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Michelle Williams' grief gardeningMichelle Williams got over Heath Ledger's death by gardening.
The 'Brokeback Mountain' actress struggled to cope when her former lover - with whom she has a three-year-old daughter Matilda Rose - died from an accidental drugs overdose in January 2008 but gained strength to deal with his untimely passing after moving to a different property in New York.
She said: "My friends never really left me alone when we came up here. One got me gardening in the spring and that's when it all turned around. I remember being on my hands and knees. The ground was cold and muddy. Ipushed back the dead leaves and saw green shoots of spring. Under all this decay something was growing. Caring for the garden reminded me to care for myself."
Last July, Michelle - who split from Heath in August 2007 - began dating director Spike Jonze but admits moving on hasn't been easy.
She told Vogue magazine: "I thought falling in love again was the only thing that was going to save me from the pain. This is an erroneous idea - it just makes things more complicated.
"I feel hopeful and grateful. For a while I thought we had lost everything. It makes you want to love better and live better."
But the 29-year-old actress is slowly getting her life back together and draws strength from daughter Matilda.
She added: "I was holding it together by a string and a paper clip in the fall and winter. I didn't know if I could keep it all together? You console yourself by saying it's all a deepening process. But it's weird. After the first year, the pain is less intense - it's less immediate. But the magical thinking goes away too. And that's a whole new reckoning.
"Every time I really miss him and wonder where he's gone, I just look at Matilda."
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I was reading the blogs as usual, and came across the one just posted by Straddlemynose...about birthmarks. This got me thinking...I know, don't say it...about other parts of the human body.
Alot of people lament about thier bodies, too big, too small...wish we had better hair or eyes or teeth...whatever. I'm sure everyone has done it at some point. Even me!
This evening...I would like to know what you think is your very best feature. Not what others think your best feature is...what is it about your body that
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Dec 1 @ 8:04PM
natural part.....my eyes.....part i 'made' my arms
Dec 1 @ 8:07PM
My eyes, they are a white blue color and look like they belong to a wolf. Of course I get a lot of comments on them and the ladies seem to love them. I have not seen anyone with the same color.
Dec 1 @ 8:09PM
Ok...I guess I should have been more concise...
Describe your best feature! Tell us why this is your best feature!
I would have to say my best feature is my eyes. They are blue/green with a ring of hazel around the pupil. They change color...going from a deep blue to a hazel green depending on my mood and sometimes what I'm wearing.
Dec 1 @ 8:10PM
Um, well, obviously I get lots of comments about my eyes, but those that know me in person say it's my smile. Um, then there is my hair. I am kind of vain about that...
Dec 1 @ 8:12PM
Well, I have sexy legs for a guy. My legs are muscular and shaped nicely. Some other good features I have is my hair (Thick and wavy) and eyes (Green hazel...a little butterscotch around the pupils and then it blossoms to green everywhere else).
Dec 1 @ 8:12PM
Oops! Should have read a little closer. I agree, I like my smile. It's big, toothy, honest and open. My hair? Well, it's thick, dark, bouncy & naturally curly.
Dec 1 @ 8:21PM
Oh yea...and my hair! Very thick, very curly and very red! I never have to spend more than a few minutes 'doing' my hair...just spray a little water on it and comb it out!
Dec 1 @ 8:28PM
I think mine would be my eyes. Chocolate brown and just slightly almond shaped, one of the only signs of my mative american heritage.
Dec 1 @ 8:31PM
mmm... My nose. Although, I also like my penis...
. Not joking, I think it is a good penis; nice shape, size is good for me, thickness' also good for me. YEA, I like my penis too.
I got no pictures of it posted on my profile, but I would if anyone wants to see it...
Dec 1 @ 8:39PM
Hmm ... I tend to understand my body from a functional rather than visual point of view. I'd have to say my fingers because they are involved in all of my creative work and play.
Dec 1 @ 9:07PM
gosh, i don't know. i guess i would have to say my mouth, please don't anyone take this the wrong way. i say that because i like the shape of my lips, they're not too big, not too small, and i like my smile.
Dec 1 @ 9:48PM
It has to be my mouth also. I have these huge, Julia Roberts lips and that is what most guys compliment me on... "full, pouty sexy lips" was the exact phrase I think.
And my DDDD cup size breasts get lots of attention from men also (hmmm let THEM carry these monsters around for a while!).
Dec 1 @ 10:00PM
My very best feature is my sense of humor. It is a feature other's may lack, but everyone at one time or another, has an appreciation for.
Dec 1 @ 10:02PM
I think I have a lot of pretty nice featurers, but my best as far as I am concerned IS my body. I think that for an average joe at my age...well any age, I have a good body.
Dec 1 @ 10:25PM
If i had to go with what men think is my best feature it would have to be the puppies as my bf says, lol. They do get lots of attention. Oh btw the bf agreed with me, and picked my lips too
cuz they are "soft, sensual, and kissable"
Dec 1 @ 11:45PM
I think mine would be my calves, one of the guys from work said I have horseshoes whatever the hell that means, but he wanted to know what I did to get so much muscle tone to them, well nothing, maybe toe lifts.
Dec 1 @ 11:59PM
My kidneys they are all brown and mushy....
Dec 2 @ 1:03AM
just look at my pics
Dec 2 @ 1:34AM
I think mine are my butt, my eyes and my smile. My eyes change colors, I smile often, and my butt is just kinda...out there! LOL
Dec 2 @ 2:12AM
Personally, I think I have a very cute but that ever girl should try to hold at some point in their lives. :P
Dec 2 @ 6:41AM
I am always told it's my smile, though that needs some work right now.. but I think it's my warped mind.
Dec 2 @ 7:37AM
I like my big brown eyes, they are said to sparkle with gold sometimes and ... hey, I do like my breasts, even better with that tattooed rose in the cleavage.
Dec 2 @ 11:13AM
I wasn't going to post to this because I'm not so good at tooting my own horn (though I'm working on it!), but I'd have to say that I like my eyes and calves (thanks for speaking up on that TLC - I wasn't sure if I should mention that part), and, for as much as I bitch about my boobs, I do like how they look in a sexy bra... ;)
Dec 2 @ 11:09PM
Me too Sxze.
And I like a good woman's calf... Hey, I meant the back of the lower leg! Just because I live in downstate IL doesn't mean I'm one of them fellers! Besides all the good farm animals are either taken or gay!
Okay, my best feature or body part? It must be in the back too because I can't see it.
Dec 3 @ 1:28PM
My thick dark lusterus back hair is nice too!
Dec 4 @ 9:55AM
My best feature? I'd have to go with my sense of humor, like somebidy else on here said. All my best features from when I was a young man faded with age and marriage.
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Or assume that they have a real life problem and will get to you as soon as possible? I guess I just don't like people not running on time for stuff like this, and makes me wonder how long it's gonna take this person to get everything else for this order together, submitting it, sorting, packaging, and sending it out to everyone on time.
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If you're wondering where WestVirginiaVille's roving home office is on any given day, one place to check is the new nameless coffeeshop at the corner of Lee and Morris streets which opened recently in Charleston, W.Va. Actually, it does have a name — Moxxee Coffee. But in one of those post-modern operational twists more suited to a shop in Tribeca or along the Naviglio Grande Canal in Milan, the name (which the owners say is a Native American word for 'black water') cannot be found either on the outside or inside of the establishment. Instead, a brushed steel, stylized depiction of two circular goats hangs outside. Which is why I started calling the place 'the Two Goats Cafe' when I initially could not recall the name of the place — and the place wasn't helping me recall it once I got there.
But know this: Moxxee/Two Goats has flat out the best cappuccino certainly anywhere in Charleston, possibly in all of West Virginia (Lost Dog Coffee in Shepherdstown, W.Va., home of the quadruple shot, is the only remote contender). I'd go so far as to say, after two visits, that their cappuccinos are as good as any I've had in Little Italy, real Italy and, well, Seattle. Unlike the sea change at Starbucks a few years back, which no longer hand-pulls each individual espresso and has become the MacDonalds of same-old same-old cappuccinos, the Moxx-ites hand-pull each coffee and it's as strong and rich as can be. I haven't tried the exotic teas yet, but I will once I start going to 'Espresso Anonymous' meetings and take the first step and admit that I have a problem.
The logo, as Julie Robinson explains in her Nov. 8, 2011 Charleston Gazette profile of the place below, features two Ethiopian Ibex goats. It's a nod to the legend that coffee was discovered by a goat-herding friar whose animals got frisky after nibbling some wild coffee beans. The friar took the cue, roasted the beans and as a result today we have an economy that would grind shudderingly to a halt if American workers failed to reach their coffee cups before 9 a.m. Or so the coffee legend goes.
This friar's tale recalls the far more fantastic legend of the origin of strong, caffeinated tea, which legend has it came about as a result of the 5th century Buddhist monk Boddhidharma's decision to meditate facing the wall of cave for nine yeas. He fell asleep seven years into the nine years and — peeved with being such a pantywaist — cut off his eyelids to prevent it from happening again. As this Wikipiedia entry goes on to explain: "As his eyelids hit the floor, the first tea plants sprang up; and thereafter tea would provide a stimulant to help keep students of Chán awake during meditation." Which, by the way, explains why artists depict the monk with bulging eyes.
But, really, a good espresso will accomplish exactly the same thing as tearing off your eyelids without all the social consequences.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — T.J. Baldwin, his two brothers and two friends just wanted a good cup of coffee. In their extensive travels, they'd developed a taste for "third wave" coffee, but couldn't find any in Charleston.
For the record, first wave coffee is something served at diners and restaurants that appeals to the masses. It's been around forever. Second wave is coffee served at places like Starbucks. Third wave is vaguely defined as coffee made from beans purchased in small batches from coffee farms and individually brewed for each customer.
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For those fans who love watching Jada Pinkett Smith's hospital drama HawthoRNe, we've got some bad news for you. TNT has cancelled the series after three seasons on the air, leaving both Jada Pinkett Smith and Jennifer Lopez's ex Marc Anthony, without a day job.
TNT released a press statement to the media stating, "The series gave TNT the opportunity to work with many outstanding people, including Jada Pinkett Smith and the rest of the show's talented cast, crew, producers and writers."
"We wish everyone involved with HawthoRNe nothing but the best."
The cancellation of the series comes as a shock, especially to many dedicated fans of the show and those who recently tuned in to see if co-stars Jada and Marc "are or aren't having" an off-screen affair.
This only makes us wonder though, did Jada and hubby Will Smith plant split and separation rumors to help keep Jada in the headlines for the sake of the show?
Just last month, the internet buzzed with rumors that the Hollywood power couple were separating because of an alleged affair between co-stars Jada and Marc. Could this have all been planned in order to save the show from being axed by TNT?
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Teen Time Out in Park City
Got teens, tweens? I do. And for a change of blogging pace, I thought I'd go straight to the experts - my 14 and 11 year old girls - to share some recommendations for fun, (and independent diversions) to keep your teens and tweens entertained on your next visit to Park City.
While skiing or riding is certainly the focus of your family vacation here in Park City where we live, there are plenty of safe and fairly inexpensive fun off-hill activities that are local teen favorites.
And here's an insider tip: - Park City's free bus service is a snowmama's best friend, because as my daughter puts it, "the bus is great because you don't always have to bug your parents for a ride, and it's free." The safe (I'm very comfortable having my teen ride the bus with a pal) shuttle service runs continuously throughout the day and night in Park City and the Kimball Junction areas. Check out schedules and route information here: http://www.parkcity.org/index.aspx?page=422
Here are my Snowteen and Snowtween's Top 10:
Yellow Snow - located of the beaten path in Park City's NoMA District (North of Main), Yellow Snow serves up an amazing selection of handmade ice cream and gelato, in a casual setting complete with board games, foosball tables and a stage which often features local teen bands.
Atticus Books and Tea House - Deemed as a really "hip" spot by my daughter, Atticus Books and Tea House is an eclectic and cozy spot filled with books, magazines, great music and menu of yummy organic hot chocolate, coffee and tea drinks.
Night Skiing at Park City Mountain Resort - It's pretty awesome to live in a town where you can meet up with your friends and take a few turns after dinner - and after you finish your homework. That's just what my 14-year-old and her friends do at least once a week. Dividing their time between Pay Day and the terrain park, there something to keep everyone happy.
Jupiter Bowl - the bowling alley, not the ski bowl (well that's a teen favorite too, but we're talking off mountain fun here). Located in the Newpark shopping district in Kimball Junction, Jupiter Bowl is a state-of-the art bowling alley compete with big screen TVs, electronic scoring, food, drink, games, and great tunes as a backdrop to bowling. Check out their student specials for weekday deals.
Redstone Cinemas/Cinemark(Holiday Village) Theater - The two spots to catch a movie in Park City. Cinemark is within a short walk/bus ride of Park City Mountain Resort and screens the latest releases in a clean and recently renovated theater. Redstone (located in Kimball Junction) has eight screens and a decent choice of options for kids of all ages, plus a Cold Stone Creamery next door for an apres movie treat.
Park City Ice Arena - Not surprisingly, a favorite of my hockey kid. The Park City Ice Arena - located just outside downtown in Quinn's Junction - offers open skate sessions and lessons for skaters, hockey players, speedskaters and even curlers of all abilities. Rental skates and hockey gear (for beginners only) are also available.
Top off Their Toes - There are plenty of spots in Park City to treat your preteen or teen to a pedicure. And it's a nice way to pamper their feet after a few days in ski boots. My girl's favorites are Tip and Toe Nails and California Nails (both in Kimball Junction) and Neon Nails (Old Town).
Basin Recreation Field House - Teens can take a break from the slopes and head indoors for a lively game of Frisbee, soccer, lacrosse or take a few swings in a batting cage at the Basin Recreation Field House located in Kimball Junction.. Best to call ahead for availability.
Dolly's Book Store - Our favorite Main Street shop to take out-of-town guests, Dolly's is great destination for all ages of book lovers. Be sure to spot and say hi to "Mr. Dolly", the resident cat.
Gorgoza Park - For downhill fun, off skis, nothing beats a few hours tubing at Gorgoza. A great independent outing for teens, safe and supervised, lift served tubing is sure to put a smile on your teen's face.
Enjoy your visit to teen-friendly Park City!
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Beg, Borrow, Steal, Buy or Rent
For starters, let's not actually steal anything. Unless you're "stealing" it from a family member with every intention of giving it back. In that scenario, stealing might be warranted. But that's about it.
I have a story.
A long, long time ago I lived in New England. My husband Gary did too, though we didn't know each other then, and we both owned lots of cold weather gear. The ironic thing is that we were never cold because, and this is important, when you wear the proper clothing you do not get cold!.
Now we live in Los Angeles. For years my cold weather gear consisted of a leather jacket and a hoodie. Whenever the temperature dropped below 65 degrees, I thought for sure I would get hypothermia.
So what do you do when you head to the slopes? If you live in a warmer climate like we do, or don't use your ski clothes regularly, you might not want to make a big investment--especially when it comes to outfitting the kids. Over the years I've figured out that some things are worth buying, some things are better borrowed and, believe it or not, you can actually rent clothes.
Beg & Borrow
- Jackets and ski pants can often be borrowed for kids and most people are happy to lend them out, especially if they were outgrown after just a season or two.
- Turtlenecks and sweaters are worth trying to borrow for your kids. While they aren't expensive to buy, it can add up.
- Jackets and ski pants for adults can be rented at Destination Sports for $16 per item, per day. Call ahead to schedule youre clothing rental to make sure they have your size.
- Anything that touches your skin. Even if it's 10 degrees you still work up a sweat skiing or snowboarding. You wouldn't wear some else's gym socks, would you?
- Gloves and goggles. You'll want your own and your kids won't outgrow them immediately.
- Any and all adult gear. Because why not? You deserve it. I've found some great deals at Sierra Trading Post and they didn't pay me to say that.
Whatever you do, dress appropriately. The right gear can make or break an otherwise perfect day.
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"Roasting corn this way is as old as the Ozark hills in which I was raised. My grandpa always salted and peppered his butter on the edge of his plate before spreading it on his corn, and I did the same as a kid. Roast plenty - this corn is a favorite!" —Allene Bary-Cooper, Wichita Falls, Texas
- 8 medium ears sweet corn
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons lemon-pepper seasoning
- Carefully peel back corn husks to within 1 in. of bottoms; remove silk. Rewrap corn in husks; secure with kitchen string. Place in a stockpot; cover with cold water. Soak 20 minutes; drain.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix butter and lemon-pepper. Grill corn, covered, over medium heat 20-25 minutes or until tender, turning often.
- Cut string and peel back husks. Serve corn with butter mixture. Yield: 8 servings.
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"This was very tasty. I cut my corn off the cob and put directly in the season melted butter. Served it like that. We all liked it."


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August 1, 1995
Avionics manufacturers have for some time used large airshows in spring and summer to launch new products. But between the big events, there's a vitally important industry show, put on by the Aircraft Electronics Association. Aimed at avionics retailers and installers, in the past the AEA confab has been the jumping-off point for many new pieces of hardware.
This year's event was no exception. A number of new and important products appeared at the Washington, D.C., show, including a new GPS/comm from Garmin, a miniature handheld GPS from II Morrow, a groundbreaking audio panel/intercom from PS Engineering, a no-nonsense handheld GPS from Magellan, and an engine monitoring setup from the fuel-flow wizards at Shadin. Though we haven't used any of these products yet, we think a timely introduction to them is in order.
Garmin, it seems, hardly ever rests. With new handhelds coming out in rapid succession and continuing development on the panel-mount GPS side, the Lenexa, Kansas-based company seems unwilling to let its engineers sit back and take a cappuccino break. Proof is in Garmin's new VFR GPS/ comm, called the GNC 250. This combo unit employs much of the GPS portion of the Garmin GPS 150. As such, it includes the company's MultiTrac8 GPS engine and an extensive Jeppesen-supplied database that includes information on airports (with runway and communications information), navaids, en route intersections, and flight service station frequencies. The GNC 250 also contains information on area safe altitudes and special-use airspace. Garmin fitted the GNC with a fluorescent, four-line dot- matrix display.
As Bendix/King did with the KLX 135 and Northstar with the SmartComm — combining a GPS with a VHF communications radio — so has Garmin. Inside the GNC 250 is a 760-channel VHF transceiver that carries Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval. Garmin claims the radio has a 5-watt transmitter (typical in this class, incidentally), automatic squelch control, and standard headset output with transmit sidetone. A stuck-mic warning signals the pilot to long-winded conversations (or real stuck mic switches) lasting 35 seconds or more. Perhaps the most useful feature of the combined GPS/comm is the ability to link the navigator's database with the transceiver. Garmin allows the user to select from database-listed channels for comm use, a handy way of saving knob twisting.
Garmin expects the GNC 250 to cost $3,250 when it appears in the third quarter of 1995.
For more information, contact Garmin International, 9875 Widmer Road, Lenexa, Kansas 66215; telephone 913/599-1515.
No question, the handheld GPS market continues to be hotly contested. Right on the heels of Garmin's launch of the diminutive GPS 90 (see " Pilot Products," June Pilot), II Morrow attacks, bulldog-like, with the Apollo Precedus. Another tidy GPS with integral moving-map display, the Precedus is intended to supplement the model 920+ in the II Morrow lineup. As has become the norm in this class, the Precedus uses a simplified keypad approach to data entry, with just nine keys on the front panel; this is a setup similar to that used in the 920+ and the panel-mount Apollo 360 GPS/moving map.
Precedus' feature list is long. Many of the display pages can be customized by the user; this is similar to II Morrow's NMS 2001 setup, and quite desirable. The company also says the Precedus' display is the largest of any handheld's in the aviation market. Moreover, II Morrow has probably overcome the bane of all handheld devices — the battery — by employing commonly available cellular telephone battery packs.
Jeppesen supplies the Precedus' database — including information on airports, navaids, en route intersections, and special-use airspace — and it can be updated through a serial cable to a personal computer. Moreover, we've been told that this PC link will also allow changes to the Precedus' operating software to be made easily, allowing for quick and painless future updates in the privacy of your own home.
Precedus' antenna normally resides at the top of the unit but can be unsnapped for optimum positioning in the cockpit. II Morrow has set the Precedus' list price at $1,395 — $100 more than the current list of the 920+ — and expects it to sell for about $1,175 on the street.
For more information, contact II Morrow Inc., 2345 Turner Road S.E., Salem, Oregon 97302; telephone 800/525-6726.
Audio selector panels have long been considered necessary but hardly sexy devices. They are charged with the dull task of sorting the many signals from the radio stack. PS Engineering, however, has broadened the duties of the lowly audio panel with the PMA6000. It's an audio panel, sure — plug-compatible with the popular Bendix/King KMA 24 — but with a host of new features.
It starts with the guts of PS Engineering's PM1000II mono intercom, itself consisting of six intercom stations, individual microphone circuits, dual entertainment inputs, and pilot-isolate features. According to the company, the PMA6000's version of the intercom is electronically identical to the standard PM1000II (See " Black Box Basics: Panel-Mount Pickin's," p. 113).
In making stand-alone intercoms, PS Engineering's been there, done that. But by incorporating the intercom into the very box responsible for forging order out of communications chaos, PS Engineering has brought a couple of clever features to bear. Most notably, the PMA6000 allows full jet-crew-style separation of radio duties among the front-row occupants. The pilot may hem and haw with ATC on one radio while the copilot plies flight service for information on that big, nasty cell just ahead on another. No having to switch back and forth, nor must they listen to two signals overlap, as is so often the case, incomprehensibly.
Split communications features aren't new to GA cockpits, however; David Clark's DC 500 intercom contains similar provisions. The major difference, we're told, is that combining all the circuitry in the audio panel box eliminates much difficult wiring. That should please avionics installers to no end. The PMA6000 is said to require only one more connector in addition to what's probably already wired into the stack to make the whole ensemble come together. In this sense, plugging a PMA6000 into the avionics suite ought to be no more difficult than wiring a separate intercom system.
PS Engineering says that by late summer it will begin shipping the PMA6000 at a suggested retail price of $995. An internal marker-beacon receiver (most KMA 24s have one built in, so this will probably be a popular option) lists for $295.
For more information, contact PS Engineering Inc., 9800 Martel Road, Lenoir City, Tennessee 37771; telephone 615/988-9800.
You've got light beer, low-calorie dinner entrees, and fat-free fudge brownies — so it's no surprise to see the launch of an austerity- conscious GPS like the Magellan SkyBlazer LT. Yes, you could say LT stands for "light." From its normal SkyBlazer handheld GPS, Magellan has stripped away the moving map and its associated software — and slashed the price. For a measly $499, you get an otherwise full- featured GPS with integral database and all the normal accessories.
What hasn't changed is the SkyBlazer's simplified cursor- driven menu system, Jeppesen database that can be updated by personal computer, and wafer-like 14-ounce heft. In the navigation modes, the LT will show all the critical information — indeed, it's all stuff we would have killed for just five years ago — including distance and bearing to a selected waypoint, ground speed and course, and time to station. In addition, the LT can hold up to 500 user-defined waypoints and can search for airports or navaids by ident or facility name. The LT even includes an E6-B-style calculator.
For more information, contact Magellan Systems Corporation, 960 Overland Court, San Dimas, California 91773; telephone 909/394-5000.
Shadin, long known for its fuel computers, has branched out into other areas of engine monitoring. Its new DigiTrend system incorporates a slew of powerplant-watching functions into a 3.125- inch-diameter instrument just more than 7 inches long.
As expected, the Digi-Trend includes a fuel-flow sensor and related fuel-computer functions. It keeps track of overall flow and fuel remaining. What's more, with the help of data from a loran or GPS, it can predict fuel at the destination, based on in-flight conditions and fuel used. Computations of endurance, as well as mileage, are but a button-push away. These are truly handy features that have been part of Shadin's line for some time.
But the DigiTrend goes several steps further. It connects to all-cylinder EGT and CHT probes to offer a graphic representation of those parameters, albeit in a window smaller than that used by the leading engine monitors. A mixture-leaning mode waits for a cylinder's EGT to peak, signaling an alarm when it has done so. Different versions of the mode allow for leaning to peak EGT or to best-power EGT. Similarly, the DigiTrend monitors all the CHT channels, alerting the pilot when preset limits have been exceeded, when the parameters change quickly enough to suggest shock cooling, or when there is a significant spread among the cylinders.
As they say in the late-night infomercials: Wait, there's more. An air-data sensor — for airspeed, altitude, and outside-air temperature — can be connected to the DigiTrend to provide information on density altitude and cruise performance. A heading synchro completes the picture and allows for automatic determination of winds aloft.
Shadin hopes to have the DigiTrend ready for customers by mid-August, at a cost of $3,450 for singles and $4,350 for twins.
For more information, contact Shadin Company Inc., 6831 Oxford Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426; telephone 800/328- 0584.
Coming out with a new flashlight is a bit like reinventing the wheel. What's left to change? How could you make it better? Well, Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA) has fired up its own version of the portable torch with the Flightlight.
Constructed of machined aluminum and sporting a Krypton bulb, the Flightlight is powered by a pair of AA batteries. At first glance, the Flightlight looks the spitting image of the ever-popular mini Maglite — a show of hands for those of you who don't have a half dozen of these babies rolling around in the flight case.
But ASA has taken the venerable Maglite design a step further, using a different power switch and focusing arrangement. With the Maglites, you must twist the reflector casing to turn it on and continue twisting to alter the focus point of the beam. ASA fitted the Flightlight with a detented rotary switch in the reflector assembly; twist it a click and it's on, another click and it's off. Focus is now handled, zoom-lens-style by sliding the whole reflector shell fore and aft.
In a couple of months of testing, we never found the Flightlight at the bottom of the case, switch on and batteries dead. This cannot be said of the few Maglites swimming around down there like amoeba. If there's a drawback, it's that the ASA light's focusing mechanism is a bit more difficult to finely tune than the Maglite's, but it's a minor point, really. The Flightlight should be available at a pilot supply store near you, at a suggested retail price of $14.95, about the same as comparably sized Maglites.
For more information, contact Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 7005 132nd Place S.E., Newcastle, Washington 98059; telephone 206/235-1500.
Sporty's Pilot Shop recently introduced its Chart Illuminator for glare-free illumination of charts during night operations. The chart illuminator has an acrylic plastic cover on which a grease pencil may be used. The Chart Illuminator is available for $19.95, requires four AA batteries, and weighs 12 ounces. For more information, contact Sporty's at 800/SPORTYS. — Peter A. Bedell
Unless otherwise stated, products listed herein have not been evaluated by AOPA Pilot editors. AOPA assumes no responsibility for products or services listed or for claims or actions by manufacturers or vendors. However, members unable to get satisfaction regarding products listed should advise AOPA. To submit products for evaluation, contact: New Products Editor, AOPA Pilot, 421 Aviation Way, Frederick, Maryland 21701; telephone 301/695-2350.
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You can stop in to our walk in clinic at 1204 Logan Ave. on Wednesdays from 1-4pm, or make an appointment for another day/time by calling 815-544-9730, or visit us at one of our offsite clinics listed below.
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Lead Poisoning in children is serious....and preventable.
The Boone County Health Department has a new grant program in place for Boone County residents that help identify and correct lead paint hazards in homes. Please see our link to the right entitled "Environmental & Regulatory Services" for facts on lead, to see if you qualify, and to find out how to apply.
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In 1966, the Boone County Health Council, which was introduced in 1937, was dissolved and the Boone County Health Department (BCHD) was established by resolution. In 1985, Boone county voters passed a referendum allowing the county to levy a tax in support of public health. The department has since met the criteria necessary to be designated as a certified public health department by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Boone County Board of Health
A volunteer, 11-member Board of Health is appointed by the county board chairman and approved by the county board. Illinois state statute requires the board include: two physicians, a dentist, a county board representative, and interested community members. These volunteers serve 3-year terms and represent the community at large. The Board of Health governs health department operational issues such as the annual budget and the development of policy and procedures. For Board of Health meeting dates, minutes, and agendas, click here.


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Email setup on iOS Devices
This article will show you how to setup email on your iOS based device. These settings will work on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. While the screen shots are from an iPhone running iOS the same settings should work on any iOS device.
- New Account Information
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- Cannot Verify Server Identity
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- How to store Sent, Drafts and Trash on the server
How to configure your iOS device
- Tap Settings
- Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars
- Tap Add Mail Account
- Choose Other
- Choose Add Mail Account
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- Enter your Name
- Enter your email address as the Address
- Enter the password for your email address
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- User Name: Your email address.
- Password: The password for your email address.
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Hey Guys,
My 4yr old DD would like to know how the doctor got her baby brother out of my belly. What do I tell her?
Here's how I answered my 4 year old daughters when they asked this question:
"I pushed you out of my vagina. Do you know where your vagina is? Some mommies aren't able to push their babies out of their vaginas and the doctor helps them get their babies out through their tummies."
~C, married 12 years to D
Piano playing mama of three great kids- two violinists and my intact little guy
DS, Aiden, 7-12-09 and welcome to DS, Liam, born on 1-2-13, exactly 5 weeks early!
Hey Guys!
I normally don't post and run but ended up really busy the day I started this.
We were getting ready to drop off at daycare when she asked so I asked her how she thought her brother got out of my stomach. Her response was fireworks. Lol. I asked her what she meant by fireworks and she said that she thinks the doctor puts fireworks on top of my stomach and blows the baby out.
After we got home that night we talked about it and I told her mommies have a special place they push the babies out of. She liked her idea better.
Truth. Like PP's have said.
Mind your own vagina, thanks. -ThisCharmingMaman
My 3 year-old son was very aware of what went down when his sister was born. And it wasn't awkward at all when he ran into the bathroom to look for the baby's head every time I was going pee.
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My kids had fun with this question. I told them the truth but they decided to come up with other ways for the baby to come out. My daughter was more disgusted about being in the tummy then the getting out part. hehe
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The truth. We had that conversation with DS when he was just under 3 and all of his friends started "getting" siblings. He handled it well - then shared with his daycare friends which made for some interesting phone calls...oops.
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But you didn't tell the truth. The baby comes out THE VAGINA not a hole in the vagina.
The baby passes THROUGH the vagina (birth canal). You vagina is not a hole, it has holes.


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Welcome Week
Welcome Week begins each semester at CU! Check out the list of great events that CU International has planned. To download a copy of the list in PDF format, click here to download.
International Coffee Hour
CU students, scholars, staff, and faculty are welcome at International Coffee Hour!
Are you… Someone who likes good conversations with interesting people? An armchair traveler? An International Affairs major? A Study Abroad Program returnee? An international student or scholar?
Please join us for International Coffee Hour, Friday afternoons, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., across from Baby Doe's in the UMC Grill. International Coffee Hour happens every week while classes are in session, except during school breaks and summer. Free refreshments! No reservations are required.
Special thanks to the following local departments, which generously donated items or gift cards to the weekly drawing at the International Coffee Hour:
- Counseling and Psychological Services
- College of Business
- College of Engineering
- United ?Government of Graduate Students
- Residence Life / Apartment Life
- Office of Victim Assistance
Almost every Wednesday, CU International meets 'somewhere' in Boulder to have a casual and relaxing dinner. Venues range from cheap and simple to a little more expensive and rather elaborate, but we try to go to a variety of places.
Check out our list of recommended restaurants, which is always growing and changing — Boulder is a great place for all kinds of restaurants!
If you would like to get updates on Wednesday @ Somewhere, and because attending dinner sometimes requires that we have an idea of how many people will attend, please sign up for our email list or join our Facebook group. You can also sign up for Twitter updates if you would like updates to your phone or through Twitter.
Politics & Sports
We occasionally hold events for political happenings and sports events in order to explain our political process and our unique American sports. During the past election season, we held informative sessions such as Election 101, in which American students and political professors helped educate students in how the electoral vote works and why Americans have the political system that exists today.
We also hold an event called American Football 101, in which the basics of American football are casually taught to students over pizza and drinks, usually in anticipation of a CU game or the Super Bowl (the annual championship game, held in late January or early February). We also try to make it to CU sports events and occasionally a professional baseball game. Details will be made available as the events are planned through the CU International Google Group.
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After dinner at your friend's house, your friend says, "Why don't you have some more cake? I baked it myself from scratch—and it's chocolate, your favorite."
You're full after one delicious slice, but how can you say no to seconds when your friend put in all that effort? You don't want to hurt her feelings…so you accept that second slice.
And that, my friends, is why being a "people-pleaser" is a recipe for weight gain. In fact, a new study from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland reinforces that concept, revealing how our friends, family members and colleagues influence what we eat a lot more than we may think.
But if you're a people-pleaser, don't worry. There are strategies that you can use to combat this peer pressure and speak up so you can slim down.
In the study, researchers gave 101 male and female college students a questionnaire to measure their people-pleasing characteristics (such as how much they worried about hurting other people's feelings, whether they put others' needs first and how sensitive they were to criticism). Next, each student sat down with an actor who was pretending to be another participant in the study. The actor took a small handful from a bowl of M&Ms and offered it to the student, asking "Would you like some?"—thereby encouraging the subject to partake of the fattening food.
Afterward, researchers questioned the students about how much they took and ate and why. And what they found was this—the higher that a student had scored on the people-pleasing questionnaire, the more likely that he or she would take the same amount of candies as the actor took. And the lower a student scored on the people-pleasing questionnaire, the less likely that he or she took the same amount of candies as the actor took. These findings were published this past February in Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.
To find out why some subjects were so prone to follow someone else's lead, I called lead author Julie J. Exline, PhD, an associate professor of psychology at the university. "If you're a people-pleaser and you sense that another person wants you to eat, you're likely to eat, because you're afraid to rock the boat," she said. Your main goal, in other words, is to maintain social harmony—even if the cost of doing so is an expanding waistline—and many people may not even realize that they're doing this, Dr. Exline added.
Do you hate letting others down? Do you fear disagreement or disapproval? If so, you may be a people-pleaser, and you may need to give yourself a pep talk before going to that next party, dinner, picnic or other social outing. "The first step is recognizing that you may be especially vulnerable to peer pressure," said Dr. Exline. "Remind yourself that if you cave in, you are apt to regret it later."
Next, she said, whenever you are eating around other people, it's a good idea to consciously ask yourself whether you would be taking your next bite because you truly want it…or because you think that someone else wants you to.
If it's the latter, then you can compromise (if you feel you must)—for example, accept the piece of birthday or anniversary cake for its symbolic value, but then eat only a bite or two and put the rest aside so you're not tempted to eat more. That's entirely acceptable socially!
Or, of course, you can decline—just do it artfully so you won't hurt the other person's feelings and then you'll have nothing to feel guilty about. For example, if your colleague keeps offering you homemade cookies, you might say, "Thank you so much—these look great, but I'm on a diet right now, so unfortunately, I'll have to pass" or "I'm so full from lunch that I couldn't eat any more right now, but I appreciate the offer."


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Here's something that might surprise you: The best leaders do not attempt to motivate their employees, athletes, students or children.
In fact, those people in leadership positions who try to light fires for others tend to not keep their jobs for long. However, those who know the difference between leadership and motivation create a different legacy; their impact on others endures.[…] Continue Reading »


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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Human Rights Committee
Distr.: General
8 December 2011
Original: English
Communication No. 1563/2007
Views adopted by the Committee at its 103rd session, 17 October to 4 November
Submitted by: Oldřiška (Olga) Jünglingová (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim: The author
State party: The Czech Republic
Date of communication: 29 May 2006 (initial submission)
Document references: Special Rapporteur's rule 97 decision, transmitted to the State party on 14 May 2007 (not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of Views: 24 October 2011
Subject matter: Discrimination on the basis of citizenship with respect to restitution of property
Procedural issue: Abuse of the right to submit a communication
Substantive issues: Equality before the law; equal protection of the law
Article of the Covenant: 26
Articles of the Optional Protocol: 3
On 24 October 2011, the Human Rights Committee adopted the annexed text as the Committee's Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol in respect of communication No. 1563/2007.
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights (103rd session)
Communication No. 1563/2007**
Submitted by: Oldřiška (Olga) Jünglingová (not represented by counsel)
Alleged victim:
State party:
Date of communication:
The author The Czech Republic 29 May 2006 (initial submission)
The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 24 October 2011,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 1563/2007, submitted to the Human Rights Committee by Ms. Oldřiška (Olga) Jünglingová under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the author of the communication and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol
1. The author of the communication, dated 29 May 2006, is Oldřiška (Olga) Jünglingová, a naturalized American citizen residing in the United States of America and born on 19 February 1917 in Bystročice, District of Olomouc, former Czechoslovakia. She claims to be a victim of a violation by the Czech Republic of article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.1 She is not represented by counsel.
The facts as submitted by the author
2.1 The author's husband, Augustin Jüngling, an evangelical pastor, fled Czechoslovakia shortly after the communist coup of February 1948 and the author and her two daughters followed him in 1949. The family obtained United States citizenship in 1957, and lived in the United States until their return to the Czech Republic in 1994.
2.2 On 31 March 1938, the author had obtained, as part of her dowry, two parcels of land, recorded in the Land Register in Olomouc as parcels No. 219/1, of 86.180 m2, and No. 324/3, of 183.280 m2. A piano, which was not on that list, had been purchased new for 20,000 Czech koruna. The author also had a bank deposit of 15,990 Czech koruna. After she left Czechoslovakia, all the author's possessions, including her land parcels, equipped house and furniture, were confiscated by the State.
2.3 An agreement on the release of real property between the Agricultural Cooperative Bystročice- Žerůvsky and the author was concluded on 20 October 1995. The District Land Office in Olomouc rejected this agreement on 23 April 1996 under Act No. 229/1991, on the basis that the author did not meet the condition of Czech citizenship as of 31 January 1993,2 as she only acquired citizenship on 29 May 1995. On 4 February 1997, the Regional Court in Ostrava confirmed the decision of the District Land Office in Olomouc. On 13 August 1997, the District Land Office of Olomouc ruled that both parcels had become the property of the Municipality of Bystročice. The property had been evaluated in 1950 at 37,952 Czech Crowns and sold.
2.4 On 22 February 1999, the District Court of Olomouc rejected the author's claim for compensation for 60,000 Czech crowns under Law No. 87/1991 on extrajudicial rehabilitation, on the ground that she should have submitted her claim before the deadline set by the law and as she was not a Czech citizen within the statutory restitution period.3 On 24 May 2000, this decision was confirmed by the Regional Court in Ostrava.
2.5 The author contends that no domestic remedies are available for the restitution of her property, referring to a decision 4 of the Constitutional Court, which upheld the constitutionality of Law No. 87/1991.
The complaint
3. The author claims that the Czech Republic violated her rights under article 26 of the Covenant in its application of Law No. 87/1991, which requires Czech citizenship for property restitution.
State party's observations on admissibility and merits
4.1 On 12 November 2007, the State party submits its observations on the admissibility and merits. It refers to the applicable law, namely Act No. 229/1991 on the Regulation of Property Relations to the Land and Other Agricultural Property and Law No. 87/1991 on extrajudicial rehabilitation.
4.2 Under Act No. 229/1991, section 4, paragraph 1, and section 13, paragraph 4, a Czechoslovak citizen was entitled to recover his/her legal title over land which had previously passed on to the State within a fixed time limit (by 31 January 1993). Law No. 87/1991 (section 3, paragraph 1, and section 13, paragraph 2) further allowed entitled persons, i.e. Czechoslovak citizens, compensation (60,000 Czech Crowns), where the judicial decision by which the State had seized their real property was subsequently rescinded under Act No. 119/1990 on Judicial Rehabilitation. Such compensation request had to be filed within one year of the day of entry into force of the Act, or within one year of the day of finality of the judgement which dismissed the claim for recovery.
4.3 The State party outlines the reasons for which the author's restitution requests were rejected: in addition to the fact that she did not submit her claims within the time limits set forth under Act No. 229/1991 and Law No. 87/1991, and that she was not a Czech citizen within the relevant statutory period, the author should have engaged legal proceedings against the municipality of Bystročice, rather than the Cooperative Zemědělské družstvo Bystročice-Žerůvsky, with whom she had concluded an agreement for the release of the property on 20 October 1995. A further reason for dismissing her request was the fact that, contrary to the explicit provision of Law No. 87/1991, section 13, paragraph 2, part of the confiscated property consisted in real property.
4.4 The State party further submits that the communication should be found inadmissible for abuse of the right of submission under article 3, of the Optional Protocol. The State party recalls the Committee's jurisprudence according to which the Optional Protocol does not set forth any fixed time limits and that a mere delay in submitting a communication in itself does not constitute an abuse of the right of its submission. The State party however submits that the author submitted her communication before the Committee on 29 May 2006, which is six years after the last decision of the domestic court dated 24 May 2000. The State party argues that the author has not presented any reasonable justification for this delay, and therefore considers that the communication should be declared inadmissible by the Committee.5
4.5 On the merits, the State party argues that the author failed to comply with the legal citizenship requirement and recalls its earlier submissions in similar cases, clarifying the rationale and historic reasons for the legal scheme adopted on property restitution. In conclusion, it states that the Committee should declare the communication inadmissible under article 3 of the Optional Protocol, or, in the alternative, find it ill-founded under article 26 of the Covenant.
Author's comments
5.1 On 4 January 2008, the author submits her comments on the State party's observations on the admissibility and merits.
5.2 With regard to her belated submission of the present communication, she argues that the State party does not publish any decisions by the Human Rights Committee; hence she only belatedly became aware of this avenue.
5.3 Concerning the merits, the author reiterates the discriminatory nature of the citizenship requirement contained in Act No. 229/1991 and Law No. 87/1991, in breach of her rights under article 26 of the Covenant.
Issues and proceedings before the Committee
Consideration of admissibility
6.1 Before considering any claim contained in a communication, the Human Rights Committee must, in accordance with rule 93 of its rules of procedure, decide whether or not the communication is admissible under the Optional Protocol to the Covenant.
6.2 The Committee has ascertained that the same matter is not being examined under another procedure of international investigation or settlement for purposes of article 5, paragraph 2 (a), of the Optional Protocol.
6.3 The Committee observes that the author has not exhausted all available domestic remedies, as she could have appealed the decision of the Regional Court of Ostrava of 24 May 2000. The Committee nevertheless recalls that the author of a communication need not exhaust domestic remedies when these remedies are known to be ineffective. It observes that other claimants have unsuccessfully challenged the constitutionality of the law in question; that earlier views of the Committee in similar cases remain unimplemented and that the Constitutional Court nevertheless upheld the constitutionality of the Restitution Law.6 Recalling its previous jurisprudence,7 the Committee is of the view that any further appeal of the author would have been futile.
6.4 The Committee has noted the State party's argument that the communication should be considered inadmissible as an abuse of the right of submission of a communication under article 3 of the Optional Protocol in view of the delay in submitting the communication to the Committee. The State party asserts that the author waited more than six years after exhaustion of domestic remedies before submitting her complaint to the Committee. The author argues that the delay was caused by lack of available information. The Committee observes that according to its new rule of procedure 96 (c), applicable to communications received by the Committee after 1 January 2012, the Committee shall ascertain that the communication does not constitute an abuse of the right of submission. An abuse of the right of submission is not, in principle, a basis of a decision of inadmissibility ratione temporis on grounds of delay in submission. However, a communication may constitute an abuse of the right of submission, when it is submitted after five years from the exhaustion of domestic remedies by the author of the communication, or, where applicable, after three years from the conclusion of another procedure of international investigation or settlement, unless there are reasons justifying the delay taking into account all the circumstances of the communication. Nevertheless, in the meantime and in accordance with its current jurisprudence, the Committee considers that in the particular circumstances of the instant case it does not consider the delay of six years and five days since the exhaustion of domestic remedies to amount to an abuse of the right of submission under article 3 of the Optional Protocol.8 The Committee therefore decides that the communication is admissible, in so far as it appears to raise issues under article 26 of the Covenant.
Consideration of the merits
7.1 The Human Rights Committee has considered the present communication in the light of all the information made available to it by the parties, as provided in article 5, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol.
7.2 The issue before the Committee, as it has been presented by the parties, is whether the application to the author of Law No. 87/1991 on extrajudicial rehabilitation amounted to discrimination, in violation of article 26, of the Covenant. The Committee reiterates its jurisprudence that not all differentiations in treatment can be deemed to be discriminatory under article 26. A differentiation which is compatible with the provisions of the Covenant and is based on objective and reasonable grounds does not amount to prohibited discrimination within the meaning of article 26.9
7.3 The Committee recalls its Views in the numerous Czech property restitution cases,10 where it held that article 26 had been violated and that it would be incompatible with the Covenant to require the authors to obtain Czech citizenship as a prerequisite for the restitution of their property or, alternatively, for the payment of appropriate compensation. Bearing in mind that the authors' original entitlement to their properties had not been predicated on citizenship, it found in those cases that the citizenship requirement was unreasonable. In the case Des Fours Walderode,11 the Committee observed that a requirement in the law for citizenship as a necessary condition for restitution of property previously confiscated by the authorities makes an arbitrary, and consequently a discriminatory, distinction between individuals who are equally victims of prior State confiscations, and constitutes a violation of article 26 of the Covenant. The Committee considers that the principle established in the above cases equally applies to the author of the present communication, and therefore concludes that the application to the author of the citizenship requirement under Law No. 87/1991 violates her rights under article 26 of the Covenant.
8. The Human Rights Committee, acting under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol, is of the view that the facts before it disclose a violation of article 26 of the Covenant.
9. In accordance with article 2, paragraph 3 (a), of the Covenant, the State party is under an obligation to provide the author with an effective remedy, including compensation if her property cannot be returned. The Committee reiterates that the State party should review its legislation to ensure that all persons enjoy both equality before the law and equal protection of the law.
10. Bearing in mind that, by becoming a party to the Optional Protocol, the State party has recognized the competence of the Committee to determine whether there has been a violation of the Covenant or not, and that, pursuant to article 2 of the Covenant, the State party has undertaken to ensure to all individuals within its territory or subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the Covenant and to provide an effective and enforceable remedy in case that a violation has been established, the Committee wishes to receive from the State party, within 180 days, information about the measures taken to give effect to the Committee's Views. The State party is also requested to publish the Committee's Views and to have them translated in the official language of the State party and widely distributed.
[Adopted in English, French and Spanish, the English text being the original version. Subsequently to be issued also in Arabic, Chinese and Russian as part of the Committee's annual report to the General Assembly.]
** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Mr. Lazhari Bouzid, Ms. Christine Chanet, Mr. Ahmad Amin Fathalla, Mr. Cornelis Flinterman, Mr. Yuji Iwasawa, Mr. Rajsoomer Lallah, Ms. Zonke Zanele Majodina, Ms. Iulia Antoanella Motoc, Mr. Gerald L. Neuman, Mr. Rafael Rivas Posada, Mr. Fabian Omar Salvioli and Ms. Margo Waterval.
1 The Optional Protocol entered into force for the Czech Republic on 1 January 1993, as a consequence of the Czech Republic's notification of succession to the ratification of the Optional Protocol by the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic on 12 March 1991.
2 Act No. 229/1991 on the Regulation of Property Relations to the Land and Other Agricultural Property, sect. 13, para. 4.
3 Law No. 87/1991 on extrajudicial rehabilitation was adopted by the Czech Government, spelling out the conditions for recovery of property for persons whose property had been confiscated under the Communist rule. Under this law, in order to claim entitlement to recover property, a person claiming restitution of the property had to be, inter alia, (a) a Czech citizen, and (b) a permanent resident in the Czech Republic. These requirements had to be fulfilled during the time period in which restitution claims could be filed, namely between 1 April and 1 October 1991. A judgment by the Czech Constitutional Court of 12 July 1994 (No. 164/1994) annulled the condition of permanent residence and established a new time-frame for the submission of restitution claims by persons who had thereby become entitled persons, running from 1 November 1994 to 1 May 1995.
4 Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Pl.US.33/96-41, 4 June 1997.
5 The State party refers to communication No. 787/1997, Gobin v. Mauritius, decision of inadmissibility of 16 July 2001, para. 6.3.
6 Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Pl. ÙS. 33/96-41.
7 See, for example, communication No. 1742/2007, Gschwind v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 27 July 2010, para. 6.4.
8 See communication No. 1574/2007, Slezak v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 20 July 2009, para. 6.3.
9 See communication No. 182/1984, Zwaan-de Vries v. The Netherlands, Views adopted on 9 April 1987, para. 13.
10 Communications No. 516/1992, Simunek v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 19 July 1995, para. 11.6; No. 586/1994, Adam v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 23 July 1996, para. 12.6; No. 857/1999, Blazek v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 12 July 2001, para. 5.8; No. 945/2000, Marik v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 26 July 2005, para. 6.4; No. 1054/2002, Krìz v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 1 November 2005, para. 7.3; No. 1463/2006, Gratzinger v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 25 October 2007, para. 7.5; and No. 1533/2006, Ondracka and Ondracka v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 31 October 2007, para. 7.3.
11 Communication No. 747/1997, Des Fours Walderode v. Czech Republic, Views adopted on 30 October 2001, paras. 8.3–8.4.


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