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Appellate court upholds Massachusetts abortion protest law
There are 10 comments on the Wisconsin Gazette story from Jan 11, 2013, titled Appellate court upholds Massachusetts abortion protest law. In it, Wisconsin Gazette reports that:
A federal appeals court has again affirmed the constitutionality of a 2007 Massachusetts law that bars protests in 35-foot "buffer zones" around abortion clinic entrances, exits and driveways.
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Morgana 9
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#1 Jan 12, 2013
Abortion opponents who regularly stand outside clinics in Boston, Worcester and Springfield claimed the law unfairly keeps them from engaging patients in conversations at a closer distance.
Engaging patients???
Unfortunately for the religious nut cases the law recognizes the difference between engaging and harassing. Bummer for the nut cases.
#2 Jan 13, 2013
Exactly, Morgana, the anti-choicers are HARASSING patients, not "engaging" them. Good for the court that upheld this MA law. Why women go to these clinics is NONE of their business.
Morgana 9
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#3 Jan 13, 2013
Yeah, where else do protesters lineup to "engage" with people going to a doctor/medical facility to engage their "opinion" on another's private medical/physical well being?
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#4 Jan 13, 2013
So do tell of your personal experience proving that prolifers are HARASSING patients. Since you're stating it as fact, you need to back that up dear.
My nieces go to silent protests at a planned abortionhood near them. Not once has there been an incident, in fact those incidents that do happen are few and far between. Nothing in fact to match the number of human beings slaughtered each year due to abortion. I'll wait for proof of your statement...
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#5 Jan 14, 2013
Even if it is a silent protest, which I never recall having seen at an abortion clinic, the aim is to intimidate individuals from their intention of making their own decision.
Congratulations for adopting a silent and peaceable mob mentality.
This issue is a contentious one, but at present, this is an issue of personal choice. If one decides to have an abortion, then they have that right. Personally, I think those who seek to intervene in that decision in an attempt to substitute their own moral views for those of the individual are wrong. However our first amendment gives them the right to impose themselves upon those individuals seeking services.
Personally, I don't see them terribly differently from Westboro Baptist Church, and although I fervently support free speech, I think both WBC and anti-abortion protesters are wrong, and should mind their own business.
Don't like abortion, then don't get one. What someone else decides to do regarding their body and their medical choices is none of your concern.
#6 Jan 14, 2013
Which is it?
Not once has there been an incident?
those incidents that do happen?
#7 Jan 14, 2013
Lie much? So is it "not once" or "few and far between"? You are too stupid to lie well. You probably ought to stop trying. Or not. It's what you people do, after all.
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#8 Jan 14, 2013
Hi Pbf! New nic? If you read properly, not one incident has ever happened while my nieces were there. Then I stated there have been incidents, but never as many as the innocents slaughtered via abortion. Learn to read.
#9 Jan 14, 2013
It unhinges pro-aborts whenever babies are saved from the carnage of abortuaries.
"...In the past eight years of walking outside of the abortion clinic, Vicki has counted approximately 700 women that have told her she helped to save their babies.I think if you offer the young lady help and show her that she can do it, either raising her child or to place her child up for adoption. First you have to reach them where they are at. If theyre scared and they think theyre alone, you have to help them overcome their fears. Thats what saves children.
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#10 Jan 15, 2013
The reality remains that the prevailing law is that a fetus does not attain person-hood, and thereby acquire rights, until viability. Which is to say, the fetus must be able to carry out basic life functions (like breathing) and exist on their own without the support of the life systems of the mother.
To grant person-hood rights in utero is legally insane, as it sets up a situation wherein the rights of the mother can be in conflict with those of the fetus. How would you propose that such a situation be dealt with? Whose rights take priority? Those of the mother? Those of the fetus? Those of whichever party has a stronger change of survival?
Thankfully such cases are rare, but they do exist, and when they come up decisions need to be made in short order, it is no service to either party to legally muddy the waters in this are.
Also, just out of curiosity, do you support abortion (or abortive contraception "the morning after pill") in cases of rape or incest?
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Last week was a busy one for everybody on the Branch.
I had bridge on Tuesday.
Teri came on Wednesday with her laundry and Catlin in tow. As her laundry washed, she helped me with the basement. She got a long stretch of tile cleaned and we were able to start setting furniture back in place. I cleaned a window and got the curtains hung.
It's beginning to look like someone actually lives there again.
Jennifer returned to Kentucky on Saturday. She had been in San Diego, California for a week at a work seminar.
John and Heather Tuggle are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl, Sadie Mae Tuggle. Sadie Mae was born at 10:13 a.m., March 9, 2014. She weighed 6 lbs. and 6.4 oz. and was 19 inches long. Her maternal grandparents are Randy and Karen Collins of Dry Ridge. Her paternal grandparents are Wendell and Peggy Tuggle of New Liberty. Her maternal great-grandmother is Fern Whiteker of Falmouth; and her paternal great-grandmother is Edith Gabbard of Glencoe.
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Anyone who works in, writes about, or just follows politics avocationally should stop what they're doing and read Brendan Greeley's current Bloomberg Businessweek cover story on private equity. Because of Mitt Romney's tenure as chief executive of Bain Capital, and because Democrats plan to demonize him for it, the role private equity plays in the economy is going to be central to the 2012 presidential campaign. Billions of pixels and print pages will be expended debating its merits, and it's not inconceivable that the election itself could turn on how Americans ultimately come to view private equity.
But few political reporters will do what Brendan did for his piece, which was to go and spend a week at a private equity "boot camp," actually doing the job before writing about it, and coming away with a much more nuanced and persuasive account of what private equity firms—or at least what Monomoy Capital Partners, the firm he embedded with—actually do. Brendan spent a week at Heat Transfer Products Group in Scottsboro, Ala., a midsize company acquired by Monomoy in 2010 that makes parts for industrial refrigeration units.
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A few months ago I had the problem that the side airbags exploded without any impact to the car while driving (approx 30-40km/h).
The side airbags exploded and the seat belt retractors blocked.
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The car was not hit and did not hit anything. A colleague sitting on the passenger seat was hurt.
The damage was repaired under warranty (at the GMC dealer I bought the car from).
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I went again to the same GMC dealer.
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I asked some simple questions to GMC:
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- the car is still under warranty, is that correct?
- the airbags are additionally under repair warranty, because replaced recently, is that correct?
- please provide a detailed list of all approved warranty repairs re my car
- please let me know what GMC is going to do now
GMC was not yet able or willing to answer the questions.
After six weeks the statement from GMC:
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- The modification indeed occurred before the first airbags explosion, but this time its no warranty because repairs under car warranty are coming without repair warranty and the replaced parts are not longer covered by the car warranty and not covered by the repair warranty.
- GMC is not able to provide the explanation why the airbags are exploding because it is confidential.
- GMC assumes that the installed tires (different to the original brand) can lead to uncontrolled airbags explosion.
- GMC assumes that the installation of other shocks (Rough Country) can lead to uncontrolled airbags explosion.
- GMC assumes that the installation of a roll bar can lead to uncontrolled airbags explosion.
- GMC assumes that the use of a portable DVD player in the car can lead to uncontrolled airbags explosion.
- GMC assumes that the use of a mobile phone charger in the car can lead to uncontrolled airbags explosion.
- GMC assumes that the installation of additional lights can lead to uncontrolled airbags explosion.
- GMC assumes that driving on unpaved tracks can lead to later uncontrolled airbags explosion on paved roads.
Of course I asked GMC some more questions:
- Are the above GMC statements really true? If not, what is the right explanation?
- If the statements are true, why are no warning placards installed and why is nothing mentioned in the manual?
- What happens if I use a more powerful device then a mobile phone charger in the car? Will then the whole car explode?
- What is the electronic link between the tires (brand) and the airbag system?
- How can the car remember the drive on an unpaved track and more important what leads to the airbags explosion a few days later on the paved road??
- Why are all other car manufacturers in the world (including Great Wall/China and Tata/India) able to install functional airbag systems and GMC is not?
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Former Buffalo Sabre Delivers Dirty Hit In Playoff Game! [VIDEO]
Although the Buffalo Sabres failed to make the playoffs, many REAL hockey fans are still checking out some of the games being played. If you happened to catch the Chicago v.s. Phoenix game last night, you saw former Sabre Raffi Torres (yes..he spent all of 6 minutes in Buffalo) throw a dirty hit on Marrian Hossa of the Chicago Black Hawks. I'm guessing this hit will be reviewed by the NHL and Raffi Torres may find himself in some hot water. Torres, when delivering the hit, left the ice and that's illegal! A player must always have his skates on the ice when delivering a body check. Check it out!…..
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Date : August 17 2011
By Adam Bryant
The Mentalist's Patrick Jane is about to get a (perhaps unwanted) blast from the past.
Former Lie to Me and The Practice star Kelli Williams will guest-star on the CBS drama's upcoming fourth season, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. She will play Beth Flint, a woman who once hired Jane (Simon Baker) during his days as a pretend psychic.
"She still believes he has psychic powers," creator and executive producer Bruno Heller tells us. "When her 9-year-old son, Connor, is kidnapped, she begs Jane to use those abilities to find Connor, putting Jane in a painful position."
Williams' casting follows the news that former Melrose Place star Michael Rady will recur this season as the new CBI Boss. Other guest stars this season include Reed Diamond, who will play a CBI agent who assists Lisbon (Robin Tunney) and her team with an investigation.
The Mentalist hires Michael Rady to play Patrick Jane's new boss
Williams, 41, is best known for her work as Lindsay Dole on The Practice and most recently as Dr. Gillian Foster on Fox's Lie to Me. She has also appeared on Scrubs, Men in Trees and Criminal Minds.
The Mentalist's fourth season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 22 at 10/9c on CBS. Williams' episode is slated to air Oct. 6.
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Prognostic Value of Stem Cell Related Markers
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The goal of the investigators study is to identify a prognostic marker that will evaluate the probability of recurrence in patients with stage 0-II breast cancer following surgery to remove the tumor.
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|Prognostic Value of Stem Cell Related Markers CD24, CD44, CD326 and EPCR, for Predicting Breast Cancer Recurrence in Tumor Stages 0-II
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Lizzie Armitstead deserves another medal. Flushed with the triumph of winning silver in Sunday's 87-mile road race, the champion cyclist took the opportunity to take a public stand against the sexism in sport. The pressures, she said, are "disheartening". Disheartening, indeed; and wholly indefensible.
Ms Armitstead's criticisms are not the only intrusion of ugly gender prejudice into the all-inclusive fantasy of the London Olympics. A top (female) canoeist will be at the High Court on Thursday, challenging the absence of women's canoeing from the Games, despite five men's events. Eyebrows have also been raised over travel arrangements which have seen mediocre male teams (specifically Japanese footballers and Australian basketball players) stretching their legs in business class while their world-beating female counterparts make do with coach.
There is, of course, no possible justification for such discrimination. But perhaps it should not be so surprising. After all, women's sports consistently command just a fraction of the attention, the sponsorship, or the glory of their male equivalents. And Ms Armitstead is right: Britain is an egregious offender. We have some truly top-class female athletes: world champion swimmers, triathletes and cyclists, and an rugby team that has won the Six Nations title for the past seven years running. But it is less successful men who hog the money and the acclaim. While female champions go unrecognised, Andy Murray, say – who, for all his progress, has never won a Grand Slam – is a national hero (and a sponsor's dream).
The statistics are startling. When it comes to sponsorship, the top women's sports secure only a fraction of 1 per cent of the total market. Men's sports, on the other hand, rake in more than 60 per cent (with the balance going to mixed sports). The media, alas, must share the blame. Last year's Women's World Cup final might have been the most tweeted event in history. Polling by the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation might indicate significant public appetite for following women's sport. But a bare 1 per cent of newspaper sports coverage, and even less broadcast time, is allocated to it.
More troubling still is the damaging attitude that so often prevails in those rare moments when female sports stars do grab a share of the limelight. Gail Emms, the now-retired Olympic silver badminton player, recently spoke out about the pressure from sponsors to "wear fake tan and a tight kit". And the barrage of salacious comments that has accompanied the (women's) beach volleyball at this year's Games – not least from the Mayor of London – is a discouraging reminder of the extent to which women's sports struggle to be accepted on their own terms.
In the face of such obstacles, is it any wonder that the number of girls playing sport is so woefully low? Only around one in 10 female 14-year-olds take the exercise they should, while nearly half believe that playing sport is unfeminine. Such warped views are, of themselves, deeply concerning. That elite women's sports are routinely either ignored or reduced to titillation only exacerbates the problem.
London 2012 has been billed as the most inclusive Games ever. Great fanfare has, not unjustifiably, been given to the fact that women are competing in all 205 teams for the first time ever. Team GB is also a model of equality, with women not only making up half the membership but expected to win more medals than their male colleagues.
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Conserving Rustlewood Farm: Farmland & Heritage in Kittery and Eliot
A 300-acre dairy farm straddling the Kittery/Eliot town line is the latest in Great Works' farmland protection projects, assisting Kittery Land Trust.
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A rare opportunity exists for Kittery Land Trust, with the assistance of Great Works Regional Land Trust, to conserve the land that Richard Johnson farms on his family's historic farmstead. Rustlewood Farm is the last working dairy farm in Kittery.
The Johnson family wishes to continue working the rich soils that have supported their dairy farm since the 1940s, and prevent its development. Rustlewood stems back 65 years when Richard Johnson's parents, Chester and Elsa, moved from Massachusetts and created a rich, productive dairy farm on a mosaic of extensive open fields and woodlands with rich soils and vital watersheds. They raised a family of nine children and a herd of 100 dairy cows.
Today, Richard and Beth Johnson raise a herd of 170 Holsteins on Rustlewood Farm. It is the largest such herd in York County. The milk is sold to Agri-Mark, the dairy cooperative that provides milk to Cabot Creamery, Garelick, West Lynn Creamery and Hood. The farm has received several awards, such as Maine's Green Pastures Award for outstanding dairies in 1957 and 1997.
About half the land is used to raise hay and grain for a dairy operation; the rest harbors hemlock, pine, oak, beech and birch. Flowing through the property are Spruce Creek, one of Maine's most impaired water bodies; and Cutts Ridge Brook, which drains into the York River. To maintain the productivity of this rich farmland in the future, it must be protected.
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"When my parents moved here in the 1940s there were farms all over western Kittery, Eliot and South Berwick. Most of them are gone now; the fields are either fallow and growing back in, or they've been turned into subdivisions. We're the last dairy still operating," said Richard. "If we protect the town's best farmland, we know 50 or 100 years down the road there will be some place left in Kittery where we could grow an awful lot of food." - Richard Johnson
Great Works Regional Land Trust has raised $25,000 towards Kittery Land Trust's purchase of the Rustlewood Farm conservation easement.
A $12,500 challenge pledge from Bondgarden Farm in Eliot matched contributions up to that amount and our donors stepped up. Thank you!
Kittery Land Trust was successful in obtaining a grant in the full amount requested ($414,500) from the federal Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program (FRPP). This grant requires a 1:1 match for every dollar awarded and Kittery Land Trust is seeking support for the $1.05 million Rustlewood Farm project from a broad range of other partners including state and federal agencies, private donors and foundations. The town of Kittery has committed $100,000 towards the project, and Eliot has contributed $25,000 from its Landbank Reserve.
Kittery Land Trust continues to raise funds for the project. Call (207) 439-8989 or email to find out how you can help.
The benefits of conserving Rustlewood Farm:
- Protecting 300 acres total, 210 acres in Kittery and 90 acres in Eliot
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- 90% of the farm's soils have national, statewide or local agricultural significance
- Protecting water quality with nearly one mile of Spruce Creek flowing across the property
- Providing habitat for wildlife, including grassland birds and state endangered New England Cottontail
- Preserving rural character in Kittery and Eliot and scenic views off Wilson Road
- Sustaining public access to outdoor recreation, including hunting, trapping, birding, hiking, biking, snowshoeing, cross country skiing and snowmobiling
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This is from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 'Genesis.' The crew de-evolve after an airborn virus activates their dormant t-cells. I'm still not sure why Barclay turns into a spider when the rest of the human crew turn into early hominids, but who cares when he looks like that?
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London & Home Counties Branch: 2011
The London and Home Counties Branch is the largest of the Society's regional branches, serving more than 11,000 members. Now in its sixth year of operation, the Branch has continued to develop its programme of events designed to expand on and further the interests of both full and graduate members who are working and studying within the field of psychology.
This year, we responded to demand by developing more events aimed towards students. We increased the number of career and research talks once again and will be adding an additional number of talks over the next year. We also ran several events for postgraduates, including the Research Students Symposium, which was aimed at the various stages students and new graduates are in while conducting psychological research. Additionally, the networking event for students aimed at linking together applicants for Counselling and Clinical psychology courses was a big success.
We also ran the second successful undergraduate prize competition. Heads of Department were once again asked to put forward their best students, who then designed a poster on the designated theme. We congratulate the first and second prize-winners who will present their posters at the Annual Conference in April 2012.
We continue to run free evening talks for members. The free talks have ranged in content, including groups and bystander behaviour, the association between childhood trauma and antisocial personality disorder, aggression and violent crime among adult males with severe mental illness, and staged violence, ethics and technology.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful speakers we have had volunteer their time and expertise over the last year during the free evening talks. Furthermore, we are always seeking out new and interesting speakers for upcoming events and invite all members interested in presenting at one of our talks to please get in touch.
Over the past year, we have taken part in the Psychology for All Conference, supported Headquarters in planning the Annual Conference in 2012 and are in the planning stages for the 2013 Psychology for All Conference. Additionally, we continued to develop events geared towards increasing member involvement. Over the last year, we have held numerous events that have focused on recruiting new members and volunteers, with over fifty interested volunteers expressing interest in getting more involved in 2012.
Finally, the committee would like to extend an invitation for members to get more involved through volunteering at specific events, mentoring new volunteers, or by joining the committee. For more information, please visit the website.
Thank you again to all of the London and Home Counties' committee members, the staff at the BPS Headquarters and the event volunteers that have graciously given their time, energy, and ideas over the last year. We are very much looking forward to a great 2012.
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What's happening down under : young adolescent education in Australia
Bahr, Nan & Pendergast, Donna (2012) What's happening down under : young adolescent education in Australia. In Vagle, Mark (Ed.) Not a Stage! A Critical Re-Conception of Young Adolescent Education. Peter Lang Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 227-243.
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The middle years are an important period of learning, in which knowledge of fundamental disciplines are developed, yet this is also a time when students are at the greatest risk of disengagement from learning. Student motivation and engagement in these years is critical, and can be influenced by tailoring approaches to teaching with learning activities and learning environments that specifically consider the needs of middle years' students.
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High propensity visitors (HPVs) are the lifeblood of a visitor-serving organization – they keep the doors open for zoos, aquariums, museums, theaters, symphonies, botanical gardens, etc. – and, accordingly, I talk about them frequently both on Know Your Own Bone and during speaking engagements. But what are some of the attributes that indicate a likelihood of visiting these organizations? Data indicates several prominent attributes of high propensity visitors…and I am thrilled to dig a bit deeper in sharing some qualities of the HPV.
What is a high propensity visitor and why are they important?
A high propensity visitor is a person who demonstrates the demographic, psychographic, and behavioral attributes that tend indicate an increased likelihood of visiting a visitor-serving organization. Research both identifies and "weighs" the respective value of these (demographic, psychographic, and behavioral) markers to quantify these attributes that best suggest a propensity to visit. In a nutshell, these are the people with whom your organization's "bread is buttered." These folks are absolutely the most critical audience for both immediate and long-term solvency for your visitor-serving organization.
Think data is only good for telling us "Information 101" like gender, ethnicity, household income, and education level? Or that when I describe an HPV, I am imagining some makeup of these largely demographic statistics (i.e. "An HPV is a white woman between 35-54 with an annual household income greater than $65,000?") Think again. While certain organizations may have a "prototype visitor" that is this cut-and-dry, this type of segmentation is far, far too oversimplified to truly convey meaningful information about your HPVs. In actuality, this demographic information teams up with psychographic and behavioral information to paint a more accurate, complete portrait of the characteristics that indicate your likely visitors.
While acknowledging that there are multiple indicators of an HPV and that, at times, the specific make up of an HPV differs from entity to entity, the following five attributes are generally reliable across the board:
1. High propensity visitors are super connected
HPVs have broadband access at home, work, and on at least one mobile device. In fact, these folks acquire information regarding leisure activities almost exclusively via web, social media, and peer review (i.e. Yelp, TripAdvisor) platforms – further underscoring the importance of investing in web-based communications for visitor-serving organizations. HPVs are approximately 2.5x more likely to be "super-connected" than the U.S. composite market.
2. High propensity visitors are pet owners
The people visiting your organization have a higher likelihood than the general population of being a pet owner. They are also 12x more likely than the general population to own a horse for leisure/hobby (amateur) use. Put another way, not all HPVs own a horse…but those who own horses have a particularly high likelihood of being the kind of person who visits zoos, aquariums, museums, and music and theater performances. HPVs are approximately 2x more likely to be pet owners than the U.S. composite market.
3. High propensity visitors are foodies
We know that the perception of a critical mass of opportunity (such as access to unique shopping, urban waterfront, etc.) plays a role in motivating leisure activities – but for HPVs, access to good food also plays an important role. HPVs are leisure-travel motivated for fine dining and wine experiences. They also have daily food and beverage spending of $72.43 a day per capita. HPVs are approximately 2.5x more likely to be "foodies" than the U.S. composite market.
4. High propensity visitors are foreign travelers for leisure purposes
This is a big one. Folks who invest in foreign travel for leisure purposes have a very high likelihood of also being the same people who visit cultural centers. This is perhaps a very important consideration when endeavoring to understand the extreme competition for HPVs – for many museums, you are not merely competing with baseball games and movies for your audience. HPVs are literally considering the world as it contemplates its leisure investments. The most popular destinations for HPVs include Europe and British Columbia (often, for skiing). Their average length of stay during foreign travel is six nights. HPVs are approximately 6x more likely to be foreign travelers for leisure than the U.S. composite market.
5. High propensity visitors are low intensity outdoor activists
People who hike, ski, or golf are also more likely to profile as the type of person to attend a visitor-serving organization or cultural performance. HPVs are approximately 3x more likely to be low intensity outdoor activists than the U.S. composite market.
Understanding these items helps organizations engage audiences
When we look at data and consider market trends, we pay special attention to the evolving behaviors, attitudes, and demographics of high propensity visitors. This information can help us market to folks with the greatest likelihood of visiting cultural centers, and also create programs and experiences that are most satisfying to these individuals. These are the people who reliably keep our doors open with their attendance, and also have tremendous opportunity to deepen their engagement with our organizations as members and donors.
Thinking of your visitors in terms beyond their demographics lends invaluable insight to our understanding of our audiences. HPVs are the leading empirical indicator of the audiences that we are serving, and the people with whom we are best engaging.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
Revlon Colorstay Whipped Creme Foundation: Review & Photos!
Aesthetically speaking, I love the packaging of this product. It comes in a heavy glass jar that makes it look and feel fancy in your hand. Unfortunately, the whole jar situation doesn't exactly lend the most sanitary options for use. So far, I have been using a little plastic spatula to scoop product out, which is really as hassle. I don't like the idea of dipping brushes/fingers into the pot because I feel that will cause bacteria buildup really quickly, which is the last thing you want in a product you are smearing all over your skin.
The consistency is a little different from what I expected. After the Maybelline Whipped Dream products, I expected something more along those lines. This product is more like a melting milkshake consistency: thicker than a liquid, but not a cream. If I turned this jar upside down, product would slowly run out.
Below is a photo of my skin with only this foundation on (shade Nude 220). It is definitely more of a matte finish on me, but one thing I like is that it is easier to apply than the original Colorstay. The original Colorstay foundation dries extremely fast, which makes it a little difficult to blend. This stays creamy for a bit longer so I can really blend and work it into my skin. As for wear, this wore great on my normal-to-dry skin. It lasted for a solid 12 hours without fading.
For something with a matte finish, I really like this foundation. This retails for roughly $13 and is available in 16 different shades. I found this on a 40% Off Revlon sale at Rite Aid though, so check around to see if you can get a deal on it!
Do you prefer matte or dewy finishes to your foundations? I vary throughout the year, but because I have dry-ish skin, I usually lean toward something a bit more moisture based.
xx, Allison
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I've been eyeing this sucker for awhile now...and the fact that it dries matte makes me want to give it a go!
I think the packaging of the product looks really good also! Nice to see it has good longevity, thanks for the review. Is it a full coverage foundation?ReplyDelete
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The pup should still be with her mother. 3-4 weeks is WAY too soon to be removed. A puppy should stay with the mother until at least 8 weeks, ideally 12.
How long have you had her that she hasn't eliminated?
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Chase is correct...your puppy is way, way too young to be away from its mother and littermates. She still should be receiving her mother's milk as her main diet and this nutrition is critically important for her future health.
For the health and future of this puppy it should be returned to its mother and kept with her for at least another four weeks. Otherwise, she can easily die!!!
It is also important for her to learn behavior such as bite inhibition from her mother and littermates...without this, she can end up having a serious problem with biting humans.
Please do the right thing and return her to her mother and littermates. If there is some reason you cannot do this at least take her to your veterinarian for advice on proper feeding and getting her to move her bowels and urinate on her own. Mother dogs do this for their puppies until they are much older and she probably isn't able to move her bowels on her own yet as she is too young still.
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Don't Miss Kasey Musgraves On 'The Tonight' Show Tonight [VIDEO]
East Texas' own Kasey Musgraves has certainly made an impact on country music, so much so, that she will be a guest tonight on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. How about that?! It's not surprising for all of those who have seen her perform throughout East Texas. It's obvious from the first note, that she has crazy talent, and she has some mad writing skills as well. In fact, she is now a staff songwriter at Warner Chappell Music in Nashville. Pretty impressive.
After signing with several indie labels, Kacey landed with Mercury Nashville and released her successful album, "Same Trailer Different Park," which features her hit single "Merry Go 'Round." Her ability to write music that is original and interesting is why this East Texas native is getting attention, and deservedly so, she has worked hard at her craft.
You can also hear her unique vocals on a lot of country artists records, including the song she actually penned "Mama's Broken Heart," recorded by fellow East Texan, Miranda Lambert. (Kacey actually sings backup on the song.)
Catch this rising star tonight on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at 10:35 p.m., when she'll sing "Blowin' Smoke." (Set your DVR if that's too late for ya!).
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French General: Home Sewn: 30 Projects for Every Room in the House by Kaari Meng
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French General: Home Sewn is one of those books that makes you want to push everything to the side, pull out the sewing machine and make.something.right.now. It's the latest in the French-influenced line of books, stationery, and other sundries from Kaari Meng. And she does it so well. The photos are gorgeous. The illustrations are charming. And it never feels uppity-French (That's a technical term. ;) ) It has a rustic elegance suited to almost any home.
I want to make everything in this book. Fortunately, everything is labeled according to its difficulty - one spool for beginner, two spools for experienced, and three spools for advanced. The one spool projects are perfect for when I just have a couple hours and want whip up something simple and pretty. Speaking of simple, some of the projects will have you thinking "Why didn't I think of that?!" Yet they're so beautiful you won't feel like they are a waste of space in the book.
The beginning of the book is dedicated to finding and caring for vintage French fabrics and notions. The instructions are applicable to all old fabrics. Next is a small chapter on putting together a sewing basket. In the back of the book you'll find general sewing and embroidery techniques. Kaari has listed her favorite suppliers and designers in the resource guide, as well.
The book lies flat with a convenient spiral binding. There is an envelope of full-size patterns as well as monograms and embroidery designs.
All in all, I love this book. It's my new favorite sewing book.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0811864030, Spiral-bound)As the founder of the renowned crafts and notions store, French General, Kaari Meng scours the French countryside and Parisian flea markets for vintage treasures. Now, this beloved designer has gathered her favorite patterns into a charming sourcebook sure to be coveted by crafters, Francophiles, and home decorators. She offers 30 simple sewing patterns for French-inspired projectsa scalloped tablecloth, piles of pillows and bedding, a festive party garland, totesand more. Lay-flat spiral binding and ready-to-use pattern sheets and embroidery transfers, plus step-by-step directions, gorgeous photographs, and helpful illustrations make it easy to bring the palettes and pleasures of traditional French living into any home.
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With hearing only days away, the club and All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera agreed to condition on a 1-year, $4.55 million agreement, extending the Indians' streak of avoiding arbitration to 21 years. NFL spreads
The agreement was $75,000 above the average between the $5.2 million Cabrera asked for last month, and the $3.75 million the Indians had offered. A hearing had been lined up for the week after next, but won't be required as the Indians kept their run active.
Cleveland hasn't gone to an audience since pitcher Greg Swindell and Jerry Browne had their salary decided by an arbitrator.
"With Asdrubal, we're pleased that we managed to get a 1-year deal done and resolve his contract status for this year," said CEO Chris Antonetti, who remains amenable to signing Cabrera beyond 2012. "Generally, we are usually open-minded on alternate contract frameworks with a selection of players. And if there's something that appears sensible, and there is a value in agree that makes sense for both sides, we'll particular explore it."
Cabrera was easily the Indians' best player in 2011, when the organization said till September before wounds overwhelmed their depth and led straight to a late collapse. NFL odds
The 26-year-old hit .273 with 25 homers, 92 RBIs and 32 doubles. He led the Indians in runs (87), hits (165), and stolen bases (17) and set a club record for homers by a shortstop. Cabrera was named the Indians ' "Man of the Year" by Cleveland's baseball writers and last week was honored as the city's top pro sportsman in 2011 at the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards.
He made $2,125,000 in 2011, his 5th season with the Indians who bought him in a 2006 trade from Seattle.
In signing Cabrera, one of 7 Cleveland players to file for settlement this winter, the Indians do not have an only player with a warranted agreement after the 2012 season. That point, together with owner Larry Dolan's incapability to take on big-market franchises for top-tier independent agents, has led on to rumination the club may be for sale.
Nonetheless Antonetti downplayed the acceptation of the team not having any long-term deals on the books.
"I think that's just where we are at the moment and just the concerns that have led us to this stage," he revealed. "There's no concealed or alternative motive behind that. I would anticipate that at some specific point we'll have agreements that extend past 2012.
Whether or not that happens at some specific point this offseason or at some particular point this spring or next offseason, we'll wait.
"But it's not always a calculated strategy. I believe we as an organization and our ownership have demonstrated that when those dedications appear sensible, we're certainly prepared to make them. And we will continue to calculate those opportunities along the way."
Antonetti asserted the team has made offers past 2012, but nobody have resulted in multiyear agreements.
"As we've always talked about, there needs to be an adjustment in both price and phrase from both the player and the company, and still we haven't been able to adjust on those values," he said. "And that applies both to interior discussions and free-agent conversations."
Cabrera is suitable for free agency after 2013. Clearly, the Cleveland Indians see him as core player and one worth signing to a long-term contract.


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In August 1986, Paul Simon sang "every generation throws a hero up the pop charts" at the opening of his album Graceland. But what he couldn't have realised was that, for a generation whose popstars are downloaded and then die with the regularity of digital fruit flies, his African-influenced opus was to become a cultural touchstone, and would remain cherished 25 years on.
Simon's seventh studio album came after 1983's Hearts and Bones, a project dogged by controversy – supposedly a Simon and Garfunkel reunion, it was marred by arguments, and Simon eventually wiped Art Garfunkel's vocals from the recording entirely. Having captured the attention and affection of the nascent liberal intelligentsia in the Sixties (especially during 1967's summer of love), Simon had a reputation as one of the foremost pop-beatnik wordsmiths of his generation. But by the Eighties, his career was lagging.
Celebrating its quarter-century this summer, Graceland was the album that brought Simon back into the limelight. It topped the UK hit parade and made No 3 in the US Billboard chart, hanging in at No 6 for a further four months. It earned Simon a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1986, and for Record of the Year in 1987 for its title track; he was named Best International Solo Artist at the Brit Awards that year. "He is quite simply the best," declared the New York Times upon its release, describing Simon's lyrics as the "pop equivalents of Wallace Stevens poems".
Graceland is a record that explores the artist's sense of crisis, not only within Simon's own Upper West Side malaise but also as a series of rites of passage in his listeners' lives. The album – which weaves a story of love, divorce, the quest for spiritual succour and the inevitable onset of middle age with catchy melodies, innovative forays into "world music" and swoopingly lyrical highs and lows – became the soundtrack to a generation who were growing old alongside Simon, who remembered his folk-rock days at the side of Art Garfunkel and appreciated his dissection of the challenges they were all facing.
And it has become part of the collective consciousness among the children that were raised on it too. Cited as inspiration and covered by contemporary bands such as Vampire Weekend, Hot Chip and Grizzly Bear, Graceland has a place in pop culture unlike any other record. "Simon belongs as much to us as he does our folks," writes essayist Nell Boeschenstein. "Not our folks the way they were before we were born, but the way they were when we first knew them, as they were losing their edge and feeling maybe a little insecure."
Simon, however, does not seem to have lost his edge – a new album, So Beautiful or So What, released in April (with a release date of June) has propelled him back into the charts, with his highest position in 20 years. He is currently on tour, and will reach Britain in time to play Glastonbury in June; the new album has sold 68,000 copies and entered the US Billboard charts at No 4.
I was just over a year old when Graceland first came out 25 years ago. For me, family lore lives in every lyric, every note, every key change and every single beat. It was the soundtrack to every car journey of my youth; when I was two and a half, I was sick all over my mother's lap in a transit van near Lyme Regis, before standing up to join in with the chorus of "Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes". One friend of mine recalls his mother putting the tape on to do the housework to, another remembers it fondly as the only record in his father's collection that wasn't Christian rock.
It may have lain dormant and dusty during those years in which I was too cool to be seen anywhere with my parents, but then it returned – as if it had never been away – when I reached my late teens, when my parents and I were friends and conspirators, rather than two different species.
And we all – my sisters, too - still knew the words, the ticks, the eminently imitable air-guitar, slap bass and soft-rock sax riffs. "It's a feel-good album," says Sasha Frere-Jones, culture editor at The Daily and a music critic for The New Yorker, who was 19 when Graceland was released. "And that may sound like denigration or a cliché, but Paul Simon does 'feel-good' very well – it's hard to be in a bad mood when you're listening to Graceland, even when it's dealing with complex and dark things. It's uplifting, but not in a cheesy way."
That was the draw for the generation who bought Graceland fresh off the shelves in 1986. It existed within a realm of "easy-listening" that included the likes of Sade and Chris de Burgh, but came with the serious credentials of Simon's history as a recording artist, conceits and lyrical cleverness more readily associated with the metaphysical poets, and a weight of political Zeitgeist concealed within its catchy chords and choruses.
Simon's inspiration for the album came from a cassette tape given to him by a friend of "mbaqanga", a genre of South African music which derives from the Zulus. He quickly became interested in the tempos, rhythms and references that he heard within it, and set about blending it with his own rather more cultivated brand of acoustic rock. Working alongside South African musicians such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Boyoyo Boys and Miriam Makeba, Simon collaborated with township artists to create and consolidate one of the first examples of "world music". There were many cynics at the time who cried colonial plagiarism, others who declared that Simon's work contravened the UN-imposed anti-Apartheid boycott of South Africa, but the artists featured were fully credited and many of them later signed lucrative Western record deals; they toured with Simon himself, and played at his 1988 African benefit concert in Harare. Ladysmith Black Mambazo later became recording artists in their own right and provided the soundtrack to several Heinz Baked Beans adverts.
"Paul Simon did for world music what Banksy did for graffiti," says film composer Christian Henson, who was 14 in 1986. "He taught us that not only was the world a rich cornucopia of different cultures, sound and melodies, but that these things are in flux. They're not just to be observed, zoo-like, but are actually there to be worked with, changed and influenced by."
And so Simon melded his own culture with the one he was discovering, mixing zydeco accordion with lyrics that speak of technological and scientific advancement in "Boy in the Bubble"; blending traditional American rhythm and blues with a characteristic South African walking tempo to shivering effect in the album's title track of pilgrimage and soul-searching; and juxtaposing the whooping and gossipy tones of The Gaza Sisters with the context of a sophisticated Manhattan cocktail party in "I Know What I Know".
"There was never any doubt that it was a fantastic record," says Sasha Frere-Jones. "There's no other album like it, so full of magical mistakes. You can't plan an album like this: that light voice, the dry humour. It's a happy and elegant record that is quick-moving and catchy. There was a lot of talk of African music in the pages of the Village Voice in those days; the way it percolated then was so different from now, but it was a great album – and it was only good for South African music."
"I think it was like someone opening a door to 'all this other stuff'," adds Christian Henson. "Whether it was simply a conveniently placed, Zeitgeist-y introduction to the paradigm shift in our attitudes to what has since become world music, or whether it was actually a trailblazer. The true genius of what Simon did was to demonstrate that music is universal. That to go and work in a foreign land wouldn't necessarily reap a patronising and difficult-to-digest experiment, but actually a remarkably accessible collection of pop tunes."
With the political backdrop now more an aspect of history than a cultural context, it is the songs themselves that endure. Their qualities range from the anthemic, in "You Can call Me Al", to the cathartic, in "Crazy Love, Vol. II". And yet each of them presents a perfect capsule of a lifestyle or mode of thinking. I have swayed to "Al" in the back of my parents' Volvo, at house parties in London – more recently, at a hip nightclub in Los Angeles, where the entire crowd of twentysomething ectomorphs went mad. I have cried to "Graceland" and danced on my own to "I Know What I Know" – until my sister came and joined me. I have used the phrase, "Don't I know you from the cinematographer's party?" in email subject lines just to check that prospective acquaintances have the right sphere of reference. And when I finally met a cinematographer, I told my dad, who quoted the next line of the couplet right back: "Well, who am I to blow against the wind?"
It's no surprise, given the mythological hold that this album has over the current generation, that modern artists refer to it again and again. New York indie band Vampire Weekend come in for regular comparisons to Simon for their marimba and ska-influenced guitar pop layered with middle-class "white guy" vocals. "The idea of listening to music that a lot of suburban yuppies listened to in 1986 may not be appealing," admits frontman Ezra Koenig, who at 24 was not even born when Graceland was released, "but the lyrics are totally surreal. It's not like Paul Simon just grabbed some African beats and kept on writing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'."
Perhaps it is the conflagration of such extremes that we latterday yuppies are so enamoured of; for a globally-conscious generation entertained by "mashups", the layering and blending of two pre-recorded tracks to create an entirely new mix, what was seminal for Simon and our parents now fits perfectly into our aural reserves. "It's not easy," says Frere-Jones. "Mashups can be really, really annoying. Graceland shouldn't have worked – you could take out the parts and play them as straight Highlife [a genre of African music, combining Caribbean calypso and Liberian dagomba] or straight acoustic. It doesn't happen very often, but his voice works on it." There is, of course, the undeniable fact that people love nostalgia, especially when it inspires a Proustian recidivism straight back to childhood. Or perhaps it's because we don't really know how we're supposed to grow old – we're the first collection of pensioners who'll be listening to rap, grime and dubstep, at any rate – and both Simon's lyrics and our own memories of our parents have taught us that middle-age can be joyful in its germaneness.
"I think most people's parents bought it to play at Eighties dinner parties while they talked about Live Aid and Tom Wolfe novels over vol-au-vents and glasses of Babycham," says Tim Noakes, music editor of Dazed & Confused magazine, and seven-years-old in 1986. "It makes me think of long car journeys squashed in the back seat with my brothers. I hated it then, but I love it now. I guess I've grown to see what my parents loved about it."
It isn't even about the music, so much as the album as an artefact. It was one of the first in my parents' collection to make the transition from tape to CD when the changeover happened, with its signature white cover, a medieval-esque illumination of an itinerant warrior stamped on the front.
"He's from the Bayeux tapestry," claims one friend confidently. "It's a political cartoon of Louis XVI," insists another.
I thought for years that it was a portrait of Paul Simon himself, despite the powdered wig. It's actually taken from the Langmuir manuscript at the Peabody Museum of Salem, but that doesn't matter – it's another part of the fable built up around Graceland, along with the countless children who thought the comedian Chevy Chase, who stars alongside Simon in the video to "You Can Call Me Al", was the gentle genius behind it all.
"The context of these things is often lost," says Christian Henson, "and I think we will forget how 'out there' Graceland was as a concept in its time. The way it will retain its hold on us all is the compositions. They are wonderful, wonderful tunes." And there is such glee in discovering the ubiquity of affection for them, a widespread love of something that you thought was just another example of your own family's weirdness. In the words of the album's final track "The Myth of Fingerprints": "This is not just me and not just you – this is all around the world."
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Removing oxygen sensor
This is not a fun thing under any circumstances. Here are some tips to make it easier.
Use tool or socket that is 6 point (hex). You can put lots more torque on it than a 12 point without stripping the head.
Use a 6 point box end wrench if you can and thread it over the wires. Slotted sockets and wrenches will spring open and slip, ruining the hex head on the sensor.
Dont force it. If it is stuck, you chance stripping the head or breaking it off. Neither of those is desireable.
I have not had luck with penetrating oil. Some swear by it. It just wastes time.
At this point borrow or buy one of those portable oxy-acetylene outfits (propane, butane, and MAP are marginal and heat too big an area) that Airconditioning guys use. This puts out enough heat to do the job and the flame is small enough to control just what gets heated.
Set it for as hot a flame as you can. Concentrate the flame at the apex of the angle formed by the threaded collar and the body of the catalytic converter. Start in one place until you have bright orange color. move back and forth along collar until 1/3 to 1/2 of it is glowing. Be careful not to get it melted (you don't want to weld it). You don't want to heat the sensor body any more than you have to, it should not get hot enough to glow at all.
Quickly put your wrench on the sensor and try to break it loose. Repeat heating if necessary and try again. I have had consistant success with this method.
This method takes advantage of the small hot flame of the oxy torch. These portable outfits cost between $100 and $200 and are great. They work well on sheet metal. They are great for silver soldering and brazing. A cutting head is usually offered, but eats up oxygen faster than you would like for small tanks.
This is the only method I've found that doesn't, sometimes, result in stripped hex heads on sensors, skinned knuckles, and having to drill or burn out the sensor.
It is my first resort if normal torque doesn't loosen the sensor.
It works because you get the collar hotter than the sensor. The heat expands the collar, increasing it's inside diameter more than the expansion of the sensor threads. The clearance created allows it to unscrew.
Hope this helps.
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15 Five-Free Nail Polish Brands To Try Now
When it comes to what we put inside our bodies, the fewer unpronounceable ingredients the better. According to these carcinogen-free nail polish brands, the same applies to the outside.
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- Nail Polish In Mon Bleu, Kure Bazaar $16
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Marva Dawn
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Marva J. Dawn (born August 20, 1948, in Napoleon, Ohio) is an American Christian theologian, author, musician and educator, associated with the parachurch organization Christians Equipped for Ministry in Vancouver, Washington. She also serves as Teaching Fellow in Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dawn is generally perceived as a Lutheran evangelical. She often writes in a paleo-orthodox style, stressing the importance of Christian tradition and the wisdom of the Church through the centuries. Her birth surname is Gersmehl; Dawn is a pseudonym.
A scholar with four master's degrees and a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics and the Scriptures from the University of Notre Dame, she has taught for clergy and worship conferences and at seminaries throughout the United States and Canada and in Australia, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore and Scotland. She is also well known as a preacher and speaker for all ages and sometimes contributes to worship by means of her musical gifts. She is married to Myron Sandberg.
Her 1995 book, Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for the Turn-of-the-Century Culture, which urged a second look at so-called "contemporary Christian worship", caused a stir in evangelical circles, being the first scholarly work from within the evangelical community to seriously question "seeker sensitive" style worship. Dawn claims that much contemporary worship, which seeks primarily to evangelize through entertainment, is not really Christian worship at all. Rather than focus on bringing people into the church through worship, Dawn argues that worship should instead focus upon the glory and grace of the triune God, not ignoring the artistic treasures and traditions of the Church through the ages. The book remains her most widely read and most talked about work. Dawn continued this exploration in her 1999 book, A Royal "Waste" of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World.
In her more recent work, Dawn has drawn on Albert Borgmann's notion of the device paradigm to develop a critique of the church in its capitulation to commodification where worship, for example, becomes a device to attract and please.[1]
Some other notable works include:
- The Sense of the Call: A Sabbath way of life for those who serve God, the church, and the world
- How Shall We Worship?: Biblical Guidelines for the Worship Wars
- Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting
- Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God. *
- Truly the Community: Romans 12 and How to Be the Church (formerly titled The Hilarity of Community)
- The Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the Call. **
- Sexual Character: Beyond Technique to Intimacy
Notes. * (honored with the 2002 Christianity Today Book Award in the category of The Church/Pastoral Leadership). ** (with Eugene Peterson, author of The Message)
See also[edit]
- ^ Sedgwick, Timothy F (Spring 2004), "Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society", Anglican Theological Review, retrieved June 24, 2010


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Monkey Muffins RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
- 2/3 cup peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- In a large bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the bananas, peanut butter, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in chips.
- Fill greased or paper-lined miniature muffin cups three-fourths full. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake at 350° for 14-16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm. Yield: 6 dozen.
Reviews for Monkey Muffins
"Made both with and without chocolate chips - both were great!"
"These got a thumbs down from the family. Too dry and not enough flavor."
"Wonderful. I made regular sized muffins. It made 22. I baked for about 22 minutes."
"These were simply delicious! My friends raved about them! They were simple, called for ingredients I regularly have on-hand, and baked up beautifully. They also brought together some of my favorite flavor combinations--chocolate and peanut butter, and banana and peanut butter! I baked normal-sized muffins instead of the mini-sized muffins. I also used slightly less (maybe 1/8 C. less) sugar than the recipe called for."
"I have made these muffins several times now, using standard size muffin tins. The muffins turn out wonderful every time. I used more bananas than the recipe stated; I put the bananas in the blender to make them smooth--to equal 2 cups. I used an electric mixer throughout recipe. I baked the standard size muffins at 350* for 22-25 minutes. The sugar on top isn't even necessary--they are wonderful without the added sugar. My family calls these Chunky Monkey Muffins--we love them. I would definitely rate this recipe with five stars--this recipe is a keeper! Amie, thank you for sharing."
"Very yummy, the kids had them for breakfast and after school snack."
"These are fantastic... 6 yr old fussy eater approved!"
"Fabulous. I've been making them for 3 years, my 3 small children love them, we make them all the time! We don't even add the sugar on top, they are awesome without it. We've made them in mini muffin tins and regular muffin size. So glad I came across this recipe."
"We love these! I make them as directed but with half whole wheat flour."
"The first time I made this I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out fabulous! My husband and son gobbled these up. The next time I got a little adventurous and added more peanut butter and banana and added some oats (3/4 cup peanut butter, 4 mushed bananas, and 3/4 cup oats). It was PERFECT. I also topped them with brown sugar instead of regular sugar. I will DEFINITELY bake these again."