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The trip begins in the northern Andes, in the valley of Otavalo where they alternate ancestral cultural traditions and export crops, such as roses. From Quito we start the trip to the coast, ascending first to the moors of Chimborazo through the Avenue of the Volcanoes.
The mythical nose of the Devil awaits us with a vertiginous descent. Along the canyon of the Chanchán river we leave behind the moors to enter the cloud forest and reach the tropical plantations. The trip ends in Guayaquil, the main port of Ecuador, after 504 km of track and a descent from 3600 meters to sea level.
Day 1 - Tuesday
Quito - Otavalo - Ibarra - Quito *
* Otavalo to Ibarra section operated on a steam locomotive along the northern Andes of Ecuador.
The trip begins in the Northern Andes, in Otavalo, home to the largest indigenous market in South America. In a convoy dragged by a carefully restored steam engine we travel this fertile valley guarded by volcanoes. We will learn about the cultural traditions and craftsmanship of Quechuas and mestizos: weavers, woodcarvers and musicians. We will enjoy the samples of traditional gastronomy in the different stations and we will know a plantation of roses of very special export.
Day 2 - Wednesday
Quito - Urbina
The train runs along Avenida de los Volcanes. If the weather allows, we can distinguish up to 20 volcanoes, most of them extinct or dormant for hundreds of years. In this zone, the Andes divide in two parallel arms that run towards the south. The fertile valley trapped between these walls is home to a true treasure of biodiversity.
Crossing the Andean moors in slow ascent, we can observe the change of vegetation, crops and landscape until reaching Urbina, in the foothills of Chimborazo, the highest point of our trip to 3600msnm. Here we will know the history of the last ice chest of Chimborazo.
Day 3 - Thursday
Riobamba - Nose of the Devil - Bucay
* Riobamba section - Colta with steam locomotive.
The train leaves from Riobamba dragged by steam locomotive towards Colta, seat of the first settlement of the Spanish conquerors. We cross quinua fields dyed red, purple and yellow alternating with endemic species of flora and fauna, indigenous cultures and traces of ancient civilizations.
After visiting the market of Guamote, one of the last indigenous markets of the Andes, the train moves south, towards the mythical Nariz del Diablo where it expects a vertiginous descent of 450 meters that marks the transition from the Andes to the extensive plains of the coast.
We continue descending along the canyon Chanchán through the cloud forest, while the weather is becoming warmer until you reach the town of Bucay.
Day 4 - Friday
Bucay - Guayaquil
The landscape is transformed as the train leaves behind the tropical forest. The plantations of rice, banana, cane and pineapple are succeeded in the great plains along the route.
We have lunch at a typical hacienda on the coast, where we will know the production of the best cocoa in the world, as well as the culture of the peasants on the coast. The train makes its way to the Pacific coast, dragged by a steam locomotive with final destination to the main port of Ecuador, Guayaquil where you will stay in a comfortable hotel to enjoy your last night.
Quito - Guayaquil | 4 days - 4 nights | From Tuesday to Friday
US $ 1,650 pp
What includes?
The program includes transportation on board the Cruise Train, all meals during the trip, unlimited complementary snacks and non-alcoholic drinks on board, English and Spanish guiding *, excursions according to itinerary, bus / van transportation during the program Excursions and accommodation, on a double basis, with baggage handling in hotels. En route Quito to Guayaquil, once the train has arrived at the Durán station (Guayaquil) you will be transferred to a Hotel in Guayaquil for your last night **.
* Guidance can be provided in other languages besides Spanish and English such as Italian, French, German, Portuguese and Japanese on request. It is subject to availability and applies at an extra cost.
** Day 4: Dinner not included. Breakfast included the next day
What does not include?
Local taxes (14% VAT applies to Ecuadorians), alcoholic beverages (the Cruise Train offers wine, beer and whiskey), meals or excursions not included in the program, air tickets, personal expenses, gratuities or transfers to hotels other than those detailed . Passengers are advised to purchase travel insurance
Travel Recommendations
DRESS: Dress in layers, jacket for the cold and a light for rain (coast), shoes for walking, hat, sunscreen (SPF 70 at least), sunglasses, camera, cash and insect repellent.
ALTITUDE: Varies from 80 to 3,610 meters above sea level. The temperature ranges from 14º to 35ºC.
IMPORTANT: The Durán station is located 30 minutes from Guayaquil. Swissôtel is located in the city of Quito, Avenida 12 de Octubre and Luis Cordero.
NOTICE: All itineraries are subject to change due to circumstances of force majeure or technical or operational. Please review our policies regarding refunds and cancellations. At Tren Ecuador we are committed to providing you with the best travel experience possible....


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I was sitting on my couch, watching "Sleepless in Seattle," and my little sister found a huge tick on my dog. EEWWW!! Those pictures in the science books are NOTHING like the real thing. I almost threw up. Fortunately, my little sister wants to be a nurse so she and my dad are going to pull it off right now. Originally we thought you were supposed to touch the tick with a hot match but we were wrong. Ew, I am grossing myself out.
Life is messy, confusing, amazing, beautiful thing when God is the Lord of it. And the past few weeks have been messy and confusing and yeah, amazing and beautiful sometimes too. Things are getting better each day though. You know the movie "Sleepless in Seattle" when Tom Hanks' character is asked what he does after his wife dies? He says he gets up everyday and reminds himself to keep breathing in and out and keep eating and keep...keep living. But as time goes by, he has to remind himself less and less often, but the pain is still there sometimes. Sometimes, he gives in to it and lets himself cry, but he picks himself up and keeps going. Such is life: messy, confusing, amazing and fantasticly beautiful, when God is in charge.
Happy Easter!! Christ died so we could live, and rose again so we can reign with Him.
April 16, 2006
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My (now ex) choir just toured to Anaheim, Souther California, to sing for a choral conductors' convention, ACDA. It is a huge honor for our choir to be invited to sing here. Here is a clip from a pre-convention concert we gave in St. Boniface.
From Paul Kim's description of the video:
San Francisco State University Chamber Singers under the direction of Dr. Joshua Habermann sings Rosas Pandan, a traditional Filipino folksong arranged by George Hernandez, performed at St Boniface Church in Anaheim on Feb 26, 2008. Sung in Visayan about the beautiful maiden Rosas Pandan.
More video's can be found on Paul Kim's YouTube account.


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A Wonderful Welcome
Saswat Abhinab David | Sep 14, 2015
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The time of the year has finally arrived, when the freshman experience the rituals of induction into the institution. Last year's freshmen have become sophomores and have eagerly awaited the arrival of a fresh batch.
The 4th of September saw a wonderful gathering of students of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering on the occasion of the Department Freshers. A decent crowd of students ranging from apprehensive freshmen to nostalgic final years gathered in LA-214. The decorations for the event had started back in the afternoon around 5 p.m. by the sophomores.
Scheduled to be held at 6:30 p.m., the function started an hour late due to a blackout that had plunged the whole of LA into darkness. The event, which was hosted by sophomores Aditi Raj and Debasish Mishra began with the lighting of the lamp after which the Head of the Department Prof. S C Mishra welcomed the first year students with a short speech followed by a song.
The cultural program commenced soon with a group song by the first year girls, followed by a melodious number by Sashank. The popular song 'Rangabati' was sung by sophomore Arun Pandey after which Chandan Rao set the stage on fire with his enthralling dance. Himanshu Singh Baghel and Vaitla Nikhila Chowdary were adjudged Mr. and Miss Fresher respectively.
Despite of the power snag, the event was a success and the effort put forward by the sophomores to organize the event was appreciable. Team MM congratulates every assiduous senior and wishes the juniors a joyous future.


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It's May Already!
It's hard to tell but they ARE two different cowls. The one on the left was done with grey Woolease. The one on the right was Homespun Tudor. These just whip up so fast and are so cute and you don't need to worry about sizing.
And finally, the one in the center is of the State of California with a CA in it. An interesting knit. I found a website with free patterns for all the states so I am now doing NH. The NH is for me. The CA is for Matt.
Until later, after I return from vacation on the 15th, I hope to have more pictures and maybe something else to show. Who knows!
Happy Crafting!


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The Cross Keys
The Cross Keys is a former coaching house built on the junction of two busy highways in the centre of Llantrisant. Probably dating from the mid 18th century, one of the earlier licensees was a John Williams in 1791.
He was followed by Thomas Morgan in 1830 and for the next twenty years it was run by Robert Cook. Robert Griffith I listed as the licensee from 1858 to 1881 when Edgar Treharne became licensee until the latter part of the century.
Before the magistrates' court was held in the Guildhall, petty sessions took place in The Cross Keys, where the court would meet every alternate Friday during the late 19th century. Up until the early 20th century the upper room was used as a banqueting hall for Llantrisant Town Trust's Court Leet Dinners.
Throughout the century a variety of landlords ran the business, including the like of Edwin McGarr whose method of "calling time" usually involved playing the trumpet on the street. The pub became the home of Llantrisant Folk Club during the same period.
It later underwent a huge refurbishment project to the interior of the building to create an open-plan bar which resulted in the loss of much of its historic character.


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There has been a canine influenza outbreak in Chicago that has now made its way into the suburbs, including Lincolnshire. Canine influenza is caused by a highly contagious virus that was identified in Florida in 2005 when it caused several severe respiratory outbreaks in racing greyhounds. Influenza A virus in dogs (canine influenza virus, CIV, canine flu) is a respiratory tract disease that mimics bordetellosis (Bordetella bronchiseptica infection or kennel cough). However, unlike many cases of kennel cough, the dog needs veterinary care. Dogs have no natural immunity to influenza A and every dog exposed will become infected with 80% of those infected eventually showing symptoms. After infection, there is a 2-5 day incubation period before a dog starts to show symptoms. A soft, moist, sometimes productive cough is seen. The cough often persists for several weeks, even with appropriate therapy. Dogs may lose their appetite, develop a fever, and produce a pus-like nasal discharge. Up to 10% of dogs may develop a more severe form of illness, with high fever, lethargy (tiredness), rapid breathing, and pneumonia. Death, although rare, is possible.
We do have tests available to diagnose and recommend any patient showing symptoms to be seen by your veterinarian. Test results take up to 3 days but patients will be started on antibiotics while waiting for results. Vaccines do exist to prevent infection but require two boosters 3 weeks apart and immunity does not develop until 2 weeks after the second booster. We do carry the canine influenza vaccine in hospital. With the current severity of the outbreak, we recommend vaccinating dogs who board, attend doggy day care, visit dog parks, go to obedience trials, etc.
At this point, limiting exposure is the best way to prevent infection. We recommend avoiding dog parks, groomers, doggy day cares, dog shows and events. Even associating with neighbor pets should be with caution unless you know for sure they have not been exposed to other dogs. Due to possible transmission even after clinical signs have subsided, it is recommended that you not associate with any dogs until symptoms have been gone for 2 weeks. There is no known transmission of canine influenza to humans.
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The Wing at Duirinish Lodge
Duirinish, Kyle Of Lochalsh, ross-Shire
Sleeps 1-4
£500 - £750
The Wing at Duirinish Lodge sleeps up to four people and is situated in Lochalsh, just two miles from Plockton in Ross-shire.
AccommodationThe Wing is self contained and has its own entrance. Entrance area where you can hang coats and store boots. Cloak room with WC. Welcoming sitting room with comfy sofas and a flatscreen television (including a DVD player). Well equipped kitchen/diner with oven/hob (electric), washing machine, fridge, freezer, microwave, dishwasher and a good range of cupboards stocked with everything needed to self-cater. A table with four chairs provides the perfect place to chat about the days adventures over supper. Very pretty double bedroom with wardrobe providing plenty of clothes storage, and hand basin. Two bedrooms, each with a single bed, wardrobe and hand basin. House shower room with WC and hand basin.
OutsideThere is a patio area providing a private place to enjoy a glass of wine or meal during the warmer months (Gas barbecue provided). Sit back and soak up the beautiful views! Guests staying at the 'wing' are welcome to enjoy the grounds of Duirinish Lodge which extend to some eighteen acres, with plenty of space for dogs and children to let off steam and adults to relax in the warmer months. Wander through the private woods and find a shaded place to read your book, sit by one of the ponds, play games on the lawn or hide yourself away for a quiet moment in the octagonal summer house at the viewpoint or on one of the benches. A trip to the organic fruit and vegetable garden may reward you with all sorts of goodies for supper when in season (plums, lettuce, leeks, sprouts and tomatoes to name just a few). There is no shortage of off-road parking and there are outbuildings providing a drying room, games room with pool table, and bike storage.
Extra InfoPets are welcome. Prices include heating, bed linen, electricity and towels. The property is equipped with a 21st century green energy biomass boiler that provides heat to radiators in every room and hot water throughout the building, keeping it nice and warm all year round. WiFi internet access throughout. No smoking. Short breaks may be available out of peak season, please enquire with the owner.
Please visit our website for more information.
Rates: From £500 to £750 per week depending on season.
Maximum of 4 people. Children are welcome.
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The Department of History welcomes Professor Natalie Zemon Davis to campus on Friday, September 24, to speak in F210 (the Fedeli Room) at 5 p.m.Professor Davis' talk is titled Decentering History: Local Storytelling and Cultural Crossing in a Global World.
Speaking partly from her own experience, Professor Davis will explore ways that the practice of history has changed, examining historical comparison through local figures (a male and female writer from different parts of the world in 1400) and through cultural crossing (how techniques in healing and justice transferred from Africa to a slave colony).
Natalie Zemon Davis is among the most widely known and influential historians in the academy. Her work on the social and cultural history of early modern Europe has reached readers far outside the university setting, perhaps most famously with The Return of Martin Guerre (1983) and most recently with Trickster Travels: a Sixteenth-Century Muslim between Worlds (2008). Earlier this year she received the Holberg International Memorial Prize in recognition of her lifetime achievement.
The lecture is free of charge and all are welcome.
For further information, please contact Dr. Derek Neal in the Department of History at email@example.com .


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At the Ashland High School, Google has made a huge impact on school connectivity. For instance, every teacher and student is given a School Gmail account. This string of accounts makes it easier for teachers to update students on assignments, let students communicate with each other, and allow them to easily share their projects on Google Drive to get their peers's opinion and feedback. When students don't understand what they are learning about in school, computers provide for them articles, links and videos that help with learning about the topic. Many teachers also use applications such as Google Calendar and Google Classroom to keep themselves, as well as the students, organized.
Although computers may offer an endless amount of information and tools, it is important for students to remember that computers aren't the only source of help to pass a class. For English, dictionaries provide hundreds of words that can help create a thorough and professional essay. For Math, Science, and History, students can never go wrong with reading the textbook to understand the concept. Even for Foreign Languages, English to French and English to Spanish dictionaries can help a person find the words needed to say and write sentences in that language. But most importantly, teachers offer the best advice and information to understand how to pass their class.
There are also some consequences to always having to rely on a computer for help. For instance, about 15% of papers are plagiarized. By knowing that others on the internet have answered an assignment question, students will often look towards their answer instead creating their own original and creative idea of how to approach an answer. Research has also shown that online learning for toddlers and infants isn't as effective as the traditional way of learning with human interaction. If children depend on computers at such a young age for learning, they won't understand that human interaction can offer lots of help as well. Overall, it is important for people to understand the difference between using computers for help and the constant need to depend on computers for everything because being to reliable on computers can negatively affect how capable they are on using their own intelligence to complete tasks.


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Acupuncture works as an effective alternative and adjunct treatment modality. It's a safe, effective and natural approach to treat a wide variety of medical conditions, help regain and maintain health and well being.
Acupuncture; How it Works
Acupuncture is the insertion of very thin needles into specific points on the body to stimulate peripheral mechanisms (skin, muscle, bone and other tissues) which have thousands of nerve ending within a single millimeter. There are four aspects to Chinese Medicine that need to be functioning well in order to be healthy.
- Qi (Oxygen, air) delivery to the tissues
- Vascular System
- Organ System
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If there is an obstruction in the blood flow to a particular area of the body, that area of the body will be negatively affected, resulting in disease or malfunction. Any area of the body that is damaged due to trauma or an internal disorder will have difficulty recovering if there is a reduction in blood flow. When stimulating Acupuncture points along the nerve pathways or vessels it generates electrical signals [action potentials] along specific nerve fibers to the spinal cord, brain and associated physiological systems and internal organs. Signaling biochemical events in the human body adjusts homeostasis to restore health at a more rapid pace [0.001s] to a few seconds [1.0s] than with rest alone.
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- 51% of medical doctors believe Acupuncture to be effective and of value to their patients
- More than 8 million Americans have used Acupuncture
- The National Institute of Health and World Health Organizations have both given formal approval for certain uses of Acupuncture
- Medical doctors refer their patients to Acupuncturists more than to any other "alternative" care provider
- Growing numbers have sought out Acupuncturists for chronic pain and health problems when conventional medicine has not worked or has not provided answers.


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"Open government" is one of those bumper sticker phrases with which nearly everyone agrees. But what does open government really mean? And what difference does it actually make? These questions have grown increasingly salient as President Obama has made transparency a key focal point of his administration. Across the federal government, agencies are now undertaking numerous projects under the umbrella of the administration's Open Government Initiative. The federal government has launched several new, cross-cutting websites, such as USASpending.gov and IT Dashboard, that make information about government spending more accessible to the public. Other projects, such as the website Data.gov, make datasets accessible to citizens who can put them to use for their own purposes. Across the federal government, agencies have developed their own open government plans with projects ranging from the creation of online reading rooms to the posting of product safety recalls. Are these projects working? How can we find out if they are? At two separate meetings over the last month, government officials have joined together with scholars to launch a research agenda on open government. As a participant in these meetings – one held in Washington, D.C., the other in Albany, N.Y. – I have come to realize how little clarity currently exists over what open government means and how to assess its impact. Part of the problem is simply the dizzying array of open government projects now underway. Without even a simple taxonomy, it's hard to talk sensibly about how to study these projects. As I see it, though, what people mean by "open government" actually refers to three distinct things: process transparency, data availability, and informational regulation. The first of these – process transparency – refers to efforts to make the inner workings of government more visible to the public. I have sometimes called this "fishbowl transparency." Websites like USASpending.gov or Regulations.gov fall into this category, as they seek to make information about governmental decision making more accessible to the public. "Open government" can also refer to the release of data that government regularly collects on various conditions of the world – data that may also be put to use by citizens for their own purposes. Richard Thaler called attention to this type of open government when he wrote recently about how private sector firms can reformat government data "in ways that are helpful to consumers, workers and companies." He noted, for example, that the public release of real-time GPS data collected by the San Francisco public transit agency for its own internal management has led to a smartphone app that informs city residents if the bus they want to catch is running on time. In his popular book, Nudge, Thaler (along with co-author Cass Sunstein) has also written about a third meaning of open government: the disclosure of information about regulated firms as a means to shape their behavior. In this sense, open government refers to what economist Jay Hamilton has called "regulation through revelation," or what lawyer Mary Graham has termed "regulation by shaming." By releasing information about private actors' behavior, government seeks to exploit social or market pressures to discourage unsavory conduct, just as it would by writing a traditional regulation. For example, in Nudge,Thaler and Sunstein laud the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program through which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency releases information about businesses' pollution levels. Thaler and Sunstein claim that TRI's information release, combined with social and market pressures, has led companies to reduce their pollution. Each of these different types of open government serves different purposes, and each involves the disclosure of different types of information. Open government as process transparency discloses information about government actors and their actions. Data availability discloses information that government officials collect for their own purposes but that private individuals and firms can also use for their own purposes. And informational regulation generates and discloses information about private firms in an effort to shape those very firms' behavior. In studying the impact of open government, it will be important not only to keep the different types of projects in mind – but also to keep in mind the different impacts that these projects may have, whether external or internal to government. External impacts – consequences for citizens and businesses – can be further subdivided into two types: Political/civic impacts: For example, does open government make citizens more informed and engaged in the political process? Does open government increase (or decrease) public trust in government? Instrumental impacts: Does open government enable citizens and businesses to reap new value for themselves? Does it lead to socially valuable changes in private-sector behavior that advance regulatory goals? Does it impose new costs on private actors? Internal impacts – those taking place inside government – include all the possible ways that open government might affect the behavior, work patterns, and decisions of government officials. These impacts can also be subdivided into two types. Process impacts: For example, does an open government project reduce corruption and bias, or otherwise increase the procedural fairness of governmental decision making? Does it lead to greater collaboration or greater contestation by different officials and across agencies? Does it make government officials better informed? Output impacts: Does open government ultimately lead to better governmental decisions and policies? Or does it make government officials more cautious and less decisive? What are both the direct and indirect costs of disclosure for the government? Not every open government project will be intended to have all of these different types of impacts. To generalize, we might say that data availability and informational regulation projects will typically seek to achieve external, instrumental impacts, while process transparency projects often aim primarily for internal impacts. But the reality is that any project might have a variety of impacts. Releasing public transit data on buses, for example, makes possible a useful service for passengers, but it also may change the behavior of the bus drivers themselves. No matter the category of open government, thinking carefully about the broad range of possible impacts will help not only in designing open government projects at the outset but also in subsequently evaluating their full range of impacts. Although everyone surely agrees that open government is a good thing, this does not mean that all government initiatives to disclose information will yield net beneficial impacts. The only way to find out will be to study open government projects after the fact, just like other government programs are evaluated, determining empirically what impacts they actually have. Cary Coglianese is the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and the Director of the Penn Program on Regulation.
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The field service management (FSM) market size is estimated to grow from USD 1.97 billion in 2015 to USD 5.11 billion by 2020, at an estimated CAGR of 21.0%. The need for a centralized system for the management of field services, and the ever-evolving demand for increasing operational efficiency and reducing operational costs are the important driving factors fueling the growth of the FSM market. Complete report on field service management (FSM) market spread across 187 pages, profiling 10 companies and supported with 71 tables and 72 figures is now available at http://www.rnrmarketresearch.com/field-service-management-market-by-solution-work-order-management-schedule-and-dispatch-inventory-management-by-service-by-deployment-type-cloud-and-on-premise-by-user-type-smbs-and-enterpr-market-report.html .
The schedule and dispatch solution is estimated to contribute the largest market share during the forecast period. Furthermore, due to the need for quick service delivery to achieve improved customer experience, schedule & dispatch, and customer management solutions are expected to be the most prominent solutions among all the FSM solutions. In terms of services, implementation is the highest contributing services segment. Consulting services segment is expected to grow at the highest rate from 2015 to 2020. North America is expected to be largest revenue generating region followed by Europe whereas Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Middle East and Africa (MEA) are expected to be the emerging potential markets for FSM solutions and services.
As the need for post-sale services is evolving and so is the number of field service providers, the FSM market offers tremendous upcoming opportunities for growth in the next five years. With the developments and innovations in cloud and mobile technologies, huge opportunity lies for field service companies to adopt FSM solutions to increase their operational efficiency at reduced costs and achieve a high-level of customer satisfaction. Furthermore, the organizations are also turning toward consulting services for the deployment of the right FSM solution as per their business objectives, thereby making it the fastest-growing services segment.
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Study Suggests Alzheimer's Disease Can Be Stabilized• http://www.technologyreview.com, Susan Young
Study participants were given the compound—known as intravenous Ig, or IVIg—for three years. During this period, they showed no signs of further cognitive decline or memory loss. Although the study was small, it provides hope that the devastating disease can be stopped or slowed in humans.


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As difficult as it is to win a Triple Crown -- high game, set and average in a league for a season -- Paula Gibson of Mount Airy did it again for the second year in a row.
She bowls in the Monday Night Mixed league in Columbia. On Jan. 4, she pounded out games of 211, 233 and 289 for a 733 set; that 289 and the 733 were two legs of the triple (career highs). Her finishing average of 175 supplied the third leg.
An elusive barrier
Paul Snyder of Mount Airy bowls in two leagues -- the Friday Early Mixer and the Wednesday Major league at Mount Airy Lanes.


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On November 14, 2017 we will discuss issues of migration and survival in association with two exhibitions at the Coral Gables Museum: Sheltering Survivors and Boundaries. The evening will begin with a tour of the exhibition Sheltering Survivors led by guest curator and FIU Ph.D. candidate, MItra Nash, followed by a panel of local contemporary artists Adler Guerrier, Anja Marais, and Jamilah Sabur.
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A monody is a poem in which one person laments another's death, as in Tennyson's Break, Break, Break, or Wordsworth's
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways.
(Also see Dirge, Elegy, Epitaph)
The Sea's Handmaiden
She often walked along the shoreIn windy weather or in fair,But now my love shall stroll no more,Nor will
the breeze play with her hair.
I did not even know her nameWhen she came to me that summer day.A wild thing that I could never tame,But
all the same, I thought she'd stay.
I've lost her, my love, to the seaHer footsteps fading in the sand.If only the waves would return her to me,So
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Founder of the country's first televised Christian Singing Competition 'Time To Shine' turned fashionista, blogger and now author took a few moments out of her busy schedule to talk to us about her debut book, 'Fall In Love With His Vision Not His Wallet'.
Mercy B in the house! So we love your debut book 'Fall in Love with His Vision Not His Wallet' but what made you decide to write it?
I am so passionate about relationships and it was a burden in my heart to see how marriages are breaking up within a short time. So, l wrote a blog about my experience of how l met my husband and what to look out for before making a commitment.
I've been in married for 29 years and have so much to share. The reaction and the feedback I got from the blog was very positive and I felt God lay it on my heart to turn it into a book.
We really love the look and feel of this book.
The style of the book was just the way l write my blog. That's my style, simple and straightforward. The book is colourful because that is my personality. I love pictures.
So who did you write the book for?
The book is for singles – male or female, married people and for anyone who wants to understand the fundamentals of enjoying a successful Godly relationship or marriage.
Is this your first book?
Yes, it is.
Nice. How easy or difficult was it to share your personal marriage story?
It wasn't easy because my husband is a very private man, but l can't just fold my hands and do nothing to help. God has given me so much experience and wisdom over the years and l know it's not to make me feel good about myself, it's for others to be blessed and bring glory to his name. When God blesses you, he has other people in mind. My life belongs to God and l want him to use it in any way he wants. So with my husband's consent, l was able to share.
And what about your children, how did they take it?
It's been amazing. They are so proud of me especially – my daughter. She worked tirelessly in promoting the book. My children are very supportive.They are the ones who really know us. My daughter interviewed myself and my husband on the day of the book launch, it was really beautiful to see. I give God the glory for their lives
Do you have a favourite section or paragraph in the book?
Wow, that's a difficult one. I love every part. One of my favourites is on page 13: "Whoever you choose to spend your life with has a lot to do with your purpose on earth. Whoever you choose to say yes to on the altar can alter your life for the better or worse." The whole paragraph on that section. I love the bit about not wasting your time and life with a man that just want to keep you as a friend too.
Gbam! That's some real insight right there. So the book was launched in July, what has been the feedback thus far?
The response has been so positive and encouraging. I have so many good reviews. I think people love the idea that the book is small, full of wisdom and not complicated. It's a book you can relate to because I wrote it with sincerity. You can keep as a guideline and reference in your relationship and you have space at the back for your personal notes. There are so many people retweeting and sharing from the public. They're also quite impressed with the packaging and the brand too.
I must say, we were quite impressed with the packaging and branding too. Very classy. How can people get hold of this book?
You can purchase it on Amazon or on my website. Mercyb.co.uk/shop
OK cool. Well, thanks for taking the time to share with us about your debut book and we wish you all the best with it.
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Herman Walker spent his formative years in the ranch country of West Texas on a 120 square mile ranch. After receiving a degree in Animal Science from Texas Tech, Herman began his art career. For years, his work has sold throughout the West and Mid-West portraying the ranch life of the American cowboy. "The essence of my work," he says, "reflects the traditions and values of the cowboy. They live, work and play putting their brand on the land."
From 1973 to 1978, Herman and his wife, Deanne, had a gallery/foundry in Kerrville, Texas. When his paintings and sculpture began to gain recognition, they moved back to Eldorado, Texas, to be close to subject matter he loved. In 2008, they returned to Kerrville to be near family. His work has appeared in Texas and the West in numerous Western art shows, including at the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine, Texas; the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock; and the American Quarter Horse Museum in Amarillo.


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Friday, November 12, 2010
One year later and you get a new POST!
Ok I have to admit it has been a very long time.... But honestly 2010 has been a very rough, exciting, sad year. The beginning of the year proved to be very hopeful for my father who was diagnosed with Leukemia. He went into the hospital in February to start kemo treatments and on April 10, 2010 he passed away. Sadly he never came out of that hospital, be he did in fact beat leukemia! In January while preparing to get my Dad ready for kemo I found out we were expecting our 5th child - yea!!!! During one of my many trips to Boise to spend time with my Dad I was rushed to the emergency room and was later told that I had a sub-corionic hemorrhage. (That's where the placenta detaches from the uterus and bleeding occurs.) Apparently (after I had our baby girl) my great friend and Doctor "Dr. Jake" told me that I had a 90% chance of loosing the baby while I was pregnant. So little Malia born September 23, 2010 is truly a miracle!! It has been interesting to see the circle of life in it's full glory - life and death in one year. The greatest experience through all of this is what my Father taught me in that hospital room. I have never met someone where complaining was not allowed. He never once complained. He also taught me that patience, hope and faith are all linked together. I actually never knew he had any of these attributes, but he most certainly did! Most of all he taught me, that no matter what, love is forever and that he loved me with his whole being. So after the funeral we headed home and after about one hour of being home we got a call saying Cameron's parents were on an emergency flight home from their mission and that his Mother needed eye surgery right away. So the next morning we got back in the car and met his parents for a wonderful homecoming reunion at the new Murry hospital ER in Utah. So now I hope you can better understand why I have not been posting. I am going to try and make up for lost time this winter and get this blog updated. I really want to make a blog book for my children and will have to do some catch up if you know what I mean. So until next time......
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it has been quite a year hasn't it!?! Congrats on making it through!!
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Triple Pundit, March 12, 2012
A report by the Minneapolis-based Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) entitled "Walmart's Greenwash" examines the retail giant's environmental impact and finds that the results are falling far short of the promises.
According to senior researcher and author Stacy Mitchell, "Walmart's sustainability campaign has done more to improve the company's image than to help the environment."
Of course, a giant retailer like Walmart needs to maintain the goodwill of its customers. So when a number of negative reports about the company's environmental and social justice performance began to impact the company's image, the company needed to respond. And since, according to then-CEO Lee Scott, improving working conditions for their employees would be too expensive, they decided to go green instead.
In 2005, the company announced its sustainability program, which has consisted of a series of announcements regarding the reduction of energy use, reducing waste and selling healthier foods. This is consistent with the company's strategy to grow its market share in the Northeast, where environmental awareness is high.
Yet, according to the ILSR report, the program has been heavy on promises with little in the way of accountability, and more importantly, little in the way of improvement of the company's footprint.
If there is a lesson to be learned here, it is surely to let the buyer beware. Promises are cheap, especially when accountability is lacking. But as Mitchell suggests, do we simply accept Walmart's takeover as a fait accomplit and frame the conversation in those terms, being grateful for whatever improvements they make, given their scale and potential impact, or do we ask, is allowing Walmart to take over an ever larger share of our economy, truly good for the planet? True, the size and reach of the company could potentially become a major force for good, at least in theory, which is what we were hoping to see. But, perhaps it is time to ask if the need to not only maintain that size, but to continue growing it, precludes any credible path to sustainability?
Read the full story here. By RP Siegel, PE, President of Rain Mountain LLC.


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Sequential Games with Uncertain Outcome:
Involuntary Unemployment
In the usual competitive labor market model that underlies much of macroeconomic theory it is not possible to have an equilibrium with involuntary unemployment. How can there be an equilibrium if firms will not hire a willing and able worker at the market wage rate?
In the Keynesian model wages are assumed to be sticky downward even when there is an excess supply of labor. Since this flies in the face of classical economic beliefs there has to be some mechanism to generate this stickiness. Possible explanations include long term contracts and confusion between real and money wage rates. Either of these explanations is problematic. If there are many employers in many industries then contracts would be staggered and in the aggregate there would always be expiring contracts. In the other explanation rational economic agents would soon learn not to be fooled by money wages.
As an alternative explanation suppose that labor is not homogeneous in the effort brought to the workplace. In this modification workers can shirk at some risk of dismissal and employers can monitor the employees at some financial cost. In this model labor productivity is a function of both the firm's technology and worker effort. Also, the firm's total costs are a function of input costs, output and monitoring.
Proposition: The market clearing wage, w*, is not a stable equilibrium. If all firms pay w* then some firm could do better by offering w*+¢. The higher wage makes it more costly for the firm's workers to shirk and risk losing their job. Higher productivity would more than offset the higher wage. Workers who are out of work are not hired at a wage below w* because firms expect them to be shirkers!
The workers at Hudson.com, an online retailer, are very versatile; they take orders, fulfill orders, manage and clean the warehouse, do a bit of programming, etc. Because of their many tasks it is possible for them to sneak off to the bathroom for some roll-time, play games on their palm pilot, or generally slack off. Hence the effort adjusted labor force is
Ls = L·S
where L is the number of workers and S is the % of time NOT spent shirking; . The firm's revenue is R = R(Ls) = ln(1+Ls). The advantage of the natural log specification of revenue is that it has the following properties:
Since management cannot directly observe Ls, the firm's costs are C = W·L. The firm's efficiency wage is Ws = W/S, where W is the posted wage. Profits are V(W, L, S) = ln(1+Ls) - W·L.
Like the rest of us, the employees of Hudson get satisfaction, or utility, from income and leisure.
When S=0 it means that all of the employee's time is spent shirking. That is, she is not working. The person that is not working still has some satisfaction from consuming all of her time as leisure. In that base case, when all time is used for leisure, we say that the person has some level of satisfaction equal to her reservation utility, denoted . In the tree diagram of the extensive form of the game the reservation utility is called U-bar since I can't put "symbols" in the software that creates the tree.
Hudson is able to detect and dismiss shirkers with probability .
We are now ready to model the game tree confronting a hypothetical employee named Leland.
Using backward induction, Leland wants to maximize his expected utility. That is, if he were able to play the game repeatedly, he would want to calculate his long run payoff from a given level of effort S. By substitution we can write expected utility as
To find the maximum take the derivative with respect to S, set the result equal to zero, and solve for S*.
Assuming that the reservation utility is 1, the graph of Leland's work effort looks like:
The conclusion to be reached at this point is that
Leland will accept the job offer if and only if the offered wage is above his
reservation utility. From the graph we can see that if Hudson offers a
wage equal to Leland's reservation utility
then Leland will come to the job site, but do no work!
Therefore, any wage below is a dominated strategy. Any wage above 4is also dominated since Leland cannot make an effort of more than 100%, unless he happens to be an American professional athlete, and we all know that they put out 110% effort.
To find the wage that the firm will offer, put S* into Hudson's profit function.
The firm maximizes its profits by its choice of the wage offer, W, and by its choice of the number of workers to hire, L. To find the maximum of V(.) we differentiate with respect to W and L, set the two derivatives equal to zero, and solve the pair of equations for W and L.
(ii) -W
We can rearrange (i) as
And (ii) can be rearranged as
Setting the left hand sides equal to one another we can solve for the wage offer.
The firm should pay its workers a wage equal to twice Leland's reservation utility. The firm is paying a wage greater than necessary to induce Leland to come to work for it. Hudson does this knowing that Leland's increased effort will more than offset the higher wage paid.
We can plug W* into Leland's effort function to see how hard he works:
Now plug W* into (ii) in order to find the number of workers that Hudson ought to hire.
if the reservation utility is less than 1/3. If reservation utility is greater than 1/3 then Hudson will not hire anyone.
Going back to the optimal effort to be made by Leland,
With this effort level Leland will be shirking one third of the time. This is due to the fact that monitoring is costly for the firm and additional income has diminishing marginal utility for Leland. With this amount of shirking Hudson will pay Leland an efficiency wage of
At the optimal wage and effort levels Leland's expected utility (wage) from work and leisure (shirking) is
In working for Hudson Leland is earning an expected wage that is 1/3 more than he could have earned in his next best alternative. But the contracted wage being paid to workers is . Why doesn't Leland seek a higher wage than his expected wage? Why doesn't Hudson offer a wage below ? In short, why don't they get together and find an agreement between , Leland's expected wage, and , the contractual wage?
Suppose Leland finds that he isn't one of the lucky few to land a job. Leland should be willing to work for a wage just slightly above his reservation wage. Unfortunately Leland cannot credibly commit to a work effort of 2/3 at the lower wage because Hudson rationally expects him to put in less effort. In short, if Leland doesn't have a job he just has to join the queue and wait until enough shirkers have been fired that his name rises to the top and he works for .
Suppose Leland is working. He gives some thought to being laid off for shirking and offers to work for a contracted wage of less than W* in return for a guarantee of no layoff. The problem is that Leland cannot credibly commit to a higher work effort, necessary to justify the higher wage, that would lead to an expected wage greater than .
So far we have treated as exogenous. To complete our consideration of involuntary unemployment we need to create a market for labor and see if people like Leland are out of work. What are Leland's alternatives to working for Hudson? Suppose that there are many firms like Hudson. To keep things simple we will even go so far as to say that they are identical in every respect. Each of these firms makes their employment and wage decisions in the same way as Hudson and independently of one another. Therefore all of the firms pay the same expected wage to each worker. If this is a market clearing wage then any worker is able to find alternative work as soon as she is fired. But if this is the case, then the equilibrium wage that we found above should also be the same as the reservation wage. Hmmm. There is a contradiction here. The reservation wage we saw to be and the expected wage is . Therefore, the equilibrium wage is not the same as the market clearing (reservation) wage! There must be some unemployment.
Since there is some unemployment each firm faces an excess supply of labor. The available jobs are rationed on a first come, first served basis. In any market period the firm catches one third of its labor force shirking and fires them and these workers go to the end of the queue. The firm, say Hudson, can then enter the market and hire replacements. The length of the unemployment queue is what makes being fired painful. The longer the queue, the lower the reservation wage will be.
Let LT be the total number of people in the workforce. If there are n firms each employing L* workers then the number of unemployed will be LT - nL*. Each period the firm catches one third of its employees shirking and fires them and immediately replaces them with people from the unemployment queue. This leads us to conclude that there will be new hires each period. If we divide the number of unemployed by the number of new hires each period we can find the number of periods a worker will remain unemployed when fired.
Substituting in for L*
is the length of time a worker will remain unemployed after being fired.
On the other side we have to consider the reservation wage/utility of the worker as a function of the length of time she is unemployed. To derive such a function we need to consider a dynamic model. In the dynamic model each worker considers the present value of expected wages in future periods. In addition to the probability of being fired, such a function would be a function of the duration of unemployment. Without trying to set up and solve such a problem in dynamic programming we will just suppose that it obeys the following
Plotting Tu(·) and U(·) allows us to solve for the equilibrium reservation wage and the equilibrium duration of unemployment. In any event the important message is that there is involuntary unemployment.
Further remarks
1. If we interpret reservation utility as unemployment benefits, then an increase in unemployment benefits will increase the equilibrium level of unemployment. This seems to be common sense. It is "better to play for nothing than to work for nothing".
2. If there is a decrease in the demand for labor (due to a macroeconomic shock), then the wage rate will fall and there will be a higher level of unemployment.
3. There may be interventions in the job market that will make workers better off. Wage subsidies can result in higher levels of employment. Unemployment insurance supplied by the government will result in making the spell of unemployment less difficult. To the extent that a turnover tax reduces the flow of job vacancies, it makes the threat of firing more severe
4. Firms that find shirking to be especially costly will offer higher wages than other firms do.


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Fleet-footed winger Mary Dorrian shot her way into the history books when she scored the first goal in the first international football game ever held between two women's teams.
World War One was still raging when Mary, alongside fellow Hartlepudlian Nellie Kirk, took part in the ground-breaking match against Ireland on Boxing Day 1917.
"Mary honed her skills playing for Christopher Brown Sawmills in Stranton before being picked for England," said historian Norman Kirtlan.
"She was only 17 at the time of the match in Belfast but, such were her skills on the ball, that she went on to become a regular in the team."
Mary, daughter of steel works labourer James and his wife Sarah, was born in West Hartlepool in 1900 and spent her early childhood at 19 Garibaldi Street.
By 1911 census the family had moved to 11 Whitby Street and several of the older children were working - including millworker Kate and upholsterer Patrick.
"Both James and Sarah were Irish, but their oldest child Patrick was born in Jarrow, while the others - including Mary - were born in Hartlepool," said Norman.
"It would have been tough bringing up six children, one of which later died, on just a labourer's salary, but the Dorrians produced a daughter to be proud of!"
Women's football thrived throughout the war, with many firms - including munitions factories, ironworks and sawmills - fielding teams of highly-trained players.
Some of England's biggest's grounds, such as St James's Park and Ayresome Park, hosted matches - but it took until 1917 for the first international to be held.
"Some websites claim the first international women's game was in April 1920, when a Preston team took on a French team - but that's incorrect," said Norman.
"It was actually three years earlier - after the North East Munitionettes' Cup Committee, which was staging a major women's tournament, came up with the idea."
A trial match was held at Wallsend on December 15, when players were split into two teams - Probables and Possibles - before a final line-up decision was made.
Both Mary and pal Nellie had a "number of shots" during the game and, despite failing to find the back of the net, did enough to impress the selectors.
Just a few days later, in front of a 20,000-strong Belfast crowd, Mary put England ahead after ten minutes - scoring with a high shot into the net.
The Irish responded to the challenge and soon levelled the score. But England scored again just before halftime and, when the final whistle blew, England were the 4-1 victors - including a goal from Nellie.
"Mary went on to play for England several times before starting a family. One of her sons, Bryon Hanna, won an MBE for his work on the New Deal for Communities," said Norman.
"She was a very talented lady, and her football skills should be remembered."


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Andre Rieu's Sydney Town Hall Concert - A Celebration
André Rieu's New Year's concert, recorded live in Sydney, Australia and played on the big-screen.
'The King of Waltz' will film a one-off concert at Sydney's iconic Town Hall in November, during his Australian tour, which will screen in cinemas to his millions of fans across the world in December (NZ & Australia) and January (Europe & North America). André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra will perform this intimate concert which audiences Down Under will be the first in the world to enjoy on the big screen! Join the Maestro for a magical concert experience featuring his world class sopranos and The Platin Tenors with show tunes, classical music favourites, dance and plenty of surprises and festive fun.
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Litter born January 21, 2018
The J litter Zu Treuen Händen
2 sable boys, 2 dark b/t boys, 2 dark b/t females
No puppies available at this time
6.5 weeks
black/tan male #5
Sable male #4, aka Fatboy
Black/tan female #2, AKA Jarka
Black/tan male Seven
Dark sable male, #6
black/tan female, #1 Jovanna, aka Toes
3 weeks, a few photos
Dark sable boy 6
Seven, black/tan boy
A bunch of pictures of 4 the lighter sable boy
And a couple of mom
2 weeks. They were not cooperating
sable boy
Seven b/t boy
Five, b/t boy
dark sable boy six
sable girl 3
White toes female one, black/tan
And the most uncooperative, two, black/tan female
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V Ucon vom Patiala IPO2 KKL B/HOT X Firien zu Treuen Händen IPO2 KKL B/HOT
Please click on Ucon's and Firien's (aka LB) names for more pictures and information.Firien (aka LB) is a highly talented and strong female with extremely high hunt drive, good tracking ability, big grips and fight in protection, a ton of drive for obedience while still being a very easy dog to live with. She is an athletic, quick, and social dog that is dog neutral, excellent around my young dogs and loves kids. What more could anyone ask for? Like her mother, Deja, she is a very hard and thinking female that is often one step ahead of me, but so loves to work that she is always game to try anything I ask.
Cuddling with my nephew
For Firien's first litter I have chosen a dog that compliments her wonderfully:
V-Ucon vom Patiala IPO3 KKL, HD/ED normal, DM clear.Ucon is a young dog just starting his competition career. He is a very masculine dog with excellent drive and intensity on the track. In obedience he is a happy dog showing very good drive, excellent focus and willingness to work with his handler. In protection he is strong and hard, clear in the work, with excellent aggression, fight drive and calm, full grips. On the escape bite he actually works to stop the man. Despite his drive and power, he is easy to handle, willing, and shows no handler aggression. Off the field he is social, without dog aggression and neutral. His nerves are excellent, he is calm, very confident in all environments and an open, pleasant dog to be around, having an excellent bond to his people. He has correct, V-rated structure with good bone and excellent masculinity. He also does not carry the long coat gene. This is a breeding I have wanted to do since Ucon and LB were young.
Ucon is showing good promise as a producer. His pups are confident and social, focused with very high drive for toys and the rag, full grips, excellent willingness and exhibiting their father's clarity and exceptional nerves.
I am expecting correct and good-looking, dark, well pigmented sables as well as black and tans, large masculine males, medium sized females, and large expressive eyes. Their puppies should exhibit excellent athletic ability, sound working structure, their parent's calm and hard grips, excellent hunt drive for SAR/detection work, aggression and drive on the field, yet super nerves, focus and character that also makes them wonderful family companions. Pups suitable for SD work are also possible (I am experienced in placing and procuring dogs for SD work).
This breeding of Ucon to Firien (LB) brings together two long-standing and proven breeding programs with well-established mother lines. These dogs are bred to be true to the utilitarian working heritage of the German shepherd dog: dogs that can not only do sport, but also have the nerves, drives, character and clarity for the real working world.
LB is the result of proven excellent genetics. Her sire, Athos, comes from the well-respected Wanner Höhen kennels. He is a proven producer of sport and working dogs, giving his great nerves, high hunt drive and excellent fight to his puppies. LB's dam, Deja, is one the strongest bitch I have ever had the pleasure to work. She has VERY high hunt and fight drives, which she has proven to produce, and is clear in protection while exhibiting tremendous drive for obedience. Deja's dam Balien (aka Vala) was, like her dam, an exceptional dog in her own right. In three litters, Vala produced titled and working offspring in sport, detection and security, plus temperaments to be wonderful family companions. Vala's dam, Burgos' Unika (aka Nike), produced in just two litters a number of titled and working offspring, passing on her strong hunt drives, full and hard grips and love of the work. Nike's dam, Citty vom Haus Ming, and Citty's dam Jenni von der Lindenhalle, were also proven producers, in keeping with my requirement of only using females from a long line of exceptional females.
I chose Ucon as a sire because of his phenomenal nerves, clarity and ability to "hear" even when in the highest levels of drive. These traits are not unique to him, coming down through his sire, Mac v.d. Kine, his dam, Pia Patiala, as well as her dam Jilnannah Talka Marda. They are also seen in Ucon's sister Solo Patiala. Like LB, Ucon has a great love of the work, but is also extremely sound and clear around people, other dogs and children, while also being able to settle in the house.
Proven Longevity:
LB with her mother Deja, and her grandmother Balien, spring 2017
Ucon (middle) with his dam Pia (right), and his grandmother Jilnannah (left) in 2016.
Ucon (right) with his dam Pia (middle) and sister Solo (left) in December 2017.
The cross between Ucon and LB is a linebreeding on the great J litter Talka Marda, a famous litter of 7 with all 7 being either excellent dogs in sport or in the real working world. This litter also continued on as producers just like their famous mother and grandmother. These are not just dogs that could produce one generation of good dogs, but are producers of producers. From Javir and Jilnannah comes exceptional nerves and desire to work with their handler, along with excellent aggression. This litter also combines the high hunt drive common in my dogs together with the excellent scenting ability of the great Lord vom Gleisdreieck, and natural deep nosed tracking from Troll von der bösen Nachbarschaft, along with good joints and athleticism strewn throughout the pedigree.
LB is the forth generation HOT (handler/owner/trained) and 3rd generation zu Treuen Händen bred/HOT. She is also 4th generation raw fed.
Ucon is 3rd generation HOT and 2nd generation von Patiala bred/HOT.
Litter Pedigree:
Litter Linebreeding: J litter Talka Marda (Jilnannah - Javir) 3-4; Troll bösen Nachbarschaft 5,5-5
Sire V Ucon vom Patiala 8/7/2013
V5 (Herr Rainer Mast - June 11, 2016) Northwest
Regional Conformation Show, MPSC
Ucon does not carry long coat
Linebreeding: * - Breed vom Herkulesblick (Greif - Haifa) 4-5; Fero vom Zeuterner Himmelreich 4,5-5;T - Breed von der bösen Nachbarschaft (Troll - Troll, Timmy, Troll) 4-4,5,5
Sire *Mac von der Kine
Linebred: Vivi vom Wolfendobel 3-3; Fero vom Zeuterner Himmelreich 4-3; Greif zum Lahntal 5-5; N - Breed vom Haus Marterstock (Nico, Norbo - Norbo) 5,5-5
Sire *Vox von der Kine
Linebreeding: none
Sire *Manto vom Kahlenbach
linebreeding: none
Dam *Kim von der Kine
Dam Sally
von der Kine
linebreeding: none
Sire *Peron vom Hofgut Schick
linebreeding:Greif zum Lahntal 3-4
*Gina von der Kine
Linebreeding: Anderl
vom kleinen Pfahl 4-4,5; Nanouc vom Bungalow 4-5
Dam *Pia vom Patiala
Linebreeding:Fero vom Zeuterner Himmelreich 4,5-5,5; T - Breed von der bösen Nachbarschaft (Troll - Timmy, Troll) 3-4,4
Sire: *Aro von der kleinen Birke
Fero vom Zeuterner Himmelreich
Sire: *Rocky von den Zingelgärten
Dam:*Assi vom Königreich
Dam: *Jilnannah vom Talka Marda
T - Breed von der bösen Nachbarschaft (Timmy - Troll) 3-3; Greif zum Lahntal 5-4
Sire:*Dago vom schwarzen
von Ankenrütt
Dam Firien zu Treuen Händen IPO2 KKL, OFA good, normal elbows, DM carrier (N/A), AKC DN36892902, 6/19/2013
Linebreeding: Quax Fasanerie
3-5; W litter (Wespe-Wicki) Wannaer Höhen 3-5; J litter Lindenhalle
(Jago-Jenni) 5-5
Linebreeding: Aly vom Vordersteinwald 4-5, Vico-Cilly vom Wolfendobel 5-5
Sire *Oskar
von den Wannaer Höhen
Linebreeding: Haifa-Greif vom Herkulesblick 4-4, T litter vom bösen Nachbarschaft (Timmy, Troll-Timmy) 4,4-5
vom Talka Marda
2X V (BSZS), 2X Universal Sieger
Linebreeding: none
Dam *Prada von den
Wannaer Höhen
Linebreeding: none
Linebreeding: none
Linebreeding: Greif Lahntal 5-5
Medium size, medium srong well pigmented female, dry and firm. Normal withers, firm and straight back, good croup. Good angulation in front and very good in the rear. Good chest proportions. Steps correct and shows fluent gaits. Sure temperament, TSB pronounced: does out.
Linebred: Troll v. Körbelbach 4-5, Fado v. Karthago 4-5, N - Breed vom Haus Marterstock (Norbo - Nico) 5-5
Linebred E - Breed vom Körbelbach (Evi - Ester) 5-5
Linebred: Ilja aus dem schwarzen
Zwinger 3-3, A - Breed vom Neffeltal (Ari - Apoll) 5-5, Nanouc vom
Bungalow 5-5
Sire: 13 LGA, 2 BSP, 1 WUSV
Linebred: O - Breed zur starken Eiche (Olf - Oldo) 4-4, * - Breed vom alten Kauz (Bessie - April) 4-4, Ari vom Neffeltal 5,5-5
Linebred Umsa v. Bungalow 5-5
Linebred: Eros vom Busecker Schloss 5-5
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That subtle confidence was a big factor in the Irish not buckling to the Tennessee pressure. The Vols owned the boards, 46-34; 22-10 on the offensive glass. That's all the Irish yielded.
After committing 24 turnovers in Saturday's win over Oklahoma, Notre Dame tightened up its game, giving the ball away just 16 times Monday.
Most of that was Diggins.
Defensively, Tennessee point guard Meighan Simmons hit just 1-of-11 shots, and the Vols committed 19 turnovers.
Again, mostly Diggins.
Stubborn when she had to be. Cocky when she wanted to be. Focused -- for 40 minutes.
"Every game this year, she's grown," said Irish assistant Niele Ivey, Diggins' personal tutor. "In the tournament, she's raised her game to the next level. She gives us what we need. When she's not hitting (her shots), she finds people who are.
"She understands how to run the team now. It's about her learning and wanting to get better."


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Friday, July 31, 2009
Days Of Our Lives' Louise Sorel: Exclusive Interview!
We have just posted our Exclusive Interview with Days' Louise Sorel! Be sure to check it out in the Days News Room to see what the actress had to say about her upcoming return!
Have a great weekend!
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Couples Interview: Days Of Our Lives Molly Burnett & Casey Deidrick!
Be sure to check out our latest interview with this real life couple in the Days News Room at Soaps.com!
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Monday, July 13, 2009
36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards! ATWT and GH Stars Set to Present at The Emmys!
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The journey of a first mom finding her son, lost to adoption, and all the crap she buried along the way.
Friday, July 8, 2011
The Elephant in My Room
This elephant has to be addressed, he has had his weight felt in my life for way too long. I feel such shame for how I felt then. It is something I have not been able to forgive myself for. I don't know if I'll ever be able to forgive myself for it. I understand the logic of how to heal. For example, I know that when you know better, you do better. I know that I was sixteen/seventeen and reacting with a sixteen/seventeen year old brain.
I also know that how I felt then is unforgivable to me and my elephant knows it. He is here to remind me of it whenever I think about hearing from my son. My husband tells me that my son just got married, he has a lot on his plate, he's just not ready, when he's ready, I'll hear from him. My elephant is there to remind me that I don't deserve to hear from him, that those feelings are what my son knows of me and that he wasn't there for the part where I loved him. My elephant knows that I'll never hear from him.
I'm stuck here, with this elephant. Don't know how to get rid of him. Maybe I'll never be able to. Maybe I'll only get rid of him when I can say to my son that I'm sorry that I didn't realize what a gift he was until it was too late. Maybe I'll never get the chance to. In that case, maybe I should rename this blog "Laurie and Her Elephant."
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I can only imagine what a weight this is to carry. I hope you are able to find a way to have it lifted, even if only a small piece at a time. I've found writing my blog has certainly had a part in that for myself. More angst out on 'paper', less inside?ReplyDelete
Yes, Haley. This was a very difficult post that took a while to recover from. I kept thinking "why did I write about this?" I don't feel any better, I feel worse!" And then, after about a week of crying, I felt better. It worked! I wasn't completely ecstatic, but I definitely felt some relief. Baby steps. Hope you're doing well.ReplyDelete
Hey, your elephant and my elephant must be siblings or at least read the same books.ReplyDelete
Like you, I have a child I surrendered for adoption. I contacted her for the first time in the summer of 2010 and since then...nothing. Absolutely nothing.
My elephant keeps telling me the same things - I don't deserve to hear from her and that I will never hear from her. My brain knows otherwise but my heart? I am having a terrible time trying to convince my heart otherwise.


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I received some new goodies on Friday from Stampin' Up! and started playing around with the Sizzix Daisies #2 Die for the Big Shot. I curled up the edges and liked the result so I had to put it on a card.
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This week Lori Midson moved to another part of the kitchen for an interview with Jason Lebeau, who's been the pastry chef at Coohills since Tom Coohill decided to open his welcoming restaurant on the edge of LoDo. For those who want to follow in his floury footsteps, Lebeau has some simple advice: "Keep your head down, shut your mouth and work..."See also: - Chef and Tell with Jason Lebeau - Chef and Tell with Tom Coohill - Coohills kicks off its summer music series tonight
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