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If you need an excuse to hit the greens, you can tee off for a multitude of good causes on the north shore. St. Tammany's Sports Roundup has a long list of benefit golf outings to consider.
Rotary Club of Slidell Northshore's annual Golf Classic will be April 5 at Oak Harbor. Registration for the four-person scramble and lunch is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a 1 p.m. tee time. The cost is $125 per player, which includes course fees, a golf gift, beer and soft drinks, pizza, door prizes and ditty bag. Lunch is included. Sponsorships at many different levels are available – corporate sponsor to hole sponsor. If anyone is interested in entering a team or becoming a sponsor, they may call Ann Mannella at 985.643.8964 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit SlidellNorthshoreRotary.com.
Perseus benefit for Allen Little April 6Area golfers are invited to sign up and enjoy a great round of golf when the Krewe of Perseus takes to the links for its fourth annual tournament April 6.
Funds raised by the golf tournament this year will not only help the organization put on its traditional Mardi Gras parade in 2014, but also will help offset transplant medical expenses for Perseus Krewe Captain Allen Little.
Little is scheduled to receive a new kidney this spring, according to tournament director Joe Snell.
"Allen has been such an asset to the community and to our krewe. We are happy to be able to help and look forward to having a great day for golf," said Snell. Pinewood Country Club is hosting the event.
The four-person scramble contest will feature 'grazing' food booths throughout the golf course and door prizes. Prizes will be given for the longest drive, closest to the hole and to anyone with a hole in one. Awards will also be given to the first-, second- and third-place teams.
The $65 entry fee per person includes 18 holes of golf and dinner.
"We would really like to have a full roster of 18 four-man teams to take part. That would be great," said Snell.
Tournament organizers are also looking for event sponsors and door prizes. Anyone wishing to donate can contact Snell at 985.707.4858. To register for the tournament, contact Snell or Pinewood Country Club at 985.643.6892.
Autism Awareness walkThe third annual Autism Awareness Walk and Family Fun Day will be held April 6 at the Kids Konnection Playground, 21490 Koop Drive, just north of Mandeville. The event will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and the walk will be less than ½-mile. All proceeds will stay in the community.
The event is open to the entire community, and also will include a silent auction as well as a raffle with many items, including hotel over night stays, and meals from top restaurants in the New Orleans, the north shore and Baton Rouge area. Vendors, including service providers for the autism community, will be offering jewelry, accessories, and other items for sale.
Entertainment includes a disc jockey, game truck, mini-golf, Star Wars characters, video games from Best Buy, fire truck, St. Tammany Sheriff's Office SWAT team, old-fashioned wooden games, bubbles, face painting, Home Depot crafts, and Gumbo the Saints mascot.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office will be starting a new project to assist families who want to register their child or loved one with a disability in their database. This program is free of charge and will assist law enforcement in identifying individuals who wander from home , which is a common occurrence. A registration form must be completed, and personnel will be on hand to take two photos of the person which will then be used to create a profile to be forwarded to the 911/Dispatch office. This is a great opportunity to help both the family and law enforcement in rapidly identifying a person who is missing, by having their picture, diagnosis, and unique characteristics on hand to all emergency responders in the area.For more information, call 985.796.7627, go online to www.soarwithautism.org or send email to email@example.com.
Ducks Unlimited Greenwing Field Day for youth ages 4-17
Ducks Unlimited's Greenwing Field Day for youth will be held April 13 at the Crawford Landing Campgrounds off Military Road in Slidell. The program will present wildlife identification and habitat conservation activities, boating and hunter safety discussions, BB gun shooting skills training and wood duck box building workshops.Youth, ages 4-17, are invited. The day's events will begin at 8:30 a.m. and are co-sponsored by DU, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 4-H Shooting Sports, Future Farmers of America and the Boy Scouts of America.
Registration is $15 and includes a Ducks Unlimited Greenwing membership, lunch/drink and door prize drawings. Pre-registration is encouraged and will also be available from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on April 13.
For more information or to register, contact Jim Morris at 985.788.0136 or email@example.com or Bradley Petras (4-H) at email@example.com.
Paddle to Beaver Pond
A paddle board program to promote recreational boating safety will be April 6 at 11 a.m. at the Northlake Nature Center. NOLA Paddleboards owner Jeff Lakey will provide a 45-minute instructional introductory class on Castine Bayou. Participants may get wet, so dress accordingly. Space is limited. Reservations required. Free for members, and $5 for non-members. Call 985.626.1238 for details or email email@example.com.
Spartan Football Open
Spartan Football Open will be held April 7 at Oak Harbor Golf Club in Slidell. The four-man scramble will begin with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. and lunch will be served at noon. Dinner will follow the tournament. The cost is $85 for a single entry; $170, two-man team; $300, four-man team; $400, four-man team plus hole sponsorship). For details or to register, contact Chris Legrand at email@example.com or 985.960.0072; or Ray Crochet at email@example.com at 985.201.0016.
Covinton Bicentennial Golf Tournament
The Covington Bicentennial Committee will host a charity golf tournament in conjunction with the celebration of the city's 200th anniversary. The event will be held April 8 at Money Hill Golf and Country Club, 100 Country Club Drive in Abita Springs.
The Covington Bicentennial Committee has planned an April 8 golf outing at Money Hill Golf Course in Abita Springs. (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)
The format will be four ball scramble. Four player teams can register for $600, and individuals can register for $150. Proceeds will help fund the Covington Bicentennial projects and events.
In September of 2012, the city kicked off its bicentennial celebration, which includes nine-and- half months of events reflecting Covington's past, culminating in a festival on July Fourth -- 200 years to the day of its inception on July 4, 1813.
Those interested in playing in the tournament or becoming a sponsor should contact Glenn Hanson at 985.246.0230 or email@example.com; or Chris Hnatyshyn at 504.427.5130 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Registration for the tournament will begin at 10 a.m. April 8 and lunch will be served at 11 a.m. The shotgun start will be at noon and dinner will be served at 5 p.m. during closing ceremonies.
JDM golf benefit
The second annual golf tournament to raise money and awareness for the Cure JDM (Juvenile Dermatomyositis) Foundation will be held April 18 at the Tchefuncta Country Club.
JDM illness attacks the skin and muscles causing calcinosis, swallowing issues, muscle and joint weakness, stomach issues and sometimes death. There is no cure, only treatment to keep the symptoms under control. This illness affects around 3 in 1 million and ironically, all 5 of these children are in the Mandeville, Hammond, New Orleans and Baton Rouge area.
For more information on efforts being made by the JDM Foundation, including registration for the tournament, visit http://www.curejm.org/.
Oak Harbor hosts St. Bernard Parish School Board Employees
The St. Bernard Parish School Board Employees Lions Club fifth annual Golf Tournament will be April 20 at the Oak Harbor Golf Course in Slidell. Register at 10:30 a.m.; shotgun start, noon. The cost is $90 per golfer, or $360 per team. Hole sponsorships are available for $100, $180 of $240. Make checks payable to SBP School board Employees Lions Club and mail to 200 East St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, LA 70043. For information, call tournament chairmen Paul Granberry at 504.818.8932; Louis Baudin, 504.638.1438; or Hugh Harlton, 504.473.1782.
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 4-8 will be conducting a safe boating education course approved by the U.S Coast Guard, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The About Boating Safvely course will be presented April 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church meeting room, 433 Erlanger St., in Slidell.
Register by calling Gus Maggiore at 985.643.2848 or 985.285.8681; Gerald Ashker Sr., 985.788.5770; or Jeffery Huse, at 985.649.3108 or 985.768.1121.
Register and pick up the ABS textbook at Gus's Tackle and Nets, 726 Old Spanish Trail in Slidell. Please register no later than the Friday before the class.
Regardless of age, those who pass the About Boating Safely class will be presented with a certificate of completion which may qualify for boat insurance discounts with cooperating insurance providers. Contact your insurance agent to find out what is offered.
Future class dates are May 18, June 15, July 20, and Aug. 17.
Free vessel safety checks
Have your vessel checked by a qualified member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary by contacting George Kinley at 772.214.9535 or Jeffery Huse at 985.649.3108 or 985.768.1121.
There is never a consequence for failing a vessel safety check and the results of the safety checks are not reported to any enforcement agency.
Passing vessel owners will be awarded a certificate and a decal for the vessel. Failing vessel owners will be briefed on pertinent safety issues and will be advised what needs to be done to obtain a passing inspection.Twilight Golf Luau
The Emerging Young Professionals' inaugural Golf Luau will be May 10 at Pinewood Golf Course in Slidell. Registration is at 5 p.m.; tee time at 7:15 p.m.
Sponsorships are available, and individual players may participate for $80 per person, which includes two mulligans, glow balls, nine holes of golf, a fantastic ditty bad, and the follow-up luau party.
Food, drinks, networking and fun provided along the course and at the clubhouse.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit local scholarships.
For information, call the Chamber office at 985.643.5678, 118 West Hall Ave., Slidell, email email@example.com, or visit www.estchamber.com.
Rebel Baseball Golf Outing
Pearl River High School's Rebel Baseball team will host a Rebel Baseball Golf Outing May 11 at the Oak Harbor Golf Course in Slidell. Registration for the four-person scramble is $100 per player and registrations are due by May 3.
The registration fee includes 18-holes of golf, a riding cart, food, drinks and a chance to win various prizes.
In preparation for the event, the baseball team is seeking hole sponsors, $125 each, which will include multi-colored signs.
Donations of door prizes, as well as food and drink donations, including supplies for jambalaya, cola products, sports drinks, water and beer, and donations for the ditty bags and grand prizes also are welcome and needed.
To register, or for more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 985.290.7841.Submissions
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Current Concepts in Nutritional AssessmentArticle
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Outcome Report Cards: A Necessity in the Health Care MarketArticle
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Surgical Indications in Idiopathic SplenomegalyArticle
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Estradiol Administration Improves Splanchnic Perfusion Following Trauma-Hemorrhage and SepsisArticle
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The Value of Partial Splenic Autotransplantation in Patients With Portal Hypertension: A Prospective Randomized StudyArticle
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A 1-Stage Surgical Treatment for Postherniorrhaphy Neuropathic Pain: Triple Neurectomy and Proximal End Implantation Without Mobilization of the CordArticle
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Why a Baby Girl Won't Be the Cure for Britney Spears' LonelinessKacy Faulconer
Britney Spears is the busy working mom of two sons, Sean and Jayden. Her new album, Britney Jean, is out to mixed but mostly positive reviews, so she'll be promoting it for a while. She doesn't plan on slowing down anytime soon.
But within a few years, Britney wants to have a baby girl:
"I would like to be busy the first couple of years, but then I would really like to have another baby, a girl," she said in an interview for InStyle's January issue.
"I think she would be like a mini-me. I think it's going to be crazy. I'm not going to feel as alone in the world anymore. I'm going to feel like I have a second person, like, that's me."
I understand the sentiment. I have four children. Raising them is fulfilling and gives my life meaning in startling ways. And I have to admit, there is something especially fun about dressing up a little girl. But having a child to fill something lacking is misguided. Children take. Parents give. That's the deal.
I am fulfilled through serving my kids and stretched into a better person by loving them. They are sweet and interesting and fun to be around. They complete me, in a way. But they don't make me feel like I have a second (third, or fourth) person — they are not me. In fact, that has been one of the greatest revelations of parenting: My kids aren't mini-mes. And I'm glad! They don't struggle in ways I feared they would. They are strong in ways that surprise me. They are a lot like me in some ways and better or worse or simply different from me in some ways. They're people, like how Britney Spears is a person, and her mom Lynne is a completely different person. Britney, as Lynne's daughter, is not Lynne's "mini-me."
If Britney still feels alone with her two sons, I'm not sure having a daughter will change anything. I have a lot of good will towards Britney. She seems sweet. She's suffered the cliches of stardom, been unlucky in love, and she kind of went off the rails for a while. I'm happy she's "back" with her new album and seems to have it together. I hope she does have a baby girl, and I hope it makes her really happy. But nursing on no sleep with full hormones in the middle of the night? It can be lonely. Power through, Brit!
She also told InStyle, "As a mom, you have all these situations you go through, and you're like, 'What is going on? Is this normal? Is this a phase? Or what is this?' and then you feel silly for asking questions because you think, I'm a mom, I'm supposed to know these things, but you don't. You're human. To be honest, I wish I had more mom friends."
I can relate to this so much. I think any parent can. And maybe this gets more to the heart of the matter. Maybe Britney needs more mom friends. Maybe what she's looking for in a daughter — her mini-me — is just an understanding friend? I know that I feel much more like a real person when I can talk to a friend, have my feelings validated and my anxiety relieved. My daughters are 6 and 13. They are great companions. I love being with them. But they aren't quite that friend I need. They just don't play that role for me. Maybe when they are adults? I'm not sure. But that's a long time to wait for a friend.
Britney, call me!
Should parents (celebrity or not) have kids just so that they don't "feel alone"? What need do you think having children fills in your life? And do you even want a "mini-me" running around? I certainly don't.
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Leaders of the New School to Reunite Without Busta Rhymes
Influential '90s rap crew Leaders of the New School have announced plans to reunite onstage the first time in over 15 years, minus their most popular member, Busta Rhymes.
On Dec. 23, the remaining members of LONS — Charlie Brown, Dinco D. and Cut Monitor Milo — will be performing at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, N.Y. with fellow '90s rappers Son of Bazerk and Grand Daddy I.U. Best known for their appearance on A Tribe Called Quest's 'Scenario,' the Long Island rap group disbanded shortly after releasing their second album, 'T.I.M.E.,' due to fans' increased interest in the blustering and energetic Busta Rhymes as a solo artist.
Though they reunited on Busta's 1996 debut, 'The Coming,' Busta and the rest of the group have continued a fairly contentious relationship ever since. Dinco D. released a diss track in 2006 entitled 'F— Touch It,' in response to a perceived diss on Busta's 'Touch It' single. "I heard it on a Clue mixtape where [Busta] called us a bunch of b—-es," Dinco said in a 2006 interview. "He said some real foul s—, saying my crew's acting like a bunch of b—-es…and following conversations, he's just been mad disrespectful to me."
In addition to the reunion concert, LONS have confirmed that they are recording a new album with Public Enemy producer DJ Johnny Juice, who is also performing at the reunion. For more information, or to buy tickets, click here.


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MARTINSBURG - Light flooded the halls of the old Berkeley County courthouse Friday morning, as its bell was rung in honor of the victims whose lives were lost in last week's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
The ceremony was held following a request from Conn. Governor Dannel Malloy that people around the nation observe a moment of silence and ring bells 26 times for each victim.
Deborah Hammond, Berkeley County administrator, said the ceremony came together quite well. Each bell ringer, 26 in total, was a county employee or associated with the county, she said.
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Berkeley County Council President Bill Stubblefield rings the bell in the old Berkeley County Courthouse Friday morning as part of a ceremony to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that took place last week.
The request of Gov. Malloy and, subsequently, West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, gave communities the opportunity to express their empathy with the residents of Newtown.
"It's really us saying to that community that we know their pain and we're with them in spirit," Hammond said, attempting to hold back tears.
The ringing of the bell was followed by the crowd singing "Amazing Grace." Several people were moved to tears throughout the song.
Berkeley County Councilman Jim Whitaker said it was sad to know that innocent lives were lost in Newtown.
"That community will be devastated and changed forever, as well as our whole country," Whitaker said. "It was a saddened privilege that I've been able to ring the bell today in memory."
Another victim, Nancy Lanza, was also reported. Lanza, who was identified as the shooter's mother, was found dead in her Conn. home the morning of the incident, according to media reports.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare between 1590 and 1596. It is one of his most played pieces. The events of the play take place in and around Athens in ancient Greece and include scenes from a fairytale world inhabited by characters from Greek mythology. This edition features color illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
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