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"Whether people first hear about the two kinds of perception and two kinds of judgment as children, high school students, parents or grandparents, the richer development of their own type can be a rewarding adventure for the rest of their lives."
Isabel Myers
CAPT training programs include the MBTI® Certification Program, as well as applications of psychological type.
This third preference pair describes how you like to make decisions.
Do you like to put more weight on objective principles and impersonal
facts (Thinking) or do you put more weight on personal concerns
and the people involved (Feeling)?
Dont confuse Feeling with emotion. Everyone has emotions about
the decisions they make. Also do not confuse Thinking with intelligence.
Everyone uses Thinking for some decisions and Feeling for others.
In fact, a person can make a decision using his or her preference,
then test the decision by using the other preference to see what
might not have been taken into account.
Take a minute to ask yourself which of the following descriptions
seems more natural, effortless, and comfortable for you?
Thinking (T)
When I make a decision, I like to find the basic truth or principle
to be applied, regardless of the specific situation involved.
I like to analyze pros and cons, and then be consistent and logical
in deciding. I try to be impersonal, so I wont let my personal
wishes--or other peoples wishes--influence me.
The following statements generally apply to me:
Feeling (F)
I believe I can make the best decisions by weighing what people
care about and the points-of-view of persons involved in a situation.
I am concerned with values and what is the best for the people
involved. I like to do whatever will establish or maintain harmony.
In my relationships, I appear caring, warm, and tactful.
The following statements generally apply to me:
Adapted from Looking at Type: The Fundamentals
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individual responsibility.
New York mired in defeat: Redesign efforts hampered by sentimental contradictions
By Steven Malanga
What has happened to the New York City the world watched with such admiration in the days immediately following the attack on the World Trade Center?
Led by Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the city's indefatigable rescue workers, that city seemed unbowed by the losses it had suffered and determined to recover and rebuild as quickly and energetically as possible.
But since then, another city has begun to emerge, displaying some of the worst tendencies of American culture, and of New York itself. This city seems uncertain about what made it great in the past, irresolute about its future, and awash in its own sense of victimization.
Nowhere is that other city more evident than in the debate on how to rebuild on the World Trade Center site. That discussion, which began so resolutely and even defiantly last fall - when New Yorkers vowed to replace what the terrorists destroyed with something more magnificent - has now devolved into a sentimentalized wallowing in death and loss, like those Victorian pictures that show a young widow grieving over the tomb of her husband, shadowed by a weeping willow tree.
Instead of looking to rebuild in a manner that celebrates New York's irrepressible vibrancy and its great strengths, the city is moving ever closer to turning much of Lower Manhattan into a memorial parkland that will do more to mark the success of the terrorists' attack than it will to help the city revive.
There is even a whiff in the air of the discredited notion of certain intellectuals that because our global economic success irritated the terrorists enough to knock down the twin towers, we had better rein in our economic vitality to placate our backward enemies.
The worst elements of this debate were on display in the so-called ``electronic town meeting'' that took place in mid-July, when about 4,000 people gathered to tell the committee planning for the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan what they thought of its designs for the World Trade Center site.
While the title of the event suggested some combination of 21st century technology and 18th century American democratic ideals, the spectacle was actually more reminiscent of Oprah Winfrey than Thomas Jefferson, more like a therapeutic TV talk show sentimentalizing the issues at hand than an expression of robust democratic ideals aimed at achieving decisive action.
At best, what this sideshow produced was a series of contradictions. On the one hand, participants told the planners not to build on the footprints of the old towers - even though they encompass about half the site - but on the other hand, build something grand and magnificent. Participants also advised the planners to reduce the amount of commercial space on the site, but also not to destroy downtown Manhattan as a center of finance.
Rather than see these conflicting recommendations as the product of a participatory process run amok, the rebuilding committee announced they were scrapping their preliminary plans, and added that they would consider reducing the amount of commercial activity in Lower Manhattan in favor of even more memorial space. Suddenly, the terrorist attack has become an excuse to transform downtown from a center of finance into parkland.
The rest of the country - indeed, the world - might be stunned to find such a sudden turnabout. They still imagine the New York of Sept. 11, a city in control of its destiny. But in truth, the other New York, the one that is now starting to take control of the rebuilding process, has never been very far from the surface, even after the attacks. That ``other'' New York is the one whose politics is dominated by anti-business activists who question the very principles of capitalism that have fueled the city's growth throughout the years. They welcome a rebuilding process that is in reality nonbuilding.
The only question now is how much the rest of the country, through the federal government, will subsidize this gloomy, defeatist model. To accomplish its rebuilding goals, especially if the planners reduce the amount of commerce on the site, New York will need vast new sums of money, for which the planners will doubtless turn to Washington. But before the Bush administration forks over federal tax dollars, it should look closely at what it is paying for. The rest of the country might not be so eager to endorse the grim, death-affirming vision of New York's elites.
Steven Malanga is a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute's City Journal.
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Feeling out of your element and in the mood for something different these days? Check out Laugh City at the Spice Monkey in Oakland's Uptown District this Saturday. National headliners from HBO, NBC, Showtime, The Late Night Show with Conan O'Brien and other networks will perform. Also, enjoy a dinner and a full bar while you get your laugh on. Click here for more info. Saturday, 1/11, 7:00 p.m., 1628 Webster St., Oakland, (510) 268-0170
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Venue Oakland, a cultural gem in the heart of Downtown Oakland, is celebrating the Cuban Liberation, Haitian Independence and the promise of a New Year with the best sounds in the Caribbean, as well as the African and Latin diasporas. In addition to live music, look forward to dance classes of various genres and handcrafted products and ethnic clothing for sale. Click here for more info. Saturday, 1/11, 8:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m., 420 14th St., Oakland, (510) 379-9954
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The Bay Area's highly anticipated Hot Couture 2014 is finally here, presenting collaborations between the area's hottest fashion designers and industrial artists. Come out to view original, edgy, multidisciplinary performances, acts on runways, fire displays, and more at The Crucible in West Oakland. Click here for more info. Saturday, 1/11, 9:30 p.m., $40 General Admission, $100 VIP, 1260 Seventh St., Oakland, (510) 444-0919
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Sep 19, 2006
Industry & Economy
Human Resources
States - Tamil Nadu
Be globally competitive, students urged
Our Bureau
PEPPING UP: Mr R. Shekar, Executive Vice-President, Polaris, delivering a BL Club lecture at the Sathyabama Deemed University in Chennai.
Chennai , Sept. 18
Indians work but not hard enough. Koreans, Chinese and Sri Lankan Tamils work harder. In addition, most of the Indian workers are not disciplined, so how can I give mission-critical jobs to them, said Mr R. Shekar, Executive Vice-President (Corporate Strategy and Business Excellence), Polaris, during the course of a `Business Line Club' lecture to the management graduates of the Sathyabama Deemed University. Are you a globally competitive manager (GCM), he asked. A GCM is one who possesses global communication skills, is disciplined and hungers to achieve the greater things in life. The world will not come to you as it is - it is unprotected and all paths are risky. Learn to lace theory with practice. The more you explore the world, the better it is for you, said Mr Shekar.
Saying his career goal was to discover himself through professional challenges, Mr Shekar added that the vital career encounters are `Get Real, Get Practical, Get Really Ahead.'
A professional would encounter these ten situations: Getting a job which would involve face-to-face and tele-interviews; asking for a promotion/raise; selling an idea to the team and the boss; giving and gaining respect and confidence; striking a deal with clients for business; delegating authority and demanding responsibility; gathering competitive intelligence; conducting internal reviews; building professional net worth, and transforming self and others.
Your boss understands only one thing results. Sweat in peace today so that you do not bleed in war tomorrow, Mr Shekar advised. He emphasised the importance of role-play to overcome encounters as it helps in mimicking reality.
"I do not want yesterday-oriented knowledge for the tomorrow-oriented market. Some read 1990s books while you would be working for the 2010 market. So you need to study for the 2010 market today," Mr Shekar said.
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Tis' the Season for Standout Dresses
Designer Spotlight: Nika Formals
Finding a cocktail or party dress for your New Year's Eve celebrations does not have to be as stressful as women make it out to be. New Year's Eve is a very special night for many and having the perfect, elegant dress to enhance the evening will be the icing on the cake of a fabulous experience ringing in the New Year. Nika Formals can put your exhausted search for the jaw-dropping dress to rest.
Nika Formals designs their dresses with the highest quality of fabrics and hand-crafted bead work. Understanding industry trends, every design is created with the desire to set a standard in the world of fashion. The Nika design house tailors all of their dresses with the essence of women and elegance in mind. Nika Kapoor, designer and founder of the Nika design house, also believes in giving back to the community through philanthropic efforts.
For years, Nika Formals have been at the forefront in the industry for evening and formal wear. Nika Kapoor and her designers create each hand-crafted dress with the woman's figure in mind. Each striking design will flatter every figure, creating an awe-inspiring silhouette that will wane all insecurities for even the most body-conscious woman.
Love That Dress Boutique offers a wide selection of Nika Designs, perfect for your New Year's Eve party or any occasion. Our extensive inventory has a beautifully designed dress to fit your needs and personal style. Our trained staff is always available to provide assistance or answer any questions you may have when deciding on your ensemble for this spectacular evening!
(Posted by Raymond Mendicino Jr of Love That Dress Boutique)
The Best Looks for Your Winter Formal
As fall homecomings come to a close and the winter season approaches, semi-formals are next on the list of dances. This means another exhausting search for a fabulous dress that is not only flattering, but seasonally appropriate and inspired by runway trends for this fall and winter. Getting that runway-inspired look for less can be quite the task. To help you out on your search for the perfect winter formal dress, we have compiled some ideas and looks that will make the journey to formal a bit easier.
A great dress can work wonders for your confidence when it comes to big moments like your school's winter formal. For this reason, we recommend going with a style that will turn heads. Embrace elements such as sequins and gemstones, which are always flattering around the holiday season. This Tony Bowls Sequin dress will transform you into a glamorous snow bunny at your semi-formal. The ice-blue color is perfect for winter. Top off your look with a glittered manicure and a cobalt-colored clutch.
Bows, holly, Santa's suit and ornaments – all red everything! Red is a seasonal staple around the holidays. Channel your inner-Santa's helper and take advantage of this seasonal trend. Make a statement in this eye-catching, red Riva Design. Go with a bold lip to complete the look.
Throw the "No White After Labor Day" rule out the window. We love winter white for this season's semi-formals! This Tony Bowls Organza dress gives a flattering silhouette while still preserving the youthful look. Match this snowy white style with darker colored accessories such as plum or emerald.
Remember at a high school semi-formal, it is important to feel your best. No matter the dress you choose, you are sure to look wonderful, but it is your comfort level in your own skin that is most important!
(Posted by Raymond Mendicino Jr of Love That Dress Boutique)
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Fall and Winter 2013 Fashion Trends
As we get deeper into autumn, that can only mean one thing: new trends are emerging and many of us are (secretly) anticipating all that winter fashion has yet to offer. With Fashion Week complete and magazines hitting newsstands, fashionistas everywhere are on the prowl for the latest trends. According to fashion gurus, there are a few very hot trends to consider when dressing up your closet this season:
Navy – Forget orange, navy is the new black this season! However you wear it, every woman will look classic in this fall fashion favorite. Mix different shades of blue throughout your ensemble to intensify your look. Pair this navy Tony Bowls dress with cobalt blue stilettos and turn heads at any event in this season's standout color.
Metallic Mesh – Dresses, jackets and trousers with mesh and metallic accents are both sexy and elegant. Incorporating a metallic mesh piece into your fall and winter wardrobe is a definite must. These pieces hide parts of the body while accentuating others. Get your shine on by wearing a dress that subtly reveals areas such as the legs, hips, shoulders or chest. A dress like this can flatter even the most self-conscious of women.
Feathers and Furs – Another feature that caught all eyes on the runway is the fur and feather embellishment trend. These elements, which are typically only seen on the red carpet and in high fashion haute-couture, are now seen in designs for the everyday woman and are a must-have for your closet. Whether you choose a classic black fur jacket or a dress like this one by Riva Designs, these pieces will add luxury and detail to both your night and day looks. Keep in mind that there are plenty of alternatives to faux fur that are also eco-friendly!
Here at Love That Dress Boutique, we carry a seemingly-endless number of dresses that feature all of the new trends, so don't forget to browse around and find the look that will demand attention this season!
(Posted by Raymond Mendicino Jr of Love That Dress Boutique)
Designer Spotlight: Daymor Couture
While the bride's gown is without a doubt one of the main highlights of any wedding, dresses worn by the mother-of-the-bride (MOB) and the mother-of-the-groom (MOG) see their fair share of attention throughout the ceremony as well. While many mothers who are preparing to watch their son or daughter get married may experience anxiety over finding a dress that will look both flattering and age-appropriate, there is absolutely no need when choosing a look from the Daymor collection.
For over sixty years, the Daymor Couture brand has been a leader in the fashion industry when it comes to exquisitely designed evening wear and special occasion gowns. Created using the most exclusive fabrics, hand-beaded details and unique embroideries, Daymor delivers looks that complement the elegant taste of any woman. What's even more, because this designer constructs each dress with a woman's figure in mind, you'll have no trouble finding a precise fit regardless of whether you consider yourself to have a petite or full-figure shape.
Throughout the Americas, to Europe and the Middle East, Daymor's reputation remains strong for providing elegant dresses not only for the MOB or MOG, but for the sophisticated and second-time bride, and the fashion-conscious guest as well. Designs have even been featured in a number of prominent, nationally recognized magazines, such as Town & Country, Vogue, Bride's and Martha Stewart Living – Wedding Issue.
Love That Dress Boutique is honored to offer the latest selection of Daymor dresses in a variety of lengths and styles. Please feel free to browse through our inventory and let us know if you have any particular questions about sizing. With Daymor's vision of combining classic elegance with meticulous craftsmanship, we're sure that our elegant and sophisticated customers will have no trouble finding something to fit their taste in this particular collection.
(Posted by Raymond Mendicino Jr of Love That Dress Boutique)
Dresses Inspired by Pantone's 2013 Colors
Romancing the Red Carpet
We're in love with the rosy pinks and classic nudes that many celebrities had chosen for this year's Emmys red carpet. Standing out were actresses Claire Danes, Ariel Winter and singer Jewel. Blush tones can enhance all types of skin tones and will give you that timeless romantic look. Find evening gowns and special occasion dresses in blush tones at lovethatdressboutique.com!
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Get the Look: Zooey Deschanel's Emmys 2013 Red Carpet Gown
This year the Primetime Emmys red carpet was full of eye-popping reds and romantic blushes, but no one stood out more than Zooey Deschanel in this icy blue J. Mendel gown. This classic color emulated Zooey's big blue eyes and helped her receive praise from fashionista's around the world.
Obsessed with this color? Take a look at these Jovani Couture dresses that can help you achieve Zooey's showstopping look.
Click here to see more pictures of Zooey Deschanel's Emmys 2013 red carpet look.
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Thatched property badly damaged during fire strike
A thatched property in Wiltshire was badly damaged last night during the firefighters' strike. Eight Wiltshire fire crews attended the blaze at Fyfield, near Pewsey at 5.45pm yesterday. But a very strong wind caused the flames to spread rapidly throughout the roof and first floor.
Area Manager Julian Parsons said: 'The industrial action by members of the Fire Brigades' Union had an impact on where the supporting appliances came from.
'But the initial attendance was close to what we would normally expect, with the crew from Marlborough being on scene within 14 minutes of the 999 call being received – our response target for such a remote location is 20 minutes.'


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A One of a Kind Line
Monday, November 9, 2009
Alissa Walker.
After more than a decade of waiting (up to 15 years, depending who you ask), a light-rail Breda train will depart for East L.A. from Union Station this Sunday, November 15 as part of Metro's new Gold Line Eastside Extension. The eight-station line, with stops in Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles, will offer continuing service on the first phase of the Gold Line, which heads northeast through Pasadena and was completed in 2003. Read More
Moss: SCI-Arc Staying Put
Friday, November 6, 2009
Sam Lubell.
Architect and SCI-Arc Director Eric Owen Moss talked to us the other day to correct our recent post on SCI-Arc's future in the LA Arts District. Yes, he agreed, SCI-Arc does want to eventually own its own home (it tried unsuccessfully to buy its building from its landlord, developer Meruelo Maddux, a few years ago) . But the school's lease is not up next year, nor does SCI-Arc face any pressure to leave anytime soon.
"SCI-ARC's not going anywhere. SCI-Arc has no plans to go anywhere, and is not obligated to go anywhere," he said. Read More
Bad News For LA: Estolano Out!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Sam Lubell.
We've just learned thanks to the LA Times and Curbed that LA Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA/LA) CEO Cecilia Estolano is stepping down from her post at the end of this month. Estolano was widely-praised for her aggressive moves to promote affordable housing, turn around struggling neighborhoods, establish a Clean Tech corridor in Downtown LA, and bolster the agency's funding, even in difficult economic times. We just ran a Q+A with Estolano in our last issue, which can be read here. Estolano is reportedly taking a job with Green For All, an Oakland-based environmental group focused on generating green jobs in underserved neighborhoods. We're trying to get a follow-up with Estolano now, so stay tuned…
Mayne Street
Monday, November 2, 2009
Matt Chaban.
Granted he's won the Pritzker Prize and had a string of recent successes, but all the same we were more than surprised to get a forwarded White House press release from Morphosis today touting the appointment of Thom Mayne, one of the industry's gruffer individuals, to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. He is the only practicing architect on the list. Created in 1982, the committee, according to its website, brings, well, the arts and humanities into the White House. Headed by the First Lady, activities under the previous administration included an "unprecedented" cultural exchange with China, a "bi-national cultural communique" with Mexico, and the creation of the Coming Up Taller awards to honor school-age artists. Read More
LA Architects Learning To Promote Selves
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sam Lubell.
…Or so hope the creators of Architects Reaching Out, a series of panels sponsored by the A+D Museum and the AIA Los Angeles, in which journalists, PR experts, photographers and web designers will give architects the tools to improve their self-presentation skills. Lessons will include getting good pictures, pitching to media outlets, creating monographs, composing press releases, and even putting together virtual building tours. The panels, moderated by architecture writer Michael Webb, will take place at the A+D's new location at 6032 Wilshire Blvd in LA on November 14 and 21. Panelists will include KCRW's Frances Anderton, AN's California Editor Sam Lubell, architect Lorcan O'Herlihy, photographer Benny Chan, PR maven Christine Anderson, and web designer Shannon Vincent-Brown.
SCI-Arc Moving?
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sam Lubell.
The LA Downtown News and Curbed LA report that SCI-Arc (the Southern California Institute of Architecture) is having some serious issues with its current location in LA's Arts District, and may be considering a move to Hollywood, the Wilshire Corridor, or the Westside. The school rents its massive train-depot-turned-school building from developer Meruelo Maddux, which apparently charges a pretty penny (and recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy). Their lease is up in one year. According to Jamie Bennett, SCI-Arc's COO, the school has not yet decided on whether it will renew the lease, and wants a building of its own. "We will be operating in our own self-interest. We haven't been unhappy down here in the Arts District. We've got flexibility in terms of our future and we have optimism about our future, but our future will include owning where we are," he told the Downtown News. Stay tuned, because we know downtown doesn't want to lose one the Arts District's driving forces…
Fancy Digs For Crime Fighters
Monday, October 26, 2009
Christina Chan.
On Saturday the LAPD cut the ribbon on its new police headquarters in downtown LA. The $437 million dollar facility, designed by AECOM, will house officers and staff within a 10-floor building that includes a rooftop helipad, glass-walled passageways, a large plaza, and exterior concrete walls with energy efficient high-performance glazing. Visitors will be able to eat at the 200-seat restaurant, LA Reflections, before viewing the outdoor memorial created to honor officers killed in the line of duty. AECOM partnered with a massive team that also included landscape architect Melendrez, Gensler, John Friedman Alice Kimm, and many many more. Read our review of the building in the next California issue, where we also give props to interesting new police buildings in LA by A.C. Martin, Perkins + Will and others.
Metro Finally Gets It Right (sort of)
As the LA Times and Curbed LA both reported yesterday, the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO) finally voted yesterday (after several postponements) to approve its Long Range Transportation Plan. The plan outlines how METRO will spend about $300 billion over the next 30 years, focusing on mass transit projects like the Westside subway extension of the Red Line to Santa Monica, for which the county will be seeking substantial federal funding (most of the projects will need support from the feds, although LA County is aided by its new sales tax increase approved last year).
Other major initiatives include the Gold Line extension east from Pasadena, a downtown regional connector, the continuation of the Expo Line to Culver City and Santa Monica, and a Green Line extension to LAX. Of course before Angelenos get too excited about all this rail-related news, it's worth noting that more than 2/3 of the plan is dedicated to highway (widening and surface improvements) and bus-related expenditures (rail makes up about 1/6). And then there's the timeline: is there one? We haven't seen it yet… Please help us find it!
Young Architects, Start Your Engines
The AIA/LA, which just hosted its lavish awards ceremony at the Egyptian Theater last night (more on that soon..) on Monday sent out a call for entries for its new ARCH IS___ Competition, set to pick 2 standout young LA architects or firms, who will win a $500 cash prize, give a lecture at the Pacific Design Center, and be featured on the AIA/LA chapter website. Competitors must have graduated from architecture school in the last 5 to 12 years, so sorry Mssrs. Mayne and Gehry. The jury will include UCLA Architecture Dean Hitoshi Abe, LA Times Architecture Critic Christopher Hawthorne, curator Brooke Hodge, and architects Scott Johnson and just-awarded AIA/LA Gold Medalist (and outed newlywed) Michael Rotondi. Registration must be completed by December 8, and 20 page digital portfolios must be submitted to the AIA by January 8. The winners will be announced on February 16. Good luck young ones! Any more questions? Email Carlo Caccavale at firstname.lastname@example.com.
One Santa Fe Finally Moving
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Sam Lubell.
It's been a long time coming, but the fully-entitled One Santa Fe mixed-use project, designed by Michael Maltzan in downtown Los Angeles' Arts District, is finally nearing the start of construction. After nearly a year of reworking the final drawings to minimize costs, the $150 million project, developed by a partnership that includes the McGregor Company, Polis Builders, and Goldman Sachs, will begin construction in mid 2010 with an anticipated completion 36 months thereafter. Read More
The Walled City
At the risk of sounding schmaltzy, let me say that the SF Peninsula's new Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, which had its grand opening yesterday, is an admirable stab at making up for what we lack in contemporary American society: non-institutional housing for the elderly, daycare for the toddlers, a state-of-the-art gym–all wrapped up in an architecturally interesting package. My friend Angharad, who lives nearby and has three boys under the age of 5, said wistfully, "I mean, I could be Jewish." Read More
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Cabbage Rolls (Crockpot)
By Jeanne Benavidez jeanneben
After trying several recipes for cabbage rolls, I finally came up with one that suits my taste...it's pretty easy but tastes pretty darn good. I love cabbage cooked just about any way.
12 - 14 large
cabbage leaves
1 lb
ground beef
1 lb
ground sausage
1/2 small
onion, finely diced
1 tsp
minced garlic
1/2 tsp
sea salt
1/2 tsp
black pepper
1 c
cooked rice
1 large
egg, slightly beaten
1 can(s)
(6 oz) tomato paste
1 can(s)
(15 - 16 oz) chicken broth
1 can(s)
(15 oz) crushed or stewed tomatoes
1Select 12 - 14 large, undamaged leaves from a head of cabbage.
2In a large sauce pan, boil 4 - 6 cups water.
3Remove pan from heat; place cabbage leaves into the hot water, cover and soak for 5 minutes, until pliable. Remove the leaves, drain and cool. Use a sharp knife to remove the thick core rib at the base of each leaf, leaving the rest of the leaf in tact.
4In a medium bowl, combine the beef, sausage, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, cooked rice and egg. Using your hands, mix ingredients until well combined.
5Place 2 tbsp. of mixture on each leaf and roll up firmly. Place cabbage rolls in your Crockpot.
6In the same bowl you prepared the meat mixture, combine tomato paste and chicken broth with any leftover meat and pour over the cabbage rolls.
7Pour can of crushed or stewed tomatoes over the cabbage rolls.
8Cook on low for 8-10 hours. Great served with sour cream and chopped green onions for garnish.
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Joey Wolf 8of10 - Mar 4, 2012
These sound great...so glad to see they are not the sweet ones, that so many are. Can't wait to try them. I will share with Sis as she loves them too.
Joey Wolf 8of10 - Mar 4, 2012
It says to cook on low, is that in a skillet or a crock pot or oven?
Joey Wolf 8of10 - Mar 4, 2012
oh I see crock pot, single layer or can you stack em?
Stephanie Dodd skeen - Mar 4, 2012
Love cabbage rolls and what an easy way to prepare them. Thanks so much; a keeper for sure!!! :)


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Dr. Devery Rodgers is the Director of Instructional Leadership and Clear Credential programs in the Education Department. Dr. Rodgers presented her dissertation findings on K12 Social Media Policy at three different conferences: the 2013 National Conference on Education, for the nation's superintendents, the 2013 Computer-Using Educators' Conference, and the TICAL Conference/School Leadership Summit, for California's School Administrators. These policies directly affect how Mount student teachers interact with their classroom students around social media. Dr. Rodgers continued presenting in her area of expertise at the American Education Research Association 2013 Conference, as a roundtable facilitator and discussant for hybrid learning models in education. Broadening from the education department, these views affect platforms of learning for the college, as a whole.
Upcoming, Dr. Rodgers has two upcoming presentations which greatly impact student programs. Dr. Rodgers will present her findings on "Teacher Leadership: Definitions from the Field", at the annual ASCD Conference. The Association of Curriculum & Development is the premiere conference for K12 educators, hosted March 15-17, 2014 in Los Angeles. Her study examines administrative perspective of teacher leaders, directly tying to the preparation of instructional leaders within the IL program. Dr. Rodgers will also present "Best Practices for Blended Learning" at the Los Angeles Diocese's Blended Learning Summit on February 11, 2014. This content affects platforms of learning at the college, as a whole.


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Jonas Haahr Petersen's first songs drew comparisons to Jeff Buckley and early Leonard Cohen, especially due to their intimate intensity and fervour.
2014 finds the religious songwriter talent back at Roskilde Festival with hymns of a larger scope. His backing band of four musicians adds body to the songs by means of organ, banjo, guitar, bass and sitar.
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"Doing It For Daryl" 2004 by Jules - almost 8 years ago
"Here is a little about why we walk. Daryl Musick is the manager of eSkape Entertainment in Buffalo Grove, IL. As a past employee of 3 years, I can say that he has affected my life dramatically. He has become a father figure to many of the employees. Daryl suffers from PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease), which is a chronic illness where large cysts grow on the kidneys until they cannot function any longer. He is currently awaiting a kidney transplant on the IL and WI waiting lists. He goes to kidney dialysis 3 times a week, staying overnight in a hospital bed. Daryl also works 2 full time jobs, one at eSkape and also for Sears in Gurnee, IL. He has four kids, two of them being toddler twin boys. 3 of his 4 children will also suffer from this disease."


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DOD's High-Risk Areas:
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In January 2005, GAO released its 2005 high-risk series update report for the 109th Congress. GAO's high-risk series has increasingly focused on major government programs and operations that need urgent attention and transformation to ensure that the U.S. government functions in the most economical, efficient, and effective manner possible. GAO also emphasizes those federal programs and operations that are at high risk because of their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Of the 25 areas on GAO's 2005 high-risk list, 8 are Department of Defense (DOD) programs or operations and 6 are governmentwide high-risk areas for which DOD shares some responsibility. These high-risk areas touch on all of DOD's major business operations. DOD's failure to effectively address these many high-risk areas results in billions of dollars of waste each year and inadequate accountability to Congress and the American people. Congress asked GAO to provide its views on (1) DOD's high-risk areas, including those it shares responsibility for with other federal agencies; (2) an emerging challenge for DOD that merits close attention, involving DOD's approach to risk management; and (3) key elements, such as a chief management official, to successfully address these high-risk areas and achieve business transformation reform.
GAO has reported on inefficiencies and inadequate transparency and accountability across DOD's major business areas, resulting in billions of dollars of wasted resources annually. As shown in the following table, these problems have resulted in GAO's designation of eight DOD areas as high-risk, two of which were newly added this year. Progress in addressing one of these new high-risk areas--DOD's overall approach to business transformation--is needed to confront the other seven areas. DOD also shares some responsibility for six other governmentwide high-risk areas, including strategic human capital management. Although DOD's senior leaders have shown commitment to business management reform, little tangible evidence of actual improvement has been seen to date. In addition to the specific high-risk areas, there are other broad-based challenges facing our government that merit continuing close attention. One emerging area of concern involves the need for DOD along with other agencies to develop and use a strategic risk-based approach for establishing goals, evaluating and setting priorities, and making difficult resource decisions across the department. Strategically managing risks and investment decisions is crucial for DOD as it faces growing questions about the affordability and sustainability of current defense spending. To move forward, there are three key elements that DOD must incorporate into its business management reform efforts to successfully address the systemic management problems related to its high-risk areas. First, any reform efforts must include a comprehensive, integrated strategic plan with results-oriented performance measures, including a well-defined blueprint (an enterprise architecture) to guide and constrain implementation of such a plan. Second, central control of system investments is crucial for successful transformation. Finally, a legislatively created Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management is essential for providing the strong and sustained executive leadership needed if reform efforts are to succeed.
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The victim was a man, possibly a transient, of about 33, added the Pacific Station watch commander. Investigators believe the suspect vehicle was a black Toyota Prius, he said.
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"Roman Candle" turns 20: Secrets of Elliott Smith's accidental masterpiece (slideshow)
Elliott and the friends with whom he recorded in middle school in Texas (photo courtesy of Dan Pickering)
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Months after its release, and perhaps in spite of the Academy Award nominations and Golden Globe awards garnered by two of its actresses, "The Help" continues to court controversy. Such was the case recently when Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer visited the set of "The Tavis Smiley Show," and the host raised long-standing questions about why the actresses accepted roles that he felt diminished their humanity and that of other African-Americans. Smiley admitted disappointment that Davis and Spencer were being feted for playing the same role — as domestics — that earned Hattie McDaniel the first Oscar for an African-American for her role as "Mammy" in the film "Gone With the Wind" 73 years ago. Underlying Smiley's gentle admonishment of Davis and Spencer is the simple question: Has so little changed that African-Americans are still tethered to the same stereotypical roles that defined their presence in mainstream American media nearly a century ago?
It is nearly impossible not to recall McDaniel in light of the success of "The Help." Indeed, the pairing of Davis and Spencer evokes the similar pairing of McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen, whose comic turn as Prissy in "Gone With the Wind" was equally deserving of a nomination in 1939. And indeed, McDaniel and McQueen faced those same criticisms about the roles they took, as did their industry contemporary Lincoln Perry (aka Stepin Fetchit) and Bert Williams, whose success came in the early part of the 20th century. Though Perry and Williams are now celebrated for their comic genius, such latitude has rarely been given to black actresses like McDaniel, Spencer or recent nominees such as Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique (who won for best supporting actress in 2010), who are criticized in some black circles as much for the roles they portray as they are for their body types, which seem to conjure, in the minds of many, the worst stereotypes of black domestics and so-called welfare queens.
Given the realities of racist imagery that continues to circulate in American society, whether as thoughtless tweets about professional basketball player Jeremy Lin or cartoons that compare the first black president to apes, it is not surprising that there is a desire among some blacks to police representations. This is old and dirty business, which led McDaniels in her day to make her oft-cited claim that she would rather play a maid in the movies than be one in real life; the kind of business that led the Hollywood Branch of the NAACP to establish the Image Awards in the late 1960s to more directly regulate the production and reproduction of blackness. Of course, the organization never fails to find itself in the quandary of having to mute its own proclivity to criticize black images that don't adhere to some sanitized and respectable notion of how "Colored People" are supposed to look and act, especially when those images are produced by blacks themselves (see Tyler Perry) or if some of those "Colored People" are up for Academy Awards, as was the case 27 years ago when they shifted their criticism of "The Color Purple." "The Help," by the way, won several awards at the recent NAACP Image Awards.
For far too many people invested in the gatekeeping of all things black, Barack Obama's "Dreams From My Father" is really a "Dream of Sidney," the dashing, cinematically daring, Afro-Caribbean man, who in the late 1950s not only exemplified the best of his profession (regardless of race), but became the template for the right way to act and be black on-screen. Poitier, of course, continually wrestled with his characters, trying not to be some cardboard cutout of the naturally integrated and un-offensive black man (an image that our current president often chooses not to wrestle with), as witnessed by the roles he took on that we don't so much celebrate: "The Lost Man" (1969), where he portrays an Army veteran turned radical; "The Organization" (1971), the third in his trilogy of Virgil Tibbs films that began with "In the Heat of the Night" (1967); or as post-civil rights gangster Manny Durrell in "A Piece of the Action" (1978), opposite Bill Cosby.
Ultimately for many black artists the "politics of respectability" is simply tiring and defeating; Poiter's retreat from acting in the late 1970s was as much about the lack of quality scripts as it was a rejection of having to always represent the race. It was the same trap faced by Poiter's once and future heir-apparent Denzel Washington. With seminal black heroic figures such as Steven Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin Carter and high school football coach Herman Boone in his rearview, Washington has sought to play less than respectable characters in his movies. When pressed about those choices and his responsibilities after the release of "American Gangster," in which he portrayed legendary Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, he told Men's Vogue, "It's not about the black experience. It's more specific and selfish than that. It's what I feel like doing, not what I feel like people need." Though some have griped about Washington's late career choices — including Smiley — he is allowed to be seen simply as a black artist, who brings depth to whatever role he plays.
Such courtesies are rarely extended to black actresses, who as an extension of the roles that black women often play in black communities, are expected to carry the "blood-stained banner" for the uplift of the race, even at the expense of their artistry. This was the point that Davis made as she responded to Smiley's concerns with the assertion that such critiques are "absolutely destroying the black artist. The black artist cannot live in a place – in a revisionist place – the black artist can only tell the truth about humanity and humanity is messy, people are messy."
Yet, I can't help thinking what Hattie McDaniel, who died in 1952, would say about all of this. I imagine that McDaniel might be surprised at the number of black women who have been honored since 1939, and perhaps would take great pride in the ability of Davis and Spencer to elevate the humanity of those women who actually work as domestics — as McDaniel did many years ago. I imagine she'd be surprised by all the attention surrounding the portrayal of black women domestics of the 1960s, sensing a freedom to speak back — a spirit of resistance, that she couldn't experience on- or off-screen in 1939. Finally, I imagine she'd just be happy that Davis and Spencer are allowed to celebrate their accomplishments among their White peers, unlike McDaniel and her escort, who were forced to sit alone because of segregated seating arrangements.
It's all relative and it's about time we trust black artists to make choices for the sake of their art and not tired ideals about how "negro-folk" are supposed to act.
Mark Anthony Neal is the author of five books including the forthcoming "Looking for Leroy: (Il)Legible Black Masculinities" (New York University Press) and Professor of African & African-American Studies at Duke University. He is founder and managing editor of NewBlackMan and host of the weekly webcast Left of Black. Follow him on Twitter @NewBlackMan.More Mark Anthony Neal.
Elliott and the friends with whom he recorded in middle school in Texas (photo courtesy of Dan Pickering)
Heatmiser publicity shot (L-R: Tony Lash, Brandt Peterson, Neil Gust, Elliott Smith) (photo courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
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Elliott with "Le Domino," the guitar he used on "Roman Candle" (courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
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Heatmiser (L-R: Elliott Smith, Neil Gust, Tony Lash, Brandt Peterson)(courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Supreme Court Presiding Justice Hugh Thompson has been unanimously elected the new chief justice.
Thompson succeeds Chief Justice Carol Hunstein, who will remain on the court. The court also unanimously elected Justice Harris Hines to be the new presiding justice. Both justices are set to be sworn into their new positions Aug. 15.
The chief justice serves a single 4-year term and oversees the state's judicial branch and is the main spokesperson for the court and the entire judiciary. The chief justice also chairs the Georgia Judicial Council, which governs all the state's courts.
The presiding justice serves in leadership roles when the chief justice is absent.
Thompson and Hines were both appointed to the high court by then Gov. Zell Miller, Thompson in 1994 and Hines in 1995.
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Charles Krauthammer: The grand bargain Obama should strike
If he wants. I remain skeptical that he does. But national solvency is important enough to test this proposition at least once more. The obstacle is Obama's current position that entitlement cuts must be "balanced" with new revenue from closing loopholes.
Republicans are adamantly opposed. No more revenues, Mr. President. You got your tax hike on Jan. 1.
Is there a solution? Yes: tax reform with a twist.
The problem begins with definitions. By tax reform, Obama means eliminating deductions, exclusions, credits of various kinds with all the money going to the Treasury.
That's radically new. The historic 1986 Reagan-O'Neill tax reform closed loopholes with no extra money going to the Treasury. The new revenue went directly back to the citizenry in the form of lower tax rates.
This is called revenue neutrality. The idea is that tax reform is a way not to fatten the Treasury, but to clean the tax code. It means eliminating special-interest favors and behavior-altering deductions that create waste and inefficiency by inducing tax-preferred rather than market-oriented economic activity. And it introduces fairness by removing breaks and payoffs for which only the rich can afford to lobby.
As a final bonus, tax reform's lower rates spur economic growth. A unique win-win-win: efficiency, fairness, growth.
Obama's own Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction commission offered a variant. First, it identified an astonishing $1.1 trillion per year of these "tax expenditures." That's more than $11 trillion in a decade. In one scenario, it knocked them all out and lowered marginal tax rates to just three brackets of 8 percent, 14 percent and 23 percent.
But here's the twist. Using the full $1.1 trillion annually of newly redeemed "loophole" revenue, Simpson-Bowles could have dropped the rates a bit below 23 percent. But instead it left some of that money in the Treasury, an average of almost $100 billion a year, or about $1 trillion over a decade. It was a reasonable compromise, so reasonable that even the Senate's most fierce spending hawk, commission member Tom Coburn, signed on.
Now, Simpson-Bowles is not on the table, but it could be a model. Obama's "tax reform" would send 100 percent of the revenue to the Treasury. Reagan-O'Neill sent zero percent. Simpson-Bowles fell somewhere in between. So should any grand compromise.
Before deciding exactly where to locate that compromise, however, we have to decide which deductions to cut, yielding how much revenue. The bad news is that, given all the lobbying and haggling this would occasion, it could take years to work out. The good news is the formula proposed by Harvard economist Martin Feldstein. Before even picking and choosing which deductions should remain permissible, it simply allows no one to reduce his tax bill by more than 2 percent by using any or all of the deductions and loopholes in the current tax code (except charitable contributions).
There should, of course, be separate negotiations over which of the hundreds, thousands, of loopholes/deductions should be tossed out as corrupt or counterproductive rent-seeking. But the 2 percent ceiling means that we don't have to wait until full tax reform - because the Feldstein formula significantly and immediately reduces the impact of all the loopholes.
Feldstein calculates that his tax reform would yield $2.1 trillion in new revenue over a decade. Now we can cut the pie. Obama wants the government to keep it all. The GOP wants to give it all back to reduce tax rates. Let's be Solomonic. Divide the revenue in half - 50 percent to the Treasury for reducing debt, 50 percent to the citizenry for reducing rates.
That's roughly $1 trillion each. Everybody gets something. Republicans unexpectedly get a rate cut, minor but symbolic after having had to swallow the fiscal-cliff rate hike. The country gets the first significant tax reform in a quarter century. Obama gets $1 trillion worth of "balance," his price for real entitlement reform. And if he turns out to be serious about that, we get the Holy Grail - tax and entitlement reform all at once.
Which means a deal that manages to simultaneously promote efficiency, fairness, growth, debt reduction and a return to national solvency. In other words, the best deal since the Louisiana Purchase.
Charles Krauthammer is a columnist with The Washington Post.
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Petra Kvitova and Kaia Kanepi are tied 6-6 in the third set of their their most anonymous of quarterfinals.
Having blown five match points and a 4-0 lead in the third set, no one in Kanepi's camp can like her chances too much.
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It doesn't matter who our next head coach is, the Alma Mater will always ring true. Raise the Song, raise the Song.
For the glory of old State,
For her founders strong and great,
For the future that we wait,
Raise the song, raise the song.
Sing our love and loyalty,
Sing our hopes that, bright and free,
Rest, O Mother dear, with thee,
All with thee, all with thee.
When we stood at childhood's gate,
Shapeless in the hands of fate,
Thou didst mold us, dear old State,
Dear old State, dear old State.
May no act of ours bring shame
To one heart that loves thy name,
May our lives but swell thy fame,
Dear old State, dear old State.


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By Taryn Hillin for Huffington Post Weddings [1]
Are you ready rummmmmble? How about forever and ever 'till death do you part?
That's what Leah Goblirsch and Patrick Mahan pledged to do when they got married in November. Photos of their wrestling-themed wedding made the rounds Wednesday after the groom posted them on Reddit. [2]
Photo credit: Bamber Photography [3]
The bride tells the Huffington Post [4]that the theme came about because her now-husband is a "huge" wrestling fan. Not only were the save the dates titled "Wedding Mania", the bride tells us that the DJ acted as the "ring announcer," the groom and his groomsmen rocked championship belts, and the new couple even entered the reception with their own themed music playing in the background — just like a couple of WWE pros.
Check out all the amazing photos below.
Photos by Bamber Photography [5]
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[2] http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1u6oll/my_wedding_had_a_bit_of_a_wrestling_theme_to_it/
[3] http://www.bamberphotography.net
[4] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/weddings
[5] http://www.bamberphotography.net/
[6] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/annette-ramos/a-telenovela-life-my-3-we_b_4524861.html
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Gary Peterson, 51, Torrington
Funeral services for GARY PETERSON, 51 will be held at 2:00pm on Monday, February 25, 2013 at the Rendevous Center at the Goshen County Fairgrounds with Paul Ramirez officiating. Burial will follow. Gary died on February 19, 2013. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may direct memorial contributions in Gary's honor to the Waggin' Tails Animal Shelter. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com
Gary was born on September 10, 1961 in South Pass, Wyoming. He moved with his family to Longmont, Colorado where he attended school; then to Casper, Wyoming where he graduated high school from Kelly-Walsh. Gary went on to welding trade school at Casper and then worked as a welder on pipelines for a time before going to work for WyDOT, (Wyoming Department of Transportation) at Riverton, Wyoming and then to Torrington in 1988 where he served as Survey Crew Chief.
Gary married Shannon Garrison on August 28, 1983 at Hubbard's Cupboard at Laramie Peak.
Gary really enjoyed restoring John Deere tractors and he was involved from the beginning of the Cowboy State Antique Steam & Gas Association. He loved his favorite dog, Darla, and she went everywhere with him. Gary built a cabin at Laramie Peak in the Ester Brook area and he liked to hunt. He loved his family and spending time with them.
He is survived by his wife, Shannon Peterson of Torrington; his son LeRoy James Peterson and his daughter Breeanna Rose Peterson both of Torrington; and his mother Betty Peterson of Casper, Wyoming. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Roy and Minnie McCormick and his "adoptive" father, Clarence Ramschiner.
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Razor blade in ice cream won't result in legal ac
A woman who simply wanted a nice evening discovered something unexpected. She bit into a razor that was in her ice cream. The Great Value ice cream Granger pulled out that evening was designed to be a treat. She says that it "tasted funny" when she first started eating it. Granger has said that she probably will not be suing the multinational corporation. Instead, she just hopes that they review safety procedures in their plants. Article source - Woman bites into razor in Walmart ice cream, but won't sue by MoneyBlogNewz.
Finding a razor blade in ice cream at Walmart
In TX, Granger wanted a snack for her film. Great Value brand ice cream was what she chose. The inside of her lip got cut on a spoonful of ice cream though. A broken razor blade was discovered in the ice cream by Granger. She decided to get a hold of Walmart customer service. She was told then, "I'm sorry, I hope your day gets better." She then was able to get a hold of Walmart media outlets. She said that she wants Walmart to review safety procedures although it is nobodys fault that the razor got in there. Granger isnt planning on suing Walmart for this.
How Great Value ice cream is made
It is not really true that a woman bit into a razor blade in Walmart ice cream as many have reported. Walmart does not directly manufacture the Great Value brand even though it is the Walmart house brand. Instead, the Walmart corporation contracts out to manufacturers various products and labels them as Great Value. That means that Walmart will have to contact the company that makes the ice cream and discuss the problem with them. Walmart is opening a full investigation in accordance with spokespeople.
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Ever since manufactured food has existed, unfamiliar objects have been found in it. The USDA and FDA both work together to track and address foreign-object-in-food grievances. About one-third of reports of an unfamiliar object in food involve glass or other sharp objects. Anyone who finds items in their food is encouraged to report the discovering to their local health department and the food manufacturer.
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thats just dumb, if i found a razor blade in my ice cream i would be suing for all they're worth. now, suing because you burned you tongue on coffee is dumb, but she could have been seriously hurt. Great Value had better be counting their blessings. i know i'll never buy their stuff again.
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Wow, does Walmart seriously have people writing on forums talking about this?
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Holiday bazaar
The Allview Center for Family Enrichment holds a holiday bazaar featuring jewelry, paintings, appetizers, Christmas items and more at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at 6401 Allview Drive. Information: 301-570-6515.
Children's show
"Lively Arts for Little Ones" presents "Kidsinger Jim" at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at The Other Barn, 5851 Robert Oliver Place. Tickets are $5. Information: 410-730-4610 or oaklandmills.org.
'A Christmas Carol'
The musical, based on Dickens' classic novel, features songs by Alan Menken Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 15-17, at Toby's Dinner Theatre, 5900 Symphony Woods Road. Tickets are $34.50-$53. For show times and more information, call 410-995-1969.
Vendors sought
Long & Foster Columbia Gives seeks vendors for its third annual Holiday Market from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 4 at Slayton House, 10400 Cross Fox Lane. Information: email@example.com.
Public speaking
The Patuxent Toastmasters Club meets twice a month to give participants a chance to practice public speaking and leadership skills. Meetings will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 and, Dec. 6 and 20 at Oliver's Carriage House, 5410 Leaf Treader Way. Information: patuxenttoastmasters.org.
An exhibit featuring the works of Susan Feller, Karen Gray, Ingrid Cowan Hass, Elizabeth Kosterich, Joyce Ritter and Rhona LK Schonwald is on view through Jan. 5 in the Meeting House Gallery, Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, 5885 Robert Oliver Place. A reception will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18. Information: 410-730-4090 or themeetinghouse.org.
Dance classes
The Long Reach Community Association offers "Chicago-style" stepping classes for adults from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Stepping offers fellowship opportunities while burning calories to music. Information: 410-730-8113.
Singles social group
The Phoenix Cultural Singles Group, a Columbia social group for those 50 and older, meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Sundays at the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, 5885 Robert Oliver Place in the Oakland Mills Village Center. Coffee, tea and a light snack are served. The group plans events and trips. Information: 410-997-0739.
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English conversation The Howard County Library, 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway, offers Let's Get Together: English Conversation Club. The club offers an opportunity for those for whom English is a second language to practice speaking and understanding English in a group setting. It meets at 9:30 a.m. Mondays and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Register with the library before your first meeting. Information: 410-313-7850.
Single Again Changing Focus Single Again, a nonprofit program for adults who are separated, widowed or in the process of divorce, provides weekly presentations and small-group discussions in a confidential, comfortable atmosphere. The group meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at First Presbyterian Church, 9325 Presbyterian Circle. An orientation for new members is offered at 6:30 p.m. Information: changingfocus.org.
Chair yoga The East Columbia 50+ Center at the East Columbia branch of the Howard County Library, 6600 Cradlerock Way, offers chair yoga, an easy introduction to yoga that eases the pain of arthritis, reduces fatigue and improves circulation and breathing, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays. Reservations: 410-313-7680.


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Hey, fellow diehard football fans.
First and foremost, allow me to introduce myself. I'm a longtime member and now a contributor at Arrowhead Pride, as well as one of the most dedicated Chiefs fans you'll ever meet (yes, I know. I'm an idiot and apparently love the abuse of cheering for a joke of a franchise). Several of you I've talked to over at AP, as some were kind enough to discuss Reid with us following his arrival in KC. I'm hoping to get a little feedback again, if you don't mind.
Before all that, congratulations on landing Kelly. Whatever it is your owner did to make it happen, kudos. I think he's an innovative mind who will almost certainly find success with you guys.
Now, onto the point of my visit at your fine site... Nick Foles. I was a fan of his coming out last year and was hoping we'd take a 3rd round flyer on him. As you know, this didn't happen and you snagged him up.
I write a weekly column over at AP, and I've been toying with the idea of making my next column a "what if" scenario regarding the Chiefs offseason and draft. A "what if" that catches my interest is the idea of Reid reaching out to Kelly in a trade for Foles.
I know virtually nothing about how Foles did for you guys last year, aside from the general impression that he wasn't terrible. I can look at his overall stats and game logs, but as you all well doubt know this tells less than half the story with QBs, especially young QBs. So I'd like to know several things...
1) Do you envision Foles as potentially on the trading block due to the arrival of a new HC (I know Kelly has said he likes Foles. Precedent tells us that most offensive-minded coaches like "their" guy, though)? And in your mind, with the current situation, what would it take to get Foles out of Philly?
2) Do you see Foles as a potential franchise QB?
3) Could you perhaps give me some details on his strengths/weaknesses based on his play last year for your beloved franchise?
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This weekend's broad new studio comedy "The Internship" (our review) concerns a couple of schlubs (former wedding crashers Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson) who, finding themselves out of work and hopelessly outdated when it comes to modern technology, apply to become interns at Google. While there, the movie becomes something of a workplace comedy – one in which all of their coworkers are way younger, cuter, and more brilliant.
It's the latest in a long tradition of movies that take our daily jobs and make comedic mincemeat out of them. Everything from wage slave drudgery to gigs in expensive offices in glass skyscrapers, few occupations have gone untouched by the movies. It was enough to get us thinking about some of our favorite workplace comedies, ones where you can practically smell the freshly cooling ink, taste the stale coffee and shake your head in recognition of the woes the characters face in those films. What made our list? Read on to find out, or wait for the TPS report....
"How to Get Ahead in Advertising" (1989)
Johnny Depp doesn't get out of bed for less than $20 million and franchise potential, right? Well, he did for the indie "The Rum Diaries" in 2011, partly because it was a Hunter S. Thompson adaptation, but also because it was directed by Bruce Robinson, the English writer/director responsible for one of Depp's all time favorite movies, "Withnail & I." But as fun as that depraved comedy is, we'd go as far as to say Robinson's far superior work is the somehow kind-of-forgotten "How to Get Ahead in Advertising." Part of that may be due to the fact it's not readily available on DVD: Criterion had put it out more than a decade ago, but the rights seemed to lapse rather fast and it quickly went out of print. Regardless, 'Advertising' is a pitch-black deliciously hilarious farce and scathing satire starring Richard E. Grant as an advertising exec who suffers a nervous breakdown while trying to create a campaign for a pimple cream. Developing a crisis of conscience about the ethics of advertising, Grant's Dennis Bagley flirts with the idea of becoming more socially conscious and perhaps even leaving his industry. But as soon as that thought enters the copywriting character's head, he suddenly develops a boil on his neck which grows and grows until it literally takes a life of its own. Not kidding, the boil evolves into an evil talking head; a malevolent alter-ego on the ad-exec's shoulder who constantly undermines him while whispering into his ear. There's even a trading personas-like stage when the good self is relegated to the boil and the evil self jumps back into the vicious world of advertising with malicious zeal. All the while, his wife (Rachel Ward) has to contend with this maniac and then decide which persona she'd rather be with. Though it's mostly a two hander, Grant playing off of Grant and a little bit of Ward, it still fits snuggly into the workplace comedy genre as office politics and the politics of advertising weigh through the film heavily.
There have been a number of adaptations or riffs on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's play of the same name (including another one of our favorite workplace comedies, "His Girl Friday"), and while "His Girl Friday" is easily the most beloved adaptation, it's also a fairly loose one. As far as the more straight adaptations go though, it's hard to beat the 1974 Billy Wilder version, which reunited odd couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and maintained the original play's period setting (the play was produced in 1928, the movie is set in 1929). The witty back-and-forth is terrific, the script (co-written by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond) pops, and Wilder, working with cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth, gives the movie a nice sense of scope, cramming in period detail while never letting the movie's zippy pacing fall slack. While Wilder, who is normally quite opposed to remakes, would later claim that he wasn't particularly proud of "The Front Page," it's still a great workplace comedy, showing the rather loose morals and ethical standings of people in the newspaper game back then, and even if it is often cartoonishly over-the-top, it maintains a level of emotional realism that you can easily hold onto, even without the romantic subplot invented for "His Girl Friday."
Arguably one of the single best workplace comedies ever, Mike Nichols' adorably fizzy "Working Girl" is centered around a scrappy young woman from Staten Island (Melanie Griffith) who works as a secretary in a Wall Street investment bank. When her boss (Sigourney Weaver) breaks her leg and is out of the office, Griffith hatches a scheme to install herself in Weaver's position and secure a merger deal of her own invention. Oh and she also falls in love with Weaver's boyfriend, played by Harrison Ford. Energetically directed by Mike Nichols, with a score by Carly Simon ("Let the River Run," which starts out the movie in an amazing sequence that follows the Staten Island Ferry as it makes its way to Manhattan, would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Song). The movie is inspirational in a way that never feels sappy or saccharine and the cast is uniformly excellent (Weaver, Griffith and Joan Cusack, who plays Giffith's best friend and partner in crime, sporting some truly incredible hair, were all nominated for Oscars). It's the lighter side of something like "Wall Street" and when Griffith, looking to die for, coos, in a mixture of sexuality and sweetness, "I have a head for business and a bod for sin," you can't help but fall in love. Or at least offer her the executive suite.
For a certain generation, "Clerks" was it. If you want to know what it was like having a dead-end job in the early nineties, look no further. Largely consisting of a convenience store clerk (Brian O'Halloran) and a video store jockey (Jeff Anderson) bull-shitting about everything under-the-sun in lo-fi black-and-white, "Clerks" was the "Gimme Shelter" of Generation X: a totemic statement about the bored, disaffected youth in plaid shirts and backwards baseball caps whose lives are strictly catalogued according to the number of women they've slept with and how many "Star Wars" references they can make in a single conversation. But at the same time it's more universal than that – if you've ever worked any kind of middling service industry or retail job, then there's something to connect with in the slacker protagonists. "Clerks" announced the debut of an original voice in independent film, writer/director Kevin Smith, and while he might not have lived up to that initial promise, "Clerks" is the kind of cult classic that will be watched for decades to come, long after video stores and convenience stores have gone the way of the dodo. It's telling too that Smith plans to close out his career as a filmmaker with "Clerks III," thus ending the trilogy and concluding a franchise that would go on to include a wonderful (if frustratingly short-lived) animated series, sequel, and ongoing comic book. In a way, "Clerks" has become the convenience store that Smith probably should have left a long time ago but just can't seem to quit.
"His Girl Friday " (1940)
A nearly perfect comedy, this Howard Hawks film adapts the play "The Front Page," switching out the two male leads of the original for a bickering divorced couple. Newspaper editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant) wants his ex-wife – and best reporter – back, despite the fact that Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is about to marry another man (Ralph Bellamy) and give up the fast-paced life to be a wife and mother. To lure her away and back into the game, Walter has Hildy cover the execution of a murderer, with the story about to explode. The screwball comedy has twists and turns in its plot from there (with elements cribbed from real life), but it's the dialogue and performances from Grant and Russell that land this on best-of-all-time lists. Screenwriters today could learn a thing or ten from the fast-paced, witty screenplay from Charles Lederer based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's play, and the chemistry between charmer Grant and spitfire Russell is a master class for actors as well. While it's at once forward thinking and entirely backward when it comes to feminism and women in the workplace, the film feels far younger than its 70-plus years.
B. | September 27, 2013 3:24 PM
Why is 'Waiting' not on this list?? At first glance, it looks like a dumb, easy comedy, but when you watch it, it's actually kind of genius. The whole thing takes place in just one day-- at a typical chain restaurant one finds usually on the fringe of a mall or shopping center. Anyone who has ever waited tables or at least worked in such a place can relate to it. It follows multiple haphazard plot lines, just as one often does find multiple themes recurring among certain people throughout a typical work day. There are laugh-out-loud moments, but there are also ones that really make you think about what it means to work in the same low-pay job for long periods of time, and whether or not it's really worth it to go finish that college education.
Runcil | June 7, 2013 1:59 AM
Please get your hands on this Indian film called Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year. Can easily fit in the list.
Oogle monster | June 6, 2013 7:38 PM
What about Adventureland? Sure it doesn't take place in a traditional office but it is still a workplace dark comedy.
wes | June 6, 2013 4:22 PM
Clerks is terrible. Huducker Proxy is overrated (though I love the Coen Bros). Glad to see His Girl Friday and Swimming with Sharks.
cirkusfolk | June 6, 2013 4:00 PM
Oh and how can u not include a film that's title is "Horrible Bosses"? I know u all didn't like that movie either but I have to admit I just love Justin Bateman.
cirkusfolk | June 6, 2013 3:56 PM
I clicked on the article to see two things: 1) To see if The Promotion was mentioned. It was (barely). And 2) To say Extract is actually better than Office Space because I knew the article was going to compare the two.
yer | June 6, 2013 3:44 PM
Looks like you just found 20 things that fit 'workplace comedy' instead of 20 GREAT ones.


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The former general counsel of LoJack Corp. violated a divorce decree when he failed to pay his ex-wife her share of the money he earned in 2006 from exercising stock options in the anti-auto theft company, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts has ruled.
But although Thomas Wooters must now pay his ex a substantial chunk of change, the result might have been worse: The court vacated a contempt ruling against him for not timely paying all of the alimony that was due to her, reports the National Law Journal in an article reprinted by New York Lawyer (reg. req.).
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FORMER New England MP Tony Windsor has joined the chorus of outrage over a delay in drought-declaring the region, branding ministerial visits to drought-affected areas "a waste of time".
Mr Windsor said the impact of the drought had been widespread and well-documented for many months and the time for delaying tactics on a cohesive drought policy was over.
"Tell them (the farmers); don't keep this game going, 'We're going to send someone out, and there'll be some bloke coming up to have a look, and then some minister might arrive and the Prime Minister might arrive and the Queen Mother will probably come back'," he told ABC Radio yesterday.
"If these people and their departments don't understand the circumstances of what's going on in Queensland and parts of NSW, they shouldn't be in the jobs they're in."
It comes as pressure mounts on NSW Primary Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson, who tours the Northern Tablelands today, to officially declare the region "in drought".
Mr Windsor joins a long line of politicians past and present imploring the government to take swift and significant action to help desperate communities reeling from drought.
Former independent state member Peter Draper said it was obvious the region was being ignored and branded the games being played with drought declaration as "disgraceful".
"It's clear the area has been in drought for some time, yet we have to wait for the minister to come down and tour around with the local member for a couple of days," Mr Draper said.
"It's reprehensible. People are screaming for help."
Moree Plains Shire Council mayor Katrina Humphries said the desperation being felt in rural communities was compounded by the fact that their plight was getting little attention or acknowledgment, let alone assistance.
"Where are the greenies and animal libbers? Why are they not out here organising fodder and euthanising starving stock and wildlife?" Cr Humphries said.
"Where is the media and why are they not portraying this disaster for what it is? Is it too confronting for city folk to deal with?
"If that is the case, we're all in trouble because until the city folk do deal with this issue nothing much is going to happen.
"The government will only 'get it' when people start to complain about the confrontational news that needs to be told."
She said if graziers could look after their core breeding herds they could ride this out, and suggested the government redirect its $20 million federal funding allocated to marriage guidance, or a portion of foreign aid, to drought relief.
"Our graziers don't need to buy cosmetics or take holidays; they don't need the NBN rollout; they don't even need cash: they need water and fodder for their stock and they need the support of Australia emotionally," she said.


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National Beef Packing Co. of Kansas is recalling approximately 22,737 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said.
States part of the recall include Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri and Louisiana.
The following products are subject to recall:
The products were produced on May 25. FSIS is concerned that some product may be frozen and in shoppers' freezers.
All these products have a "USE BY/SELL BY DATE" of June 14, 2013, and bear the establishment number "EST. 208A" inside the USDA mark of inspection. The products were produced on May 25, 2013, and shipped to various institutions and retail establishments in Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, Mississippi, Illinois, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, and Arizona. FSIS and the establishment are concerned that some product may be frozen and in shoppers' freezers.
The problem was discovered through routine FSIS monitoring which confirmed a positive result for E.coli O157:H7. An investigation determined the firm was the sole supplier of the source materials used to produce the positive product. FSIS and the company have received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of these products.
FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.
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The NHL Network will be on hand Thursday night in Pittsburgh when the Nashville Predators try to cool off the NHL's hottest team.
The Penguins are on a 12-0-1 run that has carried them within three points of first place in the Eastern Conference as the Predators come to Consol Energy Center for one of eight games on the schedule. Pittsburgh kept rolling on Tuesday by blitzing Winnipeg 8-4, while the Predators were upset 6-3 at home by the Edmonton Oilers.
U.S. viewers can see the game on the NHL Network, beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
Also at 7, the Washington Capitals will try to hold onto eighth place in the East when they visit Philadelphia. The Flyers are fifth in the East and coming off a 2-1 home loss to Florida on Tuesday.
Both Alberta teams are on the road. At 7:30 p.m. ET, the Edmonton Oilers visit Tampa Bay; a half-hour later, Calgary is at Minnesota.
The Pacific Division-leading Dallas Stars will try to stay in first place when they host the Vancouver Canucks at 8:30 p.m. ET. The Stars kept first place on Tuesday night with a 4-3 shootout win against Phoenix.
The Coyotes are home at 10 p.m. ET to host Colorado, which jumped into seventh place in the West on Tuesday by beating Colorado 2-1 in overtime.
Two more games begin at 10:30 p.m. St. Louis continues its seven-game road trip with a visit to Los Angeles, while Boston starts a three-game swing through California with a rare visit to San Jose.