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Test Pilot: File #19, St. Elsewhere
Test Pilot #19: St. Elsewhere
Debut date: October 26, 2982
Series' legacy: Another jewel in the MTM crown, one of — if not the — most-heralded medical drama of all-time
Authorship is a really tricky thing and perhaps no more so than in the world of television. Numerous scholars have discussed the problems with analyzing television with an authorship slant with all of them rightfully pointing out that any production has countless cooks in the kitchen, within individual episodes and across multiple efforts just the same. With so many writers, directors, producers, co-producers, executive producers, story editors and everything else, it is difficult to say that a series is reflective of one person's sole vision. Even an egomaniac like Matthew Weiner doesn't do everything on Mad Men, no matter how much he might think he does.
But despite the complex issues related to authorship, the MTM Enterprises book edited by Jane Feuer introduces an intriguing concept of "corporate authorship" wherein a collective (featuring those from both production and business) can produce something of a corporate signature that reflects certain ideals, standards and expectations. In the case of MTM, Feuer argues that the production power of the '70s and '80s reflected a signature of quality, not unlike the way HBO and AMC co-opted those ideas of taste and distinction for their respective cable channels years later. These ideas of authorship and quality really stuck with me and inspired me to dive into the MTM oeuvre for this quartet of Test Pilot files. The two things I want to discuss are 1.) this idea of "quality" and whether or not, at least from my perspective, the MTM series are "quality" and 2.) How MTM did or did not put a specific stamp on some of the series it produced, comedy or drama.
For today's exploration of the MTM empire, we turn our attention to the production company/studio's more dramatic offerings. After garnering much critical and commercial success with its post-Mary Tyler Moore comedy output in the mid- and late-70s, MTM struggled a bit to make the transition into drama. Their first drama series 1977's Lou Grant was relatively well-received by critics but less so with viewers (at least in the early going) and follow-ups like Paris and The White Shadow didn't attract the same kind of mainstream attention as MTM's comedy output.
Hill Street Blues changed all that, but not off the bat. Its critically-acclaimed 1981 first season had the dubious distinction of being lowest-ranked series in the Nielsen ratings (I believe it was #81 that year) to be renewed for a second season. However, after dominating the Emmy awards in the fall of 1981 right before its second season (HSB had 11 nominations in the major categories and won in Drama Series, Writing for a Drama Series, Directing for Drama Series, Lead Actor and Supporting Actor), audiences caught on. In season two, Hill Street settled into the 10 p.m. Thursday slot and became a Nielsen success.
By 1982, MTM had "proven" its ability to develop quality, gritty and complex dramas that emphasized characters over plot. What Hill Street Blues did for the police drama, St. Elsewhere attempted to do for the medical drama. Today, we determine if St. Elsewhere actually accomplished those goals. Along for the ride today is good friend of the blog, Myles McNutt. You can find Myles' great work over at his personal site Cultural Learnings and at The A.V. Club. You probably already are, but you can follow Myles on Twitter as well. I had difficulties finding someone who could actually provide a veteran presence so I just went out and grabbed someone who wasn't joined me yet. I think Myles and I will make it through this entry just fine. Myles, your thoughts on St. Elsewhere?
Do we still consider the medical drama as a generic component of quality television?
NBC's St. Elsewhere, emerging out of the harrowed halls of MTM Enterprises, placed the medical drama at the heart of the quality movement, and its position was picked up by series like ER and Chicago Hope in the 1990s.
However, things have changed in the past decade. Quality has been associated with series that do not fit into typical generic categories like "The Cop Drama," "The Legal Drama," or "The Medical Drama," series like HBO's The Sopranos or AMC's Mad Men that narrow their generic footprint and embrace intense serialization.* In that climate, medical dramas like FOX's House or ABC's Grey's Anatomy have been distanced from "quality" more quickly. Both series were initially embraced by critics, viewers and Emmy voters in a fashion similar to their forebears, but they seemed to fall from those positions more quickly, and both series are absent from more academic considerations of quality television in the twenty-first century.
*Some quality programs have remained connected to a genre, in particular the "Cop Drama" (see: The Wire, The Shield), but seem to be actively deconstructing genre conventions in their storytelling.
However, watching the St. Elsewhere pilot for the first time made clear that the medical drama actually hasn't changed that much. Administrators are used as a window into the business of running a hospital, doctors are used as a window into the unpredictable and emotionally draining environment they work in, and patients are used to create episodic storylines and draw out character details from the doctors. It's a pretty foolproof formula, which is why that description could describe the basic generic makeup of Grey's Anatomy and any other medical drama in the same vein.
What struck me while watching St. Elsewhere is how widely it casts its generic net within "The Medical Drama." While House focuses on the hyper-specific practice of diagnostic medicine, and Grey's Anatomy mostly focuses on surgeons (although that broadened over time), St. Elsewhere could more accurately be considered a serie about a hospital rather than a subsection of people within that hospital. The pilot is almost like a series of vignettes taking place in the same location, the camera following one conversation before veering off into another one entirely. This is not to say that the series' characters are not important, as a quick perusal of Wikipedia suggests some pretty substantial character development took place over the course of the series, but that this isn't where St. Elsewhere chooses to start.
This seems backwards by modern standards, where a medical drama needs a hook. CBS' A Gifted Man, the closest thing to a medical drama ordered by the networks for this upcoming season, is about an elite neurosurgeon who is visited by the ghost of an ex-lover who helps guide him towards a new medical journey. While the series will still fit into the same structure discussed above, it doesn't want to be associated with that structure, and does everything in its power to distance itself from it in its pilot. By comparison, St. Elsewhere highlights its structure immediately, threading together a collection of small episodic storylines as a way of introducing the series' characters in their natural habitat. This isn't intended to be a monumental stretch of days at St. Eligius; they are simply days where scrubs need to be ordered, tests need to be done, rounds need to be attended, and patients need to be helped.
St. Elsewhere would be an interesting test subject for someone who grew up in the era of narrative complexity being synonymous with quality (and who doesn't study television for a living). The pilot doesn't perform complexity on a large scale, choosing instead to emphasize the range of potential stories they could tell without giving any single storyline first billing. There is some narrative pleasure to be found in the way that the sudden collapse and death of a patient that Morrison handles ends up being the solution to the mystery of the disappearing patient, but it's more clever than complex at the end of the day. Dr. Samuels' sexual exploits make for a funny running joke as he goes around telling women he's slept with (or thinks he's slept with) that he has gonorrhea, but none of the interactions point to an extended "Will They, Won't They" relationship. The pilot features a number of interesting storylines, but it features so many that none emerge as a logical point of complexity or serialization.
While I would argue that modern narrative complexity manifests itself as "What will happen next?", St. Elsewhere builds its pilot around "What could potentially happen?" It's a more subtle form of complexity, one that might prove too subtle for modern viewers used to seeing pilots where the stakes are immediately established to drive viewer interest and inform them that this is a "quality" drama interested in intense serialization. It's also a form of complexity that has become associated with procedurals, which are becoming less and less associated with quality as serialization becomes more common. It's even gotten to the point where a series like FX's Justified, now considered a "quality" program after two strong seasons of serial development, was initially written off by some for its episodic case structure early in its run.
That MTM Enterprises had such success cultivating a sense of quality from a wide range of genres (and across both comedy and drama) remains an impressive feat, but over time those generic signatures have become disassociated from the direction of quality television. While cable networks (including HBO, Showtime, FX, and AMC) have found success using branding to establish an aura of quality around their programming, they have had less success with programs that have clear relationships with basic generic structures like "The Medical Drama." Even The Good Wife, which is merging about three different genres with great success on CBS, is still being discounted because it's "A Legal Drama" on the surface (although that it's on CBS, a broadcast network, is also part of the problem in that instance).
St. Elsewhere is unquestionably "A Medical Drama," and its pilot announces this with no sense of shame and with no attempt to hide its generic identity. It's a subtle approach that we would never see in the twenty-first century, an approach that doesn't gird itself against audience impatience, allowing quality be discovered instead of displayed. Of course, quality is relative: it is quite possible that this pilot does display quality, just what quality meant in the early 1980s. Watching St. Elsewhere made me realize how much HBO's appropriation of quality television has altered our generic expectations, and the degree to which a series like St. Elsewhere being elevated to the level of The Sopranos or Mad Men may be at an end.
At least until HBO decides to reinvent the medical drama – however, don't expect them to be so subtle about its quality.
And now, my thoughts:
I tweeted this last night as I was watching the episode but it is worth repeating here: St Elsewhere is weird. When I say "weird," I don't necessarily mean it in a negative way. But I am also not entirely sure if I mean it in a positive way either. This pilot episode has its high points and its lower moments, but I couldn't help coming back to that one adjective. Weird.
There are a lot of different reasons for why St. Elsewhere's initial episode could feel weird to someone watching it 31 years after it aired for the first time. Clearly, time and context are both major factors. It is relatively old and therefore what could have appeared to be "different," "complex" or "quality" in 1982 certain won't look that way to fresh eyes three decades later (Myles did a really nice job of discussing this phenomenon). However, I can't help but thinking that St. Elsewhere is trying too hard and that's where the weird-ness pops up. At times, it is trying too hard to be "different," too hard to appear overly sweeping in its focus or even trying too hard to replicate the aesthetic and thematic successes of Hill Street Blues. I saw one review call the series "Hill Street Blues in a hospital" and unfortunately, that is the exact vibe I got from St. Elsewhere throughout this pilot episode. Some of that might stem from the fact that I'm just now watching the first season of HSB, but even if I had seen that series' pilot episode years ago instead of weeks ago, I think I would still notice the similarities.
Like Hill Street, St. Elsewhere is not entirely concerned with the actual content of the characters' job. This series is not worried with medicine, surgical procedure or anything of that sort. It is almost entirely invested in telling stories about how these various interrelated medical responsibilities impact the psychological and emotional well-being of the people carrying them out. David Morse's Boomer is the most obvious example of this, as he spends most of this first episode running around exhausted, exasperated and stress until that final moment where he blows up and lays it all on the table. The requirement of his job and the people he has to share them with really drive him nuts and he is going a little crazy trying to keep it all together.
Many of the other characters and moments fit similar Hill Street Blues comparisons. The running gag about the STD breakout would fit nicely beside Belker's odd antics or Phil's weird relationship with a woman 35 years his junior. Dr. Westphall's calm leadership isn't unlike Frank Furillo's role in Hill Street Station. Like Hill Street Blues, Elsewhere bounces around from character to character, story to story, without much regard for simplicity or traditional (for the early '80s) coherence. And like HSB's pilot, this episode tries hard to establish a certain kind of gritty, manic energy running through the building. It wants to present a more realistic hospital full of severely flawed individuals that could theoretically work in your local hospital – just as Hill Street does for the police force.
I don't want to belabor the similarities too much, but they are too obvious not to mention and they reflect some of the larger points that I wanted to hit. The big point of this whole theme is to discuss the possibility of looking at MTM as this singular authorial force and when comparing St. Elsewhere with Hill Street Blues it becomes difficult to argue against the fact that MTM does have something of a "house style" as Feuer calls it in the MTM book. These two series have fairly identical pilots and based on what I know about St. Elsewhere as a series, both of them also continue in similar fashions. So sure, we can totally acknowledge that MTM's dramas (at least post-HSB) accentuate character over plot and focus more on relationships than anything else. They also cast wide storytelling nets with arcs that highlight certain little corners of an established, recognizable world.
But once you create a template, formula or style, is there something lost in the follow-up iterations to the original? I really loved the HSB pilot but did not really care for this one, it felt like someone took the bare-bones framework of Blues and just applied it to a new professional location. Of course, this happens on television all the time. Rarely does a series reinvent the aesthetic, thematic or narrative conventions we expect from television. This is especially true for networks or production companies who find major success with one kind of formula or style. Once you grab hold of that winning template, it is surely difficult to let go. That can manifest itself in one really terrible way via spin-offs or franchises (think CSI:) or in the way that defines the relationship between HSB and St. Elsewhere (for a modern example, think of how all Shonda Rhimes' series are basically the same or perhaps more obviously, all of USA Network's series).
Without these resemblances, maybe we never consider authorship. Without authorship, we don't wonder what is that makes all USA Network's series so successful or most of Shonda's non-Grey's Anatomy offerings failures. But here we are and looking at all of MTM's output through one specific prism (this idea of quality) raises some questions. If you're USA Network, the similarities in your programming are OK, because you aren't really presenting yourself as "quality." USA's about escapism, summertime and blue skies, its programming is not concerned with quality and taste distinction. But MTM and its series are positioned with a certain air of quality. And from my perspective, quality implies a sense of difference or newness or uniqueness. Maybe St. Elsewhere was a quality re-writing of the medical drama in 1982, but within the frameworks of MTM Enterprises, it loses that quality sheen.
Thus, the concepts of formula/template/style are relatively difficult to manage alongside concepts of quality. If I can point out all the touchstones of your production house style and the only major difference between one series and another is the setting, I have a hard time getting to quality. We might view HBO as this overarching corporate author that airs a certain kind of series, but that viewpoint is somewhat externally applied after-the-fact. Structurally, aesthetically and even thematically, there are differences between The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, True Blood and Game of Thrones or Sex and the City and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Critics and scholars can concoct the "HBO style," but it isn't necessarily overtly present in the texts themselves. With Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere, it is. The arguments for likeness between the two are easily visible within both series. And again, that isn't necessarily a problem. I have no qualms with a structural formula and visual style. But I do take some issue with automatically calling the MTM stable quality when things are so similar.
What does this mean for MTM-as-quality argument? I'm not entirely sure. When you look at Hill Street Blues versus the police dramas that came before it or St. Elsewhere against the medical dramas that came before it, there is little question that both series made major strides in complexity and character-based storytelling. In their respective generic categories, these series kick ass. But taken together with an eye towards MTM Enterprises as a whole, things get more complicated. I cannot totally get behind the quality argument when I line these series up against one another, but against other competition, it makes sense.
Perhaps this is the problem with authorship analysis. Forcing a comparison based on who produced these series definitely makes St. Elsewhere look less innovative and frankly, enjoyable, than it reportedly is. There is always going to be value in being the first, a benefit Hill Street Blues has and St. Elsewhere lacks. If St. Elsewhere reinvented some of the storytelling and aesthetic conventions of the medical drama genre, it deserves legitimate credit for that. Maybe then this series needs to be evaluated and discussed with genre in mind. Because with authorship on the brain, the similarities are too present, the MTM style is too overt and ultimately, St. Elsewhere looks derivative as a result.
Conclusions on legacy: Clearly a medical drama — with its "quality" label somewhat in question
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I haven't watched St. Elsewhere yet, so I can't comment on issues of quality. But I'm wondering if perhaps Grant Tinker's departure in 1981 would have caused any drop in quality (real or perceived) at MTM. I say this because Tinker generally seems to be referred to in interviews and articles as the backbone of the company and the one responsible for the unprecedented creative freedom the MTM shows had during the 70s. I haven't heard/read much on Arthur Price's tactics as President of the company, but I imagine that when he took over, he might have been more concerned with money than creativity (I remember reading somewhere that he fired a bunch of people during his reign, but I can't remember where, so take that with a grain of salt). Thus, if there are similarities between St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues, it could be because HSB was their most recent success at that point and Price might have pushed for a similar approach in style. Just a theory.
I think what makes St. Elsewhere so watchable is/was the casting and, of course, the writing quality. Granted, the episodes are dated now, and it may not be easy to get past that, but, moving beyond the pilot episode, which was pretty good in my opinion but not weird (perhaps you think this because it is not exactly modern), the character development was outstanding, and the relationships established among the characters, within the hospital and outside of it, resulted in story lines that were addictive. Another thing: the show did not discriminate its actors by age. Ed Flanders, who played Dr. Westphall as the chief of medicine, was pushing 60, at least, probably. Donald Auschlander was even older. Mark Craig, the outspoken heart surgeon, was approaching 50, likely. True, the series had a significant amount of younger doctors, played by Denzel Washington, Mark Harmon, Howie Mandel, and others, but there was a substantial amount of time spent chroniclins the events of the older actors, which, to me, made a difference. Today, it is rare for primetime TV to give this amount of time to older actors, because, maybe producers and writers don't believe older actors are all that interesting. I've personally had enough of reality TV, and sitcoms and dramas featuring people in their 20s. Don't care. I'm 38 and I appreciate the wisdom and fine acting of older performers. I suggested at one point on a New York Times message board that, given NBC's woeful ratings and programs, they should reprise St. Elsewhere. i bet it would do better ratings-wise than most of the other crap on the network.
St. Elsewhere would make my top 10 dramas of all time list. However, the show does take a while to get going, only really getting cooking in the latter half of its first season. It follows the then-common pattern of having its best seasons at its mid-point, and I'd say seasons three and four are its best. It also diverges from Hill Street in interesting ways, particularly in its willingness to play with format and genre and in its love of oddball humor.
I'm late to the conversation here, and not terribly familiar with St. Elsewhere first hand, but I did want to jump in to the conversation on complexity that you both note. I agree that one of the most interesting things about MTM as a whole is the number of different ways it encouraged complexity in its dramas and comedies. Miles makes an interesting point about the complexity based in "what could possibly happen" and certainly the character complexity and inter-textual complexity increased over time (as Robert Thompson details in Television's Second Golden Age.)
I believe that this experimentation at MTM led to a diversity of different types of complexity in serial drama, and that different kinds of complexity are employed for different purposes — for different storytelling ends. I wrote a long post about that here, http://madmentvclass.blogspot.com/2011/05/thoughts-on-purposes-of-narrative.html, in a blog I maintained for a class on Mad Men. Steven Johnson and Jason Mittell have both done work on classifying different kinds of complexity, but I feel like as scholars and critics we are just on the tip of the iceberg of trying to understand the phenomenon.
Well I think your comments on "quality" are interesting but fundamentally misplaced. One may talk of an MTM drama house-style if one compares Hill Street Blues with St Elsewhere based on the latter's pilot but drawing conclusions from a pilot is usually a mistake (there are obviously exceptions e.g. CSI Crime Scene Investigation). Now obviously St Elsewhere immediately establishes itself in a similar way to Hill Street as a rawer type of drama than was usual at the time focussing on a large ensemble in an intense environment with a side order of humour and quirkiness but while quite good the pilot pales compares to Hill Street (though unlike that pilot St Elsewhere doesn't build to a "shock" ending tho' that isn't a knock against Hill Street). It isn't until a few episodes in that St E creates its own rhythm and identity that despite superficial likeness to HSB is actually quite different. I'd argue that the difference comes from character as much as anything else but also to the specificity of St Eligius as an environment. As for "quality" that has nothing to do with what genre(s) a particular show belongs to it's merely down to "is it good?" and "why is it good?". Also to try to divorce these shows from the time as well as the environment in which they were made will mean, I think, that you will not arrive at supportable conclusions. Comparing MTM drama productions with HBO productions which are made under entirely different conditions is not going to have a happy outcome! The actually rather narrow notions around what constitutes "quality drama" at present that seem to be held by a great many people tends to distort proper consideration of shows such as St E mainly because of an unconscious sense of superiority. Then again I may talking thru my ass.
Um, may *be* talking thru my ass… (but I'm not…on this occasion. Ha.)
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Benzoyl peroxide may be important if your dog has an existing skin disease. Seborrhea, some types of dermatitis, and demodectic (follicular) mange all respond well to benzoyl peroxide. Shampoos with benzoyl peroxide are used to flush out the dog's hair follicles to prevent bacterial infections from starting or spreading.
This ingredient is anti-bacterial and is capable of removing grease and oil from the skin. As you might imagine, this product dries out the dog's skin and should never be used more than once a week. However, isolated hot spots or places of infection can be treated daily.
The benzoyl peroxide in dog shampoos is slightly different from that used in human acne medication. Do not use your teenager's Stridex on your dog, as it will likely cause redness and pain for the animal.
Hydrocortisone may be used in some dog shampoos to relieve itching, whether the source of the itching is fleas, insect bites, allergies, or just general irritation. Hydrocortisone works by reducing inflammation, which is what causes localized itching. Some hydrocortisone shampoos include aloe vera to provide further soothing of the skin.
The main benefit to using shampoos that relieve itching is that the dog will not lick and scratch as much. When a dog scratches, he further damages his skin and causes the inflammatory response to increase. By relieving the itch, you are giving your dog's skin a chance to heal more quickly.
Hydrocortisone is a steroid and should never be allowed to get inside your dog's mouth. Care should be taken to keep all shampoos out of your dog's mouth, eyes, and nose, often by avoiding bathing the dog's head entirely. Hydrocortisone shampoos should not be used to bathe your dog every week, but only when needed. Regular shampoos should be used when your dog is dirty, but if your vet prescribes hydrocortisone to relieve itching, you should use it only until the dog's skin condition clears up and special treatment is no longer needed.
Flea and tick shampoos may be needed when your dog spends a great deal of time outdoors, particularly in warm weather, or if your dog has been exposed to another animal who passed on his infestation. A pesticide known as pyrethrin is added to shampoo to kill fleas and ticks. Again, this chemical can harm your dog if it gets in his eyes and mouth, so take care when shampooing around the head. Carefully follow the label directions to make sure you are not applying too much of the toxic chemicals to your dog. Rinse well to prevent your dog from licking off any of the pesticide after his bath.
You can buy a cheap shampoo, but you will likely regret it. Your dog's skin will itch, causing him to scratch. This can lead to excessive shedding, and can be expensive in the long run if your dog's skin becomes infected or if he develops hot spots as a result of your trying to save a few bucks.
Keep in mind that a bottle of shampoo, particularly if purchased in bulk, will last several months. Your actual daily cost is quite low if you look at it this way, even if you buy a top-of-the-line product.
You want to find a product that is tearless, rinses well, is easy to use, and leaves your dog with a shiny coat. You might want to buy small bottles of several different products and try them out before committing to a gallon jug.
The Doctors Foster and Smith Web site drsfostersmith.com has a great review of different types of dog shampoo which can help you select the one that is best for your dog.
|Something I didn't notice in the article about bathing your dog...I think it should be mentioned that if you walk your dog on grass surfaces (they happen to walk across lawns etc)... that bathing is important because of the pesticides and/or fertilizers on grass surfaces that can be highly toxic to your pet. I have Boston Terriers and when I let them play on the lawn (I noticed one time that they were very itchy, so I bathed them immediately)now they love to come in the house and get in the shower. I typically bathe them every two-three days to keep them clean and I am particulary concerned about pesticides and fertilizers on grass surfaces
|Sorry no offence, but I woldun't pay you anything, and I woldun't let you train my dogs ..You can try with the dogs you are looking after, and have some fun with it, and maybe learn a little bit, but you need a whole lot more than love for dogs to start charging for training. If you really want to train dogs then get yourself qualified when you are older and that would be a different matter.References :
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think i got a place, worked out cheep rent for house repairs and painting..yay! but the lady is SO hard to get ahold of. got a temp place just in case tho. im looking forward to the option of living in the 17th & union house, large back yard, living and family room, very retro..well see. have to move tomorrow.....omg.....K1 comment | post a comment
my god man....think i found a place to live....working hard for things to be good in the future. but still kinda lost.. been having sufficating panic attacks lately... cant breath. crazy ness. Kpost a comment
been a busy past couple of weeks. started dating david, casino, car , etc. david is confusing. for one he doesnt know what he wants, and complains that when hes around me he has no real thoughts, and if he does, they are "weird". humm.. he said he needed space, friends, and something else too, so ive agreed to do that. thinking that he isant good for me, drinking several times a week, and using recreational drugs. ick...mmmmm..lol besides im working a hell of alot now, 6 days a week. omg i cant type.. since my car loan didnt go thur, due to 4 past due bills ive somehow forgotten about,,ooops...harry loaned me 6gs to take car of the new car and insurance. cool. once i pay up the past due bills ill take out a 2 g loan to pay him back some and to build credit. good news i had planned on getting the car this week, and friday is the day. yay! im excited. altho im still un sure about the bay cottage this summer, i have bugeted rent here at joes just in case. work is ok. i learned today that im suppost to be getting 8.50 h but the supervisor above me wouldnt allow it, what the fuck.. i also got into 2 tiffs today with high horse servers. being ordered around and belittled. do this, after calling me from my break, AFTER close. ?? and suggesting that i was ill brained and " only a dishwasher". that pissed me off only because she wouldnt even listen to what i had to say, and the other server, the 1st ones aunt, i asked her to not call me from my break again, and they both ganged up on me. im not worried, but i am going to get a job description and check into the HR pay rate for dishbitch. should have monday off, i plan on taking advantage of the new car and enjoy some alone time for the most part. amanda had suggested on going to manistee etc, but cash is tight right now, and it all depends on the weather. im also not going to tell my mom about the new car until she asks. only cause hearing her voice the other day about made me go postal. ......... anyhow the cat is doing better, seems he was punctured or bitten, etc. healing up quite well. i wonder if i can have a cat on the bay?? need to smoke, and shower. busy day tomorrow, getting insurance and checking on my credit , and filling out papers for direct deposit... until next time kids......lenopost a comment
i wonder if david is pushing me away? if feels like it one moment, and like hes pulling me closer the next. what the fuck. thomas is done. hasnt returned my call from last week. o well. feel like he has the upper hand tho. i feel like i need the last word. humm. very interesting dream lastnight. had met my soul mate/ best friend. a guy. was suppost to meet him at the play ground @ my old elementary school. for some reason i remember looking towards where we were suppost to meet up. ended up waking up to early. sad. the song from donnie darko . i listen to it every day so far, when i get up. its horribly depressing. makes me tear up at several parts. dreaming of dying, happy birthday, etc. yeah. been in a sullen mood. think its the hash. super tired, but awake. working 6 days a week. wondering about the beach house with bobbi jo. would like to know whats going on with that- so i know weather to get my hopes up or not. getting 50 cents less that what i was told i would get from the casino. what the fuck. drove to the beach house to time out how long it would take to get to work. about 11 minutes. cool. feeling isolated , lonely, gittery. humm.. too much mt dew? Kpost a comment
what an eventful birthday yesterday. the days prior werent very good. tossing the ideas that ive wasted yet another year, david, car, money, etc. the fun started when the wine was opened. i guess i just needed to let good , release some. not to mention i vomited 3 or 4 times, my choice, i needed to or else the party would have ended. smoked some that david brought, ate cake and was merry. the girls left around 6 ish. david and i didnt get up till around 3. i ate some and was going to be productive but decide to relax and cat nap with kitten. things to do tomorrow. getting to bed soon. thanks for another year, many more to come. K5 comments | post a comment
worked tonight at the airport. went well. slept most of the day tho. david stayed lastnight. orientation at the casino wends morning. wondering how long ill be there. will need sleep before work at the airport wends night. working thursday too. birthday sunday, planning on dinner with david, and hang out with friends. but no real plans yet. hummm...? Kpost a comment
the stars have all burned out, but you seem to be burning soo bright.
ive been blind for sure. for so long ive kept to my self, my feelings and emotions under wraps. hidding treasured sunsets beneath layers of angered and saddened faces. a change is on its way, the fresh sent of rain bringing in a new. the high pitch of a baby or a slow tempo on the piano brings tears. pushed away by his mis directed brain washing, lack of heart, fear of rejection.post a comment
well after my 2 hour interview at the casino for a dishwasher position, which went very well. im likely to get the job as long as everything goes thru. i went on a blind date with david, a guy kerry hanley works with. i wasnt really worried, but thinking that he was super dorky and not very attractive. I was wrong. david. i sware ive seen him before. he looks oddly familiar, almost like jake, with the pink cheeks, etc. we had coffee, chatted, went for a walk along the bay, talked about what we are looking for, etc. then went to the loading dock for a couple of beers and some pool. after that died off, we SNUGGLED !! for about an hour or so, which was absolutely amazing. i ve always been afraid to show affection in public for a guy. i mean last summer with justin was the first time i held hands in public. at first i was apprehensive, but i couldnt resist. hes so far great. much better than thomas. and we seem to have alot in common. snuggled. wow. dropped him off at home on my way to work. at first there was a hug then a short kiss. davids like, mmmm. that tasted good. and we kissed a bit more. im sure to call him again very soon. besides i need to thank him for helping me break a major boundry like pda at the dock. Kpost a comment
doing ok the past couple of days, altho feeling alittle sick, almost vomited yesterday, horrible stomach pains. wondering whats going to happen with pride, if i will continue to be pres or resign- due to lack of respect. altho im not planning on being a quitter with this one. thomas, speaking of quitter. is difficult. working with him, rather than feeling for him. for now. had a weekend fling with a guy named matt. he couldnt get an erection so we just made out, etc. no problem, we werent prepaired for anything else anyhow. needing more income. checked the papers again today. again. hillary duff, that song , good shit. nmc spectrum meeting today, then pride. working on an agenda for pride, so perhaps we can get something done. well see. tonight off. yay! needing to work on some art and organize my room. purging things i dont need/use. tuesday cocktail party at danes, thomas is going. i think a light social will be good for him. then working. had an interesting dream again lastnight. was at a dollar store fighting off some woman , throwing knives etc. i ended up climing on top of the racks and pushing women and children out of the way to flee. left with 2 garnet earings and two or 3 other studs. was very important. ended up at some house where i think i was applying for a job or to live there. left my number. the house was full of family, a daughter going to school or work. hitched a ride. woke up. its the sign of the times.2 comments | post a comment
woke up this afternoon just in time for the pride meeting , to which only 3 others showed up to. hum. harry came over and checked out the pump for the boiler, taking care of that. thomas emailed me, after 3 days. alittle bothered but ill pass that on to him when we get together thursday. yep. took a nap around 10, and had several dreams, slept in my clothes with the lights on. was great. people are changing. as am i. alittle scared but that comes with not knowing much about whats going to happen. looking forward to the future. think i look good with my hair messy. Kpost a comment
at some point, i wonder why.post a comment
playing on repeat, like the mares at night.
and then i got hipost a comment
and then i got hipost a comment
Well- what an eventful day spent with Thomas. we were introduced lastnight by cupid at the bar. we spent the afternoon getting to know eachother and "interview" we called it for the open position...anyhow. were heading to the sledding party tomorrow then planning on chilling at his place and watching some movies. before work! uck!
ok i think that after this morning, i will just be a born again virgin, love less sex is just that, love less. its been months before today, that i had sex, just that. sex. not love . making love would be wonderful. but i wonder with whom that will happen and when. i was thinking of jim earlier. remembering the physical connection and why i should wait until there is more of a tangible connection, a line of trust etc. working tonight and tomorrow. feeling kinda down. i now need to change my sheets..lol. needing a nap, got to bed late. shit to do, must be done, Kpost a comment
listening to the scientest,
ready or not, here i come, you cant hide, gunna find you - and make you want me..and take it slowly...
today , tomorrow, and sat off. yay! needing a day off lately.. been sleeping alot when i can, but missing alot most of the time.. interesting dreams when i do sleep. foggy now, but cool. been kinda in a winter depression mode. sucks. but not too badly. got the motivation to organize and purge somethings today. cool. getting tax stuff ready, gay items together, etc. downloading music. so far got 3 cds burned, and about 20 tracks to add. wonderful. not much interesting going on. Kpost a comment


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Rangers at Jets tonight
Posted By Carp On March 28, 2012 @ 4:03 pm In Hockey,New York Rangers,NHL | 113 Comments
Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR:
NEW YORK RANGERS at WINNIPEG JETS
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 7:00 p.m.
MTS Centre – Winnipeg, MB
Rangers: 48-21-7 (103 pts)
Jets: 35-33-8 (78 pts)
The Rangers will face-off against the Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre (7:00 p.m.; TV: MSG Plus; Radio: Bloomberg Radio), to conclude their final back-to-back set of the season. The Blueshirts currently sit atop the Eastern Conference standings, and rank second in the league overall, with a record of 48-21-7 (103 pts). The Rangers enter the contest having defeated the Minnesota Wild, 3-2, last night at Xcel Energy Center, and have won four of the last five games. The Jets enter the contest with a 35-33-8 (78 pts) record to rank 10th in the Eastern Conference, and have lost four of the last five games. Following the contest, the Rangers will face-off against the Montreal Canadiens on Friday, Mar. 30, at Madison Square Garden (7:30 p.m.), in an Original Six matchup.
RANGERS vs. JETS:
INDIVIDUAL CAREER LEADERS vs. JETS:
The Rangers will conclude their 14th and final back-to-back set tonight at Winnipeg. New York has posted a combined record of 18-4-5 in back-to-back games, including a 9-2-3 (3-1-0 at home, 6-1-3 on the road) record in the first game and a 9-2-2 (6-0-0 at home, 3-2-2 on the road) mark in the second. Since 2009-10, New York is 30-10-4 in the second game of back-to-backs, with a 15-3-1 mark at MSG and 15-7-3 on the road over the span. Henrik Lundqvist has started on consecutive days 58 times in his career, posting a record of 37-14-7 with a 1.84 GAA, .934 Sv% and six shutouts in the second game. The Rangers have posted a record of 6-1-1 in the second game of back-to-backs when opening the set with a win.
New York continues to climb the team's all-time single season wins and points lists, currently sitting in a tie for fourth in wins and ranking fifth in points. The Rangers eclipsed the 100-point mark for the seventh time in franchise history with a 4-3 shootout win at Toronto on Saturday. The Blueshirts reached the 40-win mark in 61 games, which is tied as the second fewest games to reach 40 wins in team history.
Season Wins
1993-94 52
1991-92 50
1970-71 49
2011-12 48
1971-72 48
1972-73 47
Season Points
1993-94 112
1970-71 109
1971-72 109
1991-92 105
2011-12 103
1972-73 102
2005-06 100
The Rangers have posted a record of 8-2 in games decided in overtime (excluding shootouts) this season. Their eight overtime wins are tied with Tampa Bay for first in the league this season, and represent a new team record. The Blueshirts broke their previous record of six (1999-00, 2002-03) with a 4-3 overtime win on Mar. 11 vs. NYI. Marian Gaborik leads the team and ranks second in the NHL with a career-high (tied), three overtime goals, while Ryan Callahan ranks second on the Rangers and is tied for third in the league with a career-high, two overtime goals. Brad Richards, Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh have also tallied one power play goal apiece.
Brad Richards ranks second in the NHL with 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) during the month of March, trailing Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin by two points. Marian Gaborik is tied for second in the league with nine goals and fourth with 16 points in March.
The Rangers rank among the NHL leaders in several statistical categories…
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Second Donky Pitch Release to Feature Niño
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Burgeoning Brighton-based skweee label Donky Pitch is set to follow up its first release, a split 12" featuring Slugabed and Ghost Mutt, with another record full of funky beat work and sub-busting basslines by Barcelona groovesmith Niño. The six-track Clase De 1984 EP will drop on May 23 with five original productions from the up-and-coming artist and one remix by Big Dada acolyte Offshore. Two bonus remixes will be available from Kelpe and KRSUR on the digital version of Niño's record. You can check out the label and tracklist for the Clase De 1984 EP below.
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My goal is to win an award at this tournament in June. I've got some great ideas for my display board, and hopefully my individual models will get there for me. I've won a lot of appearance awards at local tournaments, and a team appearance award at a major tournament. This next one, I want it all myself! Bwahahaha! 5 years ago


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as 3:2014cv00702
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Plaintiff: PBI Bank, Inc.
Cross_claimant: King Southern Bank
Cross_defendant: JEB Real Estate, LLC
Counter_claimant: Joyce Bohn , John E. Bohn , JEB Real Estate, LLC
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Cause Of Action: Relief under Bank Holding Act
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Plaintiff: Georgetown Mobile Estates, LLC , Food Service of Lexington, Inc. , 3660 Realty, LLC and others
Defendant: Porter Bancorp, Inc., PBI Bank, Inc., Mark Delcotto and others
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as 3:2013cv00952
Defendant: PBI Bank, Inc. , Porter Bancorp, Inc. , Mark Delcotto and others
Plaintiff: Majestic Development Company, LLC , Southwynd, LLC
Thirdparty_plaintiff: PBI Bank, Inc.
Thirdparty_defendant: Deborah Ball, Kelly Wright, Kerry B. Ball and others
Counter_claimant: PBI Bank, Inc.
Counter_defendant: Southwynd, LLC
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Submitted by SUPERBIEN
Carbs: 2.6g | Fat: 0g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 0.1g | Calories: 103.7
Very Good 4.3/5
(3 ratings)
Delicious low calorie and low carb alternative to mashed potatoes.
Submitted by NANCYS_TIME
Carbs: 11.4g | Fat: 2.4g | Fiber: 5g | Protein: 6.4g | Calories: 84.7
These taste quite good--and only 8 grams of carbs per pancake!
Submitted by FITGIRL15
Carbs: 7.8g | Fat: 0.8g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 8.9g | Calories: 77.1
Garlic lovers, rejoice! This recipe contains a whopping two heads, but the flavor mellows and sweetens when baked.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 12.5g | Fat: 7.1g | Fiber: 1.8g | Protein: 28.7g | Calories: 239.3
Incredible! 5.0/5
(2 ratings)
These are surprisingly flavorful! A nice savory breakfast or side for lunch or dinner. It's an adapted, lower-fat version of the recipe from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything.
Submitted by BOONZIE
Carbs: 11.7g | Fat: 8.6g | Fiber: 1g | Protein: 8.6g | Calories: 157.6
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Anthony is a food professional with experience throughout the food supply chain. Growing up on a farm he understands what it means to be a producer of wholesome food. As a manager for Pepsi and Frito-Lay Anthony gained a breadth of knowledge - processing, warehouse, distribution, quality, and procurement. Finally, graduating from Le Cordon Bleu Paris - with relevant restaurant experience - he gained professional culinary depth. Understanding how chefs and consumers transform ingredients is a critical component to the food supply chain. Anthony has served as an executive in operations, procurement, finance, human resources, and strategic planning, emphasized by MBA and undergraduate degrees in operations and strategy. He has also served as a board member for a national commodity trade association, Future Farmers of America, and school districts. He joined the board in 2011.
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Branka has been a Slow Food NYC member and volunteer since 2010. In her capacity as a volunteer, she has helped organize events for Slow U. She joined the SFNYC board in 2013. A writer, editor and sales person, Branka has more than twenty years experience as a film/video producer, most recently specializing in health and wellness issues. A passionate cook and greenmarket enthusiast, she studied at the Natural Gourmet Institute. She has also served as a guest curator of readings for Brooklyn Reading Works.
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Fred P. Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, recently signed a $500 million memorandum of understanding with ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, pledging cooperation on financing projects beneficial to both India and the U.S., while he was on a business development mission in India.
Up to $500 million in new transactions could be financed as a result of the initiative. The agreement will support the financing of U.S. goods and services by ICICI Bank's customers, especially opportunities in air traffic control and infrastructure; railway; urban metro and port development projects; power generation, including renewable energy; oil and gas projects; and water treatment projects.
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Ted Annis aka Teddy Hart
In the days when I first started out I used to think that it would be impossible to ever fill my legendary father's shoes. And that being a second generation wrestler was often twice as hard.
These days there are a handful of third generation wrestlers which is probably three times as hard. My twenty three year old nephew Ted Annis has never given up on his lifelong dream of making a name for himself in the wrestling business. I remember him at only eight years old wrestling in a ring outside my father's house with his younger brother Mathew and their boyhood pal T.J. Wilson until it was too dark to see. I was stunned to see all three of them, even then, doing standing back flips off the top turnbuckle and breathtaking moves that many of the top pros never dreamt of doing. The first of many tragedies befell the Hart family when Mathew Annis died from flesh eating disease when he was twelve. For young Ted to lose his brother and lifelong tag team partner was hard enough but over the years he was also faced with the loss of two wrestling uncles who he idolized - Owen and Davey Boy. But still Ted has never given up on his dream of someday making it to the big time.
His father, B.J., a retired and much respected Calgary firefighter, broke all the city records when he joined and many of them still stand. At one point B.J. was somehow coerced into pulling on a pair of wrestling tights but pretty much gave up on it after he got into a heated brawl with the legendary Makah Singh at the Sweetwater U.S./ Canada border crossing - right in front of the immigration agents! B.J. didn't lose that match! I think it's safe to say it was a malfunction at the junction.
The few third generation wrestlers that come to mind all walk in mighty big boots. The Rock was the first - and I've always been very proud of the job he's done, both in and out of the ring. It's my understanding that The Rock is still the class act he always was, just like his father, Rocky Johnson, and grandfather, Peter Maivia.
Another third generation wrestler is Randy Orton, who I don't recall ever meeting but I'm sure I have. His father, Cowboy Bob Orton, and his grandfather, Bob Sr., must be equally as proud. In my opinion Cowboy Bob is easily one of the top ten greatest wrestlers of all time.
A few weeks back I decided to give the upstart promotion NWA/TNA, based out of Memphis, a call to see if they might be interested in my nephew, Ted. They invited him down to compete in the Ring of Honor Tournament and much to their amazement he did the Hart name proud and stole the show! Placing second was no small achievement and phones in wrestling offices across North America haven't stopped ringing. It seems that Ted is finally on his way. There are some who might argue that second and third generation wrestlers have all the doors opened for them. It's just not true. When I first started in the WWF I had to overcome being thought of as just another promoter's son and I can only imagine the pressure Ted is under to walk in Owen's, Davey's, Stu's and my shoes! But if anybody can do it Teddy Hart can.
To see Ted work is to appreciate him. He does some of the most innovative and spectacular high risk moves in a business where everyone is constantly pushing it to new, more dangerous, levels. Today Ted carries the Hart banner into the next era of wrestling and marching along right beside him is T.J. Wilson, my nephew Harry Smith (Davey Boy's son) and even my niece Natalie Neidhart (Anvil's daughter). Your Uncle Bret wants you to remember these words that played in my head while I was riding that highway in the sky......
Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
And never take you down or never give you up
You never know until you try


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The board of directors of Nova Scotia's Halifax Port Authority has renewed Karen Oldfield's contract as president and CEO for a five-year term, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Her new contract will expire on Dec. 31, 2017.
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Your doctor may find vulvar cancer during a routine visit, even if you don't have symptoms. If you're having symptoms of vulvar cancer, your doctor will ask you about:
Your health history
Your family's history of cancer
Your other risk factors, such as history of smoking or HPV infection
The doctor may also perform certain tests to check if you have vulvar cancer. You may need more than one of these tests. Here are some of the tests doctors use to diagnose or rule out vulvar cancer.
A pelvic exam is recommended as a regular screening for women. You can have this exam in your doctor's office. For this exam, you remove your clothes from the waist down and put on a medical gown. You lie on your back on an exam table and bend your knees. You place your feet in supports called stirrups at the end of the table. This position allows the doctor to examine your vulva, vagina, cervix, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, rectum, and bladder. During a pelvic exam, your doctor will inspect your vulva for changes. If the doctor sees something suspicious, he or she may recommend a biopsy. A biopsy can help tell the difference between a precancerous condition and an invasive cancer.
The Pap test is a way to check cells from the cervix and the vagina. It can be done at the same time as a pelvic exam. The doctor uses a tool called a speculum to hold open and widen your vagina. This may pinch a bit. The speculum allows the doctor to see the upper portion of your vagina and cervix, which is the area that connects the vagina to the uterus. While using the speculum to widen the vagina, your doctor swabs your cervix to collect cells. A doctor, who is a specialist called a pathologist, examines these cells under a microscope. This test is not a test for vulvar cancer, but it can rule out other gynecologic problems, such as certain infections or cervical cancer.
This test checks for the presence of HPV, which is short for human papillomavirus. This virus often goes away on its own. In rare cases, HPV can cause vulvar cells to change and become precancerous. Your doctor may choose to do this test at the same time as a Pap test.
For this test, your doctor uses a tool called a colposcope to magnify your cervix, vagina, and vulva. This lets your doctor choose suspicious looking spots of tissue to remove and examine, which is called a biopsy. The doctor sends the removed cells to a lab to be checked for cancer.
During a colposcopy of the vulva, the doctor treats your skin with a diluted solution of acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar. It causes suspicious areas to turn white. If the doctor sees abnormal places, he or she may inject local anesthetic into your skin to make it numb. The doctor uses the hand-held colposcope to determine where to remove the tissue. If the abnormal area is small, your doctor may completely remove it with the biopsy.
A biopsy is the only way for your doctor to know for sure if you have cancer. If your doctor sees an abnormal area, he or she may perform a biopsy by removing a small piece of tissue from your vulva. You may be numbed first with a local anesthetic. The doctor will punch out a portion of skin using an instrument that looks like a tiny apple corer. You don't need stitches after this procedure. You may feel some pressure, but probably will have little or no pain. For larger areas, the doctor may cut out a small part of the skin with a scalpel and sew together the skin's edges with surgical thread. Commonly, the doctor will also remove some surrounding normal skin around the abnormal areas. A pathologist will then check the cell samples for cancer. The results of the biopsy usually take one week to come back to your doctor from the lab. Depending upon the extent of the cancer, your doctor may also need to biopsy lymph nodes to see if the cancer has spread.


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Before they were movie stars, the cast of "Grown Ups 2" were, well, kids. Here's a look at them then and now.
Adam Sandler as a kid …
... and Adam Sandler all grown up.
Kevin James as a kid …
... and Kevin James all grown up.
Chris Rock as a kid …
... and Chris Rock all grown up.
David Spade as a kid …
... and David Spade all grown up.
Although he's not returning for "Grown Ups 2," here's a look at Rob Schneider as a kid …
... and Rob Schneider all grown up.
Rock, Spade, Sandler, Schneider and James all appeared together at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles to promote the first movie.
Like the original, "Grown Ups 2" also stars Salma Hayek, Maria Bello and Maya Rudolph, along with a cast that includes Nick Swardson, Steve Buscemi, Colin Quinn, Tim Meadows and Shaquille O'Neal.
"Grown Ups 2" opens in theaters July 12. Check out the trailer here.
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