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Sunday, December 30, 2007
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PRICELESS!!! I swear Clay is one of most favorite kids :-)
happy New Year!
- December 30, 2007 at 2:08 AM
- nutralady2001 said...
Shall I be the first?? J/K DON'T ANSWER THAT !!
Now all we need is some eyeshadow to complete the mascara look ..or is that reserved for Brooklyn's next face?
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of the Meehans, thanks for the laughs and may 2008 be the best year yet? What is your deadline for the first book, in time for next Christmas?
- December 30, 2007 at 4:41 AM
- Rick said...
We all have our idols. Clay's is just a guy that has someone else's hand for a brain
- December 30, 2007 at 4:48 AM
- Ree said...
OMG that is hysterical!!! Hope you had some eye make-up remover handy ;)
- December 30, 2007 at 7:05 AM
- Deb in OPKS said...
Is that a chocolate milk mustache to go along with it?
Too funny.
- December 30, 2007 at 7:17 AM
- suburbancorrespondent said...
You never know what is going to make a lasting impression on a kid.
- December 30, 2007 at 7:26 AM
- Hoffman Family said...
Too Funny!
- December 30, 2007 at 7:57 AM
- Boy Mom said...
Too funny! My 3 1/2 year old emptied the contents of my bathroom cabinet and makeup bag and applied a little foundation and hair gel. Just as I was celebrating what looked like a put it all back and clean him off with a diaper wipe kinda mess, I found a tin which he'd managed to pry the lid off, it was empty, it had contained herbal female stimulant pills(my husband thinks I'm not stimulated enough spending my life with 7 little men and him). I looked high and low, no pills, I'm reasonably sure he didn't eat them as his daily diet consists of a gallon-and-a-half of milk and a couple force fed bites off my plate every meal. Imagine that call to my long suffering doctor...My three year old has an erection lasting longer then four hours. Ah the joys of parenting 3 year olds.
- December 30, 2007 at 9:54 AM
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- December 30, 2007 at 11:03 AM
- Leah said...
That is so funny!! Clever kid!
- December 30, 2007 at 11:10 AM
- Pamela said...
Thank you! A nice belly laugh to start my day - aren't kids awesome! You just never know what is going on in those little brains, that is, until it's too late.
- December 30, 2007 at 11:26 AM
Congratulations Dawn!! You passed TWO MILLION!!!!
- December 30, 2007 at 11:40 AM
You should always take pictures. They are perfect blackmail material when they are teens.
- December 30, 2007 at 11:42 AM
- Grandmother Goddess of the Garden said...
Happy New Year Dawn! Congratulations on hitting the two million mark! Hope your new year brings you more fame and fortune and you stay as down to earth as you are!
- December 30, 2007 at 12:44 PM
PRICELESS! You crack me up! : )
BTW: 20 year old first time mom to a beautiful 9 month old girl. I read your blog EVERY SINGLE DAY. Sometimes multiple times a day. Your blog reaches audiences of all ages. Your book is going to do so well! Keep up the good work! : )
<3 Bailey
- December 30, 2007 at 1:05 PM
- Lysa TerKeurst said...
This is the first time I found your blog and what a fun treat! I have 5 kids and daily adventures and various uses of my mascara. Fun, fun- nice to meet you and your adorable family.
- December 30, 2007 at 1:17 PM
OK, this cracks me up.
- December 30, 2007 at 2:49 PM
- Meari said...
LOL! OMG... Kids!!
- December 30, 2007 at 3:38 PM
ya gotta love that kid...he's creative!! It's either love him or lock him in the garage until he's 30!!
- December 30, 2007 at 3:42 PM
- Vicki said...
love your Bert but...were is the Sunday sound out???? Keep writing and making us all have at least one thing that brightens our day on our "to do" list!
- December 30, 2007 at 3:54 PM
I love your site, read about you on NPR. Thanks for the smiles, my 2 are 21 & 15, but I enjoy seeing others with young ones and knowing I've been there, done that.
- December 30, 2007 at 4:28 PM
- Kristin said...
Oh My Gosh that is too funny. I remember when my oldest painted the bathroom with my eyeshadow and blush when he was three. He made pictures, a map and monsters. He would have kept going had he not run out of make up.
- December 30, 2007 at 5:08 PM
- Heidi said...
LOL! How creative! :)
- December 30, 2007 at 5:24 PM
You make me laugh!! LOLOL... xoxo Kathy
- December 30, 2007 at 5:40 PM
Hi Dawn, so this comment is totally unrelated to your post but I have to let you know that you are obviously making some kind of an impact on me. The other night I had a dream that my husband and I bought your house. For some reason, you all couldn't move out in time, something to do with your 6 kids I think, and so we decided that you could stay with us until you could figure things out. Any dream interpeters out there?--this one was pretty silly. Anyway, keep up the great work. I love checking in everyday.
- December 30, 2007 at 5:42 PM
- M said...
Very funny!
My daughter got into my make-up and colored the toilet with it!
I had to throw them all away.
- December 30, 2007 at 5:49 PM
EXCUSE ME!!!!! Is today not SUNDAY????? Where is the customary question and answer blog? Stop messing with my head like this, these holidays have me all confused as to what day it is. Surely there must be some reader's questions you can answer.
- December 30, 2007 at 6:24 PM
Tee hee! I love it. And I can't wait to hear (someday) what uses #s 1 to 63 are. Is to make your eyelashes look darker and more full -- and potentially more curly, depending on the type used -- one of the uses?
I must confess that when I was younger (and knowing where I lived when doing this, it had to be continuing well after I was 8 years old), I used to LOVE to use mascara to make myself look like Raggedy Ann. I must have thought she was beautiful or fashionable or ... something. I do distinctly remember that, and I'll have to ask my mom her opinion of my hobby. Have your kids discovered this use yet, or is this #65?
Happy New Year, Dawn!
- December 30, 2007 at 6:49 PM
wow! just wow. i can't stop laughing. that second picture explains it so well.
- December 30, 2007 at 7:35 PM
- Becky said...
That is hilarious, Dawn. Clay is a hoot!
- December 30, 2007 at 7:46 PM
- Patty said...
That is priceless!
DJ does Uncle Matt Arms, with tattoos out of marker, chalk, pen, what ever is handy, all because Uncle Matt has them.
- December 30, 2007 at 7:47 PM
OMG - You're getting yelled at for breaking format! Look, we don't even know what day it is without you, Dawn!
Patience, patience, because there it is.
- December 30, 2007 at 11:01 PM
ROFL! Thank you again Dawn! Clay looks adorable! I think you have the inside scoop for his Halloween costume next year. I caught my little girl drawing with markers all over her ankles and legs so she could have "pretty pictures on her" just like my friend "Miss Keli". I just had to laugh. Ever since then my friend Keli tries to make a point of wearing jeans to my house, but I told her, she is going to see tattoos on someone and think that they are pretty, might as well be someone that we love! As long as she doesn't try to copy anyone's tongue rings......lol.
Thanks again for another laugh Dawn, you help me keep my sanity in the insane world of motherhood!
- December 31, 2007 at 12:32 AM
Ok .... so why is everyone laughing?
What am I missing here?
DO NOT tell me the uni-brow is out of fashion again.
Damn .... I hate putting my face so close to the lawn mower blades!
- December 31, 2007 at 4:30 AM
- Colleen said...
You have to be proud for what a wonderfully straight unibrow he created!
Happy New Year!
- December 31, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Just one thing to say.
That jkid is a hoot! and you need to direct him to the stage one day!
- December 31, 2007 at 10:34 AM
- Amy said...
Oh I didn't even see that one coningbut your are right it does make sense. He is just too darn cute! Keeps you on your toes, too I bet.
Happy New Year.
- December 31, 2007 at 2:16 PM
- Angie said...
Oh my... lol! My son did this once before, except he used purple nail polish. I also have a picture for future blackmail purposes.
- December 31, 2007 at 2:35 PM
- sam said...
hahahaha. i'm trying to laugh silently, so my husband doesn't make fun of me. every now and then, he hears me laughing and asks what i'm reading to make me snort so much, and he sees that it's your blog. sadly, he calls it the "blood baby" blog, because he didn't realize that that's chocolate all over brooklyn...
anyway! the stuff i read about clay reminds me of stuff my 4 year old does. he prefers tic tac toe when writing on himself, though.
- January 1, 2008 at 9:17 PM
I was just leaving a comment at Rick's blog and thought I would see what is going on here. This is hilarious, moreso with the second photo. Happy New Year.
- January 1, 2008 at 11:58 PM
- --Tamara said...
"You called me Bert! That's our code word for danger!"
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"The Wolf of Wall Street" (R, 179 minutes, Paramount): Martin Scorsese's big, bravura, maddeningly uneven indictment of the extreme financial depredations that characterized the 1990s earned five Oscar nominations, if no awards. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort, a real-life swindler and penny-stock con man who made more than $100 million off of unwitting investors. As "The Wolf of Wall Street" makes clear from its first aggressive, whipsawing moments, Belfort is the ultimate empty vessel, a man who can never get enough of anything, whether it's sex or drugs or validation from the audience he addresses by way of near-constant narration, occasionally breaking the fourth wall for a contemptuous tutorial in Darwinian finance. Belfort is such a thoroughly loathsome character that it makes "The Wolf of Wall Street" difficult to process as art, much less entertainment. Contains sequences of strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and profanity throughout, and some violence. Blu-ray-only extra is a making-of featurette with DiCaprio, Scorsese, Jonah Hill taking viewers behind the scenes and discussing the real-life Belfort.
"Delivery Man" (PG-13, 104 minutes, DreamWorks/Disney): In 2011, Montreal filmmaker Ken Scott released "Starbuck," a charming little feel-good film based on the true story of a sperm donor who wakes up to discover he has fathered 533 adorable kids. Barely a year later, he was tapped to remake the movie with a box-office-friendly American cast. The plot is set in motion when the sperm donor learns that 142 of his offspring have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to lift his veil of anonymity. What's the difference between the two films? Other than that Scott — remaking his own perfectly good French-Canadian movie in English — has replaced actor Patrick Huard with Vince Vaughn, not much.
"The Great Beauty" (unrated, 142 minutes, in Italian with subtitles, The Criterion Collection): The Oscar winner for best foreign language film, about a a one-hit-wonder novelist (played by Toni Servillo) reflecting on his life at age 65, is more ravishingly Felliniesque than many of Federico Fellini's own movies. Director Paolo Sorrentino doesn't simply mimic the master's style and preoccupations, which anyone could do, but conjures the kind of emotions that made "La Dolce Vita," "8 1/2 " and others endure. He collects scenes of superficial extravagance and eccentricity, then finds the deeper yearnings they conceal.Contains nudity, sexual content, strong language and drug themes. Extras include a conversation between Sorrentino and Italian cultural critic Antonio Monda, interviews with Servillo and screenwriter Umberto Contarello, deleted scenes and a booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Lopat.
"The Past" (PG-13, 130 minutes, in French and Persian with subtitles): In the film's first few minutes, a French woman, Marie (Bérénice Bejo), awaits the arrival of her estranged Iranian husband, Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa), in an airport. When they first spot each other, it is through soundproof glass, a lovely and effective metaphor for the paradox of access and intangibility that characterizes many acts of remembrance. They're not getting back together. It's been years since Ahmad left France and his wife for his homeland, and the only reason he's there now is to sign off on the divorce that Marie has, at long last, initiated. Marie has met a new man, Samir (Tahar Rahim), who's ready to move in with her. Unfortunately Samir, as we discover in a story that peels itself, slowly, like an onion — and with just as many tears — also has a wife in a coma. That particular circumstance is the point around which "The Past" circles, uncovering its narrative clues like a mystery thriller. Contains mature thematic material and some crude language. Extras include commentary with director Asghar Farhadi ("A Separation"), making-of featurette and a Directors Guild Q & A with Farhadi.
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Apparently most review-writing bloggers do it in return for free stuff or even actual folding wonga, if you can believe that. I could argue that this compromises the impartiality of the resulting writings and stake out the moral high ground by telling you all that any reviews I might occasionally do are unsullied by the taint of financial reward, therefore pure and objective, and that I do it like this out of sheer righteousness. Actually it's just because I'm a bit crap about asking for freebies. Like most of us, I'd be more than happy to sully myself slightly with a wedge of cash in a brown envelope, given half a chance.
All a bit academic in this particular case though, as I can't see an organisation as large as Decathlon being interested in giving away a pile of camping gear in return for a rave review from some wittering alpine blogger with an audience of half a dozen anyway. I should really have tried I suppose, but the time required was probably better spent making a pot of tea, if we're honest.
A stocktake of the available camping gear in the loft earlier in the year revealed a lot of perfectly serviceable kit, most of it completely unsuited to my current solo needs. Mansion tents with enough space for table and chairs plus sideboard, wardrobe and staff accommodation are all very well, but not ideal when you're trying to put one up on your own and still have enough time actually to go and do whatever activity you had planned in the first place.
Time, clearly, to flog it all off and get back to the basic camping experience. Which means a trawl round the web followd by the inevitable trip to Decathlon, cheapo sports kit emporium extraordinaire, and a tour of their Quechua range of pop-up montage-in-a-minute instatents.
These things are available in various forms ranging from rudimentary one-man shelters to mini-mansions allegedly sleeping a family of four, though bear in mind that the assumption here is that your children are all under ten and a bit stunted to boot.
Packed down, your tent comes as a flat disc rather than the usual sausage shape. You take it out of the bag, whip off the restraining strap and the thing pings up (smacking you in the face in the process, as a rule) into – ta-daaah! – a fully put together tent complete with inner bedroom bit. Nail it to the floor and off you go.
Unlikely as this sounds, it actually works. Honestly. Though it has to be said that the official estimate of two seconds is possibly a tad optimistic, especially for the bigger version with porch space and muddy boot storage. But I could probably get it down to five minutes, assuming I don't try putting it up on the stoniest emplacement in the world next time. And remember to bring the mallet.
In terms of size, these tents aren't bad as long as you follow the basic camping rule of picking one designed for one more person than you intend to accommodate. You may wish to consider the porch space issue as well – personally I like to have a place for stashing gear (boots, coolbox, via ferrata kit, comfy chair, stray cat etc etc) and lurking in should it decide to rain, so I went for the XXL version, a good move as it's positively palatial for one person, and the height of the porch means you don't have to do that undignified crawling in and out thing, which is a serious bonus.
Ah, I hear you say, but does it actually pack down into its disc shape after use and go back in the bag? Or do you have to wrestle with it for three hours before stuffing it in the back of the car in a fit of pique? This was a bit of a concern, and it has to be said that the instructions on the bag are frankly rubbish. The various instructional videos on YouTube aren't a huge amount of help if you've got the two-man model either, as they all refer to the bigger one, which doesn't seem to work in quite the same way. But you kind of get the picture.
Folding the 2XXL up is merely a matter of doing up three colour-coded buckles, followed by one small wrestling move in order to twist it into a figure eight and fold it in half. Once the retaining strap is on, it goes back into the bag in a remarkably docile fashion, leaving you free to push off and do the day's via ferrata before the crowds get to it.
The downside to all this is the packed size of the thing, which is a disc measuring about 80cm across and weighing over six kilos. You're not going to be yomping along the Tour de Oisans route with it tied to your rucksack, that's for sure. But assuming you're doing your camping out of the back of a car this isn't an issue, as it fits easily into the back of something as small as a Twingo and still leaves more than enough room for the rest of the kit. You might have a problem if you're driving a Smart car, but I'd suggest that if you're running around in something as ridiculous as that then the size of your tent is the least of your worries.
All in all, this could very well be the perfect tent for basic weekend camping trips. It's on sale at the moment with 20€ off the original price, so nab one now.
Make and model: Quechua 2 Seconds XXL
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Asparagus Chicken Stir Fry Recipe (Black Bean Sauce Chicken)
I receive many questions and recipe suggestions from readers. It might take a while for me to respond but I want you to know that I read every single one of them and they always fill me with joy. So here's Bill's (a regular reader) recipe for asparagus chicken. I didn't make many changes; I just added a few more bold and spicy flavors to counteract the blandness of chicken. Specifically, I used black bean garlic sauce and red chiles, in keeping with the Asian theme of the dish.
The key to making sure this dish turns out well is not to overcook the asparagus. I chose to use baby asparagus in this dish but regardless, it should be bright green and still have some crunch . The texture, if cooked properly, is wonderful, and baby asparagus is visually appealing to boot.
For a little background, here's what Bill wrote about the dish:
"I got this recipe a very long time ago while taking a cooking class at "Isle of Skye Kitchen" in Saratoga [California], a combo antique store and vendor of exotic spices ... long gone. It has been a family favorite for years. Here it is with some personal experience updates."
Thanks Bill!
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Nina Ruth Gray, 77, of Chillicothe, Mo., died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at Indian Hills in Chillicothe.
Nina was born Feb. 10, 1936, in rural Davies County, near Jameson, Mo., the daughter of Herald Wilton Elmore and Lorean Agnes Barlow Elmore. On March 20, 1955, Nina married Garnie Edgar "Pat" Gray Jr. in Jameson, and became a life-long homemaker. Pat preceded her in death just two months after celebrating their 50th anniversary, in 2005.
She was a graduate of Jameson High School.
Nina and Pat farmed in Davies County until 1960, when they moved to McCloud, Calif., where she raised three children. In 1980, they moved to Battle Mountain, Nev., where she looked after grandchildren. After retiring in 1991, they moved back to McCloud, until 1995, when they moved to Trenton, Mo. After the death of her husband in 2005, she moved to Chillicothe, with her daughter.
She was a member of the Jameson Baptist Church, and a 50-year member of The Order of Eastern Star, Gallatin, Mo.
Nina enjoyed baking and decorating cakes, ceramics, crafting of all kinds, and flower gardening.
She is survived by two sons, Garnie Edgar Gray III and wife Michele of Spring Creek, Nev., and Harold Dean Gray and wife Andrea of Chillicothe; one daughter, Beverly Joann Martin of Chillicothe; seven grandchildren, Sarah Lorean Martin (Joe), Jacob Tyler Martin (Kelsey), Aaron Patrick Gray, Coty Alan Gray, Harold Dean Gray, Jr. "DJ", Nina May Gray, and Brooklyn Savanna Gray; three step-grandchildren, Zackary Nickolas, Ashley Marie, and Alyssa Nicole; one great granddaughter, Kaylor Justice Gray; a sister, Marjorie Arleene Evans and husband Bob of Liberty, Mo.; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Pat Gray; sister, Sharon Francis Durham; and a brother, Ralph Wayne Elmore.
Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Heritage Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Mo.
Memorials in honor of Nina Gray may be made to the Kidney Foundation or the Alzheimer's Association, and left at the funeral home or mailed to Heritage Funeral Home, 3141 N. Washington, Chillicothe, MO 64601.
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Chillicothe resident Nina Ruth Gray, 77, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013
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Published 9/10/2013 by Tom Wells
I am an avid reader of nearly every genre in fiction. Books have been a vital part of my life for as long as I can remember. My parents both read to me and my older brother constantly left books lying around. I'm not sure exactly when I started reading but by age five or six I was reading the Hardy Boys and other adventure stories, My dad's brother wrote science fiction stories and novels and introduced me to that genre. He also had a huge library of rare books that I was enthralled by. I remember staying up all night reading first edition Tarzan novels under the covers by flashlight whenever I visited him.
This month I wanted to talk about one of my favorite series fiction authors, Vince Flynn, and his character Mitch Rapp, a one-of-a-kind CIA operative. These books are some of the best political thrillers I've ever read. There are thirteen books in the series and every one of them is a good fast-paced story that keeps your interest throughout. Unfortunately Mr. Flynn died this year so the series will probably end with his last book unless his family commissions someone else to continue the series.
Transfer of Power is the first book in the Mitch Rapp series. It starts off with a bang and keeps moving at a breathless pace throughout the story. A brutal group of terrorists take over the White House and capture more than a hundred hostages. The President himself narrowly avoids capture and barely makes it to a secure bunker with the aid of the secret service. With hostages being murdered on national television and more promised every hour, the CIA has no choice but to call in their top counter-terrorism agent Mitch Rapp. Flynn delivers a well-researched thriller with enough plot twists, narrow escapes and political treachery to keep you wringing your hands and at times holding your breath till the very last page, to see how Mitch will save the day. He delivers a thrilling conclusion and leaves you wanting more.
Fans of the series will recognize that Flynn wrote 10 consecutive Mitch Rapp stories before doing something we had all been hoping he would do------tell how everything got started for Mitch!
American Assassin and Kill Shot are both prequels Flynn wrote to tell the beginning of the story. American Assassin details the story of how the CIA set up an elite counterterrorism unit to respond to the senseless bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, and other ongoing atrocities perpetrated by the growing international terrorist community. Elite men were recruited from all branches of the military to receive special training in order to be part of this unit. The book details how college student Mitch Rapp was recruited secretly by Irene Kennedy following the death of Mitch's girlfriend and 34 other classmates on Pan Am Flight 103. Mitch's natural athleticism and conditioning and an unusual affinity for weapons and fighting of all kinds soon sets him apart from the other recruits and he is recognized as the top man in the unit. His first assignment is to take out the Turkish arms dealer who sold the bomb that killed his friends. After successfully completing this assignment Mitch continues working his way through a list of terrorists responsible for the bombing.
Kill Shot continues the story of Rapp's early days as an elite anti-terrorism operative and is another thrilling edge-of-your-seat read as Mitch not only deals with multiple "baddies" in his quest for justice, but also faces treachery within the agency and has to use all the skills at his disposal to survive an all-out manhunt. Those who oppose him soon find out a wounded, cornered Mitch Rapp is a bad person to have for an enemy.
You'll enjoy this and all the other books in the series, and if you're just getting started you won't even have to wait a year between books like the rest of us did.


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LGBT Groups Slam Dr. Oz's 'Ex-Gay' Therapy Episode
Several prominent LGBT rights groups have criticized the Nov. 28 episode of "The Dr. Oz Show," that dealt with reparative therapy, or "ex-gay" therapy, Think Progress reports.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a surgeon who became popular after appearing on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2004, talked with representatives of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality and People Can Change, who are "experts" on the controversial reparative therapy, about how the practice could change the orientation of a person.
Gay rights groups, however, were not pleased with the producers of "The Dr. Oz Show" and GLAAD, GLSEN and PFLAG issued a joint statement and criticized the episode.
"Producers of the Dr. Oz Show framed their program on so-called reparative therapy in a way that provided a lengthy platform for junk science," the statement reads. "The first two segments of the show featured two proponents of so-called reparative therapy, neither of whom was challenged, at any point, by Dr. Oz or any guests. These two 'ex-gay' activists, however, were invited to stay and rebut statements by opponents throughout the rest of the program."
GLAAD's President Herndon Graddick said that those who believe reparative therapy works have an "outdated" and "harmful" way of thinking" and GLSEN's executive director Dr. Eliza Byard echoed Herndon's statements, by saying, "The Dr. Oz Show" "provided a platform to a fringe organization promoting dangerous and harmful practices that every major health, mental health and education organization has consistently repudiated as harmful to youth."
In PFLAG's statement, officials pointed out that even though Dr. Oz invited guests who are against conversion therapy, the surgeon, "never weighted in, and the audience was misled to believe that there are actual experts on both sides of the issue."
Dr. Oz, however, defended the "ex-gay" guests' appearance and said that he "felt that we needed to include all parties who have considered reparative therapy to hear the stories of people who have tried these treatments. Although some viewers may disagree with this tactic, if we want to reach everyone who might benefit from understanding the risks of this therapy, you have to present multiple perspectives."
The surgeon went on to say that after hearing both sides of the hot button issue, he agrees "with the established medical consensus. I have not found enough published data supporting positive results with gay reparative therapy and I have concerns about the potentially dangerous effects when the therapy fails, especially when minors are forced into treatments."
Dr. Oz isn't the only TV doctor to have an episode about conversion therapy this week. Think Progress notes that Dr. David Drew Pinsky, best known as Dr. Drew, invited Ryan Kendall, a longtime advocate against "ex-gay" therapy and an "ex-gay" survivor, on his show, "Dr. Drew on Call" Wednesday, along with David Pickup, a NARTH spokesperson.
Pickup, who is part of a suite to overturn California's ban on the therapy for minors, believes that homosexuality is caused by sexual abuse. On the episode, Pickup claimed that there is substantial evidence that gay people have turned straight but he only referenced an ex-gay website that only has testimonials and no factual research.
Think Progress wrote that there was "no justifiable reason to provide Pickup with unfettered airtime when the entire medical community has disavowed his methods as ineffective, his beliefs as unscientific, and his intentions as harmful."
Unlike, Dr. Oz, Dr. Drew has not commented on the episode or its criticism.
In related news, four gay men are suing the New Jersey-based conversion therapy group that claims to turn gay men straight. The plaintiffs argue that the practices don't work and that the Jews Offering New Alternatives of Healing's methods constitute fraud under New Jersey's consumer protection laws.


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Rick Mills says he drew heavily from another school chief's blueprint.
When Rick Mills was named superintendent of Manatee schools in late February, he pledged to enact a 100-Day Entry Plan.
The former CEO of Minneapolis schools said Friday that he found what he was looking for in a plan authored by Heath Morrison, superintendent of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district in North Carolina since July 2012.
"I looked around for outstanding examples of 100-day entry plans. It was the best," Mills said Friday.
"I took his plan as a foundation and adapted it and modeled it to mine."
When he arrived in Charlotte, Morrison wrote that he would address "perceived deafness and distrust by seeking out stakeholders of all views and listening carefully to their concerns." He also outlined a step-by-step evaluation process in the plan presented to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg district.
Mills used Morrison's exact language in his 100-day plan.
"I will address this issue of perceived deafness and distrust by seeking out stakeholders of all views and listening carefully to their concerns," says Mills' Manatee County plan.
Mills cites Morrison's plan as the "foundation" for his own on the last page of his plan, posted on the Manatee district'a website this week.
Indeed, the documents are remarkably similar, outlining the same action plans and goals in the exact language used by Morrison — National Superintendent of the Year in 2012.
Mills has recently taken the helm of a district plagued by financial issues and fractured public trust since the resignation of former Superintendent Tim McGonegal, who revealed the existence of a major budget deficit in September.
After Mills was chosen as superintendent on Feb. 20, the former military man and educator was praised by board members and the community as the best candidate to pave the way for a district-wide culture change based on transparency and accountability.
As Mills was preparing his blueprint for those moves, school district spokeswoman Margi Nanney said she contacted the Charlotte-Mecklenburg district on March 7 to get permission to adapt Morrison's plan to Manatee.
A March 7 voicemail from Morrison's assistant, played for the Herald-Tribune, gave Mills permission to "use anything he needed from the entry plan."
Nanney said Mills told board members during his interview process that he would be using Morrison's plan. "I took the areas that I thought needed to be personalized and then used his framework and his model," Mills said.
The Manatee plan is nearly identical, including blocks of verbatim text in the opening and closing pages.
One expert said the situation warrants concern.
"Having permission does not make it OK. Because it doesn't make it yours," said Kelly McBride, a senior faculty member at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg. McBride has worked with newsrooms and creative agencies to expose plagiarism.
McBride called the practice "intellectually dishonest."
"If he has identical paragraphs and identical sentences, that's clearly plagiarism," said McBride.
McBride said that Mills should have indicated at the beginning of his plan that it was Morrison's, so as not to deceive the public.
"This guy should know better," McBride said.
By Friday afternoon on the district's website, Manatee officials attributed the entry plan to Morrison on the plan's cover page.
Entry plans are common for new superintendents to share with their district, said Kitty Porterfield, a spokeswoman for the American Association of School Administrators.
Places like the Broad Superintendents Academy, a program that has developed educational leaders such as Morrison, helps superintendents develop such plans.
"They are becoming more and more common because more and more superintendents are realizing how important it is to establish relationships with all stakeholders in the community," Porterfield said.
She said the adoption and borrowing of good practices is hardly unusual in education, though her association does not have an entry-plan template for leaders to use.
"Yes, there are common practices, and I'm sure if you laid 10 plans out next to each other, you would find a lot of the same practices," Porterfield said.
"Would you find the same text, that's a different question."
The plan calls for a five-prong approach, evaluating management, district leadership, academic performance, district culture and stakeholder trust.
It calls for board retreats, identifying personnel to serve on a transition team, and taking steps to evaluate the competency of senior leadership.
The Herald-Tribune was unable to reach Morrison for comment Friday.


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One in a series of stories about local manufacturing.
The to-be-expanded Hartzell Hardwoods facility in Kirksville's Industrial Park currently processes raw lumber by baking it in a kiln and then preparing it for shipment across the world.
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This wood is primarily used by flooring, furniture and doors manufacturers.
Hartzell purchased the facility in Kirksville's Industrial Park this summer to grow its supply and production base and has plans to expand its output by four or five times its current capacity and more than double its current work force of about 10 full-time employees.


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UHP trooper sexually abused child for 8 years, police say
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City council votes to support Dixie in school's name
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12-year-old wakes up in backseat of van during carjacking
01/04/2013 6:03pmA 7th grader found himself in the middle of a carjacking in South Salt Lake City when an intoxicated man stole his mother's van while he was sleeping inside.
Tip leads police to 43 lbs of marijuana, $68k
01/04/2013 6:09pmA tip from the community resulted in Unified police detectives making a large marijuana bust Friday.
Kearns woman ordered to life sentence in death of disabled adult
01/04/2013 6:10pmNoting that even a 5-year-old knew what was going on in the house, a judge on Friday sentenced Sherrie Beckering to the maximum term of five years to life in prison for the death of a disabled woman living in her home.
Ogden Police Dept. building named after slain officer
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Man charged in double murder in Sandy garage shootout
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Baby born to woman previously pinned under truck while pregnant
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Police: Man arrested after beating wife repeatedly in front of kids
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'Zero Fatalities' campaign shows decreased deaths on Hwy 6 in 2012
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Campaign for Bieber to visit girl with cancer while in SLC
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Recess supervisor charged after allegedly slapping student
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Scenic Utah photos by local photographer to be featured in U.S. embassy
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Dog snatched by coyote during hike, woman says
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Lawsuit coming against UHP trooper over misconduct allegations
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Man says police violated his privacy after his wife's death
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To say it's been an interesting term for Dartmouth's Alex Schoenberger, would be an understatement.
After starring on the volleyball court in the fall, the outside hitter has spent the past seven weeks in Arusha, a city in northern Tanzania, teaching math and English to four- and six-year-olds.
Schoenberger, a neuroscience major and education minor, chose to spend her term abroad working with the International Volunteer Headuarters (IVHQ) and Tanzanian Volunteer Experience (TVE).
The Corte Madera, Calif., native is volunteering abroad and traveling outside the country without her parents, Rich and Monica, for the first time.
At first the experience seemed daunting for Schoenberger as she explains, "I had no idea that when I walked in on my first day I would enter a class of 17 kindergarteners and watch the teacher leave."
However, she has accepted the challenge with open arms and learned to cherish her time with the students.
"I couldn't have asked for a program that was more what I was looking for. Had I been sheltered by my program or asked to sit in the back of a classroom everyday, these past weeks wouldn't have been nearly the unbelievable experience they've been for me," Schoenberger added.
The six-foot sophomore is teaching at Jitihada Support English Medium. Despite the language barriers - Swahili is the native language in Tanzania - she hasn't experienced much culture shock. In fact, Schoenberger has grown an affinity for the local cuisine.
"My favorite food here is chapati and lentils, which we have every Tuesday. Chapati is an Indian flatbread and is incredible with the cooked lentils and hot sauce. I look forward to having it for dinner once a week and I'm trying to figure out the recipe so I can bring it back home with me," Schoenberger remarked.
It wasn't long before Schoenberger and her housemates settled into a daily routine.
"My favorite time of day here is 6:30 in the morning. The whole house is up either working out, journaling or eating before we leave for school and it's so peaceful to sit outside on the not-yet burning stone, while watching the sunrise and listening to animals walking around the street."
The trip hasn't been all work for the student-athlete from the Golden State as the program has given her the opportunity to chose how to spend her time in the classroom and out of it as well.
Schoenberger recently had the chance to do something, she didn't ever think she'd get to.
"I certainly did not see myself ever climbing six hours in the pitch black and literally freezing cold, but I convinced myself that it would be fun to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and that was just the beginning of summit day," Schoenberger stated.
Besides extracurriculars like her trek up Mount Kilimanjaro she has also found herself facing situations she would never in the States. One such instance found Schoenberger confiscating a razor blade from a student who was using it to sharpen a pencil, an experience she found almost surreal given the rudimentary fashion in which basic tasks are performed on a regular basis there.
Throughout her nearly 50 days abroad, Schoenberger has made the most of her experience.
"Even though I certainly have not had what might be considered a typical sophomore winter term for a Dartmouth student and the classroom I've been spending my days in is different than those of my peers, but I have learned more than I could've ever imagined."
As her African adventure comes to a close, Schoenberger is looking forward to a return to her routine at home. However, she realizes that saying goodbye to her students and friends in Tanzania is going to be hard.
"I'm excited to get back to school to see my team and the rest of the people that have made me miss home, but leaving is going to be bittersweet when I have to say goodbye to my kids and the incredible people I've met here."
As hard as those goodbyes may seem, she's ready to get back to her life in Hanover and with the Big Green.


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The very mention of St. David's had been making me shudder for months. This was ever since the unwelcome discovery that the cathedral there is a proud member of the Anglican club, and would therefore require a lick. Yet another arduous journey would have to be endured, this time to a remote tip of west Wales I was totally unfamiliar with.
I had made my first proper trip to Wales the previous month for an enjoyable if uneventful day-trip to Cardiff and Newport. Wales's capital city is a true delight, as is its cathedral at Llandaff. Here I passed a happy afternoon in this semi-rural suburb, exploring (and licking) my first Welsh cathedral. The most pleasing discovery of that day was that a young Roald Dahl had grown up nearby and had attended the cathedral school. The famous sweet shop of dead mouse notoriety is still standing, and is now a chippie.
St. Woolos's Cathedral in Newport is another gem, sat on top of a hill overlooking the town. Here I met a friendly caretaker, who over a cup of tea told me of the financial difficulties unknown cathedrals like this suffer with. He showed me around the building and spoke eloquently about its treasures, chief of which is a beautiful Norman arch from the original, early Medieval church. Over more tea and biscuits he told me, with some sadness in his voice, that I had been the only visitor that day. If you ever find yourself in Newport, do stop by the cathedral and have a look. It's a charming place and the biscuits are to die for.
The journey to St. David's would be far less enjoyable – if anything it promised to be truly hellish. Sitting on the very western tip of Wales, the city (for that is what this tiny village has been since 1995) is a right royal pain to get to. The nearest railway station is 16 miles away, in the sleepy town of Haverfordwest. A train journey here would have been convenient were it not for the outrageous fare and total of 5 different changes, including a 3 hour wait in Swansea in the dead of night. The other, far cheaper option was to take a Megabus as far is it would go in a generally western direction. This would leave me in Pembroke Dock, only an hour or so from St. David's by road. This seemed a splendid solution, the only drawback being that the coach would dump me there at one o'clock in the morning, six hours before the first bus. During my teenage years the prospect of ending up in some unknown town at such an hour had been thrilling; an adventure of boundless opportunity and character-building experiences. Now aged 27 and the recipient of one assault, two muggings and a nasty incident with a hungry stag I thought differently. As the bus edged ever closer to my destination the more scared I became. The now familiar feeling of foolishness returned: just what the hell was I was doing? The matter of where I would spend the night was another question that dogged my thoughts on that unhappy journey westwards.
I'd expected Pembroke Dock to be grim, and grim it was. The bus was a haven of comfort and warmth compared to the damp world of portakabins and dead seagulls outside, into which myself and four other wretched passengers were now unceremoniously dumped. I watched the coach disappear into the night and considered the options: either sleep in the ferry terminal or commit a crime to get a bench in a Police cell. There was also a hospital nearby – maybe if I inflicted an injury upon myself (which seemed a likely outcome given my state of mind at the time) there would be a place to rest my head. In the end I chose the ferry terminal, mainly because they sold cups of Bovril and had a TV.
The terminal was quite cosy it turned out, and virtually empty. Just as I was about the settle down for the night however, a smug sign informed me that the building would be closing at 2.45 am when the ferry from Ireland arrived. Drat. Surprisingly, the Bovril offered absolutely no comfort to this crushing news. Forming a new plan, it seemed wisest to get as much sleep as possible before being chucked out. I curled up on a hard bench therefore and indulged in self-pitying melancholy.
A lady's soft voice woke me up:
"Are you getting the ferry, love?"
I swung off the bench with a start and made her yelp. She held a walkie-talkie and looked ready to call security, but thankfully she waited patiently and listened to my tale of woe. If I could just put my head down somewhere dry and warm until morning, I cried, then all would be well.
"There might be a place nearby where you can kip for tonight, just a minute darling" she said sympathetically, before speaking a few rapid Welsh sentences into the walkie-talkie. For all I knew she could have just sent an order to release a pack of wolves on me, but her smile betrayed a sweetness that raised my spirits.
A few minutes later a jeep pulled up outside and a hand beckoned me to jump in. Another kindly lady drove me to large portakabin in a distant corner of the dock. This, it turned out, was a rest stop for lorry drivers and was a veritable paradise. Inside were soft sofas, radiators and enough tea and coffee to swim in. Better still, a plasma screen TV provided some light entertainment as my eyes finally began to feel heavy.
I slept like a baby and was not even woken by the fierce rainstorm that lashed Wales that night, which would surely have washed me into the sea had I not been so lucky in finding this truckers' palace. I emerged into the early morning refreshed and with a renewed faith in humankind. This feel-good factor increased when another port official offered me a lift all the way to Haverfordwest. The kindness and decency of the people of Pembroke Dock will never be forgotten.
From Haverfordwest I took the local bus to St. David's. The route hugs the seashore in several places and offers a wonderful introduction to the famously beautiful Pembrokeshire coast. Coves of sandy beaches are plentiful here, and are a haunt for early morning surfers, who skimmed merrily along the tops of raging waves. The sun was returning too, and bathed the beaches in a romantic dawn glow.
St. David's sits at the heart of all this beauty, almost on the tip of a peninsula jutting out into the Irish Sea. It's a gorgeous little place full of charming cottages and old winding streets. It is difficult to believe, however, that this tiny collection of houses and shops constitutes a city.
The cathedral vs. city debate had been a popular one during conversations about the bet. There were those who maintained that any settlement that could boast a cathedral was, by law, a city and those who didn't really give a damn either way. Although it is true that many places – such as Truro and Chelmsford – are cathedral cities, they did not gain their city status simply by having a bishop's church within their limits. This had indeed been the law ever since Henry VIII had famously moved England's religious goalposts so that he could bonk Anne Boleyn, but in 1888 this ruling was finally abolished.
If this was the case, what happened at St. David's? It turns out the city council had been pretty miffed about their home being demoted, and in 1991 first mooted the idea of joining the top table once more. The matter went before the Queen, who in 1994 granted both St. David's and Armagh in Northern Ireland city status "In recognition of their important Christian heritage and their status as cities in the last century." The theme continued this year when another Welsh cathedral town, St. Asaph (still to be licked), joined the club along with Chelmsford and Perth as part of the Diamond Jubilee feel-good factor.
I must sat that I rather enjoyed that fact that this tiny village, with a population of barely 1,600 is (officially speaking) a city. The likes of Reading (232,600), Dudley (195,000) and Luton (186,000) have all tried and failed in recent years, which is a jolly thought.
After a delicious breakfast in a friendly establishment on the High Street I made my way, burping, down to the cathedral. It sits in the sheltered valley of Glyn Rhosyn, through which a little rivers runs, giving the area its luscious greenery and the calming sound of running water.
This is the site of the monastic community first founded by St. David himself back in the 6th-century, and is the beating heart of Welsh Christianity. Nearby are St. Non's Well and the holy place, once "bathed in brilliant light" where Wales's patron saint is said to have been born. The ruins of the bishop's palace complete the splendid scene, that was now bathed in glorious morning sunshine.
Despite its peaceful air, the site has taken its fair share of batterings by raiders over the centuries. Chief amongst these were the Vikings, who even saw fit to murder two of the local bishops in 999 and 1080, the rotters. William the Conqueror (himself a descendant of a Viking warlord) later visited St. David's to pray and was quite taken by the place. The same was true of his son, the future King Henry I, who called for a new stone cathedral to be built here in the early 12th-century. Under Bishop Bernard the monastic community flourished, and in 1123 a Papal Privilege was bestowed upon the cathedral, decreeing that "two pilgrimages to St. David's is equal to one to Rome, and three pilgrimages to one to Jerusalem." Quite an honour indeed.
As with the majority of cathedrals in the British Isles, further additions and modifications were made to the building over the following centuries, with a few collapsed towers, a tornado and even an earthquake providing their own special input into the design we see today. New raiders, this time in the form of Cromwell's soldiers (not them again), also looted a great deal of the cathedrals treasures during the years of the Puritan Commonwealth of the mid 1600s, and so began a long period of decline.
It was not until the 1950s that new life was breathed into the cathedral, when the young and energetic Reverend Carl Witton-Davies was appointed as dean. His enthusiasm gave rise to the famous Welsh Youth Pilgrimages to St. David's, which helped to inspire a whole new generation of clergy in the country. The much abused and neglected cathedral was thus reborn.
Given that St. David's has been on the receiving end of so much grief in the past, the level of calmness and serenity surrounding the place is startling. I was just one of hundreds of visitors milling around that day, and we shuffled about in quiet awe at the beauty of it all. Even a group of French teenagers – notorious for their boisterous ways – maintained a level of hushed respect that was admirable.
The ornate vaulted ceiling of the main tower was one of many highlights and is well worth a painful crane of the neck to view in all its splendour. Nearby is is the 13th-century shrine of St. David, the focus of pilgrimages even today. Close to this another pilgrimage of sorts was being made at the tomb of Edmund Tudor, grandfather of (yes, you've guessed it) Henry VIII. Middle-Aged American women bustled around this with an air of reverence, trying to recall whether the man inside the lovely stone box had appeared on the TV series The Tudors. This famous royal dynasty have become quite popular over the last few years it seems, despite their strong penchant for killing and persecuting people in imaginative ways and displaying their heads on pikes; what times they were!
The Tudor-perverts went into spasm upon stepping foot into the Holy Trinity Chapel. Here the coat of arms of the dynasty's founder, Henry VII, are proudly displayed on the fine fan-vaulted ceiling. Henry had been born not too far from here in 1457, at the imposing Pembroke Castle, so the multitude of references to his family here were hardly surprising.
Increasing numbers of coach parties continued to arrive all morning and eventually the peace and quiet was lost. The general hubbub also made me uneasy, as it meant that the all-important lick might well be witnessed. I had come to realise now that no one was really offended if I licked a cathedral, it was just bloody embarrassing being spotted doing it. The memory of Rochester – when an avid crowd had gathered to watch me do the deed – still haunted me, and I had made a vow to never ask a stranger to take a licking-photo again.
So, I spent a good hour retracing my steps through the cathedral looking for a quiet spot to get the job done, but everywhere was brimming with visitors. Even in the quieter corners some boob would suddenly appear just as I had got into position and ruin everything. Memories of Chichester returned and how I had prayed for a bottle of chloroform and a flannel to deal with these people.In the end I used the Birmingham Cathedral tactic and filmed the lick instead. I do much prefer a photo of course, but it was not to be. I was pleased though to get the small statue of St. David in shot, however.
After so much anguish and trouble getting here it was a huge relief to get this one finally done. To celebrate I decided to stay the night in St. David's and enjoy its many charms, including the fabulous coastline nearby. Unfortunately my enquiries revealed that there was not a bed to be had in the whole city for the next few days, so full was the place with holiday-makers. Indeed, the High Street was now alive with them, and suddenly it had resembled Padstow or Salcombe, both popular weekend retreats for wealthy London folk. A little dejected I caught the next bus out of town and began a long and uncomfortable journey east to go lick yet another cathedral.


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