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This recipe came about while I was testing out ideas for an upcoming Cookie of the Month, and wondering how I could brighten up the resulting flat and not so exciting lemon cookies.
Don't let me fool you, the lemon cookies actually taste quite good on their own- they are chewy and delightfully lemon flavored (not overly sour or overly sweet). But you know, they were just so boring. Besides, I gave you a lemon cookie before that stood so well on its own it didn't need any extras.
So of course I had to consult with my mom, my go-to dessert expert. She had the genius idea of adding strawberry buttercream. So smart because not only do these cookies now scream summer, but they also have the prettiest pink filling!
I used this strawberry buttercream before for cupcakes and it was a huge hit, so I'm so glad we found a way to highlight it again!
Oh, and I realized that I might have left a few of you hanging. For those of you who don't follow me on social media, you may not have seen the big news I had teased about a few weeks ago. Keep It Sweet Desserts was featured on the TODAY Show! We were showcased as having the BEST BLONDIES on the East Coast. Why yes I am still freaking out about that!
Anyway, back to these cookies! Make them right away and then make them again for Mother's Day, they'd pair very well with a package of Strawberries and Cream Cookies ;-)
Lemon Cookies with White Chocolate Chips and Strawberry Buttercream
Makes 20 cookie sandwiches
Cookies very slightly adapted from Martha Stewart (as seen on Baked by Rachel)
White Chocolate Chip Lemon Cookies
10 1/8 ounces (~2 1/4 cups) all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon table salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
11 1/4 ounces (~1 1/2 cups) granulated sugar
2 x-large eggs at room temperature
2 tablespoons lemon zest (~1 large lemon)
1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees; line baking sheets with parchment paper or slipats and set aside
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; set aside
In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar for several minutes until light and fluffy
Scrape the sides of the bowl and add eggs and lemon zest, mix on medium speed just until combined
Reduce speed to low and slowly add flour mixture just until combined; scrape sides of bowl again and then stir in white chocolate chips
Use a medium cookie dough scoop (~2 tablespoons) and scoop cookie dough 1-2 inches apart on prepared pans
Bake 8-10 minutes or until center of cookie appears set and edges are a very light golden brown
Set aside cookies to cool and prepare buttercream
Strawberry Buttercream
4 ounces (1/2 cup / 1 stick) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
1/2 cup strawberry jelly
1 cup powdered sugar
Beat the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment on high speed for several minutes until butter is light and creamy
Add jelly and beat on high speed for one minute; scrape the side of the bowl
Add sugar and mix on low speed until combined; then increase the speed to high and beat for several minutes until frosting is light and fluffy
To make the cookie sandwiches:
Set cookies into pairs closest in size to one another
Pipe or spread 1-2 tablespoons of buttercream on the bottom half of one cookie in each pair; lightly press other cookie on top of buttercream
Store cookies in an airtight container up to three days; may be frozen up to one month
These were pretty large cookie sandwiches, you can definitely use a smaller cookie dough scoop and just reduce the cooking time by a couple of minutes.
If you aren't a fan of white chocolate chips, feel free to leave them out, but they do compliment the other flavors really well.


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Monday, February 8, 2010
© Copyright 2015 Albany Herald
CLEMSON, S.C. -- MaChelle Joseph was glad her Georgia Tech seniors got to enjoy another milestone in her program's rise the past seven seasons.
And the Yellow Jackets coach thinks there could be more special moments ahead this winter.
"Like we talked about the last few weeks, we're either contenders or pretenders and we've got some great opportunities," Joseph said.
No. 21 Georgia Tech reached 20 wins for the fourth straight season with a 68-53 victory over Clemson on Monday night.
Brigitte Ardossi, a senior who's been a key part of the Yellow Jackets' Atlantic Coast Conference rise, had her fifth double-double of the season with 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Now, after a week off, Georgia Tech (20-5, 6-3 ACC) will face two of the teams it must chase down to win a league crown in No. 10 Florida State and No. 8 Duke.
"Our goal is definitely to get to the ACC championship game," Ardossi said. "I know we've talked about it. If we get to that game, we're definitely setting ourselves up for the NCAA tournament."
Particularly, if the Yellow Jackets pressure opponents like they did the Tigers (11-14, 2-7). They forced Clemson into 25 turnovers and held the team to less than 32 percent shooting. Ardossi had four of her team's 16 steals and added two blocks.
Clemson star Lele Hardy, the team's leading scorer, finished with 13 points after missing all four of her shots in the opening half.
"I was pleased with the way we got after it defensively," Joseph said. "Anytime you hold a team to around 50 points on their home floor, you're doing something good."
The Yellow Jackets had only two 20-win seasons in their history before Joseph became coach before the 2003-04. Now, they're just three away from the program record for most victories in a season set in 1978.
Ardossi helped Georgia Tech take control of this one early with eight points during a 20-8 first-half run that put it ahead 27-16.
Clemson could not rally and lost its 44th straight against ranked opponents, a streak that dates to Nov. 2003.
It was Ardossi's fifth game this season with double figure points and rebounds.
Deja Foster scored 16 points for Georgia Tech, Sasha Goodlett had 14 and Alex Montgomery 10.
It's not coincidence that Georgia Tech's successful stretch began with the arrival of Ardossi, a 6-foot-2 forward from Australia.
"She helps them tremendously," Clemson coach Cristy McKinney said. "She's picked it up and become a scorer for them."
Joseph recalls the difficulties of finding skilled players also capable of meeting her school's demanding academic load. "Building this program those first three years, it was rough," she said. "Looking where we've come from and where we are today, it just says a lot about the players who're in this program."
And perhaps where they want to go this season.
Georgia Tech could've gotten trapped peeking past the Tigers -- the Yellow Jackets have won nine of 10 in the series -- to the bigger games next week that could determine their ACC title chances.
Soon enough, though, Georgia Tech found its pressure defense to take control.
Hardy's two foul shots put the Tigers up 8-7 with just more than five minutes gone. That's when the Yellow Jackets went on a 20-8 surge the next 10 minutes to move in front.
Ardossi was a big reason for the run, twice finishing three-point plays for Georgia Tech.
Foster and Ardossi finished the half with 10 points apiece for Georgia Tech, which shot better than 55 percent for the period.
Clemson had few answers against the Yellow Jackets defense, committing 16 turnovers and making just 8 of 29 foul shots.
Hardy, among the ACC's top 10 scorers at No. 8, was 0 of 4 from the field the first 20 minutes. She had seven steals and five of the Tigers 25 turnovers.
Clemson came within nine points in the second half on April Parker's bucket with 7:27 to go.
However, Ardossi responded again with a pair of baskets that extended the Yellow Jackets lead to 58-44.
Parker had 10 points, the only other Clemson player in double figures. The Tigers had their troubles from the outside, ending at 31.7 percent (20-of-63) overall and just 3 of 14 on 3-pointers.
"Making shots has been a challenge for a while, I wish I had an answer," said McKinney, Clemson's fifth year coach. "At some point, it's an accountability thing and (the players) have to take some responsibility for that."
More like this story
- Ellington gives Tech rare loss to Clemson ( October 23, 2010 )
- COLLEGE HOOPS ROUNDUP: What has happened to the Lady Bulldogs?; No. 3 Villanova men dropped ( February 21, 2010 )
- Georgia Tech toast of the ACC ( December 5, 2009 )
- Ga. Tech women stay perfect at home; UGA continues its slide in stunning loss to Auburn ( January 31, 2010 )
- Ex-DWS star Young scores 13 as Clemson cans Tech ( March 2, 2010 )

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- It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
- They used to shoot her through gauze. You should shoot me through linoleum. (Referring to Shirley Temple)
- (On why she called everyone "dahling"): Because all my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive.
- Don't think I don't know who's been spreading gossip about me... After all the nice things I've said about that hag (Bette Davis). When I get hold of her, I'll tear out every hair of her mustache!
- Well, I don't know, darling -- he's never sucked my cock. (When asked for her opinion on whether a male celebrity of the time was a homosexual.)
- Say anything about me, dahling, as long as it isn't boring.
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Weev is free.
On Friday, the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and vacated the conviction of internet troll and hacker Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer on grounds that surprised nobody: namely, venue.
Weev was serving a sentence of 41 months after being found guilty in 2013 of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
On 19 March 2013, Weev, then 27 years old, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for the federal crimes of obtaining the email addresses of some 114,000 iPad users from AT&T's publicly accessible website and disclosing them to a Gawker reporter.
Auernheimer, who spent most of his sentence in solitary confinement, and co-conspirator Daniel Spitler, had found a security hole in AT&T's servers in 2010. Gawker subsequently published the email addresses in redacted form.
Auernheimer was convicted of a felony under the CFAA for conspiracy to access AT&T's servers against the company's will.
Auernheimer's lawyers filed multiple appeals of his conviction, the most recent being in March 2014.
Now, his conviction has been overturned without the courts having to deal with the sticky subject of the CFAA.
It's not that the court doesn't recognize the importance of the issues raised by Weev's lawyers during multiple appeals, the circuit judges wrote in their opinion.
It's just that the question of venue is large enough that they didn't need to address those issues:
Although this appeal raises a number of complex and novel issues that are of great public importance in our increasingly interconnected age, we find it necessary to reach only one that has been fundamental since our country's founding: venue. The proper place of colonial trials was so important to the founding generation that it was listed as a grievance in the Declaration of Independence.
Assistant US Attorney Glenn Moramarco had maintained that New Jersey was a suitable venue under the law because there are 4,500 New Jersey residents whose emails were identified in the iPad address breach and that "there is jurisdiction throughout the United States because [Auernheimer] chose to have victims in every state."
However, the appeals court pointed out in Friday's decision to overturn his conviction, Weev was charged with violating elements of the CFAA, but none of the crucial actions that fell under the CFAA took place in New Jersey.
The CFAA specifies intentional access of a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access in order to obtain information from any protected computer.
Spitler and Weev accessed servers in Dallas, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia, and they did so while Spitler lived in San Francisco, California and Weev in Fayetteville, Arkansas. In other words, none of the action happened in New Jersey.
Regardless of the court's focus on venue, though, the judges were clearly skeptical of the hacking charges, as noted on Twitter by EFF lawyer Kurt Opsahl:
Important footnote in Weev opinion: NJ hacking law requires circumventing code- or password- based barrier to access. pic.twitter.com/tfJJ2nhKdn
— Kurt Opsahl (@kurtopsahl) April 11, 2014
Known as a security researcher to some, to others as a guy who did the e-equivalent of walk down a public street and write down street addresses, and to almost everybody as an internet troll, Weev had become a poster boy for prosecutorial overreach and a case study for what's wrong with the vagueness of the law used to convict him.
The CFAA was also used against internet activist and innovator Aaron Swartz, who apparently committed suicide while facing charges.
In July 2013, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed an appeal on the basis that Auernheimer didn't violate the CFAA, since visiting an unprotected, public webpage isn't "unauthorized access".
As it is, the CFAA doesn't clearly define what, exactly, unauthorized access is, critics have charged.
As the EFF's Marcia Hoffman has written, prosecutors have taken advantage of that murkiness:
Creative prosecutors have taken advantage of this confusion to craft criminal charges that aren't really about hacking a computer but instead target other behavior the prosecutors don't like.
Beyond that, the EFF said in its brief, AT&T hadn't even secured the email addresses, so there's no way to say that the hackers didn't have the "authorization" to which the CFAA so hazily refers:
AT&T chose not to employ passwords or any other protective measures to control access to the email addresses of its customers. It is irrelevant that AT&T subjectively wished that outsiders would not stumble across the data or that Auernheimer hyperbolically characterized the access as "theft." The company configured its servers to make the information available to everyone and thereby authorized the general public to view the information. Accessing the email addresses through AT&T's public website was authorized under the CFAA and therefore was not a crime.
Though this point wasn't what ultimately decided the overturning of Weev's conviction, the court evidently agreed with the EFF's logic.
Hopefully, this decision will influence future outcomes involving the CFAA, whether it's a prosecutor picking up the heavy legislative club or a court getting another chance to examine this widely loathed law.Follow @NakedSecurity


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Coming off their dramatic 1-0 win over Bellows Falls, the team's spirits are high.
"They are excited," said Bouchard. "They really want to get out on the field and just play."
Missisquoi Valley Union (11-3-1), ranked third in D III, were the Falcons first round advisories last year, and they defeated NCU in well-fought battle on the hard-packed sand in Swanton.
WATERBURY ŌĆō A state of emergency remained in affected Monday as Vermonters hunkered down and waited for the arrival of hybrid storm Sandy.
The state emergency operations center started opening around 7 a.m. Monday and was fully opened by noon. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) held a telephone conference with the mayors throughout the state to get ideas on their communityŌĆÖs preparations and what, if anything, the DPS could do to assist them. DPS also held a telephone conference with various legislators to obtain input on any identifiable needs in their communities.
NEWPORT CITY ŌĆō Twenty-four-year-old Lee Sykes of Island Pond appeared in court Monday sporting a shiner as he entered a not guilty plea to a charge of assault with a weapon, specifically a 40 caliber pistol. Sykes is charged with shooting Eric Baker, 35, at a party held in Charleston.
Judge Howard VanBenthuysen ordered Sykes held on $25,000 bail.
Around 1 AM Sunday, state police responded to a shooting at a residence on VT RT 105 in Charleston. When police arrived, a group of people pushed Skyes against the cruiser and said he had shot Eric Baker.
BURLINGTON, VT ŌĆō A Florida woman was indicted Friday on charges of smuggling firearms into Canada from Vermont. The woman, Annette Wexler, 46, allegedly used the Haskell Free Library in Derby Line for the operation.
The Haskell Library straddles the international border and can be accessed by both U.S. and Canadian residents without going through customs.
THETFORDŌĆōThis year's State Meet had the best running conditions in 4 years with dry trails, temps in the 50s and a bank of fog that didn't lift until the girls challenge race.
The Division I girls varsity race started off the day, and NCU was running with a depleted squad.
We were missing our #2 and #3 runners due to season ending injuries earlier in the month.
Haley Jo Tetreault was not at 100% for the day's race, but she worked though the race finishing 23rd in Div I (34th in the State).
Junior Jade Dandurand was our second scorer with her best time at Thetford in 25:04.
NEWPORT CITY ŌĆō Gov. Peter Shumlin has declared a state of emergency for Vermont following reports from the National Weather Service that Hurricane Sandy, which has now merged with two other storms to create what's being called a "superstorm," is headed up the coast.
Forecasters say Sandy will continue to travel up the eastern part of the United States today.
NEWPORT, VT - For the 12th year in a row, the North Country Union High School JROTC program has received the Honor Unit with Distinction award given by the U.S. Army.
This is a unit award given to some of the best schools in the nation. The award is only given to schools that can handle a full inspection and get at least a 90 percent in drill and ceremony, color guard, a full staff briefing, and a full battalion formation inspection.
VERMONT ŌĆō Local utility companies and those across the northeast and eastern seaboard are preparing for the behemoth storm predicted to hit with fury over the next few days.
The Northeast Kingdom and other areas of Vermont are under a high wind warning beginning Monday afternoon and continuing into Tuesday morning. In Vermont, winds are predicted to gust up to 60 miles per hour, and up to 80 mph in the western slopes of the Green Mountains and at higher elevations, above 2,000 feet.
ORLEANSŌĆōMeghan Livingston broke a 1-1 tie with 11:37 remaining in the second half to lift the twelfth ranked Mount Abraham Eagles (10-4-2) over the number four seed Lake Region during the Division II quarter-finals on Saturday afternoon.
The goal came after a solid seventeen minutes of sustained Eagle pressure in the Ranger end of the field.
"The girls gave an awesome effort out their," said Eric Degre. "Unfortunately in the second, they got a bunch of shots in a row and eventually scored."
As the action unfurled in the first half, both teams looked fairly equal.
NEWPORTŌĆōJacob Buckles broke two school records on Friday night as the Falcons fell to Milton 55-26 to wrap up their regular season.
"Those records... I've been wanting to beat them all year," said Buckles.
"I have been hoping, hoping, hoping to finally beat them and to do it is awesome. I can't describe the feeling."
"I can't say enough good things about Jacob Buckles," said coach Tim Simoneau. "He is going to the North/South game and there is no reason he shouldn't be in the Shrine game, representing North Country."


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COVINGTON — Residents on Brown Bridge Road won't be welcoming a new small auto sales lot after the Newton County Board of Commissioners denied a request for a rezoning because the plans didn't follow the Salem Overlay District criteria.
The overlay runs along Salem Road south of the Rockdale line to Ga. Highway 81, dividing that area into three tiers and a historic district.
Michael Presley wanted to rezone an acre, located at 13125 Brown Bridge Road, from residential use to commercial in order to sell cars. He purchased the lot in May and began the process with the Newton County Planning Department to have it rezoned.
Because the property is located in the Salem Overlay District, commissioners were adamant about the conditions recommended by the Planning Commission and staff.
Staff recommended that should the BOC approve Presley's requests, he would need to limit the cars for sale to 10; provide ingress and egress for the site approved by the Transportation Department; prepare a stormwater plan; and, if adjoining properties developed, he would need to install sidewalks and comply with the Salem Road Overlay District's requirements.
Commissioner Nancy Schulz questioned why the new business wouldn't have to follow the overlay requirements immediately.
"It is a new use for the property so we should be triggering the Salem Overlay District now, not when future things develop," Schulz said.
The purpose of the overlay was to encourage clusters of close-knit growth to keep a "small town charm;" focus development around the intersection of Salem and Brown Bridge roads, as envisioned by the 2050 Plan and Newton County Comprehensive Plan; and to set the stage for preserving farmland and open space elsewhere in the county.
Commissioners Lanier Sims and Levie Maddox agreed with Schulz, stating that the rules are in place now because of a commitment to improve the standards of businesses moving into the area.
"If new uses and development don't trigger the standards, than what does?" Maddox said. "If we don't approve this, what kind of precedent does this leave with us going forward?"
Presley's three requests – future land use change from residential to commercial, rezoning from residential to commercial general, and a conditional use permit – were denied unanimously.
Presley said in a phone interview he was shocked by the vote and is unsure what steps he'll take next.
In other news, the BOC approved 4-1 the conditional use permit request from Mark Friedman of Conyers to open a title loan business at 2536 Ga. Highway 81 and Salem Road. The commissioners also allocated $8,000 to the Washington Street Community Center from the contingency fund.
More like this story
- Newton could welcome two new businesses ( March 17, 2014 )
- BOC approves another title loan business ( May 22, 2014 )
- Public input results in changes to Salem Overlay ( February 18, 2013 )
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On view are 120 prints, including works by Durer, Rembrandt, and Schongauer, in an exhibition organized by 3 institutions that were beneficiaries of donations by Leo Wallerstein and his heirs: the Cooper-Hewitt, the Bell Gallery of Brown University, and the Seattle Art Museum. Frequent European visits between 1919 and 1931 provided Wallerstein with the opportunity to assemble a collection, particularly strong in German and Netherland artists from the 15th to 17th centuries. The exhibition was on view in Seattle and Providence before coming to Cooper-Hewitt.


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Baseball: Sebastian River steals 15 bases in win over Westwood
Tyler Walker went 4-for-4, scored three runs and stole eight bases Wednesday night as Sebastian River High School's baseball team defeated Fort Pierce Westwood 10-8 at Sebastian River.
James Touhey added three hits, one run and three stolen bases for Sebastian River (5-4), which had 15 steals in all.
Joe Reh (1-2) struck out seven in five innings.
Artderius Williams went 3-for-4 with two runs for Fort Pierce Westwood. Justus Labigang added three hits and one run.
Sebastian River hosts Martin County at 6 p.m. Friday.
Jensen Beach 6, Lincoln Park 4: Winning pitcher Cody Azzi went 3-for-3 with two RBIs as the Falcons won at Jensen Beach.
C.J. Fitzpatrick and D.J. LeMay had two hits and one run apiece for Jensen Beach (6-2).
Taylor Blatch tripled and had one RBI. He also struck out all three batters in the seventh inning for his first save.
Matt Fredryk went 3-for-3, including solo home runs in the first and fifth innings, for Lincoln Park (4-4). Mario Presutti also homered in the first.
Jensen Beach hosts Boynton Beach at 6 p.m. Friday. Lincoln Park plays at Community Christian at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
John Carroll 5, Okeechobee 2: Sterling Koerner's run-scoring single drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Golden Rams won at Okeechobee.
Jarrett O'Leary finished 2-for-3 with a walk and Ryan Burch added two hits and two runs for John Carroll (8-1), which scored three runs in the seventh.
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The Sandy Neck cottage colony leases have been extended for another year to allow an analysis of their value, Sandy Neck Park Manager Nina Coleman reported to the Sandy Neck Board July 8. The leases were extended last July for one year and extended for another year on July 1.
Coleman said it is difficult to determine the value on the cottages. "There are no models to go by. Sandy Neck is so unique," she said.
The property analysis will be done probably by a private consultant, she said. Some of the cottages are owned and 18 are leased from the town for five years with five-year options, Coleman said. With the extensions, the leases haven't been renewed for 11 years.
Coleman also reported an upsurge in activity on Sandy Neck since July 4. "The Fourth was the first nice day forever. It was a huge day," she said. "We turned away day trippers for four hours. There was nowhere else to put them."
Although there were a lot of parking and directing issues to deal with, Coleman said, "I was very happy with the 4th."
She also reported on the growing piping plover families. One chick fledged on July 5, while its sibling hadn't, although they have moved eastward allowing 1.8 miles of beach available to campers and day-trippers as of July 10.
As for other plovers, Coleman said one nest hasn't hatched; six broods have chicks not yet able to fly and two families had chicks that have flown. There are nine successful families on Sandy Neck, she said.
Coleman attended the cottage colony meeting where she received feedback that resulted in some changes to the escort times. She also talked to the colony residents about the new Lone Star tick, which she said, "is definitely on Sandy Neck," as she saw them close up. The new type of tick causes Rocky Mountain Fever and other diseases.
She cautioned everybody who comes to Sandy Neck to take precautions by using Permethrin on their clothing.
Coleman reported that the town council approved the FY14 town Enterprise Fund budget of $740,382. It includes a $35,940 increase, most of which is for several safety improvements to accommodate increased traffic.
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I was in one of our area's big box stores a few weeks ago with my wife and a couple of young granddaughters. We were having a good time. But then, a couple of isles ahead of us, I spotted a very large, four-lettered "F" word on the back of a T-shirt. My dear wife was shopping and didn't see what I saw, and thank goodness my baby granddaughters can't read. I left the girls with grandma and went to investigate.
The porno-guy looked like a typical government entitlement case with long blond hair, baggy pants and the usual accoutrements of immature youth, even though he appeared to be in his early 30s.
I approached the offending man-child and asked, "Are you starved for attention or just waiting for someone to call the cops?"
"What?" he said with a look of surprise.
I told him his T-shirt was offensive and he really ought to have more self-respect than to wear something like that in public.
He told me the bad word was from the lyrics of a song.
I told him I didn't care if the word came from the charter of the United Nations. It was offensive.
The guy then surprised me by apologizing.
It's a good thing he apologized. Had he decided to fight he'd probably have cleaned my clock. I am, after all, an old man with a bad back. Besides, I never was much of a scrapper.
I didn't feel qualified to accept his apology on behalf of everyone in the store. So I simply told him to think about it and reconsider before doing something like that again.
As we parted ways, I watched him walk away with his girlfriend, or wife, who looked angry as she took his arm in a public display of incredibly bad taste in men.
My blood pressure was still up, so I talked with two of the store managers. I asked them if they had a policy about letting people in their store wearing obscene material like that. Both managers told me they couldn't do anything about it. They said they have no control over what people wear in their store. I told them they were full of crap. There is a long established precedent in this country that allows businesses to refuse service to anyone who poses a threat or demonstrates unacceptable standards of dress or behavior.
What has happened to us? Is this something we are willing to accept as normal? There were hundreds of people in that store that day, but I didn't see anyone else act as if they even noticed that guy and his in-your-face insult to all of us. Everyone went about their business like a herd of submissive, neutered sheep. I don't think we're still the same nation that fought the British Empire over a matter of principle.
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Gerard Floriano, Conductor
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The investigators plan to test two different strategies for weight loss and diabetes prevention in the Latino community in and around Forsyth County, NC. The study is designed to test the hypothesis that a lifestyle weight-loss program implemented within the Latino community will have a more beneficial and clinically meaningful impact on HbA1c, insulin metabolism, and markers of the metabolic syndrome when compared to an enhanced usual care condition. This lifestyle intervention will include group-based sessions promoting healthy eating, increased physical activity and weight loss. These sessions will be delivered by lay community members, known as Latino Health Advisors (LHAs). The enhanced usual care group will consist of individual counseling with are registered dietitian and uses existing community resources to assist participants in making healthier lifestyle choices.
Pre Diabetes
Metabolic Syndrome
Behavioral: Lifestyle Weight Loss
Behavioral: Counseling
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Latinos Combatiendo la Diabetes (Latinos Combating Diabetes)
- Hemoglobin A1c [ Time Frame: 6, 12, 18, and 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mean change in hemoglobin A1c from baseline between treatment groups at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months will be assessed.
- Body Weight [ Time Frame: 6, 12, 18, and 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mean change in body weight from baseline between treatment groups at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months will be assessed.
- Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: 6, 12, 18, and 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mean change in systolic and diastolic blood pressures from baseline between treatment groups at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months will be assessed.
- Fasting Glucose [ Time Frame: 6, 12, 18, and 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mean change in fasting plasma glucose from baseline between treatment groups at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months will be assessed.
- Lipids [ Time Frame: 12 and 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mean changes in total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides from baseline between treatment groups at 12 and 24 months will be assessed.
- Fasting Insulin [ Time Frame: 6, 12, and 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Homeostasis model of insulin resistance (HOMA IR) [ Time Frame: 6, 12, 18, and 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Lifestyle Weight-Loss
Participants in this arm will take part in a group program aimed at achieving modest weight loss (5-7%) through promoting healthy eating and increasing physical activity. The intervention sessions will take place at churches and other community locations and will be coordinated and facilitated by LHAs. The lifestyle intervention will be delivered in 2 phases: Phase 1 will last for 6 months and consist of weekly group meetings; Phase 2 will last for 18 months and consist of one LHA-led group session or one telephone contact from the LHA per month. Participants in this treatment arm will also receive individual visits with an RD during months 1, 3, and 6 of phase 1.
Behavioral: Lifestyle Weight Loss
Changing diet, physical activity, and self-regulatory behaviors to promote weight loss.
Active Comparator: Enhanced Usual Care
Participants in the-enhanced usual care group will receive two individual sessions with an RD and monthly newsletters that focus on existing community resources.
Behavioral: Counseling
Individual nutrition counseling will be delivered by a registered dietitian.
Detailed Description:
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major health concern in the United States, accounting for 90 to 95% of the more than 25 million diagnosed cases of diabetes in 2010. Racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by the diabetes epidemic, specifically African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. Although the cumulative evidence suggests that lifestyle interventions to prevent diabetes can be implemented across a variety of settings with diverse personnel, numerous barriers to widespread dissemination in minority populations still exist. Latinos Combatiendo la Diabetes (La Comunidad) is a 225-participant randomized trial designed to test the hypothesis that a community-based lifestyle weight-loss intervention implemented within the accountability and structure of existing Latino communities will have a more beneficial and clinically meaningful impact on HbA1c, insulin metabolism, and markers of the metabolic syndrome when compared to an enhanced usual care condition. An economic evaluation will also be conducted to determine costs and cost-effectiveness. One trial arm will consist of a group-based intensive lifestyle intervention promoting healthy eating, increased physical activity and modest, yet achievable (5-7%) weight loss delivered in an early 6-month intensive phase followed by an 18-month maintenance phase. Latino Health Advisors (LHAs) will be utilized in the intensive intervention arm. The control arm will consist of an individual educational intervention that incorporates existing community resources that are available to assist residents in making healthier lifestyle choices.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women 18 years and older who reside in or near Forsyth County, NC
- Self-identified as Hispanic or Latino
- Evidence of pre-diabetes: HbA1c of 5.7-6.5%
- Body Mass Index (BMI): 25-45 kg/m2
- Potential participants must be willing to accept randomization to either the intensive lifestyle intervention or the comparison usual care condition
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently involved in a supervised program for weight loss
- Clinical history of diabetes or newly diagnosed diabetes at screening
- Clinical history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) occurring within the past 6 months, including myocardial infarction, angina, coronary revascularization, stroke, TIA, carotid revascularization, peripheral arterial disease, congestive heart failure. All persons with recent CVD should be participating in cardiac rehabilitation (with appropriate supervision as indicated) to reduce their risk of recurrence; hence, randomization might raise ethical concerns.
- Uncontrolled high blood pressure: BP > 160/100. Potential participants can be re-screened after control has been achieved.
- Pregnancy, breast feeding, or planning pregnancy within 2 years
- Other chronic disease likely to limit lifespan to less than 2-3 years, including any cancer requiring treatment in past 5 years except non-melanoma skin cancer
- Chronic use of medicine known to significantly affect glucose metabolism (e.g., corticosteroids, protease inhibitors)
- Conditions/criteria likely to interfere with participation and acceptance of randomized assignment, including the following: inability/unwillingness to give informed consent, another household member already randomized to La Comunidad, major psychiatric or cognitive problems (schizophrenia, dementia, self-reported active illegal substance or alcohol abuse), participation in another research study that would interfere with La Comunidad.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01831921
|Contact: Donna M Kronner
|Contact: Caroline S Blackwell, BS, CCRP
|United States, North Carolina
|Wake Forest School of Medicine
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
|Principal Investigator: Mara Z Vitolins, DrPH, MPH, RDN
|Principal Investigator:
|Mara Z Vitolins, DrPH MPH RD
|Wake Forest School of Medicine
Additional Information:
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Mara Z. Vitolins, Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01831921 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|P60LaComunidad, 1P60MD006917
|Study First Received:
|April 9, 2013
|Last Updated:
|June 1, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by Wake Forest School of Medicine:
pre diabetes
weight loss
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Glucose Intolerance
Metabolic Syndrome X
Prediabetic State
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrine System Diseases
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Insulin Resistance
Metabolic Diseases
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Dozens of Big Country Boy Scouts were among the thousands of troop members and adult leaders descending Monday on Fort A.P. Hill near Fredericksburg, Va., for the 2010 National Scout Jamboree.
Thirty-six Abilene-area Scouts and their four supervisors were pitching their tents and setting up camp for 10 days of fun and fellowship.
The Jamboree, which is typically held every four years, was delayed for a year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. More than 38,000 Boy Scouts are expected, along with 3,700 adult leaders.
"It is an experience of a lifetime for some of these kids," said Alan Eggleston, Jamboree staff adviser and Boy Scouts district director for the Abilene area. "Some of them have never been outside of Texas, some have never been to Washington, D.C., or on a plane."
For half of the local group, the adventure had already begun — with a flight canceled because of mechanical problems and a long delay getting to D.C. The members missed out on some sightseeing at the Smithsonian Institution on Saturday afternoon, but after rejoining the rest of the group early Sunday morning, they toured the Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Vietnam and Korean war memorials before heading to the Jamboree on Monday.
"They're excited to be here," said Craig McCormick, one of the adult leaders and the father of two of the Scouts, Tucker and Seth McCormick.
The boys will take part in activities such as swimming, scuba, snorkeling, fishing, archery and rappelling.
"All of the facets of the scouting program are done on a national professional level," Eggleston said.
Some Scouts' parents paid their expenses for the trip, but others have been fundraising for almost two years through projects like spaghetti dinners, Krispy Kreme doughnut sales, carwashes and garage sales.
The long preparation was definitely worth it, they said.
"Some of these children will come back different people, more mature," Eggleston said.
They will meet Scouts not only from other states, but also from other countries. Some patch trading with a few Mexican scouts already had taken place.
McCormick's older son is attending a Jamboree for the second time, and the younger is experiencing his first such event.
"I hope for them to grow as young men and learn something about God and themselves," McCormick said.
After the Jamboree ends, the group will tour the Capitol, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress before flying home Aug. 5.
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- 2 ounces vegetable oil
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- 2 cups chopped onion
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons dried basil
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 cups ripe olives, wedges, drained
- 1 quart tomato puree
- 1/4 cup chipotle in adobo sauce, chopped
- 1 1/2 pounds white rice, uncooked
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- 3 quarts or 2 pounds iceberg lettuce, shredded
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DescriptionThe military was all that old man Colburn had. After he retired, he still clung to it like a lifeline.
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After the pimple smoothen and healed, it left me a dark spot. I dont know how this occurred but anyone mind explaining?
Did The Regimen Give Any1 Else Dark Spots?
Started by jordany, Dec 11 2012 01:53 AMdark spots
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Posted 11 December 2012 - 08:01 AM
that is post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. this happens after a pimple heals, but sometimes benzoyl peroxide makes it a little more prominent. it will go away over time! no worries =)
Posted 12 December 2012 - 09:17 AM
so should i stop applying BP onto my post inflammatory hyperpigmentation areas and only apply it the the spots that needs it
Posted 12 December 2012 - 10:48 AM
I'm not sure what kind of regimen you're on. Do you normally slather BP all over your face? If so, keep doing that. If you only spot treat, then keep spot treating. I always smeared it all over to prevent new ones.
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|Author: Luca Giordano
|Painting, Oil on canvas, 246.5x329 cm
|Origin: Italy, 1680s
From the Renaissance period the legend of Bacchus was a favourite subject in Western European art. Son of Zeus and the Theban queen Semele, Bacchus was god of wine-growing and wine-making. With time he came to be seen as the embodiment of nature's powerful life forces, the subconscious origin of all life, the sensuality of earthly existence. In Giordano's painting the young god has thrown himself on an animal skin tossed on the stones. His face and breast are deep in shade and around him the bacchante and satyrs whisper to each other. Numerous animals have gathered round - fluffy sheep, a deer with proud bearing, a tiger being stroked by a small satyr and in the depth of the night landscape is the sea. Giordano was always interested in lighting effects and here the light glides across the picture creating a sense of mystery, not dispelling the gloom but picking out odd details, yet the shadows are so transparent that the colours are still clear even in the darkness.
|Personage: Bacchus
|Style: Baroque
|Source of entry: Collection of Sir Robert Walpole, Houghton Hall, 1779
|School: Naples
|Theme: Classical Religion and Mythology
|Exibition: Italian Art: 13th - 18th centuries
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Gator loves Erin Andrews of ESPN — and she is pretty great. Did she get better, if you know what I'm saying? I'm going to show Gator these pics — he will lose it. I showed him the pictures today on the air, Gator wasn't let down at all. Also it appears that she is tanning with Charissa Thompson.
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Ijaz Butt's latest statement claims that England are guilty of match fixing. If by that he means that they deliberately won the final NatWest one-day international at the Rose Bowl, he is right.
It was a superb, gritty performance that gives England a stunning six series victories since April. The players deserve all the plaudits. But the coaching staff should take a bow too.
In addition to a high level of skill, the things that have borne England along this long and taxing summer have been fitness and attention to detail. It is the little things that combine to complete the bigger picture.
You could pick on a number of things at the Rose Bowl to illustrate that. Andrew Strauss adding a bit of muscle to his already very sound batting game, for instance, meaning bowling teams find him harder to contain.
The odd big six (he has struck 13 in one-dayers this summer) allied to his busyness on both sides of the wicket has consistently given England fast starts. His thumping hit over long on off Abdul Razzaq yesterday forced Shahid Afridi to turn to his spinners earlier than he would have liked.
Then there was Eoin Morgan's deft placement. He has become masterly not just at the ingenious, inventive shots, but also at nurdling the ball into a big gap on the legside at just enough pace to make a single into two as three men converge on it from their various boundary positions. This requires stamina too, not just from him but his partners.
Tim Bresnan, not previously renowned for his speed , hustled between the wickets like a yearling, while artful manipulation of good yorkers – on which he had worked hard with Graham Gooch before play – helped Morgan make a useful score into an imposing one.
But it is in the field where England's improvements have been most conspicuous. Their warm-up always includes a sharp session of catches bounced off one of those angled rubber mats and there is now no weak link in the fielding department.
Bowlers, who have often had to be hidden in the outfield, are some of the most agile, rarely is a catch dropped (and the regulation ones are always taken) and three moments at the Rose Bowl – Paul Collingwood's flying catch at gully to dismiss Mohammed Hafeez and get England up and running, Steven Davies's slick pick up and throw to Graeme Swann to run out Umar Gul and Morgan's dead eye hit of one stump to finish the game – encapsulated England's advance.
Fielding has consistently let England down in Australia on previous Ashes tours. There is no danger of that happening this time.
The bowlers have all been on self-enhancement courses this summer, metaphorically speaking. Anderson and Broad have developed excellent versatility, able to use conditions well if they are favourable (Anderson took 32 wickets in the summer's six Tests at a mere 16 runs apiece) but capable of adapting if they are not.
Broad cranks the speed gun up to 93 mph at times and his range of slower balls and clever use of the bouncer in the power plays are a cut above any other bowler in the world. Astute, he is always one step ahead of the batsman, while Anderson's superb control, deceptive slower ball, and phlegmatic nature in the slog overs make him an outstanding and highly-skilled operator.
With the brilliant Swann as their talisman, this England attack is one to really reckon with and, here's a thing, they bowled NO no balls in any of the five one-day matches against Pakistan.
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Family Equality Council welcomed parents who are LGBTQ, allies and honorees on February 28, 2015 to the Beverly Hilton for an evening that included live performances and appearances by notables in the world of arts, entertainment, politics, and the LGBTQ movement.
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Is 'I luv u mom' enough?
Allison Czarnecki is well-versed in the digital age as one of Utah's most popular parenting bloggers, but she's adamant people should do more than just send a text or e-card to their moms for Mother's Day. It's too impersonal, she insists.
"It's so much classier to pick up the phone," said the Utah County-based author of the Petit Elefant blog.
But as soon as Czarnecki said that, she had a horrifying realization.
"I did that to my sister this week. How terrible is that?" Czarnecki said, remembering she sent a text to her sister wishing her happy birthday. "I just did that, and I don't do that. I'm a card sender."
You can see how easy it is just send a text or e-card to a loved one and call it a day. In the era of rising digital goods, is it appropriate to send a virtual greeting for a holiday like Mother's Day instead of a tangible card she can hold, admire and keep forever in a scrapbook?
We asked some of Utah's popular "mommy bloggers" about the etiquette of sending digital greetings and gifts instead of the more traditional flowers and a card for Mother's Day.
All agreed on one thing: If you send a text wishing mom a happy Mother's Day, don't expect to come over for Sunday dinners.
"You need to call her and visit her if you live close enough," said Herriman's Vanessa Brown, author of the I Never Grew Up lifestyle blog. "A text or an e-card in addition would be great, but you always have to call your mom or visit her on Mother's Day. It's for sure a rule.
"My little brothers do that [send just a text], so their three bossy sisters have to remind them not to just text her. They have to call her," she added.
Czarnecki calls electronic cards, or e-cards, "lame." "I probably only get a handful of cards a year in the mail, and I hate it," she said about the falling number of people who send handwritten cards.
"I think it's becoming a lost art handwriting letters," she said. "Think about what you feel when you open ... the mailbox when you think about them taking the time picking out the card at the store and mailing it. There's a lot more care put into it."
While Czarnecki and others say they've seen more people just send texts or e-cards for the holiday, it's hard to really know if virtual greetings are taking a bite out of more traditional cards for Mother's Day.
The New York-based Greeting Card Association does not track the use ofe-cards, nor does Hallmark, one of the two biggest greeting card companies along with American Greetings.
"But I can tell you that Mother's Day is the third-largest card-sending holiday in the United States, with 133 million cards exchanged annually," said Hallmark spokeswoman Jaci Twidwell. "At Mother's Day, we always think of the memory-keeping aspect of card sending. A mother can't keep a text in a shoebox in her closet or paste it in a memory book."
And it doesn't appear traditional gift-giving for the holiday is giving way to less-than-heartwarming digital gifts like iTunes credit or Amazon gift cards.
A survey of florists with the Society of American Florists showed that 62 percent had sales increases for Mother's Day in 2011 compared with 2010. And more than a third of adults bought flowers or plants as gifts for Mother's Day last year.
This year, consumers are expected to spend an average of $152 on Mother's Day gifts $12 more than last year according to a 2012 survey by the National Retail Federation. Of those grateful kids who will spend money this year, two-thirds will buy flowers. Meanwhile, nearly 33 percent of them will buy clothes, more than 12 percent will buy electronics, and 54 percent will take mom out to a nice dinner or brunch, according to the survey.
While sending just a text or e-card for Mother's Day might seem uncaring, sending a digital gift would be OK, especially if your mom is younger, said Cindi Braby of Eagle Mountain, author of the Utah Mom's Life blog.
"I've sent gift cards, like to Amazon, to my teachers, and I certainly think it's great if my husband got me an Amazon gift card," she said. "But my mother-in-law is 79, and she would expect the whole card and phone call and a book or something like a tangible gift."
So Brown warns that if you want to strengthen your relationship with your mother, don't take the easy way out, and spend the effort to show you care.
"Facebook and Twitter and texting can be good in a lot of ways," she said. "But we should all help each other to remember that for the people closest to you, you should make the time to talk to them."
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2012-13 U.S. Development Academy Season Preview: Central Conference
2012-13 U.S. Development Academy Season Preview: Central Conference
The 2012-13 US Soccer Development Academy preview is out and US Soccer Technical Staff Carson Porter had some high praise for Crew Academy standout Benny Swanson and the advatage of playing up in the system.
Academy teams that benefit from players playing up:
Porter: "The Columbus Crew does a nice job playing players up. Ben Swanson is a '97-born player who has just moved to Bradenton, Fla., and joined the U.S. U-17's and he benefitted from being a starter for the entire year last year with the U-15/16's despite playing up an age level. He also was rostered for the U-17/U-18's when they made the playoffs. These are great experiences that helped prepare him for the YNT system."
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