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By Jordan Gribble / Special to the American Press
An 18-wheeler will leave Lake Charles today hauling not the chemical by-products of local refineries, machinery or lumber but instead will hold more than 22,000 pairs of used shoes.
From high heels and boots to flip flops and waders, shoes were collected by a local woman to be refurbished and sold to fund water purification projects in Kenya that will provide more than 100,000 people with access to clean water.
It has taken the better part of two years to collect enough shoes to warrant the 18-wheeler, but organizer Becky Girola said that community members were happy to get involved and saw it as a good reason to clean out their closets.
"When I first started, I didn't think 22,000 pairs of shoes was that many to have to collect, but when I really started doing it and saw what a thousand pairs of shoes looked like, what five thousand pairs of shoes looked like, I finally realized how many shoes I needed. I've been so grateful for all the people who have been able to help out and bring me a carload of shoes, and for businesses, schools and organizations who have held shoe drives. A lot of different people have come together to get me that big number of 22,000 pairs of shoes," Girola said.
The shoes became so numerous that Girola's double-car garage could no longer contain them, prompting a friend to offer up the use of his warehouse for the project. The warehouse is now known as the Shoe Shop which Girola said is filled from floor to ceiling with shoes.
"We've gotten slippers, roller blades, waders, but most of the shoes are flip flops and tennis shoes. It was kind of fun opening all of them to be counted and paired, I opened one bag and it was nothing but 20 pairs of red high heels. I even found one pair of thigh high, pink suede boots that I thought must have been for a Halloween costume. It was funny to see all of the different personalities that shoes have," she said.
Girola said the shoes which will be sold to a reseller will fetch anywhere between 50 cents and a dollar a pair, earning the Shoes 4 Water organization, a ministry of the Global Christian Fellowship, enough to purchase at least 11 water purifiers to be distributed to Kenyan villages.
"Each water purifier costs $1,000 and it will purify enough water for 10,000 people per a day. If we raise enough for 11 purifiers that's 110,000 people with clean drinking water a day. That's more people than are in Lake Charles. We'll be bringing the equivalent of a community clean water and that's pretty awesome," she said.
Girola said that though the initial goals of the project have been met, she encourages people to donate shoes or their time from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. today at 2741 Edgewood Lane.
"If people want to donate shoes, they can pair them together, put them in garbage bags and put a note on the outside of the bag denoting how many pairs are inside. I have a lot of volunteers coming tomorrow (Saturday), but we need as many arms as we can get to load all of the shoes into the truck, so everyone is encouraged to come and help," she said.


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Frontline Plus, K-9 Advantix or Advantage? Which is best?
I just adopted a 10mo pit mix and need to invest in flea/tick treatment... which is better, Frontline Plus, K-9 Advantix or Advantage?? Any Suggestions???
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I have to preface my answer with the fact that I truly do not like using these products on my guys, but sometimes it's necessary. I usually try to avoid using them at all costs, because when it comes down to it, they are topical pesticides and some dogs can have serious side effects, even if the treatments have been used on them in the past.
I limit myself to using them during the height of summer, which (at least in our area) is the height of flea season and the dogs are miserable otherwise.
I like Advantage for a couple of reasons. First, it was tested by a consumer group as being slightly less toxic of the whole group, though they are all made with similar ingredients. Second, when some flea populations can get "immune" to Frontline, Advantage seems to remain immunity free.
I find that using a smaller than recommended dose is still totally effective and in non-summer months, I flea comb, bathe, vacuum and wash bedding to effectively control the fleas without poisons.
Jack answered on 8/2/10. Helpful? / 0
I recently bought Frontline because it was cheaper and regretted it. Treader is so dang itchy and constantly wanting his lower back scratched right now. I'm going back to Advantage.
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As Jack answered, I too am not keen on any of these products, but living in a wooded area that is infested with ticks and mosquitos, I have to choose what is the safest for my dogs. I have opted to take the chance on the using the chemicals.
I don't like frontline at all. I have used advantage but it isn't effective for ticks, so I use advantix. So far it has been effective, and I only use it when the ticks are really bad. I am currently tapering off, as the ticks are not as bad as they were a couple of months ago. In the fall, they will return, so back on the advantix my dogs will go.
I read, these products are tested on dogs by giving them large doses. They keep dosing until it kills the dog. This is how they know what dose is deemed safe for a dogs weight. I wanted to boycott but, my own dogs health is at risk without these products. So until somehting better comes along, I will opt for advantix to keep off the parasites, but im searching for natural products that work.
Hector answered on 8/2/10. Helpful? / 1
I had been using advantix but only when going on a camping trip with my guys, otherwise I normally keep an eye on things and only do them when I see a flea. I used advantix because it also repels mosquitoes. Recently I was going camping and my vet doesn't carry advantix so I got vectra something instead since it's supposed to be the same ingredients as Advantix. Well, it worked but best of all, it was no where near as sticky as advantix and I couldn't even tell where I had put it on the dogs. Soo, now I will use that instead!
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I agree with Toto!!He always knows best!!
annie answered on 8/2/10. Helpful? / 0
Fleas have been bad around here the last couple of years. The best i have found is the K9 advantix. It seemed to do the best job.
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"But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned into a pillar of salt. So it goes. People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore."
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My Little Pony Warhunt
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Status: Finished
Genre: Fantasy
Chapter1 (v.1) - Begin Run
The air around them was dead. She wouldn't be able to breathe if it weren't for Applejack applying CPR to Twilight's unconcious pale lips. The other five ponies kept their heads down behind the old wall they kept cover nearby as they peered at Twilight, with looks of fear and desire for her to get up and breathe. Even Pinkie in her usual cheery mood was anything but bright and happy in a time like this. Fighting the urge to give up and perish, which is just what her enemy would want, Twilight's eyelids slowly opened and she turned her head to her friends, who suddenly burst out in joy that their friend was alive... But not exactly alive and well. Her body was covered in scratches and bruises, while her neck and back ached with intense pain as she turned to stand on her sore hooves. As she looked down to comfort her hoof, she noticed she was standing on yet another wanted poster of Rarity looking furious in, what is supposed to be, her mug shot. Even with all of Equestria after their heads, Rarity still wanted to look fabulous in any kind of photo.
It was recent when the six pony friends discovered they were suddenly being hunted down and summoned to be imprisoned in Canterlot under Luna's command. They were living their normal everyday lives when, out of nowhere, Canterlot guards went after them with their spears and took them in to get booked. But they all managed to escape without a word out to anypony, and now they're on the run. Hiding from everypony who seemed to hate them instantly, and the reason was unknown to the six fugitives. All they knew is that they needed to get away, and fast.
Twilight shook her head as she stood up and groaned. "Auuugh... Just the typical scenery. All of us in some lowly shack outside Ponyville living in fear that we'll be taken away. Seems like such a great time!" the unicorn remarked sarcastically. Rarity just scoffed at the ghastly appearance of the shack and the cuts on her hooves while Applejack was comforting a crying Fluttershy in the corner, all the while helping her with her damaged wing and half-cut-off mane, wanting to know so desperately why everypony suddenly hated her as well as her friends. The shack smelled old and looked very well-aged, almost like it was lived in maybe a hundred years ago. Rainbow Dash was scavenging around for some kind of weapon to use but being careful of her hind legs being severely scarred from a brutal assault from the Cakes. Pinkie was sitting hunched over in another corner with her mane gone flat and her eyes wide and reddened from crying. Or it could have been from Spike who suddenly went at her with a book half a day before. Rainbow Dash was the one to break the silence for a moment. "It'd be nice if people left some kind of stupid knick-knacks here for when this type of thing happens. What did we do to get all of Equestria wanting money for turning us in or killingus?!"
"Rainbow! Shut up! You'll scare Fluttershy!" Rarity snapped, her eyes wide with irritation and fear. As well as lack of sleep since she was always watched guard at sunrise for any guards who search the perimeter. "Well So-rry! I assumed she knew when Zecora went at her with a jagged rock and a sharpened tree limb, but thanks for reminding her!" the hot-headed rainbow-maned pegasus responded. "Now will ya'll shut the buck up? Ah'm tryin'a help her out an' it won't go as well with you two actin' like a buncha immature parasprites about all this," Applejack said as she was comforting the cowering pegasus, who was again on the verge of tears. "Don' worry, Fluttershy. Everything will get better, I promise." Fluttershy blinked roughly and wiped her tears as well as her mane out of her face, with eyes that screamed annoyance and sadness all at the same time. "H-how would you know?! W-why does e-everypony w-want us t-to... T-to... To go away?! What did we ever do t-to them, huh?!" With that she went back to sobbing into her hooves, scared out of her wits.
Twilight and Pinkie sat together, with Twilight's horn glowing a very faint violet for light, but not so much that it alerted anybody. The purple unicorn then spoke to the rest of them. "Just remember, the Cutie Mark Crusaders are willing to help, but they've been so caught up in 'preparing for our evil reign on Equestria' that it's difficult for us to get their support. I feel bad for those three. I really do." Pinkie's eyes glimmered in the dim light as she looked at Twilight and said, "but how would they even get to us? Ponyville is protected all too well and my party cannon wouldn't do a thing!" Twilight, as well as the other five ponies, was still getting used to the fact that Pinkie was more serious and upset than she has ever been. It's as if this whole ordeal has turned her into a completely different pony, one that never even knew what it was like to smile or have fun like her childhood days.
The magic of the nervous unicorn died down as she heard voices outside the door. Deep rough voices that sounded oddly like Canterlot guards. They kept as quiet as a mouse and held each other's mouths shut so nobody made a peep. They could each feel their hearts beat simultaneously out of the impending fear that awaited them outside that thin wooden door. Fluttershy suddenly had a small hiccup escape her throat and all of their eyes instantly widened to crowd around her on the floor as quietly as they could to make sure the two didn't hear it. Fortunately Applejack heard them get into a carriage and leave the shack. A split-second sense of relief flooded their bodies but then Rairty spoke up. "We need to go somewhere else. Find another place to hide. I have this nagging feeling that they did hear but they'll come back with more so they can get us one by one. Twilight, where do you think another randomly placed abandoned spot like this is located?"
She just blinked as she looked at Rarity and managed to snap herself back to be able to respond. "If I knew then I would've had us all go to the furthest one. I don't know. I have no idea. You have to remember Pinkie found this place thinking it was an Ursa Minor. Anyway, Rairty's right everypony. We need to leave and find a new place... But be quick and silent about it." Applejack offered to be the one to open the door and look for any kind of traps the guards may have set. When she signaled the all-clear, they all walked out of the door and away from the shack within the brush of the nearby trees. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash didn't dare go any higher than 10 feet for fear of alerting any sky patrol for them. They all walked and searched for anything to be aware of. Guards, safe havens, the CMC oddly appearing in this time of crisis. Pinkie was looking around when she saw another wanted poster of Applejack plastered to a tree trunk. She seemed like such a victim with her eyes baggy and her face turned a darker color from bruising that the guards did to her prior to the photo. But then it hit her... "Girls! Girls, look!" She tried to keep her voice low but couldn't help shake the feeling she had in her head. "If they have a wanted poster here, wouldn't that mean they check here ROUTINELY?! We have to get moving and fast!"
"Fortunately you can't fly, Miss Pinkie Pie," an ominous foreign voice echoed through the trees. There was a light rustling on the trunks and limbs. But out stepped a hooded zebra with her eyes bright and signaling her readiness to fight. In a small satchel on her back was a hoof-carved wooden knife, a wood-carved bat and some tweezers. The six looked at her in absolute terror and tried to turn away. But for Twilight, she couldn't take her mind off of the knife that stuck out, and she assumed the others felt the same way. None of them made a move except for Zecora who continued to creep closer toward them. She chuckled softly and looked at them all eerily as she spoke to them. "Being afraid of me will not make your downfall anymore easy. Fight if you must, but you six I will bust. All on my own out here alone, I'll do it mercilessly with this stone." She reached into the satchel and pulled out a jagged rock between her teeth, which instantly made Fluttershy whimper in fear.
A shot of adrenaline coursed through Applejack's veins, from head to hoof, that made her suddenly not want to back down. But rather stay and fight to prove they weren't cowards. "Ya'll listen up. Ah need you five ta help me out with this. Assume positions on the sides, unicorns! Fluttershy, you an' Rainbow charge at her when ah say to. Stay hoverin' an' she can't get ta ya'll. Zecora, ah don't know why you suddenly wanna come after us, but we're all gon' show that we never, EVER go down without a fight. So bring what you want an' we'll counter all of it!" The striped zebra laughed hauntingly and peered at them all, still with a smirk on her face. "Having not been told, is not what I expect of you heart that is cold. If you think you will win, you have yet again casted a sin. The arrest of you six would be nice, but the killing of you would make me happier thrice. As you say, come and show me what you're made of. But don't expect any let up when I hook you with my hoof." Her hood suddenly vanished and they were looking at a face of evil and determination, not the caring soul they grew to know and respect. These six fugitives knew they had to go through this in order to get away. They had no choice... Rainbow Dash fluttered behind Zecora, and Applejack issued a war cry as she charged right toward Zecora...
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Ex-champ Garay wins in 15 sec
Former WBA Light heavyweight champion Hugo Garay (33-5, 18 KOs) of Argentina got back into the win column in a big way crushing Marcelo Leandro Da Silva of Brazil (19-3, 14 KOs) by way of first round knockout. Literally seconds after the fighters touched gloves in an act of sportsmanship to start the fight Garay landed a solid right to the chin of Da Silva sending him crashing to the canvas where he was counted out. The official time of the bout was just 15 seconds. Garay entered the bout off of back to back losses to Chris Henry and Gabriel Campillo to whom he lost his world title in 2009.
In the main event of the evening WBA & WBO female light flyweight champion Yessica Bopp (13-0, 5 KOs) of Argentina retained her titles with a unanimous decision victory over Ana Arrazola (17-5-3, 15 KOs) of Mexico. Bopp gave up a major height advantage to Arrazola but was able to dominate easily from the outside and inside all night long. Each round seemed to be a reptition of the other as Bopp won both the offensive and defensive battles throughout the contest. The official judges scores were 100-90,100-89, and 100-89 all in favor of Bopp.
The event took place at the Club Deportivo Libertad, Sunchales, in Santa Fe, Argentina. Osvaldo Rivero promoted the event.


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Germany's Laer is teaching an ageing Europe a thing or two about increasing the patter of little feet. By Peter Fray.
Barely a scratch on the German map near the Dutch border, the village of Laer is an unspectacular setting for a modern-day miracle. But its 6500 inhabitants have become what Mayor Hans-Jurgen Schimke describes as a "symbol of hope" for something that is increasingly out of fashion for European couples: breeding.
Unlike most other parts of Germany, the village is in the grip of a baby boom that has pushed its birth rate to 13.5 babies per 1000 people, more than 60 per cent above the national average.
In a country facing a rapid population decline in less than two decades - and all the economic and social ills that flow from it - it is perhaps little wonder that Laer has found itself thrust into the national and international spotlight.
As mayor Schimke, a children's law academic by trade, explains: "The fear in Germany is that by 2020, there will be a very strong fall in the population and by 2050 there will be 20 million fewer people. But here two kids is normal, sometimes three. Therefore the position of Laer is very symbolic for Germany; Laer is a symbol of hope."
And not just for Germany, Western Europe's most populous country. In Britain, Italy and Spain, policy-makers and politicians are realising the cultural shift started by feminism in the 1960s and 1970s - fed by economic instability, later marriage (if at all) and the desire for greater life choice on the part of women - is having a dire impact on population trends. Unless the tendency is reversed, many European societies may have too few new taxpayers to prop up pensions, health care and economic growth.
"Ultimately," says demographer Lynda Clarke, "Europe is going to die out, and China and Asia and sub-Saharan Africa will take over. We are all going to become Asians."
The political response has been to throw money at the problem. In Italy, where the fertility rate for women is second lowest in Europe after Spain, couples have recently started receiving a �1000 ($A1675) "baby bonus" for every child after the first. Germany is considering how to make the tax and social security system more family-friendly, while in Britain, Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a boost in child-care spending aimed at increasing the number of places from the 750,000 available in 1997 to 1.5 million by 2006.
But many demographers and policymakers believe that such measures may do little to inspire a population boom when so many European women want more from life than children and, if they do decide to start a family, are doing so a decade or more later in life than their mothers or grandmothers.
New official statistics show that almost one in four British women are deciding not to have babies, compared with 9 per cent some 50 years ago. On current trends, Britain's population is likely to start falling by 2040, unless there is a massive - and politically unpopular - surge in immigration. The population of Scotland is already in decline.
Dr Clarke, from the University of London's School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told The Age that while most women started adult life thinking they would have children one day, the decision to actually do it was being delayed until around 30, if not postponed altogether.
"Women are starting later, so they end up having fewer children anyway, whether through choice or through infertility."
She said policy initiatives to support families and working women were a positive development if they encouraged greater female participation in the workforce. And they might encourage some families with one child to have another one.
"But I don't think they will really change cultural attitudes towards wanting to have two or three children again," she said. "That's the fundamental issue."
Without a baby explosion, several European societies are facing an older, poorer and lonelier future. By 2030, about 50 per cent of adult Germans will be over 64 years old, with the median age being just under 50.
Holger Bonin, from the Bonn-based Institute of Labour Studies, warns the trend could spell the death knell for the country's social security and pension system: "Basically there won't be enough taxpayers (because) most of the taxes, both direct and indirect, are paid by people in prime age. For many Germans it's not a nice picture."
But the prospect is not much rosier in the Catholic southern nations of Italy and Spain, where the fertility rate (the average number of children per woman) is a shade over 1.2, almost one child below replacement rate, although due to increased migration it is showing the first signs of a recovery.
With a welfare state far less developed and generous than Germany's, the Italian backlash against child-bearing has been more pronounced.
Despite the urgings of the Vatican, most Italian women are delaying children until they are over 30, when their finances and careers are more likely to be under control. But even then, many say it is a struggle.
Italian opposition politician, Tana de Zulueta, a mother of two, described having a child in Italy as a "titanic effort".
"When your baby is born and you step out of that clinic you are on your own," she said. "Women are paying for private pediatricians to do all the follow-up. Women are basically on their own. It's similar in Spain."
Complicating such micro factors are some deep-set cultural tensions. In Italy, Spain and Germany, long-held conservative attitudes towards the role of women as child-rearers first and foremost have been slow to change - and have stalled the development of policies and facilities to assist women's desire to combine work and family.
In the former West Germany, only about 4 per cent of children under three years old get a place in a day-care facility. This compares unfavourably to the former East Germany where, as a result of the communist dictum of work for all comrades, the rate is about 35 per cent.
Similar circumstances seem to be behind Laer's success. Despite idle media speculation that the villagers simply have more sex because there is nothing else to do on cold winter nights, the most obvious explanation for its apparent fertility is child care. Laer has six kindergartens, five of which have all-day care. There is also an all-day school for six to 10-year-olds which stays opens until 4.30pm, four hours after most German schools close.
Tanya Timmer, 34, a mother of two, moved to Laer four years ago largely because she could work and know her children were looked after. "That's the reason for the higher birth rate," she said. "It's the reason why many people are moving to Laer."
But what about the sex? She laughs: "People here are normal. It's just like everywhere."
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text: Trendwatch published a "Fast Fact" today indicating that Apple's marketshare is up in the broadcast market: This is reportedly 8% up from just one year ago. With a rush of well received new products over the past few years, Apple has certainly gained mindshare. Marketshare may be following. In September it was reported that Apple had gained 2 Percentage Points in laptops, and there's been speculation that Apple may make strides in Education this year.


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Allied health professionals such as osteopaths and physiotherapists expect to be hit hard by the government's move to reduce the health insurance tax rebate.
The Minister for Health,
Under the new rules, individuals earning more than $83,000 would no longer get the full 30 per cent rebate and this would drop until singles that earn more than $129,000 a year would get no rebate at all.
For couples, the phase-out would begin at $166,000 and the rebate would cut out altogether for those earning more than $258,000.
To ensure that high earners continue to self-insure, the government also plans to increase the Medicare surcharge for people that don't have health insurance.
The government doesn't expect many people to drop their health insurance cover as a consequence of the rebate becoming means-tested – according to its modelling, 99.7 per cent of policyholders will stay insured.
But experts say there is a risk that people may spend less on their overall health insurance cover if they aren't getting a rebate.
A report commissioned by health insurance industry body
"You may see people drop their top cover to something more middle of the road," says
"Faced with a premium increase, people will re-evaluate what they actually need from private health insurance."
Against that backdrop, health businesses that depend on insurance payments to cover a large portion of their fees are concerned that they may suffer as their patients opt for less expensive insurance policies that don't cover them for extra services.
"Affordable ancillary cover is vital to the continued viability of physiotherapy in Australia," says an
According to data from the association, on average, about 49 per cent of clients seen by private physiotherapists go to their insurance companies with a claim.
"A small proportion of the population choosing to drop ancillary cover could have a dramatic impact on thousands of physiotherapy private practices around the country where profit margins are currently extremely tight," the Australian Physiotherapy Association spokesman says.
Osteopaths are also warning that the prospects for some may be bleak. A study commissioned by the
"Some osteopaths might become part-time and others close their doors: an especially unfortunate consequence in regional and suburban areas where there are often already few locally accessible osteopaths," the study says.
Not all health professions are as concerned about the change.
But they aren't likely to be the ones affected by the rebate change.
Morris says the high-income earners hit by the change aren't necessarily likely to alter their behaviour, despite the higher cost and that their ability to afford dentistry isn't likely to be affected.
"Health funds do put a fair amount of money into dentistry each year but whether these people will opt out of health insurance is going to be an interesting thing to follow," he says.
Over the longer term, the health insurance business might also experience a negative impact, says
If those who have been paying the top rates for premiums opt to scale back their spending, that means the amount of money going into insurance funds might fall, driving up premiums, as funds are required to hold a certain amount of money to meet claims.
It may lead to "a longer term degradation of the industry structure", he says.
"The overall economic viability of the industry or the health funds is going to take a step down."
That, in turn, may affect private hospital operators, he says.
That's because if the health insurance business suffers, it will have less ability to meet the increasing costs of private hospitals.


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awww baby everything will be ok!!!! He will be such a fighter just like you! I am sooooo happy to hear that he is doing so well with his oxygen level. Just remember that he could always have another little set back. I t hink that was the most frustrating thing with gwen, she would be doing sooo good on room air then she was just get too tired and they could have to put her back on the canula.....Thats really good that hes tolerating his feedings....I am praying that the surgery will go well. you are lucky that you got to keep him in you so long! Everything will work out! I am thinking about you and ur family......love you guys!!!!
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Give the gift of patience
I used to be rather impatient with all kinds of things. As a kid, I couldn't wait for summer to be over so school could begin. There was the year (memorialized in this photo) when I couldn't wait to get Chatty Baby for Christmas. I couldn't wait until I was sixteen and could get a driver's license.
I remember making chocolate pudding from scratch at home one time, using a recipe we tried in a home economics class. At school I had dutifully followed the teacher's instructions to first sift the cocoa before measuring. At home, wanting a quick dessert, I simply measured out the cocoa and didn't bother to sift. The tell-tale lumps in the pudding I served, full of dry cocoa, were witness to my impatience.
Along the way, I've learned patience, mostly through trial and error. Without a doubt my greatest lessons in patience have come in parenting. Perhaps patience is the foil of unconditional love. Together, patience and love see a parent through the challenges of raising a child. They get you through the long night when a child can't or won't sleep. They get you through the phone calls from teachers and principals. They get you through the fits and foibles of the teen years. They see you through the false starts, mistakes and misunderstandings – yours and those of your child.
Here's a gift idea in this season of giving. This year, give the gift of patience. It comes direct from your heart, and involves some sacrifice on your part. It's free, so it won't break your bank. And Lord knows, our women's organization, our whole church and the world community could definitely benefit if all of us were more patient with each other in the coming year. And while we're at it, let's try to be more forgiving too. Come to think of it, if we more closely model our lives after the one whose birth we celebrate, we will become more patient and forgiving, won't we?
Linda Post Bushkofsky is executive director.
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Ah! Something that I have had to work hard on my whole life! Prayer helps me to work through this.
I am impatient to be walking normally again! I broke my leg badly some months ago and am not yet walking very well. Recovery is taking far too long! I am out of patience with this body!!!
Marjorie I can surely understand what you are going through. Recently I had a shoulder replacement
and I know I'm doing ok but I want my independence. As Linda has said it is easily given once you make up your mind. This is my short-coming as I'm now always patient but it was something I pray about every night. With God's help I know I will make it. Also at this time of year it is so important to remember to be patient with everyone. After all our Lord and savior is patient with us.
Developing patience through prayer … a wonderful Advent discipline! Thanks for sharing Dawn, Marjorie and Fay.


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Born in February of 1940, Vicente Fernandez Gomez is a well-known Mexican singer, also famous for acting and producing. He is sometimes known as Chente, and as the King of the Ranchera, in many Latin American countries. He has a well-known son, Alejandro, who is a popular singer, in his own right.
For more than 35, Chente has enjoyed an illustrious singing career. His songs are ranchera music, and represent the Mexico of old, which still enjoys a great deal of popularity. In fact, he is responsible for more than 50 albums, and millions of sales.
During the first part of his life, Chente worked on his father' ranch. He also held many other jobs in his uncle's restaurant. He washed dishes and waited on tables. He also was a cashier, and finally worked his way up to manager.
One of the major influences in his life is Pedro Infante. He accompanies his mother to Infante's movies. In 1946, at the tender age of six, he proclaimed that he wanted to be just like the man. He began his singing and guitar playing at eight years of age. The music he played and sang is the ranchera music, which was playing on the radio, all the time.
Chente dropped out of school in the fifth grade, and in 1954 at 14 years of age, Chente won an amateur contest at his local television station. He began to play in clubs and local gatherings. At this time, his family moved to Tijuana, due to financial problems with the ranch. In Tijuana, Chente worked many odd jobs such as dishwasher, janitor, waiter, anything to help the family.
By the age of 20, Chente was singing full time, and traveling a great deal. He spent a lot of time auditioning at record companies, with no success. Finally in 1966, he signed his first recording contract with CBS Mexico. After that, Vicente Fernandez enjoyed success after success, even to this day.
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Kelly was rooting for winner Jordin Sparks in the final round of this year's American Idol competition: she said she enjoyed the way Jordin was passionate without being jaded. How predictably exasperating that she would choose to champion someone who lacks the cynicism she herself has worked so hard to cultivate. "Irvine," a blues-folk hymnal that draws comparisons with Cat Power, is the best track on My December. "Why is it so hard?" she quietly asks God over a lap steel guitar. "Why can't you just take me?" Why, indeed. Why couldn't the rest of the disc exhibit the same sad and oddly optimistic beauty? Why couldn't Kelly have done herself justice? By shutting everyone out in favor of flooding My December with a swaggering, self-righteous vindication, is she telling the stories she wants to tell? She may grow to regret it later. Perhaps she already does. One can only assume she wouldn't be praying for answers if she really thought she knew it all.
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By Giuseppe Muro
To say it's been a difficult few weeks for Ipswich Town would be an understatement.
After a run of seven losses in nine games tonight's Carling Cup Semi-Final opponents decided to part company with Roy Keane and move quickly to appoint Paul Jewell as manager.
Added to that, the Tractor Boys were thrashed 7-0 by Chelsea at the weekend.
So is this a good time to be facing the side from Portman Road? We spoke to Elvin King of the Ipswich Evening Star to get an opposition view on tonight's game.
Roy Keane came to Ipswich with huge expectations and there was tremendous optimism that he would bring the good times back to Portman Road. This season they won their first four away matches, including two in the Carling Cup, and were in the top three of the Championship in September. After winning at Sheffield United in November they went to sixth in the table but then lost their following six league games. They have only got four points from their last 27 and find themselves just three points off the relegation zone. They haven't got going this season. You could argue that the squad isn't as good as it was when Roy took over. They have shown themselves capable of doing well against the better sides in the division but they haven't had the class to do it often enough.
Paul Jewell won't be in charge for the first leg on Wednesday. That will be Ian McParland who was caretaker for the FA Cup game at Chelsea on Saturday. Paul was appointed on Monday but won't officially be taking over the reins until Thursday, after the Arsenal game. He's been staying away from the players and will be sitting in the stands making notes tonight. Jewell has been saying that obviously this is a huge game but the league is going to be paramount for the rest of this season. He wasn't top of fans' lists but I think they have accepted him. He is one of only three managers that has taken two separate clubs out of the second tier into the first. He took Wigan up, just ahead of Joe Royle's Ipswich five or six years ago. I think the fans look upon him as having the pedigree and experience to take the club forward.
To be brutally honest, they would have stood a chance against West Ham or Birmingham but Arsenal is a different kettle of fish. Arsène Wenger seems intent on winning silverware this year and the Carling Cup offers a good chance for that. Over two legs it's going to be very, very hard.
After 30 minutes it looked like it might have been Ipswich's day but once Chelsea scored it was one-way traffic. Goalkeeper Martin Fulop, who incidentally let in seven playing for Sunderland at Stamford Bridge last season, made three very good saves at the end to keep the score down to single figures. It's bound to have knocked the players' confidence. McParland is saying that the game is behind them and they are looking to put things right against Arsenal.
It will be the first time Portman Road has had a near full house for some time. It's an ideal chance to get the fans back on side because many have been voting with their feet, leaving Portman Road during Roy Keane's reign.
They have got a number of injuries, unfortunately it will be a patched-up side again. Jason Scotland is their leading scorer but, as I understand it, he is struggling with a groin injury so he is very doubtful. You will be looking at young Connor Wickham who is only 17 up front and he has got a huge reputation. He will have a chance to show what he can do.


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On the day that Lloyd returned to the house on Calumet Square (Hattie's
recovery being long since assured), and while she was unpacking her valise and
settling herself again in her room, a messenger boy brought her a note.
Have just arrived in the City. When may I see you?
News of Ward Bennett and of Richard Ferriss had not been wanting during the
past fortnight or so. Their names and that of the ship herself, even the names of
Adler, Hansen, Clarke, and Dennison, even Muck Tu, even that of Kamiska, the
one surviving dog, filled the mouths and minds of men to the exclusion of
everything else.
The return of the expedition after its long imprisonment in the ice and at a time
when all hope of its safety had been abandoned was one of the great events of
that year. The fact that the expedition had failed to reach the Pole, or to attain
any unusual high latitude, was forgotten or ignored. Nothing was remembered
but the masterly retreat toward Kolyuchin Bay, the wonderful march over the ice,
the indomitable courage, unshaken by hardship, perils, obstacles, and privations
almost beyond imagination. All this, together with a multitude of details, some of
them palpably fictitious, the press of the City where Bennett and Ferriss both had
their homes published and republished and published again and again. News of
the men, their whereabouts and intentions, invaded the sick-room—where Lloyd
watched over the convalescence of her little patient—by the very chinks of the
Lloyd learned how the ship had been "nipped;" how, after inconceivable toil, the
members of the expedition had gained the land; how they had marched
southward toward the Chuckch settlements; how, at the eleventh hour, the
survivors, exhausted and starving, had been rescued by the steam whalers; how
these whalers themselves had been caught in the ice, and how the survivors of
the Freja had been obliged to spend another winter in the Arctic. She learned the
details of their final return. In the quiet, darkened room where Hattie lay she
heard from without the echo of the thunder of the nations; she saw how the figure
of Bennett towered suddenly magnificent in the world; how that the people were
brusquely made aware of a new hero. She learned that honours came thronging
about him unsought; that the King of the Belgians had conferred a decoration
upon him; that the geographical societies of continental Europe had elected him
to honourary membership; that the President and the Secretary of War had sent
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The dealers were not absorbing any difference between the car's trade-in value and the owner's loan balance, but were taking the negative equity and rolling it into the new loan, the FTC said.
Four of the 5 dealers were new car dealers, while one sold only used cars.
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A quick review of New Orleans' victory against San Francisco.
What it means: In a lot of ways, this was just like the opener against Minnesota. It wasn't really pretty, it was played in prime time and it was difficult. But it was a win and that's really all that matters. People expect perfection from the Saints because they were so dominant last year. But the reality is, this isn't college football. Style points don't matter. As long as you win, you're doing your job. The Saints have won two very difficult games. The time that they need to be perfect, will come, and it might come very soon. But, for now, the Saints still haven't lost a game in a very long time.
Hero I: Garrett Hartley. He made the game-winning field goal as time ran out.
Heroes II and III: Drew Brees and Marques Colston. They hooked up on a very nice pass play to set up Hartley's field goal.
Hero IV: Courtney Roby. He's best known as a return man and a receiver. But he made perhaps the biggest play of the game with 5:27 left as a special-teams coverage guy. After the 49ers weren't able to catch a punt, Roby pounced on the ball to give the Saints great field position.
What I didn't like: Seeing Reggie Bush go down with 6:58 left in the game. He was helped off and wasn't putting any weight on his right leg. This is a guy with a history of leg injuries and this one didn't look real promising. We'll wait for a more complete diagnosis before getting into much detail about what Bush's injury means. But the Saints aren't the same team without him. Before the injury, he scored the game's first touchdown with a reception and he had a huge punt return at the end of the third quarter.
What's next: The Saints better hope they get a good tail wind on their flight home. They now face a short week. They also might be about to face the most difficult opponent they've seen. That's Atlanta in the Superdome on Sunday. The Falcons are coming off an impressive victory against Arizona, they've got an extra day of rest and they played the Saints tough twice last season.


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1. Opinion, The Michigan Daily, Two years after Proposal 2, the University of Michigan faces tough questions on race.
2. Article, Adweek, Advertising industry faces possible class action lawsuit for not hiring enough minority employees.
3. Article, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Study shows minorities turn to entrepreneurship at higher rates than Whites, because of experiences with discrimination.
4. Article, Baltimore Business Journal, Maryland officials may guarantee loans in program targeting minority businesses.
1) Affirmative Stagnation
Rose Afriyie and Matthew Hunter
Opinion, The Michigan Daily
December 3, 2008
Two years after Proposal 2 passed, the campus dialogue about affirmative action largely went silent. The University adopted new policies to maintain diversity, but Descriptor Plus is far from a perfect, permanent solution.
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2) Will the Threat of a Class-action Lawsuit Force Advertising to Finally Solve Its Diversity Problem?
Andrew Adam Newman
Article, Adweek
December 1, 2008
adweek/photos/stylus/61769-diversity.jpg Black athletes, musicians and actors figure more prominently in ad campaigns than ever, but the chances that African Americans actually created those ads are pretty slim.
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3) Study: Minorities Have Higher Rates of Entrepreneurship Than Whites
Ronald Roach
Article, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
December 2, 2008
In addition to reporting on general entrepreneurship trends, the assessment reveals that minorities demonstrated higher rates of entrepreneurship than did Whites, and they showed the same demographic and motivation as White entrepreneurs in terms of business types, growth expectation and education.
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4) State Might Guarantee Loans Made to Minority Businesses
Scott Dance
Article, Baltimore Business Journal
November 28, 2008
State officials are considering guaranteeing loans made through the Linked Deposit program, which provides low interest rates to minority businesses looking to borrow money. They are hoping to draw more banks to join the program — especially those with a strong presence in areas with high concentrations of minority businesses.
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Facebook's top executives, including chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-yearly bonuses of up to 45 per cent of their base salaries and other earnings, according to a regulatory filing.
Facebook says in the filing it will pay Zuckerberg, 27, a base salary of US$500,000 ($600,000) a year.
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At Avista we talk a lot about our legacy and commitment to environmental stewardship. Tim Vaughan, Washington Water Power (WWP) retiree who passed away earlier this month at the age of 95, was instrumental in helping to build that legacy at Avista. He also left a legacy of his own - the importance of relationships and a passion for nature and the outdoors.
Vaughan was a pioneer of natural resource protection, and has been recognized as the one of the first biologists in the country hired by a power company to address the impact of dams on habitat and fish and wildlife. After first working as a consultant to WWP during the construction of Cabinet Gorge Dam in the early 1950s, Vaughan used his relationship-building skills to successfully show WWP leadership the need to hire a biologist on a permanent basis. Thus began Vaughan's 25-year career at Avista – first as a founding member of the Environmental Affairs department, and later as manager of the department.
Through partnerships with agencies such as Idaho Fish and Game, Vaughan worked to creatively and jointly reach resource-preservation goals. Bob Anderson, former director of Avista's Environmental Affairs department and a long-time friend of Vaughan said, "Tim lived the example of respecting others and building collaborative relationships. That's just how he was, and it set the stage for how we've carried out big efforts like hydro relicensing."
Today, as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of generating power at Cabinet Gorge, Avista employees in the Environmental Affairs department work toward the same goals Vaughan envisioned long ago. Further, environmental stewardship is deeply embedded in our company culture.
Bruce Howard, director of Environmental Affairs, expects this type of respect for our environment to continue far into the future. "Tim's legacy is now ours to carry on," said Howard. And Avista employees will do just that.
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Why in the world is ok for minorities to compound the racist history of America by using it as "payback".
Statements like RGIII made are what progress this society beyond it's past. Stop singling out ethnic groups and they will stop being discriminated against.
It's quite sad that the most likely "cure" for this is a few generations of mixed ethnicity children LITERALLY blurring the lines between ethnic groups making the process of seperating them more difficult.
This thread is full of /facepalm
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Oh you're right. I just find it amusing that he doubled down on not understanding the sentence by advising someone who didn't write it to improve on their writing.
So the last thing we need right now is white people pointing out hypocrisy when it clearly is occurring? If you can't see the irony in that statement in the context of race then you shouldn't be participating in this discussion.
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The University of Colorado at Boulder will be one of three schools featured in an in-depth look at the 2007 Solar Decathlon competition by the Discovery Home Channel/Planet Green network.
The one-hour program, called Solar Showdown, will air Monday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m. MST and again at 9 p.m. MST on the Discovery Home Channel, a digital cable-only network. The show is expected to air three more times on Dec. 18 and is part of a preview of the new Planet Green network, which will replace Discovery Home in early 2008.
Solar Decathlon teams from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland are featured in the program as well as CU-Boulder.
Scott DeGraw, the programs producer and director, began filming during the intense four-month building period leading up to the competition, which was held Oct. 12 to Oct. 20 in Washington, D.C.
The program is a great look at the hard work and dedication of the students on the Solar Decathlon teams. It really struck me that, for everyone involved, this was not just about doing well in the competition, but about getting the message across that this is a viable way of changing our impact on the planet in a very, very positive and direct fashion, DeGraw said.
Twenty university teams from Canada, Europe and the United States competed in the U.S. Department of Energy contest to design, build and operate the best home powered completely by solar energy. The CU-Boulder team placed seventh overall in this years standings.
The CU-Boulder home has been shipped back to Colorado and the team is taking steps to move and set it up on the universitys East Campus at 30th Street and Colorado Avenue, where it will be available for campus and public tours for about six months.
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My mom's bees were attacking people several yards away from their hives, and when I went in to look at them they were overly aggressive. We knew they had been queenless but we had seen a mating flight go out from the hive. After that mating flight they started acting weird. We concluded that something happened to the queen on her mating flight, putting the hive in a "hopelessly queenless" state. We put in a frame of young brood, and they settled right down! We'll see what kind of queen we get, mom's tired of their aggression.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - In a repeat of last year, the Tennessee rowing team saw its Second Varsity 8+ sweep the three rounds of races during the 1,500-meter scrimmage against Minnesota and Notre Dame on Saturday morning on Fort Loudoun Lake. The Second Varsity 4+ won its first race of the day, while the Varsity 4+ ranked second in all three races.
The 2V8+ crew of senior coxswain Stephanie Davis (Martin, Tenn.), freshman Mary Beth Dreusike (Huntington Station, N.Y.), junior Jessica Ayers (Alpharetta, Ga.), sophomore Alex Shishkov (Mississauga, Ontario), juniors Krista Gearing (Fenwick, Ontario) and Kendra Warren (Franklin, Tenn.), freshman Kate Snider (Ramona, Calif.) and juniors Nina Dobratz (Portland, Ore.) and Genevieve Collins (Dallas, Texas) sandwiched near-length victories with a half-second win over Minnesota. The Golden Gophers ranked second in all three outings, with Notre Dame coming in third.
In a match-up of three top-15 Varsity Eight shells according to the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) and USRowing, the 13th-ranked Minnesota crew swept the three rounds of action, edging out No. 9 Tennessee by 0.6 seconds in the first round, No. 11 Notre Dame in the second by six seats and UT again in the final round by a length. The Fighting Irish had a length win over the Lady Vols in the second race before the Big Orange came back with a seven-seat advantage in the third outing. UT's group of freshman coxswain Katie Ross (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), junior Renee Brittle (Dublin, Va.), sophomore Kate Brownlee (North Gower, Ontario), senior Rachel Mayberry (Woodbridge, Va.), sophomore Erin-Monique Shelton (Upper Hutt, New Zealand), junior Leah Smelser (Macon, Ga.), sophomore Caroline Howell (Davenport, Iowa), junior Mary Jones (Huntsville, Ala.) and senior Sarah Hutcheson (Orlando, Fla.) had a two-length advantage over Notre Dame in the first round.
The Varsity 4+ results stayed the same in all three races, with Minnesota winning each round followed by Tennessee and Notre Dame. The Orange and White shell, manned by sophomore coxswain Pam Harder (Mayetta, N.J.), senior Katie Payne (Parksville, British Columbia), junior Marisa Mohan (San Diego, Calif.), senior Kristen Galloway (Knoxville, Tenn.) and junior Danielle Hmielewski (Batavia, Ohio) closed the length and two-length victories the Golden Gophers had the first two races to a 1.1-second deficit in the final race. The crew also increased its wins over the Green and Gold from 3.7 seconds to nine seconds in the series.
The Second Varsity 4+ opened the day with a 3.6-second triumph over Minnesota and Notre Dame. However, the crew of freshman coxswain Roshauna Singh (Vienna, Va.), senior Heather Hill (Knoxville, Tenn.), freshmen Erin Gray (Wuerzburg, Germany) and Brittany Sehring (Alpharetta, Ga.) and senior Katrina von Peters (Chattanooga, Tenn.) came in second in the final two rounds, finishing 5.5 and 4.7 seconds in back of the Golden Gophers. However, their gap above Notre Dame climbed from 12 to 23 seconds in those last races.
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We will continue our exploration of how to use George P. Gordon's 19th century printing invention - The Platen Press. This time we will learn how to set up the press for scoring paper to make it easier for folding as well as learn how to print two or more colors. Standard colored inks can be taken straight from the can, but we will learn how to mix our own.
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Cameron Atfield finds that, despite efforts to clean it up, Amsterdam's infamous Red Light district is still seedy and sad.
As I watch the couple having sex in front of me, I can't help but feel a little self-conscious about my new surrounds - and my fellow spectators.
"Yee-haa - drill her!" comes the cry from the rowdy, drunk Englishman across the room.
"Woo yeah!"
This is my first taste of Amsterdam's famous live sex shows – and it's not quite what I expected.
The natural assumption was that it would be just like a porno, only live, in person.
But within the walls of this dark, dingy theatre, I realised this was very different. This was a shared experience with strangers - not particularly pleasant strangers at that.
And, while I am no prude, the whole thing was more than a little ... wrong.
About 40 people are seated in the rows facing the stage. There are a few couples, a small group of women and one man sitting alone in the corner, with an overcoat probably at least three sizes too big.
I don't look in his direction again.
But in the main, the theatre is full of boozed-up men who left their manners at the door.
They whoop and holler their way through the entire "performance" - one even violently rips off his shirt.
The large security guards, discreetly positioned at the back of the room, watch with eagle eyes but don't make a move.
Onstage, the couple go through their choreographed routine, almost robotic as they switch positions with utmost efficiency.
Fifteen seconds here, then change.
Fifteen second there, then change.
All along the way, the obnoxious drunkards yell out words of "encouragement" to the man on stage.
But not to the woman. Never to the woman.
As they do this, I look at her face.
Is this where you wanted to be? Where you thought your life would end up? Do you enjoy being watched? Or is this a means to an end, borne of financial desperation?
I'll never know. But I will always wonder. And I'll always know that I contributed to the industry when I - along with the rest of the buck's party - shelled out the €30 admission fee.
When the couple is done (sans happy ending, from what we can tell), they stand, smile and wave as they accept the applause (well, whooping) of the audience.
They're followed by a succession of women performing various acts that can't really be described in any detail - needless to say, I'll never look at fruit salad the same way again.
So it's with a sense of relief that we exit the club and return to the hustle of De Wallen - Amsterdam's famous red light district.
There's no sugarcoating it - the place is seedy. Very seedy.
Some places are seedy but endearing. De Wallen is just seedy and sad.
The women in the windows gesture to the drunkards in the street, offering their wares with all the seduction they can muster.
We see seven men - yes, seven - pile in through one of the doors after a lengthy negotiation with a single prostitute.
It's a district that is synonymous with Amsterdam - but that's not a situation that sits well with all the locals.
In recent years, there have been moves to limit the size of the district. And the number of windows in which prostitutes can display their wares.
And there is concern among elected officials about Amsterdam being a hub of human trafficking, particularly from eastern Europe - which I may be about to come face to face with.
Somehow, in a futile search of decent food, I get separated from the rest of the party.
I lean over a bridge railing, spanning a canal, and observe the red light district in all its glory.
The drunkenness, the drugs, the prostitutes. The noise, the colour. The sadness.
It's not at all titillating - not at all sexy.
As I look down the canal, I hear a tapping to my left.
The scantily clad woman in the window has me in her sights, and she's tapping on her window to get my attention.
As she beckons me, I can feel my face blush. I'm not quite used to this caper.
"No thanks," I sign emphatically, shaking my head and waving her away.
But she's insistent, so I walk over.
"Look, I'm really not interested, thank you," I tell her.
"In any case, I've only got €10 on me and you seem like a classy woman, so I really couldn't afford you."
It wasn't until the sober light of the next morning that it dawned on me how condescending those comments were.
"But, how's your night going?" I ask.
"Busy," she says.
She tells me her name is Nathalia. She's from Romania, she's 42 and she's a single mother.
Nathalia has displayed herself in Amsterdam's windows for two years and charges €50 for every "encounter" – and she does it all for her daughter.
"I want her to have a better life," she says.
Our conversation is interrupted by a northern Englishman.
"Hey, you gonna do her or what?" he says to me.
"Nah, she's all yours," I say, and they disappear through the door. From the darkness, a large man is watching me.
I get the impression talking and not buying is frowned upon, so I make tracks and go off in search of a cab.
Several weeks later, on my long flight home, I watch the movie Taken on my in-flight entertainment system.
In it, Liam Neeson plays a father whose daughter is kidnapped in Paris by a prostitution ring, to live in sexual servitude for the benefit of wealthy men.
As I watch the movie, my mind wanders back to Amsterdam. And Nathalia.
De Wallen is an experience for sure. But not a pleasant one.


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Kalam reveals the drama behind Sonia-as-PM talk
The former president in his latest book reveals how Manmohan Singh's nomination for the PM's post in 2004 came as a surprise for him.
New Delhi: The issue of Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin came back to haunt her again on Saturday with former president APJ Abdul Kalam's latest book 'Turning Points, A Journey Through Challenges'. In one of the chapters of the book - 'Controversial Decisions' - Kalam has written that if Sonia had made "any claim for herself (for prime ministerial post in 2004), I would have had no option but to appoint her".
It was widely believed then that Kalam had reservations against Sonia becoming the prime minister due to her foreign origin and that was the main reason why the Congress president refused to take up the post.
Sangma, however, gave the controversy a different twist by once again raking up Sonia's foreign origin issue. "I will never support a foreigner to be the prime minister or president of India. I am firm on my stand," the Presidential hopeful said.
Sangma along with Sharad Pawar and Tariq Anwar in 1999 gave up the membership of Congress over Sonia's foreign origin issue and formed the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). "It was my personal view, that is my view now also and it will be my view in the future till I die," he said on Saturday. He has, however, now left the NCP too due to his insistence on contesting the Presidential election.
The controversy stirred by Kalam's book has once again given an opportunity to the Bharatiya Janata Party and Sonia's opponents to target her over her foreign origin.
Targeting the UPA chairperson, the BJP said on Saturday that there was nothing new in the information. "Kalam's admission just proves that Sonia Gandhi enjoys power without accountability," said BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
"This is not new. Kalam has said this many times in the past also. Sonia Gandhi takes all the key decision in the party. She has power without accountability. She has not done any sacrifice," he added.
Meanwhile, Congress tried to deflect the tirade onto the BJP, saying Kalam's statement directly pointed at the party that "did not want Sonia Gandhi to be the prime minister". "What Kalam has said directly points to the BJP who did not want Sonia Gandhi to be the prime minister. They had gone to the President. This (Kalam's statement) speaks of the people who did not want to give Sonia Gandhi the right the Constitution has given her," said Satyavrat Chaturvedi.
Both the CPI(M) and the JD(U) also dismissed Kalam's remarks saying his tenure as president was a part of history and it holds no relevance today.
"The contents of the book are coming out as his book is soon to be released and the Presidential election is happening so this makes some part of interesting news. Otherwise what happened then is a part of history, nothing beyond that," CPI(M) leader D Raja said.
JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, who is also National Democratic Alliance (NDA) convenor, said, "Had he (Kalam) spoken this in 2004, it would have carried a different level of moral force. The remarks do not carry that kind of moral force now as his revelation came eight years after the event had played out. The relevance it had at that time does not exist today."
Kalam has said in his book that he was ready to swear in Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister after the 2004 polls when he was the President despite pressure from various political leaders before Manmohan Singh was nominated for the post - a decision that "surprised" him.
"This was definitely a surprise to me and the Rashtrapati Bhavan Secretariat had to rework the letter appointing Dr Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister and inviting him to form the government at the earliest," Kalam has written in the book, which has been published by HarperCollins India and is scheduled to be released next week.


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Here we are at the end of July – only one more month of summer, but what a glorious month it is. July finishes strong with three final days of great comedy at Just For Laughs and Zoofest, along with the long-awaited outdoor music festival Osheaga in Jean-Drapeau Park and The Montreal Electronic Groove Festival in town. August rides that happy wave with The Montreal First Peoples' Festival, the Festival of Fashion and Design, and plenty of music and arty happenings in the parks and in venues around town…
(rock n' roll island) Whether you like your concerts big and loud or small and sweet, Osheaga delivers. The weekend-long outdoor music festival turns the island paradise of Parc Jean-Drapeau into one big party with five stages of rock, pop, folk, hip-hop, electro and more (plus plenty of green space to chill out in). We're talking Eminem, The Flaming Lips, Elvis Costello, Broken Social Scene, Janelle Monáe, The Tragically Hip, Cypress Hill, as well as lower-profile entities well-deserving of great hype, like The Mountain Goats, Twin Shadow and The Low Anthem, and some of the Montreal's best bands and DJs.
(park life) Montreal's many parks bustle with people, picnics and entertainment all summer. On July 28, at 7:30 p.m. see the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at Parc de l'Honorable-George-O'Reilly in Verdun. This weekend in Parc LaFontaine, see Le Choeur Éolien, a choir featuring singer Marc-André Fortin on July 31 at 8:30 p.m. and Misses Satchmo, playing the songs of Louis Armstrong on August 1 at 8:30 p.m. On August 4, at the park's Théâtre de Verdure, see Montreal's own Jewish hip-hop star Socalled live and on film in recently celebrated documentary. And for the hungry, stop by restaurant Espace La Fontaine, open all summer.
(rock n' roll town) The Montreal Electronic Groove (MEG) Festival gets the night life rolling with hip hop, dubstep, house and more all weekend. On Friday, NYC's Beatnuts are at Sala Rossa while San Francisco's DJ Craze headlines Le Belmont. And on Saturday night, MEG pairs with Osheaga to bring LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and Pat Mahoney to the Olympia Theatre for a late-night dance party, with the two DJs spinning their electro-disco faves, while NYC's Brown Bag Allstars make you sweat at Casa del Popolo. On Sunday, ride the St-Laurent river all day on the MEG boat as CKUT co-presents Designer Drugs, Toxic Avenger and more.
(laugh in) The final weekend of comedy festivals Just For Laughs and Zoofest has arrived, but there's still plenty to enjoy in these three days. Guaranteed laughs abound at showcases like The Nasty Show (it really is nasty, believe me), A Tribute to Nerds (finally! Hosted by Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar from The Big Bang Theory), Craig Ferguson's International House of Comedy, and Talk of the Fest. In the past few days of Zoofest, I've seen The Pajama Men, Hannibal Buress, DeAnne Smith, Adam Hills, Sara Quinn's Other People's Problems and Paul F. Thomkins – my aching, laughed-out cheeks and I heartily recommend them all, especially when you can buy a $40 Zoofest pass and see all of them and more! And, for the ultimate in spectacle, check out the Twins Parade on Saturday afternoon at Place des Festivals.
(home and native land) The Montreal First Peoples' Festival (August 1–9) brings together a diversity of voices from First Nations artists and musicians from around the world to reaffirm messages of peace. Outdoors at Place des Festivals in the Quartier des Spectacles, a 100-foot-tall teepee will be set up, alongside a bonfire, restaurant spaces, arts and crafts tables, a longhouse screening festival films, and a variety of live music and dance shows, including hip hop by Anishnabe rapper Samian, work by Chilean composer Javier Farias and Atikamekw composer Pascal Koukouchi Sasseville. Down the street at the Grande Bibliothèque (National Library), see The Matshinanu/Nomades exhibition and, on August 2, hear poetry by Joséphine Bacon, Domingo Cisneros and Naomi Fontaine.
(take the high road) Head outside the city centre to witness 34 years of highlands tradition at the family-friendly Montreal Highland Games and Festival. Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac headlines the musical portion of the festival, with pipe bands, folk singers, highland dancers and more, alongside games of Gaelic football, rugby and hurling, plus arts and crafts and plenty of food and, of course, a beer tent. With shuttles running all day from Crescent street (below St-Catherine) to the site at George Springate Sports Centre in Pierrefonds (see the website for details), it's easy to make a day of it.
(wine of the times) Switch Scotland up for Italy at Pointe-à-Callière, which proves that it's not your average history museum with this summer's exhibition To Your Health, Caesar! Wine and the Gauls. Learn all you ever wanted to know about history of wine throughout civilization – perfect cocktail party fodder – at the exhibition, featuring historical items from North American and French institutions, including the Louvre, and private collections. While there, enter to win a trip to Gaul – a week of wining and dining in the Rhône-Alpes region.
(fashion forward) Art, music and fashion align in cosmic style at the Montreal Fashion and Design Festival, August 3–6, along Avenue McGill-College at St-Catherine. Models strut the catwalk wearing the latest and greatest of Montreal-based fashion, musicians like Black Tiger Sex Machine bring the noise and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents Jean Paul Gaultier's 2011-2012 Fall/Winter collection, a celebration of age and timeless beauty.
(talk it out) On August 2, at Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent) at 8 p.m, Drawn & Quarterly welcomes writers Sheila Heti and Misha Glouberman as they introduce their book The Chairs Are Where the People Go with something better than a simple book reading. The Trampoline Hall Lectures riffs on the premise of the book – people talk about subjects outside their personal or professional area of expertise – to amusing and even informative results. In Montreal, we'll hear Marci Denesiuk talk on Evolution and Shadow Puppetry, Anthony Kinik stare down The Evil Eye, and Jesse Staniforth gets real about The Theory of Relativity.
(music and more) The weekend may be packed with festival musts, but there's always more going on in the Montreal music world. If you can't make it to Parc Jean-Drapeau, get a taste of Osheaga at the kickoff party on July 28 at Theatre Corona with Freedom or Death and Jokers of the Scene. See what the kids – the real kids – are up to these days at the amazing Rock Camp for Girls, a community initiative that proves the power of rock n' roll. These 34 young ladies have honed their rock chops over the summer and are ready to rock out this Saturday (August 30) at the Ukranian Federation (5213 Hutchison), 5 p.m. On Monday, August 1, see California's Gardens & Villa, just as pretty-sounding as their name, at Casa del Popolo, which is also home to the Woodshed Orchestra on Tuesday and JF Robitaille and Mike Bloom (of Rilo Kiley) on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, August 3, who's back but Ace of Base, seeing the sign once again, at the Corona.