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Bed and Breakfast in central Stockholm
Size10 m²
Floor No.6(with elevator)
- Breakfast
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
- Parking available
- Elevator in building
Accommodation summary
|Fatburs Brunnsgata, 11828 STOCKHOLM, Sweden
|Property type
|Private room
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
Underground stations Medborgarplatsen and Mariatorget, or commuter train station Södra Station.
- A king-size bed, 1 x 160 cm
- Private lavatory and shower
- Access to wireless Internet free of charge.
- Towels and linnen included
- No cleaning fee
Skandinavian breakfast at self service. The breakfast is included in the price and will be in the fridge. Guests are welcome to prepare their own breakfast when you find it convenient.
Very good local transportation. Just about three minutes walk to underground and two minutes walk to commuter train.
Also walking distance to a lot of nice restaurants, pubs and shopping. About 10 minutes walk to the Old Town ("Gamla Stan") and the Royal Castle.
Smoking is possible at the balcony.
Ten years of happy B&B guests have past and I would love to welcome you here as well!
House rulesNo smoking inside, but it is ok to smoke at the balcony
No pets
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 18 US per guest/night extra
|Maximum nights
|3 months
|Check-in after
|On arrangement
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out before
|On arrangement
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
My daughter and I were very well in Max's house just say "at Max" because the feeling that we had just been down to a friend's house. The apartment is centrally located and convenient to go anywhere even if it is brand new, in the sense that it is a flat "lived". We shot four days on foot without the need to take the means, however dear to Stockholm. The breakfast was soooooo free, in the sense that we could open the fridge and cupboard and eat at will but this is no freedom? Thanks Max you expect in Rome
Io e mia figlia siamo state benissimo a casa di Max. Dico proprio "a casa di Max" perchè la sensazione che abbiamo avuto è proprio quella di essere state a casa di un amico. L'appartamento è centrale e comodissimo per andare ovunque anche se non è nuovissimo, nel senso che è un appartamento "vissuto". Noi abbiamo girato 4 giorni a piedi senza bisogno di prendere i mezzi, peraltro carissimi a Stoccolma. La colazione era mooooolto free, nel senso che potevamo aprire il frigo e la credenza e mangiare a nostro piacimento ma anche questa è libertà no? Grazie Max ti aspettiamo a Roma
Our stay in Stockholm at Max place was perfect! The apartment was perfectly located and very clean and comfortable.
Max is a really great guy! He gave us very good recommendations for restaurants, bars, parks... Max definetly made our stay way in Stockholm unforgetable!
Great place, even better location, friendly host, fantastic city. It's not spotless (it's a place where people live) but is spacious, pleasant and has nice kitchen. What else you need.
Perfect location, close to everything.
Max gave us a lot of suggestions about restaurant, museums etc. It was not clear from the announce that the B&B is for only a room and not a whole apartment :it should be better explained.
We found the kitchen and the bathroom not very clean.
A nice appartment on a very good location! Bus, train, metro stations are all very near to the appartment.
The surrounding was quiet and neat.
A good place to stay for a visit to Stockholm.
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Very friendly and welcome host! We had a great time. Good guide for the city, clean appartment and good breakfast. Thank you for having us!
Amzing and comfortable apartment in Stokholm. Close to tube and bus for city center. In a nice area with restaurants shops and pubs.
walking distance to Gamla Stan. Max (the owner) was not there during our stay but he gave us every information and comfort. He has been helpfull and everything was perfect.
Very raccomanded.
Good location in Sodermalm, near Sodra Station, so very convenient to Central S. Fairly close to 2 T-bana stations. Apartment on 6th level with lift availability from levels 1 & "E". Be sure you memorize your route out and back from the apartment, as its situation can be illusive. Smartphone with locator and directions a definite plus. Max is a good host, well-informed, gracious, helpful. We were a group of 7, so had use of the entire apartment. Difficult to imagine the situation with Max staying on in the upstairs bedroom, coming down to use the kitchen, making breakfast for himself and tenants, but suppose he would be an unobtrusive housemate. Given that Max lives in the apartment most of the time and has acquired lots of goods over time, there is little storage space for guests. So, in most respects pleasant quarters for an extended stopover (ours was 5 days).
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Messiah: Hey, let's invade Pakistan
posted at 11:35 am on August 1, 2007 by Allahpundit
Or "Afghania." Whatever. McQ is aghast but then he's always been queasy about irresponsible statements from warmongering unilateralist cowboys. I think it's brilliant. Once we pull out of Iraq we're going to have a huge manpower surplus from all the leftist cretins who've spent the last four years chanting "chickenhawk" running off to enlist so they can live out their dream of fighting the "real war on terror." Put 'em to use. There'll be casualties and, yeah, an incursion into another Muslim country will hurt America's "global image" and, sure, there's a significant risk that it would push Pakistan's moderate population into the radical camp — a point the left grasps in the context of attacking Iran, ironically, but not here — but they've been positively itching for this fight. It seems cruel to deny them.
Snark aside, here's what he actually said (or planned to say per prepared remarks):
I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges. But let me make this clear. There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will…
Beyond Pakistan, there is a core of terrorists — probably in the tens of thousands — who have made their choice to attack America. So the second step in my strategy will be to build our capacity and our partnerships to track down, capture or kill terrorists around the world, and to deny them the world's most dangerous weapons.
I will not hesitate to use military force to take out terrorists who pose a direct threat to America. This requires a broader set of capabilities, as outlined in the Army and Marine Corps's new counter-insurgency manual. I will ensure that our military becomes more stealth, agile, and lethal in its ability to capture or kill terrorists. We need to recruit, train, and equip our armed forces to better target terrorists, and to help foreign militaries to do the same. This must include a program to bolster our ability to speak different languages, understand different cultures, and coordinate complex missions with our civilian agencies.
Sounds like he's looking to invade a lot more than just Pakistan. Is the left prepared for U.S. special ops incursions into various sovereign countries to attack AQ leadership? They seemed a little jumpy about the operations in Somalia in December, notwithstanding the fact that four of the 1998 embassy bombers were in the crosshairs. And secondly, does everyone realize that Bush has already promised to send troops into Pakistan if they've got a bead on Bin Laden? Obama's not breaking any new ground here unless he means to suggest something grander than a surgical strike of a few hundred troops. Which, given his specific mention of the 2005 shot at Zawahiri that Rumsfeld passed on, he probably doesn't.
Update: Silky's spoiling for a fight too, but his is with the Real Enemy.
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Massimo di ospiti2
Camere da letto1
Dimensioni16 m²
piano1(con ascensore)
- Adatto a famiglie e bambini
- Internet Wi-Fi
- Animali ammessi
- Aria condizionata
- Colazione
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- Biancheria da bagno
Dettagli dell'alloggio
|Wenzigova, 120 00 Prague, Repubblica Ceca
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|Tempo di risposta
|poche ore
|Calendario aggiornato
|1 settimana fa
FREE Wi-Fi
Check in time is from 14:00
Check out prior 12:00
Breakfasts from 7:00 till 10:30
Royal Court Hotel is a brand new, modern and comfortable hotel, which is located in a fully restored and renovated XIX century building of the former Royal Court. It is located in the central part near the medieval sights and the quay of the river Vltava with some of the most beautiful bridges in Europe stretching across it.
Our friendly English-speaking personnel will surround you with care and attention and will make sure you have the warmest memories of your visit to Prague.
We are pleased to offer you a classic cozy double room, which is equipped with all the necessary things for your comfortable stay. You can choose rooms with either a double bed or two large beds. The rooms are equipped with:
Shower cabin, hairdryer, towels
Shower gel/shampoo
Aroma soap for hands
Air conditionKettle
Tea set
Welcome coffee and tea
Extra services (paid):
Extra cleaning
Airport transfer
Public transport tickets
Parking for middle-sized cars costs 15-25 euro/day (at the building near apartments). The price depends on the size of your car.\r\n\r\nIf you have some more questions, feel free to ask me about!
Regole dell'Abitazione
Children older than 2 y.o. are for the price of adult.
|Prezzo per ogni ospite oltre 2
|11 € ogni ospite in più (a notte)
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Le recensioni degli altri alloggi del proprietario
Royal Court Apartments definitely set our Prague trip to the top level. The staff was very helpful and professional. The apartment was large and very spacious for our family of 5. The beds were very comfortable. Lots of towels.
The Metro was VERY close and we used the subway everywhere! Very very easy to use!
My only things: lots of road noise. I think next time we will go more internal. Having a broom to clean would be awesome! The shower head was spraying everywhere. But I wouldn't deduct though since they are only very small things.
What a beautiful apartment both me and my friend wanted to uplift it and take it back home. Haha. :) Very clean, tidy bright apartment not far at all from the old town and centre.
The staff were lovely, very friendly and helpful.
Would highly recommend anyone to say here. :)
What a beautiful city too.
Elizabeth was a great host for us in Prague..as a first ever place to stay in Europe, her apartment made getting to all the places we wanted to go to very easy by public transport and by foot..reception is on duty 24/7, and access to the flats are with a key that is given to you when you check-in, and so is very safe..the apartment was huge, for the 5 of us, and had tea, coffee provided as well as a washing machine, which is really handy...and Wi-Fi is free, which is really convenient...I would DEFINETALY recommend booking with Elizabeth..Prague is a beautiful city and I will be back and stay here again
(Late review, sorry!) Very lovely apartment, close by to all public transport needed. We would definitely recommend :) The area wasn't too busy, and is very near a little Tesco should you need to pick up any supplies. Thank you, Joe and Jess :)
Very nice!!!!Great team and great hotel!Perfect!!!!!
There was some problem with the apartment and we were taken to a hotel 10 minutes further from the center instead... There, the bed was very unconfortable and small, the room old, tv not working, a heater not working, and way far on quality and standars compared with what we were supposed to have in the appartment, according to the price paid and the pictures.
overall, this accommodation experience would have deserved a 2/10, as I spent my time looking for something very specific that didn't finally get, but I have rated 7 because Natalia, in charge of the apartments, was super nice and sweet and did all she could to compensate us.
I stay in Prague with my family. The apartment was perfect; very tidy and clean. The location is very good, 10 min to the main avenue by walking. Elizabeth answer every question by mail with excellent options. Beds confortable, bathroom excellent. Beautiful place.
The apartment was beautiful. It feels like home. It had everything we needed for this little stay successful.
By cons, we were a little disappointed that there was no bedding for 2 people or bedside light to read a book before going to sleep.
I will recommend this hotel apart.
we had such a nice time in prague and in the hotel! everyone working at the hotel was very polite, the rooms were comfortable and the breakfast was excellent. next time we'll visit prague we're definitly going to stay in this hotel again!
Perfect place beautiful city kind staff
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Arsène Wenger is pleased that Kieran Gibbs' consistent start to the season has seen him rewarded with an England call-up.
Gibbs' fine form at club level has not gone unnoticed by England boss Roy Hodgson, who has included the 23-year-old in his squad for next week's World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Poland.
The left back will be hoping to add to his two caps for the national side, and Wenger says Gibbs deserves his inclusion.
"I am pleased because it is a reward for the consistency of his performances since the start of the season," Wenger said.
"As well it is always good to know when you are a football player that you can represent your country and that the national coach rates you.
"There is a big competition going on there because you have [Ashley] Cole, [Leighton] Baines and Gibbs. It is quite good for England to have so many good players in the position."
Gibbs is one of three Gunners in the squad, with Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain also included. They are part of a crux of young English talent at Wenger's disposal.
"I always said that the ideal mixture was to have a basic young squad where 60 per cent comes from this country and 40 per cent maybe from abroad," he said.
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AN ASTRONAUT'S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH: What Going into Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything. Chris Hadfield. 304 pp. Little, Brown, 2013. $28.00.
Throughout his thoroughly engaging new book, Colonel Chris Hadfield—former commander of the International Space Station, veteran astronaut, and breakout YouTube star—keeps returning to the metaphor of the square peg in the round hole. Or, rather, his personal variation: square astronaut, round hole.
The phrase literally describes one of Hadfield's most memorable moments, his first spacewalk during the STS-100 space shuttle mission to the International Space Station in 2001. "Poised on the edge of the sublime, I faced a somewhat ridiculous drama: How best to get out there," he writes. "The hatch was small and circular, but with all my tools strapped to my chest and a huge pack of oxygen tanks and electronics strapped to my back, I was square." To Hadfield, this one awkward incident becomes emblematic of an existential quest "to get where I want to go when just getting out the door seems impossible."
That easy progression from the concrete details of space travel to sweeping personal reflections is the hallmark of Hadfield's book. In another writer's hands this material could easily have turned corny or preachy, but Hadfield is both incredibly experienced and disarmingly self-effacing. (At one point he relates that his children play a game called "The Colonel Says," in which they mimic his earnest nuggets of life wisdom.) He believes in completing the mission effectively and efficiently, so when he claims that his book is "an astronaut's guide to life on Earth," by gum he aims to deliver on the promise of that title.
Hence, when Hadfield talks about "the power of negative thinking," he frames it in terms of the intensive training that astronauts go through to prepare themselves for any conceivable disaster. That training, not an innate iron constitution, is what allowed him to go into space with confidence. In fact, he confesses to having fear of heights, enough that he cannot comfortably look over the edge of a high balcony.
The process of overcoming natural fear requires grueling physical effort, like long stretches spent underwater in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab—a 6.2 million gallon swimming pool in Houston where astronauts can practice spacewalks over and over, making the real thing feel familiar (or as familiar as possible) when it finally happens. I once watched the shuttle astronauts prepare there for the 2009 Hubble Space Telescope repair mission. Day-long stints underwater, strapped in a diaper and weighted space suit, practicing the same tasks over and over: It was fascinating, but not exactly romantic.
The intellectual process of going into space is also ferociously taxing, involving extensive consideration of different danger scenarios. Obvious risks like fire take on entirely new dimensions in an orbiting space station, where fires are harder to extinguish and have nowhere to go. By necessity no topic can be off limits. Hadfield describes a "death sim" in which his team has to consider what would happen if he died. Not just who would take over his duties, but who would tell the family, who would speak to the media—and what would they do with the corpse? As Hadfield dryly notes, "There are no body bags on the Station." He doesn't shy away from the real risks behind all those simulations, talking openly about the Columbia disaster that killed seven of his good friends.
Later chapters follow a similar approach, taking aphorisms like "sweat the small stuff" and "aim to be a zero" and backing them with powerful, pointed stories of Hadfield's encounters as a student, explorer, colleague, and administrator. At the same time, he doesn't skimp on the insider's details that capture the magic of spaceflight as well as the sheer oddity of life offworld: "Spacewalking is like rock climbing, weightlifting, repairing a small engine, and performing an intricate pas de deux—simultaneously, while encased in a bulky suit that's scraping your knuckles, fingertips, and collarbone raw."
Although the book's structure is not strictly chronological, it unfolds as a life journey, tracing Hadfield's transition from a Canadian youth dreaming of the moon to a veteran astronaut focusing on science education. ("A lot of what happens to the human body in space is really similar to what happens during the aging process," he confides.) In a low-key style, he makes a persuasive case that the oft-derided Space Station is both a marvel of engineering and a triumph for science, and he paints the cartoon heroism of the NASA astronaut corps in a much more realistic, and yet in many ways even more admirable, light.
Even as Hadfield was completing his last voyage into space he achieved his greatest moment of celebrity, a pinnacle of science outreach. His social media–savvy son Evan convinced Hadfield to record a cover version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" while aboard the station. He landed to find the video had been viewed on YouTube 7 million times (now 19 million and counting).
As Hadfield would say: square astronaut, round hole.
Corey S. Powell is the interim editor of American Scientist and former editor of Discover magazine. His blog, Out There, appears at http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere.
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You board the massive double-decker Airbus A380 and are guided to your private suite by the Singapore Airlines hostess. As you settle down into the hand-stitched Italian lounger for takeoff, you marvel at the amenities in these prestigious cabins of the sky: standalone beds with turndown service, leather and wood accents, Givenchy tableware, crystal goblets and 23-inch LCD screens for the state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment center, the largest in the sky, the hostess informs you while pouring a glass of Grand Cru Burgundy. What a steal at just $13,500 round-trip!
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if you and others would follow the god damn rules me and a lot of people wanting to know about the giants wouldnt have to skip over threads like these..
mother****ers dont follow the rules yet im the sob.. whatever man..
if you and others would follow the god damn rules me and a lot of people wanting to know about the giants wouldnt have to skip over threads like these..
mother****ers dont follow the rules yet im the sob.. whatever man..
my points are not with him, except for the point that hes the unfortunate target of washingtons terribleness, they are with the redskins organization. the whole 1 read spread option, while did produce tremendous success, did not require more than 1 read really. it was 1 read, take off or adlib. its why when he lost his legs, he looked completely different and much less lethal. its not rgknees fault really that they didnt have him master reading defenses in a legit pro nfl offense, its the redskins org. thats the only joy i get from this, is that somehow they ****ed up the situation, even with rgknee.
i realize ur a big fan of his, cant say i disagree or feel differently. but all ive discussed, perhaps rudely to some, is the pension of the redskins FO/coaching staffs decisions with rgknee and the end result before us. the future looked so bright for them, and while that future still is in sight, it got awfully overcast...
rgknees a victim of the redskins
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I blame the Redskins for this. Designed off tackle runs for the QB, and this bogus college offense that puts your QB in great positions to get wacked all game long. It put them in a position to win now, but not in the long term. I think they tweak the offense the more comfortable he gets dropping back.
Snyder and his buffoonery is always at the center of attention in the NFC East. Incredible that they potentially threw away the career of dynamic QB who was just scratching the surface. That said, he was small for the position and many predicted that his body would not hold up with the style of his play. Incredibly sad....
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - Procter & Gamble is voluntarily recalling various types of dry pet food because they could be contaminated with salmonella.
The recall includes certain Iams dry dog and cat foods and Eukanuba dog foods.
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Interview with Jeanette DePatie: Author of The Fat Chick Works Out
(See end of posting for a special endorsement from Anne Kelly, President of Junonia)
Junonia: How did you come to write a book called The Fat Chick Works Out?
Jeanette: Let me give you a little background about me. I was very obsessed about my weight. Even though my husband always said I was OK, I couldn't accept it. So I went to the library to look for yet another weight-loss book and I ran across some books about size acceptance. I discovered that my chances of being and staying very thin were about 15%. I said to myself, if I tie my happiness to this idea that my body must be a certain size, then I'm giving myself only a 15% chance at happiness. Those odds suck! I wouldn't bet on a horse with those odds!
Junonia: So what did you do about your own happiness?
Jeanette: I became convinced that WHAT you do with your body is much more important than the number on a scale. What you feed your body, how you exercise, play, sleep, love, and find joy in your life—those are important.
I have always loved exercise, so I started to research the idea of teaching exercise to people of all sizes. And I became an aerobics instructor. I love teaching. But I wrote the book because I wanted to make my style of teaching available to more than the few people I directly teach.
And now Junonia is carrying the book and the DVDs!
Junonia: Let's go back to the title, The Fat Chick Works Out, how did you choose that?
I don't like to use the term overweight--I prefer the term fat. It's a descriptor like blond hair or blue eyes. When I talk to kids, I teach them about that word –and that is really powerful. A kid will say, you're fat, and I say, yes I'm fat, and you have brown hair. Isn't it great that we're all different. That's why I called my book The Fat Chick Works Out! I don't like euphemisms, because I find it's a way of apologizing for my size. Fat is just the way I am. Not everybody resonates with it, but a lot more people do than I expected.
Junonia: Tell us about becoming a certified trainer and what you have learned.
There is no special certification for exercise for fat people. However, there are some key things to look for if you are older, heavier, or just starting out.
First, it has to be fun. If you aren't eager to go back and try it again, look for some other form of exercise.It should be a non-competitive environment where you feel safe doing things your way. If you don't feel you can modify, or if the teacher isn't super excited about helping you, find somewhere else to work out.
Remember, you have to start where you are. Add 10% a week. A lot of people hear that and are discouraged. They feel 10% will take forever. But they need to understand that it is cumulative. When I started training seriously for a marathon, I could do 5-6 miles walking and running, at a time. It took me a whole year to train up to do a marathon. 10% adds up! There is chart in the book that shows you that if you can do 20 minutes now, you could be doing a lot of exercise at the end of the year! And by ramping up slowly, you won't be on crutches.
Here's another great tip: D.I.F. That stands for duration, intensity, and frequency. The 10% rule can apply to any of them – but only change ONE of those things at a time.
Junonia: What do you recommend people wear?
I am not a fashion expert. I tell beginner to just wear comfortable pants and shoes that fit well. A t-shirt from Wal-Mart will work. As you work out more, there are some options out there,. Junonia has the most selection, most sizes and more technical clothes for the widest variety of sports. I've been a customer for years. As an instructor it is very important to have the right clothes to convey a professional appearance. I gave Junonia a shout out on a slide show I did for CBS on 15 tips for fat exercisers. Click here for Junonia's collection of workout gear for the gym.
Junonia: OK here's the basic question: Why should anyone, and especially fat women exercise?
My youngest student is 8, oldest is 82. I have watched the difference it makes in people's lives. A lot of people talk about the long-term effects, and those are important, but there is also the instant gratification part. You start felling better from the first day or two you start to exercise. When you feel better, your life works better. Women feel better about themselves, their lives, they improve flexibility, and sleep better.
Junonia: What is your advice on getting started?
I always tell my students the hardest dance step in any aerobics class is the "walk in the door" step. Don't worry about what anyone else is thinking about you--only worry about what you are thinking about you. That's where you get your power. If buying beautiful workout clothes makes you feel great, you rock and roll. Go with whatever works for you.
Junonia: Let's go back to the Fat Chick Title, where did it come from?
One day I woke up and I decided I was The Fat Chick. I gave myself that name and that title is my power and my choice. The reaction from other people—I can't control it, so why try? It really has given me a lot of joy. Sometimes I get rather amazing looks at fitness conventions – I just did one in Beverly Hills, and there is a lot of botox and a lot of silicone and a lot of people looking at me funny. People are a little unsure, but I find the more that I keep a sense a humor, stay positive and own it--the more people gravitate to what I am saying.
I grew up in Wisconsin, I'm just a Midwestern girl at heart. There are a lot of people out there like me. As group we can decide we are OK and not waste money on things that make us feel bad about ourselves, but spend money on things that make us feel great, powerful and part of the world.
From Anne:
I interviewed Jeannette before I read her book. I was impressed talking with her, but after reading the book I'm a total fan. I devoured the book, reading it straight through! It is simply great. Designed as a 12-week guide to action, it is filled with completely solid information you can trust. It's not just the information you'll love. It is funny, well-written, and Jeanette absolutely nails how it is to be a larger woman trying to get active. She just keeps zinging you with her understanding, her joy, and she makes it just impossible to say no. I promise you will want to buy extra copies for friends, because you'll want to keep one for yourself! You'll keep coming back to it for practical advice and inspiration over and over. With Jeanette you will be safe, injury-free, and you will enjoy the journey. In fact, read the whole book. If you don't like it, return it for a full refund.
When (not if) you use this book to set and achieve one of the goals you've always intended to accomplish, I'd like to celebrate that with you and our readers. I know with Jeanette at your side (and in your face making you laugh) you'll achieve even more than you dreamed possible. Keep me posted! Anne


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Who makes up the Congress?TMA Physicians Medicaid Congress consists of representatives from TMA's Select Committee on Medicaid, CHIP and the Uninsured, Border Health Caucus, and specialty societies. TMA President, Michael Speer, MD, and John Holcomb, MD co-chair the Congress.
The ProblemMore than 4 million low-income Texans currently rely on Medicaid for their health care coverage. The vast majority of these patients live in families earning less than 100 percent of poverty, or roughly $20,000 a year for a family of three. These are people we all know or meet in our daily lives – teachers' aids, bus drivers, hospital orderlies or their children – and patients we care for in our offices, hospital or emergency department.
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Surprising that no one has replied as yet here. The Finnish KP-44 (M-44) mag well is part of the upper receiver which is likely why it was cut to BATFE tech specs. The Russian PPS-43 version has the magwell as part of the lower assembly (not receiver).
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Feeling out of place in his home town, Beverly moved Raw Soul to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1971. Raw Soul had been playing the San Francisco/Oakland scene for several years when Beverly's idol, Marvin Gaye, became aware of the band. Quite impressed by Beverly's singing and songwriting, Gaye sang Raw Soul's praises to Capitol and helped them land a deal with that major label in 1976. One thing Gaye didn't like about Beverly's band was the name Raw Soul. The late soul giant insisted on a name change and after considering a few other names (including Karma and Charisma), Raw Soul officially became Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly in 1976. (The name Karma wouldn't have worked because an obscure, L.A.-based funk/jazz outfit called Karma was recording for A&M around 1976-1977).
Maze's self-titled debut album was released by Capitol in 1977; that album (which contains the hits "Happy Feelin's," "While I'm Alone," and "Lady of Magic") went gold and earned Maze an extremely devoted following. The band's 1977 lineup consisted of Beverly on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Wayne Thomas on lead guitar, Sam Porter on keyboards, Ronald "Roame" Loary and McKinley "Bug" Williams on percussion and background vocals, and Joe Provost on drums. In 1978, Provost was replaced by Ahaguna G. Sun, formerly of a little-known soul/funk group called Sunbear; subsequently, Sun was replaced by Billy "Shoes" Johnson. There were other personnel changes along the way; keyboardist Phillip Woo (formerly of Roy Ayers' band Ubiquity) joined Maze in 1980, and Ron Smith was the guitarist who replaced Thomas. But regardless of who was coming or going, Maze always reflected Beverly's vision -- Beverly was to Maze what George Clinton was to Parliament/Funkadelic. 1978 saw the release of Maze's second album, Golden Time of Day, which contains the number-nine R&B hit "Workin' Together." Golden Time of Day went gold, as did 1979's Inspiration and 1980's Joy and Pain (the album that gave us the major hit "Southern Girl"). In the late '70s, Maze earned a reputation for having one of the best live shows in R&B and their first live album, Live in New Orleans (a two-LP set), came out in 1981. Another live double-LP, Live in Los Angeles, was released in 1986, which was the year after Maze's funky "Back in Stride" reached number one on Billboard's R&B singles chart and became their biggest hit ever.
In 1989, Maze left Capitol for Warner Bros. and recorded Silky Soul; the title track, an ode to Marvin Gaye, was a major hit. By that time, Maze was receiving a lot of attention from the rap world -- their recordings were being sampled extensively by hip-hoppers. In 1988, rapper Rob Base used the chorus of Maze's "Joy and Pain" on a single that had the same title -- unfortunately, Base did so without permission and Beverly threatened legal action. Maze didn't enjoy many hits in the '90s, although their live shows continued to be well-received by a very devoted fan base. ~ Alex Henderson
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Is Lea living up to her difficult reputation?
Lea Michele has called herself a "stable-relationship junkie" in the past, but new pictures show that her boyfriend may be doing most of the work to keep them together!
Lea, 24, was photographed walking in West Hollywood, Calif. with her boyfriend of two years, Theo Stockman. Theo, 26, appears to be embarrassed as he is being ignored by his girl. Do you think Lea is on the hunt for someone more famous, since her star is rising and Theo just left his role in Broadway's American Idiot?
It seems to us some of Lea's diva behavior is coming out in her relationship as well!


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Janie Hoskins of Red Bluff, California adds green chilies to this slow-cooked stew made from convenient pantry ingredients. You're sure to like the taste...and the thrifty per-serving cost.
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- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 can (19 ounces) ready-to-serve minestrone soup
- 1 can (15 ounces) pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) stewed tomatoes
- 1 can (11 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
- 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours or until heated through. Yield: 8 servings (2 quarts).
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Dykes on bikes were roaring through city streets on Saturday, leading tens of thousands on a march to celebrate women. CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt was there to talk to those participating in the annual Dyke March at the WorldPride 2014 festival.
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Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
You guys are funny. It's the coaches fault? How so? They aren't covering pass protection with the RB's in practice? The physical aspect of it is easier for them to coach because they can watch the guy block in practice and let him know what he's doing wrong technique wise. The mental stuff, like knowing the playbook and understanding blitz pick up etc. is more on the player's ability to recognize what's going happening on the other side of the LOS.
Fans are being made aware of this now, but I'm pretty sure the owners and Reese know about this stuff from interacting with coaches through out the day-to-day team activities. So if our 100 million dollar QB gets hurt because of a blown assignment by a work-in-progress RB, Coughlin will take a lot of heat and look incompetent. I'm sure the staff wants Brown on the field as much as possible because he has been an efficient runner, but he's gotta help himself get on the field more.
Both Wilson and Brown have acknowledged they have to do better and .in Wilson's case, he's a rookie. There is a reason Brown has been on a number of teams without latching on. I like both of them and I think, at this moment in time, Brown has proven he can run with the ball without fumbling. Wilson has given us a return game we haven't seen since Jesus was a corporal. To say they're not being used is inaccurate. The have talents that the coaches are putting to use as they develop their shortcomings.
And for some to suggest that the coaches placing a high priority on protecting Eli is bad planning, aren't old enough to remember the truly dark days of this franchise.
Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
The best offensive performances - both rushing and passing - came with Andre Brown in the backfield.
I'm not sure what's been going on in practices, but a 2-0 record with Bradshaw out of the game tells me the pass protection held up.
Frankly, I think Gilbride helped to lose this game.....but again, as his record shows, he is awful against the Eagles. Last week I felt like I was watching the 2008 Playoffs
The Giants are not going to win tomorrow if they bring the same lousy offensive gameplan in against the Browns that they brought against the Eagles.
Fortunately, the game is at home....so if Brown is mothballed again, and the running game blows again, Gilbride will be hearing it from the fans.
Lol. I can't believe this is still going on. This is how it would be on every team in the league, even in college. If a RB can not block he will not get on the field as much. It's that simple. The Giants where playing the best pass rush in the NFL and you want them to allow guys who have good upside play while the franchise QB gets lit up? This is comical. Oh, and they still could have won the game. There where plenty of things that went wrong that game and protecting Eli was not one of them.
I still can't believe how much overreacting there is to Andre's game against Carolina. He had a huge game, but it was against a team with a bottom-5 Run defense and pass rush. (Why doesn't that get taken into account?) And you know he had some extra juice playing in front of his hometown and family on a national stage. The coaches didn't overreact to it -- maybe we shouldn't either.
This over-inflated impressiveness of his performance -- as if he manhandled the Steel Curtain -- is just out of control. Carolina just let the extremely slow-footed (and that's generous) Michael Turner do this to them last week:
Rush: 13-103-7.9 YPC
Receiving: 3-68-1TD (with a career best 60-yard catch and run...pathetic)
Carolina's D is bad. REALLY BAD. They've been making every running back look like a HOFer for the past 3 years.
I'm sure if the coaches don't trust Brown as much as Bradshaw in pass pro, it's probably because he's missed some assignments in practice, and they don't fully trust him...yet. Two SB wins and we still don't trust that the coaching staff knows what they're doing. What's it gonna take?
If Eli goes down, you can put Barry Sanders in his prime back there and we'd still be competing with the Jets for top pick in the draft. You'd be "robbing Peter to pay Paul" by having a marginal improvement in rushing at the potential expense of protecting our most important commodity.
That said, I'm thinking he'll get a fair amount of carries tomorrow against CLE where pass rush isn't as big an issue, and ideally, we'll have a lead and not in shotgun all game.


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Katy Perry & Russell Brand's $400,000 Wedding : The Guests, The Dress & No Pre-Nup!
The pop star finally makes an honest man out of the reformed playboy in front of 85 guests, though best gal pal Rihanna is a no-show due to work commitments!
On Oct. 23, wearing a gorgeous gray Elie Saab dress in front of 85 guests at the Aman-i-Khas resort and tiger sanctuary in India, Katy Perry wed her boyfriend of just over a year Russell Brand. The Daily Mail reports the pair exchanged vows in a small but lavish ceremony in which Russell, who gifted his bride with an actual tiger earlier in the week, arrived on horseback while, "elephants, camels and more horses formed part of the wedding procession." That sounds about right.
For her part, Katy gave her groom a new baby elephant and, in a complete shock, the couple is not signing a pre-nuptial agreement. Ummmm, you two sure about that idea?
Katy started the evening in a blue sari before changing into her Elie gown while Russell, "sported a nude-coloured traditional kurta before later wearing a long, elaborately embroidered coat."
While all paparazzi managed to be kept out of the event there was one uninvited guest who brought quite a bit of drama to the evening — a tiger! "The male predator, which has killed three people in the past two years, scaled two walls at the wedding venue after being attracted by the noise and lights." Yikes!
After the ceremony, which was not attended by Katy's best gal pal Rihanna, guests were to be whisked off in 13 luxury vehicles for a tour of a nearby tiger sanctuary. Among them were Katy's pastor father and mom as well as British talk show host Jonathan Ross.
The often very public couple is said to not be selling their photos from the event, a huge departure from most celebrity weddings! The couple did however tweet the same pic (of his and hers silly bands) and both wrote, "WE DID."
Other ceremony highlights included a "fortune-telling parrot," and speeches from bride and groom, including one in which Katy spoke about reincarnation and how she and Russell had been together in a previous life.
Katy, who turns 26 Oct. 25, and 35-year-old Russell were engaged in the same location this past December. The couple is now headed to the Maldives for their honeymoon.
Katy's rep released a statement saying, ""Russell Brand and Katy Perry are overjoyed to confirm that they were pronounced Mr. and Mrs. Brand on Saturday, October 23. The very private and spiritual ceremony, attended by the couples' closest family and friends was performed by a Christian minister and longtime friend of the Hudson Family. The backdrop was the inspirational and majestic countryside of Northern India."
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There's a new trailer for Rambo: The Video Game, an officially-licensed tie-in due early next year on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The work of little-known Polish developer Teyon, Rambo will follow the story of Sly Stallone film series and re-create sections from First Blood, First Blood Part 2 and Rambo 3.
How well it will do so is still up for debate - the game will include the original film voice-tracks, but why do the character models like they are bobbleheads?
Fittingly, there are vats of blood and bodies exploding in showers of crimson, but at one point we're pretty sure people just explode even when no one's shooting.
"Rambo will be a triple-A title on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC and will capture the gritty atmosphere and full-on action which made the Rambo movies so successful," publisher Reef Entertainment promised upon the game's 2011 announcement.
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Is it disc-based or PSN? I guess it's commendable that a small developer's taking on a fan favourite film franchise, but it doesn't look incredible by any means. Should be decent fun, though!
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Ah sorry, I switched tabs just after he threw the machine gunner off! Yeah it's certainly underwhelming graphically and it's a bit of stretch to expect people to fork out full price based on that trailer. May be a bargain bin pick up during the summer draught.
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the gun sound is top dog! and feels very satisfying just by looking at it. sound good and feel good is what making me play fps although I am a casual fps player. call of duty games got 60% of their weapons sounding like crap and dont feel good but mp5k in black ops is one of the good weapon sound. resistance 3 assault riffle also sound crap.
Character Art Model Figure looks like a dwarf! cartoony dwarf! but character texture style looks nice.... very nice similar to Far Cry 3. but got more shiny looking skins and nice amount of detail.
overall i think this game is fun and epic! does it have online multiplayer? cause i only play games online. i like competition with other players.
gameplay looks kindda like serious sam. fast pace.
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this game will flop big time. why put this game in 1ST person view. feel bad for the developer, all that time input into this game just to have only a few copies sold. Video reviewers are going to butcher this game.
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I will get it just for fun lol.
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It looks awesome and really bad at the same time.
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How many current shooters have gameplay that you can describe as "going Rambo on everyone"? You could likely pop in Far Cry 3, COD or BF with one of the movies playing in the background and get the same experience.
It would actually be a game I might buy if they focused on story and making the game unique, but it just looks like a typical shooter.
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Wow those character models. Take me back to Goldeneye 64 :P
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haha yeh doesn't sound like a decent title at all.
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It looks like a PS2 port. That is some of the worst character models, animations, and everything else, that I have seen in a long time. I love how the dead bodies just vanish when they die lol
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I almost feel like renting this to see how bad it is. But I'd feel too embarrassed to even do that.
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oh man lol...comedy gold!
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Watched the guys at Giant Bomb play this and man is this a bad bad bad game
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Forget about watching gameplay, all you needed to watch was 40 seconds of TotalBiscuit and you'd instantly go "oh...".
02-26-2014 #22Rambo will be a triple-A title on PS3...
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i finished it in 2 days its amazing
but the graphics is extremely bad and it will look better in touch devices
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What sucks is that this had the potential to be great. Oh well, I guess Far Cry 3 is as good as a Rambo game.
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I am not used to al th initials used by the quilters- what is mdf board? plus a few others I have seen. Maybe a lst of initials an d meaning would be helpful. I have basted on a table but it is time consuming. Nana-M
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I am not used to al th initials used by the quilters- what is mdf board? plus a few others I have seen. Maybe a lst of initials an d meaning would be helpful. I have basted on a table but it is time consuming. Nana-M
Great tute. Gorgeous quilt. Very easy to follow. Illsa
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Sometime would you do a tutorial on FMQ with your home machine? Your directions for basting are so precise and helpful. :thumbup:
Thank you for the information, I am 70 years old and long past the time where I could kneel on the floor. Plus room area is a problem, but your pictures really show how a large quit could be done in a rather small space. I like the idea of thread basting you just have to cut and pull threads instead of unpining all those pins. Thank you againl
Not only is your quilt beautiful, but your method of basting is close to my heart. I'm slowly converting to spray basting, but can see your point on such a large project. Love your setup. Since I'm just up the "hill" from you (in Colorado) if you're in the neighborhood could you stop by and help me set up?
I havent tried this method, but am sure going to give it a whirl. I have a carpenters star quilt (Christmas fabrics) that I am going to hand quilt and planned on using this method to baste. Great tute. Are you going to the quilt show in Phoenix at the end of this month?? I will be there and we are getting a meet and greet planned. Im from Mesa.
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Thank you for sharing your technique! And by the way, your quilt is beautiful!
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The FBI and prosecutors in Florida and North Carolina began investigating the possibility of email hacking, because at least some of the emails sent by Ms. Broadwell to the other woman included contents of messages that appeared to come from Mr. Petraeus's own account, these people said. The Justice Department and high-level officials, including Attorney General Eric Holder, were aware of the investigation for months, having to approve certain parts of the investigation.
Over the course of the probe, prosecutors realized there wasn't a cyber-breach. Instead, Mr. Petraeus had shared some access to the account with Ms. Broadwell, possibly to exchange messages, these people said.
After examining Ms. Broadwell's emails, they instead began investigating the possibility that Mr. Petraeus had shared classified information with Ms. Broadwell, which proved not to be the case, these people said.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) says he was told in late October about allegations that then-CIA Director David Petraeus was having an extramarital affair…
"I was contacted by an F.B.I. employee concerned that sensitive, classified information may have been compromised and made certain [FBI] Director [Robert] Mueller was aware of these serious allegations and the potential risk to our national security," said Cantor in a statement to the Times.
The report says Cantor spoke to the FBI employee after being told by Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) that someone at the agency had concerns about national security and wanted to speak to a congressional leader about the allegations.
A senior intelligence official said Saturday that Mr. Clapper had learned of Mr. Petraeus's situation only when the F.B.I. notified him, about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, election night…
If the investigation had uncovered serious security breaches or other grave problems, [a government official] said, the notifications would have been immediate. As it was, however, the matter seemed to involve private relationships with little implication for national security…
White House officials said they were informed on Wednesday night that Mr. Petraeus was considering resigning because of an extramarital affair. On Thursday morning, just before a staff meeting at the White House, President Obama was told.
The White House says no one there knew about the Petraeus situation before Wednesday and the president himself was informed Thursday. But if the story had broken a week earlier, those headlines would have overtaken much of the president's message about the middle class and his work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Who made the decision to wait, and why, is going to be the subject of scrutiny as this scandal continues to unfold…
Petraeus appears to have successfully kept the situation quiet for months, if not longer. He had known for all that time that he was violating the moral and professional code that he cited in his message to CIA employees Friday. And he knew for weeks that the FBI was looking into the situation.
But something made him come forward now.
Gen. David Petraeus told friends his affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, began after the four-star general left the army in August 2011, sources told ABC News.
Petraeus is said to have been the one to have broken off the extramarital affair…
Investigators uncovered no compromising of classified information or criminal activity, sources familiar with the probe said, adding that all that was found was a lot of "human drama."
CIA officers long had expressed concern about Broadwell's unprecedented access to the director. She frequently visited the spy agency's headquarters in Langley, Va., to meet Petraeus in his office, accompanied him on morning runs around the CIA grounds and often attended public functions as his guest, according to two former intelligence officials.
Petraeus' staff when he was overseeing the war in Afghanistan similarly had been concerned about the time she spent with their boss.
News of the affair did not come as a total surprise—not to those who saw Petraeus and "the woman in the case," Paula Broadwell, together in Kabul during Petraeus's final year in command there through July 2011. Broadwell had been working for some time on a biography of Petraeus. He had agreed to aid her project: giving long interviews, allowing his staff to talk to her, clearing the path to colleagues and mentors from earlier in his career. By that last year in Kabul, it was clear to all who saw them that the pair had established a close relationship…
Petraeus's staff-group in Kabul was intensely loyal to him. Some had been with him virtually since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. They knew that Petraeus had been deployed for three-fourths of the time since then. By this final tour, he was close to exhaustion. If Broadwell's company—and transparent admiration— eased Petraeus's burdens, so be it. When an inquiring reporter asked about Broadwell, late of an evening, a raised eyebrow and a shrug were as far as one staff-officer would go. One of Petraeus' mentors, a retired army general, did allow that he had cautioned Petraeus. He was sure nothing was out of line, he hastened to say, but "appearances matter."
"I found her relationship with him to be disconcerting," said a former aide to Petraeus, one of several who insisted on anonymity in order to speak candidly about his former boss. "Those who worked for him never tried to leverage our relationship with him. It seemed to a lot of us that she didn't have that filter."…
"She was relentlessly pro-Petraeus," said a longtime Afghan policy expert who met Broadwell in Kabul. "There was no room for a conversation of shortcomings of the Petraeus theology. She wasn't a reporter. She struck me as an acolyte."…
Officers close to Petraeus grew concerned about her posts on Facebook, which they believed sometimes divulged sensitive operational details. The posts, intended for friends back home, were often playfully written and aimed at showing off her adventures in the war zone.
As a military expert with ties around the world, Paula Broadwell kept a busy schedule packed with writing, teaching and helping wounded soldiers, leaving little time for the married mother to commit "indiscretions," a friend told ABC News.
"I have some serious questions about who is connecting these dots and how. … Paula Broadwell is not the type … she isn't," said David Bixler, an active duty double amputee who met Broadwell though a charity foundation in 2010…
People close to Petraeus told ABC News they found Broadwell too "gushy" about the general, whom she viewed as a mentor, and commented to each other that they believed the 40-year-old was "in love with him."
Though Petraeus is not expected to testify at the committee's closed-door hearing [at Benghazi] next week, Chambliss said on ABC's This Week that Petraeus's testimony will likely happen later. "He's trying to put his life back together right now and that's what he needs to focus on," Chambliss said.
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Senator Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who chairs the committee, also said Petraeus would likely testify eventually.
Speaking on CBS's Face the Nation, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has been among Republican senators loudly urging hearings on Benghazi, called it "absolutely essential."
"I don't know (the) exact date of when all of this process began and what took place there, but we're — we're confident that David Petraeus was very straight up with us during the confirmation hearings," said Chambliss, the vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, who said he learned of the FBI investigation that uncovered the alleged affair on Friday.
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posted at 9:27 pm on May 6, 2010 by Dafydd ab Hugh
Yesterday was May 5th, which in Spanish is Cinco de Mayo… which Mexicans do not celebrate as their Independence Day (that would be September 16th, 1810), but which Mexican Americans (Chicanos) celebrate all across the American Southwest and probably elsewhere as well.
On May 5th, 1862, the nationalist militia of Mexico, under the command of Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza, defeated the imperial French forces at the Battala de Puebla. While this didn't end the war with France — the French fought on for another five years, abandoning their Mexican "colony" only after the United States joined the war on Mexico's side — Cinco de Mayo is a major Chicano holiday, celebrated primarily by gorging on Mexican food, swigging tequilla, and shooting pistols into the air (kind of like an NBA Finals victory celebration). One hopes the rituals are different in high school.
Yesterday at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, in the Santa Clara Valley of California ("Silicon Valley"), school officials celebrated Cinco de Mayo by sending five students home… for wearing American-flag t-shirts.
Principal Nick Boden called the t-shirts "incendiary," according to one of the students. His rationale for threatening the flag-wearers with suspension and then sending them home was that wearing red, white, and blue on Cinco de Mayo was somehow insulting and disrespectful to Hispanic students, which constitute a very large portion of the school's population; however, the school district is unhappy with Boden's action:
Officials at the school chose not to comment on the situation Wednesday, but one student said an official called the T-shirts "incendiary."
"They said we were starting a fight, we were fuel to the fire," said sophomore Matt Dariano.
The Morgan Hill Unified School District issued this statement: "In an attempt to foster a spirit of cultural awareness and maintain a safe and supportive school environment, the Live Oak High School administration took certain actions earlier today.
"The district does not concur with the Live Oak High School administration's interpretation of either board or district policy related to these actions."
I get the sense that the problem has far more to do with the adults involved, from Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez (who first ordered the students to remove the flag t-shirts) to Principal Boden to some of the parents of the Chicano students:
A parent of two Live Oak students, Teresa Casillas, said the American-flag wearing students were yelling "We live in America!" at the brunch break. She said her children were upset by their behavior at school, calling it disrespectful.
"We're all offended by it," Casillas said. She said parents of all ethnicities she spoke with felt that way. "Morgan Hill is too small of a community to start any racial wars. This is just bringing it out a little bit more."
Does anybody really believe that "parents of all ethnicities" were offended by five students wearing red, white, and blue, rather than red, white, and green? And does anybody really think the students yelled "we live in America" out of the blue? I think it far more likely they yelled it (if at all) in response to anti-American verbal attacks on them by Hispanic students for daring to wear the colors of their own — and the Hispanic students' own — country.
The saddest part is that the vice principal and principal don't even realize how it was they, not the five flag-wearers, who insulted and degraded the Mexican-American students yesterday. What could have been a teaching moment was instead warped by rampant political correctness into an incitement to racism and bigotry… against white students.
Let's suppose some Chicano students complained that the five were wearing American flags on "the only day [Mexican Americans] celebrate their heritage."
- Think what a revelation it would have been had Miguel Rodriguez explained to them that, while their heritage may be Mexican, they themselves are American citizens… so the American flag is not insulting or disrespectful to them. (I doubt a single one of the protesting students is actually a Mexican citizen.)
- Imagine if Rodriguez had told them that celebrating a victory by Mexico over France does not require them to attack the United States… which allied with Mexico in that very war.
- Imagine if he had lectured them about showing civility themselves: The five students didn't tell anyone else not to wear the colors of the Mexican flag; why should Hispanic students demand that their classmates not wear the colors of the American flag — which is, of course, also the flag of the Hispanic students?
But he didn't.
Instead, the Hispanic assistant principal told all the Hispanic students at Live Oak High School that the American flag is insulting, offensive, and disrespectful… and that they have every right to demand it be excluded from an American school.
Good heavens, could a more bigotted, racist message have been sent if they had deliberately aimed for it? Ergo today, surprise, surprise, 200 Hispanic students marched through Morgan Hills chanting "We want respect!" and "Si se puede!" Oh yes, marching and chanting will get them loads of respect; how could we fail to respect children cutting class to demand we cater to their prejudices?
But it's the subtext that really damages the Hispanic students: Beneath the outspoken charge of "disrespect" is the whispered insinuation that Hispanics are too emotionally fragile to understand that ethnicity is not the same as nationality, and neither is equivalent to identity; the implication that they are Mexicans, not real Americans; and the disconcerting suggestion that other people don't enjoy the same First-Amendment right to freedom of speech as Hispanics themselves.
In other words, it's what George W. Bush called "the soft bigotry of low expectations" all over again. Telling Hispanics they can suppress contrary opinion because it hurts too much is just as bad as telling blacks they should get extra "Negro-points" on their university applications because they're not smart enough to compete fairly with whites, Orientals, and Jews. It's an insidious form of "affirmative action": Whites must tolerate contrary speech — but not Hispanics, because they can't handle it. What a vile, oppressive, and lying meme to inject into the brain of an adolescent.
Hispanics do not need to be coccooned from the marketplace of ideas. They don't need to be coddled, cradled, sequestered, or sealed in an ideological bubble. There is no reason Americans of Mexican and Central or South American heritage should be less able to handle alternate "truths" than any other ethnic or racial group. If everyone is held to the same standards, kids will understand:
Over at Gilroy High School, Mexican and American patriotic colors commingled peacefully Wednesday, Principal Marco Sanchez said.
"Kids were in good spirits," he said. "I was out on campus most of the day and didn't see anything that was abnormal."
He reported no disciplinary issues as a result of Mexican or American patriotism. Plenty of students donned both both countries' national colors but none were [sic] sent home for wearing green, red, white, blue or any combination thereof, he said. Doing so would be "outrageous," he said.
"We're not going to be sending kids home for wearing American flags or wearing patriotic colors," Sanchez said. "That's discriminatory."
Muchas gracias, Principal Sanchez, for the breath of fresh sanity.
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Wacom's Bamboo Create is the perfect beginners tablet. It was a little awkward for me at first, but after I got through the tutorials, it was smooth sailing on the operation front. The hardest part wasn't using the tablet, it was getting use to it.
To start, a little about the conditions I used this device in. First, I installed it on both a Windows 8 pc (work) and a Windows 7 laptop (home). Second, I'm not an artist like some of my fellow GeekMoms. I enjoy drawing, but I have limited skills that I'm content with having. I prefer to make new out of old with Photoshop and that's where I have my fun.
Now, on to the fun stuff!
The first thing I thought when I opened the box was "Wow…this sucker's long." It's not heavy and has a very sleek feel to it.
At work, I placed the Bamboo on my desk and used the wireless adapter kit to keep the cable from getting in my way. The cable is a little to short for me to use on my computer at work, so the wireless adapter kit was a lifesaver.
It didn't take long to install the software and get the tutorials up and running.
During the first few opening screens, you can set it up for left or right handed, which is really nice. To keep myself from going back to my mouse out of frustration, I turned it off and placed it on top of my tower. This helped me rely on the tablet and the pen and learn to use them both a little quicker.
In addition to using the pen, you can also use your hand on the tablet. If you have a Windows 8 pc, this allows you to use the new hand gestures Windows 8 supports. If you find that using your hand and the pen interchangeably to be annoying, you can turn off the touch feature and rely only on the pen to navigate. I preferred to skip the touch all together because it was just little to weird for me.
At home, I used the tablet on my lap like I would a sketch pad. Even with it plugged into my laptop, the cable had enough slack on it for me to hold it comfortably.
The tablet itself is pretty easy to use.
The four corners on the tablet correspond to the four corners of your screen. If you use two monitors, like I do at work, this can take a little getting use to. On my laptop, this wasn't a bother at all. I didn't use the buttons on the tablet itself, but they are there if you need them. I learned by accident that the top button changes the touch feature on and off.
The pen has two buttons on it as well. The top is the right click and the bottom is the left click. I'd suggest holding the pen in a way that doesn't put your hand in a position to accidentally click on something you didn't mean too. Oh and do you see that little black label hanging off the tablet on the first picture? The pen fits right in it so you have somewhere to store it when you're not using it.
I highly recommend you get the wireless adapter kit, because it makes life a whole lot easier. The battery lasted me well over eight-hours without having to be recharged and there's a slot built into the tablet to hold the Bluetooth adapter when not in use.
If you're worried about getting a tablet because you don't have any software to use it with. Don't worry. Inside the box is key to go to Wacom's website to download Photoshop Elements 11, Corel Painter Essentials 4, Autodesk Sketchbook Express and Nik Color Efx Pro 3 WE6. If you look up each of these products individually, you'll discover that it's cheaper to buy the tablet than just the software by itself.
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Paul Francis Dullum of Pequot Lakes was born in Brainerd on Dec. 4, 1935, to Martin and Florence (Chermak) Dullum, and passed away peacefully June 20, 2013, after a battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his wife and children.
Visitation was held at Kline Funeral home in Pequot Lakes Sunday, June 23, from 6-8 p.m., with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Paul's funeral was 11 a.m. on Monday, June 24, at St. Alice Catholic Church, Pequot Lakes. Burial is at the Willow Creek Brethren Cemetery in Leola, S.D.
Paul was part owner in a gravel pit, served in the U.S. Army, was a Standard Oil distributor, custom harvester, Breezy Point road maintenance worker, and finished his working career with Anderson Brothers. Paul spent 37 years as a volunteer fireman in Nisswa and Pequot Lakes. If you skated at the Pequot hockey rink in the 1980s, you skated on Paul's ice. He was on the board of Sibley Terrace, volunteered at the Lakes Area Food Shelf and also drove the Pequot Senior van.
Paul enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, boating, waterskiing, snowmobiling, four-wheeling, plowing snow, canoeing, and visiting his children and grandchildren. He loved going "South" for the wild rice soup. He also enjoyed sharing his knowledge of nature with anyone who would listen. He liked going to coffee with his friends in the morning. He was very patient whenever he was teaching someone something new, for example, how to put a minnow or worm on a hook, how to filet a fish, or tying a knot.
Paul is survived by his wife, Pat (Heagley); his children: Chris (Shauna) Dullum, Gallatin Gateway, Mont., Kathryn (Tony) Lister, Amherst, N.Y., Jon (JoAnn) Dullum, Belt, Mont., Laura (Ryan) Siefkes, Aberdeen, S.D., Martin Dullum (Jen) Eagan, Minn., and Jane Dullum, Hopkins, Minn.; eight grandchildren; brothers: Jim (Shirley) Dullum, Nisswa, Ted (the late Mary) Dullum, Nisswa; sister, Mary (Ron) Jelmo, Richfield, Minn.
Arrangements are with Kline Funeral Home, Pequot Lakes.


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A friend offered my friend and I some space at an apartment she was renting at a local ski resort. Therefore, we took up the opportunity to stay overnight right next to the slopes, how cool is that! Now I've been skiing only 3 times since this past weekend, and slowly my confidence is growing, however for my friend, it is a whole other story. She skied at a young age, but hasn't since middle school. But with a whole lot of confidence is her abilities, we took a cable car straight up the mountain without even testing her skills on the bunny slopes
I've gotten to the point where I can finally turn with control and not fly out of control down the slopes. However, my poor friend spent several trips down the slopes, flying at top speed, yelling past me "ooohhhh noooooo! Not again!" I'm surprised she never broke a leg. And I spent a lot of my time following her down the slopes and picking up fallen ski poles or yelling at her "pizza pie" to get her to slow down. What a whirlwind.
On top of that, the weather was unbelievable. Ever experienced a "white-out" while driving or walking around outside during the winter? Now imagine skiing on top of a mountain with a few clouds in the sky, to a complete white-out in 15 seconds. My friend and I were stuck on a slope, unable to see anything in front of us, literally, and couldn't move, in the fear that; one, we would run into someone; two, someone would ski into us; and three, we would accidentally ski-off a mountain side because we couldn't see where the slopes start and stop. Let's just say, I never want to experience that again.
One downside though to a full two days of skiing...sunglasses tan lines
To continue our winter vacation in Grenoble, my friend and I, along with several other teaching assistants and their boyfriends attended a Grenoble hockey match versus Caen (as many of you may know is the city closest to the famous Normandy D-Day beaches). After living the past four years in Minnesota, the state that treasures hockey the most, I'm seen a fair share of matches and know the game and it's theatrics quite well. However, this game was surprisingly different than those I saw in America. Yes, there were a few checks, head bashing and other nasty moves on the ice, but nothing compared to a bunch of Americans. It was almost as if when French players are learning to play hockey, their coaches told them to be aggressive, but within reason...or just play like a bunch of pansies...