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Britney Spears and Jason Trawick mutually ended their engagement Friday, just over a year after he popped the question to the pop star in Las Vegas.
So what was behind the pair's decision to call off their engagement? According to a close source, Spears, 31, and Trawick, 41, both wanted "different things."
"There was no third party involved," says the source of the couple, who began dating in 2009. "Things haven't been ideal in their relationship for some time. There was a lot to work on before they could move forward and get married."
One of those things may have been Trawick's desire to maintain a life outside their relationship.
"Britney had a lot of issues with Jason doing his own thing – in business and seeing his friends," another source says. "In her perfect world he would have been home with her twenty-four/seven, so that was a point of contention; something they were always working on."
Another source of tension? Kids. "Britney wants to grow her family," says a source close to the couple. "Jason loves her boys but he is not in a place to have his own."
Though Spears recently purchased an $8.5 million mansion in L.A.'s Thousand Oaks neighborhood to live in with Trawick and her sons Sean, 7, and Jayden, 6, another source says everything wasn't picture perfect. "They've been spending a lot of time apart in the last few months," says the source.
While the pair's relationship had become "frustrating," according to the close source, they've put up a united front. Spears told PEOPLE exclusively in a statement Friday that she and Trawick are committed to remaining "great friends."
After hearing news of the split, a source who saw the couple and her children in recent weeks says, "They both seemed happy. Especially Britney, I could tell that she was in a really great place. She smiled a lot. They were both really at ease with the boys."
As Spears ends her relationship with Trawick – he also resigned as co-conservator over her person, which gave him authority to make decisions about her general well-being – the singer and former X Factor judge will return to doing what she loves: music.
"It's time for me to get back in the studio," she said in a statement Friday. "Watching [The X Factor contestants] all do their thing up on that stage every week made me miss performing so much! I can't wait to get back out there and do what I love most."
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Young WB. Clinical diagnosis of myelopathy. Sem Ultrasound, CT, MRI. 1994;15:250-254.
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Dani's mest vest is yellow with black polka dots and it eats pears.
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DVD Bonus Features: The Back Story - new interviews with the band, plus rare photo archive.The Tunes - through the set list with Donal Lunny.Recorded at Dublin's Vicar Street during The Moving Hearts sold out four-night stand in February 2007, Live In Dublin captures some of Ireland's finest instrumentalists at the very top of their collective game. Percussionist Noel Eccles says: "There's unfinished business! When we last played it was as an instrumental band and we always felt we hadn't finished exploring the possibilities of our unique line up." This the first release from Moving Hearts in over 20 years and sees the band play a blistering set to a packed house in one of Dublin's most intimate venues. Directed by Philip King the DVD will feature music from the influential 4th album The Storm.Played by a group of musicians who are all veterans of the Irish and world music stage, it features Donal Lunny, Davy Spillane, Keith Donald, Eoghan O'Neill, Noel Eccles, Matt Kelleghan, Anto Drennan, Graham Henderson and Kevin Glacken.Moving Hearts started playing together in The Baggot Inn, Dublin on February 1981. That first line-up comprised Christy Moore, vocals, guitar and bodhran, Donal Lunny on bouzouki and synthesizer, Declan Sinnott on electric guitar, Eoghan O'Neill on bass, Brian Calnan on drums and percussion, Davy Spillane on pipes and low whistle and Keith Donald on various saxophones. The band attracted huge attention for its blending of musical influences - folk, Irish traditional, rock, funk and jazz - as well as its commentary in the songs sung by Christy Moore on issues of concern in the areas of human rights and political skulduggery. In addition to songs about Ireland, Christy sang about the nuclear industry, thieving landlords, the US-engineered coup in Chile that replaced the elected Allende with Pinochet and his cronies and the dark side of organized religion.After many changes of personnel - nineteen people have played or sung in the band - the decision was made to concentrate on instrumental music and to follow on from The Storm, the influential album of 6 instrumentals that was recorded after the band ceased regular gigging in 1984. After reforming to tour in 1987, the band went their several ways for most of two decades and watched as the world caught up with their music. Unlike many bands that stop working together, all the core members of Moving Hearts went on to have successful careers as musicians and bring huge depth and range of experience to a band that never stopped playing.
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A: Weight-loss (or bariatric) surgery is reserved for people who are morbidly obese. "Obesity" is defined as a person with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more. "Overweight" is defined as a BMI of 25 to 29. To determine your body mass index – which is calculated by your height and weight – use our BMI calculator In order to be considered for weight-loss surgery, a person must be age 18 or older, have a BMI of 40 or a BMI of 35 to 40 with obesity-related diseases (e.g., hypertension, type 2 diabetes). Additionally, he or she must be well informed and motivated, have been unsuccessful at other non-surgical approaches, have a strong desire to lose weight, and be considered an acceptable operative risk.
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A: Results depend on your motivation and cooperation with the program, which includes eating healthy and exercising regularly following surgery. Generally, you can expect to lose approximately 10 to 15 pounds per month for the first year. Following the guidelines, patients can expect to lose an average of about 50 to 70 percent of their excess body weight and maintain the weight loss over time. Some patients can lose more.
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DH was engaged a few years before we met. He got engaged when his GF was Dx'ed with cancer. She passed away.
On her birthday he posted this (on facebook):
"And now, I'm glad I didn't know,
The way it all would end, the way it all would go,
Our lives, are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Happy (birthday) sweet (DF)."
He did not mention anything about her birthday to me. I did not know that he was still that sad about her. His family (MIL/FIL) treats me like the other woman and it has caused horrible problems with MIL. I sort of have always felt like he is sad that he isn't married to / having children with her. I am so hurt that he posted this in public. We don't have a fabulous relationship and he has had a few "emotional indiscretions" (says he didn't actually cheat). I am basically the total opposite of her... I feel like crap being jealous of a dead woman, but I feel like his public announcements of his love for her are so hurtful. He certainly doesn't announce his love for me publicly. Am I a total bitch for being on the verge of tears?


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ELIDA - McComb may have drawn first blood, but it was Buckeye Central that dealt the fatal blow.
In the game of predator versus prey Saturday afternoon, it was the prey that prevailed as the Buckettes knocked off McComb, 25-23, 25-18, 25-20, in the Division IV regional volleyball tournament final at the Elida Fieldhouse to clinch their 10th trip to the state tournament.
"It's a dream that everybody wants," Buckeye Central coach Bill Bonham said through tears. "Every coach wants to do it. Everybody dreams about it. Not everybody gets a chance to do it. Everybody talks about the team that went to state or whatever. So to be a part of it (is special), but more importantly with this group."
The first game was stopped just seven points in for about eight minutes while trainers cleaned up blood from Emily Weithman, who had been elbowed by Sammi Marcum in the process of celebrating a point the play before.
Weithman had to be on her guard, because there was a lot more celebration to come, with the Buckettes overcoming McComb's size advantage with exceptional defense, savvy serving and smart shot placement.
"I never would have guessed we would have been here right now. I'm so proud of our team," said Marcum, while clutching the regional championship trophy. "It just feels awesome to be able to say we're regional champs and we're going to state."
McComb, which knocked off Mohawk on Wednesday to get to its second regional in three years, didn't have the same fire as the Buckettes.
"We didn't come with our A game tonight and we weren't as aggressive as we needed to be," McComb coach Leslie Kahle said. "I don't think there was any emotional letdown. I just think the girls weren't as aggressive as they needed to be based on what we saw from Buckeye Central. We knew they were a very strong program. We just didn't rise to the occasion today as we should have."
Kahle said that was the difference in the game.
"(Buckeye Central) was playing with a lot of heart and getting up a lot more balls than what we anticipated they would," Kahle said. "Buckeye Central is a great program. They're coached very well and they knew to go after us."
The Panthers (23-4) led the first game early, 13-9, before Buckeye Central started its first of many comebacks on the afternoon. A 5-2 run caused McComb to call a timeout, but the Buckettes (26-2) won the point out of the timeout to tie it at 15.
They didn't stop there. The Buckettes pulled ahead 17-15 and held a lead until it was knotted at 19 and again at 20. A kill from Maddie Williams bookended by McComb hitting errors gave Buckeye Central a 23-20 lead. After a Becca Leppelmeier kill, a well-placed shot by Marcum from the back row found the floor to put the Buckettes at game point, 24-21.
A pair of kills from McComb made it 24-23, forcing Bonham to call a timeout. It was the mental break Buckeye Central needed. Out of the timeout, Marcum hammered a kill that hit her number's counterpart square in the kisser, sending her backward and BC on to the 25-23 victory.
The second game picked up where Marcum's kill left off as the Buckettes cruised out to a 3-0 lead and hovered around that margin until midway in the match. Leading 9-7, kills from Williams, Jenna Delarber, Marcum and another from Williams put the Buckettes out front 13-7. When McComb's first timeout didn't work, taken when the Panthers were down 11-7, Kahle was forced to take another when it was 16-8. That one eventually paid some dividends as McComb climbed back into it, cutting the margin to 20-16, before Bonham called a timeout. A 5-2 run after that closed out the second game, 25-18.
McComb owned the first half of the third game. The Panthers led 7-3 and 15-9 by the time Bonham had called both timeouts. But the Buckettes slowly chipped away on the margin, cutting it 16-12, 17-14 and 18-16 before McComb was called for a net violation. That put the ball in Williams' hand to serve.
Williams served up an ace on her first attempt, forcing McComb to call a timeout.
"I told them basically that we needed to get a decent pass. We were swinging our arms too much on passing instead of having good quiet arms on the back. We needed to be sure we were transitioning hard and attacking hard," Kahle said. "We got tentative and they were creeping in with points. We just weren't executing the ball the way we should have."
A McComb error out of the timeout, a kill from Marcum and a Sierra Hanes block forced McComb's final timeout with BC in charge, 20-18.
"When she used that second one and we came out and won off that second timeout, then it started feeling like (we were going to win)," Bonham said. "One of our goals was to win every timeout. We wanted to get every point that was scored after each timeout. In the long run, that's a four-point swing every game that turns into an eight-point swing really."
They only missed that objective on one of the 10 timeouts called in the match.
Two more hitting errors and another Williams ace put Buckeye Central up 23-18 before McComb was able to stop the streak.
Delarber made it 24-19 but it was followed by a BC hitting error. Marcum finished it with well-placed shot to the back left corner of the floor and the celebration began.
"This group has just overcome every obstacle that we've seen. They've stepped up to every challenge thrown their way, whether it was from me or from each other or from any opponent we've seen," Bonham said. "These kids believe. They bought into the system. I should go out and sell cars this weekend to all these kids that turn 16 because these kids believe anything I tell them right now."
Williams was perfect on 24 serves with seven aces while adding 13 kills and 13 digs.
"I was so nervous coming in that my hands were shaking. But once the second game started, I kind of settled down," Williams said. "As the game went on and I didn't miss any serves, I got more confident and started to serve more (aggressively). I knew at that point I could get them over going hard."
Marcum had 14 kills and six digs. Schultz and Delarber each had six kills. Brooke Karl led the defensive effort with 21 digs. Kilee Kimmel had 21 assists and Weithman doled out 19 assists.
"Defense and aggressive serving. That was the big thing," Bonham said. "We knew they had the big girls and we knew they had offense. Our goal was to frustrate them and get them out of rhythm. I didn't want them getting any momentum. We had a lot of people tell us that the aggressive serving was what we needed to do and attack any way possible so they couldn't run their offense."
McComb was paced by Jenna Huffman's 11 kills followed by Briana Derr's nine. Brenna Dee had 19 assists and Hannah Bundy had 17 while adding 19 digs. Maddy Roth had 13 digs in the loss.
"Jenna Huffman is an outstanding player. She's a freshman and she's going to have a lot more great games behind her, which is exciting," Kahle said.
The Buckettes, ranked No. 6 in the final coaches' poll, move on to face Marion Local. The Flyers, ranked No. 1 in the state, knocked off Fort Loramie on Saturday, 25-19, 25-16, 25-14.
The two clubs will clash Friday at 2 p.m. at the Nutter Center at Wright State University following the Division IV opener at noon, which will see Eastern Beaver (27-0) tangle with Kidron Central Christian (26-2) in the other semifinal.


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Murakami still seems to have a bit of a mule kick.
Murakami still seems to have a bit of a mule kick.
Akiko just UR on her 2nd 3T and barely held down to her 3Lz.
Have to say, Akiko's music cuts is a little too avant-garde even for me and confusing. And I don't typically comment on music choice unless they become distracting to the performance, which I think is the case here.
Akiko SUZUKI (JPN)
Music: Battle Without Honour or Humanity (from "Kill Bill" soundtrack) by Tomoyasu Hotei
Black dress
3T+3T - perhaps UR
I wish I were there! what a fantastic competition!
55.12 and into 5th
Wow, Akiko into 5th...not a great skate, still, didn't expect such low score and placement either.
Akiko no doubt has the best footwork in the biz. Too bad about her score.
The only person who'd I 'd actually say is for sure out of podium contention is Shelepin. Perhaps also Zhang. I can't wait for the long.
No kidding. There's only 8 points between 1st and 9th! CRAZY!
To many music cuts to that program for Akiko and the music really doesn't fit her personality either.


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State Police in Jamestown confirmed Wednesday they continue to investigate the crash that claimed the life of a utility worker the day after Christmas on Route 394 in Westfield.
Billy J. Johnson II, 49, of Crown City, Ohio was fatally injured and Nathaniel L. Bailey of Glenwood, W. Va. was injured when the two employees of CTS Telecommunications of Orrville, Ohio were knocked from the utility bucket of the parked truck on the east shoulder of the road by a car driven by Trudy Williams, 58, of Clymer-Corry Road, Clymer.
It was snowing at the time of the crash and the road was icy, troopers said. Williams, who has not been charged, was going north on Route 394 when her car veered and struck both men.
Johnson was slammed head-first by the car into the bucket of the utility truck, troopers said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Bailey and Williams were treated in Westfield Memorial Hospital.


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To lick pussy in a very deep and thorough manner.
"Listen Johnny, If you don't finish your homework, I'm not going to let you eat me out tonight."
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to sit on someone's face with one's testicles while pressing your anus against the forehead, thus making a brown "o" shape.
man, you ahould have seen the arabian goggle i gave julie. she had a brown ring on her forehead for hours.
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A "seldom-seen" maneuver when you put your testicles over her eye sockets while getting head. (Picture it:ass on forehead) It may be anatomically impossilbe, but what the fuck else is new.
I gave her a fat pair of Arabian Goggles last night.
Por Matt 28 de marzo de 2005
While all definitions below are true, no one has said why the goggles are 'arabian'. Here's why: during middle eastern sandstorms, a good and loving husband will give his wife the goggles so she doesn't get sand in her eyes. Most of the other definitions make it seem like it's rude or funny to give someone the arabian goggles, but that's not how it started. It's actually something only a true gentleman would do.
Girl 1: So you met him at the beach? Does he like you??
Girl 2: Like me? I think he loves me! He lent me his arabian goggles when the wind kicked up!
Girl 1: What a gentleman!
Girl 2: Like me? I think he loves me! He lent me his arabian goggles when the wind kicked up!
Girl 1: What a gentleman!
Por 1ooot 27 de julio de 2006
The act of placing ones testicles in the eyes of another. They will wake up only to find swaty balls blocking the morning sunlight from their eyes
I layed the Arabian Goggles on insert name
Por The Notorious ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 30 de marzo de 2005
Resting one's testicles in a recievers eye sockets.
Andrew was so frustrated when the girl wouldn't make him a sandwich, he threw her down, and gave her the meanest pair of arabain goggles she'd ever had.
Por Random Villain 18 de mayo de 2004
When your testicles are placed over a woman's eye sockets while she performs fellatio.
During an act of fellatio,the woman lies on her back on a bed, couch, etc. while the man receives oral sex. During this the testicles will cover the woman's eyes. During deep throat penetration the testicles will 'smack' the woman's eyes repeatedly.
Ex: Yo dude I had Jessa laying on her back with her head hanging off the couch and I throat fucked her and gave her the Arabian Goggles.
Ex: Yo dude I had Jessa laying on her back with her head hanging off the couch and I throat fucked her and gave her the Arabian Goggles.
Por Koozy 15 de septiembre de 2006
To give someone the arabian goggle you spread your balls over his/her eyes.
I gave my girlfriend the arabian goggle and she had ball pubes get stuck in her eyelashes
Por The Great Talag 26 de febrero de 2004
When a man sits on someones forehead so that his testicles cover there eyes and his shaft runs down the lenth of their nose.
Actually, Arabian Goggles would be very becoming on you.
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Hopewell-Loudon at Northwood
2012: Hopewell-Loudon 1-1; Northwood 2-0.
Coaches:Hopewell-Loudon Jeremy Nutter; Northwood Ken James
Last year: Hopewell-Loudon 38, Northwood 7.
Outlook: After dispatching of Elmwood last week, the Chieftains face another challenge in their final week of non-Midland Athletic League play.
When asked if his team is focused on making sure it has a good record heading into conference play, Nutter simplified things.
"Biggest thing for our team is to go 1-0 this week," Nutter said. "Take care of Northwood and let the other things play out."
Things played out well for the Chieftains last year against the Rangers, but Northwood comes in with plenty of momentum after winning its first two games.
Northwood also employs a veer option, which is a little different than what today's defenses are used to seeing.
The key to stopping it, Nutter said, is staying assignment sound.
"They're very efficient at what they do, they've been running the veer option for a while," Nutter said. "We get in trouble when we start to worry about someone else's job. Know your responsibility, be disciplined in your reads and we should be OK."
Mohawk at Upper Sandusky
Records: Mohawk 1-1; Upper Sandusky 1-1.
Coaches: Mohawk, Erik Baker; Upper Sandusky, Jake Moyer.
Last year: Upper Sandusky won at Warrior Field, 35-21.
Outlook: Both teams started the season with convincing wins. And both teams are coming off bad losses.
Both coaches in this contest feel their true team lies in the middle.
"I think the truth lies somewhere in between. Week one we did some really good things and we did some things that needed to be improved on," Baker said. "The Wynford game that was a much better team than we played in week one. In a lot of ways, we improved but we gave up three big plays. I thought our pass protection against a much more physical team in week two was much better. Our run game was what we wanted to do. We represented ourselves pretty well versus what we did in recent years."
The Royals smacked Mohawk, 34-13, while Colonel Crawford stymied the Rams, 34-6.
"The game against Colonel Crawford was a head scratcher because the kids had a great week of practice and I thought they were ready for this one," Moyer said. "Once the game started, it was like an alien had come and stole their brains. I guess that responsibility falls on me. I guess I was fooled. I guess they weren't ready. Give Colonel Crawford some credit too. That quarterback can really fling the ball around."
Moyer may be in store some more head scratching this week as well as Mohawk has shown it doesn't have just one or two studs to try and stop.
"Drew (Loose) has a lot of speed. He's a very good runner. He proved that in both of the videos we watched as well," Moyer said. "But Erik has some pretty good runners and some pretty good receivers. The thing you have to know about Erik is that his kids are in shape; his kids are disciplined and his kids know how to get the job done."
It may be a little strange for Moyer to see a Loose under center too as he coached Drew's father when he played many years ago.
"His dad was intelligent and made a lot of good decisions and so does his son," Moyer said.
Baker said Tylor Pritchard will be handful.
"I think with this kid, they'll try to do what Wynford did with (Tyler) Brause and (Zach) Chatlain [in recent years]," Baker said. "The team we played in the first week, they ran only when everything else breaks down in the passing game. With Upper, Pritchard can both pass and run. And he's fast enough to hurt you with it."
The veteran Mohawk coach said to stop the Rams, his team has to play better defense and continue the positive results offensively.?The big thing is that we have to clean up our side of the ball. We can't continue to give up 200 plus yards passing and 150 or so rushing," Baker said. "Offensively, we're starting to get better. We have to continue to expand on that and keep spreading the wealth. We have to keep that team concept. We've had six or seven kids rushing the ball and five or six catching it. We have to keep spreading it around and not keeping it one dimensional."
Seneca East at Monroeville
Records: Seneca East 2-0; Monroeville 0-2
Coaches: Seneca East, Ed Phillips; Monroeville, Dan Periat
Last Year: Seneca East 33, Monroeville 7
Outlook: The Tigers opened up the season with a dominant defensive performance, shutting out South Central. Last week, the offense stepped up, putting up 40 points against Plymouth.
Phillips has reason to be pleased with how his team has opened up the season.
"Especially last week we put it together a little bit more," he said. "Both weeks we've been really solid on defense. The kids have gained a bit of confidence and played physical on the defensive side."
A potential issue arose when starting quarterback Ethan Caudill was injured in Week 1, but backup Jordan Phillips showed last week there was no issue as he ran and threw for more than 100 yards.
Caudill played two series last week throwing a touchdown pass, despite limited practice time. This week he's been getting more reps and Phillips expects both to get time against the Eagles.
"(Caudill) didn't get a whole lot of practice last week, but we wanted to get him in the rhythm," Phillips said. "Both are practicing this week and we expect to use them both."
In the Eagles, Phillips sees what he calls "a traditional Monroeville football team." However, there are some new wrinkles in this year's version.
"They're good up front offensively and defensively," Phillips said. "Defensively they're putting a little more pressure on in terms as blitzing than they have in years past.
"They run ball well. They also have a sophomore quarterback that has a very good arm and he's got some good targets to go to on the outside with a pair of 6-foot tall receivers."
Phillips believes the key relies on his defense bottling up the Eagles.
"We need to be sound defensively," he said. "We can't allow them to get any big plays on offense. Make them work for everything they get."
Lakota at Cardinal Stritch
Coaches: Dave Vodika, Lakota; Jim Kubuske, Cardinal Stritch.
Records: Lakota 1-1; Cardinal Stritch 1-1.
Last year: Lakota beat Cardinal Stritch 34-26.
Outlook: It took the entire first half of the first game before Lakota found any offensive rhythm, and despite a loss in the opener, the Raiders carried that momentum over into a 27-0 win last week against Cardinal Stritch.
Now, after equaling last year's win total, the Raiders have a chance to learn something new: how to keep winning.
"This is another transition we're making. To win one is a great thing. To win two is to forget about last week and get on with the next one. That's something our kids haven't seen," Vodika said. "It's a growth process for us. The celebration's over with, let's get on with the work.
"We definitely took steps this week, but if we're moving in the right direction, we've got to take steps Friday," he said.
Most of those steps Friday will come trying to stop a power running game.
The Cardinal suffered a lop-sided loss last week to Woodmore, but enter looking to turn things around and avenge last year's loss to Lakota with a run-first attack.
"No. 1, I think that they're a physical team. Their linemen are toe to toe and they run a real physical Wing-T," Vodika said. "It's just a pure power team and you better be ready to come and match up with that power team, but not fall asleep either."
In that regard, both teams are similar, but that's something Vodika would like to change a bit.
The Raiders rolled up 343 rushing yards last week, with quarterback Kody Brewer running 11 times for 166 yards. However, the pass game has been more miss than hit this year, and even though Lakota leans to the run, Vodika said the aerial option must remain viable in order to have success.
"We're still not connecting yet, but for us, we've got that Wisconsin run mindset of 65 to 35 run to pass. But to be really good, you've got to be good at the other 35 percent," he said.
"It's just a progression. (Brewer) just ran so well. On passes and options, he just played so well," he said. "If we can get that other phase going, we can be clicking offensively.
"We're anxious for the game and we're anxious for the next step and win two in a row," Vodika said, "but that's a lot easier said than done. That's our concern this week."
Toledo Scott at Carey
Records: Toledo Scott 1-1; Carey 1-1
Coaches: Toledo Scott Michael Daniels; Carey Todd Worst
Last year: Carey 38, Scott 0.
Outlook: Justin Meek went for rushing 92 yards in last week's win over Bluffton, and Worst expressed confidence in the back when talking about this week's game with Scott.
"Justin's a good player," Worst said. "This year he had a really good winter ... he has confidence."
Worst said it was important to nab the season's first win.
"It was good to get the win," he said. "Our team needed that."
Against Scott, Worst said ball security will be key.
"I think they're really athletic, tough to match up man for man against them," he said I think if we can keep ball when we have it, play keep away [we'll be fine]."
Buckeye Central at Plymouth
Records: Buckeye Central 1-1; Plymouth 0-2
Coaches: Buckeye Central, Jason Ratliff; Plymouth, Mike Genders
Last Year: Buckeye Central 41, Plymouth 12
Outlook: With so many newcomers to Buckeye Central's starting lineup, mistakes were going to be made. However, according to Ratliff, too many mistakes were made last week against Mapleton and as a result, the Bucks fell to the Mounties 36-32.
"Too many mistakes were made; too many letdowns at bad times," Ratliff said. "Up front on the offensive line and defensive line we didn't do things we were taught to do. In the secondary we had breakdowns in coverage, things you can't do in a football game."
Buckeye Central will try to fix those mistakes this week against a Plymouth team that's coming off a 40-21 lost to Plymouth. However, Plymouth's strength lies in an area which poses a problem for the Bucks.
"Plymouth has a very big and aggressive offensive and defensive line," Ratliff said. "That causes us some concern since we've struggled up front."
To get back in the win column this week, Ratliff said execution will be key.
"Our biggest thing right now is we need to do things the right way," he said. "We need 11 guys on the field doing their job all the time."
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Have a taco before kick-off, and perhaps another after
Tiffin Knights of Columbus is offering a taco night 5-8 p.m. Friday and continuing after the Calvert football game at the K of C Hall, 49 E. Perry St.
'Harvest Party' planned
FOSTORIA - Geary Family YMCA in Fostoria is to have its Fall Family Harvest Party 6-9 p.m. Friday at the outdoor center on SR 18, east of Fostoria. Festivities include a campfire, hayrides, walks in the woods and food.
The cost is $2 or a maximum of $10 for a family. Call (419) 435-6608 for registration and information.
The rain location is the YMCA on Center Street.
Harry's Haunted Trail
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Weather permitting, Harry's Haunted Trail is to be open 8 p.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday at Tiffin University's Paradiso Athletic Complex, 2375 CR 26.
This Halloween attraction is for those 11 and older. Admission is $6 at the gate and $5 pre-sale by emailing email@example.com.
Proceeds are to benefit the TU track and field program and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
'Anne Frank' back at The Ritz
The Ritz Players are to give two more performances of "The Diary of Anne Frank" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday on the main stage at The Ritz Theatre, 30 S. Washington St.
Tickets are $11 for adults and $7 for students.
For tickets, visit www.ritztheatre.org or call (419) 448-8544.
Living history festival
returns to woods near Attica
ATTICA The Oak Ridge Festival is returning Saturday and Sunday to the wooded grounds at 15498 E. TR 104, Attica.
The rain-or-shine festival includes a living history encampment, art and craft demonstrations, more than 175 vendors, entertainment, old-time base ball games, horseshoe pitching, children's activities, food and antique farm machinery.
Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and $4 for children. For more information, visit www.oakridgefestival.
com or call (419) 426-0611.
Frights, delights on the rails
FINDLAY - Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation is conducting special activities for Halloween. Children of all ages can ride the Pumpkin Train 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 11600 CR 99, Findlay.
Stop at the pumpkin patch, pick out a pumpkin and have it carried back to the station by train.
The cost is $2 for adults and $1 for children age 12 and younger.
The Haunted Engine House is to be open 7 p.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday and 7-10 p.m. Sunday for those age 13 and older. The cost is $7.
To learn more, visit www.nworrp.org or call (419) 423-2955.
Pair of shows this weekend
BELLEVUE - Bellevue Society for the Arts presents "The Lion in Winter," a comedy in two acts by James Goldman, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Hirt Theatre, 205 Maple St., Bellevue.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens and $6 for students. Call (419) 484-2787 for reservations.
BUCYRUS - "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is to return to Bucyrus Little Theatre for shows at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Adult tickets are $15 and students are $10. Call (419) 562-0731 to make reservations.
Youth singers sought
for Seneca East talent show
ATTICA Seneca East High School is planning its first "So You Think You Can Sing" vocal talent competition for students.
Tryouts are 6 p.m. Nov. 10 at the school. Admission is $3 at the door. The finals are to take place at the school Nov. 17 when the constestants are narrowed to 11 in each category. Admission for the finals is $5 for adults and $3 for students.
The contest is open to any middle school or high school student in north central Ohio. Only 18 slots are available in each category.
Guidelines and application can be obtained at www.seneca-east.k12.oh.


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Academic BackgroundAssociate Professor of Sociology Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur joined the sociology department in 2008. She earned her B.A. in sociology from Mount Holyoke College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from New York University. She teaches courses in law and society, research methods, and race and ethnicity that serve the sociology and justice studies programs here at Rhode Island College, and has also developed a general education course on higher education. Before coming to Rhode Island College, she taught at New York University, Queens College of the City University of New York, and Hamilton College; among her other courses, she taught the sociology of education, the sociology of the Holocaust, social movements, and social problems.
Professor Arthur has published two books, Student Activism and Curricular Change in Higher Education (Ashgate, 2011) and Social Change (Volume 7 in the Student Handbook to Sociology, Facts on File, 2012), and several research articles on issues related to social movements in higher education along with many pedagogical publication. Her current research is on the dynamics of curricular change in higher education. Prior projects have focused on such topics as student movements, the racialization of Asians in the Americas, and race and standardized testing, and she hopes to develop projects on legal education in the future. Professor Arthur is an active participant in the American Sociological Association, including serving as an Area Editor for TRAILS, the Teaching Resources and Innovations Library. She has held the title of secretary-treasurer of the ASA Section on the History of Sociology for three years and served a term as the editor of Critical Mass, the newsletter of the Section on Social Movements and Collective Behavior. Beyond the College, Professor Arthur likes to spend her time reading speculative fiction and visiting local farmers' markets and vegetarian restaurants.
Courses TaughtANTH 303 Comparative Law and Justice
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For the first time, a harpist will join the sounds of the Blair Concert Chorale as it offers up its annual holiday concert Saturday.
The Blair Concert Chorale will perform Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols" at 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Altoona.
"I'm always looking forward to the concert, but I'm especially excited about this year," general manager Jane Gable said of the challenging piece selected for this year's show.
The chorale, which has about 40 members, typically performs seven to eight songs, but this year will perform Britten's major work made up of 11 movements, according to artistic director and adult choral conductor Jeffrey L. Webb.
"They will be supporting a great organization that works hard to bring solid choral music to the area," he said of why one should attend the show.
The concert offers a different repertoire every year, he said. The children's choir will open the show with about six to eight holiday favorites.
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If you go
What: The Blair Concert Chorale's "A Ceremony of Carols" concert
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Altoona
Tickets: Adults, $15; children, $8
The concert is being held in memory of the late Brian Amato, a choir and church member who died two years ago.
Harpist Natalie Severson, who will join the concert this year, is a senior harp performance major at Carnegie Mellon University.
The Minnesota native said she has played the instrument for 15 years, since age seven.
When Webb asked her about performing with the group she agreed, "because I love the piece and enjoy performing with new groups," she said.
Severson has recently performed with the Mount Lebanon Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, and as a member of a trio at Carnegie Mellon University's Kresge Recital Hall. She has also performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., among other venues.
She is looking forward to performing the piece with the BCC, she said.
"Benjamin Britten's 'Ceremony of Carols' is a great work that showcases the range and colors of the harp," she said. "I hope the audience enjoys the piece and listens for the middle movement, Interlude, which is a harp solo."
Hopefully the audience leaves the show in the "holiday spirit," Webb said.
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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A domestic argument turned violent when a Buffalo man punched his wife in the mouth, knocking out at least one of her teeth, police said.
Dwon D. Smith, of Roosevelt Avenue, was charged with harassment and misdemeanor assault, Buffalo police said Sunday.
Smith and his wife had gotten into a heated argument while at Fillmore and Wakefield avenues about 10:30 p.m. Friday, police said. During the argument, Smith allegedly punched his wife in the face, causing her to lose at least one tooth, according to a police report.


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Listen up, ladies – to get Game of Thrones heartthrob Kit Harington's attention or maybe even his phone number, you'll need to have a joke or two handy.
"The main thing that I look for in a woman is humor," Harington, 26, told PEOPLE at the opening of the Game of Thrones exhibition in New York.
"She could be the most good looking, famous, wealthy and intelligent person, but if she can't laugh and doesn't have a sense of humor, I'm afraid she's not the one for me."
The British actor, who plays warrior Jon Snow on the HBO fantasy drama, which returned for season 3 Sunday night, describes himself as the romantic and polite type. "I like to treat women special and sweep them off their feet," he says. "I always open doors for them and even for men. I don't discriminate in that way."
Once you get Harington to laugh, suggest a date night that includes a game of table tennis.
"A hidden talent of mine is, I'm pretty damn good at ping pong," he says proudly. "It's a great way to relax and have fun. I'm terrible at beer pong though. Mixing alcohol and games can lead to trouble."
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5 Simple Problems Technology Should Have Fixed by Now
#2. Looking Up a Restaurant's Menu
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The bulk of information on the Internet consists of text and pictures. The transmission of text and images was among the first feats the Internet ever accomplished, and it excels at both of those tasks to this day. But nobody told that to every single restaurant in history. Oh, they'll have a website with a tab that says "menu," and the hopeless optimist in you will click on that tab, expecting a list of dishes and prices, or maybe even a scanned image of a physical menu.
But you will not get either of those things.
What you will get is a prompt for a PDF download, because restaurateurs are apparently the only people keeping Acrobat Reader afloat. Now, a PDF download is all well and good, if two conditions hold true: you are sitting at home in front of a desktop computer running a current version of Windows, and you have all relevant Adobe programs installed, updated, and ready to run.
There are two people on Earth who meet those criteria: the lead engineer in charge of updating Acrobat every 23 seconds, and Pamela Westwood, a housewife in Atlanta who suffers from severe OCD and has been trapped at her laptop for the last seven years, obsessively clicking "update now" over and over again.
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If you're not one of those two people -- if you're trying to access a restaurant's menu from, say, a mobile device -- you will get a download that will never finish, and would not open if it did. Simple text or scanned images would do the job fine, but Big PDF has the food service unions in their pockets, and restaurant owners would have their knees broken by burly men in jaunty red and white suits if they ever tried to post something as audacious as "Pot Stickers: $2.50" on their websites.
#1. Watching TV Shows Online
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Look, I know online access to popular television shows occupies a complicated gray area involving cable monopolies and exclusivity contracts and oh my God I'm so bored already that the rest of this sentence is now going to be about Transformers fucking: Jazz stroked the quivering Decepticon's cockpit lustily, staring deeply into his ocular scanners. "Let's see why they call you Starscream," he muttered.
I don't care about backroom deals and corporate maneuvering. I'm just saying that it baffles me that I can pull up a live-cam of a South Korean man's toilet -- every South Korean man's toilet -- right now, but I can't watch Game of Thrones on my media center unless I pay $140 a month for 7,000 other channels that I will only ever accidentally watch if my dog steps on the remote.
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"Coming up next on The Learning Channel: Horse Masturbators!"
There are two networks that I'm interested in: HBO and AMC. That's it. I would gladly pay for access to their whole lineups (even though there are maybe five shows between the two networks that I would actually watch), just because I like the idea of supporting quality work. I'm less crazy about funding 600 wholly unrelated channels that serve as digital hurdles for me: inert obstacles that bar my unimpeded progress to the new episode of The Walking Dead.
We've had video on the Internet for longer than I can remember, largely thanks to Internet videos utterly destroying my attention span, and the fact that virtually every major television network looked at this vast, untapped online audience -- this audience who, instead of buckling down and accepting their shitty bundled packages as intended, has opted to just outright steal the programs -- and thought, "Yep, this looks about right!" is staggering.
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There's no shame in losing to a good Ohio team that very well could go 12-0.
There also won't be any shame if Penn State loses this week on the road against a solid Virginia squad, which many people expect to happen.
If that does happen, it will be gut-check time for the Nittany Lions, and they'll need coach Bill O'Brien and their team leaders to keep everyone together so the season doesn't start to unravel.
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Penn State guard John Urschel (64), offensive tackle Donovan Smith (76), defensive tackle Kyle Baublitz (84) and running back Curtis Dukes leave the field after the Nittany Lions' 24-14 home loss against Ohio on Saturday.
We have to remember that many of the key players on this team are 19 and 20 years old, and for young adults, they've done a tremendous job controlling their emotions and remaining positive and focused throughout the entire scandal.
That gets much tougher to do when you start losing -- for any team in any sport.
A victory this week would give the Lions a huge boost going into winnable non-conference games against Navy and Temple.
But even with a loss at Virginia, PSU still would have time to regroup with two non-con wins and take some confidence into the Big Ten opener at Illinois.
Teams that rely heavily on emotion can do big things, overcome adversity and play better than expected. Those are still possibilities for Penn State.
The trouble with relying so heavily on emotion is that there can be a mental crash if things start going poorly.
One loss shouldn't cause such a crash for the Lions. Whether two or three or four will do that remains to be seen.
There's no bowl game or conference title to play for. So with each loss, some players on the team could start thinking about transferring after the season. Some of the better upperclassmen could start concentrating more on their NFL aspirations.
All of those things can cause players to lose focus in the here and now, and that will be a concern as the season goes on.
Emotion aside, football comes down to talent. If Penn State can keep all of its starters and the key backups healthy all season, then this could be a good year.
But that almost never happens in football, and we've already seen in one game how losing some key players to injuries will make it very tough for the Lions to win because they have depth concerns in numerous areas.
Running back Bill Belton (ankle) and cornerback Stephon Morris (ankle) are both questionable for this week's game. Linebacker Gerald Hodges (shin) wasn't on the field when Ohio was taking the lead Saturday. Offensive left tackle Donovan Smith missed time in the second half when both hamstrings cramped. And defensive tackle Jordan Hill felt his knee buckle at one point, although he said he was OK and returned to action.
Those guys are team leaders. When players like that go down with injuries, it not only forces inexperienced players into action, it also impacts everyone's confidence in the team.
You can bet some of that confidence is shaken given Saturday's 24-14 loss, especially on the defensive side after the Bobcats shredded PSU for 499 yards.
The challenge for O'Brien and the team leaders this week will be to make sure the squad's confidence and concentration remain high. And win or lose at Virginia, that will continue to be a focal point all season.
SUBHD: Afterthoughts ...
* It's tough to figure out O'Brien's decision to have Hodges return kickoffs and punts. Maybe he is the best all-around player on the team, but he's way too valuable on defense to risk anything happening to him in the return game.
Return men are usually receivers and defensive backs, who spend a lot of time catching the ball, plus they're primarily speedburners. Hodges doesn't seem to fit the mold. How many linebackers do?
Watching Hodges fumble one punt that led to a field goal was bad, but seeing him on the sideline nursing an injury when the Bobcats' offense started to take over was even worse.
Whether the injury stemmed from anything he did returning kicks is unknown. Still, watching the defense struggle while Hodges was banged up reinforced the notion that it's unwise to gamble putting him in position to get hurt doing something he's not used to doing.
* Love the decision to go for it but don't like the play call on fourth-and-5 from the Ohio 30 when PSU had a 14-10 lead midway through the third quarter.
Matt McGloin had enjoyed success with underneath throws up to that point, but after a timeout, the call was to try and hit Allen Robinson down the right sideline near the end zone.
Something short, to Robinson or a tight end, would have provided a better chance for success and to sustain a drive that could have extended the lead back to seven or even 11. Instead, the drive stalled, the Lions lost more momentum and Ohio marched right down the field for a go-ahead touchdown.
* Give credit to Ohio for making good adjustments in pass coverage. McGloin was 16-of-26 for 178 yards and two TDs in the first half but only 11-of-22 for 82 yards with one interception in the second.
Robinson had six catches for 74 yards in the first half but just three for 23 yards in the second.
* Congratulations to Ohio's Blair County foursome on the biggest win of their careers: Altoona LB Alphonso Lewis (four tackles, fumble recovery), WR Tyler Futrell (two catches for 20 yards) and DT Neal Huynh (one pass breakup); and Hollidaysburg OL Ryan McGrath (part of a line that blocked well all day).
* Virginia is coming off a 43-19 thumping of Richmond in its opener. The Cavaliers went 8-5 last season and are led by quarterback Michael Rocco, who was 25-of-37 for 311 yards and one TD in the win.
Rocco has deep Penn State ties. His father, Frank Jr., was a backup quarterback on PSU's 1982 national title team, and his grandfather, Frank Sr., served as an assistant under Joe Paterno.
* Penn State is an 8 1/2-point underdog against Virginia, according to the initial line released Sunday.
Cory Giger is the host of "Sports Central" from 4 to 6 p.m. daily on ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM. Reach him at 949-7031 or @CoryGiger on Twitter.


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Monday, January 10, 2011
Crock Pot Chili & Sweet Cornbread
½ cup sugar
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This is one of the best cold weather meals in my book! Happy belated birthday and happy to find you on FoodBuzz. Check my blog tomorrow for and equally yummy cold weather crock pot recipe!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2013 at 11:43 AM
This is the best chili recipe I have found. Now my family's favorite!Delete
Will do Boulder! Thanks so much for stopping by.ReplyDelete
Aww happy birthday! Wish I'd have known! And look how pretty you are! That chili looks good though I'm going to have to save it for another day. Got chili con carne on the menu this week so its a bit too similar for this week. But next week, game on!ReplyDelete
Jill - it's all about good lighting...lol.ReplyDelete
Happy late birthday!ReplyDelete
We are having White Chicken Chili today....waiting for this snowstorm that is supposed to be rolling through.
Sigs - I was just talking to Jill about the snow. Her blog post is hilarious. However, I do believe y'all in North Carolina are going to get the worst of this storm. Be safe!!ReplyDelete
I've never tried corn bread, might have to give it a go! Thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
Your Chili and Cornbread look so good especially today it is so cold. Thank you so much for coming to Full Plate Thursday and please come back!ReplyDelete
I just put the chili in the crockpot for dinner! Can't wait to try it. I am making cheesy cornbread waffles to go with it.ReplyDelete
Steph - I really hope you like it as much as we do. And cornbread waffles? That sounds INSANELY good. Now I want to come to your house for dinner!ReplyDelete
Yum! This cornbread and chili looks delicious! Hope your bday was great too!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to the Birthday Girl!! Sounds like you had a perfect birthday day.ReplyDelete
I always forget to use my slow cooker... I really need to get that out more often.
Love that cornbread!! We are cornbread lovers here, and I know this would be popular!!
Yours is the third blog I've read about chili today... and that's what I just posted about myself!:)ReplyDelete
The chili looks so good! I will have to make it this weekend. My bithday was the 19t this past wednesday. I turned 27 hehehehe +20ReplyDelete
Happy Belated Birthday! And that chili looks so good, but especially the cornbread... I'm from down south originally so the sweet cornbread just brings back memories from my childhood! Glad you had a wonderful day!ReplyDelete
Veronica - I hope you like it! Happy Belated Birthday!! I always say I'm 25 with 10 years experience...lol.ReplyDelete
Why is cornbread so good? :) Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy Belated Birthday! Chili and cornbread warm you kitchen as well as your soul. We need chili here, because of below zero wind chills!ReplyDelete
I'd have never thought to use Worcestershire sauce in a chili, but I'll bet it lends a terrific depth of flavor! Your Grandma may have something there with the peanut butter & crackers side dish... You've got a beautiful, fun family - the photo shows it. Cheers!ReplyDelete
- RebeccaOctober 27, 2011 at 6:33 PM
This corn bread is yummy! I was making it from a packet and the hubby said it tasted like card board lol! This is far from card board :)ReplyDelete
Rebecca, that was so funny!! So glad you liked this recipe & thank you so much for taking the time to come back & let me know how it turned out for ya!ReplyDelete
My husband has always been the chili maker in the house...until I found this. We've had it several times already and every time I've made it there isn't a drop left. Everyone loves it, including the kids! We even upgraded my crock pot (I had a 4 qt and the ingredients just barely fit) just so we could make a bigger batch! Thank you so much for this delicious and easy recipe!ReplyDelete
Trish - that is so great to hear! Yay!! So happy to hear you love this one!! Thank you for taking the time to come back & let me know how it turned out for you!ReplyDelete
This is going on my menu for next week!!! It sounds amazing, and SO EASY!!!ReplyDelete
- USA MomFebruary 7, 2012 at 11:32 AM
I made a big pot of chili and thought cornbread would be a nice complement. In 28 years of marriage, I'd never made it. When I asked hubby if he liked cornbread, he made a face and said, "it's ok". Unswayed, I gave this recipe a try. I used Bob's Red Mill whole grain cornmeal - medium grind which gave it some crunch. Baked the batter in an 8 x 8 glass dish. It took nearly 30 minutes and my oven temp is accurate. OMG is this recipe delicious! When hubby ate a piece, he kept saying how good it was and he ate another. Apparently, the cornbreads he's had in the past were dry and tasteless. I have to control myself from eating the whole pan. Thanks again for another fabulous recipe!ReplyDelete
I have made the cornbread 3 times now. This is such good, moist, and just plain corn goodness. I have had such great luck with the recipes you post! I am going to be making a carrot cake in the next week...I only wish I was using a recipe from you, because then I know it would be great, lol! Anyway, the cornbread is awesome. We always devour it.ReplyDelete
Hey Christina & USA Mom! Thank you for taking the time to come back & let me know how it turned out for you! I truly appreciate your comments. It means so much to me to know folks are enjoying the recipes from this website. So thrilled you loved it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2012 at 10:26 PM
I made this Chili and Cornbread tonight!! I could have eaten the entire pan of cornbread!! SOOOO good!!! I have tried SO many of your recipes...they never disappoint! Thank you!!!ReplyDelete
This recipe is great!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2013 at 9:31 AM
Thank you! I love all your recipes..ReplyDelete
This is a great crock pot chili! My family loved it! ThanksReplyDelete
I need this cornbread in my life. My stomachs will be very pleased.ReplyDelete
I make my cornbread with Lilly White Cornmeal (recipe on back of bag) in a 10" iron skillet. Put your skillet in the oven & get it hot with a little oil to keep the cornbread from sticking. Let the cornbread cool just a bit. Turn the iron skillet up side down. The cornbread also know as a corn pone should just fall out. As far as peanut butter & crackers with chili. My husband who's southern born has been eating peanut butter & jelly sandwiches with his chili since he was a little boy . Oh tried your hamburger steak recipe it was Yummy.ReplyDelete
- Name Already TakenJanuary 5, 2014 at 4:19 AM
I think this is very similar to my chili but with the cumin and celery difference, so I am going to try it. Big ballgame coming up Monday so this will be a treat for my game-on husband for a very cold day.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2014 at 10:22 PM
I'm making it right now! Mine is a little runnier than I would have thought and it's been on about 5 hours. I've never made chili so I wanted to ask if it should be and if not, how can I fix it? Thank you!! Love your recipes!!ReplyDelete
I love chili and this sounds awesome!! I pinned it a while back but forgot to make a comment. Thanks!!ReplyDelete
if you use 2 lbs of meat do you just double everything else? Sorry if it's a dumb question, I'm not much of a cook LOLReplyDeleteReplies
You don't have to at all. It'll just make it a little thicker and meatier :)Delete
- AnonymousDecember 2, 2015 at 6:44 PM
Just made your cornbread and it's delicious! Thank you for a great recipe!!ReplyDeleteReplies
I know a lot of my fellow southerners have heart palpitations when I mention that I love a sweet cornbread (many call it corn cake) but I don't care - I love it! Ha!Delete
I love this chili recipe. I've used it so many times for family and friends. You should totally enter this chili contest! I think you have a good chance at winning (because I don't want to steal your credit)!ReplyDelete
ha! Thank you Molly!!Delete
I made the chili and the cornbread tonight for my family and it was DELICIOUS!!! For the chili we doubled everything except for the broth and omitted the onions and celery and cooked it on the stove for about 2 hours. This was the first chili recipe that I have come across that was just what I was looking for :D The cornbread was perfect as it wasn't too sweet nor too dry and I cooked it in the 8x8 casserole dish. Thanks for sharing this with us!ReplyDeleteReplies
LOVE hearing that Alana!! Thank you SO much!Delete
Can you tell me approx how many people this recipe will feed? TIA.ReplyDeleteReplies
About 4-6 (depending on how large the serving size is)Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 25, 2016 at 7:14 PM
So i made a mistake i accidentally put my crockpot on high for 4 hours insteaf of low will it be ok it looks really soupy i switched it to lowReplyDeleteReplies
Add some cornmeal to it and it will thicken it up. Hope that helps!Delete
Is it okay if it cooks longer than 8 hours?ReplyDeleteReplies
It should be fine to cook a little longer or if your crock pot has a warm setting it can sit on warm for a bit until you can get to it. Enjoy.Delete


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Fifty Years After Her Death, Sylvia Plath's Poetry Lives On
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The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here.
Sylvia Plath is regarded as one of the most talented poets of the 20th century. Her biography has been written several times, but to learn the real Sylvia Plath, the obvious place is to first read the vulnerable yet honest details of her life through her poetry.
Fifty years ago, in 1963, Sylvia Plath sat out milk and bread for her children and then walked into the kitchen and closed the door behind her. At the age of 30, Plath would take her life and in the half-century since her death, both she and her catalogue of poetry, complete with her darkest most inner thoughts have been analyzed and studied to discover that the literary world lost a remarkable talent too soon.
Born Oct. 27, 1932 in Wellesley, Mass., Plath revealed her interest in writing from an early age. She earned a scholarship to Smith College, an all-women's university where she studied English on a full-scholarship, and also accepted a position as a guest student editor at Mademoiselle Magazine; an opportunity she knew would help jump-start her career as a non-fiction writer.
But college years weren't the best of times for a young Plath as they are for many others.
While in New York, Plath would experience her first breakdown and hospitalization, which lead to a diagnosis of depression and the call for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as therapy. A month later, a failed suicide attempt would land her back at a psychiatric hospital, this time for six months of intensive therapy.
Many speculate her father's death as the cause of her depression, particularly because in her poem "Daddy" she blames herself for his death; but her experience in New York would provide the cinematic plot for her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar. The book tells the story of a young girl, Esther Greenwood, from Boston who moves to New York City for the summer for an internship at Ladies Magazine. While in New York, Esther experiences lead her to the discovery that she has lived a sheltered life in Massachusetts. But life wasn't perfect in New York for Esther, either. She meets a young man named José Antonio La Vias at a party who nearly succeeds at raping her and she also suffers from depression, a mental illness that leads to an attempted suicide and hospitalization.
After The Bell Jar was published, close friends revealed that the novel was a collection of journals written by Plath in her early life.
After hospitalization, she went on to graduate summa cum laude from Smith College and awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study poetry at Cambridge University in London.
The facts of her life in London are widely reported. She would marry Poet Laureate Ted Hughes in 1956, have two children, Frieda and Nicholas, and publish her first collection of poems The Colossus in 1960. That same year, Hughes would find himself as part of a love triangle and eventually leave Plath for the wife of Canadian poet David Wevill. The whirlwind of pain caused by infidelity would reintroduce her to depression and possibly helped lead to her suicide.
Depression may have eventually led Plath to her early death, but she worked diligently to become the writer she is known as today. While therapy did not ultimately save Plath's life, many people who experience mental illnesses receive treatment and go on to have successful, balanced lives.
Poems such as "Lady Lazarus," "Ariel," "Tulips," and "Eavesdropper" are what solidify her as both legend and poetic genius. Known as one of the pioneers of confessional poetry, Plath used these poems as both her creative and emotional outlet, lending her feelings to the world actually became the way she helped others understand their illness.


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VIENNA, 21 June 2011 – Participants at a major international event on energy that opened in the Austrian capital today called for bold steps and strategic public-private partnerships to guarantee universal energy access by 2030, including by expanding the use of renewable energy sources.
The three-day Vienna Energy Forum in the Hofburg Palace is organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). It brings together over 1,000 participants, including heads of State, ministers, energy experts, representatives of international and non-governmental organizations, academia, civil society and the private sector.
The UN General Assembly named 2012 as the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All. The UN Foundation has launched a website for the Year: www.SEFA2012.org
Speaking at the Forum, former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger said that universal energy access was not "just about lighting a dark room, or cooking on a better stove. It's about the freedom that energy – and especially renewable energy – gives us".
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"We don't have to be slaves to faulty grids. We don't have to watch our citizens get sick and die from pollution. We don't have to worry about a corrupt dictator waking up on the wrong side of the bed and deciding to shut off power to our country," he said.
Schwarzenegger gave the example of the Austrian city of Güssing, which 15 years ago "couldn't pay its power bill", had insufficient jobs, and locals had to rely on outside sources for all of their energy.
"Just 15 years later, their addiction to fossil fuels is completely gone, replaced by clean, renewable energy. There now is a booming economy that's created more than 50 companies and 1,000 jobs. The government made the first push, but academics, non-profits, and businesses all worked together, and today, they don't import a single megawatt of energy. Can you imagine that kind of freedom? That freedom is what this conference is all about," said Schwarzenegger.
Last year, with the encouragement of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Schwarzenegger launched R20, which brings together regional governments, NGOs, corporations and educational institutions to create strong green economies around the world, new green jobs and build commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Director-General of UNIDO, Kandeh K. Yumkella, who also chairs UN-Energy, a United Nations system-wide coordinating mechanism on energy issues, said that the lack of access to affordable, reliable energy services was a fundamental hindrance to human, social, and economic development, adding that "without access to modern forms of energy it is highly unlikely that any of the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved".
This was echoed in the speech of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who stressed the importance of energy in Africa's fight against poverty and in attaining the MDGs.
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Participants pointed to a deep inequity that exists between the rich and poor, saying that, roughly, the poorer three-quarters of the world's population use only 10 per cent of the world's energy. About 1.5 billion people still don't have access to electricity, and around 3 billion people rely on traditional biomass and coal as their primary source of energy. The demand for energy in developing countries is expected to grow dramatically, and the increases in population and improvements in living standards are adding to the scale of the challenges.
Success stories in increasing access to modern and reliable forms of energy exist. According to Yumkella, in the last decades, China, Peru and Viet Nam have improved access for their citizens substantially, but across sub-Saharan Africa, and in parts of Asia, people are still living without basic energy services.
In April 2010, the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC), chaired by Yumkella, called for the adoption of a target to achieve universal access to modern energy services and for a 40 per cent reduction in energy intensity by 2030.
The Forum coincided with the pre-launch of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA), the most comprehensive and integrated analysis of the global energy system ever undertaken. Coordinated by IIASA, the GEA involved over 500 energy experts from around the world and uniquely addresses the issues of energy access, equity, climate change, health and gender issues and security and investment simultaneously.
"Close to 3 billion people are without access to modern energy services and by providing universal access up to 2 million lives could be saved annually," said IIASA Director, Detlof von Winterfeldt. He added that according to the GEA the cost of providing modern energy access for all was not only achievable but affordable in the medium term: "This access will achieve enormous co-benefits in terms of air quality and related health issues, climate change, and gender equity, to name just a few."
The GEA estimates that the global investments required are about USD 40 billion annually, a relatively small fraction of the total energy infrastructure investment required by 2030. The magnitude of the resources required makes it evident that the solution is for major public–private partnerships being nurtured by innovative policies such as feed-in-tariffs and other innovative mechanisms.
Johannes Kyrle, Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs said that the Energy Forum was special to Austria because it could draw on the wealth of knowledge and connections of eight international organizations headquartered in and around Vienna who have significant or exclusive energy mandates. "I expect the Vienna Energy Forum to mobilize political support for the energy access agenda, underscoring that energy access is necessary for poverty reduction and that access and climate stabilization can be pursued in mutually re-enforcing ways," he said.
Suleiman J. Al-Herbish, Director-General, OPEC Fund for International Development, said there was a need for "enhanced willingness and a genuine political will from developed countries to help developing countries" based on a better recognition of what is called the "climate debt". "That is the massive compensation owed to the poor for suffering from the damage of climate change they have not caused. There is no shortage of good intentions or promises such as the ones made in Cancun in December 2010, however the issue is the implementation on the ground," he said.
The Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, said that energy interlinked with "climate change, the future of the energy mix, the problems of energy security, security of supply and security of demand and transportation," adding that energy was "quite possibly the main problem for our generation to resolve". He called upon all countries to work together "in order to maximize our impact in the area of energy, and do this in a way which will pool our expertise; since we all approach energy issues from slightly different perspectives".
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Four girls from Tomahawk's Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts (Troops 7221 and 7212) and three leaders currently are in New Zealand for a team-building excursion, following three years of fundraising, notes their leader, Kay Kissinger Wolf. Among the many supportive fund drives included the local summer flea markets, recycled aluminum cans (over $4,000 raised by that means alone), food stands and Girl Scout cookie sales.
The girls are sending updates from their trip to the Tomahawk Leader and we will post them here. The first one follows here:
Greetings From Down Under!
Here's our first email from the first two days. We have gone through many interesting experiences so far and I'm sure there are many more to come!
To start off our trip we had to take 4 different flights just to get here. They added up to 37 hours which is just way too much. We got to celebrate Colleen's birthday on one of the flights Kay had an announcement made to the whole airplane.
Our first day we went on a Lord of The Rings Tour. On this tour we got to see some of the sights where the filming took place. It was pretty cool. Then we got to hold some of the weapons from the movie. We also got to wear an actual dwarf cape from the movie. After our tour we went to the Dart Stables for a 2 hour horse ride. Jenna and Alyssa got to ride actual horses from the Lord of The Rings!!!! Jenna's horses name was Elvis and Alyssa's was Kysharn!!!!!! The horses were totally chilll even though they were movie stars. LOL.
We are staying at YHA which is a youth hostel. It is right on the main street so everything is pretty much in walking distance which is nice. Otherwise tour buses will pick us up and take us where we need to go. People are so friendly around here and very easy to joke around with and get along with. The weather on the otherhand is not so nice. It is very cool and not as nice as back home. When we hear the temperatures at home we get very jealous and wish we had that too.
Our second day here (June 14th) started off with a gondola ride up the mountain. When we got to the top we took two luge rides, which were very fun. Then we took the gondola back down and had to head over to catch our next tour. This was a triple challenge which consisted of a shotover jet boat ride, then a helicopter, and we whitewater rafted down the Shotover River. The jet boat ride was thrillling but super cold. The driver would drive really close to rocks between the mountain and do 360's. Then we took the helipcopter to the starting point of the rafting ride. We were on a level 3-4 course and thought it was going to be worse than it actaully was. We get a quick course on how to paddle and what to do if we fell out of the raft and off we went down the rapids. This ride was very fun and luckily none of us fell out, however we still got wet. Our guide told us that we were good paddlers, girl scouts taught us something.
So far we have had a great time and can't wait to keep you guys updated on our days to come.
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*Jenna Koth, Colleen Krick, Alyssa Martin, Valerie Thomzik
*Kim Koth, Barb Krick, Kay Kissinger-Wolf