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Tell Us: Have You Ever Had a Dinner Party Disaster?
We're talking about dinner parties this week – dream parties, etiquette, inspiring menus – but sometimes, behind all that good stuff, there lurks the fear, or perhaps the memory, of a dinner party gone wrong. So, in the spirit of fun, confession, and perhaps learning from each others' mistakes (and triumphs!), we're curious: have you ever had a dinner party disaster?
Fortunately, I don't have too many dinner party disasters in my history, but I'll never forget the horrifying moment when I spilled all of my carefully crafted, freshly (and time-consumingly) shelled fava bean ravioli on the kitchen floor. We called for pizza. Another one of my favorite stories is my boyfriend's and involves the time his German Shepherd stole an entire batch of mandoo (Korean dumplings) off the kitchen counter. (What is it about dumplings?!)
A curve ball such as an inedible dish, a baking disaster, or a Debbie Downer guest can threaten to ruin your evening – but only if you let it. More often than not, disasters turn into funny stories later on. And besides, guests don't expect the perfect; they're there to enjoy your company.
So, tell us: have you ever experienced a dinner party disaster (or potential disaster)? How did you handle it?
Related: Rescue Me! How to Save Dinner from Burning
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Dinners have been later than planned on more than one occasion (timing is always an issue, especially with only one oven!), but the guests never seemed to mind, thankfully. And there was at least one dinner where I forgot to serve a side dish or salad. But I'm happy to report, no major disasters that ruined the whole evening.
And considering that I used dinner parties as a reason to try a new recipe, I'm going to consider myself even luckier!
i was going to make the velveeta/rotel dip but was on a health kick and thought i'd use healthier cheese instead. the cheese never melted and to this day, my friend asks me about my "watery cheese soup." ...not my finest moment ;)
Kate a' la http://southernbellesimple.blogspot.com
Hmm, we've had main dishes that managed to turn out not-as-wonderful as they were when we made them for ourselves, but that wasn't the end of the world, I guess. We made up for it with an amazing dessert!
I regularly invite people over for dinner or big, late lunches on the weekends. I always serve dishes I've made at least once before. The only disaster was when too many people RSVPed yes to my tiny Manhattan apartment. Nobody said no and usually I have about a 65% yes rate! I had to call people who hadn't responded yet and explain the situation. One close friend graciously said she couldn't make it after all when she heard about my plight. Luckily, the uninvitees were very understanding and one of them ended up my boyfriend and we're still together more than a year later.
We have a semi-regular Sunday Supper with a rotating cast of friends and family, and my husband almost always tries a new main course recipe out on them (I am a not a meat eater so I seldom test the product!). He has over-brined chicken and had similar small crisis, but no one EVER complains. A very full menu and lots of wine keep guests of all types happy - most are just grateful that we're doing the cooking!
I think my worst was when I invited a bunch of people over for a backyard bbq... then got so drunk I had to have someone else cook, and on top of that I couldn't find any of the extra food that I had bought so someone else had to go to the store. Horrible!
I decided to make a dinner of swedish meatballs for my in-laws one night - to take them back in time to kitchy entertianing food from their day. I was so flustered cooking for them that I didn't notice that my panko breadcrumbs had gone bad (they smelled like plastic) until I had all ready incorperated them. I continued on thinking somehow it would work out - then I bit into one and realized I would not be able to serve them to someone with working tastebuds.
All I can think of is Bridget Jones' blue soup
i had my boss and his wife and HIS boss and his wife over for dinner... my husband got called to work (hes on call all the time) so i was on my own to entertain. I made a roast chicken and i guess my oven didnt cook as fast as most (i didnt know this as we had just moved into a new house) so when my boss carved the chicken it was raw inside... we had to pick apart the cooked pieces and had mostly sides for dinner. the sides were fabulous if i do say so myself tho!
oh, i also had my husbands childhood friends over for a reunion once, there were about 30 of us there so i asked everyone to bring the sides and i thought i would cook a turkey (since it was so close to thanksgiving) again, ended up eating the sides for dinner as i cooked a 25 lb turkey and it took about 4 hours longer than i read that it would... i guess poultry isnt my thing.
There was that one time when the chicken NEVER cooked - after hours and hours and hours in the oven. I think the oven might've been broken or at least not functioning well.
And then there was the other time when the zucchini pancakes stuck to everything except each other AND ALSO the pork shoulder was extremely fatty and chewy and gross. It was the first time we'd entertained in our new apartment and both of us neared complete melt-down as we got in each other's way trying to save the dinner.
And then there was the time we were going to braise a pork shoulder for Thanksgiving, but realized when it was time to start cooking that our cast iron wasn't seasoned. Fortunately that time we were only cooking for 4, and we all just went out for dinner and had Thanksgiving the next day.
All of these explain why I preface many a dinner with "if it sucks, we'll order a pizza."
I used to always apologize for the meals I served guests. My husband finally asked me to stop apologizing when people came over. I ruined (e.g. burned) at least three elements of the next dinner, but I didn't say a word about it. He was mortified, and it wasn't easy for me, but it was good training for me, a perfectionist who thought I needed to apologize all the time!
Renai Marie... that is awesome.
My disaster is having people over for "Thanksgiving dessert"... so friends could do their family thing than come over later to our place. Any way, I made a few pies but every one of them was too full - so their middles dripped over to the bottom of the oven. End result - our place smelled like burning and the pies looked pitiful. Still tasted good though.
Even those who burn or oversalt or end up with less-than-perfect pies... PLEASE keep inviting us (the non-cookers!) over for dinner.
It will still probably be the best dinner we've had all week. :)
I am reminded, though, of one of the RARE instances of non-family dinner guests in our family home growing up, where, in a rain of sparks, the overhead light fixture plummeted squarely into a large bowl of mashed potatoes.
You remind me a bit of my Mom. She puts tremendous pressure on herself (especially at holidays) and she constantly apologizes and frets when every plate or bowl hits the table. ("Is it hot enough???" is my absolute favorite.)
She is never right, of course, since she has pretty much perfected those menus in her (insert a long timespan here) years of pie-crust rolling and turkey-roasting.
Stop worrying! We are delighted to be invited!
My last dinner (well, lunch, really) party was awful. I was making French Onion soup for the first time, even ran out and bought those cute handled bowls for it, and trusted Alton Brown to see me through. Well, something isn't right with that recipe because even with SIX POUNDS of onions (double what was supposed to be in it) it was horribly, horribly vinegary. I was mortified but my hungry guests took it in stride and we had bread and cheese and cake for our very delayed lunch. They all found it pretty funny but I'm still irked about it.
I really do need to learn not to test new recipes on guests.
One hot, summer Sunday afternoon I was hanging out at the homestead in hubby's old worn out boxers and a wife beater and the phone rang. I answered it, and the caller was my hub's best friend's wife, who said that she was very sorry that they were running late, but they would be there in about five minutes.
I told her not to worry about it- that we were looking forward to seeing them. Once I got off the phone, I gave the hubs a quick WTF, to which he responded that he had forgotten to mention that he had invited them for dinner.
Anyway, I scrambled around very quickly to pull together an appetizer platter, a salad, thaw some meat, and swap the tattered boxers and wife beater for a sundress before they arrived.
The four of us had a lovely dinner, until it came time to serve dessert, and I had to admit I had nothing to offer. There was a moment of awkward silence before I decided to simply tell them what had happened.
Dinner didn't turn out to be a disaster, though, and since then hub's best friend's wife always calls to double check that I am actually aware of any plans that the four of us might have. And I got brownie points for being such a good sport about the surprise dinner party. ;)
I had a new friend over for dinner once and was trying out a baked fish recipe when the pyrex dish containing the fish shattered in the oven. The food was ruined, the oven was a mess, the house was stinky . . . but we managed to scrounge together something to eat and had a good time anyway!
I made a party snack mix last new years. It seemed fine except I hadnt tasted the sesame sticks and the were rancid! the whole bowl sat there barely touched all night. So embarrassing. The same night my aioli broke.
However, everyone had fun. They all said that the aioli tasted fine anyway.
I was making a jambalaya for my then boyfriend (now husband) in an effort to impress him with my amazing culinary skills. I melted a rubber spatula in to the roux while drinking wine and flirting - all secure and confident! Whoops! To this day, I can't order or make jambalaya without a "hmm, do you taste something different? Could it be ... plastic?"
For Christmas Eve this year we had lots of people coming over. Until the ice/snow storm hit. I had been cooking for days and had enough food for 30 (I also always cook too much) and ended up with about 10. We ate leftovers until they went bad. We didn't even have room in the fridge for half the stuff. It was really sad.
Fajitas. Bloody and Cold. Never Again.
for thanksgiving with the in-laws, i was in charge of dessert. i baked the night before.
the pumpkin cupcakes came out fine, as did the coffeecake for thanksgiving breakfast. i made four pumpkin pies, each more disastrous than the previous. i was up until 2:00 am, the apt smelled like burning, dying sugar and i was out of cream, pumpkin and patience. i decided to give it one last try (apple pie instead), and luckily it worked out.
sadly, i was exhausted, slept through most of thanksgiving day (my in-laws are very, very forgiving) and my husband woke me up for dinner.
Kitty, it refers to those thin, tight, ribbed white tank tops that are now pretty ubiquitous. I've become inured to the term, but there certainly are unpleasant connotations conjured up for some!
a "muscle shirt"
When I was 11 my mom agreed to let me show off for a few of my friends by making the one dish I knew how to make: spaghetti with tomato sauce.
It was all going fine, except I couldn't figure out why the sauce kept on tasting like raw tomatoes. I eventually realized that I had never turned the heat on under the tomato sauce, but by then the pasta had cooked and I figured I would just serve it anyway.
Thankfully my friends were as clueless as food as I was and ate it up without any complaints. Now I always check that the stove is on!
We were living in a townhouse identical to all the other ones on the street. One of our friends was a bit late for our party. He called and said he was next to a fire hydrant, but couldn't remember our address. One of the other guests answered and told him "That's the one! Come on in! We're all here."
Well, he did enter the door, but it turned out, there were TWO fire hydrants on our street, and he was at the wrong one. When he opened the door, there was a rather inhospitable Rottweiler on the other side.
When he finally found our house, he strolled in bare-chested with his arm wrapped in a bloody shirt. We spent the rest of the party in the waiting room at the ER. 50-something stitches later, it was probably the most memorable dinner party ever, though not for the food :)
One New Year's Eve I was hosting not just a dinner party, but my first dinner party when my brilliant apartment complex decided to shut off all of the water in the afternoon for some basic maintenance. Somehow things went wrong and they weren't able to get it turned back on until late in the night. I had a half prepared meal and the world's messiest kitchen - dirty pots, pans, dishes were everywhere! I ended up serving the first courses I managed to prepare and bought BBQ from across the street for the rest. At least we all got a good laugh from it.
@Cojo--that's terrible!
I had sort of an opposite problem once... my dog got loose one night and ended up crashing a neighbor's party. He must have slipped in the door when other (human) guests were walking in. He's very social, obviously.
Luckily, the neighbors recognized my dog and brought him back.
My boyfriend and I invited three friends over for dinner one summer at our tiny DC apartment. I was just out of college and pretty rusty about cooking, but we had a Rachael Ray cookbook and the stuff we'd picked out- bruschetta, pasta with vodka cream sauce- didn't look too difficult, even though we'd never made the recipes before.
The cookbook said to "keep an eye on" the bruschetta toast in the broiler, which I took to mean "check it every 5 minutes or so," which is why I was pulling FLAMING toast from the oven at the exact moment our guests arrived. We closed the door from the kitchen to the living room to try to contain the smoke, but the AC unit was in the living room, which left me in a sweltering kitchen trying to finish the pasta and salvage the bruschetta.
So in the end, I was drenched in sweat for our smoky-scented dinner; the vodka sauce turned out definitely weird; and we ate the bruschetta topping on the only bread product left in our place after I'd torched the baguette- frozen bagels.
I had the kitchen sink back up about an hour before a dinner party. The guests arrived to find the RotoRooter truck in the driveway and I finished cooking and serving dinner, stepping over the portion of the Rooter Man that was sticking out from under my sink. The guests were good sports and the food was fine. I think I had a little more gin than usual though.
Oh yes: http://www.adinnerparty.net/2008/09/sparkling-ginger-cocktails-assorted.html
@KittyAtlanta- My apologies are offered. I certainly had no intention of conjuring unpleasantness. For the future, I will remember to say "tank top" instead.
In December 2008 I was living with my then fiance now husband in Cairo as he is a student here. We were moving out of our apartment at the end of the week, I was going back to the states to finish my degree before we got married and he had to find a new apartment after he returned to Cairo after the holidays. He decided to invite people over for a taco night and even though I thought it was not the best idea to invite people over right before we had to move I wanted to spend some time with the people I would not see for the next 8 moths while I was in the states. So we spent several days cleaning the apartment and moved the furniture around and hours and hours chopping up tomatoes, onions, lettuce, cheese, ect for the 10 or so people coming for the taco night. The appointed hour of the party came and went and no one showed up. Finally we started making calls to see where people were and they had all decided not to come or had had something come up and were not going to make it. This was also my first dinner party. I was not happy to say the least. Also since we were moving most of the food went to waste.
Some family friends asked if I would help make gnocchi for a dinner with our families. I had studied in Italy for 4 months and attended a cooking class where we made gnocchi, so I felt pretty confident. It was so simple when we made it with the teacher...but our potato dumplings were not cooking quite right in the water. We ended up having gnocchi lumpy mashed potatoes instead. Still tasted good, though!
A camel once spit on me a few hours before an extremely posh dinner party. No amount of showering could get rid of the smell and all evening people kept sniffing and giving me odd looks.
I was having our first party after we got married, and my husband helped me plan all the food to serve. I made enough for about 20 people, which took a considerable amount of time and effort, but only 2 people showed up because of the sudden change in weather. They hardly touched any of it. :/


text: content May 9, 2000 National Academy of Sciences References 81. Cor Vasa 1992;34(3):246-54Plasma lipids, lipoproteins and atherogenic index in men and women administered vitamin c.Cerna O, Ramacsay L, Ginter EResearch Institute of Human Nutrition, Comenius University College of Physical Education, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. The aim of the study was to establish whether it is possible, in a group of deliberately selected subjects with hyperlipidaemia, to modulate cholesterol levels by ascorbic acid administered at a dose of 500 mg/day. The authors assessed the levels of vitamin c, total and HDL cholesterol, triacylglycerols in the blood serum of 140 probands assigned to an 83-member experimental group, and to a 57-member control group. The experimental group was provided Celaskon effervescens Spofa at a dose of 500 mg/day/person. The experiment lasted for 18 months. Blood collections were made in the whole cohort at six-month intervals.Administration of L-ascorbic acid led to a highly significant decrease in the levels of total and LDL cholesterol. After 12 months of study, a highly significant decrease in atherogenic index and an increase in HDL cholesterol levels were found persisting until the end of the experiment. 82. Bratisl Lek Listy 1991 Mar-Apr;92(3-4):174-83Protective effect of alpha-tocopherol and L-ascorbic acid against theischemic-reperfusion injury in patients during open-heart surgery.Barta E, Pechan I, Cornak V, Luknarova O, Rendekova V, Verchovodko PInstitute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Medical Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava, CSFR. The purpose of the investigation was: 1. to examine the effect ofcardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on the generation of cytotoxic oxygen-derived radicals and 2. to determine if the pretreatment of patients with vitamins E and C will combat generation of such radicals. Twenty patients undergoing CPB for treatment of cardiac disease were entered into the study and randomized to one of two groups. Group 1 (n = 9) served as control. Group 2 (n = 11) consisted of patients pretreated with 2000 IU of vitamin E 12 h prior to surgical intervention and 2 g of vitamin c given in the morning on the day of operation. Blood samples from arterial and mixed venous blood for analysis were obtained at the following intervals: 1. before anesthesia, 2. before sternotomy, 3. at the start of CPB, 4. at the end of CPB, 5. at the time of skin closure, 6. in the morning of the following day. Blood specimens from the coronary sinus were withdrawn A--before aortic cross-clamping, B--immediately after aortic declamping, C--in the 5th min, and D--in the 15th min of reperfusion. The concentration of inorganic phosphate as well as of uric acid was significantly higher in the control group what might indicate that vitamins E and C attenuate the degradation of adenine nucleotides. The most important difference between treated and control groups was observed in plasma concentration of malondialdehyde--a marker of lipid peroxidation--which was significantly lower in pretreated patients. A similar pattern of changes was found in the level of the lysosomal enzyme N-acetyl-glucosaminidase. Finally, pretreatment with vitamins E and C inhibited the decrease of catalase, observed in controls. 83. Am J Clin Nutr 1991 May;53(5):1222-9Effects of antioxidant supplementation on platelet function: a randomized pair-matched, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial in men with low antioxidant status.Salonen JT, Salonen R, Seppanen K, Rinta-Kiikka S, Kuukka M, Korpela H, Alfthan G, Kantola M, Schalch W Department of Community Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Finland. We investigated the effect on platelet function of supplementing men with low antioxidant status with 600 mg Ascorbic acid, 300 mg alpha-tocopherol, 27 mg beta-carotene, and 75 micrograms selenium in yeast daily. Eighty men were randomly assigned in pairs (matched for smoking, baseline antioxidant status, and time and day of entry) by use of a double-blind design to receive supplement or placebo for 5 mo. Compared with 39 control subjects, 39 antioxidant-supplemented men experienced the following net reductions during the double-blind period: 20% (P = 0.012) in serum lipid peroxides, 24% (P = 0.035) in ADP-induced platelet aggregation, 42% (P = 0.040) in the rate of ATP release during aggregation, 51% (P = 0.018) in serum (platelet-produced) thromboxane B2, and 29% (P = 0.024) in plasma beta-thromboglobulin concentration. The data support our hypothesis that antioxidant supplementation of men with low antioxidant status and high fat intake reduces lipid peroxidation, the capacity of platelets to aggregate and to produce thromboxane A2, and in vivo platelet activation. 84. Prev Med 1997 May-Jun;26(3):277-83Vitamin c intake and cardiovascular disease risk factors in persons with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. From the Insulin Resistanc Atherosclerosis Study and the San Luis Valley Diabetes Study.Mayer-Davis EJ, Monaco JH, Marshall JA, Rushing J, JuhaeriDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, WakeForest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1063, firstname.lastname@example.com BACKGROUND: Persons with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, partly due to concomitant worsening of traditional risk factors including dyslipidemia and hypertension. Based on evidence from small, controlled clinical trials, we hypothesized that increased intake of vitamin c would be associated with improved cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor status among community-dwelling persons with NIDDM. METHODS:In separate but parallel statistical analyses, hypotheses were evaluated among persons with NIDDM confirmed by WHO criteria from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS, n = 520) and from the San Luis Valley Diabetes Study (SLVDS, n = 422). For IRAS, diet and vitamin supplement use was assessed by food frequency interview and for SLVDS, by 24-hr dietary recall interview. RESULTS: Mean vitamin c intake (mg/day) was 275 for IRAS and 133 for SLVDS, including supplements. In cross-sectional regression models from each data set, vitamin c intake was not associated with systolic or diastolic blood pressure nor with HDL-C, LDL-C, or triglycerides (P values > 0.10; adjusted for calories, demographic and lifestyle variables, obesity, diabetes duration, and medications). In prospective analyses including 285 SLVDS participants, baseline vitamin c intake was not related to any of these CVD risk factors measured an average of 4 years later nor to change in CVD risk factor status during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that, across a wide range of intake, vitamin c does not appear to be associated with improved CVD risk factor status among community-dwelling persons with diabetes. 85. Pharmacotherapy 1995 Jul-Aug;15(4):458-64The effect of high-dose ascorbate supplementation on plasma lipoprotein(a) levels in patients with premature coronary heart disease.Bostom AG, Hume AL, Eaton CB, Laurino JP, Yanek LR, Regan MS, McQuade WH, Craig WY, Perrone G, Jacques PFDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA. STUDY OBJECTIVE. To determine the efficacy of high-dose ascorbatesupplementation in lowering lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels in patients with premature coronary heart disease (CHD). DESIGN. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING. Outpatient clinic. PATIENTS. Forty-four patients with documented premature CHD, defined as confirmed myocardial infarction and/or angiographically determined stenosis of 50% or greater in at least one major coronary artery before age 60 years. INTERVENTIONS. Patients were block randomized on the basis of age, gender, and screening Lp(a) concentrations to receive ascorbate 4.5 g/day or placebo for 12 weeks. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS. High-dose ascorbate was well tolerated and produced a marked elevation in mean plasma ascorbate levels (+1.2 mg/dl; p < 0.001). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed no significant effect ofsupplementation on postintervention Lp(a) levels (p = 0.39) in a model that included treatment group assignment, and baseline Lp(a) levels. CONCLUSIONS. Our findings do not support a clinically important lowering effect of high-dose ascorbate on plasma Lp(a) in patients with premature CHD. 86. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 May;113(5):942-8Effect of preoperative supplementation with alpha-tocopherol and ascorbic acid on myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac operations.Westhuyzen J, Cochrane AD, Tesar PJ, Mau T, Cross DB, Frenneaux MP, Khafagi FA,Fleming SJDepartment of Cardiology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia. Augmentation of antioxidant defenses may help protect tissues againstischemia-reperfusion injury associated with operations involving cardiopulmonary bypass. In this study we examined the effect of pretreating patients with alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) and ascorbic acid (vitamin c) or placebo on injury to the myocardium. Seventy-six subjects undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting participated in a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial, receiving either placebo or both 750 IU dl-alpha-tocopherol per day for 7 to 10 days and 1 gm ascorbic acid 12 hours before the operation. Plasma alpha-tocopherol concentrations, raised fourfold by supplementation, fell by 70% after the operation in the supplemented group and to negligible levels in the placebo group. There were no significant differences between the groups with respect to release of creatine kinase MB isoenzyme over 72 hours, nor in the reduction of the myocardial perfusion defect determined by thallium 201 uptake. Electrocardiography provided no evidence of a benefit from antioxidant supplementation. Thus the supplementation regimen prevented the depletion of the primary lipid soluble antioxidant in plasma, but provided no measurable reduction in myocardial injury after the operation 87. Arch Surg 2000 Mar;135(3):326-31Reduction of resuscitation fluid volumes in severely burned patients using ascorbic acid administration: a randomized, prospective study.Tanaka H, Matsuda T, Miyagantani Y, Yukioka T, Matsuda H, Shimazaki SDepartment of Traumatology, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan. firstname.lastname@example.com HYPOTHESIS: High-dose ascorbic acid (vitamin C) therapy (66 mg/kg per hour) attenuates postburn lipid peroxidation, resuscitation fluid volume requirements, and edema generation in severely burned patients. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A prospective, randomized study at a university trauma and critical care center in Japan. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Thirty-seven patients with burns over more than 30% of their total body surface area (TBSA) hospitalized within 2 hours after injury were randomly divided into ascorbic acid and control groups. Fluid resuscitation was performed using Ringer lactate solution to maintain stable hemodynamic measurements and adequate urine output (0.5-1.0 ml/kg per hour). In the ascorbic acid group (n = 19; mean burn size, 63% +/- 26% TBSA; mean burn index, 57 +/- 26; inhalation injury, 15/ 19), ascorbic acid was infused during the initial 24-hour study period. In the control group (n = 18; mean burn size, 53% +/- 17% TBSA; mean burn index, 47 +/- 13; inhalation injury, 12/18), no ascorbic acid was infused. We compared hemodynamic and respiratory measurements, lipid peroxidation, and fluid balance for 96 hours after injury. Two-way analysis of variance and Tukey test were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Heart rate, mean arterial pressure, central venous pressure, arterial pH, base deficit, and urine outputs were equivalent in both groups. The 24-hour total fluid infusion volumes in the control and ascorbic acid groups were 5.5 +/- 3.1 and 3.0 +/- 1.7 mL/kg per percentage of burn area, respectively (P<.01). In the first 24 hours, the ascorbic acid group gained 9.2% +/- 8.2% of pretreatment weight; controls, 17.8% +/- 6.9%. Burned tissue water content was 6.1 +/- 1.8 vs 2.6 +/- 1.7 mL/g of dry weight in the control and ascorbic acid groups, respectively (P<.01). Fluid retention in the second 24 hours was also significantly reduced in the ascorbic acid group. In the control group, the ratio of PaO2 to fraction of inspired oxygen at 18, 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours after injury was less than that of the ascorbic acid group (P<.01). The length of mechanical ventilation in the control and ascorbic acid groups was 21.3 +/- 15.6 and 12.1 +/- 8.8 days, respectively (P<.05). Serum malondialdehyde levels were lower in the ascorbic acid group at 18, 24, and 36 hours after injury (P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: Adjuvant administration of high-dose ascorbic acid during the first 24 hours after thermal injury significantly reduces resuscitation fluid volume requirements, body weight gain, and wound edema. A reduction in the severity of respiratory dysfunction was also apparent in these patients. 88. Surg Neurol 2000 Feb;53(2):110-7; discussion 117-8Cisternal irrigation therapy with urokinase and ascorbic acid for prevention of vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Outcome in 217 patients.Kodama N, Sasaki T, Kawakami M, Sato M, Asari JDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fukushima Medical School, Japan. BACKGROUND: Cisternal irrigation therapy with urokinase and ascorbic acid was introduced to prevent symptomatic vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). To dissolve and wash out the subarachnoid clot, cisternal irrigation with urokinase is used. Ascorbic acid is added to degenerate oxy-hemoglobin, one of the strongest spasmogenic substances, into verdohemelike products, which are nonspasmogenic. The efficacy and safety of this therapy were evaluated. METHODS: This therapy was performed consecutively in 217 patients. The degree of SAH of the patients was classified as Fisher CT Group 3, and the highest CT number (Hounsfield number) exceeded 60 in the SAH, which suggested a significant risk for symptomatic vasospasm. All patients underwent surgery within 72 hours from the onset of SAH. After clipping the aneurysm, irrigation tubes were placed in the Sylvian fissure (inlet) unilaterally or bilaterally and in the prepontine or chiasmal cistern (outlet). Lactated Ringer's solution with urokinase (120 IU/mL) and ascorbic acid (4 mg/mL) was infused at a rate of 30 mL/hour/side for approximately 10 days. RESULTS: Of the 217 patients studied, symptomatic vasospasm was observed in 6 cases (2.8%), and two of these six cases (0.9%) demonstrated sequelae. The average total blood volume calculated from the drainage fluid was approximately 114 mL. Analysis of the absorption spectrum of the drainage fluid revealed disappearance of the oxy-hemoglobin-specific 576-nm peak. Complications occurred in eight patients during irrigation therapy; two patients experienced seizures, two patients developed meningitis, and four patients had an intracranial hemorrhage. However, all of these patients recovered without neurological deficits. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that cisternal irrigation therapy with urokinase and ascorbic acid is effective in preventing symptomatic vasospasm after aneurysmal SAH. 89. Altern Med Rev 2000 Feb;5(1):28-38Male infertility: nutritional and environmental considerations.Sinclair SGreen Valley Health, Hagerstown, MD 21742, USA. Studies confirm that male sperm counts are declining, and environmental factors, such as pesticides, exogenous estrogens, and heavy metals may negatively impact spermatogenesis. A number of nutritional therapies have been shown to improve sperm counts and sperm motility, including carnitine, arginine, zinc, selenium, and vitamin B-12. Numerous antioxidants have also proven beneficial in treating male infertility, such as vitamin C, vitamin E, glutathione, and coenzyme Q10. Acupuncture, as well as specific botanical medicines, have been documented in several studies as having a positive effect on sperm parameters. A multi-faceted therapeutic approach to improving male fertility involves identifying harmful environmental and occupational risk factors, while correcting underlying nutritional imbalances to encourage optimal sperm production and function. (The following are excepts from this study:)"Studies have shown the concentration of ascorbic acid in seminal plasma directly reflects dietary intake, and lower levels of vitamin C may lead to infertility and increased damage to the sperm's genetic material.36 Fraga et al demonstrated this by reducing ascorbic acid intake in healthy men from 250 mg to 5 mg per day. Seminal plasma levels of vitamin C decreased by 50 percent, with a concomitant 91-percent increase in sperm with DNA damage.37Cigarette smoking has been documented as having deleterious effects on sperm quality. In a University of Texas study on vitamin C and sperm quality in heavy smokers, 75 men were divided into three supplementation groups; one was given placebo, the other groups received 200 mg or 1000 mg ascorbic acid. While the placebo group showed no improvement, the ascorbic acid groups showed significant improvement in sperm quality, with the greatest improvement occurring in the 1000 mg group.38In perhaps one of the best studies on vitamin C and male infertility, 30 infertile but otherwise healthy men were given a placebo, 200 mg, or 1000 mg vitamin C daily. After one week, the group receiving 1000 mg/day had a 140-percent increase in sperm count, while there was no change in the placebo group. The 200 mg/day group had a 112-percent increase in sperm count, while both groups demonstrated significant reductions in the number of agglutinated sperm. Most importantly, by the end of the 60-day study every participant in the vitamin C group had impregnated their partner, while no pregnancies occurred in the placebo group" 90. Br J Ophthalmol 1999 Nov;83(11):1277-82Oral vitamins C and E as additional treatment in patients with acute anterior uveitis: a randomised double masked study in 145 patients.van Rooij J, Schwartzenberg SG, Mulder PG, Baarsma SGEye Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands. AIM: To investigate the effect of additional oral vitamins C and E on acute anterior uveitis. METHODS: A placebo controlled double masked study on the effect of vitamin C 500 mg in combination with vitamin E 100 mg twice daily in 145 patients with acute anterior uveitis. As a primary end point variable, laser cell/flare measurements were performed. Best corrected and stenopeic visual acuity (VA) testing and clinical variable scores were measured. RESULTS: Laser flare measurements (ph/s) before treatment were 207.1 (SD 258) in the vitamin group and 143.6 (156) in the placebo group. After 3 days corresponding values were 80.2 (129) and 54.7 (82), after 7 days 89.2 (187) (12.5) and 85.8 (208), after 14 days 47.1 (109.5) and 40.5 (116) after 28 days 23.1 (53.6) and 23.1 (48), and after 56 days 15.6 (26) and 15.3 (17). There was no significant difference in time trend between the two treatment groups (RMANOVA; p = 0.53). Baseline VA (logMAR) was 0.106 (0.241) in the vitamin group and 0.128 (0.456) in the placebo group. VA after 3 days was 0. 236 (0.293) and 0.344 ( 0.489), after 7 days 0.204 (0.292) and 0.292 (0.479), after 14 days 0.162 (0.274) and 0.193 (0.454), after 28 days 0.096 (0.232) and 0.158 (0.436), and 0.026 (0.213) and 0.106 (0. 437) after 56 days. Although no significant difference in time trend was detected, evaluation of the VA data of the last time point (56 days) by means of the Mann-Whitney test showed a significantly better VA in the vitamin group (p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: There was no significant effect of vitamins C and E on laser flare measurements. The significant effect of the oral vitamins on visual acuity at 8 weeks after start of the oral vitamins C and E may indicate a protective effect in patients with acute anterior uveitis.

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As required by the U.S Department of Education (U.S. DOE), the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has recalculated the academic performance of charter schools for 2011-12, with the data showing a marked decline in the number of schools that met targets for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and an increase in those charter schools that are in warning, improvement or corrective action status.The recalculations show that only 28% of all charter schools met AYP, as compared to 49% determined under the calculations made last fall.
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Free football tickets could soon disappear for Georgia's state lawmakers.
Georgia's General Assembly will vote on a proposed ethics reform measure during the upcoming session. It includes a lobbyist gift ban that could axe football tickets.
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What does it mean when a girl says she needs a time out?
My girlfriend and I once had an argument, and she got offended by some things I said. She told me she wanted to take a time-out in our relationship. We have since worked through it, and never did have that time out. However, I've always wondered exactly what she meant at the time? Was it a sign that she wanted to break-up with me? I've never heard of any guy saying that to a girl - "We need a time-out". Help me ladies? I don't want to hear that again, ever!
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Well personally when I tell a guy I need a time out its probably because I'm having personal issues, I'm overwhelmed or I'm just unsure about my feelings for the guymaybe in her case she needed a time out because she was a bit upset and wanted a time out before she did anything she might regret like breaking up with you. So basically a time out means she doesn't want to break up, she just needs time to herself to think and recuperate, plus everyone needs some time to themselves :]
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It just mean she needs a break for a little while to think about the situation and how to resolve it
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It means you're at serious risk of losing her buddy, but that she cares enough about you to give you another shot. Don't blow it.
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Washington, DC, United States (4E Sports) – Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams' radio interview was interrupted when his car was rear-ended during a police chase while on his way to Nationals Park Wednesday.
Williams was being interviewed by 106.7 The Fan when his car was rear-ended by another vehicle, which crashed into several other cars in an attempt to evade police pursuit.
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Williams said he did not suffer any injury but his Tahoe sustained damage. "My rear end is gone now," he said.
Williams did not seem concerned about whether he would be late for the Nationals' game Wednesday afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The diversity of design of TSOs
AbstractIt is puzzling today to explain diversity and imperfection of actual transmission monopoly designs in competitive electricity markets. We argue that transmission monopoly in competitive electricity markets has to be analyzed within a [Wilson, R, 2002. Architecture of the power markets. Econometrica 70(4), 1299-1344] modular framework. Applied to the management of electricity flows, at least three modules make the core of transmission design: (1) the short run management of network externalities; (2) the long run management of network investment; and (3) the coordination of neighboring transmission system operators (TSOs) for cross-border trade. In order to tackle this diversity of designs of TSOs, we show that for each of these modules, three different basic ways of managing them are possible. Among the identified 27 options of organization, we define an ideal TSO. Second, we demonstrate that (1) monopoly design differs from this ideal TSO and cannot handle these three modules irrespective of the "institutional" definition and allocation of property rights on transmission, while (2) definition and allocation of property rights on transmission cannot ignore the existing electrical industry and transmission network structure: they have to complement each other to be efficient. Some conclusions for regulatory issues of TSOs are derived from this analysis of network monopoly organization.
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So, what happened is, Lorde gave an interview where she criticized Selena Gomez' song "Come & Get It" as being bad for women. A cursory listen or glance at the lyrics bear out her point. See, the chorus of the song isn't just "come and get it," it's "When you're ready come and get it."
You ain't gotta worry, it's an open invitation
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Can't stop because I love it, hate the way I love you
All day, all night, maybe I'm addicted for life, no lie.
This is the basic message of the song, which is otherwise a vapid series of platitudes about love and how hard it is, over an obvious hook that desperately looks to Rihanna's "Umbrella" and its many spawn ("When you're re-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-ady come and get it") for the secret to chart success. There's also so weird, vaguely middle eastern tabla/sitar breaks happening. It's all very unfortunate.
But I digress. Lorde pointed out that this kind of message (you call the shots, come and get it from me whenever you're ready) is bad for women. Gomez responded to Lorde's critique by saying that it's anti-feminist to not show unwavering support for other women, regardless of what they're doing.
Now Lorde has responded:
"I think there's a funny culture in music that's only happened over the last 15 years, that if you have an opinion about something in music that isn't 100-percent good, you're a 'hater,' even if you have perfectly reasonable grounds for that critique. People will say exactly what they think about a movie or a TV show, and that's fine, but as soon as you say it about a record, you're like some little zombie in a funny dungeon."
Not sure what that last part was about, but she really calls out this cultural trend of instantly discrediting someone by labeling them a hater, as though the only reason they are being critical is for the sake of hate itself. I suppose there are some sad people who do that, but how about stepping up and defending yourself with logic and reason rather than trying to dismiss what is a valid argument?
Culture will only continue to devolve if we can't debate it on its merits.
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This is perhaps the only science-fiction film that can be called transcendental.
Alex Ruhsenberger
Perhaps, you misunderstand the Cyber-punk genre my friend. And perhaps you have never seen very many science-fiction movies, because many (lots out of the mainstream) are moving.
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I'm not disagreeing that Blade Runner is a transcendent film, but the only transcendent SF film? 2001 would certainly qualify, in my opinion.
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Committed actor wrecks pastor's antique cabinet
In the film, Dancy plays a man with a form of autism called Asperger's syndrome, and in one scene he throws a fit that causes him to get a bit violent with the furniture -- and apparently Dancy got so carried away that he accidentally kicked his foot through an antique cabinet.
Writer-director Max Mayer tells WENN: "It was actually the pastor's apartment in the church on the Upper West Side (in Manhattan). That was awful because from my standpoint with our limited budget we were using somebody's house and I had pointed out to Hugh things that he could destroy and the things he couldn't, which included this antique cabinet, and he put his foot through it on the first take. I'm thinking, 'How much is that gonna cost? Can I cut a scene out tomorrow to make up for it?'"
Dancy himself describes what happened this way: "I was kind of roused and I put my foot through a piece of furniture -- I slammed my foot through the front of a cabinet. I felt even though everybody was quiet because we were filming, an even greater hush descended on the room and it dawned on me that the furniture belonged to the person whose house we were using."
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Forget the chicken flu pandemic, what about the cough+cold epidemic?
I know it's not just me who's been suffering from this evil, evil double affliction. In my case, first I got the cough, which just goes on and on. Then there's the cold, which is just a normal cold, but when added to The Cough, it becomes an evil self-reinforcing pain.
The Cold produces all that gunk which helps The Cough to breed even better. And your immune system is so blitzed trying to fight on two fronts (bacterial cough, virus cold) that it can't defeat either.
I know loads of people around here who've had it, and I hear it's big in cities too. The only solution: get antibiotics for The Cough.
Still, the chicken flu unsettles me. Every week or so at The Indie the science/health team would say "Oh, there's another one" as something would drop on the wires about another case of bird flu-related illness in the Far East. Lots of scientists feel a pandemic is just waiting to happen.
And when it does, *then* you'll discover how unpopular airlines can be.
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March 15th, 2005 at 2:32 am
It seems very hard to seperate the fact from the fiction in the case of the chicken flu stories, however; with little solid argument going on, from what I see. This issue will only be exacerbated if a pandemic does occur though- good instruction and advice will be impossibly hard to get on the ground at some of the points where it is most likely to occur. Just like the panic in HK with SARS and foot&mouth here in Blighty. Truth and hysteria blend in together.
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March 15th, 2005 at 2:39 am
Your post clock seems to be off by an hour, by the way; this is at twenty to one.
Adrian MIdgley Says:
March 15th, 2005 at 7:19 pm
The Cough is for at least some people likely to be Pertussis, caused by a toxin produced by Bordetella Pertussis, a bactierium responsible for Whooping COugh.
It is also referred to as "100 day cough". GUess why.
Problem with treating it is that there are no live bacteria involved, just the toxin stuck to the tickle receptors in the airway, so antibiotics are not useful.
I blame the Sunday Times, of course.
Charles Says:
March 15th, 2005 at 11:17 pm
But wait, doctor - how can the toxin exist without the bacterium? Or are you saying that once you've overcome the infection, then you've just got the toxin to get rid of?
That should be simple once I cough up the lining of my throat, like that bloke who went along with Mallory and Irvine to Everest. Before I started the antibiotics (yesterday) I'd sometimes be doubled up coughing. Now, much better. Feel nearly human.
What's the Sunday Times blamed for?
Oh, and the post clock is off. I'll see if I can change it, but this may be something to do with the server where this blog sits.
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May 8th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I have had this cold , well headache , fatigue, sore throat, cough and lots of snot and tissues for about 1 month now. I have tried lempsip, cough medicine, cold medicine, even the horrible stuff that your made to digest as a kid, but nothing has worked so far. I cant stop blowing my nose. Maybe its this "100 day flu" thats going around, sure feels like a reasonable explaination. Ive also got to do this charity walk - 43 miles on saturday, anything that will cure this thing? sooner rather than later. Feedback appreciated.


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So finally now that I'm caught up with previous blogs, I can talk about today! I had my first day of my work location training which is in the Magic Kingdom.
The first part of the morning from 7:15am to 11am was a tour around some parts of the Magic Kingdom. We visited the entrance to the park, Main Street, got told about what to do if "lost parents" are found - because children are never lost! Visited the information centre, Tomorrowland and Liberty Square. The park was practically empty which was amazing to see!
We got told a lot of information about MK which was really interesting! Couldn't believe I was getting paid to learn about Disney! We also went on the Buzz Lightyear ride and the Haunted Mansion.
After this, we were taken up to a room in the Utilidors where the Entertainment Office is and watched a video from the Vice President of MK welcoming us to the park.
Our work location trainers then came in to take us to the wardrobe department so we could get our costumes and find out where we're working!
We got there and I found out I'll be working in Mickey's PhilarMagic (http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/magic-kingdom/attractions/mickeys-philharmagic/) and also on Prince Charming's Regal Carousel! (http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/magic-kingdom/attractions/prince-charming-regal-carrousel/) I am so happy with the locations that I got because it will be full of excitable children who are proper into Disney magic which will be so much fun!
I got fitted for my costume which is the same throughout Fantasyland (apart from the new expansion part of Storybook Circus) and it's awful but amazing at the same time. I kinda love it! Will post a picture soon of what it's like when I have it on!
After we got our costumes, we went to our lockers and put our things away. They are the proper American lockers with the spinny combination codes and it took me a while to open it but I've got the hang of it now! Finally after that, we went to all get lunch at the "Mousekateria" in the Utilidors where I had this really fine beef stew and pasta!
Right next to where our lockers are, are where the Disney princesses costumes are so I kept seeing them wandering about in joggers and stuff which was kind of surreal! A lot of people say it takes away a bit of the magic when you see them off stage but I think it makes you feel a bit closer to them even if you don't really talk to them. Unfortunately you're not allowed to take any photos in backstage areas so I can't let anyone see what the Utilidors are like!
After lunch, our trainer Trisha walked us around the whole of Fantasyland and told us all about the new expansion which is taking place - which sounds absolutely amazing!! Definitely going to have to come back once it's all finished. I had the most amazing day and the sun even came out while we were walking around, which wasn't the best as we all had business clothes on so it got quite hot!
To finish off the day we got to go on Peter Pan's Flight which was really good. Had such an amazing time walking around the Magic Kingdom and I'm honestly so happy with where I'm going to be working. I have my next training session tomorrow at 8am so should probably go to sleep but I'm currently being kept awake by an insane thunder/lightning storm. There will be a video to follow!


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Civilian BRAC gains Hill support
The Obama administration Wednesday sent lawmakers a proposed bill that would create an independent commission to dispose of thousands of pieces of federal property that agencies have designated as excess. The administration also posted online a map showing the locations of more than 7,000 of the properties.
Tags: management , Congress , Jeffrey Zients , Danny Werfel , Tom Carper , OMB , BRAC , budget , excess property , Jared Serbu
OMB to flesh out details of civilian BRAC effort
The administration expects to submit a legislative proposal to Congress by the end of April outlining how they will create a board to improve the process to dispose of excess property. OMB controller Danny Werfel said the White House will follow DoD's BRAC effort in many ways. Some lawmakers question OMB's leadership in this effort.
Tags: management , Danny Werfel , Eleanor Holmes-Norton , OMB , GSA , House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee , DoD , Anthony Principi , BRAC , real property , Civilian Property Realignment Act , Jason Miller