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There are certain times of year that require what I lovingly refer to as "man food." During football season, anything that includes cream cheese, mayonnaise, or sour cream (or all of the above!) are staples on my entertaining roster. No, they aren't gourmet, and they sure as heck aren't good for you, but I've never seen a bite left over. Let's just say they are good for the soul.
Buffalo chicken dip is one of the most famous of the "man dips." I've made a number of variations of it over the years, and this is the version I find to be just right. I've never had the courage to use canned chicken, so I prefer to shred moist and tender chicken thighs for my recipe. I use a mix of cheddar and pepper jack for sharpness and heat. I also use powdered ranch dressing instead of bottled, it's a personal preference I've developed over the years.
This buffalo chicken dip is guaranteed to please even the most discriminating of eaters. You'll even be surprised how many food snobs keep coming back for more. Sometimes, it's all about the "high-low". And sometimes, it's just about the "low."
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Active time: 15 minutes
Total time: 1 hour thirty minutes, including cooking times
Yields: 3 1/2 cups
chicken thighs
2 – 2 1/2 pounds bone-in, skinless chicken thighs
1 onion, peeled and quartered
2 stalks celery, quartered
buffalo dip
2 cups cooked, shredded chicken (cooked thighs or from a rotisserie chicken)
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
4 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated
4 ounces pepper jack cheese, grated
1 (1 ounce) packet ranch dressing powder
1/2 cup hot sauce, preferably Frank's original
For the chicken:
In a large pot, add chicken, onions, and celery and enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to a gentle simmer. Skim off any foam, as necessary. Cook until meat is tender, about 30-45 minutes. Remove thighs from the liquid and cool until able to touch. Shred chicken, discarding bones for another use (I add it back to the liquid to make stock), and set aside.
For the dip:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add the cooked chicken, cream cheese, shredded cheeses, ranch dressing powder, and hot sauce in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the beater blade (this can also be done by hand) and mix on low until combined. Spread into a medium baking dish and cook until warm and bubbly, about 25 – 30 minutes. Serve with Fritos and celery sticks.
Get the printable recipe here.
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It's tough to transition in to a "normal" diet on the heels of Thanksgiving, and then to maintain control in December when tempted daily with holiday cookies, hot cocoa, figgy pudding, eggnog, latkes, gingerbread . . . whatever does you in. Don't you wish you could savor rich casseroles and buttery cookies forever without the fear of wearing sweatpants to the office holiday party?
You could hold out for that Christmas miracle, or you could make a big pot of sweet potato soup, which is amazing for the following reasons:
- It's slightly reminiscent of indulgent Thanksgiving sweet potato dishes, but has only 290 calories per (1 1/2 cup) serving.
- It's even better on the second or third day, so you can make a batch on a free night, and heat up the leftovers after a night of rigorous holiday shopping, caroling or snowman-building.
- It also freezes well; ladle into single serving-sized freezer bags for lunch or dinner on busy days.
- The whole recipe costs less than $10 to make — think of all the gifts you can buy with the money you're saving!
Ellie Krieger's Nutty Sweet Potato Soup
Serves: 6 servings, serving size 1 1/2 cups
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 large onion, diced (about 2 cups)
1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and diced (about 1 cup)
2 medium carrots, diced (about 1 cup)
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 clove garlic, minced (about 1 teaspoon)
1 teaspoon peeled and grated fresh ginger
1 large sweet potato, peeled and cubed (2 cups)
6 cups low-sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth
1 (14.5-ounce) can no salt added diced tomatoes, with their juices
2/3 cup creamy natural peanut butter
2 teaspoons honey
1/2 cup chopped scallion greens (about 3 scallions)
Heat the oil in a large soup pot over a medium-high heat. Add the onions, bell pepper and carrots and cook, stirring until the vegetables soften, about 5 minutes. Add the cayenne, black pepper, garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute more. Stir in the sweet potato, broth, and tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
*Puree the soup in the pot using an immersion blender or in a regular blender in 2 batches and return the soup to the pot. Add the peanut butter and honey and stir, over low heat, until the peanut butter melts. Serve warm, garnished with the scallions.
*When blending hot liquids: Remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth.
Calories 290; Total Fat 18g (Sat Fat 3.5g, Mono Fat 9g, Poly Fat 5g); Protein 14g; Carb 23g; Fiber 5g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 260mg
More healthy winter recipes that will more than justify your cookie sampling:
Ellie Krieger's Chicken Parmesan
Ellie Krieger's Three Bean and Beef Chili
Ellie Krieger's Saucy Salmon
Rachael Ray's Hearty and Healthy 3 Bean Minestrone
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In its fifth season, the TPWD weekly hunting report models the state agency's weekly fishing report, which has been providing information about fishing conditions at most major freshwater lakes and coastal bay systems to Texas anglers for more than 25 years.
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Evolution Hoax
Jealousy exercises an important influence in an ignorant society, where it is not regarded as a negative trait. Such a society tries to present jealousy as a mark of love and devotion. If an individual is not jealous of the one he loves, he thinks it is not real love. According to this erroneous way of thinking, in order for an individual to be sure that his partner loves him, the partner must love him exclusively.
But this idea is completely wrong. Because, ultimately, love is a profound feeling and a superior moral trait. For an individual to be jealous in a loving relationship is contrary to the teaching of the Qur'an. A person shows his love to the one he loves through his faithfulness, devotion and tenderness, and by speaking and acting appropriately towards the object of his affection. This creates the idea in the mind of the other person that he or she is really loved. It is very selfish for an individual to want to be loved exclusively.
In societies of ignorance, jealousy, especially in married life, causes much anxiety. A woman of such a tendency, who hears of the love her husband has for his mother, father, sisters, friends and even his children, may become a cause of misery for her. Such women do not want their husbands to love anyone else more than, or even as much, as he loves them.
A second type of jealousy that such housewives experience comes from the fact that they are aware of the corrupted perception of marriage in ignorant society. There is no genuine love or faithfulness in any union that is not based on the love and fear of Allah, and on seeking His pleasure. It is because ignorant women are aware of this that they expect being deceived at any moment, and live in fear of being neglected. For this reason, they regard everything that happens with suspicion, becoming overwhelmed with tense feelings and jealousy.
Instead of improving the situation, their behavior makes things worse, and often makes even the problem itself worse. They try to send their partner a message with their erratic behavior, contrariety and irascibility. They tend to derive complicated insinuations from the most trivial circumstances, and then form definite conclusions on the basis of the scenarios they imagine. But, this behavior only makes their lives more miserable. Moreover, contrary to the desired results, they succeed only in driving their partner farther away from them. Because living with a person without knowing when the next outburst will occur, and what kind of false conclusion she will jump to, makes for a very unhappy co-existence. For this reason, the obsessive jealousy of housewives in the ignorant societies usually ends with the breakup of the marriage.
However, the solution is very simple. In the Qur'an Allah informs us that everyone has feelings of jealousy, but these feelings have to be eliminated:
… people are prone to selfish greed. If you do good and fear Allah, Allah is aware of what you do. (Surat an-Nisa', 128)
For this reason, a believer, who dutifully practices the moral teachings of the Qur'an, does not harbor jealousy. The mutual faithfulness and trust that comes from the fear of Allah prevents any such tension from occurring.2012-01-21 01:30:04


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If you are a talented software craftsman who has a strong background in enterprise software engineering then we want to hear from you. There is no prerequisite to know Adobe's technology, although it would be nice, if you are steeped in OO and advocate practices such as Test Driven Development and Refactoring then we will train you in Flex/AIR, LiveCycle Data Services and LiveCycle ES.
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Extreme Rules - Have Wade Barrett vs Justin Gabriel on the main card in a No-DQ match for the Intercontinental Championship to
this blog is all about what i would like to see at Extreme Rules.
1) Pre-Show - US Title - Kofi Kingston vs Fandango - It has been reported that Kingston is holding the title for fandango for when his fued with jericho is over but with Jericho with his band he wont be on very much, this should leave Fandango to go to work at champ. Winner = Fandango
2) Tag Team Titles - Team
this blog is about my favourite 10 match types and who i would like to put in that match.
1. Elimination Chamber - I love this match as it has some real potenial, if we put high flyers in this match then we get leaps of the chambers, but if we get Powerhouses then we get massive slams onto the chamber floor. I would love to put Evan Bourne, Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Big Show,
So this is all about the next 12 monthes to WM30 in New Orlands! I will give 10 massive predictions, some obvious and some just plain stupid and i want to see if they come true!
1. Antonio Cesaro will lose US and stay minor - Mr. McMahon has made it no secret that he despises Cesaro and he has to lose the us title soon but the difference between my prediction and others is that he will
Pre-Show Battle Royal - United States Title - Antonio Cescero (c) vs R-Truth vs Cody Rhodes vs Justin Gabriel vs Damien Sandow vs Heath Slater vs Jinder Mahal vs Kofi Kingston vs Drew Macintyre vs Brodus Clay vs Sweet T vs Primo vs Epico vs Darren Young vs Titus O'Neil - A Battle Royal has been the talk of the Pre-Show since last year and now i think that the United States Title will be a low profile


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Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Reinfection After Liver Transplantation With Entecavir
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether hepatitis B immunoglobin can be discontinued early after hepatitis B virus (HBV) induced liver transplantation and be replaced by the nucleoside analogue entecavir to prevent hepatitis B reinfection.
|Liver Transplantation Hepatitis B Liver Disease
|Drug: Entecavir
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Prevention of HBV Reinfection After Liver Transplantation Using Entecavir Monotherapy After Short-term HBIg Administration: A Pilot Study
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MedlinePlus related topics: Hepatitis Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Liver Transplantation
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Further study details as provided by HepNet Study House, German Liverfoundation:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- prevention of hepatitis B virus reinfection one year after liver transplantation with entecavir monotherapy [ Time Frame: one year ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- hepatitis Bs antigen negativity can be maintained by entecavir in the second year after HBV induced liver transplantation [ Time Frame: two years ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|March 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Entecavir
Drug: Entecavir
Entecavir monotherapy after short-term HBIg therapy for patients transplanted for hepatitis B induced end-stage liver disease; in case of prior lamivudine treatment, tenofovir will be added to the reinfection prophylaxis
Other Name: Baraclude
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- liver transplantation for hepatitis B induced endstage liver disease
- absence of coinfection with HIV and HCV
- female and male patients >= 18 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
- any evidence of other causes for endstage liver disease
- patients that do not fulfill the criteria for liver transplantation
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01046799
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01046799
|University Clinic Essen
|Essen, Germany
|Hannover Medical School
|Hannover, Germany
|University Hospital Heidelberg
|Heidelberg, Germany
Sponsors and Collaborators
HepNet Study House, German Liverfoundation
Hannover Medical School
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael P Manns, MD
|Hannover Medical School
|Principal Investigator:
|Heiner Wedemeyer, MD
|Hannover Medical School
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|January 9, 2010
|Last Updated:
|November 4, 2014
Keywords provided by HepNet Study House, German Liverfoundation:
hepatitis B
liver transplantation
shortterm HBIg
lamivudine resistance
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Hepadnaviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Antiviral Agents
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Shortly after I got out of college, I targeted 40 as the age I would retire.
That seemed pretty old, but I hoped it would still be young enough to travel and write novels.
When 40 came, I had three children and insufficient savings to last 50 or 60 years.
Just as important, I enjoyed being a journalist. Digging out environmental stories, seeing changes in the state and feeling I was making a difference were fun.
I put retirement on hold.
Since then, I've set numerous new target dates. Each time the date got within a few months, I reset it. Sometimes I cited reasons to myself. The real reason was that I wasn't ready.
Leaving a profession you love is hard even if you know the hours, deadlines and stress are wearing you down.
Walking away from work relationships, both in and out of the office, is difficult.
Wondering what your identity will be when you leave a profession that has been a major part of your life is daunting.
Like others considering retirement, I had concerns about insurance and whether my savings were sufficient.
The question I most often asked myself was whether I would have enough to do without a workday routine.
At one point, I picked a retirement date three years away. As it neared, I punted.
Then for several years, I picked "next January" as my departure date, only to near that month and kick the date back another year.
My latest punt was only six months down field. This time, as I rushed toward it, I felt fairly sure I was ready.
It's nice to get a divine stamp of approval on a decision, and that's what I felt happened with this one.
About an hour after telling my boss I planned to retire, I got an email asking if I'd increase my teaching load at LSU in the fall. That quelled any concern about having too much time on my hands.
The following day, the owners of the newspaper announced negotiations for its possible sale to a then-unnamed buyer. Again it seemed I had chosen a fitting time to end a career at a place I'd worked for 42 years.
The biggest confirmation was the contentedness I felt in the subsequent weeks.
My last column won't run until next Wednesday, but I've been using up leave time for more than a month. In those days I've decided retirement is wonderful.
Projects I've wanted to do for years are getting done, but without the pressure of trying to cram them into a weekend.
My new life offers a healthy blend of things I need to do and things I want to do.
My wife, who is off from teaching for the summer, and I are finding time to have leisurely breakfasts, lunches and late evenings.
We've taken time to visit children and grandchildren.
I've tinkered with a few fiction writing projects.
Suddenly, there's almost enough time for the hobbies, books and sports I enjoy.
Maybe if I had retired at 40, I would have been bored.
Now, that's the one thing for which I don't have time.
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Your silence is screaming, Part 3
While I kind of doubt that anyone really noticed, I have had a long internal, guilty struggle over not writing this blog post. The third part of a series of posts (see Part 1 on Penn State or Part 2 on the Boy Scouts) discussing institutional failures to address child sexual abuse will focus on the Catholic Church. Before going any further, I have to confess (Catholics are big on confession!) that I am both a practicing Catholic and a feminist anti-violence activist. Gasp! Yes, we do exist. You may think this is the equivalent of being a unicorn, but it's actually not so strange that people within our movement balance multiple, sometimes conflicting identities. That discussion is probably one for another day.
This identity is tough for me, because it seems to run deeper than my identity as a Penn State student, or my past life as a scout. I had no trouble bringing myself to write about institutional shortcomings in those arenas. When it comes to the Catholic Church, I definitely don't agree with all of the church's teachings and stances on many issues. However, I do have a deep connection and ongoing spiritual dialogue with the faith. I am deeply saddened and troubled every time I learn of an instance where public examples of awful and unethical decision making by my spiritual institution detract from this experience of faith. Very often, these institutional shortcomings are related to priests committing child sexual abuse and church officials covering it up.
You may know that Catholics across the globe are watching a gathering in Rome, where a new pope will be selected. SNAP recently released a short list of the potential papal candidates whom they described as not making the grade when it comes to confronting child sexual abuse in the church. Church officials have basically dismissed this list and this advocacy group as irrelevant. This dismissal, teamed with our Pope Emeritus's alleged involvement in cover ups, and the numerous cases of child sexual abuse by priests screams of a pervasive institutional ailment.
For a spiritual institution to really address the problem of child sexual abuse, it has to respect the voices and experiences of the people who disclose abuse. It is vital that the institutional system holds members who commit child sexual abuse accountable for their actions. It's never about how bad it will look to bring it to the surface. No matter who you are, what you believe, or how you identify, every single person has the moral and ethical obligation to cure institutional shortcomings and promote healing for individuals and communities ailing from child sexual abuse.
As an anti-violence activist and as a Catholic, I hope with all my heart that the next pope will make the whole Catholic institution accountable for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. I hope that my faith community will heal. I hope that the screaming will stop.


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The Cedar Falls Public Library seeks to commission a window display designed by an individual or a team of designers to serve as an inspirational focal point for the library's Redfern Display Case, located just inside the entrance to the library. The Redfern Display Case Committee will chose one entry from submitted proposals.
Call for Proposals
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The Committee consists of:
- A representative from the Cedar Falls Public Library Friends of the Library
- The library director, and one other staff member
- A representative from the Art Committee
- The display in the case should be related to the mission of the Cedar Falls Public Library. That mission is:
The mission of the Cedar Falls Public Library is to promote literacy and provide open access to resources which facilitate lifelong learning.
- The display should be aesthetically pleasing.
- The display should be thought provoking.
- The designer retains ownership of materials, after the Library is finished with the display.
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- Proposals are due by November 15, 2015.
- The Committee will choose a proposal by December 15, 2015
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- The designer should submit a drawing of the proposed display, along with a written description. Photographs of previous pertinent work can be included.
- The designer will be required to sign a contract
- Compensation will be paid by the Friends of the Cedar Falls Public Library.
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- Compensation for 2016 will be $1500.
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Imagine you and your family and friends on a beautiful spring day dancing to live music, building with pine cones, learning to juggle, meeting your next feline or canine family member and having a ball all while helping the planet? This is how Oakland Zoo celebrates Earth Day!
Humans around the globe have been celebrating their connection to and reverence of the planet for centuries. It makes sense that our modern society would create a day such as Earth Day: a special day set aside to appreciate and take action for our one precious planet. Earth Day was first officially celebrated in the United States in 1970, and is now celebrated in nearly 200 countries each year.
Oakland Zoo also feels that the Earth is indeed something to celebrate, and therefore we produce one of the largest Earth Day events in the East Bay. This year our event is on Saturday, April 19th and we are calling it a Party of the Planet.
Earth Day fits our mission perfectly: To inspire respect for and stewardship of the natural world while creating a quality visitor experience. What could be more inspiring than making a genuine connection with over fifty visiting organizations who work to help animals and the environment? Other inspiring experiences will include creating with natural objects in the Create with Nature Zone and making beaded necklaces that help the lives of people and chimpanzees. Quality experiences will be had by all, such as a full day of educational shows in the Clorox Wildlife Theater with live animals, the Jug Bandits Band and Wildlife Action Trivia. Quality fun will be bountiful the meadow with our giant earth ball, circus antics, face painting and a real trapeze show with Trapeze Arts.
Other highlights of Earth Day include: a free train ride with donation of used cell phone or ink cartridge, voting for your favorite conservation project at the Quarters for Conservation voting station, Oakland Zoo docent and eduction stations, and of course, visiting our resident animals.
To further walk the talk, Oakland Zoo will be hosting our monthly Creek Crew clean up of Arroyo Viejo Creek on the grounds from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
We are thrilled to welcome the following organizations to join us this year: 96 Elephants, Africa Matters, All One Ocean, Amazon Watch, Amboseli Trust for Elephants, Animal Rescue Foundation, Aquarium of the Bay, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Bay Localize, Bay Area Puma Project, Budongo Snare Removal Project, the Borneo Project, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Wolf Center, Circus Moves, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Create with Nature Zone, East Bay Co-Housing, East Bay SPCA, Eco-Viva, Go Wild Institute, Handsome in Pink, Kids for the Bay, KQED, Marine Mammal Center, Marshall's Farm Honey, Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue, Mickacoo Pigeon and Dove Rescue, Mountain Lion Foundation, Mountain Yellow Legged Frog Project, Northern Light School, Oakland Veg, Pachas Pajamas, Performing Animal Welfare Society, Pesticide Free Zone, Project Coyote, Rainforest Action Network, Red Panda Network, Reticulated Giraffe Project, River Otter Ecology Project, Samasheva, Save the Frogs, Savenature.org, Stopwaste.org, Sulfur Creek Nature Center, San Francisco Seafood Watch Alliance, Uganda Carnivore Program, Trapeze Arts, Ventana Wildlife Society, WildAid and the Western Pond Turtle Project.
You will need a full day to experience all this inspiration and fun! We hope to see you out there on April 19th!


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My friend named Jen has been GREAT to help me expand my knowledge for the site here on allthingsthrifty.com, and she has allowed me to come and observe while she has been reupholstering several projects lately. I've always wondered how to reupholster a chair, but I thought it would be too HARD, COMPLICATED, and too DIFFICULT to figure out. I was wrong!
Jen's grandma actually helped her with her first project, and she gave her great advice. She told her to carefully take it apart, and save the pieces. The key word is "CAREFULLY" take it apart. It's easy to rip the fabric if you are too rough with it, but you need the fabric to be intact so that you can use it for a pattern.
So, I will try to walk you through the process. But, remember that every chair will be different. So, as Jen and I have started other projects, we have had to adapt and figure things out as we go. If you aren't a "figure it out" kind of person, it may not be the best activity for you because it is time consuming, but well worth it in my book.
So, you start with a deal….a cheap piece of furniture that if you end up ruining it, it won't matter. Ha ha. Really, this is where I would start if I were you because if you have your grandmother's chairs, family heirlooms that are 100 years old, and you don't know what you are doing, you could ruin them. So, start off with a D.I./Goodwill project to practice. This baby cost Jen $10.00.
Then as Jen's grandma said, CAREFULLY begin to take it apart. You will be surprised how furniture is put together. We used butter knives to wedge between the fabric and the wood to separate the chair at its seams. The fabric is sometimes held together with cardboard. YES, you read that correctly CARDBOARD. I was shocked. You will need to save the big pieces of cardboard so be gentle with them.
We took is apart and kept the pieces in organized piles to be sure we remembered what piece of fabric went where on the the chair. It could be useful to label them so you remember where they go.
Under the fabric, you start to realize that the furniture is made of wooden panels, foam, and batting. So, when you are choosing a project, make sure that the furniture has a good, solid structure. If it's broken inside, your project will be much more complicated than if its innards are intact and strong.
Jen's chairs had good strong bones, so we continued on the same path of removing the current fabric, which by the way is attached with MILLIONS of small staples. Be careful, or you'll end up needing a tetanus shot after the deconstructive process.
After you get all the fabric off, make sure you vacuum out the chair. We found all sorts of nasty treasures in there. 🙂 We also found a little money. Yes! I also suggest to spray down your chair with Lysol disinfectant spray and let it dry before you start reconstructing the chair.
Next you will need to start cutting out your fabric pieces. How much fabric do you need? Honestly this one is a pretty hard question to answer. For this little chair, she used 3 yards, and we were pretty close to not having enough. So, with larger projects you may need to play it by ear.
So, we laid out the pieces on her new fabric, and carefully cut new pieces of fabric.
In this process we tried to maximize the use of the fabric by laying it all out on the fabric before we started cutting, so that we could fit the pieces as close together as possible.
Then, with a good old fashioned staple gun, we began putting the chair back together piece by piece.
Here we are…It was pretty late, so excuse the disgusting outfit and no make-up on my part. Jen looks cute though! Just ignore the crazy person in the red shirt.
IMPORTANT: We did not remove the fabric from the arm rests. We reupholstered right over them.
Slowly and surely the chair started emerging as a new piece of furniture.
When we got to the seat part of the chair and the backrest, Jen cut out her piece of fabric, and she sewed it to the original peice. It was much easier this way since the foam peices were cut to fit snuggly in the pockets created in the original fabric pieces. So, we upholstered right over the top of the existing fabric. She sewed a simple seem hooking the fabric onto the original fabric and then we stapled them back together.
The other pieces of fabric you can see on the edges of the picture are basically extensions of the fabric to help it to reach the part of the chair to staple into.
Here is a piece of cardboard that finished the bottom. I am still in awe that furniture has cardboard in it. We saved the piece, and used fabric glue to adhere the fabric back to it. We then stapled it back on to the chair carefully. It's hard to explain every single step, so just make sure that you pay attention to how the chair was originally put together. You will be reconstructing the chair to how it was done originally.
We ran into a few bumps in the road along the way. For example, in places that we reupholstered right over the original fabric, there was several layers of fabric to staple through. My staple gun would not go far enough into the wood to make it secure, so we had Jen's husband screw it into place to secure the fabric where it needed to be.
I would also suggest to get a fabric that the pattern doesn't matter which way it goes. Jen's fabric had to be perfectly lined up, which I think she did a FABULOUS job, but it would be easier to learn and practice with a fabric that doesn't matter which way it goes.
Here is the end result. Great job Jen! She also reupholstered the giraffe one. 🙂
Are you wondering how much fabric you need? Check out this post.
Here is another of Jen's projects that she helped another friend Rachel complete:
Here is the before picture: Rachel got this couch for free (out of the dumpster)!
Here she is after! This couch is toddler size and I am in love with it! I love that the back is arched. GREAT job GIRLS. They stayed up until 3:30 in the morning, but that's when projects are the most fun RIGHT!?!?


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Standup comedy, by its very nature, is mostly a solo pursuit. It is also, more often than not, a ruthlessly competitive endeavour.
But being part of a comedy tour that features a handful of headliner-level performers can create an unexpected sense of camaraderie, mutual support and a shared sense of teamwork.
"We're all veterans; most of us have been doing this for 20-plus years. We're all in our own groove, and we're all very confident," says comedian Orny Adams, who's part of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour that stops in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Burton Cummings Theatre. "We're usually doing our own shows as headliners. This is a nice opportunity to come together, do 20 minutes in the show, not worry about carrying the whole thing, and just have a good time.
"Look -- Just For Laughs isn't going to hire unkind comedians for its tour. They're only going to work with nice people. And if you're around nice people and the tour manager treats you well, it fosters a very comic-friendly environment. We know that if we all get along offstage, it's going to be reflected onstage."
Adams, who turns 43 this week (Nov. 10), shares co-headliner duties on the current Just For Laughs tour with Last Comic Standing winner Alonzo Bodden and Canadian comedy star Jeremy Hotz (Ken Finkleman's The Newsroom); the shows are hosted by comedian and Match Game host Darrin Rose, with comic magician/pickpocket Ben Seidman serving as opening act.
Adams, a native of Lexington, Mass., is one of those performers who falls into the category of a comedian's comedian -- a student of the art form whose 20-year career has been driven by a relentless desire to write, rewrite, edit, perform, assess and then rewrite even more, until every joke he takes onstage has reached its most refined state.
"I've always been into writing," he says. "I like the work, so the process of writing is fascinating to me, as is the process of combining words or eliminating a syllable or figuring out if saying something faster or slower will make it funnier.
"As a child, I would alphabetize my Halloween candy. I was always into schoolwork -- in college, I liked studying. And I consider many of these (comedy) bits to be mini-dissertations; I research and get as much information as I can, and then I over-write.
"I have bits that are eight pages long that eventually become one line in my act."
Adams' comedy concerns itself mostly with the frustrations and madness of the 21st-century human struggle -- from the seemingly random placement of letters on a keyboard (and the ridiculous proximity of the "shift" and "caps lock" keys) and the confounding proliferation of iPhone apps to the irksome smugness of that GPS-guidance voice and the ballooning number of overweight kids -- so he has no worries that he'll have to amend his act in order to connect with north-of-the-border audiences.
"If I did, I wouldn't be doing my job," he says. "It's about connecting on a human level, and I think that's universal, so I haven't tweaked a thing.
"I find that the (Canadian) audiences really understand and enjoy comedy; they're true comedy fans. It's a real pleasure to get up in front of them, because they're going to appreciate the nuances of some of these jokes. I find them not as distracted as American audiences; I don't see people checking their phones or yawning without covering their mouths. I think it's just a different sensibility.
"But I do love American audiences, too -- for me it's about connecting with people."
Adams, who appears in the MTV series Teen Wolf and has also hosted the Discovery series Modern Chaos with Orny Adams, first entered the pop-culture consciousness in a big way when he was featured in Jerry Seinfeld's 2002 behind-the-scenes documentary Comedian. The film divided its focus between Seinfeld's effort to create an all-new standup act and relative newcomer Adams' struggle to earn his first comedy-career breakthrough.
More than a decade removed from the film's release, the now-veteran Adams says he remains glad he took part in Seinfeld's project.
"It's kind of a shadow that appears and disappears and reappears from time to time," he says. "I think it's a part of my legacy and who I am, but at this point in my career it doesn't come up all that often. It's still part of me, and I think it helped me to grow in many ways."
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Everybody's known about it, but Jason Bay officially returned to the Mets organization with a four-year, $66 million contract with a vesting option for a fifth year. Bay played with the Port St. Lucie and Binghamton minor league clubs in 2002.
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FLUSHING, N.Y., January 5, 2010 – The New York Mets today announced that they have signed outfielder Jason Bay to a four-year contract with a vesting option for a fifth year.
Bay hit .267 with a career-high 36 home runs, 119 RBI, and scored 103 runs with the Boston Red Sox in 2009. It was his second consecutive season of at least 30 home runs, 100 RBI, and 100 runs.
Bay, 31, was second in the American League in RBI and tied for third in home runs last season. Among major league outfielders, Bay finished with the most RBI, tied for first in home runs with the Phillies' Jayson Werth, and was third with a .537 slugging percentage and a .921 OPS.
The right-handed hitter ranked among the league leaders in runs, extra-base hits (68), and batting average with runners in scoring position (.360). The 2009 AL Silver Slugger has averaged more than 30 home runs and 99 RBI over his six full major league seasons.
"Jason provides us with a big bat in the middle of our lineup, which will help us score more runs," said Mets General Manager Omar Minaya. "He has pull power and that will play well at Citi Field. Jason has excelled in a big-city environment, and we look forward to adding his winning attitude and grit to our clubhouse."
"It's exciting for me to come to New York to join Carlos Beltran, David Wright, and Jose Reyes in the lineup to help the Mets get back to the postseason," said Bay. "I'm looking forward to returning to the National League and playing at Citi Field in front of passionate fans who care about winning."
Bay led the AL last season with 15 outfield assists and did not make an error in 325 total chances. Bay has played 184 errorless games in the field since August 17, 2008, a span of 385 total chances without an error.
The 6-2, 205-pound native of Trail, British Columbia, Canada, last season was named to his third All-Star team (2009, 2006, 2005) with more than 4 million votes, the most of any AL outfielder.
The 2004 National League Rookie of the Year with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Bay was originally drafted by the Montreal Expos in 2000. He spent 2002 with the Mets organization, splitting time between St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League and Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League.
In his major league career with Boston, Pittsburgh, and San Diego, he has a lifetime .280 batting average with 193 doubles, 23 triples, 185 home runs, and 610 RBI in 922 games. In 14 postseason games, he has batted .306 with three home runs, and nine RBI.


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TC Electronic was founded in 1976 in Risskov, Denmark. They are known for their ultra high end digital reverbs like the System 6000 and the Powercore platform. Back in 2000 when I was recording my album Manic Panic I was constantly running out of CPU Power on a Apple Powermac dual 500Mhz G4. Back then there were not many options. Either I use more external hardware, switch to PC or get a Powercore card.
Luckily I chose the Powercore because besides being able to work ITB (in the box) I was introduced to some amazing sounding plug-ins. In fact some of the plug-ins that came with the original Powercore PCI still hold up today. You can read a nice interview TC Electronic did with me back then by clicking here: TC Electronic interviews The Horrorist.
There is one plug-in in particular that has my heart: Voicemodeler. What's funny is I only use 1 preset on the thing! It's called "Male Enhancer". I love it. I don't use it on every song but it's a flavor I can't live without. I have yet to find any native plug-in that sounds the same. You can hear it on my voice on a song I did called Close to You:


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According to Sarah Jorgensen, FLEX brand manager for the BIVI Swine Division, the new FLEXcombo package makes it practical for veterinarians and producers to mix and administer the vaccine to pigs three weeks of age and older to protect against PCV2 and mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in a single injection. "We've focused on ease of use for customers to mix and administer Ingelvac CircoFLEX and Ingelvac MycoFLEX vaccines," Jorgensen explains. "It's a simple process: Aseptically, add the contents of the green-capped Ingelvac CircoFLEX bottle to the red-capped Ingelvac MycoFLEX headspace bottle, shake well and inject."
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Fairfax County's Wastewater Treatment Plant Wins Pollution Control Award
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Fairfax County's wastewater treatment plant has received an award for meeting federal pollution control standards 100 percent of the time for 11 years in a row.
The Noman M. Cole Jr. Pollution Control Plant recently received a Platinum Peak Performance Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies. This distinction was only given to nine municipal water treatment plants across the nation for meeting federal standards 11 years consecutively.
The plant removes between 99 and 99.5 percent of pollutants from 45 million gallons of wastewater daily. Federal rules strictly control more than 100 substances that are present in wastewater. The plant's achievement helps protect the water quality of the county's streams and watersheds, as well as the Chesapeake Bay.
To comply with federal regulations, the plant uses a series of physical, biological and chemical treatment processes. Before being discharged into Pohick Creek, pollutants, nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen, bacteria and particulate matter are removed from wastewater.
Municipal, industrial and other facilities must obtain federal permits if their wastewater discharges directly into surface waters. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program controls water pollution by regulating point sources, such as pipes that discharge treated wastewater effluent into streams and rivers. This permit program is responsible for significant improvements to the nation's water quality since 1972.
The Noman M. Cole Jr. Plant, located at 9399 Richmond Highway, Lorton, is the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in Virginia. Nearly half of the 100 million gallons per day of wastewater generated in the county is treated at the plant. It is operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and was designed to treat 67 million gallons of wastewater per day.
The county's Wastewater Management Program maintains approximately 3,300 miles of sanitary sewer lines, 59 permanent sewage flow meters, 10 temporary sewage flow meters,65 pumping stations and 299 sewage grinder pumps in an approved sewer service area that covers nearly 234 square miles. More than 85 percent of the 325,000 households and virtually all businesses in the county are connected to public sewers. New developments or existing homes with septic tanks in the county's approved sanitary sewer service area can connect to public sewers.
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies represents nearly 300 of the nation's public wastewater utilities, which provide service to the majority of the nation. Wastewater treatment officials are professional environmental practitioners dedicated to protecting and improving the nation's public health and its water. Collectively, they treat and reclaim more than 18 billion gallons of wastewater every day.
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Paris Hilton gets trash thrown at her
Paris Hilton is currently in Austria to attend the prestigious Vienna Opera Ball, but when she appeared at the Vienna mall today to sign autographs she had to be pulled away by security guards because the crowd started throwing trash at her. Included in the items thrown were cigarette packs, tissues, and lipstick. Hilton later dismissed the incident as "no big deal" and said she loved her fans. She also ran into trouble in Germany yesterday because her passport had expired, and she needed the U.S. ambassador to Austria to vouch for her.
Taking questions from some 100 reporters earlier, Hilton said she "loved" classical music and that she grew up listening to it. "As a little girl, it really helped me fall asleep at night," she said, adding later that she "really loved" old Michael Jackson songs, Madonna and hip-hop. Hilton said there were "a lot of people who need help" in the world and that she planned to go to Africa sometime this year. "As a celebrity, you can really make people aware of what's going on in the world," she said.
She's attending the Opera Ball and said she enjoys classical music because it's so boring it helps her fall asleep. Nice. And only Paris Hilton could have trash thrown at her and misinterpret that as loving fans. She's in such denial you could push her down and pee on her while yelling: "Take that, you useless whore!" and she'd laugh it off and tell everybody her fans love pulling pranks on her.
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Banks receives Thorpe Award
Johnthan Banks always appreciated that Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen offered an opportunity to a scrawny, 150-pound kid from a small town and a hard-to-find school. He certainly is making the most of it.
Banks was presented the Thorpe Award on Tuesday as college football's best defensive back. He finished last season with four interceptions, running his career total to 16 to tie the school record at Mississippi State.
"This was one of my biggest goals. I never put the Heisman on there. I only put the Thorpe, so it's an honor and a blessing to be the recipient," Banks said.
Banks grew up in tiny Baden, Miss., and said his high school doesn't even show up when plugged in on a GPS device. Still, Mullen made his way there soon after being hired as the Bulldogs' head coach in December 2008. No other team offered Banks a scholarship, but he says he would not have gone anywhere else anyway.
Banks was raised largely by his grandparents, and dealt with the death of his father and then his grandfather while growing up. He says he got discovered playing basketball, and that eventually led to him getting a football scholarship.
"He's a great story of a young man who has every right not to be where he is today but never let anything get in his way," Mullen said. "To accomplish what he's done – whether it be playing from a 1A school to playing in the Southeastern Conference, whether it be getting a college degree or becoming the top (defensive back) in the nation, it's pretty special."
Mullen, who previously was the offensive coordinator at Florida, wasn't sure at first where to play Banks but saw potential in him. He eventually settled on putting him on defense, and Banks started out at free safety before eventually growing into a premier cornerback and the fourth straight Thorpe winner from the Southeastern Conference.
Now, he's training for the next level. The past three Thorpe winners have all been top 10 picks in the NFL draft, and the last eight have gone in the first round.
"It's been hard and stressful. I'm just ready to get out there and show the world what I can do, not that they don't know. But I'm ready to go out there and show the scouts what they want to see," Banks said.
Banks said he hopes in a few months he'll be able to support his grandmother and pay her back for being there for him all these years.
"A lot of people, I think, in the world, when given an opportunity and look how hard a road it's going to be, shy away from that. John's always embraced it. … He just has a tremendous work ethic and a drive to succeed that's made him special," Mullen said.
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Entrepreneurs are known for thinking outside of the box. More and more, they are doing just that when it comes to choosing where to attend graduate school.
YoungEntrepreneur has reported that among people with entrepreneurial goals are increasingly passing up traditional MBA programs for more interdisciplinary and hands-on alternatives. One popular example is Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, whose curriculum emphasizes "design-think" and constantly pushes students to prototype and test out new ideas. At the College of the Atlantic in Maine, all entrepreneurship students must concurrently receive a degree in human ecology, allowing for a focus on sustainable business.
Several universities seem to have noted the increasing popularity of more interdisciplinary and experiential entrepreneurship programs, and they are developing new programs that meet this demand. Philadelphia University recently launched an executive program for strategic design, and this fall, Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Institute College of Art will join to launch a new design leadership program.
Of course, some people perceive downfalls in these emerging programs, arguing that they lack the networking opportunities, longstanding reputations, and some of the core business courses characteristics of prestigious MBA programs. But others believe that these differences are exactly what enable untraditional programs to offer great learning opportunities. As Jay Friedlander, chair of green and socially responsible business at College of the Atlantic, argues, "In traditional business school, nobody ever talks about the impact of business on the world. By looking at things from different perspectives, you're going to see new ways of generating value."


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October 14, 2013
Our Relaxing Sunday Resolution | Pork Tenderloin, Braised Cabbage with Goat Cheese, Bacon Green Beans, Homemade Applesauce & Sticky Toffee Spice Cake
A couple of months ago we made a resolution to make Sundays a real day of rest. Sundays used to be filled with projects, laundry, fresh sheets and cleaning - which used to work, pre-Emma. When it was just Mike, Mr. Darcy and me, getting all of those things done on Sunday used to feel good, then we would curl up on the sofa, have a cozy dinner and watch TV. With Emma, trying to accomplish those things all in one day + have a relaxing dinner, is just crazy.
The original goal was to get everything fresh and clean ready for the week ahead, but instead we were just wearing ourselves out and feeling overwhelmed at the end of the weekend. When we tried, we would take turns playing with Emma while the other ran around trying to be productive, then we switched. We were exhausted at the end of the day, only about half of our projects were half-started (mostly more messes made), and the worst part of all - Emma didn't have much fun either. The old method just wasn't working. It took me a while to realize this... almost 22 months.
I love that the house is clean and ready for the weekend - leaving us with an open agenda to take fun adventures or just lounge around and play.
As a project-aholic, it took me awhile to really get on board and not plan any project for Sunday. It is so tempting to try to get things done that I think will make our house "feel good," but it was really was going against the true goals I have for our family. With Emma in our lives, we've discovered we don't get as much pleasure from completing those projects as we do spending no-stress, relaxing time with her.
Now our Sundays are all about family time. No goals, no agendas, no plans, no projects - just real family time. We take walks, we go to church, we drink lots of coffee and hot cider, we cook, we eat, we lounge and we play. It feels so good.
Our Sunday Family Dinner :
Pork Tenderloin with Homemade Applesauce
Braised Red Cabbage with Goat Cheese
Bacon Braised Green Beans
Mashed Potatoes
Maple Roasted Acorn Squash
Salted Sticky Toffee Caramel Spice Cake with Whipped Cream
I'll be sharing all of these recipes this week - mostly tomorrow and Wednesday, then I have more Halloween treats to share!
I hope you are all rested and ready for the week : )
Right : Emma pre-Church on Sunday morning sporting her new pink cowboy boots.
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This post was such a blessing to me! My husband and I have our first baby on the way, and our routine on Sunday's is the same as your old routine! I have been overwhelmed thinking about how daily life will change and wondering when and how I will get my cleaning and house things accomplished. I am totally going to adapt your new family schedule- Fridays for cleaning and fun errands, Sundays for family time, church and dinner! Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love this post! I have almost 4 year old twin boys and I have still yet to figure out how to have a relaxing weekend. All weekend my husband and I do the "you watch the kids, while I try to get stuff accomplished. I think I am going to try to implement this. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I can't wait for those recipes! And, good for you on enjoying time with your family. Life just needs to slow down sometimes.ReplyDelete
Love this!! My husband and I both have crazy jobs, so it's tempting to just work all the time. I love that you and your family are re-establishing a Sabbath in your home...I miss sundays like that! Definitely something to think about here!ReplyDelete


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HOUSTON - Jurors reached a not guilty verdict Wednesday in the trial of a former Houston police officer who has been accused of beating a teenage burglary suspect.
Andrew Blomberg was found not guilty of misdemeanor oppression. Jurors began deliberations Tuesday after lunch. They reached the verdict Wednesday shortly before 11 a.m.
Blomberg was fired along with three other officers after they were caught on videotape kicking and stomping 15-year-old burglary suspect Chad Holley in May 2010.
Community activist Quanell X was shocked at the verdict.
"Unbelievable. Unbelievable. We never had a chance with an all-white jury. With an all-white jury, this case was gone from the very beginning. This is a disgrace. What happened was a damn shame -- what happened in that courtroom today. It was an absolute disgrace. This is horrible. I can only imagine how Chad and his mother are feeling right now. That says to all of us that the life of a black man in Houston, Texas, Harris County, don't mean a damn thing," Quanell X said. "I think the community has the right to voice their displeasure however they see fit, and whatever the community response is, I believe it's appropriate."
Pastor James White said the all-white jury never considered justice for Chad Holley.
"This is absolutely atrocious," he said. "It is the greatest miscarriage of justice we've ever seen."
"There is no justice," one woman yelled in a hallway at the courthouse. "It's straight racism."
Blomberg's wife cried with relief at the verdict. Her husband faced up to a year in prison if he had been convicted.
Blomberg thanked the jurors and officers who supported him.
"I just want to thank everybody," Blomberg said. "It's been a very long ordeal."
Blomberg said the incident was never racial. He said he has no regrets, but will take a "deep breath" before deciding whether to go back into law enforcement.
"This is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my life," he said.
Prosecutors and the jurors declined to comment on the verdict.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker told KPRC Local 2 that she does not agree with the jury's verdict and Blomberg will not be rehired by HPD. She urged citizens to remain calm.
"I don't trust what the mayor is saying because she never supported a civilian review board with subpoena power. She's never really stood with the community with this case. She threatened me that I would go to jail if I released the videotape, so why should we believe, in our community, that she's a friend of ours? We don't trust that," Quanell X said. "This was a kick to the face. That jury stomped us today the way Blomberg stomped Chad Holley."
READ: NAACP to host protest Thursday
The activist is calling for the community to come to the courthouse at 4 p.m. on Thursday for a demonstration.
"I understand that some will disagree with the verdict, and although no system is perfect, our system of jurisprudence provides appropriate safeguards to protect our freedom," HPD Chief Charles McClelland said in a statement. "I also appreciate the citizens of Houston and trust that they will continue to express themselves in a manner that is respectful of the rights and privileges we all share."
The police chief also said that Blomberg will "never again be a Houston police officer."
"I'm not surprised (at the verdict), considering the jury's belief not that Officer Blomberg is innocent -- all that they're saying is that they had a reasonable doubt. There are three verdict forms in Scotland -- guilty, not guilty and not proven. I suspect that if you talk to the jury, they're probably going to say this was not proven," KPRC Local 2 legal analyst Brian Wice said. "I like to think in the 21st century, in the fourth largest city in the United States, that the people who sat in judgment on this case would have reached the same verdict regardless of race, creed or color."
"Most of the African Americans on the jury panel had already made up their minds," defense attorney Dick Deguerin said.
Holley and his mother were not in the courtroom when the verdict was read.
"I think that it is disappointing to both of them," attorney Ben Hall said. "The verdict exposes a shortcoming in our judicial system when an out-of-control police officer is permitted to escape criminal consequences for his actions."
Hall said he wants the federal justice department to intervene.
"The jury verdict rendered in the first of several of the Holley beating cases is not a promising beginning. The Holley family is asking the United States Justice Department to take over the criminal prosecution of these police officers," Hall said.
Hall said Holley is suing Blomberg, and the other three officers charged in the beating, for damages.
"He still has to face me in a civil case," Hall said. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity."
Holley was expected to talk about the verdict at a news conference on Wednesday evening, but he did not show up.
During closing arguments, a prosecutor told jurors that the case is not about Chad Holley or his character. The prosecutor said, "You must decide whether fired HPD officer Andrew Blomberg mistreated Chad Holley alone or with a party, which he knew was unlawful by striking Holley with his foot. And was it justified?"
The defense said prosecutors did not prove their case and Blomberg was entitled to a not-guilty verdict.
"This is the right thing," Deguerin said. "Andrew Blomberg is truly a hero. He's kind the kind of officer I want protecting me."
The jury was asked to answer the questions, "Did Mr. Blomberg, acting alone or as a party, intentionally subject Chad Holley to mistreatment that he knew was unlawful by striking Chad Holley with his foot? And if he did so, was he reasonable? Was he justified in using that force?"
District Attorney Pat Lykos said she disagreed with the verdict.
"We are prepared to go to trial on the remaining three cases and request the court to set speedy trials," she said.
Former officers Drew Ryser, Phillip Bryan and Raad Hassan are expected to be tried later this year.
"I wish them the best of luck," Blomberg said. "They're all my brothers, and I wish them luck."
"They will never again be Houston police officers," Parker said.
Wednesday night Blomberg was spotted at the 100 Club Banquet, an event In Southwest Houston honoring local police and fire fighters. He looked relaxed as he smiled and laughed with friends. Blomberg was there with his attorney.
"Mr. DeGuerin asked me to come, I accepted and I'm very honored," he said.
Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland and Mayor Annise Parker made it very clear on Wednesday that Blomberg will never work as an officer in Houston again.
Blomberg told KPRC Local 2 he'd like to work as an officer somewhere one day.
"I think so. I love the job, that's all I can say right now. I loved it." Blomberg said.
Blomberg also addressed the accusations that this incident and the verdict were racially motivated.
"It wasn't," he said. "We were chasing a burglary suspect that was running from us, that was it."
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Bridge Club, 8:45 to 11:45 a.m., Guernsey County Senior Center, Cambridge. For more information call 439-6681.
Lift for Life, 4 p.m., Community HealthLink. For information call, 439-8187.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., St. Johns Episcopal Church, 1025 Steubenville Ave., Cambridge.
Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m., open text book discussion, Addison Room at Southeastern Med.
Cambridge Area Family Al-Anon Group, 7:45 p.m., The Salvation Army, Dewey Avenue, Cambridge.
Haven of Hope victims support group, 6-8 p.m., 1109 Steubenville Ave., Cambridge. For information call 439-7233.
Grocery bingo, 1 p.m., Secrest Center, Senecaville.
Guernsey County commissioners, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., commissioners office, Cambridge.
Circle of Angels, 6 p.m., United Methodist Church, Quaker City.
Cambridge Rotary Club, noon, Eagles Aerie, 1930 E. Wheeling Ave., Cambridge.
Boy Scout Troop 526, 7 p.m., Knights of Columbus, Cambridge.
Free blood pressure checks, 9:30-11 a.m., Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center, Carlisle Avenue, Cambridge. For information call 439-6681.
Tai Chi (ancient form of self-defense), 10:30-11:30 a.m., Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center, Carlisle Avenue, Cambridge. Class is designed to improve balance, muscle tone, and increase energy. Cost is $15 for six weeks. For information or to register, call the Southeastern Med VIP office, 439-8187.
30/30 Combo, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Cambridge YMCA. Half-hour of cardio and half-hour of weight training. Free to members; $2 per class for non-members.
Active Older Adult Aerobics, 9:45 to 10:30 a.m., Cambridge YMCA. Low aerobics for ages 55 and older. Free to members; $2 per class for non-members.
Cycle Reebok, 5:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Cambridge YMCA. Cost is $1 for members; $5 for non-members. Class size is limited to five. To register, call 432-6318.
Curley Qs Western Square Dance lessons, 7 to 9 p.m., Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center. Former or present individuals dancing western type is welcome. For information, call Dave Bell, president of the club, 439-4364.
Cardio Endurance, 5 to 6 p.m., Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center. Instructor is Carol Geib. For information call 439-8187.
Begin to Spin, 6:30-7 a.m., Cambridge YMCA. Learn the basics of indoor cycling. Class size is limited to five. Cost is $1 for members; $5 for non-members. To register, call 432-6318.
PACE (People With Arthritis Can Exercise), 9:55-10:30 a.m., Cambridge YMCA. Chair exercise for ages 55 and older or those suffering from arthritic problems. Free to members; $3 per class for non-members.
Beginning Kickboxing, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Cambridge YMCA. Free to members; $3 for non-members.
Open recreation, 6-9 p.m.; Tutoring, 6:30-8:30 p.m., S.A.L.T. Factory. For information call 432-1973.
Alpha Pi Sigma sorority Pi chapter, 7 p.m., Byesville Community Building.
Blood pressure screenings, 9:30-11 a.m., Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center, Carlisle Avenue, Cambridge. For information call 439-8156.
Military Order of Cooties, 7:30 p.m., VFW post home, Cambridge.
Cambridge Township trustees, 6 p.m., Cambridge Township Garage, located at Cambridge Developmental Center, 66737 Old Twenty-One Road, Cambridge.
Womens Auxiliary to M.O.C.A., 7:30 p.m., VFW 2901 Post Home.
Bingo, 6:30 p.m., Community Center, Noble County Fairgrounds, Caldwell.
Free college seekers seminar on strategies for college selection and survival, 7-8 pm, Holiday Inn, Zanesville. Seating limited to 100. For information, call Steve Hoagland, Reviewing Education Alternatives Purposefully,(330) 874-1321.
Friendship VII Chapter of Sweet Adelines International chorus practice, 7 p.m., College Drive Presbyterian Church, New Concord. Guests and new members welcome. For information contact Ruth Wymer, 826-4208.
Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Campus Center Room 480-B, Ohio University-Zanesville/MATC Campus, Zanesville.
Support Buddies, 6-8 p.m., community ambulance meeting room, 952 Linden Ave., Zanesville. Support group for breast cancer victims. For information call (800) 458-8853.
Belmont County commissioners, 9:30 a.m., commissioners office, St. Clairsville.
West Lafayette Rotary Club, 6:15 p.m., American Legion.
I Help You Club, 11 a.m., Freeport Presbyterian Church.
Four Seasons Garden Club, 7 p.m., Freeport-area location TBA.


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HOUSTON - Local 2 jumped into the food frenzy to separate pink slime fact from fiction in March. Now we're talking chicken and a practice the poultry industry has used since the 1960s to salvage tiny pieces of meat stuck to the frames of chickens.
If you check the label of some of your favorite foods like hot dogs, bologna and a lot of processed deli meats, you'll notice the term "mechanically separated chicken." Still, we couldn't find many consumers who knew what it was.
Texas A&M Associate Professor Dr. Christine Alvarado let KPRC Local 2 into the university's Poultry Science Center to explain the process.
"It's been around for a long time," she said. "It's a really efficient system and it does add a lot of meat supply into a lot of products that we use now."
Alvarado explained that processing plants remove the best cuts of meat from chicken carcasses first, the breasts, the legs and thighs. There is still a lot of meat left on the frames that the plants couldn't retrieve with a knife. To get to that meat, plants put the whole carcass into a machine that grinds it all up. Then the mixture is poured or pushed through a sieve to separate the bigger bits of bone from the meat. The end product is mechanically separated chicken.
"It's high-quality protein," said Alvarado. "It may not be in a form of a whole breast muscle that we're used to seeing, like parts in a grocery store, but it is just mainly white meat protein."
Sarah Klein, a nutrition consumer advocate with the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said it is mostly meat, but not completely.
"I think it is fair to say that there is pulverized bone, pulverized sinew, tendon, perhaps artery that finds its way into the finished product."
The United States Department of Agriculture's own regulations allow up to one percent of mechanically separated chicken to be bits of bone up to two millimeters in size and less than a quarter of one percent to be calcium content or ground bone.
"If a consumer wouldn't eat this on their plate as part of a meal, should we really be including it in their food as a hidden ingredient?" asked Klein.
Unlike lean, finely textured beef, also known as "pink slime," mechanically separated chicken does have to be included in any products list of ingredients.
Despite what many consumers think, it is not used in McDonald's chicken nuggets.
KPRC Local 2 also didn't find it listed as an ingredient in any nuggets it found at local grocery stores. KPRC Local 2 found it on the labels of bologna, salami and hot dogs.
Klein said the labeling requirements do no good when the products are served in schools and hospitals where customers rarely see a label.
"That's the important thing is that consumers need to be able to weigh in on these processes and not just have them done by the food industry and have them hidden under the rug," said Klein.
People might be thinking that nuggets formed into the shape of dinosaurs or crowns must be made with mechanically separated chicken because those shapes don't exist in nature, but some manufacturers mince chicken meat so that they can form it into nuggets or other shapes kids will like. The best way to know if mechanically separated chicken is in a product is to read the label.
The beef industry used to produce mechanically separated beef with cow carcasses, but the USDA banned the process for beef in 2004 because it worried that spinal tissue that carries mad cow disease could get mixed into the meat.
Mechanically separated poultry and pork are still allowed. The USDA said they are perfectly safe.
To read more about what the National Chicken Council has to say about mechanically separated chicken, visit its website.
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