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Adoption | The little-discussed side of adoption is the crisis some families face with traumatized children
HIXSON, Tenn.—Jennie and Mike Landreth have been married 18 years and have three children, the oldest adopted. Mike, a tall Southerner, works at the insurer Unum, doing network security. Jennie, gregarious and energetic, used to work in marketing but now stays home with their kids. Abbie, 12, is a fire-haired beauty. Hunter, 11, is dark-haired and more serious. Sammy, 10, is blond with glasses and an effervescent personality. They live in Hixson, Tenn., in a small house in a suburban neighborhood and attend Hixson Presbyterian Church. They have two dogs, a pet rat, and a king snake named Houdini.
The Landreths, both 41, adopted Abbie domestically. They adopted Abbie at birth, so they thought they would avoid the attachment issues other families sometimes have with older adopted children. They were wrong; Abbie was violent and had fits that went on for hours, tantrums on steroids. Jennie points to recent research about trauma that children experience in the womb as an explanation for why Abbie struggled. Abbie has been diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder, along the lines of post-traumatic stress disorder for children. Before Abbie, Jennie said she and her husband had a "Pollyanna view" of adoption.
"All families hear about the challenges, but ... it's not uncommon for a family to say, 'Yeah, that won't happen to us,'" said Kris Faasse, the director of adoption services at Bethany Christian Services. Faasse emphasized that, statistically, most adoptions go well.
Some parents whose adoptions didn't go well spoke with me and said they had minimal support after they adopted. Churches and ministries are eager to expand adoption and foster care, but as child psychologist Karyn Purvis put it, they leave for the trip "before they filled up the tank." Ministries often don't have training or resources for families facing post-adoptive issues. And parents often feel as if they're bad disciplinarians instead of recognizing that their child may be dealing with trauma.
"Families have got to understand—a child coming from hard places has dramatically different development processes," said Purvis. "Otherwise their behaviors are quite mystifying." Purvis, a child psychologist at Texas Christian University, is a foster parent herself, and she runs camps for parents that Bethany recommends. Purvis' camps are usually swamped with demand. Bethany itself is recognizing the need for these services and is opening a post-adoption center this fall.
Children who didn't have a consistent caregiver in the first few years of life especially develop "survival skills" because at their most formative stage of life they were hurt by the people closest to them. They approach their new adoptive family with distrust and often take out their feelings of abandonment on the adoptive mother. Screaming episodes last for hours. The child rips the house apart, literally.
Faasse said traumatized children are easily overstimulated and have no internal resources to regulate their emotions, which means their fits can quickly spiral out of control. Traditional parenting doesn't work, because punishment makes parents the "enemies" to the child's survival. Some families recounted their experiences to WORLD, not to dissuade other families from adopting but to point to a light at the end of the tunnel for those with traumatized adoptive children.
When Abbie was 2, Jennie first noticed that something was off. Abbie would be up dozens of times in the night, screaming. At age 4, a doctor diagnosed her as probable bipolar. When Abbie was 7, Jennie said, "We were in living hell." Abbie was violent as well as verbally abusive to her mother.
"I would hit my brothers," Abbie recounted a few months ago, as the whole family lounged together in their living room.
"I don't remember that!" said Sammy.
"Like this?" Hunter interjected, punching Sammy in the arm.
Every night Sammy and Hunter would try to sleep through the battles their parents had with Abbie. Abbie slammed the door to her room so many times that Mike took it off its hinges. A doctor prescribed Ambien to help Abbie sleep, but she had hallucinations, and after one night her dad refused to give her any more of it. Family vacations always ended early. Even when the family tried to watch a movie together, they would have to end it in the middle because of a meltdown. Hunter once prayed that Abbie would go back to her birth mom, making Abbie cry.
"I'm pretty sure he didn't mean it," Sammy said as they talked about it later.
"OK, change the subject, I don't want to think about it," Hunter grumbled.
Abbie wore a hood everywhere she went, and she was so shy she couldn't speak up to order at a restaurant. Jennie dreaded church events; it took a while to convince fellow church members that Abbie was more than a difficult child (now her church is supportive financially and emotionally). Jennie said she looked like "a frazzled mom who was overreacting." Most of Abbie's violence was directed at her mother: She threw a boot at her, and sometimes threw things while Jennie was driving. "Mostly stuff that wouldn't kill you," Abbie says now. "I didn't want to hurt her, but I would just get angry and throw things at her, and then I would start crying and say I'm sorry."
Abbie wrote in her diary, "I hate my mom. I hate my family." She said she felt as if Jennie and Mike were her real parents because she had lived with them her whole life, "but I felt different." Every day Jennie found herself crying in her bedroom closet. Mike said Jennie grew "jaded," anticipating a battle from the moment she woke up.
For a while Mike thought Jennie was the one who needed therapy, calling the conflicts "normal mother-daughter stuff." Jennie started recording meltdowns with her iPhone, holding it at her side so Abbie wouldn't notice, and Mike agreed that something was wrong. The Landreths put Abbie in a succession of education environments, public and private schools, and took her to therapists, counselors, and doctors. They drove a car with 280,000 miles on it as the expenses piled up because insurance didn't cover her treatments. Jennie worried that Abbie would soon end up in juvenile detention.
"I don't know if our marriage would have survived and I don't know if our family would have stayed together if we hadn't gotten help," said Jennie.
Under new parenting techniques the Landreths learned at a post-adoptive camp last year, Abbie is a different girl. She jokes with her brothers. Mike showed me a video on his phone: He's picking up Jennie around the waist, and then turns her upside down while Jennie laughingly protests. All the kids are cracking up on their parents' bed. "A family moment that was not miserable!" he said. Abbie doesn't wear hoods when she is out anymore. She orders her own tuna sandwich, her favorite, at Subway. She showed me her room, which her mom decorated as a surprise for her with her favorite things: pink and zebra stripes. A One Direction poster hung on the wall, and she has diaries lined up on her desk. She now has a tutor, which seems to be the best form of education for her, and she is working on tap dancing. She still has friction with her mom, but nothing like before.
"Still I sometimes complain about doing the dishes," Abbie said. "I don't like doing the kitchen, but I'm the best at it, so it's a curse."
Not far from the Landreths in Tennessee, Tim and Ellen Stowell, both 60, are dealing with similar, but more extreme, problems. They never had children, and over the last few years have adopted four children from China and Taiwan. The Stowells' children came to their family grown, ages 8 to 12. Ellen has worked for decades in special education, so she did not approach adoption naively.
"I never expected one of these kids to come running into my arms the moment I met them," she said.
But her training didn't prepare her for the exhausting battle with her youngest, Yu Hsuan. The Stowells adopted Yu Hsuan at age 8. He had lived with the same foster family in China for seven years, but Ellen recalls that he "didn't shed a tear" when she and Tim picked him up. She now sees that as one symptom of trauma.
Three years later, the Stowells are still desperately seeking solutions to reach an unreachable boy. Yu Hsuan, now 11, hits his mom, which has become more serious as he's grown older and stronger. He mumbles or whispers so Ellen has to ask many times what he's saying, which she sees as a tool for control. I visited their home while he was at school, and Ellen showed me his room. He had punched holes in the walls, ripped the blinds off the window, and slammed his closet door off its hinges. The clearest sign of trauma from his childhood: He doesn't sleep in his bed. He gathers all the blankets from around the house, covers the bed, and then he climbs underneath the bed to sleep on the floor. The bed is the only remaining furniture in the room because he has destroyed everything else.
Yu Hsuan is obedient at school; in his school photo he is smiling and wearing an American flag shirt. Children with post-adoption issues can be well-behaved toward people outside their family. But during this past summer, without the structure of school, he had meltdowns. At one point Ellen told him if he hit her one more time, she would call the police; he did and she did. Ellen wanted the police to "read him the riot act," she said, to impress on him the significance of his violence. But when the police officers came, they didn't know what to do, and she sent them away.
In another one of his summer meltdowns, he said, "Hurt dog, hurt cat," and Ellen realized it was time for psychological treatment. Children with trauma issues will sometimes try to hurt animals. Yu Hsuan stayed at the hospital's children's psych ward a couple of times over the summer and arrived home with more coping skills. Ellen has learned that anytime she tries overtly to help him, he recoils and gets angry. She has learned that she herself cannot show anger toward him, which only fuels the fits.
"There's no cookbook for it," said Ellen.
This fall the Stowells as an entire family attended a parental training camp as the Landreths did. The Landreths sought help at a camp run by Nancy Thomas, an adoptive and foster parent who has written about attachment issues. Faasse from Bethany declined to recommend Thomas' camps (Thomas is not a child psychologist) but did recommend Purvis' camps, emphasizing the importance of professional help. Faasse and Purvis didn't criticize Thomas but criticized treatment that is "parent-centered" and "punitive," instead of "child-centered" and focused on trauma.
While a child can misbehave, they say, the problem is usually that parents are treating trauma as bad behavior. Thomas told me that she agrees completely with Purvis' methods, and also agreed that families need professionals to come alongside her parenting advice. Children are all different, and solutions will be different—Thomas' training worked for the Landreths. But they all agree on the bottom line: Families shouldn't try to handle troubled children without professional help. Faasse said families shouldn't hesitate to contact adoption agencies if something seems off.
"All too often families call us because they're desperate," Faasse said. "We'd rather get involved with families earlier than when they're exhausted."
Even if some children require extra care, Jennie said the Christian call to adoption remains the same. "These kids need homes," she said. "We don't want to discourage people from adopting. But it's going to discourage them more if we don't say, 'There's hope and healing for these kids.' You can adopt, but get equipped."


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October 10, 2013 | 13579 views
Two of our Long Island Congressmen are worthy of praise
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They say that "politics makes strange bedfellows." While they are far from being alike, two members of Congress from Long Island are playing major roles in the ongoing debate about how to open up the government after a shutdown. While their activities are quite different, both are in a position to have an impact on the debate.
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Well, do you have the Zimbra Collaboration Suite installed? That's the email server that the desktop client connects to, just enter the address of your server. If you don't have that then the client won't work.
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October 24, 2012 | 1 comment | 1314 views
Navy Corpsman, Marine reunite in Lynbrook
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When they saw each other they first smiled, then grabbed and held each other in a tight hug. One was a wounded Marine without legs sitting in a wheelchair, while the other was the Navy Corpsman who saved the Marine's life after he stepped on an IED some 18 months ago on a hilltop in the mountains of Afghanistan.
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Published Dec. 13, 2012
Columbia-based SCBT Financial Corp. said today it completed the acquisition of The Savannah Bancorp Inc.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Savannah Bancorp shareholders will receive approximately 0.25 shares of SCBT's common stock in exchange for each Savannah Bancorp share they owned, or approximately 1.80 million shares of the company's common stock.
Savannah Bancorp's two banking subsidiaries, The Savannah Bank N.A. and Bryan Bank & Trust, have combined and are now part of SCBT.
Upon completion of merger integration, these locations will operate as The Savannah Bank, a division of SCBT. Until that time, the banks will continue under their current names. SCBT will also continue to operate Minis & Co. Inc., a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of Savannah Bancorp.
"Savannah is a great market and we are very pleased with the support we have received from shareholders, customers and employees," said Robert R. Hill Jr., SCBT president and CEO. "We look forward to using our combined financial strength to help businesses and individuals in Savannah, Richmond Hill and coastal Georgia."
SCBT Financial Corp. comprises SCBT, the third-largest bank headquartered in South Carolina; NCBT, a division of SCBT; and Community Bank & Trust, a division of SCBT.
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Hand-picked décor and found art adorns the walls. Counter tops and the open plan kitchen entertains with real time visuals, where masterpiece after masterpiece is whipped up and whisked off on a mission to silence hungry tummies. We offer different and affordable fine- dining food in a coffee shop. From our all-day breakfast to our delicious flat breads, sandwiches and of course our gourmet kiddies menu, we have different combinations and beautifully presented food with loads of flavour.
Steaming cups of coffee and daily newspapers, hot off the press, await the early risers yearning for a quick hearty breakfast and a quick catch up on email before the day picks up pace. We have free Wi-Fi, a beautiful quiet setting with an exquisite view of Table Mountain, perfect for the early birds.
Friendly, knowledgeable waiting staff are always ready to assist and a decadent array of cakes, pastries and hearty, classic cuisine with a twist, are conjured up to satisfy. The ever-changing menu boasts a sumptuous, eclectic selection of classic cuisine, innovatively rethought and freshly created by the hands-on owner/head chef, Anneke.
You'll like us for the service, you'll adore us for the taste and you'll love us for the variety as our menu constantly changes to wow your taste buds.
This cool and contemporary wine bar cum restaurant serves a delightful array of tapas, pub food and light meals. As is naturally suggested by the name, you can pair any item with amazing wine of your choice. Regular wine tastings are held. 10 Chapters serves breakfast, lunch and early dinners. Booking is advised.
Relax by the fireplace in winter or enjoy a refreshing cocktail in the bar and lounge area or next to the swimming pool. 101 at Protea invites diners with an elegant ambient feel. An excellent menu is available that serves dishes to suit all palates. Along with a wide varieties of wines to choose from, the gourmet cuisine remains unpretentious and tasteful.
Located next to Hotel Cardoso, this intriguing and unique eatery exudes a modern and contemporary feeling and is perfect for light meals and relaxing sundowners. The restaurant operates from within a lovingly restored building, restored to former glory and beauty. Families and children are well catered for with an additional park setting, perfect for soaking up the sun and relaxing with a nice meal and light conversation.
Exuding style and offering some unique culinary delights, Act Restaurant hosts a contemporary a la Carte menu complimented by an extensive wine list.
The menu focuses on bistro fare, brimming with taste while stylish surrounds relax the mind in preparation of the show ahead.
Act Restaurant is the ideal venue for pre-show dinners and caters for functions and private hire.
Afrique offers outstanding food, service and hospitality. This upmarket fine dining experience can be found in the acclaimed Afrique Boutique Hotel and is a must for special occasions. The menu offers great food, from contemporary mains to light meals and breakfasts. A wide selection of beverages are also available. THe restaurant serves as a great venue for private functions as well.
Having spent their entire working lives in the food and hospitality industry - both locally and internationally - new owners, Kurt and Petra Schramm, have all the right qualifications to firmly place Alpenstube on the destination restaurant map in the picturesque surrounds of Hout Bay. Much needed improvements include a new front patio, a revamped outside bar and beer garden, and a fireplace for the cold winters.
Alpenstube offers a very versatile indoor-outdoor dining experience where you can relax and savour an imported German draught beer in the garden, have coffee and homemade pastries on the front patio, and enjoy a leisurely lunch or intimate dinner in the cosy interior. Aside from its large following of locals who carry them through the winter months, Alpenstube is fortunate to have many overseas visitors – German, Dutch and English - who, like the swallows, return year after year to their favourite Hout Bay haunt.
Now open at lunch time, the well-priced menu features traditional specialties such as Geschnetzeltes, thinly sliced port fillet in a creamy mushroom sauce, alongside light meals such as the Chef's Burger, seasonal salads and a couple of soups. Master Chef Kurt has thoughtfully included several menu items specifically for children so that Alpenstube can be enjoyed by the whole family.
The signature dish must surely be the traditional Eisbein, but please call in advance to check availability. Other dinner recommendations are the grilled Fillet Steak, as well as Schnitzels to suit all tastes – pork, veal and chicken. You will also find fresh fish on the menu when available from the harbor. The pastries, desserts and cakes are all homemade, so why not indulge in whatever takes your fancy.
Altissimo serves a variety of cuisine in an ambient, relaxed setting. Diners can enjoy a casual yet stylish vibe, with food that is served with a touch of glamorous flare. Breakfast, lunch and dinner can be enjoyed and coffee and other beverages are available. Feel free to go in casual attire, kick back, enjoy great food, and just breathe out.
This fine dining restaurant offers contemporary cuisine with all the bells and whistles. The beautiful interior creates a tranquil, elegant space in which you can enjoy one of the many gourmet dishes on the menu. Excellent, professional service and an amazing wine collection add to the cuisine to make this an experience to remember. Please enquire about corkage fees.
This beautiful restaurant is on board a Nile boat in Maadi. The dining experience here is unique and quite the treat. With a large menu and beverage list, as well as beautiful Nile views and a one-of-a-kind experience, this is definitely not to be missed.
Annica's offers an extensive menu and a three-course set menu which specializes in game, light meals and seafood. Vegetarians can enjoy salads and a variety of Italian dishes. An array of open sandwiches are also available. Try the salmon carpaccio, marinated in fennel seeds and a sweet soya reduction, served with wasabi mayonnaise, pickled ginger and horseradish.
Apprentice Restaurant, formally known as L'Olive, situated on Stellenbosch's bustling Andringa Street, is a sought after dining establishment. Home to the Culinary Institute, this restaurant offers food that appeals to the senses.
The restaurant is training school for students who have chosen cooking as a career, but patrons would be far off the mark to expect anything less than being plated up food of exceptional quality.
Not only is breakfast, lunch and dinner served in style, the décor of the eatery is bright and inviting in a relaxed upmarket manner, however, the best seats remain out of house on the pavement, where guests can soak up the Stellenbosch vibe.
The dinner menu is offers a selection of meat dishes from Lamb Rump, Kudu Loin to Quail. Desserts are wickedly decadent with impossible to resist choices like Chocolate Marble Pavlova and Tiramisu with Rum and Espresso.
Since the restaurant is a learning arena, the menu also has a glossary of terms (in case the menu is all French to you).
This warm, elegant restaurant invites with large wooden tables and a great view. Here you can meet, greet and eat in style, and enjoy the relaxed ambience. The open kitchen adds to the warm, comfortable feel and diners can see the chefs in action. Enjoy spectacular views of the Simonsberg and surrounding mountains while enjoying a glass of proudly South African wine.
The ingredients are fresh and complement the clean simple dishes on offer. The restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner and a wide variety of dishes can be found on the extensive and well planned menu.
For a lighter meal option, you can enjoy one of the gourmet sandwiches that incorporates ingredients like camembert, chilli chutney and rocket or the delicious combination of caramelized onion and pear in honey with cheddar. A great dish is the Gorgonzola Fettucini with butternut, gorgonzola cheese, cashew nuts and rocket.
Try the melt-in-your-mouth pork belly on the bone served with cabbage and bacon mash, braised apples and pork sauce. The homemade Venison burger with prune and brandy chutney, brie and walnuts is a must-try for the more adventurous diner. A variety of vegetarian and seafood dishes are also on offer.
With competitive prices, great recipes, an amazing atmosphere and stunning views, this restaurant will struggle to disappoint.
In a beautiful Victorian Town house on the vibrant and trendy Kloof Street is Asoka.
The menu offers superb flavoursome tapas and promotes sharing and socialising while sampling the delicious creations with friends and family. The food served is healthy and full of wonderful flavour combinations that have diners ordering seconds and thirds.
Enjoy a truly tranquil culinary experience at Asoka.
Set on the western slopes of the beautiful Helderberg mountain is the Avontuur Estate restaurant.
The welcoming and relaxed atmosphere is enhanced by a mix of old and new decor as well as a airy terrace complete with pagodas covered in grapevines.
For a truly decadent but relaxing environment and a very memorable dining experience, the Avontuur Estate restaurant is the place to be.


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(Washington) - Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ), the author of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, released the following statement regarding the success and positive impact of the State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released today for the fifth year. The report was mandated by Smith's first trafficking bill, signed in October 2000 (Public Law 106-386).
"Since its inception in 2001, the State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report has been a powerful tool to encourage governments around the world to address the growing problem of trafficking in human beings for forced labor and sexual exploitation.
"The 2005 Report includes an analysis of 150 countries. This is ten more than the previous year's publication, and the most countries ever included in the report.
"A review of the report shows that over the past year, a stronger response from governments, an increase in public awareness of victim protection services, and a successful effort in anti-trafficking practices have occurred in many countries. Thirty-four countries improved their tier status, a sign of the system's success and effectiveness. Regrettably, some other governments' efforts lagged in the past year, resulting in the downward assessment of twenty-six countries. While it is disturbing that many strong allies of the United States fell into Tier 3, I commend the State Department for allowing the facts with regard to human trafficking to determine each country's tier placement, rather than unrelated political considerations.
"The 2005 TIP report includes an informative list of 'International Best Practices' consisting of examples of innovative and effective anti-trafficking policies, such as the Czech Republic's screening and identification procedures, as well as Estonia's campaign to raise public awareness on global trafficking.
"This year's report brings needed attention to the problem of peacekeepers' complicity in the sexual exploitation of vulnerable populations, including through trafficking, and highlights some positive steps underway to prevent such exploitation.
"In addition, this year's report includes data provided by foreign governments on trafficking-related investigations, prosecutions, convictions, and sentences. As in our own country, the number of traffickers prosecuted and convicted has increased by nearly 300% since enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Likewise, the number of worldwide convictions increased this past year to more than 3000 convictions, as more countries acquired the legal tools necessary to combat trafficking and the political will to implement those tools."
To support the U.S. Government's ongoing efforts to combat human trafficking, on February 17, Smith introduced the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, H.R. 972. The bill would reauthorize appropriations for anti-trafficking programs in the United States and abroad. The bill also offers solutions to specific scenarios in which trafficking is a problem and which experience has shown could benefit from additional initiatives.
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, is a U.S. Government agency that monitors progress in the implementation of the provisions of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. The Commission consists of nine members from the United States Senate, nine from the House of Representatives, and one member each from the Departments of State, Defense and Commerce.
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Trey Hillman Media Session: Eight-man pen, Jose Guillen
Eight Men In
An eight-man bullpen is not very customary, but manager Trey Hillman thinks at this point in the season it is very necessary. "I know it leaves us a little short on the bench, but the leverage it gives us with regards to our starting pitching is substantial. Our starters don't have to eat up as many innings, it allows them to rest up, and the pressure to make it to a certain point in the game isn't there either. We can mix and match on a different level as well."
Back So Soon
According to Hillman, Royals outfielder Jose Guillen, currently on the Disabled List, is looking to come back much sooner then later. "He is coming with us to Seattle, and we are looking for him to be back on the field sometime around September 1. Guillen is going to continue with his regular rehabbing routines as well as his daily workouts. If everything goes well and the evaluation process runs its course accordingly, you will see Jose back with the club very soon," exclaimed the manager.


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Lance Armstrong winds up second overall at Tour de Suisse; Frank Schleck takes win
- By VeloNews.com
- Published Jun. 20, 2010
- Updated Jun. 20, 2010 at 2:22 PM EDT
Saxo Bank's Frank Schleck won the Tour of Switzerland on Sunday ahead of RadioShack's Lance Armstrong after the ninth and final stage, a 26.9km time-trial won by Germany's Tony Martin.
Schleck finished 12 seconds ahead of Armstrong in the overall standings, with Saxo Bank teammate Jacob Fuglsang third at 17 seconds.
Dutch rider Robert Gesink, who had been wearing the leader's yellow jersey going into the final stage, finished fifth overall at 27 seconds after finishing over two minutes off Martin's winning time.
Schleck is not considered a time-trial specialist and admitted he had benefited from the advice of Saxo Bank teammate Fabian Cancellara, the three-time world champion in the discipline, to post the 13th best time at 1:14 behind Martin.
"I was a little bit surprised myself that it went so well but the good thing about being on the same team as Fabian Cancellara is that you get to know a trick or two about time trialling and he said I could pull it off before the stage," said Schleck.
Schleck was also quick to pay tribute to compatriot Kim Kirchen, the Katusha team rider who has been in a coma for two days after suffering a heart problem.
"Winning here so close to the Tour de France means a lot to me but my thoughts go to Kim Kirchen and his family who are having a hard time right now," he said.
Martin clocked 32:21 to finish 17 seconds ahead of Olympic time trial champion Cancellara in the stage around Liestal.
Just two weeks before the start of the Tour de France, Armstrong finished 11th, 1:09 behind the stage winner.
Armstrong admitted recently he is trying to brush up on his time trialling after a series of mediocre performances the past year.
And he was buoyed by his performance.
"It was a really hard time trial, with nowhere to really rest. You just had to keep pedalling constantly," he said.
"I felt good. I had good legs today."
He added: "There were a lot of strong riders here this week and so it's given me a good indication of what's going to happen (at the Tour).
"Now, I just have to stay in good shape and try to gain that extra little percentage."
Quick results
- 1. Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) 32:21
- 2. Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), at 0:17
- 3. Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions), at 0:29
- 4. Gustav Erik Larsson (Saxo Bank), at 0:48
- 5. Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), at 0:48
- 6. Andreas Klöden (RadioShack), at 0:52
- 7. Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank), at 0:52
- 8. Maxime Monfort (HTC-Columbia), at 0:57
- 9. Woeter Poels (Vacansoleil), at 1:02
- 10. Stijn Devolder (Quick Step), at 1:07
- 1. Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank)
- 2. Lance Armstrong (RadioShack), at 0:12
- 3. Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank), at 0:18
- 4. Steve Morabito (BMC), at 0:24
- 5. Robert Gesink (Rabobank), at 0:27
- 6. Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia), at 0:28
- 7. Rigoberto Uran (Caisse d'Epargne), at 0:33
- 8. Andreas Klöden (RadioShack), at 0:49
- 9. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha), at 1:09
- 10. Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), at 1:14
Captain America
Dave Zabriskie takes third on the day. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
The final podium
Armstrong, Fränk Schleck and Fulgsang. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
Maxime Monfort races to eighth. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
2010 Tour de Suisse, Tony Martin
Tony Martin en route to the stage win. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
Levi Leipheimer takes fifth and cracks the top 10 overall. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
Gustav Erik Larsson took fourth, one of three Saxo riders to finish in the top 10 in the time trial. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
2010 Tour de Suisse, Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong finished just outside the top 10 but vaulted into second overall. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
Andreas Klöden took sixth on the day. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
Race leader Robert Gesink faltered in the finale and slipped to fifth overall. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
Jakob Fuglsang rides to seventh in the finale. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
Fabian Cancellara races to second. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
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I can see that, but I'm not going to boycott the small towns for stuff that is being forced down their throats by the more heavily populated I-25 area. The state will get my gas taxes and taxes off groceries which won't be much and tag $, but voucher money will come back to TX.
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A Community of Exceptional Nurses
AACN believes acute and critical care nurses deserve recognition for all that they do every day for patients, families and our profession. That's why we honor and support our members through programs such as the Circle of Excellence.
AACN's awards program is highly regarded for its responsiveness to current trends in the nursing profession and in the environments where nurses work. In order to maintain the high-caliber program aligned with AACN's mission and vision, the program focuses on excellence and innovation through standardized award criteria for all Circle of Excellence awards.
Up to 25 individuals who exemplify excellence in the care of acutely and critically ill patients and their families will be chosen annually for a Circle of Excellence award. Recipients will become part of the Circle of Excellence Society.
Nominees for a Circle of Excellence Award must hold active AACN membership and be nominated by a colleague, who must also hold active AACN membership. Self-nominations will not be accepted.
The nurse-to-nurse nomination process provides acute and critical care nurses an opportunity to participate in meaningful recognition of their peers and colleagues by nominating them for this prestigious national honor. The nominator and two references must attest to each nominee's achievements in exemplifying the award criteria.
Nominations for the Circle of Excellence awards open annually in May, and must be received by August 1 of each year.
Nominees for a Circle of Excellence award must be nominated by a colleague. Self-nominations will not be accepted.
Nominations must be received by August 1 of each year.
The nominator and two references must attest to each nominee's achievements in exemplifying the award criteria.
Please refer to the Circle of Excellence general information, guidelines and restrictions.
Nomination Form
Overview Summary and Criteria Evaluation Form
Notifications of selection are expected by December 31.
The Circle of Excellence Society will permanently connect award recipients to one another and AACN. The Society provides a rich network of experts who will continually generate innovation and excellence. Society members will be instrumental in shaping its future activities and will participate in selecting future award recipients.
Individuals who previously received a Circle of Excellence award before 2009 became the inaugural members of the Society. Thereafter, annual Circle of Excellence award recipients become ongoing members of the Society.
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4 Jun 2012 - 8 Jun 2012For the past six years, ADB?s annual flagship event, the Asia Clean Energy Forum has progressively served as the premier knowledge sharing platform for learning and exchange of experiences on key issues and latest developments in clean energy. This year?s forum, which is scheduled for 4-8 June 2012, promises to be especially dynamic as it coincides with the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, announced by UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon in 2011.
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Recently I've been trying to figure out exactly how SquirrelFish Extreme (SFX) is kicking our butts so badly on regexp-dna.js, by about 5x on my machine. Numerically, (WebKit Regular Expression Compiler) WREC provides most of that 5x, but there are some weird twists to the story. My main conclusions: WREC indeed makes for a good […]
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Now that 3.1 network edition is almost here "Goal is later this week" (from previous post) -- what are the wireless capabilities for 3.1?
Will it work with blackberry devices? Does it require the use of blackberry enterprise server or will zimbra have integrated wireless push features?
What about a mobile access like MS Outlook Mobile access? Does Zimbra 3.1 have anything like a watered down webUI optimized for mobile devices?


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The Onslow County Board of Commissioners has scheduled a Special Meeting to take place on Monday, May 5, 2014.
This meeting will begin at 5:30PM at Onslow County Health Department, 612 College Street, Second Floor Conference Room, Jacksonville.
The purpose of the meeting is for the Board of Commissioners to enter into closed session pursuant to NCGS � 143-318.11 (a) (6) To consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee; or to hear or investigate a complaint, charge, or grievance by or against an individual public officer or employee.
Contact Onslow County Administration at 910/347-4717 for additional information.
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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The defensive-minded Joakim Noah once again
kickstarted the Chicago Bulls' struggling offense.
Noah followed up an extraordinary 23-point, 21-rebound and 11-block
performance Thursday with a 21-point, 10-rebound effort Saturday in the Bulls'
96-85 triumph over the Brooklyn Nets.
Noah was 10-of-13 from the field and added five assists and four blocks for
Chicago, which went just 5-8 in February. The Bulls' offense tallied just 85.7
points per game over their last seven contests coming in.
Carlos Boozer finished with 20 points, eight boards and five steals in the
The win moves Chicago a half-game ahead of Brooklyn for the fifth spot in the
Eastern Conference.
Brook Lopez netted 22 points to lead the Nets, who have dropped four of their
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Police have been out targeting drivers by land and by air. Now another crew has hit a different recreational resource to help secure user's safety.
Memorial Day weekend is the time that generally travel increases by road and by boat. For the first time this season, the Illinois Department of Natural Resource police are taking their boats out on the water.
While state troopers are performing roadside safety checks, conservation police are patrolling the waters to make sure that boaters are in compliance with state laws. This is the first big holiday weekend of the year and police want to be on the look out for boaters who may put others in danger. It's been a long season off the water and some boaters may not know if their boats are up to speed or not.
Police say they want to make sure that boaters are out enjoying the water and not endangering others. If you're not sure weather or not you boat is in compliance with state law contact the Department of Natural Resources at 1-800-832-2599.
Tips for safe boating
Boats and alcohol don't mix
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IDEAS Mission Statement
IDEAS (Improving Dreams, Equality, Access, and Success) is the official voice of undocumented students at UCLA, and we recognize the diversity within the movement as our membership comprises of individuals from various nationalities, ethnicities, and genders. IDEAS exists to provide undocumented students with the resources and support needed to ensure their retention in higher education. Furthermore, we strive to ensure access to higher education by educating our communities about the opportunities open for higher education success. As advocates, we will fight for the equal representation of our community in higher education and fair immigration reform that recognizes the contributions of undocumented immigrants to this society.
Background and History
UCLA students, faculty and administrators came together during the summer of 2003 and officially established IDEAS at UCLA in October 2003. As a support network for undocumented and AB540 undocumented students at UCLA and across diverse communities outside of UCLA, IDEAS members collectively form camaraderie of people connected by shared experiences, struggles, and successes.
Evolving from a support network to a student organization and community outreach project, IDEAS now guides high school and community college students in their transition to institutions of higher education. In the summer of 2004, IDEAS initiated the AB540 Project to bring awareness about the AB540 legislation and to provide information regarding educational and financial resources available to Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside Counties. This is accomplished through a mentoring program, informational workshops, student panels, the Annual Educator's Conference and Immigrant Youth Empowerment Conference, and other community events.
As an advocacy group IDEAS has consistently taken an active role at the local, state, and national levels to campaign for equal access to higher education for all students, regardless of their immigration status. In 2006 IDEAS joined the California DREAM Network, a state- and nation-wide network of student based organizations aimed at creating and influencing public policy affecting undocumented students.
In 2006, thanks to the support of private donors, community organizations such as our former fiscal receiver the Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund (SALEF), and the Office of Assemblymember Gilbert Cedillo, the 1st Annual Making the Dream a Reality Banquet established an ongoing scholarship for undocumented students at the university. IDEAS awarded a combined 38 scholarships to entering freshmen, transfer, and continuing undoumented students at UCLA.
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A.The XV series can work as a GM2 sound module when receiving the "GM2 System On" MIDI message. The XV series and the Fantom employ the 256 tones and 9 rhythm sets that are called for by the GM2 standard. They also conform to the MIDI Message of the GM Level 2.
Note: Because the waveforms used by the XV Series are different from other GM2 compatible products, there is a slight difference in sound between the XV Series and other Roland GM2 compatible products . For example, the piano sound of the XV series is a bit different from that of the SC-8850 or the SD-90. The products conforming to the GM Level 2 standard are the SC-8850/SC-8820 (Sound Canvas series), SD-90/SD-80 (Studio Canvas), Virtual Sound Canvas (VSC) and the Hyper Canvas.


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|Farmers, ranchers urged to vote in FSA county election
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USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Juan M. Garcia announced that the 2013 FSA County Committee Elections began Monday, Nov. 4, with the mailing of ballots to eligible voters. The deadline to return the ballots to local FSA offices is Dec. 2.
"The role and input of our county committee members is more vital than ever at a time when our country faces important choices regarding the funding and operation of our government," said Garcia.
"New county committee members provide input and make important decisions on the local administration of disaster and conservation programs," he added. "With better participation in recent years, we have also seen promising increases in the number of women and minority candidates, helping to better represent the richness of American agriculture."
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Eric Holder finally defends religious freedom . . . almost
During his confirmation hearing in 2009, Eric Holder made this commitment to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the American people: "The attempt to politicize the department will not be tolerated should I become attorney general of the United States." "I will work to restore the credibility of a department badly shaken by allegations of improper political interference…." Yet, beginning with one of his first actions | Read More »


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Winston-Salem, NC -- Police arrested a Winston-Salem man after an hour-long standoff Thursday afternoon.
Officers responded to a home on Don Avenue around 5:15 p.m. in reference to a disturbance call. When officers arrived, they heard a gunshot come from inside the home just before a man climbed out of a bedroom window and ran from the house.
Police later learned that the man's father, Walter Louis Brown, was drunk and hiding from officers inside the home.
After Brown refused to cooperate with officers and come out of his house, the department's Special Weapons and Tactics team came to assist in the standoff.
Brown later came out of his home and surrendered without without incident.
Officers arrested and charged Brown with assault with a deadly weapon, communicating threats, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling.
He's being held in the Forsyth County Detention Center under a $50,000 secured bond.
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Does Zimbra expose a Java API that we can use to implement a JMS based messaging system so as to leverage Zimbra server features as well as to integrate User information across multiple applications internally.
Assuming we use Zimbra as our primary 'User' datasource, we would like to kick of a JMS based message that other internal servers can subscribe to. Is this architecturally feasible within the Zimbra Collaboration Suite ? Do we need to write seperate plug-ins ?


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That's a nice little map GP!
Love the floor board texture...
A ryokan (country inn) is essentially a large farmhouse, near a main road, that has been converted into a country inn, with the addition of a number of 10 x 10 sleeping chambers with a sliding door to access. The floors are tatami mats, usually a floor sitting pillow sits within. A wardrobe with 3 shelves sit within with the two lower shelfs containing a rolled up futon bed, pillow and blankets on next shelf - empty shelf for a tenants personal goods.
This is a haunted location in the first adventure of The Gift, from my Kaidan introductory mini-adventure arc.
The party arrives at a typical country inn, is greeted by the hostess, shown their rooms, the location of the kitchen and employee only areas, as well as how to get to the "benjo" or toilet (essentially an attached outhouse.) The party is told that supper will be served at nightfall.
Once the party settles in, they meet the other guests and eventually head to the communal room where dinner is served. Once seated and their food lays before them, they notice that the noodles are really worms, the rabbit stew is trying to crawl out of its bowl, and an eel in the soup comes alive and begins swimming around in it. When the party looks up in shock, the entire Ryokan reveals itself as having been abandoned and rotting away for years, the entrances and window slides are boarded up from the outside.
The other guests are all yurei ghosts in various forms and attack the party.
Because the adventure uses maps, art and public domain art, I've attached a hand-drawn public domain image of a Japanese farmhouse side view... or what a typical ryokan looks like from the outside.
Fifty years ago, this ryokan was operated by a husband and wife. However, a beautiful woman guest was staying at the inn. In the month of her stay, the husband of the house had great lust for the woman guest. His jealous wife asks for the guest to leave, which she does. The husband in anger strikes his wife to the floor, while still unconscious he takes her body and entombs her alive in the cellar beneath the kitchen. After her screaming subsides and final death has come the husband takes to the road in search for the outcast guest. He finds her, invites her back, saying his wife is visiting family in the next province. Over the few days she is back, the guest begins to be accosted by an invisible assailant from poltergeist objects thrown, to eventually near choking event with invisible hands about her neck. Finally the wife's ghost appears and tell her what her beauty has cause. In remorse she commits suicide. She leaves a note which the authorities find, arrest and execute the husband. Now all the residents of the house are permanent ghostly fixtures there...
It is also believed some lesser yakuza used this place as a temporary hideout, escaping the authorities but were eventually killed by the yurei ghosts within, they too haunt the ryokan!
The location features 6 yurei ghosts of varying HD, powers and defenses.
PS: I'm now confronting issues in differences in how I create adventures, the publishers more general method and the Australian writers "hand-hold" to every event or occurance - not sure if a good compromise can be reached between our varying styles.
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That's a nice little map GP!
Love the floor board texture...
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
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Good work with the map. Do you think it's right that the walls and posts seem to cast shadow on all directions around them? That gives the impression of light coming from directly above, which is kind of in contrast with their beveling that shows the left & up corners brighter and the right & down corners darker.
The background flavour of the place is great, but it seems pretty wasteful if all one is to get from the inn is a straight forward combat encounter. I'd be tempted to keep up the illusion through the supper and let the player characters settle down for the night. Then they could be woken up and lured to the cellar by the ghost of the innkeeper's wife, or the innkeeper's ghost might lust after any female PCs, etc. Unwitting characters might end up being played as pawns in vengeful plots of these ghosts before the horror is exposed to them.
Well consider there's a roof and no definitely light source, except the open fireplace in the center of the communal room. Halo shadows work well for VT purposes, instead of directional shadows, as light source changes and shadowing changes. Placing shadows here simply amplify where the walls are and and which objects are a part of the floor and which are above it.
Depending on my needs, I use both directional and halo shadows.
So I see no problem with using a halo shadow for the interior.
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Hey Gamerprinter,
Just wanted to let you know it's nice to see you posting your progress on the Kaidan setting. It's a good way to get some insight into the process of creating such a setting. Your stories are interesting to read and the art is great. Thanks so far!
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Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
Originally I wanted to "go into the night" rather than starting the melee at dinner time, as you suggest. Actually, your thoughts here regarding being pawns of the ghost's own agendas coincides with my thinking exactly.
I guess I was trying to compromise with the publisher's direction, but I think its better to carry the plot further and make this encounter much more a major aspect doing the "whole story" - the location really works well for that.
Since I'm planning a major rewrite of the publisher's first draft anyway, I'm might as well extend this encounter to a more complete ghost story in the process to make a better product.
Good ideas!
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Dear All,
I am running ZCS800 (Open Source) on Ubuntu 12.04
Over the last 2 days, the web Admin UI shows all services as not running in Server Status (Screen shot attached).
As such, no changes are done to the server, which has been upgraded from ZCS7.1.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 to ZCS 8.0.0 on Ubuntu 12.04. The upgrade was done 45+ days back.
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About the study
The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) and the University of Pennsylvania are conducting a research study (an experiment) as part of an effort to find a vaccine for HIV. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Vaccines are given to teach the body to prevent infection or fight disease.
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Heyya, I'm Currently working with a lil bit different map, It was Infinite DImensional plane, A dimensional world who the ruler was Chronos Aeterna and Rue'm Impetia. the plane divided into 5 terrain zoned, with each has their own climate, and the climate is absolute, since the plane was stay still.
- The North was Frozen plane, Endless Winter
- East with Greenish, Field, Cherish Spring
- South was Unbearable heat, Dusty Desert, overflowing Summer
- West area are the fallen greens, uprising autumn
- While The Center of the Plane was the Palace of Chronos and Rue'm, guarded by 9 Momento Devourer
the plane was shielded with heavy streaming water, come from the deepest of the pit, flowing upside into the center of the plane. the heavy streaming water also moved rapidly, repel every outlands who try to penetrate the shield. the repelled island will fallen into the deepest pit.
so far i can Applicated my though, and will add some more change soon ^^


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ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) - Hazelwood West High School was locked down Friday after police received a call from a mother saying her son was being chased and threatened by another student with a handgun.
Police say the victim told his mother he was near the school and told her he was running to the school and didn't know if he was being followed.
School officials and the police department stayed with the student while authorities investigated.
The school was placed on lockdown while the building was searched and cleared by police.
The student accused of chasing the victim with a handgun was located by police, but a weapon was not been found.
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"Today, after 3 p.m., the Hazelwood Police Department recommended that we place both Hazelwood West High School and Armstrong Elementary School on lockdown for precautionary reasons. Hazelwood West High had already dismissed for the day, so the lockdown affected students in afterschool activities.
"The precautionary lockdown occurred because a WHS student had reported that he saw another student with a weapon. We cooperated with the Hazelwood Police Department in this investigation. According to the police department, the student in question was located and searched twice. NO weapon was located. The police department recommended we resume normal activities. No one was harmed.
"The safety of our students and staff is a priority and we appreciate the cooperation of the Hazelwood Police Department in this situation."


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North Central College has been named to the 2014 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve significant outcomes. North Central College was honored for engaging students, faculty and staff in meaningful service that achieves measurable results in the community.