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If you feel bad because you can't make it through the morning without a cup of coffee, stop feeling guilty: two new studies show that drinking coffee can actually reduce the risk of certain types of cancer.
The Atlantic writes that coffee consumption has gone from being a vice to almost a virtue, as researchers learn more about its health benefits. A group of Harvard researchers just announced findings that coffee drinking reduces the risk of a particularly lethal type of prostate cancer in men, shortly after a Swedish study was published that shows coffee might reduce the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women. Previous studies have linked coffee consumption with a lowered risk of conditions like gallstones, Type 2 diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
If coffee has the potential to be good for us, why has it been maligned for so long? The Harvard researchers think it could be because in the past coffee drinking was associated with other high-risk behaviors like smoking, drinking alcohol and not exercising.
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Everything in moderation.
Including moderation.
It's like for the same reasons that everything else has become bad for us - because it's become so overly processed and stripped of all it's actual nutrients. It's also likely that we consume so much of it that it's having negative effects instead of the positive ones.
This country worries far too much about what foods are bad for us (or are magic bullets and good for us), and doesn't exercise or cook whole foods from scratch nearly enough. Do the latter and many of our health issues would go away.
Coffee actually makes you smarter (temporarily). At least, the caffeine in it does this. I believe in the power of my morning cup, and on weekends I think a homemade iced coffee whizzed in the blender with some ice is fab-u-lous.
is that for both decaf and regular coffee?

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Part of the UN system, the sixty-year-old World Health Organization (WHO) is the world's designated leader for global health issues, particularly in the developing world. At the same time, the WHO's mandate is limited because it can only recommend, not enforce, specific health policies. The organization attracted notice in the spring of 2009 with the onset of the swine flu (H1N1 virus) and its declaration of a growing pandemic for the first time in more than forty years. Some critics say the WHO's focus is too broad (Slate), but global health experts say its mandate reflects the desire for a universal agency. Experts say a big challenge going forward will be maintaining the WHO's global leadership among a crowded field of international health organizations, many of which have more resources at their disposal.
A Broad Health Mandate
The WHO was created in 1948 out of discussions in the nascent United Nations about the need for a global health organization. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it now has offices in 147 countries and six regional offices. It was not intended to provide health services but rather to be a coordinating body for global health policy implemented by national and international health agencies. The WHO primarily makes recommendations and has no power to directly intervene in national health systems. Scott Rosenstein, global health fellow at the Eurasia Group, a U.S.-based analytical group, says though it was originally intended to be "a big-picture institution," it also has many on-the-ground programs. Its annual budget in 2009 was close to $5 billion.
There is no specific organization that is charged with enforcing international health requirements and the WHO has very little power to get countries to comply with their obligations or to cooperate.
The WHO's original programs included malaria, women's and children's health, tuberculosis, nutrition, and environmental sanitation. It now monitors and coordinates on many other issues, including safety guidelines for genetically modified foods, adaptation to climate change, reducing tobacco and drug abuse, and road safety. It also examines non-health determinants of health such as education, poverty, and infrastructure. Some of the WHO's most lauded successes (PDF) are fighting infectious diseases, including the design of child vaccination programs, the reduction of the crippling skin disease yaws by about 95 percent by 1964, the eradication of smallpox in 1979, and the reduction of polio cases by about 99 percent by 2006. There is ongoing debate on how best to use WHO resources. CFR Senior Fellow Laurie A. Garrett wrote in 2007 in Foreign Affairs that the global health community needs to move away from a disease-specific focus to improving general health systems.
In September 2011, the WHO's mandate widened even further after the UN adopted a declaration on non-communicable diseases calling for coordinated action to lower the incidence of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. The World Health Assembly (WHA) approved�a resolution endorsing the initiative in May 2011. The WHO will devise a global monitoring system by the end of 2012 to measure progress on the initiative.
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The organization is controlled by delegates from its 193 member states, each of which has an equal vote on the direction of WHO policies. The delegates of the WHA, which acts as a legislative body, meet annually to discuss the policy agenda. The WHA is responsible for electing the WHO's director-general and approving its budget.
Similar to the UN General Assembly, the WHA is often subject to global politics. Garrett says the assembly was intended to prevent the WHO from taking sides in the capitalism-communism debate during the Cold War. National and international interests continue to influence WHA decisions. China, for example, has blocked Taiwan's membership to the WHO (Taiwan was allowed observer status for the first time in 2009). Meanwhile, issues such as intellectual property rights for drugs, abortion, and the humanitarian situation in Gaza have generated acrimony.
The organization's regional offices enjoy a great deal of autonomy. Regional directors are elected by regional committees made up of health officials from countries within the region, with final approval given by headquarters. The offices are responsible for adapting global health policy to regional circumstances. Perhaps the most unique regional office is the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), which existed about forty years before the WHO was created and has enormous leverage in deciding policy for the region. PAHO gets additional funding from separate dues from its regional members and has programs separate from the WHO, such as its own vaccination-buying fund.
A 2005 report (PDF) from Global Health Watch, a collaboration of community and health advocates, notes regional offices also do not escape politics. The report found that regional directors must contend with a "politically charged environment, the corrosive effects of power and status, and their desire to ensure they are re-elected," all of which can impede efforts to improve performance, though many are originally elected on reform platforms. Membership in a regional office isn't always regional, says PAHO information officer Dan Epstein, but instead based on "patterns of health" and sometimes politics. Israel, he notes, is grouped in the European office based in Copenhagen, in part because of similar health patterns, but also because of the political problems it would cause placing the country in the office with other Middle Eastern nations.
International Health Regulations
In 1995, the WHO began revising the International Health Regulations (PDF), a legally binding policy for infectious diseases for all WHO member countries. The regulations, first developed in 1969, were confined to a few diseases, including cholera, small pox, plague, and yellow fever and the reporting requirement "ultimately failed to generate compliance" by WHO member countries, say health researchers Michael G. Baker and David P. Fidler. After a decade of debate, the WHO issued new regulations in 2005 that are much broader in scope, requiring member countries not only to report but also to prevent and control any disease that presents a significant harm to humans. The new regulations also establish a global surveillance system for possible pandemics (PDF). Scott F. Dowell (PDF), director of the Global Disease Detection program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, said the new regulations "are a tremendous step forward."
Beyond the International Health Regulations' requirements for reporting to the WHO on health emergencies of potential international scope and a general requirement for disease containment, policies for intervention at the national level are at the discretion of individual countries. Specific requirements were left out in part because of political wrangling. "The WHA health assembly in past sessions refused to go along with any quid pro quo," CFR's Garrett says, noting that governments aren't required to do anything when a pandemic is declared by the WHO. "The poor countries said 'We can't afford to do anything.' The middle income countries said 'We don't like the rich guys telling us what to do.' And the rich countries said 'We have our own policies, why should we listen to WHO?' So all the policy outcomes were eliminated." The infectious disease management plans of many countries, however, still closely follow WHO recommendations, says Eurasia Group's Rosenstein.
Politics have also affected the implementation of the alert system, which got its first test during the 2009 outbreak of H1N1, also known as swine flu. Since swine flu did not prove to be as deadly as avian flu (H5N1 virus)--a disease which influenced baseline assumptions for the alert system's framework--some members of the WHA during their May 2009 meeting were unwilling to declare a full pandemic, pointing to fears of economic harm (MSNBC) and other global health issues on the table. It took nearly two months of lobbying and a three-day emergency session to get enough members on board for the pandemic declaration, Garrett says.
Since the organization was created, the number of global health bodies has ballooned, including those within the UN framework like UNAIDS and UNICEF, numerous HIV/AIDS programs, large private entities such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and nongovernmental organizations.
Meanwhile there is no specific organization that is charged with enforcing international health requirements and the WHO has very little power (PDF) to get countries to comply with their obligations or cooperate. The Indonesian government, for example, has repeatedly refused to provide samples of avian flu for study to create possible vaccines. The government claims "biological sovereignty" over the samples and argues that sharing would only benefit Western pharmaceutical companies that would create drugs the country couldn't afford. Rosenstein notes the WHO has no capacity to create vaccines itself, and all it can do is share protocols for the creation of vaccines. Many global health experts argue international health regulations should give the WHO more leverage during transnational emergencies.
Competing Among Financial Giants
In May 2011, the WHO slashed its budget by�$1 billion for the next two years (Reuters) because of ongoing financial troubles in many of the�organization's�major donor countries. The agency is also expected to cut three hundred jobs. In its budget estimate (PDF), the WHO says it is "prudent to show caution" to ensure it can meet its program needs in an uncertain funding climate. It also says it is taking an opportunity to streamline programs. "[T]he strategic objectives would not be implemented in isolation of one another, but in a synergistic manner," says the WHO budget document. "Public health goals--for example, the Millennium Development Goals, scaling up work on non-communicable diseases, and addressing communicable diseases--are very often achieved through the contribution of a number of interlinked strategic objectives."
Health experts say funding for the organization was already inadequate given the WHO's mandate and that donors target a significant portion of the budget toward particular programs, similar to the earmarking done by the U.S. Congress. WHA members finance the WHO with dues based on their individual gross domestic products. Garrett says this means, in essence, that countries with the greatest health needs have to listen to the countries with the most money. The 2005 Global Health Watch report says the United States, in particular, uses its funding leverage to continually pressure the WHO (PDF) "to steer clear of 'macroeconomics' and 'trade issues' that it says are outside its scope, and to avoid such terminology as 'the right to health.'"
Some experts say the economic climate provides a long overdue chance to�narrow the organization's focus. Others say the funding shift will make public-private partnerships more attractive. "The great difficulty facing the cash-strapped institution, of course, is how to make sure that private actors such as Bill Gates do not interfere too much with its health policies," writes St�phane Bussard.
Since the organization was created, the number of global health bodies has ballooned, including those within the UN framework like UNAIDS and UNICEF, numerous HIV/AIDS programs, large private entities such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and nongovernmental organizations such as Doctors without Borders. Experts say the rise of these other organizations, especially those with vastly more resources, is testing the WHO's leadership role. "It's chaos," CFR's Garrett says, adding that WHO's job is sometimes akin to "corralling kittens." The 2005 Global Health Watch report found that "transnational corporations and other global institutions--particularly the World Bank and International Monetary Fund--have a growing influence on population health that outweighs WHO's" and "some of these institutions, the Bank in particular, now operate in direct competition with WHO."
The WHO's funding is overshadowed by that of newly emerging organizations, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and PEPFAR (the U.S. President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief). The Centers for Diseases Control (CDC), for example, has nearly twice the budget (PDF) of the entire WHO. The Gates Foundation's budget for global health (PDF) is around $2 billion per year, about twice the WHO's core budget.
Experts contend that the WHO, challenged though it might be, is still needed. "There is no alternative to the World Health Organization," says the CDC's Scott Dowell. "We all contribute but we will only succeed if the WHO succeeds." A 2008 report from the British parliament points out that the WHO is still extremely influential among middle- and low-income countries, and has an image of being more neutral than U.S.- or British-based organizations. The report suggests WHO's mission statement be revised to specifically give it a mandate of "preparing a strategy for global health governance." Many health experts suggest Geneva should have more control over the WHO's resources for health programs.


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HAYDEN, Idaho — A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is out of a job, his former employer said Sunday.
Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, is no longer an employee of AGC Aerospace and Defense, Composites Group, Daniel Keeney of DPK Public Relations confirmed Sunday night.
Al Haase, president and CEO of AGC, issued a statement early Sunday that, while not referring to Hundley by name, called reports of behavior by one of its executives on recent personal travel "offensive and disturbing" and said he "is no longer employed with the company." Keeney would not say whether Hundley was fired or resigned. Hundley was president of AGC's Unitech Composites and Structures unit.
Unitech's facility at the Couer D'Alene Airport is locked down. On Monday, the company hired security guards to keep media out.
Hudley's former co-workers would not go on camera, but one man said Hudley worked from the East Coast and was rareley at the Hayden facility. However, court records say Hudley lives in a neighborhood about a mile from Unitech near the corner of Magistrate and Justice. Neighbors say he moved in a few months ago and are shocked by the allegations.
Hundley was charged last week in federal court in Atlanta with simple assault for allegedly slapping the 2-year-old boy during the Feb. 8 flight. His attorney, Marcia Shein, of Decatur, Ga., said Saturday that Hundley will plead not guilty. The charge carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail.
Shein did not immediately returned messages seeking comment left Sunday evening by The Associated Press. Hundley does not have a listed phone number. If you try to reach him at Unitech a voicemail announces he is no longer employeed there.
The boy's mother, Jessica Bennett, 33, told the FBI their flight was on final descent into Atlanta when her 19-month-old son started to cry due to the altitude change. Hundley "told her to shut that (N-word) baby up," FBI special agent Daron Cheney said in a sworn statement. She said Hundley then slapped him in the face, scratching the boy below his right eye and causing him to scream even louder.
Bennett told Twin Cities television stations on Saturday that the incident has caused her family a great deal of trauma and that her son, Jonah, had been outgoing but had turned apprehensive of strangers.
Hundley became increasingly obnoxious and appeared intoxicated during the flight and complained that her son was too big to sit on her lap, she said.
"He reeked of alcohol," Bennett told KARE-TV. "He was belligerent, and I was uncomfortable."
Bennett said she was shocked by the racial slur she says Hundley used when Jonah started crying.
"And I said, `What did you say?' because I couldn't believe that he would say that," she told WCCO-TV. "He fell onto my face and his mouth was in my ear and he said it again but even more hateful. And he's on my face, so I pushed him away."
Bennett and her husband are white, while Jonah, whom they adopted, is black.
"We wish to emphasize that the behavior that has been described is contradictory to our values, embarrassing and does not in any way reflect the patriotic character of the men and women of diverse backgrounds who work tirelessly in our business," Haase said in his statement.


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Yuma-Many family gatherings this year may be interrupted as retailers will open their doors on Thanksgiving night because of the "highly competitive" holiday season.
Jessica Barney said this year she's tempted to stuff her cart with deals instead of stuffing the turkey.
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With more people like Jessica, retailers are opening their doors earlier than ever for Black Friday shoppers looking to save on the season's hottest gifts.
"You feel bad for the people that have to work but at the same time you have to see how much you can possibly save," she said.
Wal-Mart announced this year they will be opening their doors at 8 p.m.on Thanksgiving night.
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Black Friday which is now becoming Black Thursday, is even criticized by consumers.
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Untrue ,I am not trying to fool anybody.I am a resident of Floresville and I pay high taxes already,way more than the average Joe.What I want to make perfectly clear are a few things .
(1) The sports complex will not bankrupt the city.
(2) The sport complex is being built with sales tax,
taxes will not be raised to pay for it.
(3) Wilson county is one of the fastest growing
counties in Texas.I'm sure since you are so good
about quoteing stats it should be pretty easy for
you to find.Therefore the probability of the FEDC
not being able to pay for the sports complex are
pretty low.
(4)Ground keeper jobs as you mention are very real to
to the people who have them.The White House is kept
by ground keepers.Our historic court house is kept
by real men who are called ground keepers.
(5) The commisioners and the Judge should have kept a
better eye on it instead of passing out cookies.
Ok I'm getting off the subject.What I'm trying to
say is that everything begins small and in the
grand scale of things the sports complex is small.
In a few years after the complex is built we will
look back and be saying(We should have built it
bigger).United we stand and divided we fall!See
you at the polls!
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Homicide, Samoa Joe and CM Punk by Rob Schamberger: December 23, 2012
Artist Rob Schamberger is a friend, and a damn good artist. Check out his stuff by clicking on his latest painting.
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Shelton Benjamin gives notice in Ring of Honor, negotiating a WWE return: December 19, 2012
The Gold Standard could soon be back in WWE. The Wrestling Observer reported earlier this week that Benjamin has given notice, and he's in talks with WWE.
Benjamin is among a lost generation of WWE wrestlers (Carlito, MVP, John Morrison, etc.) who I'd like to see return to the fold. Not that it'll happen. But these guys should have been major players but got stuck in mid-card purgatory.
Seth Rollins painting by Rob Schamberger: November 2012
Artist Rob Schamberger painted the former ROH Champion, current NXT Champion and member of The Shield (acrylic and spray on 24″ x 24″ wood).
Nigel Mcguinness documentary trailer: November 15, 2012
Really want to see this documentary, if only to finally hear Nigel 's explanation of why he vanished from TNA.
Go Shiozaki, Nigel McGuinness, Kensuke Sasaki, Adam Pearce and Daniel Bryan: September 20, 2008
This would make a pretty impressive stable.
A.C.H. wrestles at Death Before Dishonor X: September 15, 2012
I believe this was A.C.H.'s Ring of Honor debut. Really happy for him. He's wrestled for about a year in Kansas City-based Metro Pro Wrestling, and I'm glad to see him getting a shot in ROH, Chikara and Resistance Pro.
Jimmy Jacobs and Steve Corino win the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championships, celebrate with Kevin Steen: September 15, 2012
S.C.U.M. defeated Charlie Haas and Rhett Titus Titus in the tournament finals at Death Before Dishonor X.
The new Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championships: September 15, 2012
ROH unveiled the new belts last night for the tournament finals at Death Before Dishonor X.
Matt Hardy arrives at Death Before Dishonor X: September 15, 2012
Hardy teased being a heel, saying he was better than ROH TV Champion Adam Cole.
Matt Hardy scheduled to appear at Ring of Honor's Death Before Dishonor iPPV: September 15, 2012
Hardy and Steen had a confrontation over the weekend, so that's likely the direction for the Man Who Will Not Die.
Kevin Steen tells Matt Hardy that he's going to kill him on October 5: September 10, 2012
Hardy and Steen are scheduled to wrestle at an independent show in the Carolinas on October 5. Hopefully, Hardy is getting his life back together.
Charlie Haas, Bret Michaels and Jackie "Gayda" Haas: September 3, 2012
Nothin' but a good time in Dallas with Poison and Def Leppard.
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Maria Kanellis in WWE: 2006
Maria really needs to come back to WWE … with boyfriend Mike Bennett. They've done great work in Ring of Honor. Also, if three hours of Raw isn't enough for you, log on to AfterBuzz TV for Maria's post-show analysis. It's a really fun show.
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Past projects
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Legacy evaluation
The Partnership for the Public's Health
The California Endowment (TCE), 2007–2008
The Partnership for the Public's Health (PPH) was a progressive five-year initiative to build the capacity of California communities and local health departments to work together to create policy and system changes that support community health improvement. CCHE conducted a legacy evaluation of the initiative to assess its long term impact and document best practices and lessons learned. The legacy evaluation included site visits with 12 partnerships (11 PPH partnerships and 1 non PPH partnership), key informant interviews with public health experts, and dissemination of PPH evaluation findings through a variety a publications and a conference exploring the ways health departments and community groups work together to achieve common goals. In July 2008 CCHE organized a statewide one-day conference focusing on public health-community partnerships, "Evidence. Equity. Empowerment. Evolution." Case studies and other reports related to the PPH Initiative are also available.
Understanding the Legacy of the Sabbatical Program
The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF) 2007–2008
The Sabbatical Program goals are to encourage and preserve the leadership of community based non-profit organizations concerned with health. Organizations demand a great deal from their executive directors and require that highly talented, energetic individuals occupy that position. Stress and burnout often result, leading to reduced executive director effectiveness or turnover. The Sabbatical Program seeks to promote retention and preserve the effectiveness of community based organization executive directors by providing opportunities for rest and rejuvenation. CCHE assessed the overall impact and legacy of the program, including recommendations to TCWF for program improvement.
Legacy of Ten Years of Community Grantmaking
Northwest Health Foundation (NWHF), 2007
CCHE designed and conducted an assessment of the contribution the Northwest Health Foundation has made to communities as a result of its history of grantmaking, including 300 community grants over the last 10 years. The evaluation focused on understanding the impact of grantmaking to the organization and the local community, the legacy of the funding, and an assessment of the relationship between the foundation and organizational recipients. Results of the evaluation are detailed in the final report, Legacy Illuminated.
Read the executive summary (PDF, 115KB). For copies of the full report, please contact Emily Bourcier, email@example.com.
Tracks in the Sand: Sustainability of Community Health Initiatives
The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF), 2004–2006
Ten years ago, TCWF invested more than $100 million in five multi-year initiatives to improve the health of communities through a variety of prevention, development, and direct-service interventions. TCWF contracted with CCHE to determine the extent to which the project elements established under three of the initiatives were sustained three to four years after TCWF funding ended. Our team conducted site visits and interviews with the 85 original grantees to assess long-term sustainability and impact of the initiatives.
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Sustainability—Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Three TCWF Initiatives
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Health Improvement Initiative
The California Wellness Foundation, 2001–2002
CCHE conducted an evaluation of this five-year (1996–2001) Health Improvement Initiative. In 2002, we completed an assessment of the legacy of the initiative—the degree to which its contributions to systems change and health improvement were sustained one year post-funding. The final report included the identification of factors associated with sustainability of community efforts.
Read the executive summary: Health Improvement Initiative: Legacy Evaluation Report: Executive Summary (PDF, 152KB)
Community-based health improvement programs
Communities Putting Prevention to Work
Public Health–Seattle and King County, 2010–2012
Public Health-Seattle & King County (PHSKC) was awarded two federal grants as part of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) to support policy, systems, and environmental changes that reduce obesity and tobacco use. PHSKC has awarded nearly $9 million to local nonprofit and government organizations to improve nutrition and physical activity and reduce tobacco use and exposure. CCHE is evaluating the initiative with PHSKC's Assessment, Policy, Development, and Evaluation unit. CCHE is responsible for convening the CPPW evaluation team, evaluating the functioning of the CPPW partnerships, assessing environmental and policy changes that result from 20 of the individual projects, and determining the cumulative impact of the CPPW interventions.
Grantmaking to Address Social Determinants of Health
Northwest Health Foundation, 2010–2011
In 2004 the Northwest Health Foundation established the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund (KPCF) with a $28 million gift from Kaiser Permanente Northwest to be distributed within 10 years. In 2006 the fund's advisors determined that social determinants of health would be the strategic focus for KPCF grantmaking. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, CCHE is evaluating the grants from 2005–2009 to provide information that is valuable for focusing and guiding the remaining years of KPCF grantmaking.
Healthy Eating Active Living Grantmaking
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 2010
CCHE evaluated the results of Kaiser Permanente (KP) Southern California Community Benefit program's Healthy Eating Active Living grantmaking for 2006–2009. Review of grant documents and interviews with KP leaders provided information on grantees' accomplishments as well as considerations for strategic planning.
King County Food and Fitness Initiative
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 2007–2012
In 2006, the King County Food and Fitness initiative was selected as one of nine Food and Fitness sites across the U.S. CCHE is currently evaluating the three-year implementation phase, designed to promote healthy eating and active living using community engagement strategies in two chosen communities. The evaluation focuses on assessing levels of community engagement, demonstrating progress made toward systems and policy changes, and documenting resources brought to the community through the initiative.
Kentucky Healthy Futures Initiative
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, 2010–2013
In 2010 the foundation was awarded a federal Social Innovation Fund grant to support the Kentucky Healthy Futures Initiative (KHFI). This new program will award grants to 6–10 communities to test innovative strategies to improve health access, reduce health risks, and promote health equity. CCHE will be evaluating the overall success of the KHFI and working with the grantees to develop rigorous evaluation plans so they can assess the impact of their individual efforts.
Evaluation of Foundation Initiatives
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, 2007–2012
CCHE is conducting evaluations of four of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky's initiatives—Access to Primary Care, Health Advocacy, Local Data for Local Action, and Integrating Mental Health into Medical Services. The long-term outcomes for all four of the initiatives are to increase access to health services for all Kentuckians and to create environments that support and promote healthy lifestyles. CCHE has convened a national advisory panel to guide this evaluation and has contracted with two Kentucky-based evaluators to serve as our local presence. The evaluations are each guided by an initiative logic model, evaluation questions and indicators. To answer the evaluation questions, CCHE is using diverse data collection methods including grantee site visits and surveys, key informant interviews, media and legislative tracking, and secondary data analysis. Along with the evaluation, CCHE is providing evaluation technical assistance to the initiatives' grantees.
Community Health Initiative
Kaiser Permanente, 2003–2011
CCHE has been chosen by Kaiser Permanente (KP) to serve as the national cross-site evaluators for its Community Health Initiative—a component of KP's community benefit program in each of eight regions. The goals of the evaluation are to improve program performance, demonstrate impact, and contribute to the evidence and share learning about these types of community-based strategies. In 2009, the evaluation was expanded to include 21 LiveWell Colorado communities.
Joint Evaluation of the Specialty Care Initiative
California HealthCare Foundation and Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program, 2008–2011
CCHE is conducting a three-year evaluation of a joint initiative funded by the California HealthCare Foundation and Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program. The grant initiative is funding 20–25 community-based coalitions throughout California dedicated to developing and implementing strategies to improve access to specialty care. Using a participatory approach and a range of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, the evaluation will assess the impact of the initiative, identify best practices, and highlight factors associated with sustainability of the community coalitions. CCHE also is providing technical assistance to grantees to increase their capacity to develop their own evaluation plans and collect and report on a common set of measures related to specialty care access.
Safety Net Partnerships
Kaiser Permanente, 2008–2009
Kaiser Permanente regions are implementing health care improvement strategies in Safety Net partnerships. This project described the mix and scale of strategies being pursued in three regions (Colorado, Georgia and Northern California). CCHE's evaluation also identified, piloted and assessed approaches for measurement of intermediate and long-term outcomes.
ALL/PHASE Initiative in the Safety Net
Kaiser Permanente, 2008–2009
Cross-site evaluation of 16 community clinics and public hospital systems implementing ALL/PHASE, a population-based intervention to decrease cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among high-risk patients. The evaluation described implementation to date, identified factors associated with more successful programs, and made recommendations to help improve the approach.
Educational Theatre Programs
Kaiser Permanente, 2008–2009
CCHE assessed improvements in elementary school students' knowledge of healthy eating and active living topics following Educational Theatre Program (ETP) interactive performances in selected schools in all eight KP regions. The assessment included analysis of pre, post, and delayed surveys of third and fourth-grade students who participated in the ETP performances to determine increases in and retention of knowledge of healthy behaviors.
Growing Up Healthy: Kids and Communities
The Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation (BCBSMF), 2006–2015
CCHE is evaluating a 10-year initiative focused on partnerships to improve the health of children in three sectors: early childhood development; housing; and the environment. In addition, CCHE consulted with BCBSMF as it developed and adopted its new program directions to address the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health. We prepared environmental scans, a series of expert colloquia, regional forums, issue papers, and funding guidelines.
Steps to a Healthier SE Alaska
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, 2007–2009
The SEARHC Steps to a Healthier SE Alaska program worked with schools, worksites and other community groups to increase physical activity, encourage healthy eating, and reduce tobacco use. CCHE's evaluation emphasized intermediate outcomes, such as systems and policy change, while at the same time establishing measurement approaches to track changes in long-term community health outcomes.
Steps to a HealthierUS—King County
U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 2003–2008
King County, Washington is one of seven urban areas across the country initially chosen to implement Steps to a HealthierUS, a program to promote healthy lifestyles in the areas of asthma, diabetes, obesity, nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco. CCHE led the multi-year local evaluation and participated in the national evaluation.
Steps to a HealthierUS—Colville Tribal Nation
Washington State Department of Health, 2005–2006
CCHE designed a series of needs assessments targeting asthma, diabetes, obesity, nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco on the Colville Indian Reservation in Northeast Washington. Three community surveys included interviews of business council representatives, community residents, and workplace employees.
Health Trek
Group Health Community Foundation (GHCF) and Aramark, 2005–2007
Health Trek was the GHCF nutrition and fitness program providing teacher workshops, exhibits, and curriculum materials to middle schools in Washington. With additional funding from Aramark, CCHE monitored program implementation and assessed the effectiveness of the program components in a unique program.
Allies Against Asthma
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2001–2005
A locally created coalition of stakeholders designed this coordinated approach to asthma control. CCHE took the lead role in assessing program implementation, including contributions of interventions with families, social networks, community groups, faith communities, schools, housing agencies, and health care providers. We recommended ways to strengthen relationships among coalition member groups and improve the overall management of asthma.
New Program Directions
The Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation (BCBSMF), 2004–2005
The evaluation team consulted with BCBSMF as it developed and adopted new program directions to address the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health. Our team prepared environmental scans, a series of expert colloquia, regional forums, issue papers, and funding guidelines. BCBSMF is interested in the health implications of the built environment/housing, social integration of recent immigrant populations, and early childhood interventions.
The Partnership for the Public's Health
The California Endowment (TCE), 2000–2005
The Partnership for the Public's Health (PPH) was a $40 million, five-year initiative that partnered 39 community organizations with 14 health departments. The main goal of PPH was to build the capacity of California communities and local health departments to work together to improve health and create policy and system changes that support community health improvement. Our team tracked progress and challenges in key program areas: building capacity at the partnership and health department levels, partnership development, health improvement, and policy change.
Read the final report and executive summary:
- The Partnership for the Public's Health: Implications for Public Health Practice (PDF, 363KB)
- The Partnership for the Public's Health: Findings from the Evaluation (PDF, 276KB)
Sun Safe Communities
American Cancer Society (ACS), 2001–2002
One of ACS's goals is to reduce sun exposure. In this project, six communities located on the Eastern seaboard and in New Mexico were targeted to receive program materials about reducing sun exposure. ACS staff and volunteers joined with schools, preschools and daycare centers, parks and recreation organizations, primary care physicians, and media outlets to promote sun safety among young people, their parents, and caregivers. The evaluation documented the progress and achievements in each site, immediate and intermediate outcomes of the project, lessons learned, and implications for future skin-cancer prevention efforts.
The California Wellness Foundation, 1996–2003
This $20 million grant-making program, which provided funding to 15 communities throughout California, focused on systems change, policy change, and improved prevention services. The evaluation assessed achievements in program implementation, use of data for decision-making, and sustainability; the type and
Assessment and design of community health initiatives
Strategic Planning for a Community Health Initiative
Group Health and Group Health Foundation, 2010–2011
Group Health has long had a commitment to serving the broader community, beyond providing medical care to members. CCHE is working with Group Health leadership to assess community need and potential partnerships and develop specific place-based strategies for community health promotion.
Children's Access Fund
Group Health Foundation, 2007–2008
In fall 2006, Group Health Cooperative awarded $1 million to the Foundation to support improvements in children's access to health care outside of King County, Washington. CCHE consulted on developing criteria and guidelines for selecting programs to fund, provided evaluation planning assistance to grantees, and evaluated the overall Children's Access Fund initiative.
Read the final evaluation report (PDF, 1.3MB).
Secondhand Smoke—Workplace Assessment
Public Health–Seattle & King County, Tobacco Prevention and Local Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, 2004–2005
This evaluation assessed local workers' exposure to secondhand smoke, presence of stressful working conditions, and exposure to hazardous chemicals among local hotel and restaurant workers. Results have been used by union and public health officials to plan training programs that address identified workforce needs.
Strategy Guide for Bar Owners
Public Health–Seattle & King County, Tobacco Prevention, 2003–2004
CCHE prepared and disseminated a publication as part of the secondhand smoke assessment project. The publication was a guide for local bar and tavern owners to use in planning smoke-free events and to assist them in implementing longer-range plans to become completely smoke-free.
Secondhand Smoke, Smoke-free Policies, and Tobacco Marketing in Bars and Nightclubs
Public Health–Seattle & King County, Tobacco Prevention, 2002–2003
CCHE assessed attitudes toward secondhand smoke, smoke-free policies, and tobacco marketing in bars and nightclubs that cater to the college-age community in Seattle. Results included recommendations on strategies to reduce smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke in bars and taverns in King County.
Washington Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
Washington State Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, 2003–2004
CCHE coordinated and supported the creation of a local coalition that seeks to promote physical activity. Activities included grant writing, facilitating leadership team meetings, establishing committees, coordinating annual statewide professional development, a coalition website, and speakers bureau.
Tobacco Prevention Needs Assessment with the Tulalip and
Stillaguamish Tribes
Snohomish Health District, 2002–2003 Under contract with the Snohomish County Health District in Everett, Washington, CCHE collaborated with two local tribes (Tulalip and Stillaguamish) to understand the role tobacco plays in their lives. The assessment sought to understand the cultural context of tobacco, current tribal policies toward tobacco, accessibility of smoking-cessation services, and current opportunities for tobacco prevention. The final report included recommendations to the tribes and health district for programming, monitoring, and evaluation.
Youth Takin' On Tobacco (YTOT)
State of California Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control Section, 1997–2000
The YTOT initiative implemented strategies to reduce the risk of tobacco use among young people in six California cities. The programs stressed a youth development approach to strengthen community engagement, personal development, and social development. CCHE provided technical assistance to each city's own evaluation efforts and assessed the project's overall impact.
Evaluation planning and capacity building
Evaluation Resource Center
Healthcare Georgia Foundation, 2010–2011
CCHE is working with the Healthcare Georgia Foundation to design and implement an Evaluation Resource Center that will serve nonprofit health organizations throughout Georgia. CCHE is gathering feedback from HGF grantees, conducting evaluation trainings, providing individualized evaluation technical assistance, and developing a Web-based toolkit.
Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative: Evaluation Planning
Minnesota Department of Health, 2010
The Minnesota Department of Health created the Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative (EHDI) to address persistent disparities between white populations and American Indians and other non-white populations. Grants to address priority health areas and social determinants of health have been awarded statewide. CCHE is facilitating a workgroup to reach consensus on key aspects of the evaluation for the second phase of the EHDI and leading the development of the evaluation plan.
Evaluation Planning Project and Evaluation Model Scan
Healthcare Georgia Foundation , 2006–2008
CCHE worked with the staff and governance leadership of the Healthcare Georgia Foundation to design a comprehensive evaluation strategy for the foundation. The first step included identifying indicators to assess the difference the foundation is making in its three funding priority areas (strengthening nonprofit health organizations, expanding access to primary care, and addressing health disparities). We also have completed a national scan of models of support for nonprofit grantee evaluation and are currently assessing the evaluation needs of health-related nonprofit organizations in Georgia.
Health Care Leadership Initiative
American Cancer Society (ACS), 2002–2003
ACS collaborated with the Memphis Business Group on Health to launch this initiative. The initiative involved ACS building relationships with employers and offering them strategies to prevent cancer, and when cancer does occur, to reduce its impact on both the employees and the company. CCHE designed an evaluation plan and provided planning support to this ACS pilot project.
Program and service improvement
Vaccine Hesitancy Project: Provider Toolkit Pilot Evaluation
Group Health Foundation, 2010
The Group Health Foundation is funding a project aimed at developing a multipronged intervention to reverse the increasing trend of parents refusing childhood vaccinations. GHF has partnered with WithinReach, a statewide organization focusing on the health of children and families, to develop a toolkit, training, and intervention protocol to facilitate better conversations between clinicians and parents plus a social media campaign aimed at parents of children 0–2. CCHE is evaluating the toolkit and the testing of the intervention in three Group Health pilot medical centers.
Nursing Home Flu
Group Health Foundation, 2009–2010
In 2008, the Group Health Foundation funded the Group Health Occupational Therapy group to create a toolkit and set of protocols for flu outbreaks at local skilled nursing facilities and to implement these protocols with pilot sites. This project resulted from the challenges Group Health experienced when asked to assist a local nursing home in addressing a flu outbreak. CCHE conducted an evaluation that focused on documenting the implementation and exploring the potential outcomes of the toolkit.
Sustainability of Community Health Initiatives
Kaiser Permanente, 2009
Kaiser Permanente (KP) is developing approaches to support and promote sustainability of its Community Health Initiative (CHI) goals. CCHE was asked to review literature on sustainability as well as assess the status of CHI sustainability plans including progress toward goals and challenges in each of KP's eight regions.
Evaluating Innovative Approaches to Improving Health Care through CareOregon's CSSI Program
CareOregon, 2007–2008
CareOregon, a nonprofit Medicaid health plan in Oregon committed to improving and protecting the health of low income and vulnerable Oregonians. CareOregon created the Care Support and System Innovation (CSSI) Program in 2004 to promote quality improvement among health care providers. The goal of the program was to improve quality of care among CareOregon providers and find a more effective way to increase compensation to providers rather than small incremental increases to reimbursement. The program was structured around the Model for Improvement approach to clinical quality improvement (QI), which emphasizes defining aims, measures and changes and doing Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Cycles. CareOregon contracted with CCHE to conduct an evaluation of the CSSI Program. The primary goals of the evaluation were to document the value of the CSSI Program and to identify areas for program improvement.
Read the executive summary (PDF, 58KB) and findings brief (PDF, 63KB).
Plan/Practice Improvement Project
California HealthCare Foundation, 2006–2007
CCHE, in partnership with Dr. Rita Mangione-Smith at the Child Health Institute, evaluated the Plan/Practice Improvement Project (P/PIP). P/PIP was an innovative quality improvement collaborative focused on asthma care. The Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) partnered with the Medi-Cal Managed Care Division, the National Initiative on Improving Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ), and the Improving Chronic Illness Care (ICIC) program of Group Health's MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation to lead this quality improvement collaborative. The major goal of the collaborative was to aid Medi-Cal health plans in synchronizing their quality improvement and chronic care management approaches at the health plan and provider levels. The evaluation's main objective was to assess the effectiveness of the collaborative in supporting improvements asthma care within Medi-Cal practice sites.
Optimizing Healing in Primary Care
Group Health Research Institute (GHRI), 2005–2008
The goal of this research, co-sponsored by GHRI and the Samueli Institute, is to develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention to produce the best possible primary care outcomes for chronic conditions. CCHE is assisting with qualitative data collection and analysis.
Hope Lodge Assessment
American Cancer Society (ACS), 2006–2007
ACS supports 22 Hope Lodges—free, temporary housing facilities for cancer patients who are undergoing treatment and their caregivers. CCHE worked with ACS to assess the lodges for purposes of communicating best practices and making a case statement for fundraising, and to offer recommendations for the development of additional lodges.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Collaborative Retreat Model
American Cancer Society (ACS), 2006–2007
The ACS Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Collaborative Retreat Model was developed to improve collaborations between state departments of health and ACS. The primary purpose of the CCHE evaluation was to assess the contribution of the retreats on functioning and strength of the collaboration, to determine the retreats' contribution to cancer screening rates, and to provide feedback for improving the Retreat Model.
Physician Detailing Pilot Program
American Cancer Society (ACS), 2005–2007
ACS launched a pilot program to encourage physicians to use colorectal cancer prevention teaching materials with their patients. Our team assessed implementation of the program in six ACS divisions and designed an evaluation plan to measure long-term impact.
Youth Suicide Prevention in Washington State
Washington State Department of Health (DOH), 2003–2004
As part of the ongoing DOH programming effort to reduce teen suicides, the Youth Suicide Prevention Program was established to raise awareness about the danger signals surrounding youth suicide and increase knowledge of local intervention services throughout Washington. CCHE conducted a community assessment to identify factors associated with establishing successful community prevention networks and the best ways to build community capacity. Results were used to inform ongoing suicide prevention efforts in Washington state.
Patient Navigator
American Cancer Society (ACS), 2002–2003
The goal of the ACS Navigation Demonstration Project was to increase utilization of care support services among those affected by cancer. CCHE assessed how cancer patients and their caregivers requested and used services at ACS units, gauged their levels of satisfaction with services, and made recommendations for formal implementation of the navigation system.
Health-related training programs
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, 2001–2010
The Northwest Center's mission is to improve the quality and effectiveness of public health practice by linking public health academic and practice communities in the Northwest (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho). CCHE provides consultation and expertise to support the evaluation of Northwest Center's ongoing training programs and projects and assists in the development of training programs related to evaluation. CCHE also conducts specific evaluation projects in collaboration with the Northwest Center such as preparedness training needs assessments with American Indian tribes in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho; the Oregon State Department of Human Services; and the states of Wyoming and Montana.
Understanding Childbirth Education
Lamaze International, 2004–2006
The assessment provided descriptive information on childbirth education classes with a particular focus on how information is conveyed in childbirth classes, contextual factors shaping how childbirth educators organize and select teaching materials and classroom exercises, and women's attitudes and behaviors regarding childbirth education. Methods included observation of childbirth education classes, interviews with instructors and students, survey data, and document review.
Senior Leaders Development Program
Group Health Cooperative, 2005
Group Health designed a year-long program focusing on leadership development to prepare top internal candidates for senior-level positions. CCHE provided evaluation services to assess participant and senior leaders' satisfaction with the program and identify opportunities for improvement.
Project Public Health Ready: Thurston County Workforce
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and Thurston County Department of Health, 2003
Thurston County was one of 12 demonstration sites for "Project Ready," which sought to prepare local governmental public health agencies to respond to public health emergencies. Partnering with the Northwest Center, our team completed an assessment of bioterrorism competencies and training needs among public health workers in Thurston County. The evaluation report informed a two-year strategic plan implemented by Thurston County Public Health.
Emergency Preparedness of the Wyoming Public Health Workforce
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and State of Wyoming, 2003
In collaboration with the Northwest Center, this survey assessed Wyoming's public health and emergency response workers' competencies and training needs associated with bioterrorism preparedness.
Emergency Preparedness of the Montana Public Health Workforce
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and State of Montana, 2003
In collaboration with the Northwest Center, this survey assessed Montana public health and emergency-response workers' training needs associated with bioterrorism preparedness. It included public health workers throughout the state and representatives from the seven Indian Nations in Montana.
Diversity in health care
Social Justice Fund (SJF)
Social Justice Philanthropy Northwest, 2005–2007
This evaluation sought to answer questions about the operation and impact of SJF, a philanthropic organization based in Seattle that serves communities in six western states. Evaluation activities focused on a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to increase the involvement of people of color in philanthropy—as members, volunteers, and leaders.
Group Health Permanente Leadership Assessment
Group Health Permanente (GHP), 2005–2006
CCHE collaborated with GHP Human Resources to assess opportunities and barriers associated with leadership positions among Group Health physicians. Special interest was placed on understanding the attitudes and opinions of ethnic/racial minority and female physicians.
Cultural Competency Review
Group Health Cooperative, 2004–2005
CCHE completed a literature review on cultural competency issues in health care. Results were used by the Quality Division of Group Health to inform its strategic planning.
HR Leadership Diversity Assessment
Group Health Community Foundation, 2004–2005
This assessment was designed to gain a deeper understanding of the lack of racial and ethnic diversity within the Group Health workforce, explore issues that might affect participation in a career development program, and describe potential participants' current skills and career goals. This assessment informed the design and delivery of a career development program for managers funded by the Foundation.
Diversity Initiative
Group Health Community Foundation, 2003–2005
The Foundation funded this program to provide opportunities for students of color to prepare for and succeed in health careers. CCHE assessed the impact of the health-career school pathways program, subsequent school and career choices among participating students, challenges, and lessons learned.
Policy analysis
Active Living Research (ALR)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), 2006–2007
ALR is a $12.5 million national program of RWJF that supports research to identify environmental factors and policies that influence physical activity. Findings from this research are used to help inform policy, design of the built environment and other factors to promote active living. The CCHE evaluation assessed the extent to which ALR is contributing to policy activity and the building of a field in active living/healthy eating.
Rural Caucus Consultant Evaluation
The California Endowment (TCE), 2005–2006
TCE introduced a strategic policy approach to provide research and analytic support to the California State Legislative Rural Caucus. CCHE's evaluation examined the effectiveness of the program design and statewide policy impacts.
Read the final report: The Designation of Rural Areas in California: A Public Policy Case Study (PDF, 741KB)
Assessment of Developers' Attitudes Toward Public Health
Public Health–Seattle & King County, Tobacco Prevention, 2004
This evaluation focused on understanding local business developers' interest in exchanging public health amenities for design and building incentives. Our team collaborated with Public Health–Seattle and King County to complete this survey project. Results have been presented at national conferences and incorporated into subsequent work sponsored by the University of Washington's Department of Urban Design and Planning.
Read the executive summary: Report on Interviews with Developers and Public Planners: Study on Incentives and the Built Environment (PDF, 235KB)


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And I'm back! Well, sort of. I mean I never really went away. I've been here the whole time. I'm just in a different state now and I've run out of excuses as to why I can't do the news. I mean I still have the same one I use all the time, "I'm a fat lazy prick" but that one doesn't really fly as well as "hey we're moving across the country and I have no internet". So the point I'm making here is I'm back at the news desk. I might not be wearing pants though... I'm 100% not wearing pants.
For those of you who have been waiting around for "The Healer", staring the creepy girl from "Orphan" Isabelle Fuhrman, I'm sorry to say it isn't going to happen. It isn't going to happen because the film, about a girl and her father who go camping to try to reconnect and find themselves in haunted territory, has been renamed "The Between". I'm sorry I toyed with your emotions back there. You look adorable when you're frightened though.
Why the hell anyone would want to see "Paranormal Activity 4" in Imax is beyond me but that isn't stopping the folks behind the film from announcing that the next chapter in the spooky camera series will find it's way to roughly 300 large screen on October 18th. They announced it because it's happening. I thought that was sort of implied though. Stupid.
Hey... HEY. Have you ever seen a found footage film... about weed? Well you're not going to see it here but we are going to the African outback with "Safari". If you couldn't have guessed the film is about a group of explorers who find themselves trapped in the desert with all the animals, heat and everything else that would make you wonder why anyone would ever want to go on a safari. You know they have a Safari ride down in Disney World right? There's literally 0 reasons you ever have to go to Africa.
I love the movie "Trollhunter" and I want Andre Ovredal, the director of said film, to sit on my face. Alright maybe that's a bit too far but god damn I love that movie so I'm super excited about the director's next project which is titled "Enormous". Based on the comic of the same name the movie will tell the tale of a world where monsters rule us all. I mean not all of us I guess, no monster is going to rule Brad Pitt. That guy is way too dreamy to be ruled.
I'm not sure there's ever a reason to microwave a cat but this kid in the UK is convinced his was talking to him and that he had no other choice. Insert your own jokes here, I'd suggest something to do with the awful smell.
Police in New Mexico had to deal with a nut job the old fashioned way after they found him having a heated argument with a stop sign and not being the least bit effected when they tasered his ass. The old fashioned way I speak of it beating the crap out of him. This is America god damn it.
Does everyone hate Sacha Baron Cohen now? Is that the new thing? I'm on board I guess.
Isabelle Fuhrman will always be the creepy little girl from "Orphan" to me. Except when I read "Orphan" quickly and think it says Oprah. Then I just get really really confused. Especially when I read Oprah is going to be starring the "Suspiria" remake. So just to recap, Oprah is not starring in remake of Dario Argento's classic film "Suspiria". Isabelle Fuhrman who was in "Orphan" will be. And they're both creepy. but for different reasons.
The cast of the "Carrie" remake looks to be shaping up nicely with both Alex Russell and Ansel Elgort in talks to take on roles in the film. I have no idea who either of those guys are and I think one of them does Broadway crap so I'm kind of happy about that. Good talk huh?
"Contagion" writer Scott Z. Burns has been tapped to pen the script for the upcoming sequel to 2011's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". Rupert Wyatt, who directed the first film will also take the director's chair this time around. Also, Andy Serkis, who jumped around in a suit to bring Caesar the ape to life will return and most likely spawn a bunch of ridiculous talk that a guy who rolls around on the ground in a leotard should get an Oscar.
Everyone's favorite little spark plug Amy Adams is in talks to play the lead in a new film called "Dark Places". Adams would be Libby Day, a woman who becoming involved with a secret society that's obsessed with the strange murder of her family some 25 years ago. Can she look adorable while visiting her convicted brother in prisons? All signs point to yes.
A group of Kentucky students are under arrest for posting upskirt videos of their teacher on the internet. I am now thinking back to every teacher I ever had and throwing up a little bit in my mouth. Except Mr. Cable. That guy had it going on.
A Utah student is in hot water after he mistakenly left his homework inside a house he robbed. So not only is he going to jail but now he also has to explain to his teacher why his homework is missing. This is probably a lot cooler than the dog ate it story though.
Today we got a comment on one of our old posts that simple read "sex". I have no idea what it's referring too, the post in no way has anything to do with bumping uglies. It's the greatest comment we've ever received though and I think sums up every reason I do this. And by this I mean bang on a keyboard like a chimp for 30 minutes and send it to Eric (our Editor-in-Chief) to try an decode. You're welcome, world...
Good news for all of you patiently awaiting the first trailer for "Resident Evil: Retribution". January 18th will be the day that the trailer will hit the tubes, it'll then be showing in theaters that weekend before "Underworld: Awakening". The other good news for all of you who are excited about "Resident Evil: Retribution" is that men's Husky pants are on sale this weekend at Sears.
I'm not going to lie, I'm fairly excited for the release of "The Woman In Black". It looks creepy, that Harry Potter kid looks adorable trying to act all grown up and I'm a sucker for old timey fashions. What can I say. And here's a new poster for the film which hits theaters on February 3th. It has two of the three things I mentioned I love about the film. Oh what I wouldn't give for little Harry Potter to be in the poster smoking a pipe. But instead of smoke coming out of the pipe there's bubbles. How cute would that be!?
Remember how creepy little Isabelle Fuhrman was in "Orphan"? All fake teeth and crap. Well it looks like the little one is now in talks to join the cast of M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming Sifi flick "After Earth". The film tells the story of a world where people no longer live on earth and two hero's who find themselves stranded on the blue orb. Will and Jaden Smith are also a part of the cast. If there was any way I could pinch this movies cheeks I think I would.
It looks like "The Devil Inside" director William Brent Bell and co-writer Matthew Peterman are off to Romania to film a new as of yet titled horror flick. It's going to be a found footage film.... and it's going to be called "The Devil Insider"... and it's going to suck. Alright those last two things are lies. Well the second to last. I can't comment on the whole sucking thing. I'm not god.
Drunk girls can be so fun! Here's a story about one in Connecticut who punched a cab driver and then tried to use the excuse that she's disabled when she was arrested. She isn't and it didn't work. So she went with the "It's always the illegals that get away with the (some foul words no website will print)." Oddly enough, that didn't work either.
A 62 year old woman in Florida is under arrested after she bashed her husband head in with a hammer because he was watching Judge Judy. I've always said that those Judge Joe Brown fans are a danger to society and need to be locked up.
CC's back, Joe's confused, and we hope you enjoy the new sound!
A movie that has the crew conflicted.


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Zach Parise informed the New Jersey Devils Sunday morning that he was testing the free agent market.
Parise's agent Wade Arnott added on Sunday afternoon that his client is narrowing down his choices to a small group of teams and will probably decide on Monday.
A number of teams are interested is signing the 27-year-old and it was confirmed that the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota Wild, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and Carolina Hurricanes made offers to Parise.
Parise scored 31 goals and 38 assists in 82 games with the Devils in 2011-12, adding eight goals and seven assists in 24 playoff games in the team's run to the Stanley Cup Final.
Originally selected 17th overall by the Devils at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Parise has spent his entire seven-year NHL career with the Devils.
He has scored 194 goals and 216 assists in 502 career games.


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