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So the last decade of my life, and in particular the last five, have been beyond educational and jam-packed with growth. Some was growth I wanted and some, not so much. But the end result is I am exactly where I am supposed to be. All of it got me right here.
In 2009 my company went through leadership training. The goal was to make us better leaders and we did an exercise to uncover what was holding us back from being a successful leader. From that I created the following list of where I felt I fell short as a successful leader:
I'd be a successful leader except…
- I'm afraid others will think my ideas/goals are stupid/not worthwhile
- I am doing only safe things. I am sticking with only what I feel I am good at
- I'm not always being honest with myself about what I want
- I'm not challenging myself as much as I could
- I'm playing it safe
Once that list was created, I slowly but surely changed those behaviors in a drastic way. In my job I became exceptionally outspoken and even more direct than I thought possible. That evolution for me was life changing and once I had proven to myself that I didn't have to be afraid to express and be myself, it began to create pressure in other parts of my life. What I discovered, is that once you become aware you aren't being authentically you and decide to change that, you really can't put the genie back in the bottle. Being authentic means that the barriers and blocks that you've accepted in your life previously, are no longer acceptable. You can't be direct and open in one part of your life and then stuff it back in the box in other parts of your life, it just doesn't work at least not for long. I think that growth was a significant piece of the undoing of my marriage. There were many signs before that made me realize that that union wasn't going to be forever. It became clear to me that I was not being true to myself in that relationship and that there was really no room for it there. It was only a matter of time before it was really over. But, when it was over and I no longer had to tap down my "me", it freed up energy I could use elsewhere to bloom and grow. That list of items where I felt like I wasn't being as successful leader were turned into:
I am a successful human being because…
- I'm not afraid of what others will think of my ideas and I will share them without being afraid of the response
- I take risks and go outside of my comfort zone. I try new things even if I am not instantly good at them.
- I am honest with myself about what I want
- I continuously challenge myself
- I do not play it safe
And I would also add to that list:
- I trust my gut and my brains to come up with a good solution
- I understand that success is not instant and takes time to cultivate and grow and I appreciate the process along the way
- I am as compassionate to myself as I am to others
- I make sure my soul is fed before feeding others
- I thank people who help me whether it be in deed, word or gesture
- I actively listen to others with my ears, eyes, brain and heart
- I communicate with others by not getting caught up in "the story"/drama of a problem, I ask if they want a solution or just an ear
- I can't understand what it's like to live in someone else shoes, but I respect others point of view and emotions and always try to find common ground
- I thank others for their attempts, efforts, and successes and let them know how much I value and appreciate their work and energy
- I thank myself for my attempts, efforts, and successes and let myself know how much I value and appreciate my work and energy
Looking back on all of this I was a bit of a zombie in my life. I was waiting, playing it safe and making so many trade-offs mostly for a sense of security and denying my true feeling and passions. I no longer believe in that sense of security and not because I am trying to be a fatalist or feel burnt by experiences in my life. but because I trust my ability to be flexible and to change and because I understand that nothing is permanent. Instead of that being scary, it's exciting, it means that my life has room for growth, joy, challenges and excitement. I will never be caught off guard by change because I already know it is all always changing.
I encourage you to write-up your own set of rules to live by, to be strong by. Write them in present tense and don't allow in any excuses. Write it in the strongest of terms. This list doesn't mean that you live them perfectly everyday, but you try to. It is your own benchmark for behavior and your life. This is a list for you to see how strong you are and remind yourself of your value, outside of the needs and commitments to others. Fortify and bolster yourself up, no one else can do it better than you can.

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The Hatfields and McCoys once famously feuded over a pig among other things.
They were made famous again this spring with the hit History Channel miniseries "The Hatfields & The McCoys."
Next weekend, they will be feuding again along the Tug River Valley.
But this time it will be over a pigskin.
That's when the Hatfields, or the West Virginia All-Stars, will take to the field to battle with the McCoys, or the Kentucky All-Stars, in the Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl which is set for Saturday, July 28 at Mingo Central High School's Buck Harless Stadium in Newtown.
The 17th-annual all-star game pits the top graduated high school football stars from the eastern Kentucky mountains against those from the southern West Virginia coal fields.
This year's clash begins a new tradition in the history of the game.
For the first time, the game will be played on Field Turf, at the new home of the Mingo Central Miners.
The Hatfield-McCoy Bowl had been played from 1996-2011 on the grass at Matewan High School's Tiger Stadium. When Matewan closed its doors at the end of the 2010-11 school year and consolidated with Burch, Williamson and Gilbert, the bowl game was moved.
The Hatfield-McCoy Bowl, which was started by former Matewan football coach and current Mingo Central mentor Danny "Yogi" Kinder, began in 1996 and has been held every year since.
The forerunner of the game, the Kiwanis Bowl, used to be played at Williamson's Lefty Hamilton Park and has its origins back in the 1950s.
Kinder, who still serves as the Hatfield-McCoy Bowl Game Director, reorganized the all-star grid game and moved it to Matewan.
The game allows senior football players one last chance to play with and against their high school rivals and pick up scholarships along the way.
The Senior Bowl was sponsored by Massey Energy from 1996-2010 until Massey merged into Alpha Natural Resources.
The game is now sponsored by Cliffs Natural Resources — another energy corporation.
West Virginia leads the all-time series 10-6.
Here's a look back at the first 16 years of the bowl game:
2011: Kentucky 30,
West Virginia 12
Feuled by a seven-game losing streak to West Virginia in the Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl, the Kentucky All-Stars hammered the Mountain State boys 30-12 in the 2011 contest.
It was the end of an era in the annual prep all-star clash in that it was the last Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl to be played at Matewan High School.
With Matewan closing and consolidating with the other three Class A schools in Mingo County, the 2012 Senior Bowl would be played at the new Mingo Central High School field in Newtown.
West Virginia was no match for Coach David Jones and the Kentucky All-Stars in the 2011 game. Jones, a University of Pikeville assistant and former wide receiver and defensive back for the Kentucky Wildcats, expanded the Hatfield-McCoy Bowl map westward and southward as he tapped into the tradition-rich pipeline of Bell County, Ky., and also into Harlan, Hazard, Morehead, Clay County and Madison, Ky.
Jones then grabbed athletic quarterback J.K. Hall of Johnson Central High School, stayed local by snatching speedy running back Jeffree Pruitt from Belfry and pieced together a couple of dominant offensive and defensive lines.
It spelled doom for West Virginia.
Kentucky took advantage of four lost fumbles by West Virginia — all on poor center-to-quarterback snap exchanges. It was a problem West Virginia had all night long. Two other bad snaps on punt attempts ended up being disasters, too.
West Virginia quarterback Josh Easterling, a Chapmanville Regional High School graduate, was pressured all night long by Kentucky's defensive line. Easterling, running out of the shotgun for much of the night, seemed to be hounded and chased as soon as he touched the ball. He was 11-for-25 passing for 160 yards and a touchdown on the night.
West Virginia All-Star coach Gehrig Justice, a River View High School assistant, said too many mistakes hurt his team.
Kentucky outgained West Virginia 271-237 in total offense. Kentucky had 33 rushes for 184 yards and was 8-for-12 passing for 87 yards.
Hall was 7-for-11 passing for 48 yards and an interception — thrown to Logan High School's Jason Spurlock, who made several vicious hits on defense. The athletic Hall leaped high into the air three times, jumping over would-be defenders, including one for a score.
West Virginia had some highlights, however.
Chapmanville grad and Harts native Zach Maynard had an electrifying 21-yard catch-and-run when it looked like he would would get brought down in the backfield.
Then, most surprisingly, Maynard, a three-sport star for Chapmanville and the smallest man on the field at only 5-foot-6, ran West Virginia's offense late in the game from the quarterback position out of the wildcat formation.
He took a direct snap with 1:03 left in the game and raced all across the field and eventually in for a 38-yard touchdown run. Maynard passed incomplete on the two-point conversion to leave the score at 30-14. He celebrated the touchdown by firing the ball into the Tiger Stadium stands.
West Virginia was also represented by Logan WR Deyonta Coleman, who was held to just one catch for 33 yards. Dustin Botsch, a former Logan and Chapmanville player, had four catches for 45 yards.
On the ground, West Virginia was held to 24 rushes for 77 yards. Maynard led the way with two carries for 41 yards. Taking away the two rushes, West Virginia only had 22 carries for 36 yards.
West Virginia finally got on the board with 9:04 left in the game with Easterling's 15-yard touchdown pass to Justin Bradford. Easterling then fired to Coleman on the two-point conversion to make it 24-8. Easterling would drive the West Virginia All-Stars 99 yards in nine plays.
Kentucky was in the end zone, however, two plays later with Pruitt's 20-yard touchdown run at the 8:27 mark. He set up the score with a 37-yard jaunt. The conversion failed as the Bluegrass State team led 30-8.
Kentucky was able to taste victory in the Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl for the first time since 2003 — a 40-36 shootout win.
The Bluegrass State team turned the ball over four times in the game, losing three fumbles.
Belfry High School's Alexis Howard was named as the Hatfield-McCoy Bowl queen.
2010: West Virginia 20,
Kentucky 0
Man High School lineman Tyler Dunigon was right on the money.
In the leadup to the 2010 Hatfield-McCoy Bowl, Dunigon predicted another West Virginia victory, its seventh straight over the Kentucky All-Stars.
Said Dunigon, "West Virginia will definitely be 7-0. That's a guarantee … I'm going to be right this year. West Virginia will be 7-0, no doubt."
Dunigon was quite correct as the West Virginia All-Stars beat Kentucky 20-0.
On hand at the game were such dignitaries as former heavyweight boxing champion Buster Douglas, his Red Jacket manager John Johnson and Miss West Virginia Cali Young. The three were treated to a show by the West Virginia All-Stars, which improved to 10-5 in its series with Kentucky and won for the ninth time in the last 10 years.
West Virginia scored two first-quarter touchdowns, added another score in the third quarter and kept a pass-happy Kentucky offense off the board.
The Kentucky All-Stars could never really get on track as several snaps in the shotgun formation were poor. The team was also flagged numerous times by penalties and turned the ball over three times.
On West Virginia's 22-man roster were four former Logan County players — all from Man — including Dunigon, Ryan Crum, Andrew Hale and Derrick Earnest.
The four, which helped lead the Man Hillbilllies to the 2009 Super Six Class A state championship game in Wheeling, all played well for the Mountain State team.
Crum was West Virginia's starting quarterback and completed 4-of-7 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown. He also played well in the West Virginia secondary on defense.
Earnest had two catches for 66 yards from his tight end post, including a 24-yard touchdown grab in the first quarter. Earnest also kicked two PAT's, booted one kickoff into the end zone for a touchback and made several stops on defense.
Hale, a former Man running back, rushed six times for 29 yards. Dunigon was one of West Virginia's key linemen.
West Virginia outgained Kentucky 281-126 in total offense. West Virginia rushed with the ball 39 times for 155 yards and was 5-of-12 for 126 yards in the air. The Bluegrass State team was held in negative yardage on the ground with 23 rushes for minus-17 yards. Kentucky quarterbacks were 13-for-26 passing for 143 yards.
West Virginia was coached by former Tolsia mentor Matt Stanley, who is the school's principal. Kentucky was coached by Betsy Layne High School head coach Jonathan Parsons.
Earnest was named as West Virginia's Offensive MVP. B.J. Roberts of Shelby Valley took the honors for Kentucky. The Defensive MVP awards went to Harless (W.Va.) and McKinney (Ky.)
Audrey Allen of Phelps High School (Ky.) was crowned at halftime as the 2010 Massey Energy Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl Queen.
2009: West Virginia 30,
Kentucky 12
Led by 14 Logan County players, the West Virginia All-Stars beat Kentucky 30-12 to win the 2009 Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl.
West Virginia, which won its sixth straight Senior Bowl, led Kentucky 21-6 at the half and never looked back.
The Mountain State team expanded the lead to 27-6 at the 9:55 mark of the third quarter as Matewan High School's Roger Slone ran in from 19 yards out.
Josh Wilson of Logan High School then booted a 23-yard field goal at the 2:45 mark to make it a 30-6 ballgame.
Kentucky's Dennis Dillon scored a late fourth quarter TD to set the final score.
West Virginia quarterback Josh Sammons of Matewan scored on a 1-yard TD plunge to make it 7-0.
Then, following an interception by Chapmanville Regional High School's Zach Belcher, West Virginia made it 14-0 on Slone's 13-yard TD run. Chapmanville tailback David Wiley also helped set up the score with a 22-yard run.
Sammons hit Matewan teammate Max Whitt on a 51-yard TD strike to up the lead to 21-6.
John Fry, an assistant coach at Matewan, was the West Virginia All-Stars coach. Jesse Peck of Phelps High School (Ky.) was the head coach of the Kentucky team.
Slone was named as the West Virginia Offensive MVP. Logan's Sammy Pansera was the Defensive MVP.
Tug Valley High School's Katelynn Colegrove was named at halftime as the Hatfield-McCoy Bowl Queen.
2008: West Virginia 20,
Kentucky 12
The West Virginia All-Stars jumped out to a 20-12 lead at halftime and ended up beating Kentucky by the same score to win its fifth straight Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl.
West Virginia looked like it would win by a wider margin but had a touchdown called back in the second half and were unable to score on three different red zone chances. The game, in typical all-star game fashion, was marred by numerous penalties and turnovers.
Kentucky, coached by Butch Joplin, only dressed 19 players for the game — 11 short of the maximum of 30 which are allowed.
West Virginia, coached by Matewan assistant John Fry, was led by Offensive MVP Chris Johnson of Tolsia High School, who caught two touchdown passes of 44 and 9 yards on gadget plays from Wayne running back Rodney Endicott.
Williamson's James Endicott was West Virginia's Defensive MVP.
Pikeville High School quarterback Tim Honaker and Jimbo Stanley of Belfry, were Kentucky's MVP's.
West Virginia outgained Kentucky 270-178 in total yards.
Chapmanville Regional High School's Matt Collins had a 10-yard sack during the game.
Kirsten Stratton of Phelps (Ky.) High School was named as the H-M Bowl Queen at halftime.
2007: West Virginia 22,
Kentucky 14
The West Virginia All-Stars continued its winning ways with a 22-14 victory over Kentucky in the 2007 Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl.
Gilbert High School's Jeremy Brown passed for 113 yards and fired two first half touchdowns while Matewan's Paul McCoy returned a punt 69 yards for another score.
West Virginia was coached by Matewan assistant Tim Dixon, while Kentucky's head mentor was Butch Joplin.
Belfry High School's Corey Chapman rushed for 128 yards for Kentucky.
Brown was the Offensive MVP for West Virginia, while Wayne's Todd Mays was the Defensive MVP.
Chapman and Sheldon Clark High School's Danny Hinkle were the MVP's for the Kentucky All-Stars.
Matewan's Katie Adkins was crowned as the H-M Bowl Queen.
2006: West Virginia 32,
Kentucky 19
Led by skilled position players from Logan County, the West Virginia All-Stars exploded for a 32-19 win over Kentucky in the 2006 Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl.
Man High School's Andrew McDonald, West Virginia's Offensive MVP, ran all over the field as he rushed for 205 yards on just 12 carries and scored three touchdowns.
McDonald had led Man to an 8-4 record and playoff victory the previous fall.
Red Jacket community neighbors Melvin Cunningham and Butch Joplin coached the West Virginia and Kentucky all-star teams, respectively.
Kentucky was held to just 97 yards rushing on 26 carries for the game. Kentucky, however, completed eight passes for 224 yards.
Logan High School's Cornelius Godfrey was the Defensive MVP for West Virginia.
Steve Thacker of East Ridge (Ky.) High School and Prestonsburg (Ky.) High School's David Shafer were the MVP's for the Kentucky All-Stars.
Logan's Anitra Kelly was the Hatfield-McCoy Bowl Queen.
2005: West Virginia 7,
Kentucky 6
The West Virginia All-Stars tied the Hatfield-McCoy Bowl series 5-5 with a 7-6 win over Kentucky in the 2005 game.
Man High School's Justin Fekete opened up the scoring for West Virginia with a 7-yard touchdown run. He then booted the extra point to make it 7-0.
Kentucky got on the board when Joe Blackburn of Prestonsburg scored on a 60-yard touchdown run. The PAT was no good and that's the way the score stayed.
The MVP's for the game were Josh Holt and Fekete for West Virginia and Blackburn and Pikeville's Josh Sullivan for Kentucky.
West Virginia's coach was Gordon Carter of Gilbert, while Kentucky was led by Greg Varney of Belfry.
Burch High School's Kayla Brown was crowned as the H-M Bowl Queen at halftime.
2004: West Virginia 8,
Kentucky 0
An 8-0 victory by the West Virginia All-Stars in the 2004 Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl closed the series gap to 5-4 in favor of Kentucky.
Tom Posey from Mason County, Ky., coached the Bluegrass State team, while Matewan assistant Terry Joe Harrison led the West Virginia All-Stars.
MVP's for West Virginia were Terrence Pruitt from Matewan and Brandon Browning of Logan.
Kentucky's MVP's were Tyler Bostic of Belfry and Andre Turner of Mason County.
Ashley Tussey from Belfry was named queen.
2003: Kentucky 40,
West Virginia 36
In the highest scoring Hatfield-McCoy Bowl game to date it was Kentucky which won a 40-36 shootout in 2003.
West Virginia was led by head coach George Barker of Logan, while Butch Joplin coached Kentucky.
The game had a number of standout performers.
West Virginia was led by Scott's Will Hatfield, Williamson's G. Gregory, Matewan's Todd Adkins and Iaeger's Nathan Newberry.
Kentucky was led by Pikeville's Paul Sullivan, Prestonsburg's Joey Willis, Pike Central's Justin McCurry, Paintsville's Ryan Jarrell and Sheldon Clark's Xavier Manning and Anthony Potter.
Gregory and Hatfield were named co-MVP's on offense for West Virginia. Andrew Linville was the Defensive MVP.
For Kentucky, Sullivan and Ryan Brown were the MVP's.
Jennifer Redman of Logan High School was named as the Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl Queen.
2002: West Virginia 14,
Kentucky 12
The West Virginia All-Stars rallied from a 6-0 deficit to beat Kentucky, 14-12, in the 2002 Hatfield-Bowl Senior Bowl.
Iaeger's Eddie Bailey scored on a 1-yard TD run for West Virginia. Ryan Bailey, also of Iaeger, was named as the bowl game MVP. He dashed in for a 75-yard touchdown on an interception return.
West Virginia cut the all-time series margin to 4-3 with the win.
Burch's Belinda Blankenship was crowned as the bowl's queen.
2001: West Virginia 14,
Kentucky 6
Defense was again king in the 2001 Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl as West Virginia scored a 14-6 victory over the Kentucky All-Stars, cutting the series margin to 4-2.
The victory snapped a three-game winning streak by Kentucky.
Gilbert's Gordon Carter coached the West Virginia All-Stars, while Paul May of Belfry led the Bluegrass State squad.
Matewan's F.D. Horton received Offensive MVP honors for West Virginia. Horton's cousin, Curtis Childress of Belfry, was the Offensive MVP for Kentucky.
Pikeville's Mark Jacobson and Gilbert's Brandon Mounts were the defensive MVP's.
Belfry's Tia Fletcher was crowned as the bowl queen at halftime.
2000: Kentucky 6,
West Virginia 0
It was an offensive struggle in the 2000 Hatfield-McCoy Bowl as Kentucky outlasted West Virginia and the elements to score a 6-0 victory.
A torrential downpour and thunderstorm left the field a muddy mess but Kentucky was able to score a touchdown as Shelby Valley High School running back Dusty Hall, an unlikely hero in the bowl, scored the only points of the game.
Kentucky jumped to a 4-1 all-time series lead with the win.
Paul May coached Kentucky, while Matewan assistant coach Danny Perkins led the West Virginia squad.
Phelps High School's Devin Stiltner was named as the H-M Bowl Queen.
1999: Kentucky 18,
West Virginia 12 (OT)
Kentucky needed overtime to beat the West Virginia All-Stars, 18-12, in the 1999 version of the Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl.
The victory gave Kentucky a 3-1 all-time series lead.
Tied 12-12 after regulation, Kentucky scored on its first overtime possession with a pass from Sheldon Clark's Harley Hammond to Belfry's Matt Little.
West Virginia was dropped back to the 12-yard line on its OT possession and failed to score.
Matewan coach Danny "Yogi" Kinder led the West Virginia team, while David Clusky of Phelps was the Kentucky head coach.
Man High School's Tim Boykins was named as the Offensive MVP and Man classmate Chad Lusk was given the defensive honors. For Kentucky, John Ortega of Prestonsburg, took home the offensive honors while Joey "Ironman" Stepp of Sheldon Clark was the Defensive MVP. Stepp would later start on the offensive line at Marshall University.
Belfry's Bobbi Taylor was crowned queen at halftime.
1998: Kentucky 22,
West Virginia 19
Kentucky retook a 2-1 series lead in the Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl with a 22-19 victory over Coach Tony Clusky's West Virginia team.
West Virginia trailed throughout the contest but Williamson High School's Jason Brown connected on a 3-yard TD pass to Chris Southers to pull the Hatfields to within three points at 22-19 with only 1:27 left in the contest.
Kentucky coach Paul May's squad then fumbled on its next possession to give West Virginia one last shot. Brown, though, threw an interception with just 11 seconds remaining in the game.
Kentucky quarterback B.J. Daniels of Johnson Central High School in Paintsville, was named as the bowl MVP. Gilbert's Daniel Carter was the Star of Stars for West Virginia.
South Floyd (Ky.) High School running back Katrin Mays rushed for 81 yards to lead the Bluegrass State team, including a 68-yard jaunt.
Williamson's Christina Anderson was crowned at halftime as the H-M Bowl Queen.
1997: West Virginia 11,
Kentucky 0
The West Virginia All-Stars tied the series 1-1 with an 11-0 victory over Kentucky in the second-ever Hatfield-McCoy Bowl in 1997.
Burch coach Doug Ward led the victorious West Virginia All-Star team, while Sheldon Clark's Jim Matney was the head mentor for Kentucky.
The game's lone touchdown came on a 68-yard fumble recovery by Tug Valley High School's Roger Davis. West Virginia also scored on the two-point conversion and later booted a field goal to account for the 11 points.
Tolsia's Jim Pertee was named as the West Virginia Star of Stars, while Pikeville running back Brent Coleman picked up the honors for the Kentucky All-Stars.
Logan High School's Michael "Kool-Aid" Owens, a future star in the Marshall University secondary in the late 1990s and early 2000s, played for the West Virginia All-Stars in the game.
Pikeville's Stacy Rose was named as the bowl queen.
1996: Kentucky 7,
West Virginia 0
In the inaugural Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl game in 1996, Kentucky beat its neighbor West Virginia, 7-0, at Matewan High School.
Belfry High School's Adam Eastwood scored on a 2-yard touchdown run for the only points of the game.
Former Pikeville High School head coach Hillard Howard was the mentor of the winning Kentucky team.
Gilbert coach Gordon Carter led the West Virginia All-Stars.
Matewan's Jennifer Whitt was crowned as the first Hatfield-McCoy Bowl Queen during halftime festivities.


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I am about to start a Kickstarter funding project for a vegan cafe and green education center called "Magna Mater," which is one of many names given to the concept of the Great Mother. While I can and may launch the project on the Kickstarter website before I have a logo for the center, I would rather put my best face forward complete with amazing graphicalness.
This is where you come in.
While my partner and I are both artistic, neither of us can really draw nor convert our doodles to something that looks professional and business-like. If you can, and would like to design me a logo and a t-shirt, here is what I'm looking for.
Magna Mater will primarily be a vegan cafe. If we can locate space big enough for it, it will also be a reading room (research library) and function hall where classes, workshops, and ticketed concerts will take place. The function hall will also be a great place for private parties and ceremonies (like small weddings). Therefore, the logo will need to represent the earth, nature, and/or celestial bodies. It needs to incorporate the name, Magna Mater, and a female face or body. This logo will be going on t-shirts, tote bags, and possibly reusable cups as well as the Kickstarter website, the venue's official website, etc. Additionally, I need a separate design that is similar to the logo that will be used on a t-shirt that will be available to Kickstarter pledges only. That's TWO designs I need from applicants, at least.
What's in it for you?
You or your design company will be credited on the Kickstarter page and official website. You will receive $50 (sorry, that's all I can spare) and a t-shirt featuring the design you created. And if I receive the funding that I'm trying to raise, I will likely consult your design services in the future.
How do you enter?
This contest will run through July 15th. You can email your entries to lizzclements at gmail dot com. Graphics need to be high resolution for printing purposes.
Please spread the word about this contest! If you are vegan, are vegetarian, are earth-oriented, live in New England, think you might come by when it's done, want a cool place to hang out, know of any vegans, vegetarians, or earth-oriented people, or just want to help a hippie realize her dreams, reblog this post, share it with people on Twitter, or post the link to this contest on your Facebook!


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Inside »1999 Miss Huntley is chosen Special Memorial Day section 35 cents Thursday, May 27, The HimtleY Famiside 17,1999 A Press Publications newspaper/ir serving the Huntley community Vt ley community Volume 39, Issue 7 Rebuilding a field of dreams Renovation of ballfield celebrates birthday of Sun City's founder Craig Wieczorkiewicz Press Publications Baseball hall-of-famer Whitey Ford and plenty of area residents tumed out on a sunny Saturday afternoon to w^atch the dedication of the newly renovated ballfield at Huntley's Deicke Park. The renovation, which was funded by the Sun City corpora¬ tion, was done in order to com¬ memorate the 100th birthday of the late Del E. Webb, Sun City's founder. The dedication of the field was scheduled to coincide with the company's celebration of Webb's birdiday. Sun City decided to renovate a ballfield for the event because of Webb's longtime connection to baseball. Webb played semi- professional baseball as both a player and manager, but never made it to the big leagues because of an injury. However, Webb did get to make his impact on the majors later on as an owner. He was one of three men who bought the New York Yankees in 1945, and co-owned the franchise for 20 years. During that time, the Yan¬ kees won 10 World Series championships, including five straight between 1949-53, and 15 American League pennants. "This [renovation] is a very special event because it honors our founder, Del E. Webb," said Dave Sclireiner, Sun City's gen¬ eral manager and executive vice president. "He was first and foremost a baseball player. I'm sure if it wasn't for the illness he suffered he would have l)een a major league player." Schreiner said that Webb not making the major leagues was "This [renovation] is a very special event because it honors our founder, Del E. Webb. He was first and foremost a baseball player. I'm sure if it wasn't for the illness he suffered he would have been a major league player." Dave Schreiner General manager and executive vice president for Sun City bad news to him, but at the same time was ^_ good omen because he went on to found the Sun City corporation and build the communities all over the coun¬ try. Since Webb founded the Sun City Corporation in 1960, the company has built more than 60,000 homes in 13 "active- adult" communities in seven states for people age 55 and older. Huntley is one of the more recent additions to that Ust. But while running the Sun City Corporation, Webb always tried to keep basebjill close to him and others in the Sun City communities, Schreiner said. "I think he always harbored a need to stay close to baseball," Sctireiner said. "That's why he always put together ballfields and parks near the Sun City communities. So we've 4one this [renovation] to kind of appreciate what was in Del's heart." Hall-of-fame pitcher Whitey Ford, who played for the Yan¬ kees while Webb was an owner, attended the celebration and shared some of his memories of Webb. Those included the time he and Mickey Mantle went into Webb's office trying to get a pay raise,-only to be denied because the Yankees payroll was already at $600,000 that year. The irony of that, of course, is that the minimum pay for major league ballplayers today is more than that entire payroll. Ford said that one of his proudest memories of his time with the Yankees was that Webb and the ownership team kept their wiiming team intact for so many years. "From 1950-64—15 sea¬ sons—we only missed being in the World Series twice," Ford said. "It was a great thrill to be associated with so many great ballplayers during that time." After all the faking cere¬ monies were finished. Ford threw out the first pitch at die newly renovated ballfield. The first game soon fol¬ lowed, a softball battle between employees of Sun City and employees from the Village of Huntley, the Huntley Fire Department, the Huntiey Police Department, and the Huntiey Park District. Youth receives certificate Fourteen-year-old Huntley resident Kyle Pikrone is recognized with a certificate from the Huntley Fire Prevention Bureau for his quick action in preventing a potentially devastating fire at his fam¬ ily's new home. For the full story, see page 2. County businesses show support for new power plant Craig Wieczorkiewicz Press Publications The chief executive officers from some of McHenry Coun¬ ty's largest employers tumed out at a meeting on May 19 at TC Industries in Prairie Grove to voice their support for building a peaker power plant in the county. "We are endorsing the need for peaker power generation as a reliable source of energy," said Jim Allen, president of the McHenry County Economic Development Corporation. "The constraction of a peaker power plant is especially important in light of deregulation of the elec- tricalkindustry." Allen said that building such a plant in the area is important Iwcause of the growing number of people who are moving into the county. "It is an important side of this issue which has not received adequate attention," Allen said. "The need exists, and it will see Support—^page 2
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Date | 1999-05-27 |
Month | 05 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1999 |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 7 |
Decade | 1990-1999 |
Creator | The Huntley Farmside |
Coverage | Huntley, Illinois, United States |
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- Clinical feasibility of (neo)adjuvant taxane-based chemotherapy in older patients: analysis of >4,500 patients from four German randomized breast cancer trials (2008)
- INTRODUCTION: Despite the fact that people older than 65 years of age have the highest incidence of developing breast cancer, these patients are excluded from clinical trials in most cases. Furthermore, most physicians tend towards therapy regimens without the use of dose-dense, highly active taxane-based treatments because of a lack of data regarding toxicities of these compounds in older patients. METHODS: Pooled side-effect data were analyzed from four prospective, randomized clinical trials in which patients of different age groups (< 60 years, between 60 and 64 years, and > 64 years) with primary breast cancer received taxane-based chemotherapy. RESULTS: Dose delays, dose reductions, hospitalization, and therapy discontinuation increased with age. Hematologic toxicities and some nonhematologic toxicities were generally more common in older patients. Leucopenia increased from 55.3% in patients aged < 60 years to 65.5% in patients aged > 64 years (P < 0.001), and neutropenia increased from 46.9% to 57.4% (P < 0.001). There was no difference, however, in clinically more relevant febrile neutropenia between the different age groups. Thrombopenia shows a similar age-dependent increase, whereas there is no difference between the age groups concerning anemia. Hot flushes and elevated liver enzymes decreased with increasing age. CONCLUSIONS: The present pooled analysis of a substantial cohort of older primary breast cancer patients demonstrates that taxane-containing (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy is feasible in older patients and that toxicity can be reduced by sequential therapy regimens.
- A clinically relevant gene signature in triple negative and basal-like breast cancer (2011)
- INTRODUCTION: Current prognostic gene expression profiles for breast cancer mainly reflect proliferation status and are most useful in ER-positive cancers. Triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) are clinically heterogeneous and prognostic markers and biology-based therapies are needed to better treat this disease. METHODS: We assembled Affymetrix gene expression data for 579 TNBC and performed unsupervised analysis to define metagenes that distinguish molecular subsets within TNBC. We used n = 394 cases for discovery and n = 185 cases for validation. Sixteen metagenes emerged that identified basal-like, apocrine and claudin-low molecular subtypes, or reflected various non-neoplastic cell populations, including immune cells, blood, adipocytes, stroma, angiogenesis and inflammation within the cancer. The expressions of these metagenes were correlated with survival and multivariate analysis was performed, including routine clinical and pathological variables. RESULTS: Seventy-three percent of TNBC displayed basal-like molecular subtype that correlated with high histological grade and younger age. Survival of basal-like TNBC was not different from non basal-like TNBC. High expression of immune cell metagenes was associated with good and high expression of inflammation and angiogenesis-related metagenes were associated with poor prognosis. A ratio of high B-cell and low IL-8 metagenes identified 32% of TNBC with good prognosis (hazard ratio (HR) 0.37, 95% CI 0.22 to 0.61; P < 0.001) and was the only significant predictor in multivariate analysis including routine clinicopathological variables. CONCLUSIONS: We describe a ratio of high B-cell presence and low IL-8 activity as a powerful new prognostic marker for TNBC. Inhibition of the IL-8 pathway also represents an attractive novel therapeutic target for this disease.
- Correction: Phase I clinical study of the recombinant antibody-toxin scFv(FRP5)-ETA specific for the ErbB2/HER2 receptor in patients with advanced solid malignomas (2006)
- Following publication of the data presented by von Minckwitz and colleagues [1] it has been brought to our attention that some patients should be scored differently. Stable disease was seen in three of the eighteen patients instead of two of the eighteen patients: one patient with transitional cell carcinoma treated at 4 micro g/kg scFv(FRP5)-ETA per day, and two breast cancer patients treated at 4 and 12.5 micro g/kg scFv(FRP5)-ETA per day. Disease progression occured in 9 of the eighteen patients evaluated (see corrected Table 2 overleaf). This does not affect the conclusions of our study. In addition we would like to correct the following errors: patient IDs for patients U01 and U02 in the original Table 2 were interchanged. In addition, patient N03 had a grade 3 elevation of gamma-glutamyl transferase, and not grade 2 (see corrected Table 2 overleaf). http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/volltexte/2005/1156/
- Phase I clinical study of the recombinant antibody toxin scFv(FRP5)-ETA specific for the ErbB2/HER2 receptor in patients with advanced solid malignomas (2005)
- Introduction: ScFv(FRP5)-ETA is a recombinant antibody toxin with binding specificity for ErbB2 (HER2). It consists of an N-terminal single-chain antibody fragment (scFv), genetically linked to truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin A (ETA). Potent antitumoral activity of scFv(FRP5)-ETA against ErbB2-overexpressing tumor cells was previously demonstrated in vitro and in animal models. Here we report the first systemic application of scFv(FRP5)-ETA in human cancer patients. Methods: We have performed a phase I dose-finding study, with the objective to assess the maximum tolerated dose and the dose-limiting toxicity of intravenously injected scFv(FRP5)-ETA. Eighteen patients suffering from ErbB2-expressing metastatic breast cancers, prostate cancers, head and neck cancer, non small cell lung cancer, or transitional cell carcinoma were treated. Dose levels of 2, 4, 10, 12.5, and 20 μg/kg scFv(FRP5)-ETA were administered as five daily infusions each for two consecutive weeks. Results: No hematologic, renal, and/or cardiovascular toxicities were noted in any of the patients treated. However, transient elevation of liver enzymes was observed, and considered dose limiting, in one of six patients at the maximum tolerated dose of 12.5 μg/kg, and in two of three patients at 20 μg/kg. Fifteen minutes after injection, peak concentrations of more than 100 ng/ml scFv(FRP5)-ETA were obtained at a dose of 10 μg/kg, indicating that predicted therapeutic levels of the recombinant protein can be applied without inducing toxic side effects. Induction of antibodies against scFv(FRP5)-ETA was observed 8 days after initiation of therapy in 13 patients investigated, but only in five of these patients could neutralizing activity be detected. Two patients showed stable disease and in three patients clinical signs of activity in terms of signs and symptoms were observed (all treated at doses ≥ 10 μg/kg). Disease progression occurred in 11 of the patients. Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that systemic therapy with scFv(FRP5)-ETA can be safely administered up to a maximum tolerated dose of 12.5 μg/kg in patients with ErbB2-expressing tumors, justifying further clinical development.
- Clinical response after two cycles compared to HER2, Ki-67, p53, and bcl-2 in independently predicting a pathological complete response after preoperative chemotherapy in patients with operable carcinoma of the breast (2008)
- Introduction To investigate the predictive value of clinical and biological markers for a pathological complete remission after a preoperative dose-dense regimen of doxorubicin and docetaxel, with or without tamoxifen, in primary operable breast cancer. Methods Patients with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of previously untreated, operable, and measurable primary breast cancer (tumour (T), nodes (N) and metastases (M) score: T2-3(>= 3 cm) N0-2 M0) were treated in a prospectively randomised trial with four cycles of dose-dense (bi-weekly) doxorubicin and docetaxel (ddAT) chemotherapy, with or without tamoxifen, prior to surgery. Clinical and pathological parameters (menopausal status, clinical tumour size and nodal status, grade, and clinical response after two cycles) and a panel of biomarkers (oestrogen and progesterone receptors, Ki-67, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), p53, bcl-2, all detected by immunohistochemistry) were correlated with the detection of a pathological complete response (pCR). Results A pCR was observed in 9.7% in 248 patients randomised in the study and in 8.6% in the subset of 196 patients with available tumour tissue. Clinically negative axillary lymph nodes, poor tumour differentiation, negative oestrogen receptor status, negative progesterone receptor status, and loss of bcl-2 were significantly predictive for a pCR in a univariate logistic regression model, whereas in a multivariate analysis only the clinical nodal status and hormonal receptor status provided significantly independent information. Backward stepwise logistic regression revealed a response after two cycles, with hormone receptor status and lymph-node status as significant predictors. Patients with a low percentage of cells stained positive for Ki-67 showed a better response when treated with tamoxifen, whereas patients with a high percentage of Ki-67 positive cells did not have an additional benefit when treated with tamoxifen. Tumours overexpressing HER2 showed a similar response to that in HER2-negative patients when treated without tamoxifen, but when HER2-positive tumours were treated with tamoxifen, no pCR was observed. Conclusion Reliable prediction of a pathological complete response after preoperative chemotherapy is not possible with clinical and biological factors routinely determined before start of treatment. The response after two cycles of chemotherapy is a strong but dependent predictor. The only independent factor in this subset of patients was bcl-2. Trial registration number NCT00543829
- T-cell metagene predicts a favorable prognosis in estrogen receptor-negative and HER2-positive breast cancers (2009)
- Introduction Lymphocyte infiltration (LI) is often seen in breast cancer but its importance remains controversial. A positive correlation of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) amplification and LI has been described, which was associated with a more favorable outcome. However, specific lymphocytes might also promote tumor progression by shifting the cytokine milieu in the tumor. Methods Affymetrix HG-U133A microarray data of 1,781 primary breast cancer samples from 12 datasets were included. The correlation of immune system-related metagenes with different immune cells, clinical parameters, and survival was analyzed. Results A large cluster of nearly 600 genes with functions in immune cells was consistently obtained in all datasets. Seven robust metagenes from this cluster can act as surrogate markers for the amount of different immune cell types in the breast cancer sample. An IgG metagene as a marker for B cells had no significant prognostic value. In contrast, a strong positive prognostic value for the T-cell surrogate marker (lymphocyte-specific kinase (LCK) metagene) was observed among all estrogen receptor (ER)-negative tumors and those ER-positive tumors with a HER2 overexpression. Moreover ER-negative tumors with high expression of both IgG and LCK metagenes seem to respond better to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Conclusions Precise definitions of the specific subtypes of immune cells in the tumor can be accomplished from microarray data. These surrogate markers define subgroups of tumors with different prognosis. Importantly, all known prognostic gene signatures uniformly assign poor prognosis to all ER-negative tumors. In contrast, the LCK metagene actually separates the ER-negative group into better or worse prognosis.
- Targeting cyclin B1 inhibits proliferation and sensitizes breast cancer cells to taxol (2008)
- Background Cyclin B1, the regulatory subunit of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1), is essential for the transition from G2 phase to mitosis. Cyclin B1 is very often found to be overexpressed in primary breast and cervical cancer cells as well as in cancer cell lines. Its expression is correlated with the malignancy of gynecological cancers. Methods In order to explore cyclin B1 as a potential target for gynecological cancer therapy, we studied the effect of small interfering RNA (siRNA) on different gynecological cancer cell lines by monitoring their proliferation rate, cell cycle profile, protein expression and activity, apoptosis induction and colony formation. Tumor formation in vivo was examined using mouse xenograft models. Results Downregulation of cyclin B1 inhibited proliferation of several breast and cervical cancer cell lines including MCF-7, BT-474, SK-BR-3, MDA-MB-231 and HeLa. After combining cyclin B1 siRNA with taxol, we observed an increased apoptotic rate accompanied by an enhanced antiproliferative effect in breast cancer cells. Furthermore, control HeLa cells were progressively growing, whereas the tumor growth of HeLa cells pre-treated with cyclin B1 siRNA was strongly inhibited in nude mice, indicating that cyclin B1 is indispensable for tumor growth in vivo. Conclusion Our data support the notion of cyclin B1 being essential for survival and proliferation of gynecological cancer cells. Concordantly, knockdown of cyclin B1 inhibits proliferation in vitro as well as in vivo. Moreover, targeting cyclin B1 sensitizes breast cancer cells to taxol, suggesting that specific cyclin B1 targeting is an attractive strategy for the combination with conventionally used agents in gynecological cancer therapy.
- Identification of biology-based breast cancer types with distinct predictive and prognostic features : role of steroid hormone and HER2 receptor expression in patients treated with neoadjuvant anthracycline/taxane-based chemotherapy (2009)
- Introduction: Reliable predictive and prognostic markers for routine diagnostic purposes are needed for breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We evaluated protein biomarkers in a cohort of 116 participants of the GeparDuo study on anthracycline/taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast cancer to test for associations with pathological complete response (pCR) and disease-free survival (DFS). Particularly, we evaluated if interactions between hormone receptor (HR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression might lead to a different clinical behavior of HR+/HER2+ coexpressing and HR+/HER2- tumors and whether subgroups of triple negative tumors might be identified by the help of Ki67 labeling index, cytokeratin 5/6 (CK5/6), as well as cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) expression. Methods: Expression analysis was performed using immunohistochemistry and silver-enhanced in situ hybridization on tissue microarrays (TMAs) of pretherapeutic core biopsies. Results: pCR rates were significantly different between the biology-based tumor types (P = 0.044) with HR+/HER2+ and HR-/HER2- tumors having higher pCR rates than HR+/HER2-tumors. Ki67 labeling index, confirmed as significant predictor of pCR in the whole cohort (P = 0.001), identified HR-/HER- (triple negative) carcinomas with a higher chance for a pCR (P = 0.006). Biology-based tumor type (P = 0.046 for HR+/HER2+vs. HR+/HER2-), Ki67 labeling index (P = 0.028), and treatment arm (P = 0.036) were independent predictors of pCR in a multivariate model. DFS was different in the biology-based tumor types (P < 0.0001) with HR+/HER2- and HR+/HER2+ tumors having the best prognosis and HR-/HER2+ tumors showing the worst outcome. Biology-based tumor type was an independent prognostic factor for DFS in multivariate analysis (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Our data demonstrate that a biology-based breast cancer classification using estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR), and HER2 bears independent predictive and prognostic potential. The HR+/HER2+ coexpressing carcinomas emerged as a group of tumors with a good response rate to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and a favorable prognosis. HR+/HER2- tumors had a good prognosis irrespective of a pCR, whereas patients with HR-/HER- and HR-/HER+ tumors, especially if they had not achieved a pCR, had an unfavorable prognosis and are in need of additional treatment options. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00793377
- Brustkrebs: Auf dem Weg zu einer personalisierten Therapie : molekulare Subtypen und "Wirtsfaktoren" entscheiden über Prognose und Therapie-Erfolg (2010)
- Brustkrebs ist die häufigste Krebserkrankung und Todesursache bei Frauen. Die Forschung der letzten Jahrzehnte hat gezeigt, dass es sich dabei nicht um eine einzelne, immer gleich verlaufende Erkrankung handelt. Vielmehr geht man heute davon aus, dass Brustkrebs eine heterogene Erkrankung mit verschiedenen Subtypen darstellt. Sie lassen sich klinisch und molekular deutlich von einander unterscheiden. Wichtiges Ziel der modernen Forschung und ihrer Methoden ist daher die Entwicklung einer individuellen Therapie für jede einzelne Patientin.
- Brustkrebs: Informierte Frauen haben weniger Angst und bessere Chancen (2003)
- Die Frankfurter Universitätsklinik hat mit der Eröffnung des interdisziplinären Brustkrebszentrums 1997 im Rhein-Main-Gebiet neue Maßstäbe bei der Behandlung von Brustkrebs gesetzt. Ziel ist es, die diagnostischen und therapeutischen Abläufe in der Brustkrebsbehandlung zu optimieren sowie die ökonomischen und fachlichen Ressourcen besser zu nutzen. Doch eine gute Therapie ist nur ein Werkzeug bei der Bekämpfung der seit Jahren zunehmenden Brustkrebserkrankungen. Nach Kaufmanns Ansicht ist es wichtig, "zweigleisig zu fahren: Früherkennungsmaßnahmen tragen dazu bei, Tumoren früh zu erkennen. Darüber hinaus gilt es, durch mehr Information mehr Körper- und Gesundheitsbewusstsein zu entwickeln. Denn wer gut informiert ist, hat die besseren Chancen."


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This is why I like your blog so much. You post actual recipes where others coat spaghetti with cream and cheese and call it a recipe.
Somehow I did not get the memo that when your kid starts to attend public school he will get sick all the time. And so will you, you will get sick and eventually you'll get sick of being sick.
Another round of miserableness here at my house while the last one was only two weeks ago. I'm almost tempted to home-school him. Almost, I said. Homeschooling isn't something you can just do in the Netherlands, which is probably a good thing since you don't want to trust me to give him a sound education. I can teach him how to cook and blog, but algebra? Math? Let someone else have a shot at getting through to him.
When we're sick I want to eat greens. I have this twisted idea that eating an overdose of greens and fruit will make everything alright. It's my denial. When my son is sick he only wants one of the P foods, I usually settle for pasta. My other half doesn't want any food at all, so I just hand him a cup of coffee, pat him on the head and ship him off to bed.
So pasta with a green sauce it was. Now I'm not sure if it was that I wasn't feeling well and needed a certain level of comfort food just to get through the day—plus I ran out of potato chips—but this was honestly the best darn pasta sauce I've had in quite some time. Kiddo polished off two servings as well. Bingo!
1 pound pasta
2 zucchini's
1 medium onion
1 large garlic clove
2 oz bacon
2 oz butter
1 or 2 tbsp oil
3 tbsp flour
1 cup of milk
1/2 vegetable bouillon cube
flat-leaf parsley
salt and pepper
I wasn't meant to be a vegetarian so I add bacon. No overkill; just enough to add some flavor and protein.
Grate the garlic while you're at it.
Heat 1 or 2 tbsp oil and lightly cook the bacon.
Add the onions and cook for a minute or three.
Add a sprinkling of salt and some pepper. Cook until the zucchini turns soft but not mushy! Add the garlic during the last minute.
Transfer it all to your food processor and blitz.
Cook the pasta (I found spaghetti in my pantry) in salted water along with a tbsp oil according to the instructions on the package.
I want to add a little creaminess to the sauce but I'm not the type to just throw in a cup of cream and call it a day. I'm very attached to my arteries, so I prefer to make a roux based sauce.
Heat 2 oz of butter. Add the flour and let it cook for a minute before pouring in the milk and stirring like a maniac and let it simmer for a minute or two. There's your cream base. Don't season it just yet!
Add the zucchini mix to the béchamel sauce.
Add a pinch of salt (we'll add salty Parmesan as well), some black pepper and half a vegetable bouillon cube. Let the sauce simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
Grate as much, or as little, Parmesan in there as you like. Let it melt into the sauce.
I like to garnish the sauce with a bit of finely minced flat-leaf parsley. Adds a nice earthy tone. Check the seasoning!
There. If that won't fix a cold or keep you at least somewhat comfortable during one, nothing will, honey.
* serve with warm and crispy garlic & cheese bread!
Pasta with Zucchini Sauce | |
Ingredients |
2 zucchini's 1 medium onion 1 large garlic clove 2 oz bacon 2 oz butter 1 or 2 tbsp oil 3 tbsp flour 1 cup of milk 1/2 vegetable bouillon cube Parmesan flat-leaf parsley salt and pepper |
Directions |
Transfer everything to a blender or food processor and blitz until you end up with a puree. Heat the butter, add the flour and cook for a minute before pouring in the milk and turning it into a smooth sauce. Stir in the zucchini mix. Seasoning with a pinch of salt and pepper and crumble in half a vegetable bouillon cube. Simmer the sauce for 5 minutes. Add the grated Parmesan and let it melt in. Check the seasoning. Optionally you can add some finely minced flat-leaf parsley. |
Meal type: | main course |
Servings: | 4 |
Copyright: | © kayotickitchen.com |
This is why I like your blog so much. You post actual recipes where others coat spaghetti with cream and cheese and call it a recipe.
I've never heard of zucchini sauce before! This sounds so tasty!!
Do you have a tip for slicing zucchini without them rolling all over (or even off) the counter? I always fail so I usually cut them in half lengthwise before slicing…
This recipe sounds really interesting and healthy. I have to try it once. Not to mention I love your pictures!
You must be using square zucchini. ;) Leeks are equally bad.
This sounds delicious – I love zucchini but have been so far limited in its use. This will be fantastic for the "Meatless Mondays" I am implementing in my household as well!
I often add a bit of chili to this sauce. Tastes great with a touch of spice.
You know that I have never made anything with Zucchini. Now I just may do that. As usual your pictures are GREAT :) And what is up with each and everyone have Reply at the end???? :)
I think I just saw what you mean by "where others coat spaghetti with cream and cheese and call it a recipe" ;)
My comment was meant for Maria!
This looks absolutely wonderful – AND a sneaky way to get some actual nutrition in to two very picky boys!
I am sorry you have so many bouts of the sickies this winter… :(
Thank you!! :)
This looks fabulous. I will definitely try it (minus the bacon as I am vegetarian). Like you I crave green things (in fact any vegetable) and fruit when I am sick and I think that's because I think it will fix everything. And it ususally does.
Wonderful blog by the way, I just stumbled onto it and am subscribing.
Thank's a lot for your website!
Kay, you have such a beautiful blog and your photos are mouthwatering! This pasta dish looks wonderful, and full of flavor. I'll have to try it sometime. So glad to have found you and looking forward to seeing more :) – Georgia
i made this this weekend and it was so delicious, i almost ate it without the pasta.
this is an awesome recipe. My friend gave me same zuccini at the weekend, and I was wondering what to do with them. Have just made the sauce and it is yummy!!
Julie Q
this is one healthy creamy sauce! i wonder if we can storage this well?
This was really delicious! And easy to make :).
Great recipe but I added coconut milk instead of milk and it was sooo good!
This has become one of our favourites and now it's a regular on our table – we have it at least once in two weeks :) With or without bacon, basil or parsley, bechamel or sour cream (on lazy days) – it's great every time!
Thanks for sharing it!
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FINAL: MSU 4, Ole Miss 2
The game's most popular cliche is "That's baseball." Well, that really doesn't apply here.
A four-run inning with only one hit is rather unique. It's even more unique when the hit is a single.
State scored three runs on a bases-loaded walk and two bases-loaded hit batters. The only run the Bulldogs scored by putting a ball in play was their fourth, on a sac fly by Wes Rea.
Ole Miss out-hit MSU 8-2, but that's not something that will help the Rebels if the two state rivals end up tied in the SEC standings. Both are 10-11 right now, and State owns the tie-breaker.
The Rebels were unable to string hits together against Luis Pollorena and Caleb Reed, who combined for two walks.
The bigger question here is where does Ole Miss go with its Sunday starter? Mike Bianco said he doesn't intend to move R.J. Hively back to the rotation. Hively in the pen has been really good to the Rebels the last two Saturdays. Bianco will continue to hunt for a Sunday guy who can settle things down at the beginning, go for 3 or 4 innings, then turn it over to his bullpen.
That would have been an effective plan today had the Rebels been better offensively.
Zach Kirksey, who came off the bench in the DH spot, was the team's only multiple hitter with a single and a ninth-inning solo home run.
Alex Yarbrough had his hit streak ended at 22 games. He talks about that in the video above.
Matt Snyder had some bad luck with the long ball. MSU center fielder Hunter Renfroe robbed him of a home run, he narrowly missed a home run with a foul ball. Finally Snyder had one fall when his ball off the base of the wall in straight-away center drove home pinch-runner Jake Overbey with the Rebels' first run. That was in the eighth.
Nine SEC games left, and the Rebels have to right some things to finish strong.
About 10 minutes from first pitch here. Just getting settled in. Tanner Bailey, coming off a perfect four innings at Memphis, starts for Ole Miss against MSU lefty Luis Pollorena.
I'll have updates on Twitter and will be back here after the game.
SS Adam Frazier .349
C Mitch Slauter .233
1B Trey Porter .281
3B Daryl Norris .314
CF Hunter Renfroe .247
RF Brent Brownlee .224
DH Phillip Casey .174
LF Tyler Fullerton .246
2B Matthew Britton .140
LHP Luis Pollorena 2-0, 1.86, 19.1 IP
LF Tanner Mathis .344
3B Andrew Mistone .255
2B Alex Yarbrough .429
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Didn't see a post like this offhand in the forums, but I only looked around a little, sorry if this is a repeat.
Anyway, I just came across a very well developed atheist character in Brandon Sanderson's 'Way of Kings' and was really thrown for a loop. Not only is she awesome and smart, she makes great rational arguments in favor of her position. It's interesting to me, because she's in a very religious world and has been branded a heretic, etc. What further interests me is Sanderson is a Mormon. I'm not sure why I'm astonished that a religious person could write a good non-religious person. But I'm very pleased. (I haven't finished the book yet, and its the first in a series, so I have no way telling if she gets eaten by snakes or zapped by lightning or something..).
It's fascinating to me to see an atheist in fantasy, in particular, because fantasy tends to accept that gods are real, along with magic and all that.
I was wondering if any other novels have atheist characters figured in. I mean, as of yet this isn't a major plot point, but its a central part of who this character is. So like that, not just something mentioned as an aside.
Edit: so she's apparently actually agnostic leaning towards atheist. But still
Gene Rodenberry referred to Star Trek as a "Wagon Train To The Stars."
I can't name specific characters by many themes in Arthur C. Clarke's (who was himself Atheist) novels are atheistic in nature. He avoids discussions of "higher beings" very well. Clarke was probably the main impetus for me to eschew religion.
That was a marketing gimmick to sell it to television executives. Westerns big then and that's what they understood
I'm trying to write a fantasy theistic vs atheistic novel focused around religious intolerance and the like. I'm trying to iron out the details clearly (i.e. Mages are scientists; magic is another aspect of science (ie natural) and ironically resembles the pseudo; theistics church simular to vatican; etc).
If I ever get published (Hopeful), some more names can be added to this list, i guess.
I also write stuff like than and in my highly atheistic universes it is a well known fact that religious people implode :P
But if you do finish something let me know ;)
p.s. in one universe I tried for science and magic to coexist but it was futile :(
p.s. in one universe I tried for science and magic to coexist but it was futile :(
I know. That's one of my problems that the blending between any magic and science is horriblely distaughted and messy. Try explaining a fireball as an exothermic reaction between two common gases in the air. How far should the whole 'spirit' idea go? How hard the atheistic ideas should be? etc.
Usually my problem what that magic comes from 'spirit energy' while science works with 'normal energy' and the spirit energy always goes berserk, it is always much more powerful than science, so I tried to put some rules on it but it's just science then, but I, just for fun, call it alchemy. So what you've got is alchemy vs science and this is just pointless. You ether need just science (an atheistic universe) or you need just alchemy which is just fantasy not science fiction.
Than I tried to split things that you can achieve easily with science and than with alchemy, like teleportation is very complex for science but easy with alchemy/magic but then again magic becomes more powerful than science. So it was just impossible.
I wasn't writing a book but making a plausible game universe and I just gave up on science with real magic universe. Maybe it's a holy grail of gaming.
All of Rand's protagonists from Atlas Shrugged were mentioned (That trailer looks horrible by the way. Glad they didn't cast me in it). Howard Roark and Gail Wynand from Fountainhead are the two explicit ones.
Spenser from Robert B. Parker's novels is an atheist.
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Ditto! Good to see you at the tasting also. Thanks for the Domori & Pacari recommendations.
Yeah! His name is Pancho- he lives in La Carrera, Usulutan, El Salvador's largest cacao plantation (but in greeeat need of care because its care went way down after the agrarian reform).
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Thank you so much Clay, it was very nice to meet you. Hope to see you soon in Perú!
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What chocolate plantation trips are in the near 2012 future ?
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