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Even though you're not pregnant yet, you might already be thinking about which room to turn into the baby's room and how to decorate it. And you might be making lists of all the baby clothes and supplies that you'll need.
But it's also a good time to take some steps to help yourself have a happy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Now more than ever, it's smart to get regular exercise, eat healthy
foods, and drink plenty of water, as well as to reduce or stop drinking
caffeine. Avoid alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs. When possible, avoid using
medicines, including over-the-counter medicines. Always talk to your doctor first before you stop or start any medicines.
If you are not sure when you are most likely to get pregnant (when you are fertile), use the Interactive Tool: When Are You Most Fertile?
If you haven't yet chosen a health
professional for pregnancy, childbirth, and after-birth (postpartum) care, give
some thought to your many options. For more information, see
Choosing Your Health Professional for Pregnancy Care.
If you use an intrauterine device (IUD), arrange to have it removed.
If you have been taking the Pill (oral contraception) or using birth control shots (such as Depo-Provera), try to wait until you've had your
first full menstrual period before you try to conceive. This may take up to 1
Understanding how pregnancy occurs and using fertility awareness can help increase your chances of becoming pregnant.
Keep track of your menstrual cycle and when you have sexual
intercourse. This information will help in figuring out your due date and your
gestational age after you become pregnant.
Before trying to conceive, talk to your doctor about any
medicines or dietary supplements you are taking. You and your doctor may decide that it's best to stop taking the medicine, to take a different medicine, or to keep taking it.
For more information on how to eat well, see the topic Healthy Eating.
If any problems or needs are found, deal with them early. Make sure
you are fully immunized to prevent potential fetal harm. For example, if you
have never had German measles (rubella) or the rubella vaccination or
are unsure, tell your doctor. If a blood test shows that you have
no immunity, you can be vaccinated. You should then wait at least 3 months
after being vaccinated before you try to get pregnant.
As a part of your physical checkup, you may want to ask for a
prepregnancy exam. Such an exam can help you find out risks to you or your potential children from pregnancy. This knowledge may help
you decide whether you wish to see a family medicine doctor or midwife for your
care during pregnancy or whether you require the care of a specialist. It may
also help you decide what tests you want to have done during pregnancy.
If you have a condition such as diabetes or high blood pressure, be sure to talk with your doctor about what this means for your pregnancy. Find out what you need to do to manage your condition and be ready for pregnancy.
Have fillings or other dental work done, if needed, before you
become pregnant. If you have
periodontal (gum) disease, have it treated before
you become pregnant.
Talk to your doctor about whether
to have screening tests for diseases that are passed down through your family
(genetic disorders). You may want to have a screening
test if you or your partner has a family history of genetic disorders or if
certain genetic disorders are more common among people of your racial or ethnic
background. Screenings for genetic disorders include those for:
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Inline Tube - Proportional Valve Installation Instructions
Proportioning valves provide four functions:
In some cases, the right front line will be plugged at the proportioning valve and the left front line will go to a "T" fitting. From the "T" fitting, the front lines then split off and go to the left and right front wheels.
Our proportioning valve has a dashboard warning light switch built-in (this is not a stop light switch). The warning light will indicate any loss of pressure, for example, a leaky wheel cylinder. We recommend you wire this light into your system. Any two-wire light socket will work. One wire goes to the accessory power and the other goes to the warning light.
Adjustable proportioning valves have a knob that allows you to set the intensity of the rear braking action. This valve can be added into the rear line(s) anywhere you choose. Once fitted with lines bled completely, the optimal setting can be determined one quarter turn at a time.
When replacing a proportioning valve with a duplicate, compare the two valves for similar mounting holes, port configuration, and warning light connection. Then mount and fit the lines as was previously done. When replacing an existing proportioning valve with a different design, you need to consider the other elements in the braking system such as separate blocks and/or correction valves. Typically the new proportioning valve replaces all of these elements, which is why these contemporary valves are also called combination valves. This means that these other elements in the system that were part of the original set-up are now replaced by the one new proportioning valve. This situation is specifically for original disc brake cars from 1967 to 1970. In 1971 and newer, the combination proportioning valve was used from the factory. Replacing a multiple valve and block system results in different brake lines and routing.If you are converting to front disc from an original drum car, you will be adding a proportioning valve to the system for the first time. The key to success for a disc conversion is to plan ahead and walk through your entire installation prior to turning wrenches. Where you mount the valve you can greatly impact the brake lines and will be available for the conversion. The adjustable valve is covered above; the pre-set combination valve is now our concern. To facilitate most brake line conversion kits and provide clearance for headers and large valve covers, the proportioning valve will be mounted at the master cylinder. Inline Tube provides proportioning valve mounting brackets that use one of the master cylinder mounting bolts to place the valve next to or under the master cylinder. Our conversion line kits are designed for this popular application. The further you choose to "customize" your installation, the less available bolt-on parts will be. This means that you will have to alter provided components or fabricate your own solutions. In general, Inline Tube provides lines for either factory original or prop at master conversions.
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This page is intended for use as a basic guide to help install new brake and fuel lines. If you are unsure about any part of the installation procedure, please consult a certified professional mechanic for assistance. Inline Tube assumes no responsibility or liability for improperly installed lines.
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Valve Installation - Refer to the disassembly photos. There are many holes in the frame and it is impossible to remember which are the correct holes for mounting. If you do not have photos, many parts retailers and Inline Tube sell factory assembly manuals that show in detail where each of the parts are located on the car. The manuals are available for cars such as Camaro, Chevelle, Nova and Corvette through Inline Tube.
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Lakewood's varsity girls took control early in Monday's volleyball action and brought down the Lady Dark Horses in three games — 25-9, 25-16, 25-8.
Leopard Emily Lewis scored 5 unanswered service points to begin the match and it wasn't long before Lakewood had a 10-point lead. Lewis served again at 17-7 and took the team to 23. Clinton added 2 to their score before Lakewood scored the final point for the 25-9 win.
In the second game, Lakewood jumped out to a big lead, but the Dark Horses managed to creep back to within 5 points due to several out-of-bounds shots by the Leopards. It wasn't long before Lakewood came back with key serves and several hard digs for the 25-16 win.
In the third game, Clinton scored first and took their only lead of the match, but it only lasted for 2 points before Lakewood moved ahead and never looked back. Kiara Rich moved the Leopard team up 7 points with her serves and Lakewood took the game and match with a 25-8 final.
Rashyda Parker was named Player of the Game for the Leopards with 11 blocks, 9 kills, 9 points, 2 aces, and 4 digs. Other stats showed Alyssa Horne with 4 kills, 3 aces, and 5 points; Rich with 4 kills, 5 blocks, and 3 digs; Emily Lewis had 3 kills, 4 aces, and 4 digs; Amanda Cook, 3 aces, 10 assists; Bianca Boone, 2 kills, and 3 digs; and Anna Heinz with 5 digs.
Scoring for Clinton's varsity were Maria Thornton, 5; Skyler Ray, 1; Jackie Parker, 1; Elizabeth Tsao, 4; and Tori Tyndall, 1.
Clinton is 0-1 on the young season; Lakewood is 1-0.
In the junior varsity game, Clinton won two close ones, 25-21 and 25-19.
Scoring for the Clinton JV were: Madison Mitchell,4; Sophia Owens, 2; Francesca Jaurequi,6; Emily Brown, 5; Jamie Jones, 8; and Jessica Hamilton,4.
For Lakewood, Aleah Parker had 3 kills and 2 blocks; Alana Jackson, 1 kill, and 5 aces; and Anna Heinz, 4 diggs, and 3 assists.
Clinton's JV is 1-0; Lakewood is 0-1.
New Dark Horse coach Jennifer Edgerton had a long talk with her varsity team at the end of the match. Later she said, "We only go up from here. It's our first non-conference game and we're still looking forward to moving up and winning our conference this season."
In speaking of what she liked and what she saw that needed improvement, Coach Edgerton said, "They work together as a team and are like a family. I like that. On the other hand, they need to talk to each other more. We need more communication on the court."
A pleased Lakewood head coach, Sheila Davidson, said the Lady Leopards have really improved since their scrimmage last week.
"Our ball control is better than last year and our hitting and setting are better than when we scrimmaged. If we keep improving in these big leaps I will be impressed. We play Pender here tomorrow (Tuesday) and it will be a test on our ball control, " she said, and then added with a laugh, "And hopefully we will test their ball control."
Pender travels to Lakewood on Tuesday and then the Leopards will go to Spartan Country on Wednesday.
The Dark Horses will host Hobbton on Wednesday.


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Do you recognize this sponge? Do you really?
Oh, sure. You're most likely thinking that this is a no-brainer; that's Spongebob Squarepants. But are you sure? Look closely.
Might it be… Bob Spongee?
Well, as it happens, this particular picture is Spongebob Squarepants. But there's a man in northern California who begs to differ about that.
Cartoonist Troy Walker created a comic strip in 1991 about a sponge with a personality.
Bob Spongee had eyes, legs and arms. He lived on Apple Street with his wife, Linda, and their daughter, Bubbles.
Walker, of Fairfield, Calif., then produced 1,000 dolls: yellow sponges with a "drawn-on" face that he sold as collectibles in flea markets and through the mail.
In 2002, he learned about Nickelodeon's buck-toothed animated character, "SpongeBob SquarePants," who lives underwater in the fictitious city of Bikini Bottom.
You know where this is going, right? Walker only wants what's rightfully his, of course.
The 40-year-old cartoonist has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco against Nickelodeon, Viacom, Paramount Studios and Stephen Hillenberg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants.
Walker has demanded $1.6 billion in damages, alleging that the defendants used his idea without his permission.
Well, it all makes perfect sense. I mean, the two characters sound completely identical. Gary the Pet Snail is clearly the wife, Linda; and Patrick the Starfish is obviously Bubbles. Also, Apple Street? Pineapple under the sea?
Why, the blatant thievery is shocking.
And I'm sure that I don't have to tell you that when I notice that someone has infringed on my intellectual property in 2004 (5 years after the series launched), I wait until 2007 to file a lawsuit. I just think that increases my chances of winning, what with all of the additional pain and suffering.
In fact… well, I think I can share something with you, seeing as how we're so close and we'll just keep it between us, Internet. I'm not going to move on this one for a little while, yet, but just so you know, these backpack clips? Totally my idea. Why, once in eighth grade I removed a barrette from my hair—a yellow barrette, as it happens—and clipped it onto my backpack. It had a couple of ribbons hanging down and I ended up drawing on some eyes and then… well, it's very painful to talk about. I'm still reeling from the theft of my unique idea, as I'm sure you understand. But in a year or three, I'll be seeking retribution.
Yeah. Um, good luck with your lawsuit, dude.


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Although that particular bug doesn't concern IE8, others in the cumulative patch do, so be sure to grab the update no matter what version of the browser you run. That said, the eight additional flaws were responsibly disclosed and Microsoft is unaware of any active attacks against them.
The patch will require a restart and should be released tomorrow around 10AM PDT. Microsoft will host a live webcast at 1PM to present information on the bulletin and take questions. The next regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday is set for April 13.


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The king has returned to his throne. Armin van Buuren needs no introduction. Safely situated at the top of the DJ Mag Top 100 at #1–as he rightfully should be–Armin van Buuren holds the title of the best DJ in the world. So it's only logical that he's on the best website in the world, right?
On New Year's Eve, right before his event at Pier 36, Elite Daily's Stephen Edwards sat down with the "King of Trance," Armin van Buuren, for a bit of insight into the global icon. As the host of the astoundingly popular A State Of Trance radio show–estimated to rein in 20 million listeners–and the owner of the hit-making machine Armada Music, Armin van Buuren serves as the pinnacle of entrepreneurship within the electronic dance music space.
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In a rapidly changing dance music scene, Armin van Buuren has been one of the few artists who has managed to retain an image of authenticity and achieve an inconceivable level of popularity, recently surpassing 5 million Facebook likes. "I can't do something I don't love," says Armin, "I've seen DJs change styles, and I admire them for it. For me, trance has always been close to my heart… I live and breathe dance music."
Picking up an interest in music at the age of 14, Armin van Buuren quickly fell in love with the world of dance music, but he initially was not positive where this passion would lead him. Armin stated, "I have a law degree. Not necessarily because I like law that much… the majority of it was a bit boring … I always thought 'I'm going to do music for the rest of my life, but I don't know if I am going to make enough money to make a living out of it, so let's just do law so I can always be a lawyer or get a decent job."
Although dance music indeed became a lucrative opportunity for van Buuren, he does not regret his time spent in law school. Actually, some of the information he acquired proved to be indispensable.
For more from Stephen, follow him at @BeveBedwards.


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Minnesota Wild right wing Dany Heatley has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder. Heatley had the procedure Tuesday. Coach Mike Yeo said the team isn't sure yet about a timetable for Heatley's return, but the Wild are hoping to have the 32-year-old back in time for the playoffs. He was hurt at the end of Minnesota's game at San Jose last Wednesday when a tussle broke out between the two teams. Sharks defenseman was fined by the NHL for slashing Heatley in the closing seconds. The injury occurred in the ensuing scrum. Heatley has 11 goals and 10 assists in 36 games. The Wild have also been missing veteran center Matt Cullen with an unspecified lower-body injury. Yeo said Cullen could still be out for another week.
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AT THE beginning of the 1970s, a group of young scientists set out to explore our future. Their findings shook a generation and may be even more relevant than ever today.
The question the group set out to answer was: what would happen if the world's population and industry continued to grow rapidly? Could growth continue indefinitely or would we start to hit limits at some point? In those days, few believed that there were any limits to growth - some economists still don't. Even those who accepted that on a finite planet there must be some limits usually assumed that growth would merely level off as we approached them.
See graphic: Boom and bust
These notions, however, were based on little more than speculation and ideology. The young scientists tried to take a more rigorous approach: using a computer model to explore possible futures. What was shocking was ...
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Gov. Martin O'Malley on Friday proposed restricting mental health patients' access to firearms as part of a broad gun-control package and called for expanding early voting to ease long lines on Election Day.
The governor, in releasing his full legislative agenda in Annapolis, also announced plans to push for funding of more digital classrooms and measures to help veterans get jobs in the civilian workforce.
O'Malley's legislative ambitions are expected to stretch political will in Annapolis and draw national attention to the two-term Democrat, who is widely believed to be contemplating a presidential bid. In the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, he declared the gun-control package his "top priority."
"Life is valuable. Every life is needed," O'Malley said. "This isn't about ideology, it is about the value of every human being."
This year's 90-day session represents the governor's best chance to get significant legislation passed before lawmakers become engulfed in next year's election cycle. O'Malley, who is term-limited, earlier rolled out another piece of his agenda to repeal the death penalty and next week is expected to offer details of legislation to create a wind-energy project off Maryland's shores.
O'Malley's gun-control package, which comes as other governors and President Barack Obama are advancing similar ideas, calls for an assault weapons ban, a 10-round limit on magazines, licensing of all handgun buyers, strengthening the state's response to mental health crises and the biggest expansion of the Maryland State Police in 15 years. Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, considered a likely gubernatorial candidate in 2014, plans to travel the state to help sell the plan.
The gun licensing provision drew immediate criticism from Republicans but also from Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. The Democrat, who represents Calvert and Prince George's counties, said it could "jeopardize" the assault weapons ban and other gun initiatives O'Malley hopes to push through the General Assembly.
"You have to have a license to drive a car, but the Constitution doesn't deal with driving a car," Miller said, turning around an argument used by licensing proponents including the governor and House Speaker Michael E. Busch, an Anne Arundel County Democrat.
"It's very important for citizens to have the right to bear arms," Miller said. "If you're licensing something, you have the right to take that license away."
As the governor made his announcement, a handful of Republican lawmakers watched from the edge of the crowd. "I was just sitting here watching the Second Amendment go down in flames," said Del. Michael D. Smigiel Sr. of the Upper Shore. "All of these laws that are proposed would only affect law-abiding citizens."
Senate Minority Leader E.J. Pipkin, also of the Upper Shore, criticized the cost and inconvenience of the licensing plan, saying it would force prospective gun buyers to take time off work. "It discriminates against the working poor in this state, and only the rich people will have guns," he said.
Republicans also objected to the governor's early-voting proposal. Motivated by long lines seen before Election Day in November, O'Malley suggested extra voting sites throughout the state and extended hours. The plan also would allow voters to register and cast a ballot on the same day at early voting sites — a provision that drew warnings of potential voter fraud.
House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell of Calvert County, who said he was open to discussing expanded early voting, flatly rejected the idea of same-day registration.
"I think it's ripe for gaming the system," he said. "It's a horrible idea."
The early-voting plan would add three more voting sites to five currently located in Montgomery, Prince George's and Baltimore counties, the state's largest. It would add two sites each in Frederick and Harford counties, which both have one now. Other jurisdictions would remain the same. O'Malley also is seeking to make it easier to obtain an absentee ballot.
"In our state, we believe the more people voting, the stronger that makes our democracy," O'Malley said, calling the early-voting program "popular and well-received."
O'Malley's office said his proposed legislation on veterans removes obstacles service members often face when moving from military service to the civilian workforce. It also expedites occupational and professional licensing for military spouses when their families move to Maryland.
In education, O'Malley's budget creates a Digital Learning Innovation Fund to help local school districts make better use of technology in the classroom. The state education department would award grants to the districts that submit the best plans.
But the proposed gun-control measures have garnered the most attention.
No one could get a handgun license without paying $100 fee, giving fingerprints to the Maryland State Police, completing at least an eight-hour training course and undergoing a background check more thorough than those done today. The handgun licenses — one would be required for each purchase — would expire after five years.


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Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 05, 2014
Love is in the air at The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, Washington, D.C., where couples can enjoy Valentine's Day hotel packages, inspired cuisine and cocktails in front of the hotel's dramatic wood burning fireplace, and indulgent pampering in the chic Boutique Spa. Singles will feel the love, too, with a special event featuring local fine artist Patric Ross, a live DJ, and specialty cocktails.
Smoldering Romance package
Valid February 14-16, 2014
Package priced starting from $23,000 USD per night
Valentine's Dining
A three course Valentine's Champagne Dinner will be offered in Degrees and The Living Room on Friday, February 14, Saturday, February 15 and Sunday, February 16 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The dinner is priced at $65 per person and includes a glass of champagne.
The Living Room will also feature its complimentary butler-passed s'mores from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. each night.
Art Soiree: Singles Valentine's Edition
Singles and art lovers will have the opportunity to mix and mingle at the Art Soiree: Singles Valentine's Edition event in Fahrenheit. This special event takes place on Friday, February 14th from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. and features a solo exhibit from local artist Patric Ross, a live DJ, and specialty cocktails.
For more information or reservations for The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, Washington, D.C., please call the hotel directly at (202) 912-4100 or visit http://www.ritzcarlton.com/georgetown.
About The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., of Chevy Chase, Md., currently operates 83 hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. More than 30 hotel and residential projects are under development around the globe. The Ritz-Carlton is the only service company to have twice earned the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, an award that originated in 1987. Its purpose is to promote the awareness of quality excellence, recognize quality achievements of companies and publicize successful quality strategies. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company won the award in 1992 and 1999. For more information, or reservations, contact a travel professional, call toll free in the U.S. 1-800-241-3333, or visit the company web site at http://www.ritzcarlton.com. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAR).


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By Claire Walla
The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons hosted a debate on Monday, October 25, between State Senator Ken Lavalle (R) and his challenger, Jennifer Maertz (D.) While LaValle took the opportunity during the event to tout his 34 years in office, making special note of his efforts to preserve thousands of acres of land and provide significant tax credits for residents on the East End, Maertz looked to criticize LaValle's 17-term career throughout the evening.
On three occasions, she drilled into the senator's voting record, saying LaValle has voted against ethics reform in Albany and against protecting women's healthcare workers. LaValle denied both claims. She also accused LaValle of voting for the 2005 bailout of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA), which she called "the poster child for dysfunction in New York."
Once again, the senator deflected this claim, and said instead that he in fact voted against the MTA payroll tax.
"The MTA [payroll tax] is not working and I've said consistently that it needs to be eliminated," he said. LaValle further argued that the East End of Long Island needs to develop its own transportation system, independent from the MTA.
The only area where Maertz and LaValle actually agreed to disagree was on the topic of gay marriage.
LaValle said his vote falls in line with Washington; he is against same-sex marriage, but supports civil unions.
Maertz, however, was more direct: "I unequivocally support marriage equality," she said. "It is a civil right and I would not support a referendum [against it], just as I would not support segregation," she added.
The one issue both candidates agreed on concerned the Shinnecock Indian Nation. When asked about the Shinnecock's proposed plan to build up to three casinos on Long Island, both candidates opposed the idea outright.
In fact, Senator LaValle said, "I did not support the Shinnecock Nation [gaining federal recognition] because I thought it was about gaming," which he said "is not in the best interest of the people of the first district."
Maertz added, "While I understand the arguments in favor of casinos, I don't think they're feasible on Long Island."
The debate, which was moderated by Joseph Shaw, editor of the Southampton Press and Bryan Boyhan, publisher of the Sag Harbor Express, also included a question on this election season's hot topic — jobs.
LaValle referenced his past efforts to boost the East End work force by investing state funds in Stony Brook Southampton and supporting the Empire Zone program, which gave tax breaks to small businesses, though this has since been replaced by a new economic development plan. Moving forward, however, LaValle said he would focus on the need to "reduce spending, taxes and regulation" and bring more research-oriented jobs to the area.
But Maertz criticized the Empire Zone program by saying, "We need bigger solutions."
On education, the candidates agreed that the federally mandated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program is not working. But, while LaValle argued NCLB allows the federal government to control decisions that should be made locally, Maertz made sure to emphasize the point that NCLB isn't working because it is an unfunded state mandate.
"We're educating 17 percent of school children in New York, but we only get back 12 percent in state aid," Maertz said of education on the East End.
She added, "We need a solution to the sky-rocketing tax formula," which, she said, under Senator LaValle has seen property taxes rise by 550 percent. However, as to whether or not schools should take their public funds from income taxes rather than property taxes, Maertz said, "I'm not entirely convinced that's the best option, but I'm open to it."
Senator LaValle said he is in favor of switching the school-aid formula to include income taxes rather than property taxes. But, as "the implications can be harsh," he added, the proposal would need to place a cap on income tax.
This discussion came after both candidates agreed property taxes on the East End are too high. While Maertz criticized Senator LaValle for being in office 34 years and failing to curb rising property tax costs, LaValle pointed out that he has supported the effort to set aside affordable housing units in 10 percent of each municipality, making it easier for first-time homeowners to buy in the East End, a detail Maertz actually said she agreed with.


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Video: Wildflower Race Recap
- By Steve Godwin
- Published May 8, 2012
- Updated Oct 31, 2014 at 4:38 PM UTC
Get a feel for the grit and determination required to win the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon with this video race recap.
FILED UNDER: Race Coverage / Video TAGS: Heather Jackson / Jesse Thomas / Wildflower
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SURPRISING scientific claim of the week: Thaddaeus Frogley draws our attention to H2Om water, "the world's first vibrationally charged, interactive water". Each bottle of this water, we are told at www.h2omwater.com, promotes "positive thinking and positive energy for people and the planet".
How so? Well, it works like this: "Once our water is in the bottle, we play restorative compositions of music, frequencies, and spoken word to the water." Ah. That makes a difference, does it? Apparently so. Water, you see, "is mutable, receptive and sensitive... In fact, recent scientific studies have proven that water is directly effected by the words, sounds and thoughts it is exposed to."
Frogley tells us he couldn't find these studies, and unfortunately we can't either. Until we do, we feel obliged to add "interactive water" to our ever-expanding list of fruitloopery indicators.
HERE is a ...
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Every businessman should know the different things that can help him improve his company. In this world that is already ruled and conquered by technological advancement, it is very important for business owners to know the trend.
A website is not only perfect for people who are into blogging and writing. This is also perfect for people who have their own businesses. Here are the different explanations that will help you understand more about the importance of a website for your business:
Let's See Some Points on it....1. It helps you build the credibility of your company. One of the most important things that people are looking at when they are looking for products and services such as web design Phoenix is the credibility in your company. With this, you have to prove the people that you have a real company and your business really exist. When people suddenly bumps on your company name while looking for a good team or service provider, the next thing that they will be doing is to check if you have a website. And when they do not find your page on the Internet, some or majority of these people will be questioning your credibility. If you have a website, you can easily explain and present the different information that the people need to know about the company.
Here are the different information that you can include in your website:
- The address of your office
- A contact number
- The objectives
- The features of the products or services
2. It lengthens your availability to your customers. When you have a website, people who need your services can just check it when they need something. All you need to do is to design it in such a way that they can interact and post their questions and queries.
In a normal office setting, you are only given eight to twelve hours a day to communicate and be available to your customers. But if you have a website, you can customize it in a way that you will still be giving out services 24-hours. For companies that are selling products and giving different services, you can put a section in your website where they can place their orders and also lock in reservations. With this, your business is still operating even when you are already asleep.
3. It helps you increase the number of customers for your business. Today, people no longer have to visit downtown and manually look for a store where they can purchase the item that they are looking for. The first thing that people do nowadays is to check the Internet and look for the company that they need. With this, you will be able to increase the number of your customers when you are going to create a website for your business. This is the gift of technology not only to you as a businessman but also to the people who are constantly looking for what they need using the Internet.
So if you want to increase the number of the people who are going to become your customers, you should create a functional and simple website for your business.
4. It helps you build your company's reputation in the industry where it belongs. When you have a website, you are easily making your own brand known not only to thousands of people but also to the millions who are very knowledgeable about finding the right company on the Internet. When a lot of people are already checking on your website and all the transactions are going smoothly, it will be very easy for you to create a good reputation.
And if you have a website, people will never be wondering about the identity of your company and the legality of the distribution of products and the giving of services. This is because people will believe that you are not hiding anything because your business is present in the world of Internet.
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You must simplify everything in your website. You have to make it into something that can be easily navigated by all people. You have to take note that there are some people who are not really that techy. With this, you have to make sure that you are making your website user-friendly. Aside from that, you also have to include the different information that your customers may ask you. This way, you website will look functional and informative. After all, these two characteristics are the ones that people are looking for....


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Medicare Part D
Medicare Part D: A Success Story
Created in the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003, and formally implemented in 2006, Medicare Part D provides affordable access to outpatient prescription drug coverage for seniors and people with disabilities.
Part D has succeeded beyond expectations, delivering needed prescription medicines at a far lower cost than anticipated due to rigorous competition in the program. Recent evidence attests to the program's success:
- Costs $349 billion (or 45 percent) less than initial 2004-2013 projections, according to figures from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- CBO reduced its current 10-year baseline forecast for total Part D spending by $56 billion in 2014, which followed three consecutive years in which CBO annually lowered its 10-year Part D forecast by more than $100 billion
- Nearly 90 percent or more of beneficiaries are satisfied with the program (source: MedPAC, Medicare Today)
- Low-income beneficiaries receive assistance to cover premiums and deductibles, and reduced cost-sharing
- The average monthly beneficiary premium is about $32 in 2015, roughly half the $60 originally forecasted
- Improved medication adherence due to expanded drug coverage under Part D led to about a $2.6 billion reduction in medical expenditures annually among beneficiaries diagnosed with congestive heart failure and without prior comprehensive drug coverage, according to a 2013 study
- Another study found that gaining Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage was tied to an 8 percent decrease in hospital admissions for seniors and approximately $1.5 billion in aggregate savings to Medicare yearly
The Part D program is unique in that private plans submit competitive bids each year to determine that cost of the benefit, rather than government-set pricing. Private Part D plans compete to deliver affordable coverage for beneficiaries while also providing value for federal taxpayers. Medicare Part D plans also negotiate discounts and rebates with drug manufacturers to achieve savings on medicines, and use them to help reduce premiums, deductibles, and cost-sharing for Medicare beneficiaries.
With a wide range of available plans, beneficiaries can choose one that best meets their individual coverage and financial needs and, in turn, they are better able to adhere to prescribed treatment regimens. Studies have shown better adherence to medicines improves overall health and can help reduce costly, avoidable hospitalizations.
A 2011 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study found that for those with limited prior drug coverage who subsequently enrolled in Part D, there was an average savings of $1,200 per beneficiary in total non-drug medical costs in both 2006 and 2007. These offsetting savings coupled with the fact that 11 million seniors gained comprehensive prescription drug coverage when Part D was implemented implies an overall savings of $13.4 billion on other Medicare services in 2007, the first full year of the program.
CBO has even changed its cost estimating methodology to reflect evidence that increased prescription medicine use in Part D leads to offsetting reductions in Medicare spending for other medical services.
Medicare Part D serves as an example of how a healthcare program runs efficiently and delivers the services and treatments it promised.


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Tottenham – Souleymane Coulibaly
Spurs are having a bit of striker bother at the moment, but the future bodes well with the likes of Coulibaly coming through the ranks. The 18-year-old striker joined form Siena in 2011 and has been scoring a number of goals in the youth sides. He may well get given a few more chances this season after impressing on loan at Serie B side Grosseto and another long Europa League campaign ahead of Andre Villas-Boas' side.


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Below is the poem entitled Times Three which was written by poet
Rich. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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You are but a noun do you know?
Inside of you lie me, myself, and I.
Residing in light of your naked eye,
This is how divine seeds sow a row.
Sown high or low,
So do not be shy.
And do not sigh.
And never, let go.
Orient yourself times three,
To person place and time!
You are rooted like a tree,
And it is secured to climb!
Who is that light form living inside of you?
And who is that silent one that you talk to?
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Boston's Jack Williams and "Wednesday's Child"
They worked together after that, a family struggling through the barriers of a past neither could control. Luis attended Curry College, where he starred in theatrical productions. On his graduation day in 2004, the commencement speaker was Jack Williams.
Williams stood on stage in cap and gown and told everyone that whenever they think life is tough, he wanted them to remember the story of a boy named Angel. When he finished he said, "That boy is here with us today." He called Luis Carmody to receive his diploma as 5,000 people stood and cheered.
"Jack told me once," says Mary Beth, "the hardest thing is not having a child find a home. He sees greatness. He sees potential."
"Nobody else can really understand what it feels like to be unwanted," Luis says. "In a strange way, all of the 'Wednesday's Children' are brothers and sisters. And Jack is our father."


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Mets Roll The Dice On Matsuzaka; Burke Sent Back To Triple-A
Update: Matsuzaka will start for the Mets tomorrow night against the Tiges.
The Mets will option Greg Burke to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room on the roster.
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This afternoon, the Mets inked 32 year-old right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka to a major league deal through the rest of this season. Matsuzaka was granted unconditional release from the Indians on Tuesday. With Jeremy Hefner and Jenrry Mejia likely out for the remainder of the season, he will fill the void left by them and hopefully allow the Mets to stick to their innings limit plans on some Triple-A pitching prospects.
Matsuzaka has had a very up-and-down career since the Red Sox dropped over $100 million to sign him before the 2007 season. In six years with Boston, he posted a 4.52 ERA, 4.37 FIP, and 4.56 xFIP over 117 appearances. He had his best season in 2008, when finished fourth in the AL Cy Young Award voting with a 2.90 ERA despite walking 5.0 batters per nine. Since then Matsuzaka's ERA is 5.53 over 296 innings. He became injury prone and eventually the Red Sox relegated him to Triple-A in the last year of his contract out of frustration.
This season after signing a deal with Cleveland, Matsuzaka has failed to make the major league club, but has had a decent season with Cleveland's affiliate, Triple-A Columbus. For Columbus, he has a 3.92 ERA in 19 starts to go along with a 1.28 WHIP, 8.3 K/9, and 3.4 BB/9 ratings.
With pitching prospects Rafael Montero, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, and possibly others set take on significant roles next season (with Montero and Syndergaard in the rotation and deGrom possibly in the bullpen), Matsuzaka is just a filler signing to get the Mets through the rest of the season without having to expose pitchers like Montero, Syndergaard, and others too early.
Matsuzaka will likely join the team this week. The 40-man roster currently stands at 39, so the Mets will not have to designate anyone for assignment to bring Matsuzaka on, but someone will have to be dropped from the active roster.


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LDN Conference Video Interviews - Joseph WoukInterviews April 27th. 2009, 8:25am
3 comments:
Celia Danks, 29. April 2009, 8:18
Well done Joe, I enjoyed your presentation at the Conference and it was good to meet you…..
Ingrid, 3. May 2009, 18:46
I have now used LDN for my Crohns disease for 2 years. LDN is my only medicine, I have no Crohns symptoms, all dissapeared within a few months. One of my friends is using LDN for Arthritis temporalis and another friend is using LDN for Reumathoid Arthritis, both are having great improvements. Another friend is using it for her MS, she has just started, but I am sure she will be satisfied, due to the fact that LDN stops the progressions of her disease. MS is known to progress and get worse as the years goes by, to not getting any progressions had to be absolutely fantastic!
Kim Sahiri, 30. May 2009, 18:15
Hi Joseph,
It was good to hear you speak at the conference, your enthuisiam and absolute positive attituide for LDN is inspiring! I have been on LDN for almost 10 weeks now and it is incredible. I have had the most wonderful positive changes with my M.S., you spoke so fervently about this wonderful life changing medication, Thanks!
I had lump im my throat when you finished your talk,
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SSM 501–03: Eligibility for Registering and On-Campus Recruiting
To allow ASU students and alumni the opportunity to use Career Services for on-campus interviews with prospective employers
National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
University policy
NACE's operational procedures serve as the basic guidelines for career services regarding on-campus recruiting. Career Services may revise or develop additional procedures for candidates and employers to ensure effective operation.
For the purpose of arranging on-campus interviews with qualified individuals, Career Services provides facilities and services to legal and bona fide businesses, industries, and agencies offering part-time or full-time employment opportunities.
Provided that they adhere to applicable policies and procedures, eligible candidates have the right to meet with representatives of education, business, industry, government, social service agencies, and all branches of the military.
Candidates wishing to register with Career Services or participate in on-campus recruiting activities must:
Registration Requirement
Only those candidates who are registered with Career Services are eligible to participate in on-campus interviews. Special cases may be reviewed and accepted by a professional staff member.
A candidate who was a "no-show" for an interview is restricted from utilizing the online career management system until the candidate meets with a staff member who evaluates a request for reinstatement.
Career Services adheres to the following guidelines when determining the eligibility of employers to participate in on-campus recruiting and use of services:
Career Services schedules recruiting services for any school recruiting students through its facilities, provided that the program or programs generally require at least a bachelor's degree for admission. The director may make exceptions.
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PAIRS Program
Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center
The PAIRS* Program provides first-year BUSM students with the unique opportunity to learn about Alzheimer's disease and related disorders by matching the student with a patient with early Alzheimer's for the academic year. Students learn about social and support issues associated with living with a neurodegenerative disease through this "buddy" program, building an informal, non-clinical relationship with an individual who has Alzheimer's.
This elective begins in October with an orientation session focused on educating the students about Alzheimer's and dementia. Students are then partnered with a buddy in the community and commit to spend four hours per month with their buddy (October–May). From November to May, the PAIRS Program students attend monthly lunch meetings with program faculty, staff, and other students. These meetings include a mix of educational talks and time for students to discuss their experiences with their buddies.
The PAIRS Program provides excellent exposure to neurology, geriatrics, neuropsychiatry, and neuropsychology. Student participants are also invited to optional seminars, clinic visits and other learning opportunities supported by the BU Alzheimer's Disease Center. Upon successful completion of the program, students receive a letter of commendation for their medical school file from the director of the BU ADC.
*PAIRS stands for "Partnering in Alzheimer's Instruction Research Study." To evaluate the impact of PAIRS, students participating in PAIRS complete questionnaires before and after the program.
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Caroline Hentz in her everyday life was almost identical to her pro-abolitionist adversary Harriet Beecher Stowe. Both of these Nineteenth Century women hailed from Massachusetts, both married unsuccessful men, and taught beside them. Both ladies had moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1832, where they became personal friends. To further the similarities for these opposing leaders in the abolitionist movement, both became major nationally known authors of popular fiction.
In 1824, Caroline Whiting married Nicholas Marcellus Hentz. After marrying they moved to now Florence, Alabama and started an all girl school called Locust Dell Academy. Some years later, Locust Dell Academy burned down and in its place Willingham Hall was built. This hall can be found on the campus of the University of North Alabama. Mrs. Hentz wrote of her love for the area in a poem called "La Fayette."
During the early 1830s, Hentz and her husband, along with their three children, moved to North Carolina.
"The Planter's Northern Bride," published in 1854 in Philadelphia, would be Hentz's last published and most widely known work before her death two years later. In this body of work, Caroline Hentz came to the definitive defense of slavery. Hentz used her expertise, having lived for many years in the South, to claim that she was more knowledgeable about slavery than Stowe. Hentz wrote about the caring relationship between master and slave, a Southern opinion on slavery that strongly contrasted with the New England-bred Stowe's characterization of the institution. Hentz introduces in this novel several villains, including a busybody who tries to free slaves against their will. In doing this, she tries to discredit the abolitionist argument of inhumane treatment of the Southern slaves. She portrays the people wanting to tear down the institution of slavery as actually being motivated by personal gains, not by a desire to improve mankind. She expanded on this motivation to include the industrial revolution that was taking place in the North, which would require the massive amounts of cheap labor that only the south could give by way of slavery.
Hentz resided towards the end of her life in Marianna, Florida. She is buried there in the cemetery of St. Luke's Church.


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analysisBy Hope Abah
Makurdi — Our reporter looks at the Hausa community of Makurdi, highlighting a typical day in the 'quarters', as well as its powerful history dating back to many years, its rich economy and architectural forms.
Life begins everyday at Wadata, a Muslim settlement in Makurdi, between 5:00am and 5:30am with a wake-up call to observe the Subhi prayers. After the prayers, the majority of the people, especially the men, are seen glued in a relaxed mood to their radio sets, listening to the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to acquaint themselves with happenings in their immediate environment and around the world.
While the women engage themselves in domestic activities such as tidying up the house and getting the children ready for school, the men often set out for the day's job after the BBC's world news. Within this period, the echoes of hustling and bustling from all the street corners located in the vicinity, rent the air. No wonder the area is the busiest part of what is today known as Makurdi.
A first time visitor to the area need not be schooled about the ethnic origin of the residents of Wadata, as they are easily given away and identified by their lingua franca, which is Hausa.
The history of the Hausa in Makurdi, predates the colonial period. While one school of thought says the Hausa community had existed in the valley of the River Benue for 400 years before the state was created in 1976, Makurdi as a town was established in the early twenties and gained prominence in 1927 when it became the headquarters of the then Benue Province. Being a river port, it attracted the establishment of trading depots by companies such as UAC and John Holt Limited.
Its commercial status was further enhanced when the Railway Bridge was completed and opened in 1932. In 1976, Makurdi became the capital of Benue after its creation just as it serves as the headquarters of Makurdi Local Government Area.
History has it that Makurdi was governed by the Hausa settlers until 1945 when the chief of Makurdi, Malam Audu died, and there arose the agitation for a chief of Tiv extraction being the dominant ethnic group in the town.
The enthronement of a Tiv chief thereafter did not create any division between the Tiv and the Hausa, and neither was there any animosity as the two groups continued to co-habit peacefully. Every resident, Tiv or Hausa, enjoyed the basic rights of citizens. The emergence of Alhaji Al-Hassan Maikeke as the Chairman of Makurdi Local Government Council in 1998, was as a result of the mutual relationship existing between the two tribes.
Makurdi city, and particularly the Wadata area, was not only founded by the early Hausa settlers, but it also derives its name from a Hausa word " Kurdi" which literarily means flow of water from its main source that creates a lagoon. In other words, it means a rapid movement of water from the river Benue.
Though "Kurdi" as a Hausa word was coined from Kurdawa which means, Deputy Imam of the Wadata central mosque, Baba Mohammed Ndeji is however, disposed to the popular notion that Makurdi was derived from 'Mai-Kudi', a Hausa word meaning 'someone that has money'.
He further disclosed that Wadata is a Hausa word meaning "what you can eat satisfactorily without having to be dependent or succinctly put it connotes "self satisfaction".
Also speaking, the Sarkin Hausawa of Benue State, Alhaji Turaki Audu Abdullahi agreed that the first set of Hausa settlers at Wadata became dominant in the area during the building of the railway bridge across river Benue, but admitted not knowing of how the name Makurdi originated.
According to him, "the first set of Hausa settlers arrived from different parts of Kano to this area. They gained prominence during the period that the railway bridge was being constructed across the River Benue. At the time of their arrival, Wadata was the main town of settlement, because other places were very bushy and there was no trace of Tiv men anywhere around. It was purely inhabited by construction workers, the majority of whom were Hausa labourers, and the place was named Wadata village", he stated.
Ever since, the Hausa community, with its increasing population put ahead of other settlers at the total 300,377 people resident in Makurdi, according to the last 2006 national census, has been living peacefully with other groups in Benue State.
The economic activities of the people have contributed a great deal in boosting the socio-economic status of the state, as Wadata market situated at the bank of the River Benue, has continued to witness an influx of people from different parts of the northern states to the community. Today eking out honest living and contributing immensely to the economy of the state.
Though the Hausa are also found in Gboko, Oturkpo, Zaki-Biam and other parts of the state, the Hausa community in Makurdi is predominantly found at Wadata area of the town which is strategically located as a trading route between the northern and middle belt states ,as well as the southeast states due to the availability of river, rail and road transportation developed by the British colonialists in the early 1920's ,when it served as a local administrative centre.
It is, perhaps, due to these factors that Hausa traders migrated in their large numbers to settle at Wadata, which is today referred to as the headquarters of the Hausa community in Benue State. It has the highest population in Makurdi local government.
As a matter of fact, "this place has become our home. We are part and parcel of Benue people. I have lived all my 80 years in this town. My parents had lived in this town for ages, and I was born here. I can only visit Kano nowadays as my ancestral home. This is applicable to most Hausas who have dwelt here. We don't have any place called home other than Wadata. We have inter-married with the Idoma and Tiv, and will remain here for life", Alhaji Abdullahi added.
Corroborating the Sarki, his grandson, a 200-level Accounting student of the Benue State University, Mohammed Misbahu Awal, said his parents had never told him that home existed anywhere other than Wadata in Makurdi.
Awal disclosed that he enjoys a scholarship grant as a duly recognized and bonafide indigene of Benue State. In the past it was not accorded those of them who were Hausa.
The only challenge, according to Awal, which he believes would soon be surmounted, is the disparity between the Hausas and other native tribes in the students' union government of his school. "We are not given positions of trust, but we hope to conquer this challenge soon, because we are part and parcel of Benue State", Awal noted.
Baba Mohammed Ndeji, the deputy Imam, recalled how he grew up as a child to know a man who had lived all his life in Wadata and at the age of 104, the man, known as Baba Lalahi, had told him that where the present day Government House is located, used to be part of his large expanse of farmland. "It means that the Hausa have existed in Wadata for centuries from his narration. Baba Lalahi sold onions and was an ally of the first Sarkin Hausawa".
Giving reasons why he has come to regard Benue State as his state of origin, Ndeji asked rhetorically "Where will I go from here? My father and mother were born in this Wadata, and the government also recognizes that the Hausas were the first settlers, so I have nowhere to go. This is home".
Trading is one the major occupations of the people. They trade in food stuffs which includes: beans, onions, potatoes, yam, grains, cattle and other livestock which they transport from the north to sell particularly at the Wadata market.
Some of them engage in tailoring, sales of traditional medicines, local fast foods, suya making and cobbling, among other menial jobs which have to do with native expertise.
According to the Sarki, business is profitable in Makurdi, and with the growing influx of people in recent times to the town due to the insecurity in most northern states, the city is fast assuming the status of an economic Eldorado with great potentials, just as the Wadata market keeps expanding.
This is particularly so, considering the number of people who visit the market from neighbouring states, especially on Saturdays when second hand clothes ('bend down boutique') dealers display their wares for customers coming from far and near to make bulk purchases.
Though Hausas in Wadata and indeed Makurdi enjoy the support and acceptance of the people and government of the state, as there is no ethnic discrimination against them, they are however lamenting their maginalization not to hold political positions.
"Our people don't have reasonable positions in government, except the position of councilor. We don't have legislative or other relevant positions in government to represent our interest", decried Ndeji.
He noted that the Hausa population in the area formed the bulk votes during elections into the Makurdi local council, insisting that such positions of recognition other than that of councilor, should be giving to them.
Besides their economic and political relevance, a unique feature of the Hausas in Makurdi is their architecture and use of space, as greater percentage of them still designed their houses like the typical rural buildings located in densely populated Hausa communities in northern states. The houses, which are fenced with a single door which serving as entrance gate into the compound inhabited by a number of children, women, and husbands, usually referred to as 'Maigida', the head of the home.
Even with the hot weather of the town, adequate space is not provided for ventilation except for the open streets created by government to ensure proper town planning .In most cases, it is only the men who relax by the street corners, while their women stay put in the compounds due to their religious and cultural ethics.
Many of the buildings were erected in the pre-colonial style and are not very well maintained, while the environment is fairly clean and the architecture exhibits Hausa influence with lots of shanties in the middle-class neighbourhood, which are often closely built.
It is not uncommon to find pockets of other tribes residing in the area, but it is assumed that the area is dominated by the Hausas who share same religion and culture.
For instance, during Sallah celebrations, it becomes difficult for non-Muslims to comprehend the mode of celebration by the youths, who go out of control to demonstrate their joy by blocking some streets to engage in motorcycle races.
Though some of them still hold on to their traditional beliefs, a vast majority of them adhere to the Muslim faith, and in recognition of this, the state government supported them in building Makurdi's largest central Mosque in the area.
According to the deputy Imam, the mosque, which was recently constructed by Governor Gabriel Suswam, and commissioned by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, actually existed many years before he was born and could not mention the actual date.
Sarki Abdullahi, who assumed the throne in 2005, however revealed that the central mosque is well over 70-years-old, stressing that it existed for such a very long time he could not exactly remember due to old age.
Over the years, the Hausas have been inter-marrying with other tribes in Benue state, particularly the Tiv and Idoma due to the peaceful co-existence between them despite their ethnic and religious differences. "We inter-marry with the Tivs and Idomas, it is a common thing amongst us", the Sarki maintained.
Narrating her experience and what propelled her into marrying a Hausa man, Amina Alfa, a Tiv woman told Sunday Trust that love was the underlying factor that motivated her into consummating the relationship.
Married to her husband for the past thirty years as second wife, Amina Alfa said it does not matter from whichever tribe one chooses a partner, what is important in her opinion is to accept and respect each other.
"I have a very successful marriage. Though many people felt indifferent at the time we got married because of our religious differences, I have not experienced any problem with my husband whom I have lived with for over thirty years", Amina said.
Similarly, Jamila Hassan, an Idoma lady who abandoned her Christian faith to join her heartthrob in the Islamic faith for the sake of love, revealed that her marriage of two years has produced two lovely kids, adding that it has been so exciting spending each day with her spouse whom she described as peaceful and loving.
"I will advise young ladies to marry whoever Almighty God brings their way, irrespective of religious differences, so long as there is love between them. It shall be well and peace will reign among the children" she opined.
Commenting on the numerous inter-tribal marriages between the Hausas and other tribes in Benue, Zainab Alfa, who is of Nupe ethnic extraction and the first out of three wives of her husband, explained that such marriages promote peaceful coexistence among people of different cultural backgrounds and religious affiliations.
She disclosed that her husband is married to three women of different ethnic stocks, and they all live in peace and harmony, as well as love and respect each other, besides the fact that, the union has promoted the Hausa language which they all understand and speak at home, stressing "in this way, the world would be a better place to live in and there would be no need for us to kill ourselves, or don't you think so?", she asked enthusiastically.


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what is the difference between a compund mircscope and just a mircscope?
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Pretty Little Liars is good at a lot of things: making us laugh, making us cry, making us squeal with joy. But if there's one thing the show really excels at, it's making us cringe and gasp. It looks like the Season 3 winter premiere (Season 3, Episode 14: "She's Better Now") isn't going to be an exception.
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When a fan asked PLL writer Andy Reaser to talk about the next episode on Twitter, he responded, "well... there is a really creepy scene on a bed."
Is he talking about the hot Spencer (Troian Bellisario)-Toby (Keegan Allen) makeout we saw in the episode promo? We hate to admit that anything with a shirtless Toby could seem creepy, but now that we know what we know about him, how can anything "romantic" between the two of them NOT seem creepy?
Or are we on the wrong bed or thinking about the wrong scenario? Could this creepy scene be simpler, like the Liars figuring something out while sitting on a bed and talking, as they tend to do? Or is it creepy because of the people on the bed? Is Mona (Janel Parrish) involved? Perhaps she's playing with her dolls?
There are so many different scenes running through our heads that we're creeping ourselves out. What does Andy's comment mean to you?
Find more Pretty Little Liars spoilers here.
Catch the return of PLL Season 3 on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC Family.
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While Vicki Gunvalson filed for divorce back in October of last year, it's all now unfolding on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County." And the O.C. housewife has some regrets about how she handled the situation on-camera.
"I hurt Donn a lot by exposing all of the things that I did," Vicki tells E!Online. "Which I never meant to do. The unfortunate part is I started talking to Tamra [Barney] in confidence, and you tend to forget that there's a microphone on and she's like, 'What's wrong with you, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you? You're not yourself.' And I just started unloading. And the cameras caught it."
Vicki says her divorce isn't final and it doesn't sound as if she has her heart set on making it that quite yet.
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2006 at 7:57 pm in Misc. Transportation, tolls.
The big show today at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in members' role as the Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee, was how to reach critical mass with FasTrak, the electronic toll collection system on Bay Area toll bridges.
To demonstrate that rush hour FasTrak use, now 42 percent, can be improved, MTC staff put out a nice little graph, showing various toll-collecting agencies and their rates of rush-hour electronic toll payers, ranging from 57 percent to 88 percent.
The winner was Orange County's Transportation Corridor Agencies. The problem with the TCA is that a lot of their customers use transponder-only toll roads, so it's not really fair to compare their 88 percent participation rate. On the other hand, what the MTC is proposing is sort of like that: Get FasTrak or you'll be out in the cold, waiting to hand over your money behind a line of 100 cars.
On the other hand, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, with 65 percent FasTrak participation, offers a fine parallel. How ever do they do it? Down at the bottom of the graph, it tells you that it costs $5 cash and $4 electronic.
Call me crazy, but if those people were coming from the East Bay instead of Marin, the rate would be 90 percent.
MTC says its hands are tied. It needs the money to retrofit bridges, not to mention build that big pointy thing to replace the East Span of the Bay Bridge. When tolls go up in January to $4, FasTrakkers will be get that Golden Gate discount, but just for a month.
I predict that a lot of people will sign up for the January discount, many more than will respond to the MTC's big promotional campaign. Many of them will also feel cheated in February because they went to all that trouble without realizing that the discount was only for one month.
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Enrico Oliveri (a brilliant Toni Servillo) is a seasoned center-left politician and president of the opposition who realizes that the decline of his party is inevitable. As the polls announce he will lose dramatically in the upcoming elections, he falls into a profound existential crisis and disappears. We later learn that he has fled to Paris and is hiding out at the home of his ex-girlfriend Danielle (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi). While his colleagues panic, his top aide (Valerio Mastandrea) discovers that Enrico has a twin brother living in a psychiatric institution. What at first seems like a crazy plan soon proves to be their only solution. A scathing critique of Italian political dynamics, Andò's film is also a pulsating thriller with great comic moments that brings together some of the most talented actors working in Italy today.


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"I don't know if you follow the news at all but there's this actress, Kristen Stewart, OK. She goes by KStew," Will Ferrell begins, on the verge of melodramatic tears. "And she had a boyfriend, right? Robert Patterson. He's RPass. And she cheated on him. And they're broken up. They're not going to get back together ever. And what they had was so special, Conan. You don't even know what they had. They were in love and she just threw it all away. I don't know if there's anything I could have done to prevent it. And … I don't know what it means for the Twilight franchise. I just don't know."
"I'm sure it's going to be fine," Conan says, attempting to calm his guest.
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I figured if I couldn't use real flowers, I could at least create them out of food.
In the process of making these cakes, I also tried out a new few cheese ball recipes, which I've shared in the tutorial. The recipe I used for the daisy cake has some apricot/peach preserves in it which gives it a nice peach color. The daisies pop against the soft color of the cheese ball. It wasn't my favorite of the three recipes, but I do like how it looks. If you are a big fan of Camembert cheese, you'll probably love it. I prefer the Roasted Garlic Parmesan Cheese Ball, myself.
2 - 8 ounce packages cream cheese
8 ounces Camembert Cheese, rind removed
4 ounces Swiss Cheese, shredded (1 cup)
4 ounces aged Asiago Cheese, shredded (1 cup)
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup white wine
1/4 cup apricot/peach preserves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon olive oil
2/3 cup blanched and slivered almonds
2 - 8 ounce blocks of cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese (or freshly grated Parmesan)
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You could have the daisies cascading down the cake or just circle each cake layer with the daisies, like I did.
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