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The December massacre of 26 people inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, which reignited a national debate on gun control, set the stage for changes in the state that may have been impossible elsewhere: The governor, who personally informed parents that their children had been killed that day, championed the cause, and legislative leaders, keenly aware of the attention on the state, struck a bipartisan agreement they want to serve as a national model.
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PlusUDC: The Little School with the Big Lobby
In 2005, Suzanne Wells became president of the Parent-Teacher Association at the Capitol Hill Cluster School, where her son was a student. The unique three-institution campus—made up of Peabody Early Childhood Center, Watkins Elementary School and Stuart-Hobson Middle School—has long been considered among the best D.C. Public Schools has to offer. And Wells took office thinking there weren't many substantial problems she would have to tackle. Still, she says, she wasn't quite satisfied with the status quo.
Once upon a time, parents on Capitol Hill either accepted the occasional blemish or ponied up for private school. Not Wells. Two years before Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and his schools chancellor, Michelle Rhee, arrived on the scene, Wells helped ignite an education revival that was led by parents, not politicians. The EPA scientist reached across race and class boundaries to launch the Capitol Hill Public School Parents Organization. The group renovated eight elementary school libraries, then pushed for significant academic improvements at several of those same schools—including the introduction of a language-immersion curriculum and expansion of a Montessori program.
Later, Wells and her allies developed their own plan to dramatically reshape nearby middle schools. With only a few modifications, that proposal was adopted by DCPS; it's scheduled for implementation during the 2011–2012 school year. Earlier this year, the group helped beat back a D.C. Council redistricting proposal that, if approved, would have redrawn the political map in a way that moved two of its schools out of Ward 6. The activism also improved further-flung Ward 6 schools such as Maury Elementary School, at 12th and Constitution Avenue NE.
"Before Maury took off, it was good, but none of the neighborhood kids would go there," says D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells, who calls the group's impact "profound." "Now it's highly sought after....The Cluster School isn't necessarily the favorite school anymore." Today, Suzanne Wells' daughter goes to Tyler Elementary. By most accounts, it had been one of the worst schools on Capitol Hill. These days, it's receiving praise.
"It has a citywide special-education program, Spanish immersion, and arts integration," says Wells (no relation to Tommy). "[Tyler's] got this great welcoming feel to it. It's a wonderful place."
Capitol Hill's schools have improved for a lot of reasons, from an economy that's made private school tuition tougher to pay to a systemwide revival that's made out-of-boundary spots in traditionally stellar Upper Northwest schools even scarcer. But neighbors attribute a major chunk of the change to volunteers like Wells. Daniel Holt, former PTA president at Brent Elementary, says his school benefitted from "Suzanne's pioneering spirit." More middle-class families, he says, are enrolling their children in Capitol Hill schools, which are among the highest performing elementary schools east of Rock Creek Park. "Economic integration is the quickest way in our lifetimes to make schools better," he says.
"A lot of families come to Capitol Hill," says Suzanne Wells. "[They are] white and black families, and they are committed to living in the city and sending their kids to public schools."
The proof is in the numbers: At Maury Elementary, student population increased from 263 in 2009–2010 to 289 in 2010–2011. During that same period, Tyler went from 300 students to 348, according to DCPS. Enrollment at nearly every elementary school in the ward has increased, too. DCPS is projecting a total population hike in Ward 6 of 727 students.
"We're spending more this year in Ward 6 than in any other ward in the city," says current DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson.
Here's a blunt truth: Nowhere in Wards 5, 7, or 8 has there been activism like Wells' that has made a difference in the public schools.
Some people might argue that's because Wells is a gentrifier, tapping reservoirs of wealth to magically alleviate previously intractable problems. But that's not the case. She's actually lived in the District since 1983, and had been on the Hill for 20 years before taking on the Cluster School. She may share a skin color with a lot of D.C.'s gentrifiers, but her federal-government CV wouldn't necessarily look so out of place in some of the tree-lined African American neighborhoods in Wards 5, Ward 7, and even Ward 8. Nor would her politics: She's an avowed admirer of Diane Ravitch, perhaps the highest-profile critic of Rhee.
As someone who's spent much of my career writing about black leadership in Washington, I know it's frequently a critical element of many issues in the city. And in the case of schools, its absence is the thread connecting the various reasons why Wards 5, 7, and 8 haven't seen transformations like the one in Ward 6.
This void has three major elements: Too many parents in those communities don't want to speak out because of a cultural affection for teachers. Others are discouraged from demanding change because they're afraid of being aligned with Fenty-era reforms. And still others have simply abandoned their neighborhood institutions and gotten their kids spots elsewhere.
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On the other hand over the past years the black middle class has fled the District of Columbia and moved out into Maryland and Virginia for better schools and larger real estate which supports your viewpoint. For the those of us that remain in DC are concerned about the economy which is shrinking the black middle class and we are concerned about teachers that are committed to teaching our children.
The current arrangement works out well for everyone: middle class parents get to send their kids to schools that they find acceptable, while the teachers and administrators who rely on the status quo get to have their lives continue as normal in the poor-quality neighborhood schools. The government could just as easily launch an initiative to raise the quality of the neighborhood schools up to middle class standards, but they choose not to.
At both Hine, at least until developers decided they wanted Hine closed for condos and community support was withdrawn, and at the Cluster, there was a visionary principal in place to cooperate and coordinate with the volunteers to make their efforts effective.
Suzanne Wells came along and insisted, over the apathy and occasionally even the resistance of parents and neighborhood school administrators, that ALL schools in the greater Capitol Hill neighborhood, throughout Ward 6, participate in the renaissance that the Cluster School still exemplifies. Suzanne Wells was a beneficiary of the work of those who came before her at the Cluster School, and has given back to the benefit of those who follow at many, many more Ward 6 schools.
Hence, Capitol Hill Public School Parents Organization.
As Barras points out, the same opportunity that Suzanne Wells grabbed for Ward 6 schools could be replicated in Wards 5, 7 and 8, and should be.
What's "pretty ridiculous" is the idea that DCPS has a magical "initiative to raise the quality of the neighborhood schools up to middle class standards, but they choose not to." There is no magical top-down initiative that does that, hidden away in some dark closet at DCPS HQ. There is only the long-term commitment over several cohorts of DCPS families, led by volunteers like Suzanne Wells (and John Pfeiffer and his pals before Suzanne), to make neighborhood schools excellent.
You should pitch in to help your neighborhood schools improve, JustMe.
I don't have patience for newbies and naysayers who throw up their hands say it's totally up to DCPS to make all public schools as good as those in Ward 6. In my experience, it works the other way: Parents and neighbors commit themselves to improving neighborhood schools, pitch in, stick with it for dozens of years, and schools improve.
The number one problem with failing DCPS schools is the teachers. Only the teachers can change the experience for the children in the classroom. I entered my child in our Ward One elementary school and immediately joined the PTA with other new parents. Our group of Pre-K parents developed a plan not totally different than what was proposed in this article. This proposal was rejected by the principal, the vice principal and by some senior teachers. The school barely focused on academics in favor of DANCE, music and cultural studies that obsessed over the children's ethnic and religious identities at the expense of reading and math. Religion, taught in public school, sheesh. I cannot stress enough that the children were NOT TAUGHT MATH in Pre-K in favor of teaching DANCE. Many young teachers and several senior teachers sided with us but it was too late. After the school lottery the PTA members started to receive notices that their kids could attend schools where academics were supported by teachers and not rejected. Out of our group, 2 families stayed to enter Kindergarten at that school, all the rest left to join schools where the parents established academic-focused schools during the gentrification years of the early 1990s and they had 10 years of success. I jumped for joy when I learned that Michelle Rhee fired NINE teachers at that school because they needed to go. Where were the Ward 5 teachers when people with newly-minted Catholic U PhDs bought houses next door? Now that the majority of those neighborhoods are university and graduate school educated, their inner city focus is like setting up a homeless shelter to help the poor residents of Spring Valley. Those teachers live in a dream world of crack war DC of yesteryear, not the REAL Yuppie DC today. We live in the real world, they don't.
Our children only have one chance to attend Kindergarten and only a fool would waste it on a teacher whose only qualification is that she knew Marion Barry well enough in 1986 that he got her a job. There is no reason to waste that important year fighting a teacher who doesn't believe in teaching academics. This article should have been written by a parent with children in school, as it is, it misses the most important point by a mile in favor of a dog-bites-man story that is off-center.
Sorry, that's silly. If teachers and administrators in schools don't know how to teach classes, build curriculums and programs, and run schools, they should find another profession. It's almost as though they think the parents should those jobs for them. Why is it the parents' fault for not "being involved" if DCPS administrators are fine with poor-quality libraries and a lack of amenities like language immersion that would be appealing to middle class parents? The parents of Ward 5 are doing the right thing-- placing their kids in schools that care enough about them to be worthwhile.
Ms. Wells and others definitely need to be commended for what they have done. I'm an EOR mom, with two kids in a Capitol Hill school and the emphasis is there on reading, writing and arithmetic, which I wouldn't have received in my neighborhood school (which, by the way, I still have to take the lottery to get into. Go figure. I'm a couple of blocks from Anne Beers and can't get in. So no one has given up on a neighborhood school. We're just in another neighborhood.)
What Barras fails to note, which one of those she quoted did in fact say, is we don't have a lot of time, by the time our children enter school. Maybe it is our fault that we weren't paying attention by the time kindergarten rolls around. But if I take time to be organizing and working on improving say, Winston, my child will still be going through a system that does work nor educate her. By the time I look up, she's in fifth grade and can't read well. Then, I would have failed her and my child is no guinea pig. Winston got kids from 5 to 17; I'm not sending my kid there.
I think most of us know that our kids will succeed in the Ward 6 schools; and (1) we may have to work on our neighborhood schools but accept and understand that our children will never get the benefit of the improvement; or (2) we work with the younger non-mothers who want to improve the schools and help improve it for their future offspring.
The writer talks about schools in Ward 7 & 8 in and out of the article but doesn't talk with anyone on this side of town that is a regular person. Only political people. Step foot inside our schools on this side of town -- talk to parents, teachers, and community people. Then I will have something more to say.
Congratulations to these Hill parents who have fixed the schools for their neighborhood children and the cross-town children.
The real relationship is, increased parental involvement leads to better student outcomes. Parents who actively care about their children's education are the best predictor of academic success. Good teachers are important and good school buildings sure don't hurt, but even top-notch teachers on a modern campus have trouble reaching a student who doesn't care and whose parents don't make it clear how unacceptable that is, while even mediocre teachers can turn out successful graduates given their choice of students.
In the immediate case of the Ward 6 schools, the critical mass of active parents is expressed in concern about the library, but that's because it's the obvious outlet. If the library was fine, they'd turn their attention to the computer room or the chemistry lab or the gymnasium or the soccer field -- the key is that there is attention, not where it's directed.
Unlike what C-Minus suggests, good teachers save students who grew up in rough families every single day. They are capable of doing it and they do. When they don't they need to be replaced by those who will.
There are 3-5 charter schools opening per month in DC and half are by local educational advocates.
And even though charter schools are struggling as much as DCPS to gain traction, they give the parents more control, imput and access to the staff and admin. Actually, charters are outperforming DCPS on the DC-CAS, in enrollment and graduation rates. (i.e., Friendship Collegiate, Kipp, Idea, Acheivement Prep)
Just Me #5...stated;
"…This article is actually pretty ridiculous. If the schools are complaining that local parents are abandoning them, the onus should fall on the schools to improve and make an effort to raise their quality to a level where middle class parents feel comfortable attending them…"
Ms. Kenya Henderson should have EQUAL standards for ALL SCHOOL TO provide THE NECESSARY funding, resources and care and attention that is equal in all PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WHY SHOULD IT BE NECESSARY that there is a "Black Middle Class – Ms. Wells" to have Henderson and the school system DO WHAT THEY ARE OBLIGATED AND PAID TO DO IN the first place?????
Ms. Barras has misplaced the onus of responsibility on the Black Middle Class when Henderson and the school system is not providing the full and complete amount of needed resources for all public schools.
Barras this is the true DISPARITY you have brought out in your article but FAILED TO MENTION.
HAS MS. BARRAS…interview Black Middle Class families to get their answers and report of failed attempts to get funding or even a "positive" response from Henderson or the school system? How many meetings have Blacks attended just to be ignored or lied to by School Officials?
Ms. Barras…why do Capitol Hill, [Congressional aides' living quarters] gets more responsive action from the D.C. school system…while the Black Middle Class has been hounding and crying and pleading with the same school officials AND RECEIVED NO POSTIVE ACTIONS????
If Ms. Wells lived in a predominantly Black area of the city and was successful in achieving the same results [as she did with Capitol Hill] THEN THAT WOULD BE WORTH your [Ms.Barras] time and ink to write about.
Ms. Wells has the juice from all her residents on Capitol Hill WHO happen to be WELL CONNECTED to the same U.S. Congress Representatives and Senators WHO CONTROLL THE District of Columbia. How can Ms.Wells fail to get what she and residents on the Hill wants and demand from Kaya Henderson and the school system?
Barras…you lost touch with the Black community…I am not impress with the achievement of a Capitol Hill Resident who has the BACKING OF THE U.S. CONGRESS TO make changes in the District.
Barras…if Ms.Wells can do this for her Capitol Hill people…Where is her [Ms. Wells]compassion TO GIVE THE SAME energy and some of her winnings to HELP all Black children in the District?
Barras your article is lost and so are you when it comes to pitting this current achievement of White against Blacks in this District of Columbia.
Wake up…Trusting Citizens.
Calvin H. Gurley
Locals abandon neighborhood schools to get what Capitol Hill children are receiving from a PUBLIC SCHOOL – high class learning.
Steve you have to see for yourself and enter any school in the city [except Ward 6] and see what is lacking from what Ms.Wells has provided for the Cluster Schools program. Where are the counselors, the teacher aides and other resources that the Cluster School has but is not found in other schools?
The article stated…that Ms.Wells developed and submitted their OWN positive teaching program that Kaya Henderson and DCPS approved and sanctioned!!!!!!
So, Steve (Ward 6) why hasn't Kaya Henderson copied this Cluster School Learning program to be activated in all PUBLIC schools? Why haven't Henderson copied the Cluster's school policy and the principal and teachers agreements and activate them in other schools- since this Cluster program is a winning and golden???
Steve (Ward 6) you have not traveled outside your comfort zone Ward 6…you are very myopic when it comes to education outside Ward 6.
I attended Payne EMS, Hine Jr. High and graduated from Eastern H.S….I know Ward 6 and its activities. Mother lives on Bay Street, sister ANC Commissioner lives on Burke St. I was raised in Ward 6.
TRULEE PIST you have the history of the Cluster Schools as it were; but the onus is on the teacher and the supervision and guidance of the principal.
Steve (Ward 6) stated; "…Relying on schools alone to educate students is the ridiculous point. A family that expects something for nothing gets an equal return on its investment (of time and energy)…" We disagree. And, it is not RIDICULOUS – perhaps to your upbringing.
Steve we don't expect something for nothing…however, when there is more than "to educate" children.
When I say teachers – that includes counselors and teacher aides, and other resources. Children must be given responsibilities and expectation from teachers, teachers must enthrall and encourage children, teachers must inspire children and when one child is lacking more attention must be given to that child.
Parents…should and must support the teacher…but parents are not ACADEMIC educators that is the job of the teacher.
Ward One Parent clearly stated; #9
"…Only the teachers can change the experience for the children in the classroom…"
Stuart-Hobson - 48% proficient in reading 45% proficient in math
20% advanced in read 21% advanced in math
Watkins - 53% prof in reading 42% prof in math
11.5% advanced in reading 16% advanced in math
There are a few charter schools in Ward 7/8 that outperform the cluster schools completely.
Trulee Pist...have you heard of the Eastern H.S. Alumni?
Mr. Preston is the President and I refer your comments to him and what we [the alumni] are doing at Eastern H.S..
Trulee Pist...stated; "... half (50%) of the kids at Capitol Hill Cluster School (DCPS) TODAY are from families living in W7 and W8. Ms. Wells IS giving of her time and energy to help them..."
That is just the point...that you refuse to see. Ms.Wells is helping those who attend HER CLUSTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. Fine and Dandy.
Ms. Wells can be the school leader for all the Public schools!!! Why duplicate what Ms.Wells is good at doing - getting Henderson and DCPS to bring the needed resources to the Cluster as well as for ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
Did not Henderson state; "…"We're spending more this year in Ward 6 than in any other ward in the city," says current DCPS Chancellor Kayla Henderson.."
Trulee Pist -who is Henderson going to be more receptive to...you, me or Ms.Wells to get the JOB DONE in all PUBLIC Schools???
Ms. Wells has the OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE "the Education leader" for all PUBLIC SCHOOLS. She is certainly doing well for the Cluster System...and got Henderson's ear and her check book. Why not Ms. Wells??? I will support you.
Now, argue with yourself after you answer the above question.
Wake up...Trusting Citizens.
Ah, so it's true you ran away to leave DCPS' kids to their fate. Thank God we've got folks like Wells who are part of the solution, and not whining from the sidelines while actively defunding the system by moving out of the city. Maybe you and PG resident Courtland Milloy cam start a Hypocrites Club.
Why did you stand on the sidelines and do nothing and just quietly let the city close your alma mater, Hine Jr. High?
Because I was fighting those Hill residents from putting their hands on Eastern H.S.
Trulee Pist…I am upset as you are about the Hill residents [Congressional aides] taking over Hine Jr. School.
But, you know the numbers and you know the influence and juice that those Hill-Congressional residents have with your City Council and school board!!!
It started way before Hine Jr. High demised.
It was Councilmember Sharon Ambrose who did the gerrymandering for the Hill and cut off Ward Six at the John Phillip Sousa Bridge. Now, Ward 6 is predominantly white cutting off the mostly Black residential Anacostia, GreenWay, Fort Dupont Park, Panorama Room parts of the then Ward 6 across the bridge.
Those Blacks [along with Rosedale, Old City and Lincoln Park Blacks] who could fight and OUT Number the same Hill residents were cut off…and more of the Southwest [then Ward 2] white community became WARD 6.
What do Tiber Island, (the new) Arthur Capper, and S.W. residents feel about Hine Jr. High closing…none of their children attended there.
So that is your answer. No excuse, but more of the Hill playing gerrymandering and politics to become a force. A history lesson for you… since you must have slept through "it" while living in Ward 6.
Wake Up…Trusting Citizens.
Calvin H. Gurley
Takoma is the D.C. side "label" ...while Takoma Park is the Maryland, Montgomery County side "label".
Oboe stick with the topic...and stop attempting to inflame the issue with personal attacks that are wrong and show a lack of knowledge about D.C.
Note...I did not use the word "stupid".
Congratulations to Ms. Wells for learning how to work the system. Now that Urbanism is in style, she has an army of legislative aides and lobbyists to help carry out her visions. Great. Meanwhile in the "outer" wards, the Black middle class that Ms. Barras enjoy tut-tutting so much have either 1) Taken the out-of-boundary/charter route (like myself), 2) have kids who have aged out of the system or 3) are just biding their time until they move to PG County.
Grassroots reform is not going to bubble up from every neighborhood at the same pace. In my opinion, it is the job of our HIGHLY paid administrators to select the best of the reforms and apply them across the system as appropriate.
It's just interesting because you seem to enjoy telling Hill residents where they should and should not go to school, and you also criticize Ms. Wells for not meddling with the schools of wards outside of her own ward. I give you points for consistency! But I think most people appreciate those with a dash of modesty trust that people in other neighborhoods know what is best for them and will work towards getting that. If the Chancellor is not heeding those leaders in wards beyond Ward 6, that is certainly not the fault of Ms. Wells!
Where are you Ms. Wells…are you [Wells] ready for this???
"...Barras…if Ms.Wells can do this for her Capitol Hill people…Where is her [Ms. Wells]compassion TO GIVE THE SAME energy and some of her winnings to HELP all Black children in the District?
Just imagine; "…Ms. Wells' educational renaissance that changes the entire D.C. educational system..."
I like would like Ms. Well to replace the now School Chancellor Kayla Henderson.
Ms. Henderson can always resume her Deputy Chancellor position to assist Wells.
Ms.Wells...has alot more than what Kayla Henderson has "not"...
1) a school improvement plan created for the Cluster Schools, and
2) STRONG connections WITH the U.S. Congress [Congressional Aides & Lobbyist who live on the Hill, Southeast D.C.]...meaning possible financial support from Congress.
Think about it Mayor V. Gray...reconsider Ms. Wells for Chancellor.
Calvin H. Gurley
Note: for Ms.Barras.
The above is the compelling issue that you should have exposed. a.Wells achievement versus Rhee and Henderson lack of knowing how to improve a school system – and who is more connected to the U.S. Congress' ear and check book.
b. Mayor Gray's judgment to keep Henderson and not explore more outwardly and focus on Ms.Wells' achievement at the Capitol Hill Cluster program…and other superintendents willing to take on the challenges of D.C. P.S.
Please. Takoma is "DC" as much as Palisades is DC.
Cluster management can and should manage the Eastern H.S. with all their new SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS.
However, (the plan) when local students who are in blocks of Eastern H. S. cannot attend their nearest High School…that - is a problem?
The New Eastern H.S. has excluded all students within walking distance…and only opened the school [Eastern H.S.] for 9th grade level students. So where do 10th and 11th graders who are within walking distance go to complete high school????
Louisa…you do not attend public meetings in Ward 6... To know these disparities. Therefore, please do not condemn me for brining equality for all Ward 6 children who live within walking distance of Eastern H.S.
Number #27
Louisa….without compassion stated; "…If the Chancellor is not heeding those leaders in wards beyond Ward 6, that is certainly not the fault of Ms. Wells!.."
How insensitive can you be…to those other Black children who do not have An "effective" leader [like Ms. Wells] THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM "RESPECT AND LISTEN TO".
Louisa… why do you believe or think that the current school system or Kayla Henderson do not respect or listen to or give the same appreciation to Black Middle Class parents and school leader as they do with Ms. Wells.
My last blogs tells you why.
Again, Ms. Wells lives in the circle of Capitol Hill Congressional leaders, Congressional aides and staff who work for the U.S. Congress!!! Ms. Wells have the support and the force of these connected Capitol Hill residents who are connected with the U.S. Congress.
Louisa…educational leaders outside Ward 6 do not have this same support or and commitment from these Congressional connected residents of Ward 6.
Henderson caters to the U.S. Congress, to their congressional aides and staff who live on CAPITOL HILL!!!!!!!
Why can't Ms.Wells…also be the driving force to push for the same support and reform that she gains for the Cluster School to ALSO INCLUDE ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS????
Please respond Louisa.
His main points:
The biggest problem with the disparate "school reform" movement in DC, split between proponents of traditional public schools, charter schools, and even private school vouchers, is that the social, organizational, and community capital available to be directed to school improvement is dissipated amongst all of these separate movements, and the massive amount of capital that is necessary for the improvement of the very much dysfunctional traditional public school system cannot be obtained as for the most part, the most able parents and families have been diverted away from the public school system.
Furthermore, I DEMAND FULL REPRESENTATION in this article. And since Ms. Barras has NOT INTERVIEWED ME, this article CLEARLY is invalid.
Just because i DO NOT LIVE in Ward 6, does not mean I don't have plenty to say.
Now, I ask all of you to pay MORE ATTENTION to me.
Louisa, PLEASE RESPOND TO ME. My ego cannot take being ignored.
Number #34
Louisa...can you read or can you not read? Please do not mis phrase me.
I wrote; "...Because I was fighting those Hill residents from putting their hands on Eastern H.S..."
Not what you thought you read...stopping from attending Eastern. Please get it correct.
Where did you come up with Capitol Hill "management"?
Then you would know about the 9th grade only attendance plan. Louisa you have some twisted reading.
You hide from this disparity...
You feel the ego and you should not unless you too are guilty of not believing equality in the school system for all children.
Oboe stated;
"...Ah, so it's true you ran away to leave DCPS' kids to their fate. Thank God we've got folks like Wells... not whining from the sidelines...by moving out of the city. Maybe you and PG resident Courtland Milloy cam start a Hypocrites Club. "
What is this crazy talk in your # 29? You don't know that Takoma is in D.C. and Takoma Park is in Maryland...by your #23...as I made it clear in #25.
So what is the problem of you not knowing the difference?
Lets talk about Ms.Wells helping other Black children in their school district and get off attacking people.
I assure you, I'm not doing this out of any hostility to teachers. Quite the opposite! I want teachers to be as successful as possible, and I know that motivated parents lead to motivated students, and motivated students make any teacher more successful. How do I know this? Because my mother is a teacher, and my father was a teacher until the day he died, and I listened to them when I was growing up. I assure you, I am not agitating for my mother to take a pay cut.
Yes, a good teacher can save a troubled student; my parents certainly saved more than their share. But they couldn't save <I>all</I> of them. Good parenting can prevent troubled students from arising in the first place.
In your article why are individuals like Henderson, Jones and Zapata passing the buck, looking for the next Ms. Wells? They are in position of authority in which they should be leading the charge. As a Chancellor of DCPS it should be her goal that every school under her power be atleast clean and filled with resources children need to be successful in academia. All this article illustrates is that DCPS still believes in seperate but equal and that there are 2 DCPS's based on social economic lines. We need a School Board member, Elected official, Mayor and chancellor who realizes that you have to fix up EVERY school and not just give "the squicky wheel, all of the oil"
White 94% proficient or advanced in reading. Black/AA 73% proficient or advanced in reading.
Whites 81% proficient or advanced in math. Black/AA 55% proficient or advanced in math.
Sound like the achievement gap is alive, well and growing on Capitol Hill, despite what Brent boosters want to insist.
As you cite - Brent AAs are 73/55 percent proficient in reading/math. But more importantly, Brent's econ-disadvantaged are 71/55 percent proficient in reading/math. Something is happening there that benefits AA students and econ-disadvantaged more than most any school in the city.
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It's a nice school and it's gentrifying rapidly. The school would not have made safe harbor this year if you had to rely strictly on the scores of your African American students. (55% proficient in math still doesn't cut it, sorry.)
Brent is one of the few schools East of the Park that can count on their in boundary populations being high SES. That's great for test scores. Congratulations. Now can you back off the test prep in the upper grades and spend more time on the museum program? If so, you'll like have all high SES kids in the upper grades and your test scores will soar.
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62.62 63.59
Stuart-Hobson MS 2010/2011 DC Cas scores were:
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Stuart-Hobson is 85% African American and a Title I School
Stuart-Hobson has a population of 413 of which 74 Students (17%) are from Ward 8, 99 Students (23%) are from Ward 7 and 45 Students (11%) are from Ward 5.
In 2009, Stuart-Hobson's graduating eighth graders enrolled in the following college preparatory schools: Benjamin Banneker SHS (6), School Without Walls (19), McKinley Technology HS (18), Duke Ellington School of the Arts (6), DeMatha Catholic HS (1), Phelps SHS (6), Woodrow Wilson SHS (8), North Point High School for Science, Technology & Industry (1), Washington Latin Public Charter School (2), Gonzaga Senior High School (2), National Collegiate Prep Public Charter School (4), Georgetown Visitation Preparatory (2), Holton Arms (1), Sidwell Friends (1), and Maret (1).
It took 6 years of continuous work for CHPSPO to get here from there.
There is no magic bullet and for the same process to succeed in other areas of the city you will indeed need: dedicated parents who are in it for the long haul, intellectual capital that can help you navigate DCPS, The City Council, Neighborhood and regional entities, non profits, and educational advocates.
They you will need the vision to see what others want, the patience to help them refine their desires, the organizational skills to pull it all together and keep everyone focused on what is best for the entire ward and the fortitude to never give up or never give in.
The Capitol Hill Cluster of Schools is fortunate to have parents that are in it for the long haul (pre K3-8th grade) and they have the patience, vision and drive to advocate for changes at the middle school level even though their kids may be in Pre K.
Most individuals want and crave immediate changes and are frustrated when they can not see an immediate return on an investment of time or talent.
DCPS collapsed because of years of neglect and it will take rears of focused efforts to solve the problems.
In closing, the Capitol Hill Cluster of School is not the beneficiary of the larges that you envision. Stuart-Hobson has the lowest per pupil funding of any Middle School, there are no athletic fields or age appropriate play grounds, the gyms were built in 1927 and home games and practices are held at one of the local rec centers. DCPS turns a blind eye to our needs as they do many of you. When we advocate forcefully we are viewed as pushy and intrusive yet to be any other way is to allow them to give us more of what they have been giving us the last 40 years.
What we do have, however, are great teachers, committed parents and kids that want to succeed.
The Cluster is not the fair haired child of DCPS as many of you believe-it is a place where people are in it for the long haul and start at Pre K and work until the 8th grade...... now with Eastern open, maybe Pre K -12th grade.
Ward 6 parents started working first on the demands that aprents deisred for thier local elementary school then they focused on their feeder middle School. Now all roads lead to Eastern.
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375 African Americans (proficient 74% reading, 80% math)
211 Econ-Disadvantaged (proficient 63% reading, 71% math)
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Wells disdained for Tommy has changed and I wonder why?
My original point too is that we're not leaving the neighborhood schools by choice either. Some of us still have to lottery into schools that are a block away from our homes.
Again, Barras is on her own agenda and has no credibility with me.
So, what I STILL don't understand. Why not CHANGE your MIND??? Adapt! Say to yourself, "that was then, this is now." Obviously, things have changed, and the way for the vast majority of inner-city poor AND middle class blacks to move up economically is to get a better education than they HAVE been getting. Its time to wake up, "ya'll." In the parlance of dramatic civil rights talk, its "time to throw off the chains of the teacher's unions oppression." Put another way, its time to get a clue.
Your first paragraph is on point. However, your second one is uninformed.
I normally don't respond to comments in such a forum. But, your comments about Henderson Zapata and Jones(me) passing the buck is terribly uninformed. I invite you to spend some time with me and explore what's being done about improving Ward 5 schools. I also invite you to join me on the quest to improve our schools.
Sir, I'm leading the charge everyday to improve our schools, from a position of limited authority.
Ms. Zapata serves in an unpaid volunteer role with no authority. Now, Ms. Henderson that's another story, she has authority to make changes. If you want to say Ms. Henderson is passing the buck so be it.
Just so you'll know:
Under the 2007 DC school reform act The school board became primarily advisory except on a few areas of policy. Those areas are truancy, standards, and teacher certification. We don't have the benefit of following up on the progress or lack of progress of the policy we pass.
Help the School board regain some authority and you will see a higher level of oversight resulting in improved schools.
Articles like these do nothing bring about real change. It is fundamental attribution error to think that this one woman's efforts reflect anything about the black middle class in DC or their abandonment of anything. Plenty of black middle class families use and actively engage with DCPS.
Any cursory look at the literature will tell you black middle class families may have similar income to their white counterparts (patillo 2005, marsh 2010, etc) but they are not as wealthy and their children face much different peers at school than their white counterparts because they live in different neighborhoods.
I am confused as to Ms. Barras' need to constantly disparage the black community here in DC. She is an ill-informed polemic who is more worried about clicks than actually reporting and analyzing issues facing our changing city.


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Hopefully, my rule set isn't considered T3. All you need to do is decide how many files you would like to use, and then follow the rules from there. Easy, right? Right!?
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I'll be reducing the files allowed, and simplifying the rules a bit, as requested by the higher-ups. I surmise it's because the previous rules borderlined a T3 tournament. Thanks though, for not outright rejecting the idea; was a little worried that it might have had to get pushed back to when I got my T3 host ranking.
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This tournament will be held Saturday, May 11th 2013 @ 8:00 pm EST (GMT -5)
Double elimination (High-Low bracket) and best of 1 (even for finals). The winner of the high bracket will get a second battle if the winner of the low bracket wins in the final showdown. We fight in training arena; keep your fight public!
After every game, players will be given up to 5 minutes for a small break. After 5 minutes, time for breaks will be extended only after both players agree to do so. Time extensions will be granted up to an additional 10 minutes.
If there is a tie for any rank, players will battle for said position (such as 2nd or 3rd place, etc). If you are not present for that particular battle, you will be given the lesser rank.
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Before each battle starts, I will randomly determine which file you will use. Each player will submit up to 3 files to use. The more files you submit, the less restrictions you have when you create your files. The rules and restrictions will even the playing field for those that wish to use more or less files, hopefully.
If you use one file, then no random file rolling will occur. Keep in mind this option compels your single file to have a strict limit.
If you use two files, then I will roll a die; there will be 33% of rolling your first file, 33% of rolling your second file, and 33% of rolling for your free pick of which file you would like to use.
If you use three files, then I will roll a die; there will be 25% of rolling your first, second, or third files, and 25% of rolling for your free pick of which file you would like to use.
Your files are private information; only you may choose to disclose how many and which files you will be using, and no one aside from my assistant hosts and me will know which files you are using. During the tournament, I will send you a private message before your games to designate which file you will use. It will be up to you if you wish to disclose your file as public information. My assistant hosts and I will only state whether the file being used is the correct file or incorrect file.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Elaine Stritch on Madison Ave
window. I have always wanted to take her photo, but have never had the chance. I walked a few
blocks down Madison Ave and all of the sudden I saw Ms. Stritch walking towards me. I knew this was my chance to finally take her photo.I went up to her and told her that I was working on a book about style and she quickly replied with a smile, " Oh that's wonderful good luck." I asked if I could take her photo, but she kindly refused. A few moments later she turned around and said, " Okay go ahead." I had only a few seconds to get a shot,but I will forever remember my interaction with this 86 year old legend.
31 comments:
- Lauren said...
Well done, Ari! And extra lucky to get her in this wonderful neutral menswear look!
The Styleseer
- August 30, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- hello haha narf said...
she is just too awesome. love her confidence, love her comfort in her look. although, and this is weird coming from a girl who is not a fan of makeup, i do so slightly wish she were wearing a fabulous shade of red on her lips.
so thankful you had the opportunity to meet her. love that she was kind enough to pose.
- August 30, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- A Daft Scots Lass said...
I love the tie accompanied with a wry grin!
- August 30, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- Sonia said...
Ari, tell - me the truth, you find these wonderful ladies at random? Really? Or you produce them?
They are spectacular!
- August 30, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- sacramento said...
I love her man´s tie and her fabulous sunglasses.
- August 30, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Fantastic! She's a true original.
- August 30, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- Allie said...
The glasses... so wonderful. She is one classy, sassy broad.
- August 30, 2011 at 11:50 AM
- LA Lynn's said...
That is wonderful!!!! Ms. Stritch has given me inspiration to wear a TIE w/ blazer!!!! Glad you had the pleasure of meeting up with her and a chance to take a snap-shot!
- August 30, 2011 at 11:52 AM
- Stephilius said...
Oh, what luck! She's fabulous! And I love her outfit.
- August 30, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- Tricia Rose said...
You make your own luck Ari!
- August 30, 2011 at 1:52 PM
- Wanda said...
What a great story, Ari! And she looks great, too. Wanda in Edmonton
- August 30, 2011 at 2:02 PM
- Funkyjoy77 said...
What a hero! Love this look! Amazing!
- August 30, 2011 at 3:41 PM
- Judi Delgado said...
What a thrill! She is one in a million.
- August 30, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Gloria said...
Hi Ari. What luck to have been able to take a photo of her since you've been wanting to do so. I think she looks stunning and quite sure of herself. That look she is is almost as if she is saying, "Hurry up young man, I've got places to go, and things to do." I like her style, the boyish look. She's FAB!! Thanks for sharing.
- August 30, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Evelyn said...
Wow that is super cool! lol
- August 30, 2011 at 8:13 PM
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- August 30, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- Mariana Glez said...
Que estilo me encanta.||
Tu trabajo es impresionante.
Un bes enorme.
- August 30, 2011 at 8:47 PM
- Lennie said...
This is really cool I like the blog!
- August 30, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- Dayle D Ann said...
she's always been my idol! ROCK ON GF!!!!!!
- August 30, 2011 at 11:46 PM
- Goody said...
that so rocks...
i love her tie and the color scheme..
- August 31, 2011 at 12:09 AM
- Amber Goodenough said...
Wow! So cool, she is amazing. What an experience!!
- August 31, 2011 at 2:06 AM
- 1904 Blogger said...
great dressed elder
- August 31, 2011 at 3:01 AM
- Amy said...
It's astounding how well older ladies can sport androgynous looks. Quite a lesson in wearing what we look good in no matter what others expect.
- August 31, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- Cheyenne. said...
This is the best blog i've seen in a while! What a good idea, and it really makes me smile. I wish one day to be one of these brilliantly dressed granny's. SUCH AN INSPIRATION :D aha
- August 31, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- Dr. Rob Rob said...
What are the chances Ari? It's a great shot, a great look and a great story. Elaine has always done her own thing and its wonderful to see that she's still got it.
- August 31, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Damon said...
really cool
- September 1, 2011 at 12:50 AM
- Sarah said...
Serendipitous! That really is fantastic.
- September 1, 2011 at 3:01 AM
- Musette said...
Wow! She's really something else, isn't she? You can just feel the power and confidence and fabulousness emanating from her!
Great style, too!
- September 1, 2011 at 6:47 PM
- RebTee said...
I used to work with Elaine YEARS ago on a Broadway production. She was, indeed, formidable, legendary, and every ounce the old-school professional. Great shot - it's wonderful to see her still looking so amazing.
- September 4, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Hey ari would you mind giving me some fashion tips to improve my blog please check it out and leave a comment with your advice and constructive critisism it would mean the world to me it is called what2wear-kk.blogspot.com If you do thanks a billion!!!!
- September 4, 2011 at 10:15 AM
- Gunel (Guni) said...
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Window Alert Decals Prevent Bird Collisions
- Window decals protect birds from window strikes
- Decals are nearly invisible to humans but act as a warning to birds
- Four decals per package; choice of two designs
Millions of birds are killed each year flying into windows. Now you can help protect them with Window Alert. Just place these decals on the outside of the glass and they act as a stop light to birds. Nearly invisible to us; easy to apply and remove. Choice of Snowflake or Maple Leaf design.
Product Details
- Plastic
- Approx. 4" in diameter each
- Decals remove easily without residue
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We're proud of the fact that this item is shipped to you directly from our warehouse in Vermont, by one of our 250 employee-owners. In-stock items are packed with care and shipped within the next business day to ensure prompt delivery to your home and garden!


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Bob's Red Mill, Organic High Fiber Coconut Flour, Gluten Free, 16 oz (453 g)
By Bob's Red Mill
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Shipping Weight:?1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
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- Product Code: BRM-00815
- UPC Code: 039978008152
- Package Quantity: 16 oz (453 g)
- Dimensions: 2.4 x 4 x 7 in, 1.1 lbs (0.5 kg)
Product Overview
- To Your Good Health... Bob Moore
- Great for Gluten Free Baking
- You Can See Our Quality
- Kosher Pareve
- USDA Organic
- Wholesome
- Certified Organic by QAI
Coconut Flour is a delicious, healthy alternative to wheat and other grain flours. It is very high in fiber, gluten free, and contains 3 g of digestible carbohydrates per serving. It lends baked goods an incomparably rich texture and a unique, natural sweetness. Our coconut flour does not contain sweeteners or sulfites.
Bob's Red Mill products labeled Gluten Free are batch tested in our quality control laboratory. We use an ELISA Gluten Assay test to determine if a product is gluten free.
Suggested Use
Keeps best refrigerated or frozen
Tips For Using Coconut Flour:
- You can replace up to 20% of the flour called for in a recipe with Coconut Flour, adding an equivalent amount of additional liquid to the recipe.
- If batter seems too thick, thin out by adding a bit more oil until desired consistency is achieved. If batter seems too runny, don't worry. Coconut Flour's high fiber content makes it very absorbent. During baking, the coconut will absorb much of the liquid.
- To maintain freshness, store Coconut Flour in an airtight container after opening package.
Other Ingredients
Organic coconut.
Manufactured in a facility that also uses tree nuts and soy.
|Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: 2 Tbsp. (14 g)
|Servings Per Container: About 32
|Amount Per Serving
|% Daily Value*
|Calories from Fat
|Total Fat
|2 g
|Saturated Fat
|2 g
|Trans Fat
|0 g
|0 mg
|30 mg
|Total Carbohydrate
|8 g
|Dietary Fiber
|5 g
|1 g
|2 g
|Vitamin A
|Vitamin C
|*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
|Total Fat
|Less than
|65 g
|80 g
|Sat. Fat
|Less than
|20 g
|25 g
|Less than
|300 mg
|300 mg
|Less than
|2,400 mg
|2,400 mg
|Total Carb.
|300 g
|375 g
|Dietary Fiber
|25 g
|30 g
iHerb Customer Reviews
My boys are wheat and gluten intolerant. This is the perfect flour for them. We make muffins from this and they have no reaction what so ever. Highly recommend.
Loved this flour- very healthy & high in fiber. Only a very slight aftertaste of coconut in the blueberry muffins I made. Can't tell at all in chocolate baked goods. The only trick is, this flour absorbs tons of liquid so must add more & also must use lots of eggs to compensate for no gluten. I will definitely use this instead of white or wheat flour for all my healthy treats!
Great stuff!
Posted by Reviewer2894352 on Mar 29, 2008
My boys are wheat and gluten intolerant. This is the perfect flour for them. We make muffins from this and they have no reaction what so ever. Highly recommend.
Loved it!
Posted by Reviewer2505410 on Sep 10, 2009
Loved this flour- very healthy & high in fiber. Only a very slight aftertaste of coconut in the blueberry muffins I made. Can't tell at all in chocolate baked goods. The only trick is, this flour absorbs tons of liquid so must add more & also must use lots of eggs to compensate for no gluten. I will definitely use this instead of white or wheat flour for all my healthy treats!
First time trying coconut flour
Posted by Reviewer1117301 on May 01, 2009
I have not tried any other brands of coconut flour so I'm not sure how it compares to others. The flour is very fine and baked up into a very delicate crumb. If you don't use a strong flavoring such as chocolate, you can really taste the "coconuttiness" of the flour coming through. I made coconut flour brownies that were delicious but ended up more with a cake texture than a brownie texture. I'm still experiencing with other recipes at this time.
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Super Product
Posted by Reviewer2128490 on Jan 14, 2009
Best thing I've found to add moisture and flavor simultaneously to otherwise cardboard like gluten free baked goods. Its way spendy though. Substitute 1/3 whatever flour mix you are using with this and you will have a nice moist dessert.
Coconut Flour
Posted by Reviewer1620176 on Mar 03, 2008
This is my first time to use it, and I have gone through half the package. I am diabetic and don't do much baking. I am a pie and pudding man, but am paranoid about sugar and carbs. I use powdered dark cocao which makes a rather bitter pudding. I have been adding this flour and it gives not only a nutritional element, but a slightly sweet taste to my pudding. Now new problem---portion size and moderation. Can't eat just one, as the commercial goes.


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A dozen football players from Dexter Regional High School have been suspended for alleged hazing during a school sleepover earlier this month. The incident renews concerns about hazing - and casts a cloud at the end of a season that saw the Dexter High football team achieve its best record in two decades. Patty Wight reports.
School officials aren't saying exactly what happened during the alleged hazing at the football team sleepover. But Dexter High School Principal Stephen Bell will tell you that there were multiple incidents that started at 5 o'clock in the morning.
"It involved a large, majority of kids," he says. "There were five separate incidents, so it was spread out."
According to the Bangor Daily News, a friend of school employees said freshmen were held down against their will and beaten with plastic hockey sticks and Wiffle ball bats to the point of drawing blood. Precisely true or not, Principal Bell says those targeted were physically well enough to return to school Monday, and those responsible are facing consequences.
"Twelve kids have been suspended for a variety of lengths of time," he says. "There's also a series of suspensions from athletic events going forward for those that are still involved in athletics, and those vary in length from at least a month, all the way back to only a week. But all of them come with conditions of return to play."
The sleepover started after a Friday night team banquet. Bell says around 25 to 30 members of the team stayed over at the school to hang out in the gym and play video games. The coaching staff chaperoned in shifts, and when the alleged hazing happened, Bell says two of them were in the building.
He wouldn't say whether the coaches will be punished, but says that both the school and the police continue to investigate the matter.
"Hazing is a growing concern - I think it's increasingly becoming something that's in the public eye, just like bullying is," says Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine. Allan's spent years researching campus culture and hazing, and says nationally, 47 percent of high school students who participate in clubs or sports experience hazing.
She says it's often accepted - even by adults who are present - for the perceived positive aspects, such as promoting tradition, or group unity. But Allan says what can seem like a joke to one person can be degrading or harmful to another, and that schools need to send a strong message:
"That hazing is not a part of the school culture and won't be tolerated; holding students accountable, but also having discussions with the entire school community, not just some of the students."
Principal Stephen Bell says the school board and administration will revisit the policy on sleepovers. Up until this football team sleepover, he says they've been healthy experiences, and important.
"You know, we don't have YMCAs and things like that here, so it is a very normal activity here," he says. "We have 30-hour famines that are key clubs and sleepovers in the school. We have the homeless awareness thing that's a sleepover, we had a cheerleader thing just a few weeks ago - a lot of clubs, organizations, teams - this is the community building."
Bell says the school is sad and embarrassed, but he emphasized that the Dexter High students involved in the hazing incdient are by and large good kids who made a terrible mistake. Bell says the school plans to take steps help all the students - both the victims and the perpetrators - move forward.


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- Pictures Hub
- Taking a picture or recording a video
- Saving or deleting a picture or video
- Sharing pictures and videos
- Changing the background in the Pictures Hub
- Adding location information to your pictures
- See, tag and comment on my friends' pictures
- Favourites in the Pictures Hub
- Adding or deleting albums
Sharing pictures and videos
Some people like to share snapshots of major events, like birthdays and graduations. Others broadcast what they're having for lunch. Whatever your sharing habits, you've got lots of choices for showing off your pictures and videos.
To share a picture or video on a social network
You can share videos on OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) or Facebook. You can share pictures on OneDrive, Facebook or Twitter.
On Start , tap Pictures .
Find a picture or video you want to share. (To share a picture from an online album, you'll need to save it to your phone first.)
Tap More (or tap and hold the picture), then tap Share.
You can also tap Share on Facebook. (If you don't have Facebook on your phone, you'll see Share on SkyDrive.) To change this, tap Pictures > More > Settings. Tap Quick Share Account, then select SkyDrive or Facebook.
Tap the name of the social network you want to post to.
Tap the text box to type a caption (optional). If you are posting on Twitter, the caption will appear in your tweet.
Tap Upload (picture) or (video).
To tag a picture
You can tag faces in a picture when posting it to Facebook or OneDrive. When sharing a picture, before you tap Upload , do one of the following:
- If your phone detects an untagged face, you'll see a box around it. Tap Who's this? then choose a contact or type a tag.
- If your phone doesn't detect the face, tap Add tag, then choose a contact or type a tag.
You can remove or edit tags on your pictures from your phone – whether you've added them yourself or a friend did it. Open the picture, tap More > Add or view tags. Tap the tag you want to change, then tap Change or Delete.
To share a picture or video in a text message, email or IM
On Start , tap Pictures .
Find a picture or video you want to share. (To share a picture from an online album, you'll need to save it to your phone first.)
Tap More (or tap and hold the picture), then tap Share.
To send the item in a text message or IM, tap Messaging. To send it by email, tap the name of the email account you want to use.
A new email or message opens with the item attached.
To share multiple pictures in a text message or to share a video, voice note or custom ringtone in a text message, your phone must be running the latest version of Windows Phone software (OS version 7.10.8773.98). If your phone is running an earlier version of Windows Phone software, you can only share one picture in a text or instant message. For information about software updates, see Phone updates FAQ.
To automatically upload each picture you take to OneDrive
OneDrive is part of Windows Live, a password-protected service on the web, where you can store and share your documents and pictures – up to 7 GB for free. Sign in to photos.live.com with your Windows Live ID and you're ready to go.
On Start , flick left to the App list.
Tap Settings , flick left to Applications, then tap Pictures + Camera.
Turn on Automatically upload to SkyDrive.
Once you've uploaded some pictures and videos to OneDrive, you'll also see a selection of them when you go to My Phone on windowsphone.com. To learn more about My Phone, see My Phone FAQ.
- You won't be able to upload pictures automatically to OneDrive if your phone has only 256 MB of RAM. Contact your phone manufacturer for more information.
- Pictures are uploaded to OneDrive and other social networks at low resolution. To back up your pictures at full resolution, use the Zune software on your computer. To learn more, see Synchronising music, pictures and videos . You can also upload your pictures at full resolution using the OneDrive application which is available in Marketplace.
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Money-Life Balance: What It Is and How to Get It
We're all know about work-life balance -- the idea of hitting that sweet spot where one's home life is rich and full, and doesn't collide with one's career. But how about money-life balance, when you can enjoy your earnings without racking up uncomfortable debt? Too few of us have that: Here are some tips on how to get it.


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See the top 20 most helpful scuba gear reviews
Average Customer Review: based on 1 reviews.Rating: Great Regulator
can a swivel be added to the Oasis reg? Or would it not be good idea?
Yes the Omni Swivel works the best. http://www.scuba.com/scuba-gear-37/034061/Omni-Swivel-Scuba-Regulator-Omniswivel.html
2013 Oasis advertisement boost of 2 exhaust Ts with the ability to change from a compact to an ultra wide exhaust T for better bubble dispersion...HOW? You cannot even change the tee its lpart of the Reg.
If so, that so called extended Tee does not come with the box the regs in, Ive seen the box it come with and there is no extra extended Tee. If that be the case, it does not seem as if any Dive shop knows about that accessory. How do you get it?
can a swivel be added to the Oasis reg? Or would it not be good idea?
Yes the Omni Swivel works the best. http://www.scuba.com/scuba-gear-37/034061/Omni-Swivel-Scuba-Regulator-Omniswivel.html
But I have seen this reg and looked it over. Its not like the old school blizzard, or brut. There is not screw to take out in order to remove Tee
You are correct. All the new models seem to have the same look. I just dont get how the advertisement brags about haveing two T exhaust with the ability to change from compact to an ultra wide exhaust T for better bubble dispersion. Its klind of misleading. I truly appreicate all you help though. Thanks
Does tha Sherwood Oasis work with nitrox or mixed gasses? I want to use the Sherwood Octo SR2 and I see that it works to 40% Nitrox mix so I want me primary regularor to also be able to accept Nitrox. Thanks, Hugh
REGULATORS: Oasis
If you're a warm-water diver who gets that awful feeling of dry mouth, you are going to love the Oasis. Sherwood has exclusively developed two, second-stage moisture-retention fins for the Oasis that keep your mouth cool and comfortable all-dive long. Oasis also features:
Sherwood's unique dry first stage.
A Wisdom® mouthpiece comfortably eases the bite needed to hold the regulator, reducing jaw fatigue.
Sherwood's exclusive baffled-and-extended exhaust tee reduces bubble size and moves them out of your line of vision—also reduces regulator bounce and jaw fatigue.
Two primary-flow ports that boost outlet pressure to the second stage for easier breathing.
Sherwood's patented, moisture-retention fins that reduce dry mouth and allow you to direct air flow and optimize breathing characteristics to match any dive condition.
Sherwood Scuba equipment is for use only by individuals trained and certified by a nationally recognized scuba training agency. For further information, please consult your Sherwood Owner's Manuals.


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GREENSBORO -- This week on Ways to Save, we tackle practical savings and usher in some of the lowest price points of the season.
Whether you're in search of new batteries for that TV remote control, a backup for that alarm clock, or batteries for that wireless mouse you may be using right now, we have you covered.
Battery deals take me a while because I like to test the batteries for a few months and then I have to wait for the deal to drop a second time. That brings us to this today after I've spent almost a full year with today's batteries from Fuji.
This one-day deal drop gets you 64 Fuji eco-friendly "super-alkaline" batteries (44 AA and 20 AAA) for $25 with shipping included.
These batteries are also produced without toxic ozone emissions and packaged without mercury, cadmium and PVD. They have a full 6-year warranty and retain up to 85% of their life after 7 years of storage. This particular batch selling today has an expiration of December 2019. In all of my tests, they lasted as long as competing Energizer batteries.
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80% off 64 Fuji super alkaline batteries + $5 shipping
Now: $19.99
**Shipment includes 44 AA and 20 AAA batteries
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House with Jewish Blessings
These colorful, meaningful heirlooms represent in form and word what we all wish for in our homes: Harmony, tranquility, unity, wisdom, respect, and honor. They will remind your family on daily basis of the values you all share.
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Established in 1994 by the General Assembly, the Consumer Advocate represents the interests of Tennessee consumers of investor-owned electric, natural gas, telephone, water, and sewer companies. Generally, the Consumer Advocate seeks to enforce laws applicable to public utilities, to remove barriers to competition in public utilities markets, and to seek a healthy balance between regulation, competition and the public interest.
The Consumer Advocate participates in regulatory proceedings and monitors complaints filed against various utilities in the state. The majority of the formal advocacy involves proceedings before the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA.) The TRA is the agency responsible for regulating Tennessee's investor-owned utility companies. The Consumer Advocate reviews rate filings, applications, and other matters, participates in proceedings, offers expert testimony, and files legal motions and briefs as necessary.
On January 16, 2014, Berry's Chapel filed in the Tennessee Regulatory Authority ("TRA") a Petition to change and increase the rates and charges paid by consumers for wastewater service. The petition seeks to increase its operating revenues by $99,000 to $844,900. This represents an increase by 13.35% for the households served by Berry's Chapel. This revenue increase, however, does not translate into a per customer increase of only 13.35% because the company's petition also includes provisions to "pass-through" the costs of legal expenses, financial security, sludge removal, electricity, and chemicals which will also increase customer bills. The Consumer Advocate and Protection Division filed a petition to intervene in the case on behalf of ratepayers on January 23, 2014...more.


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Topic: Heartburn
Fact Sheet: 7-Day Diary7DD
By: International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders IFFGD
For reflux disease (GERD) or chronic heartburn, a one week daily diary to help you get the most out of your next doctor visit.
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Depending on your ability and inclination, you can choose from three different speed groups: "Slow" Social Group Ride (11-12mph); "Intermediary" Social Group Ride (14-15mph); "Fast" Club Ride (17-18mph).
Event calendar
Use our new event calendar to browse all social and fast club rides, which are scheduled to take place soon. You can also suggest new routes. We hope to see you there!
For just £12.50 per year, you can become a Somer Valley Cycling Club member. You can then join the Sunday rides... and receive a discount on various purchases made at Bike-It in Radstock.
Somer Valley Cycling Club is affiliated to the following Cycling Bodies:
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I like the see through floor, it gives an original clean look. And the map itself is well layed out.
What software did you use?
This is some maps I made years ago for my campaign.
I choose not to fill the floor to save my printer and my bucks .
But be sure that all the items for encounters are there.
I like the see through floor, it gives an original clean look. And the map itself is well layed out.
What software did you use?
Nice map, what software ?
Thx for comment... I forget to say that I used Dundjinni
Very nice, I've never gotten this good results when i tried dundjinni. I guess it all comes down to practice.
Very nice indeed. I think the only thing I would do would be to lighten up the grid , but that's really a minor thing.
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
Unless otherwise stated by me in the post, all work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Any chance of a version without the grid?
I think you could sell the floor better if you were to trim or mask the grid to the interior only instead of having it cover the entire page. I don't use Dundjinni, though, so I don't know how easy that is to do in that application.
It's a very nice looking map as is, though, and I definitely approve of the economical approach to mapmaking.
Bryan Ray, visual effects artist
Following is a map of the smithy ; a place where all adventurers have to visit to repair his stuff (at least)
Also made with dundjinni, using the same tipology
Following is a postguard.
As usual made by dundjinni


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All Gifts / Black Salt Caramel Exotic Chocolate Bar
Black Salt Caramel Chocolate Bar Our new generation of caramel filled bars will have you swooning at first bite. 70% cacao dark chocolate surrounds the molten, salt-spiked, soft caramel center. If you are a newcomer to the addictive combination of salt + chocolate, this bar is a must-try.
Black Salt Caramel parfum includes:
black Hawaiian sea salt + burnt sugar caramel + 70% cacao dark chocolate
GLUTEN-FREE Processed on equipment that also processes Milk, Soy, Peanut and Tree Nuts. Consume within 12 months. Net weight: 3 ounces
Black Salt Caramel parfum includes:
black Hawaiian sea salt + burnt sugar caramel + 70% cacao dark chocolate
GLUTEN-FREE Processed on equipment that also processes Milk, Soy, Peanut and Tree Nuts. Consume within 12 months. Net weight: 3 ounces
My first black salt caramel creation was born in the form of a truffle for the Marchesa Collection inspired by the 19th century Italian diva, Luisa Casati. She was one of the first femme fatales, known for her grand parties where she would show up with snakes around her neck. It is also said that Casati was spotted walking the streets of Venice at night escorted by cheetahs in jeweled collars. The black Hawaiian salt and dark chocolate are inspired by my muse's signature dark India ink make up.
Black Hawaiian salt or Hiwa Kai is a blend of sea salt and volcanic charcoal. The salt is harvested naturally in ocean pools that have formed from past volcanic eruptions. The salt's striking obsidian hue is matched only by its flavor on your palate—slightly nutty and smoky—the perfect combination with burnt caramel and dark chocolate.
Enjoy this most decadent indulgence.
- Katrina
Black Hawaiian salt or Hiwa Kai is a blend of sea salt and volcanic charcoal. The salt is harvested naturally in ocean pools that have formed from past volcanic eruptions. The salt's striking obsidian hue is matched only by its flavor on your palate—slightly nutty and smoky—the perfect combination with burnt caramel and dark chocolate.
Enjoy this most decadent indulgence.
- Katrina
Customer ReviewsProduct Reviews: (20 Reviews)
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|Good but messy
|Good flavor but rather runny and messy eating!
|- Jean
|Fair warning
|Delicious! Perfect caramel and chocolate balance! - But be warned - even refrigerated, you should not eat this chocolate bar on expensive furniture or when far away from soap.
|- Julia
|Perfect combination
|This is my favorite Vosges chocolate bar. It is the perfect combination of sweet and salt. I love to break off a gooey piece and let it melt in my mouth, tasting the carmel first, then the amazing salt crystals on my tongue. Once opened, it gets very gooey, so after breaking off the first piece, I throw it in the fridge, and get a completely different experience the next time I try a bite!
|- Sandra
|This bar is amazing. I try to eat oonly eat one piece at a time but it is so good I usually end up eating half of the bar before I know it.
|- Valerie
|Black Salt Carmel Bar
|It was very smooth, but way too gooey...if your house is too warm, you don't want to put these bard in the fridge or freezer.
|- Jenny Roberts
|Addictive indeed
|I am now purchasing this candy bar at least once a week and not sharing with anyone!
|- Madeleine
|Tasty flavors, messy construction
|the 70% dark chocolate is excellent in this bar--a bold cocoa flavor that has a great balance of bitter and sweet tastes. It's an excellent contrast with the sweet, syrupy caramel in the bar. Unfortunately, this caramel is quite sticky and messy (I recommend eating it on a plate). It's got a burnt-sugar taste, personally not my favorite caramel flavor. The sea salt adds excellent depth, serving to compliment the sweet caramel and bold chocolate.
|- Jonathan Gill
|This was the best candy bar I have ever eaten by far!!! Just the right amount of saltiness with the bittersweet chocolate...wow!
|- Sharon
|Classic, but Better
|This is your classic caramel and chocolate pairing, but better. The caramel is smooth and rich, with a hint of smokiness. The chocolate is intoxicating. One of my favorites.
|- Rachel Landis
|Worth it!
|Messy but worth licking your fingers!
|- Kathy
|Good not Great!
|This bar was good merely because of the wonderful, rich chocolate! I did not however, taste the salt. The caramel was good but made the bar very difficult to eat as it seeped out when I broke off a piece of the bar and dropped on my blouse. I ate and enjoyed it. I just don't think this will be a favorite!
|- Jana
|sweet, gooey, yumminess!
|would have liked the salt to be a bit more prominent... but overall, a super yummy treat! my son liked it so much he ate half the bar before i could stop him.
|- emily
|Casati - La Magnifique!
|Anyone realize that this is Vosges' famous "Marchesa Casati" truffle in bar form? All that's missing is the pearl dust! An exotic treat in homage of an exotic legend.
|- Marie McCann
|Took a chance...
|I'm not a fan of the sweet/salty combo (esp. in chocolate). Not even a caramel bar chocolate fan (too sweet/messy). But, I took a chance on this because of the burnt caramel and Hawaiian black salt (I love this stuff). Turns out it's not bad. Not too sweet and not too salty, just right. Only a little disappointed that I didn't taste much smokey notes.
|- Cat
|so good but not the best
|Compared to most chocolate bars in the world, this would be a 5. But as far as Vosges goes, this one is worth ordering but not if it's the only one you're ordering. I both like and dislike the extremely runny caramel, but the ultimate complexity of the bar isn't up there with the best ones.
|- elaffint
|Top of the Troppers!
|This chocolate is totally top of the troppers, it is my favourite of all time and you must try it!
|- Otter
|Couldn't taste the salt and caramel too runny
|Was expecting more salty taste, given the big build-up on the wrapper for Black Salt. The runny caramel was also a bit of a turn-off. Given the run-of-the mill flavor, not worth twice the price of other similar bars.
|- Andy Butler
|I don't even eat dark chocolate generally. I bought this by the market register because of the words "salt" and "caramel. If only I had more.I find this insanely delicious.
|- Erica
|Supremely decadent
|I've never been driven to write a review for anything I purchased at the market, but this did it. Truly the best chocolate bar I've ever tasted.
|- Sarah
|An experience
|This candy bar is better than some of the best sex I've ever had! Take your time a savor it...eat mine while taking a hot bath.
|- Carol
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KSDK) - A Madison County grand jury indicted a former Maryville police officer Thursday for allegedly filing false worker's compensation claims.
According to Madison County State's Attorney Thomas Gibbons, Richard Turner worked as an officer in the Maryville Police Department between November 2003 and October 2011. In February 2009, Turner claimed he suffered a back injury while on the job.
As a result of his claim, Richard Turner received worker's compensation from the Village of Maryville (over $38,000), and the insurance carrier covered all medical expenses relating to the treatment of said injury (over $150,000).
Gibbons said investigators suspected Turner had lied about claims and ultimately determined his back injury was not sustained while on duty.
Richard Turner was charged with two counts of theft and two counts of unlawful violation of the Workers Compensation Act.
If convicted on all four counts, Turner faces between 9 and 28 years in prison.