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Why are other teams in England so bitter?
All this talk and bitterness about Liverpool not winning the Premiership and not being a good team makes no sense to football fans around the world (Canada in this case). The Champions League is the foremost prize in Europe and to compare to a local championship like the Premiership is crazy, it's not even close. This is the Champion of Champions, get it. The rest of the world knows that the best teams in Europe are in this league and the teams that win it go down in history. Teams like AC Milan, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Juventus, Barcelona, PSV Eidhoven, Ajax, Porto, Inter Milan, even Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are legendary for their wins in this League. No one is ever legendary for winning just the Premiership and not Europe, no matter what records they set. If you can't beat the rest of Europe you are just a good team. In five years the only thing anyone outside of England will remember about this year is Liverpool winning the Champions League.
Secondly because this is the Champion of Champions why not be happy that a team from your country won it, that is an honour in itself and it happens far to rarely. Congrats to Liverpool for winning it again, you were already in the history books but it's nice to see your name there again. The game will go down as the best final ever. Be happy for them, it was a great game.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
I forgot to mention that Everton, Arsenal and Chelsea won a few times also. Oh wait... that was only in their dreams.
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A Yahoo! User May 29, 2005 18:17 Flag
OK, firstly Arsenal have won the UEFA and the now defunct (thanks to Chelski winning it) ECWC when it was a good competition. The UEFA cup USED to be a stronger competition than the European cup in my opinion, before they let in 4, maybe 5 clubs from one country into the "champions league". Now the UEFA cup has been shamefully degraded, wheras once Milan were in the European cup, and Inter, Juve and Roma would be in the UEFA, now all the top clubs are in the Champions league, and clubs like Bolton and Boro are in the UEFA. Wenger was right, the champions league is now nothing more than a lottery, a real knockout cup competition, with all the freak results and un expected runs of the FA cup - look at Millwall last year. To say you can't be a GREAT club unless you've won it is a joke. Look at BARCELONA, they hadn't won it up till 1992 but having had the likes of Maradona, Linekar, Romario, Stoichkow, Koeman, De Stefano or Puskas, can't remember which one played for them before joining Real, they were always considered a monumental club. So are Arsenal.
I still can't believe they won, the great teams always find a way.
Anyways here's the list of best teams in Europe
Team / Cups / Years
Real Madrid 9 (1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1966 1998 2000 2002)
AC Milan 6 (1963 1969 1990 1989 1994 2003)
Liverpool 5 (1977 1978 1981 1984 2005)
Ajax 4 (1971 1972 1973 1995)
Bayern Munich 4 (1974 1975 1976 2001)
Benfica 2 (1961 1962)
Inter Milan 2 (1964 1965)
Juventus 2 (1985 1996)
Manchester United 2 (1968 1999)
Nottingham Forest 2 (1979 1980)
FC Porto 2 (2004 1987)
Aston Villa 1 (1982)
Barcelona 1 (1992)
Borussia Dortmund 1 (1997)
Celtic 1 (1967)
Feyenoord 1 (1970)
Hamburg 1 (1983)
Marseille 1 (1993)
PSV Eindhoven 1 (1988)
Red Star Belgrade 1 (1991)
Steaua Bucharest 1 (1986)
If you're not on the list you were NEVER the best, the only English teams I see are Liverpool (5), Manchester United (2), Nottingham Forest (2) and Aston Villa (1). Good job to those teams, keep trying all the others, just don't be so bitter about not being on the list.
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A Yahoo! User May 29, 2005 18:24 Flag
The funny thing is, Forest have won the champions league more times than they've won the English league.... listen, I don't think a clubs European record is the most accurate guage of the magnitude of a club. Malmo have been in more European cup finals than Arsenal, are they a bigger, better club? NO. I mean, for gods sake, I think Royal Engineers and Old Etonions have won more FA cups than the likes of Middlesboro, does that also make them better? Preston North End have won the league more times than Chelsea? a better club? Are Real Madrid REALLY more succesful than AC Milan, given that Real won the competition like 5/6 times in its infancy when there was only about 8 clubs in it, and Milan have dominated through the 80s and 90s .... not everything is as black and white as you think. Holland have never won the world cup, are you trying to tell me that the team of the 70s, with Cruyff and co who won 3 European cups consecutively at Ajax weren't a great team, or the team of the 80s with Rijkaard, Koeman, Van Batsen and Gullitt.... not a GREAT Team? I'm not convinced
A Yahoo! User May 29, 2005 13:24 Flag
The CHAMPIONS of EUROPE, great game.


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The show, which features real trains and authentically silly characters, is a live action program that will debut regionally on broadcast TV this spring.
The first season features the main character, Choo Choo Bob, hanging out at his clubhouse with his best friend Richard W. Kornbelt and other pals, talking about trains and having all kinds of adventures. In each episode, the friends take trips to Tinyland, visit real working railroads across the United States, answer questions from kids and showcase musical guests and mischievous puppets. Twenty-six shows have already been produced for broadcast.
"The Choo Choo Bob Show" will also tour a live show around the region, beginning this year. The live performances, first created for and staged at the 2010 Minnesota State Fair, will include the Choo Choo Bob cast performing original music, dance and vignettes from the series.
You can get a sneak preview of the show Saturday, April 14, at the Riverview Theater (3800 42nd Ave South, Minneapolis) at 9:30 a.m. Choo Choo Bob and all his friends will be introducing five new shows up on the big screen. The Choo Choo Bob Band will also perform songs from the show, interspersed with the screenings.
In between screenings and music performances, families can meet their favorite characters from "The Choo Choo Bob Show" and score photos and autographs.
Tickets are $2 and are only available in advance at The Choo Choo Bob Train Store at 2050 Marshall Ave in St. Paul. All ticket proceeds will be donated to the Midway Food Shelf in St. Paul.
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"ON THE TRAIL OF PAUL OF TARSUS" Turkey Travelogue by mtncorg
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Pilgrimage: 1 a journey to a sacred place or shrine; 2 a long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance.
Christianity did not begin with Paul of Tarsus but the movement got a huge jump start from both his evangelizing journeys and the letters he wrote to various communities in which he had helped to start. Paul figures in more of the New Testament than almost Jesus, himself. It was through Paul's efforts that the Way was expanded beyond the Jewish world that had been the original target for both John the Baptist and Jesus. Paul allowed non-Jews – Gentiles – to join the party without fully following the Jewish law – the crucible being circumcision. By opening this door, the Way would evolve into an entirely new religion – actually, a new family of religions – which was far different from the original stream that Jesus or even Paul had drifted along.
Many Christian scholars do not think Paul wrote all of the letters ascribed to him in the New Testament. Of the fourteen letters, seven –written in the 50's – are thought to have a Pauline source with three others being disputed – may or may not be Pauline in origin – and the last three are considered as inauthentic with no Pauline source. That said, some scholars still say that he wrote them all. Whether he wrote them all or not has a large impact upon the overall message.
Progressive – liberal – Christian scholars Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan divide the letters of Paul into three groups:
Radical/Authentic Paul: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, Philemon and 1 Thessalonians
Conservative/Pseudo Paul: Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians
Radical/Anti Paul: 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus
In both the conservative and reactionary stages, Borg and Crossan see the latter developing Christian church as amending some of Paul's original ideas and accommodating the Christian message to what passed for normality within the Roman Empire. They contend that the original message of both Jesus and Paul was Peace on Earth through a nonviolent Distributive Justice which ran counter to the Roman imperial theological message of Peace on Earth through military victory. It is interesting to note that the idea of Peace on Earth through Distributive Justice is not unique to Christianity but one that is shared with other religions, for example, Islam.
What is known of Paul comes down to us in most cases from what has been written in the New Testament – his letters and his journeys recounted by Luke in his Book of Acts. Paul made a series of trips to Asia Minor and Greece during the 50's and these were the main effort of his evangelical career.
Borg and Crossan, along with their wives, have led pilgrimage tours for over a decade now since they retired from active teaching. Originally their trips went to Israel and Palestine but now they concentrate mostly on Turkey to see sites associated with where Paul traveled some 2000 years ago. They hope that by journeying where Paul had gone, a modern day pilgrim/tourist can gain a better insight into both Paul and the world context in which he worked. One of the definitions of 'pilgrimage' is a visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event. Definitely fulfilling this meaning of the word, I enrolled in their 2012 venture and became, by definition, a pilgrim. The group I joined consisted of some 38 other pilgrims – 4 were our leaders. A good third of the group were directly from the ranks of Christian clergy – Episcopal and Lutheran. Most could be considered both liberal in political outlook and liberal/progressive in religious viewpoint, as well.
Our trip to Turkey started in Antalya, a port through which Paul left Turkey from at the end of his first mission to Asia Minor, a trip he probably did under the tutelage of Barnabas of Cyprus. We spent the first few days in Antalya as our home base. Antalya is a rapidly growing city that serves as a starting point for millions of sun/beach seeking tourists. Most tourists do not see much of Antalya except the airport.
Our first visit was to the Antalya Museum, one of the finer regional museums in Turkey outside of Istanbul or Ankara. Many of the statues on display came from the nearby ancient city of Perge. In addition, there are other statues, sarcophagi, Christian icons, coins and a multitude of other treasures that have come out of the surrounding ancient provinces of Lycia and Pamphylia to be seen too.
The next day, having seen the statues, it was time to see the site of Perge - a town that Paul passed through at the beginning and end of his first trip to Turkey. He spent some time here with Barnabas preparing to push northward into the provinces of Pisidia and Galatia over the high Taurus Mountains. Trotting through the ruins of Perge - the stadium, the baths, the agora and the colonnaded canal street - is to begin to catch glimpses of life in the 1st and 2nd Centuries. Perge is not far from the Antalya airport so the ruins contrast incongruously with 747 jumbo jets roaring high above.
The following day, we followed Paul's footsteps to the north – approximately. Paul and Barnabas had walked north on the Roman Via Sebaste while our bus drove north on Turkish National 650, the main highway connecting Antalya with Istanbul and Ankara. The magnificent Bey Dağları rising high above the sea to the west of Antalya – a grand sight – are soon put in our rear view mirror as we climb up into the Taurus gaining our first pass of the day at Çubak Coeçdi – 925 meters. Descending and then traversing a basin valley, we accomplished in an hour what it must have taken Paul the better part of a week to cover. Just past the town of Buçak, we turned off the main highway onto a smaller local one which quickly twisted and turned its way upward to another pass. Slowly winding our way down on the other side, we could finally make out our day's destination – the anastylosized ruins of the ancient city of Sagalassos, one of the main cities of the old Roman province of Pisidia.
Sagalassos had seen settlement for thousands of years until earthquakes and the unsettled times during the long decay of the Byzantine Empire brought life up here to an end. People ended up moving away or down to the present small town of Ağlasun which we proceeded to drive through, winding up ever steeper slopes. Paul is not recorded to have ever visited Sagalassos – the Via Sebaste did not come up here. We stopped here because the excavations have uncovered and restored much of the glories of the ancient city in such dramatic fashion that Sagalassos is yet another one of Turkey's many World Heritage sites with ongoing work that promises to show more as time goes on. The ruins are gleaming white, a sign that they have only recently been uncovered with little indications of weathered grey. Off the beaten path, few tourists get up here as of yet. The ruins, the magnificent physical site, the history and the silence all combine to mold a unforgettable image. And then, too soon, we were driving back down from on high, circling around more mountains on our way to our next base for the next two nights, Eğirdir.
Eğirdir is a bit of Turkish delight that is more for domestic consumption. Local tourists know about the town and its gorgeous lake and for once, they outnumber the foreigners. The setting – imagine a vast mountain lake at 916 meters ringed by mountains with only a couple of small towns around its shores – is of world class beauty. There is a reason the Turkish Army has their commando school here and it is not just to do with military applications. Paul probably didn't come through Eğridir either though he did walk on the old Roman road that ran along the northern shores of the lake, some 40 km north of the town, as he and Barnabas made their way to their first main destination in Pisidia – Pisidian Antioch, our next day's destination.
From Eğirdir it is about a 70km drive -first, around the south and east edges of the lake and then off to the northeast – to the town of Yalvaç, the modern day successor to Pisidian Antioch. Here, we were still far off the tourist highway. We had the crumbling ruins to ourselves as thunderclouds slowly began to form to the north. Pisidian Antioch was the Roman colonial successor town built atop even more ancient ruins. Rebuilt as a home for retired legionnaires and for the short term base of the VIth Legion, the town and the road leading through it – the Via Sebaste – were all instruments of Romanizing the until then independent tendencies of the locals. The road was finished in 6 BC and the legion's work was accomplished between then and 4 CE. So complete was the task that the VIth Legion was removed from Pisidian Antioch and never returned.
Some people think Paul and Barnabas came to Pisidian Antioch because of an earlier meeting on that same journey with Sergius Paulus, a proconsul – governor- serving on the island of Cyprus – Acts 13: 27. Paulus was from Pisidian Antioch and could have recommended Paul and Barnabas to his friends in his home town. Evidence of the historical evidence of Sergius Paulus exists in the form of an inscription with a name that is possibly his son carved out which you can find in the Yalvaç Museum. It is thought further that Paul could also have changed his name from Saul in honor of their high standing benefactor.
Here at Pisidian Antioch, Paul's first missionary messages are recorded – Acts 13:14-49. Speaking to the theosebeis – god fearers or god worshippers, Gentiles who had been attracted to the morality and theology of Judaism but not willing to take the final step of circumcision – Paul and Barnabas were able to get their message out enough before heading on to the next town along the Via Sebaste, Iconium – Konya, today. They returned through Pisidian Antioch on their way back at the end of their trip which took them further into Pisidia and the southern fringes of Galatia. Paul would also later journey through Pisidian Antioch on his next two missionary sojourns, each time working to galvanize those he had converted. His letter to Galatians is probably partly directed to those he had connected with in Pisidian Antioch as well.
The ruins at Pisidian Antioch take some imagination in order to recover a mental image of what once was. The anastylosis – painstaking partial restoration of ruins – that has taken place at many other sites has not gone on here. The former diaspora synagogue at which Paul preached has not been found, probably built over as the foundation of a latter church. The high point of the city – the Temple of Augustus who was only the latest in a series of earlier gods and goddesses revered here – has been somewhat restored. Built on an east-west axis as was common with ancient Greek and Roman temples, the altar faced Rome, home of the living gods. Signs of Paul's success here at Pisidian Antioch are remembered with the ruins of a large 4th Century basilica that was thought to be dedicated in Paul's honor. It was one of the largest churches in the world at the time.
Lightning now began to flash over the Sultan Dağları coming towards us as we returned to the bus and made our way back to Eğirdir. That afternoon, storms lashed the lake with wind and rians somehow appropriately for a biblical pilgrimage.
The sun returned the next day as we set out westward back into the world of package tourism – the world heritage site of Hierapolis-Pamukkale. Our visits over the next two days were centered on the extensive ancient northern necropolis of Hierapolis – the largest in all Asia Minor – and the ongoing excavations at the nearby ancient site of Laeodicea. It is not known whether Paul ever visited the area though local churches are mentioned in his disputed letter to the Colossians. Laeodicea was one of the seven churches of Asia Minor mentioned by John of Patmos in Revelations. The necropolis scene segued into Paul's ideas offered up to the Thessalonian community in 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 – those of the community whom died before Christ's return to the earth would rise up first and with him, they would meet those left alive and rise altogether at the same time into heaven. Similarly, here, as we come into Hierapolis, we meet the dead before the living.
Next up on the voyage of Pauline exploration, passing through the bustling city of Denizli, we climbed behind the massive Akdağ - with towering Baba Dağı, 2308 meters crowning the range –to a date with the ruins of Afrodisias. We visited Afrodisas not for its connections with Paul – there are no direct links we know of – but because here we can directly witness firsthand the Roman theological system monumentalized. The magnificent restored base-reliefs that used to adorn the three-storied Sebasteion of the city show the story of gods and man. Heroes interact with the gods for the benefit of mankind attaining mythical status in their own right. Similarly, the Roman imperial family achieves world peace through their superhuman actions, becoming gods themselves in the process.
For our last week, we based ourselves in Kusadası, certainly one of the busiest touristic centers in all of Turkey. Package tourism is the order of the day here as the leviathans of the cruise ship industry lumber in daily bringing thousands onto the local scene for a wander about the town or a quick shore excursion. Development has swamped Kusadası for better and/or worse.
Our visits here were centered on trips to Ephesus as well as the ancient Greek cities of Priene and Miletus – from where we also branched out to the Temple of Apollo at Didyma which housed an ancient oracle second in importance in the Greek world to that at Delphi.
Ephesus was the Roman capital of Asia Minor and the largest city in Anatolia. Paul spent three years – 52-55 – in Ephesus evangelizing, organizing and occasionally going to jail while he made a living as a tent/awning maker. With a large Jewish population present, there were also a lot of affiliated Gentile god worshippers, as well. Plus, being a provincial capital, there were lots of visitors who could go out from here spreading Paul's messages to the hinterlands.
To visit Ephesus is to share its excavated glories with thousands of others. Probably just as many people walk down the marble slabs of Curetes Street today as in Roman times. The temples to the emperors are here. Rising above the street on the south are the magnificently excavated – and newly protected – Terrace Houses of the former wealthy class of Ephesus. The restored Celsus Library with its four plaster cast statues – the four virtues – stand as backdrops for the throngs of modern day visitors wanting to prove that they too had visited Ephesus. Standing to the right of the library is the Gate of Mazeus and Mithridates leading into the commercial agora – more imperial ideology on display.
Our visit was marked by a special visit to the Cave of St Paul – or the Cave of Thecla per John D. Crossan. Here 6th Century images recount the story of Thecla. With the defacement of her mother Theolklia, standing in a preaching stance next to Paul, we can see the early theological clash between those who followed two different schools of Christian thought: those who thought that Paul meant for Christian communities to be open equally to all; male or female; Christian Jew or pagan; free man or slave – the radical Paul; and those who later accommodated Christianity to everyday Roman values – male hierarchy; the place of slaves under their masters; the godly authority of rulers – the reactionary Paul.
Our last Pauline excursion took us to Priene and Miletus which are south from Kusadası separated by the mass of Mount Mycale – Dilek Dağı – 1237 meters. In Priene we find the Temple of Athena Polius, re-dedicated to the "Imperator Caesar, the Son of God, the God Augustus" – it had originally been dedicated to another man-god, Alexander the Great. Here again is the divinity of the emperor loudly proclaimed. Also, from here on two inscriptions – now found in the basement of the Pergamon museum in Berlin – which announced the good news – gospel – of Augustus, "the global Lord, divine Son and cosmic Savior" in Crossan's words. Time was to be reordered to match the birth date of the new god. New Year's Day was to be reset to 23 September, the birthday of Augustus, the one who ended war and brought peace; the one who outdid all who had come before him and all who would ever come after him.
Across the long silted Gulf of Latmos – now cotton fields amongst the delta of the Büyük Menderes/Meander – was the ancient twin harbored port of Miletus which preceded Ephesus in regional importance. The large theater here was rebuilt in Roman times using vaulted tunnels for spectators to use to gain access to the upper seats. On the fifth row up on the south side, inscribed in among the benches is one reserved for god worshippers, theosebeis – more evidence of those to whom Paul directed his evangelical message to. It was also here in Miletus that Paul spoke his farewell to the Ephesian Christian leaders before his last journey to Jerusalem and imprisonment.
The trip was truly a pilgrimage to Pauline sites and others from which the both the context of Paul's world and the hopes of a new world that he hoped to help bring about could better understood. To give Crossan the last word:
"… that Paul opposed Rome with Christ against Caesar, not because that empire was particularly unjust or oppressive, but because he questioned the normalcy of civilization itself, since civilization has always been imperial, that is unjust and oppressive."
Two books further the ideas of Borg and Crossan, The First Paul written by both in concert and In Search of Paul written by Crossan with Jonathan Reed. They have written other fine books about early Christianity, the life and death of Jesus among others which I recommend for the ideas that these gentlemen bring to the fore.
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* omg kasumi x_x *
* omg kasumi x_x *
Taking this for my prize, thank you very much, it just needs some editing and it'll make a perfect sakura
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Cole Phelps, Not losing his hat achievement?
I am having a lot of problems with this achievement.. I will dodge the persons attacks and yet his hat will just fall off. Any tips on how to get it and what case you got this on? I am getting really annoyed by this achievement..
keep on hitting the supect block their attacks when their about to hit u then keep hitting them till they are finished
On the truachievements.com website they have couple good suggestions for what cases to do this on. It was kinda tough for me cause the bad guy usually got the first hit in but if you keep trying just try to hit him first and then repeat hit him/block him until you are able to grab him and knock him down.
Hope this helps
The funny thing is, I got this achievement accidentally. I wasn't even trying to get the achievement and I got it. I did check out true achievements and those tips did help a little but, but I still kept failing at it. I got it completely on accident. It made my day though.
Thanks for the help guys.
lol I just got this achievement by luck ! happy days seems like an annoying achievement.
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Tyler Raines Murder: Father And Step-Mother Charged In Abuse Death Of 11 …
A Mississippi integrate has been charged with collateral murder in a genocide of an 11-year-old boy.
Tyler Raines was found passed during home in Horn Lake, Miss., final week. Police investigators told WREG that a child was svelte and showed signs of abuse. He was lonesome in bruises from conduct to toe and weighed usually 56 pounds when he died, according to police.
Relatives pronounced a boy's father, Tommy "Jack" Raines, 37, and his step-mother, Amanda, 33, home scholastic a child for dual years and refused to let other family see him. Relatives told a hire that even Tyler's birth mom was not authorised to see him.
Prosecutors pronounced a boy was tortured to death.
"I can pronounce personally. Shock, horror," DeSoto County Assistant District Attorney Steven Jubera told a station. "I don't consider anybody who saw a child will ever be left unaffected."
According to a DeSoto Times Tribune, a Raines family changed often, and had changed into a Horn Lake residence only before Christmas.
Neighbors pronounced that nonetheless a couple's other children attended propagandize and could be seen around a neighborhood, Tyler was frequency seen.
"I saw a small child final Saturday for a initial time given they changed here," neighbor Mary Sullivan told WREG. "He looked skinny. He looked unequivocally skinny. we unequivocally suspicion that he was substantially 7 or 8 years old. we was unequivocally astounded when we found out he was 11 years old."
Tommy and Amanda Raines were charged Tuesday with one count any of collateral murder and criminal child abuse and neglect. They are being hold on $250,000 bond each. If convicted, they could face a genocide penalty.
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4 month old babies weight and height
4 months - 16.1 lbs and 24 inches.
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Loving my little R a i n b o w baby!
4 mth appt and he weighed 13lbs 13oz & was 24 inches long. She said he is only in the 10th percentile, but is growing well. I think the charts are based on formula feeding as well.
I can't imagine a 4mth old weighing 18 lbs!!! Lol
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Loves of my Life Benjamin�Nov '06�& Elijah May '11
We had our appointment today. Bree is 15lbs 10oz and 24". At birth she was 8lbs 3oz and 20".
She's 75% for weight and 50% for height. Has been the whole time.
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Halen is almost 4 months and is 21 pounds and 27 1/4 inches, in the 98th percentile!
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Born June 13th, 2011
mine is 17 lbs and 25 inches long- got told 90th percentile for weight and 50th for height- i have a short fatty lol apparently but i love him
Our four month check up was today also!
I'll do the same as above,
Weight when born: 8lbs
Height when born: 20inches
Four month weight: 15lbs 6oz
Four month height 26 1/2 inches
He's a tall boy, so he wears his weight well. He's in most 6 month clothes, for the length! :)
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Hereditary hemochromatosis is characterized by a clinically definable arthropathy that correlates with iron load
Version of Record online: 28 DEC 2010
DOI: 10.1002/art.30094
Copyright © 2011 by the American College of Rheumatology
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Volume 63, Issue 1, pages 286–294, January 2011
Additional Information
How to Cite
Carroll, G. J., Breidahl, W. H., Bulsara, M. K. and Olynyk, J. K. (2011), Hereditary hemochromatosis is characterized by a clinically definable arthropathy that correlates with iron load. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 63: 286–294. doi: 10.1002/art.30094
Publication History
- Issue online: 28 DEC 2010
- Version of Record online: 28 DEC 2010
- Accepted manuscript online: 15 OCT 2010 01:45PM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 7 OCT 2010
- Manuscript Received: 17 MAR 2010
Funded by
- Arthritis Western Australia (Arthritis WA)
- Fremantle Hospital Rheumatology Trust
- National Health and Medical Research Council Practitioner Fellowship
- Abstract
- Article
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To determine the frequency and character of arthropathy in hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) and to investigate the relationship between this arthropathy, nodal interphalangeal osteoarthritis, and iron load.
Participants were recruited from the community by newspaper advertisement and assigned to diagnostic confidence categories for HH (definite/probable or possible/unlikely). Arthropathy was determined by use of a predetermined clinical protocol, radiographs of the hands of all participants, and radiographs of other joints in which clinical criteria were met.
An arthropathy considered typical for HH, involving metacarpophalangeal joints 2–5 and bilateral specified large joints, was observed in 10 of 41 patients with definite or probable HH (24%), all of whom were homozygous for the C282Y mutation in the HFE gene, while only 2 of 62 patients with possible/unlikely HH had such an arthropathy (P = 0.0024). Arthropathy in definite/probable HH was more common with increasing age and was associated with ferritin concentrations >1,000 μg/liter at the time of diagnosis (odds ratio 14.0 [95% confidence interval 1.30–150.89], P = 0.03). A trend toward more episodes requiring phlebotomy was also observed among those with arthropathy, but this was not statistically significant (odds ratio 1.03 [95% confidence interval 0.99–1.06], P = 0.097). There was no significant association between arthropathy in definite/probable HH and a history of intensive physical labor (P = 0.12).
An arthropathy consistent with that commonly attributed to HH was found to occur in 24% of patients with definite/probable HH. The association observed between this arthropathy, homozygosity for C282Y, and serum ferritin concentrations at the time of diagnosis suggests that iron load is likely to be a major determinant of arthropathy in HH and to be more important than occupational factors.


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BUENA PARK – Windows in the second-floor city manager's office at City Hall give a southward view of Beach Boulevard, a section of Buena Park city officials have worked for years to shape into a major destination, building on the millions of visitors the city gets.
Rick Warsinski, 58, who retired this month after six years as city manager, was one of the main forces at City Hall in implementing those changes.
Warsinski walked into City Hall for the first time more than 30 years ago as a planner. He worked his way up to head of the department, then, six years ago, to city manager.
"Buena Park is very, very different now than it was back then," he said. "Buena Park looks a lot better. I hope it is."
Characteristically, Warsinski is quick to credit willing City Council members with helping to make those changes reality. They include spending tens of millions of dollars to purchase and demolish several low-end motels along Beach Boulevard that city officials said were a bigger drain on police and fire budgets than a boon for the city's tax base. In the past few years, the city has also built a new recreation center, a new police headquarters, and a gymnasium that is shared with Buena Park Junior High School.
He noted that ground will be broken soon for The Source, a massive retail project at Beach Boulevard and Orangethorpe Avenue.
"We had great vision about what would happen," Warsinski said, "looking at ways to improve yourself and taking the steps to get there."
Those projects were largely done through the city's Redevelopment Agency, now dismantled on state orders. "I don't know what's going to replace it," he said.
Warsinski lists the loss of the agency and the recession-borne cuts in city spending as his biggest disappointments during his time as city manager.
"I think he's done a tremendous job," said longtime Councilman Art Brown, now retired, who helped to make Warsinski city manager. Brown left the council because of term limits in 2010, but he plans to run again this fall. "We felt he had the expertise to move the city in the right direction – and he pulled it off, until the recession."
Earlier in the year, Warsinski announced he would retire on Dec. 31, reasoning that would be plenty of time for the City Council to find a replacement. Instead, the council negotiated with Warsinski to take an early retirement so Jim Vanderpool could take the top spot. Vanderpool has served as deputy city manager for six years.
Warsinski, having worked alongside Vanderpool this whole time, said Vanderpool was a good choice.
"I'm excited about this opportunity," Vanderpool said, adding in a somber tone: "There's no question that these are very difficult financial times."
Still, he said, Buena Park "is a great place to be. It's a very unique community. We have great facilities, (and) our services are stellar. I'm very proud of that."
Councilwoman Beth Swift, who was one of the unanimous votes to confirm Vanderpool's promotion, backed up her vote in a prepared statement.
"We have seen Jim Vanderpool successfully take on many significant responsibilities over the years, and we are confident that he can be the leader we need at this time," she said. "He has a great team to work with, and the council expects Jim's leadership will bring a positive direction for our city even in our challenging financial situation."
He's had plenty of practice, working to negotiate salary and benefit concessions from city unions to help balance the city's budget.
Vanderpool started his new gig on Friday, July 13, but insists he's not superstitious.
There's also the question of whether Vanderpool would continue Warsinski's tradition of spicing up State of the City speeches with outlandish stunts. Over the years, Warsinski has ridden into the events on horseback, and even on an oversized riding mower.
Vanderpool, with a wry smile, said he was unsure whether he would carry on the tradition.
Warsinski said he will remain in the area and do planning consulting, some of it at Buena Park. Still, he said, he looks forward to spending more time with his wife and dabbling in the kitchen.
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