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|A Pips preview
|That poor Pip's head!
|If only her scooter had been a little faster...
|That poor little dog is running for his life to avoid the seam allowance!
|A Pips preview
|That poor Pip's head!
|If only her scooter had been a little faster...
|That poor little dog is running for his life to avoid the seam allowance!
I can't brag enough of how much I love the Sherbets Pip fabric, I love the color combo and the subjects.
Love your blog, and life isn't easy...my heart aches for you.
lol! I LOVED that you shared your 'outtakes'! Us quilting bloggers should definitely do more of that!
Awesome! We've all had this happen!
Too funny and too cute. Loved your outtakes....your FMQ looks great!
haha - you made my day with your outtakes! And I got out my Sherbet Pips this weekend, too, and started cutting & piecing - just to celebrate a line of fabric I fell in love with the minute I saw it!
Those outtakes are funny... my sister called me a couple of weeks ago about a quilt I made for her grandchildren... I used a sweetwater fabric with words and one of them got cut off in the seam allowance. The quilt now reads "fu"... oops..
I got a huge laugh- ESP the pup running from the seam allowance! I think pips are adorable but the pink would send my boys running. Aneela, please do a boy line!!! This morning I called my gym about a checkup. Things have been very weird for me and I am gonna tell her it has to be hormones of happy pills! I am not myself and I don't want my boys to remember a distortion of what I really am. I'm very private but since you are so open I will tell you Steve is right...you're not alone!
Thats a great blog...thanks for sharing the pictures...very funny and we have all done that one time or another!
Love that Steve is so supportive.
Instead of running from the seam allowance, I think that the dog wants to be part of the quilt so bad he is running to get onto the square! Your post gave me a much needed smile today. Thanks so much for sharing your bloopers. :)
I loved the bloopers! And yes, we all make them whether we want to admit it or not. After I've quilted a sample quilt, I know every tiny mistake. I always take it in to the shop with a lump in my throat and a fear that they will point out all my mistakes.
Thanks for the laugh!
Thanks for the laugh; I just loved the headless Pip. Looks like something I would do. Its wonderful that we can sit back and laugh at ourselves and know that everything doesn't have to be perfect. A perfect quilt would be boring!! It's the little imperfections that give it character, don't you think?
That is so funny! I've always steered clear of "people" prints for this very reason. When I was about 8 years old, my Grandma gave me a flannel nightgown that had a "weiner dog" print (don't ask, it was the '70's) and on the side seam was a dog with 2 heads and no tails. Plus one head was upside down. I did NOT like that nightgown!!!!! Guess I was scarred for life with that one :)
You are so funny about your outtakes. I would not have even noticed! I have a layer cake of Sherbet Cakes and I think I've found a good pattern for it.
I had a bad experience with stripes this week so I know what you mean. It was not pretty.
You gave me a good chuckle. I love your outtakes, and I think you're on to something. Maybe it'll catch on and more bloggers will post monthly outtakes!
I love coming across something on my quilt as I am quilting it that I did not see when I made it. LOL!! That porr girl!
Sending a bit of love your way, Jennifer. Always love to read your posts and admire your quilts. I happen to like Sherbert pips, too. And Aneela.
Perfect doesn't necessarily hold a lot of charm, does it?
All I can say about your last blog and this one:
You're a wonderful person!
And I love your humour!
I had a great laugh ...
I love your outtakes - the headless girl made me laugh out loud (thank goodness I'd swallowed my mouthful of tea!) and the dog is so cute...I think he needs a speech bubble saying "Wait for me...that's my square!". Thanks for making me chuckle - I love your blog and I mentally cheer when a new post pops up in my reader! I hope you're having a good week, take care.
One of the things I love about quilters is that we do share our bloopers. Great post!
Stopping in from quilt story. My link is http://carolburris.com/quilting/april-dogwood-quilt-update/
Thanks for commenting on my quilt, youre so kind. This post made me laugh so much, im not one for fussy cutting either
I love the out-takes! I got a little chuckle out of your post! I think more of us should share our "less then perfect" squares. It's the little "out-takes" that make our quilts special!
Loved the outtakes! LOL I'm looking forward to seeing the whole quilt! :D
I have been reading like mad, trying to catch up with the blogs I follow after being sick. I don't think I commented on your last one, but I did read it. I'm on the board of a new organization, the Jason Tennies Foundation (www.jasontennies.org) & we're having our first event in a couple weeks - a Walk for Mental Health. It's the first event we know of, where all of the major mental health associations will be represented - NARSAD, NAMI, Mental Health America, Autism Society, Depression & Bi-Polar Support Alliance.... we are working to bring mental health issues out of the dark & into the light.
At my last quilt guild meeting, I was one of several of our members that spoke about the charities we personally support. I am NOT a very good speaker, but I got thru' it! lol One thing I did was ask every 4th person to hold up their hand, then told them that approximately 26% of the population is affected by mental health issues in one way or another. We don't need to hide crazy cousin Clem in the attic any more! We need to find ways to help instead.
I'm glad that you're doing better this week & that you can share with us, good weeks & not-so-good weeks.
I love your "outtakes"! I needed a laugh today. Thanks!
Hi Jennifer,
I came by to thank you for your comment on my post at Sew We Quilt... I love your Sherbet Pips outtakes... and the quilt is lovely... (what we have been allowed to see)
I'm still laughing! It reminds me of family gathering photos where someone's either moving or their eyes are closed. I especially love the dog block - in or out - which is it going to be? Thanks for sharing.
Okay, I did actually laugh out loud, but in a GOOD way. Promise! And I'm so NOT over sherbet pips. In fact, I have a couple of quilts planned, which is good since I have one charm pack, two jelly rolls, and a lot of 1/2 yard cuts!
I Love Sherbet Pips and I love your Quilt!
I'm not the first one to say that I love outtakes and I think the pup running from the seam allowance is precious. I might have to do that on purpose!
Yours is one of my very favorite blogs for lots of reasons. One is certainly your talent. Another is definitely your willingness to share your humanity with us, your friends and readers.
You're terrific Jennifer! I'm off to read your post from yesterday, as I missed it. xo
Have just found your blog and love these outtakes. You have a headless pip, do you also have a floating head of pip anywhere? I think that would be hilarious. You know, this post makes me want to make a quilt that is entirely made of "oops" cuts. It could be fun to see what mischief I could get up to. Nbut then again, I'd be the first to admit that I'm a little odd :)
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I traveled to every country on earth. In some cases, the adventure started before I could get there.
Last summer, my Royal Air Maroc flight from Casablanca landed at Malabo International Airport in Equatorial Guinea, and I completed a 50-year mission: I had officially, and legally, visited every recognized country on earth.
This means 196 countries: the 193 members of the United Nations, plus Taiwan, Vatican City, and Kosovo, which are not members but are, to varying degrees, recognized as independent countries by other international actors.
In five decades of traveling, I've crossed countries by rickshaw, pedicab, bus, car, minivan, and bush taxi; a handful by train (Italy, Switzerland, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, and Greece); two by riverboat (Gabon and Germany); Norway by coastal steamer; Gambia and the Amazonian parts of Peru and Ecuador by motorized canoe; and half of Burma by motor scooter. I rode completely around Jamaica on a motorcycle and Nauru on a bicycle. I've also crossed three small countries on foot (Vatican City, San Marino, and Liechtenstein), and parts of others by horse, camel, elephant, llama, and donkey. I confess that I have not visited every one of the 7,107 islands in the Philippine archipelago or most of the more than 17,000 islands constituting Indonesia, but I've made my share of risky voyages on the rickety inter-island rustbuckets you read about in the back pages of the Times under headlines like "Ship Sinks in Sulu Sea, 400 Presumed Lost."
According to Franklin, what mattered in business was humility, restraint, and discipline. But today's Type-A MBAs would find him qualified for little more than a career in middle management.
When he retired from the printing business at the age of 42, Benjamin Franklin set his sights on becoming what he called a "Man of Leisure." To modern ears, that title might suggest Franklin aimed to spend his autumn years sleeping in or stopping by the tavern, but to colonial contemporaries, it would have intimated aristocratic pretension. A "Man of Leisure" was typically a member of the landed elite, someone who spent his days fox hunting and affecting boredom. He didn't have to work for a living, and, frankly, he wouldn't dream of doing so.
Having worked as a successful shopkeeper with a keen eye for investments, Franklin had earned his leisure, but rather than cultivate the fine arts of indolence, retirement, he said, was "time for doing something useful." Hence, the many activities of Franklin's retirement: scientist, statesman, and sage, as well as one-man civic society for the city of Philadelphia. His post-employment accomplishments earned him the sobriquet of "The First American" in his own lifetime, and yet, for succeeding generations, the endeavor that was considered his most "useful" was the working life he left behind when he embarked on a life of leisure.
Massive hurricanes striking Miami or Houston. Earthquakes leveling Los Angeles or Seattle. Deadly epidemics. Meet the "maximums of maximums" that keep emergency planners up at night.
For years before Hurricane Katrina, storm experts warned that a big hurricane would inundate the Big Easy. Reporters noted that the levees were unstable and could fail. Yet hardly anyone paid attention to these Cassandras until after the levees had broken, the Gulf Coast had been blown to pieces, and New Orleans sat beneath feet of water.
The wall-to-wall coverage afforded to the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina reveals the sway that a deadly act of God or man can hold on people, even 10 years later. But it also raises uncomfortable questions about how effectively the nation is prepared for the next catastrophe, whether that be a hurricane or something else. There are plenty of people warning about the dangers that lie ahead, but that doesn't mean that the average citizen or most levels of the government are anywhere near ready for them.
Climate change means the end of our world, but the beginning of another—one with a new set of species and ecosystems.
A few years ago in a lab in Panama, Klaus Winter tried to conjure the future. A plant physiologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, he planted seedlings of 10 tropical tree species in small, geodesic greenhouses. Some he allowed to grow in the kind of environment they were used to out in the forest, around 79 degrees Fahrenheit. Others, he subjected to uncomfortably high temperatures. Still others, unbearably high temperatures—up to a daily average temperature of 95 degrees and a peak of 102 degrees. That's about as hot as Earth has ever been.
It's also the kind of environment tropical trees have a good chance of living in by the end of this century, thanks to climate change. Winter wanted to see how they would do.
The tension between religious liberty and same-sex marriage may eventually come to a head in the courts, but probably not through the Kentucky clerk's case.
As Rowan County clerk Kim Davis crawls further and further out on a limb, Supreme Court experts agree that she has little chance of prevailing. District Judge David Bunning, on August 12 ordered Davis, in her capacity as county clerk, to issue marriage licenses to all couples who meet the statutory criteria for marriage in Kentucky—a definition that, since the Court's landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, includes same-sex couples.
Davis has refused, citing "the authority of God." The U.S. Supreme Court, without comment, denied her emergency request for a stay. This throws the case back to the Sixth Circuit, which will hear the appeal of Judge Bunning's order. Assuming she loses in the Sixth Circuit—a fairly good assumption—she would then have the alternative of petitioning the Supreme Court to hear her religious freedom claim. The Court will eventually hear a case about religious freedom and same-sex marriage, but I don't think it will be this one.
In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don't like. Here's why that's disastrous for education—and mental health.
Something strange is happening at America's colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense. Last December, Jeannie Suk wrote in an online article for The New Yorker about law students asking her fellow professors at Harvard not to teach rape law—or, in one case, even use the word violate (as in "that violates the law") lest it cause students distress. In February, Laura Kipnis, a professor at Northwestern University, wrote an essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education describing a new campus politics of sexual paranoia—and was then subjected to a long investigation after students who were offended by the article and by a tweet she'd sent filed Title IX complaints against her. In June, a professor protecting himself with a pseudonym wrote an essay for Vox describing how gingerly he now has to teach. "I'm a Liberal Professor, and My Liberal Students Terrify Me," the headline said. A number of popular comedians, including Chris Rock, have stopped performing on college campuses (see Caitlin Flanagan's article in this month's issue). Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Maher have publicly condemned the oversensitivity of college students, saying too many of them can't take a joke.
The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
What is the Islamic State?
Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations commander for the United States in the Middle East, admitting that he had hardly begun figuring out the Islamic State's appeal. "We have not defeated the idea," he said. "We do not even understand the idea." In the past year, President Obama has referred to the Islamic State, variously, as "not Islamic" and as al-Qaeda's "jayvee team," statements that reflected confusion about the group, and may have contributed to significant strategic errors.
The past is beautiful until you're reminded it's ugly.
Taylor Swift's music video for "Wildest Dreams" isn't about the world as it exists; it's about the world as seen through the filter of nostalgia and the magic of entertainment. In the song, Swift sings that she wants to live on in an ex's memory as an idealized image of glamour—"standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset." In the video, her character, an actress, falls in love with her already-coupled costar, for whom she'll live on as an idealized image of glamour—standing in a nice dress, staring at a giant fan that's making the fabric swirl in the wind.
The setting for the most part is Africa, but, again, the video isn't about Africa as it exists, but as it's seen through the filter of nostalgia and the magic of entertainment—a very particular nostalgia and kind of entertainment. Though set in 1950, the video is in the literary and cinematic tradition of white savannah romances, the most important recent incarnation of which might be the 1985 Meryl Streep film Out of Africa, whose story begins in 1913. Its familiarity is part of its appeal, and also part of why it's now drawing flack for being insensitive. As James Kassaga Arinaitwe and Viviane Rutabingwa write at NPR:
How the Islamic State uses economic persecution as a recruitment tactic
Before Islamic State militants overran her hometown of Mosul in June 2014, Fahima Omar ran a hairdressing salon. But ISIS gunmen made Omar close her business—and lose her only source of income. Salons like hers encouraged "debauchery," the militants said.
Omar is one of many business owners—male and female—who say ISIS has forced them to shut up shop and lose their livelihoods in the process. The extremist group has also prevented those who refuse to join it from finding jobs, and has imposed heavy taxes on civilians.
"ISIS controls every detail of the economy," says Abu Mujahed, who fled with his family from ISIS-controlled Deir al-Zor in eastern Syria. "Only their people or those who swear allegiance to them have a good life." When they took over Deir al-Zor, ISIS gunmen systematically took control of the local economy, looting factories and confiscating properties, says Mujahed. Then they moved in, taking over local business networks.
Though it wasn't pretty, Minaj was really teaching a lesson in civility.
Nicki Minaj didn't, in the end, say much to Miley Cyrus at all. If you only read the comments that lit up the Internet at last night's MTV Video Music Awards, you might think she was kidding, or got cut off, when she "called out" the former Disney star who was hosting: "And now, back to this bitch that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press. Miley, what's good?"
But to really understand the moment, you need to watch the tape.
To summarize: When Minaj's "Anaconda" won the award for Best Hip-Hop Video, she took to the stage in a slow shuffle, shook her booty with presenter Rebel Wilson, and then gave an acceptance speech in which she switched vocal personas as amusingly as she does in her best raps—street-preacher-like when telling women "don't you be out here depending on these little snotty-nosed boys"; sweetness and light when thanking her fans and pastor. Then a wave of nausea seemed to come over her, and she turned her gaze toward Cyrus. To me, the look on her face, not the words that she said, was the news of the night:
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It is hard to watch the footage without wanting to do something about it. I watched the Vice videos on YouTube a few weeks ago and it was hard to finish especially when they show the doctors trying to revive a guy who looks pretty well dead and caring for minutes-old babies who are still slimy and gunfire can be heard outside. And there are plenty of videos that can be found online of the executions, piles of corpses and body parts, and people being thrown off the tops of buildings.
But I don't see the benefit of getting involved either. Saddam was scum too but that war was a complete waste that got just under 4,500 of our soldiers killed. And like you said, the score-settling is inevitable when the guard changes in those countries. Right now the Shiites, Alawites, and Christians are preparing for the worst. If that country gets taken over by Sunni extremists, they could be even worse than Assad only they would direct their tyranny at religious minorities rather than political dissidents like the Assads have done for decades.
It will get worse before it gets better. Lebanon's civil war lasted 15 years and in that time Israel got involved, Hezbollah was founded, and ~150,000 people got killed. Syria could easily pass that number within the next couple years if this thing doesn't get resolved and neither side can win it.


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In Fairfield County, there are several hospitals that provide good cardiac care. So how do you know which hospital can take the best care of the most important hearts in the world: yours and your loved ones'?
How about learning the results from two major, independent national healthcare studies?
Solucient, LLC, named Bridgeport Hospital a 100 Top Hospitals® Cardiovascular Winner for 2005.
HealthGrades® ranked Bridgeport Hospital Number One in Connecticut for Overall Cardiac Services and presented Bridgeport Hospital with its 2006 Cardiac Care Excellence Award™.
Bridgeport Hospital is the ONLY hospital in Connecticut to receive ALL of these prestigious Cardiac Care designations.
The Details
Solucient, LLC
In its analysis of US hospitals in 2005, Solucient identified 100 hospitals across the country (among them Bridgeport Hospital) that are setting benchmark levels of performance for cardiovascular services. (A benchmark is a high standard that other hospitals can aspire to.) The analysis focused on clinical quality and cost-effectiveness.
According to the Solucient study, the 100 benchmark hospitals have nearly 18 percent fewer heart-related deaths than other hospitals of the same size, and 13 percent fewer complications. Bottom line: The study determined that patients at the highest-rated hospitals, like Bridgeport Hospital, return to everyday life faster than those at lower rated hospitals.
In its Eighth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study, HealthGrades rated every hospital in the U.S. except federal (veterans and public health service) institutions, based on clinical results. They wanted to know: How many patients went home with healthier hearts? How were the patients doing one month later? Six months later?
If the results were better than expected, based on national data, the hospital received a five-star rating. If the results were as expected, the hospital received a three-star rating. If the results were worse than expected, the hospital received only one star.
For cardiac services, the Heart Institute at Bridgeport Hospital was in the 10–15 percent that exceeded expectations. Bridgeport Hospital received five stars for Coronary Interventional Procedures, Treatment of Heart Attack, Treatment of Heart Failure and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (faulty heart rhythm).
Why does this matter to you? Because, according to the HealthGrades study, a typical patient is sixty-five percent less likely to die at the nation's highest-rated hospitals (including Bridgeport Hospital) compared with the lowest-rated.
That's the kind of information you need when you're deciding where to treat that heart you love so well.


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Thursday, April 24, 2003COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (April 23, 2003) - East Tennessee State's road woes continued Wednesday afternoon as Tennessee Tech rallied to an 8-7 win in eight innings in the opener, then shutout the Buccaneers in game two, 1-0. The Golden Eagle's LeeAnne Mongar slammed three home runs including one that saved the first game and one that won the second, and Tech pitcher Lori Bayless ran her streak of consecutive scoreless innings to 16 as the Golden Eagles improved their overall season record to 34-13. East Tennessee slipped to 18-24. Mongar had four hits, including three home runs, and drove in five runs in the two games while sophomore Kacy Bennett collected five hits including a double and a home run. In the opening contest, Tech trailed 3-0 in the first inning, 6-4 in the seventh inning and 7-6 in the eighth inning, but got clutch swings to avoid losing to the Lady Bucs for the first time. With the two wins, the Golden Eagles improved their all-time record to 7-0 against ETSU. Tech starter Lisa Lamb got into trouble quickly as the Lady Bucs loaded the bases in the first inning without hitting the ball out of the infield. A grounder in the hole, a walk and a line drive single off Lamb's shin put the first three ETSU hitters on base and they all came around to score on a two-run single by Jessica Lonsinger (Dale City, Va.) followed by an RBI groundout. But Tech struck back swiftly, with its first three hitters in the bottom of the frame tying the game. After Stephanie Dallmann walked, Samantha Lovelady doubled to make it 3-1, and LeeAnne Mongar slammed her ninth home run of the season over the left field fence to knot the score. Sophomore Kacy Bennett made it back-to-back home runs and put Tech on top 4-3 with a homer to nearly the same spot in left, her seventh of the season. Lamb settled down and retired nine of the next 10 batters, but was knocked out of the contest in the fourth after two singles and an inside-the-park home run pushed the Bucs to a surprising 6-4 lead. With two runners aboard, shortstop Mary Beth Hazelwood (Knoxville, Tenn.) punched a line drive down the right field line that eluded a diving Dana Yates. Hazelwood raced around the bases and slid under the tag for ETSU's second lead of the game. ETSU held that two-run lead until the bottom of the seventh, when Mongar bashed her second home run of the game with Lovelady on base, tying the contest at 6-6. Tech missed a chance to win the game in the seventh, leaving the bases loaded. The Lady Bucs went up 7-6 in the eighth as Miranda Byerly (Candler, N.C.) doubled to drive home Lindsey Lane (Erwin, Tenn.), who was placed at second to open the inning via the international tie-breaker rule. In Tech'ss half of the eighth, Lindsey Williams was placed at second base, and moved to third when ETSU threw late to the base on Jadryen Layne's sacrifice bunt attempt. With two on and nobody out, Dallmann grounded to shortstop but beat the throw to first to avoid a double play, allowing Williams to score the tying run. A walk to Samantha Lovelady and a groundout put Tech runners at second and third with two outs. Kacy Bennett hit a smash to shortstop that was mishandled for an error, and Dallmann scooted home with the winning run. Lamb pitched the first 3 1/3 innings and allowed six runs on seven hits, but didn't figure in the decision. Tia Brenning (13-5), who relieved Lamb after the inside-the-park homer, got the win by allowing two hits and one unearned run over the final 4 2/3 innings. She didn't walk a batter and struck out two. Tiffany McVay (Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.)(11-9) took the loss, going the distance and allowing 13 hits and all eight runs, six of which were earned. The second game was in total contrast as Bayless and ETSU's Jennifer Fraser (Chattanooga, Tenn.) mowed down the hitters except for a fourth inning solo home run by Mongar, her third of the day, 11th of the year and 34th of her career. Bayless (12-5), who has posted seven straight wins, pitched seven innings and allowed three hits. She didn't walk a hitter and fanned nine. Frazer (5-11) gave up just five hits and one walk over six innings. ETSU threatened in the second with a single by Byerly and a double by Julia Chance (Knoxville, Tenn.), but Bayless got the final out on a line drive to left. The Lady Bucs also had a chance to score in the third on a double by Danielle Spetar (Knoxville, Tenn.) and a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt, but Tech third baseman Lindsey Bornhoeft nailed Spetar at the plate. After that, the only ETSU runner to reach base against Bayless over the final four innings came on an error in the sixth as she retired 14 of the final batters. ETSU will be in action again on Friday, April 26, when the squad begins a three-game series with an afternoon doubleheader at Furman. Friday's twinbill starts at 1 p.m.
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Oh my God! I have been making this salad for ever, not this one exacly but a version of it. Since I'm from Guatemala, all the salsa-like dishes are very popular. No only is this delicious but also healthy and hip-friendly.
What I do different is that instead of the dressing i use lemon, salt, pepper and just a little olive oil. This helps to enhace the flavor of the other ingredients, not fight them.
I use about 1/4 cup of fresh, chopped cilantro (the flavor secret herb!), fresh chopped tomatoes (you are going to see the difference in flavor, consistency and low the sodium), 1 clove of fresh garlic instead of the powder one. I use the beans i cook (we always have home cooked beans in almost every home in Guatemala)but have try the canned ones, just rinse them and let them dry, the same with the sweet corn. The jalapeno is optional for me, since i don't like spice food I leave out, but for the guys I added. One last thing, let stand on the fridge for at least 1 day to let all the flavors come together.
This was just ok. Reading some of the other reviews, I used only half a cup of dressing..still was a bit much, maybe 1/4 to 1/3 cup would be ok.
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This recipe goes in my "all time best" file! Excellent flavor. I did make a couple of changes for the better: Use green onion (3 w/tops) instead of regular onion, used 1 cup of frozen super sweet corn instead of canned, used 3-4 pieces of minced garlic instead of the powder, used chopped grape tomatoes instead of canned, used Good Seasons Zesty Italian following the lower fat recipe on the package, added a big pinch of chili powder, cumin and salt.
There has never been one bit of this left! You will love it!
I have to agree with everyone, its definately addicting! I, like others, added a little cilantro, two fresh tomatoes, and two cloves of garlic. Because the chips I served were salty, I left off the Zesty Italian Dressing, and used an additional can of Mexican style stewed tomatoes. With the additional ingredients it tasted more like a salsa rather than a salad.
This was good. From all of the rave reviews, I may have initially been expecting it to be a little better. But I have to say, this salsa really is addicting. One that you find yourself mindless munching on and going back for more. Did make the following minor changes - used frozen corn (thawed while marinating), only half cup of dressing, added fresh garlic, 2 seeded plum tomatoes (in addition to the canned), juice of 1 lime, a little cumin, fresh Cilantro and then added Avocado just before serving. Personally, I think the above changes (especially the Cilantro and Avocado) add to this dish. Marinating salsa overnight really helps improve the flavor. May continue to tweak recipe slightly, but will definitely make this again! Thanks! FYI - For those who don't care for black-eyed peas (like me), you really can't taste them once done.
I have made this recipe 5 times already and people claim it is addictive! I agree and LOVE this recipe! It is colorful and fun to make, and like someone else mentioned, you can't mess this one up. I put this in pita's with turkey, eat it with chips and have simply ate it right from the bowl on a spoon! I've made small changes each time I have made this and yes, it is even better the next day.
Today's batch went something like this:
Frozen sweet corn instead of canned, fresh Roma tomatoes instead of canned, 1/2 cup each red and orange bell pepper for color and sweetness, I omit the green pepper. Red onion for color, fresh chopped garlic instead of powder, 1/4 C red wine vinegar, 1/4 C rice vinegar 1/2 C italian dressing. We are not cilantro lovers so I do not add that but many others do.
Delicious, easy, and fresh tasting! Great for summer BBQ's. I used fresh tomatoes and jalepenos instead of canned. I also added a heaping half teaspoon of cumin. Here is a good suggestion to improve the "soupy-ness"- Prepare a day ahead, and then drain the excess liquid right before serving. It still has all the flavor because it had time to marinate, but it is not so liquidy.
I've never had so many requests for a recipe! I've made it several times in the last few months and added a few changes. For the Italian dressing, we like Ken's Red wine vinegar and olive oil, a can of drained hominy for a fun texture, a clove of fresh minced garlic in place of the garlic salt, green onions (all I had at the time) plus their tops, 1/2 a teaspoon of cumin, 1/2 a teaspoon of chili powder, two to four roasted jalapenos (depending on where it's being served) and like everyone else, cilantro and lime juice. I whisk all the dressing ingredients together while I drain and rinse the beans. Addicting!
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At Aunt Hattie's Place, a group home in Sandy Spring, the beds are empty. There are no more sneakers tucked under beds or clothes folded into drawers. The house, which once housed eight disadvantaged boys, is empty; with no money, the child care program has been suspended.
After the state's Department of Human Resources denied the group home a renewal of its contract, the program lost the majority of its funding. Aunt Hattie's Place receives donations from churches and local organizations, but the funds are not enough to fill the hole the state contract leaves behind.
Social workers from the county moved the eight boys out, but Aunt Hattie's Place Executive Director Hattie Washington refuses to give in to closure when the child care program still has a chance of revival.
According to Maryland Department of Human Resources spokesman Brian Schleter, "the evaluation committee ranked the Sandy Spring location for Aunt Hattie's Place in last place in their category and did not recommend them for an award," or contract.
Washington and Emily Vaias, a Linowes and Blocher lawyer working pro bono for Aunt Hattie's Place, filed an appeal to try to persuade the state to reverse its decision and renew the Sandy Spring group home's contract. Vaias said the organization is waiting for a hearing to be set with the state Board of Appeals, where it can make its case.
Money for Aunt Hattie's Place's Sandy Spring home, from the previous state contract, will run out by the end of June.
"We need a million-dollar donor," Washington said.
Without support, Vaias said, the organization can't pay the mortgage for the group home this month. Washington's house, built adjacent to the group home on the same Sandy Spring lot, was put up as collateral when the group home was constructed. If Washington loses the group home, she'll lose her own home with it.
"I'm trying not to think about that," she said.
The Sandy Spring home is one of three that operate under the Aunt Hattie's Place name; there is a second house in Randallstown in Baltimore County, and a third house in the city of Baltimore.
Jamal Gardner, 22, lived in the Randallstown and Baltimore homes for several years. He had lived in four different foster homes and 10 group homes since the age of 5.
"I was in group homes, group homes, and group homes, and nothing worked," Gardner said.
He ran away from some of the group homes, and got expelled in middle school, he said. After going to a school in Virginia for students with behavioral problems, he was back in public school by 10th grade.
With help from Washington, financial aid and a scholarship, he's now enrolled at Coppin State University,
Gardner lived in the school's dorms during his first year, but now that he's out for the summer, he has nowhere to call home. Washington invited him to live at her Sandy Spring home for the summer, and he accepted. But if Washington is unable to continue her child care program, he'll be faced with homelessness.
"We just need somebody to know we're here, we're needed," Washington said.
Vaias said the organization is hoping Sandy Spring Bank will show some leniency when it comes to paying the mortgage for the group home.
"We no longer have any money to pay the mortgage," Vaias said.
Washington started building the home on the Sandy Spring site in 2004, and opened it in 2010. Aunt Hattie's Place has a 10-year covenant with the county: if the county agreed to help fund the home's construction, Washington would agree to keep it open for the next ten years.
When the home was constructed, the state and the county contributed $1.4 million, according to Vaias. Washington took out a loan from Sandy Spring Bank for $1.8 million, and has been working to pay it back since 2010.
Local officials — some of whom were present at the home's ribbon-cutting ceremony three years ago — have written to the Department of Human Resources to argue against the state's decision.
Sen. Karen S. Montgomery (D-Dist. 14) of Brookeville wrote in her letter to the department, dated June 5, that she was "outraged" that the home had been denied funding.
"Where are [the boys] to go?" she wrote. "Why a foster home when they have a home!"
The eight boys who were moved out of the Sandy Spring home were moved to other group homes or back with family members, Washington said.
"Some went home with biological relatives — the same relative that had abused them the last time," she said.
In Montgomery's letter, she noted that the locations where children are placed d not always fit their needs.
"If good group homes, like [Aunt Hattie's Place], are destroyed now, and there is future recognition that these homes were in fact more successful than forced private home placements, the children will be the ones who suffer," she wrote.
The home's staff had their hours cut "drastically," Washington said. "We redeployed them to the Baltimore house, but we tried not to lay off anybody."
So far, the home's staff members have kept their jobs, but Washington said she's not sure how long that will last with their limited funds. The program is taking donations at aunthattie.org.
Though Montgomery County has been unable to provide financial support to the home since the contract was denied renewal, several members of the council have expressed their concern about the Sandy Spring home's fate.
Council President Nancy Navarro and Councilman George Leventhal have thrown their support behind the program in public letters to the Department of Human Resources.
The boys at Aunt Hattie's Place feel "loved and supported" there, Montgomery said in her letter. "This is their home. Do not take this away from them."


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Portland, Ore. -- (Portland Tribune) Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts walked into the media room at Moda Center on Thursday afternoon and smiled.
"It seemed like we had more (people here) when we came back from two wins," Stotts said.
Stotts, however, did not look like a coach who had just dropped a close-out game in the NBA playoffs. He did not even look like a man who had just gotten off a long plane on a flight from Houston to Portland.
Yes, the Blazers lost Game 5 to the Houston Rockets 108-98 on Wednesday night. Yes, Portland now leads the best-of-seven first round playoff series just three games to two.
But these are the playoffs, and Stotts is enjoying them.
"I love playoff basketball," he said. "This is fun. This is what you go through 82 games for."
The next time the Blazers get on a plane, they will be going back to Texas. The question is whether they will be going for Game 7 against Houston or traveling to play the San Antonio Spurs or the Dallas Mavericks in the second round.
On the flight back from Portland on Thursday, Stotts said there was a certain amount of fatigue from his team.
"They were tired on the plane," he said. "We're disappointed with not getting the win in Houston, but this team is always ready to compete, and we're ready for Game 6.
"They (the Blazers) don't get too high or too low. We've been pretty centered in our approach. After our wins, we had a good level approach. They're certainly upset after losses, but they keep an even keel."
Stotts spent much of the flight home watching video of Game 5. The biggest thing he saw was what was obvious to him on the floor on Wednesday — Game 5 was the worst the Blazers have played this series. But Portland still had a chance to win.
"We can play better, and it was still a two-point game (in the fourth quarter)," he said. "It's a tough-fought series. I know Houston didn't think they played well in their losses and we didn't play particularly well last game, but we were still in position to win."
The biggest storyline out of Game 5 was that Portland power forward LaMarcus Aldridge was held in check. After looking like an all-world player in the first four games, averaging 35.3 points, Aldridge was a nonfactor in Game 5, scoring just eight points.
Aldridge's struggles scoring came first because he got into early foul trouble. Also, the Rockets double-teamed him with centers Dwight Howard and Omer Asik as soon as he got the ball.
Stotts said he was not overly concerned about Aldridge stepping up in Game 6 on Friday night. And Stotts said the Houston double-team will open other things for Portland.
"We had 98 points with 3 1/2 minutes to go," he said. "They're doubling 'LA'. They're looking to double him more than before. That opens up other things to take advantage of."
The biggest disparity in team stats in Game 5 was Houston out-rebounding Portland 48-34 and the Rockets stinging Portland with 14 offensive rebounds.
"The defensive rebounding is my No. 1 concern," Stotts said. "The rebounding has been the over-riding factor in the series so far. They've done a very good job of getting offensive rebounds. We certainly have to do a better job of containing them."
Stotts said the Blazers need to be better in every aspect of rebounding in Game 6.
"It's going to be a little bit of everything," Stotts said. "Going after the balls a little bit harder, keeping an eye on (Houston point guard Patrick) Beverley. Guards aren't necessarily used to their man crashing the boards. They (the Rockets) are big, but if we can control penetration a little better, that keeps our defense out of help position, which helps."
The thing the Blazers have done well throughout the series is keep Houston All-Star guard James Harden off balance. That did not change in Game 5, when Harden scored 17 points on 5-of-15 shooting. However, Harden did make a slashing reverse layup and hit a 3-pointer in the closing minutes on Wednesday. And Stotts knows Portland cannot forget how dangerous Harden can be.
"We haven't forgotten about him," Stotts said. "He's on the top of the list. It's a team effort. Wes (Matthews) has done a good job on him, Nic (Batum) has done a good job on him. We're very well aware he can get going. We haven't really had any letdown on him. I don't anticipate one either."
In Game 6, Portland would like to see more production out of its bench. In Game 5, Dorell Wright scored one point and Mo Williams had four.
"We need Mo and Dorell to contribute some points," Stotts said. "Our bench is important. Sometimes it's defined by scoring, sometimes it's not."
Stotts said that after Thursday's media session he was going to go to his office, "do some busy work" and then go home and watch some of the other playoff games on TV. On Friday, it will be Stotts and the Blazers who everyone else is watching.
Stott said he does not believe Game 6 is a must-win outing for Portland.
"Whenever you get a chance to close out a team, you want to," Stotts said. "Tomorrow isn't a do-or-die game, but I would love to close out the series at home in front of the fans."
Stotts had an idea of how special a moment that would be for the city. When he was done watching video on the plane, he watched some of Game 6 of the 1977 NBA finals, when the Blazers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers to win their only NBA championship.
With this week's death of Jack Ramsay, coach of the 1977 team, Stotts would love nothing more than to win Game 6 on Friday and set off a similar celebration.
"I just watched a little bit of Game 6 in 1977 closing it out," Stotts said. "In light of what's happened (with Ramsay), it would be fun to close this Game 6 out."
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Ileus is a type of non-mechanical bowel obstruction. It results when peristalsis stops. Peristalsis is the wavelike contractions that help push stool through the colon and small bowel.
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Symptoms of ileus may include:
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam and blood tests will be done. A diagnosis of ileus is usually based on symptoms and results of imaging studies.
Images may be taken of your bodily structures. This can be done with:
The lining of your colon may need to be examined. This can be done with
If ileus was caused by surgery, stress or trauma it will usually resolve within 48 to 72 hours. In other cases, the disease or abnormality that caused the ileus needs to be treated. This may involve adjusting the dose of
or stopping
a medication, treating an infection,
or replacing electrolytes.
Other treatments may be used to help ease symptoms. These may include:
Patients who suffer from ileus should not be fed until the ileus has resolved.
A tube is inserted through the nose and into the stomach to remove digestive fluids. This will help relieve pain and bloating.
Fluids and electrolytes are given by vein to avoid dehydration.
There are medications that increase peristalsis, such as neostigmine and tegaserod, that can be used in selected patients to help ileus resolve.
A flexible tube may be inserted into the colon to relieve pressure.
Rarely, surgery is required if there is a perforation or other abnormality causing the ileus.
Since ileus is generally the result of injury, surgery, or a medical condition, there is little that can be done to prevent it.
American Gastroenterological Association
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Canadian Digestive Health Foundation
The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG)
Colonic ileus. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated March 5, 2013. Accessed July 25, 2013.
Intestinal obstruction and ileus. Patient UK website. Available at:
http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Intestinal-Obstruction-and-Ileus.htm. Updated April 20, 2010. Accessed July 25, 2013.
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Is This Tom Izzo's Most Improbable Final Four Run?
Tom Izzo is headed to his seventh Final Four. Only three coaches have been to more: John Wooden, Dean Smith, and Izzo's opposition on Saturday, Mike Krzyzewski.
Five Things: Miller Brothers Bounced And Florida Is Still The Favorite
Kentucky, the preseason No. 1 that entered the Big Dance unranked, has reached the Final Four as an eight seed. The Wildcats will face Wisconsin, which upset top seed Arizona in a thriller.
Madison Square Garden Still The Mecca For Young Ballers
Wilt had some unbelievable games here. Ali and Frazier fought here. The players who will take the court at Madison Square Garden this weekend, though, don't remember any of that. And yet they still regard the Garden as the World's Most Famous Arena.
Rising Star: Michigan State Guard Gary Harris
The Big Ten's Freshman of the Year last season is averaging 17.9 points per game (second in the conference), 4.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and two steals for the 22-6 Spartans.
Michigan, Michigan St Both Staying Close To Home
Two years ago, Jordan Morgan and Michigan had to play a road game in the NCAA tournament — or so it seemed at first.
Rothstein: 68 Reasons To Be Excited For The NCAA Tournament
Louisville's pressure. Jim Boeheim's postgame press conferences. HAVOC. Coach K's drive for five. Get pumped, people — it's tourney time!
Daily Madden Archive: What Makes A Good Coach
During the NCAA tournament a year ago, John Madden and the KCBS morning crew discussed what it takes to make a good coach.


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Nashua woman wins Miss New Hampshire title
DERRY - For Samantha Russo, the first time was a charm.
Russo, 22, of Nashua, was crowned the newest Miss New Hampshire Saturday night. Unlike many other contestants, this was Russo's first time on the Miss New Hampshire stage.
The Emerson College graduate, who works for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, wasn't afraid to show off her goofy side, even agreeing to an impromptu moonwalk across the Stockbridge Theatre stage at Pinkerton Academy.
An aspiring sports reporter whose platform cause is "Kick Butts: Tobacco Education and Prevention,'' she dedicated her performance of "Don't Rain on My Parade" to her grandfather, who sat in the audience.
Twenty-eight women, each of whom had earned a regional title over the past year to qualify for the contest, competed in the 54th annual event. Russo held the Miss Souhegan title.
A dozen finalists made it past the preliminary rounds. In addition to Russo, the other finalists were: Miss Lakes Region Holly Blanchard of Derry; Miss Monadnock Region Jillian Granucci of Manchester; Miss Capital Area Lauren Campbell of Raymond; Miss Greater Derry Kendall Wipff of Goffstown; Miss Deerfield Fair Lauren April of Auburn; Miss Kingston Sarah Mousseau of Stratham; Miss Londonderry Megan Cooley of Auburn; Miss Winnipesaukee Jessica Avelar of Nashua; Miss Rockingham County Kristin Crossland of Seabrook; Miss Seacoast Elysha Greenberg of Windham; and Miss Bedford Julia Neveu of Manchester.
Neveu earned fourth runner-up, Avelar was third runner-up and Mousseau was second runner-up. Wipff was first runner-up.
During the three-hour final round, the finalists were judged on talent, eveningwear and swimwear as they competed for the title and for thousands of dollars in college scholarship money.
Departing Miss New Hampshire Megan Lyman, whose platform cause this past year was in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, had one last surprise before she passed down her crown.
Lyman crowned Abby Strover, a Make-A-Wish-child, as the state's first ever "Miss NH Princess." The Merrimack first-grader has cystic fibrosis.
Lyman had a few words of advice for this year's contestants.
"Have the time of your life," she told them. "And don't forget to smile."
Open to women ages 17 to 24, the Miss New Hampshire competition has awarded $141,450 in scholarships to date.
As the newly crowned Miss New Hampshire, Russo will travel to Atlantic City this September, where she'll have a shot at the Miss America title. That 13-day pageant begins Labor Day weekend, and the finale will be broadcast nationwide on Sept. 15.
Although the pageant had recently been moved to Las Vegas, it will return to its traditional home in New Jersey this fall by popular demand, with the Miss American Parade making its way down the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
No comparable event leading up to the competition was held during the years the pageant was in Las Vegas, aside from an event in 2010 celebrating the pageant's 90th anniversary, according to Sharon Pearce, the pageant's vice president.
"This is an incredible opportunity for all of us to enjoy the rich history of the pageant and its return to Atlantic City," Pearce said.
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Ellis's 'Black Summer' Poses Tough Questions
If there's one thing Warren Ellis loves to do, it's go totally overboard with a concept. Take his upcoming novel Crooked Little Vein (which I'm not allowed to review yet, but look for it July 1!), a crime noir detective story, which let's just say involves a government conspiracy to hide a second constitution of the United States that's written on alien skin


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iLounge has just announced the winners of its Best of Show 2007 Awards:
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Interpretive Handbook
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Pancreatic Polypeptide, Plasma
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) is secreted by the pancreas in response to hypoglycemia, ingestion of food, or "sham" feeding (food is chewed, but not swallowed), secondary to vagal nerve stimulation. Secretion is blocked by vagotomy or atropine.
The exact physiologic role of PP is undetermined, although the hormone is thought to be involved in exocrine pancreatic secretion and gallbladder emptying.
Markedly elevated levels are often associated with endocrine tumors of the pancreas (eg, insulinoma, glucagonoma, PPoma: pancreatic polypeptide-secreting tumor of the pancreas) Patients with diabetes may also have elevated PP levels.
A lack of response to sham feeding may indicate vagal nerve damage (eg, surgery-related nerve damage, autonomic nerve disorders). Extensive pancreatic destruction (eg, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer) may also result in low basal PP levels and a lack of response to sham feeding.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Detection of pancreatic endocrine tumors
Assessment of vagal nerve function after meal or sham feeding
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
High levels may be seen in pancreatic endocrine tumors, diabetes, and a nonfasting state. Markedly elevated levels may be seen in some pancreatic exocrine tumors.
A normal response to a sham feeding consists of a rapid pancreatic polypeptide (PP) rise over baseline followed by a return to baseline. With vagal damage, no increase over baseline is seen.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) normal values increase with age (approximately 20 pg/mL per decade).
Nonfasting state results in falsely elevated values.
The sham feeding test is invalid if food is swallowed. Ingestion of food typically results in a significant and prolonged PP increase over baseline (typically >200 pg/mL).
This test should not be requested in patients who have recently received radioisotopes, therapeutically or diagnostically, because of potential assay interference. A recommended time period before collection cannot be made because it will depend on the isotope administered, the dose given and the clearance rate in the individual patient. Specimens will be screened for radioactivity prior to analysis. Radioactive specimens received in the laboratory will be held and assayed after the radioactivity has sufficiently decayed. This will result in a test delay.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
0-19 years: not established
20-29 years: <228 pg/mL
30-39 years: <249 pg/mL
40-49 years: <270 pg/mL
50-59 years: <291 pg/mL
60-69 years: <312 pg/mL
70-79 years: <332 pg/mL
> or =80 years: not established
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Panzuto F, Severi C, Cannizzaro R, et al: Utility of combined use of plasma levels of chromogranin A and pancreatic polypeptide in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal and pancreatic endocrine tumors. J Endocrinol Invest. 2004 Jan;27(1):6-11
2. Brimnes Damholt M, Rasmussen BK, Hilsted L, et al: Basal serum pancreatic polypeptide is dependent on age and gender in an adult population. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1997 Dec;57(8):695-702


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College of the Atlantic is on the ocean side of Route 3, about 19 miles from the Ellsworth shopping district (eight miles from the head of Mount Desert Island).
Turn left at the COA main entrance and park in the provided areas. The admission office is located in Kaelber Hall, the building with the arch overlooking the water as you come onto campus.
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Follow Route 3 East toward Bar Harbor. Keep left after crossing the bridge onto Mount Desert Island. From there follow the directions under "From Boston."
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Take Tower Road toward Griffin Road and turn left at Griffin Road. Take the 3rd right onto Union Street. Continue on Forrest Parkway to Interstate 95 South. Take Interstate 395 in Bangor. From there follow the directions under "From Boston."
Regularly scheduled flights are available to Bar Harbor Airport and to Bangor International Airport. Bus service is available to Bangor and Ellsworth.
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In spite of the many long-term payoffs, the initial financial investment in building green can be a prohibitive factor in many cases. Sure, Ford Motors can hire green-building superhero, William McDonough, to transform its factories, but how many local non-for-profits do you know occupying a LEED certified building? Breaking that trend, Artists for Humanity, a Boston-based youth arts organization located in the burgeoning Fort Point Channel Arts District, has proved that it's possible for the little guys to build green, too.
The organization, which operates a range of micro-enterprise programs employing inner-city teen artists in paid apprenticeship and entrepreneurial opportunities, is the proud occupant of the first Platinum Level LEED certified building in Boston. The structure, designed by Arrowstreet Architects, also sports the City's largest photovoltaic array on its roof. A beacon for progressive building practices in the Commonwealth, AFH has aptly named their new home the EpiCenter.
Funded in part by grant support from Boston's Green Building Task Force and the forward-thinking Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, the 23,500 square foot facility boasts many of the usual cost-efficient and sustainable design features. It has passive solar heating, aggressive insulation, and a greywater recycling system, in addition to some creative materials re-use. Lending an industrial flavor to the building, recycled materials, such as railroad rails and car windshields, are featured in the gallery mezzanine's railing. The bathroom furnishings, designed by a local artist, utilize materials leftover from the building's own construction. And, in fact, more than 80 percent of the construction debris was collected and recycled, keeping it out of landfills.
Artists for Humanity was founded on a small business model and its approach to creating the EpiCenter reflects that industrious sensibility. In addition to housing AFH's offices, and professionally equipped studios, the building features a spacious multi-level gallery. Offered as an assembly space to rent for private and corporate events, the gallery area provides both public exposure and sales opportunities to AFH's student artists, while the rental incomes support the organization's programs. Moreover, with their rooftop solar array designed to produce in excess of 150% of needed power, they're also able to generate funds by selling energy back to the utility company.
Though the boxy modern aesthetic of the EpiCenter is perhaps not as groundbreaking as the creative work its occupant is undertaking, it's refreshing to see sustainable building practices becoming increasingly more accessible.
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September 2, 2008 at 11:00 am
[…] the mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, made a major step forward for urban transportation by proposing that all off the […]
May 1, 2007 at 1:43 pm
[…] familiar to Inhabitat readers, as we've noted their superior greenness in the past including The EpiCenter, shown above, and […]
January 15, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Hey There…Has anyone who posted a message here actually seen this building? It is absolutely GEORGEOUS!!! If modernism is not your thing, then you may not like it, but if you like a blank canvas, the EpiCenter is a godsend. By the way, the art pieces hanging on the walls were completed by local high school kids…and most of these pieces are better than anything I've seen in Boston, Chicago, New York or LA! I praise the dedicated teachers and employees of the EpiCenter and look forward to you paying the highest possible price for works completed buy these talented artists…
January 4, 2006 at 7:03 am
So it's an art gallery?
January 4, 2006 at 6:27 am
Don't play ball in the house!
January 4, 2006 at 6:25 am
The windshields are pretty silly looking. It's good they recycled the construction waste. All of Boston is getting so overdone, hopefully some of the new construction will recycle their trash too. There'll be a few more like this before it's all done I'll bet.
January 4, 2006 at 6:16 am
It's not so bad. I don't know about those windshields. Are there windshields piling up in the landfills? It's a nice try anyway.


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If the Hyatt says no on adding any more rooms I'll speak with the Marriott since the Riverwalk hotel is literally across the street from the Hyatt. We are still on great terms with the Marriott (they really, really wanted us to stay) so I'll see what kind of deal they can offer for Overflow but there's no way I can guarantee the same $109/night.


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Juniors provide leadership, freshman class delivers as ETSU women's golf captures win in season opener
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
To garner the win, the Buccaneers fired a program record for three-round score, posting an 889 (291-294-304) which left the team anxiously standing around the clubhouse leaderboard as officials tallied the final results. In the end, the Bucs' consistent play - led by freshman Sarah Jane Sinard (White Pine,
"You can already see the mentality of this team is special," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Reynolds, who has now led the Bucs to four tournament victories in her five-year tenure. "All of these girls come from winning backgrounds and it doesn't matter who they are playing - they expect to win. We counted on all three of our freshmen today and they played like veterans throughout the entire tournament.
"So far, this group looks like the most well-rounded team we've ever had."
While Sinard, Jansone and Giraldo led the way, junior Maria Ringdahl (Oland, Sweden) finished tied for 32nd and freshman Kennie Leigh Eisenhower (Newport, Tenn.) posted one of the team's best third round scores with a 76. Sinard finished just five strokes out of first place.
While the Bucs are only one tournament into their season, Reynolds said she sees good things on the horizon.
"This girls seem very hungry and their playing to back it up right now," Reynolds said. "Having depth and a group of freshmen that aren't scared makes a big difference. They didn't show fear at any time during the tournament. As a coach, that's what you like to see."
The Bucs will return to play Sept. 18 at the Napa River Grill Cardinal Cup in
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