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The Feud at the Top of Morgan Stanley
Colm Kelleher and Paul J. Taubman, co-presidents of the Institutional Securities Group at Morgan Stanley, work on opposite sides of an ocean, disagree about strategy, and share an enmity that has become the subject of company jokes.
At a meeting of more than 100 managing directors at the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park hotel in New York last year, Robert A. Kindler, the bank's head of mergers and acquisitions and brother of stand-up comedian Andy Kindler, drew laughs and whistles when he ribbed the men about their relationship, according to two people who attended the session. "So how's that co-head thing going?" Kindler asked, gesturing at the two men.
Neither Kelleher, 54, a gregarious former fixed-income salesman based in London, nor Taubman, 50, a reserved New York-based banker who has advised media clients on mergers, responded to the taunt, say the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren't authorized by the bank to speak. Kelleher has been more vocal offstage, insulting Taubman in front of colleagues, according to two former Morgan Stanley executives.
The feud between the men has led to lost business opportunities, in addition to wasting colleagues' time, according to six former executives. The Institutional Securities unit, which combines investment banking, sales, and trading, is critical: It generated $8.8 billion of revenue and $1.7 billion of profit in the first half, accounting for 79 percent of Morgan Stanley's total earnings.
President and Chief Executive Officer James P. Gorman, who appointed the men to their posts in December 2009, will tolerate the tension between Kelleher and Taubman so long as their group performs, a current colleague says. This year, Morgan Stanley has maintained a leading position in investment banking and recovered some trading market share lost after the financial crisis. "The fact is, Institutional Securities just produced one of its strongest quarters ever in a very challenging environment, with the firm taking market share across many areas," says Mark Lake, a company spokesman. Kelleher, Taubman, and Gorman declined to comment.
Kelleher and Taubman share a common ambition: Each sees himself as a potential future head of the company, according to three people who know them. Both are candidates to become president after Gorman, 53, gives up that title when he succeeds John J. Mack, who is retiring as chairman in January. The feud between Kelleher and Taubman may hurt their chances for advancement, four former executives say.
One of nine children who grew up in Ireland's County Cork, Kelleher, an Oxford graduate, is fond of a daily Cuban cigar and off-color jokes, plays golf, collects modern British art, and drinks with colleagues. A former fixed-income salesman, he was chief financial officer during the 2008 financial crisis, when Morgan Stanley secretly borrowed $107 billion from the Federal Reserve, the most of any bank. He conducted business lying down on his office floor after suffering a back injury in a car accident.
Taubman, the son of an accountant, was born in New York and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in 1982, joining Morgan Stanley that year. He helped negotiate a $9 billion investment from Tokyo-based Mitsubishi UFJ Financial in September 2008 that helped the company survive the financial crisis. A former colleague describes him as a good person for a quiet, problem-solving conversation, not a chat over a beer.
Taubman and Kelleher's relationship was rocky at least as far back as their being named co-heads, say two former executives who worked under them. The statement announcing the appointments described a shared leadership, with Kelleher "overseeing" sales and trading and Taubman "focusing" on banking. The arrangement didn't last. A year later, Gorman moved Kelleher to London and put him directly in charge of sales and trading while giving Taubman sole responsibility for investment banking.
The men speak to each other infrequently and usually don't coordinate their remarks at internal presentations, the colleagues say. They disagree about how aggressively to push clients for additional business after stock or bond offerings. Investment banks often pitch clients to win derivatives business, such as an interest-rate or currency swap, related to a sale of stocks or bonds. Kelleher favors seeking the additional transactions, which can bring in significant trading revenue. Taubman is more cautious about such deals, because they can place the bank in the awkward position of being on the opposite side of a trade with a client it just advised.
Along with creating obstacles to doing business, such discord is bad for morale as well. "What happens is people spend time politicking, which has some costs," says Steven Kaplan, a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business who studies corporate governance. "It's the CEO's or the board's job either to try to get them to stop feuding, or you remove one."
The bottom line: The inability of Taubman and Kelleher to get along may mean that neither man wins the president's post at Morgan Stanley.


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So today I had to go to the Alpine Electronics like semi-headquarters in North Jersey. No I wasnt in my Wrx, I was in my work car a sick prizm with 144,000 miles on it, in hot gold (summer job).
When I got to paramus i saw a silver bugeye with a greatful dead sticker on back, you filled up behind me. Wish I coulda said something but my phone kept ringing.
I saw a yellow bugeye (obviously) then I saw a few wrb wrx's bugeye and 04+. Saw a new wagon in Monmouth County and Blue 04 and 03. Then on route 35 I passed a San Remo Red wrx, I cant remember if it was wingless or not.
I was all over NJ today, from exit 163 to exit 11. Yes I just drove all day.
Any of these guys you guys on here?
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Wow! I forgot that Cree Summer existed until just now, but she was in so many cartoons that I watched when I was younger that she really feels like a big part of my childhood. I adore Hero on a girl and it's such a daring choice that I always feel thrilled when I see it used, and Peregrine goes beautifully with it.
I feel like I should think that Brave and Hero are corny on sisters, but I kind of like it. I just looked her up and she grew up on a reservation and her mom is called Lili Red Eagle, so I guess her daughters both having bird-related middle names is likely in honor of her mom.
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love both names, they are on my list for girls....have been for a while. cute Brave is also on my list how funny I didn't even know she had kidsCurrent Favorite Names♀ Gotham | Hessian | Salem
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Isn't Peregrine a boy's name?
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Two Pelicans pose for the camera up on the shore of Paracas National Reserve in Peru.
Backpacking through Peru for a little bit in the summer of 2004, we went to the Reserva Nacional de Paracas to check out differnt sites and vistas, and the vista from the edge of the cliff was amazing. You had better watch your step though, that next step can be a doozy.


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Islamic fashion: A modern makeover for mum's abaya
By Shaheen Pasha
DUBAI (Reuters Life!) - Statuesque models clad in black robes with strategically placed slits and headscarves boasting vibrant flashes of color sashay down a Dubai runway to the theme song for a James Bond movie.
For the Dubai-based designers of the Rouge Couture line on display, the Western music combined with the unusual twists on the traditional abaya worn by observant Muslim women is the perfect contrast which sums up Islamic fashion.
"Our designs are there, in part, to empower women and show that traditional Arab women are strong," said Rouge Couture founder Sarah Madani at the show in October. "Our line is both traditional and religious and no matter how far we go with it, our clothes are still modest."
Modesty and religion are the cornerstones behind the fast-growing Islamic fashion industry, which is making a mark on runways from Indonesia and Dubai to Monte Carlo. Islamic fashion is part of a growing appetite for sharia-related industries and assets, ranging from finance to halal food.
Some of the biggest names in couture, such as Christian Dior, are racing to produce Islamic-inspired attire that will tap into the spending power of Muslim women globally.
Muslim designers are also eager to find their place in a fashion industry that is conservatively estimated to be worth more than $96 billion globally.
But the industry has its detractors, who say Islamic fashion misses the spirit of Islam and exploits the faithful by producing attire that is labeled Islamic, but whose aesthetic appeal owes much more to Western ideals of beauty.
A fashion show in Monte Carlo last August -- where the Malaysian prime minister's wife was a patron -- sparked protests from student groups and politicians in Malaysia as well as widespread criticism on the Internet. Continued...


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Enigmatic French cave structures show off Neanderthal skills
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mysterious ring-shaped structures fashioned about 176,000 years ago by Neanderthals using broken stalagmites deep inside a cave in southwestern France indicate that our closest extinct relatives were more adept than previously known.
Scientists on Wednesday described six rock structures discovered about 1,100 feet (336 meters) inside Bruniquel Cave in France's Aveyron region. While their purpose is unclear, they are among the oldest-known constructions by a human species.
The scientists attributed the work to Neanderthals, who thrived in Europe at the time but vanished roughly 40,000 years ago, after our species Homo sapiens, which first appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago, trekked into Europe.
The six short-walled structures were built with pieces of stalagmites, rock formations made of mineral deposits from water dripping onto a cave floor. The two ring-shaped ones measured 22-by-15 feet (6.7-by-4.5 meters) and 7.2-by-6.9 feet (2.2-by-2.1 meters). All six had traces of fire.
"They moved more than two tons of broken stalagmites," said paleoclimatologist Dominique Genty of France's Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory.
The purpose of these structures built, as University of Bordeaux professor of prehistory Jacques Jaubert put it, in the "underworld" remains an enigma. Jaubert said the site probably was not a place to live or cook, so far from daylight.
"It could be for a specific domestic use or cultural one," Genty said.
The findings are more evidence that Neanderthals were not our dimwitted cousins, as they have long been portrayed. Other research indicates Neanderthals used complex hunting methods, spoken language, pigments for body painting, employed fire in a sophisticated way and performed burials. Continued...


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Heading to Toronto on a plane out of JFK, I
couldn't help but think of the significance of the date. But I have to admit
with all the wedding festivities and nervousness about whether or not I'd
really be able to accomplish a 15-mile run, I stopped thinking about it once I
arrived across the border. At about mile 10 of my run, I stopped to take photos
of the clear, blue Toronto skyline with the CN Tower sticking out like a
Running back along the water toward downtown I got
really close to the tower. It shoots up in the sky and kind of beams down on
top of you when you look up. I thought to myself "What a striking sight and what a gorgeous day!" Then it hit
me the same way it now hits me every morning for the past nine years on
September 11th. I was still running but began crying uncontrollably. The tears
just could not stop. I'm pretty sure a few runners thought I'd really overdone
it. I sat down to collect myself and another runner named Joanne stopped to
check on me. "Are you okay?" she said. "I forgot what today is," I sobbed.
"That's okay sweetie, you're just having an anxiety attack. Today is Saturday,"
she said in her thick, raspy, yet calming Canadian accent. "It's Saturday,
September 11th," she continued. I told her I knew that and she suddenly got it.
I wasn't having an anxiety attack but that rush of memory I get whenever
something triggers feelings about that day.
Then Joanne told me that she ran the New York City
Marathon in 2001 after 9/11. She told me she couldn't believe the sea of
humanity participating in that race, all of the languages and different people
from all over the world together working toward the same goal on the streets of
New York. It was a strong reminder of what the race is all about and what we
can achieve by simply just bringing people together. We've gotten so far away
from what really counts. It's not about whether Mosques should be built or
threatening to burn Korans. It's about finding common ground. Joanne ran off
and I sat contemplating the day for a few more moments. Then I got up to finish
my run. Less than half a mile later, I came upon a fallen firefighter memorial
"Last Alarm" sitting in the protective shadows of the CN Tower. It turns out
that memorial was also used to remember fallen heroes who rushed in to save
lives in the States on 9/11.
I kept running. Then I came upon thousands of people
participating in Toronto's "Shoppers Drug Mart Weekend to End Women's Cancers." I learned it was part of a more than 37-mile walk that spanned the weekend and raised more than $10 million for cancer research at the Princess Margaret
Hospital. It was another poignant sign of what the date 9/11 can come to
symbolize from here on out. And it was another reminder of exactly what Joanne
said about the meaning of participating in an event like the NYC Marathon. I
thought to myself, That would be another thing that inspires me as I run the race. And right after all of these series of revelations, Alicia Keys' "Empire State of
Mind" came soaring from my iPod through my headphones. I kid you not.
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Pretty sick mix from the Bay Area's DJ Platurn of the Oakland Faders - a 73-minute De La Soul tribute that artfully interweaves original sample sources and De La classics. This is actually Part 2 of Platurn's original So This Is De La Heaven mix from '03. Some things are worth the wait. DJ Maseo (a/k/a Tre Mason 's dad) endorsed too, so you know it's official.
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LeAnn Rimes: No Holiday Weight Here!
While many folks tend to loosen their diets (and their belts) for the Christmas season, LeAnn Rimes has been hitting the gym extra-hard.
The "Spitfire" songstress posted a photo earlier today (December 30) that she took before embarking on a family trip to Aspen, Colorado.
In the shot, Rimes has sizzling abs and she's not afraid to flaunt the fabulous fruits of her labor.
LeAnn captioned the shot, "5am workout before a glutinous week. Who got up w/ me?! #healthybodyhealthymind."
Prior to the vacation, Rimes tweeted, "Rolling 9 bags deep tmrw Snowboarding vacay w/ kiddos, there's a lot of stuff 2 pack Packing for warm weather is A LOT less cumbersome," followed by, "Gonna try to sleep. We've got an early morning & 2 sick little boys to get up & going. Hopefully, they'll feel better tmrw. Tweet Dreams."
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New Left Review I/15, May-June 1962
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Portugal and the End of Ultra-Colonialism
It is now clear that the Portuguese Empire is coming to an end. In its final days, it may be timely to examine the history and structure of this empire, both for their own interest and for the importance they have for any general account of imperialism. Good factual accounts of the Portuguese Empire, past and present, already exist and will no doubt continue to appear. The study below is intended rather to suggest a theoretical model which can integrate the available material into a coherent and significant whole. It begins, necessarily, with the briefest of accounts of contemporary Portugal itself, as centre of determination of its colonies. There follows a résumé history of the Empire, and then a structural analysis of Portuguese imperialism as it exists today. A final section deals with the insurrection in Angola.
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Hi all,
I setup my XBMC to allow control over HTTP, but when I go to the page on another computer I can log in, but it will only show the topbar (logo,remote,movies,tvshows and music) and clicking these buttons doesn't do anything. I also tried XWMM and again, I can see the interface but no movies or data at all.
I already deleted the database, having XBMC build a new one, but this didn't help.
I can however use the official iphone remote to start any video. This does show all my videos.
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A senior work safety official has called for a thorough investigation into last Friday's chemical plant blast in Jiangsu that killed 22 people, saying the company had committed 'unreasonable and illegal' acts.
During a visit to the site in Sheyang county yesterday, State Work Safety Supervision and Administration deputy director Sun Anhua told local officials to determine the cause of the explosion.
He said there were many problems with the management of Fuyuan Chemical, a Sino-German joint venture, that were 'unreasonable and illegal'.
'The company started construction of the plant on July 1, but did not have a design blueprint until July 20,' Mr Sun said. 'It began trial production in February even though on paper it said it would start only in July.'
A chemical reactor exploded during a trial run on Friday morning. Xinhua reported the death toll stood at 22 yesterday, with 29 injured, adding families of the dead victims would receive at least 200,000 yuan in compensation. Some unofficial reports said as many as 98 people were injured.


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Yes, please roll back this change – it's really annoying to click the big thumb and a lightbox opens, may be useful to PSD, for example – but to themes/templates, it should redirect to demo with all the sure, like it always was.
As an alternative, I'm recommending this item to my buyers – works pretty great – https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/
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It's allowed but I would say is not an ethic decision, if you respect the author hard work for example. And most of the marketplaces won't allow this kind of re-sale (I believe TF doesn't accept this kind of resell of GPL products).
About selling it privately, there's nothing you can do about it, but I guess the real question would be, why would you resell a product that is not even yours (and support + update it) or why would you buy from this kind of person, I wouldn't.
I was expecting more aggressiveness from Maywheather (actually not hahaha).
IMHO, Pacquiao was the winner – but also felt both guys were too fresh after bout's end.
Actually this is not a unfair or suspicious case, when the item is refunded you give back the money to Envato, so the review should be removed, even more when the ex-buyer itself want to change it.
But since the item was removed, there's no way to change the rating since it will not appear at Downloads page anymore.
It's more a bug, not the usual problem most authors face with ratings. So, in this case, Envato usually can help without any problem
Kind Regards.
Happened to me once, just get in touch with support, explain the situation and they will fix it for you.
Downside is that you'll need a bit of patience because support for this is not really fast
Kind Regards.
I got used to these kind of questions and actually I love when the questions is simple and not a server-big-bug that needs one hour of debugging hahahaha
Creating and supporting themes is my income source, so no matter what, you must thank you your customer always for trusting and spending their money with your products/business!
Keep calm and do support!
You can get some of these motion videos at VideoHive, edit them with After Effects and export to GIF
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The answer is pretty straight forward, check themes that were able to do this (check Top Sellers), check the features they provide and compare to the features you provide.
If you provide the same quality and features than these top themes, was just bad luck, else you will need to work more on the lack points of your theme
Kind Regards.
Usually you can get in touch with the author through the Envato Profile, at bottom there's a place to send a message – usually it should work. Social profiles like Twitter, for example, sometimes work properly.
To avoid losing work and keeping everything safe, you can maybe find a trustable freelancer guy/agency to keep the theme updated and remove bugs when new WP versions are released – it may cost a bit more, but it's easier in my opinion.
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Borrowers will be required to disclose all their monthly outgoings - from credit card and student loan repayments to season ticket costs and how much they spend on child care or school fees - before they are given a mortgage.
Experts say the Mortgage Market Review, drawn up by the Financial Conduct Authority, will "inevitably" lead to more buyers being refused mortgages or being offered much smaller amounts than they need.
Simon Gammon, managing partner at Knight Frank Finance, said the review would force banks to lend responsibly by making a detailed assessment of their customers' finances before offering a loan.
"You have really got to show that you can afford the mortgage and will have to back up your outgoings with three if not six months' worth of bank statements.
"I absolutely believe there will be a higher number of declined mortgages, but in a situation where interest rates are likely to go up next year, borrowers have to be careful."
Under the new system banks will base mortgage offers not on borrowers' salaries, but on how much disposable income they have. Thus someone earning £30,000 but with few regular overheads might well be able to borrow more than someone earning £50,000 but also paying for school fees.
It is widely believed the review will slow the mortgage system, making it crucial buyers arrange their mortgage offers well in advance of starting to search for property.
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Google Needs Apple to Innovate in TV
Apparently Google is having trouble getting TV content providers and distributors on board with Google TV. No surprise there. Traditional cable companies and other players have little incentive to give up control to Google, whom they view more as a competitor than a partner.
Android was accepted by incumbents precisely because the carriers and handset manufacturers were afraid of Apple's momentum. Motorola, Samsung, and LG needed to figure out how they were going to respond to the iPhone. Google offered their Android OS for free and offered ad-split revenue to carriers and the deal was done. But it was a deal with the devil because the Android handset manufacturers as a group are not making much money. Apple took their profits.
What Google needs right now is for Apple (or someone else) to innovate in TV. Then, maybe, the incumbents will be receptive to Google's advances. Apple is working on such innovation with their rumored new iTV box, which will provide an application platform that will likely run existing iOS apps. Nevertheless, as Tim Cook has said, Apple believes all these efforts might be marginal until the technology is integrated into the TV set itself, something he claims Apple does not want to do (until the day they do it).
Traditional disruption, described in the Innovator's Dilemma, is about a cheaper technology sneaking up on incumbent players who are focused on serving their best customers – customers who find the performance of the cheaper new technology to be unacceptable. As time progresses, the new technology matures to the point where it performs acceptably for the mass market, and the market moves to the disrupter.
TV is ripe to be disrupted. It's expensive for consumers. But you have to remember that you can't make TV better. According to Nielsen, Americans already watch more than 35 hours per week of it. Watching HD TV over FIOS with a Tivo on a 52 inch Samsung LCD TV is near nirvana. You can only make TV cheaper.
It's not likely that Apple will disrupt TV by making it cheaper. As the premium provider, they nearly always focus on making things better, not cheaper. Apple did not disrupt cell phones in the traditional sense by making them cheaper. What they did is introduce such a compelling innovation from a user experience standpoint that the least price sensitive, most profitable part of the market moved to the new technology. And then Google's Android offered a low-cost good-enough alternative to feature phones that offered similar benefits. That's par for the course in the technology world. What is unique about the iPhone story is just how fast the market is transitioning to smart phones and how rapidly all the profits moved to the early leader in that technology.
Long story short, Google is not going to have much luck with Google TV unless they can offer TV for less for consumers. I think Boxee has the better approach there. That's traditional disruption. Boxee is a mediocre experience at best today compared to FIOS attached to a Tivo with an HDTV, but it's free.
Cablevision's best customers are not asking for low-def TV with fewer channels, constantly shifting line-ups and mediocre picture quality. And even if Cablevision sees the Boxee threat, they don't want to give up their rich subscription revenue business to answer it. But each year Boxee will get better. And if Joe sixpack walks into a Best Buy and is told that the Boxee integrated Vizio TV in the corner does not require a cable subscription and will save him $1200/year, he will likely take the offer even if that TV offers a slightly worse experience. And that will be the end of the TV franchise as we know it.


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Yep, these are super nice. Fully carved. Not cheap though but, they look pretty nice.
I've never actually seen his physical work first hand though.
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Imagine enclosing the entire stock of a Target store in a giant time capsule and burying it for 150 years. You would have a complete mercantile record of our palates, pastimes, problems and priorities. That's the best analogy I can find for Kansas City's Arabia Steamboat Museum, which preserves the 200-ton cargo of a Missouri River steamship that sank in 1856.
Submerged in the river's silty bottom, the ship remained hidden until the 1980s, when a band of treasure hunters uncovered it in a cornfield. (The river's path had shifted.) They intended to sell the contents, but as they unearthed crate after crate, they realized that more value—both monetary and historical—lay in preserving the entire collection. And so the museum was born. The museum faces City Market, with a giant replica paddle wheel visible through the lobby window. Well-trained guides lead timed-entry tours ($14.50), vividly describing the history of steamships and the story of the Arabia. (Families with small kids should note that the talky portion of the tour lasts a while and includes a video.)
But then the guide releases the group into the exhibits to explore freely. My husband and I could have stayed all day. You see a chunk of the ship's oak hull, the log that rammed it, plus thousands of items that had been destined for frontier general stores: beads for trading with Native Americans, shiny doorknobs that promised luxury in new homes, boots in every size, plus large pieces of leather that cobblers would have used to make more. The quality of the preservation is unbelievable. There are unbroken sets of china, cork-topped bottles filled with still-green pickles and bundles of petrified candles. (Curious why it all looks so good? You can even chat with a preservationist working in an open lab.) Although many items sit in typical glass cases, several of the exhibit areas re-create frontier storefronts.
With its muskets that never fired, printers that never pressed and lamps that never glowed, the Arabia Steamboat Museum runs the risk of being a sad trove of unfulfilled promises. But it's not. No one died in the sinking. No ghosts haunt these displays. Instead, the museum is a dazzling tribute to the optimism and industry of the pioneers who settled the West.
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The short allele of a functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) has been shown to interact with stressful life events to predict depression in otherwise healthy individuals. Whether the short allele increases risk for depression associated with the stress of a chronic illness has not been established.
In a cross-sectional genetic association study, the authors examined the association of 5-HTTLPR with current depression (measured by the Computerized Diagnostic Interview Schedule), perceived stress (measured by the Perceived Stress Scale), and 24-hour urinary norepinephrine excretion in 557 outpatients with chronic coronary disease.
Among individuals carrying an s allele, 25% (97 of 383) had current depression, compared with 17% (29 of 174) of l/l homozygotes. The unadjusted odds ratio was 1.6, with a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 1.0–2.6; the age- and gender-adjusted odds ratio was also 1.6 (95% CI= 1.0–2.5). Participants carrying an s allele had a higher mean score for perceived stress than l/l homozygotes (5.4 versus 4.7) and a higher rate of moderate or high perceived stress (adjusted odds ratio=1.6, 95% CI=1.1–2.3). Mean 24-hour norepinephrine excretion was higher in s allele carriers (55.6 versus 50.2 μg/day), who were more likely to have norepinephrine values in the highest quartile (adjusted odds ratio=1.7, 95% CI=1.0–3.0).
Among patients with chronic illness, carriers of the s allele of 5-HTTLPR are more vulnerable to depression, perceived stress, and high norepinephrine secretion. These factors may contribute to worse cardiovascular outcomes in these patients.
The serotonin, or 5-HT (5-hydroxytryptamine), system is critically involved in the pathophysiology of mood and anxiety disorders, and drugs that target serotonergic neurotransmission are efficacious for the treatment of these disorders (1). The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) plays an important role in serotonergic neurotransmission by facilitating reuptake of 5-HT from the synaptic cleft. A repeat of 20–23 base pairs has been observed as a motif within a polymorphic region of the serotonin transporter gene, and it occurs as two prevalent alleles: one consisting of 14 repeats (the short allele variant) and another of 16 repeats (the long allele variant). This functional polymorphism in the 5- regulatory promoter region, termed 5-HTTLPR (5-HTT-gene-linked polymorphic region), alters transcription of the serotonin transporter gene (2). Specifically, the short allele of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism is thought to reduce transcription efficiency for the gene, resulting in decreased expression of the serotonin transporter and decreased serotonin uptake in lymphoblast cell lines and blood platelets (3, 4) and decreased availability of the serotonin transporter in human imaging studies (5). The s allele appears to exert its effect independent of s allele load, i.e., in a dominant manner (6).
With remarkable consistency (exceptions are studies by Surtees et al. [7] and Gillespie et al. [8]), the s allele has been shown to interact with stressful life events to predict depression (9–16) in medically healthy subjects. In addition, 5-HTTLPR may predispose to depression in patients with severe medical illnesses that are associated with ongoing chronic stress (17). Thus, in study groups in which all patients are chronically ill, resulting in a considerable amount of stress, one might expect to find a direct effect of 5-HTTLPR on depression. Indeed, in several small studies the s allele of 5-HTTLPR has been associated with depression in patients with Parkinson's disease (18, 19), in those with stroke (20), and in elderly patients after hip fracture (21). One Japanese study suggested that the s allele may be associated with depression in patients after acute coronary syndrome (22).
Whether these results are applicable to patients with stable coronary disease, particularly given substantial differences in allele frequency in 5-HTTLPR across populations, is unknown. We performed a cross-sectional study to determine whether the s allele of 5-HTTLPR is associated with current depression, greater perceived stress, and higher 24-hour urinary norepinephrine excretion among a group of 557 white patients with stable coronary disease who were enrolled in the Heart and Soul Study.
Details regarding our recruitment procedures have been published previously (23–25). In brief, we used administrative databases to identify outpatients with documented coronary disease at two Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers in California (San Francisco VA Medical Center and VA Palo Alto Health Care System), one university medical center (University of California, San Francisco), and nine public health clinics in the Community Health Network of San Francisco. Patients were eligible to participate if they had at least one of the following: a history of myocardial infarction, angiographic evidence of ≥50% stenosis in one or more coronary blood vessels, prior evidence of exercise-induced ischemia by treadmill or nuclear testing, or a history of coronary revascularization. Between September 2000 and December 2002, a total of 1,024 participants enrolled and completed a daylong study appointment at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. In genetic association studies, ethnically homogenous study groups are recommended because of the problem of population stratification (26, 27). To avoid population stratification, we chose to examine genotypes only in white patients, the largest group in the Heart and Soul Study (N=557). Our protocol was approved by the appropriate institutional review boards. After complete description of the study to the subjects, written informed consent was obtained.
We assessed current (past month) depression by using the Computerized National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule (CDIS-IV) (28), a highly structured interview designed to yield psychiatric diagnoses according to DSM-IV criteria. The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) has been used extensively to study the epidemiology and treatment of depression (29). Trained research assistants (who were blinded to 5-HTTLPR status) administered the interview during the daylong baseline study appointment. Participants found to have current depression were informed that they were suffering from depression, instructed to discuss these symptoms with their primary care provider, and provided a list of local resources available for further evaluation and treatment.
We measured perceived stress by using a four-item version of the Perceived Stress Scale (30), a brief and easy-to-administer measure of the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. The scale contains the following questions: 1) "In the last month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?" 2) "In the last month, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems?" (reverse scored), 3) "In the last month, how often have you felt that things were going your way?" (reverse scored), and 4) "In the last month, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?" The responses were scored as 0 (never), 1 (almost never), 2 (sometimes), 3 (fairly often), or 4 (very often). The total score ranges from 0 to 16, with higher scores indicating greater stress. As a dichotomous indicator of perceived stress, we chose a cut point of ≥5 to represent a median split of the study group.
Details regarding the analysis of 24-hour urinary norepinephrine excretion have been described elsewhere in greater detail (23). In brief, the participants were instructed to collect all urine for 24 hours between the study appointment and the time when a researcher visited their home the next day and to keep the urine collection jugs refrigerated at all times. Research personnel arrived at the patients' homes exactly 24 hours after the appointment to ensure accurately timed specimens and to enhance compliance with the protocol. All patients were asked whether they were able to collect all of the urine or if some fraction had been inadvertently discarded. The participants were also asked if the urine had been refrigerated throughout the 24-hour period. If the urine sample was reported to be incomplete or not refrigerated throughout the procedure, or if the volume was less than 1 liter, the subject was asked to repeat the collection, and research personnel returned 24 hours later to recollect the urine. Similarly, if the 3-liter collection jug was completely full, the subject was given two new jugs and asked to repeat the collection to ensure that no urine was inadvertently discarded.
Urinary norepinephrine was measured with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (by personnel blinded to 5-HTTLPR status) at ARUP Laboratories (headquarters, Salt Lake City). The normal reference range is 0–100 μg/day for norepinephrine. Since the detection limit was 1.0 μg/dl for norepinephrine, levels for participants whose excretion was below this detection limit were coded as 1.0 μg/dl. The interassay coefficient of variance was <10%, and the intra-assay coefficient of variance was <8%.
To ensure adequate sampling for the norepinephrine analysis, we included only participants who had a urinary creatinine value within the normal range (0.8–2.1 g/day). For the norepinephrine analysis, we further excluded participants with medical diseases known to affect measurement of 24-hour urinary norepinephrine, including one participant with a pheochromocytoma, seven participants with incomplete urine collections, and 24 participants whose urine refrigeration was not verified.
5-HTTLPR genotyping was performed at the Genomics Core Facility at the University of California, San Francisco. The polymorphic promoter region (5-HTTLPR) was amplified with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using 5′ FAM labeled forward (FAM-GGCGTTGCCGCTCTGAATG) and unlabeled reverse (GAGGGACTGAGCTGGACAACCAC) primers. Amplification was performed in a final volume of 6 μl containing 20 ng genomic DNA template, 200 μmol/liter deoxynucleotide triphosphates, 50 mM Tris, 0.15 mM (NH4)2SO4 (pH adjusted to 9.3 with NH4OH), 2.5 mM MgCl2, 0.1% Tween 20, and 0.25 U JumpStart AccuTaq LA DNA polymerase (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis). This was then cycled at 94°C for 1 minute and then underwent 45 cycles at 94°C for 30 seconds and 68°C for 4 minutes, with a final 30 minutes at 68°C. The PCR product was diluted (1:12), combined with 0.35 μl size standard and 9.0 μl highly deionized formamide denatured by heating at 95°C for 5 minutes and analyzed by using a 3730xl DNA analyzer with Gene-Mapper 4.0 analysis software (Applied Biosystems). The PCR fragment sizes for the long and short alleles are 529 base pairs (16 repeats) and 486 base pairs (14 repeats), respectively.
Self-reported date of birth, gender, medical history, smoking, and alcohol use were determined by questionnaire. We measured resting blood pressure by using a standard sphygmomanometer and performed a symptom-limited, graded exercise treadmill test according to a standard Bruce protocol. We defined exercise capacity as the total number of metabolic equivalents achieved at peak exercise.
The goal of this investigation was to examine the association of 5-HTTLPR with depression, perceived stress, and norepinephrine secretion in patients with coronary disease. After preliminary analyses confirmed dominance of the s allele, we pursued the remaining analyses with the patients divided according to the s allele (s/s or s/l versus l/l). Differences in characteristics between participants with and without the s allele were determined by using t tests (or nonparametric equivalent) for continuous variables and chi-square tests for dichotomous variables. Analysis of covariance was used to compare mean norepinephrine excretion and mean perceived stress in participants with and without the s allele.
To determine the unadjusted and adjusted associations between s allele status and depression, perceived stress, and norepinephrine, we used logistic regression analyses with s allele status as the predictor variable. Our outcome variables were 1) presence of current depression according to the CDIS, 2) proportion with moderate or high perceived stress (score >5 on Perceived Stress Scale), and 3) proportion in the highest quartile of 24-hour urinary norepinephrine excretion. We also examined the effects of interactions between 5-HTTLPR and potential moderating variables in predicting our outcome variables. We adjusted all analyses for age and gender. The analyses were performed by using Statistical Analysis Software (version 9, SAS Institute, Cary, N.C.).
Of the 557 participants, 96 (17%) were homozygous for the s allele (s/s genotype), 287 (52%) were heterozygous (s/l genotype), and 174 (31%) were homozygous for the l allele (l/l genotype). The allele frequencies were almost identical to previously reported frequencies in white populations (4, 14). The three groups were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (χ2=0.12, df=2, n.s.). No differences in age, sex, medical illness, medication use, body mass index, alcohol use, and cardiac function were observed between s allele carriers and l/l individuals. Characteristics stratified according to s allele status are shown in Table 1.
Of the 557 participants, 126 (23%) were currently depressed. The proportions of participants with current depression, our primary outcome variable, were identical in individuals with the s/s genotype (24 of 96, 25%) and s/l genotype (73 of 287, 25%), confirming a dominant effect of the s allele. Therefore, we designated the individuals with the s/s and s/l genotypes as s allele carriers. Current depression was diagnosed in 25% of the individuals carrying an s allele (97 of 383), compared with 17% of the l/l carriers (29 of 174) (Figure 1); the odds ratio for depression in s allele carriers, therefore, was 1.6, as shown in Table 2. After adjustment for age and gender, this association remained but was not significant at the traditional p<0.05 cutoff point.
Carriers of the s allele had a higher mean score on the Perceived Stress Scale (mean=5.4, SD=3.4) than the l/l homozygotes (mean=4.7, SD=2.9) (Figure 1). In a logistic regression analysis, s allele carriers had an increased odds of having moderate to high scores for perceived stress (Table 2). This association remained strong after adjustment for age and gender.
Urinary 24-hour excretion of norepinephrine was higher in s allele carriers (mean=55.6 μg, SD=24.0) than in l/l homozygotes (mean=50.2, SD=23.8) (Figure 1). In a logistic regression analysis, s allele carriers had higher odds of having norepinephrine values in the highest quartile (Table 2).
We did not find any significant effects of interactions between 5-HTTLPR and measures of cardiac disease severity, including exercise capacity (metabolic equivalents achieved), history of myocardial infarction, history of coronary artery bypass graft, or overall perceived health status in predicting depression, perceived stress, or norepinephrine excretion (all p values for interactions were >0.20).
We found that the s allele of 5-HTTLPR was associated with depression and perceived stress in patients with coronary disease. Furthermore, the s allele was associated with greater 24-hour urinary norepinephrine excretion. These results suggest that patients with the 5-HTTLPR s allele are more likely to develop depression, greater perceived stress, and high norepinephrine secretion in the presence of chronic illness.
Our results regarding the association between the s allele and depression are consistent with previous findings of an interaction of the s allele with stressful life events in predicting depression among medically healthy subjects (11–15). We have demonstrated an association between the s allele and depression in participants who were chronically stressed because of an ongoing illness. Indeed, several small studies found an association between the s allele and depression in patients with medical illness, i.e., in patients with Parkinson's disease (18, 19), stroke (20), hip fracture (21), and coronary disease (22). Taken together, these findings suggest that chronic medical illness may be a type of stress that is more likely to lead to depression in patients with the s allele than in patients homozygous for the long allele.
The implication of our findings is that the 5-HTTLPR genotype may be an important vulnerability factor for depression and perceived stress in cardiac patients. Heart disease currently affects about 13 million Americans (31). Depression occurs in about 20% of these patients, and it is associated with an increased risk of future cardiac events and mortality (32). Studies have shown that s allele carriers do not respond as well as l/l homozygotes to treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and show more adverse events (33), making it more difficult to treat their depression. Thus, the prognosis for coronary disease might be worse for s allele carriers than for l/l homozygotes. Indeed, one study found an association of the s allele with depressive symptoms and cardiac events in a group of Japanese patients following acute myocardial infarction (22).
However, we did not find any moderating effects of cardiac disease severity as measured by exercise capacity, history of myocardial infarction or coronary artery bypass graft, or overall perceived health on the association between 5-HTTLPR and depression, perceived stress, or norepinephrine. Participants in the Heart and Soul Study were considerably sicker than other study groups (Table 1), and small differences in disease severity may not have been sufficient to cause varying levels of stress. Grabe et al. (34) reported that mental and physical distress was modulated by s allele status and chronic disease burden in women (but not men) in a general population sample. Future studies should explore whether greater disease severity in chronic illness moderates the association between 5-HTTLPR and depression.
Currently, the mechanisms by which the s allele might increase the risk for developing depression are unknown. The s allele has been shown to be associated with lower 5-HT1A receptor binding potential, lower expression of the serotonin transporter and serotonin uptake in lymphoblasts, an enhanced amygdala response to fearful stimuli, stronger amygdala-prefrontal coupling, and uncoupling of an amygdala-cingulate circuit implicated in the extinction of negative affect in human imaging studies (6). All of these mechanisms might be relevant to the vulnerability of s allele carriers to depression.
We also found that the s allele was associated with greater 24-hour urinary norepinephrine excretion. To our knowledge, the association between 5-HTTLPR and norepinephrine has not previously been examined in humans. However, the s allele has been associated with cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress in young adult twins (35), suggesting that individuals with the s allele have a heightened propensity to show strong reactions to stress. Moreover, knocking out the serotonin transporter gene leads to enhanced stress-induced catecholamine secretion in mice (36). Since norepinephrine is a risk factor for adverse outcomes in patients with coronary disease (37–39), this might also be a mechanism by which s allele carriers have adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
Several limitations must be considered in our study. In our study group, all patients were chronically ill and thus were under a considerable amount of stress. To examine an effect of the interaction between the s allele and stress on depression, as reported in previous studies, an ideal study would also have evaluated a group of participants who were not exposed to the stress of chronic illness. Further, 5-HTTLPR was associated with neuroticism in a meta-analysis (40), and we did not measure personality dimensions. It could be argued that the association with depression is caused by an underlying association with neuroticism, rather than with the diagnostic entity of depression. We were unable to examine the association of 5-HTTLPR with depression in different ethnic groups. Further, it is possible that the CDIS resulted in some misclassification of depression, since use of a standardized instrument cannot replace the diagnosis of depression by a clinician. However, nondifferential misclassification results in weaker (not stronger) associations, and unless misclassification was associated with 5-HTTLPR, it should not have affected our results. Finally, we did not measure functional variants that have been identified within the l allele and designated as lA and lG. The effects of the lG allele on depression are thought to be similar to those of the s allele (41). Thus, genotyping for only the s and l alleles may have diluted our findings.
In summary, we found 5-HTTLPR to be modestly associated with depression, greater perceived stress, and higher 24-hour urinary norepinephrine secretion in patients with coronary disease. Individuals carrying an s allele may be at greater risk for depression in the presence of chronic illness.
This work was supported by grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs (Epidemiology Merit Review Program), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program), the American Federation for Aging Research (Paul Beeson Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Program), and the Ischemia Research and Education Foundation. Dr. Otte was supported by a Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression and by a Research Career Development Award from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (F-144-1). None of these funding sources had any role in the collection of data, interpretation of results, or preparation of this manuscript.
The authors report no competing interests.
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Bright yellow and brown. These shoes seem so bright, casual and fun! I think they'd be so fun in the spring...but maybe even more fun in the summer! They walk that line between the saddle shoe formal and the relaxed breathable activity. Plus they are certainly bright and bright yellow always makes me happy!


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by copper, Dec 18, 2012.
he's a great shipbuilder.............
So Coach Larry is making demands: Lawrence Frank doesn't want to return as Pistons coach unless team guarantees contract option - Yahoo! Sports
I have been a pretty big fan of Lawrence, but this disappoints me. You have a job paying you $4 freakin million dollars a year. Just do it.
By all accounts, he put in a ton of work. I think he followed the game plan with Drummonds development...at the cost of several wins. Meaning, they wanted to ease him in and continued to do so despite evidence that his net effect was better then Maxiell's. The team was poorly built. anytime a vet went down, we got better. I can see him getting peeved about Gores' message. You either believe in me or you don't. If you don't, give me my money.
He knew if he came back he would be on a super short leash.... another start like the last two years and he'd be gone before Christmas... I don't like his demands though, and for that reason alone if I was the owner I'd say walk... I admire his work, but there is just something that doesn't translate onto the floor, he might have been the perfect coach for us when Larry Brown left. Floor leadership wasn't an issue and there was a solid rotation without lots of guessing.... he didn't react to issues as they came up during the two years in a timely manner.... I thank him for his hard work, but think he needs to move on.
Frank and Gores might be "posturing" a bit to keep-up public perception. Gores comes out the other day and says that he 'isn't going to settle for seasons like this'. = trying to assure the fan base that the team wants to improve and fans should get behind the Pistons (buy some tickets). Frank fires back by saying 'I'm worth an extension; I've been a good soldier here and I'ts the roster not me'. = an effort to maintain his "status" among NBA coaching ranks and ensure that he either deserves another chance in Detroit or another job elsewhere.
Tough stuff. I think Frank is a good coach. I can't argue with how he developed Dre and Middleton. I thought that he put the team in a position to win. The players let him down, and he's going to take the hit. This will probably be a bad thing, unless Joe can pick up Nate Mcmillan.
Are you thinking of Noah? Moses didn't need a ship. He would just part seas and whatnot.
Hire Biblical Moses to coach, then sign Bynum and Tyreke Evans, and build the team around combo guards that slash to the basket. Unstoppable.
I bring up Moses at least every 2 years. Every time, somebody sees my error.
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I was going to start a Frank Appreciation Thread but we have too damn many random threads already. Plus its just going to be marred with remarks like: I appreciate that he's gone. I soured on Frank at some point. But I think he did the best with what he had. He allowed Moose to play from the elbow and had people cut through the lane and back door. He gave Knight a ton of time at PG. People now have their opinions of him and its not so much a mystery anymore. He brought Drummond along at a good pace. A little slow once Dre showed he had a positive impact but he wasn't stashed on the bench all season long. Middleton and English got burn. When the guys came to play, the offense was fun to watch with a inside outside mix. We have pages and pages of his faults and shortcomings so I'd rather not get into that again. He's gone. Not going to argue that he was any good but I liked him a lot better than Flip Saunders.
I did like Flip Saunders a lot better, but your post was excellent and concise. A very nice reflective piece. Thanks.
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I hate my laptop >.
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dang nabit everytime i try to buy an error occurs... and there diffrent every time wt f*** its cause im black isnt it?
SQL Server error... Oh well, I just have to wait, as usual :P
It seems to be a hit and miss right now. Its jumping up and down every other second it seems. I get in about 10% of the times i refresh right now
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I swear, these forums are always down at the worst of times.
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So i should contact my host with a copied version of nothing.
Dangit, I need my Politics and Philosophy fix. So what is everyone's username? Mine is Freedomna.
It seems like it's been down more than it's been up the last few days.
when i post a topic and need it most -__- go figures just my luck... lol
Minecraft forum down due to Database crash? Uh-oh
Why is it down, when I need it the most?!?
is it down right now i cant join any servers. someone post some adresses on here so i can try logiin in ?
Wow now also Minecraft forum is down. First Minecraft Login and now this too. Whats next Planetminecraft?
minecraft forum is down for me too!
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(16:1) "Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek."
(16:3) "Paul ... took and circumcised him."
Paul Circumcises New Companion
(16:6) "They .... were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia."
Should the gospel be preached to everyone?
(16:7) "They assayed to go into Bithynia: but the
Spirit suffered them not." Paul and the newly circumcised Timothy tried to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit wouldn't let them.
(16:9-12) A man appears to Paul in a dream telling him to go to Macedonia. So Paul, who was a big
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(16:9) "A vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia
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(16:10) "After he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia."
(16:11-12) "Therefore ... we came ... to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia."
(16:16) "A certain damsel possessed with a spirit of
divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying."
(16:26) Another Holy Prison Break!"Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened,
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(16:31) "What must I do to be saved?"
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Lyndsey uses Super Target (Wedding Cakes)
I ordered my wedding cake at Super Target bakery. It was actually really good! It also was a really cute design that looked like a present. We got a lot of compliments on it.
Lyndsey shops Cub Foods (Grocery Shopping)
I usually go to Cub Foods for grocery shopping because it is closest to my house. They seem to have pretty good deals in there weekly ad.
Lyndsey plays Wii Sports (Best Social Video Games)
Wii Sports is a great video game to play with a group of people. It is fun and easy, and up to 4 people can play. Its even fun to watch people play.
Lyndsey shops Target (Walmart vs Target)
I definitely like Target better than Walmart. Target stores are much nicer. Plus, Target is closer to my house.
Lyndsey watched Titanic (Multiple Theater Viewings)
I saw Titanic 4 times in the theater. Not quite sure why, but I guess I really liked it at the time!
Lyndsey goes to Mann Theater Hopkins (Best Cheap Theaters)
Mann Theater in Hopkins is a great cheap theater. The prices went up recently, but is still only $3, and $2.50 on Tuesdays.
Lyndsey reads Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Longest Books)
I think the longest book I have read is HP#5, which is 870 pages long. And of course it was worth it, I could have read even more!
Lyndsey reads Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (Favorite Harry Potter Book)
This was a tough call, but I think HP#7 is my favorite book of the series. It was full of excitement, leading up to the final meeting between Harry and Voldemort. It was an awesome book!
Lyndsey watches House, M.D. (Favorite TV Shows)
House is my favorite drama TV show. It is a medical show, with House and his team of doctors trying to figure out what mysterious illness there patients have. I just started watching it regularly last season, but I have seasons 1-3 on DVD. House is my favorite character, but Wilson is a close second.
Lyndsey plays Ladder Golf (Lawn Games)
Ladder golf is a lot of fun and most everyone can play it. It involves throwing two golf balls connected by a string at a ladder with three rungs. Its a great outdoor summer game.
Lyndsey watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Last Movie I Saw In The Theaters)
I saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in July. It was awesome! Probably my favorite of the HP series. There were a lot of funny parts to balance out the more intense scenes, and they did a good job condensing a 600+ page book into a 2.5 hour movie.
Andrew Frenz At least this one was entertaining. The last Harry Potter movie that you dragged me to was so poorly done. They definitely stepped it up with this latest movie.
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The Office is the funniest show on TV! I just started watching it last season. My favorite character is Jim. The pranks he pulls on Dwight are hilarious! :)
Lyndsey plays Hoopla (Board Games)
Hoopla is a really fun game that is similar to Cranium. You race against the clock to get others to guess what is on your card. There are 4 different activities you can do to get them to guess, such as drawing or acting it out. It easy to learn and a lot of fun!
Lyndsey went to Yellowstone National Park (National Parks)
Yellowstone is an amazing place to visit! I went there this summer and loved it. The hot springs and geysers are really cool, and there is tons of wildlife. I even saw a grizzly bear!
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I use Redbox for movie rentals. It's only $1 a night, plus they often send codes for a free rental. There is one in Cub right by my house. The selection isn't huge, especially on weekends, but it is very convenient and cheap.
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I am a member of the Science Museum, and really enjoy going there. There is always interesting exhibits to see and the Omnitheater shows are always great. One great thing about being a member is that you can get into museums across the country for free as well. I recently was in Chicago and used the membership card to go to the Field Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the Adler Planetarium.
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Bob Cunningham did our wedding pictures and they turned out great! I was very pleased with his work. He got many great shots, both posed and candid. He was also able to get some great shots during the ceremony. I would highly recommend him!
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We used Classic Catering for our wedding reception. The food was great and many people complimented us on it. Two friends even decided to use it for their wedding receptions! It is very reasonably priced, and very easy to work with.
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I've used Verizon for about 5 years and haven't had any problems. My phone seems to get better service than a lot of people I know who use other providers.
Lyndsey uses InspectAll LLC (Home Inspectors)
Tim Gerdes of InspectAll LLC inspected our house before closing. He spent a long time inspecting the entire house and gave us a detailed report of everything he found. I would recommend him!
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I just started going to Dr. Woell this year. He is very friendly, and explains everything very well. He helps make going to the dentist not so bad! :)
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4x6 prints are only 8 cents each. The pictures come in just a few days. They also do nice Christmas cards.
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Bert is a great realtor! He helped us buy our house last year and was always available to go look at houses. He also analyzed sales information for homes in the area of the house we bought to help us make an offer.
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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury Montalcino hotel in Val d'Orcia with 2 restaurants
Popular property highlights
Located in Val d'Orcia, this luxury hotel is 2.7 mi (4.4 km) from Abbazia di Sant'Antimo and within 9 mi (15 km) of Museum of Brunello and Fortress of Montalcino. Civic and Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art of Montalcino and Garden of Daniel Spoerri are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Hotel Features
2 restaurants, a full-service spa, and an indoor pool are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Other amenities include an outdoor pool, a health club, and a bar/lounge.
Room Amenities
All 44 rooms offer thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, as well as comforts such as premium bedding and down comforters. Free WiFi and minibars are standard, as are LCD TVs with digital channels.
Guest Highlights
- Excellent breakfast
- Pool
- Helpful staff
Castello di Velona SPA Resort & Winery
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Castello di Velona SPA Resort & Winery features a full-service spa, 4 spa tubs, an indoor pool, and an outdoor pool. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This luxury hotel also offers a health club, a sauna, and spa services. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle and an area shuttle. Complimentary self parking and valet parking are available on site.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 44
- Babysitting or childcare
- Bar/lounge
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Number of spa tubs - 4
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Health club
- One meeting room
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Multilingual staff
- Free valet parking
- Garden
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Sauna
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor pool
- Free breakfast
- Full-service spa
- Free WiFi
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Bidet
- Slippers
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Rainfall showerhead
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Digital TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free newspaper
- In-room massage available
- Room service (limited hours)
- Down comforter
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Settimo Senso - This restaurant serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Velona Lounge - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
A health club and complimentary bicycles are featured at the hotel. 4 spa tubs are on site along with an indoor pool and an outdoor pool. Other recreational amenities include a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Free bicycles on site
Spa Services
Guests can pamper themselves with a trip to the onsite spa, which has 1 treatment room. Services include sports massages, massages, facials, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with hot springs/mineral springs, a sauna, a spa tub, and Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic.
- Sports massage
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Hot springs/mineral springs in spa
- Massages
- Number of treatment rooms 1
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge
- Dogs only
- 1 per room
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.50 per person, per night, up to 4 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
Optional extras
- A pet fee will be charged
Hotel Name
- Castello di Velona
- Castello di Velona SPA Resort & Winery
- Castello di Velona SPA Resort & Winery Montalcino
- Castello di Velona SPA Winery
- Castello di Velona SPA Winery Montalcino
- Castello Di Velona Hotel Montalcino
- Castello di Velona SPA Resort Winery Montalcino
- Castello di Velona SPA Resort Winery
We should mention
All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- The property is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.


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Emma Hare: A Field Education Supervisor in Mount Angel
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San Diego, California, 1990: Emma Hare is born.
Oxford, Michigan, July 2007: Hare graduates from high school, and in whirlwind manner applies for, is accepted into, and begins training for a year of service work with the Regnum Christi apostolic movement.
Wicklow, Ireland, May 2008: Having completed a demanding academic year at Woodlands Academy Boarding School as Dean of Discipline for 120 teenage girls she described as "sweet and spoiled," Hare is asked by her spiritual guide to take six weeks to discern a vocation to the religious life. After avoiding her spiritual guide upon her return to the United States, Hare obliges.
Wakefield, Rhode Island, December 2008: With consultation from her spiritual guide, Hare decides religious life is not her calling. She returns to Silverton.
Silverton, Oregon, August 2009: Prompted by the youth minister at St. Paul's Church, Hare becomes involved with teen ministry, leading her to coordinate the junior high program as a volunteer and later become certified through the Center for Ministry Development.
Mount Angel, Oregon, April 2012: Hare is hired as the Director of Youth Ministry for St. Mary's Church.
Like many seminarians, Emma Hare's vocational journey surprised and enlightened her. As part of her duties at St. Mary's Church, Hare is one of 64 field education, deacon, and pastoral intern supervisors that work with Mount Angel seminarians. In this role, she partners with the seminary in providing off-campus ministry opportunities that build skills and enhance personal development for those pursuing the priesthood.
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This year she welcomed into youth ministry Br. John Paul Le, OSB, and Frankie Villanueva, seminarian for the Diocese of Honolulu. The two joined Hare and the youth of St. Mary's on Sunday mornings. With Hare's help, Br. Le and Villanueva built mentoring relationships with the high schoolers, taught catechetical lessons, facilitated small group discussion, participated in the confirmation retreat, and worked on interpersonal skills. Hare expressed gratitude for their service.
"I think the seminarians feed a lot of their supervisors," she said. "The reflections they write are refreshing and renewing to hear."
In her first year as a supervisor, Hare found that she was both giving and receiving instruction in her relationship to the seminarians.
"It has been a learning process as far as what's expected of me," Hare said. "I try to be a bridge between what the seminarians are feeling and what the kids need from them."
Hare appreciated the ideas, inspiration, role modeling, and personality that Br. Le and Villanueva offered. Taking part in the vocational growth of the seminarians produced moments of grace. Hare remembered a few in particular: After having been reserved much of the year, Br. Le broke out dancing during the confirmation retreat. The teens joined, laughing, cheering, and dancing along with him. She also recalled how Br. Le took the time to learn each teen's name and speak with each person. Villaneuva contributed his characteristic energy, she said, and that invited youth into activities and made for livelier gatherings.
For their part, Br. Le and Villaneuva valued Hare's ability to speak with the youth, show compassion, and engage young people with the Catholic faith.
"She loves the young people. She has a lot of energy for them and great compassion," Br. Le said.
Villaneuva echoed his ministry partner's sentiment: "One of the things I learned in this experience was how important it is as a leader in the church to go beyond the title of seminarian or youth minister. A lot of times to these kids Emma was a friend, confidant, aunt, and even a mother to some of them."
She also gave the teens and seminarians occasion to connect. Br. Le recalled counseling a teen struggling over whether to be confirmed. He told the teen the decision was an individual one over which to pray. The next week, the teen reported back to Br. Le: He was ready to receive the sacrament.
"It's beautiful to see a student make their own decision like that and to desire the sacraments and finish their Christian initiation," Br. Le said.
For Hare and many field education supervisors, the partnership with Mount Angel seminarians builds the vocational story of all persons involved. Constructive dialogue and collaboration are the fruits of the program.
"It's helpful to have them around and to be able to bounce ideas off of them," Hare said. "I love having other people involved with the mission and who are in love with Christ as much as we hope to be."


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His mother is over the moon. She's calling all of their family and friends and telling him how special it is. I looked at the information and it seemed...off.
First of all, he's a good kid and a good student, but he's not exactly gifted or academically special that I can see right now. The work that he's taught in his fourth grade class is a little slow moving IMO, so he's doing it well and he's happy.
Second, this program is 2 grand for 4 days, not including airfare.
Third, they go a little far to convey what a miraculous event it is. They included a marketing letter especially for him, and a link for a press release that he can send to his local newspaper.
Fourth, it didn't come from the school, or through the school. The school didn't even mention anything like this to us, or even that he was in the running for some kind of award, even though his teachers name is mentioned many times in the packet. There's nothing else to the program that I see. Just camp.
It seems a little like those Who's Who books to me and DH is skeptical, too. But, again, his mother is thrilled and so is my kid, so I'm kind of hoping that we're wrong.
Has anyone ever heard of the NYSP or participated?
always loving my babies. (May 08)(April 09)(August 09)(September 09) (December 10)
Here is the 4th link I found when I searched:
Apparently there is a lot more info out there if you add "scam" into the search.
I read some reviews where the people were happy, but mostly acknowledged that it wasn't an "award" and was more of an expensive, more academic summer camp. If you have plenty of money it's not a waste, but not exactly what they want you to believe either.
wonder if the teacher gets a kickback for sending a name.
i feel so sorry for her when she realises she's been scammed.
wonder if dss is excited coz his mom is excited and maybe travelling and going someplace rather than about the award itself.
hope you and your dh are able to send her some scam links.
anytime there is are $$$s attached i always get suspicious.
They mass mail to schools and try to get teachers to send in names of kids.
Wow. Aren't teacher's bound contractually NOT to release without consent the names/addresses of the children in their schools? I would not be pleased (and the teacher and the school would know well about that fact) if our family's information was given out by a teacher to anyone without my consent. That's highly unethical IMO. And then to have to deal with a disappointed kiddo and parent(s) that got their hopes up as though this was something legit. Despicable!
My 11 year old son just returned from a week (Sunday - Friday) at National Young Scholars Camp at William Peace University, Raleigh, NC. We could not have been more satisfied with the camp, the staff, and the environment. He had the time of his life. He got to do things that he would have never had the opportunity to do otherwise. He worked with DNA samples, had to calculate the angle and distance of blood (fake) splatters. He studied about four different major ailments of the body like pancrease, liver, etc. Designed a miniature jet car that had to work, leadership training, etc. The list goes on and on. He was so happy each night that he called us and shared everything they did. They had talant shows, magicians, a violinist, and others came in for nightly entertainment. The food was good and the security was excellent. They all shared in a graduation ceremony the things they learned and we saw in the classroom the hard work the kids had put in and learned so many things. He went to camp with his cell phone and kindle so that he could keep in touch with us at all times and the camp had no problem with it. So homesickness was never an issue. Yes the camp is expensive and probably higher than a lot of families can afford. My son wrote a letter explaining his nomination and sent it out to local businesses and friends asking for a sponsorship to go to this program. Within 3 weeks he had raised all the funds and one business wrote him an additional check for spending money. All total he raised almost $2200. He has learned so much this summer from raising his funds to attending a camp four hours away from home. He made so many friends while there. They all swapped their cell numbers and plan to remain friends for a very long time. We found no scam associated with this program at all. Did the people in charge make a lot of money from it? Sure they did. But to my son and our family it was worth every penny. Great opportunity.
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When I ran across this Flickr set I knew I had to share it with you. The photographer snapped a photo a day of stormtrooper action figures for a whole year. The images start on April 3 of 2009 and go to April 4th of 2010. A friend of mine who knows I'm a knitter (and a Star Wars fan) sent me this picture of stormtroopers knitting via Facebook, and then I investigated the whole stream.
If you want to view the photo set in chronological order, you'll need to start on page five and work your way back to the first page. If you don't care about the order they were posted, you can just start right on the first page with any photo that strikes your fancy.
Besides the photo set, you can also find a video made with the action figures, and extra photos, by clicking More Details About Stormtroopers 365. By checking out Stormtrooper 365 Extras you can find deleted scenes, alternate versions, and behind the scenes photos from the Stormtrooper 365 series. The cool thing about the behind the scenes images is that they have detailed captions and even areas of the images that when you mouse over them show even more information about the shot like this image.
Navigating through the images is easy. Just select the image you want to start with and then you can use the Prev and Next buttons to flip through them.
I hope you'll enjoy this whimsical stormtrooper themed photo set as much as I did!
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I have been researching drs & looking at photos for a BBL for about 8 months now. I have about $5000 saved & still saving but was wondering if anyone knew how much Dr Salama charged for the BBL & what all does it include?