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'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Recap: F-Bombs, Cartwheels and Fun
Monday, December 03, 2012
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And with just one "Shut the F*** up!", we're back in Ojai at dinner with the ladies of Beverly Hills. Kim and Brandi are FINALLY making up. They're talking through their issues with each other and the obstacles they've faced, and just when Kim starts to get choked up about everything, Adrienne has to chime in with the excessively loud mouth that's atop her freakishly tiny body and draw everyone's attention to Kim's tears. Brandi gets pissed and puts Adrienne in her place. I mean, what does Adrienne gain by alerting everyone to the private conversation that Brandi and Kim are having? Kim can hold her own. She's a fiesty little woman. If Brandi was truly upsetting her, Kim wouldn't be crying, Kim would be screaming and getting up in Brandi's face with childish retorts, as we've seen in the past. This was obviously a positive emotional release and Adrienne took her sharp voice as if it were a knife and stabbed it in the face.
Brandi Won't Back Down
Brandi might not be well-versed in basic table manners, but I gotta give her props for standing her ground. She continues to tell Adrienne to back off because the conversation she was having with Kim was private, and Adrienne keeps uttering, "well, I feel bad for her." Note to self: the next time Adrienne cries on this show, make sure to send her a tweet that says "UH OH, SOMEONE'S CRYING!" That might be stooping to her level (or probably lower) but, isn't that what Twitter is made for?
Only One POV Allowed
After Brandi follows Kim into the ladies room to comfort her, the ladies take turns sharing their opinions on Brandi's choice of words. Kyle agrees that Adrienne should've left it alone, but that Brandi didn't need to drop the F-bomb at the dinner table. Taking Brandi's side is Lisa, who points out that Brandi uses the f-word as often as she says, "bloody hell" and tells the ladies to let it go. Kyle accuses Lisa of unfairly siding with Brandi and that, if she disagrees that Brandi should not have said that to Adrienne, she's just, wrong. Basically, if you don't wear pink on Wednesdays, you can't sit at the cool table. Nobody let Kyle get into politics! Not that I'm worried, but you know.
Vanderpump Rules
Then comes the mob mentality. The ladies start to talk over each other about how absolutely uncalled for that statement was and "Ugh, who talks like that to another woman!" Um, REALLY?! Was Kyle the one that called Brandi a "slut pig" or was that Kim? Either way, I'm pretty sure we've heard worse from ALL of them. Lisa heads into the bathroom and convinces Brandi to apoligize to Adrienne for telling her to shut up, even though it's clear from the look on her face, that Lisa would like all of them to do just that. Everyone returns to the table and Brandi throws a quick and very insincere apology in Adrienne's direction, to which Adrienne half-heartedly accepts.
Passive Meditation
Brandi gets a call from her book agent and once she hangs up with him, she announces to the table that her book deal is a go. Cut to Taylor, who looks as if one of her over-inflated lips is going to burst from rage. For those of you not keeping score, during the reunion episode, Brandi openly critisized Taylor for writing a book about Russell and domestic abuse after his death. Taylor begins a very obnoxious routine of deep breaths and meditative movements at the table to combat her instincts to throw down with Brandi in the middle of dinner. Brandi calls her out and says, "It's hard for, I guess, women to be happy for other women. It's weird, you have to meditate instead of being happy for them." Kyle chimes in and sets up the flashback clip of the reunion and the words between Brandi and Taylor about Taylor's book.
Yolanda takes a moment to make all of them feel foolish by telling them that they should all just let it go. All of the old stuff they're bringing up, they should let go of or they will be miserable forever. It was a thing of beauty.
Toast to Frenemies
Brandi and Taylor compete in misery and financial struggles for second and then Lisa tries to calm everyone down (and get everyone to shut the f*** up, essentially) by toasting to Brandi's new book deal. Kyle raises her glass with a sour expression, much like that of a 9 year-old forced to finish her peas, and there's an awkward silence among the group. Who breaks that silence? Adrienne, of course! She does this by letting everyone know that she, too, has a new book deal and that she just hasn't had a chance to mention it. She raises her glass, alone, and I smile at her failed attempt to steal the spotlight.
F-Yeah! Vanderpump Still Rules
Lisa is my favorite. Have I mentioned that before? She understands the different triggers that set the ladies off and she tries to offer her advice to Brandi on how to handle it next time without giving them a reason to criticize her. Wise, level-headed and fabulous. Bloody hell, Lisa is amazing. The girls hop into their life-size Barbie/Bentley golf carts and it's Yolanda vs. Lisa in a race around the golf course. Hilarity ensues, y'all. It's a nice shift in the overall mood. Then they all tackle the Badminton, court? Field? Whatever it's called, they are not great at it.
Naked Shenanigans
The trip to the spa comes next and it quickly goes from a relaxing afternoon to a soft-core porno on Cinemax, when the girls begin covering each other and themselves in mud and clay. Kim gets weird and moans with her hand hidden underneath her towel and I am on the verge of ditching this episode and the show entirely. Yolanda and Lisa put an end to the awkward tension (thanks girls!) by engaging in a towel toss. Things get fun when towels start getting thrown at everyone. Kyle thinks it would be fun to play the quiet game and see if they can all be silent for an entire minute. Yolanda puts the kibosh on that game by throwing a pitcher of water at Kyle. WATER FIGHT. It's nice to see them act like children at recess, rather than their usual children fighting over a toy.
Sloppy Seconds
Dinner ends without any drama and they move inside for more wine. Yolanda calls it a night at this point, because she would rather get a good night's sleep, and enjoy Ojai the next day. Kim says goodnight to everyone at the same time and leaves just as the girls start to get sloppy. Good for you, Kim. You know how this story ends, and you're better than that. Brandi and Taylor engage in a mess of an arm wrestling contest and since they both cheat, it just ends with the two of them drunkenly rolling around. Next up, it's Adrienne vs. Brandi. Brandi, good cover! Now's your chance to take these chicks down, one by one. The next event, ladies and gents, is the drunken handstands and cartwheels competition.
The Morning After
The sun comes up and Kyle recaps the previous night's antics with the two sober gals. Yolanda comes right out and tells Kyle that there's nothing worse than drunk women. BURN! They pack up and hop in the car after a fun-filled weekend of RH-bonding. Lisa blows my mind by momentarily trading her English accent for an American one. Spot on, by the way.
Do the ladies choose to end their fun weekend trip on a positive note though? Not quite. Kyle brings up Brandi's dinnertime f-bomb on the drive home as a way to put everything back in it's place before they reach Beverly Hills. Brandi and Adrienne go back and forth for a bit and don't reach an agreement, as expected. Is a truce in their future?
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2013 marks the 80th anniversary of noted Hollywood composer, arranger and conductor Alfred Newman creating the iconic fanfare theme for Twentieth Century Films which was renamed Twentieth Century-Fox in 1935. It is also the 60th anniversary of when I first experienced Newman's motion picture soundtrack genius at the age of 10. It turned out to be an event that unquestionably set me on the path to what would become a thrilling, life-long musical odyssey. In 1953, though television was posing a serious challenge to the motion picture industry, going to the movies still seemed to me, my friends and family in the South Bronx a one-of-a-kind special occasion that we always looked forward to with keen anticipation. Fortunately, within walking distance of our neighborhood, there were three movie theatres along Southern Boulevard, a bustling hub of shops, restaurants, delis, candy stores and newspaper stands.
Weekly, the three cinema houses presented varied first-run offerings, something for everyone. The Boulevard was a showcase for MGM, Paramount and Columbia productions while the Spooner featured mostly Twentieth Century-Fox, Warner Bros. and RKO films. The Star, meanwhile, presented an eclectic mix of B movies and an occasional 'art' film, i.e., the films of Charlie Chaplin's later period such as "Limelight."
A day or evening at the movies was a serious but often entertaining investment of time. A typical outing, lasting as much as three or four hours, included a double feature, coming attractions, News of the Day, and in the case of the Boulevard, an even longer stretch of time on those evenings when a live, vaudeville performance was added to the mix. For kids, on Saturday mornings at the Spooner, the festivities would begin with 10 cartoons (a whopping 25 during the holidays) followed by the same generous offering of the double feature and more! I fondly remember many a winter day when my friends and I would walk home in the gathering darkness after a day-long silver screen marathon that included popcorn, candy, ice cream, soda galore and the grudging tolerance of a middle aged woman who had the thankless task as usher to control the behavior of us kids who were confined to the "kiddy section."
The defining moment I allude to occurred during Christmas week in1953 when I saw "The Robe" at the Spooner. There was so much excitement leading up to the opening of this film because the theater had been closed for days as workers installed the new CinemaScope screen and stereophonic sound speakers. I had read about "The Robe" making its New York City premiere at the Roxy Theater in Manhattan where it played to record crowds for several months. My imagination about what this Biblical spectacle might look like on an amazingly wide and curved screen had been peaked.
The experience of "The Robe" exceeded my expectations. I was overwhelmed by the drama about a Roman tribune, played by a young Richard Burton, who finds redemption after commanding a military unit that executed Jesus Christ. What made the experience of this film so moving was its deeply stirring and memorable, symphonic-like music score for a large orchestra and chorus. I had noted in the opening screen credits that the music had been written by Alfred Newman, an artist who would soon become an integral part of my intensifying love affair with film music, classical music and Broadway musicals which, in turn, would be joined by opera, jazz and rock and roll.
Ironically, it wasn't the silver screen where I learned about Newman's amazing contributions as a pioneer film composer but on the small black and white TV screen. In the 1950s, WNTA's Channel 13 in New York City aired for the first time many of 20th Century-Fox's productions from the 40s and early 50s. Just about all of them included original scores composed and conducted by Newman who I learned had begun his long tenure as music director of Darryl Zanuck's studio, starting in 1940. The sheer diversity and range of this composer's talents enthralled me and enhanced my enjoyment of such film classics as "All About Eve," "Leave Her to Heaven," "The Song of Bernadette," "The Keys to the Kingdom." "Captain from Castile, "How Green Was My Valley," "The Mark of Zorro" and others.
On other TV stations, I discovered film scores from Newman's early career in the 1930s. Among the gems were "Street Scene," Dodsworth," "The Prisoner of Zenda," "Gunga Din" and the unforgettable "Wuthering Heights."
As it would turn out, "The Robe" represented the near mid-point in Newman's remarkable and prolific career. In the ensuing years, he would compose memorable scores for "Anastasia," "Love is a Many Splendored Thing," "The Greatest Story Ever Told," "The Counterfeit Traitor," "How the West Was Won." and the deeply moving "The Diary of Anne Frank," which became my personal favorite Newman score.
In the 1950s, I also fell in love with Rodgers and Hammerstein (R&H) musicals, thanks to Hollywood's striking adaptations of their Broadway hits, beginning with "Oklahoma!" filmed in the breathtaking wide-screen process of Todd-AO. Although it was an expensive proposition, $1.80 a ticket (plus 30 cents round-trip subway fare) for a reserved balcony seat in the Rivoli Theater in Manhattan, I saw "Oklahoma" more than half a dozen times during its very long run. I was smitten by the music, lyrics and storytelling of R&H and thrilled to learn from newspaper ads that other film adaptations of their musicals were in the offering. But when I went to see "Carousel" I noticed in the opening screen titles that Newman arranged and conducted the score, shedding a new light on what I would soon learn was yet another of his remarkable talents—adapting and conducting the scores of other composers.
Newman's signature scoring for a R&H musical— richly symphonic in ways that I discovered with disappointment could not be replicated by smaller orchestras used in Broadway productions—continued with "The King and I", "South Pacific," "Flower Drum Song," and the remake of R&H's original film musical, "State Fair." Although he did not score R&H's "The Sound of Music," Newman captured the last of his nine Oscars (a record for a Hollywood composer and music director) for Lerner & Loewe's "Camelot" three years before his passing in 1970.
Again, television was the medium whereby I discovered that early on his Hollywood career, Newman's contributions as an adapter/music director were considerable and included "City Lights," "Born to Dance," "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Tin Pan Alley." In researching this article, I was surprised to learn that Newman won two Academy Awards back to back in 1952 and 1953 (same year as "The Robe") for his work as adapter, respectively, on "With A Song in My Heart" and "Call Me Madam." Also in 1953 (what a year!), he appeared conducting the overture in "How to Marry a Millionaire." Actually, the music performed by the 20th Century-Fox symphony orchestra under his baton was the classic score he wrote for one of his earliest films: "Street Scene" in 1931.
The discovery of Newman was critical in my growing appreciation for the art of film scoring and opened the doors to other Hollywood composers I came to love: Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Dimitri Tiomkin, Miklos Rozsa, Franz Waxman, Elmer Bernstein, Ernest Gold, Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams. Along the way, I discovered that the renowned composer, Aaron Copland, wrote several film scores that became classics in themselves, notably "The Red Pony" and "Our Town."
The 50s were a golden age for Newman and it marked the start of my own golden age in discovering the joy of music in all its forms. My passion for music was boundless. During high school, I and other students attended a matinee performance of "West Side Story" at the Winter Garden Theater in Manhattan. The thrilling surprise was the appearance of the show's young composer, Leonard Bernstein, who conducted the overture. Suffice it to say that I immediately became a huge admirer of Bernstein for having written for my generation an amazing musical that spoke directly about the teen street gang world we knew about first hand and also expressed our youthful yearnings.
But Bernstein also soon became a major link in my growing appetite for classical music which started to be whetted by my listening to two New York City classic music stations—WQXR and WNCN. Originally, I tuned into these stations because they programmed film and show music but I also began to hear broadcasts of classical music. In the summers, I listened to live performances from Tanglewood of the Boston Pops conducted by Arthur Fiedler which featured a sprinkling of light classics as well as compositions by celebrated Broadway composers. It was also on a summer evening at Lewisohn Stadium at City College in Manhattan where I heard my first live classic concert conducted by the renowned Leopold Stokowski. The highlight was a Brahms symphony that enthralled me for its melodic lush string instrumentation, a quality I loved most about Newman's scores.
In time, after hearing a number of symphonic recordings by Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, I decided to attend one of his concerts at Carnegie Hall. I did so at one weekend matinee performance that featured Copland's "Appalachian Spring" which filled my heart with inexpressible joy. My list of favorite composers quickly expanded with Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Beethoven and then grew to include Britten, Shostakovich, Vaughn Williams and Prokoviev. During my young adulthood, Bernstein, then Solti, introduced me to Mahler's symphonies and, once again, I would be moved in profound ways, delighting in the richest string instrumentation I had every heard in this composer's eloquent adagios. Mahler quickly stood as the Mt. Everest of my most favorite classical composer.
I could not get enough of music. In time, I got that the idea that I could hear the music I loved most when I chose to by starting a record collection of my own. The source for my new hobby was the Record Hunter store on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street where I spent endless hours leafing through bins of music albums alphabetized by composer and reading about the works, composers and conductors on the rear of the album covers, a pleasure that disappeared away with the advent of the CD format.
My collecting started modestly with a few purchases of Newman soundtrack albums but soon expanded with the addition of classic music recordings, a hobby that led to a massive LP, then a CD collection which would also eventually boast significant holdings of opera, classic rock n roll and jazz albums as well. Out of nostalgia and the belief that many of the vinyl recordings sound better than their CD transcriptions, I have not parted with my LP collection.
Newman's music is forever and vividly embedded in some of the most unforgettable images that flickered before my young eyes: Christ carrying the cross in "The Robe;" the heartbreaking embrace of Anne Frank and Peter when they realize the Nazis have discovered their hiding place in "The Diary of Anne Frank;" the seeming endless numbers of Eve Harringtons taking their bows before the mirror at the end of "All About Eve;" the doomed lovers on the moors in "Wuthering Heights;" the innocent young peasant girl encountering the Virgin Mary in "The Song of Bernadette;" the insanely jealous daughter, wife and soon-to-be murderous throwing her father's ashes to the wind as she rides horseback in "Leave Her to Heaven" and the King of Siam whisking Anna off her feet in the rousing "Shall We Dance" segment from the "The King and I."
At next year's Academy Awards, I suggest that the Hollywood community pay the tribute that Alfred Newman deserves for the richest soundtrack musical legacy he left to generations of film lovers. The tribute would of course include selections of Newman's most memorable scores conducted by his two talented sons—David and Thomas—who have followed in his footsteps as successful film composers in their own right. But, the evening's proceedings would begin with a double overture. The first would be the instantly recognizable Twentieth Century-Fox fanfare that has heralded thousands of that studio's productions since it was first heard eight decades ago. The second would be the dramatically rousing "All About Eve" theme. "Eve" was composed with the Broadway theater in mind but it is so appropriate to the glittering Hollywood world as well, one that Newman was so much a part of for more than 40 years. And for his many admirers like me who were inspired by his genius, it's time indeed to shout out our universal appreciation in a grand and festive Alfred Newman sounding kind of way.


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This is just too hilarious to pass up…ever. There's a fella in Cincinnati who is about to be a father of 6. He currently has no children but, between August and October of this year, 6 different women will be giving birth to his children. His explanation when asked about this by a judge in open court?
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The Old Dominion Monarchs host the Pirates of East Carolina Saturday evening in the Constant Convocation Center. Game time is 7 p.m. The Pirates are 3-1 and are coached by Ricky Stokes. ECU is led by Corey Rouse who is averaging 19.3 points per game, and shooting .609 from the floor. Saturday nights game is baseball appreciation night. The game can been seen on a tape delayed basis on Comcast (Ch. 35) Sunday at 1:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.


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Dr. Masami Nishishiba, Associate Director of the Center for Public Service, was recently awarded a 2013 President's Diversity Award.
"Masami Nishishiba, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Assistant Director for the Center for Public Service is a constant model and advocate in helping PSU meet its diversity goals. She continually demonstrates her deep commitment to diversity and inclusion, and the development and enhancement of cultural competence at our University and well beyond its borders. At PSU, Dr. Nishishiba teaches courses in Diversity including "Enhancing Diversity in the Workplace" which is offered to Masters in Public Administration students, and co-teaches Public Leadership & Cultural Competence in the Executive Masters of Public Administration program. In these classes she is skillful in her ability to integrate academic and experiential learning whereby PSU students complete the course with a comprehensive understanding about the value and meaning of diversity, as well as a new personal self-awareness about their bias and behavior. In addition, Dr. Nishishiba has recently led the International Field Experience for the EMPA program. In this capacity she instructs and guides graduate students to experience first-hand public service processes in foreign environments. She is extremely effective in teaching about and modeling the cultural competence needed to interact professionally and respectfully when imbedded in a place that is very culturally different than the U.S."
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In light of this summer's record high temperatures, we find perspective on really hot temperatures. In an experiment, scientists at Europe's CERN laboratory claim to have achieved the highest temperature ever produced by humans — about 5.5 trillion degrees. Audie Cornish and Melissa Block have more.


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Guess who's coming to dinner (with Gov. Scott?)
Three members of the state House leadership have been invited to dinner Thursday at the Governor's Mansion: Reps. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, Chris Dorworth, R-Lake Mary, and Carlos Lopez-Cantera, R-Miami. Weatherford and Dorworth are in line to be speakers of the House following Rep. Dean Cannon, and Lopez-Cantera is the current House majority leader.
The event is being billed as a social occasion and it is not listed on Scott's official daily schedule. It has stirred new tensions between the governor's office and the capital press corps because Scott's office wants to allow only two pool reporters to observe the dinner and also wants to hand-pick the reporters who will attend, a condition the press corps considers unacceptable. Similar meetings were open to all reporters in former Gov. Charlie Crist's administration but Scott prefers pool coverage at small events, at which one or two reporters are required to share all observations with the rest of the media.
The state Constitution requires certain "prearranged meetings" between more than two members of the Legislature must be "reasonably open to the public" if "the purpose of which is to agree upon formal legislative action that will be taken at a subsequent time."
Weatherford said his office was not told the purpose of the dinner, but he assumed it was purely social. "I was not under the impression that we're going to be talking about any specific public policy issues. Look, we have a new governor who is trying to build relationships with legislators, and this is an opportunity for him to do that. I think it's purerly social and a chance for him and his wife to show some hospitality. I think most people would understand that."
For what it may be worth, Speaker Cannon said he has not yet been invited to break bread with the new governor.
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Dec. 28, 2012 02:00 PM
MARSHALL, Texas, Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the only known working courthouse in the United States to host a spectacular light and music show, the Historic Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, Texas continues to shine bright each evening through December 31 during Marshall, Texas' Wonderland of Lights Festival.
Built in 1901, the Harrison County Courthouse serves as an active office for county officials, with its courtroom also hosting federal trials for the nearby Federal District Court as well as Harrison county government proceedings. The courthouse was renovated during the past decade at a cost of $10 million, and has been featured prominently in many historic and tourism publications. Adorned with more than 250,000 LED Christmas lights, the Courthouse takes on a truly majestic feel during the holiday season, providing a wonderful centerpiece for the Wonderland of Lights Festival.
The courthouse is the setting for nightly synchronized light and music shows set to a variety of Christmas songs and is presented by Steve and Penny Carlile and Celebrating Home. The evening light and music shows begin each night at 6 p.m. and have become a crowd favorite during the festival. No two shows are exactly alike and are sure to please everyone in the family. The synchronized Christmas light shows have become the "don't miss" attraction of the Wonderland of Lights Festival. It's really no surprise, with the crown-jewel of Harrison County as the backdrop; the shows are pleasing for visitors of any age. The synchronized light and music shows are held multiple times nightly between 6 and 10 p.m.
The courthouse will also set the scene for a special New Years Eve celebration. Visitors can ring in the New Year in downtown Marshall with all Wonderland of Lights Festival attractions open until mid-night. A night of family fun is on tap and visitors young and old will enjoy the celebration in downtown Marshall with the evening capped off with a ball drop from the historic Hotel Marshall located near the courthouse.
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I enjoyed Mike Tidwell's article on phasing out carbon fuels in favor of renewable energy sources ("Forecast calls for pain,", Feb. 6). Taxing carbon is the best way to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
Having lived and traveled in Germany, I know that the U.S. is way behind in green living and sustainability. In Germany renewable energy is booming. Many people commute via mass transit, trains offer the option to go anywhere in Europe, and bicycling is very popular. Organic stores are everywhere, and everything is recycled so people don't consume as much.
By contrast, we Americans drive our cars too much, consume too much and waste too much. We eat too much fast food and get too little exercise.
Most people are afraid of change, however, Perhaps environmentalists need to talk more about what life would really be like without fossil fuels, since most people can't imagine what that would really mean.
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Prince Of Persia - Completion, Kudos, Bonuses 30
Thanks to GameSpot for their feature documenting the final hours of development on Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time, Ubisoft's update of the classic '80s platform adventure. The piece follows the development team as they squash the final, most obscure bugs, such as "...the disappearance of the head of the female character, Farah, if you leave the game on for more than 12 consecutive hours", and elsewhere, IGN PS2 rate the results as "the perfect realization of the franchise in 3D." GameSpy also has a set of features on the game, with the Xbox version's review largely positive, proclaiming "this prince is no pauper", while 1UP spell out the bonuses for each version, including "PS2: The entire original Prince of Persia... Xbox: The entire original Prince of Persia 2... GC/GBA: The entire original Prince of Persia, unlockable via the GBA or GameCube."


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Recipe courtesy of Chef/Owner Ron Boucher Chez Boucher Culinary Arts Training School
Yield 36 crostini from two baquettes or serve on crackers
Compote (make ahead)
1 cup water
1/4 cup port wine
1/2 cup dried cherries
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 teaspoon vanilla paste
1 can black cherries
1 orange, plus juice and zest
1/4 cup honey
Place water and dried cherries together in a medium sauce pan. Bring to a slow simmer for 15 minutes or until water is reduced to 1/4 cup.
Add the canned cherries and the balance of ingredients. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
Remove and cool before using. Can be made one day ahead.
2 baguettes, sliced
Toast in the oven for four minutes on a baking sheet.
Whipped goat cheese
1-2 tablespoons heavy cream
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Weinglass is one of the forgotten giants of the 1960s. He's not mentioned in most of the standard Sixties' history texts. When one thinks of "the Sixties," Lenny is not the first person who comes to mind.
Too bad, because nobody did more to defend the marginalized, the radical, the down-and-out, the railroaded and the "lost causes" generally than Lenny. When it came to the heavy hitters of the "people's lawyers," Lenny wasn't as flamboyant as fellow radical attorney Bill Kunstler, nor was he as connected to people in high places as Civil Rights champion Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. But he was always there for those who needed him the most. He gained fame as the attorney for the Chicago 8 (later 7), the group of activists accused of conspiring to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
"Leonard Weinglass, an attorney from Newark, ...was asked to enter the case by Tom Hayden, a former client," wrote Frank L. Jonas and Diana Kelbanow in their book People's Lawyers. "A detail-oriented attorney who did much of the research for the case, Weinglass had never previously tried a case outside of New Jersey."
The Chicago 8 Trial catapulted Weinglass to nationwide fame. He went on to defend the late Anthony Russo (1936-2008), Daniel Ellsberg's co-defendant accused of helping to leak sensitive documents in the Pentagon Papers case, imprisoned Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Cuban Five (a group of five Cubans accused of spying on the United States for the Castro government), and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as well as a myriad of other activists, prisoners of conscience and assorted dissenters. He got his start as a U.S. Air Force judge advocate. He later went to Yale Law School.
Weinglass was constantly busy, yet he never liked attention, and shunned the role of celebrity attorney. Way back in the 1990s, before I decided to write my Ph.D. dissertation about Vietnam Veterans Against the War, I asked Lenny if he'd be willing to be the subject of a biography. He wrote back, simply, "No. If I were willing, I'd pick you to do it. But I'm not, so there you go."
Yet years later, in August 2001 (just a few weeks before the 9/11 terror attacks), I had a chance to interview Weinglass in his spacious, yet cluttered office in Manhattan. The place was full of framed political posters, some dating back decades, others very recent. There were stacks of case files everywhere. We had the most fascinating conversation imaginable. But never once did Lenny take credit for any of his successful cases. He wanted to talk more about the history he witnessed and the other people he met. He always tried to keep himself out of the picture.
A few weeks later, when those planes hit the World Trade Center, Weinglass, a lover of all things New York, was devastated. But he still took on the cases nobody dared touch, from Muslims who'd been the victims of racial profiling to militants who marched in the streets against George W. Bush's policies. "The typical call I get is the one that starts by saying, 'you are the fifth attorney we've called,'" he said. "Then I get interested!"
When I heard Lenny was ill, I signed the guest book on a tribute website. I noticed the countless other wonderful messages from men and women, young and old, from all walks of life, who'd been touched by him in one way or another. What a poignant thing to read all of those well wishes, all of those words of hope and kindness.
In my little note to Lenny, written just weeks before he died, I told him that American democracy was much healthier because of him. No doubt Leonard Weinglass, attorney for the outcasts, the falsely accused and the dispossessed, would have been the first to object to such an accusation.


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The varsity Tiger basketball team will honor the graduating senior members prior to the start of their game against DeKalb on Friday, February 7 in Tiger Gym.
The junior varsity team will play at 5 p.m. The ceremony will be at approximately 6 p.m. followed by the varsity game. Post player Fetzen Talsma shoots for two against Chisum. He led the Tigers with 10 points for the game. See the Feb. 6 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for games deatils.


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These two are used to group virus belongs to one genus. How to decide the virus belong to one genogroup and genotype? How much sequence variation is in the genogroup and genotype?
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genogroup and genotype
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 01:24 PM
Genotype would be the equivalent of a species, but genogroup could include other closely related species. The sequence variation would depend on the relatedness of a particular strain and the mutation rate (e.g. compare ssRNA viruses with dsDNA viruses in terms of mutation rate).
Posted 09 March 2013 - 07:40 PM
I think there must be a percentage for describing the sequence variance or similarity. For two sequences, how much similarity and variance decide that the two belong to different genogroup and how much further decide if they belong to same or different genotype.


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Heinrich Himmler was a street fighter who took control of one of Hitler's most feared terror machines - the "Einsatzgruppen" tasked with depopulating Eastern Europe and Russia so that "pure" Germans could take their place. Nazi Hunters had their sights on Himmler from early on in the war because of his systematic persecution of the Jews and non-Aryans. Allied forces were told to capture him - and this is what set the hunt off, even before the end of the war. On May 6, 1945, the SS leader decided to go south to his home in Bavaria, taking with him a few escorts. Disguising themselves and holding false papers, three men, including Himmler, were picked up by an alert British infantry patrol. The true identity of the second greatest German war criminal of them all did not come to light for another couple of days. Himmler was imprisoned and later found dead in captivity in Luneburg - through cyanide poisoning. Controversy rages about his death, particularly in view of Churchill's remarks (in cabinet) that the Allies were "quite entitled to bump him off."
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Holland decries Brownback's auto dealer exemption plan
May 14, 2010
Topeka A proposal by U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., to exempt automobile dealers from the oversight of a proposed consumer protection agency has drawn fire from military officials and Democrat Tom Holland, who will probably face Brownback in the governor's race.
The dispute is over part of an overhaul of U.S. financial markets being debated in Congress.
The Defense Department, credit unions and numerous military organizations want auto dealers to come under the oversight of the proposed Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
"Protection from unprincipled auto lending enables our soldiers to concentrate on their primary mission — protecting our great nation," Army Secretary John McHugh said in a letter to the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
But Brownback has proposed an amendment that would exempt auto dealers that assist customers in financing from the proposed consumer protection agency.
Holland, a Democratic state senator from Baldwin City, said that was wrong.
"The Department of Defense, along with many military support groups, oppose the Brownback Amendment because it harms our fighting men and women's ability to be battle-ready," he said. President Barack Obama is opposed to the amendment, too.
Brownback said his amendment, supported by the National Automobile Dealers Association, is needed because auto dealers are currently subject to federal regulation and state laws, and that unless the amendment is approved, lending could be hampered and hurt consumers by increasing the costs of vehicles. "Auto dealers are a part of Main Street, not Wall Street, and they are not responsible for the financial meltdown," he said.
Brownback and Holland are expected to face off in the November election for governor.
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Goodbye Kitty, Hello Kitty!
Walmart.com is now selling caskets, urns and funeral jewelry. I find this vaguely disturbing, but I'm not certain why. And can anyone please tell me what "funeral jewelry" is?!
According to Ad Age Magazine, Costco, Amazon and some place called Caskets2U (thank god they didn't call themselves CastketsAreUs) also have an array of death supplies, including the "Mom Remembered" casket, with embroidered roses and and the word "Mother" inside the lid (um, folks, mom can't read when she's in there — better to put that on the outside don't you think?).
Well, I'm holding out for branded funeral urns (36% of the people who died last year were cremated). Can't you just picture how fabulous your ashes would look in a glittering "Hello Kitty" urn? Or a Burberry Urn with its own little trademark plaid scarf wrapped about it? Or best of all, for those who liked to knock a few back in their day, the Absolute Vodka Urn, shaped like the beloved bottle? People, there is money to be made here!


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Days before graduation, sixteen-year-old Bruno Nazaire makes the worst mistake a Blue can make--he grabs the hand of a suicidal Green, saving the boy's life and forever altering his own.
In Télesphore, the glowing color of a person's palm determines their place in society, and touching hands with another mixes the colors permanently. Changing identities might not be so bad for the weirdoes and wallflowers, but Bruno is the most popular guy on the rugby team. Or, was. Now with a turquoise palm, the best he can hope for is a backbreaking life in the sewers. Only a last-minute arranged marriage to another Blue might save him. The problem is, he's already fallen for Véronique, a girl from the Red Slums who's opened his eyes to the suffering of the lower colors.
As classifications approach, Bruno sees only two choices: turn his back on the oppressed and embrace the posh life he was meant to live; or leave his family, hide from the law, and continue imparting his blue to give the less fortunate a chance at a better life. When he learns Véronique is in danger of falling victim to a lecherous member of the Royal Council, Bruno decides neither option will do, and he'll face the fight of his life to tear down the color boundaries and win the girl of his dreams.
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The exam hit my desk like a textbook.
"Good luck, Bruno," Madame Axelle said.
I tried to smile, but only managed a grimace. This was it, the last test before classification. I should've gotten up earlier to study. Maybe then I would've remembered the protein bars. Only two hours past lunch and I was already hungry.
The room went dark.
"Begin," Madame Axelle said.
I picked at my eraser and waited for my eyes to adjust. I knew the school just wanted to make it harder for us to see our neighbor's answers, but I'd never been any good at writing by firelight.
I flipped the test over and read the first question by the bluish light of my palm:
I grinned. Every kid in Télesphore knew the story of the couple that had wandered the planet touching rocks and turning them into people. Maybe this test would be easier than I thought.
I was already through two more questions when I noticed a folded piece of paper at the corner of my desk. I glanced behind me, where Drea sat smirking.
Yeah, right. Even if she was one of the prettiest Blues in class, there was no way I was going to get caught cheating for her.


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Fleming Museum of Art Opens Spring Season
- 01-24-2012
- By Lee Ann Cox
The University of Vermont's Fleming Museum of Art announces three new exhibits now on view with a fourth, A Discerning Eye: Selections from the J. Brooks Buxton Collection, set to open Feb. 7. A gala reception launching the spring season will be held Thursday, Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Among the Fleming's new offerings:
Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran
This exhibit introduces nearly 60 works of photography and video by 20 of Iran's most celebrated photographers. The perspective of these artists contradicts that of many foreign photographers who often represent Iran and its people as purely exotic. In expressing different visions of their world, these artists offer a glimpse into both private and public realms. The exhibition aspires to build a visual bridge between Iran and the U.S. as it leads viewers to become aware of other ways of being and seeing.
Imagining the Islamic World: Early Travel Photography from the J. Brooks Buxton Collection
This exhibition is derived from a selection of late 19th- and early 20th-century travel photographs from the collection of J. Brooks Buxton '56, former resident of several of the countries represented here. Because of Islamic prohibitions against graven images, it was chiefly Westerners that made and collected these early photographs as the genre eventually gained recognition as an art form. These works offer a rare historical counterpoint to the contemporary photographs on view in Persian Visions.
Smoke is a ubiquitous part of life around the world whether from pipes, fireplaces, factories or infernos and conveys a multitude of complex and contradictory meanings. Images of cigarette smoke can signal a leisure activity and convey the glamour of an earlier time, yet also calls to mind serious health hazards. When seen billowing out of factories, smoke can be a leitmotif representing industry and progress yet also threats to the environment, public health and quality of life. Used in ritual, smoke can serve as an offering, a tangible symbol of the immaterial; it can connote transcendence into another state of being, or its plumes can indicate destruction.
These opposing themes abound in a selection of paintings, prints and artifacts drawn from the Fleming Museum's collection, ranging from 17th-century Dutch painter Aert van der Neer to elaborately carved European and African tobacco pipes to incense burners from Asia and North America that reflect the use of smoke as an offering and agent of purification.
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New J. D. Salinger biography and documentary promise new works by the reclusive author
J. D. Salinger is nearly as famous for his reclusive lifestyle, shunning press and fans of his relatively few titles, as he is for creating the influential narrator Holden Caulfield of Catcher in the Rye. If you've already read through Salinger's body of work and it left you wanting more, you may be in for a treat. According to a new J. D. Salinger biography and documentary by director Shane Salerno and writer David Shields, Salinger left five additional works to be published after his death in 2010, and that some may become available as early as 2015. Read more


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In the Serengeti woodlands, a world far removed from the common view of the Serengeti plains, events conspire and chance dictates the fates and fortunes of all the animals. Over the course of 24 hours, as a herd of wildebeest pass through, stunning and intimate footage captures the experiences of a leopard and her two cubs, three male cheetahs and a female cheetah with her two cubs. Prepare for the ultimate armchari safari and colorful characters that will not be quickly forgotten.
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SSEM Students Inducted Into Honor Society
On April 25, sixteen students from the School of Science, Engineering and Mathematics (SSEM) honor society were inducted in a ceremony as the inaugural members of Sigma Epsilon Mu.
This society was initiated in the fall of 2011 by Dr. C. Ainsley Davis, assistant biology professor, and several SSEM students.
At the event, biology student Surendra Sharma addressed the new members by acknowledging their accomplishments.
"Acceptance into this society is no easy feat, thus, your accomplishments and dedication to scientific excellence is well received among our prestigious company here today," he said. "We recognize your commitment to excellence and let me be the first to thank you for all of your efforts. Each of you makes the SSEM at B-CU stronger and, as your presence here today tells us, makes our world a better place."
Dr. Davis also addressed the honor society.
"My personal mission in coming to B-CU was to be a proponent of the faculty that trains individuals to pursue excellence in science and to eventually prepare them to be driven to apply to graduate programs in science or medicine," he said. "Furthermore, for I envisioned an environment where students in the SSEM could get together and discuss issues in society today dealing with every area of science, engineering, and mathematics.
"The letters themselves, greek for SEM, are from the very fabric that this society encompasses, science, engineering, and, mathematics."
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Man charged in parrot theft
Sun Conure parrot still missing, police say
Man charged in parrot theft
Sun Conure parrot still missing, police say
PITTSFIELD, Mass. —
Police in western Massachusetts have charged a 52-year-old man with stealing a $600 parrot from a pet store, but the whereabouts of the bird remain a mystery.
Pittsfield police told The Berkshire Eagle that they arrested local resident Charles Williamson on felony larceny and animal cruelty charges Saturday. Officers say he walked out of a Petco Friday with the brightly colored Sun Conure and tried to sell it at several local businesses including two city bars.
But when officers caught up with Williamson on Saturday, they say he no longer had the bird.
Police say they're still looking for the parrot.
Williamson is in police custody and is expected to be arraigned in the local District Court on Monday. It's not clear if he has a lawyer.


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And one other piece of news from the Senate, Democrat Max Baucus is retiring. The powerful chair of the Senate Finance Committee has represented Montana since 1978. Baucus is the sixth Senate Democrat to announce he won't run for reelection in 2014. NPR congressional correspondent Tamara Keith has that story.
TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Max Baucus often bucks his own party - most recently just last week, when he voted against an amendment that would have expanded background checks for gun purchases. And before that, the Senate Democratic budget plan. As he rushed toward a bank of elevators in the basement of the Capitol earlier today, he was asked about his decision, how it felt not to be running for reelection.
SENATOR MAX BAUCUS: Great, in a word.
KEITH: Baucus is a Democrat from a state that President Obama lost by a large margin and the Senator was expected to face a tough race in 2014, just as his colleague, John Tester, did last year. In the end, Tester won and despite losing a veteran senator, Democrats hope they can hang onto Baucus' seat. One progressive group has already launched an online fundraising campaign to draft the state's popular former governor, Brian Schweitzer.
Republicans sense opportunity. The executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee said in a statement, quote, "The 2014 electoral map is in freefall for Democrats who were already facing a daunting challenge." As the elevator doors were about to close, Baucus turned around and smiled, rubbing his wife's shoulder.
BAUCUS: We've been going over this for months, this decision. We decided together.
KEITH: Baucus says he's now more energized than ever to pursue tax reform and he'll have more time to work on it since he won't be campaigning. Tamara Keith, NPR News, the Capitol. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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However, the turnovers and inaccuracy are something I cannot and will not defend him on. He just flat out needs to play better. If he can't do it in 2013, that's the end of the line for Mark in New York.
The very next year
1 WR Andre Johnson 2 TE 3 OT BU QB4 RB That is ten 0 players 5th round or better in 2 drafts. We haven't drafted that many in 5 years.....
04 was all D because well they needed it.
05 3rd RB 4th wr 5th OL
06 Coach fired because team sucked.
still managed to draft 3 of the better O players they had 3 Eric Winston 4 Owen Daniels 5 Wali Lundy
Edit damn forgot 3rd Charles Spencer and I guess Lundy was a 6th not a 5th.
Last edited by Dreamers; 01-26-2013 at 06:10 PM.
To be fair though Mark walked into one of the best run games in the league and the #1 OL. We then traded to give him weapons at WR they just all sucked.
No QB could succeed in the archaic G&P offense without an elite Oline and two backs suited for that system. On top of that no QB could succeed with the likes of Clyde Gates, Chaz Schilens, Mardy Gilyard and a lead back of Shonn Greene.
Sure Sanchez was a turnover machine, I can fault him for his fumbling problems , but him forcing throws and looking like he had no clue where he was throwing the ball had just as much to do with the **** we had running patterns and the gameplans. Furthermore, if he stayed entirely within Rex's/Sparano's G&P system he would have been sacked a record number of times this year, he forced throws out of desperation. The start by McElroy was proof positive of this ,the QB following the gameplan did what was asked of him take the sack don't force throws. Imagine if Sanchez did this , he would have amassed over 100 sacks this year.
Yet, everyone thinks Flynn could have done better or Alex Smith or McElroy or Tebow or as some posters have said 30 other starting Qb's in the league. I say wake up the problem is not entirely the Qb. The Jets made a crucial step by hiring Mornhinweg now Rex needs to stay the hell away from the offense and let Marty resurrect an offense that made high school teams look high poweredin comparison. It won't be pretty right away and every SOJF will scream obscenities at Sanchez with any mistake he makes, but for the first time in 4 years the Jets will be heading in the right direction on offense.
Well you are relatively new to the board...
See many posters out here kept saying for the last two seasons that a really good QB can make a decision with 1.3 seconds and that Sanchez is to stupid to make a quick decision. They swore when McElroy finally went in he would "show" us all what a "smart" QB would do.....
When McElroy was sacked 11 times. Then these same fans actually had posts out here suggesting that many the OL deliberately allowed McElroy to be sacked in order to punish him for his previous statements or that he, like Sanchez, can't read defenses fast enough. They refused to admit the OBVIOUS the offensive talent on the Jets is AWFUL!!!
But some continue to say, though les, that if Sanchez was only better then Greene would turn into Jim Brown etc. Indeed one poster had the nerve to tell me that I was a "moron" because I didn't agree with him that the Jets current offensive talent level is the "best in team history."
Yea so I appreciate your posts.....
Sanchez will start ,I read something the other day from Rex about how Mark should have goosebumps over the new OC. What scares me the most is Mark could go out and have a yr where he throws 22 tds,14 ints and a 56% comp. rate and we might have to keep him always knowing he is only an very average at best qb.
Last edited by Flushing Roots; 01-27-2013 at 06:07 AM.
Sanchez has only gotten worse...much worse...I feel he will be on the roster in 2013 but not as the #1 QB......He cannot be a starter due to just his salary....another QB on the roster will beat him out. Too many jobs are on the line to sit and watch him stink up the joint like he did in 2012...he played as bad as any QB I had ever seen....I just cannot see a nother year of it.
I'm becoming convinced that the Jets can sign a reliable backup QB that completes every pass in training camp and through the preseason while scoring hundreds of touchdowns and this regime will still name Mark Sanchez the starter.
How about waiting to see what happens? Half of you say Sanchez will eb the starter...the other half says no.....Our new GM has not mentioned a lick of a commitment ot any QB....yeah I see Sanchez onthe roster in 2013 but not as a starter. To thoes saying that he can turn it around.....I just do NOT see that happening. I know he had squat to work with on the field but that does not give an excuse to make HORRID decisions and throws. To those saying Rex still has his back....what are you basing it on? Rex knows his job is on the line. The "Mark gives us the best chance to win" Jive is gone.
No one knows how the 2013 season will pan out but I am not going to just assume that the season is already in the toilet. We have not seen the players that will eb drafted, or the Revis trade (I think it will happen). This roster will look quite different from 2012 with a very competent OC.....that can make a difference in one year.


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State money for arts and culture is dwindling, but that hasn't kept beautification efforts in Terrebonne from progressing.
State money for arts and culture is dwindling, but that hasn't kept beautification efforts in Terrebonne from progressing.
The Houma Regional Arts Council, through the Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program, received $54,221 in grants this year to be spread to other nonprofits in Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist and Terrebonne parishes to support arts and culture efforts.
That number is significantly lower than previous years.
The grants were $152,149 in 2010, $133,638 in 2011 and $89,188 in 2012.
The program distributes money for arts and culture programs based on a parish's population.
State money is tight, but Glenda Toups, executive director of the Houma Regional Arts Council, has been successfully applying for other grants and trying to work with what she has.
"We've been doing fantastic," Toups said. "We've brought in a lot of federal money into the area."
Toups said the more arts and culture incorporated into people's daily lives, the better the community will thrive.
"The results have been proven," Toups said. "Bringing arts and cultural activities and beautification projects into any community brings a lot of influence with it. Likewise, with after-school art camps, they enhance children's experiences and help them with test scores."
Beautification projects, such as sculptures, monuments and renovated facades, generate more foot traffic for businesses downtown, she added.
The Arts Council, in partnership with the Main Street program, gave $10,000 to local sculptors to create a sculpture of a heron at the corner of Barrow and Main streets in Houma. Also, in the bayou outside the Waterlife Museum in downtown Houma, are individual floating lily-pad sculptures.
Anne Picou, director of Houma's Main Street program, said renovations to existing structures and promoting cultural events help deter crime in the area.
"If we bring in more people, it really helps stop people from destroying the area," she said. "When we don't have a lot of people in the downtown area, that is when we see a lot of vandalism and negativity."
Picou said future Main Street projects include exchanging the old light posts along Main Street from Church to Barrow Stteet with more-decorative ones. Also, she anticipates the completion of the second phase of the Bayou Walk, a boardwalk along Bayou Terrebonne, from Barrow to New Orleans Boulevard. Fountains in the downtown bayou area are also expected.
Picou said Terrebonne's Main Street program hasn't seen budget cuts like the Arts Council has. The downtown program relies heavily on local taxes from hotels and motels, not from the state. Public money is not as lucrative as it once was, Picou said, but the dynamics are changing.
"There was a lot of money from local government and the state for projects 10 years ago," she said. "Now we see private citizens investing in downtown, … and you want that public-private partnership."
For instance, Lori Davis, president of Rig-Chem and member of the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority board, renovated the old City Court building in Houma to provide apartments and retail space.
Through federal National Endowment of the Arts grants, Terrebonne and Lafourche have seen programs such as the Big Read, an initiative to spark interest in books and literature.
"Each year we pick a great novel from a list of books to choose from," Toups said. "Everybody reads that one book, and then we have activities that support it."
Tim O'Brien's novel, "The Things They Carried," about being a soldier during the Vietnam War, is the next Big Read book. O'Brien is scheduled to speak April 13 during Houma's Jambalaya Writer's Conference, Toups said.
Another program, "Art of the Bayou," is a documentary film the Arts Council is producing about artists in southern Louisiana.
Toups said she is applying for another federal grant for a program called "Our Town," a program designed to create "vibrant communities" and to "solve problems through the arts."
This year, the Arts Council held a contest for students in the fourth through eighth grades to design markers that were placed on storm drains to warn residents about the hazards of dumping chemicals.
Toups said her goal is to make the parishes she represents rich enough in arts and culture that residents won't have to go elsewhere to experience something unique.
"You can have it here. We want to have options for people," she said. "We don't have to be somebody else; we can be who we are."