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The slick brochure promises every feature you can imagine, and the sales rep assures you that his package will do just what your users want. But that's what the other vendor's sales rep said, too. Sound familiar? Karl Wiegers recommends several requirements development practices that can help you select the right commercial package solution. Key practices include identifying user classes, defining their use cases, creating test cases from the high-priority use cases, documenting pertinent business rules, and exploring the users' performance goals and other quality attributes.
The demo looked great. The slick brochure promises every feature you can imagine, and the sales rep assures you that his package will do just what your users want. But that's what the other vendor's sales rep said, too.
Which package should you select? How can you be sure the one you choose will really meet your users' requirements? Even if you're adopting a commercial "off-the-shelf" packaged-software solution for a new project, you still need to capture requirements in some form.
Create Use Cases
There's little point in developing detailed functional requirements or designing a user interface if you know you're going to acquire a commercial package and extend or customize it to meet your needs. Instead, begin requirements elicitation for such a project by understanding the business tasks the intended users must perform using the new system. Use cases are an excellent tool for this purpose.
The use-case approach focuses on user goals and tasks, rather than on system functions. Any package you select must let your users accomplish their task objectives, although each will do so in a different way. Identify your various user classes and gather use cases from each.
Because any package solution probably won't accommodate every use case you identify, prioritize your use-case collection. Distinguish tasks that are critical and must be supported on day one of installation from those that could wait to be supported in a future release or those that your users could live without.
To determine whether, and how well, the package will let the users perform those tasks, derive test cases from the high-priority use cases. High-level, conceptual test cases describe conditions and interaction sequences between the user and the system, which should lead to specific outcomes without regard to the specific details of user interface implementation. Include test cases that explore how the system handles exception conditions that might arise. This will help you judge how well the package will hold up under unanticipated conditions, such as handling missing or invalid input data and recovering from user mistakes.
Consider Your Business Rules
Your requirements exploration should also identify pertinent business rules to which the system must conform. Business rules exist outside the context of a software application, but often they lead to specific functional requirements that implement or enforce them. Can you configure the package to comply with your corporate policies, industry standards, or government regulations? How easily can you modify the package when these rules change? You might also define the data structures required to satisfy your use cases and business rules, and see if you can compare them to the vendor's data model for the package to look for any major disconnects.
Depending on your application domain, some packages will embed global business rules, such as income tax information or standards for regulated industries. Do you trust that these are implemented correctly? Will the package vendor provide you with new versions as those rules change? Will the vendor provide you a list of the business rules they implement? If the package implements any intrinsic business rules that don't apply to you, can you disable or modify them? Record pertinent business rules and manage them as a corporate asset.
Explore Users' Quality Goals
Requirements analysts often neglect to explore the users' performance goals and quality expectations. As a result, your system might fully satisfy the specified functional requirements, but the users will hate it because it's too slow, or it takes too many steps to perform some task, or the task flow doesn't align well with the user's natural work flow, or it crashes frequently.
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A slang term used in jail for a person who is overly aggressive when behind a steel door, but would otherwise stay quiet out of concern for his or her safety and well being.
You know Charlie? Yeah, he talked a good game behind that steel door, but I'd kick the crap out of that door warrior if they let us both out to the yard.
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush

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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
HAHAHA glad to know I am not the only one to do this kind of thing. Was wondering though how in the world did you manage without duct tape and velcro?
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Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
Developer: EA Canada
Ship Date: March 2005
No. of Players: 1-4 Players
Category: Sports
ESRB Rating: RP
Tiger Woods PGA Tour … A HOLE IN ONE for PSP
Take on Tiger Woods and other golfing greats from past and present in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® on the PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system . Create your own golfer, develop your skills, and step on to the green to challenge the masters on the world's top courses. Play against Tiger Woods Vijay Singh, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer, in an effort to become a golfing legend. Raise the stakes by playing wirelessly against your friends. Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® is the ultimate handheld golfing experience.
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Four players compete in different game modes using one PSP unit.
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The Coalition on Homelessness is pleased to invite you to Art Auction 13, featuring the artwork of over a hundred Bay Area artists and a live jazz set by Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. There will be complimentary food by Eshana Singh and an open beer and wine bar. Also, live tortilla screen printing by the Great Tortilla Conspiracy and exciting raffle prizes from local businesses. The Coalition on Homelessness Art Auction has been happening for over 10 years with great success.
The Coalition on Homelessness is a grassroots social justice organization dedicated to the elimination of homelessness and its social, political and economic causes. Through a grassroots, peer-based organizing and advocacy model, our homeless and poor members have been able to effect some of the most notable changes in the history of San Francisco homeless policy. Our bottom-up organizing model ensures the voices of some of the most disenfranchised San Franciscans lead the fight against homelessness.
Cost: Tickets are $35 (however no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
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Portable duet featuring controllable, long-wearing brow color coupled with a spiral brow styling brush. Housed in a luxurious silver case, this two-way system ensures perfectly natural looking brow color and definition. Each pencil comes fully loaded with cartridge and provides one color refill cartridge. Color(s): anthracite, brun, taupe. Brand: LA ... Learn More


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Burke Nesting Side Tables, Set of 2
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Crafted from blackened iron in simple cube shapes, our Burke tables have the bold character of industrial fixtures. The nesting tables are ideal for smaller spaces.
- Top made from iron sheet; frame made from square pipe iron.
- Black matte finish.
- Small table nests completely under large table.
- Not sold individually.
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- Adjustable levelers to add stability on uneven floors.
- Simple assembly required.
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- Weight: 17 pounds
- Overall: 20" square, 24.25" high
- Top: 20" square, 1" thick
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Maksimum Konuk Sayısı6
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Boyut110 metrekare
Floor No.2
- Aile / Çocuk dostu
- Mutfak
- Klima
- Çamaşır makinesi / Kurutma makinesi
- Balkon/teras
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|Calle Iuques, 07400 Puerto de Alcúdia, İspanya
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The two storey chalet with a size of 110 m2 is ideal for families and small groups of friends. One of the bedrooms counts with a double bed, the other two bedrooms are equipped with two single beds each. There are 2 bathrooms in the 1rst floor, both with shower cabin. On the ground floor, where the living room and dining area are, there is a toilet. All the accommodation counts with air conditioning, there are 6 units, one in every bedroom and two others in the common areas.
Enjoy a BBQ at the terrace, which has a table with chairs for 6 persons. In the living room with its sofa you will pass a pleasant time reading a good book or just enjoying your free time.
The independent kitchen offers you everything you will need for your holidays: microwave, coffee machine, dishwasher, food blender, electric oven, vitro ceramic hob and a fridge with freezer. Of course there is also a washing machine, tumble dryer, iron and ironing board. The whole plot (with the house) measures about 115 m2. There is parking space on the plot for up to 2 cars. Furthermore, you could park in front of the property on the street free of charge. The house is located in a small urbanization and there are direct neighbors.
The location of the chalet is perfect because you reach all the installations you may need in a few minutes walking or driving by car or bus. Close to the chalet you will find a supermarket, restaurants, and the bus station. The bus goes every 15 minutes to Alcúdia harbor, Alcúdia old town, Puerto de Pollença or other directions like Can Picafort. Enjoy a relaxing beach day, bask in the sun and take a refreshing bath in the sea; or go for a pleasant stroll along the beach. You reach the fine grained sand beach with its crystal clear water in only 200 meters.
In Puerto de Alcúdia you will find lots of restaurants for every kind of tast. For your coffee or tea break you will find lots of cafeterias on the promenade. There are also lots of shops there; beside shops for clothes, shoes and souvenirs you will easily find small supermarkets for grocery shopping.
The old town of Alcúdia with its little cobbled streets is a must see. Visit the old squares, the church and the town walls where you can also walk around the top of the old town. Lots of small bars and good restaurants invite you to stop off for a coffee or a snack and take it all in. On Tuesday and Sunday there is market day in Alcúdia and the town turns into a busy place with lots of people. Don't forget to visit the Roman Ruins including a villa, a bull-ring and an amphitheatre.
By car or bus you could easily reach other nice beach areas like Playa de Muro, Can Picafort, Playa de Formentor or Puerto de Pollença. Also the bay Cala St. Vicente is a must to see. A visit of the old town of Pollença with its tiny church (Calvari) and the nice main square with lots of restaurants would be a nice half-day trip. To access the Calvari, you would have to climb more than hundred stairs - but the views are worth it!
This house offers a home away from home in one of the nicest and most visited zones of Mallorca. Don't spend your holidays somewhere - make your holidays an unforgettable experience!
Pets are not allowed.
Airport: 64 km
Beach: 100 meters
Small supermarket: 500 meters
Big supermarket: 1.1 km
Puerto de Alcúdia center: 2.5 km
Bus station: 200 meters
Pharmacy: 1.1 km
Golf course (Alcanada): 8 km
Ev kurallarıCheck-in: 16.00h
Check-out: 10.00h
Very late check-in (from midnight has an extra cost of 50 €
Damage deposit: 300 EUR (payment in the day of check-in and will be returned back in the day of departure)
Pets are not allowed.
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Absolutely perfect stay. The apartment and location were brilliant , close to the beach and near to amenities. The owners were lovely. And the chalet/villa was lovely. Would highly recommend it!
one word description: AWESOME!
Beautiful house in a beautiful, quiet surrounding.
a lot of privacy and a perfect porch next to the pool.
very friendly people!
...aside from german neighboors, which complain about noise of beeping birds and some music, it was just a perfect vacation!
location is close to highway - 15 min to beach.
Only things missing: cooler, guitar and music amp
absolutely recommendable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice house with lots of space, well equipped kitchen and lovely garden. Walking-distance to the lively center of Valldemossa.
perfect appartment! the location in the old town of pollença, very close to the plaza major with all its restaurants and bars, was great. nonetheless, its was quiet and we got all the peace and sleep we needed. Everything was clean, modern and spaceful and the owner nice, helpful and uncomplicated.
I can really recomment this place!
Appartment is great, very well situated in the center of Pollensa. Joanne is very sympathic. Do not rent this appartment during the last july week if you expect to sleep, this is the annual local party, and its very very noisy... otherwise we would recommend it
We had a fabulous two weeks at Can Maria with friends, (3 couples) the finca was spotless, and well equipped. Perfectly located in the beautiful and very peaceful countryside, to see the whole island without spending too much time in the car. The hosts were a delight! Fresh eggs, oranges and beer on tap! Not to mention the traditional Mallorcan Tart on our last night - delicious!
We will definitely be returning!
Wij hebben een heerlijk verblijf gehad, alles perfect geregeld. Huis is van alle gemakken verzien. Bij aankomst alles keurig met zelfs verse bloemen in huis.
Omgeving fantastisch, enige minpunt zijn de harde matrassen maar wij zouden zo weer gaan.
Het is een heerlijk huisje voor 4 personen
Alles wat je nodig hebt is aanwezig (de keuken is zeer compleet uitgerust)
Wij hebben echt genoten van de ruimte en de rust
mooi appartement met lekker groot terras op een super locatie, dicht bij de zee
absolute aanrader
Wir haben fünf sehr schöne Tage in Finca verbracht und waren sehr zufrieden. Hier findet man Ruhe, viel Natur und einen sehr schönen Pool mitten auf dem Land. Wir kommen gerne wieder. Vielen Dank.
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So I was watching a documentary abot the Vietnam war when I noticed this, and thought it looked a lot like one of the patches on the pre-pro 1 and 2 gloves. The colors are always a bit off on those pictures making it hard to color-match it, and it could of course be dyed - but it's very similar I think in both symbol and size.
Look at His shoulder patch here:
compared to the best picture i could find:
i tried searching a bit to see if there was anything I had missed and maybe this was common knowledge but I found no such thing.
This is the source of the documentary btw:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9jpgLRuf3o


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Virginia School Drives Up Achievement With Data-Driven Decisions
Ocean View Elementary School Principal Lauren Campsen contends that there is indeed a silver bullet for improving education for all studentsat least at her Norfolk, Va., school, where the achievement gap has been virtually eradicated.
She credits data-driven decision making, in which student outcomes inform decisions affecting student learning, with narrowing the margin in performance between white students and their ethnic minority peers, who historically have lagged behind at the school.
In fact, at Ocean Viewa 2008 recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Awardthe students are doing about equally well. In reading, 100 percent of Hispanic students and 99 percent of black students followed by 94 percent of white students in grades 3-5 performed at proficient or advanced levels on the latest state exam. Results were similar in math, in which 100 percent of Hispanic students, 97 percent of white students and 93 percent of black students scored at grade level or above.
Principal Lauren Campsen joined by kindergarten students-of-the-month.
Third-grader Malkym as Abraham Lincoln and fourth-grader Arthur as George Washington pose for the school's "History Alive Wax Museum."
Fifth-grade maritime rangers pull up a trolley net during a trip on the Chesapeake Bay.
"The secret to getting rid of the achievement gap is to have everybody proficient," says Campsen, who was one of five principals the Department honored last year with the Terrel H. Bell Award for outstanding leadership.
While the school reached that goal in the fifth grade in 2008, with every student achieving Virginia's Standards of Learning (SOL) in reading, writing and science, Campsen is hoping to shrink the gap to under 3 percent this year at other grade levels.
Collecting Data vs. Using It
Pointing to one of the data charts posted outside of her office, Campsen says that promoting educational equity in an urban school with black and white populations that are nearly equal and a small percentage of Hispanic students "looks like that," as she traces with her finger a line that slides from 30 to 0 percent. The chart illustrates the reading achievement gap among fifth-graders that has faded over the past seven years.
Scores overall have risen sharply ever since Ocean View implemented the data-driven decision-making model at the start of the 2001-02 school year. Campsen received training the previous summer at the Colorado-based Center for Performance Assessments (now called the Leadership and Learning Center) on how to effectively use test-score data to make administrative and instructional decisions that would improve student achievement. She in turn taught her staff how to collect data and assemble it in binders.
Presuming the newly adopted strategy would raise two years' of slumping proficiency rates since the state first began testing, Campsen looked forward to receiving the results with great anticipation. But when the data came in, she noticed there was little difference. "I was in tears, because we had worked so hard organizing our data notebooks," she recalls. She says she realized after that "there's collecting data, then there's using it."
Yet, still hopeful by the slight progress, Campsen returned to the center the following summer for additional training. This time she learned about building the leadership capacity of the school by creating vertical data teams, assembling teachers across grade levels to examine student data by subject. She reorganized the school around this concept right before the 2002-03 school year, handpicking four instructional specialists as team leaders for each core subject.
At the end of the school year, the scores were releasedpublicly for the first time over the Internetto the amazement of Ocean View's educators. Third-grade reading and math, for instance, increased by an average of 27 percentage points from 2002 to 2003 (54 to 77 percent proficient and 58 to 89 percent proficient, respectively). The gains proved that the new system, which called for additional assessments to monitor students' academic needs, was worthwhile, as one reluctant teacher admitted.
"He looked at me and said, 'I guess all those things you made us do really do work,'" says Campsen. "And you can talk to people in this buildingI'm sure they're going to tell you the same thingthey wouldn't go back to the way it was before. They just can't imagine how you can teach without knowing where your kids are on a consistent basis."
Debbie Price, who is teaching in her ninth year at Ocean View, agrees. "I can look at my 20 students and everybody looks like they're doing a great jobeverybody's answering the questions, they're participating. But what they're doing is participating only on the questions they know. So through datait's very concreteI can see who still doesn't know something. ... I was missing kids before. I'm not missing them now."
Children Coming and Going
Preventing children from falling through the cracks can be a feat at a school with challenging demographics like Ocean View's. Nearly two-thirds of its 559 students receive federally subsidized meals, indicating a high-level of poverty. And, as one of the schools in the area serving military families stationed at Norfolk Naval Base, the world's largest base of its kind, Ocean View has a cultural diversity unlike that of the typical inner-city school with a relatively dominant racial group. Its population is dichotomous: 47 percent are black and 45 percent white, reflecting also the increasing integration of the neighborhood. Students from Hispanic and other racial groups account for the remaining 8 percent.
But the most troubling statistic is the mobility rate. One in four students transfers each year because their families are: in the low socio-economic strata, renting rather than owning homes and thereby more likely to move; in the military and often reassigned to another base; or homeless, living temporarily in a shelter. Campsen says the transient rate is also fueled by an inestimable group of "underground" homeless families who have no fixed address and reside with family or friends.
"Our great challenge is the children coming and going," she laments. "If we got them all in pre-K and kept them all the way through fifth grade, our challenge would be greatly reducedeven with the fact that we draw from mostly low socio-economic children."
Which is why Campsen says there is such a heavy reliance on data, not merely for accountability purposes to prove students are on grade level, but primarily for its diagnostic capabilities to identify where extra help should be targeted.
The data are drawn from a battery of tests. The state administers assessments annually, the district quarterly, and Ocean View assesses students' knowledge against state standards more regularlyfrom monthly schoolwide exams to daily teacher-created quizzesbecause the teachers want more immediate information before they plan for the following week what needs to be re-taught, explains Campsen.
Ocean View's assessments are far shorter than the Commonwealth of Virginia's SOLs and, compared to Norfolk Public Schools', have just a quarter of the 50 questions on each of the district's subject tests. These monthly assessmentsdeveloped by the data team of specialists for reading, math, science and social studiesrun about 10-12 questions per subject. They evaluate the skills-of-the month. For example, math in one month may focus on place value, followed by decimals and fractions the next month.
Additionally, during the first 15 minutes of the school day, students are given a "daily review" quiz. Teachers then extract the problems proven to be the most difficult to create a cumulative assessment administered at the end of the week.
Price, who teaches third grade, gives a reason for the multiple tests: "With any 8-, 9-year old, the average child cannot apply what they've learned in a different context. If you've asked an addition problem in a certain way, and they've never seen it asked another way, they don't know what to do with it. So through daily reviews and our assessments we try to provide as many different opportunities to see the same type of problem."
To enable students to demonstrate their understanding in more than one way, the math vertical team recently discussed using more writing prompts, which have open-ended questions, and less the traditional multiple-choice format. "A lot of times students don't have [an opportunity] to actually show all their ideas and what their mathematical thinking is so teachers can diagnose what their problems are [in order] to see what their misconceptions are," says the team's leader Tamara Smith-Moyler, a math instructional specialist.
Students nonetheless are constantly told "justify your answer," which is the first of the Big Three Power Strategies posted in every classroom and designed to develop high-order thinking. A combination of research-based strategies, they also advise children to "compare and contrast" as well as to "focus on vocabulary."
"We're just not teaching so the kids can pass a test," says Annette Bonner, the school's communications skills instructional specialist. "We want those children to become lifelong readers and writers. We want them to become scientists or mathematicians one day."
Opening Doors With Intervention
When it comes to evaluating the quality of teaching at Ocean View, test score data has a dual function: it reveals whether or not instruction is effective and whether the intervention that follows is just routine or is really making a difference. The basis of this data is a two-tiered program of monthly assessments that tests specific skills on "Form A" following instruction and subsequently on "Form B" after intervention for those who were not proficient on the initial test. (Reading is the only subject for which there is no Form B because all students are assessed invariably on the same 12 comprehension skills. In writing, students revise papers following instructional rewrites aligned with the district's rubric.)
The children identified for extra help are grouped according to the skill that needs shoring up. Thanks to flexible scheduling, the school's instructional specialists and literacy teachers move in and out of classrooms all day long, giving skill-specific teaching, which is woven with current class content so children receiving intervention do not have to play catch up with the class lessons.
For example, in one class where 15 percent of the students did not fare well on September's Form A test, the students pulled aside for additional instruction had to take the post-intervention Form B retest and then be ready to take a new Form A test the following month. The process restarts each month with a new skill goal.
Consequently, some children are receiving a "triple dose" of instruction. A special needs student who is a struggling reader may get a guided reading lesson from three teachers: first, her regular classroom teacher; second, the special education teacher who will provide the necessary accommodations to help compensate for her learning disability; and third, the literacy teacher who will focus on the lagging comprehension skill.
"They're not going to make it unless you make sure they can read and compute and write at a level where they can leave elementary school and be successful in middle and high school and then have [additional] options," says Campsen. "Every time you don't intervene with a child, you've closed doors for that child's future."
Pulling out a notebook filled with data spreadsheets that track individual student and class performance, Campsen delights in counting the increases in forms A and B test results. There are two towering bookcases in her office lined with data binders, of which the teachers also have copies for their individual classrooms. "This is how we're on track with AYP [adequate yearly progress] and closing gaps," she says.
Data is everywhere at Ocean View, which has exceeded the state's AYP targets since 2004. Every classroom has a data chart right at the door showing both assessment and reassessment outcomes. Campsen says having on display the data, which is updated monthly with each new skill set, means "nothing is a secret, that you have to face the brutal facts."
She adds that even when the numbers were not favorable for her a few years ago she maintained a bulletin board of data outside of her office where visitors are seated. This data wall reports school achievement by grade, subject and student subgroup, as well as the achievement gap between racial groups since the second year of state testing in 1999-2000, when Campsen was promoted from assistant principal.
Ocean View's elaborate data system is the result of years of the staff's hard work and fine-tuning, but Campsen credits the district, which initiated implementation of the data-driven decision-making model, for facilitating the process of data collection and use at all 61 city schools. Along with sending its school leaders to training, Norfolk Public Schoolsa 2005 winner of the prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Educationacquired software that scans answer sheets for the school and district's major benchmark tests. The program, which Campsen admits is too expensive for a single school to purchase, has provided educators with immediate feedback on student performance, enabling them to respond quicker to students' academic needs.
A Shift in Management's Focus
The district's executive director of leadership and capacity development believes the role of data has evolved successfully over the years, from the school district dispensing student outcomes to schools privately in an envelope to schools posting them publicly on a poster board outside of each teacher's classroom, based on the trust established.
"Trust had to come from central office to promise that the data was not going to be used punitively, but [because] it's going to help you grow as a school and meet the needs of the students," says Christine Harris.
Campsen remembers the former days when they had to calculate scores by hand; when, as an elementary school teacher early in her career, classroom assessments were called "quizzes" but were far less extensive and standards-intensive; and when she arrived at Ocean View as an assistant principal 14 years ago and the school was a site-based management model before adopting the data-driven approach.
Under the former model, intended to decentralize decision making and empower local schools to govern their own operations, she says the use of allocated funds was determined by a committee of teachers whose priority was managing the budgeta contrast to how decisions are made now, with the data leadership team centering them on student outcomes. "It's really a shift in the focus of the management," says Campsen. "So if we talk about budget around the table [today], it's simply about how do we need to enhance our instructional program."
Despite its hierarchical organization, the data-driven model thrives on participatory decision making at all levels. Second in leadership to the principal and assistant principal, the lead data team comprises instructional specialists who each chair one of four vertical content teams for English, math, science, and history and social studies. These vertical teams consist of teacher representatives from each grade level, pre-K to fifth, along with staff members from special education and resources (art, speech therapist and literacy). Each team averages 14 people.
As a result, teachers attend at least four mandatory meetings per month to discuss student data: twice a month for the vertical team; once a week for the horizontal team for their grade level; and once a month to go over individual student performance with the principal.
The data leadership team is responsible for collecting and organizing data and implementing intervention strategies schoolwide, and, in collaboration with the vertical data teams, for analyzing data, improving instruction and tracking student achievement. Campsen says many of the innovative initiatives in the school are the result of these meetings, such as the recent creation of a "live" wax museum, a la Madame Tussaud's, to highlight historical figures for a social studies lesson. For the one-day project, students did research and performed as costumed historical interpreters.
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But Campsen says their efforts involving data have not always been welcomed with praise. She heard about a blog in which someone accused her of leading the school to a Blue Ribbon Award "'because all she's doing is testing the kids to death,'" Campsen recalls. "And I'm like, 'They're going to be tested their whole lives.'"
She even argues for training students on how to take a test, considering there are some who are simply "bad test-takers," she says, and most will have to face high-stakes testing in their future. "I don't understand what all the complaints are. In high school, you should have a class that's called 'Test Taking,' not because it's going to make you more intelligent, but because you're going to have to take the SAT."
Bonner, who leads the English vertical data team, chimes in with the defense against the teaching-to-the-test accusation. "People think sometimes when we look at data we're just looking at a number or a score. We're looking at the whole child. We're looking at what the whole child needs."
Offering another viewpoint, Harris, who oversees data support for the district, suspects that the criticism stems from a misunderstanding about the intent for assessing. "There's a big difference between tests and assessments," she says, though acknowledging that the words are often used interchangeably." You can test students too much. But you can't assess enough to see the progress. ... It's more about using the assessments to inform instruction than posting grades."
Adds Campsen, "The myth that this is all we do is really still a myth. In addition to all this [testing and retesting], our school is a maritime-focus school."
Practically a stone's throw away from the Chesapeake Bay, Ocean View started its environmental education program as one of three area schools that collaborated to offer the "Maritime Studies Pathway," an initiative funded initially by a federal grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. Now supported by the Elizabeth River Project and other local partners, it engages students in service-learning projects linked to the curriculum that supports the restoration of the baythe largest estuary in the country.
With the expert guidance of a retired science teacher, students have created a veritable outdoor classroom in the backyard of their school. Serving as maritime rangers, they have cleaned the last remaining sand dune in Ocean View, the only one to survive the leveling of the beach to build the naval base during World War II; set up nature trails on part of the 64,000-square-mile watershed; and raise 300,000 oysters to put on reefs they're creating in the rivers flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. Also, a room in the school decorated with life preservers, netting drapes and saltwater tanks has been devoted as the maritime laboratory.
A few years ago, when local residents were suffering from an infestation of mosquitoes, students found that a natural combatant of mosquitoes are praying mantises, which they then raised in the laboratory to later release in the maritime forest.
"We do a lot of those type of activities," says Campsen. "What the data allows us to do is to make sure that we're not just doing some cutesy things that look great and look like they're a lot of fun, but aren't actually helping our children achieve and learn so that they can have all the opportunities this country makes available to them."
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Original post made by Parent, Palo Verde School, on Sep 10, 2007
My son refuses to get lunch on any day other than pizza day and breakfast for lunch. As yet, we haven't had a menu!
With the new pre-ordering system and the higher charge, I wonder if there are in fact any improvements? This is at the elementary level. At middle school, my son refuses to get lunch because the lines are too long and he doesn't want to waste the whole of his lunch time standing in line.
Any comments anyone?
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 10, 2007 at 8:47 pm
The lunch menu link is provided on Palo Verde's website
a resident of South of Midtown
on Sep 11, 2007 at 7:55 am
Well, I was at the Board meeting where the lunch program was discussed at length. It seems that the lunch program did exactly the opposite of what the Board voted it to do.
They were supposed to have more lines, more "points of service" to let the High School kids get their lunch..instead at Gunn they decreased the Pizza line to ONE and the line finally ends 10 minutes before lunch is over.
They were supposed to have JUST a simple head count of how many kids wanted lunch at the elementary school, to give the kitchen an idea of lunches needed at each elementary school. There was a big discussion about not wanting to spend a lot of classroom time writing up lunch orders, and Mr. Matranga made the point that it would just be a raising of hands...instead at my kid's elementary school they WRITE THE LUNCH PREFERENCE BY EACH KID'S NAME AND HAND IT IN!! Huh??
Then, on top of it all, they were supposed to simply use the electronic cards to "beep" in the lunch into the online account that we parents put money into, to make the lines go faster. INSTEAD, they now carefully check the kid's name off on the class list!!, which takes even more time than the old money system. So, my kid takes his lunch now ( makes me happier anyway), but we are still stuck with a more inefficient system which wastes classroom time.
I must have missed the meeting where all the concerns about lines and teacher time being wasted were reversed.
a resident of Palo Verde School
on Sep 11, 2007 at 8:53 am
Thanks another for the link.
I checked with the school office. It seems that there is now a lot of extra work involved for everyone with lunches. South of Midtown Mom is correct, the lunch orders are written down and handed in and also everyone's debit card is checked to see if they have enough money to pay for lunch. If they don't the office has to call home.
Apparently, at the end of the last school year, the debit cards had all been overused by the kids without telling the parents and the office had to call parents to get the kids' lunch debts sorted. I am not too surprised on this one.
How this system is going to continue through the school year is anyone's guess. It seems that school lunches will continue to be unpopular for the general populations that apart from pizza day, the only ones getting school lunches will be those on the reduced lunch program.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 11, 2007 at 1:27 pm
We were one of those who went over their debit card last year .. the district sent us an invoice at the end of the year for the additional amount.
I thought any left over amount cannot be refunded at the end of the year - is this right ? Going with this assumption, I was adding the amount cautiously.
Ideal way would be not to charge the parents more to "Refill" this card online and send an email reminder when the amount reaches a certain threshold.
With all this extra work involved to order a simple lunch, I wonder if the district is trying to dig the grave for the lunch program. The district is not too happy with the program anyways, they are loosing the money on it (due to mismanagement and not so great food, if you ask me ) - if they can 'successfully' prove that not many students signed up for the lunches - it will be an unanimous vote to cut out the program.
We do not buy lunches every day; but its a good option to have.
a resident of Addison School
on Sep 11, 2007 at 1:47 pm
The biggest issue with the lunch program is the food (kind-of a duh!) If the school board members took turns eating lunch at the elementary schools, maybe we'd have a better program. My daughter will only eat the mini-burgers - and she's not a picky eater!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 11, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Claud Ezran, candidate for school board, has been quoted about school lunches and it will be interesting to see what his impression of the redefined program is.
a resident of Escondido School
on Sep 12, 2007 at 4:55 pm
1)If your kids don't like the hot lunch them pack them a lunch from home.
2)My kids said the first few days were a bit disorganized but now it is working smoothly. And they like the food.
3)As for the online system - parents can check the balance regularly (so no need to ask your kids what the balance is) to see if they need to add more $. Much easier than figuring out how many lunch tickets are left.
4) pre order makes since as number of kids eating each day can vary - it is very costly and wasteful to have lots of left over food.
5)Again this is a service which at best should be cost neutral (not a huge loss like last school year) and maybe with enough complaints there will be no hot lunch service at all. Then we can complain about other stuff.
a resident of Palo Verde School
on Sep 12, 2007 at 5:58 pm
1 My son does take lunch from home, but occasionally likes to have pizza at school with his friends. It is useful to have school lunch as an option for days when it is difficult to bring a lunch.
2. The reason for the disorganisation is because the teachers have a lot more work to do, listing out who wants what and then double checking the amount of money and then checking off the list at the lunch line.
3.It is easier to give cash, but I will agree that for some this method may work well. The problem is when the kids start buying food without telling the parents and throwing the lunch from home away. It does happen.
4. Pre-ordering the food is a good idea, I agree. I hate waste. If the pre-ordering was just raising hands to get a good idea of how many, it would be much easier. Making a list and checking it twice seems like overkill.
5. I agree that this service should be cost neutral. With the number of complaints I hear, it will soon be just for reduced price lunch kids. However, if this is a service, it should be that, a service. I do not expect to see this run at a profit, but there is no excuse for the deficits that have been running.
Question. Who supplements the cost of reduced cost lunches? Is this funded out of the program or is there money from elsewhere that replaces the cost of the reduction. If the program has to cover the cost of the reduction itself, then I really can't see how it will ever be cost neutral as the more problems there are, the less full price lunches will be sold and the bigger the deficit will end up.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2007 at 9:36 am
Free and Reduced Lunches are not funded directly our of our local taxes,..but I can't remember how much is State funded and how much is Fed.
At the Board Meeting about this lunch thing, it was clear that the last resort is just that..we may end up only with Free and Reduced Lunch "boxes", with a few extra for kids who just want to buy them.
It seems we should make sure the head of food services knows what is happening at the schools.
a resident of Triple El
on Sep 27, 2007 at 12:47 am
Response from Claude Ezran, School Board candidate regarding school lunches. For more details on my views regarding a variety of issues, feel free to visit my web site: www.ezran2007.com
The question of school lunches is one that I have given much thought about since I used to be on the Healthy School Lunch Committee and co-authored a Health and Wellness Policy that was passed by the School Board. We also convinced the Board to help improve lunch quality by changing the food service vendor from Sodexho to Chartwells.
The school lunch program is losing about $600K a year. The School Board is rightly concerned by the magnitude of this loss and has instructed Staff to rapidly achieve breakeven. I do concur with this recommendation as well as with the small price increase that was decided. However, several Board Members also added that if good progress was not achieved, the lunch program could be terminated except for the federally mandated free and reduced price lunches for economically disadvantaged students.
I believe that having a good lunch program is an integral part of the school experience that the District must provide. It should be part of its mission. Many parents also rely on it because they have little time to prepare lunch boxes. Furthermore, most organizations, companies or public entities, usually tolerate a small loss in their lunch programs, and in fact subsidize them. Reducing the loss is absolutely necessary, and breakeven should be the objective, but not an absolute imperative.
There is much that can be done to improve the situation. The students' participation rate in the lunch program, at around 13%, is very low compared to other school districts (in part because we have much fewer free and reduced price lunches). Furthermore, If one excludes the 9% of our students who receive free and reduced price lunches, only 4% of our students are independent participants. This is extremely low; one should be able to do a lot better. For comparison purposes, in Santa Clara County as a whole, the participation rates are: 38% in total, and 17% for fully paid lunches.
I would encourage Staff and Chartwells, our contractor, to do a better job marketing the lunch program. It should be mentioned at Back-to-School nights and in various PTA e-mail newsletters. It should be promoted and advertised throughout the year. In order to reduce waste and operate more efficiently, I would encourage Chartwells to set-up a web site where parents could order on-line and pay for specific meals for an extended time period, for instance the next three months. We could even give them a discount if they make long-term commitments. This will help determine the demand and adjust the supply accordingly. Right now, a poll is taken each day in each elementary classroom; this is highly inefficient. An added benefit of on-line ordering is that parents will have a much better control of what their children are eating.
Another thing to work on is the long lines at lunch time that discourage many students. We would do much better if we could just allow customers to buy!
Food for thought…or maybe, thoughts for food!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 27, 2007 at 8:50 am
Thanks for your comments.
I would like to ask if you have had any recent experience of being at any of the schools at lunch time. As a parent who has often been at my elementary school at lunch, I am shocked at what happens. I see really good looking sandwiches being thrown into the trash as someone else brings in enough ding dongs or whatever for the whole table. I see kids complaining that they bought hot lunch, but are still starving, as the hot lunch is too small.
I am not saying that all these things are something that the BoE can prevent, but it is good if they have experienced it happening.
a resident of Addison School
on Sep 27, 2007 at 10:25 am
Claude - the biggest problem with the lunch program in the elementary school is not marketing, it is the food. It simply does not taste good. Improve the food and you will sell more.
a resident of Southgate
on Sep 27, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Full disclosure: I'm a working mom and I have not experienced a lunch hour at any of the schools. My kids take their lunch every day and I hear from many of my friends that the food is abhorrent.
I come to work every day at a corporation (not Google) where we have a cafeteria run by Guckenheimer. We have a facility with 3000 people all of whom would not eat lunch at the cafeteria since there are restaurants within walking distance.
However, this is not a subsidized cafeteria. The service must stand on its own and is run by a for profit organization. We have many healthy options each day. There is a full salad bar, a sandwich bar, a custom salad bar (hand tossed), soup, hot entrees and a grill. There is also a cooler with a full choice of Odwalla's, juice, nutritional drinks (which is where I assume they make a lot of their money). We also have bars, yogurt, nuts, etc.
So, why can this happen at a company facility and not at a school. It seems that we have too much government regulation and not enough entrepreneurial spirit.
I just can't understand.
Here is a sample menu:
New England Clam Chowder $1.75
Grilled Reuben Sandwich with Onion Rings $4.75
Nice Thai! Green Curry Shrimp with Noodles
Grilled Polenta with Chicken and
Mushrooms with Green salad $5.95
Seafood Loiue Tossed to Order $5.95
Pasta with Marinara Sauce Served with a Green Salad
Cal 334 Fat 5g Chol 73mg $4.50
Chicken Fajita $3.25
Bison Chili $2.00
a resident of Professorville
on Sep 27, 2007 at 12:57 pm
And what about those middle school lines? My daughter happily bought hot lunch at her elementary school last year, and would happily buy lunch at jordan if she could, but the lines are just too long. I thought they were supposed to be adding more points of service to reduce the lines but they are still ridiculous.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 27, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Working Mom - can I get a job at your place?
Jordan parent, my daughter, who is now in college, hated the length of the lunch lines while she was there and did something about it. She volunteered her lunch to help there. She loved serving and it was fun, so much so that she did it for a couple of years. She met loads of people at different grade levels, got to know the lunch staff too, and found it much more fun than going to the clubs. I know it isn't for everyone, but she loved it.
This of course is not the answer, but surely getting the students themselves tohelp, possibly giving them a free lunch each week or something, would help the lunch lines situation.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Oct 11, 2007 at 10:11 am
How about getting the Taco Truck from Los Altos High School to park near Gunn at lunch times. Seriously, this would be a good idea. It would give the kids an alternative, perhaps prevent the kids driving off campus, and give the Gunn students more options for lunch. There is already some envy with Paly because of Town & Country, and this may alleviate it. It may also show our school district personnel that what they offer at present is not what they want.
Of course it doesn't have to be tacos, but some enterprising truck could easily do themselves some good business.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 11, 2007 at 11:23 am
Wow, you just brought up a powerful memory..I worked the lunch line for a "free lunch" as pay when I was in High School a couple times per week. It WAS fun, it helped me learn to work, and it was part of what taught me that I had better go to college or I would be stuck working jobs like that the rest of my life!


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Oregon Tech improves their overall mark to 14-12 and now even in CCC play at 7-7. Evergreen, meanwhile, falls to 3-17 overall and 2-11 in the conference standings.
Josh Johnson and Brandon Bautista opened the scoring, as the Owls took a 6-0 lead and never trailed in the contest. Johnson and Austen Flint next connected from long range to make it 12-5 and after a Bautista jumper with 11:39 remaining in the opening period Tech took their first double digit lead, 19-9.
Evergreen State would close to within three points on two occasions, the last at 26-23 with 5:22 on the clock, before the Owls went into the locker room leading 37-30.
The Owls used a 12-2 run to race out of the second half taking a 17 point advantage, 49-32 with 15:21 remaining, and at the halfway point of the last period held an 18 point advantage, 60-42. Tech continued to add to their lead going up by as many as 25 points, 72-47, with 5:52 to play.
Evergreen made it interesting, however, as an 11-0 run cut the Geoduck deficit to 14 points, 72-58, in the span of less than two minutes. Tech's Bautista stopped the dry spell on a driving layup and the Owls would hold on for the win.
Kyle Waits scored a game-high 23 points and added eight rebounds in the win. Brandon Bautista chipped in 16 points with Josh Johnson recording a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds for Tech. Duncan Schramm added 13 points in his reserve role with Austen Flint coming away with 11.
Kyle Calhoun led the Geoducks with 15 points with Marc Taylor following with 10 points and six rebounds in the loss.


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Thanks Caroline, im gonna try and make mine extra special.
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Thanks Caroline, im gonna try and make mine extra special.
Have read through this thread and want to tell all of you how talented you are. The needle cases are so lovely and show how creative you all are. This is the first I have seen needle cases and I think I need some, lol. One question, where do you find the pretty pins, or do you make them? If possible I would like to join if you have another swap.
Attachment 368843Shortmom5, the pretty pins that have a longer top are usually made by adding beads to a corsage pin, I think you can tell the ones I mean by looking at the pics.
Hi Everyone,
i just wanted to post and say """""LOOK AT WHAT I GOT""""""""".
Debs was my needlecase partner and by chance we were also matched for the pincushion swap! Don't you just love them both.... I can tell you that Spike (that is what DD christened the pincushion) as well as the needlecase will be coming to my sewing groups with me.
Debs, thank you so much.... You have been a wonderful exchange partner.
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Great goods, Caroline! Lovely work, Debs!!!
Is this group going to have another case exchange?
Got my christmas one made.
i posted a pic of my pincushion under a new title...my pincushion for christmas swap.


text: We came out with no purpose to start the game. Well, maybe the first play we had a purpose. Sheed posted up Scalabrini and scored easily. But then the next five minutes we forget the word post. Nothing but outside shots, quick shots in transition, and more outside shots. We managed to stay even at least. Then, hey, some coaching kicked in. The ball started going into Webber, and Sheed sometimes, and we beat Boston handily. Webber has that outside shot going great, especially off glass. He scored 17 while only missing 4 shots, got 6 assists, five of those out of his post play. Post play, both scoring directly from the guy posting up, and outside shots 100% open from the post player getting a double team, and from cuts to the basket for easy scores off the post play, was the dominant theme for the Pistons tonight. Webber was simply brilliant. Sheed was not the star tonight, but he helped set the tone by fighting for post position along with Webber. Sheed sure appreciates the help. Tay missed some of those outside shots I mentioned earlier, but he also hit some. He got another of those assists for a dunk from Rip that is becoming a regular feature in Pistons games. Billups just facilitated for the most part, but he knocked down a key shot here and there. Rip racked up 11 assists, something about Webber passing the ball is just contagious. Rip also scored about 12 points or so, mostly layups, maybe two outside shots made. Dyess only missed one of his 10 shots. Pretty impressive, mostly his long range stuff, but some was out of the post-still fadeback shots, but from the post. His only miss was a blocked shot. In retrospect, the commish fundamentally changed the nature of the game with that new ball he tried to intoduce. Thank goodness common sense prevailed and they brought the old ball back quickly. Delfino played his usual fine D, knocked down a couple of triples, scored on fast break. He helped with the ball handling chores with some success in the first half, but little success in the 2nd half. Still good to see him out there for both halves though. Maxiell did not do well on offense, and teamed with Dyess both halves could not do a bit of good on the boards. Or a bit of good on interior D for the most part. He had some blocks and bothered shots, and thats about it. Missed all his shots. But still, it was great to see him play in both halves. He won't improve without getting to play. But should Flip go back to that unit, Hunter, Rip, Delfino, JMAX, Dyess ever again? Probably not. Here is what we could have done: Delfino at point, Tay at shooting guard, JMAX at small forward, Dyess at power forward, and Dale Davis at center to clear the glass. Just like Corliss, JMAX belongs at small forward due to lack of height. Good win. A slight adjustment to eliminate Hunter from the rotation and moving Maxiell to small forward and it would have been over a lot quicker. Hunter did hit a triple, but supposedly he is a point guard. He did nothing as a point guard. Worse, despite all Hunter's minutes at guard tonight, Billups and Rip still end up with long minutes. This should have been close to an off nite for those two. Overall though, I thought things went pretty well in the coaching department. Both Maxiell and Delfino were kept in the entire 2nd quarter, and both played in the 4th quarter. Definitely a step in the right direction. Rip is going to sacrificing some point stats, because we are going away from the constant plays to get Rip free, and now concentrating on getting whoever gets open with a nice easy shot off post play. Its Rip sometimes, sometimes Sheed. What a pass from Webber to Sheed for the dunk off Webber's drive in from the left post. Webber drew all the defenders with that completely under control drive and setup Sheed for the two easiest points of the night-not that there was not a lot of competition. Lots of easy shots. And now Rip expects those passes and is actually ready to lay the ball in. Must have been doing some practice. The team has a lot of weopons out there on offense. Rip still as steady as ever on the midranger. Tay steadying out his shot. CB always dangerous. Sheed pretty deadly from the post. And CWEBB, great inside shots and range out to 18 feet or so. Then Dyess comes off the bench and can't miss. Delfino hits two straight triples-hope that keeps up. Just got that rotation fixed up a bit and this team is going to rock. GO PISTONS!!!!!


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I have a hive that is very populated and was very aggressive. So I decided it needed to be requeened. I split the hive in two (it's a double deep). I left one of the deeps in the original location so it would collect the foragers back. The other deep I moved to a different spot (this deep contains most of the brood). I found the original queen and removed her, and 24 hours later introduced two new queens, one in each deep. Today I am noticing a lot of bearding on the hive that is in the original location. It is very warm today (83 degrees). but I don't see any fanning going on....just a lot of bees clumped on the landing board and above the entrance. Any theories as to why this would be going on? Is is just because the hive is too warm? None of my other hives are bearding really at all today. One theory I have is that because most of the brood is gone from the hive that these may be nurse bees with nothing to do so they are hanging out in the front.
I should mention too that this hive was preparing to swarm and had multiple queen cells built before I split it. Could these bees still be thinking it's time to swarm but are not able to without a queen?


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I can't imagine that very many two-fer customers order an appetizer, as we did, because they'd be more than sated from their meal. But reviewers must meet their responsibilities, so we dove into a portion of calamari ala mama ($8.99). Breaded squid rings are tossed with olive oil, garlic, roasted red peppers, slivered pepperoncini, and black olive slices, and then dusted with grated Romano. This delicious variation could be a meal in itself.
Other apps were more common, from onion rings and mozzarella sticks to stuffies, steamers, and mussels or clams "ala zuppa." With a nod to the Mexican influence in American cuisine, quesadillas and nachos are also starter options, and a dinner special that evening was fajitas (the others were pot roast, lobster roll, and jambalaya).
Soups and salads are pretty standard, though the soup de jour, mentioned by our waitress as "chowder," turned out to be the red variety, because we were, after all, in northern Rhody, home to that predilection. It was delicious, with a bit more heartiness to its broth than some red versions, which seem to have the merest whisper of a tomato in the clammy soup.
Among the entrées for the two-fer are scallops, scrod, fish & chips, fried chicken with gravy (there are three other chicken dishes), meatloaf and the aforementioned prime rib or steak tips. There are also six pasta items, including chicken or eggplant Parm or a combo, which Bill chose. Two large pieces of breaded eggplant, two breaded chicken fillets, plenty of ziti, all smothered in marinara — the man was in his own tiny piece of paisan nirvana (you've heard about his Sicilian grandparents, right?).
I decided on a scrod variation not on the regular menu. Called scrod au gratin, this was cod baked with broccoli, covered with grated cheddar and bread crumbs. The remarkable thing was that the broccoli was just right, not over- or undercooked.
The fish was also fine, as were the accompanying mashed potatoes, nothing fancy. The regular menu does offer a Nantucket seafood pie, fruit del mare, shrimp scampi, and baked stuffed shrimp, all under $15, as are all of the other entrées, except the "king cut" of prime rib, at $19.99. There's even a surf-and-turf with a "queen cut" for $16.99.
On the lunch and pub part of the menu are sandwiches, wraps, burgers and grilled pizzas. Desserts are chocolate cake, carrot cake, Toll House cookie pie, cheesecake, and a house-made bread pudding. The two-fer desserts are chocolate or tapioca pudding; we had one of each — an old-fashioned ending to an old-fashioned meal.
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text: Starting this up in preparation for the return next Tuesday. Anyone else excited? I actually was starting to find a lot of the storylines getting tedious by the end of last season, but I'm finding myself very much looking forward to the new season. The addition of Jennifer Hudson will be interesting, tho I'm not clear if it's a one-off or a recurring/regular role. She has just the right voice for this show I think -- solidly pop/R&B but with enough range & depth to take on some a variety of songs. How she'll fit in the Bombshell storyline I have no idea. But maybe she won't and it will be some side story. 2-hour season premier, Tuesday Feb 5.


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