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Inside pitch
Now that's using your (bobble)head
Padres had a deal for Ray Lankford on July 30, but it was agreed
that the Padres and Cardinals would first try to see if anyone would claim
Lankford or Padres pitcher Woody Williams on waivers before the
trade was consummated. If either had been claimed, the teams simply would
have said, "He's yours," not asking for another player in return. The
Mets tried to pass outfielder Benny Agbayani through waivers, but
he was claimed. The Reds made a strong effort to acquire Mets second baseman
Edgardo Alfonzo, but weren't about to give up Pokey Reese, Dmitri
Young, Aaron Boone and a pitcher in return. There is no way that Reese
will be back in Cincinnati in 2002. The team wouldn't mind swapping him
in some sort of three-way deal for Cardinals shortstop Edgar Renteria,
moving Barry Larkin to second. The Brewers, realizing they'd better
get more pitching if they're going to contend in the future, nearly traded
outfielder Jeromy Burnitz to the Mets for pitcher Glendon Rusch.
There are few free agents whose stock has risen more dramatically than
Tigers center fielder Roger Cedeno. The Tigers are trying to sign
him to an extension. Look for the Rockies to approach the Phillies again
this winter about third baseman Scott Rolen, offering a package
that includes third baseman Jeff Cirillo.
- Bob Nightengale
There's a bobblehead doll craze in U.S. ballparks this
year, in case you haven't noticed, and Philadelphia marketing director John
Brazer thinks he has come up with a winner.
"We're thinking of a Larry Bowa doll. And since
Larry has a big temper, we're thinking of having one where the head actually
pops off," he told The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post.
But there's still no crying on the field
Tom Hanks was wrong.
Hanks, the two-time Academy Award winner for Best Actor,
provided the memorable line, "There's no crying in baseball" in A League
of Their Own. But at the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies Sunday in Cooperstown,
N.Y., inductee Bill Mazeroski proved that there really is crying
in baseball.
Mazeroski, the former Pittsburgh Pirates fielding whiz,
was overcome by emotion and began crying 90 seconds after he took the podium.
Mazeroski held up his prepared speech before a sun-drenched crowd of more than
20,000 and said, "I think you can kiss these 12 pages down the drain." Wiping
away more tears, he cut short his talk after barely three minutes, tucked his
speech into his jacket pocket and said, "I don't think I'm going to make it."
Mazeroski's unrehearsed breakdown was in direct contrast
to fellow inductee Dave Winfield's polished but lengthy speech. Also
honored was Kirby Puckett, who didn't cry during his own speech but did
shed tears after Mazeroski finished.
"I cried for Maz," he said. "If you can't cry for a guy
who couldn't even start his speech before he started crying, you don't have
an emotional bone in your body."
A good day to bet
Who does he think he is, Babe Ruth?
According to the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Florida
Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo who has six home runs in
nearly 2,000 at-bats called his last home run, a 395-foot liner off left-handed
reliever Mike Matthews on Sunday.
"I told (teammate Jesus) Sanchez, I'm going
to try to hit it hard, I'm going to try to go deep," Castillo said. "With nobody
on base and a 3-2 pitch, I felt good, and I was swinging hard. When I hit my
home run, I came back and said, 'What did I tell you?' "
Sanchez backed that account: "He told me he was going to
hit a home run. I said, 'You have to show me.' "
John Mabry, batting two spots behind Castillo, said
the leadoff man wasn't the only one who called the home run.
"(Head trainer) Larry Starr said, 'Louie is going
to go deep,' " Mabry said. "He made the call. You call Louie's shot, you better
go play the lottery."
With friends like these
Fox Sports Net analyst and former Indian Rick Manning
broadcast the first three innings of Cleveland's Aug. 1 game against Oakland
from the Goodyear blimp as it circled Jacobs Field. Asked if Manning was going
to parachute into the broadcast booth to finish the game, partner John Sanders
laughed and said, "I think they're going to take him over Lake Erie and drop
him in."
The park was bugged
Baltimore rookie pitcher Kris Foster was buzzed
in his big-league debut.
Nope, he hadn't visited the beer stand at Toronto's Skydome.
It was a swarm of aphids that swooped into the ballpark Aug. 3.
"I couldn't take a deep breath because I'd suck in dinner,"
he said.
Foster went one inning, giving up one hit and striking
out one. No doubt he spent the rest of the game covering up.
"When SkyDome was open, it was like a wave," Toronto catcher
Darrin Fletcher said. "When you ran, you got a face full of bugs."
Edited by Chris Colston. Contributing: Steve DiMeglio,
Seth Livintstone, Lisa Winston, staff and wire reports.
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- skulk
I. intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect skulka to lie in wait, lurk
Date: 13th century
1. to move in a stealthy or furtive manner <skulked into her sister's room> 2. a. to hide or conceal something (as oneself) often out of cowardice or fear or with sinister intent b. chiefly British malinger Synonyms: see lurk • skulker noun II. noun Date: 14th century 1. one that skulks 2. a group of foxes
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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This foul imp mother rests deep within Felsoul Hold, immersed in a pool of pure Fel energy. Her children swarm around her, as she soaks in the fetid air and corrupts anything that comes within her grasp.
Built by the Legion thousands of years ago, Apocron has heralded the end for countless civilizations. With each world conquered, the reaver's power grows, ensuring the next realm it encounters will be put to flame.
The pit lord Brutallus is a veteran of many battles, including the most recent battle at the Sunwell. His tactics are rarely sophisticated, often relying on pure force to dominate enemy armies.
A being of immense magical power, Calamir was called forth by the ancient exemplars in their howling rage. Imbued with the powers of Fire, Frost, and Arcane, Calamir eradicates those who dare to stand in his way.
Drugon the Frostblood has terrorized the tribes of Highmountain from atop its frozen peaks for ages. Now, seeing opportunity in the chaos, this powerful ettin descends from his perch to claim the region for himself.
Flotsam emerged from the ocean depths to sate his hunger. The first to cross his path were the swamp murlocs of Shipwreck Cove, which Flotsam devoured by the dozens. Despite consuming most of their tribe, these creatures worshipped the giant as a god, and continued feeding him family and friends until the beast passed out. When he awakens, Flotsam will expand his menu to include everyone within the region.
Humongris has always had the dream of wielding magic. After finding he had no aptitude in the arcane arts, Humongris instead settled for wielding a wizard. Humongris sought out and captured the mage Padawsen and now wields him as a wand, using threats of violence and a tightening grip to hurl magic around the battlefield.
Her abyssal slumber disturbed, Levantus surfaced to find the isles teeming with strange demons. The fel magic seeping into the surrounding waters have left her in an extremely ornery mood.
A creature of pure malice, Malificus incites terror in the hearts of all those who oppose him. Portents of his arrival come in the form of mass panics among citizens, and death cults celebrating the end of days.
The alpha of the Fal'dorei, this terrifying monstrosity lurks deep within the Falanaar Tunnels. As he churns through the rubble, he uncovers ley-infused stones and feeds upon their arcane energy to sustain himself, biding his time for more worthy prey.
The great dragon Nithogg was once of the Thorignir, having left the brood shortly after they swore fealty to the titan keepers. Nithogg believed that one day he would be more powerful than even the keepers, and refused to be their subject. Instead, he took up roost in the mountain Nastrondir, where he raises his brood and terrorizes the nearby lands whenever the mood strikes him.
This guardian of the glades has been beset by the Nightmare's corruption. Where once he breathed life into the woods, he now leaves a trail of decay and destruction in his wake.
Si'vash commands the fury of the sea, bringing its power to bear on those too close to shore. Her fierce Si'vashi Honor Guard travel with her across Azeroth's oceans, eager for vulnerable harbors to destroy.
Sent by Helya to raid the crypts of noble vrykul kings, this trio of raiders and their crew has found their way into the Tomb of the Old Kings and seek to claim the souls that rest there.
Cast out from the sanctuary of Suramar, this nightfallen wandered the coastline as his body deteriorated, and his sanity along with it. Just as he was about to lose the last vestiges of personhood, he sensed a radiating energy from a nearby cave. Within, he found a shard of power originating from the Nightwell itself. It sustains and empowers him, but also warps the flow of time and space nearby. It has broken his mind completely. Now, no one enters the cave of Withered J'im. Even fools know better.
This ancient served the night elves priestesses of the Temple of Elune, tending the beautiful Hanging Gardens. But after the malevolence of the Legion infected the Cathedral, the guardian absorbed fel energy through his roots. Now the twisted Agronox spreads corruption throughout the sanctuary he once protected, believing he has finally achieved his ideal state.
On Mythic difficulty, Agronox summons Nourishing Lashers and restores his health via [Nature's Infusion].
Smashspite's detestable brother, Thrashbite, has been dispatched to wipe out the mortals entering the cathedral's grand library. The dimwitted mo'arg lacks any respect for knowledge or learning, feeling petty satisfaction as he crashes through ancient artifacts and tramples priceless tomes.
On Mythic difficulty, Thrashbite unleashes the powers of the Wondrous Library each time he collides with a bookcase, bringing ancient animated tomes into the fray.
With the Aegis of Aggramar socketed back into its cradle, Domatrax leads an onslaught of demons to destroy the relic.
On Mythic difficulty, if the Fel Portal Guardians are not destroyed within a specific time, an overfiend emerges.
On Mythic difficulty, shivan emerge from the portals.
Mephistroth orchestrates the Legion's invasion from the Broken Shores. With the forces of Azeroth pushing against his front line, Mephistroth has fallen back to the Cathedral of Eternal Night, where he will employ all his cunning to ensure the heroes fail in securing the Aegis of Agrammar.
On Mythic difficulty, fel bats fly in through the windows during Shadow Fade and assault the heroes with Fel Blaze.
As punishment for past failures, Goroth's flesh is marred with searing wounds. With every movement this behemoth makes, his flesh crackles and hisses with unending torment, a scourge he is happy to inflict upon those who oppose him.
In Mythic difficulty, Infernal Spikes explode when destroyed inflicting raid wide damage.
In Mythic difficulty, when an Infernal Spike is destroyed, it explodes for 434000 to 455000 Fire damage.
Anticipating the arrival of mortal forces invading the Tomb of Sargeras, Kil'jaeden has called on his best captors, Atrigan and Belac, to lock down the interlopers and prevent them from using the Pillars to advance deeper into the dungeon.
Harjatan was trained from birth to demolish his enemies. Through a conquest of savage brutality, he gathered throngs of cave dwelling murlocs who see him as a god. Now, the naga brute merely has to bark a command and hordes of devout followers set themselves to task.
At 66% and 33% health, Harjatan calls in one additional murloc.
If Harjatan or any murloc moves away from the Darkscale Taskmater, they are no longer focused, leaving them with Lingering Focus. (Heroic, Mythic)
The Sisters of the Moon served as wardens for the temple long before the avatar of Sargeras was buried beneath it. Even in death, the sisters maintained their vigil, but over the millennia something twisted their ability to distinguish friend from foe. Their madness slowly consumed them, and now any who enter their sacred chambers are put to death.
In Mythic difficulty, Astral Purge inflicts raid wide damage when players move to a different side of the moon.
In Mythic difficulty, Astral Purge inflicts 584000 to 613000 Spellshadow damage to all allies.
Mistress Sassz'ine has spent a lifetime binding the denizens of the ocean to her dark will. With this power, she summons nightmares from the briny depths to wash away any who dare challenge her.
Once, this was a sacred burial site for the Night Elves, but the Legion has twisted these grounds with the Engine of Souls. This foul machine draws upon the energy of the dead, twisting them into abominations. Due to this corruption, these tormented spirits have become monstrosities, looking to feed on any who descend into the tomb's depths.
In Mythic difficulty, players are only able to voluntarily switch realms while under 50% health.
In Mythic difficulty, this begins a chain reaction that destroys the Spiritual Fonts.
Charged by Aegwynn to defend the Tomb of Sargeras, the Maiden of Vigilance has stood watch for hundreds of years. Yet, the guardian did not forsee what effect the avatar's seeping fel energy would have on this titan construct. Slowly warped by this maleficence, the Maiden now seeks to destroy any in her path.
In Mythic difficulty, Fragments not collected by players will trigger [Fragment Burst].
When Aegwynn defeated the Avatar of Sargeras, she was unable to destroy his avatar. In an effort to seal it away, the armor was entombed beneath the Temple of Elune, where it remained dormant for hundreds of years. Now, with the Legion tearing down the tomb's barriers, Kil'jaeden is in a position to reanimate the armor and unleash its power on Azeroth.
Since striking the bargain that chased the draenei into the stars, Kil'jaeden believed the Legion could not be stopped. Yet, none of his deceptions have prevented you from reaching this critical moment. Infuriated that Sargeras' promise of victory has never come to pass, the demon lord prepares to face you himself, for a final battle that will shape Azeroth's destiny forever.
On Heroic difficulty and above, Felclaws additionally causes Kil'jaeden's melee attacks to inflict 20% of his melee attack damage to all enemies in a cone in front of him.
On Heroic difficulty and above, each cast of Erupting Dreadflame also applies Eruption to all other Erupting Reflections within 0 yards.
On Heroic difficulty and above, a Focused Dreadburst goes off at the location of each player hit by Focused Dreadflame.


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21 October 2014
In a somewhat uncharacteristic move, Belarus started working on a full-scale border guard on the Belarusian-Russian border.
Western sanctions are impeding the development of industrial cooperation between Belarus and Russia, which still hopes to draw CIS countries into its confrontation with the West.
The Belarusian authorities do not trust America, but they still want to...
18 September 2014
On 4 September, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed a decree establishing security zones alongside the border with Russia.
The measure targets illegal migration, drug trafficking, as well as the illicit movement of goods across the border. Until now, the Belarus-Russia border was unsecured due to the special relationship between Minsk and Moscow.
Russian Gazeta.Ru...
15 September 2014
Russia Still Seeks an Airbase, Financial Constraints, Balancing on Ukraine - Belarus Security Digest
Belarus is running out of money as only priority expenditures receive budget financing. Security forces will get a raise in their wages. However, this bump will simply compensate for inflation.
Russia still wants to get an air force base in Belarus. Drone manufacturers are fighting for the Defence Ministry's orders. The internal troops are suffering from staff shortages.
04 September 2014
On 2 September, Russia vowed to revise and update its national Military Doctrine by the end of 2014. The decision was a direct reaction to NATO's plans for deploying a rapid-reaction force in Eastern Europe, a move to be finalised at the summit in Wales this week.
In a speech in Tallinn on 3 September U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans for additional U.S. Air Force units...
18 August 2014
Without any loud political rhetoric to bolster the Belarusian army, it has nonetheless gradually developed from an appendage cut off of the huge Soviet military into an army more adapted to the needs and capacities of a 9.5-million nation.
Belarus has been spending little on its armed forces yet has consistently used them to promote better and closer relations with Russia. Despite their...
15 August 2014
Reluctant allies: Moscow has to put up with Minsk's position in the war against Ukraine. However, Putin does not see it necessary to hide his irritation any longer.
The exhibition of arms and military machinery Milex-2014 was a success. Helicopters are a luxury for Belarusian border guards.
Belarus hopes that Moscow will finally keep its promise and transfer four battalions...
06 August 2014
On 24 July, Russian Ambassador Alexander Surikov revealed Moscow's proposal to Minsk to take over production of several thousand new components used by the Russian defence industry.
Russian official openly stated that the conflict in Ukraine was the issue standing behind their offer. In June, president Poroshenko of Ukraine banned all forms of military technical cooperation with...
22 July 2014
Russia Seeks to Preseve Its Media Influence, Belarus' Own Anti-Missile System - Belarus Security Digest
Russia wants to maintain its control over the minds of the population of CIS countries.
Belarus develops its own anti-missile system, the Halberd. The Kremlin hopes that its allies will help it with supplying it military equipment that it is not longer able to directly access through Ukraine.
The UAV Grif learns to fly. The military and industrial sector is looking to make some...
16 June 2014
The Kremlin pulls together an anti-NATO bloc. Minsk is trying to be helpful to the West as a source of information about the Kremlin's plan towards Ukraine insofar as Vladimir Putin allows them to.
The Russian elite is overtaken by chauvinism and are increasingly losing touch with reality.
Belarus and Russia will jointly explore space. The...
26 May 2014
The Belarusian authorities are preparing to counter by military means any possible attempts to destabilise the situation in Belarus under the scenario deployed in Eastern Ukraine.
The Belarusian Ministry of Interior plans to make the fight against drug trafficking more efficient and initiate tougher punishments for drug dealers.
The Belarusian authorities seek to...
- 16 April 2014
04 April 2014
Last week, the Belarusian economic news portal afn.by published a story with the provocative headline "Lukashenka: The Situation with Crimea Allows Belarus to Get its Nuclear Arms Back."
It was, of course, an exaggeration – the original statement lamented over the ineffectiveness of the Budapest Memorandum and its security assurances for ...


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Acting Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong By Leslie Vernick
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1 Acting Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong By Leslie Vernick It was one of those crazy weeks, deadlines looming, clients in crisis, dirty dishes scattered throughout the house. In a moment of frustration, I yelled at my husband, You never help me around the house! That was not accurate. Although Howard doesn t always notice the things I do, he is always willing to help. I m sure he was tempted to defend himself. What do you mean I never help you around the house? Just last week I. But that s not what he did. Instead, he asked, What can I do? Still frazzled, I snapped back, Plan next week s menu, shop for all the groceries and cook all the dinners. And he did. The meals were simple (frozen pizza, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, etc) but the love behind it was extravagant. It is an incredible gift to our husband or wives when we respond in a godly way to their wrong actions. This gift comes through hard work? and the grace of God. God uses our relationships to school us in how to love when we don t feel Leslie Vernick DCSW
2 like it, how to forgive when we ve been sinned against, and how to overcome evil with good. God can use the imperfections, weaknesses, differences? and, yes, even the sins? of our spouses to help us become more like Christ. Marriage provides the perfect backdrop for continual lessons in applied theology. It s My Problem? Someone once said, Adversity introduces a person to himself. When our spouses aren t behaving like we d like, God often wants to show us a few things about ourselves. Before marriage, I pictured myself as a kind and easy-going person. Once married however, I began to get a glimpse of another side of me. I saw how much I liked my own way and how angry I got when I didn t get it. I noticed a tendency to hang on to my hurts. I got a peek at my pride when I believed I was right, and my husband was equally convinced I was wrong. These negative aspects of my personality were exposed when Howard wasn t doing what I thought he should do. When things were pleasant between us, these sins remained hidden. I often see the same pattern as I counsel married couples. When I ask, When did your problems start? I often hear, I didn t realize I had problems until I got married. Rather than focus on what our spouses are doing to us that is annoying or hurtful, we must redirect our attention to what our spouse s wrong reveal in us. Leslie Vernick DCSW
3 We generally blame our spouses for our reactions: You make me so mad. If you didn t do that, I wouldn t act this way. But our spouses don t cause our responses. For example, I feel impatient and irritated when I am waiting in line for a slow clerk who is chatting with another clerk. The clerk is not making me feel these feelings. She is simply the trigger that exposes the impatience and anger that is already in my heart. Jesus explains it this way. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45 What overflows from your heart and comes up and out of your mouth when your spouse behaves badly? God uses those moments to expose our hearts so that we can see ourselves more clearly, change and grow. Part of that change is learning to step back and take in the larger picture. The Real Battle When I m fighting with my husband, I usually lose sight of whom I should be fighting and what I should be fighting for. I fight to get my way, to be right, or to prove my point. But the real struggle couples face is not for such temporal victories. As much as we might feel it in the moment, our spouses are not the enemy. Rather than engage in combat with each other, we need to ward off Satan s tactics. Rather than seeking to vindicate ourselves, we need to fight for Leslie Vernick DCSW
4 the glory of God, the preservation of our marriages, our spiritual health and our children s future. Satan is our real enemy. He is out to destroy us (1Peter 5:8). Satan tries to convince us that God and His ways don t satisfy and believing and that following Him will rob us of something enjoyable. During times of marital troubles he whispers, Why should you work on your marriage? After all, look what your spouse has done. Why should you forgive: You have needs too. When Susan discovered that her husband, John, was heavily involved in internet pornography, she felt deep hurt and anger. Her first impulse was to shame him publicly, exposing him to his family, church, and employer. But if Susan is going to win her battle, she needs a clear understanding of Satan s strategies and the weapons available to her. The only weapons that have any real power are spiritual (2 Corinthians 10:4). God gives us a powerful alternative to reacting recklessly to our spouses sin: Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21). The Apostle Peter reminds us, It is God s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men (1Peter 2:15).We overcome evil with good when we stop battling our spouses and respond to wrongdoing in ways that are godly, righteous, and loving. From Reacting to Responding Jennifer came to counseling grinning from ear to ear. I finally get it, she said. When I don t react to Paul s stupid remarks with a sarcastic dig, God Leslie Vernick DCSW
5 actually works in his heart. Jennifer had learned an important lesson. Though we don t intentionally set out to ruin our marriages or hurt our mates, our reactions to our spouses wrongs can be like tossing a lit match into gasoline. A relationship deteriorates rapidly when two sinners sin against each other at the same time. To reverse this pattern, we need to learn how to stop reacting out of our fleshly nature and bad habits and start responding as God calls us to do. Most often this process starts by harnessing our tongues. Proverbs tells us Reckless words pierce like a sword (Proverbs 12:18). The psalmist knew about struggling with the tongue. I said, I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence (Psalm 39:1). Yet, he also knew that keeping quiet can be tough. But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased (v.2). Something in us feels good when we open our mouths and let someone have it. In our culture, we have been encouraged to express our negative feelings so that we don t become unhealthy. But negative feelings are a lot like vomit. It feels better to get it out, but vomit belongs in the toilet? not on your spouse. Writing letters to my husband? the kind I rip up rather than send? helps rid me of destructive emotions. Ask God for His perspective. He will then teach you what to do with your negative reactions so that you can address why you re upset in a constructive manner. Inevitably, God-directed responses will demonstrate His love. Leslie Vernick DCSW
6 Costly Choices Many couples are committed to staying married no matter what but do so with hard hearts. God doesn t command us simply to stay married, however. He commands us to love, no matter how that person is behaving. Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you (Luke 6:27).. Love, from God s perspective, is much deeper than an emotional feeling for another person. And it is bigger than a commitment to stay together no matter what. To love my husband or wife as God calls me to means that I must consciously choose to act in his best interests, even when it costs me. This type of love is demonstrated when a tired husband stays up late talking with a wife who needs a listening ear, or when a wife who hates to cook gladly makes her husband s favorite meal. But what does godly love look like when our spouse hurts us, disappoints us or sins against us? David knew his wife, Lisa, wasn t honest with him about their finances. But he never confronted her about it. He said he loved her and didn t want to upset her or make her mad. However, genuine love is defined by actions that focus on another person s good, not actions that simply make another person feel good. Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted (Proverbs 27:5-6). Leslie Vernick DCSW
7 What was in Lisa s best interests? She didn t need David to continue to overlook her spending and deceit; she desperately needed him to lovingly confront her. Lisa s wrong became part of God s plan to mature David. God wanted him to become a God-centered husband, not a Lisa-centered husband. David learned to wrap himself in God s all-sufficient love and received strength to move beyond his fear of rejection. Then he could boldly love Lisa by confronting the spending problem for her good, and for the welfare of their marriage and family. The Gifts of Love Loving our spouse when we are angry or in pain is difficult. It may even feel impossible. But the love that gives good gifts to undeserving people does not originate in a human heart; it is God s love displayed through us. When our spouses acts wrong, we may not readily be able to give them our affection, warmth, or companionship. However, there are gifts of love we can give, regardless of the current climate of our marriages. The gift of acceptance. Sometimes we refuse to accept our spouses for who they are and where they are. We seem surprised when our spouses act imperfectly or differently, as if somehow they re never supposed to do such things. I can t believe you did that, we say. How could you think like that? I ve heard people say over and over again in counseling, You re not the person I married! One time, a husband replied, Oh yes I am. But the person you date? He was a fake. Leslie Vernick DCSW
8 Learning to accept our spouses doesn t mean we like their faults, neither does it imply that we resign ourselves to a hopeless situation. True acceptance begins with understanding reality; we? and our spouses are creatures in process. Acceptance is more than a grudging acknowledgment of reality. Acceptance is a true gift when we stop resenting having to give it, when we learn to be emotionally content with our spouses as they are, all the while asking God to mature them. The gift of truth. We do not always face the truth in our marriages. We imagine the best in spite of evidence to the contrary. We close our eyes to information that would help us make better decisions. However, there are times when we must tell the truth about reality, though always with love (1 Corinthians 13:1,Ephesians 4:15). None of us likes it when our spouses tell us something about our behavior or our attitude that we don t want to face. Yet, it is loving and good when they do so. Why? So we do not continue to deceive ourselves into thinking that all is well when we are about to fall off a cliff (James 5:19-20). At times your efforts to give the gift of truth to your spouse will have wonderful results. Other times you may see no change or repentance. Perhaps you will even be mocked. Remember, God has called us to love our spouses as no one else in this world will. That may mean suffering under mockery and still speaking truth (See Ezekiel 2). Leslie Vernick DCSW
9 The gift of kindness. Kindness is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) and being kind is one of the definitions of love (1 Corinthians 13:4). Yet, as with the other gifts, we struggle to give the gift of kindness when we don t feel like it or when our mates have hurt us. Joan s husband, Adam, was an alcoholic and a drug abuser. His drug use was so out of control that Joan finally asked him to move out until he got help. When, through friends, she heard he had a bad case of the flu, she cooked a pot of soup and delivered it to his apartment. Joan gave the gift of kindness to her selfish and irresponsible husband. Being kind and gracious doesn t mean you ignore the wrongdoing or pretend it didn t happen. Being kind means that whatever happens to you doesn t define you. It doesn t shape you or turn you into something evil. Extending kindness and mercy doesn t depend upon whether the other person has been good or bad, wrong or right. Kindness is a gift of love, not a reward for good behavior. In every marriage there are moments, even seasons, where we have the opportunity to choose to act right when our spouses acts wrong. It might be in small, everyday ways (cooking hot dogs for dinner) or in big ways (extending forgiveness in the face of deep betrayal). God will use even the pain of a difficult marriage to help us become more like Christ? which He promises is very, very good. Leslie Vernick DCSW
10 Leslie Vernick is the Director of Christ-Centered Counseling and the author of The Emotionally Destructive Relationship, Getting Over the Blues, (Harvest House) and How to Find Selfless Joy in a Me-First World, How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong and How to Live Right When Your Life Goes Wrong (WaterBrook). You can reach Leslie through her web site at or call her toll free at This article first appeared in Discipleship Journal magazine Issue 136, July/Aug 2003, published by Navpress, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Leslie Vernick DCSW
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The possibility of leniency for Paul Chapman, to allow him to play in Geelong's preliminary final on Friday night, disappeared with his snap decision to jump into a bump on Port Adelaide's Robbie Gray.
The influential forward-midfielder has been offered a one-match ban by the match review panel over the incident, in which he made high contact to the Power forward. While Gray was not injured in the incident – a medical report from Port corroborated this – the panel thought there was enough forceful high contact to warrant a charge.
The resulting penalty will, barring a successful tribunal challenge, sideline Chapman for the match against the Hawks.
The news was better for Sydney, however, with key-defender Ted Richards offered – and promptly accepting – a reprimand for a late, high bump on Carlton's Levi Casboult. The lower penalty was largely because he, unlike Chapman, did not leave the ground when delivering it.
Sydney coach John Longmire welcomed the panel verdict on Richards, which ensures his availability for its preliminary final on Saturday evening away to Fremantle.
"He's obviously an important player for us and going into this week's game he'll have an important role so it's great news to have him available to play," Longmire said on Monday.
Chapman told reporters outside Simonds Stadium on Monday that he was unsure whether he would challenge the panel verdict at the tribunal.
Geelong key-defender Harry Taylor admitted Chapman, one of the key players in last Friday night's semi-final with four goals and 20 disposals, would be a massive loss for the Cats.
"If he can't play due to the suspension it will be disappointing because he's playing some really good football for us at the moment," Taylor said.
"He kicked a couple of important goals early in the game, and was able to find the footy a fair bit as the game progressed.
"So he's a very, very important player for us, not just because of his current form but his experience in finals is something that our younger guys really benefit from."
While the blow from Chapman was delivered only marginally after Gray kicked the ball, panel chairman Mark Fraser confirmed the panel considered it significant that the Cats player jumped, because of the increased possibility of high contact.
It's a reportable offence when bumping an opponent if you get them in the head or the neck, and with this situation Chapman goes through there, the ball's kicked and [he] jumps up into the air - Mark Fraser
"It's a reportable offence when bumping an opponent if you get them in the head or the neck, and with this situation Chapman goes through there, the ball's kicked and [he] jumps up into the air," Fraser told the AFL website.
"We believe that by jumping up into the air that makes it a reckless act. By jumping in the air he should know that he has chance to chance for a reportable offence to occur by doing that."
Fraser said players should be aware that if their feet leave the ground when delivering a bump their conduct is "more likely to be judged reckless" if there is high contact.
"We think you should know that by jumping up into the air when bumping like that a shoulder can contact the head," Fraser said.
The bump from Chapman was, as expected, graded as reckless conduct, low impact and high contact, which led to a base penalty of two matches that can be cut to one with a guilty plea.
Should the Cats elect to challenge the verdict at the tribunal they would risk also losing Chapman for a second match, which would be the grand final if they extend their 11-match winning streak against the Hawks.
Richards' incident, delivered to prevent Casboult pursuing the Swans' Jesse White who had possession, was deemed negligent conduct, low impact and high contact. It resulted in a one-match ban that can be cut to with a guilty plea to a reprimand and 93.75 carry-over points.
Fraser said Richards, and Lance Franklin in round 23, received a more favourable conduct grading than Chapman because they were "trying to do a legitimate bump but just delivering it incorrectly".
The medical report from Carlton on Casboult was, like for Port's on Gray, clear. But the panel similarly deemed there was still sufficient force to warrant a charge.
The Cars have until 11am on Tuesday to notify the AFL whether they wish to challenge the panel's decision on Chapman at the tribunal.
There were no other incidents formally assessed by the panel from the past weekend's two semi-finals.
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Paul Chapman (Geel) rough conduct to Robbie Gray (PA). Reckless, low impact, high contact. 225 points (2 matches); 168.75 with guilty plea (1 match).
Ted Richards (Syd) rough conduct to Levi Casboult (Carl). Negligent, low impact, high contact. Accepted reprimand and 93.75 carry-over points.


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Last night things got even worse. I cried so much that my make up ran black all down my face and I honestly thought I'd end up self harming or overdosing, but I didn't. I don't even really want to talk about it in detail to be honest. The situation of having an unplanned child in a casual relationship that has long since finished is difficult for everyone, that's just how it is, that's the price me and Harry's father have to pay for being so irresponsible. It'll always be difficult; my family and the father's family are still strangers, we were forced to have to suddenly all act like a family when Harry was born. Of course Will didn't tell any of his family till I was eight months pregnant so none of us even had that time to get to know each other.
Unfortunately what's happening is it's getting difficult to arrange times to see Harry because when my mum and I are free Will's family isn't free, and when my family aren't available Will's family is available; each family have completely separate lives and Will's family always miss out if my family is busy. I still don't allow them to have Harry on his own without me (the fuss this has caused is unbelievable) because Harry still doesn't eat or drink very well, he hasn't got a stable sleeping and mealtime pattern and he still feeds from me an awful lot for comfort. I went to have my hair coloured yesterday (rainbow colours!) and I was gone like three hours. When I came back Harry was in a complete state and my mum was struggling. Harry fed from me and fell asleep as soon as I came back. Will's family want Harry for a few hours by himself but after yesterday when he struggled just being with my mum without me I still won't allow it just yet. I will allow it in future, of course I will, but I'd feel much better if Harry ate and drink much better and was feeding off me much less. I have to admit, the fact Will's family want Harry without me being there so bad it makes me feel extremely nervous and unsettled. Once I offered to take Harry to see them every week but Will's mum said no, that she'd only accept that if I leave Harry with them. They wanted to take Harry to the beach, but because I said I'd have to go with Harry they never arranged it! 🙁
I have to wake up Harry in a bit to take him to see Will and his family at their place. Will and I haven't spoken since I insulted his mum two weeks ago. I haven't unblocked his number yet out of fear of saying something worse, and I honestly haven't been well and I definitely will only make things worse, even now, especially after last night. Basically I had this hair appointment yesterday afternoon and my mum arranged to see Will and his family at around 3pm yesterday. I did tell her I had this appointment and asked her to ask Will's family about the Sunday but she didn't want to do that. My mum said she was sure my hair wouldn't take more than two hours, but it did, as I had five colours put in…of course Harry was extremely restless when I came back from my hair appointment and was so exhausted that he fed from me and fell asleep so we couldn't go afterwards…my mum was extremely upset, then my dad was extremely upset at me and urgh, this whole situation is just a mess.
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If these hubs aren't the greatest hubs ever produced...forget that....this design *is* the greatest hub design ever. These are the original Dura-Ace 8s "freehub" design that came with the first-gen Dura-Ace 8-speed Shimano Total Integration ("STI') shifters. These hubs came in "UniGlide" and "HyperGlide" styles. I don't have pictures to illustrate the difference, but they are minor, compared to the revolutionary axle design of this hub. Since the introduction of this design, Shimano has never varied from the design elements that make this design so important. Modern 11s Dura-Ace hubs employ this same design. They may have updated the materials and/or made the hubs lighter, but the "free hub" is still there.
What makes these hubs so cool (and so revolutionary) is the placement of the traditional cup-and-cone bearings. Prior to modern free hub designs, the individual cogs (the gears that contact the chain and drive the bike forward) were connected to a "freewheel" that had its own, separately removable ratchet mechanism. The freewheel (as a free-standing whole of cogs and ratchet bearings) would then thread onto the aluminum hub via large threads that mated the steel freewheel threads to the aluminum body. Not only was that problematic (soft aluminum and hard steel do NOT like one another), the design had major flaws. The inherent disadvantage of the freewheel design is that it meant the axle bearings had to be located where the aluminum hub body ended, with a long section of axle left over to extend *through* the freewheel body before the axle hit the dropout on the bicycle frame. This created (creates) a huge leverage point where rear axles break under stress.
Moving the cup-and-cone to the ends of the axle GREATLY reduce broken and/or bent axles and also made changing cogs much easier.
In the above picture you can see the first freehub design. On the left is the free hub itself (removed from its aluminum hub for servicing) and on the right is a separate free hub secured to the hub, ready to have the axle re-installed. If you look closely at the aluminum body on the right, you can see the bulge in the hub body that houses the securing-screw on the freehub (the threaded extension on the left part.)
This picture shows the outboard side of the free hub itself. You can clearly see the bearing-race on both free hubs. Notice that the bearing races are on the OUTBOARD SIDE of the freehub design.
This picture shows two things: 1. How the threaded extension on the freehub body screws into the aluminum hub, and 2, that the aluminum hub has no bearing races. The large threads secure the freehub to the hub. With the bearing races on the outboard side of the freehub, it effectively moves the bearings a full inch (or more) towards the end of the axle - as demonstrated in the next picture:
Here you can clearly see the complete hub/freehub and the axle I just removed from it. Notice that the bearing cones on the axle are as fully-outboard as possible for the axle. The bearing placement removes a huge weakness for standard axles. Each of my two pair of Dura-Ace 8s freehubs have *at least* 20,000 miles each and are well over 24 years old. I have never broken an axle, never replaced cones or bearings, and they're still as smooth (or smoother) than the day I bought them.
In contrast, look at this picture:
On the left is the Dura-Ace free hub axle, with cone placement indicating bearing placement. On the right is the freehub assembly (missing the axle). In the middle is the axle from a 2014 Mavic Crossmax SLR rear wheel - Mavic's top-of-the-line cross-country MTB wheelset from 2014. The aluminum axle is broken in a VERY familiar place: It's broken exactly where the drive-side bearings provide a leverage point for the hub bearings. Mavic goes to great lengths to disguise from people that their hubs employ a hugely outdated technology. Sure, their hubs *look* like the employ a "freehub" design, but they don't. Mavic employs a quasi-modo hub design. Their hub design uses a freehub - in the sense that the cogs are NOT attached to the ratchet and drive mechanism. BUT their bearing placement design still has all the drawbacks and weaknesses of the very old-school bearing placement from the freewheel era.
Given a choice I will NEVER purchase a subset with the archaic freewheel-style bearing placement. My Dura-Ace hubs are *ancient* by cycling standards. They've been THOROUGHLY abused by me over 24+ years. They are as solid as I could possibly hope for: Reasonably light, easy to work on, reliable and tough. My Mavic axles, on the other hand have less than two full seasons on them, and I've already managed to break an axle. Not a great track record.
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Shiba Yusuke was the sensei of the Eternal Phoenix Dojo.
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Yusuke was short, even for a Shiba, bore her years well, and few could tell her real age, and she was as elegant, beautiful and inscrutable as any Phoenix. Her encyclopedic knowledge of the Tao of Shinsei wowed even the Isawa. Shortly after her gempukku the Clan War erupted, and she followed Shiba Tsukune into battle. [1]
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The students at the dojo lived in utter terror of the woman. She would prowl the halls of the dojo with a thin bamboo cane, and would not hesitate to lash out at any student failing to keep perfect focus. Failing to remain aware of their surroundings and Yusuke' stealthy approach could leave students with firce red welts for days. She was once rumored to have made a student kneel on her front porch for three days during a blizzard. Above the entrance of her office and sleeping quarters she hang two scrolls bearing the characters "Focus" and "Awareness". [2]
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1928 Ford Model A
1939 Crosley Transferable (photo courtesy of dave_7)
1951 Henry J (photo courtesy of Michael Barera)
1960 Plymouth Valiant (photo courtesy of Emdx)
1978 AMC Gremlin
If Henry Ford were alive today, he might find the $14,000 Ford Fiesta a bit too luxurious for his tastes. What's this – brakes on each wheel? Heat? Safety systems? Such extravagances! No, the old man liked to keep things simple in a car "for the great multitude."
Since then, carmakers have wrestled with costs and competition to attract "entry-level" customers. Along the way they've produced a multitude of models, some of which stand out for design, innovation or just plain weirdness. Each of the five on this list offers a snapshot of American society.
Ford Model A, 1928
As Henry Ford's long-held opposition to replacing the hopelessly archaic Model T drove more and more buyers to Chevrolet, his people – including his own son, Edsel – finally persuaded him to finally replace it with the far more modern Model A for 1928.
A safety glass windshield, four-wheel brakes and a water pump for the engine were among the new car's numerous advances over the T. Conventional floor pedals and a shifter for the 3-speed manual transmission, along with up to nine body-style and many trim choices brought Ford into the modern car age. Prices starting under $500 helped sales reach nearly 5 million in the Model A's four years of production. Its success certainly taught old Henry a lesson about low-priced cars: the 1932 replacement model debuted a V-8.
Crosley, 1939 and 1946
How more "entry level" could you get than a car marketed for $300 in an appliance store? Powell Crosley, Jr. figured shoppers might like to pick up a car while buying one of his refrigerators. His tiny automobile, introduced in 1939 with a 12-hp 2-cylinder engine, looked like a giant kiddie car.
The post-war version looked a bit more like a real car, but in two-thirds scale. It was just 12 feet long and weighed 1,200 pounds. There was innovation here, including the single overhead-cam four-cylinder engine built from sheetmetal rather than castings (though a conventional cast iron block came later). The 44 cubic-inch engine monster made a tire-ripping 26.5 horsepower.
The tiny-car concept was intriguing, but at $900 the Crosley was just $200 less than the cheapest Chevy. The Chevy, though, gave you 1,800 pounds more car. After just 75,000 were built through 1952, the Crosley disappeared. Americans liked tiny prices, but not tiny cars.
Henry J, 1951
Kaiser-Frazer was a new postwar marque in 1947, with a focus on big, well-appointed cars. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser then got the urge to go after the "basic transportation" market with a compact named for him, the Henry J. Just 175 inches long on a 100-inch wheelbase and with a choice of four-cylinder or six-cylinder Willys engines, the bulbous Henry J should have been the kind of car to head off the burgeoning Volkswagen Beetle invasion. Indeed, things looked bright the first year, with some 81,000 sold.
But sales plummeted to 23,000 the second year and 17,500 the third. The public found the Henry J was too small and too stark for its $1,300-$1,500 price. Early models didn't even have an opening trunk lid. The Henry J was also marketed as the Allstate by some Sears stores in 1952 and 1953, but sales were only in the hundreds. The Henry J disappeared after a brief run of cars tagged as 1954s.
(Plymouth) Valiant, 1960
Just as AMC's nearly 10-year old Rambler crested 90,000 annual sales in 1959, the Big Three released their first compacts that fall: Chevy Corvair, Ford Falcon and Chrysler's Valiant (which was sold by Plymouth but not branded as such until 1961). With nearly 200,000 sold, the 1960 Valiant was a hit with its $2,033 base price, unibody construction, roomy cabin seven-dip rustproofing, 12-volt electrics and new 101 hp 170-cu. in. "Slant Six" engine. A station wagon model offered a third-row seat.
Chrysler's torsion-bar front suspension gave the Valiant solid handling, and there was even a performance upgrade, the Hyper Pack with 4-barrel carb and 148 hp. The V-200 upgrade trim was the biggest seller, accounting for three quarters of sales. A Dodge Lancer companion model arrived for 1962.
Perhaps most significant about the Valiant is that the basic platform continued until 1976 and underpinned a string of successful models, including the Dodge Dart and Demon and Plymouth Barracuda and Duster. The platform was robust enough to spawn several junior V8 muscle cars, too.
AMC Gremlin, 1970
Another decade brought another wave of American entry-level cars, and this time, AMC beat Ford and Chevy to market with a subcompact -- the utterly unique Gremlin. The Gremlin demonstrated the underdog company's ability to slice and dice its platforms and parts to create something new. To make the Gremlin, AMC chopped a foot from the compact Hornet model's 108-inch wheelbase and 20 inches form its length.
The Gremlin used the Hornet's front structure, but the wedge-of-cheese rear design was unique. A base model had just two seats. Unique for the class was a standard six-cylinder engine, and in 1972, an optional 304 V8 made the Gremlin a 2,800-pound hotrod.
A sporty Gremlin X package was popular, and perhaps most interesting was the Levi's package that debuted for 1973. Spun nylon upholstery stood in for cotton denim blue jeans fabric. A standard VW/Audi 4-cylinder engine arrived for 1977, but for 1979, a more conventional-looking restyle turned the Gremlin into the Spirit.
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gaps in his own knowledge of the industry. Finding the right people w as made easier by some chance meetings. One was with an old builder friend, Tim Davis-Rice, who happened to be independently researching modular accommodation at the time and is now the production manager at Quicksmart Homes. Another w as with a contractor, Rufus Harding, now the company's managing director, who had spent his career working in the modular field in the UK. The final appointment came when the team stumbled upon talented young designer Anna Biddle, who had worked with sever al major modular construction businesses around the world. She is now head of design at Quicksmart Homes. TREAT 'EM LEAN "We had a few false starts," Lane admits. "Our original concept was different to what we've ended up with. We were targeting the end consumer, but the flaw w as the end consumer wanted something customised. So we decided to start targeting larger scale projects, developers and businesses that had a need for quality and consistency." It was an inspired move. Quicksmart looks set to turn over A$30 million in its first year and has almost recovered its research and development and oper ating costs. "It's looking very good," Lane says, "but we've spent a lot of time and money setting up the systems and infr astructure to ensure we have a business that will endure. It's not a small-scale operation, it's a major business, despite the fact that we have just three full- time staff besides me. We keep it lean." How can they achieve so much with so little manpower? Lane says he engaged the ser vices of a manufacturing plant because his business model is based on his aim to not burden the company with unnecessary overheads. "We keep it flexible and use contracted staff when we need to," he adds. "Today, for instance, there are five people representing us in China, as well as other people in Austr alia, in areas such as accounting and sales and marketing." The ANU job was the first of many. Since then, the university has begun work on another building that is 50 per cent larger than the first facility, using modules supplied, once again, by Quicksmart Homes. Lane has been approached by three major organisations interested in buying, or buying into, the company. He has parked these offer s for now, as he's looking for ward to steering the business through this period of establishment and growth. Quicksmart Homes has more than A$300 million worth of tenders in the student, hotel and aged-care sectors on its books, along with requests for its products from two universities in the US. "The prefabricated market in Australia was worth $1.8 billion last year," Lane says. "I'd be happy to get a nice slice of that, but our focus is always on delivering quality. "When I first met with ANU, they asked me why they should choose me for the job, because I was new in the game. I assured them that I was not going to put my money behind something that does not reflect my commitment to quality. These values have been drilled into me by my family and their business and they are what will make Quicksmart Homes a success." It's a major business, despite the fact that we have just three full-time staff besides me. We keep it lean. VIRGINBLUE 112 business profile
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What's the first thing you do when you want to know more about someone? You head to Google. Considering how important a criminal defense lawyer is to your present and future, you'll likely do the same when deciding whom to hire. But how much credence should you give online reviews?
Public information is an invaluable resource when it comes to choosing a lawyer. Many state bar associations have attorney-search functions on their websites. For example, on the California State Bar website (www.calbar.ca.gov), there's an "Attorney Search" box. You can look up a lawyer by entering his or her last name. Up pops a profile of that lawyer, showing a variety of information, including contact information, the status of the lawyer's license to practice law, the lawyer's education, and how long the lawyer has been licensed.
Of crucial importance on these kinds of sites are sections indicating whether the lawyer has ever been in trouble with the bar association or government. You can often find a summary of any disciplinary action taken against the lawyer. Needless to say, you should approach lawyers with disciplinary records carefully. You should assure yourself that the lawyer has been "rehabilitated," that he or she is now both ethical and competent.
When researching a lawyer online, you'll undoubtedly come across sites that provide attorney reviews, and even attorney rating systems. While these sites might have helpful information, keep in mind that all it takes is a disgruntled client or adversary (almost all lawyers have them) to sour an attorney's electronic reputation. Informal opinion surveys are often more valuable. For example, consider whether you know any lawyers who practice in the community. What do they have to say about the lawyer? Do you have any friends or acquaintances who have used the lawyer's services? What do they have to say?
Ultimately, what's most important in determining whether to hire a lawyer is your interaction with him or her. The lawyer should seem trustworthy, experienced, and skilled. Also important is determining whether that lawyer seems willing to devote whatever time and resources your case requires.


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Higher incidence of depression preceding the onset of Parkinson's disease: A register study
Version of Record online: 24 JAN 2003
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10387
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Movement Disorders
Volume 18, Issue 4, pages 414–418, April 2003
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Leentjens, A. F.G., Van den Akker, M., Metsemakers, J. F.M., Lousberg, R. and Verhey, F. R.J. (2003), Higher incidence of depression preceding the onset of Parkinson's disease: A register study. Mov. Disord., 18: 414–418. doi: 10.1002/mds.10387
Publication History
- Issue online: 26 MAR 2003
- Version of Record online: 24 JAN 2003
- Manuscript Accepted: 30 SEP 2002
- Manuscript Revised: 29 SEP 2002
- Manuscript Received: 26 APR 2002
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