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"I truly benefitted from the partnership between Hunterdon and Fox Chase."
— Genevieve Sliker
Although Genevieve Sliker tells other cancer patients to be patient, she doesn't waste time herself. In October 2010, she discovered a lump on her navel and went to the doctor that same day. Within two days, she had an ultrasound, which was inconclusive. A few days later, Genevieve underwent a CAT Scan. By the time she arrived home from the test, her doctor had left a message to come to her office. That is when Genevieve learned she had a cancerous tumor in her pancreas, just two weeks after her husband's cousin lost his life to this aggressive disease.
"I was shocked," admitted Genevieve, who reported no symptoms other than a loss of appetite. Genevieve and her husband, Bruce, celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary in 2010. "I wasn't going to give up without a fight. I have too much to live for."
To help guide their treatment decision, Genevieve called a family friend, Beth Glashoff, managed care coordinator at Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center, a Fox Chase Cancer Center Partner hospital near their home. Her husband Bruce was also treated for cancer at Hunterdon. "Beth was so helpful. She knew I wasn't going to give up without a fight. I have too much to live for," said this mother of three, grandmother of five and great-grandmother to two.
"It was so comforting to know I had high quality cancer care near my home, and that the doctors worked closely with the team at Fox Chase," shared Genevieve. She met with her local team of doctors, Dr. Andrew Greenberg, radiation oncologist, and Dr. Myron Bednar, medical oncologist, along with Lori McMullen, RN, MSN, OCN, who started Genevieve on a course of radiation and chemotherapy designed to shrink the tumor.
Lori McMullen is a nurse navigator at Hunterdon who guided Genevieve and Bruce through the sometimes challenging process of cancer treatment. She worked closely with Dr. Bednar and Dr. Greenberg to refer her to a surgeon at Fox Chase. "My nurse navigator, Lori, Dr. Bednar and Dr. Greenberg were so wonderful. I could sense they really cared about me and my family and tried to make the process as smooth as possible," shared Genevieve. "During radiation, my pacemaker was set off about six times. But the staff was knowledgeable and was able to reset it very easily. That was a big comfort to me."
Genevieve traveled to Fox Chase to meet with Dr. John Hoffman, a surgical oncologist and one of the nation's most experienced surgeons in the complex Whipple procedure. A Whipple involves removing the head of the pancreas, some of the small intestine , the bile duct, the gallbladder (if it hasn't already been removed) and sometimes the distal stomach. The bile duct, stomach and pancreas must then be reconstructed.
"I felt so fortunate to have such wonderful doctors working together to develop my treatment plan," said Genevieve. Fortunately, she responded very well to the treatment and by the summer of 2011 was ready for surgery. Dr. Hoffman performed the delicate surgery in September, which was a success.
"I am amazed. My tumor started out the size of a grapefruit and is now gone," said Genevieve. "Dr. Hoffman is a fantastic man – that's all I can say. He's very personable and called me before every procedure."
Genevieve spent the fall of 2011 recovering from surgery and returning to her hobbies of crocheting and quilting. She's even learned how to Skype so she can see her great-granddaughter in Montana. "I have a wonderful and supportive family who have helped me through this trying time in my life."
"I truly benefitted from the partnership between Hunterdon and Fox Chase. It was so convenient getting my care at Hunterdon and my surgery at Fox Chase. I'd like to thank the entire staff at Hunterdon who really saw me through the entire process. I feel like I had the best team of doctors on my case and am here to tell everyone about it!"


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About Maggie's blogObservations and updates on the situation in Southern Sudan--from the eyes and laptop of Maggie Fick, a Juba-based American freelance journalist.
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Campus Growth and Development
Never a campus to be accused of "dreaming too small," Notre Dame has $300 million to $400 million of campus development projects in progress or on the horizon. They include a center for executive education, a social sciences building, a student activities building, two residence halls, a multi-disciplinary research building, and an art museum.
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The Stayer Center for Executive Education will be located immediately south of the Mendoza College of Business, adjacent to the new DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and the Irish Green—both vital links between the University and the local and regional communities. Students and participants will be well-served by the deluxe lodging, restaurants, and retail available in nearby Eddy Street Commons, a mixed-used development now under construction along the campus's southern corridor.
The installation of a new nuclear accelerator is underway in the Nuclear Science Laboratory, located in the Nieuwland Hall of Science.
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In 2012, competition is as fierce as ever, and your internal processes need to be smarter, faster, and leaner in order to stay ahead. Is your time and attendance system helping or hurting your goals?
Time and attendance systems are integral to organizations with hourly employees by providing accurate employee time records and meeting compliance standards. But if you don't have an automated system, you may be surprised at how much your current system is costing your organization.
Studies show it takes about seven minutes to enter each timecard per pay period, so when you automate the timecard process with a time clock, you can save thousands. For example, a manager with ten reports who enters timecards every other week will spend thirty hours entering timecards in one year. That's thirty hours per manager that could be better spent in your organization.
By implementing a smarter, faster, and leaner system in 2012, you can free up time for your IT team, Human Resources, and managers to spend on more strategic initiatives.
Time and attendance systems integrate with your payroll and keep all necessary information in one place. You also have more reporting capabilities, so you can generate standard reports covering schedules, personnel, departments, and payroll. Or create your own custom reports for your unique needs.
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) time and attendance systems give your organization the most up-to-date version of your program. SaaS is web-based, so it doesn't require installation on servers or timely update downloads.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Happy Quilting.
Merry Christmas Ladies and gents. I hope you have a very happy holiday!!
My little shinning stars. Brantley, Kaylynn, and Emmalee
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The only bad days are the ones you don't get.
It's Christmas morning & I'm waiting for the kids to get up. DH is still trying to get the train to work, but at least he put the coffee on!
Merry Christmas everybody!!
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Merry Christmas Everyone! It's snowing in Rhode Island!
Christmas Dinner is cooking and I'm taking a small break...
The kids were here this morning to open presents and have a huge breakfast....Grandbaby was wonderful....She got her 2 front teeth for Christmas....and I can't tell you how happy I am that she did....she has been teething fierce.
Merry Christmas to all my fellow quilters!!!
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Merry Christmas to one and all! I hope Santa was good to all of you! I hope the new year bring you all peace and prosperity and love love love! Lisa
Merry Christmas all!~ Hope it was a good day!! Had kids and grandkids in and out all day...Now on to packing to move in a few days!! Didn't realize how much "stuff" I have!!


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Lots of freshly chopped herbs add zing to our white bean dip. Serve with assorted vegetables, such as baby carrots, bell pepper strips, radishes, snow peas, broccoli and caulifower florets.
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Budget Top Location Flat close to the city center (LM 62-26)
Størrelse30 m²
Etasje3(med heis)
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|Lorenz-Mandl-Gasse, 1160 Vienna, Østerrike
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Entrance area/kitchen with gas cooker/electric baking oven, sink, washbasin and shower
Living room/bedroom with double bed, wardrobe, dining area, coffee table with 2 armchairs, TV (only the Austrian TV-channels ORF1 and ORF2), telephone
The newly renovated toilet on the hallway is exclusively used by the guests staying in this apartment.
Internet access activation: € 1,- per day. Bookable for the whole duration of stay only
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Nice place, well located near the metro. great place to stay a few days in Vienna.
it was really good travel and accommadation...
Very nice and cozy apartment for a family or a large company. However, it was something that was not pleasant. We were promised 3 sets of keys, but we got only 2, what was very uncomfortable. We also had a problem with getting a receipt. We had to go to the office and in the end we were given the wrong documents with the wrong amounts, wrong dates and without a handwritten signature.
You must be very strong to come over there. How to get the key in an other area is not a lucky formule! Tired from your journey you have to go to an adress for the key. After that a new trip to the location. The appartment is o.k. and the location too. For cooking in the kitchen was it terrible, because there was not enough kitchenmaterial to use. That was a pity.
Wenn we ask the things we need, we were very happy that they have bring it. But they don't give us excuses. A postcard with a nice text was the way of excuses I think.
Great apartment. Clean and modern. Great value for money. Hosts very pleaseant and helpful. Would recommend this apartment to antone.
The flat was exactly as it was described in the advert. Very clean and comfortable. It was also very close to the underground station. Moreover, it was very well equipped. We had everything we needed in the flat, including tea, sugar, maps of the city and tourist attractions, kitchen cloths, etc. We really felt like at home.The host was ready to help us and give information when we needed. I definitely recommend this place.
Good location and nice flat. The apartment was not the one shown in picture (I had LA-37), but had everything described. Clean and ordered. A little noise from street, but if you close the window you are just fine.
I spent one week with four friends. The apartamente is very comfortable, clean, free internet and above all well connected, in 10 minute you are in front of Stephansdom!
The only problem was a not optimal ventilation of the kitchen and the bathroom, both without window.
I spent six days in Vienna to celebrate New Year's Eve.
The accommodation is a spacious apartment, very clean and equipped with all appliances. Owners are very helpful and friendly.
The area is quiet and comfortable to all transportation (metro, tram or bus) to quickly reach the city center and there are shops, restaurants, pubs and supermarkets.
Thank Walter for your hospitality and for your kindness. :)
We had a great time in Vienna. Walter and his wife has been very helpful and easy going. We arrived late at night and it was never an issue which we appreciated very much. The rooms are all big and spacious and all facilities works perfectly. The only reason this is not getting 5 stars is because we only was given 3 bath towels upon arrival and we were 4 people, another towel arrived the next day.
I do recommend this accommodation as it is good value for money.
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Whisnant gets hearing on H2B visa abuse bill
SALEM, Ore. - Legislation introduced by Rep. Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver) and Rep. Brad Witt (D-Clatskanie) received a hearing Friday in the House Business and Labor Committee. HB 3315, they said, will help prevent abuses of the H2B visa program and provide more jobs for Oregonians.
"I have worked with the Oregon Employment Department on this issue since the major abuses occurred in Oregon in 2009 using the Federal stimulus funds to employ foreign workers and not Oregonians," Whisnant said.
Charles Pope reported on the H2B visa abuses in an October 20, 2011 Oregonian article, "Stimulus money of Oregon jobs hired foreign workers." He reported "at least $7 million in federal stimulus money intended to provide jobs to unemployed Oregonians instead paid wages to 254 foreign workers, federal investigators have concluded."
Witt testified, "At a time of record unemployment, when federal stimulus dollars were intended to hire locally unemployed Oregonians, when job openings in other fields were attracting tens if not hundreds of local job applicants, not a single Oregonian was hired for any of the 254 jobs. Not one. The H2B abuses took away high-paying jobs from many Oregonians who would have accepted these jobs."
Oregon's federal elected officials are working on this issue, and the federal government must find a total solution with Oregon and other states to completely prevent all H2B visa abuses.
HB 3315 places in law the Oregon Employment Department's recommended actions to address this issue.
For more on the bill, visit: http://legiscan.com/OR/research/HB3315/2013


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Cheerful Studio with Wi-Fi
Size28 m²
Floor No.1
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Internet/WiFi
- Indoor fireplace
- Family/child friendly
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Welcome to this comfortable and furnished studio of 28m2 on the first floor. Decorated in a simple and elegant way, the studio features a kitchen with all utensils, coffee maker, microwave, refrigerator with freezer, toaster, coffee machine, kettle, washing machine, a part bar, linen and crockery provided. The bathroom is equipped with a bath, washbasin and hairdryer. For maximum comfort, it also has a breakfast nook with table and chairs, TV, DVD, Wi-Fi, iron and ironing board, electric heating. For the party night he has a cabinet with a very comfortable bed.
This building is located in the heart of the shopping and pedestrian street. It is only five minutes from Châtelet, this pedestrian paradise of food lovers, ideal for a stroll in the afternoon. The Quartier Montorgueil has been for long the stronghold of the creators. The shops adjacent to those well-known chains sell unique pieces made by some rising young designers. All styles are present, the quality craftsmanship in the cozy lounge of the major brands, the Montorgueil district is a mixed of trend and furiously.
House rulesA security deposit is required at the check-in. The deposit will be returned at the end of your stay.
Can you also tell us of your arrival and departure time and your place of arrival (airport, train station ...). To welcome you in the best conditions, you can send us a message on your arrival to Paris.
Check-in after 20h or before 9am are charged with an extra-fee: 20.00€.
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Reviews of this property
Very centrally located, small apartment in Paris. Recommended for four people with small children, since the bed on the second floor has only 50 cm from the ceiling. The bathroom is just so big that you can turn around in it. The windows and doors are not tight. The facilities are good. Everything is there, just a big pot to cook spaghetti or similar missing. The apartment was clean and comfortable, the folding bed properly.
Sehr zentral gelegenes, kleines Appartement in Paris. Für vier Personen nur mit kleineren Kindern zu empfehlen, da das Bett in der zweiten Etage nur 50 cm Abstand zur Decke hat. Das Bad ist gerade so groß, dass man sich darin umdrehen kann. Die Fenster und Türen sind nicht dicht. Die Ausstattung ist gut. Alles da, lediglich ein großer Topf um Spaghetti oder ähnliches zu kochen fehlt. Die Wohnung war sauber und das Klappbett richtig bequem.
The apartment is very convenient as a central location and in the pedestrian street / shopping. Silent. Only problem: the owner is not always accessible, having had no precise information about the delivery of the keys, we were away from home for a few hours waiting for the owner will respond to e-mail. Paris' always beautiful ....
L'appartamento è molto pratico in quanto in posizione centrale e in strada pedonale/commerciale.
Unico problema: il proprietario non sempre è raggiungibile, avendo avuto indicazioni non precise circa il ritiro delle chiavi, siamo rimasti fuori casa per alcune ore in attesa che il proprietario ci rispondesse alla e mail.
Parigi e' sempre bellissima....
We found the apartment clean condition. The host was very welcoming and available for any questions or problems you might encounter. Recommend
Nous avons trouvé l'appartement en parfait état de propreté. L'hôte est très accueillant et disponible pour toutes questions ou problèmes que l'on pourrait rencontrer. A conseiller
We had a really nice stay in Paris. The appartment is small, but you have more or less everything you need and the atmosphere is great. Furthermore, the appartment was very well located and you could walk to a lot of interesting places.
I was fine in the study of Pascal, which is a very hospitable and friendly. The location is strategic for both the use of underground, is to walk around in the center of Paris
Mi sono trovato bene nello studio di Pascal, che è una persona molto ospitale e simpatica. La posizione è strategica, sia per l'uso della metropolitana, sia per muoversi a piedi nel centro di parigi
the apartment is very close to the Metro (you get to the center in a very short time), and small, but very cozy and well-equipped, has it all! is located in a quiet area, and there are shops that sell everything. I recommend it! :)
l'appartamento è a due passi dalla Metro (si arriva in centro in pochissimo tempo), e piccolo, ma molto accogliente e ben attrezzato, non manca proprio nulla! si trova in una zona tranquilla, e ci sono negozi che vendono di tutto. Lo consiglio!!! :)
the apartment is really nice and cozy and in a great central area full of small rooms. the apartment is very clean and well heated. we were 4 adults and we were very comfortable. easily accessible thanks to the numerous Metro stations nearby. on a scale from 1 to 10 deserves a full 8. : D
l'appartamento è davvero grazioso e accogliente, in un'ottima zona centrale e piena di piccoli locali. l'appartamento è molto pulito e ben riscaldato. eravamo 4 adulti e siamo stati molto comodi. facilmente raggiungibile grazie alle numerose stazioni metro nelle vicinanze. su una scala da 1 a 10 merita un 8 pieno. :D
Nice small apartement in the middle of Paris - as expected. It has it's own charm and is in the first floor - really an advantage in Paris. Though I know some apartements in that part of the town which are a bit nicer. That's why I'll give four stars. Though it is really a nice apartment and fulfils it's purpose.
We liked everything really well - the location, the apartment ... Any time.
Uns hat alles richtig gut gefallen - die Lage, das Appartement...
Jederzeit wieder.
The property is very beautiful, it's all because you need and the host is very nice and the communication worked great. We were three people (2 adults and 1 child), the site has served us. We can recommend it.
Die Unterkunft ist sehr schön gelegen, es ist alles da was man braucht und der Gastgeber ist wirklich sehr nett und die Kommunikation hat super funktioniert. Wir waren drei Personen (2 Erwachsene und 1 Kind), der Platz hat uns gereicht. Wir können es weiterempfehlen.
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The Ground Zero Mosque Developer: Muslim Brotherhood Roots, Radical Dreams By Alyssa A. Lappen May 14, 2010 How to Stop the Ground Zero Mega-Mosque By Alyssa A. Lappen May 28, 2010 Excliusive: Ground Zero Mosque Imam's Radical Connections By Alyssa A. Lappen July 16, 2010 Imam Rauf and the State Department: The Truth about Our Man in the Middle East By Ron Radosh August 23, 2010 Ground Zero Mosque Imam Feisal's Extremism Exposed By Pamela Geller August 23, 2010The Cordoba House and the Myth of Cordoban "Ecumenism" By Andrew Bostom September 2, 2010 Why They Can't Condemn Hamas By Andrew McCarthy August 28, 2010 The Consequences of Park 51: The Cordoba House By Frank Salvato August 6, 2010 A Mosque Grows Near Brooklyn By Stephen Schwartz July 26, 2010 Rauf's Dawa from the World Trade Center Rubble By Andrew McCarthy July 24, 2010
See also: American Society for Muslim Advancement Born in Kuwait in 1948, Feisal Abdul Rauf is the Imam of Masjid al-Farah, a New York City mosque. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Columbia University. His father was the late Muhammad Abdul Rauf. From the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, Faisal Abdul Rauf acquired seven low-income apartment buildings in New Jersey -- five in Union City and one each in North Bergen and Palisades Park. In 1989, Union City's Community Development Agency awarded Rauf $384,000 in grants to help him renovate three of those properties. But in March 1992, Rauf -- citing "heavy and unforeseen additional carrying costs" estimated at $87,000 -- asked then-Union City mayor Bob Menendez for $80,000 in city funds to help him cover his expenses temporarily; it is not known whether Rauf ever received that money. Two weeks after contacting Menendez, however, Rauf got approval on nearly $1.3 million in construction loans from the affordable-housing trust fund of Hudson County, New Jersey -- and subsequently another $630,900 from the state -- on condition that he agree to rent the units at "affordable" rates through 2017. Notwithstanding that influx of county and state money, Rauf's properties remained in a state of disrepair, with tenants complaining not only about a lack of heat and hot water, but also about infestations of roaches, bedbugs, and rats. Moreover, Rauf became seriously delinquent in his mortgage payments. Thus in July 1992, one lender initiated a foreclosure action on the $400,000 mortgage covering two of Rauf's properties. In 1995 another lender sued to foreclose on three additional loans to Rauf totaling $1.65 million. In the end, all these situations were resolved without foreclosure. In 1990 Rauf became affiliated with the al-Farah Mosque (which was founded in 1981 by the Turkish Sheikh Muzaffer Ozakin) in lower Manhattan. Seven years later, he established the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), a New-York based nonprofit organization which has been run by Rauf's third wife, Daisy Khan, since 2005. (ASMA's original name was the American Sufi Muslim Association.) Rauf is a permanent trustee of an Islamic Cultural Center (ICC) which his father founded in New York City. Until September 28, 2001 -- seventeen days after 9/11 -- the ICC employed Imam Sheik Muhammad Gemeaha, who later would say that "only the Jews" could have perpetrated the 9/11 attacks; that if Americans only knew about this Jewish culpability, "they would have done to Jews what Hitler did"; and that Jews "disseminate corruption in the land" and spread "heresy, homosexuality, alcoholism, and drugs." Gemeaha's successor at the ICC, Omar Saleem Abu-Namous, said there was no "conclusive evidence" proving that Muslims were responsible for 9/11. In a 60 Minutes interview that aired on September 30, 2001, Rauf said that the 9/11 attacks were part of a larger Islamic "reaction against the U.S. government politically, where we [the U.S.] espouse principles of democracy and human rights, and [yet] where we ally ourselves with oppressive regimes in many of these countries." "I wouldn't say that the United States deserved what happened," Rauf elaborated, "but United States policies were an accessory to the crime that happened." Rauf further stated that "because we [Americans] have been accessory to a lot of innocent lives dying in the world," it could be said that "[i]n fact, in the most direct sense, Osama bin Laden is made in the USA." On another occasion, Rauf took up this theme again: "We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al Qaida has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims. You may remember that the U.S.-led sanctions against Iraq led to the death of over half a million Iraqi children." Rauf has clearly suggested that terrorism is an understandable, even if unjustified, response to American actions in Iraq, Israel, and elsewhere in the Middle East:
"How do you tell people whose homes have been destroyed, whose lives have been destroyed, that this does not justify your actions of terrorism. It's hard. Yes, it is true that it does not justify the acts of bombing innocent civilians, that does not solve the problem, but after 50 years of, in many cases, oppression, of U.S. support of authoritarian regimes that have violated human rights in the most heinous of ways, how else do people get attention?"
"How do you tell people whose homes have been destroyed, whose lives have been destroyed, that this does not justify your actions of terrorism. It's hard. Yes, it is true that it does not justify the acts of bombing innocent civilians, that does not solve the problem, but after 50 years of, in many cases, oppression, of U.S. support of authoritarian regimes that have violated human rights in the most heinous of ways, how else do people get attention?"
Rauf has praised Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, a Muslim scholar (associated with the Muslim Brotherhood) who supports Palestinian suicide bombings, as "a very, very well known Islamic jurist, highly regarded all over the Muslim world." He has also expressed respect for the late Egyptian cleric Muhammad Tantawi (who likewise endorsed suicide bombings) and Egypt's Chief Mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa (who has endorsed Hezbollah and defended Islam's use of the death penalty for apostasy). Rauf, who has been entrusted with the task of conducting post-9/11 sensitivity training for the FBI, contends that Muslims have been unfairly targeted by law-enforcement authorities in recent years. "There's no doubt we've been profiled since 9/11," he said in 2005. "The Patriot Act has kind of made Muslims -- there's a sense of 'guilty till proven innocent' rather than the other way around." In the summer of 2002, Rauf began lecturing on Islam at the 750-acre campus of Chautauqua Institution, located in western New York State. Around that time, he also befriended Karen Armstrong, who later wrote the foreword for Rauf's 2008 book, What's Right with Islam Is What's Right with America. Journalist Andrew McCarthy has revealed that What's Right with Islam was originally published in 2004 in Malaysia, under a different title: A Call to Prayer from the World Trade Center Rubble: Islamic Dawa in the Heart of America Post-9/11. What's Right with Islam was a "special, non-commercial edition" of the book and was produced after the original, with Feisal's cooperation, by the Islamic Society of North America and the International Institute of Islamic Thought. Both of those organizations are American tentacles of the Muslim Brotherhood. McCarthy explains the meaning of the term Dawa, from the book's title:
"Dawa, whether done from the rubble of the World Trade Center or elsewhere, is the missionary work by which Islam is spread.... [D]awa is proselytism... "The purpose of dawa, like the purpose of jihad, is to implement, spread, and defend sharia. Scholar Robert Spencer incisively refers to dawa practices as 'stealth jihad,' the advancement of the sharia agenda through means other than violence and agents other than terrorists. These include extortion, cultivation of sympathizers in the media and the universities, exploitation of our legal system and tradition of religious liberty, infiltration of our political system, and fundraising. This is why Yusuf Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and the world's most influential Islamic cleric, boldly promises that Islam will 'conquer America' and 'conquer Europe' through dawa."
"Dawa, whether done from the rubble of the World Trade Center or elsewhere, is the missionary work by which Islam is spread.... [D]awa is proselytism... "The purpose of dawa, like the purpose of jihad, is to implement, spread, and defend sharia. Scholar Robert Spencer incisively refers to dawa practices as 'stealth jihad,' the advancement of the sharia agenda through means other than violence and agents other than terrorists. These include extortion, cultivation of sympathizers in the media and the universities, exploitation of our legal system and tradition of religious liberty, infiltration of our political system, and fundraising. This is why Yusuf Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and the world's most influential Islamic cleric, boldly promises that Islam will 'conquer America' and 'conquer Europe' through dawa."
Rauf's book suggests that the "American Constitution and system of governance uphold the core principles of Islamic law" (i.e., sharia). The author concludes, therefore, that the "American political structure is sharia-compliant." "The only truly clashing area" between the Constitution and sharia law, he once claimed, "is the penal code, and no Muslim has the intention of introducing that to America. The penal code is the area that people in the Western world are worried about – but these are things that aren't even observed today in most of the Muslim world. Apart from the Taliban and a few places like that, where do you see this happening?" In December 2007 Rauf promoted his book at a Malaysia gathering of Hizb ut Tahrir, an organization that seeks to impose sharia on the United States and other countries worldwide.
Rauf depicts jihad as the Islamic world's defensive reaction to Western provocations, rather than as a seminal Islamic tradition of aggression that long predated any Muslim interactions with the West. In March 2004 the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Rauf as saying: "The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians. But it was Christians in World War II who bombed civilians in Dresden and Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets." In one particularly significant passage, the Herald article stated: "Imam Feisal ... said there could be little progress [in American-Islamic relations] until the U.S. acknowledged backing dictators and the U.S. President gave an 'America Culpa' speech to the Muslim world." In a June 2005 interview, Rauf was asked whether non-Muslims should be troubled by the Qur'an's assertion that people from other religious traditions should be mistreated, subjugated, or killed. Rauf replied that "many of these verses were revealed in certain contexts where the Prophet [Muhammad] and his followers were not allowed to practice their religion," and thus "permission was granted to the Muslims to fight those who fought them for that reason." "The vast history of Islam through the 14 centuries of history," Rauf added, "has proven that except for certain moments in history, the predominant attitude of Muslims toward non-Muslims, especially to Jews and Christians, was one of friendship, was one of engagement." In 2009, Rauf took up this theme again, writing: "Religious freedom is at the core of Islam." Rauf believes that Muslim charities have been subject to undue scrutiny since 9/11. In 2005 an interviewer asked him to comment on the fact that "some Islamic charities are being investigated for terrorist ties." Rauf replied: "We believe that a certain portion of every [Islamic] charity has been legitimate. To say that you have connections with terrorism is a very gray area. It's like the accusation that Saddam Hussein had links to Osama bin Laden. Well, America had links to Osama bin Laden – does that mean that America is a terrorist country or has ties to terrorism? It's that type of logic." In 2008 Rauf revisited the question of whether sharia could be effectively incorporated into Western legal and political systems. He hailed Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams for the "forward thinking" that had led Williams to advocate on behalf of "plural jurisdiction," which would permit Muslim enclaves in Britain to be governed by a separate set of laws consistent with sharia. In March 2009, Rauf said that "Islamic law and American democratic principles have many things in common," and he claimed that sharia's endorsement of "political justice" and "economic justice … for the weak and impoverished" is a creed that "sounds suspiciously like the Declaration of Independence." Rauf's "Shariah Index Project" -- whose stated goal was to "define, interpret and implement the concept of the Islamic State in modern times" -- drew heavily on the work of John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed. Together with such luminaries as former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Ziad Asali, Ingrid Mattson, Dalia Mogahed, and diplomat Dennis Ross, Rauf was a leading voice in the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement, which in September 2008 issued a 154-page recommendation paper -- a number of whose suggestions (on how to improve America's relationship with Muslims globally) were eventually adopted by President Barack Obama's administration. The paper specifically called on the U.S. to engage opposition parties (including the Muslim Brotherhood) in Egypt, and to use intermediaries to immediately engage Hamas -- in hopes of moderating the terror group. Rauf contends that authentic Islam is highly respectful of women's rights and freedoms. In a 2009 piece he penned for the Huffington Post, Rauf stated: "The Prophet Muhammad has been known as the first feminist. … Gender equality is an intrinsic part of Islamic belief." In response to suggestions that Islam could benefit from a movement to purge the faith of unsavory elements such as its treatment of women, Rauf has said flatly: "Islam does not need a reformation." In a 2009 interview, Rauf endorsed the 1979 Iranian revolution which established a theocratic Islamic state. In a May 7, 2010 sermon he delivered in New York City, Rauf seemed to suggest that the perpetrators of 9/11 may not actually have been Muslims. "Some people say it was Muslims who attacked [the U.S.] on 9/11," he said, before drifting into another topic. In a June 2010 interview with newsman Aaron Klein on New York's WABC Radio, Rauf was asked whether he agreed with the State Department's designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization. Rauf replied:
"I'm not a politician. I try to avoid the issues. The issue of terrorism is a very complex question.... I'm a bridge builder. I define my work as a bridge builder. I do not want to be placed, nor do I accept to be placed in a position of being put in a position where I am the target of one side or another."
Since 2004, Rauf and ASMA have pursued a project known as the Cordoba Initiative, whose mission is to recapture an "atmosphere of interfaith tolerance and respect" in "Muslim-West relations." Funded by numerous countries that are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, this Initiative aims to build a 13-story, $100 million mosque/Islamic Center just 600 feet from Ground Zero in lower Manhattan. The proposed name of the structure -- "Cordoba House" (or, alternately, "Park 51") -- implies conquest. Indeed, the first Cordoba mosque was built upon the ruins of a Christian church in the Spanish city of Cordoba after the Muslim conquest of Christian Spain in the 8th century AD. (For a detailed discussion of the significance of Cordoba in Islamic history, click here.)
In August 2010, the State Department announced that it would be sending Rauf on a taxpayer-funded trip (costing $16,000) through the Middle East to foster "greater understanding" about Islam and Muslim life in the United States. This was Rauf's fourth U.S.-sponsored trip to the region. The first two took place in 2007 (during the Bush administration), and the third was in early 2010. State Department spokesman Darby Holladay stated that while Rauf "has been advised not to engage in fund-raising activity" during his August 2010 trip, the Department had "no information" regarding the specifics of Rauf's activities while traveling. Rauf had previously said that he would seek funds from overseas to finance the $100 million mosque project but offered no specifics. A spokesman for the project refused to say whether Rauf would accept money from Iran. It is known that Rauf received some funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. He also received, through ASMA, $3 million in donations from the government of Malaysia, but for three consecutive years he failed to declare those receipts to the IRS. In September 2010, it was learned that Faiz Khan, a founding member and former director of ASMA, had asserted that the 9/11 attacks were an "inside job" for which Muslims had unfairly been made scapegoats. Khan also serves on the advisory board of Muslims for 9/11 Truth and is a founder of the Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance for 9/11 Truth, known as MUJCA. On MUJCA's Web site, Khan wrote:
"The prime factor for the success of the criminal mission known as 9/11 did not come from the quarter known as 'militant Islam,' although the phenomenon known as 'militant Islamic networks' may have played a partial role, or even a less than partial role -- perhaps the role of patsy and scapegoat."
"I am certain of a few things," added Khan. "... The towers and WTC 7 could not have collapsed without controlled demolition place from the 'inside.'" In 2006, Khan told a gathering of 9/11 deniers in Chicago that "the most logical explanation" for 9/11 is that the hijackers were working for corporate America and that the heroin trade creates "billions of dollars" that are laundered by "Citicorp and Procter & Gamble." On September 13, 2010, Rauf said that critics of his Cordoba Initiative were being "absolutely disingenuous" in characterizing the proposed mosque site as "hallowed ground," given the fact that it was a location "with a strip joint around the corner, with betting parlors ..." Also in September 2010, Rauf was asked whether it might be wise to move the proposed mosque site to another location farther from Ground Zero. He said:
"If we move from that location, the story will be that the radicals have taken over the discourse. The headlines in the Muslim world will be that Islam is under attack. And I'm less concerned by the radicals in America than I'm concerned by the radicals in the Muslim world.... The danger from the radicals in the Muslim world to our national security ... The concern for [i.e., safety of] American citizens who live and work and travel overseas will increasingly be compromised. If the radicals are strengthened, and if we do move [the mosque] it will strengthen the argument of the radicals to recruit, their ability to recruit, and their increasing aggression, violence against our country."
During 2010, Jamal Barzinji became became one of a number of noteworthy partners who helped promote Rauf's Cordoba Initiative. In November 2010, it was reported that Rauf and his fellow Cordoba House developers were trying to secure a $5 million "community and cultural enhancement" grant from the Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Corporation, which was authorized to oversee $20 billion in federal aid that had been allocated to help rebuild the area destroyed by the 9/11 attacks. In mid-January 2011, Rauf announced that he would no longer be the chief religious figure in the Cordoba House / Park 51 project, but would thenceforth play a lesser, behind-the-scenes, role supporting the endeavor. This change may have been caused by a souring of relations between Rauf and Sharif El-Gamal, the president and chief developer of Park 51. Rauf's replacement was Imam Abdallah Adhami, who has ties to Imam Siraj Wahhaj, whom prosecutors named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Holding a degree in architecture, Adhami had designed Wahhaj's Brooklyn mosque, Masjid al Taqwa. Moreover, on his Sakeenah.org website, Adhami had prominently highlighted Wahhaj. Because of controversy sparked by these radical associations, by summer 2011 Adhami would also step down from his leadership post with the Park 51 project. For information on subsequent developments in the Park 51 project, click here. In a 2011 speech, Rauf, in an effort to ban public criticism of Islam, said: "I believe that the insulting or mocking of others' religious symbols, icons, prophets, etc. should not fall within the realm of free speech." In February 2013, New York-based businessman Robert Leslie Deak, a Muslim convert who had given Rauf and ASMA some $167,000 in donations for the express purpose of combating anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States, charged that Rauf had embezzled those funds (plus millions more) from ASMA to spend on such things as "a luxury sports car, personal real estate, entertainment, lavish trips and vacations with [his lady friend] Evelyn Adorno and support of Evelyn Adorno, gifts and other personal uses." In a lawsuit against Rauf, Deak and his wife (Moshira Soliman) sought up to $25 million in punitive damages. In addition to his work with ASMA, the New York-based Rauf taught Islam and Sufism at the now-defunct Center for Religious Inquiry at St. Bartholomew's Church. Today he serves as an adviser to the Interfaith Center of New York; sits on the board of trustees of the Islamic Center of New York; and is a member of the World Economic Forum Council of 100 Leaders (Islamic West dialogue).In addition, Rauf is a key member in the Malaysian-based Perdana Global Peace Organization, the single biggest donor ($366,000 as of June 2010) to the Free Gaza Movement.
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Refined Retreat in the Costa Rican Jungle
Parador Resort & Spa • Quepos, Costa Rica
Escape Kit
- A Four-Night Stay for Two in a Tropical Room ($629) or Vista Suite ($979) September through December 19
- Or, a Four-Night Stay for Two in a Tropical Room ($749) or Vista Suite ($1,109) July through August
- Daily Breakfast for Two
The Destination
Costa Rica's reputation as an Eden for eco-tourism is well deserved. More than 500,000 species—roughly four-percent of the planet's total—are represented within its borders, making this Central American nation Earth's most biodiverse. Though the country contains 20 national parks, it owes its eco-cred to the smallest among them: Manuel Antonio. This 1,700-acre rain forest packs an eye-popping punch with flashy-feathered toucans, wild beaches, and stands of bamboo reaching 30 feet high. Among its most famous residents are iguanas, sloths, and squirrel monkeys, which Lonely Planet calls "the cutest fur balls you have ever seen."
The Digs
Parador Resort & Spa—named Costa Rica's Leading Hotel at the 2011 World Travel Awards—is set on 12 acres of lush rain forest and Pacific coastline just outside Manuel Antonio National Park. The eco-friendly resort (boasting the Costa Rican Tourism Board's highest sustainability rating) sports three ocean-view swimming pools, a tennis court, a full-service spa, and several bars and restaurants. While all guest rooms are furnished with cushy beds and private balconies, some wow with ocean views, Jacuzzi tubs, and plasma TVs, too.
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I had a strong hive come through the winter and I have made three splits from it to prevent swarming. Two of these splits have made their own queen (saw eggs, larvae, and capped brood yesterday), and the third is wall to wall brood on five frames with larvae and eggs. I am guessing the original queen went with this hive. (I have never been good at finding my queens - I just look for eggs now.)
Yesterday, I checked the original hive. It is two deeps (for brood) and two honey supers. Every box is full of capped honey and a little pollen and uncapped honey. By the time I got down to inspecting the lowest deep looking for brood, those bees were getting very angry. There was not one capped cell of brood, nada, just honey, and thousands of bees. I put the hive back together faster than I ever had! I know I squished more than a couple bees, but they were raging mad and stinging through my pants and getting in my shoes.
What I am wondering is: Can I take the honey and combine these queenless bees with two other hives (one of them is one of the splits, the other a hive I requeened in mid June). These are smaller in population and I would like to build them up. How can I get the bees out of the honey, since there is no brood box below for them to go into?
Will the new hive accept foreign bees anyway?
Or should I just requeen them, take the supers with the honey, and give them an empty super to move the lower honey up, so the new queen has a place to lay eggs?
This is a new dilemma for me.


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Culture and Policy Institute seeks research applicants
By Bronwyn Wingo
Special Projects Writer, UTSA '05
(July 15, 2005)--UTSA recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health to support the development of research programs related to mental health research in South Texas.
Among the various components supported by the funding is a faculty research awards program designed to enhance the capabilities of faculty conducting mental health research.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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To initiate the program, the South Texas Initiative for Mental Health Research (STIMHR) is accepting applications from UTSA faculty who are involved in or planning to pursue mental health research. The primary purpose of the award program is to help faculty develop competitive grant proposals to advance their research studies.
Two awards providing one month's salary and one course release for the fall semester will be made each summer. By the end of the fall semester, awardees are expected to submit a grant proposal of at least $50,000 annually to an external agency.
Applicants should specify the nature of the research activity, the relevance of the research to the Hispanic population of South Texas, the contribution the research activity will have on the research program of the faculty member and the nature and focus of the extramural funding to be pursued. Advisory committee review of applications will determine recipients.
The deadline for submissions for the 2005 program is 5 p.m., Monday, July 25. Applications are limited to five double-spaced pages of narrative to be accompanied by a current vitae. Only tenure-track faculty members are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to junior faculty and faculty belonging to minority ethnic groups.
Six copies of the application should be sent via U.S. mail by July 25 to Martha Trevino Crawford, UTSA Culture and Policy Institute, 501 W. Durango Blvd., DB 4.226, San Antonio, Texas, 78207.
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Excerpts from a recent Piseev interview, clearly illustrating why no one likes him
[Should Russian coaches be forced to fire their foreign students? Weren't Pechalat - Bourzat good "sparring partners" for our teams?]
Everything should make sense. We shouldnt get too extreme. Its not a question of firing or not firing. We should consider each case individually. Foreigners can stay and train if it helps our athletes. If it contradicts our interests, things should change.
I agree that the French [ice dancers] were a good example for Ilinykh Katsalapov; perhaps now another team could take on that role, Canadian or American may be. In such partnership, the principal will be that our Russian coaches should train our athletes. Anything else is complimentary to that work.
How does that go together with the work of Marina Zueva and Igor Shpilband? Its hard to imagine them making their work with Canadians and Americans secondary for the sake of Russian Yana Khokhlova Fedor Andreev.
With Zueva, we have great hopes for the team of Khokhlova Andreev. In this case, though, one shouldnt discount the fact that Fedor is Zuevas son. So, money and work aside, there will surely be times where Marina will be paying more attention to this team.
Arent you afraid that, pushed against the wall, Zhulin and Morozov will just take their students and move abroad?
I think they want to work with Russian athletes. For example, we wont mind if Miki Ando or Floran Amodio who train with Nikolai Morozov will stay. We should think about his other students, let me repeat, based on our interests.
As to Alexander Zhulin, he needs to decide if hes in sport or in art. His athletes train for four hours a day without a break, whereas everyone else has long moved to twice-a-day schedule. Sasha is very talented, and we deserve to count on such a coach. Zhulin needs to decide. I hope to have a serious talk with him soon.
What can you say about the organization of Moscow Worlds?
[ ] I wont even talk about our hospitality. No one can host the way Russia can. Abroad, they always try to save money, but it just wouldn't do for us to look insolvent.


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update:HB 111 - Parks & Restaurants
In a bruising battle fought by both legislators and GRNC's Legislative Action Team, HB 111, "Handgun Permit Valid in Parks & Restaurants" fought its way out of the NC House Judiciary A Subcommittee and now heads for a floor vote as early as tomorrow. Both strengthening and weakening changes were made to the bill.
Working with GRNC, bill sponsors Mark Hilton (R-Catawba, ****), Jeff Barnhart (R-Cabarrus, ****) and Fred Steen (R-Rowan, ****) produced an enhanced version of HB 111 which included concealed carry not only in municipal parks, but in state parks as well. The substitute was quickly adopted as the working vehicle for the bill.
Immediately take the following actions:
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CALL YOUR HOUSE REP: Tell him or her to support HB 111 with no weakening amendments. You can identify your representative to the NC House by going to: Representatives
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Honorable Members of the NC House:
For sixteen years, North Carolina concealed handgun permit-holders have proven themselves sane, sober and law-abiding. Their overwhelming responsibility is demonstrated by the fact that permit revocations run mere tenths of a single percent.
Because the ability of lawful North Carolinians to protect themselves and their families in restaurants and parks is long overdue, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 111: "Concealed Handgun Permit Valid in Parks and Restaurants" by all means substantive and procedural, and to pass the bill WITHOUT WEAKENDING AMENDMENTS. Under the bill, restaurants would still be able to post against firearms, and nothing would change the current prohibition on permit-holders consuming alcohol while carrying firearms.
I also expect you to support removing Representative Deborah Ross' amendment which would require permit-holders to disclose whether they are carrying firearms to restaurant servers, patrons, and potentially criminals. Under the Ross amendment, if a permit-holder orders an alcoholic beverage for someone else - even though the permit holder consumes no alcohol - he or she could be required to make that tactically unsound and potentially dangerous disclosure. If not removed, the Ross amendment will eventually cost lives.
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Teenage riot | 5 years ago | May 25, 2001 | Carly Carioli swooned over new girl group Dream.
"Of all the current teen-pop groups, Dream are, like, completely my favorite. The four saucy, adorable 16-year-old white girls are executive-produced by hip-hop mogul Sean 'P-Diddy' Combs — Phil Spector, eat your heart out. And, in a move that seems calculated to bring Donnas-adoring rock critics to their knees, the girls have been photographed wearing New York Dolls and Ramones T-shirts. (Which has launched a trend: Kelly from Destiny's Child has since been seen wearing a New York Dolls T, and Missy Elliott sports a Motörhead shirt in her latest video.) With Combs in their corner, the group benefit from, well, a dream team of collaborators: their current hit single, 'This Is Me,' was written by Steve Kipner and David Frank, the team responsible for their first hit, 'He Loves U Not,' as well as for Christina Aguilera's 'Genie in a Bottle'....
"The other day, all four members of Dream — Holly, Diana, Melissa, and Ashley — were getting their hair and makeup done in Toronto while preparing to make the rounds of Canada's MTV-equivalent Much Music. Melissa, the demure blonde, took a few minutes from her busy schedule to chat. ('We're still in school,' she laments, referring to the tutor who accompanies the group; 'We won't get out until June.')"
Marriange of convenience | 10 years ago | May 24, 1996 | Ellen Barry witnessed a wedding ceremony held in the back of a tractor-trailer at Flynn's Truck Stop.
"Bob and Bernice, neighbors for a dozen years, sweethearts for one, have cause to complain about certain aspects of this ceremony. For one thing, it's happening in the back of a semi, evoking the uncomfortable memory of Bob's first wife, Priscilla, who went into cardiac arrest two years ago in the cab of his tractor-trailer. For another, the chapel is not convenient to anything, unless you count the truck wash, the fuel pumps, the shower rooms, the CB repair shop, or the intersection of Routes 20 and 140. Then again, there are benefits, such as an abundance of parking. The bride and groom, for their part, appear satisfied. This is all part of the bargain when you get married at Flynn's Truck Stop, where sacred unions come and go, but traffic is forever.
"Among long-haul drivers, who have been refueling here since 1932, Flynn's is known as a clean place. In its convenience store, Flynn's sells the I ♥ JESUS air freshener right next to the GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS air freshener, and it prominently features the universal anti-truck-stop-prostitute window sticker: NO LOT LIZARDS. The store doesn't stock the type of magazines that, as Bob Hazlett puts it, 'are conducive to bringing on additional things.' But the key influences are Chaplain Bob and Chaplain Bunny, who for two years have walked the length and breadth of their parish, fishing for souls in the parking lot."
Park city | 15 years ago | May 24, 1991 | Timothy Gower discussed the lives of parking meter maids in Boston.
"One thing meter maids insist isn't part of their job ... is the need to satisfy a quota. 'Yeah, people think we work on commission. We hear that a lot,' says Morgan. 'I tell 'em if I did, there'd be a lot more people tagged.'
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Twinbee, I have read the responses and have mixed emotions regarding the answers.
I was certified, no longer current, a Category 3 EMT and understand and agree with the responses regarding administering meds not prescribed to the person being administered to. That being said the same certifications and training states that digging out a splinter is considered an invasive procedure and is controlled just as the administering of meds.
I requested a pen, and get renewals, when I started beekeeping and will continue to do so. I have seen anaphylaxis and administered to those in it's throws. It's not pretty, it's not nice and it is not just one specific set of symptoms on it's onslaught but what it is always; is life threatening and usually rapid on it's procession. Whether I administer my pens to someone else at my home or visiting my hives will be a decision I make at that time, based on the situation and conditions at that time, not exclusively on the legal issues raised in these posts. I do not run up and down the streets looking for splinters to remove either but if an acquaintance in true need asks me to help remove one guess what…I will be looking for my tweezers.


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Hello everyone! I am in my 30's and bought my first hive this year with more hives coming in the spring. The more I learn about bee's, honey and everything else related, the more I love it. I live on 10 acres and am looking to build up enough to get out of the corporate world and continue to focus on my homestead. I am excited to be a part of this community and learn the successes and failures of others to hopefully make more right decisions than wrong ones.
Looking forward to getting to know you all


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Jan 15, 2011 at 12:53 pm #1267746
My oldest girl lab, Sunni (11 yrs 5 mos.) died yesterday morning. I got her at 6 weeks old and, not having a wife or kids of my own, she was my family; along with her daughter and 2 cats. I do date, but there is no one remotely as meaningful as my pets are as far as having a family of my own. Other than a mother and a couple of siblings who live far, far away, my pets are my immediate family. I know it sounds pathetic, but it's true. All the other animals are visibly grieving and I'm having a really, REALLY tough time dealing right now. Sunni was the first dog I had on my own since I left home at 18 and I just don't know how to do this. Any advice anyone would have I would greatly appreciate. I, literally, can barely function. Being at work yesterday was a joke. It's a good thing I don't have anyone standing over my shoulder all day.Jan 15, 2011 at 1:14 pm #1684348
DougBPL Member
Hi Kendall,
So sorry to hear about your poor baby. And I don't think the way you feel is pathetic at all, I feel much the same way.
Take the time to grieve. Let your heart be broken for a bit. Find solace in your remaining babies. Talk to them about Sunni, regardless of how silly someone else might tell you that is.
Fortunately, memories linger, pain fades. But it will be awhile. That's normal.
Pick up a copy of "On Death and Dying" by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Regardless of who or what you've lost, it's a great book to help you understand why you're feeling what you're feeling, and that it's normal to feel that way. It helps you to understand that even in your loneliness, you're not alone.
All the best my friend,
DougJan 15, 2011 at 1:18 pm #1684350
Thanks very much Doug. I read that book about 20 years ago and I think it's packed away somewhere. That's a great idea. I don't remember much of it. I think I'll dig it out of a box somewhere. Thanks again friend.Jan 15, 2011 at 1:21 pm #1684351
Ben 2 WorldBPL Member
@ben2worldLocale: So Cal
Sorry about your loss! :(Jan 15, 2011 at 1:57 pm #1684363
John QuinnSpectator
@inspector8598Locale: Northeast
Kendall, So sorry for your loss. Only time will heal the hurt in your heart. Last July I lost my golden retriever "Bailey" of 14 years. After her passing, I wrote down some of my memories of her. It seemed to help. My last entry was "She will always be a member of our family, a loyal companion and I am heart broken that she is gone". As Doug said, relay this to the other members of your immediate family. It will help. Again, so sorry for your loss. JohnJan 15, 2011 at 2:19 pm #1684372
Nick KBPL Member
@nklineLocale: Northeast U.S.
Sometimes it seems like animals have more common sense then most people these days and they give love without ever expecting any in return. I know I'll probably feel heart-broken when the animals in my life "return home" one day.
The following is advice based on my past experiences with a "broken heart". I hope some of it is helpful.
Like Doug said, give yourself, and your other animal companions, time to grieve: cry your heart out, be depressed, worldly demands can wait.
There will be days when you wake up crying. And there will be days when you feel like life can begin again. I found it helpful to do something with the pain such as spending time in nature, writing a song/poem/whatever, helping someone else, getting back to a project that's been on-hold, or learning something new. In other words, keep the mind active even if it's just scribbling a picture on paper.
YOU WILL get through this even though you might be completely convinced otherwise at the moment. Believe it or not, one day you'll look back and think "man, that was a tough time in my life… but I survived."
Go be sad for awhile. You'll be OK, my friend.
NickJan 15, 2011 at 2:23 pm #1684374
Ken HelwigBPL Member
@kennyhel77Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA
Kendall, not pathetic in the least. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings. I have 6 cats that are all just as much family as humans are. I am very sorry for your loss.Jan 15, 2011 at 2:56 pm #1684391
cary bertonciniMember
@cbertLocale: N. California
And in some ways I think I will always be there in some degree.
I lost Kiki–pictured in my avatar–almost a year ago. She got H1N1 from me. We have other cats, but Kiki was "the one." I haven't felt closer to any other being, human or otherwise, than I did with Kiki. Just one of those.
I anticipated it would be hard–maybe it was the hour-long showers lying on the floor sobbing–and I arranged a therapist even before she was gone and met with her two days after. I am still seeing her–she is a narrative therapist.
I really recommend working with someone who is trained in dealing with grief. Kubler-Ross's book is a great resource, too. What I have found is that the combination of narrative therapy and my graduate studies in both English and Creative Writing programs has been immensely helpful. I write about Kiki quite a lot. My MA thesis is dedicated to her and is an examination of the Feline Poetic in literature and other art forms throughout history. My MFA project is a book-length collection of stories and poems inspired by Kiki as well as a section that will be the real story of Kiki.
What this has done is help me channel both my love and grief for her into a productive and positive way of integrating her spirit into my everyday life. She has become my muse.
While this exact approach may not be what works for you, I encourage you to find a way to apply that emotional energy into something meaningful that you can do, and working with a therapist might help to figure out how to do this. It was somewhat of an accident for me, but my therapist is actually going to be offering a program modeled in some way after this accident. So through her, Kiki will actually be helping other people, too.
And I agree–this is the opposite of pathetic. I think not being able to feel this deeply would be pathetic.
Again, very sorry for your loss. But I am very glad you trust our community enough to reach out and share the story of your friend.
CaryJan 15, 2011 at 5:52 pm #1684486
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
There is nothing wrong with having a good cry.
I am observing my cat Lucy getting old and I dread the day when she will not be there anymore.
I have had her for about 18 years so yes she is part of my life.
How you will get over it I do not know but the pain will get less and less if you don't keep it inside now.
Take a walk, that helps me when I need to clear my head…
BTW, I learn a lot about people by the way they treat or think about animals.
FrancoJan 15, 2011 at 9:29 pm #1684591
Kimberly WersalBPL Member
@kwersalLocale: Western Colorado
The ability to give that kind of love to a pet or a person is a gift. The price you pay for that gift is the pain of loss. I feel so much sympathy with your loss. I lost my much loved cat over a year ago and still cry over the loss. I am married, but never had kids, so she was a big part of our family for 19 years. I was disturbed at the time to find that the loss of her grieved me(and maybe even my husband!) more than the loss of his Mom, maybe because she lived far away, while our cat was a part of our every day life–and everywhere I looked she was missing. I leaves a big hole in your home and your heart.
So, cry as much has you have to. Get outside–it helps a little. I suspect your life will feel pretty dark for a while. In time you'll start to feel more normal again– for me, really, it took weeks or months–okay, maybe years. I took a LITTLE comfort in the fact that others experience this kind of loss and it doesn't wreck their lives (or not permanently…)
Hang in there. Go hug your other pets.Jan 15, 2011 at 10:43 pm #1684614
Thank you everyone for your kind words. There's been a lot of crying going on. Spent a couple of hours with Abigail, my 3 yr old lab (Sunni's daughter) in a park today. Everywhere I looked Sunni was missing. We hiked up a small mountain, sat 'til sunset and shared a Subway 6" sandwich. The whole way Abigail was looking under every bush and behind every bend in the trail for her mom. It turned out to be pretty disturbing. Abbie went to every off-trail place her mother used to go to. It was as if she was frantically searching for her. I think we'll stay away from that park for a while. Maybe we'll spend a few weekends in local forests on trails we haven't been to. Better for me 'cause there won't be a lot of people where I'll go.
It's really hard right now. But, I am very grateful for all of the kind words and advice you're giving. This really means a lot to me. Something tells me it's going to be a LONG process.
Kimberly, I think you're right. It's not that your husband and you didn't love his mom. It's that your cat was a daily part of both your lives. 19 years is a generation! You nailed it. There's a great big darkness now where there used to be a bright, bright light.
Ken Helwig, your name sounds very familiar. I think we may have crossed paths a very long time ago. I want you to know that I appreciate your kind words as well.
I appreciate ALL of you guys' input. It's like my world has come crashing down around me. People keep calling and asking how I'm doing. All I can say is, "not good." The answer's not going to change. She died yesterday morning! I do realize they mean well, however. This is one of the things I love about BPL. It never ceases to amazing me how many truly good people are members here.Jan 15, 2011 at 11:01 pm #1684617
Misfit MysticMember
@cooldripLocale: "Grand Canyon of the East"
Through your grief you show your humanity Kendall. There is no shame in mourning the loss of a loved one, and any creature who spends their entire life by your side is family. How many people show the kind of devotion that a good dog does over 11 years?
I'm truly sorry for your loss my friend. God Bless BrotherJan 16, 2011 at 12:31 am #1684634
Tom ClarkBPL Member
@tomclarkLocale: East Coast
Ah, you're making me think of my Weimeraner buddy Odin. Lots of great hikes with him in OH, TN, & PA with him.Jan 16, 2011 at 1:16 am #1684636
Tony WongBPL Member
@valsharLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
There is nothing pathetic about feeling the heart wrenching pain at the loss of someone that you loved and was a part of your daily life.
Just because she was a dog does not mean that your feelings of hurt and emptiness should be any less where she a person.
I have not doubt that to you, she was closer to your heart than many people around you in your life.
All I can offer you is my sincere empathy at your loss and to say that it is okay for you to give yourself permission to grief for her death in the coming months.
Hopefully, your pain and emptiness will linger long enough to mere sadness and then transform into only fond memories of how she enriched your life and of the things you both did together.
-TonyJan 16, 2011 at 7:45 am #1684684
Ken HelwigBPL Member
@kennyhel77Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA
Maybe we have crossed paths Kendall. Please hang in there.Jan 16, 2011 at 8:43 am #1684701
Katharina LångstrumpBPL Member
@kat_pLocale: Pacific Coast
Kendall, I am sorry for your loss.
I have lost countless animals over the last few years; dogs Lumpy and Shorty, several cats, all our chickens. I lost both my parents over the last three years. It does get easier with time, then there's a smell or something else that triggers a memory and it hurts again. I am almost thankful for these latter moments, when it hits me hard again, because it's so raw and real and alive.
I am glad you have her puppy to enjoy. Hang in there. Thanks for sharing this and reminding us of how precious it all is.Jan 17, 2011 at 3:00 pm #1685189
todd harperBPL Member
@funnymoLocale: Sunshine State
I am so sorry!
Several points of Doug's advice are very good. I haven't read beyond his advice to know what others have said, but do talk about it – just like you did on BPL. It takes time, but like Doug said, feeling broken is a proven way to heal.
My prayers are with you.
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|3rd Nov 2012, 18:39
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Project 12 (Phantom 820)
Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (modified)
Motherboard: Asrock Extreme 6/GB 2011
CPU: Intel 3820
Ram: Samsung Green low-profile
GPU: Sapphire 7870
Fans: NZXT 200mm, Gelid 120mm Fans for radiators.
Sleeve: MDPCX Black and Vanilla Sands
PSU: NZXT 850watt
Reservoir: EK Multioption 250
CPU: EK Supremacy Nickel/Acetal
GPU: EK 7870 Waterblock
Controller: Aquaero 5 Pro controller w/ Waterblock and custom face plate
Radiators: EK XTX240mm and XT360mm
Tubing: Tygon R3400 1/2" 3/4"
Fittings: Monsoon Cooling
Pump: EK 4.0
Unboxing late at night:
Removing Fan hub for sleeving
Now, it's time to remove the mesh and prepare for plexi windows. I need to remove the 200mm fan mount as well... so...
And it's time to start sleeving and cable management. I find it much easier to Cable manage from the beginning to avoid headaches down the road.
Some really cool gear came in. EK gives you a lot of nice stuff, like nice stop fittings for reservoirs and radiators, cable adapters for their pumps, different sized screws for radiators. The 7870 block also came with an adapter to mount fittings horizontally instead of vertically.... REALLY awesome that they include all that kind of stuff in their products.
Monsoon Rotary fittings. These things are awesome. Very well built and you can customize their look with colored "accent disks." As well, light port rotarty fittings are available if you want LEDs to color your clear tubing instead of using dyes.
The LED fittings come with a couple of different sleeved cables. I already have some though, as I'll be using amber/yellow LEDs in this build.
Now it's time to mount the radiators. 360mm up top
For tiny items... Greenpeace would be really annoyed!
Cutting down the rods...
Mounting the Pump and reservoir:
More to follow soon!
|4th Nov 2012, 13:38
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Verry good start Xnine! I hope my phannie will come quickly !
|4th Nov 2012, 20:11
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Thanks K.3nny. Nice to see you around again
|4th Nov 2012, 20:23
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I think the Phantom 820 is one of the modt beatiful cases out there. I'm curious to see what you'll do with it
|4th Nov 2012, 21:34
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Very nice work.
|4th Nov 2012, 21:39
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I love the photos look so pro, nice work dude.. Will watch this..
|5th Nov 2012, 01:01
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Thanks guys. Those are actually taken with my HTC One X. Pretty damn good for a phone camera. What I've learned over the last couple of years is that natural lighting=best photos. So, even with a cheap camera, you should be able to get good pics.
I'm doing more work on her, should have it done by the end of the week!
|7th Nov 2012, 16:20
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Unfortunately, the 7870 will have to be RMA'd. Hopefully grabbing a 7950 to replace it. Updates to the build coming in the next day or so.
|9th Nov 2012, 13:43
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Small update for today. Unfortunately, my 7870 needs to be sent in for RMA which really skews my hope for having it done in the next week, but, rest assured, I'll have more this weekend.
DWood's custom Aquaero Panel that will be going in:
This is the rough outline he sent me. It only took like 3 PM's to get it from idea to final draft.
And this is the panel already cut and bent, and ready for paint. It has shipped so it should be here Monday or Tuesday!
The panel has 5.25 flaps for mounting it in the bays, the Aquaero will be mounted flush into the plate so there's no logos and no mounting screws to be seen.
His work is fantastic, he's super easy to work with, and his prices are insanely low for the results he gives his customers. I don't put my name behind a lot of people, but this is one person I do!
|9th Nov 2012, 15:07
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Looks like a promising project. Looking forward to seeing more.
|12th Nov 2012, 16:40
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Sleeving USB 3.0 front headers. I haven't seen anyone make a tutorial on how to do it, and it was quite a task, let me tell you.
The main problem, is that you either need large sleeve to go over the motherboard connector, or, you need to modify the headers because the casings are heat-sealed after they are installed on the header.
So, we cut both side with an exacto knife, leaving both screw mounts intact. Cut below and above it. You have to go fairly deep, but ensure you aren't cutting any wires. There's also hot clue on the wiring/connector to keep everything in place. When you remove the connector from the casing, you've gotta be careful, otherwise it the connector will come apart.
After it's removed, you just use your MDPC USB sleeve to sleeve the cable. Placing the casing back on the connector takes a bit of work, just make sure you put your heatshrink ON before the casings. Once the casings are on, then you can torch your heatshrink.
Just waiting for the Heatshrink to cool down to hit it again to make sure it's nice and form-fitting.
The Hue Lighting system.
Fans prepped for cleaning of where the Gelid decals were. Custom stickers are on order :
Starting on tubing. Those Monsoon compressions look really sexy.
And now I await my GPU back from RMA, and perhaps there's a little something something coming this week.
The Custom front panel should be here today or tomorrow, so that will be test-fitted and the project box for the lighting completed as well.
|18th Nov 2012, 20:16
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Time for an update!
So, the GPU should be in my hands Monday or Tuesday, which means? Build time! Now... for some more modding work....
Received the custom Aquaero 5 panl from DWood
Some Stickers for the fans.
Now it's time for some Acrylic work. I found that if you actually use a Dremel Metal cutting disc, and use the top surface of it, you can "grind down" or shave off acrylic in orderly fashion, which allows you to get more detailed results with a handfile once you're done.
Once cut down, I hand-file it
Then I use a propane torch to gently "kiss" the edges to make them nice and smooth. No screws are needed to install as the acrylic fits perfectly into the opening....
But.,.. I felt something was missing.... Something just didn't feel right... We need it to match the rest of the build... and there's mesh.... so...
Now, we need a hole for the LED.... X marks the spot...
More to come in the next few days.... The fun REALLY begins..
|18th Nov 2012, 20:53
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Great stat! You have my attention!
Current projects: Tydirium is on the way!
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|18th Dec 2012, 16:44
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So many things have happened since I started this project.
My SSD, Aquaero screen, and Hue board all went bye-bye. So, I had to get replacements for each.
I added a Samsung 840 Pro SSD, a new Aquaero screen, new Hue control board, 16GB more of RAM for a total of 32....
To top that, I chucked my old Corsair PSU in favor of the mighty Seasonic. Sure, my Corsair was technically a Seasonic, but, it was time for the OEM. Sleeving the new Seasonic was a daunting task. They have a really redundant and stupid pin set up on their full-modular systems.
There's a 24pin motherboard connector splits into a 10 pin and a 19 pin on the PSU side. Why? No real reason that I can think of, other than it's proprietary and a real pain in the ass.
Other than that, things are looking up! Got everything installed and we're back up and running!
Here's a sneak-peak:
I had trouble mounting the Aquaero, because it uses some stand off to connect the original faceplate to the unit itself, this made lining the buttons up impossible as they were just a 1-2mm too high. So, I had to rearrange the mounting and use some aluminum spacers to get it all where it needs to be.
Fortunately, my plan worked (and why wouldn't it, I'm just that awesome)
More to come in the next couple of days!
|18th Dec 2012, 16:58
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Enjoying watching this build
|18th Dec 2012, 21:21
Addicted to modding.
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Looking promising, great great case, great skills, great ideas. Nice work.
|14th Jan 2013, 04:14
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After two months of delays and issues between life and the build, I'm proud to say, that Project 12 is DONE. Fini.
I will let the images do the talking.... for the most part.
BTW... Thanks Newegg! I always wanted a huge box for my 1 tube of TIM.
I just want to take a moment to say thank you to a lot of people, a lot of which have really helped me through some rough times and have inspired me to be and do so much more!
To Adam, wish you were here so I could share this with you. May you rest in peace.
Charles, Nils, and the rest of the MDPC fam: Thank you for inspiring me and being the people you are.
Bill Owen: I've always loved your work!
NZXT and the NZXT Modding Community!
Gregor at EK for putting up with all of my crap! lol
Dwood: For metal and plastics!
Geno with Monsoon for late-night emails, talks, and bringing out my favorite fittings and innovating on the watercooling front!
|6th May 2013, 17:45
Do it right the first time
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: City 17/Sweden
Posts: 67
Its been a while since it got finished but I must bump this.
It looks awesome!! Just love the Monsoon's!! Aswell the front panel you got!
Job well done
Check out my Infestissumam mod
|6th May 2013, 19:09
Dark Lord of BT!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: ILLINOIS, USA
Posts: 1,881
Too much paste
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A company in San Diego, properly known as Pangea Intellectual Properties, LLC, that was set up by a guy who owns two US Patents that he apparently believes make him the inventor e-commerce. The company has filed suit against dozens of small and medium-sized e-commerce companies for patent infringment, demanding licensing fees of about five thousand dollars from each.
A group of the defendents has banded together to form the PanIP Defense Group in an effort to get the two patents re-examined and invalidated so the e-commerce world can get on with its life. They have an informative website.
by The I Shing December 13, 2003