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Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess and now struggles with an identity crisis. As a half-breed, she's a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena realm. Syrena law states that all half-breeds should be put to death.
As if that's not bad enough, her mother's reappearance in the Syrena world turns the two kingdoms - Poseidon and Triton - against one another. That leaves Emma with a decision to make: Should she comply with Galen's request to keep herself safe and just hope for the best? Or should she risk it all and reveal herself - and her gift - to save a people she's never known?
Once again, Anna Banks infuses Emma and Galen's points of view with humor, intrigue, and waves of romance.
©2013 Anna Banks (P)2013 AudioGO
Much like the first book this was a light and fluffy beach read. I enjoyed the story and it did have some funny parts, but overall it was just ok. I only purchased this book because the first one had a cliffhanger ending. (annoying) Thankfully this book wraps up the story nicely and I felt it came to a satisfying conclusion. Even though there is a third book, I didn't feel compelled to purchase it. Definitely not what the publishers want but I was happy as a listener.
"Best book ever"
So good
Perfect romance tragedy and victory.
I think Anna banks is up there need to J.K Rowling,
in a different way to
"really great read I couldn't put it down"
loved the story line couldn't stop reading until. the book ended lived it awesome. read
"A great fishy tale!! :)"
My Thoughts - 4 out of 5 Unicorns - I really liked it!!!
Okay, I picked up this book from Audible since I knew I had the first book in audiobook form from SYNC.
First, I love that it is the same narrator because I was already use to her style and voices for her of the characters :) I really like listening to audiobooks as a way to get my book fix when I'm busy doing other things and can't focus on reading. I get to multitask this way. I usually have two audiobooks going as the same time. One I listen to in the car with my son, and another I listen to from my computer.
Anna has created a beautiful world, but it does have its perils that must be transverse. She does a wonderful job weaving her words in a great story.
Emma is a great heroine in the story, and she is always protective of life which I love. She won't let people railroad her and always sticks to her guns when it is something she feels is important. Her gift is amazing. Of course new things are happening in the Syrena world. Some things I loved and could see coming, and other things, I was screaming and yelling Nooo!!! Lots of action, turmoil, drama, and so much more! I can't wait to listen to book 3 which I already have!!
I recommend this series to YA lovers who like fishy tales ;)
Yes, i know I missed some details
The gift of Triton....
It was ok, could have been better
"Combing old world kingdoms with modern sensibility"
Over halfway through the story you will become hooked. I say halfway because that is about how long it takes before I got used to the characters and fell in love with the romantic YA tale of the deep.
This is a Triton + Poseidon modern kingdom tale of mermaids known as the Salina. It's a story of love, family, betrayal, survival, and togetherness.
The narrator's voice is so breathy, not from breathing hard, but a sound like someone who just finished kissing. It's deeper than 1950s actresses but has the same heady quality, like she is trying to seduce you. It's confusing when the character point of view switches back and forth between Emma and her mother, there is no transition.
The narrator is not distracting and moves the story along well. Her voice is child-like and fast paced. She makes a confusing story easier to listen.
Wow this book really throws you right in the middle of everything. She tries to unwind the entire story in the first five minutes with little time to settle into the characters or scene. Everyone seems to just be rapid fire introduced during a flash back. Chaos. Confusion.
I will reread this book. Now that I know the background and have been through it once .. It's more familiar and love able. Worth the credit. Enjoyed the narration.
This review was written while reading. I stopped at various parts of the book to note my thoughts.
"love it!"
i love this series. i was sad when Rachel died but i felt sorry for Dr. Morrigan. i still loved it!
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How's your cholesterol level? If you say good, then congratulations, you are one of the few people who know how important it is to maintain proper levels of cholesterol. Now if you are unsure or you suspect it to be bad, it's time that you visit your doctor for a check-up and do something about your cholesterol level.
Cholesterol, which is a waxy and fatty substance made in the liver and transported to the bloodstream, is needed by the body to function properly. However, when a person's cholesterol increases way beyond its normal level, it can increase the risks of heart diseases and stroke.
Cholesterol comes in various types. Two of these are the LDL and HDL.
LDL, which means low-density lipoprotein, is the "bad" cholesterol. Its level should be kept to 130 milligrams per deciliter of blood so that you won't have any problems with your health.
HDL or high density lipoprotein on the other hand, is known as the "good cholesterol" as this decreases risks of coronary heart diseases. It should be at least 25 percent of the total cholesterol.
To lower down levels of bad cholesterol in your blood, here are the things that you should do now.
Get Physical
Regular physical activity can immediately lower bad cholesterol in your body. When you say exercise, you don't necessarily have to sweat the whole day in the gym. Even moderate forms such as brisk walking can do wonders for your health. If you're in the office the whole day, take a fifteen-minute break to stretch your arms and legs or to do a couple of squats. Instead of using the elevator, climb the stairs. During the weekend, organize a sporting event, group jogging, or any other physical activity with your family and friends. This won't only make you feel energized, but would also be beneficial for your heart and health.
Stay Away from Saturated Fat
Choose smart fats over saturated ones. Forgo the vegetable oil, butter, margarine or lard when cooking, and stick to canola or olive oil. Eat fish more often than red meat like beef. Saturated fat, which is found mostly in animal-based foods, solidifies when cooled. Unsaturated fat, meanwhile, remains fluid no matter what the temperature is. When you look at hardened saturated fat, it's easy to imagine how it would form a plaque in your arteries that can result in heart attack or stroke.
Snack on Fiber
Instead of munching on a bag of salty chips that won't do any good for your health, choose to snack on fibrous fruits, vegetables and whole grains, which are rich in cholesterol-reducing dietary fiber. Soluble fiber, for example, is excellent in lowering down cholesterol levels by acting like a sponge that absorbs bad cholesterol. Dried beans, barley and oats are just few of the many good sources of soluble fiber.
Talk to your Doctor
Modifying your lifestyle can surely do good for anyone who has high cholesterol levels. But if you are at risk of any cardiovascular disease, you cannot take this matter on your own hands and you must consult your doctor right away, who will prescribe you with a cholesterol-lowering drug. These types of medication include bile acid resins, niacin and fibrates.


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Original paper
Inventory of anthropogenic landforms for flood management in small catchments of the Czech Republic
Slabá, Eva; Jakubínský, Jiří; Báčová, Radka; Herber, Vladimír; Kubíček, Petr
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementbände Volume 59 Supplementary Issue 2 (2015), p. 75 - 93
published: May 1, 2015
DOI: 10.1127/zfg_suppl/2015/S-59205
ArtNo. ESP023105902004, Price: 29.00 €
The long-term trend of increasing human activities has had a negative impact on landscape stability. Anthropogenic pressure directly or indirectly influences approximately 30% of Earth's surface. Environmental problems, which are caused by inappropriate land use, have an adverse effect on society. Such landscape degradation is demonstrated by local predispositions to natural risks (e.g., flood events and slope instabilities). This paper presents a methodology utilizing both field and secondary geospatial data sets to identify landscape change and flood risk. The interdisciplinary approach is applicable in selected areas in the Morava River basin of the Czech Republic. The model areas (Lacnovsky Brook, Leskava Brook, Kloboucka Brook, and Dunajovicky Brook catchments) are set apart by different natural conditions and human activities. During flood prevention and protection planning, unsatisfactory attention is dedicated to small watercourses. Increased flooding of small streams within the region has impacted a significant percentage of the population. This situation is an example of global environmental change on a regional scale in Central Europe. The research identified the degradation of the landscape as related to flooding. It also established an anthropogenic landform inventory, and identified the anthropogenic pressures to the morphological properties of the river beds and their impacts on flood behaviour. The aim of this study is presented by a quantitative and qualitative identification and verification of the relationship between landscape degradation and propensity for flood risks using geographical analysis and cartographic visualization. The identification of the most degraded areas in relation to flood areas is a suitable tool to determine the flood risk susceptibility of small watercourses. These analyses and assessments are key elements in the cycle of disaster risk management.
landscape degradation • flood risk • anthropogenic landforms • small catchments • fluvial geomorphology


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Aloo Mooli Kadhi, and a Surefire Way to Prevent Yogurt from Curdling
2 May
This aloo mooli kadhi (potato radish sticks in gram flour curry) recipe, adapted from Sanjeev Kapoor's, is a simpler alternative to pakora kadhi, besides being an interesting way of adding radish (mooli) to the diet. The Indian white radish has a taste so powerfully pungent that one can't have much of it raw. I like mooli paratha, but other ways of cooking mooli don't excite me. Aloo mooli kadhi, though, had me sold from the word go. The potatoes tone down the sharpness of mooli, and the yogurt and gram flour cloak it all in a rich, delicious sauce.
As with regular kadhi, this too uses a mix of gram flour (besan) and yogurt (dahi) as its base. But I've made a departure from the original recipe in the way the kadhi is cooked. Why, you ask?
To prevent yogurt from curdling when cooked.
When I use low-fat yogurt, no matter what I techniques I use, it *does* curdle with heat. Come close to boiling point, and the yogurt solids abruptly abandon their liquid partners, leaving me with a white-flecked watery mess within seconds.
If you use low-fat yogurt too, you will understand what I'm talking about.
So here's a surefire solution to the problem of curdled yogurt.
Instead of blending besan and yogurt and cooking them together, blend besan with water only. Whisked yogurt separately with salt, keep aside at room temperature. Cook the besan mix first, till it is no longer raw. Once done, take it off the heat and let cool.
Add two tablespoons of cooked besan mix to whipped yogurt. Blend well. This is to even out the temperatures and avoid "shocking" the yogurt. Now pour in the yogurt to the pan with cooked besan. Heat it slowly, stirring in one direction, till the kadhi is hot. Do not boil.
Make kadhi this way, and you will never end up with curdled yogurt!
On to the recipe of aloo mooli kadhi.
You Need:
- Gram flour (besan) – 2 tablespoons
- Plain yogurt* – 2 cups
- White radish – 100 grams
- Potato – 100 grams
- Salt – to taste
- Sugar – 1 teaspoon
- Green chilies – 2
- Ginger – 1-inch stick
- Cinnamon – 1-inch stick
- Cloves – 4
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
- Asafoetida – a pinch
- Curry leaves – 10
- Dry red chilies – 2
- Ghee – 1/2 tablespoon
*Aloo mooli kadhi tastes better with sour yogurt. Use some that's old, or keep it outside the fridge, on the counter for a few hours before use.
How To Make Aloo Mooli Kadhi:
Before you cook:
Pound green chilies and peeled ginger to paste.
Peel potatoes and cut them lengthwise into thin sticks. Dip into water to prevent discoloration.
Peel radish and cut into similar-sized sticks.
Mix two tablespoons of gram flour (besan) with a cup of water. Blend well, making sure no lumps remain. [I use the fingers to blend.]
Whisk two cups of sour yogurt with a cup of water, half a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of sugar. Adjust salt and sugar to taste.
In a pan, heat half a tablespoon of ghee.
When the ghee is hot, add the spices in this order: cumin seeds, mustard seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves.
After a few seconds, when the cumin and mustard seeds have crackled, add dry red chilies, asafoetida powder and curry leaves.
Stir and immediately add potato and radish sticks.
Sauté potato and radish sticks for 3 minutes on high heat, then add half a cup of water with a pinch of salt.
Continue to cook till the potato and radish sticks are almost done.
Pour in the besan mix along with green chili-ginger paste. Cook for 5 minutes on low heat, or till the rawness leaves the besan. Stir regularly while the besan cooks.
Take the pan off the heat. Let it cool to room temperature. Make sure that the whipped yogurt is also at room temperature. Mix a tablespoon of the cooked contents of the pan to the whipped yogurt. Now pour in all the yogurt into the pan and blend well.
Heat the pan on low heat, stirring slowly in one direction, till the kadhi is hot.
Serve aloo mooli kadhi hot with rice.
My meal above: kadhi with brown rice.


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All the kids in my best friend's neighborhood gravitate to her house because she's got a cool tree fort, a trampoline and a swimming pool.
It's fun central.
Recently, though, something happened that could have changed all that. One of the neighbor girls was doing flips on the trampoline, lost her balance and broke her arm. Of course, it could have been much worse. What if the girl had suffered more serious injuries? And what if my friend and her husband had been sued?
As we were talking about the accident later that day, my neighbor mentioned that her family had an umbrella policy to help cover any liability costs they might be legally responsible for stemming from accidents such as the one that occurred on the trampoline. Umbrella insurance? I've heard of it, but I never seriously thought about starting a policy.
So, I did some research and found that umbrella insurance is extra liability insurance that kicks in when costs exceed the liability coverage limits of your auto or home insurance policies. Having an umbrella policy can help protect your house, your assets and your life savings if, for example:
- You or your dependent is at fault for a major accident involving your car, boat, motorcycle or RV.
- You're involved in an accident overseas.
- A visitor to your house is injured on your property.
- Your dog attacks someone.
- You're accused of slander, libel or defamation of character.
Talking with my friends, I found that more of them had umbrella policies than I would have guessed. When I asked about it, I heard phrases like "just in case," "safety net," and "feel prepared" … and decided to get serious about starting a policy for my family.
If you're like me, you've worked hard for the lifestyle you've created for yourself and your family. So if you're concerned about protecting your family's assets or just want added peace of mind, do a little research or talk with someone at Progressive—an umbrella policy might be right for you.


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Forums > Off-Topic Discussion > SF2: Ess Effin Two > "How long has your hair been growing?"
"Since before I was born...."
This question was asked of me by the coordinator, last night, at figure drawing. My response was immediate...hehehe.
The whole studio erupted with laughter. He clarified his question, which made us all giggle more. But according to him, there aren't many female art models with long hair. At least not around here?
Also, it was requested that I sit for the University's classes, since I'm very curvy. I know they don't often get curvy figure models. Unfortunately, it's during the day, so I can't, really. I've thought about it, though. It pays more than what I make at my day job, so I could take a few hours of vacation, get paid for said hours, and then also make more than twice that for modeling.
Feb 20 13 07:29 am Link
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sounds like a good deal!
Feb 20 13 07:50 am Link
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
Back when I was doing a LOT of figure drawing (like multiple sessions per week), I had long hair.
They often requested that it be pulled back from my face, or worn in a bun.
Feb 20 13 09:30 am Link
Koryn Locke wrote:
I switch it up...sometimes down, sometimes up. I just try to make sure it's not hiding shapes and curves, UNLESS it's part of the actual shape and curve.
Feb 20 13 09:37 am Link
NicoleNudes wrote:
Yeah, I really might. I'll talk to the instructor and see how often she'd want me.
Feb 20 13 09:38 am Link
I keep wanting to chop my hair off, but I usually get booked because my hair is so long. Blehhh.
Feb 20 13 11:04 am Link
Kitty LaRose wrote:
Oh, I won't cut my hair, other than trimming. I have, however, considered letting my pubic hair grow back.
Feb 20 13 11:06 am Link
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Valparaiso, Indiana, US
2 years this month...starting at 1/2" long back then...not even a trim.
Looking to donate it to have a cancer wig made for a woman.
Everyone has to do something to help someone they will never know...
Feb 20 13 11:08 am Link
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Houston, Arkansas, US
Long time, it is now almost down to my waist
Feb 21 13 12:13 am Link
Jennifer Barker wrote:
I just got mine trimmed a couple of weeks ago. It is now UP to my waist...LOL.
Feb 21 13 04:17 am Link
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Tampa, Florida, US
Kitty LaRose wrote:
It's beautiful long
Feb 21 13 07:14 am Link
Posts: 25535
Tampa, Florida, US
The day after I graduated HS in 1987
Feb 21 13 07:15 am Link
Chris Rifkin wrote:
It's also a heavy mess when it's long Thank you.
Feb 21 13 12:36 pm Link
DivaEroticus wrote:
Ugh, props to you! I can't stand regrowth itchiness.
Feb 21 13 12:37 pm Link
Kitty LaRose wrote:
Oh, I didn't say I was, I said I'm considering...LOL. I can't stand the itch when it's between shaves. The thing is, the art modeling. That's the main reason I'm considering.
Feb 21 13 12:41 pm Link
Kitty LaRose wrote:
Mine is so fine that it weighs nothing, even when wet. It's just a tangled mess, like...even thirty seconds after I brush it.
Feb 21 13 12:42 pm Link
DivaEroticus wrote:
Yeah. I like making shapes when I shave...but other than that, I haven't been "au naturalle" since high school.
Feb 21 13 12:45 pm Link
DivaEroticus wrote:
Luck-y! Mine is soooooo heavy! I have to thin my hair every other month just to keep the migraines at bay.
Feb 21 13 12:46 pm Link
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New York, New York, US
Jealous of all the long, long pretty hair in this post.
Mine starts breaking right at about jawbone length.
I managed to get it to grow out to shoulder length, once.......only to discover I look like crap with longer hair.
So I shall admire all the pretty long haired ladies in this post. Please do not be alarmed by my occasional creepy hair pets
Feb 21 13 07:46 pm Link
Paige Morgan wrote:
Me + short hair = catastrophic. I absolutely ADORE shorter hairstyles...but when I get mine chopped, I regret it within 48 hours every.single.time. But man, I do love shorter hairstyles.
Feb 21 13 10:26 pm Link
Paige Morgan wrote:
I'll find a picture somewhere of me with short hair. I could sit on my hair until I was 12, then I got it cut in a pixie. I kept it short until about 2000, then started just letting it grow.
Feb 22 13 04:27 am Link
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Herkimer, New York, US
DivaEroticus wrote:
To hear my mother tell it I was born with a full head of hair so I guess mine has been growing since BEFORE my birth!
Feb 23 13 10:17 am Link
Posts: 22617
Des Moines, Iowa, US
I am trying to make mine super long again! It's getting there!
Feb 23 13 12:35 pm Link
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Nashville, Tennessee, US
DivaEroticus wrote:
This has a lot to do with why I love you so much
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Investigation of temperature dependence of fracture toughness in high-dose HT9 steel using small-specimen reuse technique
The temperature dependence of fracture toughness in HT9 steel irradiated to 3 145 dpa at 380 503 C was investigated using miniature three-point bend (TPB) fracture specimens. A miniature-specimen reuse technique has been established: the tested halves of subsize Charpy impact specimens with dimensions of 27 mm 3mm 4 mm were reused for this fracture test campaign by cutting a notch with a diamond-saw in the middle of each half, and by fatigue-precracking to generate a sharp crack tip. It was confirmed that the fracture toughness of HT9 steel in the dose range depends more strongly on the irradiation temperature than the irradiation dose. At an irradiation temperature <430 C, the fracture toughness of irradiated HT9 increased with the test temperature, reached an upper shelf of 180 200 MPa ffiffiffiffiffi m p at 350 450 C, and then decreased with the test temperature. At an irradiation temperatureP430 C, the fracture toughness was nearly unchanged up to about 450 C and decreased slowly with test temperatures in a higher temperature range. Such a rather monotonic test temperature dependence after high-temperature irradiation is similar to that observed for an archive material generally showing a higher degree of toughness. A brittle fracture withoutmore »
- Authors:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
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- 1120473
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- Journal Article
- Resource Relation:
- Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials; Journal Volume: 444; Journal Issue: 444
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
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- NE USDOE - Office of Nuclear Energy
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- United States
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Group F: In '98, Yugoslavia Has Edge on Germany
In fact, Yugoslavia has one of the most talented rosters in the entire tournament, the core of which won the world Under-20 championship in 1987 and is now reaching its peak. The Yugoslavs started their European qualifying campaign slowly, but once they got their legs under them, they utterly destroyed Hungary in a two-leg playoff, 12-1 on aggregate, including a 7-1 win in Budapest that was Hungary's worst home loss in 88 years.
In Predrag Mijatovic, they have one of the premier strikers in the world, scorer of the goal that gave Real Madrid the European Cup and a strong contender for European Player of the Year (he finished second to Ronaldo last year). He's built an understanding with midfielder Dragan Stojkovic that has produced one of the most powerful partnerships in the tournament, keying an attack that can overwhelm any opponent.
The array of offensive and midfield talent Mijatovic, Stojkovic, Savo Milosevic, the brilliant Dejan Savicevic, Vladimir Jugovic is so overwhelming that Anto Drobnjak, one of the leading goal scorers in France and a key member of French champions Lens, did not even make the final cut. It will also allow coach Slobodan Santrac to carry one or two more defenders than other teams. That will take some of the pressure off Sinisa Mihajlovic, one of the best defenders in Italy, with Sampdoria. The talent is so deep, in fact, that Santrac plays all 11 starters in their natural club positions, a rarity in World Cup teams.
The dispersal of the best players across Europe, created when Yugoslavia's league was shuttered during the war, has given home-based players a chance to play full-time, and a few have snuck into Santrac's squad. Goalkeeper Ivica Kralj of Partizan Belgrade has forced his way into the lineup, sending Italian league veteran Aleksandr Kocic to the bench, and Red Star Belgrade's Dejan Stankovic, still a teenager who recently signed a record contract to join Lazio in the Italian league, is a good bet to push another of the veterans out of the first team.
The presumption is that Germany is the favorite in Group F, but that's a knee-jerk reaction. Yugoslavia has better players at many positions and younger players at every position. Past Yugoslavian teams, reveling in their reputation as the Brazilians of Europe, have sacrificed winning for the sheer beauty of their play, but this year's team is intent on the right goal. "This team takes no prisoners," said the team's general manager, Bata Bulatovic. "It doesn't play for the fun of the crowds, as sometimes the old Yugoslav teams did. It plays to win the games."
The Yugoslavia-Germany game will decide the group, and Yugoslavia is simply better this year. From there, it may be unstoppable.
That's one heck of a pedigree, a formidable argument that Germany again is a favorite to win this tournament. Germany is always a model of consistency and teamwork, more often resembling a well-constructed, top-class club side in its cohesion than an all-star team that convenes only when needed.
But there's a crucial difference between the German national team and a traditional club power. Good clubs build for the future, rotating young new players into the side. Germany, by contrast, has relied for a decade on the same core of players who have taken it to the title game of all but one of the major tournaments it has entered in the 1990s.
Four years ago, Germany took a team widely admired for its experience to the United States: Goalkeeper Andreas Koepke was 32. Defenders Thomas Helmer, Stefan Reuter, Matthias Sammer, Jurgen Kohler and Olaf Thon were 29, 27, 26, 28 and 28, respectively. Lothar Matthaus, the successor to Franz Beckenbauer as the engineer of the team, was 33. Captain Jurgen Klinsmann was 32.
All but Sammer, who is injured, are back, all four years older.
Some of them are in noticeable decline, too. Matthaus had been out of the team for more than three years when coach Berti Vogts surprisingly named him to the squad for France. Klinsmann was a flop in his return to Italy and forced a transfer to England so he could play first-team soccer. Koepke has likely lost his starting job. Defensive options are so shaky that, incredibly, Matthaus has been named a starter at 37.
Nine of the 11 likely starters against the United States on June 15 are probably playing in their last World Cup. Only three are under 30, and two of them by only months. Even with Christian Ziege, 26, the average age of the German lineup is 32.
So there's age and with it the pressure not to blow it in the last big show. There's also a big roadblock ahead: the chance that Germany will have to face Holland as early as the second round.
In the last year, Vogts has adapted by dropping two men back into what effectively is a five-defender lineup, with only three true midfielders. That could be dicey in France because the strength of the two teams Germany will be expected to defeat is in midfield.
Its first opponent, the United States, will throw six young, fast midfielders at it. That means Vogts has two unhappy choices: take his chances on being overrun in midfield or change the configuration on the fly. That's tough to do under any circumstances, but especially so for Germany, which depends upon consistency and predictability. Germany is notorious for playing poorly in its first game as it is; circumstances old, settled players changing their style against a young, enthusiastic team built expressly to exploit them could leave Germany with quite a battle in its opener.
But the German secret is a fierce determination that Franz Beckenbauer calls "the tournament mentality," an insistence on seeing themselves as winners even when other teams are better. With other teams, that mentality is an intangible you throw into the mix. With Germany it is an incontrovertible fact, trumping age or injury or tactics. Germany comes to France not having improved a bit from the squad that went home too early last time, and certainly not having gotten any younger. But it will find a way to beat younger, better teams.
Yes, Germany was held to an ugly scoreless draw by Finland last month. Yes, some of its best players are old and carrying injuries. And yes, its best player of all, Sammer, won't play a minute. But the Germans will be in the quarterfinals. Bank on it.
United States
Eight years later, the team has rocketed. It says a lot that a second-place qualifying finish that included a draw in Mexico City was regarded as disappointing, and so much American talent has emerged that half of the 1994 team, which reached the second round and gave champions Brazil a tough game, has been supplanted. There's finally a national league, producing players of such quality that coach Steve Sampson enjoys the luxury of choice throughout the lineup. Who could have imagined eight years ago that there would be good, old-fashioned competition for places, and controversy to boot?
The Americans' 11th-place world ranking is meaningless, of course, given the absurdities of FIFA's ranking system. But the United States now rivals Mexico for supremacy in CONCACAF, and debate among U.S. supporters is not over whether the national team will be able to avoid embarrassment at the World Cup but whether it can really play with teams like Germany and Yugoslavia. No one snickers now when Sampson says he thinks the third round is realistic.
He's right; it is realistic to think of beating Germany and making it past the second round. It is also highly improbable.
The U.S. game against Germany will be the biggest the United States has played in years. Sampson may use the same stock lines every coach uses about choosing the best players regardless of the opposition, but the team and formation he will take to France are designed to match up as well as possible with the Germans.
Germany's problems relatively speaking, of course; this is Germany are lack of speed and midfield depth. The United States is crafted to hit Germany right where it hurts. Where Germany is slow, the United States has loaded up with speed. Germany keeps faith with three veterans in midfield. The United States' six-man midfield creates a mismatch with speed and youth to burn. Sampson's preparations may or may not work, but it is the Germans who will have to adapt to the Americans, not the other way around, and that fact alone says volumes about him as a coach and about U.S. soccer in general.
Such tailoring leaves holes, however. The United States touts its three-man defense, which has recorded four consecutive shutouts. Those were against Austria, Macedonia, Kuwait and Scotland, however, teams whose combined firepower can't match the craft of the Germans or the talent of the Yugoslavs.
It will field only one striker: an unfit Eric Wynalda, an untested Brian McBride or an undead Roy Wegerle. The U.S. hope is to stifle Germany and wear it out in midfield, then hit late with the creative Preki Radosavljevic coming off the bench. That can work, especially since the United States gets Germany in its first game, when the Germans will still be unsure of Klinsmann's fitness and awkwardly absorbing Lothar Matthaus back into the side after three years. But if it doesn't, then everything the United States is aiming for goes by the wayside.
The United States is solid at many positions and world class at one goalkeeper, where Kasey Keller is one of the five best in the tournament. Midfielder Claudio Reyna, a German league veteran, needs to come up big in a high-pressure tournament to prove he merits the faith Sampson has put in him. Midfielder Cobi Jones at the moment is the best player in Major League Soccer; how he and Preki fare will tell us a lot about the league.
The dropping or benching of veterans such as John Harkes, Alexi Lalas and Marcelo Balboa isn't as big an issue as it appears; they helped bring the United States to this level, but they can take it no further. The newer players are unknown quantities at this level, but they are as good a bet as the United States has. Some of them, notably defender Eddie Pope and defensive midfielder Brian Maissoneuve, are clearly superior.
The June 21 game against Iran will get all the attention, but the United States would be ill-served by focusing too heavily on a game that is of more interest for political than competitive reasons. It figures to beat Iran and lose to Yugoslavia. It's a tough order to beat the Germans, but that's what it will take to advance. We know how far the United States has come. Now it's time to learn exactly how far it has to go.
In some respects, it's fitting that Tomislav Ivic is out. The federation unjustly fired Valdeir Vieira, the Brazilian who coached Iran to victory in its decisive qualifying playoff with Australia, because he wasn't a big enough name. It was as if, having finally decided to take the plunge with a foreign coach and winning, the federation got greedy.
Ivic proved that having coached many of the top teams in Europe he's been with Ajax Amsterdam, Anderlecht, Atletico Madrid, Olympique Marseille, Paris Saint Germain, Benfica and Porto doesn't necessarily qualify you to lead the national team in a country where the government takes such a close interest in basic decisions. (In an editorial, Iran News suggested in a roundabout way last month that Safaei Farahani, head of the federation, had so screwed things up that suicide was the only honorable way out.) The new coach, Jelal Telabi, figures to restore some calm, if nothing else.
Iran brings three Asian players of the year to France, and it has many more players in top European clubs than the United States has, to make one comparison. Ali Daei and Khodadad Azizi are established stars in Germany, while Karim Bagheri is a big-time player, top scorer in the entire World Cup qualifying campaign. Mohammad Khakpour, a veteran of the Turkish league, is the cornerstone of the defense. In midfield, Bagheri is bolstered by Mehdi Mahdavikia, only 21, who is in line to sign with former European champions Borussia Dortmund after the World Cup.
The most influential player, however, is Ahmed Abedzadeh, the goalkeeper and captain, whose theatricality in goal both inspires and disconcerts his teammates.
A new coach can make a big difference, but Telabi is taking over too late to have much of an impact. Moreover, as a member of Ivic's staff, he carries some of the stigma of the previous regime. Iran is an early candidate to be the Cameroon of this tournament, crashing and burning on impact. The Asian team of the year in 1997 could be the flop of the World Cup in 1998.
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The youth wing of the NDC are gearing up for a protest to drive home the neglect by the President and his appointees.
The youth wing of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) seems to be feeling the heat of the prevailing appalling conditions in the country.
They are currently gearing up for a protest march to drive home their concerns through a petition intended to be handed over to the President and the leadership of the party sometime this week.
At the heart of their concerns is the issue of neglect by the President and his appointees, from Ministers down to the lowest person on the ladder.
Leading the charge is 'poor boy from Binduri' Stephen Atubiga, a member of the party's communications team, who dropped the hint on his Facebook wall Sunday morning, saying, "next week we will be sending a petition to the NDC headquarters and the President as the leader of our party about the neglect of the grassroots (foot soldiers) throughout the country."
"All groups in every districts, constituencies, regions, should put your (their) grievances in writing, we will be providing information (on) how to send them. Some of you will be here for us to do the presentation," he stated in the post.
It appears they are yet to inform the police about their intended action in conformity with the public order act, since the action would see them walk through some streets across the nation at the various levels of the party, from national to the constituencies.
According to him, "we will get police clearance of a venue to officially receive petition from grassroots throughout the country, then present them to the national executives officially."
Atubiga, who was sent to jail for his comments during the famous 2012 election petition hearing, has therefore charged all grassroots members and foot soldiers to stay put as has been agreed, asking them not to misbehave on the event day but use the party structures to address their concerns.
Probably informed by what happened in the Ashanti regional branch of the party last week, where some disgruntled members of the NDC known as the Baashaka boys chased out its regional officers and closed down its offices in a hollywood style, Stephen Atubiga had cause to caution the party's foot soldiers ahead of the march, saying, "please no violence.
All action or intention of misbehaving must stop for now. Be it against your MCE, DCE, party executives, minister, we are one NDC, one people, and one Ghana."
The confusion that erupted in the Ashanti regional branch of the ruling party has since led to the dismissal of two government appointee—the Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong, and his deputy, Joseph Yamin.
The bad blood between the two was said to be hampering development in the region after several attempts by the leadership of the party failed to yield any positive results.
The President is yet to appoint a substantive Minister and Deputy for the region. In the interim, the Brong- Ahafo Regional Minister has been asked to stir the affairs of the region till a new one is appointed.
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Padma Lakshmi's Tableware Line Launches at Bloomingdale's
Top Chef host and cookbook author Padma Lakshmi has paired with Prima Designs to create a globally inspired tableware line. Named Padma, the "romantic and feminine... modern, yet timeless" collection debuts at Bloomingdale's this month. Lakshmi will be appearing at the New York City launch at Bloomingdale's on 59th and Lexington this Wednesday at 5 pm.
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This little guy comes to us from the Machine Perception Lab at UC San Diego, in a collaboration with Japanese robotics company Kokoro. According to Pink Tentacle, "Diego-san" was designed to help scientists understand how children develop motor skills and learn gestural communication.
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Background Despite the growing recognition of the global burden of psychiatric disease, there are questions about the strength of the evidence base from non-Western societies.
Aims To compare the contribution of Euro-American countries and the rest of the world (RoW) to psychiatric literature.
Method Survey of the country of origin of papers submitted to and published in six leading psychiatric journals over a 3-year period (1996-1998).
Results Only 6% of the literature is published from regions of the world that account for over 90% of global population. The three journals published in Europe had a significantly higher proportion of international articles when compared to the three American journals. Less than 1% of all published articles described mental health interventions in the RoW. Acceptance rates were significantly lower for papers submitted from the RoW.
Conclusions There is a gross under-representation of research from the RoW. This has implications for the development of a truly international psychiatry.
The past decade has witnessed a spectacular rise in the profile of mental disorders in the global public health debate. Several influential reports have brought together data demonstrating that mental disorders are common and disabling (e.g. Murray & Lopez, 1996). These reports have underlined the need for evidence to influence health policy and practice for mental health, focusing on developing countries where there is the greatest unmet need. The evidence which influences policy is often derived from research published in leading journals. The need for psychiatric research to reflect the diverse realities of the health systems and cultural factors is crucial if research is to inform local health policy and practice (Patel, 2000a). Thus, articles derived from studies of health systems in developed countries are likely to be of less relevance to mental health professionals in developing countries. Furthermore, psychiatrists and policy-makers in many developing countries have limited access to international journals because medical libraries often need to make a choice from a number of high-impact journals owing to financial constraints. Thus, the proportion of international representation in psychiatric journals may be a crucial factor in influencing the choice of journals in developing countries.
The study described in this paper had two aims: first, to determine the overall contribution of different regions of the world to the psychiatric literature published in high-impact journals; and second, to identify which high-impact journals provide an international representation in their contents and would thus be an appropriate choice for psychiatrists in the international context. We chose to determine, in a range of high-impact psychiatric journals, the proportion of articles which include authorship or data from scientists based in any country outside Western Europe, North America and Australia/New Zealand (termed 'Euro-American' countries). This distinction was drawn in recognition of the fact that the Euro-American countries shared many cultural and economic features and were all economically and culturally linked. The rest of the world (RoW) group included Eastern Europe, which although culturally related to Western Europe was not economically on the same level, and Japan, which was highly developed economically but did not share many cultural factors with Euro-American countries. Other objectives were to describe the relative contribution of various regions in the RoW and the type of research articles, focusing on the specific issue of intervention research.
A retrospective review of all issues in 1996, 1997 and 1998 was conducted of the following journals: British Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Psychological Medicine, Archives of General Psychiatry and Schizophrenia Bulletin.
The rationale for selection of these journals was that these were all high-impact psychiatric journals. Three journals were published in Western Europe and three in North America. All articles, excluding Correspondence, Book Reviews and News articles, were reviewed. Articles which included either data or authorship from the RoW were identified and data on the country of origin was recorded. A content analysis of the articles was carried out to estimate the proportion of articles describing interventions for psychiatric disorders. The editorial offices of all six journals were approached to determine the numbers of papers submitted from various regions or countries and to examine whether there was any acceptance bias.
In total, 2902 articles were published in these six journals over the 3-year review period. The total number of articles from the RoW was 173 (6%). The proportion of RoW articles in each journal is shown in Table 1. The distribution of the proportional contribution of specific regions of the RoW is shown in Figure 1. The distribution of which journals are the most popular for different regions of the RoW is shown in Table 2. The table also shows the proportion of papers from each region which involved authorship from Euro-American countries.
Of the 173 articles, the vast majority were cross-sectional surveys of various mental disorders and clinical descriptions of various psychiatric disorders. Only 11 articles (0.003% of the total number of articles published) described trials or intervention research in the RoW.
Of the six journals approached, two (Schizophrenia Bulletin and American Journal of Psychiatry) were unable to furnish any data because they did not keep records on the country of origin of submitted papers. One journal (Archives of General Psychiatry) was unable to share the information because "it would violate confidentiality". Data provided by Psychological Medicine showed that just over 10% of the 969 papers submitted to the journal between 1996 and 1998 were from the RoW; 24% of papers submitted from the RoW were accepted for publication, whereas the rate was 37% from Western Europe and North America (P <0.01). Statistics for Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica were only available for the year 1998. During this year, 133 of the 514 submissions were from the RoW (26%). The acceptance rate of papers from the RoW was less than half of that for Euro-American papers (13% v. 30%; P=0.08). Similarly, for the British Journal of Psychiatry, just 13% of 2299 papers submitted during the 3-year period were from first authors based in the RoW. The acceptance rate for these papers was significantly lower (13% v. 29%; P <0.001).
Low proportion of international representation
This survey of six leading international psychiatric journals shows that over 90% of all the literature published is derived from Euro-American societies. Thus, none of the six leading journals can be considered to reflect the international perspective of psychiatric research. However, considerable variations are seen between journals. Thus, 16% of articles in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica were from the RoW, compared to just 1% of those in Archives of General Psychiatry. Indeed, the three European journals were far ahead of the three American journals in their international representation and over 80% of all the papers from the RoW published in 1996-1998 appeared in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, British Journal of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine. It is fair to conclude, then, that these three journals should be the preferred journals for mental health professionals in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Of papers from the RoW, the bulk of research published is from Japan, Israel, India and China. Between them, these four countries are responsible for nearly two-thirds of the literature from outside North America and Western Europe. Latin America and Eastern Europe have very low rates of contribution. There are several potential reasons for this finding. Japan and Israel have strong academic traditions and economies. India and China are the most populous nations in the world and have one of the largest mental health professional bases in the RoW. The strengths of these four countries are also reflected in the findings that a relatively low proportion of articles are the result of collaborations with Euro-American countries. Journal preferences were also apparent. Thus, articles from Japan were the most common for the American Journal of Psychiatry and Acta Psychiatrica, from China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) for the British Journal of Psychiatry and from sub-Saharan Africa for Psychological Medicine. Latin American representation may be low because much of the literature appears in Spanish- and Portuguese-language journals published within Latin America. Indeed, this may be the case for the bulk of research from the RoW, which tends to be published in journals "which are not always easily accessible" (Sartorius, 1998).
Reasons for low international representation
It is apparent that despite efforts to establish psychiatry as a truly international medical discipline, the overwhelming majority of articles in major psychiatric journals originate from a few countries which share Western European and American cultural and health systems. We can only speculate on the reasons behind the low international representation in high-impact psychiatric journals. One possible reason which we attempted to investigate was that the proportion of submissions was low. Information sent by three European journals confirmed that just over 10% of all submissions were from the RoW. The low submission rate is cause for worry since it reflects the limited capacity for psychiatric research in most countries of the world, which, in turn, potentially restricts the growth of the subject as an international discipline. The low submission rates may be attributed to a number of factors. Perhaps the single most important is the great shortage of trained researchers and funds for psychiatric research in many developing countries. Opportunities for training and supervision in research are very limited (Okasha & Karam, 1998; Sartorius, 1998). It is estimated that only 5% of global health research funds are devoted to problems in developing countries, even though these account for over 90% of the "world's potential life years lost" (Mari et al, 1997). This imbalance is likely to be even greater for mental health research, given its low priority in developing countries. The low submission rates also suggest that the programmes to raise mental health research capacity in developing countries, suggested as a major outcome of the World Health Organization (WHO) programmes in promoting international mental health (Eisenberg et al, 1999), have not had the level of impact that might have been desired.
Next, we should consider factors related to the way articles are reviewed for journals. Ultimately, the key criterion for publication is the perceived importance of the work and rigour of the scientific methods employed. Studies which simply replicate established knowledge without any discussion of cultural linkage may not merit publication. Data from the journals points to an acceptance bias against papers from the RoW. Acceptance bias may also partly explain the finding that the commonest origin for RoW articles in American journals comes from nations with close political and academic ties with the USA.
Reviewers and editors may judge papers from the RoW as being less relevant to local readership and reject papers on this ground. Thus, any journal is likely to pay attention to the needs of its readership, and the vast majority of subscribers to the journals included in this study are from developed countries. It may be an assumption that these readers are less interested in articles from developing countries. There is a tendency for journals to publish papers from the RoW if their findings show something unusual or unique to that setting, as if their scientific value to the subject of psychiatry is somehow less important. On the other hand, work from Western societies is automatically deemed to be of international significance. One way of analysing this hypothesis would be a comparative content analysis of reviewer comments on Western and RoW articles.
Other factors may include low quality of submitted papers, including poor research design and methodology, language difficulties for authors from countries where English is not the academic language, and the growing emphasis on biological research in major journals, which is not only of less relevance to mental health in developing countries but is also limited in its appeal owing to restricted availability of research infrastructure.
Implications of low international representation
If the nature and aetiology of diseases can often be best understood by examining the epidemiological characteristics of diseases in different environments, and innovative treatments discovered by throwing a wide net over practices within a wider global context, then the present state of the origin of psychiatric literature is limiting the growth of the subject itself. From a regional perspective, however, the damage is even greater. Psychiatry as a biomedical discipline had its roots in Europe and is a relatively young discipline in most countries. Its history in many countries is tainted by its association with colonial-era asylums and terrible abuses of human rights. Many of these abuses are evident even in recent years, for example, in the large mental hospitals in India (National Human Rights Commission, 1999). To remove stigma from psychiatry will need greater space for research from these countries on international platforms in order to demonstrate that original and innovative, locally generated programmes on mental health care are feasible and successful.
The tiny proportion of research which describes interventions or treatments for mental disorders is a major source of concern. It is essential to generate treatment research from a variety of regions in the world because efficacy is likely to vary according to health systems, cultural and pharmacodynamic factors (Mari et al, 1997; Patel, 2000b). Ultimately, though, treatment and policy-oriented research will provide the crucial evidence needed to follow up the much-replicated findings regularly thrown up by surveys of enormous numbers of persons suffering from mental disorders. Health policy-makers and planners in developing countries are unlikely to be impressed solely by data from the West; the lack of intervention research is further confirmation that the ' so what?' question in response to the huge prevalence figures still cannot be confidently answered.
Correcting the imbalance
Three sets of strategies may be identified as potential methods of increasing international representation in the psychiatric literature. First, and perhaps the most important step, is the need to raise skills and capacity for research in diverse regions of the world. This could be achieved in a number of ways, including establishing research-oriented training programmes linked with ongoing project collaborations, facilitating research training in the form of short courses and distance education, and providing a resource for advising on research design, methodology and analysis. Multilateral agencies such as the WHO and international research institutions can play an especially influential role in this process. In this regard, it is worth noting that there is considerable variation between and within developing countries in research capacity and output (Sartorius, 1998). Established research institutions in developing countries should be encouraged to play a leading role in raising capacity for mental health research skills.
The second set of strategies involve providing greater space in mainstream journals for articles from the RoW. We do not suggest that there should be any form of 'affirmative' action in decisions regarding acceptance of papers from the RoW, because it would be at best patronising and at worst discriminatory. However, it may be possible to consider editorial styles which are collaborative, so that important papers are not rejected for purely style or language reasons. Transparency on the relative acceptance rates from different regions of the world may illuminate any weaknesses or biases which operate in journals. Refereeing panels for papers from the RoW should have a significant presence of reviewers who are sensitive to the health systems of these countries. We would argue that respected academics from the RoW should also be asked to review work from Western societies.
Finally, we acknowledge that journals are entitled to publish material which they wish to emphasise, for example, biological research, or research which is of interest to their primary readership. This is especially true of three journals we reviewed which are primarily the journals of national or regional psychiatric organisations. Health-services-oriented literature from, say, Brazil or Indonesia, may not be considered relevant or interesting to the readership. In some research institutions in developing countries, there is a preference for publishing high-quality work only in high-impact journals. As a result, indigenous journals remain the last choice and, unsurprisingly, remain low in their impact factor. Thus, there is a potential for a third strategy: a high-quality new journal with a specific orientation to world mental health. Such a journal would need to be multi-disciplinary and would provide a forum not only for research, but also for innovative programme and service developments, which might contribute just as much (if not more) to the growth of psychiatry as a relevant international public health discipline.
Clinical Implications and Limitations
Only a small fraction of the total psychiatric literature in six leading journals originates from countries outside North America, Western Europe and Australia/New Zealand; this suggests a low research capacity in the international context.
Most research from other countries is clinical or survey-based; the next generation of studies needs to focus on interventions.
The low international representation of psychiatric literature is potentially limiting the growth of the subject as a relevant public health discipline in developing countries.
The survey only focused on psychiatric journals; thus, no comparison can be made with journals from other medical specialities.
Journals originating in other regions, such as India and Latin America, were not included in the review because they were not high impact.
No information was obtained on the reasons for rejection of papers from different regions to investigate the acceptance bias against papers from the rest of the world.
We acknowledge the help of the editorial offices of the British Journal of Psychiatry, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica and Psychological Medicine in sharing some of the data presented in this article. We are also grateful to Anthony Mann, Martin Prince, Povl Munk-Jørgensen and Eugene Paykel for their comments on a draft of this article.
↵ † See invited commentaries, pp. 410-411, this issue.
- Received May 16, 2000.
- Revision received September 26, 2000.
- Accepted September 26, 2000.
- © 2001 Royal College of Psychiatrists


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I´m currently staying at La Tosca Hostel.
Puerto Madryn has such a different atmosphere in comparison to Buenos Aires. But I love it here. I have met a wonderful group of girls who are staying at the same hostel as me and we are all traveling solo! One girl from Australia, one from Holland, one from Germany and one from Wales, who´s birthday was yesterday, so we went out for a delicious dinner last night (The girl from germany was taking the picture).
We started with the ever-so-popular wine of Argentina and then went on to the best ever appetizer I have ever tasted in my entire life.
After that, our meals came, another unbelievably great meal. I cant even explain in words how spoiled I have felt lately.
We even lit a candle and sung happy birthday to Zoey (the girl from Wales)
These girls are all fabulous cooks, they have been giving me recipes and have inspired me sooooo much to cook a lot when I get home! I really hope my inspiration stays with me, I´m almost excited to just to be home so I can start cooking :)
Earlier that day I went to a colony of penguins on a beach about 180 km from Puerto Madryn. The scenery on the way there wasn´t too spectacular, I hadn´t realized how flat Patagonia is, apparently it all used to be under water as part of the ocean. When we arrived, there were thousands of penguins roaming around everywhere, or hiding in their holes, avoiding the rain.
Most of the penguins didn´t mind if you got pretty close, but we tried to keep some distance not to disturb them too much. It seemed like they were just enjoying life, standing often times with their eyes closed, basking in the sun when it popped out. Who knew penguins liked sun?
In the morning it was really cold and raining pretty hard, luckily later in the day the clouds cleared and the sun came out! A man who lives in puerto madryn was telling me that it is extremely rare for it to rain here. So the first two days I was here, of course it rained :P
The cutest part about seeing the penguins was when they walked and did their call. I think it is a mating call, but it was cute none the less.
The rest of the day I went to Gaimen, a small town near Puerto Madryn, which is well known as being a welsh town. Zoey was with me, so she knew a lot about Wales and the welsh culture so she taught me and showed me a ton of stuff! There wasn´t too much in the town besides small parks and a bunch of te and cafe shops.
Well now I am about to walk down the 500 meter pier and hope to see some whales, we will see how my luck is today. Tomorrow at 9:30 pm I am heading to Bariloche, pretty excited for that. Until then, adios!


text: So i bricked my 4.2u wii a long time ago. And i bought a tri wing screw driver to open up my new unbricked wii. Didn't open broke the screw. So i though what if I open my GC controller and use savemiifrii. Well i don't have bootmii or any brick saving utilities. But is there a way i can unbrick it? I already opend my GC controller but i'm pressing all 4 dpad buttons but i don't see my FW. So any help? Oh and i bricked my wii using mymenuify and installing a bad theme.


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Release Date: 1992
Not Yet Rated|1 hr 47 min
Plot Summary
Finding little support or love at home, young German boy Micha (Jonas Kipp) resorts to joining a group of bullies at school. His association with these thuggish youths sets Micha on a troublesome path. Making matters worse, his home life only deteriorates as his father (Burghart Klaussner) contends with divorce and poverty, leading to violent outbursts. Micha tries to take refuge in his imagination, but, inevitably, he has to return to his grim reality.
Cast: Jonas Kipp, Oliver Bröcker, Burghart Klaußner, Angelika Bartsch
Director: Wolfgang Becker
Genres: Drama
Keywords: 1960s, Brother, Rivalry, Emotional, Underdog, Friend, School, Father


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- Shirley M. Ross *a,
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Intercrops of berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) and silage cereals offer potential for high quality forage and partitioning of yield between silage harvest and fall grazing. Forage yield and quality of cereal–berseem clover intercrops may differ among oat (Avena sativa L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars and with semidwarf or early maturing cereal cultivars. Berseem clover was intercropped with five oat and four barley cultivars at Edmonton, Alberta, in 2000 and 2001 on orthic black chernozem (Typic Cryoboroll) soil. Forage yield, composition, and quality were measured with a two-cut harvest. Silage-stage yield (Cut 1) averaged 9.9 Mg ha−1 of dry matter (DM) with 18% berseem clover by dry weight. Berseem clover regrowth (Cut 2) averaged 2.8 Mg ha−1 DM with crude protein (CP) of 215 g kg−1 Intercrops with oat cultivars had greater Cut 1 DM yield, and intercrops with barley had greater yields of Cut 2 DM and total CP. The earlier maturity of barley provided for longer periods of berseem clover regrowth. Intercrops with semidwarf barley had equal yields of total DM and CP and greater Cut 2 DM yield than those with conventional-stature barley. Intercrops with early maturing oat cultivars had equal total DM yield and greater yields of Cut 2 DM and total CP than those with late-maturing oat cultivars. Forage quality indicators suggested that intercrops with barley were superior to those with oat. To maximize fall forage and increase the legume component of silage harvest, early maturing and shorter-stature cultivars of oat and barley are recommended for cereal–berseem clover intercrops.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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HS2 Phase Two: proposed line of route from the West Midlands to Manchester and Leeds
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The 89-year-old Georgetown woman who was struck by a car Monday afternoon while crossing Guelph St. remains in Sunnybrook Trauma Centre in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.

Halton Regional Police did not release the woman's name, however, her son, Pat McCarthy, says the injured woman is his mother Patricia McCarthy, who has lived in Georgetown for more than 60 years.

McCarthy, of Vancouver, said his mother remains unconscious and her injuries include a broken pelvis and broken legs.

"We're hopeful she'll pull through," he said.

He said his mother, a resident of The Sands Condominium on McFarlane Dr., was walking to the mall when the collision occurred.

She was struck by a 2005 Ford Focus driven by a 36-year-old Georgetown woman. The impact threw McCarthy several metres. The driver wasn't injured.

"She was in as close to perfect health as you or I could ever hope for," McCarthy said of his mother. "It will be doubtful that this woman will ever walk again."

He said she will turn 90 in February and the family has been planning a celebration to mark the milestone.

Halton Police continue to investigate the collision and at this point no charges have been laid.

Davies said McCarthy was in the crosswalk, crossing from the northwest corner to the southwest corner. Witnesses have said the pedestrian signal "was in her favour". The car was northbound on Sinclair, turning left onto Guelph St.

"The female driver is being very co-operative with the investigation and she's very upset as well," said Davies, who added alcohol has been ruled out as a factor.

Any witnesses to the collision are asked to contact police at 905-878-5511 ext. 5189.


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Homily for 5/31/09 - Pascha 7 - knowing the truth
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- Acts 20:16-18, 28-36
In the Gospel our Lord likens the Church to a flock of sheep of which He
is the Great Shepherd. The Holy Fathers also use this idea, speaking of
the people of God as "rational sheep" – that is we are sheep in that we
need a shepherd to guide us and protect us, but unlike sheep we have the
ability to choose to follow our shepherd or not. Our Lord, knowing that
we needed not only for a Great Shepherd to guide the whole flock to
safety, also appointed the apostles who in turn appointed the bishops
and priests of the Church as shepherds of their local flock. Each of us
who stands before the Church as a shepherd stands in the place of
Christ, having been given the responsibility by Him to guide the small
flock He has entrusted into our care safely into the Kingdom of Heaven.
In the epistle today, we heard how the Holy Apostle Paul called to
himself the elders of the Church in Ephesus to instruct them before his
departure to Jerusalem. These men were the shepherds of the local
Church. The Apostle warns them to guard against the spiritual wolves
that would try to ravage the flock of Christ and that there would arise
false shepherds who would teach a perverted truth and who would attempt
to take as disciples for themselves members of the flock of Christ. It
was the duty of these bishops and priests to guard the flock which had
been entrusted to them against such predators.
This danger has not passed and is with us today even more than ever.
There are many teachers of various religions, doctrines and beliefs in
the world today. They teach about a spiritual life and some will even
purport to teach about Jesus Christ and will refer to the Scriptures to
support their false doctrines and heresies. The responsibility of the
bishops and priests today is greater than ever to provide guidance to
their flocks to keep them safe. As we are rational sheep, able to choose
whom to follow, it is necessary for each of us, whether clergyman or
layman to learn to recognize the true shepherds sent by Christ and to
repel the pretenders and spiritual wolves. In order to do this we must
learn to distinguish truth from error so that we can trust those who
will lead us to safety in the Kingdom of God.
The US Treasury teaches its employees how to recognize counterfeit
currency not by showing them the fake money and pointing out its errors,
but rather by showing them real money. By learning to recognize the true
currency, the counterfeit bills become obvious simply because they are
not the real thing. This is also how we, as Christians and members of
the Body of Christ, should learn to recognize error within the Church.
It is not necessary to study the errors and learn where and how they
depart from the truth; it is necessary only to study the truth and to
become so fully acquainted with it that when a teaching departs from it,
that teaching stands out as a glaring error simply because it is not
part of the truth. It is, indeed, the task of the shepherd who guides
the flock to know a little more about these errors in order to guard the
whole flock against them, however, it is also the task of the shepherd
to help each person become familiar with the truth. There are many ways
by which we can do this.
First and foremost it is necessary for each person to have a time of
prayer each day. This is not "optional" or something you do when you
have a few extra moments in the morning or only when you have some great
and pressing need. It is necessary to begin and end each day with a
prayer rule. When you arise from sleep, before you begin the business of
the day, it is necessary to stop and pray. At the end of the day, when
you have finished your work before you get sleepy and tired, it is
necessary to stop and pray. Your prayer rule should be a regular set of
prayers so that it becomes less necessary to think about what you will
say and to set your mind and your heart instead on the words of the
prayer, immersing your mind in their meaning and your heart in their
feelings, adopting the words and feelings of the even the most familiar
prayers as your own. Use the morning and evening prayer rules collected
in most prayer books as your own. These prayers of the saints will teach
you how to pray so that as you become proficient in prayer, you may
begin adding your own prayers or new prayers to your rule. Even if, at
the beginning you only spend 10 or 15 minute in prayer, it is necessary
to do this every morning and every evening.
In addition to the prayer rule, we have also the prayers of the Church.
The times when we gather together to offer not only our personal prayers
but our corporate prayer. We are members of the Body of Christ and it is
necessary that we come together to pray as one – just as the various
members of your body must act together as one to accomplish any
significant work. It is necessary to come to the services of the Church
– and not just those that are convenient, but to come to every service
that is offered. As we heard a few weeks ago, you are not just
spectators watching the priest and choir do something for your
entertainment – you must be participants in these services engaging your
minds, your hearts, your voices, your bodies in the prayer that we all
offer together.
In order to recognize the truth we must fill our minds with the truth.
Thus, it is also necessary to read the Scripture daily and to read other
spiritual books. There are many rules for reading the Gospels and
epistles on a daily basis, one to fit each ability and strength, but one
must actually do the reading each day in order for these rules to be of
any benefit at all. If you are not sure how to read the Scriptures or
what rule to follow then your spiritual "shepherd" that is your pastors,
your priest and bishop, will direct you. There is not a one size fits
all plan for reading, but each rule can be tailored to the needs and
ability of each person at every time in his life. So also we must read
spiritual books to learn about our faith – what we believe – as well as
how to live out our faith – how we believe. The basic catechetical books
and the lives of the saints are good for all, and again, your spiritual
father will guide you in choosing those books which are valuable for
you. You do not have to read libraries full of books – but just read a
little at a time. In our world today, we have many other resources for
reliable spiritual material. There are tapes, CD's and videos that we
can listen to or watch that tell us about our faith, there are internet
resources that we can search and read or hear or watch that tell us
about our faith. It is necessary to make use of all these resources on a
daily basis to become familiar with the truth and thus to follow Christ.
As a rational sheep, a member of the flock of Christ, it is necessary
(now more than ever) to be filled with the truth – to be so familiar
with it that error will stand out like a sore thumb. You must maintain a
daily prayer rule in morning and evening. You must attend and
participate in the services of the Church. You must read the Scripture
each day and you must also read spiritual books, listen to spiritual
music and talks, watch spiritual videos, and use all the various
resources to fill your mind and heart with the truth. All this must be
done under the guidance of a shepherd – one appointed by God to watch
over you, to care for you, to protect you from even the slightest hint
of error. This shepherd is to be found in the Church and is one of those
who have been given the grace of the priesthood by ordination and who
has been given the responsibility by the Holy Spirit through the Church
to care for you (that is your parish priest).
Indeed there are great dangers, spiritual wolves waiting to devour us
and take us down to Hades alive. The evil one and his servants are
constantly grasping at us seeking to tear us away from Christ. But God
in His great love and mercy protects us with the light of His truth
which reveals all dangers and which lights our path to the Kingdom of
Heaven. It is necessary for you to recognize that truth, to walk in that
truth and to fill your life with the light of that truth.
Archpriest David Moser
St Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church (ROCOR)
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Website: http://stseraphimboise.org
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Hey you guys long time no talk. Winston wanted me to share my experience on Mexico here. i was very reluctant at the beginning but i am going to go ahead and make it brief.
Everyone hates mexicans
It seemed to me that a lot of americans that where living in mexico simply stayed by themselves. They mostly did not talk to mexicans they just could save their money in mexico that was the benefit.
I remember one time seeing a white guy keeping his distance and stayed out of the open door restuarant it looked to me that he did not want to talk to them. I felt at times the same. sometimes i felt like not talking to them because they like to talk shit about you in spanish really loud.
A lot of people complain about the loud noise they make until 2 am in the morning, making loud noise yelling at night to each other.
i notice their kids running all over their parents, disrespecting me and other people in public.
i have been made fun of, laughed at in public, embarrassed in public, finger pointed at and talked shit too in spanish.
being nice and friendly does not work to get respect, confronting them doesn't work either. it's almost like mexicans make sure nothing works.
why, because they love to keep pushing you, provoking you, and continue it because mexicans love to make you angry.
these are some reasons why other latino's despise mexicans. because mexicans are known to be extremely stubborn and like to piss you off.
one time i had a girl that liked me a lot and kept coming over. she was taking money from me because her husband or whatever was trying to get her to do it. then i aksed for sex through her facebook. he got jealous and told me to stay away from her. i didn't know that she had a husband until my land lord told me he saw her with a man telling her to take some money from me.
another time i was in a mcdonalds and talking to a attractive mexican woman and her jealous mother yelled at her to come over and sit at another table.
whats up with mexicans trying to keep sex away from you because they are jealous.
mexican women
don't get me started on these freaking bitches.
they run all over you, fight with you, flirt aggressively with other men in front of you.
for example i remember one time i was walking by myself saw a mexican woman in her mid 30s with huge breasts on the beach near the houses, her daughter was in the doggy position flirting with me like that. the mother told her daughter to sit down. obviously for jealousy reasons.
i saw my american friend walking towards me so i decided to turn and walk back the other way with him. then i noticed all of a sudden the mother is now dancing her giant titties up and down, bouncing them like crazy. with her husband lying down on his towel face down. i was thinking to myself how come she didn't do that when i was by myself now that i am with a guy she is flirting like crazy. what the hell ???
another time i was by myself on the beach during the summer no woman would come up to me and flirt then when i hung out with another friend of mine. now all of a sudden i get these girls flirting like mad around me and my friend. 14 year old girls bending over showing their crotch in front of us. women coming up trying to " sell something ".
i mean how mean and cruel can women be in mexico !????
mexicans fight all the time
i don't mean fist fights i mean full on arguements and everything in between.
i see guys flirting with one girl. two guys talking to her. both trying to get her. both fighting to get her. even though she has a man already and is married.
Fighting to get in line, fighting to get the children to be more respectful, fighting for everything.
If you like latina's then you need to date a damn mexican woman because they are most definitely fiesty.
but that's all i have to say on the subject. you can thank winston for persuading me. peace.