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Treatment of Persistent Urinary Incontinence in Children
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00124046
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 26, 2005
Last Update Posted : June 1, 2016
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|Condition or disease
|Urinary Incontinence
|Procedure: Surgery Procedure: Medical Treatment
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Eight % to sixteen % of school-aged children or approximately 50,000 children in British Columbia (BC) suffer from persistent urinary incontinence (i.e., beyond age 5 years, when continence is usually achieved). Prevalence decreases with age, yet studies indicate that 10%-25% of healthy adolescents and young adults also suffer from incontinence. Persistent incontinence has profound social, emotional and behavioral impacts, and adversely affects the quality of life of affected children and their families.
Typical management of incontinence in these patients includes repeated visits to the family doctor and long-term lifestyle changes and/or prescription use. Each year in BC, family doctors refer about 4500 children to pediatric urologists at BC Children's Hospital (BCCH). BCCH is the only tertiary care facility for children and youth in the province, so that children and parents come from all over BC for these appointments and for diagnostic urodynamics testing. Of these children who are evaluated by pediatric urologists each year, approximately 900 (20%) are designated as having dysfunctional voiding. In this group, following one year of non-responsiveness to medical treatment (medication, lifestyle), the urologist may refer the child to neurosurgery for assessment and possible surgery.
In recent years, the referral rate of children with incontinence to BCCH Neurosurgery has increased markedly from 1-2 to 12-15 children per year. This referral is because urinary incontinence in children is one of the clinical features of a tethered cord syndrome. In this syndrome, the lower end of the spinal cord (the conus) is pulled down lower than normal by a thickened band of tissue called the filum terminale, which runs inferiorly from the bottom of the spinal cord. This "tethered" condition can be treated by surgical section of the filum terminale. More recently, the concept of an occult tethered cord syndrome (OTCS) has been proposed; in OTCS, clinical symptoms (e.g., incontinence) are consistent with a tethered cord syndrome, but the conus ends at a normal location. The concept of the OTCS is controversial, and it is not yet clear whether or not section of the filum is appropriate. Filum section is a relatively minor procedure (akin to appendectomy) that requires general anesthesia during day surgery. In uncontrolled case series, section of the filum terminale in children with OTCS resulted in a 60%-97% improvement in symptoms.
Given this evidence that section of the filum may improve incontinence symptoms, urologists are keen to refer more patients to neurosurgeons. Furthermore, families are demanding more tests and options, and are ready to pursue surgery as treatment of their child's incontinence. This suggests that the referral rate to Neurosurgery will continue to increase, and there will be a crucial requirement to develop standard policies and procedures related to offering this surgery to children with incontinence. As yet, however, the effectiveness and appropriateness of the surgery have not been evaluated systematically.
To investigate this matter a comparison will be made between two randomized groups. One group will undergo early tethered cord release by section of the filum terminale through a limited posterior lumbar spinal exposure and continued medical therapy for 12 months. This group will be compared to a second that has continued standard medical therapy without surgical intervention for a further 12 months. This comparison will be made based on physiological markers of urinary incontinence, as measured by a urodynamic scale; and quality of life, as measured by a validated enuresis-specific quality of life scale. The intervention will be considered to be successful if it improves the urodynamic score by 20%, and the quality of life of the child and his family are significantly improved.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|14 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Factorial Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Treatment of Persistent Urinary Incontinence in Children
|Study Start Date :
|September 2005
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2015
|Active Comparator: Surgical
Procedure: Surgery
Surgery for this diagnosis is a standard of care, as is the medical treatment. We are comparing the two
|Active Comparator: Medical Treatment
Procedure: Medical Treatment
Surgery for this diagnosis is a standard of care, as is the medical treatment. We are comparing the two
- Quality of life, as measured by a validated enuresis-specific quality of life scale
- Any of the following radiographic findings leads to improved response to section of the filum: fat in the filum terminale, thickened filum terminale, presence of bifid lamina
- Presence of a growth spurt in the 6 months following the section of the filum compared to the 6 months prior
- Duration of urinary symptoms is negatively associated with improvement in urinary function
- The following subtle neurological abnormalities are predictors of good outcome following filum section: strength or sensory dysfunction, clinical symptoms of back or leg pain, inability to touch toes with forward flexion
- Section of the filum terminale leads to reduced frequency of urinary infections in the 12 months following surgery
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|5 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Urologic Inclusion Criteria:
- Primary or secondary daytime urinary incontinence, persistent over 12 months of medical treatment
- An abnormal 3 day voiding diary compiled over a 3 week voiding period completed after 12 months of medical treatment
- Normal bladder ultrasound (if bladder ultrasound shows more than minimal bladder thickening [>3.0mm at 50% filling of expected capacity or less] then a voiding cystourethrogram [VCUG] will be required to rule out bladder outlet obstruction)
- Abnormal urodynamic testing
Radiologic Inclusion Criteria:
- Normal position conus medullaris
- Any size filum terminale
- Any amount of fat in the filum terminale
- Terminal syringomyelia of less than one bony level is acceptable
- Lumbar bifid spinal lamina is acceptable
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with evidence of significant, progressive, lower extremity motor or sensory deficits, with evidence of progression over the previous 6 months
- The presence of cutaneous markings on the back, in the absence of confirmatory magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of a specific spinal dysraphism does not exclude the patient from participation
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00124046
|Canada, British Columbia
|Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4
|Principal Investigator:
|Paul Steinbok, MB, BS, FRCSC
|Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia
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|Responsible Party:
|University of British Columbia
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00124046 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|July 26, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 1, 2016
|Last Verified:
|May 2016
Urinary Incontinence in Children
Surgical Section of the Filum Terminale
Occult Tethered Cord Syndrome
Urodynamic Scale
Enuresis-Specific Quality of Life Scale
Urinary Incontinence
Urination Disorders
Urologic Diseases
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Urological Manifestations
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Panini's work on Sanskrit grammar is the forerunner of the modern formal language theory.
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Hippasus writes of a "sphere of 12 pentagons", which must refer to a dodecahedron.
About 450BC
Greeks begin to use written numerals. (See this History Topic.)
About 450BC
Zeno of Elea presents his paradoxes.
About 440BC
Hippocrates of Chios writes the Elements which is the first compilation of the elements of geometry.
About 430BC
Hippias of Elis invents the quadratrix which may have been used by him for trisecting an angle and squaring the circle.
About 425BC
Theodorus of Cyrene shows that certain square roots are irrational. This had been shown earlier but it is not known by whom.
About 400BC
Babylonians use a symbol to indicate an empty place in their numbers recorded in cuneiform writing. There is no indication that this was in any way thought of as a number. (See this History Topic.)
Plato founds his Academy in Athens
About 375BC
Archytas of Tarentum develops mechanics. He studies the "classical problem" of doubling the cube and applies mathematical theory to music. He also constructs the first automaton.
About 360BC
Eudoxus of Cnidus develops the theory of proportion, and the method of exhaustion.
About 340BC
Aristaeus writes Five Books concerning Conic Sections.
About 330BC
Autolycus of Pitane writes On the Moving Sphere which studies the geometry of the sphere. It is written as an astronomy text.
About 320BC
Eudemus of Rhodes writes the History of Geometry.
About 300BC
Euclid gives a systematic development of geometry in his Stoicheion (The Elements). He also gives the laws of reflection in Catoptrics.
About 290BC
Aristarchus of Samos uses a geometric method to calculate the distance of the Sun and the Moon from Earth. He also proposes that the Earth orbits the Sun.
About 250BC
In On the Sphere and the Cylinder, Archimedes gives the formulae for calculating the volume of a sphere and a cylinder. In Measurement of the Circle he gives an approximation of the value of π with a method which will allow improved approximations. In Floating Bodies he presents what is now called "Archimedes' principle" and begins the study of hydrostatics. He writes works on two- and three-dimensional geometry, studying circles, spheres and spirals. His ideas are far ahead of his contemporaries and include applications of an early form of integration.
About 235BC
Eratosthenes of Cyrene estimates the Earth's circumference with remarkable accuracy finding a value which is about 15% too big.
About 230BC
Nicomedes writes his treatise On conchoid lines which contain his discovery of the curve known as the "Conchoid of Nicomedes".
About 230BC
Eratosthenes of Cyrene develops his sieve method for finding all prime numbers. (See this History Topic.)
About 225BC
Apollonius of Perga writes Conics in which he introduces the terms "parabola", "ellipse" and "hyperbola".
About 200BC
Diocles writes On burning mirrors, a collection of sixteen propositions in geometry mostly proving results on conics.
About 200BC
Possible earliest date for the classic Chinese work Jiuzhang suanshu or Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art. (See this History Topic.)
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Date of earliest Chinese document Suanshu shu (A Book on Arithmetic). (See this History Topic.)
About 150BC
Hypsicles writes On the Ascension of Stars. In this work he is the first to divide the Zodiac into 360 degrees.
Hipparchus discovers the precession of the equinoxes and calculates the length of the year to within 6.5 minutes of the correct value. His astronomical work uses an early form of trigonometry.
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Mythical egg deliverer is maybe a hare — or a rabbit
Is the Easter Bunny a cottontail or a snowshoe hare?
Both are native to North America, unlike domesticated rabbits, which are elaborately bred descendents of European wild rabbits.
Hares are larger than rabbits, with bigger ears and feet. They're born fully furred and ready to run. Their longer back legs and toes are adaptations that provide additional surface area and support for walking on snow. Hence the name snowshoe hare. They also use their big feet to flee at the first sign of danger.
Snowshoe hares roam colder country, including the dense coniferous forests of the Rocky and Appalachian mountains and the Pacific Northwest. They avoid open ground, living in forests and thick cover where they can forage among brush.
Camouflage fur also protects hares from predators. In winter, hares are as white as the snowy ground. In the spring and summer, they turn a reddish-brown, blending in with dirt and rocks. The tips of their ears stay black year round.
Eastern cottontails are very different. They like meadows and farmland, where plants provide hiding places from predators. Born blind and helpless, they have fewer defenses than their bigger-eared cousins. Their fur doesn't change with the seasons to afford them camouflage, and when threatened, they typically freeze rather than run.
Rabbits survive as a species because they're so prolific.
If no young rabbits were lost from a litter, one rabbit pair might produce 350,000 offspring in five years.
But many don't survive infancy.
Mother cottontails nurse their babies only once or twice a day. The rest of the time, the mothers stay away so they don't attract predators. Often the babies hop around the nest exploring their surroundings. They are tiny — only tennis-ball-size — when they leave the nest to start life on their own.
So if you see a baby not in immediate danger, leave well enough alone.
To see if the mother's around, carefully arrange sticks in a pattern on top of the nest. Check back later. If the mother's come to nurse, the sticks will be disturbed.
If you do rescue a cottontail in need, don't try to care for it yourself. Keep it warm and quiet, and contact your nearest wildlife rehabilitator. Orphan baby rabbits are difficult to raise, and cottontails don't adapt well in captivity.
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WASHINGTON - House and Senate negotiators opened compromise talks Tuesday on legislation to expand health care for veterans, and said they hope for quick response to a scandal that has uncovered long wait times, false record-keeping and accusations of criminal activity at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
At their core, the bills passed by the House and Senate would allow millions of former members of the armed forces to seek health care outside the government's veterans system if they were unable to get a timely appointment inside it.
"The simple truth of the matter is that the VA needs more doctors, more nurses, more mental health providers, and, in certain parts of the country, more space for a growing patient population," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Independent who chairs the Senate veterans committee.
Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., and chairman of the House panel, noted the deaths reported among veterans awaiting care in Phoenix, Ariz., and said that for them, "our work begins too late. For veterans still waiting, our work begins" none too soon, he added.
Talking with reporters afterward, Miller said that because the House is insisting any increases be paid for, it will be necessary to "go outside the VA to look for offsets." He didn't elaborate what areas he had in mind.
Several Republicans questioned the Congressional Budget Office's estimates of the cost of the legislation, saying the non-partisan agency didn't factor in provisions that would save money.
CBO put the cost of the Senate bill at $35 billion over three years. It said the price tag of the House measure is about $44 billion over six years.
Several aides said the goal is to reach agreement and pass a compromise by the end of July, although Miller declined to state a deadline for action.
The first day's meeting consisted entirely of prepared speeches, delivered in turn by members of the House and Senate.
The lawmakers met one day after the latest indication of a federal agency in deep trouble. In a letter to President Barack Obama, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said the agency shows a "troubling pattern of deficient patient care" and also pays little attention to reports from its own whistleblowers.
The scandal - which cost former secretary Eric Shinseki his job - erupted this spring with reports - as yet unproven - that a delay in care at the agency's facility in Phoenix, Ariz., contributed to the deaths of about 35 veterans.
It quickly mushroomed when a VA report concluded that about 1,700 veterans in need of care were "at risk of being lost or forgotten" at the center after being kept off an official, electronic waiting list. Then came reports of problems at numerous facilities around the country, including widespread reports of records falsified to make it look like veterans were getting timely appointments even though they were not.
In a bow to the political influence of veterans, the House and Senate acted with unusual speed to respond, and both houses approved legislation earlier this month.
In addition to allowing veterans to seek care outside the VA system, both bills also authorize the agency to sign leases for new facilities, 27 in the House measure and 26 under the Senate bill.
Both bills enhance authority of the department's secretary to fire or demote senior executives, although the Senate-passed measure includes employee protections that the House bill lacks.
Both also crack down on bonuses, some of which were used as an incentive for employees to meet patient scheduling guidelines. The House measure bans bonuses at the department through 2016, while the Senate measure blocks them from being awarded based on prompt scheduling of medical appointments.
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Carpet Oasis is open during the Dubai Shopping Festival. It offers a treasure trove of carpets, with traders from all over the world offering good value on a comprehensive range of floor coverings. There are thousands of unique, exclusive, handmade, oriental and persian carpets and rugs from around the globe. Carpet Oasis also offers a large collection of antique souvenirs.
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The w3schools introduction to Javascript is as follows:
Javascript is THE scripting language of the Web.
Javascript is easy to learn and a great language for people who are new to programming.
OR you can pick an IDE :
Aptana Studio - my personal favorite for Javascript
Internet Explorer 8: Tools->Developer Tools-> 'scripts' tab
FireFox: Tools->Error Console. I recommend firefox users to get Firebug too.
Chrome: Wrench Icon->Tools->Javascript console
Opera: Menu->Page->Developer Tools->Error console
Safari: ?? Can't find it!
1) Javascript Tutorial and references at w3schools
2) Javascript guide, reference and a lot more at Mozilla Developer Center for Javascript
3) Another Javascript reference at javascriptkit.com. And also useful snippets here
4) Object-Oriented Javascript Part 1 and Part 2.
5) Video lecture on Javascript from Harvard.
6) PromoteJS.com
Javascript, many a times, is used along with other technologies like AJAX, JSON and server side technologies like PHP,ASP,JSP or Python.
Resources and Libraries
Making Javascript components can bring hours of fun, but when it comes to professional Javascript development, it is difficult to get anything done without using frameworks.Which brings us to the interesting part of Javascript.
1) YUI Library - YUI 2 and YUI 3. : Professional Javascript framework from Yahoo! Corp.
Dojo ToolKit
You mat look at a list of popular Javascript frameworks at wikipedia.
2) Use Java to generate Javascript with Google Web ToolKit (GWT) or Rhino.
3) Google Maps API
Other Resources
1) JSLint - Javascript syntax checker and validator.
2) Code compressors/minifiers:
YUI Compressor (Here's an online YUI compressor)
Dojo Compressor.
3) Found a set of videos here
To achieve faster page loading, read the following (You will find few conflicting opinions ):
Future of Javascript
Read the HTML5 presentation at html5rocks.com.Note that you will need a HTML5 compatible browser.
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There is usually little or no effect on the ability to walk for those with genu varum. Children usually have no symptoms, while adults may feel some discomfort on the outside of their knees. If left untreated, however, uneven stress and wear on the knees often leads to the early onset of arthritis. Visually, the legs of those with genu varum are bowed outward.
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The most common cause of genu varum is rickets or any condition that prevents bones from forming properly. Skeletal problems, infection and tumors can affect the growth of the leg, which can cause one leg to be bowed. Arthritis, if it affects the inside of the knee more than the outside can lead to bowed legs, as can a fracture that does not heal properly. Some professions, such as jockey, can lead to bow-leggedness, as can physical trauma.


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A successful day on the mountain starts with a proper plan. In the first episode of a new article series ski mountaineer Greg Hill gives you tips on how to plan your ski tour with Movescount.com and other online tools.
"The amazing amount of tools that are now available for trip planning should almost mean that every trip will be perfectly planned," Greg Hill says.
"I remember all the exploratory missions that I went on that didn't go as planned. These don't happen as often now that we can really study where we are going."
Prior to any trip Greg plays around on Google Earth and looks at his desired mountaintop.
"Through Google Earth it is possible to see what is involved: the overhead hazards, cliffs, treelike, access issues, all sorts of pertinent information. With this program you can see pretty much anything a birds eye view would give you."
One thing Google Earth can't help you with are the weather and current condition. For the latest in snow safety, Greg looks at the avalanche reports from the professionals.
"In Canada we go to avalanche.ca and get some great information on the snowpack. This information adds to what I know and gives me a broader perspective on the layers and hazards out in the mountains," he says.
Different countries and areas have different services. In North America the go-to places are American Avalanche Association's avalanche.org and Avalanche Canada's avalanche.ca. The different avalanche centers in Europe can be found at European Avalanche Warning Service's site.
For more detailed planning Greg uses Movescount's route planner.
"Planning routes on Movescount can really add to the knowledge I need to pull of successful trips. It is possible to find out distances both horizontally and vertically. These are huge assets to figuring out how long the adventure will take."
By looking at the distances Greg can figure out how long the tour will take. His rule of thumb is that a group will climb 300 meters in an hour and do approximately 3 kilometers of distance. For his own tours he doubles the numbers to 600 meters up and over 6 kilometers in distance.
A great new addition for planning routes in Movescount is the altitude profile on Movescount's Route planner: When creating a new route in Route planner select the Mapbox map option. Below the map you will see the altitude profile of the planned route in real-time as you draw your route on the map.
READ ALSO Tutorial Tuesday: How to plan a route with Movescount
It's not only the conditions on the mountain Greg is interested in when hunting for fresh snow.
"Our roads get closed quite often due to avalanche control or accidents so I look at drivebc.ca to see if there is anything planned or anything has happened," Greg says.
Also web cameras along the roads and at resorts can give you a view of current conditions.
Stay tuned for the next article in Greg Hill's ski touring tip series!
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and celebrate Keith Olbermann's move to Current. Yes, Current! The network that barely lives up to its name! Watch as Keith makes melodramatic pleas to the President on a channel that usually features random YouTube footage of college protesters! LET'S GO!
ONLY IN AMERICA WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY – 9:00PM (History Channel) All of my history teachers in school were boring. You know what would have made me more passionate about the past? If it had been presented to me by a fake redneck comedian! Yes, that's right. From the History Channel, a channel that deemed "The Kennedys" to be off-brand, comes a history show starring Larry the freakin' Cable Guy. In tonight's premiere, Larry takes a look at the history of moonshining (of course he does) and frog jumping in California. Did you know communism was invented in California? Larry says so, and that's good enough for me. Seriously, though. You need to watch this show, if only to become wildly outraged. ANTICIPATION: LARRY!
GLEE – 8:00PM (FOX) And at the other end of the culture war spectrum, we have Ryan Murphy's musical comedy riding the post-Super Bowl ratings spike. Tonight, you'll be treated to loving renditions of Michael Jackson's "Pretty Young Thing" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen. Many Glee fans have criticized the show of late for being just a series of disjointed set pieces and lacking in narrative flow. I had failed to notice this, because Murphy is so shrewd at distracting me with jazz hands. ANTICIPATION: JAZZY!
TRAFFIC LIGHT – 9:30PM (FOX) Fox tries again to make waves with a live action sitcom. This one focuses on three friends who are in varying stages in the relationships with women, each of which is represented by a color on a traffic light. That's right, people. Fox now knows how to use metaphors. Tread cautiously. ANTICIPATION: MILD!
BIZARRE FOODS – 9:00PM (Travel Channel) Andrew Zimmern travels to Madagascar to eat beetles. He also witnesses a ritual circumcision. I really, really, really do not want to know what he does with the leftovers. ANTICIPATION: COVER YOUR EYES!
LOVE/LUST – 10:00PM (Sundance Channel) Learn all about the creation of Coco Chanel's little black dress in this new series that traces the history of iconic fashion items. You know what would have made this show better? You guessed it: If Larry the Cable Guy had hosted it. Let Larry tell you the story of the legendary flannel shirt with the sleeves cut off. ANTICIPATION: FETCH!


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Oh, joy…yet another bible-walloping lackwit claiming that god hates gay marriage…and this time he claims to have a biological justification.
"You only have 15 percent of the middle who are hypocrites, who think, Jesus is cool, but I don't agree with how he defined marriage," Klingenschmitt said. "When Jesus talks about one flesh, he's really being a scientist, he's being a biologist. Because he realizes and he's articulating simple biology, that when a sperm and an egg form together, they match in a zygote and a new DNA is formed and it becomes one new human flesh."
"[W]e're not reading our biology textbooks," the former chaplain added.
"Which were written by Jesus, as you say," Pakman pointed out. "Jesus was a biologist."
"Well, he defined marriage between one man and one women, becoming one zygote, becoming one flesh," Klingenschmitt insisted. "And that's the only way in the next 100 years that humans are going to be able to procreate. If you get two men together and they mate, they're not going to have a baby. If you get three women and a dog together, and they all mate together, they're not going to have a baby."
Wait, wait there. I can read Matthew 19 just as well as Satan can, and that's where he claims Jesus is discussing biology. Here's the relevant passage:
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Jesus is talking about the man and woman becoming "one flesh", not sperm and egg. He also doesn't mention zygote even once.
He's not describing fertilization at all. That's the plot of The Human Centipede!


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Big soft cookies are awesome. Guilt-free, cocoa-infused ones with TWO types of chocolate chips are exceptionally awesome! Preheat the oven, grab a baking sheet, and prepare yourself for the BEST SOFTIES EVER! Ingredients: 1/4 cup brown sugar (not packed) 2 tbsp. Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated), or HG Alternative 2 tbsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown), room temperature 2 tbsp. no-sugar-added applesauce 2 tbsp. fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original) 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract 1/3 cup whole-wheat flour 2 packets hot cocoa mix with 20 - 25 calories each (like Swiss Miss Diet or Nestlé Fat Free) 1/4 tsp. baking powder 1/8 tsp. salt 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats 2 tbsp. mini semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 tbsp. white chocolate chips, chopped Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray. In a medium bowl, thoroughly whisk brown sugar, Splenda, butter, applesauce, egg substitute, and vanilla extract. Add flour, cocoa mix, baking powder, and salt, and stir until smooth. Fold in oats, chocolate chips, and chopped white chocolate chips. Spoon batter onto the sheet in 6 evenly spaced mounds. Use the back of a spoon to spread and flatten into 3-inch circles. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a softie comes out mostly clean, about 10 minutes. Eat up! MAKES 6 SERVINGS
Serving Size: 1 softie (1/6th of recipe) Calories: 151 Fat: 5g Sodium: 164mg Carbs: 24g Fiber: 2g Sugars: 13g Protein: 3g PointsPlus® value 4*
HG Alternative: Swap out the Splenda for the same amount of granulated white sugar, and each softie will have 164 calories, 27.5g carbs, and 17g sugars (PointsPlus® value 4*).
It's just math. What's better than chocolate? TWO kinds of chocolate. Better than that? THREE kinds of chocolate. But when other numbers come into play -- namely, the calorie and fat counts from all of this chocolate -- things get tricky. That's when we at HG roll up our sleeves and start subtracting. Subtract from the loads of butter that go into conventional cookies. Subtract from the massive amount of sugar that's usually used. We play it smart with the chocolate elements: low-calorie cocoa mix in the cookie base, mini chocolate chips, and chopped white chocolate chips. Next thing you know, POOF! You've got the equation for guilt-free softies that'll make you feel like the super-genius you are. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Serving Size: 1 medium-large cookie Calories: 306 Fat: 13.5g Sodium: 235mg Carbs: 42.5g Fiber: 1.5g Sugars: 26g Protein: 3g PointsPlus® value 8*
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Giant triple tail
Historically, late May and early June is the go-to time for our better inland saltwater fishing. The Sabine Jetty as well as the surf should also be included in that. Yes, there are good umbers of fish around practically all year long, but the action goes from good to excellent now. Sheepshead, black drum and redfish along with a few outsize speckled trout and flounder were the rule. Now all of the above along with many other species have arrived. Big schools of sand trout, croaker, Spanish mackerel, sharks and the popular triple tails will all be around for local anglers to do battle with. Both boaters and bank fishermen can look forward to enjoying the action.
June is usually when the aforementioned triple tails invade our local surf as well as the inland lakes in Louisiana. These fish have a distinct appearance, and that's how they got their name. The dorsal and anal fins go back to nearly the same length as their tail, thus the triple tail.
Only a few years back, there was no regulations on the harvest number or the size for retaining these fish. That is not the case anymore. There is a three fish per angler limit as well as a 17-inch minimum length now enforced. The recorded Texas state record triple tail weighs 33.50 pound and was 34 inches long. It was caught in June 1984 by Eddie Porter in Matagorda Bay. Most of the triple tails landed locally are between 19-20 inches long, with some somewhat longer.
The triple tail is a really super table fish and they are unique battlers. These fish will spend most of their time around almost any type of structure. Floating patches of seaweed, wood and debris, as well as buoys are great places to look for these fish. Shrimp, small crabs and whatever lives in and around the debris is their food source. These fish will lie on the surface on their sides, making them visible to anglers. They are mottled in color and they will many times appear to be black, much as a piece of floating plastic.
I recommend using either live shrimp or a small lead head jig that resembles a shrimp. Even small feather jigs will work well. For easier casting, a 1/8 to 1/4 ounce silver spoon with a bucktail will take the odd looking fish.
Several years ago when beach seining was legal, many various fish species were caught at times. Both sport seiners and commercial seiners would enjoy the harvest of the sea. So would the folks that dined at seafood restaurants. The one fish that neither sport nor commercial fishermen would part with was the prize of the table, the triple tail. These fish were the ones that would grace their own tables. By the way, at that time the local name for the triple tail was rock fish.
I had mentioned earlier that the triple tail preferred small shrimp, crabs, or what ever else lived in the floating seaweed or debris. That does make the live bait or smaller lures more productive. Small in this case doesn't not mean tender. Whatever type of offering you use, it should be high quality and strong. The use of wire hooks will result in just as many strikes as the steel hooks, but fewer fish in the cooler.
The triple tails do not show up around here until the waters begin to warm. That might be the reason why for lots of years few anglers would actually head out after them. It was simply a lack of knowledge about their habits. With the new breed of anglers around, many of them, no matter what their primary quarry is, make sure to check any likely places around for the triple tail.
Remember to look for what appears to be a floating piece of plastic or dark wood that's near structure or seaweed. Next get into easy casing range and cast your offering out ahead of the fish. When the bait or lure gets near enough, it will disappear and the battle will be on. These fish will turn their side to you, and that makes it a much tougher battle to land it. They fight just like a bluegill does in freshwater.
The flesh may be prepared much as other fish filets are. I have not found any cooking method that is not just super. Treat these fish as the prize that they are. Once you get into the triple tail fishing, you'll try it time and again.
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My friend at school had her birthday yesterday and another one of the teachers made her a red velvet cake… positively loaded with icing.
It looked… awesome.
And it looked… terrible.
It looked so awesome tasty and that's what made it look terrible. It looked like a terrible turn off the path for me. I eyed that cake through most of lunch… talking about it in my mind.
I don't have to eat it.
But it is her birthday, so you'd better have some.
Yeah, but no one will notice if you don't eat it.
Oh, what if the girl who made it notices if I don't eat it and she gets her feelings hurt thinking my decline means that I don't think it will taste good?
Maybe I could slip out before she even offers it.
But, I mean, it's just one slice.
And that's what got me. I remembered all the times that I've said "just one" and then later that always turns into "Well, since I already had one then I might as well…"
But then I remembered two other times that I've quite successfully celebrated my own birthday without cake… when I turned 34 and when I turned 35.
So I said to myself "Ya know. It will still be Adria's birthday even if I don't have cake."
Annnnnnnnd that was it.
The struggle was over. I sat through the rest of lunch, cake-less.
But also stressless. sugarless. guiltless. gluttonless.
And yet despite all that "less", I sure was…
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I haven't been much of a Chris Christie supporter lately. In the beginning, I admired his ability to stand up to the teacher's unions. Since then, I've decided that this was less a principled position and more a reflection of a highly aggressive personality. Outside of the unions, he's too much of a RINO, and I'm suspicious about his Saudi ties. He'd be a better president than Obama, but that's a low bar. If he ended up on top of the Republican ticket opposite Hillary, I'd vote for him, but primarily because Hillary would finish the job Obama's done, and anything is (I think) better than that. So that's my view about Chris Christie.
What I want to talk about here is the scandal. It seems that nothing has ever happened before that's been as thrilling as the fact that a Republican governor's employee had a nearly unspoken agreement with another of the governor's employees that, if a Democrat mayor ticked them off, they'd use their power to create traffic havoc in his town. (For punsters, we finally have a "toll-gate" scandal.) A 91-year-old lady whose ambulance got stuck the traffic jam died later, and her death could be attributed to the delay. (Only God knows for sure.) The whole affair is nasty, unprincipled, and petty. The employees deserved to be fired, and Christie fired them. The media is having what Matt Drudge describes as a feeding frenzy. Fine. It's their job to sell the news.
But what about a few other scandals that probably could have sold news too?
A Secretary of State, despite repeated pleas from an ambassador in one of the world's most dangerous areas, refuses to heighten security. The ambassador and three others die. The media does minimal reporting and then ignores the story.
A nation's diplomatic mission in a foreign country is attacked. Four people die and unknown numbers of confidential documents vanish. The besieged nation's President Secretary of State speak once and then both refuse to explain their whereabouts. Rumors are that the president went to bed early to prepare for a campaign event. The media does minimal reporting and then ignores the story.
A president deputizes one of his employees to go on Sunday talk shows to explain that an attack on its diplomatic mission, which left four dead, including an ambassador, occurred because of a 10-minute YouTube video that was perceived as being uncomplimentary to Islam. To add an air of verisimilitude to this otherwise unconvincing narrative, the administration trumps up charges to arrest the video's maker, in what many see as a blatant attack on free speech in the service of Islam. The media does minimal reporting and then ignores the story.
An Attorney General arranges to have hundreds of guns smuggled into Mexico. There are two theories about this, neither good. The first is that the guns were supposed to be traceable, so as to track gun and drug crime coming out of Mexico, but that the AG's incompetent employees forgot to add the necessary electronics. The second is that the AG deliberately released weapons into Mexico to support his anti-gun campaign. "See," he would say. "We told you that our nation's guns are despoiling the world." In any event, the guns with the AG's name on them killed one of his own border agent as well as hundreds of Mexican civilians. The media does minimal reporting and then ignores the story.
A nation's troops, most notably its Marines, sweat, and bleed, and die in a terrorist-ridden town in Iraq. Their success there helps turn a years' long war around, paving the way for a simulacrum of democracy in a country whose people lived for decades at the mercy of a sadistic tyrant. It's not true democracy, but it's close enough; people are experiencing relative freedom for the first time in their lives; and the government is relatively friendly the liberating western nation. At the end of WWII, faced with this situation, the victorious nation stuck around for another 60+ years to hang onto that victory. This time, though, the president walked away without a second glance and without any effort to secure hard-won gains. Two years after the president declared, not victory, but "war over," that same town has once again fallen to the terrorists. The president is silent. The media does minimal reporting and then ignores the story.
A nation's people learn that the government is spying on their every communication. It started before the current president, but has escalated madly during his administration. Even some media outlets learn that the government has been spying on their telephone calls. One would think that this outrage would encourage them to reconsider their blind faith in the current administration. It does not. After a few huffs and puffs, the media does minimal reporting and then ignores the story.
A nation's tax-collecting agency, which is it's most feared and powerful agency, turns out to have been engaged in a systematic effort to silence all conservative and pro-Israel speech. The timing shows that the effort was manifestly intended to disrupt the 2012 presidential election, and it may well have done so, giving a squeaker of an election to the candidate from the Democrat-party. All people of good will, regardless of party, should be horrified by this type of partisan overreach from a nation's most powerful agency. The media, however, is unperturbed. It does minimal reporting and then ignores the story.
Beginning in 2009, a president tells his people a series of bald-faced lies. The documentary evidence shows that he knew that they were lies when he told them. That is, it wasn't ignorance or wishful thinking on his part. Instead, he was running a scam. This giant fraud begins to unravel on October 1, 2013, and with every passing day, the public learns more about the administration's lies, incompetence, and cronyism. This knowledge is made manifest in the most painful of ways, as millions of people lose the security of insurance plans, doctors, and hospitals, even as they are being forced to pay more money for fewer benefits. Although the media dutifully points out the problems in the first month, by the second month, it returns to lap dog status, crowing about thousands of sign-ups, with scant attention to the fact that it's unknown whether those who signed up have actually paid for new policies. The same media downplays the certain fact that more people have lost beloved policies than gained lousy ones under the new system.
Yes, I tried to keep that nation's identity anonymous, but you've figured it out. The nation in which a president and his administration, through a combination of fraud, lies, and incompetence, have caused people's deaths, wasted military deaths, destroyed a functioning health care system, spied on its citizens, and possibly corrupted election outcomes, routinely gets a pass from the media. Our MSM does just enough reporting to lay claim to some credibility as a "news" outlet, and then ignores as hard as possible whatever issue could hurt a Democrat president. The whole thing is declared "over" after Jon Stewart, through selective clips, announces that Fox News is insane. The media heaves a sigh of relief, and goes back to guarding the administration. That system, of course, doesn't apply when a vaguely Republican governor is tied to a traffic jam (admittedly, a malicious, unprincipled traffic jam). In that case, the 24-hour news cycle kicks into overtime.
Looking at today's headlines, I'd have to say that the biggest scandal of them isn't either Christie's toll-gate or Obama's just-about-everything-gate. Instead, it is the fact that we have a Democrat lap-dog media that still has the temerity to call itself a "free press."


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Special Report: Military Family Support
In proclaiming November as Military Family Month, President Barack Obama urged Americans to show enduring gratitude to military families and their loved ones for contributing to the nation's legacy. Obama said "their courage serves as a model of character and distinction, and their devotion to our country must be met with the recognition it deserves."
Learn more in the Defense.gov special report, Military Family Support: http://www.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/1115_familysupport


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Milwaukee Talks: Bob Uecker
PHOENIX -- The Milwaukee Brewers biggest star today is a career .200 hitter who's never even played for the team. But Bob Uecker, the radio voice of the team for 32 years, has just about done it all.
Nationwide, fans still remember Uecke as an actor, comedian and author. To Brewers fans, though, he's a no nonsense scholar of the game who's not afraid to criticize a pitcher who can't throw strikes. Here in Milwaukee, we also appreciate him for his dry sense of humor that can keep any game entertaining, even when the team is mired in a slump. We caught up with Mr. Baseball this March at Maryvale Baseball Park, the Spring Training home of the Brewers. Even while nursing a sore throat, Uecke had plenty to say about the team, his career and what keeps him motivated after all these years.
OMC: You've been announcing Brewers games for 32 years. How do you get motivated to entertain us after more than a decade of on-the-field futility?
BU: I don't think there's any motivation involved. It's baseball. It's my job. It's something I've done for a very long time, not only doing the games on the radio, but having been a player and being in the clubhouse, on the field and up here.
I've been to the bottom, and I've been to the top, winning a World Series with the Cardinals in 1964. I think there's always a little extra incentive to really enjoy being around baseball. I still enjoy being around baseball and being around the guys. I still get a kick out of doing the games. If I didn't, I wouldn't do it anymore.
You know, you do something for so long, it becomes part of your way of living. I don't know what I would do if I didn't do baseball. I've never wanted to do anything else. The acting and all the other stuff, that's all fine. I sometimes get a little testy in the middle of the summer when the club's not playing well. But I know they're not going out there and trying to lose. But I don't like losing even when I'm up here.
OMC: You are known for getting on the players when they underachieve. I can hear it in my head, "Folks, he just ... walked ... the leadoff man. Hmmph!" How do players react to your style?
BU: I know they're trying to throw strikes, but there are some times when players don't apply themselves as much as they should or give themselves as much credit. Everyone is here as a big league player, and those who take it to the next level and really excel, are guys who really go out there and bust their rear ends. And that's what it takes. But up here you still have to be enthusiastic about the game, and you want people to listen.
Sometimes it takes someone outside of the game to keep people listening and having fun -- and not so much at the players' expense. I can look around the ballpark and have fun with things going on, or I can go back and look at things that happened during my career as a player. I can draw on the contacts I've made in and outside of baseball and have fun, without taking anything away from the game. But there's a fine line. In spring, you can mess around all you want. Half the guys are taken in and out of the game. Nobody knows what's going on, but once you get into the regular season, there's a fine line between messing around and having fun, especially when you have a good game going on. If you've got a good game, you want to back off some of that stuff. But if you're getting blown out, of if you're blowing someone else out, there's nothing wrong with having a little fun.Page 1 of 3 (view all on one page)
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Glenn B. Burt III said: Good job and well written, Mr. Tarnoff! my mother-in-law me become a Uecker and Brewers fan 18 years ago when she gave me a copy of his "Catcher in the Wry". She was helping me understand why her daughter and all her friends knew all the Brewer players, while indoctrinating me into Wisconsinisms. Still think it is tops for homespun dry humor. Unfortunely, living in Oklahoma kept us from hearing him call games until moving �up nort�� 4 years ago. These days, when driving home from work, I look forward to catching his calls on Wausau�s News Radio 550 WSAU and 620 WTMJ Milwaukee. It's a slow day at work, so we have the Brewers-Cubs on now while enjoying your article, heheh. Thanks for perking up the day!
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While I am a fan of director M. Night Shyamalan's story ideas, his feature film track record has fallen off precipitously since 1999's The Sixth Sense. Perhaps a dip in the small screen pool will get him back on track, as Shyamalan is heading to SyFy with the scripted series, Proof. Based on an original idea from Shyamalan (+1), Proof revolves around the orphaned son of billionaire parents who offers a reward if someone can present proof of life after death; Shyamalan will also direct (-1?). Hit the jump for more.
THR also reported that Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) would be attached to the project as a producer. Noxon and Shyamalan would co-write the project, as well as being on hand as executive producers alongside Ashwin Rajan of Shyamalan's Blinding Eagle.
SyFy recently parted ways with longtime series Eureka and opted out of renewing Sanctuary, while extending Total Blackout and Lost Girl. The cable network gave Proof a put-pilot commitment, basically guaranteeing that the pilot will be aired and the series will likely be picked up, as otherwise they'd have to pay out anyway.
Shyamalan recently wrapped on After Earth, a futuristic sci-fi film that stars Will Smith and Jayden Smith as, you guessed it, father and son.


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I adapted this chocolate-mayonnaise cupcakes recipe from one by Hellmann's, increasing the cocoa powder and sugar and reducing the eggs by one. It's easy to assemble and practically foolproof. The batter is rich and deeply chocolaty and results in bouncy little cupcakes that don't dissolve into a shower of crumbs with the first bite. You must, must, must try these with the Caramel-Butterscotch Buttercream Frosting; its robust singed-brown-sugar flavor perfectly complements the almost black plainness of the cupcakes. In fact, it's so good, it might become your go-to frosting.–Jill O'Connor
Chocolate-Mayonnaise Cupcakes with Caramel-Butterscotch Frosting
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- Makes 24 standard cupcakes
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- For the cupcakes
- 2 cups bleached all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup natural cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup store bought or homemade mayonnaise (not low-fat)
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups boiling water
- For the caramel
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 cup heavy cream
- For the butterscotch frosting
- 6 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 pounds cold unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons bourbon
- Make the cupcakes
- 1. Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350°F (175°C). Line two standard 12-cup muffin tins with paper cupcake liners.
- 2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- 3. In another bowl, combine the sugar and eggs and beat with an electric mixer set at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the mayonnaise and vanilla just until combined. Reduce the speed to medium and beat in half of the flour mixture just until combined.
- 4. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add half of the boiling water and beat at very low speed, just until the batter is smooth, 5 to 10 seconds. Add the remaining flour mixture and beat just until combined, 5 to 10 seconds longer. Beat in the remaining water. The batter will be somewhat thin.
- 5. Divide the batter among the prepared cupcake cup liners, filling them about two-thirds full. Bake until a wooden skewer inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Transfer the tin to wire racks and let cool completely.
- Make the caramel sauce
- 6. Combine the granulated sugar and water in a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Cook, gently swirling the pan occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and starts to change color. Increase the heat to high and boil until the syrup turns a deep amber color, 4 to 5 minutes. Watch carefully, as it can burn quickly.
- 7. Immediately remove the pan from the heat and stir in the cream with a wooden spoon. Return the pan to the stove, reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook, stirring constantly, until the caramel thickens, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the sauce from the heat and let cool.
- Make the buttercream frosting
- 8. While the sauce is cooling, prepare the buttercream. Combine the eggs and brown sugar in the metal bowl of a standing mixer. (Alternatively, use a metal mixing bowl and a handheld electric mixer, but be prepared for a workout.)
- 9. Fill a large saute pan or frying pan with water and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
- 10. Place the mixing bowl in the simmering water and whisk the eggs and sugar constantly until the sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture is thick and fluffy and very hot, 3 to 4 minutes. Use an instant-read thermometer to check the temperature; it should be anywhere between 120°F and 140°F (49°C to 60°C).
- 11. Remove the bowl from the simmering water and, using the whisk attachment, beat the eggs at medium-high speed until they are tripled in volume and form soft peaks and the bottom of the bowl is completely cool to the touch, about 10 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and salt.
- 12. While the eggs are mixing, unwrap the individual sticks of butter and rewrap them loosely in plastic wrap. Pound the butter 5 or 6 times with a rolling pin, or until the butter is soft and malleable but still cool.
- 13. With the mixer speed still on medium-high, add the butter, approximately 2 tablespoons at a time, to the egg mixture, beating in each addition until it is incorporated. When all the butter has been incorporated, slowly dribble in the bourbon. Don't start to panic if the buttercream seems too liquid or looks curdled as you beat in the butter. It will magically emulsify into a smooth, creamy frosting by the time the last little bit of butter is mixed in. Have faith; it's worth it.
- 14. When the buttercream is smooth and glossy, turn off the mixer and, using a rubber spatula, fold in 1/2 cup of the cool caramel sauce. For a stronger flavor, fold in up to 1/2 cup more caramel sauce.
- 15. When the cupcakes are completely cool, frost them with the Caramel-Butterscotch Buttercream Frosting and serve.
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On behalf of the Bel Air Independence Day Committee Inc., I wish to thank the greater Bel Air and Harford County community for its response to this year's parade. The weather was just beautiful, wasn't it? A bit hot, but not too bad, with a lovely breeze! No threat of rain, and it actually got clearer and clearer as the evening went on.
After all these years, I guess I shouldn't be so surprised at the size of the crowd, but I was — it was an immense crowd, certainly much larger than last year. I want to compliment the citizens of the Town of Bel Air and of Harford County for their behavior. The entire parade showed greater Bel Air to be the patriotic, fun and accessible family-oriented community it truly is.
Many people do not realize that the Bel Air July 4th parade, as part of the overall Independence Day celebrations in Bel Air, is funded and run by an independent not-for-profit organization, the Bel Air Independence Day Committee Inc., which has a vision of what the parade should be, and tries, to the best of its ability, to bring this vision to reality. Of course, the committee relies on the contributions of individuals, businesses and municipalities - contributions of time, effort and funds. We interact with town government and law enforcement, and with the town Department of Public Works. The committee also takes into account the needs of the town itself, and the sheer practicality and logistics inherent in mounting such an event.
For instance, in planning for 2013, we decided to shorten the parade's length by about 45 minutes, to give people more time to relocate from where they viewed the parade to where they would view the fireworks, and to make it easier for the Town of Bel Air DPW and police department to regroup and redeploy from one part of the town to the other, in daylight. It's not easy for a small town to accommodate the influx of tens of thousands (maybe more!) people, all arriving at basically the same time, looking for parking, and seating, and food, and services. Think of the stress this puts on the roads, sidewalks, parks and parking lots. That Bel Air, Maryland, pulls it off almost as a matter of course speaks volumes about the professionalism and talents of those public servants who are charged with maintaining order. Our goal was to end the parade while it was still light and bright, and we did. We hope that the extra time thus given was useful to all and helped lessen the "holiday anxiety" that we all sometimes feel.
In these challenging economic times, it is surely significant that our committee has received such support from our community for the parade, beginning with our premier sponsor, Harford Mutual Insurance Company. Other major sponsors were Jones Junction, our program sponsor; band sponsors Balsamo, Stewart, Lutters & Ruth, CPAs; Buontempo Brothers/Tower Restaurant; The Festival at Bel Air Shopping Center; HAR-CO Maryland Federal Credit Union; Klein's ShopRite of Maryland; Plaza Ford; PNC Bank; and TD Bank.
Sponsoring organizations overall include the Bel Air Auxiliary Police Unit, the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Inc., the Town of Bel Air and the Lions Club of Bel Air. The committee also received contributions from dozens of individuals and businesses, as listed in our program and on our web site, http://www.belairjuly4.org.
I wish especially to thank the Town of Bel Air commissioners and Town Administrator Christopher Schlehr; Police Chief Leo Matrangola; Deputy Chief Rick Peschek, the entire Bel Air Police Department, and Town of Bel Air Public Works personnel, led by Chuck Tracy and Mike Cornett, for their help. Mike Krantz and Laura Stafford from the Town of Bel Air administration helped a great deal as well, especially arranging for the use of the Bel Air Reckord Armory, where Armory Manager Dave Gigliotti made some of our out-of-town bands very welcome for the night of July 4th. Band Directors Mary Lynn Twentey of C. Milton Wright High School, Richard Hauf of Havre de Grace High School, Tony Domenico of Bel Air High School, John Wojciechowski of Edgewood High School, Lewis Blandon of Joppatowne High School, Ronald Burke of Patterson Mill High School and Marc Bolden of John Carroll School also deserve high marks for turning their bands out in such great numbers and with such great spirit, in the midst of summer vacation.
To the many businesses, clubs, individuals, organizations and groups who participated in the parade - you truly exemplify what it means to be public-spirited, patriotic and community-minded. The decorated floats, cars and marching units were many and colorful; your patience and spirit of fun kept shining right until the end of the parade.
I want to also thank our elected public officials for their cooperation and spirited participation.
We all send our grateful appreciation to the residents and businesses on Bond Street, Rockspring Road, Ellendale Street and Gordon Street, who kindly allowed us to marshal the parade in front and all around them during the afternoon and evening! Particular thanks goes to Klein's ShopRite, which gave us total use of their parking lots at their Main Street location and those of the ShopRite Gas-N-Go filling station from 4 p.m. until the parade was over. We also owe a great debt of gratitude to Harford Mutual Insurance Company, our premier sponsor, which allowed us to use its parking lots to marshal marching units and notable people, to the Bel Air Presbyterian Church, which let our beauty pageant representatives relax in air-conditioned comfort, and which provided food and drink to our parade marshals, and to the Aegis/Homestead Publishing, which allowed us to use its parking lots on West Pennsylvania Avenue for our equestrian staging. We also received tremendous support from Aberdeen Proving Ground, whose commander, Maj. Gen. Robert Ferrell, attended our staging and marched with his color guard in the parade.
Without all this support, we could not have held the parade.
It takes hours and hours of commitment and hard work from many volunteers to make a parade happen, and I need to send many, many thanks to our marvelous parade marshals: Aaron Cahall, Dee Strickland, John Cubbage, Vince Nohe, Katie Nohe, Stephen Quinn, Annette Blum, Dave Andrews, Margaret Beain, Greg Cooper, Ana Beain, Ron Eastridge, Andy Beain, David Blum, Lisa Williams, Meghan Roig, Donna Devord, Brian Devord, Charlie Devord, Bill Smith, Roger Staso, Chris Wilcox, Amelia Wilcox, Nathan Wilcox, John McCutcheon, Tom Siebold, Matt Siebold, Scott Arnold, Liam Arnold, Beth Siebold, Anne Siebold, Amy Ausmus, Jack Ausmus, Jack Deal, David Williams, Hayden Anthony and Kate Anthony. I know that I've probably left somebody off this list, and for that I apologize. Refreshments and shuttles were handled by Bill McCutcheon and Chris Hagepanos, who did a marvelous job getting water to the marshals and transporting various people back and forth as needed. Rick Davis and Mike Marino handled our communications with the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company and other Harford County fire companies in the parade.
David, Lisa and Mary Anne Williams did a wonderful job decorating the reviewing stand. Great job, guys. Communications were ably handled by Don Stewart. Thanks also to Boy Scout Troops 777 and 313, many of whose members were our marshals, and to the Fountain Green Swim Club, our parade sponsor and banner carriers.
Don Morrison did his usual wonderful job narrating the parade, assisted by Perry Thompson, reviewing stand marshal, and Alex Krowzow, who had the difficult job of texting the reviewing stand with the inevitable changes that occurred to the pre-planned parade order, in light of actual unit activity, including no-shows and shifts of positions.
Our parade judges (who choose to remain anonymous) did fine work evaluating and ranking the various units in categories for performance and appearance awards and prizes. The complete list of parade prizes and awards is posted on our web site and is also sent to The Aegis for publication.
My vote for the "unsung hero" award this year goes to parade marshal Dave Andrews, who was absolutely essential in managing the very challenging "merge" of divisions and inserts at the point where the parade starts.
And finally, I'd like to again personally thank Don Stewart, president of the Bel Air Independence Day Committee Inc., for his hard work, support, sensitivity, organization, dedication, flexibility and thoughtfulness. As I said above, the committee has a vision of what the parade should be. I've been privileged to have been the parade chairman now for over 21 years - but I know that without the visionary ideals of our president, Don Stewart, nothing of value would happen in Bel Air on July 4! Thanks, Don, for everything.
Michael I . Blum
Parade Chairman
Vice President, Bel Air Independence Day Committee Inc.


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Even the most ardent historian, male or female—citing Amazons and tribal matriarchies and Cleopatra—can't conceal that women have basically done fuck all for the last 100,000 years. Come on—let's admit it. Let's stop exhaustingly pretending that there is a parallel history of women being victorious and creative, on an equal with men, that's just been comprehensively covered up by The Man. There isn't. Our empires, armies, cities, artworks, philosophers, philanthropists, inventors, scientists, astronauts, explorers, politicians and icons could all fit, comfortably into one of the private karaoke booths in SingStar. We have no Mozart; no Einstein; no Galileo; no Ghandi. No Beatles, no Churchill, no Hawking, no Columbus. It just didn't happen.
Nearly everything so far has been the creation of men—and a liberal, right-on denial of it makes everything more awkward and difficult in the long run. Pretending that women have had a pop at all this before but ultimately didn't do as well as the men, that the experiment of female liberation has already happened but floundered gives strength to the belief that women simply aren't as good as men, full stop. That things should just carry on as they are—with the world shaped around, and honouring, the priorities, needs, whims, and successes of men. Women are over, without having even begun. When the truth is that we haven't even begun at all. Of course we haven't. We'll know it when we have.
~Caitlin Moran
Do you agree or disagree with the above sentiment and statements, and why or why not?
NOTE: I'll be contrarian in the discussion, both because I find it fun, and also because echo chambers are boring.
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Good points, though my mail characteristics are limited to picking it up from the box after work. :)
I actually didn't design too much at all, I formulated a controversial statement/question in a way we call i Norwegian to "put things at the point". However, it was merely a formulation two paragraphs from a book which isn't actually viewed as all that controversial and has received good reviews. That it's perceived as provocative - even insulting - is perhaps a better measure of the debate in the US than the question itself?
I do know the difference between "mail" and "male," but as I get older, homonyms and alternative spellings of same tend to take over my fingers.
Hypatia, Jane Goodall, Marie Curie, Emma Goldman, Rosalind Franklin, Grace Murray Hopper, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Sophie Germain, Amalie Emmy Noether, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, and on and on.
Enough said.
Is this really a serious question? I just don't buy into the premise.
The arguement dismisses the active support role that women played in nearly every male victory. The Wright Brothers could not have achieved anything and would be in the dustbin of history if it were not for their sister Katharine Wright handling their business while they went out trying to invent a flying machine. It could be argued that the US would not have won WWII if Mary Feik had not invented a way to train pilots without killing them in the process.
In almost all instances, going back into the 100,000 years the author cites, virtually every man you could list was fed by a woman, he was also likely advised by a woman as they gained more access to education. What would he have achieved if he had not been fed or advised? Women's roles have been behind the scenes, but are 0% less important. We are symbiotic creatures, and one could not exist without the other. Mozart, Einstein, Galileo, et. al. are nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing without the women in their lives starting of course with their mothers.
We are 40 years into widespread use of birth control in the US, which is nearly insignificant in historical terms, however these past 40 years have set the stage for all of the future of an equality we have yet to fully realize. Our understanding, or at least my understanding of gender roles has been challenged many times. And as time moves forward, it will be very interesting to see where these roles will turn into a new version of normalcy.
The author's "Women are over, without having even begun." comment is at best speculative, and at its worst is flat offensive.
Speaking for myself, I'm not interested in the past. Oppression of women explains a lot of it.
I'm more interested in why changes in gender attitudes haven't borne the expected fruit to the expected degree, and I believe it comes down to inherent differences in the sexes based on hormones and hard wiring. Men and women have different interests and inclinations as well as different degrees of aggressiveness. Yes, social conditioning enters in some. However, I think we need to accept that men and women are different, want different things out of life, derive their pleasures from different sorts of things, and that social conditioning doesn't account for all of it.
And I'm speaking in general statistical terms. There's nothing preventing a particular woman from excelling in a male-dominated field or vice versa, but in the aggregate don't expect huge changes. I think the women who do compete with men in male-dominated fields feel that they are somehow different from other women. Likewise for the male going into nursing or elementary education, for example.
Maybe Arcus won't grant that women have done anything of note, but that isn't my position. My position is that men and women tend to apply themselves differently, to have different interests, and so on. This is coming into focus more and more as the lot of women improves and less and less can be blamed on that bad old bugaboo oppression. Let's celebrate the differences between the sexes. Women and men are just different. That's all.
Let me give you a concrete example of my point from my own life. I've been a photographer of women. One model seemed to have a chip on her shoulder over the fact that by far most photographers are male. "You know, we could take the photos and make the money you make," she said. I said, "Where are all the women photographers, then? All it takes is to buy a camera and learn to use it and start taking pictures people want to buy." The fact is, given the choice of being a model or a photographer, a lot more women dream of being models than of being photographers.
Yes, the cell phone either wouldn't have been developed at all, or would have been developed much later without the contribution of Miss Lamarr. Her contribution is to communications security as well. In fact, that was the purpose of her original invention: to make communication and control secure by constantly changing frequencies so the enemy couldn't listen in or interfere, but the American government didn't listen, probably because she was just an actor, and a female actor as well.
Women surpass men in IQ tests for first time ever.
Just saw this article and thought it might be relevant :)
That's great, but IQ is only one factor among quite a few contributing to success. Great mathematicians, for example, don't have a great record of success outside their field, and often not even within their field. Bobby Fischer might have had a higher IQ than Einstein, but that didn't keep him from being a jerk who never achieved much success outside the chess world. Traits that tend to adhere more to males than females, like egoism and single-minded (even obsessive) adherence to a task or goal can contribute to success and achieving goals others might find unreachable. Unfortunately, many of the objectively negative traits of men may actually contribute to their success.
Yes I agree, but it is a factor, nonetheless. However, I was really looking more at the inference of "first time ever", indicatining that hitherto, men always surpassed women in such testings.
The article had follow-on links that I didn't chase down, but reference was made to the finding challenging previously held beliefs.
As regards the ability to focus completely one one thing for an extended period of time, I think men are far better at it than women. I think women tend to think of many things at once. It enables them to make connections and of course, multi-task. On the down side, they don't compartmentalise mentally very well, and don't find it so natural to focus on one thing to the exclusion of everything else.
Having said that, it's a total generalisation, and there will be lots of people who buck the trend. I think it is a trend, not a rule.
I find that whenever one makes a general statement with some truth to it, some people will start saying "Well not all (fill in the blank) are like that," and I want to say "I SAID it was generally true which implies that sometimes it's not," but why bother? Some people are meant to be thinkers and some aren't.
The women who succeed competing against men are usually those who adopt what might otherwise be described as male values and a masculine single-mindedness. Men are more likely to do what benefits them whereas women are more likely to take friends and family into account, which holds them back in many ways. This is why most of the most successful women are either single or are absentee moms whose kids are brought up by mommy surrogates (her own mother, a nanny, a day care, etc.). It's very hard to be a corporate CEO or write a symphony while caring for one's child(ren).


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Tom Selleck might be back on primetime tonight with his eagerly awaited police drama "Blue Bloods," but that doesn't mean he cannot dream of reprising his role in his 80s classic "Three Men and a Baby."
The star spent time at last month's Emmy awards catching up with "Three Men" co-star Ted Danson, and talking about a possible follow-up to their buddy comedy which also starred Steve Guttenberg.
"Ted actually brought it up," Selleck tells PopcornBiz. "I know Disney had something in development. And he was asking me what am I hearing."
Earlier in the summer, Selleck confirmed reports that Disney was working on a sequel to the 1987 box office smash that was directed (oddly enough) by Leonard Nimoy. It was followed by the sequel in 1990 called, "Three Men and a Little Lady."
So what is the latest?
"It's still in development, but they would be crazy not to do it," says Selleck. "Our main concern is to make it a good story."
The storyline is there, with the proposed sequel being called "Three Men and a Bride," and the trio's grown-up daughter finally ready to settle down on her own. In June, Selleck told MTV that the stars had been contacted to check availability.
Selleck will be a tight squeeze in that front with "Blue Bloods" and the fact that he's continuing his popular "Jesse Stone" movie series on CBS. He insisted on keeping the popular detective series going even when taking "Blue Bloods."
"One of the prerequisites of doing 'Blue Bloods' was that I could continue doing the 'Jesse Stones,' " Selleck says. "It's well and good and continuing."
In fact, number seven in the "Stone" series, "Innocents Lost," is in the can. And he believes he'll shoot number eight when "Blue Bloods" wraps.