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Bladder augmentation is surgery to increase bladder size.
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Bladder augmentation surgery makes the bladder large enough to collect urine. When the bladder is too small, urine can leak out of the body (incontinence) or back up into the kidneys (reflux). This can cause a kidney infection and could damage the kidneys. The procedure is used to treat serious forms of incontinence after other treatments have failed.
Birth defects and other conditions, like chronic obstructive bladder damage, can cause the bladder to be too small.
Surgery may also be done if you have:
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
Before your procedure, talk to your doctor about ways to manage factors that may increase your risk of complications, such as:
Your doctor will:
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General anesthesia will be used. It will block pain and keep you asleep through the surgery.
The doctor will make an incision in the abdomen. An incision will also be made on the top part of the bladder. A part of the intestine or stomach will be removed and placed over the opening in the bladder. This new part will work like a patch. The doctor will sew it into place.
The doctor may also create a stoma. This is a small opening through the abdominal wall to an opening at the top of the bladder. This will make it easier for you to insert the catheter into the bladder.
A catheter will be left in place to drain urine from the bladder.
You may be given fluids, pain medications, and antibiotics through an IV. A tube will be placed through your nose to your stomach. This tube will keep your stomach drained of any contents. It will stay in place until your stomach and intestines begin working normally.
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Anesthesia will prevent pain during surgery. Pain and discomfort after the procedure can be managed with medications.
The usual stay is 6-10 days. If you have any problems, you will need to stay longer.
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It is important for you to monitor your recovery after you leave the hospital. Alert your doctor to any problems right away. If any of the following occur, call your doctor:
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Bladder augmentation. Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center website. Available at: http://www.chrp.org/empowering/ba.shtm. Accessed August 8, 2013.
Bladder augmentation. Boston Children's Hospital website. Available at: http://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/treatments/bladder-augmentation. Accessed August 8, 2013.
Bladder augmentation (enlargement). Urology Care Foundation website. Available at: http://www.urologyhealth.org/urologic-conditions/bladder-augmentation-(enlargement). Updated January 2011. Accessed August 8, 2013.
Bladder augmentation surgery FAQ. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital website. Available at: https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/education/bladder_augmentation_surgery/index.html. Accessed August 8, 2013.
Continent stomas. Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center website. Available at: http://www.chrp.org/empowering/cs.shtm. Accessed August 8, 2013.
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The event organizers have co-opted the ethos of the illustrious Hash House Harriers and have miscarried their own weak substitute for it. Please change the name of this event. H3 does not need to be associated with chumps who would pay $45 for 6 beers!
Remember that time that chick organized her own Hash race for personal profit?
Bogus event. Trying to associate with Hash House Harriers, which they aren't. Any mention of this is promptly deleted off their Facebook event. Event is now supposedly in the process of being moved...no bar list. No starting location. Going to a different city (One comment on FB says Virginia Beach). Sketchy. Sketchy. Sketchy. And NOT A HASH. Using the name, but not associated with Hash House Harriers.
This event is a scam! It is not associated with the long standing Hash House Harriers. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS RACE. Want to know what a real hash is like? Find your local chapter (in this case it's the Tidewater Hash House Harriers) and show up. Your first time is usually FREE! Most times after that, it's only $5 and includes beer. DO NOT WASTE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON THIS RIP OFF.
This is not a Hash House Harriers event, and appears to be for profit. If you'd like to run for beer, I would suggest googling "Hash House Harriers" in what ever city you live in. You're sure to find a group that is local. And it will only cost about $5 to drink six beers. Shirts, admittedly, are extra, and there are no medals. But at least we keep our integrity.
This is not a Hash House Harriers event. She is stealing the Hash name to profit for herself. The real HHH does not profit from their runs. We have $5 runs that include all the beer you can drink, and they are far more fun. We take care of your own. Join a HHH kennel and stay away from this lame event.
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APCO Worldwide
This article is part of the Tobacco portal on Sourcewatch funded from 2006 - 2009 by the American Legacy Foundation.
This article is part of the Center for Media & Democracy's spotlight on front groups and corporate spin.
APCO Worldwide was founded by the law firm of Arnold & Porter, one of Washington D.C.'s largest law firms, also well known as a tobacco industry law firm. It was founded in 1984 by Margery Kraus who served as its first president and chief executive officer. [1]. APCO has offices and is headquartered in Washington D.C. and has offices in 24 locations in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa and employs 470 people. [2]
"Core services include corporate, investor and internal communication, crisis management, issue management, government relations, litigation communication, media relations, coalition building, opinion research, market entry, corporate social responsibility and online communication," it states on its website. The website calls the firm a "global communication consultancy" specializing in "influencing decisionmakers and shaping public opinion by crafting compelling messages and recruiting effective allies."[3]
- 1 Helping Kazakhstan buy academic reports
- 2 APCO and the tobacco industry
- 3 APCO and Tort Reform
- 4 Ownership
- 5 History
- 6 Government Interference and Manipulation
- 7 Honors
- 8 U.S. Government PR Contracts
- 9 International Clients
- 10 Insight
- 11 Personnel
- 12 Income and Employee Totals
- 13 Clients
- 14 Contact Information
- 15 References
- 16 SourceWatch Resources
- 17 External links
Helping Kazakhstan buy academic reports
In September 2008, it was revealed that the Kazakhstan government had paid John Hopkins University's Central Asia-Caucasus Institute to author three reports about the country. The arrangement was brokered through APCO Worldwide, Kazakhstan's Washington DC lobbying firm. The Kazakh government paid $52,300 for reports titled "Kazakhstan's New Middle Class" and "Parliament and Political Parties in Kazakhstan." A third report, "Kazakhstan in its Neighborhood," was "also underwritten by the government," but lobbying reports that would disclose the amount paid for it are not yet available. The reports, issued by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins, do not disclose the Kazakhstan funding. Institute director S. Frederick Starr said their "relationship was only with the lobbying firm and not directly with the government." He added that "the entire editorial process was 100 percent in our hands." The author of the third report, Hudson Institute fellow Richard Weitz, said, "It's an important topic so I would have written about it anyway." The Kazakhstan funding also required the Johns Hopkins Institute to sponsor "think tank discussions" on each report, "sponsored by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute." [1]
APCO and the tobacco industry
Philip Morris hired APCO to organize the front group TASSC (The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition) in October, 1993 to help fight public health efforts to control Environmental Tobacco Smoke that occurred in the wake of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ruling that secondhand tobacco smoke was a Group A human carcinogen. APCO recommended that Philip Morris form a European TASSC group to: "Preempt unilateral action against the industry." [4]
A 1993 memo written by Tom Hockaday of APCO Associates lists individuals that could be approached on behalf of Philip Morris to lend their names to pre-written, favorable-to-tobacco opinion-editorial pieces on the subject of Environmental Tobacco Smoke. One of the people APCO considered approaching was Peter Samuel, whose qualifications included the fact that he had "developed a book proposal to address unsubstantiated scares including alar, dioxin, DDT, ETS, asbestos and others." (Dioxin, the primary toxic component of Agent Orange, was found at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York and was the basis for evacuations at Times Beach, Missouri. Asbestos, a toxin and known carcinogen, causes the lung disease asbestosis and a cancer of the pleura called mesothelioma. DDT, a dangerous pesticide that can persist in the environment for up to 15 years, was banned in the United states in 1972.)[5]
APCO and Tort Reform
Philip Morris also hired APCO to manage a massive national effort aimed at altering the American judicial system to be more hostile towards product liability suits ("Tort Reform"). Tort reform was an internal corporate program of Philip Morris, who led other companies into the plan. According to a 1995 Philip Morris Tort Reform Budget, the industry paid APCO Associates almost $1 million in 1995 to implement behind-the-scenes tort reform efforts. APCO's job was to create chapters of "grassroots" citizens' groups called Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALAs). The budget shows the tobacco industry alone budgeted $21.8 million to fund the tort reform effort in the single year of 1995.[2]
In September 2004 APCO announced that it had completed a management buyout by approximately 40 senior staff from its former owner Grey Global.[6]
In an internal 1993 budget review document for the Philip Morris Group of companies, APCO Associates was penciled in for $500,000 as a "corporate affairs consultant." On behalf of the tobacco industry and other corporate clients, it has created a number of industry front groups, including The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition, the American Tort Reform Association, and many state and local branches of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, or CALAs, which are fake grassroots groups that agitate for tort reform.
A description accompanying PM's 1993 budget review says "APCO is a tort consultant to PMMC, a consultant on animal rights issues to PMMC (G. Knox) and an ETS consultant to PM USA (E Merlo). Neal Cohen is the principal account executive on the PM Tort Project and has been in this position since at least 1988. Our tort contract with APCO currently has them assisting the PM family, national and state tort coalitions and other tort reform advocates with political, communications and grassroots strategies and related programs".[7]
Government Interference and Manipulation
APCO specializes in helping corporations advance their goals by manipulating legislators, and drafting and advancing model legislation and regulations. Key tools A&P uses include the creation of business coalitions and fake, corporate-funded "grassroots" groups tailored to specific issues. A 1995 APCO Associates pamphlet titled "Political Support Services" states,
APCO Associates, Inc. (APCO) specializes in grassroots organizing and coalition building. We use political campaign tactics to create an environment in support of our client's legislative and regulatory goals...We utilize the most effective, up-to-date technology and campaign tactics to help you achieve your legislative and regulatory goals...APCO has built numerous national and state coalitions on a variety of issues including the environment, science, energy, trade, intellectual property, education, tort reform and health care....APCO applies tactics usually reserved for political campaigns to target audiences and recruit third-party advocates. Our staff has the political field experience and has written the direct mail, managed the telephones, crafted the television commercials and trained the grassroots volunteers. We apply these hard-learned skills and tactics to mobilize hundreds, even thousands, of constituents. Or,when just the "grasstops" are needed, we recruit just a few of a target's key friends or contributors to join us. No matter the issue, we bring together coalitions that are credible, persuasive and cost-effective.
APCO was named 2003 International Agency of the Year by The Holmes Report, a PR industry newsletter. In 2004, it was listed as one of the top PR firms by The Hill, a Washington, DC newspaper.
U.S. Government PR Contracts
According to the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform Minority Office, APCO received the following amounts per year, for federal PR contracts: [9]
- $246,946 in 2004
International Clients
In July 2004, O'Dwyers PR Daily reported that APCO Worldwide had been hired by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information on a six-month contract to promote stronger ties with the U.S. government. The Indonesia account is handled by Barry Schumacher, who told O'Dwyer's that after the Indonesian Presidential election on September 20, APCO would organise a tour of the country's leaders to Washington, D.C. [10]
"The group will talk about diplomatic ties, democratic reform and cooperation on the terror front," O'Dwyers reported.
As part of a five-year research project, through its opinion research division, Insight, APCO carried out an extensive survey on corporate social responsibility (or CSR) in 2004. The survey, which included more than 400 "opinion elites" - members of the top 10 percent of society, with regard to media consumption, civic engagement, and interest in public policy issues - in 10 countries, found that people's consumption patterns are influenced by CSR efforts. "Positive CSR information has led 72% of the respondents to purchase a company's product or services and 61% to recommend the company to others. Conversely, negative CSR news has led 60% to a boycott a company's products and services," reported PR Week. [11]
Based on its survey, APCO Insight Vice-President Chrystine Zacherau suggested that companies "shape the opinion environment" by touting their own CSR efforts, "as opposed to fearing the impact of [negative] information from external organizations. ... Communicating about CSR does have positive effects for corporations," Zacherau stressed. However, the survey also found that "91 percent of respondents found CSR more credible when verified by a third-party such as a non-governmental organization or local government." [12]
- Alisa Harrison Vice President, former director of communications for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Donald Riegle, a former Democratic senator from Michigan
- Steve Solarz, a former Democratic congressman from New York
- Don Bonker, a former Democratic congressman from Washington state
- Mickey Edwards, a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma
- Peter Hannaford, former public relations/ communications adviser to Ronald Reagan
- Chrystine Zacherau
- Bob Dole
- Sandra E. Taylor, on APCO Worldwide's International Advisory Council; former senior vice president of corporate social responsibility for Starbucks [3]
Income and Employee Totals
O'Dwyer's PR lists APCO as earning $81,844,117 in net fees in 2006, up 11% on the previous year. It notes the firm has 470 employees. [4]
PR Week ranked APCO Worldwide as the number four PR agency in the United States in 2008 (after Edelman, Waggener Edstrom and Ruder Finn, respectively), with 2007 revenue of $57,386,800, a 16% increase from the previous year's total revenue of $49,454,766. The ranking also notes its staff total of 243 (2006 total: 229), with $236,160 in revenue per employee.[5]
According to APCO its client list includes "clients include governments, corporations, industry associations and non-profit organizations. APCO also includes among its clients six of the top 10 companies on Fortune's Global 500," it states. [13]
This client list includes both past and present clients and is compiled from selected clients listed on APCO's website, O'Dwyers PR Daily, Holmes Report and miscellaneous sources.
- Alaska Airlines
- American Tort Reform Association
- Association of Distributive Environmental Bodies
- Avis
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- British Airways
- Business Software Alliance (BSA)
- British Entertainment and Discotheque Association (BEDA)
- Cable & Wireless
- California Alliance for Energy & Economic Stability
- California Building Industry Association
- The California Endowment
- Capital One
- CGNU Insurance
- Coalition for the Modernization and Protection of America's Social Security
- Consumer Discount Campaign in Germany
- Dow Corning
- Employers' Coalition on Medicare
- Futures Group Europe
- GlobeXplorer
- Global Business Leaders Alliance Against Counterfeiting
- Government of Canada
- The government of Turkey
- Harrah's New Orleans Casino
- Immunex Corporation - Novantrone
- International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Associations
- Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Information[14]
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kazakhstan - In October 2007, O'Dwyer's reported that APCO "has received a payment of $487,777 to cover work done here through the end of the year for the government of strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev. ... Kazakhstan is embroiled in a fight with western oil companies over the development of a field in the Caspian." [15]
- Lufthansa Airlines
- Mercedes-Benz
- Merck Sharp & Dohme
- Microsoft
- National Association of Town Watch (NATW)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Nokia
- Norilsk Nickel
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals - Glivec
- Pfizer
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
- Philip Morris
- Procter & Gamble LLC
- Raytheon
- Roche
- STERIS Corporation
- Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC)
- The Restaurant Association
- Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
- STERIS Corporation
- Thames Water
- Transport & General Workers Union (T&G)
- The Vaccine Fund
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
- USCS International, Inc.
- Washington Health Care Association
- World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
- WorldCom, Inc. [16]
- Yukos Oil[17]
Contact Information
APCO Worldwide
700 12th St. N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 778-1000
Fax: (202)-466-6002
Email: information AT apcoworldwide.com
Web: http://www.apcoworldwide.com/
- ↑ Emma Schwartz, "Kazakhstan Pays for Academic Reports: Johns Hopkins Institute Says It Had Complete Independence," ABC News, September 29, 2008.
- ↑ Covington & Burling Tort Reform Project Budget, Budget, October 3, 1995, Bates No. 2047648299/8307
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8.The Claimant seeks permission to appeal on the grounds (1) that the findings of justification in respect of the defamatory charges on which the Defendants succeeded were against the weight of the evidence, (2) that the judge erred in law in admitting the evidence of Evans as to the construction of the words "Holocaust denier," (3) that the judge erred in law in admitting the evidence of Van Pelt (i) except in the field of cultural history, so that Van Pelt should not have been permitted to give evidence (ii) as to the architecture of Auschwitz, and/or (iii) as to (a) chemistry and (b) the technology of crematoria, and (4) in applying section 5 of the Defamation Act, 1952 in respect of the libels on which the Defendants offered no evidence, or which the Defendants wholly failed to justify.
9.When refusing permission to appeal his order of 11th April 2000, Gray J observed that "essentially [the] case turned on questions of fact, the most important of which entailed assessing the Claimant's credibility. Public interest can be [a] reason for granting permission, but that is a question best left to the C.A."
10.Undoubtedly this case is of the greatest public interest. Gray J observed after giving judgment that in his opinion it was self evident and beyond any possible dispute that this was a matter of public interest, and gestured to the packed court room. As is well known, the trial at first instance attracted worldwide publicity. The issues canvassed were plainly of the greatest importance for the interpretation of the political and military history of the twentieth century. Irving relies on this ground in seeking permission to appeal. He contends no less strongly that Gray J erred seriously in weighing the evidence, so that his findings are wrong and unjust.
11.The basis on. which Gray J assessed the Claimant's credibility was not an adverse general estimate of Irving, or his demeanour as a witness, or his general character. Indeed, Gray J makes the most flattering observations about Irving as a military historian at 13.7. Irving gratefully adopts all that Gray J. says in 13.7, and relies upon it in support of his submission at paragraph 16 below.
12.Neither Defendant gave oral evidence, nor did they call any witnesses of fact, but only experts, to whom the Claimant returns at paragraphs 17 to 21 below. It accordingly follows that Gray J was certainly not impressed by the Defendants' demeanour, as Lipstadt took good care not to have her witness statement and her affidavits tested in cross-examination.
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ASPEN - Aspen Skiing Co. officials estimated before the ski season started that opening 230 acres of "sidecountry" skiing on Burnt Mountain could yield $1.32 million in revenue, according to a document filed with the U.S. Forest Service.
David Perry, senior vice president of Skico's mountain division, testified in a declaration as part of litigation over Burnt Mountain that the backcountry feel and relatively easy access to the new terrain would hold special allure to some skiers and snowboarders.
"Aspen Skiing (Co.) conservatively estimates that 100 incremental guests per day will specifically visit Snowmass to ski the new Burnt Mountain terrain during the 2012-13 ski season," Perry said in the declaration given in September. "That translates to 12,000 recreation visits over the 120-day period that Aspen Skiing anticipates that the Burnt Mountain terrain will be open for skiing."
Skico figured it would make about $110 in revenue per skier visit - the cost of a lift ticket and other spending by those customers. At that rate, opening the Burnt Mountain terrain was worth $1.32 million to the company, he testified.
A nonprofit environmental organization called the Ark Initiative attempted in August to get a federal judge to sign an injunction preventing Skico from removing trees on Burnt Mountain. Skico planned "spot" glading in preparation for adding the 230 acres on Burnt Mountain to the skiable terrain at Snowmass ski area.
Skico was aligned with the Forest Service in that court battle. Perry's declaration in the legal action was meant to show how Skico would lose revenue if it wasn't allowed to move ahead on the Burnt Mountain plan. Skico and the Forest Service prevailed. The terrain opened this season.
Skico spokesman Jeff Hanle said Thursday that there are no solid numbers at this point showing how many customers skied Snowmass specifically because of the Burnt Mountain Glades.
"From all accounts, it's been hugely successful," Hanle said. "It's a unique experience for a lot of people."
The comments from customers have been "overwhelmingly positive" about the additional terrain, he said.
Skiers and snowboarders must undertake a short, uphill hike from the Elk Camp section of Snowmass to access the Burnt Mountain terrain. Once they go through a gate, they are treated to skiing that snakes through aspen and conifer trees on gently rolling terrain spotted with numerous short, steeper pitches. Several open, natural parks can be connected by skiing through trees that are typically spaced pretty far apart until the egress trail back to the ski area. That is a narrow route through tight trees.
Backcountry skiers loved Burnt Mountain because few people ventured onto it before Skico marked the boundaries and designated the egress back to the regular slopes. Skico wanted to add the terrain, which is within the Snowmass permit boundary, to offer a different type of terrain for its customers.
"For some people it's equivalent to getting up into Highland Bowl," Hanle said. Highland Bowl is steep terrain that appeals to expert skiers and snowboarders. Burnt Mountain is significantly tamer terrain, but it still offers that sense of getting out of the groomed and regular inbounds trails of a ski area, Hanle said. It's more of a backcountry experience that intermediate skiers can handle.
Hanle said no marketing material specifically targeted the Burnt Mountain Glades, but the terrain was featured in information about what was new this season. It also was showcased in early-season press tours.
"We had several stories on it in publications," Hanle said.
The latest skirmish regarding Burnt Mountain is over Skico's plan to remove trees to widen the egress route from the glades to Long Shot, a trail that leads to the base chairlift at Two Creeks. The Forest Service is reviewing Skico's proposal. Public comment was taken until Monday. The Ark Initiative filed comments in opposition to the egress route. As part of its extensive comments, it filed Perry's declaration where he discussed the potential revenue of opening the Burnt Mountain Glades.
Hanle said part of the appeal of the Burnt Mountain Glades is the isolated feel. Many Snowmass customers don't want to venture into the sidecountry, he said.
"Even if there's an egress trail, it's going to have limited appeal," Hanle said.
Backcountry skiers are concerned that opening the terrain would lead to too much use that would ruin the experience.


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'Dancing With the Stars': Christina Milian Voted Off
At the start of Monday's episode of "Dancing with the Stars," host Tom Bergeron told everyone that based solely on last week's audience votes, a female celebrity would be going home this week. After everyone interpreted the most memorable years of their lives via dance, that didn't change. It ultimately came down to the top scorer of this week, Christina Milian and Mark Ballas, and the bottom scorer of this week, Leah Remini and Tony Dovolani – and the higher-scoring duo was out.
This is often the point in the season when the so-called surprise ouster comes into play and fanbases become more important. Based on the cloud graphic "DWTS" co-host Brooke Burke Charvet briefly flashed two weeks ago, Christina simply didn't have the same amount of chatter as other players such as Amber Riley and the departed Bill Nye and Valerie Harper. Mark looked baffled; Christina sad. To make matters more painful for them, Christina earned the first 10 of the season earlier Monday – and from grouchy head judge Len Goodman, no less.
The other couple in jeopardy was Elizabeth Berkley Lauren and Val Chmerkovskiy, whose fate Tom had revealed just after their jive that revisited her "Saved by the Bell" past. Val requested some of the jive pills Elizabeth had been craving.
It's always tough to eliminate someone on "Most Memorable Year of Your Life" week at "DWTS." Is the audience saying one star's personal moment is less compelling than every other contestant's? Not necessarily, but reality TV is a cruel beast.
When "DWTS" trots out some version of the "life-story" chestnut, rumbas and tears usually abound. This season, though, we'll see no draped bedsheets. Will we hear more uplift or sadness? Love stories? Will anything be as weird as in Season 14 when Jaleel White declared his memorable time pertained to the alter ego of Steve Urkel? Here's one teaser: We're going to see a "tribute" to about 30 to 45 seconds of 1990s TV pop culture.
For the first time this season, we have an outside musical artist on the show: Aloe Blacc, who performs "Wake Me Up" to start the ngith. The pros dance together with and without blue wooden chairs in a number choreographed by Derek Hough.
Christina and Mark lead off the competition portion of night with a cha-cha to "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green. First, though, we need to revisit the criticism Julianne Hough delivered last week, in which she told Christina she has to dance in front of Mark in order to shine. They don't look too thrilled. Now to Christina's "crazy year," 2010. She gave birth to her daughter in the same year she and her husband, the Dream, split up after his cheating was splashed across gossip websites. She says the song is about making herself a new woman, battling through the pain and being happy. Mark – who demonstrates the "new woman" dance – has Christina applying "more" of everything in rehearsal, especially chest thrusting. It's the most fun we've seen Christina have all season; Bruno gives her a standing ovation during the number as Christina shakes the bad man out of her body. For the first time in a while, Mark sticks to basic choreography, and it really helps for us to see a technically sharp, proper cha-cha. Carrie Ann appreciates this. Len is thrilled to be back in time to see the fire and ice. Score: 28 (Carrie Ann 9, Len 10, Bruno 9).
Jack Osbourne returns to the ballroom wheelhouse in which he's more comfortable with a Viennese waltz to "I'm Kissing You," by Des'ree. Jack's 2012 started wonderfully when he moved into a house with his now-wife, followed by the birth of their daughter in April. Two and a half weeks later, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Jack fears more for his child than for himself because he worries he won't be able to provide for his little girl. At rehearsal, adorable baby Pearl and wife Lisa come to visit, and he dedicates the Viennese waltz to them. Throughout the season, Jack has been praised for being light on his feet. This dance takes it to a whole other level. He glides and flows effortlessly and without a break, and one can sense the tender love in his movements. The hands look limp at one point, as if he were tossing a piece of paper aside, and Len points this out. Jack appears to be holding back tears, which might explain why his face comes across as tight to the point of robotic in moments. The judges rave about the lines (Bruno), the hold (Len) and the grace (Carrie Ann). Score: 27 (9s from each judge).
Leah wants to celebrate independence and the changes of her life over the past year, when she left Scientology. (She doesn't spell that out this week, but she's referred to that on at least one other episode.) Leah loves the lyrics of Katy Perry's "Roar" and looks forward to dancing contemporary – well, if she and Tony knew how to do the dance style. "Are you going to ask Corbin (Bleu, Leah's fellow contestant) to choreograph it for us?" Leah wonders. Tony is a puppeteer, pulling the strings, and Leah breaks away. Literal message, anyone? Leah uses her acting skills to her advantage here, from the perky brainwashing at the start to the triumphant lifts and parading around the ballroom with the chorus. You can tell how much this number means to her; it's almost as cathartic to watch as it must have been for Leah to do. Alas, this contemporary doesn't feel as if it has a lot of DANCE. Carrie Ann loves the storytelling, but lift-to-movement-to-lift took over once Leah breaks free from Tony. Leah tells the judges she wishes she did lifts better and stresses over and over again that she doesn't know how to dance. (This is defensive bordering on tiresome.) Bruno chooses to focus on the fight in the story. Score: 22 (Carrie Ann 7, Len 7, Bruno 8). Leah has a sour face, on which Tom picks up. He asks her what she's thinking, and she deflects before replying, "You don't want to know."
Ick. What is Paris Hilton doing in the ballroom? Please don't let this be a sign she'll be a contestant next season.
Corbin and Karina Smirnoff honor his sister Phoenix with a foxtrot to "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts. In 2011, Phoenix, who in now 12 years old, was diagnosed with pretty severe scoliosis, a 38% double curve. Corbin says that in previous weeks, he and Karina have put together a story, but this week they don't need to because it's just his life on display. Karina always seems especially happy when she's doing foxtrots or Viennese waltzes, and this week is no exception. Corbin leads her with such ease that he looks almost like a pro – keep in mind the male celebrities rarely have the skill set to lead – and she beams alongside him. Bruno gushes that Corbin could be the love child of Fred Astaire and Ben Vereen, which befuddles Corbin and prompts Tom to quip, "Too bad Bill Nye the Science Guy isn't here to explain how that would work." Carrie Ann and Karina disagree about whether the dance included a lift. Score: 28 (Carrie Ann 9, Len 9, Bruno 10). Tom asks Carrie Ann if she would change her score if the producers can get a slow-motion replay that supports Karina. Carrie Ann says she would. Alas, the judges score on what they see, the "DWTS" rule book says, and so the 9 stands.
Bill Engvall has been married for more than 30 years, and this week he and Emma Slater are going to do a Viennese waltz to Billy Joel's "She's Always a Woman" in honor of Bill's wife. The Engvalls wed in 1982, so Bill picks that as his most-memorable year. "It wasn't love at first sight at all," Bill says. Oh, these fashions! The hair! (Hint: Bill wore a powder-blue tux to their prom, in the late 1970s.) Bill wants to give his wife the credit and accolades she rarely receives publicly. At the start of the dance, Bill is in front of Emma. He tries for these grand, sweeping arm movements that unfortunately come across more as violent swinging. (Bruno says it's as if Bill was at a bowling alley, a useful analogy.) Once Emma comes up to him and takes his hand, Bill seems to gain confidence. This waltz has heart, a sweet romance about it. The second half of the waltz has more sharpness and flow; it builds. Tom also uses sweet, and Bruno and Carrie Ann echo the "heart" comment. Len says it was a little skippy and rushed but also had lovely rotations. Score: 24 (straight 8s).
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Sasha Farber may be testing the censors this week with their modern jazz number, for the song they're performing to is "Work B—-," by Britney Spears. (Brooke compliments the dance and the hair even before we see the rehearsal package.) Our star's most-memorable year? It was 2012, when she gave birth. Nicole says the song celebrates her being a mother and a new woman, working seven days a week to provide for her family. (Sasha, impressed that Snooki likes doing laundry, tries to pawn his off on her. They also debate whether she's done a 180 or a 360.) Does anyone else find it incongruous to link profanity and happy new-mommyhood feelings in the same theme? Anyway, this dance plays to Nicole's and Sasha's athletic strengths. He was always arguably the most acrobatic member of the Troupe, and you can tell he had a blast choreographing this. (Too many jumps, though?) It takes some of the "Jersey Shore" oomph and attitude but adds maturity and sets it to movement. As in previous weeks, Nicole's energy flags toward the end, and I do wish Sasha would choreograph a real, proper finale. This week's slide to the couch counts somewhat, but it still feels like a bit of a cheat. Carrie Ann also likes the choreography, and Len had a blast watching the couple. Score: 27 (9s across the board).
Ah, it's time for our first filler segment of the year. It's time to address an elephant in the cast, the extensive dance backgrounds of some of the stars before "DWTS." Does it help or hurt? The pros weigh in.
Also joining the contemporary brigade are Brant Daughtery and Peta Murgatroyd. They have spent the past two weeks close to the red light of doom, and last week's salsa received criticism for Brant's "loosey-goosy" upper-body movements. The couple hopes to reverse its fortunes with a contemporary number set to "Your Song." Although the story behind the selection Brant tells is a sad one – the death of his father in 2009 from lymphoma – he and Peta want to create a "beautiful, connecting dance." He cries during the package about his father, he looks teary at the start, and he sobs in Peta's arms at the end. Brant in open shirt, bare feet, a circle of soft light … yep, contemporary. Peta likes her lifts; this has a lot of her throwing herself at him. Brant has a lot of passion, a word all three judges also use, and there's no question he feels the moves. Bruno compares some of them to the Martha Graham school. Score: 27 (all 9s).
"DWTS" viewers probably know Amber Riley best from her work as Mercedes on "Glee." She and Derek use "Try a Little Tenderness," a song she's done on that show, to commemorate her most-memorable year, 2009, when she got the "Glee" job. Did you know she worked at Ikea and was turned down from "American Idol?" She looks smashing in purple for this foxtrot with Derek. She's dancing in front of him and injecting soul with the arms in particular, and she ends the routine by the microphone. It's a spirited foxtrot, but is it too outside the box for Len? It's very Broadway, and we don't see much in hold. Before she discusses Amber's dancing, Carrie Ann singles out Carmen from the orchestra for singing the "heck out of that song." (I second that. Normally, I moan about the band's renditions, but she was fabulous.) As for the dancing, Carrie Ann loves how Amber acted out the routine and showed near synchronicity with Derek. Bruno calls Amber a "performing powerhouse." Len agrees with that – and yes, then he starts complaining about the lack of hold. Derek knew that criticism was coming and warned Amber in advance. Score: 26 (Carrie Ann 9, Len 7, Bruno 10). "All over the map," Tom observes.
The moment all "SBTB" fans have waited for is finally here: Elizabeth and Val are going to bring (a presumably less addicted) Jesse Spano to the ballroom with "I'm So Excited." (Here's a refresher of Elizabeth's previous encounter with the song.) Ooh, she even has 1990s hair, turquoise hoop earrings and jacket! Mario Lopez, Season 3 runner-up and Elizabeth's co-star, comes to the ballroom to support her. Their jive pays homage to a time in her life when she first came to Hollywood and her dreams were coming true. However, the most-memorable year was 2012, when Elizabeth's son, Sky, was born. She wants to encourage him to dream big, so she hopes to connect her personal memorable moment with her first memorable professional moment. (Val with Sky… so cute!) Elizabeth shows a sense of humor when she and Val re-enact the famous "SBTB" scene, only with jive pills instead of caffeine. Oddly, Elizabeth looks stiff and gawky in that solo at the start, as if she's still a teenager. Once she comes down the stairs and Val slides to the floor, the jive content begins. It's good but rushed, as if they aren't on the same beat. When he's turning her, it's almost as if she's running after him. She's throwing her all into the number, though. Carrie Ann finds the kicks soft but appreciates Val taking her to a time warp. On the other hand, Len believes the kicks were sharp and tight. Bruno encourages Elizabeth to dance with no pills and recalls his own video past. Score: 26 (Carrie Ann 8, Len 9, Bruno 9). Tom then reveals they're in jeopardy. Ouch.
Next week, some kind of mysterious dance challenge.
Were you shocked by the elimination? Whose personal story moved you the most? Do you ever have a disconnect between what you see and what the judges say? (I do at least once an episode.) Weigh in on these and other matters in the comments.


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Richard Linklater's 12-years-in-the-making indie epic "Boyhood" is being greeted with the kind of universal acclaim every filmmaker dreams of but rarely basks in. And it's hard to argue that it's not justly deserved.
We caught up with the highly likable filmmaker in Berkeley, a city he admires partly because of the mild weather and for the Amoeba record store that makes the devout music fan salivate. Music plays a key role, as usual, in his film.
Here are a few highlights from what he had to say, plus a bit of sage advice: "Pick your life's projects carefully."
On being fully committed to the project: "I couldn't have a dark night of the soul. I could never think: Is this what I wanted to do? Why am I doing this? It probably lingered in there somewhere, but I couldn't allow myself to go there. I'm steering this ship. All these people had jumped on my ship that headed off. You can't have a captain who's going, "what are we doing?"
On what he hoped to achieve: "I wanted to express something about the whole, not just a moment in childhood, but childhood itself, where you change suddenly ... somewhere in there is the emergence of self and opinions and skeptical thinking, and the relationships change, and you kind of gain agency in this world."
On working with young actors: "Kind of the greatest experience of this was seeing them mature, seeing them come into their own and be artistic collaborators on the project."
On question in film about where childhood ends: "Childhood ends in a very persistent and slow way. You know you can pick your spot: Was it really when he (the character of Mason) realized there were no elves in the world? Is that where childhood ends? Or was it when the drunk dad throws a thing at you? I mean where does childhood end? I don't know."
On whether the film was improvised: "I knew the last shot. I knew it from year two. It's good to know where you're going. Film, to me, is all about structure. I was reading this Fellini quote the other day because he was always accused of improvising ... He says it's precision, there's nothing random going on here ... I feel the same way ... There was a plan that was executed here. It wasn't random, it never is. It's a pretty exacting art form. I mean documentaries are a whole other thing, but this wasn't that. This is telling a story. This is fiction, and this is all scripted, rehearsed, workshopped, acted, performed, edited."
On reaction to "Boyhood": "It's gratifying when you feel like something is being accepted in the spirit that it's put forth. It's kind of wonderful to feel that connection. But the movie is kind of about that. If you didn't feel that, then the movie -- on one level -- has failed in what it set out to do, which was to affect you in this way that you had to think about life, and your time and the fleeting nature of our lives and all that. So the film wants to take you to some place. If it works, that would be the appropriate response ... It's kind of like asking Spielberg ... well, how do you feel that people aren't going to the beach this summer after seeing 'Jaws.'? Well, the film is working. (Laughs) It's a powerful medium."
On whether the acclaim is going to affect him: "I'm too old now. (He is 53.) If it were my first or second film, I'd be worried about my mental health. They've come too late. I've done this too much."


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My precious!
I love you anyway!
whoever touched you before you will be mine
*kisses trophy*
My precious!
I love you anyway!
whoever touched you before you will be mine
*kisses trophy*
*smokes seriously*
*kisses pricetech*
*takes trophy*
*kisses trophy*
*Smashes below spammer (at time of edit) with trophy*
*Eats trophy*
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*kisses compy with tong*
*puts tong deeper and deeper*
*grabs trophy with tong*
*gets out trophy*
*apologizes to compy that he used him*
*he doesn't give his number to compy*
He is insane after all!
*disinfects Trophy*
vicious cycle - btw, kiss me and my girlfriend will pull your tongue out of your head and whip you to death with it, pretty much no matter what I say...
*Puts robsoles in the birdcage*
*Puts trophy in the birdcage*
*Goes in the birdcage*
*Gets trophy*
*Kissed robsoles*
*Puts pterodactyl (that just happened to be in the neighbourhood) in the birdcage*
*Gets behind his Ninja girlfriend to be protected from misses soles*
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OpenVNet: Virtual networking using OpenFlow
Sinatra-browse: Parameter declaration framework and browsable API for ruby Sinatra.
*Empties birdcage*
*Puts Metallion in birdcage*
*Does not put trophy in birdcage*


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The Deacon's Home
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Women Servants
Reformed Christians who affirm Scripture's final authority continue to differ over whether women may be ordained as deacons. What is not up for debate is that the traits Paul lists in 1 Timothy 3:11 should be true of all Christian ...Read More
The Testing of Deacons
John Calvin also explains that "those men are to be chosen who are approved by their past life in such a manner that, after what may be called full inquiry, they are ascertained to be well qualified." The concern is ...Read More
The Mystery of the Faith
John Calvin also says, "It would be exceedingly absurd to hold a public office in the Church, while they were ill-informed in the Christian faith, more especially since they must frequently be laid under the necessity of administering advice and ...Read More
Qualifications for Deacons
The "Son of Man came not to be served but to serve" (Matt. 20:28) and so to be called to serve the church as a deacon is one of the highest callings Christ can give to us. But even those ...Read More
When the Outside Looks In
Non-Christians should be able to look at a Christian leader and say that he lives according to his profession and is quick to repent when he fails to do so. Yet all believers should be known by their exemplary lives, ...Read More
Caring for God's Church
John Calvin comments that Paul recommends for eldership a man "who has learned to govern a family by wholesome discipline." If you are a parent, are you consciously trying to lead your child in the faith in a way that ...Read More
An Example to Be Followed
As we consider the qualifications for the offices of elder and deacon over the next few days, note that what the church is to look for is the quality of life since the candidate has professed faith. A man married ...Read More
The Desire for Ordination
John Chrysostom notes that in wanting the office of elder "what is terrible is to desire the absolute authority and power of the bishop but not the work itself" (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, NT vol. 9, p. 168; ...Read More
Order in Creation
As we consider the many cries for equality in our day, we must always test them against the authority of Scripture. Equality of worth is not grounded in the ability for men and women to serve in any office they ...Read More


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In a place with as much money floating around as Silicon Valley -- where billionaires are a dime a dozen and many tech entrepreneurs won't get out of bed unless they can get paid six figures for it -- a man calling himself @HiddenCash on Twitter quickened the region's pulse by leaving tiny piles of cash that, in the end, didn't add up to much, but meant a lot.
Conducting what his Twitter feed describes as an "anonymous social experiment for good," the media-savvy but camera-shy micro-philanthropist unleashed a one-day bombardment of Benjamins on San Jose Wednesday. There were five money drops in all, and as he doled out clues to their location via tweets, normally sane citizens scurried into bushes, clambered up trees and even Dumpster dived in an exhilarating scavenger hunt for not a lot of money.
After arranging a phone interview via email, @HiddenCash revealed nothing about his identity but briefly took exception to his own Twitter bio. "It was actually my friend who came up with the term 'social experiment,'" he explained. "My idea was just to give something back, so I don't know if I would necessarily use that term. I'm not playing with people, trying to manipulate them, or trying to get some kind of outcome to an experiment, other than to put a smile on people's faces."
He started leaving cash in envelopes in San Francisco a week ago, and has gone from zero to more than 160,000 Twitter followers in that time. He asks the recipients of his largesses to "pay it forward" and post pictures of themselves with the money on Twitter. Many did, sharing their finds with co-workers.
But in San Jose, there was little of that. The first two to cash in didn't post selfies, and the second person to find money -- near the downtown Greyhound Bus station -- decided she wanted to remain as anonymous as her benefactor. She sent out two disc jockeys from Mix 106.5, the radio station where she's an employee, as her spokespeople.
The first clue went online at 8:45 a.m., and it sounded confoundingly like a Zen koan: "Across from where these sea creatures play, a dog pees in the fall." But it didn't take long for dozens of people to go racing toward the Shark Tank. Alex Doxie, who found an envelope taped to a fire hydrant across from the SAP Center, said he anticipated that the money would be left in that area and had been "camped out" there. He found $135, which he said he planned to spend on dinner with his wife. Pay it forward, and pass the butter.
A TV news crew from KTVU just happened to be broadcasting live at just the moment Doxie came running up the sidewalk, his chest heaving as he tried to catch his breath. When he stopped just short of the hydrant, the reporter commanded, "Keep looking!" and Doxie dutifully jogged another 100 feet, looking as if he might collapse. Then he began performing what appeared to be extravagant kung fu poses for the camera as he pried his prize from the hydrant.
It was all very camera-friendly, and KTVU took great pains to insist that its reporters hadn't staged anything. They simply told @HiddenCash where they would be waiting in the morning, and if he showed up, he showed up. He showed up.
Vanessa Lizotte, of San Jose, who found the fourth envelope taped to a Dumpster enclosure behind an Olive Garden restaurant, said she would use the $275 -- the daily jackpot, as it turned out -- to keep her '94 Jeep gas guzzler running. "I really had fun with the whole chase," she said. "I definitely need gas for work so I can keep my job. I'd like to let whoever is behind this know that they're doing a great thing, a selfless thing, and it truly is making a difference in people's lives."


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Beauty Tips from a Man: What He Notices (and Doesn't!)
Turns out he does care about your makeup, shaving habits and how often you exfoliate -- but not in the way you'd imagine
Alright, now that the elephant in the (virtual) room has been spotted and smacked with a handy warning label, let's get on with the beauty tips, shall we?
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The truth is, no matter how much of a feminist or "you should love me for me"-type of woman you are, you still probably care what your heart's desire thinks about your looks. It's natural to want to look attractive for your mate. It's also natural to want to know if he actually even notices some of the beauty practices you spend cumulative hours on. Like, does he appreciate the fact that you spent an extra half-hour in the shower exfoliating and shaving every last inch of your body, not to mention racked up the water bill? This got us thinking, when it comes to beauty tips and tricks, what is worth spending precious time on in preparation for a big date and what isn't?
We decided to investigate by asking readers what they do beauty-wise to get ready for a romantic night with a man. We mostly heard things like whiten teeth, fake tan, wax, apply extra sexy makeup and the like -- with the occasional "wrap your entire body in a big red ribbon with a big bow where it counts"-advice. We then took those practices to Ky Henderson, Editor-in-Chief of ModernMan.com and dating columnist, to tell us if all these beauty tweaks actually get noticed. Here he drolly offers some beauty tips for your next big night out.
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this article is an excellent reminder that beauty maintenance, not more product, is everyone's best bet. I grew up with 2 brothers and learned a LOT by listening to them "critique" women around us....LOL. Just too funny!
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Homemade Cheeseburger Helper tastes like boxed Hamburger Helper, yet is healthy and homemade!
Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl who moved to Minneapolis after college to whoop it up for a few years before settling down into adulthood, or whatever it is they call being a mid-upper twenty something.
The boy and the girl were dating, but lived in separate apartments. The girl liked to have the boy over for dinner as often as she could because she liked the boy a lot, but also because she knew what the boy would eat every night if left to his own devices.
See, while the girl liked to cook meals chock full of fresh veggies and protein (for the most part,) the boy had a weakness for boxed dinners that called for a pound of hamburger to "help" them along.
The meals were quick, cheap, and painless to prepare, but loaded with salt and weird ingredients.
"Disodium guanylate?" The girl once asked the boy, after looking at the ingredient list.
"I think that just means 'extra delicious'." The boy replied.
The boy and the girl ended up getting married and moving back to Iowa a few years later, and while they've been eating well ever since, he occasionally likes to think of the boxed dinners from his bachelor days and drool a little.
More in love with the boy than ever, the girl offered to whip up a homemade version of his favorite "flavor", Cheeseburger Macaroni.
And the boy freaking LOVED IT. And guess what? The girl did too!
Ok. The jig is up. The boy is Ben, and the girl is me. IGE. ;) The rest of the story is true, however, including the part where Ben inhaled his bowl of Cheeseburger Macaroni. I literally gave him a bowl, went to snap a few pictures, and it was gone by the time I got back. Thanks for waiting!
The beauty of this meal is that it is inexpensive – I had all the ingredients on hand except for the hamburger to "help" bring the meal together – it's made in one pot, so clean up is basically nil, and it's ready in 20 minutes. 20 minutes!
Start by browning, and draining, one pound of ground beef. I used ultra-lean 96/4 ground beef.
Next, sprinkle in a rainbow of yummy seasonings and thickeners, including paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper and cornstarch.
Pour in water, skim milk,
and any short pasta – regular or gluten-free. I wanted to use elbow macaroni, but only had mini penne on hand. Still worked fine!
Stir everything together, pop a lid on top, and simmer the mixture until the pasta is al dente, about 10 minutes.
Finally, stir in a wee bit of sharp cheddar cheese, and it's done!
Ultra cozy, ultra easy, and, most importantly, disodium guanylate free!
Homemade Cheeseburger Helper
Homemade Cheeseburger Helper tastes like boxed Hamburger Helper, yet is healthy and homemade!
- 1lb lean ground beef
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup hot water
- 2 cups skim milk
- 1-1/2 cups dry gluten-free or regular elbow macaroni (or other small pasta)
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- Brown ground beef in a large skillet or pot. Drain and return to pan.
- Add in cornstarch, seasonings, hot water, skim milk and pasta. Stir to combine, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, place a lid on top, and simmer until pasta is al dente, stirring a couple of times.
- Turn off the heat and stir in cheddar cheese until melted. Let stand for 5 minutes, or until sauce is thickened.
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This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
This meal is the ultimate in comfort food, shockingly easy to prepare, and so dang good. SO good!
"The boy" also had a fondness for scooping up his boxed dinners with tortilla chips (what) so "the girl" went ahead and made a healthy alternative for those, too. Kale Chips!
Kale Chips blow. My. Mind. How a soft, leafy vegetable goes from, well, soft and leafy, to audibly crispy and crunchy in 15 minutes in a hot oven, never ceases to amaze me.
Start with fresh kale. You can buy kale in bunches in the produce department, then strip the leaves from the tough stem and chop them up, or buy a bag of pre-cut and washed kale, like I found in my local grocery store.
I literally squealed aloud in delight when I found this!!
Place the kale in a ziplock bag, season it with extra virgin olive oil, salt & pepper, then shake the heck out of it.
Spread the kale out on a non-stick sprayed, foil-lined baking sheet, and bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees, or until the leaves are dry and crisp.
You'll be able to pick some off the baking sheet and tell if they're done.
Sprinkle with a little salt when they're still hot out of the oven, the be prepared to get your giggle on, because you will not believe how crispy, and potato-chip like these babies are!
Ok. Ben said they tasted like "burnt leaves", but I LOVE them. Loved this whole dish!


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Grants bring cultural programs to area
Published: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.
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State money for arts and culture is dwindling, but that hasn't kept beautification efforts in Terrebonne from progressing.
Where the money went
Here is where the latest grants administered by the Houma Arts Council went:
- The Terrebonne Historical and Cultural Society received $3,419 for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Concert to perform a free concert at Southdown Plantation in Houma April 28.
- The South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center in Houma received $3,414 to display a photo exhibit called "Shifting," which focuses on Louisiana wetlands. It's on display Nov. 10-30 at the Waterlife Museum in Houma.
- The Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library received $2,306 for "Embracing Culture through Music and Storytelling at the Library." The program will hold six events featuring performances by professional musicians and artists at the Terrebonne Parish libraries throughout the coming year.
- The Main Library received $2,425 for its 10th annual Jambalaya Writers' Conference, a daylong series of presentations by readers and writers to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5p.m., April 13, 2013 at the Main Library.
- Friends of the Chauvin Sculpture Garden will get $733 in organizational support and $738 for the Chauvin Folk Art Festival and Blessing of the Fleet Celebration to be held April 21.
- Nicholls State University received $2,638 for the Louisiana Swamp Stomp Festival, scheduled March 22.
- The Lafourche Library received $2,838 for for a series of artistic performances for youths and adults.
- Organizers received $815 for Music at St. John's, a series of concerts scheduled Jan. 27, April 14, and Sept. 15.
- The Thibodaux Playhouse received $2,138 for organizational support and $1,438 for the production of "Little Shop of Horrors."
- Thibodaux Main Street received $1,408 to go toward the Downtown Arts Walk and $1,438 for "Boogie on the Bayou," to be held March 15.
The Houma Regional Arts Council, through the Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program, received $54,221 in grants this year to be spread to other nonprofits in Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist and Terrebonne parishes to support arts and culture efforts.
That number is significantly lower than previous years.
The grants were $152,149 in 2010, $133,638 in 2011 and $89,188 in 2012.
The program distributes money for arts and culture programs based on a parish's population.
State money is tight, but Glenda Toups, executive director of the Houma Regional Arts Council, has been successfully applying for other grants and trying to work with what she has.
"We've been doing fantastic," Toups said. "We've brought in a lot of federal money into the area."
Toups said the more arts and culture incorporated into people's daily lives, the better the community will thrive.
"The results have been proven," Toups said. "Bringing arts and cultural activities and beautification projects into any community brings a lot of influence with it. Likewise, with after-school art camps, they enhance children's experiences and help them with test scores."
Beautification projects, such as sculptures, monuments and renovated facades, generate more foot traffic for businesses downtown, she added.
The Arts Council, in partnership with the Main Street program, gave $10,000 to local sculptors to create a sculpture of a heron at the corner of Barrow and Main streets in Houma. Also, in the bayou outside the Waterlife Museum in downtown Houma, are individual floating lily-pad sculptures.
Anne Picou, director of Houma's Main Street program, said renovations to existing structures and promoting cultural events help deter crime in the area.
"If we bring in more people, it really helps stop people from destroying the area," she said. "When we don't have a lot of people in the downtown area, that is when we see a lot of vandalism and negativity."
Picou said future Main Street projects include exchanging the old light posts along Main Street from Church to Barrow Stteet with more-decorative ones. Also, she anticipates the completion of the second phase of the Bayou Walk, a boardwalk along Bayou Terrebonne, from Barrow to New Orleans Boulevard. Fountains in the downtown bayou area are also expected.
Picou said Terrebonne's Main Street program hasn't seen budget cuts like the Arts Council has. The downtown program relies heavily on local taxes from hotels and motels, not from the state. Public money is not as lucrative as it once was, Picou said, but the dynamics are changing.
"There was a lot of money from local government and the state for projects 10 years ago," she said. "Now we see private citizens investing in downtown, … and you want that public-private partnership."
For instance, Lori Davis, president of Rig-Chem and member of the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority board, renovated the old City Court building in Houma to provide apartments and retail space.
Through federal National Endowment of the Arts grants, Terrebonne and Lafourche have seen programs such as the Big Read, an initiative to spark interest in books and literature.
"Each year we pick a great novel from a list of books to choose from," Toups said. "Everybody reads that one book, and then we have activities that support it."
Tim O'Brien's novel, "The Things They Carried," about being a soldier during the Vietnam War, is the next Big Read book. O'Brien is scheduled to speak April 13 during Houma's Jambalaya Writer's Conference, Toups said.
Another program, "Art of the Bayou," is a documentary film the Arts Council is producing about artists in southern Louisiana.
Toups said she is applying for another federal grant for a program called "Our Town," a program designed to create "vibrant communities" and to "solve problems through the arts."
This year, the Arts Council held a contest for students in the fourth through eighth grades to design markers that were placed on storm drains to warn residents about the hazards of dumping chemicals.
Toups said her goal is to make the parishes she represents rich enough in arts and culture that residents won't have to go elsewhere to experience something unique.
"You can have it here. We want to have options for people," she said. "We don't have to be somebody else; we can be who we are."
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TUSCALOOSA | The city of Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation will sweep these areas this week: Meadowlawn; Parkwood Circle; 26th Street to 28th Street to Hargrove Road and Greensboro Avenue to 10th Avenue; Dogwood Lane; Skyland Park; Sky Ranch; Buena Vista; The Highlands; Royal Oaks Court; Durrett Drive; Fairmont Drive; 17th Street East; 19th Street East; 21st Street East; Lavera Drive; Cobb Mills Circle; and Circlewood.
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This Sunday will mark the final home match in the careers of Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Women's Tennis seniors Doris Kuselj, Leanne Mascall and Mia Matuszak. The three have been a part of building the team into one of the top teams in the Southland Conference.
Kuselj and Mascall have been with the program for four years, while Matuszak came after her freshman season at Texas Tech. The three have been on teams that have improved their finish each season, and are still in contention for a Southland Conference Championship this year.
The match against Oral Roberts at 12 p.m. on Sunday is a big one for seeding and overall finish in the Southland Conference standings. A win on Sunday and a loss by Southeastern Louisiana would give the team a share of the title in 2013. It is also the last regular season match for the women before starting play in the Southland Conference Tournament on April 25 at the Thompson Family Tennis Center on the Lamar campus in Beaumont.
The team has been the only one to beat Southeastern Louisiana, winning 5-2 over the Lady Lions on the road earlier this month.
In addition to being one of the top teams in the conference, the Islanders are also one of the top teams in the nation for home attendance. The women are ranked No. 10 in average attendance among all Division I teams in the nation.
Georgia ranks No. 1 in the nation and is followed by Baylor, Florida, Wyoming, Colorado State, Illinois, Tennessee, Tulsa, Notre Dame and the Islanders.
Please come out and help the Islanders continue the great attendance and cap off the season with another outstanding crowd at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team (12-15, 3-3 Southland) will continue its five-game road set, as it heads to Louisiana for its first Southland Conference match up with New Orleans (8-14, 1-5), starting on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Matt Danton (4-2, 3.35 ERA) will get the start in game one, coming into this game going at least seven innings in the last five games, giving up three or less in four of the five. He also comes off an outing against Southeastern Louisiana where he struck out a career-high nine batters.
Danton will be going up against junior Alex Smith who comes into the game with an earned run average of 4.98, as the righty has a 1-3 record so far this year. He has made six starts this season, while also making three appearances out of the bullpen.
On Saturday, the Islanders will send lefty Trevor Belicek (0-4, 4.63) to the mound looking for his first win of the season. The junior has picked up back-to-back no decisions after going seven and 2/3 innings while giving up four runs, followed up with a six inning performance, allowing just one run against Southeastern Louisiana.
He will face off against the only Privateer on the pitching staff who has seen all of work come in starts, as Nick Halliday will start game two. The junior righty has tallied a 2-1 record with a 2.38 ERA.
The series finale will feature two freshman pitchers who have had strong starts to their collegiate careers. For the Islanders, it will be righty Devin Skapura who has the best ERA out of starters who have made at least three starts at 2.91. He has also had good command of the zone, as he has just seven walks in 34 innings pitched.
His opponent, lefty Hunter Medine still has yet to give up an earned run this season in his 18 and 2/3 innings pitched. This will be just his third start of the year, however, he has made eight appearances out of the bullpen.
Offensively the Islanders feature a 1-2 punch at the top of the lineup, as the leadoff duo of Brandon Tierney and Jordan Lee feature the highest batting averages on the team, sitting at .318 and .313, respectively. The pair saw their batting average climb during the midweek game against UTSA, as each had a three-hit game. Tierney also leads the way in both slugging percentage (.424) and on-base percentage (.438).
The leading run producer for the Islanders is Kyle Danford, as he picked up a pair of RBIs against the Roadrunners on Tuesday to give him 20 on the year.
UNO also has a duo hitting at a very high average, as Randolph Hezekiah enters this weekend with a .355 batting average, while Samuel Capielano comes in hitting .348. Randolph is also hitting for power, as he has eight extra base hits, including three home runs, to give him a slugging percentage of .539 to go along with a team-high 19 RBIs. Capielano is riding a seven-game hit streak, and leads the team with 14 runs scored.
The Privateers enter this weekend winners of their last three midweek games despite picking up just one win in their first six Southland contests. The Islanders carry a hot streak into this series, as they have won five of their last seven games.
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Sunday is Irish Day at the forthcoming Genealogical conference in Nottingham in 2009. Why not come and learn all about your Irish family history.
Your Irish last name can tell you far more than only that your ancestors were from Ireland. It can actually be the key you need to pinpoint the exact area in Ireland where your ancestors lived. Because many Irish families stayed in the same general location for generations, it's not unusual for a certain surname to only be seen within a radius of a few square miles for hundreds of years. Even when surnames spread out somewhat in Irish genealogical research, they still often stay within one particular county. If you know the area in Ireland to which your surname was common, you can often break through some long-standing genealogical brick walls.
There are several databases online that provide geographical links to many an Irish last name. One of the best-organized of such databases is found at CensusFinder.com. However, this website only catalogues the most common Irish surnames by location. More obscure or less common names may not be included. If this is the case for you, doing a Google search for your surname and including the phrase "Irish county" in your search terms should help you find the geographical information you're looking for. There are also a wide variety of Irish genealogy message boards available to help you track down your surname's county of origin.
One more important thing to remember about Irish surnames is that the name itself can give you important clues as to the history of the family. For example, surnames with O' in front of them (such as O'Malley and O'Connor) mean "grandson of." So, O'Malley would literally mean "grandson of Malley" and O'Connor would mean "grandson of Connor." Surnames with "Mc" in front of them mean "son of." Knowing this information, combined with being aware of the county of origin of your ancestors, can help you locate some of your most ancient ancestors and give you the clues you need to trace your Irish family into the present.
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No. 29 College of Charleston Knocks Off Connecticut, 10-6
The win put Charleston at 4-1 in the young season, while UConn fell to 2-3.
The Cougars loaded the bases with none out in the third inning when freshman Devon Reed laid down a bunt on the third base line and junior Cody Martin beat the throw to third. Junior Bradley Goodson singled in a run to score Martin, and a wild pitch on the next at bat scored catcher Jimmy Holton. Senior Marty Gantt roped a triple down the right field line to clear the bases, and sophomore Daniel Aldrich scored Gantt with a hard hit ball to first base.
Junior Tyler Jackson hit a solo home run, his first of the season, in the third inning to give College of Charleston an 8-1 lead.
The Huskies threatened in the top of the seventh inning by loading the bases after a Cougar error. After a single by Joe Pavone scored a run, Tom Verdi hit a grand slam to left to pull the score to 10-6.
Senior Kyle Owings was able to finish the inning and pitch a scoreless eighth frame to set up classmate David Peterson who came in a non-save situation and put the Huskies down in order in the ninth inning.
Powell went five innings, allowing just one run and four hits while striking out five en route to his second win in as many starts. Senior Ryan West made his first appearance of the season, allowing just two hits and three runs, all unearned.
Connecticut starter Pat Butler (0-1) lasted just one inning and a third, allowing seven runs, six earned and six hits.
Goodson led the Cougars with a 4-for-5 performance including a double as he scored three runs and made one RBI. Senior Rob Harding made three RBIs, and four assists in the field, including starting a double play. Reed scored two runs in his first career start as a Cougar.
College of Charleston will conclude the Cougar Invitational with a 3 p.m. game on Sunday, Feb. 26 against Xavier.