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BALTIMORE -- The sight has become far too familiar to the Blue Jays as they continue to stumble through the second week of June.
Just two batters into Mark Buehrle's night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, a fly ball was soaring to the seats, and a crooked number was placed on the scoreboard.View Full Game Coverage
BALTIMORE -- The sight has become far too familiar to the Blue Jays as they continue to stumble through the second week of June.
Just two batters into Mark Buehrle's night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, a fly ball was soaring to the seats, and a crooked number was placed on the scoreboard.View Full Game Coverage
For the third straight game, a Blue Jays starting pitcher allowed multiple runs in the opening frame, and for the third straight game Toronto was unable to rebound. On Thursday, it was a two-run home run by outfielder Delmon Young that put the O's ahead early on their way to a 4-2 win against the Blue Jays in front of 17,403 fans.
"It kind of seems like it's taking the wind right out of our sails," Buehrle said.
Buehrle (10-3) entered the evening searching for a Major League-leading 11th win, but he allowed four runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings to leave Toronto with a fifth loss in six games and his second straight.
The win brings the Orioles within 3 1/2 games of the Blue Jays for first place in the AL East.
"It's just about getting wins right now and getting back to playing good baseball," Baltimore starting pitcher Kevin Gausman said.
Typically, four runs would not have been an issue for Buehrle. The starting pitcher entered Thursday night receiving an average of 5.21 runs of support -- tied for 13th most in the Majors.
But Toronto's offense has not played like its typical self. The Blue Jays did not get a hit out of the infield until the fifth inning and managed just five hits and one run off of Gausman (2-1) in six innings.
"We've run into a stretch of pitchers who are really executing, doing their job," Jose Bautista said. "That's nothing to feel sorry about when they're coming out and performing well. We just have to keep battling and figure out different ways to score runs."
After the home run by Young in the first, Manny Machado led off the second with a double to end an 0-for-18 skid. Two batters later, catcher Caleb Joseph singled the third baseman home to give the O's a 3-0 lead.
Buehrle recovered after his slow start to keep Toronto in the game, but the veteran did not quite give the Blue Jays what he has typically provided during his reinvention into a Cy Young contender. The 35-year-old struck out just three batters and struggled to erase his mistakes.
Three times Buehrle let the leadoff man aboard, and all three times the Orioles turned the opportunity into at least one run.
"There were times I made a lot of mistakes, and they made me pay for them," Buehrle said, "and then I made a few good pitches, and they put the ball in play and got some base hits."
The larger issue was obvious, though. After a five-game stretch that saw the Blue Jays score four or more runs in each game, Toronto has failed to hit that mark in six of seven. By the end of the second inning, Buehrle and the Blue Jays were already in too deep a hole.
Toronto took four innings to finally get its first hit out of the infield. During that fifth inning, the Blue Jays got their first run -- on a single by Melky Cabrera -- but they could not put anything else together until they got a chance against Baltimore's bullpen.
"[Buehrle] kept us in there and gave us a chance," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "We couldn't get anything going offensively. As hot as we were, we were bound to cool off eventually."
Although the Blue Jays' lead in the division is shrinking, the club remains 10 games over .500 and is in first place this late into the season for the first time since 2000.
This series with the second-place Orioles remains critical, but even the worst possible result will not sink a season.
David Wilson is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Fresno City College defeated the Butte College men"s basketball team Friday 69-51 in the first round of the Allan Hancock tournament in Santa Maria.
Sam Dixon scored 13 points for Butte (6-8), and Isaac Brown added seven.
The Roadrunners trailed Fresno 22-19 with five minutes left in the first half, which the Rams closed with a 13-4 run. Butte, which plays Cuesta in the consolation round today, got no closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
Liberty 62, Chico 61
Burak Karatekeli and Jesse Holmes scored 18 points each but the Panthers fell to Liberty of Brentwood in the Enterprise tournament semifinals in Redding.
Taylor Binsfeld added 12 points for Chico (11-5), which led by one with five seconds left when a foul was called. Liberty made both ends of a one-and-one and the Panthers, who play Shasta at 3 p.m. today in the third-place game, had a last-second shot go off the rim.
Hamilton 42, Los Molinos 34
Shea Shull scored 16 points and had nine rebounds as the Braves won a consolation semifinal at the Liberty Christian tournament in Redding.
Austin Burbank added 10 points for Hamilton (8-6), which plays the consolation final at 1:30 p.m. today.
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Justine McCorkle added nine points for Hamilton (5-6), which plays the third-place game at 3 p.m. today.
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Because of widespread interest, Lamar University's presentation of "An Evening with Thomas Jefferson on the American Presidency" will move to the University Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The program will feature historical scholar Bill Barker, acclaimed as the nation's best Jefferson interpreter.
"We've had much more of a demand for attendance than we had anticipated, so we plan to move the program to a larger venue," said Mary Scheer, chair of Lamar's Department of History, which is sponsoring the event with the College of Arts and Sciences. "We want to make everyone comfortable and have a great experience at this outstanding presentation."
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Barker, who is associated with Colonial Williamsburg, will examine the executive office in historical perspective through his portrayal of the third president. For more than 25 years, he has dedicated his life to to educating the public about Jefferson – his life, ideas and legacy.
"In this election year, his presentation will be especially appropriate," Scheer said. "Barker portrays Thomas Jefferson as president from 1800 to 1808, but many of his topics still resonate today."
Scheer said the history department will post signs at the original location – the Dr. Richard L. Price Auditorium of the John Gray Center – and have students prepared to direct guests to the University Theatre.
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RICHMOND, Va. – Senior guard Andrea Barbour scored a game-high 23 points to go along with seven rebounds and five assists, while classmate Courtney Hurt (pictured) registered her third straight double-double with 19 points and 11 boards, and VCU defeated Northeastern 67-60 Sunday afternoon in its Colonial Athletic Association opener at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
VCU (4-3, 1-0) begins CAA play with a victory for the third consecutive season, while three of its last four wins to kick off the conference slate have come against Northeastern. It was the Rams 10th straight victory over the Huskies.
"We're really pleased to get this win at home today," said VCU Head Coach Beth Cunningham. "It's really good to start the conference [season] off 1-0 and to also get a win at home. I thought we responded well after a tough loss against Richmond on Thursday."
Freshman Christina Carter, who made her second start of the season, finished with six points, three rebounds and a game-high six assists. Sophomore Robyn Parks added eight points, three boards and a pair of steals for the Rams.
Northeastern kept the game close in the opening stanza as the first 12 minutes of action featured nine lead changes. VCU led by no more than eight points the entire period and took its largest lead of the half on a layup from Barbour with 2:26 to go.
The Huskies, who committed 13 first-half turnovers, cut it to four with 47 seconds left but a pair of Parks free throws and a layup from Hurt as time expired gave VCU a 36-29 advantage at the break.
The Rams missed three straight from the field and Northeastern forced a pair of turnovers during the first three minutes of the second half to climb back. Geneviev Gaboriault nailed one of her four treys to pull the Huskies within two, before a layup by Jewel Tunstill, who finished with a team-high 21 points, knotted the score at 36-36 with 16:56 remaining.
A pair of Parks free throws put the Rams back in front on the ensuing possession, and three-straight points from freshman Aprill McRae extended VCU's lead to five two minutes later. However, Gaboriault would hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cap off a 13-5 second half spurt that put Northeastern back in front, 42-41, for the final time at the 12:51 mark.
Barbour then scored seven points during a 14-2 VCU run and she extended the Rams' lead to 55-44 at the line with 6:20 showing.
VCU would go up by as many as 12 over the next three minutes but Northeastern wouldn't go away quietly as the Huskies chipped away and pulled within six with 31 seconds to go.
The Rams finished with 12 steals and forced a season-high 25 turnovers.
VCU travels to East Carolina on Dec. 7 for a 7 p.m. matchup against the Pirates, before returning to the Verizon Wireless Arena for back-to-back games against Coppin State (Dec. 18) and Norfolk State (Dec. 21).


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Well, any good intentions regarding "moderation" went right out the window with these addictive little bits of roasted cauliflower. I ate half the batch in one sitting. Luckily, it was all more or less healthy stuff -- cauliflower, tumeric, garlic, red pepper flakes, olive oil, and a dash of salt.
It looks like there are lots of different roasted cauliflower recipes out there --I made this version working from a recipe at 101 Cookbooks. It's really simple, with 30 minutes of baking time, and maybe 5 minutes of hands-on time. These little guys will definitely be on the meal rotation for 2010 (perhaps with a dhal or chickpea curry?). I might try adding a little cumin seed, too.
1 cauliflower, washed
3 tablespoons olive oil
2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
dash red pepper flakes
3/4 teaspoon ground tumeric
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat the oven to 400F.
Cut the "branches" of the cauliflower away from the main stem. Discard the stem. Cut up the "branches" until they are in bite-sized florets.
Place the cauliflower in a 13x9 baking dish (or a baking sheet with a rim), spreading them out into a single layer.
Drizzle the cauliflower with the olive oil, then add the garlic, tumeric, red pepper flakes, and salt. Stir until the cauliflower is more or less coated with the seasonings. (They will get even more coated when you stir the cauliflower during and after the baking process.)
Bake the cauliflower for 15 minutes. Then, carefully pull the baking dish out of the oven (with an oven mitt) and give the cauliflower a good stir. Let the cauliflower bake for another 15 minutes.
After the cauliflower has baked for a total of 30 minutes, remove it from the oven, and give it another good stir so that it's thoroughly covered with seasonings.
Serve immediately.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Roasted Cauliflower
Labels: gluten-free, recipes, vegan
5 comments:
- dirtyduck said...
this sounds so good right now.if i were the cauliflower in my fridge right now id be scared...very scared:)
- January 1, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Kitt said...
Yum! I've had cauliflower with toasted and ground cumin seeds (I guess that's Indian style). So very tasty. I'll have to try your method.
- January 1, 2010 at 5:52 PM
- Monica said...
mmm, roasted cauliflower is the best!
- January 4, 2010 at 5:21 AM
- Health and Happiness said...
I have been on a major cauliflower kick lately. This recipe looks amazing! I can't wait to read more!
- January 5, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- CJD said...
I just tried this recipe tonight. I think I ate more than half the batch. Great recipe. Thanks for sharing. BTW mine looked as pretty as your picture. The turmeric gives it great color
- January 14, 2010 at 10:41 PM
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SANDESTIN, Fla.–The No. 18 Birmingham-Southern women's golf team shot 324 today, their lowest round of the tournament, to finish 12th at the 2013 NCAA Division III Championship, played at Baytowne Golf Club in Sandestin, Fla.
Freshman Sarah Dolmovich was the top finisher for the Panthers after shooting 74 today for a four-round total of 325 (87-84-80-74), placing her tied for 38th in the final standings. Sophomore Jesse Lawley finished 52nd with 332 (78-88-81-85), followed by junior Kaleigh Toole at 70th with 339 (87-87-84-81), junior Rachele Struthers at 77th with 345 (92-89-80-84), and senior Michelle Morris at 91st with 352 (90-84-91-87).
The Panthers posted a four-day total of 1,334. Mary Hardin-Baylor hung onto their lead to win the national title, ending Methodist's 13-year reign as national champion and becoming only the second program to ever win the crown. MHBU shot 311 for the third straight day for a total of 1,239, followed by Texas Tyler with 1,247 and Methodist with 1,259.
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Canada and Norway lead qualification field at U23 World Champs in Myslowice
Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Taylor Pischke, bronze medallists last year, are the top seeded team in the women's qualification and Norway's Andreas Takvam and Runar Torsvik Sannarnes are the number one pair in the men's.
A total of 10 women's and 16 men's teams will compete for 4 spots each in main draw pool play, which starts on Wednesday. Qualification matches will start at 9.00, and two rounds are scheduled for each gender.
The U23 World Championships are the first of four FIVB age-group tournaments this year. Last year Myslowice also hosted the inaugural U23 event.
Rule testing
This year a new intended rule will be tested at the U23 and U21. It concerns the block rule, a block contact is not counted as a team hit anymore. Consequently, after a block contact, a team is entitled to three hits to return the ball.
Furthermore a new regulation is introduced at the U23 in Myslowice and all the other under-age events: the team coach is allowed inside the players' box during the game and can give directions during certain moments (i.e. time-outs and in between sets).
The town of Myslowice, located 70 km outside Krakow, has also hosted the U19 (2006) and U21 World Championships (2007) before. In the past the FIVB World Tour also stopped in the Silesian mining town. There were women's tournaments in 2008 and 2011. In 2009, 2010 and 2012 it was the men who took centre stage.
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In order to accommodate the 36 main draw teams in both the men's and women's competition, the organizers had to make some changes this year. The biggest one was to increase the number of courts to six. The teams competing in Myslowice come from all five continents.
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...and what, you may well ask, IS a TEA Baba - well my friends it is my own version of a Rum Baba - a delicious, elegant, sophisticated French raisin studded sponge soaked with rum syrup and swooned in clouds of Chantilly cream - I have exchanged the rum for tea and apple juice and I have to say I am impressed and very proud of myself for even attempting to make this 'pudding' as I have always assumed they would be really hard to make - they look complicated and they have yeast in and to be honest I am always thoroughly gobsmacked when I try a yeasted dessert and it turns out!! This one was really pretty easy - I have made it twice and it worked out both times - looked good and tasted GREAT!!!
I fell in love with Rum Babas when I was a teenager in Manchester, UK and some friends and I sneaked out of school - the Hollies FCJ in Didsbury, Didsbury being the hipper part of Manchester at the time - lovely houses, a neighbourhood I aspired to live in when I grew up - but that never happened - neither me growing up nor living there ha ha - the band was named after our school - honest - ANYWAY to run down to the delicatessen at the end of the road for tea and a baba - I think the cafe was called Mr. Marvels but I am not sure and a Google search revealed no confirmation.
On with the recipe!! - I used a brilliant one from "Baking with Julia" that worked first time - thanks Julia
First soak the raisins for a couple of hours:
1oz/1/3 cup raisins - soak in enough strong hot tea or cold rum to cover - depending which way you want to go with this treat - the tea is GOOD!!! I promise.
I did this amount the first go and it was good - the second try I doubled the amount because I like raisins and it was good also but I think it made the dough a little too wet and it didn't bake as evenly - it still worked out really well though so just decide how much you want in the raisin department :)
DOUGH PART - have everything at room temperature - this makes 8 small toque shaped delights - I used a popover/dariole mould to bake them in and it worked perfectly - you could make 4 in bigger muffin tins or when I had them in Manchester they were made in small savarin moulds and the chantilly cream was piped into the centre.
3ozs/ 3/4 cup white flour
1 egg whisked
6 tablespoons body temperature water
1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
2 oz/ 1/2 stick butter cut into small pieces and soft
1 tablespoon melted butter to coat moulds
1 tablespoon melted butter to coat moulds
1. Put warm water into a medium sized bowl and scatter the yeast and sugar across it's surface.
2. Blend in the whisked egg with a rubber or silicone spatula until just blended.
3. Add the sifted flour and blend gently for about 2 minutes until well mixed.
4. Now beat with a bit more intensity for about 8 minutes until totally smooth.
5. Add the well softened butter and mix gently only until incorporated.
6. Cover the bowl with a tea towel soaked with hot water and wrung out and leave in a very warm but not directly hot place - ie the bowl should be surrounded by warmth but it shouldn't get hot to the touch - ambient warmth please - for about 15 minutes until the dough has risen slightly - it will not double and it doesn't look like bread rising at all - it's barely bubbly. If your house is cooler - I rise mine on the wood stove so it's warm!! - the rising will take longer so give it another 10 minutes or so.
Meantime drain the raisins and set aside. Keep the liquor from them for the syrup.
7. Brush your moulds with melted butter.
8. Add the raisins to the risen dough and mix just to blend with a rubber/silicone spatula.
|The dough is very slippery and stringy as you see here.
9. Now the fun part - take spoonfuls or handfuls of the dough, I found using my hand easier, and try to drop into the moulds without getting it everywhere until moulds are half full - remember this is a slippy one - I didn't do such a great job but it's OK as they rise enough for everything to end up looking just fine.
10. Allow to rise in a warm place until they reach the top of the moulds - you don't need to cover them - should take about 30 minutes.
11. While they're rising heat the oven to 350F.
12. When risen pop in the oven - middle shelf and bake for about 25 minutes until well browned on top and easy to remove from the pan - mine weren't first time so I tried taking one out and when it wouldn't budge I put them back in for another 5 minutes - they should look like this when they come out:
When baked to perfection allow to cool for a few minutes in the moulds then remove and put onto a cooling rack until completely cold.
While waiting for the babas to cool MAKE THE SOAKING SYRUP: Julias recipe said to make twice this amount but I thought it was too much - if you like lots of syrup do make twice this amount.
4 fl ozs/1/2 cup tea and 4 fl ozs/1/2 cup apple juice
2 ozs/1/2 cup sugar
1. Heat together in a saucepan and reduce until it is nicely thickened - allow to cool.
NOW dip the babas into the syrup until coated evenly and allow to drain on the cooling rack - don't let them sit in the syrup - they'll get too soggy.
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WORCESTER — No bank will lend a penny to Matthew J. Huron.
The Colorado purveyor of medical marijuana can't offer customers the option to pay with credit cards, either, because financial services companies won't touch a business that federal law considers illegal.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to growing and selling marijuana for medical use, as a number of new businesses plan to start doing later this year in Massachusetts.
"There's a lot of challenges," said Mr. Huron, chief executive of Good Chemistry Inc. of Massachusetts, which received provisional state approval to open medical marijuana stores in Worcester and Boston plus a facility to grow plants. But, he added, "it's my passion. I believe medical marijuana should be accessible to patients that need it."
With the announcement in late January that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health had tentatively approved licenses for medical marijuana sales at 20 locations, Good Chemistry and other entrepreneurs became pioneers in a new, peculiar Massachusetts business sector.
The companies are all organized as nonprofits. Most have backers with experience in other states that allow the sale of medical marijuana, such as Colorado and California.
Altogether the companies project they will post $86 million in revenue during their first fiscal year of operation, sell nearly 10,000 pounds of marijuana and serve more than 36,000 patients. Nine of the 20 companies, including the Worcester dispensary, expect to turn a profit in year one.
State officials requested and received financial projections from applicants because they wanted to feel confident the operators could run effective businesses in a responsible way, said Karen van Unen, executive director of the state's medical marijuana program.
Still, it's not clear how accurate the projections will be. Approved operators projected first-year revenue ranging from $1.5 million to $11.9 million and sales ranging from 25 to 2,400 pounds of marijuana. Good Chemistry of Worcester expects to sell 657 pounds of marijuana at an average price of $12.50 per gram over the first fiscal year of operation while serving 1,008 patients a month and posting revenue of $3.9 million and profit of about $419,000.
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Individuals who go into the business tend to be marijuana warriors who see medical use as an opportunity to legitimize cannabis, patients or their relatives who feel strongly about the therapeutic aspect of marijuana, or people who see a financial opportunity, said Robert L. Frichtel, president and chief executive of Colorado-based Advanced Cannabis Solutions Corp., a publicly traded consulting and real estate business catering to the cannabis industry.
"The third group is the entrepreneurs, the people who just see this as a $1.8 billion dollar industry that could grow to $10 billion in the next decade, and they want to get a piece of the action," Mr. Frichtel said. "There are obviously people who are part of all three."
Mr. Huron of Good Chemistry is a 14-year veteran of the medical marijuana industry who got his start by founding a co-op in San Francisco.
"My father and his partner both had HIV, and they found therapeutic benefits from medical marijuana," Mr. Huron said. "We started growing and delivering medical marijuana to assisted living facilities throughout San Francisco, developed a nonprofit out there. So really, just started from my family and the spirit of providing this medicine for those in need."
In 2010 Mr. Huron launched Good Chemistry in Colorado. The company operates a dispensary in Denver and a cultivation center, employing 42 people and posting $4 million in annual revenue. He also owns 50 percent of Wellspring Collective Medical Marijuana Center, a Colorado entity catering to senior citizens.
Mr. Huron said he has relatives in Worcester and has found the community welcoming of his proposed business. Good Chemistry's license application notes that 63 percent of Worcester voters approved the 2012 ballot question that cleared the way for medical marijuana.
Yet uncertainties remain. In Massachusetts, doctors must clear patients for medical marijuana, but no one knows how many will seek certification to do so.
The Massachusetts Medical Society has criticized state regulations for not including provisions for dosages or how to properly administer the drug. Good Chemistry noted in its application that it expects slower growth than at its Colorado location, partly because of a "conservative" medical culture in Massachusetts, notably the requirement that doctors have bona fide relationships with patients before clearing them for medical marijuana.
The issue isn't a conservative medical culture, though, said Dr. Stephen B. Corn, an anesthesiologist and director of clinical innovation for Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who co-founded TheAnswerPage.com and has gathered information about medical marijuana on the site for physicians.
Medical schools do not teach future doctors about the properties of cannabis, common drug reference materials do not mention it and marijuana has never gone through human studies under Food and Drug Administration review, Dr. Corn said.
"Without available education for doctors on medical marijuana, there may be two extremes of physicians," he said. "Those doctors who simply say 'no to their patients, and those that certify their patients but are not adequately educated to guide and monitor their patients."
Meanwhile, all medical marijuana businesses in Massachusetts remain federal outlaws. Banks, which are subject to federal law, cannot do business with marijuana operations, said Jon K. Skarin, senior vice president of the Massachusetts Bankers Association, a trade group.
"There are some real repercussions to the banks in not obeying these laws," he said. "There are pretty significant financial penalties."
Unable to obtain traditional financing for his operations, Mr. Huron has poured money earned back into Good Chemistry. The Worcester operation has lined up $1.3 million in initial capital from MGC LLC, an entity led by Mr. Huron that also has other investors.
Without access to banks, marijuana operations also can become awash in cash, which raises security concerns and makes it difficult to pay bills.
Those operators in other states who are able to obtain banking services tend to guard the details. Mr. Huron said he has access to some banking services, but he declined to elaborate.
Federal authorities waded into the situation Friday, issuing guidance aimed at allowing banks to do business with marijuana operations they know are legitimate. Massachusetts regulators said they would support it.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Cheddar Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta
73 comments:
- Jaida said...
Yum...more chicken bacon ranch goodness!
- April 3, 2012 at 10:41 AM
- Aarthi said...
- April 3, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- Stephanie said...
Your post made me laugh. My son also asks me those confounding questions. I have to remind myself that I don't have to have all the answers.I'm often getting frustrated with him when I am unable to answer him properly.
- April 3, 2012 at 11:31 AM
- Stephanie said...
cute post! and omg, yum- looks delicious.
- April 3, 2012 at 3:43 PM
- Avril said...
D'lish Cassie!! I have all the ingredients except for bacon - guess I know what I need to get at the grocery store ASAP! YUMMMMY!!!
- April 4, 2012 at 4:25 PM
I made this for dinner tonight & it was amazing! Even my husband loved it, & he is the pickiest eater I know!
- April 10, 2012 at 9:19 PM
This was delicious, any chance
you know the amount of calories per serving?
- April 10, 2012 at 9:58 PM
- Monica H said...
Sounds like you have a curious one. And cute to boot!
Made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious Cassie. Thank you!
- April 11, 2012 at 9:39 PM
Where would I find ranch dressing mix in nz lol I'm sure it only comes in the sauce type!
- July 16, 2012 at 7:37 AM
In my grocery store the ranch mix packets are on the top shelf over the salad dressings (actually above the ranch dressing bottles). This recipe looks delicious and has everything my husband likes. Will be making this soon.
- July 16, 2012 at 7:06 PM
I made this tonight for dinner and it was delicious!! I didn't have the right pasta, so I used spaghetti and broke it up into threes and it worked fine! I will definitly make this again!! Thank you for a great recipe!! Lynn
- July 22, 2012 at 8:40 PM
My daughter made this for our family tonight and it was great! Even the picky ten year old boy in the house said it was yummy. It was very easy to make and that makes it even better!
- July 23, 2012 at 9:07 PM
I'm making this as I type, and I don't even have to wait to taste it, I already know it is going to be amazing. I'd like to take a big loaf of bread and dip it in this base sauce that's thickening up!! Yumm!!
- July 28, 2012 at 6:05 PM
This is to die for! Thanks for sharing!
- July 31, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Trying this recipe tomorrow! I am cooking for my husband, his two friends & myself.. should I double this recipe or does this make quite a bit? Thanks!
- August 2, 2012 at 1:16 PM
- Cassie said...
Hi Whitney:
Wow, three grown men?! I'd almost tell you to double it. The recipe does make a pound of pasta, but my husband and two little guys and I very rarely have leftovers. It's just THAT GOOD. Go ahead and double it, and even if you have leftovers, they'll surely get eaten. :) I hope you enjoy it!
- August 2, 2012 at 2:29 PM
- Anth said...
I made this last night and it was a hit with the adults. My kids are annoyingly picky. Miss E said one bite made her feel like she was going to throw up. *eyeroll* Even Ace, upon whom I can usually count to at least try new foods, refused to partake. Shrug - more for me & Dh!!
- August 3, 2012 at 12:10 AM
This may seem self explanatory, but between steps 4 and 5, do you pour the chicken mixture over the pasta and mix the noodles in? Or simply pour the Chicken mixture over the pasta more like a gravy topping? Just curious how people did that final touch. Thanks!!
- August 5, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Oh my goodness! I made this for dinner tonight. Not only was it super easy and delicious, but my three year old ate more than three bites! An absolute must try! I will be doing this again for sure.
- August 6, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Cooking this tonight for my picky pants boyfriend, but with the words, bacon, ranch and cheddar, it's sure to please him. Hope mine turns out as great as everyone else's!
- August 7, 2012 at 6:36 PM
How many people does it serve
- August 8, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- Becky's Exploration of the Wide World said...
Any idea on servings per recipe/serving size and calories? It looks DELISH!
- August 8, 2012 at 7:06 PM
- Jennie said...
If it serves 4 people, it's 776 calories per serving and 24g of fat.
- August 14, 2012 at 7:23 PM
Just want to say thanks for this dish! I used some Mozzarella that I had on hand and it turned out great!
- August 22, 2012 at 5:00 PM
- sarah lamson said...
my boyfriend and i made this for dinner one night and it was pretty easy. we were questionable about how it was going to taste because it didnt look too appetizing-after adding milk- but it ended up being really yummy. definitely going to make it again :D
- September 2, 2012 at 11:36 PM
I am curious if anyone has tried this the following day as a cold salad. Making this for dinner tonight and was thinking it might be good for a potluck at work. Don't know if a crockpot would dry it out.
- September 6, 2012 at 6:29 PM
- maisymumkins said...
i juat made this tonight and even my faddy beyond belief autistic son wolfed it down ! also didnt have ranch seasoning but googled how to make and made my own was yummy !!!
- September 8, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Just made this..DELICIOUS ! Next time will probably add 1 more chicken breast...
- September 16, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Made this tonight....absolutely delicious!! My boyfriend said out of all the recipes that I've tried from pinterest, this is definitely the best one (and I've tried A LOT). Thanks for a great dinner :)
- September 19, 2012 at 11:07 PM
- Sarah Robinson said...
Oh this looks devine! And your son sounds soo cute! Pinning it now for future menu making, and I'm also a new follower!
Sarah :)
- September 23, 2012 at 4:10 PM
- Crystal said...
This looks super yummy! It also is saving me from the dilemma of oh no it's almost 5:30 and my husband is going home in half an hour and I don't know what to make panic!"
Thank you for your cute post and awesome recipe! :)
- September 26, 2012 at 6:24 PM
- Renee said...
My family loves this! The first time I made it my husband asked me DURING DINNER to please make it again. Needless to say, we're having it tonight! Thanks for sharing a great recipe. It's a keeper!!
- September 27, 2012 at 7:52 PM
Just made this tonight and my husband went nuts he said this is something je would order at a restaurant. It was very very good
- October 2, 2012 at 7:47 PM
When does the pasta get stirred in with the other ingredients? Cooking and preparation times would be helpful as well. Thanks!
- October 14, 2012 at 5:49 PM
Tried this today, it's amazing, I initially decided I was going to try and be healthy so I cooked a spaghetti squash in the oven, rubbed it down with some butter, sprinkled salt and garlic powder over it and baked.. Poured this sauce, chicken, bacon, mixture over it, omg, delicious, will try to make some adjustments to make it a little healthier, but as is, it is AMAZING, than,s for sharing this recipe!
- October 20, 2012 at 1:36 AM
I cooked my chicken ahead of time in the crock pot (which I often do for chicken dishes). So, the dish was done by the time the pasta cooked. One post says it's four servings, but I think you can have 5-6 servings easily. I served it along with brocoli on the side. Very good!!
- October 22, 2012 at 9:17 PM
DELICIOUS!!! I made this for dinner tonight and my husband gave it a 9.5 on the 1-10 scale. Will definately keep this in the recipe box. So easy and super yummy!!
- October 23, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Made this for dinner. Its amazing!!! One of my favorites!
- October 24, 2012 at 6:51 PM
will it still be good without the ranch mix or have you not tryed it yet?
- November 4, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- Erica Kuik said...
Do you mix the chicken/sauce with the noodles or just put it on top?
- November 19, 2012 at 6:17 PM
when do you put in the pasta?
- November 28, 2012 at 11:56 PM
Holy Crap was this goooood (and easy)! I made a few minor changes like the addition of a large chopped onion and I used more like 3/4 lb of bacon. I didn't reserve any of the bacon just kept it with the onions when I made the sauce. I also boiled the chicken the day before and added it to the bacon onion mixture. This is a "do-over", meaning it will become a regular in my repertoire! Thanks!
- November 29, 2012 at 6:47 AM
- Mary said...
Looks yummy. Do you know if I can use real bacon pieces that come in a bag instead of actually frying the bacon?
- December 11, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Made this last night and everyone loved it!! I doubled the recipe but had too many noodles so I just took some out before I added the sauce. So now I have leftover noodles to use for something else! It was a big hit here and I live with some picky eaters. My boyfriend took some to work and Im eating some now. Great recipe and very easy!
- December 13, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- Hi, Im Kelly! said...
we did this tonight and oh my goooosh it was yummy!! I am a advid cooker from finding meals on pinterest }where I found you} and this was one of the best I have tried! THUMBS UP
- December 21, 2012 at 8:02 PM
LOVE this. Whenever I ask my husband what he wants for dinner, it's always "The chicken bacon ranch pasta." Thanks Cassie for making dinner easier!
- December 23, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Do you know how many tsps/tblsps are in the ranch mix? Going to try to make my own mix.
- January 2, 2013 at 6:24 PM
Made this tonight and the family loved it! I have to admit I had doubts, but it really was so delicious. This is going into dinner rotation. Thanks very much!
- January 2, 2013 at 8:40 PM
Will this freeze ok? I like to make meals once a month. Has anyone froze then reheated?
- January 16, 2013 at 6:55 PM
Made this for the second time last night and everyone loved it! I used a couple different cheeses and it worked great. I blogged about it with proper credit: http://hodgepodgecook.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/cheesy-ranch-pasta/ Thanks for the recipe!
- January 30, 2013 at 4:42 PM
Why is this recipe so yummy? Answer...because it was made with love!:) I bought the ingredients a month ago! Gonna try to make it tonight for me and my daughter. Perfect for this cold and rainy day we're having in S.C!
- February 7, 2013 at 2:11 PM
- VinGirl said...
I made this for dinner last night, and it was delicious! Thanks so much for the recipe! :)
- February 7, 2013 at 7:47 PM
I made this last night and my little family LOVED it!!! I am so happy I foud your post. :) My picky 4 year old even ate it and I don't think Ill have a problem serving it as left overs. Thank you so much for sharing! It was the perfext mix of different, easy and delish! :)
- March 9, 2013 at 10:21 AM
- Louby Ovide said...
Made this today and it was a big hit! Delicious!Thanks for the recipe!
- April 30, 2013 at 6:01 PM
- Coyne said...
I am now living in Singapore with my husband for a couple of years and am growing tired of Asian food! I am sometimes limited with ingredients but I had all of these so I decided to try this and what a dish! So yummy! It definitely will go in my cookbook! Thanks for sharing some "comfort" food with those who are far from home!
- May 27, 2013 at 6:57 AM
This was delicious..when served to my family the dinning room was completly quite. ♥ it!!
- June 11, 2013 at 8:48 PM
- Cyn said...
This was absolutely delicious, different, but very good. Fed my family of 5 and we have some leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
- July 8, 2013 at 11:24 PM
My boyfriend loved this !!!! Thanks for the recipe !
- July 31, 2013 at 10:54 AM
- Eric said...
Its Delicious. My family and friends like it. Thanks for sharing this with us.
- August 1, 2013 at 6:17 AM
I made this about a week ago and my husband called it "crack in a pan"...it was so delicious! My one and a half year old scarfed it down as well. She's not a picky eater by any means but it's rare that she eats things that fast. I just wrote it into my recipe book so that I can continue to make this in the future!
- October 24, 2013 at 9:19 PM
- Tricia Mofford said...
Made this tonight and my boyfriend and I loved it! The only thing that I ran into was the fact that there was a lot more pasta then the chicken/sauce. Other than that, it was great! Thanks for the recipe.
- January 4, 2014 at 9:25 PM
- Robyn Leach said...
So I'm the only one on here that sortof disagrees. It was good, just not perfect. I think it needed way more flavor, especially garlic. I'm come from a family that puts garlic in everything I cook. Next time I'm going to use cream cheese melted and mix the flour and ranch dressing into it then mix onto chicken. I also think there isn't enough sauce for the amount of pasta ... just my two cents
- January 20, 2014 at 7:38 PM
- Allison Shaban said...
I just tried this and tweeked it a little for my own liking. I used southwest ranch and I used cheddar and pepperjack cheese (half and half). Also put a dollop of Daisy! It's very yummy!!!! Glad I found this recipe thanks much.
- January 26, 2014 at 6:29 PM
- Allison Shaban said...
Oh, and I didn't let my noodles drain dry and added about a half cup of the pasta water so it was a little more moist (for those that thought there wasn't enough sauce).
- January 26, 2014 at 6:35 PM
I made this tonight for dinner. My husband hates pasta dishes. He said he'd be willing to have this every other week. Huge. It was great. And so easy. We had broccoli with it. Yum addition. Thank you from four happy tummies.
- February 4, 2014 at 11:24 PM
Sounds good that way too. Will have to try next time.
- February 4, 2014 at 11:25 PM
- August 9, 2014 at 9:20 PM
Looks really good! I was wondering if anyone tried it with the bottled Ranch dressing instead of packets. I have a couple bottles of the HVR dressing that's about to go bad, so thought maybe the recipe could be modified somewhat to use it. I may try to. Thanks for the recipe! :-)
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- October 6, 2016 at 12:41 AM
Made this tonight and used Rotisserie chicken and grated the cheddar fresh. Was quick and wonderful! Definitely a keeper!
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Oh My Goodness, cheddar bacon ranch chicken ranch is the best even my 6year old Grandson loves it too. Very delicious easy dinner.😃
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Reno: Where to shop for glitz, glam, whimsy
Maybe it's the casino culture, but shopping in downtown Reno somehow demands things that are sparkly, a bit unnecessary and as fun as all get-out. Here are some whimsical wonders to check out:
The Niche
Founder Jamie Getty came up with a combo concept of home decor, clothing and gift boutique that might be summed up as "kitchen sink" - if your sink happens to be a glittery, gorgeous container of everything that you very likely do not need but still very much want.
Costume jewelry competes for glam with bejeweled picture frames, which lounge next to elaborate purses and scarves, which share space with luxurious tie-dyed hoodies and enormous, elaborate clocks plus "Welcome" signs that you flip over to read "Go Away."
1300 E. Plumb Lane. (775) 348-8661. shoptheniche.com. Also at 10164 Donner Pass Road, Truckee. (530) 587-3100. Locations also in Sparks and Carson City, Nev.
La Terre Verte
You'll feel like an explorer just finding this space on the darkish lobby level of the Arlington Towers condo building. Operating hours can be a bit puzzling, although weekdays are pretty reliable. But hang on, since it takes an artist's mind to put together this extravaganza of eco-friendly recycled and handmade products from around the world.
Selections change often, but look for purses made from tire retreads, jewelry crafted of chopsticks, inner tubes, bike chains and soda tabs, and bamboo bowls woven with discarded plastic wrappers from snacks, water bottles and rice packages.
100 N. Arlington Ave., Suite 105 (in Arlington Towers). (775) 284-5006. laterreverte.com.
Junkee Clothing Exchange
If you pass the big brick building topped with hot pink tires, blue and green suitcases, spray-painted shopping carts and sports bleachers, you've gone too far.
This co-op of all things collectible, and perhaps a bit crazy, charms with you-want-its, like fake jewelry fit for royalty, antique coatracks hung with antique coats, faux leopard print furniture, chandeliers, wigs, vintage Playboy magazines, and room after room of previously loved clothing that ranges from terrific, to terrible, to so terrible it's terrific.
960 S. Virginia St. (775) 322-5865. junkeeclothingexchange.com.


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Three MLS SuperDraft selections carry Colorado prep soccer ties
Three former Colorado prep boys soccer stars were selected in the MLS SuperDraft on Wednesday.
Forward Tesho Akindele, and defensemen Kyle Venter and Robbie Derschang, were all drafted within the first two rounds of the draft.
Akindele was selected sixth overall in the first round by FC Dallas. He was a Denver Post all-Class 5A honorable mention for Northglenn in 2009 before going on to star at the Colorado School of Mines. At Mines, he was a four-time Daktronics first team All-American and two-time RMAC player of the year.
Venter was selected with the fourth pick (23rd overall) in the second round by the LA Galaxy. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound defender was a part of Smoky Hill's 2006 and 2007 state championship boys soccer teams. He was a Colorado all-state honorable mention in 2007. After reshirting his freshman year at New Mexico, he went on to receive numerous individual accolades and became the program's first-ever three-time All-American.
Derschang was selected with the eighth pick (27th overall) in the second round by the Philadelphia Union. The 6-foot, 165-pound defender graduated from Cherry Creek abd was a 2009 Denver Post All-Colorado selection and an NSCAA High School All-American as a senior. He would go on to play soccer at Southern Methodist and Akron.


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Lawson says the unsayable
The significance of Nigel Lawson's intervention is not just that he has broken something of a Tory taboo by calling for Britain to quit; it's also that he is a former chancellor arguing essentially on economic grounds.
The EU, he claims, is hurting one of our most important industries - financial services - and, secure "within the warm embrace of the European single market", giving British businesses an excuse not to develop trade with the developing economies.
Awkward you might think for the prime minister, but today he was putting on a brave face, claiming that Lord Lawson had in fact helped highlight his pledge of an EU referendum if he is re-elected.
His backbenchers want him to promise a Commons vote on the issue before the next election, but there will be no such promise in the Queen's Speech tomorrow.
Like Labour's Harold Wilson, the man in charge the last time Britain had a referendum, David Cameron has promised to renegotiate Britain's relationship with Europe.
Lord Lawson said that would be as pointless in future as it had been then.
What was once unsayable by any senior Conservative has now been said. Which means the issue once described by the foreign secretary as a ticking bomb is ticking rather louder.
Mr Cameron once warned his party to stop obsessing about Europe. The call by a former Tory heavyweight for Britain to leave the EU has made that a forlorn hope.


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30 International Artists Provoke Dialogue About Violence, Women, and Art: Compelling Exhibition Aims to Create Empathy for Women's Stories
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA: January 28, 2014: A new exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery aims to focus attention on violence experienced by women world-wide. Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art will open February 1, and run until April 20, 2014.
Featuring the work of 30 international artists, this compelling exhibition was curated by Randy Rosenberg, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Art Works for Change, an organization whose mission is to harness the transformative power of art to promote awareness, provoke dialogue, and inspire action.
"Off the Beaten Path shows that art can be a powerful medium to bring new perspectives and understanding to audiences, thereby assisting in fostering important social change", says Stephen Borys, Director & CEO of the WAG.
Premised on the visionary potential of art, the stories that underlie featured artwork by Yoko Ono, Marina Abramovic, Mona Hatoum and Wangechi Mutu, among others, helps audiences to understand the complex issues that give rise to gender-based violence. The dialogue fostered through the art displayed–painting, photography, sculpture, multi-media, video, and installation–speaks to the pervasiveness of this social issue.
"We place exhibitions on our schedule for various reasons: academic scholarship, popular appeal, community outreach are but a few. Off the Beaten Path touches on a social issue –violence against women—that unfortunately is prevalent in Canada," says Chief Curator of the WAG, Helen Delacretaz. "It affects us all globally. Our exhibitions committee felt strongly that this was a show we wanted to see here in Winnipeg, to foster dialogue, to bring attention to an important issue, and, hopefully, to enact social change."
Manitoba, along with Saskatchewan, has consistently recorded the highest provincial rates of violence against women. In 2011, that rate was about double the national rate. A new PhD thesis by a federal civil servant in Ottawa has resulted in a database of missing or dead Canadian women, 824 of whom are identified as aboriginal.
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International Women's Day • March 8 • Free admission • sponsored by Manitoba Government & General Employees' Union
Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art is sponsored by the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Oak Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Winnipeg Free Press, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, Ka Ni Kanichihk, MAWA and the Islamic Social Services Association.
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First split of duck season was better than expected
The first split of the duck season closed with a bang on Nov. 25, with lots of great reports coming in from hunters at the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area and the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge. The second half of the duck season will open Dec. 8 and run through Jan. 27.
Goose hunts have been hit and miss. Best shoots have been on windy days over rice or plowed fields west of Beaumont in the Winnie area.
Beaumont hunter Warren Claybar says their hunts on leased land in the Anahuac marsh have been excellent for gadwall, pintails, widgeon and teal.
Hunts on leased land in the Sabine marsh have been very good, as well. Hunters there have taken good straps of gadwalls, widgeon, teal and a few greenheads.
One thing we don't have is an ample supply of freshwater on the ground. Lots of ponds are drying up. As the freshwater evaporates, so will the ducks. The best thing that could happen to Southeast Texas right now is to get at least a few inches of rain.
Sabine Lake flounder still moving through the pass
Catches of flounder are excellent in Sabine Pass. Guide Jerry Norris says the run is still going strong. He's been working flats along the Louisiana shoreline with 3-1/2 inch black/chartreuse Wedgetails. The bite has been best on outgoing tides in 2 to 4 feet of water in the pass. Some of the heaviest flounder are being taken near the Louisiana LNG plant with white curl-tail jigs tipped with small pieces of fresh table shrimp.
Fishing under the birds is beginning to slow down on specks and sand trout, but the redfish bite is about as good as it gets. The best way to catch big Sabine reds is to look for schools moving across the surface. They look kind of like a boat wake, but it's really fish. Another option is to use binoculars to locate reds feeding on the surface. One of the best lures for taking Sabine reds is a 5-inch Wedgetail rigged on a 1/4-once jig head. You can cast them a country mile and reel them on or just under the water's surface. Best colors are white/chartreuse or pink/white/yellow.
Illegal gill netting up along the lower coast
Mike Cox with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports that with more than a month left in 2012, state game wardens already are looking at a record number of seizures of illegal gill nets and long lines in Texas and U.S. waters along the lower coast.
"On Nov. 7, the TPWD patrol vessel Captain Williams discovered a three-mile-long gill net about 6 miles north of Brazos Santiago Pass and 7 miles offshore," said Cox. "Dropping 30 feet deep, the net contained 17 greater hammerhead sharks, 13 unidentified sharks (because of their advanced decomposition), eight black drum, six tripletail, a large red drum, and several hundred triggerfish. Game wardens confiscated the net and released all live fish entangled in the net."
So far this year, game wardens working aboard the Captain Williams operating along the lower Texas coast have seized 138,080 feet of long line, 53,840 feet of gill net, more than 6,000 sharks, 300 red snapper, 211 red or black drum, 21 gag grouper and two sailfish.
"All of the illegal fishing devices are believed to have been set in Texas or federal waters by commercial fishermen operating out of Mexico, particularly from the village of La Playa Bagdad, which lies about nine miles south of the Rio Grande," said Cox.
"Illegal gill netting has an adverse impact on shark species and also traps a wide variety of Texas game fish," said Special Operations Chief Grahame Jones of the TPWD Law Enforcement Division.
Sharks, the most common target of these vessels, are harvested not only for their meat, but also for their fins. Shark fins, used for soup, are considered some of the world's most expensive seafood, and high demand supports a worldwide black market.
In another recent trend, the U.S. Coast Guard recently found illegal long lines with hooked live brown pelicans being used as floats.
"They sometimes use live pelicans in an attempt to hide the lines, since they know we are looking for more traditional floatation devices," said Sgt. Dunks, who pilots the Captain Williams.
Dunks says that arrests in gill netting or long line cases are rare. When the commercial fishermen are caught in the act, the only charges that can be filed are misdemeanors punishable by fines. However, the illegal fishing equipment and vessel can be seized.
Robert Sloan can be reached by e-mail at sloan288 [at] aol [dot] com.


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FLPensFan wrote:Anyone able to find a decent write-up on Lemieux's 5 goals 5 different ways game? I looked through the Pittsburgh papers online and found the recap, but no actual article on the game. I guess everyone was still hung over from New Year's eve.
Toledo Blade with the AP story - http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8 ... page&hl=en
The Press edition for 1/1/89 is missing from the google news archive, as is the Beaver County Times (a decent fill in when the PG or Press was unavailable). My last resort stand-ins were the Blade and the Montreal Gazette.
AHHH, forgot about the Allegheny Times - connected with the BCT. Here's 1-1-1989, "Lemieux rings out old year with a flourish" by John Mehno, Times Sports Correspondent.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_7 ... 0%2C130173
Quite a bit more detail in that one than the AP story or the boxscore.


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The Bobcats (4-17, 2-10 PBC) are coming off a 81-56 loss at the hands of then No. 5 Clayton State University Tuesday evening in Milledgeville, Ga.
GC takes on the Columbus State University Cougars, who boast a 12-9 overall record, in addition to a 7-5 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) mark. The Cougars are coming off back-to-back losses to North Georgia and Georgia Southwestern.
As always, the Bobcat basketball games will be broadcast on the HomeTeam, Country 102.3FM or ESPN 1450AM, with live streaming available at www.Country102fm.com as well as live video on www.UStream.tv/GCBobcats.


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"When the users and creators of technology come together, innovation occurs," said Jay Verkler, president and CEO of FamilySearch. "The RootsTech Conference will accelerate that innovation through panels, discussion groups, and interactive demonstrations."
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In August's Research cover story ("Does Anyone Have a Real Economic Plan?"), financial analyst and author Nicole Gelinas laments the absence of meaningful debate on the one key issue in today's economy: the houses of debt Americans are living in. She proposes a possible solution, but warns that failure to address the problem will cast a long pall on the economy.
Global Economy columnist Alexei Bayer calls for a balanced-budget amendment along with tax hikes sufficient to fund our current spending as a means of bringing voters to the polls to once and for all make choices about the size and scope of government we have.
Looking at advisors' practices, this issue has Bill Good's rendition of the top 10 biggest mistakes advisors make in building teams –based on his decades-long experience with some 5,000 teams. And we speak with Nancy Duarte, a leading practitioner in the field of storyselling sharing tips with advisors on how to emotionally connect with clients and prospects.
Click through the following slides to preview other content in the August issue of Research.
Does Anyone Have a Real Economic Plan?
The conventional wisdom is that Barack Obama, presiding over a sinking economy, is in a heap of trouble come the next election. Yet author and financial analyst Nicole Gelinas argues the conventional wisdom may work about as well as it has elsewhere over the past decade. Remember, home prices can never fall nationwide. The financial system can easily withstand what will be a "soft landing" in housing. After such a sudden, severe recession, job growth will be quick.
In other words, Gelinas holds the conventional wisdom may be completely unreliable — including the notion that any president who can't deliver on the economy will be, as Obama put it a month after taking office, a "one-term proposition." A key reason for this is the failure so far of the president's challengers to understand why the collapse of the housing market is far more devastating than a stock market crash. Gelinas explains what kind of policy might effectively address the fact that at least a quarter of homeowners are "underwater" on their mortgages.
The Presenter as Mentor
For speaking to large groups or presenting one-on-one, there's no more compelling way to package your message than in a story framework. Indeed, two of the most powerful presentations in history, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, used storytelling as a structural device.
In her most recent book, Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences (Wiley 2010), Nancy Duarte reveals how to emotionally connect and make presentations memorable experiences by employing story techniques typically used only for screenwriting and novels.
Duarte Design, her Silicon Valley design firm, has created some 250,000 presentations for the world's top brands. Its clients include Adobe, American Express, E*Trade, General Electric, Google, Microsoft and Wells Fargo Wealth Management, to name a few. In this interview, she shares ideas on how to build trust through storytelling with financial advisors.
Nobelist, Updated
As the father of modern portfolio theory, Dr. Harry Markowitz needs no introduction. His first published article in 1952 provided a framework for how investors could most effectively face uncertainty. Seven years later, his groundbreaking book Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments expanded on the relationship of risk and return — a concept ubiquitous in investing today.
But Markowitz, a Nobel laureate honored in 1990 for his pioneering work, is not resting on his laurels or indeed his laureate.
Markowitz, who turns 84 this month, is working in collaboration with Dallas-based 1st Global on a new book that refines his earlier thinking about risk and return. Its goal: to provide investors with even better information about what they should expect from their portfolio selections over the long haul.
Says Markowitz: "While it is true that the well-advised investor may encounter unanticipated hardships, the ill-advised investor courts almost certain disaster."
Ten Mistakes in Team Building
Sales Seminar columnist Bill Good has been involved in some 5,000 financial advisor teams over the years. He knows their strengths and their weaknesses. In this article, he explains the 10 biggest mistakes advisors make in the team building process.
Here is a small sample of Bill's wit and wisdom: "There is a huge difference between a bunch of people doing stuff, and a team. Think about a baseball team. When it's time to pitch the ball, the team members know to throw it to the pitcher. The catcher does not even think for a second of throwing it to the shortstop who will then pitch to the batter. Every one of the nine positions has a precisely defined role.
"Imagine a baseball team with no job descriptions. Nine people go on the field. The umpire throws out a ball. What do they do? Most likely bicker and argue over who is going to do what. Ditto for a financial services team with no job descriptions."
Democracy's Price
Early Americans were finely attuned to the connection between taxation and self-rule. They had to be: the new nation effectively grew out of the Boston Tea Party with its battle cry "No Taxation without Representation." Even earlier, British constitutional law was shaped by English monarchs' need for a steady tax flow to pay for the Royal Navy (rather than relying mainly on manpower as Europe's continental powers did). This required the crown to cooperate with wealthy barons and ultimately devolve power. That's why Britain had the Magna Carta back in the 13th century, whereas France stayed absolutist.
In our own day, Bayer calls for a balanced budget amendment and across-the-board tax hikes on everyone – the rich, the poor and corporations — sufficient to fund the current level of government spending.
Says Bayer: "You'd be surprised how taxpayers would swamp the polls in the next election to kick the bums out and elect a president and Congress that will institute genuine public finance reform."
Mastering Social Media
In a sign of the times, 600 advisors at an Investment Management Consultants Association conference recently crammed into a training session called "Get Linked In, Not Left Out: Compliance Friendly Ways to Harness Social Media's Power in Your Practice." That's no typo: 600.
As presenter Kip Gregory, a social media expert, puts it: "It points to the level of interest people have — and the desire for clarity and background. It encapsulates the single issue that most advisors are centering on: How do I use this in a way that (A) is relevant to my business and (B) doesn't get me in trouble?"
The good news for the advisor: Regulatory compliance, a chief concern, should become clearer when FINRA expands upon its social media guidance later this year. Also, firms such as Socialware, Erado, Arkovi and Actiance are rolling out new and improved technology solutions to help advisors stay compliant as they tweet, blog and connect.


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My wife and I have decided on the "corner/log style" of our log home. We like the saddlenotch style because it starts with a full log all the way around the foundation instead of 2 full logs and 2 half logs to begin the initial course of logs. It's just a cleaner look in our eyes.
Gastineau, Honest Abe and Appalachian Log Structures offer such a corner. All are members of the Log Home Council which is important to me (us).
Is anyone aware of any other manufacture that offers such a corner/log profile?
It's not a deal breaker if they don't offer that corner/log style but really lean toward that. I say that because I like Hochstetler Log Homes and Strongwood. I visited Hochstetler in Sept/2012 during log cabin days and have found they are a quality company with a great owner: Levi Hochstetler. I have visited Gastineau also and Lynn Gastineau is tops! I plan on visiting the other mentioned manufactures.
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Hi Mike,
Your right, the corner notch does affect the appearance of your new log home quite a bit. We're a log home company out of BC, Canada and have been building since 1973. Also board members of the International Log Homes Association and the BC Association.
We build all our log homes by hand with large diameter logs. Take a look at our corner notches we offer. One is the saddle notch the other is a diamond notch with cedar flared ends. Let us know what you think.
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French freethinkers defend wearing of burqa in private – but stand by ban in public life
The French freethinkers organisation, Libre Pensée, has resolved at its national congress to resist the imposition of a legal ban on burqas in private life – something that was recently proposed by senior politicians in France.
Although Libre Pensée supports the state restriction on religious clothing for teachers and public officials, it says that the wearing of such clothing in private life should be a matter for the individual.
The group was reacting to a publicity campaign earlier this year, instigated by right-wing groups and politicians, that called for the complete banning of burqas from the streets of France. It was supported by President Sarkozy.
In its statement, Libre Pensée said: "We were very surprised to see Nicolas Sarkozy wrapped in the mantle of secularism. Contrary to this, for years he has been insisting on the 'necessary position' of religions in society and public life."
A Parliamentary commission is investigating the matter and will report its findings soon.
Libre Pensée says that secularism as a principle applies to institutions, not individuals. "In this sense, it is logically republican and secularist to ban all signs of religious membership in state schools and for people working in public services. On the other hand, the law is not allowed to dictate the wearing of clothes in the private domain, or any behaviour, so long as they are not dangerous to the lives of others. We cannot fight one form of totalitarianism by replacing it by another form of totalitarianism."
The statement continues: "Undoubtedly, the wearing of the burqa or the niqab is a symbol of oppression when it is imposed. And yet, how is the wearing of the burqa by a few Muslim women less oppressing than a Roman Catholic priest wearing a cassock or a monk in a frock or a nun with a cornet, some Jews with a schtreimel, a spodik or in a caftan?"
On Radio 3 on Wednesday 30 September at 11pm, Philip Fox will read an Essay by French journalist Agnes Poirier asking what Voltaire, the father of 'laicïte' - France's version of secularism – would say about the debate taking place in her country about banning the burka. It will also be available on "Listen Again" at the BBC's website for 7 days.
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Sure, the Glee kids have had a ton of success touring the country between seasons, and the tickets for the American Idol and Dancing With The Stars tours sell out in minutes. But how, exactly, do the Real Housewives plan on cashing in on that? Starting this October, your favorite, or at least most notable, Housewives from New Jersey, Beverly Hills, Orange County, Atlanta, Miami and New York will be hitting the road, giving you the chance to spend as much as $170 to spend the evening in their presence. What will they be doing? How will they be at all interesting without a team of editors to shape their narratives? Bravo isn't saying, simply promising that they're giving fans "a unique, hands-on experience with their favorite cast members across franchises that they can't experience anywhere else." If I were the publicist for any of these women, that phrase "hands on" would be giving me pause this morning.
Here's the schedule of appearances, which so far is limited to just three cities but could easily expand if the tickets sell quickly.
If I were to make an actual guess as to what this tour will entail, I'd say it'll be something like the reunion shows, where the Housewives sit in a circle, look at footage from their respective seasons, share behind-the-scenes gossip and probably squabble with each other over nonsense. But that doesn't mean I won't hope for something more. Singing and dancing! Table-throwing contests! Far more drinking than should be legally allowed! The housewives have proven with their very participation on the show that they'll do anything for fame, so now seems to be the right time to push the envelope. If you'll be buying tickets-- they go on sale at Ticketmaster starting this Friday at 10 am-- please let us know in the comments and promise to get back to us with a full report.


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Central Massachusetts residents have a chance to become part of a long-term study one official describes as �the Framingham Heart Study of cancer.�
That famous project has, since 1948, tracked thousands of people, helping researchers glean how lifestyle and other factors contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease.
Janet McGrail, vice president for health initiatives for the American Cancer Society in Massachusetts, who likened Cancer Prevention Study-3 to the heart study, said the 20-year project will enroll 300,000 people from across the U.S.
The powerful idea is that instead of working backward from a cancer diagnosis to try to determine what in the person�s genetics, environmental exposure or choices might have contributed to the disease, researchers follow initially healthy folks, gathering and analyzing data no matter what course their health takes.
The information is expected to shed light not only on what can contribute to the cancer path, but what can help keep people off it. That�s why it, like the ongoing Framingham Heart Study, is billed as a prevention study.
Locally, the cancer society is partnering with the city of Worcester, St. Vincent Hospital and the YMCA of Central Massachusetts to recruit volunteers.
Participation involves a modest time commitment, and could be immensely valuable.
Men and women ages 30 to 65 who have no personal history of cancer are eligible to volunteer. Exceptions are made for basal or squamous cell skin cancer. The cancer society�s Epidemiology Research Program is conducting the research.
Officials want to enroll people from a range of ethnic and racial backgrounds.
This is an opportunity to help scientists gather data about what keeps people cancer-free, or not, over a couple of decades. It certainly isn�t all luck or chance � but what is it, then? While the answer is surely complex, the study should bring us closer.
Participants will sign an informed consent form, complete a survey, have their waist measured and have blood drawn. Periodic follow-up surveys will be sent. If a person receives a cancer diagnosis during the study, a blood sample will be unfrozen and tested for genetic markers.
Collaborative studies on this scale are rarely done because of the logistics involved. But an example of their efficacy was reported this week. An international study involving 200,000 people and more than 100 institutions has uncovered dozens of DNA anomalies that can help predict a person�s risk for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer.
�Research works,� Pam Callahan, training and wellness coordinator for Worcester, says, and she is correct. Her own niece, a runner with no known risk factors, was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer at age 33 several years ago, she told the Telegram & Gazette. Luckily, a drug had just been approved to treat it, and she�s cancer-free.
�For the times you wished you could do something to help, well, now you can,� Ms. Callahan said.
How to get involved: Potential volunteers must register for an enrollment appointment at cancer.org/cps3NE or call (888) 604-5888. Central Massachusetts enrollment dates and locations are: 4 to 7 p.m. April 30 at Greendale Family Branch YMCA, 75 Shore Drive, Worcester; 4 to 7 p.m. May 2 at Boroughs Family Branch YMCA, 4 Valente Drive, Westboro; 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 3 at Worcester City Hall, 455 Main St.; 4 to 7 p.m. May 3 at the Montachusett Community Branch YMCA, 55 Wallace Ave., Fitchburg; and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 30 at St. Vincent Hospital, 123 Summer St., Worcester.