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Well, I am sorry to say that Snoopy has passed away on March 7, 2011 of lymphoma. He was very very sick and mom could not see me hurt anymore. I hurt no more and now join grandma and grandpa in heaven. I will be having eggs and bacon with them and be hurt free. Thank you to everyone for a wonderful life.
My Mom finally passed her rrt test for Respiratory. She took it the day before Thanksgiving and she is sooo happy. I even got to go to Petsmart to celebrate!!! She was so busy studying she felt bad so she took me out and played with me a whole lot.
Well, Today is early yet and I am at Greg's house(mom's boyfriend). I go there when mom has to work because she works nights and Greg doesn't like the neighbors very much because they are wild and drink and do drugs and party all night every night. Mom doesn't blame him much because she worries about me as well.
Greg just came home on Friday from San Antonio, TX. He works out there from time to time. This last trip was 2 weeks and he has to go back for 2 more weeks. I miss him when he is gone. I sometimes think the neighbor is him when he pulls up in his car!
Well, Mom is back to full duty at work. She is happy to be back to work because she needed the money. She says money is very very tight without her night pay and weekend pay!
Great Grandma is moving back to IL this month. She is living with my aunt Shirley. That should be fun!
Deanndra, mom's neice is very sick in the hospital. She had a knee surgery and ended up with a very very bad infection and she had to have another surgery and still didn't get rid of it. Then she ended up with a blood clott and nobody seems to know what to do for her. Mom is going to try to get to Chicago to see her. Our prayers are with her!!! God will pull her through this! I have faith.
Well, we hope that Our friend Lori and her family are doing well....I haven't heard from her in a long time.
Well, mom has to take her test for her license(respiratory) so I am going to get on her to take it...she is very afraid to take it, after surgery and all....she cannot concentrate as well as she would like..she says the test cost alot of money and she don't want to lose the money if she don't pass!...
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Your Eternal Path Excerpt
There is no end to your eternal path.
Every word and deed has a rippling effect.
Simplify your life.
Remain calm when life starts to dismantle your reality. Embrace this! For it precedes a much grander path filled with gifts of every kind.
Just please remember that the greatest gift on your eternal path is YOU. It is the difference you make and the willingness to share how you created that difference.
© Copyright 2013 Barbara Rose, PhD All rights reserved. Excerpt re-printed with permission from the book Your Eternal Path published by The Rose Group.
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HIGH SELF ESTEEM – Book Excerpt
How can I be as confident as so many other people?
First, please stop comparing yourself to other people, because when we do that we are not valuing everyone's inherent spiritual Divinity, as we are all equal. Second, when we compare ourselves to others, somehow we usually end up on the "lower" side of the spectrum.
If other people are radiating supreme confidence, they are usually following their own truth, and really don't care about what other people think, how other people view them, or what other people say about them! They are living life according to what is true for them on the inside, and that is displayed in supreme confidence on the outside.
So live that way! Be the REAL you! Say and do what is true for you. Bring out your highest and best self at every opportunity. Follow what you really love in life, and live from your heart. There is nothing that can overcome a pure heart. When you are true to yourself, and you are true to others, sharing, expressing, and living your truth – you will feel a great deal of inner confidence, and then you can share "how" YOU are so confident with others!
High Self Esteem Details
The down to earth approach taken in this book gives you REAL answers based on HOW Barbara transformed a lifetime of low self esteem and self hate into the highest self esteem.
You will receive fast, straight to the point answers that are doable so you, too, can experience pure transformation and authentic High Self Esteem.
I Tried to Belong Because I Wanted to Fit In
I tried to belong because I wanted to fit in, and perhaps you tried to fit in, too.
Fit into what?
Social acceptance. Peer acceptance. Parental acceptance.
We were trying in myriad ways to gain acceptance from the outside because we did not fully know who we were from the inside.
We may have tried to get good grades in school, or to look a certain way. But no matter what we tried, that sense of belonging was based on something outside of us rather than on who we were within.
You and I had talents and gifts that might have been stifled or honored. But no matter how much we were applauded or scolded, our search for inner knowing was stunted during these years—because we could not identify with soul wisdom on the outside. And I am sure you will agree that we could rarely talk about it to those in our lives at that time.
How were we supposed to know ourselves during our preteen years? By our surroundings and how we felt in our environment. During those years of inner innocence, we only knew if we felt safe and honored, or unsafe and dishonored.
Our achievements may have been wonderful or paltry—but we were never taught to honor our own authentic power. We were taught to give it away. And we were taught to measure our worth by the grades we received, the way we looked, the ribbons we won, or whether we obeyed our parents. Our worth was all conditional.
So we were conditioned to tiptoe around outer conditions to get a greater sense of who we were, and our golden moments were when we received outer approval or validation.
Our most treacherous moments occurred when we forsook our own identity or truth to gain acceptance from the outside. These betrayals remained within our cellular memories for quite a number of years.
We learned adaptation. But we never learned self-honor. We learned to listen to everyone other than ourselves.
We learned to obey what others said as opposed to what was true for us. We watched TV and saw values portrayed that were the opposite of our reality. We longed for what was on TV, where the children were honored. Were you honored? At times I was, and at times I wasn't. Like me, you learned to adapt to a constant sea of conditioned responses in order to feel safe, secure, accepted, and honored.
You may have been honored for certain behaviors that to this day you call your strengths. You may have been dishonored for other behaviors, and you may still be grappling with how to grow beyond whatever part of yourself you have disowned.
It is vital for you to remember that we incarnated into this life to be all we came here to be. You do have a purpose, and yet during your preteen years you might never have been honored for your true inner gifts. You may have learned to stifle your greatest talents and attributes in order to keep the adults in your life feeling secure with the limited wisdom they may have had about you. Many adults might have felt threatened by your special traits. Perhaps they didn't know how to relate to you. Years ago, many people believed that children were at their best when they were quiet. It was said that children should be seen but not heard. As a result, few of us were taught to speak out and rock the boat! Few of us were taught to prepare for a life in which self-sufficiency, creativity, spiritual gifts, independence, and self-expression would be honored.
We were told to believe in the Cinderella theory, and to validate our worth from the outside in—and that alone has taken decades of pain to overcome. You may not have overcome it yet—but you are about to.
Were you praised for being the real you when you were a preteen? I would venture to say you were praised for listening, or obeying, and perhaps for a talent or two that your family liked to see.
If you belong to the vast majority of women who were raised to believe in everything other than the core of who they are, you most likely find it quite difficult to learn how to know yourself when you were mostly praised for obeying others.
This is the hallmark of forgetfulness among women. You forgot who you were while you were busy looking for ways to gain acceptance from those around you. Your wise soul could not relate to those people and circumstances, and perhaps you had few if any people you could share your truest feelings with—so they, too, became lost.
How can you know yourself when you can't talk about your innermost feelings with the people around you?
How can you know yourself when you are held to a standard of acceptance based solely on your observed actions or performance? Did anyone ever ask you to honor the wisdom of your soul?
I doubt that they did—because they had also forgotten the wisdom of their own souls as they played out the roles taught to them based on the morals and beliefs of the society in which they were raised.
Many of us were not raised in a society that appreciated lightworkers. They are people (and you may be one of them) with spiritual gifts who openly share and express those gifts in order to help others awaken and evolve in our world. Many times their spiritual gifts are not openly received, and they are negatively labeled as "New Age fruitcakes." You may be a highly evolved soul stifled in a spiritual closet. You may have wisdom within you that is so vast. And at the same time you may have next to nobody with whom you can relate or share, nobody you can even learn from.
This book is in your hands because you want to reclaim your radiance. You want glowing confidence.
Everything you want is everything you've already got on the inside. I take you on this journey through your life so you can see why you may not feel so radiant or whole or confident.
It is because the confidence you had when you were born was largely squelched during your younger years, and in your preteen years your inner radiance was based on whether you received approval from others.
How radiant do you expect to feel when you seek approval from others? The more approval you need, the more deeply you have buried your true self.
The more invalidated you feel, the more status you seek in society. The more you lack trust, the more you try to control the outcome of events in your life. By "trust," I mean going with the flow, knowing that your highest good is always taken care of with divine guidance from the angelic realm and God, or whatever you believe is the highest source of pure love and wisdom in the universe, the source that is always present to assist you unconditionally in every moment of your life.
© Copyright 2006 by Barbara Rose, PhD All Rights Reserved. Chapter excerpt reprinted with permission from the book Know Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Wholeness, Radiance & Supreme Confidence. (Rose Group ,January 2006) ISBN: 0974145734
Signs of Men Who Cannot Fully Love: Why and How to Understand It – Details
Do you love a guy who allows you to get "just so far" and no further?
Do you find that he pulls away even though you KNOW he really DOES love you?
If you have you been searching for answers to understand why he does what he does, and what you need to know, understand and do, this book hits the nail on the head, quickly and accurately.
If you want great A-Ha! realizations you have been led to this book so you can FINALLY receive the answers you need.
You will receive the answers that transform sadness and confusion to understanding, clarity and inner peace.
Being Enough NOW Book Excerpt
New You
The "new you" I speak about is actually the real you
underneath all of the negative labels and barriers you
have set up in your mind.
It's time you started to feel like the person you really
are. It's time you made a simple decision based on
your choice as to how you would prefer to feel about
yourself and view yourself.
Anything that goes against your preference can
now be labeled a lie. Any statement you make to and
about yourself has to match your preference.
The Key
The key here is in first knowing what you prefer.
How do you prefer to feel about yourself? I'm sure
you can answer something along the lines of, "A lot
better than I do now!"
You're not the only one. I was faced with this same
challenge, and I know if I was able to transform a lifetime
of not feeling good enough, then anyone with a
conscious mind can do so as well.
Take a moment and consider all of the things in
your life that are not how you would prefer them to
Now, create a mental picture of how you prefer
your life to be.
Go ahead, you can do this right now; imagine
how you would love to feel about yourself. Picture
how you would love to be in all areas of your life.
Picture how you would like to experience yourself as
the best version of you that you can imagine.
Do you know what? That positive picture is actually
the real you temporarily buried beneath a lot of
false beliefs. The only way you can transform the false
beliefs is by making a decision to focus on what you
would prefer to feel, think, and experience.
We cannot transform ourselves and bring out the
best we have inside of us if all we focus on is that
which we can see.
You have to make a choice. This choice will determine
your ability to feel good about yourself now
regardless of external circumstances or choices you've
made that have kept you in misery based on your
views and perceptions.
Excerpt © Copyright 2008, 2012 by Barbara Rose, PhD All Rights Reserved, Exclusive Book Excerpt re=published with permission from the book Being Enough NOW Published by The Rose Group (May 2008) ISBN-13: 9780978895525.
Being Enough NOW Book Details
• Publisher: The Rose Group
• Publication date: 5/10/2008
In this groundbreaking self help classic, Barbara Rose, PhD brings you face to face with your worth, your goals, dreams and aspirations while she humbly and effectively teaches you how to feel that you are good enough, right now.
Dr. Rose shares sincere personal examples, down to earth practical analogies and soul nourishing wisdom you will certainly relate to. Being Enough NOW will have a lasting transformational impact on you that will continue to help you transform your entire life.
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Dr. Barbara Rose originally wrote Essential Custody Guidelines for Britney Spears when she saw Britney going through the same emotional devastation that Barbara went through when she, too, went through an unjust, unwarranted child custody suit.
If you want to know exactly what to do during the child custody litigation process, this book is packed with all Barbara learned including behind the scenes information that may well change your life and protect the lives of your children.

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Now in this revised and expanded edition of Say It With Presentations, Mr. Zelazny brings together his years of valuable communication experience to show managers_even those with little or no presentation experience_how to prepare winning presentations using his proven methodology and the full range of PowerPoint techniques.
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- Dynamic Earth - An interactive and engaging site to teach about science of the earth; it includes sections on Gems and Minerals, Rocks and Mining, Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes, and the Solar System.
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- Tender, large sweet green onions
- Typically charred over fire, served with romesco sauce
- Grown fresh in the U.S. from Spanish seeds
- Hand harvested from late April through May
- NY Times: "Celebrating Spring the Catalonian Way!"
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Calçots are a type of fresh sweet onion that has a passionate following in Cataluña. They are harvested in early spring and are grilled over vine clippings or charcoal. The charred onions are then peeled to reveal a sweet, tender heart that is dipped into romesco, a delicious almond and pepper sauce. They are so popular that they even hold parties called calçotada where people gather to harvest and feast on the tasty calçots (pronounced kal-sots).
Our calçots were featured in the New York Times as a way of "Celebrating Spring the Catalonian Way!"
The secret to these delicious spring onions is the growing method. Onions are planted, and when the new shoots appear they are harvested and stored for the next winter and replanted. As they grow they are continually covered with earth to keep them white and tender, a farming method with the term calçar, which in Catalan means 'to put your shoes on.' Thus calçots earned their name. Xat de Benaiges, a peasant farmer from the town of Valls is credited with developing this delicacy at the turn of the 20th century.
To prepare calçots, grill them over high heat until the exterior is completely charred. Then roll the onions in newspaper and let them sit for 20 minutes or so – this will keep the heat in, allowing them to steam and finish cooking. Then open a bottle of Priorat red wine and enjoy!
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"Beading Prison"
Description from Daisy Chick - Dawn: Martha & I have a pact! We are not allowed to buy beads until after July 20th. Our husband may put us in beading prison. The medusa is poor Martha & I green impression jasper to make an impression on our spending habits, blue impression jasper we are so sad and the honeystone is I see the light at the end of the tunnel. We will be good. The black water jasper more torture if we don't be good. Comments anyone?
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I forgot, the Owl they are watching our every move.
Ha! I LOVE IT! This is so ultra cool, my friend! You've perfectly depicted with these beads how I'm feeling. Beading prison! I love it! You are too clever!
I love the pick, by the way!
HeHeHeHe!! Love it! I think I need to be thrown into the same prison with you two! I made a pact with myself to not buy beads for awhile…………that only lasted a week!!
Good luck to you Dawn and Martha!
So, should I delete everything in my bag?! Hmmmmm?????
What a cool pick Dawn, and I love the title!!! I have tried to slow down also on buying beads, but it's sooooo hard!!!
Truth, honesty, and justice will win out! Soon you two will be out of beading prison. My how time flies when you are having fun. Before we know it winter will be here and we will be complaining about snow instead of the miserable heat waves ladies. Not long to suffer though may seem like an eternity. Great one!!!
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Hehehe….great pick!!! I understand perfectly!! Hehehe!!
I know the feeling We all do I guess! Great pick.
Dawn, this pick perfectly describes those dark days and nights in beading prison! LOL Sigh….. At least you have Martha to keep you company!
Thank-you so much Chickies and ladies for your support and nice comments! If you decide to impound yourself in prison that is okay with me, but I don't recommend it. I would appreciate your support if I get a moment of weakness.
Thanks Lynn. We just started. Poor Martha had an accident she forgot she had made an agreement to buy a pendant then had to pay for it after we made our Pact. I told her we would now start anew!
Mary Don't delete your bag, someone has to keep LB going for us!
Dawn, thank you for your patience and tolerance! What can I say? I lost my head! It was temporary bead insanity! You are so very good to me, my friend!
I guess Matha and I will have to find other ways to keep busy. I have a garden and toads to take caare of and the dogs will get more walks. I may even have a cleaner house. Does a beaded alarmed ankle bracelet count?
Ha! We shall be the best accessorized beading prisoners!
Maybe we should create little beaded collars for the toads?
I still love you Martha! I know you put your head back on. Got an idea! We should make each other prison necklaces while we abstain from purchases.
Brilliant! You are definitely the brains behind this duo.
Toad Jewerly now that's a thought!
Lock me up in there too! I remember once reading a quote from Isabella Rosselini, "I do better when I have a few clothes than when I have many, because it makes me more creative" (in coming up with new outfits). Perhaps the same will be true of us when we use our stash without buying new stuff!
Oh Helen you may be on to something there. Creativity here I come.
I like where this conversation is going!
A wise and excellent tip Helen!
And I would so love to see beaded toad collars!
I think I've decided to be locked up in bead prison with you. It sounding more and more fun all the time!
Dawn, you are quite the creative genius! First this awesome pick (awesomely creative for the circumstances at hand), then the ankle alarm (which set off a whole new wave of creative thinking)… Please let me know if either of you need any "comfort" items while you are so horribly confined!! I will be most happy to help!
Oh Grammy Chick how kind of you! aT the moment the only comfort items I may need will be a generous supply of ideas, support,chocolate and coffee.
Maybe a little bit of wine and a lot of bead therapy?
The support, of course, is already in place, but I'll have to get to work on the rest. I think Martha is definitely on to something with that wine (to go with the chocolate), and bead therapy ALWAYS works!
What kind of bead therapy? Will it hurt? Wine Hummm………..
What a cool pick you and title!
Well, at least you can still buy chocolate… And this will be a good time to use up those things languishing in your bead stashes. I guess if things get too bad we could send you care packages.
Re: toad jewelry: i think little toady bracelets are they way to go – they have no necks, and definitely no ears…
Thank-you Alice! And Merchick You are so right I do have a lot of languishing beads that are begging for attention! Care Packages! That's an idea! Toady bracelets I like that! I did check for toads in my stash but sadly I have none. Your are right! No neck or ears, legs and fingers only.
How large is your prison? Got room for a bunch of us? I've tried to restrict my self to only buying findings and such necessities. No beads, neither glass nor wood nor stone….No wire but that's ok cause I got a huge amount of that stashed away for a rainy day….like we have rainy weather this time of year in California.
Toady bracelets sound wonderful. Too bad they can't wear rings on their little toes. Or can they? Jump rings! for Toady toes! Wah Hoo!
snicker, snicker, snort! jumprings on toady toesies!
This entire post is cracking me up, Dawn!!! ROTFLMAO You and Martha are to be admired for going public with your prison term…..everytime I try to do this, I don't tell anyone — then when I slip up, no one ever knows! Well, I know and my hubby does once the credit card bill arrives. Oh, and The Amazing Shelby knows, but since she is my trusted sidekick she is sworn to secrecy.
Of course, AquaKitty knows, too — he sees all and knows all…..there is NO hiding anything from him!!! 8)
I just want to tell all of you that you have made me smile tonight. I'm envisioning some brilliantly bedecked beaders behind bars (try saying that 10 times fast). I've had some rough months…but you all have given me some good moments. I like the pick, by the way!
Thank-you Ladies! Little round Chick, oujr prison is quite large and comfy. Want to join us? And Merchick great idea rings for toadies!
Lynn I know Shelby will keep a secret. Aquakitty is the see all know all and most likely spying on us so we gotta be good. Can't hide those CC bills at all now can you. And Ginger I am laughing now just imagining Martha and I Bedecked in beads behind bars.
LMAO here! Oh, poor dear Beaders! As a fellow beadaholic, I need to reserve my space now!!!
We are waiting for you MBC, your spot is on reserve.
If only beads grew on trees….. hmmmm, wouldnt that be a lovely pick?
I would love a bead tree. Got any idea where to but the seeds or plants?
Dawn, I just picked one for you! 8)
I pick bead prison. I too have had to abstain from purchasing bead for a while and I am starting to go into withdrawal.
Cool pick for the feelings.
Thanks Slacker Chick! This is the second day and many to go. Welcome, Martha and I will love your company.
Just Checking in on the Prisoners
We are doning fine Lorrie! We have been given stripes to wear. See the pick I put up!
Hey – we were talking about Toad Jewelry, and even as we typed, Atomic Toad was uploading a bunch of cool designs…
I will hav eto check out her Toad Jewerly! I misunderstood. Martha and I are on a toad kick!
I'm seeing toads everywhere! I went on a nature walk with my children. There was a log jutting out of the water. I thought it was a toad!
I think the toads have left the garden or they are doing a good job of hiding. Martha are we done with toad bracelets now? Tomorrow we cound beads!
Oh no! That's a calamity! I think that pack of wild coyotes had toadies for dinner the other night.
I will gladly count beads with you, my friend. As long as they are not those tiny little delicas.
Deal! No delicas unless a machine does it!
After much reading and thought I have come to the belief that it is not a regular bead prison but actually a well disguised bead mental facility that all our husband wish to place us in.
thanks for the laughs, ladies! and the fortitude. I'd also been planning on working from my stash and holding off on beads for a while …. sooooo glad I have company!
CJ, I think you're right about that! LOL
Just read the last few comments that I missed! I so agree with you Cj I think my husband would love to commit me or forever take away my credit card. I am trying to work from my stash and found things I forgot I had! Glad to bring smiles and laughs out of this! Everyone needs a chuckle or atwo and look how good you feel after a good laugh!
From toadies and toesies to wild cyotes,
From coffee and chocolate to wine…
Beaders in prison, brilliantly bedecked,
Eventually all will be fine!
Bead bracelets, bead stashes,
And great big bead trees.
I think that I'd like to have one of those, Please.
Isn't it great we're addicted to beads?!?!
I can't wait to see where all of this leads!!!
Great poem Deb! Did you make it up?
Deb, that is BRILLIANT! I love it! You are one talented poet, my friend! Well done!
Thank you, thank you very much, and yes indeedy, I made it up all by myself!!! Every now and then, inspiration strikes, and with an inspiration like Beaders Prison, how could I miss! ROTFLOL
Chicky hugs to all! 8)
Dawn, I'm chuckling in recognition of the dilemma that you and your friend Martha share, cuz I've been in that same prison myself, finishing grad school and being careful so that I could make sure the last remaining tuition and other basics were covered – ROTFLMAO too, ouch – I have plenty of gorgeous beads at home, just waiting the right kind of inspiration – and I still want more, ha ha 8O… Deb, your poem is brilliant, thank you!!! 8)
Deb, I love your poem — it's so clever and perfect for this occasion!!! Thanks for sharing it with us!
OMG! Deb that is a FABOULOUS poem! You are a lady of many talents and so ceative! I adore the poem. When I get done with prison I will have to make a necklace in memory of this pick! Thanks Smart Chick! This reminds me of the early years of our marriage we both were laid off and watching our pennies, We had to do McDonalds for our 1st anniversary. WE exchanged cards, they felt so sorry for us someone ran out & brought us a cupcake with a candle on it! Memories! More to come with the bead prison saga.
Thanks to all for the nice comments on my poetry. It was only inspired by all the great ideas you came up with, and of course, poor Dawn and Martha stuck in Beaders Prison. Please do keep us informed, girls…we're all here standing by…
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In Parenting, When Is It OK to Say 'I Don't Know'?
"Where's my test?" It's during the usual Monday morning scramble before school. My son hovers before me, restive, frazzled.
"What test?"
"Math. I gave it you. I have to bring it back today, signed."
"I don't think you ever gave it to me, honey."
"I did."
I begin rummaging through papers. "I don't have a memory of seeing it."
"I'm positive."
I send him to finish breakfast while I search. Finally, it turns up. In his backpack. Tucked inside the folder where it has been all weekend.
I can't tell you how often some variation of this scene has played out in our family, with one of the kids insisting on knowledge that turns out to be wrong. It tends to happen when the situation feels high stakes, when consequences loom should they be caught not knowing. And their false certainty never feels like outright lying—more like conviction borne of desperation, a wishful grab at regaining control.
What surprises me is I don't think I've done anything as a mother to model such behavior. I've never taught my kids that it's better to appear correct than to admit not knowing. I know parents who do it differently, who place a premium on displaying certainty at all times. One acquaintance, an unflappable mother of five, proudly espouses her parenting philosophy: "Often in error, never in doubt."
I can see the appeal of this, for mother and children alike. When the person in charge is all-knowing, everyone gets rocked in a hammock of implicit security. The kids might not always like what Mom decrees, but they know there's little point in arguing. And by teaching her brood it's futile to question her, Mom gets to enjoy a little peace. In a large, busy family—make that in any family—cutting down on stress and strife holds serious allure. Believe me, there have been plenty of times when I've longed to marshal my own inner know-it-all.
The trouble is, I can't. I seem constitutionally unable to do so. My infinite willingness to entertain doubt has become something of a family joke. The kids do wicked impressions of my waffling discursions. They put on dulcet falsettos: Hmmm … I don't know …l et me think about that. They cock their heads, twist their mouths sideways, squint contemplatively. And they've learned when they really need an answer to cut me off: Just tell me yes or no, they'll plead. The fact is, no matter how strongly I believe something, I have difficulty shutting the door on alternate perspectives. When the issue involves global politics or social justice or the complexities of workplace communications, this tendency may be beneficial. When the issue is whether to let a kid watch an extra half hour of TV, even I realize it can be a bit much.
I blame my parents. They didn't subscribe to an authoritarian model of parenting. They believed in holding family meetings at which everyone from the littlest person to the biggest got to weigh in. They asked more questions than they answered. And they praised us not for knowing things but for wondering about things, for our curiosity and inquisitiveness. In my family, the standard response to a simple question like When do I have to be home? was How late would you like to stay out? It's not that my parents were permissive; they didn't necessarily agree to whatever time we proposed. It's that they didn't position themselves as the answer-keepers or knowledge-storers. By inviting—OK, insisting on—our participation in the curfew discussion, they were asking us to take responsibility for thinking: about our desires, about our commitments, and about how to balance the two.
But parenting itself is a balancing act. Even as my parents encouraged us to question authority—indeed, to question them—they never ceded responsibility. Without presenting themselves as all knowing, they were nevertheless indisputably in charge, and my siblings' and my knowledge of that is precisely what enabled us to take risks and admit our own uncertainties and doubts. This is the balance I strive to achieve with my own children, one in which I might model ease with admitting "I don't know" and simultaneously provide them with the security of knowing I'm strong enough, sure enough, to hold them in all their vulnerability.
Ultimately, that's what our difficulty with saying "I don't know" boils down to: fear of being vulnerable. And while not knowing the right answer to a math problem or where you left your math test can make a kid feel stupid or ashamed, there's a whole other category of not knowing that can be even harder to bear. I'm talking about those times when the answer we seek is unknowable.
I remember in my late teens going through a period of raw heartbreak. I despaired of ever finding someone to love, which I confessed, between sobs, to my mother. In this rare instance, she presented herself to me as utterly certain.
It will happen.
How can you know? I drew a long shuddery breath.
She gave a little shrug. I just do.
New tears welled. I don't believe it!
That's OK, she said simply. You don't have to believe it. I'm telling you I know.
Her face was unworried. She wore a small, very gentle smile. And tucked in the corner of her smile, was that a hint of laughter?
Of course. We both knew she could not really know. And yet her faith was real, real enough that I could lean my weight on it, draw hope from it. Let it shoulder some of the burden of going forward into the unknown.
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I represent all barristers in England and Wales – and some of the most talented work in-house with leading organisations and businesses across the country and internationally.
It follows, therefore, that I have no objection to law firms looking to advocates working in-house to handle clients' advocacy needs. (Indeed, I have helped devise and run the training of advocates in such teams.)
With the Legal Services Act now on the statute book, we can expect such models, and others like it, to be increasingly explored as the market looks to offer new forms of lawyering to meet consumer need.
But there are some important issues that must first be addressed. First, the tightening rein on public funding must not be used as a premise to instruct in-house advocates who are not sufficiently skilled or experienced to undertake the case. The advocacy fee in publicly funded work must not become an incentive in and of itself to instruct in-house if a more skilled advocate is available. This has been occurring.
Second, the existence of in-house counsel within a firm of solicitors must not create a perverse incentive to restrict or distort a client's choice of advocate. The competition and human rights law implications of such a consequence need not be spelled out here. The client must be free to choose, and have access to, the advocate most suited to their needs.
Third, the in-house approach must not conflict with, or undermine the interests of, justice. If a team is too stretched, or simply inexperienced in a particular area of law, then it must be free to say so without fear or favour – even at the risk of contradicting a firm's 'brand position' as a one-stop shop.
Fourth, the use of in-house counsel must not increase cost unfairly for the client. The referral bar is hugely competitive, with each individual barrister vying for work. The rates charged by senior barristers in private practice compare very favourably, certainly when you take into account seniority and expertise, to those rates charged by law firms for assistants. Using referral advocates represents extremely good value for money. Overheads are low and modern chambers have first-class administration systems in place.
I do not see why our leading and responsible City law firms, wanting to offer advocacy as integral to their suites of client services, will not fulfil these criteria. Indeed, many have done so for years, and to good effect. The immediate availability of counsel to a client attending a solicitors' office at short notice can have potential advantages, and we should not underestimate those.
However, the particular area where I have clear, first-hand experience (sitting as a recorder) of the use of in-house advocates in law firms occasionally undermining quality and the interests of justice is in publicly funded criminal legal aid.
I said in my inaugural speech to the Bar Council last December: "The comparative attraction of 'advocacy' to some firms of solicitors, as a service that they themselves might offer, may be causing them not to instruct barristers until errors have been made by inadequate in-house handling of work. I shall be working with the Law Society to ensure that professional standards are never compromised in the way that clients are supported by law firms."
These comments were made in the context of a debate about public funding where, as I say, there have been problems. I chaired the working group that devised the protocol with the Crown Prosecution Service to address this issue, and I wish to do the same with solicitors.
This is a specific issue relating to publicly funded criminal legal aid, where some less scrupulous firms of solicitors are exploiting the funding mechanism to retain fees for work which should rightly be passed to well-qualified and able barristers to deal with the advocacy needs of clients.
But none of this means we will not see new models of service provision, including teams of counsel in-house at law firms – and that is something we should welcome as part of a diverse and evolving legal services market.


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OK, I've bit the bug and I think I will end up with a 4" Kimber very shortly. Since I will most likely put it on my permit and replace the 4" 9mm that's on there now I will need a holster for it. I've searched through all the threads and I"m kind of lost as to what I want to get. My first and foremost requirement I think is a "slim" holster. So whatever it is, it has to be slim yet sturdy. I don't know if they make Kydex for it, but even if they do, the 1911 deserves all leather so that's what I'll be sticking to.
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I want to see a graceful skater like Susanna Poykio or Shizuka Arakawa skate to a deep, dark, moody piece like Emiliana Torrini's "Dead Things.", Whenever I hear it I imagine one of those nights when there are some clouds surrounding the moon.. Don't ask why but this piece is just so beautiful and deep... I would love to see skaters choose moody pieces to skate to like something from Bjork, Dido, Majandra, Lorenna McKennit, Portishead, Enya etc.
My dream is to see someone skate to Bjork's "All is full of love.", that song is so beautiful I would die to it... it is the most beatiful piece of music ever... It moved me deep down in my soul and brought chills down my spine when I hear it. This is why I'd like so see someone like Susanna Poykio skate to it. I love Michelle Kwan and all, but I don't think she can pull of the feeling for this piece.
I have uploaded it so you can hear how beautfiful it is: http://rapidshare.de/files/4320158/0..._Love.mp3.html


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Yellow Ruterra studio
Massimo di ospiti2
Camere da letto1
Dimensioni30 m²
- Cucina
- Adatto a famiglie e bambini
- Animali ammessi
- Lavatrice
- Internet Wi-Fi
- Biancheria da bagno
- Adatto ad eventi
Dettagli dell'alloggio
|Cimburkova, 130 00 Prague, Repubblica Ceca
|Tipologia di alloggio
|Codice dell'annuncio
|Tasso di accettazione
|Tempo di risposta
|poche ore
|Calendario aggiornato
Apartment by itself is good decorated and has everything what you need to enjoy your trip in Prague.
Apartment consist of :
•Double bed
•Dinner table, wardrobe,
•TV with local channels,
•Fully equipped kitchen with plates, cutlery, glasses, cooking utensils, fridge, microwave, Coffee maker, toaster.
•Bathroom with shower, WC, washing machine, hairdryer, iron and ironing board.
Guest Access
Also we provide:
*Towels and bed linens
*iron, ironing board
*washing machine
*good recommendations where to go and what to see in Prague
*24 hours support during your stay
The Neighborhood
A little bit about Zizkov area:
Zižkov is one of Prague's most accessible places to live and a very convenient destination for commuters. Much of the neighborhood is within walking distance of the city center or Vinohrady. Žižkov can also be reached be approached on foot from Karlín via the pedestrian tunnel under Vítkov Hill. Commuting by tram from should take around 10 minutes or less.
Getting Around
Some of nearest attractions :
*TV Tower (5-7min walk)
*National Monument (10-15min walk)
*Wenceslav square (15-20 min walk)
Other Things to Note
It takes 30 minutes to get to your apartment from airport by taxi. We can organize a transfer from the airport directly to the apartment - this service costs 20 EUR/car. In this case our driver will meet you in the arrival zone, drive you to your apartment and hand you in all needed maps and keys.
Parking is not included in price, but no worries about it, when you will arrive we will explain you all details about parking and show you where you can park your car, for the lowest price. The nearest public parking is located on the Prokopova str. and parking costs 12 eur/day (weekends and nights for free)
Regole dell'Abitazione- Please note that smoking is not allowed in the apartment. This is a strict rule.
- Please leave the apartment in the same condition as you found it. All bed linen/tea towels and other textile as well.
- Check-in from 15h00 (we will do our best to prepare your apartment as soon as possible) and check-out until 11h00 (you can leave your luggage in our office afterwards)
- We kindly ask you not to make any noise in the hallways and other common areas in the house after 22h00. There are many old people in the house and we have promised the neighbors to keep the peace and maintain friendly relations.
We love our guests so much that we provide them with a welcome set consisting of tea, coffee, sugar, detergent (dishwasher and washing machine), hair&body 2in1 shampoo, kitchen utensils, towels and bed linen.
- If you stay in our apartment for more than 7 days – we will clean and change towels/linen once a week for free.
- If you break something, please tell us. It happens, life is life :)
Thank you for understanding.
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Le recensioni dell'alloggio
L'appartamento è ben situato vicino alla fermata del tram che è @ 6 minuti dal centro storico. Era pulito e tranquillo. Alcuni bar e ristoranti intorno alla zona, ma questo è tutto. Tutti i punti buoni sono davvero vicino (facile in bicicletta)
The apt is well situated close to tram stop which is @ 6 minutes from old town.
It was clean and quiet. Some bars and restaurants around the area but that's it. All the good spots are really close (easy by bike)
Appartamento Ottimo, molto pulito, silenzioso, un bel bagno, e un sacco di shopping piccolo vicino. Lo stesso vale per bus vicino al appartamento, e non lontano dalla metropolitana. Ci è piaciuto molto e ha preso un po 'di riposo, è stato davvero bene!
Great appartment, very clean, quiet, nice bathroom, and a lot of small shopping near. Same for bus close to the appartment, and not so far from subway.
We really enjoyed it and took some rest, it was really fine !
grazioso appartamento, resanobly prezzi abbiamo avuto qualche problema con il ferro un panno (era sporco), ma il problema è stato risolto molto rapidamente
nice appartment, resanobly prices
we had some problem with cloth iron (it was dirty), but problem was resolved very quickly
un appartamento, nei pressi del centro città e in una zona piuttosto tranquilla. lo consiglio :)
a beautiful appartement, near the inner city and in a pretty quiet area.
would recommend it :)
Good apartment, very comfortable, clean and quite cozy. Ideal pick for few days stay.
However, there are few cons about it. The towel drayer in the bathroom was not working, the shower rail was broken, the walls were not as clean as it could be.
But whatsoever I would recommend this apartment and will pick it next time.
Nice apartment, very tidy and cozy, close to some mini-market and hotels (for ATM). During the nighttime is quiet enough and the bed is so comfortable.
Very good position, close to Tram Stops (Lipanska or Olsanska) and 10 min walking to "Atrium Flora" Mall and Metro Station (Flora): I suggest take tram in Lipanska, go to Flora, have a good drink or meal in Atrium Flora Mall and take Metropolitan to the centre.
A little bit far, for the check in, but it's very easy reach it, anyway owners very helpful and kind: they will give you Prague map for public transport and a map of apartment with some advice.
Prague is marvellous and i will back again and rent the same apartment.
This place is a good choice if you travel on a budget and you want to live in a nice neighborhood. It has everything you need for a short stay. The tram is five minutes away, so it won't be a problem if you want to go to the city shortly.
Rooms are clean.
One confusion with the vocabulary. In BrE the floor of a building at street level is the ground floor, the one above it is the first floor and the one below it is the basement, or lower ground floor in a public building.The apt. is on the ground floor but the street is quiet, so it was not a problem, just a suprise for us.
The sheets are clean but the bedding smelled funny and had damp-stains, therefore four out of five stars.
Very nice appartment. Good neighbourhood with lots of small shops and restaurants. There were however very few kitchen utensils, though enough to make do. Loved our stay in Praha!
First Emil and Vlad are great. They are very helpful with request and information, and handle issues promptly. The room: On the first floor. The street is loud from time to time. The room has double windows which do quiet things down, however its summer and was to hot to sleep with windows close. I used ear plugs to sleep. Bed mattress is OK for the 4 days I was there. I'm 210 pounds & prefer firm. Room was fairly clean. Cupboards needed dusting. The rug by the bed is dirty. I would have preferred not having the rug at all. the rest of the apartment is a wood type of flooring which is easy to keep clean. Kitchen was functional with 2 eye electric stove which worked fine. The fridge was big enough to store a couple days worth of food. Their is no oven however. Their was enough utility items to cook. Bathroom: Clean, however it appears a little mold is forming in the shower. Nothing to be too concerned about. Water very hot & the 2 shower heads were great. Washing machine in bathroom worked fine. Their is a heated dryer rack also. I recommend one brings a close line if you plan on washing a lot. Their is a store across the street for all basic needs, and a large grocery store with 2 km. I never found the out door trash bins, and the room is only serviced weekly. Parking is reserved for permanent tenants, however I parked right in front and did not get a ticket. Area appears to be safe. Cafe and eateries are very close.
Bottom line for the inexpensive cost its a nice place.
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September 9, 1997
USC Women's Volleyball Hosts Northridge, Travels to San Diego State
THIS WEEK -- The USC women's volleyball team (5-0 overall), off to its best start since 1993, hosts Cal State Northridge (6-1) tonight at the North Gym before heading south to face San Diego State (5-1) on Thursday (Sept. 11). Both matches are at 7 p.m.
RANKINGS -- USC is ranked No. 9 in the USA Today/AVCA Preseason Coaches Top 25 Poll. Neither Cal State Northridge nor San Diego State are ranked.
SERIES -- USC has dominated Cal State Northridge since first meeting in 1976, owning a 19-1 advantage, including last year's 15-12, 15-10, 15-10 win on the road. USC has won 12 in a row in the series. The Women of Troy have had almost as much success against San Diego State, possessing a 26-9 lead, also dating back to 1976. USC has won 4 in a row against the Aztecs, including last year's home-opener win, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8.
LAST WEEK -- USC opened its home season with a pair of matches against Villanova (Sept. 5) and Colorado (Sept. 7). Both were wins but the similarities ended there. The Women of Troy dominated Villanova, 15-8, 15-2, 15-2, disposing of the overmatched Wildcats in little more than an hour. Junior outside hitter Jennifer Kessy had a match-high 14 kills as USC enjoyed leads of 9-0 and 13-0 in Games 2 and 3, respectively. Colorado took USC to 5 games in a grueling affair that the Women of Troy won, 13-15, 15-12, 8-15, 15-5, 15-13. Junior middle blocker Jasmina Marinkovic had a season-high 22 kills and 3 other players had at least 11 kills in USC's first come-from-behind win of the season. The rally-scored fifth game was tied at 13-13 when a Kessy kill put USC up 14-13. On the following point, freshman outside hitter Antoinette Polk, who posted a career-high 12 kills, made a standout dig to keep the rally going and USC won the match moments later on a hitting error.
NOTES, MILESTONES, ETC. -- USC has won its first 5 matches for the first time since 1993, when it also won 5. The long before that to open the season was 11 wins in 1991. . . with her 46 attacks against Colorado, outside hitter Jennifer Kessy moved into the 10th spot on USC's all-time attacks list with 2,225 . . . middle blocker Jasmina Marinkovic has moved into the 9th spot all-time on USC's career blocking list with 292.
COACH LISA LOVE -- One of the nation's most successful collegiate coaches and a program builder everywhere she has been, Lisa Love has added another title. She has been USC's women's volleyball head coach since 1989 and was named associate athletic director in June of 1991. But leave room on the resume for this: President of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Her term runs through 1998. Meanwhile, Love, 40, continues her duties as one of the nation's top volleyball coaches as she begins her ninth year as head coach at USC. Love has posted an outstanding 163-81 (.668) record with the Women of Troy and an impressive 362-159 (.695) mark in 15-plus seasons as a collegiate head coach. Love's teams have been nationally ranked in the final Top 20 in 10 of those years and have made 8 NCAA regional appearances and 11 overall NCAA trips. In 1996, Love led USC to a 21-9 record (12-6 in the Pac-10, tied for third) and to the NCAA Regionals for the third consecutive year. USC got to the NCAA Pacific Regional Semifinal, where it fell to eventual NCAA champion Stanford.
JASMINA MARINKOVIC -- One of the nation's top blockers and most exciting players, junior middle blocker and All-American candidate Jasmina Marinkovic has become a major force for USC. The 1996 KAEPA/AVCA All-District 8 and All-Pac-10 first teamer has opened 1997 in fine fashion, hitting .500 (63-6-114) in 4 matches. In USC's 3 wins at the GOFF/MSU Classic (8/29-30) at Michigan State, Marinkovic had 41 kills in 77 attacks with only 4 errors, good for a hitting percentage of .481, earning All-Tournament honors. Against Duke (8/30), she went 14-0-26 (.538). After sitting out the Villanova match to rest a sore back, she continued her torrid play against Colorado (9/7) with a line of 22-2-37 (.541). In 1996, she led the Women of Troy in hitting percentage, kills, kill average, block solos and block assists.
JENNIFER KESSY -- Another standout junior, All-American candidate Jennifer Kessy began her third season as a starting outside hitter with a bang, earning the Pac-10's first Player of the Week honor in 1997. It was the third for her career and USC's 16th. She leads USC in kills (86), kills per game (4.78) and digs (49). The 1996 All-Pac-10 honorable mention pick earned MVP honors at the GOFF/MSU Classic (8/29-30) with 54 kills in USC's 3 wins. Kessy had 12, 17 and 25 kills, respectively, at the tournament, saving the best for last against then-No. 6 Michigan State. She hit .361 on the weekend with 32 digs and 10 blocks. She had a match-high 14 kills against Villanova (9/5) and posted 18 kills and 14 digs in the win over Colorado (9/7). She has 3 double-doubles in 5 matches. Kessy is 1 of only 2 Women of Troy players to win the Player of the Week award 3 times. Former All-American Kelly Kuebler is the other.
JANICE MOUNTS -- A rising star in the Pac-10, junior All-American candidate Janice Mounts is starting at setter for the second consecutive season. She leads USC with 184 assists and an average of 13.14 per game. In her first weekend of action, she garnered All-Tournament honors at the GOFF/MSU Classic (8/29-30) with 121 assists while helping lead USC to the tournament title. She averaged 13.44 assists per game and also had 21 digs and 8 blocks. An All-Pac-10 honorable mention selection as a 1996 sophomore, Mounts led the Women of Troy with 1,318 assists and a 13.31 assist average last year, both good for third all-time on USC's season record lists.
ALAINA KIPPS -- After growing as a reserve her freshman and sophomore years, middle blocker Alaina Kipps has stepped into the starting lineup quite smoothly as a 1997 junior. She leads USC with 33 blocks, averaging 1.83 per game. One of USC's steadiest players, she was a standout in USC's opening weekend with 20 blocks and 21 kills at the GOFF/MSU Classic (8/29-30). She posted a career high 11 blocks (10 assists) in USC's upset win over Michigan State (8/30) and she posted her first double-figure kill showing with 10 against Duke in a morning match before facing the Spartans. She had a career-high 11 kills and 9 blocks against Colorado (9/7) in the 5-game win. On Saturday (9/13) at the USC-Washington State football game at the Coliseum, Kipps will be honored during the Academic Salute.
ANTOINETTE POLK -- Starting as a redshirt freshman, outside hitter Antoinette Polk is already turning heads. Possibly the most athletic player and best leaper on the team (at 5-10, she can dunk on a regulation basketball hoop), Polk posted her first double-double in only her third career match. She had 11 kills and 14 digs against Michigan State in the finale of the GOFF/MSU Classic (8/29-30). She had 12 kills and hit .321 against Colorado (9/7). Polk is a 2-sport star at USC and will join the basketball team when the volleyball season is over. Last year, she played in 9 games with the basketball team, averaging 2.1 points as a guard.
JEANNE VETTER -- The only senior on the team, Jeanne Vetter is a candidate to start at outside hitter in 1997. Hampered by a nagging shoulder injury, Vetter saw action in only 1 match in USC's opening weekend at the GOFF/MSU Classic (8/29-30), but she made it count. Getting in as a reserve against the Spartans in the title game, Vetter had 8 big digs in the upset win. She played again against Colorado (9/7), providing a spark off the bench with 3 kills and 6 digs, jumpstarting the Women of Troy like she has so often in her career.
SARA STEPHEN -- USC's shortest outside hitter at 5-8, junior Sara Stephen is one of the Women of Troy's hardest hitters. As a reserve, Stephen saw time in all 3 of USC's matches at the GOFF/MSU Classic (8/29-30), mainly as a defensive specialist. She had 25 digs in 3 matches (2.5 per game), including 13 vs. Duke and 10 against Michigan State. She is third on the team in digs with 39 and posted 4 aces against Villanova (9/5).
KASHI CORMIER -- True freshman Kashi Cormier, a 2-time USA Youth National team member (1996-97), has seen the most action thus far of any of USC's 7 newcomers, starting all 5 USC matches at opposite hitter. She leads the team with 7 aces, has 14 blocks and is fourth with 35 digs. At the GOFF/MSU Classic (8/29-30), she came up with 25 digs, including 11 in USC's upset of then-No. 6 Michigan State.
FRESHMEN -- Including Cormier, Coach Lisa Love welcomed 7 freshmen to this year's squad. Outside hitters Janae Henry, the 1996 Volleyball Magazine Player of the Year, and Cormier will both compete for time throughout the season. Setter Heidi Munneke, a 2-time All-CIF Southern Section Division IV first team selection in 1995-96, will be Mounts' back-up. The other 4 freshmen, all walk-ons, are defensive specialist Cynthia Corpuz, outside hitters Christine Bohle and Shannon Redfern and middle blocker Sara Peterson. Redfern recently started her first match of her career against Villanova (9/5), filling in at middle blocker for Jasmina Marinkovic. She came through with 6 kills in 13 attempts. Bohle has seen action in 10 games as a backrow specialist. Henry has 9 kills and 8 digs in 6 games as a reserve and Munneke has 44 assists in 5 games. Corpuz and Peterson both played for the first time against Villanova, each seeing action in the final game.
AMBER OLIVER -- Sophomore Amber Oliver, expected to be a major contributor at middle blocker in 1997, will miss the season because of a shoulder injury suffered this spring.
TOUGH SCHEDULE -- As usual, USC faces one of the toughest schedules in the nation, featuring 7 schools in the USA Today/AVCA Preseason Top 25: Stanford, Michigan State, Washington State, Washington, Arizona, UCLA and Colorado. USC also faces 5 teams that received votes in the preseason poll: Duke, San Diego State, Oregon State, Pepperdine and Arizona State. USC is 2-0 against ranked teams so far with wins over Michigan State and Colorado.
USC IN THE PAC-10 -- Jasmina Marinkovic is second in the Pac-10 in hitting percentage (.500) and seventh in kill average (4.20). Alaina Kipps is third in block average (1.83) and 10th in hitting percentage (.368). Jennifer Kessy is third in kill average (4.78). Janice Mounts is fourth in assist average (13.14). As a team, USC is second in hitting percentage (.296).
CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE -- The Matadors (6-1), coached by Dr. Lian Lu, opened the season with 6 consecutive wins before falling to Eastern Washington in the finale of the UNLV Volleyball Classic. Junior outside hitter Nancy Ma leads the team with 99 kills (4.95 per game), a hitting percentage of .291 and 12.55 attempts per game. Junior middle blocker Crystal Newquist is Northridge's leading blocker with 31.
SAN DIEGO STATE -- Third-year Coach Mark Warner and the Aztecs (5-1) have run off 5 consecutive wins since a season-opening loss. Senior outside hitter Martina Vitkova leads the team with 95 kills and 11 aces, sophomore middle blocker Nicole Curtis has a team-high 38 blocks and junior outside hitter Romana Vitkova leads San Diego State with 67 digs.
PRESEASON POLLS -- USC was ranked No. 15 in the USA Today/AVCA Coaches Poll and No. 14 in Volleyball Magazine.
PAC-10 PRESEASON COACHES POLL -- 1. Stanford, 2. USC, 3. UCLA, 4. Washington State, 5. Washington, 6. Arizona, 7. Oregon State, 8. California, 9. Oregon, 10. Arizona State.
LOVE NOTES: "The Colorado match was a great challenge for us and I like the way we responded. We weren't at the top of our game, but we kept plugging away and improved as the match wore on. I liked the way we came back after going down a game. We've got 2 more matches before the Pac-10 season starts against Northridge and San Diego State and both should prove to be good tests."
1997 Season Highs
Christine Bohle -- #32
Kashi Cormier -- #21
Cynthia Corpuz -- #4
Janae Henry -- #22
Jennifer Kessy -- #15
Alaina Kipps -- #12
Jasmina Marinkovic -- #10
Janice Mounts -- #9
Heidi Munneke -- #7
Sara Peterson -- #8
Antoinette Polk -- #3
Shannon Redfern -- #14
Sara Stephen -- #11
Jeanne Vetter -- #17
USC Team Highs
USC Team Lows
USC Individual Highs
Opponent Team Highs
Opponent Team Lows
Individual Opponent Highs
Pac-10 Standings
Team Pac-10 Overall Wash. St. 0-0 7-0 Arizona St. 0-0 7-0 USC 0-0 5-0 Arizona 0-0 4-0 UCLA 0-0 3-0 California 0-0 5-1 Stanford 0-0 5-2 Oregon 0-0 4-2 Washington 0-0 4-2 Oregon St. 0-0 3-4
USA Today/AVCA Coaches Pollas of 9/9/97
1. Penn State (59)
2. Florida
3. Long Beach State (1)
4. Stanford
5. Nebraska
6. Washington State
7. UC Santa Barbara
8. Pacific
11. Michigan State
12. Texas
13. Hawai'i
14. Wisconsin
15. Loyola Marymount
16. Texas A&M
17. Ohio State
18. Arizona
20. Washington
21. Notre Dame
22. Colorado
23. Maryland
24. Arkansas
25. Colorado State


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As of March 2009, Minnesota had just 286 homes and businesses with solar installations, according to Department of Commerce data (on par with Wisconsin but well short of California's 60,000).
But a new Iron Range solar manufacturing project is set to give the state's energy mix a sunnier disposition. Silicon Energy, a Washington-based manufacturing company, is turning an old Iron Range mine dump just outside of Virginia, MN into a solar panel manufacturing plant early next year.
This plant will be the first business at the 40-acre site, which Mountain Iron hopes will be come a thriving renewable energy park. Silicon Energy says funding from the Iron Range Resources Board and incentives for Minnesotans to install solar panels were big factors in their decision to come to Minnesota.
Silicon Energy will be the 14th solar component maker in the state, according to the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association. That's far fewer than the hundreds of solar companies operating in states like California, but it's progress – and jobs.
Jennifer Hawkins, Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Industry Specialist with DEED, says that they're focusing on supporting development of the solar industry supply chain. So when companies like Silicon Energy are looking for a place to land they see Minnesota's healthy solar ecosystem as friendly place to be.
Not only are Minnesotans manufacturing more solar components in the state, we're installing more too, thanks in part to government incentives and Xcel Solar Rewards.
Public Insight Network source Daniel Williams is the vice president of Powerfully Green, a solar installation company. Williams says he's seen a serious uptick in business over the past year, especially during the last six months.
No wonder. It's hardly an explosion of activity, but it's still impressive: In the last five months alone, 250 new homes and businesses have been approved to receive solar installation rebates with another 104 requests still under consideration. That's nearly double the number in the state as of March 2009.
Xcel spokeswoman Patty Nystuen says there have been an additional 27 solar installation projects completed through their Solar Awards and another 150 likely to be completed by late fall.
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In its latest Multibrief e-mail newsletter, GITA president Talbot Brooks reports that with volunteer involvement the professional organization is alive and well.
SharedGeo (a 501 C3 non-profit in Minnesota), volunteers, and the GITA Board of Directors together have a plan to move beyond a "conference-centric model to one which better serves the professional educational needs of our individual and corporate members."
While no details were shared, the future will involve "new educational content on the website, webinars, opportunities to interact with GITA representation to bodies such as the GIS Certification Institute and National Geospatial Advisory Committee, exciting new research and best practice projects, and professional networking and discovery opportunities."
But, the need for volunteers remains, in particular "to help with Awards, IT, Membership, Communications, Education, Governance, Finance, Research and Events Committees, including preparations for our 2013 Oil and Gas Conference."
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Embarkation: New York (Manhattan)
Unfortunately the weather in St John & Halifax was not very good but the experience on the ship more than made up for the weather.
From the Room cabin staff to the wait staff to the entertainment staff, we could not have expected a more professional, friendly, accommodating vacation.
The first name greeting from the room steward every morning and night and the smile on their faces made the a great start of the day.
The hostess and wait staff at dinner always greeted you by your first name.
The service was 1st class. The food was 1st class. The desserts were second to none.
We were not expecting the quality of food that we found on this voyage.
Every appetizer, soup, salad, entree & dessert was presented as you would find in a gourmet restaurant.
Every dish was tasty, made with quality ingredients and cooked to perfection.
There was not one canned vegetable to be found on any of the More dishes.
Frog legs appetizers, crab cakes, oysters Rockefeller, fried shrimp, soups of all descriptions, and not the normal cream based soups you find on other cruise lines.
The assortment of choices on the Lido deck was unmatched. Pizza, Burritos, Deli, Burgers & franks, Mongolian Wok, Fish & chips (Bouillabaisse, fried fish, fried oysters, ahi tuna, octupus, cerviche. All delicious.
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The entertainment was like being in a broadway theater. The dancers were excellent. The singers also made the show.
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Having emerged relatively unscathed from its legal battles, the Affordable Care Act now faces the question most Americans want answered: Will Obamacare save me money?
The topic ignited quite the pundit pile-on recently between supporters and opponents of health care reform. Here's how the drama unfolded.
Two weeks ago, California, the nation's most populous state, surprised analysts by announcing that many consumers will save money based on rates filed by the 13 health insurance companies selected to sell their plans on the state's ACA-compliant "Covered California" exchange.
"The rates submitted to Covered California for the 2014 individual market ranged from 2 percent above to 29 percent below the 2013 average premium for small-employer plans in California's most populous regions," according to a news release.
California is considered something of a test case for the rest of the nation. Skeptics had feared that shoppers would experience "sticker shock" when exchanges open for early enrollment Oct. 1. Some still worry.
While premiums will vary by region within the state, a 25-year-old Los Angeles resident can look forward to paying $117 per month for a rock-bottom catastrophic plan or $147 per month for a more comprehensive "bronze" plan.
"We've hit a home run for consumers," crowed Covered California's executive director Peter V. Lee.
Reaction was largely positive. Betsy Imholz of Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, admitted: "I'm impressed. I actually think they are good prices." Caroline Pearson of the consulting firm Avalere Health said the "very competitive" prices reflect "the number of carriers that were attracted to the market, and that the exchange created competition to drive down prices."
But not everyone was convinced. Micah Weinberg of the Bay Area Council, a trade group that represents large employers, pointed out that half of Covered California's customers are expected to qualify for federal subsidies. And what about the families with incomes of more than $94,000 a year that won't? "For that small number of people, those premium increases are going to be staggering," he predicts.
He wasn't the lone doubter. Several others, including Philip Klein of the Washington Examiner, Lanhee Chen of Bloomberg View and Forbes contributor Avik Roy, accused California of comparing apples to oranges. They claim the rates under Obamacare will actually double the premiums currently offered by some online health insurers.
But Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says poppycock. He points out that the inexpensive online insurers the skeptics champion achieved those sunny California rates the old-fashioned way, by simply excluding applicants with pre-existing conditions. In states such as New York that prohibit that practice, "premiums are very high because only those with current health problems sign up, while healthy people take the risk of going uninsured," he writes.
Krugman predicts the only sticker shock that will accompany the exchanges will be the absence of sticker shock for most.
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Debt, Development, and Democracy: Modern Political Economy and Latin America, 1965-1985
€ 58,49
Lieferbar innert 2 Wochen
Juni 1992
BeschreibungIn the 1970s and 1980s the countries of Latin America dealt with their similar debt problems in very different ways -- ranging from militantly market-oriented approaches to massive state intervention in their economies -- while their political systems headed toward either democracy or authoritarianism. Applying the tools of modern political economy to a developing-country context, Jeffry Frieden analyzes the different patterns of national economic and political behavior that arose in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela. He argues that variations in official borrowing policies and responses to lending cut-offs imposed by foreign creditors are best explained not by international but by domestic factors, particularly lobbying by powerful interest groups. This book will be useful to those interested in comparative politics, international studies, development studies, and political economy more generally.
PressestimmenIn this jewel of a book Frieden systematically compares how and why Latin America's five largest debtors--Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela--differed in their approaches to development policy choices, paths of political development and responses to the debt crisis of the 1980s.... Clear and cogent.
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: PRINCETON UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum: Juni 1992
Seitenanzahl: 296 Seiten
Format: kartoniert