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Having been self-employed now for over 30 yrs I totally agree with everything stated in the following opinion piece. The satisfaction is immense! Much Aloha, Donna
June 10, 2012
American Thinker
By Dera Enochson
What does it mean to be a business owner today in America? It means you take all the risk, put in all the effort. In return, you get the trophy of supporting all the people able to fill out paperwork, giving them entitlements and endless excuses to destroy their own destiny, along with ours.
My husband and I took a big risk eight years ago. We took all our money and invested in ourselves. We started our own business, and we put 10- to 15-hour days in, seven days a week, in order to make it a success...for eight years...nonstop...with no vacations...or even weekends off. Believe me: plenty of my friends thought this was foolish on our part. We missed out on many opportunities for fun. Why?
Because that is what successful Americans do. They work and work, to create something no one else has created before them. We also employ decent, hardworking people, who pay their taxes and contribute to society. These good people and members of society also function side by side with us as piggy banks for those who choose not to work.
We have seen repeatedly that people will choose unemployment even when handed a perfectly good job. My staff has had the phone conversations with people when we tried to hire them for $20 an hour. Our jobs require simple selling skills that can be honed anywhere and do not require even a high school diploma. We do ask that they dress in proper business attire and speak respectfully and acceptably to clients, but we do not ask for proof of education. We are also willing to train viable candidates for these positions. We have been turned down repeatedly when offering jobs to people who say they have found out that working violates their unemployment checks.
Darn right, it does! And before you decide that the job must be unacceptable for most, let me tell you that it is working in an elegant store with perfectly polite people and customers, with air-conditioning and heat aplenty, along with delicious food items within footsteps. Not exactly as hard as working in a mineshaft, or other truly tough jobs that people do every day.
When will one of our presidential candidates get it right? Stick up for the working people of America. Whether we are rich now, or hoping to become rich, that is America's promise. In our country, you get a fighting chance to be what you want to be. It's a fighting chance, not a handout. Not everyone will achieve his or her dreams. But you have the chance to do it. It requires extra effort.
Like many business owners, I went to public schools for my own education -- the same public education available to anyone in this country. We did nothing that any other ordinary citizen of American is deprived of the opportunity to do. We put in ridiculous hours of hard work. Why then must we support an endless stream of non-workers with the hours of my life we burned away to create a living and something for our children? And of course, when we die, the government gets to take half of all that hard-earned (previously taxed) money again.
We are created equal. When I was young, there were plenty of people who were convinced that I would not do anything significant with my life. It was voiced to me regularly as a young adult. Somehow I didn't believe that -- and that is exactly what the magic of the American spirit is all about.
It is time for a candidate who will show us all the way to succeed. Not cringe and hide from any discussion of wealth and opportunity. Wealth and opportunity are the name of the game, and we all want it! My company genuinely wants to see our employees move on to bigger and better things, either within our company or at another company if they move on. We make sure they have the skills to do that so they can create a better life for themselves.
Plenty of business owners all over the U.S. are doing the same thing. That should be the same attitude we see in our government. Instead, they cringe at any mention of wealth and go back to discussing entitlements. Entitlements are the path to destruction and despair. Let's not pretend any different any longer. We are not different sets of victims, all meant for self-destruction, poverty, and despair without government handouts. We are creating a world of co-dependent people scared to find out how powerful they can be if they only try.
And don't even get me started on presidential vacations. If I can go eight years without one, then they can, too. I understand a weekend or two off when you have a high-tension job. Certainly most of us business owners can't afford that ourselves, but we wouldn't begrudge it of our leader. However, I'd like to see our president treat this job with a little respect. Using up ten year's worth of vacation time while the country crumbles around you isn't inspirational. It smacks of that lack of respect created by the entitlement mentality, too! And I guess I know who is paying for that sense of entitlement...my fellow workers.
We have made this country great. Now stick up for us and our country, and give us someone we can vote for easily because we know he or she is cheering for success for all of us.


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There aren't any surprises with this sandwich: it's the awesome Crisp fried chicken in a different outfit. The fried chicken here is so popular that employees told me earlier that day there were people lined up outside before they opened. Slathered in the tangy sauce of your choice (I chose the sweeter sauce packed with ginger and soy), the huge fried chicken breast fillet is topped with lettuce, tomato, American cheese, and mayonnaise, and served on a split-top roll. I'd recommend not even trying to pick it up, and instead go for the fork and knife instead.
This sandwich is plenty, since the breaded chicken and the soft bun of bread fills you up. I think the other sandwich option with bacon and bleu cheese would be too much, but this one is the simple and satisfying option.
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One piece in the three-part April Fool's Day on the Border art prank by Ron EnglishLast Friday, April 1st, guerrilla street artist Ron English was down in Texas, where he spent the early afternoon posting his art on both sides of the US/Mexican border (McAllen, TX & Reynosa, Mexico) as part of his grand scale and very risky (even by his illegal art standards) April Fool's Day on the Border art project. Since the 1980's Ron English has been risking getting arrested (many times actually getting arrested and jailed) for sniping his large scale, anti-corporate & anti-estabishment faux-advertising street art on roadside billboards, bus stop ad spaces, & various other highly visible public spaces.
Ron claims he is the first street artist to ever do something like this on the wall separating the US/Mexico. The Popaganda artist risked not only getting arrested but also the wrath of the notoriously vigilant US border patrol & Homeland Security forces. And on top of all that, the veteran street artist literally risked his own life by entering the territory of trigger happy Mexican drug thugs.
"Very close to where we were at on the Mexican side doing the billboard [was where] all those people got shot. It was scary," said English, referring to the six latest casualties in Mexico's bloody drug war who got gunned down & killed just the day before he crossed the border for his April Fool's Day on the Border stunt.


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This is the first of many recipes to come. Why pick this one? So many reasons. Well, first because I found these pretty tomatoes this morning at the market. Also because the recipe is fairly easy and rewarding. Mainly because I love eating it. Especially when you pick your tomatoes in season, especially if you find them in different colors and shapes. Add to that the smell of the fresh mint spreading throughout my kitchen… now you probably understand my choice.
There is almost no need for recipe. Just imagine the bright colors on your plate and the texture of a fresh goat cheese. Add some mint, chives, lemon and mint…That makes me hungry already and it's barely past coffee time.


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June 27, 2007
By Paul Feinberg
Jennifer Openshaw ('98) is the voice behind "Winning Advice with Jennifer Openshaw," heard nationwide on ABC Radio, and founder of TheMillionaireZone.com, a social networking site for the financially motivated. She has appeared on a host of TV and radio shows, including programs on CNN and CNBC, and Oprah Winfrey's show.
Openshaw's newest book, "The Millionaire Zone: Seven Winning Steps to a Seven-Figure Fortune," was released in April. Its theme is straightforward: "Millionaires turn their address books into burgeoning checkbooks more than non-millionaires." And while she does not make a direct reference, the core of the lessons offered seem culled straight from the UCLA Anderson experience - that is, be entrepreneurial, start with your passions and see every rejection as an opportunity to get to where you want to go.
Recently, she spoke about the new book and her Anderson years.
UCLA Anderson: Where did you get the idea for the new book?
Openshaw: After business school, I started my first company in Silicon Valley and sold it during the dot-com days. I was doing a lot of financial commentary and so I'd have people e-mail me after a TV appearance or approach me wondering how to get ahead financially. And so, as I found myself around more and more financially successful people, I started wondering, "What makes millionaires more successful than everyone else? What is it about the way they act, behave and operate that differentiates them? Doesn't everyone want to know that?"
So, I started watching them more closely. I talked to them, watched them in action, and even sailed on the boats of a few big guys like Paul Allen and the founder of the 10-10-10 calling card. And my theory began to develop: While most Americans are afraid to venture out on their own, partly because they are truly alone in the process, successful people overcome those fears by tapping into the people, places and resources right at their fingertips. I call this your "LifeNet" and it's a powerful concept.
UCLA Anderson: So, the book is based on that theory?
Openshaw: Yes, and a lot of hard research.
I commissioned two national surveys of 3,000 Americans and found that millionaires use their networks smarter than non-millionaires. And there's a way in which they operate that makes people want to help them, want them to succeed. Imagine how much easier your life would be if people wanted to help you. In the book, I talk about how you can get people to do that by changing your mindset; you'll be a whole lot successful and happier if you do.
UCLA Anderson: In what ways do they leverage that network?
Openshaw: The research showed that true millionaires actually benefit from their networks more than those even in the $500,000 to $1 million net worth range. They get ideas, information, advice, money, emotional support and practical support. And by truly leveraging their "LifeNet," they are able to get to who they don't know. I like to say, "It's not who you know; it's who you don't know that matters." Those who are still in the "wanna-be" millionaire category said (in the research) that they regretted not using their LifeNet more.
There are some great examples in the book of real people but also some big-name billionaires like Oprah Winfrey, who relies on her best friend Gayle to run her publishing business and provide emotional support through those late-night phone calls we've all heard about. Or, Phil Knight, who turned to his track and field coach for feedback on his idea for shoes and ultimately found his business partner. I remember leaving a big bank to start my current business and having a key client for my first software product. So, truly leveraging not just the people but the other resources and ideas right in front of us - and doing it effectively - can take us to the millionaire zone.
UCLA Anderson: What is the number-one obstacle your readers and listeners must overcome if they want to achieve financial success?
Openshaw: Fear. It's risky to start a business or venture into real estate. People don't necessarily want to leave their comfort zone. But if you take a look at successful people, whether it's the founders of YouTube or Bill Gates and Paul Allen, you'll find some key themes: they start with their passions, something they know well, something "close to home." As a result they are never actually leaving their comfort zones, but in fact are redefining it. They're tapping into who and what they already know, and as a result, are operating on familiar ground. It's a different mindset.
UCLA Anderson: What's the number-one requirement - what quality is essential for real success?
Openshaw: You asked the question I asked millionaires: what was the single key to your financial success? The answer: persistence. It was even ahead of education.
We all face rejection but people who operate in the millionaire zone understand objection is part of the game and they even use it to their advantage. I share the story of a business school colleague, Kevin DiCerbo ('98), who was on his third venture, a skin treatment company. Kevin approached some 50 bankers for a business loan and everyone kept turning him down because he didn't own a home as collateral (he actually preferred to put his money into his business rather than into mortgage payments). Every time Kevin got a "no," he asked: "So, you can't, but do you know someone who can?" By asking that question, he ultimately got his loan from a banker who had room for non-collateralized loans and now Kevin has a business grossing about $5 million a year.
I share some other great tips on turning a "no" into a "yes." One of my best pieces of advice is what I call "Yes Conditioning." You can use it on your boss and even your kids or spouse. The trick to getting a "yes" is to lead in with questions you know they'll say "yes" to. In other words, you condition them, which will make it easier for them to say yes to the question you really want to ask. Let's say I ask you: "Can I help you save some money? Would you like to go on an all- expense-paid-trip to Hawaii? Do you want to make a million dollars? So, how about that raise?" I'm having a little fun there but you get the idea, and it works. I use it all the time.
I also share the story of another Los Angeles friend, Bob Lorsch, who asked his client if he could run with a business concept he had developed after they turned it down. They said yes, and he ultimately made millions off a pre-paid calling card business that was later sold to AT&T. Talk about turning rejection into opportunity.
UCLA Anderson: How has your UCLA Anderson experience influenced your work?
Openshaw: Well, I got bitten by the entrepreneurial bug during my Anderson days. I felt a little intimidated in business school because I wasn't an analyst or something like that, but the whole experience completely changed my thinking. I remember sitting in (Adjunct Professor) Bill Cockrum's class watching my peers trade stocks online, just as the Internet was coming to life. They were using their student loan money. I was thinking, "they better get a higher return than the rate on their loan." At about that time, partly from my work in my full-time job at Bank of America and my work as a commentator at KCBS-TV Channel 2, I got this idea for my first company, a brokerage firm targeting the growing women's market, and one of the people I turned to for advice was Professor Cockrum.
I also remember taking a class called "Creative Thinking." I walked into that first day of class shaking my head, thinking, "This is the dumbest class. What a waste of money." But now, some of the lessons I learned in that class are lessons I still apply today. Dealing with rejection and becoming successful is all about thinking outside the box.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "intellectual capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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Despite some apparent time as a nurse for two small furry creatures, Scott Johnson as found time to get back into his "geekiness" in this new post on his blog.
He asks the question: "Is there significant overhead to the is_ functions like is_array, is_object, is_string in php?" He wonders if those kinds of functions, since they are on such a base level, could cause more trouble than their worth when used en masse. He asks because it's used heavily in an approach for his developing Ookles application.
There's already been one comment made on the post, and it mentions that they are, in fact, a trivial call to PHP. It's a simple test that validates simply without much need for too much background action. It does mentions some caveats - is_object, is_resource, and, at times, is_callable.


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Art centered around the world's oceans can make a strong statement. Zhan Wang is an internationally known artist who has been creating for several decades. One of his more famous works titled the Floating Mountain of Immortals is created from steel formed over natural rock, which is later extracted. The exhibit has shown worldwide, including a stay off the Belgian coast in the North Sea. From far away the formed together objects look like a shiny island. A closer look reveals it is actually a manmade rock that houses many everyday items, fused together for display. The steel island incorporates forms like mythological… read more


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Edmund Kroupa
Edmund Kroupa, a lifelong resident of Marion County, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, at St. Luke Living Center in Marion.
Edmund was born Oct. 27, 1923, on his parents' farm southeast of Pilsen, the youngest of three sons of Joseph and Antonia Shramek Kroupa. He attended Beauty of the West School, Pilsen Grade School, then Marion High School, graduating with the Class of 1941.
Edmund was a lifelong farmer and a member of the Pilsen Council Knights of Columbus and served on the St. John Nepomucene Church Board for several years as well as the Pilsen Cemetery Board. He spent the last four years of his life being lovingly cared for by the St. Luke Living Center staff.
Edmund was united in marriage to Mary Lou Novak on Oct. 11, 1952, at Holy Redeemer Church in Tampa. Their union was blessed with five children, Sharon, Joni, William, Theresa and Marty.
Edmund is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Lou; Sharon and Kris Kuhn of Wichita; Joni and Stacy Smith of Overland Park and their children Amy, Abby (Bodenhausen) and husband, Justin, Ashley and Aaron; William and Linda Kroupa of Lincolnville and sons Clark and Raleigh; Theresa and Mark Jirak of Atchison and their children Zachary, Kalynn, Anna, Andrew, Joseph and Katherine; and Marty and Kimbra Kroupa of Lincolnville and their children, Clint and Kayla. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Antonia; and two brothers, Virgil and Theo.
Edmund's rosary was at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, and the Mass of the Resurrection was at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 26, both at Holy Family Parish, St. John Nepomucene Church, in Pilsen officiated by Father Darrin May. Interment was at the Pilsen Cemetery.
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Responsible Government
Our families and businesses are asked to live within a budget. Yet, when the city starts to live outside its means, they get to ask for more taxes or just raise them. I will work to have the city provide the basic services that a city should provide.
Instead of raising taxes when the city needs revenue, we need to start looking at alternatives and being creative about getting funds other than taxes. A business just can't raise taxes or their rates. If they do, customers will go somewhere else. Competition is a concern that a government does not have, so they need to be more sensitive about them. Taxes should be looked at only as a last resort after all other avenues have been exhausted.
A More Business Friendly Environment
Local businesses need city government to explore existing codes and remove the ones that may hinder, be intrusive and prohibitive or have the city as a competitor. Businesses need to be able to do what they do best, and that is to succeed.
Instead of duplicating efforts already underway in the business sector, we need to support those that do economic development the best, such as the local chamber and other groups. In return we should see sales tax revenue go up instead of property taxes.
Better Communication
City government is accountable to the citizens for all that it does and to make sure that information is available. When you are in the process of serving the people who pay the bills, you need to let them know about everything that goes on. A better effort needs to be made to communicate what is happening within city government. It is our money they are spending, right?
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Currently, he is the Associate Director of The Johns Hopkins Hospital Coronary Care Unit, Director of the Hypertension Center and member of the Echocardiography Lab and Outpatient Cardiology Clinic. He also teaches pathophysiology to medical students.
Dr. Cingolani's research interests focus on hypertensive heart disease and its transition to heart failure. He aims to elucidate the mechanism/s by which certain matricellular proteins present in the heart seem to play a protective role. His research is mainly supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH).
He is also the principal investigator of the DREAM study group, studying the effect of Melatonin in preventing atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Dr. Cingolani has been recognized by the Council for High Blood Pressure Research of the American Heart Association for his work in hypertension and is the 2011 recipient of the PJ Schafer Memorial Heart Research Award, the 2012 Michel Mirowski Discovery Fund Award, and 2013 Magic that matters Fund. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases.
- Director, Hypertension Program
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- MD, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (1992)
- CEMIC / Hypertension (2001)
- Reading Hospital and Medical Center / Internal Medicine (2005)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Cardiology (2009)
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- American Board of Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Disease (2009)
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Pricipal Investigator in DREAM Study: Effect of Melatonin in preventing atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Activities & Honors
- The Council for High Blood Pressure Research Award, American Heart Association, 2002
- The Council for High Blood Pressure Research Award, American Heart Association, 2003
- PJ Schafer Memorial Heart research Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2011
- The Michel Mirowski Discovery Fund Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2012
- The Magic that Matters Fund Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2013
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1- Cingolani OH, Heath J, McDonald M. A Nervous Heart. Circulation. 2014. In press.
2- Seo K, Rainer PP, Lee DI, Hao S, Bedja D, Birnbaumer L, Cingolani OH, Kass DA. Hyperactive Adverse Mechanical-Stress Responses in Dystrophic Heart are Coupled to TRPC6 and Blocked by cGMP-PKG Modulation. Circ Res. 2014. Jan 21.
3- Gilotra NA, Chow GV, Cingolani OH. Cardiac amyloidosis presenting with a prolonged QT interval and recurrent polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Tex Heart Inst J 2013;40(2) 193-5.
4- Cingolani HE, Perez NG, Cingolani OH, Ennis IL. The Anrep effect: 100 years later. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013 Jan 15; 304(2):H175-82.
5- Niu X, Watts VL, Cingolani OH, Sivakumaran V, Leyton-Mange JS, Ellis CL, Miller KL, Vandegaer K, Bedja D, Gabrielson KL, Paolocci N, Kass DA, Barouch LA. Cardioprotective effect of beta-3 adrenergic receptor agonism: role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 may 29; 59(22) 1979-87.
6- Tedford RJ, Hassoun PM, Mathai SC, Girgis RE, Russell SD, Thiemann DR, Cingolani OH, Mudd JO, Borlaug BA, Redfield MM, Lederer DJ, Kass DA. Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure Augments Right Ventricle Pulsatile Loading. Circulation. 2011 Nov 30.
7- Cingolani OH, Kirk JA, Seo K, Koitabashi N, Lee DI, Ramirez-Correa G, Bedja D, Barth AS, Moens AL, Kass DA. Thrombospondin-4 is Required for Stretch-Mediated Contractility Augmentation in Cardiac Muscle. Circ Res. 2011 Oct 27.
8- Cingolani OH, Kass DA. Pressure-Volume Relation Analysis of Mouse Ventricular Function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2011 Dec;301(6):H2198-206.
9- Cingolani OH, Pérez NG, Ennis IL, Alvarez MC, Mosca SM, Schinella GR, Escudero EM, Cónsole G, Cingolani HE. In vivo key role of reactive oxygen species and NHE-1 activation in determining excessive cardiac hypertrophy. Pflugers Arch. 2011 Nov;462(5):733-43.
10- Ketlogetswe KS, Aoki J, Traill TA, Cingolani OH. Severe Aortic regurgitation Secondary to Antisynthetase Syndrome. Circulation. 2011 Jul 19;124(3):e40-1.
11- Cingolani OH, Kaludercic N, Paolocci N. Sexual dimorphism in cardiac norepinephrine spillover: a NET difference. Heart. 2011 Mar;97(5):347-9.
12- Cingolani OH, Pérez NG, Cingolani HE. Letter by Cingolani et al regarding article, "Ventricular phosphodiesterase-5 expression is increased in patients with advanced heart failure and contributes to adverse ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction in mice".
13- Moens AL, Leyton-Mange JS, Niu X, Yang R, Cingolani O, Arkenbout EK, Champion HC, Bedja D, Gabrielson KL, Chen J, Xia Y, Hale AB, Channon KM, Halushka MK, Barker N, Wuyts FL, Kaminski PM, Wolin MS, Kass DA, Barouch LA. Adverse ventricular remodeling and exacerbated NOS uncoupling from pressure-overload in mice lacking the beta3-adrenoceptor. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2009 Nov;47(5):576-85.
14- Maloyan A, Osinska H, Lammerding J, Lee RT, Cingolani OH, Kass DA, Lorenz JN, Robbins J. Biochemical and Mechanical Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Desmin-Related Myopathy. Circ Res. 2009 Apr 24;104(8):1021-8.
15- Donato A, Cingolani OH. Lemierre Syndrome. Consultant. April 1, 2008. Vol 48 NO. 4.
16-Pérez NG, Piaggio MR, Ennis IL, Garciarena CD, Morales C, Escudero EM, Cingolani OH, Chiappe de Cingolani G, Yang XP, Cingolani HE. Phosphodiesterase 5A Inhibition Induces Na+/H+ Exchanger Blockade and Protection Against Myocardial Infarction. Hypertension. 2007 May; 49(5):1095-103.
17- Cingolani OH. Cardiac Hypertrophy and the Wnt/Frizzled Pathway. Hypertension. 2007; 49:427 [Editorial].
18- Liu YH, Carretero OA, Cingolani OH, Liao TD, Sun Y, Xu J, Li LY, Pagano PJ, Yang JJ, Yang XP. Role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in cardiac function and remodeling in mice with heart failure due to myocardial infarction.Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005 Dec; 289(6): H2616-23.
19- Yang F, Yang XP, Liu YH, Xu J, Cingolani OH, Rhaleb NE, Carretero OA. Ac-SDKP Reverses Inflammation and Fibrosis in Rats With Heart Failure Post-Myocardial Infarction. Hypertension. 2004 43: 229-236.
20- Cingolani OH. Yang X-P, Liu Y-H, Carretero OA. Reduction of Cardiac Fibrosis Reduces Systolic Performance Without Affecting Diastolic Function in Hypertensive Rats. Hypertension. 2004 May; 43(5):1067-73.
21- Di Gennaro F, Cingolani OH, Abbate A, Toblli J, Vilches A. Effect of High Doses of Aspirin on Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients Treated with Enalapril. Medicina (Buenos Aires). 2004; 64: 301-305
22- Cingolani OH. Yang X-P, Cavasin MA, Carretero OA, Increased systolic performance with diastolic dysfunction in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension. 2003; 41: 249-254.
23- Ridruejo E, Laurini J, Cingolani, OH. Fulminant Hepatic Failure. Atipical Presentation for Congestive Heart Failure. [Span]. Medicina (Buenos Aires) 60: 491-494, 2000.
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- Starring: Matthew McConaughey,
- Emile Hirsch
- Directed by: William Friedkin
- Rated: NC-17
This indie film playing now at the River Oaks Theater in Houston is gaining more attention for the NC-17 rating it earned rather than the movie itself. Yes, there are a couple of scenes that are ultra violent, but honestly, I've seen worse on cable television.The movie, a dark twisted take on an extortion scheme gone wrong, is taken from a 1991 Tracy Letts play. Mr. Letts also wrote this screenplay with William Friedkin, better known for films he made in the '70s — "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist" — directing. If the author seems familiar, it's probably because he also wrote "August: Osage County," the 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway play. The movie version starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts is in the works now with a premiere set for later this year, and it surely will not suffer the same rating anathema.
"August: Osage County" employs themes of shocking and extreme family dysfunction mixed with some wicked black humor. Some of the most pivotal moments of that play take place around the kitchen table. Now after seeing "Killer Joe," it obvious these are themes that are as comfortable to the author as a plate of fried chicken and mashed potatoes. While fried chicken might not be everyone's idea of comfort food, it is part of the reason this movie earned the harsh rating, in particular a scene involving a chicken leg. But that's all you'll get from me.
Actually filmed in New Orleans, subbing for a backwoods suburb near Dallas, the opening scene, set in a trailer park on a rainy night, foreshadows trouble ahead. The frantic knock on the door is Chris (Emile Hirsch), the son of Ansel (Thomas Haden Church). Angel lives with his second wife Sharla (Gina Gershon) and his daughter Dottie (Juno Temple), who is not quite right.Chris, a drug dealer, is in to his supplier for a lot of money, and he's come to share his plan to hire a contract killer to dispose of his and Dottie's awful mother so they can get their hands on her $50,000 insurance policy. The problem is they don't have the up-front money Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) requires to do the job. Instead the hit man, a Dallas cop by day, suggests a retainer, namely Dottie, until the policy is cashed in and he gets his cut.
There is the usual back-stabbing, double-dealing treachery that a large sum of money invites, some of it is pretty clever and fun to watch play out in what is being dubbed a "Southern Gothic" satire. And because Letts writes great characters, especially those of Joe and Dottie, this will hold your interest.
The ubiquitous McConaughey has already appeared in two movies this summer with two more on the way by the end of the year. In "Bernie" (out on DVD this week), he played a slick district attorney of a small East Texas town. In "Magic Mike," he played an oily male strip club owner. Both of these characters were glib and charismatic and somewhat likeable, which makes Joe Cooper such a revelation. McConaughey, normally an actor who likes to be liked, trades all of that for the sinister Joe. This guy is malevolence personified, with his soft, deliberate manner of speech that punctuates the menace he's about to unleash. He's as amoral as a pit viper, and a lot deadlier when crossed.
In this dark tale, he is the darkest, most unpredictable and vicious element. The rest of Letts' players are merely amateurs compared to Joe, and when he gains the upper hand late in the movie, it gets very ugly, very fast in a scene that will have you laughing and then gasping in horror.
"Killer Joe" will probably go to DVD shortly. NC-17 movies rarely do well in theaters and Letts — and Friedkin — can do better. But for a hot Saturday afternoon, it was "Killer" entertainment.


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This social networking thing is gonna be big, man. Really big. Bigger than email.
A confirmation of the absolute "big bang" expansion theory of social networks came from Nielsen Online today. Its "Global Faces and Networked Places" report shows that by the end of 2008, 66.8 percent of internet users across the globe accessed "member communities" last year, compared to 65.1 percent for email.
The most popular online activities remain search and Web portals (with
around 85 percent reach) and the websites of software manufacturers.
"Member Communities" now reach over 5 percentage points more of the
internet population than it did a year ago – a growth rate more than
twice that of any of the other four largest categories.
The study also
found that users spent 63 percent more time on member communities than
they did in the previous year. However, within member communities,
Facebook saw growth of 566 percent in time spent on it by users
worldwide. Facebook's fastest growth demographic is older users – the
social network tacked on 12.4 million people between ages 35-49 in 2008
according to Nielsen.
But as with every social network, someone is going to be left out. In this case apparently advertising is going to waving at the velvet rope when it comes to reaching those Facebookers, LinkedIns, Twitters, and the rest. The report calls the advertising situation "challenging," and says the "current level of advertising activity on social networks isn't consummate with the size – and highly engaged levels – of the audience."
"Members have a greater sense of 'ownership' around the personal content they provide and are less inclined to accept advertising around it," the report states. "A well used analogy is that advertising on a social network is like gate-crashing a party."
This advertising challenges are compounded by highly personal content supplied by the social network members. As recently seen in the brushback Facebook members threw at its aborted change in TACs , personal data is a gold mine for the site owner, and a treasure to be protected by the site users. As the site becomes more attractive to advertisers it becomes less appealing to members
who see highly-targeted ads as invading privacy.
A Nielsen Online survey in Australia shows that the challenge could get more difficult. Down under consumers are actually growing less tolerant to advertising on social media. In December 2008, 38 percent of Australians online considered advertising on social networking sites to be an intrusion compared to 29 percent the year before.


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At a benefit the other night, I saw Andrea Dworkin, the anti-porn activist most famous in the eighties for her conviction that opening the floodgates of pornography would lead men to see real women in sexually debased ways. If we did not limit pornography, she argued—before Internet technology made that prospect a technical impossibility—most men would come to objectify women as they objectified porn stars, and treat them accordingly. In a kind of domino theory, she predicted, rape and other kinds of sexual mayhem would surely follow.
The feminist warrior looked gentle and almost frail. The world she had, Cassandra-like, warned us about so passionately was truly here: Porn is, as David Amsden says, the "wallpaper" of our lives now. So was she right or wrong?
She was right about the warning, wrong about the outcome. As she foretold, pornography did breach the dike that separated a marginal, adult, private pursuit from the mainstream public arena. The whole world, post-Internet, did become pornographized. Young men and women are indeed being taught what sex is, how it looks, what its etiquette and expectations are, by pornographic training—and this is having a huge effect on how they interact.
But the effect is not making men into raving beasts. On the contrary: The onslaught of porn is responsible for deadening male libido in relation to real women, and leading men to see fewer and fewer women as "porn-worthy." Far from having to fend off porn-crazed young men, young women are worrying that as mere flesh and blood, they can scarcely get, let alone hold, their attention.
Here is what young women tell me on college campuses when the subject comes up: They can't compete, and they know it. For how can a real woman—with pores and her own breasts and even sexual needs of her own (let alone with speech that goes beyond "More, more, you big stud!")—possibly compete with a cybervision of perfection, downloadable and extinguishable at will, who comes, so to speak, utterly submissive and tailored to the consumer's least specification?
For most of human history, erotic images have been reflections of, or celebrations of, or substitutes for, real naked women. For the first time in human history, the images' power and allure have supplanted that of real naked women. Today, real naked women are just bad porn.
For two decades, I have watched young women experience the continual "mission creep" of how pornography—and now Internet pornography—has lowered their sense of their own sexual value and their actual sexual value. When I came of age in the seventies, it was still pretty cool to be able to offer a young man the actual presence of a naked, willing young woman. There were more young men who wanted to be with naked women than there were naked women on the market. If there was nothing actively alarming about you, you could get a pretty enthusiastic response by just showing up. Your boyfriend may have seen Playboy, but hey, you could move, you were warm, you were real. Thirty years ago, simple lovemaking was considered erotic in the pornography that entered mainstream consciousness: When Behind the Green Door first opened, clumsy, earnest, missionary-position intercourse was still considered to be a huge turn-on.
Well, I am 40, and mine is the last female generation to experience that sense of sexual confidence and security in what we had to offer. Our younger sisters had to compete with video porn in the eighties and nineties, when intercourse was not hot enough. Now you have to offer—or flirtatiously suggest—the lesbian scene, the ejaculate-in-the-face scene. Being naked is not enough; you have to be buff, be tan with no tan lines, have the surgically hoisted breasts and the Brazilian bikini wax—just like porn stars. (In my gym, the 40-year-old women have adult pubic hair; the twentysomethings have all been trimmed and styled.) Pornography is addictive; the baseline gets ratcheted up. By the new millennium, a vagina—which, by the way, used to have a pretty high "exchange value," as Marxist economists would say—wasn't enough; it barely registered on the thrill scale. All mainstream porn—and certainly the Internet—made routine use of all available female orifices.


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2 medium onions, coarsely chopped (3 cups)
4 celery ribs, coarsely chopped (3 cups)
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1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
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Ball-Stick-Bird Method; Info & to buy 2nd hand
Hello! I have a 3rd grader who is having a horrible time reading. I have 5 children and have homeschooled 3 before her, who didn't have any reading problems. My 5th child has almost caught up to her in reading and he's in 1st grade. I heard about this Ball-stick-bird method and it sounds like something that may help, but would like to hear from other people that may have used it. It I get good feedback, I'd like to find a way to buy it second hand. Money is really tight! I appreciate any help! Thank you!
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The stories are fun, and the method works, though it's been a while since we used it last, and I'm afraid I don't remember enough about it to be more specific.
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Jennifer Lopez is working on a huge deal to come back to American Idol for another season. Allegedly. She could be getting something like $20 million to continue to judge a show she certainly could never win. This turn of events has prompted Steven Tyler to also ask for more money. Meanwhile, Randy is sitting on the end feeling like chopped liver, dawg. Chopped liver! [Page Six]
Oh no! Serena Williams was working on a nail salon reality series, and Lifetime, you know, the network for women, has decided not to go ahead with the show. It was also pitched to OWN, Oprah's network — as you may recall, Serena gave Opes a pedicure once — but there doesn't seem to be any interest there, either. Maybe Serena should try getting the show on VH1, the black people channel? Perhaps she could get a timeslot before Basketball Wives? Serena's love of mani-pedis needs an outlet! [Gatecrasher]
Shocker: Your friend Kanye West is troubled. He was performing in England on Saturday night, when he stopped to chat about how he is misunderstood. "I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I'm [expletive] insane, like I'm Hitler," he said. "One day the light will shine through and one day people will understand everything I ever did." Cue the outrage for comparing himself to Hitler. [AP]
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- Simon Cowell says if Mariah Carey hadn't gotten pregnant, she would have been a judge on X Factor. She was his first choice. But, as we all know, fetuses ruin everything. [NYDN]
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- Rihanna continues to have way more fun than you, and wears a Bob Marley swimsuit while doing so. [Perez]
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- Big Boi of OutKast was arrested yesterday in Miami on charges of illegally possessing Ecstasy and Viagra. Sounds like he had something fun planned, and cops ruined it. [USA Today]
- Suri Cruise is a young mom. [Celebuzz]
- Scandal: 19-year-old Demi Lovato was seen partying at a club where revelers must be 21. Let the pearl-clutching commence. [Gatecrasher]
- Sean Kingston walked the red carpet of the Teen Choice Awards, his first public appearance since his serious JetSki accident, which led to a broken jaw, fractured wrist, water in his lungs, open heart surgery and two other surgeries. "What the accident basically taught me is, in life, you have to count your blessings." [Us Magazine]
- Dot-Marie Jones, who plays Coach Beiste on Glee, is excitited to be an Emmy nominee: "So, you know how people say it's just an honor to be nominated? To be in that group — are you kidding me? I just want to have lunch with them and I'm good… I just want to sit and have lunch." Unfortunately, she just fractured a bone in her foot, so when it comes to Emmy night, "I'm gonna have to rethink what I'm gonna wear," she says. [OMG!]
- Here is a picture of Emma Watson kissing her Perks Of Being A Wallflower costar Johnny Simmons. They are not on set. [TMZ]
- The eighth season of Desperate Housewives will be its last. [Us Magazine]
- Blake and Leo went grocery shopping and it is news. [Just Jared]
- Blind items! 1. "Which hip-hop star's gold teeth are emitting a foul stench? Music industry noses are turning away in disgust because of his vile breath — but it doesn't seem to put off the ladies…" 2. "Which A-list actress can't nail down a man because she's too stiff in the bedroom?" [Page Six]


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- The Lees-McRae College men's cross country team turned in an impressive eighth-place performance at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championships on Saturday, placing four runners in the top 60 at the event hosted by Queens University of Charlotte.
Junior Craig Simpkins (Boiling Springs, S.C.) paced the Bobcats with a 21st-place performance, turning in a time of 32:43.4, while Michael Davis (Independence, Va.) and Sondre Thorbergsen (Tranoy, Norway) finished 31st and 41st, respectively. Jared Lupton (Nampa, Idaho) turned in a solid 51st-place performance, as Will McCoy (Southern Pines, N.C.) and Austin High (Chesnee, S.C.) rounded out the top 100 performers for the Bobcats, finishing 83rd and 88th, respectively.
Queens (N.C.) won its fourth-straight regional title, tallying 36 points and placing four runners in the top 10. Columbus State came in second with 79 points, followed by Mars Hill College (118), King (137), and Pembroke (150). Mount Olive (203) finished sixth, followed by Lenoir-Rhyne (204), Lees-McRae (221), Georgia College & State (228), and Clayton State (242).
Kira Shoemaker (Aiken, S.C.) finished 51st overall to pace the Bobcat women's team to a 18th-place performance, turning in a time of 24:31.4, while Hannah Henderson (Canvas, W. Va.) placed 59th with a time of 24:44.2. Cinthia Lehner (Greer, S.C.) finished 100th overall with a time of 25:55.3, as Crystal Fischer (Greer, S.C.) came in 113th to round out the LMC top four. Erica Zaveta (Erwinna, Pa.), Rayne Delutis (Christianburg, Va.), and Heather Peterman (Buford, Ga.) also turned in solid performances for the Bobcats.
Queens (N.C.) captured the program's first-ever region championship, placing six runners in the top 20, for a total of 40 points. King College (Tenn.) came in second with 91 points, followed by Columbus State University (93), Augusta State University (130), and Anderson University (S.C.) (221). Lenoir-Rhyne University (247), Clayton State University (258), UNC Pembroke (276), Georgia College & State University (276), and Mount Olive College (312) rounded out the top 10.
Lees-McRae is expected to return 10 lettermen from the men's team, including all-Conference Carolinas Second Team selection Simpkins. The Bobcat women's team is expected to return seven letter-winners, including rising seniors Delutis, Fischer, and Zaveta.


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Australian small businesses need to overcome their fears of being washed out by big companies and create a culture where they use technology to bring about change, Ita Buttrose said on Thursday night.
The 2013 Australian of the Year, who has seen a massive transition in the publishing industry from print to digital, told an audience of IT professionals at the Internet Industry Association's (IIA) 16th Annual Gala Dinner in Sydney that small businesses are falling behind in their uptake of technology.
Buttrose urged the IT industry to help small businesses realise the benefits that technology can provide.
"Your industry is keen to work with and encourage small businesses, indeed all businesses, to embrace technology and what it can bring to a business. But the fact is not all small businesses have a website – around 50 per cent of them don't – and many of them don't transact business online either," Buttrose said.
Buttrose said this was because many small businesses don't have the same amount of capital that larger businesses do to invest in the technology and skills needed to successfully run a business online.
"Cost has a role to play here – $5000 [to] $10,000 to develop a website is a big ask for a small business. And often when they do have a website it's difficult for many of them to keep up with what they have to do," she said.
"They also have to compete in a world where price plays a significant role. Customers, as we know, demand prices that are comparable. If as a business you have to compete against say China or the United States where cheaper manufacturing costs and volumes are significant, then it's almost impossible to match what they have to offer."
However, that doesn't mean small businesses are out of the game. Buttrose said small businesses can have the advantage in being more agile than larger businesses in terms of implementing technology to deliver better customer service.
Buttrose gave an example of how a small Australian retailer, Shoes of Prey, was able to offer a more personalised service to its customers by deploying iPads in its store for customers to design their own shoes and have them delivered within four to six weeks. She said the success of this led to the small retailer earning its own boutique store in David Jones in Sydney.
Another example of a small Australian company that used technology to grow its business is Paperbark Camp, which offers luxury tent accommodation at Jervis Bay, New South Wales. Buttrose said Tourism Australia linked to Paperbark Camp's website and Facebook page, listing the small company as a travel destination. By simply having an online presence, Buttrose said this led to a spike in Facebook likes and ultimately more bookings came, she said.
"It went from having 423 to 7000 likes almost overnight and they are now taking bookings from people around the world."
Even though the upfront costs of technology investments may seem more real and challenging for small businesses, Buttrose said it needs to be seen as part of a company's long-term strategy and sustainable business plan.
"In today's world, anyone in a business leadership role must be ready for change… When you think of change as something that offers opportunity then I think it becomes something that needs to no longer be feared. If you are not looking around for opportunities, you won't find them.
"Having a website, social media presence and an app are 21st century business fundamentals and no-one serious about business success in this country can afford to be without them."
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Notes: First four-time recipient of the team's Richard Derby Academic Award in school history.
2008-09: Unable to play due to injury... Received the Richard Derby Academic Award at team's post-season banquet.
2007-08: Appeared in a career-high 17 games off the bench... Recipient of the Richard Derby Academic Award for the third straight year at the post season team banquet... Had 10 points, five assists, three rebounds and two steals in victory over Oberlin... Made his first career three-pointer against Oberlin... Made the most unselfish play of the year in the final minutes against Dartmouth when he passed up a breakaway layup to feed Chris Andrews, who was playing in his first game in nearly two years.
2006-07: Appeared in 10 games off the bench... Had two points, two rebounds, four assists and two steals in six minutes in season-opening victory over Allegheny... At the team's post season banquet was the recipient of the Richard Derby Academic Award for the second straight year... Shared the Josh Hill Award for hard work and dedication with teammate Jason Abromaitis.
2005-06: Appeared in eight games and did not miss a shot... Was 4 for 4 from the field and made both of his free throw attempts... Against Bucknell saw the first action of his career, scored four points and grabbed one rebound... Also scored against Savannah State, Brown and Penn... Presented with the Richard Derby Academic Award at team's post season banquet.
Before Yale: Averaged 18 points and seven assists at Jamesville Dewitt High School... A two-time all-league and All-CNY selection... Named to the state championship all-tournament team.
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commodorejohn wrote:What a very strange thing to say. Is she wrong for being svelte and blond? Should she pack on a few pounds and dye her hair in deference to other people's issues with unrelated advertising/media-industry biases?
The woman brave enough to expose herself (pun so totally intentional) to thousands, possibly missions of strangers has little to fear in terms of body shaming. Even then she hides her face, undercutting her message considering the many of the sexualized parts of a person are on on the front of the body.
That being said, I will admit that the comment on bulimia was tangential at best.


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Sorry to rain on the iPhone 3G parade but it has to be done. Here's some not so great news about the iPhone 3G. The iPhone 3G data plan is going to cost $30 per month. That's $10 more than the current iPhone plan. On top of that, current iPhone owners will have to sign a NEW 2-year contract to use the iPhone 3G. Meaning, buying an iPhone 3G won't be a seamless upgrade in the traditional sense. Granted, AT&T won't count the remaining years on your current iPhone contract to the new iPhone 3G contract, the fact that you have to sign a new contract plus the added cost per month just doesn't sit right with me.
Look at it this way, the iPhone 3G costs $199. Hip hip hooray right? Not quite. We have to add the cost of the added monthly fees. First we multiply the 10 dollars more a month by 24 months (the life of a 2 year contract) which equates to $240 dollars more to use the iPhone 3G's data plan versus the original data plan. Now for the simple math, $199 (cost of the iPhone 3G) + $240 (cost of 3G data vs EDGE data over 2 years) = $439 over the lifetime of the contract. That's actually a $40 dollar increase from the current iPhone, not quite the 'half price' that we're being marketed to believe.
Also, it looks like AT&T will discontinue their pre-paid, GoPhone option meaning there is no alternative than being tied into a 2 year voice+3G data contract under AT&T. At least before, some users could choose to use the iPhone as a pseudo-data only device.
Perhaps its because the old revenue sharing model of the original iPhone is no longer in effect, but it looks like AT&T has taken back control of data plans and is positioning the iPhone 3G to increase subscribers and broaden market potential. The carrier subsidy is theoretically included in the $199 price, essentially AT&T is giving Apple the money upfront instead of through a month-to-month revenue sharing plan. Do we as consumers win out? Depends what your perspective is. The iPhone 3G is still a great phone and a steal, but AT&T & Apple are obviously not in the same relationship they were in just one year ago.
So when the iPhone 4G comes is AT&T going to raise our data prices to $40? Will it stop? What do you guys think of this? Does it change your perspective on the price of the iPhone 3G?
UPDATE: Gizmodo is also reporting that the iPhone 3G can only be activated in store via a 10-12 minute process. Also, a fine might be levied to those who don't activate the iPhone 3G within 30 days. It seems like the iPhone no longer carries that unique badge of being separate from the rest of the other phones in AT&T's lineup anymore..


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I am often asked what the difference is between dressing and stuffing. Simply stated dressing is baked outside the bird and stuffing within. No matter which you prefer, for many of us the dressing is the best part of a Thanksgiving or Christmas meal. In the last few years, I've been calling my stuffing "dressing" because I no longer stuff my turkey before baking it. There are a number of reasons why, but mostly it's because an unstuffed turkey will cook faster and is, therefore, somewhat juicier because it hasn't been overcooked. Baking dressing outside the bird also means that even a turkey isn't necessarily required for making the holiday meal - but, still, the dressing absolutely is. Why, if it weren't for the dressing, we'd have no satisfactory way of enjoying the amalgamation of herbs that, when mixed with mediums like cornbread, or rice, and onion and celery, become dishes that smell, look and taste like - well - Thanksgiving and Christmas all rolled into one. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme are my herbs of choice for dressings, especially good when they've been dried from fresh herbs that grew in the backyard just a short time ago. I tend to start slow when adding herbs to dressings, adding more of this, or less of that, as I go along. And, keep in mind, dried herbs and fresh herbs are measured differently, with one teaspoon of dried herbs being the equivalent of one tablespoon of fresh. If you want to use either of the dressing recipes here for stuffing inside a turkey, you certainly may. They each will provide enough stuffing to stuff a turkey up to about ten pounds. To you and yours, a happy Thanksgiving and a blessed beginning to the holiday season.
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2 (4.5-ounce) packages Mahatma Long Grain & Wild Rice with seasoning (no substitute)
¼ cup (½ stick) butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 (12-ounce) package fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried sage
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
¾ cup soft breadcrumbs (make your own from day-old white or wheat bread)
½ cup snipped dried apricots
¼ cup toasted pistachio nuts
1 large egg, lightly beaten
Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Low-sodium chicken broth to moisten dressing
Cook rice according to package directions; set aside. In a large skillet, heat butter with oil over medium-high heat. Sauté mushrooms, until they just begin to lose their moisture. Stir in onion and celery, lower heat, and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft. Stir in parsley, thyme, rosemary and white pepper, cooking 3 minutes more. Remove the skillet from the heat. Cool mixture for 10 minutes, then stir in breadcrumbs, apricots, pistachios and egg. Moisten dressing with chicken broth and season with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon mixture into a buttered 3-quart casserole dish. You can refrigerate the casserole for baking the next day, or bake immediately, covered, in a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes, removing the cover for the last 10 minutes of baking. (If refrigerating casserole prior to baking, remove casserole from refrigerator, allowing it to come to room temperature before baking.) Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Adapted from a recipe by Pepperidge Farm
1 (14-ounce) package Pepperidge Farm Cornbread Stuffing
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
2 stalks celery, chopped (about 1 cup)
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried sage
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 teaspoon dried thyme
¼ teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
2½ cups Swanson chicken broth, plus more, as needed
2 slices day-old white or wheat bread made into breadcrumbs with a blender or food processor
½ to ¾ cup dried cranberries
½ cup coarsely chopped pecans
1 large egg, lightly beaten
Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Heat butter and oil in a 3-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and celery and cook until soft, stirring occasionally. Stir in parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, poultry seasoning and white pepper and cook for 3 minutes more. Remove from the heat. Stir in the broth, breadcrumbs, cranberries, pecans and egg into the saucepan.
Add the stuffing mix and mix lightly. If the mixture seems dry, add in some more of the broth until it is moist. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste. Spoon mixture into a greased 3-quart casserole. Cover casserole and bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes, or until the dressing is hot. Makes 10 servings.
¼ cup (½-stick) butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 (14-ounce) package Pepperidge Farm Herbed Seasoned Stuffing
2½ cups chicken broth, plus more, as needed
1 large egg
½ teaspoon ground sage, plus more to taste
½ teaspoon thyme, plus more to taste
¼ teaspoon poultry seasoning
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled cored and chopped
¾ cup golden raisins
Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Melt butter with oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion and sauté until soft. Add celery and cook 5 minutes more, stirring well. Remove from heat; set aside. In a large bowl, combine stuffing mix with egg. Mix in chicken broth, ½ cup at a time, until moistened. Add onion mixture, sage, thyme and poultry seasoning. Stir in apples and raisins. Season with salt and pepper. If dressing seems dry, add more broth. Spoon dressing into a lightly greased 3-quart casserole. Bake dressing in a preheated 350 degree oven, until hot. Makes 10 servings.
When substituting dried herbs for fresh, the ratio is one teaspoon dried herb for one tablespoon fresh, or a third of the amount. For calculations less than a teaspoon, convert tablespoons into teaspoons - three teaspoons equals one tablespoon. In order to obtain full flavor from herbs, always add them at the beginning of the cooking time.


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Abuse isn't just about bruises. Not all forms of abuse leave bruises where we can see them,Domestic Violence Battery in 2018 . Although physical abuse is terrifying and needs to be addressed immediately there are other forms of abuse that can cause significant damage. One type of abuse that is very difficult for outsiders to detect is financial abuse. Marriage should be a partnership but when one spouse completely dominates the finances to the point that the other spouse has no control and no options financial abuse may be occurring.
What Are Signs of Potential Financial Abuse?
Every married couple handles their finances differently. In some cases one spouse handles the majority of the finances. They manage the accounts, pay the bills and deal with creditors. That does not by itself equal financial abuse.
Financial abuse occurs when one spouse is treated like an irresponsible child and Domestic Violence Hotline Number . They are cut off from funds and their knowledge about the couple's finances is severely limited. Some signs of financial abuse include:
•Strict Allowances. This isn't an amount that the spouses have agreed to limit themselves to but is instead a set amount that is grudgingly handed out from one spouse to the other and is all that will be given.
Documents, documents, documents. Written evidence is incredibly strong and can range from credit card bills showing that there is a credit card but that you aren't named on it to emails from your spouse that show the financial abuse.
Other witnesses can be incredibly powerful on your behalf. Financial abuse is hard for people outside the relationship to detect. So when someone credible comes in and tells the judge that it is happening and they can see it the judge will listen and Therapist Narcissistic Abuse Near Me .
Domestic Violence Battery in 2018 ?
Domestic Violence charges are treated differently than most other criminal cases because from the outset of the charge, not the conviction, it is very likely that you will have your home and your children taken from you. We are supposed to have a criminal system where you are innocent until proven guilty but as you will discover that is not the case with Domestic Violence charges. This survival guide will help explain the system you're up against and how to get through it.
- Do not plead guilty at Arraignment. Arraignment is the first formal court appearance in a criminal case. During this hearing, you will be formally notified of the criminal charge against you and given the opportunity to plead guilty or not guilty. DO NOT PLEAD GUILTY! This is obvious in cases where you do not believe you've done anything wrong but is also true in cases where you do think you've done something wrong. There is no benefit in pleading guilty up front but there may be costs in doing so.
Some inexperienced people mistakenly believe that if they plead guilty at arraignment, they will get a lighter sentence than if they plead guilty later. This is incorrect. The reverse is much more common; you will likely get sentenced harder if you plead guilty up front.
If you decide to plead guilty later, the Judge will not use the fact that you pled not guilty initially against you. By pleading not guilty at Arraignment, what you are really saying to the Judge is that you want a chance to see what evidence the Prosecutor has and if you feel it is sufficient to prove your guilt then you want a chance to negotiate with the Prosecutor for a better outcome.
- Pre-Trial No Contact Orders. In most criminal cases, a Judge will issue an order directing the Defendant not have any contact with the alleged victim. In Domestic Violence cases, that order can be extended to the victim's home, place of work, and children. These orders are issued before there is a finding of guilt and can render a Defendant homeless. If you work at the same place as your spouse then you might just find yourself out of a job too. Whether or not the children were involved with the incident, you can be prohibited from seeing them.
Stipulated Orders of Continuance / Pre-Trial Diversion Agreements
These are contracts, nothing more. You make an agreement with the Prosecutor's Office to do (and not do) certain things, like entering a Domestic Violence Treatment Program and stay out of trouble. If you comply with the contract, the case is dismissed.
Reduced Charge
It is often possible to get a Domestic Violence charge re-filed as a different, less serious, charge. The factors involved are: the facts of the current case, the Defendant's criminal history, and the position of the alleged victim. Examples of reduced charges are: Disorderly Conduct or Simple Assault without the DV tag.
- Only the State can bring criminal charges. With any criminal charge, including Domestic Violence, only the State can bring the charge - not the alleged victim in your case. This means that even if the person labeled "victim" wants the No Contact Order or the entire case to simply go away, they don't have the power to dismiss it; only the Prosecutor does
- Joint Bank Accounts. Be aware that some Victims Advocates are advising alleged victims to drain joint bank accounts. This advice leaves Defendants in the impossible position of becoming suddenly homeless due to the no contact order and penniless.
- Gun Rights. Conviction for a crime labeled Domestic Violence will forfeit your rights to own or possess firearm for the rest of your life. This is true even in cases where no gun was used, threatened, mentioned or even owned by the defendant.
Because of the nature of Domestic Violence charges, you need to find an attorney that understands the complexity of these charges and what you can do about them. If you have questions specific to your case, please give me a call. I do not charge money for an initial consultation and I can answer many questions over the phone or via email.
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What Is Financial Abuse By A Spouse?
Have you ever experienced sexual abuse? Do you know that the negative experience you had may still be affecting you in the present?
In my practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I discovered that many women, and even some men, experienced sexual abuse. As I counseled the clients, they became aware of the negative decisions they had made from their sexual exploitation. In fact, many years later those painful thoughts were still affecting their lives in negative ways.
Some of the symptoms that it still influenced their lives were low self-esteem, avoiding dating, struggling in their relationships, not enjoying their sexuality, hiding their physical beauty, shyness, and doing everything to please others.
I included 14 hurtful thoughts that caused the above symptoms that I heard from many of the clients of all ages. Can you relate to any of them?
14 Negative decisions based on sexual abuse include:
1) I feel shame.
2) I am bad and dirty.
3) I am not safe in the world.
4) I can't trust men not to hurt me.
5) My parent or parents betrayed me because they did not protect me.
6) I can't trust people I love to be there for me.
7) I should have stopped it.
8) Sex is painful, dirty and wrong.
9) Men want me only for my body.
10) I feel guilty because it felt good.
11) I feel different than others; I am an outsider.
12) I have to hide my secret so people do not judge me.
13) I have to do what others want me to or I am not safe or loved.
14) It is not safe for me to get attention from men.
For example, Susan was molested by her father. As a result, she hated men and that affected all her relationships with the opposite sex. She also was very cute, free- spirited and loving as a child and that is when her father started to molest her. Her decision was many of the above negative beliefs, as well as it is not safe to be free, happy and shine. She just did what people wanted to stay safe. Her self-esteem was very low and that affected her social interactions and professional success. To stuff her pain, she overate and was obese.
Her mother knew but did nothing to protect Susan. (Mothers often cannot deal with the rejection so they deny it, and may also be afraid of their partners.) To help Susan, I suggested that she imagine her mother in front of her and say, "You did the best you could with the information you had, I forgive you."
Then I helped Susan release the other negative thoughts based on her negative experiences, and she felt much better, began speaking up for herself, and her relationship improved.
By the way, sexual abuse is one major cause of weight issues. Nancy told me that whenever she was thin, men made sexual comments and she did not feel safe. The weight is her wall of protection. "Helene, she said, "I have to make myself unattractive with my unattractive hairstyle, baggy clothes, and fat, for the men to leave me alone!"
Can you relate to Susan or Nancy? If you do, it would be very beneficial to release those hurtful decisions, so that you can enjoy a healthy and happy life.


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The beach in Kamari, Santorini, at night.
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