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The Mills College Children's School as Urban Teacher Preparation: The Antithesis to Teach for America | Sara Sutherland
Teach for America is a program rife with good intentions: students in inner city schools will have the benefit of fresh blood and new perspectives in their classrooms, beleaguered schools will have the gift of idealistic new staff, the young TFA participants will be exposed to the realities of urban inner-city schools, which will hopefully broaden their perspectives. These are well-intended goals, and there have certainly been positive outcomes. I have several friends who are TFA graduates, and they speak of the horizon-expanding experience that Teach for America offered them, and how the program offered them a landing place when they were at an impasse in their young lives. Did any of these friends go on to teach beyond Teach for America? Not one.
Despite the intentions to improve the lives of students in urban schools, it would seem that the primary beneficiaries of Teach for America are the program participants. The students are exposed to yet another teacher that will leave them, if not due to burnout, then due to a planned departure, when, do-gooder vacation over, their teacher moves on to the next step in their "real " lives.
What do we want for students in urban schools? I think we want what we want for all children: teachers who are devoted to children and the craft of teaching, who are committed to making this practice their "real" lives. It seems to me that a critical component for success for these teachers is adequately preparing them to be thoughtful practitioners in spite of and because of the very reality of the schools and lives of the children they serve.
I am a Head Teacher at an independent private laboratory school committed to a lens of social justice and preparing thoughtful teachers. I oversee a classroom of children with a staff 100% comprised of students preparing to become teachers, special education professionals, and Child Life practitioners. My top priority is providing safe, thoughtful early education and care to my young students – but a VERY close second is providing a laboratory for learning for my adult students to prepare them for thoughtful practice, wherever their careers will take them.
The Children's School, my professional home for the past eight years, at times receives criticism for not being "real" enough for student teachers aiming to teach in urban settings. The teacher: child ratios in our classroom are excellent, even if most of the teachers are students themselves, here to learn. We have the luxury and the challenge of partnering with the School of Education on a college campus, and are tasked with ensuring our teaching of all constituencies is research-based and context-appropriate. We have something that many schools are not fortunate enough to have: time. Each day we can debrief with our student teachers to discuss the daily experience, provide support, offer feedback, assist in formulating questions, and model reflection. Perhaps this luxury is the other side of the "real world" coin flipped nonchalantly by speed teacher education programs. However, I would argue that our model of teacher education provides an immersive context for teachers learning to be reflective practitioners. As a Head Teacher, I am incredibly intentional of ensuring that my students be exposed to and allowed to practice reflective teaching so they can develop highly personalized modes of reflection and resilience – so that these can be taken with them as part of their bag of teaching tricks into settings that do not – cannot – offer this luxury of time.
The Urban Teaching Education Consortium recently published a thought-provoking position paper in the Washington Post that critiques the speed teacher-preparation programs and posits a set of recommendations for preparing teachers for urban settings. I was struck – and professionally inspired — by how many of their recommendations for urban teacher preparation we are addressing in our practicum setting for teachers. I am gratified to teach in an environment that places such emphasis in preparing teachers to be deeply thoughtful; that encourages them to know their students and themselves and use this knowledge to create learning communities; that encourages novice teachers to question the why's of teaching mandates; that models inquiry as a stance. It is gratifying to read the Consortium's recommendations and know that my work in my context is serving children in more "typical" urban schools through the teachers I am helping to prepare.
Sara Sutherland, MA, is an alumna of the Masters in Education program at Mills. She has been a Head Teacher in the preschool program at the Children's School since 2007.
The Happy Eating Place: How Elementary Students Can Run Their Own Business | Whitney Walker
The menu changes every time they open, and specialties range from turkey pozole to hearty fish chowder, quinoa salad to broccoli pasta, and blueberry scones to cheesy pigs-in-blankets. They use only organic, low-sugar ingredients and sustainably-raised meats or vegetarian alternatives. But this is not a fancy, five-star restaurant. It's an elementary school, and all the chefs are fourth and fifth graders.
Anne Malamud's 4/5 class at Mills College Children's School, the laboratory school for the School of Education at Mills College in Oakland, California, is learning how to run a successful business and to make a difference in their own community. Calling their entrepreneurial venture the Happy Eating Place(HEP), the students originally set out just to prepare healthy snacks on campus and raise money for a yet-to-be determined nonprofit organization, but Malamud saw the opportunity for a service learning initiative with broader goals that would include social justice issues within our society. Now in its second year of operation, the HEP's mission has grown to include educating others about nutrition, the importance of sustainable farming, and the roots of hunger in America. This has included writing pamphlets, giving talks, and creating a presentation.
Service learning projects can be developed at any grade level. It may require extra work when teachers alter their plans to integrate student-driven, hands-on lessons in their math, writing, social studies, and science curricula, but that work pays dividends in student engagement. Here are five easy steps to start a service learning business model in your classroom.
1. Find an Entry Point That Excites Students
Fresh off a nutrition unit where they learned about digestion in the human body and picked up a few simple, healthy recipes, the class became enthusiastic about the idea of using food as a basis for a service learning project. Malamud saw an opportunity to teach basic economics in the context of running a business, and brought in a financial planner (one of her parents) to explain about initial investments, gross and net profits, and how to price items and predict sales.
2. Give Every Student a Stake in the Project
In order to run a successful classroom business, every student needs to have a job — cooks, servers, cashier, accountant, marketing team, even dishwasher. A range of jobs can accommodate the range of abilities in the group. Artists who like to draw and make posters are great on the marketing team, those who like to move around can make great servers, and those who like to cook can cook! Students learn that every job is important, and they see the interconnectedness of each job. They are more invested in the project, and more excited about working together toward a common goal.
3. Incorporate Daily Curriculum into Business Lessons
While cooking, students practice multiplying and dividing fractions to increase and decrease their recipes. To drum up interest in their healthy bake sales, the marketing team writes and maintains a blog and visits other classrooms to talk about their mission. This year, HEP expanded to include a restaurant, where students served a four-course meal to families and staff, researching recipes related to their current social studies unit (i.e. Old World vs. New World foods). Students are more engaged and excited about doing class assignments when they relate to their business model.
4. Look Beyond the Classroom
Since HEP is centered on a cooking model and the class had already studied a unit on nutrition, Malamud had an idea to incorporate a particular service learning component within their business project. She asked her students, "What happens when people don't have access to good nutrition?" To answer the question, she showed a documentary called A Place at the Table about hunger in America, organized a field trip to a local sustainable farm, and set up a volunteer partnership with the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Students decided that they wanted all of their HEP profits to go to the Food Bank, and over the course of two years, they've donated close to $1,000 to that cause. And because each dollar raised for the Food Bank has the buying power of four dollars, students can use the Food Bank's online shopping cart to see just how much their donation is buying.
5. Let Them Make Mistakes
After their first few initial successes, students voted to make organic fruit smoothies for one dollar each at their next bake sale. Malamud knew that the ingredients would be expensive, but she let the students learn their own lesson and lose money on the sale, prompting the team to think about whether they could serve smaller portions or charge more. Another time, a measuring error resulted in salty scones, and the marketing team went class to class talking to their fellow classmates about the error and rebuilding trust in their product. In their second year as a business, HEP added a new job — a Satisfaction Manager who interviews customers after each sale so that the team can discuss what worked well and what they might do differently next time. Sometimes, this requires changing the recipe, increasing advertising, or surveying their clientele. Even if the only solution is to take an item off the menu, the students learn an important business lesson.
The Happy Eating Place is an unusual leadership opportunity for fourth and fifth graders, and perhaps that is the reason for its success. Even young elementary students can excel when given the hands-on experience of running a business, and also seeing how they can effect bigger change in the world.
Please tell us about any service learning or student-driven nutrition projects at your school.
Whitney is the Admissions Director at MCCS and has been a professional journalist for 20 years. She enjoys working with the 4/5 class's marketing team to maintain their Happy Eating Place blog.
This article was originally posted on Edutopia in July 2014.
How Mills Prepared Me for a Career in Early Childhood Education | Jenna Peterson
Six years ago I found myself packing one bag and moving from North Carolina to California to experience the life of the west. I had just graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina. As I began to search for careers, I quickly realized that I needed more experience and education to pursue my passion of working with children, aged birth-3 years, and their families. I had always had an interest for the developing brain and its fascinating ability to rewire itself based on environmental input. In my undergraduate studies, I had had the opportunity to intern in a hospital with a developmental specialist in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,(NICU), follow-up clinic, helping the specialist conduct developmental assessments on premature infants post-NICU through age 3. I knew then, the hospital population, particularly the premature population, was my passion.
After years of searching and narrowing my focus of study for graduate school, I came into contact with Dr. Kathleen Vandenberg, the west coast Master Trainer of the NIDCAP (Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care Assessment Program http://www.nidcap.org/). During a 2-hour conversation with her, a light bulb went off and I knew I had tapped into something that would change the course of my life. I once again packed my bags, moved to San Francisco, and began a Master's program in Early Childhood Special Education at Mills, while simultaneously interning at UCSF Medical Center with Dr. Vandenberg . However, in between my 1st year of grad school and 2nd, the 14 year old west coast NIDCAP program was cut due to lack of funding. But luckily, another door opened up for me, allowing me to intern at Oakland Children's hospital with a NIDCAP trainer as well. There, I learned developmental interventions along with infant massage techniques to help foster a better developmental outcome for these fragile infants despite the unnatural environmental surroundings of a NICU.
Although my journey began with a narrow focus for the premature population, Mills' graduate program quickly expanded my knowledge immensely, and gave me opportunities to work with all types of children and families including both those with special needs and those with typically developing children. Mills taught me to look at the child as a whole and meet the family where they are emotionally. Professionally, I am now seeing how the information I attained at Mills through the Children's School, lectures, and field experiences have prepared me, and my classmates, to be leaders in our field. We learned to manage almost any situation, and to know quickly how to respond sensitively to the family's needs in that moment. Mills taught us to see the big picture, the whole child, and how every factor –financial burdens, parental stress, behavior concerns, speech delays– of that child's life is important to consider when working with the family. Mills taught us to see the whole picture and how to support the whole family through the journey.
I have learned more than I could have ever anticipated from this graduate program. The rich amount of hands-on, reflective practice that Mills provided is something that you cannot get anywhere else. I don't think students realize the richness of the program until they begin their career. You may feel engulfed with so much work that you don't realize the implication of that 25th reflection paper until you step into the work force. Then you realize that reflection of practice is the gateway to confidence and leadership in any profession.
Currently, I am a Developmental Specialist at Rady Children's Hospital in Oceanside, CA. I provide developmental assessments for children from birth to age 5. I also provide one-on-one consults with parents and children, providing educational play opportunities and information on how to stimulate language/development at home. I teach infant massage classes to families at the hospital and to mothers attending a substance abuse recovery center that are being reunited with their infants. I recently had the opportunity to speak at a local Early Childhood Mental Health Conference in San Diego, CA about the "Fussy Baby," where I presented NIDCAP's philosophies on helping the infant self-regulate. In addition, I am currently mentoring undergraduate interns. Following your passion pays off in the end. I credit Mills for where I am today, and will forever be thankful for all the experiences it gave me. It was a lot of hard work, but it was worth every lost hour of sleep.
Thinking Outside the Box Part II: How One School Is Doing Things Differently| Laurie Grassi-Redmond
I wrote a post for this blog back in February, when I was planning to open a new school in Freedom, Maine. Shortly after writing the post, I held some informational sessions at local public libraries in the area. I wanted to see how many families might be interested in this type of school. It's really outside of the box: three days a week, half of every school day spent outside, a truly multi-age setting of 5-10 year-colds all together, two full-time teachers, preparing and eating meals together made from local, organic foods… I just didn't know if there would be enough interest to make a go of it.
At the first information session, one person showed up.
Three came to the second, and three came to the third. I paused to reconsider the idea. I thought deeply, talked to all my people, and decided in the end to go ahead with it. Even if I could get ten children, I figured, at least I would have a wonderful school environment for my own two daughters, and I would be able to provide what I feel is the best that education has to offer to another eight local children.
Well, The Mill School opened its doors on September 10th, fully enrolled with twenty local children, ages five to ten, and another eighteen on the waiting list. As it turns out, a lot of people are interested in exactly this kind of school. And so far, things are going as smoothly as can be expected at a brand new school. My colleague and I have changed the daily schedule about five times already. But the children are relaxed and happy, the parents are so supportive, and we have time to really get to know the children, as people, and as learners. Our first place-based curricular unit has begun, our food is delicious, and we are spending a lot of time outside, building strong bodies and connecting to the natural environment. The children are learning the daily routines. It feels to me as if this outside-of-the-box school is blossoming. As one student said to me yesterday, "It's so weird. At my old school, the teacher was the enemy. But here, you're just not. You two, like, seem to really care about us." I smiled, and she paused before she added, "And the food here is so good too!"
I am always interested in hearing about other schools where things are being done differently; please let me know if you have a story to share. You can contact me, and learn more about The Mill School, at www.themillschool.org
Teaching and Learning Collaboration in Haiti | Katherine Schultz
This July, I went with five educators—including Linda Kroll, Fredi Breuer, Serena Clayton and Regie Stites—to Haiti to work with teachers from three different schools supported by Sionfonds [http://www.sionfondsforhaiti.org], an NGO founded by Annie Blackstone. Sionfonds works with local communities to construct buildings for schools in locations with few, and sometimes no, educational opportunities. Once the schools are established, Sionfonds pays teacher salaries and provides medical and dental care for children and families in the school community. During the past two years, the organization has also provided professional development to improve teaching, a crucial matter in Haiti where literacy rates are alarmingly low among children and adults. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Haiti]
We spent a week at the Sionfonds school in Cavaillon, a small rural community about four hours from Port-Au-Prince. Together with 25 teachers from the three schools, we ran a week-long summer school for about 190 children that focused on community building, reading, writing, and bookmaking. Our goal was to introduce collaborative methods while teaching the children and teachers. We first spent the first day working with the teachers. For the rest of the week, the teachers spent each morning in classrooms, teaching in teams of two and three; in the afternoons, they met with us to reflect on their experiences and learn new methods for collaboration and teaching literacy. They used this knowledge to plan the next day.
We wanted the teachers to be captured by the excitement of collaborating with one another to learn new methods of teaching. We also wanted them to learn new ways to talk about reading, writing, and making books. We knew they would learn differently if we set them up to learn with and from each other. We hoped teachers would then bring these same methods into their classrooms, so that students could learn with and from peers as well as from teachers. We also wanted teachers and students –many of whom live in homes with no books—to feel that they were readers and writers. Overall, we wanted to convey that school is much more than preparation for tests, and education can allow children and adults alike to dream and imagine new possibilities.
We were pleased to find that there was already lots of collaboration in the school. The classrooms were partitioned off by small poles and narrow strips of canvas, with as many as five classrooms in a single open space. The voices of teachers and children from all the adjoining classes mixed together, sometimes creating so much noise it was difficult to hear. Great teaching ideas traveled between classes along with and through the sounds.
We built on this collaboration as we paired teachers from different schools to teach in a single classroom and then introduced literacy practices that could be taught using collaborative methods. One more formal collaborative practice is called "collaborative mentoring," and we introduced it to the teaches as a way they could observe and provide feedback for each other's teaching. Teachers shared their classroom experiences and observations in powerful conversations, and over the week we saw them try out practices they observed in their partner teachers' classes.
Similarly, although the children often worked together informally, we showed the teachers several formal strategies they could use to help students collaborate. In Haiti, as in much of the world, teachers ask questions and the whole class responds – hopefully with the answer anticipated by the teacher. We showed teachers how they could instead engage the students by having them turn to a partner to discuss the ideas in the book rather than by searching for a correct answer. We suggested that they ask students questions to elicit more details in their writing, rather than simply demanding that they fill a page. Further, we encouraged them to teach pairs of students to try this same process with each other. During the week, each teacher and student made two different kinds of books, one for poetry and one for narrative writing; at our celebration at the end of the week, younger and older children shared their stories with one another, illustrating another form of collaboration.
A week of literacy and collaboration was a powerful experience for the teachers and students. During the time we were in Cavaillon, we saw so much change. We saw adults and children learn the pleasure of reading stories with unexpected endings and of arguing about their meaning. We saw them experience the delight of seeing poems and stories unfold, of writing in books they made themselves, and sharing those books with their families and friends. They learned to view themselves as readers and authors. On the last day, a fifth grade teacher told us, "We know a lot of stories but I never decided to write them down. Last night I wrote a beautiful story in French. I will ask the children to make predictions when I read it in September. I think the story will go far and I am very happy."
Our work in Haiti illustrates how important it is to create opportunities for teachers and students to work together and learn from one another. In the United States we have largely eliminated such opportunities for collaboration in our relentless push to raise test scores and close the so-called achievement gap. We forget how important it is for teachers to learn from one another and share their expertise, which reinforces the professionalism of teaching. In a world consumed by high stakes educational reform, we have become blind to how collaborative practice improves the quality of teaching. I suggest we pause, reflect, and learn from efforts such as our work in Haiti, where we saw teachers and children learning from and with each other, and joyfully and proudly changing their practices.
Katherine Schultz is the Dean and Professor of Education at the School of Education at Mills College.
Developing Leadership for Early Childhood Professionals through Inquiry: Part II | Julie Nicholson
In my last blog, I introduced the Inquiry into Leadership for Early Childhood Professionals Project. Now I want to take you inside one of these meetings…
Each time we gather, a presenter courageously opens up his or her professional practice for public discussion sharing a current dilemma she/he is facing in the workplace. We use the Prospect Center's Descriptive Review (DR) of a Professional Dilemma of Practice, a structured inquiry protocol. The DR process uses thick description of "the particular"—e.g., individuals, relationships, communities, and contexts—as methods for strengthening equity (El Haj, 2003; Himley & Carini, 2000), a stark contrast with approaches that minimize human variation through top-down universalist interventions (Himley, 2000).
The DR process models how leadership can be strengthened through collaborative inquiry as new layers of understanding emerge when groups engage in sustained conversation around a shared topic. Early childhood professionals are able to put the world "out of play" for a moment with time to pause, reflect, reframe and return to their professional world to "act in it in wiser ways" (Himley, 2000, p. 200).
The dilemmas we have explored to date are wide-ranging. Two examples of guiding questions include:
- As a program manager at a family engagement non-profit agency, how can I leverage my position as a trainer/consultant to support the schools, teachers, and families I am working with to strengthen family engagement within the program?
- As a special education preK teacher in an urban school district, how do I remain true to my teaching practices when given inconsistent resources and support?
To provide a window into the types of discourse that emerge, I share brief moments of Natalia's dilemma [2nd question above] about working in a public preK special education class in a low income urban school district. She explained the daily challenges presented by a lack of resources:
"For example, I don't have a telephone in my room and I'm way across the field from everyone else and yet I have a child with a seizure disorder and so I have my cell phone with me in case I need to call 911. I'm supposed to have an aide but she went on break one day and never came back. I park in a parking lot that is gated and I need to leave at 3:30pm every day for safety reasons, which leaves me with no time to prep for my teaching. I'm all alone for most of the day as some days the transitions are so hard for the children to get to the playground that we don't even leave the classroom. The bathrooms in my classroom are filthy, the window is broken and there are very few toys or materials for the children. The physical environment is INCREDIBLY challenging to navigate for children with developmental challenges. I was trained to see quality environments as the right of every child. It has been very hard to have that here."
Natalia's colleagues asked 30 minutes of clarifying questions to help everyone understand the dilemma in more depth inspiring her to reflect on her relationships, her purposes, and goals for teaching, and the agency she had to influence positive change. For example:
- How much freedom do you have to create your own curriculum?
- Could you be written up for licensing violations?
- What have been your successes? What are you proud of?
- How did you make the decision to teach at this school?
Next, the group offered Natalia 22 recommendations. She listened but was asked not to respond. This helps the presenter learn to quiet her/his habit of 'reacting' to feedback. It also recognizes that the recommendations could be helpful for other participants as the dilemmas are acting as collective texts that everyone can use for strengthening practice. A more experienced colleague working in the same district encouraged Nalalia to go over the IEP rights every time she met with families and encourage them to contact the district office. Others reminded her that relationships, not things, are at the heart of teachers' work. She was also encouraged to be strategic with her 'asks,' to decide on two she really wanted, allowing her under-resourced district a way to meet her needs.
Natalia's colleagues encouraged her to reframe the situation and see herself as the primary resource for her students, to focus her energy on building strategic relationships with others in her district and to focus on the successes and changes she could make. Natalia reported having new ways of considering and responding to her dilemma and a renewed sense of what she called "unity and support" to inspire her. Other participants reported that the process helped them to learn to listen to others, to value collegial relationships, and to understand the courage that leadership required.
"Developing Leadership for Early Childhood Professionals through Inquiry": Part I | Julie Nicholson
Three years ago, I found myself completing a grant report where I became intrigued with one of the questions I was required to answer: "What are you doing to support leadership development for your alumni after they leave Mills?" After thinking for quite some time, I realized that I was unable to answer the question. As I drove home that night, I sat with the tension of the empty answer box on the report, and my knowledge of the importance of providing alumni with sustained opportunities to continue the learning and intellectual growth they started in graduate school.
After thoughtful conversations with Dean Kathy Schultz and with my colleagues, I collaborated with Professor Linda Kroll and Mills alumna Jennifer Kagiwada to launch the "Inquiry into Leadership for Early Childhood Professionals Project." Now in its third year, we invite alumni four times each year to the Mills campus to enjoy the opportunity to engage in deep and engaged conversations about the rich and complex work of early childhood professionals over a pizza dinner. At each meeting, a presenter courageously opens up her/his professional practice by sharing a dilemma she/he currently confronts in the workplace.
The professionals who participate in the Inquiry meetings represent a very diverse group: family child care providers; infant/toddler/preschool, elementary, and special education teachers; preschool directors and site supervisors; family engagement coordinators; resource and referral specialists; subsidy administrators; philanthropists; experts in policy and advocacy; early interventionists; college instructors and researchers. Some have been in the field for decades, while others graduated from Mills only last year. Each inquiry varies according to the participants in attendance, the dilemma explored, and even the environment where it takes place. Yet common across all of the inquiries is the collaborative production of complexities that participants (especially the presenter) had not previously understood.
We have been very inspired by the rich conversations and the strengthened relationships that resulted from the first three years of the Inquiry into Leadership for Early Childhood Professionals Project. This past year, we decided to expand the Inquiry Events to include community partners beyond Mills ECE graduates. We are interested in sharing this model of inquiry with our valued colleagues in the larger field. We also had the wonderful opportunity of having one of our meetings filmed by West Ed for the California Department of Education. They plan to create a 5-7 minute video segment of the meeting included on a DVD linking the new California Early Childhood Educator Competencies (http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/ececomps.asp) with contextualized examples of how the competencies can look when authentically embedded in professional practice. The Mills Inquiry Event will exemplify how leadership can be developed in the early childhood field and linked to the leadership competencies used for professional development for teachers and administrators across the state. We were honored to be part of this important project.
Thinking back to that grant report three years ago, I can now reflect on what a tremendous gift it has been to work with such an engaging and thoughtful group of professional colleagues to collaborate on the development of this professional learning community. "What are you doing to support leadership development for your alumni after they leave Mills?"
If you are interested in joining us to experience first hand the power of collaborative inquiry, please contact: Julie Nicholson: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, 510-430-2116.


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With just 11 days remaining until training camp begins, expectations and excitement about the Browns are higher than they have been in years. The proverbial glass is finally half full in Cleveland again.
In a season prefaced by so much hope and anticipation, there are bound to be a lot of surprises. We don't know how this adventure will end yet, but here are 10 things Browns fans can expect in the 2010 season.

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Ecological Determinants/Niche
A mycorrhiza (Greek for fungus roots; typically seen in the plural forms mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic (occasionally weakly pathogenic) association between a fungus and the roots of a plant (Kirk et al. 2001). In a mycorrhizal association the fungus may colonize the roots of a host plant either intracellularly or extracellularly.
This mutualistic association provides the fungus with relatively constant and direct access to mono- or dimeric carbohydrates, such as glucose and sucrose produced by the plant in photosynthesis (Harrison 2005). The carbohydrates are translocated from their source location (usually leaves) to the root tissues and then to the fungal partners. In return, the plant gains the use of the mycelium's very large surface area to absorb water and mineral nutrients from the soil, thus improving the mineral absorption capabilities of the plant roots (Selosse et al. 2006). Plant roots alone may be incapable of taking up phosphate ions that are immobilized, for example, in soils with an basic pH. The mycelium of the mycorrhizal fungus can however access these phosphorus sources, and make them available to the plants they colonize (Li et al. 2006). The mechanisms of increased absorption are both physical and chemical. Mycorrhizal mycelia are much smaller in diameter than the smallest root, and can explore a greater volume of soil, providing a larger surface area for absorption. Also, the cell membrane chemistry of fungi is different from that of plants. Mycorrhizae are especially beneficial for the plant partner in nutrient-poor soils.
Mycorrhizal plants are often more resistant to diseases, such as those caused by microbial soil-borne pathogens, and are also more resistant to the effects of drought. These effects are perhaps due to the improved water and mineral uptake in mycorrhizal plants.
Mycorrhizae form a mutualistic relationship with the roots of most plant species (although only a small proportion of all species have been examined, 95% of all plant families are predominantly mycorrhizal) (Trappe 1987).
Plants grown in sterile soils and growth media often perform poorly without the addition of spores or hyphae of mycorrhizal fungi to colonise the plant roots and aid in the uptake of soil mineral nutrients. The absence of mycorrhizal fungi can also slow plant growth in early succession or on degraded landscapes (Jeffries et al. 2003).References
- Harrison MJ (2005). Signaling in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Annu Rev Microbiol. 59: 19-42.
- Jeffries, P; Gianinazzi, S; Perotto, S; Turnau, K; Barea, J-M (2003). "The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in sustainable maintenance of plant health and soil fertility". Biol. Fertility Soils 37: 1-16.
- Kirk, P.M., P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & J. Stalpers 2001. Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi. 9th ed. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
- Li H, Smith SE, Holloway RE, Zhu Y, Smith FA. (2006). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi contribute to phosphorus uptake by wheat grown in a phosphorus-fixing soil even in the absence of positive growth responses. New Phytol. 172: 536-543.
- Selosse MA, Richard F, He X, Simard SW (2006). Mycorrhizal networks: des liaisons dangereuses?. Trends Ecol Evol. 21: 621-628.
- Trappe, J. M. 1987. Phylogenetic and ecologic aspects of mycotrophy in the angiosperms from an evolutionary standpoint. Ecophysiology of VA Mycorrhizal Plants, G.R. Safir (EDS), CRC Press, Florida
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That's pretty amazing that that much water can accumulate in the oil just from moisture in the air.
For every pound of fuel burned, you get about a pound and a third of water,
as a combustion product, in the exhaust gas. No way to prevent it; it's right there
in the chemical equation. You only see it when the engine is cold, or the gas flows
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I have the same problem, work 15 from the house and ride as much as possible, ie no rain or snow/salt and at least 35-40 degrees then i am ridin. what is the best way to clean this crap out without crackin it open? can i hop on the interstate and run it for 30-40 minutes one way then back go right up on the table and dump the oil and filter? what about the oil in the rest of the bike? can you ride it long and hot enough to burn off all the moisture? will emulsified oil make it rum rough? not sputtery but vibrationy? my check engine light has been staying on longer then the oil light when i start it up but it DOES go off after a few more seconds. Thanks guys!
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This is an awesome video from Dogfish Head collaborating with Internet giants Google to create a unique beer called Urkontinent. This video is definitely worth watching because it shows the entire process of brewing and how much detail and time go into brewing beer. Dogfish Head is one of the leading craft breweries and Google came in to work with them to create a unique beer using really interesting ingredients including the Google honey, which is harvested right on the Google campus. Not sure when this beer is going to be made available but if you are near the Dogfish Head Brewery in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, make sure to give this limited beer a try. Looks really good!
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Tomorrow's Health: Risks Of Solid Baby Food Too Soon
Giving your baby solid food too soon might not be a good idea.
Solid Baby Food
A new study in the journal Pediatrics surveyed 1,300 moms and found 40 percent fed their babies solid food before they were 4 months old.
Most health experts recommend waiting until babies are 4 to 6 months old.
Doctors say early solids can cut down on the benefits babies get from breast milk. They can also increase the risk for some chronic diseases.
Teen Mothers
A new study shows sexually abused or neglected teenagers become teen mothers at nearly five times the national rate.
Researchers in Cincinnati followed a group of teenagers over time.
They hope their findings will lead to better early intervention since many young abuse victims go through child protective services and have case workers who can talk to them.
Hip Surgeries
A new study of more than 500 minimally invasive hip procedures found complication rates higher than previously reported.
The most common problem: patients reported a numbness or a feeling of "pins and needles" in their legs.
Doctors hope their findings will put a new focus on surgery complications and ways to prevent them.
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MAVIS – the MA in Visual Arts Practices (2004-2014) is being replaced by a new Masters programme, in Art and Research Collaboration (ARC).
Led by Dr. Maeve Connolly and Dr. Sinead Hogan, the new ARC MA is a research-focused taught masters programme delivered over two years (September - June) incorporating project partnerships with Dublin City Council Arts Office, led by the LAB, the Irish Film Institute (IFI) and the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA).The ARC programme is based primarily in Dublin city centre and it is open to artists, critics, curators and those engaging with art thinking and art practices via other roles. ARC supports expansive, experimental, imaginative and interdisciplinary enquiry into art practice, and also into areas that can be related to art through practice and research, such as design, architecture, media production, film, philosophy, psychology, education, engineering, literature, archaeology, history, geography and publishing. Modules are taught primarily off-campus – at the LAB on Foley Street, Dublin 1 – but all ARC students have access to the art production workshops and extended facilities on the main IADT Dun Laoghaire campus.
In year one, students participate in tutorials and critiques focusing on their individual practice/research, and attend an ARC-specific programme of lectures on audiences and publics; art and media industries; applied critical aesthetics; sustainable practice. They also work toward the realization of public-oriented practice/research outcomes, such as exhibitions, publications, performances or talks. In year two, they implement their Major Project engaging with questions developed in dialogue either with an ARC project partner such as Dublin City Arts Office, led by the LAB, IFI or IMMA, or their own chosen collaborators (these might be individuals or organisations working either within or beyond the art field). The form of each Major Project is wholly determined by each student, but might involve the production of artworks, exhibitions, publications, performances, talks or PhD proposals.
Entry Requirements
The MA in Art and Research Collaboration is open to graduates from any discipline area whose current research focus has identified art thinking and practices as a significant component, and to those with an established track record of art practice/research. Applicants must demonstrate an informed engagement with art practice/research, and identify a potential area for further study by submitting either;
A Project Proposal consisting of 4 x A4 pages comprising plans and images of a proposed project of practice-based work and explanatory text, if the research is envisaged as being delivered primarily through practice-led enquiry. If the project involves the production of artworks, applicants must also submit documentation of previous artwork (max. 10 images, on DVD or USB flash drive/memory stick). If the practice involves the production of written texts, applicants must also submit samples of previous writing.
A Project Proposal of 3000 words, if the project research is envisaged as being delivered primarily through theory and written textual enquiry.
All Project Proposals should include the following elements:
Outline of the main concerns or questions to be explored in your proposed project (which could result in the production of artworks, publications and/or the organisation of screenings, exhibitions, discussions, research texts and/or events)
Discussion of any aspects of your previous experience of art practice and/or research relevant to your project.
Exploration of the context for your project, including strategies and approaches developed by other practitioners and/or researchers, within and/or beyond the art field.
Potential collaborators on your project, such as art practitioners (artists, writers, curators), researchers and/or organisations and institutions within or beyond the art field.
List of research sources (such as publications) most relevant to your project (max 10).
Applicants are also required to submit a completed application form, two references, a CV, and copies of Birth Certificate, Transcripts of Results and Certificates of English Language Competence (if applicable). Applicants must have an undergraduate qualification of 2nd Class Honours or higher at Honours Degree level. Those without this qualification may be considered provided they can demonstrate Honours Degree equivalence, which can be verified through the RPL (recognition of prior learning) process, and they are required to present a qualifying essay of a standard that demonstrates their ability to undertake work at MA level. Admission to the programme will be based on review of application materials and (in the case of eligible candidates) interview.
Fees for the ARC MA programme in 2014-2015 are €3500 per year (for applicants based within the EU). For further information on the application process, please contact maeve [dot] connolly [at] iadt [dot] ie
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Common Sense And Responsibility On Heroin
Legislators show they are listening
Wisconsin legislators last week showed uncommon wisdom and courage on an unlikely topic…heroin. Responding to health experts, law enforcement officials, treatment providers and families, the state Assembly's criminal justice committee unanimously passed bills to make it easier for heroin users to report overdoses, to equip first responders with overdose antidote drugs and to expand prescription drug collection drives.
There are a lot of ways to spin this bipartisan action including praising a rare willingness to avoid political showboating on drug issues. But given that drug use does not respect political affiliation or geography or income level what these lawmakers have done is made it possible to save lives. All three approved activities have been proven to do just that. And while further approval is needed by the full legislature and the Governor we have to believe committee approval is an indication that will come. A lot of people deserve credit for making this happen and giving a lot of families and loved new found hope.
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The art, task of delegationcomment (0)
August 5, 2010
By Jean Roberson
Being in charge can be exhausting. Like you, I have had those times when someone asked me to be in charge of something and I cringed inside. I couldn't say no but I didn't really have the energy to take on something new, especially if it involved other people such as a committee or team.
One of the reasons it is so exhausting for me is because I do not do a good job of letting go. This is true for a lot of us. Out of a sense of responsibility for ensuring the task is done well, we tend to control the process and the people involved.
This is even true for us at home. We take responsibility for the management of the home and do much of it ourselves. At times, this can be good but there are occasions when it is best to let go and trust others. In other words, there are times when it is best to delegate.
Unfortunately this is easier said than done. When is it appropriate to delegate? When do I hand a task off to someone on my team? What task do I delegate?
I think back to when my son started doing chores around the house. His first responsibility was to clean his room. The next year, we added making his bed. Now that he is older, he also feeds the dogs and washes the car. I knew he was ready to take on these tasks when the following were true: He was motivated to help by a possible increase in his allowance and was capable of doing the tasks.
These are the two basic criteria. First the person needs to be committed to the task. Second the person needs to be capable of doing it.
The Great Commission is a perfect example of delegation. Christ's followers were committed to telling of His death and resurrection. Plus they were capable of it, especially once the Holy Spirit came upon them. So the task was delegated to them, and it has been delegated to us.
Who in your life meets those two criteria? Is there a task that someone in your home, church or workplace is committed to achieving? Is he or she capable of it? Can you delegate it to that person, trusting him or her to complete it well? If we commit to doing this, then we might find we are not quite so exhausted.
A Takeaway Value …
You can delegate a task to someone else when that person is motivated to achieve it and has the ability to complete it well.
EDITOR'S NOTE — Jean Roberson, MSW, LCSW, is a ministry consultant for national Woman's Missionary Union. She serves as team leader for the adult team and director of Christian Women's Job Corps/Christian Men's Job Corps and International Initiatives.


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Producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and the Really Useful Group have announced the 18 children who have been cast in the Brisbane season of The Sound of Music. There will be three different casts alternating in the roles of the six youngest von Trapp children.
QTC and QPAC have joined forces to present the world premiere season of Australia's latest original musical, which will subseuqently have a season at the MTC. Stage Whispers' Peter Pinne spoke with director Simon Phillips and actress Christen O'Leary about the project and its development.
Red Stitch celebrates 15 years in 2016 with a season of eight plays never seen before in Australia, plus a new relationship with Geelong Performing Arts Centre
Red Stitch Actors Theatre started life in 2002 as an ensemble, artist driven organisation playing to a seating capacity of 30 people per night, and 15 years later has become a Melbourne institution, known for new plays from Australia and overseas, touring.
Michael Coppel and Philip McIntyre in association with Louise Withers will present the World Premiere of John Cleese's Fawlty Towers – Live on Stage – touring Australia and New Zealand from August 2016.
Cy Coleman – it's not a name on the tip of our tongues, though this month has been a good one for him, with his brilliant Tony Award winning hit City of Angels playing at Melbourne's Arts Centre, and now a fabulous tribute show with some of our brightest musical theatre stars opening this weekend at Bennett's Lane Jazz Club.
With only three performances of their show Are You Lonesome Tonight this weekend (Nov 20 – 22, 2015), Coral Drouyn takes a look at SPARC theatre and their impact on the community.
We sometimes forget too easily that some people are side-lined by society, alienated in their own communities. Life has little to offer them, but still they look for a way to belong. Everyone has something to contribute to the Arts, but first they need someone to believe in them.
Our writer Coral Drouyn is a self proclaimed "Music Theatre Tragic" and an outright fangirl where Leading Ladies are concerned. She talked to four of our best, exploring the history of those Divas who bring us the show stopping 11 O'Clock numbers we adore, in preparation for a show that is all about Leading Ladies.
The winner of the 2015 Rob Guest Endowment Award was announced at the Grand Final Concert at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on November 9. Competing against five other outstanding Semi-Finalists with his performance of Goodbye and Memphis Lives in Me, *Daniel Assetta took out the prestigious award after being chosen by an expert panel of judges, which included Kelley Abbey, Peter Casey and Gale Edwards.
With Cy Coleman, Larry Gelbart. David Zippel's multiple Tony Award winning musical City Of Angels opening at Melbourne's Art Centre on Thursday, Coral Drouyn managed to catch up with actor and co-Producer Troy Sussman for an enthusiastic chat.
Sydney-based Sport For Jove Theatre Company has announced its its 2016 theatre season.
In December and January, Sport For Jove's Outdoor Summer Season returns for its 7th year with a double bill of moonlit romance, of men behaving badly and women winning the day, with a swift kick up the backside for a culture that is still discussing the rights and rules of marriage equality centuries after our greatest poets shot Cupid's arrows right back at him.
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A few years ago, Chloe Moretz went from sweet little sister (of a very depressing Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to a foul-mouthed little ninja and total bad-ass. She was barely a teenager when she starred as Hit Girl in Kick-Ass, and this year, she's returning to the role looking a little more mature.
Empire has released the first images of Moretz as the battling baby bad-ass Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass 2. In the first photo she's in action, fully equipped with all her special types of knives. It looks like she took some guys down too. The second one is mainly a complete look at her outfit, which looks pretty much the same. Still, she looks totally cool and in control.
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Kick-Ass 2 brings back Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lyndsy Fonseca, Clark Duke and possibly Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy. John Leguizamo, Donald Faison, Lindy Booth, and Morris Chestnut also have parts. The film arrives in theaters on June 28. Check out the new photos below:
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Restaurants For Sale in Kingman AZ
Searched the MergerNetwork database for Restaurants For Sale in Kingman AZ and found no matches. Expanded the search to nearby areas and found the following matches.
Unique & Profitable Brazilian Steakhouse #457640 posted Nov 10, 2016
- Henderson, Nevada, United States
- $350,000
Welcome to one of the exceptional Brazilian steakhouse offering authentic Brazilian cuisine in all-you-can-eat fixed price meal. This Company offers several rotisserie grilled meats all seasons and cooked to perfection traditional to the Southern part of Brazil, a variety of salads, hot dishes and a...
Drive Thru Quick Service Food w/Grease Trap & Hood #457549 posted Nov 9, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $79,000
Perfect space for any type of Fast Food! Currently closed as of late October 2016. Prior to closing, business served chicken wings, fingers, fries, hot dogs & snack foods. Building is two stories (960 sqft 1st floor & 400 sqft 2nd floor storage area) with a drive-thru. Ansel Hood system & new grease...
Breakfast and Lunch Only Cafe #457088 posted Nov 1, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $59,000
Now is your chance to own a business with a famous Las Vegas Blvd address. This unique and recently built café is just minutes or blocks from multiple enormous office buildings, both court houses, the Juhl high rise condo tower, famous wedding chapels and pawn shops just to name a few. With heavy foot...
Pizza Take-Out Restaurant #456802 posted Oct 26, 2016
- North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $85,000
"Mom and Pop" take-out pizza restaurant opportunity ideal for first time or experienced pizza restaurant operator. The current owner has elected to make his restaurant a pickup or take-out only location. The additional space has created a large kitchen area to accommodate increased capacity. A new buyer...
Mediterranean Restaurant #456190 posted Oct 19, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $149,000
For Sale! Well Established, Successful and Stylish Mediterranean fast casual restaurant on the East Side of Las Vegas. This restaurant continues to enjoy steady growth in sales and profits with their cornerstone of success being their quality food. While they are not a franchise, they operate much like...
Bakery & Restaurant #455751 posted Oct 12, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $129,000
Beautiful Bakery, Cafe / Restaurant in an upscale section of Las Vegas. Full kitchen, nicely appointed dining area as well as outdoor dining patio. This established business serves incredibly delicious French pastries and baked goods, coffees and espresso, gelatos and a complete, extensive breakfast,...
Turn Key Pizzeria Near Major Hospital #455345 posted Oct 6, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $89,000
For sale Now! Highly profitable pizzeria lounge located near a major hospital, medical offices, residential areas and apartments. With street visibility and easy access, this business offers its customers a delicious selection of pizzas, calzones, Stromboli's and authentic Italian sandwiches. Well-established...
Boba Smoothie Café featuring Asian Smoothies #455236 posted Oct 4, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $50,000
Now is the time to own this Boba Smoothie Cafe located on the west side of Las Vegas in a very busy shopping center. You can own this Café for a fraction of the original start up costs which were over $150,000 in build out and equipment. The business also features Asian specialties on the menu and is...
Frozen Yogurt Store #455028 posted Sep 30, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $175,000
Self Serve Frozen Yogurt stores For Sale here in Las Vegas! This business comprises 2 locations, one in the Southwest and one close to Summerlin. Both are located next to a busy Dance Studio and have a great name and great reputations! Around $150,000 has been invested in FF&E and Leasehold Improvements....
Well Known Restaurant in Las Vegas/Very Profitable #454508 posted Sep 23, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $989,000
A lucky buyer will purchase this well-known deli restaurant in the Las Vegas area that is both profitable and growing. Year over year growth is over 10% and 2016 could break the 2M mark. The restaurant has undergone a recent remodel and is ready for a new owner. An active operator could easily take...
Sandwich Shop #454484 posted Sep 22, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $79,000
Amazing downtown Fast Food location for Sale! 1 block from 4 courthouses (2 federal courthouses, Regional Justice Center) and the new Supreme Court building. Across the street from the new downtown university campus. Professional clientele. Rent includes utilities. Tremendous foot traffic. If you are...
Korean Bbq, Sushi, Teriyaki #453853 posted Sep 14, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $99,000
Korean BBQ Restaurant recently opened, divorce forces immediate sale. Asset Sale of furniture and equipment. Great location! This is a leased location of 700 square feet and a Total Rent of $1,250. Lease ends 5/2021. Seller is active in the business with 2FT employees. Hours of operation are 9am-9pm...
Visa Eligible/ Authentic European Bakery & Café #452151 posted Aug 22, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $799,000
VISA Eligible- Authentic and well established European Bakery & Cafe in booming West Las Vegas! Locals and tourists frequent this restaurant for its delicious pastries, Panini's, sandwiches and salads. Sales averaging nearly $100,000 monthly out of this location, and the staff can fully operate the...
Large Upscale Restaurant (Asset Sale) #451794 posted Aug 16, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $99,000
This is an asset sale of a large, beautiful restaurant location in a popular Summerlin area shopping center. Bring your food concept and your customers will enjoy a comfortable, tasteful, modern atmosphere including a nice sized full bar and an outdoor patio area. Your employees will have the benefit...
Upscale South Strip Restaurant (Asset Sale) #451793 posted Aug 16, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $399,000
This is an asset sale of a large restaurant located in a trendy shopping center at the South end of the Las Vegas Strip. The interior design is spacious and ultra-modern with a great bar and a roomy, well-equipped kitchen. Foot traffic is provided by both local residents that frequent this popular shopping...
Highly Profitable and Growing Sushi Restaurant #451607 posted Aug 12, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $699,000
One of the best sushi restaurants in town! Excellent parking, 25 foot sushi bar, 20 foot full bar, seating for 160-170 people, very experienced staff, and hundreds of positive reviews. This incredibly popular restaurant has had 5 consecutive years of sales of around $1.5 million per year and 2015 was...
Sushi Restaurant - All-You-Can-Eat #451452 posted Aug 10, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $89,000
Huge Price Reduction. Very Motivated Seller. This established and profitable "All-you-can-Eat" Sushi Restaurant with beer & wine has been serving the NW Las Vegas / Summerlin communities since 2007. It offers a top quality, creative selection of menu items in a high-energy, family-friendly atmosphere...
Restaurant #451451 posted Aug 10, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $39,000
Price Reduced! Beautiful 1800 square foot restaurant in a great location in Northwest Las Vegas. Located in a busy shopping plaza near the intersection of two very busy roads. The restaurant has a newer kitchen with top-of-the-line equipment, hood and grease trap. The seller recently accepted another...
Pizzeria and Italian Cuisine #451094 posted Aug 5, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $395,000
This uniquely positioned and world class service oriented pizzeria is ready for acquisition. Strategically located along on of the highest traffic areas, this company provides top of the line Chicago style pizza, exceptional pasta dishes and unique desserts. Year after year growth, this Company has...
Gorgeous Italian Restaurant Anthem/GV Ranch Area #450848 posted Aug 2, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $360,000
Gorgeous Italian restaurant in the hear of the Anthem/GV Ranch area! Great location with signage visibility on major busy road surrounded by upscale residential developments! Ample parking! Wide variety of menu items to suite every taste! Full bar with 5 slots on space lease. Business has won several...
Pizzeria #450832 posted Aug 2, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $68,500
For Sale Now! An outstanding high-volume pizzeria restaurant located in a busy commercial/residential area. With a loyal customer base and established brand name, the restaurant offers a wide selection of delicious menu items and is perfect for any interested buyer who has a knack for customer service...
Authentic Mexican Restaurant - East Las Vegas #449921 posted Jul 20, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $140,000
Authentic Mexican Restaurant, established for 22 years for sale in East Las Vegas. Located in the heart of the Hispanic community serving with good food and excellent service. Large repeat customer base.
Highly Profitable Chinese Take-Out Restaurant #449919 posted Jul 20, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $120,000
Highly successful and profitable Chinese Take-out restaurant is for sale. Location is in Northern Summerlin off of the freeway. Great location! Established for 6 years and the numbers are great! Kitchen and restaurant equipment is included in the sale. There are 7 tables for limited in restaurant...
Mediterranean Restaurant & Bar #449623 posted Jul 15, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $525,000
A comfortable, stylish restaurant, featuring authentic Mediterranean cuisine for Sale. With fresh ingredients and made-from-scratch sausage, pickles, sauces and fresh baked pitas, this restaurant offers its new owners recipes that have been handed down for generations. Specialty menu items epitomize...
Szechwan & Mandarin Chinese Restaurant #449598 posted Jul 15, 2016
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- $250,000
An unbelievable opportunity to purchase a highly reputable, strategically located China Town Szechuan and Mandarin Chinese restaurant with over 20 years experience serving the Las Vegas market and international clientele. This unique restaurant has a reputation for high-quality cuisine within a highly...
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12 Nanny Jobs Found
Newborn Nanny
Posted by Caitlin K. on 12/9/2016
- 25 miles away (Kennebunk, ME)
- $10–15/hr
- 1 child
I am due on January 30th and will be on maternity leave until early to mid March. I work from home and have a separate office, and would be looking for someone to come watch the baby during the day. I. We have a friendly dog that will be in the house (mostly with me in my office but around the... More
Full time nanny
Posted by Shanika P. on 12/7/2016
- Less than a mile (Portsmouth, NH)
- $12–17/hr
- 1 child
My husband and I are seeking a full time nanny for our 3 month old daughter. We are both environmental consultants living in a great area in Portsmouth (walking distance to downtown). Ideally we would like a year commitment with the potential to stay longer. We are looking for someone who is... More
After school nanny needed for two boys (9...
Posted by Emanuel M. on 12/7/2016
- 10 miles away (Hampton, NH)
- $20/hr
- 2 children
We are looking for a nanny that can take care of our two boys after school (one needs to be picked up in Hampton Falls at 3:10pm, one bikes home) and in the evening (till approximately 7pm, and 2 evenings in the week till 8-10pm). You would help them with homework, prepare dinner, play with them and... More
Kids that need structure and discipline
Posted by Gino V. on 12/6/2016
- 22 miles away (Northwood, NH)
- $10/hr
- 2 children
Kids need structure and discipline Looking for a person with that delicate balance of firmness and understanding. The ideal person will be able to decipher when kids are trying to get their own way versus a true need for help and understanding We are a fun loving family who tries to enjoy life,... More
Looking for a kind and loving nanny who...
Posted by Hang L. on 12/5/2016
- Less than a mile (Portsmouth, NH)
- $10/hr
- 1 child
I have a 3 month old baby boy who loves body warmth and likes to be held. He will communicate to you when he needs to eat or needs to be changed otherwise he is a content baby. I am looking for someone mid January for full time. Light household duties like baby laundry. He tends to go through a... More
PT in home nanny
Posted by Jennah D. on 12/1/2016
- 25 miles away (Groveland, MA)
- $15/hr
- 1 child
I am looking for a PT nanny in our home in Groveland Mon Wed Thurs 1-5:30/6:30...about 15-18 hrs per week paid $15/hour (taxable) in our home ideally. Our little girl is 6 mon old and a happy baby girl...pretty easy going baby too! We need someone ASAP! Thanks!
Single military mom needs a nanny for 6...
Posted by Jessica P. on 11/28/2016
- Less than a mile (Portsmouth, NH)
- $10–15/hr
- 1 child
I need before and after school care primarily along with some light house work. I would like to find an energetic up beat person who can take my son to and from extracurricular activities when I am unable due to work. We just moved here in June and I hope to find someone who knows the area well and... More
After school sitter for twin 11 year old...
Posted by Kuerstin F. on 11/26/2016
- Less than a mile (Portsmouth, NH)
- $10–15/hr
- 2 children
I am need of help with my twin 11 year old girls after school until 5:30 -6;00 in the evening. There may be help with homework needed and a willingness to drive to Hampton and Dover for sports. I prefer a sitter with middle school experience.
Start of day assistance
Posted by Sadie M. on 11/22/2016
- 21 miles away (Raymond, NH)
- $10–15/hr
- 3 children
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Many hardcore gamers celebrated the unveiling of Nintendo's new console. But not everyone was wowed.
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'Dancing With The Stars' Week Six Results: Chris Jerico Is Taken To The Mat
Guilty Pleasures Week brought out some of the best performances so far this season, Romeo and Chelsea grabbing the top spots, and deservedly so. It's still one of the tightest seasons I have seen, though, and I'm never sure who's leaving each week. This was the first week, however, that if anyone in the judges' bottom four except Kendra was going home, it was going to sting for me.
Before the results show, we got a "The Road To The Finals" one hour special sort of episode, which was mostly a time filler, but offered some insights to each of the stars still in the competition. Some quick highlights of the hour: Chelsea crediting Mark for bringing out her competitive side after he danced injured for her, Chris' spot on Len impression, the rewatch of Ralph ad Karina's Romeo And Juliet inspired waltz, and Kyle Massey's commentary. Well, the last was a highlight for me anyway. He was my favorite from last season.
With the first hour down, we jump into the results show, but not before the Attack of the Mutant Boy Band (or at least that's what I'm calling it). New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys have joined up, and it frightens me. That's way too much ex-teen sensation for me all at once.
Anyway, here's where the scores were at Monday night:
1. Romeo and Chelsie - 28
1. Chelsea and Mark - 28
2. Hines and Kym - 27
3. Kirstie and Maks - 26
4. Kendra and Louis - 25
5. Ralph and Karina - 24
6. Chris and Cheryl - 22
Chelsea and Romeo got the news they were safe first, then Kendra got the encore dance. Brooke chatted with Romeo and Ralph, who was just so gracious and humble about all the praise he received for picking Karina back up Monday after her fall. (Later in the episode we heard the personal audio from the dance, with Karina repeating "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry". He really was strong for her, which is a role reversal of sorts.)
Kirstie and Hines were deemed safe next. At that, my brilliant powers of deduction told me that it was probably Kendra, Ralph and Chris who wound up in the bottom three. Just a guess. But telling us who goes home would never come this soon in the show.
The troupe dancers got a little piece of the spotlight. Is it just me, or is anyone else bored of them already? At least the Macy's Stars of Dance performance had some cute kids and acrobatics. Then we got Revenge Of The Boy Bands, with an oddly off timing start. Pia Toscano, who was eliminated to the shock of judges and fans on this season's 'American Idol', performed after that with Mark and Karina dancing. I don't watch 'Idol', so I wasn't familiar with her, but that was the best performance of the night.
Finally with minutes to spare in the hour, we get our verdict. So who went home? Chris. I guess this writer's votes weren't enough, but I tried. It was a tough call at the end, though. If it had been Ralph, there always would have been the question of whether they went home for the fall or not. On the other hand, while Chris was my favorite and I hate to see him go, at least for Chris it was legitimately not his best dance. I'm definitely bummed, though. I haven't invested too much in anyone else yet, but Kirstie's still in it, and I finally saw something in Romeo and Chelsea this week that I hadn't before.
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May 3, 2006 - It had been a long day of golf but Jessica Black was finding it easy to unwind and reflect on her round in day two of the women's Pac-10 tournament.
"See that tree?" asked the Washington State freshman pointing to a bushy tree across the 12th fairway from the Oro Valley backyard of Dennis and Camilla Cummings. "My ball is still in there."
Black and her Cougar teammates were guests of the Cummings and the Northwest as the Oro Valley Country Club played host to this year's women's Pac-10 golf tournament from April 24 through April 26.
More than 50 of the top Pac-10 players, coaches and fans took to the area to compete in this year's tournament, which annually rotates between the conference's 10 teams. UCLA may have held off Arizona State for the conference title but it was the Northwest that came out on top.
"I think it brought a lot to Oro Valley and gave fans a chance to see the future of the LPGA," said University of Arizona head coach and Oro Valley resident Greg Allen.
The Oro Valley Country Club was the logical choice as the location of this year's tournament, even if it isn't the UA home course.
The Wildcats play their home matches at Arizona National, a desert-style course located on the east side. Because of its layout, most who play Arizona National use a golf cart. The Pac-10 frowns on the use of carts for its tournaments. Traditionally, the Oro Valley Country Club is a relative easy course to walk. Plus, it's practically in Allen's backyard.
From time to time, the UA will practice at the Oro Valley Country Club, usually to warm up on a traditional-style course before heading off to play one on the road.
Hosting the Pac-10 tournament isn't a new endeavor for the Oro Valley Country Club. The club hosted the first women's Pac-10 tournament 20 years ago and since then, not much has changed.
"You can't really change a nice traditional course like this one," said Cal head coach Nancy McDaniel, who played in the first women's Pac-10 tourney while a student at the University of Washington.
What has changed - or is in the process of being changed - is the club's pro shop, which is being rebuilt in a new location. Allen and tournament officials would have liked to have the new shop completed before the tourney. The new shop is scheduled to be finished around July.
To prep for the women's arrival, the club rolled its greens three times in the week and a half leading up to the tourney and a added an inch of rough to be more penalizing to the players.
Hosting a tournament of this size takes more than just providing a suitable and competitive golf course, however.
All visiting players and coaches were put up at the Tucson Hilton El Conquistador Golf and Tennis Resort, a popular choice among the players.
"This is the first time I ever had a chance to workout, eat and study, things like that after a round," said Sophia Sheridan of her stay at the resort. "Usually, by the time you shower and eat it's time to go to bed."
The serene surroundings suited Sheridan well. The Cal senior finished the tournament tied for third place shooting a 216 over the tourney's three days. As a team, Cal finished fourth overall.
Tucson and Tempe are among the most popular road destinations in the Pac-10, admitted Sheridan and several of her teammates.
It's also a fan favorite. Roughly 200 spectators took in the tournament's final day to witness UCLA edge out ASU by one stroke for its third conference title since 2005.
Although players basked in the posh surroundings of the El Conquistador at night, each team was assigned to a host family of country club members. The job of the host family was to make the players and coaches feel comfortable and provide a relaxing atmosphere on the night before the final round. For most families, that meant throwing some kind of barbeque or dinner.
"What I'll take with me is I'll follow Washington State for the rest of my life," said Camilla Cummings, a former Washington resident.
The country club has 540 golfing members, roughly 40 of whom volunteered to work on each hole or as host families. Interestingly, laughs Oro Valley Country Club head golf pro Colby DeWaters, Arizona State was the hardest and last team to find a host family for.
The Oro Valley Country Club will host several other tournaments this year including the girls Junior America's Cup in July and the PGA's Junior Southwest Sectional in June. In years past, the club played host to the PGA qualifier and several Pro-Ams for the PGA's Chrysler Classic.
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A decent breakfast tea, but not as robust as Punjana or Twining's Irish Breakfast tea, which disappointed me a bit. Had some small white and orange-colored bits in with the tea, and the tea itself seemed closer to "finings" than the picture would indicate. If given the chance, I'd probably try their Scottish Breakfast or English Breakfast instead. It's not bad — just not my favorite.
Okay, so this tea cannot make up its mind. Black? White? Which is it!? Plus it has ginger AND peaches! Wow, what a massive combination. I love the sound of it, but only a taste test will reveal its true colors (color? flavor? okay, no more puns). Following directions, just like kindergarten…one heaping teaspoon, eight ounces of water, boiled water. Wait, what? Every white tea that I have ever consumed has directed me to not use boiling water. However, I put my trust in Distinctly Tea and boil the water anyway. Four minutes of steeping later, we have a brew that smells faintly of peaches, a bit of black tea, mostly of white tea, and not much (if any) ginger, so far as my nose can detect. The first sip, though, carries the ginger straight from cup to taste buds in less than a second. The ginger is definitely present! More subtle than I expected is the taste of peaches, which actually seems to be overwhelmed by the ginger flavor. That itself is slightly disappointing. As for the notes of tea, the smoothness of the white tea blends surprisingly well with the Ceylon black. I am impressed and sorry that I ever questioned the possibility! I just wish that the ginger and peach flavors were a bit more balanced. Aside from that, a very nice blend from Distinctly Tea. I would give it an 85/100 on my personal enjoyment scale.
The concept of a creamy Earl Grey sounded great to me. Distinctly Tea says that this Earl Grey de la Creme has hints of vanilla and cream in it. Smelling the dry leaves, I can definitely pick up on the sweet vanilla scent. It almost smells like Earl Grey with a high-end coffee creamer mixed into it. Following the packaging, I steep a heaping teaspoon in eight ounces of just-boiled water for four minutes. The aroma of the steeping leaves still carries a tinge of the sweetness with a lot of Earl Grey and its bergamot. The resulting brew is a subtly sweet brew. The vanilla blends wonderfully with the not-overly-strong bergamot to create a very pleasant pick-me-up drink. On my personal enjoyment scale, I rate this tea an 88/100.
I don't know what to get of this taste. It's not a bad taste, you can taste the rooibos tea in this, quite a woodsy taste, I can't really taste white chocolate in this, maybe a little hint of toffee but otherwise it tastes like a sweet rooibos wood flavour.. all in all.. it's not as it says on the tin, actually it tastes a very small amount of irish creme!! I should put some in if I had any on hand haha..
I would drink it all.. I wouldn't buy this tea again, I got a sample of it and I'm glad I've had it, been sifting through bags and bags of samples!! a million left to go! haha.
White chocolate is such a light flavor on its own; I think it's hard to find a balance of other ingredients that don't overpower it.
Had this tea in a thermos to accompany me to work yesterday. It was pretty good. The taste was like craisins. I think the flavoring was neither too strong nor too light. And the rooibos wasn't too woody or medicinal. I'd say this is a good rooibos base. Green rooibos is still my favorite for fruity flavors though.
I think that one of the best things that ever happened to Earl Grey tea was meeting the vanilla bean. It must have been movie magic. I can see it now…
INT: A Parisian Salon.
Various teas and flavorings lounge about, chatting, discussing worldly matters and current gossip. VANILLA sits in the corner, alone, draped across a chaise longue. She is long, lean and highly sweetly scented.
The camera pans to the door where EARL GREY, a dark, swarthy yet citrus scented tea enters. He scans the room until his eyes fall on VANILLA. He beelines to her, drops to one knee, grabs her hand, and looks deeply into her eyes while kissing her hand.
EARL GREY (huskily): 'Allo. I find myself inexplicibly drawn to you. I feel we could make amazing brews together.
VANILLA: (swoons)
Music swells.
….and scene. Only problem is that just like movie magic, there are frequent copycats that just don't have the verve and je ne sais qua of the original. I've had varied luck with the different Earl Grey de la Cremes out there on the market.
Luckily, Distinctly Tea has got a pretty good version of this classic couple. The black tea base of ceylon and assam is sturdy and the flavoring agents blend beautifuly. The vanilla is creamy, and the bergamot avoids the trap of tasting like perfume. Highly scented, highly flavorful. Lovely tea. I reccomend it.
WOW. This green/fruit tea blend has very overpowering fruity notes that confuse my palette. I found it really hard to down because the balance between the fruits in this tea and green tea were really off. It was a mismatch of fruits with cardamom. I would probably suggest using half for a full cup, or mix with straight tea to rebalance the fruits in this tea. I was disappointed. I purchased 100g of this too :(
Perhaps I didn't prepare it right; the water was probably too hot, or I didn't steep it long enough, but it tastes very weak. Despite the weak flavour, it's incredibly aromatic. The chocolate really comes through in the scent, which is delectable.
As a former coffee drinker, I was excited to try this tea. After steeping this tea for about 8 minutes, it definitely smells like a coffee beverage which was aided by adding a bit of sweetener and milk. Although this does remind me of coffee, the underlying flavor is definitely that of tea which I appreciate. This is quite good!
From my review at It's All About The Leaf, found at: http://www.itsallabouttheleaf.com/2087/tea-review-distinctly-tea-pear-cream-supreme/
Wonderfully aromatic! Sometimes pear flavored tea will smell fruity but not specifically pear. This one definitely is PEAR. And cream. The aroma carries through to the brew. Looking at the ingredient list, I was suprised to see fennel seed – I don't tend to mentally connect fennel and pear flavors, but on my first sip I was sold. You don't taste fennel, but rather a lovely blend of pear flavors and tea flavors. Very nice!
This tea deserves sitting on a veranda with a friend, talking and sipping. Very comforting, very yummy. I tried this both hot and iced, and while I prefer hot, I bet this would be lovely sweetened and iced on a summer day. Yum.
I've only ever had lapacho – or Pau D'Arco – once. And felt it tasted pleasant but mediocre – like a lot of herbals. This was an interesting take on the beverage. Lapacho is the base for many requisite chai spices. And vanilla. LOTS of vanilla. Or at least lots of vanilla flavoring. Right outta the gate, vanilla dominates. I love vanilla, but sometimes too much is too much. That didn't translate to taste, though. On the flavor front, it resembled a cross between hot apple cider and…TheraFlu. I found the oddity delightful.
Full Review: http://www.itsallabouttheleaf.com/2035/tea-review-distinctly-tea-lapacho-vanilla-chai-2/
Of course I still have some of this left – I never finish anything, it seems. I made a cup of this to take with me to switchboard today in my never-ending quest to finish some GD tea! The smell of the dry rooibos is sweet and vague, kind of bubble-gummy (as flavoured things keep seeming to me lately). The rooibos pieces are really large, the biggest I've ever seen so there is nothing to escape through my infuser – huzzah!
Steeped, this becomes an orangey amber and has a very sweet faux fruit aroma. I have no recollection of this being stellar but it is hard to imagine it being BAD. Just so-so, I think. The flavour is very similar to the aroma, an imprecise and artificial fruit flavouring. Nothing cranberry and nothing tart. This is the sort of blend that I would to have hibiscus in, I wonder if it might be improved by a hint of hibiscus. I don't think so though!
ps – It does actually have a hint of craisin flavour to it. Man, I like craisins but only in my trail mix. I wish I had some now, I totally need to make up another batch of trail mix for work!