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As the skies fill with hungry holiday travelers, the nutrition experts at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) have reviewed the healthfulness of airport food and found that, in general, food offerings are improving. This annual report, now in its third year, evaluates the availability of healthful entrées at restaurants in the nation's busiest airports.
The report comes at a pivotal time. Over the past year, some major airlines have stopped serving wholesome in-flight meals—or eliminated food service completely. This trend has forced passengers to rely more heavily on airports to deliver nutritious alternatives. Are airports meeting that need?
The review was conducted from July to October of 2003. PCRM nutritionists surveyed the 15 busiest U.S. airports for the availability of healthful entrées. The final percentage score for each airport was derived by dividing the facility's number of healthful restaurants by the total number of restaurants. PCRM defined a healthful entrée as a breakfast, lunch, or dinner item that was low in fat, high in fiber, and cholesterol-free. A restaurant was rated as healthful if it served at least one entrée meeting these requirements. PCRM surveyed only restaurants serving breakfast, lunch, or dinner entrées, so vendors not offering entrées, such as most yogurt and coffee shops, were not evaluated.
PCRM nutritionists discovered that healthful food has become more available at airports over the past year, with some cities making important improvements. Denver, which took first place in the current review, has made steady gains, scoring 83 percent this year, up from 61 percent in 2001 and 79 percent in 2002. Chicago O'Hare gained 29 percentage points from 2002. Improvements were also seen in Detroit, which rose from 33 percent in 2001 to 70 percent this year.
But PCRM also identified some airports where nutritious entrées are few and far between, including Minneapolis–St. Paul, which scored 34 percent, and Las Vegas, which scored 38 percent.
Scores at some airports declined dramatically. Most notably, San Francisco, which ranked number one in 2001 and 2002, dropped 14 percentage points and fell to second place. Ten-point declines were also seen at Dallas/Fort Worth and Minneapolis–St. Paul.
Here is a summary of what PCRM found at individual airports, which are ranked from best to worst:
1. Denver International Airport (83 percent): Denver knocked San Francisco out of the top spot this year by dramatically increasing its range of wholesome meal choices. This year's score represents a 22 percent gain from Denver's rating in 2001. Airport highlights include the portabella mushroom sandwich at Lefty's Colorado Trails Bar and Grill and the vegetable tacos at ¡Que Bueno! Mexican Grille.
2. San Francisco International Airport (82 percent): SFO slipped this year, dropping 14 points from previous years. In the past two reviews, San Francisco scored head and shoulders above other airports—a consistent 96 percent of restaurants at SFO offered at least one healthful meal. Not so in 2003. San Francisco did well in the past because it relied heavily on local eateries that offered many wholesome menu items. But the airport has opened its doors to more national fast-food chains, and these chains introduced the typical high-fat fare, including burgers, fried chicken sandwiches, and hot dogs. However, health-conscious travelers at SFO can still find a fairly impressive range of low-fat, cholesterol-free options, from the falafel sandwich at Deli-up Cafe to vegetarian sushi rolls at Osho to the veggie burger at The Burger Joint.
3. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (71 percent): A pleasant surprise now greets passengers looking for healthful options in the Windy City. After coming in dead last in 2002, Chicago has made incredible improvements over the past year. The airport has nearly doubled the number of eateries offering wholesome food. That improvement is largely due to the introduction of a low-fat, cholesterol-free vegetable sandwich at all of the more than 15 Starbucks stores in the airport. With one of the coffee chain's roasted vegetable panini around every corner, travelers can be virtually certain of access to a healthful meal.
4. Detroit Metro Airport (70 percent): With the help of an ambitious plan to improve airport food, Detroit achieved a remarkable increase in this year's score. Detroit was not rated last year, but it finished in last place in 2001 because only 33 percent of its eateries offered healthful options. Since then, the airport has teamed up with Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and begun a "Heart Smart" nutrition plan. Though this plan is still being implemented, the airport has already made some positive changes. With such exciting options as the jicama salad at Jose Cuervo Tequileria and the veggie fajitas at Diego's Mexican Village to choose from, travelers in Detroit are less likely to be tempted by high-cholesterol, high-fat meals at McDonald's and Little Caesars.
5. Miami International Airport (68 percent): Travelers heading south for the winter will find a pleasant surprise at this airport, which offers many wholesome options. Miami is well known for Cuban food, and the airport is a great place to find such fare as the black beans and rice at La Carreta Cuban Cuisine. Lighter options include the vegetable platter at Top of the Port and Subway's vegetable sandwich.
6. Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (64 percent): Houston jumped 14 points this year by offering more low-fat, cholesterol-free options. Choices include the vegetable fajitas at Panchito's, spaghetti at any of the three Pizza Inn Express outlets, and the vegetarian wrap at Chili's.
7. Newark Liberty International Airport (60 percent): New to PCRM's review, Newark debuts with 60 percent of its eateries offering healthful meals. That score is not overly impressive, but it does mean hungry flyers have some options before they exit the airport and immerse themselves in the tangle of highways and unhealthful fast food that fills northern New Jersey. Good choices include the veggie burrito at Maui Tacos, the California salad at Dick Clark's Restaurant, and the tofu with veggies at Wok-n-Roll.
8. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (59 percent): It is the busiest airport in the world, but Atlanta does not seem to be on top of its game when it comes to offering wholesome meals. The airport has improved 10 points from last year, but terminals are still replete with bars and hot dog stands, which offer little or nothing to the health-conscious consumer. However, a discerning traveler can find some bright spots. Competing against such eateries as Hot Dog City, three sushi kiosks run by Plain Delicious offer vegetarian sushi. Passengers hungry for a taste of the South should try Paschal's Southern Delights, where they can enjoy a veggie platter and combine all their favorite vegetable side dishes into one wholesome meal.
9. New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (57 percent): This airport describes itself as the place "Where America Greets the World," but the food offered here presents justifiable doubts about the American diet. JFK plays host to several McDonald's, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts outlets, and even a kosher deli that does not offer a low-fat, high-fiber option, but the airport leaves passengers with very few healthful choices. Travelers can avoid the burgers and the hot dog stand and proceed to Greenwich Village Bistro for a vegetable panini or to Bar Avion for a seasonal greens salad.
10. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (51 percent): This is the first year PCRM has rated Seattle's airport, and the results reveal plenty of room for improvement. Air travelers in Seattle should avoid the native Starbucks—which, unlike those in Chicago, offer no healthful entrées—and head to Botanica Tea Infusion for vegetable soup or Glacier River Café for a veggie sandwich, soup, or vegetable sushi. Consumers can also stop by China First Express for mixed vegetables and rice.
11. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (50 percent): Travelers trying to navigate Sky Harbor are likely to run afoul of the fat and cholesterol served at the airport's six Pizza Hut outlets, six Starbucks stores, and other unhealthful restaurants, including Jodi Maroni's Sausage Kingdom. Phoenix did improve two points from last year, and a few wholesome offerings are available. Kokopelli Deli offers a vegetarian soup, sandwich, and salad, and travelers with a lengthy layover can try the Gardenburger at Left Seat Restaurant.
12. Los Angeles International Airport (47 percent): LAX plays host to McDonald's, Hot Dog Station, and other restaurants serving high-fat, high-cholesterol foods. Among the few wholesome choices: the curry and rice at Tampopo and the veggie burrito at La Salsa.
13. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (43 percent): For an airport this size, DFW offers astonishingly few healthful food options, scoring well below Houston's 64 percent. One recipe for improvement: other restaurants could take a cue from the airport's six Au Bon Pain outlets, which all offer a vegetable sandwich. This is an easy addition to any menu. Other wholesome choices include the Strawberry Field Salad at T.G.I. Friday's and the bean burrito at Taco Bell.
14. Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (38 percent): Hungry travelers in Las Vegas face a significant challenge finding healthful food among the airport's eight Pizza Hut outlets and 10 hot dog eateries. The few wholesome options include Prickly Pear Café's veggie sandwich and Burger King's BK Veggie. 15. Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport (34 percent): This airport offers little healthful food beyond the occasional dinner salad. A couple of exceptions: The veggie burger at Itasca Grille and the pasta primavera at Sbarros are wholesome options—if a traveler is lucky enough to depart from a gate anywhere near these restaurants.
Airport Scores: 2003
Healthy restaurants/total restaurants
1) Denver International Airport
2) San Francisco International Airport
3) Chicago O'Hare International Airport
4) Detroit Metro Airport
5) Miami International Airport
6) Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport
7) Newark Liberty International Airport
8) 8. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
9) New York John F. Kennedy International Airport
10) Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
11) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
12) Los Angeles International Airport
13) 13. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
14) Las Vegas McCarran International Airport
15) Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
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In the past few weeks, though, we've been surprised that the hip-hop artist Common has been at the center of a sociopolitical controversy of some importance. It seems he was invited to a poetry reading at the White House by Michelle Obama, which enraged some of our most important deep-thinkers. It was all about Common's belief that Assata Shakur, who was convicted of killing a police officer in 1977, was falsely accused. Common has also criticized former President George W. Bush about some war or another.
Television person Sean Hannity characterized Common as being "pro-cop killer," while inveterate newspaper and magazine reader Sarah Palin said "the judgment is just so lacking of class and decency and all that's good about America with an invite like this."
Well, once "all that's good about America"--which is mostly Framed, let's face it!--was brought into it, we had no choice but to respond by putting the besieged artist in our blog this week. Our video is 2007's "Drivin' Me Wild," which features the great British songstress Lily Allen. We're trying to determine if Ms. Allen is also a scary black thug who threatens us all; we'll get back to you on that next week.
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East Cameron, Texas |
For population 25 years and over in East Cameron:
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0 residents are foreign born
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Brownsville, TX (15.9 miles , pop. 139,722). Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Corpus Christi, TX (115.8 miles , pop. 277,454). Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (245.6 miles , pop. 1,144,646). Nearest cities: Laguna Heights, TX (1.3 miles ), Laguna Vista, TX (1.5 miles ), Port Isabel, TX (2.1 miles ), South Padre Island, TX (2.7 miles ), Bayview, TX (2.9 miles ), Del Mar Heights, TX (3.0 miles ), Chula Vista-Orason, TX (3.2 miles ), Los Fresnos, TX (3.5 miles ). Latitude: 26.07 N, Longitude: 97.28 W Area code commonly used in this area: 956 Unemployment in July 2013:
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Updated: 3:22 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 | Posted: 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
By Terry Morris
Kettering Police have arrested Wade E. Adams, 41, of Kettering for the Jan. 24 abduction and assault of a woman.
He forced his way into her car in the parking lot of Big Lots on Wilmington Pike and drove her vehicle to a nearby street. He fled the scene after the assault.
Lt. Dan Gangwer said Adams has been charged with two counts of kidnapping, three counts of gross sexual imposition, one of felony theft and one of tampering with evidence. He is being held under $500,000 bond in the Montgomery County Jail. No trial date has been set.
The arrest was made based on a positive match of DNA collected at the scene and from the victim, using swabs. Another man was arrested in January in connection to the crime but DNA did not match what was found on the victim, and he was released, according to police.
Police served a search warrant at his residence at made the arrest Feb. 12. Gangwer said some additional evidence was seized there.
Adams was not armed during the attack.
Although he has a criminal record, he has no prior history of sexual assault. DNA was collected from him in a 2007 case in Fairborn, and that helped lead to his arrest.
Police have not identified the victim, an adult female.
Gangwer said she sustained "superficial" physical injuries during the incident. She has not been hospitalized.
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The Church Militant:Taking Up Spiritual Arms in Praise of Christ
St. Catherine views the spiritual life as a series of battles - a series of battles wherein we seek to conquer self for the love of God.
The seven spiritual arms identified by St. Catherine of Bolgna should be taken up by every Christian. They ought to be standard issue for everyone in the Church militant. One really cannot live the Christian life without them.
In truth, the treatise is written for women religious--those who entered into the Poor Clare convent in Ferrara of which she was the superioress--but, contrary to most such writings, this one is very easily applied to the spiritual life of the laity.
The seven spiritual arms identified by St. Catherine of Bolgna should be taken up by every Christian. They ought to be standard issue for everyone in the Church militant. One really cannot live the Christian life without them.
St. Catherine views the spiritual life as a series of battles - a series of battles wherein we seek to conquer self for the love of God. Our standard in these battles is the cross upon which hung "Jesus Christ our savior, who died on the field of battle in order to give us life."
St. Catherine advocates seven spiritual arms be used in this battle: zealous diligence, distrust of self, confidence in God, recollection of Christ's passion and death, awareness that one must die, habitual keeping in mind the glory of our future life in God, and, lastly, a firm and constant dedication to Holy Scripture.
These seven arms are to be applied while living a life of grace. They are to be taken up only after an examination of conscience, confession, a firm resolve not ever to sin again mortally, and the resolve "instead to die a thousand times if that were possible" rather than sin mortally. Someone living in mortal sin "is not a member of Christ, but of the devil," and so the recourse to arms would be quite in vain.
We have to be in Christ's army--which is to say his incorporated into his body, the Church--and in a state of grace for the seven arms to be any good to us.
The first arm is diligence which St. Catherine defines as "solicitude in doing good." Doing good must be the central aim of our life. Diligence in doing good is the opposite of negligence, of lukewarmness. Obviously, doing good means avoiding evil, but it means much more than that. We have to be like Jesus, in that, with respect to God, we must not be "yes" and "no," but all "yes." (Cf. 2 Cor. 1:19) There must be no ambivalence in our life. It is good, and good alone which must drive us.
And yet even diligence in doing good works is subject to the law of prudence and requires a certain discretion; otherwise, the soul might get ambushed by the Devil who cleverly lies in wait for the soul who has zeal in doing good. St. Catherine warns us not to kill our souls "under the appearance of good." These are wise words from a spiritual caretaker: "There is as much danger in too much as in too little." It is as if she is invoking the wisdom of the saying at the temple at Delphi: meden agan, "nothing too much."
The second weapon is mistrust of self. This requires a firm belief, one held without the slightest doubt, "that one could never do anything good by oneself." When Jesus said, "Without me you can do nothing," Jesus meant nothing. (Cf. John 15:15) No wisdom, no virtue, nothing is available to us without Christ.
This leads us to the third spiritual arm: to put one's trust in God, and God alone. Trust is only engendered by love, and so we must love God. It also leads to hope, hope that God, in all our circumstances "will give us his grace abundantly." We must be confident in God and that he will help us overcome the wiles of the devil and the weakness of the flesh. Christ on the Cross overcame all doubt on whether God could ever abandon man, so that a soul can pray with absolute assurance that the prayer will be answered: "God do not abandon me." God will not abandon any man who seeks his help in doing good and avoiding evil.
The fourth spiritual weapon is "memory of the glorious pilgrimage" of Christ's life, especially, his passion and his death. Jesus is humanity perfected: the perfect human. Christ's sacred humanity, particularly as displayed during his passion, is the "cure for all our wounds," a "mother most faithful" that leads to God, a "true and gentle refuge in all adversities," a "supporting nurse" which heals us, a "refulgent mirror" that helps us see our faults, an "impenetrable shield" behind which we might hide from evil, our spiritual "manna suffused with fulsome sweetness," a "ladder most high" which raises us to infinity, a "restorative hospice for pilgrim souls," and "ever-flowing font" for thirsty souls, an "abundant sea" upon which we float our rickety humanity, a "sweet olive tree" with strong branches, a "spouse, gentle to the soul" and always faithfully in love with us.
The fifth spiritual arm is to remind ourselves that we must die: the memento mori. Recollection of our mortality is a "time of mercy," as it reminds us of time's flux and time's uncertainty and the continual and urgent need to amend our lives "from good to better." We have to render an account for our time, and nothing recalls this than remembering that we must die, and after death comes judgment. (Cf. Heb 9:27)
The sixth weapon identified by St. Catherine of Bologna is to remember the good of paradise, of heaven, of the afterlife, which is really to remember that we have been promised union with God. Recalling our eternal good and our promised life of glory gives us strength be "strong and constant in persevering in doing good solely for the pure love of our Lord God."
The last weapon St. Catherine adds to her accoutrement of arms is "the memory of Holy Scripture." Scripture must impress our minds, form our hearts, and it must be the mother of our counsel and the source of our consolation. Scripture should be viewed as letters sent to us from our Lover on high. With Scripture, Jesus defeated the temptations of the devil in the desert. "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ," ignoratio scripturarum, ignoratio Christi est, St. Jerome famously said in one of his epistles. St. Catherine would not have agreed with him more.
After a particularly intense conversion to God, Pascal wrote a "memorial" of that event and sewed it to his coat so as always to remember the fire that he experience in his soul. It would do us good to take the seven spiritual arms of St. Catherine Genoa as our "memorial," and review our lives as Catholics within the light that the seven spiritual arms offer. We should take up these arms, as St. Catherine says, "to the praise of Christ. Amen."
Andrew M. Greenwell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas, practicing in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married with three children. He maintains a blog entirely devoted to the natural law called Lex Christianorum. You can contact Andrew at email@example.com.
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Pope Francis Prayer Intentions for March 2014
Respect for Women: That all cultures may respect the rights and dignity of women.
Vocations: That many young people may accept the Lord�s invitation to consecrate their lives to proclaiming the Gospel.
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I am grateful to "Catholic Online" for articles such as this one. I was on the path to despair. But reading articles such as this one and others, has given me firm hope. Thank you.
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The Conquer of self to the love of God is said to be Humbling before God called "Emptying oneself to Him to be filled by Him, His Spirit, clearly reflected in the word & ways of Mother Mary to the Most High " Behold the hand maid of the Lord, be it done according to your word" who herself was entreated with the words off the Most high "Hail Mary, full of grace", to the word "Hail" meaning to Arise that which is usually attributed to a King or Queen. Her words echoed by Her daughters in the likes of St. Catherine
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A beautiful and helpful article.
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Team6 Developer Diary #1 - Scooter War3z
Developer diary By: dapsycho | Posted: 09/08/2005
This is the first developer diary for Team6, a Dutch game development studio located in Assen. Over the coming months, they will take us through developement of various games as well as other studio matters.
In this first diary Game Designer Ronnie Neils takes us through the last days of Scooter War3z development and talks about Music, Scripting and more.
19 June 2005:
Introduction, customers opinion, and music.
Team6 game studios are a rather small company. Smaller than you would expect, and because of this size we are flexible and projects are often moved to give priority to other projects. Lately we have done several projects that are more fun to develop and take a lot less time than our time-consuming Manhattan Chase. (When you work more than a year on a title, this is bad for your motivation...). Our latest title is ScooterWar3z, a game about some punks who enjoy illegal scooter-races at night. Since our game studio is located on a street where every 10 minutes 'white trash' drives by on a scooter, we were thinking this was going to be a lot of fun to do and make this game 'over the top'. For example, when you win a race, you can earn typical scooter-war3z like a new mobile, golden teeth, golden jewelry, and other "bling bling". It is a parody or tribute to scooterfreaks?: we don't know neither.. ;)
Scooter War3z is almost completed. Since we are asked to write a Developer Diary today, I'm afraid this is not going to be a very long diary. But perhaps we can continue this diary about Team6 instead of just Scooter War3z? At least there are plenty of exciting days here :) Yesterday we released some early screenshots for SW, and so far we had mostly positive comments. When Team6 releases news, we always check on sites, forums, what people have to say about it. In this case the comments were even more positive then for Taxi3: Extreme Rush! There was only one site where everybody complained about ScooterWar3z (a Dutch one..) but I think that's more because of the site than our title. The previews for our games on that particular site always start with "I don't think this crap is any good, but let's try anyway"... so how serious can we take something like that? There were a few other people who complained, and we even fixed some things because of that feedback. (The particles that come from your scooter when you hit something look far better now: this is the fifth shot on our Team6 website)
Next to the "customer feedback", we still have some nasty bugs left in Scooter War3z. But more important is that we don't have any music at all for the game. (Which is very late to find out, I know.. ) Just as we were going to look for some older music tracks from our in-house musician Niels, I got an Email from Grahame. Grahame offered his music for usage in our games. You should know that I didn't know Grahame at that time, it was just one of the many emails from people who want to work for Team6. At Team6, we get daily emails from people who want to work with us: Usually these emails are from Eastern-European companies who offer their "cheap" modeling and animator services, but this time it's from a musician for the UK. I replied to him as we were interested, but are in a real hurry. Within several hours ScooterWar3z had 12 excellent music tracks: for free. Talking about good luck! It took only a few hours more to select the right tracks from Grahame's collection, and implement it in our game. (Convert it from mp3 to ogg, and type the right name of the track in our game-editor.) We ended the day with some SW multiplay tests and found plenty of bugs for the next day :)
20 June 2005
Scripting bugs.
The last couple of bugs and we're rid of Scooter War3z! While testing multiplayer, we found out that traffic cars were behaving like scooters: Bending over in corners and such. Next to that, we found out that 2 player multiplayer went all right, but when playing with 4 players, the 3rd and 4th player had strange spawn positions. This is not that difficult to fix, as our scripts have become much more efficient compared to our previous title, PizzaDude. (See the screenshot to the right for an example of Scooter War3z's scripts vs. PizzaDude's scripts in the image at the top of the page). It's too bad we don't have time for an in game track-editor, because our current editor is very easy to use and it would not take -that- much time to make it look better so gamers could use it. If this would work properly, gamers can define their own tracks in the city. (Note: it's still possible with the retail version if you know how to activate the editor, he he). But then again, we need the money that comes in when we deliver the master CD to Germany, so once again speed is of an essence. As with "Manhattan Chase", our editor doesn't have icons or text on the buttons. The mission editor is 'blank" and Niels, one of the scripters, likes to say we always create our scripts with our eyes shut :) Now you know the editor-buttons are blank, have another look at the incredible Pizzascript which has been made by poor Ronnie!
21 June 2005
Last steps: Installer, localisation and more.
While some of Team6 are testing ScooterWar3z one more time, the installer and the first localisations are being made. To make the installer work properly, poor Ronnie's computer is set to "Russian Language" again, causing most of his program's to now display nice Russian words and characters instead of the English texts. Every time the switch is being made, things seem to get worse. (And are harder to reverse when setting back to English). Once the installer works, quick icon and installer images are being made. Also, preparations for the next project are being made. This is for you, our readers, probably the most interesting part: Decisions being made, gameplay being added, etc. But I can't tell you much about this new, secret project yet he he :)
Meanwhile several bugs for SW are being found: and fixed. Especially multiplayer has some nasty bugs, but it all works fine at the end of the day. Now ScooterWar3z is ready to go, we have to find publishers for the territories that are "free". We have interest from several publishers, but we should be careful because we have had more deals with non-payers, than deals with actual payers. We can't use any names in this diary (I think?) but one of the largest publishers out there once purchased Manhattan Chase and they never released it, nor were going to pay for it. The more popular the name of a publisher is, the more they can get away with: so it seems...
Next time in Team6 diary:
- Decisions for the SW demo, and the SW demo itself.
- Our next project: Concept and project preparation
- Pictures of the team. (It's really worth looking forward to!)
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FactChecker: Are Millennials More Self-Sacrificing and Community-Minded Than Previous Generations?
For those who pay attention to the different opinions and declarations on how the various generations are different than the ones that came before, you have no doubt heard that while Generation X was the slacker generation, Gen Y, or the Millennials, are very different, the most community service-minded, action-oriented, let's change-the-world-generation alive today, perhaps in the history of our nation. Generation We.
It's taken as a nearly uncontested reality.
Except it's not true.
The best research on this topic, relying on nationally representative research by the leading scholars on the issue comes to essentially the very opposite conclusion. Two of these scholars are Professors Jean Twenge (San Diego State) and Christian Smith (Notre Dame). They find that Generation We is more like Generation Me.
They explain that the "Generation We" understanding of Millennials comes from surveys that examined relatively small, non-representative population samples and did not compare them with previous generations, the kind of compelling but incomplete study that catches the attention of journalists. And thus, the myriad of newspaper and magazine stories contributing to the myth.
Jean Twenge's Findings
As Twenge explains in a May 2012 Atlantic article, "You can't really conclude anything about generational difference if you have data from only one generation." Twenge's work does not have this limitation: She uses two massive, nationally representative samples—one million high-schoolers and nine million college respondents—comparing Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials at the same age. Her data draw from what respondents said about themselves.
Her 2012 article published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that, "For the most part, Millennials continued the downward trend in concern for others begun by Gen X. In sum, Millennials generally score lower than previous generations in concern for others . . ." (1)
Twenge explains that most of the items on the social/community concern measures she examined declined "faster or just as fast" for Millennials compared to Gen Xers, than between Boomers and Gen Xers.
Millennials were less likely to think about social problems, make efforts to conserve natural resources, be interested in or participate in government, voting, contacting their representatives, participate in demonstrations or boycotts or giving money to political causes. The decline in environmental concern and action are markedly steep. Remarkably, three times as many Millennials said they "made no personal effort at all to help the environment" compared to Gen Xers, (15% vs. 5%). (2)
Millennials did show increased levels of community volunteering. However, Twenge explains that this most likely resulted from high schools being much more likely to encourage community volunteerism through school-organized programs. Only 9% of schools did so in 1984, while 46% did in 1999.
Twenge concludes,
In sum, these results primarily support the "Generation Me" view, with linear downward trends in civic engagement and community feeling. . . . The data analyzed here suggests that the popular view of Millennials as more caring, community oriented, and politically involved than previous generations is largely incorrect. (3)
Christian Smith's Findings
The other large population-based study is Professor Christian Smith's who has been studying emerging American adults through the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) since 2001, following a large cohort of young Americans from ages 13 to 17 and into their twenties, considering them in contrast with previous generations. Smith's findings are similar to Twenge's.
Based on interviews with hundreds of emerging adults in national samples, Smith reports these youngest adults possess an "extremely low estimation of anyone's ability to make a positive impact on the world. . . . Very few are idealistic activist when it comes to their making a mark on the world." Just as few "are bothered by their disconnection and low expectations." (4)
The "slacker" descriptor seems to apply to Gen Y as much, if not more, than it does to Gen X.
Smith addresses the phenomenon of so many journalists adopting and spreading the "Generation We" story line of Millennials in stark language.
The idea that today's emerging adults are as a generation leading a new wave of renewed civic-mindedness and political involvement is sheer fiction. The fact that anyone ever believed that idea simply tells us how flimsy the empirical evidence that so many journalistic media stories are based upon is and how unaccountable to empirical reality high-profile journalism can be. (5)
The young adults who are indeed hopeful about meaningful change and involved in efforts on behalf others are a markedly small percentage of their generation, less than 5 percent Smith finds. However, these few are notable, striving for the educational and economic opportunity of others, involved in urban renewal, promoting racial justice and ending human trafficking through communication, organizing, and social-movement activism. These young adults "view anything less as selfish indifference that is morally intolerable." (6)
These few seem to have a strong and admirable vision of their place and responsibility in the world, followed up by action. But they are unfortunately very few.
The Millennials are a generation that need the direction, encouragement and applied discipline that every generation of young people needed to help them become the adults a good, thriving, civil society needs them to be. In previous decades, community functions such as military service provided that experience and education. But even though they are the 9/11 Generation—dramatically and indelibly shaped by this attack on our country and its people—Millennials military participation is dramatically lower than any other previous generation of Americans, the first to decrease overall military participation by more than a third, as this graph shows.
Millennials are not fated to be the next Generation Me. They simply need the encouragement, support, wisdom, and challenge that older generations can offer in helping them achieve their full potential. And there is no better place than the Church for them to find the guidance they need.
1. Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell and Elise C. Freeman, "Generational Differences in Young Adults' Life Goals, Concern for Others and Civic Orientation, 1966-2009," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, (March 2012), p. 11.
2. Twenge, Campbell, Freeman, 2012, p. 12.
3. Twenge, Campbell, Freeman, 2012, p. 13, 16.
4. Christian Smith, et al., Lost in Translation: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood, (Oxford; Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 211.
5. Smith, et al., 2011, p. 224.
6. Smith, et al., 2011, p. 270.
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Thanks for this. I've known about this for the last six years, but have had nothing real concrete and substantial to back it up (not that this is air tight by any stretch) but this helps my case with millenials who repeat the same old tired response to this kind of information. "Oh yeah every generation thinks that each age is more terrible than the previous one and that this next generation is the worst of all." In which I say yes: exactly. The long reprecussions of post Christian modernity doesn't just happen all of a sudden but it is a subtle and gradual process that is progressing gradually from one generations to the next, until eventually we will eventually come resemble pre-Christian Rome but just with gadgets and skyscapers.
That sounds about right from what I have read in sociological journals and gathered from other research. All one has to do is look around to see this confirmed.
Generation Me would be a good name for people my age as it sums up the majority of attitudes in my age group.
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I don't doubt the conclusions of this article, but what does political activism and military participation have to do with being self-sacrificing and community-minded?
Maybe that's the problem with every American generation. We mistakenly associate loving one's neighbor with violence.
That's what struck me, also. That the major point was made with a graph on military service tells us more about the old generations of Christians than the new.
I object to the claim that the Generation We narrative is "taken as a nearly uncontested reality." I actually feel that there are two loud, competing narratives: one which says Millennials are "adults" who are prolonged adolescents, unmarried, un- or under-employed, and living in their parents' basements. And the other narrative is the contrarian Generation We. Without any statistics to back my claim, I feel like I read claims of both narratives an equal amount in the media.
I find this kind of subject interesting, but apparently I haven't been paying close enough attention to have heard millenials were "the most community service-minded, action-oriented, let's change-the-world-generation alive today, perhaps in the history of our nation". Guess I haven't missed anything after all.
Before we decide millenials come of looking too bad, are we comparing different generations in terms of their voting, volunteerism, etc. right now, or how each is/was at a given age? The former might not be a very fair comparison. As for military participation, take into consideration the fact that for millenials, Xers (sorry anybody got stuck with that one), and about half of boomers there has never been a draft, and the fact that the military now is about half as big as it was in the 50's and 60's. No, I'm not a defensive millenial, I'm a boomer myself.
I find it interesting that military service (America's enormous standing army has not existed all that long) is some kind of metric for the social ethics of an entire generation. This post acts like 9/11 is the only relevant context for declining military "service"! As if to say, "can you believe it - we were attacked and the younger generation isn't lined up around the block to enlist. They are such narcissists!"
There are many factors at play here. One might be what I would see as a very ethical anti-imperialism in this generation. Or the fact that they have more realistic idea of war than, say, the Lost Generation. We valorize their 'sacrifice for our freedom' in what was really a pointless war between imperial powers.
Christian America really needs to rethink its commitment to (or apathy about) militarism.
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I have been waiting for an article such as this to at least provide some balance between the assertions I hear about millennials at various conferences, versus the observations that I see weekly. I appreciate the effort put into this one.
As a millennial, I observe an increased state of meaninglessness among people my age. Let me give you two prevalent examples.
Promise one: "Go to school, get an education, get a good job." That didn't work out for most people I know. The years lost and debt accumulated are high price to pay for listening to teachers and parents.
Promise two: "Find someone you love, sleep with them, move in with them, and maybe marry them someday." This also failed, for obvious reasons. Many young people have lived with several partners. Generations ago this would have been the equivalent of several divorces. The baggage is heavy.
I will say this about why some millennials are generation "We." It's because they are looking for something meaningful to be a part of. They are looking for a cause greater than themselves, something to make sense of their debunked worldview and lots of views are there to fill in the gaps. Many of them quite sub-Christian.
Some millennials are part of generation "Me" because they've lost faith in anything except themselves. So they work to maximize the kingdom of "Me" with jobs, competitive drive, etc.
Obviously the Gospel provides a beautiful solution to the problem! Keep up the Gospel work everyone.
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I was going to forward this to some GenMe friends but figured it wouldn't make a difference anyway...
"Millennials military participation is dramatically lower than any other previous generation of Americans..."
This is certainly encouraging news regarding Christians and consistent with what I have seen this week in the chance encounters with the writing of three different young Christians, all in their 20s and all ardent pacifists.
We need a generation of Christians who will listen to ALL of Spurgeon.
http://spurgeonwarquotes.wordpress.com/ -
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[...] Are Millennials More Self-Sacrificing and Community-Minded Than Previous Generations? – Glenn Stanton [...]
I'm not sure that Millennials are LESS civic minded than previous generations, but my experience as both a pastor and employer would bear out the research that they are not more so. Is self-centerdness a generational characteristic, or a human trait?
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[...] concluding others are out to sabotage them.I was reminded of Geraghty's comment when I read a recent Gospel Coalition pieceby Glenn Stanton examining research showing that the Millennial generation is continuing and [...]
This article should be a heads-up to our churches and our little denomination. We cannot assume the newest generation is going to "win the world" without the encouragement and mentoring of older folks. (See the last paragraph in the article). All of us over 50 should take up the challenge in this thoughtful perspective of discipleship.
[...] More Self-Sacrificing and Community-Minded Than Previous Generations? A great article from Glen T. Staton at The Gospel Coalition Blog July 1, [...]
[…] Twenge was measuring more liberal elements of social action, but what about more stereotypically conservative engagement – like, say, military service. The news is bad on that front as well: […]


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My prayers for them and for you too Akash . Very touching
"Midnight Girls"
"It was a cold and rainy evening and I naturally found myself craving coffee in a coffee-lounge of Nepal. I was shaping my mind for documenting on 'Night Girls in Nepal'. While I was completely engaged in thought, laughter broke my attention. By the first bit of drum night girls were in hurry to enter into clubs just near my coffee-lounge. Music, light and entertainer all are ready – and the night has begun. Inside these 1000 bars, girls from poverty-stricken corners of Nepal dance away, hoping to fulfill their simple dreams some day. Is it possible to depict the agony of a night girl being sold and/or compromised in club/bar/hotels? Can my photography breathe their voices? Is it possible to take picture of what I want to describe? Answer is NO. But by keeping alive the roots of awakening is a key duty of a photographer like me. So I am here to tell you the story through my third eye." – GMB AKASH
Strippers and dancers of the popular night scene in Nepal. Located mostly in the tourist area Thamel, hundreds of clubs host both local and tourists to strip shows, dances, and drinks. Each club has on average 30 to 40 girls working for them. There are the dancers, the waitresses, and some call the "date for a night" women. The dancers are young—many of them told me they are 19-22, but to me most of them looked like 16 or younger. At the change of each song (which were mostly Nepali and Hindi pop), usually a new dancer would come out on stage. Some of them danced in a tight t-shirt and short shorts, some in a tiny wrap around her waist and a bikini top, others in long glittery skirts and heels. Their faces were covered with heavy makeup, and they all kept adjusting their hair during their dances. There are also 2 showers on each side of the stage with a little porcelain bath dug out. Apparently "dance with shower" is a big thing in Kathmandu now.
When not dancing, the women came out into the crowd fully dressed to flirt with customers. One girl, named Pari (Most of them has a fake name) said: she is 16, illiterate, has no phone, and makes 7500 Rs per month (about $100) working at the restaurant. She was not drinking alcohol, but seemed a little spacey, so maybe was on some type of drug. She was one of the few dancers, who were not afraid to remove all of her clothes, and she would often touch herself while on stage or dancing on tables and she is an example of many other girls who are willingly working in the restaurant.
Reetu one of the dancers of Thamel dance club said "More than half the money is spent on room rent, makeup, grocery and other necessary items. The rest goes into my education and to my parents. I hardly save anything."
Fifteen-year-old Rani wants to be a doctor. But to fulfill her dream, she performs at a dance bar every evening – even if it means gyrating around a pole, stripping and giving company to strangers at night. Though dance bars are not illegal in Nepal, stripping is. But in a nation where 30 percent of the 30 million population is below the poverty line, few seem to care. Employment agents went to villages, offering poor Nepali girls like Shanti jobs in Kathmandu as waitresses. Though families are warned of the possibilities of prostitution they often choose to turn a blind eye.
"One month's money for a waitress can be a whole year's income for a rural farmer", states Mahima, waitress of a local club, whose father is a farmer. 80% cases are enforced Women for Prostitution in various circumstances. Many of these poor Nepali girls eventually accept their fate and fall into prostitution. These poor Nepali girls will earn £ 80 per month as a dancer, tips can double this and sex for a night brings rewards of between £30 and £100 per night depending on the desirability of these Nepali girls. Regulating dance and cabin restaurants is a problem. No system is in place to properly monitor the activities that go on inside. It is the poor Nepali girl who working as waitresses are alienated and trapped, unable to re-enter mainstream Nepali culture.
© GMB Akash
"I felt an overabundance of emotions ranging from guilt to despair for not doing enough whenever I faced myself into these situation for documenting lives of these girls – who cannot do more struggle against oppression, cannot protest for inequality and injustice, of lost with their dreams. I do believe, may be one day The Sun will rise to wipe off tears of these Midnight Girls"
- GMB Akash
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Yes, Prayers for them. Ameen
that's amazing!!! the story is untold n avoid by many but u did it ….keep going….
It is my duty to unfold stories which is yet untold.
Once again, surprizing photographs.. great work bhaia
I treasure your comments too.
I appreciate your presence my friend.
What a poignant, beautiful, heartbreaking post… Thanks so much for portraying and telling their stories, as difficult as it may be for you as a sensitive soul. Like so many other tragic circumstances, it's the tourist industry feeding this. Much love to them all.
Tragedy is, there is no path open to these girl to walk with their bleeding feet. It would be little light if they can earn enough to feed themselves. But the reality is difference after loosing everything they are just the entertainer and looser from all part.
Shukrya, dhanyavad bhai.
Thanks to you my bhai, for always encouraging me to share my little world with all of you.
It's for your journalism that I click the 'like' button. These stories are so tragic.
My dear friend, Thanks for your voice. May all soul awake to protest against is such tragedy.
I understand the "despair for not doing enough", but you are documenting, and as always very moving. It is by showing change can be made. But of course, poverty and oppression is a hard struggle, and most hard for these girls. Tourist industry should not feed this, buying girls. It is slavery. I hope for a better future for the Midnight Girls, that they can have education and a choice.
Our unity can be a weapon but what will be the solution for lives of these girls? This is one kind of slavery to entertain people who have lost their dignity as human being. The total system need to be shattered to refine the solution of this.
I understand "despair for not doing enough" but showing and documenting this kind of story, you are already doing something to help them and I do hope to all concern do something to help Midnight girls to have a descent job… I am also feeling heavy of hitting like button but I did it for the documentary, as a woman I feel sad and with a heavy heart for all the woman who are in this kind of situation and did it because they think they don't have a choice, I do hope government do something to stop slavery, …
By living in a shared globe this is our duty, triumphing over difficulties together. But encountering such slavery we mostly blind ourselves and escape. We are the world, and continually denying this how long we let mute pains of these sufferers. Your thought is also a voice against this oppression, my friend. Thanks for raising your voice, thanks for hitting the stream.
This is really great work! You always find a certain beauty and aesthetic even in the direst situation. I love that picture of the girl leaning over her mobile phone. Who would she be talking to? A friend? Family? A pimp?
with solely bleeding feet they have no one to go for or there is no path open to welcome them. At the end of the night, they are only entertainer. wish I can remove these dirt with my hands. I wish & wish.
thaks akas vai………………..
& thanks for your voice.
Really intresting and touching..
I appreciate your feedback. Come by again!
Very impressive pictures. Well done!
Thanks for visiting my space. Blessed always.
one thing i want to know…too much low light but amazing sharpness …how could u do this..i wan't to know the technic…This is really great work
After two years of straggle I manage to get permission to enter into these clubs only for few minutes to take photographs. Yet, I tried my best to work in low light.
Thanks for your appreciation dear.
Oh Akash…once again you show us a world we all know is out there, but choose not to think about because 'What can I do?'. But you my friend just get in there and 'do' something. You force us to see what we would rather not think about. What if it were my daughter? You have captured these young women brilliantly. The false smiles, the over-the-top makeup, the blank, hopeless stares and the disassociation of the dancers from their audience. It's just a job; a way for these poor young women to make ends barely meet. My heart goes out to them.
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Such beautiful young women. These young women perceive they are embracing the power of their sexuality / empowering themselves. The sexual abuse survivor enters prostitution with the belief that they are now in control. Is this truly possible within this society. Women everywhere are dancing this dance.
I treasured those all warm hearts which touched me in my journey. I am surrounded by some inventory of my life, sharing that is well worthy.
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Well, it´s certainly legitimate to question why the police were such bad shots. Backfire? When is the last time that happened? Cars in the 1950´s maybe? Right outside Police headquarters? What a coincidence. By someone with a long rap sheet? Another amazing coincidence. Driver flees the scene? Uh-huh. Click Here if you Like this Comment
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Were guns thrown away during the chase, as the article states NO guns were found on the dead or in the car? With 30 LE following, surely outnumbering two. All are taking the word of one LE officer who SAID a shot was fired. Granted, the one dead had a rap sheet and might have committed a recent offense which was not included on the rap sheet.Lots of questions! Click Here if you Like this Comment
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The driver and passenger were both riddled with bullets (24 and 23 bullets respectively) and yet no weapons or cases found in their car, the route they drove is being searched. I understand killing the driver if indeed he was aiming for the police in cars and on foot but why kill the passenger? Lots of questions here that need answering. Reasonable force in defense of life.. yes. Judge, jury, and executioner.. no. Click Here if you Like this Comment
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137 shots fired. 47 gunshot wounds. 110 shots...well, who knows where all that lead went. 13 policemen firing?No guns or shells from the dead found. Do the police in Ohio have a no tolerance policy on the use of guns during a crime?The police statement is that "they don´t know why the driver did not stop", yet when the driver did stop he received 24 gunshot wounds...personaly, I might see a reason for not stopping.The police seem to be "Johnny on the spot" when it comes to chasing down, and killing someone who may be committing a crime, with zero tolerance. A school full of children...well, I guess we can deal with that through gun controll.Maybe it´s just me but I think our priorities are skewed. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Cut butter into mixture until it begins to look like cornmeal.
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By john kamau on February 11, 2014
This recipe was great,I had to add a little more milk. Family seemed to love. The thinner biscuits didn't rise, but thicker ones did.
By Tamika on February 11, 2014
So tasty
By Anonymous on January 24, 2014
This was my first time making biscuits and these came out PERFECT!!! I used 1 1/2 tablespoons of baking powder and 12 mins and a lil honey later pure DELICIOUSNESS!!!!!!
By Kjacks on January 22, 2014
First time making these and they came out GREAT! I used 1 1/2 tablespoons of baking powder and 12 mins and a lil honey later DELICIOUSNESS!!!
By Kjacks on January 22, 2014
This is the first time I've made homemade biscuits that turned out! They were great and my family loved them. I used skim milk and brushed them with milk before putting them in the oven. They were tall and fluffy. Thank you, Paula!
By Chris on January 19, 2014
These tasted good however they did not rise. Recipe calls for too little baking powder and too much milk.
By Alicia on January 19, 2014
These were great! Took the suggestion of 1T for each cup of flour and turned out perfect! Highly recommend baking in cast iron skillet as directed.
By Jeffrey on January 18, 2014
I just put them in the oven, I will. let you know in a few minutes? My Grandparents hail from Mayfield, Kentucky so of course we love you all . Thanks Paula, oh boy,they are perfect..
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Amazing!!! Are family loves it!! Logan
By logan Fravor on January 14, 2014
These biscuits are great with a few modifations. With biscuits, you should ALWAYS use at least 1 TBSP baking soda per cup of all purpose flour. That is why some of the comments talk about the biscuits not rising very well. Also, you will need ore then the 3/4 c. milk. Just be ready to add more. With those modifications, these biscuits came out to be the prettiest, lightest, fluffiest biscuits I have ever made.
By ashley on January 08, 2014
I've been noticing a lot of people saying that their biscuits don't rise at all but the taste is still good. The reason why the biscuits aren't rising is that you are not using FRESH Baking Power. To test if baking powder has gone bad, put a teaspoon in a half cup of hot water. If it bubbles, bake away. If not, head to the store. It will not hurt you if it does not bubble, but your baked goods will NOT rise into light and fluffy concoctions when baked with baking powder that has gone bad.
By Anonymous on January 08, 2014
These biscuits r awesome!! My 5 yr old & I made these & used cookie cutters! They made 24
By Anna on January 07, 2014
I used this recipe for dumblings for chicken and dumblings and my family lived it thanks lady for making my life a little more simpler its easy and quick
By Anonymous on January 05, 2014
Thanks for the help I really do appreciate it.
By Samantha Bruce on January 05, 2014
Biscuits just came out of the oven! Taste and texture are great. I halved the recipe. The biscuits did not rise at all and were basically the same size coming out of the oven as going in. You definitely will not get the # of biscuits the recipe says unless you roll the dough extremely thin. I will definitely use this recipe again and just leave the dough thicker before cutting the biscuits out.
By BDavis on January 03, 2014
You have so many woderful receipes to choose from.Paula I hope to visit Savannah one day & meet you in person.You are an amazing lady to me.I have kept you in my prayers.
By patricia A. Sapp on January 03, 2014
I originally got this recipe from my fabulously wonderful friends in NYC. I wrote it on an index card and promptly lost it. Thank heaven for the internet because these are the best biscuits ever. I am not ashamed of the entire stick of butter. My grandmother would be proud. Thanks, Paula!!! P.S. They are basically fool-proof, so if you goofed up the recipe, I want to feel sorry for you, but I don't.
By Erin on January 02, 2014
Tried to make these biscuits. Not too sure if I did something wrong but they didn't turn out like I had hoped. The tase was fantastic but they didn't rise much. Couldn't really split the biscuit in half to butter it because it wasn't tall enough. I just had to end up buttering the top. Still tasted very good though. I'll try again and maybe get a better result I hope. But all in all they were very good for my first biscuit making experience
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Had great texture and taste, just did not rise. Baking powder is not old.
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West Milford's GOP candidates sunk the local Democrats' bid for control of the governing body last week.
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The Tuesday night Township Council contest saw Republican party line candidates Vivienne Erk and Michael Hensley sweep West Milford's 13 voting districts with around 29 percent of the vote each. The remaining 42 percent was taken by unsuccessful Democratic challengers John D. Richards and David Ofshinisky.
Hensley, who was listed on the ballot as having no political party association, said he was unsure how or why the change in affiliation was made since his victory in the June primary with Erk. Hensley simply called it "bizarre" and said he looks forward to joining four fellow Republicans on the dais in 2013.
"I should have been listed as a Republican," he said "I was on the [party] line. I'm unsure of how that happened."
Regardless of ballot demarcation, Hensley and Erk were once again triumphant in a local election. As a result, the duo will go on to begin two three-year terms on the Township Council in January, replacing Councilmen Michael Ramaglia and Joseph Smolinski. The sitting councilmen decided not to run for reelection.
Erk said she was "humbled by the overwhelming support from the people of West Milford" and is hoping to add some force to the local government's push for tax relief in the form of Highlands Act, watershed, or transitional aid in 2013.
"I look forward to serving the residents in yet another capacity in a genuine desire to make our community a better place to live," said Erk, currently a Zoning Board member, just prior to the election. "Running for office is still one of the best ways to contribute to society."
Hensley expressed similar sentiments, after finishing 88 votes behind Erk but more than 1,575 over his Democratic rivals.
"I am excited to get up there... and delve deep into the issues... whether it's [the budget] or the library and see what is going on," he said.
A total of 19,318 votes were cast for the four council candidates, up from 11,801 last year.
Hensley said he was thrilled with the turnout. For weeks he has simply been encouraging people to come out and use their right to vote – no matter their affiliation.
"I'm always glad to see people getting involved," Hensley said.
The addition of a presidential race this year appeared to have brightened his chances for victory as well as his spirit. The Democratic challengers had their collective percentage of votes mirror those of President Barack Obama, who lost in all of the Republican stronghold's 13 districts. The largest margin of victory for Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, Hensley, and Erk came in District 1, which includes the Oak Ridge section of town.


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