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By MICHAEL WARDLAW
They say all good things must come to an end, and a remarkable 14-year run as a head coach came to an end for Mississippi StateŌĆÖs Rick Stansbury Thursday.
Stansbury has given his life to the Bulldog family for the past 22 years as an assistant coach as well as his decorated tenure as head coach, and he said couldnŌĆÖt be more pleased with that fact.
ŌĆ£I have been very blessed to be a part of this university for the last 22 years, 14 as the head coach,ŌĆØ said an emotional Stansbury. ŌĆ£IŌĆÖve just been blessed.ŌĆØ
Under Stansbury, the Bulldogs have witnessed more success than any other period of time in Mississippi State basketball history. HeŌĆÖll depart as the most winning coach at MSU with a 293-166 record, 10 20-win seasons, two Southeastern Conference Tournament Championships, an overall SEC Championship, six NCAA appearances and five NIT selections. He ranks ninth on the all-time coaching record in the SEC.
While his teamŌĆÖs performance in recent years drew harsh criticism from some, those doubts drew praise from Stansbury. He acknowledged some things didnŌĆÖt go the way he, the administration or fans wanted them to go. Stansbury said he was proud that fans were disappointed because it simply told him they expected championship, just as he did.
ŌĆ£(MSU Athletic Director) Scott (Stricklin) and I met yesterday, and we both agreed there are some things that we both didnŌĆÖt like about the season,ŌĆØ Stansbury said. ŌĆ£ThatŌĆÖs apparent to both of us. How many times have I said our goal every year is to compete for a championship? ThatŌĆÖs what itŌĆÖs about with us in every way.ŌĆØ
At the end of the day, Stansbury said he felt it was time to spend time with his family, something he has hasnŌĆÖt been afforded the luxury of doing over the last 14 years.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs time for a new chapter in my life,ŌĆØ Stansbury said with a smile. ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs time for me to be a better father. ItŌĆÖs time for me to be a better husband. I know as coaches ... we are judged by wins and losses. But for me, itŌĆÖs the relationships.ŌĆØ
Stansbury didnŌĆÖt speak of personal accomplishments, records or success. He simply said he was ready to experience the things he and his family had missed out on over the past two decades.
ŌĆ£For the last three years ŌĆö and all of yŌĆÖall that have got these young kids, you can relate to this ŌĆö every time I walk out door Luke would say, ŌĆśDaddy, when do you get a day off?ŌĆÖ IŌĆÖve given him the same answer: ŌĆśSoon.ŌĆÖ HeŌĆÖll keep asking that question,ŌĆØ Stansbury said as his emotions showed. ŌĆ£In his last three years of playing soccer, you know how many games IŌĆÖve seen? (holds up one finger) ThatŌĆÖs tough.
ŌĆ£Isaac, Noah play hoops, every time they go out that door: ŌĆśDaddy, can you come watch us?ŌĆÖ ŌĆ" I tell them the same thing. ŌĆśI canŌĆÖt tonight, boys,ŌĆÖŌĆØ Stansbury added. ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm at a point now IŌĆÖm ready to become a better father, a better husband.ŌĆØ
During his 50-minute farewell press conference, Stansbury took the time to call attention to his MSU family of co-workers and support staff. One by one, he called their name and made known his understanding of how much they meant to the Mississippi State program.
ŌĆ£A lot of coaches get judged on (wins and losses). ThatŌĆÖs part of the profession; IŌĆÖm good with that,ŌĆØ Stansbury said. ŌĆ£But my wife and myself ... we know our relationships and friendships are a whole lot deeper than (wins and losses). A lot of coaches canŌĆÖt say that. We can.ŌĆØ
The relationships Stansbury forged include the friendship with Stricklin. The two entered into a conversation on Wednesday morning that never reached the topic of his return.
ŌĆ£(WednesdayŌĆÖs) meeting was talking a lot about where RickŌĆÖs heart and mind was,ŌĆØ Stricklin said. ŌĆ£IŌĆÖll be honest, I did a lot of listening and let Rick really talk through what was going on in his heart and his head. When youŌĆÖre faced with a situation where you have options, itŌĆÖs a good thing. And Rick was in a situation where he had options.ŌĆØ
Stricklin continued by expressing his gratitude for the things the Stansbury family did for the university.
ŌĆ£Rick has given much to Mississippi State University over the past 22 years, including the last 14 as our head coach,ŌĆØ Stricklin said. ŌĆ£The achievements of menŌĆÖs basketball under his direction are many. He and his wife Meo have been totally invested in our basketball program, and we thank them both for what they have brought to Mississippi State University.ŌĆØ
While the details of his retirement package havenŌĆÖt been made public, it was clear Stansbury will remain a part of Mississippi State University.
ŌĆ£As we transition him away from the role of head basketball coach, (we will) find a way that he can continue to serve the university,ŌĆØ said Stricklin. ŌĆ£A lot of that is still to be determined, but as far as exactly what the role is going to be, thereŌĆÖs no one better at developing individual relationships than Rick is. Nobody. ItŌĆÖs one of his true gifts.
ŌĆ£That Mize Pavilion over there is a testament to his ability to develop relationships with individuals. IŌĆÖm not real smart, but IŌĆÖm smart enough to know that when someoneŌĆÖs got a unique trait like that, ... you better find ways to maximize that for our organization, our institution.ŌĆØ


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The experts are right... treat a women like crap and she'll love you more!
OK first of all... this girl posted the above statement in her "details" and it threw me for whirl! This is what's wrong with Women these days... Show More
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My thoughts?
My thoughts are represented in this graph I drew a second ago.
(In economics, the marginal utility ((in this case, I called it usefulness)) of a good or service is -the utility gained (or lost) from an increase (or decrease) in the consumption of that good or service-. )
Apparently girls seem to have a motivational drive for gaining a guy's attention they find interesting. They'll do whatever the hell and everything, and centralize their thoughts, becoming obsessed with the guy and getting to their goal. This is indicated by the first dotted line - by giving only a slight of attention, she'll be happier to have it than if you gave her lots. And you must go over this limit sometimes to keep her interested.
It's a damn messed up mindgame, really. But it has to be played, or you will lose. -.-
The second dotted line shows the end of the friend zone, by the way. If you show more attention than she wants, then she'll feel threatened or forced, and will attempt to avoid you completely. Hence the giant fall in marginal utility.
This is my current theory anyways - and also that many girls seem to believe that the frustration that motivates them to get the guy's attention and affection is LOVE itself! Therefore, the moment the guy shows any affection, she has reached her goal, and she "loses her feelings".
Yeah, people are basically that stupid. It's ridiculous.
Ok, I have to say I love you for applying an economic principle to this, as I am an economics student. For me the friend zone doesn't exist. Give me too much attention though, and I'm thinking you want to fit me with a GPS locator or you just want in my pants. The last paragraph - sounds like you're dealing with some emotionally immature women. People don't "lose feelings," like their brain has a hole in it. That is stupid, indeed.
Thanks :) I love economics' representation of the motive behind human actions - a constant evaluation for NPV at each given situation and maximalizing value... It makes perfect sense.
Truly, the friend zone seems to exist in case the girl is either not initially attracted or if you have some sort of unacceptable flaw that basically "turns her off", or just gets uninterested. It's strange, really.
There are girls out there, many, who "lose their feelings", say "the flame is gone, I'm leaving".
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LOL@ "nip it in the butt!"
I don't think girls are particularly fond of being abused. I just think that nothing turns them off faster in a guy than the appearance of weakness or neediness or insecurity. And yes, that includes even being a jackass for most women. But at the end of the day, all the emotionally stable ones will prefer a strong guy who's also a good guy over an abuser.
This is so strange, yet I see it. My wife, for example. She states that her ex-boyfriends treated her like crap and yet she had been drawn to people like them. I came storming into her life in a rather unusual way and I think my kindness freaked her out. I had to keep trying to win her heart until I succeeded. Now I'm not the greatest person in the world, but I do try to be nice. And I don't believe in getting angry - it's just not me, so she doesn't have to fear me.
But she has a friend. She's quite nice too. Similar scenario. She keeps going from one boyfriend to the next - treat her like dirt. It seems like both her and my wife don't know what to do with a "nice" guy and push them away. Luckily I was persistent.
Very True girls don't know what to do with nice guys... except run... lol good on you for being persistent. I really don't understand women/females these days... I can't seem to get my head wrapped around it.. I mean I understand the whole " I wanna fix him " complex but it NEVER WORKS LOL.. ladies need to (for lack of a better term) "MAN-UP"
I'm sick of women like this, and I no longer have sympathy for them. After all, it's their fault for putting up with it. What's funny is lots of these girls treat good guys like sh*t. If you don't want to be with someone, tell them with class. Recently, I befriended a girl who seemed really nice, but she turned out to be a liar. She's now with this guy who has obvious anger issues. Ya see, that's why most girls don't like "nice" guys because they are just as fake as "nice" girls. They play the part until they get what they want. If they don't succeed, their true colors splash out and they give you hell. Women need a good man who will be kind and loving but firm if she's out of line. Of course, I've seen them leave if I stood up for myself. That's why I could care less about being with someone now. Damned if I'm a doormat, damned if I'm a d***...
What you described is a typical manipulative relationship, and if such relationship reaches the marriage, then as you described then there's wife-beating and child-beating alcocholic father, who always promised to change but never does.
What a terrible waste of life. Yeah, women fall for it, and it also pisses me off!
They fall for it because they're still young and naive, they trust that their terrible boyfriend miracuously may change for better, and they are ready to endure a lot of crap because they believe in all those beautiful things they've been told, although it's all lies.
But women also pretty often manipulate and mess around other guys, so it's not a gender-thing, such actions mostly are performed by psychopaths, and they can be either male or female.
If you ever happen to be in such relationship, end it right on the spot and you will be glad about it in the long run, because you got to deal with the reality that such people never change under any circumstances!
By failing to realize that can cost a lifetime of suffering!
i agree completely!
sorry but this myth needs to be dispelled cause its BULLSHIT.
A guy with options is going to seem like he treats girls "like crap" simply because he has a ton of options and he won't put up with her bad traits. If she starts acting rude, selfish, disrespectful or anything negative etc etc, he's going to walk right the f*** out of there. Every lonely guy is going to say "oh my god that guy is such a jerk!, I would die to be with her!"
And so, the "assholes get the women" myth is born
Girls like strength, and nice guys have no spine or confidence so they are unattractive. Their neediness kills any potential they have, which means any guy with just a teeeeny bit of confidence will get her instead.
Theres no reason a kind confident guy can't get tons of women (which might lead him to become a "jerk" in the eyes of others)
Lmao With that retarded face you could at least find a personality. Please keep posting, I love it! BTW they're making tremendous progress in the field of antipsychotic medication
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I'd rather show strength by fighting
In my opinion, the stereotypical "hot douchebag" isn't actually a douchebag. Guys usually label hot guys like that as douchebags because of jealousy. Yeah, there are a few guys who get a lot of girls at my school, and yeah, they're definitely douchebags. No question. But more often than not, a guy with a hot girlfriend isn't actually a douche. Just my thoughts. But I agree with everything you said.
only part your wrong about is " I agree with everything you said" becaue that completely contradicts your response
Well what I meant was I agree with what she said about abusive boyfriends getting worse and stuff. The only thing I disagree with is the number of girls who actually have REAL douchebag boyfriends, not just ones that "nice guys" (a.k.a. pussies) label douchebags.
If she changed all her generalizations about women into generalizations about /some/ women, I'd completely agree with her. And also, like I said in my answer, most of the "hot douchebags" aren't actually douchebags.
I believe the statement, "THE EXPERTS ARE RIGHT... TREAT A WOMEN LIKE CRAP AND SHE'LL LOVE YOU MORE"comes from the girls' expectation of a "hot guy"(who are generally assholes) being nice and caring.
Everyone's idealistic view of a relationship partner is that they should be beautiful with an amazing personality. This is the reason why some of the girls are attracted to hot guys, because they want to prove to themselves that these attractive men are "different" from the assholes they've met before.
Some girls don't learn; when a guy treats her bad, they break up. And then they get back together, in hopes that they've changed something about himself. And then he breaks her heart again. Then get back together...and so on. It's a vicious cycle, and every time they get back together, it heightens their expectations.
So I don't think the girl actually believes being treated like crap will allow her to love him more...but rather, when a guy treats her like crap, her expectations about the guy is heightened every time the guy gets back with her.
Sorry to say, but study after study shows if you show interest in a woman it makes the guy less attractive to the girl.
While I agree with what you're saying, sorry, but the facts are facts. Most girls are attracted to assholes and guys who show them no interest :\ I wish more women would listen to you. But ya, most guys realize "hey I act like an ass I get more ass" so they act like an ass. Your gender is to blame for being so stupid in this regard and mine is to blame for being so weak as to compromise their honor for sex.
Very TRUE... a GIRL (<-- big emphasis on girl) will usually walk away from a guy who shows TOO much interest but a woman will usually hang around a bit... if they get clingy that's when they run...
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SMH* LOL "boys well into their years" YEP! Well some at least.
Ya, some people do mature, but most don't :(
I know there are exceptions, but my experience has been that girls prefer the jerks (mostly). Those of us who DON'T run our mouths and DON'T have the "game act" and the phoney "nice" usually end up alone and totally off the radar screen.
you have a point HOWEVER as mentioned there is a difference btwn being a jerk to get a girls attention vs being a jerk all the time... honestly that's how some guys get my attention but I mainly go for the guy who makes me laught whether he be the one who stands out in his circle of friends or not. The girls who stick w the jerks and only pay mind to them in my mind have yet to learn or grow up...
It's true the problem is greater with younger women (& girls). Unfortunately many of them become jaded after long term exposure to losers like asailum, (the moron below me). \/
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I agree with you that most women love it but personally if a guy treats me like crap I get offended and stay away from him. It's a HUUUUUUGE turnoff! I like nice, funny, sweet, guys with huge expressive personalities. Not "cool" badass guys. And if you blow me off and treat me with disrespect it's ugly in my book. So guys don't believe that nice guys finish last. It's not true. If you want a real woman and not some lapdog then treat women with the utmost respect. Nice guys are the guys that get married one day while guys who put on a front will never find happiness. Trust me. :)
Aww, cute profile picture :D
I love australian shepherds.
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They're awesome as puppies and as adults.
totally true :) personally my favorite dogs are golden retrievers but I also love aussies :)
I think it's full of shit! I think it's guys fantasy of being some kind of Casanova Playboy asshole -he can play a cool man without being an idiot. I'd love to have a man who treats me nice and is adventurous and exciting not boring -so send me more exciting but I guaranteed you can be a good person and the exciting to because I am!! The reason I found this question was I googled: "can and man love a woman enough not to treat her like shit?" That is my question. Maybe in the beginning he can be nice during the interested phase but then after being together for a while, the guy turns into a motherfucker. I'm not sure I want to man ever then- who needs that kind of disappointment?
Sadly,i agree with what you're saying.I read so many questions on here where women are sticking with these knuckleheads who are verbally abusive,or cheating,or beating them,ignoring them etc. And all I'm thinking is..."Are you that desperate to actually tolerate all of that?" I can't believe the non sense...seriously. But you know what? Some people go through it...and they do learn from dealing with the crappy guys. I've dealt with them before,and damn it..alot of nonsense I have tolerated WILL NEVER happen again.I respect myself too much to allow some dude to treat me anything less than how I should be treated. And because of this realization within myself,ive been attracting a whole new breed of a guy...the good ones.I wonder why a lot of women just can't seem to get a bloody clue.
Good for you! Esp. since you're eyes had been open to just how special you are and how you DESERVE to be treated...
Guys only give lots of attention to the best looking girl they can find. If he has good traits, he can get a really hot woman. These traits can be looks, smarts, humor, ambition -- whatever. All guys are nice to who they find hottest. Only a few guys are actually nice. Therefore, most guys end up being nice to girls who are the hottest they can get with the traits they have ... meaning he isn't as appealing as the guy she wants.
being nice is the start and most guys are nice in the beginning however when they know they have you wrapped when they beccome douche bags... well some... not all.
Exactly! And its not just so called "hot guys" ... lots of people are like this. I'm sure there are women like this too.
girls like that get on my nerves but what can you do. hoes gone be hoes. if you don't respect yourself no one else will but everyone wasn't taught better.
i will say that a lot of these "nice guys" are either manipulative, or passive aggressive jerks, or spineless men. that's not attractive. it isn't as simple as "stop going for the ed hardy douchebag bad boys and find a nice guy" um no. people always point fingers at how messed up girls are but fail to mention that guys are equally messed up. if girls grew up in dysfunctional households, thus don't know how to be in romantic relationships then what can we say about their brothers? guys are just as bad and there aren't too many genuinely good men to choose from anyway. even the "nice guys" are f***ed up because most of them are only nice because they have an agenda.
All girls/women will need to experience being with a guy who's an asshole. But just an asshole not some wife beater. How do you know what things you will find annoying or offensive etc? you date an asshole that makes it all very clear, then proceed from there to looking for a nice guy
but you see that's just it when a female finds that "asshole" she thinks she can change him or that he loves her otherwise why would he treat her like that ? majority of the time when she threatens to leave he changes for a couple of days... and there it all starts again... know what I mean?
But you'll never learn if you don't experience it, some women are more hard headed than others, one women might date one asshole to realize that they don't change and another women may date several and still not realise. But as much as it makes sense to you doesn't mean you can make others see sense. Eventually they should come round to your way of thinking :)
valid point... some girls think you are trying to take her man if you hint at the fact that he treats her like crap.
And you forgot to say that a lot of guys think that all girls fall for the jerks,i don't like them at all,they disgust me.
i remember that I did yea fell for a guy once "cuz he was sweet and nice to me" But later after amounts of time he turned to be the opposite of who I really liked,that made me HATE HIM SO MUCH And now I won't even talk to him even if he did apologize to me and will never ever be in a relationship with any guy like him.
I was so disappointed.
And no I won't let any guy who says 1 bad word about me in my life,simply I'm full of myself and I love it enough to hate any1 azzhole to me,no1 own me or even have the right to say anything bad to me.
I don't accept to live disrespected,the worLd is full of great people who will treat you good there is no need to put myself down and make fun of it and destroy it because of a worthless douchebag.
All girls who loves to be treated like slaves are sick and need to see a doctor.
I never wanted in my life to be called names or even disrespect by any1.
so not all girls want that.
and even my dad never said 1 bad word to my mom though,they fought a lot but it never went to calling names and sh**.
Even Disrespected By any1 *
LOL I'm the same way... sounds bad to hear that a female is full of herself... but if we can't stand on our ground then everyone will try to walk over us... good for ya!
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Does not work.
By leisa
from Alabama
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Does not work at all.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Fleas after one month
By DMJ
from Buffalo NY
After one month my cat is scratching himself crazy. Like he can't stand it. I feel terrible.
May be effective for fleas--not for ticks
By Runs with dogs
from Sierra Nevada, CA
During this very bad tick season we decided we wanted to do something other than the pesticide dripped onto the back of the neck. I read the reviews of this product and was hopeful it would be effective. The smell did not bother me at all, in fact I like it. My husband didn't care too much for it, but it didn't seem to bother the dogs. We had been plucking numerous ticks off each dog every day after our walks. We live in an area where they are abundant on sage brush and other shrubs, and we do not have fleas to deal with (Sierra Nevada). We continued to pull ticks off for over a week, finally realizing that the collars were completely ineffective against ticks. We even found two that were inflated with blood, but hadn't found them earlier because they were hidden right under the collar!As much as I would love not to have to use a poison on my two girls, I don't want the risk of the tick-borne diseases even more, and not just for the dogs. So it is back to the pesticide approach, and this time we used the prescription chewable, given once a month. Meanwhile I will try to find a friend/relative living in a flea-prone area that can use the collars I bought (I purchased enough to get through tick season).I'm sad these did not work for us.
By Reni
from San Jose
I used both kinds of collars from onlynaturalpet.I had ordered the the brown one first and it worked great with combination of Sentinell montly pills but after almoast 2 monthsmy dog got fleas because it wore off to fast.i ordered this one almoast 2 months ago and havent seen a flea yet!I am glad i found these collars for my dog so i dont have to harm her with chemicals,but i will recomment that you exchange it every 2 months insted 3 if you want to make sure your dog doesn't get fleas.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By sweethuney
from Irving tx
The flea collar smells good but dont know if it is really working.They scratch some but not all the time. So it could be the collar
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great collar
By Strawberry Jim
from Strawberry Az
I have used these collars for a couple of years now and find them to be a great alternative to the more popular chemical products. I wouldn't want to use the chemical products on myself and I don't want use them on my pets. I have also recommended these collars to other people and they have started to use them.
Seems to work
By Mom dog
from Baltimore Md
My dogs are in wooded areas alot(both pointer breeds) and I putthe collars on them prior to our walks and sometimes take them offat night due to the smell being intense. It's not an overbearing chemicalsmell, just strong and a scent I'm personally not fond of, although notdisgusting. There had been times when they were wearingthem in the rain and the collars held up. Never found a flea or tick onthem and yes we live in and around tick prone woods. So nice to have an alternative to any chemical drops, sprays, shampoos or oral repellants.Those are poison to your pets and you. One of our dogs ended up in the Er after a chemical drop application. Never again. Love these collars.
didn't work
By Ladybug
from Belleville, MI
I bought 3 of these collars for my peke-pom who is allergic to flea products even essential oil spot ons. Twice we spent a week at friend's or relative's homes and both times she came in with fleas every time she went outside. I am very disappointed as there seems to be no way I can protect her from picking them up. I will not buy these again.
By smartshop
from Dallas Tx.
If you invest in Frontline or Advantix, you can expect to pay the same amount as if you invest in 10 of these collars and replace one every 8 days during flea season! I have BEAT FLEAS with this system. I also made my own home spray in a spray bottle with water, 1/3 a cup of rubbing alcohol, peppermint and rosemary essential oils. When I first discovered I had fleas I washed and washed for a few weeks, sprayed the peppermint spray and even sprayed my yard every 5 to 7 days! I then put one of these collars on after all was laundered and sprayed and the fleas caught on! They went elsewhere. So my home and yard smelled minty fresh and I found a non toxic way to get those things off of my little Henry and Oliver! I live in hot, humid, Dallas, Texas so we could easily have the "flea" as our state bug lol!
By Heather
from New Jersey
Works great! I have 3 dogs and ever since I put it on them I have not seen one tick! The smell surprisingly isn't bad at all. It has more of a minty smell.
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Sink or Swim
By Nichole Hall
Nichole Hall is a junior English major and is pursuing a minor in Professional Writing. Sink or Swim was written as an assignment in her Creative Non-Fiction class taught by Dr. Hemmeter. She is currently interested in a few potential career paths once she graduates from Arcadia University. Her possible career goals include travel writing, speech writing, journalism, and being an editor for a local newspaper or magazine.
This piece was written as part of my creative nonfiction class, and the assignment was to write about learning how to do something. The piece explains my struggles and challenges of learning how to swim when I was in third grade, and finally understanding the basics of swimming.
Goosebumps cover my body as I ease myself into the cold, reflecting, blue water. (I am) whining like a baby that it's not warm and I want to leave. My pool teacher in a one-piece bathing suit wades over to me at the shallow end of the pool and yells over the loudness of the other kids that are splashing each other.
"I don't know to hold my breath, though…."
"LIKE THIS!" Out of nowhere, her hand pushes my head down into the water—chlorine rushes in my mouth and nose—I start spazzing, freaking out, and come up for air, coughing and stuttering, as my teacher gives me a look of pity.
This was the first time I tried to hold my breath underwater. And the last time she ever taught me how to swim.
I had trouble learning how to swim when I was in elementary school; it seemed like every 6 to 8 year old knew how to swim except me. I wasn't afraid of water; I liked playing in the pool, as long as my head wasn't completely submerged.
I remember at 6 years old my mother signed me up for swimming lessons, which had failed. She over prepared me for swimming by making me wear water shoes, which I learned drags you down instead of helping you swim. From 6 to 8 years old, my swimming instructors couldn't teach me how to swim. Lying on my back floating, I failed because I was afraid water would go up my nose if I sunk; swimming in freestyle I failed because I didn't want to get my feet off the ground and kick my legs; I just wanted to wade. And of course, holding my breath underwater was not an option because I didn't even know how to hold my breath without holding my nose. However, all of these challenges weirdly didn't discourage me from swimming in the pool; I just wanted to swim my way. It wasn't until I lived in the Middle East that I learned how to swim for the first time.
My dad's U.S. State Department job made us relocate to Muscat, Oman for two years when I was 8. I went to TAISM, or to elaborate, The American International School of Muscat. Gym class at my elementary school required everyone to take swimming lessons in the outside pool. During our first swimming lesson, I was isolated from the rest of my fourth grade class because I didn't know how to swim; my heart sank as I watched my classmates swim over to the deep end while a boy and I stayed in the shallow end of the pool. Mr. Carvallo, one of the swimming instructors, practiced with the rest of the class while Ms. Grace tried to teach me and the boy the basics of swimming during our half-hour time period. We copied her alternating arm motions in the pool standing up, and then she taught us how to tread water. My mouth stretched into a grin as my arms made circular motions in the water and my legs kicked rapidly back and forth—I was learning how to tread in place with my feet off the ground for the first time!
After treading for about 2 minutes, Ms. Grace left the pool to get a towel from the locker room, and told us to keep practicing treading. I didn't want to keep treading, though—I was feeling overly confident that I could do anything now that I learned how to tread water. I looked at the length of the shallow pool, about 20 feet long, and wanted to get to the other side. I stood up straight and stared at the rhythmically lapping blue water, taunting me, inviting me, daring me to get across to the other side.
My eyes narrowed at the pool's ledge 20 feet from me, and I began to tread—but I was moving forward when I was treading. My arms broke away from their circular motion at my sides and began slowly alternating back and forth in front of me—my legs started to kick back and forth in the pool, splashing loudly, and at that point my heart swelled up and my mouth seemed to be locked in a huge opened mouth smile as I was nearing the ledge—I was doggie paddling!
I touched the ledge with an opened mouth clown smile plastered on my face. I turned around to where I originally was and saw Ms. Grace back in the pool, smiling at me. I doggie paddled back to her, my face about to snap in two if I was to beam any harder.
"Great job, Nichole!" she said, looking at me with amazement. "That was great! Now we're going to learn one more thing before class is over—blowing bubbles. Have you ever done that before?"
Both the boy and I shook our heads.
"Ok, it's really easy. You're going to put your head in the water and just blow like you would blow your nose. You're going to do this for about 10 seconds, and you can come up for air if you need to."
Weirdly enough, I wasn't afraid to blow bubbles in the water, yet my heart was pounding at double the speed. I stared down at the blue water once again. I wasn't feeling as confident here, but I was willing to try it.
Taking a deep breath, I plunged into the warm water and blew my nose—hard. Tons of bubbles erupted from my nose, and it was relieving to finally not hold my nose under the water. I came up for air shortly after the bubbles came out because I was so shocked. Ms. Grace hugged me, praising me on learning the basics of swimming. At this point, class ended and I went to the locker room, smiling to myself and lost in my own thoughts as I got my dry clothes. From this great day onward, Ms. Grace gave me private swimming lessons herself on Thursdays, while I also practiced swimming in class three times a week. I eventually learned how to swim freestyle, float, swim backwards, and do the butterfly, all thanks to Ms. Grace. Who knew it only had to take me living halfway across the world to learn how to swim?


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Gossip Girl Season 6 Speculation: Why Are Serena and Dan in a Hotel Together?
Former lovebirds Penn Badgley (Dan) and Blake Lively (Serena) have had a checkered past on Gossip Girl. First, Dan was in love with Serena, then he wasn't, then there were some elevators, his proclamation, "I never have to see you again," and that could have been that.
But since New York City is apparently thisbig, and the two insist on being friends with the same people (and both having feuds with Blair (Leighton Meester) ...), it was only a matter of time until they were back together.
When we spotted them on Vespas while filming a couple weeks ago, we wondered if Serena and Dan might finally get that scooter ride S was hoping for on their first date in Season 1 — now, it looks like they've gotten even closer. In new shots from set, it looks like the two might be checking in to a hotel.
But we have to wonder that has Serena looking so worried — are she and Dan fighting or is she just trying to decide whether or not they should stay the night? It looks like Dan has a bag over his shoulder, so we're guessing they're not just stopping by for a drink... Will this be the spot of the elevator do over?
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Full days of work - Friday -- It's only cold, if you think about it...
Let's try something new this time, shall we? Please press play - enjoy the music by Portishead - Chase the tear - and read on...
The weather forcast for Friday: sunny and high 59s.
Reality: overcast, rain and low 40s.
Why chase the tear? The higher we got up on Mt. Magazine the more tears did I drop.. It was so cold that my heated vest was burning me, instead of heating me -- it could just not keep up.
We took the scenic route from Conway to Mt. Magazine -- cutting through Petit Jean, and beautiful townships such as New Neely, Centerville, Lone Pine, Belleville and finally into Havana, Arkansas.
There was nothing Havana about it. It was freezing cold -- 40s and wind chill. The ride up the mountain was superb! I was truly missing my Sprint. 'though there was plenty of road salt and sand (as always) to add to the excitement.
Once we got to the top I heard something sputtering up the mountain. A glance below and it was a Moto Guzzi with a trailer..
. The gentelman just zoomed by:
Hey, he must be another inmate; Wave... He must've been so cold he could not raise his hands.
Next order of business was to take the obligatory pictures with a sign.
Cold, much? I was so cold that I was shivering..
The scenery alone was worth the cold, and the long trip.
Sorry, I dig it overexposed like this.
We slowly (think fast) made it to the Lodge and got hot cup of coffee, hot chocolate, chease dip, and stuffed mushrooms.. Everything was delicious; and then they brought out the main meal.. fried chicken wraps and delicious soup..
WITH BACON!!! OMG!! Loved it. The food was very reasonably priced. Good wait stuff too.
We spent an hour chit-chatting at the lodge and enjoying the scenery through the huge looking-glass... Ah.. the warmth..
Too bad they jacked the prices so high for a nights stay. A working man could barely afford this place; and besides it is booked months in advance.
I am strongly opposed to this -- but the standard is very high at the hotel, and it reflects the price and availability.
Next, we moved on to photo-shootout. I'm still learning, so please excuse me:
I love the side-profile shots. There is something amazing about them.
I have proceeded to take the GS all the way to the ege, but then I noticed this big curb at the bottom of the stairs.. Yeah eff-that.. On the way back........ Sorry grass
It was slippery, but the GS triumphantly made it to the top. Thread lightly sometimes. This picture is another one of my favorites. It shows how little we are compared to the rest of the nature.
On the way back we took the Spring Lake Road away from Mt. Magazine.
The rest of the way was pretty uneventful. I did make a wrong turn and we ended up about 10 miles away from Dardanelle. Doh! We wanted to ride up to Mt. Nebo but both of us had things to do at 5...
In Dardanelle we did see two ADV bikes, a TW200 and a Tiger1050.. I honked..
We made it home by 5PM. All was good. All was well.
Thanks for riding with us...
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Umar Patek, the accused manufacturer of bombs that killed 202 people in the 2002 Bali nightclub attacks, apologizes to the families of the victims, it was reported.
Patek, who is known as the Demolition Man, gave an emotional testimony during his trial on Monday and said he only played a small role in the incident, reported the Jakarta Globe. He said he did not want the explosives to be used in Bali, but instead wanted them used in Palestine.
"I was very sad and regret that the incident happened," Patek was quoted as saying. "I was against it from the start, I never agreed with their methods."
He added that the alleged conspirators in the attack agreed with bombing a target in Palestine, but said they did not know how to get there.
"I asked 'why Bali? Jihad should be carried out in Palestine instead.' But they said they didn't know how to get to Palestine," Patek said.
Dulmatin, another conspirator, told Patek, "Don't think too much about it, just do it," he recalled, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
"I was so shocked seeing so many explosives had been prepared … I went back to Imam Samudra and said, 'What are you doing? … Muslims will also be hit,'" Patek was quoted as saying by the Herald.
"He didn't say much; he only said, 'Well, it's been decided.' I told him, 'No you have to abort it, throw all the explosives to the sea' … I told him 'I never committed jihad in Indonesia.'"
However, previously, during his interrogation, he had said that he had no regrets, according to the Herald. When asked about this, he said that he is now telling the truth, and had thought the interrogators were "joking" when they asked if he had any regrets.Patek faces the death penalty for his alleged connection with the bombings.
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HarperCollins Christian Publishing Joins the Espresso Book Machine Network
February 3, 2013 | 5:12 pm
As an unabashed vending machine fanatic and someone who's been involved with the publishing industry for the better part of my adult life, I've long been intrigued by the Espresso Book Machine, owned by On Demand Books. There are currently more than seven million titles available in On Demand Books' digital network, and on January 30, HarperCollins Christian Publishing joined the Espresso Book Machine program, making its titles available through EBM's "digital-to-print at retail" sales channel. (HarperCollins' six-month-old expanded Christian publishing division is comprised of two formerly independent publishers, Thomas Nelson and Zondervan.) "Christian and inspirational content is an ideal fit for the EBM," said Dane Neller, CEO...
Digital Book Printing Forum to be held in NYC
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From the press release: Interquest, a leading market and technology research and consulting firm serving the digital printing and publishing industry, announces Lulu.com founder and CEO Bob Young will headline its annual educational forum on trends and opportunities in digital book manufacturing. According to Interquest president Gilles Biscos, "Self-publishing is one of many important trends digital printing has enabled in book publishing, so we are excited to have Bob share his unique insights and experiences at Lulu with our attendees. We've also assembled a stellar lineup of...


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From there on it was 10 minutes of terror for them, suddenly consumed by wave after wave of pressure. They simply could not contain or abate what came after them. After it didn't relent until UConn was ready to stop it.
The Huskies scored the next 17 points over 6:42 to springboard to New Orleans. By the time Jelleah Sidney ended the drought with her three-pointer with 2:25 to play, the thoroughbred, as they say in Lexington, was out of the barn.
"We tried to stay positive," Kentucky's DeNesha Stallworth said. "We just couldn't get enough stops."
Stewart continued her remarkable renaissance dating to the start of the Big East tournament nearly a month ago. Not only did she score 13 points in the first half, but she was a presence on defense, her long arms and NBA reach producing two emphatic blocked shots.
Stewart's effort was needed because it was clear that Stefanie Dolson was having trouble moving because of her stress fracture and plantar fasciitis.
But Dolson pushed through, playing a team-high 17 minutes in the first half, when she grabbed seven rebounds.
What she couldn't do was compensated for by Mosqueda-Lewis, who scored eight of UConn's first 14 points.
Faris added eight more and freshman Moriah Jefferson, her confidence soaring by the possession, brought her dimension of warp speed to UConn's transition game, even after taking a nasty spill into the Kentucky band late in the second half.
And UConn's pressure persisted into the second half, almost as if to prove a point to whomever may be waiting for them in New Orleans.
With 11:15 to play, the lead was 61-35, meaning the Huskies' run had swelled to 39-12 from the time they last trailed.


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Illini Set for Four Home Matches This Weekend
Jan. 23, 2014
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Fighting Illini women's tennis team will host four matches at the Atkins Tennis Center this weekend, welcoming Saint Louis University (0-1) and University of Chicago (0-0) on Friday at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively, and UIC (0-0) and Illinois State (0-0) on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The Orange and Blue will face Saint Louis for the first time in program history. The Billikens finished last season with a record of 14-6.
Illinois will also face the University of Chicago tennis team for the first time on Friday. The Phoenix went 18-6 last season, making it to the NCAA quarterfinals where they lost to Claremont.
The Illini are 5-0 all-time against UIC, shutting out the Flames all but one time. The two teams last played during the 1980-81 season under head coach Linda Pecore.
The Fighting Illini lead Illinois State 29-8 in the series, playing and beating the Redbirds 5-1 in last season's home opener.
Saint Louis went 14-6 last season, finishing 2nd of 14 at the A-10 Championship where they lost to Temple University. Natalia Yacaman led Saint Louis in singles last year, finishing with a record of 16-4 on a six-win streak. The Billikens opened its dual season at Missouri on Jan. 20 in a 1-6 loss.
Friday evening will mark the season opener for Chicago. The squad ended last season with a record of 18-6, making it to the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals. The Phoenix also sent Megan Tang and Helen Sdvizkhov to the NCAA Individual Championships, where the doubles partners were defeated by Williams College.
The UIC Flames will travel to Milwaukee to play Marquette in their season opener Saturday morning prior to facing Illinois on Sunday. The Flames went 16-6 last spring, ending against No. 11 Northwestern at the 2013 NCAA Tournament. This past Autumn, UIC claimed first place in the doubles B flight and in two singles brackets at the ITA Second Chance Regional.
Illinois State will open its dual season this Friday after going 10-13 last spring, where Wichita State ended their season at the MVC Championships. The Redbirds will face Eastern Illinois at home before heading down to Champaign on Sunday.
This season will see a change in format in the hopes of attracting and keeping more fans at the matches. During the first six weeks of play, doubles will be a regular set to 6, with a tiebreaker at 6-6. Singles will be best-of-three sets with a ten-point match tiebreaker in lieu of a third set. There will be no warm-up against the opponent in either singles or doubles.
Twelve of Illinois' regular season opponents are nationally ranked to start the season, and five are in the top 25. Illinois sits at No. 44 and seven other Big Ten teams crack the rankings, including No. 11 Michigan, No. 15 Northwestern, No. 25 Nebraska, No. 27 Purdue, No. 40 Indiana, No. 49 Penn State, and No. 72 Ohio State.
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In my previous post, I showed you some random pictures of my trip to Romania in May. I was there to teach a workshop during the Photo Romania Festival. My workshop was titled "Intimate Portraits". A portrait to me, is a picture that tells something about someone. For many years I made portraits that SHOUTED something about the subject. But these days, I feel much more attracted to pictures that whisper something about someone.
Here are some of the pictures that I made during the workshop.
Big thanks to the great organisation, the bunch of fun and talented students and the very patient models.


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An acquaintance of mine is moving to Germany, and was told that not vaccinating children is illegal over there - and that adhering to the schedule is compulsory. Does anyone here have any info for her? I did see on here that there were folks delaying vax. Is not vaccinating possible? Will an unvaccinated child have trouble getting into the country?
I'm almost certain that's not true. From what I know it is not at all compulsory, and no school or daycare will ask...this is just what I've heard, DS is still a baby so I dont know though. For sure they don't check at the border as we just got back from the US and nobody asked.
If I remember correctly, it is against EU law to force someone to take medicine against their will and vaccines fall under that category.
Sorry but I have no links right now to prove all of this but a quick google search will find the answer.
Mama since 2010
Multicultural living in Europe
Not true. Vaxing is strongly recommended but not compulsory.
Due to several horrific child abuse incidents (children locked up and starved to death) well-baby visits according to the (previously merely recommended) schedule are now compulsory or you will have child protection services on your case. This may be what your friend heard about.
MeDH DS1 10/06 DD 08/10 DS2 10/12with SB and
it's not true .... and she won't have any problems finding kindergarten or school placements ... as all health information is needed to be given after enrollment ...
it's also not true that "well-baby visits" are compulsatory!!!!!
the only one that is compulsory is an examination that takes place at the health office when the child is old enough to go to school - which is about 5-6 years old - parents do get an extra invitation for that visits - if they won't go to that one child protection services will be informed ... all other pediatric visits are recommended but not mandatory ..
Like the others said, vaccination can be denied althought they (in my only experience) made me feel really self-concious about saying no for my DS2. But I held my ground
Silklunar, why then do I have the social services visiting me since November to go do the U6 and the U7a examinations (I think those are the right ones) for DS1 who is 3 1/2 and DS2 who is 15 months now??? I keep telling them I'm waiting for our insurance cards to show up in the mail. And they will truly be here in a few weeks now. But I really feel like it's compulsary. What can I do then if I really do not want to go? The social worker said something about the law enforcement will decide of our faith if we don't go . Thanks!
I'm in Dusseldorf by the way!
I live in Germany, and well child visits are not mandatory. And neither is vaccination. But, dr's are obliged to try to talk you into vaccinating. You just have to shop around to find a pediatrician that is willing to delay vaccination or to skip them all together. How would a social service know that you didn't go to the U6 and U7a? You can choose to go to any pediatrician you like, and they are not allowed to share patient information. I guess it is just that particular social service person that has a personal problem. I would just ask for another person and discuss why you don't want to go.
Or I would just take my kid to the U6, it is nothing more than weighing, measuring, listening to heart, looking in mouth and ears. And that's it.
We left Germany a couple of years ago, but I do recall that the law regarding well-baby visits had changed and certain visits were required. We did not do one of the well-baby visits because we were out of the country, and we were tracked down and ordered to take our baby to the doctor in Italy and send proof that we had done so.
As far as vaccinations - we did not have a problem with that at all. We were lucky to have a pediatrician who believed in homeopathy and other natural rememdies, and was ok with not vaccinating.
Hey AJ's mommy,
I am sorry to hear about your personal story - but as I wrote well baby visits are not compulsory.
I don't know how child service got involved with you in the first place - but if they are involved NOW I would just go to the well baby visits - go to a physician that is more on the alternative side, and there are a lot of them nowadays .....
Once child service is involved you better play a while they rules - a friend of mine had visits from them for about a year as her mother-in-law was worried about her grandson (who was a completely healthy baby at that time) - but my friend is a vegan and the mother-in-law didn't like that and was so worried about the baby ... so they showed up for a visit .... and did this for about a year ...
Maybe there are ways to get out of their reach ... but I'd need to know more why/how they got involved ...
We left Germany a couple of years ago, but I do recall that the law regarding well-baby visits had changed and certain visits were required. We did not do one of the well-baby visits because we were out of the country, and we were tracked down and ordered to take our baby to the doctor in Italy and send proof that we had done so.
who? tracked you down?
the well-baby visits are still non-compulsory .... recently they changed laws in Austria ... but not Germany ...
The law (recommendations?) regarding well-baby visits did change in 2007.
I took my son who was born in 2003 to a few WBV because I liked the pedi, but then we stopped and it was no big deal.
When my other son was born in 2007, our new pedi - whom I liked even more as he was very natural-minded - explained that they had just changed the laws and that certain visits were compulsory. He actually disagreed with this change but was required to follow it. If parents skipped the WBV it was somehow reported.
I can't remember the whys an wherefores and don't have time to find info at the moment, but I'll be back!
Ok - It looks like in some parts of Germany (like in Saarland, where we were living) the visits U1-U9 are not obligatory but strongly encouraged. If you miss a visit, the Jugendamt will send you a letter "reminding" you to take your child to the doctor. If you refuse, or don't go for whatever reason, then they may decide to investigate to make sure that you are not endangering your child. This follows in the wake of very publicized cases of children dying from severe abuse and neglect a few years ago.
So, I suppose the letter we received was just a friendly reminder. However, we had already had to deal with Social Services a couple of years earlier and we didn't want to risk having them investigate us again - even though on the whole they were friendly and helpful during the 6 months we dealt with them. A washing-machine repair man had called them on us after he decided that our house was too messy and our kids were being neglected (which was absolutely not true, by the way),
Really, if you find a good pedi, it is much easier to take the baby to get weighed and such and avoid any problems with the Jugendamt or Social Services. Or if you don't have your insurance card, take the child to the doctor's office to show them that everything is ok, tell them you can't pay for the visit and are waiting for your card, and schedule a visit for later.
We have just moved to Hamburg this last year. My daughter is not vaccinated at all, she is 2 and a half now. She will be starting kindergarten when she turns 3 which is when I vaccinated my son for Diptheria, tetenus and polio. Thus far that's all he had. My new ped is okay but is encouraging me to do the MMR and MeneC vaccine for him and the 5 plus 1 vaccine for my daughter. The one for my daughter has Hib and pertussis as well. I think she's too old for both of these vaccines but according to the ped there are no other options for her other than doing them individually.
I have already decided not to do any for my son but I'm conflicted about my daughter. What should I do, one with two extra vaccines that I feel are unnecessary or 3 individual ones? What would you do?
We have just moved to Hamburg this last year. My daughter is not vaccinated at all, she is 2 and a half now. She will be starting kindergarten when she turns 3 which is when I vaccinated my son for Diptheria, tetenus and polio. Thus far that's all he had. My new ped is okay but is encouraging me to do the MMR and MeneC vaccine for him and the 5 plus 1 vaccine for my daughter. The one for my daughter has Hib and pertussis as well. I think she's too old for both of these vaccines but according to the ped there are no other options for her other than doing them individually.
I have already decided not to do any for my son but I'm conflicted about my daughter. What should I do, one with two extra vaccines that I feel are unnecessary or 3 individual ones? What would you do?
Well from what I understand when you do three separate vaccines as opposed to a combined one, your child is getting a much higher dose of aluminum which is one of the main concerns in vaccines. However, I am not sure if that holds true if she gets the three well spaced out, like maybe over one year. I would look into that. I would not want my son to be getting vaxed for diseases I didn't believe were a threat. Also, have you asked another doctor or researched online if there are no other options / vaccine combos?
You will probably get a much better response to this query in the vaccine forum. The Germany forum is quite inactive and far fewer people will see this here.
Good luck!
Mama since 2010
Multicultural living in Europe
My pediatrician was not bothered by me not wanting to vaccinate at all. We habe seen two pedis and both even mentioned that "it is really not required and they just wanted to ask". If anyone would inquire further my short answer is that the risks outweigh the benefits imo. We are also going to Play Dates and none of the mothers find it weird he is not vaccinated.
Furthermore, there have been German studies stating that unvaccinated children are healthier and some are questioning vaccines now as well.
The only problem we ever ran into was something breastfeeding related, when the first pedi said my son needs lots of solids at 6 months bc breastmilk lacks iron. A la leche league leader told me the same. :/ He started solids at 11 months btw bc he was not interested or choking if he tried to taste.
I know this thread has been inactive for a while but just in case some is looking it up here:
Vaccination is not mandatory in Germany. If a pediatrician is being pushy then it is just him/her and has nothing to do with the law. We asked around for a more naturally-oriented doctor and she was very fine with delaying the entire vaccine schedule (DD had her MMR at 2 years instead of 1 year). My tip would be look for midwives who are more naturally-oriented (a good source is a birth center) and ask them for recommendations. A lot of pediatricians and doctors here tend to describe homeopathic remedies and suggest well-known home-remedies. They tend to give me prescriptions with the subtitle "if you absolutely want to but it is not 100% necessary, you can wait it out."
As for Kindergarten, we received a confirmation that we got a spot and they haven't even checked her vaccination booklet so I assume it is not a must there too.
The well-baby visits are compulsory depending on which "state" you live in. In general, all that is done in these visits is a weigh-in, a general checkup that the child is developing properly and a few questions to see if there are any problems that can be handled early (e.g. Autism). It is then entered in the child's "Gelbeheft" (yellow booklet). The doctor will then inform the Jugendamt (Youth Welfare Office) that this child completed this particular visit. If you don't go, the Jugendamt will not receive anything on the child and they will send a letter to remind you. If there is no response, only then they will send someone to check if the child is sill ok/alive. Like others said, this is done so in response to abuse cases. A friend of mine got such a reminder because her doctor's office forgot to send the notice to the Jugendamt.
In Germany, kids are very rarely taken away from parents. Even in relatively bad situations they're kept with their families unless literally their life is in extreme danger.
The only thing that is compulsory here is school. No option of homeschooling here!
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YIELD: Makes 4 main-course servings
ACTIVE TIME: 45 min
TOTAL TIME: 1 hr
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.
Make sauce for filling:
Wash leek in a bowl of water, then lift out and drain well. Cook leek, carrot, and celery in butter in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until tender, about 7 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in milk, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Bring sauce to a boil, stirring, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, 4 minutes. (Sauce will be thick.) Remove pan from heat.
Make crust:
Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Blend in butter cubes with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in milk and dill with a fork until mixture just comes together.
Gather dough into a ball, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead 2 or 3 times. Roll out with a floured rolling pin into an 8-inch square (1/2 inch thick), then cut out 4 biscuits using cutter.
Make filling and bake pies:
Sprinkle cod with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Bring sauce to a simmer and stir in fish, then divide among ramekins. Top each ramekin with a biscuit, then brush biscuits with melted butter. Arrange ramekins in a shallow baking pan and bake until sauce is bubbling and biscuits are golden, 12 to 15 minutes.
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Washington, D.C. (December 22, 2007) – The Saint Leo University men's basketball team (5-4) fell 93-58 to the University of the District of Columbia Saturday at the UDC Christmas Classic in Washington, D.C.
Saint Leo was led by sophomore Jordan Prais (Lakeland, Fla.) who scores 16 points, while George Eshesimua (Sr., Miami, Fla.) added 10 points in defeat for the Lions. Kyle Rowland (Jr., North Port, Fla.) also scored in double figures, finishing with 11 points in the game.
The Lions held a three point lead early in the contest, but eventually the host Firebirds gained control of the contest. UDC eventually led by 15 at half-time, thanks in large part to Willie Shaw's 16 points in the opening frame.
UDC did not look back after the break, using a 19-2 run to run out to a 30-point advantage. The lead grew to as many as 37 points in the latter stages, before the final margin of 35.
Shaw led the Firebirds with a game-high 22 points and nine rebounds. UDC's Charlie Smallwood added 20 points and dished out seven assists, while Justin Walker scored 15 points in the win.
Saint Leo will enjoy a break before its next game. The Lions will return to the hardwood on Wednesday, January 2 when they travel to West Palm Beach, Fla. to face Palm Beach Atlantic University. Opening tip is slated for 4:00 p.m.


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Rated 4 out of 5 by Okie1961 hotel is great but.... hotel was great except the bartender(s) made it clear he didn't want business. Both nights of our stay, he alternated between rude and neglectful. We wanted to enjoy a couple cocktails to finish off our day but he made us feel unwelcome. both nights the bar was full and by the time we finished one drink, the bar was empty....clearly disappointed May 6, 2013
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Rated 3 out of 5 by Diego Nickeled and Dimed -- really cheesy! I was charged a $5 "handling fee" for a FedEx package sent to me while at the hotel. All they had to do was sign for the package and hold it for me at the front desk, yet somehow this generates an additional charge. What happened to the days when hotels actually provided these basic tasks as part of the overall service? February 28, 2013
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Although the "Unarmed Combat System of the Samurai" was how it was phrased when I started in a Trad style, I have since heard a very senior sensei say that this is mistaken; it was the unarmed system of the working man. This makes more sense to me when considering the nature of the weapons used: nuns, kamma, bo - all essential agricultural tools, put to defensive use. Bokken, a cheap training tool - only a wealthy man (and likely member of the samurai class would be able to afford a genuine Katana).
I shan't be defending this point too deeply but it makes quite a lot of sense in the context of the put-upon farmer being assalied by a marauding Ronin.
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