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This Thanksgiving I took on the daunting task of making my mother-in-law’s cornbread dressing. This isn’t just ordinary dressing; this is my husband’s very favorite dish. This is “Mamma’s Dressing”. There are entire family stories surrounding this dressing. The outcome of holidays has been determined by this dressing. Forget the presents, forget the company; it was all about the dressing. No pressure.

A former Holly High School music teacher accused of having sex with two students was sentenced to jail Wednesday and barred from most unsupervised contact with minors. Ranee Sue Proper hugged supporters before facing Oakland Circuit Judge Edward Sosnick, who sentenced her to five years probation, with the first nine months of that in Oakland County Jail. The judge also ordered her to participate in sex offender treatment and not to have any unsupervised contact with minors under 18 other than her own children and relatives’ children.

"Who knew the badge, the holster and the iconic dark blue threads worn by Los Angeles police officers could make punching the clock so complicated? A federal judge ruled this week that Los Angeles Police Department officers should be paid for the time it takes them to put on and take off their uniforms and safety equipment, a decision that could cost the city millions of dollars in back pay and higher salaries." "In a 39-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess found that the several minutes it takes an officer to dress for duty is a vital part...

We will be in D.C. with our sonon Thanksgiving. Any suggestions for a great, moderately priced (max $35-40 per person) restaurant with a prix-fixe or traditional menu? We were told that Clydes of Georgetown was one to consider..... Thank you so much!

Shipwreck Yields World's Oldest Salad Dressing Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News June 20, 2008 -- Olive oil infused with fragrant herbs has been identified in an ancient Greek ceramic transport jar known as an amphora, along with another container of what could be the world's oldest retsina-type wine, according to a recent Journal of Archaeological Science paper. It is the first time DNA has been extracted from shipwrecked artifacts -- the two large jars were recovered from a 2,400-year-old wrecked vessel off the Greek island of Chios. If the second jar indeed contained a retsina-like wine, which is preserved and flavored...

Thousand Island dressing stirs Muslim row Website calls on Israeli Arabs to avoid dressing after consumer discovers it contains alcohol Roee Nahmias Published: 04.13.08, 10:28 / Israel Culture No dressing for you – another product banned by MuslimsPhoto: Dana Kopel A website affiliated with the northern branch of Israel's Islamic Movement warned its readers to avoid a brand of Thousand Island dressing produced by a well-known Israeli company. The warning was issued after a local Arab discovered that the dressing contains alcohol. The Palestine 48 website called on its readers to stay away from the dressing after being approached by...

Homecoming events say viva East High! Fun-filled week is planned THE DANCE: The "Viva Las Vegas" theme event will be from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in the school gym. Tickets are $10 each and must be purchased in advance during homecoming week at the school. THE GAME: 7:20 p.m. Oct. 5 at Williams Stadium against Roosevelt. THEME DAYS: Monday, dress in Las Vegas-style apparel or as a famous person for Vegas Day; Tuesday, dress in clothing of the opposite sex for Gender Bender Day; Wednesday, dress as a person or occupation on "...er" Day; Thursday, dress as someone...

MISS Mexico is redesigning her Miss Universe pageant dress - because it is too violent. The floor-length dress, belted by bullets and including sketches of hangings and firing squads from Mexico's 1920s Catholic uprising, during which tens of thousands died, has outraged Mexicans.

Facing a fatwa for wearing skirts. Expelled for wearing sleeveless tops. Dismissed for wearing a hijab - stuffy anecdotes from the prude annals? Hardly. This is the harsh reality that Indians are facing globally. The self-appointed Dress Police - mostly government outfits, have taken away your freedom to choose what you wear. The fatwa issued against Sania Mirza by a ‘religious scholar’ for wearing ‘revealing clothes’ comes days after Orissa’s controversial decision to enforce its “uniform dress code’’ in all colleges of the state. The rule has made Orissa the first state in the country to bar girls from wearing...

"…though liberals do a great deal of talking about hearing other points of view, it sometimes shocks them to learn that there are other points of view."--William F. Buckley, National Review, Jan 11, 1956. On March 31, 900 students, faculty and community members gathered in a Western Michigan University lecture hall to hear Pat Buchanan talk about immigration and the culture war. The conservatives on campus, led by Young America's Foundation (YAF) supporter Matt Hall, had worked tirelessly to bring Buchanan to their campus. They had a track record of hosting and organizing many successful events featuring YAF speakers and...

Supernatural power dressingJewellery from Bronze Age graves is normally interpreted as a symbol of status. However, materials like jet, amber, faience and tin were also worn as talismans, writes Alison SheridanWhen archaeologists found the 4,300-year-old burial of an archer and metalworker at Amesbury in Wiltshire last year, they knew at once that they were looking at the remains of a great Bronze Age chieftain. The astonishing wealth of the possessions found in his grave declared him a man of power. This was, quite simply, the richest early Bronze Age grave ever found in Britain, with some of the country's earliest...