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quote:Other than that flash of the blindingly obvious, do you have a point?
quote:And people in the south who were democrats were all progressive but conservative on civil rights. Without the civil rights movement, so many people in the south who identify themselves as conservatives would not do so, from an economic policy standpoint
quote:Incorrect. It was all a perfect storm of economic conditions combined with resentment over affirmative action and busing
quote:1.Zach is intellectually dishonest and stuck in the 50's.
quote:Why are you obsessed with the South in 1960 when the OP is about voting philosophy TODAY in the NATION? You keep repeating shite about race when race has NOTHING to do with the OP.
quote:Conservatives are against Aff Action (which did not happen in the 60s) and against busing (which is socialism).
quote:1. Zach is intellectually dishonest and stuck in the 50's.
quote:2. The GOP economic policy is shite and it's call for inequality is not good for any society.
quote:Making socialism into a dirty word just isn't a successful strategy.
quote:You keep using that phrase. Are you saying that I am lying about what I post? The phrase has no meaning and makes you look really stupid.
quote:You mentioned something about Dems of last century
quote:Doesn't change the factors that led to Reagan's election.
quote:Disagree, but at least a conversation can be had now.
quote:It means you're full of shite.
quote:You think inequality is good for society?
quote:, that gets you off on racism
quote:You were wrong
quote:RR did not get elected because of busing
quote:Busing had been going on for 15 years.
quote:He got elected because of Carter. Reagan did not run on busing.
quote:Talent can come in many forms: Actors have talent and become rich even if they are dumb. Athletes who have talent become rich even if they are dumb. Intelligence is a god given talent and they can become rich even if they are not physically gifted or good looking.
quote:Hard work is a value system: An untalented person can become rich through hard work. If a garbage man and a house cleaner get married, stay off drugs, limit number of children and invest wisely they can accrue a million dollars by retirement age.
quote:And, since the latter group is producing offspring at a higher rate than the former, America will become a true socialist state. And nothing can be done to stop it.
quote:People in the south didn't have a problem with Democrats until the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. The only reason the conservative movement got as powerful as it has been is resentment over all of that.
quote:You are misconstruing conservative/liberal ideology with political party.
quote:Once the Democratic party was way more conservative
quote:Nice rebuttal. Bye
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June 27th, 2005, 07:02 PM #16
I think this kind of malignacy has been growing in our society for awhile. Look at the Osbourne's, Anna Nicole, and the Gotti's. They are seriously impaired people who are making millions showing the world how spoiled, uncouth, degenerated, and stupid they are. My opinion is that our society is not necessarilly raising them up on a pedastool to worship them, but actually to ridicule them. I am taking this from an American Point of view, but it could hold for most of the civilized world. We like to make ourselves look better by putting others down.
We watch these people so that we can sit there and say "what asses" and "we would never be caught dead doing that". Then we laugh an make jokes about them. This is far easier to do then fix remove the mote from our own eye. I really do not watch these shows, but I know I am just as able to act the same way.
I have been watching this change for years. Just look at shows like Cheers, Drew Carey, and Frasier. I enjoyed some of them myself. In alot of cases they are harmless, but go back and look where most of the good jokes were. You'll proabaly find them in situations where someone is being put down or made a fool of. It kind of makes a myth out of the kinder, gentler nation. Just look at our current right wing government which finds it easier to call people traitors than to admit that they were wrong about the WMD's in Iraq and put down a lot of the democrats ideas but later adopted them themselves.
Unfortunatedly, as you have noted, our youth suffers because of this culture. We are so busy putting these people down that we don't take the time to make sure our children, who do not understand and are impressionable, don't become these people. Or else, we treat it as cute and don't take it serious until the damage is done. In my opinion, we are a lost people in the U.S. We got so caught up in our own grandness that we forgot how we got there. We are a nation of "Bling Bling" and not of substance.
I hope no one takes this personal because I am looking at our society as a whole not at individual people. There are still a lot of good people out there, I just think we have become lost and confused and afraid to speak.
June 27th, 2005, 07:57 PM #17Originally Posted by Prunesquallor
June 27th, 2005, 08:36 PM #18
I must disagree with the Osbournes being lumped in with the mass of the stupid and wretched. Ozzy is a very talented singer and has done a lot for Heavy Metal. Sharon is an extremely good business woman or Ozzy would have been extremely broke after Black Sabbath broke up.
Much of what you see in the Osbournes was all set up and 'retakes' to get the stupidity of the scene just right. That was all orchastrated by Sharon. This is why the show is off the air. People were catching on to the ruse.
As for the Paris epidemic: She's an idiot and people like to see rich idiots make fools of themselves so they can say "At least I'm broke and smart instead of rich and stupid." yet they'll crawl off the couch long enough to buy the latest Paris fashion and make her even richer.... or are they...
Paris is a dolt, that we all agree on. I think it was Gary that hit the nail on the head that people said "Hey, we can all get rich off this stipid rich person" and they are. I don't know if she's seeing any money and I don't know if she even cares.
What worries me is what Gary mentioned with the 'dollar-bill' club (I wonder if Bill should be capatilized). Kids being 'technically' virgins, but doing everything but having sex. And the kids get younger and younger each year. My daughter is 8 now and I'm concerened about other people's kids. I can control what happens in my home, but not someone else's. Having someone like Paris Hilton being a role model... come on. This is getting way out of control. She's famous for... being famous? Where's Woody Allen and Andy Worhol to explain things when you need them.
June 28th, 2005, 06:25 AM #19
Yes Ozzy is a talented singer, which amazes me since he has done so much damage to himself with drugs, but that does not affect why most people watch the show. I also beleive that, while the show may not be an accurate depiction of their life, it may not be too far off the mark. If that is what happens when you make money, I'll stay poor.
Again, it is sad because the young are so easily impressed. They think it is great fun and try to imitate it without the full understanding of the conequences. The older generation is too busy either guiltily watching the shows to feel better about themselves or trying to make money off the shows (society as a whole, not the individual). They forget to tell the kids why these people aren't to be looked up to. Yes, they are making money,but they will never be truely happy. Look at Paris getting beat up by some guy. She will be nothing more than eye candy for some guy to strut around and beat up when she gets out of line. It is a shame that her parents have raised her so poorly. We, as a society, are also to blame because we encourage her.
Not all of us are caught up in this spiraling decay, even some of the youth, but most of us have lost our voice. The degenerate loving part of our society talks the loudest and the longest. Unfortunately, they also get the most attention. News of horrorible events or stupid people gets better ratings than positive new. That is a fact. I notice this problem in myself and I am astounded. I wonder why? No answer yet. Anyone have one to offer along with a solution.
June 28th, 2005, 06:58 AM #20
It's a world with lots of point of views; and any meaningful statement will be attached to one or more, but possibly not to others. If people are scared to offend (and there's always the possibility to offend someone with an apparantly innocent remark), then all that they can safely say is meaningless dribble. The success of bland stuff may derive from blandness/consumerism etc. being the smallest common denominator. It doesn't offend because it's basically pointless.
It appears that we've arrived at a point where pointlessness has turned into a point of its own, a kind of collective identity (most will want to distance themselves from in one way or another, but some might embrace it). So that Paris Hilton's/Ozzy Osbourne's behaviour is not so much immoral but a staged show of pointlessness; embracing the apparent meaninglessness of the medialandscape and focus on the "fun"-aspect.
This is paradoxical, because, in a way, celebrities nowadays serve as a reverse identity factor. We no longer define ourselves over the shared values people hold (Bob Dylan, anyone?), but according to who we "hate" most. And it's not even real hatred, most of the time. It's just a way to tell ourselves and others who we are by pointing out "I'm not like that."
So, we stage offensive behaviour in the media in order to distance ourselves from it. In the world as it is today, with a global media landscape, we have not yet found a way, it appears, to give positive examples without imposing our own values on others. So we take a detour over the bland, to say which kind of bland annoys us the most.
Just a theory, really, does it make any sense?
June 28th, 2005, 08:39 AM #21
Well let's think about what some of these people really represent. Paris Hilton, Ozzy Osbourne, Anna Nicole Smith etc. symbolize what to the people who watch them? There is nothing to emulate about them, nothing to praise. They are not beautiful people, they are all troubled and they all get into trouble. And yet, they are all financially successful pinups. Do enough people feel downtroden and dumb that they identify with them and envy them? Paris has the most carefree life and always had, but it was when she got caught on that video that she really made the headlines. So even with her, it was her travail that caused such a sensation.
What are the qualities that anyone would envy? Money, a rebellious nature, a seeming invulnerablity to behaviour that most of us believe would destroy our lives and entree to a world that was formerly closed to people of dubious moral character. They are accepted everywhere, just as Madonna at the court of Queen Elizabeth was, the modern day Marilyn Monroe curtseying to royalty but being more popular and influential than the Queen herself.
Marilyn Monroe, the ultimate American icon, was plagued by drugs and alchohol, sexual innuendos, depression and eratic behaviour, but she was vulnerable and beautiful. These people don't seem to me to have any qualities personally that are attractive.
I think the media shoves things down our throats in the attempt to make us believe what they decide might sell product, not what the public believes is beautiful or worthwhile. They tell us someone is beautiful and all the advertisers jump on the bandwagon, shoving the faces down our throats, when in fact most of the celebrities are not beautiful at all. Sure, beauty is relative, but I think most of us still see what we see, not what we are told to see. Our minds may not make that analysis, and we may wonder subconsciously why we don't think someone is really what we are told they might be by all the press. Look at Sarah Jessica Parker. She might be a nice girl, but really she's a dog to look at. She is plastered all over as a symbol of beauty. She looks like a blonde wicked witch of the west.
Why don't we protest? Why is there no outcry against the lowering of our asethetic standards? Why can't normal people simply say this is bullshit and it's time to stop? Why do we accept degenerate role models for our children? Who is running this show?
June 28th, 2005, 01:12 PM #22
Gary your posts read like someone struggling between being liberal and being conservative, and that amuses me because i find myself in the same position. On the one hand I want a free society, on the other I don't want pop culture forcing me to explain erectile dysfunction to my daughter before I decide to (well, you know what I mean).
I have to disagree with the approach that some posts are taking - "look how things have degenerated" - not because I think it is necessarily wrong, but because I think it is more helpful to look at what is constant about human beings - we are social animals and highly influenced by our community.
Gary, much of what you post reads like someone who wants to be (somewhat) morally conservative but who still interprets the world in a very liberal/individualistic way - you talk about what individuals admire, choose, etc. but this (IMO) misses what is really going on - people don't really choose to like a certain fashion in the fall, or suddenly grow interested in Tom Cruises superstitions. It happens because other people are talking about it. The media does bring it up, but it is giving us what we will watch, and what rewards it financially. The "pushing the boundaries" stuff is I think a result of our consumerism - we want NEW. What new? Whatever new stuff others are talking about.
Dawn I'm afraid that this
It's just a way to tell ourselves and others who we are by pointing out "I'm not like that."
June 28th, 2005, 01:41 PM #23
Yes, I struggle with that all the time, as a father, as a business person, as an author. Don't we all struggle with them if we think? Are any of us so certain? I have a bit of a problem with the simple labels to begin with. Liberal and conservative have taken on lives of their own, as if you must be one or the other, or else you just aren't really anything at all. I believe in some very fundamental values, and they are very personal. I need to be kind. I need to be gentle. I need to be sympathetic to all kinds of perspectives in order to attempt to understand them. In need to be sincere, as best as I can be. I am not mercenary and it hurts me to be mean. Cruelty is out of the question. The rest of my judgments I measure against these vague criteria. If they fit, they work for me. So naturally, I may be conservative on some issues and quite radical on others.
That was always how I approached things. I myself am a dichotomy of values. Even my appearance, my life style and my business relationships are unconventional. And yet I cannot condone behaviour that is mindless, regardless of the rights of a person to choose that path. I would not want to strip them of those rights to pursue their holy grail, whether it's trying to be a Hilton or the next Billy Graham. But I do have opinions.
June 28th, 2005, 02:39 PM #24Originally Posted by Prunesquallor
I think I'm having difficulties with this topic because the concept of role models is alien to me.
June 28th, 2005, 02:48 PM #25
Words, words, words, words, words...
Do you have heroes, Dawn? Do you model your behaviour on anyone, historical or contemporary? I too have no role models. There is no one specific whom I emulate. But role models need not always be people, do they?
June 28th, 2005, 04:30 PM #26
Well, I'm currently reading Ian McDonald's River of Gods (my first McDonald in a decade and he's one of my favourite authors!), and I notice how much an influence he's had on my writing style. I also remember thinking, "God, I'd like to be able to write like that." In that sense, yes, I would say, I have "heroes"; people I appropriate techniques from.
However, I never said things like, "I gotta wear this or that, because X wears it." Not even as a kid. I always got off on differences. When I liked actors as a kid, I didn't want to be like them; I wanted to be with them. I wanted to be useful to them. Liking an actor made me want to write a movie he could play in, for example. It's always been a social thing; I wanted to be useful, I didn't want to emulate.
When I saw those Disney movies where the kids pin up posters and say "When I grow up I'm going to be a astronaut just like X", I couldn't relate. Posters were imaginary friends, not role models.
Throwing around names (I like Bowie, you know?) is fun; it's like wearing clothes. It's a signal, a communication device. Celebrities/Famous persons stand for something, so you can refer to that and don't have to start from scratch. You can point out the differences/nuances later.
I won't base my behaviour on role models and I won't conform to a pre-fabricated codex. The continuity provided by genetics/upbringing/the stars ( ) etc. is enough for me, not because I think I shouldn't (it's not something I really think about) but because I don't know how.
June 28th, 2005, 05:31 PM #27
Paris is the new American Dream though guys. You can have it all and puke on it too!
Half the people who watch this crap will tell you how much they hate it. What they don't seem to get is that one dollar= one vote. I'm free from all that garbage because I hardly watch tv. When I was living at dad's for 6 months his gf and her daughters would harrangue me for playing video games (there's like a real world out there blah blah blah meanwhile I got out like every weekend) meanwhile her daughters she's raised are watching like all this "reality" tv (there's really nothing real about a single damn second of it) and raising hell all over town (I have a story that relates to a comment you made earlier gary but it's terrible and I'd feel bad putting it on the internet). Let me say on one hand that if you guys think the kids these days are having sex without quite having sex I disagree and on the other hand that for stupid people it's never been a better time to destroy your life.
It all boils down to the media and how many people are screaming for it to make their lives simpler though. I honestly think that people today are insane because of it. That seems like a strong word but everyone's priorities are all messed up today.
BTW I have no one I would point to as a role-model per se, when I was very young I took Master Yoda's lessons very seriously in the Empire Strikes Back though. And really, the seductive easiness of doing the wrong thing was a good thing to be tuned into back then. I have a lot of decisions in my life I can look back and be proud of because of it.
June 28th, 2005, 06:14 PM #28
I have to admit that I never really had any role models in my life either. The adults I grew up around were troubled and more like children than the children were. I always admired musicians and I suppose I would have liked to be a singer/songwriter who traveled around and entertained, but not any one in particular. I wanted to be able to write verse like Leonard Cohen and sing like Tim Hardin, live a full life like Joni Mitchell and have a big, loving family like the Grateful Dead.
One of the most incredible compliments that my kids give me is that they tell me how much of a role model I am for them. I am very very close with my children and it means more to me to hear that than most other things. But the responsiblity of it also weighs heavily upon my shoulders. I feel the burden of it all the time, which is probably why I am so compulsive and such a workaholic. I need to maintain the respect from the people I love. There si too much at stake.
June 28th, 2005, 06:28 PM #29everyone's priorities are all messed up today.
**sigh** This thread is depressing me. You can say that humanity always stays the same, and that's true to an extent, but all I know is that when I was a kid (in the 80's) Paris Hilton would have never been a star, unless it was a porn star. She never would have been mainstream. It would have been impossible. Our society is changing, and at a frightening speed.
You can also say that nobody idolizes her, her fans are really just laughing at her, but then that behaviour is disturbing too. What is wrong with our society that so many of us feel so bad about ourselves that we'll spend hours each day watching tv shows about idiots just to make us feel better? Wouldn't we be better off concentrating on the good in the world, on improving the world and ourselves, instead of giving all our attention to worthless filth?
June 28th, 2005, 06:50 PM #30all I know is that when I was a kid (in the 80's) Paris Hilton would have never been a star
maybe you want to say they are different, because they have some talent. Well, maybe. I would say people just like Hilton are forgotten 20 years later.


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Lee finished 5 of 8 for 105 yards and three scores against no interceptions. His 146 passer rating was more than three times better than his previous best.
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Haas has played in just four games and struggled greatly in his first contest, a 39-7 loss to Larned. He had several plays in the backfield Friday and wreaked havoc across the field.
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An act of kindness goes a long way
Just wanted to send a thank you to this lady!
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(Michael Viles) To the anonymous lady at WinCo in McMinnville today:
I want to give you a sincere thank you for handing that money to the cashier on lane 5. What you did today will always be remembered.
I was filling WIC with my wife and son, and trying to figure out what to do for lunch, since I had no money left after paying all my bills. The cashier then handed me a handful of cash, and said, "That lady said Merry Christmas to you and your family!"
I literally felt so happy, and filled with emotions, that my eyes started watering. I was able to get an oil change on my car that was overdue, feed my wife and son lunch, and put the rest aside for more food later this week. The world needs more people like you!! Again, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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51 Kid-Friendly Family Recipes
From breakfast to desserts and everything in between, you'll find great recipes that the whole family will enjoy.
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Baked Coconut Tenders with Strawberry-Mango Salsa
Tender and oven-fried, these chicken tenders get an extra kick of flavor from coconut.
Egg-Salad-and-Caramelized-Onion Sandwiches
There's nothing plain about this lunchtime favorite, upgraded with fresh mayo, buttery Bibb lettuce, and slow-cooked sweet onions.
Bright idea: Want perfect hard-boiled eggs every time? Place them in a pot of cold water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, cover, and wait 12 minutes before peeling.
Pumpkin-Ginger Waffles
The unexpected punch of crystallized ginger gives tender pumpkin waffles a grown-up twist.
Recipe: Pumpkin-Ginger Waffles
Breakfast Sandwiches
Recipe: The Classic Biscuit
Scrambled Eggs with Chives
Cinnamon-Walnut Granola
Kids can pour the honey, sugar, and butter mixture over oats, and then toss it all together. Mom and Dad can handle the baking.
Recipe: Cinnamon-Walnut Granola
Cinnamon-Pecan Spirals
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Homemade English Muffins
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Cozy Oatmeal
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Homemade Bagels
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Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Pancakes
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Apple-Cider Doughnuts
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Avocado Ham Sandwich
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Salami & Cheese Panini
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Glazed Bacon-and-Cheese Burgers
To give hamburgers a tasty boost your kids will love, consider adding crumbled bacon to the ground meat, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, or breadcrumbs and beaten egg yolk.
Recipe: Glazed Bacon-and-Cheese Burgers
Marilyn's Mac and Cheese
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Noodle Pudding
Use bread crumbs, egg noodles, and cottage cheese to make this delicious recipe your kids will gobble up.
Recipe: Noodle Pudding
Macaroni and Gruyère Cheese
Update this traditional dish with a slightly sweet, slightly salty cheese. Even better: This version is requires just five ingredients and 10 minutes to prep!
Recipe: Macaroni and Gruyère Cheese
Easy Cheese Pizza
Skip delivery and get the whole family cooking together with this simple recipe.
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Sloppy Joes with Sweet Potato Biscuits
Sloppy Joes
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Spaghetti with Red Onion and Bacon
Traditional pasta gets an upgrade from Jenn Louis, chef-owner of Lincoln Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, with the addition of smoky, salty bacon and zesty red onion.
Pumpkin-Ricotta Stuffed Shells
By incorporating pumpkin, this recipe requires less cheese than is typically used to stuff shells, but keeps all the delicious flavor.
Recipe: Pumpkin-Ricotta Stuffed Shells
Chicken Flautas
With only five ingredients, you can celebrate the flavors of Mexico at your dinner table. The salsa is even in the recipe!
Recipe: Chicken Flautas
Baked Macaroni with Three Cheeses
A combination of three cheeses gives our macaroni and cheese an especially creamy texture and mellow flavor. Corkscrew-shaped rotini lets the dish soak up extra cheese for a crunchy baked topping. Bake it in small dishes for little ones.
Recipe: Baked Macaroni with Three Cheeses
Crispy Oven Chicken Fingers
Recipe: Crispy Oven Chicken Fingers
Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Cherry Tomtoes
Toss mildly nutty whole-grain spaghetti with roasted cherry tomatoes and a dollop of ricotta, for a no-fuss meal that's ready in 30 minutes.
Margherita Pizza
We make this divine Italian classic with fresh mozzarella and hand-torn basil leaves.
Recipe: Margherita Pizza
Oven-Baked Drumsticks with Lemon Dipping Sauce
Transform chicken into a zesty dish with savory mustard and seasoned breadcrumbs
Recipe: Oven-Baked Drumsticks with Lemon Dipping Sauce
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Spicy Southern-Fried Chicken
Recipe: Spicy Southern-Fried Chicken
Turkey-Porcini Tetrazzini
Make it easy: Use leftover turkey from a previous meal in this mushroom-and-pasta casserole.
Recipe: Turkey-Porcini Tetrazzini
Simple Shepherd's Pie
A great way to use up leftovers, this recipe calls for the quintessential comfort food: mashed potatoes, veggies, and ground turkey all combined into layers of goodness.
Recipe: Simple Shepherd's Pie
Chicken Potpie
This comforting dish is filled with mushrooms, carrots, and peas and topped with flaky biscuits.
Recipe: Chicken Potpie
Turkey Chili Burger
Recipe: Turkey Chili Burgers with Spiced Ketchup
Sour Cream-Chicken Enchiladas
This Tex-Mex recipe is chockfull of flavorful ingredients, like chiles, cilantro, and Monterey Jack cheese.
Recipe: Sour Cream-Chicken Enchiladas
Turkey Meatloaf with Spicy Tomato Jam
Compared to beef, a mix of dark and white ground turkey not only saves 154 calories and 20 grams of fat per serving, but also creates a boost of flavor.
Ham and Potato Gratins
Recipe: Ham and Potato Gratins
Chicken Potpie Turnovers
Use premade empanada dough, all-white chicken meat, and low-fat milk to make this healthy, easy-to-eat lunch.
Recipe: Chicken Potpie Turnovers
Chicken Noodle Soup
Wide noodles, chunky pieces of skin-on breast meat, and a garnish of fresh dill and sweet caramelized leeks update this classic comfort food. Use already-made roast chicken in this soup.
Recipe: Chicken Noodle Soup
Corn on the Cob
Recipe: Fresh Herb Butters for Corn on the Cob
Garlicky Sweet-Potato Fries
Only taking 10 minutes to make, this side dish goes perfectly with a sweet and spicy main.
Garlicky Sweet-Potato Fries
Mashed Potatoes
Pepper-Jack Cornbread Sticks
These zesty cornbread sticks start with boxed mix, but the addition of real, creamy corn and pepper Jack cheese take them up a notch.
Recipe: Pepper-Jack Cornbread Sticks
Easy Garlic Bread
Goldfish Crackers
Intead of the store-bought version, try this quick homemade recipe instead.
Recipe: Cheddar Goldfish Crackers with Peanut Butter Spread
Farmhouse Apple Pie
The tart taste and firm texture of apples make this a flavorful pie that isn't overly sweet. Don't forget a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Recipe: Farmhouse Apple Pie
Kiwi Ice Pops
This mouthwatering recipe makes it one of the coolest ways to extinguish summer's sizzle. Plus, its fruity flavor will appeal to kids and adults alike.
Recipe: Kiwi Ice Pops
Peach Cobbler
Topped with biscuits rather than in a traditional crust, this cobbler is perfectly portioned for kids.
Recipe: Peach Cobbler
Ice Cream Sandwiches
Use crisp, store-bought wafers to whip up delicious ice-cream sandwiches in a jiffy. You can fill them with homemade lemonsicle ice cream for an especially summery treat, or let your kids choose their favorite grocery-store flavor.
Recipe: Lemonsicle Ice Cream
Milk and Chocolate Chip Cookies
The ultimate comfort cookie, these oven-baked treats make an irresistible afternoon snack or after-dinner treat. Store them in an airtight container so they stay fresh throughout the week.
Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Strawberry Hand Pies
This easy-to-hold dessert combines strawberries, confectioners' sugar, and jam to create a sweet and fruity taste.
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quote:I attended the Texas vs Ole Miss game this past season and was blown away by all the "ATTRACTION" I seen in the Grove!!! It took 30 minutes to walk from one corner of the Grove to the other. With all the stares I recieved I don't know if all the hotties found me attractive or they were just wondering what the hell I was wearing LSU apparrel for!!!!!!!! Glad I didn't get my arse whipped!
quote:It took 30 minutes to walk from one corner of the Grove to the other.
quote:Do these new rules apply to all games or just the one against LSU?
quote:if you tailgate in the Grove
quote:Applies to all games and anything on campus will require a parking pass is what my Ole Miss friend told me. Said they will check cars Saturday morning if somebody parked on Friday and it will get towed.
quote:For an O.Miss fan's perspective, is this a big deal, i.e. will it make most fans park & walk/catch the tram? I presume all visitors will have to walk, as it sounds like the tram will not be available. How much funds is this supposed to generate for the A.Dept?
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West End Stars to Fortnum & Mason: 'Bring the Final Curtain Down' on Foie Gras
Holding a large banner and signs that resembled a stage curtain and read, "Fortnum & Mason: Bring the Final Curtain Down on Foie Gras", West End stage stars Jenny Seagrove, Peter Egan, and Carley Stenson joined PETA in a protest outside Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly today. Their point? That while the production of foie gras – the enlarged livers of force-fed geese and ducks – is so cruel it's banned in the UK, Fortnum & Mason callously refuses to follow the lead of iconic department stores Harvey Nichols and Selfridges, who have stopped selling the inhumane product.


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quote:Just to be clear though, he's not the leader. He's just telling everyone what to do, not leading.
quote:T've been wanting skupin to get another chance since he left the outback.although now i'm starting to think he's just clumsy and may have just fell into the fire without passing out.
quote:Blair won't last long. funny that someone who works in a ministry has such a terrible social game.her only hope is that skupin likes her.
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quote:A good pick if the Thursday night home dog doesn't bite back again like last week.
quote:The correct answer is Pittsburgh over Tennessee.
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quote:How many were still in it after last week?
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VIDEO: Jon Stewart on Race (& Ferguson in the Media)
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Jon Stewart returned from a brief hiatus with a brilliant take down of the racially charged Ferguson coverage in the media, primarily on FOX News.
Not that they are the only offenders:
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But there's no denying Fox's work is especially egregious, as called out by Salon in Joan Walsh's recent piece "Ferguson's booming white grievance industry: Fox News, Darren Wilson and friends:"
Why, besides racism, are Wilson's supporters so convinced of his innocence? Well, any good grift will involve a hoax or two, to gin up the sense of outrage. First there was 'Josie,' a purported friend of Wilson's who called in to a radio show helmed by gun-loving wingnut Dana Loesch to tell Wilson's side of the story. 'Josie' insisted that Brown attacked Wilson, grabbed his gun, and the terrified cop shot only in self-defense. The problem? The details were almost identical to those shared on a fake Facebook page set up to look like Wilson's own. But before the tale could be debunked, not only Fox but CNN had reported on 'Josie's' tale with some credulity. As karoli notes over at Crooks and Liars, it's not clear whether Loesch was punked, or was in on the punking.
Then we saw right-wing blogger Jim Hoft, named 'the dumbest man on the Internet' by Media Matters, peddling a phony X-ray or CT scan purporting to show that Wilson suffered a fractured eye socket scuffling with Brown. Unfortunately, a little sleuthing revealed the image in question came from a facility at the University of Iowa and had nothing to do with the Ferguson case. Oops. Of course Fox ran with the story, but ABC News also reported that Wilson had suffered a 'serious facial injury,' claiming its own local source.
Of course Ferguson's white grievance industry is getting major help from Fox News, the grievance industry's biggest grifters. It's funny, a couple of weeks ago Attorney General Eric Holder spent a few days as Fox's favorite administration figure, with Bill O'Reilly and the crew at 'The Five' piously instructing Ferguson protesters to trust the attorney general, who had taken over the inquiry into Mike Brown's shooting. No more. On Friday's 'Five' Andrea Tantaros declared that Holder 'runs that DOJ like the Black Panthers would,' while the whole team endorsed her claim that the attorney general is 'race-baiting.'
Fox has peddled every allegation of wrongdoing by Mike Brown from the beginning of the story. On Fox and Friends Monday morning, Linda Chavez argued that the media should stop calling the teenager 'unarmed' because 'we're talking about an 18-year-old man who is 6-foot-4 and weighs almost 300 pounds, who is videotaped just moments before the confrontation with a police officer strong-arming an employee and robbing a convenience store.' So Mike Brown can't be considered unarmed because … he had arms?
And Dex Digital, writing for Medium, offered the provocative "Face it, blacks. Michael Brown let you down:"


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Scenic Gorge Tours
This week Martin's Gorge Tours has many opportunities for our guest to get out and explore the Columbia River Gorge!
• On Monday (7/30), Thursday (8/2), and Friday (8/3) any of the tour options are available! For tour options see MartinsGorgeTours.com.
• Tuesday (7/31) and Saturday (8/1) guests can schedule a tour after 1pm.
• Sunday (8/5) Martin will be running a shuttle service to the Alison Krauss concert at Maryhill Winery leaving Skamania Lodge at 2pm for a 5pm show time.For more information on the concert go to http://www.maryhillwinery.com/concerts.asp.
Tours include all costs of transportation, guide fee, bottled water, snacks and hotel pick-up. Reservations are based on availability at the time of booking. To save your space, call Martin at 503-349-1323, or visit MartinsGorgeTours.com
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Looking for someone to take you on a guided tour. Martin's Gorge Tours may just be the answer for you! Operated by Martin Hecht, an outdoorsman and adventurer with over 20 years experience exploring the Columbia River Gorge, Martin's Gorge Tours offers scenic, guided tours for individuals, families and groups. You will be able to discover area attractions from waterfalls to wildflowers to wine. Leave your worries behind and experience the hidden treasures of The Gorge. Tours include all costs of transportation, guide fee, bottled water, snacks and hotel pick-up. Reservations are based on availability at the time of booking. This week Martin has a number of opportunities for our guests.
• Monday and Tuesday, 7/23 and 7/24, any tour option is available for individuals, families, or groups (the first 4 guests may set the day's itinerary). For tour options see MartinsGorgeTours.com.
• Wednesday, 7/25, take the Scenic Wine Tasting Tour. You will get to go to three premier wineries between 1 and 5pm for only $85 per person (includes tasting fees).
• Thursday, 7/26, take the Waterfalls and Wildflowers. This tour showcases the beauty of our National Scenic Area from 3:30 – 7:30pm for only $49 per person.
To save your space, call Martin at 503-349-1323, or visit MartinsGorgeTours.com.
This lodge is one of the friendliest places I know. Everyone seems to genuinely enjoy working there and doing whatever they can to assist the guests.
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Homecoming 2013 is scheduled for Oct. 21-26. The finale will be a football game vs. Lindenwood University on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Student organization homecoming packets are available online. Please consult the packet regarding deadlines for homecoming royalty nomination, parade entry and other registration deadlines.
The images featured on this page are courtesy of the Washburn University archive. Check them out of learn about the traditions of Hobo Day and Homecoming over time.
Rooters' Club, featured in the 1917 edition of the Kaw yearbook, and the front page of the Nov. 15, 1916 issue of the Washburn Review, which explains how Angelus Burch, in the middle, organized Hobo Day and things got a little more rowdy than anticipated. "On the day preceding the Kansas game it was deemed advisable to devise some novel means of arousing more pep than has ever been shown before." Although there was, indeed, a lot of pep, Washburn lost the game 27-0. Be sure to check back next week to learn more about how Hobo Day evolved.
Hobo Day 1927 Queen, Constance Bone, shakes hands with Gov. Ben Paulen.
Hobo Day 1957 King, Kermit Palmer.
This page from the Kaw show Hobo Day 1928, the first year Washburn also celebrated homecoming.
The last reference to Hobo Day in the Washburn archives is 1988. That year, Hobo King and Queen were selected one week before homecoming royalty.
In the 1980s, Hobo Day was celebrated as Hippie Day. As with Hobo Day, the Hippie King and Hippie Queen received votes. By this time, homecoming was well established as well. Voting for the Hippie royalty was separate from Homecoming voting.
Parades have been an important part of both Hobo Day and Homecoming traditions. This year's parade begins at 10 a.m. If you're participating, line-up begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Village parking lot.
This Hobo Day Parade in the 1930s featured students on bicycles.
The Homecoming Parade in 1951 featured a float of the Capitol building and another handcrafted elephant.
The tradition of Greek House decorations for homecoming began in 1928, with the first Homecoming game. At that time, Alpha Phi was the only house on campus. The others were in the College Hill neighborhood.
This is a page from the 1929 Kaw, showing the first homecoming Greek House decorations. This year, decorations will be judged Wednesday, Oct. 23, beginning at 4 p.m. for both Greek houses and in Washburn's residence halls.
This 1958 decoration was displayed outside the Washburn University School of Law, then housed in Carnegie Hall.
Homecoming 1930, the crowd is gathered at Moore Bowl.
Before there was the Bod Squad, a men's spirit group called WUlf Pack rallied the crowd. WUlf Pack is featured here from Homecoming 1967.
For many years, each sorority and Washburn's residence hall system chose one Homecoming Queen candidate. The candidates from 1958 are pictured here. Notice their Hawaiian flowers, a tradition started in the 1950s by Washburn Law graduate Meyer Ueoka. The tradition of Hawaiian flowers continues today.
Although the Homecoming Ball now is held on campus, it used to be an off-campus event. This picture is from Homecoming 1965.


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In her 25 years on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," the daytime talk-show billionaire has had rumored conflicts with everyone from the first lady to Oscar winners to a legendary battle with David Letterman. See the best of the worst. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
Kitty Kelley spent three years and 850 interviews on her unauthorized Oprah biography, released in spring 2010. Kelley said that despite her book's juicy revelations, she couldn't get Barbara Walters, Larry King, Rachael Ray, or Charlie Rose to give her an interview. "Even David Letterman, who's had a 16-year feud with her, said 'I don't really want to disrupt the relationship I now have with her," Kelley said. Oprah responded to Kelley's book only indirectly, at an awards show where she honored her longtime friend Gayle King. Confessing she'd had a busy week thanks to the publication of "my so-called biography," Oprah said, "Gayle got herself worked out with all my new daddies coming out," a reference to Kelley's claim that Vernon Winfrey isn't her biological father. "This, too, shall pass." (Jeff Christensen/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
Oprah "had no idea that Michelle was so jealous about the influence she had on Barack," a "friend" told The National Enquirer. The first lady "hated the way her husband would huddle with Oprah over strategy and jump when she called… The jealousy and anger was eating up Michelle. During the campaign, she vowed Oprah would not be a part of the new administration." And thus the talk-show host was frozen out of the president's inner circle, the tabloid claims. But the Obamas and the big O herself have seemingly made up to make history: The couple became the first and the last sitting president and first lady to appear together on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
The fray over Frey began when Winfrey picked his memoir "A Million Little Pieces" as the September 2005 selection for her book club. The work topped The New York Times' bestsellers list shortly thereafter. But the more Frey and his work were subjected to scrutiny, the more it became clear the writer had fabricated parts of his memoir—like the key scene, in which he was arrested. Unluckily for him, Oprah's payback was a you-know-what. Frey returned to the show to apologize publicly, and a no-nonsense Oprah told it like it was: "I feel you betrayed millions of readers." She wasn't content, however, just to chastise Frey. She brought on the book's publisher, Nan Talese, and got her to admit that she had never fact-checked the memoir. As her show came to a close in May 2011, Winfrey again sat down with Frey and the two hugged it out. (Ulf Andersen/Getty Images) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
Think taking sides in celebrity tabloid sagas has no consequence? Think again. Oprah thought that Angelina Jolie, for all her charity work in Africa, would be happy to help promote Oprah's school for girls in South Africa. It was not to be. Oprah was publicly on Team Aniston when Brad Pitt broke up with Jen for Jolie. Oprah declared "it's the last time she'll ask Angelina to help with any of her causes," a source told Star. (Joel Ryan/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
Though she wasn't the first to speculate that Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are more than best friends, out lesbian Rosie O'Donnell told Howard Stern that the Winfrey and her longtime friend are "the emotional equivalent" of a gay couple, even if she doesn't know if they're "doing each other." O'Donnell added: "I don't mean it to be an insult either." But rumors began flying that Oprah didn't like it. "Rosie should know better," a Winfrey associate allegedly told the Chicago Sun-Times. But there seemed to be no hard feelings when Winfrey announced that O'Donnell would return to the hosting seat on a new series on Winfrey's OWN and is taking over Winfrey's longtime studio. The boss took to Twitter to set the story straight. "There's no feud between Rosie and me," Winfrey tweeted. "I get so sick of people trying to create fights and feuds when women are in business. Don't buy into it." (AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
In 2001, when Jonathan Franzen's wildly popular novel "The Corrections" was selected for Oprah's Book Club, Franzen, though not entirely bothered by the book's selection, was not necessarily happy about it, either. "She's picked some good books," Franzen said of Oprah in an interview posted on Powells.com, "but she's picked enough schmaltzy, one-dimensional ones that I cringe." Salon.com's Laura Miller described the novelist's slight this way: "Oprah's selection of 'The Corrections' was a bold, generous choice for a book that is also bold and generous. If the author has on this occasion lacked the nerve and imagination of his creation, well, writers are human beings, too, and sometimes they screw up. The books are what matter, if we could just manage to remember that." Nearly a decade after the controversy, Winfrey announced Franzen's novel "Freedom" would be an Oprah Book Club selection and a few months later, the two sat down on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to hash out their differences. "The big thing I learned from the experience, was to have more respect for television," Franzen admitted during the December 2010 episode. (Stuart Ramson/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
In the wake of the tragic death of pop legend Michael Jackson, his three children were thrust into the media spotlight. Oprah interviewed the children and Jackson's youngest sister Janet wasn't happy about it. According to the New York Daily News, she "didn't think the kids should have done it." The National Enquirer also made similar claims, alleging a source told the tabloid that Janet was "furious" that Winfrey "took advantage" of Michael's children for ratings, using them as "pawns." On the day the show was filmed in 2009, Jackson reportedly called Oprah and told her, "You make me sick!" Neither Winfrey nor Jackson confirmed the rumors, but nine months later, Jackson appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to talk about her brother's passing and her niece and nephews. "They're dealing with it," Jackson told Oprah. (Kevin Mazur, WireImage/Getty Images) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
As the 2008 presidential elections heated up, Oprah made her endorsement of current President Barack Obama quite clear. But Roseanne Barr, for one, was not happy about it. "Oprah has given us Swartzenegger [sic] and Dr. Phil. If that was not offensive enough to decent thinking people, now she brings us Obama," Barr blogged. Then, to Winfrey, she added: "You are a closeted republican and chose Barak [sic] Obama because you do not like other women who actually stand for something to working American Women besides glamour, angels, Hollywood and dieting!" But, in one of her many final season hatchet-burying episodes, Winfrey had Barr on to discuss, among other things, the Obama battle. "I thought maybe you were mad at me because I got mad at you for choosing Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton and I said so. I thought, 'Uh-oh, she's going to really be pissed off at that,'" Barr told Winfrey. The talk-show host replied, "I will assure you, I wasn't even the least bit affected by it… Lots of people were pissed off at the time." (AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
Chris Brown was upset last year when Oprah dedicated an entire show to domestic violence and "all the Rihannas of the world." He expressed his displeasure (rather inartfully) when he told People, "I commend Oprah on being like, 'This is a problem,' but it was a slap in my face." Brown had performed at Oprah's girls' school in South Africa, and thought that would have earned him a reprieve from her scrutiny after he allegedly hit his then-girlfriend Rhianna. The talk-show host's spokeswoman responded, "Oprah is very appreciative that Chris Brown performed at her school, but she takes domestic abuse very seriously... She hopes he gets the counseling he needs." Brown went on to tell New York's Hot 97 radio station that he hoped Winfrey would "reach out to me and talk to Rihanna... not even to be on the show; just make it about helping. Because at the end of the day I thought we had that type of relationship where it could be like that." (Katy Winn/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
A little drink has been the downfall of so many. Rachael Ray was having dinner with friends in a Los Angeles restaurant and, after reportedly downing four glasses of red wine, got a little loose-lipped about Oprah, who runs her show's syndication company. Ray started complaining about Oprah, talking about a portrait of the talk-show host that hangs in the lobby of Harpo Productions in Chicago. In the picture, Oprah faces away from the camera, her back exposed and covered with (fake) scars, while wearing a pre-Civil War-style skirt. "Why is she wearing slave drag?" Ray blabbed. "She obviously has problems being black." Ray's camp denied she made the comments. Shortly thereafter, Oprah's best friend Gayle King appeared on Ray's show and the two talked about tabloid rumors. "The one with Oprah just broke my heart," Ray said. "It really did. It killed me, I'm like,'No! We like each other!'" (Chris Pizzello/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
Oprah snubbed Whoopi Goldberg when Winfrey hosted her Legends Ball to honor successful black women and didn't invite the comedienne. Both parties said there was no dispute between them, but Whoopi's absence felt significant, given that the pair worked together on The Color Purple and that far lesser stars like Brandy and Audra McDonald showed up. As her show came to a close, Oprah invited the cast of "The Color Purple" on her show for a reunion, including Goldberg. On the episode, Winfrey recalled running into Goldberg at director Tyler Perry's home the summer prior when "The View" co-host came up to her and said, "Can I just ask you something? Did I do something to you? All these years, we've been disconnected, and I just want to know, did I do something?" Oprah recalled replying, "You think I'm mad at you? I thought you were mad at me." (Evan Agostini/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
Joan Rivers reportedly told friends that she wished she'd been contacted by Oprah biographer Kitty Kelley—she could have offered some real dirt. "Oprah—if she don't need you, she don't know you!" an unnamed friend quoted Rivers as saying, in The National Enquirer. The friend said Rivers thinks the talk-show host is "completely opportunistic," and her "real gift is exploiting people's suffering and emotions and turning them into TV ratings." (Charles Sykes/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
"Precious" star Mo'Nique was furious when Oprah interviewed the Oscar-winning actress' brother Gerald Imes, who Mo'Nique says molested her. Mo'Nique thought the interview went too easy on Imes, and that he got away with mischaracterizing what happened. Imes was planning to write a book about his childhood, thereby profiting from the actress' pain. Eventually, Mo'Nique forgave Oprah, but her family, of course, is another story. (Mark Terrill/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
David Letterman is known for his feuds, but none has lasted as long as his nearly two-decade tangle with Oprah. By most accounts, it started when Letterman hosted the Oscars in 1995, and used her name for his failed "Uma, Oprah; Oprah, Uma" joke. In 2005, Letterman finally settled the skirmish when Oprah went on his show as a guest and told him, "I want you to know, it's really over, whatever you thought was happening." But is it? Last September, Letterman told Jon Stewart that the feud actually began when he was having lunch in the same restaurant as Oprah and Steadman while on vacation. As a gag, the late-night host told the waiter that Winfrey's table was picking up his check; but apparently, Oprah didn't think the joke was funny. "I spent the last 12 to 15 years kissing up to Oprah," Letterman admitted on "Late Show" this month after he wasn't invited to Winfrey's finale extravaganza in Chicago. "Honest to God. Every day, I get out of bed and I think, What can I do to suck up to Oprah?" In regard to his lack of invite, Letterman said he was "crushed. Disappointed and crushed. I want to bask in the glory that is Oprah, who doesn't?" (MJames Devaney, WireImage/Getty Images) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
Oprah took rapper Ludacris to task for his musical misogyny, asking him why he peppers his songs liberally with words like "bitches" and "hos." Ludacris had gone on her show to promote his work in the film "Crash." Of the interview, Ludacris told GQ magazine "she gave me a hard time as a rapper when I came on there as an actor… It was like being at someone's house who doesn't really want you there." Oprah has been given grief by many in the hip-hop world for ignoring their music and for instead pandering to Middle American housewives. Oprah told MTV, "I'm not opposed to rap. I'm opposed to being marginalized as a woman." (Donald Traill/AP Photo) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |


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New Strategic Quality Team formed and Reliability Test Lab now in use ELKHART, Indiana, USA - December 2006 -- When it comes to audio equipment, the name Crown has always been synonymous with performance, reliability and quality. Today, as exciting new products continue to be developed, maintaining the high level of quality that customers have come to expect is a top priority for the company. With that in mind, Crown International established a Strategic Quality Team earlier this year and upgraded its factory to include a Reliability Test Lab equipped with some of the industry's most sophisticated and rigorous testing equipment. While Crown has operated its own testing equipment for some time, the manufacturer's testing criteria have become more stringent in recent years, often resulting in the need to send items to an outside laboratory for evaluation. Having its own comprehensive lab in-house not only accelerates testing during the early phases of product development, but also now allows the company to conduct quality audits on lines already in production. Heading up the Strategic Quality Team is Crown Senior Director of Engineering Bob Chadderdon, who comments, "This initiative has replaced older equipment and supplemented our existing tools with state-of-the-art, higher-performance equipment offering much better data collection capabilities. Simply put, this new lab lets us do more, faster. We have also integrated our own Harman HiQnet™ products into the lab as signal sources so we can monitor and control long-term operational testing remotely." The equipment in the test lab does not simply run units through simulated environmental stress; it rakes them through some of the most extreme conditions imaginable. For example:
The machinery in the test lab provides the physical testing, but, for a more cognitive approach, the Strategic Quality Team was developed. "This is a cross-functional team dedicated to taking Crown's quality to the next level: delivered quality, internal quality and, through development of best-practices, assuring that future products meet the highest expectations," notes Chadderdon. Among the members of this powerhouse team are an electrical design engineer, a mechanical design engineer, an industrial engineer and a more traditional quality engineer. One goal of this group is to identify opportunities and lead improvement projects that often involve several different functional departments and help guide internal process optimization. About Crown International: About the Harman Pro Group: # # # Related image: Crown International's new Reliability Test Lab featuring, among other things, a Thermotron thermal/humidity chamber (left) and shaker table and drop-test machine (center) Download High Resolution Image Reader contact: Editor contact: |
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Understanding Afghanistan and Pakistan Understanding Afghanistan and Pakistan today starts with grasping the basics about their interconnected histories, including the roles other powers have played in this region. The situations we see today have deep roots. Some of the story lines are sadly familiar, with mistakes and tragedies repeated. The spring/summer 2010 edition of Peacebuilder magazine is ...More
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Any news yet from the Sooner trial? Thanks in advance....
Any news yet from the Sooner trial? Thanks in advance....
The beginning is often scary, the end is usually sad, but fortunately, it's the middle that counts the most.
Open call backs to the second
3,4,5,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17,22,23,25,26,28,30,33 ,34,35,36,39,41,42,43,47,48,49,50
CH Chisholm Trail's Backdraft Bay MH**
Chisholm Trail's Crossfire Sophie JH**
"I say goodbye to my weakness, so long to the regrets"
In the AM, 25 back to the water blind in the morning. They are: 1-5-7-8-10-11-12-15-17-18-19-20-21-23-24-25-27-30-32-34-35-36-37-38-39
15 back to the 4th in the AM. They are: 1-5-7-8-10-11-15-18-19-21-23-24-27-30-35
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A special congratulations to Martha and Tubb
For their open win! 2 weekends in a row for Tubb!!!
Congratulations to Mark Edwards and Briley with the 2nd,
Tim Milligan and Dealer were 3rd with Tim and Boo 4th.
Unofficial results - 2nd hand info
Sylvia McClure
Retrieve a Cure
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Belvedere's Jolly Jackson MH
FC-AFC Hilltop's High Society
QAA High Society's Bewitched
QAA Trumarc's Mavis
High Society's Hatari Rumble
High Society's Courtesan
Robby Bickley - 1st Manny
Robby Bickley - 2nd Skeeter
Congrats to Robby!
Thanks to all the judges and worker for the Sooner retriever club for their time and hard work. You guys put on a really good trial twice a year and I really appreciate you all!
Nice job Danny Haas and "Maestro" in the derby. I heard that it was an unbelievable water performance in the 3rd and 4th series.... Sorry he just came away with a jam.
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Results are on EE now. Thanks to the judges, workers, and contestants for making this a great trial. Congrats to all the finishers. Hope to see everyone in the spring.
CH Chisholm Trail's Backdraft Bay MH**
Chisholm Trail's Crossfire Sophie JH**
"I say goodbye to my weakness, so long to the regrets"
Congrats to mrs. Martha, mr. John and tubb. Keep up the great work!!!


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Approximately 805 million people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger, which kills more people every year than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined. Food assistance is one method to mitigate this crisis.
USAID's food assistance efforts are an expression of the compassion and goodwill of the people of the United States. The lifesaving assistance we provide can also help to stabilize fragile situations.
Our emergency food assistance and multi-year development programs:
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- The United States is currently the largest donor of food assistance to Syria. USAID-funded programs help feed millions of refugees and internally displaced persons affected by the crisis in and around Syria. USAID works with the UN World Food Program (WFP) and other partners to most effectively deliver this lifesaving aid. Click here to see how WFP is transporting life-sustaining food bars purchased in the U.S. to Syrian refugees in Erbil, Iraq. Or click here to see more on a U.S.-funded food voucher program for Syrian refugees in Turkey.
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Last year, President Obama proposed common sense reforms that would enable us to reach up to four million more people in food crises around the world with the same resources, by making the successful USAID Title II program more flexible, efficient and effective. This year, the President's request builds on positive reforms enacted in 2014 that will enable USAID to reach more people annually with the same resources in chronically food insecure communities, including about 600,000 more people through the 2014 Farm Bill, and another 200,000 people in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014.
The flexibility provided in the Farm Bill will allow USAID to practically eliminate monetization (the sale of commodities overseas to fund development activities) above the 15% floor required by law, while also providing additional flexibility for use in all Title II programs. These changes reduce costs and offer USAID a wider range of programming options that can improve program outcomes and help achieve more sustainable results, particularly within development programs.
In the FY 2015 budget request, the President seeks to build on these important changes, and further expand the reach and impact of life-saving emergency food operations. The FY 2015 request seeks additional flexibilities within the Title II account that will allow USAID to reach about two million more people in emergency crises each year. Click here to learn more about food aid reform.
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Constrictive pericarditis is long-term (chronic) inflammation of the sac-like covering of the heart (the pericardium) with thickening, scarring, and muscle tightening (contracture ).
Related conditions include:
Constrictive pericarditis
Most of the time, constrictive pericarditis occurs due to things that cause inflammation to develop around the heart, such as:
Less common causes include:
The condition may also develop without a clear cause.
It is rare in children.
When you have constrictive pericarditis, the inflammation causes the covering of the heart to become thick and rigid. This makes it hard for the heart to stretch properly when it beats. As a result, the heart chambers don't fill up with enough blood. Blood backs up behind the heart, causing heart swelling and other symptoms of heart failure.
Symptoms of chronic constrictive pericarditis include:
Constrictive pericarditis is very hard to diagnose. Signs and symptoms are similar to other conditions such as restrictive cardiomyopathy and cardiac tamponade . Your doctor will need to rule out these conditions when making a diagnosis.
A physical exam may show that your neck veins stick out. This indicates increased blood pressure in the area. It is called Kussmaul's sign. The doctor may note weak or distant heart sounds when listening to your chest with a stethoscope.
The physical exam may also reveal liver swelling and fluid in the belly area.
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The goal of treatment is to improve heart function. The cause must be identified and treated. Depending on the source of the problem, treatment may include antibiotics, medicines for tuberculosis, or other treatments.
Diuretics ("water pills") are often used in small doses to help the body remove excess fluid. Pain medicines may be needed for discomfort.
Some people may need to cut down on their activity. A low-sodium diet may also be recommended.
If other methods do not control the problem, surgery called a pericardiectomy may be needed. This involves cutting or removing the scarring and part of the sac-like covering of the heart.
Constrictive pericarditis may be life threatening if untreated.
However, surgery to treat the condition has a high rate of complications. For this reason, it is most often done in people who have severe symptoms.
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of constrictive pericarditis.
Constrictive pericarditis in some cases is not preventable.
However, conditions that can lead to constrictive pericarditis should be properly treated.
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Little WC, Oh JK. Pericardial diseases. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 77.
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quote:Random question: Think FIFA is accurate when it comes to tie breakers?
quote:Does anyone else feel like this game just works against you sometimes?
quote:Never have played Ultimate Team before. Trying it out. Confused, but looks fun.
quote:Just can't get into it. Maybe a Championship or League One side?
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