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Plan, search for deals to keep prom spending in hand
White Station High School senior Vuth Tram almost skipped his senior prom last Saturday night because with the tickets, clothes, transportation and everything involved, he thought it was too expensive. "But everyone convinced me that it was my last year and I should go," said the 18-year-old from Cordova.
So Tram, who works in an East Memphis pawn shop on Saturdays and during school breaks, spent a week organizing transportation on a rented party bus for himself and his friends to the prom at Appling Manor in Cordova.
The $2,100 cost divided among 30 people ended up being about $70 a person, he said. "It was a really memorable experience," he said. "It was definitely worth the money."
Across the country this time of year, wallets are opening, and money is flying out as prom season hits high gear. And whether the cash comes from Mom and Dad or from savings from a student's job, this party can be a pain in the purse.
According to the latest annual prom spending survey by Visa Inc., American families with teenagers said they were spending an average of $1,078 each on prom in 2012, up 33.6 percent over $807 in 2011. The 2013 survey, from 3,000 telephone interviews, is due out in the next few weeks, and spending is expected to continue to rise, said Nat Sillin, head of U.S. Financial Education for Visa.
Regionally, the Southeast spends the second-most in the nation on prom, trailing families from the Northeast, Sillin said. The survey also showed parents in the lowest income brackets said they would spend more than the national average on prom.
"We've seen prom develop into a competition to crown the victor of high school society, but teens shouldn't be trying to
keep up with the Kardashians," Sillin said.
"Prom spending continues to rise, and that heightens the importance of teens and parents planning, budgeting and saving and finding ways to have a responsible experience when it comes to prom," he said. "It's a great opportunity for parents to engage children and learn how to save and cut costs and make responsible choices."
Pam Linhoss Newman, a librarian at Central High School and the prom sponsor there for the past 20 years, has seen it all.
"Some of the students are over the top and spend a large sum of money, where we also have some students that find or borrow a dress or find one on consignment and spend as little money as possible," she said. The Central High prom is set for April 27 at Woodland Hills Event Center in Cordova.
Tickets are $45 per person, about the same price as the last few years. "We don't want to break the bank; we just want to make sure we have all of our expenses covered," she said. She finds that students don't always go as dates, like they used to. Even when they do, often each pays for a ticket to keep expenses down, she said.
"Some teens do budget and save and find ways to cut costs," said Visa's Sillin. "They serve as an example for their peers in how to be responsible when it comes to prom spending."
White Station senior Rachel Glazer bought her $70 navy-blue prom dress with beading at the top at Macy's using coupons that her mom had. "It was definitely a good way to use them," she said, adding she'll try to wear the dress again.
She said she and her friends usually spend between $50 and $300 on their dresses. "Some get them from consignment stores, some get them from department stores and use coupons, some borrow them from friends who have worn them last year or buy them from someone else they know," she said. Shopping online is also popular.
"I think it's best to spend the least amount possible, because it is just one night," Glazer said.
Alice Dean, manager of Sugar Plum Consignments at 6100 Primacy Pkwy., said she's seen girls cry at the checkout counter when they find the perfect dress at a great price. "When you see some young girl that can't go buy a $400 dress and their budget is $60 and they find a dress that fits, it's like a Cinderella story for me," Dean said.
One splurge teens don't seem to mind is letting someone else do the driving.
"Over the last few years, party buses are very much in vogue," said Zama Howell, operations manager for Sterling Limousines Inc., at 2735 Stateline Road W. in Southaven. Party buses are "a nightclub on wheels," she said, equipped with light show, sound system and dance floor.
The company has 25-, 30- and 40-passenger party buses, as well as various-size limousines and zebra and camouflage Hummers, which are also popular with teens. Party bus rates range from $200 to $400 an hour including fuel surcharge and gratuity, depending on the size of the bus and number of hours, with a six-hour minimum, Howell said.
"It's really not prohibitive if you have a large group going in on it," she said.
The divided-up cost of a rented ride was worth it to Judy Felsenthal, whose daughter, Lainey, took one with friends to the White Station prom. "Just for them not to be driving, it was a good thing," Felsenthal said.
Incidentals can add up, but prom attenders still opt for the little things that make the night special. Michael Doyle, owner of Lynn Doyle Flowers at 5635 Poplar, said the demand for wrist corsages (about $25) and boutonnieres (about $10) continues to be strong.
"We try to be practical" when it comes to floral choices and costs, he said. "We're dealing with teenage kids: This is not their wedding; this is their prom."
Dining out is still part of the evening, but to save costs some groups are opting to meet at a house for pre-prom appetizers, dinner or after-prom breakfast or house parties.
That's what Tram's group did.
"We just ate before, took pictures (at Memphis Botanic Garden), hung out at my house and then got on the bus and went to prom," he said. "After prom, we went to another friend's house. The ride there was extremely fun, and after that went to another friend's house, and the bus dropped us off."
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Global private equity firm TPG Inc. has beaten rivals, including Blackstone Group LP, in an auction for Australia's largest poultry producer Inghams Enterprises, people familiar with the matter said Saturday.
In a deal which includes an earnout based on future performance, TPG will pay less than 900 million Australian dollars ($921 million) for Inghams, one of the people said.
Inghams employs more than 8,000 people across Australia and New Zealand, according to its website.
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that four parties had offered to buy the business ahead of a Thursday deadline, including Chinese agribusiness New Hope Group and Blackstone.
A buyer for Australia's largest poultry producer Inghams Enterprises will likely be chosen within days after at least four bids were made ahead of a Thursday deadline, a person familiar with the matter said.
Separate offers for the business were made by global buyout firms The Blackstone Group and TPG Inc., as well as a consortium led by Chinese agribusiness New Hope Group, the person said. New Hope's consortium includes an Australian private equity company, the person said, declining to be more specific.
A fourth offer was made by a consortium including private equity company Affinity Equity Partners, which already owns New Zealand-focused poultry producer Tegel Foods, the person said. This consortium is seeking to break up Inghams's Australian and New Zealand assets, the person added.
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Fiu's Cavalcade of
Frank Costanza's Festivus Airing of the Grievances
Pete Fiutak
What's your beef? ... Fire
off your
Past Whimsies
2006 Season |
2007 Season
Preseason Cavalcade
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
If this column
sucks, it's not my fault … I was wearing a black shirt while writing it. The blackout
so freaked out and intimidated Alabama that it got up 31-0 before I
figured out what was happening.
"Pressure? Here it's kill or be killed. Make no friends and take no
prisoners. One minute you're up half a million, the next, boom. Your
kids don't go to college and you've lost your Bentley. … Unless you
can explain exactly what happens at the end of Trading Places,
you aren't allowed to have an opinion on the nation's current economic
crisis. The smartest economic minds in the history of the planet can't
even figure out how this all should work. Of far more importance, the
smartest college football minds I know couldn't see last weekend's
bizarre meltdowns coming, either.
Yeah, everyone I talked to and trust sort of liked Alabama over Georgia
in a flip-a-coin sort of way, but no one gave a thought to Ole Miss over
Florida or Oregon State over USC. If you're a college football fan, you
live for weekends like this. Even though a lot of "experts" and analysts
saw their picks crash and burn, it was worth it. This last weekend is
the reason why we love this sport.
With that in mind, here are five potential out-of-the-blue,
screw-up-the-season upsets to look out for over the next few weeks.
Three will be blowouts for the favorites, one will be close, and one
will come true.
1. Oklahoma at Kansas State, October 25th
2. Alabama at Kentucky, October 4
3. Missouri at Iowa State, November 15th
4. Boise State at San Jose State, October 24th
5. USC at Arizona, October 25th
Marty: "Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top
number and make that a little louder?"
Nigel: These go to eleven ... Instead of whining about the fewer
number of plays per game thanks to the new time-clock rules, like
Florida head coach Urban Meyer did this week before the Ole Miss
debacle, why not just be better at calling the plays you actually have?
To many, comparing Meyer to LSU head coach Les Miles would be like
comparing Chris Rock to Carrot Top, but on fourth and one on the Ole
Miss 32, would you rather have Miles calling the play, considering how
he's made a living over the last few years on coming by gambling when
the game is on the line, or would you want the ill-fated, Meyer-called,
Tim Tebow power run?
However, there should be a bylaw that puts USC into the championship
game if Ohio State goes to the Rose Bowl …
There's going to be an ideological and philosophical debate to deal with
if USC wins out and there aren't two clear-cut teams deserving of the
national title spots. On the one hand, would you bet the ranch on
anyone other than maybe an unbeaten SEC champion, like LSU or
Alabama, or possibly an unbeaten Oklahoma, over USC in the BCS
Championship game?
Knowing what you know about how Pete Carroll and his staff prepares the
team for the really, really big games, come the end of the year, as long
the Trojans win out, it's going to be tempting to not give in and want
to see them play for the national championship. On the other hand, USC
lost to a mediocre Oregon State team. On the deserve scale, losing in
Corvallis isn't as bad as losing to Ole Miss at home, and it's far
better than losing at home to Stanford in 2007, but it's still an
unacceptable loss for a team playing in a struggling conference with
national title dreams.
Now here's the real debate. What if it's Cal that wins out and not USC?
Certainly losing at Maryland is just as acceptable as losing at Oregon
State, and the Bears' win over Michigan State might turn out to be just
as impressive as USC's win over Ohio State. Will Cal get the same
respect that USC is certain to receive by winning out, or is it all
about name brand name, glitz and glamour?
In this week's Be Careful What You Wish For department (cough, Rose
Bowl, cough) … Fine, I'll say it. If Oregon State's Jacquizz Rodgers
could run for 186 yards and two touchdowns on USC, what would a possible
No. 1 overall draft pick like a healthy Beanie Wells do? Completely lost
in the post-game haze of the 35-3 USC win over Ohio State was the way
the Beanless-Buckeyes were moving the ball on the Trojans in the first
half before the disastrous pick six thrown by Todd Boeckaman. No, Ohio
State wouldn't have won that game no matter what, but it would've been
far more interesting with Terrelle Pryor and a healthy Wells in the
backfield from the start.
If you think that's hard, try finding Corvallis … Pure gold from
Oregon State RB Jacquizz Rodgers after his tremendous performance
against USC and how he did it. "I'm a small dude. They couldn't find
Now he'd be happy to get the lead role in that new Benji flick ...
If you're wondering why coaches always look for the bigger job and
the better payday, look no further than the bizarre decline of Iowa head
coach Kirk Ferentz, whose career has gone into the tank faster than a
post-Medellin Vinnie Chase.
Ferentz was the hot
name on everyone's list for top jobs, both college and pro, after going
31-7 from 2002 to 2004 with some marginally talented teams. A generally
likeable guy who created a reputation of producing strong teams with
tremendous offensive lines, the world was his for the taking. But
instead of becoming another Bob Stoops and making the program into a
perennial superpower, Iowa has struggled, mainly because Ferentz was
never able to consistently bring in the next-level talent to sustain the
Since beating Nick Saban and LSU in a classic Capital One Bowl on New
Year's Day 2005 (yes, a Big Ten team really did beat someone from the
SEC), Iowa has gone 22-20, has gone 0-2 in bowl games, and has beaten
just one decent team, 2005 Wisconsin in Barry Alvarez's final game.
After losing to Pitt and Northwestern in back-to-back weeks, and with a
shaky quarterback situation and mediocre play on the lines, things don't
appear to be much better. Are you listening, Greg Schiano?
You take one down, pass him around, 98 spread quarterbacks left on
the wall …. If you choose to run a spread offense, you can't
complain when your quarterbacks go down faster than your approval rating
after being interviewed by Katie Couric.
West Virginia's Pat White and Washington's Jake Locker are just two of
the high-profile superstars suffering hand/thumb injuries. Cincinnati
just lost Tony Pike after starter Dustin Grutza got knocked out with a
broken leg, Oregon is losing quarterbacks faster than it can change into
yet another ugly version of its metallic pea and highlighter-yellow
uniforms, and other spread teams, like Eastern Michigan, are trying to
get their quarterbacking houses in order thanks to injuries. There's a
reason the NFL doesn't run the spread, and it's the same reason it
didn't run the wishbone back in the 70s and 80s. If you run the
read-option spread offense, your quarterback is going to get hit and hit
a lot. College teams need to be prepared with several backups at the
"Why should I change my name? He's the one who sucks." … Just
like you can't name your kid Michael if your last name is Bolton,
Jackson or Jordan, you can't name your kid Rod if your last name is
Stewart. It's a good thing the Colorado star freshman is really good,
rushing for 166 yard against West Virginia and 107 yards against Florida
Another 777 point drop in the market and that West Virginia buyout
will end up being worth about five cheeseburgers and a Frosty … No
matter what you think about Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez, the guy
can coach. Half of the battle is about making adjustments, and he and
his staff actually got the spread offense to work in the second half
against Wisconsin with the most-unspread quarterback ever, Steven Threet.
However, RichRod made a critical error that 95% of all coaches continue
to make.
With just over ten minutes to play, the Wolverines were on an incredible
momentum run as John Thompson took a tipped Allan Evridge pass into the
end zone for a 20-19 Michigan lead. Rodriguez chose to go for two and
try for a three-point advantage, just like the chart says to do.
Coaches, repeat after me … you only go for two when you have to. You
only go for two when you have to.
About six minutes later, Sam McGuffie scored on a three-yard run and
Michigan, smartly, kicked the extra point for an eight point lead. The
percentages are in your favor to make a team tie you on a two-point
conversion. Of course, had Rodriguez opted for the extra point after the
Thompson score, Michigan would've been able to kick the extra point to
go up nine after the McGuffie touchdown and it would've been ball game.
Instead, Wisconsin marched to a touchdown and had a shot to put it into
overtime. Rodriguez was bailed out of his bad decision because
All-America tight end Travis Beckum didn't know where he was supposed to
line up and got flagged on the key two-point conversion attempt.
a mighty wind's a blowing 'cross the land and 'cross the sea/It's
blowing peace and freedom, it's blowing equality./Yes,
it's blowing peace and freedom, it's blowing you and me." …
Great job Arkansas of putting that extra prep time for Texas to good
use. Thanks to Hurricane Ike, the September 13th game got
moved to last week and the Hogs got blasted 52-10. That was supposed to
be a week off, and now Bobby Petrino's boys have a nice four-week
stretch of Alabama (a 49-14 loss), Texas, Florida and at Auburn. There's
no truth to the rumor that Petrino wants to delay the game in
Fayetteville in the hopes of Hurricane Laura taking a wicked about-face.
C.O.W. airing of the grievances followed by
the feats of strength
Ten things I'm grouchy about this week.
10. The NCAA and Reggie Bush
How in the name of Kim Kardashian's stupid onion has USC not been nailed
with anything regarding the whole Reggie Bush investigation? How has
USC, along with just about any other top 25 team you can swing Myles
Brand's hypocricies at, not had anything come down from the NCAA
in any way? The last time we've heard from the NCAA on a large ruling
was with the whole goofy Rhett Bomar vacated-wins fiasco at Oklahoma.
That only came about because Oklahoma blew the whistle on itself. If
you're a midrange program trying to become a national player, you're
nuts not to cheat your tail off. The NCAA has decided not to mess with
the billions of dollars that are rolling in from this golden era of
college sports. Speaking of which …
9. Tim Tebow jerseys
Thanks to everyone at the Gainesville Quarterback Club for having me
down there to speak last Tuesday. Walking around the Florida campus, it
was all Gator football everywhere you looked, and it was all about Tim
Tebow. No. 15 jerseys were everywhere, they were all over the
bookstores, the students, and in ads for Gator football. Millions of
dollars are being made off of Tebow's talents at the school, on the
networks, and by the NCAA. It's time (annual rant alert). Let the
players be able to do endorsement deals, and let them have agents. Don't
pay them, but let them use their name and talents to make some side
money. It's only fair, and eventually, the players will figure this out.
8. The Tina Fey bailout plan
Oh sure, the Sarah Palin impersonation is brilliant, but that doesn't
make up for the fact that Fey ruined Saturday Night Live when she was
the head writer. Unbelievable timing and fortunate resemblances don't
excuse what happened to the show under her watch.
7. And it never, ever works
A team has come up with a momentum changing turnover around the
opponent's 38-yard line midway through the second quarter. What's the
knee-jerk line that comes from every analyst? "Here's where you should
try a quick strike." This has been said time and again ever since
there's been televised football. Every fan is thinking the same thing,
and so are both coaches. No, it's not a bad thing to simply run your
normal offense and hand it off between the tackles.
Travis Beckum getting on the field
This isn't the NFL. If a kid is hurt, he's hurt, and he shouldn't be on
the field playing. If he can play, especially in a big game, then get
him out there. Wisconsin superstar Travis Beckum hasn't been healthy all
season long, and his absence was sorely missed for the first 55 minutes
against Michigan. But when the team needed to go on a late drive to try
to tie the game, Beckum was on the field and ended up catching two
passes for 17 yards before getting flagged to an illegal formation
penalty to screw up the decisive two-point conversion attempt.
Apparently, according to UW head coach Bret Bielema, the medical staff
had given the O.K., but Beckum said his hamstring didn't feel right
before the game. This is where the adults have to step in and as the
coach, Bielema should've either forced his supposedly healthy player to
play, or if Beckum really didn't feel right, then shut him down and
don't let him hurt himself further. If a player can play on a key drive,
then he should be able to play the rest of the game, too.
5. And it's pronounced Fyoo-tack, no Foo-tak
The guy's one of the leaders in the Heisman hunt. It's Missouri QB
Chase Daniel, not Daniels. Also, it's Ole Miss, not Old Miss, as in the
name slaves used for the wife of a plantation owner, which is an issue
because it was seemingly brought up in every article after the
presidential debate.
4. Big Ten credit for Tom Brady
Oh, Big Ten,
so now you want to take credit for Tom Brady. The Big Ten
conference is running a promo during its games showing kids who want to
be tough like former Minnesota running back Marion Barber or Iowa safety
Bob Sanders, and it starts out with a kid saying he wants to "lead like
Tom Brady." It's not like the Big Ten did any promoting of Brady when he
was at Michigan. The guy followed national-title winner Brian Griese and
was supposed to be pushed aside for wunderkind Drew Henson, but he ended
up having a nice career going 20-5 with 5,351 yards, 35 touchdown
passes, and two Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors in 1998 and 1999.
By the way, Ohio State's Joe Germaine was the First Team All-Big Ten
quarterback in 1998, and Drew Brees was the second teamer. Brees was the
first teamer in 1999.
3. Miami vs. Florida State
This used to be college football. While it was sold as one of
the marquee games of the season as recently as 2004, the matchup has
fizzled over the last few years since Miami joined the ACC. This was
supposed to be the yearly ACC title game matchup, but instead, Miami has
become shockingly bad while Florida State has fallen from its
unrealistically high pedestal. For roughly 15 years, this was more than
just the best rivalry in college football, it was the best showdown in
sports. Now it's like the Rolling Stones in concert. The new stuff sucks
and the old standbys are sort of sad.
2. Tyrod Taylor
Where would Virginia Tech be right now if 1) Frank Beamer made the
right quarterback call on day one and 2) there wasn't the blocked punt
by East Carolina? Completely glossed over by all the upsets was a very
nice win by the Hokies at Nebraska last weekend. The 20-17 wins over
Georgia Tech and North Carolina have been largely ignored, but those
will turn out to look better and better as the season goes on. Against
the Huskers, Taylor was calm, cool, and efficient completing 9-of-15
passes for 171 yards while running 15 times for 81 yards and a score.
However, Taylor was redshirted to start the season and Sean Glenon
completed 14-of 23 passes for 139 yards with two interceptions in the
loss to East Carolina. Had the Hokies won that game, they'd be in the
top ten right now.
1. Phil Fulmer
I'm dusting off everything I said about Lloyd Carr over the last few
years and applying it to Phil Fulmer, the embattled head coach at
If you believe your head coach isn't getting the job done and should be
fired, fine. I'm not one of these people who believe a college football
head coaching job should be any more permanent or stable, beyond a
reasonable amount of time, than any other job. For every Rich Brooks who
pulled up out of the abyss to turn a program around, there are countless
other coaches who were allowed to stick around an extra year or two and
ended up making things worse. And if you're Tennessee and you believe
you should be a player in the national title race every year, then yeah,
Fulmer, after 16+ years as the head man, should probably be replaced.
After all, the SEC arms race has gone nuclear with Nick Saban, Urban
Meyer, Les Miles, Tommy Tuberville, and Mark Richt presiding over
national title-level monsters, and with superior coaching talents like
Houston Nutt and Bobby Petrino about to turn their respective teams into
nasty killers. Tennessee can't afford to fall behind. The word
rebuilding doesn't work in Knoxville. You know who's rebuilding this
year? LSU. Auburn. Florida, to a point. They're all still in the SEC
title hunt.
Tennessee is 1-3 with a win over UAB and losses to UCLA, Florida, and
Auburn. The offense is cranking out a mere 341 yards per game, the
passing game is non-existent, and there's been little pass rush. These
are not positive times.
However, that UCLA game, as bad as it looks considering the way the
Bruins have gone into the tank, was a one-time thing. The UCLA coaching
staff had been treating that game like the BCS championship for six
months, and it took Kevin Craft and the Bruin offense to stand on their
heads in the fourth quarter to pull off the upset. Florida, even after
the loss to Ole Miss, could still play for the national title by winning
out, and losing 14-12 at Auburn is absolutely nothing to get upset over.
Fans have short memories and high expectations. Remember, Tennessee 1)
played for the SEC title last year and lost to the eventual national
champion, 2) beat a solid Wisconsin team in the Outback Bowl, and 3) won
ten games for the third time in five years. Also remember that Tennessee
started out 1-2 last year and then tuned everything around with a
shocking win over Georgia.
Fulmer is 148-48 as the Tennessee head man. The guy has won 76% of his
games while coaching in the best conference in America for almost two
decades. He has a national title, two SEC titles, has coaches in three
other SEC championship games, and has kept Tennessee among the best
teams in the nation. Of course, he hasn't actually won an SEC title
since 1998 and his bowl record is a mediocre 8-7, but he's a winner
who's going to be run out of town if he doesn't get a big win soon.
Yeah, this is a rebuilding year with David Cutcliffe leaving his
offensive coordinator duties and going off to Duke. Four-year starting
quarterback Erik Ainge is gone. There's going to be an offensive
transition, even if the play appears, well, offensive. However,
with a
defense this good, the team should turn things around and be 8-4, 7-5 at
It might be time for new blood and 17 years usually is too long for a
coach to be in one spot, but just remember, whomever comes in, you'll
probably be happy if he ends up with Fulmer's résumé when he's all said
and done.
Random Acts of Nutty … Provocative musings and tidbits to
make every woman want you and every man want to be you (or vice versa)
a.k.a. things I didn't feel like writing bigger blurbs for.
- The must-see game of the weekend that you should watch, but won't:
Rice vs. Tulsa. Rice is coming off a 77-20 win over North Texas and has
one of the nation's most dynamic offenses once it gets into a groove.
Tulsa leads the nation in total offense averaging 601 yards per game.
These two are going to throw about 1,200 yards of total offense and
about 90 points on the board.
- Don't get too hung up by the Big 12 having all those teams in the top
ten and the top five. That'll quickly change once conference play kicks
in and the teams start picking each other off.
- Nothing against Toledo, but way to go FIU. The sad-sack Golden
Panthers hadn't won a road game since a 31-29 victory over UL Monroe in
mid-2005 and had lost 26 of their previous 27 games overall. The offense
hasn't just been bad, it's been among the worst in the nation by far,
but it was able to come up with 35 points in the win over Toledo. Unlike
the glee of a pro team bombing, it isn't fun when a college team stinks.
The FIU veterans are going to remember this win the rest of their lives,
and for the fans who have stuck with the program, they deserve it.
- After making a great catch on the late touchdown against Michigan,
Wisconsin WR David Gilreath chucked the ball
as he popped up. It was an instantaneous act of excitement that
should've been flagged according to the rule book. There wasn't a
penalty called, and why? Judgment. In the super-charged emotion of a
huge play with potential Big Ten title implications, the official didn't
ruin a great game with a dumb penalty that would've defined the ending
and overshadowed Michigan's epic comeback.
C.O.W. shameless gimmick item … The weekly five
Overrated/Underrated aspects of the world
1) Overrated: Tim Tebow in the clutch ... Underrated: Ole Miss QB Jevan
Snead, who originally committed to Florida before No. 15 committed, and
then signed with Texas.
2) Overrated: CNN … Underrated: Dave
3) Overrated: The Purdue transition ... Underrated: The play of the
Notre Dame offensive line
4) Overrated: Rosh Hashanah ... Underrated: Rush Hashanah marathon on
5) Overrated:
Florida going 81-9 in
home games since 1994 ... Underrated: The Gators losing
the two times I've ever been in Gainesville
"I hearby designate Colt McCoy, Texas as my First
Choice to receive the Heisman Memorial Trophy awarded to the most
outstanding college football player in the United States for 2008. To
the best of my knowledge he conforms to the rules governing this vote."
My Second Choice Is: Javon Ringer, Michigan State
My Third Choice Is: Sam Bradford, Oklahoma
"You know I'm born to lose, and gambling's for fools/But that's the
way I like it baby, I don't wanna live forever" … The three lines
this week that appear to be a tad off.
Now I'm not just losing, I'm losing in flames going 4-11 overall after
my three picks last week weren't even remotely close. These are
desperate times, so I'm going Costanza. If every instinct I've had has
been wrong, then the opposite would have to be right. Therefore, I'm
going with the exact opposite of what I believe this week as I take the
three teams I'm 100% certain are going to lose against the spread. … 1)
Stanford +7 over Notre Dame, 2) Northern Illinois +16 over Tennessee, 3)
Oregon +16.5 over USC
Last Week: 1) Arkansas State +1 over Memphis (LOSS), 2) Colorado
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But drugmakers have argued this could suck supplies out of Greece if Athens leaves the euro and prices in euro terms fall sharply. The European Association of Euro Pharmaceutical Companies, representing firms involved in this so-called parallel trade, said drugmakers were wrong to say supplies could be in jeopardy if Europe did not take such emergency...» Read More
U.S. health officials have determined that a schizophrenia drug developed by Wyeth and two other drugmakers is not approvable, the companies said Friday, dealing Wyeth a second setback in less than a month to an important product.
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Johnson & Johnson, the drug/medical device/consumer health products company reeling from a plunge in sales of its anemia drug, Procrit, and its drug-coated stent, Cypher, is going to court. Not to defend a lucrative pharmaceutical patent, but to get The Red Cross to stop using its red cross logo on certain marketed products like humidifiers and grooming tools.
Johnson & Johnson, the pharmaceutical giant which uses a Red Cross as its trademark, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the American Red Cross, demanding that the charity halt the use of the red cross symbol on products it sells to the public.
Cardinal Health on Thursday said its quarterly net profit rose, led by strong demand for medical pumps and other devices in its Clinical Technologies and Services business.
Barr Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday quarterly earnings fell sharply, hurt by costs tied to an acquisition, but its operating profit beat Wall Street estimates as generic drug sales soared
A rebound in the financial sector and positive earnings surprises triggered gains for some of the most actively traded stocks on Tuesday.
Yep, you probably could have called this one, but researchers have done an analysis of Dr. Steven Nissen's controversial meta-analysis that started the Avandia safety scare. Their findings are published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and touted and brought to my attention in an email from a GlaxoSmithKline PR person. A meta-analysis is what one of our contacts called "a mish-mash" of a bunch of clinical trials.
Corporate news and analyst upgrades were some of the catalysts behind the most actively traded stocks on Monday.
In very early trading MRK shares are rallying this morning on the wings of an upgrade at Cowen & Co. by analyst Steve Scala from Neutral to Outperform. He's been at a Neutral since a year and one month ago when the stock was sitting in the 30s. Today it's in the low 50s.
I have a clarification to make regarding my previous blog entry about the Chinese Hamster problem facing GlaxoSmithKline and Pozen. Thanks to blog-reader Brian Orelli with www.babybiotechs.com who caught the error and pointed it out in an email: "Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells are grown in tissue culture and the mega dose of the drug was given to the CHO cells growing in media in a tissue culture dish/flask in an incubator...
Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, the world's largest producer of insulin, said Friday that second-quarter net profit more than doubled and raised its guidance for the full year. Its shares rose more than 4%.
So, I just got off the Pozen conference call about the Trexima delay (by the way, it won't be called Trexima if/when it comes to market, as the FDA is asking Glaxo for a name change. The agency sometimes does this if, for example, it believes the name looks or sounds too much like an existing drug and could confuse pharmacists.)
U.S. regulators have delayed approval of an experimental two-in-one migraine drug from GlaxoSmithKline and Pozen yet again, sending Pozen stock down 45 percent on Thursday.
This morning we learned that the FDA has issued another "approvable" letter to Pozen and GlaxoSmithKline for their migraine drug Trexima over safety concerns. POZN shares are down big. The company has scheduled a conference call for 11 a.m. ET. This is the third regulatory stumbling block for this drug and puts it on a timeline now where it could end up competing...
As several of the major pharmaceutical companies struggle through a period of a relative dearth of big, new products, the job casualties and the share buybacks are piling up this earnings season. Today, Sanofi-Aventis is joining the group. The French drugmaker announced it will buy back more than $4 billion of its stock and get rid of even more sales reps.
French pharmaceuticals group Sanofi-Aventis said on Wednesday second-quarter adjusted net profit fell 6.3 percent, more than analysts had expected, as generic competition and a strong euro hit sales.
So, GlaxoSmithKline escapes Gaithersburg with a 20-3 vote that Avandia may increase the risk of heaving a heart attack, but a 22-1 vote that the diabetes drug should stay on the market. And maybe, or maybe not, with a so-called "Black Box" warning. That'll be up to the FDA.
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So this is my 2nd pregnancy. I have a 4 1/2 year old son and am currently 16 weeks pregnant with fraternal twins. This pregnancy is so different from what I had with my son. I have been so paranoid that something is going to go wrong with my pregnancy. I have been having discharge pretty much the entire pregnancy, except sometimes it would go away but then come back. I also I have been having pelvic pressure since about 10 weeks off and on, where I just feel like the babies are going to fall out. It seems to be worse in the mornings after I get up from sleeping or if I am walking around a lot. So far in my pregnancy I have had 5 ultrasounds. I have 2 a month, one briefly with my ob. and one with the perinatologist. They are constantly monitoring me and I am telling them about my concerns. They keep telling me that because I'm pregnant with twins I will feel things "much sooner" and not to worry, this is normal. Yesterday, I had an ultrasound and they said my cervix was very long which is great because that means less chance of pre-term labor. But right before I left the doctor said I had "low placenta." He didn't explain what it was just that most of the time it corrects itself later on in the pregnancy and that I have nothing to worry about right now. He did say that if I had bleeding to go to the hospital right away, which made me incredibly nervous! I feel like the doctors keep telling me things are "normal" but I just don't feel like they are. It's hard to find information about what's considered normal in a twin pregnancy and a lot of things I research say to ask you doctor, well I did, and they are so short with me and just tell me that things are fine. Is there anyone that has had these same problems with their pregnancy and doctors? I should also mention that throughout my ENTIRE pregnancy, all I have ever had in terms of being examined was ultrasounds. I have only had 1 vaginal/pelvic exam at 7wks when I had some spotting but since then it's only been ultrasounds. I am also pretty small 5ft.
I never had issues with any pelvic pressure, though, but another midwife told me that pregnancy in general puts a lot of stress on the pelvic area, especially a twin pregnancy...so maybe that is the reason.
Hope you will be feeling better. Congratulations on your twins! Mine are fraternal, too.
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The Gujranwala Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education BISE is going to announced the 9th Class Result SSC part 1 0n August 2015 it will be available here very soon by the Official Sources. Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Gujranwala will announce their 9th class (SSC-Part 1) Results 2015 in the month of August 2015. The exact Date and time is available here
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Students can check their results online at studysols.com Gujranwala board will officially announce the result of 9th class in the 3rd week of Aug. The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Gujranwala conducted the 9th class exams in the months of March and exams were ended in the month of March and April 2015. Finally the time has arrived for the declaration of 9th class result 2015.
BISE Gujranwala Board 9th Class Result 2015
Gujranwala board is one of the major boards in Pakistan which conducts examination at matric and intermediate level. The board is trying hard to facilitate the students by providing them fair results. The pattern of question papers was also changed and MCQs and short answer questions became a part of question paper. Due to this pattern the preparation of result becomes very easy. The examiner wants precise answer from the students.
The areas under Gujranwala board jurisdiction are Gujranwala, Gujarat, Mandi Baha-ud-din, Hafiz Abad, and Narowal. BISE Gujranwala conducts matric and intermediate examinations for the candidates belonging to the schools and colleges of these areas. BISE Gujranwala is growing faster and creating its worth among other boards. Thousands of students appear from this board every year in matric and intermediate examinations. Students are advised to keep patience and should pray for their good 9th result because the admission of students in good intermediate college is dependent on their matric marks. I wish best of luck to all the result awaiting students.
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Is there anyway to merge all the windows into one, like photoshop? Or just make it so all the toolbox and the other mini-window, always stay on top of the main console? It's pointless and too time-consuming to keep having to go to the taskbar, find the toolbox, open it, and finally be able to use a tool. That is the only thing that gives photoshop a major edge on gimp. I don't know what the developers of Gimp were thinking on this one cause itwould be a great program, if it could keep all the windows together. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com if you know a way to fix this. thanks!
Thew toolbox and other dock windows are kept on top of the image window(s) in GIMP 2.6.x
This does even make some users think that this behaviour is a bug, so it seems to work well across the major platforms ;)
In the preferences, this is in the window management section, the hint for toolbox and dock windows. If your window manager does implement the default "utility" setting in a sensible way, then it will keep them on top.


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Gil Shaham, Yo-Yo Ma & More Set for LA Phil Classical Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, Begin. 8/12
The Los Angeles Philharmonic welcomes celebrated conductor Leonard Slatkin as he returns to the Hollywood Bowl to lead the orchestra in a week of concerts beginning with two classical season performances, Tuesday, August 12, and Thursday, August 14, at 8 pm.
Tuesday's program features Slatkin leading the LA Phil and violinist Gil Shaham in an evening of Russian compositions - Rimsky-Korsakov's dazzling and colorful Scheherazade, Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmila Overture and Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2.
Slatkin returns Thursday joined by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma for a performance of Elgar's masterful Cello Concerto. The evening's program also includes Walton's Crown Imperial, two short works by Debussy in orchestrations by Ravel (Sarabande and Danse), and Debussy's La mer.
Slatkin concludes the week by leading the LA Phil in the annual Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks on Friday, August 15 and Saturday, August 16.
Internationally acclaimed American conductor Leonard Slatkin began his appointment as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in September of 2008. August of 2011 marked the start of his tenure as Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon, France. In addition, Slatkin continues to serve as Principal Guest Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a post that began in the fall of 2008. Following a 17-year tenure as Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Slatkin became Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. in 1996. Other positions in the United States have included Principal Guest Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, where he founded their "Sommerfest;" first Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra's summer series at the Blossom Music Festival, a post he held for nine years; Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl for three seasons; and additional positions with the New Orleans Philharmonic and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
Combining flawless technique with inimitable warmth and generosity of spirit, Gil Shaham is sought after as a concerto, recital, and ensemble artist by the world's leading orchestras, venues, and festivals. Last season saw the release of 1930s Violin Concertos (Vol. 1), the first double album to be yielded by Shaham's long-term programming project, which was recorded live with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, BBC Symphony, Staatskapelle Dresden, and Sejong. In live performance, he played 1930s concertos by Bartók, Prokofiev, Barber, Berg, and Britten with such eminent ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, and Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra of the USA, which he joined as guest soloist on its inaugural national tour. Among his other orchestral collaborations, Shaham reprised Korngold's concerto, of which he has long been recognized as one of the foremost exponents, with the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall and with orchestras including the National Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and France's Orchestre de Paris, as well as giving the world, Asian, and European premieres of a new concerto by Bright Sheng. Shaham also gave his signature recitals of unaccompanied Bach in Baltimore, Cleveland, and on tour in Italy.
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Copyright 2014: Houston Chronicle | August 11, 2014 | Updated: August 11, 2014 7:10pm
Photo By Cody Duty/StaffSupporters stand with Quanell X as he speaks in front of Riverside General Hospital, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Houston. The group is calling on the federal government to release the funds that are being held from the hospital because of the indictment of its former CEO Ernest Gibson. If the funds are not released the the city's first Negro hospital will close in six weeks and over 300 employees will lose their jobs. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)
Some signs from segregation, among the worst eras of American history, still exist today. Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing, its name chiseled into the front of the building at the corner of Holman and Innis, is part of the complex once known as "Houston Negro Hospital."
This Third Ward hospital took care of black Americans who otherwise might not have had any other place to go. Changing times led the hospital to update its name to Riverside General Hospital in the '60s.
But then as now, the mere change of the name of an institution does not make it different or better.
Which brings us to the most recent rebranding of Riverside. The historic institution has been renamed "RC Health" in an effort to recover from allegations of fraud and mismanagement.
Briefly, the former long-time head of Riverside, Earnest Gibson III, along with his son and others have been indicted in a purported scheme to steal $158 million in taxpayer money by filing false Medicare claims.
Three people have already pleaded guilty, and the hospital's Medicare funding was cut off. Yet, Gibson's attorney formally asked a district judge to let Gibson return to the hospital as a volunteer. ("Medicine Hospital asks for help from indicted ex-leader" Page B1, Aug. 3). Since his arrest, Gibson - free on bail and under orders not to have anything to do with the hospital - has received more than $654,000 in salary and benefits, according to court documents.
U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal on Monday denied the request for Gibson's return; however, the fact that the request was made shows that the new management team has not embraced the magnitude of the changes required to set the hospital on a new course.
The conservators running the hospital must set a high standard of fiscal responsibility. They need to look to the future, not to the past, for the way forward. Houston is home to one of the largest medical centers in the world. If the conservators lack expertise, surely they can recruit a qualified volunteer to help with hospital operations and grants.
The hospital's mission has been to provide care to those who might not have access. The institution was there for the community during segregation.
It responded to the community in the '60s with programs targeted to its needs. Now, RC Health needs a fresh start, along with a new name, in order to continue to serve.


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Beyonce Criticized for 'Run the World (Girls)' Performance
Before accepting the honorary Millennium Award, Sasha Fierce lively-uped the stage with her first television performance of 'Run the World (Girls).' As she danced, images projected on a giant white screen behind her. However, some say the production looked too similar to one put on by Italian pop star Lorella Cuccarini last year.
Media artist and film director Kenzo Digital designed the graphics for the performance and admitted Beyonce and co. were inspired by Cuccarini, but charges the concept has been around since the '80s. "[The Cuccarini artists] are awesome and do incredible work as well, but there are a lot of different inspirations for where our piece came from," Kenzo explained to The Amp.
"...It's just a bare white screen. It's a technique in video art since the '80s in terms of frontal projection and interactive things. That's really nothing new. It's not even a new technology. It's just an incredibly simple, awesome storytelling device, and with a performer like Beyonce it becomes incredibly powerful."
Kenzo also commended Beyonce on her work ethic. "There was no visual guide," he points out. "Her eye line was straight into the crowd, engaging the crowd. That's just her amazing abilities as a performer."
'Run the World (Girls)' is the lead single from Beyonce's forthcoming album, '4,' slated for release this summer. Another track from the album, titled 'Till the End of Time,' surfaced online yesterday.
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- Tuesday 24 MayBy confusedinVAHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I don't get this at all. My first thought was who cares. This is the dumbest thing I've seen lately. So Beyonce got an idea from an old performance. So what. We have a lot bigger things to worry about in this world people.
- Tuesday 24 MayBy dsagLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
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- Tuesday 24 MayBy adam giffoni
OMG, when will the americans learn to be more creative and stop copying european artwork and masterpieces?
Besides this blatant example, just take a look at the movies: Let the Right One In, The Girl who played with fire, The girl wwho kicked the hornet's nest, etc. and the list goes on and on.This country has talented (albeit lazy) people. Stop and be creative.
- Tuesday 24 May
Probably when you guys stop copying our music...
- Wednesday 25 May
America has the largest % of cinema export in the world. We create the best movies, and yes remake movies that had much potential however would not do well as is in the American market. We created all the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, which other took and built on, doing well however it was Americans the created ragtime, blues, jazz, rock & roll, rap, Punk so on and so on. Now before I go on and on, I believe my point has been made, and we have only touched the surface. Your just silly.
- Tuesday 24 MayBy leo v.
doesnt matter, the song is crap! it's all over the place, and she is so over rated. nuff said
- Tuesday 24 MayBy Donna
Agree with you 200%!!!
- Tuesday 24 MayBy catzs
Personally, I think the song sucks as well as the video. Atrocious, bad, bad, bad song. Yuck.
- Tuesday 24 MayBy jamie5
Beeeyyyoncey......A nice girl but alas, a big ole dummy.
- Tuesday 24 May
The performance and song just plain sucked. Could not understand the words and even worse, didnt get the concept. I get it, she is immensely talented, beautiful and worthy of praise. However, at this point in her career she has got to rely on talent, not skin. We all deserve better from a wonderfully gifted performer.
- Tuesday 24 May
Jeez...the wings, the drumsticks, the legion of women...talk about ripping off directly. Had they not stolen direct pieces & went somewhere else I'd cut slack but don't promote the hell out of a performance that was stolen from someone else. PS Did they really think they'd get away with it??? Ya sneeze in New Zealand & someone in Iowa says bless you. Duh....
- Tuesday 24 MayBy oliviaLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
- Tuesday 24 MayBy Vicky
This is typical of her career. She copies everybody and everything she sees -not an original bone in body or brain cell in her head. First, Diana Ross, then Tina Turner, and the list goes on and on.
- Tuesday 24 MayBy Rob
I just don't get what people see in her.She is not talented.
- Tuesday 24 MayBy Susy
Horrible song, horrible video and a very unoriginal performance to boot. Beyonce better step her game up!
- Tuesday 24 MayBy Renee'Low Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
Why is this important? She is not losing any sleep over this. She is worth MILLIONS...and still making more...
- Tuesday 24 MayBy dumbOnDrugs
Dumb, untalented, idiot. Can we please ship hollywood overseas. please.
- Wednesday 25 MayBy ihitemup000
- Wednesday 25 MayBy Greygoose125
Beyonce's performance was great, however the song is not one of her best.
- Tuesday 24 MayBy Vicki
I haven't seen her performance yet but I saw her accept her award from her mom....who was the ugly little boy with the bad hair??? I guess bad hair runs in the family..mom's wig was a joke and B's hair..considering she has a hair product contract was a total mess.....
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Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green Hit by Drunk DriverDecember 06, 2014 01:12:27
An intoxicated driver lost control of his car and crashed it into the Range Rover driven by the 'Anger Management' actor.
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green Name Son Bodhi Ransom GreenFebruary 21, 2014 10:02:46
The 'Transformers' actress and her husband name their second child, who was born last week, Bodhi which is usually translated as 'enlightenment.'
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green Welcome Baby Boy No. 2February 14, 2014 01:02:28
The newborn joins big brother Noah Shannon and step-brother Kassius Lijah in the growing family.
Brian Austin Green Signs Up for 'Anger Management' as Series RegularJune 28, 2013 12:06:30
The former 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star will return to the FX sitcom as a new regular to represent a male foil for Charlie Sheen's character.
Megan Fox Gave Birth to Son in SeptemberOctober 18, 2012 01:10:21
The actress and husband Brian Austin Green managed to keep it a secret for a few weeks but decide that it's time to tell the world.
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The actress' husband Brian Austin Green kept touching and kissing her baby bump while they relaxed on their hotel's poolside.
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The E! News host and her husband, Bill, have just announced that they are expecting their first child via a gestational surrogate, revealing that the baby is due in late summer.
2012 Los Angeles Film Festival Announces Gala Screenings LineupApril 24, 2012 09:04:43
The Gala lineup includes Steve Carell-starring 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World', Sundance darling 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' and Ava DuVernay-directed 'Middle of Nowhere'.
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Latest claim that the 'Friends with Kids' actress is carrying the former 'Beverly Hills, 90210' actor's second child comes out after she expresses her hope to have two to three kids.
Megan Fox Accused of Encouraging Husband to Brutally Assaulting PhotographerMarch 26, 2012 04:03:42
Filing a lawsuit against Brian Austin Green, Delbert Shaw claims that the former 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star pummeled him after Fox yelled, 'Are you going to let him get away with that?'
Brian Austin Green Serves Ex-Girlfriend With Lawsuit Over $200K LoanJanuary 14, 2012 12:01:06
In the papers he filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the husband of Megan Fox insists the money he lent to the mother of his child, Vanessa Marcil, when they were dating was not a gift.
Britney Spears to Premiere 'I Wanna Go' Music Video on June 22June 17, 2011 11:06:09
The 'I Wanna Go' music video is set to debut two days before the eligibility period for 2011 MTV Video Music Awards closes.
'Nine Lives of Chloe King' 1.02 Clip: Playing With the ClawJune 17, 2011 11:06:08
Chloe uses her cat-like nail to pick up an apple, but drops it when her mother is showing up from upstairs.
Selena Gomez: I Do Get Caught Up in Fame SometimesJune 17, 2011 11:06:48
In her new E! Entertainment Special, the 'Monte Carlo' actress also opens up that she never asked to be a role model, but she has learned to embrace it over the years.
New 'Deathly Hallows 2' Trailer Sees Dementors Joining Deadly BattleJune 17, 2011 10:06:33
The newly-unveiled snippet opens with a scene of Lily Potter whispering to baby Harry and moves to some new footage, including when Dementors hover above corpses.


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Jam Kolaches
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|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), softened
|Cream cheese
|3 Ounce, softened (1 package)
|All purpose flour
|1 1⁄4 Cup (20 tbs)
|Strawberry jam
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Powdered sugar
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs), sifted
Cream butter and cream cheese, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add flour to creamed mixture, mixing well.
Roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface; cut into rounds with a 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter.
Place on lightly greased cookie sheets.
Spoon 1/4 teaspoon jam on each cookie; fold opposite sides to center, slightly overlapping edges.
Bake at 375° for 15 minutes.
Cool on wire racks, and sprinkle with powdered sugar
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How to Holiday Shop on a Budget: Clever Gifts for $20 and $50by Maria Russo in Holidays, December 7th, 2012
It's no surprise that between shopping for dinner parties, holiday open houses, tree trimmings, decorations and, of course, presents, it can be easy to rack up a hefty spending bill as you celebrate the season of giving. This year, as you shop for close family members, distant relatives and relative strangers alike, let Food Network's holiday gift guides rescue your wallet from the seasonal pinch. You've heard it before: It's not the amount of money you spend on a gift but the thought you put into it that counts. Food Network's collection of both quirky and classic items makes it easy to find presents that are both inexpensive and full of heart for everyone on your list. Check out a few of our favorite gifts below, then browse our entire collection of goodies in our gift guides, organized into two price increments: those less than $20 and those less than $50. Tell us in the comments below: What's the best, most inexpensive gift you've ever given?


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Departing CEO Anu Shukla says the offers-and-surveys company has been hunting for a new chief exec for "many months," but the timing is a little suspect considering recent media scrutiny of its business model.
It's all girls and me today, which leads to hilarious consequences including an outbreak of Simlish. We also figure out the solution to the world's water problems. Molly hates on AT&T some more. And Veronica promises to drink her own pee.
Don Reisinger joins the cast today for a rousing discussion that goes something like this: "Best Buy bought Napster." "Really?" "Yeah, I know, right? Weird." "Huh. Yeah. Wonder why they did that." "Dunno." It's a great show. You'll love it.


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Displaying an exquisite painting without a decent frame is like breakdancing without pants on: the art is lost to the awfulness of the display. The Frame Makers celebrates its five-year anniversary today, having served the Tacoma area with half a decade's worth of dedicated matting and art encasing. Owner Anna has more than 20 years of practice in the framing business, bringing a sharp professional eye to every individual project. Mere paintings, jerseys, photographs, skinny instruments, and more become hangable presentation pieces for walls of all shapes and sizes through creative framing. Custom framing work begins at $69 for basic 8"x10" frames with standard matting, glass, and backing, while $100 can go toward frames up to 16"x20" in dimension with regular mounting materials.


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1. Rinse and soak cabbage in water to give up excess salt.
3. In a large pot, cook brown rice in water.
4. Take a pan and cook the bacon until crispy. Use the rendered fat to cook the diced onion until translucent.
5. Before the rice is completely cooked take it off the heat and transfer it into a large mixing bowl and let it cool. Once the rice is cool, mix everything together till it is well blended. Add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Take a cabbage leaf and put some of the filling in the center and wrap it up to plate it.
7. To prepare a tomato sauce, take a bowl add a can of tomato soup and season with a teaspoon each of basil, oregano and dill.
8. Plate the sour cabbage rolls with the tomato sauce drizzled over it and bake at 350 F for 30 to 45 minutes in the oven.
6. Serve warm with tomato sauce.
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Just a simple poll. ĀWill you be breast feeding, or bottle feeding?
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Amelia Grace est. 2/15/12, M/C 10/13, Rainbow Baby GIRL due 10/27/14
BeautySnark...ain't no reason snark can't look pretty.
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Confusion. Also I will be on my own 2 weeks out of every month as my husband works a 2wk on 2 wk off sched on the north slope oil field so I'll have to be used to doing the feedings anyway :P I'm fortunate enough to be a stay at home mom after this work season though....
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text: Jeff Long gave standard non-answer answers as much as possible when he visited the Little Rock Touchdown Club on Oct. 15. It's a skill he prides himself on. But as we all know, often times when we are posed with questions, there are the answers we give, and the answers that stay inside our heads. Here's what we're guessing Long was probably thinking when asked these questions last week. Think of this as Jeff Long if he had Charles Barkley's candor.


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Canadian Military History Journal – Autumn 2013, Volume 22, Number 4
Canadian Military History Autumn 2013 – Volume 22, Number 4 . "Enshrined in Golden Memories": Eastern Ontario's Commemoration of the North-West Resistance, 1885-1939 Elliot Worsfold Abstract: This article explores how English Canadians in Eastern Ontario actively participated in commemorating the North-West Resistance by erecting war memorials, stained glass windows, and by writing commemorative poems. Using […]Read more »


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SHAPE Services sneak previews IM+, RDM+, iDisplay for iPad
SHAPE Services, who you may know from IM+ or Business Card Reader for the iPhone shared some screenshots of their upcoming apps with us, including: IM+ for iPad, RDM+ for iPad, and iDisplay.
IM+ is, of course, their popular instant messenger app for the iPhone scaled up for the big 1024x768 pixel iPad screen. Supports MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, AIM, Jabber, ICQ, Facebook, MySpace, Skype and Twitter.
RDM+ is Remote Desktop for Mobiles, which will let you access your PC, even through NAT and Firewalls. Just imagine sitting at your sofa with your office or den computer magically held in your iPad display.
iDisplay, which will follow later, lets you turn your iPad or iPhone into a an extra Mac side monitor. A universal binary, it will automatically detect if you're running it on iPad or on a smaller iPhone or iPod touch screen, and let you span your desktop to fill the extra space. Think of it as a dual display, only you don't have to buy another screen -- just use your Apple mobile!
While anything can change between now and Saturday, we hope to see at least a couple of these apps on the iPad ASAP.
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Yoko Ono KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad sits down with Yoko Ono to talk about her new recordings and the various collaborators on her new stage show, which comes to the Orpheum Theater (and is Presented by KCRW) tonight and tomorrow. Ono tells Garth that she and Lady Gaga speak the same language and she's been intrigued by the wide variety of artists that want to work with her. Other performers on the bill include Iggy Pop, Mike Watt, Nels Cline, Perry Farrell, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon.
Dam Funk DJ/Producer Dam Funk will join me at 9:15pm for a guest DJ set. Just off a world tour in support of his debut album "Toeachizown" on Stones Throw Records, expect a sexy barrage of classic 70's & 80's funk from around the world and new exclusives from Dam's personal beat stash.


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Confirmation Conundrum
2010-05-10 by David von Schlichten
We have confirmation this Sunday, May 16. What do you think I should proclaim on that day?
Yours in Christ,
David von Schlichten, Lectionary Blog Moderator
Embrace the chaos of the feminine
2010-05-08 by Leah D. Schade
There is still entrenched resistance in our congregations to explore the feminine face of faith and of the Divine. I wonder if there might be a visceral explanation for this resistance to the feminine. Think of what traits are typically attributed to the feminine side -- emotions, creativity, compassion and . . . chaos. Consider the chaos of pregnancy, labor and delivery. Not to mention what women and those around them experience about 5 days out of every month. Chaos.
When you're in the midst of chaos, there seems to be only two ways of dealing with it. One option is to avoid it. Leave, tune her out, find some way to escape the overwhelming chaos that threatens to overtake you like a tidal wave.
The other option is to beat the chaos into submission. Take away her power by ridiculing her, bullying her, dominating her, threatening her, striking her, raping her, killing her.
Fight or flight. Those have seemed to be our only ways of dealing with the chaos that is womanhood.
But there is a third way. It is the more challenging way. But in the long run, it offers a way through to new possibilities. The third way is to step into the chaos. Engage yourself in the process. Pay attention, listen to this woman who is fearfully and wonderfully made. Be curious as to what creativeness may come out of the confusion. Join with her and open yourself to the chaos that may be giving birth to something new in you or in the world around you.
You can do that through reading the stories of women in the bible. Step into the chaos of Miriam whipping the women into a frenzy of song on the banks of the Red Sea. The chaos of Hannah, an emotional wreck because of not conceiving a child. The chaos of Deborah on the battlefield. The chaos of Abigail, stepping between two hot-headed men ready to duke it out. The chaos of Ruth dealing with the death of her husband and distraught mother-in-law. The chaos of Esther facing a king ready to massacre her people. The chaotic life of Lydia, balancing home and career.
Why do we do this? Why do we intentionally lift up the faith and witness of women? We do it because Jesus did it.
Over and over again, Jesus stepped into the chaos of women's life. The list is long - the woman with non-stop menstruation for twelve years. The woman at the well. Then woman with the spine affliction at the temple. The woman accused of adultery. At the home of Mary and Martha. The widow putting her offering into the plate. Mary Magdalene afflicted with seven demons.
Jesus showed us that by embracing women and the feminine aspect of God, we do not immasculate the Divine. We affirm the humanity of women. And we expand our understanding of God.
Ascended Christ Our Mother
2010-05-07 by David von Schlichten
Scroll down to read Stephen Schuette's post, which begins with a reference to Saturday Night Live. Stephen is always astute.
The ascended Christ is a mother-figure in that she is in a position of power and authority but, at the same time, is close and intimate. Ascended Christ our Mother gives us the freedom to make mistakes but is also there to pick us up when we fall onto the pavement. Christ the Mother also feeds and washes us. as well as teaches us. Christ the Mother sends Sister Spirit to help us along.
Something like that. What do you think?
Yours in Christ,
David von Schlichten, Lectionary Blog Moderator
No Plans
2010-05-04 by Stephen Schuette
You may recall the Saturday Night Live skit where the motivational speaker hired by the parents warns the children about a future of living in a trailer down by the river.
They're not in a trailer, but the Christian movement seems to find itself in similar straits, outside the city gate, down by the river. Inside the gates are the Roman forum and the impressive buildings of Philippi connected to the wealth from nearby gold mines. But the Christians are outside the gate down by the River.
They get there in the same manner that other things seem to happen in the Book of Acts. They "suppose" that there's a place of prayer (and baptism?) there. In other words they bumble along and, surprisingly, wherever they go they find the Spirit of God already at work opening hearts and opening doors. Lucky thing, because they don't seem to have a strategic plan about this. They didn't even have a travel account for accommodations. They are dependent on local hospitality. In other words they not only lack a strategic plan, they basically have no plan.
How different from the Roman Empire! They have a plan. They know how to conquer a region, subdue the people and collect taxes, manage revolts and other threats, construct roads (which Christians use!), establish colonies, transport wealth back to the homeland, and even utilize a PR department to sell the whole project as the Pax Romana. Meanwhile, right under their noses, outside the city gate, down by the river, something's happening with some folk who don't even know where they're going to stay the night.
Rather than operating by a plan these Christians seem to operate out of the trust that God will lead them. And in that trust they know a different kind of peace than Rome can offer, a trust that allows them to be free and live incredibly openly with hearts untroubled and unafraid. And it could be that what appears to be their outward bumbling is exactly what makes them so completely open to the leading of God's Spirit and makes of them the living fulfillment of Jesus' own desire for them as expressed in John.
It's all so simple, isn't it, this matter of trust? And yet I have so far to go…
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Motherhood, and the Gospel
2010-05-04 by David von Schlichten
Ninteenth-century American author Elizabeth Stuart Phelps often warned in her writings that being a mother meant that a woman would not be able to pursue a passion such as a career. She was not opposed to motherhood. She just recognized that the patriarchal society in which she lived demanded that women sacrifice their career aspirations in the name of motherhood.
For instance, in her novel The Story of Avis, Phelps tells of a young woman who studies to be a painter but ends up permanently deferring that dream when she gets married and has children. Phelps herself did not marry until she was forty-four and never had children. She knew the price.
Today, of course, there are more opportunities for women, thanks be to God. Even so, our society expects more from women than it does from men. If a man who is a father neglects his children, it is a shame. If a woman does the same, it is an abomination, or so we tend to think.
As we contemplate how to preach on Mother's Day, it would be wise for us to consider these dynamics. Perhaps Lydia provides a helpful example of a career woman (dealer in purple cloth) who cares for her family (she and her household were baptized) as well as ministers to people in need ("come and stay at my home"), while also being someone who RECEIVES care (from Paul and God).
How do we celebrate mother figures of all sorts, including by helping them to realize, not just family goals, but careers goals, while also tending to their needs, just as they have tended to ours?
Yours in Christ,
David von Schlichten, Lectionary Blog Moderator
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Chili Caramelized Salmon
Who doesn't love salmon? Here is another innovative yet simple way to cook this flavorful fish and add more taste to it with garlic chili sauce and pomegranate teriyaki sauce…try it out!
|Wild salmon fillet
|500 Gram
|Salt and pepper blend
|To Taste
|White wine
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Pomegranate teriyaki sauce
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chili garlic sauce
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1 Teaspoon (For Garnish)
• Cut the Salmon into small strips or leave in one piece.
• Spread some Salt & Pepper Blend on both sides.
• Heat a pan, and when hot, add the white wine, put the salmon in and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side.
• Pour the two sauces in, reduce the heat and cook for 5 minutes.
• Serve on a plate of mashed potatoes or white rice and garnish with chives.
• Enjoy!
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Difficulty Level:Easy
Course:Main Dish
Restriction:High Protein
Cook Time:10 Minutes
Are you looking for a quick salmon recipe? The chef in this video shows an innovative yet simple way to cook this flavorful fish in white wine with garlic chili sauce and pomegranate teriyaki sauce. The video is quite impressive to make a hearty salmon dish.
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Email me for a copy of the flyer which also includes directions on how to find the place.
My husband graciously lets us use his building to have our show. It is handicap accessible and we will have coffee and cookies for those who want to linger to check out the fleeces, roving, and batts from our sheep.
Also, lots of handmade items including soaps, lavender sachets, and purses and pillows.
Meet some of the sheep who help provide all this wonderful fiber.
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Boeing's A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft has completed an 8h flight, it's longest yet, carrying a 450kg (1,000lb) payload.
The helicopter reached an altitude of 5,000ft (1,500m) on the 26 September flight from Victorville, California. It was carrying a simulated battlefield resupply payload.
"The ability to carry a 1,000lb payload and fly for that duration puts the A160T in a category by itself," says programme manager Jim Martin.
First flown in June, the A160T is a turbine-powered version of the Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft originally designed by Frontier Systems, which was acquired by Boeing in 2004.
Boeing is building 11 A160Ts for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and US Special Operations Command.
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The Hummingbird has an optimum-speed rotor that varies its RPM with altitude, cruise speed and gross weight. Conventional helicopter rotors operate at 100% RPM almost all the time.
Slowing the 11m-diameter rigid rotor by up to 50% extends the unmanned helicopter's endurance. Boeing's goal is to fly the A160T for 18h with a 135kg payload.
Powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207, the A160T is designed to cruise at more than 140kt (260km/h), hover up to 15,000ft and reach a ceiling of 25,000-30,000ft.
Boeing says future payloads will include a combination of sensors, weapons and systems to perform a range of missions including persistent surveillance, communications relay, target acquisition, direct attack, precision resupply and personnel recovery.
US SOCOM plans to evaluate the A160's military utility. Separately, the special-forces command also plans to evaluate AeroVironment's hydrogen-powered Global Observer UAV, which is designed to stay aloft for up to seven days at altitudes from 55,000-65,000ft.
© AeroVironmentAeroVironment has received a $57 million contract to deliver one Global Observer, with an option for two more vehicles taking the potential value to $108 million.
The goal of the joint capabilities technology demonstration is to evaluate the tactical utility of a UAV able to operate in the stratosphere for up to seven days.
A system comprising two or three air vehicles would be able to provide continuous surveillance or communications relay over an area of interest, says AeroVironment.
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Once upon a time, a servant fell in love with a prince. He was handsome and clever and cruel, and she loved the way he spoke to her when they were alone. He did not court her in any traditional sense, though he promised so much with the curl of his lips and the lightness of his touch. He made her feel as if she were already the princess her promised her she would soon become.
And then he disgraced the servant, humiliating her by bragging of his deception shortly before marrying a pretty noblewoman. The servant wept. She loved him. He did not love her.
But this is a fairytale (as anything that begins with 'Once upon a time' must be), and convention dictates that this story cannot end here. It cannot end with the servant suffering a miscarriage and living out her days alone. By the same token, it cannot end with her decision to walk away herself, to have her child and be a single mother and suffer and love and find happiness. So long as she is alone, the fairytale cannot find a suitable conclusion.
No matter if that conclusion is that the prince realizes his mistake, that he has married a woman just as cruel as he is and returns to his servant's side. He still does not love her, and perhaps, after all she has been through, she does not love him, but she is a servant and he is a prince and it is safe to say that their coupling will warrant a 'happily ever after'.
No matter if the alternate conclusion is that the servant finds a kind, loving man, perhaps someone who wished for her hand the entire time, so that her bastard child might not be born out of wedlock after all. He might love her, but she does not love him, but in the end it doesn't matter because it's just another marriage and more loose ends tied up.
Maybe this isn't a fairytale after all.
A Love Story by CrimsonVendettaWatch
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If you didn't know I was an angry lady before, you certainly know it now.
Inspired by something I read a little while ago.
(Also, I might come back to dA. Maybe.)
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