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Book Three in the H&W Investigations Series!
They're here, and they're real…werewolves, vampires, mages, and other creatures of the night. For New York P.I. Shiarra Waynest, taking care of Others business started out as a way to stay solvent. But now business is getting very, very complicated…
Shiarra's relationship with sexy werewolf Chaz may be somewhat unconventional. Still, after a few bumps, Shia is finally ready to get serious. That means meeting family–or in this case, bringing Chaz's entire werewolf pack along for a rollicking full-moon weekend in the Catskills.
Soon after they arrive, threatening notes appear, warning Chaz to go home. Then their cabin is ransacked. Shia starts digging to find out whether it's the work of upstart teenaged werewolves or something more sinister. Yet as rumors about her vampire connections arouse the pack's hostility, Shia has to contend with other dangers. Not just from an adversary about to make his fatal intentions known, but from a threat that's even closer than she knows…
**German translation rights sold to Wilhelm Heyne / Diana Verlag
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President George W. Bush begins his Ice Bucket Challenge video by claiming that it isn't very presidential for him to participate and will just write a check.
But then his wife, Laura Bush, comes on camera with a bucket of water and dumps it on him.
Well-played, Mrs. Bush.
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East Lansing Night (Crystal Cat Records CC 1074-75) MSU Auditorium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA – 4 April, 1976 Disc 1: Intro, Night, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Spirit In The Night, It's My Life, Thunder Road, She's The One, Born To Run, Frankie, Meeting Across The River, Backstreets Disc ...
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Neil Young & Promise Of The Real – This Place Rocks (Crystal Cat CC 1076-78)
Neil Young & Promise Of The Real, 'This Place Rocks' (Crystal Cat CC 1076-78) Disk 1; After The Gold Rush / Heart Of Gold / The Needle And The Damage Done / Razor Love / Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) / Out On The Weekend / Human Highway / Here We ...
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George Harrison – The Magic Is Here Again (Eat A Peach EAT-124)
George Harrison – The Magic Is Here Again (Eat A Peach EAT-124) George Harrison's early solo career has been fairly well represented on unofficial releases – the "All Things Must Pass" LP especially but even "Living In The Material World" wasn't safe from being snatched from the vaults as a ...
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The Rolling Stones – Frankfurt 1976 (No Label)
The Rolling Stones, 'Frankfurt 1976' (No Label) Honky Tonk Women / If You Can't Rock Me – Get Off Of My Cloud / All Down The Line / Hand of Fate / Hey Negrita / Ain't Too Proud To Beg / Fool To Cry / Hot Stuff / Star Star ...
8 November
New Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Roger Waters, ELP, & Queen
The Rolling Stones – Las Vegas 2016 (no label) is a 2CD set from T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV on October 22nd, 2016. Jeff Beck – Definitive Paris 2016 (Wardour-205) is a 2CD set from Salle Pleyel, Paris, France on October 24th, 2016. Roger Waters – Desert Trip 2016 Weekend ...
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Bruce Springsteen – Rockin' On And On (Jersey Devil Records JDR3)
Rockin' On And On (Jersey Devil Records JDR3) Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin, June 8, 1978 Disc 1: Badlands, Night, Spirit In The Night, Something In The Night, For You, The Promised Land, Prove It All Night, Racing In The Street, Thunder Road, Jungleland, Paradise By The "C", Fire, Adam Raised ...
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The Desert Trip dominates the new releases!
A short while after the Desert Trip shows, their releases have continued to come thick and fast. Goldplate's "In The Desert: Desert Trip Weekend II" is either a 2 CD or 1 BDR release recording of the second weekend show – the less varied of the two shows with a ...
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New Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, & MSG
Deep Purple – Made In Japan: UK 8 Track Stereo Cartridge (no label) is a single disc "Taken from the original UK PURPLE RECORDS (EMI RECORDS-The Gramophone Company Ltd) 8 track cartridge (8X2-TPSP 351)". The Rolling Stones – Desert Trip 2016 Weekend 2 (no label) is a 2CD set from ...
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Iron Maiden – Koseinenkin Sun Rising (Drifter DR001)
Koseinenkin Sun Rising (Drifter DR001) Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan – April 24, 1985 Disc 1 (45:38) Aces High, Two Minutes To Midnight, The Trooper, Revelations, Flight Of Icarus, Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Powerslave Disc 2 (37:06) Guitar Solo, The Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden, ...
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Pink Floyd – Rainbow 1973 (Sigma 166)
Rainbow 1973 (Sigma 166) Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, England, UK – November 4, 1973 Pink Floyd's touring commitments for Dark Side Of The Moon were complete by late June 1973 and after a short break the group reconvened to begin work on the aborted Household Objects project. In mid October ...
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Queen – Piece De Resistance (Eat A Peach EAT 125/126)
Piece De Resistance (Eat A Peach EAT 125/126) The Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada – December 1, 1978 Disc 1 (60:34) We Will Rock You, Let Me Entertain You, Somebody To Love, If You Can't Beat Them, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Bicycle Race, I'm In Love With My Car, ...
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Bruce Springsteen – Hitting The Coast (Jersey Devil Records JDR 2)
Hitting The Coast (Jersey Devil Records JDR 2) Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, USA- 29 September, 1976 Disc 1: Night, Rendezvous, Spirit In The Night, It's My Life, Thunder Road, She's The One, Something In The Night, Backstreets, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Jungleland Disc 2: Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), ...
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Bruce Springsteen – Straight To My Lover's Heart For Me (Jersey Devil Records JDR 1)
Straight To My Lover's Heart For Me (Jersey Devil Records JDR 1) The Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA – 29 October, 1974 Disc 1: Incident on 57th Street, Spirit In The Night, Does this Bus Stop At 82nd Street?, The E Street Shuffle, Cupid, It's Hard To Be A Saint ...
25 October
News & new releases!
The Rolling Stones – Desert Trip 2016 Weekend 1 (no label) features two different recordings from Empire Polo Club, Indio, California on October 7th, 2016 in a four disc set. Led Zeppelin – Budokan 1972 1st Night (no label) is a 2CD set from Budokan, Tokyo, Japan on October 2nd, ...
21 October
New Magic Bus 'Kisstory II' boxed set and Albatross releases
The Magic Bus label have announced their sequel to their fast moving 'Kisstory' boxed set. It is priced by the legend; "In 1977 The Hottest Band In The Land embarked on their on their first tour of Japan, with a second one in 1978 … By 1980 the world-wide demand ...
20 October
The First Rolling Stones 'Desert Trip' release
From the great 'Woodstock that could have been' festival of the past couple of weekends, the first pressed CD has been announced of the Rolling Stones first set. It's Goldplate who are first in turning this around with one of the versions of the (presumed) audience recordings that are available. ...
18 October
New David Gilmour & a variety of metal titles announced today!
David Gilmour – Royal Albert Hall 2016 4th Night (Sigma 170) is a triple disc from the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK on September 29th, 2016. Judas Priest – Irvine 1991 (no label) is a single pro-shot Dual Layer DVD from Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA on July 12th, 1991. Iron ...
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David Bowie – Angels Have Gone (Eat A Peach EAT 127)
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15 October
Iron Maiden – If Eternity Should Fail (Albatross Records AR-008/9)
If Eternity Should Fail (Albatross Records AR-008/9) Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden – June 17, 2016 Disc 1 (60:48) Intro, If Eternity Should Fail, Speed Of Light, Children Of The Damned, Tears Of A Clown, The Red And The Black, The Trooper, Powerslave, Death Or Glory Disc 2 (67:14) The Book ...
11 October
New Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, & Rainbow
Led Zeppelin – 928 (no label) is a triple disc that features their concert from Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan on September 28th, 1971. Led Zeppelin – Dallas 1973 (no label) is a 2CD stereo soundboard from Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX on May 18th, 1973. Led Zeppelin – Copenhagen 1979 (no ...


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Maytag Weakness Prompts Debt Downgrade
On June 5, Standard & Poor's lowered its senior unsecured debt and corporate credit ratings on Maytag Corp. (MYG ) to triple-'B'-plus from single-'A'-minus. These ratings are removed from CreditWatch, where they were placed on Jan. 26, 2001. Maytag's 'A-2' short-term corporate credit and commercial paper ratings are affirmed.
The outlook is negative.
Approximately $900 million in debt was outstanding on March 31, 2001.
The downgrade reflects Iowa-based Maytag's weakened operating and financial performance. The company's credit protection measures weakened considerably in 2000 due to soft earnings, combined with the increase in debt to finance share repurchases. The company continues to be challenged by the slowdown in U.S. demand for home appliances, and the highly competitive nature of the home appliance industry. Standard & Poor's believes that elevated debt levels, combined with challenging industry conditions, will result in a weakening of financial ratios over the intermediate term.
In addition, Maytag recently announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Amana appliance business in a transaction entered into with Goodman Holding Co. The proposed $325 million acquisition is expected to be largely debt-financed, which will add further pressure to the company's credit protection measures.
The ratings reflect Maytag's good business profile, based on the company's well-established market position in the U.S. white goods industry, offset by vulnerability to U.S. economic cyclicality. Additionally, the firm's historically moderate financial policies have been a key rating consideration. While Maytag competes against a number of larger players in the highly concentrated U.S. home appliance market, its premium brand strategy should help to sustain shares in a difficult and competitive environment over the intermediate term. With U.S. demand for home appliances slowing down, the industry is experiencing intense price competition as manufacturers strive to retain market share. In addition, the growing importance of mass merchandisers in the appliance business, such as Home Depot and Sam's Club, could potentially have an effect on competitive dynamics.
Reflecting these challenges, financial results for 2000 showed a modest decline in sales and lower margins. Earnings pressure, coupled with higher interest expense to finance share repurchases, resulted in pretax coverage (adjusted for operating leases and a full year carrying cost of the preferred securities) of 5.3 times (x), which is well below 1999's level of 7.8x. Furthermore, Standard & Poor's anticipates that the continued softening of U.S. demand for home appliances will put additional pressure on revenues and operating profits in fiscal 2001. Standard & Poor's expects Maytag's fiscal 2001 performance and financial policies will result in pretax interest coverage between 4.0x-5.0x. The rating does not incorporate flexibility for sizable debt-financed share repurchases.
While Maytag maintains a solid position within the U.S. white goods industry, increased debt levels from share repurchases and the proposed Amana acquisition, combined with earnings softness, are expected to result in key credit measures that are weak for the rating. Ratings could be lowered should the company not meet Standard & Poor's credit ratio expectations over the intermediate term.
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Oooh be sure to let me know when you post them! :) I can't wait! I'm getting my pros any second now! :)
Seems like I haven't gotten any less busy since the wedding!! Your special day looked so beautiful! Congrats to and your new hubby!
Your wedding pictures are fantastic! Can't wait to see more of them :) Beautiful!
TGIF! I hope you have an amazing weekend!
Where are ya date twin? Haven't seen ya on PW....
Hope your wedding was all you dreamed of and much much more!!! Can't wait to see pics. I miss ya! ♥♥
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The Newkirk Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church), now extinct, was located in a farming community in Kay County, Oklahoma, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Arkansas City, Kansas. Mennonite settlers coming to this locality from Sterling, Illinois, were the David Ebersole, Dan Ebersole, John Frey, Abe Frey, and Dan Frey families. In 1907 Christian Reiff and his family came from Newton, Kansas, to serve this congregation as minister. The membership at the time of organization was 13, and increased to 22. Because of drought the families gradually moved away; by 1911 the congregation was discontinued.
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Reiff, V. E. (1957). Newkirk Mennonite Church (Kay County, Oklahoma, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 28 May 2017, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Newkirk_Mennonite_Church_(Kay_County,_Oklahoma,_USA)&oldid=76278.
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The Brazilian also reserved praise for Paolo Maldini and suggested that he has no plans to follow in the coaching footsteps of Clarence Seedorf
The Brazilian midfielder faced Messi numerous times during his time at Real Madrid, where he played alongside fellow Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo.
Zidane was only involved in the set up at the Santiago Bernabeu while Kaka was there, but the 31-year-old's appearances against the France legend earlier in his career were enough to leave a lasting impression.
"The best ones I played against were Zidane and Messi," Kaka wrote in a Q&A via Milan's official Twitter page. "The best one I've played with was Cristiano Ronaldo.
"The strongest defender I've played with or against is Paolo Maldini [Kaka's former teammate at Milan]."
Kaka also expressed his delight at playing under Clarence Seedorf, who took over from Massimiliano Allegri as Rossoneri coach in January, but played down the chances of him following in the Dutchman's footsteps when he hangs up his boots.
"It's the first time a former teammate is now my coach," he said when asked what it's like playing under the ex-Netherlands international. "I'm so happy about it and I think Seedorf will do a great job!
"I would say no [to coaching in the future]. I don't want to coach once I retire from playing, but I do not know if I will miss being part of the field of play. Who knows!"


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Dexter students discover joy of reading
Kylilea Roa, 2, and her sister hold their new books outside Dexter Elementary
School during the fifth annual Reading Roundup. (Emily Russo Miller Photo)
Most school libraries are deserted after hours, but on Tuesday evening, Dexter Elementary school children were running full speed toward the book shelves. Kids were allowed to choose one free book as part of the fifth annual Reading Roundup.
"We want reading to be fun,†said Nancy Miles, the school [auth] librarian who wore a denim shirt with a rocket patch on the pocket that read, "5-4-3-2- 1 READ.â€
Dexter Elementary students receive three free books a year in conjunction with the largest children's literary program in the nation called Reading is Fundamental. The nonprofit organization is supported by the Department of Education and motivates youngsters to read by delivering free, brand new books.
"Oh, what have you got there?†Dexter Middle School librarian Beth Harris asked a young boy perusing the nonfiction table.
"They have long tongues,†Leviathan Burrows, 3, responded, holding up a copy of "Chameleons are Cool.â€
Reading is Fundamental raises three-quarters of the cost, around $3,000, and Dexter Community Sponsors donate the rest.
"A lot of the kids in the elementary do not have money to buy books for themselves,†Amy Deutsch, the district librarian, explained. Nearly two-thirds of low-income families in the United States own no books, according to Reading is Fundamental's website.
Over 1,000 books were on display Tuesday in the library, with seven tables of fiction and nonfiction novels at all reading levels.
"I want to get a chapter book so it can last,†Juan Peinado, a 10- year -old fifth-grader, declared. He flipped through "Amazing Things Animals Do,†but finally decided on "The Book of World Records, 2006."
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March 4th-12th, 2017
Domestic Tour
This year's tour went through Philadelphia, PA, New York, NY, Granby, CT, and Boston, MA with five major concerts during our journey. Click HERE to see our tour blog!
April 14th, 2017
Good Friday Concert
Come join the Glee Club at the St. John Fischer Parish as we return for another Good Friday Concert. Click HERE for additional information!
The Pitt Men's Glee Club has maintained a tradition of excellence throughout its first 126 years. Numbering nearly 70 singers selected by audition from the Pitt community, the Club is among the oldest of its kind in the nation. The Glee Club's repertoire encompasses everything from Gregorian Chant and Renaissance motets to modern popular music, folksongs, and spirituals. We welcome you to join in this tradition!
The Pitt Men's Glee Club is the oldest extra-curricular organization at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the first collegiate musical ensemble. Founded in 1890 by Mr. John L. High, the group began as a mere octet, but quickly began to grow in popularity and membership. It's objective was to stimulate the musical interest among the undergraduates, to promote sociability, to develop the college spirit, and to promote the fair name of 'Old Uni.'
Past music directors have included Earl Yearsley, Dr. W. H. Wright, Theodore M. Finney, David Weiss, Emanuel Rubin, Thomas Caruso, Phillip Cavanaugh, David Mitchell, Nina Tober, John Yankee, Kim Rauch, Greg Scheer, Kristin Dell Rust, Andrew Greiner, and Stephen Greene. The group's present director, since 1999 is Richard Teaster.
The current Club is comprised of students from throughout the University, as well as a few recent alumni. Traditionally, the Glee Club has sung for a variety of campus-wide and community functions, including graduations, receptions, alumni gatherings, sporting events, and Chancellor's events. The Club also tours annually, both internationally and domestically, and in 2015 gave a series of concerts in Italy in celebration of its 125th anniversary.
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My C: now has several eula and install.res files, along with a couple of files called VC_RED and an install file, all from the C++ Visual Runtime, I believe. If I put these into a folder in my C:, because I'm a bit of a neat freak and didn't realize these files would end up in the top directory of C:, will it cause any problems? Thanks.
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Same here, I just noticed the same. why is it in the root of C? Can I remove all the C++ I noticed on programs installed? Seems there are several listed.
ive just done that with all my Eula and Red files from C++, put them in a folder, and nothings happened so far. *holding thumbs*
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Decayed Dreams
Poem by: Natsfreewill
Status: Finished
Genre: Memoir
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:( im going to cry somehow. Words cant express what u wrote here and i swear that i will try my best fro u to live a life with full heart on dreams. Dont feel this way Nat... Believe in yourself like inbelive in u...-Nel
This world have always been an hostile entity, where dreams wither and die with the time. A very lovely poem, direct from the heart. The emotions mentioned are really surpassing all the words used.
This is so heartwrenching and emotional! I think the best poems are the ones in which you pour your soul out on to the paper and it is clear that this is what you did here. The free verse form is creative, like a consistent flow of thoughts, the condition of the mind. Really well written :)
I understand what you mean, I had been through times I was feeling right this way. But we gotta fight, you know, fight for our dreams, make them real, we can't give up. We should bring light, love and peace to this world. That's the mission! The mission of poets, writers, literature!
oh my gosh i'm so sorry, it was beautiful but i wish you never had to write it. i understand, this world is disgusting, so putrid and filthy. latter in Blue Fire it's explained how the humans died off, it's because we got worse and worse. . . i wont spoil it. but seriously, you've said above this was a long time ago but i know these type of feelings never fad, never completely. if you ever want an ear, just to rant or for comfort, i'm here. i wish i had one when i felt this way, never did, it was harsh, the lest i can do is help you out. truely was beautiful, full of feeling, thank you for sharing!
Oh, blush thanks a lot for Your comment and for Your kindness it means a lot that people can relate to these words I wrote, and it would be nice if we can sharecthese thoughts, and as Well as me, I am a great listener and every human has the rights to have a better tommorow thanks a lot for reading this and commenting, thanks...:3
This is so sad, but that fact that you finally wrote what you felt is a good thing coz I believe that if you muster up your courage to put in a writing your bad experience(s) it means that you have moved on.
Well, life is a bitch right? but we have to do what we can, for us to continue living. Keep writing dear!
wow. this is really really good :) you are really talented :)
WOOOOW...you have a lot of talent Nat :)
It is really sad and it almost made me cry :')
Please keep up the good work! I'd love to see more of your talent shinig :))
~AlyssaHart :)
Lovely poem, good work :)
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Treaty Disputes Roiled by Bias Charges
When Swiss law professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler joined the board of UBS AG, she was sitting on international tribunals judging whether Vivendi Universal SA and another company whose shares UBS held were entitled to damages from Argentina in investment disputes.
After Argentina learned about her UBS role in 2007, it sought to have Kaufmann-Kohler removed from the tribunals and to overturn a $105 million judgment in favor of Vivendi, the French media company. She was one of three arbitrators in the cases.
Argentina's efforts failed. That's not unusual in treaty-based investor-state disputes, which are settled by arbitrators governed by rules that critics say are too tolerant of potential bias and make challenging arbitrators too difficult.
Kaufmann-Kohler declined to comment. She said at the time that she wasn't aware of any conflicts and wouldn't allow her UBS directorship to affect her impartiality. She still sits on arbitration panels that are weighing damages against Argentina, and is no longer on the UBS board.
Concerns about objectivity and accountability have prompted calls for tougher ethical guidelines as caseloads have exploded. The stakes are high, with some claims asking for more than $1 billion and some attacking sovereign nations' laws and policies, even court decisions.
"It is undeniable that the typical conditions that assure impartiality in the judicial sphere are lacking in arbitration," said Sundaresh Menon, then Singapore's attorney general and now its chief justice, in a speech last year.
Power 'Unprecedented'
Arbitrators can keep their day jobs, even as lawyers in the kinds of cases they referee. Some write papers with opinions on issues similar to those on which they pass judgment.
"The power they have over the purse strings of countries is unprecedented," said Gus Van Harten, an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto who recommends a court with tenured jurists be created to erase "lingering blemishes" left by the questions raised about arbitrators' independence. "They are kind of like the supreme court judges of the world."
The disputes they resolve rise out of clauses in treaties that allow foreign investors to challenge government actions affecting their interests. The original idea was chiefly to give a company recourse if its assets were nationalized.
Now the clauses are being interpreted to challenge public policy, including Germany's ban on nuclear power, Australia's attempts to limit smoking and Canada's process for upholding drug patents. A company controlled by U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert is demanding $800 million from Peru over what it claims are onerous demands to clean up pollution from a smelter complex in a town where children have elevated lead levels. Rennert's company has said it isn't responsible for their ailments.
Superior System
Arbitrators have been coming under scrutiny as the treaty-based disputes have rapidly grown. The first case was in 1987, and for the next 12 years the average number brought annually was three. A record 62 publicly disclosed actions were filed last year, bringing the total to 480 since 2000, according to the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development.
Treaty based investor-state arbitration has backers around the world. A majority of the 3,000-plus investment pacts contain arbitration clauses. Supporters, including the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, portray it as superior to the old way of settling differences: relying on local courts or diplomats to hash it out.
The arbitrations could continue to multiply, as the U.S. is negotiating trade pacts with the European Union and Pacific Rim countries that are expected to include the clause.
Disclosing Conflicts
Investors won 70 percent of known cases last year, according to the UN. Since 1987, states have won 42 percent of the time, and investors 31 percent, with the rest settled.
Today most of the disputes are considered by three-member tribunals under procedural rules issued by the World Bank or UN, according to Luke Eric Peterson, publisher of the Investment Arbitration Reporter. While the World Bank makes some information about cases public, most forums, including those governed by UN rules, leave it up to the parties to decide whether to disclose details, he said.
The warring sides pay the arbitrators -- who can earn $3,000 a day or more, plus expenses -- and each picks one. The third, who chairs the tribunal, is selected by mutual agreement or an independent party.
There's no one code for all tribunals. World Bank rules say an arbitrator must be "relied upon to exercise independent judgment," and those issued by the UN say arbitrators should disclose circumstances that might "give rise to justifiable doubts" about their impartiality or independence.
Exclusive Club
The requirements aren't exacting or demanding enough, according to Van Harten, the law professor. "There's too much riding on the individual sense of integrity, he said. "We need institutional safeguards like we have in courts."
Hundreds of arbitrators are available for hire around the world, some of them academics and former government officials, most of them lawyers in private practice. For critics, the exclusivity of that club is one of the main shortcomings.
Just 15 people -- all but one from the U.S., Canada or Western Europe -- have served on 55 percent of known investor-state tribunals, according to a November 2012 report by two nonprofits, the Brussels-based Corporate Europe Observatory and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. The report called arbitrators "the epitome of a close-knit community."
While only 6 percent of cases adjudicated to date under World Bank rules have been against countries in Western Europe and North America, about 68 percent of panel members came from those regions, according to data from the bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes. About three quarters of those cases were treaty based investor-state disputes, and the rest were over laws or contracts.
Lawyers' Ties
Guido Santiago Tawil, a Buenos Aires lawyer who had worked for years with attorneys at U.S. law firm King & Spalding LLP, was picked by one of the firm's clients in 2010 to sit on a tribunal to decide whether Venezuela should pay the client for property the government seized from it.
Venezuela's lawyers objected to Tawil's selection by Universal Compression International Holdings, a Spanish subsidiary of U.S. oil and gas services supplier Exterran Holdings Inc. (EXH) They said that Tawil had recently worked with King & Spalding as co-counsel on two major cases. They questioned whether he could be impartial because of his ties to the U.S. firm, noting that one of the attorneys arguing for the company used to work for him. None of it disqualified Tawil.
Two Hats
Universal Compression had brought the case after Venezuela expropriated foreign energy assets in a drive to bring the economy under state control. The case was suspended last year after Venezuela agreed to compensate the company.
Tawil said in an e-mail that the objection to his serving on the panel didn't have any grounds. He declined to elaborate.
What many critics -- and some arbitrators -- zero in on is that they may wear two hats, as lawyers arguing cases and as tribunal panelists deciding them.
"Has one ever seen a referee in a soccer game entering the playing field" as a member of one of the teams, asked Brigitte Stern, a French law professor, in a recent issue of the Arbitration Trends newsletter. "This problem has not yet been seriously dealt with by the investment arbitration community."
Stern's neutrality has been questioned as well, after Venezuela selected her as an arbitrator in the Universal Compression complaint.
Not Compatible
Even as Venezuela sought to disqualify Tawil, the company objected to Stern because the country had picked her as an arbitrator in three other previous cases; Venezuela had won two of them, with the third not yet resolved. The challenge was rejected. Stern didn't respond to requests for comment.
Even as it ruled against Argentina's attempt to unseat Kaufmann-Kohler because of ties to UBS, a committee appointed by the World Bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes mentioned the conflict created by arbitrators' varying roles.
"The positions of a director of such a bank, and that of an international arbitrator, may not be compatible," the ruling said.
Argentina tried to remove Kaufmann-Kohler from other tribunals as well as the Vivendi case; she wasn't disqualified in either. The companies prevailed, with Argentina ordered to pay more than $200 million in one; damages haven't been assessed yet in two others.
'Idiotic' Criticism
U.S. lawyer Stephen M. Schwebel was a co-counsel for Vivendi in its Argentina complaint -- which was being adjudicated at the same time as an action Dutch insurer Eureko BV filed against Poland in which Schwebel was an arbitrator.
Both countries challenged his neutrality: He co-authored a decision in favor of Eureko and against Poland while he was working for Vivendi, and then cited the decision to bolster his arguments for Vivendi in its case against Argentina.
Schwebel, former president of the UN's International Court of Justice, said attacks on the investor-state arbitration system are being driven by anti-business academics and activists, and that most conflict-of-interest allegations are "flimsy or tactical." He called those lodged against him, which weren't successful, "defamatory and idiotic."
The decision he helped write in granting Eureko an award against Poland "was in the public domain" and one of dozens of arbitral rulings mentioned in pleadings, Schwebel said. "I would have been lax in not citing the award."
'Problematic' Proceedings
According to World Bank data, of 63 proposals to disqualify arbitrators to date, one has been upheld; 42 were rejected, and in 16 instances the arbitrators resigned before rulings were made. Two were withdrawn and two haven't been decided.
In cases heard under World Bank rules, the two others on the panel usually determine whether objections about a colleague have merit. That's "problematic" because "not only do they know each other from that proceeding, but because it's a small club, they also know each other from the other proceedings they have done together," said Karel Daele, a London-based arbitration attorney who wrote a 2012 book on challenges.
Daele recommends that a third party, rather than two arbitrators, decide whether a challenge is valid. That's how it works under UN rule and at the International Chamber of Commerce's International Court of Arbitration, where Daele said objections tend to have a higher success rate.
In arbitrations carried out under UN rules, the suitability of at least 21 arbitrators has been challenged to date, with six disqualified and three others agreeing to end their conflicts so they could remain on the tribunal, according to Daele, who compiled the statistics.
Peterson, the arbitration newsletter publisher, said governments that include investor-state arbitration in treaties could force higher ethical standards.
"Self-policing and peer review are not enough to eliminate some of the key ethical problems," he said.
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Return of hurricane, 'Treme' bring New Orleans' revival into focus
We are addicted to instant gratification and are victims of amnesia.
Once something breaks, we throw it away and buy a new one. But after nearly being destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans refuses to be kicked to the curb. Its people adjust, adapt and survive. "Treme" exists to remind us how and at what cost.
The third-season premiere of the HBO series is still more than three weeks away, but anytime is a good time to revisit the Big Easy.
And with Hurricane Isaac taking aim at Louisiana on the seventh anniversary of Katrina, the city and the show set there are back in the public consciousness.
There is more than enough tragedy in our lives. Sometimes, like the Oak Creek temple shootings, it hits close to home. Other times, it is distant. Yet whenever it strikes, it generally defies explanation. The economic downturn is an abstract thing until it hits you where you live.
One intent of dramatic narrative is to give shape and structure to intangible ideas, and to find the universal qualities in often extremely personal events. In "Beasts of the Southern Wild," a Katrina-like event capsizes a community and the natural order. The lyrical and hypnotic film places an American tragedy in a mythological framework.
In "Treme," about similar subject matter, two forces - literal and esoteric - pull in opposite directions, with music as the glue holding them together. Events in the series' third-season premiere Sept. 23 take place 25 months after Katrina. In the altered opening montage, the show's title is printed over a painted, plastered wall rather than a peeling moldy one. Other changes are not as noticeable.
People are still displaced, have moved away or are living in FEMA trailers, and are waiting for federal disaster relief checks. Developers pitch rehab scams and announce plans to "monetize" the city's culture. And police and political corruption continue.
The show's heavy-handed political lessons and realities have an eat-your-vegetables quality, but the emotional and spiritual components pass from character to character like a series of improvisational jazz solos.
The show's music, captured live on street corners and in smoky nightclubs, is lyrically and instrumentally boisterous and mournful. "Is that all you got?" shouts one singer, as if howling into the wind of a hurricane. Music is the show and city's lingua franca, and is evidence of a thriving, ancient culture.
"Treme" - like "The Wire," also created by David Simon - is about a crippled American city. But the Baltimore drug wars in "The Wire" were a self-inflicted wound that led to hopelessness and cynicism. "Treme" is a portrait of rebirth, joined in progress.
Only one local film and entertainment reporter appears on Milwaukee television, and his name is Gino Salomone.
And now he has taken his act from WISN-TV (Channel 12) to WITI-TV (Channel 6) and brought his longtime sponsor, American TV Appliance & Furniture, with him.
The gregarious Salomone, a west side resident and graduate of Marshall High School and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is former producer of Gene Mueller and Bob Reitman's show on the former WKTI-FM, and is personal friends of many of the celebrities he interviews on studio-sponsored junkets. He famously courted Sandra Bullock during a series of such interviews, and presented her with a candy engagement ring.
Salomone's interviews will appear on WITI's weekend morning news starting Saturday, and he will share his entertainment insights with the "Real Milwaukee" crew on Thursdays.
The Salt Lake City NBC affiliate that is refusing to show "The New Normal," the gay surrogate comedy from "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy, is owned by the Mormon Church. Last season, the channel, KSL-TV, would not air "The Playboy Club."
The same station also refuses to show "Saturday Night Live."
Maybe this is why. According to the Parents Television Council, the portrayal of full-frontal nudity on prime-time network shows increased 6,300% over last season. But the actual figures behind that statistic are less alarming. The actual number of such incidents was 64, up from just one. And there was no actual nudity shown, rather it was pixilated or distorted in some way.
"Fifty Shades of Grey" author E.L. James , Jennifer Lopez and Barbra Streisand are among the guests scheduled to appear on "Katie," the new talk show hosted by former CBS News anchor and "Today" show co-host Katie Couric.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the guests are "women who are at a transitional point in their lives."
Other guests include Sofia Vergara, Demi Lovato, Wendy Williams, Heidi Klum and Chelsea Handler. Also appearing are Amanda Knox's boyfriend, and a young woman who lost all her limbs to flesh-eating bacteria.
Jessica Simpson and Sheryl Crow are the guests on the show's Sept. 10 premiere. It will air locally at 2 p.m. on WISN-TV.
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They then charged me $100 dollars and began remotely cleaning my computer. I immediately called someone becasue I was feeling a little uncomfortable and they told me to stop it immediately so I disconnected my internet. At this point Live Technician had been "fixing my computer" for about 5-8 minutes, but disconnecting the internet stopped them in the middle of what they said would be a 30-40 min procedure.
A few minutes later they called me to say they had finished and that everything was cleaned up. I then asked the technician to tell me exactly what he had found on my computer and he said, "some registery files were damaged and there was a harmful xmas.bat file on your computer, but they are fixed now." Well, it turns out Apple computers dont have registry files and that .bat files cant run on them either.
When I called the company on this they kept saying that they had run CleanMyMac and fixed my computer, which isn't possible since they were disconnected from my computer after only a few minutes. Furthermore, they wont address the fact that they lied to me about .bat files and registry files and continue to talk in circuitous language, and they so far refuse to reimburse me.
While they may fix existing problems I believe this company will just as readily fabricate a problem and say alarming things to get a customer to use their service.
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There is a side entrance to the cemetery near the stop.
The main entrance and memory hall is at the corner of Piusstr and Woemsamstr.
Even before the inauguration of the cemetery on June 29, 1819, Melaten was a place of death. At the beginning of the 17th century, over 30 women were killed here during the witch hunt scare when it was a public square.
The name "Melaten" is based on the French term for sick, 'malade". From the 12th century a home for lepers and a farm was located on the site which was outside the city gates. At the old cemetery chapel there is a sculpture to remind people of the lepers. With the defeat of leprosy in 1767, the buildings became an orphanage and workhouse until 1810.
In 1804 when Napoleon issued the "Décret sur les sépultures" which forbade the burial within city limits and churches, a new site had to be obtained for burials. The municipality bought land on the site of the former Leprosy site and the buildings. After long delays, the Melatenfriedhof was inaugurated in 1810 by Michael Joseph Dumont. The cemeteries within the city were closed, Cologne had a central cemetery. Initially only Catholics were allowed to be buried but in 1829 it was opened up to Protestants. Prior to that they were buried up in the old Geusen cemetery in Weyertal. In 1899 a section was opened to Jewish burials.
Melaten was conceived not only as place of death but one of life. Like Pčre Lachaise in Paris, it is in a park like setting for people to walk, look, enjoy fresh air, peace and to visit and keep awake the memory of their deceased
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Barbara Cummings just phoned me. She was arrested at the White House and says she is on the fourth bus in a line of six. There are about 50 people on each bus, she said, plus several small vans of people. She estimates 300 have been arrested. The police are making them wait in the buses and vans, with plastic handcuffs on. Barbara slipped hers off to use the phone, but hung up when a police officer saw her and headed her way. She predicted he'd put the cuffs on her and jerk them tight.
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Tell them to get arrested MORE!! That'll get the attention of the slackers in the media.
I really wish the DC law enforcement would focus on the terrible crime in their city, their many unsolved murders...I wish Feds would pay attention to our country's borders and ports...instead of hassling citizens voicing their opinions about the inept leadership-the lies of our politicians, illegal wars-obscene profits by big oil-price gouging the folks who used to be middle class just trying to go to work at the few mediocre jobs remaining in this country...We are NO safer today than on 9/10/01...How friggin' sad they have to pick on the people who are trying to improve their country...Those DC police should be ashamed of themselves...Are they pigs again?!
Is that Barbara Cummings the same Barbara Cummings that is the Consul General at the Us Embassy in Lima Peru???


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Teen arrested in connection to beating elderly woman
Raymond Miranda, 14, found in Temecula Thursday evening
HEMET, Calif. - The Hemet Police Department arrested the second teenager suspected of severely beating an elderly woman at a senior living center while burglarizing her apartment.
Detectives located 14-year-old Raymond Michael Miranda in Temecula Thursday night after launching a search for the teenager, according to a statement from the Hemet Police Department.
Miranda was arrested and taken back to the Hemet Police Department.
The arrest stems from an April 17 attack at the Camelot Independent Living Facility in the 800 block of West Oakland Avenue.
Miranda's alleged cohort, a 15-year-old boy whose identity has not been released, was arrested shortly after the assault and is being held at Southwest Juvenile Hall in Murrieta.
``The Hemet Police Department does not normally release the names and photographs of juvenile suspects, but due to the serious nature of this case, an exception was made in an effort to protect the public and aid in the capture of the suspect,'' said Lt. Dean Evans.
Now that Miranda has been arrested, News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 have decided to no longer show his photograph. We're waiting for more information to see if he will be charged as an adult.
Lt. Evans said the 87-year-old victim was ``brutally beaten'' and remains hospitalized.
According to the lieutenant, at about 3 a.m. April 17, the woman was asleep and awoke to find ``intruders,'' who attacked her.
``Officers conducted an extensive area search, which included the use of a bloodhound. However, they were unable to locate the suspects in the area,'' Evans said.
``Based on evidence located in the surrounding area, it appears that the suspects had also committed several acts of vandalism prior to entering the victim's residence.''
According to Evans, detectives received tips pointing to the 15-year-old as one of the assailants and, with the help of anti-gang investigators, tracked him down in the 1000 block of State Street, where he was apprehended following a brief struggle.
Miranda is from San Jacinto but police said he had no fixed address, which made it more difficult to locate him following the crime. Police released a wanted poster in effort to warn the public.
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Yall aint from round these parts said the bartender
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immediately every redneck eye in the place was on him.
What cha yall do in the city says the bartender
"Im a taxidermist "said the fella.
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CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati and Xavier University athletic departments have announced availability of a limited number of general public tickets for the Skyline Chili Crosstown Classic men's basketball game.
Tickets ($35, $50, $75 and $125) go on-sale Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. at the U.S. Bank Arena box office, all Ticketmaster locations, including select Kroger stores, Tickermaster.com or call 1-800-745-3000. Ticket buyers can indicate in advance their desire to sit in UC or Xavier sections. All tickets and seat locations are subject to availability.
The Cincinnati-Xavier contest is scheduled for Dec. 19 at U.S. Bank Arena beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
Donors and season ticket holders of both institutions were offered a pre-sale opportunity in advance of this general public sale.
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In the past four years we have witnessed people hunting for cow elk in all of unit 22 during the bull season. They have a 22-1 tag for cow elk. One year their was a group driving elk to the hunters. Scattering them making it harder for the law abiding bull hunters to work harder for an elk. We approached one such hunter and he insisted he is hunting in the right area. The area needs to be patrolled and tags checked. What should a person do?
The best thing you can do is be a good witness. Document the activity (date, time, and specific activities), descriptions of the hunters, descriptions and license plates of vehicles (pick-ups, ATV's, cars) and report it to Idaho Fish and Game or Citizen's Against Poaching. You can remain anonymous by calling Citizen's Against Poaching at 1-800-632-5999. Avoid potential risk by confronting these hunters in the field.


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Luis Arteaga's Commentary on 1 Dead in Attic
Posted: 2/20/2012 1:04:13 PM
Here are my comments, thoughts, and highlights of the book 1 Dead in Attic. Sorry for delaying this for such a long time. I will try to find more highlights of the book and email them to you later if you need anymore, for right now I'm rereading the book.
1 Dead in Attic is a very vivid/life changing book on what the people of New Orleans experienced during/after hurricane Katrina. Chris Rose depicts on what it was like to go through so much agony and pain in seeing how the place that he and many other New Orleans natives loved so much had been utterly destroyed. The people who stayed behind before the hurricane came knew that the worst was yet to come, but they just couldn't part away from the place that they called home for there was no other place that they could truly call home. Not only were homes destroyed, but many people lost their lives and many others who survived saw their lives change everlastingly.
Take into consideration the many volunteers such as the California National Guard. These people had to leave their families so that they could aid those that were in need of help. In page 36, Shellnut notifies Mr. Rose that he had found fresh food: fillets and crabmeat. Mr. Rose then thought of the men and women from the National Guard who had been doing a "helluva job" on patrolling their area and supplying them with food. So in order to express his gratitude for helping him and his friends out, they all prepared over 600 fillet steaks for the National Guard members.
In the Acknowledgements Chris Rose ends his acknowledgement by saying "
Never Surrender"
. He never surrendered when all the chaos happened. Even though his wife and children left him for they didn't want to go through what he experienced he never surrendered. Many people stayed behind to try to start a new life even though it was real tough to try to do that. The people of New Orleans experienced so much heartbreak. The precious city which they called home had been destroyed, but now that everything had ended it was time to start their lives over. These people never surrendered and they stayed true to their hearts by restarting their lives in their beloved home called New Orleans.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan director of strength and conditioning Mike Favre announced Friday (Aug. 23) the hiring of Joe Maher as the head strength and conditioning coach for ice hockey and women's rowing. Prior to joining U-M, Maher spent six years at Yale University, where he worked with the Bulldogs' 2013 NCAA champion men's hockey program and four-time NCAA champion women's crew program.
"The addition of Joe Maher to the Olympic Sports S&C team will have a tremendous impact in enhancing the performance and success of our student-athletes and sports programs," said Favre. "Joe brings a wealth of success, knowledge and experience to the University of Michigan. He will be an asset to my team as well as to the Michigan Athletic Department as a whole. I am looking forward to introducing Joe Maher to the University of Michigan Athletics family."
Maher served six seasons at Yale as the associate head strength and conditioning coach (2007-13). His team responsibilities included men's and women's ice hockey, crew, baseball, field hockey and track and field.
During his tenure at Yale, the Bulldog men's hockey team received numerous team and individual accolades and recognitions, including multiple ECAC and Ivy League Championships and the 2013 NCAA national championship. He was instrumental in the planning, designing and building of the Ingalls' Rink Strength and Conditioning Center, a 3,500 square-foot weight room designed specifically for the hockey programs at Yale. Maher also contributed to the success of several other programs, including field hockey's 2011 Ivy League Championship and rowing's four consecutive NCAA championships (2007, '08, '09, '10).
At the international level, Maher was part of the coaching staff for the USA Hockey's bronze-medal team at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Buffalo, N.Y.
Maher also previous served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Richmond, where he implemented strength and conditioning services for the Spiders' soccer, field hockey, lacrosse and baseball programs while assisting with football.
Maher holds a master's degree from LSU Shreveport, where we was a graduate assistant in the USA Weightlifting Development Center and worked closely with Kyle Pierce, Ed.D., and the multiple Olympians and national champions the center has developed.
Maher also worked as an assistant sport physiologist with the United States Olympic Committee. He holds a CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) from the NSCA, Club Coach certification from USA Weightlifting and Level 3 Coach Certificate from USA Hockey.
Maher and his wife Renee have two children, Austin and Hunter.
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Yay for scythes!!!
Only reason Im doing Stein soon is just to make another scythe haha
haha, that was pretty much the only reason im doing maka...i swear ive got a stupid prop addiction XD
i love your maka especially the boots and sythe, well done hun, who was the chrona in your pic?
i dont know who chrona was!! but their costume and sword were AMAZIN!
lookin very nice kitty
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Why drive 3-5 hours 'up north' from the Twin Cities when everything you want in a lake cottage/cabin getaway is so close? You will be less than 60 miles from downtown Minneapolis. (2) 24 hour grocery stores nearby; 10 minutes from Coborn's or 15 minutes from Cub. Plenty of restaurants nearby as well. Please click on the read more link below
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People have come from near and far to rent this property; Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Canada & Norway. That's 25 states & 2 other countries. 2017 is year #14 that we have been renting our property to new friends.
The cottage is 75 feet from the lakeshore. The front yard is level, meaning you can watch children playing near or in the water from inside the cottage. The yard has room to play croquet or badminton. Imagine relaxing in the hammock while your children play in the shallow water. Watch Bald Eagles soar, listen to Common Loons (MN State bird) hoot, tremolo, wail & yodel. You will probably see Bald Eagles & Loons every day. Watch boats cruise the lake. Have coffee on the dock & see the sun rise across the lake. Gaze at stars away from city lights. Roast marshmallows over an evening fire. Can you visualize your family getaway here?
This knotty pine walled cottage has 4 rooms including 2 bedrooms & 800 square feet. You have a direct lake view from 3 rooms. The front bedroom has a queen bed & lakefront view. The back bedroom with a bunk bed, converts to twins. All have very good mattresses. The kitchen is furnished with Cuisinart cookware, decorative Loon tableware & many appliances; microwave, toaster oven, blender, electric fry pan, coffee maker, bean grinder & an electric hand mixer. Living room has swivel wicker chairs & a futon/couch/bed. Knotty cedar sun room has (7) (wrap around) lake view windows, a futon couch/bed & large dining table. The bathroom has stand up shower stall with hose spray nozzle (handy for bathing small children.) Bedsheets, blankets, pillows, bathroom & kitchen towels are provided, or bring your bed sheets & bathroom towels for a discount. There is a window air conditioner capable of cooling the entire cottage on hot days and a furnace to warm the cottage on cool days & nights. All the comforts of home except dishwasher & cable/satellite tv. Our TV antenna & set top tuner picks up all of the Mpls.-St. Paul stations (2,4,5,9,11,23,29) plus those in between stations; 5-2,3,4,5,6,7 11-2 etc. The stereo plays CD's & has a jack to plug in your iPod or MP3 player. Bring some books or DVD's for when you've had too much fun in the sun & water. Do you need internet access? We have a WiFi hotspot available for rent. Cell phone coverage is good here with (2) towers nearby.
Green Lake (800+ acres) is the largest lake in Isanti County. You can see about 90% of it from our shore. It's big enough for dozens of boaters to do their thing while not disturbing people on shore. Our 88' long dock & the neighbors dock provide a protected swim & play area. Green Lake is not busy except July 4th & walleye fishing opener weekend. Walleye are stocked every other year. Largemouth Bass, Northern, Crappie & Sunnie fishing is self sustaining and very good. Bass, Crappie, Sunnie & Perch are easy to catch with worms from our dock. A bait shop is 5 minutes away.
Our lake & swimming area has a dark sand bottom with no rocks or muck. Swim out 150 feet & touch the lake bottom in about 6 feet of water.
Adults can use our canoe. The boats in the photos are not included in rental, nor can they be rented. You may bring a boat & tie it to our sturdy 88 foot aluminum dock and park the trailer in our back yard. The public access has a concrete boat ramp/landing, & a parking lot for day lake visitors.
We are only 10 minutes from Princeton and 15 from Cambridge. Both have plenty of restaurants and a large 24 hour supermarket, a hospital & a laundromat if you need to wash clothes. The Hi-Way Inn bar/tavern is 1 mile away. Close enough to walk for burgers, pizza & drinks. 5 minutes east is the Pine Brook Inn serving steak, walleye & more. Shooter's Sports Bar (5 minutes west) has good food, live music on weekends, flat screen HD TV's, showing all the games.
Golf at Purple Hawk in Cambridge or The Princeton Golf Club. Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge & Sand Dunes State Forest are about 20 miles away. All easily located on Google
45 minutes to Mille Lacs Lake for group 'launch' fishing trips & Grand Casino.
Tennis: Free courts available at the high school in Princeton. Horseback riding within 10 minutes.
Reviews: VRBO posts reviews that renters upload to this website. I have many other reviews from renter comments in our guest book & post rental emails which are posted under the 'About the Owner link.' 2014 was a year where we chose to not rent the property as often as in years past, which is why you won't see many reviews that year. Also understand that not every renter chooses to leave a review.
More pictures of our property? - The best thing to do is click on the link to my You Tube video. Click the tab / link on the top left side of my listing, next to the photo's tab. If that link does not work, go to You Tube and search 'EliasGreenLake' All one word, no spaces.
Smoking?-We don't allow any smoking inside the cottage - Pets? We don't allow pets on the property either - Sorry, no exceptions to this policy.
2017 rates: Mid-April - Memorial Day & Labor Day - mid-November: $110/night. 4 night minimum preferred during the off season.
Between Memorial & Labor Day: $150.00 / night (Sun. - Thurs) & $180.00 / night (Fri. & Sat.) Sat-Sat, Sun-Sun & Sun-Fri. are preferred rental time frames. 5 night minimum preferred.
Prices noted are for up to 4 people. Add $25.00 to each rental period for persons # 5 & 6.
Holiday rates if available for rent (Memorial Day, July 4th & Labor Day) are higher than these posted rates.
Last minute rentals: 10% discount, 100% cash due on arrival.
Add 6.88% MN sales tax to all rentals.
Rates are subject to change
Six people maximum allowed on the property at any time during a rental.
$25.00 off any rental if you supply your own bedsheets & bathroom towels.
$500.00 damage deposit, returned after re-inspection of the property. We take pride in prompt return of damage deposit (in cash at check out when schedules permit) Otherwise, a check or electronic funds transfer is sent ASAP after inspection. No cleaning fee if you leave the place at least as clean as it was when you arrived. Cleaning supplies are provided.
Compare this lake front cottage property featuring: (2) bedrooms, (2) living/social areas, (5) beds, large dining table, (optional internet) fully equipped kitchen, private yard, private dock, private fire pit, lawn chairs & table, private hammock, private 60 feet lake of shore/beach & use of a canoe, to the cost of a (2) bedrooms or a condo at a hotel or resort. This is a comparative bargain! If 4 people rent for a week, the cost /night/person is $46.51 including tax. 5 weekday nights = $40.08/person/night.
Note: Fireplace is an outdoor fire pit. Firewood is not supplied. If you ask, I'll lend a wheeled cart & hand saw & show you where to find wood to burn.
We have rented other VRBO properties. We know what renters want & provide a positive experience. In March of '09, we began using the renter comments & about the owners sections to read comments from past renters.
Inside the cottage is a notebook, full of information on the property and the area. Thanks for reading, I look forward to hearing from you!
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Keywords: Lake Cottage, Lake Cabin, near Minneapolis, St. Paul
We are Tami & Stephen. We married in 1991 & have have 2 son's who love the lake property & water sports. This picture was taken 12/08 in Puerto Vallarta where we rented a VRBO condo.
Stephen Elias purchased this cottage in 1998
We bought this lake front cottage in January 1998 so we could spend weekends at the lake with our son's who were 1 & 5 years of age & our friends. We live about 60 miles away in suburban Minneapolis. Since then, we've made many great memories with family, friends, neighbors & renters. Fast forward to 2016. Our sons are 19 & 23 & busy with other activities. Consequently, the lake cottage does not get as much use. We started renting 13 years ago to good people we've met thru VRBO. We've also rented other vacation properties on VRBO. We understand both sides of the owner/renter process & provide a great experience & value.
At our place, you get the real lake cottage / cabin experience without the long drive up north. It looks & feels like the northwoods, (see & hear Loons daily) (watch Bald Eagles soar over the lake) yet you have comfort knowing civilization (hospital, 24 hour grocery, restaurants & liquor stores) are less than 10 minutes away. Our property is great for children. Some of our guests are grandparents who rent the place to spend time with children & grandchildren. Green Lake is the largest lake in Isanti County, which at 800+ acres larger than 2/3 of the lakes in Minnesota. You can see 90% of the lake from our yard. Our lake is big enough for boats & jet ski's to cruise around while not bothering other boaters or people on shore.
We had the most wonderful stay at your beautiful cabin, we hardly ever left. The kids (they have 2 young daughters) swam, we fished, canoed, had bon fires & enjoyed the property to its fullest. The last night was a full moon. What a treat is was to see it rise across the lake into the clear sky with Loons calling, a perfect end to our week. Thank you for sharing your home away from home.
I have stayed at this cabin for the last 4 years and really enjoy it.
It is right on the lake, it is quiet, and everything you need to have a relaxing time is right on site.
I am looking forward to my trip again next year!
My brother and I spent a week in early August and this was perfect for us. We were on a nostalgia trip back to the area where our Swedish immigrant family settled in the 1880s and where we lived until the 1960s, and this location was perfect for that. The cabin is modern, clean, well furnished and equipped, and very comfortable. We made good use of the kitchen and grill. It made the trip much nicer and more memorable than staying in a motel. Especially the great lake view.
What a darling place! We chose the lake cabin as an alternative to hotel living and we are so glad we did! The kitchen was well equipped allowing for some memorable meals, the cabin was clean and welcoming, I can't say enough good things about it!
We have two grandsons 16 and 19 who live in Princeton with our son their dad who has a small fishing boat. We all loved how we could dock the fishing boat on the cottage's boat dock. We went fishing and boating whenever we felt like it w/o any hassle. The boys loved the canoe and used it often. It was very nice that the yard was just above the lake level so my husband who has trouble walking could get to the dock and boat easily. Besides the abundance of birds (eagles, egrets, loons, hawks in the forest, and goldfinches) we saw large and small turtles and even watched a fisherman catch and release a large mouth bass right off the dock. We also loved the fire pit and cooked tinfoil dinners and had a hot dog roast.We spent our evenings around the fire. We worried about the bugs but they didn't come out until quite late. Our son and grandsons were able to sleep in their own home as the cottage was only a 5 minute drive for them. We definitely plan on enjoying this cottage again.
We brought our 3 boys (4 and under) and we all had a great time! They took turns with Daddy in the canoe, fishing off the dock and laying in the hammock. The cabin was comfy and got cool enough with the window air conditioner to sleep at night, even with a little baby. The sun room was the best part as my littlest could crawl around during the heat of the day, but there are so many windows it feels like you're outside. Great get-away! And the best part - it took us less than an hour to get there from Minneapolis.
The cabin was just the right size for the three of us. Plenty of room to spread out, and a great view of the lake from the sunroom. We had rain every day, but still were able to enjoy the local wildlife. We toured the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge and saw Sand Hill Crane with young. At the cabin we saw Great Blue Heron, Red-headed Woodpecker, Bald Eagle, White-breasted Nuthatch, Barn Swallow, Hummingbirds and, the best of all--Loons. What a Minnesota lake experience!
25 miles to Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge & Sand Dunes State Forest. 1 hour to Target Field. 80 minutes to Mall of America and MSP Airport. Grand Casino-40 minutes. National Sports Center-40 minutes. St. Cloud - 30 minutes, Lake Mille Lacs -45 minutes. See my video on You Tube. Search 'eliasgreenlake'.
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Sep 5 2017 - Nov 3 2017
4 night minimum stay
My Standard Rate
5 night minimum stay
|Refundable damage deposit
|Tax Rate
Before or after Labor day, we will rent the property for weekends only if schedules permit. However on weekday nights, we prefer at least 4 nights due to the time & effort away from work to prepare the property & meet with renters. Refer to rates in the property description for more detail about damage deposit and added cost for persons # 5 & 6 in your party. We don't allow more than 6 people per rental group. Payments: Personal checks or electronic payment is preferred. Home Away started a new online payment system in 2017. Contact me for a better understanding of this policy.


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Re: Addiction Problem or Motivation Problem?
So far, no responses from an addict point of view. I've been a sex and love addict probably from my teens. (58 now) Didn't know it till a year and a half ago. In 1988, when I got sober from addition to alcohol and drugs, I thought my life would be free from the grip of addiction if I remained vigilant. I can't quickly explain for you right now how my mind reconciled my secret sexual persona vs. trying to "do the next right thing" as a recovering person. It would make my brain explode. Still working on it...
My "acting out behaviors" as a sex addict included but were not limited to everything mentioned so far...porn, online social networking sex sites including web cams, etc.
Suffice as to say, I qualify to comment in this thread...
Is your husband an addict? ...probably
Is what he has told you the tip of an iceberg? ...likely
Can you and he solve this on your own? ...Not in my opinion
Is there a future for you together? ...if you both commit to the effort it will require, long term. He will need to commit to a lifetime of sobriety which is accomplished one day at a time. There is SA, SAA, SLAA (I'm involved with SLAA: Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous) You should seek counseling specific to being the spouse of a sex addict. To use the word trauma to describe what you are going through IS NOT overstating.
Addicts need to "hit bottom". They need to become "sick and tired of being sick and tired". This comes as the result of consequences. You need to set a zero tolerance boundary. You also must insist he get help. A therapist with a focus on sex addiction will likely encourage a 12 step fellowship. (see my list) He has already had consequences that have cause him pain (I know you are in pain too, but regarding his "bottom"...). He knows that this has caused him his education which has caused all of the things you describe and many more within him emotionally. He has revealed (I hate saying admitted) to you something that is an enormous source of shame. Inside he is a mess and he doesn't even realize how bad it is.
Addiction isn't an excuse, but rather an explanation. An addiction takes over. It tells you what to do, where to go, what to think, how to feel, and tells you that the rules no longer matter. The process is gradual thus the addict doesn't see it happening in real time.
Step one of the 12 steps is the beginning of hope: We admitted we were powerless over our addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable.
It's been so long since I first heard these words that I can't remember my initial reaction. Admitting powerlessness goes against the ego of a healthy person. It's even worse for the addict. (An addict is an egomaniac with an inferiority complex) But to break free from the grip of addiction, this surrender is non-negotiable.
I'm not responsible for my addiction. But I
responsible for my recovery. If I fail to work my program of recovery and wind up losing the internal struggle to my addiction(s), I most definitely
There are a million things that could be said. This is a start. Hope it helps...
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Nationwide Guantanamo Protests [VIDEO]
In 26 cities in 19 states across the country, human rights groups called for a "Day of Action" protesting indefinite detention of terror suspects.
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(Carmen Trotta) "We come before the American people, bringing what is a grave and dark image."
From San Francisco to New York's Times Square, protests calling for the closing of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay amid a hunger strike among the remaining detainees.
(Sroczynski) "Some of these men have been there for 12 years without any trial; many of them have been cleared for release. And it has come to the point where it seems the only way to get out of Guantanamo is in a coffin."
…Rich Sroczynski of Witness Against Torture. But not everybody walking by agrees.
(Man For Guantanamo) "Guantanamo was built to house enemies of war, why give them the benefits of anything resembling that very ideology that they despise."
166 detainees remain at Guantanamo.
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SALINE COUNTY, Mo. - Three adults and three children were injured in a Wednesday evening car crash in Saline County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Kurtis Sims, 24, of Carrollton, Mo., was driving an SUV on Highway 65 near Route N around 6 p.m. when the crash happened.
Troopers say Sims overcorrected after the car traveled off the right side of the highway, causing the car to overturn.
Two passengers were ejected during the crash.
Chester Rice, 52, and Kassondra Schnakenberg, 25, suffered serious injuries and were transported by helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia.
Sims and three children, 3 to 6 years in age, were taken to a local hospital with minor to moderate injuries.
Highway Patrol says the children were wearing safety devices, however, the three adults were not.


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