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Our Mothers at War
: a collection of essays about heroic women during WWII
We include here a sample chapter from our book that typifies the kind of story our book relays. We believe this sample anecdote and other memoirs of women we interviewed will answer many of the questions citizens all over the world are asking about the "war to end all wars."
We are actively seeking stories about women's experiences during WWII. We are also interested in women's stories from the Korean War, the Vietnam conflict, and Iraqi wars. If you are interested in sharing your story with us, please contact us through the link below, and we will arrange for an interview. Please also understand these stories will be added to ours and compiled into an e-book, and that your sharing of the story will provide implicit permission to use your story in the e-book.
Please send submission to us via the Contact Us section of the website.
Laura Ariatti Colonelli: Mid-wife of Padulle
Giovanna Colonelli Lammers smiles with pride as she enters the tapestry-lined dining room of her suburban Michigan home. In her hands is a red velvet box, worn from multiple handlings over the years. She leans over and opens the lid to expose a copper medal the size of a Kennedy half dollar. On it is the seal of the city of Bologna, Italy: two deer holding flags around a shield. She tells us it is one of her most cherished possessions, a posthumous honor awarded her mother, Laura Ariatti Colonelli, some 25 years ago, shortly after she died unexpectedly of a stroke. Holding the medal gently between her thumb and forefinger, she develops a far away look as she recites the story of how her mother earned the honor during World War II on the outskirts of her hometown of Bologna in the region of Emilia, where she served as a midwife. As Giovanna begins, it becomes clear that she has heard this story many times from many sources, her mother's version the most modest. It is one of many unique experiences of living through a cataclysmic event. Giovanna begins with some background about the war:
"The year of 1943 had been particularly bad for the Italians. The Italian army disbanded and joined the Allied forces, which my family was happy about, but the bombing continued, and food was scarcer than at any time during the war. My father, Armando, returned home frail and ill after having his teeth pulled to avoid African service, a particularly terrifying assignment in the Great War. I was afraid of Father at first because he looked old, had no teeth, and was sick for a long period of time. Mother, always in the role of nurse, concocted one of her usual home remedies using lemon juice and a potion mixed with sugar and wine. This enabled Father to regain his health.
The countryside was filling with refugees from the cities. Bologna was bombed until the last day of the war because it was a key transportation center. Mother, forced to serve a swelling population with limited supplies and transportation possessed only one rickety bike with very weak tubes. She often had to stop to pump them up at every lamp post. As the area's only certified midwife, she delivered babies everywhere: in bomb shelters, grain silos, and stables. One experience in particular led to the receipt of this award.
Toward the end of the war, a young woman in the middle of a very difficult labor had to be transported by my mother and the patient's husband to a hospital ten miles away. On the way, a bombardment started which forced them off the road into the woods. The patient, suffering a placenta previa, needed a transfusion to keep her alive long enough to reach a hospital. Since my mother's blood type was O negative, she knew it would be compatible with her patient's. She immediately set up a transfusion under the worst of conditions: no water was available to sterilize instruments, and bombs rained down on those trying to make their way to a safe haven. No shelter was obtainable, so with the help of the woman's husband, who applied a tourniquet, Mother sucked the blood out of her own arm in quantities enough to transfuse the patient. As the bombing stopped, my mother knew she had kept this woman alive, but she regarded it as no more than her duty as a nurse. Twenty years later, that woman told her story to Bologna city officials, and my mother was given a prestigious honor: the official seal of the city….
Part Two of
Laura Ariatti Colonelli: Mid-wife of Padulle, Italy
(from Our Mothers at War)
My mother, a talented poet, told similar stories in great detail. In one, she described precisely the tiny wail of a newborn, which broke the momentary silence in the woods outside Bologna, Italy. Bombs, falling during the entire labor and delivery, had exploded at random, she said, throughout the Italian countryside. A few close calls had flung dirt and stones over what she described as a make-shift delivery room hastily erected under a canopy of trees. As Mother slumped in exhaustion from the difficult delivery, she recalled how the sight of the new mother with the babe sleeping at her breast reminded her of so many other births over the years prior to this one in 1943.
Mother remembered wiping the blood and debris from the red cross stitched on the cape she had earlier spread over the rocky terrain in the woods. Many times she mentioned how ironic it was that her own mother had worked so hard to teach all of her children that there was more to life than working in the fields. Yet here she was, using the education her mother sacrificed to provide, covered in dirt and muck, looking worse than any field worker.
As the bombing resumed and the explosions became louder, the new mother, clutching her tiny baby, whimpered in fear. She moved restlessly, my mother recounted, worrying about the safety of her baby and whether she would ever see her husband again. Each time bombs would fall around her, Mother cursed in Italian and then fell to her knees to say an act of contrition. Moving to her patient's side, my mother tried to distract her by saying in a soothing voice, 'God will take care of us. We're in His hands.' She patted her agitated patient on the arm and wiped the tears from her cheeks, speaking softly not to wake the sleeping baby. Settling on the cape next to the mother and her newborn, Mother told her about her own family history to keep her from focusing on the horror all around."
Here, Giovanna stops to sip her tea and points to a picture of the "Famiglia Ariatti" as she repeats the proud family history her mother recited and that Giovanna has memorized.
was a long arduous journey from a farm near a small town to life as a midwife in Padulle. My mother, Laura Ariatti Colonelli, was born in 1912 into a family of 4 girls and 3 boys. Her mother, my maternal grandmother, was Maria Manzi, another in a line of ambitious, intelligent Italian women, who placed a great deal of emphasis on the importance of education. She saw that there was more to life than working in the fields. As a result of wanting a better life for her children, especially the boys, Grandmother invited a spinster into her home to teach her children everything she knew. In exchange, she promised to take care of her until her death.
Her brother Giorgio, who was studying to become a priest, sent his textbooks to the my mother's family once he finished with them. Although the arrangement was made mostly for the boys in the family, my mother proved more intelligent and learned quicker than her brothers. Her one desire was to be a teacher, but she could not pass the math classes necessary for certification. While at school she discovered she could go to nurse's training, and with one more year, could become a midwife. Working to pay for her schooling by sewing army uniforms, she stayed one more year to work at a hospital to care for orphans. This is where Mother learned to care for pediatric patients.
After this, she competed for her first government job as a midwife. It was based on experience and test scores, but was one which would give her an assured salary. Her first job at age 23 was in the region of Marche, in the mountains, in an area so remote, it took a three hour trip by donkey to reach the city and three hours back if she wished to return home. Because of her lack of experience, Mother had to start there. Since she was so young, nobody trusted her. However, there was an extremely high mortality rate in this area. The prior midwife, in order to survive, worked in a tannery and often went directly from the job to a patient, without washing herself or sterilizing her instruments. Because my mother was careful to boil everything that came in contact with any patient during a delivery, her first patients and their babies survived. One by one, other women came to her for their deliveries. Mother worked there for 18 months before her promotion to Sant'Elpidio.
Mother told me of another pregnant woman in the same town, the wife of a famous doctor, who moved to a farm they owned in the country to escape the daily bombardment in the city. She was terrified she would have to deliver in such impoverished conditions. She told my mother later, 'The country people reassured me by saying, 'Don't worry, we have a good woman here.'
Upon her return to Bologna, Mother re-met Armando Colonelli, the brother of a fellow classmate in midwife school. They fell in love and married in 1940. Armando, my father, started a job at City Hall as an Inspector of City Buildings. Following in his own father's political footsteps, a man who was a strong anti-fascist, he was not interested in being a part of Mussolini's army, but he was drafted in 1940 and left his little family to serve in the army far away from home. This forced my mother to find a home which would eventually house both of us until my father's return.
Typical of her generosity, Mother refused the apartment which she learned came with her new job but instead gave it to a widow with small children. She searched for a place for our own family and eventually moved into a ghetto in Padulle. Thirteen families lived around a courtyard with one outhouse, chickens walking around, and pig sties lining the edges of the stone buildings. Despite the primitive surroundings, Mother claimed moving there was the best thing that ever happened to her. She always reminded me, 'When one door is closed, a bigger one will open.' Although she was alone with me, still a baby, there she had unlimited baby-sitters to use when she was called out during the day or the night. When a call came, she would plop me in a basket on the handlebars of her bike and knock on doors until she could find a baby-sitter who would be home the next day in case she was gone all night. In this way, I was a child of the ghetto.
Because supplies were rationed, Mother collected and paid for her own instruments. She placed everything in a suitcase, protecting the leather with a cover. She was readily identified by the residents of the area, who by this time had given their trust to the woman with the suitcase. This eventually became a family heirloom, one we still have today.
Difficult as they were, I remember these years fondly. Like her mother, my mother decided education was the key to eliminating poverty. One family of five orphans was a special project of Mother's. She taught them and the other children everything she knew, especially languages. Most people in the ghetto tried to learn as much as they could.
Mother also tried to add a touch of elegance to their ceremonies. Up to this time because of the poverty in the ghetto, weddings were very routine, celebrated with only a glass of wine and maybe a cookie to mark the special day. She changed this by writing a poem to the bride, which I delivered with flowers, and the bride then carried to the ceremony. Sometimes, it was something simple such as starting, 'They told me today you will be a bride….' My mother also added hot chocolate as a special treat before the bridal couple toured the cemetery to visit the graves of deceased relatives. When she could, she added a festive touch by styling the bride's hair in curls or adding arrangements of tulle. Regardless of the poverty, it became something special before the bridal party returned to the routine of their work in the fields the next day. The people repaid us a million times over by becoming a support system for us, which enabled Mother to continue her duties as a midwife. I still keep in contact with some of them. Today, these people are closer to me today than many of my own relatives.
The people my family did not want to become close to were the Germans who occupied the city, causing grief to us all. One soldier moved into our house in Bologna. One evening, as we sat around, someone said, 'Teach us a dance.' Since I was only two and a half, I often mixed up my words, saying I wanted to see the 'Danza Partigiana,' meaning "freedom-fighter," instead of using the almost identical sounding correct term 'Danza Marchigiana,' a folk dance we would use as entertainment in the evenings. Upon hearing 'Partigiana,' the German soldier froze and looked at us suspiciously. He reported to his superiors that he felt our family was supporting the partisans. As a result, the Germans put the house under constant surveillance.
We were followed everywhere, but Mother continued on with her work. Because of her job, she was able to move quite freely, and actually often did carry secret messages, hidden in ways the Germans did not discover, such as baked into the middle of loaves of bread. Her red cross kept her safe from the fire of partisan snipers, but not necessarily the German ones."
Giovanna stops, looking at a picture of her father in a group of newly released Italian soldiers. One, in a dejected stance, had a cigarette dangling from his mouth. It brings back another story, this time of post war Italy.
"After the war, the Allied troops took over the city. The same buildings, which had once been occupied by German soldiers, were restored for the Allies. Father remembers the Americans as the best to work for and the British as the stingiest. One story is that of a British officer whose jeep with a steaming radiator was pulled to the side of the road. Father offered to walk two miles to get water for the officer. When he returned with the water, after a four mile trip, he asked, 'Could I have some cigarettes?' The British officer gave him ONE cigarette."
Some years later Giovanna would exchange similar post war stories with a young man she met who became her first serious boyfriend. A shy smile appears as she continues.
"Riding to singing lessons with the most successful voice teacher in Italy, I was attracted to the singer from Modena named Luciano. Our friendship became closer to romance as we spent several days a week for four years traveling to our voice teacher, sharing stories of the war and of our love for music. This man had a good voice at that time but not a great one. It was his time spent working with Joan Sutherland in Australia where my good friend Luciano Pavarotti learned what it takes to move into the realm of greatness. Years later, I saw Pavarotti whenever he comes to the Midwest, and he always asked me to join him backstage after a concert."
A slight flush of modesty covers her face as Giovanna finishes her story and pours steaming Earl Grey tea from her white and gold porcelain teapot, one she brought back from her native country. She is careful not to spill any drop on the photo albums filled with black and white pictures of her family, memories of growing up in Padulle. The music of Pavarotti is in the background, selected carefully from the oak shelves lined with literally hundreds of albums. She listens for a moment, then tells of her invitation to Naples in the next few weeks to sing at a wedding in the cathedral. She laments that her mother's premature death prevents her from seeing her daughter perform in this setting. However, she takes comfort from the fact that her mother, optimistic by nature, espoused the belief that "All bad things don't come to hurt."
Laura Ariatti Colonelli had survived the trauma of a war, grueling nursing classes, rigorous tests for promotions, complicated births and horrifying deaths. Her own, ironically, came from a stroke, suffered shortly before her own retirement, while she was bending over a crib to change the diapers of yet another baby. Like her mother, Giovanna's golden years now consist of helping others as her mother had: through her teaching, volunteerism, artistic endeavors, and even cooking. Life has come full circle for this child of Laura Colonelli, a legend as the midwife of Padulle.


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Dry mouth is not a symptom of thrush, according to Healthline. Some medicines may cause a dry mouth, which may help the infection develop and spread, states BootsWebMD.
The body's inability to fight off a fungus called Candida albicans causes thrush, according to Healthline. Symptoms of thrush include white lesions inside the mouth or on the tongue; mouth pain where the lesions are located; dry, cracked skin at the corners of the mouth; and difficulty swallowing if the condition has spread to the esophagus. Antifungal medicines are usually enough to treat the condition and may include antifungal oral medication, mouthwashes or lozenges that the patient keeps in her mouth until it dissolves.

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Discussion in 'Android General Discussions' started by capo745, Dec 30, 2009.
Has anyone heard anything? I think latest version was 2.36 if I'm not mistaken. Thnx.
I hope soon!! Does anyone know when???
Yea, I hope they'll be on the market soon. Nice widget.Can't wait.
HTC hit the devolupers of Beautiful Widgets with a cease and desist order because of it being to close to HTC sense UI widgets.
HTC Hits LevelUpStudio With C&D Over Beautiful Widgets | AndroidGuys
They re-released Beautiful Widgets, with a different look, but it is a acquired taste. Some like it, others don't. Most want the original but its not coming back. If you have the original version, and you want to keep it, make sure you don't update it because the new version will overwrite it.
Here is a excellent video of the old look and the new.
If you're a VIP member of BBHybrids.net you can still pick up the original Beautiful Widgets. They have it in their download section.
Don't think there are too many people here who would be a member, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.
I am not a VIP, but I can always IM randy and see if he can help. I have the .APK for 2.36 backed up. I have noticed recently that the new versioj's geo location was way off again yesterday. I will send a email to the developer today
It seems to be coming and going from the market. Every few days, I get a notice that an update is available. I download and install it and then a day or so later it's no longer on the market.
I'm trying to get used to the look of the new version but I keep going back to the original version that I have backed up.
I like the new look well enough to stick with it...I did backup the old install before I got the new one, but I've gotten used to it.
The dev is pretty on-the-ball, which is good to see.
anyone know if its still on the market? i just searched for it and could not find it
It's definately not in the market right now. I did hear back from the developer today. It seems that HTC still hasn't given thier approval for the new look yet. Stay tuned he is hoping to put it back up very very soon
well in the mean time, heres the beautiful widget apk, for those of you that like the old one
mod edit* this is a pay app. I can't have an open link for it here. sorry. Please don't post that link back up in the open forum!


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Jennifer - posted on 09/20/2012 ( 2 moms have responded )
I recently reported a women who is claiming to be my daughter's step mother or even worse her mother. I was basically told that there is nothing that can be done. This women is a memeber of circle of moms and other social networks where she is doing the same. I am very disappointed when a web site claims to care about privacy and does nothing to protect it.


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Madison Street Capital will be competing for two honors. These awards are the Industrials Deal of the Year Award, and the company was nominated because of its meaningful participation in the acquisition of the Acuna & Asociados S.A by the Dowco. Another award is the Boutique Investment Banking Firm of the Year-International. The deal that was made by Madison was highly recognized by participants of the sector, and it was supervised by Mr. Karl D'Cunha, who serves the company as the managing director.
Mr. Charles Botchway, who is the proprietor of the enterprise, said that he was excited because his firm successfully assisted Dowco to purchase the Acuna & Asociados S.A. Dowco has had a long relationship with Madison Street Capital. According to Mr. Botchway, it is a great honor for the company to be chosen by the M&A Advisor to participate in the Boutique Investment Banking Firm of the Year- International Award. The firm's employees who are in charge of conducting transactions have been working hard to ensure that the clients are linked with upcoming businesses that can help them to grow internationally. Acquiring the Acuna Asociados S.A needed extra effort since the transaction was international and faced various unpredictable factors. Mr. D'Cunha highly appreciates that Madison Street Capital managed to complete the deal successfully. http://www.slideshare.net/MadisonStreetCapital/madison-street-capital-firm-overview-2011
Madison Street Capital is one of the renowned companies in the financial sector, and its expertise is in offering investment services to clients across the globe. . Its specialization is a mainly in counseling on finances, merger and acquisitions, estimating the value of enterprises, and investment opinions. The services of Madison Street Capital have been assisting its clients to penetrate into markets across the world. The company has healthy relationships with its customers since it offers all it services with a lot of professionalism.


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Since I've already done Lisa Vanderpump (twice for LVP actually) and Erika Jayne aka Erika Girardi I figured the next Real Housewife of Beverly Hills whose beauty secrets we all want to know is obviously Kyle Richards aka Kyle Richards Umansky. I have scoured the internet for any and all interviews with Kyle about her favorite beauty products, makeup, hair care, skin care, etc. and have put them all together for your enjoyment here!
What's your beauty mantra in five words or less?
"When in doubt, do without!" (source)
How Old is Kyle Richards?
Kyle Richards was born on January 11, 1969 making her 50 years old. She looks amazing for 50! WOW!


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A PLACE FOR CHANGE... working together, building children, building families
Project Uplift is an agency whose main goal is to help children develop constructive, happy lives, so delinquency in out county will decrease. Project Uplift is a program of the Lee County Youth Development Center. Additional major support comes from the cities of Opelika and Auburn, and the United Way of Lee County. The Department of Psychology, in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University, provides in-kind services and office space.
Project Uplift is similar to a big brother/ big sister program in that children and volunteers establish a one-to-one relationship. The goal is to help build the children's self-esteem, so that they are better equipped to make good chioces and grow into happy, productive adults.
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At the end of last year I was busy working on a commission with Swiss design agency New Identity for their client Basel Kantonal bank. The brief was to produce some images for an illustrated section of the bank's annual report. It was a great brief - my job was to provide visual interpretations of various unusual place names in Basel: 'Hare's castle', '11,000 virgins alley' and 'Chamois mountain' to name a few. I was asked not to think about what the real place looked like, but was instead completely free to use the name as inspiration for my drawings. It was a fairly long process of many sketches and ideas and also involved two day trips to Basel for meetings! Here are 'Beak alley','Chamois mountain', 'House of the mosquito', 'Hare's castle' and 'Snail man'. Hare's castle wasn't actually used in the end - which is why it's slightly more colourful than the others!
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
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Stephen G. Dambruch
Stephen G. Dambruch, Chief, Criminal Division. Mr. Dambruch received his undergraduate degree from Providence College and law degree from Boston College Law School. From 1987 until 2004 he served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island, prosecuting major felony and narcotics cases. Mr. Dambruch then joined the United States Attorney's Office in 2004, where he has worked on both narcotics and public corruption matters. In 2006, the Department of Justice sent Mr. Dambruch on a ten-month detail to Baghdad, Iraq, during which he provided legal assistance and advice to the Iraqi High Tribunal in their investigation and prosecution of members of the former Baathist regime.


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Friday, June 10, 2016
Brooklyn Bitters- Stacey
My next book, Brooklyn Bitters, is in its second edit and due out this summer or early Fall. The characters are fully developed and I'm having fun with them. In this excerpt, meet Stacey, the heroine's younger sister:
My sister barreled down the stairs dressed in a tight fitting white tank top and pink shorts. Her blonde hair trailed down her back in spiral curls, still a bit damp. She'd managed to brush mascara on her big blue eyes, along with hot pink lipstick. She looked sultry and bubbly. At five-feet-two, she had perky breasts and a toned figure, which she worked on five days a week at the gym. Her face, at thirty-seven, was unlined and "girlish" with her delicate features and a hint of freckles spread across her rounded nose.
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Thursday January 13, 2011
Prince William's courage comes to the forefront time and time again through his role as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot.
And it has recently come to light that the 28-year-old has lobbied Prime Minister David Cameron over controversial plans to privatise the service.
The prince spoke to the PM about the issue while the two men were in Zurich as part of England's 2018 World Cup bid team.
Strict protocol forbids politicians from discussing conversations they have had with royalty.
However after Mr Cameron told MPs: "I have been lobbied extensively about air and sea rescue, including by people from all walks of life if I can put it that way," Downing Street sources were forced to disclose that William had spoken to the Prime Minister.
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"This is what we mean when we use terms like sovereign grace or irresistible grace. We mean that the Holy Spirit is God's Spirit, and therefore he is omnipotent and sovereign. And therefore, he is irresistible and infallibly effective in his regenerating work. Which doesn't mean that we don't resist him. We do. The Bible is plain about that (Acts 7:51). What the sovereignty of grace and the sovereignty of the Spirit mean is that when God chooses, he can overcome the rebellion and resistance of our wills. He can make Christ look so compelling that our resistance is broken and we freely come to him and receive him and believe him." (The Free Will of the Wind)
No, that's not at all, the Calvinist teaching on Irresistible Grace. Irresistible Grace is not about popping faith on a person, as John MacArthur teaches, nor is it about making Christ look compelling, as John Piper teaches.
The fundamental concept behind the Calvinist doctrine of Irresistible Grace is a heart-swap. According to Calvinism, when God effecatiously draws a person, it is not by popping faith, nor is it by making Christ look compelling, but by God allegedly, preemptively, removing the heart of stone, and implanting a heart of flesh, i.e. removing the unregenerate heart, and exchanging it for a regenerate heart, through which, a person may then irresistibly receive Christ. The primary mechanism for the Calvinist conversion is a heart-transplant, and Piper seems to overlook it, and by doing so, misses the deeper issue, which is that you do not receive the Holy Spirit except "in Christ" (Ephesians 1:13), which is also why Calvinist, James White, actually taught that "the elect" are preemptively placed/birthed in Christ, prior to receiving Christ:
Calvinist, James White, writes: "When the time comes in God's sovereign providence to bring to spiritual life each of those for whom Christ died, the Spirit of God will not only effectively accomplish that work of regeneration but that new creature in Christ will, unfailingly, believe in Jesus Christ ('all that the Father gives Me will come to Me'). Hence, we are not saved 'without' faith, but at the same time, Christ's atonement is not rendered useless and vain without the addition of libertarian free will." (Debating Calvinism, p.191, emphasis mine)
This error by James White, by placing unbelievers in Christ, ultimately unravels Calvinism altogether. Here is an article on that point:


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The Space shuttle Enterprise has gone on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.
Housed in a huge white inflatable dome, the temporary strucutre is being used for the exhibition until a more permanent display is built.
The museum is based on the USS Intrepid, an Essex-class aircraft carrier, moored since 1982 on the west side of Manhattan
The first space shuttle orbiter, when the prototype was made in 1976, Enterpirse stretches 17.4 metres wide and 41.8 metres long, wighing 77,000 kg.
Eric Boehm, curator of aviation and aircraft resotration at the museum, spoke of his delight at exhibiting the piece of space-flight history.
"We're just so excited to have that here. It's an amazing piece of technology and of course it represents the past now. The shuttles are all retired. So, we're very happy to have it here. So, what we really want to see is people come to visit, learn about NASA, learn about the space station, the shuttles of course, their histories here and learn about what's in the future and the cooperation that can be in the future."
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Northern Light Inland Hospital
Northern Light Inland Hospital is where you come first! Our providers, staff and volunteers are passionate about providing you and your family with the highest quality medical care and service. Inland is dedicated to helping you stay involved, informed and safe during your stay with us! As a member of Northern Light Health, Inland Hospital is part of a family of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers across Maine who are working together to provide you with best possible care.
You always come first at Inland. We are proud to offer a health and wellness center that puts your heart first too! Heart First offers complete community preventive cardiology, diagnostics and rehabilitation services in Waterville.
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Inland Orthopedics offers skilled, compassionate care for you and your loved ones. Our office specializes in orthopedics. It is our goal to provide considerate, attentive care for the individual health needs of every patient. We believe in educating our patients with the best information we have, so that you can make the decisions that work best for you and your family.
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Third day into our At the Seaside week with Neil and a very different, yet stunning project using GrungePaste, stencils and Treasure Gold.
Neil used his own designs (Neelz Expressionz), Fish, Jellyfish and Shoal Positive for his sample. Perfect choice for this week's theme, don't you think?
Sometimes, I start a project with a picture in my mind but once I begin it it seems to take on it's own direction; that's what happened here!
I've created a trio of sea themed canvasses though they look more like tiles now. I love the result so I'm happy.
I started out by using Grunge Paste through 3 of my masks, all sea themed, and left to dry.
Once the paste was dry, I spritzed with a couple of Dylusions inks and blotted it off. The colour does not stick to the canvas much though it seems to absorb into the paste.
Then I started adding some Treasure Gold randomly to them. Buffed it up a bit and then I decided to cover everything with a layer of clear UTEE.....
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Law in Politics, Politics in Law (Hart Studies in Constitutional Law)By: David Feldman (editor)Paperback
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DescriptionMuch writing on the relationship between politics and law has been overwhelmingly theoretical. We know relatively little about the practical, day-to-day impact of law on politicians, their legal advisers and civil servants. Yet policy can be given effect through law; legislation often has partisan, political, pragmatic aims, and legal rules and procedures can exercise unwelcome constraints on politicians when developing and implementing policies. How do lawyers in government see their roles? How does politics affect the drafting of legislation or the making of policy? This volume begins to answer these and other questions in a number of settings. Contributors include former departmental legal advisers, drafters of legislation, law reformers, judges and academics, who focus on what actually happens when law meets politics in government. `I do not hesitate to recommend this book, both to participants in political and legal process and also the interested general reader: it contains a great deal of first-class material and is a welcome addition to the literature in this area'. Saira Salimi, Statute Law Review `One of the most noticeable features of this collection - and perhaps the main source of its originality and diversity - is the impressive range of contributors. Overall, this is a terrific collection of essays [which will] be of value to anyone interested in the `stuff' of law and politics. Even those well versed in that `stuff' will surely find some thought-provoking new perspectives here'. Joseph Tomlinson, The Journal of Legislative Studies `Overall, this collection presents the complexities of the relationship between politics and law rather well, even if, as with most edited collections, one would struggle to refine a clear and focused conclusion having read all the chapters. However, while this is often a problem, here it more fairly represents the analytical differences that are evident in examining the subject'. Christopher May, Political Studies Review `This rigorous, ranging and broad-minded book reflects the best of two worlds; it is a valuable read for those who try to walk the line between them'. Mark Davies, The Table `The book provides well-rounded insight into the intricate relationship between Politics and Law'. J Kern, European Review of Public Law ` ... the value [of this volume] lies in the fact that it brings together a multiplicity of highly-respected voices, not only from academia, but also from institutional and professional levels, who have been working on the various possible ways of interpreting the relationship between politics and law'. (Translated from the original Italian) Nicola Lupo, Rivista Trimestrale di Diritto Pubblico
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Newcastle United captain Fabricio Coloccini has taken to the club's official website to reassure fans that he remains 100 per cent committed to the Toon's fight for Premier League survival.
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Coloccini told nufc.co.uk: "The last few weeks, there has been a lot of talk about my future. But I am staying here, and of course I will give 100 per cent like I always do.
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Saturday, May 9, 2015
My Review: No Place to Hide
Another great cover from Revell! I love the different colors and how the covers for this series are following a similar style, with the shadow.
She'll defend her friend until the bitter end - But is she in over her head?
It's not every day you see your childhood friend and onetime crush on national news. Jackie Sellers just wishes it were under different circumstances. She can't believe that Ian Lockwood is wanted in connection with a terrorist plot, and she's determined to find him and help him clear his name. Unfortunately, she's not the only one looking for him. The FBI wants him captured. The bad guys want him dead. Ian just wants to stay alive long enough to prove his innocence and prevent a catastrophe.
About the Author:
Lynette Eason is the bestselling author of the Women of Justice series and the Deadly Reunions series, as well as No One to Trust and Nowhere to Turn. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Romance Writers of America. She has a master's degree in education from Converse College, and she lives in South Carolina. Learn more at www.lynetteeason.com.
My Review: 4.5 stars
No Place to Hide is the final book in Lynette Eason's Hidden Identity series. Though I'm sad to see it end, I raced through this book, wanting to find out how it was going to end. I've loved all of Lynette's other books so I jumped at the chance to review this one! It definitely met my expectations and surpassed most of them.
Lynette always does a fantastic job with the technical details and this book is no exception. I love all of the information she was able to include, without bogging down the story or making it feel like a text book. The amount of research necessary for this book alone boggles my mind. I have no idea how she kept everything straight! I loved the several view points, as it ramped the suspense up even further. I struggled to keep up at first, but after a couple chapters I began figuring out who everyone was and really enjoyed the incorporation of so many characters. The writing is seamless and never lags. The suspense kept my attention from the first page to the last and caused more than one late night spent reading. I definitely had a book hangover at work the next day!
I loved Jackie Sellers and Ian Lockwood, the main characters. They are both very realistic and I was able to easily relate to them. I enjoyed following them as they worked to prove their innocence and solve the case. Jackie has a personal reason for helping Ian and wanting to clear her own name is only part of it. She is strong and bold, taking charge quickly and is always planning for the next step. I love that Lynette's heroines are such strong women, but also that the heroes are confident enough to handle it. Ian doesn't get upset with her, but rather relies on her knowledge to help them. I'm not saying that Ian is a wimp or anything. He definitely has his own skills and they need them several times.
Ian is an interesting hero. He is very atypical in that he isn't a bodyguard, or law enforcement, or a cowboy, or anything overly macho. Instead, he's a medical researcher working with potentially deadly viruses. I really appreciated the way Lynette writes him. Though he is a bit of a geek, he doesn't seem less than manly. Instead he is confident, even though he is in over his head. He is also strong in his faith, something that comes into conversation more than once.
The romance is kept very low-key, something that really works well with this story. It is kept in the background and is quite realistic. If it had been more in the forefront, I think it would have become annoying or perhaps seemed unbelievable. With everything going on, it would have just been in the way and possibly overwhelmed the story.
I think my favorite part of the story was the spiritual themes. Jackie doesn't believe that God loves her any longer, while Ian still has the strong faith of his childhood. I really enjoyed the conversations they had about her faith and the things that she struggles with. An overarching theme is God's goodness in the face of pain and evil. This is something I've spent copious amounts of time considering, so I was very interested to see how Lynette handled this difficult topic. She did an excellent job of answering the question without offering the usual answers and platitudes, something I really appreciated.
My only complaint is that I would have liked more descriptions for the characters. I had a difficult time forming an image of them in my mind and it took me a while to gather enough details of their appearance to move past that distraction.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys romantic suspense that keeps you guessing!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher for my honest opinion, which I have given. I was not required to write a positive review and have not been compensated for it in any way. All opinions expressed are my own.
Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to read my review! I hope you enjoyed it! I'm hoping to be able to start posting on a more regular basis. We'll see how that works out. :)
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I love Lynette's books too! I always get confused by the covers though as to whether or not I read it or not. It is nice to have reviews for that reason!ReplyDelete
Love the review! Thanks so much. It's always a relief to hear that at least ONE person liked the book. LOL. And what you said about picturing the characters it is interesting. I probably don't have a whole lot of description in there about them simply because I don't pay much attention to that detail. I'm so focused on developing their internal stuff, I forget readers need the external too!! Thanks for the reminder. :)ReplyDelete
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Skidortsguide för Sainte Foy
Foto credit: George Munton
Foto credit: oly barnsley
Foto credit: James Brooke
Foto credit: James Brooke
Slope Stats
- Acres(yta)för skidåkning:-
- Pistes:15
- snökanoner:Yes
- Halfpipes:-
- Terrängparker:0
- Längdskidor:-
- Början20%
- Int60%
- Avancerad20%
Sainte Foy is a small resort that offers intimate skiing with the emphasis on off-piste but with several giant resorts nearby. Sainte Foy is only really busy when skiers from the big resorts descend to the sheltered tree-lined slopes when storms have closed lifts higher up. There is powder just yards from the pistes at Sainte Foy which lasts for days thanks to the northwest facing slopes. Take a guide to explore one of the renowned off-piste routes to the deserted farming hamlet of Le Monal, or the infamous 1700 m vertical descent of the north face of Fogliettaz. The nearest airport to Sainte Foy is in Chambery.
- Närmaste flygplatsen:Chambery
- Närmaste tåget:Bourg St Maurice
- Turistinformation tel::Tel :+33 (0)4 79 06 95
- Turistbyråns officiella hemsida:www.saintefoy.net
- Boende nära skidbacken:-
- 6
- 3
Meddelanden & nyheter från skidortschefen i Sainte Foy
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Sunday 30th December International Snowboard day
Snow Board Day
From 8 years old, beginners level, free lessons with the ESF instructor for 16 people from Midday to 2PM.
The ski shops of the resort borrow you the snow board equipment :
Ski pass and insurance are not included.
Helmet and pad are highly recommended
The free registration will be obligatory in the ESF of Sainte-Foy before 11Am the 30th december 2012.
No booking by phone or by email will be accepted.
Meeting in front of the ESF at 12PM
Latest Snow Reportview full snow report
- Issued:18 Jan
- Last Snowfall:18 January 2019
- Snow Depth (upper):210cm
- Snow Depth (lower):110cm
- Piste:Fresh
- Off-piste:-
Today's Weather (2082 m)view full snow forecast
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Skidorter nära till Sainte Foy inkluderar:
- Villaroger 1km
- Les Arcs 6km
- La Rosiere 7km
- Peisey/Vallandry 11km
- Montchavin 12km
Sainte Foy Location Maps
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Visitor Reviews of Sainte Foy
Stephanie Walker from United Kingdom writes:
Love Sainte Foy; perfect for families! This is our second unbelievable trip with Premiere Neige and we cannot think of one thing we would change. We stayed in Grand Solliet with our 3 children and our friends (family of 4) and everything was brilliant from start to finish. Amazing food all week, with 4 course meals and canapes, and top class wines to boot. Our host and chef were lovely and really went out of their way to make sure everything was going well for us all week; such a credit to Premiere Neige. For us a big part of a skiing holiday is childcare and this ski company definitely come out on top. We put our kids into afternoon childcare in the creche which meant that we could have a bit of time to ourselves on the slopes during the day and the kids could go to ski school, which was all very handily organised on our behalf. (Also, before we arrived we were able to book massages & transfers via the Concierge Service too.) The creche is fantastic, much better and more personal than other ski creches we've used, The nannies are great with the kids, making sure they have the right balance of rest and play, getting the kids outside for sledging, treasure hunts, etc and also time to relax, paint etc indoors.
One of the reasons we booked Grand Solliet was because some of friends stayed in it last year and spoke about the quality of the rooms and the games room. This was a great space for the kids as they could play games, watch DVDs and it was their own little chill-out zone. Our chill out time was spent in the hot tub before delving into a big slice of the afternoon cake, everyday!
Loved every minute of the holiday and the skiing was fantastic too, by the way. Plenty of lovely slopes for the girls (intermediates) and the boys disappeared into the off-piste most days which they still can't stop talking about! We've already booked again for next year and are thinking of fitting in another cheeky self-catered break with Premiere Neige at the end of this season too.
Väderprognoser stad för stad
närmast till Sainte Foy
- Aosta, Italy38km
- Annecy, France69km
- Chambery, France74km
- Aix-les-Bains, France76km
- Rivoli, Italy76km
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- Acque-Calde (Savona), Italy190km
- Varazze, Italy191km
- Cogoleto, Italy192km
- Finale Ligure, Italy195km
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Re: Bouquet Garni: they sell "poultry blends" at my whole foods which are the essential herbs for a garni all in one small pack.
Many chain grocery stores sell "poultry blends" in the fresh spice section (by the dill, basil, marjoram etc.) (I am in Indiana and I believe our Kroger sells them).
You know, I HAVE seen that somewhere, here in Minneapolis. Possibly at our Whole Foods. Thank you so much for the idea!
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With the addition of this new location, SPL continues its focus on ensuring hydrocarbon data integrity from wellhead to the point of sale. "We are pleased that our new location in Kingfisher will broaden the area in which we can provide field and measurement services to oil and gas clients," said Ian Milne, CEO. "By strengthening our network and expanding our coverage area, we continue our efforts to provide best practices and excellence to the industry."
With a total of fifteen facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, and Oklahoma, SPL is a one-source service company and is recognized as the industry leader in third-party measurement and analytical needs for the oil and gas industry..
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By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 24, 2004; Page A11
Federal health officials said yesterday they had overestimated in a high-profile study the number of Americans dying from being overweight.
Officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they will submit a correction to the Journal of the American Medical Association, which published the paper March 10, to set the record straight.
In the hope of producing more accurate estimates in the future, the agency is reviewing the methods it uses to calculate the health effects of being overweight.
Officials stressed, however, that the error did not change the fundamental conclusion that the increasing number of Americans who are overweight is a major and increasingly common public health problem.
"I want to make it clear that we really regret this error, and we really regret any confusion it has caused about the importance of obesity," said Dixie E. Snider, the CDC's chief scientist. "But obesity is still going to be a major public health problem and a major contributor to death."
Skeptics of the obesity epidemic, however, seized on the admission as evidence that concerns about obesity have been overblown.
"Their admission . . . is a good start. A full investigation into the obesity death tally will reveal multiple flaws that seriously overstate the obesity problem and is leading to knee-jerk policymaking and litigation," said Dan Mindus, an analyst for the Center for Consumer Freedom, which is funded in part by the restaurant industry.
In the March paper, the CDC calculated that poor diet and physical inactivity caused 400,000 deaths in 2000, up from 300,000 a decade earlier, making it the second leading cause of preventable death behind cigarette smoking. If current trends continued, obesity would overtake smoking and become the leading cause of preventable death by next year, with the toll surpassing 500,000 deaths annually, the CDC estimated.
But after the study was criticized as flawed, the agency determined that the estimate was too high because the researchers inadvertently failed to properly apply a statistical correction factor to the data used in the study.
Snider would not specify how much the estimate was inflated, saying the agency was still finalizing what it plans to submit to the medical journal and that the final number could change once the submission is reviewed by independent scientists.
But Snider confirmed an account in the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the error yesterday, that one analysis concluded that errors may have inflated the study's death toll by about 80,000 deaths, or 20 percent.
Regardless of the final number, Snider said being overweight would still be the second leading cause of preventable death behind tobacco.
"Tobacco and obesity are still the two major risk factors for death in this country, and that won't change," Snider said.
Beyond the correction, the agency had also asked the Institute of Medicine, which is an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, to bring together experts from around the country next month to try to develop a better way to determine the health effects of being overweight.
That move was welcomed by critics, who have been saying that the impact of obesity has been exaggerated.
"I wouldn't say obesity isn't a problem, but it's nowhere near the numbers they have been throwing around," said Glenn A. Gaesser, a University of Virginia physiologist who wrote "Big Fat Lies," which questions many of the assertions about obesity.
Many of the health problems blamed on being overweight are actually the result of people eating poorly and failing to exercise, Gaesser said.
"Most of the health problems associated with body fat are really caused by lifestyle," Gaesser said.


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"New Wine"
The Clientele frontman Alasdair MacLean has teamed with Lupe Núñez-Fernández of the UK indie-pop duo Pipas to form a new project, Amor de Días. The duo's website promises a record on the horizon, as well as the possibility of some shows; in the meantime, enjoy this quiet gem, which appears on the first compilation from music collective Hangover Lounge. (via Octopus Windmill)


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I have been thinking sadly of late of the the number of people I have known and who have passed away and it got me thinking about all the wonderful friends/acquaintances I've had over the years. Seemed a good time to reminisce about those that I remember with much fondness. I doubt even one of them is likely to read my blogs, but you never know....it is a small world after all.
Friends from age 5 - 12. After coming up to Perth from our farm in Narrikup in the southwest of Western Australia I attended Victoria Square Convent (now known as Mercedes College) in Goderich Street, East Perth just near St Mary's Cathedral.
During my 6 years at that school my main friends were Shirley (she and I were the only protestant children in our class), June, Kathleen, Daphne and Vera. Of course there were others but those five would have been my closest friends.
Also during that period I had annual friends when we went to Mandurah for our holidays. These included Nancy (from Pinjarra) Jill (from Waroona) and Judy Smith. There were also the boys who came down with their folks every year....Rex, John and Mervyn. We used to have lots of fun fishing, swimming etc. but during the year we all went our separate ways. I actually met Mervyn when I was working in Melbourne in 1951 but that is another story.
Friends from age 12-15. I attended Perth College 1944-1945 and there my three best friends were Pam, Hilary and Betty. Unfortunately I lost touch with them when I left and attended City Commercial College in 1946 where my three best friends were Kathleen (with whom I had been friends at Mercedes), Shirley (who had been in my class at Perth College) and June Uren. We also lost touch after I began working in May of 1947.
I think one of the reason I lost touch with people was because my family moved around quite a lot and transport during those years was not good owing to petrol rationing etc during the war years, and the fact that very few people had telephones unless they used them for business. I often think of those friends and wonder where they are, if they are still living and what course their lives took. I can only hope they were all happy and content.
In part 2 I will take time to think of friends I had from age 15-20.


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The Codex of St. Asmius
Blessed be to Saint Asmius, the bringer of knowledge.
The church has stood for over a thousand years. It brought civilization to the primitive elves and humans, and brought the world into the Light. But now, civilization stands on the brink of destruction as the empire of the elves falls apart. Will another civilization be lost in time, or will a new world be born?


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My extensive background in all aspects of Real Estate will be beneficial to you in a wide variety of areas. As an Appraiser I've done Conventional, FHA, VA and Relocation Appraisals, and know their Requirements. I'm a Real Estate Broker, former Loan Officer, studied Engineering at OSU, and worked as a Surveyor. I understand the ins and outs of more aspects of real estate, in greater depth, than most real estate agents, and I'm creative.
As former Loan Officer, I understand the requirements for loan applications and processing, as well as underwriting. If problems develop, my background gives me understanding and insight to help work through most problems.
I'm a Second Generation Realtor and Appraiser. I've literally grown up around the business and I've been doing it since 1977, that's 40+ years. I received my Oklahoma Real Estate Broker's License in 1980 (still current) after a year in the business.
I'm an Appraiser, and as an FHA and VA Appraiser Panel member I've done many FHA and VA appraisals, as well as Conventional Appraisals. I'm familiar with the requirements, Minimum Property Standards, and can help point out a number of small items, that if addressed in advance, can save you thousands of dollars in appraiser required repairs.
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I worked on the Survey Crew for the State of Oklahoma, ran the transit and level and shot the final grade (last leveling of dirt prior to paving) of some areas of US Highway 75 and on Adams Blvd.
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Video Content on the Blackboard LMS.
OLAT is working on a time sensitive problem dealing with a video content storage issue within the Blackboard LMS. For faculty affected by the Blackboard LMS video content issue, I wanted to let you now that OLAT is going to reach out to you in the next few days to see if someone from district can come to help you with moving some of the larger video files to the streaming server. While there is some urgency to this problem, we do have some time to take corrective action. OLAT with the help of ITS is working to address the LMS Video Storage Problem. We look forward to assisting our online campus community at TRI-C.
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The Drug War is over. The U.S. government hasn't stopped arresting people for using pot and other illicit substances. But no one seriously believes Washington is going to "win," whatever that means. The Drug War is on autopilot, with American politicians afraid to admit the obvious.
However, foreign leaders are beginning to break ranks with Washington, despite the combination of bribes and threats which it has used to keep other governments in line. For instance, last month Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who has vigorously prosecuted the violent drug war that is tearing his nation apart, asked Washington to consider "market solutions" to cut drug gang revenues.
In early July Mexican president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto announced that while he wasn't for legalization, he wanted to start a discussion on drug policy. Explained Pena Nieto:
I'm in favor of opening a new debate in the strategy in the way we fight drug trafficking. It is quite clear that after several years of this fight against drug trafficking, we have more drug consumption, drug use and drug trafficking. That means we are not moving in the right direction. Things are not working.
Mexico has paid a high price for failure. As many as 60,000 people have died over the last six years in rising drug-related violence. Yet illicit drugs are getting cheaper, and thus more available, in the U.S. Explained Eduardo Porter in the New York Times, Mexican cartels bring in 95 percent of the cocaine sold on America's streets, yet the retail price of one gram "is 74 percent cheaper than it was 30 years ago."
– Read the entire article at The Huffington Post.


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Nautique Slider at OWC
At the "Unveiling" with Renee from OWC
Team Nautique rider on the new OWC Nautique slider
Last Friday night Nautique and Orlando Watersports Center (OWC) fans joined together for the "Unveiling" of the all-new one-of-a-kind Nautique slider.
As the new Nautique slider was unveiled the crowd was thrilled to see Team Nautique riders Danny Harf, Shaun Murray, JD Webb, Jimmy LaRiche and Shawn Watson hit it under the lights. The team was riding the cable and the crowd enjoyed watching the best wakeboarders in the world enjoying their time on the water.
While Red Bull was providing drinks to the crowd, announcing the event was Team Nautique rider Jeff McKee and spinning was Team Nautique wakeskater "BT" (a/k/a DJ DropTop). Jeff and "Joe Mama" from Nautiques of Orlando also came by with a couple of boats so the crowd could check out the new 2010 Super Air Nautique 230 and the Byerly Icon Edition 210. In fact, Scott Byerly himself also showed up.
All around it was a great night and the crowd seemed to really enjoy the festivities.
Nautique is proud of our long-standing relationship with OWC and we are happy that our OWC relationship is stronger than ever. OWC uses Nautique boats exclusively in their ski and wakeboard school and people come literally from all over the world to get pulled behind one of the OWCNautique boats.
On your next trip to Orlando stop by OWC and check out the new Nautique slider – it is worth coming by. And while you are in town, plan to come by our Nautique factory and take a tour. (If you cannot stop by for a personal tour, check out Shaun Murray's video tour of our plant.)
It is still winter but spring is around the corner so plan to visit your local Nautique dealer soon and find the perfect boat for your summer fun. We will all be back on the water soon and I suspect you, like me, cannot wait!
Enjoy the Nautique life!


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Trumpty got miffed and waved his little hands.
He yelled, "you're forgetting I'm king of this land.
I destroyed Obama Care and NAFTA too.
Not one of my promises will ever come true.
I say screw climate change, that's my call.
If you don't like it I'll deport you all.
I'm on a quest to crash and burn.
And you'll never see my tax returns."
The genie


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1) First Impressions
Jane Austen's father submitted an early version of Pride and Prejudice to a publisher under this title. The publisher rejected it by return of post.
2) All's Well that Ends Well
Tolstoy's incongruously cheerful projected title for War and Peace, which was actually first published under the title 1805.
3) John Barton
This is what Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel should have been called. But Gaskell was influenced by the fashion of heroine-based titles (like Jane Eyre) and called it Mary Barton, after the protagonist's virtuous daughter.
4) Nobody's Fault
Dickens's original title for Little Dorrit made all too clear what he thought the novel was about: the denial of responsibility for the world's ills. But in the end this was too tendentious even for him.
5) Sister Maggie
George Eliot submitted her second novel under this title, but her publisher, John Blackwood, did not like it and told her to call it The Mill on the Floss instead (more "poetical" he thought). The famously strong-minded novelist complied.
6) The Saddest Story
What Ford Maddox Ford had wanted to call his 1915 masterpiece; he had offered an alternative, The Good Soldier, to his publisher as a joke. The publisher, however, rejected his preference, worried that it would render the novel "unsaleable" in wartime.
7) Trimalchio on West Egg
F Scott Fitzgerald toyed with many titles for his greatest novel, and this was his favourite. Would The Great Gatsby have become the great American novel if it had been called after a character in Petronius's Satyricon?
8) Strangers from Within
This was what William Golding's first novel was called when it was rescued from the slush pile at Faber and Faber. Editor Charles Monteith prescribed some rewriting and an alteration of the title to Lord of the Flies.
9) Catch-18
Joseph Heller gave the logical contradiction at the heart of his best-known novel a different number. However, Leon Uris had just published a novel about the Warsaw uprising and the publishers were afraid there might be confusion.
10) Cancer
The original title of Stephen King's alien invasion yarn Dreamcatcher. Alien life roots itself as a cancerous fungus within human bodies. King changed the title on the insistence of his wife, Tabitha, who thought it would bring bad luck.


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Saté to Kalbi: Steven Raichlen on Grilling Around the Globe
Forget love; after listening to his interview on The Splendid Table, Steven Raichlen has me convinced that grilling is the true international language. He should know, seeing as how he's sampled the barbecue from points all over the globe and authored a book on the subject. Looking for something new to throw on your grill this summer? This is the guy to talk to.
Raichlen also explains: "Barbecuing and grilling is the world's oldest cooking method, the most universal cooking method, but it's extremely local." He describes how the grill cuisine of each culture grows from what's around it, the lifestyle of the people, and the available resources in the area.
He mentions two dishes in particular that made me want to immediately break out the grill, both suited to the kinds of small table-top grills that we apartment dwellers favor. The first is a Korean beef rib called kalbi, which gets butterflied, quickly grilled, and then served with kimchi, rice, and other foods on a lettuce leaf.
Equally enticing his his description of otak-otak (or otah-otah), a dish from Singapore and Malaysia made from a ground fish mousse flavored with ginger, chili, kaffir lime, and other aromatics and bound with coconut milk. The fish is wrapped in banana leaves before being grilled. The texture and flavors sound heavenly.
For more grilling inspiration from around the globe, listen to the full interview and check out Raichlen's book:
• Small Plate Barbecue, Steven Raichlen on The Splendid Table
• Planet Barbecue! 309 Recipes, 60 Countries by Steven Raichlen, $10 on Amazon
Discovered any great new grill recipes lately?
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Dear Joseph,
I know that the chances of you reading this is close to zero, what with the international media casting its astonished eye on you, now that you have have slain a giant. And let's not forget the mountains of accolades that are being heaped upon you by our local media. But I still want to say a huge thank you to you, for helping to transform what had seemed so laughably impossible into reality.
This morning, at 9am, I was in bed nursing a head cold when my four-year-old burst into the room. "Wake up!" he said. "Joseph Schooling is going to compete!" And so I dragged myself out of bed and sat my aching head down in front of the telly with Aidan and Zac, my two-year-old.
"I want to sing the Majulah Singapura," Aidan whined. "Where is the Majulah Singapura?"
The competitors lined up at the starting blocks, we held our breaths and shushed our noisy children. We wanted to indulge in the moment, to see if you could land the gold that we have talked of for so long and yet unable to achieve so far. Everyone leapt off the blocks and we watched as you emerged from the water, masterful strokes propelling you forward strongly. And then you turned and I started cussing out of fear that one of them Amazons would overtake you.
And then it was over. 50.39 seconds. You did it. It was so fast and yet for all of us – whether we were sitting in the kopitiam or at home with unwashed faces – it felt like an age.
You did it. Who could have foretold this moment?
We ate our breakfast and then it was time for the awards ceremony. You know, my kids love, LOVE singing the national anthem. They grabbed a flag each, plonked their bums on the coffee table and watched as you waited to go up the podium. Next to you were the three silver medalists, all great names and Goliaths to your David, especially that one named Phelps. You looked so small next to them, and so lonely. I guess it is a bittersweet feeling, to be on top and yet be so alone.
Your name was called, you stepped up and this was it, the moment all of us have been waiting for: the national anthem was played.
Majulah Singapura.
You did it.
My boys waved their flags madly and sang along quietly, their eyes glued to the ascent of our flag. And when it was over, they turned to look at us and grinned. And that was when I thanked you.
Not just because you put our little red dot on the international map with your achievements. Not just because you worked so hard to get that gold.
But mostly, it was because now my children have someone to look up to. Someone to prove that it is possible to achieve the impossible, that following a dream, a passion can pay off as long as they put in the effort.
They may not be national swimmers – I mean, let's just focus on getting Aidan to put his face into the water mmmkay – but who knows what is in store for them in the future. Maybe they will become artists. Or musicians. Or writers. Or footballers. Maybe they will want to carve their own paths, away from the straight and narrow route that our education system will push them towards. Maybe they don't want to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer. Maybe they would want to be themselves, aspiring towards a goal that our society may scoff at.
Before you won this morning, we did not have that role model. There was no trailblazer. And now that you have gone and landed this amazing feat at our feet, our children can have somebody to look up to.
So really, you did not just win an Olympic gold, you have gone and rewritten the rules of the game for Singapore.
Tonight, before he drifted off into dreamland, Aidan whispered to me, "Mummy, can you buy me a cap?"
"A cap?"
"Yes, for swimming," he replied, nodding in the dark. "Like the Olympic swimmers. Like Joseph Schooling."
And for that, I, as a mother, thank you.