have appeared in the comic so far.(example: no simba, Kiara, timon, etc)- no bases- no using other artists line arts, backgrounds, or anything- no re-colored screen shots- no screen shot manipulations- basically no theft of any kind. keep it original. and if you are going to reference screen shots or any other persons work it must be obviously different and hard to recognize.- no photography- one entry per person(rules are subject to change)This will be a "vote upon" contest. meaning I choose the top ten, put them in a poll and you vote. the
12 Month Premium Membership Giveaway CLOSEDDo no post anymore! I'm gonna announce the winner when I get onto my lappy sometime this weekend! c:strike>Because, y'know. Why not?It can either go to you or one of your friends.All you have to do is make a journal linking back to this journal, and post the link here.On the.... 31st? I guess I'll post a winner.:iconphappyblushplz: Alright, I'm gonna go doodle a bit more before ni ni time. Love you guys, play fair! <3Also, only post from ONE Account, if you have say... A main and an adoptable account.Alrighty, mwahs. Love you babus.<3
Why I write.I would appreciate it if you read this to the very end, and possibly add a comment.I'm not sure if the story of how I became a writer is an odd or interesting one, but I've been thinking about some things lately, and I decided to share it with you all.I was either nine or ten, and I had just began to see the use of computers. 90% of my friends had a MySpace. MSN Chat, or whatever, and even though I didn't exactly want those, I wanted to "surf the web" all on my own. So, after much begging of my parents, I finally got an hour on our crappy old desktop. I was ecstatic. You want to know what the first thing I Googled was?"Pokemon Sir Aaron love story."I had just gotten the movie Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. I had "fallen in love," or what my young mind deemed as love, with the character of Sir Aaron. Why I decided to type in "love story," I'll never really know, but it lead me to this little site called Fanfiction.net. The first fanfiction I ever read was one
Good news!!! Kittys Have gone to a foster home!!This is them please take a look at the gallery.http://xxarekushisuxx.deviantart.com/gallery/41412883This the last of the boys thet will be seen. On their long car ride to there foster home.http://sta.sh/2r2we94byp2Here is even the little clips I made sorry it wasnt long. Q a Qhttp://sta.sh/01vwp5ozvmz6We went an retrieved the boys they were such champs didn't make one peep, on the long car ride over to there foster house. I have some pictures the foster parent was very sweet I wish I could met the women I spoke with. But she seemed to be busy for the day. I regret to say I didn't get any of them out the cage. Yes I know but I sat in the foster house explaining for over 35 minutes handing food litter and the money over to the foster parent about them petting them. I kinda didn't want to let them go, but knowing this people with several other foster kitties that seemed friendly weren't going to hurt them. He was very kind listened and petted them. They were so scared when we
2013, HERE WE COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!!!!GUYS. THE YEAR HAS ENDED. AGAIN! I can hardly believe it. Is that even normal?!OK. I forgot to tell you guys about some important things that have been happening, so here comes my year of 2012 in a nutshell!Get READY! I finally convinced my parents, after a whole life of discussion and fights, to let me into ART SCHOOL!:iconexcitedlaplz:But they said it would come with a price! I would have to work for one year before that (in an office that is, nothing to do with art). So I got a temporary job with a few contacts, and it was all pretty much what I expected from it: pretty much narrow-minded! Everyone there was 40+, and it was awkward to be the only teenager, besides some other trainers.I didn't see anyone my age the whole year o.O I even forgot what they look like no, I don't have any friends :c BUT! During August, I attended to the first short-duration art course of my whole life!!! My teacher was the


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A search for our unique 8 word title brings up a review from a major travel portal before us.
Here's a case where a search for
I just can't imagine how Yahoo could consider the portal more relevant for this search phrase unless they have some flawed algorithm or special agreement with the portal.
Anyone have similar experiences?
My guess, in most cases, is that the inbound links are so different that it gives the "big" site's page the advantage.
On closer analysis it is the portal which is deliberately repeating the title tags throughout the page, much the way Amazon might do so.
In any event we may soon find that these big portals with their dynamically generated pages structured to copy title tags of smaller "reviewed sites" will eventually replace the sites themselves.
As I noted in my previous post this is not the first time I've seen this happen.
It seems to me that if Yahoo honestly cares about its search results then it should filter out the portal unless the search string includes "reviews" or something similar.
The other thing to consider, which might help you get a leg up on this portal site, is how you link to the home page of your website. Do you use the word HOME or do you use the name of your company from the footer?
Linking to the home page from your footer with the name of your company will usually clear up most "not ranking for my name" related issues.
Let's assume somebody wants to contact Jack and Jill in order to buy some buckets. With Yahoo's algorithm it might not be so easy. All it takes is a few more big portals (and sponsors) and then it's Hit the road Jack and Jill.
I've seen countless affiliate travel sites dominate the SERPs for quite a while, it's gotten to the point where it's difficult to find relevant information.
The point is, if someone is searching for "Jack and Jill's bucket of water in Hillsdale" they should find it above all other results.
I can understand generic searches bringing lots of portals up to the top, but not specific ones.
It reeks of favoritism.
martinbuster, for optimization purposes I do not link back to the home page with the exact title, but with the relevant keywords. I suppose I could link with the exact title but I wouldn't want to compromise the effort I've already made. Most people are searching for bucket of water in Hillsdale and not "Jack and Jill's bucket of water in Hillsdale".
Are you suggesting that the footer might be a better place than at the top of the page?
Aside from that though, having one link text to the root / URL with Home, and one to /index.htm with different link text, that's just an invitation to not rank as well as you should.
Not really, because in the greatest majority of cases there is only an automatic algorithm at work, and there's no human intervention that could be playing favorites. In most case, the algorithm performs pretty amazingly well at getting the specific search to show the unique website. And sometimes, it just goes a bit wonky. Still, earlier on the web sedarch results could be amazingly wonky compared to what we get today.
After all, a search engine just a bunch of mathematics trying to sort out billions of pages - not a human edited effort like a directory.
Jack & Jill's bucket of water Jack & Jill's bucket of water in hillsdale Jack & Jill's bucket of water in hilltown Jack & Jill (in this case our site doesn't even show up in the Yahoo search results whereas in Google we're still at the top)
steveb I appreciate your observation regarding the two different links,
tedster Perhaps I am skeptical about the way Yahoo does things but from my experience the company has consistently resorted to questionable business tactics throughout their history. They are slowly moving over to paid listings and affiliates in their organic results, ie:
You should not have any problems linking consistently. Use the "/" not "index.htm". I would only use absolute links, and be sure to 301 the non-www to the www (or the other way around), but those are different issues.
Given your inconsistent linking and use of the word "home" for links instead of the term we are talking about, it shouldn't be a big surprise someone else outranks you. Still, I see you ranking first.
Ranking factors need to be assigned to urls, not "pages". Your simple domain name, www.example.com, is bound to get some links. But when index.html is appended to the domain name, that is now a different url. Even though it may resolve to the "same" page, technically it isn't required to.
When different urls resolve to the same resource, link pop, anchor text influence, and so on can therefore be diluted, split across different urls when you want these factors to be concentrated on one. This can also be a factor on directories within a site if linking is not consistent.
Sure, I agree. But how can this particular situation be fixed without throwing other problems, potentially more widespread, into the SERPs. That's the search engineers' ongoing challenge.
The fact that your page shows up at all, even though lower than the big portal, is already a pretty good result -- just not ideal.
One of my clients has a medium sized website and they have a site search function where we can tweak the algo a bit to get different results. Being hands on with a search algorithm, even in this very small way, has been quite a humbling experience for me. When I tweak to improve the results on one kind of search, another kind goes wonky.


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The long-awaited NIH meeting to discuss Jolee Mohr's death during a gene therapy clinical trial was held today. The big news: that there isn't any.
Expert after expert delivered an incredibly detailed description of the drugs she was taking, the virus used in the therapy, what its DNA did, and the complications she developed. It was comprehensive an examination of a single person's health as I've ever encountered.
And the bottom line: doctors know that Mohr's body was wracked by a fast-spreading histoplasmosis infection, and that an enormous blood clot formed in her stomach. But they still don't know why. Did the gene therapy cause it? At this point, they can't say. And they might never be able to.
Image: Courtesy of the Mohr family.
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