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With world headlines tracking a breathtaking rate of change as the Arab Spring turned into an autumn of violence in Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Libya, the new Maronite Patriarch Bechara Peter Rai cautiously welcomed the political movement's potential for transforming the region. But, he warned, "We must remain vigilant."
"The church abhors the use of violence to meet any goal," he said. "We want to see a Middle East renewed in its respect of human rights and dignity, especially for minorities."
Patriarch Rai, 71, was elected on March 25 as the leader of the Lebanon-based Maronite Church, the largest of the six Eastern Catholic patriarchal churches. At the close of a tour of the United States, before a visit with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in New York on Oct. 20, the patriarch expressed worry about the possible implications of the changes roiling the Arab world on the region's Christians. Just days earlier a demonstration by Egyptian Copts in Cairo demanding protection ended in violence that left almost 30 people dead. As the patriarch spoke in the headquarters of the Catholic Near East Welfare Associa-tion, rebel forces in Libya were closing in on one-time strongman Muammar el-Qaddafi; violence flared in Yemen; and a government crackdown on the opposition persisted in Syria.
The patriarch said Americans should understand that the region's Christians "wish the Arab Spring to be really an Arab Spring. We wish the countries to adopt a separation between religion and state, the system that Lebanon has adopted, which respects all religions and all the values of each religion."
Discussing the plight of Egypt's Copts and the devastation visited on Iraq's Christian community in recent years, the patriarch said that unless Arab nations support religious freedom and respect human rights, the Arab Spring movement will devolve into an "Arab winter."
"We wish to see freedom being practiced in [Arab] countries. We wish to see all the values of human rights and democracy implemented in those countries," he said. "It is not easy to talk about democracy in the Western sense in countries that have a theocratic system. Christianity divides politics and religion, and we wish Islam and other religions to do the same," Patriarch Rai said. Failure to do so will result in civil wars, like the one in Iraq, he warned, and will lead to the rise of regimes "that are even more fundamentalist. This is something that will be to the detriment of everybody."
Patriarch Rai said conflicts between Israel and the Arab countries and between Israel and the Palestinians have had a negative impact on the region's Christians.
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"The atmosphere that was created by those conflicts has impacted the Christian presence in the Middle East, causing some to leave for economic and security reasons," he said. "There will be no peace in that part of the world until Judaism, Islam and Christianity separate church and state," he said.
Patriarch Rai said that in Lebanon, 18 distinct religious groups live together, a sign of hope for people of the region.

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It is absolutely correct and a great way to view time management in general. Read it and internalize it.
I believe, however, the post might be interpreted literally and used in a way that could cause difficulty in a growing company rather than to clarify reality.
"Maker time", aka engineer time, is the most valuable resource in any product effort and everything should always be done to treat engineer time as the precious resource it is and to make it as effective as it can be, especially in an early stage [tech] company when the company is effectively one collective coding brain. Amen.
That said, meetings are just as important for engineers as they are for "managers" or "marketing" or "sales" or "execs" or any other functional part (means job function like eng, marketing, product, sales) of a company. Often engineers can miss the importance because striving for efficiency causes a certain blind spot relative to the larger opportunity of meeting.
The shortest way I can say this is that the most important thing in growing a company or team is to of course focus on getting things done, but the only way to get the things done is by having meetings, by talking. There is no doubt that a group of people not meeting will get a lot of stuff done. It can be said with equal confidence, however, that by not meeting the stuff that will get done will lack cohesiveness, quality, and a shared set of values — the wrong stuff. The most expensive thing a growing company can do is get the wrong stuff done. This risk is magnified the larger the team, but clearly starts with just a couple of people.
The question is how to get the right stuff done. The answer is by talking, listening, and discussing. Those together are the ingredients for a shared understanding and with a shared understanding the micro-decisions that everyone makes every day whether writing code, creating positioning, deploying a build, designing an experience, and so on.
Talking, listening, discussing should not be thought of as "soft skills" or worse a "waste of time". Call it talking or call it meeting, but no matter how good each member of the team is at the "hard skills" of their discipline, I am confident even the best are not psychic. That's why teams need to have meetings.
Where meetings are generally misunderstood is that the effort to make them efficient, goal-oriented, and conclusive is exactly what shuts down discussion, causes people to think about what to say next rather than listen, and generally prevents collaboration.
We tend to think of meetings themselves as the main event, when in reality meetings should be the practice sessions. Instead of thinking about meetings as the regular season, think of meetings as practice drills or warm-ups. The real main event comes when you're actually committing work to the screen. If you have done enough drills with your teammates then there's a really good chance you know how they will react, how they can help, and how the work you're committing will impact the overall "game".
And since no one thinks they are above practice, we can agree no one is above meetings.
Since no one likes to redo work or revisit plans unnecessarily, we can agree that the best tool to avoid that is to use talking and listing—meetings—to get to and remain on the same page.
The reality of a company beyond the seed stage is that failing to communicate and collaborate result in massive inefficiencies and rework. And nothing upsets anyone more than having to redo work unnecessarily. In fact, people will spend countless hours debating whether to redo something rather than just a short time redoing just to make that point (reworking shipped code also introduces bugs, I get that). While it is common to view this as an engineering problem because code is expensive, to someone in marketing redoing messaging or redirecting a vendor for an event are each equally costly.
Bringing this back to manager schedule versus maker schedule, one important consideration is that everyone at every level in a company is a maker in something. Every single job function has work products that are created. Even CEOs and execs need to have specific work products that they create on their own and do not pass along or "vend out" to others. For a fun description of hiring out people to do your own work, see Michael Kinsley's
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Some meeting or time management systems attempt to force a classification of meetings before having a meeting. You decide what a meeting is for and from that decision the length of meeting, the format, the preparation, attendees, and more just follow. Given that I think most meeting should be lightly unstructured, it is no surprise I put little faith in meeting "systems".
There are, however, ways to classify meetings. The most useful reason to classify meetings is so that you have some idea as an attendee or as an organizer as to why everyone is sitting at a table burning hours. Once you recognize why a meeting is happening, it is much easier to participate as well as to reach a state of meeting attendance.
Each of the following meetings types is offered along with an approach that focuses on sharing, calibrating, and informing rather than trying to reach approval or decide something.
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I remember the first day I dropped off my daughter Jaime at day care, in the home of a work colleague on the Navajo reservation. All day long I had trouble concentrating. Now that little girl is a pediatrician, who had the following published in the San Jose Mercury News. Breaks my heart.
I remember the first day I dropped off my 14-month-old daughter at day care. Despite the bright room full of toys she was terrified. She cried the entire day. At pick-up I could still hear her frantic wail, "Mammaaaa!!!" Unlike Antonio, once safe in my arms, she quickly calmed. Each day she cried less and played more. Our strong, consistent relationship helped her "cope." She knew I would always come back.
What if I had not returned? What if Antonio had been "ripped from his mother's breast while feeding him" to be housed in a "tender aged" detention facility? We know what happens.
When traumatic events are prolonged or repeated they become toxic. The physiologic stress response (fight or flight response) goes into hyper-drive: children panic, scream and look for the reassurance of a parent. If the stable parent relationship is missing, the hormonal stress response persists and changes brain structure with long-term negative consequences: growth delays, sleep disturbances, tantrums, attachment difficulty, learning disabilities and problem behaviors. What's worse is the collective impact of each adverse childhood event may extend into adulthood with higher rates of substance use, anxiety, depression, diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
Antonio wasn't separated, but he was detained with his mother. Soon after he developed breath-holding spells. When frightened, he stopped breathing, turned blue and passed out. He was never separated. For months he cried at night, even in his mother's arms. His language development stopped. Any detention, even with a parent, is harmful.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) represents more than 66,000 pediatricians in the United States and has repeatedly opposed the detention of children. While the executive order signed by the president ends family separation and the recent court injunction mandates reunification, children remain separated and families now face indefinite detention.


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Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (born March 6, 1936) is an American Democratic politician who is currently serving as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, representing DC's Ward 8. Barry served as the second elected mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999. In addition to his current term, Barry also served two other tenures on the D.C. Council, as an At-Large member from 1975–79, and as Ward 8 representative from 1992–95. In the 1960s he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement, serving as the first president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Barry came to national prominence as mayor of the national capital, the first prominent civil-rights activist to become chief executive of a major American city; he gave the presidential nomination speech for Jesse Jackson at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. His celebrity transformed into international notoriety in January 1990, when Barry was videotaped smoking crack cocaine and arrested by FBI officials on drug charges. The arrest and subsequent trial precluded Barry seeking re-election, and Barry served six months in a federal prison. After his release, however, he was elected to the D.C. city council in 1992 and ultimately returned to the mayoralty in 1994, serving from 1995 to 1999.
Despite his history of political and legal controversies (which continues to the present day), Barry remains a figure of enormous popularity and influence on the local political scene of Washington D.C. The alternative weekly Washington City Paper nicknamed him "Mayor-for-Life," a designation that remained long after Barry left the mayoralty. The Washington Post has stated that "To understand the District of Columbia, one must understand Marion Barry."


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|2011-09-23, 22:17
|Link #63
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Since these types of games are known for having many different playable characters, it would be neat if there's different missions depending on who you're playing as. For example, let's say you're playing through the Marineford arc. If you're playing as Luffy, your mission is to reach the execution platform and rescue Ace; if you're playing as Marco, your mission is to protect Luffy from getting killed; if you're playing as one of the 3 admirals, your mission is to prevent the pirates from reaching the scaffold. This would allow for more replay value and gameplay variety.
|2011-09-24, 00:14
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Well, each stage in a musou games usually has a commanding officer that you need to protect at all cost in addition to yourself and once in a while you got an NPC you need to escort.
Personally IMO, with the game covering pretty much everything, I can't really see them sub divide the stage that much to make individual in-stage missions happen. I'm even doubting if we'll see the stage from Marine side as it is.
IMO, at most you can play two sides on a stages with generic missions. For example, in Marineford, if you choose WB side, no matter who you play as, there'll be an Luffy escort mission and WB will be the commander that you need to keep safe. It you are playing as Luffy or WB, someone else will take over those roles or the roles might be eliminated. And just maybe, you might have special conversations between characters if you have certain characters nearing each other. That's my guess based on the mousou games that has been released.
|2011-09-24, 03:22
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This is certainly a chance that we could see a break away from the usual Musou games, and see a format that is much like Blackbeard's idea. It's worth a shot anyway, because after so many games, a change would be nice.
Though i'd be perfectly fine if the format stayed the same, as i always am with the Musou series.
|2011-09-25, 08:28
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base on the fact it seems to cover everything up to Marineford and beyond, and the way the Japanese articles billing it as a huge deal. it's obvious Tecmo-Koei/Namco-Bandai (god I hate these mergers) is pretty ambitious about this game. I just hope the execution would reflect it.
|2011-09-29, 13:47
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And so, we have an interview with the game's producers. I like the sound of it being a more ambitious project than previous musou titles. Also, I wonder if 1Up's referring to the title as "Pirate Warriors" may be a subtle hint towards an overseas release....?
|2011-09-29, 21:33
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That does sound like what the title would be like (aka Warriors: Gundam) But personally, if Koei can bring FoN on to U.S. I don't see why they won't do it for this one. I mean so far all the main Musou game has gotten the U.S. release with the exception Strikeforce 2 and system port versions and few Empires/Extreme Legend spinoff.
|2011-09-30, 12:19
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Seems like this game will have simplistic controls catering to the younger audience, but I hope there's an added layer of depth for those of us who want a challenge in the gameplay.
Anyways, these are the characters I'm expecting that have the best chances of being playable:
Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Ussop, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brooke (Character Count = 9)
Current & Former Shichibukai
Mihawk, Crocodile, Doflamingo, Kuma, Moria, Hancock, Jimbei, Blackbeard (Character Count = 8)
Sengoku, Garp, Akainu, Kizaru, Aokiji, Smoker, Sentoumaru (Character Count = 7)
Whitebeard Pirates
Whitebeard, Marco, Ace, Jozu, Vista (Character Count = 5)
Red-Hair Pirates
Shanks (Character Count = 1)
East Blue Villains
Buggy, Kuro, Don Krieg, Arlong (Character Count = 4)
Little Garden Arc
Mr. 3 (Character Count = 1)
Drum Island Arc
Wapol (Character Count =1)
Alabasta Arc
Mr. 1, Mr. 2 (Character Count = 2)
Skypiea Arc
Enel, Wiper (Character Count = 2)
Davy Back Fight Arc
Foxy (Character Count = 1)
Water 7/Enies Lobby Arc
Spandam, Lucci, Kaku, Jyabura, Blueno, Kumadori, Fukuro, Kalifa (Character Count = 8)
Thriller Bark Arc
Ryuuma, Perona (Character Count = 2)
Sabaody Archipelago Arc
Rayleigh, Kidd, Law (Character Count = 3)
Impel Down Arc
Magellan, Ivankov (Character Count = 2)
Total Character Count = 9+8+7+5+1+4+1+1+2+2+1+8+2+3+2 = 56
|2011-09-30, 14:44
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I don't think the control is cater specially for kids, I mean musou game always had simple control to begin with and I don't see how they can dumb it down even further than it already is. The series' control had always being:
Square=light attack
Triangle=charge attack/combo finish attack
Circle=musou attack
L1,L2,R1,R2=character specific moves, sway moves, block, etc.
The hard thing is how to find the right combo and equipment that can clear the crowd effectively, not get yourself surrounded, and pay attention to health bar in hard or fierce difficulty. Normal or below difficulty, you can use your 6-hit square combo or 4-hit charge combo to clear with ease.
But really what I got from the interview is that the graphic will be more like Gundam Musou 3, which is not a bad thing.
|2011-10-04, 15:39
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Saint Seiya is technically not part of Musou family but point taken.
The good thing is that Koei is very good with porting other that a few spinoffs so I'm actually pretty confident it'll get U.S. and European release. Worse come to the worse, it's easily importable since PS3 is region-free.
|2011-10-08, 09:22
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Nothing really "new" per se, but the game's official site has a much higher quality version of the TGS trailer available (just click the button under the title logo).
|2011-12-08, 22:22
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|2011-12-09, 02:57
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If that's the case, then not all the Strawhats are playable before or after the timeskip.
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May 21. 2013 4:50PM
Charles Arlinghaus: On Medicaid expansion, the right answer is, 'not yet'
Like most states in the country, New Hampshire is having a difficult time answering the question about whether to expand Medicaid coverage. For the last decade, politicians of both parties have made no attempt to expand Medicaid coverage in the state. With the federal government dangling some initial money for the program, some are tempted, but unsure. Today, with so many unanswered questions, policymakers should avoid a rush to judgment and just say, "maybe."
The federal government, as part of its new health care law, has offered to borrow about a trillion dollars to help states expand Medicaid coverage. Supporters in New Hampshire say it's too good a bargain to pass up: the feds say they'll pay 100 percent of the new costs in the first few years, then 90 percent, and then 50 percent as the years go on.
Supporters are excited that Medicaid coverage might reduce the percentage of people without insurance and reduce the amount of charity care (to the uninsured and to Medicaid patients) currently provided by hospitals.
But there are many reasons to be skeptical. There is some reason to believe the federal government may not live up to its promises, and the experience in other states suggests that the outcomes may not be as promised.
It's important to remember that no one in New Hampshire would think this was a good idea if we paid for it ourselves at the regular Medicaid match rate. Remember that during the four years of a Democratic governor and Democratic Legislature, none of them proposed any significant expansion of Medicaid. The same is true of Republican control and divided control. There has been no local plan to expand Medicaid in decades.
The feds currently claim they will pay 100 percent of the initial costs, but they've already hinted at backing away. President Obama is perhaps the biggest supporter of this among federal politicians; it was his idea after all. Yet his 2012 proposal retreated from 100 percent funding and switched to a blended reimbursed rate attacked by left-wing think tanks. If the biggest cheerleader for expansion has signaled a willingness to cut back before the program has begun, we ought not expect the promised federal funds to materialize.
While we are told that expanding Medicaid will reduce the number of uninsured people, experiences across the country prove exactly the opposite. In the last decade, two states significantly expanded Medicaid: Maine and Arizona. In Arizona, the percentage of the population uninsured went from 19 percent to 19 percent over the decade: no change at all.
Lest you think it has something to do with deserts or warm air, our neighbors in Maine had precisely the same experience. Their uninsured rate went from 12 percent to 12 percent. In both states, the percentage with private insurance declined by the same amount as the increase in Medicaid coverage.
The other supposed policy benefit of expanding Medicaid coverage is a decrease in the amount of charity care provided by hospitals. Hospitals have a small number of patients with no insurance for whom they write off all their costs. They have a larger number of Medicaid patients for whom they receive payment for less than 50 percent of costs.
One of the big drivers of Arizona's expansion was the expectation that it would dramatically reduce charity care, and hence cost-shifting to private insurance. Instead, post-expansion, charity care costs rose an average of 9 percent per year (remember that the percentage of uninsured didn't change).
In Maine, a state almost exactly the same size as our own, they too saw increases in charity care. In the first eight years of expansion, charity care has climbed from $61 million to $215 million.
At this point, there are too many questions to say yes to Mediciad expansion. We know the results won't be as advertised. There is every reason to be concerned about costs and the ability or willingness of a destitute federal government to meet its promises.
Proponents suggest we can adopt the program and just opt out at any time later, but practically that isn't true. The federal government could adopt a maintenance of effort requirement like it adopted with the stimulus package. And rolling back any program is always problematic.
This year, in this budget, there are too many questions, too many reasons to be skeptical to say yes to expansion.
Charles M. Arlinghaus is president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, a free-market think tank in Concord.


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Follow the 2010 World Cup with the men's and women's UCSB soccer programs all tournament long on UCSBgauchos.com. "South Africa to Santa Barbara: The Cup is Coming" will provide daily commentary on the day's biggest storylines, featuring video interviews with Gaucho soccer players and men's head coach, Tim Vom Steeg.
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When Bafana Bafana takes the field against Mexico on Friday morning, millions of soccer fans across the globe will have their sights set squarely on Soccer City stadium in Soweto, a stage the South African Football Association has been setting since FIFA awarded it the Cup six years ago.
Five new stadiums. Billions of dollars invested in upgrades to existing venues. Improvements in the public transportation system aimed at preventing clogs in South Africa's railways and streets. It won't only be the players feeling the pressure when they finally take the pitch on June 11, but the nation as well.
"South Africa has an incredible amount of pressure on them," said UC Santa Barbara men's and women's assistant coach Stuart Dobson. "We will have to see if that team can match the hype that's going on down there right now."
Slated with matches against Mexico, Uruguay and France, the hosts face the undesirable reality of possibly becoming the first team to fail to advance to the second round in the tournament's history. Despite the end result, what South Africa has already accomplished by preparing itself to host the Cup is remarkable.
"People always think that African countries cannot host a World Cup because it is such a big event," said UCSB midfielder and Ghana native Waid Ibrahim, "South Africa has shown that they have the security, they can build the stadiums, and they can build the infrastructure to deal with it."
As hosts of the 2010 College Cup on Dec. 10-12, the UCSB soccer programs are familiarizing themselves with what it takes to host a premier soccer event. Over $1 million dollars have been invested in improving the press box, building a new scoreboard, and upgrading the field turf at Harder Stadium. In Soccertown, U.S.A, as Santa Barbara is affectionately referred to, the Gauchos count on being in the College Cup come December.
"For South Africa, getting out of their group would be an accomplishment," said UCSB men's head coach Tim Vom Steeg. "In our case, the expectation is to do everything we can to make it to our own final four."
Playing in front of a raucous crowd at Soccer City, South Africa has its chance to shine on the world's biggest stage. Come December, the Gauchos will have their opportunity as well.
"Hosting the College Cup is great, I do not see it as having any pressure," said UCSB midfielder Machael David. "UCSB has been around the globe and this is a prime opportunity to expand our name beyond."
Keys to the game:
South Africa - With all-time leading goal scorer Benni McCarthy left off the final roster, it will be left to Steven Pienaar to create dangerous scoring opportunities as attacking central midfielder in coach Carlos Alberto Parreira's 4-5-1. Katlego Mphela has 15 goals in 31 games for South Africa, the last 11 coming on his home soil. Considered to be one of the worst teams in the tournament, South Africa must ride the unbridled joy of its countrymen if it is to steal a point from Mexico. Keep in mind that hosts have gone 10-0-2 in the group stage over the last three World Cups.
Mexico - Despite Mexico's rich soccer history, El Tri has advanced to the quarterfinal stage only twice in the tournament's existence- in 1970 and 1986- while the Cup was being held on home soil. Coach Javier Aguirre has an eclectic mix of young talent in Giovani Dos Santos and Carlos Vela to pair with the experienced Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Rafael Marquez. Nearly unbeatable in Azteca Stadium, situated high atop the mountains in Mexico City, El Tri may have an advantage over other nations given the altitude of the venues in South Africa. This Mexican team has shades of the U.S. team that used a mix of young and old to surprise the world by making the final eight back in 2002; and with their familiarity with playing in thin air, Mexico might just be the team to watch out for in Jo'berg.


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4 tbsp. olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
4 oz. prosciutto, thinly sliced and diced
1⁄8 cup toasted almond slivers
8 large basil leaves, finely chopped
1⁄4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, diced
1 1⁄2 cups chicken stock or broth
1 lb. penne or ziti, cooked
4 oz. goat cheese, crumbled
salt and pepper, to taste
- In a large sauté pan, heat oil and sauté onion for 2 min. Add prosciutto, almonds, basil, and sun-dried tomatoes and toss.
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Native to Central and South America and a relative of our skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, Dieffenbachia is a broad-leaved foliage plant with thick succulent stems.
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Welcome to the Poland page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Poland page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Polish records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. The Poland Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!
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- Pomeranian Genealogical Association Pomeranian church books
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for Dutch newspaper Trouw we designed a series of 4 cookbooks that feature acclaimed Michelin star chef Ron Blaauw.
a book for every season, with very nice recipes and background stories on ingredients. in every book Ron is also seen exploring something that fits the season (i.e. in autumn he is gathering mushrooms).
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Though they are all vying to live in the White House, the presidential contenders all have charming and sometimes lavish homes to tide them over. The current commander-in-chief also still has a Georgian revival mansion in Illinois -- just in case.
From a Washington, D.C., townhouse to a tony mini-mansion, here are the houses that the seven rivals currently call home. That is, until or if one of them starts having mail forwarded to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
|Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and U.S. Congressman from Georgia, purchased his home in McLean, Va. for $995,000 in 2000. It has 5,206 square feet and features a master bathroom with a marble floor and a chandelier. On the website of the Gingriches' designer Ann Kenkel, an image of the master bathroom shows wall-to-wall mirrors.
|Jon Huntsman
If Jon Huntsman's home looks familiar, it's because it was where the contestants of Bravo's "Top Chef" resided during Season 7. The former Utah governor and ambassador to China owns five-bedroom townhouse in Washington, D.C. The house was sold for $3.6 million in June 2010, according to public records.
|Ron Paul
Texas Rep. Ron Paul's four-bedroom ranch house in Lake Jackson has been on the market since April 2011. The Pauls have moved to a nearby home. His site, BuyRonPaulsHouse.com, says the home has "four bedrooms, five bathrooms and is approximately 5,500 square feet in size." The asking price is $325,000 while the median list price of homes in Lake Jackson is $139,800, according to Zillow. The house has an in-ground swimming pool, two lofts and an office.
|Rick Perry
While waiting for renovations to the governor's mansion to be completed, Perry reportedly moved to a home in this gated community in Austin. The house features five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, three dining rooms and a guest house. The New York Times said the home, which has a balcony, is worth nearly $2 million and sits on three acres. On Realtor.com, the home on Hickory Creek Drive is said to have 5,780 square feet.
|Rick Perry's Rental
Perry's rental home reportedly cost $9,900 a month, the Associated Press reported. Zillow reports that the estate sits on 3.25 acres and includes high-end amenities like Sub-Zero appliances and gourmet kitchen with marble and granite countertops, outdoor kitchen and pecan hardwood floors.
|Mitt Romney
The former Massachusetts governor, the wealthiest candidate, owns the most real estate, including this one on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. According to The New York Times, he recently sold his homes in Belmont, Mass. and Park City, Utah, but maintains another in La Jolla, California, for which he bought in 2008 for $12 million, Zillow reported.
|Rick Santorum
Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, seems to have the most modest home of the candidates. He lives in this Great Falls, Va., house that reportedly cost $2 million in 2007. But money clearly isn't everything: He came in second in the Iowa caucuses in early January without the funds and organization of his rivals.
|President Barack Obama
President Obama reportedly paid $1.65 million for his home on the South Side of Chicago in June 2005, Zillow reports. Obama's political fundraiser, Tony Rezko, purchased the undeveloped lot next to the property and both closed on the same day. Rezko was indicted for fraud in 2006, convicted in 2008, and given a 10.5 half year sentence.


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I was a fish swimming in the sea of life watching sunrises and sundowns. Now, I swim in the everlasting ocean where there is no end in sight, but peace.
Peacefully on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 10: 31 p.m. in hospital surrounded by the love and support of family after a determined and unselfish battle against ovarian cancer. Fariba is survived by her devoted and loving husband, Jodie PARMAR, their three cherished and loving sons, Nolan (5), Liam (6), and Nevin (13), her loving son, Nader (19), her loving daughter, Laila (24), her loving parents, Doctor Amir Hassan ZAHRAI and Farideh AGHAYAN, and her two wonderful and loving brothers, Beau and Doctor Ali ZAHRAI. Fariba was born in Tehran on February 27, 1961 and was raised there and in London, England. She completed high school at The Hun School of Princeton -- an independent college preparatory school located in Princeton, New Jersey. Fariba graduated from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Dean's Honour List) and from George Brown College, Diploma Nursing (Dean's Honour List). Fariba was a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. During her nursing career, Fariba worked at Toronto Public Health in the 277 Victoria Street and 1115 Queen Street West offices, and at Mount Sinai Hospital in the High-Risk Ante Partum Unit. She made a positive difference in the lives of her patients/clients and colleagues. The family wishes to express its sincere appreciation to the compassionate and caring staff at each of Saint Michael's Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, and Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. In particular, the family is grateful for the care provided by Doctors Rashida HAQ, Barry ROSEN, Anthony FYLE, Amit OZA, Leslie LEVIN, Ted AXLER, Helen PYLE, Sudhir PANDYA, and Linda McLEAN. In addition, the family wishes to recognize the kind assistance of Adiba, Mirella, and Tessa at Saint Michael's Hospital; Mhari at Toronto General Hospital; Heidi, Noela, Valerie, Linda, and Josie at Princess Margaret Hospital; Yolanda, Carol, Amanda, Julie, Jean, Jennifer, and Manuel at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital; Jadwiga at Comcare; Laura at Acclaim, Alison at Community Care Access Centre Halton, and Ron Marcinkoski at Market Drugs Medical in Edmonton. Interment took place at York Cemetery on Monday, October 15, 2007 in a private, family ceremony. A tribute to honour and celebrate Fariba's life will be held at the Reception Centre, York Cemetery, 160 Beecroft Road (west of the North York Civic Centre), Toronto, Ontario on Thursday, October 18, 2007 from 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the National Ovarian Cancer Association, 101-145 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 1E3 or 1-877-413-7970 in order to 'Turn Up the Volume!' on ovarian cancer. You've done your best; it's time to rest.
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Loyola of Chicago made it official on Friday, saying they will move from the Horizon League to the Missouri Valley Conference in a switch aimed at generating more interest for the school and starting up new rivalries for its teams.
The Ramblers will begin competing in the MVC this fall, replacing Creighton, which is headed to the Big East.
Men's basketball coach Porter Moser said he expects the new conference, with a tradition for basketball success, will help in recruiting the Chicago area against steep competition.


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Bianco, A., Mammina, C., Paoli, A., Caramazza, G., Bellafiore, M., Palma, A. and Jemni, M. (2011) Use of protein supplements and dietary behaviour: results of a survey on people attending commercial gyms in Italy. In: European College of Sports Science Congress (ECSS) Sports Sciences: New Horizons from a World Heritage City, 6-9 July 2011, Liverpool. (Unpublished)


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Many Corps Programs take place in the backcountry, where members build trails, prevent forest fires, or restore critical habitat. Teams typically live together in a cabin or other central location and work on "hitches" -- short-term, focused work trips guided by SCA field leaders.
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Whether you are working in the backcountry or in the local community, SCA Corps Programs give you the opportunity to join up with other young people who share your passion for the outdoors, and gain connections with agency partners in the field. Corps positions range from 3 to 12 months, and are open to high school graduates ages 18 and up.
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Alaska Corps Teams
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Protection of natural and recreational resources in New York State parks.
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It's a windy Sunday afternoon, too windy to be outside, so I have no excuse to not be finishing my ProGen assignment. So what am I doing? I'm playing with the Society of Australian Genealogists website. My assignment is a proof argument – an article, or essay if you like, arguing a case for the solution of a genealogical question that is not straightforward. I have chosen the question of the first Riley in Fiji, and as I started writing it I saw how much work I still have to do before I can say I've performed a reasonably exhaustive search of all the relevant records.
The relevant records, unfortunately, are ships' logs and books published by castaways that all have to be found and deciphered and searched for clues. I've got two, so far, that talk about my Riley and I may never find any more, so I'm writing about them. The extended deadline is the 30th September, which is getting closer! So much for the reason for the procrastination.
What I'm doing instead (besides writing this) is looking at the website for the SAG. It was developed using Joomla, the old version, by people who are no longer with the Society and so I have to learn enough of Joomla to be able to make fundamental changes to the website without breaking it.
To do that safely I need a copy I can work on, and I've always put off doing that until today, when I have something more urgent to do! I guess that's how procrastination works, and at least I will have done something constructive.
I'll add progress reports through the afternoon.
[4 or 5 hours later] I've given up on copying the website. Joomla 1.0 is no longer supported and I can't find any way to just copy the whole thing. I can copy the content but it left out the front page (oops!) and all the menus, and the forms were created using a component that hasn't been supported since 2006. So then I tried copying everything, including the Joomla installation, and I can't get the 74MB up on the other server.
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I am currently 16 weeks pregnant with our 2nd baby girl and am being proactive about bfeeding this time. I was totally unprepared last time and really struggled. Every nurse gave us different advice and I failed. I was only able to feed her for 6 weeks and my supply was pathetic. I know now that I shouldn't have supplemented with formula in the hospital, but as a FTM, I didn't know better.
My main problem was my nipples, for which I am going to start conditioning them before with cream, and the pain. Towards the end, I started getting sharp pains in my breasts AFTER I fed. We went to the doc and she said it wasn't thrush, but the pain was so intense, I would fall over in tears. I tried to keep doing it but just couldn't.
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Rob Zombie has a pretty solid grasp on the music industry at this point, having started with White Zombieand now spending over a decade as a solo artist, so he speaks from a place of knowledge and young rockers would be wise to be taking notes.
The singer tells Spin that attitude and believing your own hype has brought down many a performer over the years. He explains, "I remember when White Zombie got signed to Geffen. That's when all the bands were getting signed to Geffen. There was this one mistake a lot of bands made, and they still make it. You're still some unknown band nobody gives two s—ts about – you just happened to be signed by a label. Bands suddenly copped an attitude, and suddenly they were egotistical and annoying. They thought they were big shots, but they were still nobody."
Zombie says he still recalls walking into the label the first day and looking around the office thinking that nobody there cared if he became a millionaire rocker or not, so attitude goes a long way. He explains, "You've got to go in there, be nice to people, and hopefully they'll become your friends and you'll all work hard and it will happen."
He explains that the entitlement that some bands feel after they get signed ultimately ends up being their downfall, and what success they may have they don't appreciate because they never consider that the end could be around the corner.
Because he learned quickly not to take things for granted, he explains, "I can go onstage and play the same song I've played since the day it was written 20 years ago, but it's still fun to play. Not because of me, but because as soon as you begin the crowd goes crazy. It's like you're playing it again for the first time. It's that way with everything. Every time I start the next movie, it's as exciting as the first time. Every time the band is about to go onstage, you keep that excitement. But I think people lose it, I see it in other bands."


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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Hello Saints fans. To show you that I am not a bad guy despite my joke earlier this week that Asylum Guido sniffed out I thought I'd share some info with you that I write for a private Cowboys forum. ...
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Hello Saints fans. To show you that I am not a bad guy despite my joke earlier this week that Asylum Guido sniffed out I thought I'd share some info with you that I write for a private Cowboys forum. For each game I do a primer thread. Most of this info you as Saints fans may know, but I hope you will still enjoy.
It is slanted towards my Cowboys and I hope you will understand why since I generally write them for those fans.
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In 1965 the NFL had fourteen teams and the AFL had their original eight. That changed in 1966 when both leagues began to realize a need to grow. The NFL added the Falcons. The AFL added the Dolphins. In 1967 the NFL added yet another team to bring their total to sixteen teams. That team was the New Orleans Saints.
In 1966 the NFL was split into two Divisions. They were the NFL East and the NFL West. The Champions of these two divisions faced each other for the NFL Championship as the NFL had since 1933. Prior to 1933 the NFL Champion was awarded to the team with the best record. From 1933 to 1965 the NFL Division winners played each other for the Championship. In 1966 this Champion earned the right to go on to face the AFL Champion in the Super Bowl.
In 1967 the NFL split into four divisions with four teams each. They were the NFL Capital, NFL Coastal, NFL Century, and NFL Central Divisions. I have no idea why the letter C was chosen for all four Divisions. I have searched for an answer and never found one.
The Dallas Cowboys were placed in the NFL Capital Division along with the Eagles, Redskins, and the expansion Saints. We swept the Saints who were 3-11 that year. Dallas won the NFL Capital Division crown.
In 1968 the NFL moved the Saints out of the NFL Capital division and moved the Giants into the NFL Capital. The Saints went to the NFL Century Division. The AFL expanded to ten teams by adding the Bengals. Dallas again won the NFL Capital Division crown.
In 1969 the Saints and Giants again swapped Divisions and the Saints were once again a division rival. Dallas again swept the Saints. Dallas again won the NFL Capital Division crown and will forever be the only Champion from that Division.
The next year the twenty six teams of the AFL and NFL became one league, the National Football League, and the NFC East was officially born. Why am I taking you all the way to the AFL-NFL merger? Because a not well known fact is that that merger needed Congressional approval to happen and one caveat demanded by Congressman Hale Boggs to Commissioner Pete Rozelle was that New Orleans be granted a professional football team. For a long time it was debatable if they had one or not.
On November 1, 1966 the NFL awarded its sixteenth and final original franchise (prior to the merger) to the New Orleans Saints. The announcement happened on the catholic "All Saints Day" and with New Orleans being noted for jazz music; the mascot Saints was quickly chosen and "When the Saints Come Marching In" by Al Hirt became their fight song.
Incidentally, Al Hirt was part of the halftime performances for both of our Super Bowl wins in the 1970's. Both were played in New Orleans. Super Bowl VI was at Tulane Stadium and Super Bowl XII was at the Super Dome, the first ever indoor Super Bowl.
A Houston, Texas oil man named John Mecom was the Saints first majority owner. Their colors, black and gold, a tribute to his ties to oil, often called "black gold."
In 1985 Tom Benson purchased the Saints from John Mecom. From their inception in 1967 and up until 1979 the Saints were losers every single season. In 1979 they finished 8-8 for their first ever non losing season. Imagine that Cowboys fans, twelve straight years of sub .500 football; before one season of .500 football could even be achieved.
In 1980 the Saints went right back to their losing ways and finished the season 1-15. That year a New Orleans DJ started calling them the Aints and fans began the tradition of being anonymous by putting bags over their heads. In 1983 the Saints again finished 8-8 for their second non losing season.
They didn't have a winning season until 1987 when they finished 12-3. If you are wondering why 15 games, that was the year of the replacement games during the players strike.
The Cowboys and Saints have played each other twenty four times. The Cowboys hold the all time edge 15-9. They Cowboys are 9-3 against them at Dallas. The series is tied 6-6 for games played in the Big Easy. The Saints are the only current NFC team that the Cowboys have never faced in the Post Season.
Tom Landry dominated the Saints. He was 11-2 against them. No other Cowboys coach has. Jimmy and Barry were the only other coaches to even defeat them until Wade Phillips and the Cowboys ended the Saints undefeated season in 2009. Jimmy was 2-1 against the Saints, and Barry Switzer was 1-0. Chan Gailey and Bill Parcells were both 0-2, Dave Campo was 0-1. Wade Phillips was 1-0 and Jason Garrett came within just under two minutes of being 1-0 against them, but a Drew Brees 12 yard TD pass sent Jason Garrett his very first loss as a Head Coach.
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Thanks, Hos! You know I have always enjoyed your primers. Always good stuff.
But, something to point out, there was never a tradition of wearing bags. There was the protest called upon by Buddy Diliberto that took place at the very end of 1980 and into the 1981 season. The "bag heads" were limited in number, yet very visible in the media.
Also, you failed to point out that the Saints have won six of the last seven meetings between the two teams.
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Electronic discovery is a fact of life in most business litigation. As use of email and text messaging increases, so has the burden of reviewing electronically stored information ("ESI"). The tried and true method for reviewing voluminous ESI is for attorneys to examine on a document-by-document basis ESI identified through search terms. However, in large cases a document-by-document manual review – even after search term culling – may be extremely expensive and time consuming. Recently, courts have begun to embrace predictive coding as an acceptable method of technology assisted review ("TAR"), which may alleviate these burdens. See, e.g., Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group, 287 F.R.D. 182, 192 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) (Peck, Mag. J.), aff'd, No. 11 Civ. 1279, 2012 WL 1446534 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 26, 2012) (Carter, J.). In Cambridge Place Investment Management Inc. v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., SUCV2010-2741-BLS1 and SUCV0211-0555-BLS1 (Billings, J.), a Massachusetts court recently approved the use of predictive coding.
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Herbalife has a headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, is run by CEO Michel Johnson, a former Disney executive, and has been in business for more than 30 years. It did $3.5 billion — yes, that's billion — in net sales in 2011, has 6,000 staff employees and three million — that's million — independent distributors worldwide.
And since late last year, it's been under assault by Bill Ackman, who runs Pershing Square Capital Management, a New York hedge fund. Just before Christmas 2012, Ackman conducted a three-hour presentation is which he worked through 343 PowerPoint slides (see it here and add to Business Insider's over three million page views for the post) and laid out the case that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme. Ackman has set a target price for the company's price of zero.
Yes, zero. (The stock closed at $39.95 Wednesday).
He's also set up a website to push his story.
For Ackman, this is a holy crusade against what he considers to be a company that's less interested is making money by selling its than it is in signing up new suckers to sell its products. That's how pyramid schemes work — those at the top get rich by exploiting a much larger number of people at the bottom.
Herbalife has never been declared a pyramid scheme in the U.S., but a court in Brussels did call it one. Companies that engage in "multi-level marketing" are often charged with being pyramid schemes.
Ackman characterizes the alleged victims of the scam as "low income" people who don't have a lot of options are fall for Herbalife's pitch — entrepreneurship leading to financial independence.
He's not fooling around. Ackman has amassed a $1 billion-plus short position, using 20 million Herbalife shares. After he made his presentation on December 20, 2012, the company's share price completely tanked. It has since recovered somewhat — and Herbalife CEO Johnson has posted a video to the company's website that defends the business and extols its virtues.
On Wednesday, Dan Loeb, who runs hedge fund Third Point, announced he was buying nearly nine million Herbalife shares — 8.2 percent of the company, worth $350 million. Loeb has been busy. In 2011, he agitated for changes at Yahoo until he forced out CEO Scott Thompson and got him replaced with Google's Marissa Mayer. He's also made a bundle betting on Greek debt, a risky deal if there ever was one.
Ackman and Loeb are reportedly friends, but they're on opposite side of this trade. Some Wall Street insiders have speculated that Ackman built his "Big Short" against Herbalife and accused the company of running a Pyramid scheme late last year so that he could book profits for his fund in 2011. He says that isn't case, and that his team committed a huge amount of time — almost two years — and resources to analyzing Herbalife's business.
For his part, Loeb doesn't buy it and has laid out his own counter-thesis for investors. Bottom line: He sees a lot of upside in Herbalife and doesn't think Ackman is going to succeed in his crusade.
Robert Chapman, an L.A. investor, has joined Loeb and, further, written a long analysis of why Ackman is wrong, all wrong. Chapman's argument is that Ackerman needs the Federal Trade Commission to put Herbalife out of business, in order for the company to go to zero. And Chapman doesn't see any real precedent for the FTC taking on Herbalife.
However, the Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a look at Herbalife, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Herbalife has scheduled an investor and analyst presentation for 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT Thursday. I'm going to live blog the webcast to see how the company deals with Ackman's accusations.
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The fall 2012/winter 2013 issue of Brandeis Magazine is on campus and online, full of stories about faculty and their accomplishments, alumni and students, as well as the latest news on Brandeis science, the arts, books, sports and more.
In this issue, you can read what fellow historians and former students have to say about Pulitzer Prize winner David Hackett Fischer, who marks a half century of teaching history at Brandeis this year.
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We've been through a lot of ups and downs over the last four years. As every marriage does, we started out on a high note—and at warp speed. We were on fast forward from the minute we met (or re-met) that fateful summer night in 2007—dated for eight months, were engaged for six months, then three months after our wedding I got pregnant with Preston. My husband opened a restaurant the same month (same week!) we conceived Preston (TMI?), coincidentally also the same night we moved into our condo and first home together.
My pregnancy was easy and wonderful, other than the fact that Jay was always at the restaurant and I was working my ever-expanding butt off. A couple months later we got our dog Barkley. Everyone told us not to do it while I was pregnant, but we knew we wanted a dog, and we knew if we didn't do it before the baby, it'd be years before we'd do it after. Since Jay was at the restaurant a lot, I was the custodial dog parent those first 6-7 months—getting bigger and more tired by the week. As hard as it was, I wouldn't have done it any other way—it was great training for us becoming real parents. And we have the world's greatest dog ("That's Barkley, my brother," Preston tells people.)
During that time I also got a big promotion at work—something I'd been working toward for years—which added a little extra pressure during an already stressful (but awesome) time in our lives. Jay and I quickly realized we both thrived well under pressure. We navigate stressful situations pretty damn well together—sometimes it's how you handle the tough times that's the real testament to a marriage. And oh, how we've been tested.
Then the baby came in August of '09, a little less than a year after we were married, and everything stopped. Life stood still around us while we focused all of our time and attention on the most precious little baby. Our lives did a complete 180—well mine did anyway, considering I was a former nightlife and dating columnist and worked for Playboy for nearly a decade! I kissed my old life goodbye the minute I became engaged, and have never looked back.
Jay was able to be home with me throughout my entire maternity leave—we enjoyed every minute of Preston's first three months together, as a new family. The beautiful times far outweighed the difficult times with a newborn baby. We split the responsibilities; we did everything together.
That new-marriage high didn't last that long for us, since we jammed a lot into that first year of marriage. We went from newlyweds to expectant parents in three months flat. It's a different kind of high. And once you become new parents, well, you know what happens—everything changes. We relished all of it—the late-night feedings; the late-night projectile vomiting; the sleep-deprivation; the poopy diapers—but it was easy to forget we were in fact still newlyweds.
Around the time Preston turned one we started talking about having another baby. I had a nagging feeling it might not be as easy for us to get pregnant the second time—I was 34 when we conceived Preston; 35 by the time we had him. I'd seen friends go through infertility. We tried naturally for 7-8 months before I had my first appointment with a reproductive endocrinologist. And the rest has been a bumpy ride to say the least, which is where we are today… Infertility often feels like it's taken over our lives and marriage, but I can't imagine going through any of this without my husband by my side.
My point is, marriage hasn't always been easy for us. I had a very big, fun, fulfilling life before I met my husband—but nothing compared to what I have now. No matter how hard things have been the last year or so, if there is one thing I've learned it's that family is the number one most important thing in life. No, marriage hasn't always been easy for us—far from it sometimes—but it's always been worth it.
We joke that four years has felt more like 20 with everything we've been through. I wonder what 20 will feel like…
We were married four years ago today at the beautiful Drake Hotel in Chicago, when we were a little younger and lot more naive about life. Happy 4th anniversary to my husband, partner, and best buddy. I love you.


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Julius Randle's pregame routine went beyond stretching and squeezing in some practice shots. It also entailed Randle signing his contract.
The Lakers delayed signing Randle's two-year deal that includes a $2.9 million salary and a team option worth more than $3 million for his second season for a simple reason. The front office wanted extra cap space to pursue free agents, most notably Carmelo Anthony.
But with the majority of the Lakers' free-agent work complete, Randle signed his contract about 20 minutes before playing in the team's summer league game on Sunday against the New Orleans Pelicans in Las Vegas. Randle, whom the Lakers selected seventh overall, had 10 points and two rebounds in 21 minutes. The contract delay forced him to sit out of the team's summer league opener in a loss Friday to Toronto.
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The Lakers officially acquired guard Jeremy Lin from the Houston Rockets, and it turned out the deal included more than acquiring a 2015 first-round pick.
The Lakers also picked up a heavily protected 2015 second-round pick from the Clippers that previously was traded to the Rockets. The Lakers will receive the pick from the Clippers only if the draft selection falls between 51 and 55 overall.
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"This trade allows us to acquire a solid player who will make us a better team, as well as draft picks to improve our team in the future, while at the same time allowing us to maintain financial flexibility," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said in a statement. "In addition to what he'll bring us on the court, we think Jeremy will be warmly embraced by our fans and our community."
Lin, who has averaged 11.9 points and 4.8 assists a game over his four-year career, arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday to take a physical. But he soon returned to China to continue a previously scheduled appearance with adidas. Lin's $14 million expiring contract includes a salary cap hit worth $8.3 million.


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Thistles and Thistle-like Plants of Missouri
Fred Fishel
Department of Agronomy
Thistles and thistle-like plants have a negative reputation in Missouri. Most of these weedy plant species were introduced into the United States from Europe and gradually spread into Missouri and surrounding states. Their cantankerous physical appearance alone qualifies them for classification as weeds.
Some weeds are potentially more devastating to society than others and are recognized as such by noxious weed laws in Missouri and other states. In particular, Canada, musk and Scotch thistles, and common and cutleaf teasels are regulated in Missouri by law because of their potential for spread and harm to society and the environment.
Because some thistles and thistle-like species are not considered to be as serious threats to human and livestock activities, it is important to be able to distinguish them from the more harmful species. These plants tend to have very subtle characteristics that separate them from their close relatives or other plants that are similar in physical appearance. Correct identification of thistles and thistle-like plants makes control recommendations more effective because herbicides, application rates and size restrictions can be properly matched.
Use the simple taxanomic keys on the back of this guide to identify a suspect plant using the following process:
- Identify the general classification by finding the best description of the vegetative parts and flowers of the weed in Key 1.
- Use Key 2 to identify a specific plant.
- Consult the plant descriptions section for a short text description and photographs of the weed.
This guide is a general reference and does not contain all thistles and thistle-like plants that you may encounter in Missouri. If you need assistance in identifying a weed, submit a sample through your local MU Extension center to the MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic, http://plantclinic.missouri.edu/.
Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Growth habit
The leaves of the bull thistle become elongated as the plant matures, and each lobe and leaf terminal is tipped with a long, stiff spine. Hairs may be found on both the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves. Leaves become progressively smaller in the terminal portion of the plant's second-year growth although the spines are longer compared with those on the lower leaves. Flowers are similar in size and color to those of musk thistle, but may be distinguished by the presence of cobweb-like hair and several spine-tipped bracts at the base of the flower head. Bull thistle is one of the most commonly occurring thistles in the state and is probably present in every county — primarily in pasture or roadside settings and occasionally in cropland.
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Growth habit
Canada thistle is the only commonly occurring thistle in Missouri that has a perennial growth habit. Besides producing seed, vegetative shoots arise from a creeping underground system of rhizomes often forming large colonies of plants. Leaves are wavy lobed, and, as the plant matures, the lobes become triangular-shaped. The upper surface of the leaf blade is smooth while the underside of the blade may or may not be hairy. Of the thistles common in Missouri, Canada thistle has the smallest flowers; they are produced in terminal clusters and are usually pinkish-purple in color (occasionally white). Canada thistle may be encountered in cropland, pastures and along roadsides. It is regulated by Missouri noxious weed laws.
Common (Dipsacus fullonum) and cutleaf teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus)
Growth habit
Plants develop a basal rosette that overwinters. The leaves are oval-shaped with toothed margins and have a wrinkled appearance. Unlike thistles, the leaf margins do not have spines. The following spring, the plant produces flowering stalks that are covered with short, stiff prickles. Flowers are egg-shaped and subtended with long spiny bracts. Common teasel has pale purple flowers while cutleaf teasel has white flowers. Plants may reach heights of six feet. Common and cutleaf teasel are most prominent along roadsides in Missouri. They are regulated by Missouri noxious weed laws.
Musk thistle (Carduus nutans)
Growth habit
Musk thistle has also been called nodding thistle because of its large solitary flower heads that often bend over. Seedling plants have waxy, pale green leaves with shallowly lobed margins containing irregular prickles. During the second season of growth, leaves become deeply cut and their margins are tipped with stiff, sharp spines. Leaf tissue is glossy and the only hair on the foliage may be found on the main veins. The flower head has numerous spine-tipped bracts, is usually pink to purple in color (occasionally white) and grows up to 2 inches in diameter. In Missouri, musk thistle is most problematic in pastures and along roadsides. It is regulated by Missouri noxious weed laws.
Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
Growth habit
Scotch thistle has very large, coarsely lobed leaves with spines. An identifying feature that makes it fairly easy to distinguish from other common thistles is the dense hairs on its foliage that give it a bluish or grayish cottony cast. It has also been called cotton thistle. The second-year stems develop large spiny wings formed where the leaf bases attach. The 1- to 2-inch flowers, which may be solitary or grouped in clusters of 2 to 5, are spine-tipped and usually reddish-purple in color. Of the thistles addressed in this guide, it is the least common in the state. It is regulated by Missouri noxious weed laws.
Spiny sowthistle (Sonchus asper)
Growth habit
Summer annual.
Spiny sowthistle has leaves that are variable in shape and that have extremely prickly margins. Lower leaves tend to be ovate in shape and variously lobed. Leaves are smaller and less divided in the middle and terminal portions of the plant. The base of the leaf blade is rounded and clasps around the stem at the point of attachment. Unlike thistles and teasels, all parts of the plant exude a white sap when cut, and the flowers are yellow. Another plant with a similar appearance that contains white sap and is common in the state is wild lettuce. It may be distinguished from spiny sowthistle by the long spines that occur along the underside of its midveins. Spiny sowthistle occurs in cultivated fields, pastures, waste areas, roadsides and other disturbed sites. It is one of three sowthistle species known to Missouri.
Tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum)
Growth habit
Tall thistle has highly variable leaves that range from unlobed to variably lobed. The leaf margins have small spines that point toward the tips of the leaves. The upper surface of the leaves is dark green and lacks hair while the lower surface has dense hairs that give it a white, wooly appearance. Flowers are about an inch in diameter and pink to purple in color. A less common subspecies that has white flowers has been recorded in several southwest Missouri counties. Tall thistle is common throughout much of Missouri, except in the extreme southeast lowlands, and occurs along roadsides, ditch banks and other waste areas.
Key 1
Vegetative and flower characterics of thistles and thistle-like plants
- Thistles
Leaf margins have prominent spines and plant parts lack white sap when cut. Flowers are 3/4 to 2 inches in diameter. Color may be red, purple, pink, lavender or white (rare).
- Teasels
Leaves have wrinkled appearance with toothed margins and plant parts lack white sap when cut. Flowers are up to 4 inches in length and egg-shaped. Color is white or lavender.
- Sowthistle
Leaf margins are weakly prickly. Leaves and stems exude white sap when cut. Flowers are 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter. Color is yellow.
Key 2
Vegetative and flower characterics of specific thistles and thistle-like plants
- Musk thistle
Leaves smooth, dark green with light green midrib. Flower is pink to purple. Produced singly on nodding stalks. Up to 2 inches wide.
- Scotch thistle
Leaves covered with dense hair and grayish, cottony appearance. Flower is reddish-purple. Flower stems are broadly winged. Up to 2 inches wide.
- Canada thistle
Leaf margins crinkled and spiny, rhizomes underground. Flower is pinkish-purple (rarely white). Produced in clusters. Up to 3/4 inch wide.
- Bull thistle
Leaves deeply cut, green on both upper and lower surfaces. Coarse hairs on lower surface. Flower is rose to reddish-purple. Heads surrounded by spiny-tipped bracts. Up to 2 inches wide.
- Tall thistle
Similar to bull, but leaves are white and woolly on lower surface. Flower is reddish-purple. Heads produced singly. About 1 inch wide.


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This is my first post on the website. I am currently stationed in Germany as part of the Armed Forces. My girlfriend and I have our own paranormal research group and are trying to find a haunted hotel in Germany and Prague. We are having no look online and most of the locals I talk to point me to one of the two places I have already investigated. If anyone knows of anyone please let me know. Thank you.
Looking for haunted hotels in Europe
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Posted 24 October 2012 - 04:31 PM
Posted 24 October 2012 - 08:05 PM
Have you been to Fursteneck Castle yet?
Here is a link with some possibilites:
Here is a link with some possibilites:
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Posted 24 October 2012 - 08:38 PM
I actually have been there a few times since I got here in 2010. Great location with a very long and sad history, I have also had some luck with locations here on the base. I was able to capture two very chilling EVPs in a motor pool that once served as hospital for POWs. It was two distinct female voices. The first says "I think I'm dead" followed almost right after with another voice saying "And I'm sick"...One of the best class A EVPs I have heard.
Posted 24 October 2012 - 11:19 PM
I would wager that any hotel with a little bit of history behind it will have localized tales of it being haunted...you just need to ask the right person and more importantly...ask in the right way, lol. While they certain can be haunted, I'd stay away from chain hotels and motels, and focus on bed and breakfast type accommodations, preferably located in small villages and housed in buildings over 100 years old. Places that don't see a lot of traffic on a daily basis will not only make investigating paranormal claims easier, but often have staff that is more open and willing to talk in detail about what they have experienced.
The only place that I've come across beside Fursteneck Castle is Hotel Burg Reichenstein, but here's a link reporting some of Germany's oldest hotels. I can't promise they'll be haunted, or even if they have a reputation of being haunted, but it may be a lead:
The only place that I've come across beside Fursteneck Castle is Hotel Burg Reichenstein, but here's a link reporting some of Germany's oldest hotels. I can't promise they'll be haunted, or even if they have a reputation of being haunted, but it may be a lead:
Posted 26 October 2012 - 06:58 AM
You are right. There is so much history here, it's amazing. We have stayed in a few that seemed like they might have the right conditions for a haunting, especially in Prague. I am mostly just trying to help out a friend who is looking for places to document in a book he is writing about haunted hotels and B & Bs. Thanks for all your help!
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