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As I've aged my knees and back seem to be complaining more and more. You'll be thankful if you look again at your dishwasher placement and the size & height of your toilets in new construction and remodeling.
Raising your dishwasher
Raising the dishwasher has numerous appeals, which all end with "...and your back will thank you!" It may be to add storage under the dishwasher for infrequently needed items. Or, it may be to make the dishwasher more convenient and easier to load and unload for individuals of all ages and abilities.
If a raised dishwasher is in your future plans, think also about what goes atop the dishwasher. Set within an island, the countertop over the dishwasher may be flush with a raised eating bar (unless the entire island work surface has been raised.) Situated the dishwasher against a wall, other options, including additional storage, come more clearly into view. Raised dishwasher ideas.
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It's surprising how many people overlook the issue of the toilet size for their home. Okay, maybe it's not as fun as selecting lighting fixtures, but comfort is too important of an issue to forget. As compared with standard round toilets, elongated toilets are about two inches longer, which many adults feel is a more comfortable size. Petite individuals and children sometimes feel elongated bowls are too big.
There's also the issue of hygiene, and men strongly prefer the elongated toilets. Finally, consider space. Some baths are designed with a little "room" within the bathroom for the toilet, and the extra length of the elongated toilet may interrupt the door swing into that toilet space.
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Secretary of Defense William Perry has announced the appointment of Army
Reserve Maj. Gen. George J. Steiner to the Reserve Forces Policy Board
effective March 1, 1995. Steiner currently serves as commander, 88th Army
Reserve Command, Fort Snelling, Minn.
The 24-member Reserve Forces Policy Board was created by Congress in 1952.
Acting through the assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, the
board serves as the principle policy advisor to the secretary of defense on
reserve component matters. Members include the assistant secretary responsible
for reserve affairs from each of the military departments, and active and
reserve component general and flag officers representing all services,
including the Coast Guard.
General Steiner graduated from St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., with
a bachelor's degree in social science in 1959. He later went on for a
master's degree from St. Louis University. His 34-year career spans a variety
of staff and command positions, with the majority of his time spent in
infantry units. Prior to his current position, he served as commander, 205th
Infantry Brigade (Separate) (Light), also headquartered at Fort Snelling.
The general's military awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service
Medal with device, Army Commendation Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement
Medal with four devices, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve
Medal with two devices, Army Service Ribbon and Air Assault Badge.
In civilian life, Steiner serves as executive director, Minnesota 2000, a part
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As sunny days and balmy nights keep us outdoors, Tony Love shares the secrets to barbecued food and wine matching.
The barbecue is a multicultural all- Australian cooking event these days. It's no longer just your plain old butcher's sausages and standard cuts of beef and chicken.
Sam Kekovich's old man might have slapped a plain old lamb patty on the coals, but the big boy himself - well, the recipes attached to his latest campaign include Turkish lamb burgers, cutlets with sesame greens, and lemon and rosemary kebabs. The metro bogan lives.
There are genuine flavours in there. Herbs and spices even. Go to the butcher and check the cabinet - plenty of offerings are in exotic-sounding marinades or coated with aromatic and chilli add-ons.
Our own taste.com.au recipe website lists more than 500 dishes in its "Barbecue Collection'' and most invite you to cook with pesto, piri piri, red curry sauces, honey mustard dressings and 100 more wild flavourings.
These make all the difference when you're stocking the Esky for a big day taming the flames.
Flavour matching is, however, just the start when planning a smart barbecue-friendly wine list.
As a modern host you'll be ensuring there's something from the sea as well, and perhaps some chicken for white meat-only types.
So what that means in wine terms is a lightweight champion for the whiting, flathead and dory, while if you're lashing out on prawns, then you can step into the ring with a heavier white.
Here's how it works.
Light food suggests lighter wine styles - and that goes across the menu. Delicate white fish, cooked simply, deserves a white variety that isn't going to tread all over it in overt aromatics and possible oak influence.
And given that a lot more delicate fish dishes come with a wedge of lemon, a wine with a bit of bracing acidity will suit well. So think a riesling, pinot grigio or fresh, young semillon.
If you're being even more adventurous, think about a few of the emerging white varieties that will fill the same shoes: savagnin, fiano, chenin blanc, and even a gewurztraminer.
But fish ain't simply fish. There's an ocean of difference between a lovely fillet of garfish and a handsome piece of grilled swordfish or tuna.
These can even handle a lighter red, such as rose, as well as a pinot noir, both of which have the colour and structure to partner the sometimes stronger-flavoured Mediterranean and Asian accompaniments the bigger fish are often plated with. And then there's the prawns on the barbie. Or scallops. Perhaps a lobster. These are rich seafoods that require a heavier white variety to stand and deliver. Call on a chardonnay. Muster up a marsanne or viognier.
Now, just when you thought this was becoming easy, the devil in your choice of wines to go with a contemporary cook-out is in the way you cook your protein.
Check once again the taste.com.au recipe website.
A fish that is grilled with a pineapple mint salsa is an entirely different beast to the one with a chickpea puree and Sicilian tomato sauce. The complexity of the dressing or saucing will suggest the best suited wines. That chunky Italian tomato and herb combo can handle a bigger-bodied wine with some acidity. If you add chilli, then a touch of sweetness will best parry the heat - think about an off-dry riesling or even a shiraz-based deeper-coloured rose.
The same rules of the game can be played with poultry and red meats - you just have to move towards the heavier white and red wine side of the ledger.
Chicken is a fairly light meat, so is happy among the fuller-bodied whites like chardonnay, but marinate those wings in honey and soy, barbecue them 'til sticky, and suddenly you need a wine which can roll with its punches. Sweet, a little chilli perhaps, and you'll have to be opening a light to medium-weight red with ripe fruit flavours. Think about a grenache, and definitely pop the cork on a sparkling red.
The same will suit pork belly although, to cut through the fatty sections, a wine with a bit of rapier-slice acidity and berry-fruit lift is worth trying. Bring on the pinot noir, sangiovese or nebbiolo.
Now let's cut to the chase. Sausages. Real sausages, with herbs, spices and cutural interest. Versatility is the name of the game here because there are just too many ingredient blends to define this going with that. You should head for a great grenache, shiraz and mataro (aka mourvedre) blend that has a good fruit core and rustic, herb-edge flavours.
It'll cover many of the sins of a butcher's snag, as well as the more agricultural sensations of the world of wursts and chorizos. Your bottle of sangiovese will also work here.
The good thing about red meat is it can be fairly forgiving in its wine friendships.
Lamb has long been connected to cabernet as a perfect match, and that also goes for a rare steak.
The reason - a big cabernet often has big, mouth-coating tannins derived from grape skin and seeds.
Research shows the proteins in meat soften big tannins and make a great textural combination. Big shiraz, mataro or malbec and nebbiolo will work.
Tony Love writes about wine for the taste section, available every Tuesday in The Courier Mail, The Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun, every Wednesday in The Advertiser and in Perth's Sunday Times.
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The Branford Probate District was constituted June 21, 1850 from the Guilford Probate District. The Branford Probate District merged with the North Branford Probate District on January 5, 2011 to create the Branford - North Branford Probate District which serves the municipalities of Branford and North Branford.
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Getting clothes clean is a never-ending process that is also incredibly expensive, if you really stop to think about it. The cost of laundry detergent, whether you prefer the liquid or powder kind, is increasing all the time. Busy families with a lot of laundry can spend hundreds on detergent every year, and probably are also looking for ways to cut corners and save a little bit of cash. That's where homemade laundry detergent comes in. It's fast, it's easy, it's cheap and, best of all, it works well using a few easy to find ingredients.
How much money one can save with Homemade Laundry Detergents?
I, on an average, do about 4 loads per week. For Tide liquid detergent [or any similar], it costs about $18 and lasts about 75 loads. That's just detergent. For fabric softener, it costs around $9 for 120 loads. So for my family, I spend around $45 on detergent and $15 on softener per year.
However if you follow the below homemade soap recipes, you can make this laundry detergent for less than $20 and it lasts more than a year for me. That's $40 saving a year.
Step by Step Guide – How To Make Homemade Laundry Detergent Soap
Most of the ingredients you can find in your local shop or you can order online at amazon.
First, assemble everything you need for homemade laundry detergent powder:
1) Box of borax [76 oz] Also known as sodium borate, borax is a common household chemical that can usually be found in the laundry aisle, in grocery stores or, if all else fails, can be ordered online for next to nothing.
2) Box of Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda. [55 oz] Also found in stores along the detergent aisle, this detergent booster is all-natural and can also be used as a household cleaner.
3) Arm and Hammer baking soda. [4 pounds] Look in the laundry, cleaning or baking aisles for this household staple. Find a 4 pound box or enough smaller containers to equal 4 pounds.
4) 2 14.1 ounce bars of Zote soap. This soap can also be found in the laundry aisle, as well as in hardware stores. It can be hard to find in some locales, and you may need to look online. This soap comes in pink (featuring coconut scent) or white (without a scent). A suitable substitute is Fels Naptha, a powerful bar commonly used to pre-treat stains before washing.
OxyClean. [3 pounds] – Another detergent aisle find, OxyClean (yes, that stuff you used to see in television infomericals) is a recommended ingredient in this homemade laundry detergent; however, it is not necessary to the "recipe."
Purex Crystals fabric softener [55 oz] – This final ingredient is also found in the laundry aisle, and is another optional item. Adding fabric softener to your laundry detergent will make the mixture smell great and do a better job of softening up your clothes.
1) Using a food processor or a hand-held cheese grater, shred up the Zote soap (or Fels Naptha if that's what you found) into small pieces. This can be difficult and time consuming if done by hand. Make sure you grate the soap as finely as possible.
2) Mix all of the ingredients together in a large, clean bucket. Layer the ingredients if you are concerned with appearance, or just load everything in there together.
3) Transfer a small amount of the detergent to a portable container, if you wish. If not, store the sealed bucket in your laundry area.
4) Now just add 1-2 tablespoon of this detergent for normal loads.
Once completed, this "recipe" will allow you to do anywhere from 200-250 loads of laundry at a cost of approximately $27, far less than you would spend annually on store-bought detergent.
Alternative Method for Homemade Laundry Soap
1 bar of Fels Naptha soap
1 cup washing soda
1 cup Borax
Step 1 – Fine grate the whole Fels Naptha soap bar.
Step 2 – Add 1 cup of Borax and grated soap into blender and mix it well.
Step 3 – Add the blended mixture to a bowl with remaining 1 cup of washing soda and mix well with spoon. Break up any larger chunks so that mixture is very fine.
Step 4 – Store it in a glass of jar. You only need 1 tablespoon of this detergent per load
How To Make Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent
If you prefer liquid detergent, you can make that easily at home and it doesn't cost too much. You need the same ingredients as above, the procedure is a bit different.
Here is a video showing how to make liquid detergent soap at home


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I caught some catfish once in my grandfather's pond.-Nam
Keep trying. Try girl and swimsuit... If we don't see you around for a few days, I'll know you found something.
This fish is about 3 inches long depending on how you measure by your screen resolution/size. However, when you look at the big picture you'll probably come to a different conclusion for obvious reasons.
While not impressive, i have caught a Shovel nose ray about one meter in length.
Damn, flyfishing for shovel nose rays?That must be a challenge.
I hate fishing. everything about it. But when I was 10, I tried it. I caught a 10 lb catfish. It was horrid. It tasted like pond muck.
Did you gut it first because if you don't, it could make it taste like shit.-Nam
Quote from: Nam on October 06, 2013, 09:46:59 AMDid you gut it first because if you don't, it could make it taste like shit.-NamIt can also depend on what the fish ate, Catfish are known for getting a muddy taste if they are in bad waters.
That's true but still thoroughly gutting and cleaning a fish can cut back on that. I find skinning a catfish is best, since the skin has a pungent taste to it.-Nam
Quote from: Nam on October 06, 2013, 10:21:34 AMThat's true but still thoroughly gutting and cleaning a fish can cut back on that. I find skinning a catfish is best, since the skin has a pungent taste to it.-NamIts funny on how you can skin an eel tail catfish like a banana...
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STARKVILLE, Miss.--A grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission will allow the Ulysses S. Grant Association to continue its work on Vols. I and II of the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
The NHPRC recently awarded a grant of $43,490 to the Ulysses S. Grant Association for the 2014-15 fiscal year.
The Mississippi State University-based association is working to produce an annotated scholarly edition of Grant's memoirs in print and a complete digital edition, which will show the various drafts, from first to final. The digital edition will be published with free online access.
Grant Association Executive Director John F. Marszalek said, "Over the years of the Grant Association's editorial work on the 32 volumes of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, the NHPRC's financial support has been crucial. Its continuing support this coming year will help ensure the first scholarly edition of the Grant memoirs, an American classic."
Established by Congress in 1934, NHPRC is the grant-making affiliate of the National Archives and Records Administration. The organization helps non-federal institutions preserve and make broadly accessible other records of historical value through grants to archival institutions, manuscript repositories, and publications in multiple formats.
Published in 1885 by Mark Twain's own publishing house Charles L. Webster and Co., Grant's memoirs have been touted as the greatest work of nineteenth-century non-fiction literature. The best-selling memoirs received critical praise in their day and still remain a model for contemporary presidents when they write their own presidential memoirs. President Clinton kept a copy of Grant's memoirs on a bookshelf near his oval office desk.
Marszalek said the scholarly edition will be of tremendous value to historians and those who wish to understand more completely Grant's military career, mainly in the Mexican-American and Civil War. The annotations will have meticulous research and solid scholarship behind them.
Revealed in the drafting stages are the personal struggles Grant faced while writing his memoirs, particularly his battle with throat cancer. Having been diagnosed with the illness shortly after beginning the memoirs, Grant dealt with losing his voice and periods of intense physical pain and weakness. On July 16, 1885, Grant wrote to his doctor regarding the memoirs that "There is nothing more that I should do to it now, and therefore I am not more ready to go than at this moment." He died only a few days later on July 23, 1885.
The Grant Association's goals for the memoirs are to complete drafting and verification of the annotations for Vols. I and II and to send out both volumes for peer review by the end of the 2014-15 fiscal year. Groundwork on the digital version will continue alongside the work on the print edition.
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New study reveals depths of segregation in state
Sometimes, it's hard to say what divides North Carolinians more: race or what to do about race. A new and powerful report by some data experts at the University of North Carolina helps to shine a light on both of these divisions.
The report is entitled "The State of Exclusion: An Empirical Analysis of the Legacy of Segregated Communities in North Carolina" and the portrait it paints is not an especially encouraging one. (You can read it at www.uncinclusionproject.org).
A team led by researcher Peter Gilbert examined hundreds of "census blocks" and population "clusters" throughout the state in an attempt to explore and explain some of the key aspects of North Carolina's readily evident residential segregation by race: Where does is exist? Why does it exist? What are its impacts?
What they found shouldn't surprise us, but it should serve as a wake-up call to all North Carolinians of good will.
The three-pronged message: 1) Despite decades of important progress, North Carolina remains intensely segregated in many, many areas. 2) This segregation produces significant and measurable negative consequences. 3) Ignoring the problem won't make it go away.
At the heart of the study's findings is this disturbing but undeniable fact: Residential segregation in our state has not happened by accident. It may not always have been the result of malevolent intent, but as a practical matter, the results are essentially the same as if it were.
In locality after locality around the state, Gilbert and his team discovered "communities of exclusion" – that is, neighborhoods with large black and brown populations that have been systematically denied inclusion into nearby, wealthier and whiter communities. And while no two communities were exactly identical, the historical patterns at the root of their exclusion were often
In other words, even though the noxious origins of the exclusion may have been forgotten, the impact persists – even through several cycles of supposedly "neutral" and well-intentioned decisions in the decades since.
As a result, in scores of communities, impoverished and underdeveloped minority neighborhoods stand immediately adjacent to affluent majority ones – a phenomenon the report refers to as "municipal underbounding."
Though perhaps not surprising, the practical results of the exclusion are striking and sobering. The report highlights five areas in which the excluded communities suffer mightily: environmental justice, education, housing, municipal services/infrastructure and voting rights. Put simply, minority communities must endure more garbage dumps, poorer schools, poorer housing, fewer essential services and less representation in government.
While the study offers no specific policy solutions (and, indeed, calls for more study to more thoroughly document the situation), common sense tells us that such a massive problem so long in the making is not going to abate in short order or on its own.
As Rev. William Barber of the North Carolina NAACP documented so well in last year's Truth and Hope Poverty Tour, those in control of the state's levers of power can talk as much as they want about making the state "color blind" and combating poverty by "unleashing the private sector," but the fact remains that neither mere deregulation or tax cuts (nor simple benign neglect) are not going to bring economic development and prosperity to impoverished and polluted communities with poor schools and lousy public services. And neither is a rising tide of prosperity in adjoining communities. If that were true, past boom times would have long ago lifted these areas out of their torpor.
Like it or not, the simple truth is that entrenched exclusion of this kind can only be addressed through the sustained application of intentional and forceful public action. This means elected state and local officials must enact public policies that break down the walls – by annexing and integrating excluded neighborhoods and extending municipal services, desegregating schools, enforcing fair housing laws, constructing affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods, and enforcing laws to protect voting rights.
Let's hope the new study begins to awaken more and more North Carolinians with open minds and good will to this hard but undeniable truth.
Rob Schofield is director of research and policy development at NC Policy Watch.


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D.C. got its own version of the Slutwalk, a movement of marches taking place across the world, on Saturday. The demonstrations are meant to raise awareness of, and end victim-blaming in, sexual assaults. They began in response to a Toronto police officer's remark that women shouldn't dress "like sluts" if they want to avoid being raped.
"Slut Walks" began in Toronto earlier this year after a police officer there said "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized." Since the Toronto march on April 3, similar demonstrations have taken place in cities worldwide, including Chicago, London, and New Delhi.
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I've been training for the Fort Bliss 10 Miler in the Heat for the last few months. This race has a good reputation, and it did not disappoint. It was well-organized, the views were nice, the water stations were plentiful, and the course was flat. The other variables (the weather and the people I ran with) ended up being top-notch, too. Even though 'heat' is in the name of the race, it ended up only being in the 80's with good cloud cover. Score!
Per Amy tradition, I woke up way earlier than necessary and got to the race site about an hour before the start. The sun wasn't even up yet!
I used my early arrival as a chance to get all my gear in order. The start was right outside of one of the gym's on post. (It's the one I used to work at!) Having a nice locker room with clean bathrooms at your disposal before a race is awesome. I took full advantage. After a few laps walking around the gym to stay loose, my buddies from Wear Blue arrived and we moseyed to the start. Battle Buddy/Running Buddy Julie popped up out of nowhere, and before we knew it (and before we were really ready!) the starting gun went off.
- Mile 1: 10:35
- Mile 2: 10:19
- Mile 3: 10:41
Julie and I had planned to run together, and fellow Wear Blue friend, Jennifer, stuck with us, too. We didn't have any kind of overall time goal. Our training had been consistent but half the runs were inexplicably crappy. We also knew going in that the weather would be a wildcard factor. Instead of pressuring ourselves with a specific finish time, we aimed to go out slow and finish strong. We obviously felt great the first two miles and were a tad on the too fast side. Whoops! We slowed up after that and settled into a perfect pace just chatting as we ran along.
- Mile 4: 11:48 (<– walk break for fuel)
- Mile 5: 10:49
- Mile 6: 10:43
Jennifer's gu didn't agree with her, and she peeled off from us to run/walk until her stomach felt better. Julie and I continued on. As early as mile 4 we started seeing the front-of-the-pack runners who'd already made the turn around and only had a few miles left to go. (The overall male winner finished in under and hour, and the first female was only 10 minutes behind him!) Julie's boyfriend, Matt, was also running the race. He came barreling so fast out of nowhere that I didn't even have a chance to get my camera out and snap a picture! He and Julie high-fived and kept trucking on.
This stretch of the race took us out along a few back roads of Bliss that I'd never traveled to. At one point we were on a dusty, desolate section that I'm convinced was the long, boring stretch of the El Paso Marathon that nearly killed me. Let me just say, running that road is ten times more fun with a friend! It also didn't hurt that at this point were passing a good number of people. The strategy to start slow was paying off!
- Mile 7: 10:36
- Mile 8: 11:29 (<– fuel walk break)
These miles seemed to wash over us in a blur. I'm pretty sure I said, "Mile 7 already?! Mile 8 already?!" I was having so much fun talking and joking with Julie that the race didn't feel like a race. I mean that in a good way! It just felt like all of our coffee dates; miles ticking away while we discussed every possible thing on our minds both great and small.
- Mile 9: 10:26
- Mile 10: 10:05
About halfway through that second-to-last mile, Julie commented that we'd picked up the pace again. I think that even though I felt good, I was also feeling ready for a break. Perhaps my body was trying to get the run over with. The race is entirely on the cement roads and my knees were talking to me. Plus, you can't run for over an hour and a half in Texas in August and not get hot, even if it is cooler than expected. We reigned it in a bit with the intention of saving something for the last mile.
That was about the time my stomach tried to convince me that I didn't really want to run. Judging by how salty I was afterwards, I think it was a bit of dehydration. But with only a mile to go, there was no way I was going to walk. I told myself it was mind over matter and kept putting one foot in front of the other. We rounded the last traffic circle and sprinted our way to a strong finish!
My stats:
- 10 mile finish time: 1:47:31
- Average pace: 10:45 per mile
I had so much fun and felt fantastic almost the entire race! Julie and I are already discussing our training plans for future races. It looks like I'm going to be doing an 8k in September and a half in October. I might even squeeze in a shorter race or two in between there.
Of course, I can't end this recap without thanking Julie for running side by side with me and the entire Wear Blue group for being so supportive. Right now, I'm in my happy place, and I like it.


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Amy Winehouse, fashion designer?
Singer Amy Winehouse - she of the towering beehive, tattoos, smudged eyeliner and dubious polka dots - is set to launch her own fashion and beauty range, according to The Sun.
The troubled star, who won 5 gongs at the recent Grammy Awards and made her comeback at last week's BRITS after coming out or rehab, is reportedly in talks with fashion and beauty experts with a view to recreating the Winehouse look for the masses. According to a friend, the range would include a wide range of make-up, clothing and perfume, with Amy's trademark black eyeliner a big feature.
Forgive us, but we're not convinced it would take off...Amy's all-too-well-documented problems with drink and drug abuse have left her looking rather less than fresh of late, and she came in second on Richard Blackwell's 48th Annual Worst Dressed of 2007 list (the winner was Victoria Beckham). The style guru said of Amy: "Exploding beehives above, tacky polka-dots below, she's part '50s carhop horror."


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Urethral Suspension -- Sling Procedure
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Reasons for Procedure
Possible Complications
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Reactions to anesthesia
- Inability to urinate
- Continued incontinence or recurrence of the problem
- Damage to other nearby organs or blood vessels
- Pain, such as during sexual intercourse
- Smoking
- Drinking
- Chronic disease such as diabetes or obesity
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
- Medical history—information about medications, illnesses, number of pregnancies, and previous surgeries; pattern of leaking and how it is affecting your life
- Urine sample—to look for the presence of infection or other problems
- Physical exam—includes a rectal and vaginal exam
Additional testing may be ordered to evaluate bladder function and urine flow, such as:
- Urine flow studies—a temporary catheter is placed to study bladder function
- Cystoscopy —a procedure done to view the inside of the bladder
- Talk to your doctor about your medications. You may be asked to stop taking some medications up to one week before the procedure.
- Arrange for a ride home from the hospital.
- Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the night before.
Description of Procedure
Immediately After Procedure
How Long Will It Take?
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Average Hospital Stay
Postoperative Care
- Washing their hands
- Wearing gloves or masks
- Keeping your incisions covered
- Washing your hands often and reminding visitors and healthcare providers to do the same
- Reminding your healthcare providers to wear gloves or masks
- Not allowing others to touch your incisions
- Avoid lifting and strenuous exercise for six weeks after surgery.
- Ask your doctor when it will be safe to have sex or use tampons.
Call Your Doctor
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site
- Pain that you cannot control with the medications you have been given
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Severe nausea or vomiting
- Trouble urinating
- Pain, burning, urgency, or frequency of urination
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov
Urology Care Foundation http://www.urologyhealth.org
Canadian Continence Foundation http://www.canadiancontinence.ca
Canadian Urological Association http://www.cua.org
Incontinence. American Urological Association Foundation website. Available at: http://www.urologyhealth.org/urology/index.cfm?article=143. Updated March 2013. Accessed October 28, 2014.
Surgical mesh. US Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm142636.htm. Updated October 6, 2014. Accessed October 28, 2014.
Surgical treatment for female stress urinary incontinence. National Association for Continence website. Available at: http://www.nafc.org/bladder-bowel-health/types-of-incontinence/stress-incontinence/surgical-treatment-for-female-stress-urinary-incontinence. Accessed October 28, 2014.
Townsend MK, Danforth KN, et al. Physical activity and incident urinary incontinence in middle-aged women. J Urol. 2008;179:1012-1016; discussion 1016-1017.
Urinary incontinence. American Association of Family Physicians website. Available at: http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/urinary-incontinence.html. Updated April 2014. Accessed October 28, 2014.
6/3/2011 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Mills E, Eyawo O, Lockhart I, Kelly S, Wu P, Ebbert JO. Smoking cessation reduces postoperative complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Med. 2011;124(2):144-154.e8.
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Tucked away on an unspoilt island in the Indian Ocean, only 15 minutes flying time from Mombasa, The Funzi Keys' unique appeal is its luxurious seclusion and beautiful natural scenery. Surrounded by water and superbly located on a west-facing beach with glorious views of the African sunset, this remote and exclusive hideaway is the perfect place to escape from the outside world in style.
Designed to blend unobtrusively with its idyllic beachfront setting and to reflect the influence of the local culture and coastal architecture, the accommodation consists of nine spacious cottages set along the high-water line and constructed of stone and thatch with large netted windows open to the balmy sea breezes.
Each of the individually designed rooms has a hand carved king-sized four-poster bed and is furnished with local wooden artefacts and colourful fabrics plus a Jacuzzi with spectacular sea views. All cottages are provided with fans, safes and beach accessories in the oversized bathroom. In front of each cottage is a private sitting area where guests can enjoy a drink and watch the sun go down in total privacy.
Life at The Funzi Keys is relaxed and many guests do little more than unwind on the wooden deck of the 45m free-form pool with a drink while watching the local fishing dhows sail by. But for more energetic guests, it is possible to enjoy sailing, creekfishing, windsurfing and canoeing or perhaps take a boat trip up the Ramisi River or Funzi Creek for an unforgettable glimpse of kingfishers, crocodiles and even dolphins. The hotel is also an excellent base for deep-sea fishing and scuba diving in the Pemba Channel, which can be arranged and paid for locally.
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It's been exactly a week since Beyonce's self-titled surprise album dropped , and it's already broken some serious sales records. When Queen Bey talks, the world listens, and we've already memorized the words (not to mention dance moves) to pretty much the all of the tracks! Many critics have noted that the album is much more personal than some of her past work, with the 32-year-old singer opening up about her inner struggles, adjusting to family life, and also offering (ahem) occasionally graphic details about her sex life with husband Jay Z. The result is some of Mrs. Carter's naughtiest lyrics ever!
The album contains songs about getting down in the back of a limo on the way to the club, cooking meals naked, and waking up on the kitchen floor…it's safe to say that Beyonce is definitely not holding back for her fans. And it's awesome! In addition to the killer hooks and her stunning vocal range, the lyrical candor makes the record one of her strongest in years. But we admit, the rhymes sometimes make us blush. Call us old fashioned. Head up to the gallery above for our top ten picks for the raunchiest lyrics on Beyonce's Beyonce!
Could they be the reason why Bey might be off the invite list for her old friend (and former Destiny's Child band-mate) Kelly Rowland's upcoming wedding? Ehh, probably not. But you never know…
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Condition(s) targeted: Plaque Psoriasis
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Last Night's Look: Love It or Leave It?We can't stop talking about Jennifer Lopez's sequin gown, Sandra Bullock's sexy black dress and more outfits that stars were just spotted in. Check them out, then vote – fashion-forward or fashion fail?
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It is okay to pop fireworks for New Year's as long as it is done outside city limits.
According to Hutchinson County Fire Marshal Danny Richards stated that the Hutchinson County area has been out of a burn ban since the middle of November.
"There are actually firework stands in the area open for the season," he stated. He also continued to say there are still some safety tips people should follow. Use fireworks outdoors only. Obey local laws. It is illegal to pop fireworks in the city areas.
Borger fire crews were busy on Christmas Eve fighting a fire on Coble Street.
A fire broke out inside a home on the 900 block of Coble. The fire gutted the inside of the home, according to Fire Chief Bob Watson. The fire occurred at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24, and was contained within 30 minutes. The fire crews did not leave the scene till 8:30 p.m.
High Plains Helping Hand recently received a generous donation on behalf of a local Scout pack.
Prior to the Christmas holidays, Rob Marr, representing Cub Scout Pack 565, delivered 2,280 pounds of food to the organization's headquarters, in addition to a cash donation of $236.48.
Carolyn Poindexter, who is with High Plains Helping Hand, said the donation will greatly benefit not only the organization itself, but those who are in need during the holidays and all year long.
"We got so much food," she said. "We are so blessed."
A local business is doing its part once again to meet the needs of families this holiday season.
Ralls Appliance received enough qualifying purchases during their annual Refrigerator Donation Sale to donate refrigerators to seven local families in need.
Jack Klaus, owner of Ralls Appliance, said the business is extremely excited about the support its customers have shown for this program.
Oneta L. Driver, 81, died Saturday Dec. 24, 2011, at Fritch, Texas.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday Dec. 27, 2011, at Minton Memorial Chapel with Pastor Ben Corbitt of Faith Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church of Pampa officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Beatitudes at Westlawn Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Delwanda Tate, 78, of Borger, died Saturday Dec. 24, 2011, in Amarillo.
Funeral services were at 10:00 am Wednesday Dec. 28, at Eternal Light Church with Rev. Willy Adams officiating. Burial will be at Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
James Alfred Wall, 88, of Mansville, Okla., passed away Dec. 24, 2011, at his home in Mannsville. He was born in Stratford, Okla., on Aug. 7, 1923, to the late James Hilburn Wall and Gladys Beulah Lewelling Wall. James was raised in Stratford and later moved to Borger, Texas. In 2002, he moved to Mannsville where he lived for the rest of his life. He married Aliomae Weems on March 31, 1946, in Pauls Valley, Okla. James was a retired operator and shift supervisor for Phillips Petroleum Company and he also did carpentry work. He enjoyed fishing, reading, and spending time with his family.
Charles Edward Hendricks, 84, resident of Bartlesville, died at 1:47 AM on Saturday December 24, 2011, at the St. John Hospital in Tulsa surrounded by his family.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday December 28, 2011 in the Eastern Heights Baptist Church with Dr. Michael Vallandingham officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the James H. Teel American Legion Post # 105 honors team of which Mr. Hendricks was a member for many years. Entombment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.
Starting on Wednesday, the Borger Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs varsity basketball teams will be taking part in holiday tournament action in Lubbock and Breckenridge.
The Borger Bulldogs will travel to Lubbock to take part in the 53rd Annual FiberMax Caprock Classic, which has become one of the largest high school basketball tournaments in the country.
The Bulldogs will compete in the 32 team boys red bracket which will include teams from Midland Greenwood, Snyder, Monahans, Vernon, Andrews, Levelland, as well as district foes Pampa and Perryton.
The Borger High School Football Banquet is scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 12th, 2012.
The banquet will be held at the Church of Christ at Borger, located on Bulldog Boulevard beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10 a piece and can be purchased at the Borger Athletic Office beginning on January 4th.
The Plaza will cater the banquet and a 2011 highlight video will be shown on an 82 inch flat screen tv donated by "Aaron's Rent To Own".


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Born: February 12, 1809 - Near Hodgenville, Kentucky
Died: April 14, 1865 - Washington, D.C.
The war dominated Lincoln's administration. To unite the North and influence foreign opinion, he issued the landmark Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. His extraordinary Gettysburg Address later that year further ennobled the war's purpose; it contains the most celebrated language ever spoken by an American politician. He was reelected in 1864, and in his eloquent Second Inaugural Address he called for moderation in reconstructing the South and in building a harmonious Union. Five days after the war's end, he was shot by the fanatic John Wilkes Booth. His reputation among U.S. presidents remains unsurpassed.


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If it has wheels, you can race it. Mike Haag keeps you up to speed on the racing scene in and around South Texas in his Motorsports blog.
Monthly Archive for May, 2014
San Antonio Raceway, Central Texas Speedway to host big races today
Track officials at San Antonio Raceway in Marion and at Central Texas Speedway in Kyle are hosting big races today at their respective tracks. Today at San Antonio Raceway, the track is hosting the O'Reilly Auto Parts Day at the Races. Gates open at 11 a.m. and the race card will feature Top Dragsters, Top […] [Read More]
Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay ready for Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway
FORT WORTH – Fresh off from winning the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, Ryan Hunter-Reay received a hero's welcome on Wednesday from Texas race fans. A crowd of more than 200 welcomed Hunter-Reay, along with his wife Beccy and toddler son Ryden during a stop to Joe T. Garcia's Mexican Restaurant in the historic Stockyards section. […] [Read More]
IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan takes maiden run on Wahoo Racer ride
ARLINGTON – Verizon IndyCar Series driver Tony Kanaan made a huge splash on Tuesday at Hurricane Harbor. Kanaan, who is used to driving at speeds in excess of 200 mile per hour in a race car, took part in the inaugural race on Wahoo Racer, the world's largest multi-lane water slide of its kind during […] [Read More]
San Antonio area NASCAR fans have chance to ride in Goodyear Blimp
NASCAR officials have announced that San Antonio and South Texas area fans will have a rare chance to win a ride for two in the Goodyear blimp. As part of a Father's Day platform built around memorable NASCAR moments with Dad, NASCAR and its Official Partners Goodyear, 3M and Ford have teamed up to create […] [Read More]
John Force is the NHRA fan's champion
When NHRA drag racing fans think of a true champion, John Force is always the driver that comes to mind. Since 1979 when Force made his debut on the NHRA circuit, Force has blazed the dragstrips across America and has never looked back after winning his first NHRA Funny Car title in 1990. Today at […] [Read More]
Montoya to return to Texas Motor Speedway in the IndyCar Series
FORT WORTH – For the past seven years when Juan Pablo Montoya raced at Texas Motor Speedway he drove stock cars in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Next month he will make his first-ever start in an IndyCar when the Verizon IndyCar Series visits the 1.5-mile oval for the Firestone 600 at TMS. "I am […] [Read More]


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The Kansas Supreme Court set out a new standard recently for determining whether the state has met its obligation to provide adequate funding for public schools.
But it has left some education officials in the state curious about how the new standard will actually work in deciding how much money schools should get.
Previously, the court had said funding has to be sufficient to cover the "actual cost" of providing all the educational services required of public schools. But in its ruling March 7, the court made a dramatic change, saying funding needs to be sufficient to produce the educational outcomes that Kansas, and many other states, expect.


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Risk Factors for Stomach Cancer
Cigarette Smoking
Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) Infection
Chronic Atrophic Gastritis
Barrett's Esophagitis
Dietary Factors
Alcohol Use
Occupational Exposures
Family History
History of Stomach Surgery
History of Stomach Polyps
Pernicious Anemia
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Cashen AF, Wildes TM. The Washington Manual; Hematology and Oncology Subspeciality Consult. second ed. Wolter Kluwers; 2008.
Cecil Textbook of Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Company; 2002: 738-741.
Conn's Current Therapy 2002. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Company; 2002: 527-529.
Casciato D. Manual of Clinical Oncology. 5th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org. Accessed November 21, 2009.
Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Company; 1998: 733-749.
What is stomach cancer? American Cancer Society website. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/ . Accessed December 2002.
What you need to know about stomach cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/stomach . Accessed December 2002.
4/29/2011 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance : Zhou Y, Zhuang W, Hu W, Liu GJ, Wu TX, Wu XT. Consumption of large amounts of allium vegetables reduces risk for gastric cancer in a meta-analysis. Gastroenterology. 2011 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print]
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Hormone Replacement Therapy
One would certainly think so if the media is to be believed at face value.
"More than 16,000 women participating in a major clinical trial (the Women's Health Initiative) were ordered to stop taking hormone medication this week after tests revealed that the 6 million other American women taking the drugs were at risk" trumpeted ABC News.com.
This study was recruited between 1993 and 1998 and was supposed to produce the information we all needed and wanted – a double blind prospective analysis that would finally give us definitive answers as to benefits versus risks related to estrogen and progesterone replacement therapy for peri- and post menopausal women.
Unfortunately, as I have complained ever since the study started, the estrogen chosen for use was Premarin (pregnant mare's urine) taken orally, and the progesterone was Provera, a synthetic progestin quite different from real progesterone.
These choices of medication were no accident. The pharmaceutical manufacturers were extremely anxious that their brands of estrogen and progesterone be used. Think of the free publicity, the huge potential for increased sales if the study results confirmed more benefit than risk using these two products.
First, a little history is in order.
In 1942, Premarin was approved and came on the market in the United States. Real human estrogen (estradiol) had not yet been isolated or manufactured. In the mid 1960's, Dr. Robert Wilson, a private practitioner in New York, wrote a book, which he called Feminine Forever. The pharmaceutical company with the patent on Premarin immediately realized that the concept of hormone replacement therapy using their drug would be a financial bonanza if they could sell that idea to American women. They promoted the book into a national best seller and began to reap the financial reward (2 billion dollars per year at present).
The Premarin juggernaut had been born.
It steamed along as sales gradually increased, until an article appeared in the "New England Journal of Medicine" in the early 1980's reporting on estrogen use (Premarin, of course) and the risk of heart disease. This article, derived from data in the Harvard Nurses Study, claimed a marked increase in the risk of heart attack in estrogen users. Subsequent reports from around the world showed the opposite.
No one – then or now – compared dosage, route of administration, or blood estrogen levels. In 1992, a French endocrinologist, Dr. Bruno des Lignieres, brought the question of "route of administration of the estrogen" and "first pass through the liver" effect to the fore. His concept, however, was largely ignored, especially in this country. Premarin continued to be the estrogen of choice in the U.S. and the drug used almost exclusively for research studies. It is still currently the second most prescribed drug of any kind in America.
In 1998, Dr. Gerald Friede at the Cooper Clinic undertook a study of my patients, who were on non-oral estradiol hormone replacement, and compared them to other patients on oral or no hormone replacement.
Monitoring "estrogen replacement", which is crucial, is summarized and explained in my article of the same name, which is available, as are the others, in my office. Should you be on hormone replacement therapy done correctly with non-oral human estradiol and real human progesterone, monitored with periodic blood levels? YES! Do the benefits largely outweigh the risks? YES! Should Premarin be taken off the market? Probably.
Should a prospective double blind study using non-oral estradiol be undertaken in this country?Absolutely! Will it happen? Almost certainly not, since no drug company has any financial incentive to do so, and government funding for research is almost impossible to obtain at this time.
Things you need to know
- A society-wide reduction of hemoglobin A1C, a measure of blood sugar levels, of 0.1% has the potential to reduce the total U.S. mortality by up to 6%.
- Within 6-12 months of discontinuing hormone replacement, more than 96% of postmenopausal women will show altered vaginal pH, a marker for tissue change and its associated genital atrophy, leading to rapidly occurring dyspareunia (painful intercourse).
- Although cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death overall for people of any age in this country, cancer is now the leading cause of death prior to age 85. Chemotherapy and radiation, which is the standard treatment for metastatic cancer, may delay death, but is harmful to the body's immune system and does not make sense as a way to cure metastatic disease.
- For patients whose LDL cholesterol levels are over 60, or C-reactive protein levels are over 2, the rate of recurrent cardiovascular adverse events (heart attack, stroke, aneurysmrupture) is more than double the rate of the average population.
- Emergency contraception (also known as the "morningafter pillâ€) is not an abortifacient. It simply prevents conception by a combination of delaying ovulation and a local effect on the endometrium which prevents fertilization.
- For optimal protection against atrial fibrillation and emboli, people can use fish oil capsules prescription prescription Lovaza®, 2 caps twice per day. No blood testing is required. There is no risk of bleeding.
Non-oral hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is crucial as the route of administration.
Hormones taken by mouth increase triglyceride levels, C-Reactive protein and prohypertensive and pro-thrombotic factors that are the burdens of portal absorption and first-pass liver impact. Transdermal and intravaginal administration are preferable, or intra-uterine (Mirena IUD) for progesterone.
Premarin and especially Provera are no longer acceptable and Provera may prove to be a carcinogen.
is an informational website to help explain hormones, menopause and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (HRT) - including DHEA, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, estradiol, thyroid hormones human growth hormone (HGH) and HCG - as well as many other aspects of health, medical care, and how to stay healthy.


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Anni Albers, 1964
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Identification on verso (stamped): Anni Albers: Tamarind artist-fellow: June 1964.
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Polish Puppet Theatre Troupe Performs at Pomona College
The Wroclaw Puppet Theatre from Poland will perform "The Last Escape," on Tuesday, November 7 at 8 p.m. at Pomona College. This troupe will present an avant-garde marionette performance, making its Los Angeles debut.
The Wroclaw Puppet Theatre has toured worldwide, performing across Europe, Japan, North and South America. It began in 1936 in Wroclaw giving frequent performances in the regional towns and villages.
This performance is based on the novels of Polish writer and artist, Bruno Schulz—best known for the 1933 collection The Street Of Crocodiles. This production is not aimed at children. The story in "The Last Escape" centers on Jozef, a pensioner trying to escape his isolation. Jozef discovers a corner of his room where time and space are suspended and he travels back into his mythical childhood memories and dreams.
This performance is sponsored by The Department of Theatre & Dance at Pomona College and Theatre for The Claremont Colleges. This event will be held at Pomona College's Seaver Theatre (300 E. Bonita Ave., Claremont). Tickets are free and available at the Seaver Theatre Box Office. Limit 2 tickets per person. Box office hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Contact: (909) 621-8525.
The Pomona College Department of Theatre & Dance is the only five-college theatre department in the world. Serving Pomona College, Pitzer College, Scripps College, Harvey Mudd College, and Claremont McKenna College, it offers theoretical and practical work in all phases of theatre and dance, within the context of a rigorous liberal arts education. In addition to its academic offerings, it produces a variety of plays and an annual dance concert. The plays selected include classics old and new, contemporary plays and experimental pieces. The productions offer opportunities in performance, design and technical work to all interested students of the Claremont Colleges.


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Unlocking the Key to Deep Sleep
By Sarah Fenske
Making the Ferguson Commission Matter
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My Fake Boyfriend Became a Real-Life Crush
By Lindsay Toler
Rep. Jeffrey Pogue Bill Would Ban Unisex Bathrooms
By Danny Wicentowski
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Despite the apparent support, not all was well in the days leading up to the meeting. At a Thursday press conference about the hauling of nuclear waste through the city (which he came out against), Mayor Clarence Harmon was asked whether there was a financing deal yet on the hotel. With a brusque reply of "If there was one, I wouldn't tell you," Harmon walked away from the podium and back into his chambers, with no other comment. A Board of Estimate and Apportionment meeting to sprinkle the holy water on the deal, set for Friday morning, was postponed. Later that day, Harmon addressed the aldermen, telling them it was time for all to be "statesmen." Comptroller Darlene Green -- like Harmon, making a rare appearance before the board -- tried to convince the aldermen that the last-minute compromise on the financing bills needed further examination, but it didn't happen. Perhaps the fact that at least $95 million of the deal will be financed by empowerment-zone bonds, called "E-Z bonds" by some, made it sound less painful.
The most recent obstacle was a $12 million gap that opened when the AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust decided the hotel wasn't worth the risk to its members' money. The setback was just the latest since Harmon's announcement last June that the hotel deal had been inked ("The Big Fix," RFT, Nov. 10, 1999). At that time, the unions had agreed to invest $30 million in the project. Several aldermen wondered aloud what sway the unions should have in negotiating with the hotel operators for union representation when they hadn't seen fit to help finance the deal. Ald. Stephen Gregali (D-14th), long a union backer, defended the unions' decision, though his on-the-floor comments triggered some not-for-attribution criticism from other aldermen.
"This is bullshit. That hotel is a nightmare. This may be the worst thing we've done in a long time," says one of Gregali's colleagues. "What blew me away was when the unions cut back their money and Gregali gets up and says, 'The unions have different standards; the unions have a fiduciary responsibility.' If you look up the definition of a 'fiduciary,' it's someone who exercises 'reasonable and prudent care.' What he was saying was, the unions were doing that but the 28 alderman are not."
Under the revised funding plan approved by the board, the city agrees to increase its direct commitment to the hotel from $74.7 million to $80.7 million -- or fully one-third of the project's total cost. Part of that commitment will be repaid with the use of future Community Development Block Grant dollars, money that would otherwise flow to the city's poor. According to the city, the hotel owner, which includes a subsidiary of Kimberly-Clark, will cough up $6 million if the city can't shake loose any more empowerment-zone money.
More than a few aldermen, it appears, held their noses and voted for the convention hotel -- that may have been the only way the deal passed the smell test. There was little joy among the aldermen after the vote, and many resorted to anonymous grousing, a sure sign that their public behavior, in voting yes, conflicted with their private belief that the financing of the convention-center hotel sucks. Some sniffed around for nefarious subplots, aiming at Harmon's Cardinal Richelieu, deputy mayor for development Mike Jones, and the hotel's developer, Historic Restoration Inc. "I'd be furious if Jones went to work for HRI," says one alderman, terming the bill "an awfully rich deal" and noting that Jones "was so eager to get the deal done it makes me wonder."
In a celebratory post-passage lunch at Harry's, HRI president Pres Kabacoff tries to defuse talk about any payback for Jones. "I have no idea," he says of any plans Jones might have to leave City Hall. "I would love to hire Mike Jones," Kabacoff said, pausing a few seconds before adding the kicker: "But I don't think that would be appropriate. That would be a real loss for the city."
Not that the public-private partnership is something HRI hasn't explored already. The New Orleans-based firm has former Crescent City Mayor Sidney Barthelemy on the payroll, and he's been working St. Louis since 1997 on the convention-center-hotel proposal. Just last year HRI hired Brian Wahby, who was once the right-hand man for St. Louis Treasurer Larry Williams. Wahby, cell phone pressed to ear, roamed City Hall on Thursday and on Friday walked the sidelines of the board meeting like an expectant father. He wasn't alone: Jones, Kabacoff, attorney Greg Smith, PR operative Richard Callow and Jeff Rainford, a political consultant to Aldermanic President Francis Slay, all showed up to either kibitz or watch. During an exchange between a questioner and Ald. Phyllis Young (D-7th), Jones resorted to literally whispering into the ear of Young, who sponsored the hotel bills.
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Good Restaurant in Burbank?
I just read somewhere about a great new restaurant in Burbank. I cannot remember where I saw it or what it is. HELP! Does anyone have any suggestions for other good restaurants? I need a reservation for Fri. the 23rd.
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Thanks, will check them out
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French 75 is now Savannah
I think you must be looking for 3rd and olive. It's next to kinko's across from city hall on olive.
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The new spot you heard of is almost certainly Third and Olive, on the site of the former Lasher's Steakhouse.
Haven't tried 3&O yet, but I highly recommend Miki Zivkovic's other Burbank spot, Bistro Provence, which is in Pass Ave. in Toluca Lake, in the Von's mall just north of the 134:
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Third and Olive
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Went to Third and Olive a couple of weeks ago. We were seated immediately. Ordered drinks. Drinks took forever (at least 20 minutes). We thought our server had forgotten us and were actually assigned a new server. But they did arrive and our original server stayed with us. There were three of us and we each ordered apps and entrees. The appetizers were pretty good. The entrees though, had problems. My friend ordered a steak with absolutely no black pepper. Server wrote it down - ignored by kitchen. She sent it back and my husband and I nibbled and nibbled - nearly finished by the time her steak was returned. My husband ordered a seafood stew and 1/2 of the bivalves did not open (they took it off the bill in the end). I ordered duck breast with blackberry sauce and it came with - blueberry sauce! Not the same thing!!! I brought it up and was told that the blackberries were in the blueberry sauce. I didn't see or taste any and I would not have ordered it with blueberries. They also sliced the duck breast before grilling it, which, to me, overcooks it and robs me of seeing the beautiful fan of deep pink, but that's just my opinion. And our wine showed up after my husband and I were finished eating. We accepted it because our friend had barely begun her steak.
To be fair, they'd only been open a couple of weeks - but it was pretty bad. They were nice about it in the end (took the stew off the bill and gave us a free dessert) and we will return to see if they've worked out the bar and kitchen problems (I don't think it was the server's fault). I think the place has potential, but another experience like that and we will not return.


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The Pension Benefits Unit is the home of the Mid-Atlantic Pension Counseling Project, which was formerly part of Legal Services for the Elderly. The project provides information and counseling to workers and their dependents who are having difficulty finding out about pension benefits that might be owed to them or who believe that they might not be receiving benefits that are owed to them. The MAPCP is generously funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging.
We assist callers with pension questions and issues and we advocate on their behalf, as needed, to pension plans. The pension plans that we deal with include
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Please note that there is no income eligibility requirement at the MAPCP, and that the geographic requirements are different from other legal services at SBLS. We can help you if you or your spouse, your company or your pension plan live or are located in New York or New Jersey.
The Mid-Atlantic Pension Counseling Project can be reached during normal business hours, through our toll-free number (800) 355-7714. Any messages that are left will ordinarily be returned within one business day and at the latest within two business days. Callers should be sure to speak slowly when giving their name and telephone number.
We also represent low-income New Yorkers whose benefit problems can only be redressed by litigation in either state or federal court. Law suits presently being handled by our office include cases involving
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With the reintroduction of the much-maligned Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act scheduled for the day after the State of the Union, the House of Representatives may have hoped the President's own cybersecurity initiative would divert some of the attention away from the controversial legislation known as CISPA. Instead, the White House's long-awaited executive order on cybersecurity is actually scoring points with the privacy advocates–and putting CISPA in a worse light than ever.
President Obama released a long-awaited cybersecurity executive order Tuesday night along with his fifth State of the Union address, outlining new policies aimed at stemming the tide of cyberespionage on American companies and government agencies, as well as shoring up the defenses for American critical infrastructure vulnerable to cyberattacks.
"We know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mail. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, and our air traffic control systems," Obama said. "We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy.
Much of the executive order focuses on enabling government agencies to share information about cybersecurity threats with the private sector. That means the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence will share unclassified threat data with companies that might be vulnerable to attackers, and also share classified information with operators of critical infrastructure–what the order defines as "systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact" on the nation's security, economy, health or safety.
But while the order allows the sharing of government data with the private sector, the data sharing doesn't flow back the other way. That means the order, unlike CISPA, doesn't raise the hackles of privacy groups that have protested that CISPA could grant immunity to private sector firms who want to share their user's personal information with the government. "The president's executive order rightly focuses on cybersecurity solutions that don't negatively impact civil liberties," reads a statement on the executive order from the American Civil Liberties Union, which has opposed CISPA. "For example, greasing the wheels of information sharing from the government to the private sector is a privacy-neutral way to distribute critical cyber information."
CISPA, which passed the House last year but never reached a vote in the Senate, has drawn fire for a provision that would allow companies to hand over cybersecurity threat information to government agencies that include the National Security Agency and Department of Defense, even granting them immunity from existing laws and regulations that would prevent the sharing of some sensitive information. "The definition of cybersecurity threat hasn't been pinned down, and we've been concerned that the combination of that vague definition and legal immunity would allow an end run around privacy regulations," says Lee Tien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "This [executive order] is only about outflows of information from the government."
In fact, the executive order takes pains to require the Department of Homeland Security to consider the privacy implications of its cybersecurity efforts. It calls for the DHS's Chief Privacy Officer to publicly release a report on privacy and digital civil liberty effects of its actions within a year.
The executive order also focuses on defining and protecting critical infrastructure, a priority the White House first voiced in support of the failed Lieberman-Collins bill put before the Senate last year. That same priority was mentioned in Obama's letter arguing the inadequacies of CISPA and threatening to veto the bill last year.
But Obama's executive order isn't exactly a substitute for legislation, says the EFF's Tien, and doesn't carry the same weight to compel companies and agencies to follow new regulations. And Obama himself called in his State of the Union Address for Congress to follow his lead. "Now congress must act as well, by passing legislation to give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks," Obama said.
"We definitely like the executive order better than CISPA," adds Tien. "But they do fairly different things. The executive order can't change any federal rules. It just changes the way the executive branch chooses to do things."
One element Tien would like to see in new legislation is stricter standards for federally-procured software to require that it be more securely coded, he says. Demanding fewer bugs in government-bought software could reduce the vulnerabilities that have allowed hackers to breach agencies and companies without requiring any new monitoring or information sharing system that might affect privacy. "The political debate tends to skew away from the admittedly hard problem of making systems more secure," says Tien. "That costs nothing from a privacy and civil liberties persective and it doesn't get much attention."
CISPA, on the other hand, represents exactly the sort of new monitoring of the private sector that has spooked the privacy community. That monitoring would be voluntary, a distinction that has meant private firms including IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, AT&T and Verizon have all supported the bill. But watchdog groups ranging from the Cato Institute to Reporters Without Borders to a group of more than 50 professors and entrepreneurs have spoken out against CISPA.
The House's bill is expected to be reintroduced in the same form Wednesday. Following on the heels of a more popular approach from the president, it's not likely to find new friends.
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Microsoft's awesome Hyperlapse tech finally makes first-person GoPro videos watchable August 11, 2014 at 8:17 am
At Siggraph 2014, Microsoft Research has unveiled Hyperlapse, an ingenious algorithm that will actually make you want to watch first-person GoPro footage. Hyperlapse scans through hours of video footage, reconstructs the physical path that you took in 3D, and then generates a super-smooth 10x-speed hyperlapse video that is immensely watchable (it's a lot like a video game, in fact). Really, watch the videos below – I guarantee they'll be the coolest thing you see today.
Photosynth 3D: Microsoft's plan to turn the entire world into an explorable 3D panorama January 8, 2014 at 9:30 am
When Blaise Aguera y Arcas (then of Microsoft Research, but now at Google) demonstrated Photosynth at TED 2007, it became an immediate hit and has since become one of the most-watched and discussed tech demos of all time. While the original iteration of Photosynth was certainly cool, the new version — Photosynth 3D — will blow your mind.


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It's Easter time, which means people all across America are hitting the drug store to get their Paas on in time for Sunday. It's also a time where kids all over the nation head to their local shopping mall to get in some quality time with the Easter bunny, a practice that seems to excite and terrify children in equal measure. In fact, we count ourselves among the frightened lot, as this is the time of year when giant, anthropomorphized rabbits tend to haunt our nightmares. It seems that other pop culture icons feel similarly about bunnies, creatures that seem "cute and fuzzy" (to quote One Crazy Summer) on the outside but we all know they harbor an evil, ravenous thirst for human blood on the inside (or so we fear). To wit, here is Best Week Ever's countdown of the Top 10 Most Terrifying Bunnies In Pop Culture History.
10. The Cadbury Bunny
Now, we don't mean to look a gift
horse rabbit in the mouth. After all, who doesn't love them some Cadbury eggs? Still, there's something a little bit creepy about a bunny who not only clucks like a chicken, but also lays chocolate eggs with yolky, caramelish insides that come wrapped in a glitterly, colorful tin foil shell. AMIRITE?!?


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1 (6 ounce) jar
marinated artichoke hearts, drained, liquid reserved
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garlic, minced
3/4 cup
Classico® Tomato and Basil Sauce
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tomato, cut in half and sliced
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shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese
Awesome good. Not nearly as good as what we've enjoyed in Rome, but then again there they use fresh locally grown artichokes, good, fresh pizza dough, fresh mozzarella and a minimum of fresh tomato sauce. But this isn't Rome. I used mozzarella rather than the Colby-Monterey Jack. We loved it right down to the last bite. The only thing I'll do differently next time is use my own, simple, unseasoned tomato sauce.
This was delicious! I used Jays signature pizza crust for this recipe. This was a nice change from the usual pepperoni, and sausage.
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So yummy! I used a flat bread crust and a spicy tomato sauce. Loved it!
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