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A pint-sized dish of cevichocho, served on the street in Otavalo, sparked one of those ah-hah moments so unexpected it caught me unawares.
By the time we the three of us parked near the town's famous craft market, lunch time had come and gone. Heading down the block we passed a group of teenagers in school uniforms crowded around a food stall, gulping down what looked like fast-food. And whatever it was in those bowls unidentified juicy bits it made my mouth water.
"What is this stuff," I asked Paul Aguilar, our guide, who after four days touring us around Ecuador was now more friend than hired help. Peering over the counter I looked at the seller in the wrinkled apron and at the bowls of chopped ingredients and for a second, wondered if street food was a good idea. Still, I was curious. And hungry.
"Do you really want to try it?" said Aguilar, raising his eyebrows. A veteran guide, he knew tourists were squeamish about street food. And in Ecuador, cevichocho was the street version of a Big Mac. "If you're sure," he said doubtfully.
Deftly piling chopped red and yellow tomatoes, toasted popcorn, red onions, white lupine beans and cilantro in the bowl, he filled it full. Then he sprinkled lime over the mix, doused it with extra juice from the tomatoes and topped it with bits of sliced chicken. And handed it over.
I hesitated, took a bite, and it was.... heavenly! No wonder those kids look so healthy, I said to myself. They're snacking on vegetables.
"What did I tell you," said Steve, my husband, grabbing a photo. "Ecuador isn't anything like Kansas."
Ask me about the European "discovery" and settlement of North America and I can quote chapter and verse. But ask about Ecuador's cultural heritage or colonial history and I'm lost. To my shame, I know more about Turkey than Ecuador.
Where then, in this country on the Equator, would a traveler find links to the past? Living links, too, not museum exhibits. We started in Quito, the capital as you will because this is where most flights arrive. And Quito is old, founded in 1534, just 42 years after Columbus "discovered" America. Perched at 9,000 feet elevation on a hill between the east and west ranges of the Andes Mountains, it lies at the foot of Guagua Pichincha, 15,820-feet high and one of Ecuador's 30 active volcanoes.
Twenty years ago, when I was here before, blowing through town on a two-day stopover, the city, tired and dirty, was lingering on life support. Ecuador's currency, the sucre, was nearly worthless. Since then the patient has recovered. On March 13, 2002, Ecuador adopted the U.S. dollar, stabilizing the economy. Today the heart of the old city has been scrubbed and painted, its buildings restored or comically hidden behind convincing facades.
Abundant lighting illuminates the cobblestone streets at night, trash vanishes in a twinkling, and public squares sport benches, grass and flowers. Purse snatching in the old quarter disappeared overnight when the streets were converted to pedestrian traffic only from dusk to dawn. Looking down out of my hotel room after dinner, I could see and hear couples and families walking past.
As for history, we found it in Independence Square, where old men and visitors sit in the sun at the foot of Liberty besting the snarling Spanish lion. It lives in Quito's monumental, painted, gold-swathed churches and monasteries, where on the Sunday I was there the pews were packed and late comers stood in the side aisles under dark paintings of tortured saints.
But Quito was only the beginning. When I first put Ecuador on my wish-list, it was the historic haciendas I wanted to visit. Originally land grants, these vast ranches boast illustrious family pedigrees and long traditions. Surely, I thought, the pioneers who tamed Ecuador's frontiers faced the same challenges as their North American counterparts farmers, ranchers and plantation owners did.
When a friend recommended EQ Touring, a Quito and Miami-based travel outfit specializing in Ecuador, we asked for an individual trip to the haciendas near Quito, traveling on scenic country roads. Curious about Ecuador's dramatic geography on the equator but up in the clouds I wanted to get close to some of those ice-clad volcanoes and 13,000-foot farm fields.
The final itinerary included hacienda reservations, a car and two top-notch guides (Cynthia Cabezas in Quito and Paul Aguilar for the rest of the trip). It also included a visit to Cotopaxi Volcano national park where you can drive to the end of the road (the climbers start here, at 15,320 feet) for a close-up look at Cotopaxi's icy, 19,460-foot summit. Our last day was saved for Otavalo.
And were the haciendas historic? Yes, but forward-looking. Both Le Cusin, founded in 1602 by Jesuits, and Hacienda Pinsaqui, founded in 1790 and still owned by the original family, felt and looked like the 18th century white-walled, red-tiled-roof colonial compounds typical of Spanish colonies. Surrounded with flowering vines and far from noise and traffic, they'll send you back to another century.
But Le Cusin's present owner is an American who restored the buildings and updated guest rooms and cottages, adding comfort while preserving the colonial feel. The wood-paneled living room and dining hall are reminiscent of a hunting lodge, and since they serve good food, encourage long evenings. The result is a loyal cadre of guests who wintering over annually, settling into spacious rooms with fireplaces and staying busy dining on good meals, riding horses, hiking, sketching, studying Spanish and taking day trips to Otavalo.
Pinsaqui Hacienda, where we stopped for a bowl of locro (cream of potato soup garnished with cheese and avocado slices), is still owned and managed by an 8th generation family member. Could he be the person whose photo, displayed on the wall, shows him posing with his horse inside this elegant old mansion? Guests enjoying acres of lawns and spectacular views of Imbabura Volcano may find approaching cars a rude intrusion. But the presence of 30 redecorated family-sized suites, fine cuisine and guided horseback riding is the evidence that guests are welcome.
Zuleta Hacienda, originally a Jesuit property, made news in the 20th century when new owners, the Plaza-Lasso family, progenitor of two presidents of Ecuador, turned the 4,000-acre ranch into a working dairy farm and cheese creamery.
As the ranch prospered, the Plazas built out, adding a high-ceilinged living room with family bedrooms at one end and a nine guest-room wing at the other. Today the hacienda, surrounded by trees, vast green fields, and a stable full of horses, is an example of the success of modern ranch management. Guests here are enthusiastic horseback riders, hikers and nature lovers.
We spent our last day shopping in Otavalo's craft market, saving the last 10 minutes for a sprint through the produce market. Instead we spent an hour marveling at the kinds of vegetables that local farmers can grow at high altitude. And since they sell them locally, they can choose whatever fits their soil, including "heritage" varieties.
My list, hastily jotted down, includes kale, bunches of fresh alfalfa, leafy greens, peas, a half-dozen kinds of beans, red and purple berries, four kinds of citrus, tomatoes, tree tomatoes, tubers, bags of beets, onions, dried spices, 124 varieties of potatoes and 50-pound sacks of quinoa, alfalfa grain and three kinds of corn.
I thought I knew vegetables. But it was humbling to see how few I'd tasted or could even identify. I did find those white lupine beans, though, the star of my new, fast-food addiction. Take that, McDonalds.
Flights to Quito can run from nine to 20 hours or more, depending on the airline, your departure city and the layover. We flew on TACA (a merger of four central American airlines) from Los Angeles to El Salvador, and after a 40-minute layover flew out from the very same gate. Flying through Santiago, Chile, can push the layover to seven hours.
DRIVING & GUIDES: Driving on Ecuador's new highways (some still under construction) is an easy way for independent travelers to reach most larger towns and top-ten highlights. But taking rarely-signed, pot-holed, back-country dirt roads slows you down to 10 mph. If you're on a schedule, think about hiring a guide.
TOUR COMPANIES & GUIDES: Our English-speaking guides, who were smart, educated and upbeat, made our trip. EQTouring, which offers standard or custom itineraries, guarantees all its trip leaders. Find them at http://www.eqtouring.com.
For EQTourism, go to http://www.eqtouring.com
QUITO LODGING: In Quito, we recommend two fine hotels in the historic center. The hotel La Casona de Ronda occupies a restored, completely restructured in-town residence; the larger Boutique Patio Andaluz is a new property on the footprint of a similar residence. La Casona is smaller and more intimate, with a tiny restaurant and indoor-outdoor strip of garden; the Patio Andaluz has several ground floor living rooms, second-floor balconies, internet access stations and a spacious dining room. Both are within walking distance of the historic center's monuments, parks, restaurants and shopping. Both are within the restricted pedestrian-only area.
HACIENDAS: For more on the hacienda's history and lodging, go to http://www.haciendacusin.com; http://www.haciendapinsaqui.com; and http://www.zuleta.com
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Caltracs Monoleafs And A High-Altitude Converter For Project Six-Pack
Editor's Note: Project Six Pack was one of the most famous cars of the '70s, covered in-depth during the early part of that decade in the now-defunct Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazine on the Stock Eliminator trail. Now 30 years in the making, we are happy to bring you this update as the car returns to bracket competition in the Colorado Rockies. Former readers of HPM have followed some of the other changes made to the car in the last few years.
Most magazine project cars, despite good intentions, tend to be rather short-lived. The '69 M-code Road Runner seen here is the exception. This project first appeared in Super Stock and Drag Illustrated Magazine in the February '70 issue for a lace-painting feature, and officially became Project Six Pack in April 1972. Back in the early to mid-'70s, owner and SS&DI field editor Ted Struse, along with partners Mike Smith and Terry Welsh, campaigned the car in Stock Eliminator, setting six NHRA national records in the process. Now restored and sporting a 15:1 McCandless Performance low-deck 451-inch stroker and some nine-second time slips, the car would be perfect for nostalgia racing. Trouble is, there is absolutely nothing in the Denver area but brackets.
In his mid-'50s and forced to contend with Parkinson's disease, Ted had to rule out traveling to other parts of the country to compete in nostalgia meets, and he even considered putting the car back into street trim. Because of the car's racing heritage and the fact it runs so well in its current configuration, all agreed it would be a shame to take it apart and start over without further exploring its potential.
In that light, a phone call was made to transmission guru Frank Lupo, owner of Dynamic Converters in Delaware, to ascertain if the converter stall speed could be optimized to better-utilize the higher rpm power band of the Indy-McCandless 451 Wedge. While the car had the power, it didn't seem to come off the line like it should.
This is a prime example of why high-altitude racing is a challenge. The converter Frank originally built was rated at 6,000 rpm, and at sea level, that's pretty much what you'd get. But at Bandimere's often 8,000-foot plus effective elevation, a 4,800-rpm flash speed is about the limit for this unit. Nonetheless, the car left the line cleanly, with no trace of bog or stumble, and at an uncorrected 10.76 e.t. (which equates to a 9.98 at sea level), lack of power was certainly not the problem. We've seen legal NHRA stockers at Bandimere that run over a second slower yet can pull the wheels off the ground. Some of this may be due to the shifting of weight allowed by NHRA rules, something that has not been done to this car, but the bottom line is that the car was just not in the power band off the line.
As luck would have it, East Coast Max Wedge campaigner Joe Aluise, the first NHRA Stock Eliminator record-holder in the nines, made a visit to Denver to do some high-altitude running a while back, and collected quite a bit of data while he was here. Since we knew the Aluise crew also used Dynamic converters, we asked if they would be willing to help us out with some concrete figures on how converter performance varied from sea level to Bandimere. They knew of Project Six Pack and were more than happy to help.
The new unit that resulted from this meeting of the minds has a nominal stall-speed rating of 6,700 rpm. The general rule of thumb is that stall speed should be approximately 1,500 rpm less than your shift point. Running at sea level, this would be too much for our combination, which is shifted at 7,200-7,500 rpm. But at Bandimere's elevation, Joe Aluise's data showed that we could expect to lose approximately 1,000 to 1,200 rpm in stall speed. While that seems like a lot, our initial testing showed an even higher 1,400 to 1,500 actual rpm loss! In other words, our 6700-rpm converter became a "5,200" at our mile-high elevation.
Nevertheless, the approximately 500 net rpm increase definitely made the car come alive off the line. Of course, none of this newfound power does any good unless the car hooks. Up to this point, even the nine-year-old Firestones seemed to do the job with no slippage whatsoever. But with the engine now up in the power band, it was a whole different ballpark, and this precipitated some new problems. On a high horsepower car, when super stock springs get tired, the car tries to tuck the right rear tire under and roll over it. This is a direct result of the rotational energy produced by the torque of the engine. In our case, this resulted in a very subtle "skating" effect and further aggravated a tendency of the car to pull to the right.
Thanks to fellow Mopar racer Mike Molgard, we hooked up with John Calvert, whose new CalTracs suspension system would solve this problem. If you follow Super Stock racing at all, you've probably heard of Mr. Calvert-he's the West Coast racer with the original four-speed Cobra Jet Mustang who wins World Championships with 9-inch wide stocker tires! Running in Super Stock against a legion of four-links and 14×32 monster meats, John knew he had his work cut out for him. His motives were quite simple-he wanted to race his car, but since original-paint four-speed Cobra Jets are scarce and increasingly valuable, he wasn't willing to cut it up.
John carefully studied his suspension needs and determined that a refined traction bar, similar in construction to the traditional slapper bars but using a more sophisticated approach, would do the trick. The resulting system worked so well that other racers asked to purchase similar bars for their cars, and the rest is history.
Taking things a step further, John has recently released a unique monoleaf rear spring setup specially engineered to work with and optimize the effect of the CalTracs bars. One obvious benefit is that the monoleaf springs are much lighter than the factory Super Stock spring bundle. Depending on the application, as much as 40 pounds of unsprung weight can be eliminated.
The CalTracs springs and bars cured all our handling ills and brought consistency back to the launch. Plainly evident was the absence of the almost-excessive lift the rear suspension had exhibited prior to the CalTracs. After all, the whole idea is to move the car forward as quickly as possible, not waste time separating the leaves and going up. The new converter/suspension combination also pulls the wheels off the ground consistently.
The last run we made was a "pretty as a picture" 10.77 at 126 mph, which factors out to a sea level 9.99 at 136 mph. Significantly, this was run in the summer heat, while our earlier 10.76/9.98 was run on a cool October evening. We feel confident that a little more thrashing next season will yield several more tenths from the existing setup, but it's wintertime in the Rockies, and we'll have to wait for the spring thaw to prove it. In the meantime, we're trying to figure out how to tell Frank Lupo that we need another 600 rpm.


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The Delachaise is especially lively when packed with patrons touting plates of delicious, high-class bar food alternatives and topped-off wine and beer glasses. The wine and beer selection is enormous and impressive, with more than 20 different red, white, rose, and sparkling wines, as well as nearly 30 types of bottled beer and several more available on tap. I personnally think that this is the best selection of wine by the glass in the city.
In addition to fine spirits, the Delachaise's food menu is the result of the chef's world travels, unique, and served well into the night. In addition to the typical wine bar cheese plates and olives, they are perhaps best known for their French fries cooked in goose fat, frog legs, and flank steak bruschetta. They also serve gourmet grilled cheese and the Boz sandwich, plus Bangkok-style shrimp Clemenceau and Cuban twice-cooked pork.
After ordering your food and drinks at the bar, you can choose to dine inside or outside in their quaint but chic patio courtyard. The unique architecture of the building can really be appreciated from outside, especially its unusual shaped copper roof and the bright red sign matching the red umbrellas out back. Sit back, relax and watch the streetcar go by.
This bar is not only popular locally; it's also been nationally renowned by such entities as Conde Nast, Yelp, New York Magazine, New Orleans Magazine, Zagat, and Wine & Spirits. As a common destination for locals and tourists alike, we highly recommend you visit our libations-loving neighbor, the Delachaise.


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CA125 Cancer Antigen Test
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
My insurance company has denied payment for the CA125 cancer antigen test for my wife who died from pancreatic cancer. Her oncologist frequently used this test to provide an indicator of the effectiveness of the cancer treatment. My insurance company says that its value as a diagnostic tool for malignant neoplasm of the pancreas has NOT been established. They said that I need a "current published, peer reviewed, scientific literature supporting the use of CA125 in the treatment and/or diagnosis of malignant neoplasm of pancreas." The closest article is your FAQ (CA125 Cancer Antigen 125 for ovarian cancer). However it states that cancer of the pancreas also "may cause" abnormal CA125 levels. It also does not seem to meet their peer reviewed and scientific literature requirement. Can you please send me an article that will satisfy my insurance company's requirements for malignant neoplasm of the pancreas? I believe this is a valid test for the "treatment and/or diagnosis" of all cancers including cancer of the pancreas.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Peter Argenta, MD and Ivor Benjamin, MD (Former co-Editor-in-Chief of OncoLink) from the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, respond:
Tumor markers are antigens (usually proteins) expressed by cancer cells. Tumor markers may be located within an affected cell, at the cells' surface, or may be excreted by the cell. Excretion may occur locally, through the urinary system, through the gastro-intestinal system, or into the blood stream. With many cancers the production of tumor markers is proportional to the tumor burden. Following the levels of these markers, therefore, allows the physician to assess the course of treatment and regressions.
The development of monoclonal antibodies in the 1940's and 50's paved the way for accurate detection and quantification of individual molecules. These tests can be used to detect marker protein directly on tissue samples or to evaluate their concentrations in the blood stream. In the 1960's the detection of alpha-fetoprotein, a serum protein usually restricted to the normally developing fetus, was demonstrated to be an accurate tumor marker for gastrointestinal cancer. Since then, multiple tumor markers for many different anatomic systems have been discovered. These include not only tumor products, but elements inherent to the tumors themselves (oncogenes). (1) CA 125 is a tumor antigen initially noted to be elevated in patients with non-mucinous ovarian cancer (most ovarian cancers). (2) This protein could be identified in patients with ovarian cancer and seen to decrease after surgical removal of the tumor or successful chemotherapy. As importantly, early recurrence of ovarian cancer could be detected by rising levels of CA 125 - often before clinical evidence of recurrence was present. Unfortunately, people without cancer demonstrate a large variation in levels of CA 125 making the determination of what is normal difficult. In general women under 50 years of age have higher levels than women over 50 or men.(3) The finding of elevated CA 125 was noted to be elevated in number of conditions unrelated to ovarian disease, including gastro-intestinal cancer (specifically 63% of patients with pancreatic cancer) and in a number of benign conditions including infections, and endometriosis. Because of this, CA 125 levels are not used as a screening test to find unknown cancer but rather to follow the progress of documented cancer.
The utility of following CA 125 levels in pancreatic cancer has undergone significant scrutiny in the last decade. Most notably it has been compared with CA19-9, a tumor marker with proven prognostic value in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. In head to head comparisons CA 125 demonstrated both a lower ability to detect a problem (low sensitivity) and a higher likelihood of being abnormal in a healthy patient (low specificity).
If CA 125 has a present role in the treatment of pancreatic disease it appears to be in the differentiation of pancreatic cancer from pancreatitis. Haga showed that CA 125 level were apt to be elevated in pancreatic cancer but not in pancreatitis. When combined with the relative reliability of CA19-9 levels one may conclude both that a process is of pancreatic origin and is, or is not, malignant. (3) Once malignancy is proven there appears no additional benefit in following the CA 125 level. Even this use is presently disputed in patients with chronic pancreatitis.(4)
Preliminary evidence exists for using combinations of multiple tumor markers simultaneously to both detect and follow pancreatic cancer. Nakae at al report an algorithm using 9 tumor markers (including CA 125 and CA19-9) which appears to have both improved sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing pancreatic cancer when compared to CA19-9 alone. This has yet to be proven in a definitive fashion and whether it is better than following CA 19-9 for determining prognosis or detecting recurrence has not been examined. (4)
Based upon this information, it appears that your insurance carrier would have considered this data when deciding to decline payment for the CA 125 tests.
- Zinser JW. Tumor markers in cancer of the digestive system. Revista de Gastroenterologica 1997;62:145-8.
- Bast RC, Klug TL, St. John RN, Jenison E, Niloff JM, Lazerus H, Berkowitz RS, Leavit T, Griffiths CT, Parker L, Zurawski VR, Knapp RC. A radioimmunoassay using a monoclonal antibody to monitor the course of epithelial ovarian cancer. New England Journal of Medicine 1983;309:883-887.
- Haga Y. Sakamoto K. Egami H. Yoshimura R. Akagi M. Evaluation of serum CA-125 values in healthy individuals and pregnant women. American Journal of the Medical Sciences 1986;292(1):25-9.
- Hamori J, Arkosy P, Lenkey A, Sapy P. The role of different tumor markers in the early diagnosis and prognosis of pancreatic carcinoma and chronic pancreatitis. Acta Chirurgica Hungarica 1997;36:125-7.
- Nakae Y, Naruse S, Shibata T, Kitagawa M, Kondo T, Hayakawa T, Kumo N, Kurimoto K. Early detection of pancreatic cancer by serum markers. Japanese Journal of Clinical Pathology 1994;42:139-142.


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Hubble's Carineidolia contest
On April 24, 2007 – the 17th anniversary of Hubble's launch – the Space Telescope Science Institute released a devastating picture of the Carina Nebula, a ridiculously complex and gorgeous star forming region about 7500 light years from Earth.
Here's the picture:
Like I said, gorgeous! [Click to keelhaulenate.]
Any structure with that kind of detail in it is going to spark your brain, making you see all sorts of things in it like faces, animals, and so on. This is called pareidolia, and is one of my favorite things of all time. It's so fun, in fact, that the folks at the Institute are holding a monthly contest which they call the Hubble Heritage Creative Challenge [Facebook link], and this month's contest is to find examples of pareidolia in the Carina Nebula. They have a few that have been submitted already on display.
It's not hard to find things in the nebula. Either click the image above, or just go to the Hubble site with a zoomable image of Carina and start panning and scanning! You'll find tons of stuff.
In fact, in a post I wrote back when this image was first released I pulled out some choice objects to discuss, and one of them is the famous finger you see here. I wouldn't suggest submitting it, though: the judges may rule against you prejudicially given the attitude conveyed.
But if you find something good, you can win a print of a Hubble image! The artwork with the most "Likes" will win. But hurry: the contest ends October 19.
Thanks to my friend Tiffany Davis at STScI for letting me know about the contest.
Related Posts:
– Desktop Project Part 26: Carina will keel haul your brain
– Hubble's 17th: Chaos, birth, and near death
– Supernovae popping off like firecrackers in Carina
– Hubble celebrates 20 years in space with a jaw-dropper


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Breaking in Freeport, IL – Standing with Sensata workers in Freeport, IL, Reverend Jesse Jackson has been arrested along with other protesting Sensata workers:
This has occurred after Sensata plant management conveyed a message through Freeport Police to protestors and the public late yesterday. Management is threatening to close the plant immediately if protesting workers attempt to enter the factory to initiate negotiations with management for severance benefits. The workers have filed two unfair labor practice complaints against the company with the National Labor Relations Board in the past 24 hours.
Jackson was marching with the protesting workers to attempt negotiations with plant management. At this time, the plant remains open.
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S.B. 10-191 Rules define "Student Academic Growth" as:
- The change in student achievement against Colorado Academic Standards for an individual student between two or more points in time, which shall be determined using multiple measures, one of which shall be the results of statewide summative assessments, and which may include other standards-based measures that are rigorous and comparable across classrooms of similar content areas and levels
- May also include gains in progress towards postsecondary and workforce readiness
- May include progress toward academic and functional goals included in an individualized education program and/or progress made towards student academic growth objectives
As CDE has worked on S.B. 10-191 implementation and development of the Colorado State Model Evaluation System, student academic growth is thought of as student learning outcomes using multiple measures to evaluate.
S.B. 10-191 Rules include the following steps to take prior to evaluating teacher performance on their students' learning outcomes:
- Categorize teachers based on the availability and technical quality of student assessments available
- Choose or develop appropriate measures of student academic growth for each category
- CDE develops technical guidance which address methods for ensuring that measures meet minimum standards of credibility, validity and reliability
- Multiple measures of student academic growth determined. Measures shall include:
- A measure of individually-attributed student academic growth
- A measure of collectively-attributed student academic growth
- When available, statewide summative assessment results
- For subjects with statewide summative assessment results available in two consecutive grades, results from the Colorado Growth Model
The final steps are to scale and aggregate the multiple measures being used to determine student learning outcomes, determine an overall rating for the student growth Quality Standard and combine it with the overall rating for the professional practices Quality Standards to end up with a final effectiveness rating. CDE is developing guidelines and models to assist districts in this process.
Additional Criteria for Measuring Student Learning
S.B. 10-191 Rules state that school districts and BOCES shall seek to meet the following criteria:
- Ensure that measures of student academic growth are valid, meaning that the measures must be aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards
- Ensure that measures of student academic growth are reliable, meaning that the measures should be stable over time and in substance and that data from the measures will be sufficient to warrant reasonably consistent inferences
- Include teachers in the discussion of which measures are most appropriate to the teacher's classroom in order to ensure that measures are comparable among teachers of similar content areas and grades
- Include student academic growth scores from all subjects if a teacher teaches two or more subjects
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The Colorado Content Collaboratives are reviewing assessments in each content area and grade level to determine their degree of alignment to the Colorado Academic Standards and appropriateness for use in Colorado classrooms. They are identifying high quality assessments for all grades and content areas which are being loaded into the CDE Resource Bank as optional assessments for districts' use. The CDE Resource Bank launched in December 2012. While the bank will continue to be updated with more assessments, the initial launch will allow pilot districts to field test assessments for use in teacher evaluations. To stay informed, subscribe to the CDE Educator Effectiveness e-newsletter.
The Assessment Review Tool used by the Colorado Content Collaboratives has been released for district use. This tool will assist districts in reviewing their own assessments including rating them on their alignment to the Colorado Academic Standards, methods of scoring, degree to which the assessments are fair and unbiased, and the assessment's ability to provide opportunities for learning.
CDE is developing guidance, models and tools that will help districts select, use and aggregate multiple measures of student learning (growth). The CDE Educator Effectiveness team published measures of student learning guidance in August 2013 to give highlight possible approaches for districts/BOCES to consider when constructing their approach to select measures of student learning for use in educator evaluations. To stay informed on resources available, subscribe to the CDE Educator Effectiveness e-newsletter.
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LED Lighting That Changes They Way You See Art
Method Lights- LED Lighting That Changes They Way You See Art The Challenge for Artists… See Video Below There's long been a void in art studio lighting, and the art lighting industry as a whole. For artists, the optimal scenario is usually natural light, but that can be problematic on cloudy days or when it's…..
Jerry's Blog Team -- 29/11/2016
A Revolutionary Bright Idea for Oil Colorists
Most experts will agree that linseed oil is the most flexible of all the oils used in the production of oil color. The reason pale oils are used is because linseed oil was not all that pale and tended to give a slight yellowish cast when the painting was finished. Additionally, it would darken over time,…..
Jerry's Blog Team -- 16/11/2016
Pop Art Painting DIY – Using Acrylic Paints
DIY Pop Art Painting- Acrylic Pop Art Tutorial Designer: Lindsay "The Frugal Crafter" Weirich Media: Acrylic Skill Level: Beginner Level of Difficulty: 2 (out of 5) Supplies Needed: Soho Acrylic Paint Set of 24 – # 86457 Soho Gloss Gel – # 87656 Creative Inspirations Dura Handle Flat Brush – # 87620 Artist's White Tape – # 11821…..
Jerry's Blog Team -- 12/10/2016
Artist Spotlight- Artist Eric Armusik
Article: Artist Eric Armusik – Artist Spotlight Helen and Paris, oil on birch, 48 x 60" 2016 (Painted in 13 days – 178 hours in preparation for this year's Art Renewal Center International Salon) Products used: Charvin Extra Fine Oils Black Swan Creative Mark Filberts, Rounds and Flats First, let me say what an honor…..
Jerry's Blog Team -- 26/08/2016
How Do I Clean An Oil Paint Brush?
Products Used in this Video NOTE: Click on images to go to product pages Chelsea Classical Studio Lavender Brush Cleaner A Safer Natural Alternative To Turpentine That Actually Smells Like Lavender! Made from 100% natural distilled fruits and flowers, featuring lavender, Chelsea Classical Studio's Lavender Brush Cleaner is a safer natural alternative to turpentine, petroleum…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 27/05/2016
Artist Spotlight- Lisa Marie Kowieski
Lisa Kowieski Multi-disciplinary Artist and Designer from Chicago. "My work is influenced by nature and storytelling with themes of adventure and passion. More than anything, I strive to create work that inspires others to explore their passions and live their best lives. As a multi-disciplinary Artist and Designer, I'm trained in both traditional and…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 26/05/2016
Drone Art Adventure- Made By Lisa Marie and The Outbound Life
Hey guys I'm Lisa, with Made By Lisa Marie. Art and adventure go hand in hand for me. Last fall, I had the opportunity to explore the Pacific Northwest and make two oil paintings on site of some very famous landscapes. Here's the catch: my personal assistant for these paintings was a drone (a DJI…..
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 10/05/2016
Top 20 Celebrity Painters
Celebrities who create art as well as sing, act and more! In researching for our previous post on celebrity art investors, we came across an amazing array of celebrities who not only collect art, but create it as well! We couldn't resist, and had to dedicate a post to some of these multi-faceted artists……
Jerrys Blog Squad -- 09/05/2016
Great Gifts for Mom on Mother's Day
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Jerry's Blog Team -- 01/05/2016
Art Changes Everything
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Goodguys Gives Us 6,000 Reasons to Come to Columbus
Each Goodguys event has its own distinct flavor, from the early season excitement of Del Mar to the kickback attitude at shows like Puyallup and Rhinebeck to the valley of iron in Scottsdale. For many hot rodders and custom car guys–about 6,000 of them to be sort of exact–the big show of the season is in Columbus, Ohio, in July.
The fairground is expansive but spectator-friendly, the indoor and outdoor vendor areas are huge, the swap meet is first class, and even the food is great. But by far, the biggest reason we keep Columbus on our list of "must-go" shows is the outstanding number and excellence of the cars that show up. And Goodguys keeps the show running after hours with more show 'n' shine activity at the host hotel, where the parking lot gets packed with rods by dinnertime and the local streets become a parade of cruisers, with sidewalks packed with local spectators and the air thick with smoke from mysteriously melting rubber.
You know how Rod & Custom feels about traditional rods and customs, so when we're here, we're in '40s, '50s, and '60s heaven. Fans of contemporary street rods also have plenty to look at, as well as the truck guys, the musclecar crowd, and everybody else. You might even find something completely unexpected, such as the world's coolest Studebaker Lark. You never know.
While attending the Nashville show, we noted a movement toward two-door and four-door wagons. We noticed the same trend in Columbus, and we also spotted a huge number of hot-rodded trucks–from early roadster pickups to postwar Ford F-series trucks to weather-beaten (or faux weather-beaten) classics to handcrafted one-of-a-kind customs. As you can see from our sample of photos, they're everywhere.
Enjoy this mini photo album of some of our favorites from Columbus.
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NCDACS accepting proposals
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting grant proposals from nonprofits and government agencies through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program through Friday.
The program aims to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the marketplace. It is managed by the department and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the 2014 farm bill. For grant guidelines and an application, go to www.NCSpecialtyCropGrant.org.
United Way plans for 'Life, Death and Taxes'
United Way of Transylvania County presents "Life, Death and Taxes" from 4-6 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium at College Walk, 100 College View Court, Brevard. The event is free and open to the public. Visitors will receive take-home gifts and register for door prizes at the event. For more information, call 883-8822 or visit www.unitedwaytransylvania.org.
The Hendersonville Business Advisory Committee will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at the City Operations Center.
Iannucci's, at 1508 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville, will donate 10 percent of all sales to Meals on Wheels of Henderson County on Tuesday. There will be various events and giveaways going on from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Info: www.coahc.org.
The Laurel Chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America will meet Thursday. Registration is from 9:30-10 a.m., with a short business meeting and a program until noon. Info: Carol Foster at 828-686-8298 or Janet Stewart at 828-575-9195.
Lake Pointe Landing will light six candles, in honor of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, at 2 p.m. Monday, at 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. Henk Colijn, who was part of the Dutch Resistance during World War II, will discuss his experiences. Rabbi Cohen will also be in attendance. Info: 828-693-7800.
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Registration and fellowship will begin at 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
The cost per person will be $12. Payment can be mailed to Wayne Arnold, 100 Lantana Rd., Gilmer, TX 75644.
Each class representative will attempt to contact each class member. If you have not been contacted or are unable to contact your class representative, please call one of the following: Richard Stolle, 903-797-6916; Lou Lovell, 903-734-4493; or Wayne Arnold, 903-797-2345.
Deadline for registration is April 8.
Please contact as many of your classmates as you can and encourage them to attend. This will be a great time to see and visit with many fellow graduates.