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just thinking about it... dont think we would effectively stop Lynch and contain Wilson. Brady would look better than Manning because he is used to pressure but still no weapons wouldnt help.
I say 31-13 Seattle. we wouldn't have 4 turnovers like Denver but wouldnt get off the field and would do a little better than them on O
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I had to smile at your response to a "cool" 80 degrees. Western New York is quite a lot cooler than your area. We had our mandatory brushes with 90 and muggy for three weeks in July. We have some individual days that get above 80, too, but most summer days are mid 70's (although we were in the 60's over the weekend). Of course, we also get those -20 mornings most winters! Enjoy your beautiful day no matter the temp.
Hubby had his usual bunch of men over for Sunday dinner. I put the fresh ham in the oven. I started the vegetables a few hours later. Then I went back to bed. (Yes, I know. It's bad to spend too much time in bed. It's also bad manners to stay in bed when you have company for dinner. But, I did not invite anyone. I did not feel up to sitting. Bad days are bad days.)
When you are younger, you have family responsibilities. You have to care for your children. You have to maintain your home. You have to cook dinner. You probably have to work outside your home--just to have a home and food to cook for your family. And you fulfill those responsibilities lovingly despite your fibro.
I feel that I have the right at almost 70 to decide how to spend my precious energy resources. Call it women's lib. Call it being a crotchety old witch (spelled with a b). I call it reasonable and fair. I am retired from placing the needs of others first 24/7. On good days, I will consider it. On bad days, I am going to come first.
What a rant! Thank you for being patient (or not) with me.
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I'm sure that the 20 and 30 somethings can work through bodywide pain and manage even to function the next day.
We elder stateswomen have found through decades of study that we can no longer do this. If your 70 year old body hurts everywhere, it needs to rest everywhere. Whatever you would have done today will have one of three outcomes.
- No one will accomplish it today. It will be waiting for you tomorrow when your rested and refreshed body will be able to do a great job in plenty of time.
- Somebody, younger and livelier will notice the chore and just love to take it on. The young person will learn new skills and experience new joys. She may even ask for your expert advice on the project.
- The powers that be will decide that the job you never tackled on you bad day was really not worth all the time and effort it would have entailed. Instead, there will be a new, exciting project that you would love to work on--maybe with the young helper from case 2!
So, When your body says NO in no uncertain terms, listen to it. There will be other, better days, and other, better tasks--ones you can look forward to with joy.
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You're actually our elder stateswoman. I thought I was, but I 'm a child, and will not be 70 until Aug, 13. Your present regemin seems to be working. Keep me posted. I really need something for these claws that used to be hands.
Let me know what works!
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But there is hope. Docs like Sean Mackey and Jenniver Caudle have mapped the ways FM takes over the nervous system. They are trying to find the mechanisms that allow this wholesale reprograming of cells to only register pain with no damping down of signals. Somehow this takeover makes a small rubber ball that lands on your foot to feel like a 14 lb. bowling ball.
Once we know how these changes occur, we can try to turn them back to their normal working condition. You will no longer drop an olive on your big toe and feel like it was a watermellon--the 20 lb. version.
Towards better differention of pain,
BetteKView Thread
Mommy needed an afternoon nap after my morning shenanagans. .But, as an active, not quite 3 year old, All I wanted to do was play. We compromised by laying peacefully in bed and telling lazy afternoon stories to each other. When the inevitable happened, and mommy drifted off to sleep, i would tell the stories to my dolls and stuffed toys whispering so I wouldn't wake mommy and ruin the stories of my not-quite 3 year old brain.
All my life, I've had trouble sleeping. So, I've always been tired.
BetteK That's 67 years of not napping when I should have!View Thread
DH has been having dizzy spells. He went to doc on Monday and was asked to come back today (Fri.). I had every intention of going with him--two sets of ears being better than one. Of course, the fibro and it's cousins had other ideas. All night long my hands were throbbing. It felt like they'd been caught in a car door or something. No sleep whatever. And no meds either in preparation for the removal of that electronic nerve stimulator on the 16th. Heat didn't do a thing. I was so desperate I tried cold. Nothing but more pain.
Hope we both have better days and some sleep tonight!
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We're all different. I have a very narrow comfort zone. I'm comfortable between 69 and 71 degrees period. Any hotter and I start getting miserable. Earlier in the summer when the temps were in the 80's here in W NY I was a wreck. Everything hurt.But the worst was the fibrofog. It is as if my brain was baking in the heat. I was always light headed as if I would faint. I was nauseous and had several trips to the bathroom each hour. It's much better now with daytime temps in the mid 70's and nights between 50 and 60. The house stays perfect.
At one point (before heat was such an issue) I was in the pool with a 90 something woman for aquatic therapy sessions. She said.she still got hot flashes! Could be, but she could have been sensitized to all the heat therapy she'd had over the years for arthritis in hands, knees, back, neck, etc. Sound familiar? I wasn't going to plant the word fibromyalgia in her mind, but it was certainly in mine.
Food for thought.
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I think I am the oldest member here (I'll be 70 this month), but I was only 28 during my second pregnancy when the backaches began. They never left. Instead, they blossomed into body-wide aches and pains and of course fibrofog.
I raised my two boys. I moved to a farm in W NY and became a creditable farmwife selling milk and butter and homemade bread to earn grocery money. When the boys were in school, I started college, earned three degrees, and then taught for 15 years. I did this, of course, in constant pain.
When the FM became unbearable, I went for my Teacher's Disability (easy) and SSDI (hard).
You do not need a spotless house. (I think I have some cobwebs from back when I was still teaching.) You do not have to make every meal from scratch. You can USE your crock pot. (Carrots do not have to be peeled before you throw them in.) Clothes and small appliances are fine from catalogs or online. I have found a smaller grocery store where I can buy things without standing in line on bad days. On good days, I'll brave the supermarket. Sometimes, I'll fill my cart then hunt up a handicapped one to push my big one through the checkout line. (Standing in line is my biggest pain source.) Whenever possible, I bring a son. I shop, he stands in line, then I pay.
The message is always this:
- Find out what absolutely has to be done.
- Decide whether someone else can do it.
- Find a simple way to do it.
- Don't EVER worry about what is not done.
Bette KView Thread
One possible tip for you: Do you have some Ambien for sleep? When I went off oxycontin, I was fine until the very last when the only way to decrease the dosage was to eliminate it. My arms and legs flailed especially at night when I tried to sleep. Finally, I took an Ambien hoping it would override the restless limbs. It did! I actually slept. Just to be on the safe side, I took the Ambien the second night too. The third night, I was able to read myself to sleep with no medical help.
Anyone who goes on these powerful drugs cannot imagine that she will ever be pain free enough not to need them. We just cannot believe that withdrawal will be a problem in out lifetime. But it may be.
Again, it is just wonderful that you are finally able to walk and your "STRESS (*!#@!!!)" is under control to this extent.
All the best,
Bette KView Thread
Let's hope you and your DD never see or hear from YOUR creep again, too.
Bette K (Now that HughesNet finally fixed their satelite dish.)View Thread
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Dior Midnight Poison [DISCONTINUED]
143 reviews
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on 1/7/2008 1:46:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Acne-prone, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
My friend was wearing this the other day. I do kinda like it on her, but I kept getting a vicks note in this perfume.
on 1/7/2008 12:38:00 PM
Age: Unknown
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
The opening is fabulous-- all leather, cedar, tobacco and slight smoky incense.
Unfortunately, the drydown some hours later is kind of powdery vanilla.
Still on the fence about this. Definitely deserves another test.
I'm such a fragrance snob-- I haven't liked any modern Dior fragrances in quite some time. They have all been too "general".
on 12/30/2007 6:04:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Dry, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
i got a sample of this from sephora recently and it smells like DIRT. i think i would vomit if i ever smelled this on someone.
on 12/28/2007 12:34:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Other, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
I think this, along with Hypnotic Poison are my two favorites in the Poison collection. I am a sucker for dark, rich scents. Maybe I just like annoying my co workers by leaving a fog of perfume wherever I go. At any rate, Midnight Posion starts off with a gorgeous blue bottle and inside has a scent of dark florals w/a hint (a teeny hint, IMO) of patchouli. It's a perfect wintertime fragrance, but I could see myself being a bit rebellious and wearing it in July. Maybe I'll head to Sephora and pick up the corresponding body lotion.
on 12/19/2007 6:42:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I am puzzled by the amount of people that seem to hate this perfume. I hope it is a matter of chemistry because on me it is wonderful...and I am not usually a fan of patchouli. It is supposed to be "the perfume of a modern Cinderella".
The first time I tried it I thought: "I can definitely see the "fairytale connection", this perfume is magical."
I was so surprised by all these negative reviews that I started to read on my favourite perfume blogs what the "experts" - people whose taste I trust - thought about this lovely scent. Thruth to be said, the reviews were mostly lukewarm, but I came across one review that sums up the feeling I get from this perfume perfectly: "The drydown of Midnight Poison was as unexpectedly and strangely pleasant as a starless sky" (from the "Cognoscented" blog, Sept 2007)
The patchouli is the main note, in this scent, but it is softened by a little vanilla, which is not overpowering, and "freshened" by a hint of citrus, and amber and rose add comfort and cuddliness...the end result is absolutely lovely. Happily, I don't think it is too heavy for daywear.
I would advice everybody to give it a try.
on 12/10/2007 12:49:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Blue if my favorite color, I adore Eva Green, and Poison perfume is one of the greatest inventions since Ben & Jerry's ice cream, but I this stuff smells like the lining of a gerbal cage. I'll stick with my original Poison and Pure Poison.
Update: Boy, was I wrong! Got this as a gift in lotion form and it's awesome. Still don't care for the perfume version though, but I cannot get enough of the lotion. It's become my everyday scent. Go figure.
on 11/30/2007 7:57:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I look forward to days when I know I'll be near Macy's, because on those days I intentionally skip perfume at home and choose a fragrance I want to sample at the fragrance counter, and enjoy the rest of the day. Most of the time, I'm please with what I choose, but usually don't purchase. Sometimes, I decide I've chosen a fragrance I MUST OWN, and buy it right away. On rare days, I find a scent that I absolutely hate and feel the need to write a review about. Midnight Poison falls into the last category. I can't explain how much I hate this scent. Shortly after I sprayed it on I felt compelled to rush home and wash it off as soon as possible. It is not at all unique, I feel I've smelled it before. It is terrible, awful, I hate hate hate it. Strong, cloying, sharp. I don't like the term "old lady-ish", but it is old lady-ish. It's not often I find a scent about which I can't find anything I like. Midnight Poison is a rare one, that's for sure.
on 11/24/2007 11:58:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I liked the fragrance but felt it was a bit too strong. Many people feel it is overpowering and I don't blame them, and it's not the best scent either, I like pure poison better. therefore, I will not purchase.
on 11/24/2007 6:07:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I love it!!!!it is very modern,dark scent,not old lady smell at all.Very nice drydown.It is a bit masculine but still very much feminine scent I can't see guy wearing it.If you are not into flowery or fruity scents this one is for you.This scent a bit reminds me of Hermes Eau d'Mervielles.Love the bottle!This is my new fave!
on 11/21/2007 7:34:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I agree with the reviewer below! I think it smells absolutely delicious. I got it as a sample in the latest sephora catalogue and I am considering buying the fullsize.
I'll admit, I prefer more "masculine" fragrances, I'm not into intense florals and I hate most fruity scents, so it makes sense that this one appeals to me. I'm really picking up on the patchouli. Mmm I'm not sure what else I'm smelling, but I really like it!
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Our staff has been quite busy this week putting the finishing touches on our October/November issue of Mysterious Ways. We think it's our best yet… and we're especially excited because we'll be sending this issue out to more readers than ever before. More of the world could certainly use these true stories right now.
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Tony Cicoria had never played an instrument in his life, before a bolt from the blue–literally–inspired him to compose a powerful, life-changing sonata…
"I slipped away to make a call to my mom on a pay phone by the pavilion on the lake, oblivious to the storm clouds darkening the horizon. The phone rang four, six, eight times. The wind kicked up.
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Why did you become involved with the IP Council?
For two reasons: First, I felt an obligation to The University of Akron School of Law because of the education I received there. Secondly, I was impressed by the other members of the IP Council. I consider myself one of the real "lightweights" on the Council and am very benefitted by the opportunity to meet some of the experienced and accomplished practitioners on the Council.
What do you hope to accomplish in your role as a member of the IP Council?
Since I live and work in Akron, I believe I can add a "boots on the ground" perspective to some of the issues facing the school, as well as be of assistance to Jeff Samuels.
What sets Akron Law's IP program apart from other schools' IP programs?
Primarily, Jeff Samuels. For a person of his competency and stature in the IP community to be affiliated with our school is certainly a blessing and an important asset.
What do you enjoy most about practicing IP Law?
I enjoy the subject matter and the inventors. I think IP law is creative, and building and sustaining. Generally, the people who hire me are creative, intelligent people who are excited about the future. I have the happy good fortune of practicing in an area of law in which people are generally glad to be calling us because they are optimistic about making money about a new idea they have had.
What advice would you give to students interested in pursuing a career in IP Law?
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Parking for RV's is available at no cost beginning Thursday, May 14, at 5 p.m. in lot 110 (see map). RV's may also park in the on-street parking areas on either Nez Perce Drive or Perimeter Drive. There are no RV hook-ups on campus.
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The Martin Beck series - The Fire Engine That Disappeared (original 1969; edition 2007)
by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
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The Fire Engine that Disappeared by Maj Sjöwall (1969)
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Okay story. Not my favorite.
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö are not only the grandparents of the Scandinavian crime novel, but there 10-volume series of novels (known in English, somewhat misleadingly as the "Martin Beck" series) pretty much (with some influence from Ed McBains 87th Precinct series) defined the shape of contemporary police procedurals.
What the series basically does is to combine social realism with the mystery novel – it takes an unflinching look at Swedish society from the early sixties to the early seventies, a look that becomes increasingly tinged with bitterness as a supposedly welfare state lets go more and more of its promise to build a better future for everyone, and instead continues to privilege the rich and powerful. Which would be very depressing stuff, if it wasn't made readable, enjoyable even (to some degree at least) by the mystery plot that keeps readers turning the pages even as they are confronted with a sheer endless parade of human misery and mean-spiritedness. Formally considered, this is very 19th century, as Sjöwall / Wahlöö use mystery in very much the same way as Dickens or Zola used melodrama, and I would not be at all surprised if that was a tradition they intentionally decided to place themselves in.
The Fire Engine that Disappeared is the fifth volume in the series, and it continues its general trend to become increasingly focused on the character's private lives and on giving a picture of Swedish society at the time. There is more space given to the character's concerns outside of their police job than before, and the narrative is even more de-centralized, Martin Beck becoming almost a minor figure as the novel follows his colleagues Larsson and Kollberg as well as Mansson from Malmö and newcomer Skane. That emphasizes one of the distinguishing features of this series, the utter ordinariness of its protagonists which are not only not outstandingly good-looking or intelligent, but frequently not even particularly good policemen, but just civil servants that do their job without any particular enthusiasm and who get results not so much by brilliant deduction than by luck or sheer dogged persistence.
The latter is particularly ironic if one considers how many of the cases could just as well have occurred in a classical mystery novel. While the puzzle element is not as strong here as in the previous novel, the investigators find themselves confronted by the corpse of someone who apparently committed suicide as well as being murdered. The Fire Engine that Disappeared takes its time in solving the crime, both in that the investigations span several months and in that the novel is not what anyone would call a page-turner. It's not slow either, however, but moves along at a steady, comfortable speed, giving readers the chance to take in the scenery along that way, as bleak as that proves to be. And it's precisely this view of the scenery that will likely linger longest with the reader, Sjöwall/Wahlöö's hard and uncompromising perspective on a welfare state coming apart (a perspective which I'm convinced they developed not in spite of but because of their Marxist views – something I might return to in a post on a later volume) will remain in most readers' memory even when the details of the crime plot have faded.
I bought two books of the Martin Beck series, The Man On The Balcony (TMOTB) and The Fire Engine That Disappeared (TFETD), and read them one after the other. Although many of the involved characters are the same the style of the books could hardly be more different.
The Man On The Balcony burns on a slow, consistent, fuse, a Catherine Wheel of a book, whereas The Fire Engine That Disappeared fizzes like a Jumping Jack never sure of which way it will go next.
Each has its merits, though as a matter of preference and enjoyment TMOTB had the edge for me.
Each book is set in 60s Stockholm and any reader who imagines paedophilia, hard core drugs, promiscuity, street crime, and the like are recent phenomenon in society may be somewhat suprised to read just how prevalent they are in 60s city life, which makes the books seems very contemporary.
Though TFETD ventures further afield with significant references to France and Denmark especially and a plot which embraces the beginnings of cross border terrorism and gang warfare, the evocative scenes and action of TMOTB are concentrated in well defined districts of the city and the book is highly personalised and quietly emotive in documenting the hunt for a predatory child killer.
In TMOTB, Beck and his motley crew of detective colleagues languish over the evidence having already dismissed unknowingly a crucial lead. The bad luck is almost repeated at the end only for chance to play a part in resolving the case, though painstaking research ensured this time the chance was not passed up. TMOTB is a comfortable though melancholy read which is extremely believable.
TFETD picks up the Beck series a little further down the line and the first notable aspect is the changed relationships between the various detectives, being more fractious and weary with each other. The plot is a complicated and convoluted one and in the end I found I was confused as to quite who was who and where the pieces fitted. I finished the book not really able to recall the various criminal intrigues which lead to a house fire in which a seemingly petty criminal was killed, and then to the finale and fate of the mastermind.
So, very different writing styles, each worthy, each thoroughly researched and well crafted, I enjoyed TMOTB and was a little less enamoured with TFETD but would understand how another reader may take an opposite view.
THE FIRE ENGINE THAT DISAPPEARED is a perfect illustration of the concept that solving homicide cases is a mixture of accumulating evidence through painstaking and methodical sleuthing with flashes of intuition. In any investigative team the role of some will be the sleuthing, but it will often be the intuition that solves the case. The problem is that without the painstaking sleuthing little intuition is possible, and the accumulation of evidence is often necessary to both break the perpetrator and for for successful prosecution to take place. There is also often a problem in getting all the essential information into one brain. It takes all kinds to form a good team of detectives: plods, cynics, workaholics, as well as those who carefully compartmentalise their lives. Successful resolution requires testing theories, discarding those that don't fit, following the occasional red herring, and often, as in this case a long passage of time. The threads that make up a case often first present separately but as the plot develops they begin to converge.
One of the things that this novel clearly shows too is that each of the team has a private life. In THE FIRE ENGINE THAT DISAPPEARED Martin Beck's marriage appears to be on the point of collapse. This seems to be something so common to the modern detective that we almost take it for granted.
The Martin Beck series was written in the late 1960s and now five decades later we can still appreciate how cleverly they were constructed.
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Wiz Khalifa Says He Spends $10,000 A Month On Weed
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[lastfm]Wiz Khalifa[/lastfm] is trying to give [lastfm]Redman[/lastfm], [lastfm]Method Man[/lastfm], [lastfm]Snoop Dogg[/lastfm] and any other rapper you can think of a run for their money when it comes to puffing kush.
During an interview with MeetThaDealer at a Rock The Bells tour stop, Khalifa revealed he drops 10K a month on weed.
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INDEPENDENCE -- Galax opened the second half on an 11-2 run to get some breathing room and held off Grayson County 53-40 in a Mountain Empire District girls' game Wednesday evening.
Competition has finally trumped tradition at Graham High School.
INDEPENDENCE -- Galax point guard Justin Hash is an 88-percent free throw shooter on the year. Hitting 50 percent with the game on the line was good enough Wednesday night.
RICHMOND — No member of the House of Delegates voted Jan. 21 to support former Gov. Tim Kaine's proposal to increase the state income tax and effectively eliminate the personal property tax on vehicles.
But that didn't stop lawmakers from staging 40 minutes of partisan theater before killing the legislation, the opening round in a fierce fight over fixing a $4.2 billion state budget shortfall.
FRIES — A farmers' market is first on the list of items that will occupy the old fire hall in Fries once the new $1.2 million 10,000-squre foot facility is completed later this year.
Ground was broken in December 2009 for the 12-bay building that will be located on the eastern end of the town.
Both its "high performing" reading and math test scores and its big gains earned Oakland Elementary School its recent national academic recognition, says the Carroll County Public Schools director of school improvement.
The Carroll County School Board held its Jan. 12 meeting at Oakland to honor the school for its achievement in 2009.
With the Galax Water Plant reporting 2.3 inches of rain falling on Jan. 24, the Twin Counties escaped even wetter conditions in other parts of Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Parts of Carroll County, particularly Fancy Gap, got soaked by even more rain than the rest of the Twin Counties.
If there are problems in Carroll's emergency services department, they weren't on display as many members of fire and rescue from across the county responded to the Briarleigh Court blaze Jan. 9.
If one could see behind the firefighters' breathing apparatus, no doubt their faces would show concern for the 37 people living inside the apartment complex. Alongside that emotion, the rescuers' faces also reflected their determination to get everyone out of harm's way.
Some local elderly people are having to decide between paying for electricity, mortgages, medicine or food to survive one of the harshest winters in years, after receiving astronomical electric bills in December from Appalachian Power Co.
During a town hall meeting at the Rex Theater in downtown Galax last Wednesday, 138 Galax, Grayson and Carroll residents asked APCo how they and others — especially those living paycheck to paycheck — are going to pay their December 2009 electric bills.
INDEPENDENCE — Nautilus employees have now been told that the plant could shut down in mid-February if a buyer is not found.
The company provided employees the federally mandated 60-day notice of possible closure last October. The original date of Dec. 18 was extended as the company continued to seek a buyer for its commercial division — including the plant in Independence.
Last Wednesday, a letter was given to all employees updating them on the process.
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In a column posted Friday on ESPN.com, Fraschilla said Leuer will be on his short list of Big Ten Player of the Year candidates. You have to be an ESPN Insider to read the column, so below is what he had to say about Leuer:
These were a few of the college players who impressed me at the camp. It doesn't mean that I necessarily think these guys are all surefire NBA players, but I think they strengthened their standing with NBA scouts.
Jon Leuer, Wisconsin, 6-foot-10
Wright raved about Leuer during practice sessions and he was right on the money. Leuer has an excellent shooting touch to 20 feet and is your classic "stretch power forward" who will be murder in pick-and-pop situations. While not a bruising player, he held his own around the basket. And his length allowed him to elevate to create space for his deft stroke when he was in the paint. While Michigan State and Purdue have a number of Big Ten Player of the Year candidates on their rosters this coming season, Leuer will definitely be included on my list.


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The Golem and the Jinni (P.S.)by Helene Wecker
Staff Pick
A brilliant blend of historical fiction and literary fantasy set in late 19th-century New York. Beautifully written and carefully researched, this is the story of an unlikely friendship between two beings straight out of mythology: a jinni and a golem, who more or less accidentally immigrate to Manhattan.
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In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York.
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899.
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free
Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.
"Original and fresh….A fascinating blend of historical fiction and Jewish and Arab folklore." Library Journal
"Wecker deftly layers their story over those of the people they encounter....[A] spellbinding blend of fantasy and historical fiction." Publishers Weekly
"The premise is so fresh....A mystical and highly original stroll through the sidewalks of New York." Booklist
"Wecker begins with a juicy premise…and great adventures ensue.…She writes skillfully, nicely evoking the layers of alienness that fall upon strangers in a strange land." Kirkus Reviews
"Magical thinking comes alive in an enchanting allegory of the immigrant experience as two mythical beings try to make sense of themselves and the world around them." Family Circle Magazine
"The Golem and the Jinni is recommended to adults who enjoy a good story and have a childlike sense of make-believe." New York Journal of Books
"It sounds like the setup for a really strange joke: 'A golem and a jinni walk into a bakery in early 19th-century New York....' But this debut novel — part fantastic tale, part historical fiction — is one of the most highly anticipated fiction releases of the spring." Christian Science Monitor
"[T]he most exciting fantasy debut since Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Helene Wecker must be a born writer; there is no other way to account for the quality of her prose, as phenomenal as any of the supernatural wonders she delivers in the glorious The Golem and the Jinni…" BookPage
"In the best instances, you don't merely read a book — you dive in and happily immerse yourself, forgetting the troubles of daily life for a while. The Golem and the Jinni offers just such an absorbing experience." USA Today
"One of the joys of the novel is in watching two strangers develop a relationship that, while it's rooted in their shared magical natures, echoes the way ordinary humans can form bonds starting with a random encounter on a busy street." Dallas Morning News
"An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction…Wecker's storytelling skills dazzle….The book's magic, filtered through the old-time hustle and bustle of the Lower East Side, lingers long after the final page." EW
"The tale is meant to be magical, and it is, but Wecker's real sleight of pen is recreating Manhattan as it was then. She has a historian's grasp of detail and a novelist's flair." New York Daily News
"The author makes you care enough about the humanity of these magical spirits to not only see them through to the end but also to regret that you've reached the last page." Patricia Cohen, New York Times
"Wecker maintains her novels originality as she orchestrates a satisfying and unpredictable ending. The Golem and the Jinni is a continuous delight — provocative, atmospheric, and superbly paced. " Jane Ciabattari, Boston Globe
"History, magic and religion braid together in old New York's tenements….The interplay of loyalties and the struggle to assert reason over emotion keep the pages flipping." New York Times Book Review
"An inventive and utterly lovely story….The golem and the jinni…are among my favorite fictional people I spent time with this spring…Wecker is a gifted new voice…I'm glad that her talents have been set free in this novel." Chris Bohjalian, Washington Post
"Inventive, elegantly written and well-constructed….It's hard to believe this is a first novel. Clearly, otherworldly forces were involved…the story is so complex and intricately woven that it does not lend itself to summary. It would be like pulling threads from a finely crafted garment to describe the whole." Minneapolis Star Tribune
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a strange man who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian Desert. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop.
Struggling to make their way in 1899 New York, the Golem and the Jinni try to fit in with their immigrant neighbors while masking their true selves. Meeting by chance, they become unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures, until the night a terrifying incident drives them back into their separate worlds. But a powerful menace will soon bring the Golem and the Jinni together again, threatening their existence and forcing them to make a fateful choice.
Marvelous and compulsively readable, The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of folk mythology, historical fiction, and magical fable into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.
About the Author
Helene Wecker received a BA from Carleton College in Minnesota and an MFA from Columbia University in New York. A Chicago-area native who has made her home in Minneapolis, Seattle, and New York, she now lives near San Francisco with her husband and daughter. The Golem and the Jinni is her first novel.
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A Weekly Standard Exclusive: The Senate minority leader is ordered to stop calling himself a Catholic.
12:00 PM, Apr 17, 2003 • By J. BOTTUM
There's quite a list of pro-abortion Catholics in Washington--beginning with Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic minority leader in the House--who could use similar instruction in "the duty to be morally coherent." Just in the Senate, there's Biden, Collins, Daschle, Dodd, Harkin, Kennedy, Kerry, Landrieu, Leahy, Mikulski, Murray, Reed, and more. But at least Tom Daschle has now been forced by Bishop Carlson to assume some responsibility for moral coherence--even if it is, unfortunately, a coherence achieved in the wrong direction.
The diocese in Sioux Falls would not say what brought the issue of Tom Daschle's Catholicism to a head at this moment, although one South Dakotan suggested it may have to do with Daschle's crossing of yet another line recently when he began direct fund-raising for NARAL. Senator Daschle's office has not yet responded to a request for comment. It's a serious thing when a bishop breaks a pastoral relation, no matter how tenuous that relation may have grown. But Bishop Carlson is right that the time has come to banish Cuomoism from American politics. This isn't a matter of favoring Republicans or Democrats. Regardless of their party, public figures who aren't going to oppose abortion shouldn't call themselves Catholic anymore.
A native of South Dakota, J. Bottum is Books & Arts editor of the Weekly Standard.


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In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades? Every day, 1,100 adults and children are added to the government disability rolls because they have become newly disabled by mental illness, with this epidemic spreading most rapidly among our nation's children. What is going on?
Anatomy of an Epidemic challenges readers to think through that question themselves. First, Whitaker investigates what is known today about the biological causes of mental disorders. Do psychiatric medications fix "chemical imbalances" in the brain, or do they, in fact, create them? Researchers spent decades studying that question, and by the late 1980s, they had their answer. Readers will be startled—and dismayed—to discover what was reported in the scientific journals.
Then comes the scientific query at the heart of this book: During the past fifty years, when investigators looked at how psychiatric drugs affected long-term outcomes, what did they find? Did they discover that the drugs help people stay well? Function better? Enjoy good physical health? Or did they find that these medications, for some paradoxical reason, increase the likelihood that people will become chronically ill, less able to function well, more prone to physical illness?
This is the first book to look at the merits of psychiatric medications through the prism of long-term results. Are long-term recovery rates higher for medicated or unmedicated schizophrenia patients? Does taking an antidepressant decrease or increase the risk that a depressed person will become disabled by the disorder? Do bipolar patients fare better today than they did forty years ago, or much worse? When the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) studied the long-term outcomes of children with ADHD, did they determine that stimulants provide any benefit?
By the end of this review of the outcomes literature, readers are certain to have a haunting question of their own: Why have the results from these long-term studies—all of which point to the same startling conclusion—been kept from the public?
In this compelling history, Whitaker also tells the personal stories of children and adults swept up in this epidemic. Finally, he reports on innovative programs of psychiatric care in Europe and the United States that are producing good long-term outcomes. Our nation has been hit by an epidemic of disabling mental illness, and yet, as Anatomy of an Epidemic reveals, the medical blueprints for curbing that epidemic have already been drawn up.
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ROBERT WHITAKER is the author of Mad in America, The Mapmaker's Wife, and On the Laps of Gods, all of which won recognition as "notable books" of the year. His newspaper and magazine articles on the mentally ill and the pharmaceutical industry have garnered several national awards, including a George Polk Award for medical writing and a National Association of Science Writers Award for best magazine article. A series he cowrote for the Boston Globe on the abuse of mental patients in research settings was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1998.
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The purpose of this study is to assess weight change in a population of veterans with amputations. Little is known about the how weight changes following an amputation. It is widely believed that many patients experience weight gain following amputation. This study aims to identify magnitude of weight changes following amputation and determine characteristics associated with weight gain. Information on weight change trajectories would be useful to better understand long-term health consequences associated with amputation and to design and target interventions to encourage weight maintenance and general health promotion for groups at high risk of weight gain.
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Traumatic Amputation of Toe
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|Weight Change, Physical Activity and Health Promotion in Veteran Amputees
- % Weight Change From Baseline [ Time Frame: At ~3 years after baseline ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Time window for 3 years is 31-39 months after baseline
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Veterans who received care at a VISN20 medical facility between 1997 and 2008
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- incident lower limb amputation during the study period (1/1997-12/2008) in VISN 20
- >= 1 plausible weight recoded in the medical record at baseline (defined as 8 weeks before amputation or 2-8 weeks post amputation)
- >=1 weight measured post amputation (2 months to 42 months post amputation)
"Unexposed" (comparison) cohort:
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- no prior history of amputation
- >= 2 plausible recorded weights including at least one in the 2-6 weeks after their reference date ("baseline").
- Alive at least 18 months after "baseline"
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Today I would like to share something that is near and dear to my heart. It is what I like to refer to as "the rest of the story." The book of Jasher is mentioned twice in the Torah.
So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped, Till the people had revenge Upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. (Jos 10:13)
Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, and he told them to teach the children of Judah the Song of the Bow; indeed it is written in the Book of Jasher. (2Sa 1:17-18)
After being told about it over a year ago while on a teaching excursion I came home and found a copy of it for myself. Since then I have read this almost 500 page book twice by myself, a third time with a small group and for the last almost 3 years I have been using is as we go through Torah in my Sabbath class. Jasher covers Genesis, Exodus, Numbers and Joshua and it has brought many things to light in the scriptures that I had not really seen in the past. Here is a great example of one little tidbit that was revealed to me in the scriptures because of Jasher. When Moses' dad (Amram) took a wife whose name Jochebed, we are told that she was a daughter of Levi.
And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. (Exo 2:1)
Some folks may understand that Jochebed was Amram's father's sister.
Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. (Exo 6:20)
But few have connected all the points. So who was Amram's Father?
These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath's life was one hundred and thirty-three years. (Exo 6:16-18)
So if Amram married his father's sister; that means that Jochebed was not "a" daughter of Levi she was "the" daughter of Levi. And it was Jasher that sent me on the quest to find out more. Jasher said;
Jasher 59:9 And the children of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari, and their sister Jochebed, who was born unto them in their going down to Egypt.
Jasher 67:1 There was a man in the land of Egypt of the seed of Levi, whose name was Amram, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 2 And this man went and took a wife, namely Jochebed the daughter of Levi his father's sister, and she was one hundred and twenty-six years old, and he came unto her.
And lo and behold, look what I found in Numbers.
The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. (Num 26:59)
If you study this further you will see that Jochebed was in the womb when the Israelites came into Egypt. Jochebed (Amram's aunt) was around 135 when she had Moses. The Israelites were in Egypt for around 200+ years, not the 400 or 430 years that most of us have erroneously assumed. Jasher is an amazing book! Read it and fall in love with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all over again. See that our Elohim does not change and that His word does endure forever. Noah, Seth, Eber, Abram (later Abraham), Isaac, Jacob and His sons all had a love for Yehovah's laws which were preserved orally until Sinai where they were codified.
Well, I hope I have enticed you enough to take a good hard look at this wonderful book. If I have, you can download it with my highlights and my notes related to the Torah here: Jasher with index or without my notes here: Jasher with index and no notes or highlights. If the files do not open automatically, then right-click the file you want and click "save as." Also here is a FREE version of PDF-XChange Viewer that puts Acrobat Reader to shame. This free version of PDF-XChange Viewer will not only allow you to highlight, underline, add notes, art and much more to all your favorite PDFs but will also allow you to save all the additions. Always remember to seek first Yehovah's kingdom and His righteous just as Yeshua taught all men to do. May His will be done on earth as it is in heaven!


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As gambling becomes more prevalent in our society, more people will develop problems with their gambling behavior. Compulsive or problem gamblers lose control over their gambling and continue to gamble, despite adverse consequences. Many will make attempts to reduce, control or stop their gambling, but are unable to do so. People from all walks of life who are responsible and hard-working can succumb to compulsive gambling and may experience a complete change in their personality.
The excitement and escape compulsive gambling gives them can become more important than family, work, values and/or physical health. Compulsive gambling is sometimes called the "hidden" addiction as people become very skilled and manipulative at hiding their behavior. Unlike drugs and alcohol, where a person can obviously be intoxicated or smell of alcohol, the compulsive gambler has no obvious tell-tale signs. Many friends and family members are caught totally off-guard, and are in total shock and disbelief that the "responsible one" has become compulsive.
Gambling can release powerful brain chemicals and hormones that produce a simultaneous exhilaration and calming effect. This "high" is what problem gamblers tend to seek and once compulsive, can become addicted. Gambling can allow people to escape or become "numb" to problems, stress or life itself. Usually, individuals in trouble with gambling cannot see what is happening due to an almost delusional denial system or basic lack of understanding of the addictive process and how it relates to them.
When the compulsive gambling stops because the money is gone or exhaustion sets in, the gambler experiences tremendous guilt and shame. There are feelings of self-loathing, realizing the consequences of the financial loss on their family. Despite these terrible feelings, gamblers will rationalize that things will be "different next time" or they will be "lucky" and continue to gamble. Others are so depressed and hopeless; they become more desperate to continue gambling to escape their reality. This, of course, only adds to their loss of control and related consequences.
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This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published in London, 1909. This book contains color illustrations.
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Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that has long been linked to strong bones. Your skin produces it naturally when exposed to healthy amounts of sunlight and although some milk and fortified cereals offer low levels of Vitamin D, it is not possible to get enough through food. Sunlight is the major source. Supplements are thought to help, but the jury is still out on whether supplements can supply enough vitamin D.
It's long been known that a deficiency in Vitamin D can cause depression, but several different studies suggest it may also increase risk of diabetes, heart attack, cancer and even multiple sclerosis. In fact, it's being suggested that vitamin D, long associated with mood, is an important vitamin throughout the body and is vital for the immune system. In addition, recent studies have linked low levels of vitamin D to breast cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, esophageal cancer and colon cancer.
Other studies have found that those with vitamin D deficiency are more likely to have a stroke, heart failure and heart attack, while children are more likely to develop asthma and pregnant women are more likely to have preeclampsia.
These studies are piling up and certainly point to the fact that vitamin D is much more important than we have suspected.
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Michele Glidden is the Director of Science Education Programs at SSP. She began with SSP in 1997 and became the director in 2002.
Michele has a M.S. in Journalism from Ohio University and a B.A. in English with teacher certifications from Florida State University. Her interest in science education began as a student worker in the Office of Science Teaching Activities at FSU where she helped manage the Young Scholars Program – a competitive residential six-week summer research experience for hi...
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