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Get information about family genealogy and the importance of family history.
Getting kids interested in family genealogy has several benefits. When children are encouraged to look into their past, they are more likely to carry on cultural traditions as adults. Exploring genealogy opens up a conversation between generations, endowing kids with a greater respect for the life and times of their elders.
When starting genealogy activities for kids, adults should get their input during the planning stages and remember to keep the activities age appropriate. With these guidelines in mind, there are many ways to chart a family tree and explore ancestral history. For example, young kids might be fascinated with the clothes their families used to wear or the food they used to eat, neither of which requires a tree or database to organize. Likewise, older children might enjoy organizing their information into a more traditional format or even researching the lives of particular ancestors who interest them. Either way, they will learn about their past and get to explore their family's historical roots.
Adult genealogists understand the importance of historic documents and the story they tell, but many kids do not. Pictures are a good way for small children to connect with their ancestors and learn who they were, how they lived and what they looked like. Genwriters suggests that adults help young genealogy enthusiasts assemble family trees from old photos. After building the tree, children can look for features that run in the family (for example, to see who has Grandma's green eyes or Uncle Bob's nose). To make this kind of comparison easy, parents should help their kids find photos of family members from when they were roughly the same age.
Making a family tree from pictures is a fun, creative activity that allows children to use their imagination. Family Tree Kids! recommends making pictures into magnets that can be arranged on the refrigerator or placed in a school locker. Kids can also explore unique ways of organizing the tree. Though an experienced genealogist would probably put the oldest ancestors at the top, a child might decide to place them in the center or turn the tree upside down. Experimenting like this is fun and entertaining, but it also encourages the child to develop organizational and planning skills.
RootsWeb runs a great site to help older children get started with genealogy research. It offers practical tips on interviewing relatives and recording important events, and it even gives kids a primer on the standard notation genealogists use to organize their information. It also provides downloadable pedigree charts for kids to fill out, along with completed examples.
PBS Kids also has some tips on gathering information. PBS encourages kids to take a creative approach to presenting their research by using a timeline or an illustrated family tree. Children can do this the traditional way, with paper, scissors and glue, but the site also has a neat Flash application that lets them input family members and make connections online.
There are plenty of other ways parents can get their kids interested in their family's roots. For example, families might take vacations that trace the routes their ancestors traveled and stop at the places they used to live. Before the trip, kids can gather all the information they have and chart the journey on a map, making note of the important places, dates and names that will appear along the way. On the trip, kids should be encouraged to keep a journal of their experiences and take plenty of pictures, which they might later use to create a newsletter or a family Web site. For trips to grave yards, Family Tree Kids! recommends making a grave stone rubbing to record the information on the surface.
Parents who do not have the time or money to take a vacation might instead take their children to interview nearby relatives about their family's history. Other activities older children might enjoy are learning to prepare traditional meals or studying the family's ancestral language. As with designing a family tree, it is important for parents to take their children's interests and abilities into account when planning any of these activities.


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David Willetts has got himself into trouble with many of the easily annoyed by claiming that feminism is to blame for the choking-off of social mobility in Britain during the past few decades. Aspirational jobs that might have gone to working-class boys went instead to pushy Hermiones and Henriettas, with the result that a leaden underclass faces an ever grimmer future while a smug, over-educated elite monopolises everything, breeding a new generation of privileged brats who will one day take their place. It's all the Wimmins' Fault.
Naturally, his argument is somewhat more subtle than that. But nuance means nothing when an opportunity to kick a Tory, especially one burdened by a longstanding imputation of intelligence, presents itself. Is Willetts the new Keith Joseph, I wonder? No matter. Let's look at what he actually said - in a briefing to journalists, rather than in a publicly available speech, so the details may not be entirely reliable (though he has, Two Brains that he is, set out his case at greater length in a book).
Asked what was to blame for the lack of social mobility, Mr Willetts said: "The feminist revolution in its first round effects was probably the key factor. Feminism trumped egalitarianism. It is not that I am against feminism, it's just that is probably the single biggest factor
.... this transformation of opportunities for women ended up magnifying social divides. It is delicate territory because it is not a bad thing that women had these opportunities, but it widened the gap in household incomes because you suddenly had two-earner couples, both of whom were well-educated, compared with often workless households where nobody was educated.
It is indeed "delicate territory", as the comically outraged reaction to his comments makes plain.
Of course Willetts was right. The main beneficiaries of the expansion of higher education have been middle class, and of these the greatest increase in numbers has been among middle class girls. This is because, not so many decades ago, it was still the case that for a nice middle-class girl getting a "proper" education with a career at the end of it was less important than being good marriage material. The main female careers - secretarial work, nursing and even teaching - did not require university-level education, while female barristers, doctors, professors and business executives were not exactly unheard-of but a small enough minority to attract notice as such. The announcement of a female High Court judge used to be front-page news. Today women are starting to predominate in the junior ranks of many professions. Feminists, and others, may find this a cause for celebration (though you don't often see a feminist celebrating, do you?) but what sort of women are they? There are exceptions, but by and large they are the daughters, sisters and wives of the type of men who used to monopolise these jobs. They are, in other words, middle class.
To point this out is not to attack feminism, or to blame women for the predicament of working class men. It does, however, say something about the priorities of some equality campaigners. I've noticed, for example, that discussions of the position of women in the workplace - especially among those who stress the "long way" they still have to go to achieve parity with their male colleagues - tend to focus on the relative under-representation of women in Parliament, in the boardroom or on the High Court bench. There may still not be many female chief constables. But then there aren't that many male chief constables, either. The discussion of pay parity often revolves around the remuneration of a tiny elite of the already prosperous - wealthy women who are badly off only when compared to wealthy men. Men and women struggling on average or below-average salaries have little in common with investment bankers, male or female.
When he says that "feminism trumped egalitarianism" he means that, in Britain, more attention has been paid to the gender gap than to the gap between social classes, and while the one has tended to close, the other has inexorably widened. He suggests that "assortative mating" - the tendency to marry someone like oneself - has added to the chasm. Of course, assortative mating has always taken place; what makes it potentially more divisive today is that partners no longer tend to share merely social background but also employment level. The gap between two households, one containing two high earners and the other containing two low or no-earners, will be larger than that between two household, one containing a single high earner and a non-working wife, and the other containing one low earner and a non-working wife. This process inevitably produces greater economic inequality. So far, so uncontroversial.
Slightly more contentious is the implication that had not educated women taken these opportunities then working class men would have benefited. I don't think this necessarily follows - the underperformance of working-class boys in school has many roots, and reorientation of the economy away from traditional heavy industry would have impinged primarily on men even had feminism never existed. Christina Odone suggests that boys have suffered from being devalued by a feminised educational system and a social discourse that belittles masculinity. But few working class boys read the Guardian, or are directly affected by its opinion pages.
I would put it slightly differently: the economic change that has benefited the middle-classes generally (to use the old Leftist jargon, workers by brain rather than by hand) has led to the creation of more gender-neutral jobs and the elimination of many old gender-specific ones. Educated, well-connected girls were perfectly placed to benefit - as were their brothers and boyfriends. This would have occurred with or without "feminism". Feminism should neither take the credit nor receive the blame - rather, the widespread adoption of feminist-sounding ideology and political rhetoric formed a natural accompaniment to social and economic transformation. It provides a ready explanation for what has occurred, but a false one.
Does feminism trump egalitarianism? Not really. But social solidarity - birds of a feather flocking together - probably trumps both. It's not because they're feminists that middle-class women have tended to crowd out working-class men. They've also crowded out working-class women. Those women - the majority - who did not benefit from the university and workplace revolution have suffered as much as, and probably more than, their men. It's an ironic tribute to the success of feminism.
(George Eaton has attempted to refute Willetts by pointing to Scandanavian countries where greater economic equality and greater equality between the sexes has gone hand in hand. Indeed, there is "a positive correlation between income equality and social mobility" - with the UK performing relatively poorly at both. He blames Thatcherism rather than feminism. (Though wasn't Thatcherism itself a weird but highly successful sort of feminism? I'd say it was, and not simply because The Lady was a lady. Closing down the mines and the old heavy industries did more for the position of working women vis-a-vis men than any number of books by Germaine Greer.)
I don't think Eaton's argument really stacks up. Scandanavian countries have long been less socially stratified than Britain. They have much smaller populations and a very different recent history. It is not the case that feminism has increased social mobility. They were, after all, more equal societies than Britain when most of their women stayed at home. It may be the case in Norway that the advancement of women has not produced a more unequal society - but that does not mean that it could not have had the same effect here. It may well be that in a society that has more equality to begin with the ratchet described by David Willetts would never take hold.)

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SPORTS >> Cabot boys make it 2 in a row
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Cabot head coach Jerry Bridges had made a regular habit of staving off panic attacks until last weekend. The Panthers started out a successful early season campaign, but quickly fell behind in the 7A-Central Conference with three opening losses before two straight wins against Bryant last Friday, and Saturdays 50-40 decision over Little Rock Central put a quick fade on the panic button.
The Tigers came out swinging during Saturdays make-up league game at the Cabot gymnasium, but a new defensive look from the Panthers in the second quarter caused a significant decrease in LRC points through the second and third quarters.
We adjusted our defense, Bridges said. We went from a matchup zone to a 1-3-1, and I think that bothered them.
Central shot well in the first eight minutes, making its first five shots en route to an 18-12 lead at the end of one. The second quarter, however, had a completely different vibe.
Cabots 1-3-1 allowed only four Central points in the second quarter. Meanwhile, the Panthers added 10 of their own to bring the game to a 22-22 tie at halftime.
Centrals offensive struggles carried over into the third quarter. This time, the improving Panther defense allowed only three points. That allowed junior guard Adam Sterrenberg and the Cabot offense to not only overtake the Tigers, but to build up a 10-point advantage heading into the final frame, a lead they never surrendered.
Central finally found a way back to the cylinder in the late going, but by that time, the Panthers had all the momentum they needed to take their second conference win in as many days.
We started out with our backs against the wall, Bridges said of Cabots early league struggles. But were back in the picture now. We get a big win on Friday, and then have a team like Central, whos in the same boat as us, really, come down here. It was a good win for us at home against a quality team.
Three early losses are tough, but Bridges says things are still wide open for his team in a conference that doesnt appear to have an early runaway favorite.
Anything can still happen, Bridges said. Starting out 0-3 is tough, but were 2-3 now. We can still get there. The state tournament is what were working toward. As long as we dont panic and keep plugging, well get there.
Sterrenberg led the Panthers with 24 points. Post player Miles Monroe added 10 points and seven rebounds. Austin Johnson added eight points for Cabot, while Jack Bridges finished with six points. For Little Rock Central, Eric Brooks led offensively with 14 points in the game. The win improved Cabot to 13-6 overall and 2-3 in the 7A-Central Conference.
LR Central girls 63, Cabot 61
The Lady Panthers were looking for revenge at home against Central on Saturday, but the Lady Tigers backed up their RAPA tournament win over Cabot with a 63-61 victory in which they rallied from a large deficit, again.
The Lady Panthers led most of the way, but Central came back to take the lead in the final minute of the game, this time with 7A-Central Conference standings on the line.
Guard Leah Watts led the Lady Panthers with 22 points. South Alabama signee Lauren Walker added 16 points, while post player Shelby Ashcraft finished with 13 points. For Central, Jalisa Montgomery led offensively with 12 points. The loss gives Cabot records of 13-7 overall and 3-2 in conference play, while the Lady Tigers improve to 13-6 and 3-2.


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New Hampshire Receives Score of 8 out of 10 on Infectious Disease
Preparedness Assessment, Highest in the Country
Concord, NH – The Trust for America's Health (TFAH) today released an
assessment of the states' readiness to deal with a disease outbreak
entitled Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases. New
Hampshire has received a score of 8 out of 10 on the indicators analyzed,
the highest score of any state and the only one to achieve it. The states
received either a yes or no on the preparedness measures. The majority of
states (34) scored 5 or lower out of 10 key indicators in the report.
This is the TFAH's annual preparedness-related report, but unlike "Ready or
Not" reports of the past 10 years, this and future reports will focus on
the analysis of key national preparedness policy issues rather than
measuring and issuing state-specific scores against determined indicators.
New Hampshire received a score of 7 out of 10 in 2012. The 2011 report did
not rank states but looked at funding and budget cuts. This year's report
looks at 10 measures that are related to public health preparedness, but
are not the same indicators from year to year. This analysis offers a good
snapshot of where the states are in infectious disease prevention and
control, rather than a measure of year-over-year improvement.
"I am very pleased with our score," said Dr. José Montero, Director of
Public Health at DHHS, "and all the hard work our staff and partners have
done and the strides we have made in improving our preparedness around
infectious diseases since 9/11, but there is always room for improvement.
We never know when the next outbreak will strike or what it will be:
influenza, MERS-CoV, meningitis, hepatitis, bioterrorism or something else.
Fighting existing and emerging infectious diseases requires constant
There were two areas where New Hampshire received a "no" score. The first
was the vaccination of 90% of children 19–39 months of age with four doses
of DTaP, for which New Hampshire achieved 88.7% in 2012. The second was the
immunization of 50% of the population against influenza, and during the
2012–13 season 59.2% of children 6 months to 17 years and 46.1% of adults
were vaccinated in the State. The Outbreaks report provides recommendations
that address many of the major gaps in infectious disease control and
prevention states are experiencing, including:
Strengthening fundamental capabilities – maintaining an expert
workforce and giving them state-of-the-art tools required to conduct
investigations to quickly detect, control and treat disease
Countering antibiotic resistance and prioritizing research and
development of medical countermeasures should be top health and
national security priorities;
Increasing the number of Americans receiving recommended vaccinations
and routine screenings for particular diseases, since these are the
safest and most effective ways to reduce infectious diseases in the
United States;
Enhancing disease surveillance and ensuring public health
laboratories have the equipment and capacity to not only test for
common problems like foodborne illnesses but also for new and
large-scale threats like bioterrorism or a pandemic;
Improving global coordination to prevent and contain emerging new
illnesses such as MERS-CoV while maintaining defenses against
"old-school" threats like malaria and tuberculosis; and
Shoring up the nation's public health preparedness capabilities to
respond to major disease outbreaks or acts of bioterrorism to ensure
new threats can be rapidly identified and contained.
To read the entire report, go to
http://healthyamericans.org/reports/outbreaks2013/. For more information
about any of the issues addressed, visit the NH Department of Health and
Human Services website at www.dhhs.nh.gov
NH DHHS - NH First in TFAH Assessment
New Hampshire Receives Score of 8 out of 10 on Infectious Disease


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St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society has elected DR. SAM HAWATMEH as president.
DAVID SINDELAR has been appointed to Reliance Bank's board of directors.
St. John's Mercy Foundation has appointed GEORGE ROMAN board chairman.
Lydia's House has added new board members BARNET MCKEE, BARB POLSTER, SHEL SUROFF and MARK SABLEMAN. SUSAN VENN has been named president of the board. Other new board positions include SANDY MCKINNEY as VP and CAROL KELLER as secretary.
ANDY PAUK has been appointed chairman for the 2010 Annual Catholic Appeal.
Wings of Hope has named new board members STEVEN BUSCH, CAROL KLEIN, FRED MEYLAND-SMITH and LUCIA RODRIQUEZ.
Bridgeway Behavioral Health has named CRAIG DAILY and BREN POWELL board co-chairs.
St. Louis Learning Disabilities Association has named CARRIE BENSON development director.
Birthright Counseling has appointed PATRICIA HOFMEISTER board president.
ALICE HANDELMAN has been elected president of Women of Achievement.
St. Louis Arc welcomes new board members DAVID GIUNTOLI, NANCY SCHNOEBELEN, DREW DENNISON and DR. PATRICIA KOPETZ.
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Stauffer, Amos Kreider. The Name and Family of Stauffer, Volume 3, p. 416.
Father: Jacob OVER , Sr. b: 1703 in Uebersheimer, Germany
Mother: Anna MARIA b: 1707
Marriage 1 Veronica STAUFFER b: 31 Jul 1742 in Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.
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He's 77, is a pilot, a former Marine and the most quotable executive in the auto business. General Motors' unflappable media yakker, and its vice chairman, Bob "Maximum Bob" Lutz is a favorite among auto writers because he'll jolt you out of your seat. Talking to USA TODAY yesterday to hype GM's new 60-day money-back guarantee if you buy a new car or truck, he opined:
On GM's rotten image:
"The public opinion (about GM) is that General Motors is a laggard; its cars break down, guzzle gas like crazy. All those negative beliefs are out there among a broad spectrum of people."
On his boss:
Chairman Edward Whitacre "has the Texas drawl and walks like he fell off a horse a couple of times and hurt himself -- and he has an impeccable head of white hair."
On the GM board of directors:
"The board, for once -- to my amazement -- is comprised of very astute marketing people instead of finance people. The first question wasn't, 'Can you pay for it,' but 'How soon can you do it.'"
On how few know about GM's 100,000-mile warranty:
"I've gotten a lot of e-mails the past few months from people saying, 'You ought to introduce a 100,000-mile powertrain warranty like Hyundai.' So we've been carrying the cost of it and getting no benefit from it."
On the 60-day return program's fine print:
"We are not going to have a screen full of warnings like in those drug ads where you see the happy geriatric couple and a guy is telling you, 'Taking this medication while eating grapefruit can result in loss of eyesight, erectile dysfunction and vaginal bleeding.' "
On freeloaders abusing the 60-day return:
"The 19-year-old kid who comes in and wants a free Corvette for two months? For various reasons I don't think that's going to happen."
Lutz and the Chevrolet Volt, by Paul Sancya/AP
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Fox News attacks ACORN over grant to give smoke detectors to low-income families
Research ››› ››› TOM ALLISON
Fox News' Bill Hemmer criticized the Department of Homeland Security for awarding a since-rescinded fire prevention grant to ACORN, ignoring that the Bush administration awarded similar grants to ACORN in 2007. Moreover, other Fox personalities and The Washington Times claimed that Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) "made this public," even though the grant was reported on long before Vitter mentioned them.
Fox News' Hemmer: ACORN given "money typically earmarked for fire departments all across the country"
"Doesn't look like much firefighting there." Discussing a $997,402 fire prevention and safety grant awarded to ACORN by FEMA through the Department of Homeland Security, Hemmer juxtaposed file footage of fire trucks and ACORN workers to ask, "[W]hen it comes to firefighting, is this what you think of?" Hemmer went on to report that the funds are "typically earmarked for fire departments all across the country" but did not note that the grant was for fire prevention. [Fox News' America's Newsroom, 10/7/09]
But grant was for "fire prevention and safety activity," and ACORN received a similar one during Bush administration
Bush administration awarded ACORN similar grant in 2007. Hemmer did not note that ACORN received similar funding thorough the same program during the Bush administration. In 2007, ACORN applied for a fire prevention and safety grant through FEMA and was awarded $450,484 in August 2008.
ACORN was to distribute smoke detectors, other equipment. ACORN reportedly planned "to use the money to assess fire safety in the homes of low and moderate-income families and hand out smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and other fire prevention gear." [Associated Press, 9/16/09] (Following Hemmer's report, The Hill's Tony Romm wrote in an October 7 blog post: "The Department of Homeland Security initially earmarked the money for ACORN long before House and Senate lawmakers mobilized to cut the group's access to federal dollars, but FEMA never followed through and provided ACORN the money.")
FEMA lists "community organizations" as eligible for grants in guidelines
From FEMA's Program and Application Guidance document:
A. Fire Prevention and Safety Activity
Eligible applicants for this activity include fire departments, and national, regional, state, local, or community organizations that are recognized for their experience and expertise in fire prevention and safety programs and activities. Both private and public non-profit organizations are eligible to apply for funding in this activity. For-profit organizations are not eligible to receive a FP&S grant award. For all grantees the Federal share of the project cost (i.e., amount of Federal award dollars) is limited to $1 million per application.
Conservative media suggest grant was covered up, but AP reported on it
Wash. Times: "The grant to ACORN's Louisiana office became public on Oct. 2." A Washington Times article by Audrey Hudson claimed that "[t]he grant to ACORN's Louisiana office became public on Oct. 2." The article also reported that "Mr. Vitter, who was routinely notified of the grant before it became public, sent his letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Sept. 22." [The Washington Times, 10/7/09]
Kilmeade: "David Vitter made this public." On Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade claimed "Senator David Vitter of Louisiana spoke up and said, listen, you've got to stop this, you've got to reverse this." Kilmeade went on to say, "So David Vitter made this public."
AP reported on the grants weeks ago. Despite these claims, an AP article reported - well before Vitter's September 29 blog post -- that "FEMA awarded $997,402 to ACORN in New Orleans on Sept. 4 as part of its Fire Prevention and Safety Grants program." [AP, 9/16/09]
From the October 7 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:
HEMMER: Your neighborhood at night?
JULIET HUDDY (guest co-host): I'm not kidding you.
HEMMER: All of our neighborhoods at night. Racing like the sound of fire trucks on a call. But when it comes to firefighting, is this what you think of? Roll this and listen here.
[begin video clip]
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are ACORN!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are ACORN!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mighty, mighty ACORN!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mighty, mighty ACORN!
[end video clip]
HEMMER: Is that the siren you hear, Juliet?
HUDDY: No. No, no, no.
HEMMER: Doesn't look like much firefighting there. We're told today the left-wing group ACORN was granted about a million dollars by the Department of Homeland Security -- that money typically earmarked for fire departments all across the country. That's the connection. Apparently DHS is now having second thoughts on that; we understand the money's been frozen so ACORN does not receive the money. It has been awarded, but it has not been doled out. They cannot cash that check.
HUDDY: We'll keep you posted on that, I have a feeling.
From the October 7 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
GRETCHEN CARLSON (co-host): Let's talk about this story this morning, because firefighters are going to lose a whole heck of a lot of money down in Louisiana. Apparently a $1 million grant that they were used to getting from the Department of Homeland Security is now going to be going to -- sit down, wait till you hear this: ACORN. ACORN is going to get this 1 million bucks instead of firefighters down in Louisiana.
Apparently some sort of a snafu, even though Congress voted to cut off all funding for ACORN just about three weeks ago; now they're apparently going to get this money instead of the firefighters. And by the way, that's 80 percent of the money that the firefighters would get in grants down in that state.
KILMEADE: So Senator -- yeah, so -- so Gretchen, Senator David Vitter of Louisiana spoke up and said, listen, you've got to stop this, you've got to reverse this. Because these firefighters want to use this money, for example, for grants to -- for low-income houses, to give them smoke alarms, maybe $120,000 there. So David Vitter made this public. And Governor Napolitano, who is now Homeland Security secretary, says, listen, I'm going to listen to Senator Vitter, but I don't negotiate through the press.
STEVE DOOCY (co-host): Right.
KILMEADE: I keep it to myself.
DOOCY: Well, here's the thing. OK, so ACORN gets close to $1 million for fire prevention? What do they know about fire prevention and education and stuff like that? It turns out they actually got, in 2007 fiscal year, they got about half a million dollars.
Senator Vitter contacted ACORN and said, "What do you know about this? What are you going to do with the money?" And rather than actually say what they're going to do with the money -- because you don't think of ACORN as an outfit in the fire prevention business -- they attacked the senator.
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Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love." ~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet
"Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along." (Rumi)
(Just a quick important note; ....I realize we're all visual people when it comes to dating prospects but, .........Physical Chemistry, Serendipity, Kismet (fate) and timing are important facets in finding a compatible companion, I'm a believer that if you don't take a chance in meeting.... then you will never get the essential effect two people need to test the waters for true Mental, Physical and Somatic compatibility)....Bottom line, you have to be courageous to test whats out there. There will be times of no connection, but just think? When you take a chance there will be this one time when everything falls into place........Now having said that........
Important cliff notes about me (Resume upon request...;-)): I am a professional manager in the IT world. I'm also a life long artist, musician and writer. I've traveled the world playing music along with other adventures to 20 countries and still counting (not bragging, just sayin' I've lived an adventurous life). I've built successful large businesses and managed others. I know the value of hard work and the playtime that is needed to stay sane. I come from a close knit hard working family from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. My parents were married for over 68 years, who were truly life-long best friends and partners. They reared me to have a sense of spirituality, faith and self worth, to be honorable, honest and forthright, to use my God-Given talents to be prosperous and charitable.
You? Are genuine, honorable, loving and have a sense of adventure. You like to travel and have a sense of humor ( an important quality for healthy relationships). You are comfortable with your own sexuality and sensuality and you've never lost that youthful ability to "Rock n' Roll"......Yep, you heard me right......You haven't lost that youthful adventurous spirit ........
Fleetwood Mac said it just right (They're still rockin' after all these years so why don't we join em);
Sweet wonderful you,
You make me happy with the things you do,
Oh, can it be so,
This feeling follows me wherever I go.
I never did believe in miracles,
But I've a feeling it's time to try.
I never did believe in the ways of magic,
But I'm beginning to wonder why.
I never did believe in miracles,
But I've a feeling it's time to try.
I never did believe in the ways of magic,
But I'm beginning to wonder why.
Don't, don't break the spell,
It would be different and you know it will,
You, you make loving fun,
And I don't have to tell you but you're the only one.
You make loving fun It's all I want to do
You make loving fun It's all I want to do
You make loving fun"
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"No storyteller has ever been able to dream up anything as fantastically unlikely as what really does happen in real life in this mad Universe.".........R. Heinlein
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Movies? Casablanca, of course, ......I like all the great action adventures from Star Wars to Indiana Jones, Lawrence of Arabia, old Humphrey Bogart and Errol Flynn movies .........I'm totally enthralled with Game of Thrones, Love it!! I was a Euro -knight in a another life, hacking at windmills and rescuing damsels in distress...........seriously!!!. Deadwood, Hell on Wheels, love the writing and the expansive scenery.......Lord of the Rings of which I read the trilogies before they became ultra-cool. (I find it humorous how such Biblic personifications reach so many people once mirrored into a totally nother' overly commercialized stylized realm.)
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[BRAZIL 2014] "Soccer is illogical," said Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella between semifinals this week. And who would disagree? From the madness of Tuesday's Mineirazo to Wednesday's utter futility in Sao Paulo, we saw soccer's extremes. Brazil-Germany finished 7-1 for the Germans, but it could have easily been, oh, 12-5. On Wednesday, Argentina-Netherlands was never going to finish anything but like it did: 0-0 after 120 long and painful minutes.
Until he stepped up to convert his penalty kick and
give Argentina the lead in the shootout after Ron Vlaar missed for the Dutch, Lionel Messi had no impact on the game.
The stats provided by the statistical service Opta showed Messi made 40 passes, completed 32 (almost half the average of 61.5 completed by Michael
Bradley in his four games for the USA). Messi created two chances -- for Marcos Rojo that he mis-hit badly at the end of the first half and for the open
Maxi Rodriguez in the 116th minute that was saved easily -- but he never once penetrated the penalty area.
The Dutch marking on Messi was tight --
midfielders Nigel de Jong (until he went off) and Wesley Sneijder were always no more than a few yards away -- and
occasionally rough -- Bruno Martins Indi got carded for decking Messi in the 44th minute -- but nothing like their infamous stance to systematically shut down
Spain in the 2010 World Cup final. The few times Messi got up a little head of steam, Vlaar easily snuffed him out.
''We didn't see Messi,'' said Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal.
Not that we saw Messi's opposite number, Arjen Robben, either. In previous games, the left-footed Dutchman ran riot
on the right wing, cutting to his left or moving to the end line and cutting to his left -- always cutting to his left -- but the Argentines planted three players in a two-line block on their left
side and Robben never penetrated..
For a good part of the first half, Ezequiel Lavezzi found space on the wings but nothing so much as to worry the
Dutch. The Oranje's attack? Nonexistent as Robin van Persie was again no factor and came off "exhausted," according to van Gaal, in overtime.
Van Gaal, who gave new meaning at the World Cup to the phrase "tooting your own horn," was to his credit equally blunt in his assessment of his team's attack.
''We didn't create very
much,'' he said.
In contrast to Tuesday's game, which set a record for goals in a semifinal with eight, Wednesday's game set a record of another sort.
produced the first scoreless draw in 34 semifinals. (No semifinals were played in 1950, 1974 and 1978. Germany-Italy in 2006 ended 0-0 after 90 minutes but the Italians won 2-0 in overtime.)
Far from the excitement of the group stage -- the Netherlands' 5-1 win over Spain or its 3-2 win over Australia seemed like ages ago -- Wednesday's match in Sao Paulo -- which ended with a 4-2
shootout win for Argentina -- was the logical conclusion to a knockout stage marked by increasingly conservative play.
Tuesday's Brazil-Germany match aside, the 13 matches in the knockout
stage produced four 2-1 games -- two of them scoreless after regulation -- two 2-0 games, three 1-0 games, two 1-1 games and two 0-0 games.
If you exclude the Brazil-Germany match, the
five matches in the quarterfinals and semifinals produced a grand total of five goals, the sign of a tournament running out of steam.
And not exactly the thrills we had come to expect
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I'm a healthy 20 year old male 155 lbs 5 feet 9inches tall 32" waist 37" hips. I weighed 260 lbs around January 2010 and went on a extreme diet and lost over 100 lbs now I weigh 155 lbs I keep trying to loose the belly fat without success everything else like my arms are super skinny. My question is do i need a tummy tuck or liposuction? How much would the surgery cost?
Tummy Tuck Vs Liposuction
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Liposuction or Tummy tuck?
Congratulations on your weight loss!! I take care of a LOT of weight loss patients and I know how hard it is to do what you have done. You should be very proud of all of your hard work.
In looking at your photos you do not seem to have any significant excess fat. In fact, for someone that has lost 100 pounds you have less excess skin than most. There does seem to be a good amount of skin laxity and there is some hanging skin in the lower tummy. Your muscle tone looks good. I would probably not recommend liposuction even though you feel that you would like to lose more fat. It seems like your main problem now is the loose and excess skin. The likely best choice of procedure would be a mini or full tummy tuck. If the only problem that bothers you is the hanging skin in the lower tummy than a mini-tummy tuck would be a good choice. After all that weight loss you probably have a lot of looseness to the skin. Because of that you would probably benefit more from a full tummy tuck. Without an examination its hard for me to give you the best advice. If you came to the office I could give you a lot better advice for your case specifically.
I host a radio show every week and we will soon be doing a show on tummy tucks. You may want to look out for that show and listen in. The show is called New Reflections and you can find it either at voiceamerica.com or in iTunes under podcasts.
No matter what procedure you choose (or possibly none at all) you already look great. You should have a nice result and enjoy the new you for a long time to come!
I hope this info helps!
Learn more: http://www.dr-rubinstein.com/abdominoplasty.html
You need skin removal, not more skin "emptying!"
Congratulations on your weight loss; it is truly a testament to what motivation, diet, and exercise CAN obtain!
But, what remains is loose skin, not fat. There is a thin layer of fat, but what you are describing, and your photos show, is loose skin over a well-muscled lean body mass.
You are NOT a candidate for liposuction (any variety); rather, tummy tuck, extended tummy tuck, or full circumferential belt lift (lower body lift) is required to surgically remove the excess loose skin. You cannot exercise loose skin into tautness! Let me repeat: You cannot tighten loose skin with any amount of exercise.
This is true for female abdomens stretched by pregnancy, or any body area whose skin was stretched beyond its tensile strength and innate elasticity by obesity. Surgery to remove that loose skin is required. Liposuction won't help, and even if there is enough fat to suction, doing so will only deflate it more.
A tummy tuck in Minneapolis (in our accredited outpatient on-site surgical facility) is around $8000 (all-inclusive); a lower body lift is about $15,000. Hospital-based procedures are almost always much more costly, and the usual hospital anesthetic techniques may increase risk of overnight admission (nausea and vomiting), adding more cost (and exposure to sick patients and bad bacteria).
Learn more: http://www.mpsmn.com/html/lower-body-lift.html
Tummy tuck vs liposuction after massive weight loss
After massive weight loss, there is often extra skin needs to be removed.
Liposuction alone worsens the problem; same skin, less inside it.
Often the correct solution is a combination of the two.
Learn more: http://www.drbrent.com/tummy-tuck-procedure.php
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TT vs lipo?
You are in very good shape and not in need of lipo but rather skin excision or a tummy tuck. It is certainly possible with the following caveat: A physical exam must be done to rule out a hernia or weakness in the abdominal wall (which in your case is doubtful). Your skin laxity and quality is evaluated. Your health status has to be evaluated. This can go very smooth if all the bases are covered from a medical standpoint. Safety is number one.
Tummy tuck
Congrats on you losing the weight, unfortunately Liposuction won't give you the results you are looking for. Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) is what you need to remove the excess skin from the weight loss, good luck with everything.
Tummy Tuck
Congratulations on your weight loss. It is an excellent reflection on your self control and motivation. Considering the amount of weight that you have lost, your photos show surprisingly little loose skin. A tummy tuck is a possibility, but you may be able to achieve your objectives with a mini abdominoplasty. Consult with 2 - 3 surgeons in your area, and they can advise you an optimal surgical plan.
Learn more: http://www.drkrisreddy.com/west_palm_beach_tummy_tuck.html
Tummy Tuck vs Liposuction
In the pictures, it does appear that you have excess abdominal skin below your belly button. You would be a good candidate for an extended mini tummy tuck. The surgeon cost including anesthesia and operating room fees is between 5,000- 6,000.
Tummy tuck after massive weight loss
Hello ~
From examination of your photos, it would appear that you are a candidate for a tummy tuck, as your primary issue seems to be skin excess, which is not managed by lipoplasty. Congratulations on the weight loss.
Best ~
Glenn Vallecillos, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Learn more: http://www.beverlyhillscosmeticsurgeon.com/tummy-tuck-surgery-beverly-hills.php
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It is important to know that nothing can bother you when you are playing big tournaments. Maybe you are fighting with your girlfriend or your wife, it goes to your head and comes out in your matches.
Before the match against Sebastien Grosjean, I talked to him in the dressing room and he talked about Steffi and his boy.
It was 10, maybe 15 minutes before the match, when other players would be concentrating and thinking about the match, and he was talking about bringing me pictures of his son. This is good, he's comfortable and confident.
When you are happy and confident, nothing matters. I remember playing against Bjorn Borg, he was going for his fourth, maybe fifth Wimbledon, and he was making shots with the wood, with the frame.
If you're confident that you can win, you can do anything. Look at Mikhail Youzhny - before he won the Davis Cup final for Russia last year, he was nobody. Now the guy knows he can win big matches, so he is playing well.
To stop like Agassi stopped, then come back to No. 1, you must be very strong physically and mentally. Andre was very stubborn. He quit for a while, came back, changed coaches, but there came a time to settle down.
He was trying for Pancho Segura to be his coach, there was talk of Jimmy Connors being his coach, and then Brad Gilbert came in. But it's not just the coaching that's brought him back, it's Andre. He is strong, and has an unbelievable career playing his best tennis at 32.
Everybody knows he is almost at the end of his career, maybe another one, two, three years. When a good player is near the end, the crowd try to be nicer to him. It was the same in Connors' case, McEnroe's, mine when I was playing in England at the end and they knew they were not going to see me much more.
You start losing and everybody tells you to quit. It depends on the person and what your approach is to the game.
I don't agree with people saying you have to retire when you are still good. If you are a writer and you write a great book, you don't retire after that. My peak was between 26 and 29, but I played until I was 37.
Connors refused to give up even at 40. I remember him going to five sets against Aaron Krickstein in the 1991 US Open, he saved a match point, won the match and afterwards he collapsed.
I went to him and said: "Are you nuts? Five times you won the US Open. Why are you still trying so hard?" He said: "You're European, you don't understand. The five times I won don't count any more. This is the only thing that matters." It was a good answer. Everybody's different.
For me it was a game, something to play with. For Andre, he probably thinks differently. I'm sure if he starts losing badly like I was - I was losing and I didn't care - I think Andre will care.
I like Andre. I think he's very straight with everybody. I saw what he said about Grosjean before the match - it would be easy for him to say "I'm going to kill this guy", like probably McEnroe or Connors would say.
The guys left in the tournament - except for maybe Wayne Ferreira who serve-volleys - Agassi loves the type of game they play. From the baseline, he's not going to lose the tournament to anybody.
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