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During the first five years of my 20's, I broke up with a boyfriend I really loved but knew wasn't right for me. Two days later I met my husband. I learned that you won't attract what you want and need until you make room for it. When you make room for it, and live your life in such a way as to attract it, it will come. (more on that here.)
During the first five years of my 20's, I got married, moved to a new city, and started up Story of My Life. I learned that following your passions is essential to a fulfilling life. A silly little passion for blogging turned into a passion for photography, and both combined are turning into something even greater, that I'm still watching unfold. I learned that you have to give yourself a little time to explore those passions, even if they seem trivial to everyone else.
During the first five years of my twenties, I learned a lot about what it means to love someone, for better or for worse. My husband and I have already been through a ton together, and we have learned to take our vows seriously, and do what it takes to make love last when things get REAL. It involves sacrifice. Being intelligent about what you say and how you act and what you do (or don't do) for each other. I learned why they say marriage is work, but it's work that I love.
During the first five years of my twenties, I watched someone I love die. I watched as cancer ate away at my step dad's physical body over a span of several years, and ultimately, I watched as it claimed his last breath. What was stunning to me, though, and where I learned the most, was the way that cancer couldn't take his spirit. Couldn't take the love between him and my mom. I learned that some things that wither up and kill and take away, cause other things grow, like love and dignity and courage. It's not just true for diseases, but for all the trials in our life. The old Robert Browning Hamilton poem says is best: "I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chatted all the way; But left me none the wiser, For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow, And ne'er a word said she; But, oh! The things I learned from her, When sorrow walked with me."
Didn't mean to get all heavy on you guys, but Sarah should know better than to ask me such a loaded question! :P Thanks so much for having me!!
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Andy Murray showed some real muscle today - and I'm not talking about those spindly arms he's brandishing here.
The Brit baller dug deep and came back from a 2 set to love deficit to oust Richard Gasquet 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-4 in a epic battle and in front of a raucous home crowd. Andy also made the first Grand Slam quarterfinal in his career with this win. But the task gets a lot tougher in the next round - Andy gets Rafael Nadal. Scary!
So is it me or did this match, the way Andy 2.0 gutted this out with real grit, remind anyone else of the original Andy's old ways? What a shame A-Rod.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
PHOTO OP: Murray muscles way into first Grand Slam quarterfinal
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I figured Gasquet would choke, but this one has to hurt badly. Wow. It was nice to see Andy so pumped up and positive for a change though. And some of those shots were insane, especially in the tie break. He'll have his hands full trying to go five with Rafa. Somehow I don't think even the ambitious crowd will be able to help him over that hurdle.ReplyDelete
we'll see b2012 - it'll be a good match for sure!ReplyDelete
Nice point comparing him to Roddick of old. Hadn't thought about that.ReplyDelete
But what if Rafa's knee swells & stiffens? I said knee. If he can't move, the crowd's enthusiasm could help Andy to a win. But that's a big but(t)...
Still don't see Murray winning, but it should be a fun match.
you're out of control - love it natch!ReplyDelete
i know - big question mark on the knee. really unfortunate but it may be nothing.
I was reminded of how Gasquet "stole" his match last year against Roddick - coming back from two sets and a break down in the quarters to win it. So maybe this was some karmic payback? Too bad for Andy R. that it was the other Andy benefiting. Yo! Vishnu! That's Andy Roddick not Andy Murray!ReplyDelete


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Planet Earth. Big fan. Which is why it's so exciting to be an IBMer right now. Some of the things that we are doing with our Smarter Planet solutions are, for lack of a better word, ground breaking.
IBM has a track record on being right with regard to understanding the needs of our customers and being there with solutions for them.
Smarter Planet is no different. Smarter Planet is responding to the need for living in harmony with the world we live in.
This idea though, is not just an IBM thing. It's a world thing. It's a revolution.
Which is why this Start thing in the United Kingdom is so cool. One my fellow IBMers made me aware of this, and here's what they sent me:
Start is a national initiative by The Prince's Charities to promote and celebrate sustainable living. It aims to demonstrate what a more energy efficient, cleaner and healthier future could look like. During 2010, Start will grow into a vibrant and diverse programme, which will engage people right across the UK.
The IBM Summit is the business to business component of Start and will each day will engage 120 global leaders in business, the public sector and academia to discuss the varying economic, societal and environmental aspects of sustainability. Each of the Summit's nine days has a unique theme including cities, energy, transportation, skills & people, youth, supply chain, finance and analytics. The final day of the vent will combine the work of all days into a discussion on Smarter Business.
IBM is a sponsor and participating in the event, but this is being run by Prince Charles and his organization. Some of the speakers at Start include Sam Palmisano and Ginni Rometty (W00T!*) as well as Stella McCartney and other business people and offiicals from the UK and Europe.
You can follow the event on the official website (startuk.org) or by using some of the links below for the IBM Summit, and you don't have to live in the UK to get value out of these sites or to start a conversation about this in your area.
And to quote Anchroman Ron Burgundy, "Stay classy, Earth!."
IBM Start Links
- The IBM Summit at Start Online Press Room (start here)
- #IBMStart (Twitter)
- IBM UK Livestream
- YouTube video channel
- Flickr Gallery
[*Update: I realized as I was driving home from the comic book store that some folks might not know what the term "W00T" means. It is, according to Wikipedia, "...express happiness or excitement" and has replaced "awesome" in my day-to-day vernacular. In this post, for example, it is in reference to two of our amazing execs speaking at this event. I recommend trying it in conversation.]


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They say it's a model that has never been tried before in education: A private college partnering with an impoverished public school to build a joint state-of-the-art facility that will house both.
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Fast Eddie's Racecars & FabricationWritten by Mike Finnegan on September 1, 2010 Shop Tour
Eddie Larnerd is a high school metal shop class prodigy, who turned his welding skills into a career spent crafting awesome custom and race cars. After learning metal fab skills at various shops and respected fabricators like Steve Davis, Eddie opened his own shop in 1996. Two shops later, Fast Eddies has grown and now stocks a ton of speed equipment in addition to cranking out complete cars from the shop area. We stopped by a few weeks back to see what was cookin' and to buy a serpentine belt for one of our LS engines. The belt was delivered to the shop in 24 hours and we came away with photos of a few cool cars and new ideas for our own projects. Check it out.
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Located in the heart of Orange, California, Fast Eddies stocks a ton of product from Moroso, Red Horse, Flaming River, Auto Meter, Grant and of course, the obligatory shop t-shirt selection.There's over 2,000 square feet of showroom with everything from gaskets to AN fittings on hand to help finish off your weekend projects.Inside the shop we found six long-term projects that were receiving everything from custom sheet metal work to a new chassis.Your eyes do not deceive you. That is a supercharged LS9 engine stuffed into the engine bay of a '58 Vette. Peter Andreson of Australia owns the car and commissioned the shop to convert it to right hand drive, swapping out the stock frame for an Art Morrison chassis in the process.The Vette also received a new nose and filled bumpers and the hood now swings forward on custom hinges.The chassis features C6 Corvette IFS with 11-inch brakes, while the rear scored a full-floating 9-inch axle with 12-inch Willwoods. A triangulated four-link centers the diff and coilovers provide suspension control. The Vette will ride on 12-inch wide Schott rims with an 18/19-inch stagger.The driving position switch necessitated a few dashboard mods and the shop took it several steps further with a custom center console. The crew also fabbed a new gas tank and put the fuel filler into the driver's side (Now the right hand.) door jamb.
The custom sheet metal console extends to what would be the rear seat area, except it's now fill with massive wheel tubs and an even larger subwoofer enclosure. The door panel armrests are also fashioned from sheet metal.This '50 Chevy is owned by Pat Trester and is in the shop for new set of front airbags to go along with the rears. The car runs a 350/350 drivetrain combo and just received TCI a-arms, a sway bar, drop spindles and a power steering rack. The shop also reworked the exhaust so the car would lie on the ground, moving the tailpipes closer to the body and adding Magnaflow stainless steel mufflers.The '55 rides on a Buick Grand National chassis, which the shop reworked to fit under the Chevy body. The rear clip was raised 3-inches and a custom core support attaches the nose. New inner fenderwells to keep the LS7 clean are in the works. The engine breathes through a custom exhaust system, including hand-fabbed headers with merge collectors that were built in-house. The engine and 200R4 tranny sit on custom billet aluminum mounts. The horsepower goes back to a 9-inch with an air suspension.


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Thalassemias are genetic disorders that involve the decreased and defective production of hemoglobin, a molecule found inside all red blood cells (RBCs) that transports oxygen throughout the body.
As frightening as thalassemias can be, the outlook is encouraging. In the past 20 years, new therapies have greatly improved the quality of life and life expectancy in kids who have these diseases.
Thee two types of thalassemia are alpha-thalassemia and beta-thalassemia. Their names describe which part of the hemoglobin molecule that is effected, the alpha or the beta chain. Hemoglobin contains two different kinds of protein chains named alpha and beta chains. Any deficiency in these chains causes abnormalities in the formation, size, and shape of RBCs.
Thalassemia can cause ineffective production of RBCs and their destruction. As a result, people with thalassemia often have a reduced number of RBCs in the bloodstream (anemia), which can affect the transportation of oxygen to body tissues. In addition, thalassemia can cause RBCs to be smaller than normal or drop hemoglobin in the RBCs to below-normal levels.
Kids who have with different forms of thalassemia have different kinds of health problems. Some only have mild anemia with little or no effects, while others require frequent serious medical treatment.
Thalassemia is always inherited, passed on from parents to children through their genes. A child usually does not develop symptoms unless both parents carry a thalassemia gene.
If only one parent passes a gene for thalassemia on to the child, then the child is said to have thalassemia trait. Thalassemia trait will not develop into the full-blown disease, and no medical treatment is necessary.
Many families have thalassemia carriers, but the trait often goes undiagnosed because it produces no or few symptoms. Frequently, thalassemia is not diagnosed in a family until a baby is born with it. So if someone in your family carries a thalassemia gene, it's wise to have genetic counseling if you're thinking of having children.
At one time it was believed that the disease affected only people of Italian or Greek descent, but it's now known that many people with thalassemia also come from or are descended from Africa, Malaysia, China, and many parts of Southeast Asia.
Because of a recent pattern of migration from Southeast Asia, there has been an increase in the past decade of thalassemia in North America. Testing for thalassemia is generally recommended for anyone from Southeast Asia with unexplained anemia.
If your doctor determines that your child is at risk for thalassemia, prenatal tests can find out if your unborn child is affected.
Children with alpha-thalassemia trait do not have thalassemia disease. People normally have four genes for alpha globin, two inherited from each parent. If one or two of these four genes are affected, the child is said to have alpha-thalassemia trait.
A specific blood test called a hemoglobin electrophoresis is used to screen for alpha-thalassemia trait and can be done in infancy. Sometimes, alpha-thalassemia trait can be detected through routine newborn blood screening, which is required in most states in the U.S.
Often, results of the hemoglobin electrophoresis test are normal in people who have alpha-thalassemia trait and a diagnosis of alpha-thalassemia is done only after other conditions are ruled out and after the parents are screened. The disease can be harder to detect in older kids and adults.
Kids who have the alpha-thalassemia trait usually have no significant health problems except mild anemia, which can cause slight fatigue.
Alpha-thalassemia trait is often mistaken for an iron deficiency anemia because RBCs will appear small when viewed under a microscope.
Other cases can cause more severe anemia where three genes are affected. People with this form of alpha-thalassemia may require occasional blood transfusions during times of physical stress, like fevers or other illnesses, or when the anemia is severe enough to cause symptoms such as fatigue.
The most severe form of the disorder is called alpha-thalassemia major. This type is extremely rare, and women carrying fetuses with this form of thalassemia have a high incidence of miscarriage because the fetuses cannot survive.
Beta-thalassemia, the most common form of the disorder seen in the United States, is grouped into three categories: beta-thalassemia minor (trait), intermedia, and major (Cooley's anemia). A person who carries a beta-thalassemia gene has a 25% (1 in 4) chance of having a child with the disease if his or her partner also carries the trait.
Beta-thalassemia minor often goes undiagnosed because kids with the condition have no real symptoms other than mild anemia and small red blood cells. It is often suspected based on routine blood tests such as a complete blood count (CBC) and can be confirmed with a hemoglobin electrophoresis. No treatment is usually needed.
As with alpha-thalassemia trait, the anemia associated with this condition may be misdiagnosed as an iron deficiency.
Children with beta-thalassemia intermedia have varying effects from the disease — mild anemia might be their only symptom or they might require regular blood transfusions.
The most common complaint is fatigue or shortness of breath. Some kids also experience heart palpitations, also due to the anemia, and mild jaundice, which is caused by the destruction of abnormal red blood cells that result from the disease. The liver and spleen may be enlarged, which can feel uncomfortable for a child. Severe anemia can also affect growth.
Another symptom of beta-thalassemia intermedia can be bone abnormalities. Because the bone marrow is working overtime to make more RBCs to counteract the anemia, kids can experience enlargement of their cheekbones, foreheads, and other bones. Gallstones are a frequent complication because of abnormalities in bile production that involve the liver and the gallbladder.
Some kids with beta thalassemia intermedia may require a blood transfusion only occasionally. They will always have anemia, but may not need transfusions except during illness, medical complications, or later on during pregnancy.
Other children with this form of the disease require regular blood transfusions. In these kids, low or falling hemoglobin levels greatly reduce the blood's ability to carry oxygen to the body, resulting in extreme fatigue, poor growth, and facial abnormalities. Regular transfusions can help alleviate these problems. Sometimes, kids who have this form of the disease have their spleens removed.
Beta-thalassemia intermedia is often diagnosed in the first year of life. Doctors may be prompted to test for it when a child has chronic anemia or a family history of the condition. As long as it is diagnosed while the child is still doing well and has not experienced any serious complications, it can be successfully treated and managed.
Beta-thalassemia major, also called Cooley's anemia, is a severe condition in which regular blood transfusions are necessary for the child to survive.
Although multiple lifelong transfusions save lives, they also cause a serious side effect: an overload of iron in the bodies of thalassemia patients. Over time, people with thalassemia accumulate deposits of iron, especially in the liver, heart, and endocrine (hormone-producing) glands. The deposits eventually can affect the normal functioning of the heart, and liver, in addition to delaying growth and sexual maturation.
To minimize iron deposits, kids must undergo chelation (iron-removing) therapy. This can be done by taking daily medication by mouth or by subcutaneous or intravenous administration.
Daily chelation therapy is given 5 to 7 days a week and has been proven to prevent liver and heart damage from iron overload, allow for normal growth and sexual development, and increase life span. Iron concentrations are monitored every few months. Sometimes liver biopsies are needed to get a more accurate picture of the body's iron load.
Children on regular transfusions are monitored closely for iron levels and complications of iron overload on the chelation medications.
Other risks associated with chronic blood transfusions for thalassemia major include blood-borne diseases like hepatitis B and C. Blood banks screen for such infections, in addition to rarer infections such as HIV. In addition, kids who have many transfusions can develop allergic reactions that can prevent further transfusions and cause serious illnesses.
For kids and teens with thalassemia, adolescence can be a difficult time, particularly because of the amount of time required for transfusions and chelation therapy.
Recently, some kids have successfully undergone bone marrow transplants to treat thalassemia major; however, this is considered only in cases of severely disabling thalassemia disease. There is considerable risk to bone marrow transplants: the procedure involves the destruction of all of the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow and repopulating the marrow space with donor cells that must match perfectly (the closest match is usually from a sibling).
The procedure is usually done in children younger than 16 years of age who have no existing evidence of liver scarring or serious liver disease. Results have been encouraging so far, with disease-free survival in many patients.
Blood-forming stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood have also been successfully transplanted, and research using this technique is expected to increase. Currently bone marrow treatment is the only known cure for the disease.
If you know the thalassemia trait exists in your family, it's important to meet with your doctor, particularly if you notice any of the symptoms of thalassemia major — anemia, listlessness, or bone abnormalities — in your child.
If you're thinking of having children, speak with a genetic counselor to determine your risk of passing on the disease.
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Date reviewed: November 2008
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This easy-to-use resource guide helps you make smart choices from every food group, find balance between food and physical activity, and get the most out of the calories you consume.
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This booklet addresses the special challenges for very large people who are physically active and provides tips and ideas to become more active and healthier—no matter what your size.
Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)
This website gives kids ages 9 to 13 the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site focuses on topics that are important to them—such as stress and physical fitness—using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features. The Teacher's Corner provides interactive, educational, and fun activities that are linked to national education standards for science and health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
This guide will help you fit physical activity into your life—your way. Decide the number of days you'll exercise, the types of activities you'll do, and the times that fit your schedule.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
This tip sheet helps African Americans at risk for type 2 diabetes move more and eat less to lower their risk for diabetes.
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This resource provides tools for behavior change and information on how to create new healthy habits as well as a network to connect and share with other concerned families.
Diabetes Families
This guide shows you many types of exercise and physical activity. It also has lots of tips to help you be active in ways that suit your lifestyle, interests, health, and budget, whether you're just starting out, getting back to exercising after a break, or fit enough to run a 3-mile race. It's for everyone—people who are healthy and those who live with an ongoing health problem or disability. En español
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
This tip sheet describes ways to get more active to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
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This booklet provides tips and ideas to improve your eating plan and become more physically active before, during, and after your pregnancy.
Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)
Go4Life is a campaign from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) designed to help you fit exercise and physical activity into your daily life.
Go4Life-National Institute on Aging (NIA)
This guide shows you how to incorporate regular physical activity into your daily life, with encouraging tips and suggested goals for getting started.
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This website for kids tells you cool stuff about how your body works, how eating right helps you play better and feel good, and how staying active is lots of fun! En español
This in-person program aims to fight the childhood obesity epidemic by fostering an environment where kids know it's hip to be healthy. Nutrition and physical activity is at the root of each program, helping to build healthy bodies and healthy hearts.
This initiative, launched by First Lady Michelle Obama, aims to eliminate childhood obesity and create a healthy start for children by empowering parents and caregivers, increasing physical activity, providing healthy food in schools, and improving access to healthy, affordable food in every part of the country.
Let's Move
This school- and community-based fitness program teaches kids to live an active and healthy lifestyle by running or walking 26.2 miles over six months, eating healthy food daily, and even learning to grow fruits and veggies. Available in select cities.
Marathon Kids
This curriculum for an after-school health promotion program is designed to teach young people ages 11 to 13 about the complex media world around them and how it can affect their health—especially in the areas of nutrition and physical activity.
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
These three worksheets for young women can help you figure out which types of exercise you'll enjoy most and how to get started, stay motivated, and free up time for fitness.
Center for Young Women's Health at Children's Hospital Boston
These resources help teachers get their students active, excited, and engaged in the NFL PLAY 60 Challenge. The resources include a teacher guide, lesson plan worksheets, game planner, classroom scoreboard, and certificate.
American Heart Association (AHA)
The Prevent program is designed to help individuals, including those with prediabetes, lose weight and make healthier choices. Numerous clinical studies have demonstrated that weight loss and exercise can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Prevent brings together the individualized attention of a dedicated, professional health coach with a curriculum based on an NIH-sponsored clinical trial that guides participants toward manageable but powerful goals. Combined with an understanding and supportive small group, a flexible online format, and a growing pool of healthy resources, Prevent is a profound, lifestyle-changing experience.
Omada Health
This tip sheet helps Hispanics/Latinos at risk for type 2 diabetes move more and eat less to reduce their risk. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This comprehensive kit includes reproducible patient education handouts on 29 topics related to cardiometabolic risk reduction, prediabetes, diabetes, and CVD. En español
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This televised chair exercise program was developed by a team of medical and fitness professionals to improve the health and wellness of older adults, physically limited individuals, and those managing chronic conditions and chronic pain.
Sit and Be Fit
The National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle training curriculum is based on the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). The lifestyle program is divided into two components: Core Curriculum & Post-Core Curriculum.
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This guide helps Americans live healthier lives by helping them set and achieve personal walking goals. Treat yourself and your family to a daily routine of brisk walking. It's a healthy and simple way to feel better now and reduce the risk of developing serious health problems down the road.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Health officials say they're expanding tuberculosis testing of all students at an east Georgia high school after results of previous tests were skewed.
The testing is being done on all students at Butler High School. They say the decision was made to test all students after some who should not have been included in earlier testing received a test, which skewed the results.
Health officials say the new tests were being done this week, and they will return to the school Thursday and Friday to read the results of the skin tests and advise students on how to proceed.
Tammy Burdeaux, the district's nursing and clinical director, said some tests were positive for exposure to the bacteria, but no one has tested positive for tuberculosis.
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RICHMOND - If fans at Cartwright Memorial blinked Friday night, they might have missed a touchdown or two. Seven touchdowns of 30 yards or more were scored in St. Clairsville's 56-27 victory against Buckeye 8 rival Edison.
''The effort was there for 48 minutes,'' Edison coach Mike McKenzie said. ''They simply made plays where they had more speed than us.
''We had a tough week this week. We had about 12 starters out. Our kids stepped up and played. I'm very proud of them and their effort all night long. St. Clairsville just had a few better athletes than us.''
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St. Clairsville quarterback Matt Kinnick lets one go against Edison on Friday night.
Edison surprised the undefeated Red Devils to open the contest.
During Edison's opening drive, it converted two third-and-longs. The second was on third-and-13. Edison quarterback Nolan Marcus dropped back to pass and then swung back to his left to throw a screen to running back Chris Graziani and he set up his blockers beautifully and the play culminated in a 55-yard touchdown gallop for a 7-0 lead
St. Clairsville didn't waste any time in responding. The Red Devils needed one play and 13 seconds to counter and an onside kick attempt by Edison was easily handled by St. Clairsville at its 49-yard line. Quarterback Matt Kinnick dropped back to pass on the team's initial offensive play and found Dan Monteroso on a post route.
Monteroso cut against the grain which prevented two Edison defenders from getting proper angles and 51-yard strike tied the game.
St. Clairsville's quick-strike offense plagued Edison throughout the contest. The Red Devils needed 15 offensive plays in the first half to score 28 points.
The Red Devils' second possession was a little longer than its first as it took three plays and a Jaylon Brown 50-yard romp to score the team's second touchdown.
Edison wasn't prepared to back down from after building a 14-7 deficit. The Wildcats responded with an 18-play drive, the key play coming on fourth-and-15 from St. Clairsville's 28-yard line. A pass interference call on a Marcus pass intended for the end zone gave Edison the ball at the 14-yard line and a first down.
Marcus found receiver Rich Springer along the seam for his second touchdown pass of the evening. Marcus missed the extra point, and Edison trailed 14-13 at the 8:48 mark in the second quarter.
Edison entered the game with a puncher's chance, and McKenzie's squad definitely delivered a few body blows. Unfortunately, St. Clairsville proved too much.
The Red Devils rattled off four unanswered touchdowns, each of the big-play variety. Another Monteroso reception in the end zone was followed by a Michael Ferns' 17-yard romp and a 40-yard run from Brown just after half. Add a Jarrid Marhefka 60-yard interception return into the mix, and Edison was down 42-13 with 5:35 remaining in the third quarter.
''We reacted well to being down,'' St. Clairsville coach Brett McLean said. ''That shows the maturity of this team. We want to put our pants on each week and go full throttle the entire time. We have to learn that lesson. When you get down the road where we hope to be, you can't spot people points and try to work your way back into games.''
Springer added his second receiving touchdown for Edison after St. Clairsville's blitzkrieg. The Wildcats' receiver finished with 127 yards as the team's primary offensive threat.
''Overall, we did what we had to do to win,'' McLean said. ''I think it's great for us to be in an environment early in the game where we had to take punches. We haven't played a lot of four-quarter games this year.
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Testimony :: Thomas Dine
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Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hearing on The Deteriorating Freedom of Media and Speech in OSCE Countries
Statement by Congressman Joseph R. Pitts
April 4, 2000
Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing on The Deteriorating Freedom of
Media and Speech in OSCE Countries. Unfortunately, the fundamental human right of
freedom of speech seems to be under assault in a number of countries. I am looking forward
to hearing the reports of the today's witnesses, particularly their suggestions about specific
actions the Commission and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe can take
to address these issues.
Professional journalists can face a deadly and dangerous job. Reports show that 87 journalists
or media workers were killed or murdered in 1999 and violations against the media were
committed in 165 countries. The danger can be seen throughout the OSCE, both in existing
and transitional democracies. For example, Serbian officials have closed radio and television
stations, shut newspapers, and have been rumored to be behind programs of harassment and
intimidation for foreign journalists. In Greece, media freedom organizations have repeatedly
denounced a vast array of convictions to prison sentences for libel, holding that slander, libel
and defamation should be covered in the civil code and that no citizens, including journalists,
should face the prospect of a criminal record and a prison sentence for what they say or write.
In Russia, authorities attempted to forcibly take investigative reporter Alexander Khinshtein to
a psychiatric clinic for testing, recalling Stalinist times when dissidents were disposed of for
years, or permanently, in mental hospitals. And, in a number of post-communist countries,
charges have been brought against journalists under laws that prohibit the release of "state
secrets" - the definition of which is very difficult to establish.
When raising concerns about violations of freedom of speech, it is vital that we not only
address the effect on the media. Freedom of speech applies not only to journalists and the
media, but also to individuals throughout a society. When individuals are prohibited from
speaking about their political or religious views, the basic right of freedom of speech is
violated. As we know from numerous other Commission hearings, religious believers in
Eastern and Western Europe and Central Asia have been imprisoned for publicly stating their
religious beliefs. In Uzbekistan we have seen reports that on March 8, Uzbek police
confiscated reports published by Human Rights Watch that were carried by one of their
representatives who was monitoring the trial of twelve men charged with membership in
Hizb-ut-Takhrir, a peaceful Muslim organization banned in Uzbekistan. The problems for
religious individuals or groups are limited not only to speaking about their views
person-to-person, but also speaking through the media. Access to the media for religious
groups is linked to OSCE guarantees of free speech and religious liberty. In the 1989 Vienna
Concluding Document paragraph 16.11, the OSCE participating States specifically addressed
issues relating to media access by religious groups. The participating States recognize that the
media is part of public dialogue and therefore have committed to favorably considering access
to the mass media by religious groups. However, religious broadcasters, particularly those
affiliated with minority religious groups, continue to experience bureaucratic obstacles in
several OSCE participating States, such as unexplained delays in renewing broadcast licenses,
or a change to a less desirable frequency or time slot. The Helsinki Commission has followed
cases in Spain, Greece, and Romania where there were credible allegations that religious
broadcasters experience discrimination primarily because of their denominational affiliation.
In addition, to free speech pertaining to religion, free speech regarding a person's political
views also is violated. In Russia, the Putin administration has taken measures to control
information. Officials report about the "problem" of media giving air time and print space to
views of "terrorists," claiming that journalists have a "civic responsibility" in reporting the
news. The Russian Security Council plans to review national information policy in the near
future. And, in Greece and Turkey, two western countries, criminal defamation laws have
been used to restrict speech.
Mr. Chairman, thank you again for holding this timely hearing to examine how Members of the
Commission as well as Members of the United States Congress can act to fan the flames of
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Not being an expert myself I may ring UEC to find out which level of HDMI is supported, is it 1.3 or 1.4. Samsung supports 1.4 apparently; if it is not downward compatible and UEC only supports 1.3, then there might be a problem.
Well, I am glad you do not have any problem with your Samsung. In his case he has to reboot to get a picture.
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Component outputs are also available on this unit but do not rate a mention on page 4 or later.
I keep my fingers crossed. According to Consumer Protection Laws if this unit does not meet the advertised criteria, then I can return this unit for a full refund.
Posted 21 February 2012 - 10:57 AM
According to the booklet on page 4, the enclosed AV cable is suitable for Standard Definition only.
That's correct, the enclosed (supplied) AV cable is composite. (eg: red/white/yellow RCA)
There are no other cables included with the VAST decoder (eg: in the box).
Some sellers may choose to add an HDMI cable in the sale, or you may purchase one separately.
Posted 21 February 2012 - 07:32 PM
That's correct, the enclosed (supplied) AV cable is composite. (eg: red/white/yellow RCA)
There are no other cables included with the VAST decoder (eg: in the box).
Some sellers may choose to add an HDMI cable in the sale, or you may purchase one separately.
This is my experience also, i normally take one from another supplier.
Posted 22 February 2012 - 10:07 AM
Contact ftatv.com.au and he might send you the PVR version of the 4121 for $320 postage paid even to WA and make sure you get the HDMI cable with it as advertised and keep you fingers crossed you do not have a Samsung or Sony TV with HDCP (High Def Content Protection) problems. If so, the recommended strategy is rebooting every time to get a picture OR getting the latest USB formware for the TV OR wait for the OTA from UEC OR connection via the two other non-HDMI connectors and getting standard def only.
Thanks once again. Prices vary from $349 to $379 and Scitech may have been the dearer one. Once I have set up my dish properly with the old Aurora box, then I am going to think about VAST in earnest. And the hope is prices will have dropped by then and pigs will fly!
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My worries are over, the VAST PVR box works! Have not had to change the scew on the LNB after Aurora. At least with a SANYO LCD-32XR10F TV. Some Sanyos apparently also have HDMI problems, like some Samsungs. Have not tried the PVR function and find the 1 TB limit is annoying as I can get a 2 TB HD for nearly the same price as a 1 TB external HD. Since Samsung left the disk business and since the Thai floods it is difficult to get cheap 1 TB HDs. My Olin PVR does not have this 1 TB limit. UEC tells me the format is a proprietary format on the HD, so it is neither NTFS or FAT32.
I imagine it falls under the same restrictions as freeview badged terrestrial gear, that is the hard drive is encrypted.


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MCLEAN, Va. (WUSA) -- The students at Chesterbrook Elementary will be able to teach you a thing or two about the iPhone and the iPad. They are actually using them to stay in shape!
Their teachers created an exercise trail at the McLean, Va. school with Quick Response Codes (QR codes).
"It's a thing that you can scan that can take you to a website or a video or pictures or something," explained sixth grader Zeeshan Khaliq.
Students scan QR codes with a smart phone or iPad and up pops an instructional video for each station.
Physical education teacher Jay Levesque is the star. "I like it because Mr. Levesque is funny in most of them, and when pops out of the tree is the best one," said Zeeshan Khaliq.
It's also pretty effective. Levesque told us, "I can sit right here in the middle and kind of oversee everything and I know the kids are getting instruction there, there, there, there and there...it's like I morphed myself into six people."
Students are so good they can teach it now. Student Jack Paris told us that you have to do a push-up until you make a complete circle, which is 7 push-ups total.
"Is [7] the hardest one out of all of them would you say?" I asked.
Jack replied, "Probably so."
It doesn't end there. Those QR codes are popping up everywhere at the school.
Principal Bob Fuqua shared, "I see children, small children up to our 5th and 6th graders, using them in reports. Teachers are no using them to review material."
Projects on a hallway bulletin board are not only seen, now they can also be heard! Technology teacher Kurt Kohls brought the idea of the codes to the classroom two years ago and he says his fellow educators keep creating new ways to use them.
Kohls said, "They can scan them to get math videos, we have a microscope mystery, where scanning the code will give you an extra clue as to what's under the microscope."
What started as exercise for the body, now stretches the minds for both teachers and students. Pretty cool.
Photographer Kevin King and I learned a lot on this Cool Schools. If you'd like to teach us something cool, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. We may head to your school next week.


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Grassley Answers Questions From Le Mars Students
(Le Mars) -- President Obama and Republican Challenger Mitt Romney will face off again tonight in another presidential debate. This time the format will consist of a town hall forum. U-S Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa says, if he could, he has some advice for the republican presidential hopeful.
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Grassley says most of the time voters may have already made their decision as to who they intend to vote for, and debates are just a formality. However, Grassley says with the first debate, Romney was able to show who he is, and Grassley says it did make a difference.
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Iowa Republican Senator, Chuck Grassley met with Le Mars High School government class students during a question and answer session held this morning. Grassley was asked everything from how did he enter politics to questions relating to the recent U-S ambassador's shooting death, to would there be a Social Security program when the students of today reach retirement age? He was also asked by a student whether the U-S government should implement a drug-testing program for welfare recipients. Grassley visited with the students about the Constitution, saying "our form of government is different from any other government in the world." He informed the students that the constitution was set up on the principle of limited government. He also encouraged the students to consider applying for an internship with his office. What was the Senator's opinion of the students and of their questions?
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Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Goran Dragic left in the third with a back
injury, but Marcus Morris led a spirited bench effort to help the Phoenix Suns
down the Atlanta Hawks, 92-87, and capture their third straight win.
Dragic had 19 points with six assists before exiting, but Morris helped keep
the Suns afloat by making 4-of-5 from long distance to finish with 16 points.
Phoenix's bench tallied 58 points as a unit, with Wesley Johnson scoring 15,
Jermaine O'Neal donating 12 and Markieff Morris adding 11 in the victory.
After winning the first three of their six-game road trip, the Hawks fell in
search of their sixth consecutive victory on the road overall. Al Horford
scored 20 points and Kyle Korver chipped in with 17 points and eight rebounds.
Josh Smith was held to five points on 2-for-11 shooting, but grabbed 10 boards
and handed out five assists in the setback.
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I've read a lot of threads where others are talking about Zimbra server performance on ESX/ESXi, but my experience tells me it is confusing.
For example, I have one Zimbra 8.0.2 server on Ubuntu 10.04, running on ESXi 5.0.
ZCS has 8 GB dedicated RAM, and 2GHz reserved and available all 10GHz total power of host, which runs on 2 x Quad XEON 2,5 GHz.
It is single-server all-in-one Zimbra installation, with 400 mailboxes.
Average MTA digestion is approx. 9.000 email messages per day, except a spike of 10.000 up to 100.000 mails sent out by some mailing outburst once per day or two.
Average CPU usage is 7%...
...but during these mailings, where single user sends mail out to 10.000 or sometimes even to 100.000 users, CPU of total host burns oil at 80-100% and chokes the whole ESXi server.
Is such a behavior normal?
Well, I know the mailing application does NOT send 1 single mail with 100.000 recipients, but rather sends out 1-by-1, single mail at the time, so there is really huge traffic. But should that choke my whole ESXi? It becomes unresponsive, mail queues extend to 1000 or more mails in Queue, mail delay is up to 4 hours, and web sites, which are also run at this ESXi, return "Timeout".
What hardware upgrade would help most?
Is it RAM upgrade?
Or should Ultra fast SSD PCI-e adapter ioDrive from Fusion boost performance?
Or should I replace SATA disks in RAID 10 with faster SAS 15k disks?
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May 25, 2016
Tallahassee Police Department Release
Today, the Tallahassee Police Department will be joining with other law enforcement agencies across Florida in renewing a pledge to save lives by intensifying efforts to enforce seatbelt laws. This enforcement mobilization will run from March 1-March 17, 2013 around the clock.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 25% of all Florida traffic fatalities in 2011 were a result of occupants not wearing their seatbelts. Research shows that lap/shoulder belts, when used properly, reduce the risk of fatal injury.
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NEMO Equipment managed to squeeze a whopping 36 square feet of interior space and another 22 square feet of vestibule storage into the Meta 2P 2-Person 3-Season Tent. This ultralight special weighs under three pounds and pairs with your trekking poles for support. The whole thing even packs down to just five by seven inches, which means it hardly takes more space than a jacket in your pack.
- Fully seam-taped waterproof design seals the weather out when Mother Nature's in a foul mood
- Well-placed anchor points let you secure your trekking poles to the tent and give it solid structure (no slipping, no sagging)
- Don't like trekking poles? Just bring along plenty of P-cord and sling the tent between two sturdy trees
- Unlike the single-wall tents of yesteryear, this tent features excellent ventilation ports to keep condensation from getting out of control
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Meta Series
Elevating guy points
Tied out guy points to a tree which created more head room inside. If there are no trees to attach the guy point to, you can find a stick shaped like a "Y", and wedge it under the staked out guy cord.
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This is the Marmot Arroyo size regular sleeping bag. Equal distance from each end. I am 71" and this is the room I have (plenty!) at each end while sleeping on a z-rest.
nice pic.
Iam 6' 2". Would I fit in here?
No, my brother is 6'2" and both ends of his sleeping bag touch the walls. On a night with maximum condensation, your bag will get wet.
Size comparison - Meta 2p, Jetboil PCS, 32oz bottle
Footprint is in with the tent as well.
The good, the bad, and the ugly
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I just got back from backpacking in Wisconsin. This was my first experience with the Meta 2P.
Set up was a breeze. Followed the instructions attached to the bag (not that they were needed) and had the tent up in a few short minutes. It started raining shortly after. From my initial setup I had the hiking polls set at around 130cm. This created a huge gap under the vestibules, which allowed rain easier access to my gear. This was disappointing at first, until I realized I could drop the polls to 120cm to lower the vestibule bottom to just a couple inches off the ground.
Second thing I noticed, the large NeoAir (2.5" thickness) along with my 71" does not provide as much room as I had hoped (I was a lot higher off the ground and had the roof lower than usual). My head and toes were maybe 1-2" from the slanted roof on each side. The Z-rest would be a much better match with this tent and someone taller since it is a fraction of the thickness.
There was condensation inside the tent in the morning as well as on my sleeping bag by my mouth where I was breathing all night. I found out when I got home that the temperature had dropped to 26F that early morning, and the humidity was 100% all night with absolutely no breeze. Any tent in these given conditions would have had considerable condensation buildup. I could have raised the roof back up and opened the vestibules, allowing for more circulation inside the tent. I opened up the vestibules in the morning, went for a hike, and by the time I got back everything was dry again.
Overall this is one of the most sturdy tents I have owned. It is very lightweight, compact, super easy setup and take down. I'd say this is the perfect tent for dryer climates. If you expect lots of rain, or are taller than me, you will want to find a different tent.
Meta 2P opened up
After a humid and cold night, I was able to open up both vestibules fully to allow excellent ventilation to dry out any condensation.
Meta 2P and sunset
No trekking poles? No problem!
I haven't had much time with this tent but i set it up just in time for a pretty bad storm. It rained for 8-12 hours straight as well as 40mph gusts of wind. I dont use trekking poles so i bought a ortovox aluminum light probe and cut the string. To my amazement the probe worked perfectly as 2 poles!
Great construction, Fully taped seams and repels water amazingly!The tent was just as sturdy as any 4 season tent I have been in (which shocked me because of how light weight). Overall I would trust this tent to do 4 season tasks even though it would be a little chilly.
Definitely buy with confidence!
CA camping mid Feb
nice, very nice
I prefer freestanding tents but got this primarily because of its small packed size. At 5x7, it's 13 inches shorter than the amazing REI Quarter Dome T2.
Setup was straight forward: Stake 4 corners, 2 vestibule straps, stick your trekking poles into the large rings, lift and and adjust length. The tent is made of polyurethane nylon which has some stretch in it - like stretchy jeans. This helps keep the tension tight as the weather temperature fluctuates.
Excellent attention to detail and it looks great.
Line Lake, MT
Lets hear a review!
highly interested to get a light tent for...
highly interested to get a light tent for backpacking would this be comfortable to fit two people (6ft, 5.6ft) and a labrador? dont mind if I Sacarifce on space as I have a 5lb marmot tent for that, more care about pack weight then anything else. I also live on the westcoast which means constant rain does this hold up well with Rain?
The tent is awesome and HUGE (if you include the vestibules).
I'm 5.10 and am comfortable in it. At 6ft, you'll be fine (though your bag may touch an edge on one side or the other.
As for the dog, if his shelter is in a vestibule - should be just fine.
How tall should trekking poles be for a...
How tall should trekking poles be for a comfortable, stable pitch? Are adjustable poles advantageous for any reason? I use non-adjustable 110cm poles and wondering if they're too short.
I think Nemo recommends a slightly longer pole. You may be able to get away with it, but the tent won't be as taught as possible. A good excuse to upgrade those poles!
I've found that 120cm to 130cm is the optimal range for this tent. At 120cm, the vestibules are still taught but the bottom is right at the ground. At 130cm, the tent is pitched at maximum height, providing better ventilation.
For anyone who owns this tent: Would someone...
For anyone who owns this tent: Would someone who is 6' 2" be comfortable in here. I know the floor dimensions say I would fit but I hate it when my feet and head touch the sides of the slanted wall.
Even with the sides guyed out, you're going to touch.
I agree with Dave,, anyone 6'1" or taller, it is going to be too close for comfort.
you are camping remember it is not about comfort or you would be at your boring home. Right
how light was meta 1 compared to meta 2?...
how light was meta 1 compared to meta 2? And which will you buy even if you are just trekking alone?..I am woman of small ht,,Can anyone tell me which will be better to choose,,im really confused about the features weight and specifications weight?,,Thank you ! Have a nice day!
The trail weight (2lb 15oz) of the Meta 2P is the weight of just the tent body. The packaged weight (3lb 9oz) is going to include the stakes and waterproof stuff sack that is included. The Meta 1P has a trail weight of 1lb 15oz, and a packaged weight of 2lb 8oz.
I own the Meta 2P and love it. It packs small and is very light weight even for a solo hiker. I'm 5'11" and have plenty of head/feet room, so if you are shorter you will love the amount of space. If weight is more important than to you than space, go with the Meta 1P. I actually opted for the GoLite Shangri-La 1 fly and nest, over the Meta 1P, because I like the versatility of it.
Has anyone had any condensation issues...
Has anyone had any condensation issues with this tent? I have a Nemo Gogo bivy and love it. Even with a single wall I don't have any complaints about the bivy, and I've spent quite some time in it up here in Alaska. I've seen some bad reviews for this tent on REI's website due to condensation. Any problems, or are they just whiners?
I'm sure you read my review already, but the most moisture I've seen using this tent was condensation on the ceiling above my head and on my sleeping bag around my my mouth. Given the conditions, this would have occurred in any tent without a doubt. It had rained, there was no breeze all night, it dropped to 30�, and 100% humidity all night. I had no moisture on the floor of the tent, and I used a small pack towel to wipe up the ceiling condensation.
The design of this tent provides decent ventilation for a single wall tent, but doens't prevent condensation
On the Nemo website, it lists the Meta 2p...
On the Nemo website, it lists the Meta 2p as 4-Season Backpacking but it's listed here as a 3-Season tent. Which is it?
Hey Dan,
Not a 4-season tent in the traditional sense of bomber single wall tents that most people would associate with winter use, that's for sure. Maybe if winter=rain only, but with trekking poles for support, the shape, wind and snow, I see enough problems to know that it would be staying at home for everything beyond 3-seasons if I was the one using it.


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It is funny how smug overconfident liberals want to 'advise' the GOP to abandon their principles, or they will cease to exist. Such existential talk is overblown.
Democrats not so long ago lost a bunch of Presidential elections. They werent considered as 'dying'. They had a strong base in state and local offices.
USA Today:
"Outside of Washington, D.C., the Republican Party has never been in better shape. Just look to the majorities Republicans hold in 27 state legislatures, or to the 30 states that have GOP governors.
"These governors are bright, talented and young, and they represent the diversity of America. From Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal in the South, to Chris Christie in the Northeast, to Scott Walker in the Midwest, and Susana Martinez and Brian Sandoval in the West, they represent the modern diversity of our country while running their states successfully. [How dare this writer leave out Bob McDonnell !!]"
They also bring to the office time-tested conservative principles of lower taxes, less regulations and more opportunities for all.
And what about the Democrats? Illinois and California are examples of the downward spiral caused by higher taxes, more regulations and less freedom. In those states, the debt is mounting, jobs are being lost and the people are fleeing to conservatively run states such as Texas, where opportunities abound. All this augurs a promising election cycle throughout our state contests.
Nationally, the GOP, which holds a solid majority in the U.S. House, is in a unique position to rebound in 2014 as it did in 2010. The president, in both his State of the Union and inaugural addresses, restated his commitments to more spending, larger government and higher taxes. These are the very same priorities that were primarily responsible for the recessionary cycle we continue to experience.
Middle-income Americans discovered — when they opened their paychecks this month — that contrary to the president's promises, their taxes had gone up, and more hikes are on the way to pay for ObamaCare and the endless list of new initiatives. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi stated last week that we don't have "a spending problem." Sadly, she is right. Never has a party spent so much and achieved so little.
This country is about to fall off a fiscal precipice, and this president ignores all the warning signs. For example, if interest rates today were what they were during Bill Clinton's administration, the yearly payment on the interest alone of our growing national debt would exceed $700 billion — enough to shut down our government. The GOP's future success is inevitable given the Democrats' economic mismanagement."
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Oh yay! That cruise sounds so much fun, I think the Canary islands sound so wonderful and interesting. I can't wait to see pictures of them all!ReplyDelete
that cruise is amazing
All the places you're going must be awesome
Hope you have so much fun there, really, enjoy it, it's an awesome experience
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wow, that sounds like an amazing trip!!! and welcome back to CH - thats so cool - we should definetly meet up once you are back!!ReplyDelete
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so exciting sarah! can't wait for those pictures!!ReplyDelete
Wow Wow Wow!!! That sounds amaaaazing!ReplyDelete
So you'll be in the States for a few months? and then back to Europe!?
Wowza that is a fairytale life! :o)
WOW! That sounds like the most amazing cruise! I can't wait to see pictures from this next adventure!ReplyDelete
So exciting! The cruise sounds like a dream...and how fun that you get to re-live all these adventures next year!! Really does sound like a fairytale :)ReplyDelete
How exciting!! Such a fun time you must be having and I hope you are enjoying every moment! Woo Hoo for Switzerland next year!ReplyDelete
Liesl :)
sounds good! have funReplyDelete
yay for more Swissa time! It's way too good to give up after just one season... xoxoxoReplyDelete
So much exciting news! I've ALWAYS wanted to take a transatlantic cruise! How amazing that will be for you both. And yay about returning to Switzerland next year :)ReplyDelete
Hope you're having a great weekend!
oh my word. coolest ever. wait, i need more details. so you're crusing to america and staying for how long? does husband get off for awhile or work from afar? and then you go back when? i'm so nosy, aren't i? can i come too?ReplyDelete
oh my word. coolest ever. wait, i need more details. so you're crusing to america and staying for how long? does husband get off for awhile or work from afar? and then you go back when? i'm so nosy, aren't i? can i come too?ReplyDelete
These images are incredible!! Sounds like you will have an amazing trip!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness! It looks like you have your travel schedule cut out for yourself! Enjoy!! I cannot wait to see pictures!ReplyDelete
now this cruise sounds like a fairytale! Cheers to more adventures in Switzerland!ReplyDelete
Ahh, that sounds (and looks, hello gorgeous pictures) like an absolute dream. And so exciting that you'll be going back to Switzerland! Your blog has given me so many more destinations to add to my list of places I'll probably never get to see, haha.ReplyDelete
yay Sarah! the fairytale continues, eh? (do they say "eh" in swissa?) i was worried that your fabulous euro-adventures were coming to an end. so happy to hear that my living vicariously through you can continue. :)ReplyDelete
enjoy the cruise! (how could you not!?)
That is a fairy tale! That trip sounds amazing and Switzerland, wow, wow, wow!ReplyDelete
That sounds incredible! And so exciting that you're going back!!! Hooray, the best of both worlds :)ReplyDelete
so exciting! i want to visit the canary islands! i may be living in spain or paris next year!ReplyDelete
AMAZING!!! Barcelona is so beautiful, so excited for you two! And so happy you will be returning to Switz-with you and Cami in Europa I'm going to have to make a trip to visit you beauties!ReplyDelete
We were just in La Palma for our honeymoon. It was quite lovely. The whole cruise sounds fabulous!! Very jealous:)ReplyDelete
Oh...my gosh, that sounds incredible....what cruiseline is this???? I want to do it!ReplyDelete
and congrats on coming back to der schweiz :)
I'm so excited you guys - I can't wait for more Euro adventures next year!ReplyDelete
how amazing! if you need any suggestions when you get to miami let me know :)ReplyDelete
Thanks girls! We're so excited.ReplyDelete
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As the "fiscal cliff" negotiations have seemed to hit a stalemate, CBS News has learned that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner will meet at the White House this afternoon at 5 p.m. ET.
Earlier today Beohner forcefully argued that the discussion over the "fiscal cliff" shouldn't be about raising taxes but cutting spending and that is what's holding up any prospects of a deal.
"It's clear the president is just not serious about cutting spending. But spending is the problem," Boehner said at a news conference earlier today. "The president wants to pretend spending isn't the problem. That's why we don't have an agreement."
Republicans are demanding that President Obama agree to more spending cuts. The main components of the president's latest offer includes $600 billion in cuts with $1.4 trillion in tax increases. The Republican offer, meanwhile, is the inverse. It includes $800 billion in revenue increases and $1.4 trillion in spending cuts.
Boehner also said criticized the president's deal for including spending proposals. "[T]hey've put some spending cuts on the table, [but] unfortunately the new stimulus spending they want almost out strips all of the spending cuts that they have outlined," he said.
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