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Quite by surprise tonight we ended up at Olive Garden for dinner.
I can't even remember the last time I ate a meal there!
To further my surprise, they now offer a gluten free menu!
My selection tonight was a Penne Pasta with a yummy Marinara sauce ~ gluten-free, of course!
Of course, there's that endless salad which was quite tasty! I let everyone else at the table devour those yummy, fresh, garlic bread sticks!!!
The entrees arrive and my pasta looks awesome!
Too bad it didn't taste so awesome.
Over half the pasta was way overcooked and falling apart with my attempts to get it on my fork. Some of it was still very firm & chewy. A few pieces were a tolerable al-dente, but it was hard to pick them out. So I talked to our server about it. She admitted they were working with a new chef tonight. After a few minutes of discussion I agreed to have them try again.
Cooking gluten-free pastas takes a little more finesse than ordinary wheat pastas. My first 2 or 3 attempts were total losses. The disappointments had me believing I would be better off just accepting that pasta would no longer be any part of my diet. Then I discovered brown rice pasta! Now THAT was a bit easier to cook to perfection! At home, when I make pasta dishes, it is exclusively with brown rice pasta!
The second dish of penne with marinara comes and looks delicious! There's more sauce with this dish. The pasta looks a little better ~ what you see around the edges of sauce isn't mushy or shredded, seems firm. The first bite is good. Then I get more under the sauce and pick up a forkful of really mushy pasta. So disappointing! To give it a fair chance, I try a few more bites and I'm still getting more over cooked pasta than edible penne pasta. So I speak to the server again and explain it all again and this time opt out of any replacement attempt. It's clear that tonight's chef is having trouble getting it right.
By this point I've had 3 bowls of salad, so I decline any other substitutions as well. The server is kind and very apologetic. Soon the manager comes to the table and we talk several minutes. At one point I inquire of the source of their gluten free pasta and if he know if it was a blend of flours or just one such as brown rice pasta. He really didn't know. That's a shame, though probably more common than not these days. We have a number of family members in the food service business, including chefs & managers. My experience has always been that the manager KNOWS his menu inside out all the way back to the source/supplier and exactly what they supply. So seeing his lack in this area didn't help his case any. But I do think he learned a thing or two about gluten free cooking and he probably will be looking into seeing if they could consider switching to brown rice pasta. So all is not lost here.
In the end he refunded the cost of my meal AND (probably to assure my return another time) he also gave me an Olive Garden Gift Card for $20! I think I will give it enough time to allow them to either change product or improve their culinary skills in the gluten-free department. Not sure how long that might take: any suggestions?
Or maybe I'll just have the salmon with veggies next visit.
Meanwhile... my Rise'n'Shine streak continues...
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That is good to know and I too have trouble with cooking the GF pasta and have found the brown rice pasta a great alternative to the others.
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Thanks for the comments everyone!
Asta, at our location the gluten-free menu did not include any Apricot Chicken, though that does sound delicious! The non-pasta choices here are Steak Toscano, Mixed Grill, and Herb-Grilled Salmon all with plenty of veggie choices. Jessi got the salmon last night and her plate was at least half veggies (broccoli & red bell peppers)! It looked so yummy from across the table! :) That's probably what I'll choose next time.
I have to appreciate their efforts! I may call up there today when the Exec Chef is actually there. Apparently he wasn't there when we were last night. He'll know more about the sourcing and if it's possible to switch product. :)
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They have an Apricot Chicken that is very good...and you don't have the pasta hassle.
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Yes, have your successful pasta at home and eat the salmon there.
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How nice of them! Keep up the good work.
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I often get the pasta without sauce so I can tell what I am being served immediately. I usually have it with steamed veggies. On the positive side, at least they are trying!
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
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Some of the backgrounds are pretty nice, too. We mentioned a couple of years ago on the blog about the rather unsubtle plug for Flintstones Building Blocks in the final shot of the cartoon. Well, that isn't the only far-too-obvious product placement. Check out the toy department in the store that hires Fred to be its Santa Claus.
Shockingly, you could buy Pebbles, Bamm Bamm, Dino and Baby Puss dolls just like the ones on the cartoon! As you probably know, the whole reason Pebbles came into being was because Ideal Toys wanted a Flintstones doll character to hawk.
Here are a few of the snowscapes in the cartoon.
There's a background continuity error (yes, we're humbugish enough to point this out). Fred goes from inside his house to outside. Here are the backgrounds.
You can see the door is open on the inside but closed on the outside. How did the door get closed? Fred didn't do it. And where'd the lamp go? And the build up of snow outside the door? And how did the doorknob change sides? And the wreath? And the door colour? Maybe… maybe it was the work of the Spirit of Christmas.
The funniest background is the one where Dino runs from his basket. Look at the women dinosaur pin-ups! Rowrr!
The old guard of Bob Gentle, Monty and Art Lozzi didn't have a hand in this cartoon. The old guard was giving way to new artists. The backgrounds are credited to Phil Lewis, Rene Garcia and Don Watson. Lewis started as an in-betweener during the last gasps of the Warners Bros. studio. He died a couple of years ago. Rene worked on a bunch of shows in the mid to late '60s. Someone on Tumblr posted this great colour picture of him with some Flintstones backgrounds.Watson worked on a pile of H-B shows in the '60s as well and was still drawing until at least a few years ago. All three of them ended up at Filmation at one time or another.
The Flintstones began its nose-dive for me when Pebbles showed up and then really started tiring before it lurched into its sixth and final season (Gerry Johnson, Hoppy, Gazoo, Gruesomes, Bewitched characters in the Stone Age and sunshine-singing kids all took a toll). But the show was still capable of good episodes after Bea Benaderet was summarily dismissed and this was one of them. You can credit the fine performance of Alan Reed, Warren Foster's story and even some of the wintery landscapes.
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I've always wodnered who this John McCarthy really was. He did some other Flintstone songs (including both the sachharine cute lullaby and catchy Broadway one for Fred, Barney and Ann Margaret in "the previous season's "Ann Margarock Presents", as well for the "Flintstones" 1966 movie), and penned some really great ones for the Smothers Bros."Aesop's Fabless 1965 Mercury LP, released right after this special..and if was (hopefully NPOT) related in ANY way to Joseph McCarthy.SC
ReplyDeleteOnce the kids came into the show, having a Christmas episode was pretty much a given. But unlike future H-B holiday endeavors, this one avoids being cloying, or obvious to the point where you can see all the emotional buttons that are trying to be pushed. Thank the voice actors, Foster and the rest of the creative staff for that, since by the 1964-65 season, The Flintstones were already being weighed down by too many 'gimmick' episodes and characters (even if Gazoo was still in the process of rocketing to Earth).
ReplyDeleteSteve, I found this info on a forum from The Lucy Lounge (http://www.lucylounge.com/index.php?/topic/1730-bea-benaderet/page__st__20)
"...Bea was FIRED from The Flintstones because she showed up late for a taping one Friday when her work on PJ [Petticoat Junction] ran over schedule. Hanna-Barbera were quite angry at her for taking a regular role on another series on another network and fired her the first time she was late. This story was told on the now defunct Golden Age of Cartoons website in an interview I believe with Mel Blanc Jr. and also confirmed by Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma Flintstone) and Janet Waldo in other interviews and is to be discussed in the upcoming Bea Benaderet biography written by the guy who wrote the book on Verna Felton. I love Hanna-Barbera cartoons but I was disgusted by this story about how they treated Bea who was quite devastated by the incident. Indeed, the were so spiteful they took her name off the credits on the episodes she had done that hadn't yet aired so nobody is credited on them as Betty Rubble!"
There is another continuity error when Fred is flying in the sleigh over Santa's workshop, and he flies over it twice. Maybe they couldn't afford to do one more background? Or maybe someone mixed it up and the error was never caught?
Alan Reed does indeed give one of his finest performances in this episode. The whole character of Fred Flintstone becomes very sympathetic by the time of this story. Certainly his character softened and mellowed after he became a father, but in a long-running series like this there has to be some character growth and development. I enjoy the contrast between the earlier episodes and the later ones. Fred mellowed, but so did the other characters, and while some of the early "biting humor" was lost, I feel the characters developed in a logical manner (just as Mickey Mouse, once he become so iconic, had to abandon his earlier mischief-making). I really like the fact that this is such a "feel good" episode and the usual bickering between Barney and Fred or between Fred and Wilma is set aside so that they can celebrate Christmas together.
People complain about the "historical inaccuracy" of the Flintstones celebrating Christmas, when Christ was not born until long after the stone age was over. The fact is, the Flintstones series was never about "historical accuracy." They had stone-age cars and stone-age televisions. They had stone-age sewing machines, vaccuum cleaners, and record players. They had dinosaurs co-existing with humans. So what's another anachronism, more or less? Besides, for anyone who really has a quibble about the issue, there is a wonderful Christmas-themed Flintstones comic strip that shows Fred and Barney meeting Santa Claus for the first time, and Santa tells them that "one day a man will preach the idea of peace and goodwill to all men. His birthday will be celebrated as Christmas Day." Fred and Barney immediately decide to start a stone-age tradition centuries, millennia before the fact...and thus Christmas in the stone age is established. If this comic strip can be considered as pre-dating the other Flintstones Christmas stories and specials, it could serve as an explanation as to why the Flintstones could celebrate Christmas long before the birth of Christ.RepliesVery nice summary of this episode :-). I think this is why this episode is shown every Christmas as it shows a lot of love for one another in this episode, especially with Fred deciding to get a second job simply so his family and friends have presents to open on Christmas Day. He didn't do it for himself.
As for the age old question about why the flintstones celebrate Christmas? My answer has always been: it's the MODERN Stone Age!
Wayne, no, it's the only one I found. And, as usual, I came across it purely by accident.
Scarecrow, if you go back a year on the blog, one of the Flintstoens Sunday comics tried to explain why Stone Ages are celebrating Christmas. But yeah, the show isn't a documentary. No one seems to have problems with TV sets and regular airline flights. The diea behind the show was to transpose life today (1960) to the Stone Age.
Steve B., I think your question has been answered. As an aside, Mel was not pleased at all to be working with Gerry Johnson, considering the circumstances and the fact that, as you likely know, he and Bea appeared together many times on the Jack Benny radio show.This might hgave been one of the last good original Flinstones episodes. (Fred:"Ho Ho or No ho ho" to Santa.Dick Beals does a few elves).
Bea Benadeet being forcibily anonymous aftert she left on the credits was just like Jack Warner removing Warren Foster himself (who when he was still alive back in the day would relate the exact same story)_ and Mike Maltese, as well as thew directors names off for leavint the sudio..)..- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Speaking of Flintstones and Christmas, there was also that third-rate 1970s special and two (even worse) 1990s specials that came after: one of them i saw was Flintstones Christmas Carol and that special proves that Hanna Barbera was neither Disney (Fred Flintstone over Scrooge McDuck, really, Flintstone's uncle may be a rich kook, but he ain't Scrooge McDuck rich) nor Warner Bros (they apparently swiped Steve Bernstein from Tiny Toons and Animainiacs for this and the even worse Arabian Knights patch film), it's only SLIGHTLY better looking than the two Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm specials in the exact same period, but it's STILL pretty piss-poor, plus the Christmas Carol special marked the period to this day that they went back to the solid ill-fitting UPA styled Ed Benedict (classic, man, CLASSIC) rather than the horrid clunky Iwao Takamoto design of the late 1960s...
At the same time, i managed to also catch the Yogi All Star Christmas Carol special and the main thing that was noticeable was how horribly shoddy the animation was, i mean, it serves as an unpleasant reminder of the clunky mid 1980s Berenstain Bears show and the skin crawling - artlessly executed - scab looking - much later Blinky Bill cartoon (BEFORE Yoram Gross eventually sent all the animation to Khagan-infested Asia full of Temujin hacks).RepliesMy friend,
Yogi's All-Star Christmas Caper (1982) was animated in Australia.Yogi's Christmas Caper (1982, wri.Mark Evanier) was produced in Australia (like many HB cartoons up till then, especially since Funky Phantom in 1971 (Air Programs) and in 1967 before with Abbott and Costello, and was far better than the previous ones like the first 1980s one, "Yogi's First Christmas"(1980, wri.Willie Gilbert) with Herman the Hermit, Snively,etc. (Yogi made his Christmas special debut a year or two before with that ASININE and riduclous Harvey comics team up with the relaunched, Casper, from the Casper and the Angels...)
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I never cared for this episode. Much too sacharine (uncharateristic of Foster) and Christmas episodes don't always have to be. The premise of Fred moonlighting at a department store has good comic potential, and there were a couple of funny gags involving Fred playing with toys instead of working. (Mel Blanc channeling his Spacely voice as the irate store manager was a nice touch, as well.) But after Fred plummets down the empty elevator shaft, the rest of the episode becomes very boring and predictable.|
FYI Anon, the Yogi Bear Christmas special was animated by H-B's Australian branch- which would produce and animate THE BERENSTAIN BEARS a few years later. So your assessment is quite accurate. However, I did enjoy that special thanks to a funny script by Mark Evanier and lots of classic H-B character cameos that actually fit into the story. - AnonymousDecember 26, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Alan Reed must have received an award for Best Voice Acting in A Television Series Annie for this one and for the entire Flintstones show.
He had also been working with Bea Benaderet since their radio days. - AnonymousDecember 26, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Best Christmas Flintstones episode ever to be shown on television.


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As WWJ's Marie Osborne reports, a pro-pot group "Americans for Safe Access" is helping publicize their ordeal.
Fifty-three-year old Jerry Duval of Monroe County has two weeks of freedom until his prison term begins.
On June 11th – he'll report to federal prison , he was found guilty of intent to distribute marijuana. He said his family's pot growing operation followed Michigan law to the letter.
"And in my case I'm a patient, I'm a one-hundred percent legal; the marijuana was registered to my son and my daughter and I get convicted for this," he said.
His lawyer, Thomas Levine, said his client is caught in the middle of state and federal laws that differ.
Duval said that state officials had inspected his growing operation in Monroe County in June of 2011. "They found everything was in compliance with Michigan law. We didn't do nothing wrong, the plant count was all there, the license was posted was in a locked secure facility," he said.
Two years ago tanks, armed police and arrived at the Duvuals growing operation as part of a federal raid two-years ago.
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This is our second game and we're sad to say that it is NOT DSYP 2.
It's a puzzle platformer game with a twist. It's got a little bit of a learning curve to it, but if you stick with it, we think you'll like it a lot. It's also got a pretty cool ending if you can make it all the way.
Also, if you're ever insanely stuck, we have an optional level skip button that will be enabled if you're stuck on a stage for long enough.
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I like it its just a bit too hard for me , and i am no saint i used the skip button a little too much
I really loved this game, and I'll explain why:
First, the mechanics are completely original. It's not just another game based on Portal. Okay, the ambiance reminds Portal, but the gameplay is very different. Also, all the different ways how you can use the teleport are really fun. The control buttons could be a bit closer, but are okay. One of the things that got my attention was the use of physics. Pretty clever.
Second, the music and graphics are just nice. Simple, but nice. And, finally, the endings. I won't spoil, but they are very surprising.
The puzzles are intelligent but not so difficult, and the game doesn't get frustrating because you can skip levels (=D). Did I say that I loved this game? I hope one day they make a sequel. It would be awesome.
"That's a perpetual pinwheel by the way." XD
Great game with interesting mechanics and, though I must admit, a bit of an overdone idea for the story. Still, it was an overdone idea that was well done.


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Before you jump down my throat, hear me out.
From my perspective, I'm only thinking about debugging items that don't show up in the library, or when you are wanting to put things in the library and your testing your naming conventions, nfos etc... A way to switch to file view and back to library view of the folder/playlist you are in would be handy. However i also see quite a few people that love and prefer file view to the library (I used to be one of them, but now I love the library).
Unless I'm mistaken, currently you have to go to the sub menu item, Files, under movies/videos to get to this, or you can keep going to "Parent Directory" once in your collection to get to the "Files" option.
What about being able to switch in and out of file view, of the current video/folder you are in, at the touch of a keyboard button?
Any merit in this?
A method/button to switch to file view easily
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Confluence has a "Files" button in the submenu of "Videos" for just this purpose.
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I know, but I was thinking of the following scenario: 1) Go into your videos/movies/tv shows collection 2) You want to go to Files View 3) Currently you have to parent directory a few times to get to this, or go back to the main menu, and go to the submenu of Videos to get to Files. I was wondering if there was any merit in being able to map a key to take you to File View of the source you are currently in straight away. And, of course, pressing the same key takes you straight back to library view... No good? ...DJVege... HTPC: G840 + GT430 + 2GB RAM + 30GB SSD Remote: iPad/iPhone + iRule + USB-UIRT // FireFly RF Remote Software: XBMC Eden + Eventghost + Win7
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July 8, 2010 10:20:00 AM
"The Decision" will come today.
That''s what ESPN is calling the latest made-for-TV event. We''ll have to see if Jay-Z will provide the music that will accompany LeBron James'' announcement of which NBA team he will play for in the 2010-11 season.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, the team James last played for this past season, hope James will decide to stay home. But news Wednesday morning that Chris Bosh decided to leave the Toronto Raptors and join Dwyane Wade with the Miami Heat created plenty of speculation that James would opt for the sun and fun of South Beach to form the league''s next power trio.
The Chicago Bulls, the New Jersey Nets, which Jay-Z is a part owner, and the New York Knicks are also thought to be on James'' mind. The basketball world will have to wait until 8 tonight on ESPN to see which team "King James" picks.
If you have seen any awards shows, the announcement likely won''t come until the final few minutes of the program.
Before that, ESPN will broadcast plenty of footage of James at various stages of his seven-year NBA career. There will be plenty of dunks and highlights of James doing wonderful things. After all, James is arguably the best basketball player in the world, and one of the greatest of all time, even though he hasn''t won a championship.
The program also is bound to feature analysts and pundits who will take their best guess at where James will land. The chatter has been going on for months. The Associated Press even has slugged its daily reports on James as "Courting LeBron."
The New York Daily News published a report this morning that James plans to join Wade and Bosh in Miami.
This mess can''t be over soon enough.
The only positive to come from "The Decision" is money generated from the show, which will take place in Greenwich, Conn., will be given to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, according to Maverick Carter, James'' business manager.
Let''s hope this is the last event of its kind. There is no debating James'' talent. His mix of strength, grace, and skill is rivaled only by former Los Angeles Lakers great Earvin "Magic" Johnson.
Michael Jordan, Julius Erving, David Thompson, George Gervin, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are five of the greats in the past 30 years who belong in the discussion of best of all time. But the explosiveness and grace those players showcased overshadowed their strength.
James is the ultimate weapon on a basketball court. His strength is unmatched. His will to take the ball to the basket is unstoppable.
But someone tell him to stop this public relations nightmare. Too often in sports athletes believe they are bigger than the game. James has made millions of dollars exploiting the excess of a 24-hour, Twitter-happy, better-be-first-than-right news cycle that often is only so happy to hear itself drone on and on.
I won''t watch "The Decision." I am curious, though, to see which team James picks. Will he be "loyal" and stay close at home with the Cavaliers? Will he opt for the bright lights of New York and team with Amare Stoudemire and try to revitalize the Knicks? Will he take a chance on new New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire? Will he dare to work in Jordan''s shadow in Chicago, where the Bulls have a promising cast of supporting players but weren''t as good as the Cavaliers this season?
The answer will reveal a lot about James. His decision will show how much he covets winning a championship and will show how willing he is to join another player''s team -- Wade won a title with the Heat -- and be part of a "Big Three" a la Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics.
His decision also could show he feels he is ready to hit the big stage of the Big Apple, or to try to outshine Jordan. Those outcomes would fit better with the player James has been in the NBA. He has sought to be the biggest thing in the NBA. Odds are Cleveland is the only place he would be able to continue to do that. But he likely will have to convince the Cavaliers to buy a few more free agents.
A move to Miami would create a fascinating debate. If James wins one or multiple titles with the Heat, did he realize his goal because of his greatness or did he have to join Wade and Bosh to do it? That prospect could diminish his status as "King."
Here''s hoping James goes to Miami. It would show maybe he realizes a great team and team play are greater than individual grandeur.
If not, "The Decision" will be just another media event from a sensation who hasn''t delivered on the game''s biggest stage.
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TCD has an excellent Sports Editor in Mr. Adam Minichino. A more thoroughly, enjoyable and informative editorial I have yet to read.
TCD, you, without a doubt, are establishing yourself as the premier institution promoting understanding, progress, freedom and prosperity, for all, within Columbus and Lowndes County, as well as surrounding cities and counties. You really do us proud...despite allowing a poor writer such as Yours Truly to post comments here, periodically, and the attacks of others to it, who, again, without doubt, are superior writers...All in all, you provide a forum for ideas and opinions, which, in the final analysis bring about greater understanding and healing.
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Another uncredited steal for kidd!!!! Wow, his defense was fabulous!
Another uncredited steal for kidd!!!! Wow, his defense was fabulous!
Great win, gotta keep the home court advantage.. should be a tough series
This was one of the moments when JR could hold the ball as long as he wanted....and he passes it to Felton. lol
Great 4th and great win ....see ya's in game 2.
"You killed my family, and I don't like that kind of thing."
8 points in the 4th qtr. Jeff Green was invisible in the 2nd half!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That was some incredible defense, the least amount of points scored in the second half in Celtics HISTORY.
Mood: WOOF!
Yes it was..lol He didn't even have to move for it, it was deflected right to em.. THey even showed the replay.. Felton deflected it and the ball went directly to melo, who was about 5feet off his man at the time.
Its all good man, but ur wrong.. He might of had 1steal that was a legit steal by him, the rest were deflected right to em.. But it dosen't matter, because he was money in the 4th qter, and we needed it!!
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text: Too Much Screen Time has been Correlated with Obesity Q. Dear Dr. Baskett: My son is overweight and his pediatrician wants him to decrease his "screen" time. What is that and why? A. Screen time refers to the amount of time your child watches TV, plays on the computer, plays video games, spends texting, plays on an iPad and uses other technology devices. Too much screen time has been correlated with: Obesity Poor sleep Behavioral problems Violence Problems with academics Isolation In the March issue of the journal Obesity, there was a study that reported an association between screen time and increasing Body Mass Index. The study included 1,336 participants who were followed from the age of 14-18 years and surveyed every six months. Each participant would report his amount of screen time for the day (less than one hour per day, one hour a day, two hours per day, three hours per day, four hours a day, or five or more hours a day). The BMI was calculated from the participant's report of his height and weight. BMI was listed as the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles. (Percentiles are based on the BMI/age growth charts). The researchers hypothesized that increased amounts of screen time would correlate with a higher BMI percentile. Increases at all the BMI percentiles over time were observed, with the greatest increase observed at the 90th BMI percentile. Screen time was positively associated with changes in BMI at the 50th, 75th and 90th BMI percentiles. No associations were observed between screen time and changes at the 10th and 25th BMI percentiles. Thus, this study showed that especially for teens in the higher BMI percentile there was a positive correlation between the amount of screen time and an increasing BMI. Therefore, lowering screen time, especially among overweight and obese adolescents, could contribute to reducing the prevalence of adolescent obesity. Kathleen Baskett, MD is the Medical Director of Weight Management at St. Vincent Healthcare. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the author of "Moving Forward: The Weigh to a Healthier Weight".


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Margulies' television credits include "The Sopranos," "The Grid," for which she received a Golden Globe nomination, and the mini-series "The Mists of Avalon." She also starred as one of the original cast members of "ER," for which she received both an Emmy Award and SAG Award as nurse Carole Hathaway. Margulies won her second Emmy in 2011 for the second season of "The Good Wife."
Margulies' feature film credits include "Snakes on a Plane," "The Darwin Awards," "Slingshot," "Ghost Ship," "Evelyn," "What's Cooking," "The Newton Boys," "A Price Above Rubies," "Traveller," "Paradise Road" and "The Man From Elysian Fields." Margulies will next be seen in "City Island" co-starring Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, and Emily Mortimer. The film won the Audience Award at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, and will be release in late 2009 or early 2010.
On stage, Margulies made her Broadway debut in 2006 starring in "Festen." Margulies completed a successful run in Jon Robin Baitz's "Ten Unknowns" at Lincoln Center opposite Donald Sutherland for which she won the Lucille Lortel Award. Other theater credits include "The Vagina Monologues" both Off Broadway and in the Los Angeles premiere, "Fefu and Her Friends" for the Yale Repertory Theatre, "The Substance of Fire" at the Asolo Theatre, "Living Expenses, Dan Drift, and Book of Names" at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York, and "Intrigue with Faye" at the NY Stage and Film Festival. She also appeared on stage in "The Lover," "In the Boom Boom Room" and "Balm and Gilead."
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Seriously, as long as the Mets are the Mehs, why should Hal Steinbrenner ever spend an extra dime on the Yankees?
Would Coke, without Pepsi, fear losing its secret formula? Would Marlboro, without Camel, worry about maintaining that fine tobacco flavor? Would the GOP, without Obama, be concerned about its commitment to truth?
Richard Sandomir of the Times reports today that Amway - the original Evil Empire - has become a proud sponsor of the 2013 Amazin's. You can't make this stuff up. Less than two years away from Bernie Madoff, the Dream Team has returned to Giza. Says Sandomir:
Hartwig (My note: An Amway bigwig) said that the company is not a pyramid scheme, as critics
have charged. "It's a very outdated and inaccurate perception," she
said. Rather, it is a multi-leveled marketing company that does its
business legally.
She added that Amway settled a class-action lawsuit in 2010 — paying
$56 million — but was not guilty of charges that, among other things, it
misled distributors about their potential earnings. She said Amway
settled rather than let the case drag on.
Hahaha. By all expectations, this should be the year the Yankees collapse and the Mehs retake NYC. Instead, fans in the box seats can get deals on cleaning products - and give people in the upper deck a chance to get in on the gravy! When the Mets score, everybody scores! It's win-win! As the late Paul Harvey would say, "Guh dey!"
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Having made his debut at the famous stadium that will soon disappear
Iker Casillas will set foot in the San Mamés stadium, affectionately known as 'La Catedral', this Sunday. And it'll be his last ever visit to the temple where he was 'baptised' all of 13 years ago, before it is removed from the map. So this is the perfect opportunity for him to once more become his team's 'saviour'. However, "The Special One" works in mysterious ways.
A combination of breaking his right thumb, working hard to make a speedy recovery, being used as a substitute and a clash with the technical staff has made the Real Madrid captain somewhat introspective. Those who have seen him up close say that his spirits are low, that he isn't the same Iker as he was before the injury, that he doesn't speak much and that he smiles even less.
To cut a long story short, something isn't quite right. Despite being the captain, he feels that not being able to wear the armband every week is reducing his influence and leadership within the team. Having been the starting keeper for Real Madrid and the Spanish national side for the last decade, he must be finding his recent experience of moving from being the team's star goalkeeper and captain to not just being moved to a secondary role, but to just playing a bit part role, more than difficult.
So the focus for Real Madrid's game with Athletic de Bilbao this Saturday has shifted to whether Mou will return Casillas to his old starting role or if he'll line up Diego López between the sticks…
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The Whites, who were forced to field a number of players short of full fitness, fell behind in the 6th minute when Liam Lawrence latched on to a half-cleared ball from Zat Knight and volleyed home from the edge of the area.
It was a poor start for Fulham who had failed to settle to the early pace of the game. That period of uncertainty came to an end on the quarter hour mark when, for the first time in the match, Fulham began to take control of possession.
Papa Bouba Diop came close to getting the all-important equaliser ham when on 20 minutes Luis Boa Morte ran on to McBride's flick on a turned the ball across the face of goal. Only a sliding interception prevented the ball from getting through to Diop, who had to goal at his mercy.
Sunderland were looking at their most dangerous when in possession just in front of Fulham's back line and the ease witch which they were able to advance beyond Fulham's midfield must have caused some concern on the Fulham bench.
On 30 minutes Luis Boa Morte saw his powerful free kick headed away by Gary Breen after a well-rehearsed routine allowed the Portuguese international shooting room.
Fulham's defence had a scare 38 minutes when Lawrence bundled his way past both Zat Knight and Ian Pearce before Dean Leacock's covering challenge cleared the danger.
Papa Bouba Diop's involvement ended on 39 minutes when he was replaced by Heidar Helguson. Despite displaying his usual touches of quality in the centre on the park, Diop was clearly lacking match sharpness. The substitution saw Fulham changed to a 4-4-2 system with John and Radzinski moving out to the wings.
Fulham got back on level terms in the 42nd minute when McBride flicked on a cross and Collins John managed to leap forward and head an awkward ball past Davis.
A moment of confusion in the Black Cats' defence on 47 minutes gave Zat Knight the opportunity to shoot on goal. Unfortunately the ball arrived on his left foot and the big defender sliced wide. Collins John was next to try his luck as he tested Davis' reactions twice.
Sunderland were reduced to ten men on 57 minutes when Heidar Helguson was brought down by Steven Caldwell after Ian's Pearce's through ball had set the Icelandic striker clean through. Referee Gallagher had no option but to show the defender a straight red card.
Undeterred, Sunderland pressed up the pitch and with two consecutive free kicks had Fulham's defence in trouble. However, the Whites rode the storm and broke immediately with pace and in numbers. Luis Boa Morte fed the ball to Helguson, who had drifted to the left wing. The striker advanced a few paces before curling a cross with the outside of his foot onto the head of John who headed home.
Even though Fulham had taken the lead, the match was far from over as, even with ten men, Sunderland were attacking with real intent. Mick McCarthy made a triple substitution on 63 minutes and that seemed give his side fresh impetus. Hoping to take advantage of Fulham's recent poor defensive record, the visitors continued to pump awkward deliveries into the Fulham area. It was certainly a tactic worth pursuing considering the man disadvantage.
Fulham were also soon reduced to ten men when Steed Malbranque was on the receiving end of a high, studs up tackle from Tommy Miller. The Sunderland player caught the Fulham man just above the knee and with Fulham having made all three substitutions, there was no alternative but to play on with ten on the field.
However, the final push from Sunderland failed to materialise as Fulham quite comfortable held out for the closing few minutes.
Competition: Barclays Premier League
Date: Monday 2 January 2006
Kick-off: 3:00pm
Venue: Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 19,372
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
Line-up: Warner; Leacock, Pearce, Knight, Rosenior (Jensen 75'); Radzinski, Diop (Helguson 40'), Legwinski, Boa Morte; McBride, John (Malbranque 69')
Unused substitutes: Drobny, Rehman
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The auto market is still trying to recover from what transpired a few years ago but its progress is being hampered by high gas prices, which has been sparked by unrest in Iran. The cost of a gallon of gasoline has now passed $4 a gallon and there are signs that the cost could even reach $5, which will be bad for so many reasons.
It's not just the auto industry that will suffer if the price of oil keeps rising the economy will as well because consumer confidence will be knocked. The US economy is still in a very weak state and it was thought that trouble in Europe would be the biggest threat, but things will soon settle now that a deal has been reached to help bailout Greece.
There could not be a worse time for the price of a gallon of gas to go up because the Auto Shows are now in full swing, and they need consumers to not have to worry if they will be able to afford to run a new vehicle, which could deter them from making a purchase. However, this could work in the favor of the more fuel-efficient vehicles but then again you will have to pay a higher price for these, which could cause an issue.
We have learned from an article here that the national average in April could increase to around $4 to $4.25 per gallon, this could beat the previous all-time high of $4.11 back in June 2008. If this does happen then consumers will not only be affected but also businesses as well because their gas bills could begin to soar out of control, which is something the Obama administration does not want.
There's another worst-case scenario because some analysts are predicting prices could increase to $5 per gallon, which if happened would do serious damage to not only the US economy but the rest of the world as well. Having said that there seems to be a consensus that the price of a barrel of oil is about to hit its peak and could begin to fall once again, but don't expect the price you pay at the pump to fall right away because we are always the last to see a benefit.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Okay, Now I am Done!
I know, I know, I thought I had finished all of the vacation photos, but I found a few more!
Hanging out on the beach.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's just Aron acting like he is looking off into the distance. He will not like that I put this picture of him on the blog, but whaev!
Happy at Tacky Jacks!
Granddaddy, Uncle Jason, and Sophia
First time to feel the sand!
Daddy and his girl taking a morning stroll on the beach!
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Since the iPhone 4S was released many users have enjoyed using the new Siri voice control feature. Despite some early concerns surrounding accents in certain regions it has been pretty well received so far. We told you recently that the co-founder of the company responsible for Siri had left Apple, and now we have news that an iPod Touch has been hacked to run Siri.
The software is only supposed to officially run on the iPhone 4S, but Engadget are reporting that a hack has managed to get it to work on an iPod Touch. This follows similar hacks to get the software working on the iPad and an iPhone 4.
There are some issues with these hacks though as Apple's servers won't recognize the feature working on other devices besides the iPhone 4S. This will basically mean the feature not working how it was designed to. It does mean though that Apple could have got it working on various devices, but the company probably held it back because of the more powerful processor the iPhone 4S has.
Surely there is no reason for it not to work officially on the iPad 2 or maybe even the iPhone 4. It may come in a future iOS update, but users of the iPod Touch would lose out though. Below you can see a video of the Siri feature in action on the iPod Touch.
There are still many users complaining of the battery life the iPhone 4S has provided, and running features such as Siri can't be helping. Do you use Siri much on your iPhone 4S?
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Zombies, zombies, zombies. We might as well rename the PC the Personal Zombie Slayer. Borderlands' zombie island DLC expansion, The Zombie Island Of Dr Ned, is out on consoles on the 24th of this month, and should be available for PC shortly thereafter. We're still chasing the exact PC details from 2K. It features some freaky-looking zombies, Borderlands style, as well as "were-skags" (?) and promises to add another "six to ten hours" of game time.


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Posted: 21 Feb 2013, 12:10
Whether you weigh in every day or once a week I'm curious if I'm the only one that does this...
I don't automatically record a loss on the scale until I am able to see that number or lower at least two days in a row. Some may consider this "cheating," but I don't want to have to record a gain the next day if the lower weight was a fluke.
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013, 12:24
I try to stick with a once a week weigh in and record whatever it says. My weight is so up and down all week that only doing once a week (the same day and time each week) seems more consistent and I'm not beating myself up on that one day my weight is up.
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013, 12:28
I record exactly. It helps me see patterns.
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013, 12:28
Not that my stupid ticker OR challenges show this because they aren't updating. GRR>
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013, 12:53
I'm doing Biggest Loser right now so I'm micro managing everything. I record every day.
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Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 02:12
I too record daily, no matter if I lose or gain. It helps me stay accountable and it shows me how my decisions affect my weight. Also, it helps me having a pack of buddies get on my butt when I do bad for too long (and I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT!).
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Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 03:36
When I was on my weight loss journey, I weighed in EVERY week and recorded it - whatever the result, loss, gain or staying the same. I am now in maintenance (and have been for about 9 months) so only weigh in occasionally, just to check... I mainly go on how my clothes tell me I'm doing.
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Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 06:02
I record whatever it says on my weigh-in day. Up or down.
I also record everything almost to the point of obsession. So if I have gained and I know/can see that I've eaten well that week, then the "gain" is transient (Water or something else, which hasn't yet passed through my system.
42" jeans(25/01/2013) 40"(28/02/2013) 38"(20/03/2013) 36"(25/05/2013)
Down from 60" waist jeans since June 21st 2012.
Still keeping to my 26" jeans, but they are too tight for comfort. too many tasty things in the US, and over Xmas.
Onwards and Downwards!
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Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 07:52
I weigh once a week and I record what's there.
Your weight will fluctuate, especially if you weigh everyday, but like many others have said, it's easier to detect patterns if you record honestly. There's nothing to be gained by trying to fake yourself out -- particularly if you're hesitant to record a drop in weight. If you bothered to weigh, there's no reason not to record.
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Posted: 03 Mar 2013, 06:41
I weigh in once a week [same day, same time;] and I take a water pill the night before [regularly] This helps me know that my loss/gain is actually 'meat' [?fat/?muscle?]
This helps me stay on my program/food plan, and it holds me very much accountable for my actions...
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Posted: 06 Mar 2013, 12:53
I record every single day as well. It sucks too see gains and have my graph look like a rollercoaster but i think its good. Since all calories aren't created equal. It shows me what my body did and didn't digest the day before!
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Posted: 06 Mar 2013, 14:42
I am following Weight Watchers Online and I record exactly what the scale says whether if it is a gain or a loss! I feel I am only cheating myself.
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Posted: 07 Mar 2013, 07:10
I weigh daily. I'm always afraid I will miss the down days if I weigh once a week. But I mainly record only my losses. However, after being on vacation for two weeks and not eating right I did record my gain of four pounds.(Didn't think that was too horrible) I got back on the Atkins way of eating and have lost my vacation weight already. Over all I am down 30 pounds since November. And my ticker isn't updating either!
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Pumpkin Blondies (By Accident)
I intended to make pumpkin bread from my mom's recipe. I got all my ingredients together and followed the recipe exactly. Then, with great anticipation, I put my little loaves into the oven to bake. I imagined how it would be to bite into a nice fluffy slice later that afternoon.
When I finally went to check my loaves, I noticed that something was definitely wrong. They hadn't risen like they were supposed to. Upon removing one from its pan and cutting off a slice, I also saw that the bread was very dense. What happened to my fluffy little breads? I ran back to my computer, perused my recipe with great care, and saw that indeed I had done everything right. So, what could have gone wrong? Well, as it turns out, I had copied the recipe wrong, omitting the part about the baking soda. As a result, I didn't put any in and, there you have it, dense little breads (if they could still be called such).
I was about to despair. All that time, effort, and ingredients spent. I was about to throw them into the trash and chalk this up as a failure. Then, I took a taste. Oh my gosh. It still tasted perfect - pumpkiny, spicy, and delicious. This could no longer be called bread. No, rather this inadvertent mistake had transformed them into the most incredible pumpkin blondies - dense, moist, slightly cakey, and full of flavor to the max. In fact, this ranked right up there with the pumpkin pie bars/brownies I had also made that same day (that post to follow later this week).
I was absolutely thrilled. It was definitely a happy accident. As a matter of fact, I may have to make this "mistake" again (totally unintentionally, mind you).
"Mistaken" Pumpkin Blondies
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
2 c. sugar
3/4 c. salted butter or margarine
1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin
2 eggs
Sift all dry ingredients together. Cream butter and sugar and add the eggs. Add the pumpkin. Add flour mixture. Bake at 350F in five mini greased loaf pans for about 30-45 min., or until a toothpick comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached. Alternately, this could also be baked in a greased 9x13 pan for a more blondie-like appearance.
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So glad that your mistake worked out for you! I hate when recipes don't turn out and need to be thrown away! Lucky you that this turned out to be a new treat!
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http://www.underthebigoaktree.com/2010/10/vitalicious-vitatops-giveaway-alisons.htmlOk just reading your post is making me really want to go into the kitchen to bake some, and it's really late here:) Sometimes the unintentional mistakes are the best tasting one, as you can see for yourself. Thanks for submitting these beauties to the YBR. I really hope you will join us again next month.
ReplyDeleteI love when a mistake still yields a beautiful and delicious end result. Wishing I had all the ingredients in the house now to make them but unfortunately I don't and would rather not throw on an extra two layers of clothing just to brave the cold. Will save the ingredient list for my next shopping trip!


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Got it!Two weeks ago I informed my landlord that one of the roommates in the house I rent in was smoking marijuana and crack cocaine and made my entire room smell of drugs while I was hosting a weekly bible study.I told him I feel unsafe having this person live in the house and that his drug use is directly impacting me. He then confronted the tenant and shared this information with him.Last night,the tenant began physically threatining me because I "told on him".Minutes later, he entered my garage and came into my room where I was and started pushing me and continued to make threats.I called the police and they warned the tenant to stop harassing me. Now the landlord is asking me to leave.Is this unjustifiable eviction?Is it illegal that he divulged this information to the tenant?What can I do?
It is hard to say. For all we know, the landlord might also be smoking marijuana too. I think the landlord is trying to ensure the "quiet enjoyment" of all tenants, but perhaps made the wrong judgment call as to which tenant to remove.
Maybe it would be better if you moved out, since you are on a month to month rental agreement?
Even if you had a fixed term lease, you could probably terminate it early. There is a law in California effective January 1, 2009 whereby, under certain conditions, a tenant who was the victim an act of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking may terminate the tenancy by written notice to the landlord. California Civil Code section 1946.7 does not require that there be a finding of domestic violence, only that there be a police report showing that domestic violence was alleged. If this situation applies to you, you may notify your landlord in writing that you or another household member has been a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and that you intend to move out. However, you would still be responsible for payment of the rent for 30 days following your notice. You are required to attach to your notice to the landlord a copy of the temporary restraining order, emergency protective order, or police report, within 60 days of the day such order or report was issued or made. Civil Code section 1946.7 (f) provides: "Nothing in this section relieves a tenant, other than the tenant who is, or who has a household member who is, a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and members of that tenant's household, from their obligations under the rental agreement."
Frank W. Chen has been licensed to practice law in California since 1988. The information presented here is general in nature and is not intended, nor should be construed, as legal advice for a particular case. This posting does not create any attorney-client relationship with the author. For specific advice about your particular situation, consult with your own attorney.
Marijuana and crack cocaine are treated very differently under the law, including landlord-tenant law. Crack cocaine is an illegal drug which means the other tenant is breaking the law. In contrast, possession of marijuana in relatively small amounts is merely an infraction similar to a traffic ticket. The landlord probably has a right to divulge the information to the other tenant since he was, in theory, warning him to correct his behavior in order to protect your right to "quiet enjoyment." Whether and how your landlord has the right to evict you depends on the type of tenancy you have: month-to-month or term. It is far more difficult for a landlord to evict you if you signed a lease for a certain term. If it is month-to-month it is much easier, so long as the landlord follows the proper procedure and provides you with the proper amount of notice, as required by law. Ultimately, however, I agree with the previous attorney -- if this is not the type of environment you want to be living in, you should be the one to leave. Illegal drug use by other tenants is strong evidence that your right to quiet enjoyment has been violated and even breaching a term tenancy agreement is likely justified under those circumstances.
This reply is provided for information purposes only and does not represent legal advice or an attorney-client relationship.
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